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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
July, 1939
Junior King's Business
By MARTHA S. HOOKER
ONE OF AUNT PHOEBE’S STORIES
B etty and B ob , the twins, were spend ing the winter in California with Aunt Phoebe. Aunt Phoebe was their favorite aunt, and they were both quite overjoyed when Mother said they were, to stay with her while Mother and Father took a long, long trip across the ocean. There were many interesting things to see and visit in California, and Betty and Bob enjoyed all to the full, but the times that they liked best of all were the times they sat about the fire that glowed in the grate in the evening as they listened to Aunt Phoebe while she told about "her boys and girls.”
“ ‘Who is wonderful, Laddie?’ I asked. 'Oh, the One the book’s about—you know, ma’am—Jesus.’ ’Yes, He is wonderful, and He loves you, and wants to be your Saviour,’ I replied. ‘I should like to tell you more about Him, Harry. May I see you about an hour from now when this rush hour for selling your papers is over?’ I asked. ‘You sure can,’ he replied. ‘I want to know more about Him.’ “True to our agreement, I met him at the corner an hour later. He smiled his welcome as I drew near. Stepping aside from the passing crowds on the street, we
papers. How shrilly he called out the name of the paper he sold! I seem to hear him now. Yes, I bought a paper from him, and as I gave him the money, I placed in his hand a small red book, the Gospel of John. 'This contains news, my boy,’ I said, the most wonderful news a person ever heard. Take it and read it,’ I encouraged, as he looked at its red cover. T il see you again soon,’ I added, as he had to turn to serve other customers. “A week later I saw Harpy again, and when he recognized me, he called oiit, I’ve read it—the book you gave me—and He’s wonderful!’
“ John 3 : 1 6 ,” chorused the twins in almost the same breath. “Yes, that was the very verse I chose for Harry. And standing there on the street, he read aloud that p reciou s v e rse : ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be gotten Son, that w h o s o e v e r be- lie v e th in him should not perish, but have everlast ing life.’ Then I asked him to read it again slowly. As he read ‘world,’ I stopped him to ask who he thought was meant by the ‘world.’ “ ‘Why, every body in the whole world,’ he replied. “ T h a t’s rig h t, Harry, and does that mean you?' hand the little Gos pel that was a bit crumpled from be ing carried in his pocket, I opened it to a verse we all love very much. I wonder whether either of you twins knows which verse I chose.” found a qu ieter place to talk alone near the entrance to a large building. "Taking from his
No, Aunt Phoebe did not have any ch ild ren o f her very own, but she did have a large fam ily “ in the Lord,” as she of ten sa id . Aunt Phoebe loved boys and girls, and she loved her Saviour. She spent her life telling boys and g irls abou t her wonderful Saviour. "Shall I tell you abou t H a rr y ? ” A u n t P h o e b e questioned as the twins drew their chairs up close to hers one evening and begged for a story. "Oh, yes!” they both answ ered . "W e like to hear about re a l boys and g irls , and especially if they are yours." “Well, Harry is one of my boys all right, and what a fine lad he is!" con- t i n u e d A u n t Ph o eb e. “I saw H a rry fir s t five years ago on the c o r n e r sellin g [Tkis is the first o f a g r o u p o f " A u n t P h o e b e ' s S t o r i e s ” a b o u t how boys and girls have accepted the Saviour .— E ditor . ] Drawing by Ran som D. Marvin.
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