Children's Day service by singing the hymn 690. The hymn 690, Jesus bid us shine with a clear, pure light, like a little candle burning in the night. In this world is darkness, so we must shine, you in your small corner and I in mine. The hymn 690, we're going to stand while we sing. ♪ Jesus is a shine without limit ♪ In this world of darkness, don't be too shy. In your small corner, don't be too shy. Jesus lives to shine, first of all, for him. Where he sees and knows Him, his heart and voice sing. He lives high from heaven to the sea of shine. Here in your small corner and now in mine. ♪ Jesus brings us shine and for all are gone ♪ ♪ Many kinds of darkness in this world upon ♪ ♪ Sin and war and sorrow so lowly must shine ♪ ♪ Universal corner and light divine ♪ Let us just bow together in prayer. Let us take a moment just to settle ourselves, to close our eyes, and to ask for the Lord's presence and help with us here this Sabbath morning. Our gracious God and eternal Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the privilege that is ours of coming before Thee. We thank Thee for our access We rejoice that thou hast told us even to come boldly, and we come boldly this morning to praise and to give thanks unto thy great name. We thank thee for the gift of thy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We rejoice that at Calvary he died, he rose again, so that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. And Lord, it is our prayer this morning that each and every one whether they're young or elderly, that they might look unto thee and know thy so great salvation. We thank you for the Sabbath school. We thank thee for every boy and girl For the word of God that has been taught to them, we ask, Lord, that thou wouldst hide it deep in their hearts. We ask especially for them this morning, as they would take part in the service, we ask, Lord, that thou wouldst take away nervousness, and that it might not be a chore to them, but that it might be a blessing even to their souls this morning. so be with them. We thank thee for our Sabbath school teachers, and we pray, Lord, that thou wouldst bless them. Over the last year, they've been giving out the word of God, and we pray this morning that thou wouldst be with them and bless them. And Lord, we come this morning and we remember those who are not able to be with us. We think of the elderly of our congregation. We think of those who are sick. We think very especially this morning of those who are in hospital. We remember, Lord, our sister, Mrs. Bagley. We ask for thy hand upon her. We think also this morning of of Kyle and we pray Lord that you would be with him and we ask that you would give to the doctors wisdom and guidance and undertake for them. We thank you for thy hand upon the Reverend McLernan for bringing him through his surgery. We pray, Lord, that you would continue to touch him and undertake for him, even at this time. Others, Lord, who are going through bereavement, we think of the Stitt family. We ask, Lord, that you would be with them. We pray that they might know thy sustaining grace in this time of need. And so, Lord, we pray that thou wouldst be with us this morning and that thou wouldst help Samuel as he would introduce the various parts of the service, and, Lord, that in all things that thy name would be lifted up and that thou wouldst be greatly glorified. So hear our prayer and be with us this morning, for we ask these things in thy name and for thy glory. Amen. Amen. Could I just at this stage of the service bid each of you a very warm welcome. Of course, we welcome very especially the members of the Sabbath School. Without you here this morning, our service would be very short indeed. But we thank you for coming, for practicing. And we're looking forward to you taking part this morning. Also, welcome everyone. We have a number of visitors with us. We appreciate you taking the time to come along. And I know that as you hear the Sabbath school taking part, your own heart will be blessed. And they've been working hard for this morning. And the theme, not only this morning, but the theme throughout the day, is missionary work. Of course, one of the great pioneer missionaries was David Livingstone. He left Scotland and he went to Africa, dark Africa, no light of the gospel, and he faced many, many hardships. And he said, if a commission by an earthly keen is considered an honor, how can a commission by a heavenly King be considered a sacrifice. And whether we're called to be a missionary in some remote part of the world or a missionary here in Lurgan, it is an honor, it's an honor to serve the Lord. So I trust that as the boys and girls take part this morning that our hearts all will be challenged afresh. I also want to say a very warm word of welcome to our special speaker this morning, the Reverend Ron Johnson. Before Mr. Johnson was a minister here at home, he was a missionary away out in Papua New Guinea. So he's an ideal speaker for this morning when the theme is missionary. And boys and girls, if you don't know where Papua New Guinea is, here's your challenge for today. If you've got a map at home, you get a map and you look up and find Papua New Guinea. Or if you haven't a map, you can Google it. Maybe the quicker way of getting it. So we welcome our brother. along this morning, also welcome Mrs. Johnson, and she of course was a missionary in Papua New Guinea as well, so we welcome them today. I have an easy day, so having done that, I'm going to ask our brother Mr. Todd to come to make the announcements at this stage, and then immediately after that, our brother Mr. Samuel Dominga is going to introduce the program for the boys and girls. Well, good morning, everyone. Could I reiterate the welcome that the Reverend Murray has given this morning to one and all, the boys and girls, mums and dads and family members with us this morning. It's good to see you in God's house. We have a few visiting with us as well. I see the Reverend and Mrs. Timothy Nelson with us, and I see also Mr. Matthew Hall all the way from Tasmania. You're very welcome with us this morning. Could I also give a warm welcome once again to the Reverend Dr. Ron Johnson, who's our guest speaker for today. I'll try and get through the announcements as quickly as I can. Do please bear with me, there are quite a few. First of all, a reminder about our evening service tonight at seven o'clock. Sunday school children will be taking part once again, and you're all invited back again for our evening Children's Day service. That service will be preceded by a time of prayer in the committee room for those who join with us in prayer. The midweek meeting will be on Tuesday at 8 p.m. and this Tuesday it will be a deputation meeting on behalf of FAME who are seeking to help to reach the people of Kenya about 100 miles northeast of Nairobi. There will be a video presentation introduced by Mr. Rodney Davison and an offering will be lifted in support of that work on Tuesday evening. Services next Lord's Day will be at half past 11 and 7 p.m. with times of prayer in the committee room beforehand Since we couldn't have our normal communion service this morning, then communion will be held following the morning service next Lord's Day. As some of you already know, Mr. Aaron Fitzsimons has received a call from the John Knox Memorial Congregation in Belfast. That call will be presented to him at the presbytery this Friday night, at which Mr. Fitzsimons will be given the opportunity to respond. In light of this, Mr. Fitzsimons will give a personal word of testimony next Sunday evening, and tell of the Lord's leading in his life. In appreciation of his service to this congregation, all loose money next Sunday evening will go to support him as he seeks to do the will of God. The offering for Let the Bible Speak last Lord's Day came to £325, and we thank you for your continued support for that work. As you are aware, Let the Bible Speak have been using our back hall to record their TV broadcasts for a number of years, but are moving shortly to a new studio in Ohoho. And they would like to have a photograph of the congregation to remember their time here. That photograph will be taken this Tuesday evening at half past seven sharp before the prayer meeting. And we would encourage a good crowd to come along, not just those who are directly involved with LTBS here and the recordings, but any and all who have taken part over the years in the services. So that will be at half past seven this Tuesday, if you'd like to be included. Maybe you wouldn't like to be included in the photograph, but if you would be, that's half past seven this Tuesday evening. The final broadcast to be recorded here will be on Thursday the 13th of June. The Lurgan congregation have been invited to be that audience. Therefore, we will be canceling our prayer meeting on Tuesday that week, and I encourage you to come along on the Thursday evening instead. I will leave out a sheet on the hall table this morning. LTBS obviously like to know how many are coming so that they can fill the seats. So I will be leaving a sheet out on the hall table this evening and also on Tuesday. If you would like to come along that Thursday, please do fill your name in on the sheet just to give us an idea of numbers. And then just an announcement here from the Sunday school. The annual Sunday school trip, as in previous years, will be on Saturday, the 15th of June, going to the Ark Open Farm. Lunch will be provided for everyone. A coach will be provided for transport. After the farm, we will continue our day back at the church for a barbecue, games, and bouncy castle. If anyone requires a lift from home to the church and back, the buses will be doing their normal route from 9 AM. All children must be accompanied by an adult, and we trust it will be an enjoyable day for all. There will be no Sunday school next week, and it will recommence on Sunday, the 15th of September, God willing. We trust you will have a blessed, safe, and enjoyable summer, and look forward to welcoming all the boys and girls back in September. The itinerary for the trip is half past nine, we'll be leaving the church. Half past 10, approximately arrive at the farm. Half past 12, picnic lunch. Half past two, leave the farm. Half past three, arrive back at the church for fun and games. five o'clock, barbecue, and then six o'clock finish. Could I also say that tonight there will be supper in the Minor Hall, so please don't rush away tonight. If you're here at the service tonight, please stay for that supper. You'd be very welcome to join with us, and trust that the Lord will bless our service tonight once again. Thank you very much. It's really good to see such a good turnout this morning to Children's Day, and I really do appreciate you coming out to see the boys and girls. And as Mr. Murray has said, our theme is missionary work. And it's been said missionaries are often far away from their home, their families, and their friends. But they are willing to go wherever the Lord sends them. And remember that God supplies their every need. We thank thee. So we're going to start. You're going to get a big, big welcome from Sarah's class. And we have Lois, Sarah, Jane, Jacob, and Summer. And Sarah also will be filling in for two children because they couldn't make it this morning. OK. Welcome. We're not too young for glad to say we speak to Jesus on his day. We're here to tell you about God's love and sending his son as heaven above. He said he's worth for all he's said. Please open your heart and let him in. That was really good, thank you. Now we have Melissa's class, we have Noah and Elijah. That was really good. Thank you. Now we will have the junior choir. And they'll be singing, how great is our God, my God is so big, and God made the stars to shine. ♪ Great is our God ♪ ♪ How great is his name ♪ The great is our God, forever the same. He will bathe the waters of the mighty Red Sea. And He said, I'll never leave you, have to trust in me. My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do. My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do. The rivers are His, the mountains are His, the stars are His and they work too. My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do. Oh, when the stars do shine, twinkle, twinkle, lead me, And this is why I love Him For me He bled and died The Lord of all creation Became the Crucified He also He made the sun to shine on everyone. He made the rain and snow and the flowers that grow. And this is why I love Him, for me He bled and died, the Lord of all creation. ♪ Became the crucified ♪ Now we're going to have Ruth's class. And the title is One Need Not Go to Foreign Land. And that's by Phoebe, Joshua, Annie, Charlie, and Lily. We need not go to foreign land. We need not go to foreign land to be a missionary. Just do the work that is in hand, that all that is necessary. For we can stumble both our hair in this and that island nation. Don't be surprised if some appear among your own relation. If you would save a soul or two, do not wash across the seas. There's plenty here for you to do. Why not save a few of these? If saving souls be what ye crave, ye will not have far to roam. First ask the Lord for your own to save, then do mission work at home. Well done. Now we have Alice from Sean Walker's class, and she'll be doing a Bible reading of Romans chapter 10, verse 15. This morning I will be reading from Romans chapter 10 verse 15. And how shall they preach, except they be sent, as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring the tidings of good things. Well done, Alice. Now we're going to have the full choir, Sunny School Choir, and they'll be singing Children All Around the World. So, across the land and sea. Then he did not Jesus die, but this, he set them free. Who would go against the newborn Lord sent me? Jesus loves the little children. ♪ All the children of the world ♪ ♪ They're yellow, black, and white ♪ ♪ All are precious in His sight ♪ ♪ Jesus loves the little children of the world ♪ He died and came alive again and lives in heaven today. Help me go and let them know the Lord is my way. all the children of the world. Jesus, Savior, God, most High, in the glory that's within, Jesus, Light of all the children of the world. ♪ Bring them in from the fields of sin ♪ ♪ Bring them in, bring them in ♪ ♪ Bring the wandering ones to Jesus ♪ ♪ We will go and let the noble Lord stand with us ♪ Very well done, boys and girls. Now we're going to have the offering hymn. And it is number 695. I am so glad that our Father in heaven will keep our seats for the first part of the hymn, please. I am so glad our Father in heaven Has always loved and ever be has been Wonderful things in the life that I see This is the nearest that Jesus loves me I am so glad that Jesus loves me Jesus loves me Jesus loves me I am so glad that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me greatly. Though I forget and I wander away, still He will follow me wherever I stay. Back to His dear, loving arms will I flee, when I remember that Jesus loves me. I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me, baby. Jesus loves me, and I know I love him. have a I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me when he... We'll start in the same place. have a Now that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves even me. Oh, and there's only one soul I can see, when in His beauty I see the great King. This shall my song in eternity be. Jesus loves me. I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. I am so glad that Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me. Now we're going to have Frances' class, and the title is Obeying God's Call. We have Louisa, Jonah, Harry, Jake, and Oliver. And after their piece, we'll call. Obeying God's call. Every Christian is a missionary. Every non-Christian, a mission failed. Missionaries throughout history have been travelling all over the world in obedience to the call of the Great Commission. If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice could be too great for me to make for him. So I'm teaching my kids how to read and write. I support families through kindness and God's love. Missionaries are often far from home and away from their families and friends, but they will go willingly, knowing that God is with them and will supply their every need. Missionaries help communities in practical ways. Some help build houses and schools. If God calls you to be a missionary, don't stoop to be a king. Well done, boys and girls. You've done really, really well. So proud of us all. Also, it's my great pleasure to introduce our speaker for today. He's no stranger to us, the Reverend Dr. Ron Johnson. And he's preached here many, many, many times. And I'm going to ask him now to come and tell a lesson, please. Thank you. Well done, boys and girls. That was tremendous to listen to and wonderful, wonderful truths. Now, if you come back tonight, I'll be showing you in the pictures where Papua New Guinea is. And I'm going to bring along tonight something that you've probably never seen, a stone axe, and it's a real one. Because the people we lived among in Papua New Guinea, some of the people still used stone axes. Some of them had never seen metals. But you come along this evening. Now, I've been asked to speak about missionary work. And here's a great verse of scripture, Romans chapter 1. The apostle Paul, a great missionary, wrote this. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, For it is the power of God unto salvation. A missionary is someone who tells others. They go on a mission. They go on a responsibility to tell others the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I want to tell you about a girl called Helen. And at 12 years of age, she went to Sunday school. But at that age, she began her missionary work. And you know her missionary work reached all around the world by the time that she died. And when I see this, and I have a bar here, and it's half eaten, and I didn't eat it, but Cadbury's, you've all seen Cadbury's, and I wonder which favorite bar is yours. Let me tell you a secret. Reverend Thomas Murray likes fruit and nut. Okay? Cadbury's chocolate. And every time I see Cadbury's chocolate, I think about Helen. I say, well, why do you think about Helen? Did she eat so much chocolate? Well, that's not really the reason. You see, Helen grew up in a family where they drank coca a lot because her grandfather had a tea and coffee shop in Birmingham. And then when he saw all the drunkenness and the sorrow that came through alcohol, he decided to introduce a drink Coca, or hot chocolate. Have you tried it? Well, he introduced it way back in the early 1800s. And then his two sons developed chocolate bars, all the different bars I showed you. And Helen's dad and uncle, not just a sweet shop, but a chocolate factory. Can you imagine that, boys and girls? your daddy owning a chocolate factory. But every day, they would eat coca. In fact, her father wrote a book about coca. But more importantly, her parents loved the Lord Jesus Christ. And they sent her along to Sunday school and other meetings. But she didn't really know the Lord as her own savior. And at 12 years of age, she went with her father to a mission hall where he helped. And she heard the preacher reminding her that she needed to trust Christ herself. It wasn't enough just to go to Sunday school and church. So she waited behind after the meeting was over. And her father came and spoke to her and asked her, have you decided to give your life to the Lord? And she said in her book, she said, yes, Papa, I understand he died for my sins, and I want to trust him as Savior. Well, she trusted Christ as her Savior. And because of that, she wanted to tell all her friends in school Some of them didn't go to Sunday school, some did, but she wanted to tell others. And so a few weeks later, she picked up the courage and she spoke to her best friend, Anna. And she told her, I've become a Christian. Are you a Christian? You know what Anna said? Of course I'm a Christian. I go to Sunday school and church. Everybody's a Christian. And Helen began to tell her, no, no, no. You have to come and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that he died for you on the cross, and you must come and place your trust in him to be accepted before God. And Anna wasn't too pleased, but she came back later, and of course Helen prayed for her, and she trusted Christ as well. And they began to tell others about the Lord. And they would open their Bible, and they would point them to scripture verses. But here's the problem. You know, it's like in school, walking about and carrying books and so on. And the Bibles were big and she would keep a big Bible in her desk at school and she'd open it and show verses of scripture to her friends to tell them to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. But they were so big. And she said, I wish I had a smaller one. And she spoke to her father, and her father said, well, I will get some small New Testaments printed that you can carry with you. And so the father did that, and Helen began to tell others in the school about the Lord Jesus Christ. And one day, her brother and his friend looked in to a sewing room. See, the Cadburys lived in a big, big house, and they actually had a room where sewing was done. They said, what are you doing? We are sewing pockets onto our little pinafore or dress for school. And they were sewing, what are you sewing pockets on your dress for? So that we can put a little New Testament. That is what he's made for us. And we're going to carry it in our pocket at school. And we're going to read it every day. And we formed a club. It's a special club for school children at our school who promise to carry their New Testament every day with them, to carry it, to read it, and to share it with others, and tell them the good news about the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, our brethren, can we join as well? Of course you can. And do you know, when Helen left high school, there were 60 members of this special club, the Pocket Testament League. Now to join it, you had to sign. You had to sign that you would read your New Testament every day and share it with others. Well, the time came when she had to leave school and she went to college. And one of her teachers said she was a Christian. But here's what's so sad. You know what she told Helen? Oh yes, I'm a Christian like you. But you know, there's parts of the Bible aren't really true. And you can't believe it all. Some of the stories mean creation, we don't believe that. We believe in evolution. No, no, there's some nice stories in the Bible, but it's not really true all the way through. And Helen was really confused. She couldn't understand that. Surely the Bible's God's word. How can it not be true? And she was confused. And you know what happened? She wasn't reading her Bible every day. And it came where she wasn't praying every day. Well, her father decided to take the family on a trip. And this was back in the 1800s, a long, long time ago, away to the Middle East, to Egypt and Israel and places. They were very rich, of course. And on that trip, her father took ill and died. And so Helen and her mother had to come back to England. And there was a large funeral for her father. Over 10,000 people attended her father's funeral. He was so, so well known. Helen was so sad. And you know what she realized? I need to come back to the Lord. And she opened up her Bible again and began to read the Bible and attend the church and go to the meetings and begin to tell others. Remember, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. She began to tell others about the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, a great mission came to England by an evangelist called Reuben Torrey. And he had a song leader. And his name was Charles Alexander. Now some of you older ones here remember the Alexander hymn books, do you? No, anybody remember the Little Red Alexander hymn books? Well, Charles Alexander, he had great evangelist campaigns. And Helen brought around some of the poor areas in Birmingham, and she would bring some of the young ladies with her to the meeting and sit with them. And when they came forward to accept Christ, she would go up with them, put her arm around them, and help lead them to Christ. And she saw Charles Alexander, this American. And you know what happened? They fell in love and got married. And from then, she traveled many, many places in the world. As I said, Belfast, yes? We came to Belfast on a great mission in St. George's Market. I have a photo of it at home in the book. But one day, Charles Alexander, another evangelist, said, it's so sad that there are many people don't read the Bible. And even those who come forward in the meetings to be saved, we need to encourage them to read the Bible every day. And Helen heard these evangelists speak. You know what she said? Well, Charles, Reuben Torrey, Wilbur Chapman, those were their names, You saw it at the start of the Pocket Testament League. The what? What's that? I've never heard of it. Oh, when I was at school, a 12-year-old, we began a club for the schoolchildren, and we had 60 members, and we had a Pocket Testament League, and we covenanted, we promised that we would read the Bible every day. And so they started the Pocket Testament League in London, over in Canada, in Australia, in America, they set up the Pocket Testament League. And you know, New Testaments went all around the world. Millions of them, millions of them have gone around the world since that day, and they've had many, many, many missionaries down through the years giving out the New Testaments. But you know, the First World War came, and you know, they gave out millions of New Testaments, and I have one of them here. One of the little New Testaments that they would give to the soldiers, and there was Many received them. That's a picture of this one when they went off to war. The very first time they went out in 1914, there were 400,000 given out and many more. And it had in it there, as you might be able to see, a little statement. And it said, believing that the Lord Jesus Christ died for me, I now accept him as my savior. I trust him to blot out all my sins. And there's another page where you could put your name. and it asked people to promise that they would read the Bible every day and carry it with them. And there was even a song in it. I don't know the tune it goes to, but here are the main words of it. Carry your Bible with you. That repeated over and over again. Carry your Bible with you. Carry your Bible with you. Well, during the World War I, a soldier was in battle and he had his little New Testament in his pocket. And there it is, it's on the screen. That's in a museum in England. That pocket New Testament saved his life. But you know what's even more wonderful? Giving out the New Testament that tells us how to be saved has saved many, many, many people by giving them eternal life. that they'll never be in hell forever, but through the Lord Jesus Christ. And from then, it went on and on. I just want to quickly tell you a little story. It would take hours to tell it. There are books and books on it. You see, this week, there's an anniversary of D-Day. when the Allied soldiers, that's Britain, America, and so on, went back into France and pushed Germany back. Well, anyway, not going to, you'll probably hear about it this week, maybe in school and so on. Well, during the Second World War, Japan came into the war and they attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. And the commander of the planes, Fuchida, not, try the rest of his name. He cried the famous words, Torah, Torah, Torah. There's a movie of that. A movie of that. Nelder and My Last Church bought it for me on a DVD. Very famous. And they, so many American battleships were destroyed in the harbor. It was a very famous time. Because of it, America come into the war. And maybe, boys and girls, you know American soldiers were stationed in Lurgan here. Isn't that right, Brownlow House? Well, Second World War. Well, the man who led it, he wasn't a Christian, of course. He didn't believe it. But let me tell you about another man. He was an American. And when he heard what had happened at Pearl Harbor, he was mad and hated the Japanese. And he joined the Navy, but it was a pilot off the battleships. And he was shot down. And he became a prisoner of war in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. But you know, he came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, and God gave him a love for the Japanese people. And after the war, he went back as a missionary to the very city that he had bombed, and he started a church there, the very city that he had bombed. Well, one day, this man who had commanded the planes was going through the town, and he was handed a tract And it was, I was a prisoner of war of the Japanese. And it was that American missionary. And because he read it, but he thought Christianity is a foreign religion. I don't want anything to do with it. And he met a man, he had no one who had served in the Japanese army, hadn't seen him for years. And he said, Fuchido, I'm a Christian now. What? That foreign religion? What's wrong with you? Oh, when we were in the camp, a missionary and his wife were killed in the camp. But you know their daughter, she cared for us. She would come and help us and we were their guards and we'd say, why are you doing this? And the girl would say, because I love the Lord Jesus Christ, and I want you to know him. But your parents were killed by us. Oh, no, I want you to, and I've trusted Christ. Well, all that, you know what happened? That man, Fichito, came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as a savior. And here's the interesting thing. Do you know what he became? Think of it, the pilot that led the attack in that war. through an American former pilot, came to know Christ, and he became a worker for the Pocket Testament League. He actually went around preaching, preaching with the American around the world, telling their story of how the Lord Jesus Christ had saved them. And that's the one I should have said, that's the motto. They're still around today. They've given out well over 100 million Hundred million New Testaments. The Pocket Testament League produces Gospel of John's to give out. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands. When the King was crowned last year, they published hundreds of thousands of Gospel of John's with the King's photo on the front. Giving out the Word of God, that's missionary work. Not being ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. You see, part of missionary work is getting the Bible out. God's Word. getting literature out. On Thursday, my wife and I went with Reverend and Mrs. Murray and others from the church here with the friendship group. And we went to the Revival Association. That's up in Canalham. And we were amazed, amazed at the millions of items of literature that they've sent around the world. Last year, I think from memory, 3.8 million pounds they brought in to support it. Now, here's boys and girls, how it brings it back to you. To support the printing of New Testaments like this and gospel, Sunday schools and churches give offerings. And that's where our money goes to, to help print the word of God. And of course, think of it, a 12-year-old girl who was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, and what an influence, what an influence. She died in 1969, and I was alive back then. and many of you older ones, she died at 92. What a legacy she left. 12 year old, age of some of you, and she came and said, I'm going to trust Christ for myself. And she believed in Christ. And she began to tell her friends. And they came to Christ, and she formed the pocket testament league that promised to read her Bible every day. So I ask you, children and older, have you trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior? Have you believed in him to blot out your sins? And who knows what God can do with your life? Be a missionary. You can be a missionary here. And that's the verse that's on Helen's grave. That's the verse. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. And if you were to go to England, and see her gravestone, you know the gravestone, that's what you would see on it. And what is a missionary? Someone who is not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. That's why there's a Sunday school. May the Lord enable us all to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and to be missionaries for him. Could I thank the Reverend Johnson for bringing the Word of God to each of us. And I trust boys and girls, not only boys and girls, but dads and moms, that you'll take up that challenge and that you will give out the Word of God, be a missionary for the Lord. Someone once came to William Booth the founder of the Salvation Army, and said, well, I haven't been called to do that. Well, William Booth turned and said, not called, did you say, not heard the call, I think you should say, put your ear down to the Bible and hear him, and bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire. God has challenged us today, and I trust that we'll take that challenge and be little missionaries and big missionaries for the Savior. We're going to close our service by singing the hymn 334. It was down at the feet of Jesus, O the happy, happy day, that my soul found peace in believing, and my sins were washed away. The hymn 334 will stand while we sing. It was hard at the feet of Jesus for a happy, happy day, and my soul found peace in believing, and my sins were washed away. Let me tell the old, old story Of His grace so full and free For I feel I'm giving Him the glory For His wondrous love to me of Jesus, were thy heart such perfect rest, were the life were strong of thy spirit, and thy soul was free. Let me tell thee of God's glory, of His grace so firm and free. For I feel I'm giving Him the glory for His wondrous love to me. It was by that feet of Jesus, where I brought my guilt and sin, and He cancelled all my transgressions. Remain standing for prayer. Our Father in Heaven, we thank Thee for Thy presence with us We thank Thee for help given to the Sabbath school members. We thank Thee for the challenge of Thy word. And Lord, our prayer is that each and every one might come to know Thee as Savior. And Lord, that trusting Thee enable us then to be witnesses to carry forth thy word, and to seek to deposit it, if not in the hands and the hearts and minds of men and women, boys and girls. We thank thee, faith, cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. And so, Lord, hear this, our prayer. Part us now with thy blessing. Take us to our homes in safety. Be with the boys and girls. Bless them as they would take part this evening, and be with us. For we ask these things in thy name and for thy glory. Amen. Amen.