Arrows
Notes of Christian Life & Work.
We have pleasure in presenting our readers with the portraits of two recent Silver Medallists in connection with our Roll of Honour for Sunday-school Teachers. Miss Susan Hammond is the veteran of the county of Essex, having completed fifty-four years' service at the Wesleyan Sunday-school, Bradfield; whilst to Mr. William Fletcher belongs the honour of being the doyen of the Sunday-school Teachers of Lincolnshire, he having to his credit the magnificent record of seventy years' service at the Scamblesby Sunday-school.
Miss(Photo: W. Gill, Colchester).MISS HAMMOND.(The Essex County Medallist.)
(Photo: W. Gill, Colchester).MISS HAMMOND.(The Essex County Medallist.)
(Photo: W. Gill, Colchester).
MISS HAMMOND.
(The Essex County Medallist.)
A hurried and unceremonious burial is often all that can be given to the dead after a great battle. They are the harvest of war; but the dead, though in comparison to the living victors they may be said to be at least unhonoured, have often been the real winners of the battle. It was over their dead bodies or over the way they made that the survivors rushed to victory. So it is that when we allow self to die we accomplish most Christian work and win the fight of faith.
Fletcher(Photo: Carlton and Sons, Horncastle.)MR. WILLIAM FLETCHER.(Who holds the Lincolnshire Record for Seventy Years' Sunday-school Service.)
(Photo: Carlton and Sons, Horncastle.)MR. WILLIAM FLETCHER.(Who holds the Lincolnshire Record for Seventy Years' Sunday-school Service.)
(Photo: Carlton and Sons, Horncastle.)
MR. WILLIAM FLETCHER.
(Who holds the Lincolnshire Record for Seventy Years' Sunday-school Service.)
There are already many indications that the Christmas festival is slowly but surely drawing near, and not the least significant is the deluge of new stories suitable for presents and prizes which has already commenced. To many a boy and girl Christmas would lose half its charms if it did not bring with it a new story from old favourites, such as Gordon Stables, Emma Marshall, or G. A. Henty, and the young people will not be disappointed this year. Messrs. Nisbet have just issued Dr. Stables's latest story, which he has entitled "Off to Klondyke." Its very title is suggestive of exciting experiences at the fascinating goldfields of the Yukon, and many boys—both young and old—will follow with breathless interest the numerous wonderful adventures which are related therein. From the same publishers comes an equally interesting story of an English boy's adventures in the great French War under the expressive title "Face to Face with Napoleon." There is plenty of romantic incident in this story, and as the author, Mr. O. V. Caine, has carefully verified the historical portions of the work, it will serve the double purpose of entertaining and instructing.Our old friend, Mrs. Emma Marshall, is to the fore with an excellent story for girls, entitled "Under the Laburnum Tree" (Nisbet and Co.), which will be eagerly welcomed in many a home and school.—The last volume before us is entitled "Yule Logs," and is edited for Messrs. Longmans by Mr. G. A. Henty. Unlike the books previously mentioned, this does not contain a single long story, but is made up of a series of short stories by such well-known writers as Henry Frith, Manville Fenn, John Bloundelle-Burton, and, of course, the editor himself. The stories deal with extraordinary adventures on land and sea, in both ancient and modern times, and are of such variety as to satisfy the most exacting reader.
A poor little lad died a few weeks ago in a narrow and crowded street of Central London after four years of terrible suffering from hip disease. His sweet and uncomplaining nature endeared him in a particular way to the friends who visited him, and one of them has taken a picture of him, as he sat up in bed, surrounded by his flowers and small comforts, not long before his death. "Mousie" got his pet name from the doctors at a big hospital, who were so struck by his gentleness, and by the quiet courage with which he endured his painful operations. He had been originally knocked down by a cab, and his feeble constitution never recovered from the accident. Once, to his great delight, he was well enough to attend a meeting of the Ministering Children's League, of which he was a member. He was supported on a table, and helped to make a cushion for a sick old woman. But he was soon obliged to keep to his room and his couch altogether. Even then "Mousie" was often thinking of others. "Can't I do a toy for some poor child who has none?" he would say, and with the wool that was given him he would make balls for babies. "It is not Jesus who sends me this pain," he once explained to the friend who pens this brief memory of him; "He is far too kind: it was my own fault for getting in the way of the cab." Poor "Mousie"! he was only ten years old, but he had his own solution of the mystery of pain. He loved to hear hymns. Someone sang "There is a Happy Land" to him the night before he died, and a little later those who were watching him were surprised to hear him croon the first verse all through in quite a strong clear, voice. Then he sighed pitifully, "Lord Jesus, do take me!" and said to his mother, "I shan't have a bit of painthere, you know!" And after a few unconscious hours "Mousie" knew why God had permitted his pain.
Mousie(Photo: Mr. W. T. Piper.)"MOUSIE."
(Photo: Mr. W. T. Piper.)"MOUSIE."
(Photo: Mr. W. T. Piper.)
"MOUSIE."
When, in 1849, the American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was dismissed from being a surveyor, his wife thus writes of the supposed calamity in a letter to her mother: "It has come in the way of an inevitable providence to us (whatever knavery some people may have to answer for who have been the agents in the removal), and I never receive inevitable providences with resignation merely, but withjoy, as certainly, undoubtedly, the best possible events that canhappen for me." Surely this is the right way to regard the changes and so-called chances of this mortal life, if we believe that our Heavenly Father orders the lives of each one of us with individual care.
winners(1) THOMAS BROWN.(Gordon Boys' Home.)(2) HARRY CASTLEDINE.(Orphan Working School.)(3) CLARA A. LANGDON.(Orphan Working School.)(4) FLORENCE ANDERSON.(National Refuges.)(5) EDWARD M. NYE.(Reedham Orphanage.)(6) CHARLES E. SMITH.(Reedham Orphanage.)THE QUIVER GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE WINNERS, 1898.
(1) THOMAS BROWN.(Gordon Boys' Home.)(2) HARRY CASTLEDINE.(Orphan Working School.)(3) CLARA A. LANGDON.(Orphan Working School.)(4) FLORENCE ANDERSON.(National Refuges.)(5) EDWARD M. NYE.(Reedham Orphanage.)(6) CHARLES E. SMITH.(Reedham Orphanage.)THE QUIVER GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE WINNERS, 1898.
(1) THOMAS BROWN.(Gordon Boys' Home.)(2) HARRY CASTLEDINE.(Orphan Working School.)(3) CLARA A. LANGDON.(Orphan Working School.)(4) FLORENCE ANDERSON.(National Refuges.)(5) EDWARD M. NYE.(Reedham Orphanage.)(6) CHARLES E. SMITH.(Reedham Orphanage.)
THE QUIVER GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE WINNERS, 1898.
The Quiver Prize has long since become an annual institution in several representative orphanages, and as our object is to encourage honesty, industry, and general good conduct, it is awarded each year to those inmates who have shown greatest progress in these respects during the preceding twelve months. We publish a group of the winners for 1898, who represent respectively the Orphan Working School, the Reedham Orphanage, The Gordon Boys' Home, and the National Refuges.
The following is a list of contributions received from September 1st up to and including September 30th, 1898. Subscriptions received after this date will be acknowledged next month:—
For"The Quiver" Waifs' Fund: J. J. E., Govan (130th donation), 5s.; A Glasgow Mother (100th donation), 1s.; M. G., Leeds, 1s.; Oxford, 5s.ForDr. Barnardo's Homes: An Irish Girl, 12s. 6d.; N. L. E., 10s. We are also asked to acknowledge the following donations sent direct:—J. E. D., 10s.; Inasmuch, 4s.; H. M. H., 5s.ForThe British and Foreign Bible Society: A Thank-Offering, 1s.
For"The Quiver" Waifs' Fund: J. J. E., Govan (130th donation), 5s.; A Glasgow Mother (100th donation), 1s.; M. G., Leeds, 1s.; Oxford, 5s.
ForDr. Barnardo's Homes: An Irish Girl, 12s. 6d.; N. L. E., 10s. We are also asked to acknowledge the following donations sent direct:—J. E. D., 10s.; Inasmuch, 4s.; H. M. H., 5s.
ForThe British and Foreign Bible Society: A Thank-Offering, 1s.
TheSpecial Silver MedalandPresentation Bibleoffered for the longest known Sunday-school service in the county ofNorthumberland(for which applications were invited up to September 30th) have been gained by
Mr. Thomas C. Hinton,Fame Bank,Gosforth, Newcastle,
who has distinguished himself byfiftyyears' service in the John Knox Church Sunday-school, Newcastle.
As already announced, the next territorial county for which claims are invited for the Silver Medal is
and applications, on the special form, must be received on or before October 31st, 1898. We may add thatSussexis the following county selected, the date-limit for claims in that case being November 30th, 1898. This county, in its turn, will be followed byWiltshire, for which the date will be one month later—viz. December 31st, 1898.
The names of members recently enrolled will be found in our advertisement pages.
The children's festival—as the Christmas season is rightly called—is already within the horizon of preparation. A few weeks more, and our young people will be enjoying the delights of Yule-tide, not the least of which is the perennial Christmas Stocking. Most of us remember the eager—almost feverish—anticipation with which we tied up our little stocking at the head of our small bed, in the full faith that the mysterious but kindly visitant of Christmas Eve would cram into it all sorts of lovely things; and how when morning dawned, our first thought was to reach it down to our pillow and explore its wonderful recesses. But there are thousands of little children to whom these raptures are unknown. They do not appear to have been put upon Santa Claus's visiting list; and it seems hard that this venerable gentleman should pass them over. These poor and friendless little ones, to be found in every town and in many of our villages, want a kind-hearted neighbour who will mention their names and addresses to that genial but omniscient saint, and then, presto! there's joy for a forlorn little chap or maiden "on Christmas Day in the morning." We therefore earnestly invite all fathers and mothers, and uncles and aunts, and all who love to see the children glad on the Saviour's birthday, to co-operate with us in providing Christmas stockings for those forlorn youngsters, into whose life scarcely a ray of brightness ever enters. Not much is needed to give them this boon by way of the Christmas stocking. A few wholesome goodies and a simple toy will amply suffice to supply them with a fund of innocent excitement and enjoyment. A sum of one shilling will furnish a stocking and pay the postage, when combined in a large contract. We have the happiness to announce that the proprietors ofThe Quiverhave kindly consented to head our subscription list with a sum sufficient to provide the contents of
This is a good start, but this number will be quite inadequate to the innumerable demands which are sure to be made upon us. We therefore earnestly ask for further contributions from all child-lovers who would sorely regret to see any tiny mite left disappointed on Christmas Day.
We shall also be glad to receive recommendations from our readers (as before in the case of our Christmas Hamper Fund) of suitable cases for the supply of stockings. The special forms for this purpose will be supplied in our Extra Christmas Number, and if filled up in accordance with the directions there given will be dealt with in the order in which they reach the Editor, as far as the funds will permit. All contributions to the Christmas Stocking Fund should be sent to the Editor ofThe Quiver, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C., and all amounts of one shilling and upwards will be thankfully acknowledged in our pages.
A separate large-size reproduction, printed in colours, of Mr. W. Holman Hunt's great picture, "The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple," is presented with this part; and, should there be any difficulty in obtaining it, our readers are requested to communicate at once with the publishers, giving the name and address of the bookseller or other agent from whom they purchased the number.
1. What action of Manasseh, king of Judah, shows how terribly the people had sunk into idolatry?
2. In what way did Manasseh seek to protect his country from invasion?
3. What is remarkable in the latter part of Manasseh's life?
4. Quote a proverb which warns us of the danger of evil companions.
5. In what way does the wise man express the beauty of a holy life?
6. In whose reign do we find the king sending to a woman for advice?
7. What great discovery was made while the Temple was being repaired in the reign of Josiah?
8. What proof have we that at one time the Jews were fire-worshippers?
9. In whose reign did God carry out the judgment which He pronounced against the altar at Bethel which Jeroboam had made?
10. Of what gross act of contempt against God was Jehoiakim, king of Judah, guilty?
11. What acts of cruelty are recorded against King Jehoiakim?
12. In what way did God punish Jehoiakim for his iniquity?
133. A tax of half a shekel of silver for every male of twenty years old and upward (Exod. xxx. 12-14).
134. Joash, king of Judah, in order to obtain money for the restoration of the Temple (2 Chron. xxiv. 6-9).
135. 2 Chron. xxiv. 8.
136. Isaiah is generally considered to have been the grandson of King Joash, and thus has sometimes been called the royal prophet (Isa. i. 1).
137. The altar seen by Isaiah in his vision was the altar of burnt offering, on which the fire which came down from heaven was perpetually burning (Isa. vi. 6; Lev. vi. 13; 2 Chron. vii. 1).
138. The effect of the teaching of the Gospel is to bring peace on earth (Isa. xi. 6-10).
139. Isa. xi. 9.
140. In the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxx. 2; Numbers ix. 10, 11).
141. Because the Temple was not cleansed until the sixteenth day of the first month (2 Chron. xxix. 3, 16-18).
142. It was the first Passover after the separation of Israel and Judah at which any of the children of Israel were present (2 Chron. xxx. 1).
143. By Sennacherib, whose army was destroyed by God in one night (2 Kings xviii. 17 and xix. 34, 35).
144. In the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings xviii. 4).
Transcriber's note:Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs.Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.Index page iii "Negro Camp-Meetings in the StatesByElizabeth L. Banks867"—The number 867 is unclear.
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs.
Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Index page iii "Negro Camp-Meetings in the StatesByElizabeth L. Banks867"—The number 867 is unclear.