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THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW, 
 
 EXERCISES 
 
 FOR 
 
 CHRISTMAS AKD HKW YEARS'. 
 
 LAWN PARTIES, MISSION BANDS, 
 
 AND 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 ^(^ 17JS33 ^ 
 
 BY 
 
 MRS. ADA C. CHAPLIN. 
 
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 BOSTON: 
 HOWARD GANNETT 
 TREMONT TEMPLE. 
 18S3. 
 

 Copyright, 1883, 
 By Howard Gannett. 
 
 C. M A Twitchell & Co., 43 KIlby Street, 
 PRINTERS. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Pa^e. 
 
 1. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW, . . . " 7 
 
 2. WHAT WILL YOU HAVE? 13 
 
 3. THE YOUNG GIANT KILLERS, . . . . iS 
 
 4. THE STORY OF SEVEN DOLLARS, ... 22 
 
 5. SEEDS AND PENNIES, 26 
 
 6. THE BEST LESSON, 27 
 
 7. WHAT SHOULD A LITTLE LOY BE? . . 31 
 
 8. THE PENNIES, 31 
 
 9. THE ALPHABET CLASS, 32 
 
 10. THE FIVE WISHES, . . . . . .34 
 
 11. WHICH TREE WILL YOU CHOOSE? . . 37 
 
 12. THE TRY COMPANY, 40 
 
 13. HAPPY NEW YEAR, . . . . . .44 
 
 14. WHY DO YOU LOVE CHRISTMAS?. . . 45 
 
 15. EXAMINATION OF THE RECIPE CLUB,. . 47 
 
 16. DAILY BREAD, 56 
 
 17. INFANT CLASS EXERCISE, . . . .57 
 
 18. BIBLE CLASS EXERCISE, 6^ 
 
 19. MISSION BAND EXERCISE, .... 75 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 " Coals to Newcastle ! Ice to Labrador ! Warm- 
 ing-pans to the West Indies ! Any other preposterous 
 thing you please ; but not a new book of concert exer- 
 cises before the American Sunday School public." 
 
 No, we will not. If you belong to one of those 
 favored Sunday Schools which have always scholars 
 enough to carry out the desired exercises, and exer- 
 cises adapted to the desired number of scholars, this 
 book is not for you. Neither is it for you if you 
 belong to one of those ujifavored schools, that have 
 never reached out a helping hand to draw in the 
 indifferent, careless and unpunctual, and make them 
 careful, punctual and trustworthy. 
 
 But if you believe that the first mission of the 
 Sunday School, and especially of its public entertain- 
 ments, is to this latter class, and have been, like the 
 author of these pages, embarrassed by the lack of 
 pieces that could be used for either a larger or smaller 
 number of speakers, and that would not be injured 
 by the absence of any one at the last, you may find 
 help in this collection, all of whose parts are so ar- 
 ranged as to require but one general rehearsal, and 
 all of whose longer exercises (with the exception of 
 the first) can be readily adapted to widely varying 
 numbers of speakers. 
 
A WOED TO THE lEADEE OF THE EXERCISES. 
 
 1. Select for the absolutely essential parts of the 
 exercise the best speaker from among your most 
 punctual scholars. 
 
 2. Be sure that every scholar is remembered, but 
 especially care for those whom you would naturally 
 think of last. 
 
 3. Send or carry parts to absent scholars. Many 
 a wayward one has been brought back by an invita- 
 tion to take part in some public exercise. Even the 
 declining of an invitation may lead to the revealing 
 and healing of suspected but not previously under- 
 stood disaffections. 
 
 4. Do not urge speaking where it is really un- 
 pleasant to the scholar, or where an invitation is 
 declined merely to elicit more coaxing, but encourage 
 the timid and backward, and spare no pains to inter- 
 est the indifferent. 
 
 5. Let the scholars think of all these entertain- 
 ments as a part of the Master's 'work. 
 
 6. Never engage in any Concert or other public 
 exhibition without earnest prayer for wisdom to make 
 it, in the highest and best sense, a help to all who 
 take part in it. 
 
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 First Speaker {aIo?ie), 
 
 I have buried the Old Year away, 
 
 Buried it out of my sight, 
 The New Year is merry and gay, 
 I'll give it a welcome to-night. 
 The past has brought many a tear to my eye, 
 I'm glad that at last I can bid it goodbye. 
 
 I'll welcome the merry New Year, 
 
 The Old one is finished at last.* 
 
 But what are these forms that appear. 
 
 That come to me out of the past ? 
 
 Can it be that the wearisome months have not gone, 
 
 That the year I thought buried has only passed on ? 
 
 JANUARY. 
 
 We greet you, the months of the dying year. 
 
 We bid you farewell to-night, 
 We shall meet you again in another sphere, 
 When the ages take their flight. 
 The forms that to-night in vision you see. 
 To-morrow are lost in eternity. 
 
 / came the first. In my snowy fold 
 
 I covered the earth away. 
 My wild v/inds told, how with bitter cold 
 And famine, from day to day 
 Men were dying, whom you might warm and feed, 
 And yon pitied them. Where was the ansv/ering deed . 
 
 * [Enter twelve young ladies dressed in white, as the twelve months.] 
 
TEE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 FEBRUARY. 
 
 I told you the story again, 
 
 I — second child of the year, 
 The story of perishing men, 
 Of firesides desolate, drear ; 
 Of little ones out in my pitiless rain. 
 And of hearts that were aching with keener pain. 
 
 For a bitterer cold than mine 
 
 Knows the heart that is left alone. 
 Whose sun has ceased to shine 
 
 And whose bread is turned to stone. 
 Did you come with the warmth of a sister's 
 
 [brother's] love. 
 And point those souls to the Friend above ? 
 
 MARCH. 
 
 I am March. I marshalled my host. 
 
 For the queen of the tempest am I. 
 I shewed you a wreck-strewn coast, 
 A raging sea, and a sky 
 That only answered with darker fear 
 The eyes uplifted with prayer and tear. 
 
 I told of a wreck-strewn coast 
 
 Where spirits desolate lie, 
 And of others, tempest tossed. 
 With never a beacon nigh. 
 Did your light shine brightly across the wave ? 
 Did you strive one soul from the storm to save ? 
 
 APRIL. 
 
 Then April came with a smile and a tear, 
 
 I called back the birds with their songs of cheer. 
 
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 The fetters of ice from the streams I broke, 
 
 The word of life to the trees I spoke. 
 Did your song ascend with the song of the bird ? 
 Was a deeper life in your spirit stirred ? 
 
 Mid the winter's winds you laid away 
 
 A friend, to rest till the final day ; 
 In my opening promise of bud and bloom, 
 Did you read the life that shall spring from the tomb ? 
 
 MAY. 
 
 With springing grass and blooming flowers, 
 
 With lengthening days and brightening hours, 
 
 With spade and plow and plenteous seed 
 
 Sown, broadcast for the winter's need. 
 
 With holier seed of heavenly grace 
 
 Seeking in souls a resting-place, 
 
 I came, and some with willing heart 
 
 Chose, ere I passed, the better part, 
 
 And some, with pledge of lips and hand. 
 And vows their faith by works to prove, 
 
 United with the hallowed band 
 
 Confessing Christ's redeeming love. 
 Did you, with them, your pledge renew ? 
 And have you to those vows been true ? 
 
 JUNE. 
 
 I am the month of roses. 
 
 You call me the beautiful June, 
 To me the earth uncloses 
 Her heart in happiest tune. 
 From flower and leaf came a song of praise 
 And did your heart its anthem raise ? 
 
10 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 JULY. 
 
 The midsummer month am I, 
 
 And through all of my glowing days 
 The sun poured down from on high 
 The strength of his scorching rays, 
 And the grass that sprang fair and green in May 
 Beneath the scythe of the mower lay 
 
 And I said, " All flesh is grass, 
 
 As the flow^er its strength shall fade, 
 The reaper, Death, shall pass 
 He spareth not one blade. 
 Did you hear the voice of the new-mown ha}^ 
 And another, whispering, " Work to-day ? " 
 
 AUGUST. 
 
 I told of the summer's ending, 
 I loaded my fields with grain, 
 Their heads, as they ripened, bending 
 To whisper — O was it in vain 
 They whispered, " The fruit of the fields I see, 
 But what, O what, shall thy harvest be ? " 
 
 SEPTEMBER. 
 
 I came, my lap o'erflowing 
 
 With Autumn's store of gold, 
 With purple clusters showing 
 God's bounty manifold. 
 Heardst thou a voice from vine and tree, 
 "The Master seeketh fruit on ikee^ " 
 
 OCTOBER. 
 
 Then next comes the gorgeous October, 
 The earth, in her arms, to enfold. 
 
THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW 11 
 
 Like a queen for a moment I robe her, 
 With scarlet, and crimson, and gold. 
 But my gold has all vanished, and ghastly and bare 
 Are the desolate branches that sway in the air 
 
 I asked, " Are you seeking for pleasure ^ 
 
 For gold that can last but a day ? 
 Or first have you laid up your treasure 
 Where no man can take it away ? " 
 Did you hear the voice of the fading leaf, 
 Of the finished harvest and garnered sheaf ? 
 
 NOVEMBER. 
 
 I came with glad Thanksgiving 
 For the mercies of the year, 
 For the joy, the bliss of living, 
 For friendship's ties so dear. 
 Little you cared though torrents poured 
 From a leaden sky. Round the festive board 
 Met those you love. To your truest Friend 
 Did your heart in a song of praise ascend 'i 
 
 DECEMBER. 
 
 I came, the wan December, 
 
 I laid my terrors by, 
 And gently said, " Remember 
 
 We watch here, you and I, 
 
 To see the Old Year die." 
 
 Her pulse is beating slowly. 
 If you have done her wrong 
 
 I pray you, bending lowly. 
 
 Confess, and rise more strong 
 To sing the New Year's song. 
 
12 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE NEW. 
 
 First Speaker (rising). 
 
 But how can my spirit be free 
 
 From its burden of sorrow and sin ? ' 
 No promise of hope comes to me, 
 No Hght from without or within. 
 The months that to-night in vision I see, 
 Must I meet them again in eternity ?"* 
 
 THE NEW YEAR. 
 
 I am the Happy New Year, 
 I come with a message of love 
 
 From the Friend, than all others most dear, 
 The Heavenly Father above. 
 
 I bid you repent and believe. 
 
 And this hour, rejoicing, you may 
 
 The gift of God's mercy receive. 
 
 And the sins of the past wash away. 
 
 This hour, O speak but the word, 
 
 From a heart that is earnest and true, 
 
 And thy pledge shall in heaven be heard. 
 And thy life, with the year, shall be new. 
 
 First Speaker {ciddressing the twelve months). 
 
 Farewell, Old Year. In peace we part. 
 
 I give to you the token 
 That, though to-night the tears may start. 
 
 We'll meet in joy unbroken. 
 You cannot move with fear the heart 
 
 Wherein God's peace is spoken. 
 
 * The New Year enters (a child dressed in white). 
 
WHA T WILL YOU HAVE? 13 
 
 {Turiiing arid joining hands with the New Year.) 
 
 And hand in hand, New Year, with thee, 
 
 I go forth to the reaping. 
 The heart the Son of God makes free 
 
 Knows naught of bitter weeping. 
 The years behind, the years I see 
 
 Before, are in His keeping. 
 
 WHAT WILL YOU HAYE? 
 
 Santa Claus, dressed with cap, mask, robe and 
 bells, as usual, seats himself, pencil and paper in 
 hand, in front of a group of from six to twenty-one 
 children. 
 
 SANTA CLAUS. 
 
 Through ice and snow 
 
 My reindeers go. 
 Back to the land of the Esquimaux, 
 Where north winds, whales and travellers blow, 
 Where grand old Orion spreads his bow, 
 Where sealskin caps on their owners grow, 
 Where the gentle white bear murmurs low, 
 Where the Northern lights at midnight glow, 
 
 Where you need not know 
 
 To reap or mow, 
 
 To plant or sow, 
 
14 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 To plow or hoe. 
 
 But before I go, 
 Tell me what shall I bring to you, 
 When o'er fields of white, 'neath skies of blue, 
 Next time by night my steeds come through ? 
 
 (^Children answer in succession^ 
 
 1. Bring me a bran new pair of pants. 
 
 2. Bring me a grandma and forty-six aunts. 
 
 3. Give me a watch and a golden chain. 
 
 4. A steam-engine and a railroad train. 
 
 5. Give me a doll that will open her eyes. 
 
 6. Give me an owl that looks so wise. 
 
 7. Give me a rocking-horse, painted gay. 
 
 8. Give me a live horse, with plenty of hay. 
 
 9. Give me a reindeer, and sleigh-bells too, 
 So I can be Santa Glaus just like you. 
 
 10. Give me some candy and figs and dates, 
 
 11. Give me a sled and a pair of skates. 
 
 12. Give me a beautiful Christmas cake. 
 
 With some little pies such as grandma'd bake. 
 
 13. Bring me a tool-chest, furnished with tools. 
 
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE? 15 
 
 14. Bring me a work-box, with thimble and spools. 
 
 15. Give me an album, where folks might write 
 Their wishes kind and their thoughts so bright. 
 
 16. Give me a pair of steers, with a yoke 
 Made of the very hardest of oak. 
 
 17. Give me some book that would help me know 
 How folks live in the land where your reindeers 
 
 18. Give me some furs, or couldn't you steal 
 
 A sack from the back of some wandering seal ? 
 
 19. Give me a dress so strong I can wear 
 
 It skating or sliding, and not have it tear. 
 
 20. Give me an arithmetic, pencil and slate. 
 
 21. Give me a fish-pole, with ready-made bait. 
 
 SANTA GLAUS. 
 
 (Who has been busy during the speaking with his 
 pencil and paper.) 
 
 I can't quite promise my children dear 
 
 To fill out the list I've written here, 
 
 But I'll do the best that ever I can 
 
 For every woman and child and man. 
 
 But I'll tell you a secret — (don't say that I can't) — 
 
 By which you may always have just what you want. 
 
 Listen with care while I tell the rule, 
 
16 THE OLD YEAR AND THE XEW. 
 
 For some clay you'll say, if you're not a fool, 
 'Tis the best gift old Santa Claus ever gave. 
 Listen — " Never want what you cannot have." 
 And now I wish to every one here 
 A merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 
 
 (Santa Claus disappears, and the children resume their 
 seats.) 
 
 If it is desired to add to the merriment of the occa- 
 sion, the older people in the audience may be furnish- 
 ed each with a line expressing some wish, reciting 
 them in rapid succession without leaving their seats, 
 immediately after the children's wishes. These can 
 best be provided by some local rhymester who can 
 adapt them to the characters of the speakers, and well 
 known incidents of the year. 
 
 The following may serve as samples : 
 
 I want a tooth that will not ache. 
 
 I want a stove that knows how to bake. 
 
 I want a purse well filled with gold. 
 
 I want a wife that will not scold. 
 
 I want a husband that will not fret. 
 
 I want a fine black bear for a pet. 
 
 I want an organ always in tune. 
 
 I would ra-ther like a house in the moon. 
 
WHAT WILL TOU HAVE? 17 
 
 I want a school that will always keep still. 
 
 I want some boys that work with a will. 
 
 I want to be chosen inspector of roads. 
 
 I want a garden with thousands of toads. 
 
 I want a mill-pond that never runs low. 
 
 I want a horse that goes steady and slow. 
 
 I want a turkey that don't care to fight. 
 
 I want a pistol to shoot cats by night. 
 
 I want some rags to make into rugs. 
 
 I want potatoes that grow without bugs. 
 
 I want a dog with a very loud bark. 
 
 I want a lantern to see in the dark. 
 
 Bring me, if you please, a four-leafed clover. 
 
 And me a sleigh that will not tip over. 
 
 Give me common sense, enough and to spare. 
 
 So that all these around me the blessing may share. 
 
18 THE OLD TEAR AXD THE XEIV 
 
 THE YOUNG GIANT-KILLERS. 
 
 To be spoken by a company of boys and girls from 
 four to twelve or thirteen 3^ears of age. The captain 
 may be a little oicfer. It is an advantage to have the 
 company led by a young drummer, and trained to 
 perform some simple military movements, at the word 
 of the captain, as they enter the house, and arrange 
 themselves on the platform. 
 
 Number of speakers from lo to 27. 
 
 The boys should come first, each carrying an appro- 
 priate emblem ; the girls next, each with a banner in- 
 scribed with a word indicating her weapon. 
 
 CAPTAIN. 
 
 There are giants in Greenville,* stout and tall, 
 Giants that jump and giants that crawl. 
 Giants that shoot and giants that bite, 
 Giants that sneak away 'round out of sight. 
 And now these giants, one and all. 
 We giant-killers mean to drive to the wall, 
 To drive to the wall and kill them quite, 
 And we want you to help us in the fight. 
 
 * If the name of the town in which the "Giant-killers" are to operate 
 cannot be inserted in place of " Greenville," substitute the words "around us." 
 
THE YOUNG GIANT-KILLERS. 19 
 
 DRUMMER. 
 
 I think with my drum I can make enough noise 
 To drive giant "DuHness " away from us boys. 
 
 First Boy. {Emhle7n, a Rake.) 
 
 This is my gun, with shovel and rake 
 I'll make the old giant Laziness shake. 
 
 Second Boy. (A lo7ig stick to which pen and paper are 
 attached?) 
 
 With pen, ink and paper accounts I'll keep straight, 
 For that kind of thing giant Cheating does hate. 
 
 Third Boy. {A Hoe) 
 
 A very strong grip has the giant of Debt, 
 
 But I'll hoe my own row, and conquer him yet. 
 
 Fourth Boy. (A Mission-box?) 
 
 This is my mission-box, with it I'll fight. 
 To keep giant Selfishness clear out of sight. 
 
 Fifth Boy. {Slate and pencil?) 
 
 These sums are my giants ; they fight with a will, 
 But my good slate and pencil shall conquer them still, 
 
 Sixth Boy. (A Hatchet?) 
 
 I'll split up a cord of good kindlings, all told, 
 For in winter 'twill help to keep off giant Cold. 
 
 Seventh Boy. {A Watch.) 
 
 This is the gun that I fire just right, 
 
 To keep giant Tardiness clear out of sight. 
 
20 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE yE]V. 
 
 Eighth Boy. {A Greenback?) 
 
 With my greenbacks I'll fight, for myself and the poor, 
 To keep giant Hunger away from the door. 
 
 Ninth Boy. {A Violin^ 
 
 Old giant Discord makes a great din, 
 Eut I'll drive him away with my violin. 
 
 Te7tth Boy. (A glass of Water.) 
 
 You see, my friends, I've come 
 To fight big giant Rum. 
 
 Eleventh Boy. {A Whistle:) 
 
 I'll whistle and try 
 To keep off giant 0'_y. 
 
 First Girl. {Motto, Love.) 
 
 With love in my heart, I hope to kill 
 The giants Hatred, Spite and ///- Will. 
 
 Second Girl. {Truth.) 
 
 The giant of Lies is strong and wise, 
 
 But with Truth for my motto, I'll fight till he dies. 
 
 Third Girl. {Faith.) 
 
 Faith is my weapon, and with it I dare 
 
 To fight with the giants of Doubt and Despair. 
 
 Fourth Girl. {Perseverance?) 
 
 Music scales are my giants, but I'll persevere, 
 Till they turn into friends, my dull hours to cheer. 
 
THE YOUNG GIANT- KILLERS. 21 
 
 Fifth Girl. {Firm?iess^ 
 
 Two obstinate giants, I wo7it and I will, 
 Firmness clianges to friends, other giants to kill. 
 
 Sixth Gij'l. {Humility.) 
 
 The giant I'm fighting is old giant Pride, 
 
 With the Envy and Malice that stand by his side. 
 
 Seventh Girl. ( Watchfulness^ 
 
 A dangerous giant is giant Don' t Care, 
 But I'll fight him with thinking and watching and 
 prayer. 
 
 Eighth Girl. (Politeness^ 
 
 I'll remember my " Please " and my "Thank you " to 
 
 say. 
 That makes giant Jmpicdence hurry away. 
 
 Ninth Girl. {Try, Try Again?) 
 
 A first rate gun is the motto " I'll try," 
 When I want the giant I can't to die. 
 
 Tenth Gi?d. {Good-natured) 
 
 A terrible giant is old giant F?'et, 
 
 But steady good-nature will conquer him yet. 
 
 Eleve?tth Girl. {Kindness.) 
 
 Old giant Gossip kills many a man. 
 
 But with kind words I'll light him wherever I can. 
 
 Twelfth Girl. {Kisses.) 
 
 There's an ugly old giant they call giant Po7it, 
 But a kiss and a smile will soon clear him out. 
 
22 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Thirteenth Girl (A, B, C.) 
 
 This is my gun ; this A, B, C, 
 
 Will keep giant Know-Nothing off from me. 
 
 Fourteenth Girl. {Do Right,) 
 
 I can't count the giants that I've got to fight, 
 
 But the best gun to kill them is, "Always do right." 
 
 The order of these parts may be changed at pleas- 
 ure. 
 
 THE STOEY OF SEVEN DOLLARS. 
 
 (For seven speakers or less. Boys and girls, or boys 
 alone.) 
 I. 
 My dollar shall go for cigars and wine, 
 
 With a night at the circus. I know what you'll say : 
 "The heathen " — I tell you no dollars of mine 
 Shall be wasted on people so far away. 
 
 2. 
 
 My dollar — perhaps it will buy a new cane, 
 
 Perhaps make my next suit of clothing more fine. 
 
 At least boys, I think, when you see me again, 
 
 Vou'U say, " How I wish that his outfit was mine." 
 
 3- 
 My dollar I'll add to my share in the bank, 
 
 I choose to plant seeds where they're likely to grow, 
 
THE STORY OF SEVEN DOLLARS. 23 
 
 If you throw away yours, yourselves you may thank 
 That you're poor, while I have my thousands to show. 
 
 4. 
 For peanuts and candy my dollar shall go. 
 
 I'll buy cheap and sell dear, I will not eat one. 
 With sharp bargains my dollar to dozens shall grow, 
 
 Great merchants have often in small ways begun. 
 
 5- 
 I shall bury my dollar under the ground, 
 
 And mark the spot ; I shall bury it deep. 
 I may not gain much, but at least I have found 
 
 A bank that is sure my money to keep. 
 
 6. 
 
 In books, pens and paper, I think you will find 
 My money a wiser investment shall gain, 
 
 And defaulters and burglars are never inclined * 
 To try for the dollars laid up in the brain. 
 
 7- 
 What to do with f/iy dollar I'm sure I don't know; 
 
 Banks fail ; so do brains. I could not secure 
 That in either my dollar to thousands would grow ; 
 
 I think I'll look out for investments more sure. 
 
 With a remark from the Superintendent that " We 
 may hear from these dollars again soon," the speak- 
 ers withdraw. After an interval filled with appropri- 
 ate music, they are recalled and report. 
 
 I. 
 
 The circus belongs to the past. 
 
 The cigars, they vanished in smoke, 
 
24 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 The wine took more dollars till at last 
 Both bottle and habit I broke. 
 And nothing I've gained for my dollar as yet, 
 Eut a headache, some very queer thoughts, and a debt. 
 
 I liked my new clothing, O yes ! 
 
 But the moths like fine clothing as w^ell 
 As do we ; so perhaps you can guess 
 What it was my new outfit befell. 
 But I think that next time I've a dollar to show, 
 I shall look for some place where the moths do not go. 
 
 3- 
 
 My dollar is now 
 
 A dollar and five. 
 And I think you'll allow 
 That if I should live 
 Fourteen years, and the men at the bank should prove 
 
 ■ true. 
 My dollar by that time will grow into two. 
 
 4- 
 My candy and peanuts I bought, 
 My candy and peanuts I sold, 
 And I really believe that I ought 
 To be worth full five dollars in gold. 
 And I should, were it not that my customers grew, 
 While they watched my proceedings, quite business- 
 like too 
 
 5- 
 The dollar I buried away 
 
 In the bank, scarce a rod from our door, 
 I dug out again yesterday. 
 
THE STORY OF SEVEN' DOLLARS. 25 
 
 One dollar, no less and no more. 
 'Twas all right, I suppose, though I really can't tell 
 Why a pebble might not serve my purpose as well. 
 
 6. 
 
 My books have made me know 
 
 Of countries so strange and grand, 
 I'm sure when I older grow 
 
 I shall travel through every land. 
 Then I'll tell their stories, and men shall be 
 Glad to buy books that are written by me. 
 
 7- 
 Your cigars have vanished away, 
 
 You never will see them again ; 
 And you will grow old and grey 
 Ere your dollar shall grow into ten. 
 Your books have brought more, yet I hear a voice say, 
 "If there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." 
 
 In those lands where you're planning to go, 
 
 There are w^omen and children and men 
 Who'd have loved you a century ago, 
 
 They'd have loved you, a/id eaten you then. 
 By thousands and thousands in those lands far away. 
 They are gathered in schools and in churches to-day. 
 
 There is many an innocent child, 
 
 Widowed, younger than you or than me. 
 Who never again could have smiled 
 But for dollars sent over the sea. 
 And somewhere I know in that marvellous ground 
 My dollar is growing and will some day be found. 
 
 And I think by and by, when we stand 
 In the city with pavement of gold, 
 
26 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 And the people from every land 
 Their wonderful story unfold, 
 And we reckon the gain of our dollars, you'll say, 
 'Tis yours, not mine, that are " so far away^ 
 
 SEEDS AND PENNIES. 
 
 (For two or three speakers.) 
 
 \st. 
 What shall I do with the seeds I have found, 
 Keep them for playthings, or lay them away ? 
 
 2d. 
 
 Scatter them, sister, over the ground. 
 Beautiful flowers you'll find some day. 
 
 What shall I do with my pennies bright, 
 
 Keep them, or spend them for candy and toys ? 
 
 2d. (^Holding out a contributio7i-ho^?) 
 
 No, plant them ; they'll spring up when God gives the 
 
 light, 
 And the blossoms they bear will be good girls and boys. 
 {Pennies are dropped in box.) 
 
 In adapting to two speakers, give ist and 3d to the 
 same person. 
 
THE BEST LESS OX. 27 
 
 TEE BEST LESSON, 
 
 (For twenty speakers or less.) 
 
 isf Speaker. 
 
 From God's own book we have learned the story, 
 How Jesus came down from heaven to call 
 
 Sinners like us to His home in glory. 
 Tell me, which lesson is best of all ? 
 
 2. 
 
 O, the story that best / love to hear, 
 Tells how the babe in the manger lay. 
 
 And how to the shepherds the angels came near, 
 Singing songs of peace, on that Christmas day, 
 
 3- 
 But / love to hear of the w^onderful star 
 
 That came to tell of the new-born king, 
 How the wise men followed it from afar, 
 
 Each with his costly offering. 
 
 4- 
 The lesson that most of all I love. 
 
 Tells of the voice that spake from heaven, 
 "Thou art my Son," and the holy dove, 
 
 That from God's own hand as a sign was given. 
 
 5- 
 I would rather read how Jesus saw 
 
 The fishers casting their nets in the sea, 
 And promised them, " Sometime you shall draw 
 
 Men like fishes. Come, follow^ me." 
 
28 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 6. 
 I M^ould choose the one where the leper knelt, 
 
 And prayed, " If thou wilt thou canst make me 
 clean." 
 As I studied that lesson of love, I felt 
 That Jesus could wash my soul from sin. 
 
 7- 
 Yes, but I better love to tell 
 
 How the hand that withered and worthless lay, 
 Christ by a single word made well. 
 
 Well on the holy Sabbath day. 
 
 But better still I love to hear 
 
 How on the sea, that stormy night. 
 
 The sailors were filled with deadly fear. 
 
 And Christ said, " Peace," and all was right. 
 
 9- 
 
 But a fiercer, deadlier tempest beat 
 In the demon-haunted maniac's soul, 
 
 Till he cast himself at the Savior's feet. 
 And a word from Jesus made him whole. 
 
 lO. 
 
 But I think the sweetest story of all 
 
 Tells of the little girl who lay 
 Dead, till she heard the Savior call. 
 
 Then the soul came back to the lifeless clay. 
 
 II. 
 
 But best of all I like the one 
 
 That tells how, hearing the words he said, 
 
THE BEST LESSON, 29 
 
 They forgot their food till set of sun, 
 And Jesus the hungry thousands fed. 
 
 12. 
 
 / would like on the wonderful mount to stand, 
 Where disciples the Christ transfigured saw, 
 
 And their lips were sealed by the Lord's command, 
 But their hearts were tilled with loving awe. 
 
 13- 
 
 But / love to read the stories he told ; 
 
 Of the father welcoming home his boy ; 
 Of the sheep that wandered away from the fold, 
 
 And the shepherd that brought it home with joy, 
 
 14. 
 
 And I love to read how the farmer strewed 
 His seed among thorns and on stony land, 
 
 But alone when on good soil he sowed 
 
 Came a hundred fold to the reaper's hand. 
 
 15- 
 
 But the children's chapter is dearest of all, 
 How he took the little ones on his knee 
 
 And blessed them ; and still we may hear his call, 
 " Suffer little children to come unto me." 
 
 16. 
 
 But I think there is none of them all so sweet. 
 As the one that tells how the mother's prayer 
 
 For scattered crumbs that the dogs might eat, 
 Was answered with more than a daughter's share. 
 
 But I love to read how Bartimeus cried, 
 " Jesus, Master, have mercy on me." 
 
30 TEE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 And how gently the Savior turned aside 
 From the crowd to let the blind man see. 
 
 I love to read how the Savior rode 
 
 Into the city, its Lord and King, 
 How the children sang, and the people strewed 
 
 Branches and garments for offering. 
 
 19. 
 
 Most precious of all that is written there, 
 
 To me, is the single word " Forgive," 
 That fell from his lips, a dying prayer 
 
 That through his death might his murderers live. 
 
 20. 
 And to know how the cross and the' crown of thorns 
 
 Gladly for 7fs the Savior bore. 
 And how on that glorious Easter morn 
 
 O'er death and the grave he rose conqueror. 
 
 isf Speaker. 
 
 Yes, every lesson is best of all. 
 
 There is not one of the list I could spare. 
 God grant we may hear the Savior's call 
 
 To his home above, and learn of him there. 
 
 This exercise may be used as a review after any 
 quarter's study in the gospels, by omitting stanzas 
 referring to topics not contained in the quarter's les- 
 sons. 
 
WHAT SHOULD A LITTLE BOY BE— THE PEXNIES. 31 
 
 WHAT SHOULD A LITTLE BOY Mt 
 
 (For two, three or four speakers.) 
 
 1. What should a little boy be ? 
 
 2. Loving and gentle and kind ; 
 
 Ready bad counsels to flee, 
 Ready good counsels to mind. 
 This should a little boy be. 
 
 I or 3. Whom should a little boy love ? 
 2. Parents and sisters, and all ; 
 
 But chiefly the Father above, 
 Who hears when the little ones call; 
 Him should a little boy love. 
 
 I or 4. What should a little boy do ? 
 2. In study, in work or in play. 
 
 Do the thing that is honest and true, 
 And the Heavenly Father obey ; 
 This should a little boy do. 
 
 THE PENNIES. 
 
 (For one or two speakers.) 
 I. 
 Take care of the pennies, 
 My boy, and you'll find 
 That, made up from pennies, 
 You'll have dollars to mind. 
 
32 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 2. 
 
 Spend wisely the pennies 
 For Him wliom we love, 
 
 And so lay up treasure 
 In Heaven above. 
 
 THE ALPHABET CLASS. 
 
 Distribute the letters with their accompanying 
 maxims among the scholars scattered through the 
 room. Then let Superintendent or teacher slowly 
 call the alphabet, each scholar responding to his 
 letter, the leader supplying vacancies. 
 
 A. 
 
 Attend carefully to the details of your business. 
 
 B. 
 Be prompt in all things. 
 
 C. 
 Consider well, then decide positively. 
 
 D. 
 Dare to do right. Fear to do wrong. 
 
 E. 
 Endure trials patiently. 
 
 F. 
 Fight life's battle bravely, manfully. 
 
THE ALPHABET CLASS. 33 
 
 G. 
 
 Go not into the society of the vicious. 
 
 H. 
 Hold integrity sacred. 
 
 I. 
 Injure not another's reputation or business. 
 
 J. 
 
 Join hands only with the virtuous. 
 
 K. 
 Keep your mind from evil thoughts. 
 
 L. 
 Lie not for any consideration. 
 
 M. 
 Make careful choice of acquaintances. 
 
 N. 
 Never try to appear what you are not. 
 
 O. 
 Observe good manners. 
 
 P. 
 Pay your debts promptly. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Question not the veracity of a friend. 
 
 R. 
 Respect the counsel of your parents. 
 
 S. 
 Sacrifice money rather than principle. 
 
34 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 T. 
 
 Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drinks. 
 
 U. 
 Use your leisure time for improvement. 
 
 V. 
 Venture not upon the threshold of wrong. 
 
 W. 
 Watch carefully over your passions. 
 
 X. 
 Extend to every one a kindly salutation. 
 
 Y. 
 Yield not to discouragements. 
 
 Z. 
 Zealously labor for the right. 
 
 &. 
 And success is yours.* 
 
 THE FIVE WISHES. 
 
 Katie (throwing down a book upon her lap). 
 
 Think, think, think. 
 The lessons are long, and hard, and dry; 
 Sometimes, when mother isn't by, 
 
 My eyes begin to wink 
 
 * Baron Rothschild had the above maxims framed and hung up in his 
 banking-house. 
 
THE FIVE WISHES. 35 
 
 And I go to sleep. It seems really wronoj 
 To spend so much time on these lessons long. 
 O, I wish that I were already wise, 
 That I knew the maps of the earth and skies, 
 Grammar, Philosophy, Algebra, 
 Latin too, and a little Greek, 
 And French to read and write and speak; 
 O then I might throw my books away, 
 And then I could teach other people too. 
 And O the good that I could do. 
 
 Jennie (letting her sewing fall from her hands). 
 Work, work, work. 
 
 Katie, I'm tired as I can be. 
 
 And I think, if you were much like mc, 
 You would not want to shirk 
 
 Your lessons and be already wise. 
 
 You would rather have what money buys, 
 
 Cloaks and dresses already made. 
 
 New ones as soon as the old ones fade, 
 
 No sewing or knitting through all the year. 
 Horses for father, a gun for Will, 
 Playthings and pictures for little Mill ; 
 
 A house, well furnished, for mother dear. 
 
 O, I'd rather have money than all your fame, 
 
 Or anything else that you can name ; 
 
 And I'll give to the poor and needy too, 
 
 So / could do good as well as you. 
 
 Susie (with a roll of sheet music). 
 Girls, when I hear you tell 
 Your wishes, I think if you only knew 
 What 'tis to practice from twelve till two 
 
 Every day, you'd think it well 
 That I wish that I had already learned 
 
36 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 All the notes and scales, had already turned 
 
 All the exercise leaves, and could move my hands 
 
 At pleasure, wherever the book commands. 
 
 I love to hear teacher sing and play ; 
 
 It seems to carry my soul away 
 
 To better things. O, I hate this drill ; 
 
 But if I were blest with a master's skill 
 
 I think I could charm mother's headaches away, 
 
 And father I know would be oftener gay. 
 
 Now Fannie and Mary — your wishes, and then 
 
 I suppose we must go to our work again, 
 
 Fannie (dressed in mourning). 
 
 O girls, were I like you 
 I might think your wishes wisest and best ; 
 But since my mother her cold lips pressed 
 
 On her child's, I never knew 
 Father or mother or sister's love. 
 O, if my wishes could but remove 
 Mother or father from out the grave, 
 I'd study, or work like a very slave, 
 Or thrum and drill from morning till night, 
 I know God did it — it must be right 
 But Mary, do you not think with me, 
 That to lay your head upon mother's knee, 
 Is the dearest wish that can ever be told. 
 Is better than learning, or music, or gold ? 
 
 Mary. 
 
 Sisters, I want them all 
 Parents and wisdom, and music, and gold, 
 And a Friend, the dearest of all, has told 
 
 That if we will but call 
 On Him, He will give them ; Jesus says, 
 
WHICH TREE WILL YOV CHOOSE. 37 
 
 If we love Him God will our Father be, 
 And He our brother, and we shall see 
 Wealth and wisdom and every grace 
 In Him, and we shall have a place 
 Where heavenly music fills the air. 
 
 sisters, I wisk to enter there. 
 May a holy heart to me be given, 
 
 A heart to fit me for earth or heaven. 
 
 Katie. 
 Mary hath chosen the better part. 
 
 Jennie. 
 Nothing is old when the heart is new. 
 
 Susie. 
 
 1 too would be holy and pure in heart. 
 
 Fannie. 
 And Mary's wish shall be mine too. 
 
 WHICH TEEE WILL YOU CHOOSE? 
 
 isf speaker. 
 
 (The oldest in the class.) 
 
 Come, children, gather and tell to me 
 Which do you think is the prettiest tree ? 
 Which is the one you would like to be .'' 
 
38 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Oak. 
 
 / think the oak, so stately and tall, 
 
 With a century's growth, is the fairest of all ; 
 
 It bids us keep growing whatever befall. 
 
 Pine. 
 
 The pine is my tree, for bright and green 
 Its branches all summer and winter are seen. 
 "Be true through all seasons," I think that they 
 mean. 
 
 Palm. 
 
 I'd be a palm tree. No care it receives. 
 
 But building wood, food and clothing it gives, 
 
 Every part is a blessing, fruit, timber and leaves. 
 
 Orange. 
 
 I'd be an orange tree, away from the snows, 
 With flowers as fragrant and fair as the rose, 
 And the juiciest fruit that anywhere grows. 
 
 White Birch, 
 
 I'd be a white birch in some beautiful park. 
 Or wild in the forest ; but on my bark 
 Only good children should make their mark. 
 
 Cherry. 
 
 I'm a cherry tree ; I'll blossom in spring, 
 
 And then, first of all, my ripe fruit I will bring, 
 
 Saying, " Let us be early in every good thing." 
 
 Maple. > 
 
 No tree for me can the maple beat, 
 
WHICH TREE WILL TOU CHOOSE? 39 
 
 For maple sugar is good to eat ; 
 
 I wish that I could be half as sweet. 
 
 Walnut. 
 
 I'd be a hickory ; then I'd say, 
 
 Don't get mad at a little rough play, 
 
 But when shaken or beaten give nuts for pay. 
 
 Black Birch. 
 
 I'd be a black birch, with bark all along 
 
 My twigs for good people, but those who do wrong 
 
 Should find that my whips can be limber and strong. 
 
 Ash. 
 
 I'll be an ash tree, and then you may 
 
 From my wood make a carriage, a hand-sled or 
 
 sleigh, 
 And the boys shall ride out with me every day. 
 
 Fig. 
 
 I'd be a fig tree, that will not spend 
 All its fruit at home, but loves to send 
 A part away to the very world's end. 
 
 Chestnut. 
 
 I'll be a chestnut, and if you try 
 
 To steal fruit, my prickles shall make you cry, 
 
 But I'll open and give it by and by. 
 
 Apple. 
 
 I'd like to be 
 
 An apple tree-; 
 
 With my fruit all free. 
 
^0 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Christmas-Tree. 
 
 The tree I like best is the Christmas-tree, 
 With candy and playthings hung there for me. 
 
 /;/ Co?icerf. 
 
 It tells us of all the kindness and love 
 Of friends on earth, and One above. 
 
 THE TEY COMPANY. 
 
 From 8 to 1 6 boys, led (if convenient) by a drum- 
 mer, the boys wearing soldier's caps and carrying 
 appropriate emblems, and one, near the centre, carry- 
 ing a banner with motto, " Try, Try Again." 
 
 CORPORAL TRY. 
 
 Here am I, 
 
 Corporal Try, 
 And here are a few of my soldiers you see. 
 Without meaning to boast, 
 I will say that almost 
 As useful as ever man was, I can be. 
 Without me Columbus never had sailed , 
 Without me and my motto had Washington failed ; 
 Nor without me an Erieson's skill had availed. 
 'Twas " Try, try again," made America free, 
 And by trying still more, freer yet we shall be. 
 
THE TRY COMPANY. 41 
 
 DRUMMER. 
 
 I'm trying to be a drummer, 
 
 And some day you may see 
 Me drumming with an army 
 
 That fights for Hberty. 
 
 ist Boy. {Emble7n^ a Waterwheel.) 
 
 I'm trying to make a waterwheel, 
 
 You think it's only play, 
 / think you'll like to come to me 
 
 With all your corn some day. 
 
 2d Boy. {Fen and Envelope^ 
 
 I'm trying to write a letter 
 
 To aunt and uncle too ; 
 Some day I'll write a volume 
 
 For critics to review. 
 
 -i^d Boy. {A Toy-Ladder^ 
 
 I'm trying to make a ladder, 
 
 I think that I can climb 
 To be a first-rate carpenter, 
 
 And build a house sometime. 
 
 \th Boy. {A Gun, or simply the banner^ " Try, Try 
 Again .''^ 
 
 I'm trying to fight the giants 
 
 Of Ignorance and Sin, 
 To drive the bad thouo^hts out 
 
 And keep the good ones in. 
 
 t^th Boy. (A Hatchet) 
 
 I'm trying to help my mother, 
 I shovel off the snow, 
 
44 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 for Mr. Brown. Where this is not admissible, read, 
 *' Schoolmaster please take care." 
 
 In No. 8, if it is a Christmas occasion, read, " this 
 Christmas " for " the New Year." 
 
 In No. 10, substitute the name of your own town 
 for Greenville, or read, 
 
 " Some day I'll drive the engine 
 Upon the iron rail." 
 
 In No. II, for Greenville substitute the name of 
 your own town, some neighboring one, or the nearest 
 large city. 
 
 HAPPY NEW YEAE. 
 
 Fifteen children carrying banners, each banner dis- 
 playing a letter of the words " Happy New Year," 
 except the last which has simply a period. 
 
 H is for Heaven, for Hope and for Heart. 
 A is Hope's Anchor, that never shall part. 
 P IS for Purity, Patience and Peace. 
 P is for Prayer that never shall cease. 
 Y for Young hearts that shall not grow old. 
 
 N is a Nail, all good habits to hold. 
 E is for Exercise, healthful alway. 
 W is Work, but we'll mix it with play. 
 
WHY DO YOU LOVE CHRISTMAS f 45 
 
 Y is the Yoke that is easy and light. 
 E is for Everything manly and right. 
 A is Affection, the brightest of chains. 
 R is the Rest that forever remains. 
 
 Last speaker, or all in C07icert. 
 
 We'll put these together, and then we have here 
 What we wish for you all, a Happy New Year. 
 
 WHY DO YOU LOVE CHKISTMS? 
 
 (Ten speakers or less.) 
 
 / love it because my stockings 
 Are full of candies and things, 
 
 The figs and dolls and goodies 
 That dear old Santa Claus brings. 
 
 2. 
 
 / love it because my grandma 
 Will make me a Christmas cake, 
 
 And lots of pies and cookies, 
 The best that she can bake. 
 
 3- 
 / love it because the school-books 
 
 Are out of sight all day. 
 And the children, big and little, 
 
 Can spend the hours in play. 
 
44 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 for Mr. Brown. Where this is not admissible, read, 
 " Schoolmaster please take care." 
 
 In No. 8, if it is a Christmas occasion, read, " this 
 Christmas " for " the New Year." 
 
 In No. 10, substitute the name of your own town 
 for Greenville, or read, 
 
 " Some day I'll drive the engine 
 Upon the iron rail." 
 
 In No. II, for Greenville substitute the name of 
 your own town, some neighboring one, or the nearest 
 large city. 
 
 HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
 
 Fifteen children carrying banners, each banner dis- 
 playing a letter of the words " Happy New Year," 
 except the last which has simply a period. 
 
 H is for Heaven, for Hope and for Heart. 
 A is Hope's Anchor, that never shall part. 
 P is for Purity, Patience and Peace. 
 P is for Prayer that never shall cease. 
 Y for Young hearts that shall not grow old. 
 
 N is a Nail, all good habits to hold. 
 E is for Exercise, healthful alway. 
 W is Work, but we'll mix it with play. 
 
WHY DO TOU LOVE CHRISTMAS ? 45 
 
 Y is the Yoke that is easy and light. 
 E is for Everything manly and right. 
 A is Affection, the brightest of chains. 
 R is the Rest that forever remains. 
 
 Zas^ speaker^ or all in concert. 
 
 We'll put these together, and then we have here 
 What we wish for you all, a Happy New Year. 
 
 WHY DO YOU LOVE CHRISTMAS? 
 
 (Ten speakers or less.) 
 I. 
 / love it because my stockings 
 
 Are full of candies and things, 
 The figs and dolls and goodies 
 That dear old Santa Claus brings. 
 
 2. 
 
 / love it because my grandma 
 Will make me a Christmas cake, 
 
 And lots of pies and cookies, 
 The best that she can bake. 
 
 3- 
 I love it because the school-books 
 
 Are out of sight all day. 
 And the children, big and little, 
 
 Can spend the hours in play. 
 
46 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 4- 
 / love it for the presents 
 
 That grow on the Christmas tree, 
 Because somewhere in its branches 
 
 I know there is one for me. 
 
 5- 
 I love it because of the parties, 
 
 The sleigh-rides, visits and all, 
 And because my uncle and cousins 
 
 Ars sure that day to call. 
 
 6. 
 
 / love it because my mother 
 Will take me up on her knee. 
 
 And tell me Christmas stories. 
 As pretty as they can be. 
 
 7- 
 / love it because I make presents 
 
 To brothers, sisters and friends, 
 And every one of them for it 
 
 A pleasant " thank you " sends. 
 
 8. 
 / love it because the hungry 
 
 And poor are on Christmas fed, 
 The little ones who so often 
 
 Go supperless to bed. 
 
 9- 
 
 / love it because, in the evening. 
 The Sunday School children meet 
 
 To sing their Christmas carols, 
 With music gentle and sweet. 
 
RHYMING RECIPE CLUB. 47 
 
 10. 
 / love it because it reminds me 
 
 How Jesus came from on high, 
 How sometime, if I love and serve him, 
 
 He will take me to him in the sky. 
 
 EXAIINATION OP THE RHYIING RECIPE CLUB. 
 
 (For 27 speakers or less.) 
 
 Leader. — There are few things that cannot be suc- 
 cessfully accomplished, either in cookery or any of 
 the necessary arts of life, by a person of average abil- 
 ity, if only there be given a good recipe at the outset. 
 Without this the greatest care and the hardest work 
 end only in failure. 
 
 The young misses before us have been for several 
 months giving their time, and close attention to seek- 
 ing out the veiy lest ways of doing things, and are 
 now ready to impart to us the wisdom that results 
 from their long continued and careful observation. 
 And first, in the department of cookery, No. i will 
 tell us how to make a rich, healthful and durable 
 wedding-cake. 
 
 No. I. 
 Take cheerfulness, gentleness, patience and prayer, 
 Readiness blessings and burdens to share ; 
 
48 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Hearts joined for God, hearts joined for each other, 
 Hearts joined to help every sister or brother. 
 Mix well and bake slowly ; a cake will appear 
 That will do to keep by you for many a year. 
 
 Leader. — The best made cake may be spoiled in 
 the baking. Perhaps No. 2 can give us some assist- 
 ance in that department. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 If you wish to make 
 A rich wedding-cake 
 That won't crumble or break 
 However you shake, 
 Be sure' that you take 
 Two bears, " Bear and Forbear," to watch o'er 
 the bake. 
 
 Leader. — Next to this in importance I think comes 
 the art of preparing a really good cup of tea. Will 
 No. 3 inform us how to do it t 
 
 No. 3. 
 
 Let hones/^^ and proprie/^^, 
 Sinceri/6'^ and humili/i?^, 
 Punctuali/6'(2 and activi/^dr, 
 Magnanimi/<?^ and Q\\2,x\tea 
 
 Within your urn be placed ; 
 Add the milk of human kindness, 
 
 And sweeten to your taste. 
 
 Leader. — And now will No. 4 tell us how to make 
 a good meat-pie ? 
 
RHYMIXG RECIPE CLUB. 
 
 No. 4. 
 Take a good heart and plent}^ of pluck ; 
 
 Be sure that your crust is tender and thin ; 
 'Tis a pie in whose baking there's always good luck^ 
 
 And that never will fail a premium to win. 
 
 Leader. — And will No. 5 give us her experience in 
 regard to turnovers ? 
 
 No. 5. ^ 
 From folly to wisdom, contention to peace, 
 From hatred to love that shall always increase, 
 Tur7i over, my friend ; you will find that you've made 
 A turn-over throwing the rest in the shade. 
 
 Leader. — And now, No. 6, what are the ingredients 
 of a first-rate pea-soup ? 
 
 No. 6. 
 Perseverance and patience and practical sense. 
 Prudence and piety (never pretence), 
 Peace, purity, practice in every good thing ; 
 These P's make a pea-soup that's fit for a king. 
 
 Leader. — There are some condiments not gener- 
 ally considered healthful, and yet we usually think of 
 them in connection with soups and meat-pie. Will 
 No. 7 show us how to secure pepper at any time } 
 
 No. 7. 
 Praise a man to his rival's face. 
 Or doubt the value of a lady's lace. 
 
 Leader. — And No. 8 will give us a rule for the in- 
 stantaneous production of vinegar. 
 
50 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 No. 8. 
 Tarry in the hall 
 After you call, 
 And hear what they say of you, that is all. 
 
 Leader. — And now may we hear from No. 9, how 
 to have ice-cream without a freezer ? 
 
 ^ No. 9. 
 
 Adopt a girl who minds every slight. 
 Two boys always ready to tease and to fight. 
 To stand up for theit' rights, but not for the right, 
 And you'll have I screcmi from morning till night. 
 
 Leader. — Most people would probably prefer their 
 ice-cream frozen, I imagine, or at least not quite so 
 hot, and apropos of this subject, I think No. 10 can 
 tell us how to instantly reduce the temperature below 
 the freezing point, without a refrigerator. 
 
 No. 10. 
 Stop the man who talks the most 
 Of the wonderful charity he can boast, 
 And gives his neighbors the hardest knocks, 
 And — pass him a contribution-box. 
 
 Leader, — Now No. 11, let us know how to make 
 good apple-sauce. 
 
 No. IT. 
 
 Kind words, fitly spoken, are apples of gold ; 
 
 With these, as you cook them, love-apples mix well, 
 With sweetening and spice. Then keep out in the 
 cold 
 
RHYMING RECIPE CLUB. 51 
 
 All who've apples of discord to give or to sell, 
 And no mortal of apple-sauce finer can tell. 
 
 Leader. — Next to good apple-sauce comes good 
 preserves. Our young friends have a large number of 
 new and valuable recipes in that line. We will select 
 a few of them. Will No. 12 tell us how to preserve 
 pears ? 
 
 No. 12. 
 No matter whether a pair of steers, 
 A pair of tongs, or of hands or ears, 
 A pair of eyes, or a pair of glasses, 
 A pair of scissors, a pair of lasses, 
 A pair of feet or a pair of shoes, 
 The way to preserve them is wisely to use. 
 And never their help to your neighbor refuse. 
 
 Leader. — And now, from No. 13 let us learn how 
 to preserve peace and order in the community. 
 
 No. 13. 
 Salt and pickle and lay away 
 A dozen tongues or more every day. 
 
 Leader. — And just here. No. 14, some of our 
 friends may like to know Jiow to pickle tongues. 
 
 No. 14. 
 A look of pity for all who sin. 
 
 For all who labor a glad God-speed, 
 A smile when the tempted their victory win, 
 
 These put evil tongues in 2i pickle indeed. 
 
52 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE NEW. 
 
 Leader. — And now, No. 15, tell us how to prese?-ve 
 a friend. 
 
 No. 15. 
 
 If you want that your friend should be always your 
 
 friend, 
 Don't borrow his money, your own do not lend, 
 Unless he can earn as fast as he'll spend. 
 Don't ask for his secrets, don't tell him your own ; 
 Be true, and then trust him, and soon you'll have 
 
 shown 
 That a friend, well preserved, is the choicest thing 
 
 known. 
 
 Leader. — Apropos of preserves, it may be the time 
 for No. 16 to give directions for making a lasting 
 family jar. 
 
 No. 16. 
 
 A pout and a scowl — an inquisitive stare — 
 
 "I will" and "I won't," "You shall" and "Don't 
 
 care," 
 " Remember I told you," " O nonsense," " So there," 
 "I'm quite ashamed of you," "I'll go tell my ma," 
 These materials cemented well, warranted are 
 To make a strong, permanent family jar. 
 
 Leader. — Our young friends have a number of 
 ether recipes, like this last, not quite in the depart- 
 ment of cookery ; some of them are medical, some 
 miscellaneous. Of the former class, as they expect 
 ultimately to issue a volume that will take its place 
 among the standard works on medicine, they will give 
 
RHYMIXG RECIPE CLUB. 53 
 
 US a very few specimens. Will No. 17 give us a cure 
 
 for dyspepsia ? 
 
 A^o. 17. 
 A few grains of fun to an ounce of good will 
 Make an excellent anti-dyspeptic pill. 
 
 Leader. — No. 18, a prescription for heart-burn. 
 No. 18. 
 
 Two grains of common sense, and then if you're not 
 Quite cured, why next time try a good, hot, 
 Strong mitten, applied directly to the spot. 
 
 Leader. — Blues result from many causes, but for 
 one of the most common kind No. 19 will give us a 
 safe and speedy cure. 
 
 No. 19. 
 If you, my friend, are down with the blues, 
 
 Because you have not the best shoes for your feet, 
 Work next to a man with no feet for his shoes, 
 
 And — well, the cure will be complete. 
 
 Leader. — Few things are more frequently prescribed 
 than a sea-voyage, and nothing else probably is rec- 
 ommended in so many widely different cases, but very 
 much depends upon the nature of the sea whose 
 waters you sail. Will No. 20 give us some practical 
 advice that will enable us to make a wise selection .'* 
 
 No. 20. 
 OE contuma-sea, aristocra-sea, 
 And falla-sea beware ; 
 
54 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Sail the waters of intima-sea 
 And expedien-sea with care, 
 
 So brilUan-sea and fluen-sea, 
 Lest to idio-sea they lead ; 
 - But on mer-sea and constan-sea 
 Give your good ship full speed. 
 
 Leader. — This closes our medical prescriptions. 
 Our miscellaneous ones touch nearly every class of 
 topics on which the human mind can desire informa- 
 tion. We will give you single specimens from a very 
 few of these classes. Will No. 21 tell us how to 
 keep hens from setting-? 
 
 No. 21. 
 Take from the nest, scald, pluck and dry, 
 And put them into a chicken pie. 
 
 Leader. — And No. 22, how to kill potato-bugs. 
 
 No. 22. 
 With tvv^o stones and a pan of live coals you can kill 
 The largest potato-bug found in the hill. 
 
 Leader. — We have similar prompt methods for 
 overcoming other difficulties in the way of the farmer 
 and housekeeper. There are some however that re- 
 ally cannot be overcome. As a specimen of the best 
 method of dealing with those, No. 23 will tell us what 
 to do when it rains. 
 
 No. 23. 
 Why do as they do in Spain, 
 And that is — let it rain. 
 
RHTMiyG RECIPE CLUB. 
 
 Leader. — The club has engaged successfully in 
 many kinds of manufacturing. Let us hear from No. 
 24, how a first-class editor is made. 
 
 No. 24. 
 A ton of patience, a bottle of ink, 
 A hand to copy, a brain to think, 
 Eyes that at all shortcomings can wink. 
 
 Conscience, energy, industry, care. 
 
 Good temper, all manner of trials to bear; 
 
 Bottle, shake well, cork close from the air. 
 
 From souring or drying preserve carefully. 
 
 From all that would stain it the mixture keep free. 
 
 It will make the editor you should be. 
 
 Leader. — Our club can give equally serviceable 
 directions to any who wish to engage in the manufac- 
 ture of merchants, lawyers or physicians, but we pass 
 these by, and ask No. 25 to tell us all how we may 
 secure a permanent home at the public expense. 
 No. 25. 
 
 As fast as you earn a dollar, spend it ; 
 
 Borrow one from whoe'er will lend it ; 
 
 Charge two days' wages for one day's work, 
 
 And the rest of your obligations shirk. 
 
 Leader. — As there may be a number here who do 
 not desire a home of that sort, but do very earnestly 
 desire to know how they may be sure to " keep the 
 wolf from the door," will No. 26 tell us how to make 
 a good wolf-bar ? 
 
56 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 No. 26. 
 Drop tobacco and whiskey, late suppers and beer, 
 Take a snug little cottage, with the one that's most 
 
 dear, 
 Let economy, patience no troubles can tire. 
 And industry, weld in affection's bright fire ; 
 You will find (try it now if you've never before) 
 The best bar to keep every wolf from the door. 
 
 Boys and girls may both be included in the club, 
 by giving the cookery recipes to the latter and the 
 medical and miscellaneous to the former. Should all 
 be girls, and the number fifteen or less, the cookery 
 recipes would be sufficient, and the name of the organ- 
 ization changed from " Recipe " to " Cookery " club. 
 Should there be not more than seven or eight in the 
 club, the recipes should be re-numbered, and two, 
 three or more given to each member. 
 
 DAILY BREAD. 
 
 1 What is the use of praying 
 
 To God for daily bread } 
 Our father earns our living, 
 And he will see us fed. 
 
 2 And why should we ask Jesus 
 
 That he would keep us well, 
 Would guide and bless and help us ? 
 I'm sure I cannot tell. 
 
IXFAXT CLASS EXERCISE. 57 
 
 3 Listen, and I will tell you 
 
 The reason why we pray ♦ 
 
 That God would feed and clothe us, 
 And help us every day. 
 
 'Tis He who gave us father, 
 
 Who makes him kind and good, 
 
 And strong and wise, and willing 
 To earn our daily food. 
 
 And if we truly love him, 
 
 He'll take us when we die 
 To dwell among the angels 
 
 In his own home on high. 
 
 I, 2 or 3 Then let us always thank him. 
 His blessing let us seek, 
 Since God will surely listen 
 To hear us when we speak. 
 
 The last four lines may be repeated by i and 2 in 
 concert. 
 
 INFANT CLASS EXEECISE. 
 
 (Designed especially as a review of studies in the 
 earlier part of Matthew.) 
 
 Introductio7i by a very little girl. 
 
 Listen, dear friends, while we try to tell 
 Of Him who has loved us so long and so well ; 
 Because that He loved us this offering we bring, 
 From the lessons we've learned of our Savior and King, 
 
58 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW 
 
 (Questions by one of the younger boys ; answers by 
 class in concert.) 
 
 Q. Where was Jesus born ? 
 
 A. In Bethlehem. 
 
 Q. Who was his mother ? 
 
 A. Mary. 
 
 Q. Who was called nis father ? 
 
 A. Joseph. 
 
 Q. Who was his Father ? 
 
 A. God. 
 
 Q. Who came to tell of his birth .? 
 
 A. Angels. 
 
 Q. Who came to bring him presents ? 
 
 A. Wise men from the east. 
 
 Q. What guided them ? 
 
 A. A star. 
 
 Recitation — " The Evenmg Star.^'' 
 
 Bright little star on Evening's breast, 
 
 How beams thy golden light, 
 But fast thou'rt sinking in the west ; 
 
 Dear little star, " Good night." 
 
 And I, when I have bent my knee 
 
 And said my evening prayer 
 To Him who made both thee and me, 
 
 Will to my rest repair. 
 
 Still thinking on that brighter star 
 
 That once on Bethlehem rose, 
 And Eastern sages led from far — 
 
 I'll sink to sweet repose. 
 
INFANT CLASS EXERCISE, 59 
 
 And O, when I at last shall lie 
 
 In Death's cold slumbers down, 
 May then my spirit shine on high, 
 
 A star in Jesus' crown. 
 
 — Mrs. H. C. Conant 
 
 Q. "V\/ho tried to kill Jesus ? 
 
 A. Herod. 
 
 Q. Where did his parents carry him ? 
 
 A. To Egypt. 
 
 Q. Where next ? 
 
 A. To Nazareth. 
 
 Q. How old was Jesus when he talked with the 
 doctors in the temple ? 
 
 A. Twelve years old. 
 
 Q. How old was he when he was baptized ? 
 
 A. About thirty years old. 
 
 <2. What happened next ? 
 
 A. He was tempted by Satan. 
 
 Q. What after that ? 
 
 A. He went about doing good. 
 
 (2, What should this teach us ? 
 
 A. To do good too. 
 
 Recitation by an older scholar. 
 
 Death worketh, 
 
 Let me work too ; 
 Death undoeth, 
 Let me do. 
 Busy as death, my work I ply, 
 Tilfl rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
60 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Sin worketh, 
 
 Let me work too ; 
 Sin undoeth, 
 Let me do. 
 Busy as sin, my work I ply, 
 Till I rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
 Christ worketh, 
 
 Let me work too ; 
 As he doeth 
 So let me do. 
 Busy, like him, my work I pl}^. 
 Till I rest in the rest of eternity. 
 
 Q. What did Jesus do to the lame ? 
 
 A. Made them walk. 
 
 Q. What did he do to the blind ? 
 
 A. Made them see. 
 
 Q. What did he do to the dumb ? 
 
 A. Made them speak. 
 
 Q. What did he do to the deaf ? 
 
 A. Made them hear. ^ 
 
 Q. What did he do to the sick ? 
 
 A. Made them well. 
 
 Q. What did he do to the demons ? 
 
 A. Cast them out. 
 
 Q. What did he do to sinners .'' 
 
 A. Forgave their sins, 
 
 Q. What did he do to little children ? 
 
 A. Took them up in his arms and blessed them. 
 
IXFAXT CLASS EXERCISE, 61 
 
 Dialogue. 
 
 (Questions by a little girl ; answers by the class in 
 concert, or one of its younger members.) 
 
 Q. What did our Lord and Savior say, 
 When others wished to drive us away ? 
 
 A. Suffer little children to come unto me, 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Q. What did he say, who from above 
 
 Came down to teach us kindness and love .'* 
 
 A. Suffer little children to come unto me. 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Q. What were the words of him who bled, 
 
 Nailed to the cross, with thorns on his head ? 
 
 A. Suffer little children to come unto me. 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Q. Wliat did he say whose spirit shed 
 
 Hope to the living, life to the dead ? 
 A. Suffer little children to come unto me, 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Q. If on his mercy we rely, 
 
 What will his words be when we die ? 
 
 A. Suffer little children to come unto me,' 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 (Questions by another member of the class ; answers 
 by class, or one division of it, in concert.) 
 
 Q. Whom did Jesus first call to be his disciples ? 
 A. Simon and Andrew, James and John. 
 Q. What were they doing .? 
 
62 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE NEW. 
 
 A. Fishing. 
 
 Q. What did he promise to make them ? 
 
 A. Fishers of men. 
 
 Q. What did he teach them to do ? 
 
 A. He taught them to pray. 
 
 Q. How ? 
 
 A. '• Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be 
 thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done on 
 earth as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, 
 and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 
 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
 evil." 
 
 Q. What did he say those who heard his words 
 were like ? 
 
 A. Recitation by one of the class, of Matthew 6 : 
 24-27. 
 
 Singing — " O if my house is built upon the rock," or 
 " On Christ the solid Rock I stand." 
 
BIBLE CLASS CONCERT EXERCISE. 63 
 
 BIBLE CLASS CONCERT EXERCISE. 
 
 THE CHARACTER OF MOSES. 
 
 (Especially adapted to a concert review after the 
 study of the Pentateuch, or introductory to the 
 study of Joshua.) 
 
 Teacher, and 14 or less members of her class, the 
 latter dressed so as by emblems or letters to indicate 
 the various virtues, and their opposites. 
 
 Teacher. — We have studied this wonderful man as 
 a whole, but as the sun's light is made up of many 
 rays, so every true character derives its brightness 
 from the blending of many virtues. Let us see now, 
 how this almost perfect character was formed. First 
 then, Truth, what was your work in forming the char- 
 acter of Moses ? 
 
 Truth, — Through all the forty years he spent in 
 Pharaoh's court, I kept him from idols and held him 
 to the worship of Jehovah. I guided his mother's 
 lips while she told him of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 
 and of the promises God had made to his fathers. I 
 led him, in all the haste of that last night in Egypt, 
 to remember the bones of Joseph. I guided the 
 thought of his father-in-law, Jethro, when he urged 
 his son to choose for rulers only those who " feared 
 
64 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE XEW. 
 
 God and were men of truth." And in later years, on 
 Sinai, I wrote in his heart the law God had graven 
 on the stone tables ; and when, on the plain between 
 Paran and Tophel and Laban, he spoke his last fare- 
 well, through me he gave warnings and promises that 
 guided the people, through obedience to victory. 
 
 Teacher. — "Therefore love the truth." And Jus- 
 tice, what share had you in this work ? 
 
 Justice. — I led Moses to choose the side of his 
 people, a race of slaves, against Pharaoh, though the 
 choice drove him from his palace home to the sheep- 
 folds of iMidian. I nerved him to speak the word 
 which brought locusts, and hail, and pestilence upon 
 Egypt, which changed her water to blood, laid waste 
 her fields till not one green thing was to be found in 
 them, and at last slew the first-born in every house. I 
 prompted the song of jNIoses and of Miriam when the 
 Red Sea covered Pharaoh's army. I spoke through 
 him when the earth opened and swallowed Korah, 
 Dathan and Abiram. At my word fiery serpents 
 came among the Israelites. And through all the forty 
 years in the wilderness I so guided his mind that, in 
 the thousand cases brought to him for trial, he never 
 gave a false decision. And when the hour of death 
 came, and he vras allowed to look upon, but not to 
 enter the promised land, I led him to rejoice even in 
 that. 
 
BIBLE CLASS CONCERT EXERCISE. 65 
 
 Teacher. — "The path of the just is as the shining 
 light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect 
 day." Mercy, you went hand in hand with Justice 
 through all those years. What did you ? 
 
 Mercy. — During those terrible weeks of the great 
 plagues, I watched day and night for the first word, 
 from Pharaoh that should make it right to stay the hand 
 of justice. I whispered to iNloses the prayer that stopped 
 the murrain and the hail, that dispelled the darkness 
 and the pestilence ; I hardened Pharaoh's heart, that 
 his sin and punishment might be something the less. 
 That was all he would let me do for him, but there 
 were those who did hear our warnings and entreaties, 
 so that there came up out of Egypt with the Israelites, 
 a great, mixed multitude whom we had led. Justice 
 taking one hand and I the other, till they were follow- 
 ers of the true God. It was Mercy, the divine mercy, 
 that inspired the sacrifices for sin. It was mercy in 
 Moses' heart that, when the people reviled him and 
 were punished for it, pleaded with God, " Pardon, I 
 beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to 
 the greatness of thy mercy, as thou hast forgiven this 
 people, from Eg3q3t even until now." 
 
 Teacher. — " Mercy and Truth have met together ; 
 Righteousness and Peace- have kissed each other." 
 And Patience, you too have a story to tell. Let us 
 hear it. 
 
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW 
 
 Patic7ice. — I know little of Moses' earlier life. 
 During his forty years stay in Midian he first learned 
 of me. There I told him the story of Job. There I 
 trained the hand that had slain the Egyptian to hold 
 quietly the shepherd's staff. When the people mur- 
 mured for water or for food ; when they cursed him 
 for rescuing them from slavery ; when they rebelled 
 against his law ; when they refused to enter the 
 promised land, and he was forced to wander with 
 them forty years and die without entering Canaan, I 
 so controlled his fiery nature that he spoke no word 
 of complaint, but rejoiced to suffer for God and with 
 his people. 
 
 — Teache7'. — '' Let us run with patience the race set 
 before us." But patience too has its other side. The 
 zeal that slew the Egyptian was converted, not de- 
 stroyed. Tell us then, holy Earnestness, how did you 
 aid the great prophet in his work ? 
 
 Earnestness. — From his mother's arms to the grave 
 on Nebo, I never for one moment left him. Not only 
 when he fought with Amalek, or when, filled with 
 wrath as he saw the people turned from God to wor- 
 ship a golden calf, he dashed the tables of stone to 
 the ground, but through every step of the weary way, 
 I inspired him. If my work was less distinct than 
 that of the others, it is because I aided all. His very 
 patience was an earnest patience, his mercy earnest 
 
BIBLE CLASS COXCERT EXERCISE. 67 
 
 mercy. His justice and truth were full of zeal. His 
 faith sprang from a soul full and running over with 
 enthusiasm, and his hope and love were always glow- 
 ing. 
 
 Teacher. — " He was clad with zeal, as with a cloak." 
 Faith, Hope and Love- are ready to tell their stor3^ 
 But I see others here who were not less busy with 
 Moses through his lifetime, though they seem less 
 eager to speak of their success. Policy, were not 
 you one 1 
 
 Folicy. — Call me Prudence if you please. If Moses 
 had followed my advice he would have lived and died 
 in Pharaoh's palace. I said, " Stay, and grow up like 
 Joseph, prime minister to the king. Then you can 
 help your people without suffering yourself." If he 
 had listened to me he would have been saved those 
 forty dull, stupid years in the sheepfolds of Midian, 
 and those forty troublesome ones in the wilderness. 
 But he despised me, and I gave my strength to Pha- 
 raoh. Years before I had whispered to that great 
 monarch, " Come on, let us deal wisely with this peo- 
 ple lest they multiply, and it come to pass that when 
 there falleth out any war they join also our enemies, 
 and fight against us, and so get them out of the land, 
 and he heard me and set over them task-masters to 
 afflict them with burdens, and they built for him treas- 
 ure-cities." He obeyed me then, and through all his 
 life. There are traces of his cities even now. 
 
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Teacher. — But he perished. " There are many 
 devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of 
 the Lord that shall stand." Pride, Ambition, Envy, 
 you too were among those who fought for the soul of 
 Moses. 
 
 Fride. — Hand in hand we led him into Pharaoh's 
 palace. Through all his boyhood I told him how 
 grand a thing it was to be called the son of Pha- 
 raoh's daughter, and later reminded him how unfit it 
 was that one learned in all Egyptian wisdom should 
 make companions of a race of ignorant slaves, but 
 he forsook me. I stayed in the palace with Pharaoh. 
 I helped build the pyramids. Thousands of lives 
 they cost, but they were worth it. And then when 
 Moses came back from Midian, and Pharaoh was 
 tempted to hearken to him, I asked him, " Who is 
 Jehovah, that you should obey his voice and let the 
 people go ? " Say instead to the task-masters, " Ye 
 shall no more give the people straw to make brick as 
 heretofore," and he heard me. And though, after 
 that, he more than once forsook me, frightened by the 
 words or the miracles of Moses, / stayed by him to 
 the last. 
 
 Teacher. — Pride goeth before destruction, and a 
 haughty spirit before a fall." And now. Ambition. 
 
 Ambition. — I too lived in the palace, and showed 
 Moses all the glory of the kingdom, and promised 
 
BIBLE CLASS COX CERT EXERCISE. 69 
 
 him the second place there, if he would follow me. 
 He refused. Once, after that, I spoke to him, " Let 
 God destroy this people and make of thee a great 
 nation," but he answered, " O Lord, if thou canst, 
 save this people, but if not blot me I pray thee out of 
 thy book." 
 
 I saw I was talking to the wind, and I left him to 
 his folly. But when I whispered to Nadab and Abihu, 
 on the great day when the tabernacle was dedicated, 
 " You should be conspicuous on a day like this," they 
 seized the censers and filled them with strange fire 
 and rushed before the altar. So there were those who 
 heard me. 
 
 Teaeher. — ''And there w^ent out fire from the Lord 
 and devoured them, and they died before the Lord." 
 Envy. 
 
 E7ivy. — I never spoke directly to Moses after he 
 left Pharaoh's palace, until the very last. Once 
 through Joshua I approached him. It was when El- 
 dad and Medad were prophesying and I bade Joshua 
 " Run and say, ' My Lord Moses, forbid them,' " but 
 Moses recognized me and answered only, " Enviest 
 thou for my sake ? I would that all the Lord's people 
 were prophets." But at the last, after Impatience had 
 led him to smite the rock, and he knew that he was 
 never to lead the people into the promised land, I 
 whispered, " You are less to blame than they. Leave 
 
rO THE OLD YEAR AXD THE XEJV. 
 
 them alone and they will destroy themselves." He 
 did not hear me, but instead I heard him pray, "Let 
 the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man 
 over the congregation, who may go in and out before 
 them, and lead them out and bring them in ; that the 
 congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have 
 no shepherd." I doubt if he even knew I had spoken. 
 But there was once that Miriam and Aaron heard and 
 obeyed my voice, when they said, " Hath the Lord 
 spoken only by Moses 1 Hath he not also spoken by 
 us .'' " And Korah, Dathan and Abiram had heard it 
 before they said to Moses and Aaron, "Ye take too 
 much upon you. Wherefore lift ye up yourselves 
 above the congregation of the Lord .'' " 
 
 Teacher. — " And the earth opened her mouth and 
 swallowed them up." Impatience, Envy has partly 
 told your story. Is there more ? 
 
 hnpatieiice. — I spoke often to Moses during the 
 forty years of wandering, but he would not hear. 
 Then I turned to the people. I prompted the making 
 of the golden calf ; and when hunger, or thirst, or 
 weariness overcame them, I said to the people, 
 " Wherefore are ye brought to die in the wilderness t 
 Choose you a leader and return into Egypt," and they 
 heard me. And once even Moses heard me. The 
 people begged for water and God bade him " Speak 
 to the rock." I whispered, " Smite with your rod 
 
BIBLE CLASS CONCERT EXERCISE. 71 
 
 the rock, and with your tongue the people." And he 
 obeyed me. 
 
 Teacher. — "And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 * Therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into 
 the land that I shall give them.' " Avarice, were you 
 too one of the prophet's companions ? 
 
 Avarice. — We were all together in Pharaoh's pal- 
 ace. After Moses disowned me there, I waited till 
 the building of the tabernacle. Then I said to the 
 people, " Keep back your treasures." They would 
 not hear me, and as they brought more than enough 
 I said to Moses, " Make yourself rich with what they 
 bring." I know not whether he heard my voice. He 
 only answered, " Let neither man nor woman bring 
 any more work for the tabernacle." And I knew he 
 was beyond my reach. But later 1 spoke to Balaam 
 and he heard me. 
 
 Teacher. — " And the dumb ass, speaking with a 
 man's voice, rebuked the madness of the prophet." 
 Now, Unbelief, most active and subtle of all the com- 
 pany, there are few who never hear your voice. Did 
 you too speak with Moses ? 
 
 Unbelief. — /never give up. Others are discour- 
 aged and withdraw, but I remain firm to the last. It 
 was I, who, when Moses was commanded to speak to 
 Pharaoh, whispered, "You are slow of speech, and 
 
72 THE OLD YEAR AXD THE NEW. 
 
 of a slow tongue," and I prompted the prayer, " Send, 
 Lord, by whom thou wilt send, but not by me." But 
 after that he forsook me. In vain I tried to hold him 
 back at the Red Sea, for I saw the danger that after- 
 wards overtook Pharaoh, and might easily have over- 
 taken the Israelites. It was I that kept the people 
 from entering Canaan to fight alone with the giants 
 that would surely have destroyed them, nor did I ever 
 through all the forty years of wandering forsake them. 
 
 Teacher. — "So then they could not enter in be- 
 cause of unbelief." Of you and your comrades, I 
 can only say, as I would to him who lives by dealing 
 poison to his fellow-men, " Your success, your speci- 
 mens of finished work, are the deepest of all warnings 
 to us to shun your influence." But there remain three 
 without whose story we should know little of the form- 
 ing of the character we study. Faith, Hope, Love, 
 Christian virtues, but far older than the days of Christ, 
 will you speak to us .'* 
 
 Faith. — " By faith Moses, when he was come to 
 years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daugh- 
 ter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people 
 of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; 
 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than 
 the treasures of Egypt. By faith he forsook Egypt, 
 not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as 
 seeins: Him who is invisible." 
 
BIBLE CL^SS CONCERT EXERCISE. 73 
 
 Teacher. — " The just shall live by Faith. ' Now, 
 Hope. 
 
 Hope. — When in his early days Moses saw his 
 people a race of slaves, I whispered, " Some day they 
 shall be free." When he saw them despised and de- 
 graded, and then thought, " I too am an Israelite," I 
 whispered, " Some day you will glory in being an 
 Israelite." When he saw the burning bush, and Fear 
 would have driven him away, I whispered, " The God 
 who said to Abraham ' Fear not ' is here to speak to 
 you." It was I who, all the way, repeated to him 
 God's promises ; who when he thought sadly of the 
 unbelieving people left behind him, echoed God's 
 word, "Another prophet shall the Lord your God 
 raise up unto them, like unto you. Him shall they 
 hear ; " and who at the last hour, as he took his fare- 
 well look of Canaan, told him of the brighter, heav- 
 enly Canaan, his feet should enter before theirs should 
 tread the ground of the earthly. 
 
 Teacher. — "For we are saved by Hope." And 
 now last and chief of all is Love. How did you crown 
 this glorious life 1 
 
 Love. — We three, Faith, Hope and Love, are so 
 joined that our work becomes, like ourselves, insep- 
 arable. The sacrifice of his palace home was a sac- 
 rifice of love. Love to men gave him the patience, 
 meicy and earnestness ; love to God inspired the jus- 
 
74 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 tice and truth, which marked his every step. Over 
 and over again, in those long forty years, his love 
 sweetened waters of strife bitterer than those of 
 Marah. Love spoke in every word of that long, lin- 
 gering farewell, when knowing he must die, yet for- 
 getting himself and remembering only God and the 
 people, he urged upon those he was to leave the obe- 
 dience of love. And when twelve centuries had 
 passed, Love drew him from his home in heaven to 
 the mount where, with the transfigured Christ, he 
 talked of that great sacrifice of love by Him of whose 
 life his own had been but a type. 
 
 For a class of eight or less, all but the teacher's 
 part and those of the virtues should be omitted. 
 
A MISStOX BAND EXERCISE. 73 
 
 A MISSION BAND EXEECISE. 
 
 (Let the questions be asked in turn by various 
 members, wliile one, selected especially for the pur- 
 pose, with ready memory and clear voice, gives the 
 answers.) 
 
 I. 
 
 What gods do the heathen worship ? 
 
 Ans. — All the gods of the heathen are idols. Ps. 
 96 : 4. 
 
 They worship devils, and idols of gold and silver 
 and brass, and stone and of wood, which neither can 
 see nor hear, nor walk. Rev. 9 ; 20. 
 
 2. 
 
 Do we owe them the knowledge of the true God ? 
 
 A71S. — I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the 
 barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. Rom. 
 I : 14. 
 
 3- 
 
 Can we not pay the deb^ without sending missiona- 
 ries to them ? 
 
 A?is. — How then shall they call on him in whom 
 they have not believed ; and how shall they believe in 
 him of whom they have not heard ; and how shall 
 
76 THE OLD TEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 they hear without a preacher; and how shall they 
 preach except they be sent ? Rom. lo : 14. 
 
 4- 
 
 What was Christ's last command ? 
 
 A?is. — Go teach all nations, baptizing them in 
 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Ghost ; teaching them to observe all things, 
 whatsoever I have commanded you. Matt. 28 : 19. 
 
 5- 
 What promise does he give us ? 
 
 A71S. — Lo, I am with you alway ; even unto the end 
 of the world. Matt. 28 : 20. 
 
 6. 
 
 What if we refuse to obey this command .'* 
 Ans. — He that shall break the least of these com- 
 mandments, and shall teach men so, the same shall be 
 called least in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:19. 
 
 7. 
 What if I have very little to give ? 
 
 Ans. — If there be first a willing mind, it is ac- 
 cepted according to that a man hath and not accord- 
 ing to that he hath not. 2 Cor. 8 : 12. 
 
 8. 
 What if I cannot give without real sacrifice ? 
 Ans. — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus 
 
A MJSSIOy BAND EXERCISE. 77 
 
 Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he 
 became poor, that we through his poverty might be 
 made rich. 2 Cor. 8:9. 
 
 9- 
 
 What if some of the money should be wasted ? 
 
 A/is. — Sow in the morn thy seed, and at evening 
 withhold not thy hand, for thou knowest not which shall 
 prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be 
 alike good. Eccl. 11:6. 
 
 t>^ 
 
 10. 
 
 What if there is plenty to do at home ? 
 A/is. — Go ye into all the world and preach the 
 gospel to every creature. Mark 16 : 15. 
 
 II. 
 
 What is promised to Christ ? 
 
 An^. — Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen 
 for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the 
 earth for thy possession. Ps. 2:8. 
 
 12. 
 
 W^hat more is promised } 
 
 A/IS. — The earth shall be full of the knowledge of 
 the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:9. 
 
 13- 
 
 What has he taught us to pray ? 
 
78 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. 
 
 Ans. — Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on 
 earth as it is in heaven. Matt. 6 : lo. 
 
 14. 
 
 Have we any right to offer this prayer, if we are 
 unwilling to aid in spreading Christ's kingdom } 
 
 Ans. — Faith without works is dead, being alone, 
 James 2 : 17. 
 
 Does it belong to us all to extend Christ's invita- 
 tion ? 
 
 Ans. — The Spirit and the Bride say " Come ; "' and 
 let him that heareth say " Come ; " and let him that is 
 athirst " Come; " and whosoever will let him take of 
 the water of life freely. Rev. 22 : 17. 
 
 16. 
 
 Is it not enough that we invite those immediately 
 around us ? 
 
 Ans. — Go ye into the highways and hedges, and 
 compel them to come in. Luke 14 : 23. 
 
 17- 
 
 Where shall we find the result of our labors and 
 sacrifices ? 
 
 Ans. — After this I beheld, and lo, a great multi- 
 tude which no man could number, of all nations, and 
 kindreds, and peoples and tongues, stood before the 
 throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 
 
A MlSSIOy BAND EXERCISE. 79 
 
 and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, 
 saying, " Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the 
 throne, and to the Lamb." 
 
 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, 
 " What are these who are arrayed in white robes ? 
 And whence came they ? " 
 
 And I said unto him, " Sir, thou knowest." 
 
 And he said unto me, " These are they which came 
 out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes 
 and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 
 Thereioie are they before the throne of God and 
 serve him day and night in his temple, and He that 
 sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They 
 shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither 
 shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the 
 Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed 
 them and shall lead them unto living fountains of 
 waters." 
 
 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 
 
 Rev. 7 : 9, 10-14, 17- 
 
A Book you will want to read ! 
 
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 AND 
 
 HER RECEIPTS. 
 
 Permit me to call your special attention to this very 
 instriictive and entei'tainiiig book. It is just the book for 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 Chap. I. What shall we do with the Leavings.? 
 
 " II. The Deceitful Carpet. 
 
 " III. Bonnet and Bags. 
 
 " IV. Mending and a Story. 
 
 " V. Grandma's Pep'mints. 
 
 " VI. The Home a means of Grace. 
 
 " VII. The Charity Party. 
 
 " VIII. Receipts with Remarks. 
 
 " IX. Pen Fever and that Cook-Book. 
 
 " X. Wedding Cake. 
 
 Octavo — 116 pp. Price 30 Cents. 
 
 Howard Gannett, 
 
 Publisher, 
 Tremont Temple. BOSTON. 
 
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THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW 
 
 EXERCISES 
 
 FOR 
 
 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS' 
 
 LAWN PARTIES, MISSION BANDS, 
 
 AND 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 BY 
 
 MRS. ADA C. CHAPLIN. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 HOWARD GANNETT 
 TREMONT TEMPLE. 
 1883. 
 
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