Author: Administrador

[You may draw beforehand, on the blackboard, pictures of hands in the positions described, or they may be cut from illustrated papers and pinned on. In either case cover them, and disclose them one by one.] How do we hold our hands, children, when we pray? All of us alike, probably, folded together, and sometimes … Continue reading “AS GOD SEES OUR HANDS—A BLACKBOARD TALK ON PRAYER”

Did you ever see some one whose hands were moderately clean, at least not noticeably dirty, and then place his hand alongside a hand that is as clean as soap and water can make it? How black and filthy seemed the first hand in comparison, although it appeared white enough until the hand that was … Continue reading “CLEAN HANDS AND HEARTS—AN ILLUSTRATION OF SIN AND
SALVATION”

There was once a great artist who suddenly found one day that the brushes with which he was working, and the paints he was applying to his canvas, were in rebellion against him. It was as if they all wanted to be independent; and indeed, the night before, the paint tubes and the brushes, the … Continue reading “THE SILLY PAINTS—A STORY TO TEACH SUBMISSION TO
GOD’S WILL”

Somewhere there is a very remarkable country, in which they have a very strange climate. The weather in this queer land does not depend on sun or rain, on clouds or sky. It depends entirely on the people themselves. If the people are cross, a thunder storm comes up, and the lightnings flash, and everything … Continue reading “A QUEER CLIMATE—A TALK ON TEMPER”

Draw on the board or on a large sheet of paper a great wheel. It will be much better if this can be drawn in the presence of the children. Tell them that this wheel stands for the junior society and its work. Then put in the spokes. Each one of them must stand for … Continue reading “THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WHEEL—A BLACKBOARD TALK FOR
THE JUNIOR SOCIETY”

Prepare seven symbols of seven important Bible journeys, those that teach lessons you wish to impress upon your children. You may not prefer the seven that I have chosen, but I give these as samples. Upon the upper part of your blackboard, or, if you have no blackboard, upon any strip of wood that you … Continue reading “SOME FAMOUS JOURNEYS—A BIBLE-STUDY ILLUSTRATED BY
OBJECTS”

Once there was a little boy who lived in a wretched hut, with his little sister and a very old man, far off in the forest. Though the little boy did not know it, he was a prince, the heir to a great kingdom. Sad to say, he was also a hunch-back, and spent a … Continue reading “THE PRINCE IN THE HOVEL—A SERMON-STORY ON HEAVEN”

[While this talk is intended primarily for Junior Endeavor societies and others that have a pledge, it may be made a general talk on promises.] Once there were four travellers who set out to journey together. They had not gone far before they came to a very dark woods. It grew blacker and blacker, till … Continue reading “THE MAN THAT WOULD NOT BE BOUND—A TALK ON THE PLEDGE”

Once a new office-boy was needed in a certain office, and Tom was hired. Tom was well able to do the work, was quick and energetic, but he lost his place in a week, just because he had no manners. When he brought the letters to his employer’s desk he slammed them down anywhere, and … Continue reading “THE THREE OFFICE-BOYS—A TALK ON GOOD MANNERS AND HOW
THEY HELP TOWARD SUCCESS”

Did you ever hear, children, of the great balloon called Happiness, that God sends us to lift us up over all our sorrows and difficulties and fears? It is not like this balloon I hold in my hand, for you can see this and you cannot see that; but we will let this one stand … Continue reading “THE BALLOON—AN OBJECT LESSON ON HAPPINESS”