Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-07
2RcIisiOlrs Experiment.
IN ARsoLrTE EssENTIAL.

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thousands of schools that have existed
Tor many 4 year in spite Of the fact that
such an institution Is a thing almost IN
known among them But existence Is
oos thing. and efficiency. another; and |
nc De INSIST with utmost emphasis. /
that to secure efscisney. = regular |
teachers meeting Is an absolute essen
tiaL
You need it for the preparation Of the .
lessons to be taught In every corps Of 1
teachers = very considerable proportion I
will Be found whose educational advan-
tages have been very limited, whose IN
tellectual furniture is very scant, and
whose knoEledgs Of the Bible Is iguO-
rance itself They heed such meet
Ing. beyond al question
And if there be any who eOnceitedly
imagine that their resources are equal
to any emergency, you may Be sure that
thsy need It far above al others; while
even the brightest intsllects, and those
most thoroughly vsrssd IN AL that re-
lates 70 Biblical scholarship, viii fad
their interest enkindled. and all their
faculties guisksned BY comparison Of
views with even those less gifted and
accomplished than themselves. even Is
the best of preachers sometimes expert
ence = sort Of amusement while lis
teuiug to the po0rest-the very blum
ders and Shortcomings Of the latter sim
ulating their own thinking, even more
than = thorough and exhaustive dis
eussion would have done Yea. It IS
positively provoking and diseOuraging
% listen 70 : nan. whose treatment Of
theme IS 50 comprehensive and con-
Plete As 70 make you feel that that Is
the conclusion Of the whole matter.
But not merely for the preparation Of
the lesson IS : embarrassing need
ed. I'll Absolutely essential 70 that
unity Of spirit that th0roughuess Of
sympathy. that perfect understanding
that eoaeert Of action which distinguish.
Is N army from mob. There Is JUS
the difference that exists between III
skirmishinE q bush-whackers and thi
splendid eTolutions Of , Prussiaa batal
Ion. Co-laborers must noe Be sinpll
contemporary laborers. There must .
conference and concord. and = eonse
qusnt coming together. Is o6oers Of 81
army hold = council Of war. that whei
the battle is set in order. they nay in
tslligsntly support each other, and ,
conSurrent action win the victory. tn
superintendent nay Be : very wise mar
bat still be needs not only the acti1
cooperation Of the teachers, bat the
constant council and the wiser be
the more profoundly viii he feel Il
need. And the more he seeks The
counsel the more will he secure their G
0perztion for everybody viii BE no
interested in the prosecution Of = plai
# in its preparation be has had sol
little hand.
But reasons multiply upon rs 10
than We have tine OF space 70 usntio
Enough has been said to prove the I
sessiiy. The only question remains
Is the one Of P0sFibiE;y. And Il
ought 10 Be considered. because the
are many insane enough 70 argue II
the regular maintainanee of such : ne
Ing IS thing that IS NIX Possils. '
meet this objection With = fat deaf
because in thousand schools the ,.
sibility has been sbundantly dem,
strated.
But it isn't possible in or plae
Well. what sort Of place Is yours
would like to know. And vhy d
you cone cut q Il, as Lot once ca
with considerable haste out Of anos
place where : teachers meeting could
Be maintained?
But. yOu reply, "our plses Is
peculiarly wicked it Is only spars
settled. and % We cannot eouvenier
cone together for meeting such as
pr0pose-" AS 10 toe convenient
We have only to say tia. the devil
never allow it TO Be quite eouvenisn
do anything At all for the kingdom
Christ The heroic thing Is 70 do
duty in despite Of iBe0uveuieBee
Wherever there's q vii. there Is c
monty = way. The ineenvenienoe
be lsssened By holding il Just before
school meets. OF Just after il closes,
Just after preaching; bit resolve
y0u u-H have It somehow, eonveni
vanishes in the presence Of desperate
termination
Another objects upon the ground
Ours IS = city school. and We have
nultituie Of meetings already Il.
isn't possible to find the tine to
another. There's = deaeon's nes
on Tuesday night lecture On Wed
day night female Payer-neetin:
thursday night. general payers
ing On Friday night y0ung PEG
meeting On saturday uight-only
day night is left ard would you
that also?
Well. that IS = programme. and
pity. Your church i evidently