Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

NC ediu tnaS the feSl1ng
and purposes of the young should be
trained and guided and the Sunday
school has al important part to play
in this. 1t is life that gives life. We
should make our own lives more right
Gus and then they will tell in the
lives of our scholars. In closing, he
spoke of the great Importance of the
Sunday-school work, the purpose of
which should be to inspire high con-
duct. He spoke of the great danger
of children being on the streets and in
idleness, and said the Sunday school
should help correct this.
The first address Wednesday even
ing was given by Rev. Glenn Atkins
of Burlington, subject: "What the
Church Owes the Sunday-school"
He said the Church and Sunday school
were not separate institutions. The
Sunday-school was the great educa-
tional institution of the Church and
chief source of discipleship, also a
great factor in the making of right
Christian character. The Church
should come back to a new apprecia-
ton of the Sunday-school, and put
more enthusiasm into the work. The
Church owes the Sunday-school its
wisest intelligence, a new apprecia-
ton and most intelligent effort, also
owes it support. The church should
pay for the Sunday-school supplies
and what is given in the Sunday
school should go for missionary work
and thus the children would be trained
to benevolent giving. He spoke of
the excuses offered by various people
whena asked to teach d class in Sunday
school, some were too busy, some
too tired, others too modest, etc.
but thought if they could be made to
see the Importance of the work and
their own responsibility for carrying
it on they would be ready to go to
work. A great help in holding Sun
day school scholars for the church is
to give them opportunities to work.
The are ne opportunities like Christian
life for work. Christian life does not
consist of dreams and hopes, but of
real life and hard work, and the
Church should make plans and give
for the young to work
the Master. The next address of
evening which was on "The Sure
vas given by Rev.
Norman Seaver of Rutland who said
part: 1t has been said and is com
monty accepted as true that the age
of miracles is past, but contrary to
the mightiest miracle of the ages
is now working, namely, the Word of
God, the Bible, the sure foundation.
The advancement of the race marks
umphs of the Bible mark the advance
of the race. There is no rock
beat upon by Atlantic surges, no oak
swept by the winds of heaven, no
fortress in the worlds history 50 be-
leagured as the Bible, but it still
The Bible has lived to see
go to oblivion, empires fade
away, mighty cities become annihila-
led and monuments crumble to dust,
md to-day stands stronger than ever.
Generals like Napoleon and Charlie {
nagne founded empires On force and
hey have long since passed away but
Jesus Christ founded his empire on
owe and to-day millions would die for
Him. He said the Bible was a Book I
# hope and held out a radiant future &
# life on this reg enerated earth, for I
le maintained that heaven was not to :
10 in some far remote unknown abyss '
'ut that the City of God not made by
Iands, would descend from God and '
est on this earth, then not only Pal ]
slime but the whole earth would be {
Land. He made an eloquent {
lea for right Christian living, for I
'uilding on the sure foundation. In a
he gave an eloquent and in
description of the last great @
a y of the vast and countless number O
f the saved entering the City of God t
the glories of the future life. t
Thursday morning the business ses- s
ION was held. The field worker, Rev. P
t. L. Story told of his work the past G
ear and spoke of the lossin member S
hip in the Sunday-schools of the state, o
county reporting a loss of IS per 81
emit. in ten years. The town of Shell W
urne reports a loss of 20 per cent. 81
nd others in like manner. In answer I'll
a question as to the number of n,
in the public schools said the re-
Ist report gave 10000, which was as al
rye as ten years ago. He thought B
ia ahiQf nanGo of tho 6oa1ino "oo H. n,
of interest by the parents them w