AIDS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14925, 30 August 1910, Page 2

AIDS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

LECTURE BY Mil W. 0. ALLNUTT. The sixth lecture in the series that has been specially arranged for Sunday school tellers was delivered by Mr W l . C. Allnutt it tho Moray Haco Congregational Schoolroom last night. Mr J. Toed presided over a good attendance. Mr Allnutt's subject was "The Class," and ho began by asking his audience 1b bring before their minds the members «{ their classes. The children should not bo classified simply according to age, but rather on the basis of equality of attainment, as in the public schools. Whatever might be said of any Sunday school olassi, it was certainly a bundle of possibilities. What did tho ohildren wish and long for'; They wanted loving sympathy, they wanted to be interested, they wanted help to be t'cod. They neoded character building, they needed to know that they should fear God, that Christ loved them, that their teacher was sincere. But concrete illustrative aids were needed in interesting the children. There; were many ways of enforcing discipline in public schools, and some of thoso could also be used in Sunday schools. A question was of no value unless some mental effort was necessary to answer it. He considered that superintendents should come as close as possible to the children, and move .found among the various clilssos, perhaps teaching them the lesson for a. few minutes. The children were always restlessly watching and forming their opinions of tho teaoher. The secret of teaching- was getting the ohildren to oome in and help and take part in tltc lesson. Tho great difficulty of iho teacher was to com© down to the level of the child's intellectual powers. The grand aim of every true teacher should bo to enable the children to live a fuller, richer, more interesting, and useful life. Tho second part' of tho address or "chat," as Mr Allnutt choee to call it, dealt with the use of objective aids in- Sunday school work. Ho showed soing of the latest wall periodicals, books, cards, plans, and models now being brought- to suoh perfection. He. gave, several most vivid and 6uggestivo specimen blackboard lessons, and expressed the ■ opinion , that the most-effective work could be done by spending one Sunday- in, proparing the way for tho lesson to bo 'gi\'en the next. ;. , ' A very hearty vote of thanks was ac. corded to Mr Allnutt for tho.voiy helpful manner in which ho had dealt -with 'hib subject.