The Portland daily press., 1899-10-26

accomplish more and become better men
Whsr W isseh the word Of God, We
forget that the sau5e inssrsstiua msthods
are 70 be employed for the same end. The
consequence IL That the boys and girls
refuse to 20 to Sunday School becsuse IL
iras Of the church services. However,
this We ell know too we'll; 10 would.
therefore, b worse than useless to spend
the time In rshsarsing the faults. Let
ne rather see II We oanuot ind some rem
edy for the faulty condition OF things.
One remedy l bslieve is found In the an
swer that Booth, the actor. once gave
when he was asked to give reason why
the theatres were always crowded and the
churches empty. Said he:-"It 10 be-
cause - the theatre they make unreal
things seem real, while In the churches
they msks real things seem unreal" Fer
example, We read the Bible as II IL meant
absoluteIy nethipg 70 US, ~ IL ITS truths
had not taken hold upon us. II Dooth,
Irving or Terry read Shakespeare as inc
tenths Of the Ministers and Sunday
School te.ohsrs read the bible, they
would re hissed from the stage.
The first care Of the teacher should be
to make 1od real TO her. To many he
II an impersonsl somstbipg without form.
Jesus must b to one who attempts {,
interpret His truth personal and dear
u.
overwhelming CONSEQUENCES that He is
our personal Saviour and Rsdsemsr. and
that all We ale 10 due to Him who 10 the
srsonifioation Of all that IL glorious and
true.
The bert way to make the Master real
10 70 dwell much and long upon the word
He has left M, 20 read it 90 that TIA
srsnes and persons Will live again before
ua We must know that human nsture
10 the ssme today ~ whom Jesus was here
upon earth, and that the truths He sx-
When the Nsstsr IL real 10 the teacher.
| she will be tesming with LIE and interest
| That very life Will interest the pupiI. IL
| IL not al ways what We say, nor the way
We say IL thas lends interest to speech
frequently the life behind the verbs is
mors sIoqnsns than tbs speech or lesson
itsslf.
The IDEAL teacher studies her pupil. In
order 70 do this shs visits his home, his
school. she watches him on the street, she
con vsrsss with the parents so NJ to learn
what their ideals are. She finds out In
| this way what he has inher.ted and
Whether or not the parent is a helper.
The faithful Sunday School teacher gets
the day sohesl TEACHERS point of view of
her pupils. We must try and get both
parents and teachers to sx press the good
| fhin9s thsy know about our boya and
girls. Il doss net require 3 genius TO
- our faults. any ianeramus can do
shst. hut II rsouires vsry m6o6 Of q asn.
| ms 70 sse the good. Let M EN- pbs size the
good. and the eyn will die frvm yery
seaiect.
We need TO study our pupils sym m that
ically. When there Is a boy in the class
who talks continusl,y Of the daring feats
| he has perform mad. The vi,s teacher in ter
r. rats Il a 4 desire for bravery rathsr than
wilfuI tlI-behAviour. When the girls
observe pretty dresses, comment ON the
L
them that they do It because OF tbelr In.
nate love of she beautiful, and rather
than calling Ii vanity. turn It Into a
helpful Ivscou. l knew q teacher. who is
now . famous authoress, who used to
rise quickly, dropping books, handker-
chiefs and alovss, simply that she might
teach her class Of boys that 1t was the
mark Of gentlsmsn when he manifested
n desire to wait upon q lady by picking
up the dropped articles. She not only
taught them that important lesson, but
one far greater. The one the Master him.
Lesson Of service.
Wo must get near tn our pnnils. There
are many pathetic scenes In Uncle Toms
Cabin, but none more SO than that one
where Eva Is talking to 1opsy. Iva IL
urging Topaz to be good. Topsy stands
there WhistlinR and declares that she does
not know what love Is am says that Mas
Ophslia would rather have toad touch
her thaa Topsy. Miss Ophslia confe sal
that she could not endure having the
child touch her. She did not know that
Topsy knew 1t. But childrsn know this
| BY Intuition. 1t Is stronger in tt EN- than
| In older persons.
1 IL IL said that ono day gentleman
went TO TidAny's In New York City to
purchase some jewels. He looked at ons
and another. His attention was CALLED to
one which be inm edistsiy discarded. This
clerk clcs ID his hand over it and In a
short time Jeopened 1t and held it out TO
| the man He exclaimed at its wondrous
| eauty. for 1t was rem sctiuc ali the nolors
ct the raj nbow. "Ah," said the clerk,
"that 10 this Jewel you discarded a mo-
msnt ago. 1t is one Of those sympathetic
opnls that requires the touch of the hu-
man hand to bring out its tesuty." We
| tnd bows and girls. ave men and women.
who require the 81 m pa,hst,u touoh of the
human hand before they can radiate ths
M, ths Mss.er Intended they should.
m. w.y IN vhich n nnntI c.n ma ,,eda