The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-10

School Convention:
The Sunday School Army of Iowa, at
one thousand strong, send
greeting. Our motto is, "The State for
Jesus Read Titus, III, Is.
H. scoTT Howell, Prest.
The discussion of the Infant Glass
exercise was then discussed, num-
Der Of ladies participating. and max
ing By far the most practical and in
teresting addresses.
The following resolutions were read
and adopted:
ResolUed, /. That it Is the sense of |
this Convention that no person should |
be allowed to speak more than five |
minutes on the discussion of any
ResozUeI, 9. That no person shall
speak more than oLae on the same
question. M J. III. v. SMITH,
JAMES HILL,
j. w. HARDMAN,
JOHN " THOMPSON.
The next topic, "Wn, am 1
Teacher2" was introduced by Rev.
w. Nj. Cheever, of Terre Haute.
ADDRESS By REV. w. N. cHEEvER
TgHv am I a Sunday School Teachers is a
question which some teachers experience
that i don't know why ami $ Have
Ia her. drifted into it;"F"Would rather
give my work to some other person." &C..
answer this question from the standpoint
of the Sabbath School Teacher; that is.
should be-" sc. Yet hope that my an
swer will ind q cordial echo in the per-
sonaI experience Of many Sunday School
ties cheers who hear me-
Whu am 7 q Sunday School IeGcherP
1. Because somebody must teach. 1t Is my
DUTY.
At y Sabbath school Association in
Terre Haute, the past year, there were laid
on the table two dozen answers to the
leading questions of the evening: What
| is the great need of our Sabbath Schools?"
| without any consultation, and from repre-
| sensations of all the schools in the city,
twenty out OF the twenty-four replied:
'' TEACHERS, good teachers, and plenty Of
/ then1lD
In our discussions here with reference to
i the still further advancement of the grand
| Sabbath School movement OF the age,
| whatever stress we may put on the COM
| ter of the music, the blackboard exercise,
| uniformity in lessons, the library. the use
| and abuse of the question book, the best
mode OF Conducting infant, Intermediate,
aud bible classes. the model superintend-
emit, and all the matters which have refer
ence to the closing exercises; we shall be
! compelled to admit, after all, that the
/ hfghest success of any school depends on
| things else, next to Gods blessin g, is, good
teachers, and pteqaty OF them,
/ Here then is a grand work. that cannot
be accomplished without teachers. Inc
| of the Church, here is responsibility II ON
| which 1 cannot. dare not shrink. To me,
comes the command: " 90. work to-day
| in nv vineyard :" If 1 really desired TO
| decline the ONCE OF a Sabbath School
| teacher, there Is no honorable way by
| which 1 can doit. have no right to close
my ear to this cry Of teachers, while others
are from four to i've million of children,
now in the Sunday schools, to be taught;
Sonse6odv must do this work. II is a work
| which belongs to the Church. IL is an in.
SeflsTns / am I. member Of this Church,
and In common with my fellow Christians
must assume my share OF the ALLEGATION
| OBLIGATION resting upon anyone, rests also
on nle,other things being equal There is an
sa5yspS tRe Lord Feed my soe
body must heed it. Take this child and
nurse it for metz Who shall take this
TO hear this ommand, to obey it. Here
is a vast multitude of children for whom
Christ died, and who are the most hopeful
subjects OF Christian faith and labor, and
| somebody must at once earnestly enter on
the work of saving them; am that some
| BODY. There is no possible way for me to
| escape the service honorably. If for " ant
of teachers these children, or any large
God. and precoc1ous in crime, and become
| q curse TO society, and so down at last In
their impen1tence to the second death,
| somebody will be % blame. 4 am that some
body If decline to enter upon the sunday
! School work.
tive tLan this-a mere sense of duty as one
of the mum Der on whom the injunction is
question. There is resting on me as sol
emn an obligation to teach In the Sunday
school as Paul felt TO preach the Gospel,
and for one am constrained to say. & Woe
unto me II TEACH mott" cannot answer
for my refusal at the bar of conscience. or
OF gpoIlc opinion, or at the judgment seat
Indeed, Mr.. President, the more I think
OF 1t, instead OF the theme you have as
sigued me. IL should have been in these
words: Why am NOT Sundy School
teacher" THIS Is the tremendous ques.
ton which should come laundering on
the ears of that large number of intel
ligent church members, who are nerer, or
at best seldom seen In our Sunday Schools
Why am not q Sunday School teacher?
If The command of Jesus. Feed my
Lambs % is still binding on al Christians,
longer an experiment., but IS the grandest
success of the age,-if there is ne Christian
ness and prayer may hope to present In
Heaven these redeemed trophies, who will
shine as the stars forever in the Kingdom
| of their Fathsr-why. in the world m
NOT q Sabbath School teacher? What
right have 1 tostand aloof from this grand
brethren to toll alone2 With what face
can 1 approach the Judgment of the
Great Day-hayIng stood idle in the vine-
yard, and so far as I am concerned. al
lowed these lambs to wander into the dark
mountains and perish
This then, IS my hrst answer to this
question, somebody must teach. and If 1T
| be the duty of any one, 1t is MY duty.
q am Sabbath School Teacher, be-
/ cause the WORK Is infinitely aO0Tthv of me.
| Sabbath School men are sometimes ac-
| cused OF hyperbOie, In stating the grandeur
| and enforcing the duties growing out of
this work. Hyperbole, indeed Ny breLh-
| rem. there are some things that cannot be
over estimated, much less stated too
/ strongly.
civil freedom of Christianity to the State
| of the Bible in our common schools, of
the living God, and the great Salvation
and among these Invaluable blessings are
those which are the fruit of Sabbath
School culture. 1t is simply impossible
to impress too deeply on the hearts of all
/ Sabbath School teachers the essential no
| btIity Of their calling It Is on the same
| high plane with the work of the Pastor
! and the Evangelist, who is commissioned
20 preach Christ and Him Crucified. The
4 spirit and aim OF the faithful Sabbath
I School teacher. are IN harmony with the
/ grand purpose OF Him iUhO came 10 SEEK
! AID sdUe The lot.