God's Wonder World by Cora Stanwood Cobb, the Beacon Press, Boston. 



This is a remarkable book written for use in Sunday schools, — a book for 

 religious instruction designed to help the child of nine or ten years to observe 

 the wonders of the world intelligently and to feel their religious quality. The 

 introduction of Natiu-e-Study in the Sunday school has not been an easy task. 

 Every teacher who has tried it has felt that there should be religious instruction 

 accompanying it, some definite teaching to make the child reverence the Maker 

 of this wonderful universe. It has been difficult to accomplish this without 

 making the lessons too "preachy." However, the author of this volume has 

 accomplished the desired combination, most successfully. Each lesson begins 

 with an appropriate verse from the Bible for memorizing, then is given the 

 purpose of the lesson with suggestions for the teacher and for work for the 

 pupils; then follows an opening talk which may be read or told during the class 

 period. Supplementing this teacher's book are leaflets for the children, forty 

 of them, beautifully illustrated, each containing an interesting story about the 

 subject of the lesson and with blank sheets for mounting specimens or for 

 making drawings and an outline for work for the pupil to report upon later. 

 There is also a lesson outlined in Bible study. While the whole course is 

 planned for children of nine it can be used most successfully with younger or 

 older pupils. The scope of the lessons is shown by the following titles: "Beauty 

 in God's world : The clouds, Earth's garment of green, The blossoming plants. 

 Plants sowing their seeds. The trees. How plants live together. The earth our 

 storehouse. The ants. The spider, The Bees, Moths and butterflies. Toads, bats 

 and owls. Humble helpers. The birds. Animal friends. The dog. Beavers, As it 

 was in the beginning. The work of the rain. The work of the rain : Brooks and 

 rivers. Snow, ice and frost,i^ Minerals and crystals. Earth's underground store- 

 house, God's wonderful^mountains, Life comes upon the world, Fossils, How 

 ovir coal was made. More wonders from Natvire's Book, The story that a 

 scratched rock tells, Man comes upon the Earth, Man's progress: The work- 

 ing hands and Thinking Mind, Man's progress: Growth in religion, Man's 

 progress: The written word, The story of steam. The story of electricity. 

 Searchers after Nature's Truths, God's gift of stmlight, The solar system. The 

 stars, and The torch bearers." 



This volume and its leaflets should be in every Sunday School in the United 

 States — for they are full of inspiration, interesting facts and religious fee ling 

 to both teacher and pupil. 



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