Message of the Match
I t was Easter Sunday at the Church of the Open Door. The platform was like a beautiful garden that morning for dozens of lilies were placed in every available space. The large auditorium was filled to capacity but even so there was room for the children who sat near the front eagerly awaiting their part in the service—an object lesson. What message would the pastor have for them this happy morning? Soon Dr. Talbot (who was pastor of the Church of the Open Door at that time) stood before them. He held in his hand a gold watch. “This watch,” Dr. Talbot began, “ has a wonderful message for us to day when we are thinking of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. “ It is really composed of two parts, the case and the works. The gold part which you see is only the case for the works; and the case would be of no value as far as the purpose of the watch is concerned without the works. Yet for beauty, convenience and practicality, the works need the case; so it is with you boys and girls and men and women—the real you, as far as each of you is concerned, is living in a body. The case of this watch reminds us of the body or house in which you live. God calls it the temple. The works which are protected by the case remind us of the real you.”
Dr. Talbot then proceeded to take the watch apart and with one hand, he held up the case of the watch and in the other, the works. “Notice,” he said, “ that the works are still ‘going’, though out of the case; so death does not end all. At death the spirit leaves the body-house to live on forever with the Lord or apart from Him. Where depends upon whether you have received or reject ed the Lord Jesus as Saviour. “ At death, it is only the body or house in. which you have lived while on earth that is placed in the grave. The real you lives on forever. If a Christian, with the Lord.” So saying he placed the case of the watch in a pasteboard box; picturing a grave; while he held high the “ works” so all could see. “But at the resurrec tion, when the Lord Jesus returns for His own, the body will be raised up, a new body, incorruptible and this new body will clothe the real you.” The case was then taken from the box ' and the, works returned to the case. “ Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” Your eternal home depends on your acceptance or rejection of the risen Christ. Now is the time to make a decision. Tomorrow may be too late.
Prayer P ‘Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all per severance and supplication for all saints” (Eph. 6:18). R “Remember me, O my God, for good” (Neh. 13:31). A “Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy” (Phil. 1:4). ' Y “Yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God” (2 Chron. 30:8). E “ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud” i (Psa. 55:17). R “ Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old” (Psa. 25:6). PEN PALS P en pals . . . here are some names to add to your mailing list. From the heart of the Rockies in Gyp sum, Colo.,- these girls write: Donna Banta, age 11, Box 116; La Yerle Cooper, age 10, Box 110; Mary Alice Huffine, age 11, Box 99; Mary Ann Davenport, age 11, Box 7; Lana Swan son, age 12, Box 85 and Jackie Combs, age 9. They are interested in reading, hiking, horseback riding, ice-skating and swimming. From the Southern California coast city of San Pedro these boys and girls write: Frank Morales, age 10; Sergio Pereira, age 12, likes baseball; Buddy Raigoza, age 11, interested in swimming; Rufino Morales, age 11; Susan Arrendondo, age 10, likes sew ing; Carolyn Cornell, age 12, likes miniature golf and cooking and Con nie Moreno, age 11, collects dolls. These boys and girls may be reached by writing to 847 West Fifth Street, San Pedro, Calif. 26
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