Hugh Thomson Kerr

52 sermons to cover the entire year. The kindly reception given to the two preceding volumes, "Children's Story Sermons" and "Children's Missionary Story Sermons," together with the persuasive insistence of the children and their friends, have led to the publication of this volume of "Children's Gospel Story Sermons." During the past few years there has been an encouraging increase in the publication of religious literature for children. It is impossible to exaggerate the value and importance of meeting a need that is obvious to all who think. The danger is that those who attempt to meet the need may miss the mark. These are Story Sermons. They are not stories and must not be so judged. Sometimes they "tag a moral to a tale." They are not sermons and must not be tested by the one, two, three method of the classroom or the pulpit. Simplicity has been aimed at but the great central doctrines of the Christian faith have not been neglected. Sir James Barrie in "The Little Minister" says that the first question always asked of the child in his day was not, "What is your name?" but "What are you going to be?" and that one child in every family replied, "A minister." If this volume succeeds in interesting one outstanding boy to become a minister who will preach better Story Sermons than these, the purpose of this book will have been secured, H. T. K. Pittsburgh, Pa.