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The Job department of the PRESS is complete, and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PAKTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO Law wlllbe discontinued until arrearages are paid, except at the option ofthe publisher. Papers sent out ofthe county must be paid for ip advance. *j-No advertisements will be accepted at less bin the price for fifteen words. Religious notices free. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For State Treasurer, JOHN O. SHEATZ, of Philadelphia. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. For County Treasurer, CHAS. J. HOWARD, of Portage. Sunday School Convention. The sixth annual convention of the Cameron Count} Sabbath School Association held in the First Baptist Church In Emporium, Sept. 16th and 17th, 1907, was opened :it 7:45 o'clock Mon day evening. Rev. J. M. Robertson conducted the devotional service. Rev. \V. H. Allen, president of the Association then introduced the first speaker of the even ing, Rev. J. E. Calvin, pastor of the church in which the convention was held. Afler extending a most cordial welcome to the convention the speaker affirmed that Sabbath School workers are interested in one ofthe great est works among men, that the Sabbath School teacher's work is superior to that of a teacher in the public schools because it has to do with the highest part of man's nature, that which allies itself with God and is not for time only but for eternity, it is for two realms the present ami the future. But tl'ere are obstacles in the way. The Sabbath School meets but one day a week; and the teachers are not specialists; and they cannot compel the scholars to attend nor can they compel them to study the lessons And their work is handicapped by false methods. We are too much bound to the International Lesson system which disregards historical se quencc, hut follows the topical method of study, and so we do not learn the Bible as a whole, and .Sabbath School scholars to-day are more igno rant of the Bible than were those a few years ago who studied directly from the Bible. An other difficulty we find in the Schools of to-day is that they are not graded, they compare with what a Sabbath School ought to be about like an ungraded country School compares with a city graded school. A solo by Mr. 11. C. Olmsted was greatly ap preciated by the convention. The President in a few happy remarks then introduced the last speaker ofthe evening, Rev. O.F.lrwin, State Field Worker of the State Sabbath School Association, who took as his sub. ject "Rules Necessary in the art of Surveying" and "Lessons that may be gatiiered troni them." Li the first place the surveyor must have a good and true compass which must be tested from time to time. The needles must always point to the magnetic pole, it must not be swerved from its direction by surrounding conditions. So we must set up our trausit, the compass of our character must ever point to Christ, and tests must be made so that if there is any variation between what we are and what we ought to be, that can be rectified. We should not be satisfied while there is the slightest variation. We should be thoroughly equipped for our work. 1100 have the State diploma in the teachers NormalCour.se. This makes them specialists in teaching. And one of the things they learn is the "Law of ere. ating interest," this in the Sabbath School takes the place of civil law in the public school to se cure attendance and preparation of lessons. The Surveyor's second rule is that each line iuust be straight, a surveyer cannot run curves. So the Sunday School worker cannot be u world ling during the week and a successful teacher on Sunday. Wc must Lot be a christian off and on A third rule is getting and recording for data for future reference. So the Sunday School teacher may record facts concerning the schol ars which will be very helpful in the future in niakiiig "otraiglit the way of the Lord." The fourth rule requires the surveyer to plot on paper the results of his surveying, this tests his work. So we may test our work in a similar manner. A boy is not depraved just because he •stickes another boy with a pin, that is not enough data on which to decide. Beneath al there's probably a spot that may be touched by love that will make him a noble muu. And the fifth rule is that the plot must be re corded in the archives of the nation. So we should record our work by character building for eternity, ami wo will have joy alter awhile when wc come to behold the result. In closing the -speaker referred to the International System of ■Sunday School lessons and said that they were not perfect, but that they were the best we have, and then quoted the little verse: Be not the first by which the new is tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. The Benediction was pronounced by the presi dent. TUESDAY MORNINO. Rev. Bennett conducted the devotional service after which the Vice President, Hon. Josiah Howard took the chair, and introduced the first ■speaker, Rev. William H. Allen, who spoke upon the subject "A Surveyor of the Sunday School work ofthe county." The chairman, Hon. Josiah Howard thenln troduced Miss Ermina C. Lincoln of Philadel phia, who chose as her subject "The Cradle Roll." In the reports from the Sunday Schools ofthe county it was shown that there are seven cradle rolls in the twenty two schools. There ought to be one in each school, uud so there is need to speak upon this subject. The speaker proceeded to show that there were five good rea sons why there should be a cradle roll depart ment in every school. First for the sake of the children themselves. Christ said "Feed my Lambs," and the Sunday School un dertakes to fulfil! this injunction, but we cannot have a complete Sunday school without the cradle roll department. We want to bring every right influence to bear upon the children, and the first influence comes very early in life. We can remember that the Irst decision for right or vvrnnß comes very »arly, and the first influence comes before the decision. We arc often surprised at the depth nf thought in a child, and so it is important that the early thought of the child be guided aright. I'hc speaker then gave as an illustration the story of a little child, taken from an orphanage, whose cradle roll certificate had on it the verses of that beautiful hymn beginning "I think when I read that sweet story of old, how, when Josus was here among men, he took little children like lambs to the fold,l should like to have been with hiui then." Her understanding of the meaning of the hymn proved how great had been its in fluence upon her. So the Superintendent of the Cradle Koll department sends out not only cer tificates of membership, but birthday card*, Christinas and Easter Greetings, and these are valued by the children and help to form their character, and interests theiu in the Sunday School, and often before they are old enough to attend we find them wanting togo to the Sun day School. A second reason is for the sake of her parents Parents are influenced by the interest taken in their children, and often not only is a way pro vided by which the minister can come into touch with the home, but the parents are led to attend the Sunday School. And if the little ones are taken by death from the home it is a great com fort to the parents to know that they had been connected with the church in this way. Rev. Irwin gave his own experience just along this line of thought. The third reason is that it strengthens the Sun day school. By what is known as the "follow up system" the Cradle Roll Superintendent visits the home, and the Primary Department Super intendent visits the home, and the minister vlßits the home, and the little ones are jfcrsuaded to become regular attendants at Sunday School as soon as they are three years old, and the parents coining with them are taken into classes and thus the cradle roll department becomes a mis sionery agency for the Sunday School. The fourth reason is that it strengthens the church. After Sunday School.attendance comes church membership. The pastor is kept in touch with the facts of the child life. The fifth reason is that it helps the pastor in all his work. An effort was then made to get the Sunday Schools that had no Cradle Roll to pledge that one would be started at once. Rev. Bennett pronounced the benediction. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:00 P. M. Rev. N. E. Cleaver led the devotional services. Ilev. Allen announced the first speaker, Rev. Johnston to speak upon "Normal Class Work in the Sunday Schools". He said that there were but two Sunday Schools in the county which have Normal Classes, the First Methodist and the Presbyterian in Emporium. He then gave a synopsis of the work done in the Nor mal Classes, including Old Testament and New Testament History, ttible Geography, Bible Institutions, History of Sunday Schools, Qualifications for teaching and a Study ofC'hild Nature. After examination in these subjects a state diploma is given. And the work is further pursued by what is known as seal courses, five in number which optional with the students, but if pursued, seals are given and added to the diploma. An urgent appeal was made that each Sunday school should have a Normal training class. The second speaker of the afternoon was Rev. Nelson Bennett, pastor of the Free Methodist church, who spoke upon the subject, "llow can the home help the Sunday School." He said that it the home would do its whole duty there would be little need of the Sunday School. But as the Sunday School exists, the home can be o very great help to the Sunday School by instill ing in the children the principles of order. If all our homes were homes of perfect order it would be a miracle for the Sunday Schools. And every home can exert a Christian influence to such an extent that when a child conies into the church it will feel tlmt it is in the house of God; too many children do not reverence Cod's house. And the teaching of the Sunday School can be supplemented by the practice of the parents. And the question of holding grown up children to the Sunday school will be settled when par ents no longer send their children to Sunday school but take them. Grown up young people stay away because their parents stay away from Sunday School. Like parents, like children And the instruction of the Sunday school in the bible should be supplemented 111 the home. Then the objection to the International System of Lessons as being topical, will be removed, and the historical settings of each lesson will be brought out and the bible as a whole will be learned. And the character of the child will be moulded in the home. Ami pareuts should keep track of what their children do in the Sunday school. Then it will bean easy matter to teach in the Sunday school. If all these things were done in the home it would be a blessed victory for the Sunday School. Rev. Robertson. Rector ofthe Protestant Epis copal church in Emporium was then introduced, and spoke upon "Education and Religion in the Sunday School." Both enter into the very essence of the Sunday School. The Sunday School does not occupy the whole sphere of these fields, but each has its realm in Sunday School work. So that the sphere of religion will impart the best educational methods, and education will be animated by religious aim. Public school education in fact is not wholly secular but is ani mated by the spirit of the teacher which should be noble as to character and christian as to aim PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Bulletin. WHY YOU SHOULD SEE JAMESTOWN. The Jamestown Exposition is 110 longer a prospect, it lias developed into an interesting reality. Its field is dis tinctly historical, and it liberally illustrates by picture and reproduction the development of American civilization and American institutions from the day of the first settlement on Jamestown peninsula in 1607 through three hundred years to the present time. Famous buildings in the Na tionl history have been reproduced by thirty different states, filled with memories of the olden times and of mem orials of the upward march. The National Government has taken a" keen interest in the Exposition, and is one of its chief exhibitors. The display of modern warships of all nations on Hampton Roads is unique and attractive feature, and the military manoeiivers lend a stirring touch of the daily program. The Jamestown Exposition is a prominent event in our National history and should be visited by every Am erican citizen who desires to see what three hundred years of American enterprise has wrought in our land. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers attractive aeries via Pennsylvania and its "Cape Charles Route," by its routes via Baltimore and the Cheaspeake Bay lines, via Washing ton and the Potomac River line, and via Washington and Richmond. The rates are reasonable and the fare varies according to the route and length of the stay. Ask Ticket Agents for rates of fare, stop-over privil eges and time of trains. No. 1106-31-3U CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEM PER 26, 1907. The Psychology and Pedagogy of the day recog nize the fuct that ill the individual there in a necossiiy for the divine, and that development of manhood and womanhood must be along that line. And the man who wholly lacks faith is not a normal mat). One aim of the convention is to bring educa tional methods to the Sunday School, to bring a more definite aim to Sunday School insruction, to have the completion of certain work, in the Sunday School marked definitely, and to have supplemental and post graduate work. And so wo can get from the public school the ideli of grading. For young people the International System of lessons is best because young people are incapable of grasping historical sequence; then the more advanced grades may use the un connected facts learned in earlier years and con nect them into systems of knowledge. And from the public schools we get the suggestion of the extreme importance of having trained teachers. Some of the larger churches recognizing this great need have hired professional teachers for spiritual instruction. The speaker in his own church has made some effort along this line, liar ingatermofsixweeksinstructiongiven every day by a trained kindergarten worker. And even if we have not the authority to compel attendance, this difficulty will be overcome by a real influ ence in quality of personality in the teacher. Force is the first weapon of thj weak. The last resource of the strong. The business session of the convention was then opened. The delegates reported their col lections to the treasurer. On motion of Rev- Robertson a nominating committee was,ordered. On motion of Rev. Cleaver, our pledge to the state work was made thesame a« last year 126.00 The treasurer reported $18.47 received during last year and $47.47 expended . On motion of lion. Josiali Howard it Was decided to sendthree delegates to the State convention and to pay their traveling expenses. The president announced the nominating committee, Rev.Hubert son, Rev.Cleaver and Mr. Howard, Benediction by Rev. Hennett. t TUESDAY EVENING!. Rev. Johnston conducted the devotional ser vices, after which Rev. Allen introduced Rev Dickson, of Siniiainahoniug, who spoke upon "How Shall the Sunday School hold the Young Men." He said that the beginning must be made iu the Primary Department by implanting habits of reverence, and worship, and a desire for re ligious knowledge. Then as the child grows older, an interest must be taken in him, and the teacher must show interest in what the boy is interested. And then too a boy has brains, more than he is usually credited with, and the teacher must give him something to think about. For this reason the teacher must make careful pre paration for teaching the class of young men. If they are kept interested they will continue to attend the Sunday school. The Nominating Committee then reported the following nominations: For President; Rev. N- E. Cleaver; Vice President, Hon. Josiali Howard' Secretary, Miss Anna M. Welsh; Treasurer. Mrs. J. E. Smith; Executive Committee, Rev. O. H. Johnston; F. P. Strayer. J. O. Hrookbank; Sup't of Primary Department, Miss Nina Bryan; Sup't of Home Department, Rev. J. E. Calvin; Sup't of Normal Study, Rev. O. H. Johnston. Dele gates the State Convention; Rev. N. E. Cleaver, Rev. J. E. Calvin, Mrs. Geo. Smith, Anna M Welsh. The report was accepted and the nomi nees elected. The President then introduced Miss I.incoln, whose address was upon "Primary Work in '.he Sunday School." She said that one of the most important things ;a primary teacher has to do is to teach the little children reverence for the house of God, and to do this the teacher must be reverent at all times. A collection amounting to $16.17 was then lift ed for the county Sabbath school work; this add ed to what the various schools have contributed, makes SOO.OI given for this work this year. The newly elected President Rev. Cleaver, was then invited to take the chair. He announced the next Speaker Rev. Irwin, of Bellevue, Pa. His subject was"The Skilled Workman." He spoke of having seen masonry a hundred years old that wah as perfect as when first built, anil if the builder could come back to life he would not bo ashamed of his work. And the thought naturally arises, if we could be resurrected a hundred years from now, would we be pleased with the result of our work?" On motion of Hon. 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