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the finer type of sympathy found in the Lord Jesus. Jesus was the most earnest of teachers. No one could fail to see His intensity. It was never measured by the size of the class He jwas called upon to teach. No group was commonplace, no person insignificant. His lesson was the outflow of a life, not the performance of an hour. The passion to win our hearers for Christ must be the fountain from which our teaching flows, if we are to be successful in any degree. Jesus was the most self-forgetful of all teachers. He came not to be waited upon (Mk. 10:45), and He taught His disciples that the key to true greatness was to make themselves the servants of all (Mt. 23:11). Love lay
“A Teaches Come From God” S this number of T h e K in g ’ s B u siness appears, thousands of Sunday-school teach ers will be assembling in Los Angeles for the great World Sunday School Convention. To them this Christian Education number of T h e K in g ’ s B u sin ess is specially dedicated. We shall have the pleasure of placing copies
of our magazine in the hands of many delegates and we want them first of all to come face to face with Jesus Christ, the greatest of all teachers. The most characteristic of all the titles by which Jesus
behind all He did and said. His unfailing goodness made His message stick. Have we learned that while we may be lacking in reasoning power, we may win through Christlike unselfishness and devotion to the interests of those whom we have the oppor tunity to teach? A loving heart will go farther than a ready tongue in profiting others. It is our earnest prayer that Jesus Christ may be exalted in the World Sunday School Con vention from first to last. If these hundreds of teachers go back to their churches through out the world to impart new blessings, it will be because they havfe cathght a fresh vision of the Teacher of teachers. ■ Christian Education Courses—Why ? GREAT deal of emphasis is being placed these days upon the courses of Christian
became known among both friends and enemies was that of * t e a c h e r He was recognized as "a teacher come from God” (Jn. 3:2), and His followers vve r e known as “disciples” ( learners). His parting instruc tion to His followers was to “go and teach” (Mt. 20:18-20). The mission of the church can not be realized unless this teach ing program is carried out. We are- to teach the very things Jesus taught to His ^disciples, and if we are to make any last ing impression, we must have the qualities of the Teacher of teachers in our lives. We may be masters of the subject of child-psychology yet be an utter failure because we have not been with Jesus and learned of Him. He who sits most at the feet of the Supreme Teacher will make the deepest impressions upon those whom he seeks to teach. Jesus was the humblest of
all teachers (Mt. 11:29), yet no one ever taught with such authority (Mt. 7 :29).- Let us learn at the outset that the laden boughs hang lowest. The mind laden with divine philosophy will be the most humble. Jesus was the most patient of all teachers. The mea sure of a great man is the way he treats little men. The Great Teacher bore with inexcusable stupidity, the blind est of prejudice, the most vexing shallowness. He saw that they were just sheep without a shepherd, and was moved with compassion toward them (Mk. 6:34). Have we learned to be “gentle unto all men, skillful to teach, apd patient” ? (2 Tim. 2:24.) í* Jesus, was the most courteous of teachers, the first true gentleman who ever breathed. Think of His attitude to ward the woman with the issue of blood (Mt. 9 :20 ); His delicacy in dealing with the woman taken in adultery (Jn. 8 : 2 - l l ) H i s spirit toward little children (Mt. 19:13); His tenderness toward outcasts and the poor. Let us not education to fit people to carry on aggressive work among the young in our churches. It cannot be said too forcibly, however, that if a teacher’s sole equipment is the knowl edge of the materials of an education, he will be helpless in the great emergencies with which he will be faced. Not infrequently is the religious teacher faced with thè opportunity to give specific guidance to a soul—such guidance as can only be given by one with a knowledge of God’s ways and a spiritual insight, able to discover the deep need of the heart. He will then find out that what he needs more than the mastery of any subject matter, is the power of vision which the Holy Spirit alone can give. On the other hand, there are courses of study which will greatly aid in acquiring these powers of insight. Such courses to be of value must have the Bible as their chief textbook, and the principles and methods taught must be such as are in perfect harmony with God’s Word. The successful religious teacher must have a knowledge of as teachers become so dignified as to get away from educational principles. He must discover the secrets of
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