e to minister unto Him."

"Very well, indeed," said Father Kennedy. "But let's hurry over some
other points about the angels. Your turn; Master James, and give only
the place and person in each case."

"Well, let me see; there were Abraham and the three angels who went to
Sodom, and the angels who beat the man that wanted to steal money from
the temple, and the angel who took Tobias on a long journey."

"Please, Father Kennedy, wasn't it an _Archangel?_" inquired Maggie,
still determined to surpass her brother.

"Never mind that," said the priest. "Go on, James; 'twill be Maggie's
turn soon."

"Well, there was an angel in the Garden of Olives, and angels at the
Resurrection of our Lord, and angels at His Ascension."

Here Maggie exclaimed, "Please, Father Kennedy, may I have till next
Sunday to search out some angels? James has taken all mine."

"No," mildly said the delighted clergyman, "_your _angel is always with
you, and James has his, too."

"Father Kennedy, there's a man dying in the block behind the church,"
said the servant from the half-open parlor door. "Excuse my coming in
without knocking. They're in a great hurry."

"Good night, children," said the devoted priest, "till next Sunday. May
your angels watch over you in the meantime."

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ARCHANGEL ([:a]rk [=a]n' j[)e]l), a chief angel.

ARCHBISHOP ([:a]rch bish' [)u]p), a chief bishop.

ARCH, as a prefix, means _chief_, and in nearly every case
the _ch_ is soft, as in archbishop. In archangel, architect, and in
one or two other words, the _ch = k._

ARCH, as a suffix, is pronounced _[:a]rk_, and means _ruler;
_ as monarch, a _sole ruler;_ one who _rules alone._

Make a list of all the words of the Lesson that are contractions. Write
after each what it is a contraction of.

EARTHWARD = earth + ward (w[~e]rd). _ward_ is here a suffix
meaning _course, direction to, motion towards._ Add this SUFFIX
to the end of each of the following words, and tell the meaning of
each new word formed:

up, sea, back, down, east, west, land, earth.

WHAT word is the opposite in meaning of each of these new words?

Memory Gem:

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

_Tennyson_.

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ebb' ing
spon' sor
judg' ments
el' e ments
tu' te lage

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.

My oldest