St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-04
Use What You Have.
n. &C ia thine hand Abel2"

w nat is IN tnlne manu. hDtl'
Nothing but one wee lamb, o God
taken from the flock. purpose Offering
it to Thee, a willing sacrifice.
And so be did. And the sweet smell OF
the burning has been filling the air eve
since, and constantly going up to God as
a perpetual sacrifice OF praise.
what is it thou hast in thine hand
Moses
Nothing but a staff, o God, with
which tend my flocks."
Take it and use it Tor Me-"
And he do; and with it wrought more
wondrous things than Egypt and her
proud king had seen before.
MARY. what is it that thou hast in
thine hand?'
Nothing but pot OF weet.smellng
ointment, o God, wherewith would an
noint Thine only One called Jesus"
And so she did; and not only did the
perfume fill all the house in which they
were, but the Bible-reading world has
been fragrant with the memory OF this
blessed act of love, which has ever since
been spoken OF "ior memorial OF her."
Poor woman, what is it that thou
hast in thine hand?"
"Only two mites, Lord. 1t is very lit
tie; but then it is all have, and would
put it into Thy treasury"
And so she did; and the story of her
generous giving has ever since wrought
like charm, prompting Others TO give
to the Lord.
what is it that thou hast in thine
hand, Dorcas?"
"Only a needle, Lord"
Take it and use it for me-"
And SO she did; and not only were the
suffering poor OF Joppa warmly clad, but,
inspired by her loving life, "Dorcas soci-
cites" even now continue their benign
mission to the poor throughout the
earth Christian Budget
Miss McLiver writes from Lares, Porto
Rico:
My DEAR FRIENDS:
1t is too late to give you an invitation
to our FIVE dollars and half Christmas
banquet, but | am sure you would like
TO hear about it and see the invitation
and the honored guests who were pres
ent The invitation was written with a
list of names below, and Manuel, one OF
the school boys, took it to each home
and read it TO tie mothers, and it they
accepted The invitation for their children
they put a cross opposite the name, SO
the menu could be prepared accordingly,
which was:
Chicken and rice and bread (pan).
Coffee with milk and sugar; and cake
and bread (pan).
Cheese and bananas and bread (pan).
The ingredients that were cooked with
the nine chickens and sixteen pounds OF
rice to make this delicious typical dish,
were-bacon Is cents, sausage 8 cents,
garlic 2 cents, peppers 2 cents, tomatoes
9 cents, olives cents, ham Is cents, lard
% cents, and onions 5 cents. | think |
hear you say, Excuse me, don't care
for chicken and rice" but you would if
you tasted it.
At IL 80, twenty -four girls and twenty
six boys marched, two and two, to the
dining-rOom, and most Of them for the
first time in their lives sat down to ia.
Bile, tor they nave no tables in the dil ty
little miserable shacks, and eat anything
in any way and at any time they can get
it. They were the happiest lot OF chill
dren that ever saw, and each one shook
hands and said "gracias" as ttey went
home.
With the food that was left about fifty
hungry street boys were fed, and they
showed in their faces what they failed to
say, "gracias
The three "senortas" who cooked the
dinner and the teachers who waited on
the children were so happy, and talking
it all over after the work was done, said:
~ the kind woman in The United States
who sent that SIS to help furnish a Christ
mas dinner for these poor children could
have seen the one hundred children who
were made so happy, she would have
thought that was the best So she ever
invested