THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Lesson Story.—How glad we are th a t we can be helpers, even while we are ,bo'ys and girls, an d we have been learn ing what a wonderful preacher and worker P aul was, and to-day our story tells us th a t P aul had many helpers. He could not have done all th e work alone. -Paul w ith some of his helpers w ent up to the big city of Jerusalem , and th e workers of th e church th e re received Paul and his helpers gladly, and they told of th e many wonderful things God had been doing in th e different places where they had been. When P au l was ready to go to ano ther place to tell about Jesus, th e church a t Jerusalem chose two of th eir best men and sent them w ith Paul, and these two men could preach also, and they were a g reat help to Paul, for they also talk ed to the people and urged them to give th eir h ea rt to Jesus and follow Him. Now after they had been here quite awhile, P aul told Barnabas who had been w ith P aul on so many of his m issionary trips, th a t he would like to go back to all the places where they had preached before, and see how the people were g etting along. P au l chose a helper by th e name of Silas to go with him, and they went in one direction, and Barnabas chose a helper by th e name of John, and went to th e island of Cyprus. It was such a help to all the churches these men visit ed and told of th e people who had been saved, healed and helped. We can be helpers rig h t where we are, by telling o ther boys and girls about Jesus, and bringing them to Sunday School, where they will hear these interesting Bible stories th a t we love so much to hear. If you listen real well, you could go out and tell th e story to others. Wouldn’t th a t be a fine way of helping to preach the Gospel story of Jesus and His love for us. If we belong to Jesus we are labo rers together w ith God. T h at is our memory verse, so every tim e we do something to help in th e work of get ting o th er people to love Jesus, we are
808 young clergyman, who, being aw are of „ his Grace’s former residence in th e East, and of his fam iliarity w ith the ignor ance and obstinacy of th e Hindoos in support of th e ir false religion, propos ed th e following question: “Does not your Grace th ink it almost useless and extravagant to preach th e Gospel to th e H indoos?” The Duke imm ediately re plied, “Look, sir, to your marching ord ers: ‘P reach the Gospel to every crea tu re ’.” Golden Text Illu stration Queen Victoria once paid a visit to a paper m ill in th e neighborhood of W ind sor. The foreman showed th e lady and her a tten d a n t over th e works, not know ing who his distinguished visitor was. She went finally into th e rag sorting shop, where men were employed in pick ing out the rags from th e refuse of the city. She inquired w hat was done w ith th is dirty mass of rags, and was told th a t, sorted out, it would make th e fin est white paper. A fter h er departure, th e foreman found out who it was th a t had paid th e visit. A fter a little time H er Majesty received a packet Of the most delicate white paper, having the Queen’s likeness for th e w ater m ark, w ith th e intim ation th a t it was made from the d irty rags she had inspected. Thus saved and fashioned by grace, Jesus stamps His image upon us. Memory Verse.— “F o r , we are labor ers together w ith God.” I Cor. 3:9. Approach.— “One evening a t an open air meeting a young man was holding a lan tern in order th a t another man, who was reading the Bible, could see th e book. He could BEGINNERS not speak in pub- AND PRIMARY lie himself, b u t he Mabel L- M errill could help th e min ister by holding th e ligh t for him .”— P ractical Commentary. Some of P au l’s Helpers. Acts 15:1-4, 22, 32-37, 40, 41; 16:1-5.
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