The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-24
"CHILDREN'S WEEK"

school teachers in Birmingham. the universal opinion was that Mrs. A. W. B. Johnson was one of the relest au- thorities for me to gain Knowledge from, for with her loving, gentle heart and sympathetic Christian mind. her work among children has been so phenomenal that none knows better than she just what constitutes the most appealing and the most beneficial programme with which to reach the child mind
 Mrs. Johnson is the superintendent of the elementary department of the Highlands Methodist church Sunday school, and a glimpse apy Sabbath day into the flower-laden Sunday school room, where dear little baby faces look up into hers and innocent little baby ears listen with credulity to the beaut- iful words that fall from her lips will reveal to the observer a scene which for sheer beauty and religious inspir- ation could not be painted by the greatest painter that ever used a pal cite and brush.
 Little white chairs in row after row placed along the length and breath of the Sunday school rooms are occupied by beautiful little baby boys and girls the future hope and ambition of this great big beautiful world of ours, and to these dear little, happy little chil- dren, Mrs. Johnson, out of her wealth of knowledge of the Bible that she treasures so dearly and holds so close- iy to her heart gives most freely, joy fully, happily-and the reward is in the happy, bright little upturned smil- inG faces of innocent childhood before her
 I asked Mrs Johnson to tell mo some thing of the motive and purpose of Children's Week, because I knew little of it. but was greatly interested in it; of course. Mothers Day has be, come institutional in our churches and Fathers Day follows quickly in the trail; there are weeks set aside for religious reading and weeks of prayer. but Children's Week was somethine new to me, and so I sought informa- tion.
 'Childrens week. which begins on April today) and lasts throughout next Sunday May 1, said Mrs. John son, "has been celebrated in many of the larger cities during the past few years, but Birmingham this year enters for the first time in the nation-wide cele- bration.
 In the first place. let me say that the | motive and purpose of 'children's week is primarily designed to awaken the con- sciences of parents and Sunday school teachers, and all followers of Christ. and where.
 The slogan for 'children's week is: Give more thought to the children. It is one great effort to interest adults in children's welfare, and the object is fourfold-the purpose of the Child's Well fare association, which has for it's ob- jective the physical and social develop ment of the child; the Parent-Teacher association, which has for it's motive the mental development of the child and our 'childrens week. emphasizes the fourth angle-religious development of the child
 Tn other words, the perfect child is what 'children's week will try to de- velop, and in order to do this, pro grammes will be arranged for every day in the week which will bear upon this subject, and from this week of thought and work we expect great things, for 'Whoso loves a child loves not himself, but God; who delights child, labors with God in His workshop of the world