LESSON 31 



MAN'S PROGRESS: THE WORKING HANDS 

 AND THE THINKING MIND 



MEMORY VERSE 



Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. 



Ecclesiastes 9:10 



The Purpose 



The fact that skill of hand helped to develop the mind 

 of man is brought out in this lesson. For the child, as 

 for primitive man, hand work well done stimulates the 

 mind. 



Mere increase in physical comfort does not mean a real 

 advance for any individual or any nation, unless there 

 goes with it a corresponding progress in mental and 

 spiritual life. 



Suggestions for the Teacher 



The teacher should impress upon the class that as 

 soon as the savage men commenced to use their hands to 

 make the articles they needed, they became less and less 

 like savages and more and more civilized, their civiliza- 

 tion increasing with their skill. As an application of the 

 lesson the children should be urged to pay attention to 

 their own hand work, that the increase in the skill of 

 their hands may produce a corresponding keenness of 

 their minds. 



Interest should be aroused in the children over the 

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