CHAPTER XI.

JUDGMENT.

It is the object of this lesson to call into exercise the power of judging. As you read these questions, I wish you to think and judge for yourselves, and find the answers, or let your parent or teacher try the lesson with you, and when you think the statement made is true, you will say yes, or raise your right hand. If think it is not true, you will

you

say no, or keep your hand down. If you are in doubt whether it is true or not, you will put forward your right hand. Now give

attention.

1. Are all children industrious?

2. Are all children studious and kind?

3. Is all that is pleasant to the taste good for the health?

4. Will children who give no attention learn much?

5. Is a house higher than a steeple? 6. Is health better than money?

7. A poor man may be happier than a rich one.

8. Can any one live without the assistance of others?

9. Is seven less than five? 10. Is four more than eight? 11. Is God good to all men ?

12. Would four eyes see more than two? 13. Is a blind man more unhappy than a deaf one?

14. Must we act well if we would be loved by our companions?

15. Do we cease to live when we sleep? 16. Do we cease to live when we die?

17. Is there more good in the world than there is evil?

18. Are full grown men wiser than children?

19. Is the love of parents for their children extraordinary?

20. Should truth always be told?

21. Is it a pleasant sight to see an angry girl?

22. Does the Bible teach us to love one another?

23. Does it look well to see a young person treat an old one with disrespect?

24. One good turn deserves another. If William lends you his sled, ought you to lend him your penknife or pencil when he wants to borrow them?

25. We should forgive one another. If George strikes you, is it right for you to strike him in return? What ought you to do?

26. We must never deceive or tell a lie. If you do any thing that is wrong, is it best to confess your fault, or try to hide it?

27. If Mary has an orange, and her sister Lucy none, should Mary give her a part of hers?

28. If you see a drunken or crazy man in the street, must you laugh at him, or pity him?

29. If you find any money in the street, does it belong to you?

CHAPTER XII.

OF TIME.

Children, I wish you now to learn something about time. Time is divided into Days, Weeks, Months and Years.

How is time divided?

From sun-rise to sun-rise is one day.
What makes a day?

There are twenty-four hours in a day.
How many hours in a day?

There are sixty minutes in an hour.
How many minutes make an hour?
There are sixty seconds in a minute.
How many seconds in a minute?

Seven days make a week.

How many days make a week? What are their names? Can you spell Wednesday? Tuesday?

A month has sometimes 30, sometimes 31, and sometimes only 28 days. Here is a rule in rhyme by which you can always tell how many days there are in each month. Commit it to memory.

Thirty days has September,
April, June and November;

All the rest have thirty-one,
Save February alone,

Which has twenty-eight, nay, more,
Has twenty-nine one year in four.

How many days in September? in July? in February? how many, one year in four. Can you spell February?

How many months are there?

These twelve months, or three hundred

and sixty-five days make a year.

How many months in a year? how many days?

The year is divided again into four sea

sons:

1. Spring, 2. Summer,

3. Autumn,

4. Winter.