weighty aphorism. The
receptive and expansive hours of child nature are admirably considered,
and what is here written has a direct bearing upon its spiritual
development and welfare.

S. PARKES CADMAN.

_The Parish House,_
_Central Congregational Church,_
_Brooklyn, N.Y., March 2, 1914._

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION xiii
A BIBLE RIDDLE 3
CLOSED GATES 6
HIRING A COACHMAN 9
THE FIERCEST THING IN THE BIBLE 11
SACRIFICE HITS 13
THE LIBERTY OF OBEDIENCE 15
CUTTING CORNERS 18
HABITS 20
A LESSON IN COURTESY 23
LITTLE FOXES 25
A TRICKY OX 28
"SHINE INSIDE" 30
THE STORM KING EAGLE 33
A DOG WHICH ATE THE BIBLE 35
STEAM AND SAILS 37
A FISH-STORY 39
OPPORTUNITY 41
GOD IS NOW HERE 43
DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S FAITH 45
THE HAPPY MAN 47
A SERMON FOR THE BOYS 49
TIRE-TROUBLE 51
WATCHING FOR IDLE BOYS 53
CHRIST AND THE DOG 55
THE BOY WHO WAS TO BE MANAGER 58
A TALE ABOUT WORDS 61
SUFFOCATED TREES 64
ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS 66
POISON-LABELS 68
LIES THAT WALK 71
WELLINGTON AND THE SOLDIER 73
ABRAHAM'S GUEST 75
ABOUT GENEROSITY 78
SUN AND WIND 80
THE BOY AND THE TURTLE 82
THE BOY AND THE NICKEL 84
THE THREE FATES 86
THE INCH-WORM AND THE MOUNTAIN 88
THE FRENCH DRUMMER-BOY 91
A KING IN THE STUFF 93
BREAD AND WINE 96
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL 98
A HINT FROM A CARIBOU 100
THE REPENTANCE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON 103
EASTER 105
THE WHISPERING GALLERY 108
THE HE-SAID GIRL 111
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