THE K I NG ' S B U S I N E S S want to remember. His name was Jere miah, and he had a very hard time be cause in those days long ago when he lived, the people of God were not liv ing in the way that God wanted them to live, for they were dishonest and un truthful with each other, and would be come very angry and even kill each other. They worshipped the idols of the heathen people, and did everything wrong. You know that is just the way with people today that do not follow after God and do the things He has asked them to do in the Bible, which is His word. As God looked down upon these people and saw how sinful they were, it made His heart sad, and He thought of His faithful preacher, Jere miah, so God told Jeremiah to go to these people,and tell them of their awful sinful life, and tell them of God and how they were forgetting Him and wan dering far away from Him, and that if they did not come back to God and follow Him their enemies would soon come in and take their city and carry them away as prisoners. Now boys and girls do you think this was a very easy thing for the dear old preacher Jeremiah to do? No, it was very hard to go to these people and tell them of their wrong doings, and Jeremiah felt timid and knew just how the wicked people would make fun of him, but he was faithful, and he knew that God and the angels were on his side, even though he could not see them, so he went bravely forth and took the message of God to the people. One of the sins of these people was drinking wine. Now there w:ere some people living among these people who had promised their fathers they would never drink strong drink, hut that had been a long time ago, so Jeremiah gave them a hard test. He placed plenty of wine before these people and what do you think they did? They said, “We will drink no wine.” They kept their promise to their fathers,
1030 shame many professing Christians who are disobedient to an infinite God and utterly forget His precepts.— Sum. Bible. By the obedience of the Rechab-j ites to their father Jeremiah condemns thé disobedience of the Jews to God their Father.— J. F. & B. Men’s faith in men condemns their distrust of God.— Sel. God asks from us only what we are willing to give to one another and God is often refused what men have but to ask and it is given. Virtues which we exercise to each other rebuke us because we so often refuse to exer cise them toward God. Men’s love to men condemns their lovelessness toward God.—Maclaren. A True Temperance Story. Jeremiah 35:1-8. ' Memory Verse; “They said, We will drink no wine.” Jer. 35:6. Approach: From circles of paper about two inches in diameter cut out little serpents, dotting the eyes and tongue with a pencil. Then on coil of each of serpents PRIMARY AND write name of one of BEGINNERS results of drinking; Mabel L. Merrill such as, “Poverty,” “Ragged Clothes,” “Tumble Down House,” “Accidents,” “Quarreling,” “Unhappy Homes,” “De lirium Tremens,” “Lost Soul,” etc. After labeling the serpents place in an ordinary glass and cover with paper napkin and place before class. Let the children make a few guesses as to con tents of covered glass, and then tell them that it represents a wine glass, and that it contains several snakes. Uncover and let children suggest other evil results. (From Pelouhet’s Notes.) Lesson Story: The people we are to hear about in our story today lived a long time ago, and the man who was a faithful preacher, and did just as God told him to do, is one whose name we
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