The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04

L
boS+s IF ynune men in the Sunday |
school do give some trouble, to men
lacking leadership. What should De
done about Run the young men
out? Or get better leaders? Whfch
DR.. Byron H. Dement,, PhD.' u. p
teacher Of Sunday School Pedagogy In
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Louisville has been publish
ing in serial form in the Baraca-Ph-
lathea News, the National organ pub
lished at Syracuse, y. Y, an arucle
entitled: "HoV the Baraca Glass helps
the Pastor"
He complies the testimony Of many
pastors and then in glowing words
pays his own tribute to the classes as
mighty agencies under God to attract
young men to the school and the
church, to cause their conversions, to
train and occupy them in Christian
service, and to afford the pastor an
ever faithful band of helpers in any
work that calls for men.
Pastors Will Testify.
Thousands of pastors can be found
who will give the same teStim Ony to
the aid Of Baraca. l will grant you
that here and there a class has been
found that has made mistakes Doubt
less many of them. But is therefore
the whole Baraca idea wrong? Would
it be rank hereSy to suppose that may
be in some single, isolated, solitary
instance there was a tiny bit of mis-
take on the other side Of the contro-
Versy? In the myriad activities Of
million men of course mistakes are
made. But they have been few as
compared with the countless deeds Of
| mercy and good that these men men
| while have done. Forgive them, Bro
| ther Critic, and help them to do bet
| ter. Forget miSunderstandingS, if such
| there have been, and give these men
! the benefit of your wisdom and CO.
! operation as they struggle TO bless the
world. Remember that every Sunday
they pledge themselves to stand by
| their Bible, and their Sunday school
| and their church Remember the
| orphans they have clothed and warm
! ed and fed. Remember the poor they
| have ministered unto. Remember the
discouraged they have cheered. Re-
member the sick they have visited
| Remember the pastors whose hands
they have upheld. Remember the
secret services they have conducted
WIN every man on his knees has
prayed for the unconverted men OF
the community. Remember the
thousands of men who have been con
verted and turned unto righteousness
because Of the efforts Of these million
consecrated men. Remember thai
/ | u
and only here and there have they
failed in highest faithfulness of hum
BILE service. Remember these things
: my friend, and forgive the failure
r and give these men your God-speet
in their effort to be a blessing
II Immaterial Criticisms.
<l Every other criticism save the on
e we have discussed refers to matter
4 that are immaterial. They CRITICS
i what 'the headquarters at Syracuse
t have done. Let it be understood tha
n ''the headquarters at Syracuse coul,
be done away with and the moveme
r ment would hardly suffer check
q Treason, is that, Well, make the mos
e Of it! It is spoken in no disparage
u ment Of my good friend Mr.. Hudson
y (Observe, I didn't call him "Fathe
!: Hudson" I have never liked tn
r name. Neither has he, I'm sure
It though forced to indulge it, becaus
: of the good will that prompted il
i nse.) He gave up business tina
promised to make him a million dol
: lars and gave his life to the effort t
/ win a million men to the Sunda
% school. God has given him the rni]
y lion men he desired and left him con-
parative1y poor in dollars and cent
le How could criticism hurt a man ik
n. that? Hurt his feelings? Oh, yes;
3 can do that: and I know how hi
,r | neadt mas almost bled in anguish 2
I. his motives have been impugned b
n, unjust attack. He has written me
es confidence I will not betray of h
4 sufferings, as it has seemed to hi,
that he has been prosecuted "for d.
ID Ing good' and attacked when h
VI only desire was to bring young me
st into the Sunday school. But thoue
rs it may make the man suffer, CRITICS.
~ cannot hurt his work The mon,
oe ment to its merit is builded in f.
minds and hearts of a million me
lis consecrated to Christian service.
e?1 No Longer One Man Poxuer
lie Time was when the dissemina+i,
1? Of information about this plan
" work depended upon the fidelity a,
he Enaided resources Of this one ma
On TO his praise be it said that Meth,
was lacking when God made his ca.
n But the work expanded by leans ar