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Short StoriesThe Lady Or The Tiger?In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, wh... The Reward. A teacher in a Sabbath School promised to supply all the ch... The Jew And His Daughter. A Jew came to this country from London, many years ago, and... Gather The Flowers. Two little girls went into the fields to gather flowers. Bu... A Tale Of Negative Gravity My wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Ital... Look Up. A little boy went to sea with his father to learn to be a s... Edward And Ellen. Edward Ford owned a snug little cottage with a small farm s... The Shepherd And His Bible. A poor shepherd, living among the Alps, the father of a lar... Melly, Anna And Susy. There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sis... Julia's Sunset Walk. It was a beautiful June day, just at the sun's setting, whe... Lettice And Catherine, ... Jane And Her Lessons. It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S... The Remarkable Wreck Of The Thomas Hyke It was half-past one by the clock in the office of the Regi... The Saint's Rest. We've no abiding city here: This may distress the wo... The Philosophy Of Relative Existences In a certain summer, not long gone, my friend Bentley and I... Jonas And His Horse. A horse is a noble animal, and is made for the service of m... A Scene In London. My young readers may have heard about the poor people in Lond... The Way To Overcome Evil. A little girl, by the name of Sarah Dean, was taught the pr... Chinese Proverbs. What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. ... Or, Honesty Rewarded. At St. Petersburgh, the birth day of any of the royal famil... |
A BOY REPROVED BY A BIRD.The sparrows often build their nests under the eaves of houses and barns. A young lad saw one of the sparrows conveying materials for her nest, which she was building under the eaves of a cottage adjoining his father's house. He was told not to disturb it. But birds eggs form a temptation to many boys. At a favorable opportunity the lad climbed up to the roof of the cottage and carried away the nest with the eggs in it. Among the materials of which the nest was composed was a piece of paper with some printed verses on it. The boy pulled it out and found it to be a page of one of Dr. Watts' hymns, which had been picked up in the yard by the poor bird for strengthening her nest. The boy unfolded the paper and read:---- "Why should I deprive my neighbor Of his goods against his will? Hands were made for honest labor, Not to plunder nor to steal." The lad says, in his after years, "I never forgot the lesson presented to me by that leaf of paper which had been fixed to the nest of the poor sparrow." Let young people remember that when they do wrong they will get reproved, and it may be by the means of a bird. Next: THE ECHO. Previous: A GOOD ACT FOR ANOTHER.
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