SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 226, 24 August 1932, Page 2

SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK

I UNION'S ANNUAL MEETING. j ; The annual general meeting of tee j Palmerston Xorth .Sunday School I Union was held in St. Ar.crew s Mem- ! orial Hali last evening, there being an ; attendance of CO teachers rrom the ! various schools. Rev. C. .1. Matthews, president or : the union, welcomed the delegates, especially mentioning Rev._ A. X• Scotter. of St. Paul s .Methodist Church. After opening with a hymn. Rev. Mr Scotter led in prayer. The annua, report, submitted by tne secretary, Mr G. H. .itiles, stated that the year had been a quiet one. The p/sssing of the late Rev. J. E. Parsons, a past president, was recorded with "regret. A discussion on school work had been held with the Wellington Union. The union heid its own examinations this year ror tr.e second time in succession. _ 163 scholars sitting. Thanks were due to the examiners in this connection ror their good work in setting and marking , the papers. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £’st 11s 5d —an increase on last year. The report and balance sheet were ; adopted. Mrs G. T. Brown reported on her ; i visit to the Wellington Union’s con-; ! vention in Feilding. when it had j been suggested by the southern body | that their outlying schools contiguous j to the Manawatu district link up j with the local union. The V eilingtonians desired to hold their con-1 vention in Palmerston Xorth next j Faster, she said. to enable rurther j discussions to take place on the sub-; ject. Mr Matthews thanked Mrs Brown for her report. Mr Hodder asked if all the schools had paid their fees and Mr Miles replied that no fees had yet been received as no definite requests had yet : ; been made. Mr Matthews spoke of Mr 'tiles s 'fine work in connection with the examination arra n gernen ts. Mrs Brown moved a resolution that the .Sundav School Union of Wellington be invited to hold its convention ■in Palmerston Xorth next Faster. Mr Hodder seconded the motion, ’stating that it was about ten years since the convention had been held here. It had to be remembered that: the visitors would require hospital- ; ity. however. ‘Mr -Stiles read a letter in which the Wellington Union stated that aoout 60 would attend if camping arrangeI ments could be made. < . . After a discussion, it was deckled, 'on Rev. .J. D. McArthur's amendment. to leave the matter to the exe- j cutive to consider and bring Before the next genera! meeting. The election of officers resuited a.s follows: —President. Rev. A. X. .'cotter; vice-presidents. Rev. Cl. S. Matthews and Mrs G. T. Brown; secretary and treasurer. Mr G. H. Stiles. Arrangements were made tor the prize-giving in St. Andrew s Church next " Sunday afternoon, and Mrs ; Brown. Miss Jamieson, and Mr stiles' were appointed the book selection committee. The action in arranging the date was confirmed.

Miss Turner, of Auckland, was welIcorned to the meeting as a primary ! and Sunday school teacher, and gave a verv interesting address. 'he ; said that there was no bigger job than that of the Sunday school teacher, j whose spiritual life must reach a very high standard. Every teacher had ito know whether he or she had travelled the way of Salvation; had to I know exactly what the Church of j God was—that it comprised every Christian who had accepted Christ as isa- : viour: and had to know the W ord of i God and obtain increasing knowledge of it. It was necessary to yield fully ■to Christ’s claims ‘to effectively lead young people, as it was very easy to be a stumbling block to young people. The teacher had to abide and to keep the face toward God. There was no use talking of Sunday School methods if the person was not fit. The teacher must be a burning, shining light, not simply a shining light. The aim in schools to-day was to divide into grades and promote de-cen-tralisation. Miss Turner offered several suggestions for improving the schools and the methods of teaching. At the conclusion of’her address, she answered several questions and was accorded a warm vote of appreciation on Mr Stiles's motion.

During tho evening supper was provided bv the ladies present.