Tree Day. Early Springtime
Read Psalm 1.
He shall be like a "tree planted." This is the meaning of Tree Day. The time for the planting of a tree. Show a little acorn and say, There is a miniature tree in this little acorn. Plant it, and therefrom a mighty tree will finally come forth. So little acts bloom forth into forces of strength and glory.
Little good words are acorns. Plant lots of them. Trees help the little birds, for they fly into the branches for safety when pursued by some wild, larger bird.
Trees mean homes for the next generation. They will live in the houses the timbers will give. If possible, secure a young tree and have a service of planting after the meeting is over. Name that tree after the Junior Society of your church.
Forefather's Day. April 18
For this day read Proverbs 22:17-19, which exhorts us not to remove the landmarks of the fathers.
Tell the story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Make up an Indian hat which would stand for the Indians with whom they had to battle when they landed on our shores. Secure an old Bible and say, This old book contained their laws of living. Secure a school rule which you say stands for the exactness of their daily living.
Remember our Revolutionary Forefathers also, and to visualize this idea secure if possible a colonial gun or some old-fashioned piece of furniture, such as was used in those days by those old worthies, secure also if possible a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence and call the names of the mighty men who signed it. Introduce the Forefathers of the past to the children of the present day—it will be a wonderful meeting. Ask the children to stand as you read the names of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Tell them where the original of the famous old document is still carefully preserved, guarded now against the destructive action of the light, and urge them to use their earliest opportunity to see this Declaration for themselves.
Mother's Day. May 10