The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-14

I the teacher can pointand draw from
 them impressive truths. am .
 great advocate of pictorial charts
 and illustrated card boards, for the lyouug, and regard such mediums as powerful agents, that. silently but I 1etfectually impress the mind with lessons never to be erased. Thc ex- Iercises for the infant class should be
 varied to suit the age and mental
 capacity of tue pupils and should be changed instantly on the least sign of weariness. 2i"'l .3 @ t
 h order for the child to he duly impressed with the truths taught, it lis, indeed, necessary for the teacher actually to teach in smiles and in tears, not that mean there must be q regular scene gotten up for the ,oc- casion. Oh, no but the eye should smile with the cheek when the Say ior's love is spoken of, and the tears will come to the christians eye when
 "the old, old story' Of the cross is thrilling the heart and trembling the l lip. Tire teacher of the in fant class, and for that matter, the other class es too, should dress plainly, as an example of consistent piety, should be fresh from the altar of Prayer, and, while with the class, utterly for 1 getful of sell, constantly working and praying for the salvation of each pupil; let them know that it is your earnest desire to meet them in Heav- Een, impress them with this truth ask them to love the Savior, tell them they can be saved only in and thro' the blood of a crueified Redeemer, teach them to dread sin and shun it's allurements; If there is one in |. the class who seems neglected, sad or rebeAious, pay kinder and more prayerful attention to that one than to the others; if any are absent from indifference, offer Q premium for pnnctual attendance; If any one is sick visit it without fail, whether it | lives in a mansion or a hovel, and while there speak to it kindly, pray with It tendorly, and sing to it of "Jesus and his love-" If you meet a child on the street speak to it, give it some sign of human sympathy and especially members of your own class, let each one feel that you are indeed its friend and in order to sue ceed, not only in teaching, but in winning our pupils to Christ, our daily life must be a pattern for those children to follow. It is Q lamonta, ble fact that many parents are so busily engaged with the affairs of this life, that they neglect the spirit ual interests of their children, they are very careful to feed their bodies but suffer their souls to starve on the husks of sin; they are very kind in adorning the body, but leave the soul unclothed and thc heart un- washed. Then to the teacher of the Sunday School is left the task of el. evating the hearts of these little i'm mortal childnen. of leading them to the Fountain of Life, and the Blood of the Lamb. It IS an arduous, but noble work in which we are engaged, and we can but rejoice, that with all the might and glory of modern in
 ventions and institutions, to the christian church and sunday schools of the nineteenth century is given the crowning work of gathering into their folds the lambs of the flock
 Then Onward speed the cause, till the infant hosts, now clamoring for the bread of life, shall be lead "be
 side the still waters" of that river "the stream whereof maketh glad the city of our God" Let us labor with a zeal that betokens our love for the sabbath school, so that when our evening of life shall have come, and the night of death have settled down upon us, we may at the gates
 of the beautiful city above find the Sunday School children who have gone before, waiting and watching for us. Let the Philosophers of the day boast of evolution and infdelity; let science reveal its inventive pow CT; let the Statesman plead for re- trenchment and civil reform, let the Phllanthropist strive to alleviate hu- man sufIcrings, but it is our task to instruct the young and lead the children to Christ. Then when we shall have emerged from the cold Jordan of death, with life renewed