Church Membership Brings Joy

The illustration—For three years Frances’ teacher had been pleading with her to unite with the Church, but she kept on delaying the matter. She said, “I want to have a little time for fun. I’m a Christian, of course, but when I join the Church, good times will stop.”

This was always her argument, but finally at the end of this three year period, she united with the Church. Two months after she did so she met her teacher on the street and stopped her.

She exclaimed, “Oh, Miss G——, I must speak to you right away. It is just fine to be a Christian and a church member. Life is much easier and I am so much happier. I feel like singing all the time.

I really believe that my friends like me better and I know that I like them better. They’ve raised my wages at the factory. And the girls that I work with do not sneer at me, as I thought they would. I guess they all know I’m a Christian and they are helping me along.

I wish that I had lis- tened to you when you first asked me to be a Christian and belong to the Church. Now I’ve lost three years.” In this instance the illustration used covers the whole three points under this head—the need, the advantage, the blessing. AN ANALYSIS 17 5.

Something that is used to show the prevalence of some given principle. The principle: The child can be taught love for God on the basis of its love for the parents.