“Oh!” said Lily, “I love to hear my heavenly Father’s voice.” “So do I,” said Harry, “it makes me feel so happy.” “You feel happy because you _obeyed_ His voice,” said Mary, “and we are always happy when we are obedient to God. He loves us so much, and is so kind to us, that he never tells us to do any thing that we cannot do; and if it seems hard, and we ask him, he will help us to do it. He tells little children to do very little things, because he loves them, and he knows they are too little to do great things.” “I hope our heavenly Father will talk to me and Lily often,” said Harry, “do you think he will, Mary?” “Yes, if you are good children.” “And will he show us how to be good?” asked Lily. “Oh, yes,” Mary said, “for you know he showed little Samuel what he would have him do.” “Does he love Lily and me as much as he loved little Samuel, Mary,” said Harry. Mary told him that God loved all little children, and he sent our Saviour to bless them and to bring them to him. Do you remember, Harry, what our Saviour said about little children? “Yes,” said Harry, “He said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not!’” Now we are at Lily’s home. Mary took Lily in to her mother, and told her that she kept Lily to talk to her, and Lily’s mother said, “I am glad to see my little daughter, for her supper of nice bread and milk is all ready for her.” Lily’s mother asked Mary and Harry to stay and eat supper; but Mary said they had not leave to stay, and Harry’s father and mother would not know where they were, if they stayed. So she thanked Lily’s mother for her invitation, and then she and Harry kissed Lily, and bade her good-night. And Mary and Harry went home. [Illustration: THE END] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:= Italics, bold letters, small capitals and black letter font have been converted to _ = ALL CAPS and ~ respectively. Perceived typos have been silently corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.