junior and intermediate
classes. It is this: That the branch of the apple tree, in bringing
forth in its time the leaf-buds, the leaves, the blossoms, the green
apples and the ripened fruit, has done nothing excepting that which
God planned that it should do. He asks of it no more and no less.
That is its duty. The lesson for us is this: He expects us to do our
full duty, just as the branch of the apple tree has done. He asks that
we bring forth the fruits of service, of sacrifice, of cheerfulness,
of kindness, of love and of humility. He has surrounded us with the
things which make it easy to do this. Let us find out the best way for
us to do it and enjoy real living as we bring forth fruit for Him.

"And I would also add a word to the seniors and the adults of our
school, as well as to the visitors of the day. We all know that the
branch cannot bring forth its fruit unless it be a part of the tree.
Christ has said, 'I am the vine,' and unless we get the children,
attached to this true vine, their lives cannot bear Christian
fruit. He is our support and our life. Just as the branch must have
the sunlight and the warmth for its development, so must each one of
these children have His love and our love and our help to live
Christian lives.

"It was the Master who said, 'Herein is my father glorified, that ye
bring forth much fruit' In helping these little ones we are ourselves
bringing forth fruit. I believe that in this service, side by side
with these children in the Sunday school, we shall find our Christian
experiences enlarged and blessed. Let us pray, then, that each of
these precious lives may be 'like a tree planted by the streams of
water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf doth
not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.'"

"YOUNG MEN, AHOY"
--Temperance Day
--Dissipation

John B. Gough's Thrilling Word Picture a Remarkable Temperance
Lesson.

THE LESSON--That we dare not trifle with the devil's poison.

The world has known no greater foe to intemperance than John
B. Gough. No words of this great leader have left a more lasting
impression than those which he used in his striking picture of the
young men drifting in a boat on the Niagara river. Happily, it adapts
itself to the requirements of a chalk talk.

~~The Talk.~~

"The great temperance leader, John B. Gough, devoted the best years of
his life to an earnest endeavor to save hoys from the evil of stron