Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

body is to blame, call on them and
talk it over in q brotherlY and chris
tian like manner, il they do not wish
to take it over, you can leave them,
but don't talk about it to everybody
else or tell it at some neighboring
school, be careful of your own actions
and conduct, for the young are ever
looking to the older as a pattern to
act by, and we must school ourselves
and be ever watchful Of the oppor-
tunity to instruct in the right way,
and the instructions of child in re-
ligious precepts is not generally diff
cult, most children recognize the want
which it is intended to meet. They
welcome religious instruct ons, il it
comes in simple and informal
manner, all children or most of them
have their own notions on theology,
you will find it 80 if you will but
question them on the subject. II is
an axiom that every man has his
theology. 1t may be positive or neg
alive, good or bad, and it is not to be
COMPOUNDED with religion, but expert
ence and investigation shows that if
simple, religious, and upright life is
not taught by parents, pastors, and
teachers bad theology is picked up
upon the street corner that will ueurp
the place of that which was intended
should be good. 1t would appear to
be part of the divine plan that the
maturing body and the religious
senses and critical faculty should de.
velop together. The absolute neces-
sity of wise instructions every day,
while the child's religious nature is
forming is emphasized by the testi-
mony of some children as to the
sources Of their theological ideas. Re-
Gently one thousand children were ex-
amined as to their religious thoughts,
and while there were many who show
ed an utter lack Of religious training,
yet there were few that svowed the
tenets of unbelief, and the influences
refered,tp In their theological ideas,
were peculiar, some referred their no.
tions of the devil to the somewhat
imaginative device upon the tins of
deviled ham, several by influences Of
pictures seen in the home Sunday
school or church, some quoted SER
wants and it was a significant fact
that not one of these one thousand
children referred any influence upon
his religious thoughts to his school
teacher. So, the question of work
between Sundays does not apply only
to parents, pastors and teachers Of
the Sunday school, but to our school
teachers as we'll, and the secnlarizing
Of our Sunday schools lays an added
emphasis on the duty of the church
towards the Sunday school scholars.
The child is bound to have his
theological ideas and notions and it is
the duty of parent, pastors and teach
ers to see that these are simple, ma
tional and spiritual, and with our in
creasing methods Of teaching IN day
school the children demand improved
methods IN the Sabbath school. This
is essentially an age for the children
and if most Of grown up folks are
disposed to doubt their own increas-
ing insignifcsnce, and increasing
ascendancy of children they may
learn lesson in humility from the
popular literature of the day as well
as from the social and domestic life
The older novelists we're go little inn
pressed with the ethical and artistic
consequences Il children that they
gave them but scsnt notice in their
pages, but today it has become a
recognized fact that the good must
come by teaching the children, the
simple every dsy talks or social meet
ing with them proves a success. If
teachers or patrons of the Sunday |
school could or would meet with the |
children and young people as well,
one evening out Of the week and have |
religious talk or explanation Of |
some part of the scriptures the ex-
PLANTATION in common every day |
manner, 1t is interesting to them all.
The town Sun day school could do so
very easily, but out of town schools it
is usually too far for them to meet to-
gether. The Epworth League and
Christian Endeavor and such societies
are doing much IN bringing the young
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