Sparkling gems

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...and when the winter came on, the gentleman, wanting a trustworthy boy in his own warehouse, decided on giving the place to "Harry. Steadily and surely he advanced in-' the confidence of his employer, until, having i passed through various gradations in clerkships, he became at length an honoured and respected partner in the firm. WHO BORE OUE SINS. One sunny autumn day little Frank waa sauntering home from school, when, as he neared his own home, he saw Eliza, the wife of one of his father's servants, dragging along a large branch of a tree, which the winds a few days before had thrown down. "Let me 'help you, Eliza," said the kindhearted boy; and thereupon he lifted up the other end of the bough, thus lightening the "Thank you, Master Frank," said the woman. "Ah, if you could help me to bear my burden of sins, that would be a comfort. But here I go dragging them about day after day, and every day they grow heavier." "But, Eliza," said the child, "mamma says we don't need to carry one end of our burden of sin; Jesus Christ carries it all for us, if we allow him to do so." "Ah," said Eliza, as she related the story, "that minute I saw it all. I had been trying to bear my own sins, when the Bible says,' He hath borne our sins.' I went home and gave my load of sin to Jesus to carry, and I have been happy ever since." A Qbeat cry came from the nursery. It was Kitty's cry. "What is the matter with Kitty?" thought her mother, who was lifting down a tureen in the china closet. Presently Kitty came down stairs sohhing. "I am afraid Kitty has somebody with her," thought her mother. Kitty pattered along until she put her little curly head into the china closet. Her mother s...