Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
MRS. LESLIE'S
BIBLE PEARLS.
The Pearl of Charity:
OR,
THE CHAIN AND SEALS.
BY MRS. MADELINE LESLIE.
"Above all things put on charity, which is the bond of
perfectness." COL. 3:14.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY A. F. GRAVES,
20 CORNHILL.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
REV. A. R. BAKER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.
MRS. LESLIE'S
BIBLE PEARLS.
Series for Boys.
VOL. I. THE PEARL OF LOVE.
VOL. II. THE PEARL OF CHARITY.
VOL. III. THE PEARL OF OBEDIENCE.
VOL. IV. THE PEARL OF PENITENCE.
VOL. V. THE PEARL OF HOPE.
VOL. VI. THE PEARL OF PATIENCE.
MRS. LESLIE'S
BIBLE PEARLS.
Series for Girls.
VOL. I. THE PEARL OF FAITH.
VOL. II. THE PEARL OF DILIGENCE.
VOL. III. THE PEARL OF MEEKNESS.
VOL. IV. THE PEARL OF FORGIVENESS.
VOL. V. THE PEARL OF CONTENTMENT.
VOL. VI. THE PEARL OF PEACE.
To
FRANK RANDALL, RUTH, MAY, RANDOLPH MORGAN,
AND JAMES WALDINGFIELD,
CHILDREN OF
D. F. APPLETON, ESQ., NEW YORK,
THESE "BIBLE PEARLS" ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VI. THE TEACHER'S WARNING
CHAPTER VIII. THE CHAIN RESTORED
CHAPTER IX. THE CHARITY CIRCLE
The Pearl of Charity.
CHAPTER I.
ORFORD BOYS.
"WHAT are you looking for, Frank?" called out Lionel Trask to hisschool companion.
"I thought I dropped my slate-pencil," answered Frank, hesitating andgrowing very red.
"Looking for a slate-pencil in that high grass! That's a good joke!Come on, now; I'm going to the Common for a game of base ball."
"I wish I could," muttered Frank, speaking to himself, "but I can't,no," he added, in a louder voice. "I haven't the time." And away he ranwithout giving himself opportunity to be tempted.
"Hurrah, boys! That's cool,"