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Title: The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: New Hampshire -- History Periodicals Publisher: Dover, N.H. : H.H. Metcalf, Publisher Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: ove,had secured a convenient buildinglot, and had a fund started forbuilding purposes. Each child de-voted prayerful thought and eiifort tothe work, earning and contributingsums by his own efforts, and throughthose whom he succeeded in interest-ing in the cause. Building ma-terials as well as money were fromtime to time contributed until a suf-ficient amount of cash was on hand, sothat the childrens treasury was filledand their building plot was convertedinto a very business-like progressivesection of the little town of vSchofield.Through earnest prayer, unabatingfaith, and effort, little by little thestructure was reared, and equippedwith all the necessary conveniences for Christian service, presenting with-in and without a neat and tastefulhouse of worship. All of its officerssave the Fir.^t Reader, are children,and their books and accounts arekept and their business transacted asofftcially and with as nuich careful-ness and precision as are given tochurch matters among their grown-

Text Appearing After Image: First. Church of Christ, Scientist, White Mountains, N. H. up relatives and friends. There is apresident, a clerk, a treasurer, andtwo Readers, all of whom, with butthe one exception, are chosen fromamong the children. Their Sundayservice is conducted in all the sweetsimplicity and artlessness of the purein heart, and the clear, trustful earn-estness of this pioneer work demon-strated b} these guileless little livesis both touching and mightily signi-ficant of the fulfilment of Isaiahspoetic and beautiful prophecy of acoming time of innocence and peaceon earth when The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,And the leopard shall lie down with the kid.And the calf and the young lion and the fat-ling together,And a little child shall lead them. DERELICT AND FORTUNE-FAVORED. By Frederick y. Allen. From some far shore, some orient clime of hopeAnd glorious vision, they embarked uponLifes might} sea, and boldly faced the westWhere lie the heights of power and happinessThat men have sought in

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