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More Ravelings aj hiboberrmhzwtalleeeeoemj Put these letters in order and then . will be seen Three names—a disciple, a prophet, . a queen. Jim Gonsalves, of Miss Newton’s class, Alhambra, Calif., is the first to send in the answer to the January ravel puzzle ; “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psa. 119:89). : —o— Bible Questionnaire Do you know— fi 1. Where is found, in two verses, the story of a little city, a great king, and a poor wise man? 2. The first and last mention of the tree of life? 3. The last recorded words of the Lord Jesus while He was on earth? 4. The chapter in which we read ;of five miracles of the Lord Jesus? — o — Answers to Last Month’s Questionnaire 1. Zech. 8 :5. Fear here means “reverential trust and hatred of evil” tfiat isriri offense to God. 3d week —Jas. 1:5. 4//t week— Col. 1:10. - — o — , God’s Arithmetic When from God you have a blessing, divide it, ■ And He’ll' multiply it many times to you. To the gift from which you take tq share with others, He wjll add’. You may read it in His Word arid ... prove it true. —o:— “Who will tell me what a friend is ?” asked a good man who was talking to a crowd of ragged urchins in a meeting. .. A grimy hand was raised, and the boy to whom it belonged said in a decided voice, “Please sir, it’s a fellow what knows, all about you, an’ likes you anyhow.1’ The perfect friend is one who knows the worst about you And loves you just the same. There’s only one who loves like .that. And JESUS is His name. 2. Matt. 8. 3. John 20. 4. Matt. 28; Mk. 16; Lk. 24 5. 2. Chron. 24:1. — o — The Memory Four 1st week —Psa. 14:1. 2d week —Prov. 9:10.
The Story of the Great King By H elen H owarth L emmel
God said they could no longer live in' the garden. They must go outside, and there they would suffer, as would all born after them. By disobeying Him, they had let sin come into their hearts, and through them, into the hearts of all who would come into the world. And sin always brings suffering. Life from now on would be different, God further told them. In stead of a garden where food grew on trees and plants, the world into which they must go would be full of thorns and thistles. These things they would have to fight in order to get their food. “By the sweat of your brow,” were His words, “you shall earn your bread.” In the garden had been health and hap piness. In the world, there would be sick ness and sorrow and death. In the garden had been plenty for all. In the world, there would be poverty. In the garden, there had been brightness and sunny skies. In the world, there would be gloom and storm. In the garden had been peace and love and joy. In the world, there would be war and hate and misery. It was most dreadful to Adam and Eve to know that God could no longer come to them as He had done in the garden. Their sin had cut them off from Him. That is really what death is—-separation from God who alone gives life because He alone is life. Their new master would hinder—would surely be greatly angered •at any approach to or any seeking of the companionship of God. Though the future was dark, there was a ray of light. In the garden that day, God made known to Adam and Eve that He had a plan which would save them and all who would accept it. It would not save them from suffering in the world that would now be under the rule of the Wicked Prince (whom they themselves had chosen), but it would help them, for, though he is mighty, the Great King is almighty. Though Satan is ruler, God (s Over-ruler. The plan was the coming of the True Prince to win back the world. All who would choose Hint instead of the Wicked Prince would, even on earth, belong to Him, and at last come to be with Him forever in the Kingdom of Marvelous Light, The earth really belonged to Him, and He would some, day rule over it. But the people of the earth must first learn that Satan was a false prince who had won his kingdom by deceit. Because the first parents had believed Satan’s lie, ev ery human being must, for himself, say “I believe God,” ■ ( To be continued .)
VEN before the last morsel of of the forbidden fruit was eat- en, a strange new feeling came |s B | over Adam and Eve, and at last $U d?_they hid themselves among the EfejYjff'trees> *n the fading light. For , evening had come, and in the ZZJA l evening, God always came into the garden to walk and talk with them. Now they were afraid to meet Him. For the strange, new feeling was fear. And every fear that we have we, too, owe to Satan. The dearest joy of their joy-filled days had been the evening time, when God had come into the garden. But now— “Adam, where art thou?” It was the voice of God. He knew why they were hiding. And yet, so kind and loving, so patient and tender was He, that He came Himself to seek them, when He might have sent a stern angel to bring them, His disobedient children, to Him self. At His call, with slow step and eyes that. dared not look into His face, they came. God saw that they had made for them selves clothing of leaves. Never before had they needed anything except that which He had given them. “Who told thee that thou hadst need of clothing? Hast thou eaten of the fruit of the tree?” To God’s question; Adam- replied, “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me, and I did eat.” How quick ly Satan’s cowardice and cruelty began to work! Before he came into the gar den, Adam would not have spoken so of Eve, for he loved her, and it was to him that God had given the command, before Eve was created. God then spoke to Eve. “What is this that thou hast done?” “The., serpent deceived me,” she an swered. , God was grieved, but through His grief there was a gleam of gladness. Eve had told Him the truth. He knew that Satan was in. th e ..serpent, and Eve had owned God’s enemy as hers also. He said now to the serpent, “Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all creatures. Thou shalt crawl all thy days, and dust shalt thou eat.’.’ And, ever since then, serpents have crawled. God then made known to Adam and Eve that, since they had chosen to be lieve and obey another than Himself, He was. no longer their King and Master, They were the servants—slaves, they would find—of him whom they had cho sen to believe-and obey. They knew by this time, that Satan was in the serpent But it was too late.
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