vigilant; because your adversary, the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour,'" said Nelly.

"Yes," said Aunt Myra, "and, you observe, he is called a roaring lion, because a lion never roars except when he is hungry; so we see the Devil is always hungry for souls. But Jesus is like David, always ready to go after the lion, and to take the poor lamb out of his mouth."

"That is when the Devil is making us naughty, I suppose," said Evelyn; "he has got us in his mouth then, and is carrying us off to his den, which is hell."

"But if we cry Jesus, then the Good Shepherd comes at once and saves us," said Nelly; "I know He does, because I have tried it."

"I remember a prayer in the Psalms: 'Save me from the lion's mouth,'" said Arthur; "that is what we ought to say when the Devil is tempting us."

"Here is an ass," said Bertram, who was growing impatient.

"Balaam's ass spoke to him," said Robin.

"The old Prophet, who tempted the man of God from Judah to disobey God's command, rode on an ass. And the man of God had an ass too, for when the lion came and killed him, he did not touch the ass," said Amy.

"Jesus rode on a young ass," said Evelyn. "And Samson killed a thousand Philistines with the jaw-bone of an ass," said Arthur.

So the children went on, taking one animal after another; the lamb, and the goat, and the bullock, being specially interesting, as Aunt Myra tried to show them these were all types of Jesus, who was sacrificed for the sin of the whole world.

BIRDS.

N the following Sunday, they chose the birds of Scripture, and with them Robin proposed to take fishes, because the birds and fishes were created on the same day. "And naturalists tell us that the blood of birds and fishes is exactly the same, and quite different from that of beasts and man; for we can see that a bird is a creature to fly in the air, and a fish is a creature to fly in the sea," said Aunt Myra.

"The first birds mentioned in the Bible are the dove and the raven, who were sent out of the ark by Noah," said Muriel.

"Yes; and these two birds are a beautiful parable of two souls sent into this stormy world," said Aunt Myra.

"Oh, I see, auntie," cried Nelly; "one is a black, cruel bird who never would return, that is like a wicked soul; and the other was a white,

gentle, loving dove who could find no rest till she got home to the ark, and that is like a soul that loves Jesus, and who is never happy away from Him."

'Yes, that was just what I was thinking of," said Aunt Myra; "but the ravens do not always mean what is evil. I can see a picture of two ravens flying along so silently to a lonely man sitting beside a brook."

'Elijah's ravens," cried Robin; "but why did you say they were silent, I know ravens have such a loud hoarse croak."

"They were silent, because each was carrying something in its beak," said Aunt Myra, smiling.

"Oh, I forgot they took bread and flesh to Elijah," said the little boy.

"Now, I want to look out in the Bible all that is said about eagles," said Arthur, and taking the concordance he gave the reference to many beautiful verses.

"I am going to choose the sparrow for my bird," said Evelyn; "there is such a lovely verse about God caring for them: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.""

"And I have a hen and chickens," cried Bertram; "Nelly gave it to me, she can say the verse."

And Nelly repeated, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not."

When the children had found all they could on the subject of birds, Aunt Myra told them many interesting facts about them, how large numbers of birds go every winter to a warmer climate, and yet find their way back to their old haunts, and build their nests year after year in the same trees. "I read such a pretty story the other day," she continued. "A Polish gentleman caught a stork, and fastened round its neck a light iron collar, on which was engraved in Latin, 'This stork comes from Poland.' The next spring the stork returned, and round his neck was a beautiful little band of gold with the inscription, India returns the stork to the Poles with gifts.' And so the gentleman found that the stork had gone all those thousands of miles across land and sea to India to spend the winter months. Now, shall we find some texts about fishes ?"

"Jonah's whale," cried Robin.

"Turn to the book of Jonah, and find the verse about the whale," said Aunt Myra, smiling.

The little boy searched in vain, and then