A CHILDREN'S MAN

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 15, 20 October 1933, Unnumbered Page

A CHILDREN'S MAN

New Uncle for Children’s Sunday Service at 2YA The children’s evening song ser. vice from’ 2YA, Wellington, each Sunday is not to be allowed te lapse. From Sunday, October 22, it will be conducted by "Unele Charles"--Rev. Mr, Charles Wickham, who was known in England as "a childven’s man." As minister at Penzance, Plymouth, Torquay, and in four London churches, he always specialised in children’s work. For a number of years he was an honorary lecturer for the Sunday School Union, Old Bailey. As ptesident of the Christian Endeavour Union of N.E. London he addressed on one occasion 2000 juniors in Mr. Spurgeon’s tabernacle. During the holiday month each year he was a worker at Laud Services, giving chalk talks and object lessons. Mr. Wickham is the anthor of a small handbook on "Our Master’s Methods of Pictorial Teaching,’ and he. follows this in giving his teaching in parables and pictures. Having visited Athens, Egypt and the Holy Land he is able

to explain Eastern customs and to draw and paint the sacred scene while giving an address. Seven yéirs ago he was invited to serve the Youth Workers of Geelong for six months as an expert lecturer on child psychology. After that he came to New Zealand, where he has visited most of the cities preaching and lecturing. In.Wellington during two winters he gave the teachers of the Sunday School Union a course of lectures on the art of teaching and child study. We has for three years given the Nelson Bible lesson in the day schools here. After he had addressed the students of Auckland Grammar School the principal wrote of his talk: "I do not remember having heatd so much wisdom and sound logic in so few words."