March, 1935
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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Junior K ING ’S BUSINESS B y M a r t h a S. H oo k e r
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B E S T
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B y E dith G oreham C larke
O ne day a little girl was showing a gentleman her birthday book. He turned over the leaves, beginning with January 1, and read the names o f many o f her friends. When he came to December 25, he found one line very care fully written—“ Dear Jesus Christ" “ But, Mary,” he said to her, “this book is only for names of your friends,” Looking up into his face, little Mary quietly replied, “Jesus is my very best Friend.” Can you say that ?_ I f you can, you will want to do something for Him, for we always want to do things for those we love, don’t we? But can children really work for the King o f heaven? Yes, when we know Him as our best Friend, He wants us to work for Him. How thrilling 1 Let me tell you o f how a boy and a girl each worked for the Lord Jesus. W e will have the little girl’s story first. She was a poor little girl, living in an alley o f the slum district o f Chicago, and God used her in a wonderful way to bring a traveling salesman to know Jesus. This man had received his orders from his firm; his trunks, filled with samples, had been sent to the station, and now he had to hurry» after them. With his bag in his hand, he took a short cut to the station through one o f the dirty alleys o f the city. He passed a great number of children whose homes were nothing but wretched basements or ill-ventilated tenements. Yet one little waif was singing at the top of her voice, “There’ll be no sorrow there.” “Where?’’ said the thoughtless salesman; as he passed by. “ In heaven above, where all is love, There’ll be no sorrow there," sang the little girl. The man hurried on and caught his train, but the words he had heard kept ringing in his mind and seemed to be taken up and repeated by the car wheels as the train rolled along. He could not forget the singer' and her song, nor could he rest until he had given his heart to the' Lord Jesus and made sure that he was going to “heaven above, where all is love.” Now for the boy’s story. One day a little boy gave a gospel tract to a grenadier guardsman who was on duty at Windsor Castle. The soldier did not know-the boy, nor has he heard o f him since. He put the tract into his pocket, and when it came time for him to be off duty, he read it. It led him to think of the salvation o f his soul. He had been living a careless life. He was frightened at the danger he saw he was in, and began to ask, “What must I do to be saved?” Afterward he met some young men who told him that the way to be saved was through Jesus Christ, who died in his place. He turned to the Saviour in faith, calling upon Him to save him, and became
demnation ; but is passed from death unto life.” ' Can you say that the Lord Jesus is. your best Friend ?”—Young China. A Story of a Navajo Indian Girl By D orothy E llerton * A ll boys and girls like to hear stories about Indians, especially if they are ■about real, live Indians. Down in Arizona there is a large tribe of Indians called Navajos, and though they live right here in our own country, many o f them are in heathen darkness and do not know anything about the coming o f the Lord Jesus as Saviour. These Indians speak the Navajo language and take part in many strange ceremonies in which heathen Indians delight. There are many little children in this tribe, too, and it is about one little girl in particular that I want to tell you. W e will call her Mary, though this is not her Navajo name. Indian children keep their Indian name a secret when they come to the Mission schools, but they are very happy to be given an English name. When she was a little girl, Mary lived with her parents and brothers and sisters in a hogan, the Indian; name for a mud- house home. She was growing up, with the other children o f the Navajo tribe, to believe in and take part in the heathen customs. But one day somebody visited her hogan—somebody with good news. Now who do you suppose that somebody was? It was a missionary, o f course. What wonderful stories this kind lady told! How the black eyes of little Navajo Mary sparkled as she heard for the first time the story o f Daniel in the lion’s den! What a wonderful God Daniel worshiped, One who was able to close the mouths of such savage beasts as lions! The Navajo tribe knew no such God. Mary also loved to hear of God’s care o f baby Moses in the cradle basket. But the story Mary loved best of all was the one about Jesus and His love for all little children. Gould it be true that He really loved little Indian children? Way down in her heart, Mary kept wondering about this question, but she dared not ask the missionary lady. But Navajo Mary listened to every word the missionary said about Jesus and His love, and soon she realized that His love and His invitation, “ Suffer the little chil dren to come unto me,” really included her, too. What good news! Mary believed, and “ came” to Jesus. He took her into His family, and she became a child o f God, for did He not say, “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” ? This little Indian girl was now very happy. She felt that she must tell all the other children the good news that Jesus * Presbyterian Missionary .
Even the horses ere being trained to keep in step as these British soldiers practice for their parade and fancy drills to be given On the king's birthday, June 3. On these parade grounds in front of Windsor Castle, the sol diers drill for weeks, in order to give a perfect exhibition before their king. Are we trying as faithfully to please our King, the Lord Jesus? How many of us know how much is said in the Bible about soldiers? W ho can find the most New Testament stories in which sol diers appear? In what verses are we as Christians compared to soldiers? Please write to your Junior Editor, so that we may know which J U N IO R K IN G 'S BU SIN ESS reader has the longest list. (You may name separately the different parts of the story of the Lord Jesus' trial and crucifixion. Remember that a centurion was a Roman military officer in charge of a large band of Roman soldiers.) very happy through trusting Him. Having found the Saviour for himself, he wanted others to find Him, too, and to be as happy as he was. He talked to his com panions, told them what God had done for him, and asked them to give their hearts to the Lord Jesus because God was able and willing to hear and save any one. Who can tell what the result o f that boy’s simple action may bet Let me tell you about another boy who took the Lord Jesus as his best Friend. He read and believed that wonderful verse, John 5 :24. Will you look it up and read it? One day this boy was sitting in a room by himself when the devil began to tempt him to think that the Lord Jesus had not really saved him at all. At last the battle became so fierce that the boy said it seemed as if the enemy were actually under the lounge on which he was sitting, talking to him. For a while he did not know how to answer Satan; then he thought o f an idea. Opening his pocket Bible, he placed his finger on John 5 :24, and reaching down under the lounge, said, “There you are, Satan 1 Read it yourself.” The verse was: “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath ever lasting life, and shall not come into con
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