Author: Administrador

What is this? A chisel. And what is this? A chisel, too. But what a difference! The first is bright and clean, sharp at the edge, and beautiful as well as useful. The second is black and rusty, ugly to look at, and as for the edge, it is so battered that you could cut … Continue reading “TOOLS—AN OBJECT TALK ABOUT THE USE OF PAIN”

If you are near any school that has even a small assortment of physical apparatus, the instrument for the following illustration may be obtained ready made. Otherwise, paint a circular disk of cardboard, one-third blue, one-third red, and one-third yellow. Fasten this to a block of wood in such a way that it can be … Continue reading “THE BLUES—AN OBJECT LESSON IN HAPPINESS”

I want to tell you about a boy who was very fond of stories of adventure. He liked especially to read about the old knights, and how they fought with giants, and killed dragons, and rescued beautiful ladies. One day he was talking about it with his mother, and he asked whether there were no … Continue reading “KNIGHTS AND DRAGONS—A SERMON-STORY”

[Let the lamp that is used be one with a clear glass bowl, through which both oil and wick can be seen. For burning the oil, put a little in a saucer.] I want you to see what is in this lamp. Here is a bowl, full of clear oil. In it is a wick, … Continue reading “LAMPWICKS—AN OBJECT LESSON CONCERNING GLUTTONY”

Here are two pots of earth. One is crowned with a beautiful Easter lily, pure, and white, and beautiful, rising out of its green leaves. The other is all black and ugly. But what is this? A bulb, an Easter lily bulb. See! I will plant it in the black earth, and now both flower-pots … Continue reading “BULBS—AN EASTER OBJECT LESSON”

Did you ever hear the story of St. Christopher, my children? The story is not true, but it teaches a beautiful lesson. Here it is. Christopher was a very strong man, whose business it was to take people across a very swift river. One night, in the midst of a terrible storm, a little child … Continue reading “ST. CHRISTOPHER—A SERMON-STORY ABOUT BURDEN-BEARING”

[Illustrate with a little bottle of dirty water and one of pure water, to show at the close.] There was once a drop of muddy water, just like the dirty water in this little bottle. It lay in the middle of one of the blackest puddles in the whole length of the road. Horses splashed … Continue reading “MUDDY WATER—OR, HOW TO GET RID OF OUR SINS”

How to read the Bible may be very effectively taught by showing the children how not to read it, and then emphasizing the contrary. Bring before the children a pile of books. Here is one, you see, that has its leaves stuck together, here, and here, and here. Why was that done? Because between those … Continue reading “HOW NOT TO READ THE BIBLE—AN OBJECT LESSON”

It will be a great assistance to you, in fixing upon the minds of the children the Ten Commandments, in reviewing them, and getting the children to talk about them and pray about them, if you set before them ten appropriate symbols. I should write or print the Ten Commandments very distinctly, either on two … Continue reading “SYMBOLS OF THE COMMANDMENTS—AN OBJECT LESSON”

[This plan may he applied to the Dark Continent, or, indeed, to any other mission land.] Get a large map of Asia, or, still better, draw yourself a large outline map. Lay it flat on the table, or incline it a little so that the children can see it. It might be best to stretch … Continue reading “THE LIGHTS OF ASIA—A MISSIONARY OBJECT LESSON”