CHAPTER XXIV
CONVERSION--THE REAL TEST OF TEACHING
OUTLINE--CHAPTER XXIV
Character, a great power in conversion.--Our concern the converted
teacher and also the converted pupil.--The converted teacher
believes what he teaches.--The converted teacher practices what he
teaches.--The force of "Come, follow me."--What makes for
conversion.--The teacher's obligation to kindle the spiritual
fire.--His obligation to feature testimony-bearing.--His obligation
to take his pupils where they will feel the spirit of testimony.
A number of years ago a young graduate of one of our eastern
universities was employed to teach science in a school in Japan. He was
employed with the understanding that though he was free to advance
whatever scientific theories he chose he should say nothing about his
Christian religion. He accepted the conditions gladly, and during the
first year of his service was careful not even to mention Christianity.
He not only taught his classes in science, but he joined with the boys
in their athletics and in their social life generally. Being both an
athlete and a leader, he was soon looked to as the life of the school.
His clean life was an inspiration. He inevitably set a Christian
standard.
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