At bed-time, the little boy, to his great surprise, saw her get into bed without having said her prayers.

The little fellow immediately went up to the side of the bed, and put this question to her: "Which would you rather go to, heaven or hell ?" The little girl said, "I don't know!" "Not know!" said the boy; "Why, wicked people go to hell, and the good go to heaven, a happy place." The little girl then said, "Why, I should like to go to heaven." "Ah!" but replied the little fellow again, "You did not say your prayers; and all that go heaven pray to God." She then said, "Will you teach me to pray your prayer ?" "If I lived with you," said he, "I would; but if you go to the Infant School, they will teach you to say your prayers, and sing hymns too." One day, while the teacher of an Infant School was speaking to his little children, from the conversation of our Lord with the woman of Samaria at the well, a gentleman present asked the following questions: "Where should we go to worship God ?" When a little boy answered, "To a throne of grace." "And where is a throne of grace ?" "Any where," answered the boy; "for where we kneel down, and pray to God with our hearts, we are _then_ at a throne of grace." There are times when the children are in a better state to receive religious instruction than others.

A teacher of observation will soon perceive this, and act accordingly; if, however, the thing is overdone, which it may be, and which I have seen, then the effect is fatal.

Hypocrisy will take the place of sincerity, and the heart will remain unaffected and unimproved.
A little boy, the subject of the following anecdote, being six years of age, and forward in his learning, I considered him fit to be sent to another school; and informed the parents accordingly.

The father came immediately, and said, he hoped I would keep him till he was seven years of age; adding, that he had many reasons for making the request.