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fill the empty bottle and give the little lad a drink. This well of water saved the lives of both mother and son. And He who answered this cry so long ago, will also hear and answer your prayers, boys and girls. Let us be faithful in keeping our prayer time, and let us ex pect great answers from God, our heavenly Father. Lovingly, Y our J unior E ditor . Answ ers to “Jumbled Birds” Puzzle How many of you were able to find Bible verses in which there are the names of birds? Here are places where the jumbled names given in the April J unior K ing ’ s B usiness may be found:
SCATTERING MAY DAY SUNSHINE
“What can we do ? I wish we could give something in a way that would really be giving to Jesus.” It was Janice who spoke. Janice was the president of the Sunshine Class of Junior girls. The Sunday-school lesson had been the story of Mary’s love gift (John 12). Miss Maybelle had made the lesson very sweet and real to the hearts of her class of ten Junior girls, and as they went from the classroom, they were determined to some how find an alabaster box of precious per fume to-break at the feet of the Lord Jesus. “Would flowers be all right? I could give flowers—,” Mary Jane answered Janice’s question shyly. “Flowers would be lovely!” joined in Ruby Brown. She lived near Mary Jane and knew how carefully and lovingly Mary Jane’s mother cared for her garden, which was her only way of earning the money to provide for herself and her little family. “Yes, flowers would be a real love gift,” continued Janice. “But how would we give them ?” “Why not make May baskets?” chimed in Betty Lou, who had been standing by, listening, but saying not a word. “May baskets!” shouted all the girls to gether. “What a fine idea, Betty Lou I” Janice ex claimed. “How did you happen to think of something so lovely?” This is how it happened that on the last day of April, ten Junior girls from the Sunshine Class met at Miss Maybelle’s to make May baskets as a love gift for the Lord Jesus. Such armfuls of flowers they brought—violets, pansies, roses, and free- sias! Each girl brought some. Miss May- belle wanted to have a part in the plans, too. She furnished the baskets, which, even without flowers, were very pretty, with their tall bow-shaped handles. What a happy day the Sunshine Class had, filling the May Day baskets! The flowers were carefully selected for each basket, and just as carefully arranged. And all the work was mingled with laughter, happy singing of choruses, and real love for the ones chosen to receive the love gifts- . When the task was completed, ten tired girls gathered about the baskets. They were fairly bubbling over with joy as they admired each of the different baskets. “There’s just one thing more to do, girls, before our gifts are ready to go on their errands of love,” suggested Miss Maybelle. “Wouldn’t you like to tuck away among the flowers a message from the Lord Jesus?” “Yes, that would be fine,” chorused the girls. Then each girl wrote on a dainty card a Bible verse she had learned at Sun- 4ay-school, and tucked the card away among the posies. Morning, and the discovery of the May Day baskets, brought joy to ten homes. H ow to Join th e K. Y. B. Club To becom e a member of the Know Your Bible Club, read through the Gospel^ accord ing to John, using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sen t upon request. When the Gospel has been read, and a sta te m ent to this effect signed by parent or Sun day-school teacher, has been sent to the Ed itor of the Junior King’s B usiness, a K.Y.B.C. pin will be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins m ay w ish to share the co st of these supplies, as the Lord directs: Gospels, post paid, five cents each; pins, w ithout postage, tw o cents each. However, no one is to do w ithout a Gospel or pin because of lack of m oney. A ddress: Junior King’s^ B usiness, 558 So. H ope St., Los A ngeles, Calif.
Crippled Sue, who had never been able to play a single game all her life because every movement hurt her, declared she had never received anything so lovely as her May Day basket. And when she read the verse, “Your Father knoweth,” her joy was mingled with tears as she thanked Him for His love. Then there was Grandma Payne, who sat by the window all day and waved to the boys and girls as they passed. She loved her basket, and kept it close beside her and read and re-read the precious promise: “Lo, I am with you alway.” Other baskets went to Mr. Bart, the blind man; to tiny John, who would never be able to run and play again; to Mrs. Clay, whose husband had just gone to be with the Lord; and to others whose hearts were made glad by the fragrant love gifts. As for the members of the Sunshine Class, their happiness knew no bounds; their faces shone with a joy that comes only from remembering others. Miss May belle said they had indeed lived up to their name by scattering so much May Day sun shine. The Bible story of Mary’s love gift had borne fruit. The girls had found an ala baster box to break at the feet of Jesus, and the perfume floated in and out among the homes of the sad and lonely, bearing a sweet message about the Lord Jesus. Dear Boys and Girls: I have just read, in Genesis 21:14-21, the touching story of Hagar and her little boy. You will want to read it, too. There is one verse in this story which I am sure you will like especially, and it is this: “And God heard the voice of the lad.” I’m thankful for this verse, aren’t you? It tells us that even boys and girls, may ex pect that when they speak to God, He will hear. Our loving heavenly Father hears and answers prayer. Do you, dear Juniors, have a prayer time each day, when you talk to your Father in heaven? And have you had any of your prayers answered? I do wish you would write me and tell me how God has heard and answered your prayers. The little lad and his mother in our Bible story were in great trouble. They had been cast out of their home, with only a bottle of water and some bread, and had been sent to wander about in the wilder ness. Of course the bread and water did not last long; and the poor mother, Hagar, gave up all hope. She thought death would surely overtake them both. But the “little lad,” under the shrubs where his mother had placed him, cried out in his suffering. The Bible does not tell us what he said, or whether he spoke any words at all, but it does tell us that_ God, the heavenly Father who hears the voice of little children, heard this lad’s cry and answered. God caused the mother to see a well of water right near by, and she. hurried to A Message to You
1. dove (Gen. 8:8). 2. raven (Gen. 8:7). 3. sparrow (Matt. 10:29). 4. eagle (Isa. 40:31). 5. owl (Isa. 34:15). 6. peacock (Job 39:13). 7. stork (Psa. 104:17). 8. pelican (Psa. 102:6). 9. swallow (Psa. 84:3). 10. Ostrich (Job 39:13). 11. hawk (Job 39:26). 12. pigeon (Lk. 2:24). 13. quail (Psa. 105:40).
New K. Y. B. C. Members The following have read through the Gospel according to John and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: Albany, Ore.: Albert Jantzen; Virginia Steiglemeier; and Colleen Williams. Betyer, Calif.: Jack DeMille. Duluth, Minn.: Geneivieve Bergfalk; Helen Carlson; Betty Dewey; Donna and lone Johnson; Betty Peterson; Shirley Mae Ponkow; Betty Jane Shaw; and Elna Stenstrom (M i s s Edna Boldstridge, teacher). Elyria, Kans.: Carl and Laura Schrag. Fresno, Calif.: Verda Mae Applegate; Edman Boles; Doris Fairy; Peter Der Giragosian; Serouhe Hachadourian; Theo dore Kizirian; Henpr Ko; Freda and Roxie Peloian; Mollie Richards; Evelyn Sahorian; and Melvin Summers. ■ Greenville, S. C.: Gladys Bishop; Ruth Ferguson; Curtis Haney; Rachel and Thelma Martin; George and Marion Mc- CreigHt; Gladys Robinson; Elizabeth Simpson; Ellen and Helen Sims; Sarah Smith; Edith, Marvin, and William Tur ner (Miss Helen Duffy, teacher). Hurdsfield, N. Dak.: Bobbie Nielsen. Leonidas, Mich.: Ruth Draper. Los Angeles, Calif.: Gertrude Allen; Anna Belle Brown; Betty Fahle; Shirley Johnson; Jean Kozier; Lita Lauter; De- lores McLean (Miss LaVerne Van Orman, teacher). Carl Hultquist; Howard Kirk patrick ; Carl Kroll; Daniel Martinez; Otto Miller; and Kurt Oeffinger. Louisville, Ky.: Alberta Basinger; Eliza beth Bright; Laura Mae Bryson; Aline and Ruth Burk; Mary Cunningham; Ber tha Fortner; Irene Haack; Louise Pra ther; Ethel Robinson; Ruby Stillings; and Helen Yurt (Mrs. S. L. Rose, teacher). Main Centre, Sask., Canada: Lydia Unger. Medicine Lodge, Kans.: Essie Byerley; Mary Margaret Hard; and Leona Moo- man. Mishawaka, Ind.: Earl J. Scanlon, Jr. New Bedford, Ohio: Grace and Miriam Levengood. New Miami, Ohio: Faith Mary Kelly; Anna Mae Newton; and Anna Belle Val- lance. [Continued on page 196]
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