A Monthly Paper for Circulation Among the Coloured People of Australasia. Issued by the A b o r i g i n e s Inland Mission of Australia, 2 4 2 Pitt Street, Sydney

April, 1944. PRICE: ONE PENNY Vol. 14. No. 4.

Let Us Go On Some of us stay at the Cross, Some of us wait at the Tomb, Quickened and raised together with Christ, Yet lingering still in the gloom, Some of us hide at the Passover feast, With Pentecost all unknown— The triumphs of grace in the heavenly place, That our Lord has made our own.

If the Christ Who died had stopped at the Cross, His work had been incomplete, If the Christ Who was buried had stayed in the tomb, He hat! only known defeat; But the way of the Cross never stops at the Cross And the way of the tomb leads on To victorious grace in the heavenly place Where the risen Lord has gone.

T H E A U S T R A L I A N E V A N G E L Apri l , 1944.

Our Message

P a u l , in giving to the young m a n Timothy, also wrote "Gr ieve not the Holy Sp i r i t of God . " As Chr is t ians , p e r h a p s not a s ingle one of us, at least I

h o p e not, wou ld choose rea l w o r l d -ly p e o p l e to be our f r i e n d s or compan ions , f o r God s word teaches us that we shou ld not he u n e q u a l l y yoked toge the r—tha t is the Chr is-t ian and the wor ld ly person .

Now have you ever s topped to th ink that the books you read or own a rc your f r i e n d s and so it is poss ib le to gr ieve the L o r d Jesus and the Ho ly Sp i r i t of God by r e a d -ing wor ld ly books and pape r s . Of course there are a great m a n y good books and p a p e r s bu t I a m so r ry to say that there are m o r e which a re b a d and real ly h a r m f u l .

Qui te a n u m b e r of t imes I have seen p e o p l e go into someone else 's home and because there were books

or p a p e r s ly ing about they have p icked them u p and s tar ted to r ead them. Now, first of al l tha t is a very r u d e th ing to do a n d a b a d e x a m p l e to s e t — r e m e m b e r you are a Chr i s t i an and so shou ld no t dis-h o n o u r your L o r d and Saviour Jesus Chris t .

Then if these peop le were wor ld -ly or just weak Chr i s t ians and they saw you r ead ing something which was not good w o u l d n ' t they s a y — "Wel l , that p a p e r or book mus t be all r ight , they a re good Chr i s t ians and they are r ead ing it. ' Be care-fu l of the h o n o u r of the One whose name you bear . Be very j ea lous of that prec ious name .

You have h e a r d peop le say t h a t we are " k n o w n by the c o m p a n y we keep . " P e o p l e j u d g e our cha rac te r s by the k ind of f r i e n d s we choose to have. If we a re o f ten f o u n d in the c o m p a n y of good, hones t people , we shal l be though t to be good and

Give Attendance to Reading I T imothy 4 : 13.

this good advice honest loo. But if we are f r i e n d s with those who are lazy, un t ru th -fu l and ev i l -minded then p e o p l e will n a t u r a l l y th ink we are l ike them. Now tha t is equa l ly t rue of books and p a p e r s and magazines . Much p r i n t e d ma t t e r is good bu t m u c h that p e o p l e read is bad .

The other day a min i s te r was in a So ld ie r s ' Rest Room. Seeing a

young sold ier r ead ing , he asked him what the book was. He g lanced up at the minis ter , looked very ashamed and has t i ly pushed the book into his pocket . He was a shamed to let the min i s te r see it. The minis te r said to h im. " W h a t a pi ty it is that whi le you respect me, you do not respect you r se l f ! I am a f r a i d there a r e m a n y like tha t so ld ier . They would be a s h a m e d to be seen with p e o p l e of b a d charac -ter bu t they choose b a d c o m p a n i o n s in p r in t t ha t a re jus t as vi le and h a r m f u l . Bad books and p ic tu res po i son the imag ina t ion and des t roy the finest fee l ings .

An old Chr is t ian m a n lay dy ing and he said to those a r o u n d h i m tha t once when he was y o u n g he h a d seen a bad p ic ture a n d tha t a l l h is l i fe th rough he cou ld not fo rge t i t—the devil kept b r i n g i n g it back to h i m . He said he would have given a l l h e possessed never to have seen it. A n d tha t is the effect some books and p a p e r s have on us. They po i son our minds .

Now we know tha t the Bible, as its very n a m e means , is The Book. It is God 's Book, and "eve ry word of God is p u r e . " H e speaks to us t h r o u g h it, shows us where we are wrong , and how we m a y get r igh t , c o m f o r t s us in so r row, and s t reng thens us to ove rcome tempta t ion . So let us "g ive a t tend-ance to r e a d i n g " and above a l l else to the read ing of God 's p rec ious word.

April , 1944. T H E A U S T R A L I A N E V A N G E L 3

Our News Page Boggabilla A .A .M .M .

D u r i n g the pas t year the work done by our b r a n c h h a s been mos t ly sewing and cooking. We have sent g i f t s of money to d i f fe ren t Nat ive W o r k e r s and have received interest-ing let ters f r o m them in r ep ly . Mrs . K n o x has cha rge of our J u n i o r b r a n c h of the A.A.M.M.

Our new office bea re r s f o r this year a re as f o l l o w s : Sale Secretary: Mrs. K n o x ; Work Secretary: Mrs . Clevens ; Tea Secretary: Mrs . Dun-c a n ; General Secretary: Mrs. Binge.

We are h o p i n g that th ree of our gir ls , Dulcie Dennison , Ruth Wr igh t and L inda McGrady , wi l l be ab l e to at tend the T r a i n i n g Col lege this year .

— M r s . G. M. Binge.

Harvest Festival at Fingal Point.

W e had the f irst Harves t Fest i -val in the chu rch on M a r c h 26 when a lovely lot of grocer ies , f r u i t , etc., were p laced on the t ab l e as an o f fe r ing to the Lord . W e m a d e up a box of pe r i shab les and sent them to M u r w i l l u m b a h P u b l i c Hosp i t a l a n d a box of grocer ies to the T r a i n i n g Col lege at Da lwood .

We were able to send £1/1,1, 0 to Mrs. L o n g f o r the field f r o m the of fe r ings at the services as we had p l a n n e d to send all g i f t s and money to o thers f r o m the harves t thanks -giving.

Other news from Fingal Point: Mrs. Lemick h a d a very severe

hea r t t u rn , bu t p ra i se the Lord she is much bet ter again .

Olga S labb , one of the J u n i o r Endeavoure r s , has been very sick

and Mrs . Robb ins took her by a m b u -lance to M u r w i l l u m b a h Hosp i ta l on the S u n d a y night of the i r H a r -vest Fest ival , at midn igh t . She is bet ter again but is hav ing t rea t -ment,

An old m a n n a m e d Jack H o u s y was bu rn t very b a d l y and the mis -s ionar ies have been a t tending to his b u r n s and he is get t ing bet ter now. H e does not be long to F inga l bu t is s tay ing there at p resen t .

oOo Lit t le Cedelia Clements , whose

m o t h e r and f a the r were s tudents at the T r a i n i n g College f o r a whi le , cont inues to send her g i f t s f r o m he r money box to he lp in the work there . She sent 4 - e a r ly in the year f o r Col lege upkeep and then some s t amps to Mrs. Col l ins in March .

Dedications at Gayndah On March 19, Babies Rob in David

Cobbo, Ha r ry G y m p i e Mi Mi and Kenneth Claud Cobbo were dedi -cated to the Lord in t h e A.I .M. church , Gayndah . The dedica t ions were p e r f o r m e d by Mr. Davison, ou r Associate W o r k e r .

On the Sa tu rday b e f o r e this Mrs. Lo rna Mi Mi and Mrs. Beryl C h a p -m a n sc rubbed the chu rch out and also c h i p p e d away some pr ickles nea r the s teps and out to the gate. T h e y had the church lock ing very nice f o r the special dedica t ion service on the fo l l owing day . Mrs. Zoe Cobbo s u p -pl ied f resh flowers.

Mrs. Davison also a t tended and p l ayed her viol in . Th i s mus ic was en joyed by al l . Mr . Davison an-nounced that he had h a d an o r g a n given to h i m for the church , bu t it needed some pa r t s f ixed. W e can pra ise God f o r this as our old o rgan was ru ined in a flood some t ime ago.

Please p ray f o r us at Gayndah . (Mrs . ) Zoe Cobbo.

— oOo One of our old f r i e n d s and a ser -

vant of the L o r d Jesus Chr i s t on Che rbou rg , P a d d y Mosman , h a s gone to his reward . F o r m a n y mo n t h s h e was very weak a l t hough he was no t ac tua l ly in bed, yet h e was not able to a t tend the services. He seemed

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4 THE AUSTRALIAN EVANGEL April, 1944.

A PAGE FOR MOTHERS O N SUNDAY , M A Y 14, W E CELEBRATE M O T H E R S ' DAY .

A W o r d for Mothers. We keep this day each year on

which to th ink a n d talk about our mothers in a very specia l way, so thought we would l ike to have a page th is mon th just f o r the m o t h e r s . "

We all know what a lot depends on the mothe r s—espec ia l ly in the home and in the t r a i n i n g of the c h i l d r e n — i n seeing that they get r eady in t ime f o r S u n d a y School or J u n i o r E n d e a v o u r — i n teaching them their verses and in lots of o ther ways, but the m a i n th ing of all is to see that they ear ly learn to love the Lord Jesus themselves. W e read in God 's word " T r a i n u p a chi ld in the way he shou ld go and when he is o ld he will not depa r t f r o m i t . " P r o v e r b s 2 2 : 0.

Now here is just a l i t t le persona l word of tes t imony on this ques t ion f r o m Cousin Evangel to the mo the r s of a l l my young cous ins on the Young Fo lks ' Page . My own m o t h e r ( the Direc tor of our Miss ion) was saved at the age of six. My two bro the rs jus t b e f o r e they were f o u r years old gave their hear t s to the Lord Jesus and my sisters and I, when we were f o u r and five years old. And 1 bel ieve tha t m a n y m o r e of our ch i ld ren would be saved in these ea r ly years if on ly the i r mothers would give m o r e t ime and thought and p raye r to this i m p o r -tant t h ing of b r ing ing b e f o r e the i r ch i ld ren the i r need to give the i r hear ts to the Lord while they are young.

Let us each one of us who a re Chris t ian mothers resolve to do al l in our power to b r i n g our ch i ld ren to Chris t ourselves (by the h e l p of the Holy Spi r i t I m e a n ) , not jus t leave it to the Sunday School teach-ers or miss ionar ies . God bless you each one very specia l ly on th is Mo the r s ' Day.

A Hymn for Mothers' Day. Tune : My faith looks up to Thee.

God bless the m o t h e r s dea r , F a i t h f u l f r o m year to year , Jus t where they s tand . Songs give them in the n ight . Who b rave ly win the fight, T r u s t i n g in Thy great might . T o h e l p our l and .

God bless the m o t h e r s t rue , S t r iv ing T h y will to do F r o m day to day . W r i t e T h o u each h o n o u r e d name , Unknown to p o m p or f a m e , W h e r e angels br ight p r o c l a i m T h y pra i se f o r aye.

God bless the mo the r s a l l . Where ' e r their lot sha l l f a l l . Be nea r each one. Give wisdom as the i r dower , S t reng th f o r the i r need each h o u r , Shie ld t hem with heavenly power Til l l i fe is done .

oOo—

They b r o u g h t young ch i ld ren to H i m . M a r k 10: 13.

Befo re your ch i ld has come to seven. Be sure he knows the way to heaven . Better sti l l the t ru th will th r ive If he knows it when he 's f ive. Best of all if at your knee, He learns it when he 's on ly three.

——oOo—-—•—

Lord give the mothe r s of the wor ld M o r e love to do their pa r t , T h a t love which reaches not a lone The ch i ld ren made by b i r th the i r

own, But every chi ld ish hear t . W a k e in their souls t rue m o t h e r h o o d Which a ims at universa l good.

Lay up My words in your hea r t — a n d ye shall teach them your ch i ld ren . Deu te ronomy 1 1 : 1 8 . 19.

April . 1944. THE A U S T R A L I A N E V A N G E L

Young Folks Dear Young Cousins:

On the second Sunday in May we very specially remember our mothers and some of you will be having special Mothers ' Day services in your church and perhaps singing or reci t ing special i tems about mother . All of us who can, wear a white flower on Mothers ' Day, and perhaps some of you will have the privilege of giving out white flowers at your church services. Here is a hymn about our Mothers which you might like to sing on Mothers ' Day. It goes to the well-known tune " / am .so glad that our Father in Heaven."

We are so glad for this dear Mothers ' Day,

Glad for the au tumn and bright month of May,

Glad for the sunshine, the birds and the flowers,

Glad most of all for these mothers of ours.

Chorus: Father above, oh, keep in Thy love Mother so dear, Mother so d e a r ; F a t h e r above, oh, keep in Thy care, Mother to us so dear.

Mother we greet you on this happy day, Bring you sweet flowers to gladden your

way; They carry a message and this now they

say, God bless you and keep you on this

Mothers ' Day.

But before Mothers ' Day arrives, just a week and a day before it, you will all be si t t ing fo r our Sunday School Examina-tion, so I must not forget to say that ! hope you all do very well and that you like the quest ions and are able to do them all qui te easily.

God bless you one and all, Yours with love in Christ .

COUSIN EVANGEL.

A Letter from Fingal Point Dear Cousin Evangel,

T h e J u n i o r Endeavourers are gladly fo rward ing 10/- to help in the College in any way possible. W e hope that you will soon be well again to carry on the good work you are doing. On Sunday we had our Harvest Festival in the church and we did en joy ourselves very much. All the chi ldren sang a verse of "Br inging in the Sheaves," and Mr. Milgate taught us another one about different countries. We hope that God will bless you and keep

you and the others too. "Trus t in the Lord."'

From G W E N R O T U M A H , Missionary Convenor.

Results of February Competitions BIBLE T R E E S .

Class 1. 1st P r i ze : Cousin Kevin Bond, Eidswold. 2nd Pr ize : Cousin Una Collins. Eidsvold. Stars : Joyce King, Menindee. Eunice

Browning, Fingal Point. John Hamil ton. Lindsay Whymna, Cyril Hamil ton, Moonah Cullah. Margare t Murray , Joyce Wilson, Kathleen Wallace, Ron Wilson, Cowra. W atson Atkinson, Daisy Cooper, Hannah. Maud Malone, Cherbourg. Eileen Pearson. Archie Gibson, Lex Deemal, Gertie Wal-lace, Woorabinda. Ivan Collins, Glen Wagg, Doris Chapman , David Chapman . Eidsvold. Class 2.

1st Pr ize : Cousin Douglas Gibson. Woorabinda. 2nd Pr ize : Cousin Ann Deemal, If Woora-

binda. Stars : Florr ie , Normanton. F rances

Bell, Carmen Hegar ty , Norma Hegar ty , Colleen Isaacs, J ean Phil l ips, A r t h u r Stanley, Lindsay Malone, Lenore Riley, Bella Isaacs, Cherbourg. Hart ley Kirby , Harold Kirby, Geve Bux, Tom Dunolly. Barmah. Ken Langton, Doris Gibson, Amy Pearson, Lucy Wallace,- Char l ie Pearson.

Woorabinda. Rose Moreton, Richard Phil-lips. Dorothy Phil l ips . Fingal Point. Noel Sampson, Moonah Cullah. Edna Collins, Nancy Ful ler , Richard Pope , Eidsvold. Joan Bugg, J ane Murray , Kelvin Wilson, Dot Carroll , Edna Wallace, Dorothy Bam-blett , Beryl Will iams, R u t h Will iams, The lma Carroll . Nellie Will iams, Cowra.

Awards for Six Stars Eileen Pearson. Gertie Wallace, Doug-

las Gibson. Archie Gibson, Sid Mclvor, George Rosendale, Woorabinda. Dawn Coombes, Balranald. Rose Moreton, Fingal Point. Lindsay Whymna , Noel Sampson, Moonah Cullah. Gevie Bux, Harold Kirby, Barmah. Bessie Will iams, Cherbourg. Coral Sloan, Condobolin. Kath leen Wal-lace, The lma Carroll . Cowra.

New Cousins We give a hearty welcome to these

new cousins who have done the compe-tit ions for the first t ime : Ruth, Beryl and Nellie Will iams, Kelvin, Joyce and Ron Wilson, Dot Carroll, J a n e Murray ,

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Stories from Other Lands R A I N B O W ' S LOVE

T h e r e h a d been some specia l meet ings in the l i t t le Mission school in a v i l lage , in South Ind ia , and Ra inbow h a d been one of the f i rs t to give he r hear t to the L o r d Jesus Christ . She was on ly n ine , bu t she was qui te ce r ta in t h a t Jesus loved her and that she loved H i m .

Then one day the miss ionar ies thought they would give the i r l i t t le p u p i l s a chance of showing the i r love to the Lord by do ing someth ing f o r H i m , and the ch i ld ren were asked to b r i n g a g i f t to be sent to o ther l i t t le ch i ldren worse off than themselves.

Now Ra inbow had a much- loved dol l . It was r ea l ly a l l she h a d wor th g iv ing; so a f t e r some though t she decided that this shou ld be her p re -sen t—she wou ld give her do l l to the L o r d Jesus .

T h e day a r r ived , and al l the school ch i ld ren came with the i r g i f ts . They c rowded h a p p i l y u p to the t ab l e with their o f fe r ings—but R a i n b o w held

back. A sudden new fee l ing of love fo r he r dol l seized her , and she s u d -den ly began to cry, a n d s a i d : " O h , I do love you so much , my d a r l i n g ; 1 canno t give you u p ; no I cannot!"

Sti l l weeping, Ra inbow c rep t back to her p lace , a very u n h a p p y l i t t le g i r l , bu t as she sat in he r seat, t ight ly h u g g i n g h e r dol l , she sudden ly s top-ped cry ing , and began to th ink . She thought of a cross set u p long ago upon a lonely h i l l - top , a n d on that

cross h u n g the Sav iou r W h o was dy ing the re to save R a i n b o w . She though t abou t the sacr i f ice it h a d mean t f o r H im, the p a i n it had cost Him, and then she f o u n d that her love f o r he r doll was s lowly get t ing less and he r love f o r the Lord Jesus was g rowing , unti l at last she j u m p e d up f r o m he r seat, and wi th a g lad smile , r a n up to the table , saying, as she p laced he r do l l t ender ly by the s ide of the other presents , "Yes , yes,

I do love you, m y da r l ing , but I can give you u p f o r the L o r d Jesus , f o r I love Him more. '*

Fingal Point Money given by the J u n i o r Chris-

t ian Endeavoure r s and young people to be used f o r the w o r k of our L o r d Jesus Chris t , March , 1943, to March , 1944 :

7 / - sent to T r a i n i n g College. 1 0 / 3 sent to Mrs. L o n g towards

f a r e to F inga l . 1 3 / - given to Mrs. Long (at open-

ing of c h u r c h ) . 7 / - sent to T r a i n i n g College. 5 / - to Brit ish and Fore ign Bible

Society. 5 / - sent to Mr . Duncan Ferguson . 7 / - to T r a i n i n g Col lege f o r Na-

tive Worke r s . !•/- to Mrs . Col l ins ( p e r s o n a l ) .

I to Miss Davey ( p e r s o n a l ) . I (J - China I n l a n d Miss ion. 6 / - sent to David Col l ins . 1 0 / - to Messrs . Stre t ton. 1 0 / - to Mr . and Mrs . A. Long . 10/'- P o o n a and Ind ia Vi l l age

Mission. 5 / - Mrs. Long (pe r sona l when

i l l ) . 10 / - Mrs. Col l ins (pe r sona l when

i l l ) . 1 0 / - Dar l ing ton Poin t Church

F u n d . 1 0 / - E idsvold Church Fund . 1 7 / - f o r Su f fe r ing Jews. 7 / - S u d a n Mission, A f r i c a . Tota l a m o u n t : £ 8 / 7 / 6 .

April , 1944.

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all f rom Cowra; Florrie, f rom Norman-ton; Richard Pope, from Eidsvold;

R ichard Phillips, from Fingal Point; Jean Phillips, Lenore Riley, Bella Isaacs, Carmen Hegarty, Frances Bell, all from Cherbourg, and we hope that your names will often he on our page.

N e w Compe t i t i ons

P A R T S OF T H E BODY. CLASS 1 (11 years and over) .

The initials of the answers will give you the name of another part of the body, which the Bible tells us should be "kept with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." (Proverbs 4.) See if you can fill in all the words. 1. " H e that hath clean . . . . shall be

stronger and stronger." (Job 17.) 2. "The . . . . of the wise seeketh know-

ledge." (Proverbs 18.) 3. "How savest thou the that

hath no s t r eng th?" (Job 26.) 4. "And the Lord caused a deep sleep

to fall upon Adam, and He look one of his . . . ." (Genesis 2.)

5. "My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my utter deceit ." (Job 27.)

CLASS 2 (under 11 years) . F ind the answer to Number 1. in Job

17 and write out the verse.

Send your answers to Cousin Evangel, A.I.M., Dalwood, via Branxton, N.S.W., before the end of May.

Births Towney.—January 1, 1944, to Mr. and

Mrs. J . Towney, of Peak Hill, a daughter , Eleanor May.

Bartman.—In January, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Bartman, of Boggabilla, a daughter , Dora.

Bamblett.—January 10, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. J . Bamblett , of Cowra, a son, Carl.

Draper.—January 19, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. B. Draper, of Cowra. a son, Rex Thomas.

Rotumah.—January 29. 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Rotumah, of Fingal Point , a daughter .

Carroll.—February 8, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. N. Carroll, of Cowra, a daughter , Kay Maureen.

Newman.—February 17, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Newman, of Peak Hill, a daughter , Shirley Christina.

Saunders.—February 19, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. J . Saunders of Woorabinda, a

daughter, Brenda Joyce. Bamblett.—February 26, 1944, to Mr.

and Mrs. L. Bamblett, a daughter, Yvonne Cecelia.

Bjorland.—February 25, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Bjorland, of Fingal Point, a son, at Murwil lumbah Hospital. John

Henry. Atkinson.—March 2, 1944, to Mr. and

Mrs. W. Atkinson, of Barmah, a son, James Andrew.

Bowen.—March 6, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Bowen (Cape Bedford) , of Woora-binda, a son, Edward.

Dargin.—March 13, 1944, to Mr, and Mrs. Joe Dargin, of Peak Hill, a son, Ernest Samuel.

Bux. March 16. 1944. to Mr. and Mrs. A.Bux, of Barmah, a son.

Currie.- February 20, 1944, at Murwil-lumbah Hospital, Norman Currie.

Slabb.—March 2, 1944. to Mr. and Mrs. F. Slabb, of Fingal Point, a son, Neville.

Paulson.—March 6, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. D. Paulson, of Fingal Point, a son, William Grant .

Ded ica t ions At Woorabinda.—March 5, 1944, Nichol

Swan, son of Ada and Frank Williams. At Peak Hill. March 19. 1944, Harold

Robert Reid. March 25, 1944. Rita May Byers.

At Fingal Point.—March 22, 1944, John Henry Bjorland, at A.I.M. Church.

Church M e m b e r s h i p At Fingal Point.—March 5, 1944, re-

ceived into church membership, Mr. and Mrs. R. Wainwright.

M a r r i a g e Haden—Solomon.—March 8, 1944, at

Woorabinda, Lizzie Solomon to Jack Haden.

Deaths Bartman.—In December, 1943, Iris May

Bartman, of Boggabilla, died in Moree. Aged 15 months.

Shaw.—December 31, 1943, William Shaw, of Peak Hill, in Parkes Hospital. "With Christ ."

Cohen.—February 18. 1944, Richard Samuel, only son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Cohen, of Parkes, aged 14 months.

(Continued from page 3) to know he was go ing , f o r he said to M r . Bowen, " I f I ' m not here to-m o r r o w , wel l , God bless y o u . " And God took h i m soon a f t e r tha t . H e has been associated wi th our work on C h e r b o u r g f o r m a n y yea r s a n d m a n y miss iona r i e s now in d i f fe ren t pa r t s wil l r e m e m b e r h i m and his f a i t h f u l service.

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OUR SERIAL STORY.

TIP L E W I S A N D H I S L A M P . By "Pansy."

C H A P T E R 7. " T h e y m u s t have h a d an e a r t h q u a k e

down at Lewis ' s th is m o r n i n g , " H o w a r d M i n t u r n sa id to the boys who were gath-e red a r o u n d the school room door . " T h e first bell h a s not r u n g yet, a n d t h e r e comes T i p u p t h e h i l l . "

U p the hill c a m e T i p , su re enough , with a firm, reso lu te s tep . T h e s u m m e r holi-days were over a n d a m o n g the t h i n g s wh ich T i p h a d resolved to do was this one, to come s teadi ly a n d p rompt ly to school, wh ich was some th ing h e h a d never done in his l i fe .

" H u l l o , T i p ! " said Bob T u r n e r , coming par t ly down the hill to mee t h i m . " H o w a re you, old fe l low? '"

Bob h a d been away d u r i n g mos t of t h e hol idays and knew no th ing of t h e c h a n g e s w h i c h t h e r e h a d been in his absence . T i p winced a l i t t le at his g ree t ing a n d shiv-e red a l i t t le at the t h o u g h t of the t e m p t a -t ion wh ich Bob wou ld be to h i m .

T h e two h a d been l i n k e d toge the r all t he i r lives in every f o r m of mischief a n d wrong , they seemed a lmost a p a r t of each o t h e r — a t least , they had s eemed so un t i l wi thin these few weeks. Now, T i p f e l t r a t h e r t h a n knew how f a r s e p a r a t e d they mus t be .

T h e bell r ang , a n d the boys jos t led a n d t u m b l e d aga ins t each o t h e r to the i r sea ts . Bob T u r n e r , as usual , s ea t ed himself be-side T ip , bu t t h e n Bob only came to school a b o u t two m o r n i n g s a week , so p e r h a p s they m i g h t get a long.

W h e n t h e Bib le r e a d i n g c o m m e n c e d , T i p hes i t a t ed a n d his f a c e flushed; he h a d never owned a Bible to r ead f r o m be fo re , bu t th i s m o r n i n g his new one lay in h i s p o c k e t . T h e ques t ion was, H a d he c o u r a g e to t a k e it o u t ? W h a t would t h e boys t h i n k ? W h a t w o u l d they say? H o w shou ld h e answer t h e m ?

H e b e g a n to t h i n k he would wait un t i l t omor row m o r n i n g , t h e n he g rew hot a n d a s h a m e d as he saw tha t he was already-t ry ing to h ide h i s colours . S u d d e n l y he drew out his Bib le a n d b e g a n very hur-r iedly to t u r n t h e leaves. Bob h e a r d the ru s t l i ng a n d g l anc ing r o u n d p u c k e r e d h i s l ips as if h e were go ing to whis t le , a n d s n a t c h i n g the book , r e ad t h e n a m e w h i c h M r . H o l b r o o k h a d wr i t t en in it a n d t h e n h e wh i spe red , " Y o u don ' t say so! W h e n d id we steal a B ib le a n d t u r n s a i n t ? " _

T h e blood g r o w i n g h o t t e r in Tip 's c h e e k s w a s the only answer , b u t he f e l t t ha t h i s t e m p t a t i o n h a d b e g u n . T h e next t h ing was to r ead , w h e n h e h a d finally f o u n d t h e p lace , even t h o u g h t h e r e w e r e m o r e t h a n fifty voices r e a d i n g those s a m e words , vet poo r T i p i m a g i n e d t h a t h i s would be l oude r t h a n all the res t , a n d he choked a n d c o u g h e d a n d m a d e more t h a n one t ry b e f o r e he fo rced h i s voice to jo in ,

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even in a whisper , at the words , " A n d they c lo thed H i m wi th pu rp l e , a n d p l a t t ed a crown of t h o r n s a n d p u t it abou t H i s h e a d . "

It did not he lp h i m in h i s r e a d i n g t h a t Bob m a d e h i s l ips move wi th the res t , bu t sa id , l oud e n o u g h for h im to h e a r —

" T h e m a n in the moon C a m e down too soon ,"

a n d c o n t i n u e d to r epea t some senseless or w i c k e d r h y m e s t h r o u g h the r e a d i n g of the b e a u t i f u l c h a p t e r .

H o w t h a n k f u l l y T i p b o w e d h i s h e a d tha t m o r n i n g . H i s h e a r t h a d t a k e n in some of the sweet words . T h a t s a c r e d h e a d h a d been c r o w n e d wi th tho rns , b u t he k n e w it was c r o w n e d wi th glory n o w — a n d he knew t h a t Chr i s t h a d su f fe red a n d died fo r h i m ! H e j o i n e d wi th h i s whole hear t in M r . Bur rows ' s p r a y e r a n d though Bob p u l l e d h i s h a i r a n d t i ck led his foot a n d s t e p p e d on h i s toes, t h e bowed h e a d was not l i f t ed a n d his sp i r i t ga ined s t r eng th .

But T i p never forgot the t r ia l s of t h a t day , nor the h a r d work wh ich h e h a d to pu t u p wi th t hem. Bob was, a s usua l , overflowing wi th misch ie f , a n d f a i l i n g to find the wi l l ing h e l p e r in his old com-pan ion , took revenge in a i m i n g a g r ea t many of his t r i cks at h im . S u c h silly, sense-l e s s t h i n g s a s h e d id to a n n o y ! T i p s p r e a d h i s s la te over w i th a long row of figures w h i c h he ea rnes t ly t r i ed to a d d , a n d hav ing toiled slowly up t h e first two co lumns , Bob ' s wet finger w a s slyly d r a w n ac ross i t , a n d no t r a c e of the a n s w e r so ha rd ly e a r n e d a p p e a r e d .

F ina l l y he lost all p a t i e n c e wi th Bob, a n d t u r n i n g fiercely to h i m , a f t e r h e h a d for t h e t h i rd t ime p i t c h e d the greasy old spe l l ing book ups ide down on the floor, s a i d — " L o o k he re , now, if you come at tha t aga in , I ' l l p i t ch you out of the window qu icke r t h a n w i n k i n g ! "

" T i p Lewis m a r k e d for w h i s p e r i n g , " said Mr . Bur rows . " T i p , you have com-m e n c e d the t e rm as usual , 1 s ee—the first one m a r k e d fo r b a d c o n d u c t . "

How T i p ' s ea r s b u r n e d ! H o w u n t r u e it was! H e h a d not s t a r t ed as u s u a l ; how di f fe ren t ly he h a d t r i e d to com-mence it, only he a n d God k n e w . A n d now to fa i l so ear ly in the day. H i s h e a d seemed to sp in a n d h i s b ra in r e e l ; he bowed h imsel f on the seat aga in , bu t Bob 's h e a d went down p rompt ly a n d he w h i s p e r e d —

" L i t t l e Bo P e e p h a s lost he r s h e e p ! " H o w o f t e n T i p h a d t h o u g h t such

th ings as these so very f u n n y t h a t h e could no t he lp l a u g h i n g ; how silly a n d c rue l d id they seem to h i m now. O h , S a t a n was s t rugg l ing fo r T i p t o d a y ; he was r e a p i n g t h e f r u i t s of long weeks spen t in evil c o m p a n y a n d fol ly.

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