The morning call., 1894-06-03
TRUTH AND LIGHT
Spiritual Education of
the Child.
Eighteen Young Children Were Inn
pressed With the Beauty of
Divine Truth.

Yesterday mornings session of the Con-
gress of Scientists was purely social The
committee of arrangements when prepar-
ing the programme for the week concluded
that one of the greatest needs for members
of the congress was 10 become acquainted.
and for that reason one morning was set
apart for reception.
There were no address or programme
feature Of any kind, but members simply
passed the hours in social intercourse. An
opportunity was afforded for introductions.
and before The morning was over every
body knew everybody else.
The hal! was a mass OF flowers. The
large parlors, which were also thrown
open to guests, were decorated with flow
ers and plants of all kinds, and presented
a pleasing and beautiful appearance.
The attendance at the reception was very
large, and 1t was pronounced one of the
most successful features of the congress.
The afternoon session was children'S
session, and the hall was filed with pretty
little ones looking pleased and happy.
The text for the day was from the sixteenth
verse OF the eighteenth chapter of Luke ::
But Jesus called them unto him, and said,
Suffer little children TO come unto me and
forbid them no., for Of such is the Kingdom
of Cod"
The session was opened with the hymn
BE Healed. Oh Be Thou Healed" which
was sung by the entire audience. The diff
ferent announcements were given out,
after which Mrs. Helen Van Anderson of
Chicago read a paper on "Child Education
from Spiritual Basis
Mrs. Anderson, in her paper, showed
how easy it was to make child realize
that it had soul. The idea seemed 10 be
born in the child. Reasoning from that
fact 1t was not difficult to impress many
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otherwise be impossible. Children loved
to hear about the Creator, and what was
taught them in this way was sure to be
beneficial and lasting.
Mrs. Anderson also described different
methods of doing the work of teaching,
and told how the truth could be impaired
in the most perfect mauuer. She seemed
Thoroughly familiar with her subject, aud
her paper was pronounced one OF the best
OF the session.
The principal feature of the session was
an address by Mrs. Irene de V. Plum e,t
entitled THE Main Link in the Chain of
Being in the Education of Children" Illus
trated with an object lesson to children.
Eighteen little girls were arranged in a
semi-clrcle across the stage, and Mrs
Plunkett, standing in the center, spoke to
them, delivering beautiful object lesson.
In the first lesson each child had a differ
ent flower, and from its structure and
beautiful texture the cAItufen were Taught
to see The divine hand of the creator.
BY parting he petals the children were
shown the beautiful centers of the plant
that were previously concealed. and there
by taught to seek the invisible by looking
beyond the visible. In fact, that was the
whole tenor of Mrs. Plunketrs lesson.
She gave the children nuts, which they
were told to crack and find the kernel.
The kernel was the best part OF the nut,
hut it was invisible until il was sought
In this way comparisons were made with
their own natures, and they were told
how there was great deal more in their
being than appeared at first. But they
must look for it. They must look for
truth. 1t existed in themselves. and they
alone could find il.
At the close of the object lesson DR..
Alice Stockham of Chicago read a paper
entitled "Parenthood" that was full OF