The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
DR.. 2. w. Spillman's Addresses at
The Baptist Church This Week.

delivered several highly instructive
and helpful addresses at the First
Baptist church on Monday and Tues
day OF this week. both afternoon and
evening OF each day. Each service
was attended by large and attentive
audience. Dr.. Spillman remained III
Newberrv until Wednesday. when
he went to Clinton in the interest OF
his work.
DR.. Spillman is working in the in
terest OF the Sunday School. and his
addresses were along this line.
A large audience OF the Sunday
School workers OF Newberry greeet-
ed DR.. Spillman on Tuesday night.
His talk was a continuation OF
the consideration of the subject
discussed on Monday night, The
Sunday School OF Yesterday. To-
day and Tomorrow. DR.. Spill
man said that in the days OF the
Sunday School as organized by Roh-
ert Raikes it was an organization sep
arate from the church. A relic OF
those old days is still seen in the
phrases going to church" and go
ing to Sunday School" More and
more the Sunday School is being re-
cognized as the teaching service OF
the church. Jesus was both teacher
and preacher. He commanded his
disciples to teach as we'll as preach.
. For the first three centuries the
preacher and teacher were side by side
in their work. Then came the priest
hood and the dark ages. Again we
are at the light and the church recog-
nizes anew its teaching function and
its responsibility.
Speaking Of the constituency OF the
Sunday School. he said that in the
days OF the Raikes type OF Sunday
School it was for only boys. and for
only one kind OF boys-bad boys.
Today its constituency begins with
the little tots who are too young to
go to the church building, those
whose names are put upon the cradle
roll. and who are regularly visited by
the superintendent OF that depart
ment: to whom is sent at Christmas
little gift from the school; and who
early learn that the school is for them
and look forward to coming to the
primary department..
He then spoke OF the boys and
young men as part Of the constituency
Of the Sunday School. When they
are small boys they come. but about
the time the boy begins to survey the
area of his face just below the nose
to see if anything is happening there.
he drops out. This is the great prob
lem, how to hold those who come.
He does not wonder that seventy-hve
per cent OF the boys and young men
drop out.
The church ought to emphasize the
fact that the Sunday School work is
a really serious church business. in
which men ought to engage. How
can it be expected they will be held
with such examples before them.
The boy sees seven-tenths OF the men
of the church not going TO Sunday
School and three-fourthS OF all the
members OF the church never dark
ening the doors OF the Sunday School.
and it is not any wonder that manly
boy will be influenced by such eN-
ample. A father said to his boy.
John you have not been going to
Sunday School. you must go. But
father, you do not go. why should |:
90, my son, do not need to go, |
am established-estsbliShed in the
faith-I don't need it. You must go,
you need it." The boy could not I'M
derstand the argument. but he went
at his fathers command. because he
must. Next week he was with his faith
er, hauling logs. On steep hill
the old gray mare baked. and would
not pull an ounce. The father laid
on the whip, but she would not bulge.
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