INDEX.

PAGE About Swearing, 225 Admiral Pye and the Inquisitors, 231 Aged Pilgrim's History, An, 183 Answer of George III. to Lord Grenville, 66 Answers to Bible Enigmas, 19, 28, 59, 88, 113, 142, 174, 185, 238, 247, 271 Anti-Romish Book, The, 273 "Ask On", 203 Be Gentle, 28 Beware of Thorns, 131 Bible and its Claims, The, 222 Bible Class, Our, 20, 44, 67, 91, 115, 140, 163, 188, 211, 235, 260, 275 Bible Enigmas, 41, 66, 91, 106, 130, 165, 174, 213, 235, 255, 273 Bible Subjects, 11, 35, 52, 81, 117, 141, 165, 187, 214, 237, 255, 268 Bible with Pins in it, A, 66 Biblical Discovery, 29 Birthday Wish, 257 Blind Tortoise in the Well, 130 Blind Widow, The, 266 Brand Plucked out of the Fire, A, 228 Brave Rescue, A, 84 Brimstone or Sulphur, 256 Brother's Dream, A, 103 Brought to the Fold, 151 Budding of Hope, A, 51 Bunyan's Death, 272 Caring for the Little Ones, 50 Charcoal Burner's Star, The, 7, 30 Charlie Coulson, the Drummer-Boy, 170 Child and the Emperor, The, 259 Child Heroism, 232 Child's Prayer, A, 22 Cingalese Rock Fortress, A, 154 Clever Boy and Electrical Machine, 114 Cost of a Broken Sabbath, 132 Counting the Cost, 126 Cousin Susan's Note-Book on Father Chiniquy, 56, 76, 101, 152, 201 Covenanter's Escape and Death, The, 146 Day's Work, A, 147 Dear Old Times, The, 124 Denied, yet Answered, 251 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 220 Dirge of an Englishwoman, The, 57 Divine Guidance, 159 Divine Providence, A, 99 "Draw Me", 83 Drunkard's Will, A, 233 Dutch and their Country, The, 209 Duties of Brothers and Sisters, 259 Edison's Phonograph, 172 Editor's Closing Address to his Young Friends, The, 278 Editor's New Year's Address, 2 Enemies of God and His People Scattered, 40 Experiences in the Arctic Ocean, 58 Explanation, An, 278 Extraordinary Story of the Sea, 272 Facts about Ocean Steamships, 197 Famous Dog, A, 82 Few Words from the Dumb, 108 Fish that Swallowed Jonah, The, 246 Flesh-Eating Plants, 83 Flying Foxes, 180 From Darkness to Light, 34 Fugitive in the Himalaya Mountains, A, 107 Generosity and Love, 185 Good Example, A, 208 Great Events, 242 Great Exhibition of 1851, 196 Heroic Scotch Student, A, 258 He Went Wrong, but He Found Mercy, 269 Hint to Boys, A, 158 Hint to Parents, A, 41 His Title-Deeds, 163 Honouring the Lord's Day, 252 Hopeful Case, A, 195 Hop-Picking.—The Last Pole, 274 House on the Sand, The, 173 How a Great Mistake was Discovered, 39 How to Select a Boy, 153 Hyacinth, The, 219 Incident in the Life of a Barrister, 74 Insecurity of Palestine, 257 Interesting Items, 23, 47, 71, 95, 119, 143, 167, 191, 215, 239, 263, 280 "Is not a Man Better than an Egg?", 204 Jesuit and the Bible, The, 98 "Jesus Loves Me!", 160 Johnnie's Christmas, 271 Juvenile Gems, 127, 148 "Keep the Star in Sight", 65 Kenilworth Castle, 161 Killed by Lightning, 182 Kindness to Animals, 94 Land of Giants, The, 234 "Let No Man Despise Thee", 46 Letter by a Dying Soldier, 194 Lines on the New Year, 5 Little by Little, 179 Little Helps by Large Hearts, 227 Little Johnnie, 255 Little Kindnesses, 233 Little Scotch Granite, 218 Lost and Found, 122 Mankind's Mistakes, 222 "Mary had a Little Lamb", 199 Memoir of Carrie Foord, 175 Memoir of Ellen and Henry Hoad, 248 Memoir of Emma Beesley, 110 Memoir of Mary Stubbs, 78 Model Prayer-Meeting, A, 184 Modes of Travel in Persia, 75 Morning's Walk in a Country Lane, A, 63 Mummy of Sesostris, The, 84 Nails Gone, but Marks Left, 214 Nature her own Surgeon, 224 New Telephone, A, 203 "Nothing to Thank God For", 154 Old Clock's Advice, An, 238 Old Quilt and its Story, An, 12 One Link Gone, 108 One Poor Stone, 62 "Only Once", 4 Orphan Bess, 198 Penny Piece, The, 227 Pharisee and the Publican, 93 Pitcairn Islanders and the Queen, The, 261 Pleading, 273 Points to be Aimed At, 124 Postal Service Statistics, 223 Power of Kindness, 237 Prayer Answered, 112 Precious Blood of Christ, The, 226 Priest and the Lady, The, 162 Priest's Thoughts of Roman Catholic Miracles, 125 Prince Consort's Opinion of Popery, 66 Prize Essays, 21, 45, 69, 93, 117, 142, 165, 190, 213, 237, 262, 279 Prompt Kindness, 106 Queer Fisherman, A, 155 Questions with Answers, 77 Ragged Tom, 139 Rare and Costly Bibles, 202 Receiving the Truth, 137 Red Sea Rock, A, 161 Saved by Grace, 156 Scotch Thistle, The, 55 Scripture Enigma, 10 Sense and Senses of Animals, 131 Singular Cause of Death, 59 Soft Answer, A, 211 Soft Pillow, A, 136 Something about Foxes, 60 Stage-Coach Companion, My, 16 Stand Back, 163 Sunday School Meetings:— Burwash, Providence, 210 Clifton, 210 Fleckney, Carmel, 210 Gower Street, 138 Greenwich, Devonshire Road, 89 Hand Cross, Zoar Chapel, 186 Hastings, Ebenezer, 42 Trowbridge, Zion, 187 Sympathy, 200 Talking With a Man Seven Thousand Miles Off, 247 Terrible Experience of a Shipwrecked Crew, 268 "The Day of Small Things", 36 "There is No Rest in Hell", 53 "This is the Way; Walk Ye in It", 86 "Thou God Seest Me", 86 Thrilling Scenes at the Forth Bridge Works, 67 Touching Incident, 3 Two Brave Children, 158 Two Ways of Descending, 100 Under the London Streets, 200 Unseen Protection, 173 Value of Work, The, 75 Visit to the Idrian Mines, 87 What a Tract may Do, 26 Wisdom, 113 Wise and Foolish Builders, 90 Wonderful Grace, 15 Words and Deeds, 219 Word to Self-Seekers, A, 69 Word with Power, The, 226

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Transcriber's Note:

1. Punctuation has been normalized. Inconsistent hyphenation and spellings have been left as printed.

2. The illustration caption on page 204 is missing text following (see— "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MR. THORN'S EGGS?" (see

3. Page 231 "having been on a voyage to Spain"—missing word "on" was added.

4. Some illustrations were originally located in the middle of paragraphs. These have been adjusted to not interrupt the flow of reading. In some cases this means that the page number that the illustration was originally on is not visible.