"Thy kingdom come."

"If he bid thee bow before Crowned mind and nothing more, The great idol men adore— Though his words seem true and wise, Soul, I say to thee, Arise! He is a demon in disguise."

The room was almost dark, though the parting rays of light lingered longer there than in the rooms at the other part of the house. Dr. Warner still sat, by the window, with an o...

The sponsors alone remained behind—Priscilla holding the babe in her arms, a strong gust of love towards the helpless little one filling her heart; and silently she was asking h...

THE summer sunshine, which was lighting up with renewed beauty the woods in the neighbourhood of the Grove, and painting in exquisite colours, as with the finger of God, the flo...

"Jesus, Master, whom I serve, Though so feebly and so ill, Strengthen hand and heart and nerve All thy bidding to fulfil; Open thou mine eyes to see All the work thou hast for me."

"Is there in God's world so drear a place Where the loud bitter cry is raised in vain— Where tears of penance come too late for grace, As on the uprooted flower the genial rain?"

"WHERE are you going, Gabrielle?" said her mother, as one morning, shortly after Claude's accident, the bright French girl put on a dainty little hat, and placing two rosy-check...

THE sweet, fresh spring-time had come again. Violets were peeping modestly out in the woods, and opening buds were swelling on every tree, speaking to every thoughtful heart of...

"Oh the dire mistake! Fatal freedom to choose! Had he but taken a fair path, sheltered, level, and straight; Never a thorn to wound him, never a stone to bruise; Leading safely...

GABRIELLE M'IVOR was an early riser, and on the Spring morning following the evening when Lewis Warner had left his home, she had risen earlier than usual. For she had long ago...

His sister looked up with a smile. "Forgotten them?" she said. "Certainly not. I always intended to tell you, Austin, that shortly after Lewis left us, I had a long talk with Mr...

FAR away from the quiet English shire of Hereford, under a burning Australian sun, a group of people of all ages, and from all parts of the world, were gathered together hard at...

A YEAR had passed since Austin Warner had become a student at the University of Cambridge. The name and character he had earned at the Hereford Grammar School had been nobly sus...

"Christmas gifts for thee, Grand and free! Christmas gifts from the King of love, Brought from his royal home above; Brought to thee in the far-off land, Brought to thee by his...

CHRISTMAS had come at last! A good old-fashioned one it proved. Snow had fallen heavily for some days before, and now it lay inches deep on hill and dale. A sharp frost had set...

"The sun was low in the changing west, The shadows were heavy from hill and tree, As the watchman opened the gate of rest— 'I am willing with all my heart,' said he."

FIVE years have passed since the Christmas eve we have written about in our last chapters. Once more summer sunshine was flooding the world, lighting up the dark pines near the...

THE evening of the farewell missionary meeting had come round. A soft, sweet summer evening it was. The sun was still shining, causing the slight haze that hung over village and...

SOME years have passed since Austin Warner and his fair bride set off for China, and since Lewis had returned from Sydney. And ere we part we will take a glance at our old friends.