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Wilma Mae looked very sober and then, hanging her head a bit for the shame of it, she told her teacher what had held her back—of the thing she knew was wrong but did not want to put right. “But He took all that sin right out of my heart,” she finished jubilantly, “ and then, after I was saved, I wanted to take the watch back." “And do you know what you have since you’ve taken the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, Honey?” "No, what?" "God’s own Word tells us, in John 1:12: ‘But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that be lieve on his name.’ You see, now you’re a child of God, a princess in the household of God, because you’ve received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour.” "A princess in the household of God!” Wilma Mae repeated wonder- ingly. She caught her breath to think how very nearly she had missed all the joy that was hers now. Then she bowed her head, with her teacher, this time in thanksgiving to God who had saved her. And on this Sunday, when she left the Sunday-school class, there were no tears. Her face was bright with happiness. Was she not a PRINCESS in the household of God! i A )/ [ftimmiiiu f i l l I! I 44 -*•« AAAI B f c m «m a B S h is OBJECTS: Cut out a basket from brown construction paper. Place on the back a piece of paper pasted along three edges, forming an en velope open at the upper edge. Cut out nine flowers from a garden maga zine or flower catalogue, one for each of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit. May baskets usher in the happy month of May. How glad we are when we find a lovely basket of Mayflowers hanging, on our door on May-Day morning! I am sure that many of you have made some beautiful baskets. But today we shall consider a May- Day basket that is quite different, for it contains flowers that should be growing in the heart of every boy or A May-Day Basket A n O bject L esson SCRIPTURE: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffer ing, gentleness, g o o d n e s s , faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” (Gal. 5:22, 23).
not mis« on* watch, and you have wanted one ever so long, now. And, besides, she would not thank you if you took it back. Everybody knows how cross she is. And there are those fierce dogs—they might bite you be fore you got to the door.” Wilma Mae had looked up to see whether Mrs. Green might not have missed the little parcel, but she was already out of sight. So, with some misgiving, Wilma Mae yielded to the temptation and dropped the watch Into her coat pocket And for three whole weeks she had admired It morning and night, there safe in her own room. She would have been shocked if any one had told her she had stolen it, and yet those three weeks had been the most miserable ones she could remember. , All that afternoon Wilma Mae was unhappy. Try as she would, she could not forget the words Miss Doris had read from the Bible. Again she took out the watch and looked at it. And somehow, this time, It did not look nearly so beautiful. At last, after a struggle which she was sure she would remember until she was an old white-haired lady, Wilma Mae dropped to her knees. All alone in her room she prayed, “Please, Lord Jesus, come into my heart and take away the awful black sin there. You know the watch is in my dresser even if my mother doesn’t, and You know it was wrong for me to keep it. And You know that I’m not a Chris tian. Please, Jesus, cleanse my heart, and save me just now.” “Why, I feel all different,” she ex claimed to herself a few moments later. For a time she just sat there, on the edge of her bed, and rejoiced over her new happiness. She wanted to run and tell Mother and she wanted Miss Doris to know. But first, she had something to do. Picking up the watch, she stepped out into the sunshine. And now the sun shone brightly and the very blue sky seemed to smile down at her. She had not forgotten the dogs at Mrs. Green’s house, but she was suddenly un afraid. Had not the Lord Jesus come into her heart? And would He not go with her right past those fierce dogs? She did not like to have to confess to old Mrs. Green, either, but the Lord Jesus would help her do that, too. The next Sunday Wilma Mae could hardly wait for Sunday-school time to come. But at last she was at the church and had found Miss Doris in a corner, arranging an object lesson. “Oh, Miss Doris,” she caroled. “I did it! I asked the Lord Jesus to come into my heart and He did. I am saved now.” “Oh, I’m glad, glad,” the teacher exclaimed, hugging Wilma Mae close. “But what was wrong last Sunday, dear?”
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Let us look at this brown basket. Baskets are made to hold things, aren’t they? This one was meant to hold flowers, for it is a May-Day basket. But instead of placing In this bas ket flowers that will wither and fade, we will put in it "fruit of the Spirit” that we find in Galatians 5:22, 23. Let us find these verses in our Bible and read them together. This first lovely blossom we shall call “love.” How beautiful it will make our basket! [Place the flower in the pocket so that it will appear above the basket.] We shall call our next blossom “joy” and place it be- side “ love." [Continue placing flow ers in the basket, speaking of the “fruit of the Spirit” designated.] Now let us look at our basket. How beautiful it is now! Like this May- Day basket, we, too, should show forth the “fruit of the Spirit.” It will make our lives beautiful and attrac tive like .this May-Day basket. But how can we have the “fruit” in our lives, you ask. First of all, we must let the Lord Jesus come into our hearts. “Behold, I 'stand at the door and knock,” He says, “if any man . . . open the door, I will come in" (Rev. 3:20). He is the only One who can cause this lovely fruit to grow in the garden of our hearts.—M. S. H. New K. Y. B. C. Members The follow in g have read through the Gospel according to John and are now members o f the K n ow Y our B ible Club: GILCHRIST, ORB.: Patsy H endry and Lucille L angley (Mrs. E. F. M cFarland, leader). KANSAS CITY, MO.: B etty B aker (Mrs. C. A. Saunders, leader). LOS ANGELES, CALIF.: Ira Iw ata; B obby Kuw aki, and Kazuso Sunahara (R uth Takamune, leader). NEW LONDON, MINN.: Pearl Johnson; Genore Larson and V irgin ia Linstrom (A nnie Dahlberg, teacher). UTICA, MINN.: Margie B lack; Ronald H arcey; R obert T olstad; Janet and R ay mond Treder, and Nellie and R onald V in cent (Mabel Stupey, leader). WASHINGTON, D. C.: Joan H enning; Joan Lemon, and Vanna P iquet (E thel VhnOP Ipodpr] WILLIAMSPORT. PA .: Carlton W inters (B arbara Booth, leader). W ILLMAR, MINN.: LaVaughn and La- Verne B angston; R oger E ngstrom ; Ruth Elaine F ow ler, and Leona Starr (Mrs. F. R. P olifka, superintendent). How to Join the K. Y. B. Club To become a member of the Know Your Bible Club, read through the Gospel ac cording to John» using either your own Bible or a Gospel of John which will be sent upon request. When the Gospel has been read and a statement to this effect» signed by parent or Sunday-school teach er» has been sent to the Editor of the Junior King’s Business» a K . Y. B. C. pin will be mailed. Sunday-school classes or clubs desiring to order ten or more Gospels or pins may wish to share the cost of these supplies, as the Lord di rects: Gospels, postpaid, five cents each —in quantity, three cents; pins, without postage, two cents each. However, no one is to do without a Gospel or pin because of lack of money. Address; Junior King’s Business, 558 S. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
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