And try to do what good she can- 6. "This birdie is content to sit And sweetly sing his Maker's praise 7. "So live, my child, all through your life, That, be it short or long, Though others may forget your looks, LANGUAGE LESSON. What is the meaning of melody? What is meant by "looked in vain"? Tell what is meant by "a modest dark-brown coat." Write the words meaning I'd sit. Write a word instead of content. Why does Maker's begin with a capital letter? What is meant by "And sweetly sing his Maker's praise"? What is meant by "From dawn to close of day"? LESSON LI. Phonic Exercise. 0=u wolf wom'an should would Pronounce and write in sentences. Courage to do Right. 1. "Come on, Ben!" said a party of boys to a friend of mine; "we are going to take a boat-ride on the dam." 2. "I will," I ask mother. I may." said Ben, "if you wait till 3. "Poor fellow! he must go and ask his mother first whether he may go! go! I didn't ask my mother: I wouldn't be such a baby." 4. “Be a man, Ben," said George Smith. "Don't you see we are all waiting? Don't run to your mother, like a baby." 5. "Come on, boys! He is a big baby and a coward; he is afraid to go anywhere without asking his mother." 6. "I will not go without asking my mother," said Ben; "and I am no coward. 7. "I told my mother that I would not go away without asking her; and if I were to go, I should be a coward, and worse than a coward. 8. "I should be a liar, and I could never look my mother in the face again if I were to do this mean thing." He says we are 9. "Come, boys! mean and worse than cowards. whip him." Let us 10. "You may whip me if you wish, but I will not tell a lie to my mother by going away when I know that she does not wish me to go." 11. But George and the other boys did not whip him. They knew that he was right and they were wrong. 12. They went to take their boat-ride, but they did not feel happy; and they went back to Ben, and were his best friends after that. His 13. What a noble boy Ben was! mother loved him dearly, and well might she love such a noble boy. Copy the following; put your own name instead of Anna: Miss Anna will be pleased to have her teacher take tea with her this evening at six o'clock. 1. Ellen is a very nice little girl. Every one that knows her loves her because she is kind and gentle. |