V THE QUEEN-MOTHER'S COUNSEL A Thought* It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, Robert Louis Stevenson. Inscription for My Little Son's Silver Plate + : Nor turn them hungry from the door; And unto God, for health and food Give thou thy heart in gratitude. Eugene Field. * From "Poems and Ballads," copyright, 1895, 1896, by Chas. Scribner's Sons. From "The Book of Joyous Children," copyright, 1902, by Chas. Scribner's Sons. Praise God Praise God for wheat, so white and sweet, Of which to make our bread! Praise God for fish and flesh and fowl Praise God for every creature which Praise God for winter's store of ice, Praise God for all the bounty By which the world is fed! Praise God, ye children all, to whom He gives your daily bread! The Eyes of God Unknown. God watches o'er us all the day, Gabriel Setoun. Kindness to Animals Little children, never give Pain to things that feel and live: For the crumbs you save at home,— He'll repay you with a song; Peeping from her green grass lair, How Doth the Little Busy Bee How doth the little busy bee How skilfully she builds her cell! With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill, For Satan finds some mischief still In books, or work, or healthful play, That I may give for ev'ry day Some good account at last. Isaac Watts. Deeds of Kindness Suppose the little cowslip Should hang its golden cup, Would miss its fragrant smell! Suppose the glistening dewdrop Upon the grass should say, "What can a little dewdrop do? I'd better roll away." The blade on which it rested, Before the day was done, Suppose the little breezes, Should think themselves too small to cool And softest ones that blow, And think they made a great mistake, If they were talking so? How many deeds of kindness Although it has so little strength, And little wisdom too! It wants a loving spirit, Much more than strength, to prove How many things a child may do For others by its love. F. P. |