19. "Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

20. "And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

21. "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ;

22. "And take your father, and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

23. "Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

24. "Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

25. "And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

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26.To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

27. "And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with

corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

28.So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

29. "And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father.

30. "And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

31. "And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

32. "And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die."

Repeat the substance of this lesson. Why could not Joseph's brethren answer him? Why were they afraid? What is guilty fear called? Had Joseph the power to punish them, or not? Do you think they felt that they deserved punishment? How did Joseph treat them? Which is most noble, to forgive injuries, or to revenge them? Would Joseph have been as much respected and beloved by his friends, if he had revenged himself? Which would have made him happiest, revenge or forgiveness? Which would God have been most pleased with? What does the Bible say about forgiveness? "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." -Matt. vi. 14, 15.

LESSON XXI.

Negligence and Irreverence.

1. "Good morning," said Julia Hunt to Helen Wright, as she came up towards the door. "Are you going to school?"

2. "Yes," said Helen. "Ain't you going to-day?"

3. "Oh, yes. If you will wait till I get my bonnet, I will with you."

go

4. Helen was soon equipped, and the two girls set off together.

5. "That was rather a hard lesson Mr. Hale gave us last night," said Helen.

"It

took me nearly two hours to learn it. How did you make out?"

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Oh, I did not make out at all,” said Julia. "I tried it for a while. But John wanted me to go and play with him. So I laid down my book, and have never looked at it since.'

7. "Mr. Hale will not be well pleased with you," said Helen. "You ought to have learnt it this morning."

8. "Oh, I don't care anything about the old fellow," said Julia.

pleased, or not, just as he likes.

"He may be

"I'm

9. Old fellow!" cried Helen. very sorry to hear you talk so, of such a good man, and such a good teacher, as Mr.

Hale. My mother would be quite shocked if she were to hear you."

10. "What's the use of your always talking about the old folks to me?" said Julia. "You know well enough, I don't care what they think."

11. Helen felt very much hurt. She would have replied. But they had reached the school-house, and heard the bell calling them in.

12. In due time, the class in which were the two girls was called to recite. Helen and the others were found ready, but Julia was quite unprepared.

13. "This will never do, Julia," said Mr. Hale. "I shall have to put you into a lower class. I can't have all these girls kept back on your account. I will try you once more. But, if you say your lesson in this way to-morrow, I shall put you back."

14. Julia was astounded. She expected, as a matter of course, to be scolded. For this she was prepared; and to use her own words, did not care a copper for it. But to be put back into a lower class! Of this she had not the least idea. Her bosom heaved, and she had great difficulty to keep from crying.

15. Her teacher saw her situation, and spared her feelings by dismissing her class. He thought she was sufficiently punished.

16. Julia Wright was not a girl of a bad heart. She could feel for others, and was

always ready to assist her little friends. But she had been allowed so much of her own way at home, that she had become very fretful, and had no patience for her studies. And, as she had never been reproved for her improper talk, she hardly knew how wicked it was.

17. How grateful ought children to be to their parents, when they prevent them from doing wrong, and show them what is right! Poor Julia ! Her parents took no such pains with her. They let her say and do just what she pleased. And this brought her into a great deal of trouble. Poor girl!

how much she was to be pitied.

18. Julia could not bear the idea of leaving her class. In fact, she had never thought that she was injuring them, and keeping them back, by her negligence. She thought it was only a question between her and the teacher, and that the girls in her class had nothing to do with it.

19. But this was a very great mistake in Julia. If one of a class is heedless and negligent, all must suffer. For the whole class must keep together. I hope my readers will recollect this. They not only hurt themselves, but a number of others, when they are negligent in their studies. And they have no right to do this.

20. Julia hurried home after school. She was determined not to be behindhand with her evening task any more. This was right.