per, your words, and your conduct through the day: so that when you bring yourselves to account, as in the presence of your Judge, the next evening, you may feel nothing to condemn you for doing wrong.

This fear of the Lord, and a watchful care in all things to try to please him, will induce you to be dutiful and kind to your parents, brothers and sisters; gentle, affable and obliging to all persons; and careful to give no just occasion of offence to any.

It will greatly tend to help you to govern your tempers so as not soon to be angry; and will keep you from giving way to strife, ill-will, envy and malice, as also from speaking evil of others.

You will see the beauty and propriety of always speaking the truth, on every occasion; and thus be preserved from ever telling a falsehood, even in jest ;-as knowing that God is ever present to take account of all words and ways; for which he will surely bring you into judgment.

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When you are at school, you will see it right to be diligent at your studies; and endeavour to improve in every branch of learning that is assigned you. Let your conduct and behaviour at school, and in going to and returning therefrom, be such as becomes children who wish to stand approved by their parents and teachers, and also in the sight of their heavenly Father.

The fear and the love of God will teach you to feel love and good-will towards all people; and also a care not wantonly to torture, or abuse, or give pain to dumb animals. Mercy, gentleness and kindness are qualities that are wellpleasing to God and good men, and they lead to pity the helpless, the poor, and the afflicted, as well as to relieve their sufferings. Hence it is said, "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."

The love of God and of one another will induce a due and proper attendance on divine worship; and a quiet, humble, and reverent conduct while there, so as not to interrupt or disturb the attention of others: nor will any lightness of behaviour be indulged, either in the meeting, or in going to or returning therefrom.

If at any time, through unwatchfulness or otherwise, you should commit a fault, or offend any person, be willing frankly and fully to confess and acknowledge it; and thus seek forgiveness, and make all the amends in your power.

At evening, when you retire to rest, reflect calmly and particularly before you close your eyes for sleep, how, and in what manner and disposition you have spent the preceding day. If on a careful review of your conduct, your words and your actions, as in the fear and presence of the Lord, you find any thing has been said or done by you that gives you pain or uneasiness of mind, endeavour by sorrow and repentance to seek forgiveness of your heavenly Father; and resolve, with the assistance of his grace, to do so no more.

But if, on close examination, you should find nothing has been said or done amiss by you, and that you have fulfilled your duties to the best of your knowledge and ability, so that you can feel innocence and peace of mind in the review of your conduct,-then let an humble acknowledgment, with gratitude and thankfulness, arise in your hearts to the great Preserver of men, for his goodness towards you in thus keeping you from evil. You may then resign yourselves calmly to sleep, in the hope of his continued protection and bless'ng.

It is said "Short settlements make long friends." If you thus adopt a habit in early life of maintaining a watchful care over your words and conduct, and every evening bring yourselves to account for the manner of spending the past day, you will be likely to become wise in heavenly wisdom, and

the right improvement of your time; and will also gain the favour of Heaven, with a peaceful conscience.

In the days of youth, when going to school, or otherwise pursuing your studies, it is a good practice, every evening to look over the affairs and business of the day past, in order to see what you have learned;-what valuable knowledge you have gained; what advances you have made in your studies; and what improvement in life and conduct.

It is also sometimes useful to keep a diary, or commonplace book; in which may be written such notes or memorandums of occurrences and events, of progress or defects, as may stimulate to more watchfulness and diligence, in rightly filling up the passing moments of life.

Thus in every place, and in all stages and conditions of life, the reflecting mind may improve; and every day people may grow wiser and better, by taking heed to their ways and endeavouring to live as well as they know how. By such a course of conscious rectitude, gratitude, and love to God,-when the period of life arrives, death will be no terror, for heaven is the hope of the righteous.

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APPENDIX.

QUESTIONS FOR EXERCISE.

LESSON 1. How is the way to become happy? In what length of time does the earth turn round on its axis? Of what is glass made? How long does it take for the moon to go round the earth?

2. How many perches in an acre of ground? How many seconda make a minute? How many minutes in an hour? How far does sound fly in a second of time? How far is the moon from the earth

3. What things are dangerous for children to play with? How far is the sun from the earth? What occasions an eclipse of the sun? When does it happen? What is the cause of an eclipse of the moon? When does it happen? What article is the greater part of people in the world clothed with? Why are barley and oats called springgrain ?

4. Who are our best friends? What forms the rainbow? How many colours in it? What are the colours of the rainbow? How many stars may be seen at a time? Why are some called fixed stars?

5. When are barley and oats sowed? How long before they are ready for harvest? Why are wheat and rye called winter-grain ? What is mutton? veal? venison? beef?

6. What is a fluid? How much lighter than water is common air? What is a solid body? Is the earth a solid body? What is parchment made of? How is it made?

7. What is a globe? What is the middle of it called? What is the surface of any thing? Is the earth a globe? What other bodies? What is the diameter of a globe? Is the axis and diameter the same? How long is the diameter of the earth? What is the length of its circumference? Define circumference. How long is the earth in turning round on its axis?

8. What is twilight? How long is the earth in going round the sun? How far is the sun from us? How long is light in passing from the sun to the earth? How many miles do the rays of light fly in a minute?

9. What is a solar day? How many hours make a solar day? When does the solar day begin? and end? In almanacs, what part of a day is called morning? and which hours, evening? What is the 197

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definition of metals? What are ores? What is a mine? What is a century? In what century are we now? In what century were clocks and watches invented?

10. What is a wigwam? Of what is it made? How do pineapples grow? Why are they called pine-apples? Where are they cultivated? What is a factory? A manufactory? How long since printing was invented? Were there no books before printing was invented? How were they made?

11. What is a magnet, or loadstone? Where found? How many species of insects do naturalists reckon? What is gum Arabic ? Where does it come from? How many people in Asia live upon rice? In what other part of the world do people live on rice. Name the four quarters of the world. Of what is the nervous system composed? What is a library?

12. How far does light fly in a second of time? What is the science called optics? What is thunder? What is the reason of its long rumbling? When is lightning very near? When farther off? Which are carniverous animals? How do they seize their prey? Of what is the windpipe composed?

13. What are the solid joys of mankind? Are knowledge and wisdom the same?

14. What occurs with insects on a warm summer evening? On what do bats feed? How do they catch them?

15. In cities, what are houses built of? Of what, in villages and country places? What is scantling? What is a cabin? With what are they covered? What is a thermometer? With what is the bulb filled? Does it expand with heat? What follows? Does it contract with cold? What follows? What is the use of the scale of degrees? 16. How do the Indians bring up their children? What is Mason and Dixon's line?

was it settled?

Why so called? Where situated? In what year

17. What is the character of a candid person? What is placed in the human mind, to show us what is good and right?

PAGE 28. What is a mirror? How many kinds of mirrors are there? What are they called? What is a plane mirror? What is the silvering of looking-glasses made of? What is tinfoil? How are the tinfoil and quicksilver fastened on the glass? What is a convex mirror? What a concave?

29. What about fishes? What is the use of their gills? On what do fishes feed? What is the use of their fins and tails? What about the eyes of fishes? What are their eggs called? How many eggs has a cod fish? How many a mackerel ? Do all these produce fishes? What becomes of them?

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30. For what is the pine-tree valuable? What are tides? what are they attributed? How often do they flow? What causes the rainbow? What is a field cricket? How does it make a noise?