...they are at leisure to hear what the enemy has to say ; and it is well if they do not go further, " For Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do." The enemy wiH, if possible, send the idle on his errands. Let us then inculcate diligence on our own souls,...

...beautiful hymns in our language, and which is found in almost every nursery in our land. The original is, For Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do. The alteration reads, For there is always something ill, For idle hands to do. The implication here is...

...than the climbing of a pole, the running of a hundred yards, or the pumping of water into tanks. " For Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do." The discipline of punishment is 1 Erasement of the name from the Tablet of Honours. 2 Custody in company...

...diligence and patience which we should be wise in imitating; ' In works of labour and of skill Let us be busy too, For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.'" THE HONEST WIDOW. WHILE yet a young woman, Martha White was left a widow, and to the grief she felt for...

...enslave not. It requires its subjects to be diligent in business. Idle men are Dot in God's kingdom, " For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." The intemperance which washes away in its fiery flood millions of money and of lives, and enlists and disciplines...

...than himself, he "tugs and strives," till he gets it safe home. In works of labor or of skill May I be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. THE BIRD'S NEST. EVERY kind of bird has a different home. One little thing actually sews leaves together...

...soon gets employment for him," or as paraphrased by Watts — " In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. " The Scotch proverb is also characteristically expressive, " Idle dogs worry sheep." There are two proverbs,...

...us be thankful to God, every day of our lives, if he gives us a kind and loving mother. HOME SCKNES. THE FOLD. THE work at the farm is all over for the...kennel. All beasts and birds need rest. So do children when gathered in their nice little folds. And now the day IH ending With all its joy and care, My heart...

...employment could be found for them in the garden it would keep some of them out of harm's way— " For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do." The thing was proposed to me; I was quite agreeable, and when it was intimated in school I shall not soon...

...naturally dependent on God and others as man is. Indolence is a fertile source of criminality and sin, " For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." The natural inference from anything, means that the matter will bear that interpretation, and probably...