Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1898 — Sanday School Column. [ARTICLE]

Sanday School Column.

It is quite common this time of year to let Sunday school work lag. As dog days come on people seem to get a little more dilatory about getting up on Sunday morning, think there is plenty of time, too busy to study their lesson through the week and when the time comes for school they are not prepared. Because of this a great deal depends upon the activity of the Supt. and teachers. If the general is not at his post ready to give orders, he is likely to lose the battle: if we officers and teachers get slack in the discharge of duty, you may expect the school to fall into the same habit. I know it is very hot, we don’f like to get up on Sunday morning and hustle around we’ve been hustling all week and we are tired and somewhat indifferent. We ought to remember, however, that we have been putting in six full days for self; and we ought to be willing, especially if we call ourselves Christians, to give one day out of seven to the Master’s cause. We had the pleasure of attending an exception of a Sunday school not long since. This exception, was in the punctual attendance of teachers and pupils. The Supt. told me that the people came early all the time and'were ready for business strictly on time. This is the Island school at Barkley Tp. Dear Sunday school workers lets not let the devil get the drop on us in the way we attend our school. When we farmers go to the field we go for a purpose, we go to work—we go to accomplish something. Let us feel when we go to Sunday school that we are going for a purpose, that we are going not simply to pass the time away, but that we are going to do good and get good. We desire to say to the officers of those Tps., which have not already held their conventions that the time has come for action, don’t wait any longer but go to planning for a booming convention. Kankakee Tp. holds theirs on Sunday July 31st. we expect a grand good time. Mrs. Coffin the acting Tp. Pres, and her able co-workers, will no doubt have an interesting program and everything amply provided for a successful convention. We especially invite Walker and Wheatfield people to come over and assist us. C. W. Faris, , Gillam, Ind.