HE CARETH FOR YOU Come, heavy souls, oppressed That are With doubts, and fears, and carking care. Lay all your burthens down, and see Where's One that carried once a tree Upon His back, and, which is more, A heavier weight, your sins, He bore. Think then how easily He can Your sorrows bear that's God and Man; Think, too, how willing He's to take Your care on Him, who for your sake Sweat bloody dropsy prayed, fasted, cried, Was bound, scourged, mocked and cru cified. He that so much for you did do, Will do yet more, and care for you. Thomas Washbourne, 1606-1687. place of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19) who continually witnesses to the wonders o f Christ and the nature of His salvation. (See 1 John 3:24.) He makes real to the believer the things o f God, and provides him with the proper attitude toward all spiritual truth. For the Children P eter ’ s W ay —A nd O urs (1 J ohn 2:10, 11; J ohn 21:15-22) M e m o r y V e r s e : “ This commandment, have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also” (1 John 4:21). After the Lord Jesus Christ had risen from the dead, He showed Himself sev eral times to His disciples. One day after His helpers had eaten, Jesus spoke to Peter, saying, “ Simon, son o f Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?” Three times Jesus asked Peter the same ques tion, and three times Peter replied, “ Yea [yes], Lord.” Jesus told Peter to feed His lambs and His sheep: to preach the Gospel to the unsaved and to teach those who were already followers of the Son of God. If we truly love God with all our be ing, we will love others also. Real love makes us think of other people’s rights and pleasures and privileges as well as our own. I f we love others, we can be trusted to do things for them. There are many ways in which' we may show our love for our Lord and for others. Jesus asked Peter to show his love for Him by preaching the Gospel, and by serving others as their minister. God’s Word says, “ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). Our way of showing our love for our Lord may not be by preaching, although hearts that truly love Him must tell others about Him. Helping in our homes, being kind to foreign children in our schools, being considerate of those who are old and sick, helping with the work of our church—these and many other deeds will help to show the love that our Lord has put into our hearts. T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached !” Luke 7:22.
( t T D ROTHER BAKER,” said a mother to our J U Missionary in the Ozarks of Missouri, "Jimmy has his heart set on Daily Vacation Bible School again this summer. I do hope you will have one here.” The genial Missionary assured her that he, too, had his heart set on another Bible School. In fact, that very summer he and his workers conducted schools in nine other unchurched communities nearby, the total attendance in all ten being 285 children. Many of our Mission aries believe that a child who attends two weeks of Daily Vacation Bible School receives as many hours of real Bible training as in a year of the ordinary Sunday School. Another Missionary writes: "Our first meeting in the town hall was a victory for the God we serve. After a round of stirring testi monies and songs, the Missionary gave a Gospel message, and a total of seven teen-age young sters bowed their heads at the altar in acceptance of the love of Calvary. The following Sunday seven more souls clung to the Gospel net as it was gladly drawn in. One father and mother brought their nine children to the meeting; as they re-entered their car to go home, six had accepted the Saviour, and a new Passenger rode with them on life’s journey!”
Back in 1855 an A.S.S.U. Missionary organized a Sun day School in an old log building in Kentucky. The attendance has been small but active. Hundreds have been converted, including ninety-two school teachers, twenty-two merchants, twelve lawyers, fifteen physicians, one lieutenant governor ana twelve ministers. Not one f erson connected with this unday School has ever been convicted of any crime. In deed, the work of the Union shows the greatest results for the smallest expenditure of money and time. It is man aged by leading business men of the various denomi nations who serve without pay.
Jesus said: **Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to com e unto M et fo r of such is the kingdom o f Heavem ** ( M a t t . 19:14.) Write at once for your copy of our _ gripping Field Magazine, The Sunday School Missionary, to DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS, Desk K-107 1816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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