The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1895, Page 31

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 31

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Sunny People. |quated attire, who went to the lecturer and| ‘‘keep to the point, sir. What has your way
said: of thinking done for you?’’

There is, writes a pastor, a certain oldlady,| ‘‘Sir, I have a question to put to you.”’ The infidel endeavored to shirk the matter
who lives in a little old house, with very little) ‘‘Well, my good woman, what is it?’’ again; the meeting gave vent to uproarious
in it to make her comfortable. She is rather} ‘‘Ten years ago,’’ she said, ‘‘I was left a] applause, and the champion had to go away
deaf and she can not see very well, either. | widow, with eight children utterly unprovided | discomfited by an old woman. S
Her hands and feet are all out of shape and| for, and nothing to call my own but this Bible. ———
full of pain be- Japanese Chil-
cause of her rheu- dren.
matism.— But in =>
spite of all this,
you would find
her full of sun-

shine, and as

cheery as a robin
in June, and it
would do you
good to see her.
I found out one
day what keeps
her so cheerful.

“When Iwasa
child,’’ she said,

‘my mother
taught me every
morning, before
I got out of bed,
to thank God for
every good thing
that I could think
of that He had
given me—for a
comfortable bed ;
for each article of
clothing ; for my

The Japanese
are trained to ci-
vility from baby-
hood. Before a
baby can speak it
is taught to lift
the hand to the
forehead on re-

ceiving a gift.
Should a child fail
to make this sig-
nal of respect
and gratitude, it
would be re-
proved by some
bystander.

Mr. Alb. Tracy,
who rambled
through Japan
without a guide,
while strolling
about a town,
stopped tosee the
children coming

from school.

They walked se-
breakfast; for a y ‘
pleasant home; bear oon
for my friends; .
and for all my slates under their

arms. The sight
of a bearded for-
eignerstartledthe
first to come, but
they made a re-
spectful bow and
passed on. The:
next one repeated
this civility, and

blessings, calling
each by name;
and so I begin
every day with a
heartfullof praise
to God for all He
has done and is
doing for me.’?
Here is the se-

cret, then, of a Ee €N2 MY ie gs thenas fast as as
happy life, this f nists fe ie ae, fi i" fH RMT rf dat aan at
havingone’sheart FUE PARG Ta Me He eeMmeeTT UUM cessonce

aay oa The gentleness

this dear little old Our Lutheran Mission School at Concord, N. C., of the peoele im-

— or by tributions of the pupils of our Lutheran Parochial schools. pressed the ram-

aa sear pena erected by the contribu premsedSeue a
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blessings every day, in a spirit of thanksgiving |By its direction, and looking to God for} that he never saw a single instance snore the
for them—we shall find many a reason why| strength, I have been enabled to feed myself, boys of that tyrannical, bullying spirit, so

TRA TTEEA EVEL SE e822 Ae ee A pr Died os A

i i ve; bserved in other countries, that de-
eeesculaipral : d family. Iam now tottering to the grave; | often observed’ ;
: a Ee but Tam see rscly happy, because I look for-} lights in inflicting pain on weaker compan-
ward to a life of immortality with Jesus. That’s|ions. Japanese children are well behaved,
The Old Woman’s Question. what my religion has done for me. What has} even toward each oher.
your way of thinking done for you?”

> reioi lec-
After an infidel had concluded a lecture in| ‘‘Well, my good lady, rejoined the , 1 hurchatheyiale
. i “ : ts ‘WHEN some people go to church, they
village in England, he challenged those pres- | turer, ‘‘I don’t want to disturb your comfor ways think the preacher is shooting straight

€nt to discussion. Wh ecept the| but—”’ : le in th t BP
challenge but an old, eee se anti-| “Oh! that’s not the question,” said she;/at the people in the next pew