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miraculous. The story of man, his creation, his preservation, his redemption, his regeneration is one long history of miracle. To deny the possibility of miracles is to limit God’s omnipotence. To doubt their occurrence is to deny His veracity.
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O ctober 29 “Without shedding of blood is no remission.” —Heb. 9 :22.
An Introduction to Child Study By C laren ce H . Benson
T h e fact th a t statistics show th a t 80 p e r cen t of A m e r ican crim es a re com m itted b y adolescents is sufficient reaso n w hy child stu d y should receive m ore a tte n tio n th a n ever. T his tex t fo r tea ch e r-train in g classes will be of g re a t assistance to p a re n ts in th e in stru ctio n to be given in th e hom e, an d also to tea ch e rs in p re p a rin g for th eir position in th e Sunday school. E veryone w ho has any p a rt in th e religious tra in in g of children should read this book. C loth $1 .5 0 Stories New and Stories True By B erth a B aldw in T ralle Stories From An Old Garden By W. J. May
WHEN men shy at this statement in its original connection, they forget that it is the underlying law of the universe, or at least of earth. The mother suffers that a child may be born into the world; a beast suffers that man may be provided with food ; thé grass is mown down that the cattle may have proven der; a soldier bleeds and dies that his home and his loved ones may be saved from the ravages of war. True, all these things are more or less the outcome of sin, but. so also was the death of Christ. We may not be able to explain the law, but we can not deny its existence, and we dare not impugn its' justice lest we impute unrighteousness to God. That law found its highest exemplification and bore its richest ■ fruitage when the Son of man suffered and died for the salvation of humanity. But what is true of nature is true also of us. Self-sacrifice and suffering are inevitable if we are to be of service to our fellow men. We must give our lives. In greater or less degree we, too, must die if we are to benefit either the individual or the race. “He that saveth his life shall lose it, and he that loseth his life shall save it,” for he shall reap the harvest of a higher and happier existence in the lives of others whom he has helped to save. We must write it down as an unvarying rule that that which costs nothing produces nothing; we cannot be philanthropists without expense ; we cannot “make omelets without breaking eggs” ; to give our lives for others is the only means of procur ing for them remission of their sorrows and their pains. IF we had arranged creation, we should have made the first day, and all the days, consist of the morning and the eve ning. God reversed the order. It is ever so; the thick darkness precedes the coming of the sun; nature’s night is the time where in we accumulate the energy needed for the toils and pleasures that await us with the glowing of the east; the darkness of the tomb but heralds the dawn of the eternal morning; earth’s shadows are but a preparation for the nightless day of heaven. Let us learn that day, not night, is the end and consummation of existence; that light, not darkness, is the goal of life. We are so apt to look upon death as the end of life’s story—just as we regard the night as the end of the day—as a matter of fact both are but the densest parts of the shadows that precede the dawn. All that goes before is but the preparation for the re sponsibilities and the glories of the perfect day. We grope here amid the gloom, and fondly imagine that we are living in the sunlight; we grieve over the inevitable end of our earthly sojourn as though it would rob us of something which we cherish; we mistake the beginning of real existence for its end. Because we are not allowed to sleep all night, but have to work (like the toilers in the darkness) we mistake its character and, in some sense, attach too much importance to it and its con cerns. “The night cometh,” but “also the morning” ; nay, it is night already and it should be our constant endeavor to be watch ing for the first streamers of the eternal day; upon that our hopes should be steadfastly set. O ctober 30 “The evening and the morning .”—Gen. 1:5.
A fresh gold’ mine of char acter-building stories, contain ing twenty-four original and captivating stories in which thousands of children have de lighted. This excellent book also contains a detailed yet simple and practical guide to the art of successful story telling, by the author—herself a famous story-teller and a teacher of story-telling. C loth $1.50
The author has a real gift in the art of talking wisely and well to young children, so this new volume of twenty- three nature parables and sto ries and eleven thanksgiving jingles will be warmly wel comed by preachers, teachers, wise parents, and all who are in touch with the lives of children. Order a copy today. C loth $1.50
The Rainy-Day Book of Games By W allace D. V in cen t
T h irty -eig h t arousing, am using a n d en tirely fresh and original gam es fo r real boys, com p lete w ith ex p lan ato ry diagram s an d sketches. T h is collection is so different and so m uch m o re interestin g th a n th e a v erag e “ gam e bo o k ,“ th a t every p a re n t an d te a c h e r of boys should get a copy imm ediately. C lo th $1 .5 0 Object Sermons By Dell A ycock A Handful of Nuts By Samuel M orris
This is a really notable con tribution to the important subject of teaching children Scripture truth through the medium of simple, easily made, everyday o b j e c t s and pic tures. These eight object ser mons have been thoroughly tested in the author’s own ex perience. They have proved so successful that she decided to put them in permanent book form as an aid to others. C loth 50c
Twenty-seven crisp, inter esting talks to children, offer ing a splendid variety of real messages to boys and girls that both teachers and parents can use with success in im planting vital Gospel truth in the minds of the young. The talks are rich and fresh in apt illustrations from things with which the average child is fa miliar, and the book will be a great aid to all teachers of young folk. C loth $1.25
Nature Stones for Children
By W . S. H e rb e rt W ylie P ro b ab ly no o th e r book of talks to children has m ade so full use of th e facts of n a tu re as this one. A nim als, birds, fish, insects, flowers, etc., a re p re sen te d fascinating ly an d y e t w ith scientific acc u rac y a n d fidelity. T h o u g h these fifty sh o rt sto ries m ake abso rb in g read in g for chil dren, every n a tu re incident is a d ap tab le for use by any p re ac h er, tea ch e r o r p a ren t, w ith its ow n special a p p li cation in em phasizing th e m arvels of God*s w o rk in creation. C loth $ 1 .5 0 If m oney does n o t accom pany order, goods will be sen t C. O. D. If goods a re to com e by m ail ad d 10% for postage. Send fo r a free copy of o u r com plete C atalog of B ooks, B ooklets, T racts, etc.
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