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Alexander the Great was one of the few men in history who seemed to deserve his descriptive title. He was energetic, versatile, and intelligent. Although hatred was not generally part of his nature, several times in his life he was tragically defeated by anger. The story is told of one of these occasions, when a … Continue reading “ANGER, UNCONTROLLED”

Salimbene, a thirteenth-century historian, wrote this about the attempt of King Frederick II to raise children without maternal affection: “He wanted to find out what kind of speech children would have when they grew up if they spoke to no one beforehand. So he bade foster mothers and nurses to suckle the children, to bathe … Continue reading “AFFECTION, CHILD’S NEED OF”

Bring before the children the three objects mentioned in the title. Show them first a pure, clean handkerchief, and then one terribly soiled. How can the last be made like the first? And if I use the clean handkerchief right along, day after day, with no washing, it will soon become as bad as the … Continue reading “A CLOTH, A WATCH, A SPRING—AN OBJECT LESSON ON
SABBATH-OBSERVANCE”

I’ve brought you a stone, a beautiful piece of quartz, but O, how dirty! See, I will brush off some of the dirt, and show you the loveliness inside. How bright it is, and how it flashes in the sunlight! But the stone, beautiful as it is, cannot keep itself clean, can it? And so … Continue reading “STONES AND PEOPLE—AN OBJECT LESSON ON A PURE HEART”

There were once two little sunbeams, starting out from the sun. Both were wondrously little, smaller than a cambric needle. Said one, “It’s of no use. I am too small ever to travel that immense distance and reach the earth. I’ll wait till I get bigger.” So that sunbeam stopped where it was, and waited. … Continue reading “STANDING STILL OR MOVING ON—A STORY TO TEACH
HELPFULNESS”

Show the children how sensible and right it is to expect them to take publicly the name of “Christian,” by using the following illustration:— Ask a boy his name. “John.” John what? “John McDonald.” Why is he called McDonald? Because it is his father’s name. But why should he want to carry his father’s name? … Continue reading “NAMES—A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHILDREN, TO SHOW WHY
THEY SHOULD JOIN THE CHURCH”

There was once a boy, named Will, who did something very bad. He told a lie about a schoolmate with whom he was angry, and the teacher punished his schoolmate, deceived by the lie that Will told. At recess Will noticed that the scholars shrank away from him as if they were disgusted and frightened, … Continue reading “THE BLACK HEART—A SERMON-STORY ON TRUTHFULNESS”

Use a large goblet, filled with water colored red to represent wine. It will be crowded with a great variety of little objects, which you will draw out, one by one, and hold up before the children. Tell the children that these things are usually invisible, but that they are hidden away in every glass … Continue reading “WHAT IS IN IT?—A TEMPERANCE OBJECT LESSON”

Prepare yourselves with large and striking pictures of the common animals. Tell the children that God has given the animals into the hands of men, to take care of, but men are doing it so poorly and so unkindly that the animals have come together to talk about it, and make complaint. Ask the children … Continue reading “A CONGRESS OF ANIMALS—AN OBJECT TALK ON KINDNESS TO
OUR DUMB FRIENDS”

[A change in the name of the coin and the description of the pictures on it will adapt this little talk to any other country.] Here is a pile of silver dollars. What a lot of money! And how much good this money has done, passing from hand to hand on its journey over the … Continue reading “DOLLARS—AN OBJECT LESSON ON THE RIGHT USE OF MONEY”