CHILDREN DOING GOOD.

Scene in the school-room. Going

home. The sewing party. The elec-
tion. Difficulties. Work and play.
Ultimate effects

WISDOM AND HONESTY.

Question. Principles of Religious

Instruction. Progression. Varieties
of manner. Peter, Paul and John

MAKING MONEY BY SELLING

RUM.

Nature of money making. The

prosperity of the individual promotes

the prosperity of the community. The

carpenter: the physician. Making mon-

ey by bad modes: counterfeiting: sel-

ling lottery tickets: selling rum: scene

in the city of New York

THE SABBATH..

The remark: inferences from it.

Various indications. Scripture view of
the Sabbath : the institution of it:
its design: regard for it by the disciples
of Christ

FIRST RELIGIOUS LESSONS.

Caution given. Necessity of divine

aid. Uncertainty of success. Only

source of hope. The mother for a time

supreme

THE WORTH AND CARE OF THE

SOUL.

Value of the soul. Importance of

the interests at stake; compared with

worldly interests.

No excuse for neg

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108

108

113

118

123

129

131

137

142

149

162

REGENERA-

A Fable; disputes about motion.

The parallel; discussion ended at the

inquiry meeting. Remarks

155

ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE

AND

CHRISTIAN ENJOYMENT.

Dr. Young's remark. Howard's rule.

Universal prescription for dispelling

gloom

157

THE LAW A SHADOW.

Chan-

Meaning of the expression.
try's model and statue. Application to
the subject

VISIT TO THE BOSTON INSTITU-

TION FOR THE BLIND,- Accom-

panied with a specimen of the embossed

printing used by the blind, for reading

by the sense of feeling alone.

Appearance of the pupils when go-

ing to meeting. Visit to the Institu-
tion. Entrance. Making baskets.
The boyscyphering." Dialogue.
Sewing; threading the needle. Teach-
ing to read. Finding the place by
feeling. Dialogue. Mode of teach-
ing music. Blind boys in a frolic.
Specimen of their printing

THE SUMMARY.

Wholesale counterfeiters. The

Mother's Magazine; English Edition.

The Young Man's Guide. Sabbath

School Songs. To Correspondents

SAILING ON THE GANGES,

SHIP POLAND,- From the Journal of

a traveller. Continued.

Religious interest on board. The

ship's carpenter. The village meeting:
the inquirers. Conversations and nar-
ratives: the sailor who knocked off
swearing; his story

STORIES OF A REVOLUTIONARY

OFFICER,- Article I. The scout-

ing party.

The expedition. Landing. Progress

through the woods. Night. New way
of transporting horses. Accident. Re-
turn to camp

HOW OUGHT I TO KEEP THE SAB-

BATH?

Duties of the Sabbath. What I ought

not to do. Rising. Preparation for

the duties of the day. Going to church.

Conversation. Recreation. Reading.

Planning for the week. Private reli-

gious duties

169

Description of a family. A speci-

men of thousands. Affection: its in-

fluence. Return to God. Importance

of family influences

THE SUMMARY.

Unpublished Anecdotes of Dr. Pay-

son. The afflicted mother; the sick

friend of Christ; the broken wing.

American Quarterly Observer. - Pres-

ident Allen's article on war

THE BONETOS.- A story of a sea-

fight; from the journal of a traveller.

A calm. Fire works. The shoal of

Bonetos: the attack

INFLUENCE OVER CHILDREN, —

No. 1.

Motives of various kinds. Efforts to

reach the heart. A scene. Samuel's

view of the stars. Right and wrong

way

NICODEMUS AND THE SAVIOUR,—

John, third chapter.

The occasion. The Passover. Nic-

odemus' visit: the dialogue: truths
brought to view

TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN TO

PRAY.

Heartless prayers. The mother's

conversation. The child's idea of God.
Progress

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214

217

219

223

230

232

Two characters.

Usefulness; a story to be read to

very young children

THE RETAILER'S DREAM.

The country store: its interior: the

newspaper: a soliloquy: the dream.
Morning: another soliloquy. Curious
coincidence. The awakening

DUTIES OF A CHRISTIAN TRAV-

ELLER.

To himself. To Christian strangers.

To other travellers

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPER-

IMENT.

Plan explained. Examples. A con-

versation. Directions for repeating the

experiment

AN EPISTLE FROM ASIA,- A letter

from an American Missionary, commu-

nicated for the Magazine.

Retrospections. Smyrna. The pre-

dicted earthquake. Constantinople

THE SUMMARY.

Unpublished Anecdotes of Dr. Pay-

son, No. 2. The golden chain. The
burning of the conference room

POETRY OF THE BIBLE.

Specimens of the fine poetry of the

Bible.

I. Parallelism. 1. Synonymous Paral-

lelism. 2 Anthithetic Paralelism. 3

Constructive Parallelism;

specimens.

Various

II. Acrostic, or Alphabetic Poetry.

III. Dramatic Poetry

THE AFTERNOON MEETING: or

Notes of a Series of Religious Lectures

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256

260

263

265

281

I WISH I WERE A CHRISTIAN.

Various excuses. Too

A

Worldly cares.

235

A SHORT ARTICLE FOR FATHERS.

Short, for business men. Which to

be neglected, business or the boys?

A. B. the merchant: his case: the

$5000 note. Responsibility thrown off

upon the mother. A Christian father's

duties

THE SOLITARY STUDY OF THE
BIBLE.

"Home made happy." Two kinds
of study. Plans for solitary study.
Different subjects. Classification of
knowledge: influence of it
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER'S CON-

236

Inconsistencies of Christians. Friends.

Unpleasant duty. Want of conviction.
Inconvenient Season

SABBATH SCHOOL

VISITS.

285

TEACHERS'

Case of the superintendent. Inquiries
and answers. Effects of visiting. Va-
rious anecdotes

MISSIONARY SCENES.

The baptizing. Scene in the West In-

dies. The Chapel. The stream. Huts,

The Immersion. Funeral of "Old Joe."

Morning Scene. Old Joe's residence.

The Burial, The Mission Chapel at the

Bay. The Harbor. Market days

ORIGIN OF THE TRACT AND BI-

296

241

Benevolence, a Bible exercise.

I'll pay him for it

305

THE SUMMARY.

Class-book of Anatomy. Burning

of the Ephesian letters. Fanaticism

vi

THE LIFE-BOAT,- A Parable.

A Voyage. The Pirate. The Ship

wrecked. Kindness and consideration
of the Builder. The Life-boat.
Son. Excuses of the drowning men

THE STORM,- Lines written during a

Storm at Sea

His

The way to cure a fault.

The School-boys' Newspaper

THE PASTOR'S MORNING WALK.

Parish Visits. Various opinions re-

specting his mode of preaching. His

Despodency. Difficulty of suiting all

his hearers

HOW OUGHT I TO KEEP THE

SABBATH?

Object of the Sabbath: preparation

for it: Regular attendance at church:

self-examination :

communion

God: Sabbath school: sympathy for

with

the heathen

FANCY FAIRS.

Spirit of those who engage in them.

Motive of the purchasers. Competition

among the Managers. Bad effects upon

a certain industrious portion of the

community. Case mentioned

SCOLDING.

Bad effects of it. Instances for illus-

tration. Different mode of managing 342

WHY ARE YOU SAD?- Poetry

THE FIRESIDE.

The Family Gazette. The Children's

Paper. Its success.

Boys, mind your Mother. William's

treatment of his mother. George. Her-

bert

345

STORIES OF A REVOLUTIONARY

OFFICER.

Cambridge and Bunker-Hill. Hob-

goblin Hall. Gen. Ward. The mor-

tars

THE PLEASURES OF A COLLEGE

SCRAPE.

The plan formed. Disguising. Dif-

ficulties. The fire. "Stocking feet."

The Tutor. Disagreeable civility

A SATURDAY'S SAIL.

The Eagle. Gunning. Cruelty to

animals. The Thunder-shower. Up-

setting

CHURCH REFORM IN ENGLAND.

Opinions in this country on the sub-

ject of Church and State. Arguments

in favor of an establishment. Present

state of the discussion in England

SUMMARY.

Aids to Mental Development. Par-

ley's Magazine. Rev. Mr. Stone's

sermon. First lessons on the great

Principles of Religion.

DELIRIUM TREMENS,- Remarks on

the History and Treatment of Delirium

Tremens.

Cause of Delirium Tremens. Lia-

bility of intemperate persons to it.

Symptoms. Patient's state of mind.

His appearance. Effect of the

ence of a stranger.

pres-

Case described.

Harmlessness of the patient. Par-

378

385

390

397

403

405

346

LINES WRITTEN ON A BLANK

LEAF, IN A VOLUME OF PAY-

SON'S THOUGHTS

351

THE CHRISTIAN IN HARD TIMES.

His course compared with that of the

worldly man

THE PARENT.

Feelings towards his son. Good

Sin a burden; tends to perpetuate

itself. Case supposed. Tendency of

effects

353

the first step in sin.

Effect of Adam's

RELIGION,- Poetry

disobedience.

353

SCENES OF NAVAL WARFARE.

The Spaniards. Capture. The Gun.

Man on the beach

353

PARAPHRASE.

335

The tendency of sin to perpetuate its

own punishment. Case. Consequen-

ces of sin. Illustration

STORIES OF A REVOLUTIONARY

OFFICER.

415

A SATURDAY'S SAIL.

Gen. Washington.

418

James and his friend.

Holiday. The

boat. The eagle.

THE LAST HOUR, - Poetry

4:20

TRACT OPERATIONS

LAND.

IN ENG-

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN CHIL-

DREN. WHY?

The Board of Directors at breakfast.

Letter. Scene at the breakfast-room.

Order of business. The donation. Dr.

Blumhart's statement

Mr. B. Mary. Children of Mr. C.

Behavior at Church. Uniform Obedi-

ence

422

A BENEVOLENT BISHOP

366

MADAME NECKER ON PRAYER,-

A Translation

EVIL SPEAKING,- to be read to the

Family at breakfast.

The universal fault. Mrs. Prudence.

Payson's plan. Eliza and Mary

dren.

369

BRAMBLE-HILL LANE.

Description. Mischief making. The

Representative. History of the Far-

mer's family. The good Deacon

371

Take heed and beware of covetous-

ness. Jonas' sermon to the Ninevites:
its effects. Preaching at the present

Independence of opinion among chil-

The course usually taken to

secure it, contray to the word of God;

to the method of God's dealing with

us

423

425

427

Correspondence. Remarks. The

Life-boat. The art of rapid writing.

Christ's Sermon on the Mount, in Chi-

nese.. The First Foreign Mission.

Poetry for Children. Sketches of the

Poems by

Prophets and Prophecy.

Rev. S. G. Bulfinch

HOW SHALL THE GOSPEL BE

SPREAD?

Condition of the world. The gospel

rule, do to others as we would have
others do to us. Cases supposed

CHINESE WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

Commercial intercourse with China.

Heathen

Canton Hong merchants.

misconceptions of the nature of Chris-

tianity. New opening for effort in

China.

Nature of the Chinese written char-

acters; specimens; number of charac-

ters; elements; the number and the

nature of them; exampies; combina-

tions of the elements; peculiarities of

the language

THE DEW DROPS,-To a mourning

mother

TWO LETTERS TO A MOTHER.

Differences of opinion between the

heads of a family; the duties of each
under such circumstances. Cases sup-
posed. The Sabbath School. The ball.
Directions. Religious instruction. Re-
ligious influence

The Boston Observer, Unitarian. Er-

rors corrected. Right and Wrong.

Preaching for children. The House I

live in. The American School So-

ciety

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