The Day is Done. _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 481 A Child's Thought of God. _Elizabeth Barrett Browning_ 483 Lullaby Song. _From the German_ 484 The Pilgrims of the Night. _Frederick William Faber_ 487 MEMORY VERSES AND PROVERBS. 489 {23} A BIBLE PRIMER {24} {25} A BIBLE ALPHABET A Ask and ye shall receive. B Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. C Create in me a clean heart, O God. D Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you. E Even Christ pleased not himself. F Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. G Give us this day our daily bread. H Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. I I am the bread of life. J Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever. K Keep thy tongue from evil. L Little children, love one another. M My son, give me thine heart. N Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. {26} O Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. P Pray without ceasing. Q Quit you like men, be strong. R Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. S Suffer the little children to come unto me. T Teach me thy way, O Lord. U Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks. V Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. W What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. X Examine yourselves. Y Ye are bought with a price. Z Zealous of good works. From an old alphabet belonging to Miss Clara L. Bodman, and used by her kind permission. {27} my father mother dear My father. My mother. My dear father. My dear mother. "Honor thy father and thy mother."--_Exodus 20:12_. "Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord."--_Colossians 3:20_. "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother."--_Proverbs 1:8_. {28} I brother sister love I love my father. I love my mother. I love my brother. I love my sister. "Have love one to another."--_John 13:35_. "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." --_I John 4:11_. "Let us love one another: for love is of God."--_I John 4:7_. {29} {30} [Illustration] THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE CHILD By Murillo (1618-1682) Bartolome Esteban Murillo was born at Seville, Spain, January 1, 1618. Very poor at first, he afterward gained wealth and fame by his masterly work, which made him an artist of the first rank. "The peasant-painter of Spain," as he has been called, was a man of deep religious convictions. "He alone in the seventeenth century kept alive the pure flame of religious fervor which burned within the devout Italians of the early school." His Madonnas are all of an especially sweet and gentle and motherly type. [End illustration] {31} God me is