Author: Administrador

[Show a placard bearing, in plain letters, the words: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”] Once there were two boys named Jack Knowitall and Will Obey. One Sunday Jack Knowitall sat down to study his lessons for Monday. “Why,” said Will Obey, “that is not right.” “Yes, it is,” said Jack Knowitall, “because … Continue reading “WHICH PAID BEST?—A TALK ABOUT SABBATH OBSERVANCE”

Draw on the board before the meeting the outline of a girl. Draw it very faintly, so that you can just see it, and the children cannot see it at all. Begin by saying that there is on the board a girl,—not a real, live girl, but just the shadow, the ghost, of a girl. … Continue reading “THE GREAT PHYSICIAN—A BLACKBOARD TALK”

Bring to the meeting three rules,—one of them painted black, to represent iron; another, silvered; and a third, gilded. The first rule should have printed on it, in white letters, “I will do to others what they do to me.” Show what a common rule this is, and how mean and un-Christlike it is. This … Continue reading “THE THREE RULES—AN OBJECT LESSON ON THE GOLDEN RULE”

Have you ever heard of the boy who always had a good time? I have, and I will tell you how it came about. This boy had a great friend, a friend wiser and more powerful than any friend you ever saw on this earth, and this friend would never let him be unhappy. If, … Continue reading “THE BOY WHO ALWAYS HAS A GOOD TIME—A SERMON-STORY
ABOUT CHRIST’S PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES”

[This might be preceded by the reading or recital of the parable of the Good Samaritan.] Once a boy, as he was going along the road of life, fell among thieves, just like the traveller on his way from Jerusalem to Jericho. The thieves that attacked our boy were Selfishness and Unkindness. They stole his … Continue reading “HE FELL AMONG THIEVES—A TALK ABOUT OUR INVISIBLE
ENEMIES”

[Show the children your watch in the course of your talk.] How do the trees and flowers and sky and sun tell about Jesus, who made them and us beautiful and strong? They do tell about him, you know. As the noble psalm says, “The heavens declare the glory of God,” and the earth declares … Continue reading “TELLING ABOUT JESUS—ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHRISTIAN
TESTIMONY”

Once two seeds of the same kind lay in the ground together. They had waited there many months, and life was growing rather monotonous to them, when they heard a strange voice whispering to them, and bidding them bestir themselves and reach up from the earth into the world that lay around. “But how can … Continue reading “THE SEED THAT DID NOT DARE—A SERMON-STORY ON GROWTH”

A man once set out to make a home. How did he go to work? In the first place, he had a skilful architect draw a plan for a house. In a few weeks the plan was completed, nicely laid out on sheets of paper. Every detail of the house was drawn, so that one … Continue reading “MAKING A HOME—OR, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN”

There was once a fairy palace that was connected in a marvellous way with the people that lived in it. This palace was built by a great wonder-workers, and was in every part most beautiful. Its walls were of the most precious stones, and the furnishings within were elegant and luxurious. A good deal of … Continue reading “THE PALACE THAT GREW—A STORY TO TEACH GROWTH IN THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE”

There was once a very complicated engine, that did a very wonderful work. No engine in the world was like it, and no other engine could turn out such marvellous products. One day, all of a sudden, this engine stopped. The engineer, though he was very familiar with the engine and had worked with it … Continue reading “THE ENGINE THAT STOPPED—A LESSON ON SICKNESS AND
DEATH”