The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-09

ton that he wanted to go home for the
Fourth OF July. and as the foreman OBJ
Jected he mashed his thumb and was
ssnt home for good. Afterwards he felt
called TO be a preacher, and became one.
He believed God called everyone to be
some one thing. and some Of them he calls
to be teachers. God calls some very Pc
culiar people. He had known some of
| them plain. ignorant people who knew
nothing of books, OF history, but they
knew Christ. One of these helped him
when he WAS boy, when everyone else
| thought and said that he was bad boy
helped him aud led him to Christ. God
called that man to be teacher-a teacher
of boys. There is not heart that has
not key, If some one can only find It
and use it.
God calls teachers to teach. Not to
teach something they do not know but to
teach the Gospel. He believed that with
faithful, honest, persevering work by the
teacher no child need pass the age OF
u years without being converted. Christ
tells us the Son of Man came to seek and
to save that which is lost. He did not
seek many himself. but he sent out His
disciples into the world to seek and save
them. He has given US the mission and
the work and the example. He has sent
the teacher to seek and 10 save that which
Is lost. He believed there was not per-
son before him who had not been brought
to God by personal influence somewhere
or somehow.
He asked how many of the teachers had
within the past month sat down and
made a personal appeal to their pupils
and hoped they would try it next Sun
day.
Rev. Loyal L. Writ, State Sunday
school Missionary of the Congregational
Church, was tue next speaker. He said
NJ ms tint ion 4 lrNa
our commonwealth healthy and clean
than the Sunday-school. AS the leaven
Is to the meal, so is the Sunday-school to
our social organization. The public Sun
day school must take the place OF private
training in the home, where it is SO sell
dom given. If our children are not led to
the Sunday school what is to become OF
our State? From the age of to the age
of 10 is the crucial time OF life. This Is the
time when our characters are formed for
life. The Catholics know this and are al
ways anxious TO gather the children into
the church. They can teach us many
lesson We can profit by. He believed
that as soon as child comes to the age
when he can make choice there is a
tendency TO sin. Ii we are careful to pick
out the weeds the first year that we sow
our lawn they do not come again. So it
is with the child, if he Is carefully guarded
and the weeds OF sin are rooted out OF his
character.
The Christian teacher in the primary
department must make sacrifices if he
would lead the children from tue paths OF
sin. Nothing comes in this world without
sacrifice, and the teachers reward will
come when his work in this world is
done. Ii we would train up child in
the way he should go we must set the
example. The heart of the little child is
plastic, and ready to receive the word of
God and let Its roots strike deep down
into his nature. That is the place 10
plant it and water it and help it to flour
ish. If it is planted in the hearts OF our
boys and girls they will give us race of
noble men and women. Bring them un-
der tho hand of Christ. Let them feel its
benediction, and then send them out into
the world without fear for their future.
After praise service the convention
adjourned.
In the afternoon there was a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the State
Association at the y, NJ. c. a. Hail. and
it was decided to hold the next conven-
ton of the State Sunday school Associa-
ton in Sacramento.