Covenanter Witness Vol. 54 - Rparchives.org

LESSON HELPS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 3, 1955
VOLUME LIV WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955 NUMBER 11
ADULT DELINQUENCY
Dwight C. Ritchie
Fathers and mothers, listen to me !
Who is to blame for delinquency
You or your untrained girl or boy
Who turned to crime in search of joy
Do you delight in obeying God
And train your child with reproof and rod
Or does he grow from a babe to youth,
Devoid of the knowledge of Christian truth
Do you take your children to Sabbath School
To learn of God and the Golden Rule
Or are they sent to a picture show
Where most delinquent children go
They learn of crime and of sinful lust,
But not of Christ Whom they ought to trust.
They learn to lie and to steal and kill,
But not to love and to do God's will.
Who is to blame you or the child,
If he turns to crime and becomes defiled
Who should go to the prison cell,
The rope or the chair, and a burning hell
God is your Judge in Heaven above.
He bids you repent and in His grace and love
To turn from your careless, wicked way,
And start to study His word and pray.
Forsake the world and the social whirl,
And go to church with your boy
and girl,
0, parents, pause and listen to me,
For YOU are the cause of delinquency !
THE BIBLE
By O. Woods
Generations follow generations
Nations rise and fall
IT LIVES
yet it lives.
yet it lives.
Kings, dictators, rulers come and go yet it lives.
Torn, condemned, burned yet it lives.
Hated, despised, cursed yet it lives.
Doubted, suspected, criticized yet it lives.
Damned by atheists yet it lives.
Scoffed at by scorners
Exaggerated by fanatics
Misconstrued and misstated
Ranted and raved about
Its inspiration denied
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
Yet it lives
yet it lives.
yet it lives.
yet it lives.
yet it lives.
yet it lives.
as a lamp to our feet.
as a light to our paths.
as a gate to heaven.
as a standard for childhood.
as a guide for youth.
as an inspiration for the mature.
as a comfort for the aged.
as food for the hungry.
as water for the thirsty.
as rest for the weary.
as light for the nations.
as salvation for the sinner.
as grace for the believer.
To know it is to love it.
To love it is to accept it.
To accept it means life eternal.
The Mediator