In order that we may be strengthened by bread, it is necessary that we
should eat it, and that we should assimilate it or make it part of our
own bodies, in order that we may become strong, otherwise we would die
of hunger in the midst of great store-houses of food. So men and women
die spiritually in the midst of churches, in the midst of Bibles, Bible
influences, and Bible privileges; yes, die without Christ. In order that
our spiritual natures may be fed with spiritual food, we have every
Christian influence in our homes, we have the Sunday-school and the
Catechetical class, and the Church with its preaching service, and
prayer-meetings and other services. If you desire to be good, you must
study your Bibles, go to Sunday-school and to church, and seek to know
all you possibly can concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive Him
into your hearts, and live a Christian life by His aid and the grace
which God will grant you from day to day.

QUESTIONS.--Do all boys and girls get hungry? What
food is most universally used in the world? Does
the body require food every day? Why? Do we have a
spiritual nature as well as a physical nature? Is
there a spiritual hunger as well as a physical
hunger? Will food which satisfies the physical
Hunger satisfy the spiritual hunger? Who does the
Bible say is the "bread of life"? Can we obtain
food for the body without buying it either with
money or effort? Must Jesus, the spiritual food,
be bought? Can salvation be purchased? If God did
not give it to us could we ever pay for it? Where
can we learn most about this spiritual hunger and
about the "bread" which came down from Heaven? How
shall we send the Bread of Life to the people in
heathen lands?

THE STONE.

THE NATURAL AND CHANGED HEART.

SUGGESTION:--Objects: A small cobble stone and a
larger one, to represent the heart of a child and
the heart of an adult, and a pin with which to
prick the stone and prick the hand.

[Illustration: Pricking a Stone. ]

NOW, boys and girls, I have here a stone, which because of its peculiar
shape reminds me of the human heart. But if I take a pin and prick this
stone it has no feeling whatever. If I take this pin and prick the back
of my hand, I feel it immediately. It is very unplea