The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-14

the world by our Lord and His apostles.
 They are irrelevant.
 Wesley Letters.
 I have read some letters that they say
 Mir Wesley wrote since he has been in
 heaven, and all I have got to say is that
 If MT. Wesley really wrote those letters
 he doesn't write as good English as he
 did on earth. And what do they amount to? How do they affect these great prob
 lems of life and destiny with which we
 have 10 grapple? All that Is absolutely
 needed for the worlds enlightenment and for tine worlds redemption, and for the worlds salvation, has been clearly made
 known in that wonderful book written by holy men as they were inspired by the
 Holy Ghost.
 Now there is another fact about our Lord as great teacher I want you to remember. for some of you may go out from this school to become teachers your selves. He taught in such way, made the truth itself so attractive and soIin- spring that He called attention from Himself to the truth that He was trying to inculcate. They were astonished at His teaching. They were astohshed at His doctrine
 Scholars tell us that the difference
 
 this: That when Cicero spoke, the Senate gave jealous heed to his marvellous elo- quence, and went away saying there never was such an orator. such grace of manner, such a wonderful volce--so flute-like and so marvellous and rich in tone; was there ever such oratory? But when Demosthenes spoke and voiced tho wrongs of his country. and appealed to
 his countrymen to lift themselves up and move on to the recovery of their public autonomy and independence, they forgot the man himself, and 1t Is said they rose up as one man and shouted and said Lets go up against Philip" Oh, if we could be so filled with the spirit of
 our high calling. and so enamored with
 the beauty and glory ana power of the great gospel are commanded to give to the world that we might be forgotten in the beauty and power of the message we give to the world; that we might be like Martin Luther. when once he prayed that he might hide himself behind the cross that not even the tips of his fingers would be seen beyond the reach of its beams. Our Lord did this. how? By the ilustrativeness of His | method He took profound truth and | translated 1t into terms so easy as to | be understood; that uneducated people l could understand it. and the children l followed Him and climbed Into His arms.
 
 l wisdom from His lips
 Large Words
 Half educated people are always fond | of large words. Did you ever talk to
 a young doctor just home from a medi- 1 cal college, with all those technical terms | fresh in his mind? It is something op- 1 pressive. Or young lawyer, who knows a little law latin, and not much elseY | Or a young clergyman fresh rom the seminary? our Lord took these profound doctrines and translated them into lan- guage that the people could understand. so that they accepted them, and assimi- lated them and grew upon them l re- member several years ago when we were all worked up on the subject of finances; when great public questions about hnanee were before the people, and eYerybody knew all about 1t. l read thousands or pages on the subject. and heard some speeches. and although l am a man or | fair intelligence, l never heard but one | that | really understood because the | sneakers themselves didn't understand the question. You can tell anything you | know. l know some of you people In | this school have been asked questions l at times, and you said 'I know 1t, but | ' cannot tell it." I heard of a Title boy | being asked what was the capital or
 Massachusetts. Well. he said he knew It, ! but he didn't have the flow of language l to express it. You can tell anything you 1 absolutely know. There may be some- | thing floating about like cloud phantom
 fin your brain, but if there is strong
 grasp upon 1t. there can be lucid state 1 ment of it. | So with our Lord with those great ver'- | ties Himself the way. the life and the | truth. He taught so plainly and made all | so lucid and luminous that even the un~ | tutored brain could understand 1t. Genius of Teaching. l Let me say to you who are aspiring toi | be teachers that the genius of a teacher l is measured by his or her ability to make ] truth so plain that the youngest child can grasp it. Anybody can teach bflght child. but if you can tap mp the dull pupil | and make him keep pace with the one | who is bright. you have the genius Of a l teacher That leads me to say q am per- 1 fectly safe in saving that in the presence | of vour efficient teachers here) that there | ia inst ahout as much shoddy work done l in tha school room as in the shoe shop. | uitb this difference. that if the shoe Is not l made right and pinches. the shoemaker | hears from It. but there may be mel | -~-~-~---~-~---~~>>-~------ (contlnued on Eighth Paae.)