2 This volume has been rebound with funds provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities CONTENTS. A Year from To-Day, B. J. Sprague, 31 Obadiah, Editorial, 105 Advice in Love, Mrs. A. B. Currier, 33 Parental Duty, Rev. J C. Webster, 22 & 74 A Word to Mothers, Mrs. B. M. A., 63 Parental Sacrifices, Rev. Wm. Bates, 115 Anger, or the Happy Family, Mrs. E. J. Pierce, Master Benjamin Obituary of A Well-Governed Temper, Rev. Thomas Sympathy, the Bond of Marriage, Rev. E. A Thought for Mothers, Rev. William Strawberry Hill, Editorial, 83 119 Speak Gently, Mary Grace Halping, 155 Culture of the Passions, Editorial, 143 Spring; a Historical Fable for Children, Did you ever take me to Christ, Rev. P. 153 The Broken Flower, Mrs. A. B. M., 27 Daily Gems, Mrs. S. A. B. Carrier, 199 The Poor, Happy Woman, from Child's 127 The Mother and Daughter, Rev. E. W. Hall, Rev Gordon, Notice of by the Rev. Walker, H. Bardwell, 24 To a Young Lady, S. A. B. Carrier, 73 Home Sacrifices, Rev. William Bates, 81 The Mother in the Nursery, Rev. E. P. Julia Litchfield, and Helen May, Edi- The Triumph of a Mother's Prayers, Rev. 38 & 89 122 Indian Scenery and Superstition, The Pupil of Gamalial, Rev. W. Warren, 146 121 The Mission of Mothers,“ E. P Dyer 150 Literary Notices, 35, 68, 103, 136, 172, The Cave of Elephanta, Editorial, 157 Leaves from the Book of the Past, Orig- The Roll, C. Leicester, nal, 47 & 96 The Young Step-Mother, Mrs. E. W. A., 183 173 201 101! A New Year's Address, 5“ Remember, Love,” M. A. Collier, 57 7 Sunset ; or the Christian Race, Acrostic, Mrs. S. A. B. Carrier, 20 The Gift, from Child's Keepsake, 23 Come Forth, 134 The Winter Evening Fireside, Rev. E. Hymn for Children of Maternal Associa- The Gladsome Hearth, B. Barton, 104 “I saw the tall and revernéd Priest,” The Daughter's Welcome, Rev. S. D. Little Things, 73 Lines for a Lady's Album, Rev. E. P. The Hour of Comfort, Rev. E. P. Dyer, 117 Ministry of Angels, 152 H. P. Gould, 171 182 To my Infant Baby, Mrs. A. P. Mather, 199 191 168 ILLUSTRATIONS. Rev. G. Hall Dying in a Hindoo Temple, 2 The Boy's Own Guide, 88 The Thistle, 3 Obadiah, 103 21 Indian Scenery, &c., 121 37 Moses Smiting the Rock, 137 The Poor, Happy Woman, 58 The Lady's Chaplet, 138 Strawberry Hill, 70 The Cave of Elephanta, 157 Pyrus Japonica, 71 Thomas Campbell, 173 MUSIC, Sunny Days in Winter, J. C. Johnson, 36 Come Forth, L. H. Southard, 134 Alice, Come, L. Marshall, 57 The Daughter's Welcome, L. Marshall, 204 The Gladsome Hearth, J. M. Greene. 104 The Gift, |