The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-16
SCHOOL MELANGE.

The last sermon preached by s, P.
crummett, the retiring pastor Of wea-
ley Methodist Episcopal church. should
have been heard by every teacher in
the city of Wheeling, as there were so
many points and suggestions in 1t,
which II followed would be OF great
benefit to the teachers in their work.
The text was, I'VE walk by faith and
not by sight" In the very forcible
manner natural to the speaker he
showed that all the important affairs
Of this world are undertaken and car
Red out by faith. We cannot see what
is before US, but II we do thus and so
we have faith to believe that the re-
suits will follow. II this were not the
case there would be stagnation Of all
the business interests OF the world. AS
a matter OF course the application was
made in a more special sense to the
Christian life and work. but was applic-
able also to the teacher and her work.
The little tots" with minds Just be-
ginning to develop come to her from
homes Of every description, some know
ing scarcely anything and seemingly
defying all her efforts to Instruct; but
out Of these must come the fully devel-
oped man and woman. Must she not
work by faith? She may have the Ideal
in her mind, but 1t is SO different from
the crude material on which she. has
to work that II Is no wonder she sol1a-
times shrinks from the task. But toll
on, oh, worker, In the intellectual vlne-
yard. Your reward will come. Sow
the seed. II will yield rich harvest
by and by. BY faith you can see 1t fall
on good ground, spring up and yield at
times a hundred fold. You that have
toiled lonog in this vineyard can doubt
less remember many cases OF such
good results that your faith brlghtens
and you take new inspiration and are
willing 10 labor on until the Master
comes"
Many teachers weary in their work
from the fact that they do not see at
once the fruits of their labor, Here
again we must walk by faith and not
by sight. II we are not permitted to
reap the fruits Of our labor some one
else may. In the by and by" the re-
not be lost. Others NAV reap 1t, but
this will not detract from our reward.
The sower may be the reaper or he may
not be.
1.-THE seed have scattered in sprinstimo
and watsred With tears and with dews
from on high,
Another may shout when the harvester's
shall 9gat6er my grain IN. tho sweet nv
and by"
The Llnsly Institute under its present
management, will sustain the reputa-
ton gained under the etilclen manage
ment of Prof. j. N. Birch. 1t starts on
with the largest enrolment for years,
there being about so in, attendance.
Lieutenant Dent seems determined to
give the boys chance to make men Of
themselves.
At the regular meeting of the Long
fellow Literary Society, at Richie
school, on Friday afternoon last, the
members were favored with an unex-
pected treat in the way Of talk and a
recitation by George Groppe, former
pupil Of the school, but who has spent
nearly two and a half years at the Re-
form school at Pruntytown. He gave
an account OF the school and its work.
Ings In all IS departments. He said
that everything about the school is call
cuiated to assist boy in making a man
OF himself. While he may have felt
very bitter at being sent there he now
felt like thanking those who sent him,
as he had learned much and expected