"These make their chains of daisies,
And some forge chains of gold,
And those there are whom prison chains
From light and hope withhold:

“And children, you may daily,
By lowly deeds of love,

With tender care and secret prayer
And sunlight from above,

"Weave chains that ne'er are riven,
Entwining heart with heart,
And linking earth and heaven,
Which seem so far apart.”

And then he cross'd the church-yard,
And I thought he look'd and sigh'd
As on the Sunday after

Our sweet Miss Alice died:

Miss Alice, whom the village call'd
The fairest of its flowers,

But who now lies still beneath the hill,
And will never more be ours.

And as I weave my chain, and take
The path by which he went,
With every link I think and think,
And wonder what he meant.

H

THE BOY AND THE ROSE.

OW different the teaching of a Christian school to that which even the best educated heathen children receive in their own homes!

Mr. Sargent, who wrote for us

an

account of New Year's Day in Tinnevelly, relates the following story :

On one occasion a Brahmin gentleman brought his little son with him, who, while the father was conversing with me, went out into the verandah and plucked a rose. When he came into the room again, I said, "Tell me who made that flower in your hand." He looked puzzled, and when I repeated the question, he replied, with some hesitation, "The gardener." I was greatly surprised at this and said, "The gardener took the slip from another rose bush and put it in the ground, and watered it day by day. But you do not mean to say that he made the green branches to grow out of the side, and produced those beautiful petals and painted them red?"

The poor boy looked bewildered, and his father was apparently distressed; so to recover my good opinion of the boy, the father said, "Now tell the gentleman what you have been learning." So the little fellow folded his arms, as if standing before his teacher to repeat his lesson, and gave first the Tamil and then the English of the following three sentences :"I must not tell lies.

"I must do no injury to any one. "I must be respectful to all."

After repeating these, memory seemed to fail him. So the father observed, "Sir, my son knew a great many such moral sentences, but a friend of mine from Madras, some time ago, hearing him repeat them, observed that so strict a morality was too severe for so little a boy!"

Now this native gentleman was an excellent English scholar, held a high appointment, and was acknowledged to be one of the very best men in the district. But he does not seem, as day by day he walked hand in hand with his little boy, ever to have talked with him about the great God above, and the

things around us which He has made. Not a little child in any of our schools but, if asked the question who made the rose, would at once answer, "God made the rose, for He made all things." And then, as to other great matters, our duty to God and our duty to one another, that also is taught us in youngest years from the Bible, which is able to make us wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus; so that I may indeed say, "Blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear."

SCRIPTURE QUESTIONS FOR APRIL

WORKING FOR GOD.

POWER IN WORK.

1. POWER OF GOD.-In whose name was remembrance made

BODLE

having had " power with God"? What king said "Where the word of

a king is, there is power"? In what Old Testament verses do we read of God's redeeming His servants from the power of the sword, delivering them from the power of the lions, and ransoming them from the power of the grave? What Psalm specially shows forth the power of the voice of the LORD? What great Old Testament miracles showed forth God's power in delivering His people? From what prayer of a Jewish king did Christ in "the Lord's prayer" take the words, "Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory"? In what songs of the Revelations

is power ascribed to God?

2. THE POWER OF THE SON OF GOD.-Where was Christ prophesied of as "The Mighty God"? Where is He called "The power of God"? Where did He say "All power is given unto Me in heaven and earth"? Where did He say "The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins"? What proofs of His power did He give on the night before His crucifixion? What proofs on the day of His resurrection? Where is it said that He was declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead? What proofs of His power did He give before His ascension? What great proof of His power ten days after? 3. THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.-In what words did Jesus tell His disciples to wait for this power? What proofs did they give after He was sent down to them that He was indeed a Spirit of power? Where does St. Paul pray that his converts may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost? How is the power of God's Spirit shown now? What change did St. Paul say He had made in the Corinthians? Where is the Holy Spirit promised to them that ask? What are the fruits of the Spirit? Can you find nine instances in the lives of the Apostles in each of which there was a showing forth of one of these fruits ?

4. POWER GIVEN TO GOD'S WORKERS.-Which of the Apostles said that God had given His children the Spirit of power? What very weak persons mentioned in Old Testament history were made strong by God's power? What very strong people were shown to be very weak when they fought against God's power? Who said that it was through no power of his own that he did a miracle? What instances of power were given by St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Philip ? What verses can you find in the Epistles telling of power given to the children of God?