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Page 50 The Educational Screen wilds of Siberia to Japan and from Japan to Califor- nia and back to New York." Following this the lights were put out and the picture was shown. The film depicted various aspects of the flight and included some magnificent panaramas of great landscapes and cities. It was well balanced with incidents of human interest, such as the Chef cooking aboard the ship. After the picture was finished the 104th Psalm was read: "O Lord, my God, Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Who coverest Thyself with light as with a gar- ment ; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chamber in the waters: Who maketh the clouds His chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever. He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. "They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and the herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth. He appointed the moon for seasons : the sun know- eth His going down. The sun ariseth; Man goeth forth imto his work unto his labor until the evening; O Lord how manifold are Thy works; in wisdom hast Thou made them all: The earth is full of Thy riches." After the reading of the Scripture, the following short talk was given by the minister: "Several years ago Charles Lindbergh flew to Mex- ico and South America on what he called a Friendship Tour. There is a cartoonist by the name of Nelson Harding who won a prize for drawing this cartoon which a])peared in the Brooklyn Eagle. The picture shows Lindbergh's plane flying over Mexico. On the landscape below is the shadow made by the plane and that shadow is in the form of a Cross. These words are printed on the Cross: Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men. These words are to be our slogan for the year. We are going to visit many foreign lands to carry peace and good will. "This is a wonderful world in which you and I live. Last week I went to the Library and borrowed a book on Geography. I found that this earth on which we live is just a small speck of dust which hangs in space, n you think of a large baseball three feet in diameter and let that ball represent the sun then this earth of ours is only about the size of a green pea. The moon is only a pin point. "Do you know how many people live on the earth? It is impossible to count them all but the best guess is about two billion. All of these people could be packed into a box a half mile square and if that box were dropped into the ocean this world would be with- out any human life whatever; but things would go on just about the same. The sun would rise and tides come in, the rain would fall and trees and flowers would continue growing as they always have. Nobody knows just how life on this earth began, but the scien- tists tells us that millions and millions of years ago there were no people on the earth, only animals. Many of these animals were queer looking. Some were weird and huge, so strong that they could pull a tree up by its roots. Some were very small and weak. Then one day a new animal appeared on the earth. He was neither big nor strong as compared with many other animals but as time went on he came to be King of the beasts. Many of the other creatures died off, but Man went on getting more and more powerful, not physi- cally, but mentally. "By using his brain he made the other animals serve him. He used the horse and ox to bear his burdens and the cow and hog for food. Then he invented tools and finally machines. And now here we are. two billion of us, all living together on this small planet. It is as though we were all fellow passengers on a steamboat riding together toward some distant point. And since we are all one family we want to get acquainted with one another and live together in peace. "In the evenings ahead you will see many new sights. Mountains and valleys, rivers and ])latns, harbors and islands, cities and farms; people of all colors with strange customs and dress. God made this world for us to enjoy. It is His gift to us. This is why the men who wrote the Bible praised God in words like these: "For the Lord is a great God and a great God above all gods. In His hands are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is His, also; the sea is His and He made it and His hands formed the dry land. O come let us worship and bow down. Let U3 kneel before the Lord, our Maker." This talk was followed by a prayer: "W'e thank Thee for the gift of friendshi]) that makes people care for one another, for the power of love that drives out that which is greedy and mean in human hearts. Guide us in our friend- ship with people of every land and above all, may we make Jesus are best friend. Amen." Next on the program was the Offertory, during which the Junior Choir sang the well known children's hymn, "For the Beauty of the Earth." The service closed with the hymn, "Fling Out the Banner". In summing up the value of this type of program, Mr. Johnson says that worship service with the aid of motion pictures has proved its value in terms of grow- ing interest on the part of the children themselves. The attendance steadily increased, during the period in which these programs were given.