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picture these hearts. I am sure a clean, white heart is the kind that each one of you wants. How can a heart represented by the black paper become a pure heart, pictured by the white paper? ~ In Psalm 51:7, we find these words, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Deceitful, evil hearts surely need washing, and God has provided a way. “ The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1 :7). The Lord Jesus died on the cross and shed His precious blood in order that deceitful, black hearts might become new and pure and clean. So let us make a heart o f red paper to cover the black hearts. That is how Jesus makes black hearts white. Has you heart been washed in the blood of Jesus? If not, will you not come to Him today for cleansing and receive Him as your Saviour? February is not only a month o f Valen tines, but it is also a month of birthdays. This is the month that boys and girls remember George Washington and Abra ham Lincoln, and others. I can imagine that at school you have been studying the lives o f these great men, trying to remember the things that have caused the world to call them great. You have ad mired the portraits of their noble faces. God, in His Word, has a chapter which is very much like an art gallery of heroes. In this chapter are found the names o f men- and women who were great in God’s sight. This chapter is sometimes called the faith chapter. It is Hebrews 11. Locate it in your Bibles. Count the men and women whose names appear there. Do you notice that the word “ faith” occurs over and over again? The men and women mentioned were great because they were known as men and women of faith. What is faith? Read Hebrews 11:1 for God’s definition. In Romans 10:17, we read, “ Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” One gets faith by hearing and be lieving God’s Word. If you would be well pleasing in God’s sight, be known as boys and girls of faith. Dare to hear, believe, and obey God’s Word. So shall February be to you, a month of real blessing and profit.
Little Children We are little children, Very young indeed, But the Saviour’s promise Each o f us may plead. If we seek Him early, If we come today, We can be His children, He has said we may. Little friends of Jesus, Walking by His side, With His arms around us, Ev’ry step to guide. W e must love Him dearly, With a constant love, Then we’ll go to see Him In His home above.
boat, my little red-white-and-blue boat.” “Are you sure?” his father asked. “ Oh, yes, I’m sure—see the mark on the front?” “ But, Bruce, there is a price on this boat. It is for sale,” his father continued. They entered the store, and Bruce, to his father’s amazement, said to the store keeper, “I’ve come for my boat.” “Your boat?” questioned the storekeeper. “ That is not your boat.” “ But I made it,” continued Bruce. Then Bruce’s father explained to the puzzled storekeeper the story o f the little red-white-and-blue boat. The storekeeper said he had bought this boat from a fisherman the very night of the big fire. Turning to Bruce, the man said, “ Lad die, I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll let you have the boat for the price I paid the fish erman. Will that be all right with you ?” Bruce’s beaming face gave the answer, so with his own money, he purchased the little boat he himself had made. Lovingly, Bruce took the little boat in his arms, and as he', left the store his father heard him say, "Little boat, you’re really twice mine now. You are mine because I made you, and mine because I bought you.” Bruce’s father thought of another rela tionship so like that o f Bruce to his little boat. It was the relationship to his Lord and Saviour—twice His—first by creation, and then by purchase—purchased by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus. Every Christian, like the little boat, is not his own, for he has been “bought with a price” (1 Cor. 6:20). New K. Y. B. C. Members The_ following have read through the Gospel according to John, and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: Bingham Lake, Minn.: Daniel Janzen; and Theodore Lepp. Bozeman, Mont.: Evelyn Harnish; Edna Hen- dershott; Georgia Lasater; Irene Lindgren; Ar- vella and Gene Raine; Wanda Lee Reed; May. belle Rollins; Charles, Quanita, and Virginia Spaulding; and Margaret Thompson (Emma Esther Johnson, teacher). Centralia, Wash.: Bobbie Bayne; Marian Campbell; Jean Ford; Martha Fraser; Mildred Kiser; Shirley Larson; Adella and Louise Man- well; and Mary Rowswell (Mrs. Charles Baker, teacher). Glendale, Calif.: Eleanor and Mary Ann Nyman. Hague, Sask., Canada: Helen and Lena Berg; Elsie Born; Jane Eder; Gladys, Lillian, and Esther Epp; Viola Fisher; Alice, Elsie, Esther, and Verna Friesen; Alice Hamm; Alice Hein richs; Evelyn Klassen; Anna Penner; Irma Unruh; and Anna Wiens (W. J. Friesen, teacher), Hampden, No. Dak.: Avis Aanstad: Eunice Clock; Elaine Eggen; Byron Logie; and Inez Lommen (Emma Waade, teacher). Los Angeles, Calif.: Virginia Martin. Oatman, Arie.: Faynell Lanier. Toccoa, Ga.: Emily Busha; Velma Candall; Sara Canhara; Betty Garrison; Sara McIntyre; Minnie Shelton; Jo May Smith; Annie Tabor; Rosa May Thomas; and Eva L. Williams (Mrs. W. It M. Tabor, teacher). Uniontown, Md.: Carrie Caylor; Catherine and Clara Crouse; Daniel, Mildred, and Sarah Dicken- sheets; Herbert, Dons, Hilda, Thelma, and Mrs. Julia Ecker; Obadiah and Rozella Fleagle; Manetta Fowler; Emma F. and Jesse P. Gamer; Nora. Gil bert; Hilda Heltibridle; Mrs. Charles Hesson; Dorothy, Joe, Mary, and Rev. John H. Hoch; Carrie, Catherine, Rosie,' and William King; Nel lie Lockard; Mary E. and Paul Sherfy; Blanche, Carolyne, and Flora Shriner; Hannah and Ralph Smith; Clinton and Samuel Talbert; and Junior Wächter (Jessie P. Gamer, teacher). Walker, N. Y .: Theodore Elwyn Remein. Walla Walla, Wash.: Frances Dili!; Glen Hathaway; and Glen Yenney. Wilmington, Calif.: Wanda Layton; and Irma Tuttle. Wolf Point, Mont.: Willis Franz. Lord, We Would Love Thee Lord, we would love Thee, early seek and serve Thee, Thou art our Saviour, Thou the children’s Friend; Fain would we live, O Lord, to please Thee ever, Follow Thee closely to the journey’s end.
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What Bible Stories Did Jean Read? Jean read two stories in her Bible. She first read in the Old Testament about a baby boy who was born long ago down in Egypt. His mother placed him in a basket cradle and left him in the river among the flags. He was found by a princess. Then Jean read in the New Testament about a man who was very short of stature. He climbed up into a tree in order that he might see the Lord Jesus when He passed by. The Lord Jesus spent the night in the man’s home. What stories did Jean read in her Bible, and where are they found ?
February is a short month, but to the boys and girls in the school room it is a very interesting month. It is the month for the Valentine box. What fun you have choosing dainty heart-shaped greet ings to send to your playmates! Some of you have been making your Valentines, cutting out hearts of all colors and sizes. Did you know that God’s Word has much to say about hearts, and that He speaks o f many kinds o f hearts? When you made your heart-shaped Valentines, you chose pretty, colored papers—pink and blue and red. Not one of you chose black, did you? So in God’s Word there are certain kinds o f hearts mentioned which you and I would not like to have. The heart, you know, as it is spoken of in the Bible, means more than the little organ in the body, which so faithfully pounds away day after day. It really rep resents the real you. In Jeremiah 17:9, we read these words, “ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” God’s Word, in Ezekiel 11:19, speaks of a stony heart, and in Psalm 78:37 it speaks of a heart that is not right. You might cut a heart out of black paper to stand for these three. That is the way the heart o f one who does not know the Lord Jesus as Saviour looks to Himi God’s Word also speaks of a pure heart (Matt. 5:8 ), a new heart (Ezek. 11:19), and a true heart (Heb. 10:22). You might make a heart out of white paper to
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