CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]

HARRISON AND ELLA

"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work."

[CHAPTER II.]

OYSTER-SALOON

"If any will not work, neither shall he eat."

[CHAPTER III.]

THE NEW BONNET

"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man."

[CHAPTER IV.]

HARRISON IN TROUBLE

"The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty."

[CHAPTER V.]

HARRISON IN AFFLICTION

"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep."

[CHAPTER VI.]

HARRISON'S NEW HOME

"But if any provide not for his own, especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."

[CHAPTER VII.]

HONEST COWLES

"Work with your hands, that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."

[CHAPTER VIII.]

HARRISON LEAVING SCHOOL

"The Lord blesseth the habitation of the just."

[CHAPTER IX.]

HARRISON BECOMING A MERCHANT

"In all thy ways acknowledge him; and he will direct thy paths."

[CHAPTER X.]

THE SECRET PARTNER

"It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."

[CHAPTER XI.]

HARRISON'S STORY

"Be sure your sin will find you out."

[CHAPTER XII.]

HARRISON'S REWARD

"The hand of the diligent maketh rich."

[CHAPTER XIII.]

ALFRED A SAILOR

"The expectation of the wicked shall perish."

[CHAPTER XIV.]

THE PARTED SHIP

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

[CHAPTER XV.]

FRANK'S RETURN HOME

"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found."

[CHAPTER XVI.]

CONCLUSION

"Seest thou a man diligent in business; he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."

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