remembering
that whatsoever we do, we are to do all to the glory of God.

Now let us all join in singing,

"Work, for the night is coming."

QUESTIONS.--Did God assign some work to Adam when
he was first created? What was he to do in the
Garden? Why does God place the kernel of nuts
inside of a shell? Do vegetables and grain grow
without being planted? Will weeds grow without
being planted? Why did God place the metals, and
coal and oil down below the surface of the ground?
Are we naturally industrious or lazy? Could God
clothe and feed us without our labor? Why does He
not do it? How could God have printed His law so
that it would not be necessary to have Bibles and
preachers? Are idle people healthy and contented?
Why not? Whom do idle people tempt? Can an idle
person be a good Christian? When is it easiest to
learn to work? What should we always remember in
our work?

BANKS.

GATHERED AND GUARDED TREASURES.

SUGGESTIONS:--Objects for use: A child's bank and
a metal kettle of any kind to show how people used
to place their money in boxes, kettles, etc., and
then bury them in the ground.

Use the methods suggested in the preceding
sermons. Examine the chapter on "Suggestions to
Parents" and introduce new features from Sunday to
Sunday. Children like variety.

MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS: What is this I hold in my hand? (Voices: "Bank,
penny bank, money bank.") Yes, you are right, this is a bank, and I
suppose many of you, perhaps all of you either now, or at some past time
have had such a place to deposit your money.

[Illustration: A Penny Bank.]

In the time of Christ the children did not have little banks like these.
Even the big people did not have banks where they could deposit their
money. When they had jewels or money they would place them in a box, or
a copper kettle, and bury them in the earth. They would hide them away
from other people, and thus seek to secure them for themselves. In that
period of the world, there were many thieves and robbers; Palestine was
often invaded by hostile armies; there were occasional earthquakes,
which destroyed whole cities, and so the people used to bury their money
for safe keeping. After burying it, sometimes t