sounded, and its notes are now heard by every nation, whether of Europe or America. Let a voice, borne on the feeblest breeze, tell that the rights of man are in danger, and it floats over valley and mountain, across continent and ocean, until it has vibrated on the ear of the remotest dweller in Christendom.

11. Let the arm of oppression be raised to crush the feeblest nation on earth, and there will be heard every where, if not the shout of defiance, at least the deep-toned murmur of implacable displeasure. It is the cry of aggrieved, insulted, much abused man. It is Human Nature, waking in her might the slumber of ages, shaking herself from the dust of antiquated institutions, girding herself for the combat, and going forth conquering and to conquer and woe unto the man, woe unto the dynasty, woe unto the party, and woe unto the policy, on whom shall fall the scath of her blighting indignation.

QUESTIONS.-1. What benefits result from a general diffusion of intelligence? 2. What can you say of the art of navigation within a few years? 3. Where is London and Paris? 4. Where Pittsburg and New Orleans? 5. What was predicted of steam navigation by the writer? 6. Has that prediction already been fulfilled? 7. What effect has this on the moral influence of nations? 8. What on the institutions of our country? 9. What is said of a government, which, in a preeminent degree, promotes the happiness of man? 10. What influence may an individual of eminent intellect exert on communities or nations? 11. What influence has our own Federal Republic on other nations? 12. What is said of local and general questions?

How do you explain the inflections marked in the second verse? With what modulation of voice should the last two verses be read? What inflection does woe, end of the last verse, take? (Rule VII. Note 1.)

LESSON CXVII

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Mazy, winding. 2. Mirror, to reflect, as a looking-glass. 3. Gorgeous, shining with bright colors; showy. 4. Tesselated, formed in small squares; checkered. 5. Alleluiahs, praises to Jehovah. 6. Blanched, made white. 7. Refulgent, very bright; shining. 8. Emboss, to conceal or inclosc, as a path is in a thicket.-9. Pencil, a small brush used by painters; here means, painting itself.

The Goings forth of God.-HESPERIAN.

1. GOD WALKETH ON THE EARTH. The purling rills, And mightier streams from before Him glance away, Rejoicing in His presence. On the plains,

And spangled fields, and in the many vales,

The living throngs of earth before Him fall
With thankful hymns, receiving from His hand
Immortal life and gladness. Clothed upon
With burning crowns the mountain herald stands,
Proclaiming to the blossoming wilderness
The brightness of his coming, and the power
Of Him who ever liveth, all in all !

2. GOD WALKETH ON THE OCEAN. Brilliantly
The glassy waters mirror back His smiles.
The surging billows and the gamboling storms
Come crouching to His feet. The hoary deep,
And the green, gorgeous islands, offer up
The tribute of their treasures-pearls, and shells,
And crown-like drapery of the flashing foam.
And solemnly the tesselated halls,

And coral domes of mansions in the depths,
And gardens of the golden sanded seas,

Blend, with the anthems of the chiming waves,
Their alleluiahs unto Him who rules
The invisible armies of eternity.

3. GOD JOURNEYETH IN THE SKY.

From sun to sun

From star to star, the living lightnings flash;
And pealing thunders through all space proclaim
The goings forth of Him, whose potent arm
Perpetuates existence, or destroys.

From depths unknown, unsearchable, profound,
Forth rush the wandering comets: girt with flames
They blend in order true, with marshaling hosts
Of starry worshipers. The unhallowed orbs
Of earth-born fire, that cleave the hazy air,
Blanched by the floods of uncreated light,
Fly with the fleeting winds and misty clouds
Back to their homes, and deep in darkness lie.

4. GOD JOURNEYETH IN THE HEAVENS. Refulgent stars
And glittering crowns of prostrate Seraphim,
Emboss his burning path. Around Him fall
Dread powers, dominions, hosts, and kingly thro
Angels of God-adoring millions-join
With spirits pure, redeemed from distant worlds
In choral songs of praise." Thee we adore,.
For thou art mighty. Everlasting spheres

Of light and glory in thy presence wait.
Time, space, life, light, dominion, majesty,
Truth, wisdom,-all are thine, JEHOVAH!
FIRST, LAST, SUPREME, ETERNAL POTENTATE !"

THY hand unseen sustains the poles,
On which this vast creation rolls;
The starry arch proclaims thy power,
Thy pencil glows in every flower;
Where sense can reach or fancy rove,
From hill to field from field to grove,
Across the wave, around the sky,
There's not a spot, nor deep, nor high,
Where the Creator has not trod,

And left the footsteps of a God-ANON.

Thou

QUESTIONS.-1. What on the earth proclaims the goings forth of God! 2. What on the ocean? 3. What in the sky? 4. What in Heaven? 5. What is meant by 'the mountain herald,' first ve? 6. What by 'tesselated halls, 'coral domes,' and 'gardens of the golden sanded seas,' second verse?

How should the sentences, printed in capitals at the beginning of each verse be read? With what tone of voice should the quotations in the last verse of the first extract be read? What poetical pauses uear the middle, and at the end of each line in the second part ?

LESSON CXVIII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Warp, the areads that extend lengthwise in the loom, into which the woof is woven. 2. Chronometers instruments that measure time with great exactness. 3 Meteor, (a noun means,) a luminous body flying in the air, here, (an adjective,' quickly disappearing, like a meteor; swift. 4. Mystery, that which is beyond human compre hension until explained.

What is Time ?-MARSDEN.

.. I ASKED an aged Man, a man of cares,

Wrinkled, and curved, and white with hoary hair;
Time is the warp of life,' he said 'O tell
The young, the fair, the gay. to weave it well!"

2. I asked the aged venerable Dead,

Sages who wrote, and warriors who have bled From the cold grave a hollow murmur flowed, "Time sowed the seed we reap in this abode.'

3. I asked a dying Sinner, ere the tide

Of life had left his veins: 'Time,' he replied'I've lost it! Ah, the treasure!'—and he died. 4. I asked the golden Sun and silver Spheres, Those bright Chronometers of days and years: They answered, Time is but a meteor glare, And bids us for Eternity prepare.'

5. I asked the Seasons in their annual round,
Which beautify and desolate the ground;
And they replied, (no oracle more wise,)
"Tis folly's loss, and virtue's highest prize.'
6. I asked my Bible, and methinks it said,
'Time is the present hour, the past is fled:
Live! live to-day! To-morrow never yet
On any human being rose or set.'

7. I asked old Father Time himself at last;
But in a moment he flew quickly past;

His chariot was a cloud; the viewless wind
His noiseless steeds, which left no trace behind.
8. I asked the mighty Angel, who shall stand
One foot on sea, and one on solid land:

'By heaven,' he cried, 'I swear the mystery's o'er,
Time was!' he cried; 'but Time shall be no more.'

QUESTIONS.-Who is represented as uttering the quotations in each verse? What inflection before a quotation? How should the words within parenthesis be read? (See Spelling Book, p. 158.) How is methinks parsed, sixth verse? Why does Man, Dead, &c., in this lesson, begin with capitals ?

LESSON CXIX.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Seer, one who foresees future events. 2. Yawned, opened wide. 3. Sinewless, without muscles or nerves; weak. 4. Ghastly, deathlike; pale. 5. Disquieted, made restless; disturbed. 6. Shafts, arrows.-7. Anointed, smeared over with oil; set apart 8. Scarlet, cloth of a bright red color. 9. Apparel, clothing; garments, &c. 10. Passing, exceeding; surpassing.

The Raising of Samuel.-BYRON.

1. "THOU, whose spell can raise the dead,
Bid the prophet's form appear."
"Samuel, raise thy buried head!
King, behold the phantom seer!"

2. Earth yawned,—he stood the center of a cloud,
Light changed its hue, retiring from his shroud:
Death stood all glassy in his fixed eye;

His hand was withered and his veins were dry;
His foot, in bony whiteness, glittered there,
Shrunken, and sinewless, and ghastly bare:
From lips that moved not and unbreathing frame,
Like caverned winds the hollow accents came.
Saul saw, and fell to earth, as falls the oak,
At once, and blasted by the thunder stroke
3. "Why is my sleep disquieted?
Who is he that calls the dead!
Is it thou! oh king? Behold,
Bloodless are these limbs, and cold:
Such are mine; and such shall be
Thine, to-morrow, when with me,
Ere the coming day is done,
Such shall thou be, such thy son.
4. "Fare thee well, but for a day;
Then we mix our moldering clay;
Thou, thy race, lie pale and low,
Pierced by shafts of many a bow;
And the falchion by thy side
To thy heart, thy hand shall guide,-
Crownless, breathless, headless fall,
Son and sire, the house of Saul!"

1. THE beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places: How are the mighty fallen!

Tell it not in Gath,

Publish it not in the streets of Askelon;

Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

2. Ye mountains of Gilboa! let there be no dew,

Neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings:
For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away,
The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed
From the blood of the slain,

From the fat of the mighty,

The bow of Jonathan turned not back,

And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

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