LESSON XLI. REMARK. When anything very solemn or devotional is to be read, there should be a full, solemn tone of voice; the piece should be read slowly, and long pauses should be made at the commas. PRONOUNCE correctly. -Angels (pro. ane-gels), not ann-gels: ommanded, not cum-man-ded: mountains (pro. mount-ins), not mount ancs: ex-cel-lent, not ex-cel-lunt. 2. Drag'-on, n, a kind of winged serpent, Horn, n. here used figuratively for here used for all kinds of serpents. power. 1. 2. JOYOUS DEVOTION. PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens. Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his hosts. For he commanded, and they were created. He hath also established them forever and ever: Praise the Lord from the earth, Ye dragons, and all deeps: vapors; Fire, and hail; snow, and + +Fruitful trees, and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl: Kings of the earth, and all people; Let them praise the name of the Lord: + His glory is above the earth and heaven. He also exalteth the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints, Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. BIBLE. QUESTIONS.-What is meant by calling upon things inanimate, and upon brutes, to praise God? What reason is assigned why God should be universally praised? ARTICULATION. Swell, spread, sprawling, drawling, scroll, scruples. The leaves swell and spread in all directions. No sprawling nor drawling. Scruples of delicacy caused him to shrink. The death shroud fell upon the shrine of his idolatry. LESSON XLII. ' PRONOUNCE Correctly-Ere, pro. a-er: roof, not ruff: an-thems, not an-thums: of-fer'd, not of-fud: àn-cient, not ann-cient: a-dore, not ud-ore: on-ly, not un-ly: col-umns, pro. col-lums: cen-tu-ry, not cen-ter-y. 51. Wells, v. issues forth as water from the earth. 58. An-ni'-hi-la-ted, p. reduced to nothing. 61. Cor'-o-nal, n. a crown, a wreath. 63. Glare, n. a bright, dazzling light. 67. Em-a-na'-tion, n. that which proceeds from any source. 86. Arch, a. chief, principal. 115. El-e-ments, n. in popular languaga fire, air, earth, and water. GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. 1. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned And spread the roof above them,-ere he framed 5. The sound of anthems,-in the darkling wood, Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect 20. That + our frail hands have raised! Let me, at least Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou 25. Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century-living crow, 30. Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen 35. No traces of man's pomp, or pride; no silks Rustle, no jewels shine, nor envious eyes +Encounter; no fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here; thou fill'st 40 The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summits of these trees In music; thou art in the cooler breath, That, from the inmost darkness of the place, Comes, scarcely felt; the barky trunks, the ground, 45. The fresh, moist ground, are all instinct with thee. Here is continual worship; nature, here, In the tranquillity that thou dost love, Enjoys thy presence. Noiselessly, around, From perch to perch, the solitary bird 50. Passes; and yon clear spring, that, 'mid its herbs, Wells softly forth, and visits the strong roots Of half the mighty forest, tells no tale Of all the good it does. Thou hast not left Thyself without a witness, in these shades, 55. Of thy perfections. Grandeur, strength, and grace, Are here to speak of thee. This mighty oak, By whose immovable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated, not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, 60. E'er wore his crown as loftily as he + Wears the green coronal of leaves, with which Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower + A visible token of the upholding Love, Lo! all grow old and die: but see, again, Molder beneath them. O, there is not lost Makes his own nourishment. For he came forth 90. From thine own bosom, and shall have no end. There have been holy men, who hid themselves Deep in the woody wilderness, and gave Their lives to thought and prayer, till they outlived 95. Less aged than the hoary trees and rocks Who deemed it were not well to pass life thus. The passions, at thy plainer footsteps, shrink, The swift, dark whirlwind, that uproots the woods In these calm shades, thy milder majesty, + W. C. BRYANT. QUESTIONS.-What are the most ancient temples of worship? What meditations become the forest scenes? How are the forests a witness for God? (See line 55 and onward.) What is the poetic measure of this piece? Parse "stole," in the 14th line. "Shrine," in the 33d line. "Encounter," in the 37th. "Oak," in the 56th. Parse "be," the first word of the last sentence in the lesson. Parse "majesty," in the same sentence. Which are the adjectives in this sentence? Which are the prepositions? What in a preposition? Why are they so called? ARTICULATION. Struggl'd, strict, strode, strolld, clock, strikes. They struggl'd through all difficulties. The rules are unnecessarily strict. He strode proudly on. They stroll'd through thickets, and briars, and brambles, and thorns, till they reached the road. The clock strikes twelve. |