Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-06-24

plant 1t belongs! Ou Will put 1t IN
the ground and when it grows you
will see what kind of plant it is.
Every young person is like an unde-
veloped seed. No one is able to pre-
dict what his powers will be. He
must be planted in the Sunday-school.
The right kind of influences must be
thrown around him. Little by little
he learns by experience, and shows
by his conduct what he is capable of
doing. 1t is his duty to go on in the
use of his powers, as opportunities
are offered, that they may be devel-
oped and matured. There is work to
be done. Look at map of the world
and see the hundreds of millions who
are in darkness. And even nearer
home we may find families who do
not know anything of Christ. We
should have a definite aim in our
work = Because to do so enlists all
our powers. Suppose some one in
your house is in intense pain. You
at once think of all the remedies you
have ever known. So your desire to
save that mischievous boy in your
class leads you to think Of everything
that can enable you to help that boy.
Because a definite aim ensures an i'm
proved quality of work. 1t is some
times a misfortune for person to be
able to turn his hand to many kinds
of work, for he is in danger of not
concentrating his energies upon one
kind long enough to become prOfi-
| cient in it. Because a definite aim
ensure an increased quantity of work.
Illustrated by large establishment
that manufactures only one line of
goods, compared with a small one
which wastes its energies upon many
kinds. We must be timely in our
work: The timely man is the one who
gets out of the ruts. Contrast the
superintendent who always opens his
school in the same way with the one
who varies his program, making it
appropriate to the lesson and the oc-
casion Illustrated by the physician
whose success depends upon his abil-
ity to adapt his treatment to the need
of his patient. Timeliness is a test
of sincerity. If a man does not seek
for means to accomplish his end we
think he cannot be much in earnest.
Timely work is the easiest work there
is The time to hoe corn is when it is
small and when the needs are small.
SO with the training of child. Work
derives its chief value from timeliness.
The merchant understands this in
placing his goods before the public
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a child to Christ is when you see that
that child is interested. Difficulties
constitute no excuse for idleness.
Jesus was hated and oppressed, yet
he saws 81 must work. We should
saw the same. Our difficulties are our
opportunities. We should acknowl-
edge our obligations. Some do not
like to think of duty-they talk only
of privileges. Emotion will not hold
us to our work. Jesus said: Il
must" Work too long delayed must
90 undone. The present opportuni'
ties will never return. "The nigh
cometh when no man can work. :.
Wednesday: After the devotiona
service in the morning the convention
was regarded as a Sunday-schoo
class with Rev. Mr.. Phillips as super
intendent and the president, teacher
The lesson was that of the two com
mandments, Glove to God and Low
to Man, as the first in Importance
as fundamental to all others, a
touching the motive which has Its eX
preston in the obedience to all othe
commands. 1t is impossible to rep
resent in an abstract the way in whlc
the truth was made to grow in clear
/, ness and Importance rs question atte
. ouestion-the potent weapons In a
! true teaching-were asked and al
swered in quick succession by th
teacher and many of the bright men
bers in his interesting class. In plac
of the blackboard exercise called tt
= at II o'clock by the program, the sui
] iect of the relation of the Sunday
school to the church and the worl
: was continued from the day betor'
Some of the ideas made promlnel
were that the Sunday-school is I'll
- church, studying and teaching I'll
:, lesson; that it is the teaching serviC
as the other is the preac
ING service of the church; that I'll
relation of the Sunday school is Il
- same as the relation of the church
. the congregation; that the chur'
% should provide for the teaching In Il
:, one as it does in the preaching in Il
other: that the same lndlvldua
- should be members of both; tn
20 only as we get the rank and hle
- the church membership interested
&c this department of the church wo
80 can we hope to do the work we shou
~ in bringing in those who are outsld
/, The remainder of the forenoon w
10 taken up with practical suggestlo
&C from members of the convention
,. practical methods of teaching a
an other Sunday-school work. The su
90 gestions all seemed valuable, but
. would not know where to begin
m giving any account.
v The afternoon was almost VINO
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