Illustrated by
Gladys Bowman
Nov. 2« 1947 M outh and M essage
Objects: A tall, slim jam jar, two tumblers, black ink, clear gasoline, water and art paper. (Fill the jar half full of water discolored with ink. Finish filling the jar with clear gasoline. Cover the jar with art paper. Do not use gasoline in a room where there is an open fire.) Lesson: Isn’t this a beautiful-looking jar? You know what.the outside looks like. Can you guess what is on the in side? You’d think it should be something very nice to match the fine-appearing outside. Let’s see what is inside by pouring it into this glass. It is clear as crystal. (Glue a narrow band o f paper around the bottom of the glass to con ceal any o f the ink which might come out.) We will again pour out of this jar into the other glass. It is black! Out of the same mouth of the jar has come that which is clean and unclean. This jar reminds us of words found in the third chapter o f James. We read, “ Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” James further tells us, “ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” (James 3:5). We have only to listen to the con versations of people today to verify the truthfulness o f this statement o f Scrip ture. We have known people who went to church on Sunday and joined in sing ing the praises o f God, and then went out the rest o f the week and used their tongues to speak things unbecoming to a real Christian.
The lack of schooling must in some cases be charged to whisky. Here is a blank check. Had it not been for drinking, this might have been a pay check. Many fathers have lost their jobs because o f drink. To the price o f whisky must be added the value o f the job which was lost. We now find a piece of paper with “HEALTH” written on it. It is torn and ruined. Many people should add to the price of the whisky they buy, the value of good health, for their health has been lost because of drink. As we have been thinking of the entire cost of drinking, I am reminded of what the Bible says about Daniel: “ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion o f the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank” (Dan. 1:8). Daniel was wise in that he refused the king’s wine. He had counted the whole cost, and found that it did not pay.
Nov. 9, 1947 P rice , P lease ?
Objects: A picture of a whisky bottle cut from a magazine, a picture o f a home, a picture of a college cap, a blank check, and a piece o f paper on which the word “ HEALTH” is written. (Make a black pocket on the back of the whisky bottle. Tear each of the other pictures almost in two and place in the black pocket. Mark with a crayon on the whis ky bottle, “ PRICE $1.98, INCLUDING TAX .” )
Nov. 16, 1947 F acts A bout F ruit
Lesson: When you are considering buying anything, you naturally ask what it will cost. Can you tell What a bottle of whisky would cost by looking at this picture ? “ It says, ‘$1.98, including tax.” ’ Do you know that when people buy whisky, they have not paid all the cost? In back o f this whisky bottle there is a black envelope. Let’s see what we find in it. Here is a broken home. (Finish tear ing it in two.) In many cases, a broken home must be added to the price of whisky. Next, we find a tom college cap. This reminds me of the boy who did not get to finish his education because o f drink.
Object: A paper tree. (To make the base of the tree use a piece o f green paper 5Yz x 3 inches. With the 5% inch
Each time we Christians are tempted to speak things which a Christian should not speak, we should remember the words o f James 3:10, “My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” Not only are we told what we should not do, but we are told what we should do in James 3:13, “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.” O C T O B E R , 1947
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