The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-21
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev. DR.. Freeman breaches
on the Spiritual Care
Of the Young.
SAD MISTAKE IN REVEALS
People Who Think Children Cam
not Profess Christianity
Rebuked.
SAD MISTAKE IN REVEALS

Rev. DR.. Freeman, Editor of the Sunday
School journal, preached a interesting
sermon la st evening, at the Trinity NJ. Il
Church, on Sunday School Work" In
which he scored those Christians who do not
believe in allowing young children TO become
members OF the church by profession OF
faith. The sermon was listened to by a large
congregation.
DIR. Freeman chose as bis text Deuterono-
nv VI. 6. "And these words shall be in
thy heart and thou shalt teach them to thy
children"
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
After showing the Importance which
Moses attached to impressing religious
truths p O the young, Mr. Freeman said
II have been requested to speak tonight
on Sunday SCHOOL work n shov the need
Of ~trainins our children. The essential part
OF Sunday school work dates back 20 the
days Of Moses, when he told his people 70
study and learn Gods law. Our interest In
childhood dates back to the tims when Eve
had her first SOP. Since then the world has
been interested IN childhood. We all love
children, with the exception of q few men.
Women ell love children. because it is womr
anIy to do 80, and l pity the men who
don't lore the yousg. l am sorry Ior
them, becauae than don't know what they
are losing. It is q great help whan we meet
the bitterness Of life to have an interest IN
the sparkling, gushing lovely life OF child
hood, One way of living end maintaining
youth Is to stay among children and take an
interest i'll them.
INTERESTED IN
ssOur interest in children is always IN
creasing, especially that regarding their
mental and other wants. We have given
them in the past century better books and
better means of securing an education and
there is O marked improvement IL them
both morally and spiritually. To prove
this show your boy tho picture book you
enioyed when a child. He will look it over
more artistic and more beautiful ones. SO
it is with them spiritually. You may re-
member people who shook their heads and
had no faith in children p-renouncing faith
In Jesus Christ. There are come people to-
day who don't believe that children can pro-
fess Christianity.
A SAD MISTAKE.
This is a sad mistake. In times of re-
vival, and most pastors will agree with me,
children are more likely to hold out than
adults. The children can and do love God
and the sooner the church wakes up to that
| fact the better it Will be for Christianity.
There may be o great many things about re-
ligion they do not under stand, but Christi
anity is not so much a matter Of knowledge
as Of love.
"a little child may not know God, but q
| little child can love God. But it has taken
| the church a long time to wake up to this
fact. Some people believe that conversion
| changes q boy into q man. What nonsense
| this is. Religion never does that and never
| was meant 10 do that. A boy who is con-
verified should not be expected to lose all his
| boyhood love for games and sport. Ii there
| is anyone who should jump with joy it is he
| who has been converted"