THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

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He told them what a sad thing it is
for brothers and sisters to disgrace each
other. He put them in mind of Cain,

who was so wicked as to kill his brother

  

Abel; and ‘he also told them of a litth

boy he once knew, who struck a younger

brother in anger and killed him.

Then he said thus to Henry: “Now
suppose you had caught your sister
while you were so angry with her, do
you think you would really have struck
her with that stone ?”

Henry did not answer.

“T am afraid you would have done
so,” said Mary’s father; “and one blow
of your angry arm, with such a heavy
thing in your hand, might at once in-
deed have killed her. Now, instead of
being here safe, your sister might have

been lying on the road, with blood
streaming from her head, not able to

speak or to move. Is this a sight you
would like to see, Henry ?”

The boy burst into tears. He did not
like to think of what he might have
done ; and he said he was very sorry.

Then he spoke to Lucy. He told her
how very wrong it is to do anything to
provoke another; and that he was very
sorry she should lift her little hand to
strike a brother, even though she did
not mean to hurt him much. ;

She also said she was very sorry ; and
she began to cry.

Then he told them that they ought to
confess their sin to God, and ask pardon
of him; and to ask his help to keep
them from being so naughty in future.
He told them that if they were to live in
peace with each other, they would be
much more happy than they ever had
been ; and that the great God, who sees
all things, takes notice of children who

live in love, and is pleased with them.
But he is angry every day with the
quarrelsome, and says that where he is
they cannot come. .

“Let us hear,” said . “what the
Bible says to you. These are the words
of God: ‘ Little children, love one an-
other.’ ‘He that loveth not his brother,
abideth in death.’ “Whosoever hateth
his brother is a murderer.’ My little
children, let us not love in word, neither
in tongue, but in deed and in truth.’ ”.

He then led Henry and Lucy out of
the garden, and they went home together
in peace.—Great Truths for Children.

The Autumn-Leaf.

. Loox at this leaf
I hold up to view;
How red it looks

Where the sun shines through !

Purple and black,
Pale yellow and rea—
Colors as bright
As painter e’er spread.

Where the bird hid
Its nest in the tree,

Screen-like it hung
As green as could be.

But the dew fell,
All softly and still ;
And the cold air
Made the dew-drops chill.

Cold on the leaf
The chill dew-drops lay ;
All the green died,
Before it was day.

When the sun shone,
It brought no relief;
The beautiful green

Was life to the leaf. xr. G