The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-29

teacher must have patience, he must
have pluck. he must pray. and he must
have perseverance,. The teacher must
instruct the boy that first Of all ne
Is a sinner. and thar God win punish
little boy sinners. The boy can under
stand solid truths, and the Sunday
School teacher must present these solid
basic truths to the boy Mt the earliest
possible moment
Mr.. Marston's remarks were enthusf-
astically appiauded by the convention.
"a Teachers PPeparation."
Next upon the program Dr. q. w.
Macon, of Birmingham. teacher In
the Howard College. was called upon
to speak on the topic. "A Teachers
Preparation" For the first time since
the opening OF the convention. many
delegates over the hall were seen to
take out pencil and notebook that the
remembered the better.
I'VE need not be talking about the
over-powering Influence of heredlty.
ami the necessities of environment and
the incompability of temperament
when there is the empowering infiu-
ence Of Almighty God to overthrow all
these influences II we pray to Him for
success as a teacher in the Sunday
school. ~
1uI LueIS IL uU one VINO C4h tcatAh
without personal qualifications, the
personality which. can treat alike John
the grimy. the ragged, the uneducat-
ed, and John the proud and naughty.
the educated. finely dressed son of
rich man. To be successful teacher,
one must be able to treat both alike.
mo man or woman can come-before
class of scholars with self-con-
seriousness Of an unprepared lesson.
The teacher must study---must study
lesson and advanced methods Of teach
ing The man or the woman who
studies most, want to know more, but
the person who studies least and who
knows least, cares least about ever
knowing anything at all--such a per-
son is content in ignorance. They
never make successful teachers. You
people out there can place yourself
There is another qualification--the
qualification of intelligence. You
must always strive for the highest de-
yeiopment. There Is also the aualih-
cation of prayer. We must have a
direct connection with God. that the
message which we give to the pupils
may be consecrated, II we do not
have this qualification OF prayer. the
message which we deliver. must OF ne
cessity be a secular message.
= .sThe teacher needs the equipment
OF communion with God. No one ever
falls in Sunday school work for lack
of knowledge, but because of the lack
of the consciousness Of conservation by
God"
Mr.. Macon's address called forth
great applause from the assembled del
egates. Throughout the address. DR..
Macon made his talk pointedly per-
sonai. producing laughs at many
noints
H G. Moore, state secretary for
bows In the Sunday school work in
North Carolina, was called upon for
talk upon The Teacher on Twelve
Sides"
Mr.. Moore was forced to hurry
through his instructive talk on account
of the lateness OF the hour, and the
fact that the delegates were to give
street parade, commencing at $3.50
MI Moore divided his subject into
twelve points, according to his topic.
The first of his twelve points were TAX
en- from the Old Testament. while the
latter six were chosen from the new.
From the Old Testament Mr. Moore u.
teacher" ..the prepared teacher" the
maternal teacher" "the hireling teach
err" illustrating his points by quota
tons from different chapters OF the
Bible.
s.The destructive teacher" he illus
trated from the New Testament, and
the experimental teachers" he Illus
trated through the words OF the apos-
ties. ."rhe persevering teacher" Mr..
Moore illustrated by Peter and John.
''the trained teacher by Paul, show
ing that Paul was first student. assist
ant or associate and then leader. ''the
diiigent teacher" was illustrated by
Appollas. and the Authoritative teach
err by Jesus Christ.
After Mr.. Moore.s talk. announce
ments were made concerning the for
nation of the parade at the Court
Street Methodist Church, and adjourn
.ment was taken.
NIGHT SESSION
At the evening session of the State