Golden Text for Beginners.—­Be ye kind one to another.—­Eph. 4:32.

Truth.—­If we would belong to Jesus, we must deny ourselves.

1.  Jesus spoke to a great crowd that followed him and told them that if they wanted to be his disciples they must love him better than all else in the world.

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2.  He said if they would be his disciples they must be willing to take up their cross and follow him.

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3.  He meant that they must be willing to do hard things for his sake.

4.  He said if a man wanted to build a tower he would first see if he had money enough to build it all.

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5.  If the man began to build and could not finish it people would laugh at him.

6.  Jesus wanted to teach them that they should be patient and finish whatever they began.

7.  If we want to be friends of Jesus we must love him best of all and obey his words, no matter how hard we may find it to do so.

8.  The love of Jesus in our heart helps us to be good and makes it easy for us to obey him and do hard things for his sake.

9.  Salt is useful to keep food good and to make it taste pleasant to us.

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10.  If the salt loses its taste and strength it is useless and is thrown out.

11.  So it is with our love for Jesus; if it is not strong and true it will be of no use to us or anyone else.

12.  The true love of Jesus in our hearts grows stronger day by day and makes us useful and helpful to those around us.

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Questions.

What is the Golden Text?

What is the Truth?

1.  What did Jesus tell the people they must do if they wanted to be his disciples?

2.  If they would be his disciples what must they be willing to do?

3.  What did he mean by this?

4.  If a man wanted to build a tower what would he first do?

5.  When would the people laugh?

6.  What did Jesus want to teach them?

7.  If we want to be friends of Jesus what must we do?

8.  What does the love of Jesus in our hearts do?

9.  Of what use is salt?

10.  When is salt thrown out?

11.  When is our love for Jesus of no use to us or anyone else?

12.  What does the true love of Jesus in our hearts do?

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Lesson hymn.

Tune.—­“Jesus loves me, this I know,” omitting chorus (E flat).

     Jesus said, “Come, follow me,
     And my true disciples be;
     Give up all that leads astray,
     Walk beside me day by day.”

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Title of Lesson for April 26.

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