,transcriber's ,notes3 ,italicized text is rendered as text1 bold text is rendered as text4 ,illustration3 ,the book's cover ,the ,gospel ,object ,book ,by ,,rev4 ,,clarence ,h4 ,,woolston1 ,d4,d4 ,the ,,rodeheaver ,,hall-,,mack ,co #bh ,east ,jackson ,boulevard ,,chicago #abd ,north ,fifteenth ,street ,,philadelphia ,,copyright #aibe ,,by ,w4,p4 ,,blessing ,,co4 ,printed in ,u4,s4,a4 ,dedication ,,this book is dedicated to the wonderful children of the ,cedar ,falls 7,iowa7 ,bible ,conference4 ,they have seen these lessons during the summers of #aibc and #aibd4 ,many of them thus seeing have entered the ,glad ,game of the ,christian4 ,i wish also to acknowledge the brotherly kindness of ,rev4 ,parley ,e4 ,zartmann1 ,d4,d41 the spiritual director of the ,conference which made my meeting with the children possible4 ,this book is now sent forth on its mission1 every lesson crowned with the smiles of the ,happy ,children of ,cedar ,falls1 ,iowa4 ,c4 ,h4 ,woolston1 ,d4,d4 ,study of the ,east ,baptist ,church1 ,philadelphia1 ,pa41 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,,preface ,,jesus said to ,peter--,lovest thou me--and when ,peter had given his answer ,jesus said ,feed my ,lambs4 ,the ,master told him first to ,feed the ,lambs1 afterward he said ,feed my ,sheep4 ,jesus put first things first4 ,did ,peter obey this command8 ,we have no record of him giving especial attention to the ,lambs4 ,i imagine he was like the most and best of us--he forgot the ,lambs4 ,let us try to remember what ,jesus said4 ,feed the ,lambs4 ,the best way is to get them through the eye4 ,children see #ah times more through the eye than they hear through the ear4 ,eighty per cent of all the knowledge we receive from the cradle to the grave comes through the eye4 ,it is the ,big ,highway with wide gates ever open to the heart of a child4 ,the moving pictures of the day are visited daily in the ,united ,states by six million of little children4 ,this one1 thing they are doing for the children3 they are training them to look and see things2 they are learning to be good lookers2 they come to us in our ,sunday ,schools and children's meetings with eyes trained to look and happy is the teacher if he can show them truth4 ,this he can do by object lessons4 ,i have talked to over a million and a half of children by the use of objects2 many of them have grown into adulthood and often when ,i talk to them of other days1 they rehearse these lessons to me and ,i can thus see how well they remember and how deep and lasting is the impression made when truth enters the eye4 ,it enters to stay4 ,these visual lessons outlined in this book will help you to ,feed the ,lambs4 ,somewhere ,i read the other day1 about the boy who was present when ,christ was feeding the multitude and this was the analysis that the teacher made of the boy with the loaves and fishes4 ,first you will always find the boy in a crowd4 ,second1 he always looks out for his stomach and so brought with him his lunch4 ,third1 he can be worked and won if he is approached in the proper way1 and to find the proper way is to find the golden key which unlocks a golden heart that will welcome the entrance of the golden truth of ,jesus4 ,one of the first principles of the knowledge of a child is that he is all eyes4 ,psychologists tell us that we see eighteen times more than we hear1 but no psychologist has ever been able yet to figure out how much a boy can see4 ,it seems to me that he sees fifty times more than he hears4 ,that has been my experience1 as ,i have labored with a million and a half boys and girls4 ,hence it is the first principle of the art of knowing children1 the quickest and best way to teach them is through the eye1 and so the use of pictures and objects and all things which appeal to the child's eye are master keys that unlock hearts4 ,they receive the impressions through the eye1 and these they seldom ever cast away4 ,in discovering a child1 always remember what a child may be and what he is now4 ,we must have this long look into the future or we won't be able to look into the present1 ,he is a whole congress of possibilities4 ,possibilities are the seeds that may germinate into a mighty force for good or evil4 ,there was once a teacher in old ,new ,england who taught a little district school1 who had the gift of reading the possibilities of her children and trying to develop those possibilities4 ,her name was ,miss ,crochet4 ,she could easily tell whether the disorderly boy was vicious or suffering from an overdose of animation4 ,she understood children4 ,one day while she was at prayer1 a little boy in her class laughed out loud4 ,after the prayer she said1 ,who was that laughing while ,i was praying8 ,a little bit of a fellow held up his hand and said he did the laughing4 ,the teacher said1 ,what were you laughing at8 ,something that ,billy said1 who sits next to me4 ,billy1 what did you tell him that caused him to laugh8 ,i saw a little mouse4 ,what did you say about that mouse1 ,billy8 ,he said1 ,while ,miss ,crochet was saying her prayer a little gray mouse ran down the stairs4 ,of course1 all the children laughed and the teacher said1 ,that was very bright1 ,billy4 ,i think you have got the making of a poet in you4 ,at least ,i am going to satisfy myself on that point4 ,so ,billy was called to the front4 ,miss ,crochet1 wanting to find out something about the boy1 looked down at him and said1 ,i wonder if there is a possibility of making a poet out of this child4 ,it certainly sounded so when he composed his first lines of poetry4 ,so she said to him1 ,i will see whether you are a boy of mischief and interrupted my prayer as a disorderly act1 or whether it was simply an overflow of an unrestrained impulse to say words poetically4 ,i will give you three minutes to compose another line4 ,if you do it in that time1 and it is as good as your first lines1 ,i will not punish you1 but if you do not1 ,i shall bring my rod down over your shoulder4 ,so she said to him1 ,compose your lines in three minutes or take your punishment4 ,one minute passed1 the second minute passed and there was no response from the boy4 ,the teacher said1 ,there is only one minute left1 now speak or be punished4 ,the little fellow lifted up his head and said1 ,here ,i stand by the side of ,miss ,crochet1 when she brings down the rod1 ,i intend to dodge it4 ,she laughed1 they all laughed1 she said he would make a bright boy4 ,she encouraged him in the writing of lines and he afterwards became a poet of fame4 ,she understood ,billy and so made ,billy great4 ,don't forget the boy is all eyes4 ,fill them full of truth4 ,what you tell him may go in one ear and out the other but what you show him will not go in one eye and out the other eye4 ,what does go in the eyes will stick in the head4 ,and so the truth is carved in with it4 ,the boy likes to see things1 so show him ,bible truth4 ,that is the way to interest him1 ,it is a sin to make ,bible truth uninteresting4 ,know the child1 and that will go a long way to prevent you from committing this sin4 ,c4 ,h4 ,,woolston ,philadelphia1 ,pa4 ,,contents ,,page ,,introduction 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44444444444444 vi ,,chapter ,i4 ,,the ,,ten ,,demandments 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444 #a ,,ii4 ,,object ,,teaching ,,in ,,the ,,bible 4444444444444444444444444444444444 #d ,,iii4 ,,understanding ,,your ,,object 444444444444444444444444444444444444 #g ,,iv4 ,,incense ,,lessons 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444 #i ,v4 ,,the ,,burning ,,of ,,the ,,idol 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 #aj ,,vi4 ,,ears ,,open ,,to ,,god',s ,,call 444444444444444444444444444444444444444 #aa ,,vii4 ,,it ,,will ,,all ,,be ,,right ,,at ,,last 444444444444444444444444444444444 #ab ,,viii4 ,,the ,,making ,,of ,a ,,christian 44444444444444444444444444444444444 #ac ,,ix4 ,,the ,,hand ,,of ,,faith 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44444 #af ,x4 ,,before ,,and ,,after 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444 #ag ,,xi4 ,,why ,i ,,should ,,join ,,the ,,church 4444444444444444444444444444444444 #ah ,,xii4 ,,seeing ,,the ,,sermon 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444 #ai ,,xiii4 ,,the ,,big ,,six 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 444444444 #bj ,,xiv4 ,,how ,,god ,,sees ,,things 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44 #ba ,,xv4 ,,john #c3af ,,in ,,colors 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 444 #bc ,,xvi4 ,,the ,,gospel ,,according ,,to ,,the ,,magnet 444444444444444444444444444 #be ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,star ,,box 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44444444 #bf ,,xviii4 ,,how ,,mary ,,lost ,,her ,,beautiful ,,doll 444444444444444444444444444 #bi ,,xix4 ,,the ,,prodigal ,,son ,,in ,,rags 4444444444444444444444444444444444444 #ca ,,xx4 ,,what ,,can ,,take ,,away ,,my ,,sins 444444444444444444444444444444444444 #ce ,,xxi4 ,,the ,,gospel ,,copy ,,book 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4 #cg ,,xxii4 ,,in ,,his ,,keeping 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 444444 #ch ,,xxiii4 ,a ,,candle ,,light ,,lesson 44444444444444444444444444444444444444 #dj ,,xxiv4 ,,those ,,ten ,,friends ,,of ,,mine 44444444444444444444444444444444444 #db ,,xxv4 ,,the ,,heavenly ,,mail ,,for ,,the ,,disciples 44444444444444444444444444 #dd ,,xxvi4 ,,there',s ,a ,,message ,,in ,,the ,,candle 44444444444444444444444444444 #df ,,xxvii4 ,,the ,,long ,,and ,,short ,,of ,,it 44444444444444444444444444444444444 #dh ,,xxviii4 ,,pulling ,,out ,,the ,,nail ,,holes 44444444444444444444444444444444 #ej ,,xxix4 ,,the ,,buried ,,bible 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444 #ea ,,xxx4 ,,the ,,christmas ,,candle 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4 #ef ,,introduction ,,when the disciples were concerned as to precedence and position in the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 ,jesus took a little child1 and set him in the midst of them4 ,the act was in itself full of significance2 and the teaching ,he gave in connection therewith1 abides for all time1 a clear revelation of ,kingdom conditions and obligations4 ,it is only as men and women become as little children that they can enter into that ,kingdom2 and the measure in which they approximate to the child spirit1 is the means of their greatness therein4 ,further--any one receiving a little child receives the ,lord--the child is forever the ambassador of the throng2 rather than cause one such to stumble1 it were preferable to pass out of life by a violent way4 ,these little ones are to be held therefore in high honour--never despised4 ,to gather and hold the children it is necessary1 not only to understand the child1 but also to be of the child spirit4 ,the study of child psychology is fascinating1 and of great value2 but one may be an expert therein1 and never attract a little one4 ,to do that1 the very tone and temper of childhood is necessary4 ,the writer of this book1 ,dr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,woolston1 fulfils these conditions in the most conspicuous way2 and is fulfilling the obligations with the most radiant success4 ,he has dedicated the book to ,the ,children of ,cedar ,falls4 ,he might have dedicated it to children in every centre where he has worked among them4 ,it is fitting1 however1 that ,i should be privileged to write a brief foreword to this book because it is here1 at ,cedar ,falls1 that ,i have seen most of him at his work1 though ,i have seen his work also at ,winona ,lake4 ,i am certain that ,i speak1 not only for myself but for all the speakers at this ,conference1 and for those who have attended it1 when ,i say that one of the supreme things of delight and of light has been ,dr4 ,woolston and his bairns4 ,the children gather about him1 and follow him round1 not only to their own meetings1 but to adult gatherings like bees about the flowers4 ,moreover1 when he is at work1 there is invariably a fringe of children of an older growth at his meetings4 ,in his eyes are the dancing lights of childhood yet1 and he radiates the child spirit4 ,what wonder then that the bairns love him1 and ,god uses him so wonderfully to shepherd and feed the lambs of his flock4 ,the reader of these talks will not have the wonderful personality of the writer1 but they will surely find much of the charm of his remarkable ability to talk to children1 not patronizingly as one apart and aloof1 but in close comradeship1 as one of themselves1 gleeful in their glee1 tender in their sorrows1 sympathetic with their trials1 representing to them the ,lord and ,lover of them all4 ,with unbounded affection for the man1 and confidence in his work1 ,i commend this book to all who love the ,lord ,jesus ,christ in sincerity and truth1 and who therefore perforce are lovers of the little ones4 ,g4 ,,campbell ,,morgan ,,chapter ,i ,,the ,,ten ,,demandments ,a ,chapter to be often read as we study the art of object teaching4 ,follow these #aj ,rules--they are ,ten ,steps to the ,palace of ,success ,,the ,,ten ,,demandments ,,in teaching children and others how to visualize ,god's truth1 we must remember the ,ten ,demandments and keep them4 ,first ,demandment3 ,you must love the child4 ,preaching to children is an affair of the heart4 ,you must love them before you can reach them with the truth4 ,a teacher seeking to win and teach little hearts must first have the degree of ,l4 ,l4 ,c4 which being interpreted means ,love ,little ,children4 ,god will confer on you this degree4 ,don't begin until ,god marks you with it4 ,second ,demandment3 ,you must remember that the eye is the child's open door to the heart4 ,it is eighteen times larger than the ear gate4 ,they receive eighteen times more truth by their eyes than they do through their ears4 ,they are always seeing things4 ,you must remember this--sayeth the ,second ,demandment4 ,third ,demandment3 ,you must believe in the large opportunity and high privileges of working with children4 ,it is the mountain top of importance4 ,it is dealing with the largest soul value of the world4 ,it yields quickly its reward4 ,be first on the ground4 ,it is the richest ground in the ,kingdom of ,heaven4 ,it brings early harvest--a harvest of ,gold4 ,fourth ,demandment3 ,you must learn to know the child1 study him like you would a book1 or as carefully as you do your lessons4 ,study him at close range1 and by loving contact4 ,chum with him4 ,the best text book on the child question is the child himself4 ,master your object as well as your subject4 ,this is the highest teaching of the highest order4 ,read ,chapter ,,iii of this book4 ,fifth ,demandment3 ,you must use short words4 ,little folks like to catch your meaning at first hearing4 ,listen to them as they talk one with another4 ,they use but few words1 and they are short and to the point4 ,use common words1 because they use them4 ,don't use silly words or baby talk1 or speak in an unnatural tone of voice4 ,they don't like affected tones4 ,they don't talk that way when they address each other4 ,they don't want you to talk to them in that fashion4 ,they call it silly and sissy4 ,it takes an educated man to use their language1 but go to the ,university of ,childhood and learn there to be an uncommon talker--which means--talk the talk of childhood4 ,sixth ,demandment3 ,you must be brief4 ,much of our work with children is useless1 because it is over done in the matter of time4 ,cut it short so it will cut in--always just when they want more1 and the next time1 they will be glad to listen to you4 ,clothe your ideas in short sentences4 ,seldom use words over two syllables1 and even then make them the words they use when they are doing their own talking4 ,in using the objects always hold them up in full view of the children1 and keep them there4 ,in a short sentence name the object you are thus about to use4 ,it will keep them from spending the time wondering what the object might be4 ,let the object talk and it will4 ,make your talk short1 and stop when you are through4 ,be brief1 but full of ideas4 ,seventh ,demandment3 ,you must be sure to preach the ,bible4 ,to get the ,bible into their hearts is your task4 ,stick to your task4 ,all truth is good1 but ,bible truth is best4 ,use the best with little hearts4 ,the ,bible is the greatest story book in the world4 ,that is the reason little folks like it when you tell them the wonder stories out of it4 ,show them a story4 ,clothe a lad in oriental garb1 and call him ,joseph1 and while they are looking at him1 tell them the much loved story of ,joseph and his brethren4 ,give the boy a lunch basket1 and tell the story of the boy that supplied five thousand with his lunch one day when he passed the basket and its contents1 over to the ,master4 ,this is putting the story over by objects1 and it puts it in and under and it sticks for all time4 ,eighth ,demandment3 ,you must begin with the known1 and work up to the unknown in the handling of objects4 ,jesus asked for a drink of water from the ,samaritan woman and from that water from ,jacob's well from which she had drawn the water for her home since childhood1 ,he began to reveal to her the water of ,life1 and she drank from that fountain1 and her home town in ,samaria had a ,billy ,sunday awakening from the well of ,jacob4 ,jesus began with water from the ,well of ,jacob4 ,he ended with a talk about the water which cometh down from above4 ,it will help you and greatly vary your program if you ask the children to bring their own objects with them some times which they have found by the wayside1 and then you may give them a spiritual lesson4 ,they will never forget the lesson1 and often1 in other days1 when they see those objects again1 they will remember your lesson4 ,ninth ,demandment3 ,you must not be afraid of object lessons which may have a little slant in them toward a happy little surprise4 ,sometimes the effect we were not looking for makes the most lasting impression4 ,it is this quality that makes a fairy tale so fascinating to children4 ,wonder objects can make truth as charming as the ways of fairies4 ,wonder objects provoke curiosity1 and curiosity is the mother of attention4 ,this is the best type of attention4 ,look over the wonder lessons of this book and work them4 ,children never forget a thing as long as they continue to wonder about it4 ,tenth ,demandment3 ,you must pray over and about your objects4 ,just as the minister prays over the elements of the ,lord's ,supper1 so pray over your objects4 ,god can bless things as well as words1 and this ,he will do if both things and words are used for ,his glory4 ,these ,ten ,demandments are like ten guiding stars throbbing in the night4 ,all of them are ,pilot ,stars seeking to guide the wise lovers of children as did their ,father's star long ago to the place where the young child lay4 ,,chapter ,,ii ,,object ,,teaching ,,in ,,the ,,bible ,in this chapter we find the ,bible authority and example for ,object ,teaching4 ,read this chapter before you give your first lesson ,,object ,,teaching ,,in ,,the ,,bible ,,the ,bible is the teacher's best handbook of object training4 ,this is true because the ,bible is an oriental book1 and the orientals received truth through symbols and visual instruction4 ,their mannerisms were symbolical1 their holy writings radiant with visualized truth4 ,so the ,bible weaves into its cloth of truth this gorgeous method of appeal4 ,hence the ,bible is something to look at as well as to read through4 ,the oriental mind grasped truth and the human mind elsewhere is cast in the same mould4 ,the universal mind follows the same program4 ,the perfect art of the religious teacher is to teach ,bible truth in the ,bible method1 and that method is through the eye-gate into the kingdom of the soul4 ,let us wander through the wonderland of the ,bible that we may learn the perfect art of great teaching4 ,the prophet ,ezekiel was commanded to go out and set his face toward ,jerusalem1 and there1 in the presence of the people hold aloft his sword and drop it to the ground and say ,a sword is also sharpened meaning that war was soon to come down upon them1 and the sword of battle was sharpened for the fray4 ,god was against them1 and because of their sins they were to be punished4 ,jeremiah also was an object teacher for ,god and this was one of the lessons he taught the people4 ,he saw a potter shaping a vessel and it was marred in his hands4 ,it was defective in substance4 ,too much earth1 and not enough of clay4 ,he broke the marred vessel and made another of better stuff2 by this object lesson1 the prophet declared1 ,israel was defective2 it had in its composition too much earth2 it was marred with idol dust and earthly parts and so ,god would break ,israel and make it over again4 ,jeremiah at another time produced two baskets of figs and set them before the ,lord in the temple4 ,one basket contained good figs1 and the other basket spoiled figs4 ,the prophet explained this object lesson by saying the-basket of good figs were ,god's good people4 ,god will keep them and save them4 ,the bad figs represented the unfaithful people1 and they shall be scattered over the earth4 ,this same prophet once took a girdle and hid it from sight in a dark damp place where it finally became mouldy and worthless4 ,then he brought it forth before the people and holding it up said1 ,this girdle represents ,god's people who have left the true fold1 and joined themselves to idols of the heathen races4 ,they are no longer a fit girdle to wrap around ,his loins as ,his peculiar and holy peoples4 ,the prophet explains ,cleave unto your ,god1 as the girdle clings to the body1 so shall ye be kept close to him4 ,once more1 this same prophet took a parchment and before all the people wrote thereon the sins of the people4 ,he then read it once to them1 rolled it up and bound a stone about it and cast it into the river saying1 ,so shall ,babylon be destroyed and pass away4 ,this same object teaching prophet called the order of ,rechabites before him and set before them ten pots of wine and ordered them to drink thereof1 which of course they refused to do1 and quoted the law of their clan in defense of their act4 ,the prophet then said--so will you obey your earthly leaders1 and their laws1 but will not obey ,god and his heavenly commandments4 ,so we learn from these illustrations1 that ,god taught ,his people in their early days to ,see ,truth4 ,objects were ,his text books4 ,his first manuscript on the art of object teaching ,he flung out upon the heavens1--it was the beautiful rainbow which was an object to look at and when it appeared they were to remember its teachings4 ,there should never be another ,deluge to destroy the world4 ,ever since that day when ,he wants the earth to look up and see ,his gorgeous object lesson1 ,he sends forth the thunder to herald its appearance4 ,he washes out the atmosphere with ,his rain that they can gaze upon it1 and flashes out the lightning that their eyes may be arrested to behold it4 ,then in glorious peace1 with sunshine dancing on its arching curves1 ,he hangs out ,his object lesson1 and we look and remember the promises of ,god4 ,behold an object lesson in colors6 ,but1 it has been remarked1 this was ,god's method in teaching the races back in their nursery days1 but now the kindergarten days are passed1 and we are living in the golden age of civilization and philosophy1 and we must put away childish things4 ,let me remind you that ,jesus and ,moses are alike as to method4 ,they both represented the ,father1 so both utilize the same method4 ,they both taught by objects4 ,moses of the ,old ,testament times1 and ,jesus of the advanced ,new ,testament times4 ,jesus knew the human heart and ,he knew it was best for ,his day so to teach1 for we receive eighteen times more truth through the eyes than through the ear4 ,jesus used this royal1 broad and open wide road to the soul4 ,it was the best in the days of ,moses4 ,it was the best in the days of ,jesus1 because it was the surest and quickest and most lasting of all methods4 ,jesus left us two ordinances--the baptism of the believer and the ordinance of the ,lord's ,supper4 ,both of these ordinances are built around objects--water1 bread and wine4 ,all stand for the highest things in our holy faith4 ,these two ordinances are both holy pantomimes1 which by action1 and use of objects1 the faith of heaven is perpetuated among men4 ,this was the ,master's method--make it yours4 the ,master's truth in the ,master's way is the masterful way of telling forth the message of ,peace on ,earth ,good ,will ,toward ,men4 ,,chapter ,,iii ,,understanding ,,your ,,object ,know your subject well1 but know also your object4 ,know the latter just a little better4 ,this chapter will help you to do this task ,,understanding ,,your ,,object ,,before you teach young folks or old folks1 fix it in your mind that it is just as important to understand your object as well as your subject4 ,it is not sufficient that we know our subject well--this we must do1 of course4 ,we must have a full knowledge of the subject and then some more1 but this does not make us a ,master teacher4 ,a teacher training class only goes half way in making us fit if it simply prepares us to teach the subject matter of the lesson4 ,you must also understand the object4 ,and the object is the child before you4 ,so often all the teaching is over their heads4 ,they don't see the point4 ,there is no point1 to them4 ,how can they see it if in their minds it does not exist8 ,when the lesson is over they are glad4 ,glad it is all over1 and they don't know what it is all about4 ,the teacher did not know the full lesson4 ,she was full of her subject--she was ignorant of her object4 ,she did not understand the child4 ,understand your object and by this we mean--understand the child4 ,always remember the true child is not only a miniature adult and so dismiss the thought at that--only a man in the making he doesn't count much until he grows up and is not worthy special study in the period of making4 ,this is crotchet thinking4 ,he belongs to as distinctive a race as does the man of eighty4 ,he has his own laws1 his own reasons for acting1 and every act has a meaning all his own4 ,it becomes our business to discover the reasons why he says those words and to discuss their meaning with him4 ,we must try to see as the child sees1 and look at things from his viewpoint4 ,it is related that one of the most famous artists of his day had a compelling ambition to paint the face of children4 ,he was a pronounced failure4 ,the faces he painted resembled those of sober adults4 ,he could not dash into his pictures the touch of youth4 ,he did not understand children4 ,he could not see with their eyes4 ,one day1 when his study door was open1 a little fellow came in and stood gazing at a picture leaning up against the wall1 its base resting on the floor4 ,by and by the artist saw him get down on all fours and gaze with passionate intensity at the picture4 ,the artist said ,i would give most anything if ,i could see what he sees4 ,you can1 said a voice in the halls of his mind1 if you look at the picture from his level4 ,so the artist got down on his knees beside the child and looked at his own picture from the child's level4 ,what he saw he never related1 but after that hour1 he painted the ,angelic ,faces--a picture admired the world over4 ,he had found out a secret4 ,he had seen things from a child's level4 ,what a miracle it is to know this6 ,i would climb the highest mountain1 pierce the darkest jungle1 cross the wildest sea1 explore the trackless desert1 push on through the maddest night1 gird the earth a score of times--just to find him4 ,i would rather know the child and understand him1 so ,i could reach his little soul than to have discovered the ,north ,pole4 ,once upon a time there was a teacher who was instructing her class of boys on the lesson of ,jonah4 ,she was a graduate of a string of teacher-training classes4 ,she had gone the limit in preparing her lesson4 ,she was full of the subject4 ,she talked over the heads of the boys4 ,they did not understand even a little bit of the lesson4 ,after she had finished1 she turned to her class and said ,now boys1 what does the story of ,jonah teach you8 and one little fellow piped out1 ,please1 teacher1 the story of ,jonah teaches me that you can't keep a good man down4 ,the teacher turned to young ,george and administered to him a stinging rebuke1 ,how dare you1 said she1 on the ,sabbath ,day1 in ,god's house and before the open ,bible1 make light of religious matters8 ,i am ashamed of you4 ,if you were my son ,i would feed you on bread and water for a week4 ,little ,george kept his eye on the door1 wondering if he could1 with safety1 make his escape4 ,he never came again4 ,now the teacher knew ,jonah1 but she didn't know ,george4 ,if she had said to ,george1 ,now1 ,george1 that wasn't exactly the reply that ,i wanted1 but ,i am glad that you have got a thought about the lesson4 ,come to my house next ,tuesday night and take supper with me and ,i will show you pictures of ,jonah and tell you stories about this wonderful man and then ,i think you will get it right in your head4 ,if she had tried this method she would have got the real ,jonah into ,george and she would have gotten ,george into her heart4 ,if she had known as much about ,george as she did about ,jonah1 she would have known that that reply was a bit of pleasantry1 coming spontaneously from a young heart4 ,she did not understand her object4 ,,chapter ,,iv ,,incense ,,lessons ,objects3 ,common ,incense ,cones ,,incense ,,lessons ,,children like to watch incense burn4 ,in their imagination they see dancing around in the little columns of smoke strange and wonderful little shapes4 ,let us try to cause these smoke columns to tell ,god's great message4 ,incense is frequently mentioned in the ,bible4 ,it ascended from the golden altar of the ,tabernacle and was burning night and day4 ,it was never out4 ,it stood for prayer1 and we will now try and find out what it says to us about talking to ,god4 ,call to the platform a number of boys and girls each holding a little plate3 a tin plate will answer4 ,put on each plate about four incense cones1 which can be easily secured in the shops4 ,one cone is not sufficient to give enough smoke to be seen distinctly by the entire audience4 ,say to the children as you light the cones1 that incense reminds us of prayer1 because the smoke ascends just as our prayers go up2 and also tell them how to pray and how thoughtful they should be as they pray1 for ,god hears every word they say4 ,for prayers go up like incense4 ,in the old ,temple the incense was always burning1 so they should pray always as the good ,book says ,pray without ceasing4 ,now scatter them in various parts of the room4 ,that will represent secret prayer4 ,call them all to the platform and place them as close to each other as possible2 that will represent united prayer4 ,while they are standing in that position a large volume of smoke will be ascending which will appeal to their little eyes and make a lasting impression upon them4 ,this you can call the prayer meeting of one accord4 ,as you call the children to the platform you can name them after the various denominations1 and thus illustrate how all the churches can come together for prayer and how beautiful it looks to see them in united prayer for the world4 ,the odor of the burning incense will be very evident by this time and you may let this remind them that it is like the influence which always emanates from the prayers that go up to ,god from believing hearts4 ,,chapter ,v ,,the ,,burning ,,of ,,the ,,idol ,objects3 ,denatured ,alcohol2 ,white of an ,egg ,,the ,,burning ,,of ,,the ,,idol ,,this is a ,temperance lesson1 full of meaning for these days4 ,don't fail to keep this ,red ,light of ,danger burning4 ,this lesson will be a signal of fire4 ,pour out on a plate a small quantity of denatured alcohol1 and say it looks like water4 ,shake the bottle--but it is not pure1 heaven-sent water1 but a deadly poison4 ,read to them ,proverbs #bc3ca2 #bj3a4 ,these are warnings from heaven against this deadly poison4 ,these words are like matches from ,god to light the red lamp of danger4 ,alcohol is a deadly thing4 ,god says so4 ,tell them that it is the greatest idol in all the world4 ,millions worship it1 for every drinker of this red poison bows to this idol whenever he drinks4 ,strike a match and set fire to it1 and as it blazes forth say ,i will now burn the idol1 because it is a burning idol1 like the great ,moloch about which we read in the ,old ,testament1 within whose blazing arms little children were cast and burned to death4 ,so this fiery idol destroys millions4 ,the ,indians call it fire-water because it burns the throat4 ,this is the reason if you take one drink you want another4 ,alcohol absorbs all the moisture of the throat and creates a thirst which alcohol alone will quench2 so it keeps on burning until it burns up the stomach1 the lungs1 the heart1 the brain1 and yet men continue to drink this fire of death4 ,once upon a time there was a little monkey that was owned by the keeper of a county tavern4 ,frequently he gave it a little taste of this fire-water which caused him to jump about in great glee4 ,this pleased the bad men of the barroom greatly4 ,one day a man lit a match and set fire to the spoonful1 and when the monkey saw it he fled in terror and never touched it again4 ,this was monkey sense2 this was better than man sense1 for man knows it will burn1 and yet returns to it again4 ,he needs a few monkey lessons4 ,to deepen the impressions of this lesson1 you can take the white of an egg1 a substance which resembles the brain of a human being1 place it in a cup and pour upon it a small quantity of alcohol2 then stir it with a spoon and it will congeal as if it had been cooked4 ,take this out of the cup and it will be solid like a boiled egg4 ,this will illustrate the effect of alcohol on the human brain4 ,this is a lesson which burns itself into the memory of the children for all time4 ,this will hang up the #ahth amendment on nails of fire in the memory of the little folks and other folks also4 ,may the whole world soon go into this sort of fire business4 ,,chapter ,,vi ,,ears ,,opened ,,to ,,god',s ,,call ,object3 ,a ,blackboard ,,ears ,,opened ,,to ,,god',s ,,call ,,god is speaking to us all the time4 ,we so often pay no heed to ,his voice4 ,do we know the language he speaks8 ,it is a secret tongue4 ,let us try to learn it4 ,once there was a prisoner who was cast into jail because he preached ,jesus4 ,it seemed to him he was alone and without friends to help4 ,but there was another prisoner in an adjoining cell who knew him but could not speak to him because the guards would hear his voice4 ,at night the lonely man would hear some one knocking on the wall4 ,what did this sound mean8 ,what did the knocks say8 ,at last he thought the knocks might stand for the letters of the alphabet4 ,one knock meant ,a1 two knocks ,b1 etc4 so he counted the taps one night4 ,he counted twenty-one taps4 ,that1 said he1 means ,u4 ,when he counted again it struck fourteen times2 that meant ,n4 ,the next time it struck four times2 that meant ,d4 ,now he heard five taps2 that meant ,e4 ,again he heard eighteen taps2 that stood for ,r4 ,then nineteen taps2 that stood for ,s4 ,then twenty taps2 that meant ,t2 then one tap which meant ,a2 then fourteen1 ,n2 then four1 ,d2 then the taps ceased and he knew the message had been delivered and discovered the word meant ,,understand4 ,he answered by twenty-five knocks which meant ,y2 then five taps for ,e2 then nineteen taps for ,s which spelled out his answer which was ,,yes4 ,they talked together because they knew each other's language4 ,god often knocks at our heart's door4 ,some great trouble comes to our home4 ,over and over ,he knocks and the knocking spells out the word ,,come1 let us answer #be_/,y #e_/;,e #ai_/,s4 ,give them further illustration in knocks4 ,they will like it4 ,,chapter ,,vii ,,it ,,will ,,be ,,all ,,right ,,at ,,last ,objects3 ,a small number of little toys ,,it ,,will ,,be ,,all ,,right ,,at ,,last ,,ask two little girls to come to the platform and say to them ,i know you little girls love each other1 but do you like to see each other receive good things8 ,then say1 as you hold up some small gift1 ,this little treasure has been given to me to give to some little girl that would be glad to receive it3 but you see ,i cannot give it to both of you1 and how will ,i decide which girl shall receive it8 ,if ,i give it to this little girl then the other will be disappointed4 ,sometimes great trouble comes to this world because one receives and the other does not4 ,however1 ,i will take a chance and give it to this little girl4 ,and as you speak pass the toy to her4 ,turning to the other girl1 you say1 ,you don't feel hurt do you8 ,i know you are glad to see your little friend made happy4 ,i also trust you are not displeased with me for not giving it to you4 ,here learn the lesson some people seem to get the good things of life1 and others seem to go without4 ,now without further remarks give the same girl another toy4 ,then that is true to life also4 ,some seem to get all1 and others get little or nothing4 ,perhaps this little girl without anything seems to be saying in her mind1 she has two already1 she might give me one1 and at the point pass a toy to the little girl that has none1 but she says even yet1 the other girl has twice as many as ,i have1 so she does not seem to enjoy the one she has when she remembers the other girl has two4 ,it doesn't look right1 does it8 ,but she is a good little and girl and says1 ,i will be thankful for what ,i have and try to be glad4 ,at this point you seem to be in deep study and finally say1 ,i just remember that ,i have overlooked a little box1 which you produce from some corner and on opening it you discover another toy which you give to the little girl with the one toy4 ,now they both have the same number and so it is all right at last4 ,this teaches us a lesson so hard to learn in life1--how one man receives much1 the other but little4 ,strife and war are often the result of this condition but we must be patient with our lot4 ,god knows best4 ,he will reward us in full by and by so it will be all right at last4 ,,chapter ,,viii ,,the ,,making ,,of ,a ,,christian ,objects3 ,various ,parts of a ,flag ,assembled in ,their ,respective ,places ,,the ,,making ,,of ,a ,,christian ,,for this lesson procure parts of the flag and on some background put them together according to the diagram until you have made the perfect flag 7see diagram74 ,you will then notice the flag marked ,i has no red stripes in it1 and therefore is not perfect4 ,it has six stripes only2 so in the making of a ,christian if the blood has not been applied and sins washed away1 there can be no true ,christian ,life4 ,figure #b4--,no white stripes and only seven stripes in all4 ,if there is no white in the life1 there is no ,christian ,life4 ,it is short of the standard of thirteen stripes4 ,only seven appear here4 ,figure #c4--,red and white stripes appear1 not thirteen but eleven4 ,in the making of a ,christian there cannot be a perfect ,christian with some of the commandments left out4 ,he that fails in one is guilty of all4 ,figure #d4--;,here we see the field but the stars left out4 ,this is not the flag of the ,u4,s4,a4 ,that man who calls himself a ,christian without the ,star of ,bethlehem is not a ,new ,testament ,christian4 ,figure #e4--;,here we have nothing but stripes--no blue field4 ,this is not the national banner of our country4 ,it lacks the one thing--the blue4 ,in making of the ,christian we must not lack one thing2 if we do1 the life is rejected4 ,one thing thou lackest3 ,such a life cannot have the mark of a ,christian4 ,figure #f4--;,all stars and no stripes4 ,this cannot be the ,national flag of our people4 ,the number of stars is correct1 but the red and white stripes are missing4 ,in the making of a ,christian if we lack the red of the ,blood1 and the ,white of right living we cannot pass as the ,bible ,christian in the ,kingdom of ,heaven4 ,figure #g4--;,here we note sixteen stripes and fifty stars4 ,this would also be rejected4 ,congress stipulates a banner of thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars2 that alone constitutes the lawful banner of ,america4 ,in the making of a ,christian1 we must not add to that life what is not given in the law4 ,no other doctrine can be mixed with ,god's truth4 ,just ,god's word alone1 nothing added from the worldly philosophy or the worldly wisdom of man4 ,figure #h4--,this is the old ,colonial flag4 ,a wonderful flag of the past1 but not the mighty flag of today4 ,so in the making of a ,christian1 the past will not suffice4 ,we must grow1 in grace1 and have an experience up to date4 ,illustration3 ,a variety of ,american flags labelled #a through #aj ,figure #i4--,this is the ,american flag with a foreign mark upon it4 ,it is not truly ,american4 ,it would be rejected by the government of the ,united ,states4 ,so in the making of a ,christian1 all marks of another government must be cast out4 ,jesus only4 ,god and not mammon1 must obtain4 ,figure #aj4--;,is the correct picture of the flag according to the laws of the nation4 ,so in the making of the ,christian1 we must be according to the ,pattern4 ,we must do ,his commandments to bear ,his family name of ,christian4 ,thus we can learn from the making of the flag to make a ,christian4 ,,chapter ,,ix ,,the ,,hand ,,of ,,faith ,objects3 ,the ,fingers of the ,human ,hand ,,the ,,hand ,,of ,,faith ,,here is a lesson on the meaning of ,faith4 ,hold up the hand1 showing the five fingers spread out and say1 ,here is the hand of faith4 ,there are as many letters in the word faith as ,i have fingers on my hand4 ,spell the word out commencing with the little finger and call it ,f4 ,little ,faith sometimes it often proves1 but our faith increases as we travel on in the path of faith4 ,the next finger stands for ,a of faith4 ,you notice it is larger than ,f so our faith increases as we spell it out in experience and works4 ,the next finger stands for ,i a little larger still4 ,the next finger is for ,t a little shorter as sometimes our faith wanes2 at last the thumb standing for ,h1 strong and confirmed in the way1 so the fingers spell out the word faith4 ,a living faith--as the hand is a living organ of my body4 ,an active faith1 as each finger has its own individual action and a grasping faith1 for the fingers were made to seize hold of things and take them4 ,so our faith must seize and hold on to ,god4 ,the faith that seizes the ,cross--my fingers--another name for faith--seize it and hold it4 ,this is ,salvation4 ,jesus says take of the water of life4 ,the hand of faith takes it1 seizes it1 and that makes it ours4 ,this is the faith that bringeth the victory4 ,at last make your appeal to them to take ,salvation now4 ,ask them to hold up their hand1 open their fingers1 and if their faith will take ,jesus1 to close their fingers as if clasping something1 and that something is ,jesus4 ,this is taking ,jesus by ,faith4 ,,chapter ,x ,,before ,,or ,,after ,object3 ,a ,blackboard or a ,drawing on a ,muslin ,chart ,,before ,,or ,,after ,,put the figure of a cross on the blackboard and on the left side put the letters ,b4 ,c4 ,on the right side1 the letters ,a4 ,d4 ,this in the language of the day stands for ,before ,christ and the ,year of ,our ,lord4 ,for our purpose1 we will cause ,b4 ,c4 to stand for ,before ,conversion and ,a4 ,d4 ,after ,deliverance4 ,before and after the ,cross 7,see ,figure74 ,illustration3 ,a diagram of a cross with ,before ,conversion and ,after ,deliverance written on either side ,great questions come to the ,christian for his decision4 ,shall ,i are the words often on our lips4 ,does it belong to the life before the ,cross 7,before ,conversion7 or ,after ,conversion8 ,put it down where it belongs4 ,shall ,i dance8 that belongs to the ,b4 ,c4 side of the ,cross4 ,shall ,i play cards8 that belongs to the ,b4 ,c4 side also4 ,shall ,i pray8 that belongs to the ,a4 ,d4 side 7,after ,deliverance7 of the ,cross4 ,shall ,i join the ,church8 that belongs to the ,a4 ,d4 side also4 ,it would be a very helpful exercise to ask the audience to name daily matters1 and ask which side of the ,cross they belong4 ,if you have a doubtful thing in your mind take it to the ,cross and mark it ,b4 ,c4 or ,a4 ,d4 ,this will make an instructive exercise for a young people's meeting4 ,always be an ,a4 ,d4 ,christian4 ,,chapter ,,xi ,,why ,i ,,should ,,join ,,the ,,church ,objects3 ,blackboard or ,chart ,,it is the wrong thought of some ,christians that they count just as much for ,god outside of the church as in it4 ,christian membership harnesses up the ,christian to a giant power4 ,build out of cardboard the form of a village church1 place it on the platform before the audience4 ,if using blackboard draw the ,church and numbers in the air first4 ,as they enter the ,church rub the figures out1 and place on the roof4 ,hang up the numbers #a-b-j-d-i-f-g in various parts of the platform4 ,they represent ,christians who will not join the ,church1 separate units1 standing for themselves only4 ,they have no relation to each other and have only individual power4 ,persuade them to come into the ,church organization and be linked together by common tasks4 ,take these numbers now in various parts of the platform and place them on the roof in the following order3 #igfcbaj--now they are an army of giants with power of millions of separate units4 ,if the ,church should be made of wood1 take seven candles and light them4 ,put them in various places in the room4 ,they represent the separate ,christian4 ,bring them to ,church1 ,put them all inside of the ,church4 ,turn out all the other lights on the platform and the effect will be most striking4 ,jesus said ,let your light so shine and the way to make it shine the most1 is to all shine together4 ,so will the ,church be like a city set on a hill4 ,its light cannot be hid4 ,illustration3 ,a diagram of two churches1 one with numbers around it1 one with numbers in it ,,chapter ,,xii ,,seeing ,,the ,,sermon ,objects3 ,the ,perry ,pictures ,,seeing ,,the ,,sermon ,,this is a striking and attractive way to preach a short object sermon in the regular church service4 ,just before the regular sermon1 ask all the children to leave their seats and come forward to the platform in a happy little group1 then hand each a ,perry picture all on the same subject4 ,then preach to them a short sermon drawing out the point of the picture1 and explain every line of it to them4 ,they will then understand the picture and the lesson it teaches4 ,after the little sermon is over1 tell them to keep the picture4 ,and send them back to their seats4 ,it is a beautiful and affecting scene to see the little people with happy step and smiling face coming down the aisle and hastening back to their folks and saying ,see what he gave me4 ,they are instructed to put these pictures in a scrap book to keep them together4 ,you can go through the ,life of ,jesus this way and the children will thus have a valuable scrap book to keep for years to come4 ,ask your denominational house where these pictures can be secured4 ,they cost but trifle1 but they help you to cause the children to see a sermon4 ,,chapter ,,xiii ,,the ,,big ,,six ,objects3 ,a ,blackboard or ,chart ,,the ,,big ,,six--,a ,,blackboard ,,lesson ,,this is a simple little diagram which can be drawn on a blackboard or made over on a linen chart to be hung up on the wall for permanent use4 ,first make a large six like this ,illustration3 large #f then toward the top place a smaller size six4 ,thus ,illustration3 large #f with #f in a column to the left4 ,this means there are #ff books in the ,bible4 ,then add below the small #f the figure #c1 like this ,illustration3 large #f with #f and #c in a column to the left4 ,this teaches that there were #cf human authors who wrote the ,bible4 ,last of all add below this three the figure one like this ,illustration3 large #f with #f1 #c1 and #a in a column to the left which means that it took sixteen centuries to write the ,bible4 ,let the children one by one1 come to the front and with pointers explain these figures4 ,let them repeat it in concert until they have memorized the diagram4 ,in addition to that diagram1 this one may be of service in remembering the number of the books of the ,old and ,new ,testament4 ,write in large letters the words ,,old ,,testament4 ,count the letters in the ,word ,,old1 which are three4 ,put down the figure #c4 ,count the letters in ,,testament and you will find the number to be nine4 ,put down the figure #i1 after the figure #c1 and you will have the number #ci which is the number of the books in the ,old ,testament4 ,write out the words ,,new ,testament2 count the letters in ,,new4 ,there are three4 ,count letters in ,,testament2 there are nine4 ,after the figure #c place the multiplication sign x1 then follow with the figure #i4 ,multiply #ix#c and you have #bg1 which is the number of the books in the ,new ,testament4 ,say to the children and others if you ever forget the number of the books either in the ,old or ,new ,testament1 write the words ,old ,testament and ,new ,testament4 ,count the letters in each word and you will find the number you desire4 ,for the ,old ,testament put down the figures side by side4 ,for the ,new ,testament multiply the first number by the last4 ,write this lesson on the blackboard or draw on the chart the following diagram3 ,,old ,,testament #c #i #ci ,,new ,,testament #c ,x #i #bg ,,chapter ,,xiv ,,how ,,god ,,sees ,,things ,objects3 ,two ,small ,cups ,filled with ,things ,,how ,,god ,,sees ,,things ,,this is a lesson on seeing things as ,god sees them4 ,man looks on the outside1 ,god looks on the inside4 ,we look at the clothes and manners of other people4 ,god looks at the heart4 ,god's way is the best4 ,the only way to see things as they really are1 and all wise boys and girls will try to see as ,god sees4 ,in giving this lesson select the brightest cups possible4 ,place them on a table by themselves and say ,here are two cups4 ,they look alike2 they appear to be alike4 ,judging from outward appearance1 they are alike4 ,that is the way man sees cups and people1 but ,god looks on the inside as well4 ,this we should do also if we wish to see as ,god sees4 ,here is a bright and beautiful cup4 ,let us together see what it contains4 ,the first cup contains nothing but soiled1 dirty1 greasy rags4 ,they are worthless4 ,mother would burn them as they are good for nothing4 ,have the cup painted black on the inside and as you hold up the cup so they can see the inside you say ,it is filled with night as black as evil deeds4 ,down on the bottom of the cup place a small toy serpent which you produce last and say the reason the inside of the cup of life is bad is because down deep in the heart you will find sin and that makes the whole heart bad4 ,to illustrate the nature of sin write on a cardboard the word sin like this ,s ,i ,n--say the first letter of sin resembles a serpent4 ,you cannot speak the letter ,s without hissing like a serpent4 ,the curves of the letter also resemble the serpent in the act of striking4 ,the serpent before it strikes must curl up and lift its head high before it can give its fatal bite4 ,so this teaches us the fact that sin is active and ready to assault at all times4 ,note the second letter ,i4 ,that means sin is in you4 ,i find sin is inside4 ,increase the letter ,i like this ,s ,i ,n which means sin is growing in us all the time as we grow older and older1 it gets larger and larger4 ,the only way to get it out of our heart is to come to ,jesus and ask ,him by the power of ,his cross to cleanse the inside of the cup and ,he will do it4 ,pin strips of red paper over the ,i1 and you make the ,cross4 ,this is the only power which will kill the serpent of sin and make clean the inside of the cup of life4 ,then when ,god looks in ,he does not see the evil of sin4 ,that makes the cup all right4 ,now show the second cup and say ,here is a cup1 right outside1 also right inside4 ,let us look in as ,god does1 and see what we find4 ,first produce a small ,new ,testament4 ,if you cannot secure one small enough for the cup1 write on small strips of paper short texts of scripture1 and bring them out1 one by one1 and read them4 ,david says ,thy word have ,i hid in my heart1 that ,i might not sin against thee4 ,that is the first big reason why the cup is clean inside4 ,now produce from the cup a large piece of white silk1 or other thin fabric1 and declare as you draw this silk out1 that what comes forth from the heart is pure1 and white1 and right4 ,keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life4 ,prov4 #d3bc4 ,the issues are streams of good works4 ,if you so desire you can use white ribbon instead of silk4 ,in that case1 cut the silk in small pieces and name each of them after some good quality such as ,help1 ,kindness1 ,love1 ,truth1 etc4 ,after this produce a number of short blue ribbons which you can name ,faithful1 ,friendship4 ,blue standing for true blue meaning true friendship4 ,have the ribbons tied together1 meaning the pure heart and true heart makes friends who are friends indeed4 ,at last produce a small streamer of red which stands for the cross4 ,god looks inside of such a cup and smiles and blesses it4 ,let us all try to see things as ,god sees them and we will wear the smile that does not come off4 ,to simplify this lesson for use of very little eyes1 you can use the following objects4 ,secure a plain tin cup1 and larger and more ornamented one1 and place them side by side4 ,say to the children ,which is the better cup8 ,if ,i should offer you one of the cups which would you choose8 ,they would all declare the silver cup as their choice4 ,now show them that is not the way ,god looks on things4 ,we decide our choice by looking at the outside4 ,god looks on the inside also4 ,now show them the beautiful cup is full of dirty water and the tin cup full of pure water4 ,which of the cups is worth more to you when you are thirsty8 ,they will all tell you the tin cup is worth the most4 ,always look in before you decide4 ,that is the way ,god does4 ,he sees the heart first4 ,in arranging this lesson1 prepare the cups first4 ,as you think it over1 you will find it easy to think up other things to make up the contents1 but have them all prepared before lesson time4 ,do not permit the children to look into the cups before the lesson or the real point of the truth you wish to teach them will be lost4 ,,chapter ,,xv ,,john #c3af ,,in ,,colors ,objects3 ,a ,number of ,colors ,arranged in ,their ,proper ,order ,,john #c3af ,,in ,,colors ,,this lesson will help you fix the truth of ,john #c3af as well as the words of this golden text in the memory and heart of the little audience for a life time4 ,this verse is called by ,martin ,luther the gospel in a nutshell4 ,by this remark he meant that the truth of the ,gospel was condensed into a few words4 ,these colors will help you nail down on the wall of memory this condensed ,gospel of ,john #c3af so it will be the ,gospel not only in a nutshell but the ,gospel in the heart and memory4 ,draw on a heavy paper1 a large heart at least sixteen inches high4 ,pin that up on a blackboard or some back ground where all the class can see it well4 ,now say you will try to put the little ,gospel of ,john #c3af in the heart so it will stick there4 ,take a small strip of gold paper or golden yellow paper and place it on the bottom of the heart4 ,gold is the richest and best of all things so we will let it stand for ,god1 ,who is the ,best of all things4 ,that strip stands for ,,god ,,so4 ,just above that you place a strip of red which stands for ,,loved4 ,this represents the ,love of ,god4 ,next take a strip of brown1 the color of the common earth1 placing it above the red1 which will stand for the earth4 ,this represents ,,the ,,world4 ,above the brown place a white strip which represents ,,his ,,only ,,begotten ,,son4 ,white stands for the purity for ,god's son who had no sin in ,him1 also ,the only begotten son1 as ,he was the only earthly being who had no sin4 ,above the white place one long strip of four colors1 and if possible let the colors in the strip be of a different shade from those used in the single strips4 ,they are red and yellow1 black1 and white4 ,these colors stand for ,,whosoever ,,believeth4 ,red for the red races1 the ,indian4 ,yellow for yellow races--,chinese1 etc4 ,black for the black people4 ,white for the white people4 ,other races have faces shaded from these principal colors4 ,these papers can be made of independent strips1 going completely across the heart1 or of shorter colors joined together endwise4 ,a black strip is now placed above this which stands for ,,perish4 ,black suggests death1 and the lost soul in eternal night4 ,add now a green strip4 ,green is the eternal color4 ,the ivy and the pine trees are always green4 ,let this strip stand for ,,everlasting4 ,and so the heart is thus built up4 ,now ask them to name the word for which each color stands1 then put the words together as in the ,bible verse4 ,on another chart write out the verse in colors using the proper color for each word4 ,,for ,,god 7gold7 ,,so ,,loved 7red7 ,,the ,,world 7brown7 ,,that ,,he ,,gave ,,his ,,only ,,begotten ,,son 7white7 ,,that ,,whosoever ,,believeth 7yellow7 7black7 7white7 7red7 ,,should ,,never ,,perish 7black7 ,,but ,,have ,,everlasting 7green7 ,,life1 ,tell them this is the ,gospel of ,christ in ,john #c3af in colors and this should be the ,gospel in their hearts4 ,,chapter ,,xvi ,,the ,,gospel ,,according ,,to ,,the ,,magnet ,objects3 ,a magnet and a quantity of tacks1 needles and pins ,,the ,,gospel ,,according ,,to ,,the ,,magnet ,,robert ,,raikes1 the founder of ,sunday-schools in ,england1 has left on record only one of the many lessons he taught the children of his day4 ,it is beyond all doubt the oldest ,sunday-school lesson ever recorded4 ,it is an object lesson in which he used a magnet4 ,he said1 ,you know what a magnet is1 do you not8 ,it is that strange kind of stone1 or magnetized piece of steel which attracts all iron to itself4 ,perhaps you have seen boys and girls who had toy ducks and fishes drawn about by a magnet in the water4 ,well1 the magnet has a strange1 unseen power to draw some things to itself4 ,perhaps you have owned a little horse-shoe magnet1 and have amused yourself drawing needles and other things to it4 ,now notice1 ,i will place in this saucer a number of needles and also a number of pins4 ,now you know pins are made of brass while needles are made of steel or iron4 ,you now notice that ,i take my magnet and hold it just a little above the saucer4 ,now1 see what happens6 ,the magnet attracts all the needles at once and they all fly up and stick to it4 ,but notice the pins4 ,they do not move1 as they are made of brass1 and there is nothing in them to be drawn by the magnet1 so they remained quietly behind1 just as they were4 ,now listen1 the ,lord ,jesus is just like this magnet1 and every one who belongs to ,him1 everyone who has repented and believes in ,him1 is like these needles4 ,they have a nature now that loves the ,lord ,jesus1 so when ,he comes ,he will draw all those who belong to ,him up to meet ,him1 but all other people who have not been born again and have not had their natures changed by ,jesus1 are like these pins4 ,they do not rise up to greet ,him4 ,there is nothing in their hearts to respond1 so when ,he comes1 they will remain behind4 ,how is it with you1 dear children1 are you like the pins or needles8 ,this was the lesson which ,robert ,raikes taught the children long ago4 ,you have already thought out how he did it and no further explanation is needed4 ,there are many lessons the magnet teaches which will fasten gospel truth in their hearts to stay4 ,you may fasten the base of the magnet to a small wooden cross1 and teach the lesson of the attractive power by plunging the foot of the cross into a plate of tacks and note how many tacks will cling to the cross4 ,call attention to the fact that they not only cling to the magnet1 but to each other4 ,the power of the magnet passes through the tack to other tacks and so on and you have a crowd of tacks clinging to the cross4 ,this teaches us the fact--if we have the power of ,christ in the heart1 we will also draw others to ,jesus4 ,,chapter ,,xvii ,,the ,,star ,,box ,objects3 ,a box marked with a star containing a cluster of common things ,,the ,,star ,,box ,,if this lesson is used simply as ,the ,star ,box you can use it any time of the year as it is a lesson on the ,baby ,days of ,jesus4 ,secure a fair sized box1 a pasteboard box will answer if a wooden box is not available4 ,cover it with sky blue paper to represent the night and on the front of the box place a large golden paper star4 ,place this on a table before the children and tell them our lesson this hour will be from the ,star ,box and the baby days of ,jesus4 ,open the box and produce the following colors and objects4 #a4 ,the ,bible4 ,the coming of ,jesus was foretold by the ,old ,testament prophets4 ,they longed to see ,his day1 just as we now long to see the second coming of ,jesus4 ,here quote some of the ,scriptures announcing ,his first coming4 ,these ,scriptures were all like guiding stars to the ,old ,testament people1 which would some day lead them to the baby ,jesus4 ,the ,new ,testament says ,he has come and we believe it1 for the ,wise ,men said1 ,we have seen ,his star in the east and have come to worship ,him4 ,if you desire you can make a scroll like the ancient scriptures and bring this out of the box2 this can be used in place of the ,bible book4 ,a scroll is made like a roll of wall paper4 ,make it about eighteen inches long1 and have on it the references in the ,old ,testament which declare ,his coming4 ,when it is unrolled and you have finished with it1 pin the object1 and all other objects you produce from the box1 somewhere up on the platform where all can see them1 and to which you can refer if you so desire a little later in the meeting4 ,use glass push pins for this and all objects requiring to be pinned up before the audience4 #b4 ,next produce from the ,star ,box a piece of striped goods about one foot square4 ,this will represent the robe of the shepherds who long ago were watching their sheep1 ,here teach the lesson of the dignity of labor4 ,god has given us work to do4 ,the shepherds did theirs1 and ,god sent them a wonderful message as they worked4 ,they attended to their sheep4 ,god talked to ,david1 the ,shepherd1 once1 and helped him to sing1 and we have the book of the ,psalms1 the church's oldest hymn book1 and many of these songs were given young ,david as he watched his sheep4 ,so the shepherds just watched and worked4 #c4 ,now produce a field of stars4 ,some black muslin upon which a few small stars are sewed4 ,this represents the night in which the shepherds watched their flocks4 ,the robbers and wild beasts did their deadly work at night so the shepherds took their turn in watching by night4 ,here learn a lesson of faithfulness when the hour is dark4 ,so the shepherds did not slumber and sleep by the comfortable fires1 but kept both eyes and ears open for the call of the wild beast or the sudden visit of the robber1 and as they watched there they heard a joyful song4 #d4 ,here produce a piece of white silk or cloth which represents the angel's song of ,peace on earth1 good will toward man4 ,the white silk is an emblem of peace4 ,so they heard the angel's song and its good message of peace on earth4 ,it is a wonderful thought that ,god used songs to first announce the glad tidings of the coming of the ,son4 ,it is ,god's way yet--a message of song often finds the heart quicker than a golden word4 ,learn to sing for ,jesus4 ,perhaps ,god may use you1 as he did the angels1 to bring the message of heaven to some poor heart on earth4 #e4 ,now produce a piece of yellow cloth or felt4 ,this stands for the yellow straw which the shepherds found in the manger when they went to ,bethlehem to see the things the angels said had come to pass4 ,here you may produce1 if you desire1 a small handful of straw tied tightly together1 so it will hang up all right4 ,this straw made the bed for the humble ,christ4 ,we should not complain if we are spending our days in humble quarters4 ,jesus thus spent ,his baby days4 #f4 ,now produce from the box a piece of violet silk or cloth4 ,this stands for humility1 which was displayed when the shepherds bent the knee before the baby ,jesus and worshipped ,him4 ,they knew ,he was as poor as they were yet they knew ,god and knew ,jesus was ,god's son1 the new-born ,king so they bowed the knee to ,him4 ,some kings have been born amid splendor1 and placed in cradles1 decked with gems1 but they were not kings4 ,we only call them so4 ,they were princes1 they did not become king till the death of the king1 which in some cases was years after their birth1 and sometimes they died before the king did and so they were never kings4 ,jesus was the only one born a ,king4 ,the shepherds knew this1 and that made it all the more wonderful1 so like the little modest violet1 they bowed their heads before the new-born ,king4 ,we should bow our hearts always to ,jesus2 that is1 we should have a violet heart4 ,we should be humble4 #g4 ,here produce a star1 sewed on a black background4 ,this represents the star seen by the ,wise ,men from the east1 and when they had followed it1 they found it led them to the house where ,mary and ,joseph were dwelling with ,jesus4 ,some people think they know too much to be a ,christian4 ,they say1 ,when ,i part with my brains1 ,i will follow ,him4 ,and these wise men and all other wise men do part with their brains when they do not follow ,him for all really wise men have joined in the procession which started a long time ago across the desert to find ,jesus4 ,the greatest wisdom of the world is to follow ,jesus4 ,there are five letters to the word ,jesus1 five points to the star1 and the star points spell ,jesus4 #h4 ,now produce from the box three colors--yellow for gold1 gray for frankincense1 purple for myrrh1 all fastened together as if in a cluster4 ,the yellow for the gold they brought ,him1 for ,he had none of ,his own4 ,gray for frankincense which represented or resembled gray smoke when ascending in the sacrifice4 ,these were gifts1 the first gifts ,jesus ever received4 ,the first ,christmas gifts ever presented to anyone in the world4 ,there seems to be no record in ,scripture of many gifts ever being given ,jesus when ,he was here among men4 ,he1 who was all the time giving good gifts1 received but few1 if any1 in return from the children of men4 ,he never owned a home4 ,he slept for three days in a borrowed grave4 ,let us learn from the ,wise ,men1 a sweet lesson of giving gifts4 ,it pleases ,him4 #i4 ,now produce from the box1 an empty bag4 ,this represents the need of the poor--the condition of many a poor soul4 ,they have nothing of their own4 ,in the name of ,jesus we bring gifts to them4 ,if we do it in ,his name it is accepted by ,him as gifts to ,him4 ,here put in the bag a few small things if you desire representing the things they need and say1 ,this is my ,christmas present to ,jesus4 #aj4 ,here produce from the box a small heart4 ,this is my only ,christmas present ,i can give directly to ,jesus4 ,my heart ,he asks of me4 ,my heart ,i will give to ,him4 ,when we give our heart to another1 we mean that we give ourselves4 ,here1 ,lord1 ,i give myself away ,tis all that ,i can do4 #aa4 ,now take from the box a ,cross4 ,this can be cut from pasteboard and as you hold it up1 fasten the heart to it4 ,this means you will give your heart to ,him and make humble confession to the world of what you have done by taking up your cross and following after ,him4 ,salvation is an affair of the heart4 ,it is an affair of the lips1 and we must openly proclaim him our ,savior1 for with the lips confession is made of salvation received4 ,now ask the children to tell you the truth each object represents4 ,,chapter ,,xviii ,,how ,,may ,,lost ,a ,,beautiful ,,doll ,objects3 ,a small common china doll and a doll in a beautiful dress ,,how ,,may ,,lost ,a ,,beautiful ,,doll ,,once there lived a father in a little country town1 far back from the great city and its wonderful streets and shops1 who said to his little girl that it was his plan to go to the city after things1 and that he would take her with him if she cared to go4 ,of course she was full of glee as she thought of the wonderful things she would see in the great windows of the city shops4 ,her father had planned to purchase for her a beautiful doll1 but kept the thought to himself so it would be a glad surprise to ,may4 ,when they reached the city1 ,may's eyes were open wide1 and like all little girls1 she wanted lots of things at once4 ,as she and her father passed through the streets1 ,may's eyes fell on a large box on the outside of a toy shop filled with a large number of cheap little dolls4 ,they were made of celluloid1 and cost only a few pennies4 7,secure one of the sort and show the class and say1 ,this is a poor cheap doll1 wears only painted clothes1 will last only a few days1 and is very common as well as cheap47 ,her father said1 ',wait1 dear little ,may1 ,i will get you a doll by and by4 ,but ,may would not wait4 ,she wanted that little painted doll now4 ,her father said1 ,i promise you that you shall have a doll1 dear1 before we go home4 ,just be patient and wait4 ,father knows best4'8 ,at this denial ,may grew angry and said1 ,you don't love me1 father1 or you would get me what ,i wanted4 ,i won't wait1 want this doll4 ,i'm going to have it right way4 ,and as she said this1 she took one out of the box1 and held it tight in her hand and said she intended to keep it4 ,she stamped her foot1 and cried1 and said1 '',i won't wait any longer1 ,i won't give this doll up4 ,i will keep it and not put it back4 ,the father desiring to teach her a lesson1 said1 ,well1 ,may1 if you know best and better than your father1 who loves you1 you may keep the doll4 ,i will pay for it4 ,you need not wait for a doll any longer4 ,it belongs to you now4 ,now ,may thought on her ways and said1 ,i wish ,i had not been so naughty about it4 ,dear father was good and kind to me1 and ,i was hateful to him4 ,she was silent but thoughtful1 when her father stopped before a window of the toy shop1 and there in the window was a beautiful doll 7borrow a beautiful doll for this lesson and produce it74 ,her father said1 ,look1 little ,may1 there in the window is the doll ,i intended to purchase for you if you had waited for me to get to this shop4 ,i intended to surprise you4 ,that was the reason ,i did not tell you1 but since you would not wait or trust your father's word1 ,i will not purchase it for you1 but you must be contented with the doll you have1 the doll you said you would have and so the doll you would not wait for will stay in the window4 ,it cannot be yours4 ,my little ,may must learn that ,father knows best and that it will always pay to wait for father's time4 ,it was a hard lesson for ,may to learn but that day she said to herself1 ,father knows best4 ,i will wait for his time1 because it is the best time4 ,this is how ,may lost her beautiful doll4 ,there is a lesson in this story for us all4 ,god has a plan for our lives4 ,wait for ,him to work it out4 ,if we seek our own way our lives will be full of disappointments and sorrowful failures4 ,wait for ,god's time4 ,it is the best time4 ,it will bring us to the best of everything4 ,,chapter ,,xix ,,the ,,prodigal ,,son ,,in ,,rags ,objects3 ,a collection of rags in many colors ,,the ,,prodigal ,,son ,,in ,,rags ,,this is the story of the ,prodigal son told in rags4 ,have a common rag bag brought in1 and its contents emptied on a table4 ,this will make quite a display of rags4 ,heap them up a little so the audience will see them all4 ,the ragman's bag is going to preach a sermon4 ,among these rags is a bunch of rags fastened together with a pin to keep them separated from the others1 which you will not use in this lesson4 ,take out the pin4 ,spread out these rags which you have thus kept together and arrange them in their proper order4 ,now say1 ,i will tell you the story of the ,prodigal son as the ragman sees him4 ,i will tell the story of the ,,lost ,,son ,,in ,,rags4 ,now put up a rope across the back of the pulpit1 or before the meeting have one put there1 and from the pile of rags place upon this line the following3 ,i--,a yellow cloth1 a square piece of cloth as the ,prodigal has not yet come to rags4 ,the yellow stands for the home he left1--the land of plenty4 ,yellow stands for the rich grain fields1 and is also the color of the bread he found on his ,father's table4 ,full and plenty and for the fields1 ripe for harvest4 ,how often he had sung the harvester's song in the field when working with his dear old father when they lived together on the good old farm4 ,now from the rag table pick up ,,ii--,a piece of red4 ,this should be cut in the shape of a heart4 ,red stands for love and the heart of red for the loving heart of his father4 ,it should not be forgotten that the big point of this parable is ,the ,loving ,father1 not the wayward son4 ,it teaches how kind is the great heart of the loving heavenly ,father and how sweet is ,his welcome to the wanderers who seek ,his face and favor4 ,the son in rags knew this and no matter how far he got away from ,god1 he never got away from the memory of the fond old father at home1 yet he left it all for rags4 ,now pick up ,,iii--,a blue piece of cloth4 ,this stands for the dissatisfied heart of the boy4 ,he had the blues4 ,tired of home2 longed for excitement2 unhappy in his father's house4 ,so he thought of the big town where he thought he would be happy1 and told his father so2 he asked for his share of the estate because he wanted money4 ,he must have money to be happy4 ,so his father granted his request4 ,now pick up ,,iv--,gray cloth4 ,the color gray was the color of the silver coins which his father gave him4 7,make this cloth crooked47 ,this was a crooked step4 ,he was crowning his own will4 ,he was turning from the wisdom of his father4 ,that alone was crooked4 ,the misuse of money is often the first crooked step the youth takes4 ,so often they leave home for larger wages1 not because of the privilege of saving1 but the sin of spending4 ,after the estate is settled1 the youth1 with his new inheritance1 gets the crooked foot1 forgets ,god and ,his counsels4 ,in one of our great high schools a prize essay was to be written4 ,this was the subject3 ,if you had ten thousands dollars1 what would you do with it8 ,in discussing this question1 most of the boys had selfish answers4 ,one would spend a year in traveling1 another would make investments which yielded large returns quickly1 etc4 ,one lad said he would give it to his parents to save for him4 ,this boy won the prize2 he would never be a prodigal because of the misuse of money4 ,the ,prodigal wanted it for self use1 and he got a handful of rags in return4 ,now pick up ,v--,a gay rag of several colors1 or a cluster of gray colored ones 7cut crooked74 ,this represents the gaieties of the far off country into which he had plunged4 ,the sins of the far-away country seemed tipped with gold2 he fell for it at once4 ,satan whispered here is joy1 let loose2 you are away from home2 no one knows you2 plunge in2 and he did4 ,here pick up from the table ,,vi--,short pieces of gay ribbons tied together in various lengths4 ,this represents the kind of friends he had found4 ,some long1 some short1 some were his for a few days1 others for longer time2 all tied together1 representing friendship4 ,they were purchased friends4 ,they were his so long as his purse was long and full4 ,when he had spent all they all left him4 ,no man gave to him1 not even the friends to whom he had given4 ,now he was poor1 down and out and under4 ,a man down in the world1--a ,prodigal son in rags4 ,,vii--,now pick up the gay cloth of colors in rags4 ,this represents the ,prodigal poor and forsaken1 ragged and dejected4 ,this is the product of sinful companionship4 ,this piece of rag should be the same pattern as the one used representing his home garment but torn in strips4 ,a famine strikes the country4 ,he is in need of bread4 ,the way of the transgressor is hard1 and the end thereof is harder still4 ,he has but one last resort4 ,a tender of swine4 ,,viii--,here pick up brown rag4 ,this represents the color of the brown earth and the dried husks which he used as his only food4 ,as a ,jew1 this was bad business4 ,it was the only business left4 ,satan drives us to the bad4 ,this is what happened to the ,prodigal4 ,satan clothes us in purple and fine linen1 then tears it to shreds1 and we cannot help ourselves4 ,sin has a swift descent4 ,there are no brakes for this decline4 ,bad1 worse1 and then some more4 ,that describes this man in rags4 ,,ix--,now pick up yellow cloth4 ,this should be of the same shade as used in the first story as he now thinks of the bread in the father's house4 ,misfortune stirs up memory and we think2 this is just what he did4 ,he thinks of home1 of bread1 of servants in the old house and land of plenty4 ,sometimes we think of the better life too late4 ,we cannot retrace our steps and begin over again1 but that ,god does3 ,when we repent and come to ,god1 we may begin all over again4 ,x--,here pick up purple cloth4 ,make this a perfect square4 ,this color stands for repentance4 ,it is the penitential color in the church world4 ,so he said1 ,i will arise and go to my ,father1 and say unto him1 ',i have sinned4' ,this is the quick way home4 ,it is a short cut to ,god4 ,the forgiving father is at the end of this road4 ,so he goes back in his rags4 ,that is the way to go home4 ,this is coming ,just as ,i am1 without one plea4 ,don't take off your rags4 ,the ,father alone must do this and ,he will4 ,,xi--,here pick up red cloth4 ,this represents the long love of the loving father4 ,red stands for love1 a flaming love which causes the father to run to meet him4 ,this is the only time when ,god is said to run1 and ,he does it every time when he sees the sinner coming4 ,,xii--,here pick up a striped cloth4 ,this represents the new robe just like the first robe used when he went to the far country4 ,he now looks just like he looked when he left home4 ,the past is all covered up with ,father's forgiveness1 and when the neighbors come in1 they don't see rags but the garment beautiful4 ,perhaps they don't know of his misfortune4 ,they only know he was lost and found and lost so long to the ,father that they thought him dead1 but he is alive again1 and they began to be merry4 ,,xiii-,here pick up green cloth4 ,this represents the jealous anger of the elder brother who knows all about his downfall1 and stayed outside and grumbled about the past sins of his brother1 and the fact that never was a fatted calf slain for him that he might make merry with his friends also4 ,his ,father pleads with him1 and since we hear nothing about this elder brother again1 we would conclude that he went in and joined in the festivities of his brother's return4 ,the ,father's love had conquered both of his sons4 ,,xiv--,here take red cloth1 and cover the green with it for the ,father's love 7red7 had conquered the jealousy 7green7 of his son's heart4#cd ,,xv--,here pick up white cloth--the white stands for peace1 which was now in the dear old home4 ,peace which we believe was also in the elder brother's heart4 ,peace which we know was in the ,father's heart1 and in the heart of the ,prodigal1 who had exchanged his rags for the glad robe of eternal salvation4 ,as they all hang upon the line1 remember the lesson1 and ask the class to tell you what each rag stands for4 ,you can1 if you so desire1 in place of hanging them on a line1 place them on the furniture of the pulpit4 ,the matter of using cloth1 muslin or silk or any other substance1 is left to the convenience and judgment of the teacher4 ,even colored papers can be used in place of the rags4 ,in that case name the lesson ,the ,prodigal ,son in ,scraps of ,paper4 ,place these scraps in a waste basket and from that place of cast-off things1 produce them as you desire4 ,,chapter ,,xx ,,what ,,can ,,take ,,away ,,my ,,sins8 ,objects used3 ,large transparent jar of clear water2 a small quantity of oxalic acid2 some powdered ox gall2 a quantity of tincture of iron2 a small cluster of flowers2 a few coins2 a dictionary1 ,it is a lesson with chemical effects4 ,,what ,,can ,,take ,,away ,,my ,,sins8 ,a ,chemical ,talk ,,place on the table a large jar of plain untinted glass2 fill it two-thirds full of water and before the class assembles drop in a few drops of tincture of iron4 ,this receptacle we will call the ,human ,heart4 ,secure a two-ounce bottle1 paint it red1 in which you place a strong solution of oxalic acid4 ,you cannot get this solution too strong4 ,this represents the ,blood4 ,secure a third bottle and paint it black4 ,in this place some powdered nut galls4 ,this represents ,sin4 ,on the table have1--a silver coin1 a music box1 a cup of pure water4 ,these you will use in the body of the lesson later4 ,announce that you will choose a text for your talk this time and it will be found in ,i ,john #a3ag4 ,the blood of ,jesus ,christ1 ,his ,son1 cleanseth us from all sin4 ,call attention to the large jar which represents the ,human ,heart4 ,to all appearance it looks as pure as a lily4 ,there seems to be nothing in it to make it evil4 ,it does not look like evil4 ,so it often happens that the evil in us1 does not always show on the surface1 but is hidden away in our heart4 ,it was born in us4 ,all men are not born sinners1 but born in sin1 and later on1 that sin manifests itself1 and we begin to choose evil in preference to the right1 and that makes us sinners4 ,the seed of sin was hidden deep in the heart4 ,the jar apparently pure has in it a hidden property no eye can see1 but it is there and when evil gets in it finds a response from that hidden power and at once the apparently pure water has turned black with sin4 ,i now pour a few drops from the black bottle1 the evil bottle1 into the jar4 ,even these few drops seem to be clear and white also1 but when ,i drop them into the jar of water1 all is blackened because the apparent cleanness was only on the surface4 ,there is a way that seemeth right in the eyes of men1 but the ways thereof are the ways of death4 ,you can now talk about things which men do which they say are not bad4 ,they look all right1 that is true1 but when they enter the soul1 they soil it1 and sin is supreme4 ,what shall ,i do to get rid of my sin8 ,what can take away my sin8 ,can ,i purchase my salvation8 ,let us see4 ,now cast in the jar a number of silver coins1 and say these will bring me the white again1 but the blackness is yet there1 showing that salvation cannot be bought with silver or gold4 ,can education or refinement take away sin8 ,let us see4 ,place over the top of the jar a number of school books to represent education4 ,of course you see the water is yet black1 because you cannot make a black heart clean by learning4 ,will music take away my black sin8 ,let us see4 ,place a music box on top of the jar1 and let the music sound forth1 but you note the heart is still black and will remain black notwithstanding the finest music of the world4 ,shall ,i say the power of the mind can take the blackness away8 ,let us see4 ,i will say to myself ,there is no blackness in this jar4 ,it is a mental delusion4 ,i am mistaken4 ,i don't see black1 and if ,i continue so to do long enough the black will disappear to the eye for it was never there4 ,it was a mental defect to say it was there4 ,all of this sort of thinking would never change the contents of the jar4 ,can beauty take away the black8 ,let us see4 ,cast in now a few flowers4 ,the most beautiful things ,god has made4 ,will the handful of beauty take the blackness away8 ,this beauty can never do4 ,what will do it8 ,what is the soul's cry8 ,what can take away my sins8 ,here produce the red bottle4 ,the blood of ,jesus ,christ1 his son1 cleanseth us from all sin4 ,pour a few drops or more from the red bottle into the jar4 ,continue to pour it in until the water is made white again4 ,behold6 the blackness of despair has disappeared4 ,the ,blood has taken away the sin forever4 ,before you put the drops of black into the jar1 take out a small glass full of the black water and place it down on the table and after the water has been cleared up say ,when the blood of ,christ takes away our sin1 ,he keeps us when tempted to go black again4 ,to illustrate that truth1 pick up the small glass of black water1 and say ,this represents temptation1 and it seeks to get back into the soul again and make it black with sin as before4 ,pour the contents into the jar but you notice that at once there is a power in the purified water in the jar to resist all temptation and the black does not blacken the water again4 ,the effect of the illustration will be made more striking if you put two or more lighted candles back of the jar4 ,by rehearsal in private1 work out the necessary proportions of these chemicals so they will work out correctly when you use them before your audience4 ,be very careful and keep these chemicals away from the reach of the children as some of them are deadly poisons4 ,,chapter ,,xxi ,,the ,,gospel ,,copy ,,book ,objects used3 ,a small blackboard2 a small ,new ,testament2 a number of children to write on the blackboard ,,the ,,gospel ,,copy ,,book ,,this is a lesson showing how important it is to copy ,christ1 not ,christians4 ,many go astray in their life and conduct because they do not follow the copy4 ,there is a gospel copy book4 ,christ is that book4 ,follow ,his words and your life will not be crooked1 and what you do and say will cause people who watch you to say ,he is following the copy4 ,he has studied well his lesson in the ,gospel ,copybook4 ,write the word ,christian in large letters at the top of the blackboard and ask a tall boy to copy it as exactly as possible4 ,after this is done1 cover up the original line1 and ask another boy to copy the copy4 ,keep covering up all but the last line1 having various ones to copy till six or seven have been made4 ,now take off the covers and compare them with the original4 ,you will note every copy is different from each other and all different from the original1 because each child looked at some one else's writing and not at the original4 ,we are apt to copy each other's mistakes and example4 ,this we do when we look at ,christians1 and try to do as they do instead of taking ,christ as our example4 ,one morning a business man who lived in the suburbs was hastening to catch the train1 which he supposed was almost due4 ,it was important that he should go to town1 but1 as he was walking along in nervous haste1 he saw a gentleman ahead of him1 walking with deliberation and ease4 ,they always took the same train1 so he watched him and not his watch4 ,but to his great dismay1 he saw the train come in and go out1 and they both were left4 ,the watch of the man he followed was five minutes slow4 ,he learned his lesson--follow no man--watch the watch and the schedule1 and go straight ahead4 ,run yourself on railroad time4 ,that is good business sense for the traveler4 ,jesus has given us a gospel copy book4 ,here it is4 ,it is the ,new ,testament4 ,follow its teachings and your life will be straight1 and you will be like ,jesus4 ,follow ,christ and not ,christians4 ,be not content in saying ,i am as good as most ,christians4 ,you are not asked to be as good as even the best ,christians1 but to be like ,jesus4 ,,chapter ,,xxii ,,in ,,his ,,keeping ,objects used3 ,a nest of boxes2 teaching the truth of the ,divine ,security ,,in ,,his ,,keeping ,,this is a lesson based on the text ,john #aj3bh3 ,they shall never perish4 ,they shall never perish because they are in ,his keeping4 ,oh how safe are those who trust ,him in the hollow of ,his hand1 for they shall never perish4 ,this is an object lesson teaching the divine security of the ,believer4 ,produce a fair sized cardboard heart on which write your name4 ,this is the way of announcing your salvation4 ,religion is an affair of the heart4 ,it goes to the heart1 changes the heart1 keeps the heart4 ,an old whaler once said he'd been in the business for so many years he could talk about nothing else save whales and said ,when ,i am dead1 if you should open my heart1 ,i think you would find the word 'whale' in its centre4 ,his business was an affair of his heart4 ,i am sure that deep in the believer's heart you would find the name ',jesus' written1 because religion is an affair of the heart to every true believer4 ,to put this lesson over in a large way1 secure a number of boxes each just a little larger than the other so they will nest well4 ,on the first box1 print a large cross as large as the side of the box will permit4 ,now drop the heart into that box and close the lid tightly4 ,the heart is now hid in the ,cross1 and is safe forever4 ,your money you may lose1 a thief may make way with it4 ,it may take wings and fly away out of your sure keeping place1 but when you give your heart over to the keeping of the ,cross1 you are safe forevermore4 ,the word says ,they shall never perish because they are in ,his keeping4 ,now take a slightly larger box marked ,his care4 ,place the box marked with a cross inside of this box and close the lid4 ,now ,i am doubly safe1 for ,i am in ,christ1 and also in ,god's care4 ,god cares for the sparrow1 for the ,word says1 ,not a sparrow falleth to the ground without your ,heavenly ,father4 ,not alone that ,he sees and counts the fallen bird1 but that ,he comes down with it4 ,god attends the funeral of even a fallen sparrow4 ,if ,he so cares for a bird1 will ,he not care more for me6 ,and ,he does and so ,i am safe in ,his care4 ,take the next larger box and mark it ,his ,love1 and in this box place the one marked ,his ,care4 ,every believer tents in the love land of the heart of ,god4 ,he so loved that we might not perish4 ,and so we are safe in ,his love4 ,no man dare tamper with the love marked children of ,his4 ,even ,satan is afraid of that power4 ,put this box into the larger box marked ,his ,power4 ,another wall has been built around the believer4 ,it is ,god's great wall of power4 ,now the ,love box believer is surrounded by ,god's power4 ,christ said ,all power is given unto me4 ,and it wraps the believer up in this girdle of strength for the ,gospel in the heart is the power of ,god unto ,salvation4 ,in ,i ,peter #a3ae we are told we are kept by the power of ,god4 ,the hand that holds the sea in the hollow thereof holds me in safety4 ,his power is my fortress4 ,i can smile at all foes4 ,i am safe in the hollow of ,his hand of power4 ,now place this box in the next larger size box1 have it marked ',his ,promise4' ,he has given me ,his promises ,i will never leave thee nor forsake thee4 7,hebrews #ae3e47 ,he whispered those dear words to me when he lifted me from the cross of penitence and gave me the kiss of salvation4 ,he is able to keep ,his promises and am trusting in ,his word4 ,he has said that ,he that begun a good work in you shall perform it until that day4 ,the day of ,his coming4 ,i will trust that promise1 and tremble not1 nor fear what man can do unto me4 ,as the mountains are around about ,jerusalem1 so is the ,lord round about them that fear ,him4 ,as the sides of this ,promise box are around about me1 so are the mountains of ,his power4 ,i am closed in by tons of mountains1 a congress of giants1 so ,salvation is ,god's safety box4 ,it shuts the soul in ,his ,cross1 ,his ,care1 ,his ,love1 ,his ,power1 ,his ,promises4 ,no wonder it is written ,they shall never perish4 ,marvel not it is written ,no man shall pluck them out of my hand4 ,when ,noah and his wife1 and his three sons1 and their wives went into the ,ark1 ,god shut them in1 and they were safe4 ,when ,god shuts the door ,he shuts the soul in4 ,no man can open4 ,god holds the key4 ,it is a secret combination lock4 ,god knows the combination4 ,no man can know it4 ,it is a secret ,god will not whisper to any one in all the world4 ,closed in--locked in--that is enough1 my soul1 to live by and keep me divinely calm1 now1 and in the hour of death4 ,in ,his keeping is ,heaven's way of writing the word salvation4 ,if the box method is too elaborate1 to work out1 you can use a nest of envelopes4 ,they put the lesson over just the same4 ,,chapter ,,xxiii ,a ,,candle ,,light ,,lesson ,objects used3 ,a collection of candles ,a ,,candle ,,light ,,lesson ,,this is a simple yet shining lesson1 using a small collection of ordinary candles as illustrators4 ,children's and older eyes are always attracted by sparkling lights4 ,watching the glittering stars is always a delight4 ,these candles talk3 ,they are white robed prophets4 ,they preach to you4 ,look and listen4 ,have the candles mentioned in this chapter hidden from sight1 with the exception of one tall candle which you have placed in the centre of the table4 ,this represents ,the ,light of the ,world4 ,have this burning when the audience enters4 ,it will have an attractive effect4 ,produce the other candles as you introduce them4 ,say of this first tall candle that ,jesus said of ,himself ,as long as ,i am in the world1 ,i am the light of the world4 7,john #i3e47 ,this is the text which this candle is declaring by its light--,jesus--the ,light of the ,world4 ,without this light the world would be in darkness4 ,at this moment1 cause all the lights of the church to go out for a moment and say ,if this candle should now be extinguished there would be complete darkness in this room4 ,just so would it be if the ,light of the ,world--,jesus--should turn ,his face from the world1 all would be in darkness indeed4 ,cause the lights of the church now to be turned on and proceed with your shining talk4 ,next produce a small spirit lamp4 ,let this represent the ,holy ,spirit4 ,light it from the ,light of the ,world candle1 and say ,the ,holy ,spirit takes the light of ,jesus1 and scatters it among men4 ,he represents ,jesus4 ,he was sent to continue ,christ's work of sending forth the light of truth4 ,now tell of the ascension of ,jesus1 and as you do1 take away the big candle and put it in another room if possible and say ,jesus has now gone to shine in the ,glory1 but has left the ,holy ,spirit here to continue ,his shining work4 ,now bring in twelve candles1 standing for the twelve disciples4 ,light each one from the spirit lamp and say ,the disciples have been sent to carry the light to the uttermost parts of the world1 go ye into all the world1 etc4 ,from a corner of the platform produce candles standing for the races of the world4 ,they are now in darkness1 ,go ye into all the world and then quote the last five words of ,matthew #e3ad4 ,the ,light of the ,world4 ,name each candle one of these words1 so the candles will read ,the ,light of the ,world4 ,jesus said these words about ,his followers1 and all the races are ,his followers4 ,this illustration shows how the ,holy ,spirit can cause ,jesus to shine forth through the nations of the world4 ,if you wish to make an elaborate finish to this lesson1 call up five boys to represent the nations mentioned4 ,let them carry a flag of each nation or marked in such a way that they may be known as a representative of the nation whose name they bear1 and let them go to different parts of the church bearing these candles4 ,one may go to the gallery and call that spot ,africa2 another to the rear1 and call that locality ,india1 etc4 ,and when they have been distributed1 turn off all the lights for a moment and say ,the ,holy ,spirit is world wide in ,his mission4 ,the light is just beginning to shine4 ,pray that the ,holy ,spirit may continue in the work of light-sending and ,he will do so if we do our part1 and we will4 ,let the lights be now turned on1 and the people sing as a closing hymn ,the ,morning ,light is ,breaking4 ,,chapter ,,xxiv ,,those ,,ten ,,friends ,,of ,,mine ,objects3 ,using the ,human ,hand ,,those ,,ten ,,friends ,,of ,,mine ,,no one can truthfully say ,i have no friends4 ,if you do say those words1 you are mistaken1 because ,i know your friends so well1 ,i can shut my eyes and count ten of them without stopping1 because all boys and girls have ten good and helpful friends4 ,these ten friends are never failing friends4 ,they say to you ,i'll stand by you1 and perhaps ,i can make you rich and great some day4 ,we must all depend on these ten friends1 and they will never fail us4 ,now hold up both hands1 open wide the fingers and say ,these are your ten friends4 ,they are your ten friends1 and they are your ten best friends4 ,they are ten obedient friends4 ,they always do just what you tell them to do4 ,they are never disobedient4 ,they never refuse to work for you4 ,they never go on a strike4 ,a little boy selling newspapers on the streets of ,london1 overheard a kind lady make the remark1 as she looked at him1 ,poor boy6 how sad and lonely that poor little boy looks4 ,he replied to the remark1 by saying ,i am not a bit lonely1 good lady1 because ,i always have lots of company1 as ,i have these ten friends of mine ever with me4 ,and as he spoke1 he held up both his little hands4 ,he was right4 ,he was not lonely1 because he had his ten faithful friends ever with him4 ,having these little working friends we should always work with them4 ,many a little boy has worked himself up the ladder of success by the aid of these ten friends4 ,give them something useful to do every day4 ,they will do it for you and some day your friends may make the world watch you and your company of ten1 doing things4 ,the ,bible says that ,whatsoever thy hand findeth to do1 do it with thy might4 ,that is what the ,bible says about your ten friends4 ,when our ten friends all cuddle up together1 as if hugging each other1 then we have a strong weapon to defend us1 then we can strike with the strength of the arm4 ,these ten friends helped the boy ,david1 as they clinched the cords of the sling1 and brought the giant down4 ,they go to war for us1 and every last one of them fights bravely4 ,an old college chum of mine was helped through school by these ten friends who worked hard for him4 ,these friends paid his way through school1 for he worked his way through by the labor of his hand4 ,sometimes the errand boy of the store has been helped so well by these ten friends that they helped him to a place in the firm1 and he became part owner of the store4 ,sometimes these ten friends are bad little friends1 they strike little sister1 they steal things from shops1 sometimes they lift strong drink to our lips and do lots of evil things but we must always remember they are only doing what we tell them to do4 ,we are responsible for all the evil they do1 for they only do as they are told4 ,we should train them only to do well1 and then they will only do well4 ,there was a little boy in the great city of ,philadelphia1 that never knew the name of his father and mother1 who was one day left on the doorstep of a stranger4 ,the good lady who lived in the house1 had pity upon the little stranger and took him in4 ,they called him ,george ,washington1 for they found him on ,washington's birthday1 and they called him ,child for his last name4 ,so his full name the good lady gave him was ,george ,washington ,child4 ,he and his ten friends sold papers on the streets of ,philadelphia4 ,his ten friends worked so hard and well that afterward he became the owner of the great ,public ,ledger of ,philadelphia4 ,thus we see how much a poor boy and his ten friends can do when they all work together and for each other4 ,these ten friends can work for ,god also4 ,they can give a cup of cold water to the thirsty1 and ,jesus says it is giving unto ,him4 ,these ten friends can lead other little boys and girls to the church where they can hear about ,jesus and be saved4 ,hold up the left hand and give the fingers a letter4 ,call the little finger ,w1 the next ,o1 and the next ,r1 and the following fingers ,k and ,s--,,works is the name of the left hand4 ,now hold up the right hand and spell out the word ,f4,a4,i4,t4,h4 ,,faith is the name of the right hand fingers1 so working with both hands1 these five friends called ,,works and these five called ,,faith we can do wonders4 ,faith and ,works can conquer the world4 ,so our ten friends are an army of conquerors4 ,,chapter ,,xxv ,,heavenly ,,mail ,,for ,,the ,,disciples ,objects3 #ab ,prepared ,envelopes ,,heavenly ,,mail ,,for ,,the ,,disciples ,,this is a fine test for the memory which can be used for older children and adults4 ,it will require some study before it can be used effectively4 ,secure twelve large envelopes and enclose in each a beautiful scripture and floral card4 ,say you are about to distribute in the mail twelve letters for the ,disciples4 ,you will not call out the names4 ,now1 ask twelve children1 or adults1 to come forward and say ,i have here twelve letters for the ,disciples4 ,i will not read their names1 but will describe them4 ,if you recognize them by the description ,i give1 you are to speak the name and ,i will give you the letter to be delivered to them4 ,if you cannot find the disciple whose name you pronounced1 then you are to keep the letter and its contents as yours4 ,ask the first one in the row the first question3 if he fails to answer1 ask him to take his seat4 ,if he answers it let him stand there in his place1 but don't ask him again unless all the others have failed4 ,the question about the second letter to the second individual1 and so on1 for the letters4 ,holding up the first letter you say ,i have here a letter for one of the ,disciples 7on the envelope you have the description of the ,disciple written7 who was believed to be the oldest of them all4 ,he once tried to walk on the water1 wrote two epistles which bear his name1 dined his ,lord three times4 ,what was his name8 7,peter47 ,after this question is disposed of1 ask the next question4 ,i now hold in my hand a letter for the ,disciple who first brought another to ,jesus 7,andrew47 ,i hold in my hand a letter for the ,disciple who was called the ,son of ,thunder the first martyr--who was he8 7,james47 ,i have a letter for the ,disciple who took ,mary away from the crowd on ,calvary1 to his own home4 ,wrote five books of the ,new ,testament and was especially dear to ,jesus4 ,who was he8 7,john47 ,i have a letter for the ,disciple who brought the second ,disciple to ,jesus1 ,can you name him8 7,philip47 ,i hold in my hand a letter for the ,disciple who was an ,israelite indeed and was also called ,bartholomew4 ,what was his other name8 7,nathaniel47 ,i have a letter for one who was a doubter4 ,what was his name8 7,thomas47 ,i have one for the ,disciple who was a collector of taxes and wrote one of the ,gospels4 ,can you name him8 7,matthew47 ,i hold in my hand a letter for a ,disciple who was perhaps the brother of ,matthew1 and the son of ,alphaeus4 ,can you speak his name8 7,james1 the son of ,alphaeus47 ,i have a letter for the ,disciple who had three names whose father's name was ,james4 ,what were his names8 7,judas ,thaddeus ,lebbaeus47 ,i have one for a ,disciple who belongs to the zealots4 ,what was his name8 7,simon of ,cana47 ,i have a letter for the ,disciple who committed suicide and betrayed his ,lord4 ,who was he8 7,judas47 ,this is a good scripture exercise and can be used in the number of ways4 ,if you so desire you may fasten their envelopes on some background in full view of the audience and ask the questions a week ahead of time1 so they might have time to look up the questions and come prepared to answer them4 ,it is a good drill for children which will enable them to learn the names of the ,disciples and something about each of them4 ,study it out well1 and then try it out4 ,,chapter ,,xxvi ,,there',s ,a ,,message ,,in ,,the ,,candle ,objects used3 ,a ,large ,candle1 standing for the story of ,joseph and ,his ,brethren ,,there',s ,a ,,message ,,in ,,the ,,candle ,,one day a candle spoke out from a shelf in a minister's study and said ,i see you watching me and with your eyes you seem to say--what shall ,i say next to the ,juniors4 ,listen to me and ,i will answer your question4 ,and the ,candle said ,well now1 ,mr4 ,preacher-man1 ,i will take your place next ,sunday and preach for you4 ,i have a message hidden away for your people4 ,then ,i though as ,i watched the candle that a hidden hand1 holding a lighted taper thrust itself out from the mystic land1 and glowed and throbbed as a little star of light which crowned its upright form4 ,then said ,i ,now1 ,mr4 ,candle1 what will you tell the people8 and it said ,hold me above your head and thus exalt me1 or debase me by putting me on the floor1 ,i will still keep on shining4 ,in whatsoever state ,i am1 ,i shine just the same4 ,men may honor me by placing me on the ,king's table before the lords and ladies1 or place me in a humble cottage window1 to help the pilgrim of the night to see his way onward1 ,i will still shine4 ,i was made to shine4 ,it is ,god's will that ,i shine--just shine4 ,learn1 ye people1 the lesson4 ,it is a message from the candle4 ,this is true goodness4 ,this is pure ,christianity4 ,this is ,jesus' way--no matter where--just shine4 ,that is beautiful1 good prophet1 said ,i1 as ,i drew out a golden dart from my own heart4 ,that arrow of light pierced me4 ,but1 said the candle1 ,do you know my true name8 ,well1 ,i will tell you4 ,my name is ,joseph4 ,i was shining long ago when the race was just tumbling over the side of the cradle of infancy4 ,i was there and did what ,i ask you to do4 ,when ,i was in ,father ,jacob's home1 or in the field tending sheep1 or carrying messages to my brother shepherds1 or when ,i was hated by my home folks1 or cast into the pit with creeping things and devouring mouths1 or sold into ,egypt as a slave1 or robed in grandeur as a mighty ruler with ,pharaoh1 or when ,i was covered with the poisonous lies1 or cast down into prison1 or when ,i stood before ,pharaoh1 and made clear his dreams1 or when ,i was exalted to ,pharaoh's side1 and lived in untold glory1 or when ,i met my brethren who sold me into slavery1 and with whom ,i could even up the old score and sore1 or when ,i stood face to face with my dear old father in ,egypt land1 and found myself and the boys and home folks all united under the royal canopy of ,pharaoh's care1 ,i just kept on shining all the time4 ,up or down1 in or out1 over or under--just shining all the time4 ,go thou and do likewise4 ,then ,i saw the mystic hand come out from dreamland1 and remove the white robed priest1 and ,i heard him exclaim as he was removed out of sight--,here endeth the sermon of the white candle4 ,when at last my thought spoke out1 ,i said1 ,god was with the white minister and his message was like an echo of the sermon on the mount4 ,to visualize the lesson1 place a plain candle on the table1 and be seated a little distance from it4 ,secure a good reader1 who will not be in sight1 to speak the part the candle says1 and you in turn make the answer4 ,make it a dialogue with the object4 ,,chapter ,,xxvii ,,the ,,long ,,and ,,short ,,of ,,it ,objects used3 ,a ,tall ,candle and a ,stub of a ,candle ,,the ,,long ,,and ,,short ,o' ,,life ,,this is a lesson which illustrates how important it is to give ,god our whole life4 ,samuel did this4 ,he did not wait until his life was almost burned out1 and then give to ,god the stump which was left1 but gave ,god the whole life1 from early childhood to ripe old age4 ,secure one full length candle1 and also one almost burned out4 ,if both are lit at the same time1 the short one quickly burns away while the tall one burns for a long time4 ,the tall candle stands for youth1 and where youth is given over to ,god1 it sheds light for many happy days4 ,we should all offer our whole life to ,god and not wait till it is almost gone and then offer a few short feeble days to ,him4 ,don't wait until life is almost burned out and only a little stub left like this to offer ,god4 ,as you say these words1 hold up the little stump of candle4 ,here is a candle almost burnt out4 ,it will not give light much longer4 ,in the old fashioned days when candle light was used it would be cast aside as good for nothing1 and yet the little stump can do a little good for ,jesus4 ,come to ,him before it is burnt out altogether4 ,come now1 tomorrow darkness may come and the little candle be entirely consumed4 ,one evening some years ago1 when ,i was preaching in my ,philadelphia church1 a sermon called ,a ,sermon of a ,hundred ,candles ,i lifted up a little stub of a candle almost burned out1 and said ,this resembles the sinner almost burned out1 only a few minutes more and it will be gone4 ,turn to ,god quickly before time will snuff out your flickering taper4 ,in that audience that night sat a man well known in river circles4 ,he was known as ,capt4 ,evans1 a man that knew the ,delaware ,river like a book4 ,many efforts had been made to bring him to ,jesus1 but everything up to this point had failed4 ,he said ,that little stub of a candle got me4 ,and it brought him to ,jesus1 and for the rest of his days was a shining light for the ,master4 ,oh1 ye little stubs4 ,turn to ,jesus and shine4 ,you cannot go back to the happy days of youth to begin over again but begin to shine now for ,jesus4 ,hearken1 ye youth1 boys and girls1 of the order of the long candle4 ,come now to ,jesus and shine from the days of your youth until ,god bids you come up higher and shine for ,him in the ,white ,city of ,god4 ,to elaborate this lesson let a number of boys and girls come to the platform1 each bringing an unlit candle which they light from the tall candle on the table called ,the ,light of the ,world4 ,and then let them place them back on the table until they are all lit4 ,don't let them hold them in their hands in a lighted condition as there is danger in this4 ,ask them to stand around the table while the lights are burning and sing ,jesus bids us shine4 ,,chapter ,,xxviii ,,pulling ,,out ,,the ,,nail ,,holes ,objects3 ,a ,small ,size ,post or ,board4 ,hammer and ,nails ,,pulling ,,out ,,the ,,nail ,,holes ,,here is a story so old that it is new4 ,that is1 it is new to this generation4 ,it is about a post that may be a pulpit or a lesson desk1 and from it they may hear a loud message proclaimed4 ,this is the story4--,many years ago when ,grandpa was young1 just like you1 his mother told him a story about a boy that did wrong things1 told falsehoods1 and used bad words4 ,his mother1 in order to cause him to see how ugly sin was1 and what a bad scar it left in the heart1 drove a nail into a post for every evil word he spoke4 ,by and by there were a large number of nails in the post and it looked very ugly and he felt just a little ashamed of his deeds being shown up this way4 ,so he went to his mother and said he was very sorry1 and promised he would try not to say bad words any more if she would pull all the nails out4 ,this she agreed to do on the following terms3 ,for every good word or deed1 he would say or do1 she would pull out one nail4 ,after trying real hard he saw the nails come out one by one1 at last they were all out1 but he noticed the holes left by the nails1 and wanted his mother to pull them out also1 which1 of course she could not do4 ,this taught the boy a lesson1 that even good deeds could not erase the scars evil deeds left behind them4 ,his father said1 however1 if he continued to be good1 he would fill all the holes up with a paint filler1 and recoat the post with fresh paint1 and it would like quite like new1 and right again4 ,after his father had given the post a number of coats of fresh paint1 the scars all disappeared1 and the little boy never forgot the lesson when he looked at the bright1 fresh post4 ,now1 secure a fair sized post or board4 ,have it nicely planed and painted1 if possible1 polished1 so it will present a finished appearance4 ,take now a hammer and nail and drive one in1 at short distances1 at every evil deed mentioned4 ,he told a lie--drive in a nail4 ,he said a swear word--drive in a nail4 ,he stole a book--drive in a nail1 and so continue this operation until there are fifteen or twenty nails driven in4 ,how shall ,i get rid of my sins8 ,let us see4 ,for every good word said1 pull out a nail and continue in this fashion until the nails are extracted4 ,but good works will not blot out our evil deeds1 for you notice that the nail holes are there4 ,we cannot pull the nail holes out1 the scar of sin is left1 ,the only way the scar can be blotted out is by the planing off of the board1 or filling up the nail holes1 or better still1 get a new piece of board4 ,so ,god must give us a new heart1 and this ,he will do if we pray ,create in me a new heart1 ,o ,god4 ,,chapter ,,xxix ,,the ,,buried ,,bible ,objects3 ,a ,large ,bible2 a ,daily ,newspaper2 a ,sunday ,newspaper2 a ,cash ,book2 ,entertainment ,program2 a ,theatrical ,window ,poster2 a ,book of ,fashions2 a ,book of ,personal ,engagements2 a ,popular ,work of ,fiction2 ,school ,books2 a ,phonograph ,catalogue ,,the ,,buried ,,bible ,,in the ,old ,testament days we read of the ,scriptures or ,the ,law being hidden away under the rubbish of the neglected temple4 ,there is great danger in these days that we might lose our ,bible in this way also4 ,we so easily and frequently put it aside1 neglect it1 and then forget it and often forget where we put it4 ,the cares of this world and its sinful pleasures are the dust which so often covers our ,bible1 and which covers it over to such an extent that we find it is not even in our thoughts4 ,in many of our homes1 the ,bible is out of sight4 ,the children do not find it open and ever before their eyes4 ,it is a buried book4 ,there should be a ,bible in every room1 always kept open1 which will speak in a silent tongue of power ,search me1 and in so doing you will find eternal life4 ,to illustrate the fact that in most homes this is not done1 and that the ,bible has been covered with the rubbish of life1 secure a good sized ,bible1 and before the children assemble1 cover it all over so it is entirely out of sight with1 first1 a ,sunday newspaper1 next1 a cash book used in business1 next an entertainment program1 then a theatrical window poster folded up1 then a fashion plate picture1 after this a book containing your engagements for every night1 and late night affairs2 also a popular work of fiction1 a pile of school books2 a well worn catalogue of ,victor records1 and at last a daily newspaper4 ,when the audience is assembled1 explain you will talk to them about the neglected book of ,god or the buried ,bible4 ,let us all look and see what we use to cover up our ,bible1 and thus put it out of sight4 ,this pile of stuff on the table covers up the dear word of ,god1 and prevents us from reading it as we should4 ,the ,bible is the world's greatest medicine chest1 and it is lost4 ,the world is in dreadful pain and we cannot find the medicine4 ,let us see together what has covered it up1 and search together under the rubbish until we find it4 ,first lift off the daily newspaper4 ,this is always read first by most people1 and when we have finished reading it1 there is no time to read the ,bible1 and we are not in a good mental state to grasp its meaning1 so we neglect to read our ,bible4 ,we should go to the ,holy ,book first1 if only to find one verse for the day1 for in so doing1 we begin the day with ,god4 ,but the daily newspaper has hid it out of sight4 ,next take up the ,victor talking machine catalogue1 which should be much worn by frequent use1 and in so doing explain that one-half the time listening to ,god speak through ,his word1 as we give to the popular song and music of the day1 our ,bibles would be in as prominent a place as the talking machine4 ,popular music is good in its place but when it takes the ,bible's place1 it is all wrong and out of its place4 ,don't hide the ,bible back of the talking machine1 or you will lose it some day4 ,next1 take off the ,school books4 ,no time to read the ,bible1 have so many lessons to study4 ,this is often the cry we hear from boys who attend school4 ,sometimes the school books are enemies to the word of ,god and destroy all taste for the ,bible4 ,often when the boys and girls have finished their book learning1 they have not only no time for the ,bible but no use for it at all4 ,they cast it into the rubbish and say ,the world has outgrown the ,bible4 ,so under the books of the school1 they have buried it and called it dead and that is the reason they buried it4 ,bright boys and girls should know the ,bible is the king of all books of learning1 and the highest crowning wisdom of all is to know ,god1 that alone is the perfect education4 ,don't therefore1 hide your ,bible under your school books4 ,now pick from the rubbish heap--the novel4 ,i am so interested in reading fiction ,i have no time to read the ,bible4 ,this is just what the boys and girls often say4 ,they will sit up all night if possible to see how the story turns out4 ,of course there is no time to read the ,bible if this is the way we spend our reading time and so the ,bible once more is pushed aside by the novel4 ,reading is a splendid means of mental culture1 and it makes a full man1 but the best reading of all is the ,bible4 ,mix a chapter of the good ,book in with your other reading1 and you have a superb mixture4 ,the ,bible contains the world's best literature1 and it is more than good literature4 ,its words are life and concentrated power4 ,they are bits of radium4 ,they glow with inside light1 they never lose their lustre4 ,their light is as penetrating as the ,x-ray4 ,they shine into the other life4 ,don't hide the light of the mighty word with the novel or secular reading of the present day4 ,now take from the pile of stuff your book of engagements4 ,open it1 and discover you have an engagement for every night in the week4 ,they are social functions4 ,you must go2 you will lose your standing among the high class if you don't4 ,put down among your engagements this one4 ,i have an engagement of thirty minutes with my ,bible4 ,this is imperative4 ,keep that engagement with your ,bible as you would keep all other engagements and you will never lose your ,bible under a heap of dates4 ,at this time take from the heap of rubbish the book of fashion plates4 ,must attend to this book--every month brings me something new4 ,if ,i hold my own with 'my set' ,i must follow the fashion plates to appear just right4 ,this is burning incense to the ,goddess of ,vanity1 and this ,goddess is not satisfied with a fragment of time1 but it demands full time and it generally gets it4 ,fashion plates and the scriptures are impossible mates4 ,they never mix well because they are not of one blood4 ,so the plate stays and the ,bible goes under it4 ,it is right that we should give attention to our dress and address1 and the way to do this is to seek the ,bible way of beauty of dress and character adornment4 ,to look beautiful we must commence to be beautiful inside1 and at last it will shine forth and transfigure the outside4 ,follow the teaching of the ,bible and be pure in heart3 put on the robe of ,christ's righteousness1 and then you will be in heavenly style and unmatched by anything the wide world can dream of for personal adornment4 ,follow the ,bible1 the world's divine fashion plate4 ,next remove the theatrical poster4 ,in this day the popular amusements have gripped the young people with a mad hand4 ,no time for the ,bible4 ,much time for the show4 ,what shall ,i do to amuse myself is the cardinal question of this age and every moment possible is given over to the answer4 ,people grow white in the face in their excessive seeking to find the latest thrill1 and they stay white until he cold hand of death gets them4 ,pleasures pure are pleasures right4 ,at the right hand of ,god there are pleasures forever more4 ,if they are right for heaven1 they are right for the world1 but pleasures worshipped are always bad for they are tipped with sin and bar the gates of heaven from the pleasures at the right hand of ,god4 ,there is deep sweet pleasure in the reading of ,god's word4 ,sing with ,psalm #ajc4 ,whisper ,psalm #bc when the night cometh4 ,read ,john #ad when the darkness is at hand1 and nothing in the wide1 wide world can be compared to the heart pleasure this gives4 ,it puts the soul in touch with a little bit of heaven4 ,don't cover up ,god's great pleasure garden--the ,bible--with a ton of worthless worn out1 dried and faded earthly flowers4 ,now take off the cash book4 ,the ,bible has often been hidden by the business ledger1--so often business crowds the ,bible out4 ,hard work1 mental strain1 and the fierce fight of the present day business man gives but short time for the reading of the ,bible1 and more often no time at all4 ,head and nerves are worn out at the end of the day1 and the soul also is worn out with business cares1 so the cash box1 the ledger and typewriter have covered up the ,bible and it is out of sight and buried under business activities4 ,it must be remembered in this day of fever heat and mad rush that a business man must give his utmost to his trade if he wishes to put it over1 but it should also be remembered that in the soul's great ledger if ,a man gains the whole world it is reckoned as loss in the ,book of ,god4 ,we can serve ,god and read ,his ,book and yet be successful4 ,mr4 ,john ,wanamaker1 the best known citizen1 and foremost ,christian of the business world of ,america1 blended the ,bible with his great commercial enterprises by always putting up a ,bible verse over his office desk and mixing up its truth with the trade of the day4 ,he honored ,god's word and ,god honored his trade4 ,he never lost his ,bible under his cash register4 ,now remove the bundle of ,sunday newspapers4 ,it is because these are read on ,sunday that no time is found to read ,god's book on ,god's day4 ,the newspaper is on the ,sunday morning breakfast table inviting us to spend ,sunday with it4 ,no time to read the ,bible4 ,the ,sunday ,newspapers often contain as many words as the entire ,new ,testament4 ,we will read the papers first1 after that we have no time or mind for the ,book4 ,very often if all the words we read were counted they would be more than the words of the four gospels and yet we have no time to read even a chapter of ,god's good book4 ,we mean we have no mind to read it4 ,we have buried it under the sensational and often nauseous ,sunday newspaper4 ,after we lift up the last paper from the ,bible1 we exclaim ,god's ,book--long lost--now found4 ,lift the ,bible up and say ,i will place it next to my heart and cover it with my love1 so shall the ,bible not be covered with sin4 ',thy word have ,i hid in my heart4' ,may it always thus be covered and evermore in the battle and strife of life my ,bible shall always be first4 ,a great merchant in the city of ,philadelphia1 submerged with business cares and thoughtless about ,god1 said to his little boy one day he had no time to read the ,bible1 he was so bothered with bonds and stocks4 ,his little boy could not understand these big words1 and continued to ask him to read his ,bible and be good4 ,one morning the father came down stairs with a quick step and hurried to his paper to look over the morning news when the little boy just recovering from a severe spell of sickness1 crept up into his lap and said ,bible first1 ,daddy4 ,the father looked into his little pale face and his heart was touched1 his eyes filled with tears1 and he said ,it shall be as you say1 dear little fellow4 ,god has given you back to me1 and ,i will go back to my ,bible and he did1 and he said it made a great man of him and a greater merchant also4 ,let this be your motto ,bible first and it will never be buried under the rubbish of the things of this life again4 ,the ,bible first1 ,daddy1 is the voice of ,god4 ,,chapter ,,xxx ,,the ,,christmas ,,candle ,objects used2 ,a ,small ,candle2 in a ,common ,candlestick2 ,a ,representation of a ,window4 ,this is a ,story ,object ,sermon ,,the ,,christmas ,,candle ,,christmas fires and lights are as old as the story of the birth of ,jesus4 ,the earliest form of lighting was the wood fire in the cave4 ,around this light the ancients sat and told the stories of old4 ,around the fire on the field of the shepherds1 sat the ancient guardians of the sheep1 as they read from the holy parchment1 of the coming ,,one and as they sat watching the dying embers of some such fire1 were startled by flash of heavenly light and heard the angels' song of the new-born ,king4 ,that was the first ,christmas light4 ,ever since that day1 whenever the glad ,christmas day approaches1 lights1 beautiful and cheerful seem to shine out the glad light of the first ,christmas day and so from window on hill top or valley1 from tree and toy room of countless homes1 the ,christmas candle plays its happy part in the drama of ,merry ,christmas4 ,to illustrate this ,christmas candle story1 construct a large background like the inside view of a window1 and place a tall candle in front of it4 ,if the window cannot be erected draw one on a blackboard or sketch one on a piece of muslin4 ,if there is a small window in the alcove of the pulpit platform in good sight of the people1 use that4 ,then tell the following story3 ,a little crippled child1 in one of the back alleys of a great city1 wondered what she could do to brighten ,christmas day for some one else4 ,she was too poor to give even the widow's mite yet she had a kindly heart for other children poorer than herself4 ,her mother1 with tears dropping from her eyes1 said ,god had not made it possible for us to do anything for the rest of the world except just to be glad and they would both try to do that in the name of the little ,lord ,jesus1 who was once as poor as they4 ,she remembered that in her own native land1 far over the sea1 the children of her childhood always put a lighted candle in the window 7here light the candle in front of the window7 which sent out a cheerful light over the snow on ,christmas4 ,they could do that1 at least1 and with a glad heart they lit the candle and prayed ,god bless the light4 ,from the outside the little glittering light looked like the star of ,bethlehem4 ,the darkness hid the ugly surroundings of the dilapidated home and it looked supremely beautiful on the ,night of ,nights4 ,a laboring man1 hastening by to the corner saloon1 with his wages in his pocket1 thinking only of himself and a night of sin1 saw the light in the window4 ,said he1 ,it is ,christmas eve and all about him he saw1 hastening to and fro1 men and women bearing ,christmas gifts to the loved ones4 ,it had been many a year since he had made his little ones happy by ,christmas gifts4 ,he had forgotten ,christmas was so near until he saw the little candle in the window4 ,the light held him--a prisoner--,it called him back--back to his childhood days and the happy ,christmas time he had spent in his own home4 ,his father and mother had taught him in the early days to love ,god and keep ,his ,commandments4 ,he wiped away a tear--turned about face as he looked again at the ,christmas candle1 and went home4 ,they had a ,merry ,christmas in that home that glad day1 and the poor little girl's ,christmas candle blessed of ,god1 brought the wayward son back to ,god1 home1 and ,christmas4 ,just across the narrow alley1 a window of a room1 in which an old man1 worn out with years1 trying to sleep1 heard the snow beating against the window pane1 arose and looked out at the falling snow4 ,as he did so1 he saw the light in the window across the way4 ,that reminded him it was again ,christmas eve4 ,not for long years had he even given it a serious or religious thought4 ,he had lived for self alone because he was alone4 ,his children had forsaken him2 wife had died long years ago1 but somehow this light had got him also4 ,memories of other years came back and rang the ,christmas bells of long ago4 ,in his thoughts he was back to his childhood day4 ,how happy those memories made him feel4 ,christmas back again said he as he looked again at this lone light in the window across the way4 ,i'll put one in my window and he relit the candle he had extinguished as he slipped into bed4 ,another window with a candle in it was shining out until1 when midnight came1 the dark alley was aglow with lighted windows4 ,the old man said as he closed his eyes in slumber1 ,tomorrow ,i will make the day merry for the little mother and child across the way and he kept his promise4 ,a lady of high degree and great wealth1 passed by in her car loaded with ,christmas gifts1 saw the little girl's ,christmas candle in the window4 ,she stopped at the house1 hurried upstairs1 there she saw the poor little girl trying to keep ,christmas with one candle4 ,the good lady's heart was touched by the child's simple faith and beautiful little deed1 left for her toys and little comforts1 that the dear mother and little girl accepted with tears of joy4 ,when ,christmas day came1 the sleepers in the alley were awakened by the carol singers chanting ,while shepherds watched their flocks by night4 ,our little girl who put her ,christmas candle in the window was the happiest little girl in the great city that day4 ,yes1 and not that day only1 but the good lady1 attracted by the candle1 became a constant friend1 and in all the coming days helped her to win out in life's battle4 ,so it was ,christmas day every day in that humble home1 and the lone ,christmas candle in the window had been a candle blessed by ,god4 ,,the ,,end ,benediction ,taps ,to be sung at the close of evening meeting ,day has gone ,night has come ,day has gone ,night has come ,god is near ,god is near ,all is well