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Scraps for Children.-No. :,


some more aboutit. In that, we learned to
I" Rompmber the Sabbath day to keep it ho-
ly."st In this, lot us pick up the "Old Fanli-
ly Biblc," and t1tn'to, Ecclesiastcs, 18th chap.
ter and LIST verse;. aud sec if we can't learn
something moro about the duty Of lnemory.
There you will find it written, Romomber
now. thy. Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the OWL days come not, nor the years
draw nigh when thou shalt say have no
pleasure in them" I thinkif we will put OH
our studying ohp aud think right closely about
this pretty verse wd will learn at least these
: two things; 1st The duty to discharge
Remember thy Creator" 2d.- Whom we
are to perform it." Now, in the days Of thy
youth
And 1st. Let us examine our duty What
isit? Remember thy Creator In some
of;the nice little Catechis,ns the Gr~i anostion
.is,s"Mho made, yeuE The answer is
"Gvu..r Well, then, God is " our Creator"
Wo didn't make ourselves. The great God
created us. But what did he mako us of /?
OF the dust Of tho ground. ".Dust thou art
/, sand unto dust shalt thou return" When
,Satan tompts you to be proud, remember you
are Of the dust and must soon die and go back
to the dust Some Of these days, these bodies
Of ours, WHICH carry our souls. about, will be
put down in hole dug in the ground, and
the worms will cat them and then they viii
turn to dust. IIay'nt you seen people COW
cred up in the cold grave2 Perhaps some
little boy or girl, who reads or hears read
these lines, has father or mother, brother or
: sister ip, the 10y arms of death. Wcll, nv
little friend, you cant bring them back now,
but you must soon follow on !; you must soon
die4Yourself. O yes, we. will ali soon be dead
and gone to another world Whilo write,
the death -groans of a lady, who has died this
afternoon, are still sounding in my ears The
solemn tolls Of the Church bell informed the
inhabitants Of the village. that another soul
had gone to the spiritand. But she was
good woman-a member Of tho Church-had
loved and served The Lord Jesus many years
Her aged mother, lettering upon the verge of
thetomb and other friends, weep in hope. !.
But did God make the soul of the dust as
well as tho, body? 0, no! He did not Gre
ate the soul of the dust of tho ground. VIII
can neverldie Where will it go then when
the body dios2 The souls of good people go
to Heaven and tho souls of bad folks 90 to
Hell. Well, then, don't you see if we want
to escape that burning. world and get home to
the good world, we must be good boys and
girls, and "Rcmenibcr now our Creator in the
days of our youth" Tho word g remember "
here means moro than simply to keep God in
our memories 1t also means that We should
,loYo, and oboy God. J. tits right tothnk about,
our Heavenly Father, but we must love Him
aud mind what flo says in His good Book.
When He tells us ia the Bible to quit doing
wrong, we must Mt once quit it, and when He
says for us to get about doing right, We must
got at it quickly and keep at it constantly
When He says "Thou shalt.net swear" we
must swear no more. When Ho says {" Chill
/. dren, oboysyour parents" we should do that.
.& 2. But when must l. do this CHOW, in
the days q, thy youth" is tho answer which
the Bible gives. | have met with some pa
rents-who objected to their children seeking
religiou,while 50 young. And / have thought
suchtparents had forgotten this text entirely
7 When you feel like you ought to pray and
seek and serve the good lord, and your pa
rents tell you to wait till you get older, get
your Bibleand sl ow them this text.
Sometimes you will hear. young people say,
tHIt. isstime jehouelr,. yet. W hen I grow up
TIL! be religious y Tako care my young
friends+ II. is.the evil spirit who whispers
such sayings iuto Yourcars. The good Spirit
says, 1Remembor. nov thy Creator in tho
!. days. Of thy youth" When your father
wants ia. make {. .good splow-st he gets "A,
good pieSevof wood. I; tSoif you want to make
good md stisef4l men and women, you must be
{ good ;boyssand girls" TT is, q. hard matter to
make good men, and women out.of bpd boys
end'girIs AS soonsasa YOU are4big enough to