Sunday-school stories ; on the golden texts of the international lessons of 1889

Preface

'THHIS is the second series of stories upon the ■*■ Golden Texts of the International Series of Sunday-school Lessons. As has been explained in the first volume, the stories were written by a " Ten," — as we say in the Wadsworth Clubs, — consisting of myself, my sisters, and my children. In this volume we have the assistance of Miss Elizabeth Orne White, who is so well-known to young readers, and in both volumes of Mrs. Bernard Whitman, the secretary of the central organization of the Lend-a-Hand Clubs.

The first series was cordially received by teachers and others ; but the suggestion was at once made to us that for many of the younger classes a series of simpler stories was needed, as ours would be thought too mature for infant minds. My sister, Lucretia P. Hale, and Mrs. Whitman, have met

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this necessity in another volume, which is also published by Eoberts Brothers.

These volumes are all affectionately dedicated to the young people of the Sunday-schools of England and America, with every prayer for their welfare.

EDWAKD E. HALE.