rse deeper and deeper, until finally
through the soft soil and the hard rock, through the pleasant meadow
and the beautiful woodlands, it has worn out for itself a very deep
channel in which it continues to flow to the ocean.

So the mind, by repeated action, marks out its course. Whether the
mental effort or manual work be pleasant or difficult, we become so
accustomed to it, that we go on day by day, and year by year doing the
same thing.

The Bible gives very wise instruction to parents when it says, "Train up
a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart
from it." (Prov. xxii: 6.) It has also been wisely said, "Sow an act and
you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character
and you reap a destiny."

Be careful, boys and girls, what you do, for by doing anything you are
forming a habit. If you do wrong things you will form bad habits, but if
you do right things you will form good habits, which are always the
best.

QUESTIONS.--Are small ropes or strings used to
make big ropes? Can you tie a boy's hands and feet
with thread so that he cannot make himself free?
How are strong habits made? Is it a good thing
that habits are formed in this way? Does this make
it easy to form good habits? Does it also make it
easy to break away at first from a bad habit?
Which is easier, to form a bad habit or to break
away from it? Who tries to bind us with bad
habits? Who alone can break the ropes of habit
with which Satan binds us? What does the Bible say
about training up a child in the way he should go?

WATCH AND CASE.

THE SOUL AND THE BODY.

SUGGESTION:--A watch and case (preferably a double
case) from which the works can be easily removed
will answer the purpose. Jewelers often have such
old watches that they would be glad to sell for a
trifle, or even to give away. A small old clock
from which the works can be removed would also
answer the same purpose.

Keep up the play idea with the children. Older
persons may weary of repetition, but to children
their play is always new and interesting. After
"driving to church", being shown to seats, and
after some opening services, let one of the
children preach in his or her o