"She could see other workers hurrying about and doing such important
tasks! Some were making wax, and building the comb inside the hive;
others were providing food for the young bees, and still others were
feeding honey to the queen herself!

"Day by day the little worker grew more discontented, until one day the
queen sent a message to the tireless workers at the doorway. 'Tell
them,' she said, 'that they are doing me a wondrous service. Without the
air they are sending me, I could never live.'

"When the little worker heard this message, she took courage, and her
wings whirred as never before."

--_Selected._




OUR LESSON.--For April 26.

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PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK.

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Title.--The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.--Luke 15:1-10.

Golden Text.--There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one