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
Show a map of the heathen country and secure some small idols or
curios from some missionary headquarters and exhibit them to the
children. Tell the audience that though we may smile at these ugly
shapes the heathen people revere them and cling to them as their only
hope. They will not give them up because we just say they are false
gods. They will fight for them and often suffer more for their gods
than we will for the true God. A returned missionary told the
following story. He was holding special meetings for the children and
trying to reach them by teaching them to sing the little Christian
songs our mothers taught us. At once the heathen priests opened a
children's meeting directly opposite to his place of meeting. The
missionary taught the children to sing,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because he first loved me.
The heathen priest taught the children to sing by the same tune the
words:
Oh, how I love Buddha,
Because he first loved me.
So you see we must fight a long battle and endure much for Jesus
before we will put the name of Jesus in the place of Buddha in the
hearts of the people of the heathen land. Here exhibit a Conquest
Flag which stands for warfare. The war is on--but Jesus will conquer.
The Conquest Flag tells us this.
=Lincoln's Birthday. February 12=
Read as the Scripture lesson how God chose Moses to be the
Emancipator of the Hebrews, Exodus 3:11-22.
His was a heart trust in God. Read this truth in Psalm 91.
Secure a broken chain to represent the millions made free from the
bondage of slavery.
Sing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and also "America."
Secure a large picture of Lincoln and have it displayed before the
audience as you speak of him as Father Abraham the Liberator. Mention
his strong faith in God; this was the big sword with which he fought
the big battles of the Union Army.
=Boys' Day. Any Day=
In some of our great cities they now celebrate what is known as
"Boys' Week." The boys run the town for an hour. In Philadelphia,
Pa., Hon. W. Freeland Kendrick at this present writing is now our
mayor; for one hour he surrendered his office to a bright boy of the
town, and all the city was glad to give the boy the first place.
This goes to prove that the boy has his opportunity in this present
day, and it is a _great_ opportunity, for it means that the boy can
come to his own if he will.
If you have a Boy Scout organization in your church ask one or more
of them to come to the platform or to serve on the floor as ushers.
Use also the members of the other boy organizations you may have in
the church. Have the entire program conducted by bright boys and
reserve for yourself only the place of the speaker.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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