For, in the house, or in the fields,
They always were together.
It was rare fun to see them race
Through fields of bright-red clover,
And jump across the running brooks,
Flush and his brother Rover.
Mrs. Child.
Alfred, with all his brothers and sisters, had been taught to tell the exact truth. They had learned many texts of Scripture which speak of the sin and punishment of lying. These are a few of them:—
“The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.” Psa. lxiii, 11.
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” Prov. xii, 19.