The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-10-01
Our Sunday Schools


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the work with primary class, it became apparent
that the words "Scence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy the children
merely q combination of words which they had learned
without much meaning.
Key to the Scrptures?"' there response; or
asked What book did Mary Baker Eddy writer there
was silence Then learned ask questions which
pealed especially to their interest Now when | ask
Who was little Mary Baker?' someone will probably say
She prayed seven times day Or little
come forth incident from the early life of
Leader. What did she do when she up? This
question always brings the ready answer She wrote
book And when they asked What is the of the
book they answer one "Scence and Health with Key
to the Scriptures Sometimes, without any preliminary
questions ask What book did Mary Baker Eddy write :?
and they with understanding"
Another teacher finds il helpful to spend time
during the week with dictionary in order that she
help her pupils understand the meaning of certain
words She observes that protect is just big word to
most little children but when they are told pro-
tect ito take Of" the word becomes mean
ingfu: them Likewise, she points out that the word
grateful used frequently by adult Christian Sci
entists sometimes take for granted that the little
understand it when actually they do not But they
readily grasp its significance she declares, when they
learn associate it with thank YOU, which is entirely
familiar to them
On the subject of words and their me aiming, super
ntendent who had formerly taught in the Sunday School
of her branch church, makes the following observations:
although divine intelligence bows to age restrc-
ton, necessary work with individual from the
of his present understanding This special
ly brought my attention Sunday morning when dis
cussing with class of little girls the subject of the
pent mentioned in the third chapter of Genesis The pupils
had been told that the serpent the that would
try make thoughts of fear unkindness dis
obedience sickness One little girl seemed distressed
with this explain ation and prayed for the uncovering
of the in her thought, it ask If she
knew what serpent The little said, Yes it
someone who scrubs your floors and wipes your dishes
Apparently she disturbed to think that serving girl
in the home, whom she perhaps loved very much could
be evil influence. After the words servant and SER
pent were explained, the child harmonious and
able to follow the discussion
"Often a problem of discipline be traced to the
that the child unnercted because he 10 able to
follow the teachers explanation. For example, when
little child hears our Father without comprehension of
it's connotation the words may become repeous to him.
when the teacher explains that Father God and
that God good that God only the Father Of each
in the Glass; but the Father of all their schoomstes
and of everyone city and then to include all
of hum snity, the child's interest 10 aroused.
"An interested child 10 attentive child. II has been
said that ideness 10 the of msehicvousness and
child mentally active in the truth does not respond to
error"