you to look in the Bible for a verse, I read there, "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast." This artless reproof, made Philip think; and afterwards he planned so that he could stop on Sunday, and let his horses rest; and he lost nothing by doing so ; for the store-keepers liked to trust their goods to a man, who showed he was a christian in all his conduct, even if he kept them a day longer on the road, than others would. From what Ruth knew of the children in Chesnuttown, she wished that there was a Sunday school there; Tacy Green had told her about them. Sally Tilson wished so too, but said she could not keep one by herself. Andrew Shelby told Richard he wanted to try to have one in Briar-town, and he wished he would come and help him. When Ruth heard this, she said, "Well, father, if you will go there on Sunday afternoon, I could go and take Hetty and Reuben, and help Sally keep one in Chesnut-town."

Richard was pleased with this plan. On a Saturday morning, Ruth rose earlier than other mornings, and with Reuben's aid, finished all her work, so that on the sabbath she

had very little to do, and all the morning was passed in sweet enjoyment with her father, and Reuben, and Hetty, reading and talking of what they read. Richard and Andrew gave notice in Briar-town that they would keep Sunday school in the afternoon. Some said "they wanted to be great men, to be sure;" some," that they were hypocrites;" and some, "what could they teach?" They were not discouraged, though for some time they only had Andrew's children, and five of a family that were the worst in the town; for their parents were half the time intoxicated, and the children ran wild about the mountain, except when they either begged or stole something to eat. Andrew offered to give them dinner on Sunday, if they would come and stay with him all the afternoon. They willingly promised to do so, and the change which was made in their conduct, led the neighbours to think that there was some use in a Sunday school, and by degrees, one and another sent their children to try how they would like it. The children became fond of going, and there were so many after a few months, that Andrew got leave to have them

in the school-house. Richard then told them to ask their parents, " if they would be wil

ling each to give a small sum to get some books for a library;" but this made a great talk. Some said, "Ah! I thought it would come out that money was to be given." Some, "what could they want with any books but what they had already." Richard said no more about it; but one of the large boys said, "Father told me he would buy me a new hat; I will coax him to give the money to me; that would buy a book or two." Several girls, when they heard this, said, they had some little money to get what they chose with, and they would give

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that." When Richard knew that their rents were willing to allow them to do So, he took the money, and gave it to a wagoner, who was going to a town where there was a Sunday school bookstore, to get as many as he could for the small sum. So many books were sent for the little money, that the parents of the children were surprised; and some of them read the books and were so much pleased with them, that they set the example of giving money to get more, and the Briar-town Sunday school library was soon a large one. Sally and Ruth had much cause for being discouraged in Chesnut-town. "Such a child as Ruth," said Nelly Tilson; "what can she teach? she has had no schooling herself, and she is not more than fourteen years old." Much more was said, which Sally and Ruth heard, about setting them selves up to be religious; but feeling that they were trying to do their duty, they persevered humbly, and by the use of the talents which had been committed to them, they received the approbation of their master, Well done good and faithful servants.'

The children who could do as they pleased,

came first, and soon persuaded others to coax their parents to let them go; so that at length all the children in the town went willingly. Ruth told them about the Briar-town library, and tongues were soon busy with objections. The boys, however, agreed among themselves, that when nutting time came, they would gather a great many, and send them to sell at the same town from which the Briar-town books were brought, and that they would get books with the money which the nuts were sold for. Betsy Wilts said, “we shall have the girls heads turned by books, as poor Kitty Dobbs's was." Kitty had been so dissatisfied at home, that her mother let her go again to visit her cousin in the city.. A young man, who had learned a trade, but was idle and fond of frolicking, heard Kitty talk of "Chesnut-ville," and her father's farm," and saw so much gay dress on her, that he thought her father must have money; he soon flattered her into thinking that he would "pine to death," if she did not agree to marry him. She went to a fortune-teller, who questioned her, so as to know what to tell her that would please her; and told her