The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15

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say. Bible teaching, the children in Oh
community are receiving. We, the Com
rnittee of Six, are about to report. an,
among other things we wish to ascertain
If the imputed decline OF scripture
teaching is SO great as it is said to be
Are the parents at fauIt-should TIL
| schools try to help--in fact, where i
! the remedy to be found? But first i
must be determined to just what exten
the children are, or are not. receivins
| the instruction in sacred literature Now
| II you viii just permit me to speak tt
the children and she turned smilingl,
| TO the forty expectant faces.
Dear little children" she began melo-
| 0lonsly, all of you who attend SUNDAY
school, hold up YOUR hands, A goodly
percentage OF hands stretched ceiling
ward.
And how many of you can estimate
the value of this blessed privilege? ?"
L cam quoth Tommie with his Gus
tomary vigor.
just here Miss Thornton, recalling the
late catastrophe with the Deacon's yo-
cabulary, came to the rescue
Would it not be better for me to talk
to the children? Do not misunderstood
me, but the children will not be so re-
spons1ve to stranger, and they are so
familiar with my language, my manner
OF questioning And | think | under
stand just what you want
Mrs. Gibbs was effusively grateful,
immediately appropriated the desk and
the contents thereof, and proceeded to
take notes.
Children" began Miss Thornton II
want you to tell me sorse of the things
you do in Sunday SCHOOL,"
A dozen hands went up. well, Ma
bel p
1--WE sing and pray and give our pen
nies and come home and take off our
dresses
Miss Thornton saw breakers ahead.
and steered for deep water ssAnd what
do you learn--who are some of the peo-
pie you learn about p
Alma was never quite clear: she start
ed out well, but was liable TO become
confused. In this instance she volunteer
ed the startling information: Eve learn
about God and Mrs. God, and their little
boy, and their OK. and their ass, and
everything that is their neighbours.
Mrs. Gibbs gasped, leaned over the
desk, and shook suspiciously then fell to
scribbling with great rapidity. Miss
Thornton hardened herself firmly re
solved to crafty her visitors thirst for
knowledge.
Just here little George, whose father
was professor in the Theological Semi
nary, asked permission to tell the story
Of Adam and Eve. A reverert hush fell
upon the room as the 1isping lips recited
The story. 1t watn a plitty darden, and
only there wath tllnake IN it, nobody
1eedth to be afraid. But the thnake
haid you thould wear more clothes, and
hough Eve made a dweth of howerth,"
On down to the mournfui end where
God thuted the gate and they couldn't |
90 back, and the poor tlnake wath left
I'll alone"
Thank you. George; that was very
ice story Now who knows of some {
,ther people the Bible tells US of"
I know Abraham" volunteered Roy. /
aOh yes said Oracle, there's pic :
ure of him in our dining and my :
,apa told us all about him. He made /
lack men white, and then he got in a {
OK somewhere and man shot him
ssThat wasn't my Abraham, objected
10y. indignantlv Ny Abraham had
,oy-.a good little boy-and he took him
nut and made bonfire and worshipped
i'm up to God, he did-worshipped him
light up with big fire.
Il know another Bible man Tom
ME rose najesticafly--s'llis name was
Hoses, and he was a very nice man.
pharaoh the king had a heart, and it was
cry hard, and every time Pharaoh {.
ras going to give Moses a vaca-
ion, why the Lord hardened Pha-.l
aoh's heart harder. First it was prob
,ly like chalk, next like sandstone, then
mestone, by and by quartz"
All, this beautiful theory of correla-
onl How well had Tomnie expert
rented with the bits of stone: how won
erfully original his application of the
rinciplel Is
During Ionmie's recital, Roy's hand
ad been waving frantically, and now
response to Miss Thornton's nod, he
orang to his feet Il
q know a beLyew-tiful song about !
loses. My Uncle Charlie taught it
, me. I'll sing it" And straightway {
lie childish treble arose: Il
pharaof1's daughter on the bank,
Little Moses in the pool, Il
hey fshed him out with telegraph
pole,
And sent him off TO school 8
h. sing Ira la
Earnestly the child sang. and no classic
elody could have appealed more
ronglv TO his little listeners, upon
HON no sense of irrelevance or lrreyeT-
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