They then knelt down together in prayer—Mountain John passed the night with Andrew, and in the morning they carried the bear to the next city, where they sold it for a good price. At this John was much pleased; and Andrew said, “If the bear was killed by my bill-hook, it was for your preservation that God directed me to strike, and the remembrance of your visit will, I trust, be better to us than the treasures of this world.”
HYMNS FOR CHILDREN.
William and his sister Jane were returning home. They were singing as they walked along. At a turning of the road they saw a gentleman sitting upon the bank; he was writing in his pocket book.
“My dears,” said the gentleman, “you are singing very merrily.”
The children stopped and were silent.
G. Do not let me stop your singing: go on, I shall like to hear you.