The Girl's Reading-Book: in Prose And Poetry, for Schools
The Girl's Reading-Book: in Prose And Poetry, for Schools
Sigourney Lydia Howard
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Its heart danced with joy, as it looked around on this good and plea- sant world. It stood' like a lamb before its teachers, it bowed its ear to instruction, it walked in the way of know- 196 THE GIRL^S REASINChBOOK. ledge. It was not proud or stubborn orenyioim; and it had never heard of the vices and vanities of (he world. And when I looked upon it, I remem- bered our Saviour's words, " Except y^ become as little children, ye cannot enter into, the kingdom of heaven." j I saw a man whom the w...orld, calls honourable. Many waited for his smile. They pointed to the ^elds that were his, ^nd talked of the silver and gold which he had gathered. They praised the stateli- ness of his ^omes, and extolled the honour of his family. But the secret language of hjs heart was, "by my wisdom have I gotten all this." So he returned no thanks to God, neither did he fear or serve him. As I passed along, I heard the complaints of the labourers who had reaped his fields, and the cries of the poor, whose covering he had taken away.
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