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September i, 1909. THE PR
so happy that tears came when she tried
to talk.
"Oh, it's been a beautiful day, mamma!
The girls and the teacher and everybody
have been pleasant and kind and
generous. I told my teacher that I liked
dospitable Sabbath very much, and wished
they would have it often, and she said
what did I mean. So then I told her how
we'd been there to church and been mere,
and nobody cared till today. And she
laughed and 'most cried, but she said
Mrs. Pratt was our friend now, so all of
'em would be, but she should tell the minister
and see if they couldn't have Hospitable
Sabbath every week."
And the mother did not tell her what
a mistake she had made, and Claire did
not know until another year brought another
Hospital Sabbath. But by that
4 time she had made so many friends and
was so happy that she could laugh over
it herself. Mrs. Pratt said it was a blessed
mistake, and she was so glad that the
Lord had used "her little girl"?that was
what she called Claire?to bring into the
big, cold church the real "hospitable"
spirit toward strangers. ? Congregationalism
FOR CHRIST IN THE HOME.
"It will sweep through the churches of
America just as the Christian Endeavor
did a generation ago," is the way one
pastor put his opiniorf of the Family Altar
League, which is now only in the
seventh month of its existence.
The League was organized last autumn
by the Rev. W. E. Biederwolf, on
whom had grown the conviction that
the Church must get back to the simpler
devotional life if it is to retain its
spiritual power, and that the home must
again be recognized as the bulwark of
the Christian faith. Those interested
felt that such was the conviction of earnnof
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unprepared for the flood of approval
that followed the announcement of the
undertaking.
Covenant cards will he sent free to
any one on application at the headquarters
of the League at 602 Lakeside
Building, Chicago, 111., and to every one
who takes the covenant, a beautiful wallcard
certificate of membership is sent
free of cost. Over thirty thousand covenant
cards have been called for from
every state in the Union and in foreign
lands. The actual cost of the cards, including
mailing, is twenty-six cents a
hundred, and if those ordering cards desire
to bear all or a part of the expense
It will hn q nnroointo/l Knf In onv roan
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orders will be promptly filled.
The cards are being used In the WaTer
Street Mission in New York city, and
their missionary says, "We urge the
erection of the family altar In the
wrecked home that has become rebuilt
by Grace Divine, and also in the homes
i . of the 'newly-wed.' God bless the
1 work."
Crete Yields to Turkey: Diplomatic
advices received at Rome, Italy, convey
t the information that Crete has agreed to
lower the Greek flag forthwith.
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ESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUTH.
THE FEAST OF CHERRIES.
One morning during the siege of Hamburg
(1812-1814), a weary merchant was
slowly returning to his house. With
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a/vuvi uuoiuvoo uicU| ac uau uceu aiumg
in the defense of the walls. So severe
had been the fighting that he had not
taken off his clothes for a week.
He reflected bitterly that all his labor
was in vain, for by the following day
famine would have compelled a surren
der. Passing through his garden, he
found himself admiring his cherry trees,
which were loaded with fruit. The mere
sight was refreshing, and a thought occurred
to the merchant. He was aware
that the enemy was suffering from thirst.
How glad they would be of that Juicy
fruit! Could he not by its means purchase
safety for his city?
There was no time to lose, and he
speedily made up his mind. He collected
three hundred small children belonging
to the city, had them all dressed
in white and loaded them with cherry
branches from his orchard. Then the
gates were opened, and they were sent
forth in the direction of the enemy.
When the commander of the besieging
force saw the white-robed procession
passing -through the gates he suspected
some trick, and prepared for battle; but
when the children came nearer and he
saw how pale and thin they were from
want of food, tears filled his eyes, for he
thought of his own little ones at home.
As the thirsty?and, in some cases,
wounded?soldiers received the juicy
fruit from the children's hands, a cheer
arose from the camp. Love and pity had
conquered. The little ones returned, accompanied
by wagons of food for the
famished citizens, and an honorable
treaty for peace was signed the next day.
For manv vears the Rnnivornnrv nf the
day on which this happened was kept as
a holiday, its name being "The Feast of
Cherries." The streets were thronged
with children, each one carrying a cherry
branch. Then they ate the cherries
themselves in honor of their brave little
forerunners, the saviors of their city of
Hamburg.?Selected.
HAYDN AND THE SHEEP.
Like most great men, Joseph Haydn
began to be great when he was a little
boy. His fathei was a German wheelwright,
and I dare say never meant him
to be anything.but a wheelwright either;
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uui ijc guuweu tsucu a lasie ior music
and had so sweet a voice that it was
quite clear he was me^nt for something
different. When eight years old, we are
told, he was chosen to be a chorister at
St. Stephen's Church, in Vienna, and
music was thenceforward the business of
his life.
"But while he was yet a lad he and
one of his young companions set out on
a little tour. There were no railroads
in inose aays tror Haydn was born In
1752) and they were too poor to go by
diligence, so they walked, carrying the
few things they wanted in knapsacks.
Of course they could not do without
some music, so their flute went with
them.
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They had reached Italy, and while
crossing the Apennines sat down to rest.
It wag hot, and I dare say they were
weary, so the flute was brought out to
refresh their spirits. The blue Italian
sky was overhead and there were vineyards
in tee valley below. On the hill
Bide sheep were feeding, though they
hardly noticed them, as Haydn began
playing to his friend and himself.
But presently?would you believe it??
first one sheep lifted up his head to listen,
then another; then the first drew a
little nearer, the second nearer still, and
the others all followed, and the whole
flock stood as if spellbound around Joseph
Haydn and his friend.
The boys were much astonished at
this very unlooked-for behavior on the
part of their dumb companions, and
were still more so when they found that
the sheep entered into the difference be
tween the lively and the sad. For when
Haydn played a plaintive air they
drooped their heads in sympathy, and
when he changed it into a cheerful
strain they came closer still, and even
rubbed against his legs to show their
pleasure.?From the Young Christian
Soldier.
nt utblMtU TME ORIGINAL.
A poor Irishman came to his priest
and asked permission to read the Bible.
"But," said the priest, "the Bible is
for priests, and not for other people."
"Is that so"? answered he. "But I
have read in the Bible, 'Thou shalt teach
it to thy children'; and priests have no
children."
"But, Michael," said the priest, "you
can not understand the Bible. It is not
written for people like you."
"Ah. vonr reverpnne If I nan tint nn.
derstand It, it will do me no harm, and
what I do understand of it does me a
great deal of good."
"Listen, Michael," said the priest;
"you must go to church, and the church
will instruct you; the church will give
you .the pure milk of God's Word."
"But where does the church get this
if not out of the Bible? Ah, your reverence,
pardon me, but I would rather
nave me cow myseii. ?Rixcnange.
Photographer: "Now, sir, if you'll
look a little less as though you had a
bill to meet, and a little more as though -you'd
just been left a legacy, you'll be
a picture."?New Yorker.