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dim inished volume.— Campbell. Where are th e n ine? The voice of th e ir misery had awakened th e in stan t echo of His mercy, bu t th e m iraculous utteran ce of His mercy, though it th rilled through th eir whole physical being, woke no echo of g ratitud e in th e ir earthy and still leprous hearts.^—Fisher. The force of th e statem en t is seen in th e original: “Were not th e ten cleansed, bu t th e nine — w here?"— Comp. Bible. A sadness of tone is perceptible in th is question. The ing ratitud e of His own countrymen was revealed in this w ant of love for benefit received by th e nine lepers.— Horn. Com. v. 18. There are n o t found. One un g ratefu l man does an in ju ry to all who are in suffering.— Syrus. The brutes leave ing ratitud e to man.— Colton. E arth produces nothing worse th a n an ungrateful man.—Ansonius. Ing ratitud e dies up th e fountain of all goodness.— Richelieu. Save th is strang er. P rob ably this man’s faith had caused the cry of all th e ten. He was th e salt of the little group of outcasts. They were contented for th e tim e w ith th e ir cure. He forgot th e cure in his g ratitu d e__ McDonald. Blow, blow, thou w in try wind, — Shakespeare. v. 19. Thy fa ith h a th made thee whole. His g ratitud e shall not go un rewarded. Not his body alone, bu t the soul, whose value was so infinitely more precious, should be healed by th e Saviour’s word.— Fish. He is dismissed w ith a new and b etter blessing. The first had reached b u t to th e life of th e body. T hat he had in common w ith the un thank fu l nine. G ratitude for a lower mercy obtains for him a higher.— Trench. Thou a rt not so unkind As m an’s ingratitude. Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou a rt not seen, Although thy b reath be rude. A Man Who W as Thankful: Luke 17:11-19. Memory Verse— “Give thank s unto him, and bless h is-n am e.” Psa. 100:4. Approach.— Boys and girls, you did not know th a t you were going to help teach th e lesson this morning did you? Now listen and you will find th a t you
have already done your p a rt of the teaching, not today, bu t in th e weeks past. Each Sunday
BEGINNERS AND PRIMARY Mabel L. Merrill
a t th e close of class, as I passed the Sunday School papers to you, some ceached out and grabbed the paper from my hand, and some even stood up to get it before your tu rn . Then others sa t quietly in th eir seats, and as I handed them the paper said, “T hank you.” P rayer.
Lesson Story.-¿-Here is a picture and I want some one to tell th e story, for R u th was sick last week and could not be w ith us. (Review last week’s story emphasizing g reat importance of obey ing God’s word and coming to know Jesus now, while life is ours.) Some of us have th e little “Pig Banks,” in which we place our pennies, nickels and dimes. Ruth, what do we do w ith the money in these banks? Yes, we give it to th e lepers. Carl, you tell us who the lepers are? Yes, they are th e poor people who .have a sickness th a t can not be cured by doctors, and when they are real bad they lo§e p arts of fingers and toes, and they are not a l lowed to live among well people, b u t are sent away to a special place among themselves. In the days when Jesus was living on e a rth they were perm itted to sit by th e roadside and beg, bu t when any one came near to them , they would call out, “Unclean,” which m eant people m ust not come near them for they were lepers. One day Jesu s was on his way to th e city- of Jerusalem , and ten men who w ere lepers met him, and they stood a dis tance away and raised th e ir voices to make him hear them , (it was hard for them to speak, for one effect of leprosy is to change th e voice to a hoarse whisper) saying, “ Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” This shows they had h eard about Jesus th a t He had g reat ENEMIES OF THE TRUTH! WHO ARE THEY?
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