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scene and enthuse the boys and girls. Make it simple and compelling as it really is. Children are splendid personal workers; encourage them). Philip had a friend and he went after him. This man’s name was Nathaniel, and he did not come right away like the others and was asking Philip ques tions about Jesus, and then Philip told Nathaniel to come and see Jesus for himseH. When Nathaniel saw Jesus and heard Him talk, fie said he knew then that Jesus was the Son o f God. Now we see Jesus has six disciples that love Him and trust Him and are willing to follow Him (the older pri mary children will remember the names, and the song teaching the disciples’ names would be very appropriate for this month). Let us see if we can remember the names o f the six we have heard about today. Jesus told them if they would love Him and trust Him, and go out and bring others to Him just like they had begun to do, they would do a great work. You know why He has told us this story about thé first disciples? I will tell y,ou. He is expecting every one o f us to follow Him, and go out and bring all we can to know our Jesus and love and trust Him. Let us say our Memory verse. Closing Prayer. —Thanking Jesus for call ing us to follow Him, and asking Him to help us to bring others to follow Him too.
He saw John and Andrew following, and He asked them what they were looking for, and they told Him they wanted to know where He was staying. Then what do you suppose Jesus said. Just three w ords: “ Come and see.” I think they were so happy when they heard this that they walked very fast until they got to the house where Jesus was staying, and they stayed there the rest o f the day and all night. What a lovely time they had there with Jesus, and o f course they just loved Jesus and were so glad to be His first disciples. Andrew began to think about his brother, whose name was Peter, and he started out to look for him, and when he found him he said, we have found Jesus, and he brought his brother Peter to Jesus. I wonder if we have some one in our home that does not know and love Jesus, and if we could not do just like Andrew, go and tell them about Jesus,, and then bring them to Him. Some of you do that when you bring new scholars to Sunday School so they can learn about Jesus. The next day Jesus went to another place and saw a man by the name o f Philip, and he called Philip and he followed Jesus too. Jesus is calling to every one o f us to follow Him today just as He called Philip to follow, and let us be sure to follow Him every day. John also had a brother James, and he went after him and brought him to Jesus. Isn’t that fine to .bring their own brothers to Jesus? (Put yourself into this
READING GOD’SWORD JULY 14, 1918. LESSON II. Acts 8:26-39; Psa. 19:7-11. G olden T e x t : “ Ye shall know the truth, »fid the truth shall make you free.”—John 8:32.
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his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esa ias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31. And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32. The place of the scripture
26. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27. And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who kad the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wor ship, 2d. Was returning, and sitting in
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