It is the same with good habits as bad ones—they tend to control us and guide our conduct. If a person does good repeatedly, it becomes a habit with him to do good; it is easy for him to do good, and difficult to do wrong. What an important thing it is to have good habits!
Now, my dear reader, remember that every day you are forming habits, good or bad; you are every day making it easier to do evil or to do well. Habits are like railroad tracks, upon which we move quickly, easily, and rapidly. Let us all take care that our habits lead in a right direction, and end in peace and not in sorrow.
Fitchburg, July 29, 1843.
Mr. Robert Merry:
Dear Sir,—The following lines were written for a little girl who is a subscriber to the Museum. It would be gratifying to her to have them inserted.
Yours, F. S. W.
THE CHICKADEE.
Elizabeth.—Pretty bird, pray come to me,