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“ Every thing looks very cold and comfortless. A little boy or girl, when out of humor, reminds me of this month. Bring plenty of wood and make a good fire, that we may warm ourselves.
February is a cold month, but the days are getting longer. Now the crocuses and snow-drops begin to appear. When little boys and girls have been naughty, how pleasant it is to see them begin to be good again! Remember, the crocuses and snow-drops do not make themselves grow: it is God that causes them to grow. ”

“ Job says that God is angry with the wicked, and that they are as stubble before the wind. Do you recollect that the winds and the sea obeyed Jesus, and were still when he bade them? He can still our angry passions as easily as he did the winds and waves. ”

“ We know whether little children are good or naughty, by what they do.
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; the fruit of the wicked to sin.
October.—The leaves are falling off the trees. The days are now a great deal shorter than they were. The grapes are ripe; it is time to gather them. Christ compared himself to a vine, and his disciples to the branches. Remember that it is to him we are to look for grace and strength, to enable us to do what pleases him. The branches will not bring forth fruit if they are parted from the vine. ”