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mies and dangers in the way, but God answered their prayers and was with them and kept them from all danger, and they arrived safely at Jerusalem. The little baby could not help himself, but when he cried the mother heard and came to him, so Ezra and his people called upon God, and He heard them and helped, them all along the long, tire some journey. Boys and girls, Ezra will have some mighty interesting stories to tell us about this journey when we meet him up in heaven. (Teach memory verse.) Do you ask Jesus to help you and guide you each day? Of course
By Em Hansell August 20, 1922
1. Ezra the Man of God.
Explain verse 10. .Draw Ezra pray ing. Tell the story of the journey. Draw the people. 2. Ezra and his people ask God for help. Ch. 8:21-23. Draw the river, explaining. 3. The return. Ys. 31, 32. Explain how that God was ever with them in answer to prayer.
AUGUST 27, 1922 NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER Golden Text. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Jas. 5:16. LESSON TEXT (Read Ex. 32:20-32; 1 Sam. 7:5-11; 1 Ki. 8:22-55; Jer. 14:19- 6:12-16; Ac. 1:12-14; Eph. 3:14-21.) Neh. 1:1-11. 22; Mat. 9:37, 38; Lu.
keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: (6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I bring before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children o f Israel, which w e have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. (7) W e have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the command ments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. (8) Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress I w ill scat ter you abroad among the nations: (9) But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do
* ( l ) The words of Nehemiah the son o f Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month of Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, (2) That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah, and I asked them concerning the Jews that had es caped, which were left of the cap tivity, and concerning Jerusalem. (3) And they said unto me, The rem nant that was left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. (4) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, (5) And said, I be seech thee, O Lord, God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that
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