THE CHILDREN'S SIX MINUTES BRUCE S. WRIGHT THE CHILDREN'S SIX MINUTES BY BRUCE S. WRIGHT NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY THE CHILDREN'S SIX MINUTES. II PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO HARRIET ELIZABETH AND ROBERT INTRODUCTION For many years it has been my custom to give, every Sunday morning, a brief sermon to the boys and girls of my congregation. This sermon is never more than six minutes, often only three. As a result there has been a growing attendance of young people at our morning worship. They are thus made to feel that they are wanted, and have a part in the Church which all too often is looked upon as a Church solely for the grownups. No part of my ministry has given me greater delight and satisfaction than the thought that I am helping to establish in the lives of many boys and girls that habit so indispensable to a steady Christian experience, namely--the habit of Sunday morning worship. The Memory Texts and Memory Hymns, from the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, suggested with each sermon are given for the reason that girls and boys gladly do memory work if it is definitely assigned them. CONTENTS HAPPY NEW YEAR 12 GROWTH 14 SNOW 16 KINDNESS 18 GOD'S CALL 20 A HAPPY HOME 22 SYSTEM 24 A BOY FROM THE COUNTRY 26 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD 28 EASTER LIGHT 30 APRIL 32 HELPING FINGERS 34 TWO R'S AND AN A 36 CANDLE CHILDREN 38 ALAS, THE MARKS 40 A BLIND MAN WHO SAW 42 CHOOSING A KING 44 WORSHIP AND TOIL 46 GOD'S CLOCK 48 THE HUMAN KODAK 50 WATCH LESSONS 52 WHAT DID YOU SEE? 54 KNIFE LESSONS 56 LETTERS 58 A UNIQUE PSALM 60 THE FATHER'S CARE 62 YOKES 64 GOOD ADVICE 66 IF I WERE A BOY AGAIN 68 ONE BY ONE 70 COME 72 LOVE AND LOYALTY 74 KUMMOGOKDONATTOOTTAMMOCTITEAONGANNUNNONASH 76 WHAT THE TREES SAID TO ME 78 BANKS 80 WORK 82 THE BIG STORE 84 BREAD 86