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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

the teacher. It is this responsibility and opportunity which makes the work of the Sunday-school teacher a task of supreme privilege. It would seem hardly neces­sary to say that for such a task the most conscien­tious aad "thorough preparation is necessary. What are the first steps in such a preparation? Is it not clear that we should consider somewhat more in detail the elements of this all important work of nurture in which as teachers we shall be called upon to engage? Pupil Nature. The first fundamental principle which it is necessary for us to understand and act upon is this : The nature of the pupil determines the materials and methods of nurture. Just as the gardeaer blows that the nature of the plant deter-mines the soil and the methods of culture for suc­cessful growth, so the religious teacher should un­derstand that the nature of the pupil, and not her own fancies, must be determinative if there is to be real religious nurture. Says Patterson Du Bois : . "What determines whether or not any course that I choose to lay out

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