CAMP-MEETING SABBATH-SCHOOLS.
By W. C. White
At each one of our large camp-meetings held this year there has been a mammoth Sabbath-school, including in its numbers nearly all those attending the meeting. That these schools are very profitable, and a great help to the S. S. work in the State where they are held, is evident to those who have attended them. Attention is called to the importance of Bible study, and to the Sabbath-school as a chief means of promoting thoroughness in the work. The best plan of conducting a school and its various exercises is demonstrated in less time than it could be described and explained. We hope that there will be a model school held at each one of the coming camp-meetings, and that every person so situated as to make it possible will attend with a well learned lesson, and a determination to help make the school a success. A few suggestions about these schools may not be out of place. Lessons. Do not assign an old lesson so as to secure its being learned, and never assign more than one lesson to each division. It will be better for Divisions Two, Three, and Four (all except the little ones) to study the lessons in the Instructor, and Lesson Sheet, designed for the Sabbath on which the meeting is held. This makes the school more natural, and those who attend the meeting can resume the work when they return home without any break in the lessons. The lesson for the little ones, or First Division, should be announced by the president of the State Association in time to be well learned. Learning the lesson. Let every S. S. scholar and teacher endeavor to attend the camp-meeting, and come to the Sabbath-school held Sabbath morning, prepared to do his part well. Study the lesson the first part of the week, and learn it well, and then bring your Lesson Papers so that you can give it additional study on the ground. There may be many on the ground who have not enjoyed the privileges of the Sabbath-school, and you should be prepared by your conversation and example to encourage them to engage in this work when they return home. Lesson papers. The president and secretary of the State association, who are the superintendent and secretary of the camp-meeting Sabbath-school, should provide a liberal quantity of Lesson Papers to be distributed to those attending the meeting who have not been attending Sabbath-school, or who have been studying some other lessons. The lessons should be handed out as early in the meeting as possible, and every one should be encouraged to prepare for the school, and to attend. The camp-meeting Sabbath-school should be planned beforehand, and the teachers selected on Friday. It should be called early, so that classes may be arranged and ready for work at 9 o’clock. The exercises should follow closely the programme generally adopted, so that the whole school will represent as nearly as possible the workings of an ordinary Sabbath-school.