Charlie reads of the joys of the ransomed above,
And learns that this home in the sky
Forever is closed by our Father in love,
From those who on earth learn to lie.
To that Heavenly City, so good and so fair,
The Lamb will a welcome deny,
And no little child can e'er hope to go there,
"Who loveth and maketh a lie."[1]
The Bible has conquered! The teacher with joy
Sees that tears are now filling his eye,
She kneels and implores for her penitent boy
Forgiveness for telling a lie.
THE SAILOR AND THE MONKEYS.
Once, in the hope of honest gain
From Afric's golden store,
A brisk young sailor cross'd the main,
And landed on her shore.
And leaving soon the sultry strand,
Where his fair vessel lay,
He travell'd o'er the neighboring land,
To trade in peaceful way.
- ↑ Rev. xxii: 15.
