My D 09 is Done For! Robert Moffat, the missionary, told a story of how way off in Bechuana- land he met a man looking very un happy. “What is the matter? Who is dead?” asked Moffat. “There is nobody dead,” answered the man, "but my son tells me that my dog has eaten a leaf out of the Bible.” “Well,” said Moffat, "I’ll give you another one in its place.” “It’s too late,” exclaimed the man. “It’s not the Bible, it’s the dog I’m thinking of; the dog will never any more bite anybody nor catch jackals; he will become tame like the people who believe in that Book. All our war riors become as gentle as women when they believe in that Book, and my dog is done for!” We should always remember that unsaved people all about us have much the same idea as this heathen man. They know that the Bible is supposed to change our lives and if it does not do so, they think we are only pretend ing to be Christians. Let us be very careful to show our playmates that it makes us better boys and girls to have Jesus in our lives, otherwise they will come to think that Jesus is not a powerful Saviour. A Bible Alphabet Here is part of a list of names of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Bible references in which they are found. The names begin with twenty-one letters of the alphabet. There are ten here. The rest will be published on this page next month. A-lpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8). B-ridegroom (Matt. 9:15). C-hief Corner Stone (1 Pet. 8:6). D-esire of all nations (Hag. 8:7). E-mmanuel (Matt. 1:85). Faithful and True' (Rev. 19:11). G-ovemor 7 Matt. 8:6). H-igh Priest (Heb. 5:10). |-ntercessor (Heb. 7:85). J-esus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews (John 19:19). New K.Y.B.C. Members CEDAR KEY, FLA .: Frankie Fae Coulter; Willie Gunther; Dorothy Hathcox; Patricia Ann Padgett; Charlene. Charles, Margaret Louise and Sonya Rogers; Corrls Faye, Edith and Hortense Wadley; Gordon Walrath (Alba Kirchhaine, leader). - CLATSKANIE, OREG.: Dennis Buhlz (Mrs. W. A. Buhtz, parent). ELFRIDA, AR1Z.: Patsy and Peggy Peevey (Mrs. J. M. Peevey, parent). T HE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
a t t e o v e t t h f , <7 > ie a iu > ie á > T ITTLE MARY was sitting in the ■*“* library with her Uncle George one afternoon. Uncle George had told her to keep quiet, as he had some ac counts to look over; so Mary busied herself with a picture book. For an hour all was still, then Mary heard her uncle say: "There, I have quite a nice sum laid up against a time of need.” "What are you talking about, Un cle George?” asked Mary. “About my treasures, l i t t l e girl, that I have laid up.” “Up in Heaven?” asked Mary, who had heard her father that morning read about laying up treasures in Heaven. “Oh, no, Mary; my treasures aré all on earth—some in banks and some in other p l a c e s,” answered Uncle George. “But haven’t you any in Heaven, too?” asked Mary. “Well, I don’t believe I have,” said Uncle George, thoughtfully. “But run away now and play with the other children, for I am going out.” Uncle George went out, and was gone a good while, but all the time he was thinking that, after all, per haps he was not so well off if he had no treasure laid up in Heaven, to be ready for him when he left this world and his money behind him. He was so impressed with the thought that he wisely decided to lay up treasures in Heaven. Little Mary never knew until years after—when she also, with clear un derstanding of what it meant, began to lay up for herself treasures in H e a v e n—that it was her question which started Uncle George on a gen erous, active Christian life.—Selected. A Thankful Heart I “Sometimes I say an extra prayer, Besides the one for which I kneel; I I stand and look up at the | stars, And tell our Father how I feel. I “I do not ask for anything; I just feel happy through I and through; I let my heart give thanks
Elio has many happy playmates write his name. He has learned a iew figures too. About two evenings a week Elio goes to the missionaries’ house to sing. Now that he has gone to school he likes to help his sister find the pages in the little hymn book. Most of the people who go are poor read ers, or are unable to read at all. One of those who cannot read is a cute little girl, seven years old, who has just gotten her second teeth. Suddenly, one day recently she understood the numbers on the pages, and the way the pages counted. Her eyes began to shine. Somebody asked for a cer tain song and she found the correct page. "Look, look!” she shouted, “I found it!” Another hymn was announced and she found that one, too. A little later she said, “I can find them now; I am thinking!” ■ “Umph!” grunted a man across the circle, “That must be because you’ve got teeth!” When Elio’s mother gets sick, she is apt to call the witch doctor to cure her. Sometimes Elio wakes up in the middle of the night, and he can see the witch doctor working, and he can hear his mournful chant. One of the favorite cures is egg, rubbed all over the sick person. Often the witch doc tor uses some cocoa beans and the red feathers of a parrot as his medi cine. Once Elio’s sister had a sore eye and the witch doctor pretended to suck a big bug out of it. This is all very serious to Elio. He has been raised to believe in it all. Although Elio loves to sing Chris tian hymns, and likes to listen to Bible stories, he has never learned
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and sing Till all the world seems good and true.” —Annie W. McCullough.
to trust the Lord Jesus. Let us pray that he will soon let the Saviour come into his heart.
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