The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-10-13


ward overs In the Christian church,
Pennington, Mo-, oct. Isi, 1876. Text,
lisa. 4O:ll.
One of the great problems con.
fronting the Church to day is the
Bible school. The Church de
pends for its existence on the boys
and girls. Where are they Of
the 10000, 900, children who at
tend our public schools not twenty
five per cent of these are found in
.hc classes of 0ur Bible schools
In the State Of Missouri there are
400 900 children Of school age
VINO do not attend Bible schuuis.
or who are not under religious
instruction. The work before
the Bible school is great, and
must be dour, or the Church T.
lost. Another problem l.. rhn
not twenty five per cent of Tia,
children attending Bible srhool ARE
to bc found ut public Worship
When are the huys aud girls tu
form the habit of attending church
service? Parents who neglect their
du'y, and encourage children Ia
leave public worship, are t"rg
ing themselves Il weapon that will
pierce their hearts, rau-ing pamgs
and anguish! Iir not deceived.
God is not murkcd. whatsoever Il
man snwclh, TINT shall hr also
reap" The work of n Bible school
teacher is no rhIld's play, or an
hours amnSrm"nt. Behold, the
Lord God will come with strong
hand, and his arm shall rule for
him Behold, his reward is with
him aud his work before him.
He shall feed his flock like II shcp
herd; he shall gather the lambs
with his arm, and carry them IN
his bosom. Note the greatness
and tenderness of our Lord; a
strong hand, and ruling arm; yet,
He shall feed his flock like II
shepherd. " Guiding, feeding,
protecting, nourishing and healing
them Wonderful combination of
Office has our Teacher. RuIer, Ser
vantl Lord and Master, washing
the disciples feet; Prince and Sav-
iOr, bearing our suilcrng>.
We have sympathy for those who
hesitate to teach II class in the
Bible school. The standard is
not raised so high but it may be
reached by all who desire to do so,
Teachers require knowledge of the
Bible Think of u teacher in law
school who does not know Black
stone, or Il teacher in II medical
school who cannot turn to Gray's
Anatomy. This would be- out of
the question: yet we have hun
dreds of teachers in our Bible
schools who know next to nothing
about the Bible. fear that what
was intended to he IL help to teach
ers to study the Bible and pre-
pare the lesson, has been n great
hindrance; they depend on the
lesson helps to the neglect of the
Bible. The teacher must not only
know the book, hut must also
know the scholar seven days in the
week. In addition to knowledge,
the teacher needs zeal, energy,
fcrvency and love. A man may
be good doctor and not love his
patients; good lawyer, and even
hate some of his clients; but he
cannot he good Bible school
teacher if he does not love every
member of his class and know
them personally. The head must
work ont the method, but the
bolt thta fastens the lesson must
be forged in the heat of the hum.
man heart. See the tenderness of
the great shepherd. He shall
gather the lambs with his arm and
carry them in his bosom" The
shoulders are sufficient for the
lost sheep" but his bosom is rc.
served for the lambs. The shoul
dere are for power, the back for
force, but the bosom is the seat of
love. A model teacher will be n
gatherer. AS the magnet draws
the needle to its self so the teach.
cr will draw n class, having arms
to gather and bosom to carry in.
TIE teacher will uplift the class.
Water never rises above its level
SO the class never rises above the
teacher. The teacher will bear the
class forward; they are laid on
the heart, hence they will guard
and cheer them, finding their
greatest delight in the class.