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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ W E READ that near the end of the Revolutionary War, this order, was given by George Washington to his army: “The Commander in Chief directs that divine services be performed every Sunday at 11 o’clock in those brigades in which there are chap lains; those which have none, to at tend the places of worship nearest to them. It is expected that Officers of all Ranks will by their attend ance set the example to their men. While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and sol diers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished char acter of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more nota ble character of Christian. The signal instances of providential goodness which we have experienced, and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete success, de mand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.” From these words of the man whose birthday we celebrate on Feb ruary 22, we realize that George Washington, our first President, placed his trust in God. He believed in prayer and was careful to thank God for victory, protection, and an swers to prayer. President George Washington pH pH A braham L incoln as a boy loved books. He said, “The tilings I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I haven’t read.” Not only did Lincoln love books, but he loved God’s Book, the Bible. This he read again and again. One of his favorite verses in the book of Proverbs was, “He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.” Like Abraham Lincoln, we should make friends of good books, espe cially of God’s Book. For God’s Word will do for us what it did for Abra ham Lincoln and the boy Timothy to whom Paul wrote, “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which.are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” Abraham Lincoln ^ P r e s id e n t pit
my whole heart” (Psa. 9:1). “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me” (John 14:1). “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart” (Psa. 34:18). “My son, give me thine heart” (Prov. 23:26). Some of the children chose to draw an ojutline of a heart rather than write' the word heart in the verses; others cut out s m a l l hearts and pasted them in the place where the word j heart came in the verse. Thé Wordless Book Valentines were the most exciting. Hearts were cut out of bljick, red, white, and yellow (or gold)j paper. Each one was folded in the middle. Half of the black heart was pasted to half of the red heart. Half of the white heart was pasted to tlie other half of the red heart. Half jof the gold heart to half of the white heart, and half of the gold heart to the other half of the black heart. When finished, Miss Louise gave the class the verses for their books; they were suggested by the colored hearts. Thè black heart suggests sin. Ro mans 3:23— “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Thè red heart tells of the Lord Jesus' dying for the sinner. First John 1:7—“And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” The white h e a r t reminds us of Psalm 51:7—“Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." The gold makes us think of the beautiful city the Lord is preparing for them who have received Him as Saviour. The streets in the Heaven ly city are of pure gold. Revelation 21:21—“And the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transpar ent glass.” John 14:2, 3—“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and re- cieve you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” The girls were thrilled with these valen tines, for they knew what they could! use them in telling others about' Jesus. The valentines were finished, and Miss Louise led the group to the din ing room where ice cream and other good things were served. As the girls left for home, they Were very happy. “This has been .the best party of all,” they agreed. Miss Louise knew trie•secret—they had made love gifts for others. —M. S. H.
TyriSS LOUISE’S parties for her ♦’ + Sunday school class of girls were always filled with surprises, and the one in February was the best of all. The big surprise came when Miss Louise opened the door to a sunny room in her home and led the class in to find tables set up, each one provided with I scissors, paste, colored paper and crayons. The class soon found seats* about the tables wondering, “What are we going to make?” Soon Miss Louise began to explain: “Valentine’s Day is only ten days away, so today we are going to make valentines—valentines that are ‘dif ferent’ to send to old people in the Home, and to crippled children in the hospital.” Soon the sunny room became a beehive of activity. Would you like to know the kind of valentines this class made? First, pieces of heavy white paper were''folded and heart patterns of various sizes were cut. Then these patterns were used to cut hearts from the red construction paper. Some of the red hearts were pasted in the center of a pretty lacy paper doily. A white heart was pasted on the back to make it look finished. The red heart was ¡decorated with flowers cut from olirbirthday cards. A loop of ribbon, held in place by a seal, and placed on the back, provid ed a way to hang it up on the wall. Others were made by placing the pattern on pieces of folded paper. In this way heart-shaped booklets were made. These were decorated too with designs cut from used birthday cards. When it came time to write the greetings either on the backs or on the insides of the heart-shaped fold ers, Miss Louise took her Bible in her hand. “Valentines bear messages of love," she said. “This Book, God’s Book, is His valentine to us, telling us how much He loves us. Let us 'choose verses from it to write on our valentines, then they will indeed be ‘different’.” So the class wrote in their best writing, or printed in red or white ink, or with crayon, such verses as the following: “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). “He knoweth the secrets of the heart” (Psa. 44:21)7’ ! “Singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Eph. 5:19). “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psa. 51:10). “I will praise thee, O Lord, with
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