4. "Hark! I am going to strike now; one, two, three, four. There it is for you. How silly you look! You can say nothing."

5. The sun, at that moment, broke forth from behind a cloud, and showed, by the sun-dial, that the clock was half an hour behind the right time.

6. The boasting clock now held his tongue, and the dial only smiled at his folly.

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7. MORAL.—Humble modesty is more often Land right than a proud and boasting spirit.

LESSON XXIX.

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REMEMBER.

1. Remember, child, remember,
That God is in the sky;

That He looks down on all we do,
With an ever-wakeful eye.

2. Remember, oh remember,

That, all the day and night,
He sees our thoughts and actions
With an ever-watchful sight.

3. Remember, child, remember,
That God is good and true;
That He wishes us to always be
Like Him in all we do.

4. Remember that He ever hates
A falsehood or a lie;
Remember He will punish, too,
The wicked, by and by.

5. Remember, oh remember,
That He is like a friend,
And wishes us to holy be,
And happy, in the end.

6. Remember, child, remember,
To pray to Him in heaven;
And if you have been doing wrong,
Oh, ask to be forgiven.

7. Be

sorry, in your little prayer,

And whisper in his ear;

Ask his forgiveness and his love,

And He will surely hear.

8. Remember, child, remember,

That you love, with all your might,

The God who watches o'er us,
And gives us each delight;
Who guards us ever through the day,
And saves us in the night.

1. Robert and Henry were going home from school, when, on turning a corner, Robert cried out, "A fight! let us go and see!"

quietly

2. "No," said Henry; "let us treat home and not meddle with this quarrel. We

have nothing to do with it, and may get into mischief."

3. "You are a coward, and afraid to go,' said Robert, and off he ran. Henry went straight home, and in the afternoon went to school, as usual.

4. But Robert had told all the boys that Henry was a coward, and they laughed at him a great deal. imelintasi

5 Henry had learned, however, that true courage is shown most in bearing reproach when not deserved, and that he ought to be afraid of nothing but doing wrong.

6. A few days after, Robert was bathing with some school-mates, and got out of his dy depth. He struggled, and screamed for help, but all in vain.

7. The boys who had called Henry a coward, got out of the water as fast as they could, but they did not even try to help him.

8. Robert was fast sinking, when Henry threw off his clothes, and sprang into the water. He reached Robert just as he was sinking the last time.

9. By great effort, and with much danger to himself, he brought Robert to the shore, and thus saved his life.

10. Robert and his school-mates were ashamed, at having called Henry a coward. They owned that he had more courage than any of them.

11. Never be afraid to do good, but always fear to do evil.

1. "An eastern king," said Teddy's mother, "had been saved from some great danger.

To show his gratitude for deliverance, he vowed he would give to the poor the weight of his favorite elephant in silver."

2. "Oh! what a great quantity that would be," cried Lily, opening her eyes very wide. "But how could you weigh an elephant?"