CONTENTS

A BIBLE PRIMER [23]

HYMNS FOR THE MORNING [69]
When Morning Gilds the Skies. From the German [71]
A Song of Thanksgiving. From the German [75]
Heaven is Not Reached at a Single Bound. J. G. Holland [77]
Still, Still With Thee. Harriet Beecher Stowe [78]
SHORT BIBLE STORIES [79]
God Sees Me. [81]
What Does God Want Me To Do? [82]
What God Gives. [85]
Jesus and His Friends. [86]
Jesus Had No Home. [89]
The People Loved Jesus. [93]
The Sea of Galilee. [94]
The Boyhood of Jesus. [97]
Jesus and Sick People. [98]
Talking With Our Father. [101]
God is Our Father. [105]
What Jesus Said About Birds and Flowers. [106]
What Jesus Said About Trees. [109]
Jesus and the Little Girl. [110]
The Baby Hid in a Basket. [117]
An Old Book of Songs. [121]
A Story Which Jesus Told. [126]
Some Words Which Jesus Taught the People. [130]
The Boy Who Came When He Was Called. [132]
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Stories of David:

The Shepherd Boy Who Killed a Giant.

[139]

David and King Saul.

[151]

David and Jonathan.

[156]

David and His Three Brave Soldiers.

[163]

David and His Son Absalom.

[167]
The Story of a Good King. [170]
Joseph and His Brethren. [17]7
The Boy Who Was Raised from the Dead. [193]
The Kingdom of Heaven. [201]
The Little Captive Maid. [205]
How the People Traveled in the Lands of the Bible. [208]
Houses in the Lands of the Bible. [21]4
Children in the Lands of the Bible. [217]
Jerusalem. [218]
The Jordan. [224]
The Dead Sea. [226]
Beth-lehem. [229]
HYMNS FOR THE DAY. [231]
Lord of All Being, Throned Afar. Oliver Wendell Holmes [233]
On Our Way Rejoicing John S. B. Monsell [234]
Of Such is the Kingdom Jemima Thompson Luke 237
Sun of My Soul. John Keble [238]
Day by Day. [239]
What Can Little Hands Do? Fabin [240]
How Gentle God's Commands Philip Doddridge [241]
Above the Clear Blue Sky John Chandler [242]
BEDTIME STORIES [243]
The Story of the First Christmas. [245]
The Story of Palm Sunday. [251]
How Jesus Gave His Life for the World. [257]
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The Story of the First Easter Day. [265]
The Story of the First Thanksgiving. [270]
Who Was the Neighbor? [279]
The Good Shepherd. [282]
Little Brothers of the Air and Fields. [292]
SHEPHERD HYMNS. [305]
Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us Dorothy A. Thrupp [309]
Was There Ever Kindest Shepherd? Frederick William Faber [310]
Gracious Saviour, Holy ShepherdJane E. Leeson and J. Whittemore [313]
In Heavenly Love Abiding Anna L. Waring [314]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is. Sir H. W. Baker [315]
PRAYERS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.[317]
OLD TIME VERSES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. [325]
Against Idleness and Mischief. Isaac Watts [327]
Against Pride in Clothes. Isaac Watts [328]
The Ant, or Emmet. Isaac Watts [329]
A Morning Song. Isaac Watts [330]
An Evening Song. Isaac Watts [333]
The Sluggard. Isaac Watts [334]
Praise for Mercies, Spiritual and Temporal. Isaac Watts [337]
The Rose. Isaac Watts [338]
Praise for Creation and Providence. Isaac Watts [341]
A General Song of Praise to God. Isaac Watts [342]
Innocent Play. Isaac Watts [34]3
Against Quarreling and Fighting. Isaac Watts [344]
Love Between Brothers and Sisters. Isaac Watts [345]
A Summer Evening. Isaac Watts [346]
Summer. Jane Taylor [349]
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The Star (with music). Jane Taylor [350-351]
The Flower and the Lady, About Getting Up. Jane Taylor [352]
The Field Daisy. Jane Taylor [353]
The Little Child. Jane Taylor [354]
Going to Bed. Jane Taylor[357]
Time to Get Up. Jane Taylor [358]
The Snowdrop. Jane Taylor [359]
Getting Up (with music). Jane Taylor [360-361]
A Fine Thing. Jane Taylor [362]
A Pretty Thing. Ann Taylor [365]
The Sheep. Jane Taylor [366]
The Cow. Jane Taylor [369]
Going to Bed (with music). Jane Taylor [370-371]
Baby and Mamma. Jane Taylor [372]
The Tempest. Jane Taylor [375]
The Violet. Jane Taylor [376]
May Day Song. John Keble [379]
The Lamb. William Blake [380]
Some Murmur When Their Sky is Clear. Archbishop Trench [383]
Little Drops of Water. Ebenezer C. Brewer [384]
CHRISTMAS HYMNS[385]
Christmas Lullaby John Addington Symonds [389]
The Star [390]
A Christmas Carol. [393]
The Guiding Star William C. Dix [394]
A Christmas Carol. Dinah Maria Mulock [397]
Hail the Night! All Hail the Morn. Old German Choral [398]
The Christmas Tree. [401]
A Christmas Carol. Charles Kingsley [402]
Song of the Angels Ancient Christmas Songs [405]
Carol, Sweetly Carol. [406]
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Cradle Hymn. Martin Luther [409]
Cradle Hymn. (with music) Isaac Watts [410-411]
Chorus. Robert Herrick [412]
Once in Royal David's City. Mrs. C. F. Alexander [415]
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night. Edmund Hamilton Sears [419]
HYMNS AND POEMS FOR THE TWILIGHT HOUR.[421]
Ready for Bed. Ida Fay [423]
Baby's Boat. George Cooper [424]
Little Voices. [427]
The Twilight Falls, the Night is Near. [429]
Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing. James Edmeston [430]
Summer Rain. [433]
The Glorious Heavens. Addison [434]
Twilight. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [437]
The Pebble and the Acorn. Gould [438]
A Psalm of Life. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [440]
While Thee I Seek, Protecting Power. Helen Maria Williams [442]
Oft in the Stilly Night. Thomas Moore [445]
The Bridge. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [446]
Kindness. Colesworthy [448]
Perseverance. [451]
The Light of Stars. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [452]
We Are Seven. William Wordsworth [454]
Children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [459]
One by One. Adelaide Ann Procter [461]
To-day and To-morrow. [463]
Still with Thee. James Drummond Burns [464]
Lead, Kindly Light. John Henry Newman [467]
Now the Day is Over. S. Baring-Gould [468]
A Farewell. Charles Kingsley [471]
Good Night and Good Morning. Lord Houghton [472]
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New Year's Eve. Alfred Tennyson [473]
All Things Beautiful. John Keble [476]
The Chambered Nautilus. Oliver Wendell Holmes [477]
The Day is Done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [481]
A Child's Thought of God. Elizabeth Barrett Browning [483]
Lullaby Song. From the German [484]
The Pilgrims of the Night. Frederick William Faber [487]
MEMORY VERSES AND PROVERBS. [489]

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