. Jessie Grey; or, The discipline of life, a Canadian tale . hem,I help you to realise how uncertain and unstablethe strongest earthly support is—if they help youto find the only reliable stronghold, in giving yourhearts to the one sure Friend, my object shall havebeen well accomplished. An earnest, Christian woman, whether mother, Vlll , or daughter. cannot but have a strono- in- 3 O fluence in leading the home-hearts to things honest,pure, and of good report, and in this influence liesher peculiar mission and path of duty. By the useof it alone, she fulfils her duty to God and
. Jessie Grey; or, The discipline of life, a Canadian tale . hem,I help you to realise how uncertain and unstablethe strongest earthly support is—if they help youto find the only reliable stronghold, in giving yourhearts to the one sure Friend, my object shall havebeen well accomplished. An earnest, Christian woman, whether mother, Vlll , or daughter. cannot but have a strono- in- 3 O fluence in leading the home-hearts to things honest,pure, and of good report, and in this influence liesher peculiar mission and path of duty. By the useof it alone, she fulfils her duty to God and hernative land, and does her part in strengtheningand purifying the nation ; If there be any virtue,and if there be any praise, think on these things. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. DAYS OF SUNSHINE, 1 II. SUMMER CLOUDS, . 10 III. A DAY AT SCHOOL, 20 IV. THE OLD DAYS, 27 v. AN ANGELS VISIT, 36 VI. IN THE FIRELIGHT, 44 VII. THE HAPPY NEW-YEAR, 53 VIII. GOING AWAY, . ... 65 IX. LIFE IN THE NEW HOME, 78 X. A WORD IN SEASON, . ... 91 XI. AND THE YEARS GLIDE BY, 102. CHAPTER I. of O little feet ! that such long years Must wander on through hopes and fears,Must ache and bleed beneath your load ;I, nearer to the wayside innWhere toil shall cease and rest begin,Am weary, thinking of your road ! AMMA ! mamma ! where are you ? sounds the merry voice of Willie Grey,as lie runs hastily from, one room toanother, in his quiet farmhouse home. I think she must be down in the milk-cellar,he concludes, after a fruitless search through thehouse ; and hurrying down the path, he findsthat he has guessed correctly. Mrs Grey is in the milk-cellar, busily arrangingmilk-pans, and working over a great bowl ofbutter, fresh from the mornings churning. Shelooks up to the bright eager face of her boy
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