thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?"

13. And he said, "He that shewed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go

and do thou likewise."

14. This little story from the Bible was intended to teach us that we should be good and kind to every person. No matter who he is; no matter where he lives; if he is in distress, we should relieve him.

15. The law of God is, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." The lawyer asked, and perhaps you may want to know too, "Who is my neighbor ?" This story was told to answer this question.

16. Here was a man who had been robbed and wounded by thieves. He was far from home. Two men, who lived in the same country, and who were of the same religion, saw him lying on the road, bleeding and naked.

17. Did they assist him? No. They looked at him; but as they did not know him, they thought to themselves, "He is not my neighbor."

18. At last a man from a different country, of a different religion, came along. Did he enquire who he was, and where he lived, before he assisted him?

19. No. This good stranger considered every man his neighbor. He bound He bound up his wounds, set him on his own beast, took him

to a tavern, took care of him, and paid his expenses.

20. After Jesus had told this story, he repeated the lawyer's question, "Who," said he, "was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?"

21. And what did the lawyer say ? Just what you, or I, or any body else would have answered. Nobody could mistake here.

22. And Jesus said, "Go, and do thou likewise." And he says the same thing to you, and to all of us. We ought to love and be kind to every human being, whatever be his country, his color, his religion, or his politics. ALL MANKIND ARE OUR NEIGH

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23. Thy neighbor? It is he whom thou
Hast power to aid and bless-

Whose aching heart and burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.

24. Thy neighbor? "T is the fainting poor,
Whose eye with want is dim-

Whom hunger sends from door to door-
Go thou and succor him.

25. Thy neighbor? 'Tis that weary man,
Whose years are at their brim—

Bent low with sickness, care and pain-
Go thou and comfort him.

26. Thy neighbor? "T is the heart bereft
Of every earthly gem;

Widow and orphan helpless left-
Go thou and shelter them.

27. Where'er thou meet'st a human form
Less favored than thy own,

Remember 't is thy neighbor worm—
Thy brother or thy son.

28. Oh, pass not, pass not heedless by,
Perhaps thou canst redeem

The breaking heart from misery-
Go, share thy lot with him.

Let the class describe the picture, pointing out the wounded traveller, the Samaritan, and the Levite, and say what the latter is doing. Then repeat the story, and explain the following: T1, tempted, inherit eternal life; 8, raiment; 11, host; 14, relieve; 23, soothing hand; 24, succor; 25, years are at their brim; 26, bereft, gem; 28 redeem the breaking heart. Did the priest love his neigh bor as himself, or not? Did he do right or wrong? What ought he to have done? Did the Levite love his neighbor as himself? Why did he not help the wounded man? Was the wounded man his neighbor or not? Who was it that obeyed the law? Who is our neighbor? Is it the person who lives in the next house, or near by us; or is it every man, every where? Is it our duty to love every body, then?

LESSON X.

Cruelty and Oppression.

1. WELL, children, do you recollect what you read in your last lesson about the good Samaritan? Do you think you know now who is your neighbor? who it is that you ought to love like yourself? I will tell you another little story, and then we shall see.

2. John Fisk and William Bell went to

the same school. They were both good scholars. But they did not understand the law of love. They were kind enough to one another. But they liked to frighten and vex little boys and strangers.

3. One day a little boy, called James Ellis, came to the school. None of the scholars had ever seen him before. He was the son of an Irishman who had just moved into the town to work at the factory.

4. This Irishman had a large family, and was very poor. He had been but a short time in America, and he and all his children spoke a little differently from the people here. The scholars called their way of speaking, the Irish brogue.

5. When James first began to read, John and William burst out into a laugh, in which, I am sorry to say, many of the other scholars joined.

6. Poor James was astonished. He was

a good reader, and had always been at the head of his class in Ireland; and this made him feel more mortified at the ridicule he met with in a strange country. But the teacher soon put a stop to this behavior. 7. At intermission, several of the boys collected around the stranger. 66 Well, Paddy," said John Fisk, "when are you going back to ould Ireland ?”

8. "

My name's not Paddy, it's James," said he.

9. "Look at Paddy's coat," said William Bell, catching hold of his patched coat behind. "Do all the boys wear such coats in Ireland ?"

10. Jemmy bore these taunts with much good humor. But he was beginning to lose his temper by a repetition of them. And a fight would probably have taken place, if the scholars had not again been summoned into school.

11. When school was dismissed, the scholars, as usual, hurried homewards. William Bell was the only one who took the same road with the little Irishman. As they walked along, William again began to taunt Jemmy about his country, and asked him what snow was called in Ireland.

12. To this he made no answer. So Bell made a snow ball, and throwing it directly in his face, said, "Do you know what that is, Paddy ?"