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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

be long remembered. The stories of Joseph, as told in the Beginners' Course, International Graded System, are excellent for this purpose. The little child's ever-ready instinct of imitation will insure that the moral lesson will not be without its effect. The foundation of obedience must be laid in these years. While it is true that no child ever learned ready obedience by being told to obey, the sugges­tion that those who give care have a right to expect little children to do what they command will be a seed that will root in the child's heart, and in time, if nurtured, will produce the flower of a beautiful spirit of obedience. What the heavenly Father cow--viands is right, and because he cares for us his will should be obeyed, is a theme that should find expres­sion in a number of stories. What is true of obedi­ence is true of all other virtues that we desire to see exemplified in the little child's life. In no case can growth be forced nor can it ever be stimu­lated by command or threat, but always it may be depended upon to respond to indirect means of nur­ture.

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