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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
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cashier’s table, her face became a
throbbing heart.
me
Through God’s grace
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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
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and smile down upon us, and cheer, AfeJd Q Dgi ngH , al LoL whieb-she-did
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'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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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I told him—No.
because it is a song.
that she wanted to see the bank.
u
Machine oil stains can be remov
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Peace
if
possible,
justice
at
any
Every
song
soothes
tfnd
uplifts.
The kindhearted Governor, attrac ed if, before washing, the spot is
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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“
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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.
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