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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
January, 1936
Junior KING’S BUSINESS B y M a r t h a S. H o o k e r
disciples. These men were His special friends. Would you like to know their names? You will find them all in Mark 3:16-19. I think you should be able to name them all from memory; don’t you? The following song will help you to learn and to remember their names, and I am sure you will enjoy singing it: T he S ong of the T welve D isciples (Tune: "Bringing in the Sheaves’’)
THE HONOR BUTTON B y M rs . W arren R. R anney
the girl responded immediately. And why do you think he had sent for her? “I have noticed your faithfulness,” he said, “in reading your Bible daily, though many have made fun o f you. I want to honor you for this.” And so saying, he cut from his uniform this beautiful gold button, which he handed to her. The first officer, seeing what the captain had done, said, “I can do no less than the captain, for I have noticed your faithfulness, too.” And he cut from the sleeve o f his uniform two gold buttons I How greatly my friend was honored that day! . But there is a verse in 1 Samuel 2:30 which says: “Them that honor me I will honor.” And I believe that it was the Lord who laid it on the captain’s heart to honor that girl above the other passengers on the boat. When she left the captain, there were many o f the women passengers waiting to see why she had been so honored by the captain. Many o f them were jealous of her, and when they saw the gold buttons, they tried to take them from her. But at just the right moment, a big strong fellow, six feet tall, came up to befriend her. He, too, must have seen her reading her Bible, and he respected her for it. Into his hands she dropped the gold buttons, and he kept them for her until the end of the voyage, so that the jealous passengers could not have them. Some months after her trip, my friend received an added joy as a result o f her testimony for the Lord Jesus on the great ocean liner. She received a postcard from the big, tall man who had rescued the but
HAVE something in my pos session, boys and girls, which I would like to show each one of you. It is something round and gold and shiny. No, it is not very large, but something I can easily hide away in my hand. I fear you will never guess what
There were twelve disciples Jesus called to help Him, Simon Peter, Andrew, James, His brother John, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, James the Son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon, Judas, and Bartholomew.
it is, so I will tell you. It is a gold button from the uniform of a captain of a pas senger vessel on the great Hamburg- American Steamship Line. This gold but ton was given to me several years ago by a Christian woman. It was one of her treasures, and now it is one of mine. I call it the “Honor Button,” and I am sure that after you have heard the story con nected with it, you will agree that it right ly deserves the name of “Honor Button.” Years ago, when the one who gave me this button was quite young, she took a trip across the ocean to Italy. She boarded the large steamer “Wieland” at New York Harbor and was soon sailing away. There were many wealthy and worldly passen gers on board this fine ship, seeking plea sure only. My friend was a Christian. She loved the Lord Jesus dearly and always sought to honor Him and make Him known to others wherever she went. Her first thoughts, therefore, as she began this trip, were of how she could best testify for her Saviour among all of these people. When she reached her stateroom, she prayed to God, asking Him to show her how she might best honor Him. _ After praying, she seemed impressed with the thought that she could at least read her Bible in the deck room where all the people passed through. This would be one way. to honor her Lord and His Word. but my friend very earnestly answered, “I will, Captain. Are you not a Christian ?” t “ No,” he answered, “but my_ wife is.” This conversation gave my friend other | opportunities to speak to the captain about her Saviour, for he passed her many times on that trip, and he always found her with her Bible. She had openings for speaking to many of the passengers also. Some lis tened, while others made fun of her. Some even called her in scorn, “ Be like Jesus.” To this name she replied, “I am not wor thy; it is too great a name for me.” The days passed, and all the time the steamer was nearing one of. the ports of Italy. Then one day just before the des tination o f the great liner was reached, the captain sent for my friend. What an honor to be sought out by the captain I O f course The next day, with her Bible, she sought out a place in the deck room and began reading. The first one to pass by and to notice what she was doing was the captain of the great liner. He stopped before the girl and said, “ Pray for me, too.” O f course he was only joking,
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He has called us too, He has called us to o ; W e are His disciples^. I am one and you.
He has called us too, He has called us too; W e are His disciples, We His work must do. January Acrostic “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever” (Heb. 13:8). “And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in. his salvation” (Psa. 35:9). “Now faith is the substance o f things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1). “Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God o f my mercy” (Psa. 59:17).
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” (Psa. 42:1). “ Rejoice in the Lord, ye right eous; and give thanks at the re membrance of his holiness” (Psa. 97:12>.- ; “Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men” (2 Cor. 3:2 ).
Memory Work During the year 1936, the memory work for our Junior readers will be given in the form of questions and answers. You will notice, Juniors, that each question sug gests the answer that can be given in the words o f Scripture. Be able to answer1 each question by repeating from memory the verse o f Scripture and the reference. Question: Who created the heaven and the earth ? Answer: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). Question: Who created man? Answer: “ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them” (Gen. 1:27).
tons. The message on the card showed that he had received the Lord Jesus as his Saviour, and that his life had been changed. As she read that message, the girl was glad that she could say with Paul: “ For I am not ashamed of the gos pel of Christ: for it is the power o f God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” The “Honor Button” has always been a bright reminder of the fact that at least three lives were touched—and there were probably more—all because one o f the Lord’s children was not ashamed of Him. Singing the Names of the Twelve Disciples When the Lord Jesus was here upon earth, He chose twelve men to be His
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