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SHOULD TRAIN CHILDREN.
Interesting Meeting of CenteffarsN
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Epworsh Gag
Tho Rev DR.. Herbenl assistant editor
of the christian Advocate ana Mrs'
Edw3n bartholomew, of East Orange
made addresses to the Epworth Leasue
of Centenary Church last night. boin
aaaresses were interesting and tuii OF
valuable suggestions.
Dr usrhen told how certain branches
80 +ha Leagues work led to intelhgeht'
yitaa niety. The Scriptures, plain as thes
wore could no t be understood Wnsh
,aa,yad ar through natural eyes. me
nofnd he said. must be in a state ol
-.sr;t,,a, with God. He spoke OF
a. ya,,,e of reading good books lhe
ama,ations of minds full of devotiohai
,-,on,ledse NJ was like opening the VIII
aou,s of the soul. The vital type OF piety
shouls 60 hand in hand with intellectual
49, The vital type was that OF one
~ wac in contact with Him VINO saio
ona occasion: 81 am the Way, Inc
T.,,+h .nd tho Light Vital plety, saio
~ sneaker must give itself to GOD ana
hring others into communion with him.
10 advised his hearers to strive Tor tnap
h;ab TYNE of Christian character whleh
,asras ono live his life in such a manner
tba+ others who come into contact with
hin. uould say: .sThere is a man VINO
walks with God" He's a walking repre-
santstive of the Christ whom he pro-
fesses to serve.
Tho sneaker declared hat the work OF
nc Ieae,e should be more popularlzea.
~. ,lacas If meeting should be made as
confortable and luxurious as home. They
.ho,,,d he made so attractive that every
:. -. .l,roh xralVpU and ola, WOuit
want to joint.
NJ Edwin bartholomew spoke of the
nacess;tv of training small children to 40
ohr;s4;a, work. She said she was sorry
70 notice in a newspaper yesterday an ar
tiela declaring that Sunday school work
was ON the decline. giving as reasons the
,acl of good Sunday school heads, ana
the acceptation of all kinds of people as
taaohars The speaker declared that, as
in the public school, the Sunday schoois
sho,,la he furnished with the very best
~ teachers. Mrs. Bartholomew also oe-
clared in speaking of the tendenes 10 .
anon the Epworth League as something
new. the first Junior League was
oanized over a hundred years ago, ana
that Susannah Wesley was Inc ne
I,nior League superintendent Inat
League hdQ tilitSAGSh
s,,nerintendent may never nave thousht
of the name Junior Epworth League. but
She taught the nineteen children, hfst,
obedience. then reading of Scripture anu
reverence for family prayers.
h speaker said parents made many
mistakes in relation to the training OF
children for the Leagues work. she was
surprised at such a lack OF FANNY
PRAYERS. There. she said, was the train
ing class for the children. She deeried
the tendency of Epwcrthians to HOOK upon
themselves as belonging TO one set ana
the Juniors to another. The Epworthdans
should feel an interest in the Junior
Leagues work. 1t gave the Juniors great
pleasure and animated them in their own
work. The speaker said the juniors
wanted sociables. It was not a bad IDEA
to give them office and responsibility.
She suggested that the proposition TO
have graduating exercises was a good
one. She also believed that t~ltheing-the
giving of one-tenth-should be encour-
aged, and declared her belief that the
mites from this source would VIZ out
the entire missionary debt of the church
and prevent begging sermons for mis-
sionary money.