Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-06-12

nm a transplanted plant, aud we are trans
| planted, you know, to get chance TO grow.
rejoice with you in the truth that has been
uttered to-day. We have seen what business
enterprise is doing in this world of ours
There is prophet that said that "While
thy servant was busy the man escaped" IL
has been characteristic of Sunday school en-
torpriso that the teacher has been busy bore
and there about many things instead OF con
fined 10 some question at issue III reaching
the heart and mind OF the scholar.
I look with great admiration to Jesus
Christ. and as | Listen to the reading OF His
Holy Word and see Jesus moving in and
out OF the homes, | discover Him to be a
man Of great suggestlveness. Some ono
asks him question, and lie answers not 40
much the question MS the questionar. " you
ask who Is my neighbor? He gives you the
parable Of tho Good Samaritan. IL about
membership In the kingdom of heaven lie
takes a child in his arms and says, "Sufer
them to come unto me, " etc. Jesus Christ
to-day has n place as an inspirer aud nh
energlzer because of his suggestveness, lie
put power into tho life OF men and women
ana children to aspire to grow up unto the
gate of heaven The devil that is III tho
world uses this power Of susgestYcness.
The devil Is very cautious about revealing
what sin is; his enticements IRE full OF sug
gestiveness. He will suggest that the way
OF sin Is a pleasurable o1o on every hRud,
wherever you meet the bydra-headed mon
ster, you find him filed with sugGestiveness
of pleasure at the last.
The teacher may use suggestiveness. The
block Of granite, brought down from the
mountain side, can be mado into almost
anything; and SO can we make Children into
what we want them to be- You cannot
forco upon childhood your idea OF character.
y Oh seek an atmosphere where a certain
, tree will grow best--you must remember
that child has its likes and diskes. Did
you ever think that God know whnt he was
about when he made child, aud that you
are thwarting Gods plan when you force
upon hun some plan Of your own Take
tho elements OF child and develope them
along the lines which God has designed
stimulate and inspire in him those elements
tnat God has planted. 1t means the seeking
10 break tue shackles of desires that God in
tends shall be broken-seek king to encourage
the blessed trait, the Interesting traits, aud
bring them to maturity SO that sin shall
Ue suppressed.
Sometimes we feel mean, AMI the teacher
himself comes to tho class with the thought
simply that the lesson has been learned, and
! lhdt cLil9 lJ--Iul uOb u lLOusHS tutb ll4'
child has not been. This is a faulty prep
aration. We must seek to bring out tho
character that God has made possible in tn,
; child. We can do this by becoming &C
quainted with the child. The teacher that
? seeks to acquaint herself with the child anC
i learns its wants, will have growing self
, respect to feel that this boy has been studied
- and tie gospel has been applied,
Study those that are in tie class; know
them i'll their home; have a sympathy FOL
II them; feel with them in their sorrow; g
u with them in their trials; aud after a Will
! we get so near To their quick conceptions o
God and truth that we shall seem to he yer,
near Christ himself, who made the gospel Sc
} easy AMI plain that even child can under
stand it.
- Another Chalk Talk
Rev. Mr.. Pierce gave chalk talk on tn
~ Baptist Publication Societ y--drawing
=, tree on the black board to illustrate that in
p. stitution. He said the society the grea
If denominational regulator. We need som
., contributing force, and this society fills tn
n. neod Reference was made to tn. tire
n great departments of the society's work
# The book department has issued, since il
10 organization, many million publications
nj every book is most critically examined an
IA goes out with the blessing OF God.
The Bible department endevors to suppl
~ the word Of God to tbs thousands AMI mi
II lions OF people who are not best with II
~, The last census shows Us that there are owe
sr 5000 900 of people who have not the Bib,
the great cry is to-day coming from q
II parts OF the country and from the far ives
-, 80 send us Bibles" What are we doing
A., help the society: ! would God we migl
:, 80 home with determination that ne,
Il. Bbe day we would give the price of or
~ BIb!e-25 cents-for each of our scholar
h. We could thus get together the price of
r,' great number of Bibles
ba Another department is the missionary d
ar partment. 1t carries on its work throug
70 coporteurs; these are grand and noble me-
~ who carry tho word OF God into man
h. homes. They gather the children and for
-, Sunday schools, and are doing a iSAI
IL, work. The book department put -, 900 {
"a. into the missionary department last yen
q, and several thousand into the Bible depar
~. ment over p, 900 converts were report,
81 by tho colportours. They have establish,
Nh $50 churches. The great cry from the sou
..t and west is ''send us men To-day q
air society wants 900 men 10 send out Til
~ Bible department needs sou, 600; tbs nj
,st sionary department needs $500, 600, On
IA man alone has established 400 Sund,
,or ! stuOOiS, out Oh winch lt'o grown IDU Dt
fist churches. In Gods name do all y,
-k can to carry on the work.
nh The speaker referred briefly to the wo
od oang done among tna young people Of t
-, denomination, aud urged general railyi
H., about the flag and maintaining of t
49, stan lard TO which we are devoted IN hear
nd IN lie, in sympathy.
rid Essential Conditions of success In su
lp- day school Work"
The Rev Mr.. Torrey spoke on this subje,
AN and was closely listauod to rs nc gave, L
res der six hv4is, these essentials. lie ga
the The graudast work that ANY one can do
lef the work We have to do. We are layi
'ur the foundations aud building the sup,
eed struct u.e of eternal character.
ere First of ali, Luke Axii, 80. II You
US going to convert anybody else you must
oW converted yourself You must have yo
> "a own feet on the solid ground. The teach
o" must Ue IA Curistian-must lie a convert
Is, person, and thoroughly converted, peo
ne who are out ami out FOR Chrst a. +
'nd means putting away out OF your life
Alth every sin In Joshua VII we lind the