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ered. He has thought more aVout this matter than most of 

 us, and I wish to move that this society — and I do not sim- 

 ply go over it as an ordinary form, but because I feel it — 

 that this society tender him a vote of thanks for the able 

 and instructive address we have listened to. 



J. C. Kellogg — I would offer an amendment to that and 

 move to make him also a life honorary member. Motion 

 carried. 



Pres. J. M. Smith — We can now listen to a few remarks 

 with reference to Mr. Garfield's address. 



S. B. Hoxie — I think it would be well to take up and 

 discuss some of the views brought out by our brother from 

 Michigan. There are so many points in his work that we 

 ought not to let this opportunity pass. There are so many 

 lessons that we might bring right home, especially in the 

 matter of children learning of the common things they 

 meet with every day. I am sure that should I ask the 

 children in almost any neighborhood the names and varie- 

 ties of the trees growing in their neighborhood they could 

 not tell me. If you ask the children here how many varie- 

 ties you have growing in your beautiful city here, they 

 could not tell you. We have here in the United States over 

 four hundaed varieties of trees. Here is an object lesson " 

 the children have right before them. When he was telling 

 of taking a grape vine into the Sunday school class I 

 thought of a similar experience I had. There is nothing 

 that you can do to gain the attention of children like talk- 

 ing about common things. I wish you would talk about 

 what Prof. Garfi,eld has said rather than take up my ad- 

 dress. 



Pres. J. M. Smith — In our discussion we have had very 

 little from the ladies. We should be glad to listen to them^ 

 I hope they will not consider themselves shut out from the 

 discussion. Mrs. Campbell, we should be glad to hear from 

 you. 



Mrs. Campbell — I think it was a grand paper. I wish I 

 had words to express my gratification. 



Pres. J. M. Smith — Mr. Adams, I believe we have not 

 heard from you to-day. 



