Manuscript Releases, vol. 7 [Nos. 419-525]

Kindergartens Needed in Our Schools

Sister Peck had charge of the children's meeting, and during the holidays on several occasions there were as many as four hundred children and parents present. Sister Peck has taxed her strength to interest the children. This has required constant vigilance and keen management. The children are divided into classes under the direction of teachers who are instructed by Sister Peck. 7MR 6.2

This is missionary work in the highest sense of the word. The lessons given are made very plain, and parents as well as children are being drawn by them. As far as possible kindergarten methods are followed. Sister Peck leads the minds of the children from nature to nature's God. Thus she sows the seeds of truth. And when the parents hear the simple story from the lips of the children, they are delighted. 7MR 6.3

This work must be done in all our camp-meetings. And we must have in our schools those who have tact and skill to carry forward a line of kindergarten work.—Letter 138, 1898, pp. 11, 12. (To Dr. J. H. Kellogg, December 14, 1898.) 7MR 7.1