4. The young goslings are running upon the green, they are just hatched, their bodies are covered with green and yellow down; the old ones hiss with anger if any one comes near.

5. The hen sits upon her nest of straw, she watches patiently the full time, then the young chickens come out.

6. The lambs just dropt are in the field, they totter by the side of their dams, their young limbs. can hardly support their weight.

7. If you fall, little lambs, you will not be hurt; there is spread under you a carpet of soft grass; it is spread on purpose to receive you. 8. The butterflies flutter from bush to bush, open their wings to the warm sun.

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9. The young animals of every kind are sporting about, they feel themselves happy, they are glad to be alive, they thank him that has made them alive.

10. They may thank him in their hearts; but we can thank him with our tongues; we can praise him better than they.

11. The birds can warble, and the young lambs can bleat; but we can open our lips in his praise, we can speak of all his goodness.

12. Therefore we will thank him for ourselves, and we will thank him for those that cannot speak.

13. Trees that blossom, and little lambs that skip about, if you could, you would say how good he is; but you are dumb, we will say it for you.

14. We will not offer you in sacrifice, but we will offer sacrifice for you, on every hill and in every green field, we will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and the incense of praise.

LESSON XII.

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

1. BEHOLD the shepherd of the flock; he taketh care for his sheep, he leadeth them among clear brooks, he guideth them to fresh pasture; if the young lambs are weary, he carrieth them in his arms; if they wander, he bringeth them back.

2. But who is the shepherd's Shepherd? who taketh care for him? who guideth him in the path he should go? and, if he wander, who shall bring him back?

3. God is the shepherd's Shepherd. He is the Shepherd over all; he taketh care for all; the whole earth is his fold; we are all his flock; and every herb, and every green field is the pasture which he hath prepared for us.

4. The mother loveth her little child; she bringeth it up on her knees; she nourisheth its body with food; she feedeth its mind with knowledge if it is sick, she nurseth it with tender love; she watcheth over it when asleep; she forgetteth it not for a moment; she teacheth it

how to be good; she rejoiceth daily in its growth.

5. But who is the Parent of the mother? who nourisheth her with good things, and watcheth over her with tender love, and remembereth her every moment? Whose arms are about her to guard her from harm? and if she is sick, who shall heal her?

6. God is the Parent of the mother; he is the Parent of all, for he created all. All the men, and all the women, who are alive in the wide world, are his children; he loveth all, he is good to all.

7. The king governeth his people; he hath a golden crown upon his head, and the royal sceptre is in his hand; he sitteth upon a throne, and sendeth forth his commands; his subjects fear before him; if they do well, he protecteth them from danger; and if they do evil, he punisheth them.

8. But who is the Sovereign of the king? who commandeth him what he must do? whose hand is reached out to protect him from danger? and if he doeth evil, who shall punish him?

9. God is the Sovereign of the king; his crown is of rays of light, and his throne is amongst the stars. He is King of kings, and Lord of lords if he biddeth us live, we live; and if he biddeth us die, we die: his dominion is over all worlds, and the light of his countenance upon all his works.

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10. God is our Shepherd, therefore we will follow him; God is our Father, therefore we will love him; God is our King, therefore we will obey him.

LESSON XIII.

GOD IS MORE EXCELLENT THAN HIS CREATURES.

1. COME, and I will show you what is beautiful. It is a rose fully blown. See how she sits upon her mossy stem, like the queen of all the flowers! her leaves glow like fire; the air is filled with her sweet odour! she is the delight of every eye.

2. She is beautiful, but there is a fairer than. she. He that made the rose is more beautiful than the rose; he is all lovely; he is the delight of every heart.

3. I will show you what is strong. The lion is strong; when he raiseth up himself from his lair, when he shaketh his mane, when the voice of his roaring is heard, the cattle of the field fly, and the wild beasts of the desert hide themselves, for he is very terrible.

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4. The lion is strong, but he that made the lion is stronger than he his anger is terrible; he could make us die in a moment, and no one could save us out of his hand.

5. I will show you what is glorious. The sun is glorious. When he shineth in the clear sky,

when he sitteth on the bright throne in the heavens, and looketh abroad over all the earth, he is the most excellent and glorious creature the eye can behold.

6. The sun is glorious, but he that made the sun is more glorious than he. The eye beholdeth him not, for his brightness is more dazzling than we could bear. He seeth in all dark places; by night as well as by day; and the light of his countenance is over all his works.

7. Who is this great name, and what is he called, that my lips may praise him? 8. This great name is GOD. He made all things, but he is himself more excellent than all which he hath made: they are beautiful, but he is beauty; they are strong, but he is strength; they are perfect, but he is perfection.

LESSON XIV.

LITTLE FLORA.

1. LITTLE Florà had been four years with her benefactress, to whom, by her good qualities, she became daily more estimable, when, one morning, to gratify her for her docility and application to learning, Mrs. Friendly made her a present of six shillings to purchase a doll.

2. Delighted with the present, and accompanied by Mrs. Friendly's woman, she set off to