The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
PHILANTHROPY IN SUNDAY
SCHOOL WORK.
BY MRS. FRANK PEARSON.

FnllantnropY IN It's nlgnesC form is
no. the helping. or caring for, an indi-
vidual, or class, but love of mankind.
Most of us are, however. not capable of
grasping or acting upon this largest def
milton. AS l heard lady say, when
asked to devote some time to a society
which had very broad aims: II cannot
do that kind of work. l must love the
person for whom l make sacrifices" and
il we grown up people feel that in our
selves, we certainly cannot expect more
in the children, who form the largest
proportion of our Sunday school schol-
ars.
Accepting this fact we can. by sug
costing to them and helping them do
trivial acts for those with whom they
can come into personal contact, develop
in them the divine principle of unselish
love, which asks for no reward, not even
Of grateful words.
Sewing Circle.
The teacher of a class of little girls
can very easily interest them in mother
less babies, by talking Of, or better still,
visiting with them the Foundling's
Home, the Englewood Nursery, or one
of the Orphan Asylums. Many of them
still love their dolls, though they hardly
like to confess it, and bestow their kisses
and caresses in secret; live baby will
appeal at once to the motherly instinct,
and il their mothers have wisely taught
them to sew for the dolls they will en-
Joy making garments for the babies,
either at home or in circle formed for
the purpose, with the mothers and the
teacher to give occasi NAL direction.
Flower Mission.
Another beautiful form of philap
thropic work is the flower mission, which
can be inaugurated in any Sunday
school and will interest both the boys
and girls.
The South-side Mission carries on ex-
tensive operations, supplying most OF
the charitable institutions, but there
are always sick-rooms to be found with
out going very far, and the gift of flow
ers, showing kindly sympathy, is as CRATE
full to the sufferer whose means allow of
trained nurse, as to the poor. Even a
few wild flowers may carry the mind
back to sweet and tender memories,
and Danish for brief time the sense of
languor and WEAKNESS, but in summer
garden flowers may be had for the ask
ing. and the fund be allowed to accumu-
late for the winters work.
How that fund shall be raised must
be settled by each school for itself, but
may suggest way found very salts
factory in the school in which / have
the pleasure of teaching.
Each mber, young or old, is asked
to bring on his or her birthday one cent
for each year lived. To the little ones
birthday is always 40 event, and this
contribution adds pleasantly to it's i'm
portance. AS We grow older we become
less exact, in fact at times positively
navy dS W Ou0 VI Cout5 TO
quired, so we just hand in fifty cents, or
a dollar, and generously waive the mat
ter of change.
or course there must be committee
to distribute the flowers, and by fire.
quently changing the mem bers, we can
employ more active workers.-alway a
wise policy.
Christmas.
As the winter approaches our minds
naturally revert to the season when
peace and goodwill should most prevail.
Christmas-when we can lavish our
gifts without danger OF hurting the
most sensitive feelings. for the well.to-
do have by no means monopoly of
constituencies.
There are many amongst the poor
whose self-respect has not been lessened
by hardship, and whom it requires the
most kindly tact to reach with substan-
tial help.
In all schools Christmas is observed
with some form of festivity, the Christ
mas-tree being perhaps the most com,
mon.
OF late years, in accordance with the
spread of philanthropic sentiment. the