I. References for Study

     T.G.  Soares, “Making the Bible Real to Boys,” in Boy Training,
     pp. 117-40.  Association Press, $0.75.

     W.T.  Lhamon, “Bible in the Home,” Religious Education, December,
     1912, p. 486.

     G. Hodges, Training of Children in Religion, chap. x.  Appleton,
     $1.50.

     II.  Further Reading

     The Bible in Practical Life. Religious Education Association. 
     Numerous references to the use of the Bible in the home in this
     volume.

     Patterson Dubois, The Natural Way, sec. iv.  Revell, $1.25.

     III.  Methods and Materials

     “Passages of Bible for Memorization,” Religious Education,
     August, 1906.

     Louise S. Houghton, Telling Bible Stories.  Scribner, $1.25.

     Johnson, The Narrative Bible.  Baker & Taylor Co., $1.50.

     Hall and Wood, The Bible Story, 5 vols.  King, $2.00 by
     subscription.

     Courtney, The Literary Man’s Bible.  Crowell, $1.25.

     The above are but a few of the many collections of biblical
     material.

     IV.  Topics for Discussion

     1.  What are the conditions which seem to make the reading of the
     Bible different from other reading?  Is there a sense of unreality
     about it as a book?  What are the causes?

     2.  Try the experiment of reading the story of Joseph at one
     sitting.  Try to retell this to children.

     3.  What biblical material stands out in your memory of childhood? 
     In what degree is this due to the art of the story-teller or the
     reader? to the character of the material?

FOOTNOTES: 

[21] See M.J.C.  Foster, The Mother the Child’s First Bible Teacher.

[22] Mackie, Bible Manners and Customs.

Chamberlin, Introduction to the Bible for Teachers of Children.

Worcester, On Holy Ground, 2 vols.

[23] For example, Moulton, Modern Reader’s Bible.  The new Jewish renderings of Old Testament books are good, especially the Psalms.

CHAPTER XII

FAMILY WORSHIP

Family worship has declined until, at least in the United States, the percentage of families practicing daily worship in the home is so small as to be negligible.  If this meant that a general institution of religion had passed out of existence the fact would be highly significant.  But it is well to remember that family worship has never been a general institution.  We have generalized the picture of the “Cotter’s Saturday Night” so eloquently drawn by Burns; it has been applied to every night and to every fireside.