The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27


men--and the most accomplished OF bores.
The superintendent who feels call to
talk TO the school and to say the Same
things OYER and over again every4 week,
whose appreciation OF his own needs and
OF those OF the school never varies, who
even gets so much into groove as 10
pray substantially the same prayer twice
every Sunday. He is usually good man
(the school couldn't stand such abuse
from any other), but he is fossiized, and
all Sundays and their lessons are alike
to him. He is chiefly valuable as Il
teacher OF patience-though this good
quality is not vnfrequently prevented from
working its maximum good because the
brighter pupils and the less consecrated
teachers fall, accidentally or otherwise,
into the habit OF coming late, thus leav
ing larger share of the 0pening exrr-
cises to the more prompt and long suffer-
ing Then the superintendent. who does
not come when he reasonably might or
who comes late, or VINO has not studied his
lesson, or who doesn't "superintend"--
never sees a visitor nor asks him TO
class, doesn't know naw scholar from
an old one and is afraid to speak to either
for fear of betraying his Ignorance. Then
there is that worst of all yarieties--the
scoldng superintendent, who can listen to
the songs of the children, the tender words
OF the lesson, and see the light and love
all around him, and then because some
little thing has happened which did not
exactly suit bis notions, he concludes the
exercises with look aud tone which
show clearly the wish to emulate the ex-
ample Of the old woman who lived in the
shoe with her overgrown family. Now,
brother please don't 20 back to do that
any more. Let the spirit OF God come
into your heart and remember that the
youngest and most mischievous child there
will grow up some day, and that If you
tt+ttI la.yx nf,J ,1n l.
with love Of God and his felow-men, the
pranks and restlessness will take care of
themselves. Don't think that favor lack
OF discipline or irreverence ! only mean
that scolding and crossness are not the
corrective
Now, brethren, these things ought not to
be. The superintendent Of a Sunday
school Is splendid opportunity, but 1t
should be an opportunity for honorlng
God. advancing His cause and making
plain his truth--not an opportunity for
displaying ones self In either good or
bad fashion.
Then. what is to be said of the secre-
tary who forgets TO order the literature
In time or OF the proper kinds and guam
tlty, thus keeping the school for a week
or Two without lesson papers or quarter
lies, or VINO does not keep the records
properly? Isn't he strong argument for
the policy of rotation in Officer"
ANA the dear organist who takes no In
drag, until one wou,d thinir he "r .ata anu at
! tending n funoral or a, 49,, -, 80 q" ~,
hone one would soon occ' ~ ,rhn ~
| songs win world bo,,ooa' ~ ~ spteo.s
comprehension or tunes that they do not
know. How can we attract children In
any such way as this?
| do his 1ittv foitbf,,li an 20 "rouiu
and lovingIv ana in}o,i1 LII NV i-otu'
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resnonsIhle nisce NJ al, ,, $40 sne must
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with ITO n,nile~-bov AZ , 80. ~ s tui
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nrayer ana Of faith nIth o rn M spin Vi
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YOU stuuy your lesson, what is your
purpose. what 40 you intend to ac-
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pure loE hishef christian me on your
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your olass 10 Chilst as personal savior?
~ you Wy 70 he'p the christians To
grea'ur Nhrist- likeness II YOU do, thank
1ou loi sucn u teacher' II you have not
uoie so heretofore WIN you not hrmiy re-
SOW SOW III you = strength that from TINS Tune
'oIth you wiz we can not all be great
SNpounuers OF noa word~-that glft is To
put rev OF us, put we can all mud the
sutihs power Oh the truth and point to 1t
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eaogr,nhy ana T,star,, ~ ~ aoou' w
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IN whoso .cn,,,cbca ie,,, ny ' IN, .ei,
who fnrnIshad 10 sn;coo ,nm i''a Inu
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