THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S children, and when he started school, some of the other boys and girls made fun of him because he was not in a higher grade. Many of them would tease him on the playground, and were not a t all kind to him. At noon one day one of the boys said he would have to go w ithout any lunch for someone had stolen his lunch. This boy whose lunch had been stolen was one of the worst boys in school when it came to being unkind and rud e in his treatm en t of others, and had made it very un pleasant for our little friend, whose name was Carl. Now here comes the best pact of our story, for Carl was the first one to offer to share his lunch with the boy who had been unkind to him many times. Carl showed the righ t sp irit in not holding any ill feeling toward th e boy, even th o u g h . the boy had not treated him right. This was the means of the other boy becoming a good friend to Carl. Lesson Story.— Now we remember in our story last week Jesus was in the garden w ith some of his disciples, and was comforted and strengthened by an angel. Judas, who betrayed Jesus, brought the soldiers w ith him and met Jesus as he was coming out of the g ar den, and they led him away to the gov ernor, whose name was Pilate. They took off his outer robe, and put on a purple one; then they made a w reath of tho rn s and put it upon his head. Then they bowed down before him, mocking and making fun of him. They spat upon him, and struck him w ith th eir hands. A fter Jesus had suffered all these things, P ilate hoped th e Jews m ight be willing to let Him go, for P ilate could find no fau lt in Jesus, but th e Jews cried the more, to crucify him. (Tell the full story, emphasizing the cowardice of Pilate, and how Jesus could have called angels to his aid, bu t his death was a place called Calvary, a little way out side th e gates of Jerusalem . There they necessary.) Then they brought him to
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nailed his hands and his feet to the cross and crucified the Lord Jesus. In all his pain and suffering as He was hanging on th e cross, he prayed, saying, “F ath er, forgive them , for they know not what they do !’’ He m eant th a t they did not know how g reat th e ir sin was in crucifying him, the Son of God — or how fearfu l the punishm ent would be. Many of th e people who stood and watched him die, mocked him , as he was suffering and dying; the soldiers also mocked. There were two thieves crucified on either side of Jesus. One of the thieves made fun and told him to come down from the cross if he was the Christ. The other th ief knew th a t Jesus had done nothing worthy of death, but th a t they deserved to die , ' and he asked Jesus to forgive him, and he was saved rig h t there. Jesus said, -“It is finished.” He m eant th a t the work which he had come to do, and the punishm ent which he had come to bear, for us, were finished, and he bowed his head and died. O boys and girls, how can we help loving Jesus and giving ourselves to him, when we know how he loved us, enough to die th a t awful death for us. Closing P rayer.— Dear Lord Jesus, we do th ank thee for thy wonderful love, and help us to show our love for thee by living for thee every day. I A HAPPY IDEA A subscriber in Canada w rites us of th e conviction she had th a t she ought to pass on th e good things she found in The K ing’s Business, and yet she could not bring herself to p art w ith h er own copy. She has now had a happy idea. She has us send two copies each month to her address, one of which she passes around among her neighbors. Could you make a dollar do more for the spiritual help of your neighbors? Some people say you couldn’t. Think this over. I t’s a p retty good plan.
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