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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
February, 1938
privileged to live in this heavenly home. I am sure that each of you boys and girls wants to go there some day, for this is where the Lord Jesus is. How far have you come in the story in the Wordless Book? If you are still back at the black heart, will you ask the Lord Jesus to save you and make your heart pure and white ?—M. S. H. Memory Work for February W e will continue this month to memorize the verses of Scripture which describe God’s wonderful Word. (See the January issue of T h e K ing ’ s B usiness for, the other verses so that you will have a complete list.) 1. Fire and a hammer: “ Is not my word like as a fire? said the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” (Jer. 23:29). 2. A sword: “ For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the di viding asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb. 4:12). 3. Healing power (medicine): “ He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psa. 107:20). 4. Cleansing power (water): “Where withal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psa. 119:9). New K . Y. B. C. Members The following have read through the Gospel ac cording to John and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: Bostic, N. C .: Eric McCurry; Mary Helen Smawley; Helen and J. E. Yelton (Mrs. Mack D. McCurry, leader). Boulder, Colo.: Elmer and Everett Simkins (Elsie^ Mae McNaughton, teacher). Cylinder, Iowa: Bobbie Calentine (June L. Bioyer, teacher). Forest City, Iowa: Ruby Fox (H. R. Hill, pastor). Granite Falls, Minn.: Celia Beavers; Coleen Brady; Mary Dorland; Beaverly Field;* Alice Grimm; Gwendolyn Hogan; Myra and Walter Kim- pling; Burnie Kurtzbine; Beaverly McKenney; Rodney Morgan; Leon Sandberg; Virginia Volstad, and Gladys Witsoe (H. R. Hill, pastor). Los Angeles, Calif.: Dick Duff, and Betty Jean Wofford (Frances Poundstone, teacher). Maynard, Minn.: Phillys Formo (H. R. Hill, pastor). New London, Ohio: Ethel Souslin. San Jose, Calif.: Wilma Olive Virgo. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Dolly Meeker; Barbara Tenter; Henry Seegelken, and Vera Swanets (Mrs. Esther V. Meeker, leader). Tacoma, Wash.: Dick and Junior Abrams, and Mary Demeria (Mrs. W. E. Waters, teacher); Mildred Begley; Marven Peterson; Jessie Rey nolds; Alden and Sherly Smith (Mrs. Smith, leader). Ukiah, Ore.: Jean Mackenzie (Mrs. J. D. Kirk, teacher). Wegdahl , Minn.: Mildred Worseck (H. R. Hill, pastor). Winslow, Ark.: Edna Joyce and Francis Turner, and Bessie Wood (Mrs. M. R. Parker, leader). How to Join the K. Y. B. Club To' become a member of the Know Your Bible Club, read through the Gospel according to John, using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sent upon request. When the Gospel has been read, and a state ment to this effect, signed by parent or Sun day-school teacher, has been sent to the Editor of the Junior King’s Business, a K . Y . B. C. pin will be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins m ay wish to share the cost of these supplies, as the Lord directs: Gospels, postpaid, five cents each — in quantity, three cents ; pins, without postage, two cents each. However, no one is to do without a Gospel or pin because of lack of money. Address: Junior King’s Busi ness, 558 South Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
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A little girl went out to play one day in the fresh, new snow, and when she came in, she said, “Mamma, do you know what I did when I was out in the snow? I prayed the snow prayer; you know the one 1 mean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow / ” Yes, any one can pray “ the snow prayer,” just as the little girl did as of Scripture that you learn during February. A t both the upper and lower parts of each heart, make narrow slits, and then run a pretty red ribbon through them. Since each heart represents a verse of Scripture hidden away in your heart, we will call them “ heart-jewels.” Then there is the heart-shaped Wordless Book. Most of you are familiar with the usual booklet form of the Wordless Book which is used by many Bible class teachers in making the way of salvation plain to boys and girls. T o make a heart-shaped Wordless Book, you will need pieces of black, red, white, green, and gold construction paper. Make a heart out of cardboard., and using this for a pattern, cut a heart from each color of paper named above. Fold each heart in the center so that each page in the booklet will be half of a heart. When all the hearts are cut and folded, you are ready to paste. First take the black and red hearts. Holding the inside of each of the folds toward you, paste the back of the right-hand half of the black heart to the back of half of the left- hand half of the red heart. In the same manner join the back of the right half of the red heart to the right half of the white heart, the white to the green, and the green to the gold. When your Wordless Book is completed, it should be in the form of a booklet, such that at each place at which you open it you will see only one color: black or red or white, etc. Now you are ready to use your book in telling the wonderful story of what our Saviour, the Lord Jesus, does for us. This heart-shaped book may tell the story of any boy or girl. It may even tell a wonderful story concerning you, and yet it contains not one word. As you open the first page, you will see a black heart. Black is the color that most
she remembered King David’s prayer in Psalm 51:7. Whether we live in a snowy place or in a sunshiny one, our hearts need to be washed from sin. When we receive the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, God is able to “ create” in us “ a clean heart” (Psa. 5 1 :1 0 ). And as we confess our sins to Him, “ the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1 :7 ). pictures sin, and this black-colored heart reminds us of a verse in God’s W ord which says: “ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of G od” (Rom. 3:23). The red heart tells of God’s great heart of love in sending the Lord Jesus into the world to die upon the cross and thus wash away sin with His own blood. “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlast ing life” (John 3 :16). The next pages are white—white as snow — and they tell us of those who have re ceived the Lord Jesus as Saviour and whose sins have been washed away in the blood of the Lord Jesus. Do you know this song? These white pages remind us of Matthew 5:8 which says: “ Blessed are the pure in heart: .for they shall see God.” Remember that in our lives the way to get from the black heart to the white, pure heart is only through the red “ pages” of the story the Wordless Book represents— through receiv ing the Lord Jesus as the One who shed His blood and died for us and rose again. The green pages bring to our minds growing things and fruitfulness. Those who have accepted the Lord Jesus as their Saviour should “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:18). T o do this, we who belong to the Lord must read His Word daily and must take time to talk to God, our heavenly Father, in.prayer. The last pages are gold, the loveliest color of all. They remind us of the heavenly city where the streets are pure gold. You may read about this beautiful city in Revelation 21 and 22. Only those who have accepted the Lord Jesus as Saviour will be “What can wash away my sin ? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”
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