My dear children, let us behold the flower garden, and reflect on the many beauties collected together in that little space. It is the art and industry of man, with the blessed influence of heaven, which has made it so delightful a scene; for what would it have been without these? A wild desert, full of thistles and thorns. Such also would youth be, if it were not trained with

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the greatest care and attention. when young people early receive useful instruction, and are wisely directed, they are like lovely blossoms, which delight us with their beauty, and will soon produce good and pleasant fruit.

Look at the night violet, which, towards levening, scents the garden with the sweetest perfume. It has no beauty: it is scarcely like a flower: it is little, and of a grey colour tinged with green, and appears almost like a leaf. Is not this modest little flower, which, without show, perfumes the whole garden, like a person who has much sense, and to whom God has given more solid endowments, instead of beauty ? - My dear boys and girls, it is thus that the righteous man often does good in secret, and almost without letting his left hand know-what

his right hand doeth, sheds around him the perfume of good works.

In the carnation, beauty and fra grance are united, and it is certainly the most perfect of all flowers. It almost equals the tulip in its colours, and it surpasses it in the number of its leaves, and in the elegance of its form. It is like a person who has both sense and beauty, and knows how to gain the love and respect of all who know him.

Let us now behold the rose: its colour, form, and perfume charm us. But it appears to be frail and fading, and soon loses that rich hue, in which it excels all other flowers. This should be a useful lesson to those, who seek to shine only in beauty, and it should lead them to make those useful acquirements, which, like the rose after it dies,

will still continue to emit the most

refreshing fragrance.

LESSON XXI.

GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

Though I'm now in younger days,!! Nor can tell what shall, befall me,

I'll prepare for ev'ry place,

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Where my growing age shall call me.

Should I e'er be rich and great,
Others shall partake my goodness;
I'll supply the poor with meat,
Never showing scorn or rudeness.

When I see the blind or lame,

Deaf or dumb, I'll kindly treat them: I deserve to feel the same,

If I mock, or hurt, or cheat them.

If I meet with railing tongues,
Why should I return them railing?
Since I best revenge my wrongs,
By my patience never failing.
When I hear them telling lies,
Talking foolish, cursing, swearing;
First I'll try to make them wise,
Or I'll soon go out of hearing.
What though I be low and mean,
I'll engage the rich to love me,
While I'm modest, neat, and clean, !! I
And submit when they reprove me.
If I should be poor and sick,

I shall meet, I hope, with pity;)
Since I love to help the weak,

Tho' they're neither fair nor witty.

I'll not willingly offend,

Nor be easily offended;

What's amiss, I'll strive to mend,

And endure what can't be mended.