Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-01
RELIGIOUS.
WORK IN MY VINEYARD.

My brother, the morning dawns DER thee,
The bright, rosy morning Of life,
Ana the moments, swift, passing, allure thfo
10 Join In their turmoil and strife
bul deep In thy soul there's whisper
q, haed what the gentle words say
lis the voice of the Master, who calls Thee
10 work in his vineyard to-day.
Fame beckons thee onward, my brother,
10 stand with the wise and The gIeat,
And Hope bids thee, up ard be doing,
And points to the garlands that wait
But Faith shows crown that Is brighter,
Where pleasures shall never decay
And the crown, and the joys are in waiting
For those who the Saviour ob.y.
There's mission oil earth for thee, brother.
work has the Master for YOU;
The fields are now white unto harvest,
But reapers and laborers are few,
And low while you idly stand waiting,
-, ihe bright, rosy morn fades away,
The noontide of life is fast fastening
Go, work in the vineyard to-day
Go thrust in the sickle, my brother,
Where rank grow the grapes Oh the yiue,
Of, CLEAN where the Others do labor
And to garner the clusters be thine.
Reward shall await thee at evening,
But, now, dare / . longer delay,
The Lord of vintage is calling,
u", 'oofh III my rtnfVtrd t0-udu.'
HEARTS AND HANns.-One day a teacher
said TO his class, "Boys, you can Ii be useful.
II you Will. lfyon cannot be good by great
deeds, you can by little ones.
The boys said nothing, but the teacher saw
by their looks that they thought he was mis-
taken. TLey did not believe that they could
be of ANY use. So he said:
'YOu think il Is not SO, bun SUPPOSE Won t,y
il for one week"
"How shall we try it?" asked one Of them.
Just Keep your eyes open, and your hands
ready to do anything good that comes in yOrl
way, all this week, and tell we next Sabbath
II You have not managed TO be useful Ia some
way OF otler," said the teacher
"Agfeed." said the b bIys--and so Il parted
The next Sabbath those boys gathered aro mi
their teacher with smiling lips, and eyes so fun
OF light that they fairly twinkled like the stars.
lie smiled AS he looked at them and said
An boys see by your looks that yon have
something 10 tell me-"
awe have, sir, We haye,'' they SAID all TO.
gether. Then each one Id his story
"l," said one, "thouglt Of going to the oil
Tor pail OF water every morning., to save nv
mother trouble and lime. She thii.kad me so
much, aud was SO greatly pleased that mean
10 keep on doing Il for her"
"And l." said another boy, "thought Of
poor old woman whose eyes were too dim ,
read, went to her house every day, and read
chapter TO her from the Bible. IL seemed tc
give her great deal of comfort. cannot tel
how she thanked me.'
A third boy said, 81 was walking along the
street, wondering what could do. gentle
man called me- and asked me 10 hold his horse
! did so. He gave me five cents. have
brought IL to put into the missionary box"
81 was walking with my eyes open aud MY
han''s ready, a. Nou field us,' said the f,nr,l
boy, WHEN | saw a lul- trllow ,ryh. because
he had lost some pennies in the gutter. | told
him not to cry, and ] would Try 10 find hi.
pennies. ! found them, and he dried up hi,
tears, and ran oil feeling very happy"
nth boy said, 81 saw my mother was very
tired one day. The baby was cross, and moth
er looked sick and sad. | asked mother to pui
the baby in my little wagon. Ste did SO, and
gave him grand ride around the garden. d
you had only heard him crow, and seen hin
clap his hands, teacher, 1t would have done
you good; and y how much brighter mother
looked when took the baby n-lools again. ;
r .. DR.. Ne,Cton.