Article May 19, 1945 Issue

Sunday School Observations

"How do you teach these babies the seventh commandment?" was a question often asked of the teacher. "Adulterate" sounds like a hard word, but it could be explained so that the children would see that telling an untruth or thinking any but thoughts of Love is diluting or adulterating the truth. It was easy for them to understand that sour milk poured into a glass of sweet milk would spoil the good milk, and that in the same way they must say, "Go away," to disobedient, unpleasant error thoughts. Each one knew that the truth about himself was that he was God's perfect child.

Often a particular commandment or beatitude was stressed by a Bible story. Daniel, who refused to break, the second commandment; David, who overcame the giant hate because he understood the love of God; Moses, who was meek—these were favorites. Once, because a mother said her little son had asked why he couldn't see God, the class discussed the sixth beatitude and what God is.

Another favorite Bible story is the one about Samuel. The children learned that they could listen for God's voice just as he did. Then they learned that their Leader heard God's voice too. They were especially fond of the stories of healing by Jesus.

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