too?" "I will give him a suit of old clothes, which will be new to him, poor man!"

"We should be kind to the poor; for God is very kind to us, and he commands us to be kind to the poor. Besides, we may be as poor as this old blind man; and, if we are not kind to him, can we expect that any one will be kind to us?"

"Shall I also give him some mon-ey, to buy him a pair of shoes? See! those which he has on his feet are quite worn out." take the money and buy them yourself.

"No;

As

he is blind, you can do this more eas-i-ly than he can. Go, and return as soon as you can.'

So Albert went to a shop where they made and sold shoes, and bought a good strong pair; and when he came back, the poor blind man tri-ed them on, and they fit-ted him nicely. Then you should have seen how thankful the poor old blind man was, and how happy it made Albert to see him happy!

THE RED GLASS.

"Oh! sister, Mary, I've such a pretty thing. It's a piece of glass, and it's all red! When I look through it, every thing looks red too: the trees, houses, green grass, and your face and even your blue eyes."

"Yes, John, it is very pretty, and let me show you that you can learn a use-ful lesson from this pretty thing. You re-mem-ber the other day you thought every body was cross to you. You said father, mother, and I were

all the time find-ing fault with you.

"Now you were like this piece of glass. Because it is red, every thing seen through it looks red; you were cross, so you thought every body around you was cross too. But when you get up in the morning in a good humor, lov-ing and help-ing every body, they too will seem kind and loving toward you.

"Now, remember John, and always be, what

you wish others to be kind, gentle, loving; and then every body else will seem to be kind, gentle, and lov-ing too; but if you are cross to every body, then they will be cross to you, and you will make them and yourself un-hap-py."

THE TAME BEAR.

Do you see this great bear? He is a great black bear. What do you think that string is

on his nose?

It is a muz-zle. Do you know what it is for? It is to keep his mouth shut, so that he can-not bite. Should you think he could bite with a muz-zle round his mouth? It is ti-ed on with a string, so that it can-not slip off; and while it is on he can-not bite. Bears live in the woods. They go growl-ing a-bout in the woods a great many hun-dred miles from here.

They caught this bear in the woods, and tamed him. Do you see that thing on his head? What is it? It is a mon-key. He is dress-ed up like a boy, to make him look droll.

Do you see that boy and girl look-ing out of the gate? The lit-tle girl's name is Lu-cy, and her bro-ther's name is Frank. Frank tells

her not to be afraid, for the man has the bear's mouth tied with a string.

That great thing that the man has, is an organ. When he puts it down, and turns the han-dle, it makes beau-ti-ful music. He is going to the town, which is a-way be-yond the trees, to show the chil-dren there the bear and the mon-key, and to let them hear the mu-sic.

THE LAME LADY.

On one ve-ry fine day, a coach and four horses went along the road. The horses were almost in a gal-lop. A lady was in the coach. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, and a cloud of dust rose in the air. James and Charles were in the road.

"How should you like to be a fine lady," "I can

said James," and ride in a coach?

not," said Charles; "but I think I should