| Show I 1 F SERMON TEXT for he taught as one ona having authority I 1 I 1 J speaking from the text tor for lie ho taught as one having authority rov nov mr carver said bald last evening in part the history of teaching and schools would include the history of the race for teaching in some form or other has been universal the roll of students and teachers would include all humanity tor for wo we are arc all students and all teachers many say that the life of a preacher Is one of great responsibility lity for be Is one who should be an example but all aro are alike preachers and teachers and from every life goes forth format live influence our word teach comes mes from the same word as does our word token anti and means to impart that which isto is to he be retained all are giving tokens of influence to those whom they meet strange enough the word school comes from the word echo as is the school is but tho the echo of the teachers life and knowledge oh tle the echo of your character and mine how bov it follows us how it proclaims oil our r true self yes wo we are all teaching others and learning of them too even though alir hairs are arc with age it is a thought which leads to sober reflection there have been many great schools in days gone by there was the one samuel taught when under tinder the rocky shadows he taught a people anew the great faith and loyalty of their ancestors and that one of socrates when in an open porch lie ho developed the thought of a few and through them the thought of twelve centuries also those of the early I 1 mohammedan leaders when they by their zeal and fiary vigor instilled into a race the fanaticism of one man until they would die as gladly for their belief and today the largest farbest school in point of numbers is a Mob amroe dan school at cairo where the koran is taught to over zealous us listeners gi many have been the kinds hinds 0 schools wherein the youth of a world 0 bavo learned their lessons but when tomorrow the great public bools of america open their doors to greet the throngs of youth who shall wend their way thither the greatest school the old world has seen will convene school days again how we wish that we were going with their happy throngs once more mord and yet are we not all scholars in lifes gre great at school the ancient egyptians met mel ah on tiled floors and studied from clay tablets the lessons of oc their day the hindmo and chinese billions gathered in bamboo pagodas and learned from papyrus the roman sat on marble ma floors and studied from parchment our indians learned from tho the painted rock and yet feally heir lesson was ono alt with our own it was the les lesson on or life and its meaning all aimed to be fitted for I 1 life aird an d earlma each age ga and people viewing alte eife from their bowa of vision sought bought to train for that tha 1 t ideal which they beli beheld eld jesus christ the great teacher taught that life is not bounded by death immortality and accountability tabi lity and pardon were his greatest truths and these changed the meaning of life now an education which does not abt fit not only for the life which now is but also for the life to come is shorn of its greatest need we today know that we vc are immortal and this gives to education an added value we today train a life eife for eternity there have been many great te teachers achens each new epoch is usually ushered in by a teacher of Ke remarkable power they have been the real world mold ers mohammed budda confucius moses christ have sharpened the thought of a world overleaped over leaped ages and bound peoples together by their systems of truth many lesser teachers leave held dav sway over classes and creeds for a time only to bo be replaced by others of 0 newer th thought vught but the christ Is as authentic and now a teacher today as when his great truths were first uttered by lake gall lee abelard was wak the worlds most magnetic teacher so said wherever he made his adobe thousands of learners flocked to hear his bis truths once he was banished to the hills bills but his simple hut was soon surrounded by thousands or of students tents but abelard could not teach himself ana his life was a moral wreck and his teaching was soon forgotten tho the greatest credential of the christ truth is the sinless life of tho christ carlst those about us will not give much heed to our words unless our life bears testimony to to them emerson said bald what you are speaks so loudly I 1 cannot hear what you say sav what christ was gives power to ids his words i he is the teacher whom you can trust for ho he himself jias haf proven his message true he arose from the dead therefore you can believe he knew the meaning of death and how to conquer it school days again yes and for you and me who are older life Is ever school time with christ the teacher school days bring the lessons to be learned do you remember how big bl they seemed but have wo we not 0 our ur lessons no now what is the meaning of duty bif t it is 1 not one continual lesson for you and me and is it not a I 1 big lesson and a broad ono one for us I 1 now words like ought and should continually bring new lessons to all who aro are in the school of life and if we have obligations to those about us are there not still greater ones I 1 to our god there Is the great lesson I 1 also which our desires and longings 1 teach us we are never completely satisfied hero hen because immortal souls like ours aro are too great for temporal changing ends to fill only heaven and god cin can truly satisfy and bring peace our temptations to too have their lesson for they tell so plainly of our need of a streng h greater than our own to help us we find that strength in our christ yes all life is one great school wo we aro are all scholars and christ is our great teacher cher how little lops does lop s the child of today foretell the man of tomorrow from paths of lowliness and obscurity the leaders have come coine while those of greater opportunities have been found wanting As wo we see tomorrow tho the man many v on their way to school we cannot ko foretell retell what height or depth they may reach it Is a lesson for you and me no man can limit the reward or pena penalty ty w we may merit save ourselves you are in lifes great school mako make I 1 esus christ your teacher and rejoice to learn leam of him I 1 vy I 1 |
