Shall I Draw your Portrait? AM a little artist With my pencil in my hand, But I must have faces smiling, To show you at your best. How can I draw a portrait Till peace and sunshine comes? Dark looks and frowning faces Make sad and dreary homes. Sweet smiles and gentle kindness That all will like to see. The Young Folks' Page. "LOOK UP:" A FLOWER FABLE. 66 wish I could be of some use," said a newly-opened daisy, which grew in a pleasant field, "but I am so small I wonder why I was made." The little flower looked timidly around, and as a soft wind played over the field waving the long grass, it kissed the little daisy, and said, "God has made nothing in vain; only look up." As the trembling flower raised its head, a bright sunbeam glanced by and dried the tear-drop that dimmed its eye. The daisy felt grateful, and looked up with a smile. Just then a little girl was passing; and she sank down wearily on the grass, close by the daisy, and wept; for sorrow had darkened her home, and her spirits were cast down. Presently she raised her head and caught sight of the daisy at her feet; and, as she gazed at its simple beauty, she thought of some words she had once learned: "If God so clothe the grass of the field," etc. BENJAMIN GOUGH. "Oh, yes," thought she, "I shall not be forsaken. I too will look up, even as the daisy." So with a bright smile she gathered the tiny flower, and sang,— "He who careth for the flowers, Will much more care for me." A CURE FOR BAD TEMPER. HEN Robert Hall was a boy he had a very passionate temper. He knew that he ought to try and conquer it, so he resolved that whenever he felt his temper rising he would run away to another room, and, kneeling down, would use this short prayer, "O Lamb of God, calm my mind." So completely was he enabled by the help of God to overcome this sin, that he grew up to be a man of remarkably gentle temper. He was an earnest and devoted servant of God, and for many years faithfully preached the Gospel of Christ The Bible Mine Searched. NSWERS are not to be sent to the Editor, but will appear in each succeeding month. SCRIPTURE QUESTIONS. 1. Who did the Jews say "ought not to live any longer"? 2. Who said that Christ was set for a sign that should be spoken against? 3. Where is our Lord called "the son of Abraham"? 4. What city is called "the golden city"? 5. Who is said to have been "full of the Holy 6. Where did Paul preach till midnight? ANSWERS (see October No.) 1. Stephen and Ananias. Acts vii. 52, 59; xxii. 12, 14. 2. Job. Job ix. 1, 2. 3. Saul, king of Israel. 1 Sam. xx. 30-33. 4. Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah. In the cave of Machpelah, at Hebron. Gen. xxiii. 19; XXV. 8, 9; xxxv. 29; xlix. 28-32; 1. 12, 13. 5. At Cæsarea. Acts x. 1, 24-29, 34-48. 6. At Rome. Acts xxviii. 16, 30, 31. |
