Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-04-25

L IC Soks az iCAASth opoI
Sunday School topics generally,
stating that the Sunday School is
the church in its infancy and that
a large number of Christians came
from the Sunday School. The Col.
stated that it had been many years
since he had taken an active part
in Sunday School work, but it was
a grand and good educator in the
great cause of Christianity.
Discussion by Mr.. c. H. Harring-
ton. He emphasized the formation
of character by the boys of IS and
20, to-day forming character, They
were not here.
Music.
3 p. m.-"The Christian as a
Student" by J. N. Basket.
Music.
3:4O.-Discussion, by Sister Mrs.
NJ. c. Orear. She spoke of the
good behavior OF the children under
the reading of the essay. She
spoke of the Importance of children
attending church and so often had
observed the children leaving the
church at the adjournment of Sun
day School. 1t seems that the
children ought to go with their pa
rents. Do the parents stay at home?
If they GO to church they should
take their children with them. J.
n. Cross spoke of the Importance
of gettingnearer to the children, &c.
DR.. Walker thought we expected too
much Of the preacher. A good
speaker is lost unless he has a good
nearer. So we should not expect
too much of the Sunday School
teacher. Non-proiessional people
except too much of professions.
Non-Chrlstian people expect too
much of tile Christians. Let US do
our duty to ourselves and our God.
l want to use a figure to the child
rem to illustrate a truth. You
know about horses and hogs: We
say, greedy as a hog" Hogs live
to eat. The hog is worth very lit
tie. He simply represents the food
he consumes. But the horse is
worth 500 a year; Is years of age,
15xS2OO $50, 600. Do not be like a
hog-consume selfshly-eat-lie
in the shade-after wallow in the
mire. What a worker though the
horse is, doing some good each day.
Let US live pure and useful lives. |
leave it to you, if you ever did a
good act without enjoying it. Did
you ever enjoy a mean act? Work
is the mean of rising. Who occu-
Ply the high places to-day? Those
who have worked up to it. How
can we work up in this matter? By
getting the Son of God and our
neighbor into our hearts. Our duty
is to be unseltish. A selfish man
cannot get into heaven. Charity
does not begin at home, notwith-
standing the proverb. He that
hates his brother is a murderer.
Is he not as Christ said. Parable
of the two sons told to illustrate. J
1t is the soul and the heart that
makes the man. What has all this
to do with the Sunday School? Is
this taught in u public schools?
If our Sunday Schools go down ouI
street and bad places of re-
sort remain. If children are not al
Sunday School You Can rest assured
that they are not in the right place,
Again our international lesson
puts a pupil at 2S, three times
through the Bible-at 20 say nine
times. Our orators draw their in.
SEPARATION largely from the Bible
Ingersoll has borrowed largely from
the Bible. Any Sunday Schoo.
scholar of to-day a refute almos.
anything he can produce.
Again: Are any of you graduate:
in the Sunday School? L can Sc
more from it to-day than my child
rem. We say we are too big to g
to Sunday School. Suppose Goo
says: Well, if you are too old t.
go to Sunday School, come home
We would go to Sunday School
Until we are ready to go home W.
should go to Gods training school
J. V. Williams told a cattle story
illustrative of the united action or
the part of the churches. The sec
tartan of to-day is going beyond in
to foreign lands in missionary fields
If we united we could CONVEX
the world. What a work to be don,
III our own State! Think of5S3, O0
children in Missouri not in thu
Sunday School. There are 40!
children IN the district schools il
the county. Last year 1908 wer,
in the Sunday School Our duty il
to find out who in our midst doe.
not go to Sunday School. Go ane
or1ng them to some Sunday School
Psint them upward-interest them
and let us make a record of i'm
prevement in this matter.
A collection was taken up 70,
them amounting to $3.50.
The following resolution wal
passed:
Resolred, That the thanks of thi'
convention are hereby rendered t,
Mr.. J. V. Williams, by whose noble
efforts and self sacrifice we have en-
Logged such a feast of soul and t.
those who have so generously con
tributed to the success of this ocea
sion by furnishing most excellen
music, and to those who have glver
us such valuable instruction and 81
many practical suggestions in theis
talks and essays.
]. n. BASKET,
! Secretary.