look upon;" and it was her beauty alone that made David wish to marry her, and cause her husband to be killed. She was not good, or she would not have consented to be David's wife. Her beauty, you see, caused David to be wicked.'

Yes, I see clearly, Lena, that my prettiness is not to be regretted. There are many good women mentioned in the Bible who were not beautiful, are there not?' 'Nothing is said,' replied Lena, 'of any beauty in the Virgin Mary, or in the other Marys who attended much upon our Lord. And St. Paul mentions several women as good Christians and saints, but says nothing at all of their looks. It was evidently, in his estimation, a thing of no moment. You will no longer regret your lost beauty, dear Laura!'

'I will think no more of it, Lena. I do believe that my first ugly birthday will be, after all, my happiest day. Thanks to you and to Annie, you have made me think of better things than beauty, which fades. Do you think I shall ever feel glad that I am plain, Lena?' 'I do not doubt that you will,' said Lena. 'Had you kept your good looks, you would scarcely have been so well persuaded of the entire uselessness of any beauty but that of the spirit. And I hope and believe that, by the time your next birthday comes, you will again be lovely, but with a loveliness that will endure for ever!'

Laura returned to school at the end of the holidays, no longer the prettiest of Mrs. Johnston's pupils; but she soon found that she was more loved, and that she

felt happier than she used to do, because she was trying to fear the Lord, and to become beautiful in spirit.' Mrs. Johnston had received letters from many of the parents of her pupils, in which they expressed their pleasure at the improvement that they observed in their children. Mrs. Irby, in particular, said that she could scarcely believe the active, earnest girl that had returned to her to be the once idle, indifferent Jane; and Mrs. Morley said that she could with difficulty spare Phillis to return to school, as she found her now to be a real help and comfort. Mrs. Johnston read these letters to the happy girls in the schoolroom, so that all might hear; and she begged that, as they had learnt by experience the real help that is to be found in the Bible by those that seek it earnestly, they would still make it their monitor and guide, and so continue steadily improving from one birthday to another.

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