Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . iii xx. Look light o. scatter op-press-ed while soniethin<r blessino-s re-turaiiiff smiles em-ploy7 pathway founiaiu earth seliLh dis-pelling darkun-ed grief active sympa-thy gladden LIVE FOR SOMETHING. 1. Live for something, be not idle, Look about thee for employ;Sit not down to useless dreaming; Labour is the sweetest bands are ever weary, Selfish hearts are never gay ;Life for thee hath many duties : Active be, then, while you may. 2. Scatter blessings in thy pathway ! Gentle words and cheering smilesBetter are than


Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . iii xx. Look light o. scatter op-press-ed while soniethin<r blessino-s re-turaiiiff smiles em-ploy7 pathway founiaiu earth seliLh dis-pelling darkun-ed grief active sympa-thy gladden LIVE FOR SOMETHING. 1. Live for something, be not idle, Look about thee for employ;Sit not down to useless dreaming; Labour is the sweetest bands are ever weary, Selfish hearts are never gay ;Life for thee hath many duties : Active be, then, while you may. 2. Scatter blessings in thy pathway ! Gentle words and cheering smilesBetter are than gold and silver, With their grief-dispelling wi! the pleasant sunshine falleth Ever on the grateful earth,So let sympathy and kindness Gladden well the darken VI hearth. 3. Hearts there are oppressM and w eary; Drop tne tear of sympathy, 38 OUR OWN SECOND READER. Whisper words of hope and comfort*Give, and thy re war I shall be Joy unto thy soul this perfect fountain-head. Freely, as thou freely givest,Shall the grateful light be tiESSO* XXI. Sports fishinjsr knife food getting own leave fishes costly catch earry at-tached ought pleasant hngers brook curved re-sort trout sometimes at-tracts roach surgeon pur-sued FISHING. 1. Of all the sports of young persons, there isnone which attracts them more than fishing. Itis often pursued for the sake of getting iish forfood. 2. When boys catch fish they ought to carrythem home to eat, or 3ell them, or give themaway for others to eat. 3. In the spring of the year, the brook, theriver, and the pond afford a pleasant resort and OUR OWN SECOND READER. 39 fine sport. The sly trout, the dace, the carp, theperch, and the roach, invite the boys with theirrods and lines, hooks and bait, in great numbers. 4. The best lines are made of raw silk, and thebest hooks are always a little curved. Little boyesometimes get the hook in their own hands orfingers, and then the surgeon has to come, withhis sharp knife, and cut it


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