St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-01-21

meet beyond the river 7" "COme oh
come to me N and "Sweet By-and-by,"
in the singing of which the audience
heartily joined. Col. Fairbanks was
then called upon to take charge of the
''Children's Meeting" He said: have
enjoyed this singing by the choir, but
the children can beat it. Come, chill
dren, let us sing ave are little CLEAN
ers," which was done, to the ColonePs
evident satisfaction. Mr.. Monteith of
McIndoe's Falls, then led in prayer.
The children sang "Little Rain Drops"
Col. Fairbanks then spoke as follows ::
Children, in the singing of the hymn, L
have thought of fable l once read. 1t
was something like this: A poor farmer
once had a small field of corn. The
summer was very dry, the sun bot, and
the farmer mourned for fear of losing
his crop. One day as he was standing
in the field and watching, oh so eager
" for sign of rain, one of these little
rain drops said to its companions
THAT farmer wants some rain I'm
going to help water his corn" The
other rain-drops laughed in scorn, but
the little fellow was firm and said,
"Well, Pm going, anyhow; won't you
go with met" A few of the other rain
drops were finally persuaded to go, so
down they started, and this little rain
drop hit the farmer 'pat" on his nose,
another hit his hand, and so they came
and came until the field was watered
and the farmers heart was glad. So
you see, children, little folks can some
times do a great deal. Let us sing
Something to dow The hymn was
sung, and the Colonel proceeded: Yes,
there is something for children to do"
it is to lead others to Jesus. You chill
dren can do more than we older ones
sometimes. The speaker continued his
remarks in the same strain, with illus
trations so plain that the children could
not but understand; and we noticed
that the older ones were more than
usually attentive. Deacon Blodgett and
Rev. Henry Fairbanks then addressed
the children with few remarks. "This
is the sweetest story was sung by the
children. The interest of the meeting
again devolved upon Col. Fairbanks,
who spoke as follows: Some years ago
as | was sailing across the Atlantic we
came in sight of something black upon
the water. We came nearer and near
er until we saw something upon the
black spot and heard a bell ring. Upon
inquiring of the officers we found that
the spot was sunken rock upon which
in high tide many vessels had been
wrecked. An iron boat was fastened to
the rock and bell fixed to the boat SO
that when the waves rocked the boat
the bell rang and warned the sailors.
Now, children, this Bible is just as full
of bells as it can hold. The bells ring
Honor thy father and MOTHER" "Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord,
thy God, in vain," "Wine is mOcker,
etc. The speaker addressed the chill
dren upon each of these passages and
closed with the beautiful story of the
Indian, who, when asked what Jesus
had done for him, took a worm, placed
it on the ground and heaped about it a
pile of dry leaves. The red man then
struck fire to the leaves. The fire ragged
stronger and stronger, nearer and near
err, until it almost touched the worm
Then the Indian leaped forward and
rescued the helpless reptile with the
triumphant expression, "That's what
Jesus Christ has done for me-"
The choir then sang ''Tll stand by
until the morning" Upon motion o.
Supt. Morrison of st. JOhnsbury, vote
of thanks was extended to the choir fol
their excellent singing. Supt. Wood
bury of Peacham then moved that a
vote of thanks be extended to the peo-
pie from out of town for coming here
This was carried, and after singing "Je-
sus bless u.s." the assembly was dis
missed with the benediction by Rev
Henry Fairbanks. DAPHNE.