The Blackboard in Sunday-School (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...Sinner. The necessary letters are added to the large capital S in red, and both words are shaded in black, by using charcoal, upon the side farthest from the light, red and black being the colors for wickedness. During the period of blindness Saul discovered himself (1 Tim. 1. 15) and his Saviour (Rom. v. 10), hence the red cross, upon which his old self was crucified (Rom. vi. 6). Through the revelation from above, by Ananias, he discovered the new self, Paul (Acts xiii. 9), brought out by adding the white for purity (thus changing the symbolism of red from "passion "'to " love "), and also his future work as Preacher (Acts xxii. 14-15). The uses of the various styles of lettering and of the devices for illuminating the truth are further illustrated in succeeding chapters. It is perhaps unnecessary to add that one should by practice become so skilful in lettering that pupils will never think how the letters are made, but will see the words merely as a clear window through which to behold the truth itself. VII. THE PATHWAY TO SKILL. If at first you don't succeed, Try, try, try again.--Old "saw. THE simple truth is, that one learns to draw by drawing. One is tempted to approach the blackboard with the crayon in one hand and an eraser in the other. But no one ever learned to draw by erasing The only possible way may be stated concisely in a paraphrase of the old saw at the head of this chapter, --If at first you don't succeed, draw, draw, draw again. Mater1als.--Have a cloth blackboard, such as may be had by the yard from a public school supply store, tacked securely upon the wall where, in the privacy of your own room at home, you can practise unobserved. If possible, the "board" should be about three feet high and four fee...