With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . er. Theparent had better try his own finger first, to see that the trap is not too rat trap should never be tried in this way. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS: You may think thatpossibly there was a time when wicked men did notdesire to destroy others, as is so often the case in thisday. Hundreds of years ago, God said, Among my peo-ple are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares;they set a trap, they catch men. (Jeremiah v: 26.) I suppose youhave all seen are a greatmany di
With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . er. Theparent had better try his own finger first, to see that the trap is not too rat trap should never be tried in this way. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS: You may think thatpossibly there was a time when wicked men did notdesire to destroy others, as is so often the case in thisday. Hundreds of years ago, God said, Among my peo-ple are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares;they set a trap, they catch men. (Jeremiah v: 26.) I suppose youhave all seen are a greatmany different are very danger-ous, and yet you can-not see the danger Mouse you are caught, or until you see some other person who hasbeen caught in the trap. Now here is a trap. I suppose that youhave all seen such traps as this, and possibly have them in your ownhomes, to catch the little mice which destroy your food, and often-times do much injury. Now, this trap does not look dangerous to the unsuspectingmouse. The little wire, which is to be drawn up by a strong 97. 98 TRAPS. spring to choke the mouse to death, is concealed, and he does notknow that there is a wire there at all. He simply smells the pieceof cheese. This tempts his appetite, and, as he is fond of cheese,he desires to obtain it, and so he attempts to crawl in through thissmall hole to get the cheese; but the moment he nibbles at thecheese, it disturbs the little catch which holds the spring, and whenit is too late to escape, the little mouse finds that he has been he does not think of the cheese, but struggles to get looseand escape out of the trap. But all of his struggles are in vain,
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