Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-05-04
MIR. osGooD AS POSTMASTER

am very sure that all present this even
ing are aware of that which has called II:
together,-tbe 26th anniversary of the &C
w Osgood Bible Class" Mrs. Osgood
ard your teacher welcome you most heart.
lily, and for number OF reasons. In the
first place on account of the sociability
there is connected with it, the good fellow.
hip, the friendship, the united hearts thai
aave gathered us together here as Sun.
lay School Bible Glass established in this
way. We have grown so much aud,
here is so much going on in the land to-
day that it is well worth while at times to
come together in this way and carry out
this program Of alter-dinr er speaking.
Let me say that what your eyes feast
upon here is in no part my work or sug-
gestion. remember there was time
when thought no one could take my place
in preparing for such an event, but there
are those now who can DO it better than
myself, or even my better half. | am for
yunste i'll having two daughters and son,
Who, togctl er with others, have made all
'hese preparations. AS | look back over
the rs years of the history OF this class. how
much there as occurred in that time. The
man who sits at my right ! remember well
when little boy playing in our yard.
There are some here, think, who have
begun their life even since this class began.
What great events have taken place since
5hst lime, as We look back over the coun.
try's history, even alo, G the line of Bible
study End the development OF Bible
thought
toI he benefit Of rome who have MOI
been Ee-e rs long as the rest, can say
that this class began 26 years ago witt
seven boys, two ef whom are here thi,
'evening. The seven | think now live in
different states. Soon after our cla's
started, we took in class Of young ladies'
and and ever since that time have beer
what is called mixed class in the school
and have grown in numbers and influence
until to-day it numbers two or three hun.
dred. The members OF the class are scat
tered throughout the United States.
! have a great feeling OF satisfaction, ii
looking over the room this evening, to SET
that there are no more than two dozen, anC
perhaps no more than 20 here tonight who
have not been members of this class. Al
between 80 and 100. There are great
many members of the congregation who
come in who are not members of the class
| have had great deal of pleasure the last
few weeks and months, let me say, as
teacher of this Bible Glass in the personal
experience that has come into my life.
am well aware that am criticised in my
methods Of teaching. | know that people
have said that anyone can come into my
class and not study their lesson. l try
every week to faithfully study my lesson,
and do not believe that the members OF
my class feel that they are doing their duty
unless they have studied their lesson. do
believe there are those who come, who
have not studied their lesson, but who may
get some good by coming. | was pleased
to hear one saying the other day that al
though he could not go to the morning
service, he did not like to miss the Bible
Glass. | have had a great many personal
experiences in explaining different pas
sages of scripture. say this because we
are here as class. am always ready to
help you one and all, and would like to
he Up you in any way possible.
Let me say again that we welcome you,
and | am glad to see some here from whom
we shall be delighted to hear. We are al
ways glad to hear the 1--WE" and the "you"
which enter into after dinner speaking. 1t
has been said that Cochran and Depew are
the two greatest after dinner speakers in
this country, but possibly you may change
your mind before the dinner is through.
Perhaps good many here tonight may
feel as the little boy did who had been
chased around by his mother, who was
Furnishing him for something he had done;
he finally escaped and crawled under tie
bed. Pretty soon the boys father came
in and asked where the boy was. The
mother replied that he was under the bed.
The father got down on his knees and
looked under the bed, when the little boy