L. A. S by L. A. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 10, 1903

L. A. S

By L. A. S.

To cultivate in the minds of children a love for the Sabbath day, is certainly a very essential part of a proper religious training, and should not be overlooked by any parent. Whether the child has a love for, or an aversion to, the Sabbath, is the question which often determines its attitude toward Christianity in later years. How shall the natural aversion to the Sabbath-day restrictions upon secular activities be overcome? In the case of the healthy child, who feels no need of rest one day in seven, the problem is often a difficult one. It would, we think, be helpful toward the solution of this problem to make the Sabbath day the story-telling day. Children naturally love to hear stories, and if these are restricted to one day in the week, and that day the Sabbath, they may make the day one to the coming of which the child looks forward with pleasure. The stories should, of course, be Bible stories, and pains should be taken to tell them in the most interesting way. The use of suitable pictures will be very helpful to this end. Parents can not afford to be neglectful of their children on the Sabbath day, or to make the day merely a day of prohibitions. A little outlay of time and means on their part to afford the children that enjoyment and instruction which they can not obtain of themselves, as an adult person can, will be an investment no parent will ever regret.