THE YOUNG FOLKS' PAGE. The Young Folks' Page. X. TRUTH BETTER THAN GOLD. HERE were prizes to be given in Willie's school, and he was very anxious to merit one of them. Willie was young, and had never had much chance to learn, so he was behind the other boys in all his studies except writing. As he had no hope to excel in anything but writing, he made up his mind to try for the special prize for that with all his might. And he did try so that his copy-book would have done honour to a boy twice his age. When the prizes were awarded, the master of the school held up two copy-books, and said,— "It would be difficult to say which of these two books is better than the other, but for one copy of Willie's, which is not only superior to Charlie's, but to every other copy; therefore, Willie's book gains the prize." Willie's heart beat high with hope, which was not unmixed with fear. Blushing to his temples, he said,— "Please, sir, may I see that copy ?" "Certainly," replied the master, looking somewhat surprised. Willie glanced at the copy, and, handing the book back, said, "Please, sir, that is not my writing. It was written by an upper-class boy, who took my book by mistake one day instead of his own." "Oh, oh!" said the master, " that may alter the case," and, after comparing them carefully, he awarded the prize to Charlie. The boys laughed at Willie. One said he was silly to say anything about the mistake. "I wouldn't have told," said another. "Nor I," added a third boy, laughing. "The copy was in your book, and you had a right to enjoy the benefit of it." But, in spite of all their quizzing, Willie felt that he was right. 95 "It would not have been the truth," he replied, "if I had not told who wrote the copy. I would rather hold fast the truth than have a prize, for truth is better than gold." "Hurrah for Willie! Three cheers for Willie! Well done, Willie !" shouted the boys, and Willie went home to his work happier than he could have done if, by means of a silent lie, he had won the prize. XI. THE HONEST CABMAN. ONE day, while he was Chancellor, Lord Eldon took a hackney coach to convey him from Downing Street, where he had been attending a cabinet meeting, to his own residence. Having a pressing appointment, he alighted hastily from the vehicle, leaving papers containing important Government secrets behind him. Some hours after, the driver discovered the packages, and took them to Hamilton Place unopened, when his lordship desired to see the coachman, and, after a short interview, told him to call again. The man called again, and was then informed that he was no longer a servant, but the owner of a hackney coach, which his lordship had in the meantime given directions to be purchased, and presented to him, together with three horses, as a reward for his honour and promptitude. XII. STOOP! STOOP! WHENEVER Franklin saw any one receive a mortification from carrying his head too high, he used to recommend a prudent humility by relating this circumstance:-" When I was leaving the library of Dr. Mather, at Boston, once, by a narrow passage in which a beam projected from the roof, we were talking, until Mather suddenly called out, 'Stoop! stoop !' Before I observed the warning, my head struck sharply against the beam, when my friend remarked, You are young, and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.'' THE BIBLE MINE E hope many Sunday-school Teachers will arrange to receive answers to these Bible Questions from their scholars during each current month. Probably a Prize would stimulate interest. Answers are not to be sent to the Editor, but will appear in each succeeding month. SEARCHED. ANSWERS (See March No.). 1. Wonderful compassion in our Lord Himself.Luke xxiii. 27, 28, 34. 2. Admirable fidelity, also in our Lord Himself.John. xviii. 8. 3. Awful duplicity.-Mark xiv. 44, 45; Luke xxii. 48. 4. Astounding wickedness on the part of the chief priests.-Matt. xxvii. 3, 4. 5. Exceeding weakness. Peter and Pilate.-Mark xiv. 31, 66-72; xv. 15. 42. 6. Marvellous faith. The penitent thief.-Luke xxiii. 7. Remarkable courage. Joseph of Arimathæa and Nicodemus.-Mark xv. 43. 8. Intense apprehension. Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane.-Luke xxii. 41-44. 9. Astonishing calmness. Our Lord before Pilate.Mark xv. 5; Matt. xxvii. 12–14. 10. Shocking cruelty. The chief priests and others.Matt. xxvii. 40-43. 11. Amazing fickleness. The multitude.-Comp. Matt. xxi. 8, 9, 10, and xxvii. 20, both in the same week. 12. Unutterable Folly.-Matt. xxviii. 25. The Playmates. BY BENJAMIN GOUGH, AUTHOR OF KENTISH LYRICS," ETC. A dog is man's unchanging friend, With strong and pure affection; And practise vivisection! A dog watched by his master's bed, Few nobler animals we find And none more firm and true; The Doctrine of the Spirif's Work. E are to "sow to the Spirit"; we are to bring forth "the fruit of the Spirit" (Gal. vi. 8, v. 22). We are to use "the sword of the Spirit"; we are to "keep the unity of the Spirit"; we are to be "strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man" (Eph. VOL. VII. NO. V. vi. 17, iv. 3, iii. 16). We are to have "the love of God shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost"; we are to "abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost" (Rom. v. 5, xv. 13). We are to "live in the Spirit" (Gal. v. 25). What do we know experimentally of the doctrine of the Spirit's work? C. B. |