E-text prepared by Emmy, D Alexander, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 32355-h.htm or 32355-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32355/pg32355-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32355/32355-h.zip) WITH THE CHILDREN ON SUNDAYS Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul [Illustration] by SYLVANUS STALL, D. D. Author of "What a Young Boy Ought to Know," "What a Young Man Ought to Know," etc., "Methods of Church Work," "Faces Toward the Light," etc., etc. This book is published and sold exclusively in the United States by The Uplift Publishing Company Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright, 1911, by Sylvanus Stall. Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England. Protected by International copyright in Great Britain and all her colonies, and, under the provisions of the Berne Convention, in Belgium, France, Germany, England, Spain, Switzerland, Tunis, Hayti, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro and Norway. All rights reserved. [Printed in the United States.] Copyright, 1893, by Sylvanus Stall. Copyright, 1896, by Sylvanus Stall. Copyright, 1907, by Sylvanus Stall. All the drawings and color-pictures in this took have been specially prepared by C. M. Burd, of New York City, for exclusive use in these pages. Each of these has been copyrighted in the United States and throughout Europe, and all copyright privileges are reserved. [Illustration: SYLVANUS STALL, D.D.] DEDICATED TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO DESIRE TO MAKE SUNDAY THE HAPPIEST AND MOST IMPRESSIVE DAY OF THE WEEK. CONTENTS PAGE. PREFACE 9 SUGGESTIONS TO PARENTS 17 1. OYSTER AND CRAB--Conscience 27 2. WORM IN THE APPLE--Sin in the Human Heart 33 3. WAYSIDE WEEDS AND GARDEN FLOWERS--Neglected vs. Christian Children 38 4. NUTS--God Means that We Must Work 46 5. BANKS--Gathered and Guarded Treasures 51 6. CHART--Avoiding Dangers 56 7. ANCHOR--Hope that Lays Hold of Christ 61 8. HUSKS--The Disappointed Pleasure Seeker 66 9. IRON, LOW GRADE AND HIGH GRADE--Character and Worth 75 10. A POCKET RULE--How God Measures Men 81 11. THE MAGNET--Jesus the Great Drawing Power 86 12. KEYS--How to Unlock the Human Heart 92 13. TRAPS--Unsuspecting Mice and Men 97 14. BREAD--Universal Soul Hunger 102 15. THE STONE--The Natural and Changed Heart 107 16. THE POLISHED STONE--Perfection Through Suffering 112