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Rh lions in the works of the Lord. Amen.

I cannot close these remarks without trying to impress the necessity of conversion upon each one of your young hearts. Come to Jesus while you are young and tender, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy Youth. “Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” When Jesus lived on earth, the wise men regarded children as nothing, scientists and philosophers were continually speculating and debating as to whether children were possessed with souls. But Jesus placed a stamp of immortality upon them by taking a little child and placing it in the midst of the contending multitude and said; “Except ye become as this little child ye cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Children are precious plants, growing up in the Masters Vineyard; then let us nourish and cherish them that they may bring forth much fruit for the Master. Neither would I dare close these remarks without a word to the teachers. A good teacher is as a good parent. He or she must be morally clean and apt to teach with ability to apply. No Sunday School can get along with a set of make-out