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
To illustrate this, secure a small toy iron bank such as children use
for the safe keeping of their pennies. Cut out a piece of cardboard
the shape of a heart, and put this inside of the little bank, and at
the proper time in the story draw it out and show the children that
the bank contained the father's heart, covered up with the money.
This money stands for the treasure of the people, and there you will
find the people's hearts also. You can also paste upon this heart a
number of pennies, so that when you take the heart out it will be
literally covered with the treasures. What must be done with this
heart that it may be separated from the treasures of gold which will
separate the heart forever from heaven? It must be brought to Jesus
and a new heart will be given in exchange. Although this heart
covered with the gold of this world is therefore very attractive to
most people, it is as black as night in the sight of God and the
angels.
There was once a boy named William. He was in the habit of doing
wicked things. Once he told a great lie about his classmate because
he was angry at him, and the teacher punished this classmate,
believing that what William said was true. At the next recess William
noticed that the scholars kept away from him and looked at him as if
they were frightened, but he did not think much of this. When he went
back to school that afternoon he saw his teacher looking at him very
strangely, and when he went home his mother looked at him and burst
into tears. William then ran up into his little room to look himself
over and stood before the mirror to see if he could determine what
was the matter, and there he saw a terrible sight. By some mysterious
power he had become so transparent that his heart showed right out
from his body through his thick clothing, and it was a dreadfully
black one. His coat was black, but it looked quite white compared
with the blackness of his heart that was piercing through his coat,
and when he saw this he was ashamed to go out, and hung his head
whenever he passed any of his classmates, He tried to run into dark
corners where people could not see his heart, but he could not find
any hiding-place dark enough to hide his black heart. At last with
tears in his eyes he ran to his mother and asked what he should do.
He confessed to his mother the big lie he told about his classmate.
His mother now led him to the mirror when he had finished his sad
story. She said: "See, William, now that you have made this
confession, your heart is less black than it was before. I think it
will become entirely white if you pray to Jesus to forgive you. Tell
your classmate and teacher and the scholars how sorry you are."
William said to himself, "I will." That night he prayed long and
earnestly and when the morning had come he was astonished to see how
much lighter his heart had grown. This pleased him very much and he
said: "I don't think I will trouble any more about my heart. It is
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