Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-10-25

/ School association, addressed the eoRven-
I tion on "Living Forces in Bible School
I Teaching Ny work, said DIR. Pick 'es,
has led me TO believe that we should have
a changed vision in regard to the Sunday
school and conceive of il as Bible school,
not altogether for children. At Ii the
young people go out of the Sunday school
almost as fast as the members of the infant
classes are enrolled. At is the boys and
girls feel too old and too big to attend any
/ longer, and to hold them we should build
wall OF fathers between them and out of
doors. Let the fathers be in the school
with their sons and daughters for the
study OF the living Word OF living God
a Book containing that which oifferen-
tlates it from every other book-po erful,
sharper than a two-edged sword and with
1 al, revelation of comfort and peace.
] Like radium, il gives out light and energy
/ without losing force. We have living
church, to which we all belong, and
which, embracing ali denominations, is
greater than any of its branches. Every
/ boy and girl should be familiar with
church history, know the story OF their
particular denominations and venerate the
men and women who founded them.
/ Sometime we shall no longer be Baptists,
Methodists, Congregationalists, etc., but
members rather OF the church OF Christ,
merging into one body like the children
| in the public schools who sink their for
eigu parentage in the proud title OF Amer
/ leans. The church of tomorrow is in the
Sunday school of today, and you are
teaching for the future Of the state aud
church, doing it for God and fastening
the reign of His kingd m.
"Rock OF Ages was very beautiful
solo by DIR. w. NJ. Kelly. An exposition
was given by by DR.. Barnes OF the nth
chapter Of st. Luke, beginning at the fifth
verse, in which he labored to show that
persistency in prayer is needed, not to
| overcome Gods unwlllingness to grant
our requests, but to remove the obstacles
in ourselves that prevent our prayers be-
ing answered, and to keep us in that Pres
ence from which we are sure to gain every
thing worth while.
Prof. st. John continued his theme OF
"Childhood,n taking up early Adde'S
, cence"-the 'bad boy" period for boys
and the giggling age for girls. The time
when you have clumsy, awkward boy
retieent to a fault, with keen sense OF
humor and profound admiration FOL
heroes OF the Jesse James type. His
! clumsiness IS due to the uneven growth
of his muscles, his reticence to dawning
! sense of his personality and his Interest
!. in prize fighters, cut threats and robbers
; to his love of courage. He has the max
ings of a brave, manly fellow if his sentr
ments are wisely guided and not who'll,
depressed. He needs a Sunday schoo
! teacher who understands joke and il
, not easily shocked. While all boys tigh
: at this age, all girls are extremely vain
and proud, much occupied with novels
dress and different ways of doing thei
hair. that are simply manifestations OF
; sentiment and love of the beautiful tina
/. later will blossom into gracious woman
, hood.
At the close of the address, Rev. Dr.
" A, l.. Cooper dismissed the congregation
= with a blessing.
Y In the evening, Prof. st. John pro
ceeded to a consideration of Late Adde'S
= cence," placed at the period from 10 to Z
= wears, a stage OF emotional and intellectual
Y DEVELOPMENT. II is time of creative an
Y constructive Imagination when the idea
n hero is endowed with the most admra OF
traits of several heroes, and air castles ar
a the ethereal embodlments of plans for tn
i future The young people are lntoleran
o of weakness in others and demand aDso
: lutte perfection OF their teachers. Thel
"a ambition is vaulting and few of ther
i. would be willing to be no more successtt
"a than their fathers or mothers have peer
Is Their standards are so high that instance
"a of trailty in those they love or respe(
% tends to drive them to a cynical lack
faith in all virtue. This is also the TIN
n W hen a mother is startled at seeing he
" son wash the back Of his neck wlthot