feelings in his favour, that, in spite of all the drawbacks in regard to his youth and want of experience, I was led to receive the application, and this poor boy became a member of my household. It is not too much to say that everything that could be wished in the character of a good servant was soon seen in the conduct of this boy. Every hint that was offered was readily and gladly taken; no direction that was given ever needed to be repeated; and at the end of a very few weeks, I found my pantry in the neatest order, and myself the master of a careful, active

servant.

His wages were four guineas per annum to begin with, which advanced rapidly at first, and step by step afterwards, till they reached to twenty.

Among the hints that had been given him, had been that of putting into the Savings' Bank whatever, in the course of time, he should be able to spare from his wages, and to this in common with the rest he paid the strictest attention.

In the year 1832, on the occasion of the milkman of the village giving up his trade, this poor boy asked my advice as to whether he should draw a part of his money from the Savings' Bank and buy a cow, at the same time giving me to understand, that should he employ his means in such a way, it would in nowise hinder him in the due discharge of all his duties to myself.

On the condition that he should run into debt with no one, nor allow any one to run into debt with him, I advised him to draw the money and purchase the cow. He did so; and the affair turned out a great success. Everything prospered in his hands; the profits of the one cow, together with the increase of his wages, soon procured him more, so that he soon became master of a fine dairy of ten cows.

Mark, then, the change of scene in the life of this poor boy. In the year 1825 he becomes my servant; in the year 1832 he purchases a cow; and in the year 1834 he possesses ten cows, three calves, dairy utensils to the value of three pounds ten shillings, and money in the Savings' Bank to the amount of sixteen pounds twelve shillings and ninepence. His rent is paid up to the last farthing, and he owes nothing. His father tends and milks his cows, and his mother carries out milk; so that both father and mother are in a great part living in the employment of the son, and the master is not cheated of a particle of that which is his due.

The property of this poor boy may, at the last date (1834), and only nine years after he began life as a servant, be fairly valued at one hundred and forty-five pounds, and of this, by his own admission, he would not have possessed one shilling, had it not been for the timely advice that he should deposit in the Savings' Bank.

QUESTIONS:-1. What was the age of the boy, named at the beginning of this lesson, when he went to service? 2. What post did he occupy? 3. What sort of servant did he turn out? 4. Give the words which express his master's approval? 5. What were his wages when he first went to service? 6. What did they soon reach to? 7. What did he do with any of his money which for present use he did not require? 8. What event happened that gave this boy a chance to start a business for himself? 9. What was that business? 10. How did it succeed? 11. Give some account of his prosperity? 12. What good advice, wisely taken, led to his success in life?

The Child and the Rill.

beau'-ti-ful, charming, lovely. | nur'-ture, feed and support.

con-tent', happy, pleased.

glid'-ing, moving gently.

hap'-pi-ness, good, fortune.

or'-der-ed, arranged, planned.

BEAUTIFUL rill,

Sparkling and bright,
Gliding so still

From morn to night:
Who taught thee to flow,

Who ordered thy course?

And thy fount below,

Who gave it its source?

Rill.

'Twas God, my dear child, Who gave me my source; He taught me to flow,

And ordered my course
'Neath the shade of the trees,
By the side of the hill,
'Midst the grass and the flow'rs,
So gentle and still.

And this is the place
For me to do good,
At the foot of the hill,

In the shade of the wood.

I water the herbs,

I refresh the tall trees,

I nurture the flowers,
And cool ev'ry breeze.

And if, my dear child,
God fixes our lot

At the foot of the hill,

Come, O come to this spot.

Hear the beautiful birds

Sing among the thick bowers,

And see the blythe bees

Sipping sweets from the flowers.

See what beauty and love,

And what happiness, too,

Spring up by my side,

And your pathway pursue.

Nor sigh to be great,
Like the ocean or flood,
But, like the small rill,

Be content to do good.

QUESTIONS:-1. Who are supposed to be the speakers here? 2. What does the child say? 3. How many questions does it ask at the rill? 4. What is the last one? 5. Give the rill's reply? 6. What good does the rill say it does to the herbs? to the trees? to the flowers? and to the breeze? 7. What good lesson does the rill teach the child? 8. What is the meaning of being "content to do good"?

"AT one of the islands in the South Seas," says the Rev. J. Williams, "the chiefs and people were convened, and arrangements made for commencing the building. So great was the diligence with which the people laboured, that, although ill-supplied with tools, the house was thoroughly completed in two months.

"It was 150 feet in length and 60 wide, well