ARTICULATION. Exists, smooth'st, sat'st, throne, birds, nests, call'st. Ít exists every where. Thou smooth'st his rugged path. Thou sať'st upon thy throne. Do you see the birds' nests? Thou call'st in vain Alkaline earths. LESSON LX. UTTER distinctly the r, giving it its soft sound, in the following words in this lesson: declare, there, nor, where, their, circuit, perfect, converting, sure, pure, enduring, ever, sweeter, moreover. 3. Tab'-er-na-cle, n. a temporary habita- | 8. Pre-sump'-tu-ous, a. bold, rash. tion. 5. Test'-i-mo-ny, n. solemn declaration. Stat'-utes, n. written laws. Do-min'-ion, n. power, controlling influence. Trans-gres'-sion, ». violation of law. 1. NATURE AND REVELATION. THE heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his Day unto day uttereth speech, handwork. And night unto night showeth knowledge. 2. There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, 3. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, 4. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 5. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple, The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. 6. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 7. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: 8. Who can understand his terrors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults, Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; 9. Then shall I be upright, And I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, Be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my +Redeemer ! BIBLE. QUESTIONS.- -What is the character of God, as exhibited by the works of nature? What is the character and influence of the law of God? How can a man be kept from sin? In the 8th paragraph, which are the pronouns? What does the word pronoun mean? Which is the interrogative pronoun in that paragraph? Which are the nouns in the plural number? Which, in the singular? Which, of the neuter gender? Which, of common gender? In what case is each one? What does the word noun mean? Which are the verbs? What does the word verb mean? Why is this part of speech so called? Which are in the imperative mode? What does the word imperative mean? LESSON LXI. REMARK.-The following lesson is of a didactic character, and should be read slowly, impressively, and with especial attention to mphasis. GIVE the r its rolling sound in the following words in this lesson : strongest, approbation, secret, afraid, alacrity, brilliant, right, free, erect, heroic, phrase, pride, constrain, private, scrupulous, integrity, drives, morality, greatness, streamlets, presents, torrent, purity. In-teg'-ri-ty, n. honesty of purpose. | 7. Mea'-ger, n. small, scanty. 2. A-lac'-ri-ty, n. cheerful readiness. E-las'-tic, a. rebounding, springing Stream'-let, n. a little stream, a Im-ped'-i-ment, n. hinderance. DECISIVE INTEGRITY. 1. THE man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intentions, as to be willing to open his bosom to the inspection of the world, is in possession of one of the strongest pillars of a decided character. The course of such a man will be firm and steady, because he has nothing to fear from the world, and is sure of the +approbation and support of heaven. While he, who is conscious of secret and dark designs, which, if known, would blast him, is perpetually shrinking and dodging from public observation, and is afraid of all around, and much more of all above him. + 2. Such a man may, indeed, pursue his iniquitous plans, steadily; he may waste himself to a skeleton in the guilty pursuit; but it is impossible that he can pursue them with the same health-inspiring confidence, and exulting alacrity, with him who feels, at every step, that he is in the pursuit of honest ends, by honest means. The clear, unclouded brow, the open countenance, the brilliant eye, which can look an honest man steadfastly, yet +courteously, in the face, the healthfully beating heart, and the firm, elastic step, belong to him whose bosom is free from guile, and who knows that all his purposes are pure and right. 3. Why should such a man falter in his course? He may be slandered; he may be deserted by the world; but he has that within which will keep him erect, and enable him to move onward on his course, with his eyes fixed on heaven, which he knows will not desert him. 4. Let your first step, then, in that discipline which is to give you decision of character, be the heroic determination to be honest men, and to preserve this character through every vicissitude of fortune, and in every relation which connects you with society. I do not use this phrase, "honest men," in the narrow sense merely of meeting your pecuniary engagements, and paying your debts; for this the common pride of gentlemen will constrain you to do. + 5. I use it in its larger sense of discharging all your duties, both public and private, both open and secret, with the most scrupulous, heaven-attesting integrity; in that sense, further, which drives from the bosom all little, dark, crooked, sordid, debasing considerations of self, and substitutes in their place a bolder, loftier, and nobler spirit; one that will dispose you to consider yourselves as born, not so much for yourselves, as for your country, and your fellow creatures, and which will lead you to act, on every occasion, sincerely, justly, generously, +magnanimously. 6. There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent with a just attention to your own affairs, which it would be the hight of folly to neglect: a generous expansion, a proud elevation and conscious greatness of character, which is the best preparation for a decided course, in every situation into which you can be thrown; and it is to this high and noble tone of character that I would have you to aspire. 7. I would not have you to resemble those weak and meager streamlets, which lose their direction at every petty impediment which presents itself, and stop, and turn back, and creep around, and search out every little channel through which they may wind their feeble and sickly course. Nor yet would I have you resemble the headlong torrent that carries havoc in its mad career. 8. But I would have you like the ocean, that noblest emblem of majestic decision, which, in the calmest hour, still heaves its resistless might of waters to the shore, filling the heavens, day and night, with the echoes of its sublime declaration of independence, and tossing, and sporting, on its bed, with an imperial +consciousness of strength that laughs at opposition. It is this depth, and weight, and power, and purity of character, that I would have you to resemble; and, I would have you, like the waters of the ocean, to become the purer by your own action. WIRT. QUESTIONS.-What is the effect of conscious rectitude upon a man? What is the effect of the want of it? What then should be the first step in the attainment of decision of character? In what two senses may we be considered "honest men?" With what beautiful metaphor does this piece close? In the first sentence of the 3d paragraph, which is the nominative ? Which is the verb? What kind of a verb is it? In what mode and tense? What word is in the objective case? Which is the general. attribute? See Pinneo's Analytical Grammar, page 124. REMARK. .― sentence. LESSON LXII. Do not let the voice grow weaker at the last words of a PRONOUNCE Correctly. — Act-u-al, not ac-tew-al: en-gin-eer, not in-gi-neer: boil-er, not bi-ler: fast-en-ings, pro. fas'nings: move-ments, not move-munce: en-gine (pro. en-gin) not in-gine: joint, not jint: oil, not ile: fur-nace, not fur-niss: gov-erns, not gov-uns. 2. Pro-pel', v. to push forward. [gines. 4. Pon'-der-ous, a. very heavy. 5. Com'-pli-ca-ted, a. intricate. Mi-nu'-tiæ, n.the smaller particulars. 6. Fric'-tion, n. rubbing. [tion. 10. Mo-ment'-um, n. the quantity of mo11. Sym'-bol, n. type or emblem, Res-er-voir', n. (pro. rez-er-vwor') a place where any thing is kept in store. 13. Sus-cep-ti-bil'-i-ties, n. capacity for receiving impressions. THE STEAMBOAT TRIAL. 1 THE Bible every where conveys the idea that this life is not our home, but a state of probation, that is, of trial and discipline, which is intended to prepare us for another. In order that all, even the youngest of my readers, may understand what is meant by this, I shall illustrate it by some familiar examples, drawn from the actual business of life. |