THE K I NG ' S BUS I NES S great many trips carrying the twigs and grass and hair. Children, how do you suppose she knew how to make such a good nest? Yes, God gave the birds their knowledge, th a t is, knowing just how to build a nest. Then after the nest was finished, - pretty soon there were three little speckled eggs, and then the mother bird had to stay close at home, and what did she do with the eggs? She sat on them day and night to keep them warm, only leaving them a little while to get something to eat. Then one day down on the ground under the nest were some pieces of broken egg shell, but what' was in the nest? Sure, three little, tiny birdies. My, they, were so tiny and helpless; they could not walk or fly or help themselves at all. How were these little helpless birdies ever going to grow up? Do you think they were afraid they would starve? No, indeed,' for the mother bird hunted and picked ju st the nicest, fattest little worms and bugs she could find for her babies, for she loved them. Of course, they soon grew up and flew away. And one day after the birds had been gone a long time, the Wind blew the nest down, and that is how I came to have it. Prayer. Lesson Story.—Jesus and His disci ples were walking along together one day and although He had told them plainly what was going to happen to Him, how He would be cruelly treated and put to death, yet they never un derstood Him when He spoke of these things. They still thought, even though He did suffer and die, that afterward He would set up His kingdom here on earth, become a great king, and that then they would become great also. As they thought of these things, they really began to dispute among themselves as to which one of them would be the greatest. Ju st about this time they came to the home of Peter, and they all stopped a t his house for a while. As they walked along Jesus had heard what they had said, and how each one wanted
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if he have the root of all perfectness in him, then though he passes into life maimed he will not continue so there.— Ibid* « v. 10. In heaven their angels. Their servants (Heb. 1:14). The tradition of so-called guardian angels has no founda tion in this text.—Comp. Bible. Chil dren are the constant objects of God’s regard. Whatever the mysteries con nected with the subject, this must ap pear plain. What happens to the “lit tle ones’’ is of immediate interest to the Father.—-Horn. Com. Enough to know that to the good angels as heavenly ser vants is committed the care of the heirs of salvation.—Fraser. v. 11. Son of man is come. Christ’s errand a t His first advent was to save the lost. This is a good reason why the least and “weakest believers should not be despised or offended. If Christ de nied Himself so much for their salva tion, surely we should deny ourselves for their edification and consolation (Rom. 14:15; 1 Cor. 8:11, 12). Christ will reckon severely with those who ob struct and hinder His work by obstruct ing the progress of those who are set ting their faces heavenward.-r—Henry. Save the lost. The work of Christ sup poses the fact of a lost condition such as makes salvation necessary. One’s want of sensibility to the lost condition Christ assumes may prove the truth of it. “ If our gospel be hid it is hid to them th a t are lost.”—Bushnell. God’s Care for Little Children. Matt. 18:1-14. Memory Verse.—“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1. Approach.i^-I have something wrap ped up in this paper to show you this morning. What is it? A bird’s nest. Now I want you to look at it closely and see just how BEGINNERS well it is made. On AND PRIMARY the outside we see Mabel L. Merrill the little sticks of twigs bound together in such a wonderful way, and as we look on the inside it is made of soft grasses and hair, so soft and cosy for the little baby birdies. It took the lit tle mother bird quite a few days to make this lovely nest, and she made a
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