In this modern world of merchandising and advertising, millions of dollars and hundreds of hours are spent in creating a demand for a particular service or product. In the midst of this world, clamoring for attention, Sunday School teachers in Churches of Christ, Scientist, are imparting a knowledge valuable beyond any human commodity—the Science of Christianity. Because of this they are challenged to awaken interest every Sunday. They must alert the pupils to the value of Christian Science and help them realize their need of it.
And why do they need it? Because Christian Science is the practical answer to all of today's human ills and problems. The teacher himself must know this, believe this, and practice this before he can convey this message with sincerity and impart it to his pupils. Teachers have the task of convincing young people that the Science of being is useful, attractive, and practical to them right now in their present experience. Youth is vitally interested in the now. Christian Science must be taught in such a vigorous, vital manner that pupils can see how to use it right now as students, as members of a household, as members of the community.
As a schoolteacher and a lifelong Christian Scientist who has attended Sunday school, taught Sunday School, and watched her own children grow up in the Sunday School, the writer has observed that the most effective teaching is that in which the pupil reasons or works out the correct answers for himself. Indeed, this is the only true teaching. Merely telling someone something is not teaching and is often a waste of words and time. The pupil must be gently led to find for himself the right answer, the right way. As indicated in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, this reasoning is best developed through the question and answer method of discussion. Under the heading "Subject for Lessons," after referring to the first lessons, Mrs. Eddy writes, "The next lessons consist of such questions and answers as are adapted to a juvenile class, and may be found in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, read in Church services."Man., Art. XX, Sect. 3;
