The Sunday Schools

Lewis C. Strang

[The following letter from Mrs. Eddy's associate secretary is of importance not only to the officials and teachers in the Christian Science Sunday Schools, but also to the pupils and all others who are interested. It gives information for which many have inquired, and will help all in their work.—Editor.]

Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., Feb. 23, 1906. Mr. George H. Lounsbery.

154 E. 50th Street, Chicago, Ill.

Dear Brother:—At the request of our beloved Leader, I am writing you in reply to your letter of Feb. 18. The gift of two hundred dollars to the Building Fund of The Mother Church by the children of Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, is a splendid indication of their loving interest in the Cause of Truth.

You say in your letter:—

"We recently organized our work into four groups of classes, one for the study of the Commandments, one for the Lord's Prayer and its Spiritual Interpretation, one for the Beatitudes, and one for the Lesson work."

Our Leader bids me ask you this question: Would you feed a babe on milk or on meat? Of course you will answer milk. Our Leader would have the Sunday School officials and teachers in all fields keep this necessity constantly before them in their work with the children. She would have them wise, for wisdom is essential in every line of Christian Science endeavor.

When our Leader gave the By-law on "Subjects for Lessons" in the Sunday School, it was not her intention to limit Sunday School instruction to the routine of memorizing the letter of the designated portions of the Scripture. She meant that the children should be taught the meaning of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and its Spiritual Interpretation, and the Beatitudes. These spiritual fundamentals should be so set forth by means of practical illustrations and every-day examples of love, obedience, and good, that the child will catch their spirit, understand them, and as a result be interested in them.

This work, you will readily perceive, requires consecrated and intelligent effort on the part of all connected with the Sunday School. It means the demonstration of that love which does things. To teach a child the words, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," is a comparatively easy task. To teach a child the meaning of that commandment so thoroughly that he can and will prove in his living that he actually has no other gods before good, is the grand privilege of the Christian Science Sunday School teacher.

Yours in Truth,

Lewis C. Strang, Associate Secretary.

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