Cathedral of Canterbury, England. A work of Peace like some of those destroyed by War. The first soldiers of the Prince in England came to Canterbury CHART AND COMPASS FOR THE JUNIORS By Nellie G. Prescott My dear Junior: You have just returned, I suppose, from your trip around the world with Jack and Janet. Everytime I have heard from you this last year you have been having a most delightful time. Not one single word have I received that you were seasick or homesick or, for any reason, wished that you had not taken the journey. I am glad of this, because I want you to start immediately on another trip which is very much more adventurous than the first one. With Jack and Janet you visited many delightful cities, were guests in the homes of our missionaries and made the acquaintance of many of the boys and girls of the Orient. This year you are going as soldiers many times, perhaps, around the world, in the army of the most wonderful Prince that has ever lived. How proud you must feel to be invited to go on such a journey! You will have no time to visit, but must always be looking for more soldiers of the Prince. You will need to travel very much faster than you did last year and to use aeroplanes, wishing caps, broom sticks and every other kind of rapid conveyance in order to go quickly from place to place and arrive on time. Why, sometimes, you will need to travel 12,000 miles in an hour and that is faster than we are in the habit of travelling even in 1916-17. "Why are we going on this very remarkable trip?" I hear you all asking. Well, I will leave you to find out and tell me when you come back. I am very sure that you will have no difficulty in discovering the reason. I hope you will have a happy journey, that you will prove loyal soldiers and that you will come home determined to love and serve the Prince of Peace as long as you live. Your friend, Nellie G. Prescott. The Prince and His Soldiers WHAT TO DO WITH CHAPTER ONE 1. Read the chapter. 2. Answer the questions at the close of the chapter. 3. Draw an outline map of the world, make it just as large and clear as you can, and color the countries with different colors, if you own a paint box or set of crayons. Print on the map the names of the countries, oceans, important rivers, etc. Hang the map on the wall of your own room. 4. Save up your money (going without gum, candy, etc., is an easy way to save) until you have 25 cents. Then buy a globe of the world and put it on the table in your room. If you can save more than 25 cents you can buy a larger and a better globe. 5. Locate on your map and globe the country of every one mentioned in Chapter I: Make sure that you know exactly why these men are mentioned. 6. Organize the Body Guard of the Prince of Peace for the journey in search of soldiers. Buy several sheets of card-board Boy Scouts-one cent each, 12 on a sheet. Cut them out and fasten a strip of stiffer cardboard on the back so that each boy scout will stand erect and alone. On the end of the gun which rests on his shoulder glue a very narrow piece of white paper on which you have printed what this soldier in the Body Guard of the Prince fights with, as for instance: patience, loyalty, justice, truth, friendship, work, etc. How many soldiers do you need in this Body Guard? That is the first thing for you to settle in this journey. Arrange these soldiers in orderly rows and at their head place one soldier who has fastened over his gun a flag of the world which you have made, using the design on the cover of your book as a pattern. 7. Make the acquaintance of William Carey and find out how many of these weapons of peace he used and what he accomplished with them. This will take you to England and to India. Was William Carey a soldier of the Prince of Peace? This is the second thing for you to decide. 8. Buy a set of paper dolls, illustrating the children of the War Zone. There are five boys and five girls in the set, from Bulgaria, Russia, etc. Ask your Junior Leader to order a set for you25 cents and postage-or send to M. H. Leavis, West Medford, Mass. Cut out the dolls and the costumes. Write out a story of each child, describing how the war has changed the lives of these boys and girls. Write from 100 to 200 words. Make an attractive cover for them and exchange these stories with those that other Juniors write. WHY MEN AND NATIONS QUARREL 1. Read the chapter. DO YOU? 2. Answer the questions at the end. 3. Locate on your map and globe the countries of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans and Spaniards. Is it easy to find them all? Why not? 4. Increase, if you can, the number of soldiers in the Body Guard of the Prince. 5. Print neatly on a card the reasons why men and nations quarrel. Make a frame for the card of cardboard or wood and fasten it to the wall in your room. Take another card and print on it: Soldiers of the Prince A brave soldier holds his tongue. A strong soldier controls his temper. A manly soldier does not strike with his fists. 6. Go at once to Turkey and find a brave man who lived there from 1839 to 1888, during a great war, and, without striking a blow, won a great victory. Know this man, so that he will always be your friend. This is the third thing for you to do. 7. Make a flag to be used by all the nations of the world when quarreling and war have ceased. Buy a set of the Flags of the Nations-25 cents a set, with postage, 5 cents-4 sheets-96 beautifully colored flags on perforated, gummed paper. If your Board has not ordered them, you can order from M. H. Leavis, West Medford, Mass. Make a large flag of the world, using as your pattern the design on the cover of your book. Cut out the flags from the sheets and stick onto the World Flag, arranging them in as artistic a manner as you can. Keep this flag in a prominent place in your room and take it with you when you go to your Junior meetings. When you are not using it, you might lend it to the deacons or pastor for use in the prayer meetings or to the president of the Woman's Missionary Society. BEING A SOLDIER EVERY DAY WHAT THIS MEANS TO 1. Read the chapter and answer the questions at the end. 2. Find the country where the following soldiers of the Prince lived, and locate on the map. Robert Louis Stevenson Wm. Lloyd Garrison Savonarola John Hampden Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther 3. Tell from memory to some one who has never heard it, the story of John Coleridge Patterson. |