How happy the child is now! Its pain is over; it is grown quite good; it is bright like an angel. It holds a harp in its hand, and begins to sing a sweet song of praise to God. Its little body is put into a grave, and turns into dust. One day God will make its body alive again. Dear children, will you pray to God to send his angels to fetch your souls when you die? Around God’s glorious throne above The happy angels stand, And ever praise the God they love, And fly at his command. Their faces, like the sun, are bright, And sweetest smiles they wear; They never sleep; there is no night, Nor need of candle there. But though the angels live so high, They love us men below, And hope to see us in the sky In garments white as snow. And when a dying infant lies Upon its mother’s breast, The angels watch it while it dies, And take its soul to rest. LESSON V. OF THE WICKED ANGELS. WHEN did God begin to live in heaven? God always lived in heaven. Once there was no such little child as you, but there always was God. Once there was no sun, but there always was God. Once there were no angels, but there always was God. No one made God; God was the first of all things, and God made everything. A very long while ago God made the angels. How many angels did he make? No one could tell how many. There were more than could be counted. They were all good and happy. But some of the angels grew bad. They left off loving God, and grew proud, and disobedient. Would God let them stay in heaven after they were bad? No; he cast them out, and put them in chains and darkness. One of these bad angels was called Satan. He is the chief, or prince of the bad angels. He is called the devil. The devil is very wicked, and hates God. He can never go back to heaven again, but he comes here where we live, and he brings the other devils with him. We cannot see Satan, because he is a spirit, but he is always walking about, and trying to make people naughty. Satan loves mischief; he does not wish to be good. It pleases Satan to see people in pain and in tears; but it pleases him best to see them naughty, because then he thinks that they will come and live with him in his dark place. He wishes that there should be a great many people in hell, so he tries to make us do wicked things, and keep us from praying to God. I cannot tell you how very bad Satan is. He is very cruel, for he likes to give pain. He is a liar and teaches people to tell lies. He is proud, and wishes people to mind him more than God. He is envious, and cannot bear to see people happy.