The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1893-01-04
happy, o. our Deaths Glorious il thy just Defence.
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eminent educators, that the mind
Of the Child is ( susceptible o1
training. Inf fact the child is q
philosopher in embryo His
mind is always the stretch to
know the nature and reason OF
things. The child believes in
the invisible as we'll as the visi-
bic, the ideal as we'll as the real.
He is ready to grasp and retain
designs and to run back along
the lines Of reason to the design,
forward to the destiny Of every a
object, and the only thing to sat.
isfy his mind and to save him is
to give him a truthful answer to
his inquiries. With n alchi!d re-
ligious truth is as readily re-,
ceived as any other, provided it
be presented in an attractive
manner. But he soon turns
away in disgust from the igno-
rant, Indifferent teacher Of inYis-
ible and past and future events,
to the present and visible, and
ceases to trouble himself about
what he imagines nobody ,un. H..
derstands because his teacher
did not. "A.
Let me say, in this connection,
that | believe that a great deal
OF the lack in interest and fail
ure Of results, in u great many
Sunday schools, is caused BY
the objectionable ignorance and
Incidence of multitudes Of teach
ers. They have a name to live
and be teachers, but are dead
and can be nothing but barren
fig trees with nothing but leaves.
The Sunday school, in this
literary age, calls for men who
are well instructed in the Bible
and full Of Holy Ghost power.
Men and women to work with
souls afire with the love Of God
and with an eye fixed upon the
unfading glories Of the resurreo.
tion morn, when eaohofficer and
|teacl and pilpi ~. y. ( rise
everlasting habitations Of Joy
and happiness or sink into eter-
nal perdition, misery and woe.
If we would save our nation
from Anarchism, Socialism, Ro-
manism, the rum curse, the sa-
loonpower, and all kindred evils,
we must oppose to them the
most talented and consecrated
men and women in our Sunday
schools. Ea
Many of the most important
branches Of modern science have
been marshaled against the claims
ofinspired revelation. The demon
Of infidelity has ceased to dogma-
tize and argue rs he did ia the
Garden Of Eden; he has ceased to
rave madly as he did against the
prophets Of old; he is ashamed Of
his ridioule'and sophistry Of a hun
dred years ago; but, more subtle
still he now labors with satanic
energy to build his hccatomb for
the hopes ofmanltind on the basis Of
reason. So plausible are his theo-
ries, SO ingenious his arguments,
50 pleasing his conclusions to the
natural mind and unregenerated
heart, that it is not possible to op.
pose him any longer with the clum.
sy weapons Of dogmatic theology
as did the Catholic Fathers, or the
stern, unyielding front as did the
Puritans; but he must be met with
reasons more convincing, because
more practically shown forth in
the everyday life of the Christian,
with intelligence founded upon tho
Word Of God, revealed by tho Di-
vine spirit, and with everlasting
truth inculcatcd in immortal
souls, We need men and women
as teachers who are conversant
with tho devices of the enemy and
who are thoroughly informed in
the precepts and practices Of holy
religious life, and who arc fully
competent to plant deep and firm
in the hearts Of tho children the
principles and hopes Of the gospel.
With these. and With the help Of