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tanned in the hymn, in this WY.
Another way is to work by means Of an
acrostic. Sec Mark xi;22--then make IN
ecrostic on the word Faith. What is
faith 1t is from God, it is accepting God.
it is inviting God, it is trusting Cod 1t IL
honoring GJd. And the children will 20
out with strong impression Of faith.
Other illustrations Of similar nature,
were given by the speaker TO show how a
childs mind can be quickly and effectively
reached. We cnn put sermon into half "A
minute, AMI the children will remember
more of it. a visiting pastor who had
! preached fine, learned discourse in n Ger
tain church ole Sunday morning, WAS in
vited to speak to the Sunday school, and he
did not know just how to get down to the
children. "What shall [ talk about :"
said he to the school, Then one little fell
low held up his hand and said: please,
sir, heard you preach this morning, anI
| now hope you'll talk about minute -
"sand Map Building and other Hug
.trative Teaching In Primary Work"
This topic was assigned to Mrs katherine
[. Higgins Of Worcester, Mass, and very
Interestingly did she deal with it. Espsci-
ally did her talk contain much that all
teachers of primary classes who heard Ler
can afford to remember. She used foundry
sand in making an outline of Palestine, To-
eating and pointing out the principal places
| concerning which the lessons would treat
| She then said:
81 hold in my hand lump Of clay. SUP
| posing | try to make u vase or even a little
ornamental dish Of it. 1t don't seem to DO
coming into shape; What is tho matter? |
don't know how to make it. Yes, that is
just the trouble. Well can you make it
o,, lot.
ter of course. What does the Bible saw
Here it is in Jeremiah xviii 8. "Bohold as
the clay is in the potters hand, SO are ye in
my hand. They make a beautiful vase
out of the clay, and God will make Of you
beautiful characters if you will only let
Him. We cannot always tell just what Hs
is going to make of US Isaiah says in Isai-
ah xiv. D. shall the clay say to him that
fashoneth it, What makest thou" have
here pretty symmetrical jug that was made
a few days ago by Il potter 1t has not
been baked, but it seems to me that it is
good illustration Of pure innocent littla
child, but there is no little child here but
what has done wrong On the least little
sins hurt the beauty SO much just as the
least little pressure mars the vase, You do
not mind what mama says, GA how it hurts
your character. You tell lie, it makes .
great dent, you are impatient How soon
your characters seem TO be quite spoiled
even as the vase is spoiled and the worst is
that we can never make them as good again.
No, only the potter Is able to do that. Only
Christ can again make US pure and good
AS We grow older we change less easily.
have another vase here that has been made
little longer, but still has not been il
the furnace. 1t is true that the more
we do wrong tho less easy it is
Is TO do right. On the other hand, the
more We do right the loss easy it IS to follow
he wrong, and sometimes we begin to think
am better tuau sucn Is gr, or l wouldn
be so mean as such boy, and our pride
grows rapidly and suddenly, we find that
Solomon'5 words are true, Pride goeth be.
fore destruction and naughty spirit before
4 fall. The only way we can be sure to be
strong, is to bs strong in the Lord And
when we find that we cannot make our own
characters we need TO pray with Isaiah,
lxiv:S: "But now, q Lord thou art our
Father. We ars the clay and Thou our pot
ter; and we all are the work OF thy hand.