The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-15
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From the Christian Mirror.
Little Ada.

Dear Children,-I have asked Mr..
Lord to put this in your part of the Chris
tian NirrOr, and if he does so, l am sure
you will be glad TO read about little Ada.
There was beautiful flower garden in
England, aud stranger going into it,
saw one flower which he admired very
much When he went again, the flower
was gone and the gardener seemed glad
of it, and when the stranger asked him
how he could be glad when he had lost
so fair a flower, he answered The master
comes every now and then, and takes away
whatever flower he pleases. | take care
of them for him. He has taken that
flower into his own mansion, and it is now
there" Well, few weeks ago, Jesus
came into the little garden of our Sabbath
School, and took away dear Ada. She
belonged to him. Her parents knew it.
We all knew it and though many tears
were shed when her wasted body was lain
in the coffin and carried to the grave, we
knew also that Jesus had taken her spirit
to himself and we could not and dared not
wish her back.
About two months before she died, she
chose herself the following hymn and re.
peated it at the Monthly concert of the
Sabbath School, in a sweet, clear, musical
voice which charmed all who heard it:
LITTLE LIGHTS.
Jesus bids US shine
With pure, clear light,
Like little candle
Burning in the night
In the world Is darkness,
So we must shine
You, in your small corner
And | in mine.
Jesus bids US shine
First of all for Him;
Well he sees and knows 1t,
If our light Is DIM
He looks down from heaven
To see us shine
You, IN your small corner,
And | in NINE
Jesus bids us shine
Then, for all around
Oh what depths of darkness
In the world are found
There : sin, there's want and sorrow.
So we must shine
You, in your small corner,
And l in mine.
One month after dear Ada repeated at
the concert another hymn, also chosen
by herself. She never came again to the
Sabbath School. Jesus was coming to
take her to himself, and did not the Holy
Spirit lead her to choose this hymn? The
last verse is in these words:
"And to my final hour shall this
Nv daily motto be
My strength in life, my hope in DEATH
Jesus has died for me.
A few days afterwards, she was taken
i'll of scarlet fever, she soon lost her hear
ing, then death came and set her spirit
free to go to Jesus aud be blest. Often,
indeed very often, during the day as well
as in the morning and evening, sherepeat-
ed the PRAYER of Moses which her pastor
had asked all the scholars to remember
and repeat as often as they prayed to God,
$50 teach US to number our days, that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom" She
dearly loved to pray, and has risen in the
dark night from her bed to pour out her
heart to God Once, when her hearing
was almost gone, she told her pastor that
she loved the Saviour aud that she had
chosen another piece which she had hoped
to repeat at the next concert. He prom
ised to read it on that occasion. and be-
fore the occasion came, Ada was in heav-
en-. think you will say, dear children,
that it is very beautiful,
All who love Jesus wish others to love
him also; but they cannot love him unless
they know him-and the poor heather can
never know him, unless the gospel is sent
to them and the men Of God to preach it. |
Do, then, save all the cents you can, and
put them, as Ada did, in the missionary
box. This is Ada piece, which her pas
tor read after she had gone to the concert
Of the skies:
THE HEATHEN.