Chapter I: Front Matter

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WITH THE CHILDREN ON SUNDAYS

Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul

by

SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.

Author of "What a Young Boy Ought to Know," "What a Young Man Ought to Know," etc., "Methods of Church Work," "Faces Toward the Light," etc., etc.

This book is published and sold exclusively in the United States by The Uplift Publishing Company Philadelphia, Pa.

Copyright, 1911, by Sylvanus Stall.

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England.

Protected by International copyright in Great Britain and all her colonies, and, under the provisions of the Berne Convention, in Belgium, France, Germany, England, Spain, Switzerland, Tunis, Hayti, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro and Norway.

All rights reserved.

[Printed in the United States.]

Copyright, 1893, by Sylvanus Stall. Copyright, 1896, by Sylvanus Stall. Copyright, 1907, by Sylvanus Stall.

All the drawings and color-pictures in this took have been specially prepared by C. M. Burd, of New York City, for exclusive use in these pages. Each of these has been copyrighted in the United States and throughout Europe, and all copyright privileges are reserved.

DEDICATED

TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO DESIRE
TO MAKE SUNDAY THE HAPPIEST AND MOST
IMPRESSIVE DAY OF THE WEEK.

CONTENTS

PAGE.
PREFACE 9

SUGGESTIONS TO PARENTS 17

1. OYSTER AND CRAB--Conscience 27

2. WORM IN THE APPLE--Sin in the Human Heart 33

3. WAYSIDE WEEDS AND GARDEN FLOWERS--Neglected
vs. Christian Children 38

4. NUTS--God Means that We Must Work 46

5. BANKS--Gathered and Guarded Treasures 51

6. CHART--Avoiding Dangers 56

7. ANCHOR--Hope that Lays Hold of Christ 61

8. HUSKS--The Disappointed Pleasure Seeker 66

9. IRON, LOW GRADE AND HIGH GRADE--Character
and Worth 75

10. A POCKET RULE--How God Measures Men 81

11. THE MAGNET--Jesus the Great Drawing Power 86

12. KEYS--How to Unlock the Human Heart 92

13. TRAPS--Unsuspecting Mice and Men 97

14. BREAD--Universal Soul Hunger 102

15. THE STONE--The Natural and Changed Heart 107

16. THE POLISHED STONE--Perfection Through
Suffering 112

17. ROPES--Habits and How They Become Strong 120

18. WATCH AND CASE--Soul and Body 125

19. PEARLS--One of Great Price 130

20. COAL AND WOOD--Jesus the Source of
Spiritual Light and Warmth 135

21. LANTERNS--The Best Light for Our Path 140

22. CANDLES--How to Reflect, Obscure or
Extinguish the Light 145

23. A BROKEN CHAIN--Breaking the Whole Law 151

24. LOOKING-GLASS--Seeing Ourselves in God's
Law 156

25. RAIN--God's Wisdom and Power 161

26. SNOW--Lessons Which it Teaches 168

27. PLASTIC FACE--Character in the Countenance 174

28. SEEDS--Thoughts, Word, Deeds,--Their Life
and Perpetuity 179

29. SOWING--The Spring Time of Life 185

30. REAPING--The Harvest Time of Life 192

31. WHEAT AND CHAFF--The Coming Separation 198

32. THE HEART--The Most Wonderful Pump in
the World 204

33. THE EYE--The Most Valuable and Most
Wonderful Telescope 210

34. THE EYE--Smallest Camera, Most Valuable
Pictures 217

35. FROGS--The Plagues of Egypt 222

36. BLOOD--The Feast of the Passover 228

37. PINE BRANCH--The Feast of Tabernacles 234

38. LEAVES--The Lessons Which They Teach 240

39. THE TURTLE--Man Like and Yet Unlike the
Animals 246

40. GRASSHOPPER AND ANT--Negligence and
Industry 252

41. BALANCES--How God Weighs People 260

42. WHITE AND CHARRED STICKS--Good and Bad
Company 267

43. DOGS--The Dogs of St. Bernard 272

44. THE CAMERA--God's Picture Book 279

45. THE PHONOGRAPH--Books that Talk 285

46. MAGNET AND NEEDLE--God's Guiding Hand 290

47. FISH IN AQUARIUM--The All-Seeing Eye of
God 295

48. THE CLOCK--Measuring Time 300

49. PLANS--Living with a Purpose 307

50. THE CHRISTMAS TREE--The Lessons Which
It Teaches 311

51. EASTER SUNDAY--The Resurrection of
the Body 318

52. CROWNS--We Are Children of the King 325

A WORD TO PARENTS 331

PRESS NOTICES 332