man So. He is somebody's grandpa, and how would you like it if your grandpa were treated so?" 9. Who are you? cried the rude boys; and they began to sneer at her. You may laugh and sneer at me as much as you please, but it is too bad to treat an old man so. 10. I hear a friendly voice, said the old man, but can not see where it comes from; for I am blind! 11. It comes from me, sir, answered the kind little girl; and going up to him, she said, I will lead you home if you will It must be hard not let me. to see, and may be you have lost your way. 12. Yes, my dear child, I have lost my way, said the old blind man. I came here to visit my daughter who lives on Jay street. I just stepped out to sun myself, and somehow I lost my way. 13. The boys think I am drunk; for a poor old blind man in a strange place can not walk very straight. But how came you to befriend me? 14. Oh sir, replied Julia, I thought you must be somebody's grandpa, and I could not bear to see you treated so. May I lead you home, sir? 13. Yes, child, and God bless you, said the old man. And as Julia led him away the rude boys sneaked off like cowards, as they were; for no brave boy will ever treat the aged or infirm unkindly. LESSON LII. BEAUTIFUL IN HEAVEN. 1. O what an ugly creature! and the woman turned away with a look of disgust from a deformed child. . 2. But, madam, said I, she will be beautiful in heaven. 3. Beautiful in heaven! How do you know that? she asked. 4. The good will all be beau tiful there, for in heaven they shall be like angels. 5. Here we often see but the beauty of the face; there we shall see the beauty of the spirit, and that will be in the image of God. 6. A pretty face is often made to look ugly by bad passions; while ugly faces look pleasant when the heart is full of love. 7. This little girl goes daily to Him who said, Suffer little children to come unto me; and there she gets her heart so full of love that she carries gladness wherever she goes. 8. How else, then, but beautiful, can she be in heaven, where we shall all be seen and known by the spirit we take with us. 9. Would my little reader be beautiful in heaven? Go to the same fountain, drink of the same spirit, love the same Jesus, and you shall go to that beautiful land and be an angel there. 10. There, all tears shall be wiped away; and there will be no more sorrow nor crying, neither shall any thing enter that maketh afraid. 11. O, who would not love Jesus, And dwell with Him above, THE END. |