Chapter II: Preface: My Dear Young Friends

ENCOURAGED by your kind reception of my former little volume, I have gathered together my scattered sketches with the earnest wish and heart-felt prayer that they may be instrumental in leading you to childhood’s best and truest friend—the blessed SAVIOUR.

Your attached Friend,
PHILIP BARRETT,
_Rural Retirement, Va._

CONTENTS.

JOHN McDONOUGH 9

MARY AND HER DRAWER 14

“IT IS I!” 18

THE ORPHAN 22

THE RECORDING ANGEL 26

THOMAS WARD 29

THE ROSE 34

THE LANTERN 38

THE DECISIVE MOMENT 43

THE ALARM WATCH 46

“CONDEMNED” 51

“I WANT TO BE A MINISTER” 55

RUFUS TAYLOR 60

JAMES JONES 63

GERTRUDE MASON 68

THE DEAF SHOEMAKER 71

NORMAN HALL 77

“DELAY NOT” 80

THE SAVIOUR 85

AUTUMN 89

NERO 94

THE RAILROAD 100

A TRUE SKETCH 104

“THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON” 108

HUGH MILLER AND THE PRECIPICE 112

THE HOME OF ST. PAUL 116

HOME 121

TO MY SABBATH-SCHOOL CLASS 128

HALF AN HOUR IN BAD COMPANY 131

THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR 134

THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO SLEEP IN CHURCH 138

MARGARET WILSON 140

GILBERT HUNT 145

SKETCHES FOR YOUNG MEN 155

THE LAMP AND THE LANTERN, No. 1 157

” ” No. 2 159

” ” No. 3 164

“WHO SHALL BE THE GREATEST?” No. 1 169

” ” No. 2 172

” ” No. 3 174

THE POOR CONSUMPTIVE 181

“WHAT I LIVE FOR” 184

THE LAST SERMON OF THE SEASON 186

“WILL NOBODY SAVE ME?” 188

A SABBATH IN THE COUNTRY 190

THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN’S DEATH-CHAMBER 196

WHAT PRAYER DOES 202

“PRAY WITHOUT CEASING” 204