Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear

Crayon and Character: Truth
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Title: Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear
Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks
Author: J. Griswold
Release Date: July 15, 2005 [EBook #16305]
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CRAYON AND CHARACTER

Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear or Ten-Minute Talks With
Colored Chalks
B.J. GRISWOLD
MEIGS PUBLISHING COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
1913 First Reprint 1918

FOREWORD.
Any earnest Christian who is capable of addressing an audience or a
Sunday school class, can, by the aid of this book, give a helpful chalk
talk. The book has been designed to meet a growing need of this
important phase of teaching.
Any parent, with this book in the home, can use it not only to teach the
boy or the girl a simple method of drawing, but may implant in the life
of the child the good seed of the Tree of Life.
In the preparation of these talks, "Life" has been the keyword. The
thought permeates both the text and the style of illustration used. It is
also a feature of the arrangement of each talk whereby a "developing"
or "living" picture holds the attention of the listeners through two
"scenes" or "steps" of unfolding.
Many of the time-honored symbols will not be found in these pages.
The Anchor as the emblem of Hope, and the Crown as the type of
Victory or Kingship have given place to symbols and types from nature
and from the every-day life of common folks.
Many a smile has been introduced. And why not? We proclaim the
Gospel as the Good News, the message of joy and gladness. The New
Testament, with its glad tidings of great joy, is one continuous song.
Always, however, it has been the aim to lead the thoughts of the
listener to Him whose Light we are to reflect among men.

The title of each chalk talk appears twice in the index, in order to
provide a wide range of subjects from which to select an appropriate
lesson for each occasion.
In his years of experience as a newspaper writer and illustrator, the
author has endeavored to cultivate the art of saying as much as possible
in a few words and drawn lines. In this book (and in your chalk talk
work) the same thought applies. As a Sunday school superintendent
and a teacher, the author hopes that many may not be afraid to
undertake the use of chalk after studying the easy method here
described. As a means of enlarging your usefulness as a teacher of the
Eternal Truth, the book, we believe, contains much that will help and
encourage.
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
B.J. GRISWOLD.

"BEFORE TAKING."
There are too many books published which are GOOD for _two things
only_:
FIRST--They are good sellers, possibly "Best Sellers."
SECOND--They are good at keeping people out of bed till
midnight--because they make such "mighty interestin' reading."
Such books may make their authors famous and their publishers rich,
but if that is all they are good for, we would not care to sell, much less
to publish, them.
The book which the reader holds is put out, not because it is bound to
be a good seller nor because it is interesting, but because of its power
to HELP Christian work and workers, and of its own ability to give
instruction in righteousness to its readers, old and young; to sow seed
thoughts of truth in human minds and hearts.

And who will it help?
All Christian platform workers in general and the Sunday School
Superintendent in particular.
The Superintendent, especially on all "Special Days."
The Pastor, especially in the prayer meeting where any kind of help, so
it is help, will be welcomed by most pastors.
It will be useful to all because of its wealth of material and illustration
for expressive and impressive _little, big, ten-minute talks_, whenever
opportunity offers.
We commend the book with all earnestness, to these various classes of
people, and will insist that no father or mother will ever be the poorer,
but the richer, who will part with the price and get in exchange for it a
copy of this book, as a birthday or Christmas gift to a son or