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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
March, 1939
notice the time. W e’d better call Sister. Oh, there she is now!” Sister came running up with something in her hand, and a happy smile on her face. Oh, see what I found! Wood violets! Aren’t they lovely? I just don’t understand it. Christmas vacation, when we went into the woods, we went right by the spot where I found them today, and there wasn’t a thing there. Where did they come from, Mother?" “Out of the bare ground. Mystery of resurrection,” whispered Mother. “You see you did find a bit of Easter, Sister, just around the corner.” "Well, look what I found,” said Danny proudly. Gently he held up a cocoon that was just beginning to open and disclose the soft velvet of a butterfly’s wings. “Look what s coming out of this old gray cage. Who would have thought there was any thing alive in that? I guess it was just asleep." “Mystery of resurrection,” said Mother, softly. ' ’We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye . . . ’ You found Easter too, Danny.” “I found something else, but I couldn’t bring it to show you,” said Sister. “I heard a thrush singing in the elm tree as I came back. I haven’t heard a thrush for months, have you, Danny? The woods have been so still. Not a bit of real bird music.” “ ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abund- antly,’ ” quoted Mother, reminding them of the words of the Lord Jesus. “Yes, and I found something that I couldn’t bring, too," said Danny. "The ice is broken on the little pond at the edge of the woods, and the water that has been frozen so long was all ripply in the sun light. It looked as though it were smiling at me.” “It probably was, Danny. Even a pond knows how to rejoice in deliverance. The Lord Jesus said, ‘He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,’ ” said Mother. "W e have had such a happy time,” said the children, looking for Easter secrets. It is just too bad you couldn’t come with us and find some, too, Mother.” “Oh, but I d id find one,” said Mother, “the loveliest one of all." "Let’s see it!” chorused the children. Mother opened her Bible. “Here it is,” she said, and began to read: “ ‘In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earth quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. “ ‘His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: “ ‘And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. “ ‘And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
“ ‘And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you, " ‘And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.’ ” Mother closed the Bible. “Sister,” she said, “you thought it was funny this morn ing because I said that Easter is a Person —but you see it is. The Person of the liv ing, loving Lord Jesus is what makes Easter. There would be no Easter were there no risen Lord. You found wood vio lets, the song of a thrush, a smiling pool, a butterfly’s wings, but, while you were gone, here in His Book, I read about the reason for it all—the Lord Jesus Himself. The Lord Jesus, sweeter than a wood violet, more tender than a thrush’s song, more gra cious than a smiling pool, and more beauti ful by far than any butterfly’s wing. The things you found were just little remind ers of Him, come to say to us, at Easter time, in a simple way. His own words: ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live'! Each year, at Easter time, the waking world of nature remembers the Lord Jesus. I wonder whether little boys and girls sometimes forget?” “Oh, Mother, I am afraid we do,” said Danny. "I shall let this butterfly go and keep what is left of the little gray shell to remind me always that the real meaning of Easter is an empty tomb and a risen Lord.” "And I shall keep the song of the thrush always in my heart,” said Sister. “And it won’t be just a thrush’s song any more, but the voice of the Lord Jesus saying to me that He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God.” "God bless you both,” said Mother. Discussion: A baby’s first word is a de light to a parent’s heart. The fact that a child talks indicates that it is growing and developing normally. So in the Christian life, our speech and testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ indicate growth. Question: What kind of language should a child of God use? Answer: "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be ac ceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer” (Psa. 19:14). “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Col. 4 :6 ). Question: How is a word “fitly spoken” described in God’s Word? Answer: "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Prov. 25:11). Question: What kind of answer "turneth away wrath”? Answer: “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger" (Prov. 15:1). *For a complete list o f scriptures for memory work in the Christian Life Series, see previous copies o f T he K ing ' s B usi ness . Memory Work for March C hristian L ife S eries *
Guess Who What Bible characters are suggested by the following?
1. A mess of pottage. 2. A stone for a pillow. 3. Five smooth stones.
4. A cock that crew. 5. A burning bush. 6. An alabaster box. 7. The ass that talked. 8. An ax head that swam. 9. A hundred pounds of spices.
10. The best robe. 11. A captive maid. 12. A seller of purple. 13. A great sheet knit at four corners. 14. A fleece of wool. 15. Sychar’s well. New K. Y . B. C. Members The following have read through the Gospel ac cording to John and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: Bism arck, N. D ak.: Helen Fandrich; Bemeice and LaVina Finck; Bertha Kallenberger; Irene Klein; Verna L. Krueger, and Phyllis Schendel (Pauline Munsch, teacher). Boothwyn, P a .: Dorotny and Virginia Boyer; Ardery and Betty Councill; Gladys Gibson; Dor othy Hampton; Edna Harris; Virginia Hecker; Ruth Roger, and Laura Wimmer (Mrs. Florence M. Dobson, teacher). Buffalo, N. Y .: Ruth Albright; Marian Baines; Jo Ann Flanery; Alberta Hall; Barbara Hatson; Grace Knudson; Gloria Millard; Nancy Nichol, and Joyce Rhodehouse (Helen Grancher, teacher). Cleveland, Ohio: Cleon Bechard; Florence Bur rows; Wilma Carney; Delores Caslow; Phyllis Goodwin; Margaret Hitchcock; Virginia House; Shirley Jeffrey; Donna Kower; Elizabeth Noller; Alice Mae Thomas; Joyce and Shirley Taylor; Joan Vincent, and Betty and Katherine Weiss (Mrs. S. O. Downing, teacher). Corn, O kla.: Lewis Boese; Vernon Duerksen; Arthur Fast; Johnnie and Robert Heidebrecht; William Kliewer; Connie Krause; Abner Pen- ner; El Roy and Leora Ratzlaff; Emma Jane and Harold Reimer, and Junior Willems (Esther Bar tel, leader). Des Moines, Iow a: Nedra and Ndda Ann Dotson. Dyer, Tenn.: Helen Cartwright; Lorine Climer; Chester Crouse; Helen and Mary Sue Dunagan; Helen Eakes; Doris Fisher; Joe Edward, Juanita and Norma Jean Preslar, and Joan Robinson (Mrs. Eva Fisher, teacher). Grand Rapids, M ich.: Marion Bartley; Ruth Boltbuis; Dorothy Brabb; Gwendolee Carlberg; Jacklyn Davis; Helen Erickson; Emagine Forset- lund; Dorothy Goodfellow; Eleanor Hansen; Ar lene Kryger; Caroline Nielson; Dolores Oom; Neoma Ossee; Jean Overbeck; Ellen Rohr; Ruth Toumell; Geraldine Warner, and Mary Lou Weeber (M rs.' Peter Smith, teacher). Phyllis Jean Blik; Nancy Furtney; Ivah Galler; Pauline Griep; Ruth Hapicarian; Dorothy Hessel- ingers; Barbara and Joyce Holms; Adaline Lam berts; Isle Mae Minnema; Eunice Fae Noordyk; Emily, Ooegma; Cordelia Jean Volkema; Joyce Van der Kopple; Lenore Van Ess; Mary Jane Vogel, and Joyce Wietsma (Eleanor June Voshol, teacher). Kellerton, Iow a: Sue Treichler. Manheim, P a .: ^ Luella Corkle; Mary Corneis; Corinne G ibbleLillian Knier; Janet Longenecker; Betty Jane Miller, and June Sechrist (Emma Garner, teacher). San Francisco, C alif.: Kenneth and Ronald Lawrence; Eleanore Lewohl; Ral Miller, and Betty Lee Robinson (Mrs. Thomas D. Hughes, leader). Somanyah, Gold Coast, A frica: Omengo Cephas. St. Louis, M o.: Lily Ebert; Mansiella Kalin- oski; Josephine Kelly; Alberta Lawton; Lillian Liebich; Geraldine Lynn, and Doris Williams (Early Tyler, sponsor). How to Join the K. Y . B. Club To become a member of the Know Your Bible Club, read through the Gospel according to John, using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sent upon request. When the Gospel has been read, and a statement to this effect, signed by parent or Sunday-school teacher, has been sent to the Editor of the Junior King's Business, a K. Y. B. C. pin will^ be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins may wish to share the* cost of these supplies, as the Lord directs: Gospels, post paid, five cents each— in quantity, three cents; pins, without postage, two cents each. However, uo one is to do without a Gospel or pin because of lack of money. Address: Junior King's Busi ness, 558 South Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
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