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they could think of, apd yet they dreaded going. It seemed like such a strange house now. “I almost hope she doesn’t ask us to come in,” Penny whispered. “Maybe she won’t," Peter answered. “But if she does ask us in, remember, we’re supposed to be a help to her.” But Stan’s mother did not come to the door. Anna, the girl who came in once a week to clean, answered the bell. She told them that Mrs. Curtis had gone out for a while, and she in vited them in to wait for her. They sat stiffly in the living room, feeling very strange and a little in the way. They were glad when Anna opened the door into Stan’s room, and asked them to sit in there a bit while she vacuumed the front room rug. “But do you think we ought to?” Penny began. “Sh—I want to see those planes again.” Everything was Just as they remem bered it—the books, the pictures, the model planes, even the phonograph in the corner. They went about touch ing everything. It was like being with old friends. It was almost like being with Stan. Peter examined all the planes again, and Penny looked at the snapshots in the album. Then they came at last and stood together before the phonograph. “It seems like I can almost hear him singing in there,” whispered Penny. “Do you remember the way he loved hymns?” “Especially ‘When the Roll is Called up Yonder’,” answered Peter. “He asked for it at all the Jubilees. Re member? But nobody could sing it like he sang it himself on that rec ord he made.” Neither of them knew exactly how it happened, or which of them was really to blame; but, presently, there was the sound of a record slipping into place, and the click of a needle settling in its groove, and then, sud denly—rich, and strong, and sweet— the sound of a young voice, the voice they loved so much, singing: “On that bright and cloudless morning, When the dead in Christ shall rise, And the glory of His resurrection share; When His chosen ones shall gather To their home beyond the skies, And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.” Copyright Hope Publishing Co., Owner "He will, too,” whispered Penny. Answers to Bible Games March, “Seek and Find” : (1) Martha. (2) Abraham. (3) Ruth. (4) Caiaphas. (5) Hannah. April, “Easter Scripture Game” : John 11:25.
Easter Scripture Game Write the letters of the alphabet across the page. Under each letter place a number as, 1 under A, 2 under B, etc. Then, using the numbers given below as the key, form the letters which they represent into words. The result will be a verse of Scripture for Easter. Locate the verse in the Bible, then memorize it. 9—1, 13—20, 8, 5—18, 5,19, 21, 18, 18, 5, 3, 20, 9, 15, 14—1, 14, 4—20, 8, 5,-12, 9, 6, 5—8, 5—20, 8, 1, 20—2, 5, 12, 9, 5, 22, 5, 19, 8—9, 14—13, 5—20, 8, 15, 21, 7, 8—8, 5—23, 5, 18, 5—4, 5, 1, 4— 25, 5, 20—19, 8, 1, 12, 12—8, 5—12, 9, 22, 5. The correct reference is given else where on this page. gathering them both to her. “You didn’t forget, it was I who forgot I forgot many things: that wonderful song which I used to love so much, and ‘that bright and cloudless morn ing’ when I shall see my Stan again. You see, I forgot all about the resur rection, and that we shall see each other again in that ‘home beyond the skies’ where the Lord Jesus is now. You have brought that lovely song back into my heart.” Mrs. Curtis was drying the tears from her face with her pretty white handkerchief. “You two were among Stan’s dear est friends, and I want you to come to see me often. And now, Peter,” Mrs. Curtis was taking a plane from the precious collection, “please take this plane home with you. Perhaps, someday you can take them all." Peter was so happy he could hard ly believe his ears. “But, Penny dear," went on Mrs. Curtis, “what can I give you? I’m afraid Stan didn’t leave a thing for little girls.” “Oh, yes he did,” smiled Penny, “he left the song, the same one you have, and it’s right here in my heart. I’m carrying it home, and I’ll remember it always.” "You darling! So will I. It’s some thing to remember, isn’t it?” “Say!” exclaimed Peter. "We for got about the basket.” “Oh, yes.” 1 Penny hurried into the living room and brought the basket back to Mrs. Curtis. “Mother sent this over to you for an Easter gift. 'Course, Easter isn’t ’till day after tomorrow, but you can take the things out of the basket any time you want to.” "Are you sure,” Mrs. Curtis said, kissing Penny, “that Easter didn’t come two days early this year?”
Easter Story Acrostic
C —any “ “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto thè sepulchre at the rising of the sun” (Mark 16:2). “And [Mary] seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain” (John 20:12). —tone 1 "And they [the women] said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great” (Mark 16:3, 4). “Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. There they laid Jesus” (John 19:41, 42 R. V.). C —mpty “ “And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus” (Luke 24:3). P —esurrection ** "Go quickly, and tell his dis ciples that he is risen from the dead” (Matt. 28:7). "We almost forgot about that We will see him again, Peter, won’t we?” But Peter never answered for, sud denly, the children were startled by the sound of sobbing and turned to see Mrs. Curtis standing in the door way. “Oh, we’re so sorry,” offered Penny. “We didn’t mean to, truly, we didn’t Anna put us in here to wait. It seemed so much like old times that, before we knew it, we were looking at everything and playing the record. We just forgot. We’re so ashamed.” But Stan’s mother was coming to ward them now. She didn’t look an gry, and she didn’t look so sad any more, either. The tears were still running down her cheeks, but her arms were open and there was a smile on her face—the most beautiful smile Peter had ever seen. “Never mind, darlings,” she said, A —ngels T —omb
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