The most wonderful thing of it all is that though our God is so great he tells us in his Word that we may speak to him in prayer. That is the meaning of the Angelus bell calling to prayer every day, and it is the meaning of other bells which on one day in the week ring sweet and clear, not as a call to prayer in the midst of work or play, but as a call to worship on the day that is holy, set apart from the duties of the week, and made a day of loving service and praise to our God.
THE PUPIL’S BOOK FOR WORK AND STUDY
If you have not already done so, read carefully the comments and suggestions on page 22, concerning the necessity for helping the children to start the work in their books correctly. Read what is said on page 26 about promotion requirements and let your pupils know at the beginning of their work how important it is for them to do regularly what is asked of them in the Work Book if they wish to earn an honorable promotion at the end of the year.
LESSON 2
THE CORRELATED LESSON
(Holding your Bible, review something in this way:)
What is this book called? What does the word Bible mean? Into how many parts is the book divided? What are they called? Why is the first called the Old Testament and the second the New? How many books are there in the Old and how many in the New? How many in the Bible? What is the name of the first book in the Bible? Who can spell that word? What does it mean? What is the first verse in the first book?
(Open your Book for Work and Study that the pupils may see your first lesson neatly written and the pictures pasted. Even though you have had the children together during the week as suggested on page 22, in order that you might help them work out this first lesson in their books, it will be an encouragement to them if you examine each book and commend the work heartily when it is possible to do so. If any have not yet done the work it is of the utmost importance that you have them stay after Sunday school or see them either at their homes or your house before next Sunday. To allow the first week’s work to be neglected will leave the child to conclude that it is not very important after all and that you do not really care whether it is done or not. As soon as possible the children must learn to do the work without assistance, but at the beginning they will need both help and stimulation. Speak of the fact that if they do all the work in the Junior Course and keep their books, they will have a little library of twenty-three books illustrated with many beautiful pictures. Tell them of the exhibit of Work Books when the work of all the Juniors will be shown to other people in the Sunday school and to the parents and friends of the children. Whatever you can do to make the child see the value in his book and arouse his pride in his work will be a great help to him in establishing habits that make for strength of character. To allow a pupil to fail to do his work is to encourage a neglect of duty and indifference to just obligations, which will inevitably weaken his moral fiber.)