gious truth whilst they have time and opportunity: the earlier the better. And they should try to learn the truth, not only for the sake of gaining knowledge, but for the sake of obeying the will of God. We are to study the word of God, that we may know what God has done for us, that we may seek to shew our gratitude by doing what he commands us. We are to learn our duty, that we may try to do it. know those things, happy are ye

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Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."-1 Cor. ii. 9.

"Thou wilt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is fulness of joy, at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore." -Psalm xvi. 11.

"The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." Matt. xiii. 43.

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They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and

they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."-Dan. xii. 3.

"The sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us." Rom. viii. 18.

"The things which are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal."-2 Cor. iv. 17.

"Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, from the foundation of the world."Matt. xxv. 34.

"God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."-1 Thess. v. 9.

"If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death."-John viii. 51.

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them."-Rev. xiv. 13.

"The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his oice, and shall come forth: they that ave done good, unto the resurrection f life; and they that have done evil,

unto the resurrection of damnation.”, John v. 28, 29.

"I am the resurrection and the life, (saith the Lord;) he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live.”—John xi. 25.

THE CREATION.

CHILD.

WHO made the ground on which I stand, And sun, that shines above my head? From whose large store and bounteous

hand

Do men receive their daily bread?

PARENT.

'Tis God, my child, who doth provide The blessings which around thee flow. That man with bread may be supplied, God makes the fruitful corn to grow. He made the earth in time of old;

By him ourselves were made, and live; The heavens, and all, thou dost behold, Their being from his power derive. The earth was void, and hid in night. God's voice was in the darkness heard ; "Let there be light," he said; and light Came forth obedient to his word. He took the waters from the land; The land called earth, the water sea, The earth brought forth, at his command Green herb and flower and stately tre

He made the sun and moon arise,
Mark day and night, and rule the year;
With hosts of stars he fill'd the skies,
Each circling in its separate sphere.

The waters next his power display'd,
Teeming with swarms of living things;
And fowis, in plumage bright array'd,
Uprose in air, on fluttering wings.

Again Earth heard her Maker's call, And quicken'd with a various brood, Beasts of all kinds, and insects small, Each turning towards its proper food.

Man, lord of all th' Almighty framed,
With reason and with speech endued ;
Bird, beast, and creeping thing, he named,
As passing, each, in turn, he viewed.

Man, man alone, above the ground,
Is privileged his thoughts to raise,
To scan the whole creation round,

To know his God and give him praise.

Then do not thou, my child, neglect
To bless his name and do his will;
For so thy youth he shall protect,
And keep thee in thy age from ill.

His gracious promise is declared
To all, who shall his will obey;
punishment bath, he prepared
or those who walk not in his way.

THE Idle Apprentice after a long sea voyage returns home again to London. He was too idle to like a sea life,--and we may be sure besides that his wicke

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