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Learning to See “ I saw a blind man today going about begging. I’m glad J’m not blind, aren’t you, Uncle;Jesse?” “How do you .know that you are not blind?” asked his uncle. “’ Cause I can see,” replied Willie, laugh ing. “Are you sure?” “ ’Deed I am,” was the confident answer. “I am certainly glad to hear it, for most people are a little blind.” “Most people? Why, I have seen only a few.” “There are different kinds of blindness. One boy can’t see the. use of going to school and learning ; another boy can’t see why he must obey his father and mother; another can’t see that it is very wrong to lie and steal. So there are man^,that are blind to other things.” “ I didn’t mean that kind o f blindness.” “ That is the very worst sort. There are many people whose sight has been taken away, who have learned; to, see themselves as sinners, and have cdihh to Jesus and . found forgiveness. There are thousands of others whose eyes are good, who do not see that they need a Saviour; and that is the worst kind o f blindness.”; ’? a “How are we to learn to see our sins?” asked Willie, soberly. “That is one o f the very things that Jesus came to teach us. If we ask Him, in faith, to open our eyes so we can see our sins and weaknesses, and then obey Him, we shall team to see more and more clear- ill , . ‘ I’m going to ask the Lord to open my eyes, so I can see everything that is good and everything that is bad.” —P ublisher U nknown . playmates that are not always kind. Her mother does not want her little girl to be-, come a talebearer, so she ,uses the three sieves. On one, there is a tag which says, “ Is it true?” on the second, a tag which says, “ Is it kind ?” and on the third are these words, “Is it necessary?” , So when Mary begins a story which her mother fears may hurt some one if re peated, she hurries away for the three sieves, and Mary’s story is sifted—sifted just as you sift flour when helping Mother. It passes through the first sieve to see if it is “true,” and through the second to see if it is “kind,” and through the third to see if it is “necessary” to repeat it. Sometimes Mary’s mother need only use the first sieve, for if the story is not true, it will surely not be “kind” and “necessary” to pass on. However, if the story passes the three sieves, Mary may safely tell it to some one else. I think Mary’s mother is very wise, don’t you, to have three sieves in her home? In God’s Word, we find this prayer which I am sure would be a good one for us all to pray: “ Let the words o f my mouth, and the meditation o f my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer” (Psa. 19:14). When we really pray that prayer from our hearts, we will be able to say with the Psalmist, “ I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle” (Psa. 39:1). Memory Verses for March John 19:17, 18 Isaiah 53:5, 6 Romans 5 :8
Daren Durey, Fitch and Allen Payne, Mil dred, Walter, and Harold Fish, Helen Bass, Elsie and Raymond Belknap, and June Pierce, F a y e t t e , Iowa; Vera, Jessie, and Velma Shoop, Betty and Jean Delozier, Mary Mentzer, Kathyrn Dick, Louise Rollason, and Mary Dively, Hol- lidaysburg, Pa. To become a member of the K. Y. B. Club, first write for a Gospel according to John. When this has been read through and a statement to this effect is sent, signed by parent or Sunday-school teacher, a K.Y.B.C. pin will be sent, and one thus becomes a member of the Know Your Bible Club. Address: Junior Dept, of T he K ing ’ s B usiness , 536 So. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif. Answer to Valentine Crossword Puzzle H orizontal V erticle 1 . Have. 1 . Ho. 2. He. 2. Happy. 3. Open. 3. Ever. 4. Printer. 4. Enigma. 5. Get. 5. Needy. 6. Poet. 6. Patted. 7. Oh. 7. Ooze. 8. Ameer. 8. Heart. 9. Add. 9. T. L. 10. Azal. A Word Square The answer to each of the following questions is a word of five letters. Place them one under the other in the order given, and you will form a square in which the same words may be read either ver tically or horizontally. 1. A Levite related to Moses (Ex. 4:10- 17).. 2. A river in Damascus (2 Ki. 5 :12). 3. To have gathered together with a garden instrument. 4. A river in Russia. 5. Aaron’s son (Ex. 6 :23). In nearly every kitchen you can find a sieve. O f course, many of you have often helped Mother sift the flour when making cookies or cake. And don’t you like to sift it down to the very last bit, until only the lumps are left in the sieve? How fluffy the flour looks that has been sifted, and how usable! Mary’s mother has three sieves. ; “ Three!” you exclaim. “What does she do with three sieves ?” Mary’s mother does not use all three to sift the impurities from the flour. She has another use for her three sieves. Mary, I’m sorry to say, often comes home from play with stories about her
A Gift that Pleased Him The Bible teacher was ill, and it was just before Christmas, too. The girls must have a message about the Babe o f Bethlehem. Dorothy was willing to go. She had been following closely in the Bible teacher’s footsteps this past year in her service for Him. But which of all the lovely messages she had learned should she carry to the girls at this time? “Why not read the story o f ‘His Birth day’* in T he K ing ’ s B usiness ?” suggest ed the Bible teacher. So Dorothy carried to the girls that day the message of remem bering Him on His birthday with gifts that please Him. The girls listened to every word, while thoughts of shame raced through their minds, that they had ever so forgotten Him on His birthday. And then came the question, “What shall I give Him?” The answer to this question had already been decided in the mind o f Edna, a little girl of twelve. “ I will give Him myself,” she said— and on that day Edna received God’s1gift o f everlasting life and became His child. Dorothy and the girls rej oiced with Edna, and the Bible teacher rejoiced, but best of all, there was joy in the heart o f Him whose birthday it was. He had re ceived the gift that pleased Him most. * /« the "Junior King’s Business “ Decem ber, -1932. M-A-R-C-H Let us make our own acrostic of Bible characters and places mentioned iri John's Gospel, as suggested by the letters'in the month of March. 1. Let “M” stand for the servant of the high priest whose ear was cut off by Peter. 2. Let “A ” stand for Simon Peter’s brother. . 3. Let "R ” stand for the way Mary ad dressed the Lord Jesus in the garden after the resurrection. 4. Let “C” stand for the place where the first miracle was performed. 5. Let “ H” stand for the glad cry o f the people on the day o f the triumphal entry. K. Y. B. C. Letters from Sunday-school teachers and workers among junior boys and girls have come, telling o f the interest in the Know Your Bible Club. We suggest to these workers that K.Y.B.Clubs be organized among the groups, meeting once a month to read together the. Junior page, to recite the memory verses, etc. W e would also suggest that each junior have a notebook for the Bible work. With club pins and the club song and motto (in the January, 1933, issue of T he K ing ’ s B usiness ), we feel sure that our junior readers will be happy meeting together in this way. One Sunday-school superintendent who has organized such a club writes, “ It is a real joy to see the children enjoy reciting their verses and other assignments.” A junior girl who is a member o f a K. Y. B. Club writes, “ I just love to do the work in our K. Y. B. Club. It is just the kind o f work I love to do, and I am getting so much out of it.” Welcome to the K. Y. B. C. Family This month we are glad to welcome the following to the Know Your Bible Club: Eunice McNeal, Joyce and Pearl Kunde, Muriel Smith, June Ellis, and Margaret and Dorothy Halsey, San Diego, Calif.; Virginia Welsh, Marion, Arlene, and
THE THREE SIEVES
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