able and Most
Wonderful Telescope 210

34. THE EYE--Smallest Camera, Most Valuable
Pictures 217

35. FROGS--The Plagues of Egypt 222

36. BLOOD--The Feast of the Passover 228

37. PINE BRANCH--The Feast of Tabernacles 234

38. LEAVES--The Lessons Which They Teach 240

39. THE TURTLE--Man Like and Yet Unlike the
Animals 246

40. GRASSHOPPER AND ANT--Negligence and
Industry 252

41. BALANCES--How God Weighs People 260

42. WHITE AND CHARRED STICKS--Good and Bad
Company 267

43. DOGS--The Dogs of St. Bernard 272

44. THE CAMERA--God's Picture Book 279

45. THE PHONOGRAPH--Books that Talk 285

46. MAGNET AND NEEDLE--God's Guiding Hand 290

47. FISH IN AQUARIUM--The All-Seeing Eye of
God 295

48. THE CLOCK--Measuring Time 300

49. PLANS--Living with a Purpose 307

50. THE CHRISTMAS TREE--The Lessons Which
It Teaches 311

51. EASTER SUNDAY--The Resurrection of
the Body 318

52. CROWNS--We Are Children of the King 325

A WORD TO PARENTS 331

PRESS NOTICES 332

PREFACE.

SUNDAY ought to be the most cheerful, sunniest, happiest and best day of
the week in every home. In most homes it is the dullest and most dreary
day of the week to the children, and the most taxing and the most
wearying to the parents, especially to the mother. It not only ought to
be, but it can be made, not only the brightest and happiest but also the
most influential in the character-building and religious training of the
children. In some households Sunday is looked forward to with
anticipations of pleasure throughout the entire week. In these homes,
the father does not come down stairs on Sunday morning and say: "Now,
children, gather up those flowers, throw them out of the window, pull
down the blinds, get down the Bible and we will have an awful solemn
time here to-day." Neither is the day given to frivolity or the home to
demoralizing influ