Jesus once told a parable about a rich man and a beggar. They both died, but the soul of the rich man did not go to heaven. He was selfish and self-interested when he was alive, and he lived only for himself. So he received the punishment which he deserved. The beggar’s soul went up to heaven, for his sin has been forgiven. The rich man wished to come back to earth and be a good man, but it was already too late. This parable warns us so that we are not afraid of poverty or hardship. Jesus has already prepared a home in heaven for those who believe in him and love him. The Son of God Jesus once left his heavenly home and came down to earth to bring us this news. He knows that we have sinned. He came to take on the punishment which we deserved. We should remember that Jesus said: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. I am going there to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2)

The six pictures below show a way of doing one kind of Spiritual-Moral Education for teaching the Bible to children’s classes and neighborhood Sunday School.

Top Right:
First line up outside the door to enter the hall
(1) Students follow a teaching assistant into the hall. The class monitor welcomes them at the door. The class secretary collects their notebooks.
[Above the door: Jesus Hall, bedside the door: Sunday School]

Middle Right:
Enter the assembly hall to study singing and prayer
(2) To acquire a sense of respect, the students (Ch: little brothers) imitate the teacher (Ch: big brother) in standing, sitting, kneeling, folding hands, and so on.

Lower Right:
Line up to offer money to the Lord
(3) The treasurer stands in the front of the offering box as the teaching assistant leads students to line up in the hall and place their offering in the box, and then return to their seats.

Upper Left:
Students listen to the Bible stories in small groups
(4) Everyone puts their small stools into a semicircle facing the teaching assistant and listen to a ten-minute Bible story prepared by the teacher.

Middle Left:
Students freely express what they have heard
(5) Students sit in a semicircle facing outward, using their stools as the desks. They draw their own expressive drawing and receive their notebooks back from the secretary to stick their pictures in it.

Lower Left:
Students pray for the Lord to assist them in their determined behavior
(6) Every student prays for the Lord to assist them in doing what the Bible story moved them to do, and in their own expressive drawing for how they should act.

Under the six pictures:
One of the most efficient ways for children’s classes to cause every student to understand the Bible and acquire new life in the Lord Jesus

Large characters at the bottom:
Right: Christians and teaching the Bible
Middle: Teach me your way, O Lord Psalm 27:11
Left: A picture of a model neighborhood Sunday School

Matthew 7, Acts 18

China Sunday School Union

Calendar of Anglican Church in China

(Words in red on the right): 1948

(Words in black from right to left):
I wish: From this day forward, that me and my household will serve the LORD
I wish: From this day forward, I will seek whatever protects, whatever is patient, whatever is not easily angered, whatever does not pursue [simply] my own good
I wish: From this day forward, to produce the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, and gentleness
Only with Jesus’ spirit to love others as yourself, will families and the country Christianize

(Middle words in red):
Commemoration Day January 1st The Establishment of Republic of China
March 12th The Death of President Sun
October 10th The National Day
November 20th The Birth of President Sun
December 25th Christmas

(Words on the left in red): 1948

Edited and printed by Anglican Church in China, Diocese of Kwangsi-Hunan

(Bottom words in red): Printed by Tang Chunhua at Lingling

Two. This picture shows that people who are starving and suffering come to the banquet. The master looks very happy when welcoming them. Jesus Christ, our Lord, loves us and invites us all to go to where he is and to believe in him. He will arrange a feast for us. He will prepare a home in heaven for us. He invites people in and outside of China; rich and poor, everybody goes. He wants us to be one family. Are we to decline  this invitation and not go? Jesus invites you to go today. He will give you happiness and peace. Do you know how to go? You cannot be like those who refused to go; you shall be like those who are starving and poor—those who are badly in need of a feast. You should know that you are a sinner, and you must beg Jesus to forgive your sin. Jesus already died for you. You should remember to say, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” (Lk 18:13)

On the couplet, right to left: Everyone in the world is part of one family. All within the four seas are brothers.