Article February 19, 1949 Issue

FOUNDATIONAL INSTRUCTION

The Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy (Art. XX, Sect. 2) provides that "the Sabbath School children shall be taught the Scriptures, and they shall be instructed according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine Principle that they are taught."

This provision is not restricted to any particular age level; hence we may understand that it applies to pupils of all ages and therefore that the teaching throughout the Sunday School should be kept within "the simpler meanings" of divine Principle. This, however, does not mean that the teaching is to be circumscribed or repetitious. Rather does it point to strong foundational instruction, instruction that gives the child a correct and inspirational basis for all thinking and acting, a foundation that will stand the test of any human experience. The structure that weathers the storm is the one with strong foundational support, as Dryden implied when he wrote:

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