March 4, 1951 How to B e H umble
Object: A capital “ H.” (Make the “ H” by using a piece of white paper 8% x ll inches. Make the crossbar and uprights 1 inch wide. Make the cross bar 7% inches from the bottom and 2 y2 inches from the top. Color the front gold and the back red. Fold each side toward the center 2% inches from the edge, making a red cross. Unfold before beginning the lesson.) Lesson: This morning we will let this golden “ H” remind us of a very important word in the Bible— “ Hu mility.” The disciples of Christ had been disputing among themselves as to which one would be the greatest. Jesus, wanting to correct them, and to make them humble instead of proud, said, “ If any man desire to be the first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all” (Mark 9:35). James and John said to Him, “ Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory” (Mark 10:37). The disciples were slow to learn the lesson of humility. Later Jesus said, “Whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And who soever of you will be the chiefest, shall be the servant of all” (Mark 10:43, 44). Because the disciples still did not understand, Jesus gave them the ex ample of Himself. In Mark 10:45 He said, “ For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to min ister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Rev. Elmer L. Wilder
Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
broom or pictures of them cut from magazines; a picture of Christ cleans ing the temple, and a paper heart cut from a piece of paper 8% x ll inches or larger if visibility requires. (Fold the paper in the middle, making the size 8% x 5^2 inches. Fold the ends to within Vs inch of the middle fold, making the size approximately 8%x
“ SIN” written on it. You will notice that this heart has two red halves. The red reminds us of the blood of Jesus Christ. As I fold the halves over the heart, you will see that sin is gone and only the cross is left. How glad we should be that Jesus cleanses hearts from sin! Objects: A black cup, a red card board cross, and a golden paper crown. (I f a black cup cannot be secured, either paint one or cover one with black paper. The crown can be made by using a band of paper, narrowed at the back and notched at the front. String the cross and the crown on a thread, and place them in the cup.) Lesson: Perhaps this is the strang- est-looking cup you have ever seen. I am afraid you would not like to drink from it. It is the black cup of death. This cup reminds me of the cup to which Christ referred in the Garden of Gethsemane. He said, “ Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” For Christ to say “ Thy will be done” meant death on the cross of Calvary. As I pull this string, a red cross comes out of the cup. How thankful we should be to Christ for saying “ Thy will be done,” and for shedding His blood on the cross for us! March 18, 1951 A C rown in a C up
,2% inches. With the fold and the two single edges to the right, begin to cut the heart, cutting from a point on the right-hand fold IV 2 inches from the top. When cutting down the left side where the heart extends the farthest, leave the folded left-hand edges uncut for V 2 inch. These will act as hinges later. Continue the cut ting, 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 the sides. Color the open halves red in side. With a red crayon, print the word “ SIN” on the heart. The “ I,” placed in the center of the heart, should be V4 of an inch wide and 3 inches high, much taller than the “ S” and ” N.” Fold the two halves over the heart, and the “ S” and “N” will be covered. About 4 inches from the point of the heart, color, with red crayon, the cross arms of a cross on the half hearts.) Lesson: What are a sweeper and a broom used for? “ To clean house,” I hear someone say. We read in the Bible about a house —the house, the temple—that was cleansed without a sweeper or a broom. The Lord Jesus came to the temple at Jerusalem and found that it was being used in a wrong way. Here is a picture showing Him cleansing the temple. Christ is concerned about our hav ing clean hearts today. I hold in my hand a paper heart with the word
This golden “ H” will help us fur ther understand what Christ was talk ing about. We fold it, and it becomes a red cross, reminding us that He humbled Himself and died on the cross in order that He might save us from sin. In Philippians 2 :5, we read, “ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” In thinking of humility, let us re member Christ’s example, and pray that God will make us more like Him. March 11, 1951 C leaning H ouses and H earts Objects: A toy carpet sweeper and F E B R U A R Y , 1 9 5 1
Christ tasted death for every man. He shed His blood on Calvary that all who would receive Him as Saviour might have forgiveness of sins and eternal life. We need to remember that because of Christ’s death on the cross, “ God . . . hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name” (Phil. 2 :9 ). Page Thirty-three
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