JUNE 16.1913 fi THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN _ PAGE ELEVEN """ __ i-. .51 W. Patterso Cor. Great George' and . _ ,Gf8ft0I1 SES. li? . W. s s Hillsboro ii e Ch town Leave Ilocky l'oliit 3 a.m. 7.20 a.m. a.m. 8.30 a.m. 1 Lea 7.00 8.00 9.1! 11.0 B . ?PPFF wwuww o o ooooc SUNDAY .= _E to G P o M. MURPHY, M 'fe réiizlfif' ‘all kinds of Elatches, Clocks, Jewelry c. _Our charges are moderate Our work is the yery best. \ U Timo Table, Rocky Point Ferry. v ' I P-4 5*’ 5° 2'* = i C3 © U' ©©@ FFF? FF?Fu= ease 55555;; ng§§;5qmgg~§5 §oeSeg`g€;gog¢5g Quucun mums 'EEBEE EEEE RELIGIOUS TRAINING . By Rev. Dr. Myer. ‘ The home is the vh _ _ _ -- most influential ~ _ good and for ill. Tl should be ‘em __"s__ms _ l_great revival of vital re- ;`Lfottalowii?`ng in the home in Char' I Apart from the tral l 1 the “Oman Catholic r(l‘lilti:rcIlli tix/¢i1sox:ii3 'elif f€l|8lo\1s instruction in the Su ay S_°h°°|l HH also in the seperatlie |“h°°l°- It keeps in very ‘close ic~ac“‘yTltrh an _“B D€0Dle so that :prac- teen year up to about thirteen to fif- classes _ 5 0_ ako are enrolled in these ___m___da__’; “_” iglous instruction and the the _wer G S 8° Closely watched that age IB V0l'Y high. The work d°"° is ’"S°ly memory urnl in the catechism.creed and religious knowl- e“Il~;§‘_;e\fil-Zelher wltli training in i-float from vs_ fffiglous _ education, apart ‘“ I5 11006 in the home, is giv. ell ill the Protestant churches in the 5“Qd3Y Schools and various Societies. liive ot the ten Sunday Schools have U10 Dl'ill1fH'y department organized ‘Wim its °W“ Ollening worship. This Igrxkes it more easily possible to suit 0 WUTBND to the needs of the chil- dren and so have a greater influence f0l‘ Hood. No school lins any other or- ganized departments. Some of the teaching is of a high - 0l'll0l". and, oil the whole, good work is done. liut iilucli of thc teaching is the traditional verse-by-vcrsc lioinily iild As one incinber of the (‘om 'l'ho Unlforni Sunday School lessons rc used aliuost entirely notwithstand- ing the fact tlnit every large dciionz- nation has issued or joined in the in sue of Grad_ed Lessolis, that even In- lernntioiial Sunday School Associa_ tion issues tlieiil, tlilit evcry education- l consideration demands graded stud- - it ics and that they liavc bccii on tho p»m~ ii_iui'kct for over ten years. in medi- ~ - clue or law such neglect on the part ol` all the fraternity in a city would be impossible. No (‘iirisflaii will admit that religions care is less vital than the mcdlcnl or legal. Tho usual length of ilic leoclling period is halt' all hour. One school rc- ports 25 minutes and another 40 min- utes. With proper studics and activ- ities this period will be lengthened. Without graded studies, leading oil stop by step in a well wroul-:lit out CHARLOTTETOWN TO BOSTON S. S. HALIFAX _ cyery 'l‘ucsday at noon ‘ S. S. EVANGELINE "Under tlic American Flag" Friday Julie 25 and every Friday tliercaitcr Returning i`roiil Boston S. S. S. _For to ' JAS. GARRAGHER, Agent. Charlottetown, P. E. l. _ nly EasteriiiiS.S. Corporation lutérnational Line Three Trip Service steamehlpl Calvin Austin and G_overnor Cobb. Leaves St'f'.Yohn Mondays, Wednes- aud Fridays, at 9.00 ii. m.. for days lmbec, Enstport, Portland and B on. port. St. Street. ` -A. c. A. E. John. N. B. Lubec and St. John. llnlifox cvcry Saturday at noon. ldvangclinc cvcry Tllosday nt noon folders or further information ap- os- Ileturning leave Central Wharf, 3091011. 9.00 lx. m. Mondays, Wednes- ililys. and Frldnys for Portland, East- John`City Ticket Office, 47 King CURRIE. Agent. St. John. N.B. FLEMING. T. F. and P A. St. course, promotion day has little or no sigiiilicaiico, so that no church rc- porls a promotion day. llut wlu-‘ii unch your has its owil special work this day is of great interest ami every pupil shares vitally in it. Then appropriate services spring up naturally. Without definite study for ony term or year the work can at best be vague and scrappy so that no tst or examin- atioli has sigiiiflcaiice. No school rc- porfs any such test. The curriculum is of vital import ance so also is thc training of thc teacher. There are a large number of good teachers now working and giving of their bcst. Their work lins been and is being blessed. Too i`ew parents and citizens recognize and appreciate all the teachers' work. it takes a great deal of energy and devotion to give up cvcry Sunday afternoon. But volun- teer service of the highest kind has never been waiitliig. The question remains, however. what is being done to irniii persons who are not teaching for that work. The reports say "Nothing." No norm- al class is reported in any church. One church reports u teacher train- ing class. Though the city is compact, tlicrc is no City teacher training institute of any kind. Four of thc churches report it teachers’ meeting. Three of these meet fairly regularly and, besides business, take up the study of the next lliiiforni lesson. The help of a lecture on the lesson to adults from the ndult poliit of view f.o a teacher of small lt may be objected: "Old Mary Jane children is questionable. . _ _ Sailings , mrs i.oNi_ioN rm... natir/lx f ' érimnlnii Messina June Hih ` ` ` Appeoine " l5tli lune lith Caterina " 26th STEAMICR From LIVERPOOL From HALIFAX J une sth Durango June 25th Furn¢ss,Wiihy & Co, Ltd. Ilalifax, N. S. & is loved by her pilpils and nearly all oi’ thc liuiidrcds ahe has taught have been inspired to llvc active Christian livcs and sho never had any training.” That may be truc. Iiuf. for every ono Mary Jane of flint kind there are many .who want to do that and have aching hearts because they cannot. A littlc help would be n great blessing. For cvcry Moody pickcd out of a shoe "store wlio'beoame 11 SPH! DPGUCUBP without edlicntioii ami training scores arc iltlod by training to be lcndcrs and no rliurcli entrusts llcr ministry io thc untrained and the llllolllliflllflfl- 'l‘cncliing is surely not nn unimport- lic lncii ten tiers and officers women tcaclieis. ' ' City; Yet' all will admit the noed f' of |,,.|p|n`gqpo,reots in their problems. l ood nraiits"nial»1azlnes M0 come. ` ' ‘ANADIAN P/Ami Far: ‘in SAN rnnmcisco Tlsko 'n ale to v '-s .. ~‘;~§_ in Three _ _ 22. ` From Charlottetown (loilll Chicelo I A * l .},huiix. 'services through the Younk TW.-pimippers' League and one by siv- _ _ is-.s.`....~lns `, ,. \ ' ' `_'_ PAN- gf _- ._ .., i 1-. . it-'f'f\'a 'sf' 'il-.*‘“ ._-.l.%'1 -' w " if ` ` 2"< its -mom* Munn-sal-Qu¢b¢° _lutv 8 Only two out of ten churches roD'0rl time they have a hyn1n'and_serinonetto ' ,at the morning service for the child- ‘I »"'"5"n¢-ehurbn seeks _lo .promote tho°ot- tiénn cowl children nt "the retailer `. lug marks in Sunday School. - Ciiihera Fiend! k . - _ mittee cxprcsscd it, "The teaching is _ iiiodiiicd kllid of preaching and this _ ”___'_‘_"f-, "' Pmmublil WHY Of Dllllilll.-i ill ‘ore needed. Newer plans embodying [present day educational principles are nut part of the Churc|i's work. _ ,. _» ,-.i Only one out ol' three lcucliors is' af ;£B'6i5'£-01'"ucoommodatioii, better equip- man. T . Q - ' togcthcr are,less dn number than tli__s__ Tlicre is no' .pnrcrits’ .class in tl1_e.__ Severn lc D . ._ lmwlsntied nndalio lists of books for hlldron which manly parents will wel- 'othsr equipment. ‘ ~ By way of amusements and recrea- tional life all the schools have an an- nual picnic and some of the adult classes an occasional social. One church, St. James Presbyterian, is to be highly commended for the good ten- nis courts it provides for its Y0l1ng people. _ ' ` One church replied to_tlie_ guestion. as to what it was doing 't`o.pi‘.ovi`de such activities "I sin surprlsed._`_ any, Christian would ask such _a ,que‘stion." Most of the churches have alibrary f°l' the pupils. The one ln'St. James is not used. but only one, ,St. Paul's Anglican, reports a teachers' library. Coiisiderlng the emphasis__glven to Skill in teaching and themany lgooks being issued, that are directly helpful in every phase of Sunday School work, this seems to -.be a grievous fault. Two report that children can easily get books of a blood and thunder char- acter which are harmful. Too much vigilance cannot be exercised. One church .succeeded in having a - series suppressed. Cultivating good. taste in literature by providing the most itl- teresting books for children is a great service that the Sunday Schools can render. Fourof the churches have good and costly separate Sunday School build- ings, namely St. Paul's Anglican, I-‘irst Methodist and St. James and Zion Presbyterian. This is a most commendable feature in the Clty's re- ligious work. In the other churches practically iiothlng additional was spoilt on the place of meeting for the Sunday School. More separate rooms ilow easily obtained. (Seo leaflet. The Special School (‘.liurcli Building issued by the Religious Education As- socintlon 352 South Michigan Ave., Chicago.) Counting in what is spent on music not one dollar in ten of all the running expenses of the Church is spent on its Sunday Schools. ln this computation mlnister's salary, heating the Church and all expenses that are shared pret- ty fully by both are excl-ide~i. And to cvery $14 spci.t on -.Fhurch music less than one is spent on the whole Sun- day School work. All the schools raise money by loose collection. ln addition some make money on their picnic. In many of the best schools ln other places the woekly envelopes and in some places the duplex envelope is used through- out the Sunday School. The minis- ter _of a church in Toronto with -a very large Sunday School from the working class says: “The most enthusiastic users of the Duplex Envelope in my church are the children of the Prim- ary Departinent." This is evidently the best system for the training of systematic and intelligent giving in after years. According to the reports received no church hi the city has, in the last ten years, had any of its members take up the Ministry. Foreign Mission, Deaconess, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., . or any similar work. In the decade before that St. James’ Presbyterian Clinrcli and quite a number of other churches also had some. This 'con- dition at the present time is to bc re- gretted and the churches should ex- amine their work among the young with the greatest care, for if results of this kind are not being produced, the fault must be largely with the ____L_¢d or "Un the mm-giuvj/_ 1; is to be work in religious education. ‘ Some years ago the Order of Re- cruits for the Ministry was originated by Rev. Geo. E. Ross, then minister of Zion Church. lt turned the attention of young men definitely to this field of service and enrolled them in a. help- ful organization. The Recruits still meet. Most of the members have al- ways come from Prince of Wales Col- lege students, and it did a great ser-_ vice in holding these young people,' most of tlieni from the country, truo to _ their early ideals. There are few organizations in the Churches for the young.. There are a few Mission Bands and Mission Cir- cles. and almost every Church 'has a Young People's Society. These con- fine themselves chiefly to the meet- ings. No definite activities are re- ported except in the one case already mentioned, whore there is n,_ good ten- iils club. Boy Scouts are reported from one church only. Otlielt troops have since been -organized chiefly through 'thc Y. M. C. A. TNQ Girl Guides or similar organlzatloiii is re- ported from any church. here is evidence of great need of organized ol’ a plirposcful character developing nature for both boys and girls. To the question to Suporfntendents mid officers "Wl\nt are the greatest needs _of_ you; school?" only one re- lied* 'l‘he"nee‘ds mentioned wore n1`opft,,~'_‘ more" .gctivéiand consecrated teachers." _. _ Tlie’se;§_.are important. Tho meat importimt.thiiig is that only one strongly felt that their school was ln'i1oed of .1 anytlilng. This attitude wail reflected in other ways. Satis- faotl0n__`.witl'l present conditions is sometlmesdue to lack of vision. Tho inspiration of_ a great work is revolu- tionary. _. ` iii addition to the reports discussed above, certain questions were asked of the teachers. The Superintendent gatlier`el.l~. the_,teacll_ers after the Sun- dsygschool and they went over the questions ogie by 39119 each one ans-' werliz, for _ s or het own class. In tlils way no"~-questions were missed,” and each who answered at all un- doubtedly gavo the best report pos- ' d ucationel activltgf ` 'mit n could _show up the condition of the work to much poorer advantage. 54 teach- ers above the primary, representing six churches replied. The answers are as follown:- 19 have separate rooms, and six a ourtained space. 20 are neither. All but eix say they are satisfied with where their class meets. Light and ventilation are usually. good. The seneral conditions are therefore good. Not one teacher reports any good. wall-pictures; only three have any maps for their classes; only 10 have tables at which ell the class fan eit and work. As to other equ pment, three have blackhoerde. and one "us- unl. lifp'pliel." The other 50 have no sible for the class.. ‘estions gm. --Noghlnsq _ ; _ are the simplest an to thai” "What special reading are you dol most cofnmonpls dill an ed Einqsnnday School' work besides# t , ln every one of the 54 lform Lessons are used. sons are used in some of Les- New is the Time to Get Rid of Theee Ugly Spots. There’s no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the prescription othiuey-double strength-is guaranteed to remove tliesehoinely spots. Simply get ah ounce of othine- double strength-from any druggist and apply a little of it night and morn- ing and you should soon .see that. even the worst freckles have begun' -.to disappear, wlille the lighter ones` have vanished entirely. lt is seldom' that more than an ounce is' needed to completely-clear the skin and gain a beautiful- clear lcoinplexion. _ . Be sure to ask for the double stren- gth othine as this is sold under guar- antee of money back if it falls to re- move freckles. of all the changes that have been made and the fact that every great de- nomination, including thc internation- al Sunday School Assoclation, either issues or unites with others in issuing lessons suited to the need of the pup- ils in each class. All but two say they suit their classes. Yet it was because the Uniform Course does not do this that has caused every church to go to great expense to furnish other courses. Only 6 out -of the 54 have any kind of lesson pictures. The appeal to the eye is neglected. Education today is existing on activ- ities. But 51 say their pupils do no handwork of any kind iii connection with the Sunday School lesson. ln several cases' they write answers to questions and one says they give "physical expression." it should he stated that in every case. a list of ac- tivities carried oil in inoderli Sunday Schools was suggested so the nega. tive replies are not due to lapse of memory. 16 report no memory work, but all tho rest have texts learned by heart. 17 out of the 54 memorize passages of Scripture. Only 9 learn hyms. All of the Anglican teachers have the pu- pils lenrn collects.. One gets the children to learn some poems. No diplomas are reported for memory work last year. The teachers themselves visit pup- ils \vlio are irregular in attendance or sick. Nothing else is done for tliein. Four of the American teachers (St. l’au_l's) notify the rector of the other parish when pupils leave the coininun- lty. Nothing is done by the other teachcrs_ regularly for or with their pupils; ni two eases the teacher tries to keep iii touch with them. This is careless sliephordiiig. The Church has lost and is losing heavily in this way. To the important question, “What lB 110110 For those who are not enro- lcd?" 40 say "Nothing", The other five say they are "visited" or “invited to join". it is evident that no systema- tic attempt is made to see that every one possible is enrolled. The Stipcii- dary magistrate says that..all juvc- nile crime in»~Cl.\a'rlottetow_n is com- mited by the yfouths who are not look- ed after by the churches by youths \vho are “on the margin" of the chur- ch. This is a splendid tri- bute to the value of the Church. But \vliy, in a city like Charlottetown which is so favourably situated in many ways and is so well churclied should there be any neglec- hoped that the_ churches will take as pa_rl. of their motto. "Every last boy and girl enrolled". If such un effort is well carried out the results might sur- prise many. ‘ Seven know pretty well how many of their pupils read the Bible daily. All the pupils of two classes belong to the Pocket Testament League. In 14 cases almost all the pupils pray daily. The remaining teachers do not seem to know anything about these things and several seem to imply it is none of their business. ln 23 classes “most" all study the lesson. Only three classes do any written work at home and only two do anything else. This does not look like real earnest educational work. All classes give something to mls- slons, but only in a few cases do they give to any special object. There is good interest in missions and the giv- ing is fairly generous. A few gain an intelligent interest in giving “hy reading letters from Missionaries, ac- tually lielping the needy, through Mis- sion Band activities and similar' ways. The great majority leave it to custom. In six cases thc class as a class had a social time in the year, and in _six cases the classes had two social times -a. total of 12 out of 54. ln, of these, two cases the pupils had a good deal to do with the arrangements. The value of social times. especially when planned and carried out by the pupils is self ovldcnt. ` Only flvc of the 54 classes are orga- nized nnd most of the schools meet all together for theopening and clo- sing, there bcing no departmental or- ganisation; ’~ ` if mr 'i '- ` "Describe clearly what activities are carried on, and what you do wltlior for the class througlrthe wcekl’ One ré- plles: "l’rny"; nnotllor: "Committee work"; a tliirdz. "Prepare the lesson". The other.51 say "Nothing". ,_ - "'ln‘what other ways do youget in _touch with their life at home, 'at -school at play at work?" Nino saybf “W|1idncver' I' can”;: another.: “Visit »‘them"; it fourth: "Entertain them’[; ja fifth: "Meet them_ at their ,business vbnt not as mugli as -I wisli_.1 __c{iuldf'. *'i'he'1BPliei- 49-*s y “Ni-ter meet hem., stud of tho lessons 7*' One says: "A . .. _ 'class' J For 40. years uni fgremalned the same, . . ` ' _.,.<, ' v .1 >-' .i mf... _ _ Y . - - current literature". 'the others all soy l GREAT R-nv-L N--no -N ll Fiiliilts _ 3 -I-mm Any comment on Sunday School work cniricd on in this way is super- chers; five, better attention and stu dy by tho pupils; four greater inter est and co-operation in the home; two,‘ more interest by the officials and Church.; two. more work and better training -for the pupils; two, better equipment ami separate rooms. These impressed needs sltow insight. Studies -_that -meet the spintaneous interestsl and needs of the pupils would meet se- -veral of these needs and would stimu- late tho teachers lit themselves better _for their great work. Reviewing the situation, the follow- ing seem to cali for immediate action: 1. -There is not one organized Bible _Class in the City doing work regular- y. 2. Leadership in practical work is lacking; churches are at a loss to know what to get their classes to do; 3. There is no teachers' institute for the City. In a small, compact city which lives leisurely such a class is easily possible, once the grenteness of the work is seen. If it is not possible then each church should have a defi- nite short course (say 10 weeks) in teacher training each year. Definite steps were taken by the committee to promote a teachers training institute so _that it could be organized at the then approaching Sunday School convention. It is please- ing to report that the institute was or- _ gaiiizcd. 4 4. There is not a normal class to train young people _to be teachers, iii, any school. These classes, meeting at- the regular Sunday School hour, help solve the problciii of qualified tea- cliers. 5. There is not a teachers' library in any school, Sessions, Vcstry or Quar- terly Boardg would likely install a small library to be added to cnch year as a mark of appreciation to the tea- chers if the matter was called to their attention. The new books should be bought as they appear. ti. Therc ig not a Teachers’ meeting for the discussion of' books und Sun- day school problenis. The review of some good book in the teachers’ li- brary by several oi’ the tcuclicrs is the basis for a valuable discussion and at least makes the book known; the some is true of problems studied in thc light of’ the various autliors. 7. No school uses Graded Lessons even in a majority of its classes. The- re is no excuse for delay in providing an educational curriculum. 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