March, 1942
THE K I NG ’ S BUSINESS
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Junior King's Business By MARTHA S. HOOKER Member o f Vacuity, Bible Institute o f Los Angeles
every week for a year after you get back to work. How would that suit you?’ “ 'Suit me! I’ll be ready for that doctor tomorrow.’ “You see, Mr. Haywood knew that Ted would be happier if he 'could pay a certain price, though he did not tell Ted that the gifts of kind friends had made tit possible to ask the very low price of ten cents a week from patients like Ted. “It was months before Newsboy Ted came out of the hospital. He had suf fered much, but he had been brave. Now he was not only straight, but he was happy as well, for the minister and the doctor had shown him how to have the Lord Jesus enter his heart as his very own Saviour.” As Miss Lucy paused, Steve Benton, a boy on a front seat, said, “Jesus is a Great Physician. He can make crooked folks go straight. I know, for He did it for our neighbor. The fellow
MAKING CROOKED FOLKS STRAIGHT B y A lverta N. D undas
"Jesus said . . . Him that cometh to • me I will in no wise cast out" (John { 6:37). A LL the boys and girls of the- I j \ Sh i p l e r . Commun i t y House 1 X J l loved Miss Lucy. The smiling j little lady told them exciting stories | Saturday afternoons, and once a month she brought refreshments for ; a party. j ' It was a pleasant spring afternoon, j A cool breeze from the lake came j through the open windows of the large j living room. A green bowl filled with I peach blossoms stood on the piano, j and the mantel clock ticked softly. By j two o’clock a group of happy girls and boys were in, their seats, antT they j applauded heartily when Miss Lucy | announced she had two true stories to I ■tell them. When all were quiet enough j to hear a pin drop, she began: "You are going to hear about two j boys. Both were crooked, but crooked j in different ways. The first, Ted, was j an orphan n e w s b o y , and he had j crooked eyes, crooked arms, crooked | legs, crooked feet, and even a-crooked | smile. He was so crooked that many j people who passed the corner where he j 5 stood would stop to look at him. Some |; were mean enough to laugh at him j and to ask questions that hurt. Others % called him ‘Freak,’ ‘Twist,’ ‘Shove j Along,’ and ‘Side Show.’ But the kind- | hearted ones bought papers and ad- | dressed him as ‘Partner,’ ‘Good Sport,’ j and ‘Tops.’ “The day Rev. John Haywood saw Ted for the first time, he, like others, ] stopped to look at the crooked boy. j Ted gave him a crooked smile as he j asked, ‘Want a paper, Mister?’ | “ ‘Yes, I do,’ replied the minister, ‘I i also want to know whether you would i like to be made straight.’ " ‘Made straight!' exclaimed Ted. j ‘Mister, t no one could make me j straight.’ “ ‘I have a friend-—a great physician j —who would rather make crippled j folks straight than to eat,’ explained ! Mr. Haywood. “ ‘Eat what? Turkey and sweet po- i tatoes—ice cream, coconut cake and ; chocolate creams!’ l a u g h e d Ted. j ‘Where is your friend?’ “ ‘He works in the big hospital.’ j “ ‘Hospital—hospital!’ repeated the
crooked boy. ‘It costs a lot of money to be in a hospital. I won’t go unless I can pay my bill.’ “ ‘I’ll see how much it would be and let you know soon,’ said the minister as he started down the street. “Early the following morning, Mr. JIaywood found Ted on the corner. Cheerfully he said: ‘Partner,, you may enter the hospital any day. Pay ten cents when admitted and ten cents
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