dress, that our little girl may not take cold."

"Grandma, I will write the history of a drop of rain; how it dropped from the clouds, fell upon the ground, and found its way deep down into the dark earth.

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Then, how, after many days, it came bubbling out of the hillside, and dropped into the basin of the spring. When the spring was full, how it flowed with the other raindrops down the hillside, through the meadows toward the river, which bore it on, on to the ocean.

"Then, how a bright sunbeam caught it up, and took it back to the clouds in the sky, again."

CONVERSATIONAL LESSONS.

Water may exist in the following forms: 1st. As Water-In oceans, seas, lakes, gulfs, bays, straits, rivers, creeks, ponds, springs, etc. These bodies of water are either salt or fresh. Which are salt? Which, fresh?

2d. As Rain-What is rain? Where does it come from? When ?

Of what use is rain ? Does it rain every

where at the same time?

Why not?

3d. As Fog-Where is it seen? When? What is it? 4th. As Ice-Where found? Is ice lighter than

water?

5th. As Snow-When does it snow? What is snow? Is it ever "too cold to snow ?”

6th. As Frost-What is it? 7th. As Hail-What is it? 8th. As Dew-What is it?

Where?

When seen?

When does it hail ?

When is dew deposited?

9th. As Steam-Can it be seen? Of what use is it? Illustrate.

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LESSON XL.

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LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,

Lead thou me on!

The night is dark, and I am far from home,

Lead thou me on!

Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene,-one step enough for

me.

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst lead me on:

I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead thou me on!

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will remember not past years.

So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still

Will lead me on

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone;

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

The Pillar of the Cloud. See Exodus xiii. 21.

YEARLY MOTION OF EARTH.

The earth is a large ball that is always moving. It never stops for a moment, but is all the time rolling on around the sun.

God, a long time ago, set it a-going, and it has not been still since.

It takes the earth one year to go around the sun.

How fast do you think it goes?

It goes over a thousand miles every minute. This is more than two thousand times as fast as the cars go, when they are going very fast.

What a long ride we take every day on the earth!

You will ask, why do we not know that the earth is going so fast? The earth seems to stand still.

How do you know that you are moving, when you are on the cars? It is

because you see houses, trees, and fences as you pass by them; you feel the air as you pass through it.

But, as the earth carries us around the sun, it takes the trees, fences, houses, and the air with us. So we have nothing to look at to see how fast we are moving.

I know we look at the sun, moon, and stars; but these are too far off for us to tell by looking at them.

Now, while the earth is going around the sun, giving us our year and our seasons, it also turns around every day on itself.

DAILY

DAILY MOTION OF EARTH.

I think you will see this, if you do as I tell you. Make a ring upon the floor; at the center of this ring make a mark for the sun.

Now take an orange or a ball, put a dark spot upon it, and then roll it around the ring.

You will see that the ball in going around the ring, turns over and over, again and again.