The teaching problem; a message to Sunday school workers . reatest fields ofusefulness. Whether a teacher or not, heshould be in the Sunday school, his conspic-90 That Better Day uous absence from which is an influence separ-ating- him from the youth of his church. If Sunday school development is to continuea day will come when standards will be set upby which the candidate for a place asteacher will be measured. Character, ^ Coming Higher ,.. ,, ^ Standard relijjious experience, doctrinal beliefs and personal attainments may fig-ure in theproblem of fitness, the first three points per-haps be
The teaching problem; a message to Sunday school workers . reatest fields ofusefulness. Whether a teacher or not, heshould be in the Sunday school, his conspic-90 That Better Day uous absence from which is an influence separ-ating- him from the youth of his church. If Sunday school development is to continuea day will come when standards will be set upby which the candidate for a place asteacher will be measured. Character, ^ Coming Higher ,.. ,, ^ Standard relijjious experience, doctrinal beliefs and personal attainments may fig-ure in theproblem of fitness, the first three points per-haps being- strictly adhered to and the lastvarying^ with the position which the teacher isto occupy. It may be long- before examinationsfor this work become general, though the in-creasing organization of normal classes, andthe impetus which grading is receiving in somany places, are paving the way for thechange. Certain it is that in this way or insome other way the quality of the instructionfurnished in the Sunday school is to be im-proved. 91 CHAPTER PREPARATION FOR TEACHING. ITH a proper realii^ation ofthe importance of his work,the teacher will under-stand that before teaching-is undertaken a necessarypreliminary step is specificpreparation. There aretwo thing-s which a largesection of the human raceare ready to undertake todo without preparation—to teach a Sundayschool class, or to run a newspaper. One willattempt on impulse to teach a class who wouldnot essay even to set outa gfarden bed withoutasking- how. It is only thoug-htless-ness that leads anyoneto assume that teaching-may be reasonably un-dertaken with anything-less than thorough prep-aration. A steamer isabout to start across theAtlantic. The pilotcomes aboard and re-92
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