Morning Star

A FAITHFUL SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER.

"Not a day goes over my head, but that I pray for you." So said a Sabbath school teacher to certain members of his class who were present at a prayer meeting. "Come to the Savior," said he,—"O that I could see you come." "Not a day goes over my head but that I pray for you." Here is Christian faithfulness. This is doing the work of a Sabbath school teacher. We speak in no spirit of complaining or fault-finding; but the truth is, there are too many Sabbath school teachers that are wanting in faithfulness. In the Sabbath school itself, they content themselves with a cold, dry repetition of the lesson to be recited. They do not interest themselves in the lesson; perhaps, they have hardly looked at it. They make no effort by simple figures and simple stories to give the members of their classes an understanding of the word of God. And such being their teachings in the Sabbath school, we might expect a corresponding neglect out of it. So it is. They are not particularly concerned for the salvation of the souls committed to their trust. They converse with them, seldom, if ever, upon the subject of religion.— They do not "enter into their closets" with the burden of these souls upon them. They would think it a great fault in a pastor if, forgetting his calling, he should be so neglectful and indifferent. And so it would. But the Sabbath school teacher must be faithful as well as the minister. They are fellow-laborers.— They both hold responsible places. And if our Sabbath school teachers and our Bible-class teachers would take more interest in the spiritual wants of those under their instruction; if they would remember them at the throne of grace; if they would not let "a day go over their head," without praying for them; if they would lead them to the inquiry meeting, and to the house of prayer, we should soon see a different state of things in many of our churches. Sabbath school teachers, will you think of this? Are you doing your duty?

C.