Children's Jewish Advocate.

NOVEMBER, 1864.

A JEWISH MOTHER TAKING HER CHILDREN TO THE SAVIOUR, TO BE BLESSED BY HIM.

SHE HAS HEARD OF HIS KIND

WORDS:

66 Suffer the little children to come unto ME, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of GOD."

MARK X. 14.

CHRIST AND THE LITTLE ONES

MARK X. 13; LUKE XVIII. 15.

"THE Master has come over Jordan," Said Hannah, the mother, one day; "He is healing the people who throng Him With a touch of His finger, they say. "And now I shall carry the children, Little Rachel, and Samuel, and John; I shall carry the baby Esther For the Lord to look upon."

The father looked at her kindly,

But he shook his head and smiled: "Now who but a doting mother

Would think of a thing so wild ?

"If the children were tortured by demons,
Or dying of fever, 't were well;
Or had they the taint of the leper,
Like many in Israel."

"Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan,
I feel such a burden of care;

If I carry it to the Master,

Perhaps I shall leave it there.

"If He lay His hand on the children,
My heart will be lighter, I know;

For a blessing for ever and ever
Will follow them as they go."

So over the hills of Judah,

Along the vine-rows green,
With Esther asleep on her bosom,

And Rachel her brothers between,—

'Mong the people who hung on His teaching,
Or waiting His touch or His word,
Through the row of proud Pharisees listening,
She press'd to the feet of her Lord.

"Now why shouldst thou hinder the Master,"
Said one, "with such children as these?
Seest not how from morning to evening
He teacheth, and healeth disease ?"

Then CHRIST said, "Forbid not the children;
Permit them to come unto Me;"

And He took in His arms little Esther,
And Rachel He set on His knee.

And the heavy heart of the mother
Was lifted all earth-care above,
As He laid His hands on the brothers,
And blest them with tenderest love ;-

As He said of the babes in His bosom,
"Of such is the kingdom of heaven:
And strength for all duty and trial
That hour to her spirit was given.

From Taylor's Fly Sheets.

CHILDREN'S PRAYERS.

LOUISA AND HER FAVOURITE.

"Children's prayers He deigns to hear,
Children's songs delight His ear."

THE following story of the prayers of a little child reminds us of Martin Luther's description

"asking

of what prayer is. He said it was of God as dutiful children ask from a loving father." We should tell God everything, small as well as great, just as a little boy or girl would tell everything to a dear mother, and pour out the sorrows and troubles of its little heart into her ear. Well would it be if grownup people would learn this from observing little children; everything which affects the little ones, is of great consequence and importance to the father's and mother's heart; and does God love His children less than an earthly parent loves his? All that concerns us, concerns Him, and He weighs and measures all that He intends to lay upon His children, to see whether it is too heavy or too hard for us to bear. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him."

He always answers the prayers that we make to Him. Mark that, always-every time, if only we had our eyes and ears open to see and hear it.

People are often waiting, expecting wonderful things to happen. Why! there are wonders happening round about us every day; all that is needed is the eye of faith to see them.

God answers our prayers every time we pray to Him, unless we ask amiss. Little children may take their troubles to Him. Even you,

my dear Katie and Lotty, who are nothing but weak, foolish little children, whom your learned brothers, Charles and Henry, will not talk to, when they come home for the holidays, because you are girls, and don't know Latin, and can't say:

Many words do end in is,
Masculini generis,

Panis, pis-cis, crinis, finis,

Ignis, lapis, pulvis, cinis.

If you speak to God about your young troubles, He hears what you say directly, and speaks to you, and will certainly answer you. But He does not always answer in the same way, though His great seal always bears the same word impressed on it. There stands the constant "Amen!" "Yes! it shall be done."

Sometimes God answers outwardly, and sometimes inwardly; or again, at times, both together.

When He allows visible help to come to us, it is that we and others may know that God hears our prayers; that is answering outwardly. Again, when after prayer we feel our hearts lighter, or a promise or comforting thought is so brought home to us that we carry our burden willingly, and suffer joyfully, then He answers us inwardly.

Often help and comfort come at the same