The Brussels Post, 1901-11-28, Page 4TAX
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Sabbath School "Workers b Session,.
'Walton S. S. association Holds its lith Annual Meeting—
One of' the Most Successful of the Series,
Friday of last Week the Welkin Union
Sabbath School Aseocdation held its 11th
anneal Cleave Mimi in Duff's church and
none of its predeoeasore outdid it far
wisdom in oboiee of topics, ability die.
played in presentation of them or the
general interest manifeebed in the pro.
eeedings throughout and the Aesooiation
has good reason to congratulate them.
selves on the moue of the meeting.
The afternoon session opened shortly
after 1 o'clock With Rey. 11'fr. Jarrow in
the ohalr in the absence of Rev. Air,
Filer, his predecessor, who was the
President. After the opening hymn Rev.
G. J. Abet' offered prayer and the chair-
man the proferred timely remarks along
the line of showing the part eaoh one
present had to take to make the sessions
enjoyable and profitable to all concerned.
'We are the reapers" was sung and
Councillor Gardiner was appointed dB.
sial time keeper but his duties were not
very onerous as the time table of the
Oonvention was closely adhered to by
the majority of those taking part.
"The Influence of the Teacher outside
the Claes Room," was the first topic and
introduced by Mrs, A. Gardiner in the
following well prepared paper :—
Influence ie a subtle something that
passes from one person to another. It is
good or bad, not a000rding to the effort of
the person from whom it goes, but accord•
ing to what he or she really is. A bitter
spring cannot send forth sweet water,
nor a sweet epring bitter, so by no chance
can the influence differ from the character
of the person. The influence of the
Teacher upon the scholar, both in and
out of the class room, should be nothing
but good. The teacher must heretofore
himeelf be good. To know something of
the kind of influence that should pass
from Teacher to scholar let us first
consider the purpose' for which the Sab.
bath-.Sohool exists. Of course for the
purpose of teaching fasts bearing on the
religion of Jesus Christ. These are very
various in kind. There are historical
facto bearing on the origin and education
of the human rase. It is well that our
scholars should know that God is their
Creator, because of the fast that being
Creator He is also Governor, and this
involves human responsibility for the
-tee of the life God has given and of the
powers and priviledges associated here-
with. What is History but the manifest-
ation of God in Providence. The histori-
cal facts of the Old Testament converge
upon, show the need of, or typiflug the
Lord Jesus Christ. The New Testament
is a record of His life, and an apostolic
commentary hereupon. It is well then
that the Teacher exert himself in order
to make the facts of the Old and New
Testaments luminous to his soholare.
This is one purpose of the Sabbath school,
but it is not the most important purpose.
The chief purpose of the Sabbath school's
existence is that the teachers may teaoh
Christ him:elf. The fade taught whether
historical, geographical,prophetical or of
some other kind are only of advantage in
so far as they tend to bring the scholars
into contact with the Christ who lived in
Palestine, who died upon the cross, and
who lives eternally m the heavens, a
Prince and a Savious, to give repentance
and remission of sins. It is the teacher's
business to make Christ live before hie or
her scholars, to show what kind of person
Christ is. This is not a thing that can
be done in one hour per week, leaving
OHO free to live as one pleases during all
the other hours that go to make up life,
Life isnot made up of isolated and nnre
lated actions ; life is continuous, every
action and every word takes he place in
the related aeries, and the series form
unity. If there be any action that is un.
real the whole is unreal, and the scholar
is quick to diecover the lank of reality in
the teaoher. If the scholar discovers
unreality in the teaoher he hi apt to sup
pose that since e religion is said to be a
matter of right living, the religion of
Jesus which the teaoher, by the very fact
that he or she is a teaoher professes to
live, ie a farce and a sham. All the work
of the Sabbath school teaoher cannot be
done in the olase room. The chief part
of it must always be done outside. The
teacher's life should ever be a model
for the scholar to copy. He will dopy it
whether the model be good or bad, and
the teacher who sate a bad example to
his or her scholars incurs very grave re.
sponsibilities, indeed he ie the scholar's
representative of Jesus Christ and if
Christ
be misrepresented p ted by him God
will certainly not hold him guiltless. It
stands eternally true that "no man liveth
onto himself" Much more ie this true
when we think of the teaoher in his rela•
tion to hie eoholar. It is necessary that
the teacher's character should tell in the
class room of course. He must :how
fidelity in the preparation of the lesson ;
must teach with Ohriet underlying all
his teaching ; must show constant con-
sideration for the mental and spiritual
condition of each one in his class and
must also manifest love in all his rela-
tions with his scholars there. However
teaching is nob so mush the storing of
knowledge in the heads of the scholars.
That teaoher does the most euofeseful
work who best succeeds in getting schol-
ars to not only know and live Christ, but
to help others to know Him. We must
eerie/lye: know Him and to got others to
live Chriet•like lives our lives must be
Christi -like: We do not know him until
he is areal person to us, living near us,
watching over ue, caving us from the sin.
that so eaeily beset us, and having friends
ly intercourse with us, that atimnlates
and strengthens ue for whatever lies be.
fore us in life, and our lives are notphrfet-
like unities we are ceasing to be eelfieh,
hard and cold, unless oar temper is
becoming more mellow, our mind lege
engroseed with the world and the energise
of our life more and more devoted to the
glory of God and the exaltation of Jesus.
The scholar is the .teacher's disciple. If
we think of the relation of Christ to Hie
dieiples thie will throw light on the re
lotion of the teacher to the soholar. The
relation will be the same in everything
wherein we may cony our Master.Of
course, in so far as His aotiona are super.
human we shall not be able to follow Him..
Christ as a human Teacher had an
intimate knowledge of his sobolare. He
wits often with them, often thinking of
them, always meditating their goody and,
jived before them. A mysterious power
Went out from Him that made it easier
for them be Jive above the low, selfish'
plane en wielele they had been accustomed
to live before they knew Him, It was
this mysterious power, that made Peter
fall before Him and say, "Depart from
me for I sin sinful man, 0 Lord," Thiel
mysterious power WAS the influence of a
devoted holy life, A Teacher 01 a Sabbath
school class has other things to do heeidee
teaching, suchas knowing hie echelon
individually as well ae collectively. The
Teacher ahenld follow his Master's exam
pie, and be should do all the other things
in the spirit of Hie beaching, It ie the
doing of these that gives unity and power
to the Teacher's life, and makes it tell on
the scholar. The Teaoher •then should
aim at khowing eaoh of his scholars me
intimately se possible and should, S think
aim at visiting the scholars in their owe
homes, and have the eoholars in turn
visit the Teacher in his or her home.
This would' give a knowledge of the sobolar
that would greatly help the Teacher, and
it would increase the Teacher's opportun•
ity of influencing the scholar for good.
In all the intercourse of the Teacher and
scholar, the former should see toit that
he does not make the Ohrietian religion
appear to be a ourber of joy and bright-
ness, he should not make it seem dark.
nese but light and life and gladness and
to make it appear glad, he must be glad,
to make it appear light he must be light.
Christ never forgot' to pray. for His die-
ciples, nor must we Teachers forget to
pray for our soholare. I doubt not much
of the failure of S. S. teachers is
failure to identify ourselves with our
eeholare in praying for them daily, and
with intenee longing for their salvation.
Prayer for our sobolare wohld wonder.
felly affect our work performed for their
benefit, and it le impossible to pray truly
for anybody without ourselves becoming
better thereby. If we are personally be
coming better, a better influence will
necessarily and unconseiouely gooutfrom
us wherever we are, and whatever we do.
There is nothing that will so soften the
whole of our nature as forgetting our
selves in praying for others. This identi
eying of Himself with His disciples, and
pouring out petitions for them to His
Heavenly Father, is the great and crown-
ing glory of Jesus of Nazareth. The core
of it all is Love. His life was centred in
them, not in Himself. This is shown by
His continual ooneern for their welfare.
He was concerned for the welfare of the
crowds that followed Him, temporal as
well as spiritnal. He was concerned
for the welfare of his enemies, much more
for the welfare of those who recognized
Him as their Teacher and who hung upon
his every utterance, When the twelve
were worn with excitement attendant up.
on their manner of life, He shows his love
by inviting them apart into a desert place
to rest awhile. His concern was never
for himself but for then;, when he had
done everything else for them that Love
could do, and was soon to die for them as
the emissaries of the Sanhedrin approach.
ed Him in the garden he was still con-
cerned for his disciples. The hostile
baud had fallen back, abashed at the
pre -encs of the Holy One, when the great
Teacher said, "If ye seek me let these go
their way." He gave himself up entirely
to the service of the disciples. He could
always say "I came not b° do mine own
will but the will of Rim that sent me."
It was the will of Him by whom He was
sent, that he should lose none of those
committed unto Him. He Dame not to
do what was pleasant or expedient but to
do His Father's will and when the doing
of it required eaorifices of the most pain
ful kind. The sacrifices were requisite
to the showing of His love, and this is
ever the case. Love makes sacrifloes easy
to persons in whose heart it abounds.
The Great Teacher taught by His seori-
fices as well well as by His
words
well
could He sayHis to disciples, "Greater
love bath no man than this that a man
lay down his life for his Friends," He was
laying down his life every day for Hie
friends, and not only when His blood was
shed on the oross. In these matters the
life of Jesus is an example that Sabbath
school teachers should seek to follow.
We must be self saorificing if we would
be successful. Ibis not possible to ac-
complish much by going over the lessons
from Sabbath to Sabbath in the classes
merely, we must put ourselves to some
trouble for the sake of our scholars. We
must bear them in our heart, we must
give ourselves to them. If so, they will
know it, just as the scholars of Jesus
knew without the least peradventure that
he had given Himself up for them. In
order to accomplish the purpose of teach•
ing we must know Ohriet and loving Him,
our knowledge must be that of experience.
Not the knowledge that we can get from
reading or from the statement of others,
we must know him as our Saviour and
our God, and we must love Him with our
whole heart. Mr. Moody was a great and
a successful teacher, became he had a
big heart that was full of love, Christ
was a light within him, and Christ shone
through. If ws know Christ and love
Him He will be a light in us, Christ will
shine in and through tis, If Christ shines
through us our scholars will see the light
and they will glorify our Heavenly Father.
If We love Christ our Lord then without
taking thought we shall ever be adding
to our spiritual stature. It is in loving
that we grow, and as we live and grow,
the light will become brighter and bright.
er until the perfect. day. The influence
that goes unoonecioualy from us will
more powerfully affect our scholars for
good, bemuse it is continuously cumu.
Wive. Our life will be an object lesson
to them at all times. It is not religioue
theory that will do our acholara good,
however true that theory may be.
Religion is a matter of life, just as
when a boy goes to learn a trade.
Hie teacher does not say "Do this piece of
work in this way" bit he does it before his
oyes that he Mayhave an example to go by
s0 we teachers n' teaching the religion of
Jesus need not tdvethe theory merely; we
must be the livingembodiment of what we
teach. It is only what we live that ws truly
teach, We need not strive for influence. It
does not oome by striving bat by bring. It
always corresponds with the true self. Er,
Stalker haswell said; ''The healthiest. inau.
encs is unsought and unet:Melons. It is not
always when we are trying to impress others
that we impress them the most' they elude
the direct efforts that we melte but they nos
observing u0 when we aro not thinking of it.
They detect from an unoonsaious geatttre or
chance word the soorat we aro tryiess to con-
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coal. They know whether our being is a
pslaoe fair within or only a shabby structure
with a pretentious elevation. They estimate
the mass and might of our character with
curious accursoy and it is this alone that
really tells." A man maystrive for influence
and mise it but let him grow within himself,
in self-control, in conscientiousness, ht purity
and submission, and then he will not miss it.
Every step of onward progress esaices ue
work more to the world and to every cause
with which we may be identified. The road
to influence is simply the highway of duty
and loyalty. Let a man press nearer to
Christ, and open his nature more widely to
admit the energy of Christ, and whether he
knows it or not, it re better perhaps if he
does .not, lie will certainly be growing more
in power for God with alien, and for men
with God. "Abide in me and I in you; as the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it
abide in the vino, no more can you exceptye
abide in Me." Herein lies the secret of influ-
ence for good, whether in Sabbath school
teacher or any other. Let ns then if we.
would out of the Sabbath school impress our
scholars for good, if we would bring them
underthe power of Jesus Christ, let us each
press nearer to Christ and the light of Christ
will pour iia rays into our spirit and will
shine oub at all times and our scholars will
rise up at last and call us blessed.
Elder Smillie complimented the writer
of the paper after which 'Stand up,
stand up for Jesus" was sung with oon-
sidorable gusto.
"The reflex influence of a teacher's
work on himself" was the tope intro
duced by Jas. Dennison. He said, in
part :—The teacher's work is one of great
importance. It tends to familiarize him
with great ideas. He meet be well
versed in the Bible and other good books.
He learns by teaching to simplify Truth.
The teacher must he a student as 'well as
a teacher and must arm himeelf with
practical fasts. He must learn the taoti •
cal way of managing bis pupils. The
joys of the after life may be many as
they remind him of pupils of former
days.
Heyde. Messrs. Dever, MacNab, Jarrow
and Mrs. Berry, A. Gardiner and W. H.
Kerr joined in the discussion.
The beautiful hymn, "Jesus Saviour
pilot me" was sung.
Rev. G. J. Alley, of Broesele, was °all.
ed on to introduce the topio "The Super
intendant and his work." The superin-
tendent mast be a o'oesorated man. He
should be winning and willing to help
both teachers and sobolare. His work
must begin before the 8. S. hour. He
must be a man of prayer, both at home
and abroad. He must be a man who
loves his Bible and shonid aot in the ca-
pacity of pastor. The flock must be fed
said the superintendent should inspire
the besohers. A superintendent should
know all the soholare, - He needs the
prayers of the teachers and oonrregation.
Superintendent ehonld be
able t� sum
n
P
the lesson or add hie opinion on pointe
taught. The superintendent is an am.
bassador for Christ. Mr. Abey'e ad-
dress wee an excellent one and very.
pram hal.
The discussion brought not the neoes..
city of a preparatory prayer service ;
teacbere' meetmge were desirable ; adopt
new methods ; make reviews short and
prayer likewise, with a brightness about
the exercises that will be enjoyable 'o all,
Rev. Mr, Mao/slab, W. H. Kerr, A.
Gardiner and Zee. Smillie seeks.
"Onward Christian Soldaora" was the
next hymn,
The ibflnenoe of the Home on the
Sabbath Sohool" was the important sub-
ject spoken aeon by Wm, Shortreed, of
Morrie. The obief end 'of man is to
glorify God. We should do this in oar
homes in uOmmuniCation with God in
prayer for our work, In olden times the
people spoke one to the other on God's
dealings and we should emulate them.
The fruits should Inapparent in the Bab.
bath school as the outgrowth of the
home. The parents should accompany
the pupils to school and eat a worthy
example. Imprsseione made in the home
oaunot be effaced. Instructions, portion
larly the Oommandmente and other
teachings of the good Book, the reveres-
(sing of God's day and honoring of our
parents should be of gr. at cun0ern to us
and should be emphasized, Teach tem-
perance at home by example as well as
precept.
Those who took part in the d eouseioo
were Wm. Pollard, Rev. ML. Abet' and
Geo. Barrows.
Toe points elaoidated were that
the child is the index of the home and
the home should second the work of the
S. S The home should not delegate the
religions training to the S. S., nor should
they epeek disparagingly of the work of
the sohco!. Family worship ebould be
maintained and a freedom in speaking of
Divine things. Commend the work and
the workers.
whiter than the snow" was well
rendered by the union choir.
Mrs. Dever read• the following interest•
ing paper on the
"ma 1NFLIIHNOH OF THE eIINDAv SCHOOL
ON THE CONOHHOATIQN."
The Sunday School is the training school or
gymnasium of the Christian chinch and as
such, when properly organized and conduct-
ed, should show a beneficial effect in every
department of church' work. In the first
place when children, as little tots in the
Primary Department: begin to attend Sunday
sohool, which is possibly the first public
meeting they ever have attended unaccom-
panied by either parent, they learn to con-
form to the rules of the school to pay atten-
tion to and take part in the putlia service of
worship Not only this but even as very
small children they learn to respect the House
of God and His revealed word. Their little
minds at this stage are so plastid hence so
easily moulded, and their tender hearts and
consciences so easily influenced by their sur-
roundings that it is very necessary that these
principlesbe early sot before them. It the
Sunday school is orderly and well regulated
the children1 1
w 1 sofa fall in Har and behave
y
are allowed.
llows but, is to the other band tthe
are alio veto do as
the lease patio
y P the
g
session df the school they show it hi rch.
grow often
in other oticeda-of the church.
How often g peopeucoigr and been pained
there young people congregate outride the
churchbe andore linger roundheiruntilathe service tu'
be-
gan before we
a these
seats s the usually cry; when they
reas there hook we h n never
find thatdedsoy are Sunday hsr thoae who House
that t ed say re ther school regularly or else
thhabit V e were there be said to form this
habit. The samehurmay be said a whispering, o
are during church rice atter children who
are taught to pay strict attention during les,
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Son period in SundtlY school form the habit
00 doing so god find no ditileulty to do 80 fn
bhe oongregabion Not only ere these right
habits formed, but, as 1 said beore, the hearts
Of the little ebiidron not yet burdened b sin.
iremore Susceptible to the trutl,a of the
0959e1 and 14e0e SesIlily 0000p1 salvation.
thanthan those of ripper years. ',true, mal a
has labors faithfully for years with-
out seeing any fruit *mu the 11900.130W9, but
wo etmne calf;mate bile injluenoo exerted on
biolearnerevahthoughthey makeei paths
profession. 0130 char. istei' Is beteg moulded
snl olio brudy feibsfal teaoher will one day
hnvp the oy of scabs the result of his labpr,
ofton ,: t :stopping
iltu t boldl s of lite olpes, Lord's
byone,oto lag pat Noels on the ,Lords
side, and tills even while young hi yenra. In
this way the ohnrch is strengthened in SHOW
bor , and net only ammoryfaally so but the
boyoy or girl, the man 00fella
athero re io a intelligent
Sunday eareriahoolinase rale bho,nohyintelligent
hearer i„ the congregation. Why ? leeoeue-
hn es systematically
place Ihi°y nava studiett the Soripp-
tures t sthe oh ally and bias ltev fatnil-
Is, with the ohasoberi, narratives, setR0, so
tlmt when roferanoe 'suicide to setae t Incident
in the life of a se'tain olsa,•acter or to some
occurrence that illustrates the subject under
discussion by the pastor the reference 15
understood and the neon oxpLu weed is caught
by the person who is familiar with lbs iin-
°ideal referred to, while t0 those who are
not the point is lost. Oragain, if it be neees.
stay to turn up a reference the Bible etud u,b
can turn to ib at once .and thus tollow the
discourse while he who is not gble to do so
loses the thread of the argument as well, as
the desired toot by leafing' over his Bible
the vain attempt bo locate the particular
book from whish the text is taken. It may
be argued that people will learn this from
church -going; true they may and we hone
they do learn some, but what a lcug time will
be required if only ohurah-going is depended
on for it and how mush will be lost es the
meantime as no pastor in his pulpit dia.
courses takes the Scriptures in any system,
title form, nor is the same character or oc-
currence followed' up Sabbath after Sabbath.
Even though he did the hearer is not in a
pDosition to have the particular difficulty that
theseleoted portion of Scripture may present
to his mind explained as he may have done in
n Sunday school class where the subject is
dlaoussed.and viewed from the standpoint of
the different members of the olasses as well
as 'het of the teacher. Then again a minis-
ter reads, studies and reasons out a subject
for his sermon. He spends hours, perhaps
days or even weeks, over the subject before
he presents it bo his congregation, then the
hearer Bets the Product of lila work in from
thirty to fifty minutes so has no tittle to
think but the references mush less to refer
to them in his Bible,. but if he has mad° a•
special study of the part of the Scripture re
ferrel to he follows the discourse intelligent-
ly and sees at once the bearings of the refer-
ence. " Not only in this way does Sunday
school work help the hearer to a more intel-
ligent understanding 01 the sermons deliver-
ed from time to time but also from the study
of the Catechism, which I fear does not re-
ceive its duo amount of attention in the aver-
sge school of to -day. Through the stud of
the Catechism the pupil beeomea familiar
with the dootrham
i 01 the ohch as well as
ggrrasping the meaning of certain theologicaltermabsol-
utely
the necessary
bander of wbleh as nbeol-
teachnecessaryin order to felly grasp the
Coaching of the speaker. n By studying the
Catechism, I do not mean merely to learn by
rota the well to to the questions as they're
Pound, as well teach a Chinaman the names
of the numerals without making him under-
stand numbers and call that. teaching arith-
metic. That would be merely an exercise of
memory and so far as understanding English
notation was concerned ho would be as far
from it as ever,so in learning catechism it is
of very little use to anyone to be able to ans-
wer glibly every question unless the meaning
is clearly grasped. In order to accomplish
this the teacher must be prepared to explain
the meaning where necessary and give it in
language that the pupil will understand,
otherwise very faulty impressions may be
made, but if intelligently learned the hearer
will be able when these terms are used by the
minister or others to follow readily the mob -
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1nhand, In dais. way also the attention
is more easily fixed on the speaker as nothing
so promotes inattention on the part of a con-
gregation as for the speaker to nae expres-
sions the meaning of which the hearers
are ignorant. Many a good praottoal sermon
is wasted because of tieing misunderstood or
misinterpreted. ,But, you say, cannot the
Bible and Catechism be studied at home with
equal profit f. I would say no, for more than
one reason: First—It. is found difloult to
arouse the mane intereatofchildren insys-
tematic study when there are no others than
themselves engaged in it. Again, in. the Sun-
day school the pupils of about the same ad-
vancement and equal attainment aro in the
sameolessand they gain enthusiasm from
one another as well as getting. the benefit of
hearing the • passage explained in the words
and expressions of those of their own age and
capacity. This applies to grown people as
well as children. How often have we heard
a truth explained by some simple, true-
hearted, thoughentirely uneducated Chris-
tian that has come right home to our hearts
andcleared some difficulty that many a ser-
mon might not reach. Yes! what we want
as much as pulpit preaching is to meet those
who have tested the promises of God and in
a conversational, friendly way will give us
benefit of their experience, and the Sunday
school olase is one of the few places where
such talks are to be heard. We have more
confidencein the actual experience of one we
know than in the theories as some may term
them, of the. • pastor. 'What a benefit then
such a class must bet n
o constant attendant
and with what renewed int r
o setis h
W R'cress
on to know:more
of the Bible
teachings.
Tion, too, the very feet of our having die,
cussedon subject with others only
help our
Sund itonour minds. Not onm does our
Sunday school tit equips
psslce or mornsintelli-
gentwort
heRast but ft bare usfor active work
for the school
where we ague and
our
deavorworkel,inteachers, our Leaguerah work-
ers,
but
the rank in fact any Sunday
shoirl
s polars in the 'don't
of expect
Sunday sthem
among those
we •don't d anti of y and thorn
among who depend entirely on s Bible
ing Christi for ub'.r. lrn tb a of the Bible
and e Christian t duty. From this feet we con-
clude developed
the Christian -S. tan is " more
fully tendanb els the menthan the non -at
ten enc on the means school
l boli g should
inflames tato promo ing th liberal should
exert is that of promoting the liberal
g
of the h r
church iell aro
easily influenced togive
ftheir childrenspendin
money support the missionary cause, theSvndsy school itself, also other braches of
hnroh work., If they
are encouraged in
this year after year in the Sunday school they
soon learn to consider it a duty.. and though
thoy may have little to Give itis the spirit of
giving that is being cultivated and the result
fs•that when largerossessions fall to, their
lot they make provision for church support
as well as other things. In this way they ars
150 bo take an interest in the Missionary and
other outside interests of the &larch, es we
all know where we have money invested we
are likely to take some interest. Thus the
missionary spirit of the congregation 15 kept,
up. But we may say that the money con-
tributedby the children would be given from
the home by the parents as it really comes
from the common purse. Much of it might
but would the , younger members of the con-
gregation be educated to give 1 Then too
there are hones reached that might nob
otherwise be touched, and what is the influ-
ence there P Not only .the few 0ellte given,
Ono I but through the child the parent is
aroused to take some small interest at least
In the movement and through the little child
any be led to attend oho Sunday school and
thento become an adherent to the church,
perhaps eventually to unite with the oongre-
hation. as a 'member.. bleny a. congregation
as been built Up in this Way, es there 10 no
avenue through which a parenbmay so easily
be reachedee through his child. As a result.
of this fact We have a department 112 many
,Sunday schools lthewn as the Ornate Boll on
which the amass of all infants in the honeoe
of those in any way eonneotad with the
church or Sunday school are enrolled and
bines Rept in touch With until they, are old
enough toattead school, So we see that the
Sunday school dos exert an influence in
many ways on the congregation, It might
indeed be salted not only n training eohool
Mit an index of the spiritual condition of the
church, for where no interestis evinced in
the Sunday school there is very little interest,
taken in any department of church work, or
in other words, a dead 'Sunday school indi-
cates a dead chetah."
Rev. lttr. MaoNab and Rev, Mr, Dever,
A. Gardiner, W. Pollard and Mr.. Jarrow.
disceseed the paper. The children should,
be met on the ohild's level and Meehan
should do all in their power in moulding
the young life, Disorder in the Sunday
Sohool tends to the same lino of couduot
in the ahurah, The • Sunday Behoof
Should be always eensidered as a most
f0ontiniod on page 6,]
•
OUR.
Days' Sale
IS NOW .ON.
We are making big reductions on the regular prices in
all lines of Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Under-
wear, Dress Goods, Flannelettes, etc,
A PEW , SPECIALS
—Boys' Long Boots, ranging in value from $2.00
to $2,50 for •
.90
—Long Felt Boots, value $2.00 to $2,50 for .90
—Men's Long Boots at Extra Low Rates,
—Fur Caps, regular pride $1,50 to' $3,50, now ,90 to 2,50
—Cloth Caps, ""400 to $1,25, now .15 "".75
—Ladies' Collar and Muff Sets, regular price
$6.00 to $10,50, sale price 8.00 "" 6.00
Ladies' Coatings, Men's Heavy Tweeds, Wra pperettesPrints, etc,,
to clear at correspondingly low prices.
GALL AND SEE OCR "VALUES. -
W. H. HUMPHRIES & SON,
WAZirl'ON.
CH
ANGIE
OF BUSINESS•
The undersigned having . purchased the CARRIAGE
SHOP and business of JOHN WYNN, Brusselsbegs
leave to intimate that he is ready to do business with the
public at the old stand.
A fine range of the beat and most make stylish of Cutters,
Sleighs, &e., kept in stock and sold at reasonable prices.
Special attention given to all kinds of repairs in Wood
Wook, Blacksmithing, Painting or Trimming.
Have engaged Mr. Wynn as foreman so the
public will.
know they will, be well served.
Don't buy before you see my stock and get my prices.
EDWARD SPERAIN,
PROPRIETOR.
CARD OF THANKS.—Having disposed of my Carriage Shop
and Business to Mr. Sperain I desire to tender my best thanks t
the public for their generous patronage during the past 40 years
and ask that it be continued to my successor who will prove himself
worthy of public confidence. JNO. WYNN.
T H E
LION"
BRAND
O
✓ to .' ���,
Boys'
Sdlii Clolh!llg
Once a Customer,
Always a Customer.
RESS the boys so they can go out and enjoy the
glorious air. Dress •them so they will not be afraid
to roll and tumble all over the ground. We have clothes,
made on purpose for these busters ---won't show dirt won't
look shabbyin a week's wear, and will al
ways stand 'the
rough and tumble wear of the lively lvely boy. Pants have
u
d oble
knees and double seats, :lined •with heavy••white •
cotton, sewed :with linen thread,: seams doable sewn and
taped, buttoxis put onto stet on ; all this you get when
you ask for the "Lion" Brand of :Boys' Clothing. The cut
and make of these suits are not equalled by anything on
the market. We are sole agents for this famous make.
D.-.
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CLOTH/EI? AND FLJ
.R/V/SHERr
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