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wear? Because fath e r and mother are tak ing care of you and they (will see th a t you have both food and clothes. Do you often notice th e birds as they fly about and re st on the branches of th e trees, and do you h ear them sing ing? How happy they are. Who takes care of th e birds? Yes, God cares for them , and He says we His people are of far more value th an a bird, and He will take care of us if we will only tru s t Him. P rayer. Lesson Story.— (Show pictures of shepherd and his sheep.) W hat sto ry does th is picture make you th in k of? The shepherd boy David, and how God called him to be a king over his people Israel. Today in our story we are to learn about a tim e when a very wicked king is ruling over Israel; th is king and his queen worshipped idols, and many of God’s people were worshipping idols, and were not following the tru e God. There was a fine man by the name of E lijah , a prophet of God, who felt very sorry th a t these people whom God had taken such good care of, should tu rn away from Him. He longed to do some th ing to cause these people to come back to God again. (Tell of the drought, God’s care of E lijah a t the brook. 1 K ings 17:1-8.) But one day E lijah noticed th a t th e w ater in the brook seemed much shallower, and ev ery day a fte r th a t it grew lower and lower. There had been no rain you know, and th e w ater was drying up. Do you th ink E lijah was troubled about w hat was to become of him when the w ater was all gone? No, he was not tru stin g in the w ater bu t in God. When th e w ater was all dried up, God sent E lijah on a long journey across the country of th e wicked king to. a little city on the seashore, where there was a woman who would give him food. At last, late one afternoon, he saw the blue sea and a little •city w ith a wall around it. E lijah was very hungry and th irsty and tired. No one had given
him anything to eat or drink on th a t long journey, and outside th e city wall he sank down, too weary to go any farth er. He saw a poor woman g ath er ing sticks and twigs. He called and asked her to bring him a little w ater to drink, bu t as she tu rned to go for the w ater, he asked h er to also bring him a little piece of bread. Then the woman came to him and told him she had no bread bu t ju st a handful of meal in a b arrel and a little oil in a bottle, and she was gathering th e sticks to make a fire on which to bake the Sake of meal for herself and her boy. “A fter th a t food is gone we shall die of hunger.” ' Now E lijah tells h er to make him a cake first, (for he is fain t from th e long jou rn ey ), and then make one for h er boy and herself. Then he added th is wonderful prom ise th a t God had given: “The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall th e bottle of oil fail until th e day th a t th e Lord sendeth rain upon the ea rth .” This was rath e r a h ard test, bu t th e woman believed th e prophet and fed him. Now she had ta k en all to ■ feed E lijah, and now le t us see what she and th e boy had for their supper. She went to th e barrel and there was more nice meal, and more oil in th e bottle. The prophet lived with the widow and her son for a year, and the Lord made the meal and th e oil last all th a t time. (Tell of raising of widow’s son to life, emphasizing God’s power even over death .) Teach mem ory verse. Closing P rayer. 'I ""1 ...... ^T ^~‘*>~i^ ^ >~~‘^ 1 ^~iitiifw»«w^imiiii^^)fiiniiiiiiiiiwfw>iHii^ | ARE YOU INTERESTED I I in Bible S tudy and are you I | in need of some practical §, | method of study ? Let us in- | I traduce you to one of our Cor- H | respondence Courses. Seven j I courses offered, from $2 to$5 . I | W rite fo r circular to Bible In- | | stitute of Los Angeles, Corres- 1 | pondence School. aniiluiiiiiiiHiiiHhiiinriiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiniiiiiiiiiiiainimiiiiiuiisiiiiiHuiuHiiiiHiiMiiuiiiiHiutiuuiiiiiinHiM A WHEEL WHICH TURNS DAY
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