d religious privileges, that
have here been secured, through the influence of the Bible. One of their
greatest needs, immediately on their arrival, is faithful instruction in
the living and eternal truths of God's Holy Word, that they may know and
understand the genius or spirit of our American, civil and religious
institutions.

There is urgent need to day for more of that holy compulsion that Jesus
exercised, when, surrounded by a lot of hungry people, he required the
disciples to "Make the men sit down," and then added, "Give ye them to
eat."

THE CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL

When Jesus said, "The son of man came not to be ministered unto but to
minister," he gave to the world one of its clearest visions of the
Kingdom of God, and his own, the highest ideal of life, the one that
produces the noblest type of manhood.

It is the great business of the church to bring all its children and
youth to this true conception of life, and it aims to do this through
the christian home, the Sunday school, young peoples' meetings and
church services. But these alone are not adequate, to reach all the
children and youth of the land, including those of the one million
immigrants, arriving annually from other lands.

Margaret Slattery in the Charm of the Impossible has very truly
remarked:

"Men of all creeds and of none agree, that religious instruction
ought to be given, to all the children and youth of the land, but
the task of attempting it is a tremendous one, and the best manner
of doing it is not clear to all. Some say religious instruction
should be given in the home. This is usually done, in the
intelligent christian home; but there are many homes, where it is
impossible, and others indisposed. The fact that the church has
seen, as if with a new vision, the method of Jesus, the Great
Teacher of all men, reveals itself more clearly in the Sunday
school, than in any other department of its work. There it attempts
the task of religious education by instruction from the Bible, and
endeavors to inspire the child, youth and man with the purest and
greatest motives for action."

MAKE THE PUBLIC, A BIBLE SCHOOL

There is, however, no instrumentality in our country, so convenient and
favorable for giving all the children and youth of our land a general
knowledge of the Bible, as the public school. The Bible is the
embodiment of all lofty ideals, and when it i