8 13th Article of Faith 1

Can you memorize the 13th article of faith?

Jesus Christ Wants Us
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent,
virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we
to Love Everyone
may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We Primary 3 CTR B

believe all things, we hope all things, we have Lesson 31

endured many things, and hope to be able to endure

all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of
good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these
things.

If not, then memorize this:

We believe in doing good to all men.

2 What Would You Do? 7

1. Your primary class is playing a game during sharing time.

John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another.
2. You are building a birdhouse in your backyard with your
3. You are playing outside at school, and you see some
Your class is asked to brainstorm ideas for a service
project. Everyone is giving his or her ideas except
Heather. She is shy and doesn’t say much. Suddenly
Heather starts to speak, but she is interrupted by
someone else and is unable to finish what she was going
to say. What could you do to show that you care about
Heather?
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friends. Your little brother comes up and asks if he can
help. How can you show love towards your little brother?
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children telling another child not to play in their game.
They are mean to that child. What would you do to show
love for others as Jesus taught?
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6 As I Have Loved You I think When I Hear That Sweet Story 3

I think when I read that sweet story of old,

As I have loved you, love one another
When Jesus was here among men,
This new commandment, love one another,
How he called little children like lambs to his fold;
By this shall men know ye are my disciples
I should like to have been with him then.
If ye have love one to another.
I wish that his hands had been placed on my head,
That his arms had been thrown around me,
What ways did Jesus show his love for others?
That I might have seen his kind look when he said,
“Let the little ones come unto me.”

What ways can we show our love for others?

4 “Mrs. Wilson left the boys alone and they sat down in the living room to talk. 5
Lenny Shows Kindness After a few minutes Mark grew silent and Lenny noticed that he was
“Lenny was finishing his lunch when Rich and Jerry came rushing in through the looking out of the window at the spring afternoon.“ ‘Dad says I’ll play ball again
back door. someday,’ he said hopefully. ‘I sure hope it will be soon.’
“ ‘Let’s go!’ Rich urged. “Suddenly Lenny had an idea.
“ ‘But,’ Lenny said in surprise, seeing the baseball equipment his friends were “ ‘Be right back,’ he assured Mark excitedly, hurrying to the kitchen to find Mark’s
carrying, ‘I thought we were going to spend the afternoon with Mark.’ mother.
“ ‘That was before we got up this game. It’s too nice a day to spend with a shut- “ ‘The next best thing to playing a game is seeing one,’ Lenny explained after he
in!’ told her his plan.
“Lenny hesitated as he put his dish and glass in the sink. “ ‘I don’t see why it wouldn’t work, Lenny,’ she said, ‘I think it would do Mark a lot
“Their friend, Mark Wilson, had just come home from the hospital. Several of good.’
months ago he [became very ill]. The doctors were sure that Mark would run and “Lenny could feel her excitement too. He knew the four blocks to the … field
play again but said it might be quite awhile. Before his illness, Mark had [played] would be too far for Mark to walk so he went to the garage and got out Mark’s …
on their … team.” wagon.
Explain that Lenny had to make a decision. Then continue with the story: “A few minutes later Lenny was pushing Mark along toward the field in the
“ ‘C’mon, Lenny! Let’s go!’ Rich insisted. But Lenny shook his head. wagon. Some of the boys stared in surprise when they arrived, but soon began
“ ‘I promised Mark’s mom I’d come over,’ he told them. ‘You fellows go on if you drifting over to say hello to Mark.
want to.’ “ ‘You [playing]?’ one of them asked Lenny.
“ ‘But Lenny,’ they protested, ‘you’re the best [player] we have.’ “ ‘Sure … !’ declared Mark.
“ ‘Sorry,’ Lenny said firmly. “Rich pushed forward a little
“Rich snorted in disgust. timidly and Jerry came up
“ ‘I never thought that you’d let the team down! …’ behind him.
“After the boys had [gone] out of the house, Lenny called good-bye to his “ ‘I’m not playing right now,
mother upstairs where she was putting the baby to sleep. Lenny,’ Jerry offered, ‘I’ll visit
“A moment later Lenny was walking slowly down the street to Mark’s house. … with Mark.’
Lenny really wanted to play … , and he didn’t feel very good about letting down “From then on Mark was
the team, but he felt sorry for Mark. Those long days in the hospital hadn’t been never alone and Lenny knew
much fun for him. that Jerry and Rich were sorry
“ ‘Where are Rich and Jerry?’ Mark’s mother asked when she invited Lenny in. for the way they had acted.
“ ‘They couldn’t come,’ Lenny [said]. “It was an exciting game and
“Mark’s mother sighed and Lenny could see the tired lines around her pretty after it was over Jerry and
eyes. Mark’s illness had been hard on his parents too. Then she smiled as she Rich took turns pushing Mark
said, ‘But I’m glad you’re here, Lenny. Mark’s waiting.’ home as Lenny walked along
“Lenny noticed that Mark was pale and a little sad. He had a brace on one leg, beside the wagon” (Eva Gregory de Pimienta, “Bad-Weather Friends,” Friend, Apr.
but by making a big effort he was able to walk to meet Lenny. 1975, pp. 8–10).