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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
January, 1935
Memory Verses for January W e will continue learning a verse for each letter in our club name—Know Your Bible Club. Our acrostic for the month is B-I-B-L-E. “ Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (Psa. 103:1). “ If_we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1 :9). “ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with an other, and the blood o f Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). “ Let not your heart be troubled: ye be lieve in God, believe also in me” (John 14:1). “ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice” (Psa. 55:17). To Help You Any o f the following helps will be sent upon request, when a stamped, self-ad dressed envelope is enclosed: 1. Suggestions for Bible reading and Bible study for Juniors. 2. Suggestions for studying the Gospel according to John. 3. The K. Y. B. C. song. 4. How to organize a K. Y. B. Club. New K. Y. B. C. Members The following have read through the Gospel according to John and are now members of the Know Your Bible Club: Floydada, 'Tex.: Maydelle King. Long Beach, Calif,: Barbara Jean Brass; Jean Farrell; Harriet Fox; Shirley Francis; Norma Herder; Charlotte Leyh; Eileen Neill; Margaret Niel.sen; Florence Overman; and Ruth Stephenson (Mrs. W. B. Taber, teacher). Lookout, Ky.: Naomi Bartley; Jeanette Black- well^ Florence Canada;! Grey Christine Cooper; Pauline Crawford; Pauline Damron; Ivel and Theda Francis; Laura Jean Hurley; Billie Marie Nester; Lillian Ramey; and Avonelle Sowards (Mrs. W. B. Ladd, teacher). Mancos, Colo,: Betty Beers; Betty Lou Lyen; Flora and Klea Shelton; and Evelyn Tibbetts (Elizabeth Downey, teacher). Methow, Wash.: Beulah, Glenora, and Mac. Reddick; and Glenn Vroman (Mrs. A. Andersen, teacher). Pasadena, Calif.: Dawn Woffenden. Philadelphia, Pa.: Norman Beebe; Dorothy Brown; Gordon Burke; Betty and Ruth Coulter; Lawrence Dorje; William Harrison; Edith Lind- strom; Frank Miller; Bertram C. Morrison; Ber nice O’Donnell; Florence Sidebottom; Edwin Storks; Everett Wood; and Agnes, George, and Miriam Woods (Bessie Light, superintendent). Walla Walla, Wash.: Arnold Hanson; Arthur Krebbs; and Bonnie Jean Shelton (Roger W. Adams, superintendent). How to Join the K. Y. B. Club To become a member of the Know Your' Bible Club, read through the Gospel according to John, using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sent upon request. When the Gospel has been read, and a state ment to this effect, signed by parent or Sundays school teacher, has been sent to the Editor of the Junior King's Business, a K. Y . B. C. pin will be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins may wish to share the cost of these supplies, as the Lord directs: Gospels, postpaid, five cents each; pins, without postage, two cents each. However, no one is to do without a Gospel or pin because of lack of money. Address: Junior King’s Business, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
MARJORIE’S NEW YEAR VERSE
I t was the first Sunday in t h e new; year. T h e class o f Junior girls was meeting as us ual in the t o w e r room which was its o w n special class room. As the girls found their seats in the cozy little room they had all come to love, there was the usual hum o f con versation that gen erally precedes the teacher’s a r r i v a l . Two q u e s t i o n s , “What did you get for Christmas?” and “Have you chosen your year’s v e r s e yet?” could be heard aboye all the others. Soon their beloved Miss Day arrived, and after a hearty
“ However, if the person who knocks is some one you do not want in your home, you do not invite her in, do you ? “When Queen Victoria was reigning in England, it was said that she had a lovely custom o f visiting poor old people once a year, bringing them cheer and happiness. The story is told that at one time, while making her usual visits of love, she knock ed long and loudly at the door o f one lit tle home, but received no answer to her knocking. Disappointed, she soon left and went on to visit some one else. “ Now the poor old lady who lived in the house had had a quarrel with her neighbor, and thinking it was the neighbor knocking, she had refused even to go to the door. Imagine her sorrow the next day when she learned that her caller was none other than Queen Victoria herself 1 How grieved she was, but it was too late. The Queen had knocked yesterday —and yesterday was past. “ But there is One who is knocking even now at the door of your hearts, dear girls, One who is greater and more loving than any earthly queen or king—and that One is Jesus. The hand that is knocking is a nail-pierced hand—for He died on the cross o f Calvary for each one of us because He loved us so—and now He is knocking, knocking. “ In Revelation 3 :20 we read this verse: ‘Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in.’ You have heard His voice, dear girls. Now are you willing to open your heart’s door and say 'to Him who’ loved you enough to die for you, ‘Come in, Lord Jesus, and be my Sa#iour’ ? I f you will do this, in the words o f this verse He says: ‘I will come in.’ Yes, He is faithful who promised. He will come in to be your Saviour, to wash away all o f your sins and make you His own forever. Marjorie has opened her heart’s door and received H im ; will you others do the same —today—this first Sunday o f the new year?” , There was a pause, and the girls, real izing that Miss Day was speaking to each one personally, gave a personal response. First, Barbara arose and said from her very heart, “ Come in, Lord Jesus, come in today.” Mary followed next. “I do receive Jesus as my Saviour,” she said. And with similar words the others re sponded—Faith and Eileen, Marie and Joan. Joy knew no bounds in the Junior class that first Sunday o f the new year. With a happy smile, Miss Day turned to Marjorie and said, “My dear girl, I am so glad you chose that verse for your year verse, and, more than that, that you were not ashamed to confess and own Jesus as your Saviour.” And to all the girls she said, “ I am sure this will be the happiest year o f all you have yet spent, because you each have a Saviour who has promised never to leave you nor forsake you.” —M. S. H.
“Happy New Year” greeting had been giv en by the entire group, the class was ready to hear what Miss Day had to say. “ Suppose we give our verses for the new year,” Miss Day began. “I do hope you have each chosen one.” One after another, they responded with the verses they had selected. Some recit ed hurriedly and without much thought as to the meaning o f the verse; a few had forgotten to choose one—and then it came Marjorie’s turn. Marjorie was a favorite among her classmates. She was always chosen first for all the games, and was a real leader among her friends. When it was Marjorie’s turn, the girls all looked curiously toward her, wondering whether or not she would consider it important enough to give a New Year’s verse. Marjorie arose quickly, her face shining as she faced the, whole group o f girls. “ Oh, I’m so happy to give my year verse,” she said, “and to tell you just why I chose it. My verse is John 1 :12: ‘But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children o f God, even to them that believe on his name’—and, girls, I have done just what this verse says. I have re ceived the Lord Jesus as my own Saviour. I received many gifts at Christmas time, but He is my greatest and best Gift. Now I’m His child, and He has washed away all my sins, and I’m just so happy 1” _A hush fell on the little group o f Junior girls in the tower room. They realized that Marjorie meant all that she had said, and that somehow she was a different, richer girl than they. Miss Day was quite over come with joy and could only say, “ Oh, Marjorie, I’m so gladl God has answered my prayer for you.” A prayer o f thanksgiving followed, af ter which _Miss Day gathered the girls a bit closer in the circle about her and began talking in the heart-to-heart fashion which the girls always loved. “Knock, knock, knock.” It was only Miss Day knocking on the desk as she would have knocked at the door o f any of the girls’ homes when calling. “When you hear a knocking like this at the door of your homes, girls, what is the first thing you do? Why, you hurry to the door to see who’s there; and if it is some one you love very much, you quickly open the door and say, ‘Come in,’ don’t you?” Miss Day continued, answering her own question.
-EE+/-IF+U+E Puzzle
The word to use in the space below is found in this puzzle sum. You add and sub tract words and letters instead of numbers. Most o f the words are pictures. “----------------ye that the Lord he is God.” [From “ The Conquest of the Promised Land” (,Junior Series), by Esther A. Ellinghusen, Gospel Light Press. ]
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