Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-06-09
WHY is A DAILY VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL OF GREAT
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exercises Of the Graded and High
School at Charles Town. It makes
one wonder what the great crowd Of
BOYS and girls viii be doing ali sum
mer long. Some will probably go
back TO their homes on the farm TO
do chores and play away their time :
| others viii spend their time in town.
playing about the house. and on the
streets. The entire exercises Of
school will be over. and the children
Of ages from 5 through Is wears viii
| have had a good rest BY the time
Daily Vacation Bible School opens
JUNE IA. By this time most chill
dren win be looking for something Ia
occupy their naturally active minds.
taking IN consideration the above
facts. let us see Why Daily Vacation
! Bible School is of great valueg
/ First; 1t gives idle children some
thing profitable to do. to think about.
/ lhere are over 20.000.000 school
cnlldren let loose for summer vaca-
ton in our country. What could be
more profitable to take charge of
them for a short period of vacationg
Second: Every one knows that the
Bible Is the true way Of life. and that
i points one to safety in the eternal
future. Most children have very
little Bible training. only perhaps 80
minutes week at Sunday School.
and If taught in the homes. of course
! more than this. But let as make a
comparison. What are 80 minutes
to i've DAYS of secular training which
every child gets at day school in one
week! Or take it bv the month
Children are taught 2 hours Of Bible
as compared with 80 hours of actual
school hours month. Take it by
the year-Children have as DAYS of
Brbie attention compared to the 25s
DAYS of attention put on training in
day school. If acutual training of
the Bible We're taken in comparison
TO attention put on other training.
these comparisons are very liberal.
Tor we are not taking in considera-
ton that MANY children do not and
are not compelled to go to Sunday
School when they are at day school.
In many cases Sunday is a recreation
dav TO children. and if 80 minutes
out of every Sunday is spent in Sun
dav School classes, the rest of the
day is taken up in other things. We
should have more time to teach the
children how to use the secular edu-
cation right. The Bible does this.
Our ship of today is leaning to one
side. We have put ballasts of heavy
training on one side of our ship but
have not placed balasts of spiritual
training to make the ship ride
straight. Daily Vacation Bible School
Is meeting this need wherever it is
training your child.
Third Some of us may say that
our children need rest. They do,
but child's mind and body are con-
tinuallv growing. Are they growing
to see dduring the summer? A child's
training should continue at all time.
Vacation School is for only half a
dav. This time is not too strenuous
i " spent. Delightful ways of study
ing the Bible are used. supervised
handwork. and recreationsis carried
on. In the end the Vacation Bible
School is named right. for it will be a
supervised and profitable vacation
for the children.
Fourth; The children like it. We
have not found child who attended
our last short Daily Vacation School
who has not wanted to know about
another.
Fifth; The Daily Vacation Bible
School is free TO your child. The
funds are from the PRESBYTERIAN Sun.
dav School, and such gifts that may
be given toward expenses, fol
friends who have had the means have
helped US out. The schools FREE.
There are other reasons which ar,
easily enumerated. but will YOU lei
your child be 1st one of the 10000.
600 school children to take advan
tage of period of supervised vaca.
ton training: End, to let your boy O.
girl get the INDISPENSABLE Bible train
ing needed to balance the 258 dayi
Of day school: 3rd, to have voui
child kent in good shape in both nlint
and body by the light study an,
training Of vacation school: 9TH. Il
let your child learn. and occupy hi
vacation at something that he likes
ard something that viii DO him good
9TH. to allow your child to have III.
advantages free. because the Sunda,
School and teachers believe this :
great work Of the Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
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