THE CANADA LUTHERAN. 3 of all Sunday School work. What the foundation is to the building, the Primary is to the whole school. Therefore, it is important that this training should be thorough. By this I do not mean that there is no chance of a child becoming a faithful Bible scholar and a noble Christian if he misses the primary grade, but I do mean that without a flourishing primary department a school can scarcely be called successful, while with it half the success of the work is assured. The primary teacher in receiving the little ones in her charge has a chance to mold the soft clay; while with the child who first comes in touch with the Sunday School when he is too old for the primary class, his teacher finds him a very hard piece of marble to cut. As we listen to the words of Jesus, "Let the little ones come unto Me," dare we say there is any period in the life of the child when it is too early to begin to sow the seed of righteousness? When we read in Gal. 6: 7, "What a man sows that shall he also reap," then surely we cannot claim these little ones too early for God and His service, and thus save the idle sowing in youth which often brings the bitter reaping of after years. Now the first essential, if one would build this foundation work successfully, is to procure a room in which to work; flood it with sunshine and fresh air, add a few pretty pictures; more suitable mottoes and equip it with all the necessary tools to make things interesting for the little folks. No matter if the main school has to suffer a little in consequence. Begin by grading your classes so that the children who cannot read are in a class by themselves, while those capable of reading and doing harder work are together, in order that they will not be kept back by their younger friends. There are three grades in the General Council Graded System, which are, I hope, being used in all our English Lutheran Sunday schools, for the work of the primary department, namely: Wonderland, Workland and Pictureland. In the first grade, "Wonderland," the children should be from four to six years of age. I think you will all agree with me that most children at this age are rather loth to leave mamma and go with strangers. Hence we find many children not within our reach for this very reason. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that where the cradle roll department is treated as the lowest grade of the primary, and where the same superintendent looks after both, you will not have this difficulty. I really think that the first stepping stones to a successful primary are found right in the home, amid the child's every day surroundings. We take the little babe in its mother's arms, just beginning to notice, how quick he is to make friends, smile and coo at every attempt made to play with him. If mother and babe are regularly visited by the cradle roll superintendent as the child grows older do you not think the teacher will be recognized? Certainy, and if the teacher has been faithful in her work, she will be looked upon with a great deal of love and pleasure by the little one by the time he reaches the interesting age of three or four years. Now is the time when you will see the results of your visiting. Bring the child to Sunday School. What will be the result? Do you think he will be frightened and shrink back at the sight of so many unfamiliar faces? Perhaps so, but, when he turns and sees the smiling face of the friend and teacher whom he has learned to love, instead of crying for mamma he will run to her and there he will find a pair of loving arms together with all the comfort necessary. He soon finds out then that all the other faces belong to little ones like himself, and it never takes the little folks beyond a few moments to become acquainted. In teaching the babies, found in this grade of Wonderland, the teacher must try to draw such vivid pictures in the mind of each child that he will be able to see the whole story in his imagination. Do not make the mistake, however, of drawing pictures for him, or of showing him bright colored pictures, and of trying to impress the story upon his mind in that way, because if you do lie will become so interested in looking at the bright object and the pretty colors that the story you are trying to impress will become a secondary thought with him and will finally disappear, leaving not a trace of your earnest labor. Between the ages of six and eight he wants to be always about and doing something, now is the time to introduce Workland and the sand table. I might say, just here, do not neglect the sand table. You cannot make the Workland lessons interesting to the child unless it is worked out in the sand, and as I said before, just at this age he likes to keep moving, so let him work, it will not do him any harm. Let each child do his