266 THE COMING OF MAN 



venturous spirit of the Phoenician merchants, for by so 

 doing she will arouse the interest of the children in them, 

 and so be able, quite naturally and easily, to lead to the 

 thought that moral life and noble ideals must accom- 

 pany advance in thought and skill. This shows man's 

 progress in religious thought in that most advanced re- 

 ligious nation, the Hebrew people. 



Hand Work 



The work on the leaflet may easily be done in class. 

 Notice the assignment of home work, and bring maps 

 next Sunday to test its accomplishment. 



OPENING TALK 



If you were to go from A (your own town) to B (a 

 neighboring city), what ways might you travel? (Train, 

 trolley, automobile, carriage will probably be men- 

 tioned.) How long would it take to walk there? If you 

 want to make rapid progress, you will take the quickest 

 way. But the walking trip might make you stronger, 

 might give you many chances to do a kindness. to some 

 one on the way. You might learn many things in the 

 slower journey about the country and the crops and the 

 people. 



Our story to-day will tell us how people learned more 

 rapid ways of traveling, and so made progress through 

 their commerce and by learning from one another. But 

 to know if they had truly advanced we must ask not only, 

 How fast could they go from place to place? but. What 

 kind of people were they when they got there? That 

 shows why growth in religion — that is, in man's thought 

 and goodness — is a measure of his true progress. 



