The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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ALBANY,
THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
IN TH E PKKSENT AGE CO \1 -
PAKEI) WITH THAT PRI-
OR TO THE ADVENT
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AT THE BAPTIST CHURCII
SUNDAY MOUSING, JANUAKY 1UTH, '97.
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said without these we can't be saved.
Some of lis know when wewere young,
things weie different—llmt which
then, (Untie our hearts burn; to-day
there are thousands who laugh at and
scorn it. What's the matter? See
the similarity ?'' Said Air. Dixon,
"there never was si time when ,Jesus
was not prince and king or when the
Holy Spirit was not. iu existence, but
there was :i\ time when the Holy
.Spirit came as a comforter as lie
nnver had before. lie came to be-
come a living reality in the lives of
the people He is the 3rd Person of
the trinity and dwells in every heart
and becomes the guide of all those
who will submit themselves unto Him.
When He came, lie came to enforce
what Christ had introduced. Relig-
ion was a spiritual affair and had
power in it. Now, these people were
religious people—were rcligiou» when
Jesus came ; do not think they were
isolators or Sabbath breakers, they
adheared to Judaism, with all its
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Synopsis of the Sermon.
The reading of the 23rd chapter of
Luke constituted the morning lesson.
1 he choir having rendered "\Vhat
will You do with Jesus," pastor H.
F. Dixon invoked divine blessing up-
on the congregation, after which he
took for his text, "and they cried
out all at once, saying, away with
this man, and release unto us Barab-1 ceremonies and believed this the only
bas. Luke '23: 18. Ihope."
Said he, "it is my purpose this Continuing Mr. Dixon said, "No
morning to try to impress upon the man ha,j the power to sit and rule-
minds of my hearers that the noDe to control—Jesus was to be
conditions existing in the present recognized as the head of all. And a
age are similar to those immediately total disregard for self was presented
preceding the advent of Christ. The | t(iere by Christ. The whole multitude
stat« of religion, of Christianity is at cried, in harmony, crucify him. Why?
par with the affairs of that time, because Jesus introduced a spiritual
Now, I am aware that there is a re- iif0'—r. life of humility, a total disre-
spectableclass of men, who are not to garii for self. Jesus was to be first."
be frowned at, that would take issue Closing Mr. Dixon said, "stop and
with me on this and say that the think to-day, "where is the tendency
world is growing better and that 10f my muwi p>< Oh ! stop and think,
religion is making the same progress where j8 t|ie difficulty? it may be that
as morality. I do not believe this, our taste for spirituality is gone. Now
though from a cettain standpoint the brother, if the cap lits, wear it—the
world is advancing in morals, etc., past0r must preach of these things
more than at, any other age, yet I am and if the cap fits you, wear it, but
t:il power greatly and 'tis an injury
too, the effects of which will be hard
to overcome.
The proper reading of a sentence or
paragraph depends on the. child's
concept of the thought and not on
mechanical action.
Of methods in teaching reading,
there are several, each of which has
its strong advocates and disciples,^nd
justly so for splendid results have been
derived by different teachers from
each of these methods.
Those most prominently before the
educational public are known as "The
Thought and Sentence Method"' and
" I'he vVorJ Method1' and "The
Phonic Method."
To each of these methods, used
exclusively there may be objections,
which, of course, are rarely discerni
ble in theory but are apparent in
practice.
We find that childien taught by
the "thought and sentence method"
exclusive!}, show a tendency to guess
at the expression of the thought, thus
becoming inaccurate readers. Those
taught by the "word method" alone
are ver/ apt to become mere word
p roil ounce rs, neglecting the thought,
thus having the perception stultilied
and the interest deadened. The
"phonic method" also if too exclu-
sively used, will confine the efforts of
the child so closely to the mechanics
of reading, that he will fail to appre
hend the thought, and what should
be a constant source of interest and
pleasure, becomes the merest drudg
ery. Now to avoid all these evils,
the effects of which a»-e so serious, we
must endeavor to take from these
several methods, the helpful elements
of each and so combine them as to
give the child the beuelit of each and,
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I this becomes general and this becomes
have believed that God, at anytime,
left or erected a standard and deman-1 t|ie condition of the people, then the
ed that it should be attained, that church will be full}7 prepared and will
wasn't within the reach of His people.
What would you think of a parent,
who would tell his child to do some-
thing he could not? You would say
he was a brute; but in our lives we
sometimes think God does this, and it j
is a reflection upon Him. From the]
good
reject Christ just as in other times,
Everything is full of starch and we are
proud and can't say "come savior,
come," but this will drive Him from
us and say can't come, my life is
full of starch and my life is stiff and
formal and will reject Him. When
resuUs.
This method appears to be better,
I easier and productive of more
results than any other.
By it the thought habit is secured,
without which there is no true read-
ing) by it the knowledge of words,
which makes sight reading possible, is
enhanced, and by it also the child is
led to help himself, a power which!
fact that we fail to reach out p;k! j 'this conditio W&ista the church will I must be possessed before the child
cover up many of our defects., wfc'cast Vejeet Clu^t and say as those people becomes independent of the teacher.
said, "away with this man and release The combination method demands on |
unto us Barabbas." | the part of the teacher a careful study
of the child's ability and a systematic!
The following excellent article was I advance in the work, step by step,
written-by Miss Luciie Manning, and Thorough mastery should be regard-
read before the Teachers Meeting at ed as an important item, a hasty way
Buffalo, Texas, and by request oi of getting over things is apt to bring]
several of her friends here we publish a class into a helpless, discouraged
same. Miss Luciie has always been
considered one of our brightest young
ladies, and she certainly shows deep
thought in her article on "Primary
Reading;." The teachers, parents and
the responsibility from ou/solves. I
believe that in the beginning God
marked out a life that V-egins, not at
the top, not upon a lw"e2, but there
was to progress at /every step: He
ltd not i»gin at the /ossibility of man
ive but began at a
brief °eP and" i*>ld him to progress
effe" oVtf<!ay, never reaching perfection,
« ir ^"ivhen He chose iu Abraham a
people and when Jacob wrestled with
God all night, this showed the earn-
estness of the spirit which hud been
implanted j'n him, and when day came
and the spirit said let me go, he said
no, he wouldn't; then the blessing
was granted. So tied speaks of the
people of Israel as Hfs own, as a
peculiar people. Now they began a
life of piety, of consecration, of sacri
fice. You study Abraham and his I The subject of Primary
life and everything that God suggested may seem, aud is, quite an old one
to him, be would say, speak Lord, but its importance is in no wise less-
whatever Thou would'st have done I ened by its age. No subject of the
will do it; speak and I will obey, primary school program causes the
Now this spirit marked this people for conscientious teacher more anxiety
centuries and when they went on to a than does the reading.
Miss Luciie on the
children of our school should lead
same, as there is much food for
thought and study to be found in it.
We congratulate
article.
PRIMARY READING.
Reading
| condition, from which it will not easi-
ly emerge. Pauses should be taught
I from the ilrst, as they occur, also in-
llection and Smphases, but these will
be more easily taught bv leading to a
•' O v O
correct understanding of the thought.
n Q
Few of us .realizio the imporiant
relation imagination bears to good
o O
reading, hence sometimes fail to cul-
tivate this power.
Unless the reader is able to mental-
ly reproduce the objects, conditions,
etc., in what'he is to read, he cannot
really express the thought, tho' he |
may ntier the words correctly.
Thought cannot be expressed by
one who does not possess the thought j
himself.
Nowhere in the school course can
certain people that submitted to idols, 'Tis hardly possible to attach
they turned an*l refused to recognize much importance to this one subject,
that they had any authority over them It is expected that a child who enters
-God and Him only had the power, school at the beginning of the term,
Now, did they continue* in this life shall at the close of the term be able
always? No, no, there came a time to read fairly well and with a good
when they fiegan to degrade and step degree of power to help itself.
aside from this life. At first the step When we consider what is neces.sa-
was small and hardly discernible—the ry to reach this condition, the tasks
next step not quite so small and could herein sat to the child's apprehension
be detected, though slightly; the next and memory, we can but feel that the
step was a little greater and they be- work of the first year, in reading
came more frequent and soon degre- alone, is greater than that of any sub-
dation entered the whole world and | sequent year in school. What a
the descent was recognizable So
thev were degraded and at the foot of
the hill and this was the state of
affairs when Jesus came.
Mr. Dixon said that when Christ
came they had reached the bottom
and were prepared to say "away with
this man;" said they had changed
from their former ideas. Continuing
ha said, "Now to our text, Jesus had
come according to the fulfillment of
the scriptures and introduced a state
of which there had been so much
prophesy, and that He had promised;
but mark you from the fact of that
preparation they had gotten so far
away from God until they weie pre-
pared for the rejection. Now, Jesus
responsibility, then, devolves upon us
as primary teachers? The import-
ance of starting a child right in
teaching him to read must, first of all
be fully realized by those who expect
to succeed. The child's mental habit
and power of thought are largely
determined in the first year of school
life. In proof of this, listen to a
child read who has been taught to
merely pronounce words, having no
regard for thought expressed, then
listen to one who has been taught
from the very first to seek thought in
the written form and to persevere 'till
he finds it. The former child is slow,
mechanical, uninterested and indiffor-
ent in all his school work, while the
t°o imagination be dispensed with—it is j
absolutely essential to good reading in
every grade. And moreover, tho'
departing from my subject, a little |
just here, even this faculty of imagin-
tion moro assiduously cultivated, an
increasing appreciation for poetry and
good literature would appear instead
of the too apparent tendency to dis-
card this really, helpful literature, fori
sensational and trashy fiction which!
too easily excite the imagination.
Rut I am trying your patients. In
conclusion let me say to my follow)
primary teachers, let us earnestly
endeavor to teach our pupils one |
thing if no other, that is to read.
If we succeed in this we shall have I
accomplished no little and shall feel
ourselves amply repaid for all efforts
we may have made to reach the de-1
sired end.
came to introduce what had filled the other is quick, active and interested in
heart of every Jew. No man who whatever he undertakes.
reads the Bible but that knows what The importance of teaching the
first started the people from God—the child to seek thought in tho written or
simplicity of the Bible is recognized primary forms should be fully realized
by all, oven the child. Now the peo- and the practice of thus teaching,
pie began to adopt ceremonial services strictly adhered to. If you fail to do
and began to idolize ceremonies and this you are injuring the child's men- J
A letter containing a remittance for
A. E. Dyer's subscriptions, was re-
ceived this week. Thanks.
A. A. Rockwell has our thanks for
one new subscriber and live renewals
for the News,
The News is under obligations to |
A. J. Williams for substantial favors.
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ago is about to expire.
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study, to say that piety is not to that I applies to you. Oh! is that the con- This wo very properly term the
lofty standard with those whom it | dition of any soul to-day? Look "combination method," which I be^ j
effects. I ask your earnest consider- carefully into your condition, tho lieve is more generally used than any
ation to this thought, It is scriptural; tendency is growing and is the taste other at present, and.from it, I think
is biblical and is reasonable. Inever|f01. gospel preaching lost? When ] many teachers are getting splendid
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The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1897, newspaper, January 15, 1897; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414949/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.