T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S remember the Lord” is the quickening motto of each one in the ranks of His crusade.—Holden. Fear never was a friend to the love of God or man, to duty or conscience, truth or honor. It therefore can never make a good sub ject, a good citizen or a good soldier, and least of all, a good Christian.-^ Brooke. Fight for your brethren. He who is resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered. Such noble despair perishes with difficulty.— Corneille. People usually glorify all sorts of brav ery except the bravery that they might show on behalf of their nearest neigh bors.— Eliot. v. 16. From that time forth. The builders had reason to think the de sign of the enemies broken, yet they were not so secure as to lay down their arms, knowing how unwearied they were in their attempts, and that if tone design failed they would be hatching another. Thus must we watch always against our spiritual enemies and not expect that our warfare will be accomplished till our work is.—Henry. v. 17. With one hand wrought, with other hand held weapon. The work of rebuilding the ruins of Zion is typical of our efforts as Christians to counter act the deterioration ever at work in the professing church and in society. No one who attempts this work will escape hostility, covert or manifested. This is a suggestive attitude pictured here: the girded sword, the spear in one hand and the trowel in the other. So we must work with ears intent for the trumpet sound, ready for any emergency and yet sure that God will fight for us-^-Meyer. v. 18. He that sounded the trumpet was by me. Nehemiah had a man be side him. What was the use of having a man to take up a brass instrument and make a noise in the air? A decorative piece of humanityS-nothing more. You are wrong. We must have trumpet men who can sound a blast, make a cry, set up a signal, float a banner, give the watchword, and mass the people into one patriotic solidity.— Parker. M m How God Helped Nehemiah Build A Wall. Neh. 3:1-7:4. Memory Verse.— “We made our prayer unto our God.” Neh. 4:9. Approach.—How many of you boys and girls live in a home that you saw
853 when }t was being built? I wonder if there was. anything that you could do to help? Yes, you BEGINNERS could run errands. AND PRIMARY There is a new Mabel L. Merrill home g o i n g up across the street from me; the family who are going to live in the home are four in number, father and mother and two little chil dren. It was very interesting to watch, for each one had a share in this home. The oldest little child would pass small pieces of lumber and hammer or saw to her father, and save him climbing down from a ladder or trustle. The tiny lit tle tot had a small pail which she car ried full of water, and put on some flowers mother had set put in the yard. What a lovely world this would be if everybody would always show a helpful spirit. Lesson Story.— Last week we heard about how sad Nehemiah was because of the sad condition of the people in Jerusalem, and how he told God all about it. Then next Nehemiah is very happy for the king tells him he can go up to Jerusalem, and gives him letters to the proper persons for all the mate rial he would need in repairing the walls, and for a lovely home for himself, and sends soldiers with him on tlhe long journey. He arrived at Jerusalem, and met Ezra, who we remember had gone to Jerusalem some time before. Ezra was a priest or minister. Nehemiah went about the city by night and looked at the broken-down walls. He told the people how God had answered his prayers and sent him here to rebuild the broken walls, and he asked the people to (help. The people were very glad to hear this good news, and different men took certain parts of the work, and started right away. When the heathen people living on the outside of the city saw the walls being rebuilt, they did not like it, and they at once sent out three
Made with FlippingBook HTML5