to the ground. Then he ran up to him and took his sword out of its sheath, and cut off the giant's head.

W. Oh, Mamma, then he did really kill him! What joy there must have been among the people of Israel when they heard that that great wicked giant was dead? Mamma. Yes they were indeed glad, and they set up great shout-such a shout that all the army who were fighting against them ran away, full of

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alarm and terror, but the Israelites caught many of them, and killed them.

W. Did David thank God for helping him to kill the giant, Mamma?

Mamma. Yes He played upon his harp, and sang praises to God. This same David, once a shepherd boy, became afterwards a great king, and wrote many of the beautiful Psalms which you sometimes hear read in the Bible, and one of which you already

know by heart. I mean the twenty-third Psalm, which begins with "The Lord is my Shepherd."

W. Oh, yes, Mamma! That is Emily's favorite Psalm, and Lucy intends soon to teach little Fanny to say it also; and I dare say little darling Louisa will learn it, as soon as she is able to talk.

LESSON IX.

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.

Mamma. I told you, my dear boy, that when David grew up to be a man he became a king, and was called King David. King David had a son, whose name was Solomon; and when David was dead, he also became a king, and was called King Solomon. King Solomon built a large and