prayer to reach heaven. We are told that we should pray with thanksgiv ing. This wire coming out of the heart spells THANKSGIVING. When the wire reaches the H representing heaven, there is a new light in the heart. (Contact the end of the other wire.) Of course, other things besides thanksgiving enter into our receiving answers to prayer. We need to pray that God’s will may be done. But there is a glow of joy and gladness in the heart of each Christian when he realizes that his prayer offered with thanksgiving, has reached heaven. Nov. 29, 1953 S i g h t n o t R ig h t OBJECTS: A mirror, a piece of glass, a bottle of gilt paint and a brush. LESSON: I am going to tell you the story of “The Poor Rich Man.” Some rich people are very poor. There was a rich young man who came to Jesus wanting eternal life. Christ knew that this man’s money was a hindrance to him, and was making him selfish. Christ told him to sell all and give to the poor. This young man loved his riches so dearly that he refused to obey Christ, and went away sorrow ing. Think what a poor rich man he was when he refused the opportunity of securing riches untold for eternity! The Bible tells us that those who accept Christ as Saviour will be “heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17). In my hand I hold a mirror and a piece of glass. What is the difference between them? I can see clearly through this glass, and I am able to see anyone who might need my help. But when I paint the back of it with this gilt paint, I see only a reflection of my self! (The reflection will, of course, be less distinct than in a mirror.) The rich young man who came to Christ allowed his vision to be so filled with gold, that he could not see the poor around him, and he could not appreciate Christ’s great worth. So he went away sadly. The person who has not found Christ as Saviour is poor indeed, though he be the possessor of millions of dollars; and he who has Christ as Saviour is rich indeed, though he may be penniless.
bringing refreshment and happiness to other people. In looking at these two cans, I am reminded of the words of the Bible: “ It is more blessed to give than to receive.” And, “God loveth a cheerful giver.” If in a few days you were to come to this stingy can, you would find that the water was stagnant and im pure, because the can refused to give that which it received. The two lakes on this map of Pal estine remind us of the same truth. The Sea of Galilee is a living body of water, where people live and labor, because it gives that which it receives. The Dead Sea is dead because it re ceives, but never gives. The amount we give is. not as important as the amount we keep. Nov. 22, 1953 T h i n k in g A b o u t T h a n k in g OBJECTS: A piece of cardboard 12 x 36 inches, two dry-cell batteries, 12 feet of copper wire, and a small light bulb. (Place a gold-colored H near' the top of the cardboard, and cut out a heart-shape near the bottom. Sketch the outline of a globe around the heart. On the back of the cardboard, just above the heart, fasten the light bulb. Solder a piece of wire to the center contact of the bulb and run it to the batteries, then up the back of the cardboard and through the card board and the center of the H. Twist the other piece of wire to spell the word, THANKSGIVING. Run one
The Armour of God S haron, you eat those potato peel ings. Those little India boys would |be glad to have them, wouldn’t they Daddy? They’re so hungry they even eat worms.” Kent’s command to his older sister came on the heels of Dr. Tal bot’s film, India’s Sorrows, which the family had just seen. The im pact of this documentary evidence of spiritual and physical poverty where Christ is unknown was not to be soon lost on the heart of the five-year-old. One unwritten rule of this household has always been: eat skins when they’ve been cooked on potatoes. Now after this picture Kent felt it was more im portant than ever not to waste food. “Mind your own business, Paul Kent,” Sharon retorted. “Do I have to eat them?” she entreated Mother. “Yes«dear. These are such nice skins and are good for you.” Kent was still thinking of the picture and said: “ I’m going to be a doctor and a missionary when I grow up. Then I’ll help those India boys and girls to. get well. They’ll get saved too, when I tell them about Jesus. Will I leam to shoot needles of medicine into people to help them get better, like Mama shot Bob with peni cillin that time? “Yes honey, you’ll leam, but please eat now before your meal gets cold. “Well then I’m going to put on a missionary suit and doctor suit as soon as I grow up.” “Aw, there are no such suits,” a scornful older brother commented. “You have to study to be a doctor and missionary.” “You are only partly right, son,” Mother intervened. “There is a certain suit as Kent calls it, which everyone who loves and serves the Lord must wear. It is the armour of God. Remember Ephesians 6:11? ‘Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.’ Put it on, Paul Kent!”
end of the wire through the heart and solder to the outside contact of the bulb. Cover this wire before begin ning the lesson.) Not all prayers are answered, so it is well for us to know how to pray in order that our prayers may be heard and answered. In First Thessa- lonians 5:17, 18 we read, “Pray with out ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Here we find that the giving of thanks should be included in our prayers. At the top of this cardboard is a golden H reminding us of heaven. At the bottom is a heart. This heart re minds us of a person who wants his
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