PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK.
Title.—The Prodigal Son (Temperance Lesson).—Luke 15:11-32.
Golden Text.—I will arise and go to my father.—Luke 15:18.
Golden Text for Beginners.—God is love.—1 John 4:8.
Truth.—The Lord will receive all who return to him.
1. Jesus told the people a parable, or story, about a man who had two sons.
2. The younger one asked for his share of his father's money to spend as he pleased.
3. He took the money and went away, and soon wasted it in sin and rich living.
4. When he had spent it all, he found that he had no money or friends.
5. He hired out to a man to feed swine.
6. He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the swine's food.
7. He felt very sorry that he had been so selfish and wicked.
8. He said to himself, "I will arise and go to my father."
9. His father saw him coming, and ran out to meet him and kissed him.
10. He gave him new clothes and a ring.
11. He made a great feast, and wanted everyone to rejoice because his son had come home.
12. God is our loving Father, and he rejoices when we turn away from sin and come back to him.