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July 1931
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K i n g ’ s
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T h e E ditor Speaking Dear Juniors: It seems only a little while since I was greeting you for the first time and wishing you a happy New Year, and now I am wishing you a happy vaca tion—that is, all who live in the United States. Vacations in other countries come at different times during the'year, and they are not always as long as those in this country. I hope you will not be like the little girl who, as she was leaving for the sea side with her parents, called back to the shut-up house, “Good by, God.” The summer is such a good time to get to know the heavenly. Father better, when school books are having a vacation, too. If you are at the seaside, remember that “the sea is his, and he made it” and “he saith to the proud waves, thus far.” That thought is always wonderful to me. There seems to be nothing to stop the great waves from dashing over the beach and the board walk (if there is one), and washing all of us out to sea. And yet, there they stop! If you are in the mountains, this is a lovely verse for. you: “As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people.” The moun tains that surround Jerusalem are beauti ful, and they are really like a wall. If you are in the country, there are the trees. God’s Book says many wonderful things about trees, and one of the most wonderful concerns those who trust in the Lord. Read for yourself Jeremiah 17:7, 8. Wherever you are—having a vacation or not—I wish you happiness ; or better, joy. This little verse will show you what I mean; I ’m happy when everything happens to please, But happiness comes and goes; While the heart that is stayed on Jesus the Saviour Ever with joy o’erflows. Happiness happens, but joy abides In the heart that is stayed on Jesus. Your joyful friend, T he E ditor . P arents and T eachers his is a vacation letter to you, al though, if you are a parent, vacation will probably mean simply a change of work with a change of scene. Perhaps there will not even be the latter. In eith er case, being a parent is a steady job. If you are away with the children, per haps you are thinking that it is easier to be at home, with the home things and the home ways. If the children are away from you, you are hoping that Mary Lou won’t have the earache and that Jimsie will come home intact. There are so many new and different things for them to do, and Mother isn’t there to say, “don’t.” But, after all, that is the way one learns. As to the main things, you can rest, if you have paved the way for inevitable right choices. Then remember that “their angels do always behold the face of the Father which is in heaven,” ready to do His bidding for them. I think we may thus apply this wonderful word, since the child in the midst was the occasion of the Lord’s speaking. Surely the children need guarding in these days.
If it is a rest and a change that the summer brings to you, may His rest be yours, and His changeless love your in creasing conscious portion. If the days are the same as others, or if there is an added burden, how much more opportuni ty you will have to prove His rest and His love and His claim to be the burden- bearer ! Turn your eyes upon Jesus; ' Look full in His wonderful face; And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light o f His glory and grace. God A nswers P ray er true and wonderful story is told by Mr. Fred Mitchell, a superintendent of missionary work among the Navaho Indians in Arizona. Many of the In dians love the Lord Jesus and are strong, splendid servants of His. What a great and mixed family our heavenly Father has, and what a meeting we shall have in heaven some day 1 Mr. Mitchell and his mother lived in an adobe house—that is, a mud house, you know—in the village. It had a ceil ing made of thin boards that were nailed to beams overhead, leaving a sort of attic under the roof. There are in that country pack, rats, also trade rats, so call ed because when they carry something away they bring other things to put in its place—and queer things people find in place of the things they think they have. These creatures made a constant and disturbing noise playing leap frog, so to speak, up and down, from the beams to "the ceiling. At last the dear mother could bear it no longer. Mr. Mitchell did everything he could to get rid of the pests, but, as he says, “they didn’t want the food spread for them, nor the trap with the tasty morsel in it, nor anything else that was offered.” In despair, he prayed: “Lord, I have done all I know to do. Will You please take care of the matter? The noise must stop, for my dear mother cannot stand it. Amen.” Now there is also in that country a big snake called the bull snake. The In dians never kill it, because it catches rats. One day a different kind of noise was heard in the garret—a queer, shuffling sound added to the plop and scurry of the rats. Then everything became quiet, and after some time, a g r e a t bull snake crawled out from the attic and slid off into the grass. And nothing more was heard of the pack rats 1 “In nothing be anxious; but in every thing by _prayer and supplication with thanksgiving [because He will answer in some great way] let your requests be made known unto God.”
T e n t Meetings he following is a story from The Tent Evangel, a paper telling about the Children’s Evangelistic Campaign, of which Rev, Frank Miller, of Los Angeles, Ca l i f . , is t h e superintendent. Mr. Miller holds meetings in all parts of the Southland, in a big tent that is also called “The Tent Evangel.” Will you pray for this work, asking that many more tents may be set up to do this kind of work? Add this request to your usual monthly prayer for Jewish children everywhere. “Black children, brown children, yellow, and white—three hundred of them every afternoon! How they trooped into ‘Tent Evangel’ at Watts, Calif.! Hungry? You never saw anything like itl Not a hunger for bread, or a thirst for water, but a hunger and thirst to know more about God! They refused to go home between meetings; they begged, ‘More, more, and please teach us how to pray some more!” The ten-year-old boy who had prayed on ly once before in his life poured out his soul in intercession that his unbelieving mother might allow him to attend the children’s meetings. O f course, God an swered, and the mother hdrself promised to come, “Outside the tent stood a Mexican girl of thirteen, with touseled head. She was dressed in overalls. She heard the last part of Mr. Miller’s chalk talk and stepped inside to join the prayer group. Out of the depths of her soul she cried: ‘O God, save me just as soon as you can.’ The next day, she appeared modestly dressed in skirts, with a clean face and brushed hair. She was the first to answer the al tar call and with glowing countenance said how glad she was to be a Christian. , She became a real intercessor and brought others to the Lord.” zle answer. We want you to know Rosie Engala, too, a little girl in the hospital, who is ill with tuberculosis. She is now a club member, and Miss Newton says she is a “very happy girlie” because she has her pin. She loves the Lord Jesus and loves to hear and talk about Him. The members of Miss Newton’s class in Alhambra, Calif., are very busy with the Junior pages. Jimmy Gonzales is again to the fore with answers, as are Jack Mievens, Marjorie and John Senter, Raymond Spear, and Edward Curtis. Howard Klaasen, from Saskatchewan, Canada, has also been doing good work. The prizes which are offered for finished work are a Bible with pictures, The Story of. the Great King, and Know Your Bible. The last named book is by Amos R. Wells. We will tell you again next month how the prizes may be won. K. Y. B. C. Notes e greet Texas this month, through Wilba Croxton who sends in a puz
God Made Them All “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. “Each little flower that opens, Each tiny bird that sings,— He made their glowing colors; He made their tiny wings.”
A nsw er to M arch F able Where there’s a Stubborn will, there’s a downward way.— Y. E., Pasadena, Calif.
A nswers to Ju n e Q uestionnaire 1. Esther 5:3. 2. Mark 6 :23. 3. 1 Chronicles 14:13-17. 4. Luke 19.
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