Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12
BAPTIST S. s. CONVENTION.

Concluded from 5th Page.
brought back to God. In the young child
is q promise of better civilization. "He
that receiveth a little one in my name re-
ceiyeth me, and he that receiveth me re-
ceiyeth him that sent me-" God threads
himself into the child life and through the
child into ours. A child's life taken a.
right brings God into the life. Heaven
lies all about us in infancy, yet we are al
wavs searching for God in human specu-
lation when it lies before us in the child
in the midst. The home can never be the
same after child life has entered. Ihough
the arms may be empty, the home can
never be thesame, for the child once IN tne
midst is always in the midst. l may Tor
get the living boy on the playground, put
/ can never forget the lost babe In the
arms of God. at is better TO have loved
and lost than never to have loved at all"
The child is always in the midst II taken
away. think the two saddest things IN
life are TO see a homeless child and child
less home. The child in the midst Is
Christ in the midst. "He that receiveth
the child receiveth me and he that recelv-
eth me receiveth him that sent me"
The child is in the midst of the church.
You remember when Jesus was a babe,
his father and mother took him up TO the
temple. They consecrated him TO the SER
vice OF Jehovah. You never thinker con
secrating your children in the church. We
treat them like the vine running up the
side of the church. We let 1t run up un-
til il begins to icome into the windows,
and then we begin TO cut IL on. we let
them grow outside.
A little boy of seven came to his mother
one day, and said, "Mamma, ! wish you
would tell papa that ! am a Christian
"Why not tell him yourself" she asked.
ooh, think you can tell him better. :
The child had to come to the father
through the mothers sympathy. The
father told the boy TO come 10 him, and
went through with the commandments,
took him up on Mount Sinai and told him
how he had broken Gods law, etc. The
boy said, Eyes, papa, / know that Jesus
mended it.h But for four long years this
boy sat beside his father waiting from
month to month to catch that word from
his father that would bid him to go To-
ward and come into the church.
The child in the midst of the church.
Christ said to Peter, "Lovest thou meT"
"Yea, Lord, thou knowest ! love thee,
Nourish my lambs" My dear brother and
sister here to-day; how much love have
YOU for Jesus Christ? How many lambs
have you nourishedf How many little
ones have you borne, how many wander
ing ones have you turnedr "Of such Is
the kingdom of heaven" Speed the day
when the Baptist denomination will get
back to first principles, and will bring
their children into Gods house and con-
secrate them 10 Gods service. / hail the
day when our children will sing praises in
the temple. Here we are spendingithous-
ands OF dollars on the music OF our
churches for the praise of God. The child
rem are full OF praise.
we want the child in the midst OF the
State. 'Tn to-day already walks to-mor-
row. "In the boy of to-day stands the
man OF Tomorrow morrow the
shall drop from my shoulders
to the shoulders of my boy. Will he be a
better man than have been? II he Is not,
his father has made great mistake. Their
muscles should be stronger, their hearts
warmer, their manhood more Christ-like.
We are sending our children into mills,
shops and stores, it is enough TO make one
cry to see children put TO the cash system,
at the loom, robbed of their childhood for
sake of gain. The s. S., the right hand OF
the church should protest against this
wrong against our children. What can
we do with men and women who have no
They are not useful.
Again there should be no schools in our
republic that are not American, there
should be no schools whore history can
not be taught and the truth told. Our
children belong TO God. Let us see to il
that we acknowledge his claim. BE true
to them in the home, in the church and in
the state, then is our Republic safe"
THURSDAY MORNING.
Rev. S. w. Clark on The Coming Sun
day School. The following points were
brought out by Mr.. Clark on his theme.
/. viii embrace the whole church.
g. viii take a definite portion Of the Sab
bath day for its own.
3. VIII have special and adequate pro-
visions for its wants.
4. VIII be the charge Of the church as to
expense for support.
B. VIII receive its children taught OF God,
direct from the hands of the parents.
s. viii look for immediate spiritual re-
suits, life and growth.
T. viii have an oversight of the menu
bers Of the school during the week. d
S. VIII have well-developed plans for
developing spiritual growth.
9. VIII demand trained teachers.
10. Will insist on something being taught.
IL. viii have supplemental lessons in BIZ
BILE history, geography and biography.
u. Win have fewer teachers and larger
classes.
10. viii be the door to the church.