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" "February 14, 1912] 1 THE ]
thi? armor on he saw at once that he could do
nothing because he was not accustomed to it, so
he said to Saul: 'I can not go with these for I
have not proved them,' and he unbuckeled the
sword and laid the armor aside. Then he took
his staff, his sling and five smooth stones that he
had hunted at the brook, and went out to meet
the giant.
"Goliath was very angry when he saw- the
Israelites had sent such a youth to fight him and
he laughed and mocked David. David answered
the taunts with, 'I come to fight thee in the name
nf +vi? tt?iu. /-i- ? < '
uig i-fuit* vl nuaia, me vjhici 01 me armies ot
Israel whom thou hast defied.' Then he lifted
his sling and slang a stone that struck the
Philistine in the forehead and killed him. Now '
David was young, hut he was too wise to try an
armor that he had never used. This armour
looked strong, and it would impress Goliath, and
the sword was sharp, but David was not accustomed
to use it. lie used the sling that he had
used so long and knew all about, and he was
successful. You know your old piano because
you have practiced on it daily. You understand
how much pedal power to use and it responds to
your everv touch. If you hod a new instrument
you would not have time to prove it. as David
said, before tomorrow niglit," finished Mr. Ilalstead.
"Thank von. father, for the storv. The old
piano is best for me to n?e, I see it now. Professor
Alton alwavs made us use our own nianos
in our roeitals for he knew that we did hotter
work with an instmm.-nt that we know thoronyh.lv.
and a new niano is stiff and difficult to play.
T have learned a lesson from "David and his sljncr
and T will use the niano that T have proved/'
said Miriam, earnestly.?Tlerald avd Presbyter.
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1 ?? i Letters
Dear Presbyterian: I am a little boy nine
years old and in the fourth grade. My teacher's
name is Miss Cromer, of Newberry, S. C. I
like her fine. Hoping my note will not reach
the waste-basket. Your little unknown friend,
Richland, S. C. John Verner.
Dear Presbyterian: I am a little.girl eleven
years old. I go to the First Presbyterian Sunday
school. My teacher's name is Mr.-E. B.
McDonald, and I like him tine. Our pastor is
Rev. W. C. Campbell. "We like him fine too. I
go to Sunday school every Sunday I can. I go
to the "West End school; I passed my examinations
and I will go in the third grade. I will
answer Virginia Elizabeth Walker's question:
The word cucumber is mentioned only once in
the Bible?Numbers 11:5. I will also, ask a
question: Who named John the Baptist? . I will
- e*use, uujjiijg iu see my lener in pnui.
I am your unknown friend,
Roanoke, Va. Christine Allen Calhoun.
Dear Presbyterian: I am twelve years old. I
am in the seventh grade at school. I go to Sunday
school most every Sunday. My school teacher
is Miss Hewell. I will answer Wallace Mc
Curdy McCutchan: Enoch and Elijah were
ffil/nn nn f A VinmrAn /Itfinr* Aft.
wuiu tancu up iu ucavcu niiiiuut uj iiig. iui ,
Sloan is our pastor. We have just lately had
our church fixed over. We have chimes in our
- church; they .certainly do sound pretly when
played. I belong to the Christian Endeavor Society.
What man, a near relative of Jesus, lived
in the wilderness and lived upon honey, locusts,
. etc. I wish all the little girls trying for the
* dolls success. Your friend,
Greenville, 'S. C.: Elizabeth H.-Bryan.
P R-E -6 -fe Y T E R 1 A -N- OF T H E S (
' LEARNING TO SEE. - ^
'.'I saw a blind man ,to-day going about begging.
I'm glad I'm uot blind. Aren't y.ouj
Uncle Jesse!"
"IIow do you know you arc not blind!" asked 1
his uncle.
" 'Cause I can see," replied Willie, laughing.
"Ar j you sure?"
. " 'Deed I am," was the confident rnswer.
"I am certainly glad to hear itj for most peo-"
pie are a little blind."
"Most pepple? Why, I .have seen only a few."
"There are different kinds of blindness. One
,hoy can't see the use of going to school and learning;
another boy can't see why he must obey his
father and mrither; another cannot see that it is
wrong to lie and steal. So there, are many who
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are blind to other things.",-.
"I didn't mean that kind of blindness."
"That is the very worst sort.' There are many
people whose sight has been taken away who have
leamed^to see themselves as sinners, and have
i-ome to Jesus and forgiveness. There are thousands
of others whose eyes are good who do not
see that they need a Saviour; and that is the
worst kind of blindness."
"How are we to learn to see our sins?" asked
Willie, soberly.
"That is one of the very things that Jesus
came to teach us. If we ask him to open our
eyes, so mat we can see our sins and weaknesses,
and try real hard to obey him, we shall
learn to see more and more clearly."
"I'm going to ask the Lord to open my eyes,
so that I can see everything that is good and
everything that is bnd."
**"If von "oned learn to see all that, then your
eyes will be indeed opened."?Unidentified.
> From The CI
Dear Presbyterian: I am a girl nine years
old,-I go-to-Sunday school, also to the public
1 school. Mrs. "Frank Austenson is my Sunday
school teacher and Mr. Grant Harper my school
teacher; I like them both very much. Mr. C. R.
Lacy is our pastor. I will close by asking a question
: How many times is the. word '.'and".in the
Bible. Your unknown friend,
Franklin W." V. Hazel Harrison.
Dear Presbyterian: I am a little Texas girl
and as I do not see many letters from Texas girls
I will write one.' My papa takes your paper and
I enjoy reading it very- much. I am twelve
years old and in the seventh grade. I will close
by answering Evelyn Ireson's question : "Who was
the father of Job? Job was the son of Zera, a
descendent of Esau and fifth of Abraham. He
lived at the same time as Moses and his afflictions
were soon after the departure of the Hebrews
out of Egypt. I hope my letter will be
published as this is my first one.
Your friend.
Mexia, Texas. Will Etta White.
Dear Presbyterian: As I have never seen a
letter from this place I will write one. I am
in thr* fiivhtli rrrnHn at catinnl liovo KriM*m *?!?
and eyes, rdsy cheeks and five feet and two inches
high; have no pets, but one kitty. I like
music and flowers. Now friends I will be fourteen
the fourteenth of February, and I want
you all to send me something to go in my friendship
frame cards. Valentines, pieces of ribbon
or Anything pretty with your name on it to remember
thi? rather unusual birthday party and
fr.iends. All who havu my same age and birthday
please say so. Your friend, ,
iTaylors,-S. C. t. v. . -W* Jenkins.
y-uV-'H " v-t?^i) J'7 '
* boyb wot wanted.
dbhn Wanamaker, Philadelphia, the Larkin
Company, Buffalo, the Globe-Wernicke Company
manufacturers of book-cases and office
furniture, Cincinnati, the mail order houses
of Montgomery Ward & Company, and Sears,
Roebuck & Company, Chicago, are some of the
most prominent business men who refuse to
hire boys, or young men under twenty-one, who
are addicted to the cigarette habit. Some of
these firms employ 5,000 to 8,000 people; sev
oral are so emphatic in their disapproval of
cigarette smoking that they refuse to employ
men of any age, young or old, who are addicted
to the habit. In the .Chicago post office in
the special delivery department, in which near
ly 300 boys are employed, there is a" ban
against cigarettes and other forms of tobacco.
The wholesale hardware establishments of
Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett, Chicago, the Tobey
Furniture Company, and Alexander . H.
Revell & Company, manufacturers and retailers
of furniture, Chicago, discriminate against
cigarette smoking in engaging and promoting
employees.?The Evangenlical Messenger.
It-isaaid that the simplest method of dctcrminining
the genuinness of a diamond is to thrust it
beneath the surface of water. The paste effect
will at once be seen to be dull and lusterlcss,,
whereas the genuine will continue to shine as
brightly as when above the surface. When the
waters cf affliction pass over us, it will be seen
whether our faith is one that will fade or one that
" will shine out.
, #1 \ " : 1 ' T11 f
hildren I i j
My Dear Presbyterian: I am a little boy nine
years old. I have three little sisters. We have
some white rabbits. We had a little fox, but he
got out of his house and ran away. I go to the
Korean church. Our pastor's name is Mr. Kim.
We enjoy your paper. This is my first letter to
you, so I shall stop. I wish my grandma to see
. my letter in your paper.
Your little friend,
Kun San, Korea. William Bull, Jr.
Dear Presbyterian: I am a little girl nine
'/ears old. I go to school. My teacher is Miss
Bessie Beckley; I like her fine. I am in the third
grade. I go to Gainesville Presbyterian cburch.
My papa is the pastor of this church. I have
almost finished the Child's Catechism. I hope
. you will print my letter.
Your little unknown friend,
Gainesville, Ala. Annie Mary Foster.
Dear Presbyterian: I am an unknown friend.
1 am 12 years old and I go to school every Sunday.
As this is my first letter I hope to see it
in the next paper. I will answer Wallace
McCutchan's question: Elijah was taken up to
heaven alive. I will ask a question: What is
the shortest chapter in the Bible t
, Clifton Forge, Va. Harold Smith.
frooKwtoi'ion . T - 1 si.il- 1
? .?/?iuu. j. am ? nine ooy nine
years old, I go to the First Presbyterian Sunday
School. My teacher's name is Mrs. Hunter, I
love to go to Sunday. School. 1 will answer Wallace
McCurdy McCutchen'& question : Elijah was
taken to Heaven alive. Please publish my letter
as I want my grandfather and grandmother
to see it. I am your little friehd,
} RjD^noko1,)Vf,-}. Rich^d Murray Calhoun.