Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
Junior Christian Endeavor.

Topic for March 6: Lessons from tile Tower OF
Babel. Gen. u:l9
Dear Juniors: In preparing for this les
son it would be good plan to look up the
map of Assyria and locate the city of
Babylon. which was built very near the
site Of the tower of Babel. The name of
this wonderful city Is mentioned in the
Bible more than two hundred and fifty
times. 1t is said that it was SO magnificent
that no other city could ever compare with
it, Among other wonders to be found
there were the hanging gardens, of which
you have all read. These wonderful gar
dens were made during the time of King
Nebuchadnezzar. Another wonder was a
splendid tempe, dedicated to the worship
of god called Belus, which was filled with
golden images, some of them forty feet
high. l am sure you will be interested in
finding out all that you can about this city
of wonders and the people who built it and
lived in it,
When the waters began to go down after
the food the people who were saved in the
ark left the eastern mountain on which it
rested. and travelled to the country which
was to be their home. Here they made a
fresh start, and God prospered them and
blessed them, until they became a great
and wealthy nation.
The lesson story tells US what happened
after that. The people became proud of
their wealth and their greatness, and began
to forget the lessons taught them by the
flood They wanted to do something that
would make people remember them for
ever, and so they decided to build a great
| monuments tower that might reach to
| heaven" they said to each other.
But God taught them the foolishness of
| their pride by causing them to speak many
different languages, so that they could not
understand one another, and again they
were separated and scattered, some of
them going far away to Egypt and
Chaldea.
Before that time there had been but one
| language spoken in all the world Now,
We are told, there are more than three
thousand languages and dialects in the
| world. though only about three hundred of
| them are considered important.
| This whole story teaches US the folly
and sin of false pride, which leads to out
ward show and separates us from God.
| There is a lesson in it for each one of us,
| for we are all builders. building either for
ourselves alone or for God
We may all build toward heaven IL we
will. but we can do 1t only by building into
our own lives the spirit of Christ, which
will prove itself in the, things we think
| and say and do. If we have this spirit we
| will be remembered for the good We have
| done. and this is the only thing that is
| really worth being remembered for.
| There is a story of two dewdrops which,
l think, will help US to understand the
| foolishness of being proud. One bright
| morning-so the story goes-they sat side
| by side on a leaf, sparkling in the sun
| shine 2 .T
| How nice 1t is to sparkle so,'' one of
| them said. Il am sure the little girl who
| passed us just now must have thought we
| are diamonds. / mean to sit here all day
| long and do nothing but sparkle"
+ But the other little dewdrop had noticed
thirsty violet, and was planning to slip
| down and refresh It. The first dewdrop
| tried to persuade Its companion to stay
on the leaf and help 1t tossparkle, saying
| that 1t was foolish to go where no one
| could see it. But the unselfish, humble
| little dewdrop slipped down the stem, and
the thirsty violet lifted up its face and was
refreshed. and grew bright and fragrant
| because the dewdrop had given 1t a cooling
! drink.
In the evening the little girl came into
| the garden again. and this time she was
| looking for flower for her sick mother
| Her choice fell upon the violet, which had
| been saved by the dewdrop. and 1t was
| hard to tell which was happiest, the violet
| the little girl or the sick mother. But or
| the leaf near by there was nothing at all
| to show that the proud little dewdrop had
| ever lived
| Tell this story in the meeting, and let II
| help others to learn the lesson we are
| studying together today.
Yours for the Juniors
! EDITH VIRGINIA BRADT.