A SCHOOL THAT KEEPS GOING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 3

A SCHOOL THAT KEEPS GOING

BABIES' SUNDAY SCHOOL. ,i;.'Whiie :: thefday'-'scbopl' teachers joying, their . woU-eariied'i holidays,' 'there aro.bther :teaohers who. mrist;remaiii-.at .their -.posts; : :.for.:all: : the>" year.;, rourid , the Sunday, schools never close, arid if;, many .cbildreri ,'rire;away : : there; iireJstillVa. iium-. .ber to; bo dergarten:-,at- Wesley; Church;; where,... in 'a's]M(2'^lj;;.fitte'd:^ ; for : v230■'■ ohil'dreri;:6tt:i,the ;roil;: 'a ':, visitor; fouDd " ; at least/ .a -hundred : little: .bo'ys: ' arid " girls ;.:sittingviri . tbeir:,; L ;.arnicliairs,: . while- .a 'teaoher-'froni ; the; platform : re:viewed;last week's lesson. • ' This school- is carried on ' in' a very systematid - fashion.-; The ..children;, line up outside, and niarch in, the boys. at ,t&ir,',:d6or,'the:'girls.:at ;th'eirs,; : arid .when it^d«^tbe;.;i^';c6lilr^ited/wi% : ■ av'ibo'ard :the>;word- : "Early."-'; 'As. soon as'' school begins 1 .-.that iboard 'is. te..versed, arid the sad . word "Late", ap-. • pe'ars.i.'arid " then the door, is locked, and any -boy ■' arriving;ufter ; -that^ :; irii'nute has . to.come .in : .n.t':the girls! door. , .The school is •. a.' popular'place* for -' the. friends :of the children,j.'but.^^.'.theyJ alwaysVare.,'asked; ■ to;.: sit-Latvthe-'liack; .'so thaty the'y. .may not: distract tie attention:,'of. tne. children: ' froinr.the:: blackboard':' orthesand-table; ■ : visited:.;'. , the'.7; school ~;Ile ;" quite ' willingly .acknowledged :theVf6rce;ofwtbe;arguinent,; , ari'd ;sat : .' with 'the: other' 'yisit6rs;:':n6ne' of' the childr<ai. even being aware that: he. :was:tKere;' ; |i. \ i Part of', Ihe ceremony is'.' concerned with ;.ar little ; white cradlo that stands, on. a'.shelf, " two . white -: arigels hevcring ever,it.: :,,This .belongs 1 to: the-cradle; roll,; :'oi;v)Tfiieli'!. , the.VnMeis.?bf;'.63oic.hildren ; '''arfl'. irisgribed,: ; .arid Vwben. ■hears.; of a'c'jie'iiV'^.'babyj rivriipse vpareilf s Var®. 'Ukely: to : wish'/.it;.'tp, , cradle; roll,' , a card is sent _ to; them/ for;:' signature, .arid;the. 'next i Sunday^;this;' card ; ;is placed: ;iri; the cradle,'itha ;childreri'watchiig; with , peat;:-;inferestyvarid.'reciting V,two:, verses' addressed• to'the.cradle.. -'-; V ... V

/The/superintendent;states/that, ; 60 ; far, about; 90/ of the:.baby'''faces : . havb/fouriji 'a *;place?; iiv^the;, Sunday/school, /.and'i; thoi' 'others -. are;;growing-'old/enough.to'. : come;' . When..a;child- is. pla'cpdVon' tlio roll an, icertilicatei is: sent: to, the'; parents,/and,/bn/^^ .baby • rflpeive's "■ a card from tno Sunday school.P/"Piritqrs/fronr:the/ church ,• keen piren ts;'of-the babies^ L who : ;are', made-'tdlvfeelvthat' th« h .'child? is' treasure. . ■•"■Then : :it -lia's. happened that-: one/of the: ;babies/so enrolled jfloVer hsis',;b'eenv placed "in ; - tho. drapery .of itU'e'vcrSdlei'- arid'-the,'children - have:rb'een. told pf- the little; one'.'who has gone away. • The;.;-teacher ; giving" 'the . review .beautiful ipibtures aid, the, chil-:dreii's-jmemories.,;:Sovperfectly7 were-these' so) carefully., worked ;-oai^tfiit;it'-waß'.-liard : : people/ever, .had/time to :prepare>them;.'A cldser - inspection':.of. the,"boards . after the. thoisecrfit. ;j';The groups of. ;figures; >< the'"shepherds i'Vatehin^.;.-in' "the ; field,■; the/ Magi- - t'ra vellinc-/.through -' the ■night/,guided; by.yan•;angel-ind the : light /mily : in/ the., :stable;.overe coloured figur }on stiff card,.,i : cut/out - and'' tacked. ;'agaWst :■theboard/ leaving, the teachers only the .background to fill. in—a very, ; clever ■/ and '.'■ effective arrangement. ' . •/-.'• ~ When -the review lesson, was ■ finished, ■the' childreni.answering;, promptly/.to ;all ; the/questions M'hich they s were;asked; the feacher conducting !it;toolc bis ,seat : among'. ;the /little?6nes//iv-h'o 'adore 'him,'''and : the superintendent-, of school came on the platform to give , the lesson for the day.-, / ; v":■■:,;r'v'' : :': : ;;.' //■.■"'.- v : .CyeryJ: graphically. ; he; did-' it. ;'.He..-is 'a man .'i'fiio -'Vas'. made ~to • understand 1 , chil'dren,■■ and one can see .that he enjoys .-the ; lesson, ho jgiyes ,as much'-. as the jchildren -do;. ',"Sturdy, and. : 1 :can' imagine;him■ as; captain of a liner, s the/-friend?of-'.'every..passenger, 'the idol : of;.tlie'.:small'ichildren, and. he,.certainly, has. a captain's' power- of • command . and 'and'Very I good are : : the."'children. ■ .'with.himv.. 1 "/ • . . ';/:■/'/li/ :: --' ; '''' vv --■ ; the :dra"matic 1 instinct '.W'ell .develoMd,. and; he acts 1 'out; : the; story'. fqr;.the.:'day<fin/'n/w^^ ■ simply • fascinates It is about the man; who was ; ;lefcfdown through the' roof of-a crowded ba . touched land Vhealed,'. arid;.-.^incidentally;-y referring ;to : the ; kindness'\of-. the grain's." neighbours, jwhpv carried !:him>tbgre,'jthbjstory; r of, the - ; Good- Samaritan 'is told^a. story... that" the : children sb ' iMy^'qu^M;iis^'ufe'i'iTKe.llte^iß^B ; .-gesf' ; ' ;tures:Vare/'.wonderful,/and ..'so ■ is/th'ev'play ■ (which 4el'ini^ ; ;wi£bV:hi^j|liMd]wTcu^., : '.The-man -ivho' fell-,'among*;',thieves - .was: .'hurt' in the arm, and instantly the handkerchief, is ;.wrapped•'roundiit,'.and, the ; : (children understand- how/great the injury:, : was. . His .head ?w'as-. knocked', and':broken,' : and - again", the/liandkerchief .:.is; yrtepped'' : :' /quickly// /Every,; part /of/this /story,/and' : ;of.:'the ; lbnger/on'e, is, acted out before: tho ; Children/in/a/'most '.eScctiyo','way,//.and ■hvheri; the-,, moral of iit/cbrue's; that peoplo : must; help' each* other, sind:.that if'.a little [girl's'imother/is: 1 ill'; DindJ tired she must: ! " mind 'tho baby, for, an nnstant 'the/hahd- . - kerchief' reuses'" in/a''bent . arm,': and- the, , Children/ with,the/teacher,-see,., there.the. ! : forted by/a'little.sister..;-',The'.inoral'goes ' homearight :ienough. AH■,the ./time ■ the; ; ichildre'ii:: aro:.,ve.ry:,(iuiet—amazingly Vquiet . : Vtain ~:order./ambng.; a/h'undredor.,m'6re/ After /the .'.lesson, .theysing, ,-and' then", they. : are/dismissedi/stilli f reshV and; interested, : ' and. by. no means eager to. go.' /.:/

''Now^:'-■'children',";' -said ..ithe.!. history teacher in her most impressive-manner, J-'I -R-ish' you to;.rememberthat the timo ;to?ask questions in my . class is when-. ever, : 'any.thiiiE -is r said ''which: jou; wish explained." . "Yes'm," . chorused tho scholars, ■ cheerfhlly. , 1 "Very: 1 well," said' .'the' tbacheri "We' will : -begin to-day with Japies 'I, ;;v/ho; r came after . Elizabeth." ■The new ;scholar- raised'his ; hand,; "What: : is it?."/ asked .theteacher,. -gralciously. "Wbat' roade. him come-after her?''asked the new scholar. ;... ;•.. ' ■

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