The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. / A Monthly Magazine for the Young
HOP PICKING ( See page 274. )
THE
VOL. X., NEW SERIES. 1888. LONDON: HOULSTON AND SONS, 7, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.; AND E. WILMSHURST, BOOKSELLER, BLACKHEATH, S.E.
Engraved by S. W. Partridge & Co. WELL, THEN, COME TO THE CANAL. ( See page 4. )
Dear young friends,—We wish you each and all a very Happy New Year, and, above all things else, that it may prove to many of you a year of grace—that is, we pray that the rich saving grace of God may be put in the hearts of many of our readers who hitherto have not called upon Him for mercy.
How many who began the year 1887 in health are now laid in the grave! Some, no doubt, who read this address will be thinking of others who read last year's, and who were interested in The Little Gleaner, watching for its appearance month by month, but who now have passed away, and will no more read it, nor walk and talk with them again.
The other month, a wrapper in which a Gleaner had been enclosed by some friend to a person in Ireland was sent to us bearing this solemn mark, Dead . This told us that the person to whom the Gleaner had been sent had become the prey of death, and would never read another.
Oh, how solemn that word looked and sounded to us— dead ! and the thought rushed into our mind, How did he die? Where is he? If he died in Christ, it is well with him, for all who thus die are eternally at rest, free from sin, care, pain, and sorrow. Yea, they are 'for ever with the Lord.'
Dear reader, how is it with you? You are spared, while some have been called from time into eternity. We hope you feel this to be a mercy, and we now ask, Have you ever been led to the throne of grace, concerned about sin and salvation? Has the cry ever gone from your heart to the Lord, God be merciful to me a sinner ? If not, oh, that, as this year begins to pass away, the Spirit may cause your heart to feel the guilt of your sin, and lead you, a poor, burdened, contrite one, to the feet of Him who died on the cross, and whose blood cleanses those who are thus brought unto Him from all sin. Then you shall prove that He is mighty to save —yea, able to save all those to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.
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Little Gleaner.
Monthly Magazine for the Young.
THE EDITOR'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS TO HIS YOUNG FRIENDS.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
"ONLY ONCE."
LINES ON THE NEW YEAR.
THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S STAR.
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA.
A PARABLE FROM A FARMER'S SON TO ALL GLEANERS.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN JANUARY.
AN OLD QUILT AND ITS STORY.
WONDERFUL GRACE.
MY STAGE-COACH COMPANION.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
PRIZE ESSAY.
How to Live Well.
A CHILD'S PRAYER.
SUITABLE FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Interesting Items.
WHAT A TRACT MAY DO.
ANSWER TO SCRIPTURE ENIGMA.
BE GENTLE.
A BIBLICAL DISCOVERY.
THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S STAR.
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN FEBRUARY.
"THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS."
HOW A GREAT MISTAKE WAS DISCOVERED.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
THE ENEMIES OF GOD AND OF HIS PEOPLE SCATTERED.
A HINT TO PARENTS.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GATHERING OF EBENEZER SUNDAY SCHOOL, HASTINGS.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
PRIZE ESSAY.
What Kind of Service is Most Acceptable to God?
"LET NO MAN DESPISE THEE."
Interesting Items.
CARING FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
A BUDDING OF HOPE.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN MARCH.
"THERE IS NO REST IN HELL!"
AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE.
THE SCOTCH THISTLE.
COUSIN SUSAN'S NOTE-BOOK JOTTINGS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF FATHER CHINIQUY.
"BELOVED, BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT."
THE DIRGE OF AN ENGLISHWOMAN.
EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
SOMETHING ABOUT FOXES.
ONE POOR STONE.
A MORNING'S WALK IN A COUNTRY LANE.
"KEEP THE STAR IN SIGHT."
ANSWER OF GEORGE III. TO LORD GRENVILLE,
THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT'S OPINION OF POPERY.
A BIBLE WITH PINS IN IT.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
THRILLING SCENES AT THE FORTH BRIDGE WORKS.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
A WORD TO SELF-SEEKERS.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Self-Help.
Interesting Items.
AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF A BARRISTER.
MODES OF TRAVEL IN PERSIA.
THE VALUE OF WORK.
COUSIN SUSAN'S NOTE-BOOK JOTTINGS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF FATHER CHINIQUY.
The Cow, the Sucking Pig, and Purgatory.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LORD'S GRACIOUS DEALINGS WITH MARY STUBBS,
WHO DIED AT GODMANCHESTER, DECEMBER 19TH, 1887, AGED TWENTY-FOUR YEARS.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN APRIL.
A FAMOUS DOG.
FLESH-EATING PLANTS.
"DRAW ME."
A BRAVE RESCUE.
THE MUMMY OF SESOSTRIS.
"THIS IS THE WAY; WALK YE IN IT."
"THOU, GOD, SEEST ME!"
A VISIT TO THE IDRIAN MINES.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
AN ENCOURAGING SUNDAY SCHOOL GATHERING.
THE WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDERS.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
Mental Eyes: Darkened and Illuminated.
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Who are they that will Stand Perfect in the Day of Judgment?
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
Interesting Items.
THE JESUIT AND THE BIBLE.
A DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
TWO WAYS OF DESCENDING.
COUSIN SUSAN'S NOTE-BOOK JOTTINGS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF FATHER CHINIQUY.
Doubly Freed and Doubly Enriched.
A BROTHER'S DREAM.
PROMPT KINDNESS.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
A FUGITIVE IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS.
A FEW WORDS FROM THE DUMB.
ONE LINK GONE.
A GATHERED ONE.
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EMMA BEESLEY, OF LEICESTER, WHO DIED ON LORD'S DAY MORNING, JANUARY 1ST, 1888, AGED TWENTY-ONE YEARS.
PRAYER ANSWERED.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
WISDOM.
THE CLEVER BOY AND THE ELECTRICAL MACHINE.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
God's Independence of All, and His Declared Need of Some of His Creatures.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN MAY.
PRIZE ESSAY.
How to be Useful in the World.
How to be Useful in the World.
Interesting Items.
LOST AND FOUND.
A TRUE STORY FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
THE DEAR OLD TIMES.
POINTS TO BE AIMED AT.
WHAT A PRIEST THOUGHT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MIRACLES.
COUNTING THE COST.
JUVENILE GEMS.
THE BLIND TORTOISE IN THE WELL.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
"THE SENSE AND SENSES OF ANIMALS."
BEWARE OF THORNS.
THE COST OF A BROKEN SABBATH.
A SOFT PILLOW.
RECEIVING THE TRUTH.
AN EVENING AT THE WEST END.
RAGGED TOM.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
The Good Shepherd Gathering His Sheep.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN JUNE.
PRIZE ESSAY.
What Marks do the Lambs of Jesus Christ Bear?
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
Interesting Items.
THE COVENANTER'S ESCAPE AND DEATH.
A DAY'S WORK.
JUVENILE GEMS.
BROUGHT TO THE FOLD.
ROME PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES.
HOW TO SELECT A BOY.
"NOTHING TO THANK GOD FOR."
A CINGALESE ROCK FORTRESS.
A QUEER FISHERMAN.
SAVED BY GRACE.
TWO BRAVE CHILDREN.
A HINT TO BOYS.
DIVINE GUIDANCE.
"JESUS LOVES ME!"
A RED SEA ROCK.
KENILWORTH CASTLE.
THE PRIEST AND THE LADY; OR, TRANSUBSTANTIATION EXPOSED.
STAND BACK.
HIS TITLE DEEDS.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
Elisha and the Shunammite.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN JULY.
PRIZE ESSAY.
The Difference between "Uncertain Riches" and "The True Riches."
Interesting Items.
CHARLIE COULSON, THE DRUMMER-BOY.
MR. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH.
THE HOUSE UPON THE SAND.
UNSEEN PROTECTION.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
ONE "WHOSE HEART THE LORD OPENED."
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
FLYING FOXES.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
AN AGED PILGRIM'S HISTORY.
A MODEL PRAYER-MEETING.
GENEROSITY AND LOVE.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
ZOAR CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL, HAND CROSS.
ZION CHAPEL, TROWBRIDGE.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN AUGUST.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Contrast the Lesson Taught by the Conduct of Solomon and of Rehoboam, at the Commencement of their Reign.
Interesting Items.
LETTER BY A DYING SOLDIER.
A HOPEFUL CASE.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.
FACTS ABOUT OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
ORPHAN BESS.
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB."
UNDER THE LONDON STREETS.
SYMPATHY.
FORWARD INTO LIGHT AND LIBERTY.
"Jesus Only."
RARE AND COSTLY BIBLES.
A NEW TELEPHONE.
"ASK ON."
"IS NOT A MAN BETTER THAN AN EGG?"
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THE DUTCH AND THEIR COUNTRY.
SUNDAY SCHOOL INTELLIGENCE.
"A SOFT ANSWER."
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
Ananias and Sapphira.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
PRIZE ESSAY.
The Blessings Conferred on England by the Accession to the Throne of William of Orange, and by the Protestant Succession thereby Secured to Us.
"THE NAILS ARE GONE, BUT THE MARKS ARE LEFT."
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
Interesting Items.
LITTLE SCOTCH GRANITE.
THE HYACINTH.
WORDS AND DEEDS.
DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
THE BIBLE AND ITS CLAIMS.
MANKIND'S MISTAKES.
POSTAL SERVICE STATISTICS
NATURE HER OWN SURGEON.
ABOUT SWEARING.
A CHAT WITH MY BOYS.
THE WORD WITH POWER.
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST.
LITTLE HELPS BY LARGE HEARTS.
THE PENNY PIECE.
A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE.
ADMIRAL PYE AND THE INQUISITORS.
CHILD HEROISM.
LITTLE KINDNESSES.
A DRUNKARD'S WILL.
THE LAND OF THE GIANTS.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
The Good Shepherd, His Lambs and Sheep.
THE POWER OF KINDNESS.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN OCTOBER.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Charity.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
AN OLD CLOCK'S ADVICE.
Interesting Items.
GREAT EVENTS.
THE FISH THAT SWALLOWED JONAH.
TALKING WITH A MAN SEVEN THOUSAND MILES OFF!
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
MEMOIRS OF ELLEN AND HENRY HOAD.
DENIED, YET ANSWERED.
HONOURING THE LORD'S DAY.
LITTLE JOHNNIE.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER.
BRIMSTONE OR SULPHUR.
A BIRTHDAY WISH.
INSECURITY OF PALESTINE.
A HEROIC SCOTCH STUDENT.
DUTIES OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
THE CHILD AND THE EMPEROR.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
The Glory of Christ.
THE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS AND THE QUEEN.
PRIZE ESSAY.
Lessons to be Derived from the History of Daniel.
Interesting Items.
THE BLIND WIDOW.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW.
BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN DECEMBER.
HE WENT WRONG, BUT HE FOUND MERCY.
JOHNNIE'S CHRISTMAS.
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
BUNYAN'S DEATH.
EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE SEA.
PLEADING.
THE ANTI-ROMISH BOOK.
BIBLE ENIGMA.
HOP PICKING.—THE LAST POLE.
OUR BIBLE CLASS.
Gleanings from the Book of Ruth.
THE EDITOR'S CLOSING ADDRESS TO HIS YOUNG FRIENDS.
PRIZE ESSAY.
The Disobedience of our First Parents, and its Results.
Interesting Items.
THE LITTLE GLEANER.
THE SOWER
FRIENDLY WORDS.
THE ANNUAL VOLUMES of "GLEANER" and "SOWER."
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S TREASURY.—Vols. I. and II.
INDEX.
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