Dora's mistake

"I never before thought of the making of the Tabernacle being a 'pleasure' to the Israelites," observed Agnes. "I always wondered at so many chapters in the Bible being filled w...

"And I will manage the sixty-four pillars!" cried Lucius. "It was no bad notion to make them of wire. But they must be fixed into something hard, to keep them upright in their p...

"THE girls will have plenty to do in making the curtains for the Tabernacle itself," observed Lucius, who, while his mother and sisters had been conversing, had been engaged in...

Mrs. Temple spoke in so solemn a tone, as she pointed to the picture of the High Priest kneeling in the Holy of holies, that the children felt that the subject was very sacred,...

During dinner the conversation was almost entirely on the subject of the model, and flowed on pleasantly enough, except when interrupted by coughing. But all the children were g...

"You know, my dear, that before you came to live in this house, when none of the family but myself had seen it, you still had some little knowledge of what it was like."

"I shall never go to rest till I have made up my mind about this," muttered Dora to herself, "and how can I decide what will suit best till I try? And why should I not try?" Dor...

"They taught that one being may suffer instead of another," replied Mrs. Temple, speaking slowly, that her son might weigh well every word. "When an Israelite brought a lamb for...

DORA felt very unhappy. She had broken the holy rest of the Lord's day; she had repeated prayers without praying, heard God's Word read without attending, had made a vain show o...

"That picture shows but a part of the offering," replied Mrs. Temple. "When the candles come in, I will read to you from the 'Pictorial History of Palestine,' written by the fam...

"Happier are Christians in these days, my child," said her mother, "for they know more, far more, of the Saviour's love than was ever made known to the people of Israel. We have...

It might have been expected that Dora would also have forgotten to say her prayers, but such was not the case. She remembered to kneel down by her bedside and hurry through a me...

On the very next day began a season of warmth and sunshine, which did more to drive away coughs and restore vigour to late invalids than could all the skill of the doctor. Even...

"The dress which I have tried to imitate," said the lady, "is that in which the high priest appeared on solemn occasions. The Day of Atonement was, however, an exception; on tha...

"IT is vexatious, my Dora, very vexatious," said Miss Clare, in a tone of condolence; "it is trying to you, after all the pains which you have bestowed on your work, to see that...

"I have described to you, my dear young pupils, the various parts of this model," she said; "let me now briefly point out a few lessons which we should all carry away. In Israel...