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fly to Jesus. Let the leader explain the meaning of other couplets in the verses. Here is a story we may tell as true: “Tears ago a ship was burned near the English channel. Among the passengers were a father, mother and their little child, a daughter, not many months old. When the discovery was made that the ship was on fire, and the alarm was given, there was great confusion, and this family was sepa rated. The father was rescued and taken to Liverpool; but the mother and babe were carried overboard by the crowd and un noticed by them that were doing all in their power to save the sufferers still on the ship, they drifted out of the channel with the tide, the mother clinging to a fragment of the wreck with her little one clasped to her breast. Late in the afternoon of that day a vessel bound from Newport, Wales, to Amer ica, was moving slowly along her course. There was only a slight breeze and the cap tain was impatiently walking the deck when his attention was called to an object, some distance off, which looked like a person in the water. The officers and crew watched it for a time, and as no vessel was near from which any one could have fallen overboard, they thought it impossible that it could be a human being. The captain sent a boat, which was watched with deepest interest from the ship. As the boat approached the object floating, suddenly the sound of a gentle voice was heard, so softy, and the sailors listened to the words of the first verse: ‘Jesus, lover of my soul.’ Soon the rescued mother and child were safe on the ship, and ultimately reached America. The father joined them four months afterward.”— English Hymns— Duffield. Sunday, December 6.—Heb. 10:23 God’s Promises to Us (Consecration Meeting) 1. What Is a Promise? Let the Juniors define. What is necessary to make a prom ise valuable? That the promiser be truth ful, able to perform his promise, and that one desire, or need, the thing promised. Let the Juniors prove that God is true; that He is able; that the things promised are worth while* What does Peter say of the value of God’s promises? (2 Peter 1:4). Every bank note and greenback is a promise to pay $1, $10, etc., and the U. S. treasury stands good for it. Every promise of .God is as a note on God’s treasury and
do you think did best of the ten lepers Jesus healed (Luke 7 :17) ? 3 Practical Thanksgiving. Giving is the best thanksgiving. The unthankful are selfish, the thankful are unselfish. This changes the “un-” from one word to the other—where shall we put it for you ? God’s giving to us Paul makes a reason for our giving to others (2 Cor. 8 :9) and ends his chapters on giving With a verse all should learn by heart the chief reason for thank fulness (2 Cor. 9:15). 4. Some Lines to Memorize: "Some murmur when their sky is clear And wholly brought to view, If but one speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue; And some with thankful love are filled If but one streak of light, One ray of God’s good mercy, gild Sunday, November 29.-4fPs. 96:1-3 The Most Helpful Poem I Know (Not a Hymn) It is not likely that among your Juniors there is one that knows a “poem” from a “ hymn,” or that has any experience of a “most helpful poem.” The most helpful poems, at any rate, are hymns. Suppose we try a little helping with one of the' finest poems, which is also the most ( ? ) helpful hymn. Turn to “Jesus, Lover of My Soul," tell the Juniors this story: It is said that Charles Wesley, the au thor, was walking in a garden when a frightened, panic-stricken little bird, chased by a hawk, flew straight into his bosom; and the saintly hymn-writer went into the house and wrote, "Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly.” Whether .this story is true or not, it is true that so our souls need to fly, and may The darkness of their night.” "In palaces are hearts that ask In discontent and pride Why life is such an irksome task And all good things denied, And hearts in poorest huts admire How love has in their aid (Love that never seems to tire) Such rich provision made.”
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