The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-13
Philatiiea Success.

Pbilatilea success.
This is a neatly printed bulletin,
which made it's first appearance
Easter morning at the Central Pres
byterian church published by the
Philathea class of that church. On
the frontispiece is a cut of their
beautiful church The second
page has the staff: Editor, Mrs. J.
w. Beck; business manager, Miss
Lille Chapman. The class flower,
wheat. Glass colors, blue and
white Glass motto. ITO help eacn
other and the church" Glass bene- .
diction, Ruth s Entreaty" It was
quite a newsy little folder, and we
wish the "Philathea Success" sue
cess. The following article con- S
tributed by ], NJ. Gordon on the
modern Sunday school we believe 9
will be of interest to our women .
readers:
A few years ago there went the
rounds a jingle entitled, Every a
body works but father" The =
modern Sunday school makes it .
possible for everybody to worn 9
including father. One of the first ia
of the many interesting things ~
that the newborn babe is intro u
duced to is the Cradle Roll of the e
Sunday school. Oftimes he is a ui
member of the Sunday school before 90
he receives permanent name In ~
the delightful company Of the Cra- "a
die Roll he spends the first three ~
,,t,.l14,,a,,, -, .a,,o,,, ,sti, 80, 80 I'll
the Beginners Department and be- -
comes a regular attendant upon the II
Sunday school services. AT the age
If 6 he is promoted to the Primary On
~. 49, hi ~ Iaanrn .oa~ hell
II corirt,,ras .ad storioa "a pow
rayers adapted to children of this
&c and such that he can compre-
end. At the age OF nine he finds T
imsoIf a genuine Junior and in this Trim
apartment he spends four helpful prog
ears whom he graduates from the day
division into the High prog
chool of the Sunday school, And for
lappy the parents whose boy enters fswe
Sunday school practically at birth quo
and leaves the Junior department a CAV
Well trained and Well developed boy. Ha
carrying in his heart a personal res
knowledge Of his Savior Jesus lea
Christ! He enters the uterine es
diate department identicaly with NJ
his entering upon the 'teenlage And s.
fully prepSrei 10 lie arigGt the
enthusiastic and tirelesS power that RI
this age unfolds! From this pr
department through the Senior De- wa
partment he enters young man Jar
into the Teacher training depart MA
nent where he spends from one to l
three years and is graduated with
, diploma, and thus equipped he per
snters upon life with its manifold MS
duties and privileges. Space forbids nis
a lengthy discussion of his equip ano
mont but the reader is asked simply VI
10 stop and think what twenty-one nee
to twenty-four continuous years ia
a well organized Sunday school pre-
ought to mean TO a young man in COZ
the preparation for lis life work. eoi
It would be marvellous. And how crl
badly this complex age needs such 90
preparation for all its citizens. But ny
let me follow briefly my well-train- pr
ed God-feariDg young man as he
pursues his life calling in the bust
ness world, tho professional world
or the definite work Of the gospel ha
minister. Reader, stop and think ch
again. His possibilities, nay, even Ct
probabilities for good are absolutely tn
boundiess And when he becomes 1t
an Old old man, or suffers some nj
misfortune that prevents him from w