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beautiful, and descriptive of subjects illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides : " Hagar in the Wilderness," " The Shuna- 

 mite," "Jepthah's Daughter," "Hannah and Samuel," 

 "Absalom," " Eispah with her Sons," " Baptism of 

 Christ," " The Widow of Nain," " The Kaising of Laza- 

 rus," "Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem," and "Scene 

 in Gethsemane." 



The following poem, by an author unknown to us, 

 will be inserted entire, as it so vividly portrays the mind 

 of the parent and the love of the Saviour for children, 

 and so graphically describes the picture of "Christ Bless- 

 ing Little Children:" 



' The Master has come over Jordan," 

 Said Hannah, the mother, one day; 

 " Is healing the people who throng Him, 

 With a touch of his finger, they say. 



" And now I shall carry the children, 

 Little Rachel, and Samuel, and John ; 



I shall carry the baby Esther, 

 For the Lord to look upon." 



The father looked at her kindly, 



But he shook his head, and smiled ; 



" Now, who but a doting mother 

 "Would think of a thing so wild ? 



" If the children were tortured by demons, 



Or dying of fever, 'twere well ; 

 Or had they the taint of the leper, 



Like many in Israel." 



II Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan, 

 I feel such a burden of care, 



If I carry it to the Master, 

 : - Perhaps 1 shall leave-ib there., 



