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

.,ot ont. Of the dooryard. But if you have
Seatehed him as have and seen him steai
cautiously up to some deep dark hoie anu
with the least possible motion 20 Drop nAs
bait as fit felt from an over hanging t"lg1
every feature stamped with uengne an
ewes kindied, you would have seen a PIE
fnre OF enthusiasm, quiet as the SHINING
sun but dead in earnest. such enthusi,,,
asn, every successful 1fisher OF men
needs. But how shall you obtain TINS en-.
thusiasm? Natural enthusiasm Is ny, nou
enough. II Will get discouraged. nc
kind that stands and endures 10 the Sn4,
like the new life is born from apoNe s;,,,,t
comes when you have once caught signe,
as a child OF God, OF eternal death, eterhai
life with the purchase price OF redemption;
| stood in this place a few weeks ago anu
lust at the close of the service, as mao
opened my Bible to instruct those VINO
were forward for prayer, the alarm oil nre
was given and instantly the congregation
began TO crowd out OF those doors. IL was
vain to try to hold them or stop them. In
conversation with lady after the meet
ing, who went out but having learned oil
the whereabout of the fire returned, she
said; 81 left my aged mother at home, a.
lone and my hrst thought was OF her as
heard The aIarm.n Oh, tell you, human
Derii In TINS hie brings men ana women
teacher, you must believe in the eternal
peril OF your scholars or you will lack en-
thusiasm in your work. They tell tnat
when Mr. Moody was preaching in Edin-
burgh. a committee was sent from LONDON
TO hear him, and advise as TO the wisdom
of inviting him 10 that city. The commit
tee ,reDorted TO those interested, MI
Moody breaches as If he had been 70 the
mouth OF the bottomless pit and looked in
upon the woes OF the lost, and stood upon
the ramparts OF heaven and beheld the
glory of the saved And then before
YOU get the highest, hottest enthusiasm,
you must have some conception oil the
purchase price OF redemption. The SUI
perintendent of London police told an A
merican visitor in Scotland yard recently
that when noted criminal was visited by
a clergyman before his execution, he lis
tened TO the story of the Cross and Christs
suffering in silence, and then springing TO
his feet with great emotion said: lis II
true2 he came to save men like me2H "Nes
il is true "And you sit there quietly.
II believed that story and were free, !
would walk barefoot over the world, but
| would tell il to every man. May Goa
give US, who have not only believed but
received, like enthusiasm. But enthusi-
asm, like the new life, needs food as well
as birth. Il is easy TO catch the fire OF a
meeting like this but very difficult To car
~ the fire away with you and keep Il
burning through the year. How shall II
be done? LIST, Keep the head full. You
cannot teach unless You study. In these
DAYS of abundant helps, there is danger
of neglect. There is no pleasure in eating
food that other people have chewed for
you. There can be no delight in teaching
when you are simply giving out what
others have passed to you. Next and
more important keep your heart fan.
When the zeal of Paul rose to heights that
surprised the people they said he was "be-
side himself" But he lifted the curtain
and revealed the inspiration OF his zeal
and behold IL was the love of Christ. The
teacher that loves most will do most. But
can love be cultivated2 Not by viii pow
er but by food. You cannot add to your
stature by thought or by wishing but you
can by eating. Love is a fire. Added tu-
81 makes it burn the brighter. Remem-
Der that Christ died for them. And the
ugliest ,dirtiest ,homeliest one among them
al with lips profane and filthy, with feet
established in the mire of sin, is worth
more than the Kingdoms for which Ma
poleon fought.
Rev. S. w. Clark on Outside Work for
5. S.-The hour in the ). ;. should set
forth into action during the week. LIST,
Outside work is preparation. The church
must feel the responsibility for the edu-
cation OF the children. Then there must
be responsibilities in the home. We ought
to look after the children and see that they
come 10 5. s., the home could do this work
best In olden times the home was the
study place. In London we found all the
5. ). work was for poor children. | asked
how their own children were taught and
they said, "Wy bless you, we do that
at home.n In these times We are too busy
for home study on the Word of God. Per-
haps you get some study from family wor-
ship, thank God for that but l hope your
Bible is not like one | saw in New Jersey
that opened in the middle OF the shortest
Psalm, and where the mother said, "You
must be short in your prayer this morn
ing or the children will be late TO school,
In order to know something OF the home
life of the scholar which is quite essential
to teaching, we must visit them at their
homes. These visits from a teacher ought
TO make the scholars glad but are often
worth even more to the teacher himself
than to the scholar. Il takes time to visit.
Everything about 8. 5. work takes time.
1t causes self-sacrihces. Half of the young
men who do not attend 5. 5. now have
been S. 3. scholars once, and when they
did come they were neglected. Were not
looked after. They were absent from the
class but none looked after them. | have
seen and studied statistics and the average
number of membership who attended 5.
>. Is gcHtFhlly not iuoTe imam % per cent.
Visitations will save large number of
those who would drop out otherwise.
Rev. Mr.. Reeze oftRutland. "The rela-
ton OF the teacher to Moral Life of pupil.
Subject Of morals contains questions OF
right or wrong, it deals directly with the
subject of religion. The methods of S. 5.
work are improving and growing more
scientific. 1st, Lack of conscience. Ii is
often said we do not know much of the
affairs of those on the east side of the
mountain. 1t is said that law is not en-
forced here, I think il is in 4 degree.
Do not believe all you hear from those on
the west side. We want more conscience
among our business men. | know of
three instances in Vermont of cashiers
who were under suspicion who were great
s. S. men. Those who have spent their
whole life teaching honesty to others
prove dishonest. End, There is great
danger to S. S. in secret sins. ssEvil COM
munications corrupt good manners
This was not spoken too soon. There is a
tendency toward unclean sensational lit
erature. heard an aged man confess that
when boy he read book an hour that
has never lost its influence on him to
this day. There is very little real work