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see by our lives that we love the Bible and are living it every day? Olosing Prayer.-Dear Lord Jesus we thank thee for the Bible, and he!~ us to love and obey its teachings.
got acquainted with a young doctor by the name of Luke, and today we will meet another young man, and we will listen and find out what his work was. Now I believe you can guess what kind of a young man he was, for the title of our story is, "A Boy Who Loved the Bible." Dr. Luke tells us this young man's name was Timothy. Paul wrote some letters to Timothy and told him to remember the things he had learned in the Bible and had known from a child. Paul tells us in one of these letters that Timothy's grand-mother and his mother were Christians, and had a strong faith that was real; then listen and see what Paul told Timothy. He said from his life, he believed he (Timothy) had the same kind of faith as his mother and grand-mother. It was the same kind of faith, because it was the faith of the Bible. Timothy was with Paul a part· of the time, and was a great help to him, for Timothy was a minister. Paul tells Timothy that he prayed for him every day and every night. Boys, I wonder if God should want any of you to study and become a minister of the Gospel for Him, if you would say yes to Jesus? What was it that made Timothy so earnest and faithful in all his work? His faith in Jesus. Timothy loved the Bible, and obeyed all its words. He was a great comfort to Paul, and this letter also tells us of Timothy's love for Paul. We remember that Paul was now an old man and in prison, and he loµged to see Timothy. They were separated from each other then, but are they sep– arated now? No, they are together with Jesus, and 0 how happy they are that they believed and obeyed the words of this blessed Book, the Bible. Our memory verse is the words Paul wrote to Timothy: "From a babe thou hast known the sacred writings." We are just little boys and girls and we too know the words of this Bible, are God's words. Are we obeying its words? Can our parents and teachers
FIRST CLASS STRANGERS Some shrewd man when asked what he thought about the character ot a neighbor, replied,: "Mister, I don't know much about him, but my impression is he would make a first class stranger." There are a good many people in this world who might be ranked in the same class; persons whose friendship is worse than their enmity, and whose acquaint– ance is to be deprecated and avoided. In making acquaintances we need to keep this fact constantly in mind. The Scripture warns us that we are to "make no friendship with an angry man;" and many a poor fellow has involved him– self in serious troubles by companion- ship with the rash and hot-headed. A dishonest man makes a much better stranger than acquaintance. A tattling mischief-maker, who insinuates hlmselt into your confidence, worms out your secrets, and then uses his power to dis- honor and disgrace you, may be recom– mended as a first-class stranger. The fast young man, who dresses gayly, lives high, drinks and gambles freely, may be very fascinating to the young of both sexes, but those who know him intimately, and those who have known others of his kind, are well aware that he makes a first-class stranger. There are persons who fear not God, who scol! at religion, who tell vile stories, whO mock at godliness, and despise reproof; all such persons are likely to make t1rst– class strangers. Treat them courteous– ly, and kindly try to win them, but Jet them know that it is the kindness o! a stranger and not of a boon companion or a bosom friend.-Exchange.
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