The Cost of Discipleship.--Luke 14:25-35.

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Golden Text for April 19.

Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.--Matt. 16:25.

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Beginners Golden Text for April 19.

_Be ye kind one to another_.--Eph. 4:32.

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Advice to Boys and Girls

The Extra Step Society.


The "Extra Step Society" was formed in the Martin household when the
mother was forced to be on the lounge for some time with a sprained
ankle. It was Tom who cheerfully took an extra step on his way to
school each day to call at his grandmother's and report the progress
of the invalid. It was Bessie who left her play and stepped softly
into the parlor every morning to lower the blind so that the sun's
rays might not beam too warmly on her mother's face. And it was wee
Alice who took many an extra step during the day, sometimes to carry a
glass of fresh water to her mother, and sometimes to bring a magazine