The Weed with an Ill Name

The Weed with an Ill Name

With a new cover and type-set edition of one of our finest children’s stories, reprinted from the 19th century. Few children’s books speak frankly with them about their own sinful nature and inclinations. Nor do many stories address their tendency to judge harshly those who sin in ways that they do not believe themselves capable of. But The Weed with an Ill Name is a story that does.

There may be no children’s story ever published which displays these points better than this one — and also persuading children how sin is like the tough roots of weeds, which must be pulled out of their hold in the soil, before they by degrees take over the entire field of our hearts.

About the Stories in The Children’s Character Building Collection

One of the best gifts you could ever give a child are the eleven stories of our renowned, classic 19th century Children’s Character Building Collection.  And this new printing of the collection is the highest-quality edition of them ever.  All 11 volumes have beautiful new art, hand-painted covers. This is our all-time favorite set of children’s stories from last century, and all with fresh artwork that captures the feel of that era!

Each of these delightful volumes is full of Biblical truth, presented in the most winsome possible stories. These stories have warmed the hearts and instructed the minds of tens of thousands of children. The reading level for this set is often said to be 4th – 5th grade. Still, we find children of all ages enjoy them, and even adults often tell us they find them delightful to read. Check each of the books in this area of the site, for its own full description. They are wonderful read-alouds to children from K through 3rd grade too.

And now – a Study Guide for the set has been compiled by Dennis Gundersen

The Children’s Character Building Collection Study Guide includes questions, answers, activities, and memory verses pertaining to each of these books:

The Bible in the Wall                  Wandering May
Godliness is Great Gain                Theobold the Iron-Hearted
The Reward of Childhood Truth          Little Daisy and the Swearing Class
Roses and Thorns                       Tampering with Temptation
The Weed with an Ill Name              A Little Rebel Becomes a Saint
The Little Medicine Carrier

Without question, this Study Guide will render these stories more useful and profitable to families than ever. Memory verses are cited in two English Bible versions, so families may use their preference: The ESV (English Standard Version) or KJV (The King James Version).

Not meant as a quiz or test, The Children’s Character Building Collection Study Guide is rather a tool for parents and children.  You can sit down together and learn more than ever from the stories.  With the questions and activities, parents and children can go over the key elements of the stories in a way which will be enjoyable, memorable, and spiritually profitable.