I once saw a very interesting sight on one of the crags of Ben Wrevis, a mountain in Scotland. Two parent eagles, who were teaching their two young ones to fly. They began by rising from the mountain in the eye of thesun, which was shining brightly, as it was about noon day. At first they made but small circles, while the young ones imitated them. The old birds paused on their wings till they had made their first flight, and then took a second and longer one, always rising towards the sun, and enlarging their circles of flight. The young birds following, seemed to fly better as they mounted, and continued to do so, till they became mere points in the air, and at last, with their parents were lost to our aching sight.-Salmonia.

Dear children, you may learn a useful lesson from this pretty story. Let it pus

you in mind to obey your parents, and to imitate them, as the eaglets did the old birds. Many of you are blessed with pious parents, who are trying to lead you by their advice and example, to another and a better country. They try to teach you the way to heaven; they tell you to fix your eyes on Jeuus the Sun of Righteousness; and looking to him, to forget the things of this world, and press forward to those mansions in the skies, which he has prepared for them that love him. Pray for grace to do So, and you shall have it. Wait upon the Lord, and that beautiful promise in the last verse of the 40th chapter of Isaiah, shall be made good to you. Then shall you every day draw nearer and nearer to God, till having passed through the clouds and storms of this sinful world, you and your dear parents shall be received into that blessed place where you shall dwell with God and Christ for ever. I shall at another time tell you something more of eagles, which I hope you will like.

ALIX

THE COTTAGE DOOR.

See the chickens round the gate,
For their morning portion wait;
Fill the basket from the store,
Open wide the cottage door;

Throw some crumbs and scatter seed,
Let the hungry chickens feed.
Call them-O how fast they run,
Gladly, quickly-every one:
See the hen, how kind and good
To her young and callow brood;
With what care their steps she leads

Not herself, but them she feeds;
Picking here and picking there,
Where the nicest portions are.
Throw some double handfuls out-
Now how fast they run about!
When she calls, they flock around,
Bustling all along the ground;
Till their active labours cease,
And at last they rest in peace.
Then the little tiny things
Nestle close beneath her wings,'
Where she keeps them safe and warm,
Free from fear and free from harm.

Now, my little child, attend---
In the LORD you have a friend,
Though unseen by mortal eye,
Dwelling far above the sky:
Faintly does that hen express
His kind care and tenderness ;]
As her little brood she guides,
Cherishes, and food provides,
So are you by day and night
In your heavenly Father's sight;
His protecting wings are spread
Over your defenceless head;
All the children of his care
In his tenderest pity share;
He in whom all goodness dwells
He whose love all love excels-
He your every want supplies,
And his mercy never dies.
May you by his love be taught
How to trust him as you ought!
And to him unceasing raise
Daily prayer and daily praise!

A. Foster, Printer, Kirkby Lonsdale.

IOTA.

THE GOOD SAMARITAN.

In the 10th chap. of St. John's Gospel and from the 30th to the 37th verse, we read the history our Lord related of "the good Samaritan." It is so plainly told, that any little boy or girl may understand it. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho lay through a desert where there were a great many robbers. Now this "certain man" is thought to have been a Jew; and after the robbers had taken off his clothes and wounded him, a Priest and a Levite saw him lying "half dead."

You know the Priest and the Levite were Jews too, and men instructed in

the law of God, and whose business it was to teach others. Therefore, one would have thought they might have taken some notice of this poor distressed creature. But no-the Priest "saw him" the Levite "came and looked on him" -but both "passed by on the other side.'

Not only the profession of the Priest and Levite should have led them to help the dying man; but his being a Jew, "one of their own nation," was a reason why they should have felt for him. We see the same selfish unfeeling hearts now, that there were in our Lord's time. Many poor creatures are left to perish in body and soul by those whose means and profession could give them help. My dears, did you never see a poor fellow-creature whom you could have helped, and "passed by" him because you wanted to spend your money on yourselves? If it has pleased God to give you parents and friends who have taught you to know him, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent," have you sought to teach your little companions these things?

But we must now return to the poor man and see who came by next. certain Samaritan." And how different was his conduct to that of the poor Jew's own countrymen! Perhaps you