Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Housing the Sunday School or a Practical Study of Sunday School Buildings
The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave And spread the roof above them, - ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. William cullen bryant.
In Old Testament times practically all religious instruction was given in the open air. During the wilderness wanderings of God's chosen people, the tabernacle came into use, and later, after the Israelites reached the Promised Land, we find the temple, which was the outgrowth of the tabernacle. But neither taber naele nor temple was intended as an audience room. They were rather the abode of Deity than places in which the people assem bled to worship. Later came the synagogue, which was con structed to accommodate an audience, and this is the first expres sion we have of an audience room for the worship of God. Out of the synagogue came the church.
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