Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

Jan. 25, 1893.A FAMILY PAPEE.LOVE IT. I LOVE IT,AND WHO WILL DARETO CHIDE WIE FORLOVINGTHE OLD ARM CHAIRNOR SAW MY FACE." Save I been so long time with you and yet hastthou not known me?"My child went forth into my garden fair.Having no wish or will to stay by me ;But that I patiently had followed him out thereHe could not see.He pass'd on from the garden to the wild.Where cruel and flerceroaring monsters lie :I drove them back but nothing told the childThat it was I.He saw his brothers toiling on the road ;" I will give life and strength," cried he.But that I made him strong to lift their loadHe did not see.Soul thrilling words of love bade him rejoice,And filledwith music all that desert plaoe ;And yet he never knew it was my voice.Nor saw my face.And when the night came and his eyes grew dimAnd dark and chill, and mists about him lay.He did not know my hand was guiding himTill it was day.—Selected.CHURCH SICKNESS.A TRUE STOEY.When Minnie and Annie were younger, perhapseight years old, tbey began to weary ofohurch-going. The serraon was so long, andthey used to get so tired.They were cousins; Annie was visiting atMinnie's home. And they loved each otherdearly.One Saturday, Minnie determined to get outof church. So, iu the middle of the sernaon,Sunday, she found that she had a headache,and telling her aunt that she was sick, she wenthome. There sbe lay around and enjoyed herselftill dinner lime.Cring the week, Annie and Minnie agreedthat both of ihem would spend the next Sundaymorning at home. So during the Bible readingat cburch, Minnie said she was sick, and wenthome, .'^nd soon after the text was announced,Annie said she was sick, and she, too, wenthome. And when the family returned afterservice, there were the two children, both inbed.There was a favorite dessert fcr dinner thatday—fruit cake ; and afier the others had takenoff their cloaks, these two girls listened for thedinner bell. A long time they waited andlistened. Then they heard the clatter of plates,as if the table was being cleared. Up theyjumped, and started dowu to the dining-room.But on the staircase there was auntie, with aplate of cold bread aud two glasses of milk."Oh, auntie, we don't want that; we want dinnerand some of the fruit cake.""Dinner! fruit cake! for girls wbo were sosick they couldn't stay through cburch? Oh,no. You're far too sick to > at such things.You couldn't ventuie to eat anything but breadand milk,""Oh, auntie, please," cried both at once."No, dears, it wouldn't be well to find sickchildren with fruit cake ; nothing but breadand milk till you get well again."Back to their room they went, and tried toeat the bread and milk. But it did not tastegood, for they were thinking all the time of thefruit cake.The next Sunday they did not get sick inchurch.—Christian Observer.HELPFUL CORNER.[Address all communications for this departmentto Rev. Wm. Littlejohn, editor, Mediapolis, Iowa.]I. Study of Wop.ds.Correct the following sentences:(a) " Many good people think so."(b) " The caption of this newspaper article."(c) " The Hon. John Jones is stopping atthe Sherman House.'(d) "I never saw such a high spire."(e) " He bought a large quantity of postagestamps.''(f) " None need apply, except he has servedan apprenticeship."One set of answers received to December21st:An able man is able to present a candid declarationabout the education of children. Abackward person has not the faculty of perseveranceenfoyed by one of a more forward disposition.Alpha.II, The Study of the Pkinciples,QUESTIONS.122.) Write a short essay on the SecondReformation. (Best essay will be printed intbe Cheistian Nation, and must not exceed500 words.)Answers to questions, No. (2) Scotland. (3)Scotland. (4) The Gall of Abraham. (5) 1581.(6) Josh. 24: 25. 2 Kings 11:17. Is. 44: 5.III. Miscellaneous.1. What are the doctrines taught by the SalvationAemy?2. What is the significance of the terms,"Blood aud Fire," on their banners, etc?3. How are their officers paid?4. When and where was it originated?SEMPEE.1- Why is a building and its adjuncts, orany certain piece of land, called " the premises?"2. What is the difference between a postulateand an axiom?3. In what connection isit proper to use theword historicity, and cau it be found in anydictionary?Brooklyn, Jan. 6, 1893.Student.Peeseveeance Eewaeded.The great Grecian Orator, Demostlienes, hadno advantages of birth or education; but hepossessed a genius which surmounted bothsuch disadvanta'ges. In Ty tiler's History,book 2, it is recorded that "i.mbitionprompted him to the study of oratory; for goingto the court to hear the pleadings in somecause of moment, he was so impressed with theeloquence of Callistratus, and so firedwith thepopular applause bestowed on that orator uponhis gaining the suit iu which he had pleaded,that he determined from that moment that thiashould be his road to eminence and distinction.No man, in his arduous course, ever struggledwith greater natural obstacles, or more happilyovercame them. His voice was harsh and uncouth,his articulation indistinct and his gesturesawkward and constrained; but, sensibleof his defects, he labored day and night inprivate exercises of elocution, till he completely.subdued them; and then, confident ofhis powers, he broke forth at ouce the mostdistinguished orator of his age." Courage,conviction and perseverance will be rewardedwith success.CHILDREN'S CORNER.My Dear Toung Friends: It has been inmy heart for some time to write to you all.My first leisure of the New Year shall be givento you. You hear from the Missionary's lettersthat the church you were asked to buildfor the Indian Mission is almost completed.Mr. Carithers says he thinks the children willbe able to raise the money to pay for it. Mrs.George asked if we could not make a paymentearly in the new year. The children must haveheard of it for the money is beginning to comein from the nickel fund. Now I hope you willfinish this work up so nicely before Synodmeets that you will be given a new work fornext year, lou know as soon as one work iswell done it always opens up the way foranother, and those who do their work well andcomplete it, are never at a loss for calls towork.I have been wondering what our work fornext year might be. It is nice to have somethingwe can finish and then get a new one, forchildren all like changes. Then, building thischurch was nice for children's work, becausewe can see it if we ever visit the mission andthose who caunot go there will hope to see apicture of it before long One girl, I hear,who is working hard for tho nickel fund, saysshe intends to visit the mission next summer.She may be disappointed, for she is too youngto travel alone and she has no relatives in themission. Perhaps the Lord will find her someway to go, but what I have been thinking ie,that she will make a good missionary to sendinto the school to teach as soon as she is oldenough.Don't you all think so too?Mes. Maggie Speee Gibson.SABBATH HOUR.What is the meaning of Joshua ?What are the poetical books in the Bible ?What is the meaning of Ezekiel ?Who was Mark ?Who wrote the four Gospels ?What is the lesson contained in the parableof " The goodly pearl ?"A Pitiable SightIt is to see an Infant suffering from tbe lack of properfnofl It is entirely unnecessary, as a reliable fooacan always be obtained ; we refer to the Gail BordenETgle B?and Oondensed Milk. Sold by grocers anddruggists everywhere.