8. His soul shall live secure on earth,
With secret blessings on his head,
When drought, and pestilence, and dearth,
Around him multiply their dead.
Or if he languish on his couch,
God will pronounce his sins forgiv'n,
Will save him with a healing touch,
Or take his willing soul to heav'n.

Chapter XXXIX. Thirty-ninth.

CHARITY COVERETH A MULTITUDE OF SINS.

1. Blessed is the man that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be blessed upon the earthand Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

2. There is Faith, Hope, and Charity; but the greatest of these is CHARITY.The poor man cried, and the Lord heard him; yea, and delivered him-Cast thy bread upon the waters, thou shalt find it after many days--If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread-He that. oppresseth the poor, he also shall cry himself and not be heard.

3. Give of your portion to the poor,
As riches do arise;

And from the needy naked soul,
Turn not away your eyes-
God hath given you increase,
And blessed well your store ;
Remember you are put in trust,

And should relieve the poor,

1. The God of glory sends his summons forth,
Calls the south nations, and awakes the north:
From east to west the sovereign orders spread,
Through distant worlds and regions of the dead:
The trumpet sounds; hell trembles-heaven rejoices:
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.

2. No more shall atheists mock his long delay:
His vengeance sleeps no more-behold the day!
Behold, the JUDGE descends! His guards are nigh;
Tempests and fire attend him down the sky :-
When God appears, all nature shall adore him;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him.

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3. Then shall the KING say unto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto

me.

4. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? Or thirsty and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?

5. And the King shall answer, and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have Jone it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

6. Then shall he say also unto them on the efe hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlastng fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was ą stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

7. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

3. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.

DESCRIPTION OF A GOOD BOY

1. A good Boy is dutiful to his father and mother, obedient to his master, and loving to all his play-fellows and is diligent in learning his book, and takes a pleasure in improving himself in every thing that is worthy of praise.

2. He rises early in the morning, makes himself clean and decent, and says his prayers. If he has done a fault, he confesses it, and is sorry for it; and scorns to tell a lie, though he might by that means conceal it.

He

3. He loves to hear good advice, is thankful to those that give it him, and always follows it. never swears, nor calls names, nor uses any ill words to his companions. He is never peevish and fretful, but always cheerful and good humoured.

4. He scorns to steal or pilfer any thing from his play-fellows; and would rather suffer wrong, than do wrong to any of them. He is always ready to answer when he is asked a question, to do

what he is bid, and to mind what is said to him. He is not a wrangler, nor quarrelsome, and keeps himself out of all kinds of mischief which other boys run into.

5. By this means he becomes, as he grows up, a man of sense and virtue; he is beloved and respected by all that know him; he lives in the world with credit and reputation, and when he dies, is lamented by all his acquaintance.

DESCRIPTION OF A BAD BOY.

6. A bad Boy is undutiful to his father and mother, disobedient and stubborn to his master, and ill-natured to all his play-fellows. He hates his book, and takes no pleasure in improving himself in any thing. He is sleepy and slothful in the morning, too idle to clean himself, and too wicked to say his prayers,

He

7. He is always in mischief, and when he has done a fault, will tell twenty lies in hopes to clear himself, which is only making bad worse. hates that any body should give him good advice, and when they are out of sight, will laugh at them. He swears and wrangles, and quarrels with his companions, and is always in some dispute or other.

8. He will steal whatsoever comes in his way; and if he is not catched, thinks it no crime, not considering that God sees whatsoever he does. He is frequently out of humour, and sullen, and obstinate, so that he will neither do what he is bid, nor answer any question that is asked him.

9. In short, he neglects every thing that he should learn, and minds nothing but play or mischief; by which means he becomes, as he grows up, a confirmed blockhead, incapable of any thing but wickedness, or folly, despised by all men of sense and virtue, and generally dies a beggar,

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Chapter XLI. Forty-first.

The boy that went to the Wood to look for Birds' Nests, when he should have gone to School.

1. When Jack got up, and put on his clothes, he thought if he could get to the wood, he should be quite well; for the poor fool thought more of a bird-nest than he did of his book, that would make him wise and great.

2. When he came there, he could find no nests but one, that was on the top of a tree, and with much ado he gets up to it, and robs it of its eggs. Then he tries to get down, but a branch of the tree found a hole in the skirt of his coat, and held him fast.

3. At this time, he would have been glad to have been at school; for the bird, in a rage at the loss of her eggs, flew at him and was like to pick out his eyes. Now it was that the sight of a man at the foot of the tree gave him more joy than all the nests in the wood.

4. This man was so kind as to chase away the bird, and help him out of the tree; and from that time forth, he would not loiter from school,' and had the praise and good will of all that knew him.

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Chapter XLII. Forty-second.

ADVANTAGE OF LEARNING TO READ.

1. The knowledge of letters, saith Dr. Watts, is the greatest blessing that God ever bestowed upon man. By this means we preserve, for our own use, through all our lives, what our memory would have lost in a few days; and lay up a rich treasure of knowledge for those that come after us.

2. By the art of reading and writing we can sit at home, and acquaint ourselves with what is