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
Faith in Christ will save me!
Let me trust thy gracious Son,
Trust the work that he has done,
To his arms, Lord, let me run,
Faith in Christ will save me.
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WORDS OF ANGER
OBJECTS: A Large White Pasteboard Card with a Heart
in the Center; a Number of Black Pins; a Large Apple=
I once heard a story about a little boy whose bad temper troubled
him, because when in anger he would speak words that would cut and
stick in, So in order that he might know how bad were the bad words
he uttered he made a large white heart, and in its center he put a
cross. He hung this card in his own room and called it "The Heart of
Jesus." Whenever he said an angry word, he would stick in the heart a
black pin, just to remind him of the fact that every cross word he
said hurt Jesus. This soon brought him to his senses, and the heart
with the black pins hurt him so greatly that it was a check to his
bad speaking. This teaches us the fact that our sins hurt Jesus. When
he was among men he wept over the sinner. Perhaps he does now.
Secure a pasteboard heart about one foot in diameter and pin it up on
some background where the audience can see it, then tell the above
story, and begin to put the black pins (or other pins) in the heart
as you name the bad words the children say. Black pins are preferred
as they will show more plainly by reason of the white background.
After there are a number of pins in the heart call the attention to
the fact that some of those piercing words were spoken about very
small, simple things.
There is an old story that tells us about two brothers who were out
walking together. One night, one of them looking up to the sky said,
"I wish I had a field as large as the night heavens." The other boy
also looking up, said, "I wish I had as many oxen as there are stars
in the sky." "Well," said the first brother, "How would you feed so
many oxen!" The other brother replied, "I would turn them out into
your pasture." "What," said the first brother, "would you do that
without my permission?" "Yes, whether you would give permission or
not." And so they quarreled, and when the quarrel was ended one of
them had been slain by the other. It began by playful talk, but ended
in tragedy. I think that boy must have filled the heart of Jesus with
black pins of temper.
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