The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-09-05
sunday.school Picnic at Nodaway.

Sunday.School Picnic at NodaWay.
EuroR RErUBL It II = custom to re-
mort the proceedings Of meetings held for public
good, I will give you = short detail Of . Basket
Picnic for the Sunday-school at NOdaway Sta
ton on the 10th day of August. Notwithstanding
the very warm and dry weather at the appointed
bour team after team came with the scholars
from districts number3 ,4 and ], with pi3 Visions
In abundance, and were conducted py !he mar
shall of the day, Mr.. Bridges 70 Semies, Dea MI
very hne pieces of music were played by M,ss
II. Garner. The best of order prevailed, and All
present appeared to enjoy The = ssr we'll sbo 1 Ssd
been requested by the Committee to come ana
deliver an address, had arrived: Dinner wss
taken, after which Mr.. Earls took the staaa a,I
| made the most able and appropriate address l
| have ever heard ON such an occasion, keeping
the large audience for about one and one nall
hour, dividing his subject in three parts: ist, 70
the parents Of children, then TO the presidents,
| and then the teachers Of Sunday-schools. mol
occupyiny too much space in your paper, l WIN
give you III substance the former part OF MS nd
lever in In. inclination of the twig, and to qIes-
| ton the efficacy of the Sabbath school e . prime
lever OF the religious world, is to doubt tsn y aSc =.
way he should go, and when he is old be will not
depart from it, Though We my feel some.
| times, like the blade OF grass, that we cann1t
| compete with the giant oak, We can, as humble
| Christians, add our mite toward the cultivation
| and brautifying of this great moral garden. The
| Sundny-schooi Is o power IN the cnurCn uSt
every stakeholder In the sunshine OF Christ's
righfe BUSINESS should take u personal interest IN.
/ They can link their destiny with II IN some wsy;
If not by their presence, they can make it spe-
cial oljec' ofprsyer and coniriDuie OF sng LA nas
prospercd them. How can any professed ioi-
lower Of Jesus feel Q cool indifference IN the
growth and prosperity OF the sabbatn-scnoCd
doing, and is destined yet TO do In the shaping
and polishing ofcrude material, I'LL Us lnnoence
chisrls the grandest pillars for the support o.
of ali the responsibility be thrown, Is IL by COM
mon consent, upon the shoulders Of . few indi-
viduals in each district or town? There are tnose
who find excuse for not identifying themselves
with the Sunday-school on the plausible pretext
that they arc not gifted by nature with nneney OF
speech, and consequently could not think OIL ia
king a class. The poor Publican was onty sn r..
merciful to me, q sinneri' Yet he taught the
volubie Pharisee . lasting lesson. A careful
and prayerful study OF the portion OF Scriptnre
assigned, will remove q mountain OF dimcuities
In the way Of teaching, and cause them TO vanish
as the morning dive. A good ensary for
the elucidation of difficult passages, ana the
snndIy-school journals, with their ceompsni-
ments of lcsson-papers, are invaluable aid for
preparation beforehand. A clear perception Of
the truth once firmly liked In the heart and mind,
word. and call forth in resp .nse the undivided
attention Of the class. Their sympathy viii be .
cordial to the soul Of the instructor, tmparting
to i. fresh strength and vigor. Another In, ints ~.
gent and earnest Christian would gladly JOIN the
Sabbath school army but he doubts his ability %
cnnnm,nd order, and what could ne DO thenf
The whole earth was once without form and VOID,
but the Spirit Of God moved upon u and wrought
beaniy and order out Of chaos" Mr.. Earts
promised, at some future day, to return and
make a special address to the children: We will
be most happy TO have him do so. The whole
audience tendered him their sincere thanks for
| his line address.