It does not seem amiss to speak to the readers of help and food on a subject of supreme importance-the care and instruction of the young in the word of God. Humanly speaking, the young are the hope of the future testimony of the Church of God, should the Lord tarry.

The first and chief care rests upon the Christian parents to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. But even where this is done-as is sadly not always the case-the instruction of the home is effectually supplemented by a properly established and conducted Sunday-school; and none appreciate this more than godly, earnest parents.

Apart however from the families of Christians, are the multitudes who care neither for their own nor the salvation of their children. Here is the great field for gospel work. Whether in heathen lands, or country districts, or the crowded cities of our own land, the cry of multitudes of children is, " Come and help us." There can be no question that for these the Sunday-school is absolutely necessary. Shall the children of God be indifferent to this need?

In connection with this work, it is of the first importance that children should be furnished with properly selected lessons from Scripture. Certain features of these lessons may be named. As the Word of God is inspired, not only in its truths, but in the form in which that truth is presented, it seems clear that the Scriptures should be studied consecutively, and not piecemeal. This applies specially to the great fundamental portions of the New Testament- the four Gospels and the Epistles. These present, in brief, the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ and the effect of His salvation.

It has been thought well therefore to make these two features the center round which all other lessons are grouped. Thus in a course upon the whole Bible, covering eight years, one half of a Gospel would be given each year, say, four months' lessons. A like period would be devoted to some of the Epistles-chapter by chapter in both cases. This would be followed by lessons from the historical books of the Old Testament, sufficiently representative to give a fair outline of the book from which they were taken. The remainder of the year would be occupied with briefer outlines of doctrinal subjects, or a series upon the great outstanding features of prophetic teaching. Each year would thus furnish an "outline of sound words" covering the salient truths of our precious heritage-the Bible-and the entire course of eight years supplying instruction in the greater part of the entire Scriptures.

The following proposed schedule for 1920 is submitted for the prayerful consideration of all interested in Sunday-school work. It is hoped to have a weekly study of them in the Sunday-school Visitor, issued by the same publishers.