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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
January, 1936
Question: How did sin enter into the world ? Answer: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Question: How many have sinned? Answer: “For all have sinned, and come short o f the glory o f God” (Rom. 3:23). Question: What is the wages of sin? Answer: “For the wages o f sin is death; but the gift o f God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 6:23). Little Rhoda’s New Dress B y F red L asse * R hoda is a dear little black girl who jives in the far-away Belgian Congo in the land of Africa. She is one o f a large family of children, but the only girl. Since all the other children are boys, you can imagine how dearly she is loved by her mother and father. Little Rhoda is the plumpest, happiest lit tle black girl I have ever seen. She always has a lovely smile on her face. Do you know why she is so happy, and plays so nicely with the other boys and girls? Yes, there is a secret Although Rhoda lives • in a heathen land, she lives in a Christian home. One day her father, Yakobu Afuru, heard the missionary tell the story o f Jesus and His wonderful love for all people, whether black or white, and he believed and received the Lord Jesus as his own Saviour. _ What a change it made in his life and in the lives of all o f his family! They, too, became believers on the Lord Jesus. The missionaries gave Yakobu Afuru a new name. They called him Jacob, and he in turn gave his children Christian names. And that is the way little Rhoda received her name. Now, heathen children in Africa do not wear any clothes. But as soon as they come to know the Lord Jesus, they begin to make clothes for themselves as best they can. Rhoda’s everyday dress is a kind of a little curtain made o f rings woven to gether out o f straw. These rings are strung on a string and tied around her waist. Be sides this, she wears a string o f pretty beads around her neck. But for her Sunday dress, she o f course wanted an especially nice one to wear to church. What could she use to make it? Rhoda’s mother didn’t have any bright pieces of cloth and lace to help her make a pretty dress such as you girls wear. So Rhoda thought and thought, and finally de- to make her dress out o f something that seemed to her very lovely, I fear you C,an„ n,ever’ never guess what it was, so I shall have to tell you. It was a big banana leaf! Early one Sunday morning, when the missionary went to the chapel where the church seryices were held, there was Rhoda waiting at the door, feeling quite dressed up in her new banana-leaf dress. wa^ked <*bout so that the missionary could have a good view o f it, she seemed to say shyly, “Now look at the pretty dress I have on today.” It seems strange to us to think that a little girl should choose such a dress. But it is wonderful to know that God sees Rhoda clothed in “the garments o f salva- *10n> "a robe o f righteousness” (Isa. 61:10) because she loves Jesus as her Saviour. Some day she will be with Him in the beautiful home He has gone to *Missionary o f the Africa Inland Mission.
prepare, and then she will wear the pure white robe He will give to her. How glad we are that God sent some one to tell Rhoda’s family that the Lord Jesus loved them and died for them! Will you pray for little Rhoda and all the other little girls like her in far-off Africa?
group it belongs, also name the book that goes before it and the book that comes after it. Perhaps your mother or your Sunday-school teacher will hold up these flash cards for you to test your memory. Your K. Y. B. Club will enjoy dividing up into two groups, to see which side can answer correctly as the flash cards are pre sented. The side making the least mis takes wins. (See the October, 1934, issue o f the K ing ’ s B usiness for a song con taining the names o f the Old Testament books according to their divisions.) Bible Story Puzzle 1. A prayer meeting was held because a certain man was in prison. 2. A little girl attended this prayer meet ing. 3. God answered prayer and delivered the one for whom prayer was made. New K. Y. B. C. Members The following have read through the Gospel ac cording to John and are now members ofJthe Know Your Bible Club: Arcadia, Calif.: Murial and Pennie Jean- Al berts, and Frances Gomode (Margery Maltbie, teacher). Bellingham, Wash.: Lorraine Parberry. Berkeley, Calif.: Barbara and Bernice Bedwell; Virginia Bowman; John Erb; Marie Lueder, and Amy Ruth Walker (Mrs. Margaret Walker, teacher). Bothwell, Wash.: Eudora Motland. Chambersburg, Pa.: Hilda Caldwell; Dorothy Colley; Betty and June Eyer; Helen Klenzing; Dorothy May Lowman; Janet Patterson, and Jacqueline Shaffer (Anna Guthrie, teacher). Drummond, Mich.: Elmer Brock (Myrtle Ray- ner, missionary). Fresno, Calif.: Eleanor and Evelyn Babigian; Nevart Kaltakian; Bobby Krekorian; Albert Mor- karian, and Gene, Lee, and Patty Nutt (Arshaloos Bedrosian, teacher). Glenham, S. D . : June Reimer (Anna Marie Hollenbeck, teacher). Klingerstown, Pa.: Raymond Bowman. I.andean, S. D .: Pearl Van Orman. Little Rock, Ark.: Millie M. Alexander; Ger trude Anderson; Nellie Boaz; Velma Burns; Florine Curtis; Margaret Gardner; Iva Grindle; Mary Allie Haley; Mildred Harris; Esther Haynes; Dorothy Hill; Grace Hoffstater; Jose phine Holmes; Lucile Huck; Louise Jaggers; Arlie McCants; Anna B. Medlock; Louise Pat terson; Hazel Pemberton; Marie Puckett; Myrtle Smith; Ruth Wood, and Mamie Woodruff (Myrtle Myers and Mrs. Marie Sherman, teachers). Lima, Ohio: Pauline Cattell; Jean, Mary Louise, Raymond, and Selma Clevenger; Eleanor Ed wards; Norma Griffith; Jessie May and Nina Grif fiths; Cleo and Marie Price, and Helen, Marjorie, Mary, and Methel Renner (Cecile Clevenger, leader). Los Angeles, Calif.: Marjorie Jean Casod; Lois Lombard, and Louise Tenn (Genevieve Hunter, teacher). Jimmie Beaty; Dolores Fox; Billie Hoover; Audrey and Loraine Johnson; Joseph Kormuro; Irwin Moon, Jr.; Betty Moore, and Jack Stoughten (Mrs. Warren R. Ranney, teacher). George and Jimmie Houghton; Donald Pegg; Phyllis Proulx; Betty Ritzel, and Dolores Tyler (Frances Redding, teacher). Virginia Lee Berg. Mancos, Colo.: Wanda Boston; Ora Ellis, and Lucy Williams (Elizabeth Downey, teacher). Newark, N. J.: Cornelius Janknegt; Dorothy Jeanette; William Koch; Winifred Mainzer, and Allen Simpson (Mrs. J. P. Stofflet, teacher). Poison, Mont.: Hilda Darrow; DeLoris Erick son; Robert Fedderson; Guilford and Helen Mar tin; Mrs. Rowatt, and Mrs. George Wright (Inez M. Siegrist, secretary). Roanoke, Va. : Dorothy Tate. Schoolcraft, Mich.: Joyce L. Haag. How to Join the K. Y. B. Club To become a member of the Know Your Bible Club, read through the Gospel according to John, using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sent upon request. When the Gospel has been read, and a state ment to this effect, signed by parent or Sun day-school teacher, has been sent to the Editor of the Junior King’s Business, a K. Y . B. C. pin will be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins may wish to share the cost of these supplies, as the Lord directs: Gospels, postpaid, five cents each — in quantity, three cents; pins, without postage, two cents each. However, no one is to do without a Gospel or pin because of lack of money. Address: Junior King’s Busi ness, 558 South Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
K. Y. B. C. Bible Study How many of you boys and girls have Bibles of your very own? Perhaps some o f you have a fine, new one that you re ceived for Christmas. If you do not have one, why not begin saving your money right away, so that you can own one? The Bible is the most wonderful Book in the whole world because it is God’s Book. In 2 Timothy 3:16 we read: “All Scripture is God-breathed” ® literal trans lation), and in 2 Peter 1:21 we read: “Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” These are two scriptures that you will always want to remember, for they tell us that God is the Author o f the Bible, though He used “holy men” to prepare our written Bibles. The Bible is really a library, for it con tains sixty-six books. If you have a Bi ble of your very own, you really have a library. God’s library, the Bible, is divided into two main divisions—the Old Testa ment, and the New Testament. There are thirty-nine books in the Old Testament, and twenty-seven in the New Testament. Thinking about the kinds of writing in these books, people have divided the books into groups. In speaking of the Old Tes tament books, people talk of these divi sions : The Books of the Law—’Genesis through Deuteronomy; History—Joshua through Esther; Poetry—Job through the Song of Solomon; The Maj or Prophets— Isaiah through Daniel; The Minor Proph ets—Hosea through Malachi. In the New Testament, the divisions are: The Gos pels—Matthew through John; History— The A cts; Pauline Epistles—Romans through Philemon; General Epistles—He brews through Jude; Prophecy—The Reve lation. O f course you will want to know the names of all the books in God’s library. Let us learn them during the month of January! Write the names of the books in your notebook, using a different colored crayon to write each group. For instance, you might write the names o f the books o f the law with brown crayola, and the books o f history with orange. This plan will help you to learn to spell the name of each book and to remember the books ac cording to their divisions. If you have some colored paper, cut it up into pieces three by six inches in size, using a color for each group of books. Let each one of these pieces represent a book in the Bible, and write the name of each on the colored paper. Write the names of the books o f the law on brown colored paper, and the books o f history on orange colored pieces, and the other groups on still different colors. (The rain bow colors might be used.) To test your memory, choose a colored paper bearing the name o f one o f the books of the Bible, be able to tell in which
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