The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-26

Nohoiso way
Motor, Sensor.
Caesar. Plato.
Action. Thought.
Restless. Quiet.
Energy in action. Energy in thought.
Qtick to net. Slow to act.
Acts thoughtles.ly. Thinks twice before
acting.
Makes many sugges- Makes few sugses-
tons. tions,
Demonstrative. Secretive, retiring.
Implusive. thoughtful
Rash. Cautious
Jumps at conclu Differen tiates
sions.
Asks many ques- Learns from ques-
lions. lions of others.
Merely pre-ocoupied. Often In brown
study.
DominSering. Gentle.
Boastful. Modest, self-deprecia-
tive.
Talkatlve. Iimid.
Selt-sssertive. Shrinking.
Boistsrous. Bashful.
Discbedient Not So much SO.
Misch isvous. sly
Cries loudly. Quietly grieves,
sulks.
Enth usiRstic. Lacks enthusiasm.
Petfr John.
Martha. Mary.
There seems to be n ply theological as
well rs a psychological difference here.
As the TOPIC nerve path Is longer than
the sural nerve path in Some minds, so
In some Ierfoas the motor nerve path Il
more deeply cut than the sensor. There
is therefore u larger exit for ideas to the
mot ,r-minded in some while in others the
closer exit Is to the thought-nerves of the
brain.
How shall we train these different
naturesl
First, The motor child. This child Is
IN ha dnip itu all ha
Idle hands he cannot have. He must
act. He will act. If he is not given the
right thing to do he will probably be do
ing WONG things. Certainly IL he Is not
kept busy at the sort of work he needs,
he will keep himself busy at the very
sort of thing he does not need. The
secret of training this child lies N har-
monizing his energy and using I'll In the
channels that are necessary for his devel-
opments, For example:
This boy does not want to think, he
wants to act His games, If left to him
self TO choose, will he games Of action
and not games of thought. Thought
games are the very ones he needs and
must re Suggested to him, His energy
must thus be thrown off. Therefore
get MIN interested in check ers and chess
and such games of thought
Second, Give him complex things to do
Third, When he gets into trouble
through his hasty actions. call his atten-
ton to the fact that he acts without
thought and therefore must suffer forit
Fourth, Keep him from jumping at
conclusions.
Fifth, Do not help him much with his
problems, only enough to keep him from
getting discouraged. Do not give him
lessons of u light character, but rather
those which make him think.
Sixth, When you read or tell him Bible
stories point out to him the results of
Peters hasty actions and choose the
stories that will keep him to correct his
impulsive disposition.
Seventh, Keep him much in the society
Of older people. He prefers the society of
other children whom he can "boss" As
much as possible keep him in the society
of Wills stronger than his own.
Eighth, When be stuuies send him TO
his own room whore he can be- alone.
Every Influence about him distracts him.
Ninth, Suggest things for him to do,
rather than for him to don't" 10 tell
this boy not to do almost makes him
want to do that very thing. 1t certainly
makes 1t harder for him TO refrain from
doing it,
The Ssnsor Child.
First, Keep him IN sympathy with
himself
Second, Keep him talking and giving
expressions to himself.
Third, Suggest things for him to do.
Fourth. Have him lead thu other chill.
dren In games.
Fifth, Let him recite and sing in pub
lilo.
Sixth, He Is easily discouraged. En-
courage him, praise him for small sue
cesses.
Seventh, Let him lead you, Of course
guiding him unoonsciousiy to himself.
THE EVENING SESSION.
Once more the church was packed to
suifocation, for the evening service of tbs
convention. Rev. A. A. Lewis Of Gardi-
ner oondroted the praise service. which
preceded the exercises Of the evening
Prof. II amill. the International field sec
rotary. delivered an impressive address or
Sunday School Evangelization, an alb
slract of which follows:
He appealed for the saving Of the boy
and girls while y 1T young in the Sunda,
school. Inc speaker showed how impress
sable a child Is ty nature, how he Ieyer-
ences the Lords day and book and BIZ
Sunday school teacher. "a ohild'i