Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-28

en- inebriates; she encouraged the
teacher and temperance lover to give
her thought, her soul and her labor to
the noble work of keeping the pure
in purity, and to the rescue of the
fallen. All these things have the ap-
probation of God.
The afternoon exercises closed with
an address on the subject, "Growth
in Christian Character the True
Measure of Success" given by Rev.
Geo. O. Howe of Island Pond The
secretary made only brief minutes,
which would fail to convey proper
! ideas of the treatment Of this theme
Mr.. Howe is pleasant and interest
ing speaker and the full address would
be instructive in print.
On Tuesday evening, after brief
service of song, an address was given
by Rev. sThomas lyric of St. Johns
bury on Chow to Popularize the BIZ
ble." The hearers might wonder that
such a theme had been chosen. While
the Bible is read by more people in
the world than any other book, and
while more Bibles are printed than
any books Of any other kind, the fact
still remains that it is not popular
book in the sense and the meaning
which the speaker had in mind. To
illustrate, he said that the person
who started with his grip for a ride on
the cars did not take or buy the New
Testament to read along his way.
Some, while they revere the Bible,
would almost feel ashamed to be
seen reading it in public. In many
homes where the book is esteemed as
sacred, it is not habitually read, and
is not the book that the inmates, es-
pecially the children, delight to read.
While he deplored this condition of
things, he could not ignore it, and his
object would be to suggest methods to
make the reading of the Book inter-
esting to the child. Having come to
love the Book as a thing of interest,
as he becomes older he appropriates
it's precepts and truths, admires it's
beauties and reveres it as the Word of
God. The1child is not taught prop
erly. TIE example before him is not
calculate6Mto beg desire to read
the volumes He is made to feel that
it is his duty to read the book because
it is the Bible. He has a certain task
set to perform so many chapters
week days and more on Sunday. He
is required to read it by course. He
must go over it chapter after chapter,
through all it's history, genealogy,
theology dry details-the whole thing.
Nobody helps him to select such por-
tions of it as tend to interest the child
mind; nobody points out it's beauties,
and helps to make it attractive. 5o
To make the young reader interest
ed in it, something must be selected |
that he can understand; something
that excites his interest, that pleases
him. His father or mother can select |
such bible stories as excite his curios-
ity and enlists his attention. The
speaker then referred to several bible |
stories that were specially suited to
the tastes and minds of young read
ers, and he greatly interested his au-
dience in the brief narration of bible
stories and reference TO bible charac-
ters. Many of the oftread portions |
of the Scripture were made peculiarly
interesting by the word pictures that |
were flashed on the minds of the hear
ers liz rapid succession. From the
reading Of such stories as challenge |
the attention of the boy, he should |
be led along, or his inclination will
lead him along to read other parts of |
the Scriptures, and gradually he will |
absorb the bible truths that are most |
important. When he becomes man,
loving the Bible for what it has al
ready afforded him of interest and |
good, he will come to revere it and
will read it in all it's details, seeing
new beauties and greater excellencies
in each perusal. The speaker sought
to disabuse the thoughts ofany if they
did not understand him, that the BIZ
BILE was to be read for it's stories or for
historical, biographical records alone,
but for it's worth as chart of life-the |
Word of God. The brief epitome of |
this address will suggest only it's real
merits, but space permits no more.
Wednesday morning, Prayer service
was conducted by Rev.R.L. Olds after
which the subject, obstruction from
the Bible" sEFor the Head" was dis
cussed by Rev. E. A. George. He
stated that last night he supposed |
his aged grandmother as she read her
old Bible, got nearer to it's teachings
and it's truths than any theological
student could get Those who i'm