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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Oct. 



up every Christian duty, with the exception 

 of the one I have mentioned. Wliile he was 

 in my employ his life was pretty fair; but 

 l)efore a great while he left, and started in 

 business for himself. Like many another 

 who starts out well, he got back into his old 

 habits, and in time his poor wife died of a 

 broken heart; and his family of children 

 were scattered, and his poor old mother was 

 brought down with grief and sorrow. 



As y.ears passed, he rallied again, married 

 another wdfe, commenced his old business 

 again of cabinet-making, and by an ingeni- 

 ous invention promised to rise up soon to be 

 an influential man once more. Saloons were 

 almost in plain sight from his place of busi- 

 ness ; and after about the usual time he was 

 drinking again. Last Sabbath evening, 

 Avhile a second-amendment meeting was in 

 ]>rogress but a little way from his home, a 

 disturbance was made at his residence. The 

 neighbors came in, and finally the marshal 

 was summoned, and took him to .iail. His 

 poor wife, in despair of his ever doing any 

 lietter, ]>acked up her things, gatheied up 

 the available effects, even to pulling the 

 beets and other valuables from their little 

 garden, closed out every tiling, and left. 

 There he lies, poor man, in jail — deserted, 

 forsaken, an outcast, with probably no ray 

 of hope left. Delirium-tremens must be 

 near him again, and the awful remorse tor- 

 menting him, and his past life reminding 

 him that there is probably no use of strug- 

 gling any longer against the temptation that 

 has so many times crushed out every attempt 

 he ever made to rise up and be a man like 

 his fellow-raen. When I see him again, 

 what can I say to him, friends V His will 

 power is probably pretty nearly all gone. He 

 has promised so many times, and then broken 

 the promises, that it would be almost folly 

 for him to promise again. Where is there 

 salvation or peace and rest for such as he V 

 As I have been thinking it over this morning, 

 it seems to me that the one thing that has 

 been lacking in all his life was that he refus- 

 ed to stand up boldly and fearlessly before 

 men, and avow himself a soldier of Christ. 

 The Bible has said plainly, — 



Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, 

 him will I confess also before my Father which is in 

 heaven. 



Why is it that some men seem to struggle 

 hopelessly against evil y I presume almost 

 every intelligent boy or girl will tell you in a 

 moment that no one does struggle hopeless- 

 ly — that we have the power given us to do 

 right or wrong^as we choose, and that this 

 matter of life or death, of this doing good or 

 evil, is a matter that we have in our own 

 hands ; that since the time God created us in 

 his own image we have all of us had the 

 j)ower to choose. Joshua said, " Choose ye 

 this day whom ye will serve. " Now, friends, 

 is it not a fact,' that when a man has chosen 

 — chosen honestly and truthfully, deliber- 

 ately and decidedly, he is never ashamed or 

 afraid to say so before men V 



Whatever you do, boys, that is good, do it 

 with all your heart. If you make a good 

 resolution, keep it with all your heart; if 

 you promise not to drink any more, keep the 

 promise with all your heart; and if you 

 promise not to use tobacco any more, keep 



that promise as you value yoiu" future hap- 

 piness, and as you hope for eternal life. 

 Beware of spoiling your will power by re- 

 solving, and then feebly breaking your re- 

 solves. Do every thing with the thought 

 that God's all-seeing eye is upon you, and 

 nothing can be hidden from him. 



the: itiothek-bee:. 



MRS. HAHRISON TELLS THK CHILDRBN ABOUT THE 

 DUTIES THKY OWE THEIU PARKNTS. 



p^|HILDKE^f, did you ever think about the queen 

 Ijj being' the bees' mamma? And did you ever 



^-^ notice how they cry when they lose her? They 

 do not cry lilio children, but like bees: they make a 

 mournful noise, and you could not help pitying the 

 little orphans, if you heard their wail when they 

 have lost her. They can do something that you can 

 not — they can follow her scent; they can tell a leaf 

 or stick where she has been. You have seen a dog 

 follow a trail, have you not? I lately caged a queen, 

 and tied it on to the grape-arbor, where they had 

 clubtered, and her children stayed by her, and fed 

 her. I threw Hour over them, and took their mam- 

 ma into the house, and then 1 saw the white bees re- 

 turn to their hive. 



Do you love your mamma? Oh! I know you put 

 your arms around her neck, and tell her you love 

 her; but when she tells you to bring in coal or water, 

 do you start (>ff with a pleasant face? If you love 

 her, it makes you feel good all over to be able to 

 contribute to her comfort and happiness. The bees 

 form a ring around their mamma, just as you do 

 when you play»" ring around rosy," in order to keep 

 off strange bees that might sting her, and also to 

 wait upon her — bring her meals to her. While these 

 bees are waiting upon their mamma, others go out 

 and bring in water, b>"ead,and firewood. Why, I see 

 j'our hands all raised in holy horror, saying, "Mrs. 

 Harrison has told a fib. Bees don't have any fire." 

 Well, they get warmth in this way: They put honey 

 into their stomach, which Is their stove, and it 

 makes a fire — warms them up. 



Peoria, 111. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



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OUR HARRY. 



SOME OF HIS JUVENILE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. 



fpN this letter I am going to tell you about our 

 jljl Harry. He is the cunningest baby that you ev- 

 er saw. One day he had a very unfortunate 

 time. Mamma and I were hoeing the cabbage, and 

 he would have my hoe all the time; so I let him hoe, 

 and I pulled weeds, and he cut one of my fingers 

 with the hoe; and while I was gone to the house to 

 tie it up he cut two of his toes; and as he went to 

 the house to get them tied up, a bee stung him. An- 

 other day we were going to Ipava, and we were go- 

 ing to take him along, because his papa and three 

 little S's^ers live there. After he wfis dressed he fell 

 down stairs and made a big bump on his forehead; 

 and as we were riding along, he fell off the seat and 

 bruised himself some more, and after we came home 

 befell off the horse. He is my little cousin; his 

 mother died when he was a little baby, and we took 

 him to raise. He has been here two years now; he 

 calls my papa " papa John," and his own papa " pa- 

 pa Lew." Every day we go down to gather hickory- 

 nuts; and if any{)0|dy asks bim bOW many he has, he 

 gay^ 8, 6, 5, 3, 



