The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
DENVER PREACHER
D|SCOURSES HERE
Or. E. M. Stephenson Ad-
dresses the Baptist
Church
THEME "CHILD CULTURE';
GIVES TWO TALKS IN HAW-
LEY.


DR.. E. NJ. Stephenson, of Denver,
who is interested in young people
and Sunday school work, gave a very
instructive address in the Honesdale
Baptist church last Sabbath morning
DR.. Stephenson S theme was Child
Culture"
This Is a parable of the cornstalk
and illustrates the growth and de-
velopment of the child on the laws
laid down by Christ; first the blade,
then the ear, and after that the full
corn in the ear. Mr.. Stephenson
has given this lecture in more than
half the states in the Union and is
called for more than any lecture he
delivers.
DR.. Stephenson held two different
meetings in Hawley. He presided
over a union meeting at 3 o'clock
that afternoon, his topic being How
| to Make q Good Bible School Bet
ter. The following good thoughts
were CLEANED from the meeting:
" Improve it's organization by the
application of the two self-regulating
principles of completeness and sim
plicity
Improve it's atmosphere by Civ
ing 1t business air, more intellect
ual light, deeper moral earnestness,
moro spiritual warmth and glow.
Improve it's teaching force by
teachers conferences, by special
reading and study of the best profess
sional books and frequent lectures
from those who know how to teach
and to teach teachers how to teach.
Improve the course of study by
the introduction of the new graded
lessons and by training the teachers
in the use of these new lessons.
Get into the schools a larger per
cent OF the members of the
churches, put into the work time, !
more thought, more skill, more
money, and more prayer"
At union meeting at 1880 in the
evening DR.. Stephenson talked upon
Factors in Religious Education. "
Among other things the speaker
said:
Tha Home is the first great
force for Righteousness. Judge Tut
hill of Chicago, the founder of Ju-
venile Courts in America, said that
nlnety-five per cent. of those who |
appeared in his court were there for |
want of the proper home influences. |
No community rises above the !
moral and spiritual level of it's |
homes. No church is any wise bet
ter than the homes represented in its
membership.
The Church is another factor in |
the forces of good. The home should |
be linked up with the church in the
religious development of the chill
dren and youth of the community |
The child should learn to live the |
Christian Life in the home first and |
tn1
the church, in Bible school, Young |
Peoples society and in the preach
ing services.
The public school is a powerful |
factor in the lives of children and |
youth, and is nowadays far more the |
handmade of religion than in the |
past. All these forces together may
so operate as to build up the youth !
of our land in righteousness, as to
Welln1gh guarantee their own per-
sonal choice of the highest life. And |
this is our duty Jointly toward every |
boy and girl in the sphere of our in
huence, for when we have done our |
best it still remains for the individu-
al to choose for himself that better
part, the choice of which is the self
determining act of the soul''
The union services of Sunday
were largely attended in Hawley so
Dr. Stephenson decided to give an
other address on his chosen work
The meeting, like former ones, was
union, all the churches uniting in
the support of the work. The
Moral Dignity of Teaching was DR..
Stephenson's subject. He said in
part:
God is the greatest teacher. In
nature, in history, in human char
acter, and especially in Jesus Christ
has God proclaimed his own char
acter.
Teaching is self-revelation. We
must first incarnate the truth and
then impart it by sort of spiritual
induction.
All the progress the world has
made in morals and religion has been
through her teachers.
The greatest teachers have been
religious teachers, and the greatest
religious teachers have been asso-
ciated with the Scriptures. Our
Bible is the literary remains of Gods
inspired teachers. The world waits
to-day on her teachers, secular ESQ
called and religious.
The world owes more to Bible
school teachers than she knows, but
the day is fast approaching when we
shall see that our debt to this body of
workers is great indeed.
Religions cannot be taught, it
must be lived. Whatever else it is
or may be 1t is life, and life is an
importation. The scholar becomes
what the teacher Is by association,
by thinking the same thoughts and
habituating the same impulses and
feelings
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