Arizona republican., 1907-11-18

believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. Rom. 1913.
! Hymn.
Showing of bibles. always insist
on the scholars having biblesD
| Announcements.
| Introduction to the lesson.
Reading the lesson text.
Prayer.
| Lesson study.
Reports Of secretary and treasurer.
| Hymn.
| PRAYER and benediction
Ii will be observed that everyone is
kept busy all the time. or so nearly all
the time that his attention is not di-
Verted from the service. At the con-
lclusion of this model service Mrs.
Minnie Elliott gave a very excellent
address on The Primary Depart
ment"
\ comfortable room and pleasant
surroundings Mrs. Elliott thinks con-
ducive To the best results But the
teacher said she. must be the best
God ever made possessing heart pre-
paration. combined with a cultured
brain and a good physique
Then a teacher must possess n
heart filled with love for Christ. first.
and then for souls. She must. too. re-
alize fully that the child is lost unless
brought to Christ.
Mrs. Elliott showed from quotations
taken from Gods Word that a great
responsibility rests upon the primary
privilege of leading young souls to
Christ, thus saving not only the soul
but a life as well for thet service OF
tie blessed Master
Remember thy creator in the days
of thy youth Pre-empt the young
hearts for Jesus. was the speakers ad-
vice. For there are many of these
children hungering for a saving knowl-
edge of the Lord which we are passing
them by sometimes. The unsaved
church members are to- be pittied.
The ship is all right when it is in the
ocean but all wrong when the ocean is
in it. The children should b. trained
II nall avenues Of service for Christ.
First, for the sake of the child. Sec
ond, for the good Of the work. for the
children have a large share in the
Christian work Of today. Third. il is
training to bear the burdens and re-
spCnsibilities which will be theirs one
day. in church, state and nation.
Fourth. Because many times the
training of the children in the Sun
day school is all the religious training
that ever comes to them.
Mr.. Cork recommended that the per-
sonal touch be not overlooked in pri-
mary teaching. saying that Miss Har-
low who has 400 pupils in the de-
partment at Bethel church finds time
to write a birthday letter to every
scolar in the department.
I Rev \. r. Mclean read the follow
ing interesting paper on -Intermedi-
ate Work"
The intermediate department of
Sunday school work has been assigned
to me for brief discussion. 1t is a
subject fraught with intense interest
Around il cluster, perhaps. the most
difficult and vexing problems incident
to the realization of our cherished
ideals in the moral and spiritual cul-
ture of our great and multiform con-
stituency II occupies position of
delicacy and perpleXity between the
primary department, which can always
be under perfect control. and the sem
/ ior classes. usually inspired by sense
! of propriety and maturity Of judgment.
1t is here that Instructions and nina
ture storms of INSTRUMENTATION occur.
I Our failure in this department is al
most entirely responsible for the small
attendance of young men in some
| schools. II is this promising field that
the noxious weeds of discomfort and
disinterestedness Spring up to thwart
the growth and development of legiti-
mate qualities. Every experienced
| teacher is aware that the youth in this
period are subject to a restlessness and
! conceit for which they are in a mea-
sure irresponsible. The male elements
especially are becoming conscious Of
| the rise Of the manly instincts, result
| ing i'm a decided Impotence under re-
Striction. resistance to discipline. and
Discrimination to profit by the curri-
! culium. II is in the intermediate
grades that we encounter especial diff
| ficulty in securing teachers who re.
fuse to become discouraged. If there
is serious irregularity among the
teaching staff of the Sunday school it
is sure found in this department II
supply teachers are to be pressed
into the service on a given morning.
less adaptability, you may rest assured
| that il is a class of bright, mischie-
vious boys who are to be victimiZed.
and who will carry away with them
a deep sense of indefinable injustice.
We are abundantly chargable with the
lapse of boys and men from our Sun
day schools and churches. II must be
acknowledged that We are guilty of as
tonishing incongruities in this fertile
field of open doors" and golden OPP
portunities.' Fortunately there are
numerous examples, speaking COM
paratively, of schools in which boys
| have been held through all the inter-
mediate studies. and precipitated into
the senior and Bible classes. where
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