though separated by distance. They were joined in Christian fellowship. “ Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.” March 19, 1950 F rom P ersecutor to P reacher Objects: Three capital “ P’s.” (Make them by folding three pieces of paper 8% x 11 inches. The size will be 4% x 11 inches. With the fold to your left, cut up 7 inches from the bottom, % inch away from the fold. At this point, turn to the right and complete the curved portion of the “ P,” ending at the top of the paper. Remove two, and on the portion the shape of the cross, color red. Color the front of one of these crosses black, and the front of the other gold. Thumbtack all three to the board, with the two which are colored to the left and the right of the uncolored one. Thumbtacks should be placed with stems along the side and not through the paper, permitting them to be opened when desired.) Lesson: You may have difficulty in guessing what these “P’s” stand for, so I will tell you. The middle one is to remind us of Saul, who a f t erwards became PAUL. The black “ P” to the left reminds us of the PERSECUTOR. We will open it and see what we find. There is a red cross. Paul, who was then Saul, was per secuting Christ, while persecuting Chris tians. We read, “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” (Acts 9: 4). We are thankful that Saul did not re main a persecutor. There is another “P” to the right at which we are to look. We wi ll let it remind us o f the word “ PREACHER.” When we open it, we see that there is a red cross in the center of it, reminding us that Paul preached a person, and that person was Christ. “And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God” (Acts 9: 20). An example of his preaching Christ is found in the Book of Acts when he spoke to King Agrippa. “Having therefore ob tained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles” (Acts 26: 22, 23). T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Rev. Elmer L. Wilder
Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
March 5, 1950 M agnifying the M aster
March 12, 1950 L oved and L inked
Objects: A large cardboard heart, with the word “JESUS” printed in the center in small letters, and a magnifying glass.
Objects: Two paper links and a pair of scissors. (Make the links by using adding-machine tape 6 feet long and 3 inches wide. Glue the ends of one piece together making an endless link. Before gluing the ends of the other together, give one end a complete twist.) Lesson: I hold two links or circles of paper in my hands. They look very much alike, but we shall find that they are very different from each other. The first link is like many friends I have known. I will take this pair of scis sors and show you what I mean. (Cut down the middle of the untwisted link, until you have gone completely around it.) See, friends often separate, and for get all about each other. I will cut around the second link and see what happens. (Cut down the middle, which will make two links of the same length, joined together.) This link reminds me of Christian friends. It looks as if they were being separated, but instead they are linked to gether by love. We have examples of this truth in the Book of Acts. In the 20th chapter, Paul was being separated from the Ephesian elders, and we read, “And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship” (Acts 20: 37, 38). In Acts 21: 6, 6, we are told, “ And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.” Here again we find the Chri sti ans linked to the Apostle Paul by love, al
Lesson: For what is a magnifying glass used, such as this one ? “To make things' larger, so that you can see them better.” That is a very good answer. Here is a large heart with a word in the center. It is quite difficult to tell what this word is without the aid of the magnifying glass. As I focus the glass over the center of this heart, the word is enlarged until I can see “JESUS” clearly. This magnifying glass reminds me of the Christians at Ephesus, of whom it was written, “And the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many that be lieved came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books to gether, and burned them before all men” (Acts 19:17-19). The Ephesian Christians burned the things that would hinder their being use ful Christians, and we are told that “ the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.” Others could see the Lord Jesus because of their getting rid of those things which Were hindering. It is interesting to notice that they did not hide the things which were hindering, intending to get them later. Instead they were burned, showing that they never intended to allow these things to again hinder their magnifying Christ. The Apostle Paul said, “ Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.” Not many people have the opportunity or the need of dying for Christ as Paul suggested he might; but every Christian can and should magnify Christ by living the right kind of a life. The world sees Christ in the Christian when the Christian is kind, honest, un selfish, and Christlike. Pago Twenty-eight
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