Little Alfred

Say not, Too soon I urge their tottering steps. Should I forbear, On every side deceitful strangers stand, And beckon them away; in flowery paths Awhile to sport; and then to wa...

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thin...

“And cool water gushing out of the rock,” continued little Flora. “And, O, how pretty the story of the Shunamite’s little boy is, who got sick, and said, ‘My head! my head!’ I a...

JUST as Alfred’s papa had finished saying these words they reached the gate of the house where they were to breakfast. It belonged to a friend of Mr. Penrose, who wished to see...

And some of the fruit-trees that grew in the garden shot their branches over the wall; and they that found them did gather them up, and eat of them to their hurt. So Christiana’...

WHEN little Alfred returned home, on a Saturday afternoon, from one of the delightful visits to the woods of which I have told you, his mamma lifted him up on the sofa beside he...

MRS. PENROSE said, “I like to read the stories in the Bible very slowly; and I like to think, as I go along, how the persons of whom I read looked, and how their houses looked,...

“Just then, a young man, who wore a short blue jacket, a checked shirt, and a shining hat on the back of his head, came along; and, seeing Ann’s distress and poor Harry’s situat...

Alfred was busy making pictures on a slate, and did not want to go to bed yet. He begged that he might finish off his horse. His mamma said he _might_ finish his horse, although...

Frank had two pretty little dogs, With hair as soft as silk, A few brown spots upon their back, The rest as white as milk. And many a happy hour they had, In dull or shining wea...

EVERY morning, at the breakfast-table, each one repeated a text of Scripture. They selected their texts alphabetically, each text beginning with the same letter. They began with...

At length the time came when Alfred’s pleasant visit must end. When he was going away, Walter gave Flora a very beautiful box, as a keepsake. The box was filled with sugar-plums.

ONE day, when Alfred was at church, the minister preached from the words, “I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” Luk...

When little Samuel woke, And heard his Maker’s voice. At every word he spoke How much did he rejoice! O blessed, happy child, to find The God of heaven so near and kind! SUNDAY-...

A sinful creature I was born, And ever since have stray’d; I must be wretched and forlorn Without thy mercy’s aid. But Christ can all my sins forgive, And wash away their stain;...

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: an...

ALFRED began to read pretty well by the time he was five years old. He and his papa would read a chapter in the Bible together, verse by verse, once a day. Then, when his papa h...

Come, dear ones, to your lessons, You have so much to say, Your spelling and your reading, Before you go to play. Ah! I know you will be scholars; You’ve said all rightly o’er:...

When the north winds blow, on my sled I go, With a bounding heart, o’er the glitt’ring snow; Or swift on the clear, cold ice I glide, With my watchful father close by my side.

The poor hen did cry, And make a loud din. And hard did she strive To teach them aright; For to see them do wrong Always gave her a fright. FLOWERS FOR CHILDREN.

Up! let us to the fields away, And breathe the fresh and balmy air: The bird is building in the tree, The flower has open’d to the bee, And health, and love, and peace are there...

And true it was that angels still Good little Samuel led; Were with him in his happy play, And round his little bed. They kept his heart so kind and true, They made his eye so m...

“NO mere man ever lived without having broken God’s commandments,” said Mr. Penrose. “Jesus Christ, who was both God and man, is the only person who ever lived in our world with...

Now I saw in my dream, that by this time the pilgrims entering into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, the way lying directly through it, they solaced...

ONE sweet September morning, Alfred’s papa rose early. Silvery mists rested upon the mountains; but when the sun arose they parted, and curled upwards. The industrious little sp...

A VERY few days after Alfred’s talk with his papa about obeying immediately, Mr. Penrose met a gentleman who told him about a little son of his, whose life was probably saved by...

When the snow came—the fair, beautiful snow, falling so softly and quietly upon the frozen ground, and making every tree look like a fairy bower—Alfred ran about the house, sing...

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.—Deut. xiii, 4.