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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 17, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 46.

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Reflectors for Jesus

Children’s Lesson — No. 3

Reflectors for Jesus

Show the children a small mirror. Ask how it is made, and for what purpose it is used. It does not absorb light, but reflects it. Next show a piece of common glass, and ask why it will not do for a mirror. It does not reflect the light, but lets it pass through.
We may be like the window-glass instead of the mirror. If we receive gifts from God, and do not give them back by helping others and reflecting the character of Jesus, we are like the common glass.
God has a great mirror. Exhibit chart or copy of the ten commandments. This glass does not tell how we look, but how we act. James 1:23, 25; see 2 Cor. 3:18. In this holy law we also see what God is like.
Rub over the mirror with a little piece of soap. The reflection is spoiled. Then clean.
What else do we see in God’s mirror? — The sins in ourselves. When we have dirty hands and faces or stains on our clothes, what do we do? — Take soap and water, and wash them all away. How can sin be cleansed? 1 John 1:7, last part.
When cleansed, what do we become? — Reflectors like the mirror. Tell how the mirror reflects the sun. Children enjoy seeing reflections from a mirror.
Christians reflect the character of Jesus, just as the mirror reflects light. Shall we be like the common glass or like the mirror?