ND MOST
IMPRESSIVE DAY OF THE WEEK.

CONTENTS

PAGE.
PREFACE 9

SUGGESTIONS TO PARENTS 17

1. OYSTER AND CRAB--Conscience 27

2. WORM IN THE APPLE--Sin in the Human Heart 33

3. WAYSIDE WEEDS AND GARDEN FLOWERS--Neglected
vs. Christian Children 38

4. NUTS--God Means that We Must Work 46

5. BANKS--Gathered and Guarded Treasures 51

6. CHART--Avoiding Dangers 56

7. ANCHOR--Hope that Lays Hold of Christ 61

8. HUSKS--The Disappointed Pleasure Seeker 66

9. IRON, LOW GRADE AND HIGH GRADE--Character
and Worth 75

10. A POCKET RULE--How God Measures Men 81

11. THE MAGNET--Jesus the Great Drawing Power 86

12. KEYS--How to Unlock the Human Heart 92

13. TRAPS--Unsuspecting Mice and Men 97

14. BREAD--Universal Soul Hunger 102

15. THE STONE--The Natural and Changed Heart 107

16. THE POLISHED STONE--Perfection Through
Suffering 112

17. ROPES--Habits and How They Become Strong 120

18. WATCH AND CASE--Soul and Body 125

19. PEARLS--One of Great Price 130

20. COAL AND WOOD--Jesus the Source of
Spiritual Light and Warmth 135

21. LANTERNS--The Best Light for Our Path 140

22. CANDLES--How to Reflect, Obscure or
Extinguish the Light 145

23. A BROKEN CHAIN--Breaking the Whole Law 151

24. LOOKING-GLASS--Seeing Ourselves in God's
Law 156

25. RAIN--God's Wisdom and Power 161

26. SNOW--Lessons Which it Teaches 168

27. PLASTIC FACE--Character in the Countenance 174

28. SEEDS--Thoughts, Word, Deeds,--Their Life
and Perpetuity 179

29. SOWING--The Spring Time of Life 185

30. REAPING--The Harvest Time of Life 192

31. WHEAT AND CHAFF--The Coming Separation 198

32. THE HEART--The Most Wonderful Pump in
the World 204

33. THE EYE--The Most Valu