The story of Mary Jones and her Bible . Chained Bibles. CHAPTER II. THE ONE GREAT NEED. For this I know, whateer of earthly goodFall to the portion of immortal man,Still unfulfilld in him is Gods great plan,And Heavens richest gift misunderstood,Until the Word of Life—exhaustless storeOf light and truth—be his for evermore. the homes of the poor,where the time of theelder members of thefamily is precious,they being the bread-winners of the house-hold, the little oneslearn to be useful veryearly. How often wee known girls of six totake the entire charge of ayounger brother and sister, whilemany
The story of Mary Jones and her Bible . Chained Bibles. CHAPTER II. THE ONE GREAT NEED. For this I know, whateer of earthly goodFall to the portion of immortal man,Still unfulfilld in him is Gods great plan,And Heavens richest gift misunderstood,Until the Word of Life—exhaustless storeOf light and truth—be his for evermore. the homes of the poor,where the time of theelder members of thefamily is precious,they being the bread-winners of the house-hold, the little oneslearn to be useful veryearly. How often wee known girls of six totake the entire charge of ayounger brother and sister, whilemany children of that age run. The One Great Need, 25 errands, do simple shopping, and make them-selves of very real and substantial use. Such was the case in the family of JacobJones. Jacob and Molly were engaged inweaving the woollen cloth, so much of whichused to be made in Wales. Thus many ofthe household duties devolved upon Mary ;and at an age when children of richerparents are amusing themselves with theirdolls or picture-books, our little maid wassweeping, and dusting, and scrubbing, anddigging and weeding. It was Mary who fed the few hens, andlooked for their eggs, so often laid in queer,wrong places, rather than in the nest. It was Mary who took care of the hive,and who never feared the bees ; and it wasMary again, who, when more active dutieswere done, would draw a low stool towardsthe hearth in winter or outside the cottagedoor in summer, and try to make or mendher own little simple garments, singing toherself the while in Welsh, a verse or two 26 Mary yones, of the old-fashioned metrical version of the
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