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Elmer L. Wilder, Th.D.
Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
Aug. 7, 1955 C a l l in g A l l C a pt iv e s
“Wives” and “ children” are the next two words. The captives were told, “Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters” (v. 6). God wanted the captives to have relatives and the joys of home life. “ Seek” is the last word to which our attention is to be called. We find it in two verses. In verse 7 we read, “ Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives,” and in verse 13, “ And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” It is good to know that God was mindful of a people who had been taken into captivity because of their sins. He was willing to be found when they searched for Him with their whole hearts. It is true today that sinners can return to the Lord whenever they are willing to turn from their sinful ways. Aug. 14, 1955 T h e C ost C o u n t e d OBJECTS: A picture of a whisky bot tle cut from a magazine, a picture of a home, a picture of a college cap, a blank check and a piece of 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 whisky bottle, “ price $1.98, including tax.” ) 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 of the whisky bottle there is a black envelope. Let’s see what we find in it. Here is a broken home. (Finish tearing it in two.) In many cases, a broken home must be added to the price of whisky to arrive at the total cost.
Next, we find a torn college cap. This reminds me of the boy who did not get to finish his education be cause of drink. The lack of schooling must in some cases be added to the cost of 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 of drink. To the price of the whisky they buy must be added the value of the job which was lost.
OBJECTS: A piece of paper 8 Y 2 x 11 inches. (Fold each end of the paper to within (4 inch of the middle, leaving a gap of Y 2 inch. In this gap print the word “ captives.” Open the paper, and using the letters in the word “ captives,” complete the follow ing words: “ c a l l i n g all captives, plant, build, wives, children and seek.” ) LESSON: On this piece of paper which I hold in my hand, we see the word “ captives.” Our lesson will be on “ calling all captives.” When we open the flaps on this paper, the first three words we see are, “ calling all captives.”
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C A p T
CALLING
ALL
CAPTIVES
We 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 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 of 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, even though he could have re ceived the wine without paying any money for it. Aug. 21, 1955 Two M o u n t a in s a n d Two M ess a g es OBJECT: A piece of paper 8^/2 x 11 inches. Fold each end to the middle. Make a perpendicular slot, 1/6 inch
PLANT
V E 0
BUILD W IV E S
CHILDREN
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SEEK
It is wonderful to know that God had a message for all captives, even though their sins had brought judg ment and punishment upon them. In Jeremiah 29:1 we read, “Now these are the words of the letter that Jere miah the prophet sent from Jeru salem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the proph ets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.” It was a message for all, so we are correct in saying that it was directed to all captives. The next two words are “ plant” and “build.”
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