this saying kneeling thanking his beside goodness child See this little child. He is going to bed. He is saying his prayer. He is kneeling beside his bed. He is thanking his Father in heaven for his goodness. Do you say your prayer? I say my prayer night and morning. "Ask, and it shall be given you."--_Matthew 7:7_. "For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers."--_I Peter 3:12_. {48} sheep cows cover rain falls eat for waters garden earth Clouds cover the sky. The rain falls. The rain waters the earth. The flowers in the garden are glad. The red rose is glad. The white lily is glad. The green grass is glad. The rain makes the grass grow. The sheep and the cows eat the grass. God gives the rain. God makes the grass grow for the sheep and the cows. "Praise ye the Lord; Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains." _Psalms 147:8_. {49}{50} [Illustration] PLOWING IN PALESTINE Copyright by Underwood & Underwood and used by special permission Very little advance has been made in methods of agriculture in Palestine since the early days of which the Bible tells. The plow is often still the crooked stick, sometimes strengthened by iron, but still very primitive. It is no wonder that crops are so poor and life is so hard under these conditions [End illustration] {51} spring-time snow ice gone robin blue-bird seeds help The Spring-time has come. The birds have come. The blue-birds are flying in the air. I see a robin in my garden. I will go to my garden. I will plant seeds in my garden. The seeds will grow to be flowers. I love to see them grow. Have you a garden? Do you see the birds in your garden? What seeds do you plant in your garden? God makes the flowers grow. He gives the rain and the sun. The rain and the sun help to make the flowers grow. "Thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof."--_Psalms 65:10_ {52} summer warm cool woods who brightly bees sing pick hum Summer is here. The birds sing in the trees. I hear the robins sing. The flowers have come. I will go to my garden and pick the roses and the lilies. The sun shines brightly. I love the warm sun. The bees hum in the garden. The woods are cool. I love the cool woods. Who gives us the warm summer days? God gives us the summer days. "Thou hast made summer and winter."--_Psalms 74:17_. {53}{54} [Illustration: ] THE AUTUMN WOODS "The autumn-time has come; On woods that dream of bloom, And over purpling vines, The low sun fainter shines. The aster-flower is failing, The hazel's gold is paling; Yet overhead more near The eternal stars appear!" --_John Greenleaf Whittier_ [End illustration] {55}