The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-08-15
is with difficulty at times that we can
get any teachers at all, aud We have
to take anybody and everybody.

to take anybody and everybody.
l believe the primary class should
be managed with much the same dis
ciplipe ss q dsy-school teacher would
use. While there should be no scold-
ing or swapping or slapping (for that
would not be the Christ spirit); firm
uess and decision in correcting q
child in the primary class is often
necessary. have seen teachers iu
Sunday school let their pupils laugh
and play aud whisper, aud fight one
another, and play tricks on some
weaker or less rude member Of the
clsss, until they knew nothing
of what their teacher was saying,
| bave actually thought their coming
together was more productive of
harm than good. Aud tho teacher
will say, 80, but | can't punish, l
can't correct as would in the public
school; they won't come II | do"
Well, II children can't be made to
keep a revercnt, respectful demeanor,
they can't bc taught successfully; l
don't want them ong-faced-no, no
bright, happy faces, eager to listen;
eager to answer. Now and then Que
may whisper bit without reproof.
They must be allowed some little lib.
critics. We must not sec all they do,
OF course. But attention and rever-
ence, after all. depends largely upon
who teaches aud how the lesson is
taught.
Don't sit at one end Of your class
il you have u large Que, get In the
middle somehow. Make every one
hear, or have them quiet so they eau
hear. Don't do all the talking, call
suddenly on this one. that one over
there: IL one IL non. attentive call on
him, not ia way which shows him
you d.i It purposel,, but rs n matter
of course. This uncertainty rs to
getting q call at any moment keeps
them on the alert.
Try to have little story TO illus.
trate your point. Ask some little
girl what she thinks about IL; ask a
boy. They must be taught to think
and talk; try TO make your stories and
points practical. Refer often to their
mammas and papas, their little broth.
crs and big brothers, their sisters
their school life, their games, their
dolls, their pets; make the Christ-life
the Bible stories, touch their every.
day lives, if possible. Il takes tact, u
takes thought, il takes love fol
children, all understanding of the
child mind and nature.
or course. In advising how to teach
might tell you of kindergarten
methods I have seen used in city
Sunday Schools in the East-ont
great room set apart and fitted uT
purposely for thcm-tiny, low chairs
lowround.top tables, n sand.borrd fol
moulding the countries, the rivers
mountains, etc, miniature toy objects
to illustrate or picture Oriental scene
to the eye.
Plants arc brought In, seeds.
butterfly IN chrysnlis stage, or what
ever " necessary 10 fix the truths o
the lesson; but we must keep within
our environments, live within on
means aud IL we eau raise sufllcien
money by penny collections to pa!
for our literature every quarter, w
shall do well. aud thank God for s.
much.
SO much for the how. Now, wha
shall we teachl Teach first that thes
lessons they study are from God
Word, that the Scriptures on whic
the lesson 10 based Is simply copic
from the Holy Book into their It'll
leaflets.
| sometimes take my Bible and ~
thc,n to tell me where to find Ill
lesson-Old or New Test stament, bOOl
chapter, etc. Then | take pains, nj
a.. a.. II