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the sight of the bread! and you would have cried too! indeed, I dreamt of it, and cried at it in my sleep, I believe !"

11. "Well, go on, darling. I suppose you went into the house.'

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12. "Oh, yes; and there was such a scene! The mother, a fine looking woman, though so meanly dressed, was dragging from the bed to a chair a great big boy, bigger than I am, mamma, who seemed to have no use of his limbs, and so pale! and two little half-naked girls had seized the bread, and would hardly let their brother eat it, so eager were they to devour it.

13. That is he! that is the good young gentleman!' cried the little boy.

14. "Heaven bless you!' said the poor woman, tears trickling down her pale cheeks, while I could not speak; for I felt ashamed of such a fuss about threepence, you know; so I took out my shilling and two sixpences, and laid them on the table, and would have run away, but the woman caught hold of my coat, and said, 'No, generous boy! I will not take all the money, which, I dare say, was given to you to spend at the fair; take back sixpence at least! your friends may even then think that you have given away too much.'

15. "No, no;' cried I, half choked; but she persisted; and I could not, you know, mamma, tell her my papa and mamma were rich, could I?"

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16. "No; it would look like boasting.
17. "So I thought; therefore I took back

sixpence, knowing that I should tell you all about it, and that you would go or send and inquire into her wants; and so, followed by her blessings and her little boy's, I came away.

18. "But I did not go back into the fair, till I thought Alice would be uneasy at my absence, because I had no money remaining, except sixpence, and I did not like to own what I had done with the rest; so I took a walk round the fair, and a very pleasant walk it was; for though I was inclined to cry rather than to laugh, I felt very happy. Do you not understand me, mamma ?"

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19. "I do, I do!" she replied, clasping him to her breast. 'My dear boy, you have made me so happy! and your father will be so happy! and I was so anxious before! But tell me, did you not thank the Almighty, before you slept, for having directed you to do this kind action.”

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20. "Oh, yes, I did, again and again, mamma; but you will go and see these poor people,

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21. "Yes; I will go and see them; and you shall go with me, if your father can spare you.— Certainly I will; no doubt the mother has seen BETTER DAYS, or she would not have had the delicate consideration to return the sixpence.

22. "And now tell me, Edward, are you not quite as pleased, while recollecting what you did yesterday, as at the time of doing it?"

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23. "Oh! quite, mamma."

24. "My poor boy," she then said, addressing Henry, "how I pity your feelings when you compare your adventures at the fair with your brother's, and your recollections of them with his! What are you this morning? Pale, weak, sick, and spiritless! while he is alert, blooming, and happy!

25. "His pleasure of yesterday is as great a pleasure to-day! Yes, dear Edward, you also now know, from your own experience, what my observation meant; namely, that the only true pleasures are those which please on recollection."

LESSON X.

PRAISE TO GOD.

1. COME, let us praise God, for he is exceeding great; let us bless God, for he is very good.

2. He made all things; the sun to rule the day, the moon to shine by night.

3. He made the great whale, and the elephant; and the little worm that crawleth on the ground.

4. The little birds sing praises to God, when they warble sweetly in the green shade.

5. The brooks and rivers praise God, when they murmur melodiously among the smooth pebbles.

6. I will praise God with my voice; for I may praise him though I am but a little child. 7. A few years ago, and I was a little infant, and my tongue was dumb within my mouth: 8. And I did not know the great name of God, for my reason was not come unto me.

9. But now I can speak, and my tongue shall praise him; I can think of all his kindness, and heart shall love him.

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10. Let him call me, and I will come unto him; let him command, and I will obey him.

11. When I am older, I will praise him better; and I will never forget God so long as my life remaineth in me.

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1. COME, let us go forth into the fields, let us see how the flowers spring, let us listen to the warbling of the birds, and sport ourselves upon the new grass.

2. The winter is over and gone, the buds come out upon the trees, the crimson blossoms of the peach and the nectarine are seen, and the green leaves sprout.

3. The hedges are bordered with tufts of primroses, and yellow cowslips that hang down their heads; and the blue violet lies hid beneath the shade.

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