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EVENING HYMN,

All this day thy hand hath led me,
And I thank thee for thy care;
Thou hast kept, and clothed, and fed me:
Listen to my humble prayer.

Let my sins be all forgiven,

Bless the friends I love so well;
Take me, when I die, to heaven,
Happy there with thee to dwell.

READING AND SPELLING COLUMNS.

Je'-sus.
Shep-herd.
Morn'-ing.

Lis'-ten.

Clothed.

Friends.

QUESTIONS.

Hap'-py.
Dwell.
Dark'-ness.

What is Jesus called in the all day? In doing what? What lesson? Why? Who is meant did the child ask to be forgiven? by the little lamb? What does Whom to be blessed? Where to he pray to Jesus to do? Where? go to at death? And when? Who cared for him

WRITE-Thou hast kept, and clothed, and fed me :
Listen to my humble prayer.

SCRIPT EXERCISE.

WRITE-1st, The names of articles of food. 2nd, The names of articles used by a farmer. 3rd, The names of games. 4th, The names of boys and girls in your class. 5th, The names of places in the parish you live in.

XLI.-KING HENRY'S PARROT.

Float-ing, lying on the water. | Knave, a rascal.

Val'-ued, prized.

Ut'-ter, speak.

Perch, spar.

Sport'-ing, playing.

Wa'-ter-man, boatman.

Row'-ed, pulled with oars.

PARROTS are very pretty birds, which are

brought from abroad.

They are much

valued from their being able to learn to speak or utter words like a human being. One of the Kings of Eng-land, Henry the Seventh, had a fine parrot, of which he was very fond. This king lived at

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West-min-ster, close by the river Thames ; and as the windows of the house opened out upon the water, the bird learned many words from the persons who came to take boat there, and from those who were sailing up or down the river.

One day the parrot, sporting on his perch at the window, fell into the water; and as

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he fell he called out, "A boat! a boat! twenty pounds for a boat!" A wa-ter

man, who heard him, rowed his boat to the spot where he was floating, picked him up, and took him to the king, who was glad to find that his pet was safe.

The wa-ter-man said that he should be paid, not so much ac-cord-ing to his trouble, which was very little, as ac-cord-ing to the value that the king put on the bird. He said that as the parrot himself had offered twenty pounds, the king was bound to pay that sum. The king refused, and said that he would refer the matter to the parrot; on which the bird cried out, "Give the knave a groat.

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Where do parrots come from? did it cry out?

Who heard it? What makes them SO much What did he do? To whom did valued? What king had one? he take it? How much did he Where did he live? Who often claim for saving it? On what passed his house? What did the ground did he ask such a sum? parrot learn from them? What To whom did the king refer the befel the parrot one day? What amount of reward? What was was it doing at the time? What the parrot's reply?

WRITE-The bird cried out, "Give the knave a groat." Write the names of the parts of a boat and a ship.

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chim-ney of a new fac-to-ry was built. The men put the last stroke to their work, and came down as fast as they could. In his haste, the last but one drew the rope out of the pul-ley.

They saw one man left at the top, with no means to come down. What could be done? There was no scaf-fold, and no ladder would reach half the height.

They all stood in silence to look up at their lonely friend on the top.

Just then his wife came by, and, with quick thought and good sense, she was able to save her husband.

"John," she called out with all her strength, "rove your stocking; begin at the toe." He knew at once what she meant, and drawing off his stocking- no doubt knit

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by his wife-cut off the end, and soon set free the thread. He roved a long piece, and to this he tied a little bit of brick, and gently let it down for eager hands to reach.

Meantime his wife had brought a ball of small twine, which was made fast to the worsted. With a shout, they told John to pull up again. He did so, and they heard the words, "I have it." The pul-ley rope was then made fast to the twine.

With a glad heart John drew it up, put it over the pul-ley; then taking up the rest of the stocking, which was to him a keep-sake for life, he let himself down as the other men had done, till he reached the ground in safety.

READING AND SPELLING COLUMNS.

Stock-ing.
Height.

Si-lence.

Safe'-ty.

QUESTIONS.

Draw'-ing.
Toe.

What in the lesson had just to the bottom? When down been finished? Who came down what was tied to it? When he from its top? By what means got the twine, what was then fasdid they descend? Who was tened to it at the bottom? Why left behind? How was it that not fasten the pulley rope at he was left behind? Who first to the worsted thread? passed at the time and saw What did the man then do the man at the top? What with the rope? How did he did she tell him to do? What now get down? What did he does that mean? How did he do with the remainder of the get the worsted thread down stocking?

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WRITE-" John," she called out with all her strength, rove your stocking, begin at the toe."

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