s.

God has given the turtle a house. He has given us intelligence and all
the materials and left us to construct the house in which we are to live
upon this earth. But in heaven He has built our house for us. Jesus
said: "In My Father's house are many mansions." The German translation
has it, "In My Father's house are many homes." "I go to prepare a place
for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

Death may be a misfortune to a poor turtle, but not to a Christian man
or woman, or a Christian boy or girl. Death is only the blessed Saviour
coming to take us unto Himself.

QUESTIONS.--Do animals feel pain? Has God provided
for their protection? Does the turtle have bones?
Are your bones on the outside or the inside of
your body? Where are the turtle's bones
principally? How does the turtle protect himself?
Tell the story of the bad boy and the little
rabbits. Are the forms of animals similar to the
form of our bodies? To what part of our body do
the wings of the bird and the front legs of a
horse or cow correspond? Do animals have a moral
nature and a conscience? Are they accountable to
God for their conduct? Are we?

GRASSHOPPER AND ANT.

NEGLIGENCE AND INDUSTRY.

[Illustration: The Royal Exchange, London.]

THE largest city of the world is across the ocean, in England. In the
busiest part of London is a very large building, called the Royal
Exchange. On the top of the pinnacle, or tower, of this large stone
building is a large grasshopper, and the English people have this legend
in reference to it: It is related that some three hundred and
seventy-five years ago, a woman, whose purposes we cannot know, might
have been seen hurrying along a country lane, some distance outside of
the city. Hastening along she came to a gate leading into a field, and
looking in every direction to be sure that no one was near, she took off
her shawl and wrapped it carefully around a little baby which she had
concealed under her arm, and laid it gently by the side of a hedge. And
then turning back to the lane, she soon disappeared in the distance. An
hour or two later a little girl and a rollicking, frolicking boy,
possibly returning from school, were crossing the field. It was in the
later days of summer, when