Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young

And then it is said, one came to the Bible, and looked in the Book of Ruth, but could not gather anything; and Christians cannot gather anything from God's Word unless God opens it to them; and if they do not get good out of one part of the Bible they go to another, and would...

Chapters

1. xii. 32, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure

And then it is said, one came to the Bible, and looked in the Book of Ruth, but could not gather anything; and Christians cannot gather anything from God's Word unless God opens...

2. chapter forty-seven, the reader will find a graphic record of the events

that preceded, accompanied, and followed the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. A great portion of the action of this story took place in the country in which Mr. Petri...

3. xii. 2, we are told that, "for the joy that was set before Him, He

endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down," now and for ever, "at the right hand of God." This recompense, this joy, is Christ's glory. And what is it? In one word...

4. iv. 6), "to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the

The once blinded Pharisee could see now, and how different were all his feelings! His own righteousness was cast away. Jesus was precious to his heart, and Christians were his "...

5. viii. 12), yet they who fear the Lord, and obey His beloved Servant,

may, for a time, have no bright shinings on their pathway (Isa. l. 10), just as sometimes a change of wind, or some other cause, may make a sudden darkness overspread the sky. B...

6. chapter viii. 18, he says, "Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable

In these two verses may be seen one difference between the "uncertain riches" and the "true" ones. The first passage of Scripture refers to the uncertain or earthly riches, whic...