Daily Republican., 1878-11-23
Address se Mr.. Needy.


on tn. Qualifications Of Successful
Sunday school Teacher" Such a
teacher, hs said, has first got to have
, perseverance,. A teacher would hold
out . few months, aud the first little
thing that sould turn up h. would
give up the class. They could got
along better without such teachers.
He would not give one earnest, hard
working teacher for forty thousand Of
them. Then, bs was asked, what ars
you going to do II you have uot got
enoughi Why, double up your class
rs. One good teacher could teach fifty
children better than five such AZ he had
mentioned could tssch ten apiece.
There was q good deal Of sham work in
sunday Schools. II was thought that
any body could 70 In aud teach sunday
school, while il took days and months
for your every day teachers TO prepare
themselves to t.arh children how TO
multiply. 1od's eternal word, II was
thought, could be taught by anybody.
In Chicago there was school where q
teacher had class with an average at
tendance Of from ITO to 100; that
teacher had not the ability Of some 9TH
ers, but he had perseverance. The
next thing the teacher wanted was "a.
ti.nce; put that down two p's.'
Laughter He would never turn
child ont Of Sabbath school for being
had; he would pray God TO give him
mors patience " bear with II. Things
might look dark and discouraging, but
God was gong TO reward our efforts.
Put along with perseverance and pa
ti.nc-, faith. A teac er vino hal not
faith In Christ that God was going 10
convert the children under his care
hal better give up teaching. Next
thing that the teacher wanted was en-
thuslasm. He was tired and sick OF
tho prosiness In soina Of our Sunday
schools. For instance the hssuperintsnd
-n., after hunting the hymn for soms
tins, announced ffty-two tunes In the
year the same hymn. "Shall W.T. gath.
or at the riveri" WAS q favofitr. Chill
dren liked variety. They Gid not like
ITO gather At the river" all the time.
Laughter.
For q teacher who came In lats h-
would take of Gfty per cent, and if
he didn't shake hands with his scilol.
ars hs would take on the other tifry per
cent Laughter. A teacher should
shake hands with his scholars, and ask
Mary, or whatever her nams might b.,
"how are they all at home" and "how
Is the babyy" II the baby had smother
tooth Mary would b. sure To till it.
daughter. She would like the TEACHER
tor taking such an interest in her. Mr..
Moody said he was great adlnirer Vi
Gar,baldi, and the very names OF some
p-ople in this country set him on fre,
they were 30 full Of enthusiasm. To
succeed, teachers should bs flied with
holy enthusiasm. They should have
love for the work, God did not want any
one TO work for Him who did not work
for love. He r-citrd an incident In this
connection where minister had won to
Christ seven out Of ten with u smile.
He first cOmtnonced to sinils at On- OF
shc Shiiuieh =" uo'h Hc ia" ~ Ohu VI Lu0
windows as he passed the house, and
fnally that led to the family attending
church and the conversion OF seven Of
its members. 1t was said OF that min-
Ister a. he epass.d the house that they
knew he was minister because hy
looked so happy. What an enviabls
reputation il it could bs said Of all min.
listers they look so happy" Laughter.
A little pat on the head would do more
with the child than a long sermon, and
if you got the children you will get the
parents. The last thing mentioned as
requisite for a teacher was sympathy.
A teacher who did not otsympalhize with
his class was not going to succeed. They
should fino out their lille trou bIes and
difficulties, direct and sympathize with
them. Ths way To sympathizs was to
put yourself in the place OF tile one in
trouble. fn-y had secured lot in
which to bury puor children belonging
to the Sunday school Ia Chicago Of
which Mr.. Moody IL superintendent,
and hr said that when he died he want
ed TO b. buried thersl rth the children.