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LESSON HYMN.

_Tune_--"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat).

Jesus, help us all to see
That it's better far to be
Rich in all that's good and kind,
Than to worldly riches find.

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Title of Lesson for March 8.

Watchfulness (Temperance Lesson).--Luke 12:35-48.

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Golden Text for March 8.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find
watching.--Luke 12:37.

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Beginners Golden Text for March 8.

_Even a child maketh himself known by his doings._--Prov. 20:11.

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| Thoughts for Mothers |
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Teach Politeness.

Mothers, do you ever impress upon your children the fact that they ought
to show true politeness to everyone? Do not let them show rudeness at
home, and then expect them to be polite in company. Politeness is not
inborn, it has to be cultivated. It is a singular fact that parents
allow their children to treat their brothers and sisters with little or
no respect; this is one great cause of inharmony in many homes. Some
parents think that to have their children pay too much attention to the
rules of politeness, is apt to make them too formal. Better a little
formality than actual rudeness.

If there is any place in the world where true politeness and
consideration should be shown, it is at home, and a parent cannot begin
too early to teach such acts to a child. Remember that true politeness
begins in the heart: "Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth
speaketh."

An earnest desire to "do unto others as I would that they should do unto
me," should be a child's motive power to impel to acts of kindness and
politeness. See that the heart is kept right, and your child will be
truly polite.

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| Advice to Boys and Girls |
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A Welcome Little Guest.

Eloise had been visiting at the home of her mother's girlhood friend,
and the latter said to the little girl when she was leaving: "I hope
your mother will allow you to come soon again; it has been such a
pleasure having you with us."

Eloise is just turned eight years old, and perhaps you wonder how she
made herself a wel