whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God” (Ruth 1:16). Many Christians, like Naomi, foolishly wait until overtaken by sorrow before they allow their lives to draw others.
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July 25, 1948 L ong L ove L inks
Objects: Two paper links and a pair of scissors. (Make the links by using adding machine tape 6 feet long and 3 inches wide. Glue the ends of each piece together, making an endless link. Before linking the two together and gluing the ends together, give one end of each link one half of a complete turn.)
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Lesson: I brought two pieces of pa per, linked together, to remind us of two very dear friends in the Bible whose lives were linked together by love. I re fer to Jonathan and David. Their love is very remarkable when we realize that Jonathan was a prince, and David was a peasant boy. Even though David was not a prince, he was chosen of God and anointed by Samuel to be king over the nation of Israel, instead of Jonathan, the one who would have been expected to fol low Saul as king. Jonathan was wise in that he accepted God’s appointment of David as king. We are first told of this love when Da vid had been victorious over Goliath and the Philistines. First Samuel 18:1, 3 states: “ The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul . . . Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.” The popularity of David made King Saul very jealous. We are told about this in First Samuel 19:1: “ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his serv ants, that they should kill David.” Even though his father wanted to kill David, Jonathan remained bound to David by love. We read, “ But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seek- eth to kill thee” (1 Sam. 19:2). Repeatedly Saul made attempts to take David’s life. We will let these scissors re mind us of the ways in which Saul tried to kill David. (Cut around the middle of each piece of paper.) Look, the links are longer, and are now linked together by a double link. This was the way with Jonathan and David: Whenever something came into their lives, which would have separated them, had it not been for their great love, they were more tightly bound to each other. J U L Y , 1948
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“ On invitation of the Rev. Pang Chi Ling, a former Seminary student of mine, to hold a series of meetings on his new charge," writes Dr. Ah bert B. Dodd, “ I had the thrill of re-entering for the first time my for mer Tenghsien field, lately in the hands of the cruel Chinese Com munists. “ Having no servant of my own, I went alone; and because I was going by Crowded truck, I took no food nor cot, packing bedding and clothing into an army bag and a small ‘bei-tao’ or bedding bag. The truck was without seat or sidee, and had so many passengers most o f us had to stand. A heavy rain the night before had made the road almost im
passable. T o lighten the load, most of us had to wade five or six miles through the mud, and sometimes even push the truck. “ The meetings were well attend ed. They were held in an unlighted ell-shaped mud church building. In the evening and early morning meet ings we preached to audiences only the front row or two of which were visible from the light of the small pulpit lamp and a lantern nearby. But the Lord was with us, and the meetings were richly blessed to the hearts of the Christians and the sal vation of non-Christians. Quarrels were made up, and backsliders of years’ standing were reclaimed.’’
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