Christian Education by Frederick Griggs

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 2, 1905

Christian Education

By Frederick Griggs

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference. FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

Suggestions for Church-School Teachers

LET the schoolroom be made just as attractive as possible. This can be done by bringing plants and other objects of nature into the room. There should be a constant endeavor to maintain a neat, artistic room. Pictures are useful in this connection. The Perry pictures, which can be obtained at almost every bookstore in the land, are very inexpensive, and serve as well as any for the purpose. We are all educated by our environments, and a pleasant and cheerful schoolroom tends greatly to strengthen all phases of the school work.

Form an animal club. Elect a president, vice-president, and secretary. It may be the president's duty to preside at meetings. These meetings may be held once a week, taking the place of some class, perhaps language. The officers' duties may be to preside at meetings and to see that the programs are arranged and the parts well prepared before the session. The program may cover all phases of animal life and doings. Recitations, well-prepared stories, and short essays may fill up the time. The pupils may get the matter both from what they have seen and from what they have read or heard. The work of the club should tend toward giving the children a love and consideration for all of God's creatures.

The Mission Board has issued a little pamphlet, “Outlines of Mission Fields.” It is designed to help our church-school teachers in the study of the world. It gives a good description of the beginning and building up of our mission work in all lands. The Mission Board will send this pamphlet to every teacher who asks for it.

The Lord created the earth for the carrying on of his work of love. We should study geography from the missionary point of view. We hope to have more said concerning the subject of teaching geography in a manner to inspire the pupils with a love for missionary work in all lands. F. G.