A Pretty Picture-Book. [Machine readable transcription] Michigan State University Libraries, Digital Sources Center.The Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.Michael Seadle, Michigan State University Libraries, Digital Sources Center. Conversion to TEI.2 conformant markup: Ruth Ann Jones, Michigan State University Libraries, Digital Sources Center. Amy Vance. Creation of machine-readable version: Kelley Newman. Cristina Bock. ca. 16 kilobytes Michigan State University Libraries, Digital Sources Center. 2001 East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University Libraries, Digital Sources Center. Publicly accessible. URL: http://digital.lib.msu.edu/prettypicturebook/pret.htm The text this electronic edition is based on was published before 1923 and is therefore in the public domain according to U.S. copyright law. Bound with Ann Lively and Her Bible, and Other Stories for Young Children A Pretty Picture-Book Author unknown 16 p. American Tract Society 1830? This work is part of the collection "Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th Century America." The copies consulted in the creation of the electronic editions are owned by the Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University. The works have been encoded in Tei.2 conformant markup. They are being made publicly accessible as an educational resource. Line breaks have not been retained. All unambiguous end-of-line hyphens have been removed. In the case of unambiguous end-of-line hyphens which divide a word between two pages, the hyphen has been removed and the trailing part of the word has been joined to the last line of the preceding page. Library of Congress Subject Headings. date of changes corrector who made the changes what was done A PRETTY PICTURE-BOOK. A scene depicting the base of a tree, with plants growing all around. Two mice sit in the foreground, standing over some seeds. Two birds also sit on low branches of the tree. -7- PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Two women sit outdoors underneath a tree. One has a little girl on her lap, and the other is reading a book while encircling a second girl with her arm. Those little girls are listening to their mother, who is sitting in the chair, and reading to them. I dare say they are very happy to hear her, and I am sure she is much pleased to see them so attentive. I hope you will give as good attention, if your mother should read to you. A country scene. Two boys stand underneath a tall tree in the middle of a meadow. A large house and a fence can be seen in the background. There appears to be plenty of fruit on this tree. Do you remember the parable of the tree that had no fruit on it? Read the 13th chapter of Luke, from the 6th to the 9th verses, and try to bring forth fruit to the glory of God, lest you be cut down like the barren fig-tree. An illustration of two sheep in a meadow. One is walking out into an open area, and the other is lying down among some taller grasses. See the lamb in that beautiful meadow: how soft the grass is for him to lie upon, and how sweet for him to eat. But he has not a soul, and does not know that God made all these things. How sad it is, when little boys and girls are so ignorant of their kind and heavenly Father, Who keeps from harm, and does them good, And gives them every day their food. A girl kneels by a window and folds her hands in prayer. Lord, teach a little child to pray: Thy grace betimes impart; And grant thy Holy Spirit may Renew my infant heart. A sinful creature I was born, And from my birth have strayed: I must be wretched and forlorn Without thy mercy's aid. A small boy sits outside and looks up at a blossoming tree. Here is a tree quite full of blossoms, but perhaps they will all fall off, and by and by there will be no fruit on the tree. Sometimes little boys and girls appear to be very good children, and very promising; but after all they do not turn out well. Pray that God may enable you to bring forth good fruit to his glory. A boy in a schoolroom with a book tucked under one arm and a hat in his other hand. A globe, the edge of a blackboard, and some rolled-up papers are at the left side of the picture. The clock has struck, I cannot stay; Oh let me rise and haste away; I'll take my books and leave my home: The hour of school at length is come. I would be there when prayer begins, To seek the pardon of my sins; I'd ask the favor of the Lord, And pray to understand his word. A man with a pegleg walks down the street with the aid of two canes. Another person watches from behind a fence in the background. This man looks very thin and sickly, and I see he has lost one of his legs. Poor man! I dare say he wishes he had never been a soldier. What a dreadful thing it is! If people only remembered that they must give an account to God for every thing they do, I am sure they would not kill each other as they do in a time of war. A child holds the hand and looks up at the face of a woman, who is sitting in a chair and looks rather ill. Several bottles of medicine and a bowl are set on the table beside the woman. Sally Meanwell's mother continues very sick: she seems to be giving Sally some good advice, which I hope she will remember, especially if the Lord should take her mother from her. It is a solemn thing to die. Little children should think of this, for they must die as well as their fathers and mothers. A woman sitting in a chair leans toward a young girl, raising one hand in concern. The girl, who is standing several feet away from the woman, holds a small book one hand high above her head, as though trying to keep it from the woman. Fierce passions discompose the mind, As tempests vex the sea; But calm content and peace we find, When, Lord, we turn to thee. If at his feet our souls have sat, His gracious words to hear, Contented with our present state, We cast on him our care. A man uses a long pole to break the ice that has formed over the top of a pond. Several cows stand in the background, as though waiting to drink. See how the winter's bitter cold Has stripped the trees, and froze the ground; But spring this scene will quickly change, And spread new beauties all around. Our souls a sharper winter feel: Barren and fruitless we shall prove, Till Christ, the Sun of life, shall rise: 'T is his the frozen heart to move. Two boys walk down a city street, carrying trays full of various small statues over their heads. "Come, buy my images!" "Yes, they are very pretty, and some of them would look well on our mantelpiece; but only as an ornament." In India, and other parts of the heathen world, the people buy images and set them up in their houses, and worship them. Can you repeat the Second Commandment? A large illustration of Jesus, wearing a crown of thorns and gazing upwards. When Jesus, our Saviour, was born, he was laid in a manger, and was visited by shepherds, who had been informed by angels from heaven of his birth. Whenever I think of this, may I reflect how much he humbled himself, and how much suffering he endured, to save poor sinners like myself. A child holding a baby sits and looks out toward a field, in which two people are working at making haystacks. The grass and flowers which deck the field, And look so green and gay, Touched by the scythe, at once they yield, And fall and fade away. Like grass, we all of us must die; But die to live again: Beware, lest death should prove the door To everlasting pain. A man walking around in a field tucks one hand into a fold of his shirt and holds the other one outward, as though he were casting seeds. Bestow, O Lord, upon our youth The gift of saving grace; And let the seed of sacred truth Fall in a fruitful place. Grace is a plant, where'er it grows, Of pure and heavenly root; But fairest in the youngest shows, And yields the sweetest fruit. A boy sits on the grass and pulls one knee up to his chest. There is a glorious world of light Above the starry sky, Where saints departed, clothed in white, Adore the Lord most High. And hark! amid the raptured songs Those heavenly voices raise, Ten thousand thousand infant tongues Unite, and perfect praise.

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