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Tell them that under the right conditions that would 

 also make coal. They may like to learn the differences^ 

 between peat, and soft and hard coal. 



The teacher should try to get as vivid a mental picture 

 as possible of the coal-making process before attempt- 

 ing to tell of this interesting phase in the development 

 of the world. 



The lesson of trust taught by this story and the words 

 of Jesus in the memory verse will have value only as the 

 child who says ''God did all this for me" learns that 

 every child of earth has the right to say the same thing. 

 It is another emphasis on the thought of living together 

 and serving one another, which the Beacon Course en- 

 forces as a fundamental principle of religion. 



Hand Work 



Try to secure thoughtful answers to the questions about 

 the sort of thanks we may give for earth's bounty and our 

 responsibility in sharing it. The other three make a test 

 of the pupil's attention to the lesson story. 



OPENING TALK 



Have you ever seen a fossil fern-leaf on a stone? (If 

 possible, secure one to show to the class.) Can you tell 

 how it came there? Would you like to hear how not 

 only leaves, but great tree trunks, whole forests, were 

 buried in the earth, and what use we now make of them? 



