Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-21


daughter. your future life occupation
depends entirely upon yourself and
your work. | am going TO send you
through the common public school. ]
believe every child should go there. be
she rich or poor black or white, Jew
or gentle or Catholic. In order TO pro
duce the best types of American citi
zenship all classes of children should
stand shoulder to shoulder and hand
In hand at the school desk. Then
will send you to the high school, ther
TO the normal. Then. when you have
your different diplomas. you can &c
before the state board or county boarC
Of examiners and have your knowledge
tested. Then. If you pass. your teach.
er's certificates will be given you. But
daughter. you cannot teach in any pub
lie school unless you are an authorize.
tive teacher-unless you have your Gre
dentials. Without them you cannot
even be n cadet or a substitute for
day" All the 5,1I5 teachers Of Chicago
who faced the 2GS.3 1872 scholars of CooB
county last year were prepared for az
III lUlS way.
ask the professor of geology IN
some great university what right he
has to occupy a teachers chair. u
have been appointed" he answers, "by
the heads of the university with the
approval Of the faculty. i have demon
strated my fitness to teach by the text
books l have written. l have studied
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the feet of the greatest masters Of the
science. I hold diplomas from domes.
tic and foreign universities. These are
my credentials" So Christ enters the
gospel classroom as a teacher, clothed
with authority. The wisdom of the
godhead was given to him. In the
counsels of eternity he learned the
mysteries of the divine government
He became man, and by a career that
is the wonder of the ages he has taught
his people how to live. These are his
credentials
An Authoritative Teacher.
Now, my friends, as gospel students
are you ready to accept Jesus Christ as
an authoritative teacher? Are you
ready to accept him as the Son of God
A few weeks ago a gentleman wrote tC
friend of mine pathetic letter, which
went something like this: "Oh, why dc
the ministers keep on preaching upor
useless and impractical subjects? Why
do they not preach upon some Of the
vital questions of the soul? A shor
time ago the doctors told me that with
in six months / must die. What
want to know is how l can straighteI
| out wasted life so as to meet my
| God" Well, my brother, if these words
should ever be seen by your eye or re
peated to your ear, the first step 70
you to take Is to accept Jesus as tn,
cept him as did Joseph Ernest Renan
''as good man." You must not accep
him as do many, as a religious leade
like Mohammed or Buddha or Zoroas
ter or Confucius. You are not to accep
him as seer or prophet. a John tn
Baptist, an Elias or q jeremiah. 70,
are to accept him Us did Simon Pete
when he turned and said, Thou or
Christ, the Son of the Living God.
Are you ready to accept the authorize
tive Jesus as divine?
oh, the credentials of the teacher
Christ! In the prophecies Of Scriptur
we can read them. In the miracle
which he performed we can verif
them. In the testimony of John tn
Baptist and in the Heavenly Father
voice. which sounded over the drippin
locks of the Son of God when Chris
was baptized, we can prove then
Christ's credentials are of the highes
authority. They must be accepted.
Napoleon was one day riding alon
the lines Of the French army. when hi
horse SHE'D. Instantly a common so
saved his commander from bein
thrown. Napoleon smiled at his re,
cuer and said, Thank you. captain
Quick as a fash the soldier saluted an
asked his chief. "Of what regimen
sire?" The delighted emperor reptile,
"Of my own guards" He then rode OF
With that the soldier threw away b
gun and stepped over to where tt
staff officers of the guards were collec
ed. Indignantly those officers ordere
him back to the ranks. With that tt
new made captain raised his head as
answered. II am no longer a priva
soldier; am a captain Of the empe
or's guards" by what authority {
you make such statement?" asked Il
colonel. Then the soldier pointed t
ward the retreating form of his rul
as he answered. Napoleon said it
All. after that there was no furth
criticism. Napoleon was the authorit
Napoleon was to give him his crede
, tials. So Christ, as the authoritati'
teacher. comes to us with his crede
, +ials. The Father. the Heavenly Fathe
; hath spoken it. Witness the Jordan
, revelation: Behold light cloud owe
: Swallowed them. and behold a vol
, out of the cloud which said. This
, my Son in whom | am we'll please
, Hear We him" Authoritatively. Chri
always speaks authoritatively.