t one of that immense number of birds, which we saw flying to a
warmer country, can perish without God's knowledge. He sees every one
of them. During the summer, he has fed them on the meadows near the
sea-shore, and now that winter is approaching, he has taught them to
seek other localities, where their appropriate food can be found.

Whenever God's children are tempted to yield to despondency, and to
fear that they shall suffer from want, let them remember that they are
of more value than many sparrows, and that if they trust their
heavenly Father, their bread shall be given them, and their water
shall be sure. He who feeds the birds will feed them. May he

"Fill" our souls "with trust unshaken
In that Being who has taken
Care for every living thing,
In Summer, Winter, Fall and Spring."

[Illustration]

THE LOST CHILD.

It was a Sabbath morning in November, clear, bright and frosty. Mrs.
Dudley's family were preparing for church. They heard Carlo bark
violently, and knew a stranger must be near. Carlo is a faithful
watch-dog, but his habit of barking at visitors is so disagreeable,
that he is usually kept chained in the day-time. On Sunday, as no
company is expected, he is permitted to go at large. When Mr. Dudley
heard Carlo, he immediately threw open the window, and spoke to him.
He saw a gentleman, who was evidently much alarmed. None of the family
knew him. The stranger soon made known the occasion of his call, by
inquiring,

"Have you seen any thing of a stray child?"

"No, we have not; whose child is lost?"

"Mr. McPherson's."

"How old is the child?"

"About six years old. His mother sent him from home, yesterday, about
two o'clock, and she has heard nothing from him since. He had a small
tin pail with him to get some yeast."

It is sad to hear that a child is lost, and all the family sympathized
with the anxious parents. "How badly you would feel if I was lost!"
said Eddie, and he looked sober and grieved, as he thought of the
little boy about his own age, who had wandered from home, no one knew
where. There was much fear that he had fallen into the river, as he
had been seen on the dock.

At ten o'clock the family started for church. They met people who were
searching for the child, and who asked them, as the gentleman had done
at the house, "Have you seen any thing of a stray child?"

Notice was given in the churches that a boy was lost, and many a
mother's heart be