73 our thanks, for He is th e giver of every good 'and perfect gift. Then le t us re member our parents, teachers and all whp show us kindnesses. Now boys and girls, what kind of a lesson are we going to teach from now on? Are we going to be like the nine who forgot to say th ank you? Closing P rayer. THE WORST SERMONS Consistency may be defined as conse cration in practice. One has said, “The most successful preachers against Chris tian ity are inconsistent professors. The bad sermons of th e life are an over match for th e best words of the lips. To pray in th e sanctuary and to cheat on th e Exchange; to kneel a t th e Com munion table and to oppress th e poor; to profess brotherly love and to slander our neighbor; to sing of Calvary and heaven and put wrong figures in the ledger, is to bring about th e scorn, and not th e salvation, of th e world, and to brand ourselves as hypocrites whose false label th e Master will indignantly te a r off w ith His own hand a t th e last day.” Consistency is made up of the following characteristics. Pureness of h eart is its inn er, shrine (1 Tim. 1 :5 ), reality is its open face (2 Cor. 3 :1 8 ), righteousness is its outw ard acts (Titus 2 : 1 2 ), singleness of aim is its arden t desire (2 Cor. 5:9, R .V .), holiness is its lovely bloom (1 Thess. 2 :1 0 ), con stancy is its even walk (Rom. 2 :7 ), and happiness is its loving service (Rom, 16:3, 9 ) —P. E. Marsh. 'd S f as LAW AND GRACE J. Mason wrote th a t th e law was giv en to humble us, the Gospel to comfort us; th e law to cast us down and the Gosper to raise us up; th e law to dis cover sin and the Gospel to . discover grace and th e Saviour.
THE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S power, for all lepers knew th ere was no cure for th e ir disease, and they had heard th a t He was th e friend of lepers. When Jesus saw these lepers and heard th e ir call to Him, he told the ten men to go and show themselves to the priests. Whenever any person though t he was getting leprosy, he must always go to the priest, and if th e priest said it was leprosy, then he could not go back to his home and live among well people, bu t had to do as these ten men were doing, staying away to them selves. Now these men had been to the priests and had been sent away as lepers; why go again unless they could show themselves healed? They did not stop to argue about th e m atter a t all, but sta rted a t once to go to th e priest. I wonder what they, were thinking and talk ing about as they walked along th e road to show themselves to th e priest. Perhaps they were feeling sad and dis appointed th a t Jesus did not heal them rig h t away. Then as they walked along something wonderful happened, fo r they noticed th a t th e leprosy was all gone and th e ir flesh was clean and well again. Now th e re are only nine going down the road hu rry ing as fast as they can walk to get to th e priest, who Will let them go to th e ir homes now th a t they are cured. One oi the men has turned around and is hurry ing back to Jesus. Can you guess why he i s . going back afte r he is cured? . Yes, Henry, th a t is rig h t; he is going back to say th ank you to Jesus. The Bible says he praised God w ith a loud voice, and fell down on his face a t th e feet of Jesus and gave thanks. T hat is the way we should do, praise God w ith a voice th a t others can hear, and do you know if we would always remember to praise God for all th e blessings he gives us, others would w ant to know our Jesus too. Our memory verse tells us to give th ank s unto Him, and bless H is name. God is always th e first one to receive
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