108 PAGE FOR OUR BOYS AT SCHOOL. I once heard of a little girl who tried to copy them all into a book; but, at last, she told her sister that she must leave off, for God's Word was full of promises. One Sunday evening we all tried to remember some of them, and they were very beautiful. Would you like to make a list of all you can find, first in the Old Testament and then in the New? When you have done this, I have a very important question, dear children, for you each to answer,— not to me, not to your father, or your mother,—but to God and your own heart. Am I one of those to whom God's promises are made? What has He promised?—A blessed home in Heaven, and many, many other things which I will leave you to find out. To whom has He promised such blessings ?--To all whose sins are forgiven, and who love His Son Jesus Christ. Have you ever felt that you are a sinner, and asked to be forgiven? Do you love Jesus? Did you ever pray that His love may fill your heart? If you look in the Acts of the Apostles, you will find an account of a wicked man, of whom it was said that he had "no part nor lot in the matter." forbid that any child, or parent either, who paper, should have no "part or lot" in the promises of May God reads this God. MARY. PAGE FOR OUR BOYS AT SCHOOL. THE GLORIOUS REVENGE. (Continued from p. 86.) "OH, Alice!" exclaimed Basil, with tears in his eyes, "I never thought of all that; no, I would not ruin poor "This would be your glorious said Alice, quietly. "Oh! no, Charley for the world." revenge, my dear boy," no, dear Alice; I never, never could be so wicked as that, though Charles did make me very angry at the time; but, you know, I should like to punish him a little for it." 66 'Well, Basil, I know a way to punish him, and to have a PAGE FOR OUR BOYS AT SCHOOL. 109 lly glorious revenge." "Alice dear, pray tell me?" 1 Basil. "Well; do you remember the text-' Be not rcome with evil,-' what comes next?" "Why, "but rcome evil with good,' to be sure, Alice. I know what i mean, now." Well, then, think over what a glorious enge you can have by obeying the command in that text, dear;" and Alice left the room. Basil did not sit thinking long before he decided what to With Alice's permission, on the following day he ited Charles West to tea. He was much surprised on eiving the invitation, but accepted it. They had a very asant evening together. Their principal amusement sisted in sailing Basil's ships on a pond in the garden; the finest, Charles expressed great admiration. But the e for his return to school came. Basil took him up to splay-room. "Charley," said he, "you admired the lero' most of all my vessels, so I will make you a present it." "Oh no," cried Charles, stepping back, "I could t think of such a thing." "Oh, but Charley, you must ve it; Alice lets me do what I like with my ships, and I n make myself another just like it; and papa says, if r. Mathews will allow you, you can come up on Saturday ad sail it with mine, and I will teach you how to make. ips, too." -66 Charles turned away his head to wipe his tears. "Basil,' e exclaimed, as they bade each other good night, "I wil} ever try to injure you again, as I did yesterday; no, I ever will. Good night, dear Basil." From that day asil and Charles were firm friends. Charles was easily ersuaded never to use the "Key to the Exercises” again; e always afterwards tried to imitate his friend's example, nd he gained the esteem of his master and the love of his. chool-fellows. My young readers, was not Basil Lee's a orious revenge? THE DELICATE AND INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG. MOTHER. "I am obliged to persevere." THERE was no one in the railway carriage but myself till we stopped at the first station on the road; there a pretty, neatly dressed young woman entered-she looked very delicate, and had an infant in her arms. The child, though apparently very young, was stout and heavy, and children lie heavier in the arms when too young to sit up than when older, when they seem to help themselves by their sprightliness. I thought of this, and seeing the traveller was evidently weak and delicate, I thought it not too small an occasion to give a helping hand to a fellowtraveller. "You have a beautiful little boy," said I; "but he seems almost more than you can manage; let me relieve you of his weight for the short time we may travel in company." "You ought to be pretty baby as he is all day.” I She thanked me, and willingly transferred him to my arms, as it is said all experienced nurses do. I mean, that they are willing to let any one relieve their arms who can be drawn into the service. "How old is he?" I asked, "Five weeks old," she replied. strong to carry about such a fat "Indeed," she replied, "I am anything but strong. do not recover my strength at all, as I hoped and expected." "You will soon be better," I replied, "with God's blessing, if you do not fatigue yourself too much before your strength is equal to your exertion." "I fear I shall not," she replied; "I am suffering from the neglect and carelessness of my nurse, and I fear I shall never be well again. I am sure it was very wrong of her, for I paid her well, and required nothing of her except to keep my rooms in order, and attend to baby and me; and when she came to me everything was beautifully clean, so she had no excuse; but she did not attend properly to me, and she left everything so dirty and untidy that it made me quite grieved." "That was very wrong of her," said I; "but never mind, you will soon have it all right again, and, as I suppose that is your first child, and your husband 66 is at work all day, you may take a good deal of rest while baby sleeps." "No," said she, "that I cannot do, for my husband has very delicate health, and cannot do work enough to maintain us, and I must work." "What work can you do?" I asked. "I am a dress-maker," she replied. "I am now going to receive orders of a lady." "And have you much employment?" Quite as much as I can do," she replied. "I am always at work when I can lay down the child, and he sleeps a good deal. When my husband is well enough, he is out from eight in the morning till nine at night; but he is very delicate, and is often at home ill, and I have to nurse him. So that, with keeping my own rooms clean, and doing everything for him and the child, I have my hands pretty full." 'And now that you are so weak, how do you manage it all?” I inquired. "Are you not constrained often to lie down and rest?" "Oh!" she replied, "that would never do ; I should do nothing if once I gave way. I'm obliged to persevere, and never give over from morning to night, otherwise I should feel my illness more, and should accomplish nothing." 66 We had more conversation after this, concerning the "rest that remaineth for the people of God," when this scene of toil and trial is over; and I asked her what value she set on that rest, and what was her hope concerning it; I also took down her address, and promised to call on her, which promise I kept. But the words that I found profitable in her little narrative were those at the head of this paper-"I'm obliged to persevere,”—and perhaps they may be a profitable lesson to others. 112 FEMALE SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS. THE SLEEPING WARRIOR. WARRIOR! rouse thee from thy slumbers, Rouse thee, soldier, lest thou die. Gird thee on the heavenly armour, High above the mortal combat, See the Victor's crown appears, O'er the portals of that city Where are hushed the soldier's fears. Warrior, rouse thee! time is flying, Fight the fight of faith and love; FEMALE SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS.-No. III. REBEKAH. It is often remarked by travellers in Eastern countries, that the manners and customs which prevail there in the present day are, for the most part, the same that they were in the times of the Patriarchs. The Arabs, who descended from Abraham through Ishmael, dwell in tents, moving from place to place, wherever grass can be found for their flocks, being still tended by the maidens or the tribe. Still is the wayfarer greeted hospitably by many of these |