<h2><SPAN name="BANKS" id="BANKS" /><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_80" id="Page_80"></SPAN>[80]</span>BANKS</h2>
<p>Here is a bank. I have been reading lately about banks. You know that in
Jesus' day they did not have banks such as we have. People took their
treasures and jewels and hid them in a vessel, or dug a hole in the
earth and covered their valuable possessions with dirt. But now one of
the most prominent institutions of any community is the bank.</p>
<p>What does this bank stand for? In the first place it means Strength. It
is made of very heavy, hard material. There is money in this bank. It
does not belong to me, it is the property of our Beginners' Department.
Each Sunday they put their birthday money in here, then at the end of
the year they open it and the contents is given to our Sunday School
Missionary Society. That the money may be kept safe and sound to the end
of the year the bank is made very strong.</p>
<p>In the second place I notice that there is a single opening and that the
opening is made very small. It is meant for small coins, I could <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_81" id="Page_81"></SPAN>[81]</span>not
possibly get a one dollar piece into this opening. No, it is meant for
dimes, nickels and pennies. That is, it stands for Thrift. Each little
child brings his or her amount, small in itself, but when they are all
together there is a considerable sum.</p>
<p>Again, I see that this bank is made in the form of a church. It is
really quite a beautiful building. Here is the steeple, here the steps
and the wide entrance doors, and the windows with genuine cathedral
glass. I think it is splendid to have a bank look like a church, for
after all a church is a sort of bank. It stands for those treasures
which Jesus talked about when he said, "Lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through and steal."</p>
<p>MEMORY VERSE, <i>Matthew</i> 6: 21</p>
<div class="blockquot"><p>"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also."</p>
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<p>MEMORY HYMN [208]</p>
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<span><i>"I love thy kingdom, Lord."</i><br/></span></div>
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