Part 76 (1/2)

I count this thing to be grandly true, That a n.o.ble deed is a step toward G.o.d,-- Lifting a soul from the common clod, To a purer air and a broader view.

--_J. G. Holland_.

By permission of Charles Scribner's Sons.

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STILL, STILL WITH THEE

Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh, When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee: Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight, Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee.

Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows, The solemn hush of Nature newly born; Alone with Thee, in breathless adoration, In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber, Its closing eye looks up to Thee in prayer; Sweet the repose, beneath Thy wings o'ershadowing, But sweeter still to wake and find Thee there.

So shall it be at last in that bright morning When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee; O in that hour, and fairer than day's dawning, Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee.

--_Harriet Beecher Stowe_.

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SHORT BIBLE STORIES

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G.o.d SEES ME

When does G.o.d see me?

G.o.d sees me when I am good, and it makes him glad.

G.o.d sees me when I am bad, and it makes him sorry.

G.o.d sees me when I play, and knows if I am kind.

G.o.d sees me when I am at school, and knows if I am faithful.

G.o.d sees me when I am at home, and knows if I obey my father and my mother.

G.o.d sees me when I am cross, and knows how ugly I look and feel.

G.o.d sees me when I am happy, and knows how glad I am.

G.o.d sees me all day long, and wants me to love him.

G.o.d sees me all night long, and watches over me while I sleep.

”When I run about all day, When I kneel at night to pray, G.o.d sees.

Need I ever know a fear Night and day, my Father near?

G.o.d sees.”