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Show II 'ATALKTOUIIILDKEN. H VAKINO OUnSELVES A LIVING 8ACM' FICC IS BUT REASONABLE SERVICE. tka OnlMl Vram MleaUaarr l la la.llu.a-T ratal Wka D.t.ls.1 lllmxU ! Hrrlplaral rlctarss nlo la Yaalb. Tola, Var cUMra, I want lo call your attention to a command tttilch St.,, I'aul lannchn u to obacrrr. lit iopmaca YtTjr tamwt.jr npon n that It U onlr a reasonable aurlce, only a thing1 to bo txprcttd, that wo annul 1 prratnt our colim a ttell ita mr amil as a urrltloa or offering nnto the Wwl, taring Father who haa glrrn them to at. Now aome boj or irlrl ma any, "How ran I offer mjr boI unto Odd? Theao are not the data ot the martyr when eren little chlMrrn wero called npon to aoffer iialnf ul deatha for the aaae ( the lore the boro their rUrlour." No, j dear children, not aa laaxtrrs now neetl )ou ma the offering, nor by enduring tortara or duatb ahow our lore fur your Lord, but In another way you can atlU offer your bodloa to Jeaua Christ. You know that your feet and lianils, your eye, rolcc, noarinir and eiwch aa veil aa your mind, heart and abul, are all fircded to make what we toll the body of a bey or sir), and those organ all belong to Uod juit aa much and uioro than they do to the person Mho uece them on oarth. So you aw, little chll- drtn. It la aa 81. Paul says only iraaou. able that you thonld offer thr-t budlea to the lovlntr Father who garo them to you. Now I will tell you of aome of the taaralu which you can make your bodlre m acceptublo to Oo.li I)y kit ping your ll w frn from naughty word or unkind lirrelica or faUchoudei tiy lirlrur jiar i tlcular not to spy or preF into forbidden flacea, nor to read forbidden laxiki or : I!cri by rtf nulng to lUtcn to talk au I itorieathat you know neithtr molhtr, cor f tthcr, nor your tijriour wonld np. prore ofi by truardln your ftit that they do not it my Into dliobedlenre, and by keijln your handa from angry blowa or f rum taking what dux not lie-: lorg to yoiu Tho boya and gtrlt who I am tr)lng to do tbeee thing, aaking Lelp from the Ona who neir refmiei to . hear them, are ctrUlnly offering their dear lltllo bollra unto their Lord. If the little uinrlj ra had not guardcil their tyra an 1 uara and Upa carefully, do yon uirnuae they tyoul i ercr bare had tho couragoto ineit tho torture, tho flamM ' and the wild biaat) aa bravely aa they i aua To aomo boya and (tlrU flod luu glren great gifu of different Linda aome havo intellect, aome havo genlua, aomo havo beauty, aome h'reawutneuof dlipnal- I tion, aomo bao tho Jiower tolnfluencu and lead other. Th ro ore many dlfftr nt kindaof gifts, but every child haa one, and If thev ffifta are only used In the right way they will help to make tho ' offering of your bodle very acceptable to Ood. The way thiM gtfla are con- Idored and Ukrn caro of In childhood ' often affecta tho tiitlra after life of tho boy or girt. Hcgtn the offering ot your bailee to Ood no don't wait to bo grown up. 1 know of it Uttlo boyuhi hail a very aweet voice, ami though he waa poor and needed money ho refuood toalug any. whrra but In Ood'a Iiouk, Iwaum he felt by doing ao he could make a holy i offering of hi gift unto Ood. A great orator becaino a mlivlonary to I the Indiana for tho aamo reawu aa au offering of hia body unto bla Lord. I A gniat painter, alo, refud to paint ' any but Kcriptnral picture, for tho aauie n own. All may not be alngira or ialnt- en, bnt each ona haa a gift of aomo kind, and If you will out) think the matter ' over, dear children, you will find that you can, each of yon, If you really want to do It, na thla gift ao that It trill help to make the offering of your body acceptable ac-ceptable unto Qod. You are' all member of Chrlit-you know that mearta that yon are an actual part of your Havlour ao try to remember remem-ber that your handa nnd feet, ) our eyea, )our ear and your tongue, aa well aa your heart and aoul are hia alw, and try to talus tho beauty or Intellect or gcnlne or plouant winner that may be ) our aharo only na glfia which Ood baa RiTeoyou to m for hia vrrlce, ao that tho offering of your bodice aa well a of your heart and aoula tuny bo acceptable nnto him. Barbara Fcchtou in Churchman. |