Not for my pleasure and my play,
Will I forget the Sabbath day.
6. O write upon my memory, Lord,
The text, and doctrines of thy word;
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love Thee better than before.

7. With thoughts on heaven and things divine,
O fill this tender heart of mine:
That when at home, or when abroad,
I still may think on Thee my God.

LESSON VIII. EIGHTH.

1. God is in heaven and we are on earth: As the heavens are high above the earth, so are his ways aboye our ways. He giveth light to the sun, and maketh the moon to rise: He toucheth the stars with his finger, and they run their course with gladness.

2. God made the world, and all things that are in the world: He makes us all, and takes care of us, both when we are asleep, and when we are awake: When we go out, he knows all that we do; and when we come in, no door can hide us from him.

3. Almighty God, thy piercing eye

Strikes through the shades of night;
And our most secret actions lie
All open to thy sight.

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4. There's not a sin that we commit;
Nor wicked word we say;
But in thy dreadful book 'tis writ,
Against the judgment day.

5. O God! may I for ever fear,
T' indulge a sinful thought;
Since the great Judge will see and hear,
And write down every fault.

LESSON IX. NINTH.

1. How bright the sun is! Can you look at the sun? It will dazzle your eyes. Eagles can look at the sun. If you smoke a piece of glass, and look at the sun through that, it will not dazzle your eyes.

2. When the sun is down the birds will go to sleep, and little boys should go to bed; and when the sun rises the birds will wake up and sing: the eagle will soar up into the sky to gaze at the sun, and the owl will hide from the light.

3. How beautiful is the sun when it rises! It shines on the tops of houses and steeples, and they look as though they were gilded with gold... Did you ever see the sun rise? If you will get up early you may see it rise. The sun is called Phoebus. 4. Bright Phoebus will rise in the morn,

And burnish the steeples with gold;

Then the huntsman will sound the sweet horn,
And the sheep will be loos'd froin the fold.

When Phoebus sinks down in the west,
The shepherd takes care of his sheep;
The birds all retire to their rest,

And good little boys go to sleep.

5. The sun is a great fire which makes the world warm. It is a great lamp placed in the sky to give us light. If the sun did not rise, it would be always dark. If the sun should forget to rise, how wretched should we be!

6. Do you know who made the sun? Yes: God made the sun, and he makes it to rise every day. God is very good to make the sun rise for us: He never forgets us one day: and we should never forget him.

7. Remember thy Creator now, in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them."-While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

LESSON X. TENTH.

1. Do you know who makes it rain? I will tell you: God makes it rain. Do you see that dark cloud rising in the west? That cloud will bring thunder and light

ning and rain. You need not be afraid; God makes it thunder; and he will not let it hurt you if you are good.

2. If it did not rain the grass would not grow, and then the cows would give us no milk. Cows eat grass and that makes them give milk. Milk, you know, is good for little boys. Bread and milk are good; and so are mush and milk.

3. If it did not rain the wheat would not grow: and then we should have no bread. The farmer carries wheat to mill; the miller grinds it into flour; and then the baker makes bread of it, and biscuit too.

4. If it did not rain the trees would not grow; pears grow on trees; peaches grow on trees; cherries grow on trees, and apples grow on trees; if it did not rain, there would be no pears, nor peaches, nor cherries, nor apples.

5. If it did not rain there would be no water; the springs, and brooks, and rivers, would all be dried up, and then you would ¡ave nothing to drink, and we should all 1e. God is very good to make it rain, and we should all of us be very thankful

6. God from his cloudy cisterns pours,
On the parch'd earth, enriching showers;
The grove, the garden, and the field,
A thousand joyful blessings yield.

He makes the grassy food arise,
And gives the cattle large supplies:
With herb for man, of various power,
To nourish nature, or to cure.

He bids the crystal fountains flow,
And cheer the vallies as they go:
The flocks and herds their thirst allay,
While lambs upon the margin play.

From pleasant trees which shade the brink,
The lark and linnet 'light to drink ;
Their songs, the lark and linnet raise,
And chide our silence in his praise.

LESSON XI. ELEVENTH

1. Once Tommy had a little bird; it was a sweet little bird; he put it in a cage, and fed it and gave it drink; he took good care of it, yet it wanted to get out and fly away; but Tommy would not let it fly away: so the poor thing died in the cage.

2. Once Billy had a bird in a cage, and the bird wanted to get out; so Billy opened the door of the cage and took it out: poor bird, said he, I do not want to hurt you: Go fly away to the trees, and find your mamma.

3. Harry! would you keep a poor little bird shut up in a cage? You would not like, yourself, to be shut up all night, and all