WHO SHOULD TEACH THE CHURCH SCHOOL?
THIS is a serious question. "Let the very best talent that can be secured be selected for these schools. No cheap cast of mind should be placed in our church schools. The very best is required for educating and moulding the human mind." Consecrated ability is the qualification for the church school. Can the public school teacher do the work? If you desire a public school, of course select a public school teacher; but if you desire a Christian school, the teacher needs a thorough understanding of the principles of Christian education, and the methods to be followed in the church school. Many make a mistake by supposing that a church school differs from a public school only in the fact that the former is taught by a Christian who believes in introducing some Bible study. This idea is far from right. Christian education is a system separate and distinct from popular education, and is as different from it as light is from darkness. Christian education is a spiritual education; its first, last, and only object is to develop the inner nature. Popular education appeals to the physical and mental, but can not approach the spiritual, for "spiritual things are spiritually discerned." The teacher chosen of God must, then, sit at the Master's feet, and learn of him. Having access to the fountain of living water, he refreshes the souls of the pupils from the same source.