The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18

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 After young man gets his education, let him settlf ina country town, and what can ybd ekpect of him? He's leader on Sunday, no doubt, and he's an of Sunday thought. I don't cflticfse what learning he has, but the leafnipe isH'tfRenl b&ianced.s 2 yfHef Eants all bis seholarship, but his great, need is to, knowBow so bring tlfa to fbear oh' 1 fealitlesuas. they gre tin tha minds of those he addresses. Hefd does give good deal of sinsurhctioH. ' but it smacks too much of the study and aof ibooks.d The of abstraction, issaugreatl hin dEancei to pulpit powers sFhere'sUe
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 We need to know of this world much more th4H we need to know of the other. What the preacher says should make you feel as if he were of the people, as if lie understood them and belonged to them. glHe ought to make every effortto' know What the life of his people IS, what their interests are, in what they, fail and in what ways their good ttaltse show themselves. He ought to study chAracteE 'i4 4alllfta 4ahifestations. On tfa depth 1of tie brAdher's knowledge and sympathy, in just these channels, depends to large degree his power.I
 l don't suggest ini::what I say that doctrine is to be avoided. It isn't. Doc, Urine is necessary, but the preacher must make doctrine vital or it's worth less. Sermons have no need to run in one channel. There are 52 Sundays ina' year, and two sermons Sunday-rp pom enough for considerable yariety. A man of the righd hag can ldo g reat deal of effective worKth a year.4
 2 It is the provi9 9es6f the Ptsaohdr to incite his hearers to just desfings with one another, 10 kJndiIess gand halpfu ness between neghbors, and to all that makes for good temper, good dharact ter, a np culture and refnement HI Dur cpme m dnitg life has vasffy too hueh of jeai. ptsgyand envy in it. ESocieBl natura ally |sphtsSoffintoz little eiiees ofthose who Are dohgenial in theifIhSughtahd tastes. ahat dqes pot mean sttaas. those you do not ssshll are besten or worse t han Ey aseFpIly that they are differ eEt.- gRhe trouble with these circlts is not in the fact that there are such, but in their cfitiea and even hostile attitude tow ard those oe,utside-4=it is in! their gossip, the pettiness- of their interests.,atT They, tell what ESQ thinks what, this and that woman wears to church pr had on at the last party, bring up all, sorts Of personaf deta]s, oddities, and fimors, and things that are not in the least isi any ofa their business, Nor, do, they treat what they treat pleasantly or Kind ". Their nianner sis' petty, q nRddling, and often sneering. This sort of talking about each other. doesnst mean nut pal love and forbearance, but" the opposi ite. ! It ought to be stopped-preached out of them, got out of them some way. "a THE CHURCH ITSELF IS NOT FREE FROM HOW "A TGossfP SfoNGERs. ft l.
 as, e.,srra t,a fEt5$ -t The sewing societies are frequently fla nous places for most un-Cbristian tear ipgitoRieees 1off neighborhood happen ings and, regulations. The church is a public sffdir. All kinds of people are a part of it., and all kinds of.peopie busy themselves with it's vaEiouss work. Those who are, willing to work the hardest often doe 80! because they want to be first-they like. to De conpicuops, to have power. The church is an ex-
 hbition-room that serves to show of
 their prominence. These people are u se-
 ful, their work is excellent, often, and the pity is}thatI their spiritsfs nessbetter and their talk more controlled. These
 church societies Y1 B are very likely to be the
 places where cabaI will start against
 the minister A careless or, intriguing
 womatn,s nnt tongue ca can plt do good deal of
 damage. ,,.t@ ...4a, a r
 People make. serious mistakes, too, in their attitude toward the schaols.lIsW hat you are to do when 3 teacher has been
 selected is to place all q responsibility in his hands, support him. Don't mix up goyernment is apernieious alwabs. If the. teacher says one thing and the
 parent another,a the. school ,,is hurtatand lthe. child is hurt. i It is 2 great. mistake to discuss school :, rumorsa before the children. Don't censure the teacher ir
 their hearing. They will go. backstp the
 school with different feeling toward
 the teacher, and whatever power he had
 for helping them will be lessened. Il
 you have complaint to make, go to the
 trustees or committee they have the
 power Lay your case before them, ane stand to tit-see that it gess ggess attention, If you haven't good teacher, get onss that is, and then uphold him. Wheer your boy comes home and complains don't take sides with him. Youvs heard only. his version and his point 0. view; his anger or, indignation. is pnetty sure to color what he tells, It must b, an affair of great seriousness in whicl you are not 7sa' Es'.assa sss s1.''st'' '
 \. BOUND TO SUPPORT THE TEACHER
 That makes me think sof prayer o. the elder Beecher's; Times were disna and things were getting pretty bad, ,ant he said, Lord, keep us, from despisine
 our rulers; and, Lord, keep them frpn behaving so we can't help it. z ha sIsis just the same with regard to minis |sters'as with steachers; faulblfndingi and
 personal criticism in sa general compan and before childrensis harmfui. sTo dis. tcuas what the minister says aan its, idsai
 and principles is all right, but be care.
 ful about going further. sdt tfs FAs'as7 < \. We have had hard times the past year The notion notio is freanently put sforward in
 snch pmer er0encias thai ma aro ta oflc1r 1