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Prompts me to the pleasing duty,
Of a grateful morning song.

3. See the early blossoms springing!
See the jocund lambkins play,
Hear the lark and linnet singing,
Welcome to the new-born day!

4. Vernal music, softly sounding,
Echoes through the verdant grove
Nature now with life abounding,
Swells with harmony and love.

5. Now the kind refreshing showers
Water all the plains around:
Springing grass, and painted flowers,
In the smiling meads abound.

6. Now, their vernal dress assuming,
Leafy robes adorn the trees:
Odours, now the air perfuming,
Sweetly swell the gentle breeze.

7. Praise to thee, thou Great Creator!

Praise be thine from every tongue;
Join, my soul, with every creature;
Join the universal song.

8. For ten thousand blessings given;
For the richest gifts bestowed;
Sound his praise thro' earth and heaven;
Sound Jehovah's praise aloud!

LESSON IV.

PRAISE THE LORD.

1. THE curtains of the night are withdrawn, and light has ushered in the day; the village cock proclaims the same aloud, and many of his fellows echo the report, and call on mankind to arise. Awake, all ye that sleep; arise, and praise the Lord.

2. Ye who sail upon the watery deep, praise him, for he has preserved you in the dark night; praise him, ye travellers, for he enlightens your path.

3. Come, little children,-come, old men and maidens, come, all ye that live, and bless his name; he has refreshed you with sleep, and with the day you are again* renewed.

4. Come, let us entreat the continuance of his protecting arm; let us follow his leadings; let all our hopes be in him; let us adore his Providence, and receive his blessings with a grateful heart.

5. Praise him, ye village youths, and forget him not, ye children of the city; you whose tables are spread with good things every morning, while your returning wants àre supplied, lift up your hearts in thankfulness to him who daily feeds you with bread.

6. Ye soaring larks, arise; ye warbling linnets, sing; ye cooing doves, awake; and all ye songsters of the grove, chant forth in sweetest melody the praises of your Maker.

* agen'.

LESSON V.

HONOUR THY PARENTS.

1. COME, child of reason, and listen to the voice of instruction. Thou art commanded to "honour thy father and thy mother," and how canst thou do this better than by obeying their commands?

2. Think not that thou knowest better than they do, neither despise their advice; all their precepts are love, all their commands are for thy benefit.

3. Thou hast seen the young colt, the calf and the lamb; they skip over the meadow-grass, soon after they are brought forth; but thou wast helpless and naked; thy tender limbs were feeble, and thy tongue could not tell any of thy necessities: indeed, they were not known to thee.

4. Consider then who helped thee, and who provided clothing for thee. It was thy motherlove her, for she has carried thee in her arms, and with nature's food has she sustained thee.

5. Thy father also has toiled for thee by day, and by night has thy mother watched over thee; in summer's heat they have sought a cooling shade for thee to sleep in; in winter, they have covered thee from the cold; and in a storm, thy mother's bosom has sheltered thee.

6. When sickness oppressed thee, they carefully sought for a remedy; if grieved, they have

endeavoured to soothe thee; and when in pain, they have sought to remove the cause; and to give thee ease was their delight.

7. Come, child of reason, answer me: for all these benefits, what hast thou to repay thy mother? and for the labour of thy father, what returns canst thou make? Having nothing to give, thou art silent. But I will tell thee what thou canst do.

8. Carefully attend to the voice of thy parents, and do nothing that will grieve them; if in need, help them if afflicted, endeavour to comfort them; if aged, support them; so shall they bless thee, and in their dying moments praise God on thy account.

9. Now, child of reason, consider these things. Fear God, honour thy parents, and remember if thou dost well, it shall be well with thee; but if thou dost evil, remorse will be thy companion here, and misery thy portion hereafter.

LESSON VI.

GEORGE FREEMAN.

1. As soon as George Freeman was large enough to put up the bars, he used to drive the cows to and from the pasture. At one time, when he went for them, they were out of sight, being at the farthest part of the pasture; he

thought he would let down the bars before he drove them up, that they might pass out without stopping.

2. When he was returning with the cows, he saw, to his sorrow, a number of hogs which had just come into the pasture, and were running towards the brook. He sat out after them, but they ran faster than he could, and went directly into the mud.

3. In his haste and vexation, in jumping from one bunch of grass to another, he slipped and fell into the mud and water. Though it did not hurt him much, it wet and dirtied him very much.

4. He scrambled up as soon as possible, and found that his noise in falling and crying out had started the hogs. He followed them as fast as he could, but was unable to overtake them, or drive them out so he gave up the chase, and began to look at himself, daubed with mud.

5. It grieved him the more because it was Monday, and his clothes were clean in the morning. When he came into the house, he could not help crying.

6. "George," said his mother, "what is the matter?" "Matter enough," he replied, just able to utter his words, and proceeded with much emotion to tell the circumstances of his disaster; "and," said he, "the hogs àre in the pasture, and what can be done?"

7. "O," said his mother, "don't distress yourself; the hogs will take care of themselves,

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