American messenger . n appear. Natures garb will clothe the meadows, Where the snow so long has lain,Balmy days of spring will follow, When the robins come again. Though the forests yet are leafless, And the skies are lowering still,Music from the early songsters Now with cheer our bosoms thrill,For we have the gladsome promise, Icy king shall lose his reign,When the robins pipe their greetings, And the bluebids come again. Never is the sylvan music Of the birds that later sing,Sweet as notes of early warblers, Heralds of the coming songs in fields and forest May have more of warb
American messenger . n appear. Natures garb will clothe the meadows, Where the snow so long has lain,Balmy days of spring will follow, When the robins come again. Though the forests yet are leafless, And the skies are lowering still,Music from the early songsters Now with cheer our bosoms thrill,For we have the gladsome promise, Icy king shall lose his reign,When the robins pipe their greetings, And the bluebids come again. Never is the sylvan music Of the birds that later sing,Sweet as notes of early warblers, Heralds of the coming songs in fields and forest May have more of warblers art,But the song when days are dreary, Is the song that stirs the heart. Natures Easter matin sonnet— Life anew from deathlike sleep—7* the song redbreast is singing, Causing hearts with joy to the winter has departed, These are notes of sweetest strain,For we know were nearing springtime. When the robins come again. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations 55 PRINTED PREACHERS. COLPORTER LOUIS TOTH AND HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL. Deepening the Spiritual Life Mr. Louis Toth has served as a missionarycolporter of the American Tract Society formany years. He works largely among theforeign-speaking population, many of whomhe finds are sunk in formalism which lacks al-most all the characteristics of true constant effort is to use the printed pageas a means for deepening the spiritual life ofthose whose homes he visits. Some time ago Mr. Toth sent an interestingphotograph of the Sunday School which hehas gathered together in a small town. Thisphotograph is reproduced on this page of ourpaper. Mr. Toth himself is seen standing atthe extreme right hand side of the his report Mr. Toth wrote: During the immediate past I have felt thepresence of the Almighty more than everbefore, and it seems that the people also haveresponded more readily to the Gospel thanever before. In my travels among the Hungarians andthe people of other nation
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