in-tĕr-mix' rep-'rē-hend' im-pō-lite/ ĕv-ĕr-mōre cir-cum-võlve' pǎn-tă-lôôn' here-tô-fōre tor-re-spond' pit-ă-rôôn' în-tom-mode' ò rĕn-děz-vôuš MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. Come, ye children, hearken unto me, and I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he, that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are ever open to their cry. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and there is no want to them that fear him; for he is the fountain of life, and the preserver of men. He holdeth our soul in life, and will be our guide even unto death." Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, for he is good; keep his commandments, for they are just and right, and blessed are they, whose delight is in them. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, Í have no pleasure in them. Obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with promise, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth. Obey the voice of thy teachers, and incline thine ear to them that instruct thee. Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go, keep her, for she is thy life. Buy the truth and sell it not; get wisdom, get understanding, forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee; exalt her, and she shall promote thee and bring thee to honour. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men; for the way of the wicked is as darkness, they know not at what they stumble; and the end thereof are the ways of death. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. If thou art poor, repine not, but be honest, contented, and diligent. Put thy trust in the Lord, and he will bless thee; and remember, that the hand of the diligent maketh rich. If thou art rich, glory not in thy riches, for riches make to themselves wings, and fly away; but be thou kind to the poor and needy; lend, hoping nothing again; for he that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that which is given to him, will he repay again. My son, attend to my words, incline thine ear to my sayings; let them not depart from thee, but keep them in the midst of thine heart; for they are thy life, and thy health. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. THE SUN. The sun says, My name is Sun. I am very bright. I rise in the east; and when I rise then it is day. I look in at your window with my bright golden eye and tell you when it is time to get up; and I say, Sluggard, get up: I do not shine for you to lie in your bed and sleep, but I shine for you to get up and work, and read, and walk about. I am a great traveller, I travel all over the sky; I never stop, and I never am tired. I have a crown upon my head of bright beams, and I send forth my rays every where. I shine upon the trees and the houses, and upon the water; and every thing looks sparkling and beautiful when I shine upon it. I give you light, and I give you heat, for I make it warm. I make the fruit ripen, and the corn ripen. If I did not shine upon the fields and upon the gardens, nothing would grow. I am up very high in the sky, higher than all trees, higher than the clouds, higher than any thing except the stars. I am a great way off. If I were to come nearer to you, I should scorch you to death, and I should burn up the grass, for I am all made of hot glowing fire. I have been in the sky a great while, and am not grown old yet, but shine as bright as ever. Sometimes I take off my crown of bright rays, and wrap up my head in thin silver clouds, and then you may look at me; but when there are no clouds, and I shine with all my brightness at noon-day, you cannot look at me, for I should dazzle your eyes, and make you blind. Only the Eagle can look at me then the Eagle with his strong piercing eye, can gaze upon me always. And when I am going to rise in the morning, and make it day, the Lark flies up in the sky to meet me, and sings sweetly in the air, and the Cock crows loud to tell every body that I am coming but the Owl and the Bat fly away when they see me, and hide themselves in old walls and hollow trees; and the Lion and the Tiger go into their dens and caves, where they sleep all the day. I shine in all places. I shine in England, and in France, and in America, and all over the earth. I am the most beautiful and glorious creature that can be seen in the whole world. THE MOON. The moon says, My name is Moon; I shine to give you light in the night, when the sun is set. I am very beautiful and white like silver. You may look at me always, for I am not so bright as to dazzle your eyes, and I never scorch you. I am mild and gentle. I let even the little glowworms shine, which are quite dark by day. The stars shine all around me, but I am larger and brighter than the stars, and I look like a larger pearl among a great many sparkling diamonds. When you are asleep, I shine through your curtains with my gentle beams, and I say, Sleep on, poor little tired boy, I will not disturb you. The Nightingale sings to me, and she sings better than all the birds of the air. She sits upon a thorn and sings melodiously all night long. While the dew lies upon the grass, and every thing is still and silent all around. 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