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Show "tub closing lecture, jjeiinrid tj Dr. Haeser In tie As-stnbly As-stnbly Hill, June 18tD, UUEti Tin: Aiii'irrs op Tin: nLitiitrr -. . uiu. rti Saljffl Trca'i.1 I" 3ti!etlj ltauper. II itaa a Illnlill Iiulrucllle riirlia. My brethren ami elilera, If at any dmo during lliiwurss of mjr mlrjlitrj I bare I" t rviM la liu tbnnVf ul for tlin nitolfMt aiilitaiico of thoHplrltof the Lonlln my indeaTora, Uhiilii lu thli present couise. of ledum In tlili bulMlngr, Jiirl K 111" nk lht It now .iftwhiir to n close 1 mint loufera I enternl upon tlio duly with uiucli fear and lre Illation fear lest tlio In terestlu tlili work would sol l madej lOBIrlrntly tlroi i to enatila tlio jouiiii ,cj llioe lulcreiled In Ihu Buudiy school cauio to lioll uut t Ih tnd. Hut Itiitenl of my lean cmliia; rial-hid, rial-hid, I liau reason to lie thankful fur tmlacmiwit lutiraat amoDi-oiir pen-pit. pen-pit. ThU It tliu occasion of lay Joy and my gratitude,. It li no small credit to Hun Jay ihool worker! and Irlcndenf this great rrw-emeut In Innmld.tr-r Zlon, In I Ills rltranJ uelglilioiliool, Ill Ihvy lino len able to Unvote sli aucceeslrti iTe.uln.-e tollilaeerleiof lecturer, ituJ not become tiro I. The lectures Hum. lotrrn (ire of audi a character its not toaJmlt of any nights of oratory, nor rrmirii of an entertaining nature merely; liut rathir It ! tlio tluty of tlie lecturer to brlnic out In loM relief nuJ make clear ercry point ami Jorulo his earnest purpose, for tlio benefit of all Ufore lilni, In ordt r to i rial ll.h some-tiling, some-tiling, of .ntltlnic Ideas, tndcavore ami understanding of tuoao concern! hi tlie work to I e treated upon. I will aow proceed to Ilia auhjocta for tlila evening which will couiluduni- rcrlei of lecture!. Tne main features of the orgeulza. Hon of a Hiitulajr ichuol ami cf the work to lm performed h-i'lnc la-rui dwell upon In the prc'ioui lectures, tbire romalna for me now only according ac-cording to tbo programme these, tub-Ircte tub-Ircte reTletts, festival., ami the gent-ral gent-ral Ixardol the Unton. In regard to the llret of thrtr, I wc,uld rtmlml my icllou-uorlcrri In tlie Huuday school cauio o( the an-clrnt an-clrnt nturitloiial motlo "Hipetilli mater ti f.'uuWtmi," which ine.ni 'ICrjt-tttlo.i la the mother of stu lira." Too Importance of frequent retlowa csnnctliovtr eillniatuu. Tlie prorrta of learnlm any kind of truth, thro retlcitlj aa will aa j radically, r. similes very muoh the iroctaa of making enroraus. When the arllit proceeua to tlo this, the flrat Imi ref-lou made upon tho poper aa it iroaa tliroucli the rollera U acarcely Iftui-tlblt; Iftui-tlblt; theaeooul tlDielt Koca tlirouiih It becamea a little plainer; heio and there line outline may te aieu; tlia third time the oullluea Income luortf oUrrealle. andao on, until autnettmea they paaa tlirouKh the rollna thirty to forty llmea before the flulihlnK touch la given or the cliromo tomilvted. Now, aomewhat upon the rame proca dura tho human intu I operate. We may advance a principle for the AM time. It I win over the mind ami leavia Ita llltptrialnu. It la Mil It)' cbemltta that by taklux a kiy or any lottatllc au balance and titluif It lor but a moment on a white aheel of paer, tben Immediately rtinorelt, there re- rualna upon thatiatr an lru;reaalon for the time belnj; which can through tartaln meana Lo aceu, though with the i atural eye It cannot; aa there are latent llnea, aoconlluit t the Uwaof otto, that leae their luipltaaloua upon lubatancea without Ulu dl cuvared by the liake t eye. Ho it la with the mental oi eratlona throughout all natuie. Any kind of tcachtutc ouce told la liable to lade away. It muit t e llvtn oter and over again, frequently reptated, and tbo more It la rettatid fbeatroniier tbe Imprraalou uonthe mind ticomaa. llrnce a teacher among tbe children ahould rememher thU, and If ho uava Ictuna alao It trlugi the aeiond trine of alftht loto play, creating tho aame picture ujion the rnlnd througli another meaua, making tho truth, or Iliture,atrougeraiid route I ailing. If, alio, we rauae the children to make Hut I Ichiro with blocka, it'ikaordraw varloua object lee-one, the aeuae of touch and fiellug glvea auothtr lin-ire-alon of the aamo Iclum tliroui,li tbethlidaanae. Aud n on; the more of Ihu aenaea the Uachir talla Into oietntlon Ihe atrougir that picture be-cornea, be-cornea, Ho It la with rvlewa. The idtaa an 1 1 rlucrplva ihoul I be repeated over aud ovar again, until the teacher tccomaiaitldlrd that the U(lla fully undeiatand and will reuumibur thu lame. Our tratbera ahould not bode, lelved by meuiorlztU anawcraof the lUlla, for aohieilnic Dure aiodecep tlvoauddo not ripreaent ttiekuow. letlgeandunderalandlng uf tho pupil regarding that truth or IJia. The te.tlmony, the ezpie-aloti of the child lu Ita own language Iheio beoonm atrouger and plainer upon tho ohlld'a mind. K child may have r. VAgue and crude conception of an Idea. it It eirr It aa I fit It ran lid beholjl that onto Vdgue Idea la now lain, aubatautlal aud loatln', Tin e are bwueDta of frequent rovlewa, Iherearo two klndaol revlaa, In-rldvntal In-rldvntal ur apodal, aud cenaral. Ihu (urinaria uonducled by their reaiectlvo chaa teactli ra aa ofteu M they deem It fcrirtaary In lila data. Tor Inatance, at Ihe cfu-aofa cartaln aeotloli oi n tail bonk, every thieo or four wi-ek, or wbun lorlalu irluclplea orauljeota have leeu jukied ovr, or at Ihu end ol every lrlnclple, Alter tlio Iionl'a 1'raytr liaa been taken up and thoioughly hoiiillrJ.rrllio Ten Commandment-, or certain of the Arllclra cf ralth, tlm l.lto or Ulirltt or any gnat iroiilut or certain perlol of Lburoh hlatory, uhenever It la deemed nateiaary by tho' teacher to to ton-vlured ton-vlured that hla children uultr-taud thoroughly that whkh Ilia have tard over, lie ahould never give Ihem more than Ihiy can illgiat. II la like taking itock. Ihe merchant Ba over Iho wholn ol hla gooda m on hand to find out how much he Inland whatcondltlnn It lain. He mlaea nothing but rrvlewa It all. Ho Ulanllhrevlewa. Theiomaybeiomo who ennnot alnaya be prnent, and tltaerevliwa train all In lh claaa In m the aame rliiLtp.lt . rheie are the ipeclalor lucldiutal rtvlawa. Hut (heee general levlewa cannot 1 conlucled to any great goo I unle-a there It a Journal kei t In every Hun lay achool wherein le recorded evety prln-cl prln-cl le that U au-d over at tlo md of eat b acaalon or lerut. There ahould be a column , ruled that tacli ch miy have rtcordel each day'a work, or at lea.t each auljec'. Tor llutsnce, one Hiindaylhe cl- la dliouMlng lalth, reriitauco or laptlam, oneol the tin cainniandiuenta, the ctuctrlilin, or any other luljoit. After the exerclfe the Kicher ahould go to the Journal Jour-nal an I In bli reiHictlve i luniii rlmply enter the ml J it. Then when. ever a review It. denlreit, all the reijiecllve teochera have to do to obtain a it'jjj Idea of what they want to ri-view ri-view la to ute up the Journal an I from Ita headl arraiiju tliu p o. giamoietor Iherevlaw. rile auienn-teiident auienn-teiident may with to vlaltaieitaln ila-a aud aee wht prugreaa It la making. Alllieliaa toilola to turn to the Journal, rlo tout vhv aibje.1 the ilaaa had taken UJiou the prevloua Huuday and then he la pniared In lalkoroik uuMtlona Intelllireiitly. lie ahould ite that the Iraiber uaa Judg. meat Intheconieitloiiof one aut.Ject Willi auother. If nnythiiig la wrong lie knowa h vr to turruct It. A teaoliir may bu at nut, and I y rerurrlng to tle Journal the aubatltute can git right along In the lainu line of atlldy w llhout any break. fhen the aludenta will progrea-; tliey will learn Ihe order of the prlnclpiia uf the (lixpol, isina.culivel, liglcallr, rationally like thu lnlagrw, like all caturu woikt, like tur Heavenly Father doea all tlilnga-In order. Al-w.ja Al-w.ja teach an I Inatnlct eccorillng to the eternal Uwa ofamtil reaainlug. Whatever (ll d iea la 111 ordii, and In everything wed) we ahould kivp tint Ileal, that illvlne Mailer In viow aa our guide. We do not know how llilnga alo donn lu heaveu, I ut we know of the atlrlt whlci ttiaricter Ilea Iholr eitlona there. It la the rlplrlt ultloJ, ore love, klmlne', gentle, uea-; aud tin. i ttilnga ah uld bu held up before the pu lie continually. It la tee clill'lreu that we are laboring for .their good, progrrra and aalvnllou, taeniae ta-eniae their aplrllunl, rnyanal, Inlet ltclual witfate la at atake. tli'nernl revlewa ahoull Le hell nt regjlirlntirvalawltli tho whole Han-layoihuelaudyiftMor Han-layoihuelaudyiftMor an actual re petition of the work dour a lehealral If you'l leaae ao held that every Claia will have the UlielH thereof. And In all thiao revlewa, aee to It Ihatuviry child baa an of porlunlly of nnan erlng quiatlona not leave one or two to do ell tbe him rlni,for they are too much like "iuradehorta." It would hu of great beneOlla tlila Huuday Hchool If tho eurlutemtent nnd Ula aialitanta ahould make It a olnt to hold a apeclal review with at least one clan every Hunday, until they become poalrd by direct obaerv atlon Villh thealandlng or each claai. Tltae review), whebir epcelal ur general, can only In of real ncnelltto theiplla when they are baled upon Ihe actual work done almu thulnat review of the aime kind. That can I. duueillectually only by having reference re-ference to the weekly Journal, tu be kel for every claialu n general book, Kroiu evcryaubjectdutlng the period to l coveted by the review theeuper Intendent or teacher thoul I formulate at Iraaloiieijueatloil. Homo teachera are ritlillej almly with the alimer given; tut tyrty anawcr ahould l thelnwanlrtptieiloii of the atudctit'a kuowledgoaud underatandlng. Dieie are lo uaya of ttai hlng chll. Ureti to learn. One la by a oim uliory mi ana, the other by emulative milhola. InourHunday ichooli the former cannot be u-ed to any great extent, ex-tent, for we ahould rather leacnby lov-lug lov-lug worda and kind art-; then lore the beat plan at our diapoaal la the i mutative muta-tive inrtlioda. Honiu tcaclicre distribute irlxaa to Induce llla to eiert aud emulate one another, but I do not think tlila Ihu heal method. Our 1 ether In heaveu doea not do It; why ahould we? The next eutjict It "Keatlvala, Jublhta." The otject of Ihe-u leailve rrcailoua of tho Hunday achool orgaulxatlona la a ntanl-fold ntanl-fold one. There la, however, one feature of them that haa received, In aomelnilancea, too great iromlnenc-e. It leenia that r-omo uirlntenilenta have the IJia that Iheie oconlona are gotten up for the aaku ot rat ro rhow end dli lay, regardlera of any praltlve educational tendenclee. The a)mp-Ionia a)mp-Ionia of that mlaconce tlon In regard to the nature of Juhlleee are noticeable In the arraugemen; of. tho i rcgrammu of exerclaea. Itecllatlona are eorue-tlmra eorue-tlmra allowed to be klven that are cot in IhealighUat degree llluatratlvu of any moral or rellgloui principle, and areclioien for tho alnile purioae of giving the mltir a aourcu for eomu arclamatory dlaj lay, although tbe at-temit at-temit may lea long way beyond hla raf eUji aa, for Initance, the dcclama tlon of "Catlllne'a Dt fiance" and elm-llarplucea. elm-llarplucea. The grrateat mltke,liov, uver.la generally made lu the telecllou of .......a CC'h Iiivii kiii-l, a Hum ffitt tlnti uf mtialctil plecea from our own home comioere that It la luexruiable to bavo at any Jubilee from five toalx rleceaof muiloof foreign compoaere, tutheal. moat entire eiclualon of our own. The Halnta aru a mualcal ople, aud a characlerlatlo atyle of Latter-dny Halnt niu-lo la rat Idly developing Itielf, which ahould find due reiognlllon at our Hunday achool Jtibllrca, I do not dialre to leundertlood aa onardto ooca-lonal aelectlona from the grand maatera of muilc, Inaatnuch aa audi aelutlona will atlmuhcte (Hinnoli-eura and t erformera tu rctrfiwed exertlcna In the "divine ait," and direct tticuiln the further togrera of the work ao no-bl) no-bl) begun aliead). We muitlmprcaa upon tbe ycutli of Zloo that thla oj le will lead lu mualo a In all i.thir hrancbtsot leatnlng. I would love In are lu all our lublleea the tonga of .Ion alrongly Imireaaeil uou tlo youth of tlila tuple, rurthoeleaiill. fill atralLa of u nolo 111 reverberate In their aouN when they get obi. and re. membiaticia will ring up that will animate Ihe whole being. " hy, that la tie old aotig 1 learneJ In Hun lay achiwlwben In mj yiulh." In Ihu houiBof aurrow nul gtlof, when teni Utloil'a baud la our jou, when you are ainldit alorina aud vlclnltiidea of a atruggllug, when they hear tho auuga of .Ion they hi ard In their youth, Ihetr aouli wlllte mini with Joj and their hratte will I e male glnl. it will he one of the moat (acred rememlraiicea of their life. Iiidnwlngup Ihe-cier. cliea for the i rogramme for there Jul I. leu, the entire faculty or lUir ut oil), ceraof the achool, or achooli, ahoull l conxultedand ell work harmoiilcuil together. My noil autjeet li "The Deieret Hunday Hchool Union Ibard." Aa tho name "Union" Impltcv, there la no better word that coult eipnaaaii) letter the imanlng. Hie Union, a unll, nulled together a united or. ganlitlou alter the tlem of the whole kltglom. In my IraveN amoifg Ihe Halnta the prophet of thn lit-t told me that lu my vl.lt. to theae oraanttatlona In Zlon I waa to lmprpauin them thai all oueratlona conncited with the youth of .Ion mult be done alter the tleru of tlie I'rleat-hoo I'rleat-hoo I. (un ler dood what he meant. I wotk.l to lfonatanlly. There la no other urganliailon aa perfect aa the I'fliatliojd, It la all eternal lie; II I-the I-the only organization that wn know of that haa not the aeeda of dlHOlulloii In II. No acbnol ihoul i atrlke out fur Itrell; everyone ahiuld auk the henil the Dill .ti II ird fur gullance. The Union an I arhoola are like the grand yraiiild, fr m the head ixtendlut wider and wider, from the General Hiipcrlntrnlincy.Uiilou Ilnrd.tluper-luteiideiitof Ilnrd.tluper-luteiideiitof Hliue, Ward Huierlnteu. drute, Iracllera, etc., nil folllilog the groinl link tlia will iiold ua togelner ramifying from a ruuimoii head Into, thn irmile't ihrtanf thu ejtttl. All p. In) to the Union lluarlai their head tlulrgul le. Iolhla board all mat-teradt mat-teradt ruing ntteutlou iliould Iki pro-aenled. pro-aenled. I'll la now hrluga me to thn lat (olnt tu be e-oiiillcml, lr.,auiiring the iueatloni that have beeu lubmltletl In writing. riretn.uwtl'in Whitliyoui opinion In regard totiatliera lei ling uuveN, letteta or ueaawra lu Huuday reboot.? Answer. J had bo eplnlou. I did not think audi llilug lu tieu done. I did nil think It pnestnl for any one whohaUoeeled theaacrel calliug f it teacher tu ever uggit aucb a thing I f any one wiaiiua tudo a , let Iheut remain re-main away from the ao'iool, where the children will unlbe taluletl by aticuau Influence an J aplilt. They elioulJ not i-uuie to darken the aplrll UoJ'j aun llglil with audi dark aud evil thuighca. Hecund iiueallon. Woul lyou iemi-menJ iemi-menJ the dlambail uf the primary d'larlment before thu reel uf ill) achuol? leltaupianenl that eaoll Uu- artiM.nl will have Ita owu .penlug and cloali.g exerclaei? If eo, would ?0U have tho tncramunt adiululatered n each tleparlmeut. An-wcrf That deiiJa onclrcum. etamie. If poailhle, the whole Hull, day achool ahould be a latleruuf union held together like the fern leaf with Ita main atom an I all the ra nlflrallona. Ilieak a part of It and It will alill have ninalu elem Irotn wlilcll the other braiicheaor flbrea rallate; atllldlvlJe an I an -llvl le until It lakea thu piwer uf thenilcroicoe, and allll the imlll ataiu la vlalb'e It re.i mblea the whole. Tlila la the prluclple of the t'rleal. li md In Ua Iraat and aiutlle it organlca-tlou. organlca-tlou. It reicml.lcv that rrfect crJer, atlllreaeiubllllgthe hoi' tor like the cryatal, no matter now flnujou cnuli It up, throuli IhetKiwerful gtoajf cau beatentheeryaUlliad form Hill. Ha villi the Hunday echocla. Kvery t liMortlopartmeut abould be rtcct, aud n pattern of tlie whole, and therefore, there-fore, wherever Iolble, Ihey ahould all meet an I ao arata from the aame room, liny will then all be animated by the aame Influence, jartake uf the KuinuwelCbinenud arprilale with tho ainie blelaed benediction. Where It la llllpewalble. lit them dllulaaaeJirMe-ly dllulaaaeJirMe-ly tut luthorameorlcr aud cerulnly have all Ihe ordinance! oa liilhuuialu achool. Third quiallon In your, r. Mkocr'f, reuurka tlio oilier evening )oiiaald that tin un enough for one i la... I would like to know what you would do when the Intermediate und theological cla.ua litwi tnenly-flve or more? Aniwer. What I aall apilled Imply to tbe two Intermediate! thai the ituJcuta would learu more by dividing up Into rlaue of aay ten, alter Iho regular leaou la over, and having teajiele all teach the aame principles I rralde ocer the iub.ll-vlalona iub.ll-vlalona of the largo data for alKiut the aame time the whole claaa exerclata together. Thla la merely a auggtalioli. P'ourth quesilou la liiroerlu tho theological clasa toenlar Into and idle-cuaa idle-cuaa ao-e ailed myaterler; cr iliould audi uejectaglve place tu ll.e flrat prlu Anawer. Many will try lo fly to great helghta, nnd climb to great al'.lludea, and forget that thu Hunday achool la not a-'achoolofttierrupliehv' Toschere ahould connnetheniseivta lo the aolld, Hold, aud well grounded ut Ject leave nurterleieullrely alone Hunday icnool la not tlo place for Ihem. If they gi beyon 1 thla they aru beynud tbulr horizon. They will get In deep water and are In daoger of being drowned. Whatever aubjecta are authorized are legitimate studlca. Leave atl othera aovcrcly alone. (ueatlon. ' Will not Ihe potltlou you hate taken with regard to our Hunday school, that they ahould uot ho lute,-rutted lute,-rutted by uther meitlngv, aul that ctllcera und tuacliura ahould not bu called away tu irform itber ilutlea, I u detrimental to other nrirantrjtlona and Inleiesta In thu Church?" Am i r. "I think II la very hurtful to tliehuiitlay artioo'a to have them In terlrrul with. It acta a lad example before Ike children. u want Ihem to grow uplote deieudwl on. The ex ample we set inttn win louuw inent through life. And If a ron la Heeled Heel-ed wtuaeln one jiuslllon tliauanotlierho should Iki relroseil from the une, that ho might till the other aud ll.row hla viurglcatheielu." II Haa not a auperintendent tho right to cunluct hla Hunday achool aa he leaaea, llltajtecllve of any method! Ihalmay beeoualdared ty othera au adatiremeiit?" A. No, ho haa not. IS'onuuhaa audi n light, for two roHioui. I Irst -Sooueha a monopoly ou truth, und when a tnierlnteuUehl cr teacher haa learned to much hueanuotbu taught further hu la net fit for n teacher. Hecund Iheie la a Hunday Brhoot Union Hoard who aru courtuiilly working aad laying out laualofollow, l'o this beard we should go for all Information. In-formation. Tnat la what It la organized organ-ized for to direct the movemeuta of the se hoots. I now clcse, asking my Iloivenly rallicHuuiertliu)) ovetrulu an) mts. takea 1 may have ms Jt , aud lo bleva every wold that haa touud llli-llnval llli-llnval tu the good ul Iho chll lien of Ktou. .May (io.l thai tlio Huuday school work mid Ihoee whuUborln that aacrud cause; that they may gather up trearurea In heaven recordo J lulhelr lavir for their latere among tbe youli of Zlon, li my piaycr, lu Ihe name of Jemi t'hrlst, Auieu. Au exilleul s-j .1 rit prealled throughout tho entire uourse of leeturea and a heuty votu of llianka waa to tide ti-de ted Dr. Mesor. |