The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-13
THE ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN
SWEEPING NORTH DAKOTA
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son.. believe the business of the
church is to develop within the mind
n heart OF the boy IL character
which is independent. l.have had the
pritliege OF working among college
sruaents as a teacher. and also as a
christian worker. and I have found
many VINO came into those institutions
from the very best homes, that we're
almost helpless. If not entirely 40.
while IT they had to stand upon their
ieet. their character would have been
developed. L wondered if the char
acter of the individual who came to
college, was not The character of the
mother or the father, that had been
thrust out to the boy, making hin, a
dependent. instead Of an independent
individual.
hi speak of the work OF the
church in relation to the boy. First.
TO develop within the boy the charge
Ter which finds expression in activity.
then the business of the church ia not
70 pc representative In it's discipline.
IN the development in education Of the
past v wears o will notice this:
are directors of activity and not lead
ers who are repressive in their dis
clpItne. Now. give us ten years of
development of education in all lines
IN The direction of activity rather than
repression. II you study childhood,
and I tried to study It at one time,
think perhaps what you will find
THIS: that each child presents an in
dividual problem. You may have ten
children in your home. but / say to
you, and You know that 1t is true, that
every last child must be dealt with
from his particular standpoint. You
cannot deal with children in groups
ano the only successful way Of dealing
with the children in the church or thu
school ts to deal with each ones needs
and to direct the activity of each in
dividual child. ] think this boyhood
problem is a group or gang problem.
n we must recognize on the part of
each individual that he Is a member
OF a group of boys. 1 think the fail
ure to realize this may in some meas
ure be the reason we fail to lead some
of the older boys. l am peaking of
.ne boy between u and Is years of
In Sunday schools is under Ii years,
Ihey told us in San Francisco that
last year three million boys left the
Sunday schools In North America.
they said thai three out Of. four bows
tina came into the Sunday school at
twelve left before they were eighteen.
In the state in which l live, in the
.epolt VI Tue peIat institutions
clghty-seven per cent were under yot-
ing age. l say it is we'll in this move
ment that We are seeing what we can
do with the older boy. Nav I give
you an illustration? Some time ago
a teacher in the public school said 10
a group Of boys. If / had six sheep
and n jumped out of the pen, how
many would 1 have left?' You
wouldn't have any,
The teacher sajd. onh W., %.
didn't understand me-" IF I had six
sheep and one jumped out of the pen.
how many would ! have left?" The
boy said. none" The teacher asked.
How do you figure that?" There
would be five left" The boy said,
NO, teacher. you may know arithme-
tic, but you don't know sheep Now,
mat is true to a certain degree Of the
older boy in the church and Sunday
school.
Il shall discuss three great prob
lens OF the church in relation. to the
boy which must find solution il we
are going to hold them for Jesus
Christ and His Kingdom.
First of all the church must face
the problem Of the organization OF a
plan and program that will give the
definite activity. Religion is only real
to a boy in the measure that it finds
expression in definite action for Jesus
Christ. A man may be religious and
not do anything. l doubt it. He
may be religious and only tell how to
do 1t. but 1 am sure a boy would not
do that You must have a plan and Il
program Of the church which will give
each individual boy the idea that he is
q part of the church.
Leadership Necessary.
1.-The second problem ia that of lead.
ership. Three qualifications tho lead
er must have who works with boys.
First Of all. he must be q sincere man.
It 10 quite possible that you may fool
the congregation. but you can't fool
the boy for a minute. He reads you
like an open book. and unless you are
willing to stand clear in the Christian
life there is going to be a tremendous
proposition for you. II you expect to be
a leader. The boy understand you
q boy does no look into your lifa and