The Duties of a Sabbath-School Teacher
1. CONSTANT and strict punctuality. 2. Thorough acquaintance with the lesson. 3. Regular attendance at the teachers’ meetings. 4. Go to the class with a prayer in your heart. 5. In teaching, be familiar, affectionate, practical, earnest. 6. Converse personally with each pupil respecting his soul. Merely asking the questions on the lesson produces but little good. 7. See that your instructions are enforced by your habitual life and conversation. 8. Study the characters of your pupils,—their tempers, habits, associations, etc.,—and adapt instruction accordingly. 9. Visit the pupils at their homes. 10. Often look at the names of your pupils in the class book, and think of the judgment. 11. Bear each pupil on your heart in daily prayer. 12. Make their salvation the great object of all your instructions. 13. Regard your office as second in importance to none, except that of the pastor and the parent. 14. Cultivate a spirit of ardent piety, self-consecration, and a constant dependence on God for success.—Selected.