SUNDAY SCHOOL EXPERT

Evening Star, Issue 18121, 10 November 1922, Page 4

SUNDAY SCHOOL EXPERT

MISS WARNER’S VISIT, The visiting Sunday School demonstrator, Miss Warner, gave her second address ia Stuart Hall last night. . Her subject was 'The Service of Music in the Sunday School.’ In her opening remarks the lecturer said she would rather refer to her subject as “the ministry of Froax tho oldest to i-h© youngosu in the school each may take his or he? part in that ministry. What would the •world bo to us if music wr-.% no more.’ Children were conscious of rhythm before they were conscious of melody, Tho department or school in which, music was not given its proper place was to be pitied. There should he eqml_ giving and taking between the pianist Ana tibe children. Devotional exercises wore mad© more beautiful by suitable music. There was a beginner’s spirit, a primary spirit, a. junior spirit, an 'internemate spirit, and a Bible class spirit: and the pianist can oateh and strengthen the spirit of egch department. The pianist must have had a spiritual experience herself, also a, memory of her own childhood. She must have a definite aim, he resourceful and sympathetic, and able to fit up all the little inconvenient interruptions with muse- bliss Warner demonstrated how music, descriptive of the reasons of tho year, could l>o selected and used iu connection with tho nature talks. She described the special kind, of music required in each department-opening music, prayer moric, lesson music, fillingin music, and farewell music. As th© lecture proceeded Miss Dick illustrated at the piano the different kinds of music referred to.

Tiro subject on Saturday night is ‘ The Junior and BitOTmedkte Departments.’