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Our Boys and Girls j
THE BOY JESUS.
liv Clara Christian.
(Olio of the read ts ?? I" our 1 ??i jrt*. )
After the Holy Family had been some time
in Kgvpt . the wicked 1 I eroi 1 <1 cd, ami Joseph
l<? ing told of lit' fact l?y an angel returned
to Na/areth. where he took up again his trade
of carpenter.
"When the little Jesus was old enough to do
so. lie helped Joseph ahout the shop.
In this City of Nazareth, perhaps, were many
little boys and girls who were Jesus' play
mates, and often eame to the shop, 1 suppose,
to play with Jesus.
Did they love and respect Him?
Why, yes. What else could you expect them
to do hut love this good, pure and true child,
< lirist. who was always gent !e and kind to each
one of t hem ?
lie was always looking forward to helping
some one and protecting the little children
from the large ones during lli'ir play. He was
not like others, looking only fur fun <>r for mis
chief, but was always trying t < ? help some
one.
So the years passed til! lie was about twelve
yoars old. Then I lis parents took llim to -I ??
rusalem. w li?* iv a festival was to ho eeh I ?ra t ! .
<>n the journey homo limy missed 1 h ? ? hoy an<l
began to seaivh for liitn. At last limy found
llim in the Temple. 1 ii 1 Iv in tr with tlx' learned
serihes ami priests. whom He astonished with
Mis wisdom and knowledge of the Seripturos.
Qui"tiy. yet anxiously, His mother entered
the Tom p'l o. There is reproof in her voice as
she says mildly, "Son, why hast Thou thus
dealt with us? Thy father and I have sought
Thee sorrowing."
Gently Ho said, "llow is it that you sought
me? Wist ye not that I must he about my
Father's business?" He meant, of course, that
I To must he teaching people things of God.
Obediently, He left Iho Temple, and to
gether they returned to their humble homo in
Nazareth whore. it is written, ".Tesus increased
in wisdom and stature and in favor with fJod
and man."
Koxbury, Ya.
A FROG'S LESSON.
The frog looked down a deep old well
And thought he'd play a joke;
Thought up a saucy thing to say.
And thus he harshly spoke:
"You ugly old frog." he hollered down.
And listened for reply;
"TTglv old frog." echo sent l?nek;
The frog began to cry.
Ho hopped away where !ils mother sat.
Told her what ho had done.
TTis mother said, with pained surprise;
"I'm ashamed of you. my sou."
"Mop ha"k to the deep old well,
fronk down something kind.
The answer you will always get
Will he the sanif, you'll find."
The frog looked o'er the brink anft ?aid:
"Hollo, sweetheart, true."
"Sweetheart true." echo sent bark.
Tt'll he the same with you.
Should not folks learn a lesson here,
As our frog friend has done?
Whether words loving or harsh.
The same come hark, mv son.
? 0. L. RijSfiell. in Christian Advocate.
A KOREAN WELCOME.
l?v .Miss Willi;. (ireen.
Well 1 must It'll you of the welcome we re
ceived to the vi I lii of I'llkak. When we
left Soiijr Sail we had to Willk ;i dislance of
ten li to reach tliis place. When we had cov
ered liiill' the distance we were met hv th"
sehool teacher a in I his t hi rty-t wo lilt It* hoys ami
.irirls, ? I rcssei I in the hri?rht est of colors. Th"\*
were standing hesiile the road ami stood at
attention while we passed; then f ???! I in line he
hind to escort us to their village. A few yards
on we were met hv several of the church mem
bers. a few yards further several more; and a
A Korean Family.
few farther on, still some more. Kacli time
tin* procession slopped while tin- new ones
bowed profoundly, introduced themselves, and
told us how glad they were that (iod. through
His grace, had brought us to their village;
also, how welcome we were.
Von can see by this time we had quite a
company. Indeed. 1 felt like 1 was back in
the days of caravans, as we wound our way,
single tile, through the narrow path among the
rice fields and continued our journey across
the country.
It is their custom to walk one right behind
the other. Many times as our path made a
snake-like bend around a rice field. I could
soe from end to end of our caravan. At the
front I could s:?e the two coolies carrying bed
ding, clothes, cooking utensils, and food sup
ply, on their backs by means of the jicki >.
Next the Elder, followed by two church mem
bers. They were dressed in their long whit"
coats, which hang loose from the shoulder and
are tied across the chest with very ample bows.
This how only has one loop, which stands up
and down instead of crosswise, and the two
\ Koifmi I Joy Scllini; Swirls.
ends almost reach to the hem of their coats.
Then on top of their heads wore these funny
black hats that you hear so much about. I
came next in line, then the Korean Bible wom
an, the cook, ami more church members. Af
ter the brightly dressed children came the
teache in t lio rear, six more of the church
membe lasl being the deacon, making a
line of >]>!.-; in all. I am in the home of
one of -inhers. I had to put my army
cot cati ..mors to be able to get it in the
room jiI all. That leaves two Y-shaped cor
ners and the only way to g.-t from one to
tin- other is to crawl over the col. For variety
sake. I make ready for retiring i 1 1 one corner
and then in the morning I g?*t up on the other
side to dress.
There arc no windows in this room, and
when von shut the door yen are shut in sure
enough. I he doors are lattice work covered
with heavy white paper and in that way you
get your light for the room, not much though.
Curiosity to see what I 've got in here, and also
what I'm doing, has paused tiles:* people to
I lish peep-holes in the paper and so I have
eye-wituesses to all I do.
Kunsan. Korea.
JUST IN TIME.
Dear Presbyterian : I am a little girl twelve
years old. My birthday was October 17. The
little prayer cam > out just i ip lit for my birth
day. I go to 1 he Second Pn shy teriau Church.
.My | ?a.-*t ? ? r is Dr. I). N. Mcl.auchlin. I am try
ing to recite the Shorter Catechism. My Sun
day-school ieaicher is Mrs. (Sailing. I am tin*
president of the Christian Kndcavor. I like to
go very much. We are a!! learning how to
pray in public.
Your little friend.
Miriam Conway.
Norfolk, Ya.
Dear Miriam: It was splendid to have the
birthday prayer to get to you just at the right
time. I wond.'r if it came out in the same
week with anybody's else birthday. Won't
you write us something more about the work
of your C. E. ? I am sure other C. E. members
would like to read about your society.
II. A.
BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER.
Dear Presbyterian: I started June tirst to
get my Sunday-school pin ami haven't missed
a Sunday yet. There are fourteen girls in mv
Sunday-school class and we all like our teacher.
We got new quarterlies a few Sundays ago
and I (ind the lesson very interesting. They
give the life of Christ. I am studying the
Shorter Catechism and hope to get my Bible
soon. Our pastor, Mr. W. B. Gold, his wife,
and baby. Kaehel, spent the day with us a few
days ago. This was th.? tirst visit baby Rachel
had paid. The baby was so sweet, that we
wanted to keep her. I read your little Birth
dy Prayer in the Presbyterian and I wish to
say my birthday comes in December and I
will try to keep the prayer in mind. As this
is my lirst letter to you I wish to ask a ques
tion: Who was named as a mighty hunter?
Your little friend.
Virginia Vernon.
Bclspring, Ya.
Dear Virginia : W ? are all glad to have your
interesting letter ami to know about your S.
S. work. I wish we all could have seen Baby
Rachel. " 1
A lady and a gentleman were in a timlier
vard by a dirty river. The lady said: '"How
good the pine boards smell!" "Pine boards!"
exclaimed the gentleman. ".lust smell this
foul river!" "No. thank on, I prefer to smell
the pine boards.''