LEAKNIi^Ct TO FKAT.
BY MAKY M. DODGE.
Kneeling, full in the twilight gray,
A beautiful child was trying to pray;
His cheek was on his mother’s knee,
His little bare feet half hidden,
llis smile still coming unbidden,
And his heart brimful of glee.
“ I want to laugh. Is it naughty? Say?
Oh, mamma! I’ve had such fun to-day,
I hardly can say my prayers.
I don’t feel just like praying;
I want to be outdoors, playing,
And run, all undressed, down-stairs.
“ I can see the flowers in the garden
bed.
Shining so pretty, and sweet, and red.
And Sammy is swinging, I guess—
Oh! everything is so fine ont there.
I want to put it all in my prayer;
Do you mean I can do it by ‘ Yes V
“When I.say ‘Kowl lay me,’ word
for word.
It seems to me as if nobody heard—
Would ‘Thank you, dear God,’ be
right ?
He gave me my mamma.
And papa and Sammy—■
Oh, mamma, you nodded I might.”
WHOSE POCKET-BOOK!
Clasping his hands and hiding his face.
Unconsciously yearning for hell) and
for grace.
The little one now' began j
llis mother’s nod and sanction sweet
Had led him close to the Lord’s dear
feet,
And his words like music ran:
" Thank you for making this home so
The flowers and folks, and my two
white mice
(I wish I could keep right on);
I thank you, too, for every day.
Only I’m most too glad to pray.
Dear God, I think I’m done.
“Now, mamma, rock me—-just a min
ute—
And sing the hymn with ‘darling’
in it—
I wish I could say my prayers I
When I get big I know I can ;
Oh 1 won’t it be nice to be a man.
And stay all night dowm-stairs !”
Themother, singing, claspinghiin tight.
Kissing and cooing a fond ‘ Good night,’
Treasured his every word.
And well she knew the artless joy
And love of her precious, innocent
boy.
Were a i)rayer that the Lord has heard.
SHINING IN AT EVEKT WIN
DOW.
The Christian Giver says :
“ Whose pocket-book is that
which you carry ?” said a friend
to a business-man, as he drew a
well-filled wallet from his pocket.
“ Why, iny own, of course.
Whose else could it be V’ was the
prompt reply.
“ To whom the pocket-book
belongs depends on another ques
tion. If you belong to the Lord I
guess the purse is his also.”
“ Well,” said the man, thought
fully, “ 1 hope I do belong to the
Lord, but your remark throws a
new light on this subject. It never
impressed me before, as it does
just now, that I am to carrw and
use this pocket-book, ‘ My pock
et-book,’ as my Lord directs. I
must think this matter out, for I
confess honestly I never have
looked at it in the light in which
you place it.”
DEEP SEA EIFE.
THE
We went, one cold, wintry day
last spring, to see a poor young
girl kept at home by a lame hip.
The room was on the north side
of a bleak house. It was not a
pleasant prospect without, nor
was there much that was pleasant
or cheerful within.
“ Poor girl ? what a cheerless
life she has of it,” I thought, as
we went to see how she was sit
uated; and I immediately thought
what a pity it was that her room
was on the north side of the
house.
“ You never have any sun,” I
said; “not a ray comes in at these
windows. I love the sun.”
“O,” she answered, with the
sweetest smile I ever saw, “ my
sun pours in at every window,
and even through the cracks.”
I am sure I looked surprised.
“ The sun of righteousness.”
she said softly-" Jesus, He shines
in here, and makes everything
bright to me.”
I could not doubt her. She
looked happier than any one I
had seen for many a day.
Yes, Jesus shining in at the
window, can make any spot beau
tiful, and every home happy.—
Selected.
The Little Boy that Every
body Wanted to Kiss.—On be
ing asked what he thought fire
flies were made for, a little Amer
ican boy answered, “I think God
made them for candles to light
tlie little frog.s to bed.”
GOOD HINTS.
I knew a little boy who was
very fond of rising early in the
morning. He was also very fond
of music. He only had a little
tin fife, and yet he could pioduce
the most delightful notes. Pie
thought that the pretty birds liked
to hear his tunes. The little boy
has grown up to be a man. He
is very wise now. Many men are
amongst his friends. God has
blessed and prospered him in
many ways. He is fond of giv
ing good advice to children ; and
this is one of his short addresse.s :
1. Else early.
2. PYar God.
3. Obey your parents.
4. Be kind to animals.
5. Love music and singing.
6. Never be idle.
7. Give vour hearts to Jesus.
8. Be Bible readers and Bible
heeders.
The mystery.of deep sea life
lies in the fact that there are mul
titudes of representatives of the
animal world which, in virtue of
their animality, are incapable of
nourishing themselves upon inor
ganio matter, yet which are living
miles below the limit at which
vegetable life ceases. Some of
the organisms found in deep sea
soundings are undoubtedly of a
vegetable nature; but these are
surface-liviiig diatom.s, or other
forms, wliich sink when they die.
This animal life at the sea bottom
is capable of appropriating as
food the organic matter held dis
solved in the ocean water, as well
as the inorganic substances neces
sary for the formation of its skel
eton and the gases required for
respiration, for life at the bottom
of the sea is essentially like all
other animal life ; it requires food
to eat, air to breathe, and miner
als from which to elaborate its
framework. Careful experiment
has solved the difficulty; the sur
face living nutriment descends
after death; slowly and labori
ously the life-sustaining oxygen
makes its way from the surface to
the depths where cold and dark
ness reign, and as slowly the
poisonous carbonic acid—the re
sult alike of life and death—
makes its way to the surface.
Thus, just such life as can exist
under the difficult conditions there
present, docs exist to an enormous
extent. —Barnes’ Ed. Monthly.
STOP AND SHAKE HANDS.
AVhy is it men dart out of
prayer meeting as soon as the
benediction is given ? The true
idea of the Church is, that it is a
family—God’s family. Its mem
bers are children of one Father
and brothers and sisters one of
another. A prayer meeting there
fore, is a family meeting. It is a
reunion of brothers and sisters.
The service is of the character of
a feast; and we all know that af
ter feasting comes talking and ex
hibition of good nature. After the
formal portion of service is over
brethren, why not stay and have
an informal service of your own f
Talk of whatever the Spirit sug
gest, tell your joys and your sor
rows, your hopes and vour fears,
one to another. “ Laugh with
those who laugh, and weep with
those who weep.” Don’t file out
of the room solemn as crows fly
to the groves at niglit, passing
through gloom into deeper gloom;
but go fortli bapp^ as children
pour out of the door when father
and mother start out with them
for a ramble in the bright sun
shine across the green fields. At
least, stay long enough, after the
formal services, to shake hands
with the pastor and with each
other, and greet any stranger that
may chance to have dropped in
among you of an evening. Lu
bricate the wheel of your Church
machinery with the “ oil of glad
ness,” and you will be astonished
at the ease with which all its
parts will soon be working to
gether. “Salute every saint in
Christ Jesus.—Our Monthly.
About fifty Sunday-schools
have recently been organized in
South America and Mexico. They
are the seedsowing for the future.
Orphans’ Friend.
A LIVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY!
FORM OF APPEICATION FOB
THE ADI«IISNION'*OF HALF
OKPHANS.
OBGAN OF THE ORPHAN WORK
ENTERTAINING AND IN
STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG.
A ZEALOUS FRIEND AND ADVOCATE
You may think it a mere trifle,
as you have not the money in
your pocket to pay cash for
what you purchase to order it
charged, ’fhe obliging shop-keep
er, who is your townsman and
has faith in your honesty, is noth
ing loth, and as you are postpon
ing settlement to the futuie, it
seems to you of veiw small mo
ment whether or not you take
two or three more things than
j’ou really need.
There is a bottle of Eau-de-
Cologne, and yours is nearly
empty ; there are soaps, and box
es of note paper, and various lit
tle things, each of which costs
only a small sum by itself, and
ns you take them home you think,
“ I’ll run in in a few days and
pay for them.” If you defer your
payment for a few weeks or a
month you will probably be as
tonished to see to what a large
sum these items have amounted.
There may be conveniences in
this mode of purchasing to a few
people whose incomes are easy,
and they may arrange their af
fairs upon this system, but to the
great majority it is far better to
pay for everything as it is want
ed.—Our Monthly.
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