T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S God for his love and faith tow ard Jesus, and then ju st listen to this. P au l tola has friend he (P au l) was praying for him. This friend 6f P au l’s had a ser vant, who had run away from him, and afte r a while th is runaw ay servant came to th e same place where P aul was, and P aul received him kindly and told him about Jesus. As th e runaway^ servant listened to Paul, he began to th ink what a wicked man he was to run away from his m aster, who was a friend of P au l’s. Then what do you th ink happened to this runaw ay servant? Yes, James, th a t is ju st w hat he did. He gave him self to Jesus, and th a t is why P au l w rote th is le tte r to his friend to tell him, not only th a t his runaw ay servant had been found, b u t b etter th an th a t, th e run away servant had found Jesus as his
1227 Saviour. Boys and girls, do you th ink th e serv an t w anted to stay away from his m aster now? No, indeed, he wanted to retu rn , and O w hat a different ser v an t he would be now th a t Jesu s’ love was in his h eart. His m aster would not need to watch him any more to see th a t he did his work well, or to keep him from runn ing away. (Tell th is th rilling story and make it live to th e boys and girls, emphasizing the power of Jesu s’ love to change any life) ^ Jesus for gave th e runaw ay servant, and so Paul in his le tte r asks his friend to forgive and receive him back. (Teach memory verse.) Closing P ray er.— Dear Lord Jesus, help us to show our love for Jesus by doing all we can to get o thers to love Thee too.
BLACKBOARD SKETCHES By E m H ansell
P au l w rites to a F riend. Phil. 8:21. I. P au l w rites a letter. Draw th e le tte r and explain its contents as in th e scrip tu re lesson.
LIKE CHRIST I t is said, that, thinking to amuse him, his wife read to Dr. Judson some news paper notices, in which he was compared to one or another of the apostles. He was exceedingly distressed; and then he added, “ Nor do I want to be like them; I do not want to be like Paul, nor Apollos, nor Cephas, nor any mere man. I want to be like Christ. We have only one per fectly safe Exemplar, — only One, who, tempted like as we are in every point, is still without sin. I want to follow Him only, copy His teachings, drink in His Spirit, place my feet in His footprints, and measure their shortcomings by these, and these only. Oh, to be more like Christ!”
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