No. 9.]

HONEST LABOUR.

[Tuesday.

Go to the plough or team, go hedge or ditch,
Some honest calling use, no matter which;
Be porter, postman, take the lab'ring oar;
Employment keeps the Bailiff from the door:
Though thou be mean, thy frugal industry,
Depend upon it, shall rewarded be.

HAPPY is he, the only happy man,

[Wednesday.

Who, out of choice, does all the good he can;
Who business loves, and others better makes,
By prudent industry, and pains he takes;
God's blessing here he'll have, and man's esteem,
And, when he dies, his works will follow him.

No. 11.]

EARLY RISING.

[Thursday.

"He who would thrive, must rise at five."

"Rest continued long, makes idleness grow strong."

ALL those who wish for rosy cheeks,

And for a clever head,

Should make a point to get up soon,
Nor waste their time in bed;

For if they do, they'll stupid be,
Grow pale and idle too,

And never find there's time enough
For what they have to do.

No. 12.]

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

[Friday.

'Those who can take pleasure in killing flies, or hurting dumb creatures, would delight in tormenting their brothers and sisters, or companions, if they dared do so.'

IF with a fly a boy begins

To steel his heart, by sticking pins
To run its little body through,
Or pull its legs, or wings off too;
He'll do as much, when grown a man,
To fellow creatures, if he can;

Not e'en his nearest friends he'll spare,

But ALL-his tyranny will share.

No. 13.] CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (continued). [Saturday.

"Let thy actions praise thee."

A man of kindness to his beast is kind;
But brutal actions show a brutal mind;

Remember he who made thee, made the brute;
Who gave thee speech and reason, form'd him

mute.

He can't complain; but God's all-seeing eye
Beholds thy cruelty-He hears his cry.
He was designed thy servant-not thy drudge:
And know, that his creator is thy judge.

ONE God, one sovereign Pow'r alone,
Is to all christian people known;
To whom for aid they daily call.
As he is in and over all.
He made whatever we descry
Of Earth, or ocean, and the sky;
All rose to being by his word,
And all confess the power of God.
All that we have, and all we know,
From his abundant mercies flow;
He ever was, is, and will be,

THE GREAT AND ONLY DEITY.

[Sunday.

No. 15.]

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Flowers wherefore do ye bloom?

We strew thy pathway to the tomb.

Stars wherefore do ye rise?

To light thy spirit to the skies.

[Monday.

Oh Sun! what makes thy beams so bright?'
The word that said, "let there be light."

Time, whether dost thou flee?
I travel to eternity.

Eternity, what art thou,-say?
I was, am, will be evermore to-day.

Nature, whence sprung thy glorious frame?
My maker called me, and I came.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (continued.)
No. 16.]

Winds, whence and whither do ye blow?
Thou must be born again to know.

Ocean, what rules thy swell and fall?
The might of Him that ruleth all.

Planets, what guides you in your course?
Unseen, unfelt, unavailing force.

Oh Life! what is thy breath?
A vapour vanishing in death,

Oh grave where is thy victory?
Ask him who rose again from me.

Oh death! where ends thy strife?
In everlasting life.

It was th' Almighty Pow'r of God
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad
And built the lofty skies.

[Tuesday.

[Wednesday.

It was His wisdom that ordain'd
The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at his command
And all the stars obey.

There's not a plant or flow'r below,
But makes His glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from His throne.

Creatures (as num'rous as they be)
Are subject to His care:
There's not a place where we can flee,
But God is present there!

How good God is to send the Sun
To light the world by day;
If it had always been quite dark,
How could we find our way?

He made the Sun to warm the earth,
And cheer us here below;
To nourish all the trees and plants,
Make all things thrive and grow.

To raise up plenty for our use;
What ought we then to do
To God, who is so very good,

But love and fear him too!

[Thursday.