ferences for Study

H.F. Cope, _Hymns You Ought to Know_, Introduction. Revell, $1.50.

W.F. Pratt, _Musical Ministries_. Revell, $1.00.

H.W. Hulbert, _The Church and Her Children_, chap. x. Revell,
$1.00.

II. Further Reading

For a list of great hymns see _Hymns You Ought to Know_, edited by
Henry F. Cope, and mentioned above. It contains one hundred
standard hymns with a brief account of each hymn and of each
author.

E.D. Eaton, "Hymns for Youth," _Religious Education_, December,
1912, VII, 509.

See report of the Commission on Worship in the Sunday School, in
_Religious Education_, October, 1914.

Read especially the chapter on this subject in H.H. Hartshorne,
_Worship in the Sunday School_. Columbia University, $1.25.

III. Topics for Discussion

1. What special advantages do songs and hymns have in their
pedagogical power?

2. What hymns do you remember from childhood? In what way are these
hymns valuable to you?

3. What changes would you like to see in the hymns the children
learn today?

4. What difficulties do you find in training children to sing in
the home?

5. Is it worth while to teach children to play? What games have
special educational value? What games have religious significance
or value? Give reasons for your opinions.

FOOTNOTES:

[15] One of the best collections of suitable religious songs is _Worship
and Song_. Pilgrim Press, $0.40.

[16] An excellent plan is worked out in _The Children's Hour of Story
and Song_ by Moffat and Hidden, Unitarian Sunday School Society, in
which children's stories are given and following them suitable songs and
hymns with the music for each.

CHAPTER X

STORIES AND READING

If we would teach religion to our children we must adopt the method of
Jesus; that of telling stories. The story has the advantage, first, of
its natural interest, and, then, of the indirect manner of its
presentation of the truth, together with the fact that that truth is
embodied in a statement of life and experience. Besides, story-telling
to any person of active interests is one of the easiest and most
stimulating methods of teaching.

Sec. 1. STORY-TELLING

So much has already been written on the art of telling stories that only
a few suggestions are needed here. First, understand why you tell the
story. Normally