"Then what I wish you to remember is this: that you must use your reason in such way as to glorify God. He gave it to you to learn his will and his commandments, and to live accordingly. So now you see the things which our conversations about the animals can teach us. In the first place, we see the goodness of God; in the second place, we see the power of God; in the third place, we see the wisdom of God: and we see in ourselves that God has done more for us than he has done for them, and therefore we ought to love and serve him: we ought to believe what he says in his Word; we ought to pray to him for his blessed help; we ought, _first of all_, to seek the salvation of our souls, through our Lord Jesus Christ. "Now, my dear children, to-morrow I must leave home for a few weeks; but when I come back we will talk together again: and as I am going to see my nephews, I will get a book which they printed about insects; it is called the History of Insects,[14]--and I will bring it to you; and some of the largest boys among you may read it aloud, and I will explain to you what you cannot understand. If you are pleased with what I have been telling you, that book will tell you a great deal more." "Oh, thank you, Uncle Philip. We shall like it very much." "Farewell, boys." "Good-by, dear Uncle Philip." FOOTNOTES: [12] Myiothera obsoleta of Bonaparte. [13] Tyrannus intrepidus. [14] Family Library, No. VIII.--_Publishers._ THE END. _Now republishing, on good paper and large type, in 18mo. volumes_, SOCIAL EVILS AND THEIR REMEDY. A SERIES OF NARRATIVES TO BE PUBLISHED QUARTERLY. BY THE REV. CHARLES B. TAYLER, M.A. No. I. THE MECHANIC. IS NOW REPUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE BY THE BOOKSELLERS. "Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." AUTHOR'S ADDRESS No doubt can be felt as to the fact, that there are at present many crying evils in all ranks of society--perhaps there never was a time when more remedies were proposed. It is, however, a melancholy truth, that the only remedy is too generally over-looked, or despised. Remedies, selfish in principle, and selfish in their proposed end, are held forth and confided in by those who profess to be Christians, and, as such, dependent on the Great Head of the church. Man is taught how to live in time, and to be wise for time; but it has become unusual to refer to that fine old scriptural prayer, "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Indeed, the wisdom desired by too many is that which is so forcibly described by an apostle's pen, as "earthly, sensual, devilish;" not that wisdom the attributes of which form the graces of man's new and regenerate character, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated; "full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."