The sun., 1907-11-20
SUNDAY READING.
BOoGs for the PrsuOtlOR Of PlCty In HOuth
0G DYg0ne Da1A


% DSgOne DaSo-
from the London TrtbuRe.
IE would be Interesting 10 note the attitude
OF the modern child II he were suddenly con-
frOnted with the phase Of religious Thought
and feeling which found part OF its expression
in the old fashioned Sunday reading Sun
tav reading is. should say. peculiar 20 thc
English nation. Just as Sunday itself has ~
speoial meaning for the EnRlishmaD--a mean
ing which comes out In sacred music" and
harmOnlums. In kid gloves and misslOnar%
lotto. There were Onoe two dear o!d sssi"''
who. unable to 90 to church and obliged to
put their cribbase in the cupboard till Mon
day found Sunday evening inexpressiblN
wearlsOme. An ingenious friend suggested
that they should play -halma" and call ic the
"Israelites Crossing the Red Sea" which they
did, much TO ehe pleasure and profit OF their
sOuls and their tempers.
Though is would be exaEgeratlOn 20 say
that Sunday reading is entirely out OF date.
yet Il carries us back irresistibly TO a VictO-
rian sra OF heavy mahogany and green rep
curtains. OF stuffed birds and wax flowers ~
glass cases edged with red plush-the insignia
Of every house with rsstensiOns to solidarity
and eIegance--Of drawing room tablecloths
Of red cloth edged with red plush. or per
chance Of handsome black material with "A
handworksd embroidery Of yellow jessaInine
all the way around. II recalls funny hstIe
rickety KootstOoIs with woodwork tops--ln-
deed, woodwork Of all kinds FROM pansy SLIP
pers to pelaFgeniOm sofa cushtons-eKtraor-
binary feats Of patchwork. crazy or other
WISE crochet antimacasssrr "a wondermt
word fOrsOothI and knitted quilts, which
represented years OF patient labor. Apd then
imagine yourself q very little girl In u stif
clean frook with short sleeves. which at church
time by q mysterious and painful system OF
hooks and eyes let down and became long
seat yourself on a woodwork footseooI anu
take your "PlIgrim's Progress" on your knees.
or your best Bible. which was given you by
your godfathers and godmOthers at your ban
tism, aud you will suddenly feel that NAV
and little girls. too-was made for the Sso-
bath and not that the Sabbath was made for
man.
II IL not. after all. such great whiie az"
since the mother Of the family put away all
week day books and papers on Saturday
night and secular news and thoughts were
exchanged for volumes OF sermons. mission
ary ma agazines and Sunday at Home
such as you will still find at old fashioned
hotels and railway stations. once knew
eral and NOnConformist--ha had for some thirty
wears tried 20 induce his wife to be "brOad
minded, !" but nOtwithsta nding, after he he'd
gone to bed on Saturday night, she always
slipped down and surreptittousiy put away
all the week day books. -. -
Some families we're. OF course. brought NJ
almost exclusively ON missionaries. Every
Sunday morning penny was put IN the plls-
black brother and also when Won were naugb,
~, which suggested doing evil that Eood
sSs %Sss Of so me da% ISS yos osA'Scn
yourself with Dr. Watts when ne wrote:
Lord. 7 ascrIbe lt to Thy grace
And no, 70 & ShS19s; az 9;S as others sS, do
And not heather or Jew.
A very popular story, was Little Hen
and His Bearer which descTibeha good lll,,,
God, and who. OF course. died very young
All very good little children died young ~
@ must have been the source OF considersbc
| anxiety TO afectiOnate parents, ! camc
ssross little old book the other day % SsIlc% IL
Presented H * Mary Palmer JaHioT.' BY her
vas dated ises. History has il that Msry
| Palmer. Jr..-a demure little Quakeres'
clinsd not SO many years later, so The book
1 may have been given an early corrective
| The accounts are taken from q work called
with Unusual pieiy in early youth and end
with the deathbed Of the little paragon and
NJ Dr. r. Watts Divine and Moral sonEs for
the Use OF Children" already quoted abOv"
n great rsSSSess S for sunday spps%G gUI
emergencies There are divine songs" ~
The DangeEs& Of q Delay, Solemn Though
| Piety." Against Lying" Against ouarroi
ling and FiGhting," Against Idlenes:. erpd
| last OF which runs:
| How proud we aYei how proud TO shew
Our clothes and call them rich and new.
When tho poor sheep and sikWOrms
That very clothing long before.
Pity for the Door sheep and silkworu1s
hssthen Was de r,gTsuy: snd this "ncc
in the following:
My God. hate to walk or dwell
With sin full children here;
Then let me not he sent 70 Hell.
Where SinufrR