or by exhibiting bad tempers when you are young; for all those bad men and women who finally die on the gallows, or are sent to our prisons, were permitted, when young, to indulge these bad feelings till they had committed some crime for which they were arrested and punished.

14. Gibbs, the pirate, when a boy, amused himself with dog-fighting, and all other kinds of rough plays, to such a degree, that the coarser feelings of his nature obtained the ascendency over the higher, better, and moral.

15. You may say that if you have this organ, you must use it, and so cannot help yourself. But this is not so; for although some are naturally more inclined to deeds of wickedness or kindness than others, yet all can restrain their passions if they wish, and should strive against the indulgence of their wicked feelings.

16. I know a little boy who was naturally inclined to destroy and trouble all the cats, dogs, etc., he saw. His parents were aware of this propensity, and explain

to him that it was wrong to torture the innocent merely for his own pleasure, and often conversed with him on this subject. This produced so good an effect, that in the course of a few months or years, his whole disposition was changed, and he is now one of the kindest-hearted boys I ever saw, and is beloved by all who know him.

13. What is said of the youth of all bad men and women? 14. What were some of the amusements of Gibbs when a boy? How much did they influence him? 15. What might some say in regard to this organ? Is this the case? What is true in regard to these things? 16. Relate the anecdote of the little boy? What efforts did his parents make, and did they succeed?

DEFINITION-A desire for food; appetite; gluttony.

LOCATION-Alimentiveness is situated immediately in front of Destructiveness, on each side of the head.

1. As I have told you previously, every faculty is given to us for some specific end. We have eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, and a nose for smelling; and when that portion of the head in front of the ears is swelled or is large, then we say people are fond of eating, and enjoy their food.

2. In the cut, you will see two men very busy with their knives and forks, etc. They are eating and drinking; and this is what the greater part of our people do most of the time. They scarcely think of anything excepting what they are to eat. It is important that we eat; for if we did not, we should have no nourishment or vitality in our bodies, and we could not live. Ali

Where is it located? 1. What are examples of this? 2. What does the cut repre

What is the definition of Alimentiveness? For what is every faculty given to us? When do we say people enjoy their food? sent? How common is this practice? Why is it important that we eat? What assistance is Alimentiveness to us?

mentiveness causes or requires us to take food, to take drink; and this is right.

3. Sometimes, however, when this organ is too large, or has been unnaturally excited, it leads those persons to "eat, drink, and be merry," and often, even to intoxication. This is very wrong.

4. The perversion of this faculty leads to more misery and unhappiness than almost any other thing. How many hearts are saddened, how many happy homes are made desolate, because the father or brother has yielded to the appetite, which asks for "Rum, rum,” and is not satisfied till rum is obtained. The perversion of this faculty, also, leads men to smoke cigars all day long, and chew that vile stuff, tobacco, not thinking how needless the expense is, and how disgusting the habit is to all around them.

5. Boys think they are almost men when they can get a piece of cigar to put in their mouths; and though it invariably makes them sick, yet they will take another piece as soon as they can get one.

6. Children, you have not yet formed this habit, therefore I would earnestly beseech you never to defile your mouths by such a poisonous and nauseous weed as tobacco, in any form. It is not only an expensive and idle habit, but it also exhausts the saliva which you need in the mastication of your food, and thus injures your health. There are hundreds of young men who

3. When should we not obey this organ? To what does it sometimes lead? 4. What is said of the perversion of this faculty? In what ways do men pervert this organ? What is not regarded? 5. What ideas have boys in reference to the perversion of this faculty? 6. What caution is given to children, and why? What are the effects of its perversion? What is a very common remark among those who have formed these habits? Relate the case of the young man.

would give all the money they possess, if they could free themselves from this habit. One young man in this city has smoked to such an extent, that he is so nervous that he can neither read, study, nor enjoy himself in any way.

7. Some drink tea and coffee to excess. They say that it does them no harm, and that they cannot live without it. They take it, they say, as a stimulant, or to excite them. In reality it does excite their nerves, and their minds become weakened by it. It is better to drink clear, cold water; the drink which nature has provided for us.

8. It is pleasant for us to enjoy food, and it is well that it is so; for if it were not the case, many would become so much absorbed in their different pursuits that they would forget to eat, and would not take as much food as their nature required; but it is equally an evil for us to eat all the time, as children frequently do; as I told you in a previous lesson. If you value your health and life, therefore, you must beware of eating too much when you are at the table.

What is their excuse?

7. In what way do others pervert this faculty? What is the truth in the case? What drink is preferable? 8. What is a source of pleasure? What are its advantages? What is an evil? Of what should all be careful?

tiveness.

1. If you look at the man in the cut, at the head of this organ, you will see that he is very much occupied in casting up his accounts, and counting over his money. He has dropped some pieces and the lad is looking very narrowly for them, with a light, as if unwilling to lose the smallest piece.

2. What is it that prompts him to be so very careful to see that he has every copper that belongs to him? It is because he makes a god or idol of his money. The people in heathen countries have no Bibles, and have no knowledge of God and their obligation to him; but they make images of wood, stone, and clay, and fall down before them, and worship them as their gods. The man

What is the definition of Acquisitiveness? What is its location? 1. What does the cut represent? 2. What is his ruling motive, and what does it prompt him to do? What is the custom among the heathen? In what way does the man in the cut resemble the heathen?