As shall teach His whole truth in a way He will bless,
To those who shall follow our steps in life's race;
And oh, may these lessons be stored in the mind,
And then to the heart a way may they find.

May parents and teachers, and stewards of gold,
All help in this effort the truth to unfold,
That ere the year passes, quite free from all debt,
Our readers these truth-teaching pages may get.
And first may their truths be stored in the mind,
And then to the heart a way may they find.

May readers remember 'tis not too late yet
New readers for GLEANER and SOWER to get;
We want to sow wider and wider the truth of God's
Word,

And oh may these truths be blest of the Lord,

May they by many be stored in the mind,
And then to the heart a way may they find.

Our readers, perhaps, are ready to say
Our band is more lengthy than needful to-day,
We'll snap it off short, then, and wish them all well,
And hope they will heed the truths that we tell ;
Dear readers, first store them away in your mind,
And then to your heart a way may they find.

EDITOR.

WORTHY OF IMITATION. ON one of the hot days of last summer, I noticed, when in Paris, that at certain "Bureaus" where the omnibuses stopped to take up passengers, there stood a man with a bucket of cold water with which he sponged the nose and mouth of the horses, in order to cool and refresh them. We should like to see a similar provision for the London omnibus horses during the hot summer months. The great services which the noble horse renders to man ought ever to secure for it the most humane treatment possible.

S. S.

BIBLE PICTURE.

WILL our young friends tell us to what the picture on the preceding page refers, and write some remarks on the scene it presents? The best reply will gain a prize.

ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA (Page 6). "PROVIDENCE" (Acts xxiv. 2).

PREPARE a new song of praise to the Lord,
R e-echo His goodness, His mercy record;
On Him for the present and future rely,
Valiant for truth remain till you die.
In Jesus you've trusted for many a year,
Delighting His message of love to declare,
E ndeavouring to gather the young and the old,
Not ceasing to feed the sheep of Christ's fold,
Constrained by His love, again may you raise
E benezers anew with thanksgiving and praise.
P enknife-Jeremiah xxxvi. 23.
R ing-Luke xv. 24.

O ak-2 Samuel xviii. 9.
V ow-Judges xi. 30.

I ron-Deuteronomy iii. II.
Dromedaries-Esther viii. 10.
E we lamb-2 Samuel i. 3.

N est in a rock-Numbers xxiv. 21.
Christ-Matthew xvi. 18.

E nemy-Matthew xiii. 25.

ANOTHER ANSWER.

E. COBB.

How clearly Providence does prove

Jehovah is a God of love,

Even the songsters of the air

Are objects of His tender care :

He knows, protects, and feeds them all-
None without His consent can fall.

Now, reader, for a moment think;
Remember, all you eat or drink—

Your homes, your parents, and your friends—
Are gifts from Him-'tis He defends
You from all danger in the night,

And spares you to the morning's light,

'Tis God who makes the great sun rise
Each morning in the starry skies ;
He sends the rain to make the field
And garden plenteous produce yield;
His Providence provides for all—
The just and wicked, great and small.

All many things of God receive,
Yet all do not in Him believe;
The God of Providence and grace
Is known to few of Adam's race;
His Providence embraces all;
The number who have grace is small.

His Providence proclaims His love,
But grace in language far above;
Providence ne'er saved a soul,

Grace makes the broken-hearted whole

Dear reader, He provides for you,
But do you feel "He's gracious" too?

If destitute of grace you die,
You cannot live with God on high;
But if, compelled by sovereign grace,
You've gone to Him to seek His face,
Then He'll His grace in you display,
He turns no seeking souls away.

;

ROSA F.

A SKEPTICAL SHOEMAKER.

WE were much struck with the judicious manner in which a Scripture reader recently met the objections of a skeptical shoemaker. He said, "I have read a good deal about the heathen gods, and I believe the account of Christ is taken from some of the heathen writings or other."

The reader replied in a very kindly manner, "Will you abide by your own decision on two questions I will put to you? if so, I will freely do the same. I will abide by your own answers; by so doing we shall save much time, and arrive quicker at the truth."

"Well," he said, "out with it, and let us see if I can answer; there are but few things but what I can say something about.”

"Well, my friend," replied the reader, "my first question is, Suppose all men were Christians, according to the account given to us in the Gospels concerning Christ, what would be the state of society?"

He remained silent for some time in deep thought, and then was constrained to say: "Well, if all men were really Christians, in practice as well as theory, of course we should be a happy brotherhood indeed."

"I promised you,” said the reader, "that I would abide by your answer; will you do the same?"

"Oh, yes," he readily replied, no man can deny the goodness of the system in practice; but now for the other question: perhaps I shall get on better with that; you have got a chalk this time against me."

"Well, my next question is this: Suppose all men were infidels, what then would be the state of London and the world?" He seemed still more