The selected Scripture for that day could be Solomon's description of the man of thrift as found described in Proverbs 6:6-11.
Secure a boy's kite, and tell the part it played where Franklin brought down the lightning from the sky to serve man. We also bring down prayer power from above, for by Prayer we bring down God's power to serve us.
McKinley's Birthday. January 29
Read Matthew 5:1-12 wherein Jesus describes the well-balanced man. President McKinley was a man thus put together. Secure a picture of him if possible, and comment on the main features of his life. Like Lincoln and Garfield, he gave his life for the right and God. We may not be called upon to surrender our life as did President McKinley for the cause of humanity, but we can do what God likes just as much—we can live for him and his cause.
Ground-Hog Day. February 2
Tell the old story of how this little animal is believed by some to tell certain things about the weather, so they watch to see him peep out of his little hole in the ground. Pin up some pictures of an animal on a background and tell a few short stories about them.
Missionary Day. February
Show a map of the heathen country and secure some small idols or curios from some missionary headquarters and exhibit them to the children. Tell the audience that though we may smile at these ugly shapes the heathen people revere them and cling to them as their only hope. They will not give them up because we just say they are false gods. They will fight for them and often suffer more for their gods than we will for the true God. A returned missionary told the following story. He was holding special meetings for the children and trying to reach them by teaching them to sing the little Christian songs our mothers taught us. At once the heathen priests opened a children's meeting directly opposite to his place of meeting. The missionary taught the children to sing,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because he first loved me.
The heathen priest taught the children to sing by the same tune the words: