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n aughty child tells something about us which is not tru e and tries to h u rt us, we will act kindly tow ard them , and bear it patiently, and then we may have a chance to win them for Jesus, and then when th e ir h ea rt is full of His love they will no t w ant to do naughty acts. Another th ing we find in this beautiful le tte r of P au l’s about love, is th a t if some boy or girl has nicer things th an we have, we will no t envy them , th a t is we will no t be cross about it. You know sometimes I h ear boys and girls say they won’t go to Sunday School because they have not as nice clothes as some o th er folks have. Now here is th e way love acts. They will go to Sunday School because they love Jesus, and not ju st to wear nice clothes. Of Course we will w ant to wear our clean clothes and see th a t our shoes are clean, or if we are barefoot, th a t our feet are washed. Love is never selfish, b u t always th ink s of others first, and will not th ink w rong of others. Love will make us sorry when our compan ions do wrong instead of glad. You know, boys and girls, we tell the differ en t kinds of trees by the fru it they bear. Ju st so we can tell whether peo ple have love in th eir h ea rts by th e way they act. I was in a home th e o ther day and I saw some very ugly fru it in the acts of a little girl, who got angry w ith h er b ro th er who was younger th a n she, and even struck him. I wonder what kind of fru it we are showing in our homes. Now we will have our memory^ verse, and then we will see if during the nexi week, we can live w hat this verse tells us. We cannot do it our selves, b u t df we love Jesus and ask Him to help us, then His love will fill our h earts. (Emphasize selfishness in th is lesson, for out of it flows all other w rong.) Closing P ray er.-SD ear Lord Jesus, we th a n k Thee for Thy wonderful love to us, and help us to show our love in th e things we do each day.
G rammar School, Mr. Moncur, sink his tawse in the river F ay before th e lads, as a sign th a t he would use no physical force to command th e ir obedience, and th a t th is had a marvelous influence over 'th em all. He literally ruled by love. ja a How to Show Our Love. 1 Cor. 13: Memory Verse.— “L et us love one ano th er.” 1 John 4:7. Approach*— It is said of a certain king th a t when seated a t his sumptuous table, sometimes word would be brought th a t th e poor were a t his gates. in g reat crowds BEGINNERS crying for bread. AND PRIMARY He did not say, Mabel L. M errill “God pity th em !” bu t would com mand his servants to tak e th e food from his table to feed them .— P ractical .Commentary. Lesson Story.— This beautiful story about th e king shows he had love in his h ea rt for th e poor people who were hungry, and because th e re was love, he did something to help them . In our story today we are going to h ear some of the wonderful things; P aul w rote to some friends of his a long tim e ago. It is one of th e most beautiful letters ever w ritten , and it is all about love, and boys and girls, did you know th a t love is th e g reatest thing in all th e world. P aul loved these people very much to whom he w rote the letter, and he had heard about some of them not acting to ward each other as those who love one another should act. Some of them had even quarreled. You see, children, peo ple who lived a long tim e ago got into trouble and did wrong th ing s ju st as we do when we are not filled w ith the love of Jesus. Now Paul tells them w hat love will really do. Listen to w hat love will do. “Love suffereth long, and is kind.” T h at means if some
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