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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1884)
■ - 10 -r- ■ — 7—t . 1 * ' ! good as a prayer. Indeed, a song his interviewer, asked her to step of the pure kind recognized in behind the counter, and as she did Scripture, is akin to a petition, so her wide-opened blue eyes wan while it* is also in the spirit of dered about the apartment in a thanksgiving. The “ sweet singer calm scrutiny of its surroundings. of Israel ” wedded his sincerest When her little orbs rested upon prayers to melody, and wafted them the pile of shining coins of various upwards on the night air from his denominations displayed upon the ] cashier’s table, her face became a throbbing heart. me Through God’s grace can a] I urn | | « ivuj sing psalms jn the night. Whatev viewed with interest and amuse er brings the shadows, we need not ment by the gallant guide. She at be wholly surrounded by them. was permitted to step inside the We can sing under stars; or if vault, to examine the huge locks they be hid, until they come out and interior and the inner safe and Oil ’ and smile down upon us, and cheer, AfeJd Q Dgi ngH , al LoL whieb-she-did C. 'US to a gladder strain. There are with studious care and minuteness. dark nights for all of us ; we are in All this time the bank officers look por them now, or have just, found them ed on in mute surprise puzzled to at or have just found the dawn, or, know the motive for this rigid ex perchance, are just entering the amination, if any she possessed. twiljghtt But there is a ‘psalm for Suddenly she stopped, and looking i Jr every over-creeping gloom; and if ap archly into the amused counten the heart but take it up and chant ance of the treasurer, < exclaimed Th There’s no one ta whom we can turn ; it, the dreariness will surely vanish, “ Well, I believe it’s all right.” Sing on ! we sing in glorious weather, ▲nd standing alone is a lesson Fall one step over the tiny strand ; and there will come in its stead hope ‘¿What' is all right ?” queried the ' ’Tis hard for a woman to learn. So narrow, in sooth, that still together, and light and cherishihg wa mtb, official. “Why the bank is all is ▲nd often and over, my baby,____ On either brink we go hand in hand. I and we shall grow glad again with. right,” she said, and then continued : ho Before life’s long journey is gone, ~____—.------ ------------------- -^Joanlngelaw. “ Mr. Bank Man, my name is Amy ST You will yearn in your hours of weak the morning.— Rural Home. ness, -tin x • T -r. « Cs- Bell, and my papa pwt JLS.inM this re». A teacher asked a little girl who For something to lean upon. savhigs Lank for mu yeacct aay, and was the first man ? She said she When I wanted tp * . ^at kind of a .. . ............... did not ■”irnDirr~^rtKe^aSI^’’lm A little crib beside a bed ; a little pended place it wa.' i never was in a Irish girl, who, looking very proud ▲re taken away or o’erthrown, face beneath the spread ; a little bank before. i'he gentleman as - at being able to give the answer You will find it wearisome, baby, frock behind the door; a little shoe C sured hpr that the money was sate, So wearisome ! standing alone. said, “ Adam, sir.” “ You need not upon the floor; a little lad with hi- and after un’s werinj a few childish look so grand about it,” said the dark brown hair; a little lane that Psalms in the Night. questions, she,departed, feeling per- first scholar, “ he wasn’t an Irish I leads to school; a little pencil, slate fectly satined that all was safe.”— The singing hearts are ever a man.” and rule; a blithesome maid; a blessing unto themselves. A song A twelve-year old student.. of »»“joy-giving.*“'itsWho can sing I little hand wi th in OHS laid; a“ little Things Worth Knowing. phlTosopfiy and theology in a good sweetly in the undertone ^>f his cottage, acres four; a little family pastor’s household thus reasoned inner nature, carries a rare pleasure gathering round ; a little turf-heap- That pennyroyal when disturbed ed, tear-dewed mound ; a little ad with his parents, who were sharply with him always. Hard things in places frequented by roaches will reproving a child: “Papa, didn’t appear to him easy; heavy burdens ded to the soil; a little rest from drive them away. g’ that baby inherit 'Adam’s sin, and se^m light; sorrow knocks often; weary toil; a little silver in his H That wild mint will keep rats is*’t there a greater pressure to the it may be, but often goes away, sel hair; a little stool and easy-chair; la a little night and earth-lit gloom ; and mice out of your house. square inch on such a little body, dom enters. al " That five quarts of boiling water a little»cortege to the tomb. and so is he much to blame fpr not ▲nd when it does enter—when But after all these scenes are poured on a package of pearline resisting?” • the clouds come aud the sunlight is will make excellent soft soap Let past, a glorious day shall come at ID hidden—when the soul walks, down it remain over night to harden. KO! last, when death ’ s cold captives S( into the night and sees never a I That lime sprinkled in fire-pla Somebody asked me to take a drink, B star; what then ? Ah ! then thrice shall arise to fjee their Judge de- ces during summer months is heal scend the skies. “Oh! when bis What did I tell him ? Wliat do you ai blest is the binging heart. If it can thy. think ? glorious face I see, what shall my w sing psalm»- at such a time, the That leaves of parsley, eaten with I told him—No. stars will shine. Dawn will quick final portion be ?”— Sei. a little vinegar, will prevent the Somebody asked me one day to play * A game of cards ; and what did I say ? er come, the sunlight sooner re-ap- A Youthful Bank Examiner. disagreeable consequence of a tain pear. I told him—No. ted breath by onions. tl Sweetest of all songs are the “ One morning this week a little That oil paintings hung over the Somebody laughs that I do not swear 1( psalms in the night. David sang ▲nd lie and steal; but I do not care : girl, not more than six or seven mantle-piece are liable to wrinkle a I’ll tell him-No. with the most touching tenderness I years of age, opened the doors of with the heat. it when in the gloom of deepest afflic the Merrimack Savings Bank on Somebody asked me to take a sail Gid boot tops, cut into pieces of it On the Sabbath day was of no avail, tion. The heart way wail a mise Elm Street, and walked in. Her the required size and lined, make I told him—No. rere over its dead or its dying, appearance and demeanor attracted good, thick iron holders. - “ If sinners entice thee, consent thou but even that will be sadly sweet, the attention of the treasurer, ex- To prevent hair falling out, wet •P not.” and will have a hope in it. The Govcrnor Smyth, whojnquired the it thoroughly oncex»r twice a week n My Bible said, and so on the spot saddest song is better than none, object of her visit. She replied with a weak solution of salt water. 1 I told him—No. because it is a song. that she wanted to see the bank. u Machine oil stains can be remov ** Peace if possible, justice at any Every song soothes tfnd uplifts. The kindhearted Governor, attrac ed if, before washing, the spot is J rate.— Wendell Phillips. It is just possible that a gbng is as ted by the childish siodplicity of rubbed with a cloth wet with am- o the dying. On one occasion I saw Youths' Department. him aid a Northern soldier, and he STANDING ALONE. actually took the shoes and socks from his own feet and put them on Mas.-M. P. H andy ** 2./___ the feet of a suffering and needy “ The baby is standing all ’lohey I” enemy. In view of such noble The children shout in their glee,— action to friend and foe, I take ▲nd father and mother and auntie Must hurry and come and see. pleasure in nominating J. Desha -So baby—the cute little darling I— Pickett, the chaplain to whom 1 have referred, for the'office of State i Is put through the wonderful feat, ▲nd fondled and kissed and oqmmpndaa Supt. of Public Inat.ruchirm ” “““For being so smart and so sweet speech was electric, and when With the cunningest air of triumph Adams Co. was called, the chair She stands in the midst of us all, man of the delegation arose and While the outstretched arm of her announced, “ Adams Co. gives thir mother“ ’* Is ready to.save a fall, teen votes for * Old Socks,”’ and An d whenever the littlejonalnitcrs, the whole convention followed with. " TXround her is hastily thrown. burst "dFapplause 1that was unpre ’Tis very flue fun, thinks the baby— cedented, even in the enthusiastic This fro] io of standing alone 1 Democratic State of Kentucky. It ▲h ! many a time in the future is needless to say that “ Old Socks ” She’ll long for the aid of +hnt arm, was elected, and still hold the edu When the love and the care of a mother No longer can shield her from harm. cational fort.— New England Jour For oft when our need is the sorest nal of Education. i. ""V . ó * I f nmitnn<<nh«t « ■ ....... —■ (IVI u vi lU'WAW < « ' w ‘ * t > ' *** 3 * : •%
