LESSON 36 

 SEARCHERS AFTER NATURE^S TRUTHS 



MEMORY VERSE 



Lives of great men all remind us 

 We can make our lives sublime, 



And, departing, leave behind us 

 Footprints on the sands of time. 



H. W. Longfellow 



The Purpose 



This lesson serves as an introduction to the three 

 lessons on astronomy and also as a suggestion to the chil- 

 dren of the marvelous power that God has given to the 

 mind of man. The nearness of God to man, leading him 

 ever onward through his mind and soul, and helping him 

 in that way to help the world itself, is the special lesson 

 to be given the children. 



Suggestions for the Teacher 



This lesson should be given in such a way as to awake 

 the child's interest in thought itself — the thought that 

 is able to prove things true that we cannot see or touch 

 or feel. It is a difficult subject for their comprehension, 

 and yet it is felt that their minds can take the mere sug- 

 gestion of it that is given here. If the lesson is given to 

 them in the spirit of wonder, they will learn to look with 

 wonder toward the God-given mind of man. 



The brief accounts of the three great discoverers help 

 make the subject concrete. 



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