. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). justice to thepupils, there often being enough for , however, just suits that class whoclaim that education unfits the negro forusefulness. They are trying to make theschool term even shorter than it is. Ithas long ago been proven that we can should not the Brethren have a schoolof this kind? Why not help the chil-dren to prepare for the stern realities oflife? As the strength of the nation de-pends upon the strength of the homes,it should be to the interest of everyloyal citizen to help better the I first started Sunday school October, 1904
. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). justice to thepupils, there often being enough for , however, just suits that class whoclaim that education unfits the negro forusefulness. They are trying to make theschool term even shorter than it is. Ithas long ago been proven that we can should not the Brethren have a schoolof this kind? Why not help the chil-dren to prepare for the stern realities oflife? As the strength of the nation de-pends upon the strength of the homes,it should be to the interest of everyloyal citizen to help better the I first started Sunday school October, 1904 THE MISSIONARY VISITOR 43* here, I had but three boys. As my littleschool increased in numbers. I thought1 had never seen the children more ig-norant and uncultured than they knew practically nothing about theBible, neither how to act. But havethey made any improvement? Youought to see them. I now have an en-rollment of twenty-two children and asnice a little school as you have everseen. They have proven to me. beyond. Jennings Church, Louisiana. a doubt, that all they need is very children who never took anyinterest in Sunday school before and on-ly attended when they felt like it. arenow so eager that they can hardly waitfrom one Sunday till the next. When Isee how earnest and enthusiastic theyare. and how much they seem to enjoythe work, it gives me more real enjoy-ment than anything I ever did am made to thank God for leading meinto this work and for the way he isblessing us here. We, as a church, have done much inmission work. Much time, labor and money have been spent in foreign this is a blessed work and muchgood has been done and we trust thatmany more precious souls may bebrought from heathen darkness to thegospel light, yet we must not spend allour energies away from home to theneglect of the home field. Souls hereare just as needy and just as preciousin the sight of God as are any are glad for the little work
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