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THE 
 
 HILD'S lluiDE TO IIeAVEN 
 
 BT 
 
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 EDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND, 
 
 AUTHOR OF ''LITTLE ONES IN THE FOLD," ETC. 
 
 13© S C© N: 
 PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOYT, 
 
 No. 9 COKNHILL. 
 
Entered, according to Act of CongresB, in the year 1863, by 
 
 HENRY HOYT, 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. 
 
This book for little ones is a report of an Address 
 delivered by Kev. Mr. Hammond before one of the United 
 Children's Meetings, during the great awakening in the 
 city of Rochester in the spring of 'G3, when it is believed 
 that hundreds of those in the tender years of childhood 
 were led by the Holy Spirit to see themselves as lost sin- 
 ners, and to accept of Christ as their only hope of heaven. 
 
 It was officially reported, at the Sabbath-School Teach- 
 ers' Convention, of New York State, held in Troy, that 
 one thousand and one, from the sabbath-schools in and 
 about Rochester, have since been examined and received 
 into the visible fold of Christ. 
 
 This volume is sent forth with the earnest prayer that 
 it may be blessed as the means of leading many others to 
 a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus. 
 
The Child's Guide to Heaven. 
 
 f^ 
 
 My dear Cuildren, — 
 
 )N the grounds of Hampton Court, 
 twelve miles below London, is a 
 labyrinth, in which Henry the 
 VIIL, more than three hundred 
 years ago, used to wander about for 
 his amusement. I suppose you have 
 never seen a labyrinth, so I will 
 show you a picture of this very one, 
 which I brought with me across the 
 stormy Atlantic. Were you to study 
 
6 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 it a little you would find it very 
 easy to get into, but far more diffi- 
 cult to get out of. 
 
 One beautiful afternoon in autumn, 
 after spending hours among the pic- 
 ture-galleries in the palace, and visit- 
 ing the room where Oliver Cromwell 
 parted for the last time with his lovely 
 daughter, I wandered away into the 
 park, among the delicate light-footed 
 deer, and camo to this labyrinth. 
 
 I saw people entering it, and heard 
 them say they could find their way 
 out easy enough, and I, too, was led 
 to attempt it. It was very easy to 
 go in a long distance ; but when I 
 turned to find my way back, it was a 
 different matter; whichever path among 
 
LOST IN THE LABYRINTH. 
 
 the high hawthorne hedges I took, I 
 soon reached its end. I could not 
 even find the people ^ whom a little 
 before I saw entering this strange 
 place. I seemed to walk miles, and 
 yet to be no nearer the end. It was 
 getting dark, and I began to fear I 
 might have to lie down upon the cold 
 ground for the night. All this time a 
 kind man had been standing upon a 
 high tower near by, waiting for me to 
 lift my eyes to him, and ask him to 
 guide me out. I quickly said, — 
 
 " Dear sir, will you please show me 
 the way out of this dark place?" 
 
 " Oh, yes ! " he replied, and with a 
 long stick he soon he]j)ed me to thread 
 my way to the green lawn again. 
 
8 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 How much time and anxiety I might 
 have been saved, if I had only taken 
 this man for my guide out of this 
 winding puzzle 1 He seemed so glad 
 to help me, he made me think of the 
 dear Jesus, who always stands ready to 
 guide lost sinners in the way to 
 heaven. His words, you know, are, " I 
 am the way and the truth and the life." 
 Let us all see if we can find that verse. 
 Yes, here it is — John xiv. 6 : " Jesus 
 saith unto him, I am the way and the 
 truth and the life ; no man cometh unto 
 the Father but by me." But have you 
 ever felt, my dear children, that you 
 were lost in the dark ways of sin, and 
 that you could not find the way to 
 heaven without the help of Jesus, who 
 
CATACOMBS IN ROME. 
 
 died on the cross that he might lead 
 you home to the mansions above. If 
 you have told one lie, or had one 
 luicked tJiought, then you are surely 
 lost in the dreadful labyrinth of sin, 
 and you will never get out without 
 the help of Jesus. 
 
 And yet some of you have never 
 really asked him to be your Saviour 
 and Guide, and you are every day 
 going farther and farther away from 
 him. In Rome we followed a guide 
 with a lighted taper down into the Cat- 
 acombs, which, like this labyrinth, wan- 
 der off in all directions under ground. 
 A little before, a young man left the 
 guide, and was soon out of hearing. 
 Search was made for him, but it was 
 
10 THE child's guide TO^ HEAVEN. 
 
 all in vain. Days and weeks passed 
 away, and at last nothing but his bones 
 were found. How closely the very 
 thought of it made me cling to our 
 guide. This young man did not ex- 
 pect to be lost, but he never saw the 
 light of day after he left that guide. 
 And I am afraid that some of you will 
 be lost, and never see the light of 
 heaven. I know you never will, if 
 you do not come to Jesus, and cling 
 close by his side. As that guide in 
 the Catacombs of Rome held a light 
 for us, so Jesus will give you the light 
 of the Holy Spitit all your journey 
 through, if you will but pray to him to 
 save you from sin and be your guide. 
 Will you ask him to-day? He loves 
 
LOST GIRL IN LONDON. 11 
 
 you, and wishes to take you by tlie 
 
 hand and lead you along the shining 
 
 * 
 
 path to happiness and glory. Will you 
 let him ? " Just now ? " And sing 
 with joy " Jesus take me, just now, 
 Jesus guide me, just now." 
 
 A few days after my visit to Hamp- 
 ton Court, as I was passing along the 
 streets of London, I fell in with a 
 crowd of anxious people, who were 
 gathered around a little girl on the 
 sidewalk. She had wandered away 
 from her home. One object after an- 
 other had allured her along, until, as 
 she began to look up' and around to 
 see where she was, she found she was 
 lost. A^ll was strange to her. She had 
 been running in different directions, but 
 
12 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 could not find the way to her father's 
 house. And as I saw her she was be- 
 ginning to cry. Her tears were all in 
 vain, for none of us knew the way to 
 her house. At length a kind gentleman 
 came along, who at once knew her, and 
 pressing his way into the crowd, he 
 took her by the hand, saying, — 
 
 "I know the little girl; I will take 
 her home ! " 
 
 The tears of the child were soon 
 brushed away; for she believed that 
 this good man would take her straight 
 to her father and mother. 
 
 But during the past few weeks I 
 have seen hundreds of children, in 
 Utica, awakened to find that they were 
 lost and in need of Jesus, wlio, a few 
 
"how can I GET A NEW HEART?" 13 
 
 days before, were as careless and 
 thoughtless as was this little girl in 
 London, before she found she was lost ; 
 and I have seen them weeping as 
 though their hearts would break. In 
 a day or two many of them had hold 
 of Jesus' hand, and their little hearts 
 were filled with joy. 
 
 Only a few days since I found a lit- 
 tle boy about eight years of age, in 
 one of these seats at the children's in- 
 quiry meeting, sobbing aloud. Said I, — 
 
 '^What's the matter, my dear little fel- 
 low?" 
 
 " Oh, dear ! I'm lost ! I'm lost ! and 
 I can't find Jesus ! Oh ! my wicked 
 heart ! How can I get a new heart ? I 
 have been so wicked ! I have never 
 
14 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 loved Jesus at all ! I thought I lov.ed 
 him, but now I know I never did. 
 Will he take me?" 
 
 " Oh, yes I " said I ; " he says, ^ Him 
 that Cometh unto me I will in no wise 
 cast out.' '' I tried to tell him how 
 Jesus died for sinners just like him. 
 At length we kneeled down in one 
 of the pews, and, in a low tone, we 
 prayed together, and the little boy 
 asked God to take away his wicked 
 heart, and help him to love the dear 
 Jesus; and that little boy, I believe, 
 found Jesus to be " the cliilcTs Guide 
 to heaven,^^ and he is here to-day, with 
 a smiling face and a singing heart. 
 
 If, indeed, he is following the loving 
 Saviour as his Friend and Guide, you 
 
THE HAPPY FACE. 15 
 
 will see a change in that boy's life. 
 If he has hold of Jesus, the first link 
 of the- " golden chain," he will find the 
 second link to be, " holiness," and the 
 third, " happiness." Yes, he will be a, 
 better and a happier boy. 
 
 This little boy's face, to-day, like 
 many others here, is lit up with a radi- 
 ant joy that is far brighter than that 
 which shone from the face of the little 
 girl in London, when on her way home, 
 and I trust the reason is, that he has, 
 by faith, a strong hold on Jesus. I 
 have no doubt, some of the parents 
 here to-day scarcely believe that their 
 children are enemies of the dear Sav- 
 iour; perhaps they have never found 
 out by experience that the Bible is 
 
16 THE CHILD^S GUIDE TO HEAVEN. 
 
 true, when it says " The heart is de- 
 ceitful above all things and desperately 
 wicked.'^ I pray that they may learn, 
 as many of you have, that it is a very 
 wicked thing not to love that dear 
 Jesus who ^^ first loved us." Here is 
 a letter from a little boy, whom I 
 found, only a few weeks ago, in a 
 children's inquiry-meeting, in Brooklyn, 
 weeping and asking how he could get 
 a new heart. He says, " I thouglit I 
 loved Jesus, but found I teas a great 
 sinner. ^^ 
 
 I will read it to you, and I trust the 
 dear Christians present will be lifting 
 up their hearts to God, that all here 
 may find what great sinners they are, 
 to reject the loving Saviour : — 
 
THE child's letter. lY 
 
 "Dear Mr. Hammond, — I was always 
 in the habit of coming to Sunday-schoul, 
 and I thought I loved Jesus, until you 
 came and told us about him ; and I 
 found that I was a great sinner to re- 
 ject that loving Saviour, wdio suffered 
 so much for me. At the first meeting, 
 I did not care much, until a kind lady 
 came and asked me if I loved Jesus ; 
 I did not make her any answer, for 
 there were other boys in the seat with 
 me. So she sat down and talked with 
 us a long time, and said she would 
 pray for us, and it was then I com- 
 menced to feel that I was a sinner, 
 
 and if I did not repent of my sins, I 
 
 « 
 could never enter heaven ; and when 
 
 I went home, I asked God to give me 
 
18 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 a new heart, and make me to love that 
 Saviour who died for me ; and when I 
 got up off my knees, I felt so happy 
 that I could not help singing. But still 
 I did not say anything, for I thought 
 the boys would laugh at me ; and you 
 said we ought not to be ashamed of 
 Jesus, for if we were ashamed of him, 
 we could not bo his lambs. So when 
 I went home, I prayed to God to help 
 me, and not be ashamed of Jesus. He 
 tias answered my prayer, and has given 
 mo a new heart, and I do not think 
 I will ever be ashamed of him again. 
 I feel very happy now, since I have 
 found Jesus. There are other boys 
 and girls who have founH Jesus ; and 
 oh ! I do love to be at our little prayer- 
 
"WFIAT IS A NEW HEART?" 19 
 
 meetings, for I tliink that when we get 
 to heaven, we will be far happier. I 
 love to read my Bible, now, and before 
 I found. Jesus, I never thought of it, 
 except when I was in Sunday-school. 
 But I love it now, and I will always 
 love it; and I love to pray to Jesus 
 for others and myself. Pray for me. 
 '' Your young friend." 
 You see how happy this dear boy is, 
 now that he lias found Jesus to be ^Hhe 
 chikVs Guide to heaven^ He says he 
 asked God for a new heart, and he 
 gave it to him, and he was so happy 
 he could not help singing. Can some 
 of you tell me what a new heart is? 
 (Up fly dozens of little hands.) Well, 
 what is it? 
 
20 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 One little boy answers, — 
 
 ^* It is a singing heart." 
 
 "And what else is a new heart?" 
 
 Another answers, — 
 
 " It is a praying heart." 
 
 "Yes, you see this little boy says, ^I 
 love to pray to Jesus for others and 
 myself.' Ah ! I see another hand up. 
 Well, what is your definition of a new 
 heart?" 
 
 " It is a working heart." 
 
 " Very good. This boy, too, must 
 have had a working heart; you see he 
 did all he could to get others to follow 
 Jesus, the * Guide to heaven.' Are 
 there any more answers ? " 
 
 "A Bible-loving heart." 
 
 "Very good. If a Bible-loving heart 
 
EVIDENCE OF A NEW HEART. 21 
 
 is a new lieart, then this boy in Brook- 
 lyn must liavo had a new heart, for 
 you see he says, — 
 
 " I love to read my Bible now, and 
 before I found Jesus, I never thought 
 of it, except when I was in sabbath- 
 school." 
 
 " Are there any other answers ? " 
 
 "A new heart," said a little girl, 
 "is a happij lieart." 
 
 " Oh, how true, none of us can be 
 really happy, till we find Jesus and 
 get a new heart; and we shall all find 
 it to be truly a ^ happy heart.' And 
 this is another evidence that this boy 
 had a new heart ; for he says, ' I was so 
 hapiJjj I could not help singing.' Let 
 us count up some of these evidences 
 
22 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 of a new heart; we will place them 
 Hke gold rings upon our fingers. Here, 
 then, is the first on the left little fin- 
 ger. What was it?" 
 
 Several answer, — 
 
 " A singing heart." 
 
 ''What next?" 
 
 " A praying heart." 
 
 " Yes, and what was the name of the 
 'gold ring' for the third finger?" 
 
 " A working heart." 
 
 "The fourth?" 
 
 " A Bible-loving heart." 
 
 "And what for the next?" 
 
 " A happy heart." 
 
 " Yes, and I see numbers here to- 
 day, whose happy faces se^m to show, 
 that they have this new, singing, pray- 
 
FIVE GOLD RINGS. 23 
 
 ing, Bible-loving, working, happy heart. 
 Some of you, who, only a few days ago, 
 were weeping to think how your sins 
 helped to nail the hands of the dear 
 Jesus to the cruel cross, I saw at 
 work yesterday in the children's in- 
 quiry-meeting, and by your words and 
 prayers trying to lead others to trust 
 in the dear Jesus. I am glad some 
 of you seem to have the ' working 
 heart.' " 
 
 I pray that the sight of these many 
 happy faces may pierce some older hard 
 hearts here to-day, and lead them to 
 trust in Jesus, as their Saviour and 
 Guide. I have in my pocket, a letter 
 from a lady in Hamilton, in Canada, 
 who was first startled to think of her 
 
24 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 lost condition by having a friend say 
 to her at one of the children's meet- 
 ings, — 
 
 "How happy these children seem I It 
 makes me happy to look at them." 
 
 It led her to ask the question, — 
 
 " Am I happy ? No ! I have all that 
 this world can give ; but I am not 
 happy." 
 
 In a few days she was among the 
 happy young converts, and was '^able 
 to comprehend with all saints what is 
 the breadth and length and depth and 
 height, and to know the love of Christ 
 which passeth knowledge." (Eph. iii., 
 18, 19.) 
 
 Now, my dear little friends, do you 
 want this neiv heart ? The moment 
 
"stony heart/' 25 
 
 you believe in Jesus, he will give it 
 to you. Let us all turn to Ezekiel, 
 xxxvi., 26. Here it says, " A new 
 heart, also, will I give you, and a new 
 spirit will I put within you ; and I 
 will take away the stony heart out 
 of your flesh, and I will give you a 
 heart of flesh." Jesus will not lead 
 you one step towards heaven till you 
 come to him and get rid of that hard, 
 stony heart. Whfle many have felt 
 happy here to-day and joined heartily 
 in singing these sweet hymns, I have 
 noticed, that numbers were at times 
 in tears. I beheve that the Holy Spirit 
 has been showing some of you, that 
 you are lost, and that you have wicked, 
 hard hearts. And what I am afraid of 
 
26 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 is, that you will be satisfied with try- 
 ing to get a hetter heart instead of 
 coming at once to Jesus fur a new heart. 
 You see the promise in this verse is 
 not for a better heart, but for a new 
 heart." 
 
 A gentleman once bought a valuable 
 gold watch; but it did not keep time. 
 He did not know by it Tvhen to go home 
 to his dinner ; he thus sometimes lost 
 his meals. He took it back to the 
 watchmaker. He looked at it with his 
 magnifying glass, and tried to find what 
 the matter was; but it was all in vain. 
 He said to the gentleman, — 
 
 "It is a perfect watch, and must keep 
 time." 
 
 He took it home ; tried it again, with 
 
THE MAGNETIZED WATCH. 27 
 
 no better success. He went back with 
 it, quite angry, saying,— 
 
 ^' I will not have it ! I don't care if it 
 is full of jewels, it will not keep time, 
 and that is what I want of a watcli." 
 
 The Avatchmaker applied a magnet, 
 and found that one of the wheels was 
 magnetized. Did he place it on his lit- 
 tle anvil, and try to make it better? 
 No ; he took it out and threw it away, 
 and put a 7iew wheel in its place, and 
 then the watch kept good time. And 
 that is just what you must ask God to 
 do for you, and he will, for Jesus' sake, 
 take away that bad wheel in your hearts 
 and give you a new wheel — a new 
 heart — that wih regulate all your ac- 
 tions by motives, which you have never 
 
28 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 known before. You will then love the 
 dear Jesus and delight to follow him as 
 your *' Guide to heaven." 
 
 This is the way to get those five 
 gold rings, and this will make you rich 
 in time and eternity. In the thirty- 
 seventh verse in this same chapter in 
 Ezekiel, it tells how to get that new 
 heart, " Thus saith the Lord God, I 
 will yet for this be inquired of." Yes, 
 if you ask, you will get all your sins 
 forgiven, and a new heart, so that you 
 will then hate sin. You see, my dear 
 children, I have been trying to show 
 those of you who are not Christians, 
 that you are lost in the dark ways of 
 sin; and I have told you how others 
 found the way to Jesus, " the Guide 
 
-A REVIEW. 29 
 
 to heaven," and how when they trusted 
 in the Saviour, they had a new heart 
 given them, and were made happy and 
 were sure of being led all the way to his 
 blissful presence above. And I have 
 tried to tell you how you could get 
 this new heart and be led by Jesus 
 up the shining path, singing as you 
 
 go,— 
 
 " Around the throne of God in heaven 
 Thousands of children stand — 
 Children whose sins are all forgiven, 
 A holy, happy band. 
 
 Shall we rise and sing these verses? 
 (All join.) 
 
 " In flowing robes of spotless white, 
 See every one arrayed ; 
 Dwelling in everlasting light, 
 And joys that never fade. 
 
30 THE child's guide fo HEAVEN. 
 
 " What brought them to that world above — 
 That heaven so bright and fair, 
 Where all is peace, and joy and love ? 
 How came those children there ? 
 
 " Because the Saviour shed his blood 
 To wash away their sin ; 
 Bathed in that pure and precious flood, 
 Behold them white and clean ! 
 
 " On earth they sought the Saviour's grace, 
 On earth they loved his name ; 
 So now, they see his blessed face, 
 And stand before the Lamb, 
 Singing, Glory, glory, glory be to God on high." 
 
 You love to sing tliese sweet hymns 
 and hear the stories. But who of these 
 fifteen hundred children who come here 
 day after day, really love Jesus? Like 
 this boy whose letter we read, you 
 inay think you do ; but you may be 
 mistaken, as was he at first. Do you 
 give the same evidence of liaving a 
 
CHRIST SUFFERING FOR US. 31 
 
 new heart? I have been trying to 
 show you how easy it is to come to 
 Jesus and be saved. But oh ! it was 
 not such an easy thing for Jesus to 
 sudor for us, that lie might save us 
 from our sins, and guide us to heaven. 
 Let us open our l>iblcs, and spend a 
 few moments in following the steps of 
 our dear Saviour from the Garden of 
 Gethsemane to the cross of Calvary. 
 In Luke xxii., 42, 44, we hear him 
 saying, " Father if thou be willing, re- 
 move this cup from me : " " and being 
 in an agony he prayed more earnestly : 
 and his sweat was, as it were, great 
 drops of blood falling down to the 
 ground." The thought of being treated 
 as a sinner, and having his Father turn 
 
his face away from him, made the 
 bloody sweat pour down his brows. 
 But dear children, he saw that 
 there was no other way for us to be 
 saved, and he loved us so much that 
 he was willing to die for us, and so, 
 
 in Matt, xxvi., 42, we hear him saying, 
 "Thy will be done." 
 
 Let us read on in this twenty-second 
 chapter of Luke, forty-fifth verse. "And 
 when he rose up from prayer, and 
 was come to his disciples, he found 
 them sleeping for sorrow, and said un- 
 to them, " Why sleep you ? rise and 
 pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 
 And while he yet spake, behold a mul- 
 titude and he that was called Judas, 
 one of the twelve, went before them. 
 
JESUS BEFORE PILATE. 33 
 
 and drew near unto Jesus, to kiss him. 
 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, be- 
 trayest thou the Son of man with a 
 kiss ? " We leani from the twelfth and 
 thirteenth verses of the eighteenth chap- 
 ter of John, that '' the captain and oflScers 
 of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, 
 and led him away to Annas first." In 
 the fifty-fourth verse, we see him again 
 taken and led to Caiaphas the high- 
 priest's house. And we see, at the sixty- 
 third verse, how cruelly they treated the 
 Son of God, who made all things: "And 
 the men that held Jesus mocked him 
 and smote him. And when they had 
 blindfolded him, they struck him on 
 the face, and asked him, saying. Proph- 
 esy, who is it that smote thee?" In 
 
34 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 Mark xiv., 65, it says, " Some began 
 to spit on him, and buffet him," — 
 that is, they struck him with the 
 clenched fist, — " and the servants did 
 strike him with the palms of their 
 hand." Oh, how wonderful, that he 
 should have borne all so meekly and 
 willingly for you and me ! And what 
 hard hearts we have had not to love 
 him in return I But this was not all. 
 Let us read on. In the first verse of the 
 twenty-third chapter of Luke, " And the 
 whole multitude of them arose, and led 
 Him unto Pilate, and they began to ac- 
 cuse Him." Fourth verse, " Then said 
 Pilate to the chief priests and to the peo- 
 ple, I find no fault in Him. And they 
 were the more fierce." Oh! how like 
 
JESUS BEFORE HEROD. 35 
 
 ravening wolves they thirsted for his 
 blood, saying, " He stirreth up the peo- 
 ple throughout all Jewry, beginning from 
 Galilee to this place.'' When Pilate 
 heard that he "belonged unto Herod's 
 jurisdiction he sent Him to Herod." 
 And now, in the eleventh verse, we see, 
 that after a mock trial, " Herod with, 
 his men of war, set Him at nought and 
 mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a 
 gorgeous robe, and sent Him again to 
 Pilate." In John xix., we see how 
 this wicked Roman officer treated the 
 Son of God. " Then Pilate took Jesus 
 and scourged him," — with a great whip 
 caused him to be lashed, till, no doubt, 
 big drops of blood ran down his back. 
 Second verse, " And the soldiers plat- 
 
ted a crown of thorns and put it on his 
 head, and they put on him a purple 
 robe, and said. Hail, King of the Jews ! 
 and they smote him with their hands. 
 Pilate, therefore, went forth again, and 
 saith unto them, Behold, I bring him 
 forth to you, that you may know that 
 I find no fault in him." 
 
 No, my dear children, if Pilate could 
 have justly found any fault in Him, 
 he could never have bfeen our Guide 
 to heaven. He never did one wrong 
 thing in all His life. Yes, He who 
 knew no sin was made sin for us. 
 "Then came Jesus forth, wearing the 
 crowq 3f thorns and the purple robe." 
 " The crown-jewels which encircled 
 Queen Victoria's brow, are guarded by 
 
JESUS NAILED TO THE CROSS. 3t 
 
 wakeful eyes/' day and night, in the 
 great Tower of London. They cost 
 milHons of dollars. Crowds daily flock 
 to see them. But Jesus, the King of 
 kings, wore this cruel crown of thorns 
 that you and I, rebels against God, 
 might wear a crown of glory. Sixth 
 verse: "When the chief priests there- 
 fore and officers saw him, they cried 
 out, saying. Crucify him, crucify him." 
 Sixteenth verse : " And they took Jesus 
 and led him away. And he, bearing 
 his cross, went forth into a place called 
 the place of a skull, which is called 
 in the Hebrew Golgotha, ^ Where they 
 crucified Him.' " 
 
 They laid the cross down upon the 
 ground and then took some nails, and 
 
38 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 drove them through his hands and feet. 
 Hark ! can you not almost hear the 
 hammer as it drives those rusty spikes 
 through his sensitive hands? Legions 
 of angels are waiting to deliver him, 
 and are able to destroy those wicked 
 men. But no ; the Son of God is 
 being " wounded for our transgressions 
 and bruised for our iniquities ; " for 
 only by his stripes can we be healed. 
 In agony of soul more than of body, 
 he cries, "My God why hast thou for- 
 saken me ! " He was forsaken for our 
 sake. 
 
 " When He from His lofty throne 
 Stooped to do and die. 
 Everything was fully done. 
 Hearken to His cry, — 
 
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD. 39 
 
 " ' It ia finished.' Yes indeed — 
 Finished every jot ! 
 Children, this is all you need ; 
 Tell me, is it not ? " 
 
 And the words of Jesus to you, are 
 (Isa. xlv.; 22): ^'Look unto me, and be 
 ye saved." God's word to young and 
 old here this afternoon, is, "Behold 
 the Lamb of God, which taketh away 
 the sins of the world'' (John i., 29). 
 Will you repeat it aloud with me? 
 " Behold the Lamb of God which taketh 
 away the sins of the world." Those 
 of you who are weeping to think that 
 your sins helped to nail the Saviour 
 to the cross, may, if you will " be- 
 lieve in the Lord Jesus Christ," unite 
 with the rest in singing those sweet 
 words. 
 
40 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 " Behold, behold the Lamb of God 
 
 On the cross, on the cross ! 
 For you ho shed his precious blood 
 
 On the cross, on the cross. 
 Now hear his all-important cry, 
 
 * Eloi la ma sabacthani ; ' 
 Draw near and see your Saviour die 
 
 On the cross, on the cross. 
 
 " Where'er I go, I'll tell the story 
 
 Of the cross j of the cross ; 
 In nothing else my soul shall glory 
 
 Save the cross, save the cross. 
 Yes, this my constant theme shall be, 
 
 Through time and in eternity, 
 That Jesus suffered death for me 
 
 On the cross, on the cross." 
 
 It seems so strange to me, that 
 when Jesus has done so much for us, 
 there should be any here who do not 
 love him. I remember once finding 
 an anxious little girl among the inquir- 
 ers in Dundee, in Scotland, where the 
 
LITTLE GIRL IN DUNDEE. 41 
 
 holy Robert McChayne was so dearly 
 loved by the children, and she told me 
 her heart was so wicked she could not 
 love the Saviour. She seemed to feel 
 her sins to be very great, but declared 
 she could not love Jesus. As she ap- 
 peared to have learned that she needed 
 an entire " new heart," and not a " bet- 
 ter heart," I began to tell her more 
 about what Christ had done for lost 
 sinners. In a few moments she looked 
 up with a happy smile, saying, — 
 
 " I can't help loving Him. Oh, I 
 wonder I never loved him before, 
 when he loved me so much as to be 
 willing to suffer punishment and death 
 for me." 
 
 Why, if an earthly friend had done 
 
42 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 half as much for you as has this one, 
 who so " well deserves the name of 
 Friend," I am sure you would not be 
 so ungrateful, as not to love him in 
 return. 
 
 Mr. R. G. Pardee, told me a week 
 or two since, how a lady of New York 
 was led to love the Lord Jesus, when 
 she was only six years of age. One 
 day her father brought home a big 
 whip-cord, and quietly sat down and 
 began to tie great ugly knots in it. 
 The little daughter came trotting up 
 to him and asked, — 
 
 "What are you doing, papa?" 
 " You will know soon enough, my 
 darling," was his serious answer, as he 
 continued tying the knots. 
 
LITTLE EMMA LED TO JESUS. 43 
 
 A few days after, he got the whip- 
 cord again, and began to tie some more 
 knots in it. Again the little creature 
 ran up to him and asked, — 
 
 "What are you doing that for, papa?" 
 
 " You will know soon enough," was 
 his only answer. 
 
 Little Emma, in a few days, had dis- 
 obeyed her father and done something 
 very wrong. He called her to him, and 
 after he had tied her hands, he brought 
 out the great whip-cord, and made as 
 though he was about to whip her with 
 it. The little thing began to cry 
 aloud, — 
 
 "0 father, it will kill me! it will 
 kill me I don't, papa, it will kill me I " 
 
 "Did you not do wrong?" he asked. 
 
44 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 *' Yes," she said. 
 
 " And do you not deserve to be pun- 
 ished ? " 
 
 " Yes ; but, papa, the big whip- 
 cord will kill me I '^ 
 
 " Lucy is a larger girl ; how would 
 you feel towards your sister if she 
 would be punished for you ? " replied 
 the father. 
 
 '' papa, I would love her just as 
 long as I live I " 
 
 After the child was untied, her fa- 
 ther told the story which I have read 
 to you to-day, — how our Saviour was 
 scourged, and how he shed his blood 
 that her sins might all be washed away; 
 and asked her how she felt towards Je- 
 sus then. 
 
NOBLEMAN AND WOLVES. 45 
 
 ^' papa 1 " said she, " I will love 
 him just as long as I live/' 
 
 They then knelt in prayer, and ever 
 since she has loved the Saviour. For 
 years she has been a devoted Christian 
 in New York City, trying to get httle 
 children of only six summers to love 
 Him who, when on earth, said, " Suffer 
 little children to come unto me." 
 
 And how do you feel towards Jesus, 
 dear children, now that you have heard 
 from God's own holy word how Jesus 
 loved you and gave himself for you? 
 Are not some of you ready to say, " Oh, 
 I will love him just as long as I live!" 
 
 A Russian nobleman, with his fam- 
 ily, was being rapidly drawn across the 
 snowy plains by four fleet horses, driven 
 
4G THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 by a serf or slave. They wished to 
 get to the next hotel before stopping 
 for the night. Darkness came on, and 
 soon the bowlings of the hungry wolves 
 were heard. The swift horses bounded 
 away over the smooth, frozen snow, but 
 the still swifter wolves drew nearer at 
 every step. The serf sprang from the 
 box, and crt loose one of the horses. 
 The wolves as they came up, soon tore 
 him limb from limb ; but this did not 
 satisfy the ravenous creatures. On, on, 
 they fly ,1 nearer and nearer — and an- 
 other horse is cut loose. This, too, 
 only detained them for a short time. 
 And now they have only two horses 
 left ; they cannot spare any more ; the 
 dear children cry aloud ; but still the 
 
SERF TORN IN PIECES. 47 
 
 hungry wolves come howling nearer. 
 If they could only contrive some way 
 to keep them back for a little time, 
 they might reach the next stopping- 
 place, which is now in sight. The 
 serf sees what is needed, and turning 
 to his master says, — 
 
 '^ I love you, and am willing to die 
 to save you ; take the reins, and I 
 will throw myself in among the wolves, 
 and when they have destroyed me, you 
 will be in a place of safety." 
 
 No time was to be lost. In a mo- 
 ment these fierce creatures, with open 
 mouths, were at the side of the sledge 
 ready to spring upon the parents and 
 children. The serf threw himself in 
 among them. They all left the chase 
 
4.8 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 and sprang upon him, and soon noth- 
 ing was left but locks of hair and a 
 few bones. In a short time the no- 
 bleman and family were at the hotel 
 in safety; and what do you think they 
 did the next morning? Did they drive 
 on forgetful of him who died to save 
 them? What would the little children 
 have said, if their father and mother 
 had wished to do so? Can you not 
 almost hear them say, " Let us go 
 back and see where the cruel wolves 
 killed our poor friend last night." Yes; 
 and you can see them all there gather- 
 ing up the fragments of his body. 
 How carefully they preserve them, and 
 how freely they all contribute to erect 
 a monument to his memory! And, dur- 
 
It is recorded that upon the monument erected to the 
 memory of this noble serf were inscribed the words of 
 Scripture, "Greater love hath no man than this that 
 
 A MAN lay down HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS;" "BUT GoD 
 COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARDS TJS IN THAT WHILE WE 
 WERE YET SINNERS ChRIST DIED FOR US." 
 
THE MONUMENT. 49 
 
 ing the summer months, you'll often 
 see them around that monument, speak- 
 ing kindly and tenderly of him who so 
 nobly rescued them from the jaws of 
 death. What would you have said if 
 those boys had spoken lightly of that 
 act, and been ashamed to have it known 
 that their life was saved by one of 
 such humble station ? You see how 
 mean and ungrateful this would have 
 been. Had these children acted thus, 
 you would have despised them, and 
 said they deserved to be torn in pieces 
 themselves by the wolves. 
 
 But, my dear children, who threw 
 himself in among worse wolves for 
 your sake? Did you not a little while 
 ago, hear their fierce, howling cry. 
 
50 THE child's guide TO HEAVEN. 
 
 " Crucify him, crucify him " ? It was 
 to save you from a more dreadful 
 death, that he gave himself up to 
 such cruelties. Do you not now see 
 how much it cost him to become " the 
 child's Guide to heaven " ? And yet 
 there are some here to-day who do 
 not love him at ali. You hate him ; 
 you speak lightly of him ; you profane 
 his name ; you are ashamed of him. 
 Perhaps yesterday you were unwilling 
 your own dear mother should know 
 you wanted to find the cvay to heaven. 
 You have heard often how he loved 
 you, and yet you have never loved in 
 return. Does not this show that you 
 have wicked hearts? But weeping will 
 not save you. All that you can do 
 
A PRECIOUS PROMISE, 51 
 
 is to confess all this — confess that 
 you have been very wicked in not lov- 
 ing him at all, when he has loved you 
 so much. Here is a precious promise 
 for you in 1 John i., 9: "If we confess 
 our sins, he is faithful and just to for- 
 give us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
 all unrighteousness." 
 Will you not say, — 
 
 " Just as I am, and waiting not 
 To rid my soul of one dark blot, 
 To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
 Lamb of God, I come ! 
 
 " Just as I am, Thou wilt receive. 
 
 Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, 
 Because Thy promise I believe, 
 
 Lamb of God, I come ! " 
 
 Yes, the dear Jesus is here, full of 
 love ; he sees your tears ; he sees you 
 
52 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 wandering in the dark labyrinth of sin; 
 he hears all your sighs; his tender, 
 loving words are, " Come unto me all 
 ye that labor and are heavy laden, and 
 I will give you rest " (Matt, xi., 28). 
 How can you reject him when he so 
 gently knocks at the door of your 
 heart? Will you not heed these sweet 
 words, which so many dear children 
 in Scotland have often sung to the 
 tune " Happy Land," when hundreds 
 of their little mates were weeping with 
 the heavy burden of sir> crushing their 
 little hearts? 
 
 Oh ! come to Jesus now, 
 Jesus is here ; 
 
 All near him lowly bow, 
 Jesus is here. 
 
JESUS IS HERE. 63 
 
 Too many go away, 
 Too many still delay, 
 Though Jesus bids them stay, 
 Jesus is here. 
 
 " Oh ! come this place within, 
 
 Jesus is here ; 
 He sees you full of sin, 
 
 Jesus is here. 
 He knows you why you come, 
 Poor, wretched, and undone, 
 Seeking him, and him alone, 
 
 Jesus is here. 
 
 " Come, then, to Jesus now, 
 Jesus is here ; 
 All low before him bow, 
 Jesus is here. 
 ^ ye that feel your sin. 
 And coming long have been. 
 Now find your rest in him, 
 Jesus is here. 
 
 Shall we then "just now" bow our 
 heads in prayer, and "come to Jesus"? 
 Will you repeat after me these words? 
 
54 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 (All bowed their heads, and in a sub- 
 dued tone, repeated aloud after Mr. 
 Hammond, one by one, these sentences 
 of prayer.) 
 
 '^ Dear Jesus, we come to thee with 
 all our sins." " We have been very 
 wicked." "We have told lies and dis- 
 obeyed our parents and done many 
 wicked things." "We have walked in 
 the dark ways of sin too long." " We 
 have not loved the Holy Bible." " But, 
 dear Jesus, worst of all we have 
 not loved thee." " We have often 
 rejected theor" " Our sins helped to 
 crucify thee." " And yet thou wast 
 willing to die for us." " Thou wast 
 ' wounded for our transgressions.' " 
 " Thou art able to save unto the ut- 
 
CONSECRATING PRAYER. 55 
 
 termost." "Thou hast said, God! 
 that if we confess our sins, thou art 
 faithful, for Jesus^ sake, to forgive us." 
 " God ! we do confess our sins." 
 " We repent of them." " We wish to 
 forsake them." "Holy Spirit, help us 
 to be sorry for our sins, and to be- 
 lieve in the Lord Jesus, who died on 
 the cross for sinners like us." "Dear 
 Jesus, show us thy love, so that we 
 cannot help loving thee." " Thy blood 
 cleanseth from all sin." " Lord, we 
 believe, help thou our unbelief." "Help 
 each of us to say from the heart, — 
 
 " ' Just Bs I am — poor, wretched, blind, — 
 Sight, riches, healing of the mind, 
 Yea, all I need in Thee to find ; 
 
 Lamb of God, I come ! '" 
 
66 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 " Yes, dear Lamb of God, we give 
 ourselves away to thee ; 'tis all that 
 we can do." '' Lord, bless our par- 
 ents." "Pour out thy Holy Spirit upon 
 them." "If they have not yet found 
 peace in Jesus, show them their need 
 of him." " Help them to beheve in 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, that they may 
 be saved." "Strengthen our dear min- 
 isters and our sabbath-school teachers." 
 " Reward them for their faithfulness 
 to us." " May we all, at last, meet 
 around the throne of God in heaven." 
 " For Jesus Christ's sake. Amen ! " 
 
 "We shall now close by singing 
 "Jesus paid it all." And those who 
 cannot remain to our precious inqui- 
 ry-meeting, can retire. I am sure 
 
JESUS PAID IT ALL. 
 
 67 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 these dear Christians will love to speak 
 
 and pray with the weeping 
 
 children. 
 
 And the little ones who feel 
 
 they are 
 
 in the fold will try and get 
 
 others to 
 
 come to Jesus, "the child's 
 
 Guide to [ 
 
 heaven." 
 
 
 " Nothing, either great or small, 
 
 
 Remains for me to do ; 
 
 
 Jesus died and paid it all, — 
 
 
 All the debt I owe. 
 
 
 Chorus. — Jesus paid it all, — 
 
 
 1 All the debt I owe, 
 
 
 And nothing, either great or 
 
 
 Remains for me to do. 
 
 
 <' When he from his lofty throne 
 
 
 Stooped to do and die, 
 
 
 Everything was fully done, 
 
 
 "Tis finished/ was his cry. 
 
 
 Cho. — Jesus paid it all, etc. 
 
 
 " Weary, working, plodding one, 
 
 
 Wherefore toil you so ? 
 
 1 
 
68 THE child's guide to heaven. 
 
 Cease your 'doing,' all was done 
 
 Long, long ago. 
 Cho. — Jesus paid it all, etc. 
 
 " Till to Jesus' work you cling, 
 By a simple faith, 
 * Doing ' is a deadly thing, 
 
 < Doing ' ends in death. 
 Cho. — Jesus paid it all, eto. 
 
 " Cast your deadly < doing ' down^ 
 Down at Jesus' feet ; 
 Stand in him, in him alone, 
 
 Glorious and complete. 
 Cho. — Jesus paid it all, eto." 
 
Appendix. 
 
 From the Sunday-School Times. 
 
 A PLEASANT REUNION. 
 
 N Sunday, Oct. 4tli, the Rev. E. P. 
 Hammond revisited Rochester, N. 
 Y., the scene of his labors in the 
 early spring. He was greeted with 
 a warm welcome by the children and 
 youth who thronged to hear him. He ad- 
 dressed them in the Central Presbyterian 
 Church in the afternoon, and at the Brick 
 Church in the eveninsr. 
 
60 APPENDIX 
 
 On the occasion of the reunion he gave 
 to the children the following new hymn, 
 with the note accompanying it. 
 
 "My Dear Little Friends in Rochester, — 
 
 " You all remember that when many of 
 you last spring were anxious to know 
 what you should do to be saved, we used 
 to love to sing that sweet hymn, ' Jesus 
 Paid it A\V 
 
 " I rejoice to learn that so many of you 
 still give pleasing evidence to your dear 
 teachers and pastors that you did, by the 
 help of the Holy Spirit, ' cast your deadly 
 doing down at Jesus' feet.' Such of you 
 will, I am sure, understand and join heart- 
 ily in singing the following verses, which I 
 have recently composed for you. May the 
 Lord assist each of you who trust you have 
 
APPENDIX. 61 
 
 your sins forgiven for Jesus' sake, to bo 
 ' doing something for him all the way to 
 heaven/ 
 
 "With much love and many prayers, 
 " Your affectionate friend, 
 
 "E. P. H. 
 
 "Vernon, Conn., Sept. 1863. 
 
 "RESPONSE TO 'JESUS PAID IT ALL.' 
 
 " I've cast my deadly doing down, 
 Down at Jesus' feet ; 
 I stand in him, in him alone, 
 Glorious and complete. 
 Chorus. — Jesus paid it all, 
 
 All to him I owe, 
 And something, either great or small, 
 From loye to him I'll do. 
 
 " Now to Jesus' work I'll cling. 
 By a simple faith ; 
 Doing was a 'deadly ' thing. 
 It would have been my death. 
 
62 APPENDIX. 
 
 " Legal works I've given o'er, 
 Jesus is my all ; 
 Sins that tasted sweet before 
 Upon my senses pall. 
 
 *' 'Twas for me that Jesus bled 
 On the cruel tree ; 
 There he bowed his thorn-clad head, 
 Oh ! what agony. 
 
 " 'Twas my sins that nailed him there, 
 Mine that shed his blood, 
 • Mine that pierced the bleeding side 
 Of the Son of God. 
 
 " Now my life shall all be given 
 To my risen Lord ; 
 Doing all the way to heaven 
 Something in his Word." 
 
 At the Brick Church Mr. H. said that a 
 minister of Rochester had that day told 
 him that, though there had over a hundred 
 from his Sunday-school joined the church 
 
APPENDIX. 63 
 
 since the awakening, there were still near- 
 ly a hundred more, whom the pastor and 
 session believed were converted, who de- 
 sired to unite themselves with the people 
 of God. The evidence remains, and it is 
 noted in all the churches, of the genu- 
 ineness of the work here among the 
 children. 
 

 A COLLECTION OF 
 
 CHOICE HYMNS AND TUNES, 
 
 ESPECIALLY ADAPTED 
 
 To Seasons of Beep lleligious Interest, 
 
 AND FOR USE 
 
 IN THE FAMILY AND SABBATH SCHOOL. 
 
 EDITED AND COMPILED BY 
 
 EDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND. 
 
 In the Preface to this little Hymn Book Mr. Hammond 
 says: " The first glorious outpouring of tlie Holy Spirit has 
 been followed by similar scenes to the present day. No 
 features of such a season arc more marked than the use 
 which is then made of ''psalms and hymns and spiritual 
 songs." Tiieso arc the indispensable channels (;f the deep 
 spiritual emotions which the H(;ly Ghost has biouglit into 
 existence. There are [xint-up feelings which find expres- 
 sion only Jn the gusliing outbursts of praise. The music 
 that requires artistic execution and a cultivated eai- to ap- 
 preciate, is utterly out of place at such times. Tiic want 
 of the day, then, is hymns and tunes born of the heart — 
 of the heart under the inspiration of great religious truths, 
 rather than of mere natural sentiment. Our object has 
 been to collect hymns and tunes of this character. 
 
 ^'This bcok is sent forth with the earnest prayer that 
 the Holy Spirit may still use these Hymns and Tunes to 
 arrest tlie attention of the careless, to point the anxious 
 to Jesus, and to assist God's people in offering acceptably 
 the ' sarrijlce of praise to Him that loved us, and vm.shed its 
 in His own blood, and hath made us Idwjs and priests unto 
 God and his Father.^ — Ilev. i. 5." 
 
 Publislied by HENRY HOYT, 9 CornhiU, 
 BOSTON. 
 
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 TAKING A STAND. By Mrs. H. C. Knight, author 
 of Il-agh Fisher, etc. A book for boys, and all 
 
 others Avho taiPiper with Strong Drink. Illus 30 
 
 OUR FATHER- S HOUSE. A sv.cct juvenile. Illus. 30 
 ANNIE LY ON, or the Secret of a Ilapj^y Home. Illus 30 
 SOWING AND REAPING. A book for boys. Illus. 30 
 THE GOLD DIGGER. What he lost and what he 
 
 failed to realize. Illus 30 
 
 THE YOUNG SERGEANT, or the Triumphant 
 Soldier. By the authcr of Opposite the Jail, 
 Antoinette, etc 30 
 
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 
 
 ALICE HAVEN. A book for girls. By the author 
 
 of Grace Hale, Carrie Allison, etc. Illus 30 
 
 THE TELESCOPE. An Allegory. Filled with Hible 
 
 truth, and clothed in beautiful imagery, Illus 25 
 
 LIJONARD DOBBIN, or the One Mos? Rose. Illus.. 25 
 KITTY'S KNIiriNG-NEEDi.ES. A book for girls. 
 
 Illus , 25 
 
 THE FOX 11 UXTER. A work of unspeakable value 
 
 to disciples. By Dr. Malan 25 
 
 NED, THE SHEPHERD BOY, changed to the Young 
 Christian. Illus 25 
 
 WILLIE AND CHARLIE, or the Way to be Inppy. 
 Illus.... 25 
 
 JANE TIIO PwNE, or tlie Head and the Heart. Illus . . 25 
 
 JENNIE CARTER, or Trust in God. By Catherine 
 D. Bell. Illus 25 
 
 PHILIP AND BESSIE, or Wisdom's Way. Illus ... 25 
 THE SAB 3ATr 9'^HOOL CONCERT, or Children's 
 Meeting. Its Iii>.:ory, Advantages, and Abuses, 
 
 with approved mode Ol conducting it 25 
 
 LEAVING HOME. By the author of Capt. Russe^.'e 
 Watclnvord, ]:ilen Dacre, Old Red House, Blind 
 Ethan, etc. Illus 25 
 
 LI Jfj I I ' The Ragged L'rchin, and under 
 wh Teachings he was Reclaimed from the Street. 
 Idiis 85 
 
10 CATALOGUE OF tOOKS. 
 
 THE BELIEVING TRADESMAN, an authentic story, 
 and a wonderful illustration of the power of faith. 
 It lias few parallels in history, lllus 15 
 
 THE SUNDAl' EXCURSION, and what came of it. A 
 timely work. lllus — 25 
 
 BLIND ETHAN. By the author of Capt. Russel's 
 Watchword. lllus 25 
 
 ROBERT RAIKES, the founder of Sabbath Schools. 
 By Rev. Dr. Cornell. An entirely new and original 
 
 work. Elegantly illustrated , 25 
 
 SONGS FOR 'the SUNDAY SCHOOL AND VES- 
 TRY 25 
 
 BENNY'S BIRDS. lllus...-. 25 
 
 STOLEN GOLD PIECE. lllus 25 
 
 ALICEFIELD. lllus 25 
 
 SEALING TJIE SPIRIT 20 
 
 THE REMEMBERED PRAYER. A charming juve- 
 nile, lllus 20 
 
 SHIPS IN THE mST. By the author of Similitudes, 
 etc. lllus - 20 
 
 LAZY STEPHEN, and what made him a valuable 
 Man. lllus 20 
 
 THE LOST HALF CROWN. A charming juvenile. 
 Fully illustrated 20 
 
 TOM MATHER AND THE LOST PURSE. Reveal- 
 ing Mie Workings of Conscience in a Little Boy's 
 mind. lllus 20 
 
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 11 
 
 JESSIE AT THE SPRING, and Other Stories. De- 
 signed for children and youth 20 
 
 THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER. A 
 charming example of Christian faith in a child. Ill 20 
 
 WILLIE WILSON. A dear child was Willie. The 
 story and its associations speak for themselves. Ill 20 
 
 THE YOUNG RECRUITING SERGEANT- The mind 
 of a little child sometimes exercises a potential in- 
 fluence over that of an adult. lUus 20 
 
 YES AND NO. Two very hard words to speak in 
 the light of a temptation. lUus 20 
 
 TOM BRIAN IN TROUBLE. Much easier is it to 
 get out of it. This story is a practical commentary 
 on a great truth, lllus 20 
 
 DREAMING AND DOING, and Other Stories. Great 
 truths in life experiences. lllus 20 
 
 SANCTIFICATION. By Rev. J. Q. Adams 20 
 
 THE HANDCUFFS, or the Deserter. lllus 15 
 
 THE LUZ^ATIC AND KIS KEEPER, and other narra- 
 tives- lllus 15 
 
 MUST I NOT STRIVE ? or the Poor Man's Dinner, 
 lllus 15 
 
 THE LOST. TICKET, or Is your Life Insured ? lllus. 1 5 
 
 THE CHILD ANGEL. lllus 15 
 
 THE DREAM OF HEAVEN. A narrative work of 
 
 touching interest . Tenth thousand 15 
 
 SUNSHINE FOR H UMAN HEA RTS 15