Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-08-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Can Address by Mrs. ID. p. Hurley. be
fore the annual meeting of the
County Sunday School Association
at North Tazewell.)
II is said nat an institution is mea.
surcd by the effect it has upon man.
Ind. II it is an effect that stands foi
advancement and for the glory of Goo
we call it positive result. If on the
other hand 1T is detrimental to society
we call it i negative result. Experience
and results have clearly demonstrated
that the Sunday School is positive
institution which stands as an enemy
to all other institutions which are not
Tor the glory of our Creator. Society
is trained by two schools-the public
school and the Sunday School. The
former stands for the training and
developing the mind for civic activ-
ity while the latter is the exponent of
religious and moral activity. The State
sees that the former is eveloped to IL
high standad of efficiency and it is
| left to the Christians of our country
to develop the Sunday School, for
without the developed Sunday School
we have an undeveloped community.
Without the shadow of a doubt the
American Sunday School is the great
, est charactcr-forming institution the
world hos ever known. 1t is because
IN the Sunday School we get Il grasp
on the Juvenile of our land, before the
ways and snares of the world lay a
tightening grasp upon them. How true
Train up child in the way he
should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it," Go to our Juvc-
nile Courts and see whether or not
The characters brought before Justice
nave been trained in Sunday School.
sincerely believe the training and
educating of the American children
upon the principles of the Great
Teacher, Jesus Christ, and of His
works and how to glorify God, is
without question the greatest work
m2nkind can accomplish. | know the
bes5 and most efficient way of accom-
2lishing this great end is through
ehe instrumentality of the Sunday
school and the Sunday School only.
realize fully that in some Colleges
md free schools the study of the
SCRIPTURE is requirement for gradual
ion. While this is true we must con-
fcsS in Il great many cases it has
great tendency to destroy the sacred
ness of the Bible. IL very often hap
pens in the free school, especially,
he Bible is taught by an ungodly
person and the results will of course
not be what they should be. In the
Sunday School we are supposed to,
have godly men and women to take
hold of the children and Interpret the
Scriptures and teachings of Jesus
Christ in Il religious atmosphere, and
those teachings which we have in
stilled in early childhood will be
found blooming forth in manhood and
womanhood in later years. The church
has for its nurseries the Sunday
School and Missionary Societies. Here,
if we do the will of our Father we
must instill into the youthful minds
the truths that will make them Chris
tian characters and enable them to
step into our churches as strong, pure
men and women, who are willing to
assume the responsibilities of the
church. Children are initiative beings
and the early impressions are the
most lasting. How careful ought we to
be that our examples and instructions
should be worthy of imitation. How
full and complete were the words of
w. j. Bryan, when in one of his pub
lie addresses he said that he thanked
God that he was an active worker in
the Y. NJ. G. A. and Sunday School
years before he became active i'm any
political party.
Now, as to the best means of OBJ
tanning the best positive results, /
believe we must have n we'll organ
lied Sunday School. The classes must
be graded and organized, so the child
is permitted to pass to the next
higher class and in each of these
classes we should have some mark of
distinction for merit. l think each
teacher should arrange some social
phase for his or her class, by doing
so arouse enthusiasm, the results of
which we cannot place value upon.
Not only thism, but we must make
the Sunday School room attractive.
A few flowers, pictures, and above
all good, broad smile worn by the
teacher Will have good results in
bringing in the boys and girls to Sun
day school. The world offers attract
lveness and beauty to the child and
TO counterfeit this we must make the
Sunday School room attractive and
above al guard the personel of our
teachers so our children will have
faith il their teachings. If we dc
| this VIC will not have to 90 out and
drag item in, but when the bell rings
we vii seen them coming from all
quarte:s of the country and by the
time they are ready to take their
place in the progress of the race
worldly affairs will be a matter of
history to them.
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