poured into the bowl, the nails that are in the red balloon are carried above the water.
Jan. 2 2 , 1956 F acts A bout the F lood
Ja n . 15, 1956 S ons and S ins
O B JE C T S : Two toy balloons, several nails, a pitcher of muddy water and two glass bowls. (One balloon should be red and the other brown.) LESSON : Did you know that this bal loon is like Noah’s ark? Who can tell why? “ It floats.’’ You are correct, but there are many other points of similarity. Notice that the balloon is growing. The ark grew larger and larger as Noah and his helpers worked on it. Then, too, the balloon, like the ark, has' only one entrance. These nails, which I hold in my hand, are like the people who lived in Noah’s day. God told Noah to build the ark because a terrible flood was coming which would de stroy every living thing from off the face of the ground. The Bible tells us that Noah was “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Pet. 2:5), but we find that the only ones who believed God and entered the ark were the members of Noah’s own family. I am going to take these eight nails that represent Noah and his family and put them inside the balloon. The Bible tells us that when Noah and his family were inside the ark, God shut them in. (Put a rubber band around the neck of the balloon.) We will drop several other nails into this glass bowl, reminding us of those who did not enter the ark. Soon after Noah and his family had entered the ark, the flood came.
O B JE C T S : Two paper altars, a picture of a lamb and a picture of fruit. (Make each altar by using two pieces of gray paper 8V£ x 11 inches. Fold the sheets to make the size 8% x 5 ^ inches. On the side where the four ends meet, cut four steps, approxi mately % of an inch in their hori zontal measurements and 1% inches high. On one of the sheets cut a perpendicular slot in the middle, % of an inch wide and 6 inches long, beginning % of an inch from the bottom. Paste the two pieces together, leaving spaces unpasted near the slot and about two inches from each side at the bottom. The spreading of the sides will make the altars stand. Draw horizontal lines from one side of the altar to the other on front and back, giving the appearance of stones. Using a piece of paper 1*4 x 91/)
Jan. 2 9 , 1956 A H ero ’ s H eart
O B JE C T : A paper heart. (Use a piece of paper 8% x 11 inches. Two and five-eighths inches from each end, fold toward the middle. There will be a gap of 1/4 inch between the two ends. In this space print the word “Abraham.” Fold down the middle,
making the size approximately 8 ^ x2 7/8 inches. With the fold and the two single edges to your right, begin to cut out half of the heart, cutting from a point on the right-hand fold U /<2 inches from the top. When cut ting down the left side where the heart extends the farthest, leave the folded left-hand edges uncut for % inch. These will act as hinges later. Continue the cutting, making a point at the base of the fold as the lower tip of the heart. Open and you will have a whole heart in the middle and two halves on each side. Open the two flaps and using the word “Abraham,” complete the following words: “ Prayer, Believed, Worship, Faith, Shield, Altar and Humility.” ) LESSON : I want to talk to you about a hero’s heart. The name “Abraham” is all we see in this heart at first. The first look at a heart seldom re veals its secrets. We will open Abra ham’s heart and see what is in it. The first word we see is “ Prayer.” A man cannot be a real hero unless he is a man of prayer. Next we read the word “Believed.” Abraham be lieved God when it was hard to be lieve. The third word is “Worship.” He was a hero because he worshiped God. Next we find the word “Faith.” Faith is believing what God has said. The fifth word is “Shield,” reminding us of Genesis 15:1, “ I am thy shield.” The hero’s heart has an “Altar” in it. No man can be a real hero unless he has a place where he meets God. The last word is “Humility.” Let us remember, . . God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the hum ble” (1 Pet. 5:5). If you want a hero’s heart, remember the secrets of Abraham’s heart. END.
inches, the same color as the altar, insert this between the two pieces of paper, so as to completely fill the slot. On the insert, parallel with each of the five stones, write the word “Blood.” Using the letters of this word, complete the following words, printing on both sides of the slot: “ Lamb’s, Blood, Covers, Unholy, Deeds.” Paste the picture of a small lamb on the top end of the insert. On the second altar, with the insert in the slot, print the word “Fruit.” Paste the picture of fruit at the top and using the word “ Fruit,” complete the words: “ Sacrifice, Refused, Under, Sin’s, Condemnation.” ) LESSON : Here are two altars which remind us of Cain and Abel. Here is a picture of a lamb, reminding us of the lamb Abel brought. Underneath the lamb is the word “Blood.” The writing on the altar now says, “Lamb’s Blood Covers Unholy Deeds.” Here is a picture of fruit, repre senting the fruit that Cain placed on his altar. As we put the fruit on the altar, we read, “Sacrifice Refused, Un der Sin’s Condemnation.” The Lord Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God Who alone can take away the sin of the world. No “fruit” of our own can ever be sufficient to atone for sin.
As I pour this muddy water into the bowl, the loose nails are covered, but the balloon rises and the eight nails on the inside of it are not touched by the water. Did you know that Noah’s ark was like Christ? Here is another balloon. It is red to remind us of the blood of Christ. I am going to place some of the nails inside this balloon, re minding us of those who have ac cepted Christ as Saviour. We will let these other nails fall into the bowl to represent those who have never accepted Christ as Saviour. When the muddy water, which now represents God’s judgment for sin, is
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