ll to wake and find Thee there.

So shall it be at last in that bright morning
When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee;
O in that hour, and fairer than day's dawning,
Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee.

--_Harriet Beecher Stowe_.

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SHORT BIBLE STORIES

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GOD SEES ME

When does God see me?

God sees me when I am good, and it makes him glad.

God sees me when I am bad, and it makes him sorry.

God sees me when I play, and knows if I am kind.

God sees me when I am at school, and knows if I am faithful.

God sees me when I am at home, and knows
if I obey my father and my mother.

God sees me when I am cross, and knows how ugly I look and feel.

God sees me when I am happy, and knows how glad I am.

God sees me all day long, and wants me to love him.

God sees me all night long, and watches over me while I sleep.

"When I run about all day,
When I kneel at night to pray,
God sees.
Need I ever know a fear
Night and day, my Father near?
God sees."

"Thou God seest me."--_Genesis 16:13_.

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WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO?

God wants me to be kind to other children.

God wants me to be gentle and loving.

God wants me to be kind to animals.

God wants me to obey my father and my mother.

God wants me to care more for others than for myself.

God wants me to keep the Sabbath day.

God wants me to pray to him every day.

God wants me to tell the truth.

God wants me to be happy all the day.

God wants me to be good, and then I shall be happy.

God wants me to do these things because he loves me.

I ought to want to do the things he wants me to do.

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[Illustration]
PLOWING IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE

From a photograph taken by Mrs. Louise Seymour Houghton,
and used by her kind permission.

How strange it looks to see a camel harnessed to a plow! If you look
closely you will see that the plow is strange, too. It is a crooked
branch with a plowshare fastened to it. It has only one handle. It
was a plow almost exactly like this that was used in the times of
the Bible. This picture was taken in the plains of old Philistia.
[End illustration]

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WHAT GOD GIVES

God is always giving.

God gives to the trees their leaves and fruit.

God gives to the earth the rain in summer to make the grass grow,
and the snow in winter to cover the ground.

God