Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
The royal banner
The well was deep, and the water, From some mysterious spring, Was ever gushing far below With a tender murmuring, And deep under ground a tiny rill Stole on in the dark to sing.
Chapters
1. CHAPTER I.
The well was deep, and the water, From some mysterious spring, Was ever gushing far below With a tender murmuring, And deep under ground a tiny rill Stole on in the dark to sing.
2. CHAPTER II."Not yours, but His by right; His peculiar treasure now— Fair and precious in his sight, Purchased jewel for this brow. He will keep what thus he sought, Safely guard the dearly...
3. CHAPTER III."PATIENCE is a virtue, and perseverance is a virtue, and so is punctuality, and uncle says I possess none of these qualities, and yet I want to be a virtuous woman; so I must tr...
4. CHAPTER IV.Oh, world unknown! How charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new. Oh, world experienced! What of thee is told? How few thy pleasures, and these few how old!
5. CHAPTER V."ONE, two, three, and over!" called a bright-faced little fellow of some eight years, as he jumped again and again over a low iron fence which separated the shrubbery at one par...
6. CHAPTER VI.SATURDAY afternoons were seasons of special delight at Knowlton School, as at many another; for then the boys were free, under certain regulations, to do as they liked, and almo...
7. CHAPTER VII.ERE Ronald again entered the study, another boy had been there, one who went of his own accord. A rumour had arisen in the school-room that Ronald Macintosh was the boy accused...
8. CHAPTER VIII."My God, I thank thee, who hast made The earth so bright; So full of splendour and of joy, Beauty and light: So many glorious things are here, Noble and right."
9. CHAPTER IX."Do not cheat thy heart, and tell her Grief will pass away; Hope for fairer times in future, And forget to-day. Tell her, if you will, that sorrow Need not come in vain; Tell he...
10. CHAPTER X."We bear you the message, the Lamb's invitation; The rude world's rude clamour, it floateth above: Oh join the sweet song, the glad song of salvation, And rest 'neath His banner...
11. CHAPTER XI.MORE than two years have passed since the death of little Minnie Macleod. Life at Benvourd has gone quietly on. Little duties, little cares, and what some would call little plea...
12. CHAPTER XII."Ring the bells of heaven! There is joy to-day, For the wanderer now is reconciled: Yes! A soul is rescued from his sinful way, And is born anew—a ransomed child!"
13. CHAPTER XIII."From that day I knew him— Christ, my Priest and King, Father, Friend, Physician— Can I cease to sing? Nay, until he call me From my work below, I will tell his praises Wheresoe...
14. CHAPTER XIV.FOURTEEN years have passed since our first glimpse of Benvourd House and its inmates. The month of September has come round again, when once more we take a look there. The house...
15. CHAPTER XV."He traineth us, That we may shine for Him in this dark world, And bear His standard dauntlessly unfurled; That we may show His praise by lives that mirror back His love— His wi...