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Question: How should Christians walk? Answer: % In good works. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that- we should walk in, them” (Eph. 2:10). 2. As children of light. “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are-ye light .in the Lord: walk as children of light” (Eph. 5:8). 3. In wisdom. “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Eph. 5:15, 16)'. *For a complete list of Scriptures for. memory work in the' Christian F ife Series,- see previous copies of T he K in g ' s B u s in e s s . 12 (Gen. 35:22) X5=60-27=33-KL l (John 11:43, 44).-=8+2 (Lk. 2:24) X8 (Gen. 7:13) =40. New K. Y. B. C. Members The follow ing have read through the Gospel according to John and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: . ALAMEDA, CALIF.: Marjorie Bu rris; Nancy Jea n Crook, arid FUrn Thompson (Mrs. E . H. Crook, teacher). ASHTABULA, OHIO: R obert E ngel; Idabelle G laus; Dorothy Goodell; Sylvia Hennigen; Shirley. Mason; Bessie, Laura, and Lucille Mosher; Beverly and E lsie Randall; Doris Roath; Shirley Snider; J o anne Yarger, and Joyce Zimmerman (Ruby Clark, leader). BO ISE, IDA.: E lm ira and Richard Adams; Dora and Leora B axter; Jam es Brown; Margaret ^Clements; B ettie and Bonnie Coburn; Colerie DeChambeau; Lar- rie and Olive Dowd: B etty Edson; B etty and E verett -E llis; K ittle. Gregory;. Louise Greider; B ertha G reiger; Thelma H art man; L oreta Lamb;. B etty Morgan, Bon nie P igg; Edith B ice; B arbara and Marian Rutledge; Roma S t e p h e n s o n; Laura Vaughn, aarid Pauline Voscu (Charles H- Blom, pastor)., | COLLINSVILLE, OKLA.: Eugene Buller; Bobby Gossen; Harold, Raymond, and R obert Heririchs; Alvin and B etty Ju st; ‘Ruby Reim er; Robert Schroeder; Carl Dedri arid Luella Thiessen, « and George Wedel (Minnie INTckel, teacher). i'A IRV IEW i OKLA.: E rn a B artel;. Evelyn, Norma Jean', arid Verna Mae Epp; Doris arid P auline K arber; Leona Jane, Malcolm, and Viola K liew er; H arry Allen arid Mary Helen Martens, and Naomi Patz- kowsky (A. B. K1iewer, superintendent).r g FRA n KLINV ILLE, N. Y .: Richard Howard (Mrs. W illiam .H . Jessop, teacher). GREENV ILLE, S. C.i Doris Cochran; Muriel F oster; Elenor Howell, and Betty Ann Simpson (Mrs. M. A. Cameron, leader) HONOLULU, T. H.; Jam es Boone; Verta Costa; Marjorie Johnson; Anna and Ruth K eb; Durie F a ith Kim, arid Edith Takeuchi (Byron D. Boone, leader).. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.: Avedick and Pearl Agajaniari; Carolyn and Gina May Anders; Iris B aboff; -Nancy Jean E lio tt; W alter Gatfield; Arlene, Dorothy, and Leroy Lldstrpm; Carol Sm ith; Rosie Suki- asian, and Peggie Vanderwort (C. Barkey, pastor) SAN DIEGO, CALIF : ' Charles Bahu ; Ju an ita Cummins; W illiam Ferenos; Velina •Ferrill;.. , B arbara -L ester; Donria Anne Matthews; Dolores M iller; B illy Scofield; rNolalee Spencer; Mary Ellen Temmerde; B etty Thomas, and Aaron and Dan Todd „(Zaida .B, Hall, leader). SPRINGVILLE, N. Y .: Myrtle P uff and W illiam W alker (Mrs. W illiam H. Jessop, teacher). Answer to Last Month’s “Bible Arithmetic”
sitting there with them and also the Greatest Friend in all the world, the Lord Jesus. The following days of camp were busy, wonderful days. All too soon the last day dawned full of excitement. The service that evening was especialy-im pressive. Mickey sat up straight and took new interest. “Tonight,” Mr. Oberlin said, “we are going to talk for a while about getting ’acquainted vyith Jesus.’ I think there is not one of us here who does not like to have a friend or a real pal. Most of you boys have a pal. But you know, sometimes even he will turn against you, and it just* seems as i f ' there is ho one who 'cares anything about you. But tonight I want you to get acquaint ed with Someone Who is the greatest Friend in the world, and He will never turn against you. He will' even stick closer to you than your own brother. Many times we hear about a person, but we can’t really appreciate and love that one until we become personally ac quainted with him. This is always true, and especially with the Lord Jesus. All you boys have heard about Him, but how many of you are really acquainted with Him as your Friend? A friend, if he is a real friend, is willing to do al most anything for you. The Lord Jesus did the greatest thing for us that any one ever could have done. He gave His life for us. ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ We find in. Romans 3:23: ‘For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.’ And in Ro mans 5:8: ‘But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” And then in John 3:16 we read these wonderful words, ‘For God so loyed the world,, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth iix him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ He did this for you boys and for me, and what He wants and is waiting for now is our love and friendship:. He wants us to accept what He has dune for us. Wouldn’t you”like to become acquainted with Him tonight?” It was a thoughtful and serious group of boys that bowed their heads arid lis tened to Mr; Oberlin’s words. “Before we have the closing prayer,” he said, "I wonder whether there is a boy in this group tonight who realizes' his need of a real friend and "is .willing to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and go from this camp tomorrow. morning, walking hand, in hand with the, greatest Friend that one ever could find. Is there one here to night ?” The silence was broken only by the crackle of the dying embers of the camp fire and the distant hoot of an owl. . For Mickey, this was a real question, Paddy was his friend—would he ever .turn against him? Would he—Mickey—
ever need a greater friend than Paddy? Why had the Lord Jesus died for him unless there was a real reason for His doing this ? Yes, there was a reason— Mickey had sinned and needed to get acquainted with Jesus. As far as he was concerned, the answer was “Yes,” so he stood to his feet and in the silence of that moment accepted what had been done for him on Calvary’s cross. Three other boys stood and accepted Christ as their personal Saviour and' Friend. The next morning, Mickey awoke with such a light heart that he just seemed bubbling over v/ith joy. As he was standing near the bus, ready to go, Mr. Oberlin came up to him, and putting his hand on his shoulder, said, ‘God bless you, Michael, and always remember to be true to the One who has done so much for you. As you go home,: remember, you are a Christian.” * As the bus wound slowly down the mountain road, Mickey recalled Mr. Oberlin’s \yords, “Remember, you áre a Christian.” Then he remembered his mother’s pgrting words of a week be fore, “Remember, you’fe an O’Brien.” Mickey smiled to himself, "Now I’m a Christian O’Brien!”
Memory Work for August C h r is t ia n L if e S e r ie s *
Discussion! The Christian’s walk, con tinued. See the May issue of THE KING’S BUSINESS.
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