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would never do to send this package to Africa. Some people do not serve Christ when it is too hot. Another label reads, “This side up.” If this package were to get upset, it would be spoiled. There are many places where God cannot use a Christian who is easily upset. This next label reads, “Don’t open until Christmas.” I know some people who say, “Lord, you may use me sometime, but not now.” Do you think God is pleased with this kind of a Christian?
Here is a label which reads, “Fragile.” Some Christians have to be handled with care. They are easily hurt. God cannot use them in hard places. Are you this kind of a Christian? This last little package is the best of all. The label reads, “Shake well.” You don’t have to worry about keeping it cool or handling it gently. It can be handled roughly and can be used now. This is the kind of a Christian with which Christ is most pleased. We should say as Isaiah did: “Here am I ; send me.”
and taught only in the Jew ish syna gogues. Soon they had to leave. They hadn’t gone because they wanted to, but because the Jews had p e rse cu ted them. The Jews had killed Stephen, and the others had had to flee; for their lives. Then they began to
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(girls’ QUERY CORNER Conducted by M yrtle E. S cott
preach in Samaria. Philip even went as far as the road to Egypt. Some had gone as far as Damascus, where Saul was hurrying to find them when he had his vision. Peter was at Joppa when the Lord spoke to him about telling the good news to the strangers who had come to see him. Already the gospel was being spread. But it was Saul and his friend Barnabas who were the first to start on a really long journey to other countries to tell about Jesus. We call people •,foreign missionaries who do this kind of work. Lesson Story: While some of the church leaders were gathered at Antioch, and as they were fasting and praying and waiting to find out what the Lord wanted them to do next and where He wanted them to go, the Holy Spirit showed them that Saul (who was later called Paul) and Barnabas were to be set apart to journey into foreign countries, telling of Christ. Solemnly the Christians gathered together and prayed with these two men. John Mark was chosen to be their helper. The Bible tells us that they went forth in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our next stories will be about the things that happened on this wonderful mission ary journey.
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Dear Miss Scott: Will you kindly advise me, as soon as possible, what to do in regard to a problem I have? For some time I have been going with a man who is fifty-eight years of age, and I am twenty-three. He is a widower and a Christian. He seemed lonely, and I went with him in the first place more be cause I felt sorry for him and never thought of such a thing as marriage. He has money and has given me a wonderful time, and now MSwants to marry me. But my mother is opposed because of the dif ference in our ages. I highly respect him and think I love him but am not sure. I feel I have unintentionally encouraged him by going with him so long. I told him I fear I do not love him enough, but he is very persistent and is sure he can make me happy and win my love if I will only marry him. What do you think I should do ? —A F r ien d . My Dear: It is most unusual for a girl of twenty- three and a man of fifty-eight to have many tastes and interests in common. Consider, top, that you will be comparatively young twenty years from now, when this man will be aged and your interests ever further apart than they are now. Such a marriage seldom proves successful. Do not mistake for love mere sympathy and respect, and be sure that you are not weighing the future from the standpoint of money and material comforts. God will not ask you to marry a man you do not love. A man often thinks he can win a woman’s love if she will marry him. When it is too late, she finds she does not love him and both lives are marred and unhappy. To be happily married and to weather ijthe varied experiences that come through the years, both must have the love that God puts in the heart of a man and a woman for each other. Settle this question on your knees, ‘ dear girl, looking to God to fulfill the promise of Psalm 32:8: “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye.” Ask, your heavenly Father to reveal His will to you. God wants you to be happy, and if'you will look to Him He will give you the right life partner. It is very necessary that you
have His leading in this very important decision. Do not be in a hurry, and take no step until you are sure that what you do is the Lord’s directive will for your life. “Wait on the Lord : be of good '¿©urage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord” (Psa. 27:14)k"jS God Will Take Care of You In her book, Stories of Hymns We Love*, Cecelia Margaret Rudin gives many interesting episodes connected with the writing of gospel hymns that have come to be favorites. Many readers, to whom that beautiful selection, “God Will Take Care of You,” has become a source of comfort, will appreciate the account of how it came to be written. Miss Rudin explains: “A song writer and minister, Rev. W. Stillman Martin, his wife, and son, nine years old, were visiting with some friends in New York City. Mr. Martin was in vited to preach one Sunday and promised that he would. But his wife, who had been ill'for some time, was so much worse on that Sunday that Mr. Martin decided to go to the telephone, call the officers of the church, and tell them that he could not preach. He was about to take down the receiver when his son said to him, ‘Father, don’t you think that if God wants you to preach today He will take care of mother while you are away ? l|i|l|fi “Mr. Martin felt rebuked and went on and preached. “At the close of his sermon, several people confessed faith' in Jesus Christ. Mr. Martin returned to the home glad that he had done his duty, and God had blessed his ministry. “When he .reached the house, his boy met him at the door and placed an old used envelope in his hand, on the back of which were written the words of this song. Mrs. Martin got her inspiration to write these beautiful words from the simple faith of her boy. After reading the poem, Mr. Martin went to an organ in the room, and in a few minutes wrote the tune. “Many times when people are afraid, or in trouble of any kind, this song cheers them in a wonderful way,” *John Rudin & Co., Inc., Chicago. Price $1.00. (New. enlarged edition.)
O b ject Lesson P a ck a g es , a n d P eople
Objects: Five small packages, differently shaped, labeled respectively as follows: “Keep in a cool place,” “This side up,” “Don’t open until Christmas,” “Fragile,” and “Shake well.” (Address each package to “The Lost, Everyland.” Paste on some old stamps as if the parcels were to be mailed. The packages are to be marked as from “Jesus Christ, Gloryland.”) Lesson: Packages and people are very much alike, so much so, that I brought five small packages with me. They are ad dressed and stamped. The address is to “The Lost, Everyland.” They are from “Jesus Christ, Gloryland.” These addresses remind me of what is called the Great Commission, given by Christ to His followers: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Christians are like packages, addressed to the unsaved of every land. The labels on these packages are inter esting. They are just like Christians. The first label says, “Keep in a cool place.” It
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