17. THE party soon caught plenty of fish for dinner, and Mr. Sherman took up his oars to row to land.

18. But he had not rowed far, before a fine breeze began to rise, and the children begged that he would hoist the sail, as they had never been in a sail-boat before.

19. So the two boys picked up the fish, and put them into their basket, and covered them with hay, and their father hoisted sail.

20. As soon as the boat was turned so that the sail took the wind, the boat began to glide softly through the water.

21. "Oh! how delightful this is!" cried Charles. "It is much better than either

rowing or fishing. I should like to be a sailor, and live on the water."

22. "No. You would not like a sailor's life so well as you expect," said his father. "A sailor's life is a very rough and a very hard life; and, when the wind blows hard, they sometimes have to be up all night, in very cold weather, with the sea continually dashing over them. Sometimes, also, the ship dashes on a rock, and goes to pieces, and every soul on board is drowned."

23. Just at that moment the wind began to blow a little harder. That made the boat lean over, and pass more rapidly through the

water.

24. Eliza thought the boat was going to be upset. She started up, screaming, and fell over against her brother Charles, and knocked him over into the water.

25. Poor Charles could not swim, and, as the boat, of course, continued to move on, he would certainly have been drowned, if the large dog, Carlos, which had been lying in the bottom of the boat, had not jumped up, and sprung over into the water to him.

26. Charles! Charles!" cried his father; "catch hold of the dog's neck, and keep fast hold of him."

27. "I will! I will!" cried Charles. 28. The dog immediately sprung right into his arms, and, as soon as Charles caught fast hold of him, he began to swim to the nearest part of the shore. Look at

the picture, and you will see the dog swimming out, with Charles clinging to him. The boat is just turning about to follow after them.

29. The whole party soon got to the shore. But Charles and the dog got there first, as the dog swam to the nearest land. The boat had to go to another place, as the wind blew directly from the spot where the dog landed.

30. Poor Charles, with his clothes dripping wet, was nearly half an hour before he got to a house to dry himself. So he caught a violent cold and fever. He kept his bed for several weeks before he got well.

31. Now what do you think was the cause of all this trouble? It was because Eliza had no presence of mind. The boys were as much afraid as she was. But they did not scream, or jump up. They kept themselves cool. We call this having presence of mind. Every body should try to have presence of mind. And this we can do, if we only frequently recollect, that screaming or jumping up can do us no good when we are in danger. Indeed, it very often does hurt. You see Charles came very near being drowned by it. We should always keep cool. And we can do this, if we determine to do it.

[Let the class describe the picture, pointing out Carlos, Charles, the boat, its sails, the persons in it, the tavern, the two barns, and explain why the water is in such commo

tion near the dog. Let them then tell the story in their own words. Explain, T1, oars, row; 2, hoist the sails; 3, sail took the wind, slide; 12, why could not the boat go to the place where the dog landed? Did Eliza do right or wrong to start up when she was frightened? Why? What ought she to have done? Whose blame would it have been, had Charles been drowned? How do you think she would feel while Charles lay sick? Do you think God is pleased or displeased with people who give way to their fears as Eliza did? Does he see and take notice of such conduct, or not? What does the Bible about this? The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and good. Prov. xv. 3.

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Master, what

shall I do to inherit eternal life ?"

2. He said unto him, "What is written in the law? how readest thou ?"

"Thou shalt

3. And he answering, said, love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."

4. And he said unto him, "Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live." 5. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus," And who is my neighbor ?"

6. And Jesus answering, said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

7. "And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

8. "And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

9. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

10. "And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

11. "And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.'

12. "Which now of these three, thinkest