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works of our Heavenly Father. Let us be 

 thankful that he moderates the continuance of 

 the winter, and renders it useful to the earth : 

 let us bless him if abundance of all things 

 needful renders us free from the miseries 

 which many suffer during this inclement sea- 

 son ; and let us learn to contribute liberally to 

 their relief. Let us also expect from his 

 power things impracticable to all others. 



H. It is wrong for us ever to feel dissatis- 

 fied with any of the changes of the seasons ; 

 for God at the creation pronounced everything 

 he had done " very good." 



31. Winter, to be sure, seems at first 

 thought to be cheerless ; but when we come 

 to think a little more about it, and remember 

 how pleasantly our last winter was spent, and 

 how many delightful evenings we enjoyed in 

 conversation and books at our cheerful fireside, 

 in company with our dear parents, and how 7 

 comfortable it is to sit by a good fire when the 



