The third day he arose again from the dead'; he ascended into heav'en, and sitteth on the right hand of God', the Father Almigh'ty: Thence he shall come', to judge the quick and the dead'. I believe in the Holy Ghost', the holy Catholic church', the communion of saints', the forgiveness of sins', the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Amen'.

Note. If the preceding exercises are duly persisted in, it may tend to prevent a monotonous or drawling pronunciation.

The good Boy.

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THE good boy loves his parents very dearly. He always minds what they say to him, and tries to please them. If they desire him not to do a thing, he does it not: if they desire him to do a thing, he does it. When they deny him what he wants, he does not grumble, or pout out his lips, or look angry; but he thinks that his parents know what is proper for him, better than he does, because they are wiser than he is.

He loves his teachers, and all who tell him what is good. He likes to read, and to write, and to learn something fresh every day. He hopes that if he lives to be a man, he shall know a great many things, and be very wise and good.

He is kind to his brothers, and sisters, and all his little playfellows.. He never fights, nor quarrels with them, nor calls them names. When he sees them do wrong, he is sorry, and teaches them to do better. He does not speak rudely to any body. If he sees any persons who are lame, or crooked, or very old, he does not laugh at them, nor mock them; but he is glad when he can do them any service.

He is kind even to dumb creatures; for he knows that though they cannot speak, they can feel as well

as we.

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Even those animals which he does not think pretty, he takes care not to hurt. He likes much to see the birds pick up bits of hay, and moss, and wool, to build their nests with; and he likes to see the hen sitting on her nest, or feeding her young ones; and to see the little birds in their nest, and hear them chirp. Sometimes, he looks about in the bushes, and in the trees, and amongst the strawberry plants, to find nests: but when he has found them, he only just peeps at them; he would rather not see the little birds, than frighten them, or do them any harm.

He never takes any thing that does not belong to him, or meddles with it, without leave. When he walks in his father's garden, he does not pull flowers, or gather fruit, unless he is told that he may do so. The apples that are fallen on the ground, he picks up, and carries to his mother.

He never tells a lie. If he has done any mischief, he confesses it, and says he is very sorry, and will try to do so no more; and no body can be angry with him.

When he lies down at night he tries to remember all he has been doing and learning in the day. If he has done wrong, he is sorry, and hopes he shall do so no more; and that God, who is so good, will love and bless him. He loves to pray to God, and to hear and read about him; and to go with his parents and friends to worship God.

Every body that know this good boy, loves him, and speaks well of him, and is kind to him; and he is very happy.

The attentive and industrious little Girl.

SHE always minds what her father and mother say to her; and takes pains to learn whatever they are so kind as to teach her. She is never noisy or

troublesome; so they like to have her with them, and they like to talk to her, and to instruct her.

She has learned to read so well, and she is so good a girl, that her father has given her several little books, which she reads in, by herself, whenever she likes; and she understands all that is in them.

She knows the meaning of a great many difficult words; and the names of a great many countries, cities, and towns, and she can find them upon a map. She can spell almost every little sentence that her father asks her to spell; and she can write very prettily, even without a copy; and she can do a great many sums on a slate.

Whatever she does, she takes pains to do it well; and when she is doing one thing, she tries not to think of another.

If she has made a mistake, or done any thing wrong, she is sorry for it and when she is told of a fault, she endeavours to avoid it another time.

When she wants to know any thing, she asks her father, or her mother, to tell her; and she tries to understand, and to remember what they tell her; but if they do not think proper to answer her questions, she does not tease them, but says, "When I am older, they will perhaps instruct me;" and she thinks about something else.

She likes to sit by her mother, and sew, or knit. When she sews, she does not take long stitches, or pucker her work; but does it very neatly, just as her mother tells her to do. And she always keeps her work very clean; for if her hands are dirty, she washes them before she begins her work; and when she has finished it, she folds it up, and puts it by, very carefully, in her work-bag, or in a drawer. It is but very seldom indeed that she loses her thread, or needles, or any thing she has to work with. She keeps her needles and thread in her thread-case; and she has a pincushion on which she puts her

pins.

She does not stick needles on her sleeve, or put pins in her mouth, for she has been told those are silly, dangerous tricks; and she always pays attention to what is said to her.

She takes care of her own clothes, and folds them up very neatly. She knows exactly where she puts them; and, I believe, she could find them even in the dark. When she sees a hole in her stockings, or her frock, or any of her clothes, she mends it, or asks her mother to have it mended; she does not wait till the hole is very large, for she remembers what her mother has told her, that " A stitch in time saves nine."

She does not like to waste any thing. She never throws away, or burns, crumbs of bread, or peelings of fruit, or little bits of muslin, or linen, or ends of thread; for she has seen the chickens and the little birds, picking up crumbs, and the pigs feeding upon peelings of fruit; and she has seen the ragman go about gathering rags, which her mother has told her, he sells to people who make paper of them.

When she goes with her mother, into the kitchen, and the dairy, she takes notice of every thing she sees; but she does not meddle with any thing without leave. She knows how puddings, tarts, butter, and bread, are made.

She can iron her own clothes, and she can make her own bed. She likes to feed the chickens and the young turkeys, and to give them clean water to drink, and to wash themselves in; she likes to work in her little garden, to weed it, and to sow seeds and plant roots in it; and she likes to do little jobs for her mother; she likes to be employed, and she likes to be useful.

If all little girls would be so attentive, and industrious, how they would delight their parents, and their kind friends! and they would be much happier themselves, than when they are obstinate, or idle,

or ill-humoured, and will not learn any thing properly, or mind what is said to them.

The Horse.

THE horse is a noble creature, and very useful to man. A horse knows his own stable: he distinguishes his companions, remembers any place at which he has once stopped, and will find his way by a road which he never travelled. The rider governs his horse by signs, which he makes with the bit, his foot, his knee, or his whip. The horse is less useful when dead than some other animals are. The skin is used for collars, traces, and other parts of harness. The hair of the mane is used for wigs, and that of the tail for bottoms of chairs and floor-cloths. What a pity it is that cruel men should ever ill use, overwork, and torture this useful beast!

The Ox.

Ox is the general name for all our black cattle. The male is a bull, and the female a cow. The flesh of an ox is beef. An ox is a very useful animal, and is used to draw a plough or cart; his flesh supplies us with food; the blood is used as manure, as well as the dung; the fat is made into candles; the hide into shoes and boots; the hair is mixed with mortar; the horn is made into curious things-combs, boxes, handles for knives, drinking-cups, and used instead of glass for lanterns. The bones are used to make little spoons, knives, forks, and toys for children. Cows give us milk, which is excellent food; and of milk we make cheese; of the cream we make butter. The young animal is a calf; his flesh is veal; vellum and covers of books are made of his skin. The cow may be considered as more universally conducive to the comforts of mankind than any other animal.