[Nursery] “Pleasant and Profitable” (reprinted from The Myrtle; from The Youth’s Companion, August 27, 1846; p. 67)
Here is a picture of a little boy reading a book on the grass and among the flowers. Those who love to read good books, will become wise and good; but those who dislike books, or read none but bad ones, will have bad thoughts and desires, and wicked hearts. They will not like to hear about good things, nor will they love good people. When they die, instead of going to heaven with Jesus, angels and people that are good, they will go where there are no good folks, and where nothing good can ever come. All the good are on their way to the good place, and will be happy after they die; so all the bad are on the way to a place of darkness and wo, and will be unhappy after they are dead. O, how much better it is to be good, than love bad books and bad things.—Myrtle