| Beware of Forgetful Green!. | Johnny's forgetfulness teaches the importance of remembering God's teachings |
| Solomon's Dream. | Solomon's Dream. |
| Sarah and Her Lesson. | Sarah a lonely girl learns a Lesson from her Mother. |
| Jenny Lind. | Jenny Lind. A Famous Singer |
| Samuel and Eli's Two Sons. | God was angry with Eli's two sons and sent Samuel to Eli. |
| Try, Try and Try Again. | Small efforts matter in spreading the gospel. |
| Elijah at the City of Zarepath. | God sends Elijah to the City of Zarepath and there Performs a Miracle. |
| Mary Jones and Her Broken Lantern. | Mary encountered problems but she was determined to hear God's Word. |
| Always Get the Whole Story. | It is important that we always get the whole story. |
| "We Can't Afford it". | Have you wished for something but have had to say, "I can't afford it." |
| Nicodemus | Nicodemus comes to learn from Jesus and learns he must be born again. |
| A Queen visits a King | The Queen of Sheba heard that Solomon had received great wisdom |
| A Rich Young Man - Peter Waldo | Peter Waldo a rich young man gives up his wealth to follow Jesus. |
| The Young King. | The story of Josiah who became King at 16. He became a man of God and greatly used by his God. |
| Wonders of Nature. | In the beginning God created all living creatures. Digger wasp being a wonderful example of nature at work. |
| The Dove is a Gentle Bird. | Dove has no strong beak or claws but is a gentle loving and kind. |
| Two Stories about Doves. | Two stories. A Dove who was injured by a stone and how a father Dove protected his family. |
| A Trusting Faith | A little girl, was sent out to collect some calves. |
| Time to get Up | Do you have to be "called" in the mornings? |
| The Death of Stephen | Stephen stoned for teaching that Jesus was the Son of God |
| Pebbles in the Water | Things Are Not Always What They Seem. |
| They were Unaware of Danger! | The little ship missed the canal entrance. They were unaware of Danger. |
| Frances Ridley Havergal Hymn-writer. | Frances Ridley Havergal. How she found Christ to be her Saviour. |
| The Place of Safety | Noah believed God and built an ark - that ark was a place of safety |
| The Scattering of Seed | Jesus tells the Story of a sower sowing seed and teaches about where the seed fell. |
| A Lesson Anna will never Forgot | Anna learns to be content with those things God provides. |
| God Sees All | Fact - God sees everything |
| The Whole Story | Always learn the whole story |
| Little Tasks | Little things can mean a lot. |
| Swapping | Children love to swap things. |
| Ride on! Ride on! | A General's command to a young soldier during a battle - Ride on! Ride on! |
| The Ant and the Grain of Corn | A boy out in the countryside is overtaken by a storm. Taking shelter he learns from an ant. |
| Lesson from a Field | Children who once enjoyed a picnic in a pleasant field, find the ground all ploughed up. |
| Mr Spurgeon's Puzzling Answer | "Was anyone saved at the meeting?" Mr Spurgeon then gave his puzzling answer. |
| Engraving on a Pot | A message engraved on the outside of an old pot. |
| The High Priest | The High Priest and the one who is called “Our High Priest” |
| Solomon's Dream | God said to Solomon “I will give you what you ask of me.” |
| Little Window Light | A light in a window to welcome and to guide. |
| The Disciples Fear | The disciples fear as the storm breaks |
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| Samson's Riddle | A riddle to solve |
| The Two Brothers | A father's request to his two sons and their different responses to it. |
| Autumn | The arrival of Autumn brings with it the migration of the birds and God's provision for them. |
| Looking Forward and Back | The hotel sign that reads differently depending on the direction you approach it from. |
| The Race | The story of two boys who although friends, were to race against each other. |
| Nature's Wonder | Kevin's Question, “Why were my feet wet”? |
| The Soldier (Concluding part) | The Soldier seeks out Mr MacPhail and learns the seriousness of sin and the wonder of salvation. |
| The Soldier (Part 1) | Mr MacPhail overhears a soldier and a butcher haggle over the price of a quarter of mutton. |
| The Basket | Sally is given a basket to deliver to her aunt Nell. |
| Josiah the King | Josiah was a good king and he decided to clear out God's house all the idols kept in the Temple. |
| Lost | The scare and the fear of Mary and Joseph when they thought that Jesus had gone missing on the road home from Jerusalem. |
| The Plumb Line | What is a plumb line or a plummet? Mrs Seaton explains and draws some lessons from this practical object. |
| At the Forks of the Delaware River | A young man came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour. He was anxious to take the gospel to the Indians of North America. |
| A New Year Begins | People say at this time of year, Well, this is the start of a new year – a time for new beginnings.” |
| Mary Jones and her Broken Lantern | Mary Jones is in a hurry and has difficulties in putting the hens into the henhouse. |
| The Annoying and the Irritable | A brother who annoyed his sister who was very irritable so they constantly argued with each other. |
| They did what they could | Remember the story we had in the last issue of the magazine about the Italian boy who did what he could with what he had to make his friend happy? |
| The Magnificent Lion | The young boy had no present to take to his friends birthday party. His grandmother suggested that he take butter. |
| Creation | A poem on Creation |
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| A Young Farmer and the Snake | A young farmer working among the sheaves of corn meets with a snake |
| Sweeter than Honey | King David remembers his School Days. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. |
| The Two Rafts and the Story of the two Houses | Sam and Billy, each built a raft by the seaside, how sad Sam was as he stood helpless and watched his raft floating away out to sea on its own. |
| The Two Rafts | Two boys, Billy and Sam, who lived beside the sea, each building their own raft. |
| What happened to Adam and Eve? | What happened to Adam and Eve? How they sinned in the garden of Eden and what happened afterwards. |
| Joan Waste (Part 2) | Joan stands firm on what she learned from the bible. Despite persecution which led to her death Joan remained firm in her belief. |
| Joan Waste (Part 1) | Young Joan Waste and how she purchased a bible and although she could not read managed to organise it to be read to her in the local prison. |
| Isaac and His Silly Rhymes | Isaac Watts a famous hymn-writer as a child found himself in trouble several times because he wrote silly rhymes. |
| Forgetful Green | Warning – Forgetful Green is a dangerous place. |
| Two Special Trees | Do you know where we read of these two special trees? That's right – in the Bible. |
| The Countess and the Chimney Sweep” | Mrs Seaton in her letter to the Boys and Girls tells the story of a Countess and a meeting with a young chimney-sweep. |
| TRY | Spurgeon encourages all to “Try” giving many examples and encouragements. Boys and girls “Try” all you can for God. |
| Christ, the gift from God. | Mrs Seaton introduced herself and tells of Jesus, the gift from God. |
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| The Little Helper | A little girl called Betty who wished to help her mother with all the sewing and mending. |
| A Time Limit | A story about a young girl called Alice, whose daddy had died and how she helped her mother |
| Nicodemus | Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews |
| Sarah's Question | Sarah learns why her flowers are harder to find to make posies. And how death leads to new life. |
| A Mother's Love | Here we learn of a mother's love for her ill young son and of her desire to obtain a bunch of grapes to show her love. We also learn of the King's daughter and of her wise counsel in telling the mother to “ask the king”. |
| Jesus Goes to Jerusalem | I wonder how many of you at some time have been lost! You know, Jesus was once lost - at least, Mary and Joseph thought that he was lost! |
| Francis Ridley Havergal | Frances Ridley Havergal loved her garden. Through reading a hymn she found that faith through the words, "My Father". |
| Gohu - Governor of Formosa | Gohu, the young Chinese governor gave his life for the people of Formosa. Formosa is now called Taiwan.. |
| How to be a hero | Freddy visits his auntie and learns about a General. He tells her he would like to be a General and she tells him how to be stronger and greater than many Generals. |
| Being Ready | Do you have to be “called” in the morning, or do you wake up at the right time – a knock on the door, or a shake and the words: “Time to get up!” It is always good to be ready on time; ready for breakfast, ready for school, always ready in the morning? |
| Being a Living Epistle | The story is about an old man named Phocas, and he lived at a place called Sinope, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is a long time since Phocas lived, but his memory is so rich that he, “being dead, yet speaketh.” |
| The bravery of Stephen | A very brave Christian man was killed by wicked men many many years ago just because he was preaching and telling men and women, boys and girls, that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. |
| Peter Waldo | Peter Waldo, a rich young man, gave away his fortune to the poor following conviction that God would have him make this sacrifice. |
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| The Find | Old Simon while digging in a field finds an old pot and later finds an inscription written on it. |
| Importance of knowing the Whole Story | Know the“"whole story” of a person's life, or else we will always have a wrong idea about that person. |
| The Little Robin | Jesus said that even when a bird falls to the ground God knows all about it. |
| The Exchange | This story brings to our attention the greatest exchange ever made. |
| Karen's Lovely Stones | Without God, we are like pebbles taken out of water; our lives are dull and they are not worth living. But the Bible says that we are to “abide in Him”. |
| “In the Beginning God –” | These are the very first words that we read in the Bible, because in the beginning there was nothing except God. |
| A Ship Called Lorna | Here is a short true story to show the danger in taking a wrong path and despite others giving warnings continue heedlessly on. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof is death”. |
| Blind Joan Waste and her Faithfulness | Joan Waste was blind yet had a great love of God's Word, the Bible. We read of her remarkable story and what the price of loving her Bible would cost her. |
| The Missionary Collection | George hears the missionary speak about going to Africa to tell the people on that continent about Jesus Christ. We learn of George's gift and his reasoning behind the manner in which he gives his gift. |
| "The Gift" | Five little boys attend Sunday School and when asked put their collection into the Mission Box. Mrs Seaton considers the attitude of the boys as they put their pennies into the box. |
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“Who would true valour see” Mary Slessor in Duke Town. |
We learned of the courage of Mary Slessor in the last edition of the Wicket Gate. In this story Mary found living in Duke Town, which is in Africa. An African friend of Mary gives birth to twins and we learn the custom in that area was to kill the twins. Believing one had an evil spirit as its father. Here we see Mary's courage and trust in God once again. |
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“Who would true valour see” Mary Slessor and her desire to serve God. |
Mrs Seaton writes that the words from John Bunyan's hymn,“Who would true valour see” made her think often of the actions and courage, and bravery of many great missionaries who have gone off to far-off lands to preach about Jesus. One of these brave missionaries is Mary Slessor, who could be called “very courageous.” |
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David Brainerd Missionary to the Red Indians of North America |
David Brainerd protected by God brings the gospel message to the Indians of the Delaware River. God protected him and opened the way for him to tell the Indians in a strange manner. |
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Two Puzzles for Solving (one for the older children and one for the under seven's) |
Here are two challenging puzzles. One quiz is for the older boy or girl with a separate one for the younger reader. |
| Frances Crosby | Mrs Seaton introduces the Boys and Girls to Frances Crosby the blind hymnwriter. Through the words of another hymnwriter, Frances Ridley Havergal, we learn the source of Frances Crosby's courage and love. |
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| The Riddle | This story brings home how important it is for young people to find the Lord as their Saviour while they are young. Spurgeon answered a question and his answer was perplexing until you understand Spurgeon's thinking. |
| The Importance of Preparing | Mrs Seaton explains just how important it is to prepare. Christ will return and we must prepare for His return |
| The Boy with the Bad Memory | A story of a little boy called Johnny who had a bad memory and the trouble he got into because he forgot. |
| Charles and the Strange Visitor | Charles and the prophesy for his future from a visitor to his home. |
| Do you know what a Parable is? | What a parable is and the lessons from the parable of the two sons. |
| Sally and Her Basket | Sally takes a basket for her mummy to aunt Nell's |
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Miss Gladys Aylward Missionary to China |
Story of Gladys Aylward's calling as a Missionary to China. |
| The Gift of an Umbrella | Gift of an umbrella — but if the gift not used! |
| Try, Try, Try again! | Why we should try and try again. |
| The God who makes all things well | You can see God's goodness even in the leaves on the trees. |
| Big Ben and Big Tom | From London the story of Big Ben and Big Tom. |
| Nicodemus the Pharisee | Nicodemus the Pharisee meets Jesus and here we learn of the conversation between them. |
| The Children of the Chief | A chief is a leader, protector,saviour, guide. God is this and more to his people. |
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Francis Ridley Havergal Hymnwriter |
Francis Ridley Havergal, Hymnwriter. How her life was changed by William Cowper's words in a hymn, “My Father Made Them All”. |
| A Bible Search | Something different in this edition – A Bible Search |
| Waiting for a Son | A mother and father wait for their son to return home from the army on leave. |
| The Hymn Book | Misunderstanding about the reference to a H-I-M book. |
| Lesson from a Hotel Sign | Travelling from Scotland to England you will perhaps have seen a hotel which says – This is the first hotel in England. On your way back home you will came to the same hotel, but the sign that you will see this time will say – This is the last hotel in England. |
| The Race | Remember the last time you ran a race, it may have been in school, perhaps at the school sports on sports day. Today I want you to remember what it was like to run in that race. |
| Danny and the Chewing Gum Machine | Danny and the Chewing Gum Machine. A lesson to be learned about our desire for sin. |
| The Young Governor | Goha, the young Chinese governor gave his life for the people of Formosa. |
| Regina: prisoner of the Indians | Little girl called Regina taken prisoner by the indians in the French/British Canadian war. How the singing of a hymn identified her to her mother. |
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