Category: The Children’s Six Minutes
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The Children’s Six Minutes: If I Were a Boy Again
IF I WERE A BOY AGAIN Chicago University, one of the great schools of America and the world, received its impetus from the tireless energy and brilliant leadership of its great President, Dr. Harper. After his death there was found among his papers a memorandum which read as follows: “If I were a boy again…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: What Did You See?
WHAT DID YOU SEE? A few days ago I made a trip on the train. When I returned home one of the first questions my little boy asked me was, “What did you see?” I shall tell you what I told him. Looking out of the car window I saw an immense field, acres and…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The Human Kodak
THE HUMAN KODAK I wonder how many of you have a kodak. Yes, many of you own one. What a wonderful little machine a kodak is! First we buy a film, then we open the kodak and place the film. Now pull the paper over to the empty roll and fasten, close the kodak and…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: CHEAPEST AND BEST
A business man would not consider this subject a very good advertisement. He believes that the best things are never cheapest. There are a few instances however in which that is not the case. First, the air we breathe. It does not cost us anything, it isn’t metered out to us, so we have a…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Worship and Toil
WORSHIP AND TOIL One day about one hundred years ago a little boy named Jean stood by his father’s side watching the setting sun sink into the waves of the sea. The glory of the scene stirred his boyish enthusiasm and he poured out his heart in an ecstasy of joy. The father reverently took…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Choosing a King
CHOOSING A KING What would you do if you were asked to select a young man who should some day be president of the United States? What tests would you apply? Would you look upon the clothes that he wore? Would you consider the color of his hair? Would you insist that he should be…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: A Blind Man Who Saw
A BLIND MAN WHO SAW Once upon a time there was a boy who had a call to be a preacher. Now this boy was Scotch, and the fondest ambition of a Scotch mother is that her son shall become a minister. You may believe that this particular lad’s mother was very, very happy. So…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Alas, The Marks
ALAS, THE MARKS There is an old, old story about a father who had great difficulty in making his boy obey. The boy did wrong in spite of all that the father could say or do. One day the father said to the boy, “Here is the shed door, now every time you do wrong…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Helping Fingers
HELPING FINGERS For three years I lived in Manila, Philippine Islands. Not far from my home was an orphanage for children who were deaf and dumb. Frequently these children were seen at different entertainments that were given about the city. One evening I went to attend a lecture in the Y.M.C.A. Right in front of…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: KUMMOGOKDONATTOOTTAMMOCTITEAONGANNUNNONASH
KUMMOGOKDONATTOOTTAMMOCTITEAONGANNUNNONASH What do you think of this word? It contains forty-two letters. What does it mean? What language is it? It means “catechism.” It is the Indian language. Now for the story. Many years ago, soon after the landing of the first Pilgrim Fathers in New England, there was a man by the name of…