p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 54. (12/24/1914)

Earlier text: Report of Missionary Work of the General Conference for Quarter Ending June 30, 1914

“BIBLE OBJECT LESSONS” AND KINDERGARTEN OUTFIT

What Some of Our Leading Sabbath School Workers Say Regarding Them

“I find ‘Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones on the Life of Christ’ a most complete and helpful book for teachers of beginners. The songs and illustrations are interesting, impressive, and beautiful. Besides giving instruction regarding the life and teaching of Jesus, these illustrative lessons and songs combine to hold the attention of these little people until the lesson is finished. I can heartily recommend this most excellent work to all Sabbath school workers.”— Ella M. Wilber, Sabbath school secretary Massachusetts Conference.

“Concerning the Bible kindergarten outfit I would say that I like it very much, and should be glad to see it used in all our Sabbath schools. We certainly cannot do too much for our little ones along these lines.”— Mrs. U. Bender, Sabbath school secretary Montana Conference.

“The book ‘Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones,’ and the material that goes with it, were my helpers the ten years I had charge of the kindergarten Sabbath school in Battle Creek. The child must be interested, for the memory best retains that in which it is interested. What the young child sees is better understood and more readily remembered than what it hears; hence the value of the object lessons. The blocks are attractive and mind-exciting, and may be used in imparting religious truths. I wish every kindergarten class in this conference could have the benefits to be derived from the use of that book and the material that goes with it. It will be especially beneficial when we begin the study of the book of Matthew in January.”— Ella K. Sanders, secretary Sabbath school department in the Indiana Conference.

“As to the helpfulness of the outfit, I can say I do not see how one can get along without it. One little boy about three years old, in my class, whose father was a Catholic and mother a Sabbath keeper, might serve to illustrate. He went to Sabbath school on Sabbath, and his father took him to the Catholic Church on Sunday. He was quietly eating his dinner one day, when he looked up at his mother and said, ‘Mamma, I do not wish to go to papa’s church any more.’ His mother asked him why, and he replied, ‘I love the God who saved the man in the boat, with the birds and sheep.’ The lessons were on Noah and the flood, and it was the use of the kindergarten supplies that impressed this on his young mind. I might give many such examples, but this one serves to show what impressions these make on the young mind, and these early impressions are the ones that are not erased.”— Mabel Hicks, secretary Sabbath school department, Southern Illinois Conference.

“As to the helpfulness of the Bible kindergarten outfit, I can say that it is a great assistant to the teacher. It impresses the lessons upon the little ones more vividly as they are illustrated before them. I have taught in kindergarten classes where this method was followed, and also where it was not, and I have found that there is better order and closer attention given when the Bible kindergarten outfit is used.”— Gladys M. Seely, Sabbath school secretary Northern Illinois Conference.

“I will try to place a set in each school where it can be used.”— Mrs. Bessie P. Wilcox, Sabbath school secretary Southern New England Conference.

“I am glad to recommend the kindergarten book, ‘Bible Object Lessons and Songs for the Little Ones on the Life of Christ.’ While in kindergarten work in the public schools, I came across this book, with the drawings and material. I appreciated it greatly, and I have often recommended it to primary and kindergarten teachers. I know of no better book for our Sabbath school kindergarten.”— Bertie C. Richards, secretary Sabbath school department Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

“There are several places in this conference where it is being used very successfully, and I believe it could be used with profit in every school where there are children. I shall be glad to recommend it to all our superintendents to be used in the various schools.”— Ida M. Sallton, Sabbath school secretary Upper Columbia Conference.

“I can heartily recommend the book.”— Mrs. E. L. Morrow, Sabbath school secretary Mississippi Conference.

“I think it is the most helpful thing we have ever used to interest the children in the Sabbath school. Now that our lessons are soon to be on the teachings of Christ, I believe our schools will want to avail themselves of this opportunity to make these lessons seem real to the little ones.”— Mrs. Laura A. Magoon, Sabbath school secretary Cumberland Conference.

“I certainly am glad that our people are taking hold of the matter of providing suitable material for the tiny folks in our Sabbath schools.”— Mrs. Lee S. Wheeler, Sabbath school secretary East Michigan Conference.

“We find the ‘Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones’ of the greatest value in teaching in the kindergarten. Children will remember much longer things that they see than those that they hear. Then if we wish to impress on the minds of our little folk the lessons we are teaching them, we can do so in no better way than by the use of the blocks and material suggested in this book. A teacher who has the use of one of these books will have no difficulty in holding the attention of her pupils. ‘By beholding we become changed’ is indeed true in the kindergarten school. The children are so intensely interested in the building of the houses and in the moving of the men or animals, that they are changed from the restless, uninterested children to a quiet, orderly, intensely interested class. Lessons that have been taught with the use of these blocks and material will be impressed on the mind, and will not be easily forgotten. I heartily recommend this book to all Sabbath schools.”— Miss Lida Ackley, Sabbath school secretary Central California Conference.

The foregoing testimonials are only a few of those that might be given from secretaries and leading Sabbath school workers everywhere. No Sabbath school with small children is complete without this outfit, and no Sabbath school can afford to deprive its teachers of the help to be gained by it, nor the little ones of the benefits to be received from its use.

Prices are as follows: “Bible Object Lessons and Songs,” board cover, $1.50; blue cloth, $2. Three boxes of material, $2. If by mail, 40 cents extra. Table, $5.50, freight extra. The little red chairs, 65 cents each, freight extra. If the book and material are ordered with the table, they are put into the drawer, thus saving postage.

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Censorship and Annual Mission Offering

Evidently coming through official sources, the following notice appeared in a recent issue of the Washington Post: “Americans writing to their friends in Turkey should be careful not to write anything about the Turks or their government, according to authoritative advices reaching here yesterday from the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish authorities open most letters, it was stated, and Americans in Turkey may suffer inconveniences as a result of unneutral statements.” While this caution is applied here only to one country at war, the suggestions made certainly apply to correspondence with all countries involved. With the modern mail system affording such quick means of communication, any nation at war must watch the mails, so all communications going to countries involved in this great struggle are subject to censorship.

The annual offering for missions, taken up on the last Sabbath of the week of prayer in every church, is depended upon to give a strong lift on the mission funds at the close of the year. A year ago the annual offering in this country was $44,453. With the extra pressure of need this year, we hope last week's gifts will bring a yet larger sum. Isolated believers, or those who were denied the privilege of meeting with others on this occasion, may take part still in the mission offering. Send the remittance to the church treasurer or to the conference treasury.

Our Foreign-Speaking Neighbors

THE NEW YORK Branch of the Review and Herald Publishing Association has tracts put up in twenty-five-cent packages ready for circulation in each of the following languages: Arabic, Armenian, Bohemian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Esthonian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Holland, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lettish, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Roumanian, Russian, Servian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh, Yiddish (Jewish).

These tracts are well adapted for the use of our people in the home missionary campaign. In almost every community there are foreign-speaking persons who cannot be reached in any way except by placing our literature in their hands. These foreign tracts should be ordered through your conference tract society office.

Blessings of the Week of Prayer

By what we have seen and heard of the week of prayer services at near-by places, it is evident that this year's prayer season has been one of special blessing. Have any missed this experience? Then let them ask the Lord to give it even now.

Haysmers Sail for Jamaica

LAST week Elder and Mrs. A. J. Haysmer, of the West Indian Union, sailed from New York for Jamaica. Acting under medical advice, Mrs. Haysmer had come to this country at the time of the autumn council, to receive surgical attention.

Progress of the Work in Mexico

From Mexico City, under date of December 9, Elder G. W. Caviness reports the situation quiet, the workers going forward with their work. He adds: “The meetings in the city are well attended, in fact, our place will hardly hold those who come. Word from Visnaga, San Luis Potosi, and Torreon, reports excellent meetings, and some awaiting baptism.”

Workers Transferred in Jamaica

WE have learned from the West Indian field that Elder W. M. Crothers and wife, after laboring successfully for six months in Spanish Town, the old capital of Jamaica, have recently been transferred to Montego Bay, a popular tourist resort on the northwestern coast of this important island field. Their address is Montego Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies.

“The World’s Crisis in the Light of Prophecy”

By Editor

Now on the Press

Our previous announcement of this little book has met with very hearty response, and orders have been coming in to us in every mail, some ordering as high as five hundred copies, and some a thousand. Those who have seen the first page proofs unite in saying that it is “just the thing needed for this time.”

It is profusely illustrated, which will make it sell rapidly, and the subject matter is just what people need, in these days of unrest, to show them the uncertainty of things. “When men’s hearts are failing them for fear” is a good time to place in their hands that which will reveal to them the “sure foundation.”

Note again the table of contents:— “Foreword.” “The Portent of the Times.” “The Eastern Question in Prophecy.” “Approaching Armageddon.” “Waymarks to the Kingdom.” “The Primitive Faith the Standard for This Generation.” “Christ’s Second Coming.” “Signs of the Approaching End.” “The Gospel Message for This Generation.” “The Home of the Redeemed.”

128 pages. Prices: single copy, 25 cents; 100 copies, $12.50; 200 copies, $25. Order from your tract society.

Reaching the Goal

By T. F. BOWEN

DECEMBER 15 a telegram was received announcing that the Northern California Conference had reached its Harvest Ingathering goal. Maine did the same on December 17. Thus we now have on the honor roll the Eastern Canadian Union and the Mississippi, Northern California, and Maine Conferences.

Brother Taggart, the president of the Northern California Conference, adds in his message: “A similar earnestness I never before have seen manifested. We expect more will be gathered, as the forward movement of our people has acquired a momentum that will not cease at reaching their part of the goal.”

The last days of this month are among the very best of the year to work among the people in behalf of missions. Those going out during the week of prayer here in Washington report excellent results.

Let us close the year with earnest efforts for God in behalf of his closing work. T. F. BOWEN.

The Work in Troublous Times

The earnest import of the times is suggestively brought home to us in this neutral land by experiences of our brethren in lands involved in the great struggle. They are endeavoring everywhere to keep the gospel work moving strongly, and from all parts comes the word that many hearts are stirred up to ask especially for light from the prophetic word. The carefulness necessary in some places where many races and religions mingle is suggested by a letter from one field superintendent. No literature dealing prominently with the Eastern Question in prophecy can be circulated, and one evangelist preaching upon the topic had his service closed in the midst of the address. “I am writing our workers to preach the word,” the superintendent says, “but to avoid those things which might be the means of getting their public work stopped. There never was greater interest in our work than now, especially our English work. Our workers everywhere are of the best of courage, and we are trying to take advantage of the great opportunities the Lord is giving us before more trying times come over all the world. There is much of interest I should be glad to write, but I am writing nothing in or out of the country of these things, as I want to live at peace with the powers that be and go on with the Lord’s work.”

The Finishing of This Work

FROM Elder G. W. Wells, of the Minnesota Conference, we have received a copy of a few paragraphs from the last letter Elder B. C. Haak wrote to him from Argentina, dated evidently just before the illness that terminated our brother’s service. He wrote: “We have just closed one of the best conferences that I ever attended. The Lord came very near, and we felt his Spirit’s presence in a marked and definite way. In the workers’ institute and conference the slogan was, ‘The finishing of this work.’ The distribution of literature in connection with the home missionary work was constantly dwelt upon, and the entire conference devoted an afternoon to work with our magazine in the city, while all the workers went out every afternoon for a time among the people, and the Lord greatly blessed. The night meetings were crowded. . . . We are keeping well, but constantly feel our inefficiency. Our conference has a population of over seven million, with an area of nearly a million square miles, and we have only four ordained ministers and two licentiates. Surely we need your prayers and much of God’s Spirit. We long to see this work completed, so we can go home, where we can meet those whom we have been forced to bid farewell, yet whom we can never forget.”