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Little Causes, Large Effects,
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PLASH went a little stone Into
a pool, and a bubble and a
circle showed where it fell.
Then came a circle beyond, fainter but
larger. Another came round that, and
another, and another —each fainter and
larger, till the last reached the margin
of the pool and moved the rushes.
“Something very important must
have happened, by the size of this cir
cle,” said the rushes.
“No, gentlemen,” said a willow,
that towered above them ; “ I can see
over the pool, and I assure you the first
circle from which this, through a suc
cession of others, took its rise, was very
small, and had a most insignificant ori
gin ; but I have often noticed of little
things and their results, that the longer
they live the larger they grow, till the
effect at last bears no proportion to its
cause.”
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
Little Eliza.
mUA
T has been a good, long time
since I had a chat with the lit
tie boys and girls of Burke’s
Weekly; but I am going to atone for
the past by introducing you this morn-
Now, my young gentlemen, pull off
your caps and come forward ! make a
bow, to Miss Eliza It.—a blue-eyed,
bright-haired school girl of six summers.
Now I must tell you some of the nice
things this little girl has been taught.
She repeats very distinctly and sweetly,
the “ Ten Commandments,” “ The Apos
tles’ Creed,” “ The Beatitudes,” “The
Golden Rule,” “ Abou Ren Adhem ;”
and indeed so many pretty things, that
I am afraid were I to mention any more
you would begin to doubt my word, as
some of the grown folks have. She has
won the sobriquet of “Sunshine,” be
cause she is always in a pleasant humor
and her little face bright and happy.
One evening, she was dressing in a
beautiful, new, pink dress, to go to
town, and when dark clouds began to
gather, and her mamma told her she
could not go, Eliza was very much dis
appointed. She went to the window
and stood watching the clouds some
time, finally turned to her teacher and
said “ Miss M., what did God make it
rain for ?” She was told that God knew
best; but perhaps if she was very anx
ious to go, and would ask God to drive
away the rain he would hear her. With a
face like a sunbeam, she stole into the par
lor and got down on her knees. This she
repeated three times, each time coming
out, and looking at the clouds. Her
mother, observing the parlor door open
ed, walked in to close the door, when
she saw her sweet child on her knees,
BURKE’S WEEKLY FO.R BOYS AND GIRLS.
before Him, who has said “ Suffer little
children to come unto me.”
What a lovely picture was this ; a
pure, innocent heart, with the faith and
simplicity of a child, carrying her lit
tle troubles to the Great God, who,
though he holds the seas in the hollow
of his hand, will wipe even the tears
from our eyes.
Entering the parlor, her mother
said, “Eliza, what are you doing?”
She replied, “I didn’t ask God right
the first time, and I am asking him
another way.”
After the third prayer the clouds
were more lowering and angry than
ever, and soon the rain came down in
torrents. Eliza pushed open the blinds,
and watched very wistfully the drops
splashing against the window ; directly
she ran to her teacher, and clapping
her little hands exclaimed “Oh! Miss
M., I know ! I know how it is ; God is
just pouring out all the water now, so
that he can make haste and clear it all
up.”
What a beautiful exhibition of faith?
Well might we all sit at the feet of child
hood and learn lessons of wisdom and
truth, —“Unless ye become as little
children, ye cannot enter the kingdom
of Heaven.” c • T-s
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Why Quit.
A Young man went to work in a mill.
At the end of the week he said he must
quit. “Why?” asked the miller, “you
are a good hand. I want you to stay.
What do you go for?” “Because,”
answered the young man, “ I cannot
live with a swearer. lam afraid to live
in any spot where God’s curses are
every moment called down upon our
heads.”
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Modesty is a guard to virtue.
A Little Boy’s Paith.
J AST winter a little boy of six
or eight years of age begged
f? a lady to allow him to clean
away the snow from her steps. He had
no father or mother, but worked bis
way by such jobs.
“ Do you get much work to do, my
little boy?” said the lady.
“Sometimes I do,” said the little
boy, “ but often I get very little.”
“ And are you never afraid that you
will not get enough to live on?”
The child looked up with a perplexed
and inquiring eye, as if uncertain of her
meaning, and troubled with anew
doubt.
“ Why,” said he, “don't you think
God will take care of a boy if he puts
his trust in Him, and does the best lie
can? ’ ’
Be Kind to One Another.
Matt v. 44, 45.
E kind to ono another;
This is a world of care,
Cllpw And there’s enough of needful woe
For every one to bear.
Be kind to one another;
Scatter the seeds of love
Wide o’er the field of hearts, and
rich
The harvost wealth will prove.
Be kind to one another;
Not to the good alone —
E’en to the cold and selfish heart
Let deeds of love be shown:
So shall ye be Ilis children.
Who rains His gifts on all,
And even on the thankless ones
Bids His bright sunbeams fall.
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A little girl sent out to hunt eggs,
thought it strange she did not find any,
as there were several hens “ standing
about doing nothing.”
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