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and the Civil war than the history of
the Reformation and his own church
history. How many Sunday-school
teachers are familiar with the names
of Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Wesley and
Melanchton? We study the Acts of
the Apostles. We hold that the
church of today is the continuation
of the early church. The church has
since passed through great crises,re-
vivals, etc, and produced great men.
Names like Calvin, Knox, Luther
and Wesley, had they lived in apos-
tolic times, would no doubt have
been placed in the sacred narrative.
And yet how many teachers have in
their homes a history of Methodism?
Certainly you can find none better
than McTeer's.
8. Next to Church History comes
Missions. The evangelization Of the
world is the keynote of the Bible.
1t Is for this alone that the church
exists. Certainly then, an intimate
and sympathetic knowledge of the
subject is indispensable to the work
Of the Sunday-school teacher. Num-
erous books on this subject have
been written. Solomon's words find
fulfllment here: of the making of
books there is no end" We should
seek to get and read the very best
we cannot read them all. Among
the books of general information on
the subject none is better than
Motifs Decisive Hour of Christian
Missions. At the Worlds Mission
ery conference in Edinburgh last
June Mr. Mott was made chairman
of the committee on Worldwide
Evangelization, and as such came
in contact with store of informa-
ton that could not have been gotten
in any other way. The book is the
result of his conclusions, and is a
book full of inspiration and help.
Another good book on the subject
is The Future Leadership of the
Church." by the same author, or
Dennis's Foreign Missions After a
Century" Then,I think the teacher
should also read at least one book
on each field. On Korea, for in
stance. none is better than that used
by the study circle, "Koreain Trans
ition." by Dr. ] S Gale. On Africa,
The Upward PATH" by Miss Hell
vest. The Uplift of China" by
the missionery veteran, DR. Smith.
The Conquest of India" by Bishop
Thoburn, etc. Also he should read
some missionery biography.
4. The second qualification is
knowledge of his pupils. Christ
knes men. He knew them better
than they knew themselves. In
some He saw possibilities of disci-
pie-ship. even among fishermen and
tax collectors. Ia others He saw
That. The desire for bread and fishes
was paramount. We quite agree
with John when he says Of Christ:
He knew what was in man" Do
we know our pupils? We should
and must if we would teach them.
How may we know them? We can
not expect to know all about them
in the few moments that we spend
together in the classroom. Let me
suggest first q study Of nature
an open book and free to all. Study
the pupil in the home and with the
parents. on the streets, at play in
company with other boys. Know
what he is thinking about; whether
he Is under conviction or growing
careless about religion. The teacher
should also study some works on
child life, books on psychology and
pedagogy. The following have been
suggested: "A Study OF Child Ma
ture." THE Unfolding Life, y