Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-03-19

school lesson. When a teacher
has thus harmonized himscl
with God he will think of ever,
one of his students and pray fol
their salvation every day, and or
Sunday morning he will appear
before his class with counter.
ance illuminated with the spirit
OF Jesus so deeply that it is
caught by the class and the
whole atmosphere is prevailed by
the spirit of God.
AS much as the school depends
upon the teacher, so much does
everything in the teacher depend
upon his aims. He may aim at
entertaining his pupils, pleasing
the fancy, quoting the con
science, exciting humor, kind
ling and gratifying curiosity,
and giving his precious half
hour intended for class recitation
to parlor chat and funny
stories, or,
He may aim at winning the
personal regard of his pupils
their love and adm1ratlon-he
may aim at mFkiug his pupil "a
good scholar" having him recite
titles, golden texts, commit cat.
echisms, or,
He may aim at church train
ing training the pupil to APP
preciate and love beyond all
others his own church; but there
are higher aims than all these,
the highest possible aims-con-
version, spiritual culture and
formation of good character.
Only with these great aims will
the Sunday school teacher
succeed.
Teacher, does your Sunday
school class look at you as a Jolly
companion with whom they can
have pack of fun or as a tender
friend with heart made pure by
the blood of Jesus? Do they
really know that you love them?
Have they enough confidence in
your religion to follow where you
lead them. Have you so pre-
scented yourself to them that you
can lead them to the altar of God
and there upon your knees, by
sheir side, help them weep away
the last dark clouds of sin?
A teacher who is teaching for
eternity asks himself these ques.
tons. He knows that God has
made every soul naturally to be
longing for knowledge. If you
do not feed them on the bread of |
Heaven, they will gloat on the
bread of wickedness. The stud
ent will, as a rule, eagerly |
grasp whatever you give him
but he is too cunning to receive
anything which his teacher, him
self, does not possess. Before |
we can teach Jesus and Him on
the cross of Calvary, pouring olt
His precious blood for our atone
ment, we must be washed in that
blood and know the love and |
power that sent Him.
l have mo certain form by
which Sunday school should be
conducted other than the obser-
vance of the general rules of
pedagogy. 'Tis said "Order is
Heavens first law, so we must
have our school properly CLASH
fed, with the officers and teach
ers prompt and regular in attend
ance. Much time is often lost
by having tardy or absent Off
GERS and teachers. AS soon as
the bell rings for the teacher to
take charge Of the class, the
class treasurer should take the
collection and get it ready for
the Sunday school treasurer,
while the class secretary records
the attendance, giving the
teacher few minutes to enquire
about absent members and well
come new ones. Then in a min
ate the class is settled down and
has no Interruptions. The teach
er should lose no time in BRING
ng before the class a reminder
II the last lesson, and leading TO
he present one. His thorough
preparation enables him to pre-
'ent this with so much en-
huslasm that the pupils know
1othing of what is going on
outside of his own class, He
completes the lesson in time to
introduce such features of the
leXt lesson as will arouse investl-
cation. Special subjects may be
assigned for preparation.
Insist upon outside prepar-