Little children; you have just sung that you would never hurt a little dog, can you tell me why not?  Some of the children will be sure to say, Please, sir, because he has got the sense of feeling.  Teacher.  Right, a little dog has got the same sense of feeling as you little children have, and when it is hurt, how does it shew that it has got the sense of feeling?  Children.  Please, sir, it will cry out.  Teacher.  Yes, it can only tell us it is hurt by doing so.  A poor dog cannot speak, and so we should never hurt it.  Has a little fly the sense of feeling?  Children.  Yes, sir.  Teacher.  Right again, and so has every creature that God gave life to, and we should never give any of them unnecessary pain.  In the song that we have just sung, you said you would stroke and pat the little dog’s head.  What would you do this for?  Children.  Please, sir, the little dog likes it, and he is not afraid of us when we do it, but loves us.  Teacher.  So he does, and will always love those that are kind to him; no one but a very bad boy would be unkind to a dog.  You told me, little children, that a poor little dog cries out when it is hurt.  Now when he is pleased, what does he do?  Please, sir, he wags his tail, and his eyes look very bright.  Teacher.  So he does, which is the same as if he said, How happy I am to be with such good children who do not beat me as some wicked boys and girls would, but love me and pat my head, and feed me; for you, little children, you have said you liked to see your little dog fed, and remember, any of you that have a little dog, or who may have one when you get older and larger, that it is very cruel not to see it fed every day; the poor dog cannot ask for its dinner as a little child can, and that is the, very reason why we should always remember to give it to him.  Will you all remember this?  Children.  Yes, sir, we will.  Teacher.  You sung in your song that the dog was very useful, tell me how?  Children, Please, sir, he will mind the house, and bark when any one comes to steal anything.  Teacher.  Yes, you see how sensible the little dog is, he knows what a wicked thing it is to be a thief, and so he barks when he sees one.  How else is a little dog useful?  Children.  Please, sir, they often lead poor blind people about.  Teacher.  So they do, and good faithful guides they are.  When they see any danger they will lead their master out of it, and they will bring him safely through the crowded streets; and when they go home the poor blind man divides his bit of bread with his good dog; and dogs are useful in other ways, they catch hares and rabbits for their masters, and do many other things.  You said also that the dog minded what he was bid to do, did you not?  Children.  Yes, sir, and they will often go back a long way for any thing they are bid, or stay all day minding their master’s coat while he is at work.  Teacher.  Right, and little children when they will not do as they are desired are not so good as a little dog, and should