must be strong and loving to reach the sinful soul. Christ can save
"from the uttermost," but how much better it is to say in early youth,
"I hear thy voice, my Lord. Gladly I come."

MEMORY VERSE, _Matthew_ 11: 28

"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest."

MEMORY HYMN [462]

_"In heavenly rest abiding."_




LOVE AND LOYALTY


Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a man who had a wife and two
sons. There was a famine in the land where he lived, so he said to his
wife and sons, "We will journey down to another country where the crops
have not failed. There shall we find plenty to eat, and there will we
make our home."

So the family moved to the strange land where they prospered and were
happy. In time the boys grew to young manhood and married young women of
the new land where they dwelt. Then sorrow entered their homes, as
sorrow comes sooner or later to every home. The father and the two sons
died, and the mother and her two daughters-in-law were left alone. The