Children—S. Stewart
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Oh, that sounds loud, doesn't it?
You know, when I was a little boy, I never came up to the front row in conferences for Sunday school because I was afraid.
But you don't have to sit back. You can come on up if you want to if you're sitting back. But I understand if you're afraid. I'm afraid even right now, being up here, even though I'm grown up.
Well, let's start this morning with saying some songs.
You know, just before we sing, I'd like to look to the Lord and ask His help for this Sunday school.
And one little story to tell you, and then we'll sing some hymns.
You know, there's a man back in home in Vestal gathered to the Lord's name, and he wasn't saved until.
He was in college and he was going to be an engineer and working hard at college, and he got saved and he came out to meeting and he was gathered to the Lord's name. And in that meeting there weren't really any little children, or if there were, there wasn't a Sunday school. And he never sang.
Some of the songs we sing in Sunday school and he thought those are for children.
He only had sung hymns out of the Little Flock hymn book.
And he said I came to a conference and he said they had a Sunday school and the children were seeing those hymns. And he said I looked around and there were old people singing away, all ages. And he said it made those children's songs special in my eyes and he's loved them ever since. Now I know most of the children's songs are in the Backpage.
But if you have one.
From your Sunday school book, from meeting back home that you would like to sing? We'll try and sing it. I think most of them we know by memory. And if I can't start it, maybe somebody here can. But who has one we'd like to sing.
44.
Into a tent where a gypsy boy lay.
Dying alone at the close of the day.
Is of salvation we carried, said he. Nobody ever has told it to me.
Tell it again.
Tell it again.
Salvation story, repeat or end?
All.
Till none can say all the children of men.
Nobody ever has told me before.
Did he so loved me? A poor little boy, send unto me the good tidings of joy.
Need I not perish my hand? Will he hold?
Nobody.
Ever the story and store.
Tell it again.
Tell it again.
Salvation story, repeat, or and all.
Till one can say of the children.
No man, nobody ever has told me before.
And then we got the last words of his mind.
Just as he entered the valley of death, God sent his son, whosoever said he.
And I am sure that he sends him for me.
Tell it again.
Tell it again.
Salvation story repeated.
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Till none can say all the children of men.
Nobody ever has told me before.
Who has another one?
So 4747.
That's a nice one. We sang that last night and I really enjoyed it and I was hoping someone would give it out again this morning. I like this one.
When he cometh. When he cometh.
To make up his jewels, all his jewels, precious jewels.
His love and his own, like the stars of the morning.
His bright brown acorny.
Beauty, bright hands for his crown.
He will gather. He will gather.
The chance for his Kingdom, all the saved ones, all the bright ones, his love and his soul.
Break the stars.
Of the morning.
His bright brown adorny.
They shall shine in this beauty.
Bright gems for his crown.
Little children, little children.
Who love?
Every Redeemer are the Jews, precious Jews.
His love and his own, like the stars of the morning.
His bright ground adorning, they shall shine in his beauty.
Bright gems for his crown.
We'll sing a couple more, one more I'll pick somebody, and one more I'd like to give out. What would you like to sing #40?
Jesus loves me. This I know, you know, I heard a story from a man at work who was a Christian and he had heard an old servant of the Lord who was way up in years. I think he was 80s perhaps.
Some time ago he told me the story, said, I don't remember this man's name, but he had stood up in front of a large crowd of young men who wanted to serve the Lord in some way or another, and he was going to give them a little word of encouragement. And he said, you know, I divided my life into three sections, 20 years, he said, I spent as a missionary.
20 years, he said. I spent studying the word of God and.
And 20 years he had gone around as a servant of the Lord, trying to encourage the Lord's people. And he said, the greatest thing I've learned is this, you know, and all those young men, they leaned forward. They said, what great thing is he going to tell us that he learned after all those years? He said, Jesus loves me. This I know.
And so this song always reminds me of that story because the love of the Lord Jesus we read in Ephesians passes what we can understand. Our hearts take it in. We can't all get it in our heads, but our hearts take it in. So let's sing this song. We can think about how much the Lord Jesus loved us, that he gave himself in Calvary's cross for us.
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
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Little unto him belong.
They are weak, but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus.
Loves me? Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me, he who died.
Heaven's Gate to open wide.
He will worship away my.
A little child coming.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me.
So Jesus loves me, though I'm by handy waits to make me glad.
Ways to fold me in his arm keeps me safe from every harm.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me, loves me still.
When I'm very weak and.
From his shining.
Home on high, he will watch.
Where I lie.
Yes, Jesus.
So sweet.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me. He will stay.
Close beside me.
All the way.
If I trust him, should I die?
He will take me.
Home on high.
Yes, Jesus.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Well, while we were singing, I decided the song that I had in mind. Maybe we'll save for the end to have a little song to close with. I'd like to open.
My Bible and you can open yours to an account in the Gospel of Mark.
And I think this is a story that probably each one of you know, and I've enjoyed many times in the past, and I'd like to go over it again this morning.
Mark, Chapter 11.
We're going to start with verse one.
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethpage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he that is the Lord Jesus, sendeth forth two of his disciples, and he saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you, and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tide, whereon never man set loose him, and bring him. And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this?
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Say ye that the Lord hath need of him, and straightway he will send him hit her.
And they went their way, and found the coal tide by the door without in a place where two ways met, And they loose him. And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye losing the colt? And they said unto them, even as Jesus commanded. And they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him, and he sat upon him.
And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down branches off trees and straw them in the way. And they that went before and they that followed cried, saying, Hosanna. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the Kingdom of our Father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
So the Lord Jesus was going to go into the city of Jerusalem.
And in the Old Testament.
And the prophets, it had foretold how the Lord was going to come according to God's Word into Jerusalem on this cult.
In the prophet Zechariah that spoke of it. And so now the Lord was going to fulfill that prophecy and he sent his two of his.
Disciples to this place where this colt was tied. The Lord knew where this little donkey's colt was, and the Lord knew he was tied up, and He sent these two disciples to fetch that little colt that he was going to ride into Jerusalem. The Lord had need of that.