CONTENTS

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Preface[9]
Suggestions to Parents[17]
1. Oyster and Crab—Conscience[27]
2. Worm in the Apple—Sin in the Human Heart[33]
3. Wayside Weeds and Garden Flowers—Neglected vs. Christian Children[38]
4. Nuts—God Means that We Must Work[46]
5. Banks—Gathered and Guarded Treasures[51]
6. Chart—Avoiding Dangers[56]
7. Anchor—Hope that Lays Hold of Christ[61]
8. Husks—The Disappointed Pleasure Seeker[66]
9. Iron, Low Grade and High Grade—Character and Worth[75]
10. A Pocket Rule—How God Measures Men[81]
11. The Magnet—Jesus the Great Drawing Power[86]
12. Keys—How to Unlock the Human Heart[92]
13. Traps—Unsuspecting Mice and Men[97]
14. Bread—Universal Soul Hunger[102]
15. The Stone—The Natural and Changed Heart[107]
16. The Polished Stone—Perfection Through Suffering[112]
17. Ropes—Habits and How They Become Strong[120]
18. Watch and Case—Soul and Body[125]
19. Pearls—One of Great Price[130]
20. Coal and Wood—Jesus the Source of Spiritual Light and Warmth[135]
21. Lanterns—The Best Light for Our Path[140]
22. Candles—How to Reflect, Obscure or Extinguish the Light[145]
23. A Broken Chain—Breaking the Whole Law[151]
24. Looking-Glass—Seeing Ourselves in God's Law[156]
25. Rain—God's Wisdom and Power[161]
26. Snow—Lessons Which it Teaches[168]
27. Plastic Face—Character in the Countenance[174]
28. Seeds—Thoughts, Word, Deeds,—Their Life and Perpetuity[179]
29. Sowing—The Spring Time of Life[185]
30. Reaping—The Harvest Time of Life[192]
31. Wheat and Chaff—The Coming Separation[198]
32. The Heart—The Most Wonderful Pump in the World[204]
33. The Eye—The Most Valuable and Most Wonderful Telescope[210]
34. The Eye—Smallest Camera, Most Valuable Pictures[217]
35. Frogs—The Plagues of Egypt[222]
36. Blood—The Feast of the Passover[228]
37. Pine Branch—The Feast of Tabernacles[234]
38. Leaves—The Lessons Which They Teach[240]
39. The Turtle—Man Like and Yet Unlike the Animals[246]
40. Grasshopper and Ant—Negligence and Industry[252]
41. Balances—How God Weighs People[260]
42. White and Charred Sticks—Good and Bad Company[267]
43. Dogs—The Dogs of St. Bernard[272]
44. The Camera—God's Picture Book[279]
45. The Phonograph—Books that Talk[285]
46. Magnet and Needle—God's Guiding Hand[290]
47. Fish in Aquarium—The All-Seeing Eye of God[295]
48. The Clock—Measuring Time[300]
49. Plans—Living with a Purpose[307]
50. The Christmas Tree—The Lessons Which It Teaches[311]
51. Easter Sunday—The Resurrection of the Body[318]
52. Crowns—We Are Children of the King[325]
A Word to Parents[331]
Press Notices[332]