Having done so, I was about to shut up the book; which the child perceiving, said, 'Now, please, father, will you read about Lazarus raised from the dead ?' which was done; and, in short," said the father, "he kept me at it for at least two hours that night, and completely tired me out, for there was no getting rid of him.

The next night be renewed the application, with 'Please, father, will you read about Joseph and his brethren ?' and he could always tell me where these stories were to be found.
Indeed, he was not contented with my reading it, but would get me into many difficulties, by asking me to explain that which I knew nothing about; and if I said I could not tell him, he would tell me that I ought to go to church, for his master had told him, that that was the place to learn more about it; adding, 'and I will go with you, father.' In short, he told me every picture you had in your school, and kept me so well at it, that I at last got into the habit of _reading for myself_, with some degree of delight; this, therefore, is one reason why I wish the child to remain in the school." A short time afterwards, the mother called on me, and told me, that no one could be happier than she was, for there was so much alteration in her husband for the better, that she could scarcely believe him to be the same man.

Instead of being in the skittle-ground, in the evening, spending his money and getting tipsy, he was reading at home to her and his children; and the money that used to go for gambling, was now going to buy books, with which, in conjunction with the Bible, they were greatly delighted, and afforded both him and them a great deal of pleasure and profit.
Here we see a whole family were made comfortable, and called to a sense of religion and duty, by the instrumentality of a child of six years of age.

I subsequently made inquiries, and found that the whole family attended a place of worship, and that their character would bear the strictest investigation.
The following anecdote will also shew how early impressions are made on the infant mind, and the effects such impressions may have in the dying moments of a child.

A little boy, between the age of five and six years, being extremely ill, prevailed on his mother to ask me to come and see him.