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and laid him down every day a t the rich m an’s gate, so th a t he m ight get th e crumbs and pieces of food th a t were le ft from th e rich m an’s table. Even th e dogs seemed to pity him, fo r they came and licked his sore». Onb day the beggar died, and his sp irit was carried by th e angels to heaven. He was not poor there, and did n o t have to beg, b u t was w ith th e g rea t man Abraham , and leaning on his bosom. The rich man also died, and his sp irit w ent where the wicked go, for he did not love Jesus. Boys and girls, w hat is th e name of th e place where th e poor beggar went to live? Heaven. Do you know th e name of th e platie where the rich man went? Yes, he went down to hell, th e place prepared fo r Satan and all who followed him. Now th e rich man looked up from hell and saw Lazarus, and asked A bra ham to send Lazarus down to bring him ju st a drop of w ater, b u t Abraham told him th ere was a g reat gulf between heaven and hell, which no one could pass over. Then the rich man begged fo r Lazarus to be sent to his home back on earth , w here h e had five brothers living, who were wicked like himself, and he did not w ant them to be lost and come to th e dreadful place w ith him. Abraham answered telling him th e b ro th ers had th e Bible ju st the same as he had when he was living, and th a t if they would not believe th e Bible th e re was nothing more he could do. I t is ju st the same today, God h as left th e wonderful Bible h ere to show us th a t th e way to heaven is by believing on Jesus, God’s Son who died to save us from our sin, and when we tru s t in Him and obey Him, we belong to Jesus, and when these bodies die, the angels will ta k e our souls home to heaven, and we will meet Lazarus and Abraham and all th e rest who love Jesus, and best of all we will be w ith Jesus in heaven forever. Our memory verse says if
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BEGINNERS and clothes a n d AND PRIMARY send them away to Mabel L. M errill these little child ren ? Yes, because th e boys and girls down in th a t country are very poor, and we wanted to help them to have a happy tim e a t Christmas. I wonder if we remember of our mothers helping any poor people rig h t n ear our home. Clara, you tell us about the poor people your m other helped. Now what a splendid th ing th a t was for C lara’s m other to do, for she knew th e th ree little children in a home near them did no t have enough to eat or any warm clothes to wear, because th e ir fa th e r had been sick for a long time, and sh e fixed up a nice Thanksgiving dinner and a lo t of gro ceries and sent them over and did not let th e people know where they came from . The Bible tells us we will be happy if we help th e poor people who' need help. P rayer. Lesson Story.—Now I w ant five of you to help me th is morning, and it m ust be five who have good memories about something you heard la st week. All righ t, Carl, you tell me about the first little picture we drew in our little fram e last Sunday. Pine! 'Now Jennie, you tell me about th e second picture. (Go on th rough th e story of the P rod i gal emphasizing th e love of God for th e wayward and lost ones.) Today we have a story about a rich man and a poor beggar, and Jesus was showing th e peo ple how wrong it was for rich people to spend th e ir money ju st in enjoying themselves, not caring to obey God. There was a rich man who was dressed in the most beautiful garments, and ate the richest of food every day. And th ere was a beggar named Lazarus, who was sick and covered w ith sores; and because he was poor and had nothing to eat, his friends carried him
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