ur 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.

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Golden Text for April 26.

There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.--Luke 15:10.

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Beginners Golden Text for April 26.

_God is love._--1 John 4:8.

Knowledge Box

How Trees Know Their Birthdays.

Willard wondered how old the pretty graceful maple that grew outside his
window was.

"I don't know exactly," said mother, "five or six years I should think.
But the maple has the story of each birthday shut up safe inside its
trunk. If the tree should blow down, or we should ever cut it down we
could tell how many years it had lived.

"Each year a layer of soft green wood grows right next to the bark, and
when winter comes this wood hardens until it is like the other wood. So
when the tree is cut down we see in rings of wood the number of years it
has been growing."

--_Zelia Margaret Walters._

Advice to Boys and Girls

Hanging Out Signs.

Grace had a sprained ankle when the new little girl moved next door. One
afternoon a week later mother came in to tell Grace that the new little
girl had come over for a visit.

"I'm glad," said Grace. "Please bring her up, mother, I like her."

"Why," said mother, "you've never seen her."

"Yes, but I could hear her every day from my window," said Grace. "I
heard her talk to her little brother, and she's so kind and jolly, and
she never says mean things to the dog, and when her mother calls, she
says, 'yes, mother,' just as pleasant, and runs right away to see what
she wants. She's always singing, too. I know she's nice."

"So little June has been hanging out signs telling just what she was
though you haven't seen her," said mother with a smile. "I hope my
daughter is putting out as good signs both for those who hear her, and
those who see her."