nksgiving and Praise.
S.A., 118, Our Father.
S.A., 170, Songs of Praise.
S.A., 277, God is My Salvation.
S.A., 286, Awake, O Zion.
S.A., 290, Beautiful Zion.
S.A., 291, Ho, Every One that Thirsteth.

Unselfishness

H.T., 91, Joseph.
T.J., 143, How a Great Soldier was Healed of Leprosy.
L.J., 70, The Temptation in the Wilderness.
L.J., 115, The Golden Rule and the Right Way to be Rich.
L.J., 211, The Rich Young Man;
L.J., 258, Jesus is the True Vine.
L.J., 261, Jesus Prays for His Disciples.
L.J., 346, Simon the Sorcerer.

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TRY LINCOLN'S WAY

Do you know Abraham Lincoln's plan of learning English? It was a very
simple and direct way of making the Bible English his own. The Bible,
we are told, was one of the four or five books which Lincoln read and
loved as a boy. He knew it well and to his study of it he owed the
simple, strong, and beautiful English which gave his speeches--his
address at Gettysburg, the Second Inaugural address, and many
others--their high place among the most perfect and enduring of all
writings.

This was his plan: He would read a story, or a part of one, very
slowly and thoughtfully, oftentimes aloud. When every detail of it was
clear in his mind, he would close the book, take pencil and paper and
write the story for himself, using as many of the Bible words as he
could remember, and trying always to tell the story as _well_ and as
_completely_, and yet in as _few words_ as the Bible.

He tells us his stories were never quite so clear, so brief, and yet
so perfect, as those of his model. But he did learn to command its
simplicity, its strength, its brevity, and its imagery.

Try Lincoln's way, using the following selections:--

A Cowardly Deed. 91, 92, 95, 96 H. T.

An Old Fable. 333, 334 H.T.

The Story of the Shepherd Boy Who Became King. 382,385,386 H.T.

The Passing of David. 451 H.T.

The Wise Men. 41, 42 L.J.

The First Miracle. 78 L.J.

The Good Samaritan. 88, 91 L.J.

The Man Let Down through the Roof. 127, 128 L.J.

The Miracle at Nain. 130 L.J.

The Story of the Sower. 133 L.J.

Learning to Serve. 143 L.J.

The Story of the Lost Sheep. 2