The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-10-10

OF Christ for the time being? We arc
leading thom into pastures green, to
tho fountain Of life, to the love OF
wonderful Saviour, who has left this
great mission to us. What q high
aud holy calling il is to DO able to
work for such a Saviour! what un-
worthy beings wo arel Ho has cho-
sen US and ordained us to 60 forth In
this groat work. lie has left tho
keeping OF tho vineyard to our care.
Arc VIC doing tho work a. flo would
have us do II? II not, why not? Is
the work too great? Is lilo a hard
taskmaster, and given moro than we
can do? DO We become discouraged
too easily2 Is thore too much strife?
Are things not carried on a. thoy
should be? Is there some one In our
way3 DO we have too much oppo-
sition? Are We too weak for tho
work? Arc We afraid OF failure?
Some one else could do much better.
These are many stumbling blocks,
but oil these can be overcome. We
should prepare the way Of the Lord:
make the crooked places straight, aud
the rough places smooth. Has Ho not
promised to DO with us even unto tho
end Of tho world? Can We not do all
things through Him2 With Him all
opposition can bo removed, and thcro
Is no such word ss fail, can not be.
But without Him, VIC can not ac-
complish ANYTHING. Teachers, above
everything else wo should be or do,
VIC should be like Him. Ho was tho
Great Teacher, tho greatest who ever
taught. DO we SEQ him becoming
discouraged or weary, too tired to
minister TO the wants Of tho people!
We should follow In His footsteps.
The teacher should bc very rcgu-
lar In ATTENDANCE at tho school. We
could have Sunday schools without
buildings, superintcndents, or score
taries, but not without teachers. SO
much depends on The teacher! When
We have . scholar In the fold, then
comes the building up In Christ. Wo
should teach them to labor for tho
Master, to use the strength they have.
They cannot grow strong spiritually
without exercising the faith and love
they have, no more than thoy can
grow strong men aud women phys
ically without the proper exercise.
We grow strong by use. II we do
not use the strength we have, wc lose
what has been given US. II is use or
lose. We should teach them to give.
Many persons seem to think that II
they do not have everything needed,
the Lord does not ask them to give.
What 4 mistake! We should give as
the Lord hath prospsred us. II each
child Of God would heed this com-
mand, thcro would be an abundance
Of means to carry the Gospel TO
every creature. We are commanded
to give, and II Is our duty to do 90.
at is more blessed TO give than to
receive" would urge and teach sys-
teniatic giving. Tho teacher should
be always rcady to look after now
scholars. This Is q missionary work.
We arc 10 go out into the by.wsys
and the most remote places and bring
thcm In. When we look at tho sta.
tistics and compare tho number Of
children In tho Sunday schools to
those who do not attend, We will DO
alarmed and well we may be; for it
doesn't seem 10 be true, but II Is true.
This year there is less than 1000 in
our county attending Sunday school,
whilo the number of children of
school age is more than 1000. There
Is a great work to no done. We, as
fathers aud mothers, canuot afford to
be idle. There Is too much at stake.
Our children, as we'll ss those of our
neighbors, are enrolled eithor In tho
Sunday school or out. The Gov
ernor Of Georgia has said, by careful
investigation Of the jails aud prisons
of that state, hc finds that 80 per
cent Of the inmates have never at.
tended Sunday school.--Can we al.