HOMELY HINTS

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SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

"IF A SMALL SEED WILL PRODUCE A LARGE TREE, A SINGLE
FEATHER TURN A SCALE, AND A MERE SPARK KINDLE

A CONFLAGRATION, WHY SHOULD I FEAR THAT AN

OLD MAN'S WORDS, COMING WARM FROM HIS
HEART, WILL BE ALTOGETHER
WORTHLESS?"

LONDON:

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION,

60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1843.

5. Do you Study the Habits of Young People?

6. Do you look Backwards and Forwards?

7. Are you Prayerful, Hopeful, and Trustful?

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8. Are you Patient and Persevering?

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9. Do you abhor Deceit

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10. Do you turn Passing Occurrences to Advantage? 110

14. Do you know that Knowledge is not Wisdom?

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16. A Sprig of Holly for a Sunday School Teacher.

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EPHRAIM HOLDING'S

HOMELY HINTS.

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT IT?

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AND have I lived in the world till my grey, without picking up a thought that may be useful to a Sunday school teacher? Surely not. Have I nothing to say that will lighten his spirit, encourage his heart, strengthen his hand, quicken his foot, or increase his zeal in the enterprize he has undertaken? Oh, yes, I hope so! If a small seed will produce a large tree, a single feather turn a scale, and a mere spark kindle a conflagration, why should I fear that an old man's words, coming warm from his heart, will be altogether worthless?

Putting it down as an axiom, as I do, that no

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