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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Mrs. M. G. KENNEDY. 
 
 "I find that men as tall as trees will write 
 Dialogue-wise; yet no man doth them slight 
 For writing so."— Bunyan. 
 
 
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 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 AMEKICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 
 
 1420 CHESTNUT STREET. 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by the 
 
 AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 
 In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
 Westcott & Thomson, 
 Stereotypers and Electrotypers t Philada. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CONCERT EXERCISES. 
 
 PAGK 
 
 The Pilgrimage 10 
 
 The Light of the World 32 
 
 The Kock of Ages 39 
 
 The Star, the Cross, and the Crown 59 
 
 Harvest-Home 74 
 
 HOLIDAY BUDGET. 
 
 Christmas Morning 101 
 
 Merry Christmas 106 
 
 Christmas Address 107 
 
 Lily's Christmas Gifts 109 
 
 New Year's Address . 110 
 
 New Year's Eve 112 
 
 DIALOGUES. 
 
 The Old Flag 115 
 
 The Mother of Moses 122 
 
 The Boys 1 Temperance Society 128 
 
 The Election 138 
 
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6 CONTENTS. 
 
 ADDRESSES. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Welcome 144 
 
 Good-night 146 
 
 The Little Doctor 148 
 
 Glory to God . 153 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 The Auction 156 
 
 All for Jesus 166 
 
 Immanuel 173 
 
 The Kainbow 177 
 
 The Drunkard's A, B, C 182 
 
 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The Faithful Band 191 
 
 A Very Little Boy's Speech , 198 
 
 The Young Goliath 199 
 
 Where are you Going? 200 
 
 Little Will's Speech 205 
 
 The Lambs and their Shepherd 206 
 
 Show your Love 216 
 
 What shall be Done with the Little Ones? 217 
 
 E Pluribus Unum 219 
 
 Floral Welcome 219 
 
 A Floral Good-night 222 
 
 Child's Address 223 
 
INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 ANNIVERSARY MOTTOES. 
 
 Beautiful mottoes may be made for anniversaries and ex- 
 hibitions in this way : Have an arched framework of rough 
 boards erected on the platform. If there are columns, your 
 arch may easily be screwed to them, with no other detriment 
 than a little putty will remedy. Having selected your motto 
 — which must be short, or your letters will be crowded — chalk 
 the outline of the letters on the arch, and bore auger holes, 
 about two inches apart, in these outlines. Now paper your 
 framework with green or brown common wall-paper, and 
 your motto is invisible until you are ready for it. Trim the 
 edges of the frame with evergreens in such a way as merely 
 to form a border, without interfering with the effect of the 
 letters. 
 
 Make as many small bouquets as you have auger holes ; it 
 will generally take from seventy to one hundred for almost 
 any motto you will select, if your letters are large enough to 
 be distinctly read in a very large room. These bouquets 
 must be made so as to be flat on top and about as large around 
 as a teacup, the stems to be firmly tied on a stick and just to 
 fit into the holes. In the city they may require the aid of a 
 florist ; but in a village or rural suburb they may easily be 
 made by the ladies, especially in June, when roses are plenty. 
 
 These bouquets may be brought up at the proper time by 
 representatives from the different classes, or a procession may 
 
8 INTKODUCTOKY. 
 
 be formed of the smaller children, who march slowly across 
 the platform, singing a suitable tune and handing their bou- 
 quets to one or two persons who stand there for the purpose. 
 A gentleman on a light ladder easily punctures the paper 
 over the auger holes with his penknife, and fits in the bou- 
 quet as it is handed up to him. In a very few minutes your 
 floral motto is completed and revealed to the admiring gaze 
 of the audience. The effect is very much enhanced if you 
 can suddenly turn a brilliant stream of light upon it, after all 
 is completed. 
 
 Another way is to have a wire, pasteboard or thin wooden 
 foundation for your letter, which cover with flowers and fas- 
 ten a small ring on the top. Mark your letters out on the 
 framework as before, omitting the holes. Have a small hook 
 in a place corresponding to the ring on your letter, which 
 may then be hung in place very readily. They may be made 
 of ivy leaves if preferred, in which case the groundwork 
 should be white. 
 
 If all these are too elaborate, very pretty letters may be 
 made by cutting shields out of pasteboard and pasting on 
 them letters cut out of colored paper on a white ground, or 
 vice versa; then spread a thin coat of gum arabic on the 
 letter and sift powdered mica. These may adorn the walls 
 of the schoolroom a long time. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 CONCERT EXERCISES. 
 
 The exercises in this department are, most of 
 them, intended for an entire evening's entertain- 
 ment, with the simple addition of ordinary open- 
 ing and closing exercises. When used in this 
 way, the whole of the exercises will occupy from 
 one hour and a half to two hours, according to 
 the ease with which the participants pass from 
 one part to another. Much of the beauty depends 
 upon this, and with due care the shorter time is 
 really ample. 
 
 Of course, if it is desired to consume less time 
 or to make room for other addresses, any portion 
 may be omitted. Other music may be substi- 
 tuted. These hymns are simply suggestions, and 
 most of them may be found in a number of dif- 
 ferent books besides those named. Where the 
 book is ntft named, it is because it is in so many 
 of the ordinary singing-books that it would only 
 prevent search among those already in use. 
 
 There has been a loud call for such programmes, 
 as they have been found to give satisfaction to 
 
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10 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 both school and audience, leaving upon the mind 
 one definite thought as the lesson for the evening. 
 
 The portions designated as for the primary or 
 younger classes may be used separately. 
 
 THE PILGEIMAGE. 
 
 I. Little Pilgrims. II. The Strait Gate. 
 III. Recitation outside the Gate. IV. Chris- 
 tiana and her Children. 
 
 A wicket-gate at one end of the platform, where it is near 
 the head of the steps leading up to the platform, and where 
 there is room to pass behind it, and, if possible, out through 
 other stairs around into main room again. An evergreen 
 cross may be at the other end of platform, or this and the 
 speaking belonging to it may be omitted. This exercise was 
 arranged to form the main feature in an entire evening's 
 entertainment, but any of the different sections may be used 
 separately. 
 
 (For Primary Class.) 
 
 I. LITTLE PILGRIMS. 
 
 finding the gate. 
 
 (Enter little girl with loose flowers in basket or gathered up in her 
 apron. She walks slowly toward the gate, looks at it, stands 
 back, and reads the inscription aloud:) 
 
 "Knock, and it shall be opened unto you." 
 (She repeats the same, once or oftener, wonder ingly, then says :) 
 What does this all mean ? What is this gate ? 
 
ANNIVERSAKY LEAVES. 11 
 
 Where does it lead? Can a little child knock 
 loud enough? Would any one open it if he 
 knew it was only a child who was knocking? 
 Oh dear ! I wish some one was here who could 
 tell me all about it. 
 
 (A boy appears from the other side of the gate.) 
 
 Boy. I have been sent to answer all questions 
 about this gate. What is it that you wish to 
 know? 
 
 Girl. What does this gate mean ? 
 
 Boy. It is to make us think of the gate of 
 which Jesus tells us. 
 
 Girl. What is on the other side of the gate of 
 which you spoke ? 
 
 Boy. The road which leads to heaven. 
 
 Girl. What would we find there ? 
 
 Boy. A beautiful city, where there is no pain 
 nor sorrow. 
 
 Girl Who are there ? 
 
 Boy. Jesus, the King of kings, is there, sitting 
 on a throne of glory, and a great multitude which 
 no man can number standing before him, sing- 
 ing a glad new song of hallelujah to the Lamb. 
 
 Girl. Are any little children there ? 
 
 Boy (sings) : 
 
 Around the throne of God in heaven 
 
 Thousands of children stand — 
 Children whose sins are all forgiven, 
 A holy, happy band, 
 
 Singing, Glory, glory, glory, glory, 
 Glory to the Lamb ! 
 
12 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Girl Oh ! How are they dressed ? 
 
 Boy. Their robes are made white in the blood 
 of the Lamb. 
 
 Girl. What does that mean ? Excuse me, but 
 I am so little that I don't know anything. 
 
 Boy (sings again) : 
 
 Because his Saviour shed his blood 
 
 To wash away their sin, 
 Bathed in that pure and precious blood, 
 
 Behold them white and clean ! 
 
 PILGRIMS COMING TO THE GATE. 
 
 Girl And is heaven just beyond this gate ? 
 
 Boy. Oh no! We have to travel along this 
 road as long as we live. We can only reach 
 heaven when life here is over. We call those who 
 have started on this journey, Pilgrims. 
 
 Girl. Then I'll be a little pilgrim. It must be 
 very easy and pleasant to travel on such a road. 
 
 Boy. Not always. The road is narrow, and 
 sometimes it is hard and rough for little feet; but 
 the Saviour walked all along it first to show us 
 how. 
 
 Girl. Then I won't mind if it is a little hard. 
 But where shall I find the gate you speak of? 
 
 Boy. Jesus says, "I am the Door." 
 
 Girl. Then how can I go in ? 
 
 Boy (pointing to motto). See, there are his words. 
 
 (Both read.) "Knock, and it shall be opened 
 unto you." 
 
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 Girl. But I don't know how to knock. 
 
 Boy. Knocking is the same as asking, and you 
 can ask him in prayer, you know. 
 
 Girl. Yes, I can do that ; but I am so little that 
 maybe he would not let me in. 
 
 Boy. He said himself, "Suffer the little chil- 
 dren to come unto me." 
 
 Girl. Yes, I remember ; we sing about that in 
 our Sunday-school. I'll sing it for you. 
 (Sings ; Primary class joining in the chorus.) 
 
 Good news for little children, 
 
 Whoever they may be ; 
 To them the loving Saviour 
 
 Has said, Come unto me. 
 
 (Chorus chanted:) 
 
 "Suffer little children to come unto me, and 
 forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of 
 heaven." 
 
 Glad Tidings ; Songs for Little Folks. 
 
 PILGRIMS AT THE CROSS. 
 
 (This portion to be used only in case the cross forms part 
 of the decorations.) 
 
 (Boy turns to go ; the girl lays her hand on him, and says :) 
 
 Girl. Wait just a minute, please. How can 
 Jesus open the gate of heaven to us ? Why has 
 he any right to do so? 
 
 Boy. Because he was punished for our sins — 
 
 died instead of us ; was crucified on a cross — like 
 that. (Points to cross.) 
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14 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Girl. Oh, what a dear, kind Jesus ! I wish I 
 could give him something. I'll give him all of 
 my love. But I wish I could give him these 
 flowers; they are so sweet. Perhaps if I lay 
 them at the foot of this cross, he will see them, 
 and know that I did it because I wanted to show 
 how much I love him. 
 
 {Advancing, strews flowers around the cross y saying :) 
 
 O Jesus, dear Jesus, look down from above ; 
 Take these sweet flowers as tokens of love ; 
 Show me the path that leads through the gate ; 
 Help me to walk in the way narrow and strait. 
 
 (Have several yards of evergreen wreathing lying at foot 
 of cross, where it has not previously been seen by audience. 
 Boy and Girl each takes an end of this, and, winding it round 
 the cross, say together :) 
 
 Twine we the cross with garlands fair ; 
 Jesus our Saviour once hung there ; 
 The way to the gate by the cross doth lie, 
 The path that leads to the sweet By-and-by. 
 
 MORE PILGRIMS. 
 
 (This section was arranged for the purpose of having as 
 many of the Primary class take part as possible ; also, where 
 the platform is large, of having many children on it at once, 
 so as to close with a march, winding in and out, in Kinder- 
 garten style. This is a very pretty sight if properly man- 
 aged. Any part of this section can be omitted without injury 
 to the remainder.) 
 
 ( The boy and girl who have been carrying on the dialogue now 
 stand back on one side. Enter two boys, one with staff.) 
 
ANOTVERSAKY LEAVES. 15 
 
 First boy. Traveller, whither art thou going, 
 
 Heedless of the clouds that form? 
 
 Second boy. Naught to me the wind's rough blowing ; 
 Mine 's a land without a storm. 
 
 First boy. Traveller, art thou here a stranger, 
 Not to fear the tempest's power ? 
 
 Second boy. I have not a thought of danger, 
 
 Though the sky more darkly lower. 
 
 First boy. Traveller, now a moment linger ; 
 Soon the darkness will be o'er. 
 
 Second boy. No ; I see a beckoning finger, 
 Guiding to a far-off shore. 
 
 First boy. Traveller, yonder narrow portal 
 Opens to receive thy form. 
 
 Second boy. Yes, but I shall be immortal 
 
 In that land without a storm. 
 
 Both. And we're going, yes, we're going 
 To a land that has no storms. 
 
 (These two take their places by the other two. Enter another 
 child, who sings or recites the following. Chorus to be given by 
 those already on the plat form.) 
 
 I'm but a little pilgrim ; 
 
 My journey's just begun ; 
 They say I shall meet sorrow 
 
 Before my journey's done. 
 The world is full of sorrow 
 
 And suffering, they say ; 
 But I will follow Jesus 
 All the way. 
 
16 ANNIVEESAEY LEAVES. 
 
 Chorus. — Oh, you must follow Jesus ! 
 Oh, you must follow Jesus ! 
 Oh, you must follow Jesus 
 All the way ! 
 
 Then, like a little pilgrim, 
 
 Whatever I may meet, 
 I'll take it— joy or sorrow — 
 
 And lay at Jesus' feet. 
 He'll comfort me in trouble ; 
 He'll wipe my tears away ; 
 With joy I'll follow Jesus 
 All the way. 
 
 Songs of Salvation, 
 
 (Enter three little ones, hand in hand. Each recites one verse of 
 following. All join in concert in fourth verse.) 
 
 First child. I'm a little pilgrim 
 
 And a stranger here ; 
 Though this world is pleasant, 
 Sin is always near. 
 
 Second child. Mine's a better country, 
 Where there is no sin, 
 Where the tones of sorrow 
 Never enter in. 
 
 Third child. But a little pilgrim 
 
 Must have garments clean, 
 If he'd wear the white robes, 
 And with Christ be seen. 
 
 All three. Jesus, cleanse and save me ! 
 Teach me to obey ! 
 Holy Spirit, guide me 
 On my heavenly way ! 
 
ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 17 
 
 (One or all of the children already on platform respond as a 
 welcome :) 
 
 Jesus loves our little band ; 
 He will lead us by the hand, 
 Lead us to that better land, 
 By and by. 
 
 (Several little folks come up, singing ;) 
 
 We are little travellers, 
 
 Marching, marching ; 
 
 We are little travellers, 
 
 Marching on ; 
 Walking in the narrow way, 
 Shunning paths that lead astray, 
 We are little travellers 
 Marching on. 
 
 Child (coming up by side of gate, looks at it carefully, then, 
 turning round). 
 
 The way to heaven is narrow, 
 And its entrance very strait. 
 
 First Boy (stepping out, responds) : 
 
 But how safe the little pilgrims 
 Who get within the gate ! 
 
 Child. And may I join the pilgrim band 
 That journeys toward the light? 
 
 First boy. Yes, the golden gate of that happy land 
 Stands open day and night. 
 
 ( One or more children, coming from far down the aisle :) 
 
 I'm a little pilgrim ; 
 Glad I march along, 
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18 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Doing what I can for Jesus, 
 For he loves me dearly, 
 
 And he'll make me strong 
 If I put my trust in him. 
 
 Primary Songs, 
 (Chorus. All join, turning on the first word, and facing toward 
 the way they will march.) 
 I'm a little pilgrim, yes, yes, yes ! 
 
 Come and see, come and see 
 How the heavenly Father loves to bless 
 Little children just like me. 
 
 First boy (stepping out). Do you all know the 
 words written over the gate? 
 All. "Knock, and it shall be opened unto you." 
 
 PILGRIMS ENTERING THE GATE. 
 
 (All march through the gate. If convenient, they may be joined 
 by the entire primary class. Sing, as they march, and until 
 lost in distance, remaining verses of hymn above, the following, 
 or any pilgrim song.) 
 
 "COME THOU WITH US, AND WE WILL DO THEE GOOD." 
 I'm a little pilgrim, 
 
 With my staff in hand, 
 Climbing up the narrow path 
 
 To join the heavenly band. 
 
 Chorus. — Oh, who will come with me ? 
 Joyous is the way. 
 Oh, who will come with me? 
 Come, come to-day. 
 
 Many, many dangers 
 
 On the way I see ; 
 But my Saviour's ever near, 
 
 And he my guide will be. (Chorus.) 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 19 
 
 If the way grows weary, 
 
 In his arms I'll rest ; 
 For the lambs he says he'll bear 
 
 Upon his loving breast. ( Chorus.) 
 
 I'm a little pilgrim, 
 
 With my staff in hand ; 
 Heavenly gates will open wide ; 
 
 Oh, soon I shall be home! (Chorus,) 
 
 II. THE STRAIT GATE. 
 
 (Responsive exercise by main school.) 
 
 Leader. What does Jesus say to each of us 
 to-night ? 
 
 School. "Enter ye in at the strait gate." Matt. 
 vi. 13. 
 
 Leader. What contrasting way does he speak of? 
 
 School. " Wide is the gate, and broad is the way 
 that leadeth to destruction, and many there be 
 which go in thereat." Matt. vi. 13. 
 
 Leader. Why do so many go down this broad 
 way? 
 
 School. u Because strait is the gate, and narrow 
 is the way which leadeth unto life ; and few there 
 be that find it." Matt. vi. 13. 
 
 Leader. What does Solomon tell us of the broad 
 way? 
 
 School. " There is a way which seemeth right 
 unto a man, but the ways thereof are the ways 
 of death." Prov. xiv. 12. 
 
 Leader. What does the wise man tell us of the 
 right way? 
 
20 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 School "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 and all her paths are peace." Prov. iii. 17. 
 
 Leader. How must we seek to enter in at the 
 strait gate? 
 
 School. " Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for 
 many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and 
 shall not be able." Luke xiii. 24. 
 
 Leader. What does Jesus say concerning this 
 strife? 
 
 School. "From the days of John the Baptist 
 until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth vio- 
 lence, and the violent take it by force." Matt, 
 xi. 12. 
 
 Leader. How may we find the way of life ? 
 
 School. "They shall ask the way to Zion, with 
 their faces thitherward." Jer. 1. 5. 
 
 Leader. What directions does the Lord give 
 us? 
 
 School. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the 
 ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where 
 is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall 
 find rest for your souls." Jer. vi. 16. 
 
 Leader. If we listen, what answer shall we 
 hear? 
 
 School. "Thine ears shall hear a word behind 
 thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it." Isa. 
 xxx. 21. 
 
 Leader. What three steps does Jesus tell us to 
 take, and what promise does he make at each 
 step? 
 
 School "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 21 
 
 and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened 
 unto you." Luke xi. 9. 
 
 Leader. Who is the way of life ? 
 
 School Jesus said, "I am the way." 
 
 Leader. Is he also the entrance to the way ? 
 
 School "Then said Jesus unto them again, 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door 
 of the sheep," John x. 7. 
 
 Leader. Why should we seek to enter this door ? 
 
 School "By me if any man enter in, he shall 
 be saved." John x. 9. 
 
 Leader. Can we climb in some other way ? 
 
 School "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
 entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but 
 climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief 
 and a robber." John x. 1. 
 
 THE ONE DOOR. 
 
 One only door of heaven 
 
 Stands open wide to-day ; 
 One Sacrifice is given, 
 
 'Tis Christ, the living way. 
 
 No other name is given, 
 
 No other way is known ; 
 *Tis Jesus Christ, the first and last : 
 
 He saves, and he alone. 
 
 LET US ENTER THE GATE. 
 
 Leader. How can we enter this door ? 
 School. "Having, therefore, brethren, boldness 
 to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 
 
22 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 by a new and living way, which he hath conse- 
 crated for us, . . . let us draw near with a true 
 heart in full assurance of faith." Heb. x. 19, 20, 22. 
 
 Leader. Will any be turned away who knock ? 
 
 School "Him that cometh to me, I will in no 
 wise cast out." John vi. 37. 
 
 Leader. Should we keep on knocking if he does 
 not seem to hear ? 
 
 School. "I say unto you, Though he will not 
 rise and give him because he is his friend, yet 
 because of his importunity he will rise and give 
 him as many as he needeth. For ... to him 
 that knocketh it shall be opened." Luke xi. 8, 11. 
 
 Leader. Can any man close the door against us ? 
 
 School. "Behold, I have set before thee an open 
 door, and no man can shut it." Rev. iii. 8. 
 
 Leader. When can we enter ? 
 
 School. " Behold, now is the accepted time ; be- 
 hold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. vi. 2. 
 
 Leader. What is said of those who turn back? 
 
 School. "No man, having put his hand to the 
 plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom 
 of God." Luke ix. 62. 
 
 Leader. Where shall we find directions for the 
 road ? 
 
 School. " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and 
 a light unto my path." Ps. cxix. 105. 
 
 Leader. Need we lose the way because we are 
 not learned? 
 
 School. " The wayfaring men, though fools, need 
 not err therein." Isa. xxxv. 8. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 23 
 
 Leader. By what beautiful title does Isaiah call 
 the way ? 
 
 School. "And an highway shall be there, and a 
 way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness." 
 Isa. xxxv. 8. 
 
 Leader. Shall we meet any lions on that road ? 
 
 School. " No lion shall be there, nor any raven- 
 ous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be 
 found there ; but the redeemed shall walk there." 
 Isa. xxxv. 9. 
 
 Leader. How shall the redeemed come to the 
 end of their journey ? 
 
 School. "And the ransomed of the Lord shall 
 return, and come to Zion with songs and ever- 
 lasting joy upon their heads : and they shall ob- 
 tain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing 
 shall flee away." Isa. xxxv. 10. 
 
 Leader. What lies at the end of the road? 
 
 School. " The holy city, new Jerusalem. . . . And 
 the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day ; for 
 there shall be no night there." Rev. xxi. 1, 25. 
 
 Leader. Who have the right to enter those gates ? 
 
 School "Blessed are they that do his command- 
 ments, that they may have right to the tree of life, 
 and may enter in through the gates into the city." 
 Rev. xxii. 14. 
 
24 ANNIVEKSAKY LEAVES. 
 
 III. OUTSIDE THE GATE. 
 
 {Recitation.) 
 
 I stood outside the gate, 
 
 A poor wayfaring child ; 
 Within my heart there beat 
 
 A tempest loud and wild ; 
 A fear oppressed my soul 
 
 That I might be too late ; 
 And oh ! I trembled sore, 
 
 And prayed outside the gate. 
 
 " Mercy !" I loudly cried, 
 
 " Oh, give me rest from sin !" 
 " I will," a voice replied ; 
 And Mercy let me in. 
 She bound my bleeding wounds, 
 
 And carried all my sin ; 
 
 She eased my burdened soul, 
 
 Then Jesus took me in. 
 
 In Mercy's guise I knew 
 
 The Saviour long abused, 
 Who often sought my heart, 
 
 And wept when I refused. 
 Oh what a blest return 
 
 For ignorance and sin ! 
 I stood outside the gate, 
 
 And Jesus let me in. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 There is a gate that stands ajar, 
 And through its portals gleaming 
 
 A radiance from the cross afar 
 The Saviour's love revealing. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 25 
 
 Oh, depth of mercy ! can it be 
 That gate was left ajar for me ? 
 
 For me, for me ? 
 
 Was left ajar for me ? 
 
 Gospel Songs, 
 
 TOO LATE TO ENTER. 
 
 Leader. When will it be too late to knock at 
 the strait gate? 
 
 School " When once the master of the house is 
 risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin 
 to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 
 Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer 
 and say unto you, I know not whence you are." 
 Luke xiii. 25. 
 
 Recitation or singing of "Too Late" ("The Prize") or 
 THE MIDNIGHT CRY. 
 The Bridegroom is coming ! Oh, go forth to meet him ! 
 Fling flowers in his pathway, with sweet singing greet him. 
 How fast are the wheels of his chariot nearing ! 
 Joy, joy to the hearts that have loved his appearing ! 
 
 The cry rose at midnight ; but quick from the highways, 
 From hill-tops and valleys and lone, distant by-ways, 
 The eager crowds gather, with lamps brightly burning, 
 Till darkness to daylight seemed suddenly turning. 
 
 Oh, wonderful meeting ! with welcome unending, 
 The solid earth shakes and the heavens are rending ; 
 For to this great wedding all, all were invited, 
 Through all the wide country no single one slighted. 
 
 And many were watching and many were praying, 
 And many eyes wept at his weary delaying ; 
 But now what a rapture breaks over their faces, 
 As with the glad throng they are taking their places ! 
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26 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 They have passed through the door with the Bridegroom 
 
 before them — 
 "Love," love was "his banner," it freely waved o'er them; 
 How true it all comes now, the old Bible story, 
 The life everlasting, the gladness and glory, 
 
 The golden harps sounding, the white raiment gleaming, 
 Through crystalline windows the radiance streaming, 
 No tear of the mourner, no wail of the sinner, 
 The pleasure to mar and the music to hinder ! 
 
 But look ! oh, look closely ! for many are standing 
 Outside the great palace, an entrance demanding. 
 Too late to behold him, a crowd is still flocking, 
 And on the shut door there are many hands knocking. 
 
 Ellen M. H. Gates. 
 
 THE TWO WAYS. 
 
 Pastor. "Behold, I set before you the way of 
 life, and the way of death." Jer. xxi. 8. 
 
 Teachers. " Come thou with us, and we will do 
 thee good." Num. ix. 29. 
 
 Scholars. "These are the servants of the most 
 high God, which show unto us the way of salva- 
 tion." Acts xvi. 17. 
 
 All. " Teach me thy way, Lord, and lead me 
 in a plain path. Lead me in the way everlast- 
 ing." Ps. xxvii. 11 ; cxxxix. 24. 
 
 KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. 
 
 Youthful sinners, who are weary 
 
 Of this sin-polluted shore, 
 Come ye with loud, urgent knocking — 
 
 Knocking at the door. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 27 
 
 Never mind the worldling's mocking ; 
 
 Worse than that the Saviour bore ; 
 Come, with steady hand be knocking — 
 
 Knocking at the door. 
 
 Now, the stubborn heart unlocking, 
 Ne'er refuse your Saviour more ; 
 
 Come to him ; stand loudly knocking — 
 Knocking at the door. 
 
 Join the ransomed ones now flocking 
 
 Happy to the shining shore ; 
 Saviour, listen to our knocking — 
 
 Knocking at the door. 
 
 Echo to Happy Voices, 
 
 IV. CHRISTIANA AND HER CHILDREN. 
 
 {Arranged from Pilgrim's Progress,) 
 
 (Christiana and Mercy, two taller girls ; three small 
 children.) 
 
 Christiana. Sons, we are all undone; I have 
 sinned away your father, and he is gone. He 
 would have had us with him, but I would not go 
 myself. I also have hindered you of life. 
 
 Children. Oh, woe worth the day ! 
 
 Christiana. Oh that it had been our lot to go 
 with him on his pilgrimage ! Then it had been 
 well with us, beyond what it is likely to be now. 
 
 Children. Oh, woe worth the day ! 
 
 (Loud knocking heard.) 
 
 Christiana. If thou comest in God's name, 
 come in. 
 
28 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Messenger {entering'). Peace be to this house! 
 Christiana, knowest thou wherefore I am come ? 
 
 Christiana. Nay ; but I would seek to know. 
 
 Messenger. Christiana, the merciful One hath 
 sent me to tell thee that he is a God ready to for- 
 give, and that he taketh delight to pardon. He 
 also would have thee to know that he inviteth 
 thee to come into his presence, to his table. There 
 is Christian, thy husband that was, with many 
 more, his companions, ever beholding that face 
 that doth minister life to the beholders ; and they 
 will all be glad when they shall hear the sound 
 of thy feet step over thy Father's threshold. 
 
 (Christiana bows low.) 
 
 Messenger proceeds. Christiana, here is also a 
 letter for thee, which I have brought to thee from 
 thy husband's King. 
 
 Christiana (taking the letter and reading). Sir, will 
 you carry me and my children with you, that we 
 also may go and worship the King ? 
 
 Messenger. Christiana, the bitter is before the 
 sweet. Through troubles thou must enter into 
 the Celestial City, as he did that went before thee. 
 Wherefore I advise thee to do as did Christian, 
 thy husband. Go to the wicket-gate yonder over 
 the plain, for that stands at the head of the way 
 up which thou must go ; and I wish thee all good 
 speed. Also, I advise thee that thou put this 
 letter in thy bosom, that thou read therein to thy- 
 self and to thy children until they have got it by 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 29 
 
 heart, for it is one of the songs that thou must 
 sing whilst thou art in this house of thy pilgrim- 
 age ; also this thou must deliver in at the far gate. 
 
 Christiana. Come, my children, let us pack up 
 and be gone to the gate that leads us to the celes- 
 tial country. 
 
 First child. I was glad when they said unto me. 
 Let us go into the house of the Lord. 
 
 Second child. The Lord hath done great things 
 for us, whereof we are glad. 
 
 Third child. Clap your hands with joy, all ye 
 people ! 
 
 All the children {clapping hands). Joy! joy! joy! 
 
 (If the children can do it, the first one may say, " Let us burst 
 into singing !" and they can all burst out in a verse of 
 praise.) 
 
 Messenger. Farewell ! May the blessing of the 
 King be with thee ! 
 
 Christiana. Fare thee well! Thanks be unto 
 thee! 
 
 Children. Farewell! farewell! 
 
 (Exit messenger. Enter two neighbors.) 
 
 First visitor. Neighbor, pray what is your mean- 
 ing by this ? 
 
 Christiana. I am preparing for a journey. 
 
 First visitor. For what journey, I pray you? 
 
 Christiana. Even to go after my good husband. 
 
 First visitor. I hope not so, good neighbor. Pray, 
 for your poor children's sake, do not so un- 
 womanly cast away yourself. 
 3* 
 
30 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Christiana. Nay, my children shall go with me. 
 Not one of them is willing to stay behind. 
 
 Children. — First Let me go with thee, I pray. 
 
 Second. Leave me not behind. 
 
 Third. Take me too. 
 
 All together. We will all go with thee. 
 
 First visitor. Wherefore shouldst thou be so 
 rash? 
 
 Christiana. Tempt me not, my neighbor. I 
 pray thee be gone, and do not disquiet me farther. 
 
 First visitor. Come, neighbor Mercy, let us leave 
 her in her own hands, since she scorns our counsel 
 and company. 
 
 Mercy. If my neighbor will needs be gone, I 
 will go a little way with her and help her. 
 
 First visitor. Well, take heed in time and be 
 wise. While we are out of danger we are out ; 
 but when we are in, we are in. (Exit) 
 
 Christiana. Cast in thy lot with me, friend 
 Mercy, and come with us on our pilgrimage. 
 
 Mercy. But how shall I know that I also shall 
 be entertained ? Had I but this hope from one 
 that can tell, I would make no stick at all, but 
 would go, being helped by him that can help, 
 though the way be never so tedious. 
 
 Christiana. Well, loving Mercy, I will tell thee 
 what thou shalt do. Go with me to the wicket- 
 gate, and there I will farther inquire for thee. 
 (They move, toward the gate.) 
 
 Boy appears at gate, calls in a loud voice : " Knock, 
 and it shall be opened unto you I" 
 
ANNIVERSAKY LEAVES. 31 
 
 (Christiana knocks. Gate opens.) 
 
 Boy takes one of the children by the hand, saying : 
 " Suffer the little children to come unto me." 
 
 (All stand by entrance, singing, " May we Come in ?" from 
 " Royal Diadem," p. 119. Answered by unseen Chorus from 
 behind the gate. During singing of last verse all march 
 through.) 
 
 MAY WE COME IN? 
 
 May we come into this happy fold ? 
 We're faint and hungry and weak and cold ; 
 We strayed far away ; we've wandered long, 
 And now may we to this fold belong ? 
 
 Response from behind. — 
 
 Come in, come in, little lambs, come in. 
 
 Though all denied and stained with sin, 
 Christ Jesus the Lord can make you clean ; 
 
 Come in, little lambs, come in, come in. 
 
 Torn is our raiment, and soiled and poor ; 
 How can we enter that shining door ? 
 Your robes are so sweet and pure and white, 
 And all within is so fair and bright ! 
 
 Response. — Come in, etc. 
 
 Wretched and sinful, we are not meet 
 To come and sit at the Shepherd's feet ; 
 But out in the darkness, far away, 
 We heard his voice, and we could not stay. 
 
 Response. — Come in, etc. 
 
32 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 
 
 Where this motto can be arranged in gas-jets, it is very 
 beautiful. Where this cannot be done, a row of extra lights 
 may be lit during the singing of the first line. Or, of course, 
 the motto may be omitted entirely. The questions may all 
 be asked by one person from the platform, or by different 
 scholars. 
 
 Light of the world ; blest light has come ; 
 
 Let men receive the light ; 
 On every heart may shine this sun, 
 And heaven and earth be bright. 
 
 Light of the world. 'Tis Jesus shines; 
 
 Praise him with heart and voice ; 
 For now have dawned the promised times ; 
 
 Let all the earth rejoice. 
 
 Where'er hath sin and darkness been, 
 
 There shall no more be night ; 
 He comes to make his brightness seen, 
 
 And cries, "Let there be light." 
 
 He lights the world, that all may see 
 
 The way to heaven above, 
 And walk in it, that they may be 
 
 Saved by his wondrous love. 
 
 Light of this world, Light of the next, 
 
 Help us to live near thee ; 
 No more in darkness grope perplext, 
 
 Now this great Light we see. 
 
 1. What sweet words are these that meet our sight, 
 Fitly blazing forth in jets of light ? 
 Ans. " I am the light of the world." John ix. 5. 
 
 ( Or when lights are not used) 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 33 
 
 What is the theme we've chosen to-night, 
 Pointing us up to mansions of light ? 
 
 2. I am the Light, those letters proclaim ; 
 
 Who is this I who spoke ? what was his name ? 
 
 Ans. " Then spake Jesus again unto them, say- 
 ing, I am the light of the w r orld." John viii. 12. 
 
 3. Was this Light given from above ? 
 
 And through whose mercy and tender love ? 
 
 Ans. "Through the tender mercy of our God, 
 whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited 
 us." Luke i. 78. 
 
 4. To whom was this glorious Light sent? 
 For what loving purpose was it meant ? 
 
 Ans. "'To give light to them that sit in dark- 
 ness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet 
 into the way of peace." Luke i. 79. 
 
 5. Did those for whom this Light was given 
 See the Gift sent to them from heaven ? 
 
 Ans. " The people that walked in darkness hath 
 seen a great light ; they that dwell in the land of 
 the shadow of death, upon them hath the light 
 shined." Isa. ix. 2. 
 
 6. What is it, Isaiah loudly cries, 
 
 To those on whom this Light doth arise ? 
 
 Ans. " Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and 
 the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Isaiah 
 lx. 1 
 
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34 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 7. For Israel only does this Light 
 Illume the gross darkness of the night? 
 
 Ans. "And the Gentiles shall come to thy 
 light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." 
 Isa. lx. 3. 
 
 u I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, 
 that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends 
 of the earth." Isa. xlix. 6. 
 
 " A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory 
 of thy people Israel." Luke ii. 32. 
 
 Hymn. — The Light of the World is Jesus. 
 
 Gospel Hymns, No. 1. 
 
 8. When the Life-light first shone among men, 
 Did the darkness comprehend it then ? 
 
 Ans. "In him was life; and the life was the 
 light of men, and the light shineth in darkness ; and 
 the darkness comprehended it not." John i. 4, 5. 
 
 9. There was a man named John, whom God sent ; 
 Was he the Light whom the prophets meant? 
 
 Ans. " There was a man sent from God, whose 
 name was John. The same came for a witness, to 
 bear witness of the light, that all men through 
 him might believe. He was not that light, but was 
 sent to bear witness of that light." John i. 6-8. 
 
 10. When God gave to man such precious Gift, 
 Were they glad that the dark cloud was rift ? 
 
 Ans. u This is the condemnation, that light is 
 come into the world, and men loved darkness 
 rather than light because their deeds were evil." 
 John iii. 19. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 35 
 
 11. Why left Jesus his heavenly home, 
 
 A Light into this dark world to come? 
 
 (Chant and Chorus.) 
 
 Arts. lt And Jesus said, I am come a light into 
 the world, that whosoever believeth on me should 
 not abide in darkness." John xii. 46. 
 
 Words of our blessed Saviour, 
 
 So full of hope and love — 
 May we keep them in each heart, 
 From their teachings ne'er depart, 
 
 That our feet no more in wicked ways may rove. 
 The Prize, p. 116. 
 
 12. What will he give, did Jesus say, 
 
 To those who follow him in the way? 
 Ans. " He that followeth me shall not walk in 
 darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 
 viii. 12. 
 
 13. Does Jesus tell for how long a time 
 
 His light on this darkened world should shine? 
 Ans. " As long as I am in the world, I am the 
 light of the world." John ix. 5. 
 
 14. What did Jesus teach that we must do 
 While light yet shines, then hid himself 
 
 from view ? 
 Ans. "Yet a little while is the light with you, 
 walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come 
 upon you, for he that walketh in darkness know- 
 eth not whither he goeth; while ye have light 
 believe in the light, that ye may be the children 
 
36 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed 
 and did hide himself from them." John xii. 35, 36. 
 
 15. While of Christ, the Light, we sweetly talk, 
 Show us the way in which we should walk. 
 
 Arts. " Come ye, and let us walk in the light of 
 the Lord." Isa. ii. 5. 
 
 " Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye 
 light in the Lord; walk as children of light." 
 Eph. v. 8. 
 
 "Ye are all the children of light, and the chil- 
 dren of the day ; we are not of the night nor of 
 darkness, therefore let us not sleep as do others, 
 but let us watch and be sober." 1 Thess. v. 5, 6. 
 
 First scholar. We must walk uprightly. Prov. 
 ii. 7. 
 
 Second scholar. We must walk in the ways of 
 the Lord. Hos. xiv. 9. 
 
 Third scholar. We must walk by faith. 2 Cor. 
 v. 7. 
 
 Fourth scholar. We must walk in the Spirit. 
 Gal. v. 16. 
 
 Fifth scholar. We must walk in the truth. 3 
 John 4. 
 
 Sixth scholar. We must walk in love. Eph. v. 2. 
 
 Seventh scholar. It is to walk in newness of life. 
 Rom. vi. 4. 
 
 (Sing: Let us Walk in the Light.) 
 
 16. When day is done, and comes the night, 
 How can we see which way is right ? 
 
 Ans. " Christ shall give thee light." Eph. v. 14. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 37 
 
 17. Why does Paul say that they who would fight 
 Must put on the whole armor of light? 
 
 Ans. "The night is far spent, the day is at 
 hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of dark- 
 ness, and let us put on the armor of light." Rom. 
 xiii. 12. 
 
 Hymn.— ARMOR OF LIGHT. 
 
 Oh, armor, bright armor, true armor of light ! 
 The sword of the Spirit shalJ gleam through the fight, 
 Salvation's own helmet, the shield of our faith ; 
 Oh, shout for the triumph o'er sin and o'er death ! 
 
 18. What is the message John doth declare 
 In his first letter ? You'll find it there. 
 
 Ans. "This, then, is the message which we have 
 heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is 
 light, and in him is no darkness at all ; if we say 
 that we have fellowship with him, and walk in 
 darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we 
 walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have 
 fellowship one with another, and the blood of 
 Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin." 
 1 John i. 5-7. 
 
 19. The new commandment that John doth write, 
 This, too, refers to that shining Light. 
 
 Ans. "A new commandment I write unto you, 
 which thing is true in him and in you ; because 
 the darkness is past, and the true light now 
 shineth. He that saith he is in the light and 
 hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 
 
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38 ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 
 
 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, 
 and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 
 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and 
 walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither 
 he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his 
 eyes." 1 John ii. 8-11. 
 
 20. For this Light should we show forth his praise 
 Who proves his love by his works and ways ? 
 
 Arts. " Ye should show forth the praises of him 
 who hath called you out of darkness into his 
 marvellous light." 1 Pet. ii. 9. 
 
 21. When our working-days on earth are o'er, 
 Will it be dark on death's cold shore ? 
 
 Ans, "It shall come to pass that at evening 
 time it shall be light." Zech. xiv. 7. 
 
 22. When we have crossed the swelling tide, 
 Who will light us on the other side ? 
 
 Ans, "And the city had no need of the sun, 
 neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory 
 of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light 
 thereof." Rev. xxi. 23. "And there shall be no 
 night there; and they need no candle, neither 
 light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them 
 light." Rev. xxii. 5. 
 
 Hymn,— THE MANSIONS OF LIGHT. 
 
 Oh say, have you heard of the mansions of light 
 
 Our Saviour has gone to prepare ? 
 Where falls not a cloud or a shadow of night ? 
 
 They tell us no sorrow is there. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 39 
 
 Oh yes, we have heard of the mansions so bright, 
 
 And free from all sorrow and care ; 
 Our Saviour, the Lamb, is the glory and light, 
 
 The children of Zion are there. 
 
 Chorus. — 'Tis a home where the weary may rest, 
 The beautiful home of the blest, 
 Oh come, we are bound for the mansions of light, 
 The beautiful home of the blest. 
 
 Oh, where is that city whose portals of gold 
 
 Are open by night and by day? 
 The city whose splendor can never be told, 
 
 Whose pleasures will never decay ? 
 'Tis yonder, where joyful our spirits may fly, 
 
 Beyond where the bright planets roll ; 
 Above the clear arch of the blue ether sky, 
 
 The beautiful home of the soul. (Chorus.) 
 
 Pure Gold, p. J^2. 
 
 THE ROCK OF AGES. 
 
 Very beautiful and effective decorations may be used with 
 this exercise, if desired. A rock may be built up of stone, 
 surmounted with a wooden cross painted to match. Ivy may 
 be trained around the cross, and moss and a very few ferns in 
 the crevices of the rock. A background of dark-green plants 
 would make the rock show better. In place of the stone 
 itself, quite as effective a rock may be made of painted muslin, 
 over which mica has been rather sparingly strewed. This 
 painted muslin may be thrown over a framework or founda- 
 tion made of boxes, or almost any such materials, piled to- 
 gether with an uneven surface. An arch over the whole may 
 bear the letters, Rock of Ages. 
 
40 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 I. THE EOCK OF MY SALVATION. 
 
 Superintendent. Who is the Rock of my salva- 
 tion? 
 
 School. " The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, 
 and my deliverer. The God of my rock ; in him 
 will I trust." 2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. 
 
 Supt. Then what should be our prayer? 
 
 School. " Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me 
 speedily ; be thou my strong rock, for an house 
 of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and 
 my fortress ; therefore, for thy name's sake, lead 
 me and guide me." Ps. xxxi. 2, 3. 
 
 Hymn.— HEAR OUR PRAYER. 
 
 Hear, O Father, hear our prayer, 
 While on thy great name we call. 
 Hear our prayer, O Father, hear. 
 Hear our prayer, hear our prayer. 
 Bock of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee. 
 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 From thy side a healing flood, 
 Be of sin a double cure, 
 Save from wrath and make me pure. 
 In my hand no price I bring ; 
 Simply to thy cross I cling ; 
 
 "While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When my eyelids close in death, 
 When I rise to worlds unknown, 
 See thee on thy judgment throne, 
 Bock of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 41 
 
 Supt. What is one object of our lesson to- 
 night? 
 
 School "To shew that the Lord is upright: he 
 is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in 
 him." Ps. xcii. 15. 
 
 Supt. " Who is God save the Lord ? or, who is a 
 rock save our God?" 
 
 School. " It is God that girdeth me with strength, 
 and maketh my way perfect." Ps. xviii. 31, 32. 
 
 Supt. What did the Lord say that the Psalmist 
 should cry unto him ? 
 
 ( Chant. — " He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, 
 and the rock of my salvation" Ps. lxxxix. 26.) 
 
 Supt. What words of David show us that he 
 fulfilled this promise? 
 
 School. l " Truly my soul waiteth upon God; 
 from him cometh my salvation. He only is my 
 rock, and my salvation; he is my defence; I 
 shall not be greatly moved." Ps. lxii. 1, 2. 
 
 Supt. "Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord; 
 let us make a jo}^ful noise unto the Rock of our 
 salvation." Ps. xcv. 1. 
 
 Hymn.— STAND ON THE ROCK. 
 
 Firmly stand for God in the world's mad strife, 
 
 Tho' the bleak winds roar and the waves beat high ; 
 
 'Tis the Eock alone giveth strength and life 
 When the hosts of sin are nigh. 
 
 Let us stand on the Rock, 
 Firmly stand on the Rock, 
 On the Rock of Christ alone ; 
 4 * 
 
42 ANNIVEESAEY LEAVES. 
 
 If the strife we endure, 
 
 We shall stand secure, 
 
 'Mid the throng who surround the throne. 
 
 Pure Gold. 
 
 II. THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN L 
 
 Supt. What did David cry when the billows of 
 trouble rolled over him ? 
 
 School "Lead me to the rock that is higher 
 than I." Ps. lxi. 2. 
 
 Supt My rock is higher than I because of its 
 greatness. 
 
 School. "Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 
 He is the Rock, his work is perfect." Deut. xxxii. 
 3,4. 
 
 Supt. Because it is a Rock of life. 
 
 School. "The Lord liveth; and blessed be my 
 rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of my 
 salvation." 2 Sam. xxii. 47. 
 
 Supt Because it is unmovable. 
 
 School. " Shall the rock be removed out of his 
 place ?" Job xviii. 4. 
 
 Supt. Because it is unlike other rocks. 
 
 School. " Neither is there any rock like our God." 
 1 Sam. ii. 2. 
 
 Supt. Because it is a strong refuge. 
 
 School. "Be thou my strong habitation, where- 
 unto I may continually resort; thou hast given 
 commandment to save me ; for thou art my rock 
 and my fortress." Ps. lxxi. 3. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 43 
 
 Hymn. -THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER. 
 
 Oh, sometimes the shadows are deep, 
 And rough seems the path to the goal ; 
 
 And sorrows, sometimes how they sweep 
 Like tempests down over the soul ! 
 
 Chorus. — Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, 
 
 To the Rock that is higher than I ; 
 Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, let me fly, 
 To the Rock that is higher than I. 
 
 Winnowed Hymns. 
 
 Supt. "My God is the Rock of my refuge," said 
 David. Will you give an instance where this 
 refuge was sure when others failed? 
 
 Recitation.— THE LAST HYMN. 
 
 The sacred day was ending in a village by the sea ; 
 The uttered benediction touched the people tenderly, 
 And they rose to face the sunset in the glowing, lighted west, 
 And then hastened to their dwellings for God's blessed boon 
 of rest. 
 
 But they looked across the waters, and a storm was raging 
 
 there ; 
 A fierce spirit moved above them — the wild spirit of the air ; 
 And it lashed and shook and tore them, till they thundered, 
 
 groaned, and boomed, 
 And alas for any vessel in their yawning gulfs entombed ! 
 
 Very anxious were the people, on that rocky coast of Wales, 
 Lest the dawns of coming morrows should be telling awful 
 
 tales, 
 When the sea had spent its passion, and should cast upon the 
 
 shore 
 Bits of wreck and swollen victims, as it had done heretofore. 
 
44 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 With the rough winds blowing round her, a brave woman 
 
 strained her eyes, 
 And she saw along the billows a large vessel fall and rise. 
 Oh, it did not need a prophet to tell what the end must be, 
 For no ship could ride in safety near that shore on such a sea. 
 
 Then the pitying people hurried from their homes and 
 
 thronged the beach. 
 Oh, for power to cross the waters and the perishing to reach ! 
 Helpless hands were wrung for sorrow ; tender hearts grew 
 
 cold with dread, 
 And the ship, urged by the tempest, to the fatal rock-shore 
 
 sped. 
 
 " She has parted in the middle ! Oh, the half of her goes 
 
 down ! 
 God have mercy ! is his heaven far to seek for those who 
 
 drown ?" 
 Lo ! when next the white, shocked faces looked with terror 
 
 on the sea, 
 Only one last clinging figure on a spar was seen to be. 
 
 Nearer the trembling watchers came the wreck, tossed by the 
 
 wave, 
 And the man still clung and floated, though no power on 
 
 earth could save. 
 " Could we send him a short message ? Here's a trumpet. 
 
 Shout away." 
 'Twas the preacher's hand that took it, and he wondered what 
 
 to say. 
 
 Any memory of his sermon? Firstly? Secondly? Ah, no! 
 There was but one thing to utter in the awful hour of woe ; 
 So he shouted through the trumpet, " Look to Jesus. Can 
 
 you hear ?" 
 And "Ay, ay, sir!" rang the answer o'er the waters, loud 
 
 and clear. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 45 
 
 Then they listened : " He is singing, f Jesus, Lover of my 
 
 soul ;' " 
 And the winds brought back the echo, "While the nearer 
 
 waters roll." 
 Strange, indeed, it was to hear him, " Till the storm of life 
 
 was past," 
 Singing bravely from the waters, "Oh, receive my soul at 
 
 last !" 
 
 He could have no other refuge. " Hangs my helpless soul on 
 
 thee ; 
 Leave, oh leave me not" — the singer dropped at last into the 
 
 sea. 
 And the watchers, looking homeward through their eyes by 
 
 tears made dim, 
 Said, "He passed to be with Jesus in the singing of that 
 
 hymn." 
 
 Supt. What words does Job wish were " graven 
 with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever" ? 
 Job xix. 24. 
 
 School For I know that my Redeemer liveth, 
 and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the 
 earth ; and though after my skin, worms destroy 
 this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." Job 
 xix. 24, 25. 
 
 (The solo, "I Know that my Kedeemer Liveth," from The 
 Messiah, is very beautiful here, if the school has any one 
 capable of singing it.) 
 
 III. THE SMITTEN ROCK. 
 
 Supt We will now tell, in the words of Moses, 
 the story of the smitten rock. 
 Pastor. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
46 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 ing, Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly 
 together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak 
 ye unto the rock before thine eyes ; and it shall 
 give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to 
 them water out of the rock ; so thou shalt give 
 the congregation and their beasts drink. And 
 Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he 
 commanded him. . . . And Moses lifted up his 
 hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice ; 
 and the water came out abundantly ; and the con- 
 gregation drank, and their beasts also." Num. xx. 
 7-11. 
 
 Supt. What does Paul say of that smitten rock ? 
 
 School " That rock was Christ." 1 Cor. x. 4. 
 
 Supt. How was Christ our Rock smitten for us ? 
 
 (Chant — "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sor- 
 rows, yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and 
 afflicted" Isa. liii. 4.) 
 
 Supt May we drink of the waters that flow from 
 this smitten Rock ? 
 
 Boys. Ho ! every one that thirsteth ; come ye to 
 the waters; and he that hath no money; come 
 ye, buy and eat." Isa. lv. 1. 
 
 Girls. " Let him that is athirst come, and who- 
 soever will, let him take the water of life freely." 
 Eev. xxii. 17. 
 
 Hymn.— THE SMITTEN ROCK. 
 Lo ! the desert rock is yielding ; 
 
 Yonder, from its side, 
 Clear and sparkling, cool and placid, 
 
 Now the waters glide ; 
 
ANNIVEKSAKY LEAVES. 47 
 
 God has ever led his people 
 
 With a Father's hand ; 
 From the rock he gave them water 
 
 In a thirsty land. 
 
 Chorus. — Smitten rock that cheered the fainting 
 When thy waters came ! 
 Thou the type of our redemption, 
 Through a Saviour's name. 
 
 Royal Diadem , p. 123. 
 
 IV. CLINGING TO THE ROCK. 
 
 Supt. What promise did the Lord make to 
 Moses ? 
 
 School. " I will put thee in a cleft of the rock." 
 Ex. xxxiii. 22. 
 
 Supt. How does David say that he was made to 
 cling to the rock ? 
 
 School. "He brought me up also, out of an hor- 
 rible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet 
 upon a rock, and established my goings." Ps. 
 xl. 2. 
 
 Supt. How, then, should we cling to this Rock 
 of Ages ? 
 
 Recitation, by two girls, in alternate lines. 
 CLING TO THE MIGHTY ONE. 
 Cling to the Mighty One — 
 
 Cling in thy grief ; 
 Cling to the Holy One ; 
 
 He gives relief; 
 Cling to the Gracious One — 
 
 Cling in thy pain ; 
 Cling to the Faithful One; 
 He will sustain. 
 
48 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Cling to the Loving One — 
 
 Cling in thy woe ; 
 Cling to the Living One 
 
 Through all below ; 
 Cling to the Pardoning One ; 
 
 He speaketh peace ; 
 Cling to the Healing One ; 
 
 Anguish shall cease. 
 
 Cling to the Bleeding One — 
 
 Cling to his side ; 
 Cling to the Risen One, 
 
 In him abide ; 
 Cling to the Coming One, 
 
 Hope shall arise ; 
 Cling to the Reigning One, 
 
 Joy light thine eyes. 
 
 Address— -for a young man. 
 
 "CLING CLOSE TO THE ROCK." 
 
 A long train of cars was passing over the Alle- 
 ghany Mountains, on its way eastward. It was 
 crowded with passengers. As the iron horse 
 snorted and rushed on, they felt that they had 
 begun to descend, and needed no power save the 
 invisible one of gravitation to send them down 
 with terrific swiftness. Just as the passengers 
 began to realize their situation they came to a 
 short curve, cut out of the solid rock, a wall of 
 rock lying on each side. Suddenly the steam- 
 whistle screamed as if in agony. "Put on the 
 brakes! Put on the brakes!" Up pressed the 
 brakes, but with no apparent slackening of the 
 
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 cars. Every window flew open, and every head 
 that could be was thrust out to see what the dan- 
 ger was, and every one rose up in his place, fear- 
 ing sudden destruction. What was the trouble? 
 
 Just as the engine began to turn in the curve 
 the engineer saw a little girl and her baby-brother 
 playing on the track. In a moment the cars would 
 be on them; the shriek of the whistle aroused the 
 little girl, and every eye looking over could see 
 them. Close to the rail, in the upright rock, was 
 a little niche, out of which a piece of rock had 
 been blasted. In an instant the baby was thrust 
 into this niche, and as the cars came thundering 
 by, the passengers, holding their breath, heard the 
 clear voice of the little sister, on the other side of 
 the cars, ring out : " Cling close to the rock, Johnny ! 
 Cling close to the rock, Johnny !" And the little 
 creature snuggled in and put his head as close to 
 the rock as possible, while the heavy cars whirred 
 close by him. The heads out all kept their eyes 
 on him till the last car was past ; and many were 
 the moist eyes that gazed, and many a silent 
 thanksgiving went up to heaven. 
 
 A few hours later the cars stopped at a station, 
 where an old man and his son got out. He had 
 come so far to part with his child, who was com- 
 ing to an Eastern city to live, while the aged 
 father was to turn back home. All the dangers 
 that would surround the boy seemed to crowd 
 into the heart of the father as he stood there 
 holding the hand of his child, just now to part 
 
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 with him. He choked, the tears filled his eyes, 
 and all he could say was, " Cling close to the Rock, 
 Johnny I" He wrung the hand of his child, and 
 the passengers saw him standing alone, doubtless 
 praying that his inexperienced son might " cling 
 close to the Rock." 
 
 Supt. "Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; 
 let them shout from the top of the mountains." 
 Isa. xlii. 11. 
 
 CLING CLOSE TO THE ROCK. 
 
 Cling close to the Rock, brother — danger is near ; 
 Cling close to thy Saviour, and doubt not nor fear ; 
 For Jesus will hold thee, almighty to save — 
 Thy Jesus, who triumphed o'er death and the grave. 
 
 Chorus. — Cling close to the Rock, tho' the tempest may shock, 
 Assured of salvation in Jesus, the Rock. 
 
 Songs of Salvation, 
 
 V. THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK. 
 
 Supt To what does Isaiah compare the Saviour? 
 
 School "A man shall be as an hiding-place from 
 the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers 
 of waters in a dry place ; as the shadow of a great 
 rock in a weary land." Isa. xxxii. 2. 
 
 Supt How does David express his trust in this 
 hiding-place ? 
 
 School "In the time of trouble he shall hide 
 me in his pavilion; in the secret of his taber- 
 nacle shall he hide me j he shall set me up upon 
 a rock." 
 
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 (Recitation.) 
 
 THE ROCK OF INFINITE AGES. 
 
 By Lillie E. Barr. 
 
 Black and sullen the ocean — 
 
 Black and sullen the sky ; 
 Drifting fast to the leeward, 
 
 Never a harbor nigh. 
 Rent the sails and the cordage, 
 
 Torn and shattered the deck ; 
 Alas, alas ! for the ship, 
 
 Drifting so fast to wreck. 
 
 Ah ! but the loss of the ship 
 
 Is only so much gold ; 
 Alas ! for the perishing souls, 
 
 Whose price can ne'er be told. 
 Hark ! o'er the whelming waters 
 
 Cometh their pleading cry : 
 " Help, Jesus, or we perish ! 
 
 O Christ, O Christ, we die!" 
 
 No ; though the night grows darker, 
 
 And over each shrinking soul 
 The cold and angry billows 
 
 Swifter and swifter roll ; 
 No ; though the rocks frown blackly, 
 
 And white wan foam breaks high ; 
 For that cry for " Help " has reached 
 
 The strong One in the sky. 
 
 Hopefully through tempests 
 
 Chimes out the clear church-bell ; 
 
 Out of the black above them 
 A blessed splendor fell — 
 
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 Fell on the Rock of Ages, 
 Fell on the Cross of Love, 
 
 Making the midnight waters 
 White as the wings of a dove. 
 
 Joy for the strong, glad spirits, 
 
 Grasping at once the Rock ; 
 Out of the danger and darkness, 
 
 Out of the tempest and shock, 
 Out of the cruel waters, 
 
 Out of distressful fright, 
 On to the Rock of Ages, 
 
 Into the glad warm light. 
 
 Help for the weak and weary ; 
 
 Help, they are sinking fast ; 
 Try but to catch their raiment 
 
 As they float sadly past. 
 Fear not the storm or danger, 
 
 Count not the gain or loss ; 
 So you can help the drowning 
 
 On to the Rock of the Cross. 
 
 Rock of Infinite Ages, 
 
 Cross of Infinite Love, 
 Never the waves of sorrow 
 
 Over thee break above. 
 Always there, there is safety, 
 
 Always there, we are right ; 
 And in the darkest midnight, 
 
 Always there, there is light. 
 
 MIGHTY ROCK. 
 
 Through a weary land I tread, 
 Burning skies are overhead, 
 
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 While the sands around my path 
 Glimmer with a scorching wrath, — 
 Mighty Rock, to thee I fly, 
 "Weary, fainting, near to die. 
 
 Chorus. — Rock of safety, Rock of grace, 
 Ever be my hiding-place ; 
 Oh how blissful thus to lie ! 
 Safe to live and sweet to die. 
 
 Royal Diadem. 
 
 VI. BUILDING ON THE ROCK. 
 
 Supt. What did Jesus teach us about building 
 on a rock? 
 
 Boys. "Therefore whosoever heareth these say- 
 ings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him 
 unto a wise man, which built his house upon a 
 rock: 
 
 Girls. "And the rain descended, and the floods' 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
 house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon 
 a rock. 
 
 Boys. "And every one that heareth these say- 
 ings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened 
 unto a foolish man, which built his house upon 
 the sand: 
 
 Girls. "And the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
 house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it." 
 Matt. vii. 24-27. 
 
 Recitation — by two little girls. 
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 THE HOUSE UPON A ROCK. 
 
 First Girl Oh, if my house is built upon a rock, 
 I know it will stand for ever ; 
 The floods may come, and the rolling 
 
 thunder's shock 
 May beat upon my house, that is found- 
 ed on a rock, 
 But it never will fall — never, never. 
 
 Second Girl Oh, if my house is built upon the sand, 
 'Twill fall when the floods are swelling; 
 The winds will blow and the tempest 
 
 will descend 
 And beat upon my house, that is built 
 
 upon the sand, 
 And it surely will fall, never to rise — 
 never, never. 
 First Girl For he whose word is lasting as the hills, 
 Whose truth is unchanging ever, 
 Has said my house on the solid rock 
 
 shall stand; 
 He'll hold it by his might in the hollow 
 of his hand, 
 And it never will fall — never, never. 
 
 Both. Then let my house be built upon a rock, 
 For there it will stand for ever ; 
 The floods may come, and the rolling thun- 
 der's shock 
 May beat upon my house, that is founded 
 on a rock, 
 But it never will fall — never, never. 
 
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 {The same two girls y still standing, sing:) 
 
 Tune. — We are Little Travellers. 
 
 We are little builders, 
 Building, building ; 
 We are little builders 
 For the Lord. 
 Christ the Lord would dwell within, 
 But we must be pure from sin ; 
 We are little builders 
 For the Lord. 
 
 Supt. What is this sure foundation ? 
 
 School. "Other foundation can no man lay than 
 that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. iii. 11. 
 
 Supt What does Paul tell us of this rock on 
 which we are to build? 
 
 School "Behold I lay in Sion, a stumbling-stone 
 and rock of offence ; and whosoever believeth on 
 him shall not be ashamed." Rom. ix. 33. 
 
 Supt To whom is it a stumbling-stone ? 
 
 School "A stone of stumbling and a rock of 
 offence, even to them which stumble at the word, 
 being disobedient." 1 Pet. ii. 8. 
 
 Supt What is the building which is to be built 
 on the rock ? 
 
 School "Ye are God's building." 
 
 HYMN. 
 My hope is built on nothing less 
 Than Jesus' blood and righteousness ; 
 I dare not trust the sweetest frame, 
 But wholly lean on Jesus' name. 
 
 On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand ; 
 
 All other ground is sinking sand. 
 
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 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Supt What shall become of those who have not 
 made this rock their refuge ? Who have not been 
 mindful of the rock of thy strength ? 
 
 School. They shall tremble at the presence of 
 the God which turned the rock into a standing 
 water ; the flint into a fountain of waters. 
 
 Supt. What will the Lord say to them ? 
 
 School "Where are their gods, their rock in 
 whom they trusted ?" Deut. xxx. 37. 
 
 Supt What will all such do in that day ? 
 
 Pastor. "And the heaven departed as a scroll 
 when it is rolled together; and every mountain 
 and island were moved out of their places. And 
 the kings of the earth, and the great men, and 
 the rich men, and the chief captains, and the 
 mighty men, and every bond man, and every free 
 man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks 
 of the mountains ; and said to the mountains and 
 rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of 
 him that sitteth on the throne, and from the 
 wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his 
 wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand ?" 
 Rev. vi. 14-17. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 That awful day will surely come ; 
 
 The appointed hour makes haste 
 When I must stand before my Judge 
 
 And pass the solemn test. 
 
 Supt What does the lesson of the evening call 
 to sinners? 
 
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 School "Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, 
 and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the 
 sides of the hole's mouth." Jer. xlviii. 28. 
 
 SupL What does it say to the hesitating ? 
 
 School " Enter into the rock, and hide thee in 
 the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of 
 his majesty." Isa. ii. 10. 
 
 SupL What does the lesson say to Christians? 
 
 School "Look unto the rock whence ye are 
 hew T n, to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged." 
 Isa. Ii. 1. 
 
 Recitation.— ROCK OF AGES. 
 
 " Rock of Ages, cleft for me," 
 
 Thoughtlessly the maiden sung ; 
 Fell the words unconsciously 
 
 From her girlish, gleeful tongue ; 
 Sang as little children sing ; 
 
 Sang as sing the birds in June ; 
 Fell the words like light leaves down 
 
 On the current of the tune — 
 " Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee." 
 
 " Let me hide myself in thee" — 
 
 Felt her soul no need to hide ; 
 Sweet the song as song could be, 
 
 And she had no thought beside ; 
 All the words unheedingly 
 
 Fell from lips untouched by care, 
 Dreaming not they each might be, 
 
 On some other lips a prayer — 
 " Kock of Ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee." 
 
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 "Rock of Ages, cleft for me" — 
 
 'Twas a woman sung them now, 
 Pleadingly and prayerfully ; 
 
 Every word her heart did know ; 
 Rose the song as storm-tossed bird 
 
 Beats with weary wing the air, 
 Every note with sorrow stirred, 
 
 Every syllable a prayer — 
 " Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee." 
 
 " Rock of Ages, cleft for me" — 
 
 Lips grown aged sung the hymn 
 Trustingly and tenderly — 
 
 Voice grown weak and eyes grown dim. 
 " Let me hide myself in thee" — 
 
 Trembling though the voice and low, 
 Ran the sweet strain peacefully, 
 
 Like a river in its flow — 
 Sung as only they can sing 
 
 Who life's thorny paths have pressed ; 
 Sung as only they can sing 
 
 Who behold the promised rest — 
 "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee." 
 
 " Rock of Ages, cleft for me" — 
 
 Sung above a coffin-lid ; 
 Underneath, all restfully, 
 
 All life's joys and sorrows hid. 
 Never more, O storm-tossed soul, 
 
 Never more from wind or tide, 
 Never more from billow's roll, 
 
 Wilt thou need thyself to hide. 
 Could the sightless, sunken eyes, 
 
 Closed beneath the soft gray hair, 
 
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 Could the mute and stiffened lips 
 Move again in pleading prayer, 
 Still, ay, still, the words would be, 
 " Let me hide myself in thee." 
 
 (Entire congregation,) 
 Eock of Ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee. 
 
 THE STAK, THE CEOSS, AND 
 THE CROWN. 
 
 A cross of evergreen, with a star of flowers above it, and 
 a crown of flowers hung on it at the proper time. Or, all or 
 part in gas-jets is very beautiful, in which case each should 
 be lit as it is mentioned in the exercises. 
 
 THE STAR. 
 
 Leader. What beautiful name does Jesus call 
 himself in Rev. xxii. 16 ? 
 
 Answer. I am the bright and morning star. 
 (Lighting of star and singing.) 
 
 Beautiful morning star, 
 Beautiful morning star, 
 
 Before thy fires 
 
 The night retires, 
 And gates of morn unbar. 
 
 Chorus. — Beautiful morning star, 
 Beautiful morning star, 
 The prophets of old 
 Thy rising foretold, 
 Beautiful morning star. 
 
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 Leader. What does Peter tell us that we have to 
 do with this bright and morning star ? 
 
 Answer. "We have also a more sure word of 
 prophecy; whereunto ye do well, that ye take 
 heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, 
 until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your 
 hearts." 2 Pet. i. 19. 
 
 Leader. How was this sure word of prophecy 
 put into the mouth of Balaam ? 
 
 Answer. " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall 
 behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a star 
 out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." 
 Num. xxiv. 17. 
 
 Leader. What sure word of prophecy tells who 
 shall see the dawning of this star ? 
 
 Answer. " The Gentiles shall come to thy light, 
 and kings to the brightness of thy rising." Isa. lx. 3. 
 
 Leader. How were these sure words of prophecy 
 fulfilled? 
 
 Answer. " Now when Jesus was born in Bethle- 
 hem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, 
 behold, there came wise men from the east to 
 Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King 
 of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, 
 and are come to worship him. When Herod the 
 king had heard these things, he was troubled, and 
 all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gath- 
 ered all the chief priests and scribes of the people 
 together, he demanded of them where Christ 
 should be born. And they said unto him, In 
 Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the 
 
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 prophet, and thou Bethlehem, in the land of 
 Judah, art not the least among the princes of 
 Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, 
 that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, 
 when he had privily called the wise men, inquired 
 of them diligently what time the star appeared. 
 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and 
 search diligently for the young child ; and when 
 you have found him, bring me word again, that I 
 may come and worship him also. When they 
 had heard the king, they departed ; and, lo, the 
 star, which they saw in the east, went before them, 
 till it came and stood over where the young child 
 was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with 
 exceeding great joy. And when they were come 
 into the house, they saw the young child with 
 Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped 
 him ; and when they had opened their treasures, 
 they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankin- 
 cense, and myrrh." Matt. ii. 1-11. 
 
 Recitation.— STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
 
 Saw you never in the twilight, 
 
 When the sun has left the skies, 
 Up in heaven the clear stars shining 
 
 Through the gloom, like silver eyes ? 
 So of old the wise men watching 
 
 Saw a little stranger star ; 
 And they knew the King was given ; 
 
 And they followed it from far. 
 
 Have you never heard the story 
 How they crossed the desert wild, 
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 Journeyed on by plain and mountain, 
 
 Till they found the Holy Child- 
 How they opened all their treasure, 
 
 Kneeling to that infant King, 
 Gave the gold and fragrant incense, 
 Gave the myrrh in offering ? 
 
 Know you not that lowly infant 
 
 Was the bright and morning Star, 
 He who came to light the Gentiles 
 
 And the darkened isles afar ? 
 And we too may seek his cradle, 
 
 There our hearts' best treasure bring — 
 Love and faith and true devotion 
 
 For our Saviour, God, and King. 
 
 Singing.— THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
 When, marshalled on the nightly plain, 
 
 The glittering host bestud the sky, 
 One Star alone, of all the train, 
 
 Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 
 
 Leader. The day-spring cometh after the dark- 
 ness ; the brightest of the stars can only be seen 
 through the night. What sure words of prophecy 
 told of the darkness that must come before our 
 Day-star could fully arise ? 
 
 (Reading, responsively.) 
 "Who hath believed our report? and to whom 
 is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall 
 grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a 
 root out of a dry ground : he hath no form or 
 comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is 
 no beauty that we should desire him. He is 
 
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 despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, 
 and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were 
 our faces from him; he was despised, and we 
 esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our 
 griefs, and carried our sorrows : yet we did esteem 
 him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But 
 he was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
 bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our 
 peace was upon him ; and with his stripes we are 
 healed. All we like sheep have gone astray ; we 
 have turned every one to his own way : and the 
 Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He 
 was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
 not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the 
 slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is 
 dumb, so he opened not his mouth. He was 
 taken from prison and from judgment: and who 
 shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off 
 out of the land of the living : for the transgression 
 of my people was he stricken. And he made his 
 grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his 
 death; because he had done no violence, neither 
 was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the 
 Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief : 
 w T hen thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, 
 he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, 
 and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his 
 hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and 
 shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my 
 righteous servant justify many ; for he shall bear 
 their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a 
 
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 portion with the great, and he shall divide the 
 spoil with the strong; because he hath poured 
 out his soul unto death : and he was numbered 
 with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of 
 many, and made intercession for the transgress- 
 ors." Isa. liii. 1-12. 
 
 Leader. How was this also fulfilled ? 
 
 {Reading.) 
 
 "And it was the preparation of the passover, 
 and about the sixth hour : and he saith unto the 
 Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, 
 Away with him, away with him, crucify him. 
 Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King ? 
 The chief priests answered, We have no king but 
 Csesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto 
 them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and 
 led him away. And he bearing his cross went 
 forth into a place called the place of the skull, 
 which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where 
 they crucified him, and two others with him, on 
 either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And 
 Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And 
 the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE 
 KING OP THE JEWS." John xix. 14-19. 
 
 THE CROSS. 
 
 Take the cross, take the cross, hold it up to the world, 
 "With its banner of hope by the Saviour unfurled ; 
 Hold it up, and the lost to its refuge may flee 
 Where the dear Saviour pleads : I am seeking for thee. 
 
 
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 Chorus, — Hold it up to the world, 
 Hold it up to the world ; 
 Falter never, hold it ever, 
 Hold it up to the world. 
 
 Royal Diadem, 
 
 Leader, The darkest hour is just before the 
 dawn ; how is the sight of the cross the Day-star 
 arising in our hearts ? 
 
 {Recitation.) 
 CHRISTIAN AT THE CROSS.— Pilgrim's Progress. 
 
 Now I saw in my dream that the highway up 
 which Christian w T as to go was fenced on either 
 side with a wall, and that wall was called Salva- 
 tion. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Chris* 
 tian run, but not without great difficulty, because 
 of the load on his back. 
 
 He ran thus till he came at a place somewhat 
 ascending; and upon that place stood a cross, 
 and a little below, in the bottom, a sepulchre. 
 So I saw in my dream that just as Christian 
 came up with the cross his burden loosed from 
 off his shoulders, and fell from off his back, and 
 began to tumble, and so continued to do till it 
 came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell 
 in, and I saw it no more. 
 
 Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and 
 said with a merry heart, " He hath given me rest 
 by his sorrow, and life by his death." Then he 
 stood still a while to look and wonder, for it was 
 very surprising to him that the sight of the cross 
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 should thus ease him of his burden. He looked, 
 therefore, and looked again, even till the springs 
 that were in his head sent the waters down his 
 cheeks. 
 
 Now as he stood looking and weeping, behold, 
 three shining ones came to him and saluted him 
 with "Peace be to thee." So the first said to 
 him, "Thy sins be forgiven thee." The second 
 stripped him of his rags, and clothed him with 
 change of raiment. The third also set a mark 
 on his forehead, and gave him a roll with a seal 
 upon it, which he bid him look on as he ran, and 
 that he should give it in at the celestial gate ; so 
 they went on their way. Then Christian gave 
 three leaps for joy, and went on singing, 
 
 " Thus far did I come laden with my sin ; 
 Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in 
 Till I came hither. What a place is this ! 
 Must here be the beginning of my bliss ? 
 Must here the burden fall from off my back ? 
 Must here the strings that bound it to me crack ? 
 Blest cross ! blest sepulchre ! blest, rather, be 
 The Man that there was put to shame for me !" 
 
 Singing.— PARDON AT THE CROSS. 
 
 There is pardon at the cross, 
 
 Where my Saviour died ; 
 
 I will go, I will go ; 
 
 To reclaim the sinner lost 
 
 He was crucified ; 
 
 I will go, I will go. 
 
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 Chorus. — Pardon sweet and pardon free, 
 
 Pardon free and for me, 
 At the cross is pardon free there for me ; 
 
 In the cross, the blessed cross, 
 
 Shall my glory ever be, 
 There is pardon there for me, pardon free, free. 
 
 Leader. Do we have the star still veiled in dark- 
 ness ? Jesus still hanging on the cross ? 
 
 First voice. Why seek ye the living among the 
 dead? 
 
 Second voice. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which 
 was crucified ; he is risen, he is not here. 
 
 Third voice. It is Christ that died, yea rather 
 that is risen again, who is even at the right hand 
 of God. 
 
 Leader. When the darkness of the night flies at 
 the dawning of the day, all nature rejoices. Let 
 us wreathe the cross with bright flowers to show 
 our joy that the Star did not set behind the cross, 
 but rose higher and higher. For we have not a 
 dead Christ, but a living one. 
 
 (Small children may either scatter flowers at the foot of the cross 
 or twine a long garland around it, reciting together :) 
 Dear Lord, the shining angels said — 
 " Seek not the living with the dead ;" 
 We wreathe the cross, our hearts we wreathe ; 
 Our hearts, like flowers, full incense breathe ; 
 While glad we sing this joyous strain — 
 " He lived — he died — he rose again !" 
 
 HYMN. 
 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day, 
 Sons of men and angels say ; 
 
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 Raise your songs of triumph high ; 
 Sing, ye heavens — and, earth, reply. 
 
 Leader. We have watched the Morning Star 
 from the foretelling of its coming to its dawn 
 and rising, till it seems to ascend out of sight in 
 the heavens. What is the final glory to which 
 the sure word of prophecy tells us it attains ? 
 
 Ans. He shall show who is the blessed and 
 only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of 
 lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in 
 the light which no man can approach unto. 1 
 Tim. vi. 15. 
 
 THE CROWN. 
 
 {Responsive reading.) 
 
 "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white 
 horse ; and he that sat on him was called Faithful 
 and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and 
 make war. And he hath on his vesture and on his 
 thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND 
 LORD OF LORDS." Rev. xix. 11, 16. "And I 
 beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels 
 round about the throne, and the beasts, and the 
 elders: and the number of them was ten thou- 
 sand times ten thousand, and thousands of thou- 
 sands ; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the 
 Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, 
 and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, 
 and blessing. And every creature which is in 
 heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, 
 and such as are in the sea, and all that are in 
 
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 them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and 
 glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon 
 the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 
 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four 
 and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him 
 that liveth for ever and ever." Rev. v. 11-14. 
 
 Singing.— CHILDREN'S CORONATION. 
 
 Come, children, hail the Prince of peace ; 
 
 Obey the Saviour's call ; 
 Come, seek his face and taste his grace, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 Leader. What crovjn did this King of kings 
 wear upon the cross ? 
 
 Answer. "And when they had platted a crown 
 of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed 
 in his right hand : and they bowed the knee be- 
 fore him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of 
 the Jews !" Matt, xxvii. 29. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 See from his head, his hands, and feet, 
 Water and blood flow mingled down ! 
 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 
 
 Leader. How does he who bore the cross and 
 wears the crown prove to be still the shining 
 Morning and Evening Star? 
 
 Answer. u And the city had no need of the sun, 
 neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory 
 of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the Light 
 thereof." Rev. xxi. 23. 
 
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 " And there shall be no night there ; and they 
 need no candle, neither light of the sun ; for the 
 Lord God giveth them light ; and they shall reign 
 for ever and ever." Rev. xxii. 5. 
 
 {Recitation.) 
 
 I long to see Jerusalem, 
 
 The comfort of us all ; 
 For thou art fair and beautiful ; 
 
 None ill can thee befall. 
 In thee, Jerusalem, I say 
 
 No darkness dare appear ; 
 No night, no shade, no winter foul, 
 
 No time doth alter there. 
 
 No candle needs, no moon to shine, 
 
 No glittering star to light ; 
 For Christ, the King of righteousness, 
 
 For ever shineth bright. 
 A lamb unspotted, white, and pure 
 
 To thee doth stand in lieu 
 Of light — so great the glory is 
 
 Thine heavenly King to view. 
 
 Leader, If we look unto Jesus as he shines in 
 the star, as he hangs on the cross, may we also 
 shine in the crown ? 
 
 First voice. " If we suffer, we shall also reign 
 with him." 2 Tim. ii. 12. 
 
 Second voice. " Henceforth there is laid up for 
 me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 
 righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and 
 not to me only, but unto all them also that love 
 his appearing." 2 Tim. iv. 8. 
 
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 Third voice, "Be thou faithful unto death, and 
 
 I will give thee a crown of life." Rev. ii. 10. 
 
 Leader, May even the little ones wear this 
 
 crown ? 
 
 {Dialogue between two little ones.) 
 
 THE GOLDEN CROWN. 
 First. 
 Over the river, where loved ones wait, 
 Just as you enter the golden gate, 
 
 There's a golden crown, my child, 
 Begemmed with jewels costly and rare, 
 Woven with tenderest love and care, 
 Purposely fashioned for you to wear, 
 If you win the prize, my child. 
 
 Second. 
 Will gold buy this treasure, Annie dear? 
 Ah, ne'er could I get enough, I fear I 
 
 Are you sure it is for me ? 
 And who hath charge of this golden crown ? 
 Do you think, Annie, they'd send it down ? 
 And have they one, too, for Minnie Brown ? 
 
 The thought fills me full of glee. 
 
 First. 
 Gold cannot buy it, my darling child ; 
 Though far and wide it were upward piled, 
 
 All valueless dross 'twould prove. 
 There's one for Minnie, Harry, and Bell, 
 And they who have charge e'er guard them well ; 
 They cannot send them, my little Nell ; 
 
 These sentinels none can move. 
 
 Second. 
 Then how to win this prize can I try, 
 Since above my reach it is placed so high, 
 
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 That the way seems very long? 
 Gold cannot buy it ; and, if it could, 
 Indeed it would do me little good ; 
 For I cannot have it if I would— 
 
 The guards are so stern and strong. 
 
 First. 
 
 Listen, my love, while I tell to you 
 The old, old story, yet ever new, 
 
 Of the golden crown above — 
 Guarded by angels and kept for all, 
 Without distinction, both great and small, 
 
 If they pay the price of love. 
 
 True love and trust in the Saviour blest 
 Secure our pardon for sins confessed, 
 
 And bring sweetest blessings down ; 
 Then if my child will patiently wait, 
 Under the arch of the shining gate, 
 Pass she early, or never till late, 
 
 She will win the Golden Grown. 
 
 Leader. What lessons may we take from the 
 Star, the Cross, and the Crown? 
 
 (Recitation.) 
 
 Three girls on the platform together. If desirable, may 
 have smaller floral star, cross, and crown. These can be used 
 as part of the decorations, then presented to speakers or 
 officers. 
 
 First girl. 
 
 Many glories mingle 
 
 In the azure air, 
 But to me most charming 
 
 Shines the morning star; 
 
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 For in its pure whiteness 
 
 'Tis a type of him 
 In whose holy brightness 
 
 Sun and stars are dim. 
 
 So my mind it raises 
 
 To my Lord above — 
 Him whom heaven praises, 
 
 Him whose name I love ; 
 Thou art first and fairest, 
 
 Jesus, to thine own ; 
 Worthily thou wearest 
 
 Heaven's golden crown. 
 
 Thou art high and holy ; 
 
 Angels worship thee ; 
 Thou art meek and lowly, 
 
 For thou lovest me ; . 
 Thou with light enlivening, 
 
 Shining from afar, 
 Art at once my Evening 
 
 And my Morning Star. 
 
 Second girl. 
 Must Jesus bear the cross alone, 
 
 And all the world go free ? 
 No ; there's a cross for every one, 
 
 And there's a cross for me. 
 * * * * * 
 
 The consecrated cross I'll bear 
 
 Till death shall set me free, 
 And then go home, my crown to wear, 
 
 For there's a crown for me. 
 
 Third girl. 
 Upon the crystal pavement, down 
 At Jehus' pierced feet, 
 
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 Joyful Fll cast my golden crown, 
 And his dear name repeat. 
 
 Oh, precious cross ! oh, glorious crown ! 
 
 Oh, resurrection-day ! 
 Ye angels, from the stars come down 
 
 And bear my soul away. 
 
 Hymn.— SINGING AND PRAISING FOR EVER. 
 
 Through the new Jerusalem, 
 
 Lined with fairest flowers, 
 Flows a pure and crystal stream, 
 
 Wat' ring the heavenly bowers ; 
 On its banks we hope to stand, 
 
 Close by the beautiful river, 
 There to join the ransomed band 
 
 Singing and praising for ever. 
 
 Chorus. — Singing and praising for ever, 
 Close by the beautiful river, 
 
 There to join the ransomed band, 
 Singing and praising for ever. 
 
 Book of Praise for the S.-School. 
 
 HARVEST-HOME. 
 
 I. The Season. II. Scripture Trees. III. Feast 
 of First-Fruits. IV. Our Offerings; or, The 
 Basket Festival. V. How God gives us Bread. 
 VI. Little Sheaves. VII. Selected Becita- 
 tions for Older Scholars. 
 
 Decorations which may be used. — An arch covered with ever- 
 
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 greens — or an arbor would be better — with hooks on which 
 to hang the various baskets as they are brought up ; or the 
 baskets may be set upon a table. The branches of trees may 
 have places provided for them as a background to the baskets, 
 or they may be placed on the floor. The sheaves to be stacked 
 in the centre. 
 
 I. THE SEASON. 
 
 Leader. What words of Solomon describe the 
 beautiful spring-time? 
 
 School. " Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over 
 and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth ; the 
 time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice 
 of the turtle is heard in our land. 
 
 " The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and 
 the vines with the tender grape give a good smell." 
 Song of Solomon ii. 11-13. 
 
 Hymn. — Ring the Joy-Bells ( Wreath of Praise), or any song 
 of spring. 
 
 II. SCRIPTURE TREES. 
 
 Twelve boys with green branches, which are afterward 
 used as part of the decorations. 
 
 First boy. When the bright spring-time has 
 come, the trees are about the first to show signs 
 of the new waking to life, and put forth their 
 buds and young leaves in all their glorious beauty. 
 Let us each tell of some Scripture tree of which 
 our branches serve to remind us. 
 
 Second boy. Mine is the Willow, under which the 
 Jewish captives sat and wept when they remem- 
 bered Zion, and upon whose drooping branches 
 
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 they hung the harps which they were far too sor- 
 rowful to use. 
 
 Third boy. I like evergreen trees the best ; so I 
 have the Fir tree, of which the prophet sings, 
 " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, 
 and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle 
 tree ; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for 
 an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off." 
 Isa. lv. 13. 
 
 Fourth boy. I have an evergreen too. It is the 
 Cedar — the beautiful cedars of Lebanon, used in 
 the building of Solomon's temple. It is said, as 
 an example of Solomon's wealth, "Cedar trees 
 made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low 
 plains in abundance." 2 Chron. ix. 27. 
 
 Fifth boy. Speaking of Sycamore trees makes me 
 think of the one which Zaccheus climbed, and 
 from whose spreading branches he sought to "see 
 Jesus, who was to pass that way." Luke xix. 4. 
 
 Sixth boy. I like the Oak, so sturdy and strong — 
 just the sort of tree for Joshua to choose under 
 which to set up the memorial stone, on which he 
 wrote the covenant of the people when they said, 
 "We will serve the Lord." Josh. xxiv. 26. 
 
 Seventh boy. That makes me think of the Oaks, 
 and Poplars, and Elms, under which the people 
 burned incense, "because the shadow thereof is 
 good." Hos. iv. 13. 
 
 Eighth boy. I don't know whether to take the 
 Pine tree or the Box — both, I think, as I cannot 
 choose between them, for I like this verse so 
 
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 much: "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto 
 thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box to- 
 gether, to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and 
 I will make the place of my feet glorious." Isa. 
 lx. 13. 
 
 Ninth boy. You have left out the Juniper tree. 
 under which discouraged Elijah sat down and re- 
 quested for himself that he might die. 1 Kings 
 xix. 4. 
 
 Tenth boy. What a forlorn picture ! Now, for 
 the sake of contrast, imagine David " over against 
 the Mulberry trees" and hear the voice which said 
 to him, "And it shall be when thou shalt hear a 
 sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, 
 that then thou shalt go out to battle, for God is 
 gone forth before thee to smite the hosts of the 
 Philistines." 1 Chron. xiv. 15. 
 
 Eleventh boy. I was going to speak of the Fig 
 tree; but I don't know, since the first clothing 
 was aprons made of fig-leaves, and so much trouble 
 has come from clothes since then. Besides, it was 
 a fig tree where Jesus came seeking fruit, and 
 found none ; and I do hope the Master will not 
 have to say of me, "Nothing but leaves." 
 
 Twelfth boy. Then I'll be an Olive tree, for they 
 furnished the oil which gave light. And were not 
 Zerubbabel and Joshua, the two anointed ones, 
 likened unto two olive trees? (Zech. iv. 14.) And 
 I love to think of the Mount of Olives, over which 
 Jesus so often passed. 
 
 First boy. I'll wave my Palm branch in triumph, 
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 for were not palm branches strewn before the Sa- 
 viour as he entered Jerusalem amid shouts of 
 " Hosanna to the Son of David" ? And then that 
 great multitude, which no man can number, who 
 stand before the throne and before the Lamb 
 clothed in white, will also have palms in their 
 hands. Rev. vii. 9. 
 
 Twelfth boy. But the best tree of all is the tree 
 of life, which is thus described : 
 (In concert) 
 
 "In the midst of the street of it, and on either 
 side of the river, was there the tree of life, which 
 bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her 
 fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree 
 were for the healing of the nations." Rev. xxii. 12. 
 
 Hymn. — My Bright Song op Praise. 
 
 III. FEAST OP FIRST-FRUITS. 
 
 (A responsive service for the main school. Kesponses may 
 be given to classes or individuals if preferred.) 
 
 Leader. Which of the Jewish festivals were held 
 in the spring? 
 
 School. The feast of the Passover occurred in 
 April, and the harvest feast just fifty days later. 
 
 Leader. When did the harvest feast really 
 begin ? 
 
 School. On the day after the Passover Sabbath. 
 
 Leader. What was done then ? 
 
 School. A sheaf of new corn, usually barley, was 
 to be brought to the priest, and waved before the 
 
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 altar, in acknowledgment of the gift of fruit- 
 fulness. 
 
 Leader. What could not be done until this cere- 
 mony was performed ? 
 
 School. No harvest work could be begun. 
 
 Leader. What was the command that w T as given 
 about this ? 
 
 School. "And ye shall eat neither bread, nor 
 parched corn, nor green ears, until the self-same 
 day that ye have brought an offering unto your 
 God." Lev. xxiii. 14. 
 
 Leader. What was the custom in regard to this 
 Passover sheaf? 
 
 Single voice. It w f as taken from the neighborhood 
 of Jerusalem. Deputies from the Sanhedrin went 
 out on the eve of the festival, and tied the grow- 
 ing stalks in bunches. In the evening of the fes- 
 tival-day the sheaf was cut with all possible 
 publicity, and carried to the temple. It was there 
 threshed, and an omer of grain — about five pints 
 — after being winnowed, was bruised and roasted. 
 After it had been mixed with oil, and frankincense 
 laid upon it, the priest waved the offering in all 
 directions. A handful was thrown on the altar- 
 fire, and the rest belonged to the priests. After 
 this, the harvest might be carried on. 
 
 Leader. How long after this time was the regu- 
 lar harvest feast? 
 
 School. "Ye shall count unto you from the 
 morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye 
 brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven 
 
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 Sabbaths shall be complete ; even unto the mor- 
 row after the seventh Sabbath, shall ye number 
 fifty days." 
 
 Leader. By what names was this feast known ? 
 
 First class. The Feast of Harvest. " And the feast 
 of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which 
 thou hast sown in the field." Ex. xxiii. 16. 
 
 Second class. The Feast of Weeks. u Seven weeks 
 shalt thou number unto thee ; begin to number 
 the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest 
 to put the sickle to the corn. And thou shalt 
 keep the feast of weeks, unto the Lord thy God, 
 w T ith a tribute of a free-will offering of thine hand, 
 which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, 
 according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee." 
 Deut. xvi. 9, 10. 
 
 Third Class. The Day of First-Fruits. "The first 
 of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into 
 the house of the Lord thy God." Ex. xxiii. 19. 
 
 Leader. What was it called in later times ? 
 
 Boys. Pentecost, from the Greek word meaning 
 fifty, because it occurred fifty days after the Pass- 
 over. 
 
 Leader. What do some historians call it? 
 
 Girls. The Basket Festival ; because the offerings 
 of first-fruits were brought in baskets. 
 
 Leader. What was offered on that day before 
 the Lord? 
 
 School. The first two loaves made from the new 
 flour, in token of thankfulness to God for the 
 harvest which gave them daily food. 
 
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 Leader. What were they commanded to bring 
 in addition? 
 
 School " Thou shalt take of the first of all the 
 fruit of the earth which thou shalt bring of thy 
 land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou 
 shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the 
 place which the Lord thy God shall choose to 
 place his name there." Deut. xxvi. 2. 
 
 Leader. To whom should they go? 
 
 School. "Thou shalt go unto the priest that 
 shall be in those days." 
 
 Leader. What should they say? 
 
 School. "I profess this day unto the Lord thy 
 God that I am come unto the country which the 
 Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us." 
 
 Leader. What was the priest to do with the 
 basket? 
 
 School. "And the priest shall take the basket 
 out of thine hand and set it down before the 
 altar of the Lord thy God." 
 
 Leader. What was the offerer then to say ? 
 
 Boys. "A Syrian ready to perish was my fa- 
 ther; and he went down into Egypt and so- 
 journed there with a few, and became there a 
 nation, great, mighty, and populous ;" 
 
 Girls. "And the Egyptians evil entreated us 
 and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage ;" 
 
 Boys. " And when w T e cried unto the Lord God 
 of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice and 
 looked on our affliction and our labor and our 
 oppression ;" 
 
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 Girls. "And the Lord brought us forth out of 
 Egypt with a mighty hand and with an out- 
 stretched arm, and with great terribleness, and 
 with signs and with wonders;" 
 
 Boys. " And he hath brought us into this place, 
 and hath given us this land, even a land that 
 floweth with milk and honey;" 
 
 All. "And now T , behold, I have brought the 
 first-fruits of the land which thou, Lord, hast 
 given me." Deut. xxvi. 5-10. 
 
 Leader. How were they still further to show 
 their thankfulness? 
 
 School. " Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing 
 which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee 
 and unto thine house." 
 
 Leader. What was the practice in keeping this 
 feast in later years? 
 
 Single voice. The practice was for companies of 
 twenty-four persons to assemble in the evening 
 at a central station and pass the night in the 
 open air. In the morning they were summoned 
 by the leader of the feast with these words : " Let 
 us arise and go up to Mount Zion, the house of 
 the Lord our God." On the road to Jerusalem 
 they recited portions of the one hundred and 
 twenty-second and the one hundred and fiftieth 
 Psalms. Each party was preceded by a piper 
 and a sacrificial bullock, having the tips of his 
 horns gilt, and crowned with olive. At their 
 approach to the city they were met by Levites 
 singing. The doves were sacrificed as a burnt- 
 
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 offering, and the first-fruits presented with the 
 appointed words from the twenty-sixth chapter 
 of Deuteronomy, which we have just repeated. 
 
 Leader. What were the baskets made of? 
 
 Same voice. The baskets of the rich were of gold 
 or silver, those of the poor of peeled willow. 
 
 Leader. What was done with these baskets ? 
 
 Same voice. The baskets of the poor were pre- 
 sented to the priests, who waved the offering in 
 them; the more valuable baskets were returned 
 to their owners. 
 
 Leader. From what were these offerings not to 
 be taken? 
 
 School They must not be taken from the por- 
 tion intended for tithes, nor from the corners left 
 for the poor. 
 
 Leader. What must any one do who ate or 
 drank his offering by mistake? 
 
 School. He was bound to add one-fifth and pre- 
 sent it to the priest. 
 
 Leader. When the feast had fallen into neglect, 
 after Judah and Israel became separate nations, 
 who commanded it to be restored? 
 
 School. Hezekiah. "And as soon as the com- 
 mandment came abroad, the children of Israel 
 brought in abundance the first-fruits of corn, 
 wine and oil and honey, and of all the increase 
 of the field." 2 Chron. xxxi. 5. 
 
 Leader. What did the people under Nehemiah 
 covenant to do ? 
 
 School. " To bring the first-fruits of our ground, 
 
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 and the first-fruits of all fruits of all trees, year 
 by year, unto the house of the Lord." Neh. x. 35. 
 
 Leader. What great event once occurred on the 
 celebration of this day ? 
 
 School. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit, on 
 the fiftieth day after that on which Christ had 
 been offered. 
 
 Leader. What first-fruits will be presented to 
 God at the last great harvest-home? 
 
 School. " The hundred and forty and four thou- 
 sand . . . which were redeemed from the earth. 
 These were redeemed from among men, being 
 the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb." Rev. 
 xiv. 3, 4. 
 
 Leader. What sad words will those say who are 
 not of that number ? 
 
 School. "The harvest is past, the summer is 
 ended, and we are not saved." Jer. viii. 20. 
 
 Hymn. — Thanksgiving for Harvest ( Wreath of Praise), 
 or any similar song of praise. 
 
 IV. OUR OFFERINGS; OR, THE BASKET 
 FESTIVAL. 
 
 Any of these baskets may be omitted, but the more that 
 can be used, the better will be the effect. They should all 
 be alike. White ones will show the best amid the green. 
 Places should be provided for them, as suggested in the 
 opening of this exercise. Let the children come up in 
 various ways — sometimes a single one, sometimes two to- 
 gether, again a group. Keep it all as quiet in the rehear- 
 sals as possible, so that it will be a continual surprise to 
 the audience to find that still "there is more to follow." 
 
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 If necessary, the same children can take two or even more 
 parts, by not having them too close to each other. 
 
 (Child with basket of mixed flowers.) 
 
 We'd like to do as we've been taught 
 Did Jews of old, who baskets brought 
 Filled with the first-fruits of the earth, 
 Whether of great or little worth ; 
 In thankfulness to him who gave 
 Them all things which they daily have. 
 No priest nor altar now have we, 
 Yet very thankful we should be ; 
 And by our actions we can prove 
 We thank God for his care and love. 
 
 (She is joined by seven others, with their baskets; each of these 
 eight recite one line of the following — or four, who recite two 
 each — all joining heartily in the response, " We thank" etc.) 
 
 First. For air and sunshine, pure and sweet, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Second. For grass that grows beneath our feet, 
 AIL We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Third. For flowers that all around us bloom, 
 AIL We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Fourth. For birds who sing in joyful tune, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Fifth. For leafy trees, with fruit and shade, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Sixth. For things of beauty he has made, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Seventh. For daily blessings full and free, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
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 Eighth. For all his care o'er you and me, 
 All. We thank our heavenly Father. 
 
 Sing Beautiful Flowers (Garlands of Praise). 
 
 1. Basket of Mixed Flowers. 
 
 Beautiful flowers, from gardens bright, 
 Well may your fragrance our hearts delight ; 
 God e'en the wilderness will prepare, 
 And clothe the desert with blossoms rare. 
 
 " The wilderness and the solitary place shall be 
 glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and 
 blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abun- 
 dantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing." 
 Isa. xxxv. 1, 2. 
 
 2. Basket of Lilies. 
 
 I've brought lilies, sweet lilies so fair, 
 Pure white lilies, quite fresh and rare ; 
 Each little flower that here I see 
 Says, " Be clothed with humility ." 
 
 " Consider the lilies of the field ; they toil not, 
 neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you 
 that even Solomon in all his glory was not ar- 
 rayed like one of these." Matt. vi. 28, 29. 
 
 3. Basket of Roses. 
 
 Boses with perfumes so sweet are here — 
 They make me think of my Saviour dear ; 
 For whene'er I look at my roses red, 
 I think of him who these words has said : 
 
 " I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the 
 valleys." Song Sol. ii. 1. 
 
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 4. Basket of Forget-me-nots. 
 
 Wee, pale, blue forget-me-nots have I ; 
 They borrowed their color from the sky ; 
 Forget me not, or Remember me, 
 Is the message which they bear to me. 
 
 "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus." 
 Acts xx. 35. 
 
 5. Basket of Violets. 
 
 Little violets, why do you grow 
 In shady nooks by the ground so low ? 
 You darling things, so modest and meek, 
 Don't be afraid your lesson to speak. 
 
 " Learn, of me, for I am meek and lowly in 
 heart." Matt. xi. 29. 
 
 6. Basket of Pansies. 
 
 Johnny-jump-ups, pansies, heart's-ease, — all 
 These names are owned by my pets so small ; 
 Heart' s-ease is the name I love the best ; 
 Jesus alone gives true ease and rest. 
 
 "Come unto me, all ye that are weary and 
 heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt, 
 xi. 28. 
 
 7. Basket of Trailing Vines. 
 
 Better than flowers I love the vine; 
 I'll tell you why — 'tis to me the sign 
 Of him who has said, "I am the Vine ; 
 Ye are the branches, if ye are mine." 
 
 "I am the vine, ye are the branches." John 
 xv. 1. 
 
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 8. Basket of Herbs. 
 
 Neither lilies white, nor roses pink, 
 Have I. But I hope you will all think 
 That the tender herb, which grows so low, 
 Also our Father's love doth show. 
 
 " He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
 and herb for the service of man, that he may 
 bring forth fruit out of the earth." Ps. civ. 14. 
 
 9. Basket of Grasses. 
 
 Only a handful of grass have I, 
 Oft trampled down by the passer-by, 
 Yet it teaches a lesson of faith, 
 For unto us all the dear Lord saith : 
 
 " Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 
 field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into 
 the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O 
 ye of little faith ?" Matt. vi. 30. 
 
 10. Basket of Moss. 
 
 Humbler still is the moss that I bring, 
 But I love my soft green offering ; 
 As I gathered it from its lowly dell, 
 Its teachings on my heart thus fell : 
 
 " He has made everything beautiful in his time." 
 Eccles. iii. 11. 
 
 11. Basket of Shells. 
 
 From gardens of ocean came my shells, 
 No gem their wondrous beauty excels ; 
 Placed by God in the depths of the sea, 
 This is the song that they sing to me : 
 
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 "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do 
 business in great waters ; these see the works of 
 the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." Ps. cvii. 
 23, 24. 
 
 12. Basket of Leaves. 
 
 A wreath have I brought of bright green leaves ; 
 Crown fit for a king I'll make of these. 
 May we all eat of that tree so rare 
 Whose leaves such healing powers do bear. 
 
 " The leaves of the tree were for the healing of 
 the nations." Rev. xxii. 2. 
 
 13. Basket of Fruit 
 
 The first ripe fruit of the year I bring ; 
 The goodness of God who gave, I sing ; 
 And, if a child by his fruits is known, 
 May sweet works of love by me be shown. 
 
 "By their fruits ye shall know them." Matt, 
 vii. 20. 
 
 14. Basket of Berries. 
 
 These hemes were all that I could get ; 
 But do not despise my offering yet, 
 For the great God who prepares the feast 
 Forms with great care e'en the very least. 
 
 " Come and see the works of God." Ps. lxvi. 5. 
 
 15. Basket of Vegetables. 
 
 Mine are homely products of the earth, 
 And may be deemed of little worth ; 
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 But he who gives us all that is good 
 Has given us these for daily food. 
 
 "Who giveth food to all flesh." Ps. cxxxvi. 25. 
 
 16. Honey in a glass dish or the box in which it was 
 
 made. (Place this in basket.) 
 
 First-fruits have I of the busy bees ; 
 I'm sure its sweetness cannot but please ; 
 But I know of something sweeter far 
 Than honey or the honey-comb are. 
 
 " How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! Yea, 
 sweeter than honey to my mouth." Ps. cxix. 103. 
 
 17. Hold up Milk in a glass, then place in basket 
 
 I bring a glass filled to the brink 
 With pure sweet milk for children's drink. 
 Thank God for milk that makes us grow ; 
 Thank him that words like these we know. 
 
 " Desire the sincere milk of the word, that we 
 may grow thereby." 1 Pet. ii. 2. 
 
 18. Glass of Water. 
 
 Water, pure water, sparkling and free, 
 One of God's best gifts to you and me. 
 Oft we've forgotten, before we drank, 
 The Giver of such a blessing to thank. 
 
 "Let everything that hath breath praise the 
 Lord. Praise ye the Lord." Ps. cl. 6. 
 
 19. Basket of Pennies. (These may be gummed 
 
 on moss, or even paper, piled high so as to 
 show.) 
 
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 My basket of pennies don't make much show ; 
 But pennies make dollars, and this we know, 
 If given from love to our dear Lord, 
 They shall not fail to have their reward. 
 
 " Freely ye have received, freely give." Matt. x. 8. 
 
 V. HOW GOD GIVES US BREAD. 
 
 A Motion Recitation by Primary Class. 
 
 This may perhaps be introduced with better effect in the 
 middle of the basket-offerings. Motions are to be made at 
 the places in italics. They do not seem to need explanation. 
 These motions look prettier when made by as many children 
 as can be seen, but they should be in exact time. 
 
 (Enter two children, one with loaf of bread; it maybe in basket.) 
 
 First child, with bread. 
 
 This little prayer I've often said, 
 " Give us this day our daily bread ;" 
 But I must say I cannot see 
 How God sends bread, like this, to me, 
 For I have seen my mamma take 
 Flour and yeast, her bread to bake. 
 
 Second child, icho should be somewhat larger. 
 
 O little child ! do you not know 
 
 'Tis God who makes the wheat to grow ? 
 
 He sends his rain ; he sends his sun ; 
 
 And, if your bread was not begun 
 
 Many and many a day ago, 
 
 To-day quite hungry you would go. 
 
 (Beckons to other children.) 
 
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 Come hither, children, quickly come, 
 And show the work that must be done 
 Before this child with puzzled head 
 Can eat her piece of daily bread. 
 
 (First child stands at one side, still holding her bread.) 
 
 All the others. 
 
 First, the farmer sows the seed, 
 
 Sows the seed, just so, just so ; 
 Then with harrow he covers the seed., 
 
 And leaves it the earth below. 
 
 The Lord makes the rain come down, 
 
 Pitter, patter, fast and slow ; 
 Then he makes the warm sun shine, 
 
 And the seed begins to grow. 
 
 And it grows, it grows, grows up, 
 
 'Way up through the ground— just so; 
 
 First the blade, and then the ear, 
 Then ripe corn through husks doth show. 
 
 Second child. 
 
 'Tis the Lord who makes it grow, 
 
 Whether the farmer wakes or sleeps ; 
 In the darkness and in the light, 
 God his unceasing watches keeps. 
 
 In concert. 
 
 The reapers come ; they cut the grain — 
 
 Cut the grain down near the ground; 
 Gleaners come, and bind in sheaves, 
 
 Tying the sheaves with straw around. 
 
 Thrashers next do beat the grain ; 
 Grain they beat, grain they beat; 
 
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 With fan in hand they blow it well, 
 To separate the chaff and wheat. 
 
 {Motion with right and left hand, as if separating on each side.) 
 
 Second child. 
 
 'Tis the Lord who gives the strength 
 
 That helps the farmer do his task ; 
 Thus the Lord gives us our food, 
 
 The daily bread for which we ask. 
 
 In concert. 
 
 The grain is taken to the mill ; 
 
 Mill-wheel turns, round, round, round; 
 Clip clap, and clickety clack t 
 
 So the grain is nicely ground. 
 
 {They might now sing "The Mill- Wheel" — "Songs for 
 Little Folks.") 
 In concert. 
 
 Now it is flour, fine and white ; 
 
 Flour and yeast good bread do make ; 
 But first it must be kneaded well, 
 
 Then in the oven placed to bake. 
 
 Second child. 
 
 God made the wood and coal for fire ; 
 
 God made the salt and water too ; 
 God sends money to buy them all, 
 
 And so gives daily bread to you. 
 
 First child, with the bread. 
 
 Oh, now I see why Jews of old 
 
 Brought bread to offer to our God. 
 I thank him more than can be told ; 
 I'd like to offer him some too. 
 
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 Second child. 
 
 Then give to some one who has none, 
 
 For many such there always be ; 
 And Christ will see it, and will say, 
 
 'Tis thus you can give unto me. 
 (Hangs basket with the others.) 
 
 VI. LITTLE SHEAVES. 
 
 For five children, each carrying a sheaf of wheat, with 
 bands of colored muslin with the words printed on it, Love; 
 Trust; Praise; Pray; Work. These sheaves to be stacked 
 up under the baskets. They march in singing, beginning in 
 the distance, 
 
 "We are Little Gleaners" ("Primary Songs"); or, 
 
 "We are the Reapers" (" The Prize"). 
 
 First child. 
 
 The big folks have read from the holy word 
 
 How the Jews who lived in olden time 
 Brought their ripe sheaves unto the Lord. 
 
 Third child. 
 
 And then again, we heard read also, 
 
 How the word of God contains good seeds, 
 Which our teachers try in our hearts to sow, 
 
 The fruit of which must be good deeds. 
 
 Fifth child. 
 
 And so we have brought our little sheaves^ 
 
 Hoping that when the Master shall come, 
 He'll find we have borne more than mere leaves, 
 
 And will own our sheaves in his harvest-home. 
 
 First child. 
 
 My sheaf is Work ; and I've tried to do 
 Such work for the Lord as he called me to. 
 
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 Second child. 
 
 My sheaf is Prayer ; for the Lord will hear 
 A gentle whisper — he's always near. 
 
 Third child. 
 
 My sheaf is Praise ; for all he has done, 
 Praise God the Father, Spirit, and Son. 
 
 Fourth child. 
 
 My sheaf is Trust ; for he says, Believe, 
 And eternal life you shall receive. 
 
 Fifth child. 
 
 My sheaf is Love ; for Jesus loves me ; 
 Help me, dear Lord, thine own child to be. 
 
 First child. 
 
 I'll bring my hands to work for him ; 
 
 Third child. 
 
 I'll bring my tongue to sing his praise ; 
 
 Second child. 
 
 I'll bring my ears to hear his word ; 
 
 Fourth child. 
 
 _ I'll bring my feel to walk his ways ; 
 
 Fifth child. 
 
 I'll bring my heart for the King's throne ; 
 Come, Jesus, make my heart thy home. 
 
 (Sing as motion song :) 
 
 TWO LITTLE HANDS. 
 
 I've two little hands to work for Jesus, 
 
 One little tongue his praise to tell, 
 
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 Two little ears to hear his counsel, 
 One little voice a song to swell. 
 
 Lord, we come — Lord, we come, 
 In our childhood's early morning, 
 Come to learn of thee, 
 
 I've two little feet to tread the pathway 
 Up to the heavenly courts above ; 
 
 Two little eyes to read the Bible, 
 Telling of Jesus' wondrous love. 
 
 I've one little heart to give to Jesus, 
 
 One little soul for him to save ; 
 One little life for his dear service, 
 
 One little self that he must have. 
 
 Primary Songs. 
 
 VII. SELECTED RECITATIONS FOR OLDER 
 SCHOLARS. 
 
 CARRYING HOME THE SHEAVES. 
 
 List, oh, list to the reapers this quiet summer eve, 
 
 Gathering in the harvest, binding up the sheaves ; 
 
 List to the rush of the sickle, cutting the golden grain — 
 
 Sinewy hands and hardy wield them not in vain. 
 
 Deep in the valley the sunset glows on the glistening leaves, 
 
 Shines on the dark-browed maidens carrying home the sheaves. 
 
 Kissed by the breeze and the sunshine, loved by the flowers 
 
 and birds, 
 Heart in whose wild recesses beautiful dreams are stirred, 
 Stands the fairest of reapers, red lips slightly apart, 
 While gushes of plaintive music flow from her overcharged 
 
 heart. 
 Sings she : "Oh, life is dreary here on these summer eves, 
 I grow so weary, weary, carrying home the sheaves. 
 
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 " For the whirling rush of the sickles, quivering through my 
 
 brain, 
 Stirs up a world of fancies, never to sleep again. 
 I dream of courts and castles, gateways of gold and pearl, 
 Laurel wreaths proudly resting on the brow of the peasant- 
 girl. 
 Life is so very dreary here on these summer eves, 
 I grow so weary, weary, carrying home the sheaves. 
 
 " Thoughts that are bright though painful struggle within my 
 
 breast ; 
 Life is both sweet and baneful ; I am not like the rest. 
 Would I could word my longings — sunder this weary chain ; 
 Fly from this quiet valley — these sheaves of golden grain. 
 Life is so very dreary here on these summer eves, 
 I grow so weary, weary, carrying home the sheaves." 
 
 " Maiden, thou art not lonely ; many like thee there are, 
 Stifling their aspirations, still with their souls at war. 
 All through this life's great harvest wander a sorrowing train, 
 Knowing full well their mission, but wearing a clogging chain. 
 Many the hearts that are saying, this quiet summer eve, 
 1 Oh, I am weary, weary, carrying home the sheaves.' 
 
 " Maiden, we all are reapers — workers in this great strife ; 
 
 Let us not, then, be sleepers, but on to the spirit's life. 
 
 God hears our cry, my sister — he will gather the ripened 
 
 grain 
 Up in his broad heaven-garner, where life will be free from 
 
 pain. 
 Wait, with no thought of sadness, till on some heavenly eve, 
 Come we with songs of gladness, carrying home the sheaves." 
 
 MY SHEAVES. 
 
 The time for toil has passed, and night has come — 
 The last and saddest of the harvest eves ; 
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 Worn out with labor long and wearisome, 
 Drooping and faint the reapers hasten home, 
 Each laden with his sheaves. 
 
 Last of the laborers thy feet I gain, 
 
 Lord of the harvest. And my spirit grieves 
 
 That I am burdened, not so much with grain 
 
 As with a heaviness of heart and brain. 
 Master, behold my sheaves, 
 
 Few, light, and worthless, yet their trifling weight 
 
 Through all my frame a weary aching leaves ; 
 For long I struggled with my hopeless fate, 
 And stayed and toiled till it was dark and late — 
 Yet these are all my sheaves. 
 
 Full well I know I have more tares than wheat, 
 
 Brambles and flowers, dry stalks and withered leaves ; 
 Wherefore I blush and weep, as at thy feet 
 I kneel down reverently and repeat, 
 "Master, behold my sheaves !" 
 
 I know these blossoms, clustering heavily, 
 With evening dew upon their folded leaves, 
 
 Can claim no value or utility ; 
 
 So must their fragrance and their beauty be 
 The glory of my sheaves. 
 
 So do I gather strength and hope anew ; 
 
 For well I know thy patient love perceives, 
 Not what I did, but what I strove to do ; 
 And though the full ripe ears be sadly few, 
 
 Thou wilt accept my sheaves. 
 
 Sing Weary Gleaner, Whence Comest Thou? {Gospel Hymns.) 
 
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 EMPTY HANDS. 
 
 At dawn the call was heard, 
 And busy reapers stirred 
 Along the highway leading to the wheat ; 
 " Wilt reap with us ?" they said. 
 I smiled and shook my head. 
 "Disturb me not," said I ; "my dreams are sweet." 
 
 I sat with folded hands, 
 
 And saw across the lands 
 The waiting harvest shining on the hill ; 
 
 I heard the reapers sing 
 
 Their songs of harvesting, 
 And thought to go, but dreamed and waited still. 
 
 The day at last was done, 
 
 And homeward, one by one, 
 The reapers went, well laden as they passed ; 
 
 Theirs was no misspent day, 
 
 No long hours dreamed away 
 In sloth, that turns to sting the soul at last. 
 
 A reaper lingered near ; 
 
 " What !" cried he ; " idle here ? 
 Where are the sheaves your hands have bound to-day ?" 
 
 u Alas !" I made reply, 
 
 " I let the day pass by 
 Until too late to work. I dreamed the hours away." 
 
 " Oh, foolish one I" he said, 
 And sadly shook his head ; 
 " The dreaming soul is in the way of death. 
 The harvest soon is o'er — 
 Rouse up, and dream no more. 
 Act, for the summer fadeth like a breath. 
 
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 " What if the Master came 
 To-night, and called your name, 
 
 Asking how many sheaves your hands had made ? 
 If at the Lord's commands 
 You showed but empty hands, 
 
 Condemned, your dreaming soul would stand dismayed." 
 
 Filled with strange terror then, 
 
 Lest chance come not again, 
 I sought the wheat-fields while the others slept. 
 " Perhaps, ere break of day, 
 
 The Lord will come this way," 
 A voice kept saying, till with grief I wept. 
 
 Through all the long, still night, 
 Among the wheat-fields white, 
 
 I reaped and bound the sheaves of yellow grain. 
 I dared not pause to rest, 
 Such fear possessed my breast, 
 
 So for my dreams I paid the price of pain. 
 
 But when the morning broke, 
 
 And rested reapers woke, 
 My heart leaped up as sunrise kissed the lands. 
 
 For came he soon or late, 
 
 The Lord of the estate 
 Would find me bearing not the shame of empty hands. 
 
HOLIDAY BUDGET. 
 
 CHEISTMAS MORNING. 
 
 The questions may be asked by single voices, the passages 
 of Scripture in the Old and New Testaments alternately being 
 given in turn by girls and boys, or two classes. Or, six girls 
 and six boys may be ranged in two semicircles, opposite each 
 other, speaking in manner designated below. It is assumed 
 that the day so generally kept is actually the day of the Sav- 
 iour's birth. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Come, children, now, and let us see, 
 
 This gladsome Christmas morning, 
 Whether you know the reason we 
 
 Rejoice on Christmas morning. 
 What saith the prophet ? From whose stem 
 Should a Eod to bless the sons of men 
 
 Come forth on Christmas morning ? 
 
 Girls, in concert " And there shall come forth a 
 rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall 
 grow out of his roots." Isa. xi. 1. 
 
 Sixth girl. 
 
 Seven hundred years must pass away 
 Ere came that Christmas morning ; 
 And was the Babe born on that day, 
 
 That best-loved Christmas morning, 
 Branch that from Jesse's roots should grow, 
 The Rod that from his stem should blow 
 Forth on that Christmas morning ? 
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 Boys, in concert " I have found David the son 
 of Jesse a man after mine own heart, which shall 
 fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed hath God 
 according to his promise raised unto Israel a Sav- 
 iour, Jesus." Acts xiii. 22, 23. 
 
 Second boy. 
 
 Speaks the prophet to us again 
 
 About that Christmas morning ? 
 Telleth he what shall be the name, 
 
 That blessed Christmas morning, 
 Given to him who should be born 
 On that bright, that glorious morn, 
 
 Most glorious Christmas morning ? 
 
 Girls, in concert " For unto us a child is born, 
 unto us a son is given; and the government 
 shall be upon his shoulder ; and his name shall 
 be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty- 
 God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of 
 Peace." Isa. ix. 6. 
 
 Fifth girl 
 
 Boys, can you tell what was the name, 
 
 Before that Christmas morning, 
 The angel, who to Mary came 
 
 And promised Christmas morning, 
 Did give to him before his birth ? 
 The sweetest name e'er heard on earth, 
 
 First borne on Christmas morning. 
 
 Boys, in concert "Thou shalt call his name 
 Jesus, for he shall save his people from their 
 
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 Third hoy. 
 
 When the news in heaven was told, 
 
 About that Christmas morning, 
 When e'en in heaven the echoes rolled 
 
 Of coming Christmas morning. 
 In angel hearts what feelings stirred 
 When first the wondrous news they heard, 
 
 There should be Christmas morning ? 
 
 Girls, in concert "The morning stars sang to- 
 gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." 
 Job xxxviii. 7. 
 
 Fourth girl. 
 
 If heaven itself did ring with joy, 
 
 Upon that Christmas morning, 
 Gladness mixed with no alloy, 
 
 That happy Christmas morning, 
 Could any from that shining host 
 Be spared, to shout unto earth's lost, 
 
 'Tis come ! The Christmas morning? 
 
 Boys, in concert " And lo ! the angel of the 
 Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord 
 shone round about them. And suddenly there 
 was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly 
 host." Luke ii. 9, 13. 
 
 Fourth boy. 
 
 When heaven with glad music rang, 
 
 To herald Christmas morning, 
 Angels and stars together sang 
 
 Songs of Christmas morning, 
 Whom in the songs they there did raise, 
 Whom did those heavenly angels praise 
 
 For sending Christmas morning ? 
 
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 Girls, in concert "Not unto us, O Lord, not 
 unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy 
 mercy and for thy truth's sake." Ps. cxv. 1. 
 
 Third girl 
 
 When on Bethlehem's field that night, 
 Ere dawned the Christmas morning, 
 
 The glory of the Lord shone bright, 
 Ushering in Christmas morning, 
 
 How did the angelic host rejoice, 
 
 Praising God with heart and voice, 
 Until the Christmas morning ? 
 
 Boys, in concert. " Glory to God in the highest, 
 and on earth peace, good-will toward men." Luke 
 ii. 14. 
 
 Fifth boy. 
 
 Prophets and sages all foretold 
 That precious Christmas morning ; 
 
 The prophet Micah did unfold 
 
 Where, on that Christmas morning, 
 
 The promised Saviour should be found ; 
 
 Where was that place, hence holy ground, 
 Honored with Christmas morning ? 
 
 Girls, in concert " But thou, Bethlehem Ephra- 
 tah, though thou be little among the thousands 
 of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth 
 unto me that is to be ruler in Israel." Mic. v. 2 
 
 Second girl. 
 
 And when the years had rolled away 
 That held the Christmas morning, 
 
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 The night before that glorious day 
 
 Which brought our Christmas morning, 
 What said the angels to the men 
 Who watched their flocks near Bethlehem, 
 Night before Christmas morning ? 
 
 Boys, in concert. "Fear not, for behold I bring 
 you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to 
 all people. For unto you is born this day in 
 the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the 
 Lord." Luke ii. 10, 11. 
 
 Sixth boy. 
 
 'Twas fourteen hundred years and more 
 
 Before that Christmas morning 
 That wicked Balaam, son of Beor, 
 
 Dreamed of that Christmas morning. 
 What did he say of Jacob's star 
 And sceptre, which should stretch afar, 
 
 E'en down to Christmas morning ? 
 
 Girls, in concert. " I shall see him, but not now ; 
 I shall behold him, but not nigh; there shall 
 come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise 
 out of Israel." Num. xxiv. 17. 
 
 First girl. 
 
 And after all the lapse of ages, 
 
 At last dawned Christmas morning ; 
 W r hen to King Herod eastern sages 
 
 Came on that Christmas morning. 
 What said they of that wondrous star, 
 Whose light they followed from afar, 
 
 Westward till Christmas morning ? 
 
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 Boys, in concert. "Where is he that is born King 
 of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, 
 and are come to worship him." Matt. ii. 2. 
 
 Girls, in concert 
 
 And now we'll tell why girl and boy 
 
 Are glad on Christmas morning. 
 To us that tidings of great joy 
 
 Was brought on Christmas morning ; 
 Rejoice ! for us the incarnate Word, 
 A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, 
 
 Was born on Christmas morning. 
 
 Boys, in concert 
 
 Shout, children, shout the glad story, 
 
 Clustering round Christmas morning ; 
 How the Lord, the Lord of glory, 
 
 Came down on Christmas morning. 
 Then let us, like the angelic host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 Who gave us Christmas morning. 
 
 Girls. "Glory to God in the highest, and on 
 earth peace, good-will toward men." Luke ii. 14. 
 
 Boys repeat "Glory to God," etc. 
 Girls and boys together. " Glory," etc. 
 
 (Declamation.) 
 MEEKY CHRISTMAS. 
 
 Merry Christmas! good friends, one and all. 
 Merry Christmas! we wish to both great and 
 small. Merry Christmas ! — what there is left of 
 it — to every one here. 
 
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 Why should we not be merry, when unto us 
 was born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the 
 Lord ? Is it not meet that we rejoice and be glad 
 when we sing these joyful tidings ? 
 
 But as we gather round our Christmas fires, as 
 we partake of our Christmas cheer, and rejoice 
 over the gift-laden tree, let us not forget that 
 "the poor we have always with us;" and as God 
 has given so much to us, let us also freely give 
 to them. 
 
 Let us make this glad Christmas a time long to 
 be remembered ; for perhaps the birthday of the 
 Saviour may be the birthday of some of the souls 
 he came to save, for with renewed trust in man 
 will come stronger trust in God. 
 
 Let us, like Sarah of old, bring forth our good 
 things and share them with those we deem more 
 needy ; and it may be that, like her, we too shall 
 entertain angels unawares. 
 
 At the least, in so doing we shall bring joy into 
 our own hearts this happy Christmastide. 
 
 CHRISTMAS ADDRESS. 
 
 "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great 
 joy!" "For unto us a child is born, unto us a 
 son is given, and the government shall be upon 
 his shoulder ; and his name shall be called Won- 
 derful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Ever- 
 lasting Father, The Prince of Peace." 
 
 Who is there among you who hath not proven 
 the right to each of these titles of this child Mes- 
 
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 siah, this heavenly manna, the bread of life, 
 sent to all people from Bethlehem, the house of 
 bread? Then "make a joyful noise unto God, all 
 ye lands," for behold, darkness covered the earth 
 and gross darkness the people, but upon us hath 
 a great light shined. Then let us come to the 
 brightness of thy rising, thou Sun of Righteous- 
 ness ; and may thy beams shine forth upon the 
 winter of our ruined estate, warm our cold faith, 
 dispel our mental darkness, and give light and 
 gladness to our hearts. 
 
 Ay ! Well may we thus meet and commemo- 
 rate the glorious morn which even angelic hosts 
 ushered in with such shouts of joy. Well may 
 we extend the hand of universal brotherhood to 
 all mankind, seeing we have one Lord, who is the 
 Father of us all. Well may we, out of this abun- 
 dance of light which has flowed down upon us 
 through all of these nineteen centuries, tenderly 
 strive, this day at least, of all the year, to allow 
 some of its rays to fall even upon the darkest 
 corners and into the gloomiest recesses. 
 
 For, alas ! though Christmas indeed comes to 
 all, it comes not to all alike. But we in whose 
 hearts and homes the brightness of this great joy 
 streams with the fullest radiance can surely carry 
 some of its blessings into the deeper shadow of 
 other lives. 
 
 If the power of the open hand be denied us, 
 we can exercise the equal power of the warm 
 heart, the gentle look, the kind word, the friendly 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 109 
 
 grasp of quick sympathy ; we can weep with those 
 who weep as well as rejoice with those who rejoice. 
 
 But why should its holy influence be confined 
 to the twenty-four hours of this material day ? 
 The light that rose on that memorable morn has 
 never set. Why should not a train of blessings, 
 rising from this hour, flow on through all the 
 glad year? For what mercy in the past, what 
 joy in the present, what hope in the future, have 
 we that does not come to us through that event 
 we so joyfully celebrate? 
 
 We know that our Redeemer liveth. He came 
 not for a day only. The darkness was not dis- 
 pelled by a momentary flash, leaving the world 
 in greater gloom than before. No! Thanks be 
 to God which giveth us the victory, we know that 
 "in Christ shall all be made alive." 
 
 Then take up the angels' song and repeat it 
 until its echo rings undying through all the 
 earth, "Peace on earth, good- will to men." 
 
 If any among you have the slightest root of 
 bitterness in him toward the least of these his 
 brethren, I beseech you to cast it out; for 
 "Blessed are the peacemakers" is a heavenly 
 edict which has never been revoked. 
 
 So, and so only, shall we have a happy as well 
 as a "Merry Christmas." 
 
 LILY'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 
 
 For a very little girl. Each time a kiss is mentioned, she 
 throws kisses. At "Hurrah" she waves her handkerchief. 
 10 
 
110 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 A very little maid am I, 
 
 Of money I have none to spare ; 
 But each to give some gift I'll try — 
 
 I'm sure you all will like your share. 
 
 My gifts Fm sure you wish will fit ; 
 
 That they will please you well, I know. 
 Dear pastor, over where you sit, 
 
 Take my first gift — this kiss I throw. 
 
 Here's a sweet kiss for teacher kind, 
 
 For I love once in every week 
 Her in our school -room here to find, 
 
 While she of Jesus' love does speak. 
 
 I'll not forget these friends who cheer 
 
 Our hearts this anniversary night, 
 And by their welcome presence here 
 
 Add joy and beauty to the sight. 
 
 No, no, dear friends ; you love us so, 
 
 To slight you thus will never do. 
 A kiss for every one I'll throw, 
 
 Quick ! catch them ! you ! and you ! and you ! 
 
 And here's our superintendent's kiss, 
 Hold out your hands and catch it now ; 
 
 You surely will not like to miss 
 
 This chance of making your best bow. 
 
 Hurrah, for Christmas time is here ! 
 
 Hurrah, hurrah, with all your might ! 
 I wish you all a Happy New Year ! 
 
 And kiss you all once more. Good-night ! 
 
 NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS. 
 We wish our Pastor a Happy New Year. 
 We hope that he may be happy in his family ; 
 
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 happy in his own sense of Christ's love ; happy 
 in the flock the Great Father has trusted to his 
 care ; happy in us, his little lambs, who love him 
 so dearly and listen to him so attentively. 
 
 We pray that a blessing may rest upon his dear 
 ones at home ; upon his own soul, that he may 
 be refreshed by new draughts of the water of life ; 
 and upon his church, that God may give him 
 many jewels to sparkle in his crown of rejoicing. 
 
 We wish our Superintendent a Happy New 
 Year. We promise to do our part toward mak- 
 ing it so by our own good behavior in school and 
 by trying to gather in so many new scholars that 
 there shall scarcely be room enough to receive 
 them. 
 
 We wish our Teachers a Happy New Year, and 
 trust that they may have the great happiness 
 of seeing all those over whom they watch with 
 such loving care walking in the footsteps of him 
 whom they teach. 
 
 We wish our Parents a Happy New Year. 
 Happy New Year to you, fathers ! Happy New 
 Year, mothers! When this young year shall 
 have grown old and finished his work, and the 
 time has come when he too must lie down with 
 the past, may you still gather round you all your 
 little ones ; and may their glad young voices ring 
 out loud music for you all down this happy year 
 of our Lord {name the year). 
 
 We wish our older Brothers and Sisters a 
 Happy New Year. We look up to them with affec- 
 
112 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 tion. Be kind to the little ones, sisters ; deal gen- 
 tly with our errors, brothers. Your infancy was 
 watched over by tender eyes ; let not ours be 
 soured by your unkinclness. We look up to you 
 for comfort in our little troubles, and for guidance 
 up the steep hill of life. See to it that you make 
 your lives the examples they should be to us, the 
 blessing they should be to your parents. Then, 
 in making others happy, you will make for your- 
 selves a Happy New Year. 
 
 We wish Each Other a Happy New Year. 
 Dear little playmates, do you know that when 
 this year has fled we shall be three hundred and 
 sixty-five days older than we are now, and ought 
 to be three hundred and sixty-five times better? 
 Let us try the only true way to be happy — to be 
 good and to do good. Let us all love Jesus, and 
 each try to make at least one person happy every 
 day. Then, if God grants us another New Year, 
 there will be quite an army of grateful people to 
 echo my heartfelt wish of a Happy New Year to 
 each and a Happy New Year to all. 
 
 NEW YEAR'S EVE. 
 
 Tell me, little Mabel, with your face against the pane, 
 What is it you are watching 'mid the darkness and the rain ? 
 I was only trying, peering in the darkness so, 
 Whether I could see the years, as past they come and go. 
 
 Darling little Mabel, with such wistful eyes and gaze, 
 Did you really think to see them separate their ways ? 
 
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 Oh yes ! The children told me that it was surely true, 
 If we watched to-night, we'd see the meeting 'twixt the two. 
 But I'm afraid that so hard it does both rain and snow, 
 That we cannot see the New Year come, neither the old one go. 
 
 Dearest little Mabel, come and rest your head on me, 
 And tell me what it was you expected thus to see. 
 
 Oh, I thought the Old Year must be very, very old ; 
 Since he came, so long ago, thousands of hours have rolled. 
 He must be very weary with the work that he has done, 
 For he has never rested a day since he begun. 
 Mamma, how I wonder whether what I thought was snow 
 Were his locks of hoary hair ? Oh, how Pd like to know ! 
 Perhaps he stripped the leaves from trees that once were 
 
 greeu, 
 That he might find a cane so strong his falt'ring steps 'twould 
 
 screen. 
 Mamma, dear mamma, hark ! how loud the wind is crying ! 
 Do you think it is because the Old Year now lies dying ? 
 
 Mamma's little Mabel, God will shield us from all harm ; 
 Tell me the rest, my darling, sheltered by this loving arm. 
 
 I thought surely a white angel would have come 
 
 And taken him in his bosom before the dark begun ; 
 
 Perhaps we did not hear him, they are such noiseless things ; 
 
 And what we thought was snow were feathers from his wings. 
 
 I hope they will carry him gently, like a little child, 
 
 And lay him down to rest, for it's a darksome night and wild. 
 
 Dear Old Year ! now that your work is done, are you glad to 
 
 die? 
 Or do you want to grow young, like the year that's coming by ? 
 Is every month your wife, and the weeks your children dear ? 
 The days their daughters ? Then the hours that seem never 
 
 here, 
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114 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 And the swift-winged minutes, dear Old Year, tell me what 
 
 are they ? 
 DonH die just yet, Old Year ! wait a minute while you say. 
 
 Loving little Mabel, tell me what was in your heart 
 About the bright young New Year, who now must take his 
 part. 
 
 I know sweet glad young New Year must be very tiny ; 
 Through the trees we soon shall see his silvery robes so shiny. 
 Dear little thing ! Old Year ought to wait a day or two, 
 On purpose to show New Year what he has got to do. 
 I'm afraid that he grew cruel as he was growing old, 
 And will leave the little darling right out there in the cold. 
 I should think angels would come and hold his little head — 
 Perhaps when we thought it snowed they were making up his 
 
 bed. 
 Or 'twas to soften the hard ground that he might learn to 
 
 walk, 
 For I suppose the New Year can neither walk nor talk. 
 I wish Spring-time were here with her beautiful flowers, 
 They're prettier playthings for him than these icicle-showers. 
 I wonder whether the angels will sing him to sleep, 
 Or whether dying Old Year will stand o'er him and weep. 
 Mamma, dear mamma, hark ! how loud the wind is crying ! 
 Do you think it is because the Old Year now lies dying ? 
 Mamma, must there come a time when New Year too must 
 
 die? 
 What was that ? I thought I heard the years go passing by ! 
 
 Precious little Mabel, sleeping sweetly on my breast ; 
 Holy angels guard my darling, watching o'er her rest. 
 Guard my sweetest, choicest treasure, sent me from the skies, 
 For what we call our Mabel is an angel in disguise. 
 
DIALOGUES. 
 
 THE OLD FLAG. 
 
 (Enter the three boys, John, William, and George, all 
 carrying flags.) 
 
 William — sing or speak. 
 
 Lift the flag and join the song, 
 
 One united nation ; 
 Union now and evermore — 
 
 Hear it, all creation. 
 
 Wave the starry banner high ; 
 
 Strike our colors never ; 
 Here we stand to live or die — 
 
 The Stars and Stripes for ever ! 
 
 John. Isn't it a beautiful flag, boys ? We have 
 a chart of the flags of all nations at home, but 
 I think none can equal our dear Star-spangled 
 Banner. 
 
 William. Always beautiful — always graceful. 
 I wonder when it was first used? 
 
 115 
 
116 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 George, It was ordered by Congress, June 14, 
 1777, "That the flag of the thirteen United States 
 be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that 
 the union be thirteen stars, white, in a blue field, 
 representing a new constellation ;" but it was not 
 used until the surrender of Burgoyne, in October 
 of the same year. 
 
 John. Hurrah ! First used in victory over the 
 tyrant. What wonder that wherever it waves 
 freedom is triumphant? 
 
 William. Had we no flag before that, George ? 
 
 George. Of course. Previous to the passage of 
 the Stamp Act, the ordinary English ensign was 
 used. The first distinct one I know anything 
 about was in the year 1775. It bore the inscrip- 
 tion, "George Rex, and the liberties of America." 
 
 John. Rather a contradiction, that. 
 
 George. You know that the colonies were not 
 united at that time. The newspapers of the day 
 were headed with a curious emblem, to show the 
 necessity of union. 
 
 William. What was it ? I never heard of it. 
 
 George. A rattlesnake, divided into thirteen 
 parts, with the motto, "Join, or die." After the 
 union of the colonies, it was changed into a 
 snake about to strike. 
 
 John. How curious ! 
 
 George. Paul Jones adopted the rattlesnake on 
 a yellow field, with the motto, "Don't tread on 
 me," for a flag for his fleet. But before he sailed, 
 George Washington had assumed command of 
 
ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 117 
 
 the young army of the colonies; and on the 
 first of January, 1776, flung to the breeze, on 
 Boston Heights, the flag known as "the great 
 Union." 
 
 William. Was that our glorious Stars and 
 Stripes? 
 
 George. The stripes, but not the stars. In 
 their place were the crosses of St. Andrew and 
 St. George. 
 
 John. I should not have thought that Wash- 
 ington would have tolerated anything so Brit- 
 ish. 
 
 George. You must remember that we were then 
 British subjects. After our fathers so gallantly 
 threw off the yoke of England, those emblems 
 were no longer appropriate, and the Stars and 
 Stripes was adopted. 
 
 William. I wonder how, in those prosaic times, 
 they ever came to do anything so romantic as to 
 
 "Stripe its pure celestial white 
 With streakings of the morning light." 
 
 George. The flag used by the army was red, 
 and that by the navy white ; and I suppose they 
 united the two. 
 
 John. Good ! Union ever seemed to be their 
 motto, even in comparatively little things. 
 
 William. Well, they could not have a better, 
 for it has been gloriously proved that in " union 
 there is strength." 
 
 John. Yes. 
 
118 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 "United we stand, and divided we fall, 
 Has made and preserved us a nation," 
 
 and has nearly quadrupled the galaxy of stars 
 on the flag, which now I shall love more dearly 
 than ever from having gained so much informa- 
 tion about it. 
 
 William. By the bye, it was a good idea — that of 
 adding a new star for every new State. I wonder 
 they did not add a stripe too. 
 
 George. That was the original idea. 
 
 John. Why was it not carried out ? 
 
 George. In 1794, after Vermont and Kentucky 
 had been admitted into the Union, the flag was 
 changed to fifteen stripes and fifteen stars, and 
 remained so until 1818, although five or six new 
 States had been added. 
 
 William. I suppose they did not anticipate the 
 addition of so many stripes, and it would have 
 made our flag too large. 
 
 George. Yes; but that was not the reason. 
 They wished to recall the past, and recognize the 
 original thirteen States which had gained our 
 independence, and at the same time to show the 
 progress which the infant republic had made 
 since then. 
 
 John. And the result is our gallant banner. 
 Who would not rally round such a flag? I feel 
 as though I should like to give a hearty three- 
 times-three for it. 
 
 William. I hope we shall never see it dis- 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 119 
 
 honored. It would almost make my blood boil 
 to see any one dare to trample its folds in the 
 dust. 
 
 George. It is known and honored all over the 
 world, from the north pole to the south, from the 
 rising to the setting sun. And it is known, not 
 as the flag of Massachusetts, New York, or South 
 Carolina, but as the American standard. It is 
 an emblem, not of the growth of cotton or corn 
 or the development of iron, but of a gigantic 
 strength, of unparalleled resources, of unexam- 
 pled activity, of an undying progress, which 
 knows neither North, South, East, nor West, but 
 where each is swallowed up in the great whole — 
 the one nation of many States — the Union, 
 
 William, How it must make one's heart swell 
 to behold it after having long been denied the 
 sight ! 
 
 John. I have heard some who were long away 
 from home describe, in the most touching lan- 
 guage, their feelings when they came where they 
 again beheld it. 
 
 George. Yes; it is no longer a mere piece of 
 bunting, but it is fraught with sacred memories 
 of all that they hold most dear, and is an earnest 
 of friends and home and country. 
 
 William, waving his flag. 
 
 "Vainly the prophets of Baal had rended it, 
 Vainly his worshippers prayed for its fall ; 
 Thousands have died for it, millions defended it, 
 Emblem of justice and mercy to all." 
 
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 But I pray that from this time forth for ever 
 more it may indeed be a symbol of unity, and 
 that no more blood of martyrs may be needed to 
 hallow its memory or defend its purity. 
 
 George. With all my heart I echo the wish that 
 never more shall national sins need to be washed 
 out in national blood. I believe we are God's 
 nation. Our free institutions proclaim it — our 
 free religion proclaims it; but there are several 
 remarkable coincidences. Did it never strike you 
 that our old flag was significant of this ? 
 
 John. How do you make that out ? 
 
 George. The red, white, and blue are typical 
 colors that we meet all through the Bible — the 
 red, the blood of the Lamb, slain for our ransom ; 
 the white, the garments of the glorified saints; 
 the blue, the firmament which his hand has 
 spread over us to conceal the glories which 
 await the final victor. 
 
 William. Or take them in their figurative sense — 
 the love of God toward his people, and the purity 
 and devotion which he requires of them. 
 
 John. Bravo, Will ! I'll have to help you out 
 too. My little brother asked mother, the other 
 day, whether the big star in the middle of the 
 union was not the same one that led the shep- 
 herds to where the baby Jesus lay, and whether 
 all the little stars were not going there too. 
 
 George. That's not a bad idea. If we place 
 Jesus in our midst for a leader, and gather round 
 him, the country will be safe enough. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 121 
 
 William. Do not the stripes represent the chas- 
 tisement which has been inflicted on us, where- 
 with we are healed ? and the stars show the final 
 brightness to which we shall attain ? 
 
 John. You are coming rapidly on, Will. 
 
 William. I hope so, for I have made up my 
 mind to endeavor, by serving this Captain with 
 all my heart, to be ready to serve my country, 
 should any peril threaten her, when manhood 
 brings the proper strength. 
 
 George. Did all do so, we should find that even 
 as God delivered Israel from the Red Sea,- guided 
 them by the white cloud, or Shekinah, through 
 the dreary wdlderness to the blue waters of the 
 Jordan, so would he deliver us from all peril, 
 guide the ship of state safely over the troubled 
 waters of party politics, and bring her at last, 
 tried and strengthened, to a place at the head 
 of the nations. 
 
 John. I see now that without purity and devo- 
 tion to God mere love to our country will not 
 make us truly brave. 
 
 George. No ; but we can unite these ; and even 
 as we are commanded to have "one Lord, one 
 faith, one baptism," so may we have "one peo- 
 ple, one constitution, and one flag/' 
 
 William. 
 
 "Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 
 By angel hands to valor given, 
 Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, 
 And all thy hues were born in heaven ! 
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122 ANNIVERSAEY LEAVES. 
 
 For ever float that standard sheet 
 
 Where breathes the foe that falls before us, 
 
 With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, 
 
 And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us !" 
 
 THE MOTHEE OF MOSES. 
 
 Characters: Jochebed, Moses' mother; Miriam, his sister; 
 Princess, the daughter of Pharaoh ; attendant of Pha- 
 raoh's daughter. (See Ex. ii. 1-10.) 
 
 (Jochebed, pacing up and down in deep dejection, then pausing 
 soliloquizes. ) 
 
 Joch. Ah ! woe is me ! My heart is heavy and 
 my head bowed down with a weight of sorrow 
 I cannot sustain. Surely, now are the sins of 
 Levi visited upon his innocent children, for the 
 curse of his father Jacob is being fulfilled. In- 
 struments of cruelty are indeed in our habita- 
 tions; the king's anger is fierce, and his wrath 
 it is cruel. Truly are we being divided and 
 scattered; nay, we are lost, unless some mighty 
 arm be raised up to save us. (See Gen. xlix. 
 5, 7.) 
 
 (Enter Miriam,) 
 
 Joch. How now, Miriam ? 
 
 Mir. All has been done, my mother, even as 
 thou hast commanded. 
 
 Joch. Have ye made the little ark? 
 
 Mir. We have. We gathered the tall bulrushes 
 that grow by the water's side and wove them into 
 a little basket. Ah ! little thought I, when my 
 childish fingers wrought those same bulrushes 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 123 
 
 into curious shapes for the amusement of my 
 brother Aaron, to what sad use would be put 
 my skill. 
 
 Joch. Art sure, my daughter, that thou hast 
 made it secure? that no water can there find 
 entrance? Poor babe, water enough will run 
 from thine eyes ; the more need we should keep 
 all else without thine hiding-place. 
 
 Mir. We have daubed it both within and with- 
 out with slime and with pitch. 
 
 Joch., ivringing her hands, or other signs of grief. 
 Surely I am the most afflicted among women! 
 Why is my mother's heart thus stricken? Why 
 was my beautiful babe given me, if thus to be 
 snatched away? For three short months has 
 he been the joy of mine heart and the light of 
 mine eyes, e'en though the sight of him was 
 stolen and the pleasure hid. But now — oh! 
 now is he taken away from me ; mine eyes shall 
 nevermore behold him. My child, my child ! 
 Would thou hadst never been born! 
 
 Mir. Thou dost forget that thou hast other 
 children. Where am I and my brother Aaron ? 
 Have we been no comfort, no joy, to thee during 
 the years that we have dwelt with thee and faith- 
 fully served thee, that thou sorrowest thus over- 
 much for the babe whose life is numbered but 
 by weeks? 
 
 Joch. Chide me not; thou canst not tell a 
 mother's feelings. Thy brother and thyself are 
 very, very dear unto me; to save you a single 
 
124 ANNIVEKSAEY LEAVES. 
 
 pang freely would I yield my life. But this 
 babe, my youngest, who so lately came unto 
 me — hinder me not, Miriam ; I will, I must, wail 
 for him ! 
 
 Mir. Nay, my mother, surely thou art selfish. 
 Thy kinswomen, thy neighbors, all have borne 
 a like sorrow. Show me the habitation that 
 has not been visited by the destroyer. 
 
 Joch. Now hast thou touched the sore which 
 festers most deeply. Hear me, Miriam ; I will 
 tell thee strange things which I have long pon- 
 dered in my heart. The voice of bitter wailing 
 does, as thou saidst, ascend continually unto 
 heaven from our midst; the voice of mothers 
 weeping for their children and refusing to be 
 comforted, because they are not. Thinkest thou 
 such cries can long arise unheard by him who 
 dwelleth in the secret places? 
 
 Mir. Because of our sins and the sins of our 
 fathers, thou hast oft told us, he doth afflict us. 
 
 Joch. Truly he doth. But the cry of the peo- 
 ple waxeth mighty, and he cannot long with- 
 stand it. Are not we his chosen people? Did 
 he for this bring our father Abraham out of the 
 land of the stranger? Is this the fulfilment of 
 the promises made to him? Was it for this we 
 were delivered from starvation in Canaan by the 
 hand of his servant Joseph ? 
 
 Mir. I have heard that the wise men in our 
 midst look for some great deliverance. 
 
 Joch. And I tell thee that it will come! And 
 
AKNTVEESABY LEAVES. 125 
 
 what so fitting as that one should be raised up 
 from our own nation? Who else can so feel 
 the weight of our burdens? I have had many 
 visions, and strange thoughts have come to me 
 in the night-watches. I hoped — nay, I believed — 
 mine own child should be that one. 
 
 Mir. Why weepest thou, then ? If thou haclst 
 faith given thee to believe such great things, let 
 that faith help thee to believe the lesser. For if 
 God wills that he should save us from bondage, 
 he is able also to keep him from the power of 
 the destroyer. 
 
 Joch. Now thou speakest words of comfort. I 
 do believe it, and therefore have I toiled to hide 
 him during these three months. Surely, God 
 himself must have put into mine heart the 
 thought of that little ark. Go ; I will grieve no 
 more ; we shall see him again. 
 
 Mir. What wouldst thou have me to do? 
 
 Joch. Lay the babe in the ark thou hast pre- 
 pared; seal it tightly and place it among the 
 flags by the river's brink. Then go thou and 
 stand afar off and watch, and bring me word 
 what thou seest. 
 
 Mir. Wilt thou not look upon thy boy again ? 
 
 Joch. My heart longs for a sight of him ; but 
 the mother is still strong within me, and her 
 voice would drown the voice of the Hebrew 
 woman. Nay, it is best not; I have him here 
 safe within my breast. Go, now ; and may the 
 God of Abraham protect him. 
 11* 
 
126 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 (Exit mother and Miriam, in different directions. Enter Pha- 
 raoh's daughter, with attendant, while Miriam stands far 
 off, unobserved by them.) 
 
 Princess. Thou sawest how the babe wept. 
 Did he not look beautiful as he lay there bathed 
 in his own tears? 
 
 Attendant. He is indeed fair to look upon. 
 Who could have placed him there, and where- 
 fore? What need to seek so strange a hiding- 
 place ? 
 
 Prin. It is one of the Hebrews' children. The 
 king, my father, doth fear the growing power of 
 these people, and hath ordered that every son 
 that is born shall be cast into the river. Though 
 methinks he meant not with the care with which 
 this sweet one has been placed there. 
 
 Att. Poor innocent! Who could be so cruel 
 as to harm him? 
 
 Prin. My father, could he see him — which he 
 shall not, if I can hinder. 
 
 Att. What wilt thou do with the child? Thou 
 canst not keep him. 
 
 Prin. Nor can I leave him. My heart warms 
 toward the beautiful babe, with his face bathed 
 in tears and his little arms outstretched for aid. 
 I know not where to place him. 
 
 (Miriam advances.) 
 
 Mir. Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the 
 Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for 
 thee? 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 127 
 
 Prin. Yea, go. Seek me one who will kindly- 
 treat him, as a mother careth for her own son ; 
 for he shall become unto me even as a son. 
 Canst thou do this? 
 
 Mir. I can. Many broken hearts whose chil- 
 dren have been killed by the decree of the king 
 will gladly bind this little one to them. 
 
 Prin. Go, then, and say to such a one, Take 
 this child away and nurse it for me, and I will 
 give thee thy wages. 
 
 Att. What wilt thou call the child? 
 
 Prin. Because I drew him out of the water, 
 I will call his name Moses. (Turning to Miriam.) 
 Go quickly, and bring the nurse unto me. 
 
 (Exit Miriam, and afterward Princess and attendant. Enter 
 Miriam and mother, from different sides.) 
 
 Joch. What tidings dost thou bring? How I 
 have longed for thee, Miriam. My impatient 
 spirit almost broke its bounds to meet thee. I 
 know it is evil thou hast to tell me, thou art so 
 tardy. 
 
 Mir. Nay, my mother, I bring glad tidings. 
 The Princess, the daughter of Pharaoh himself, 
 hast found our babe. 
 
 Joch. Callest thou that glad tidings? Now 
 indeed is he lost! 
 
 Mir. Not so ; for the Princess' heart is soft as 
 those of our own people, and she wept when she 
 saw the babe. 
 
128 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Joch. Tell me quickly all that hath happened 
 unto thee. 
 
 Mir. I was watching afar off, when I saw the 
 Princess and her maidens coming down to w 7 ash 
 herself at the river, and my heart stood still with 
 fear. Straightway she saw the little ark, and 
 sent her maiden to fetch it. And when she had 
 opened it, she saw the child ; and behold, the 
 babe w r ept. And she had compassion on him 
 and said, This is one of the Hebrew children. 
 Then came I from my hiding-place and said, 
 Shall I bring a nurse? And she said, Go. 
 Therefore am I come to thee, and we may 
 keep our own lovely babe openly and without 
 fear. 
 
 Joch. Now praise be unto the God of our fa- 
 thers Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who hath 
 sent us this great blessing ! Said I not the child 
 was raised up to accomplish great things ? Surely 
 this doth but set the seal on it. Now will I be- 
 lieve that mine eyes will yet behold the salvation 
 of my people Israel. Sing we to the Lord, for 
 we shall triumph gloriously. 
 
 THE BOYS' TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. 
 
 (Will seated before a table, on which rests an open book, 
 his head resting on his hands ; he seems completely absorbed 
 in reading. Ben and Arthur watch him from a half-open 
 door or from one side, with fun on their faces, till at last they 
 steal behind Will, covering his eyes with their hands and 
 taking him by surprise.) 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 129 
 
 Arthur. What are you reading that is so inter- 
 esting ? It can be nothing less than a wonderful 
 fairy-tale that so completely enchains your atten- 
 tion. 
 
 Will. I was almost lost, that's a fact ; but just 
 then I was thinking, not reading. 
 
 Ben. Thinking ? That's worse than ever, Who 
 would ever suppose a boy to be guilty of such a 
 thing as thinking? 
 
 Arthur. Better tell us your thoughts, Will ; 
 they may spoil if you keep them to yourself. 
 Besides, maybe we may catch the disease. Is 
 thinking contagious? 
 
 Will. I hope so ; for the fact is, you boys were 
 to be prime actors in a movement I was think- 
 ing of. 
 
 Ben. It takes your thoughts a good while to get 
 to the open air. Be a little quicker, can't you? 
 
 Arthur. Question! question! 
 
 Will. Well, the fact is, I was reading of a Boys' 
 Temperance Society, and I don't see why we boys 
 can't have one. 
 
 Ben. Is that all ? Great cry and little wool. 
 
 Arthur. I don't believe we could get more than 
 half a dozen boys to join it. 
 
 Will. That's enough for a commencement. The 
 society of which I spoke had only four members. 
 
 Ben. Ah ! a quartette. It could not have been 
 good for much. 
 
 Will. It was a perfect success ; and fully accom- 
 plished the object for which it was organized. 
 
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130 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Arthur. Oh, it was a systematic affair, was it? 
 What was the object? 
 
 Ben. What should be the object? Didn't Will 
 expressly say it was a temperance society ? 
 
 Will. Yes; and the object was to prove that 
 " temperance is conducive to both health of body and 
 strength of mind." 
 
 Arthur. Why, it must have been quite a grand 
 affair. Was it here in ? 
 
 Will. No ; it was in a great city. 
 
 Ben. Of course; we might have known that; 
 it takes city fellows to carry those things off 
 right. 
 
 Arthur. Fathers died drunkards, I suppose; 
 and the dread of following in the paternal foot- 
 steps was ever before their eyes. Wanted to get 
 out of the wretched hovels they had been used 
 to — and all that sort of thing. 
 
 Will. Oh no, you have not hit the mark at all. 
 They were all students in a large boarding-school. 
 
 Ben. Then their parents could not have been 
 so very poor. 
 
 Will. They were princes themselves, though for 
 the time being exiles from their native land. 
 
 Arthur. Ah ! it's getting romantic and inter- 
 esting. Being princes, they did not belong to 
 Young America? 
 
 Will, No ; but I wish all Young America would 
 follow their example. 
 
 Arthur. Really, it seems to me there is some- 
 thing very re-mark-able (drawling out the word) 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 131 
 
 about your model temperance society. I should 
 like to know — 
 
 (Ben, in the mean time having gone toward the table, discovers 
 that the book is a Bible. Comes excitedly toward them 
 with it in his hand.) 
 
 Ben. See here, Arthur! — I did not think you 
 would cheat us in this way, Will. 
 
 Will. I assure you, Ben, I never was more 
 thoroughly in earnest. 
 
 Arthur, taking the Bible from Ben and looking at 
 the open page, says slowly. Oh, why did I not 
 think before of Daniel and his three friends? 
 and I was so much interested in them, too, w 7 hen 
 we had them for a Sunday-school lesson. 
 
 Ben, very gravely. Will, do you think it is quite 
 right to speak of Bible characters so familiarly? 
 
 Will. Why not? I love to think of them as 
 real people, really having lived, and do all I can 
 to make them seem so to me. And as for Dan- 
 iel's temperance society, to my mind the very 
 best part of it was that they were boys. Call 
 them young men if you prefer ; I like the word 
 "boys" better myself. And, I take it, boys are 
 pretty much the same the world over ; and from 
 the time of Adam, or rather of Cain and Abel, 
 until now. And what a small company of boys 
 did once, boys can do again. 
 
 Ben. But we have not to stand out against a 
 king. 
 
 Arthur. Then it's all the easier. 
 
132 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Will. I don't know about that. There's King 
 Alcohol, you know. 
 
 Arthur. And a grim, cruel old tyrant he is. 
 But if we boys once get to work at him (making 
 a motion as if cutting off an imaginary head). 
 
 Ben. The sooner the better, then, I should say. 
 — But, Will, I don't quite understand. You said 
 the purpose for which that temperance society 
 was organized was — 
 
 Will. To prove that temperance is conducive 
 to both health of body and strength of mind. 
 
 Ben. And how did it do that? 
 
 Arthur. Oh, don't you remember? Here, let 
 me read it to you. (Beads from Dan. i. 15.) 
 "And at the end of ten days their countenances 
 appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the 
 children which did eat the portion of the king's 
 meat." 
 
 Ben. Well, that certainly shows that temper- 
 ance had a remarkably good effect on their bod- 
 ies, anyhow. Now, about their minds? 
 
 Arthur, reading again. "As for these four chil- 
 dren, God gave thfem knowledge and skill in all 
 learning and wisdom; and Daniel had under- 
 standing in all visions and dreams." 
 
 Ben. I don't wonder, Will, that you were en- 
 thusiastic over a temperance society that accom- 
 plished such wonders. 
 
 Will. But that is not all. When examination 
 day came, the temperance society stood No. 1 in 
 all their classes. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 133 
 
 Ben. How do you know that? 
 
 Arthur. It says so. Here it is in the nine- 
 teenth verse: "And the king communed with 
 them ; and among them all was found none like 
 Daniel, Ananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore 
 stood they before the king. And in all matters 
 of wisdom and understanding that the king in- 
 quired of them, he found them ten times better 
 than all the magicians and astrologers that were 
 in all his realm." 
 
 Ben. Glorious, wasn't it? Is that the only 
 temperance society we read of in the Bible? I 
 begin to be very much interested. 
 
 Will. No; there were several others. 
 
 Arthur. I guess this of Daniel's was the only 
 boys' society, though. 
 
 Will. No; you are mistaken again. I am 
 thinking of two societies, some of whose mem- 
 bers were much younger than these. 
 
 Ben. Younger ! Oh, Will, the next thing you 
 will tell us that they received babies as mem- 
 bers! 
 
 Witt. They did! 
 
 Ben begins rather indignantly. Babies ! Well, 
 if you have come to that — 
 
 But Arthur, who has been rapidly turning over 
 the leaves of his Bible, cries Eureka! I have it! 
 Samson, who was a Nazarite from his birth. 
 
 Ben. A Nazarite ! what's that ? A temperance 
 society ? 
 
 Arthur. Yes — no — I don't know; only I re- 
 
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134 ANNIVERSAKY LEAVES. 
 
 member that Samson was "not to eat anything 
 that cometh of the vine, nor drink wine, nor 
 strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing/' 
 
 Ben. Tell lis all you know about it, Will. 
 
 Will. I am afraid I don't know very much. 
 It involved strict temperance of more kinds than 
 one, and I was reading their pledge a while ago. 
 Talk of teetotalism! I must look in Webster to 
 see if he has not given any stronger word than 
 that. 
 
 Ben. Was the Nazarite's temperance pledge so 
 strict? What was it? 
 
 Will. Please hand me my Bible, Arthur, and 
 I'll read it; it's sure to be right then. 
 
 Arthur, handing it over. I wonder whether I'll 
 ever find out all there is in the Bible? Every 
 day I hear of something new, and now this 
 temperance pledge. 
 
 Ben. Have you found it, Will ? 
 
 Will. Yes; I had it marked. I wanted to 
 show it to Al Peters, who said he did not be- 
 lieve in temperance pledges being so strict as 
 the Cold Water Temples make them. Now lis- 
 ten, boys. (Reads slowly and impressively Num. 
 vi. 3, 4:) 
 
 "When either man or woman shall separate 
 themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to sepa- 
 rate themselves unto the Lord; 
 
 "He shall separate himself from wine and 
 strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine 
 or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 135 
 
 any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes or 
 dried. 
 
 U A11 the days of his separation shall he eat 
 nothing that is made of the wine tree, from the 
 kernels even to the husk." 
 
 Ben. That is strict. Well, if Samson was a 
 specimen of the working of that pledge, it needs 
 no other argument to prove that it is not liquor 
 that strengthens a man or a boy, as some people 
 say it does. 
 
 Arthur. We were parsing the other day out of 
 Milton, and we had this passage. I liked it so 
 well that I learned it: 
 
 " Oh, madness ! to think use of strongest wines 
 And strongest drinks our chief support of health, 
 When God, with these forbidden, made choice to rear 
 This mighty champion, strong beyond compare, 
 Whose drink was only from the liquid brook." 
 
 Ben. Do you know of any others who were 
 members of this temperance society of Naza- 
 rites ? 
 
 Will. Samson was one, and John the Baptist 
 another. 
 
 Arthur. I wonder if that doesn't account for 
 much of John's rugged strength ? I always had 
 a special admiration for him; and now that I 
 know that he belonged to such a noble tem- 
 perance society, I shall study him more than 
 ever. 
 
 Ben. I think you spoke of another temper- 
 
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 ance society, Will, which received such very young 
 members. 
 
 Will. Oh yes, the Kechabites! They were all 
 members of the society as soon as ever they 
 were born. 
 
 Arthur. I must say that is taking time by the 
 forelock; but, after all, it's the right time. My 
 mother says it makes her shiver to see mothers 
 dose their babies with liquor. 
 
 Ben. What sort of pledge was that of this so- 
 ciety? And how did the little folks take it, I 
 wonder ? 
 
 Arthur. Oh, that's easy enough ! Their parents 
 kept it for them till they were old enough to learn 
 it for themselves. 
 
 Will, who has been turning over the leaves of his 
 Bible. This is what they said: "Thus have we 
 obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, 
 our father, in all that he hath charged us, to 
 drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our 
 sons, nor our daughters." 
 
 Ben. That is simple, but explicit. I wonder 
 how well they kept this command? 
 
 Will. Once, when God wanted to give the chil- 
 dren of Judah an object lesson on obedience, he 
 sent the prophet Jeremiah to bring some of the 
 Rechabites into the house of the Lord, and set 
 before them pots full of wine, and cups, and said 
 to them, "Drink ye wine." 
 
 Ben, with great interest. What did they do ? 
 
 Arthur. Poor fellows, what a temptation ! the 
 
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 house of the Lord! one of God's prophets! I 
 do hope they stood firm. 
 
 Will. They said, " We will drink no wine ; for 
 Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, com- 
 manded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, 
 neither ye nor your sons, for ever." 
 
 Arthur. Good ! noble ! I feel like shouting 
 " Hurrah for Bible temperance societies!" They 
 were made of the right stuff. They were not 
 ashamed of their principles, and stuck to them. 
 I suppose with these Rechabites the rule was, 
 once a member, always a member. 
 
 Ben. But to go away back to the beginning 
 of this talk. You said that you thought we 
 might form a boys' temperance society. I'd 
 like to be a young Samson, or something of 
 that sort, so I'll go in for it with all my might. 
 
 Arthur. So will I. I'll hold up both hands 
 for it, and vote Ay, Ay! 
 
 Will. Suppose, then, you canvass your own 
 neighborhood, or friends, or class at school — 
 anywhere where there are boys — and bring all 
 you can here to-morrow night. In the mean 
 time, I will get father to draw me up a pledge 
 in due form, and I will have it ready to sign. 
 
 Arthur. Agreed. And make it as strict as you 
 like. For I tell you that what we so often hear 
 is true, that we boys are the hope of this great 
 republic, and I am sure we can't make presi- 
 dents and officers of all sorts out of an army 
 of drunkards. 
 
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 THE ELECTION. 
 
 Will, holding large election poster, reads. Well, 
 now! That sounds as if at last the right man 
 would be in the right place. I wish I could 
 vote, so that my vote would count one more for 
 A . 
 
 John, coming in with poster of opposite party. Vote 
 
 for A ! What nonsense, Will ! Throw away 
 
 that trash. Here is the ring of true metal for 
 you. See what B can do. 
 
 Will looks over John's shoulder, reading the rival 
 poster, then laughs. Dear me ! That is just what 
 
 my bill says A will do, and that B will 
 
 not. How is one to know the truth? 
 
 John. Oh, that's easy enough ; just let me con- 
 vince you now that — 
 
 (Enter Frank and Ned.) 
 
 Will. Ah! How are you, boys? What's the 
 news? 
 
 Frank What's the news? 
 
 Oh, I have good news to tell — 
 My Saviour has done all things well, 
 And triumphed over death and hell ; 
 That's the news — that's the news. 
 
 John, aside. If Frank is going to commence his 
 good talk, I am off. (jTo the others.) I am sorry to 
 lose your pleasant company so soon, but I am 
 going with my father to attend a political meet- 
 ing. So good-night. 
 
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 Ned. Nothing but politics, even among the 
 boys ! I am sick of it. 
 
 Will. And the worst of it is, one does not know 
 what to think. Each candidate promises to main- 
 tain " union and peace, order and law," and asserts 
 that his rival will establish riot and confusion. 
 
 Ned. If the boys were to vote, I guess they 
 would put things to rights a little. 
 
 Will. I think we are as capable of voting as 
 some who do. 
 
 Frank. So do I. 
 
 Ned. I wish Congress would pass a law enab- 
 ling us to vote. 
 
 Frank. We can vote without waiting for that 
 very unlikely event. 
 
 Ned. You mean when we are of age ? 
 
 Frank. No, I mean now. To-night, if you will. 
 
 Will. Oh ! only to take our vote for fun, to see 
 what it would amount to if we had the power. 
 
 Frank. But you have the power. You can elect 
 your candidate, and install him too, before you 
 leave the house. 
 
 Ned. The election would not be worth much, 
 without any authority. 
 
 Frank. But we have written authority. 
 
 Will. It must be a forgery, then. 
 
 Frank. No, it is perfectly authentic. 
 
 Ned. What a time there will be when the army 
 of boys get to work ! 
 
 Will. I guess we will be able to elect the right 
 one. 
 
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 Frank. I hope so ; then there will be such re- 
 joicings as the world never saw. 
 
 Ned. Bonfires and illuminations? 
 
 Frank. Yes, indeed ; and music such as cannot 
 be described. 
 
 Will. Perhaps we could get an office under him. 
 
 Frank. There are places prepared for all whc 
 serve him, and riches in plenty. 
 
 Ned. What! for all? 
 
 Frank. His own Son says so. 
 
 Will. I am afraid this is all too good to be true. 
 
 Frank. You will find it more than realized. 
 
 Ned. Show us your authority, and if it is gen- 
 uine we will be off to the polls without delay. 
 
 Frank, drawing a Bible from his pocket, reads. 
 "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve." Is 
 not that explicit enough, boys? 
 
 Will, disappointed. I did not know that was 
 what you meant. 
 
 Ned. After exciting our hopes, you dash them 
 to the ground. 
 
 Frank No, Ned; say, rather, raise them up 
 above the heavens. 
 
 Will. But whom are we to choose between? 
 
 Frank. God and Satan. There are only two 
 candidates in the field ; so your choice is not so 
 perplexing as you have described a political can- 
 vass to be. 
 
 Ned. You are too hard on us, Frank. We can- 
 not wish to serve Satan. 
 
 Frank. There is no half-way. "No man can 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 141 
 
 serve two masters; for either he will hate the 
 one and love the other, or else he will hold to 
 the one and despise the other." As soon might 
 
 you give a man liberty to vote for A and 
 
 then for B . 
 
 Will. What inducements are held out to us? 
 
 Frank. Their promises are not so conflicting 
 as those which we were talking of. One says, 
 " Whoso loveth me I will love, and whoso hon- 
 oreth me, him will I honor. The other, leading 
 his friends where they can overlook the world, 
 says, "All these things will I give thee if thou 
 wilt fall down and worship me." 
 
 Ned. You said there were places for all. 
 
 Frank. His Son has said, "In my Father's 
 house are many mansions ;" "I go to prepare a 
 place for you;" and "Eye hath not seen nor ear 
 heard, neither have entered into the heart of man 
 the things which God hath prepared for them that 
 love him;" and again, "Ye shall be kings and 
 conquerors." 
 
 Will. And the wealth? 
 
 Frank. "If children, then heirs; heirs of God 
 and joint-heirs with Christ." Heirs inheriting 
 the "depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
 and knowledge of God." 
 
 Ned. Perhaps some may be forgotten. 
 
 Frank. "A book of remembrance was written 
 before him." 
 
 Will. But he maybe ashamed to own us. 
 
 Frank. "And they shall be mine, saith the 
 
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 Lord of hosts, in that day when I shall make 
 up my jewels." 
 
 Ned. Is he able to fulfil such wonderful prom- 
 ises? 
 
 Frank. "Wherefore also, he is able to give unto 
 us much more abundantly." 
 
 Ned. But how long will they last? We may 
 not live to enjoy them. 
 
 Frank. "He that believeth on me hath ever- 
 lasting life." 
 
 Will. Where is the rejoicing you spoke of? 
 
 Frank. "There shall be joy in heaven among 
 the angels." "The morning stars sang together, 
 and all the sons of God shouted for joy." 
 
 Ned. Your inducements all seem to be on one 
 side, Frank. 
 
 Frank. If you wish to see the other side, I can 
 show it to you. "There remaineth no more rest 
 for the wicked." "There shall be w r eeping and 
 gnashing of teeth." 
 
 Will. Must the election be made now? Some 
 other time — 
 
 Frank. "To-day, if ye will hear his voice." 
 "Choose you this day." 
 
 Ned. The command seems to be imperative, 
 and admits of no delay. 
 
 Frank. " If it seem evil unto you to serve the 
 Lord, choose ye this day whom ye will serve." 
 
 Both. We will serve the Lord. 
 
 Frank. "Ye cannot serve the Lord, for he is a 
 holy God; he is a jealous God. If ye forsake 
 
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 the Lord and serve strange gods, then he will 
 turn and do you hurt and consume you, after 
 that he hath done you good." 
 
 Both. Nay, but we will serve the Lord. 
 
 Frank. "Ye are witnesses against yourselves 
 that ye have chosen the Lord, to serve him." 
 
 Both. We are witnesses. 
 
 Frank. "Now, therefore, incline your heart unto 
 the Lord God of Israel." 
 
 Both. "The Lord our God will we serve, and 
 his voice will we obey." 
 
 Frank, turning to the audience. " Behold, all these 
 people shall be witnesses unto us; for they have 
 heard all the words of the Lord which he spake 
 unto us. They therefore shall be witness unto 
 you, lest ye deny your God." 
 
ADDRESSES. 
 
 WELCOME. 
 
 They say, sometimes, that walls have ears. 
 I don't know how that is; but I do know that 
 if these old walls have ears, they will hear some 
 wonderful things to-night ; and if they have eyes, 
 will see a sight worth beholding ; and if they had 
 a tongue, it would find utterance in a shout — a 
 long, loud, triumphant shout of Welcome I 
 
 Welcome, loved parents ; welcome, kind friends ; 
 welcome, dear schoolmates ; welcome, one and all, 
 
 to the anniversary of the , this glorious 
 
 day of , 18 — ! (Fill blanks to suit) 
 
 But alas ! the walls are dumb ; and I am afraid 
 that if they have any hearts, they are as cold and 
 hard as the materials of which they are built. 
 But no matter; for within them are gathered 
 human beings whose hearts beat warmly and 
 tenderly and lovingly, this night of all nights; 
 and the one chord to which each thrills is — 
 Welcome ! 
 
 As all could not give this feeling utterance, 
 
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ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 145 
 
 they have appointed me to express it for them 
 — to embody in the one voice the united cry of 
 Welcome ! 
 
 Dear friends, let me beg you not to measure 
 this welcome by my size ; my love can be great, 
 though my inches are few ; if my body doesn't take 
 up much room, my heart is large enough to con- 
 tain you all. 
 
 My heart? I beg pardon. Our heart! For 
 our pastor bids you welcome to this gathering 
 of the lambs of his flock. Even now the words 
 of the Master ring in his ears, " Whoso shall re- 
 ceive one such little child in my name, receiveth 
 me." Me ! Blessed Jesus, I trust that each one 
 here to-night may indeed receive into his heart 
 the children's Saviour. 
 
 Our superintendent greets and welcomes you, 
 and in the name of him who has said "Suffer 
 the little children to come unto me," thanks 
 you for all your kindness — past, present, and 
 yet to come. 
 
 Our teachers take up the cry, and fain would 
 shout it out that all the earth might hear — wel- 
 come ; welcome at all times ; but thrice welcome 
 on this our anniversary night. 
 
 My dear brothers and sisters of the school 
 will tell you that — 
 
 "Many are the sorrows, many are the tears, 
 Many are the hopes, and many are the fears, 
 That have crossed our pathway since we last did meet ; 
 But we are come again our kindred and our friends to greet." 
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 And welcome you, dear friends, this festal night. 
 Even my cherished schoolmates, the little "lambs 
 of the flock," echo the shout, and cry, Come, come, 
 come ! {First "Come" with almost a shout, and de- 
 creasing to a low but perfectly distinct tone.) 
 
 But hark ! What is that ? I thought I heard 
 another — afar off and yet near — echo of Come, 
 come, come! (Commence in a loud whisper and 
 gradually increase the voice.) 
 
 Ah yes! Jesus himself, the children's friend, 
 is in our midst to-night, and bids you welcome ; 
 but calls to each, "Come unto me," for "verily I 
 say unto you, except ye be converted and become 
 as little children, ye shall not enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven." 
 
 Dear, kind friends — old and young, rich and 
 poor, learned and unlearned — let us obey this 
 call, for he loves us all; then, at the last great 
 anniversary meeting on the other shore — 
 
 11 The angels will stand on the heavenly strand, 
 And sing their welcome home. ,, 
 
 GOOD-NIGHT. 
 
 (A closing address for a little boy.) 
 They say that little folks should be seen and 
 not heard. Well ! You have all seen us, and we 
 have heard you; now don't you think you can 
 listen to us just a minute, before we all go away? 
 We have only one little word that we wish to say, 
 or rather two words in one ; it is Good-night. 
 But before we quite say it, we want to thank 
 
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 all those who have done so much to make us 
 enjoy ourselves. We thank our superintendent 
 and teachers for their kindness in taking so 
 much pains to give us this beautiful anniver- 
 sary. Good-night, dear teachers, good-night. We 
 hope that you may never have a bad night, but 
 that he who neither slumbers nor sleeps will 
 watch over and protect you, for "so he giveth 
 his beloved sleep." 
 
 We thank our pastor and , who have 
 
 spoken to us such sweet words of wisdom and 
 
 cheer. Good-night, dear pastor and . May 
 
 your loving hearts be filled with gladness, and 
 the good angels sing "songs in the night" around 
 your pillows. 
 
 We thank our dear friends who have done us 
 the honor to gather here to witness this scene; 
 and we hope that you have all had such a good 
 night that when the year rolls by and another 
 anniversary comes around, you will be glad to 
 come again, and you may be sure of receiving 
 a right hearty welcome. 
 
 But many days and hours must pass before 
 then, and if it should be God's will that we shall 
 never meet again in this world, then may we all 
 meet in that bright world where there is no part- 
 ing, no sorrow, no tears; where we shall never 
 say Good-night, for there is no night there! 
 
 Oh that the names of each one in this great 
 congregation may be written in the Lamb's Book 
 of Life ! Then it matters not when the last Good- 
 
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 night on earth shall be spoken, and we sleep our 
 last sleep, for when we wake it will be to a long, 
 loud, triumphant Good-morning ! 
 
 THE LITTLE DOCTOR. 
 
 A little boy with chest of medicine (homoeopathic is most 
 convenient) and a small Bible or Testament. He should 
 make a bow with the chest in his hand when he enters, then 
 place it upon a table in sight of the audience till needed. 
 
 Ever since I was about so high (indicate the 
 height with the hand), I have been called "The 
 Little Doctor." 
 
 Now don't laugh; for I know I am not very 
 tall, nor exactly hoary-headed, as doctors gener- 
 ally are ; but I want to begin business for myself. 
 I canH wait until I'm a man. That is such a long 
 way off, my little eyes can't see half so far ; and 
 my little feet will be often weary before they 
 travel over such a tiresome road. 
 
 Won't you all try some of my medicines, and 
 help me into practice at once ? Don't ask to see 
 my diploma, though; for, between you and me, 
 I'm afraid it would be hard to find. But I've 
 something better. It's a great secret, but seeing 
 you are all friends here, I'll just whisper it in 
 your ear. 
 
 I have found an old receipt-book (hold up 
 Bible), written by some famous doctors of the 
 olden times, and there are accounts in it of some 
 very wonderful cures. 
 
 But time is money to-night, and I am not yet 
 
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 rich enough to waste it ; so, good friends, let's to 
 business at once. 
 
 You see I have brought my medicine-chest 
 with me; {holding chest up to view) and as this 
 is such a grand occasion, I will give you the 
 benefit of my skill without money and without 
 price, free, gratis, for nothing. Now, ladies and 
 gentlemen, don't all rush up here at once; for 
 I'm only a little doctor, after all. But please step 
 up on the platform, one at a time, and tell me 
 your ailments, and my word for it, I'll produce 
 a certain cure, instanter. 
 
 (Pause an instant y then look at some one in the farthest part of 
 the house and call :) 
 
 What did that gentleman away off in yonder 
 corner say? (Place hand to ear, as if listening.) 
 You would like to see what I have in my chest ? 
 Certainly, sir, certainly ; with the greatest of plea- 
 sure; not the least trouble in the world. (Turn 
 rapidly over the leaves of the book.) You must ex- 
 cuse me, my friends, if I refer to my book a 
 good deal, for really it's quite inconvenient for 
 a doctor to have so little brains. I'll ask any 
 doctor here if it isn't. 
 
 (Beads.) "A merry heart doeth good like medi- 
 cine." (Lays book down.) That's so, friends ! I've 
 tried it often and know all about it. Just see 
 what pains we have taken that you should have 
 large doses of the article to-night. That's to start 
 on. Then here's a little bottle I want you to try. 
 
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150 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 {Holding one up.) Not the bottle, but what's in 
 it, I mean. I wouldn't be without it for anything 
 in the world. It wall cure the very worst fit ever 
 known ; a fit of anger I mean, of course. It is 
 called "A Soft Answer;" it was never known to 
 fail. But speaking of fits — fits of anger — there's 
 a deadly poison (holds up another bottle') that only 
 makes them grow worse; its name is "Grievous 
 Words." Take a doctor's advice, friends, if he 
 is little, and touch not this poison, for the book 
 says, "Grievous words stir up anger." Why, it 
 has even been known to drive a person mad! 
 
 (Take out another bottle.) Here's another medi- 
 cine that I tell you is just magical. It is of the 
 same class as the soft answer ; we call it " Plea- 
 sant Words." Won't you try a drop or two? 
 You will find it very sweet, like a honeycomb; 
 our doctor here (pointing to book) says it "gives 
 health to the bones." 
 
 Here's something, now, that you must examine 
 carefully, for it's very, very precious. (Holds up 
 another bottle.) It is distilled from apples of gold, 
 and is nothing less than " Words Fitly Spoken." 
 It is about the most valuable thing I have, unless 
 it is this (another bottle), "The Tongue of the 
 Just," which you can see for yourselves is made 
 of choice silver. 
 
 That just reminds me. The tongue is a dread- 
 fully abused portion of the body. Although it 
 is placed inside of our mouth as though it were 
 shut up in a casket, yet it is needlessly exposed 
 
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 to danger, till it catches all manner of contagious 
 diseases. One of these I have mentioned before 
 — Anger; others are called Lying, Swearing, Idle 
 Words, etc. They are very hard to cure; indeed, 
 one of these old doctors says, " No man can tame 
 it." There is only one thing that does it much 
 good, and that is to wear a little instrument called 
 a bridle. 
 
 Now, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are 
 satisfied as to my skill. Don't be bashful, but 
 state your case at once. 
 
 Excuse me, madam, did you speak ? You have 
 disobedient children ? I am sorry for you, from 
 the bottom of my heart. But I have the very 
 thing for them. A couple of plasters. {Produce 
 from chest and hold to heart and neck.) "A father's 
 commandments to be bound continually upon 
 the heart," and " A mother's law to be tied about 
 the neck." 
 
 There's a little boy has something the matter 
 with him. What is it? {Boy from the audience 
 answers, l ' Idleness. ") 
 
 Idleness? that's an awful disease, and I am 
 afraid you will have to suffer a very painful ope- 
 ration, for my book says, "The idle soul shall 
 suffer hunger." I shouldn't wonder, too, if you 
 were a sluggard, and must have (fold the arms, 
 close the eyes, and, nodding the head, drawl out 
 drowsily) "Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a 
 little folding of the hands to sleep." Ha! I 
 thought so. Well, I would advise a journey; 
 
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 not to the seashore, nor to the mountains, nor 
 yet to Europe; but "Go to the ant, thou slug- 
 gard; consider her ways and be wise." 
 
 What's the matter with you? (Another child 
 from the audience says " Selfishness") 
 
 Here's your cure. Good, too, for Greediness, 
 Stinginess, or what is sometimes called Close- 
 fistedness ; it is the condensed milk of human kind- 
 ness. (Produce another bottle.) Like all other milk 
 you must be careful not to let it sour ; but unlike 
 milk in general, don't keep it in a cold place, for 
 the warmer it is the sweeter it tastes. 
 
 If there should be any quarrelsome brethren 
 here, I hope our pastor will recommend them 
 to use this precious ointment (another bottle), 
 " Unity;" and tell them to be very careful of 
 their good name, for that is even better than pre- 
 cious ointment. 
 
 (Child from its seat asks,) Doctor, have you any- 
 thing that will cure fretfulness, discontent, and 
 unhappiness ? 
 
 Yes, indeed, I have; it's a sweet little herb 
 called "Heart's-Ease." You wear it in your 
 bosom, and it takes away all these unhappy 
 feelings. 
 
 But this will never do ; I am staying here en- 
 tirely too long. My patients will become impa- 
 tients. But lest it be said to me "Physician, heal 
 thyself," let me say that you and I, each of us, 
 must not forget that there is a balm in Gilead 
 and a Physician there. And let us all take freely 
 
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 of the tree of life, whose leaves are for the heal- 
 ing of the nations. 
 
 GLOKY TO GOD. 
 
 This is more especially intended for occasions when con- 
 siderable expense has been incurred, either in the way of 
 decorations or other ; when there is always a class of persons 
 ready to cry "Why this waste? All this might have been 
 sold for so much and given to the poor." 
 
 "To what purpose is this waste?" cried the 
 disciples, when Mary brought her box of pre- 
 cious ointment, very costly, and broke it at the 
 feet of Jesus. But Jesus said, " She hath wrought 
 a good work upon me ; let her alone." And the 
 house was filled with the odor of the ointment. 
 
 Perhaps there are some here to-night who would 
 cry with the angry disciples, "To what purpose is 
 this waste ?" Jesus, high in glory, knows to what 
 purpose it is, for " Now is the Son of man glori- 
 fied, and God is glorified in him." The angels 
 who stand round the throne need not to ask, for 
 is not their number ten thousand times ten thou- 
 sand and thousands of thousands, whose song 
 day and night is "Blessing and honor and glory 
 and power be unto him that sitteth on the throne 
 and unto the Lamb for ever and ever " ? 
 
 The spirits of the redeemed who have gone up 
 from our midst to join the white-robed throng — 
 ay ! who have sat on these seats and listened to 
 the voice of praise from this platform — they too 
 join in the joyful chorus, "Alleluia! salvation 
 
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 and glory and honor and power unto the Lord 
 our God." And yet there still may be some who 
 re-echo the cry of Judas, " Why this waste ?" I 
 will tell you why : it is that this house, this holy 
 temple, may be filled to-night with the sweet odor 
 of that name which is above every name. It is 
 because the Psalmist, with a burst of triumph, 
 shouts, "Praise ye the Lord, kings of the earth 
 and all people; princes and all judges of the 
 earth; both young men and maidens, old men 
 and children; let them praise the name of the 
 Lord, for his glory alone is excellent, his glory 
 is above the earth and heaven." It is because 
 we, like the children of old, would cut down 
 branches from the trees and strew them at the 
 feet of our Jesus, shouting, " Hosanna to the Son 
 of David ; hosanna in the highest." It is because 
 
 "Another year's rich mercies prove 
 His ceaseless care and boundless love." 
 
 It is because to-night we would join the angelic 
 choir and sing, "Glory to God in the highest." 
 Glory to thee, my God, this night, for all the 
 
 blessings of the year. Glory to God for the 
 
 souls gathered into our Sunday-school. Glory to 
 
 God for the souls gathered from the lanes 
 
 and by-ways and invited to the wedding-feast at 
 our mission. Glory, thrice glory, to God that 
 
 since our last anniversary night new names 
 
 have been written in the Lamb's Book of Life, 
 that times the angels have flown upward 
 
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 with the glad tidings, and that times there 
 
 has been joy in heaven over one sinner that re- 
 pen teth. Glory to God for our school ; and our 
 loved' church might well be called "Irnmanuel — 
 God with us." Ah ! it seems to me that not only 
 on Bethlehem's plain were these good tidings of 
 great joy ; not only from Bethlehem's plains, but 
 
 from the walls of the church of may 
 
 we praise God, singing, "Glory to God in the 
 highest, and on earth" — in the church, in the 
 Sunday-school — "peace, good-will toward men." 
 And when we shall have stepped over the river 
 into the golden hereafter, 
 
 " Glory to God, we will sing evermore, 
 We're home at last, home at last !" 
 
 There will we join with the angels in a sweeter, 
 nobler song, "Unto him that loved us and washed 
 us from our sins in his own blood, to him be glory 
 and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 THE AUCTION. 
 
 Characters: The Auctioneer, Fashion, Ambition, Infi- 
 delity, Intemperance, Crime, Education, Keligion, 
 Bidders. 
 
 The Auctioneer should be provided with a small table 
 and an auctioneer's mallet, which he must be taught to use 
 with discretion. The bidders may be grouped on the steps 
 on each side of the platform ; or what is better, if their voices 
 can be heard, they can be scattered through the audience and 
 rise in their places, as though the bidding were spontaneous ; 
 excepting Religion, for whom directions will be given in 
 the proper place. If considered desirable, Fashion may be 
 represented by a girl dressed in " the height of fashion," as a 
 burlesque on the capricious old dame. In that case the part 
 would have to be slightly altered, as this was written alto- 
 gether for boys. Care should be taken that each bidder 
 begins on the exact syllable, neither too soon nor too late. 
 
 Auctioneer. I'm a doctor by profession ; perhaps 
 some of you know me. The little doctor I'm gen- 
 erally called, because the fact is, you see, I'm not 
 so very big. I have a whole great chest of medi- 
 cines, and I have often offered to cure everybody, 
 
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ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 157 
 
 free, gratis > for nothing; but would you believe 
 it? hardly anybody has accepted of my offer. 
 Do you see these children ? Every one of them 
 is sick, has some sort of disease, but they don't 
 care to be cured. Now what shall be done with 
 them? {Take a turn or two around the platform, 
 as though in deep thought, then stop suddenly and 
 snap the fingers, as though an idea had occurred.) 
 I'll tell you what I'll do ! If they won't have me 
 for a doctor, and won't take my medicines, I'll 
 change my trade — turn auctioneer, and sell the 
 children all off in one lot to the highest bidder. 
 Who'll have the first bid? Who bids for the 
 children ? Several hundred in this lot ; if that's 
 not enough, there are plenty more. 200,000 in 
 this city, 750,000 in Pennsylvania (these are ap- 
 proximate figures for Philadelphia and Pennsylva- 
 nia; substitute own city and State), 8,500,000 in the 
 United States, 250,000,000 in the world! Hurry 
 up, friends, time is passing. There they are — fine, 
 real, live, go-ahead children. Who wants them ? 
 250,000,000 children. Did you bid, sir? No? 
 I'm surprised ! Bright eyes, rosy cheeks, strong 
 limbs. Somebody please bid for the sake of a 
 start, at least. Youth, health, strength — what 
 more would you like? They are very pliable, 
 too ; you can train them in any way — good, bad, 
 or indifferent. Will no one bid? What! no 
 one? 
 
 Fashion. I. 
 
 Auctioneer. You bid, sir ? What name ? 
 
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158 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Fashion. Fashion. 
 
 Auctioneer. Fashion ! Fashion's bid for the chil- 
 dren. The gentleman represents old Dame Fash- 
 ion, I suppose. What will your client do for 
 them, sir? 
 
 Fashion. She will teach them the value of orna- 
 ment and dress. She will pile finery on them 
 until their own mothers wouldn't know them ; 
 before you have time to note the effect of one 
 set of gewgaws, she will whisk them all off and 
 replace them with something entirely different. 
 There is nothing so absurd, so ridiculous, but my 
 mistress can not only invent it, but her children 
 will wear it. Why, sir, they have even been 
 known to bind themselves with iron chains, sup- 
 posing them to be silk or roses ! 
 
 Auctioneer. Is that all you will do for the 
 children ? Look at them, ladies and gentlemen. 
 Will you let them go to Fashion, to be made 
 puppets and dolls out of? Children! with brains 
 and hearts and souls ! 
 
 Fashion. Hush, hush, Mr. Auctioneer! Don't 
 talk so loud. It's not fashionable to speak about 
 hearts and souls ; as to brains, of course we have 
 them taught dancing and Italian singing, and 
 anything showy, but especially dancing. Poor 
 things! You surely would not bother their 
 brains with such common stuff as spelling, 
 grammar, geography, or arithmetic? We send 
 them to church once in a while — that is, when 
 they have any gay new finery to show off. But 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 159 
 
 of course it must be a wealthy church, where the 
 pastor is fashionable enough to draw crowds. 
 
 Auctioneer. You hear what Fashion says. Will 
 you give them up? Is there no better bid? 
 Fashion — Fashion — Fash-ion. Think of what 
 you are doing, friends. The future power of 
 the world. Once — twice — 
 
 Ambition. Ambition. 
 
 Auctioneer. Ambition has bid. What will Am- 
 bition do for the children ? 
 
 Ambition. What won't I do, you mean ? I will 
 make their young feet try to climb the steep hill 
 of Fame without heeding the weary way. I will 
 make them strive to be authors, generals, states- 
 men, presidents. If they knock each other over 
 in the wild race, no matter, for Ambition's motto 
 is, "Each one for himself." 
 
 Auctioneer. You have heard Ambition. Shall 
 he have them? 250,000,000 children. Remem- 
 ber what I said — the future power of the world. 
 
 Ambition. That's so, or I wouldn't want them. 
 
 Auctioneer. It's Ambition's bid. Ambition — 
 Ambition — Am — 
 
 Infidelity. I bid, sir. 
 
 Auctioneer. Pray, who are you ? 
 
 Infidelity. I am Infidelity. Don't you know 
 me? 
 
 Auctioneer. No, nor don't want to, either, while 
 you have so dark a name. 
 
 Infidelity. No insults, sir. It was a genuine 
 bid. Keep to your business. 
 
160 ANNIVEKSABY LEAVES. 
 
 Auctioneer. I am sorry to say that Infidelity 
 has bid for the children. What will you do for 
 them? 
 
 Infidelity. The first thing I'll do will be to take 
 them out of Sunday-school and keep them away 
 from church. Then I'll throw away their Bibles 
 and all such books as are found in Sunday-school 
 libraries. I'll soon teach them that the Lord's 
 Day is no more holy than the other six days of 
 the week, and is w r orth nothing at all except as 
 a holiday for pleasure; and I'll — 
 
 Auctioneer. That's enough, sir. I don't think 
 you will get the little ones. 
 
 Infidelity. Why, if you had knocked them down 
 to either Fashion or Ambition, I should have got 
 them at last. 
 
 Auctioneer. Bid quickly, some one ; I don't want 
 to put this bid up. What, can you keep silence ? 
 In-fi-del-ity — 
 
 Intemperance. Let me have the children — all of 
 them; the more the merrier. We'll have a jolly 
 time together. My name is Intemperance. 
 
 Auctioneer. Intemperance has bid. Wish it was 
 Temperance, without the In before it. Is Mr. 
 Temperance, without the handle of two letters 
 before his name, in the house ? If he is, will he 
 be kind enough to step up to the platform and 
 bid for the children? (Calls, and waits as if for 
 answer.) Mr. Temperance! No! Oh, friends, 
 think of it. intemperance — 
 
 Intemperance, impatiently. Yes, yes, Intemper- 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 161 
 
 ance. And if you want security that I will keep 
 the children after I get them, I can easily give it 
 to you. There's Poverty and Beggary and Filth 
 and Disease, and hosts of names as well known 
 as theirs, will endorse my paper readily. They 
 are all waiting for a chance to bid for the chil- 
 dren themselves, so you may as well knock them 
 down to me at once. 
 
 Auctioneer. I shall turn crier in earnest if you 
 let Intemperance have the last bid. Will no one 
 bid higher? 
 
 Intemperance laughs scornfully. Ha, ha! They 
 can't outbid me. There's plenty of money in 
 the whiskey ring. 
 
 Auctioneer, slowly. Intemperance — that means 
 beggary and poverty and filth and disease. You 
 heard him say it yourselves. Intemperance — 
 will you let them go? Intemperance — a world 
 of drunkards. (Loud and indignant.) Is there 
 no one here to keep the children from his 
 clutches? (Change the voice to a pathetic tone 
 and wring the hands.) Oh, it is pitiful! Midst 
 a whole city full, and no other bid. Intemper- 
 ance — once, twice, three times ; going — going — 
 
 Crime. Not so fast, not so fast! Give me the 
 little children; my name is Crime, Mr. Auc- 
 tioneer. 
 
 Auctioneer drops his hammer, starts back and holds 
 up his hands in disgust. Crime ? Matters are get- 
 ting worse and worse. 
 
 Crime. Not so. I am only claiming them at 
 
 14* L 
 
162 ANNTVERSAKY LEAVES. 
 
 once, instead of waiting until Infidelity and In- 
 temperance lead to swearing, stealing, rioting, 
 and murder. Open your big law books, and any 
 crime that it mentions there, small or great, 111 
 show them how to commit. Give them to me 
 quickly, and Law and 1 11 have a great time of 
 it together. We'll soon fill the Houses of Refuge, 
 the prisons and gallows; what else were they 
 built for? Yes, give them to me, and well soon 
 rid the world of them all. 
 
 Auctioneer. I am waiting for other bids. Oh, 
 I beseech of you, don't let me knock them down 
 to this hideous Crime. Truly, it will be knock- 
 ing them down, down, down. (Voice and gesture 
 both descend, then pause a moment, and suddenly 
 raising the voice and holding up the hammer, cry,) 
 Crime has the last bid ; Crime — Crime — Cri-me — 
 
 Education. Shame ! shame ! that you should sit 
 idle and let such things be. I am Education. 
 I'll take the little ones and teach them better 
 things. I'll build them schoolhouses and fill 
 their minds with learning, and make them too 
 wise to join hands with Infidelity, Intemperance, 
 and Crime. I'll bid higher and higher. 
 
 Auctioneer snaps his fingers triumphantly. Good ! 
 my spirits are rising with this bid. Education 
 has bid. Education — to enlarge the mind and 
 ennoble the heart; Education — to fit them to 
 live in any station; Education — wisdom, know- 
 ledge, art, science. Education has the last bid. 
 Once, twice, three times. Going, going — 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 163 
 
 Religion advances and lays her hand on Auc- 
 tioneer's shoulder, says earnestly. Stay, oh stay ! 
 I beg you. Let Religion have the children — 
 Religion, pure and undefiled ; the wisdom which 
 is from above. She will buy them with a very 
 great price ; not with corruptible things, as silver 
 and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. 
 
 Auctioneer takes Religion's hand and continues to 
 hold it, shaking it occasionally. Take them. Oh, 
 take the children, every one of them ! Take the 
 whole 250,000,000; let not one be lost. Take 
 them from the street and lane ; take them, both 
 the halt and lame; take the deaf and the poor 
 and the blind ; take them all with willing mind ; 
 take them from the east and the west ; take them 
 from the north and south; take them from all 
 over the land ; take them into your noble band. 
 (Let go hands; Religion steps back a pace or two, 
 while the Auctioneer advances to front of platform.) 
 I suppose it is hardly necessary to put this bid 
 up ; but for the sake of form we will do it. Shall 
 Religion have the children? Shall she have all 
 of them, or only a few here and there ? Ladies 
 and gentlemen, I hope all will vote. Are you 
 ready for the question? Those who wish Relig- 
 ion to have all the children will please say, Ay. 
 Let us have one loud, hearty Ay, that will make 
 heaven ring and the angels shout aloud for joy. 
 Now, shall Religion have them ? (Hold the ham- 
 mer up in suspense. If the piece has been well ren- 
 dered, the audience will most probably burst into a 
 
164 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 hearty "Ay!" of themselves, especially if pastor or 
 superintendent takes the lead. But if the audience 
 do not understand what is asked of them, the Auc- 
 tioneer may keep on.) Did you understand me? 
 I wish every one in this house who wishes Re- 
 ligion to have the children to please say Ay. 
 Let us have it with a will; shake the building 
 and rouse the neighborhood with the echo. (Or 
 if there is but a feeble response, try to elicit one more 
 hearty, as holding up hands in amazement?) Is it 
 possible ? Is this all who want Religion to have 
 the children ? Do all those who have kept silence 
 want them to go to Fashion, Ambition, Infidelity, 
 Intemperance and Crime? 250,000,000 children 
 lost! I can't believe it; let us take the vote 
 again. (When he succeeds in getting the response, 
 the Auctioneer should bring his hammer down heavily 
 upon the table, say "Gone" bow his thanks and draw 
 bach Religion advances, and bowing to the audience, 
 says ;) 
 
 Religion. Thank you, kind friends ; in the name 
 of the religion of Christ I thank you. 250,000,000 
 children for Jesus ; then, indeed, will our motto 
 of "All the world for Jesus" be realized. (The 
 piece may terminate here ; but if it is desirable to take 
 up a collection in aid of the school, Religion may con- 
 tinue:) But between now and then there is much 
 work to be done ; by your hearty assent you have 
 pledged yourselves to do your share; what part 
 of it will you do to-night? The Sunday-school 
 is the agency that will place greater numbers of 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 165 
 
 these little ones in the arms of Religion than any- 
 other; what will yon do to aid this agency? 
 How many children will you gather into the 
 school ? How much money will you give to aid 
 its operations? Our school needs money for — 
 {state special object) — for multitudes of means of 
 leading the children to Jesus. Dear friends, how 
 much were you in earnest in wishing to keep the 
 children from the hands of those dreadful bid- 
 ders, Infidelity, Intemperance, and Crime ? Were 
 you ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, fifty cents in 
 earnest? Were you one, two, five, ten, fifteen, 
 twenty dollars in earnest? How much do you 
 want Religion to have them? Who'll give five 
 dollars to help keep 250,000,000 children from 
 Crime's cruel clutches? Please consider this 
 question, and place the answer to it, in the 
 shape of the whole contents of your pocket- 
 book, in the basket. Let us have good meas- 
 ure, pressed down, shaken together, and run- 
 ning over. If the baskets won't hold all you 
 are anxious to throw in, we will borrow the 
 hats of some of these kind gentlemen for the 
 remainder. 
 
 (It has a very good effect to sing at the close, "The 
 children all for Jesus," — Bright Jewels.) 
 
 " The children all for Jesus, 
 Every one, every one ; 
 While a soul remains in sin 
 The work is just begun," etc. 
 
166 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 ALL FOR JESUS. 
 
 Eleven boys or girls, or boys and girls, holding the letters 
 which form the motto, ALL FOE JESUS. 
 
 The reverse side of the letter should be turned toward the 
 audience until each one pronounces his own letter, when he 
 should turn the face around. The questions may be distrib- 
 uted along the line or may be given to the best speakers, ex- 
 cepting the holder of A, who should not have one, as it 
 would be awkward to be the first to answer his own question : 
 
 The alphabet begins with A, 
 
 So I'm the first my speech to say. 
 
 We'll pass right on and rest at L, 
 
 For we've something very sweet to spell. 
 
 We will use again the letter L, 
 The word it ends, you all see well. 
 
 We now bring out this pretty F, 
 And name it loud, lest some be deaf. 
 
 I'll hold up high this great round O, 
 While I stand in the middle of the row. 
 
 I hope you all see my letter E, 
 
 Those who are near and those who are far. 
 
 The next word begins with J, 
 But what it is I'll not now say. 
 
 Next to J I'll place my E, 
 
 In such a way that all may see. 
 
 Pray don't forget my crooked S, 
 I'm sure you would not wish it less. 
 
 Now at last we have come to U, 
 
 Which shows that we are almost through. 
 
 If you ask if the last letter is S, 
 I'll speak out loud and answer, Yes. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 167 
 
 In concert, slowly. 
 
 "All for Jesus" thus we spell ; 
 A sweeter motto none can tell. 
 Trouble and fear it will dispel, 
 Sadness and sorrow it will quell. 
 With joy and peace our bosoms swell, 
 For we hope at last with him to dwell. 
 
 You say that for Jesus you'll give your all ; 
 What will you give him at his call ? 
 
 All my 
 
 Affections. 
 
 All my 
 
 Love. 
 
 All my 
 
 Life. 
 
 All my 
 
 Faith. 
 
 All I 
 
 Own. 
 
 All my 
 
 Riches. 
 
 All earthly Joys. 
 
 All my 
 
 Energies. 
 
 All my 
 
 Soul. 
 
 All my 
 
 Understanding. 
 
 All the 
 
 Springtime of my life. 
 
 If to Jesus we early give our love, 
 What names will he call us from above ? 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Lambs. 
 My Little children. 
 
 Friends. 
 His Own. 
 
 Redeemed. 
 
 Jewels. 
 
 Elect. 
 
 Sheep. 
 
 Upright. 
 
 Sons and daughters. 
 
168 ANNIVERSAEY LEAVES. 
 
 With what sweet names does heaven ring, 
 When of our dear Jesus the angels sing ? 
 
 Almighty, Advocate, Author and Finisher of Faith. 
 Lord, Life, Light, Love. 
 
 Lamb of God, Lily of the Valley, Lion of the Tribe of Judah 
 Father, Friend, Faithful, Fair. 
 Only begotten Son. 
 Kedeemer, Kabbi, Eose of Sharon. 
 Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. 
 Emmanuel, Elder Brother, Example. 
 Saviour, Shepherd, Shiloh, Star out of Jacob. 
 Umpire, Undefiled, Unsearchable, Unspeakable Gift. 
 Son of God, Son of David, Sun of Kighteousness, Sure Foun- 
 dation. 
 
 What glorious things will Jesus give 
 To those who wholly for him live ? 
 
 A crown of life. 
 
 Life everlasting. 
 
 Living water. 
 
 Forgiveness of our sins. 
 
 One fold and one Shepherd. 
 
 Eobe of white. 
 
 Joys unending. 
 
 Entrance into heaven. 
 
 Salvation. 
 
 Undying bliss. 
 
 Sanctification. 
 
 Can we speak of the beauties of that land 
 Where we hope all to meet — a happy band ? 
 
 In concert, taking care that every voice commences 
 simultaneously on the word u Eye" every hand point- 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 169 
 
 ing at once to eye, ear, heart, and upward for God. 
 " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for them that love him." 
 
 This exercise may terminate here ; or, if it is desired, it 
 may be extended, and the motto changed instantly into ALL 
 THE WORLD FOR JESUS, by the entrance of a boy with 
 globe (terrestrial), room being made for him between L and 
 F (All and For). The globe may afterward be slipped out 
 of the frame, and by means of a small piece of wire and a 
 hook be suspended in the centre of the arch. During the 
 recitation of this part, he should sometimes lean lightly on, 
 point to, and whirl round, the globe. 
 
 "All for Jesus!" my schoolmates have said; 
 and as you have looked and listened, you have 
 thought that, as they themselves have told you, 
 "A sweeter motto none can tell." But I come 
 with, perhaps, not a sweeter, but a broader, far- 
 ther-reaching, all-embracing motto — "All the 
 World for Jesus !" The world for Jesus ! The 
 whole world! Not alone the city or town for 
 Jesus, the state for Jesus, the United States, or 
 even America itself, all for Jesus ; but the world, 
 the whole world, for Jesus! Both Europe and 
 Asia, Africa and America ; ay, and the islands of 
 the sea, for he has said, "The isles shall wait 
 upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust." 
 
 The whole world, from pole to pole, from the 
 rising to the setting of the sun, Arctic and Ant- 
 arctic, Torrid and Frigid. "The earth is the 
 
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170 ANSTIVEESARY LEAVES. 
 
 Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and 
 they that dwell therein." 
 
 All myself for Jesus, my sisters and brothers 
 have said. They have told us, each in turn, 
 how they will give all their hearts and souls, 
 all their time and money, to Jesus. Our fathers 
 and mothers look on and pray, "All my family 
 for Jesus," that they may be able to say, "Here 
 am I, and the children thou hast given me." 
 "All my class for Jesus," is the watchword of 
 the faithful Sunday-school teacher — 
 
 "My precious class for Jesus, 
 Who did so much for me ; 
 Who paid the price that justice claimed, 
 In hours of agony." 
 
 "My church, my people, my flock for Jesus!" is 
 the earnest prayer of our pastor— 
 
 " My whole dear flock for Jesus ; 
 Oh ! let not one be lost — 
 When Calvary was the fearful sum 
 Their wondrous ransom cost." 
 
 "My country for Jesus!" is the motto of the 
 Christian statesman. But to-night we unite and 
 extend this motto, and shout, "All the world for 
 Jesus /" Every family, every Sunday-school class, 
 every congregation, every country on the face of 
 the globe, for Jesus. For "the earth shall be full 
 of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover 
 the sea." {Pause an instant, then turn to the eleven 
 who still stand with their letters, and ask,) 
 
ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 171 
 
 Sisters and brothers, can you tell from what land 
 
 They shall come who before Jesus in white shall stand ? 
 
 America, Asia, Africa, Australia. 
 
 Liberia, Lombardy. 
 
 Labrador, Lapland, La Plata. 
 
 France, Fejee Islands. 
 
 Oceanica. 
 
 Eussia, Eome. 
 
 Jamaica, Japan, Java, Jerusalem. 
 
 England, Egypt, Ethiopia, Equador. 
 
 Spain, Syria, Switzerland, Sweden. 
 
 United States of America, Uruguay. 
 
 Sicily, Siam, Siberia, Sandwich Islands. 
 
 Boy with globe turns to the audience and resumes. 
 Do not say that day is so far off. Do you know 
 that if every one now living who has taken "all 
 for Jesus " for his or her life-motto were to bring 
 one soul at a time, each year, to Jesus, every sin- 
 ner on the face of the earth can be brought to 
 Christ in less than eleven years? 
 
 Teachers and scholars, parents, friends, pastors, 
 one soul at a time, and we may all live to see the 
 glorious time when "Behold, these shall come 
 from far ; and lo ! these from the north and from 
 the west; and these from the land of Sinim." 
 {Extend arm in each direction?) And when — 
 
 "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 Shall his successive journeys run ; 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more." 
 
172 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 The twelve sing, with school joining in chorus. 
 
 "Shout, ye tongues of every nation, 
 To the bounds of the creation ; 
 Shout the praise of Judah's Lion, 
 The Almighty Prince of Zion. 
 
 "Jesus reigns, Jesus reigns, Jesus reigns, 
 Jesus reigns — he reigns victorious 
 Over heaven and earth most glorious — 
 Jesus reigns, Jesus reigns, Jesus reigns." 
 
 ( Golden Chain, p. J^O.) 
 
 "When such a motto as this is used at a Sunday-school 
 anniversary, it is well to have all the exercises on the same 
 general idea — all the hymns on the same subject — with " all 
 the world for Jesus." There might be mottoes made of 
 leaves or colored paper for the side walls or galleries, "Jesus 
 shall reign" "All shall know him" "Thy kingdom come." 
 
 As most schools, through the various societies, contribute 
 something for missions in each of the four quarters of the 
 world, the report might be spoken by four boys bearing 
 placards labelled Europe, Asia, Africa, America, stating what 
 had been done by the school to realize " Our Motto." This 
 may be called " Our Work," and may end in something like 
 the following: 
 
 Dear friends, we have made these simple state- 
 ments, not with any view of boasting, for we wish 
 it were many times the amount, but simply to 
 show what we have been doing to hasten the 
 promised time, of which he has said, " I am with 
 thee." 
 
 Asia. "I will bring thy seed from the East." 
 (Point.) 
 
 America. "And gather thee from the West." 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 173 
 
 Europe. "I will say to the North, Give up." 
 
 Africa. "And to the South, Keep not back." 
 
 In concert. "Bring my sons from far, and my 
 
 daughters from the ends of the earth ; even every 
 
 one that is called by my name, for I have created 
 
 him for my glory." Isa, 
 
 The placards may be made to take their place in the deco- 
 rating, after being used. 
 
 IMMANUEL. 
 
 Adapted for nine children, bearing the letters I-M-M-A-N- 
 U-E-L ; on the reverse, G-O-D W-I-T-H U-S. The ninth, 
 having 8 on the reverse, may either be blank on the right 
 side or have a cross, or be ornamented in some way. 
 
 First. 
 
 Behold this name — Immanuel ! 
 
 Before his birth 'twas given 
 To him who should ransom Israel, 
 
 God's gift from earth to heaven. 
 
 Ninth. 
 
 Oh, fitting theme for Christmas morn ! 
 
 While full is every thought 
 Of him who on this day was born — 
 
 Him of whom this word was brought. 
 
 In concert "They shall call his name Emanuel, 
 which being interpreted is, God with us." 
 
 (At the word "is," turn the letters to show GOD WITH 
 US. Hold them thus an instant, then turn back to IM- 
 MANUEL.) 
 
 First. 
 
 Jesus is our Intercessor ! 
 "I AM" also is his name; 
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174 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Israel's God and my Confessor, 
 Ever lives in heaven the same. 
 
 " He ever liveth to make intercession for them." 
 Heb. vii. 25. 
 
 Second. 
 
 Jesus is our Mediator ! 
 
 Now he stands 'twixt God and man — 
 Between creature and Creator, 
 
 He, the sacrificial Lamb. 
 
 "There is one God, and one Mediator between 
 God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Tim. 
 ii. 5. 
 
 Third. 
 
 Jesus Christ is my Messiah, 
 
 Heaven's own anointed King ; 
 Hear, oh, hear the angel choir 
 
 At his birth his praises sing. 
 
 "We have found the Messias, which is, being 
 interpreted, the Christ." John i. 41. 
 
 Fourth. 
 
 Jesus is our dear Advocate ! 
 
 We have broken all God's laws, 
 And sad indeed would be our fate, 
 
 Did this Friend not plead our cause. 
 
 "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the 
 Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." 1 John ii. 1. 
 
 Fifth. 
 
 Jesus was called a Nazarene ; 
 
 They who gave it thought it shame ; 
 They who Calvary's cross have seen 
 
 Glory to be called the same. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 175 
 
 "He came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth ; 
 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 
 the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." 
 Matt. ii. 23. 
 
 Sixth. 
 
 Jesus is Unchangeable, 
 
 Yesterday, to-day, for e'er, 
 Unspeakable, unblamable, 
 
 Undefiled, an Umpire fair. 
 
 "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, 
 and for ever.'' Heb. xiii. 8. 
 
 Seventh. 
 
 Jesus is our Elder Brother ; 
 
 He sticketh closer than a friend ; 
 Stronger love than any other — 
 
 It is love that knows no end. 
 
 " There is a Friend that sticketh closer than a 
 brother." Pro v. xviii. 24. 
 
 Eighth. 
 
 Jesus our Lord, our Life, our Love, 
 
 Lamb of God who bears our sin, 
 Light of this world sent from above, 
 
 Lead us thine own fold within. 
 
 "As for our Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts is his 
 name, the Holy One of Israel." Isa. xlvii. 4. 
 
 Ninth. 
 
 Immanuel — the word they bear, 
 
 Immanuel — " God with us ;" 
 Immanuel is the name we wear, 
 
 Immanuel — dwell with us. 
 
176 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Firsts Second, and Third advance, reversing banners 
 and displaying the word GOD. 
 
 'Tis God's, not our, banner we raise — 
 
 God the Father, God the Son, 
 The Holy Spirit, all we praise ; 
 
 God, not man, the work has done. 
 
 Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh advance, showing 
 WITH. 
 
 With, not against, us is his hand ; 
 
 With I Oh, blessed little word ! 
 With Jesus, by our side to stand, 
 
 With us always, our dear Lord. 
 
 Eighth and Ninth advance, showing US. 
 
 With us ! for us ! Oh, wondrous love ! 
 
 With you, with me. I cannot tell 
 Why thou shouldst leave thy home above 
 
 To live with us — Immanuel. 
 
 In concert. 
 
 "God with us" is our battle-cry ; 
 If God be with us, we will fight 
 Under his banner till we die. 
 "King Immanuel and the right!" 
 
 (Turn banners again to IMMANUEL.) 
 
 In concert. 
 
 Immanuel, Immanuel, 
 
 Hear our earnest cry and deign 
 Whene'er we meet with us to dwell ; 
 
 Then at last with thee we'll reign. 
 
 (Sing— " Bright Jewels: 1 ) 
 
ANNIVEKSARY LEAVES. 177 
 
 Oh come, oh come, Immanuel, 
 
 And ransom captive Israel ; 
 
 That mourns in lonely exile here 
 
 Until the Son of God appear. 
 
 Kejoice! Kejoice! Immanuel 
 Shall come to thee, Israel ! 
 
 THE RAINBOW. 
 
 For seven girls. They should be dressed in white, each 
 having a sash of one of the colors of the bow. Where a 
 color or initial is named, the wearer should touch it. 
 
 Violet 
 
 When the rain ceased from o'er the land, 
 And Noah on dry ground did stand, 
 God's praises all things living sung ; 
 Then for a token, high he hung 
 This sign — the seven-colored bow, 
 That all who saw might ever know 
 Him, their covenant-keeping Lord. 
 For unto them he gave his word 
 Ne'er while heaven and earth should stand 
 Should flood or rain destroy the land. 
 
 Red. 
 
 He might have set a cloud as dark as night 
 Instead of these seven shades which form the 
 
 light; 
 But he loves to give us all that is bright, 
 So he formed for us that beautiful light, 
 All. Which is made just so, 
 By the arching bow, 
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178 ANNIVEKSARY LEAVES. 
 
 (Each names his own color in turn.) 
 Of Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, 
 Red. 
 
 (At the words "just so," all raise their hands over their 
 heads till tips of fingers meet, then bring them down with 
 graceful arching motion. If this is properly done, the seven 
 arches interlock, and the effect is very pretty.) 
 
 All. Our first letters ever are : 
 Each in turn. V. I. B. G. Y. O. R. 
 All. These seven colors make the light, 
 And in the rainbow's arch so bright, 
 Formed by sunbeams in the sky- 
 Shining on raindrops floating by. 
 In this bow you will always see : 
 Each. Our R. 0. Y. G. B. I. V. 
 Indigo. God is the heavenly sunshine ; 
 
 He lights your else dark life and mine. 
 What think you possibly he meant 
 By these seven hues to represent? 
 All. The seven attributes of God. 
 Each. Wisdom, Knowledge, Goodness, Mercy, 
 Truth, Justice, Power. 
 
 Red. "God hath spoken once; twice have I 
 heard this ; that Power belongeth unto God." Ps. 
 lxii. 11. 
 
 Orange. "Justice and judgment are the habita- 
 tion of thy throne." Ps. lxxxix. 14. 
 
 Yellow. "A God of Truth and without iniquity, 
 just and right is he." Deut. xxxii. 4. 
 
 Green. "Also unto thee, Lord, belongeth 
 Mercy" "Oh give thanks unto the God of hea- 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 179 
 
 ven, for his Mercy endureth for ever." Ps. cxxxvi. 
 26. 
 
 Blue. "The earth is full of the Goodness of the 
 Lord." Ps. xxxiii. 5. 
 
 Indigo. "The Lord is a God of Knowledge." 1 
 Sam. ii. 3. "Lord, thou knowest all things." 
 John xxi. 17. 
 
 Violet. " Oh, the depth of the riches both of the 
 Wisdom and knowledge of God." 
 
 All. " How unsearchable are his judgments, and 
 his ways past finding out." Rom. xi. 33. 
 
 Each. 
 
 V. With Wisdom all his works are made. 
 
 I. With Knowledge all his plans are laid. 
 
 B. His Goodness all the earth has filled. 
 
 G. His Mercy to redeem us willed. 
 
 Y. A God of Truth and right is he. 
 
 0. Justice in all his laws we t je. 
 
 R. All Power unto him ascribe 
 
 All. Whose attributes we thus describe. 
 
 Orange. What seven graces should be seen 
 
 In those who with Christ have been ? 
 
 Each, in turn. Humility, Patience, Hope, Faith, 
 Peace, Joy, Love. 
 
 Violet. "Be clothed with Hwisility, for God re- 
 sisteth the proud and giveth grace to the hum- 
 ble." 1 Pet. v. 15. 
 
 Bed. " Thou shalt Love the Lord thy God with 
 all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all 
 thy mind." Matt. xxii. 37. 
 
180 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Indigo. "Let Patience have her perfect work." 
 James i. 4. 
 
 Orange. " In whom ye rejoice with Joy unspeak- 
 able and full of glory." 1 Pet. i. 8. 
 
 Blue. "We are saved by Hope; but hope that 
 is seen is not hope." Kom. viii. 24. 
 
 Yellow. "The Peace of God, which passeth all 
 understanding." Phil. iv. 7. 
 
 Green. "Without Faith it is impossible to please 
 him." Heb. xi. 6. 
 
 V. Humility, the Violet, in lowly places hides. 
 
 I. Patience in Indigo' } s dark hue full oft abides. 
 
 B. Hope, daughter of the sky, its emblem is the 
 Blue. 
 
 G. Faith, the living Green, which fadeth not 
 from view. 
 
 Y. Peace, golden Yellow, like the ripening grain. 
 
 0. Joy deepens into Orange, singing glad refrain. 
 
 jR. Love, last and brightest, in Red doth glow, 
 Toward which all hues and graces seem to 
 flow. 
 
 All. If dressed in robes of light we would appear, 
 These rainbow graces we must put on here. 
 
 Blue. What seven blessings did Jesus declare 
 To those who seven bright jewels do wear? 
 
 Violet. " Blessed are the poor in spirit ; for theirs 
 is the kingdom of heaven." 
 
 Indigo. " Blessed are they that mourn ; for they 
 shall be comforted." 
 
 Blue. " Blessed are the meek ; for they shall in- 
 herit the earth." 
 
ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 181 
 
 Green. " Blessed are they which do hunger and 
 thirst after righteousness j for they shall be filled." 
 
 Yellow. " Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall 
 obtain mercy." 
 
 Orange. " Blessed are the pure in heart ; for they 
 shall see God." 
 
 Bed. "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they 
 shall be called the children of God." 
 
 Violet. The poor in spirit, 
 Violet like, they seek some humble nook. 
 
 Indigo. Mourners, 
 In Indigo's sad robes must upward look. 
 
 Blue. The meek, 
 Blue forget-me-nots ; for you God shall care. 
 
 Green. Hungry and thirsty ones, 
 Green trees by the waters, fruit shall ye bear. 
 
 Yellow. Merciful ones, 
 The Yellow light of mercy ye shall obtain. 
 
 Orange. Pure in heart, 
 In the Golden city with God shall reign. 
 
 Bed. Peace-makers; 
 The bright pure Bed, which never can fade, 
 For children of your God ye are made. 
 
 Yellow. In these colors may we be dressed, 
 And by the Saviour thus be blessed. 
 
 Green. At last in that bright world of light, 
 With Jesus may we walk in white. 
 
 All. Whene'er you see the arching bow 
 
 Which in the sky bends down just so — 
 
 {Arching motion.) 
 Remember then what we have said — 
 
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182 ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 
 
 Each. Of Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, 
 
 Orange, Red. 
 All sing. 
 
 This is the way the rainbow bends down, 
 
 Brightly, brightly falling; 
 Lo ! it smileth across the sky, 
 
 Making fair the heavens on high. 
 This is the way the rainbow bends down, 
 
 Brightly, brightly falling. 
 
 THE DRUNKARD'S A, B, C. 
 
 Characters: Eight children, boys or girls, or both. One 
 older for a teacher. May all be spoken, or partly sung 
 and partly spoken. 
 
 Teacher sings to the tune of "Mary had a Little 
 Lamb" with A, B, chorus. 
 
 Children, come and let me see 
 How you say your A, B, C. 
 
 Children sing. 
 
 We are sure we know them well ; 
 If we do, then may we spell ? 
 
 All join in chorus. 
 
 A, B, C, D, etc. 
 
 Teacher. 
 
 Well done ! You deserve my thanks ; 
 Now divide into two ranks ; 
 Stand straight — toes out — it's not play. 
 First boy may begin with A. 
 
 Chorus. — A, B, C, D, etc. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 183 
 
 (While singing the chorus, children divide into two ranks, 
 facing each other, like an old-fashioned spelling-match, while the 
 teacher takes a chair at the head. First, Second, Third, Fourth 
 represent A, B, C, D on the left, while Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, 
 Eighth represent A, B, C, D on the right.) 
 
 First, spells. A-l-e, Ale. Malt liquor. Recom- 
 mended by some physicians as a tonic; it will 
 make you strong and hearty. Begin with small 
 doses, say one glass a day; you will soon be able 
 to take more. 
 
 Fifth. A-i-1, Ail, to be sick. Follows the use of 
 a-l-e, though a-i-1 is often given as an excuse for 
 swallowing a-l-e. 
 
 Second. B-e-e-r, Beer. Rather stronger than ale, 
 being the next step. B-r-o-w-n, brown stout, is 
 a kind of strong beer. Thin people should drink 
 beer to make them fat, and fat people because it 
 agrees with them. 
 
 Sixth. B-i-e-r, Bier. A place to which those 
 are untimely brought who make habitual use of 
 b-e-e-r, beer. 
 
 Third. C-u-p, Cup. The vessel from which, if 
 filled w T ith ale or beer, I would drink to your 
 health. 
 
 Seventh. C-u-p, Cup, of sorrow, which will be 
 the portion of those who begin with ale and 
 beer. 
 
 Third holds his hand up, like school-children. 
 
 Teacher. What do you wish? 
 
 Third. Can't I have my turn over again ? That 
 boy over there spelled the same word. 
 
184 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Teacher. Did he ? Then by all means he should 
 spell another. 
 
 Third. But I have thought of a better word, 
 Please, sir, I can spell in two syllables. 
 
 Teacher. And so you want to show off? Well, 
 go on. 
 
 Third. C-i-d-e-r, Cider. An exhilarating drink 
 made from apples. Sweet cider is good, but hard 
 cider is better; makes you feel more — more — 
 well, kind o' lively, you know. 
 
 Seventh. S-i-g-h, Sigh. To lament, to grieve, to 
 mourn. There are no sweet sighs ; but many are 
 the hard sighs which will be given by the friends 
 of him who learns to love ale, beer, and cider, the 
 A, B, C's of drunkenness. 
 
 Third, hand up. Wrong letter ! his word didn't 
 begin with C. 
 
 Teacher. Spell it with a C, then, if you like it 
 better. It seems to me it sounded nearly the 
 same. I can't have the class disturbed for such 
 a trifle. Next boy, go on. 
 
 Fourth. D-r-i-n-k, Drink, noun ; ale, beer, cider, 
 etc. Drink, verb ; to pour these liquors down the 
 throat. 
 
 Eighth. D-r-u-n-k, Drunk ; not I, but you. You 
 see {pointing to the other side) a change of only one 
 letter in the middle of the word. So short and 
 easy is the road from drink to drunk ! 
 
 {Indignant show of hands on the left.) 
 
 Teacher, aside. Heigh-ho! I am afraid this is 
 getting rather too personal. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 185 
 
 Teacher sings. 
 
 Come, come ! stop this sort of thing ; 
 'Twill not do such taunts to fling. 
 Join my chorus, like good lads, 
 Then we'll have some a-b, ab's. 
 
 All join in chorus. A, B, C, D, etc. 
 
 Teacher, triumphantly. There's nothing like a 
 stirring chorus to set things straight. We will 
 begin again. Let us advance a little, and try- 
 some a-b, ab's. 
 
 All the school in chorus, in a sing-song tone. A-b, 
 ab, B-i, bi, C-o, co, D-e, de. 
 
 Teacher. Good. Now see if you can illustrate 
 by words. 
 
 First spells. Ab-sinthe, a drink concocted to help 
 one to forget sorrow. 
 
 Fifth spells. Abstain, to keep from. Keep from 
 absinthe and all such drinks, and much sorrow 
 will keep from you. 
 
 Second spells. Bit-ters, a liquor in which herbs 
 or roots are steeped to disguise the former, by 
 those who have not yet learned to drink it with- 
 out shame. 
 
 Sixth spells. Bit-ter, causing pain or distress. 
 Bitter will be the fate of him who has advanced 
 from beer to bitters; from the A, B, C's to the a-b, 
 ab's, of the bowl. 
 
 Third spells. Cor-dial, a — a — ah — medicine ! 
 which increases strength and gives life and 
 spirits to the weak. 
 
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186 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 Seventh. Cor-rode, to eat away by degrees. This 
 is what the poisonous liquors sold under the name 
 of bitters, cordials, etc., do to the fortunes, happi- 
 ness, and lives of those who take them. 
 
 Fourth. De-can-ter, a glass vessel used for hold- 
 ing — ahem ! — cordials ! 
 
 Third. De-bauch, excess in drinking, intemper- 
 ance, which the use of the decanter leads to, etc. 
 Dryden says, 
 
 "The first physicians by debauch were made." 
 
 Teacher. You are getting on rapidly indeed. I 
 am not sure, though, that it is for the best. I will 
 try you around once more before I express my 
 opinion. 
 
 First spells. Al-co-hol — Alcohol — 
 
 Fifth interrupts, and, holding up his hands in 
 horror, spells rapidly the words beginning with a.) 
 Ab-an-don; oh, abandon ale! Look not on ab- 
 sinthe! Nothing will save you but total absti- 
 nence. Ah ! ab-ruptly ab-jure the drunkard's A, B, C. 
 Did all do this, the liquor-dealers' ab-ominable 
 business would not only ab-ate, but be absolutely 
 ab-olished by the absence of customers from their 
 ab-odes ; and King Al-cohol would be ab-ased and 
 forced to ab-dicate. Woe to King Alcohol ! 
 
 Sixth. Woe to King Alcohol ! 
 
 Seventh. Woe to King Alcohol ! 
 
 Eighth. Woe to King Alcohol ! 
 
 Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, together. Woe to 
 King Alcohol! 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 187 
 
 Second, doggedly. B-r-a-n-d-y, brandy. 
 
 Sixth spells first word only. B-e-iv-a-r-e, beware. 
 You are being beguiled past the boundary, and 
 will be branded as a bond-servant of base King 
 Alcohol. Brothers, be our battle cry, "Woe be- 
 tide King Alcohol !" 
 
 Fifth. Woe betide King Alcohol ! 
 
 Seventh. Woe betide King Alcohol ! 
 
 Eighth. Woe betide King Alcohol ! 
 
 Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. Woe betide King 
 Alcohol ! 
 
 Third, pettishly spelling. C-h-a-m-p-a-g~n-e ; you 
 can't make such a fuss over a glass or two of 
 bright, brisk, sparkling champagne. That is not 
 only very light and harmless, but it eases pain ; 
 and — 
 
 Seventh, not spelling, but speaking earnestly. Sham- 
 pain, then, I should say. Chagrined creditors, 
 crying children, crimes committed, condemna- 
 tion. This is the common fate of those who 
 consent to King Alcohol coiling his chains 
 around them through chalices of champagne. 
 Come, comrades, challenge King Alcohol to 
 combat ! 
 
 Eighth. We challenge King Alcohol! 
 
 Fifth. We challenge King Alcohol! 
 
 Sixth. We challenge King Alcohol ! 
 
 Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. We challenge King 
 Alcohol ! 
 
 Fourth spells. Dis-crim-i-nate, discriminate. You 
 do not discriminate between a gentlemanly, mod- 
 
188 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 erate drinker and a depraved, demoralized de- 
 bauchee. 
 
 Eighth. Declare the line of demarcation! Do 
 any deliberately cross it to their destruction? 
 Dare not dally with the deadly poison. Be not 
 deceived; moderate drinking is but the decoy 
 of the designing despot, who would drag you to 
 the depths of a dreadful degradation. Delay not 
 to decline this destiny. We denounce King Alco- 
 hol as a designing despot; we defy him, and de- 
 mand his defeat and death ! 
 
 Fifth. We defy the despot, and will defeat him 
 to the death ! 
 
 Sixth. We defy the despot, and will defeat him 
 to the death ! 
 
 Seventh. We defy the despot, and will defeat him 
 to the death ! 
 
 Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. We defy the despot, 
 and will defeat him to the death ! 
 
 Fifth. I adjure you, abstain from the drunk- 
 ard's A. 
 
 Sixth. I beseech you, break off from the drunk- 
 ard's B. 
 
 Seventh. I command you, cease from the drunk- 
 ard's C. 
 
 Eighth. Determine decisively not to descend to 
 D; not to become a drunkard. 
 
 Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. Shun A, B, C, D, 
 lest you should come to E, F, G, H. 
 
 First, Second, Third, Fourth. E, F, G, H I And 
 what are they, that we should dread them so? 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 189 
 
 Fifth. Enfeebled, enslaved! 
 
 Sixth. Forlorn, friendless, forsaken! 
 
 Seventh, very slowly. First the gutter, then the 
 graye. 
 
 Eighth, solemnly. After the grave, the horrors 
 of hell. 
 
 (Perfect silence an instant, and then First, Second, 
 Third, and Fourth hold their hands before them as 
 if pushing something away, and cry,) I, I, I, I — 
 I intend to skip those letters, and stop short 
 with I. 
 
 First I assure you, I shall only drink moder- 
 ately. 
 
 Second, I can drink without coming to harm. 
 I shall never go to excess. 
 
 Third. I can quit whenever I please. 
 
 Fourth. I promise never to get beyond the A, 
 B, C. 
 
 Teacher, rising. My dear boys (and girls), I 
 have been carefully watching both sides, and I 
 see that your only safety lies in never learning 
 the drunkard's A, B, C. It is but a step from 
 ale, beer, and cider to absinthe, bitters, and cor- 
 dial; and a still shorter step after that to alco- 
 hol, brandy, and champagne. Never begin the 
 A, B, C of the drunkard's career, for if you do 
 you will never reach I, There is no such thing 
 as / will; for the slave of King Alcohol is lost 
 before he comes to that point. Take my advice, 
 make a new alphabet, and place I at the begin- 
 ning in large capitals. 
 
190 ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 
 
 First, Second, Third, Fourth. Show us the way, 
 that we may learn it. 
 
 Teacher. Eight gladly will I do so. All join 
 hands, and repeat after me. 
 
 (All the eight join hands, forming a semicircle 
 before the teacher, and repeat after his — -or her — 
 dictation :) 
 
 I promise not to buy, drink, sell, or give in- 
 toxicating liquors while I live. I promise not 
 to touch ale, beer, or cider just as solemnly as 
 I promise not to drink alcohol in rum, whiskey, 
 wine, or brandy ; for I do believe that these are 
 but the A, B, C's which lead to drunkenness. 
 
 Teacher sings. 
 
 Children, all be warned by me, 
 Shun the drunkard's A, B, C ; 
 If you would not share his lot, 
 Touch not, taste not, handle not. 
 
 AH join in chorus, A, B, 0, D, etc. 
 
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 A number of other pieces, suitable for the little folks, will 
 found in each of the other departments of the book. 
 
 THE FAITHFUL BAND. 
 
 For five boys from Infant Class or just above it, remainder 
 of Infant Class singing the choruses. The banners, shields, 
 etc., may easily be prepared in the following manner : Mark 
 out on a sheet of plain paper the shape and size required, 
 then stencil the motto on it and paste on pasteboard ; the let- 
 tering may be of various colors if desired. Then cut out of 
 colored paper the letter for the reverse side and paste care- 
 fully. Velvet wall-paper has a very good effect, or gilt may 
 be used. They may be held in any simple manner ; but the 
 best way is to have a light wooden handle, long enough to 
 rest on the floor, so that all may be the same height ; have 
 wire fastened to this, a little longer than the shield, etc., 
 which allows them to swing easily and also to be reversed. 
 The wire may be trimmed with green vines, but not heavily 
 enough to interfere with the effect of the letters. 
 
 {First boy entering alone with banner having the motto, "Fight 
 the good fight of faith." 1 Tim. vi. 12. The letter 
 F to be on the reverse side.) 
 
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192 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 We belong to the faithful band 
 
 Who fight for King Jesus 
 With all our might, with heart and hand ; 
 
 u Fight the good fight of faith" 
 Is the royal banner we raise ; 
 
 We love our good Captain, 
 And thus we will sing to his praise. 
 
 Infant class sing. 
 
 Come, little soldiers, join in our band, 
 March for the kingdom, our promised land ; 
 Fearless of danger, onward we roam, 
 Jesus our Captain is, soon we'll be home. 
 
 Chorus. — We're a little faithful bandy 
 Guided by a Saviour's hand, 
 Soon we'll reach our fatherland, 
 No more to roam. 
 
 Golden Chain. 
 
 (Second boy entering with shield bearing the words } "Above 
 
 ALE, TAKE THE SHIELD OF FAITH." Eph. vi. 16. 
 
 Heverse side, A.) 
 
 I'd like to join your faithful band, 
 Marching to the promised land. 
 And, brother, see what I have brought ; 
 For if this battle must be fought, 
 We'll need a shield both strong and bright, 
 To carry in the fiercest fight ; 
 And Faith is also called a shield, 
 Which Jesus calls us all to wield ; 
 And Paul, his soldier true, thus saith, 
 "Above all y take the shield of faith." 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 193 
 
 First boy shakes hands. 
 
 You're welcome, right welcome, brother. 
 And thus it is we greet each other. 
 We'll sing of the shield of faith a song, 
 Gird it on, and go marching along. 
 
 Infant class sing. 
 
 We've listed for life, and will camp on the field, 
 With Christ as our Captain we never will yield ; 
 The bright "Shield of Faith/ 1 both trusting and strong, 
 We'll hold in our hands as we're marching along. 
 
 Marching along, we are marching along ; 
 Gird on the armor and be marching along ; 
 The conflict is raging, 'twill be fearful and long ; 
 Then gird on the armor and be marching along. 
 
 Golden Chain. 
 
 (Third boy entering with cross with motto } "I live by the 
 faith of the Son of God." Gal. ii. 20. Reverse 
 side i I.) 
 
 Brave little soldier, tried and true, 
 I'm sure you will welcome me too, 
 For his sake who the cross did bear, 
 And a sharp crown of thorns did wear. 
 He who did leave his home above, 
 And loved us all with such great love ; 
 His dear life on the cross did give, 
 That we through Faith in him might live. 
 Paul spoke those words you both do hold, 
 He spake these also, still more bold — 
 " I live by the faith of the Son of God, 
 Who loved and gave himself for me." 
 
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194 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 First and Second boy, together. 
 
 You're welcome, right welcome, brother. 
 
 (Shake hands in turn.) 
 And thus it is we greet each other. 
 To Jesus all the praise we'll bring, 
 While " Soldiers of the Cross" we sing. 
 
 Infant class sing. 
 
 I'm a soldier, soldier of the cross, 
 Little soldier of the cross, in the army of the Lord ; 
 Fierce and many are the foes I am bidden to oppose, 
 But the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is Captain o'er me. 
 Chorus. — On, on, on ! On to glory, on to glory ! 
 Fierce enough the fray will be, 
 But I'm sure of victory, 
 For the Captain of salvation goes before me. 
 
 Songs of Gladness. 
 
 (Fourth boy entering with breastplate with motto, " The breast- 
 plate of faith and love." 1 Thess. v. 8. Reverse 
 side, T.) 
 
 Here's a new recruit for your band, 
 Who comes not with an empty hand. 
 I'm sure you need to cover the breast 
 When for the battle you are fully dressed; 
 So bind on firm this strong breastplate, 
 Then you are prepared for any fate. 
 Paul, who calls by many a name 
 These letters five, which spell the same 
 Word Faith, bids us from his home above, 
 "Put on the breastplate of Faith and Love." 
 First, Second, and Third boys, together. 
 
 You're welcome, right welcome, brother. 
 
ANNIVEESARY LEAVES. 195 
 
 {Take hands.) 
 And thus it is we greet each other. 
 Though the foe is nigh, we him defy ; 
 Raise your voices high, sound the battle-cry. 
 
 Infant class sing. 
 
 Sound the battle-cry ! 
 See, the foe is nigh ; 
 Raise the standard high 
 
 For the Lord. 
 Gird your armor on, 
 Stand firm, every one ; 
 Rest your cause upon 
 His holy word. 
 Chorus. — Rouse, then, soldiers, rally round the banner ! 
 Ready, steady, pass the word along ; 
 Onward, forward, shout a loud Hosanna ! 
 Christ is Captain of the mighty throng. 
 
 Bright Jewels. 
 
 (Fifth boy entering with banner shaped like that of First boy ; 
 motto, "Have faith in God." Mark xi. 22. Reverse 
 side, H.) 
 
 Ay, you may shout the battle-cry, 
 As I fling out my banner high ; 
 Soldiers in the army of the Lord, 
 Here I come with the Captain's word. 
 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul, 
 Peter, Andrew, James, apostles all, 
 But echoed the dear Master's word 
 They themselves had often heard. 
 'Twas Jesus himself gave this command, 
 To be sounded forth through the land, 
 "Have faith in God." 
 
196 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 All five boys in concert 
 
 Welcome, brothers and sisters, all 
 Who may answer to our call ; 
 Come and raise the standard high ; 
 Come and shout the battle-cry ; 
 Come, with and for King Jesus fight ; 
 Come and battle for the right ; 
 Come, ne'er lay your armor down 
 Till Jesus gives you a crown. 
 
 Infant class sing. 
 
 We've listed in a holy war, 
 
 Battling for the Lord. 
 Eternal life, eternal joy, 
 
 Battling for the Lord. 
 
 Chorus. — We'll fight till Jesus comes, 
 We'll fight till Jesus comes, 
 We'll fight till Jesus comes, 
 And then we'll rest at home. 
 
 Golden Showers, Silver Spray, and others, 
 
 Fifth boy. To remember these sayings better, 
 Each tell me what is his first letter. 
 
 (Each in turn points first to initial letter of motto, then turns, 
 showing it on reverse.) 
 
 First boy. F. 
 Second. A. 
 Third. I. 
 Fourth. T. 
 Fifth. H. 
 
 (All five boys with one voice pronounce "Faith") 
 Fifth boy. Faith, then, is the word we thus spell, 
 Now who its meaning can tell ? 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 197 
 
 (Pointing to the letters as each speaks.) 
 
 First boy. Faith is, Firmly to believe what Jesus 
 
 hath said. 
 Second boy. Faith is, Always to follow where Jesus 
 
 hath led. 
 Third boy. Faith is, Instantly to do what Jesus 
 
 hath taught. 
 Fourth boy. Faith is, Trusting in all things his love 
 
 hath brought. 
 Fifth boy. Faith is, Humbly at his cross to kneel, 
 Heartily his love to feel ; 
 Heavenward to turn each thought, 
 Helped on our way by him who taught 
 "Have faith in God." 
 First boy. Have faith in God, our faithful friend. 
 Second boy. Have faith in our advocate, "the 
 author and finisher of faith." 
 
 Third boy. Have faith in Immanuel, our inter- 
 cessor. 
 Fourth boy. Have faith in Jesus, the true teacher. 
 Fifth boy. Have faith in God, our Father. 
 
 (Each, rapidly reversing banners, repeats his motto in turn.) 
 
 First boy. "Fight the Good Fight of Faith." 
 
 Second boy. "Above all, take the Shield of 
 Faith." 
 
 Third boy. "I live by the Faith of the Son of 
 God." 
 
 Fourth boy. "The Breastplate of Faith and 
 Love." 
 
 Fifth boy. "Have Faith in God." 
 
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198 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 (The whole school rise and sing, the five boys remaining on the 
 platform and keeping time with their banners, from the words, 
 "Fling out your banners, 11 from "The Prize" 
 
 Oh, we are youthful soldiers in the army of the Lord ; 
 We're fighting for his kingdom and the triumph of his word ; 
 Supported by our Captain, we'll with hearts united stand 
 Until his standard, conquering, shall float o'er ev'ry land. 
 
 Chorus. 
 Fling out the banners, swell the joyful song ; 
 The Lord is our Captain — he bids us "Up, be strong ;" 
 Oh, never will we weary be, nor falter in the fight, 
 For in his word he's promised us the vict'ry to the right. 
 
 What tho* amid the conflict and the fierce assaults of -foes, 
 The darkness closes round us and the powers of hell oppose ; 
 We know it is but transient, and round us everywhere 
 The Lord, our mighty Saviour, spreads the mantle of his care. 
 Cho. — Fling out, etc. 
 
 Then shout aloud the battle-cry of " Glory to the Lord ;" 
 Gird on his matchless armor and uplift his mighty sword ; 
 Be valiant, watchful, prayerful, and in all things seek his aid, 
 So shall we ever fearless stand though thousand foes invade. 
 Cho. — Fling out, etc. 
 
 A VERY LITTLE BOY'S SPEECH. 
 
 Ladies and gentlemen, pray listen to me ; 
 But I must beg you very quiet to be ; 
 For, as you may see, I'm not very tall, 
 And if you are noisy you can't hear at all. 
 
 Ah ! my dear friends, I can see by your eyes, 
 You wish in your hearts you were just my size; 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 199 
 
 But I'll tell you one thing (I speak that I know), 
 All boys are in haste to manhood to grow. 
 
 Yet I do think grown-up folks are funny ; 
 They are always frowning and saying, "Sonny, 
 I wish you would make a great deal less noise ; 
 Oh dear ! what a terrible nuisance are boys !" 
 
 I'm willing to own that we do our full share ; 
 
 But still I don't think it's exactly fair 
 
 For big folks to act as if all the noise 
 
 In this great round world was made by the boys. 
 
 Would you like us always to be still as a mouse, 
 And not know by the sound there were boys in the house ? 
 Ah, no ! I think ere long loudly you'd call, 
 "Oh, send that boy back with his top and his ball !" 
 
 They say that enough is as good as a feast — 
 So, though my speech has been one of the least, 
 I'll show that a boy can stop, tho' not through — 
 Which is more than most men are willing to do ; 
 And will bow thanks and good-night, together, to you. 
 
 THE YOUNG GOLIATH. 
 
 Good-evening, all. How do you do ? 
 I am well, and hope you are too ; 
 I'm always well, 'cept when I'm sick, 
 Then I get over it very quick. 
 
 You can all see I'm big and strong ; 
 I guess I must be a yard long. 
 I'll soon be tall as old Goliath — 
 He wasn't more than ten feet higher. 
 
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 I expect now you'd like to know 
 What 'tis I take to make me grow ; 
 Shall I tell you ? Well— let me see- 
 Doctors always pocket a fee. 
 
 Three rousing cheers ! There, that will do ; 
 I won't demand too much of you ; 
 'Sides, I'm bashful — I can't repeat 
 While you clap hands and stamp your feet. 
 
 Guess I won't tell you, after all ; 
 You are already very tall, 
 And strong enough for me to feel 
 Your loving care and watchful zeal. 
 
 WHERE ARE YOU GOING? 
 
 For four boys and two or three girls. First and Second 
 boys only on the platform at first. Second boy with books, 
 papers, etc. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Little boy, little boy, 
 Where are you going ? 
 
 Second boy. 
 
 To my dear Sunday-school ; 
 That's where I'm going. 
 My lessons are learned well, 
 The sweet texts I can tell ; 
 My tickets are in my pocket, 
 
 My library-book in my hand, 
 With the Bible teacher gave me 
 
 To guide me to the happy land. 
 
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 First boy. 
 
 Little boy, little boy, 
 What do you do there ? 
 
 Second boy. 
 
 Learn to love the blessed Jesus ; 
 
 That's what we do there. 
 
 We pray and sing and read his word, 
 
 The sweetest things you ever heard ; 
 
 And we gather round our teachers 
 
 With hearts warmed by love's bright beams, 
 
 And we talk of our dear Saviour, 
 
 Till like heaven itself it seems. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Little boy, little boy, 
 What can you see there ? 
 
 Second boy. 
 
 Bright and happy-looking faces ; 
 That's what we see there. 
 Teachers sun nor storm who fear, 
 Children come from far and near ; 
 The walls are hung with pictures, 
 Mottoes beautiful to behold, 
 And maps of Bible countries, 
 Much more than can be told. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Little boy, little boy, 
 Could I go there with you? 
 
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 Second boy. 
 
 I'm sure you would be welcome ; 
 
 Come right away and try it — do. 
 
 If only once to school you'd go, 
 
 So well you'd like it that I know 
 
 You never again would stay away. 
 
 Come, here's my hand — this is the way. 
 
 I'll take you to our own dear class, 
 
 Where I hope you'll spend many a happy day. 
 
 (The other children appear from different sides, one by one.) 
 
 First boy. 
 
 No, no, little boy, little boy, 
 I will not go to-day. 
 See, there are other children ; 
 I'll ask them which is the way 
 That their young feet are treading ; 
 Perhaps I'd rather go with them — 
 I cannot tell what I shall choose ; 
 Go on — your time you must not lose ; 
 Another time, some other day, 
 Little boy, I'll go your way. 
 
 Little boy, little boy, 
 
 What makes you look so sad ? 
 
 Second boy. 
 
 That from the right you should delay; 
 That's what makes me feel so sad. 
 For I think of one who said to Paul, 
 " Not now — some other time I'll call." 
 
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 But, ah ! it never was convenient. 
 Like Felix, I'm afraid you'll wait 
 Too long to choose the better part ; 
 And hear at last the words — too late I 
 
 (Second boy moves off, but waits at the farther end, as if loth to 
 leave First boy, who looks after him a moment, and then, turning, 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Dear, dear, what a fuss he does make ! 
 Here comes a boy whom I think I will take. — 
 Soldier boy, soldier boy, 
 Where are you going ? 
 
 Third boy. 
 
 To fight for King Jesus, sir ; 
 
 That's where I'm going. 
 
 I've put on the armor of God, 
 
 With gospel peace my feet are shod, 
 
 I've the shield of faith and sword of the Spirit, 
 
 Salvation's helmet is on my head, 
 
 With the girdle of truth my loins are girt, 
 
 As in God's word you've often read. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Sailor boy, sailor boy, 
 Where are you sailing ? 
 
 Fourth boy. 
 
 I'm on life's stormy ocean ; 
 
 That's where I'm sailing. 
 
 My bark is launched, but I do not fear, 
 
 For my Pilot and Captain is always near ; 
 
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 And the Bible is my compass, 
 The chart on which I keep my eye, 
 While I steer for the port of heaven, 
 Where I hope to anchor by and by. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Little girls, little girls, 
 Say, what are you doing ? 
 
 Girls, together. 
 
 We are working for Jesus ; 
 That's what we are doing. 
 Oh, if you could feel the pleasure, 
 Happiness that knows no measure, 
 Of laboring in his vineyard, 
 Each day for Christ our Lord, 
 Who surely in the harvest 
 Will each dear one reward. 
 
 First boy. 
 
 Little girls, little boys, 
 The song you sing is the same, 
 From keynote to ending 
 You speak of but one Name. 
 
 Second boy advances. 
 
 True ; for Jesus my best Teacher is. 
 
 Third boy. 
 
 And I'm in that great army of his. 
 
 Fourth boy. 
 
 He's my Captain, Pilot, Guide ; 
 
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 Girls. 
 
 He's our Master, Brother, Friend, 
 Our Shepherd, Guardian, Saviour, 
 All loving names that have no end. 
 
 (All join hands in a circle around First boy and repeat ex- 
 actly :) 
 
 In concert 
 
 Come, little boy, dear little boy, 
 Come with us and share our joy ; 
 Come to our dear Sunday-school. 
 There you'll learn the Golden Rule, 
 There you'll learn to sing his praise, 
 There we hope you'll change your ways ; 
 For there are but two paths to tread — 
 The broad you well may shun with dread ; 
 The narrow up to heaven doth lead. 
 
 If your course you'd end with joy, 
 You had better ask yourself with speed, 
 " Where are you going, little boy ?" 
 
 (Still clasping hands, sing any pretty song of invitation, moving 
 around First boy, keeping time to music. At last verse, break the 
 circle and march off, still singing ; First boy being led off by the 
 last ; chorus still sounding in the distance.) 
 
 LITTLE WILL'S SPEECH. 
 
 I guess you forgot I had to speak, 
 
 Or you never would have sat so still 
 And let the big folks talk a week, 
 Instead of hearing little Will. 
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 'Course I know you had rather hear me ; 
 
 Though I suppose they all spoke very fine ; 
 I did not listen — because, you see, 
 
 I was thinking about that speech of mine. 
 
 I don't see how you kept so still, 
 
 And made believe that you were pleased ; 
 
 If you had thought of little Will, 
 
 You would have shown them you were teased. 
 
 Now for my speech. I must be good ; 
 
 My hands were never made to fight ; 
 And with my tongue I never should 
 
 Say anything but what is right. 
 
 Whate'er I have for God I'll use ; 
 
 My hands and tongue and mouth and eyes 
 Must all serve him, and ne'er refuse ; 
 
 For little things God won't despise. 
 
 A homely speech, you see, I've told ; 
 
 But if its precepts I fulfil, 
 It is worth more than mines of gold 
 
 To you as well as "Little Will." 
 
 THE LAMBS AND THEIR SHEPHERD. 
 
 Either part may be used separately, or all in connection 
 with other exercises by the older scholars. 
 
 PART FIRST. — DIALOGUE. 
 
 Julia, a little girl, six or seven ; Annie, about ten years old. 
 
 Julia. Annie, do you know why our infant class 
 is called "The Lambs of the Flock"? 
 
 Annie. Because Jesus says, "I am the Good 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 207 
 
 Shepherd," and he calls all little children who 
 love him, and try to grow like him, his lambs. 
 
 Julia. A shepherd is one who takes care of the 
 sheep, isn't he? 
 
 Annie. Yes; and does not Jesus take care of 
 you? 
 
 Julia. Oh yes; he gives me my kind parents, 
 my happy home, good food, warm clothing, and 
 keeps me well and safe from harm. 
 
 Annie. That is just what the Good Shepherd 
 does. He leads his sheep into pleasant pastures, 
 where they can obtain good sweet food, and be- 
 side still waters, where they can drink in safety ; 
 and when the little lambs get tired, he carries 
 them in his bosom. 
 
 Julia. Does Jesus do that? 
 
 Annie. Don't you remember that when he was 
 here upon earth he took little children in his 
 arms ? 
 
 Julia. Yes ; I know all about that. The cross dis- 
 ciples wanted to drive them away, but Jesus said, 
 "Suffer the little children to come unto me." 
 
 Annie. And just before God took him back 
 again into heaven, Jesus told one of his disci- 
 ples, named Peter, twice over, if he loved him 
 to "Feed my lambs." 
 
 Julia. Then he did not forget us, even after the 
 wicked men were so cruel to him? 
 
 Annie. No, indeed. And it was just as much 
 for his little lambs as for his sheep that this 
 Good Shepherd gave his life. 
 
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 Julia. Why did he do that? 
 
 Annie. If a wolf or a lion were coming to eat 
 up the sheep, what would a good shepherd who 
 loved his flock do ? Do you think he would run 
 away? 
 
 Julia. Of course not. He would stay and fight 
 the wolf, and try to save the lives of his sheep. 
 
 Annie. The Bible calls Satan a roaring lion, 
 going about the world seeking whom he may 
 devour. And Jesus laid down his life on the 
 cross that all who believe on him and love him 
 may be saved. 
 
 Julia. How good and kind he is! But I am 
 afraid he never would know such a little thing 
 as me. 
 
 Annie. He calleth his own sheep by name ; and 
 I know he cannot forget his own little lambs. 
 
 Julia. How sweet that is ! I shall love to think 
 that he doesn't just say, " That little girl," but calls 
 me Julia, right out, just as if he were my father. 
 
 Annie. Indeed he is your Father, Julia. He 
 not only knows your name, but everything you 
 do, every word you speak, and every thought 
 you think. 
 
 Julia. I must try very hard to do what so lov- 
 ing and gentle a Shepherd would wish. 
 
 Annie. What does a shepherd do with his 
 charge at night? 
 
 Julia. He leads them into a fold, and shuts 
 the door to keep them from all harm. 
 
 Annie. And when the night of death comes, 
 
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 our Shepherd will lead his flock into the fold 
 he has prepared in heaven. Jesus himself is 
 the door, and any that enter through him shall 
 be saved. 
 
 Julia. How much we ought to love him ! how 
 much I do love him ! and oh, how I wish every- 
 body knew and loved Jesus too ! 
 
 Annie. Those who are indeed his lambs will 
 tell to all around what a dear Shepherd they 
 have found, and so will try to draw many others 
 into this happy flock. 
 
 Both. 
 
 The lambs of Jesus ! Oh, that we 
 Might of that blessed number be ! ' 
 Lord, take us early to thy love, 
 And lead us to thy fold above. 
 
 (The two little girls may sing "I am Jesus' little lamb" — 
 " Golden Censer "—followed by the whole infant class singing 
 from "Chapel Gems") 
 
 We're the lambs of the flock, 
 
 And no danger we fear 
 "When the voice and the call 
 
 Of our Shepherd we hear. 
 
 PART SECOND. — ADDRESS BY A LITTLE BOY. 
 Floral motto, "Feed My Lambs." 
 
 "Feed my lambs." Only three little words, 
 each one so short that even a wee mite like me 
 can easily spell them all, for there are not a 
 dozen letters in the whole. And yet how much 
 they mean ! Why, if every one of you big peo- 
 
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 pie, beginning with our pastor and going on all 
 over the house — yes, even up in the gallery — 
 were to make a long speech about it, you could 
 not say half of what might be said. So you 
 must not expect one of my age to do what 
 grow 7 n-up folks can't. 
 
 Only, I wonder if, as you look up at our sweet 
 motto, you are thinking that the same One who 
 made those beautiful flowers spoke the still more 
 beautiful words, " Feed my lambs." "My lambs," 
 he said. Brothers and sisters of the infant class, 
 how much we should love this Good Shepherd, 
 who loves us so and takes such care that we 
 should be fed ! Don't you wish that you could 
 have seen him look at Peter as he asked, u Lov- 
 est thou me more than these?" And when Peter 
 answered, " Yea, Lord, thou knowest I love thee," 
 then our dear Lord Jesus said so earnestly and 
 lovingly, "Feed my lambs." Teach the little 
 ones to love me; show them how to believe on 
 me; tell them I died to save even such little 
 ones ; that after a while I may take them to live 
 with me in the upper fold for ever. 
 
 Fathers and mothers, teachers, older brothers 
 and sisters, all who have come to this gathering 
 of Jesus' little lambs, do you love him more than 
 all things else? Then 
 
 " Feed my lambs," said Christ, our Shepherd ; 
 Place the food within their reach ; 
 And it may be that the children 
 You have led with trembling hand 
 
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 Will be found among your jewels 
 When you reach the better land. 
 
 PART THIRD. 
 
 The questions may be asked by infant scholars separately, 
 rising in their places. The answers may be given by the 
 whole class in concert or by the larger scholars from older 
 classes; or only the longest texts may be recited by larger 
 scholars. Let the infant class chant the Twenty-third Psalm, 
 "The Lord is my Shepherd," etc. 
 
 First. Little lambs of the flock 
 Our teachers do call us ; 
 Then who is our Shepherd, 
 Ever watching 
 Lest harm should befall us ? 
 
 Jesus said, "I am the Good Shepherd." John 
 x. 11. 
 
 Second. But is he not a Shepherd 
 
 To watch and tend the sheep, 
 While tender little lambs, 
 Seeming useless, 
 No time he has to keep ? 
 
 " He shall gather the lambs with his arm, and 
 carry them in his bosom." Isa. xl. 11. 
 
 Third. Carry them in his bosom ? 
 
 Gather them with his arm ? 
 There may I sweetly slumber, 
 Peaceful, resting 
 Secure from every harm ? 
 
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 "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep; 
 for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." 
 Ps. iv. 8. 
 
 Fourth. But when this kind Shepherd 
 Himself doth need to sleep, 
 Then who will watch o'er me, 
 Kindly caring 
 Such little ones to keep ? 
 
 "He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Be- 
 hold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber 
 nor sleep." Ps. cxxi. 3, 4. 
 
 Fifth. Suppose that I should wander, 
 
 Far from the path should stray, 
 Would the Shepherd miss me ? 
 Would he seek me, 
 And show me the right way ? 
 
 " Behold I, even I, will both search my sheep, 
 and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out 
 his flock in the day that he is among his sheep 
 that are scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, 
 and will deliver them out of all places where 
 they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark 
 day." Ezek. xxxiv. 12. 
 
 Sixth. But I am very tiny, 
 
 And am not very strong ; 
 And if I should be sick 
 Or broken down, 
 I could not follow long. 
 
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 "I will seek that which was lost, and bring 
 again that which was driven away, and will bind 
 up that which was broken, and will strengthen 
 that which was sick." Ezek. xxxiv. 16. 
 
 Seventh. Oh, what a dear, kind Shepherd ! 
 Would that I were not so small, 
 That I might surely hear him, 
 Plainly hear him, 
 If for me he should call. 
 
 " My sheep hear my voice, and I know them." 
 John x. 27. 
 
 Eighth. If he would only know me, 
 When unto him I came, 
 How happy it would make me, 
 If he should speak, 
 And call me by my name. 
 
 "He calleth his own sheep by name." John 
 x. 3. 
 
 Ninth. How shall I know which road 
 Is the right way to go, 
 Unless some one goes before, 
 A little way, 
 That I the path may know ? 
 
 "When he putteth forth his own sheep, he 
 goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, 
 for they know his voice." John x. 4 
 
 Tenth. If any danger threatens 
 
 Such a helpless little lamb, 
 
214 AXXIYEESAEY LEAVES. 
 
 Can I run right to Jesus? 
 Will he protect 
 And hold me by the hand? 
 
 "The good Shepherd giveth his life for the 
 sheep." John x. 11. 
 
 Eleventh, Surely this gentle Shepherd 
 Has nothing more to give, 
 When he laid down his life, 
 His precious life, 
 That his own lambs might live ? 
 
 "I give unto them eternal life, and they shall 
 never perish/' John x. 28. 
 
 Twelfth. Oh, help us, tender Shepherd, 
 
 To go where thou dost lead us, 
 To follow in thy footsteps ; 
 In pastures green oh feed us, 
 Loving Saviour ; 
 Help every little lamb 
 To live so very near thee, 
 That each on thy right hand 
 Among thy sheep may stand 
 
 At the last day. 
 Oh, bear us, gentle Jesus, 
 As in the days of old, 
 Take us, when our work is done, 
 Home to the upper fold. 
 
 (Infant class fold their hands and dose their eyes, and perfectly 
 in concert pronounce this benediction ; or, if preferred, the leader 
 can do so :) 
 
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 "Now the God of peace, that brought again 
 from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shep- 
 herd of the sheep, through the blood of the ever- 
 lasting covenant, make you perfect in every good 
 work to do his will, working in you that which 
 is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, 
 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." 
 Heb. xiii. 20, 21. 
 
 (Sing "Lambs of Jesus/ 1 to tune "Give, oh, give" — "Fresh 
 Laurels") 
 
 We're lambs of Jesus' fold, 
 
 Little lambs, little lambs, 
 We're lambs of Jesus' fold, 
 
 And the Shepherd's voice we love ; 
 We obey his call, for he loves us all, 
 Loves us all, loves us all, 
 We obey his call, for he loves us all, 
 
 Tho' in glory throned above. 
 
 Chorus. — Lambs of Jesus, let us sing, 
 Let us sing, yes, let us sing, 
 Lambs of Jesus, let us sing 
 Praises for evermore. 
 
 We love the Sunday-school, 
 
 Sunday-school, Sunday-school, 
 We love the Sunday-school, 
 
 And our teachers, too, we love ; 
 We will listen well while we hear them tell 
 Hear them tell, hear them tell, 
 We will listen well while we hear them tell 
 
 Of the sweets of heaven above. 
 
 Cho. — Lambs of Jesus, etc. 
 
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 Dear Shepherd, keep us safe, 
 
 Keep us safe, keep us safe, 
 Dear Shepherd, keep us safe, 
 
 In the straight and narrow way. 
 Oh, guide our feet aright, 
 
 Little feet, little feet, 
 Oh, guide our feet aright, 
 
 May they never from thee stray. 
 
 Cho. — Lambs of Jesus, etc. 
 
 Take us to heaven at last, 
 
 Up to heaven, up to heaven, 
 Take us to heaven at last, 
 
 To the realms of endless day. 
 There flowers for ever bloom, 
 
 Ever bloom, ever bloom, 
 There flowers for ever bloom, 
 
 And they never fade away. 
 
 Cho. — Lambs of Jesus, etc. 
 
 SHOW YOUR LOVE. 
 
 (A Recitation for a little child before the collection.) 
 Dear friends, have you had a good time? 
 How do you like this school of mine ? 
 Don't all speak at once. Wait till I show 
 The right way to answer, you know. 
 If you love us, let us know it. 
 This is the way you should show it — 
 Just hand a little money out, 
 And that will settle every doubt. 
 
 Are you glad that you came to-night ? 
 And pleased with what has met your sight ? 
 Then don't you think you ought to pay 
 For it before you go away ? 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 217 
 
 If you think so, let us know it. 
 We'll tell you how you can show it — 
 Just hand a little money out, 
 And that will settle every doubt. 
 
 Why do I say these things to you ? 
 Ah, well ! I have an end in view. 
 Actions speak louder than words, they say, 
 That is why we ask you to-day ; 
 If you love us, how shall we know it? 
 Dear parents, show it, show it ! 
 Just hand a little money out, 
 And that will settle every doubt. 
 
 WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE 
 LITTLE ONES? 
 
 Child, with fancy basket, containing slender green twig; 
 a sheet of white paper; an acorn; two vials of water, one 
 clear and one muddy ; sand in a box ; large round stone, 
 and sparkling brilliant, each of which he takes out and 
 holds up to view as needed. 
 
 Kind friends: You see before you the little 
 twigs of society. You can bend them this way 
 and that way (suiting the action to the word) — you 
 may do with them as you will. You may plant 
 them, and if you have good ground and water 
 them, they will grow. If you care for them and 
 train them in the way they should go, they will 
 become large trees and repay you for your toil 
 by their usefulness and beauty. If you neglect 
 them, they will pine away and die ; or, if they 
 live, will grow such crooked, ugly, useless things, 
 that you will exclaim: "Why cumber they the 
 
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218 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 ground? cut them down!" Friends, what will 
 you do with us? 
 
 (Holding up the white paper.) This is our hearts — 
 not quite so pure and white, I am afraid, but still 
 unwritten on. They are waiting for your fingers 
 to trace thereon thoughts of good or evil, lasting 
 as eternity. Which shall it be ? 
 
 (Showing the acorn.) What shall be done with 
 the little ones ? We are the little acorns. Shall 
 we be left lying idly around, to be trodden under 
 foot ? or shall we be carefully nurtured into use- 
 fulness and power? 
 
 (Exhibiting the vials.) We are the little drops 
 of water which go to make up the great ocean 
 of human life. Shall it be polluted at its source, 
 or shall it be clear and life-giving? 
 
 (Allowing sand to pass through the fingers.) We 
 are the little grains of sand which will soon com- 
 pose the great living world. Shall the seed of 
 good be planted in us, which shall spring up, 
 bearing wheat or perchance some other grain, to 
 be garnered into the heavenly granary ? Or shall 
 we be filled with weeds, finally to be cut down 
 and burned with unquenchable fire? 
 
 (Showing the round stone and the brilliant.) Kind 
 friends, dear friends, shall we be millstones around 
 the necks of some of Christ's little ones ? Or shall 
 we be jewels in the crown of the great Master? 
 
 We leave these questions with you. Please 
 think of them, and answer to yourselves and to 
 the Lord. 
 
ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 219 
 
 E PLURIBUS UNUM! 
 
 Speaker to hold shield, with motto. 
 
 E Pluribus Unum ! One from many — the song 
 of our banner, the watchword of the nation. A 
 grand motto for a grand people, say you; but 
 what have the little ones to do with it ? 
 
 Don't you think it would be a grand motto for 
 our Sunday-school too? Many heads, but one 
 heart; many minds, but one feeling in all; many 
 hands, but one work for them to do; many feet 
 treading the one way ; many eyes looking to the 
 one God ; many names written in the one book 
 of remembrance ; many jewels, we trust, to shine 
 in one crown. 
 
 We are many, but let us remember that in 
 union there is strength; and let us, by a long, 
 persevering, and united effort, do valiant battle 
 against Satan and all his hosts. Let us put all 
 our trust in the God who is three in one. Let us 
 cling to the Christ whose one sacrifice atoned for 
 the sins of many, in whose one death shall the 
 many be made alive ; then from many homes on 
 earth shall we ascend to dwell for ever in one 
 bright home in heaven. For the many sheep 
 there shall be 
 
 "One fold and one Shepherd." 
 
 A FLORAL WELCOME. 
 
 For seven children, each holding a letter composing the 
 word "Welcome." 
 
220 ANNIVEKSARY LEAVES. 
 
 First. 
 
 W stands for Willing ; and 'tis thus we greet, 
 
 With willing welcome, 
 Our friends who came to-night with us to meet. 
 
 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 A welcome willing and true ; 
 "We mean this willing welcome 
 To reach every one of you. 
 
 Second. 
 
 E stands for Earnest; and 'tis thus we grasp, 
 
 With earnest welcome, 
 The hands of our friends with warm-hearted clasp. 
 
 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 
 A welcome earnest and warm ; 
 Be sure this earnest welcome 
 Is not mere matter of form. 
 
 Third. 
 
 L stands for Loving ; 'tis with loving heart 
 
 And loving welcome 
 Well try to please you all ere you depart. 
 
 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 A welcome loving and pure ; 
 For such a loving welcome 
 Is certain to endure. 
 
 Fourth. 
 
 C stands for Cheerful; glad, joyous faces 
 
 Show cheerful welcome 
 To you all in your various places. 
 
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 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 
 A welcome cheerful and bright ; 
 'Midst such a cheerful welcome 
 
 All hearts should be glad and light. 
 Fifth. 
 O stands for Open ; with open hands 
 
 And open hearts we welcome 
 You to our house, whose door wide open stands. 
 
 In concert And so we bid you welcome, 
 A welcome open and free ; 
 A great, wide, open welcome, 
 As any one can see. 
 Sixth. 
 M stands for Merry ; merry and glad are we, 
 
 Singing our merry welcome, 
 You are as welcome as welcome can be. 
 
 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 
 A welcome merry and sweet ; 
 This pleasant, merry welcome 
 We now again repeat. 
 Seventh. 
 E stands for Every one ; and this we want to say, 
 
 Every one is welcome 
 To us on this our anniversary day. 
 
 In concert. And so we bid you welcome, 
 Welcome to you all ; 
 For every one is welcome, 
 The big folks and the small. 
 
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222 ANNIVERSARY LEAVES. 
 
 A FLORAL GOOD-NIGHT. 
 
 Prepare the letters which form the word " Good-Night," 
 either in flowers, evergreen, or bright paper. They may 
 simply be held ; or a background of paper or muslin of color 
 according to your letters may be stretched on a light frame- 
 work of just sufficient height for the children to reach, and 
 hang their letters on hooks carefully placed in the proper 
 position. 
 
 First. I've brought a G ; I'll hang it here ; 
 
 Second. My great round O I'll fasten near ; 
 
 Third. Another I'll place in sight, 
 
 Fourth. This D will end one word just right. 
 
 Fifth. My N begins another word ; 
 Sixth. And I must be seen if I'm not heard ; 
 Seventh. Now G comes next, I know full well ; 
 Eighth. While H helps us the word to spell. 
 Ninth. This T is all that's needed now, 
 
 Before we make our Good-night bow. 
 
 G. God bless the dear friends who are here to- 
 night, 
 And have shared with us our joy and delight. 
 
 All in concert. Good-night. 
 
 0. Over them all let the mantle of love 
 
 Descend with blessings so rich from above. 
 
 All. Good-night. 
 
 0. Our Father, we thank thee that thou dost keep 
 Unceasing watch o'er us whenever we sleep. 
 
 All. Good-night. 
 
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 D. Dear Lord, we pray, whether we sleep or wake, 
 Keep our souls safely, for Christ Jesus' sake. 
 
 All. Good-night. 
 
 N. Now this pleasant time must have an end, 
 Soon each and all their homeward way must 
 wend, 
 
 All. Good-night. 
 
 I. I'm sure before we lay us down to rest, 
 
 We'll thank him who this night so richly blest. 
 All. Good-night. 
 
 G. Glad hearty praises unto him we'll bring ; 
 
 Before we part a closing hymn we'll sing. 
 All. Good-night. 
 
 H. His goodness follows us through all the year, 
 
 Whate'er the future brings, we will not fear. 
 All. Good- night. 
 
 T. Time quickly flies ; one hour has sped away ; 
 
 We'll only linger just once more to say, 
 All. Good-night, good-night. 
 
 CHILD'S ADDRESS. 
 
 Ladies and gentlemen, we are the very little 
 boys and girls; but we hope that you will not 
 overlook us on that account, and look over our 
 heads at the larger scholars ; for Jesus loves the 
 little ones none the less because they are the 
 least. Have you not heard how, when his dis- 
 ciples asked, "Who is the greatest in the king- 
 
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 dom of heaven?" Jesus called a little child and 
 set him in the midst of them ? Take heed, then, 
 that ye despise not one of these little ones, for 
 "of such is the kingdom of heaven." 
 
 Suffer us, then, to go to Jesus; nay, kind 
 friends, will you not lead us into the green pas- 
 tures of that gentle Shepherd whose earnest re- 
 quest to each of you is, "Feed my lambs"? 
 
 Who will help the little ones here to-night to 
 so learn Jesus that in heaven their angels may 
 always behold the face of our Father which is 
 in heaven? 
 
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