Children's Corner

A Home Missionary

Tim dashed into the house, his face all aglow. “Mother,” he called, “the new family is moving in next door, and do you know what?” “No, what?” asked Mother. “They have two boys and a […]

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A Christmas Gift

It was on a Christmas day towards evening when the lights had already been turned on. It was snowing outside. A poorly dressed boy of six entered the pastor’s room. “Mr. Preacher,” he said, and […]

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Caught!

At school, a teacher had been observing for some time that his student, Henry, always carried candies with him. He would sometimes even generously pass them out to his classmates during recess. Because the mother […]

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You Shall Praise Me

Inge loved going to Sunday School. It warmed her heart!  Her favorite song was: “I love to go, I love to go, I love to go to Sunday School.” Her beloved Sunday School teacher told […]

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More Valuable Than a Clock

Sanah had been rescued from heathen cruelties and taken to the Children’s Home at the mission station. Here he was treated kindly by the missionary who was “Mother” to the children. Soon Sanah was loved […]

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Beautiful Hands

Mary Jo was her mother’s helper. Mrs. Lee had often said she didn’t see how she could ever get along without Mary Jo’s eager, helpful hands. One day Mary Jo came home from school with […]

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Why?

In a Sunday school class, the children were asked, “How do you think the angels in heaven do God’s will?” The children thought for a while. Then one answered and said, “They do God’s will […]

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Lisa’s Enemy

One day Lisa came home from school agitated and said to her mother, “If only you knew, mother, what a despicable girl I have in my class! Today she pulled my hair and called me […]

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Mother’s Hands

Maria often looked at her mother’s hands and wondered why they were so scarred. Once she asked, “Mom, why are your hands not like other people’s?” – But she did not get an answer until […]