"Sunday-schools are the nurseries of the Church; they compose the youth
who are to live when we go down to the dust. When the teachers are aged,
or dead, their children will rise up to fill the ranks of Immanuel. Where
are the additions to our church to come from, but from Sunday-schools? Do
not most of those who join the Church in the prime of their days, and
present whole sacrifices to God, come from our Sabbath-schools? The
churches of Christ should see to it that good nurses are provided for
them, and not, as is too often the case, leave them in the hands of the
inexperienced and the youthful."
CHAPTER III.
HISTORY OF THOMAS.
Thomas, the second brother, remained much longer in the school.
Possessing a retentive memory, he learned the whole of the three Gospels
of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and part of John. After remaining as a scholar
for about three years, during which time he was often employed in
teaching the junior classes, he was formally admitted as a teacher, in
the presence of the whole school, the secretary delivering an interesting
and affecting address to him, on the duties and responsibilities of his
position as the guide of youth; at the conclusion of which he presented
him with a book, entitled "The Guilty Tongue," as a reward for his good
conduct and proficiency.
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