240 THE EARTH MADE READY FOR MAN 



melting ice form the last page in nature's book before the 

 advent of man. 



The children should be well impressed with the idea 

 that the world is still changing, in spite of the fact that 

 the changes are so slow that we do not realize them. 



We are still in the Glacial Age. That our chmate is 

 growing warmer is proved by the fact that the last rem- 

 nants of the great ice sheet are gradually retreating, but 

 we are insensible of any change ourselves. 



Impress upon the children's minds, as always, the 

 countless ages which have elapsed while this last change 

 was going on, causing the earth to be plowed over and 

 adapted for God's highest creation, man. 



OPENING TALK 



Can you think away the thick masses of ice and snow 

 that cover Greenland, and picture that island as covered 

 with a luxuriant forest? 



Can you forget for a moment the stories you have 

 read about the Eskimo hunting over frozen seas for the 

 walrus and the polar bear, and think instead of soft, 

 blue, tropical seas like those around Bermuda, where 

 white coral reefs gleam beneath the surface of the water? 



Try, while we have the story; for then you will know 

 why it once deserved the name Greenland, and how it 

 came to be the land of snow and ice that it is now. 



