The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-10-13

sounds! One Sunday at Baltimore,
man So years of age, dashed in front 0
a Philadelphia express that he nigh
save his pet fox terrier. He saved thu
dog, but lost his own life. We say
What foolish thing to do!' Yet b.
was not as foolish as is the one VIII,
neglects bis child. He is an awful.
foolish parent, who thinks more O
his comfort and the Sunday newspa
per than he does of the soul of hi
child. Christianity has been more in
veutive in methods to reach and teach
children than any other system eve
placed before men. 1t was Christian
ity that gave birth to the school sys.
TEN. Christianity aims to place The
arithmetic in one hand of the chile
and the Bible in the other. The Bi
BILE school was organized for the pur.
pose of placing the Bible in the child's
hand. The Sunday school is the place
where the church expects to secure
new posts and pillars. In the church
there is great deal of power running
to waste. There are voices silent
which might be raised in holy song
and praise. 1t is like a large body OF
water held back by mill-dam.
It is plain that the Sunday school is
intended to assist the church in pre-.
pairing the child for a happy immor-
tality. Some churches use the Sun
day school as the ladies wear diamonds,
just for ornaments to be worn on state
occasions. In some churches there are
those who mourn over the present de-
cadence and lack of interest,", and yet
these good people Inadvertently omit
the very means which bind the boys
and girls to the church.
The greatest arguments in favor of
the Bible school are the facilities
which it presents, and it may be used
in the conversion of the child. The
Of that school is incalcu-
liable. Just observe how the Sunday
school affects a community.
Let each member of the churches
here so far as possible, 60
in and join the Bible school connected
with the home church and contribute
your share in the work of the Sunday
school. Numbers create enthusiasm
and this creates invention.
Do you realize that many of us are
the wonderful story which
ought to be repeated to those around?
In one of our churches, little girl
was noticed to be weeping, and lady
kindly asked why she was crying.
"Oh," she sobbed, mo one has ever
told me how to love Jesus.'' Jesus
had seemed so good and SO great to
her, and she had longed to come to
Him, but no one had told her how to
love Him.
If fearful eyes were looking into
yours and you were asked to tell a
child how to find Jesus, could you do
it so the child could understand? If
you don't understand how to tell the
the story to others, would it not be
wise to attend the Bible school for the
needed instruction?
My brother, my sister, as Christ's
disciples, you owe it to Him and you
owe it to your church
TO PLACE YOURSELVES WHERE GOD
CAN USE YOUR ABILITIES.
You are under obligation to do your
young.
Place Christ in the heart of child,
save him from sin, and God will rear
! monument which will forever
tell the skies what you did in your
place on earth.
There are some who never converse
with their children on religious mat
terS. They never urge them to re-
main in the Bible school. They be-
ieve that when the proper time comes
for their conversion the Lord will send
an angel to convert them.
How easy it would be to increase the
Of the Bible school connect
ed with our church, if we all believed
that it could be done and went in and
did it.
When Admiral Dupont failed to
take Charleston, he lost the opportun-
ity Of his life. Commodore Farragut
once asked him why he failed, and Du-
pond said it was because of the crook
ed and sand-chOked channel.
But Farragut said, oh, no! It
wasn't that, WELL said Dupont !,
she'll No., said Farragqt, that
what was it?' Farragut replied,
you did not believe it could be done. y
A solo was sung by Rev Robert Dun
can.
An Offering was taken for the bene-
fit OF the Association Treasury.
The session then adjourned until
nine o'clock, Thursday morning, when
it was re-opened with Devotional serv.
ice, led by Rev w. N. Morton.
Reports of Committees were reac
and accepted.
A discussion then followed on ''The
Betterment of the Association, in
PRODUCED by Rev F. G. Brown. One Of
the important points discussed was
the proposed change from two days
session to a one dIy's session. This
was left to committee of three to Sc
cure an expression from the churche.
in regard to the matter.
A motion was made and carried that
the clerk OF the Association notify
the clerks of the churches that all let
tiers to the Association must not ex
coed 200 words. This met the hearty
approval of all present. as some of thu
letters read consumed fully ten min
uteS.
The work Of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society was represented
by Rev r. 0. Sherwood. He was very
happy to know that the offerings fol
the Society were about IS per cent
greater than last year. He said, 'Tht
Society is great as are the other So
cieties, geographically. The field IL
not the world, of course, but NORTH
America. 1t is great also in respect
to it's history. Senator Hoar said, ir
an address before Congress-, "No mar
can ever write the history of this coun
try, who does not take into account
the work of the Home Missionary
The history Of our Home Mission So
ciety is so vitally interviewer into tn