 | Robert May - 1812 - 280 pages
...ants are not idle, birds are not idle. It is a shame for children to be idle. " In books, or works, or healthful play, Let your first years be past, That you may give for ev'ry day Some good account at last." 2. Children should behave in a suitable manner when they are... | |
 | 1846 - 356 pages
...Obey your parents and teachers. Read your Bibles— and In books, or works, and healthful play, May your first years be past, That you may give, for every day, Some good account at last. This is the prayer of Your affectionate UNCLE HARRY. FACTS. WHY DON'T YOU PRAY. — A child may become... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1871 - 340 pages
...and prospered. But perhaps some child who reads this, asks, " Does God notice children in school ?" He certainly does. And if you are not diligent in...may give, for every day, Some good account at last." . I * When boys are told that their success in future life depends almost entirely upon the improvement... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 268 pages
...certainly does. And if you are not diligent in the improvement of your time, it is one of the surest evidences that your heart is not right with God. You...may give, for every day, Some good account, at last. DEFINITIONS. — 1. Hls'to-ry, a description or a narration of events. 2. Con'scienje, our own knowledge... | |
 | 1914 - 372 pages
...school readers of forty years ago that expresses that very well. It ran like this, as I recall it, " With books, or work, or healthful play, let your first years be passed, that you may give for every day some good account at last." It should be the first right, the... | |
 | 1902 - 184 pages
...watch over her bed, One at the foot and one at the head. In books, or work, or healthful play, JLet your first years be past — That you may give for every day Some good account at last. THE CRANE SECOND READER. LESSON 44. bed ei^t sor'ro\Y strik'mg flaps gri,ev^ stretch' e§ pla^n'ly... | |
 | Rudolph Rex Reeder - 1909 - 300 pages
...has written for thee.' " One of the old school readers of a half century ago contained the following: "With books or work or healthful play Let your first years be passed: That you may give for every day Some good account at last." In our modern improved methods... | |
 | 1914 - 378 pages
...school readers of forty years ago that expresses that very well. It ran like this, as I recall it, " With books, or work, or healthful play, let your first years be passed, that you may give for every day some good account at last." It should be the first right, the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 270 pages
...certainly does. And if you are not diligent in the improvement of your time, it is one of the surest evidences that your heart is not right with God. You...or work, or healthful play, Let your first years be passed; That you may give, for every (Jay, Some good account, at last. DEFINITIONS. — 1. HIs'to-ry,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1887 - 252 pages
...certainly does. And if you are not diligent in the improvement of your time, it is one of the surest evidences that your heart is .not right with God....may give, for every day, Some good account, at last EXERCISES. — What is the subject of this lesson? In what respect was Charles Bullard different from... | |
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And if you are not diligent in the improvement of your time, it is one of the surest evidences that your heart is not right with God. You are placed in this world to improve your time. In youth, you must be preparing for future usefulness. And if you... 
