Mordecai is an unruly specimen, and then there is Simeon, who never fails to have an answer ready. His favorite one is, "Be humble, and ever mindful of death." I suppose he learned it in the catechism, for he rarely fails to give it when any question is asked concerning duty to God or man. When we had the lesson about "The Sick of the Palsy," his class were asked what they would do if they had a sick friend who was unable to walk to a physician, and had no horse. "I'd get some mare and tote him," was Simeon's original thought, and he did not know the story either. It always seems as if I had just begun to write when time and space warn me to stop, so now good-by. AN A.M.A. TEACHER. * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1889. MAINE, $362.69. Augusta. "A Friend" 11.21 Bangor. S.C. Carter 5.00 Blue Hill. Cong. Y.P.S.C.E., by Miss C.B. Stevens, Treas. 5.00 Brewer. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 Calais. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Castine. Class No. 9 Trin. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 2.25 Eastport. "G.A.P." of Central Ch. "Thank Offering" 10.00 Garland. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Kittery Point. Cong. Ch. 6.35 South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. 10.88 Thomaston. "A Few Friends in Cong. Ch." _for Memphis, Tenn._ 12.00 Yarmouth. Chas. L. Marston, _for Mountain Work_ 180.00 Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 42, and Sab. Sch. on True Blue Cards 30, _for Tougaloo U._ 72.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $384.29. Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 Barrington. W.B.M., Bbl. C., _for Talladega C._ Croydon. Mrs. D.W. Barton, _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ 5.00 Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 91.92 Francestown. Cong. Ch. 17.52 Gorham. Cong. Ch. 5.67 Haverhill. Cong. Ch. 17.00 Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 5.75 Hudson. Cong. Ch. 14.00 Keene. Second Cong. Ch. 27.04 Keene. Primary Class Second S.S., _for Woman's Work_ 5.00 Londonderry. Mrs. Buxton 5.00 Lyme. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Manchester. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch. _for Fort Berthold, Indian M._ 75.00 Marlboro. Cong. Ch. 12.33 Meriden. "A Friend" $1.50. Cong. S.S., Box Books, etc., _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ 1.50 Newport. S.S. of Cong. Ch., Box S.S. Books, _for Lexington, Ky._