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MISS MARY E. WRIGHT, - - • Editress.
HOW TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL MIS
SION BANDS.
Read at the Womans’ Missionary
Union at La Grange, by Mrs. Win.
H. Baker, of Atlanta.
The first requsite to a successful
Mission/ Band, is a good leader.
Some one has said, “Take the busiest
lady in your church for the leader of
the Children’s Mission Band,” infer
ing that the busiest will make the
best worker; added to this I would
say, take the one who has the most
of the love of Jesus and love for
children in her heart, for without
these two elements she can not suc
ceed, be her elective ability unsur
passed. She. must also be oye who
knows the importance of the mission
cause and who will feel that she is as
Divinely commissioned in her work
with the children, as the minister is
in his to the church, and she must be
one who will never let her interest
flag or yield to discouragements—
for discouraging times are sure to
come in all work with children.
Given such a leader, there will be
but little trouble in carrying on a
successful Mission Band —and there
should surely be one in every church,
for if the children arc not educated
in, and taught to love the mission
cause, who will forward the work a
few years hence ?
If there arc no sunbeam bands in
your churches, dear sisters, please
go home and start , them. First, se
cure some lady to be the leader—a
young lady if possible, as she will
have more leasure, —but be most care
ful in the choice of your leader!
Then ask your pastor some Sabbath
morning from his pulpit, to explain
the object, and invite the children to
meet the. loader at a given time and
place. She will be sure to be met
by a good number, for children al
ways like to meet together. Then
let her tell them of some of the sad
needs of the heathen,—such as the
child widows of India, or the feet
bound little girls of China, or of
some of the gospel-destitute portions
of our own land, —afterward she will
only need to ask how many of them
will join the “ Sunbeam ” to help send
the light of the glad tidings,—to find
herself surrounded with a band of
workers at once.
.„ - 1.-ct tbc’m.n.'yE. aJrct -a.
Vice president, Secretary and Treas
urer, from among their own number,
also electing the leader as “lady
director,” and as far as possible, have
them conduct their owui meetings,
although of course the leader must
guide them in this as in all else. The
hand meetings should be opened with
devotional exercises, the President
reading the selection of scripture, or
some times for variety, call on all
present for a verse, or have them re
peat in concert the twenty-third
Psalm, the beatitudes, or other famil
iar portions of the Bible, and after
singing, have some of the children
pray. Perhaps you will think this
quite impossible, but I assure you
that it is not. If the leader will talk
earnestly to them about the necessity
of prayer in their work, and have
them become accustomed to their
own voices in sentence prayers,
teaching them to come to God as
their Father, telling him their needs
and asking his blessing, she will soon
find them quite willing to take part
in this exercise.
How shall the children’s interest
be retained? Well, one of the first
essentials is to keep them busy, and
the hour of meeting maije interesting
as well as instructive. Keep their
interest by having them do as much
of the work as possible; have a num
ber of committees, a “ Look Out ”
committee, to seek new memlters,
look up absentees, write invitation
cards, etc. A “Ladies’ Aid,” to copy
mattes to be distributed; a committee
of two at each meeting to provide
flowers for the next, and to carry
them afterwards to some sick mem
ber or friend.
Let the leader plan a systematic
study of Missions, Dr. 801 l and Rev.
Braxton Tayler, have for the past
six years, prepared studies of our
Foreign fields for the children. They
are most excellent and helpful in
carrying on mission bands, and can
be had free of cost by application to
the Mission Rooms in Baltimore.
Let the leader take the country
which is to be studied and ask one
of the older boys or girls to draw a
map of it, then another may use the
map and give an object lesson, tell
ing of the characteristics and natuaal
resources of the country. Children
have such vivid imaginations, a little
boy with a hoe and rake may repre
s'ent a farmer and tell of the products
of the land, a little carpenter with
his tools may tell of its buildings, a
little tailor may tell of the manner
of dress and living, and so on. They
can impersonate our missionaries,
giving a sketch of their lives and
work.
Review in concert the. facts learbed
until they are facts in their minds,
and they will never here after fail to
have an interest in fields thus studied.
Vary the program with music—
which children always enjoy—reci
tations, and simple tableaux of mis
sion scenes. Imaginary telephonic
communications between the band
and the mission stations make the
work real, and an occasional issue of
a band paper is also a good thing in
maintaining the interest. Os course
the leader will always have to pre
pare the program before hand and
have the parts to be assigned at each
meeting for the next. • She will need
to be ever on .the alert to have fresh
thoughts and ways to keep the chil
dren, slue will need to seek them on
bended knees, looking into the face
of the Master.
Just before closing, the collection
should be taken. Whether this be
in stipulated dues or in voluntary
offerings it should be made one of
the most interesting events of the
meeting. The leader can make it so
by teaching the children to give from
principle and not to offer to the
Lord only that which costs them
nothing. Let her inspire them to
give from self-sacrifice, or to earn
their missionary money, there are so
many little ways in which they/tan
earn it, if the parents will plan for
and help them; and many dimes and
nickles which would otherwise go
for confections can be turned into
the mite box by a little judicious
teaching from the leader.
It adds greatly to the zest of the
giving if the band has a specific
object for their money, a boy or girl
in some mission school, etc., it is per
haps not the best way but it will
lead to it. An occasional missionary
concert w ill be a great help in keep
ing up the interest, as will also a
“ Missionary tea ” or ice cream social
in some one’s parlor or on some one’s
lawn.
Much benefit will be derived from
a good circulation, and reading, of the
children’s mission papers.
Each number of “Kind Words”
contains valuable information about
sor £ ->nn of our Mission fields, it is
X end is
*gotten up v i e a manner to please the
young. .
“This means work ! ” oh yes dear
sisters it does mean work—and time—
and thought— and prayer, but there
is no other work that will pay so well.
A mission hand leader says of her
work, “It is paying to-day in the
growth in character which we see in
those we are striving to train; it will
pay to-morrow when, through this
early training, they shall be quick to
attend to the King’s business and
ready to give liberally to hasten it
on ; w hen in faith with works they
pray expectantly for the spread of
the gospel and go to spread it. Can
our labor cease to pay through count
less ages ? ” It is the Master’s works
it is a solemn work; the leader will
have in her hands pliable little souls
and she can mould them into almost
any thing she desires. The ideal
mission band is the .stepping stone
for the children into the church,
there can be thrown around them
there, an influence which will teach
them, while working to save, the
souls of the heathen, that their own
souls must be saved also. Can we
copiputJ the work of a soul. The
dear Master considered it worth his
precious life so the souls of the hea
then and of our fallen brothers in this
land should lie of value in our eyes,
but the souls of our own little ones
are dearer to us and for their sakes
we want in all of our churches suc
cessful mission bands.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa
ble physicians, as the damage they
w ill do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains
no mercury, and is internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonial free.
(Q> ' Sold by Druggists, price 7 sc.
per bottle.
Rev. Jas. H. Cordon, pastor M. E.
Church, Wilson, N. C., says: I have
used Bradycrotine, and never in a
single instance failed to obtain imme
diate relief from Headache when di
rections werefollowed.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY APRIL 21. 1892.
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VALUABLE OONTBIBUTIONS.
The real housekeepers who read
this department can, if they will,
give us many valuable contributions,
the result of their actual experience,
if they will. Our good sister grace
fully responds in the following:
Eatonton Ga.—l am one of the
housekeepers who are glad to see
the “ Household ” column restored
to its place in our Index. I will say
that I felt conscience-stricken when
I read the remarks which accom
panied its reinstatement about lack
of interest on the part of the house
wives. Not that I lacked interest,
but that I had not tried to contribute
something to the department as had
been requested. I herewith absolve
my conscience by offering the follow
ing:
Variations in Biscuit Dough.—
By biscuit dough, I mean either but
termilk and soda, or baking-powder
biscuits, which can be so quickly pre
pared that one often depends upon
them as the staple wheat-bread of
breakfast or supper. Consequently
any little change by which to vary
the monotony of'“biscuits,” is wel
come.
When in a hurry I often cut my
biscuit dough w ith a knife into squares
after pricking the dough all over with
a fork. They fit into the pan better,
and more can l»c cooked in the same
space.
I Vienna Rolls.—When the bis
cuits are cut with a round cutter,
place a small piece of butter ou each
one, then double it, pressing the edges
together, and bake as you do plain
biscuits. The butter makes them
rich, crisp and good.
Short Cakes.—This is a Aery
quick way of making many different
kinds of desserts.
Make a dough as for biscuits, roll
into “hoecakes” and bs'ko. When
done, which should be just as dinner
is taken up, split, butter, and placing
the lower half on a dish that heat will
not injure, spread with fruit, either
fresh, canned, cooked or preserved.
If fresh, as sliced oranges, black
hurries or straw-berries, sprinkle with
suggar freely. Put on the top half,
butter and suggar the top, and place
in the oven until ready to be served.
Notwithstanding I have given the
above receipts, I now put in a strong
plea for the use of more corn bread
or graham bread. The use* of both
in place of white flour has greatly
relieved a case of habitual constipa
tion. “But,” some will say, “I don’t
like either. I answer, that if proper
ly made, muffins, corn-cakes, egg
bread, graham gems, etc., can be eaten
as a matter of principle, and perhaps
the taste can be cultivated.
A Housekeeper.
Rev. John Crawford in the Chris
tian Statesman gives this account of
one family’s worship as he witnessed
it:
I was out Gospel-ranging, and was
quartered for the night w’ith a broth
er who had five children; four were
at home with him and one had gone
to be w ith the Lord. Tile bright rays
of the early sun, as they poured be
tween the pot-plants and into the
warm sitting room on that winter
week-day morning, were no more
cheery than the six faces which greet
ed me when I -sat down with the
family for its morning meal. Nor
was the meal itself, although it seem
ed to be absolutely perfect in its qual
ity, preparation and appointments,
any more simple, savory and substan
tial than the dish of family worship
which followed it. I noticed that
those children were not compelled to
worship God on an empty stomach,
as are some unfortunates. Right
joyously they trooped into the front
room and took their places for the
daily family worship. First came
the reading of the Scripture, which
was interspersed with bright and ear
nest questions and with reverent re
marks. The portion read struck me
as wonderfully vivid and real. Then
came a commandment from 1 his one,
and a beautiful attitude from that,
with some sweet little application to
to the family life of the day before.
Then followed two or three ques
tions from the Catechism, and I saw
that in the answering, accuracy was
encouraged. Next we prayed, and
after a short simple prayer by*the
leader, the older ones added each
their special petitions, when all re
peated the Lord’s Prayer in unison.
Then there was sung one of the stan
dard hymns of the church. Any
thing more?. Yes, while the baby lay
in the mother’s lay, the rest rose, and
•Jter joining hands so as to make a
complete in which the stranger
also was invited to a place,
the doxology was sung. When
the third line was reached and they
sang, “Praise God above, ye heaven"
ly host,” I noticed that they all
glanced toward the mantel-piece, and -
on it I saw the photograph of a little
boy who bore the family likeness,
but was not present. There was
method in that family worship. But
it took time, a good deal of time, full
twenty minutes. Did it? Well,what
is time for?
FRIENDS IN MISFORTUNE.
A touching incident which was
seen on a Boston street, one cold day
last winter, illustrates the way in
which suffering begets charity. It
was one of the cheerless, windy days,
when the air is full of snowflakes
while yet it seemed to cold to snow
in earnest.
On a back street was an iron plate
in the sidewalk, around which thin
streams of steam arose. On this bit
of warm surface cowered a morsel of
a girl, not more than four or five
years old, pinched with cold and hun
ger, and most scantily dressed.
As she crouched over the warm
plate an ill-looking cur came drifting
down the street. He hesitated as he
came into the circle of warm air, and
with a wistful whine looked up into
the face of the girl. Instantly the
little thing moved over to make room
for her fellow-waif.
“Poor doggie !” she said, hugging
her forlorn shawl closer about her:
“is he cold, too ?”
And the two comrades in misfor
tune shared together the hospitality
of the iron plate in perfect fellowship.
—Exchange.
We give this here that some ex
perienced housekeeper will answer it
through the Index :
Will some one please write me
what will remove grease spots from
carpets? I have a nice carpet nearly
ruined by grease. I have peaches,
strawberries and grapes now over a
year old and as natural as when
picked. I use the California Cold
Process. You do not cook nor seal
the fruit and it only, costs a cent a
quart to preserve it. If anyjof your
readers wish, I will send them a small
sample of berries by mail and tell
them just how to put them up. "You
can put up a bushel of berries in about
ten minutes and it is much less trou
ble and expense than canning. lam
an old resident of your county and
will be glad to hear from any one
there. > T KLUE Rea mt,
Box 111*. .’lville, Ohio.
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(Earner.
THE TONE OF VOICE.
It is not so much what you say,
As the manner in which you say it;
It is not so much the language you use,
As the tones in which you convey it.
“Com® here!” J sharply said,
And the baby cowered and wept I"
“Como hero!” I cooed, and he looked and
smiled,
And straight to my lap he crept.
The words may be mild and fair.
And tho tones may pierce like a dart;
The w ords may be soft as the summer air,
And the tones may break the heart.
For words but come from the mind.
And grow by study and art;
But thetones leap forth from the inner self,
And reveal the state of the heart.
Whether you know it or not,
Whether you mean or care.
Gentleness, kindness, love and bate,
Ent y and anger are there.
Then would you quarrels avoid.
And in peace and love rejoice.
Keep anger not ouly out of your words,
But keep it out of your t oieo.
—Youth’s Companion.
ETHEL’S EASTER GIFT.
BY LILY G. DOWNES.
Ethel Howard was the “sweet sin-'
ger” of the church and Sunday-school
which she attended, and as a matter
of course her name always headed
the list when a concert was to be
held. It was just one week before
Easter, and Ethel bad surprised her
friends by saying that she would not
sing at church on Easter Sunday, and
no amount of asking could get her
to tell why.
Three weeks before she had gone
with her mother to see a Mrs. Avon
a sweet lady, but alas, she had been
for many years a “shut in ”; oh, we
who are at liberty Jto come and go at
our pleasure cannot realize the extent
of such a life.
Mrs. Avon had been the “pride” of
the choir, but when sickness robbed
her of health, it claimed her voice al
so; and this had only, as the years
went by, increased her love of hear
ing others sing.
As Ethel satin that darkened room
and sang for her friend, a longing de
sire to do something else sot her
came into her loving heart. And
when they rose to go, and the sick
lady held her hand in hers, she had
said: “You will come again soon,
dear, and sing for me, will you not?
Your sweet voice makes me think of
the time when I too coulrtsing, and al
though it makes me sad, it also makes
me happy. If I could only hear the
Easter hymns sung again next Sun
day, I feel as though I could bear my
pain with a more Christ-like spirit.
Ethel’s mind was at rest; the lady's
own words had settled it for her. On
their way home she told her mother
•of her plan, and she, with a glad
light in her eyes, offered to help
her.
Easter day dawned bright and
clear and when Sunday-school was
over, Ethel stole quietly out‘of the
vestry, and hurrying home, tpok from
a vase a bunch of flowers and then
went out, and did not stop until she
arrived at Mrs. Avon’s. The door
was opened by the lady’s mother,
who on seeing her said, “I am so
glad you have come; a sight of your
bright face will make her less sad,
poor dear. Easter was always a
happy, busy day with her, and she
cannot forget, although the patient
soul never complains.”
Ethel hurried up the stairs and as
the door stood open she glided softly
in. The invalid was sitting in her
chair; propped up with pillows, a
sad, far-away look in the lovely
eyes; she turned and on seeing her
visitor, her face lit up with a beauti
fy mile and she gave her a loving
kiss of welcome. “My dear child,
how good of you to come to me to
day,” was what she said as she took
the flowers Ethel placed in the wasted
bands—a bunch of roses and a pure
white Easter lily.
“Mrs. Avon, I have brought you
an Easter gift, can you guess what it
is?” said Ethel as she drew a low
rocker beside that of her friend.
“Yes, my heart tells me that you
have come to sing to me and that
this is your gift.”
Ethel was pleased that she had
thought aright, and from a request
which she read on her friend’s face
she began to sing the very hymns
she had practiced for the concert that
day; and as her sweet voice rang
softly through the room, a faint col
or stole into the delicate white cheeks
of her friend, and a sweet smile il
lumined her face. ' ’ ' '
They talked also, long and earnest
ly that afternoon, not always serious
ly, for once the mother’s ears were
gladdened by the sound of a Sweet
low laugh, and coming into the room
she said, “Dear child, I have not seen
such a look of happiness on your
face for years.”
“This little girl has made me very
happy, dear mother. She wanted to
please Jesus to-day, and she
thought to come and sing to me,
would please Him more than to take
•pan in- the exercises at thii churchj”
was her daughter’s reply.
When it was time for Ethel to go,
Mrs. Avon made her promise to come
very soon again to see her; and tak
ing an affectionate leave of her friend,
with a very happy heart, she walked
quickly homeward.
Her parents had reached there be
fore her. A sight of their daughter’s
bright face was enough to tell them
that she had spent a far more happy
Easter than she had ever done be
fore. All the evening was spent in
talking of her visit and the concert,
which had been very good.
W ben Ethel retired to her room
that night, she thanked God, for His
loving kindiV in showing her in
which way she could please Him that
day; aftd when her mother leaned
over her for her good-night kiss.
Ethel whispered, “De;ir mamma, I
know now, that surely, ‘it is more
blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
* # * * * * #
One week later, Mrs. Avon’s moth
er on entering her daughter’s room,
which she had left but a few mo
ments before, found her with her
head resting against the pillows of
her chair, the weary eyes were closed,
on her lap in its usual place, lay her
Bible ; while in the thin, white hands,
were clasped two flowers—a faded
lily, and a rose; and she was dead.
Her pain was gone forever,and her
voice was no longer lost, but singing
“Glory to God” in Paradise. She
was weak, she had faltered by the
wayside, and the angels came and
took her home.
’ faithful;
A young Highlander, having set a
horse-hair noose, in the woods, was
delighted, one morning, to find a
female song thrush entangled. He
carried home his prize, put it into a
roomy, open-braided basket, secured
the lid, and then hung the cage on|a
nail near the open window. In the
afternoon the. parish minister called
in and tried to persuade the boy to set
the captive free. While the clergy
man was examining the bird through
the basket, his attention was called to
another thrush, perched on a branch
opposite the window.
“ Yes,” said the boy, “it followed
me home all the way from the
woods.”
It was the captive’s mate, which,
having faithfully followed his partner
to her prison, had jierched himself
where he might see her nail hear the
sad, broken notes that chirped her
grief.
The clergyman hung the basket
against the eaves of the cottage, and
then the two retired to watch what
might happen. In a few minutes
the captive whispered a chirp to her
mate’s complaint. His joy was un
bounded.
Springing to the topmost spray of
the tree, he trilled out two or three
exultant notes, and then the captive
thrush out her head and neck. Then
followed a touching scene. The
male bird, after billing and cooing
with the captive, dressing her feath
ers and stroking her neck, all the
while fluttering his wings and croon
ing an undersong of encouragement,
suddenly assumed another attitude.
Gathering up his wings, he began
to peck and pull away at the edge of
the hole in the basket’s lid. The
bird’s ardent affection and his effort
to release his mate touched the boy.
“ I’ll let the bird go! ” said he in
a sympathetic voice, as he saw his
mother wiping her eyes with her
apron.
The basket was carried to the
spot where the bird had been snared.
The male thrush followed, sweeping
occasionally close past the boy car
rying the basket, and chirping abrupt
notes, :18 if assuring his mate be was
still near her.
On arriving at the snare, the
clergyman began untying the knots
which secured the lid, whilq the male
bird, perched on a hazel |iough not
six feet away, watched, fiilent and
motionless, the process of liberation.
As soon as the baskdd-lid was
raised, the female thrush dashed. Out
with a scream of terror! and joy,
while the male followed like an arrow
shot from a bow, and both disappear
ed behind a clump of birch trqes.—
Golden Days.
THE PRAYING ENGINEER.
One winter, several years ago,
there was a great deal of religious
interest in a certain American town,
and among those who joined the
church was Allie Forsythe, a little
fellow twelve years of age. His
mother was a widow, and had re
moved, four years before from their
home in Vermont to this town in
Wisconsin.
On the evening of the Sabbath
when he joined the church Allie was
sitting in the twilight with His inothen
and presentlvjjK io “Allies
tell me what w 'ymtfb wiftrt to Ixm ■
Christian? Was it your home
teachings, your lessons in Sabbath
school, the regular preaching of the
pastor, or has it all come through the
influence of the revival meetings?”
Looking up into his mother’s face,
he replied : “Mamma, it was none of
these. But do you remember when
we were coming from St. Albans to
live here that I wanted to go on the
engine and ride with the engineer?
You were afraid to let me till the
conductor, whom you knew wells
told you that the engineer was a re
markable man, and that I was just as
safe on the engine with him as in the
parlor car with you.”
His mother assured him that she
remembered the circumstances very
well.
“Then,” continued Allie, “you al
lowed me to ride on the engine,
where I was to stay till you or the
conductor came after me. When
about ready to start from the station
where I first got on the engine, the
engineer knelt down for just a little
bit, and then got up and started his
locomotive.
“I asked him many questions about
its different parts and about the
places which we passed by, and he
was very patient in answering. Soon
we stopped at another station, and
he knelt down again,justa moment be
fore we started. As he did this often,
I tried to sec what he was doing, and
finally, after we had passed a good
many stations, I made up my mind
to ask him. He looked at me, very
earnestly and said ‘My little lad, do
you pray?’’
I replied, ‘O, yes, sir! I pray
every morning and evening.’
“‘ Well, my dear boy,’ said he,
‘God has allowed me to hold a very
responsible place here. There are,
perhaps, two hundred lives now on
this train entrusted to my care. A
little mistake on iny part, a little in
attention to signals might send all or
many of these two hundred souls
into eternity. So, at every station, I
kneel just a short while and ask the
Master to help me, and to keep from
all harm, until I reach the next sta
tion, the many lives he has put into
my hands. All the years I have been
on this engine he has helped me, and
not a single human heing of the
thousands that have ridden on my
train have been harmed. I have
never had an accident.’
“I have never before mentioned
what he said but almost daily I have
thought about him and resolved that
I would be a Christian, too.”
For four years the life and words
of this praying engineer had been
constantly present with this lad, and
became, at length, the means of
leading him into a Christian life.—•
Congregationalist.
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