Category: The Children’s Six Minutes
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Last but not Least

LAST BUT NOT LEAST How often have we heard this phrase! You girls and boys use it, “Here I am, last but not least.” When Jesus was on earth there was often a discussion among the disciples concerning rank among them. Some were fearful that they would be last. One day a mother, very proud…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The Christmas Tree

THE CHRISTMAS TREE by Bruse S. Wright. For a few years I lived in a country where “December is as pleasant as May.” The weather was warm all through the year. The ground was never frozen, for there was never any frost. I never saw a snowflake in all the years I lived in the…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The Best Word

THE BEST WORD What is the best word! I think I can hear each of you as he answers. One says “Mother is the best word.” Another says, “Father.” Still another, “Daddy.” A fourth one answers, “Home.” Now I hear a voice that says, “America.” Another voice shouts, “Friend.” Yes, there are many, many words…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Him and Hymn

HIM AND HYMN I want to tell you to-day about two “Hims.” The first is a man “Him.” The second is a song “Hymn.” The man “him” is Phillips Brooks. He was born in 1835 and died in 1893. He never married, so he had no girls and boys of his own. But he loved…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Marbles in the Pocket

MARBLES IN THE POCKET Do you know what a Missionary Box is? Well, I will tell you. It is a box or barrel sent from a missionary society in a city or town to a missionary family or school on the frontier. The box contains clothing, bedding, and sometimes toys, dolls and picture books if…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The First Month

THE FIRST MONTH What month is this? December. It is the first month in the year. “No, no,” you say, “December is the last month.” I cannot entirely agree with you. December is last on the calendar but first in importance. Now you agree with me, do you not? How many days has December? One…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: One by One

ONE BY ONE Here is this great church building. It is a beautiful structure, is it not? It is so substantial, it has stood here so many years, we take it so for granted that it seems as though it had always been here. But there was a day when the ground upon which this…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING What does Thanksgiving mean to you? I hear one boy say, “It means a big dinner.” I think we all agree with him. Who does not welcome and enjoy a good dinner! I hear Mary say, “Thanksgiving means a day off from school.” I guess you are right too. School is not such a…

