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

The Lord's Jewels

Children's Lesson — No. 1

The Lord's Jewels

TAKE a potato, wheat, corn, rice, a flower, and some silver and gold coins to illustrate this lesson. Keep all covered till needed.

Show potato. What is it good for? Show the wheat. Why do we prize wheat? Produce corn. What is made of corn? Take a handful of rice. In what countries is rice most used for food?

But Here are some silver and gold. What are they good for? Money buys the things we need. Where are vegetables, grain, and other things we eat stored? Where do we keep money?

Show some fragrant flower, and let the children smell it. Use a picture if you can obtain no flower. Read Phil. 4:18. The kind deeds we do are like sweet, fragrant flowers.

Read Rev. 5:8. Our prayers, when they come from sincere hearts, are like perfume. They come to God as sweet incense.

We send flowers as gifts to friends. Kind acts and earnest prayers come before God, fragrant with faith and love.

Some things are kept more carefully than money. They are called “precious stones,” or “jewels.” Name some, such as pearls, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. Tell how costly they are. Some are worth immense sums of money. Such are kept carefully guarded in the safest places, and prized for their beauty.

A lady was once shown the gems and jewels belonging to some of her friends. Then they asked to see hers. She had no pearls nor diamonds, but she called her children to her side, and said, “These are my jewels.”

God has jewels. They are his children. Mal. 3:16, 17. Each of us may be one of his jewels.

Sing to close, “When he cometh to make up his jewels,” No. 852, “Christ in Song.”