Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-03

say, are not yet found all the children in any
community, yet they are cxerting an nnu.
cncc, which, IL is hoped, will soon compel
every parent 10 sec that hc s at least rep
resented IN these great nurafic. Of good
morals.
When assembled it j. not prouo.cd 10
teach the doctrines and mere recondilc
principles oi the Bible, but il i, propnsed
10 read the New Testament and the Bible.
and TO closely call the attention Of the chill
drcn 20 what is said Of righteousness and
purity Of character, and purity Of heart. -
We will read to them, aud tcach them To
read that Christ is the saviour Of the world
and that those who love him. and obey him
III all his appointed ways, shall live with
him after this life shall merge in death. 49,
In our Sunday Schools we will read to the
children an account ofthe birth. life. teach
ings, death and resurrection Of the Saviour
This can bc read by, and in the hearing Of
more than six hundred thousand children
in our own State every Sabbath morning
Who would undertake to estimate the great
good and the advantages OF such PRIVILEGES
to the children, who must riphtiully look to
us for this glorious advantage. We will
read TO them that to be saved they must be
Chrst's, and to be Christ they must be like
Him, learn who He was, what he was. what
He did, and what He said while the Garth.
This is all learnablc in the New Testament.
the great book Of every Sabbath School i'm
the land.
We learn, in this great and good book
that when Christ was twelve years Of ace
he went into the Temple Of Jerusalem
amongst lawyers and doctors, and there as
tonishcd all those who heard him by his
| questions and answers. Lawyers and doc
tors, persons Of the most, inatured wisdom
and Of the most adroit skill in managing a
debate, were sicnccd and confourded by the
wisdom Of the sou Of man. Infidclity and
Sceptccism in the hands Of its most ,killful
guardians was foilcd and received most
damaging blows in the presence Of the vast
multitude, who became astonishcd at it,
weakness and glowing prctcnsions. Truth
in the hands of this immortal youth .honc
with such radiating splcndor, that it illumi.
mates the whole heavens, the destiny of all
the followers Of this mighty champion, the
King Eternal. What did this mighty cap.
tain of our salvation say; what questions
did He ask; what answers did He give before
those learned men, which paralyzed them
and their doctrines and enabled him t.
stand forth victor to the great astoni.h.
ment Of the multitude Can we learn from
the New Testament what it was that He said
and what it was that so contounded the
multitude? If we can learn it from thi,
source we can teach it to the youngest child
in a Sunday School. Tell the child wha
lie said the answers given by Him, whereb,
his Godikc eminence became manifest
and we thereby add to the stature of the
child the great power and the great argu
mcnt before which infidelity in the hands Of
her choisest and most skiliul advocates re
Tres in silence to the astoni>hnent of he,
votaries.
We propose to do in our Sunday Schools
nothing more than its history for the last
fifty years shows to be its object, that is to
stand as nursery Of morality; to be Il
Sabbath home for all the well disposed
children Of the land thousands of good men
and good women, are now living to testify
to the good influences and good training by
them received in the Sunday School.
We will not forget in our Sunday Schools
to consider thatit is our duty to so live that
we may enjoy the choisest blessings here,
and that we may be fitted for the enjoyment
Of the rich blessings of that country which
is the christians hope. We hope to sec a
union in this great matter, Of parents. cti-
zens and ncighbors, and let the Sunday
Schools in every locality become Sabbath
home for all their children Let them be
placed upon the highways, to usefulness that
will make them ornaments to society aud a
source of happiness to themselves in this
life, that they may all, when life is over. 20
in peace to the rest Of man; that they may
all, when terminated in the resurrection and
when they shall be rcposscSscd Of the men
tai culture OF this life, in view of the gran
durc of the New Jerusalem eXcaim great
and marvellous are Thy works Lord God Al