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THE SERPENT

“O what an ugly Serpent!” says some little boy or girl who is reading this book. Do you remember who it was that took the form of a serpent, and tempted our first parents to sin against God? Read the account of it in the third chapter of the book of Genesis; and remember, when you sin against God, you resemble the “old serpent, the Devil.”

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THE REINDEER.

The Reindeer is an inhabitant of cold countries. The Laplanders find them very serviceable; they draw their sledges over the snow and ice for them, and their skins make a warm covering from the cold. How wonderful are the works of God!

There is nothing made in vain.

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The prophet Isaiah tells us, that “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah xi. These words foretell that [16] blessed time when Satan shall be chained for a thousand years, and Christ shall reign throughout the earth. That period is called the Millenium.

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