ISBN: 9781458956163

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871. Excerpt: ... to the Kingdom of heaven as it is to the Kingdom of nature; and no doubt this is the plan upon which He proceeds. I may prefer sowing, or I may prefer reaping; but He, the Great Master, apportions to me as He judges best, and will not let'' me do both. Some other man shall share in the work, and contribute to its success. It shall not be all mine. I must be a labourer together with others, as well as a labourer together with God. CHAPTER VIII. SOME BEFLEX BENEFITS OF SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHING. I SUPPOSE that none have ever devoted themselves honestly to Sunday-school teaching, without reaping a considerable amount of personal benefit from the work; and it may be worth our while to devote a chapter to the investigation of the causes of this benefit, and of the particular forms and shapes which it is likely to assume. To begin then at the lowest point; the attempt to impart instruction to others gives us ourselves a firmer grasp of the subject with which we are dealing. There can be no question, I think, that there is a certain amount of indolence in the human mind, which it needs the stimulus of necessity, or something like necessity, to overcome. Most of us have at times felt disposed to take for granted, after a little study and meditation, that we were in full possession of the facts of the case; that we had seen our way through all the intricacies of the question; that we had put our hand upon the centre of the position, and thus laid the whole mass of detail under subjection and control: when some unforeseen circumstance has brought our accuracy to the test, and displayed, to our confusion, that we had built upon an unsound foundation; that we were leaning upon a reed which did not only not support, but which, when it gave way, entered into and pierc... Gordon Calthrop, Books, History, Labourers Together With God, Words Of Encouragement For Sunday-school Teachers Books>History General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<