Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
Elmer L. Wilder, Th.D.
When I remo v e the black bar marked “ SIN” from the magnet, it again has a lifting power. May 16, 1954 D eed and G reed OBJECT: A piece of paper 8 Yz x 11 inches, or larger if visibility requires. (Fold each end to within (4 inch of the middle, leaving a gap of Vz inch.
louder and louder. It is so in life. God speaks gently to us and if we do not heed His warning, He speaks more loudly. May 9, 1954 S hort - circuited by S in OBJECTS: A magnet, a piece of steel large enough to cover both prongs of the magnet and to overlap a little on the sides and ends and several smaller pieces of iron. (Paint the large piece of steel black, and on the edge put the word “ SIN.” ) LESSON: Did you know that magnets are like people? When a piece of steel is magnetized, it is much stronger than it was before. Notice how this strong magnet can lift these large pieces of iron. This magnet reminds me of the children of Israel when they were a powerful nation. They had experi enced some wonderful victories. The time came, however, when because of sin they were no longer victorious. In fact, because of sin, they had gone through 3Vz years without rain. When I put this bar marked “ SIN” across the prongs of the magnet, it is help less to lift the other pieces. Elijah was God’s prophet at this time when Israel’s power had been shorted out because of sin. He called them together on the side of Mt. Carmel. The prophets of Baal were powerless to call down fire from heaven. One of the first things Elijah did was to rebuild the altar of the Lord which had been broken down. He realized that sin had to be gotten out of the way if Israel were to be restored to her place of power. After rebuilding the altar, he placed a sac rifice on it, drenched the altar with water, and then called on the Lord. Fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, the wood and the water. God had answered by fire, because His people had put away sin, and offered a sacrifice.
May 2, 1954 L oud and L ouder OBJECTS: Three alarm clocks, with varying intensity of alarm. LESSON: These clocks are not only made to tell the time, but they are intended to tell when it is time to awaken. There is something different about them. It is not in the time, for they all tell the same time. It is in the way they ring. Listen and I shall show you the difference. (Ring
In this space print the word “ GREED.” Open the flaps and using the letters in the word “ GREED,” complete the following words, “ GOD, UNCOVERS, SINNER’S, EVIL and DEEDS.” Color the flap black.) LESSON: Down the center of this black piece of paper we see the sin “ GREED” written. This is a terrible sin and was found in the life of King Ahab. It means to eagerly de sire something that belongs to an other. King Ahab wanted the vineyard which belonged to a man by the name of Naboth, who refused to sell it. He went home and pouted about the matter, refusing to eat or drink. His wicked wife Jezebel took mat ters into her own hands and through false witnesses had Naboth con demned and stoned to death. She then told her wicked husband to go and take the vineyard. We see in this lesson the terrible effects of greed, or covetousness, when we realize that a man was murdered to satisfy Ahab’s. sinful desires. When we open the flaps on this paper we shall see what happened. We read, “ GOD UNCOVERS SIN NER’S EVIL DEEDS.” This is ex actly what happened then, and- it is what happens in the day in which we live. May 23, 1954 T rue B lue OBJECTS: Five compasses. LESSON: All of these compasses point
the one with the softest bell first, the next softest second, and the one which is the loudest last.) “ They get louder and louder,” I hear someone say. You are right. Did you know that God has alarms which He gives in order that His voice may be heard? We are studying today about King Jeroboam. He was a very wicked king. Not only had he sinned him self, but he had caused God’s people Israel to sin as well. The time had come for him to get one of God’s warnings. (Ring the alarm which is the loudest.) The loudest clock is ringing. Jeroboam was to get the loudest warning he had ever received. Of course, God did not use a clock such as this with which to warn the king. He used the king’s little child, Abijah. The child was very sick and the king sent his wife to the prophet Ahijah to ask if the child would live. The mother disguised herself so as to deceive the prophet, thinking that perhaps he would not know whose baby it was, and would tell her that it would get well. Before she ar rived, the Lord spoke to the prophet, telling him that she was coming, and that she should be told that the baby would die, because of the sinful life the father had lived. Last week we studied about the’ time when this same king lost his coat. We will ring the other alarm, showing that the Lord spoke to him. You will notice that the alarms get
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