IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY.
NOVEMBER 26, 1880.
Number 47.
GEL MESSENBIRS
bless’d, who’va crossed the flood,
airo gone before, „
, stitHis messengers
fcstial shore.
irstitious faith,
so deride,
id are we who feel,
guide.
ptill is flung,*
embattled height,
i^ssepgers, as mien
Hebrew’s sight.
With tread tPPnght to bend to earth
The fairest, frailest flowers,
Or brush away the beaded dew
That rosy morning showers.
They walk the earth, these spirits pure,
Heirs of a heavenly land;
They come, they go,- but leave behind
No foot-priot in the sand.
Bathed in a stream that ever flows
Hard by the throne of love,
Spirits arrayed in heavenly light,
Invisibly they move.
And bearing censers which exhale
A soft, a uch perfume,
They whisper to the dying ear
Of life beyond the tomb.
Pore messengers they come to win,
To warn, to comfort, chide,
And blest we are who ever walk—
An angel at our side.
—*Selected.
||ur |,ontriB«fw».
LETTER THE SUNNY SOUTH.
SaTANnah, Ga., »
Nov. 23, 1880. f
Dear Christian Sun :—This fulfills
a promise made to jour esteemed? au<l
worthy editor, to contribute sou.'e
thing from our sunny South lbr your
columns, but as my literary attain
ments (if I ever had any) have been
supplanted, since my college days, by
the engrossing duties of business, I
cannot promise your readers edifica
tion or amusemeul.
I landed iu Savannah upon the 9th
of April 1878, during the gloomiest
weather imaginable, and this, with
my being an etire stranger, (not even
my future partner in business was
here to receive me), cast a still deep
or droariuess over my already heavy
heart. 1 had but a short time since
left my beloved native State; and
Norfolk, with my numerous friends
of both sexes, who had so successful
ly contributed both to my advance
meut and happiness while in theii
midst. I abandoned too, a good po
sition, and last but not least, left be
hiud somebody, the sunshine of whose
presence made Norfolk brighter to
me than it would have been otherwise
Dear reader, do you not thiuk I had
a just cause for being sad f My kind
employers granted me the privilege
of returning to them should I not like
my new home, and I take tuis oppor
tuuity of publicly thanking them lot
such a privilege— accorded to few 1
judge, nud oue for which 1 feel truly
grateful. It is nearly three years
since that time now —by hard licks,
instigated by perseverance, and the
ever protecting care of a merciful
Providence, I feel that the step 1
took iu leaving Norfolk, though ap
pareutly in the dark,was,really,in the
right direction. Another step high
er, let me uope.
Who bits uut beard of beautiful Sa
vanuahf But I shall attempt to pre
sent it, uot as tbe ideal, but tbe real
city. It received its uurne from tbe
Iudian Savanna, signify ing a small,
circular, basiu shaped tract of coun
try ; aud was founded by General
James Oglethorpe, who brought a
colony from Hnglatid, lauding ai
Charleston, S. C., 1733. Savauuab
then was nothing but a few rude lints
situated upon a level suudly plain, ex
tending to, and terminating la a blull
forty feet high overlooking tbe Sa
vaunab river. Now, al though it is in
tbe same place, it is a characteristic
American city of over thirty-three
thousaud iuhabitauts, and in the go
ahead-itiveuess of its people, not uu
like the Northern cittcis. It is also
called the forogt city, because, to illus
trate, could the houses be taken
away—if there would uc>t be left a
forest, there would at least be an ini
meuse grove, and to tliis fact our city
owes its beauty ; for the architecture
of the private residences, with a lew
except.ons, is anything but attractive
aud tbe majority of the streets being
uDpaved betweeu the .-tidewalks,pre
seut an uupleasiug asp ect to tbe eye,
dust there
. its streets
uuuing due
aud West
and in dry weather the
frflhi is very disjij^fefcb.le
are perfectly
Uoilhl
B»y/%outh Broad, East Broad, and
W»>t Broad fitreetsjgtraflltjon says,
were the original liifflfc et the city,
and marked the defences tile early
inhabitants erected to protect them
| from flieir hostile neighbors. '
At equal intervals throughout ft.e
hity there are numerous pnblic
squares, and ou Bull street, which is
the principal promenade, the*squares
contain several very handsome mon
uments. One of these is of white
niarble, erected to the memory of
Generltl Pulaski, the Polish nobleman,
upon the spot where be fell While de
fending the city in the siege #f 1779.
The inhabitants have a great vene
ration for heroes, and if they fail in
proximity to the city, eventually per
fect some arrangement for perpetuat
mg their fame. The corner stone ol
a monument to be erected to Sergeaut
Jasper of lievolutior.ary lame who
lost hisllife In defense of the city,was
laid on tire 9th of October of last year,
just one hundred years since Pulaski
received his death wound. On that
occasion, which Savannah styled'its
centennial, the city was overrup'witb
people, and, like the late SMtJui-Ceu
nial of Baltimore, was uecuniaril.\
beneficial to merchants, hotel keepers,
and newspaper piMdlshejb. Forsyth
Park, situated in ti^J^tbern part ol
the city, is onoJPi' Savannah’s
chief attractionay}fnl is to this city
what the Ceutjml Park is to Ken
York, It is iuJeed a charming spot,
having all thefadvantages that na
ture and art cat Rive. The walks are
tastefully laid Jilt, and center upon h
magnificent foWitain,circular in shape
and colossal iraize, which iu full plu\
reminds one ■' a huge rock with
sparkling castraes dashing from it
sides. AroiiuBthis fountain (were it
not for the evdHwatcbful polieemuU/
i he botauist couiJ find and endlen
number of specimens (or his studj.
aud not ouly hare, but throughout
the whole park tnere are beds of rare
aud beautiful flowers, tenderly cy,re<i
for by the bauds of experienced U(>r
s,‘s. It iS needless to say this is a fa
• oriu'' resort lor the old as well as
the yotiL‘S'
Yc>ur coi'.re8pondout lives in close
proximity to this dear little place,
md when the business of-the day is
>ver, with his loved ones arouud him,
it is a pleasant pastime to sit at tht
windows aud muse upon its lovel.t
i^lvau aspect, and note the different
characters as the click of the iron
iates announces their entrance 01
exit. But I must uot forget thi
menagerie or more properly, aviar.t
within it, which up to the time of m„>
ast visit, contained an owl aud bah
eagle—uot vuite equal to the Zuolog
ical tiardensof Philadelphia \ et—but
who can say we will not have an ele
phant some day T
Joining tlie Park their is an endos
are containing thirty square acres
:alled the Park Extension, and used
by the city military as their dril.
ground. In the center of this endos
nre there is a very-Jrt^tSsotne brown
stone monument, to the Confederate
Dead. Its top is surmounted by a
ife size brouze statue of the coufed
•rate soldier, of the last days ol the
war, donated by tfie city’s lately de
eased millionaire, Mr. DeRenne.
To call Savunuah tbe city of cburch
is would not be inappropriate, as ii
iontains a great many very hand
<ome houses of worship. The Iude
pendent Presbyterian Church, which
your correspondent attends in the ah
<ence of a Christian Church, iu point
of beauty is said to have few, if any.
i-quals. south of Baltimore. It is
built of granite after the Doric style
of architecture, and is so skillfull'
and beautifully pioportioued, it is
roustantly presenting new features
mr your ever increasing admiration.
Its lofty spire, the very picture ol
grace, towers one hundred feet above
t he house tops, and is the first object
to greet you when approaching the
city. The inside is even more attrac
tive, than the outside, but one is
struck with the odd appearance of a
pulpit huge in size and nearly as tall
as the galleries. Some ot the congre
gatiou wish a low pulpit, but they
are in the minority, and those who
have pews in the amen corner will
probably some day put in a plea to
have them elevated also, since if they
show tljeir atteutiou by looking at
the minister,their necks are subjected
to a tiresome straiu. It would, no
doubt, interest your readers to kuow
something about the principles and
government of this ohurch, but will
leave that to those who are capable
of explaining it; I can only tell you
what my observation has-learned me.
They have a hymu-hook arranged
specially fqr their use; their miuister
w ears a roGjg ; their service is opeued
by singiugQdoxology, and the eou
g regal ion styuid w^jile singing ; all of
which forms
Presbyterian
te those of the
• I know the
wfreg*$on is composed of devout
■iriatiaus, wbo are liberal to a fault;
idfUnotv too, its menibep com
a ’a**® share of tbe aVw&ocracy
it lie city.. Tbe remaining pripgipai
«»h|8 are the Caiiff'Tamily #?.T
-
pCT^*mwjw*,j.'riuitj »tf^oj^6.75; Supei
and 8t.|o’sne with
tliese, itjc j.Mi fefc»Wl>Pl"8«l-0
*? <‘?f Wl@ft.fS!
tecture. Ihe latter
pleted, and wflen it m9^c.; in tierc
niflcent, having ourfz.
tune, and yet in beai*
proportion it will not e^u m
pendent Presbyterian / f
How 1 wish there was a Christiai
Church here. People ottej ask t<
what church I belong. /trust wi
some day may bd’so fortunaje. Adieu
dear SON, for the present
duties permit will let you
of our forest City.
when my
mow more
THE FUTURE.
BV MARY LIZZIE BEAMON.
OATES. COUNTY, If. ’fc."
What transports of joy thrill the
hopiig, trusting soul, at the sound ol
<hat\niost precious word—future!
Around it cling our brightest ideas ol
puritl—our fondest imaginings ol
bliss.Ah ! exclaims one desponding
spirit,*'Talk not to me of the ruture;
it brinjs no promises of good to me.”
My uost valued friend—the idol ol
my soul—is languishing under a most
painful disease, aud, ere the flowers
she used to love so well shall be
aroused into wakefulness by tbe kiss
d' the Angel of Spring, she will have
passed away ;—like the winged wind
>1 midnight, softer than an augel’s
call.
Talk not to me of the future ! It is
irue, there are many trials in store
lor all of us; but beyond these we
look lor brighter days—if not in this
world, in the better laBd to which the
faithful are last hastening.
here tbe hope-buds that lead ua to that hap
py S|)W,
Shall burst irflojoytooWarB, to strew our path
tharaU'
iiut let us turn our attention from
uirsefves, to the present couditioi
md .future prospects of the greal
brotherhood of mankind.
At the first glance, ourThearts sink
>riibiu us, so much ofiguorauce, woe
and degradation meet us on ever}
'iiie. We see errors as aucient as the
everlasting hills, aud following close
i,y their train, are oppression, miser}
md siii. Great truths, for which the
minan soul is hungering aud thirst
iiig, are still uureveuled : The pure
.nr of heaven is weary with its bur
len of sighs and regrets. The soft
breeze, that should bring peace aud
wealth to the children of earth, is
freighted with sounds of grief—the
wild discordant din ofthe battle Held,
lie moans oi the dying, aud the tri
unphant yell of heartless victory.—
Jh 1 victory.
From tnatiy a wretched home we
hear the ravings of the maniac bus
baud, as he curses the geutle being
A'ho has given her women’s beari
into bis keeping. From tbe fur ofi
Ganges comes up the low wail of the
delicate infant, as for a moment it
struggles with tbe dashing waves, te
fore it comes a prey to the monsters
uflbe deep, a tiny, innocent victim
upon the altar ol Superstition. We
turn from the fearful picture, and
,t«k, is there no redeeming spirit that
shall roll back the tide of sin, and
unchaiu the pent-np human mind i
A voice within ns responds that there
is a Power that can aud will do this,
aud that power is the Spirit of Truth
Truth is elevating and ennobling
in its character, it is more precious
ihan all the treasures of earth, and
yet how unwilling we are to receive
it 1 We dojint| <ypfl a prophet’s far
seeing vision, to disara-already th^
dawning of a brighter day.
Every new aud glorious truth that
is revealed, is oue more ray from the
iuexhaustible fouutam of light, by
wbicb it is to be illuinmated.
“But,” says oue, “tbe twilight is so
long and so misty that I fear the sun
will uever arise.” Let as not be dis
courage,d. We may coi sole oiwselves
lor tbe length of tbe a irora by re
fleeting that that bleiscd day will
have no evening twilight. When
once the suu has arisen it will never
decline.
"And whom die br«*« beari kenlly homeward,
We'll be guarded by au ang< I throng.'
When once the great heart of hu
manity Is opened to re eive truth, it
forever, com
il, until the
will coutiuue its reign
quering the powers of
wgtreugholds of sin,” shill be demol
isbed.
Then shall the pure and beautiful
earth become the dweling place ol
redeemed spirits—redeemed from tbe
thraldom of falsehood and sio—and
joicwio the knowl
i tgj^iow aright is
all unions shall n
«dge^>f Him whon
life e/yrnal. lV »«
“If fell »oci«t/^®1b»rn to lire, '
1 Tli, *ho»H teach oa how to die; 'a
'OIniterera; vanity can give
ow aid; alone—man with bia Qod
iMb
Oanymust strive.
not in language to impart the
it meltings of my heart, bat we
her hopes are destined, within
C?r mould are wrooght, and grate
receive from heaven, the gift
ch has tempered as, with a purer,
hter flame.
Aud as we bid the sad adietk, the
•oft language of oar soals flows from
our never-silent eye. No words are
spoken, all is deep feeiiDg—the silent
transport of the heart.
“One hour of aach bliss, is a life ere it closes,
’ Tia one drop of fragrance from thousands of
roses."
DIVISION IN THEJNFIOEL RANKS.
The “Liberal League,” which is an
Association of Atheists, met at Chi
cago this year, and, we are glad to
say, ended in a general “row.” The
League went to pieces on the ques
tion as to obscene publications. Ees.
olutions, calling for the abrogation of
what is known as the Comstock
Laws, by which such publications
can be suppressed and their trans
mission through the mails forbidden
Iiigersoll, wbo was a Vice President
of the League, attempted to restrain
bis furious associates, but they dis
regarded his smooth speeches, pour
ed contempt on the amendments he
offered, and wheu lie threateued to
leave them cried out, “A good rid
(lance l” They passed the extremes!
resolutions, aud then accepted his
resignation, putting a woman iu hi*
place. Wbat must those men and
women be who cast out Iugersoll as
as not sufficinently advanced!—
Elizur Wright, a man knowu some
wbat in life insurance circles, is now
President of the League, aud is an in
fidel of an intensely venomous stripe.
He has just written to the editor oi
Scribner's Magazine that the prosecu
tion of a man by the name of Bennett
by the United States authorities for
using the mails to circulate an im
moral book “was nothing but the old
Chris^gM blunder of punishing wbert
:t possible to refute.” As ii
tiltu needed refutation.—Presbyterian.
Minister vs. Lecturer.—A Bos
Con paper has raised the question
which other journals are discussing.
“Why people don’t go to church.”—
There is another question to be an
swered,—Wby people do go to church.
Auswer that first,aud then an answei
can be given why some people don’t
go. The truth is, nothing attracts
like the pulpit. A rationalist will
come to New York and lecture to a
lull house, and go away carrying his
humors; end some people say, “See
what a success 1— what a crowd he
draws 1—if only the ministry drew as
well 1 But notice that this lecturer,
sharp and shrewd as he is, keeps
away from New York ior a whole
year. He knows people will not
come to hear him twenty, ten, or ev
en five times a year. Yet the thous
ands fill the Christian pulpit fifty-two
days in the year, and send of their
substance to the heathen. Cold us
religion is to-day, it is yet the one
thing that lives and burns in the
hearts of men; before its shrines the
world delights to assemble aud wor
ship. Why don’t people go to
obuteh ! Tell us why they do,please,
and then we will tell you why some
don’t.-CViristian at work.
Tbe truth cauuot be burned, be
headed, or crucified. A lie on the
throue is a he still, and truth in a
dungeon is truth still; and the lie on
the throne is ou the way to defeat,
and the truth in the dungeon is ou
the way to victory. No accidents of
position cau change the essential na
ture of things, or the eternal laws’
which dntermiue their destinies.—
U'm. McKinley.
A Gentleman.—“Step lightly,
Arthur; dou’t make so much noise
when you come iu,” said a little boy’s
mother one day, as he burst opeu the
door and sprang into the room where
she was sitting. “O, mamma, why
must I always be so still T It’s a
great deal nicer to make as much
rumpus as you’ve a mind to.” And
Arthur didu’t speak very pleasantly
either, when he said this. “Because,”
said mamma, in a quiet tone, “if you
are a geutle boy I shall hope to see
you some day a gentleman.” “I’m
sure I uever thought of that. Why,
is that wbat'geutleman meenst” ex
claimed Arthur, in such surprise as
indicated that he had got a new idea.
Renew your subscription to the
Son. \
MORAVIAN ARCTIC MISSIONS.
BY WM. A. BBEWEB, SE.
LABRADOR.
As early as 17.31, the blessing ol
God upon the labors of ‘‘The Apostle
to Greenland” led two baptized Green
landers to Denmark, to acknowledge
what God had done for their souls,
and to enlist, if possible, a more ex
tended sympathy in behalf of their
benighted countrymen and a mission
so benign as that of Hans Egede.—
Their statements and appeals had
great weight, aud produced a power
ful impression on some devoted
hearts. Several Brethren were in
duced to embark wilh the design of
strengthening the mission in cold
regions of the North Pole. One of
them turned his attentiou, however,
to Labrador, thinking there was a
nationaleffinity between the Esqui
maux and the Greenlanders, aud that
a sympathetic reception of the gos
pel might be hoped for at the hands
and hearts of that wretched aud be
nighted tribe of Indiaus.
The application of Matthew Stach
to the Hudson’s Bay Company for
permission to attempt the evangeli
zation of the Indians belonging to
their factories was not successful,and
the work was delayed many years.—
Mammon may obstruct the work of
the Lord for a time, blit it is only for
a time. The on going of the car oi
salvation will ultimately crush down
and out every abstruction to the tri
umph of the liedeemer's kingdom.
Iu 1752 a ship was fitted out by
some Moravians and several other
merchants for the purpose of tradiug
ou the coast of Labrador. In this
ship four missionaries sailed from
uondon, ou the 17th of May, on what
turned out to be an exploratory tour.
They took with them, however, the
frame of a honse aud other materials
for its® completion, a boat, various
kinds of seeds, and different imple
meats of agriculture. On arrival
„bey fixed ou a spot for their future
residence, aud gave it the name ol
‘Hopedate:;J
It is related in Moravian pamph
lets that another exploratory expe
dition took place in 1761, but the
waiter has been uuable to gather re
liable details of the enterprise.
In 1765, Jans HavetiTajld a^Ianish
missionary named iJr^JrarT^and two
other Brethren, having lauded as
Christian explorers, penetrated far
ther into the interior of Labrador
Chau their predecessors in the first
expedition, where they addressed
several hundred natives, who listen
ed attentively at first, but on subse
quent occasions manifested a total
indifference. Their labors did not
succeed, but they were unflinching in
their purpose to lift, if possible, the
light of the gospel upou their dark
ened hearts.
In the year 1770, Messrs. Haven,
Drachart aud Jansen explored the
coast of Labrador, to fix up a couve
nient situation for a settlement.—
They were successful, and were en
couraged to go to England, for aid
to carry forward their enlarged plans
of usefulness among the Esquimaux ;
aud in 1771 fourteen persous, stimu
lated by the statements of these
Brethren and a zeal for souls, sailed
for Labrador, where—after a tedious
aud perilous voyage—they arrived on
the 9th of August* and proceeded at
once to the place of destination, to
which they gave the appellation of
“Naiu.”
Iu 1772—’73 some of.the more fero
cious Esquimaux were subdued by
the power of the Holy Ghost accom
panying the >pwkeu Word. These
tokeua-we'fiTencouragiug, aud the ul
tttfiate success of their undertaking
at “Nain” was considered established
beyond a peradventure. This effort
of the Brethreu, commencing iu 177o,
is accouuted by the Moravian Church
as the foundation of permanent mis
sions in Labrador, which have con
tinued from that date to the present
time.
During the year 1775, while the
political revolution iu America was
goiug on the Brethreu were pursu
ing a peaceful revolution for La^fc
dor. This was about a generation
before the American Church bad
awakeued to the paramount obligation
to comply with the Saviour’s com
mand to go foitb to alt nations and
preach the gospel to every creature.
Iu that year the Brethren pushed
forward tfreir work and established a
new station at “Okkak but the gos
pel seemed to produce but little et
fect on the natives until the year
1781, when thirty-eight were baptii
I ed and ten others received particluar
| instruction as catechumens.
In 1782 a third settlement was
j formed and called “Hopedalel” that
i of the same name having been aban
| doned on account ol'adverse circum
; stances several years before. But
i now that the settlement and name
had been resuscitated, there was a
growing conviction that the Brethren
| had been led to return by the fuflu
ence of the Spirit, for it became a
scene of powerful awakening among
the natives, and constrained the
friends of the Kedeemer to esclafnj,
‘‘What hath God wrought!”
The work was attended with var
ied success until 1804, when the mis
sionaries became much discouraged.
But before the end of that year they
beheld the dawning of a brigliterday,
and the Spirit blessed the labors of
these self-denying .Moravians with an
abundant harvest of souls. And on
ward for several years, until 1820,
these missions prospered and many
a benighted Esquimaux was brought
into the kingdom. “Cast down, but
not forsaken,” the same spirit ani
mated these devoted Brethren under
cloud or sunshine, and sooner or later
they enjoyed the full fruition of their
patient labors. A spirit like that
which possessed David Xitchmann
and Leonhard Dober, who on the 21st
of August 1732, set out from “Herrn
hut” for the Island of St. Thomas,
each with six dollars in his pocket,
determined to sell themselves into
slavery if there were no other way ol
preaching the gospel to the negroes,
in a spirit that is uot easily laid ; and
a similar spirit seemed ever to aui
mate the missionaries to the frigid
clime of Labrador, and, as in the St.
Thomas mission, it bad its blessed
reward, as will be further set forth
in our next concluding number ol
this series of missionary papers.—Ar.
I'. Observer.
CHILDRENS WORSHIP.
Let no church, as it thinks qf its
duty to the youug, feel that it is dis
charged by the establishment and
support of a Sunday-school, but that,
over and above the work done there
in, its clear duty is to make the
church the true rallying poiut of the
children, and the home in which they
may best be nurtured for life’s work
and conflict. Nor will it be denied
that the church’s care for the child
reu has taken too exclusively the
form of instruction, aud that there
has been too little care for children’s
worship. The cry is for teachers.—
If instruction has been provided for,
we have been content. To a large
exteut, this has simply been the re
flection of an error iuto which the
whole Protestant Church has more
or less fallen. Her strength has gone
out to instruction. Her care ha>
been to have preachers of the word.
This has, in many a case, thrown in
to the shade the still higher matter
of worship, Men have been content
with good sermons, and indifferent
to the infinitely more vital matter 01
provision for the worship of the
church. It has been still more so in
relation to the children. The country
is flooded with aids for the teacher’s
work—there are notes, illustrations,
outline lessons, Golden Texts, Sun
day-school papers without end. But
what help is ottered for the worship
of the children f Where can we look
for aid in this high matter! All
that we find are children’s hymn
books without eud, most of them bad
ly compiled, and_full of unnatural
and unsuitable hymns. This is all.
or nearly all, we can find to aid us in
this high work. YVe will not say a
word against the richest aud fullest
provision lor the religious instruction
of the children ; this is a work worth
auy pains to accomplish ; but we will
say that, in our judgement, we have
done a still higher thing if we have
led children to worship, if we have
quickeued worshipful' feeling, or
formed the habit of devotion. If we
cau do this, we provide a means by
which the young life will be contin
ually nourished from on high, aud by
which it will go forth to all the weary
ways and warfare of life—“strong iu
the Lord aud in the power of his
might.”
It is, however, much easier to indi
cate a need than to say how it may
be supplied; wherever the need is
really and deeply felt there can be
little doubt that Christian ingeuuity
aud earuestuess will sooner or later
discover appropriate means by which
'it may be met. So far as the matter
of public worship is concerned, there
would appear to be two chief direc
tions aloug which our efforts must
proceed. The first is clearly recog
nizing the children as an iutegral part
of the congregation, and providing
some elements appropriate to them
iu every service. This may be done
in many ways, and will ije done Wher
ever children’s claims are deeply felt.
Let those who are responsible for f b«
conduct of public worship distinctly
recognize the presence of children in
onr Christian assemblies, and it will
not be long before the worship will
take forms that will l>e, at all eveuts,
in parts attractive to the young._
Our space will not allow of minute
details, but we may indicate briefly
some more helpful to the children._
it would surely be possible to make
the public pra3’er intelligible and at
tractive to children, either as a whole
or in parts. Prayer cannot shape it
self into too simple a form. The prob
ability is that the simpler it becomes
the more acceptable to onr Father,
aud the more profitable for ourselves;
<tod thus the children would draw us
aWay from realms which canuot pro
fit us, and lead us in greater simpli
city and faith to onr Father’s feet.
We have yet something to learn from
that most touching scene in which
our Lord set a little child iu the midst,
and said to his disciples, “Except ye
be converted (that is, turned back
from ways and thoughts that are too
high), and become as little children,
ye cannot enter the kingdom ol heav
en.” When we fix our eyes upou the
little child, and think of its needs and
thoughts, we shall not be far from
the way which will lead us close to
our Father’s feet. Could we not de
vote a part of it to them, not praying
for them, but by prayer, which' shall
be suitable and level to their capaci
ty f It is much easier to pray for
them than to lead their prayer. It is
uot unlikely that the very effort to
Jo this would influence our whole
worship, and probably the wish
would soon find expression from ev
en the older worshipers that all the
prayers should be made like to the
children’s prayer. Thus, in staking
to minister to the children, they
would really minister to our own
needs.
Would it not be possible also to
keep them in mind in our worship
song? Would it be any loss to the
Aiders to sjng the children’s hymn t
Sunday after Sunday they sing our
songs, why should we not sing some
of their songs of Zion ! We should
surely not be losers but gainers, and
onr worship would not be impover
ished bnt enriched. But even if these
methods be deemed impracticable,we
may surely devote a service periodic
ally to the children,—not the seper
ate serviced’ the school or an after
noon gathering, but one of the regu
lar services of the church. This may
he done and happily is being done in
some churches with the greatest bene
fit. Let the whole service be theirs
from beginning tft end,—prayers,
hymns, lessons, sermon, and it will
he found that when the church cares
for the children they will cling to her,
love her, come into her fellowship,
and in time do her work.—Christian
World.
A CHILITS FAITH.
I think she is about ten years old,
and sbe bas loved and served God
for several years. All her troubles
and alt ber wants she takes to Jesus,
and she loves to sing the sweet
hymn:
“What a friend we bare in Jeeni,
All our sins and griefs to bear !
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer 1"
Little Alice otten comes to her
aunt, who is her mother now, for her
own dear mother has gone to live in
heaven. With a bright aed happy
face she comes, saying. “Auntie, my
prayer is answered I God has given
me what 1 asked him for. 1 was sure
be would.” Some time ago, when the
weather was growing cold, her aunt
thought it best to keep Alice from
school, fearing she might getsiok, for
she was frail iu health ; but the dear
child loved her books, and was anx
ious to learn, and so she begged her
aunt to let her go to school, for she
thought God would take care of her.
But her auut would not cousent.—
Alice did not tease and worry about
it, but she prayed to God that he
would make her aunt willing to grant
her desire. Soou a change came to
the mind of her aunt, and she called
Alice to her and said, “I have con
cluded to let you go to school.”—
Alice seemed delighted, but said:
-;I knew you were going to let me go
just as well before you told me, be
cause 1 prayed last night to God that
be would make yon- willing, aud I
was sure he would.”—Mss. Jambs,
iu Guide to Holinest.
Four persons have volunteered to
take up the mission work in the Held
made vacant by the death of Dr. Bush
nell, of Gaboon, Africa. As one sol
dier falls in the ranks others stand
ready to take his plaoe.