Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . my brother, He is kind, And He hath loved us well,—So well, He sent His Son to die,To save our souls from hell. 8. Serve God, my brother, every day, For it is His command,That we should do His holy will,With cheerful heart and hand. 142 OUR OWN SECOND HEADER. 9. Now dost thou ask, What ca;i r doA little boy like me ? !Oh, very much to please the GodThat rules oer earth and sea. 10. Be kind, and , meek and mild. Avoid all naughty ways,—But, in a word, the whole is plain,Mind all that mother says. 11. So shall thy life pass ha
Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . my brother, He is kind, And He hath loved us well,—So well, He sent His Son to die,To save our souls from hell. 8. Serve God, my brother, every day, For it is His command,That we should do His holy will,With cheerful heart and hand. 142 OUR OWN SECOND HEADER. 9. Now dost thou ask, What ca;i r doA little boy like me ? !Oh, very much to please the GodThat rules oer earth and sea. 10. Be kind, and , meek and mild. Avoid all naughty ways,—But, in a word, the whole is plain,Mind all that mother says. 11. So shall thy life pass happily. As birthdays come and go ;And angels will attend thy steps,Loug as thou dwelTst below. 12. The blessing of our fathers God To thee, dear boy, be given,And when thy time on earth is spent,A home with Christ in heaven. Falsehoodtalkedsighedmistress ME8SS&1 a-sleepmindedfor-giveplaying mis-takere-solvecousinbe-haved sorrow-ful unhappyconquer-orA1-mighty ACTING A FALSEHOOD. 1. A little boy, about six years old, was in oun OWE :a;u.\D reader. 143. general a very good child, and behaved well. Hedearly loved his mother, and minded everythingshe said to him. But even good children, andgood people, will sometimes do wrong; and thislittle boy did so too. 2. One afternoon, after he had been at play, helooked very pale and sorrowful. He was asked ifhe was sick ; he said he was not. But he talkedvery little ; and he often sighed. His motheithought something was the matter with him, butshe did not say much to him about it 3. At night, he took leave of his mother, andwent to bed. About an hour after he had beenin bed, the servant went to her mistress, and told 144 OUR OWN SECOND READER. her she was very uneasy about the little boy, foihe was very restless. She had heard him oftensob, and he desired his mother to come to him,as he could not go to sleep, till he had told heisomething that made him very unhappy. 4. The good mother went to him ; and whenshe came to his bed-side, he put
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