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March 1932
T h e
K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
His Witnesses [Continued from last month]
A Letter to Juniors I know that the junior boys and girls were very sorry to hear that your good friend, Mrs. Lemmel, had resigned her work as editor of the Junior King’s Busi ness. I was sorry, too, for I have enjoyed, along with you juniors, Mrs. Lemmel’s helpful pages. I am sure you will continue to pray for her as she works for the Lord in other fields of service. I am wishing each girl and boy who reads these pages a most joyous Easter season. How our hearts should rejoice as we realize again that our Lord Jesus, who loved us and died on the cross to save us, is risen ! To day He lives ; He is seated now at our Fa ther’s right hand, “ever living to make in tercession for us.”— Y our E ditor . The K.Y.B. Club The K.Y.B.Club will continue as Mrs. Lemmel has organized it, for what better club could there be for junior boys and girls than a “Know Your Bible Club” ? Perhaps there is a boy or girl reading these pages who would like to become a member of the K.Y.B. Club. If so, you may write, asking for a little red book, the Gospel of John. When you have read this book through twice, you will become a member of the K.Y.B.Club, and you are entitled to wear the K. Y. B. C. pin. How glad we would be to welcome some new members into this club! Address: Junior Department of T he K ing ’ s B usiness , 536 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Easter Dawn Easter dawn at Joseph’s tomb, And no more ’tis wrapped in gloom. Since the Saviour rose in might, ’Tis a blessed peaceful light. Earth is glad, and angels sing, “Risen is our Saviour, King.” Dawning never was So fair As the blessed dawning there, When the Victor, Christ, arose, ’Neath His feet His vanquished foes. —S elected . Easter Acrostic Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise (Psa. 100:4). A soft answer turneth away wrath (Prov. 15:1). Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed (2 Tim. 2:15). Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift (2 Cor. 9:15). Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right (Prov. 20:11). Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Eccl. 12:1). Lessons from the Resurrection by the Father. AISED by Himself. by the Holy Spirit. P roof of sin put away, rospect of victory, ledge of resurrection. eace proclaimed, ardon imparted, qwer bestowed.
By evening, a chill, drizzling rain set in, but the streets drew the Witness to see what new wonder the dying day might bring forth. The" first pressure from the Friend, to stop, was by an old man who held in his hand a bunch of shoestrings that whipped in the wind. His face was cheery, but his thin body shivered in his wet, scanty cloth ing. “It is cold and late, old friend. You should be by a warm fire with a cup of tea.” . “I’m goin’ soon, God bless ye,” was the smiling reply. “What do you mean by that?” “Just what I say, God bless ye,” with a brighter smile still. “Then you know the Lord Jesus ?” She wanted to be sure, for many talk of God, who neither know nor own the Lord Jesus. And “no man cometh to the Father but by Him." “Amen! That I do, an’ if I didn’t know He was preparin’ a place for me up yon, I fair couldn’t stand this, an’ that’s a fact.” “I’m going there, too,” smiled the Wit ness. “I guessed that, long sin’ somehow,” he twinkled. And the Witness was happy, for there are other ways of witnessing than with the lips, and she desired deeply that the Lord Jesus would shine through her. A handcart laden with fruit had stopped near them, and the young man who pushed it was listening attentively to the conver sation. “Buy some fruit for the old man,” whis pered the Friend. “What fruit do you like, brother?” “Soft bananas is all I can eat, ye see.” And he opened wide a toothless mouth. “Pick him out six nice, big, ripe ones,” she continued to the fruit man, who indeed was already busy; and nice, big, ripe ones indeed, he put in the old man’s pockets. “Thank ye, Miss. There , s h a l l neither hunger nor thirst Nay, lad, take yer money, an’ thank.you, too,” this to the re luctant seller, “the leddy is givin’ to the Lord. Inasmuch, ye know, Miss. God bless ye both.” The fruit man went his way with a puzzled look, and the Witness wondered if he had received all that the Lord had for him. The mist had swallowed him, but prayer followed him though, and the Lord did not lose sight of him. The next sight was a pale woman stand ing in the road, in a very fiver of water. She was thinly clad and shivering; and her eyes, rather than her voice, begged passers- by to purchase her wares. Like herself, those wares were dripping, and needles are not improved by water treatment. “You should not be in this rain, dear woman.” “I know. But if I do not sell something, the children will not have much supper, and they have had nothing since morning, when I left them.” It was a quiet, well- bred voice, and it sent a pang through the listener’s heart. It was not a complain ing voice either—simply hopeless. And the speaker swayed with weakness and weariness as she spoke. “You are ill. Is there nothing else you can do than this?” “I have tried, but there seems nothing. I could not bear it but for my Saviour’s help. He has promised never to leave nor forsake me.”
“Oh, I am so glad you know Him, too.” The words brought a smile that lighted the white face with a joy that comes when kin ship in Christ is found. Tears, too, mingled with the rain upon her cheeks. “Get the children some food,” came the reminder from the Friend. “Will you take some food to the chil dren? There is a nice shop just here.” “Oh, thank you, aiid thank God,” was the low-breathed answer. Into the shop went the Witness, and soon she came out again with a parcel that was not guiltless of the sweet things that children love, although it was not without bread and butter and other necessities. “Will you go home now, at once?” “I will, and—we shall meet again, and praise Him, where He is.” That night, as the Witness went over the day with the Friend, it was sweet to real ize how many of God’s family had found and cheered and strengthened each other. It may be so every day, and in surprising ways and places. The Witness, you see, was as much ministered unto as she minis tered. And as for those of whom she was not sure—well, God says His Word shall accomplish that whereunto He sent it, and surely He sent it forth that day!
Christ is Risen B y O livia J udson (age 11)
Let every one be joyful, For here is lovely spring, The lilies on the hillside grow; And birds their carols sing. ’Tis not for spring alone we joy, But Christ is risen now, . And has been lifted up to heaven And looks on us below. We are a sinful people Unlike the lily white, Which has awakened to its glory Out of dark earth, in spite Of cold and deadly winter, Like Christ who once arose.
Memory Verses for March 1. Mark 16:7. 2. 1 Corinthians 15:20. 3. John 11:25. 4. Job 19:25.
Questions on the Resurrection Story 1. Who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus after the crucifixion (Matt. 27 : 57, 58) ? 2. Who brought a1 hundred pounds of spices for the burial of the Lord Jesus (John 19:39) ? 3. Who owned the tomb in which the body of the Lord Jesus was laid (Matt. 27:59,60)? 4. Who placed the stone at the door of the tomb (Mk. 15:45, 46) ? 5. How long was the Lord Jesus in the tomb (Lk. 24:7)? 6. Who rolled away the stone from the tomb (Matt. 28:2) ? 7. Who first saw the Lord Jesus after the.resurrection (Mk. 16:9) ? 8. What does Easter mean to you?
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