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
They listened to the Tempter, and did as he told them, and reported
to their father their work was done, and the father according to his
promise sent them to the circus. Some weeks afterward the father was
inspecting his garden, and noticed there was an entire row of
bean-hills from which no little green blades had yet made their
appearance. The father sent for his sons and called their attention
to the fact that in every row but the last one the beans had
sprouted; he wanted to know if they could explain to him the failure
of the last row. The boys assured the father that the seeds had been
planted and if he would wait just a little while longer they would
come up like the other seeds. The boys were troubled a lot about it,
but they thought their father would never know why the seeds did not
come up, because they had been cast into a hole and a great stone had
covered them over so no one would ever see them. But one day a week
or so after this the father was walking out again in that part of the
garden and thought he noticed some little green blades pushing
themselves out from beneath the stone; so he rolled away the stone
and there in the hole were the little seeds trying to sprout and come
up out of the dust.
He called his boys to him and showed them the sight, and they
confessed their wrong-doing and promised they would never deceive him
again, even to go to the greatest show on earth. So we see how their
sins did not stay covered, they found their way out. So it will be
with all our sins, they will find us out, and at the day of judgment
will find their way out also.
The only thing that will cover sin so that it will not find us out is
to put it under the Blood. There it will not find its way out,
because forgiven sin is taken away to stay forever.
Open now the next pages, and you will find them pure white. The white
stands for righteousness. Read Psalm 51:7: "Whiter than snow." This
is the Snow Prayer. Ask the children to repeat it in concert. Read
John 13:10: "Clean every whit"; this means all the black has gone,
and the all white has come in its place. Only the blood of Jesus can
do this. Make no effort to explain this, but quote it as a fact. It
is so stated in the Bible and the Bible is true.
Now open the pages showing the green and say: "Green stands for
fruitfulness, as it is the green branch which bears the leaf,
blossom, and fruit, so should we bear much fruit or as the great
Sankey sang in other days, 'When Jesus has found you, tell others the
story'; that is what I am doing now, telling you the story and trying
to bear fruit." Read Matthew 21:28, "Son, go work today in my
vineyard." Read also Galatians 6:10, "As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do good unto all men."
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