Category: The Children’s Six Minutes
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The Children’s Six Minutes: God’s Measure
GOD’S MEASURE Here I have some measures. This is a rule, we call it a folding foot rule. Here is a square. And here is a tape measure. There are other measures, quarts and pecks and bushels. Then there are liquid measures, quarts and gallons and barrels. There are also measures of weight, ounces, pounds…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: What the Trees said to Me
WHAT THE TREES SAID TO ME Across the street from my home is a large and beautiful park. It has inviting, winding paths, great quantities of flowers and many varieties of trees. Early one summer day, before most people were up, I strolled through the park. I thought I was all alone, but suddenly I…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Good Advice
GOOD ADVICE Most of us, men and women as well as girls and boys, do not take kindly to advice. We very much prefer that people keep their advice to themselves. There are times, however, when we are compelled to listen to advice, because of the source. Here is a bit of advice that commands…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: God’s Clock
GOD’S CLOCK Do you own a watch? If you do not now you will some day. I have a friend whose watch came to him in this wise. His father said to him, “When you graduate from High School I will give you a watch.” Is there a “town clock” where you live? Is it…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Candle Children
CANDLE CHILDREN What is this I have here? It is a candle in a candlestick. There is something about a candle we all love. We have our clear gas lights and our still more brilliant electric bulbs, but when the birthday comes we want a cake with candles on it. Think of this as a…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: God’s Call
GOD’S CALL God calls each one of you. He asks you to give your life to him. He has a special work for you to do. You have heard of Wendell Phillips who did so much to make slavery unlawful in America! Once, when Wendell was a boy fourteen years of age, he heard Lyman…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: A BOY FROM THE COUNTRY
A BOY FROM THE COUNTRY Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in the country. It was said of him that he was “ruddy and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.” I think that description fits a country lad. Well, this boy had brothers who were away from…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: SYSTEM
SYSTEM Here are three books. I put them down like this, one beside the other, that is system. I throw them down carelessly, that is not system, it is not orderly. Here is a little box. Inside are letters, such as you see on the sign in front of the Church. Each letter has a…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Yokes
YOKES A Yoke is a help, not a hindrance. Our first thought is that a yoke is burdensome. A little study reveals to us the great usefulness of the yoke. Have you ever seen a yoke of oxen? What heavy, slow-moving creatures they are! But they are pullers of heavy loads. These loads could not…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: A Unique Psalm
A UNIQUE PSALM I want to tell you about a unique Psalm. Which Psalm is it? It is the 119th. The 119th Psalm is unique because of its length. It is the longest of the Psalms. It has one hundred and seventy-six verses. It is unique because of its arrangement. It is divided into twenty-two…