KD 32877 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. HARVARD 047*172 NOTE. IF we would adequately supply the Freedmen with religious truth, we must connect it with their early efforts in reading. This is the ground on which we have proceeded in publishing our series of Christian Readers. This Third Reader is believed to be adapted to the wants of the Freedmen in the following particulars : 1. It contains elementary instruction in respect to the history and government of our country. 2. It contains interesting biographies of colored persons. 3. It presents to the Freedmen the life and words of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 4. It is thoroughly Christian, containing numerous selections from able and interesting writers on religious subjects, and from the Word of God. The introductory instructions are made as brief as possible, for the reason that a few rules, understood and used, are better than many neglected. GEO. C. RAND & AVERY, ELECTROTYPERS AND PRINTERS. 27.-" 35.-A Life of Liberty. ..67 71.-Heaven. .133 |