Five minute sermons in stories for young folks

Front matter

Five-Minute

Sermons in Storie

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Foreword

T HE way of the Master, in the New Tes¬ tament, in the setting forth of vital truths, and impressing them upon the minds of His hearers, was to tell stories, brief and to the point. Then He would drive home the les¬ sons in a few well-chosen words.

The attempt is here made to follow this method —to tell short and interesting stories and then to make practical applications.

These “ Five-Minute Story Sermons ” were first used, by the author, for the boys and girls of his own church Sunday school.

They were delivered during, and were a part of, the regular Sunday morning church service of wor¬ ship—when the adult congregation was present.

The time was at the close of the first congrega¬ tional hymn. The scholars remained until after the first chorus choir anthem, when they retired— the boys going out of a door at the left of the pul¬ pit and the girls out of a door at the right. Some remained, however, for the whole service.

The sermons were constructed and intended to serve the double purpose of instructing and, at the same time, interesting the boys and girls of all ages, who were present and also the adults. They

FOREWORD did not take the place of the regular longer sermons which followed in due course.

This service has been kept up for about five years.

There were sermons for special subjects and oc¬ casions— Christmas Day (41), Mothers’ Day (42), Children’s Day (52), Lincoln’s Day (49), Washington’s Day (50), Thanksgiving Day (30), Bible Day (46), Prayer (17), Missionary (45), Giving (48), and others.

This book will be found useful by pastors, Sun¬ day-school superintendents and teachers (in class work), as a text-book* and for private reading.

The author is deeply grateful for the success and favour with which his ten books of Bible Study Books have been received, as they are now in their second quarter of a million of sales.

H. T. S.

* In using this book, as a Class Text Book, it is sug¬ gested that each scholar, in the class, take the Scripture text and the theme of “A Talk” and work up a story to fit, as it is done in the book. It is simply a question of using one’s eyes and ears to find a story. A great interest, in the lesson taught, may be developed in this way. The reference should always be back to the Bible—The Great Text Book.

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