MAINE S. S. ASSOCIATION by W. H. Blaisdell; Isadore A. Baker

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 19, 1880.

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 8

MAINE S. S. ASSOCIATION.

By W. H. Blaisdell; Isadore A. Baker

The second annual session of the Maine Sabbath-school Association was held at Somerset Mills, in connection with the T. and M. quarterly meeting, Jan. 4.

Not as many were present as at our former meeting, yet the occasion was one of marked interest. The President being absent, J. E. Baker was elected President pro tem.

The members of the various schools reported that since our last annual session, which was held at Norridgewock in October, 1879, there had been a renewed interest in the Sabbath-school work. Parents and children, as well as the teachers, seem to have waked up to the importance of this branch of the work.

It was thought that these good reports were the results of the former Teachers’ Institute; the teachers and friends of the schools went home with more zeal and enthusiasm, and it worked in the schools till, little by little, all were awakened. And yet the standard is not as high as we wish it to be, nor as it may be if all will work with the interest that they now express.

It was recommended that these institutes should be held oftener, and that more time should be given them. It is hoped that more will attend the next session, and go with a view of working while there. It is workers that we need.

We hope that the subject of hearing recitations may receive special attention next time; much of the interest of the Sabbath-school depends upon this, and it is important that the teachers be acquainted with the various methods employed.

Will all the teachers please give the subject careful thought and study, and be ready to give us the result at our next meeting.

W. H. Blaisdell, Pres.

Isadore A. Baker, Sec.