Bo thought the priests looked much pleased when the people shouted, “’Tis a miracle!” Soon the priests went into the temple. They didn’t think any one would dare go inside the circle. Now it happened that the tall man who stood next to Bo no longer believed that idols were gods. “The priests are trying to cheat us,” thought he. “A rival temple is the favorite, where most money is given. The priests of this temple are poor. They have made up this miracle in order to draw more offerings here.” So this wise man said to a friend near, “Let us make this god grow faster.” The other agreed. They went boldly forward and took hold of the idol. Bo heard people say, “They will surely fall down dead.” But no; the god came up quickly—head, hands, body—all complete. Still the two brave men stood unharmed and actually laughing. They cried out, “The priests have fooled us; come and see for yourselves!” Then, pell-mell, pushing and tumbling over each other, all rushed to the spot. What do you think they saw? A great pit full of soaked peas. The priests knew that peas grow larger when left in water; so they filled the pit with peas, poured on water, placed the idol on top, and covered it lightly with soil. By-and-bye, when the peas had begun to swell, the idol was pushed through the ground. The people were very angry. They nearly killed the priests, whom they found feasting in the temple. After one long look backward, Bo trudged home in disgust. He could never again believe in their priests. That evening Bo told Nare his decision: “We’ll not be afraid of make-believe gods any more. We must pray to the great Father who lives up in the sky.”—_Selected._ Results of a One-Cent Investment in One of Our Country Sunday Schools At a Sunday School missionary meeting, the Superintendent received a number of letters from the scholars, giving an account of how they had traded with a cent which had been given them a year ago. It is needless to say that this was by no means the least attractive part of the programme. The following are some of the letters as received, in which we have made no corrections:— “I bought a cent’s worth of radish seed and sowed them in a plot of ground which my Mother gave me. I tended to them with care and sold them at 5 cts. a dozen. I sold 12 dozen and made 60 cts.” “Two years ago I took a cent to see how much I could make for missions. One year ago I took another cent. I spent them both and gained nothing with them. You can’t speculate much with a cent. A lady wanted me to do some work for her and said she would pay me, so I got $1.15 for last year, but didn’t get it in time for the meeting, and this year I have added 35 cts. more. Total amount, $1.50.” “Bot lead pencils at wholesale and sold them out retail, with the proceeds bot some sugar and made taffy and sold it for missionaries, making in all, 58 cts.”