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portions, as well as the most easy of the portions themselves.

"Shall fields be till'd with annual care,
And minds lie fallow ev'ry year?

Oh! since the crop depends on you,
Give them the culture which is due."

COTTON.

"No man e'er found a happy life by chance;
-An art it is, and must be learnt; and learnt
With unremitting effort, or be lost:

Wealth may seek us; but wisdom must be sought.”

YOUNG.

No. 1.]

ADDRESS TO CHILDREN.

[Monday.

'Early Piety will produce Early Happiness.'

Virtue pursue, the path is sweet,
Rich flowers spring beneath your feet;
Take sober reason for your guide,
Nor the advice of age deride:

For thus a blessing you'll secure,

Which will throughout your life endure,
If good you plant not, vice will fill your mind;
And weeds take up the space for flowers design'd.

No. 2.]

THE GOLDEN RULE.

[Tuesday.

'We should do, as we would be done by.'
THIS Golden lesson, short and plain,
Gives not the mind or mem'ry pain;
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.

To do to others as I would
That they should do to me,

Will make me honest, kind, and good,
As children ought to be.

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Whether I am at home, at school,
Or walking out abroad,
I never should forget this rule,
Of Jesus Christ our Lord.

No. 3.]

THE BIBLE.

[Wednesday.

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God."-2 Tim. iii. 16.

How shall a young immortal learn,
This great, this infinite concern ;
What my Almighty Maker is,

And what the way this God to please!
That sacred book, inspired by God,
In our own tongue is spread abroad:
That book may little children read,

And learn the knowledge which they need.

No. 4.]

[Thursday.

THE SUM OF OUR DUTY TO GOD AND MAN.

THIS is the sum of ev'ry part,

To love the Lord with all my heart,
With all my soul, with all my might,
And in his service to delight;

That I should love my neighbour too,
And what I wish from him, should do.
How short and sweet, how good and plain,
Easy to learn and to retain !

O may thy grace my soul renew,
And 'twill be sweet to practise too!

No. 5.]

IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH.

[Friday.

'Fraud in childhood will become knavery in manhood.'

THOSE children who a promise give,

Should always keep their word; And stories from their little mouths Never, never, should be heard.

For when a child a fib has told,
He cannot be believed;

Not even when the truth he speaks,
If once he has deceived.

No. 6.]

BROTHER AND SISTER.

[Saturday.

"PRAY take a bit of my plum-cake,

It is so very nice,

I'll spare you SISTER, more than that,
I have so large a slice."

"Do take some more," said little John,

"That bit's so very small!"

"Indeed" said Ann,

Unless I take it all."

'tis quite enough,

"Why, if you were to do so, Ann,

I'm sure I should not mind;

You're welcome to the whole," said John, "If to eat it you're inclined:

For children should be good, you know,
And kind to one another."

"I hope," said Ann, "we always shall
Be so, my dearest BROTHER.

No. 7.]

THE HOLY TRINITY.

[Sunday.

"There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.”1. Jno. 5. and 7.

THE Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

The Great ONE God ador'd by heavenly hosts;
For, though by diff'rent names they're known,
In all things they agree in ONE.

Further the theme we can't explore,
But only wonder and adore.

No. 8.)

YOUTH.

[Monday.

FRAGRANT the rose is, but it fades in time:
The violet sweet, but quickly past the prime;
White lilies hang their heads, and soon decay;
And whiter snow in minutes melt away:
Such and so with'ring are our early joys,
Which time, or sickness, speedily destroys.