Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-07
cachcr Is n loving, consecrated heart.

shrincs before which to bow and for |
bidding hearthstoncs near which to |
build Il family altar. Many intellect.
ual brains are merely ovcrawing Ice
bergs. They repel rather than attract;
they brighten rather than soothe. The
Sunday school teacher needs n warm,
loving heart far more than lie needs nm
intellectual brain. If ms n consccrnted
gospel teacher you will week by week
come to your classes glowing with
Christian enthusiasm; II you will with
that Christian enthusiasm study we'll
over your Bible and your SUNDAY
School Lesson Helps" there will be no
need of fearing about what you will
say. You will not only lead your schOl-
ars to Christ. but in teaching them YOU
will yourself come nearer and nearer
to your Saviour.
A Field For Gospel Labor.
Sunday school work Is Of the most
vital Importance. Among all the fields
open for gospel labor have purposely
placed 1t first, because believe 1t to be
the most important Of oil. No one can
fully estimate the future influence Of
the children who are now playing
about our doors. Thcmistocles. the
great statesman, once placed his hand
upon his sons head and said, This
child is greater than any one In Greece.
for the Athcnians command the Greeks,
l command the Athenians. his mother
commands me, and he commands his
mother" We, in Christs name. can
place cur hands upon the children. In
Sunday school work we can say. 1.-THE
children will be greater than all, be-
cause the children Of today will be the
men and the women of tomorrow" II
YOU can save the cradles and the nurs-
cries for Christ. you can save the
world for Christ. l plead and beg OF
you, Christian disciples, to expend
great part of your gospel energies in
working among the children.
Another gate stands wide open for
practical gospel usefulness. This gate
leads into field aglOw with ripened
human grain. ready to be garnered. 1t
is crowded with young people. But.
though crowded with the young men
and maidens, yet each passenger train
coming into our large cities IS empty
ing part Of its load into this field as
the freight trains daily disgorge their
cattle and horses and sheep into the
Chicago stock yards. and yet there is
always room for more. Young men
and maidens, like children, seem to be
everywhere. We crowd against them
in the electric cars. we bump up
against them on street corners. we see
them through the swinging doors Of
saloon and billiard halls. Who will
help save them: Church member. is
not Christ calling you to go and labor
among the stalwart pines Of youth as
we'll as to use the gospel ak among
the gnarled and worm eaten branches
Of sinful old age?
The Christian's Duty.
How is the Christian to so after the
young people? Simply enough. He IL
to go after them with the same vigor
as the agents Of evil go after their
prey. Here. for instance. is n young
man who comes into a large city. He
has no friends. Through an old ac.
Quaintance Of his father he gets posi-
ton in your store. He has a small
bedroom in city boarding house. How
Is the Christian disciple TO greet him?
Ia he to merely pass Good morning
or is he to go to that young man and
open conversation something like
this: Good morning. Are you Il stran-
ger in the city! Are you from Chris
tian home? OF course YOU have no
church connections as yet. Will you
not come down to our church next sun
day morning? We have our Christian
Endeavor social next Thursday night.
| wish that | could introduce you to
some Of our young people. 1t is very
easy to drift among bad associates in q
large town like this. l want you to get
among the good people. We have some
fine young folks M at our church.
know that you will get warm wei
come. Perhaps you do not know the
city we'll enough to find your way
Come with me to supper, and we viii
; go together, or will call at your room
/ for you How many young men
; strangers in large city, are there wht
: would refuse an invitation to come
among Christian people IL thus accost
, ed? How many rooms dedicated ID!
{ the church for the services of the Chris
tan Endeavor society, Epworth league
/ or Brotherhood of Andrew and PHILIP
) would be empty. or practically empty
, # the Christian members Of the churcl
| would go out in plain. practical wa!
| and give such a warm hearted. lovinl
, sanitation to the young folks as l hav'
! indca' d? The reason the young PEG
3 pie do not come into church FELLOWSHIP
Is because they are not personally in
yitcd to come. This invitation dut,
l.. rests with the new convert as we'll n
with the old.
. But" some aged church membe
says. "this invitation duty to the youn
j. folks may apply to others, but not t
D me. am not fitted for work anon
: the young. My hair is gray My nerve
D are not steady. have POSTPONED CON
Ing to Christ until have passed m
l twoscore and ten. 1t needs youn
l. person to work for Christ among I'll
young" No, my aged, gray hnire
friend; you are wrong. There Is onl
= one person more fitted to work anon
l. the young than Christian young ma
!. or n vo,lno woman That person is