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


cattle grazing on the hillside. l said "that
mountain is a fact. We know It is there"
When | see that boy sitting by
my side in the class ! say you
are a greater fact than tho mountain
We zee the river flowing on toward the
sea. O, boy, you are greater fact than
the river; you have in you the possibility OF
spanning and damming the river, the power
to tunnel the mountain" That teacher
who looks through the boyhood life to the
possibilities of that lie, Is the greater teacher
If he or she viii so weave to-Guy that, that
life shall be for God and tell in eternity. No
life can be Il success, which does not possess
an abiding principle. A Nessel comes into
port; ask the captain, "How is it you
guided your vessel SO successfully across the
seasY WHAT did you watch The most close
iyF" lie astonshes me Us he shows me n
little box, and tells me that by tho needle in
the compass he has guided his vessel safely.
Let us remember that our boys must have
the magnetic needle of character put into
their lives, II they are to bo landed In the
port of heaven. 1t is our business to place
| Christ's light and love into the hearts Of our
pupils. 1t is not enough to say that charac-
ter will do it. Character will not do it
alone. Character cannot save us. Many
people look and talk and act like Christians,
but there is something wrong with the life.
Calling attention to the thin hair Dns
which may be found in the genuine dollar
bill, and not in the counterfeit, Mr.. Pierce
said: We are to weave the lie line into the
lives of our boys.
The Sunday school was pictured as q
wheel, with Christ as the hub, All our
lives must center III him. Vuere are many
lives joined to the Sunday school, but they
10 not enter the hub The loose SPOKE i'll
the wheel makes a noise the good spoke
the one that bears tho burl 'n-is the one
that enters the hub. We must be con
uected with Christ-"r rooted and groun led
! IN him, " we say.
Tho speaker then illustrated the hour of
| darkness in the garden of Eden. a box
had been placed over Us aui We were shut
up in moral darkness. But in that same
hour Bethlehem star was lighted. That
was the opening i'll the house of moral dark
moss the window of faith through which
the light streamed in. We open tho door
way and bid all to como in. THE hsht OF
the world is Jesus" When lie enters our
lives lie places before US the promise of his
love aud mercy--he puts upon the lelrth-
stone his own great Heart of love, aud we
are warmed and cheercd
Mr. Pierce gave an ingenious illustration
concerning the 50 called "riEging boy.
| We should not call boys namas-not refer
to them as numbskulls, idiots, r2Glers, etc.
| the boys ri8gie 10 liYe--they cant live if
they don't rigge. y boy is divided into
equal parts, Some people think the equa-
torial line should be drawn around boy >
stomach, That is a good place to begin
with boy. Tile speaker here gave au Ill
ustratou to show how a teacher can, by
taking advantage of the boys natural fond
ness for eating, get at him socially ana
reach the better side of him. and influence
him in the right direction by way OF an
invitation to tea, for instauce.) But | don t
think The stomach Is the place to draw the
| equatorial line on boy. ! would draw it
! right under the nose All below is merely
animal; but manhood and womanhood, ana
all that is nearest like God lie above that line
Remember that there is very peculiar mo
chanism about the machinery of boy =,
lie, You must make him realize That he j.
a bcing-uot an it--that he has u con
science. You must awaken his couscieuce,
arouse his conception, let him do some
thinking, quicken his perception, develop
his Judgment. When this is accompii ed
the boy is yours, AMI lie is Gods when he is
yours and you have given him to God.
! Look at the boy heart. Our faces and our
hearts are more closely connected than we
think The speaker here gave his audience
the picture Of a Laughing heart, and showed
how satan often turned COTS Inarks Of
laughter upside down.
How are you going to get that boy &c
open up his heart 10 you; Ihe heart may
be opened if VIC will bring o i, the .uu shine
Of love and peace 1t j, easier to preach tl
boys and girls than to men and women, be
cause they believe you, AMI believe right
away. They believe y0p wLen you come tC
them with heart burning with love un-
truth. Here by means OF peanut hidden
in his hand, the speaker gave an amusing
trial Of faith on the part OF his auIience---p
test that viii no doubt be long Remembered
by them all.)
The boy III your class does not ALWAYS re
main boy. There comes u time when Lt
steps over he boundary line of lis boyhood.
That Is very critical time in his life
These turning points in life, all, think o
them. Then using u railroad illustration
on the board, the speaker continuous Not
and | are placed as signal stations 70 war;
the boys and girls. We arc 10 be in con
slant communication with God concernln.
them, and never hang out the white ligh
till we know their redemption las been seal
cd.
Mr.. fierce played ingeniou,y upon tn
word "Man-u-fGct- 10 illustrate tn
possibilities in tue boys life, AM prove,
a.so by other illustrations how the mind o
the laI can be led from attention to base
things to the consideration and perception 0
the pure and the beautiful.
One of the great things that stand in tn
way of the development OF boys is habit
hydra headed monster. Nothing will tax
bad habit out OF the life OF the boy but tn
blood of Christ. 1t is not the boy that neve
makes mistakes that gets through life III
best, but the one who is determined to sc
up and try again every time he falls. b,
and by, God will give the boy strengt
enough to stand alone with him That bo
whom God reconstructs is fitted by the Mas
ter to work for him in the world, and h
goes out to do good.
Wednesdays Sessions.
On Wednesday morning, after devotioaa
; exercises, Deacon S. Bigwood spoke fe,
words of welcome. We expected he eeid, t
have had pastor to give this address. an
| much regret that it is otherwise AS
; member OF this church aud fellow worke
in the Sunday school, | am glad to WELDON
such q BODY of workers from nil marta of Z n