little mary wanted to learn her sunday school lesson. it was saturday afternoon, and the time was passing; but she had been busy with her dolls dress, and the lesson was yet unlearned. at length her elder sister took a bible and said:

“come, mary, i will help you to learn your lesson, and you can go back to your play.” mary came to her sisters side ready to begin her lesson, when she suddenly began:

“sister, let us study it out of grandfather’s bible.”

“but what difference can it make?”

“why, grandfather’s bible is so much more interesting than yours.”

“o no, mary, they are just the same, exactly.”

“well,” replied the observing child, “i really think grandfather’s must be more interesting than yours; he reads it so much more.”