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
Do you want a free ticket for Happy Land? If you do, stop and listen,
and I will tell you how to get one. All the world seem to fix their
eyes on the golden country, but the road is so narrow that few there
be that find it. All people are pilgrims seeking that fair land, but
at the end of their trail they meet the wreckage of the failures of
the ages. Harken, and I will tell you how to find the trail that
leads to the Land of Happiness. Once upon a time a lad called upon a
wise man and asked him if he would direct him to this land of joy.
The wise man in reply said to him, "I will not only direct you to the
country of smiles but will give you a free ticket that will take you
there." He handed him a little slip of paper upon which the lad could
see nothing. To him it was a blank. He told the wise man so, but the
wise man replied, "Hold the paper close to a lighted lamp so the heat
thereof may strike the paper with full force, and then will appear
the lines which will answer your question, and this will be your sure
passport to your destination." This the lad did. When the heat struck
the blank paper, there appeared in distinct letters the sentence, "If
you would find the land of happiness become a Christian and then do
some good thing for Jesus every day." This the lad tried with all his
heart to do, and did do it, and the smiles he planted on the face of
the other man, reflected a beautiful light on his own face, and his
heart was bounding in joy. This is the secret trail, walk in it.
But all this depends on the fact that your own heart is right with
God, and that Jesus has come to live with you. Then every good thing
you do is done as unto him, and his "thank you" sets all the
joy-bells ringing. That is the Happy Land, and this is the way to
find it. A woman came to her pastor one day and said she was very
miserable and unhappy, she could not find that contentment of heart
which she declared she heard others say they possessed. He told her
the secret of being happy in the Lord, and said: "There is a poor old
lady living at the foot of the street. Go and see her, and take with
you a basket full of good things; give them to her, and you will take
away with you a heart filled with joy. The door of her house is the
open gate to Happy Land." This was the wise man's secret, "Do some
good today for Jesus."
Jesus went about doing good, and in so doing he was revealing the
open way to the land of heart happiness.
The French people have a story about a wonderful Happy Land called
Colaigne. It is full of men and women always happy. In this land
there are no storms of rain or snow. It is never too cold or too hot.
There is no lightning or whirlwind, no war, no sickness, no death.
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