Report of the proceedings of the second Provincial Sabbath-school teachers' convention.

8 sake of the Church to which wc belong, nor of the nation, but that we may add to the number of His Kingdom.The work of Sabbath School teaching is the noblest in which we can engage, it speaks to our patriotism, to our kindly feelings, and to our enthusiasm.The world is filled with little children, and cold and dull must that man's heart be who is not drawn towards them.But there are few such persons in the world, itnd in fact it is too often the case that love to the child exceeds our love to Him whose the children are.Dr. Ormiston then pointed out the necessity and propriety of practising a brotherly love and courtesy the one towards the other during the progress of the convention.God never made one man to be the echo 'of another ; every man's opinion differed in some respects from that of his neighbor and it is well that such is the case.These differences of opinion are the obvious results of our varied trainings.The Rev. Doctor alluded to the fact of the different appearances of the same landscape which the photograph presents when taken from different stand-points, and yet it is the same scene which is in all cases represented.So would it be in the Convention.Every member of it would bring his own view of the same grand subject, and when they were all gathered together they would present a full embodiment of the whole.But whether all will see eye to eye or not, it was the obvious duty of every Christian man to treat with full respect the views of every brother.If this was done the Convention could not fail to be productive of good results, and Cristian bonds would be drawn closer and be strengthened.The subject of Sabbath Schools would be placed before them in all its varied relations, in its relations to the homes, its relationsto the children, in its relations to the world, and to every heart, for there is no one.from the babe of one month old, to the aged grandsire of a hundred years, who is not interested in a greater or less degree in Sabbath Schools.The interior mechanism of the Schools, so to speak, would be laid before the Convention, every pin, every wheel, and the spring upon which it revolves, would in turn be considered.The wants and requirements of the teacher w r ould be made the subject of consideration, as well as those of the pupil, and when warm loving hearts thus met together, filled with a true earnest purpose of good, blessed results were sure to follow.May the prayers, (said Dr. Ormiston, at the conclusion of his admirable address,) which will arise, I trust from the hearts of the members of this Convention, be abundantly answered, that we may all say that « it is good to be here," and thus may all our hearts be baptised afresh to Christ's work of training up the young to His service."At the Conclusion of the Kev.Doctor's speech, a hymn was sung.Mr. McKillican, Sabbath School Agent, said that he hailed this opportunity of saying a few words.He expressed his opinion that the proceedings of this Convention should not have reference alone to those parts of the country where schools are established, but also to those which are entirely without them, and he was sorry to say that there are many such places, as his experience had taught him.We must love our whole country, the back settlements as well as the cities.In such localities we have not only to educate the young children, but in many cases to instruct the teachers.He hoped that in this convention not only would the condition of our cities, and towns and villages be attended to, but also of those less developed parts of the country which are too frequently neglected, and further particulars of which he (Mr.McKillican) hoped to give.Rev. Mr. Bell, of Clifton, said that he had just returned from a Sunday School Convention at Syracuse, which he designated as the greatest meeting of the kind which had ever taken place upon this continent, not only on account of the great number of persons present, but also on account of the large Eev.J. Gemley, of Kingston, then read an interesting statement of a lady's efforts to get a Sabbath School class.She met a poor ragged boy in the street, spoke kindly to him, and she said she would give him clothes if he would come to the Sunday School.He consented, and the result was that the boy became a distinguished Missionary.He (Mr. G.) could not quite agree with Col. Burrows about Union Schools ; he thought each church would do best by itself.Nor did he think we could gather the poor children into the ragged School ; they would not come.He thought a Committee of lady visitors might be beneficial.It would also be well to give rewards to the children for intro- ducing new scholars.Mr. Pearson of Toronto, thought the great difficulty seemed to be to procure clothing.-In the School he was connected with they appointed a Committee of ladies to collect clothing, which they distributed to poor children.They now had a monthly collection in the School for the same purpose.They had lady visitors also, through whose exertions, in the course of a single year, upwards of onchundred and fifty children were gathered into the School.Mr. Rutherford, of Peterborough, thought the suggestions of Col. Burrows of a Union School the best.If we had a Provincial Sabbath School Union, and then leave details to each locality, it would answer the purpose.The Union Schools he thought would be peculiarly adapted for the neglected children.Mr. Pardee, of New York, was cordially received by the Convention.He said it must be remembered we were not legislating for a single locality, but for the entire Province.It had been his duty for many years to gather in the destitute children.

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