Three Years with the Children

Cover     Title     Three Years with the Children
Author     Amos R. Wells
Pages     282 pages
Date     From an edition printed in 1900
     
Description  

A wonderful resource of object lessons and illustrations for Bible teaching. Indexed by topic, and made of things readily available. Although the ideas presented were for use a century ago, they are readily adapted to modern materials. Although not desiged specifically for family devotions, it can be a wonderful source of ideas for developing the teaching of Scripture.

There are 156 presentations. This will last for three years, if one lesson is used once each week.

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  • Introduction
  • Tripped Up—A Temperance Talk
  • Hang Out Your Sign—A Lesson on Not Being Ashamed of One’s Religion
  • The Shuttle—An Illustration of Faithfulness
  • What It Is Like—Three Illustrations of Sin.
  • In the Heart of the Tree—The Great Danger of Little Sins
  • The Foolish Pendulum—An Illustration of Pride
  • Christ—Richest—A Blackboard Talk
  • Two Glasses—A Temperance Talk
  • Suppose—A Lesson on Trusting Christ
  • A Picture of Paul—A Blackboard Talk
  • Grafting—A Lesson on Starting Right and Getting Right
  • What Do You Like Best—A Blackboard Talk about Heaven
  • The Six Pedestals—An Object Lesson on Idolatry
  • Going to School—A Talk for School Children
  • The Foolish Flower—A Lesson on Selfishness
  • The Sentinel—A Picture Talk on Conscience
  • Burdens and Wings—A Story-Sermon on Cheerfulness
  • The Alarm Clock—An Object Lesson on Conscience
  • Debts—A Blackboard Talk about God’s Gifts and Our Duties
  • The Mouth That Talked of Its Own Accord—A Story to Teach Helpfulness
  • Some Strong Things—An Object Talk
  • Our Journey—A Talk about Getting Ready for Heaven
  • The Seven Friends—A Sermon-Story on Friendship
  • If—A Talk about God’s Promises
  • Making One’s Self Mind—A Lesson on the Will
  • Pruning—An Object Talk on Troubles
  • A Water Map
  • Frank’s Pledge—A Lesson on Promise-Keeping
  • Thorns and Crowns—An Object Talk on Hardships and Rewards
  • They Obeyed—Illustrations of Obedience
  • The Two Tenants—A Talk about Taking Care of the Body
  • Always at It—A Lesson on Christian Activity
  • Two Houses—A Talk about Christ’s Helping in Our Work
  • A Wonderful Mine—A Sermon-Story on the Right Use of Money
  • Come to My School—A Talk on Getting Others to Be Christians
  • Crowd Out the Bad—A Lesson on Good and Evil Thoughts
  • Eyes of All Colors—A Blackboard Talk on Character
  • The Engine That Stopped—A Lesson on Sickness and Death
  • Going It Alone—A Story to Illustrate the Value of Wise Questions
  • The Seed That Did Not Dare—A Sermon-Story on Growth
  • Making A Home—Or, What It Means to Be a Christian
  • The Palace That Grew—A Story to Teach Growth in the Christian Life
  • The Boy Who Always Has a Good Time—A Sermon-Story about Christ’s Presence in Our Lives
  • He Fell Among Thieves—A Talk about Our Invisible Enemies
  • Telling About Jesus—Illustrations of Christian Testimony
  • Which Paid Best?—A Talk about Sabbath Observance
  • The Great Physician—A Blackboard Talk
  • The Three Rules—An Object Lesson on the Golden Rule
  • Who Lives In Your House?—Character versus Looks: a Sermon-Story
  • “What A Lovely Day!”—A Lesson on Gratitude
  • The Picture Book—A Bible Drill
  • The Sick Boys—Illustrations of Rejecting Christ and Receiving Him
  • The Gift Scale—A Sermon-Story for Christmas
  • The Circular Path—A Sermon-Story for New Year’s
  • Promise Seeds—A New Year’s Object Lesson
  • A Box of Wings—An Object Talk on Bible-Study
  • The Great Black Swamp—A Story to Teach the Need of Home Missions and Christian Citizenship
  • The Wonderful Lantern—An Object Talk on the Bible
  • It’s the Meaning of Dreams
  • Just By Doing Nothing—A Lesson on Thoughtfulness for Others
  • Flowers In the Ground—A Sermon-Story on Unselfishness
  • The Imprisoned River—Or, the Reason Why God Punishes Us
  • How To Make Home Happy—A Picture Talk
  • The Schoolroom Battle—A Talk about School Temptations
  • How They Escaped—A Bible-Study, With Objects
  • From Pit To Power—A Blackboard Talk on the Story of Joseph
  • Which Will You Choose?—A Blackboard Temperance Talk
  • How To Spell It—A Talk on Vacations
  • How They Ate Their Dinners—Some Hints on Bible Study
  • The Neglected Boy—A Christmas Talk
  • What’s the Use?—A Sermon-Story to Teach Good Cheer
  • Temper—Tempered—Temperance—A Temperance Object Lesson
  • How To Do It and How Not To Do It—A Simple Little Talk on Friendship
  • The Songs That Went To Heaven—A Talk about the Way to Sing
  • The Way To the Presidency—A Talk about “Thy Kingdom Come”
  • Join the Army—An Illustration of Why Children Should Join the Church
  • “O, I Wish ____”—A Conversation Talk on Envy
  • Half A Dozen Prayers—Illustrations of False and True Ways of Praying
  • Vertical Spelling—A Talk for the Sunday School
  • What Are You Worth?—A Dialogue-Sermon on What We Owe to Christ
  • The Foolish Boat—A Sermon-Story on Surrender to Christ
  • Fort Bad Habit—A Blackboard Talk
  • The Crown—Or How to Seek Happiness
  • Such A Hard Time—A Dialogue-Talk, to Teach Contentment
  • A Queer Order To Give—A Bible Christmas Talk
  • The Year of Blessings—A New Year’s Blackboard Talk
  • The King Who Insisted—A Sermon-Story on Obedience
  • The Strange Thing That Happened to Jack—A Talk for Thanksgiving Day
  • A Very Unusual Dinner—An Object Lesson for Thanksgiving Day
  • Billy and the Horseshoe Nails—An Illustration of Disobedience
  • The Four Statues—An Illustration of Sincerity
  • The Black Plague—A Story about Anger and Its Results
  • The Keys—A Sunday-School Talk
  • The Great Stone Wall—A Lesson on Conquering Difficulties
  • Tommy, the Conqueror—A Sermon-Story on Self-Restraint
  • Henry’s Journey—Four Helps for Our Lives
  • Christ’s Names—A Blackboard Bible-Study
  • What Missions Do—An Object Lesson
  • The Man That Would Not be Bound—A Talk on the Pledge
  • The Three Office-Boys—A Talk on Good Manners and How They Help Toward Success
  • The Balloon—An Object Lesson on Happiness
  • The Christian Endeavor Wheel—A Blackboard Talk for the Junior Society
  • Some Famous Journeys—A Bible-Study Illustrated by Objects
  • The Prince In the Hovel—A Sermon-Story on Heaven
  • Clean Hands and Hearts—An Illustration of Sin and Salvation
  • The Silly Paints—A Story to Teach Submission to God’s Will
  • A Queer Climate—A Talk on Temper
  • Robert On Guard—A Story to Teach Watchfulness Against Sin
  • As God Sees Our Hands—A Blackboard Talk on Prayer
  • Sorry For the Wrong Things—A Lesson on Anxiety and What Is Worth It
  • Peter Headstrong’s House—A Study of St. Peter’s Life
  • What Became of the River—A Talk About the Church’s Need of the Children
  • The Bridge—A Talk about Talk
  • The Dreamer and the Doer—An Object Lesson
  • The Strange Experience of Peter Willing—A Sermon-Story on Helpfulness
  • The Story of the Six Gardens—A Talk about Getting Good from the Junior Society
  • How To Grow Strong—An Object Lesson
  • Symbols of the Commandments—An Object Lesson
  • The Lights of Asia—A Missionary Object Lesson
  • Anson in the Well—A Story to Teach What True Friendship Is
  • St. Christopher—A Sermon-Story about Burden-Bearing
  • Muddy Water—Or, How to Get Rid of Our Sins
  • How Not to Read the Bible—An Object Lesson
  • Knights and Dragons—A Sermon-Story
  • Lampwicks—An Object Lesson Concerning Gluttony
  • Bulbs—An Easter Object Lesson
  • Tools—An Object Talk about the Use of Pain
  • The Blues—An Object Lesson in Happiness
  • Shoes—A Talk Illustrated by the Children Themselves
  • Pass It On—A Little Talk for Thanksgiving Day—and Other Days
  • The Changed Cross—An Illustration of Trouble and How to Transform It to Joy
  • Paul’s Course—An Object Lesson, Reviewing Paul’s Life
  • Peter’s Fall—A Blackboard Talk
  • The Old Coat—An Object Lesson upon the Changed Life
  • The Buried Bible—An Object Lesson on Bible-Study
  • Blind Eyes—An Object Lesson Teaching Gratitude for Our Eyes
  • At the Pool of Bethesda—A Blackboard Talk
  • The Beatitude Spectrum—An Object Lesson and Blackboard Talk
  • Spreading the Light—An Object Lesson in Christian Testimony
  • Down Goes the Drunkard—A Temperance Object Lesson
  • Walk in the Light—An Object Talk on the Joys of the Christian Life
  • The Dissected Prayer—Illustrations of the Lord’s Prayer
  • Fossils—An Object Lesson on Selfishness
  • Sir Tongue—A Talk about Speaking for Christ
  • He Made Them—An Object Lesson about God and What He Is Like
  • Pitfalls—A Blackboard Talk about Our Daily Dangers
  • Talking With Mother—A Sermon Story to Teach about Prayer
  • Mirrors—An Object Lesson on Love
  • What Is in It?—A Temperance Object Lesson
  • A Congress of Animals—An Object Talk on Kindness to Our Dumb Friends
  • Dollars—An Object Lesson on the Right Use of Money
  • Names—A Conversation with the Children, to Show Why They Should Join the Church
  • The Black Heart—A Sermon-Story on Truthfulness
  • A Cloth, A Watch, A Spring—An Object Lesson on Sabbath-Observance
  • Stones and People—An Object Lesson on a Pure Heart
  • Standing Still or Moving On—A Story to Teach Helpfulness

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