October 1927
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“Best” Books
D r.W . E. Biederwolf’s Illustrated Texts For Preachers
—Handy Sources of Stories
and Recitations for Children
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Recitations and Dialogues for the Sunday School
. .. - The Goddess w ith Medusa’s Head '
G od , N ot V indictive
By Nettie L. Berghouse The author’s extended experience in Sunday school w o rk has taught her the needs of Sunday school super intendents and teachers fo r program material. The exercises, recitations, and dialogues in this volume can be used either as an entire program , o r selections may be used singly, o r w ith the omission of some pieces, the programs can be condensed. Spiritual u p lift is expressed throughout the book. Paper 25c Bible Boys and Girls
M isjudging
2'Gor. 5 :19; 2 Pet. 3 :9T-Psa. 86:16; Heb. 12:29. It is not at ail strange that some people are not moved with a becoming sense of love and loyalty to God, when it is under stood how grossly fictitious and absurd is their conception of Him. The God that some people think of is a veritable Medusa’s head, the very look of which turns the heart to stone. Of gods like this the ancients felt their need—revengeful, hard-hearted, full of spite and cruelty. Medusa was a cruel monster with hundreds of writhing, hissing snakes growing from her head instead of hair. So hideous was her aspect that no living thing could look upon her without being turned into stone, and all around the cave where she dwelt could be seen the petrified figures of men and beasts who had dared or chanced to catch a glimpse of her features. Perseus, you will remember, undertook to slay the monster. With the winged sandals given him by Mercury, he flew to the place where she dwelt; with the helmet given him by Pluto, he rendered himself invisible; with the shield given him by Minerva, he caught the reflection of Medusa’s image without looking di rectly upon her; and with the scythe-shaped sword, given him also by Mercury, he cut off the frightful creature’s head. This snaky head, which, though severed from the body, lost none of its strange congealing power, Perseus bestowed upon the goddess Minerva, she who sprang full-panoplied from the head of Jupiter, and with her battle-cry awakened the echoes of heaven and earth. Minerva fixed the head in the middle of her shield, and what the goddess did with this to her enemies can quite well be imagined. But if one imagines- ours to be a God disposed at all like the fabled deities of ancient story, small wonder that he cannot become enthusiastic about a God like that. In my youth I read that “Jesus wiped away the red anger-spot from the brow of God,” and I thought of God only as a frowning Ruler of the universe. Who delighted in punishment, and Who was angry with everybody because of their sins, and Whose ire and wrath could only be satisfied by the shedding of blood. But this is not the Christian God, and so to believe is both a needless misconstruction of His Word and an outrage upon His love. His Word says that He was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, and the Incarnation of Jesus Christ was but a living revelation of the loving nature of God. Oh, man, see if you' cannot bring yourself to believe in the love of God, for I believe if the world could but so believe, the call to the un converted would cease forever; for it would melt the hardest heart and put a new song in every mouth, even praise unto our Lord.—W. E. B. —o— Hercules and G od , th e W ill of •_ S ubmission to H is W ill Eurystheus ^ P eace , th e W ay to Josh. 18; Heb. 12:6; Psa. 40:8; Rom. 12:2. It was Longfellow who said, “To do what God wills is the only science that gives us rest.” The soul that seeks in all things to do that will has a continual Sabbath within itself. Alcmene had given birth to Hercules, who Jupiter, the father of the lad, had vowed should be the greatest and most famous
Stories fo r the Junior Hour
By Stuart Nye Hutchison, D.D. This volume of “five-minute talks“ is especially recom mended to preachers, teachers and parents as suggesting both subjects and methods of treatment in a manner to in struct as well as interest chil dren. Exclusive of sermon- ettes on each of the Ten Com mandments, there are many stories having boys or girls of the Bible as central charac ters. These stories present vital truths of the Scriptures and are helpful to adults as well as children. Cloth $1.25
By Ada Rose Demerest A practical book of source material for workers with junior boys and girls, com piled by a professionally trained story-teller w i d e l y known for her work among children. In addition to the twenty-one wholesome stories, the book contains suggestions of songs, prayers and co-or dinated class activities which have been successfully used with groups of children to whom the stories have been told.______________Cloth $1.35
Stories New and Stones True By Bertha Baldwin T ralle
This book gives an affirmative answer to the oft-re peated question— “ Can you tell me of a good collection of new stories?” It contains twenty-four original and cap tivating storieiB, in which thousands of children have de lighted, and the author tells you how to tell them -^even though you be an amateur in telling stories to children. Eight of the stories are especially fo r boys and girls aged 4 to 5, eight fo r 6 to 8, and eight fo r 9 to I I . _________ _______________ __________________Cloth $1.50 Recitations, Song and Story . By Stephen V . R. Ford Sunday school superintendents, p rim a ry class teachers and others who have occasion to arrange programs fo r anniversary occasions, concerts, church sociables and entertainments, w ill find in this helpful volume the solu tion to the problem of “ Where can I obtain suitable material?” Most of the songs, dialogues, recitations and class exercises are original, and they cover a wide range of suggestions. C loth 35c The Boys’ Entertainer By Marie Irish Programs, Plays and Stories for Workers ■ With Children By Mollie Cullom Walker This volume is filled with practical, helpful suggestions to Beginner and P r i m a r y workers in the Sunday school. It contains a wide variety of programs for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and dozens of other “special day” oc casions, together with stories, plays and parties for all oc casions. 147 pages; Paper $1.00 If money does not accompany order, goods will be sent C. O. D. If goods are to come by mail add 10% for postage. Send for a free copy of our complete Catalog of Books, Booklets, Tracts, etc. You teachers of restless, rollicking, fidgety boys from six to fifteen years of age, will find this volume a ver itable gold mine of splendid suggestions for “p r o g r a m work,“ such as recitations, monologues, dialogues, exer cises, drills, motion songs and material for “Special Days." We, therefore, recommend this book of boys’ material to all such teachers as a “way out” to providing boys with pieces that shall not only develop the speakers’ ability, but en tertain the hearers. ____________ Paper 40c
B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Calif.
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