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BY A. D. WAUCKK.
Now I lay mo down to skiO]),
As tlio si a lov s softly ci'e(!i>,
As tlio bird with folded win^-,
On some tiny bough doth swing;
As the liowcrs, all wot with dew,
Itow themselves in slninber too,
In the stiUiiess awful, deep.
Now 1 lay me down to sleep.
Now I lay mo down to sleep,
Still, my Lord, in safety keep;
Keep my soul till dawning day
Bids the darkness fiee away;
Till the flowers with glistening cupi.
Toward the lofty sun look up;
Till his beams upon me peep,
May X lay mo down to sleep.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
Friends and kindred ’roiind mo weep.
But I know not want or fear.
For no darkness. Lord, is here;
All my way is lit by thee,
akrough the shades thou leadest me,
Knowing that the Lord will keeir,
May I lay' me down to sleoii.
—Advocate and Guardian
MISSIOMAKY KATY.
Katy Gray bad been to a mis
sionary meeting^, and heard a lady
speak wlio bad been for fifteen
years a missionary in Africa. She
bad spoken only of the bright
side, and not of the dark, and
Katy was delighted and inter
ested.
“ Yes, I have concluded to be
a missionary when I get about
forty.”
“ Why wait until you are
forty V’ “ asked Katy’s mamma,
looking up from the sewing, that
occupied both hand and foot.
“AVell, you see I must teach
first, you know, and perhaps write
books, too, and make lots of
money; and then when my hair
gets grey, and my teeth tumble
out, and all—why then I’ll look
well enough to be a missionary ;
the heathen won’t mind.”
“ Snre enough,” said Mrs. Gray',
“ that is a very good plan of life
if you can follow it out. But ymu
know there was Mrs. Stephens,
yvho died last week, and she was
just forty. Don’t yon think you
had better place it a little earlier ?”
“ Well, perhaps thirty-five
would do.”
“Yes, that would only be
keeping seven-eighths of life for
yourself, and giving one to Christ.
That might do, only Aunt Katy,
\'OU know, died at thirty-five.
Would that be safe 1”
“ Well, thirty, then and Katy
moved to the window and looked
out.
“ Thiity—that’s better; that is
just the age of Cousin Mary wlien
she yvas thrown from the carriage
on her yvay to the party. You
know she has never yvalked a stop
since.”
Katy drummed restlessly on
the window. Never in her life,
it seemed, had so few old persons
passed on the street.
“ Perhaps I could go at fyventy-
five,” she said at last, with a sigh.
“That is young enough to go
to Africa,” replied Mrs. Gray.
“You know that pretty Miss
Bobbins, who was buried last
week at that age, thought of going
out to India.”
“ I don’t see, mamma,” said
Katy, turning from the window,
and laughing, yvith tears in lier
ey'es, “ but I shall be obliged to
go right away', so as to be safe. ’
“ So you would, darling, if you
could not be one of Christ’s
workers every day, right here.
If you should live for yourself
twenty five years, wouldn’t it bo
rather hard work all at once, to
begin to live for others ?”
“ I think so. Why, of course,”
said Katy.
“Don’t dream tlien, dear, of
great things bv-and-by ; but be
such a heli)ful worker every day
in little things, that at last the
Master shall see that you have
gi'own strong enough to hear
great things.”
“ I will, mamma. Now, shall
I begin by watching baby and
letting you go out for fresh air I”
And Katy did begin right then
and there, and she began, too, in
the true way. Home missionaries
are as important and useful as
those ill foreign fields, and for
them there is always an open
door.”
Katy followed np her mission
ary yvork in various ivays, yvhich
proved a blessing to herself as
well as those about her. There
were many' little things which slie
c Hi'd do to help her kind mamma.
Tiiere were many little errands
upon which she could go as an
angel of mercy. She could carry
a basket of provisions to some
poor widow and orphan children,
even through thej rain and snow ;
she could speak kindly to those
in trouble and distress ; she^could
gather up and lead to the Sunday
School the little ones that lived
near, yvho yvithont her services
yvould perhaps never have found
their way thitlier, or the door
into the fold where Jesus, the
Good Shepherd, is.
In this yvay Katy is preparing
herself for greater missionary du
ties, hy-and-by-, should it please
the good Lord to spare her. And
should it be his will early' to re-
moy'e her from labor to rervard,
she yvill be among those to yvhom
the blessed ' Master yvill say,
“Well done, good and faithful
servant, enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord.”—‘Little So-wer,
loved most, ho replied ; “ Tliose
who fear for me more than they
fear me.”
Seeing, one day, a galley filled
with soldiers on the point of
sinking, he ordered that immedi
ate succor should be given. See
ing those around him, intimidated
by the fury of the storm, hesitate,
he leaped into a boat, crying, as
lie did so:
“ I yvonld rather bo the com
panion than the idle spectator ol
a brave man’s death.”
The soldiers yvere saved.
It was Alfonso who said that
for perfect peace in a household
it sometimes became necessary'
that the husband should be deaf
and the wife blind.
WHY CJ1II.DUEM SIIOEED BE
TAEOHT TO SIMG.
A «001> liUMC.
While we are cherishing the
stories of heroes and yvarriors,
and keeping bright the record of
those old marauders yvhose only
law yvas that of might, yve can
certainly' afford to keep a corner
in our memories for those of the
rulers of men who have been dis
tinguished for their goodness.
Such an one yvas Alfonso V. of
Aragon, yvho reigned during the
first part of the fifteenth century.
On the day' of his coronation, a
paper was brought to him con
taining tho names of certain no
bles who had conspired to prevent
his ascending tho throne. He
tore tho paper in pieces yvithont
opening it.
One dav' Alfonso’s treasurer
yvas pay'ing him ten thousand
ducats; an officer yvho stood near
said, in a voice not meant for tlio
king’s ear:
“Ah, that sum yvould pay my
debts and make me happy.”
Ho had been a brave and loyal
soldier. The king turned to him
and said :
“If thou had’st that sum
would’st thou pay thy debts and
be happy ?”
“ Yes, sire.”
“ Then it is thine,” And the
generous monarch directed that
the sum sh4)u!d be paid over to
him. •
Ho yvas in the habit of walking
in the streets of his capital on foot
and unattended, and upon being
remonstrated yvith by his courtiers.
An cxcliaiigo says, “ Because It is
tho surest yvay to make them happy.
The liappieat families are tliose yvho
slug most around their o-vii lieartli-
stones. Then music is easy to learn,
and is tho most refined of all arts. It
iniiiiles tlie lieait, retines onr feelings
and exalts tlio mind. It offers greater
advantages to tlie cliild for social en
joyment tlian any otlier hraiicli of its
education. Then our eliildren arc nat
ural-born musicians; at least you sel
dom meet yvitli a cliild that cannot be
taught to sing of liome and heaven,
lint of course tlie means of education
must he employed. No scliool should
bo yvithont its music lessons aud one
competent to teach the children how
to sing. Children have a better ap
preciation of the good and beantiful
than older persons, because tlieir na
tures liave never been sullied by being
in contact yvitli tlie sinfulness aud
yvickodness of tlie yvoild. Music is in
perfect keeping witli tlieir pure natures.
If cliildi-en are tanglit but one tiling,
let tliat tiling be music. Sacrifice otlier
braiielies to it. It makes the liomo-
stead luippier. It will make life’s
journey pleasant, and it yvill cheer the
soul in heaven.”
THE AliT OE GETTTMH BlCIf.
who told him how dangerous it
was, he replied : “ A true fatln r
has nothing to fear while walking
in llie midst of his eliildren.”
On another occasion, wlien
asked yvhom of his subjects he
Look well to yonr spending. No
matter yvliat comes in, if more goes out
you yvill be always poor. Tho art is
not in making money, but in keeping
it. Little expenses, like mice in a
barn, when they are many, malce great
waste. Hair by liair heads get bald;
strayv by strayv the tliatch goes off tlie
cottage, and drop by drop tlie rain
comes into tlie cliamber. A barrel is
soon empty if tlie tap leaks lint a drop
a minute. "VVlien you mean to save
begin yvitli your montli; many tliieves
pass ilown the red lane. Tlie ale jug
is a groat yvaste. In all otlier things
keeji yyitliin compass. Never streteli
your logs furtiier tlian your blankets
yvill roacli or you yvill .soon be cold. In
clotlios clioose snitablo and lasting
stnif, and not tawdry fineries. To be
warm is the main tiling, never mind
tlie looks. A fool may inal;e money,
but it needs a yviso man to spend it.
liemember, it is easier to build two
cliimncys tiiiiu to licep one going, if
yon give all to back and board tliere is
notliing left for tlie savings bank.
Fare hard and yvork liard wlien you
are young, and j'oii yvill liavo a eliance
to rest yvlioii you arc old.—IGiUadelpkia
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