The Bible object book : $b A book of object lessons which are different, written in plain English and in common wordsWoolston, C. H. (Clarence Herbert)
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The Bible object book : $b A book of object lessons which are different, written in plain English and in common words
Woolston, C. H. (Clarence Herbert)
Children's sermons
I have been in the Juvenile Court nearly ten years, dealing with
thousands of boys who have disgraced themselves and their parents,
and I do not know of any one habit which is more responsible for the
troubles of these boys than the vile cigaret habit.
Superintendent, Mervine of the Wells Fargo Express Company, issued a
letter to all agents of the company, in which he said:
Any one who habitually smokes cigarets, in this climate especially,
has something connected with his record or his qualifications that
makes him a dangerous person.
Dr. Sims Woodhead, professor of pathology in Cambridge University,
says that cigaret smoking, in the case of boys, partially paralyzes
the nerve-cells at the base of the brain, and this interferes with
the breathing or heart action.
Now produce a flag made of black muslin which you call the Cigaret
Flag, on which you have pinned small slips of paper on which you have
written some of the short sayings herewith given, Read these lines
from the flag and say, "We will now listen to the message of the
Cigaret Flag."
If you blow a mouthful of cigaret smoke through a clean white
handkerchief, it will leave a dark brown slimy stain. In this carbon
deposit are the different poisons which eat on the delicate spongy
membrane of the back of the throat like acid on a piece of cloth.
Conclude by warning the boys not to smoke the deadly cigaret, never
to begin; and if they have smoked, then first urge them to make the
last cigaret the last forever. Tell them that Jesus wants boys with
clean lips and pure hearts. The cigaret habit has roots which go deep
into the heart. This is what makes the grip of the habit so strong.
Jesus said that "Every plant my heavenly Father has not planted shall
be rooted up." So this is one of the plants doomed by God. Let him
pull it out from your heart by the roots; only thus can it be taken
away to stay.
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HEALING LEAVES
OBJECTS: A Collection of Eucalyptus Leaves=
Secure from a regular drug-store a few dried leaves of the eucalyptus
tree which grows in California. Mount them on cardboard or hold them
up in a cluster so all the hearers may see them. Then open your Bible
and read Revelation 22:2, "and the leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations." This can be used as a text for this lesson.
This great tree is to remind the saved in heaven that there is no
sickness there, for the cure of the nations and the ages is under the
shade of the leaves of this healing tree. This tree with its healing
leaves is to remind us of Jesus. He is the great Tree of Life, "a
root out of the dry ground." His leaves of truth have been for the
healing of the nations. This collection of leaves which you now hold
in your hand has healing power. An oil is extracted direct from these
leaves which has great medicinal value.
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