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THE LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL.

The other anecdote I have to relate is of a little girl who lived in the same place. -I must here tell you that the hamlet I am speaking of is a very destitute place. There is no church, no clergyman, no school; for it belongs to a distant parish, and the church is so far off that the people can scarcely get to church, especially in winter; when a winter flood separates the hamlet which is in the uplands, from the town to which it belongs. A kind lady pitying the state of these poor people, and especially the children, established a little school for their benefit; but in order that she might attend better to it herself, she fixed it in the village near her own home, which is a mile distant from the hamlet I am speaking of. The little girl whose name is Mary, and who was at this time between six and seven years old, was very fond of her school, and so eager was she to go, that nothing could keep her away. The winter which was a very wet season this year, had begun and the beds of the winter torrents which in summer were quite dry, were again filled with streams of water, which could only be passed by steppingstones here and there. You may believe it was hard work for the little girls to get along, still little Mary would go. One day it was raining very hard; her mother said to her, "my dear Mary I think you cannot go today:""oh, mother, never fear, (replied the little girl, we are not sugar or salt, we shall not be washed away.' So she cheerfully set out, and was mercifully preserved from danger, for no hurt befel her in going to or returning from the school. Her mother told the lady to whose school she went, that

when her little girls came back from school, their shoes were so glued to their feet with the mud they passed through, that she was obliged to scrape it off before she could get the shoes off their feet; she then washed and dried their stockings, that they might be ready for the next morning, and this she did every day. As I fear many little girls keep away from school, and are kept away by their parents by much smaller hindrances than little Mary's, I hope her example may be useful to some of them. Yours,

Y.

THE DAISY.

Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep,
Need we to prove that God is here;
The daisy, fresh from winter's sleep,
Tells of his hand, in lines as clear.
For who but he, who arched the skies
And pours the day spring's living flood,
Wondrous alike in all he tries,

Could form the daisy's purple bud;
Mould its geeen cup, its wiry stem,
And cut the gold embossed gem,
And fling it, unrestrained and free,
O'er hill, and dale, and desert sod,
That man where'er he walks, may see
In every step the stamp of God?

J. M. GOOD.

JEREMIAH ix. 23, 24.

O let not man, however wise,
Or learned he may be,
The simple-minded soul despise,
Of less repute than He.

O let not man, whate'er his might,
In his own strength confide;
Or make his prowess in the fight,
The fuel to his pride.

Nor let the man of riches boast,
Though heaps of treasured store
Are his from many a distant coast,
And many a foreign shore.

To know thy name, thyself to know,
Thou God of truth and love,
Is all man's glory here below,
And happiness above:

In thy most holy light to trace,
How thou, in righteousness,
In loving kindness and in grace,
Dost take delight to bless :

This knowledge shall the soul sustain,
When earth shall pass away;
And prove its wisdom, power, gain,
In heaven's eternal day.

The glory that on man is found,
Must all reflected be;

No glory can the soul surround,
But what proceeds from THEE.

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WONDERS OF CREATION.

I sing the power of the LORD,
Almighty is his name:

He spake creation at his word,
Into existence came.

He built the heavens with his hand,
And earth's foundations laid;
The sea rushed forth at his command,
And at his bidding-staid.

When all the deep was wrapped in night
And darkness reigned alone;
Thus said the Lord, "Let there be light,"
And light all lovely shone.

Those glowing fires which beam afar,
And shine by night and day;
Sun, moon, and every glittering star,
He placed them in array.

Nor moves alone God's mighty power,
Where orbs unnumbered roll;
For every day and every hour,
He works within my soul.

He formed my body from the dust,]
And gave me life and breath;
And his Almighty arm I trust,
To save my soul from death.

O may he be my guide and guard,
While in the world I stay;

And my exceeding great reward,
When life has passed away.

A. Foster, Printer Kirkby Lonsdale.

IOTA.

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ELIJAH RAISING THE WIDOW'S SON.

In the days of wicked King Ahab, God sent the Prophet Elijah to tell him, that there should be neither dew nor rain for three years. Of course you know that when the ground is not moistened, the flowers, fruit, grass and trees are all burnt up. And if there is no rain, the brooks and rivers dry up; and then there is a famine both of bread and water. Now this was the case in Elijah's days; and he was ordered by God to go and dwell with a poor widow woman who lived in Zidon. God also said he would put it into her heart to receive Elijah.

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