Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-06
AN INTERESTING ADpREss.
What is the Greatest Need of the
Sunday School I?
From Concord, N. c., Times.)

tfTom concord, N. O., Tfmes.)
The following Is the address made
by V. Il. Norman, superintendent Of
ST. James Lutheran Sunday school,
at the rally Sunday afternoon, Octo-
ber 6, 1907:
The subject assigned to me this
afternoon by the program commit
tee is What Is the Greatest Need Of
the Sunday School?' Speaking from
an experience OF more than thirty
years spent in Sunday school work,
In my humble opinion the question
OF what Is the greatest need of the
Sunday school may be answered in
two words, consecrated teachers.
mean individuals who have enough
OF the grace of God in their hearts
to not let trivial excuse keep them
away from any session Of the school.
Teachers who will make sacrifices of
their personal comfort and give to
the preparation of the lesson Of the
day the same time and interest they
would to some cherished business
pursuit or social pleasure. The ef-
feet of negligent teacher on the
most pernicious. / have seen large
enthusiastic clases dwindle away
and die from the spasmodic attend
ance on the part of teacher. Like
parent, like child" is an adage as
old as .the everlasting hills, and this
might be changed to like teacher,
like pupil" The teachers are more
responsible for sthe lack of interest
on the part Of the scholars than the
superintendent, as their duties are
only a stipulated part of the school,
while those of the superintendent
are SO varied that it is impossible to
they seVerally demand. The success
of large army lies not in the fact
that its commander is q great and
brave general, but that the captains
and lieutenants are imbued with the
spirit of their leader and are doing
their duty.
While these observations have
been made from a number of Sunday
schools they apply very forcibly to
our own school. The teacher is not
wholly to blame for lack of interest
and his efforts would be more fruit
full If he had the cooperation and
prayers Of the parents of the chill
dren. Have you lent your aid to
Can any Of you say, like Governor
Ansel, the Christian Executive Of
South Carolina. said at Charlotte re-
Gently: 81 have been in the Sunday
school work for Al years and have
not graduated yet. When the last
great summons comes to me I hope
1t will find me laboring in the Sun
day school,"
Yes, but you will say, cannot
teach: Then come as a scholar, or
a visitor; lend us encouragement by
your presence and sympathy. We
are too prone to linger at Kades-
Barnea as the children Of Israel did
and bar our progress to the Heaven
ly Land of Canaan.
Just after a long cruise the beau
tiful Atlantic Squadron Of Uncle
Sans Navy was coming majestically
up the bay into News York harbor.
Considerably behind, came last the
Indiana, 1aboring heavily under very
slow speed. A gentleman on shore
asked an old sailor why she came in
SO slowly. He answered: "Why, she's
got barnacles." AS you all know,
barnacles are little crustaceous ami
malculae, fastening themselves to
the bottoms of vessels until they get
so thick that they impede the motion
of the most powerful ship afloat So
these little excrescences form them
selves in our character until they
become SO large that it dwarfs our
pOItOi dhu luupcueS
doing our Christian duty here on
earth. Then let us be up and doing
and your reward will be a crown of
Righteousness that fadeth not away;
a crown in which each jewel shall
represent a soul you have been in
strumental in saving.
What a glorious privilege! What
a magnificent reward. "The field
is white unto the harvest and the
laborers are few