TH E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
OB/ECT LESSONS FOR WLY B y Elmer L. Wilder Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
Second Week T he A rk and C hrist
day, God divided the waters from the waters. We will put this nexj circle to the right of the last one, indicating the water in the sea divided from the water in the clouds. The dry land appeared on the third day, with trees and green grass. The fourth day is very much like the first, except that God filled the day and night with the light of the sun, moon and stars. This cellophane-covered circle we will place as a covering over the circle for the first day, causing us to see the sun in the day and the moon and stars in the night. On the fifth day, God put birds in the air and fish in the sea. We will place this circle over the second day. Animals and man were created on the sixth day and we will put this circle over the third day, showing animals and man on the earth. The seventh day was the day of rest and we have here a circle showing the animals and man lying down under the trees. The only safe place to rest is beneath the cross of Christ, so we will place this circle with the red cross over the man as he rests.
First Week C hrist and C reation
Objects: Two large corks, several straight pins, a pitcher of muddy water and two glass bowls. (Cut in one side of one cork a hole the shape of a door and in the other cork the shape of a cross, removing the cork carefully from the holes so that it may be replaced. Color the inside of the cross red.) . Lesson: This large cork reminds me ,■ Of Noak’s ark, for many reasons. No tice that it has a door in the side and that it always floats. These pins that I hold in my hand are like the people who lived in Noah’s day. You.remember that God told Noah to build the ark because there was coming a terrible flood which would destroy "every living thing from off the face of the ground.” The Bible tells us that Noah was “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Pet. 2:5), but we find that the only ones who be lieved God and entered the ark we(e the members of Noah’s own family. I am going to take these eight pins that represent Noah and his family and put them inside this cork. The Bible tells us that when Noah and his family were inside the ark,. God shut them in. (Replace the Cork door.) We will drop several other pins into thè glass bowl, reminding us of the people who did not enter the ark. Soon after Noah and his family had entered the ark, the flood came. As I pour this muddy water into the bowl, thè loose pins are covered, but the cork rises and the eight pins on the inside of it are not touched by the water. Did you know that Noah’s ark was like Christ? Here is another cork with a cross. The cross is red, reminding us of the blood of Christ which cleanses from all sin. I am going to place some of these pins inside the cross, representing those who have accepted Christ as Saviour. I want to be hid den in the cross of Christ, my Saviour, when judgment comes upon this world, don’t you? We will let these other pins fall into the bowl, to represent those who have never accepted Christ as Saviour. When the muddy water, which now represents not a flood, but God’s eternal judgment for sin, is poured into the bowl, the pins that are in the cross are carried above the water.
Objects: Four round pieces of card board, 6 inches in diameter, one piece 5 inches in diameter and a piece of outing flannel a yard square. (Cut a complete circle % -inch wide off the outer edge of the 6-inch pieces of cardboard and cover the openings— now 5 inches in diameter—with clear cellophane. Color the original 5-inch piece black. The second 5-inch piece is black on the left half and white on the right. The third has blue water on the lower half and gray clouds in the top half. The fourth has land, on which grass is growing, pro jecting out of the water. The fifth has animals and a man lying down under the trees. Put outing flannel on the back of each solid piece of cardboard. On the inside of the first cellophane covered circle, left of the center, paste a moon and stars. To the right of the center, paste a sun. On the second, paste the pictures of birds in the top half and the pictures of fish in the lower half. The third should have the picture of animals and a man. The fourth has a red cross. Put the yard of flannel on a square piece of card board and fasten securely with thumb tacks.) Lesson: This black circle which I am putting on the upper left-hand corner of the board reminds us of the world as described in Genesis 1:2, "And the earth was without form, and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” , God had created it per fect, but something had happened to spoil that perfection. The first chap ter of Genesis tells us how God recon ditioned the earth, making it a won derful place in which to live. The first day, God divided the light from the darkness. We will put this white-and-black circle below the black one, showing how the darkness and light were divided. On the second
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