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i Tkxt. "Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy."
j Hqw many of my young readers
ikeep the Sabbath day holy ? How ma
ny , try to keep it holy? i All of them
should, for it makes God very angry
when any. of his creatures disobeys his
commands. He is constantly watch
ing us all, and when we do anything
that he has commanded us not to! do,
he takes notide of it and will, sooner
or later, punish us for it; i Let me tell
you a little storya true stoiy about
Sabbath breaking: ' ...i :!
- A great while ago, God raised p up
and sent forthJa people whom he call
ed Israel, and he appointed a good
man named Moses, to lead them to the
land iwhich he had given them for a
home. Before' they could reach that
home, they had tof cross i a wilderness
which took them forty years. But
while they were journeying, God .did
not forget them, v- He talked with Mo
ses and told him how to make the peo
ple do. He made laws, and one of the
laws was: "Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy." 1 ' !!
Mosos read all the laws to the . peo-
. pie, and said they must not break
h them; if they did hey would be surely
punished. But there were some naugli-
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i-y ouv uuuareu ui Israel,
just as there are among the children of
this day, and these .would sometimes
break the laws, i Once they found a
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man gathering sticks (or getting
wood) on the Sabbath. They iv'ent
and old Moses about it and Mo
seshad hini locked npv; until it was
decided what should be done with
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that the Sabbath breaker must be
putx to death ; that he must be car
ried out of ,the camp and stoned
-to death with stones. Moses rind
i the children did as Grbd had com-'
er lost his life.
. Kemember, dear- children, that thej
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same law j wmcn mat poor oauoatu.
breaker violated and for which he lost
his life, is! still i in force : "Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy!" . If
God punished the Israelite for breaking
the law, lie will also, punish , you. '
THE SABBATH BELL.
The Sabbath bell! the Sabbath bell! .
; What soul awakening, sounds we hear?
Its blessed invitations' tell
Of welcome to :tkeyhouse of prayer.
" Come sinner, come," it seems to cry; . .
Oh! never doubt thy Maker's love;
Christ has! thy ransom paid, then why
Delay his clemency to prove ?" 5
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The Sabbath bell! the Sabbath bell!
Oft' have we, heard its warning chime,
And yet we love the world too well,
Nor feel our wavwardness a crime.
Yet still thy calls, sweet bell, repeat,
Till, ended all our mortal strife, :
In earthly shrines no more we meet,
But worship in the realms of life.
"My Master Always Is. "John
nie," said: a man winking slyly to a
dryi goods clerk of his acquaintance,
."you must give me good measure'.
Your master is not in.'
! Johnnie looked solemnly into the
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man's face and rephed: "2Iy Master is
always in " Johnnie's master was the
All-seeing ,-' GqcL; Iiet evqry tempted
child aye, and adult adopt Johnnie's'
motto: " My Master is always in."
It will save him from falling into many
sins.1
For the Life Boat
SPEAK THE TRUTH.
Lucy, go)iAta the nursery kind .aSgillJpfi Sft
lady to. her Utile, girl one day.
uiisciuyjii liie .uiue urciuii'iooK:- -H
in-look-
ed cunn ingl into her sister's face ' s
bef doTr; -p She fell into a sort
by her mama3 voice saying:
" Why do Aou stand thereto lon
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Lilly weht in and said, f jl i was
thinking, ma,-that I don't want either
to tell" a lie orl be k tell-tale; ma Lilly is
doing miScJuJV ' ! ' ! j
! Noble LucgF "Bont you admire ! her
love both foi the truth and for i her
sister Lilly ?H She loved Lilly! 'dearly,
but she love$ trith more dearly still.
Lucy was rifxC . Every child phould
love tiuth better1 ihn brother fori sis
ter, vea, beiler- than life. A reallv
noble and od ' boy, or ! girl, would
rather be pu to death than lo tell a
lie. Would squ young reader,?
Bad Thoughts come first, bad words
follow, and b&d deeds finish the pro-
vn-ncci HPl Am Sninl t An TrVi4-a r-r oil ;
' mischief In t3" world.: Strivp l against
(them. "
Keep at .1" Holloa, Frejd, what
are voil doinr?" ! ' J
"Chopping wood," replied Fred.
"I
want to getyjiis log out of the way.
"Why, do oir think you will e ver
ge t that grealpg cut. up and remov
ed?" y ' '
"Yes; if'lUep at it." ',;
This is the hole secret of life- i i
Good . Natbe at : SIeaxs. f-If j you
would enjoy 6ur jieals, be g;ood-na-
ttirecL An jingry ooy. cannot ten
whether he isating boiled cabbage or
stewed umbrlas. ' j
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THE CRUCIFIXION.
Look at this picture, dear children,1'
and you will see how the blessed Jesus
was put to death. You see that he
was nailed to a crossyes, great, long
nails ' were driven through his hands
and feet md that - wicked soldier,
pierced his loving heart with a rugged
spear. Oh,i how cruel! How could
that soldier i be so hard hearted! Do. iV
you think, my dear children, that you Ci
would have helped to put the blessed
Savior to death, if you had been alive,
in , those days? I hope not, for he Al
loved little children yery dearly, and p
oiten blessed, tnem, laying nis nanas
upon their heads. ; I
But, let me tell you something, i If
you do not try to be good, and give
your little hearts to God, you will be
just asi; wicked as those, cruel 'soldiers
were, for the Scriptures teach us, that,
when we commit sin, we crucify Jesus g
afresh, "and jput him to an open shame.'
I'm sure vou would not willinerlv, do ifa
this; your little hearts are too. kind
and too tender to treat him so cruelly.
Then, let me beseech you,-dear chil
dren, to give' your little hearts -i to
jnhrist, and he will make ypu good and
fjreat men - land useful women, and
when you die he will take jovt home
to' Heaven where you will be happy jW
forever.7 ) Jesus said, suffer little chik
dren to come unto me. Will yougo? Ji
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