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when she glanced from the glass of water over to Mary Lou. Why! Mary Lou was sitting up, and there kneel ing beside her was her mother! A bag of groceries was on the grass near by. "Mrs. Selby! I prayed that you would come, and here you are. And, Mary Lou, I prayed for you, too. Are you all right? Betty dropped down on the grass beside Mary Lou, put ting the glass of cool water to her little friend’s lips. “I’m all right, I gues. I prayed too when I slipped.” Boots came and rubbed against Mary Lou just as though he had not been a naughty cat. “Boots, you caused all the trouble, but you didn’t know that you should not catch birds, did you?” said Mary Lou, stroking his glossy fur. “I’ll take him in the house,” de cided Mother, taking him up in her arms, “for fear he tries again to get at the nest. God surely was taking care of you, Mary Lou; you might have broken an arm falling all that distance.” "Well, it’s just like Miss Temple, our Bible school teacher, tells us,” Mary Lou said, getting to her feet. "If God watches over even little birds, He surely watches over us.” “Listen!” Betty was looking up in. the tree, and pointing to the mother robin, sitting on the edge of her nest, chirping happily. “I think she is saying, ‘Thank you for saving my baby’s life while I was away from him.’ ” Betty and Mary Lou’s mother thought Mary Lou had guessed right. New KYB Members STONINGTON, COLO.: James Vernon Bitner; Ronald Cleo McConnell; Billy Leon, Bobby Dale and Charles Eugene Sipes (Mrs. H. E. Davidson, leader). TULSA, OKLA.: Joy Brown; Donald and Regina Cozart; Rosellen Morrison: Nina Norton; Wayman Spence (Mrs. Marie Anderson, leader).
Bauman of these on each worm. And in his head are two pairs of tiny, white bags. These contain a very precious liquid, which the worm squeezes out of the bag into the soil as it passes through his body. This cleanses the soil, and makes it ready to grow anything you want to put into it. The earthworm has three pairs of hearts, and these six little hearts keep pumping all the time to keep the four little bags full of the liquid, so that bad. soil may be made good. After the worm has mixed the soil and food with the liquid, he gives the soil back to the ground. If you will get up early some morning, and go out into the garden, you may be able to see some of the little heaps of black earth strewn around over the ground. The men who know all about earthworms tell us that more than eighteen tons of soil may be carried to the top of the earth in a single year on one acre of ground by these little workers. Just think of that! Not only do earthworms fertilize the soil, and bring good soil to the top, but as they tunnel along through it, they loosen the earth so that air and rain are able to reach the roots of plants and trees. Wasn’t God kind and loving to place these humble little workers of His in the soil for our good? Do you know, boys and girls, that our Lord Jesus Christ, who was the most important Person ever to walk this earth, was also the most humble Person? He brought to the world loveliness and sweetness when every thing about was evil and sour. Some boys and girls do not feel that they need Jesus today, but their lives are like the poor soil of which we spoke, and the Lord’s presence in their hearts is absolutely necessary if their lives are to be clean, rich, sweet, and pure. Many years ago David said, “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise my self in great matters, or in things too high for me.” David did not want to be a great somebody; he was quite content to be humble like the earth worm. Do you know that to His humble people the Lord says, “Fear not . . . I will help thee” ? Let us remember that as God has given to the earthworm the work of making the earth pure for the plants and trees to grow in, He expects us to do the important worft of carrying the Gospel everywhere. He wants us too to make the world about us a sweeter and better place in which to live.
D o you know, boys and girls, that little things, ugly things and even unpleasant things, are some times among the most important things in this world? Have you ever helped your daddy dig in the gar den? Did you see how almost every spadeful of nice, warm, dirt had hidden within it several wriggly little earthworms? Perhaps you thought these worms were not good for anything, so you threw them to the chickens. Or, maybe, you helped your daddy to dig them to be used for bait when he went fshing. You did not know that the earthworms, though small and not at all beauti ful, are some of the most important creatures which God has given us. Let me tell you about them. A man, who knows a great deal about earthworms, tells us that there a r e thousands a n d thousands of them to every acre of ground. Some one has said that these little crea tures are working constantly, always busy delving through the soil, and all the while they are doing a very interesting and useful work. The food of the earthworms is pieces of leaves, plants, and par ticles of soil. They gather their food at night, for it is then that they work. They crawl out into the air, and, holding fast to the tops of their tiny holes with their tails, they ex plore the neighborhood. The heaven ly Father has given them a special way by which they can suck the tiny bits of food into their bodies. Examine an earthworm, and you will find little rings all around his body. There are over one hundred
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