Rosa's Birthday

■Ons fternoon. Kosainond liunilton nnd horaunt Fanny wtre alone in the prlor. TL had brought her little ohsiir close t th i'lmir I was sitting i.), and was telling me nboiit a littl piar mate of berj. All at onoo she exclniinod : - 'O, Aurit Fanny I to-mni;rvr ia my birth day ; to-morrow I shall bu mx. vu ars old. Are you not so glad, Au:it Fanriy ?" " Yes, T fim glad to soe yon so happy in view of it ? But 11 sn,if I were you, Iwo.ild inaka to-ninrrow rerv happy birtb-day, the happiot birthdur you havo ever had. You can if yaji wish to.' . . ■ ,. " Ila-.v Aun'y ? I do to." " Wcll, my deur girl, ni ivo grv older we w.'int to grow' better ; und f [ wefe yiti, I woulj rtslve wheq I was íix years old, to control my temper. - - A little girl d old L th:it csn iiirelr govorn hersek. Thut naughtv tempor when t ris.' m:ikosy'.i very unhappr and very dingroenble to your friund, ar.d nmv thatjroa nra beginning a naw yeur of your liftj, would it not bo we!l to try to s:bduo it ? Ifon yonr sixth birthday, yo;i sliould begin to bo sweefc tompered, gentío, and thoughful, wmild it ntbe a vory happy birth d.iy?1' " Yos Ainty; but I onrriot ho lp gett nj; nngry sometimei". Pof.nlö d sueh prov.iking thing-, and maka me angry." 'No Rosa, ilioy do nol make you nrgry. Thsy perfiaps tempt yoa to bs ; but temptation can be reñittsd. AU good pei'sons are tempted to do wrong, and it is bccause they do noc yie'd t.) temptation. that they are good. It i-i very hnrd to be good ivhen voú ara tempted; but you know God can givu. strength, and that he will, if you really uish him to, help 3011 tobo geoci"