At Church On Time By Henry Beer | Poem

At Church on Time

I like to be at church on time,
To join in doing and prayer,

And with the brethren of the Lord

The morning blessings share.

Our faith is a profession

And it requires zeal;

We do by prompt attendance

Our inner state reveal.

And many will rise early

Some earthly thing to gain,

For such they strive to be on time

Their object to attain.

The principals of business

To faith should be applied;

This value of true worship

Will evermore abide.

When children have a hunger,

You'll see each little face

Quite early at the table

In proper time and place.

And if we truly love the Lord,

And cherish things divine,

We'll gather there in one accord

And strive to be on time.

How oft our hearts are burdened!

For instant help we plead!

What if the Lord would come too late

And not regard our need?

And when He gathers to His side

His saints from every clime

Then when He says "Come unto Me"

I hope to be on time.

By Henry Beer

My Garden of Verse

Page 183

Sewing Report For November And December

 

My daughter had a birthday in December and my sewing projects revolved around her.

I made her two doll dresses and a skirt for her to wear.

The other sewing projects that I completed were the curtains for my kitchen cabinets. You already saw those, though.

I am ready for a new year with new projects!

I Made My Own Doll Dress Pattern Using An Antique Doll Dress

 

My daughter has an antique doll that she plays with. The dress fell apart a while ago. 

It used to have a lot of fancy details; tule, lace, an over skirt, ribbon, color, etc.

I used the dress that was in tatters to make a pattern for a new dress. 

The new dress fits. It's nothing fancy, but it will do!

It's nice to have a successful venture this time. :)

Envy By Henry Beer | Poem

 Envy

No, I will not envy
Others in their lot.

Blest are some with riches,

Blest, who have it not.

Envy is an evil,

Envy leads to sin.

Guard thy soul and conscience,

Lest it enter in.

Satan uses envy,

And, with canning art.

Makes the soul to covet,

Fills with greed the heart.

Envy not men's riches,

Talents, honor, fame;

These can only profit

Used in Jesus' name.

Are you prone to covet

What your friends possess?

Covet the true riches,

Jesus' righteousness.

Avarice and envy,

Coveting, combined-

Weapons of destruction

Satan has designed.

By Henry Beer

My Garden of Verse

Page 180

Oil Lamps

 I have been getting to use my oil lamps since moving. 

I am glad to finally be able to use them. 

I have a pair of oil lamps that used to be my grandma's.

In our old house there weren't any surfaces that I felt safe about setting a flaming light.

So, I had to store my lamps for a while.

I didn't know that light level can be adjusted so much. 

They can be turned down dim or turned up quite bright.

I have used my oil lamps while sorting laundry and doing dishes.

 The light is so old fashioned and homey. I love it!

Do you have any opportunities to use oil lamps?

My New Kitchen!

We moved! The house we moved into is a little bit of a project. The kitchen had been gutted prior to us moving to the house. Mr. In the Mid-west rigged up a sturdy little kitchen for me. It has a nice large section of counter top, a refrigerator, oven and sink. He salvaged one upper cabinet for me and built rugged shelves under the counter top. The whole thing is very robust and functional.

I decided to make some curtains in lieu of cabinet doors. I went shopping in my fabric stash and found two kitchen-ish fabrics. I didn't have enough of either one to make all the curtains out of the same fabric. I had to use both and I like them both, so, I am happy! 

After hemming my curtain panels I installed snaps on the corners. I screwed the mate snap pieces into the wood. I had to rummage around in a junk box for screws. I was able to find screws that worked perfectly and all matched!

Before I could get all the curtains put up, disaster struck. My two year old pulled down on the top of the curtain and the snap ripped right off of the fabric. I was so devastated!

At first I thought, "This is why I can't have anything nice." And I had a good deal of self-pity. Then it dawned on me that instead of framing this problem like: this goes to show that children tear up everything, I could frame it like: this goes to show that I should have reenforced the fabric with a couple layers using snaps of that style.

And, the latter is a fact. These types of snaps need a heavier fabric or lighter material needs to be enforced. Before the day was over several more of the snaps had ripped through the fabric just in normal use. 

I could kick myself! Why didn't I know better? 

I thought using snaps would be brilliant and I hate giving up on the idea. Mr. In The Midwest suggested using Velcro and I think that it will work better with my fabric. I will be patching the holes in the curtains that I have made. Then I will see what I can do to attach Velcro.