Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-06-13

"Wandering Stars III the Sunday
School or, Teachers Who Often
Wander from Meeting their Classes y
Among the greatest needs in every
calling of life at the present time is
reliable men and women, who are
true and faithful under every cir
cumstance; men ard women who
will fill the places assigned to them;
who will always be found in their
places of duty. People of this class
always win the confidence, love and
esteem of every person they come in
contact with. What is true of the
temporal life is true of the Chris
tian life. Faithful men and women
are needed in the church and the
Sunday school. The best and most
successful Sunday school teachers,
and the ones who are doing the most
to advance the cause of Christ, are
those who faithfully aud diligently
discharge their every duty by their
classes; who are prompt in meet
ing their classes; who never wander
from meeting them. Such as these
do much towards training the BOYS
and girls entrusted to their care to a
higher and nobler life. Teachers of
this class will make lasting impress
sions upon the young and tender
minds = impressions will be made
that will never be effaced.
My mind goes back to early child
hood days and the old meeting house
where my youthful steps were first
directed. The old gray-haired teach
er, always in his place, usually met
us with hearty handshake aud a
smile on his countenance. He left
impressions on my mind by his ex-
ample and words that will help me
all through life's battles.
For faitLfulness and obedience let
us take the United States army. 1t
has to be niarsballed by men who
are true and faithful TO their colors
and to their country, men who have
been tried and not found wanting.
The soldiers are thoroughly disci-
plined and are expected TO fill the
several places allotted to them. They
must not wander away from their
posts when duty calls them. In the
call to battle every man is expected
to do his duty. Great loss of life
and often defeat has been traced to
the neglect of some officer. Some one
who wandered away from his post of
duty in the very crisis of the con-
sict when everything depended on
the stand of the soldiers and their
What is true of the army is true
Of the railroad. Where thousands of
passengers are travelling daily over
the great lines that intersect our
country like network and where "A
vast amount of freight is being han
died, how important is 1t for every
man to be at his post-the engineer,
with his hand on the throttle valve,
the fireman at the furnace, the bag
gage man at his place, the mail clerk
in his car, the conductor looking
after the passengers-all depends on
the faithfulness of the men en-
ployed. Owing to the great risks
often encountered in railroad travel
every railroad company sees to it
that none but honest, faithful and
men are employed. So
the Sunday school superintendent
should be ever alert to get
men and women to the
school class, those who will
meet their classes promptly though
they may have to make great sacri-
fees to do it.
Let us take the practice of law.
In these days when that profession
seems to be overcrowded how all
it is for the lawyer to do
all in his power for his client. How
for him to see that ius-
tice is meted out to all-equal rights
to all, special privileges to none.
The criminal that is to be tried for
his life needs as his counsel man
deeply versed in law, man who
Will not wander from duty nor
waver in his conviction, a man who
while doing all in his power to save
the condemned mans life will at the
same time not neglect to do his duty.
II lawyer expects to keep his prac-
tice he must not wander away from
his profession, or his clients will
wander from him to find others who
are more attentive to their cases.
The doctor in his profession must
be man of firm, stable and upright
character, one whom his patients
can trust and rely on. To neglect
his duties means loss of practice and
finally his reputation as physician.
If he fails to attend the bedside of
suffering ones and in any way neg
lccts his practice people very soon
lose confidence in him. Often life
depends on the promptness and
efficiency of physician. To make a
success in his calling he must never
wander from his practice or his pa
tients nor neglect his bounden duty
to do all in his power to alleviate
the ills incident to life. Neglect
means failure to him as well as to
ali others in every vocation of life.
The farmer, to be efficient and
successful, must rise with the sun
and bestir himself lively. He must
drive his work, not let it drive him.
A few days. neglect often means the
loss of much money. Many heavily
nortgaged farms stand today as
of neglect. Wander
away from your work, neglect to do
t properly, instead of working your
crops in time and giving them the
attention due them, spend your time
n loatiing and you will soon see
every source of revenue wandering
rom you.
Let us take true women in the