Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-27
CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT LESSONS
FROM FLAGS AND COMMANDMENTS

Mr.. Sundays talk this afternoon
was to children, many hundreds OF
whom filed the tabernacle, and
taking the flag as his subject,
taught the boys and girls many
valuable lessons. His talk was
given an added interest by Mr..
Sunday, who showed the flags of
the various countries and explain
ed that which it represents and its
capital. He also took the ten COM
mandments, and representing each
by a. vase, told a story in which
six of the ten were broken by a
boy who ran away from Sunday
school and lied to his mother AS
each commandment was broken,
Mr.. Sunday smashed the vase rep
resenting that law-an object les
son that no child will ever forget.
The children were highly inter
ested and attentive and entered
into the spirit of the meeting with
pep and enthusiasm. An outline of
Mr.. Sundays sermon follows:
Just think of what an awful thing
it would be if there were no boys
and girls alive on earth. We could
not have any schools or Sunday
schools. The Lord likes to see boys
and girls play, but we have to do
right down here and we can't lie
and steal and swear and do mean
things. All those things are what
satan wants to do. 1 suppose the
boys are playing ball; some of
them are playing mumble-peg.
Well, the Lord likes to see boys
play and have a good time. He
don't like to see one of these Jim
my Tough kind Of boys, and if
YOU ask him something, he says,
"Qh, don't know" One of these
boys is always first at the dog
dog fight and last at Sunday school.
Let me tell you what kind of a
boy Benedict Arnold was when he
was a boy. He was learning a
trade, and you have been in a drug
store where they have a big bowl
made out of iron and a big stone.
He would put glass in there and
pound it up fine and scatter it
around on the floor, and the boys
would como in barefoot and step
on it and then he'd laugh at them.
No wonder he became a traitor.
/ used to run foot races. There
wasn't anybody in the United States
that could beat me. ran 100 yards
in 10 seconds. l could run around
the diamond when l played base
ball in IA seconds. If l could get
a start on a fellow, If he could run
as fast as 1 could he never could
catch me. So that is the time to
learn those things when you are
young. l can run now and take
jump here and turn somersault
over in the air.
Meaning Of Flag.
have a flag here and I don't
think you know what it is. What
is that one?
American" How many stars arc
there? "Forty-eight." What do they
stand for? Each state" How many
stripes? Thirteen" Tell me the
name of one OF them? Rhode Is
land" Tell me, what is the CAPT
tai? Washington" Who is the
president? Wilson"
Can you sing me a verse of MY
Country, 'Tis of Thee?' Sit up
straight and let 'em go.
w hat Is IudL one blRllSQ.
Canadian" Mo- MOI Canada"
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa" Is Canada up north or
down south? North" What is
that one? Mexico" Where is Mex
leo? South" We haven't time to
talk about these countries much.
What is this one? Cuba" What
is the capital of Cuba? Havana
What do we get from Cuba? "Ci-
CARS" Yes, sugar, bananas and
cigars. What is that one? 1t is a
country in South America. ''Vene-
zuela." What is the capital of
Caracas" Here is
one; what is it? Italy" What is
the capital of Italy? Rome"
What is the big church in Rome?
"St. Peters" What do we get from
Italy? OLIVES" What is that?
Brazil" Capital? Rio de Jan
GIRO" What big river runs through
there? Amazon" What do we get
from Brazil? Rubber" What one
is that? Norway" What is the
caOital of Norway? Stockholm"
No. "Christiania." What is that?
Denmark" Capital? "Copenha-
gen." That is a great little coun-