Ask the children to stand around this flag as you tell them the story of the birth of the Prince of Peace who came to give peace on earth and good-will among men. =Memorial Day. May 30= Read as your Bible lesson for that day Psalm 46, announcing the end of war. Read Psalm 47 where the nations are called upon to praise God, and read also Matthew 22:15-22 describing the duty of citizens. Secure a wreath of flowers, place it upon the flag, and tell the audience the story of the brave men who died for their country and their flag. Close by singing the National Hymn. Ask that all the children wear small flags, and have them march around the room singing together the Battle Hymn of the Republic. =Flag Day. June 14= Read as your Scripture lesson Psalm 46. After you have read this lesson, ask some of the children to come forward with flags and stand around the reader while he reads Psalms 67 and 72. Tell the story of the making of the flag in Philadelphia by Betsy Ross. =School Closing Day= Read as the Bible lesson Ecclesiastes 12, and urge them in their youthful days to remember God. Read also Matthew 25:14-30, in which the use of the individual talent is urged. Tell them that "school-days" are not all over, the real school of life has just begun. The Bible is the greater text-book of the school of life. =Children's Day. June= Let the children conduct this service, all but the address, you may give this yourself or secure another to do it for you. Draw lessons from the flowers, bring in a bird in its cage, and read Matthew 6:19-34. Tell the story of the Ark, the biggest bird-cage ever made, and what the Raven and Dove did in the great flood story. After the lesson, if possible let them put the flowers you have been using on the graves of the little children of the church who have died during the past year. =Independence Day. July 4= This day should always be kept as a religious day. The noise of gunpowder should no longer be heard. It should be a day exalting peace, not commemorating bloodshed, therefore cause the decorations to be white intertwined with the flag. Let the little girls dress in white and the boys wear a white flower or have white bands around their arms. War love must be crushed for the sake of the best things. The idea that might is power plunged the world into the great World War. The only war the kingdom of heaven knows is war against war and all its evil things. Display the conquest flag, and tell the story how the Cross of Jesus is marching on to save this old world from sin. Close by telling them that when they forsake all sin and come to Jesus and are saved, they are an assembly of braves and have put their names to the new declaration of independence. =Labor Day. September (First Monday)= For the Scripture lesson for this day read the story of "the laborer being worthy of his hire," as you will find it recorded in Luke 10:1-11. Also the call for laborers for the vineyard, as written in Matthew 20:1-15.