“Here is the Ohio river, where he first appeared. [Draw the Ohio river.  Do not label the rivers.  The names are given for your guidance only.] He had two canoes tied side by side, and they were filled with apple seeds.  He paddled against the stream as he turned his canoe into the Muskingum river, and then up into the Walhonding river, and then into the Mohican and finally into the creek called the Black Pork.  It took a long time to go this short distance, for he stopped off every little while to find suitable places in the wilderness to plant apple seeds.  And these, of course, grew up, in later years, to fruitful orchards. [Draw the orchards in green.  Your drawing will now resemble Fig. 74.] This was but the beginning.  From that time until ’Johnnie Appleseed’ was 72 years of age he devoted his life to converting the waste wild land into orchards.  During the war of 1812 he warned settlers against the Indians and helped to save many lives.  He dressed in skins and was respected by the Indians, who considered him a very wise medicine man.  Many trips he made back to Pennsylvania, whenever his seed supply was exhausted.  In every rude cabin home which he visited, ‘Johnnie Appleseed’ read the Scriptures, and hundreds were helped to better lives through his teachings.  He was noted for his gentleness and kindness.  He died, in 1847, near Fort Wayne, Ind.

“Here was a man, boys, who devoted his life to helping others.  Dr. Hillis, of New York, has woven his life into a most beautiful story, ‘The Quest of John Chapman,’ and others have sung his praises in verse and narrative.  Let us learn from him the lesson of devoting one’s life to making other people happy.  I will add a few lines to indicate all that John Chapman tried to do. [Add apples in red, converting the map into a branch bearing apples, Fig. 75.] But he did vastly more than this.  He brought brightness into many a heart during his long years of usefulness, and while he helped to make the Middle West a fruit-growing country, the real fruit of his work was that of helpfulness, sympathy and brightness through Christ, who guided him in his strange work.

[Illustration:  Fig. 75]

“‘A sower went forth to sow.’  If the kind of ground in which he sowed did not bring forth fruit, it was not the fault of the tireless sower.”

PUBLIC SENTIMENT
    —­Home Department Day
    —­Unity

It is a Powerful Element—­An Illustration for Home Department
Day.

THE LESSON—­That the earnest prayers and work of the stay-at-home members are a great inspiration to the active workers in the school.

Home Department Day in the Sunday School may be made a most helpful event in the life of the school and in the lives of those who do not enjoy the privilege of attending the services regularly.  Many who are usually employed on Sunday, in hotels, boarding houses, railroad positions, and the like, can ofttimes arrange to attend this session prepared especially for them.  It is assumed that you have been supplying the members of the Home Department with lesson helps, and that you have kept in touch with them.  Souvenirs may be sent to invalids and aged people as well as to other members who cannot be present.  The colors are purple and white; the flower, the violet.