September, 1941
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Junior King s Business By MARTHA S. HOOKER Member of Facility, Bible Institute of Los Angeles
“You are right,” agreed the doctor. "And the Almighty God is here with us. He loves every one of you. Then* are but two leaders—Satan and God The Lord Jesus said, ‘Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.’ To night is the time to choose. What are you going to do about it? You will have plenty of chances to be brave like David, for right down in our part of the city there are sins that destroy— that make boys thieves, liars, and pris oners. Who will be the first to pray?” All was very quiet for a minute. Then Chink Kenwasky said, “ O God of David, this gang hasn’t played fair with You —or—oi anybody. We’re all mean. I guess I’m the meanest one of all. Now I’d like to help You get rid of the giants down in ,Wild Cat Alley. Please for give me. Come into my dirty heart. Clean it up. Help me to be brave— and good—and kind to my mother— and all my family—and the neighbors —for Jesus’ sake—Amen.” After every boy had prayed, the doc tor said, “Thank You, dear Lord Jesus, for giving us the chance to accept Thee as our Saviour and Master. Help us to be victorious first right where we live. Amen.” A Telephone Message* It was a Sunday afternoon in the parsonage. The pastor, Mr. Blake, was resting after a busy morning of serv ice. Suddenly, the quiet of the home was broken by the ringing of the tele phone. The pastor hastened to pick up the receiver and to answer with a cheery “Hello.” A girl's voice answered him from the other end of the line. “Who is speaking?” Mr. Blake asked. “I don’t want you to know who I am, but I have something I want to ask you,” the girlish voice replied. With a note of laughter in his voice, he encouraged, “Go ahead. What Is It?” “I have a girl friend who goes to your church, and she is always talk ing to me about Jesus. She was saved a few months ago, and her life is so different now that she doesn’t seem like the same person. We used to quarrel all the time, but she won’t fight with me now at all. Even her mother says she is different. She tells me that un less I am saved, I will not go to heaven.
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O NE EVENING young “Dr. Bob” Nelson and rifteen members of the Black Foot Gang of Wild fire telling exciting hero stories. To most of these boys from the poorer dis trict of the city, the story hour in a mountain setting was an entirely new experience. When the last boy had finished, the doctor said, “You have done well, but I think you’ll agree The story I’m going to tell is the best be cause David, a shepherd lad, dared to face a nine-foot, well-armored giant and his entire army in order to honor his God and to deliver his own people from an enemy. “The boy’s father had sent him to the army of King Saul to see how his three oldest brothers were getting along. As the lad drew near the camp, he saw that the two armies were set ready for battle. The soldiers of Israel were on one hill, and the Philistines across the brook on an opposite hill. “As David was talking with his broth ers, from the enemy’s side came Goliath, the giant. He strutted up and down in front of King Saul’s man, yelling as he had every night and morning for forty days: ‘Give me a man, that we may fight together.’ ‘If he . . . kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants.’ , “At once all the men of King Saul’s army became terrified, but David said, •Who is this Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?’ And then David himself offered to fight the giant. “The three older brothers became an gry with the lad They said he was try ing to make a show of himself, but when the king heard of the offer, he sent for David. David was so young that the king was afraid to let him go to meet
against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him . . . The Lord that delivered me out of the pàw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.’ “The king put his armor on the young lad, but it was too big, so David ran toward the giant simply with his sling to protect himself and to deliver his nation. As he crossed the brook, he stooped and carefully selected five smooth stones. “When the proud Goliath saw David, he was disgusted. He said, T will give your fies? unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.’ “Even then David was not nervous. He replied, ‘Thou comest to me with a sword, and with ,a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou has' de fied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into min^ hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; . . . that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel.’ “As David ran toward the enemy, he threw the first stone. It sank into the forehead of the giant. The great Go liath fell, and soon David had cut his head off with the giant’s own sword. “When the Philistines realized their champion was dead, they fled, and the armies of King Saul went after them. “Now what do you fellows think of David and his story?” Dr. Bob con cluded. “David is the hero for us,” announced one of the boys. “Let’s give him three cheers.” When the boys were again quiet, the doctor asked, “How was it that David succeeded ?” “His God helped him out,” replied Ben Mason.
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the g i a n t until David said, “Thy servant kept His father’s s h e e p , and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out a f t e r him, and smote him, an d delivered it o u t of his mouth: and when he a r o s e
And I believe she is right, but every time I t h i n k a b o u t accepting Jesus, something always tells me not to. But I real ly think I ought to, don’t y o u ? ” Then she went on to explain that her *Reported by Biola ttudent.
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