A lady had two children--both girls. The elder was a fair child; the younger a beauty, and the mother's pet. Her whole love centered in it. The elder was neglected, while "Sweet" (the pet name of the younger) received every attention that affection could bestow. One day, after a severe illness, the mother was sitting in the parlor, when she heard a childish footstep on the stairs, and her thoughts were instantly with the favorite. "Is that you, Sweet?" she enquired. "No, mamma," was the sad, touching reply, "it isn't Sweet: it's only me." The mother's heart smote her; and from that hour "only me" was restored to an equal place in her affections. 302 Children are usually what their mothers were, or are. --_Landor._ 303 Be careful to discountenance in children anything that looks like rage and furious anger. --_Tillotson._ 304 Children will grow up substantially what they are by nature--and only that. --_Mrs. Stowe._ 305 _St. Luke, xxiv, 29_--"Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." (Two of the disciples to our Lord on the way to Emmaus.) 306 DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. The following description is alleged to be derived from an ancient manuscript sent by Publius Lentellus, President of Judea, to the Senate of Rome: "There lives at this time in Judea, a man of singular character, whose name is Jesus Christ. The barbarians esteem Him as their prophet; but His followers adore Him as the immediate offspring of the immortal God. He is endowed with such unparalleled virtue as to call back the dead from their graves and to heal every kind of disease with a word or a touch. His person is tall and elegantly shaped; His aspect, amiable and reverend; His hair flows in those beauteous shades which no united colors can match, falling in graceful curls below His ears, agreeably couching on His shoulders, and parting on the crown of His head; His dress, that of the sect of Nazarites; His forehead is smooth and large; His cheeks without blemish, and of roseate hue; His nose and mouth are formed with exquisite symmetry; His beard is thick and suitable to the hair of His head, reaching a little below His chin, and parting in the middle below; His eyes are clear, bright, and serene.