RELIGIOUS TEACHING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 9

RELIGIOUS TEACHING.

NEW METHODS. ,■■■/■ ; / Last at the i Constable Street-, Congregational Schoolrobin; the'. Rev. G/ J. . Williams-(organising, secretary to/the 1 Loildon; Missionary Society) addressed tho combined Mission: .Study/Circles: on.''''The : rietrf of a new method of religious' teaching.'' ..TherA. was ;a large 'attendance,' among those present being the.-Revs.' W. A.'Evans, J. R'./Glasson,' M. : Aspland, Sims, and Harris. . -, z

: Tho old niethod of teaching by means of • lectui'es, Mr.' .Williams: stated, ■ was obsolete.'/ Nowaday- it.;was..not what the. teaoher • had ; done: but what'- the' pupil could do : that told. The : purpose! of the Mission Study. Circle .was to draw out: the people and let. them express their opinions freely,./ "It was not enough to'listen to the preach each Sunday. There must be an independent study; of, religion if-it was to be really understood. During this session, a toxt-book entitled '"The Approaoh of Islam" , will be'studied and, after that -Mr. Williams advises' the study of, the Bible. He suggests';,also, that the ministers . of./ the : -different ohurches would 'find it helpful to them as well as to their members if they, met. once , a week : and discussed the sermois preached on the previous Sunday."'/' The eenera.l. formation of .Mission/.Study Circles would benefit the churches as a whole: -These.circles are not intended to evolve into debating' societies, but, wisely conducted, they tend to deepen the spiritual'life of itheir/members. ;•••

Next year's text-book will be "The decisive hour of Christian missions," by the Rev. G. R. Mott.' ;-, / \/: ■ -:. At the; Alicetown Church'last evening: tt . lecture on. "Benares" was delivered, under the auspices of. the London /Missionary Society, by Mr. W. F. Eggers. There was a large attendance, and ■ the audience listened . with ' appreciation 1 to- a; very ■. interesting address..