No sooner had the first rain drop left, than the other said, “Well, if you
go, I believe I’ll go too.” So down came the second little rain drop and fell on
a hill of corn by the farmer's feet.

By this time another rain drop said to his companions, as they came to-
gether: ‘‘What is this I hear about going to cheer some poor farmer—that isa
good errand, I believe I'll go too.” “And I, and I, and I,” said the others. So
they all went—faster, and faster they came, till the whole field was watered,
and the corn grew and ripened, all because one little rain drop did what it could,
which encouraged many others to do the same.

Dear friends, that is just what our mission bands in the churches are try-

ing to do.
A BOery Odd Girl.

She cares for baby brother;

She fashions balls and kites for Nate,
And runs for tired mother,
“She’s just.as odd as odd can be!”

¢|N school she ranks above her mates,
And wins the highest prizes;

bi) She bounds correctly all the states,
And tells what each one’s size is;

 

In class she will not prompt a friend,
For she doesn’t believe in telling;
She heeds the rules from end to end,

And never fails in spelling.
“She’s just as odd as odd can be!”
Say all the school of Esther Lee.

She keeps her room as neat as wax,
And laughs at Peter’s mockings;

She mends Priscilla’s gloves and sacques,
And darns the family stockings;

She dusts the sitting-room for Kate,

 

Say all at home of Esther Lee.

For little, crippled Mary Betts
She saves her brightest pennies;

She never, never, sulks or frets
T£ she doesn’t beat at tennis;

With happy words she is sure to greet
Children in lowly by-ways;

She guides unsteady, aged feet
Across the bustling highways.
“She’s just as odd as odd can be!”
Say all the town of Esther Lee.