Thinker: A moral reader ... designed to arouse the minds of youth, and to inculcate pure and noble principles ... Part First.

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THE THIN K E R,
A M0K4.L READEK,
CO^.-I^iNa
SELECTIONS IfTROM THE GEMS OF THE LANaUAGE,
ARHANaiiD ON
A NEW AND ORIGINAL PLAN; ^
Iesigned to abouse the minds of youth, and to
inculgate pure and noble princdples.
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THE THINKER,
A MORAL READER,
CONTATNINa
SELECTIONS FROM THE GEMS OE THE LANGUAGE,
/ ARBA^TGED ON
A j^EW AND ORIGINAL PLAN;
DESIGNED TO AROUSE THE MINDS OF YOUTH, AND TO
INCULCATE PURE AND NOBLE PRINCIPLES.
IN THREE PARTS.
PART FIRST
(complete in itselt.;
BY
JOSEFH BARTLETT BURLEIGH. LL.D.
SIXTH EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA:
LIPPINCOTT, GRAM BO & CO.
[successor to GRIGG, ELLIOT 4 CO.]
No. 14 y<^RTH FOURTH STREET.
1852.
P K E F A C E .^
No one can be really eminent without constant mental discipline
and solid thought. A discourse clothed with gracefulness of lan-guage,
alone, can at best be compared to a beautiful tree full of
leaves, but without fruit. The constant eifort of any one to in-struct
others without thinking, is like dropping buckets into empty
wells, and growing old in drawing up nothing.
The marginal words, and all those designated by figures, are
designed as drill exercises for teaching pupils to think. For
example, the figure 2 at the end of many of the marginal words
is always intended to ask a mental question, to be optional with
the teacher. But, as there cannot be found any two families of
exactly the same size always preferring precisely the same kind,
amount, and quality of food ; so there caimot be found any two
schools exactly similar in every respect always desiring the same
sort of questions. Hence, by pursuing the plan of this book the
teacher and pupil alike, form the habit of constant attention.
The interrogation point at the right of every engraving may
ask the pupil to describe the picture minutely ; or to di'aw an out-line
of the subject intended to be elucidated ; or to tell its beauties ;
its defects ; the way in which it might be improved. The inter-rogation
point at the top of every marginal column may ask the
pupil to pronounce the marginal words; to pronounce- their equi-valents
indicated by the figure 1 ; to spell the words ; to spell
them by syllable ; to spell them by letter ; to tell the reverse of
the marginal words ; to tell the various parts of speech in the
marginal column ; to tell the primitive, or the derivative words
;
to trace the words back to their roots, or to follow out their deri-vatives
; to form simple sentences in which the marginal word
shall be used with its specific, or its various definitions ; to tell
what other words may be used instead of those in the margin, &c.
The interrogation point on the outside of the ruled line to the
right of each section is intended to question the pupil closely on
the meaning of the section ; to require him to give its substance
in his own language; to give it in the exact language of the
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1851, lay
Joseph Bartlett Bueleigh,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania.
* See the Practical Spelling Book hj Joseph Bartlett Burleigh.
Stereotyped by Slote & M
o
one t, Philadelphia.
Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
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'7t<^
PREFACE.
various authors ; to tell its beauties and defects ; to tell how it
might be improved, &c. The interrogation point after the number
of each lesson, asks the pupil to give some rule which ought
to be observed in reading that lesson, (see rules for reading, page
17;) to tell what faults ought to be avoided; the names of the"
pauses ; the manner of modulating the voice when coming to
them ; the style of the lesson ; how it ought to be read, &c.
The figure 2 at the end of many of the marginal words asks the
pupil to tell the difference in meaning between it and the word
indicated by the small figure 1 in the same line ; in what sen-tences
they may be used, conveying a similar idea ; in what, con-veying
a different one ; the several definitions of the word, &c.
The figure 3 occurring after some word in most of the sec-tions,
is intended, in connection with the marginal words, to remedy
defects in pronunciation ; to require pupils to substitute original
words; to spell, to define, &c ; the figure 4 requires the pupil to
tell what word or words are understood after it, &c. ; the figure
5 to tell what other words may be used in its place ; to pronounce
;
to spell; define, «&;c.
It will be well to take but one part of the many mental exer-cises
at a lesson, and pay particular attention to that part, and
see that every pupil ujiderstands, thoroughly, all that is brought
before the class. For example, the first time this book is read
through, particular attention may be given to the pronouncing
and spelling (before reading the lesson) of all the words marked
by figures, together with all of those in the margin. The second
j time, spelling according to the plan recommended on page 7.
The third time, spelling by letter and syllable, see page 13. The
fourth time, gi\ing the reverse of the marginal words, see page 11.
The fifth time, giving in simple sentences the various definitions
of the same word, see page 8. The sixth time, telling what
words in the margin are definitions ; what are synonyms, and
what words are neither definitions nor synonyms, see page 10.
The seventh time, giving new and original substitutes to the
marked words, see page 9. The eighth time, telling- the differ-ence
in meaning between the marked words and tl>«ir substitutes
in the margin, see page 16. The ninth time, <Mmposing simple
sentences, see page 135.
The questions should be regulated acco,y^Jig to the various cir-cumstances
of the school. A plan -"^^ich would be right in
one neighborhood might be wrong iii ^inother.^ A skilful teacher
suits the manner of his teaching i' ^^^ condition of the people he
is laboring among. A plan th>^ secures unparalleled success in
one district might, from j/-iorance, prejudice, or some other
cause, prove a total fail)>^ ^^^'^^ t^e management of the same
teacher in another plac/ .if
l-'Ssson LXVI., and the subsequent
ones, should be fou^^^^ diflicult, the pupils may define the words
1^ :/
PREFACE.
in only a few of the first sections. In selecting tlie pieces gems
of sentiment have always been kept in view.
All questions should be asked without giving any hint as to
which pupil will be called on to answer. The sentences in this
book are short, and tend to break up habits of indistinct and fast
reading. The sections and lessons are also short, and thus giye
the teacher an opportunity to question the pupils, and see that
they thoroughly \inderstand, digest, and reason upon what they
read. It should not be forgotten that the great difference between
man and the lower orders of creation is thought, and that the
teacher who merits the most praise is the one who teaches his
pupils to think best.
The habit of reading without thinking weakens and debases the
intellect. Few minds can long pursue this course without be-coming
a prey to frivolity and intellectual idleness, formiag
habits of low pursuits and sensual indulgence.
Children engage in the exercises of this book with the enthu-siasm
of play. Knowledge imparted in a pleasing way is not
only much greater in quantity, but also makes a far more durable
impression. Constant research, inventive habits, and self-reliance,
follow the proper use of the marginal exercises, as effect follows
cause. The steps are so gradual and easy, that youth climb up the
ladder of thought without being aware of it.
To form habits of careful investigation, correct reasoning, and
active concentrated thought ; to impart an unwavering steadiness
of purpose ; to press on in the cause of the right under all dis-couragements
; to inculcate by practical illustrations the purest
morality, and to arouse and elevate the mind, is the design of the
Thinker. The plan requires the pupil to understand what he
reads, practically apply the definitions of words, and learn their
various meanings in sentences. By thinking, understanding,
and putting words into original sentences, what is learned one
day is not forgotten the next, but makes a permanent and an in-delible
impression.
While our holy religion has been constantly referred to as the
true basis of all that is pure and noble, everything of a sectarian
character has b«en studiously avoided. To love and obey teachers
and parents ; to cixoyish a pure conscience ; to govern our temper;
to shim idleness, imii-oral books, and associates ; to seduously en-gage
in useful pursuits , to select proper books and companions ;
to do by others as we wouii ^{g]^^ to be done by ; to have an abid-ing
sense of the omniscience ^^^ the omnipresence of our Creator,
and personal accountability to j^ij^ f^j. every action and every
thought, have been most sedulous.^ inculcated. But no one will
find here anything of a religious chaic.^gj, disrespectful of his own
creed. The principles treated of are ..^ fundamental principles
on which, not only all Christians, but aix^g^^g^^-^g ^^^ agree.
THE THINKER.
I
A little boy learning to read at home.
LESSON I.*
REMARKS TO MY TOUXG READERS.
My ^Young Friends:
+§1. This little Vork is
made expressly for you. It is intensely
interesting. It must ^arouse^ expand^
and ^elevate your minds, by using the
Wight hand column of icords.
§ 2. There is a ^diminutive figure, i,
^a little to the left of the top of some
word in each line £)f every ^exercise
in this ^book.
CO
EL S B S: 5
X 2 M g
YouttfuL
Book.
Very.
Awaken.
Ennoble.
ijajginal ex-
, .ercifics.
"^mall.
Slightly.
Lesson.
Think«r.2
* For the use of the figures and marks of interrogation, see Preface, page 2.
t These characters, g, are sections, and are used in all the Lessons.
(5)
REMAEKS TO MY YOUI^'G READERS.
3. This ^little fio-ure
1*
is a great
interrogator. It always says/ What
is the ^meaning of this word ?
§4. You should never ^name the
word after this inquisitive little ^cha-racter,
but always ^^ut into its very
place, the ^word at the end of the line,
an the right hand side of the page.
§ 5. ^Sometimes, as above, you will
see, after the little ^figure, i, words in
italic letters.^ Then it says, omit
all these words, and '^place in their
stead Hhose at the end of the line.
§6. You should ^always tell the
^definition -of the first word after this
little, 1, without making Hhe slightest
^pause. The first six lines of this les-son,
^see page 5, are read in this way.
§7. My youthfid ^ friends, this
little hooh is made ^expressly for
you. It is very interesting. It must
aioahen, ^expand, and ennoble your
^minds by using the marginal exercises.
§ 8. You see the words ^marked by
the, 1, and those in^ italics are ^omitted,
and \hQ opposite marginal ^ones used
in their ^stead.
Small.
Questioner.
Definition.
Pronounce.
Figure.2
Use in,2
Marginal
Vord.
Leaf.2
Occasionally.
Ntimeral.
Slanting.
Sul)stitute.
The words.
Invariably.
Meaning.
Any.
Stop.
Look at.
Headers.
Solely.
Instructive.
Enlarge.
Intellects.
Labelled.
Left out.
Words.
Place.
REMARKS TO MY YOUNG READERS.
§9. The ^marginal column is ^an
ortliograjphiG exercise. When any
marginal word is ^given out, the word
^after the figure, i, in the same line,
should be spelled, and ^vice versa, ^
§10. For ^example, I' give out
yoiitliful!^ you spell young, I ^say
hook, you spell worlc. The ^reverse,
I give out the marked ^particle young,
you spell youthful, I ^pronounce
wm^h, you ^spell hooh.
§11. You cannot spell ^a single
word without ^thinking. You spell
two words and learn their meaning
in each line, and form ^gradually the
habit of ^observing how every word,
in our language, is ^spelled.
§12. The names of ^individuals,
villages, towns, cities, ^counties, states,
nations, rivers, mountains, lakes. Ves-sels,
railroads, ^canals, &c., important
as they are, cannot be %und even in
Dictionaries. Hence, always be ^at-tentive,
and give all your ^lessons the
^closest attention.
Side.
2A spelling.
Pronounced.
Next.2
S
The rererse.
Instance.
Pronounce.
Contrary.
Word.2
Say.
Form from
letters.
One.
Reflecting.
Definition.
Progressively
Noting.
Constructed-
Persons.
Districts.
Ships.
Water-courses.
Discovered.
Thoughtful
Exercises.
Minutest.
* The figure, 2, before a word, denotes that its meaning is given in the line
below,
f See the first two lines of this lesson, page 5. ^^^
8 EXPLANATIONS.
H»!P-s
LESSON II.
EXPLANATIONS.
§1. '^In general, a word has more
than one ^definition. Young* may
convey the ^sense of inexperienced.^"^
^A tiling may be young which has not
^existed longer than another that is old.
§2. Thus, thirty years do not ^ren-der
an oak old; but ten years ^make
a beast old. Three months are ^suffi-cient
to bring ^certain plants to mar
turity.^ But all ^animals, which have
not existed longer, are still 'immature.
§ 3. Work* may be ^used in the sense
of 'labor, ferment, embroider, and be-come.
As the boys are at '^wotTc.
Malt liquors^ '^worh. The young ladies
\{jOT'k their capes. The cogs in the
wheel ^worlz loose.
§4. You should always 'comprehend
clearly, the 'meaning of each word in
the line where^ it is ^used.
Usually.
Meaning.
Idea.
An entity.
Lived.
Make.
Render.
Enough.
Particulai.
Beasts.2
Young.
Taken.2
Toil.
Lat)or.
Ferment.
Embroider.
Become.
Understand.
Import.
Employed.
* See §1, page 5. f Thup, " Come, elder brother, thou'rt too yowng in this."
EXPLANATIONS. 9
§5. I hope^ with increasing %iterest,
you will read this ^book through
many times. After you give the Vari-ous
definitions^ of each ^designated
Herm, you may substitute unlike
'^wordsj jylirases or sentences.
§ 6 . Thus, instead of ^young* youmay
use little, dear, ^kind, lovely, sincere,
^true, excellent, esteemed, valued,
^good, or any other term that does not
very ^essentially change the sense.
§ 7. You should ^always look ahead
of the word you are ^pronouncing, so
as to ^tell the meaning^ of the marked
word, without making the least %alt.
§8. The marginal ^arrangement is
the best ^plan ever devised,^ for forcmg
the eye to look Hn advance of the
word being ^pronounced. It aids you
to read with the ^greatest ease,
fluency, and ^correctness.
§9. No two words in '^tlie English
language^ can be ^found exactly alike,
in their true and ^nice application-though
there are many ^conveying a
similar ^idea.
Ardor.2
Tomelet.2
Several.
Pointed out.
Word.
Expressions.
Juvenile.
Affectionate.
Honest.
Yirtuous,
Materially.
Constantly.
Articulating.
Explain.2
Pause.
Plan.
System.
Aliead.2
Articulated-
Utmost.
Accuracy.
Our,
NamcdJZ
Exact,
Imparting.
Meaning.
* See the first line of Lesson I, page 5.
10 EXPLANATIONS.
§10. There is, Hn every case, one
word more ^appropriate than any
other.^ You should^ ^endeavor always
to ^use the best words and sentences,
which can possibly be ^selected.
§11. In this Vay, you not only
^aclcl much to your judgment and dis-criminating^
'powers, but form the
habit of using 'language accurately.
§12. There are three 'classes of
words in the margin, 'viz., definitions;
^single loords, which alioays convey, in
every sentence, nearly the same idea;
and terms which do not 'materially
alter the 'sense, though they are
neither 'definitions nor synonyms.^
§13. You will 'soon find it easy to
'designate each class of the marginaP
words. But you will 'always have to
'think. The more you think, the
better you will like to hlo so. The
better you will like to 'study.
§ 14. ^By and hy, if you rightly use
this 'plan, studying and thinking will
be as 'interesting and pleasing, as the
most dehghtfur 'kind ofj)lay.
?
Always.
Suitable.
Strive.
Select.
Choseii.2
Manner.
Enhance.
Faculties.
Words.2
Kinds.2
Namely.
Synonjrma.
ThongM.
Essentially,
Meaning.
Explanations
Quickly.
Point out.
Ever.
Reason,
Think.2
Learn.
Soon.
Method.
Entertaining
Sort.
THE THINKER S TRAP. 11
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LESSON III.
THE thinker's TRAP.
§ 1. Giving the ^reverse of the mar-ginal
words is a very ^interesting and
^useful exercise. For example : I ask
you to name, Hn rotation^ the reverse
of the ^marginal words.
§ 2. ^J. says the opposite of youth-ful*
is elderly. ^M. follows hookless.
^A. not at all. M. stupefy. W. en-feeble.
H. middle exercise. ^Z. very
2:reat. ^N. far.
§3. ^0 lesson?es.5, or no lesson. Q.
thinker/e55. Gr. great. -^11. :?20?z-ques-tioner.
^T. 'WTi-meaning, or definition-less.
And '^continue thus do^vn the
column, and ^through the lesson.
§4. This plan brings into ^play the
^nicest judgment. By it you acquire
attentive habits, and gradually ^form
the ability of defining words with case
and ^accuracy.
CJontrary.
Entertaining
Beneficial.
Alternately.
Si4^.
James.
Maria.
Albert.
Zenas.
Nancy.
Oliver.
Reuben.
Timothy.
So on.
To the end of
Use.
Keenest.
Attain.
Elucidating.
Correctness.
*3ee the marginal words in the first three sections of Lesson I., pages 5
and 6. Also see the Practical Spelling Book by Joseph Bartlett Burleigh.
12 THE THf3|£:EIi'S TRAP.
§5. But you must use 'unce?tsing
vigilance, for, before you are 'aware
of it, your thoughts may be ^drawn
off from the lesson. You will 'some-times
even name the 'marked word,
which otight 'always to be omitted.
§6. K the 'one reading makes a
mistake of this, or any other 'kind,
all, who observe 'it, raise instantly
their hands. Those giving this 'sig-nal
'catch the one making the blunder,
and all"* whose hands are ^unraised.
§ 7. The 'definitions, sjnionyms, and
^examples in the margin which are
neither definitions 'nor synonyms, are
not 'intended to make this book so
easy, that 'any one may understand
it without 'study.
§ 8. Oii: the contrary, the 'design is
to stimulate, encourage,^ and, by 'pro-gressive
steps, to 'rivet the attention,
and 'elevate the understanding of all.
§ 9. You cannot 'rightly use this lit-tle
book without Hhinking. The use-ful
habit of thinking will ^tend to
keep you from 'harm, and make
you 'better and happier.^
Untiring.
Sensible.
Diverted.
Now and
then.
Noted.
At all times.
Person.
Sort.
The mistake.
Sign.
Trap.
Down.
Illustrations.
Other words.
Or.
Designed.
A person.
Attention.
Object.
Gradual.
Fix.
Improve.
Correctly.
Cogitating.
Help.
Evn.
Wiser.
ITtlE thinker's trap. 13
§ 10. I will now 'tell you more about
the thinker's trap. 'Suppose I give
out young* and request the class to
spell it bj syllable. 'J. begins,
y-o-u-t-h. 'G. pronounces'^ the syllar
ble youth. *L. spells f-u-1, and D. pro-nounces
the syllable ful, and T. pro-nounces
the ^Yord youthful.
§ 11. Again, I ^require another class
to spell youthful* by letter. ^J. begins
y, M. instantly follows o, ^A. u, C. n,
I^E. g, and S. pronounces young.* I
pronounce hooh.* J. says la, ^M. o,
A. r, C. Tc, and ^E. pronounces worh.*
§12. ^Suppose I give out young.*
'E. says y, M. o, A. u, C. #, E. 7^ and
^J. pronounces the syllable^ youth.
M. /, A. u, C. Z, and ^E. pronounces
'it youthful* and so on.
§13. This whole 'exercise should
be 'conducted without makino; the
slightest" pause. To do this, the 'mind
must be intently fixed on the 'subject.
Why do you 'suppose this little bool
is 'called The Thinker?
?
Mention.
Should.
Eequire.
John.
George.
Loviisa.
Timothy.
Term.
Eequest.
Jane.
Anna.
Eli^a.
Maria.
Elizahe
Grant that.
Eachael.
Julianna.
Emma.
The word.
Tusk.
(Continued.
Attention.
Exercise.
Think.
Named.
J!»
* Sec Sections one and ten on pages 5 and 7, rcspectlTcly.
14 DIRECTIONS.
V
LESSON IV.?
DIRECTIONS. A
§1. The ^judgmentj like the body,
increases in ^strength, by proper ex-ercise.
^Hence you should tell in
^every lesson the difference in mean-ing
between some ^marked words and
^their substitutes.
§2. In ^using this book you must,
in every line, look quickly to ^see the
marked word, think rapidly to ^give
its meaning, and reason ^correctly to
tell the ^difference between it and its
margina,l ^correspondent.
9
Mind.2
Power.
Consequently
Each.
Designated.
The.
Reading.
Observe.
TeU.
Accurately.
Variation.
Definition.
DIRECTIOXS. 15
§ 3. This little book is ^designed for
usefulness/ not "^amusement. You
cannot read it ^through too many times.
It would be all the better if you *could
^say every word of it by heart.
§ 4. There^ are ^a gi^eat many words
to ^define in this book. Each word,
generally, has more than one *defini-tion.
But be not ^discouraged.
§ 5. First become ^perfectly familiar
with the ^meaning of the marked
words in the *Hnes where they are
used. It is injurious to begin a new
lesson till you fully know the old.''
§ 6. When you ^begin one part be
sure to *know it before taking another.^
No matter if you ^have to read the
book ^a dozen times, the great object
should be to get ^knowledge.
§ 7. I would rather have a ^thorough
knowledge of one book, than ^aii imper-fect
acquaintance^ with the ^contents
of a thousand S^olumes.* Never un-dertake
^but one thing at a time.
Concentrate your -^entire mind upon
it. -^Persevere, and success is certain.
Intended.
Pastime.2
From begin-ning
to end.
Were able to
Repeat.2
Numerous.
Elucidate.
Signification.
Disheartened
Entirely.
Definition.
Places.2
Hurtful.
Task.
Undertake.
Understand.
Are obliged.
Twelve.
Information.
Perfect.
A superficial.
Theme8.2
Tomes.2
More than.
Whole.
Pr«fls on.
2*
* See 1 Corinthians, chap. siv. verse 19.
B
16 1 DIEECTIONS.
§ 8. The great ^multiplicity of mar-ginal
-^words gives the best mental
^exercise, and a command oflanguage.^
§ 9. Telling the -^difference in mean-ing
between the marginal -^words, and
those -^marked by the/, gives an ac-curacy^
in the use of Herms.
§ 10. You learn practically^ the ^ap-plication
of definitions. You -^look
quickly to see the/, think ^rapidly to
give the ^meaning/ and reason cor-rectly
to tell the -^difference between
the marked ^term and its substitute.
§11. The ^quicker you look, the
^quicker you can look.^ The quicker
you ^think, the quicker you can think.
The ^closer you reason, the closer you
can -^reason.
§12. True, this -^plan requires at-tention.
But nothing Valuable is
earned without ^labor. Wis the parent
of virtue, and the -^patron of comfort.
§13. As the choicest ^fruits are not
perfected without ^sedulous labor, so
the -^transcendent beauties and powers
of the mind, are only -^developed after
the most unwearied^ ^culture.
Diversity.
Substitutes.
Practice.
Yaxiation.
Expressions.
Labelled.
"W-ords.
-Use.
Glance.
Closely.
Definition.
Variation.
-VTord.
Oftener.2
Keadier.2
Deliberate.2
Nicer.2
Think.
Method.
Serviceable.
Industry.
Promoter.
Productions.
Unceasing.
Surpassing.
Unfolded.
Nurture.
RULES FOR READING, 17
LESSON V.
RULES FOR READING.
KuLE I. ^Study every reading^ les-soiij
and endeavor to understand ^tho-roughly
the ^meaning of every word.
EuLE II. Always strive to ^enter
into the spirit of the Apiece, and im-part
the feelings^ and ^sentiments of
its ^author.
^KuLE III. In reading, as well as
in talking/ always sit or stand ^erect;
hold up your head, and Hhrow back
^your shoulders.
Rule IV. Avoid ^beginning to read
Svhen you are out of breath.^ Do not
^hold your book too near your face.
Rule Y. Strive to ^pronounce dis-tinctly
and ^correctly each letter, sylla-ble,^
and word. ^Aim to make what
you read perfectly ^plain to your
^audience.
?
Look OTer.2
Perfectly.
DefinitiorL
Imbibe.2
Article.
Views.
Writer.
Direction.
Upright.
Stretch.2
The.2
Commencing
While.2
Brings
Articulate.
Properly
Strive.
Cl«ar.
Hearers.
18 / RULES FOR READINa.
KuLE YI. Neither mumble nor ^clip
your words. Always^ begin a ^sen-tence,
so as to be able to ^rise or fall;
as the sense ^requires.
EuLE YII. Be very ^careful neither
to ^read too fast nor too slow. Strive to
^speak deliberateljr' and distinctly, so
that you -^may be clearly understood.
KuLE YIII. When you read to -^per-sons
in a small ^room, you should
speak lower than in a large -^one.
Reading^ is talking what is -^written.
EuLE IX. Keep your voice -^per-fectly
natural/ and read ""just as if
you were ^telling the same informa-tion
to those present'without ^a book.
The best readers are those who ^talk
the -^exercise the best.
EuLE X. Look ^ahead of the word
you are speaking, so as to Hay stress
mi the right -^syllables, emphasize^ the
proper words, and avoid repeating -^or
miscalling -^them.
EuLE XI. ^Eaise your eyes^ in every
line, and look at the ^audience, the
same as ^though you were talking
to them ^about the subject.
Shorten.
Paragraph.2
Increase.
Demands.2
Attentive.
Speak.2
Kead.
Can.
Individuals.
Apartment.
Room.
Printed.2
Entirely.
Exactly.
Relating.
The.2
Relate.
Piece.
Forward.
Accent.
Letters.2
And.2
The words.
Lift up.
Hearers.
If.
Respecting.
RULES FOR READING. 19
I
/
LESSON YI.?
RULES FOR READING.
EuLE XII. Let your ^manner^ be
^suited to the subject^ the style^ and
the -^occasion. Always read as though
you had something to -^say.
EuLE XIII. Strive^ to ^enlist the
attention of your hearers. -^Keep
your ^mind on the subject, and try to
^convey easily and naturally its
meaning. -^Mind^ properly all pauses.
EuLE XIY. All ^convej^sations be-tween
two persons^—'^between more
than two^^ and all ^kinds of stories,
both in prose and ^poetry, should be
read the same as Hf you had no book/
and were talking^ to those ^present.
EuLE XY. Guard against all ^sing-ing
tones. Always read ^carefully.
Never hesitate^ or ^draicl your icords.
?
Method.
Appropriate.
Place.2
TeU.2
Engage,
Concen-trate.
2
Attentioru
Impart.
Notice.
Dialogties.
Colloquies.
Sorts.
Verse.
Though.
Listening.
Sing-song.
Attentively.
Speak too
slow.
20 RULES FOR READINa.
EuLE XYI. Read ^poetry slowly,
^distinctly^ and in a natural tone.
Aim to get the ^sense. Pause not at
the end of a line, if there be no ^stop,
nor unless the sense requires^ -^it.
Rule XYII. Poetry ^requires the
closest attention. Pay -^particular
^notice^ to the^ length of the lines.
'^ Guard against singing^ tones.
Rule XYIII. All ^cheerful, gay,
and -^humorous pieces, ^should be read
in a quick and ^animated way.
Rule XIX. Descriptions^ of ^hurry,
^violent anger, and sudden fear, should
be -^read in the quickest way.
Rule XX. Words or phrases ^con-veying
new or important Hdeas; all
exclamatory words ; the most Veighty
parts in a ^sentence ; repetitions, and
words contrasted with, or ^opposed to,
other words, should be ^emphasized.
Remarks.—^^Good books, systematic
rules, ^skilful teachers, and excellent
^schools are of very great benefit; but
all ^united can never make good read-ers,
or ^profound scholars of those who
are not attentive and do not ^think.
Verse.
Clearly.
Meaning.
Mark.
A pause.
Needs.2
Especial
Attention.
Shun.
Lively.
Witty,
Sprightly.
Impetuosity.
Vehement. ,
Delivered,
Imparting.
Thoughts.
Essential.
Section.
Contrary.
Accented.
The best.
Able.
Seminaries.
Combined.
Learned.
Ponder.
OUR EELATIONS. 21
LESSON VII.?
OUR RELATIONS.
r
Your papa's wife is your ^M . . / . .,
Your mamma's husband is your ^F / . . . .,
Your papa's father is your *Gr . . . /-F / . . . .,
Your papa's mother is your ^Gr . . . /-M ...'..
Your mamma's ^father and mother
Are your grand-father and ^Gr . . . /-M ../..,
Your papa's brother is your ^U . . . .,
Your papa's sister is your ^A . . .
Your ^mamma's brother and sister
Are your U . . . . and aunt,
James is his uncle's *N . . / . .
Mary is her uncle's ^N . . . .
Your ^papa^s and your mamma's child
Is your brother or *S
Your uncle's* and your aunt's* are your ^C
Bring grand-papa his ^c ... to walk with.
Set the % . .-c . . . . oy the fire for grand-ma.
Ask papa to play at hide and *s . . . with you.
When your uncle ^comes you shall
Take a *r . . . upon his horse.
/
Mother.
Father.
Grandfather.
Grandmo-ther.
Papa.
Grandmo-ther.
Uncle.
Aunt.
Mother's
Uncle.
Nephew.
Niece.
Parents.*
Sister.
Cousins.
Cane.
Arm-chair.
Seek.
Arrives.
Ride, -,
22 I DID NOT THINK.
\
LESSON YIII.?
I DID NOT THINK.
§1. A -^BOY was once asked a j^lain
question^ which he did not -^answer.
His ^preceptor put it to the next/ who
answered^ it; then the first '^cfried out,
"0, IdidnotHhink."
§2. I have ^often thought^ of this
boy's expression. ^Perhaps if I ex-plain
my ^views^ you may be able to
^understand them.
§3. If I see a boy booking about
^heedlessly, or turning^ his head at
every ^move, I say he ^^does not
^think," or he would not thus break
the ^rules of the school. tf
§4. When I ^find a scholar^ ^^'-
quently -^absent from school, or late,
I always ^conclude that he " does not
^think," for he either has a poor
Wesson, or none at all.
Lad.
Explain.
Teacher.
Said.2
Reflect.
Frequently.
Probably.
Reflections.
Comprehend.
Staring.
Carelessly.
Noise.2
Reason.
Regulations.
Observe.2
Away.
Infer.
Reflect.
Recitation.
J
I DID NOT THINK. 23
§5. Some'' will not ^go to school.
They -^say they are too ignorant, too
old, or too 'much occupied^ with other
Hhings. Surely, they " do not think."
§6. Do not say you are too Hgno-rant^
to ^need instruction, or too old
to ^get it, since you will have much
^use for it; nor too busy to attend to
the very -^tiling for which you were
^born.
§ 7. When I see youth ^careless of
advice, bent on the Hndulgence of
their own wishes, and Hndifferent to
the future,^ I know "they Mo not
Hhink."
§8. ^Thoughtful pupils will not
thus ^throw away their time, and lose
the best things in this ^life, and the
hopes of the life to come, for ^momen-tary^
^pleasure.
§ 9. Kest ^assured that you can never
get ^good lessons,^ nor love the school,
nor make your homes ^happy, nor,
above all, please ^God, unless you
Hhink, and are attentive to the various
duties that may be ^assigned you by
your teachers and ^parents.
Attend.
Affirm.
Busily.
Matters. ^
Unlearned.
E,equire.
Obti^in.
ipccasion.
Biisiness.2
Created.
Thoughtless.
Gratification.
Regardless of
wm.2
Reflect.
Attentive.
Trifie.2
World.2
Transitory.
Joy.
Satisfied.2
Acceptable.
Agreeable.2
Your Creator.
Reflect.
Allotted.
Friend3.2
24 A WASP AND A BEE.
V
LESSON IX.?
A WASP AND A BEE.
1. A WASP met a bee just *b . . / . . . by,
And said, ^^ Dear cousin, can you tell me % .
.
You are *1 .... so much better than I ?
2. " My b ... is as yellow as gold,
And my shape is elegant to ^b / . . . .
;
Yet *n . , . like me for that, I am told.^^
3. "Ah ! *f ," said the bee, " it is.very true,
But if I loved half as muc^ mischiff to *d .,
Then Td be liked no *b . .' . . . than you.
4. " YouVe a fine shape, and a *d . .' wing,
You are *b . . .'
, but yet there's a thing
That can't be endured, that is your ^s . . . ."
5. " My coat is %...'. . and plain, as you see,
Yet none are *a .' . . . with me,
For Fm a useful and quiet *b . ."
6. From this little story you should *b .' . . . .
*I ., like the wasp, ill-natured you are,
You'll never be *1 . . . . though ever so fair.
?
Buzzing.
Why.
Liked.
Back.
Behold.
None.
Friend.
Do.
Better.
Delicate.
Beautiful.
Stmg.
Homely.
Angry.
Bee.
Beware.
If.
Loved.
THE BOOT-BLACK AND COLLEGE PRESIDENT. 25
\ LESSON X.
THE BOOT-BLACK AND THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
9
§1. Some hcoy^e of years since, the Twenty.
President of a well known -^College in
Kentucky was -^astonished by the en-trance^
of ^a singular person into his
private ^study.
^ 2. The Msitor was a boy about sev-enteen^
yeai"s of age, rough and ^un-couth
in his -^appearance.
§ 3. He was ^dressed coarsely/ mth
thick ^clumsy shoes on his feet, and an
old tattered felt-hat on his head.
§ 4. His eyes were quick and ^spark-ling,
but vacant^ and inexpressive,
from the want of ^education.
University.
Amazed.
An odd.
Room.
Person.
Awkward.
Looks.
Clothed.
Bungling.
Wool-hat
Brilliant.
Unmeaning.
Mental cul-ture.
2(3 THE BOOT-BLACK AlSiB COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
§ 5. The whole appearaike^ ofthe 'lad
was that of an untaught, ^uncultivated,
but well-meaning, ^plough-boy.
§ 6. The President, a mild^ and Ven-erable
man, inquired into the ^business
of the person who ^stood before him.
§7. "If you ^please, sir," said the
lad, with all the ^hesitancy of an un-educated"
-^rustic," I would like to make
arrangements to get hoirie learning.
§8. "I ^heard you had a college,
and I thought^ if I would work ^a sjpell,
you would ^help me now and then in
^getting an education."
"^
§9. "Well, my young friend," ^re-plied
the President, " I ^scarcely can
see any way in which you can be ^use-ful
to us. The request^ is -^something
^singular."
§ 10. " Why, I can ^bring water, cut
wood, black your boots,"^ Hnterrupted
the boy with warmth, his eyes ^bright-ening
in his ^earnestness.
§ 1 1 . " I ^want an education. I want
to ^make something of myself. I do not
care how hard I Vork, if I can only
get an education. I Vanf*—."
Boy.
Unimproved.
Country-boy.
Aged.2
Wants.
Was.2
Are Trilling.
Diffidence.
Countryman.
An education
Understood.
AwMle.
Assist.
Obtaining.
Answered.
Hardly.
Beneficial.
Certainly.
UnusuaL
Fetch.
Keplied.
Snapping.
Eagerness.
Wisli.2
Elevate.
Toil.
Desire.
THE BOOT-BLACK AND COLLEGE PRESIDENT. 27
§12. He '^pausM at a loss for words
to express his Hdeas. But there was
a -^language in the expressive^ lip^ and
the ^glancing eye.
§13. There was a language in his
manner, in the Hone in which the
words were 'Spoken, that appealed^
at once to the -^President's feelings.
§14. But he -^determined to try the
sincerity^ of the -^youth. " I am afraid,
my young friend, that -^I cannot, at
present, do anything -^for you.
§15. "I would like to ^assist you,
but I can ^see no way in which you
may be useful to Hhe college. We
have ^already hands enough."^
§16. The President ^resumed Ms
hook. In a -^moment he looked at the
^plough-boy, who, silent and mute,^
stood ^holding the handle of the door.
§ 1 7. He fingered his rough ^hat con-fusedly
with one hand. His h?/es loere
Mowncast, and his lip quivered.^
§18. He Hrembled in trying to re-press
strong and sudden Heelings of
^intense disappointment.^
Hesitated.
Thoughts.
Meaning.
Piercing.
Signification.
Modulation.
Uttered.
Professor"s.2
Resolved.
Boy.2
We.2
To assist.2
Aid.
Think of
U3.2
Now.
Began again
to read.
Short time.
C!ountry-lad^
Grasping.2
Cap.2 1
Countenance
was.
Drooping.
Shook. /
Emotions.
Bitter.
(Concluded on page 29.)
3*
28 EARLY RISING.
I
LESSON XI.?
EARLY RISING.
1. The lark^ is up to ^meet the sun,
The ^hee is on the wing
;
The ant his ^lahor has begun,
The ^groves with music ring.
2. And shall I sleeps when ^beams of morn,
Their light and *glory shed ?
Por Hhinking beings were not born
To %aste their time in bed.
B. ^Shall birds,^ and bees, and ants be wise.
While I my Hime thus waste ?
let me with the ^morning rise.
And to my ^duty haste.
Greet.2
Bees are.2
Toiling.
Woods.
Rays.
Beatity.2
Human.
Spena.2
Must.2
Moments.
Dawning.
Labor.2
THE BOOT-BLACE AND COLLEGE PRESIDENT. 29
I
LESSON XII.?
THE BOOT-BLACK AND' THE , .COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
(Condiided.y
,
§1. The boy's ^effort wacs but half
successful.^ Tears ^rolled over his
sunburnt cheeks. He ^quickly raised
his hand; and ^brushed them away.
§2. The lad, on ^retiring, made an
awkward, but well intended, bow.
The President ^called him back. In
a few minutes^ he was ^hired ^as marb-of-
all-ioorh^ and hool-hlcick to the
^College.
§ 3. The next ^scene which we give
you, is in a new and ^magnificent
church/ rich with the ^beauties of
architecture, ^thronged with an im-mense
and highly intellectual ^crowd.
§4. The ^congregation listened^ in
Meath-like stillness to the burning
^eloquence of the minister, who faith-fully
dehvered the ^mission of his
^Master.
Attempt.
Flowed.2
Suddenly.
Wiped.2
Leaving.
Meant.
Summoned.
Employed.
2 To do chores
for.
Seminary.2
Exhibition.
Splendid.
Ornaments.
Filled.
Assembly.
Audience.
Solemn.
Pleading.
jfcseage.
SaviorJ2
30 THE BOOT-BLACK AND COLLEGE PEESIBENT.
§ 5. The ^speaker was a man in the
full glow of middle age, of ^striking
and impressive appearance.^
§ 6. Every eye was -^fixed on him
;
every lip was -^hushed, and every ear
listened with nervous intensity to the
eloquent^ teachings of the ^orator.
§ 7. WhoJ in all that ^throng, knew
that the -^famed, the learned/ the
^eloquent President of College,
in ^Pennsylvania, was once the hum-ble
boot-black of College, in ^Ky.
§8, My young ^readers, however
disheartening^ may be your ^circLim-stances;
however friendless and ^for-lorn
your Hot may be, never cease to
^persevere in acquiring knowledge.
§9. -^Support yourselves^ by honest
industry, and it will give you a ^com-petence.
It will ^raise you, as it did
the College President, in the ^estima-tion
of the wise and the ^good.
§ 10. It will ^enable you, when this
life -^ends, to enter, under more favor-able
circumstances,^ the ^eternal life,
and leave on earth a ^shining exam-ple
for others to ^follow.
Divine.
CJommanding
Intelligent.
Kiveted.
Silenced. **
Anxiety.
Speaker.2
Assemblage.
Noted.
Persuasire.
Pa.
Kentucky.
rriends.2
Prospects.
Forsaken.
Condition.
Persist.
Maintain.
Livelihood.
Elevate.
Opinion.
Yirtuous.
Assist.
Closes.
Never-ending
Brilliant.
Imitate.
r^ TO YOUNG STUDENTS. 31
LESSON XIII.?
I TO THE YOUNa STUDENT.
1. Toil on, young^ student ! ^thine is not
The ^conqueror's laurel crown
;
No ^blood is on the shining leaf,
That wreathes thy ^bright renown.
2. Toil on ! ^beneath no flower-decked mead
Lies bidden golden^ ore
;
And thou must ^elve Time's deepest cayes
To ^gather classic lore.
3. Thou ^seest n6l yet life's many^ paths,
"With ^dangers ever rife :
Thou ^hear'st not yet the battle's din
Rise from its afield of strife.
4. ^Butfrom the armory of Truth*
^Choose out thy weapons keen,
And keep them ^bright with daily toil.
Till *comes thy trial-scene.
5. As thou hast used Hhy gifts' of youth,
So %ilt thou be repaid.
When the white ^blossoms of the grave
Are on thy *temples laid.
Yours.
Warrior's.
Gore.
True.2
Under.
Buried.
Dig.
Treasure.
Know'st.2
Errors.2
Leam'st
Plaui.2
Amongst.
Select.2
Clean.
Dawns.
The.2
Shalt.
Flowers.
Forehead.
32 A THOUGHT FOR EVERY DAY.
LESSON XIY.?
A THOUGHT FOE EVERY DAY.
§ 1. We see not in this Hife the end
of ^human actions; their influence
never dies. In ever widening ^circles
it reaches beyond^ the ^grave.
§ %, Death -^removes us from this^ to
an eternal world. Time ^determines
what shall be our -^future condition.
§3. Every ^morning when we go
forth, we lay the moulding -^hand on
our -^debtiny, and every evening'^ we
leave ^a deathless impress upon our
^characters.
§4. "We touch not a wire but Vi-brates
in eternity; each thought ^re-ports
at the ^throne of God. Let youth
^especially think of these things.^
§ 5. Let ^every one remember^ that
in Hhe world, where character is in
its formation state, it is a ^serious
thing to THINK, to SPEAK, to ^ACT.
I
World.2
Our.
SpacesJ2
Tomb.
Carries.
Decides.
Filial.
Day.2
Impress.
Ultimate end.
An undying.
Souls.2
Qniyers.
Echoes.
Footstool.
Partictilarly.
AH.
TMs.
Solemn.
Perform.
PILGRIMS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 33
LESSON XV.?
PILGRIMS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1. 'TwAS 'under the broad Elm that tower'd byyon flood,
They first met Hheir mild warfare to wage
;
'Where the end was gained, without battle or blood,
And the savage 'bowed down to the sage.
2. The time is long past, and the 'cabin and cave,
^JVhere our 'forefathers dwelt, are no, more.
And gardens and palaces 'margin the wave.
That 'laved but the desert before.
3. But ne'er 'shall their memory be lost in the land.
That their toils to their 'oflFsprlng bequeathed
;
And oft 'shall each name of the patriot band.
In praise and in 'blessing be breathed.
4. And still be remembered the 'spot where it stood,
The 'Elm in its time-honored age,
Where Penn 'won the land without battle or blood
;
And the savage ^bowed down to the sage.
Beneath.
The.
There.
Kneeled.
Cottage.
Ancestors.
Border.
Washed.
Will.
Children.
May.
Honor.
Place.
Tree.
Gained. '
Reverenced.
LESSON XVI.?
i
IT HAS AN INFLUENCE.
§ 1 . A LADY who found it ^difficult to
awake as ^early as she wished in the
mornings purchased an alarm-watch. 3 1
§ 2. These watches are so ^contrivedj
as to strike with a loud ^whirring
noise^ at any ^hour they are set.
§3. The lady ^placed her watch at
the head of the ^bed^ and at the ap-pointed
-^time, she found herself fully
roused by the long rattling^ ^sound.
§4. She instantty obeyed the ^call,
and felt -^better all day for her early
rising; this ^continued for several
weeks. The watch ^faithfully per-formed
its ^office, and was heard^ so
long as it was -^promptly obeyed.
§ 5. But ^hy and hy, when the lady
was ^awakened by the noisy monitor/
she ^heeded not its voice^ but merely
opened her eyes and ^slept again.
Hard.
Soon.
Bought.
rixed.2
Bxizzing.
TiHie.2
Piit.2
Couch.
Hour.2
Noise.
Summons.
Stroiiga|2
Lasted.
Promptly.2
Duty.
Instantly.
Afterwards.
Aroused.
Jlinded.
Slumbered.
IT HAS AN INFLUENCE. 35
§ 6. ^In a few days, the watch ceased
to ^arouse her. It spoke j ust as loudly
as ever, but she ^did not hear it, be-cause
she had ^acquired the habit of
disobeying^ its kind ^monitions.
§ 7. -^Finding that she might just as
well be without ^an alarm-watch, she
^resolved, that if she awakened again,^
she would ^jump from her bed, and
never -^allow herself to disobey the
friendly -^warning.
§ 8. Just ^so it is with conscience.^
If we ^obey its dictates, even in the
most trifling -^particulars, we always
hear its voice, clear and ^strong.
§ 9 . But ifwe ^permit ourselves to do
what, we have some fears, may hwt he
quite right, we shall ^grow more and
more sleepy, until the -^voice of con-science
loses its -^power to wake us.
§10. -^Remember, that every habit,
and every ^association, has an influ-ence,
either for Veal or Voe, and that
it lasts FOREVER. Shun with horror"^
even the ^smallest sins ; for one crime
always ^paves the way for another of
greater ^enormity.
After.
Awaken.
Could.
Formed.
"Warnings.
Seeing.
Tlie.2
Detenninod.
Spring.
Permit.
Yoice.
Thus.
Mind,
Instances.
Loud.
Allow.
Be wrong.
Become.
Alarm.
Strength.
Recollect.
Companion.
Good.
2 Evil.
Least.
LcadB.
Wickedness.
36 IT HAS AN INFLUENCE.
§11. All* must soon die. The ^hap-piness
of the ^portion of life that is
now ^remaining , depends^ in a great
measure, upon the Vay in which we
^heed the warning voice of conscience.
§12. When we are Hempted to em-brace
evil habits or asociations, HMs
friend ^deserts us not. Its silent
^monitions we feel. It gives us the
warning ^voice of approaching danger
and h'uin.
§13. let us ^carefully cherish its
acquaintance. Let us ^ever heed its
^earliest whisperings. Let us so live
and -^improve our time, that it will
never -^condemn us.
§14. This faithful hnonitor is with
us hviglii and day. If we do right, it
^aids us to go on and do better. But
if we do ^wrong, it torments us,
though we ^have all* ihat money can
^purchase.
§15. Would you not ^shudder to
Hnjure a friend that always does you
2;ood ? Should we not^fear still more
to be so ^base or so foolish as to turn
a deaf ear to the Voice of conscience ?
Bliss. -
Part.
Before us.
Manner.
Mind.
Disposed.
Conscience.
Forsakes.
"Warnings.
Hint.2
Destruction.
Scrupulously
Eagerly.
rirst.
Use.
EeproTe.2
Adviser.
Always.
Helps.
Evil.
Possess.
Buy.
Tremble.
Hurt.
Tremble.
Wicked.
"Whisperings.
I HAVE XO INFLUEIfCE. 37
1 f»^mmfa ''' ''^^
.. --^
~^^i^^MdlitataBi ' ^
LESSON XYII.?
"l HAVE KO INFLUENCE."
1. What if the ^little rain should^ say,
9
Tiny.
So small a Mrop as I Thing.2
Can ne'er ^refresh those thirsty fields, Revive.
I'll ^tarry in the sky ? Stay here.
2. What if a shining ^heam of noon Ray.
^Should in its fountain stay.
Away from
earth should.
Because* its ^feeble light alone Flickering.
Cannot create a day ? Does not.2
3. Does not *each rain-drop^ help to form Gne.2
The earth-^refreshing shower. Enlivening.
And every *niy of light to warm Beam.
And ^beautify the flower ? To adorn.
4. Then why may I not ^learn from this, Know.2
The single^ *aid of man
!
Help.
In virtue's *cause it may be his Path.2
To speed some ^glorious plan. Useful.2
5. For ^faults do never with remorse^ Sins.
Our *minds so deeply move, Hearts.2
As when another's ^guileless life Sinless.
Our ^errors doth rejirove. Blunders.
38 THE MAGIC LAMP.
LESSON XYIII.?
THE MAGIC LAMP.*
Louisa. I wish I could be as ^Kappy as Jane
Cassard- ^always appears to be !
Eliza, Well, you might be, if you *could get
the charm which she ^carries with her.
L. Do you Relieve in charms ?
E. Yes, in such a charm as she %as j for it is
the gift of no %izard.
L. Well, do tell me what the ^charm is, and
where she *got it.
E. ! she did not go a gfeat %ay for it,
Hhough she had to labor hard.
L. ^Labor hard for it? Why, I thought
charms came to persons, like ^grandmother's
^gifts, and not that they had to work for them.
E. No ; if you will ^think again, you will
find that these ^gifts all cost labor.
L. Well,} on ^reflection, I know somebody it
must have worked hard for all ^presents. I
G
E. Charms, like gifts, are not very ^strange.
Jane Cassard labored hard for her magic ^lamp.
L. Magic lamp ! Is that her charm of *hap-piness
!
E. Yes, and it is an ^excellent thing.
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THE MAGIC LAMP. 39
L. Pray, what is it ? Do H^ll me.
E. Why, it is a ^magic lamp, that no wind
can blow out, and no ^damp can make burn less
^brightly. It is always beautiful.
L. Well, that is ^singular, indeed ; for the
lamp must have ^magic in it, if no wind can
^blow it out, no damp can make it dim.
E. Then it ^surely is a magic lamp ; but you
can *get it if you will work hard enough.
L. I am willing to %ork very hard, indeed,
for it ; it would be ^funny enough to carry it to
school, and let the ^scholars see it burn. They
would think I was a 'witch.
E. Youwould have much 'witchery over others.
L. Do tell me ; what is this magic *lamp ?
E. Why, it is nothing ^more nor less than a
good Hemper.
L. dear ! I %now that charm is not to be
got without working for it; and a ^beautiful
lamp it ^certainly is. ,
E. Yes ; and it will well pay for any ^effort
made in obtaining it; for what can ^dampen the
cheerful ^spirits, or put out the happy light, of
a good Hemper ?
L. Nothing ! nothing ! and this is the ^rea-son,
after all, why Jane is always so ^pleasant.
E. Yes ; it would be %ell for those who are
envious of her happiness, to make their dispo-sitions
^like hers.
L. I think so. Let us all ^strive to get ma-gic
lamps, and keep them well ^trimmed.
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40 NOTHING
LESSON XIX.?
NOTHING.
1. 1 asked a %d what lie was doing; Boy.
" Nothing, 'good sir/' said lie to me
:
Kind.
'' ^By notliing well and long pursuing,^ If nothing,
you are.
Nothing/' 'said I, "You'll surely be/' Quoth.
2. 1 asked a 'lad what he was thinking
:
Youth.2
"Nothing/' iquoth he, "I do declare/' Said.
" Many/' said I, " in 'taverns drinking,^ Hotels.
By 'idle minds were carried there." Listless.
3. There's nothing 'great, there's nothing wise, Good.2
Which 'idle minds and hands supply
;
Lazy.
Those who all thought and 'toil despise,^ Work.
Mere nothings 'live, and nothings die. Are.2
4. 'J. thousand noughts are not a feather, Ten hundred.
When in a 'sum they all are brought
;
Mass.
A thousand idle 'lads together,^ Chaps.
Are 'still but nothings joined to nought. Yet
5. And yet of 'merit they will boast. Goodness.
And pompous 'seem and haughty
;
Look.
But still 'tis ever 'plain to most,^ Clear.
That nothing 'boys are naughty. Lads.
NEVER TELL A LIE. 41
WasMngton's Birth-place.
LESSON XX.?
NEVER TELL A LIE.
§1. More than '^one hundred years
ago, there ^was a little boy, who owned
a hatchet.^ '^One day he went out,
^cutting every thing in his way.
§ 2. ^By and hy he came to a ^beau-tiful
English^ cherry tree, which his
father -^prized very much. Without
thinking, he ^chopped away at the tree.
§3. He did not ^cut it down, but
hacked the ^bark so much as to kill
it. When his ^papa saw the cutting,^
he knew by its '^uneven icay that his
little son had done the ^mischief.
A century.
Lived.2
Once.
Hacking.
At length.
^nandsome.
Talued.
Cut.
C!hop.
Rind.
Father,
Irregularity.
Harm.
42 NEVEE TELL A LIE.
§4. The old gentleman^ was ^verj
sorry. He did not -^like to part with
the tree, ^and above all, he did not
wish to punish his -^lovely boy.
§5. But he knew it was Vm duty
to investigate^ the matter, ^or else his
little son would Hn a short time be
likely to ^do something worse.
§6. So he said: "My ^son, do you
know who cut that ^beautiful cherry
tree T The little boy was very ^sad
at first. He looked on the -Aground,
and ^scratched it with his toes.^
§ 7. In a minute -^he raised his head,
and said : " I cannot^ tell a ^He, pa
;
you know I cannot tell ^a lie. I cut
it with my little -^hatchet." j
§ 8. " Come here ! come here !" ^said
his father.^ " I would ^rather have all
my trees -^destroyed than to have my
dear son ^equivocate."
§9.1 su23pose if the boy had Hold a
lie, his father would have ^punished
him severely, and ^when any more
^mischief had been done, he might
have ^punished him again, thinking
that he had ^told another^ lie.
Exceedingly..
Want.
MoreoTer.
Amiable.
Necessary.
Otherwise.
Soon.
Commit.
CMl(i.2
Pretty.
Sorrowful.
Earth.
Scraped.
George.
Falsehood.
An imtruth-
Axe.2
Exclaimed.2
Sooner.
KiUed.
Tell a lie.
Prevaricated.
Whipped.
If.2
Damage.
Chastised.
Uttered.
NEVER TELL A LIE. 43
§ 10. "When this Httle boy was ^only
ten years of age his ^papa died, but
he -^always remembered^ all his father
^told him.
§11. It is ^believed/ by those who
were the ^best acquainted with him,
that he never told a ^falsehood.
§12. He grew up ^esteemed and
honored by all Vho knew him. He
^sometimes did wrong, but when he
was aware of it, he always ^owned it,
and tried^ not to do ^o ^any more.
§13. Who does not ^admire his
honesty and ^frankness. Will not
every one of you ^always strive to
follow his ^noble example,^ and tell the
TRUTH at all ^hazards ?
§14. I suppose you ^have better
^advantages to get an education than
ever this boy ^enjoyed, for he went to
no other than a 'common school.^
§15. He 'always felt the need of a
'better education.^ Yet by making
the best use of his time, by 'thinking
and always 'trying to improve him-self,
he 'became the first President of
the ^United States.
But.
Father.
Ever,
Instructed.
Supposed.
Most.
Lie.
Respected-
Tliat.2
Occasionally.
Confessed.
Again.
Respect.
Openness.
Ever.
Pure.
Risks.
Possess.
Means.
nad.2
District.2
Continually.
Higher.
Reflecting.
Striving.
Was elected-
U.S.
44 WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD.
LESSON XXI.?
WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD.
1. The ^father of George "Washiiigton,
^Prepared a garden^ bed
;
Then %rote tlie name of his dear son,
And put in ^seed, His said.
2. ^A few days after George was seen,
Towards^ that *spot to run
;
And there =^inscrihed in living green,
He ^saw—" George Washington."
3. He stopped^—he *gazed—^he spelt the name-
Yet ^puzzled at the sight^
—
He ^looked again—'twas still the same
—
He %new he must be right.
4. Then to the house, with Hhrobbing heart.
And ^quickened speed he ran.
And ^drew his loving father out.
To ^view the wondrous^ plan.
5. His ^little fingers^ traced the name.
As ^stooping down he read
;
^Then asked his father how it came.
Upon that ^garden bed.
Parent.2
Laid out.2
Marked.2
Grain.2
Some.2
Place.2
Marked out.2
Read.2
Looked.
Wondering.
Gazed.
Thouglit
Beating.
Hastened.
Led.2
See.
Tiny.
Bending.
And.2
Lowly.2
THE KNIFE. 45
6. " ^May he^ by cliance/' his father said.
^' *Ah no ! that cannot be
;
Some person ^first these letters made,
And now I ^guess Hwas thee."
7. ^^ ^There you are right ; I wish to show
There ^is a God above
;
^Who governs all things here below,
By his ^unerring love.
8. This ^living name, you say, you know
Could not ^come here by chance
;
Who then made all the trees %hich grow
;
On %hat side e'er you glance ?
I
9. Not chance, but God that *rules on high,
^Who made both you and me.
And every thing ^beneath the sky,
"Which ^mortal eye can see."
LESSON XXII.?
THE KNIFE.
Perhaps.
Oh.
Has.2
Think.
Now.2
LiTes.2
That.
Unbouncled.2
Growing.
Be.2
To.2
Which.
Reigns.
And.2
Below.
Human.
§1. James \ . . . was once plajdng Knox
in the street, and finding a ^beautiful
knife, he ^cried out, " how glad I am'
!
; It is mine' ! It is mine' ! I %und it'.
1 It Hs mind r
Handsome.
Exclaimcd-
DiscoTcred.
Bolongs to
me.
46 THE KNIFE.
a
§ 2. " Noj my ^son," said his mother,
it belongs to the Heainstgr." ' •'He has
lost it, and V^hen he ^comSs'tachy it
must be given to him."
§3. James did not Vant to part
with the knife, and continued to ^say
to his mother, " ^mother, it is mine
!
I do ^want it! Is it not mine? I
found ^it!"
§ 4. He plead a long Vhile with his
dear mother ^about that knife ; but at
4ast she said to him, " Would it be
right for you to ^keep the knife ?
§ 5. Suppose you had lost the ^half
dollar I ^gave you, and the teamster
should see it lying in the ^road, would
it be ^right for him to pick it up and
say it was his, if he ^knew you lost it ?"
§ 6. James ^thought a moment, and
then he saw the ^question in a dif-ferent
^light. He felt that no one
ought to claim his ^money, on picking
it up, when he had ^lost it by accident.
§ 7. He ^cheerfully gave the team-ster
his ^knife at the earhest opportu-nity;
and after that ^strove to do to
others as he ^vished them to do ^to him.
Child.
Waggoner.
If.'
Returns.
Wish.
Cry.
Mamma,
Long for.
The knife.
Time.
i^especting.
Length.
Retain.
Fifty cents.
Presented.
Street.
Proper.
Was a-waxe.
Paused.
Matter.
Aspect.
Property.
Dropped.
Willingly.
Property.
Tried.
Unto.
MY CHOICE. 47
LESSON XXIII.?
MY CHOICE.
1. I *ASK not wealth f the glittering^ toy
I never *may command
;
Let others *own it is their joy,
And wield the ^gilded wand.
2. I ask not fame f the ^laureled wreath
My *brow would never wear
;
*It cannot shield the heart from grief,
Or banish *even care.
3. I %sk not beauty ;5 His a gem
As ^fleeting as 'tis bright )
Even one rough ^gale may bear it hence,
And ^saddening is its flight.
4. Such ^fading flowers^ of earthly ground
Why should *I e'er possess ?
In them no ^lasting bliss is found,
No *solid happiness.
5. The 'soul's calm sunshine^ I would know;
Be mine ^religion's trust
;
Be mine its precious Hruth to know
;
All else is ^sordid dust.
Seek.
Caii.2
Prove.2
Golden.2
Victor's.
Head.
Fame.
Every.2
Wisli.2
Changing.2
Breeze.
Maddeiiing.2
Waning.
We.2
SoUd.2
Lasting.
Mind'fl.2
The Bible's
Word3.2
Useless.
48 LOOK ALOFT.
^ LESSON XXIY.?
LOOK ALOFT.
§ 1 . Dr. Godman" once ^said, that in a
voj^age to sea in early life, " I \saw a
^lad just beginning to be a sailor, go
out to some projecting^ -^part of the
^rigging.
§2. ^Hugging a spar, lie was look-ing
^below him' for a rope that ran
across, on which to ^place his feet.
§3. The rope -^flew from side to
side, and it was ^evident that the poor
bellow, becoming dizzy, was trembling
and ^about to fall.
Remarked.
Beheld.
Boy.
Arm.2
Mast.
Clasping.
Under.
Put.
Moved.
Plain.
Lad.
Going.
LOOK ALOET. 49
§4. The mate then '^shouted to him
with all his ^might, ^LooK Aloft 1^
you sneaking lubher! » ^Accordingly
turning^ his eyes away from the ^dan-ger,
the ^^iizziness left him, and he
^found his footing.
§ 5. This incident ^often recurred to
my mind in after life, when ^troubles
grew -^heavy upon me, and I could
^hardly find ground whereon to tread,
or find ^relief.
§ 6 At such time I ^heard the mate's
shout in my ears, and turned my
eyes -^aloft, to the prize upon which
I had ^fastened my hopes."
§ 7. We cannot part with this ^beau-tiful
illustration,^ without asking each
of you to "^apply it to a still nobler
purpose : to ^steady yourselves^ in all
the ^tempests of adversity.
§8. Always look Howards that life
in which there is rest and peace ^ever-more
; when our flesh and heart ^shall
fail us, and we can find no ^support
under our feet, to ^seek it by " looking
^aloft" to niM^ who is the strength of
our hearts, and our portion -^forever."
Ordered.
Power.
Obeying and.
Peril.
Giddiness.
Obtained-
Frequently.
Difficulties.
Burdensome.
Scarcely.
Succor.
Kemembered
Raised.
Above.
Fixed.
Happy.2
Example.
Matcli.2
Support.
Storms.
To.2
Forever.
Will.2
Rcst.2
Look for.
On high
Evermore.
50 LOOK ALOFT.
LESSON XXV.?
LOOK ALOFT.
1. In the ^storm of life, wlien the -waye^ and the gale Tempest.
Are around and above, ^if thy footing e'er fail
;
Should.
^If thine eye should grow dim, thy caution depart, Though.
"Look 'aloft," and Ibe firm, and fearless of heart. Above.
2. If the ^friend -who embraced^ in prosperity's glow. One.
With a smile for 'each joy, and a tear for each woe. Thy.
Should betray^when sorrows ^like clouds are arrayed, As.
^ "Look aloft," to the ^friendship which never fades- Comfort.
1. If the visions 'brightly^ lighting thine eye. Sweetly.
Like the tints of the rainbow, but ^glisten to fly, Brighten.
Then turn and ^by tears of repentant regret. Through.
" Look ^aloft," to the sun that is never to set. On high.
4. If Hhey who are nearest and dearest thy heart, Those.
'Thy relations and friends, in sorrow depart. Tour.
Look^loft, from the darkness and dust of the tomb, Upward-
To 'that soil where affection is ever in bloom.
5. And 0, when Death^ comes in 'terrors, to cast
The.
Horrors.
His fears on the future, his 'pall on the past, Gloom,
In that moment of 'darkness, with hope in thy heart, Sorro-w.
And 'a smile in thine eye, "look aloft" and depart. With joy
I WILL TRY. 51
LESSON XXYI.?
I WILL TRY.
§ 1. ^^ I WILL try/' was the ^motto of
Alice Merton. When her Heacher
gave a ^difficult sum in arithmetic/
and ^asked her if she could do it, she
always ^said, '' I mil try."
§2. One time ^her teacher gave all
the scholars some Verses to commit
to memory. Some ^said, " 0, I can
learn them ^easy enough ;" while others
said, " dear, I ^shall never^
§ 3. " Well, Alice, '^wliat do you
Hhink about it ?" " I will try," was the
simple Response. The next day they
were called to ^recite.^ Those who
were so -^confident in their own suc-cess
failed, and the ^rest did no better.
§4. At -^last it came to Alice. She
repeated every verse without a sin-gle
^mistake. She received the ^ap-probation
of her teacher, and the
congratulations^ of her ^schoolmates,
who ^adopted her motto.
?
Maxim.
Instructor.
Hard.
Questioned.
Answered.
The.
Poetry.
Replied.
Soon.
Can.
Tell what
Say.
Reply.
Rehearse.
Positive.
Others.
Length.
Recited.
Blunder.
^Praise.
Playmates.
Took.
52 TRY AGAIN.
§5. Now, Alice was ^hy no means Not at all.
quick at learning; but she ^applied Studied.
herself '^q\.o^q\j^ and became the best Attentively.
scholar in the school, and Von at the Gained.
examination^ a ^medal, upon which Premium.2
was ^engraved her favorite motto, Written.
"IwillHry." EndeaTOr.
§6. If all young ^persons, instead People.
of^becoming discouraged at difficulties Being.
which constantly '^present tJiemselves Occur.
would say, " I -^will try," they would Must.
generally overcome^ every ^obstacle. Hindrance.
and be wiser and ^happier. Better.
LESSON XXVII.?
TRY AGAIN.
1. Here's a ^lesson all should heed^
—
f
Precept.2
*Try, try again. Strive.
If at ^first you don't succeed, Once.
*Try, try again. Work.
2. Let your ^courage well appear; Valor.
If you ^only persevere, WiH btit.2
You will ^conquer—^never fear^
—
Vanquish.
^Try, try- again.
1
Ton.
TRY AGAIN. 53
4.
6.
7.
Twice or thrice^ ^though you should fail/
*Try, try again.
If at *last you would prevail,
^Try, try again.
When you ^strive, there's no disgrace/
Though you fail to %in the race
;
Eravely, then, in Huch a case,
^Try, try again.
If you ^strive you must succeed,^
*Try, try again.
*Rich rewards will be your meed,
^Try, try again.
You will get *a lasting fame,^
Honors ^high embalm your name.
All which the ^renowned can claim,
*Try, try again.
Let the ^thing be e'er so hard,^
*Try, try again.
Time, will Hurely hring reward
—
^Try, try again.
^Bright examples are in view,*
That which *other folks can do.
Why, with patience, ^may not you ?
'Try, try again.
If.
strive.
A1I.2
Work.
Try.
Gain.
ETery.2
Toil.
ToU.
Strire
Bright.2
Work.
Undying
Great.2
Famous
Striye.
Work.
Strive.
Bring thee
thy.
Work.
Great.
Many.
Can.
ToU.
-J"
54 BEGIN RIGHT.
^Sk-Z'^'^r
The Capitol at "Washington.
LESSON XXYIII.?
BEGIN EIGHT.
§1. Are you just ^stepping on the
threshold^ of life ? -^Secure a good mo-ral
character. This is the -^basis of
success and true ^greatness.
§2. "Without ^virtue you cannot be
respected;^ without ^integrity you can
never rise to -^distinction and honor.
Entering.
Obtain.
Foundation-
Distinotion.
Integrity.
Probity.
Eminence.
BEGIN EIGHT. 55
§ 3 . You are poor, ^perhaps. No mat-ter
; ^poverty is oftener^ a blessing than
a ^curse. Look at the young man
who is the ^heir of half a million.^
§4. What^ is his -^standing. Of
what ^use is he to the world ? You
must make ^yourself.
§ 5. The richest man in Pennsylva-nia*
was born of -^poor parents, and
earned by hard Vork, the first dollar^
he. ever ^owned.
^6.' The Vealthiest man in Massa-chusetts/
was ^horn in a small town in
the country, and ^worked hard. His
parents were in ^low circumstances.^
§ 7. By industry^ and ^economy, he
has become immensely Mch. The
wealthiest -^man in N'eV-York,^ and the
^richest man in America, was also a
poor ^boy, and toiled amidst poverty.
§8. The h'oad to wealth is open
before you, my young friends. ^Start
right, and you will succeed. But ^re-member
^wealth is not everything^ in
life ; it is not man's ^chief good.
It may be.
Indigence.
Misfortune.
Inheritor.
Position.
Benefit.
Your own
fortune.
Wealtliiest.
Indigent.
Labor.
Possessed.
Most opulent.
A native of.
Labored.
Humble.
Frugality
Opulent.
Citizen.
Most affluent.
Fello-w.
Highway.
Begin.
Recollect.
Money.
Greatest.
= Stephen Girard. t Peter C.Brooks. J John Jacob Astor.
56 BEGIN RIGHT.
^9. ^A virticous character is far bet- Anunsuiiied
ter than ^riches. Expect not success
where firm ^integrity is wanted.
§10. The elevation of Hndividual
character, and the progress of -^civili-zation,
can only be promoted by ^afirin
adherence to the pure ^principles of
^Christianity.
(Continued on page 58.)
Property.
Uprightness.
Personal.
Humanbliss.
An unwaver-ing.
Tenets.
Keligion.
LESSON XXIX.?
MY MOTHER.
1. Who *fed me from her gentle breast,
And ^husiiM me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest ?^—
2. y^hQVi Hleep forsooh mj open eye,
Who Hoas it snng sweet lullaby.
And rocFd me that I should not cry ?^-
3. Who Hat and watch'd my infant head,
When sleeping on my =^cradle-bed.
And tears of sweet affection shed ?^
—
9
Nursed.
LuUed.
My Mother.
Sliimher left.
Often.
My Mother.
Always.
Little.
My Mother.
MY MOTHER. 57
4. Wlien pain and ^sickness made me cry,
Wlio ^gaz'd upon my heavy eye,
And wept for fear that I should die ?^
—
5. Who *drest my doll in clothes so gay,
And ^taught me rightly how to play,
And minded all I had to say ?*
—
6. Who ran to %elp me when I fell.
And would some ^pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well ?^
—
7. ^Who taught my infant heart to pray.
To *look to God both night and day.
And strive to walk in wisdom's way V—
8. And *can I ever cease to be,
^Affectionate and kind to thee,
Who wast so very kind to me P—
9. Ah ! no : the thought I cannot bear;
And if God please my ^life to spare,
I hope I shall reward thy care,'
—
10. When thou art 'feeble, old, and gray.
My 'healthy arms shall be thy stay.
And I will help thee night and day,'
11. And when I 'see thee droop thy head,
'Twill be my 'turn to watch thy bed,
And tears of sweet affection shed,'
—
Suffering.
Looked.
My Mother.
Clad.
Showed.
My Mother.
Lift.
Plccisant.
My Mother.
And who
told me how.
KneeL
My Mother.
Shall.
Full of love.
My Mother.
Thing.
Strength.
My Mother.
Sickly.
Stronger.
My Mother.
View.
Place.
My Mother.
58 THE ANT, THE SPIDER, AND THE KNIFE.
LESSON XXX.?
BEGIN RIGHT.
{Concluded.)
§1. My dear young readers, be ^al-[inyariabiy,
ways guided by true Visdom. Let
correct principles ^govern every action.
In this way only can you ^gain the
confidence^ and respect of -^mankind.
§ 2 . You^know many a wealthy man,
perhaps, who is -^despised by his fellow
^citizens. His money adds to his
cares and lessens his happiness.^
§ 3. Why is it -^so ? On account of
his ^niggardly disposition ; his lack of
^honest dealing, and robust principle.^
§ 4. He makes himself ^obnoxious to
his neighbors by his mean -^behayior?
^grovelling character, and ^cruelty to
his dependents.^
§ 5. You had better live in ^poverty
that Hmitate such a person. Eiches,''
with a ^destitution of moral principle,
would be only ^a curse to you. An injury.
Discretion.
Control.
Secure.
The commu-nity.
Have seen.
Abhorred.
Men.
Decreases.
ThuB.
Miserly.
Upright.
Odious.
Conduct.
Base.
^Harshness.
Penury.
Copy.
Want.
BEGIN EIGHT. 59
§6. There is nothino;^ like ^makino;
a good ^beginning as you start in life.
The ^foundation must be firm ; then
all will be ^safe.
§ 7. '^Have an eye about jou, that no-thing
shall ^reduce your virtue. Never
go into the ^company of those who will
^allure you to think lightly^ of the
^Holy Scriptures,
§8. No matter how ^strong the in-ducements^
held out for your ^counte-nance
; if you see that principle is ^in-volved,
do not, for a right hand, ^per-sist
in wrong ^doing.
§ 9. Present 'gain, at the sacrifice of
'virtue, will be future loss and misery.
Tens of thousands' have 'ruined them-selves
by such a 'course.
§10. Be 'careful, then, to begin
right' and do your duty 'carefully, and
you will ^most assuredly succeed.
§11. Be 'mindful in your journey
through 'life. The vastest earthly
possessions, the 'greatest attainments'
of human 'knowledge, are of no per-manent
'benefit, if your hope is not
based 'o?i tlte rock of Ages.
?
Having.
Character.
Platform.
Secure.
Look.
Lessen.
Society.
Lead.
Bible.
Tempting.
Approbation.
Jeoparded.
t Persevere.
Conduct.
Profit.
Rectitude.
Undone
Practice.
Cautious.
Faithfully.
Certainly.
Careful.
The world.
Mightiest.
Genius.2
Use.
In the Lord.
60 "so RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN.'
LESSON XXXI.?
a SO RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN.
1. "When ^worldly honors tempt the eyes,
With ^false and flattering lure,
How eager all to *gain the prize,
And make the ^conquest sure.
2. ^Though pleasure promises no bliss,
*That is not marked with death,
Her ^anxious votaries onward press.
To *gain a fading wreath.
3. Then why should *I, with steps so slow,
The heavenward *path pursue
;
On *baser joys my heart bestow.
With ^heavenly joys in view.
4. With ^swifter feet the race I'll run.
Lord, *aid me in the strife
!
That I may *gain a glorious crown,
Of ^everlasting life.
Earthly.
Base.
Win.
Victory.
Enjoyment.
Which.
Eager.
Get.
We.2
Road.2
Viler.
BlissfuL
9
Quicker.
Help.
Have.2
Never dying.
BAD WORDS AND BAD COMPANY. 61
*^
LESSON XXXII.?
BAD WORDS AND BAD COMPANY.
§ 1. Never speak ^bad words of any
kind^ and^ ^ahove all, never curse^ nor
swear^ nor take the name of your ^God
Hn vain,
§2. It is a -^sliame to think of the
way in which his -^holy name^ is too
often -^used^ both by old and young.''
§ 3. "^It is, at times, used in anger/ to
call down a heavy ^curse on some one,
who has done us -^harm, or who, we
think, intends to injure us.
§ 4 ^At other times it is used to make
one think that we ^speak truly about^
a thing, of which we do not care, -^if
it be true or ^not."*
§5. And often Ht is used for no
end at all. In every such -^case, let
us ^bear in mind, that we thus call
down a curse upon our ^own heads, from
Him who hath said, ^swear^ not at all.
Yvilgar.
Moreover.
Creator.
Triflingly.
Reproach.
Revered.
Spoken of.
Swearing.
Imprecation.
Wrong.
Desires.
Again.
Talk.
Whether.
The contrary.
Profanity.
Instance.
Keep.
Souls.
Curse.
62 BAD WORDS AND BAD COMPANY.
§ 6. All young ^people should avoid
the company^ of those who Ridicule
their parents, or ^disobey their com-mands;
those who ^profane the Sab-bath
or scoffs at ^religion.
§7. Those who use ^profane or
filthy ^language. Those who are
^unfaithful, play truant^ and waste
th^ir time in ^idleness.
§8. Those who are of a ^quarrel-some
temper, and are ^apt to get into
^difficulty with others ; those who are
^addicted to lying^ and pilfering.
§6. Those who are of a ^cruel dis-position;
who take ^pleasure in tortur-ing^
and maiming ^animals and insects,
^robbing birds of their young, &c.
§ 10. All these classes of ^compan-ions
are to be 'avoided; for if you
'associate^ with them, they will soon
make you 'like themselves.
§ 11. The Lord hath 'informed us in
the ^Holy Bible, that for every idle^
word which we 'speak, he will judge
us; and that he will not 'pass over
the 'guilt of him who takes his name
Hn vain.
9
Persons.
Mock.
Neglect.
Break.
Piety.
Blasphemous
Expressions2
Deceitful,
Laziaess.
righting.
Prone.
Dispute.
Habituated.
Hard-hearted
Delight.
Beasts.
Depriring.
IndJTiduals.
Shunned.
Join.
As.
Told.
Scriptures.
Utter.,
Look.
Crime.
Needlessly.
ANGRY WORDS. 63
LESSON XXXIII.?
ANGRY WORDS.
1. ^Angry words ! let tliem never
From tlie Hongue unbridled slip
;
May the heart's "best impulses^ ever
iCheck them, ere they soil the lip.
2. Love is much too 'pure and holy,
Friendship^ is too 'sacred far.
For a 'moment's reckless folly
Thus to 'desolate and mar.
3. Angry words are 'lightly spoken
;
' Bitterest* thoughts are 'rashly stirred,
Brightest 'links of life are broken
By a single 'angry word.
4. In this 'world of tears and sorrow,
All should 'strive to smooth* the way.
Over which, 'perhaps to-morrow,
We may sudden cease to 'stray.
5. 'Gently speak, then ! tones of favor
Melt the 'angry heart within
;
Imitate* 'our blessed Savior,
"Whose soft words 'turned men from sin.
9
Kaging.
Lips.
Mind's.
Stop.
Good.
Holy.
Second's.
Sacrifice.
Freely.
Quickly.
Ties.
Wicked.
Vale.
I Try.
Mayhap.
Pray.2
Mildly.
EtU.
The.
Lured.
6*
64 THE ANT, THE SPIDEK, AND THE KNIFE.
m 9
LESSON XXXIV.?
THE ANT, THE SPIDER, AND THE KNIFE
§1. ^Perseverance is the secret of
success. ^Most of the wealthy per-sons
you know have ^acquired their
fortunes by calm/ patient and ^con-tinued
^perseverance.
§2. The most ^eminent of this or
any %rmer age have only attained
their ^distinction after years of patient,
unwearied^ ^labor. Success in any
^great or noble undertaking is the
Vork of a life. i-abor.
Courage^
A majority.
Obtained.
Lasting.
Exertion.
Prominent.
Past.
Eminence,
Perseverance
Vast.
AND THE KNIFE. 65
§3. You cannot ^acquire either
Hvealth or literary^ distinction without
^perseverance.
§4. The ^little spring of the moun-tain
becomes a rill, a ^brook, a torrent,
a wide ^rolling river, and a part of the
^fathomless ocean, simply by pushing
steadily and perseveringly^ ^forward.
§5. I will give you a few ^anec-dotes
to illustrate the importance of
^labor.
§ 6. ^Tamerlane the Tartar was once
I
defeated and ^encompassed by ene-mies.
In hopeless ^despair he sought
h'efuge under the roof of a hut.
7. ^Gazing at the wall he beheld
an ant ^endeavoring to carry up a
^grain of barley.
§8. 'Effort after effort failed, still
the indomitable^ ant resolutely 'toiled
' against hope. Sixty-nine 'ineffectual
'trials had been made in vain, but the
'seventieth proved effectual.
§9. 'Timoortook courage from the
example of the feeble 'insect, con-quered^
his 'foes, and became the most
powerful 'potentate of the age.
?
Obtain.
Kiches.
Application.
Trifling.
Rivulet.
Immeasur-able.
Bottomless.
Onward.
Incidents.
Exemplify.
Exertion.
Timoor.
Surrounded,
Despondency
Shelter.
Looking.
Trying.
Kernel.
Trial.
Struggled.
Fruitless.
Attempts.
Next.
Tamerlane.
Ant.
Enemies.
Ruler.
66 THE ANT, THE SPIDER, AND THE KNIFE.
§10. Robert Bruce^ having been ^de-feated
in six battles, and been ^deserted
by his followers/ was totally ^dis-heartened.
§11. He took ^shelter in a stable;
there he ^beheld a spider weaving its
web ; it ^tried ineffectually^ six times
to ^&x. its thread on a post. The
seventh Hrial was successful.
§ 12. This reminded Bruce of the ^six
times he had been defeated, and he
resolved to ^muster courage/ raise
^forces, and risk another battle for his
^country. He did so^ and Scotland
was freed from ^tyranny.
§13. In 1777, the American ^army
at Yalley Forge^ ^suffered the most
heart-rending privations. ^Disease
and -^starvation fearfully diminished
their ^numbers.
I
§14. It is ^reported that Washing-iton,
on witnessing the Y^oPprmts of
i blood made by the ^unprotected feet
of his suffering ^soldiers, despaired of
•^success.
§ 15. He -^resolved to resign his post
and retire to the shades oi^liis farm.
9
Routed.
Forsaken.
Entirely.
^Diecouraged.
Eefuge.
Saw.
Endeavored.
Fasten.
Effort.
Number of.
Routed.
Collect.
Soldiers.
Home.
Oppression.
Forces.
Endured.
Sickness.
Famine.
Ranks.
Said.
Tracks.
Shoeless.
Army.
Yictory.
Determined.
Mount Teiv
non.
OUR LIFE. 67
§ 16. At this critical ^juncture^ with
the most ^agonizing feelings, he put
his hand into his pocket, and ^unin-tentionally
^drew out a pearl handled
^pen knife.
§ 17. This knife ^brought to his mind
a promise he -^made to his mother,
when ^only eleven years of age, that
he would always persevere in the ^dis-charge
of his ^duty, and that he would
always ^mind his superiors.^
§18. He ^reflected that Congress
was his superior. Perseverance ^rung
in his ears ; he ^Persevered, and you
all, I ^trust, can tell the result.^
LESSON XXXV.?
OUR LIFE,
1. Tell 'me not, in mournful numbers,
^Jyi/e IS hut an empty dream !
For the 'soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not Vhat they seem.
2. Life is real ! 'Life is earnest
!
And the 'grave is not its goal
;
'Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
"Was 'not spoken of the soul.
Time.
Painful.
Without de-sign.
PuUed.
Pocket.
Recalled.
Gave.
But.
Performance.
Obligation.
Obey.
Tbougbt.
Sounded.
Strived.
Hope.
Us.2
Life's only.
5Iind.2
A8.2
It.
Tomb.
Earth.
Ne'er 2
68 I WILL TRY.
1
3. Not enjoyment^ and not ^sorrow, Horror^
Is our destined *end or way
;
Lot.
But to ^act, tliat each to-morrow Move.
Tind us furtlier than to-day. Lifts.2
4. Art is long, and ^Time is fleeting, Hours are.2
And our 'hearts, though stout and Tbraye, Wills.
Still like 'muffled drums are beating Mournful.
'Funeral marches to the grave. Sorrowful.2
5. In the world's 'broad field of battle, Wide.
In the 'bivouac of Life, Encampment
Be not like 'dumb, driven cattle, Mute.
Be 'a liero in the strife I Courageous.
6. Trust no 'future, however pleasant
!
To-morrow.
Let the dead Past bury 'its dead 1 The^
^Act, act in the living Present
!
Onward.
'Heart within, and God o'erhead. Life.
7. Lives of 'great men all remind us Good.2
We can make our 'lives sublime, Days.2
And, 'departing, leave behind us Decaying.
Footprints 'on the sands of time ', la&
8. Footprints, 'that perhaps another, Which.
'Sailing o'er life's solemn main. Passing.
A forlorn and 'shipwrecked brother, Devoted.
Seeing, 'shall take heart again. Will.2
9. Let us, then, be up and 'doing, Moving^
With a %eart for any fate
;
Mind.
Still achieving, 'still pursuing, And.
'Learn to labor and to wait
!
Try.
THE EAGLE. 69
LESSON XXXYI.?
THE EAGLE.
§1. In 1826, an ignorant ^country
boy, who was toiling in ^poverty and
obscurity, seemed vainly to ^sigh for
the commonest ^kind of an education.
Rufitic.
Penury.
Wish.
Sort.
70 THE EAGLE.
e, §2. One morning he ^beheld a
golden eagle '^watching cm a crag for
prey. He Hoiled on during the day
hver aiid anon casting his eye ^towards
the ^eagle.
§3. The burning sun Vaned in
the western ^horizon. Still motion-less^
as the rock sat the ^determined'^
^eagle.
§ 4. At twilight some rabbits Hssued
forth from the ruins of an old ^build-ing,
to ^partake, in the cool of the
evening, of their ^supper.
§ 5. The eagle moving from his ^po-sition
with the ^swiftness of an arrow,
soon ^bore away to the mountain top
^viands that an epicure^ might relish,
t §6. "Oh! ^continued attention has
given thee a better ^supper than our
I house can furnish," ^shouted the boy.
I § 7. I will -^learn a lesson of you
!
i I will -^hereafter^ attend to my books
i
I will ^persevere. I will endure the
scorching ^rays of the sun.
§ 8. My ^purpose like thine shall be
fixed. I will not '^give up. I will
seek knowledge so long as I ^have life.
Saw.
Looking from
"Worked.
Now & then.
3At.2
Sank.
Sky.
Kesolute.
Bird.
Came.
Honse.
Eat.
Food.
Crag.
Quickness.
Carried.
Victuals.
Patient.
Meal.
Exclaimed.
Take.
Henceforth.
Patiently try
Heat
Aim.
Yield.
THE EAGLE. 71
§9. Since then ^a quarter of a
'century has rolled into eternity.
Principles of science that were then
unknown' have been ^applied to the
practical ^purposes of life, and alike
astonished and ^benefited mankind.
HO. This once Responding boy
now moves in the Van of the im-provers^
and ^elevators^ of human
'society.
§11. ^Those who once deemed him
^beneath their notice, are now glad in
their turn to be ^noticed by him.
§12. Though once, ^apparently,
Roomed to a life of poverty and labor,
the lesson of ^perseverance taught him
by the eagle has 'raised him to honor
and to ^extended usefulness.
§13. May you, my ^young friends,
take new ^courage from this story of
the ^ant, the spider, the knife, and the
'eagle.
§14. Truly the Vhole world of
nature is one continued ^scene of in-struction,
of wonder, and of 'adora-
TIOX.
One.
100 years.
Truths,
Brought.
Duties.
Aided.
Discouraged.
Pront.
Raisers.
Beings.
They.
Below.
Aided.
Evidently.
Destined.
Resolution.
Elevated.
Great.
Dear.
Resolution.
Insect.
Bird of prey.
Entire.
Plan.
Praise.
72 UPWARD—ONWAED.
LESSON XXXVII.?
UPWARD—ONWARD.
1. This 'yonr watchword,^ glorious one,
^While contending with your lot
;
Rest not till tlie race ^be done,
And the glorious ^goal be won,
^Upward ; onward ; falter not.
2. Onward through^ the 'mists of error,
Tearless moving, clear the way
;
Acting right, ye'11 %now no terror.
Though the 'storm comes near and nearer,
Upward ; onward ; 'watch and pray.
3. 'Sit not down in brooding^ sorrow,
Joy 'unseen may yet be near
;
Let your 'heart no trouble borrow.
Bright the day that 'dawns to-morrow.
Upward ; onward ; 'never fear.
, Action—^action ; time is 'speeding,^
And your years are 'short and few;
"Work ye 'must, the foremost leading,
Rain and 'storm but little heeding
;
Upward ; onward ; 'firm and true.
?
Thy.
When.
Is.
Prize.
Look up.
Eogs.
Dauntless.
Meet.
Clouds.
Look.
Lie.
Unknown.
Mind.
Comes.
Do not.
Fleeing.
Brief.
Shall.
Hail.
Eight.
THE DANDY AND HIS TURKEY. 73
5. From tlie past a ^lesson learning,^
Onward ^move, by duty led
With a ^truthful eye discerning
Bight from wrong, nor backward Hurning,
Upward ; onward ; 'straight ahead.
6. Let no thought of 'gain or power
'Swei've you from the path of right
;
^Virtue is a diamond^ dower,
Growing 'brighter every hour
;
Upward ; 'onward ; day and night.
7. Though 'life's tempests^ round you gather,
'Tremble not, but press the sod
With firmer step, the ^storm you'll weather,
'Putting heart and head together
;
Upward ; 'onward ; trust in Grod.
LESSON XXVIII.?
THE DANDY AND HIS TURKEY.
§1. Chief Justice Marshall '^was in
the ^habit of going to market himself^
and carrying^ home his ^purchases.
§2. ^Frequently he would be seen
at ^sunrise, with poultry in one hand
and vegetables^ in Hlie other.
§3. On one of Hhese occasions, a
^fashionable young man was swearing
violently,^ because he could find no ^one
to carry home his ^turkey.
Dut7.2
Go.
Youtliful.2
Moring.
Tread.
Wealth.
Turn.
Honor.
Richer.
Push on.
Brief.2
Quiver.
Tempest.
Placing.2
Press on.
?
Had.2
Practice.
Provision2.
Repeatedly.
Day-break.2
Another.
Those.
roppish.2
Person.
rurcha3e.2
74 THE DANDY AND HIS TURKEY.
§4. The Chief Justice ^stepped up
and said to him : " This is on my Vay,
and I will ^take it for you." When he
^came to the house, the young man in-quired.^
" What ^shall I paj^ you T
§5. "0 nothing,"^ ^said the Chief
Justice, "it was on my Vay home,
and no ^trouble."
§ 6 . " Who was that ^polite^ old man
that ^brought home my turkey?"
^inquired he of a bystander.
§7. "That," ^replied he, "is John
Marshall,' Chief Justice of the 'U. S."
" Whydid he ^bring home myturkey ?"
^asked the young man.
§ 8 . To give you a severe Reprimand,
and Heach you to attend to your own
business,' was the ^reply.
§ 9 . True,"* ^genuine greatness' never
feels above doing anything that is ^use-ful.
The ^truly great man will never
feel above helping himself.
§10. My dear young Triends, may
the noble examples' of the illustrious
dead be constantly Allowed by you.
May you never ^shrink from Hhe per-formance
o/your duty.
Walked.
Eoute.
Carry,2
Eeached,
Must^
Replied.
Road.
Hindrance.
Kind.2
Carried.
Asked.
Said.
United States
Lng.
Inquired.
Reproof.
Leam.2
Answer.
Veritable.
Beneficial.
Really.
Serving.
Readers.
Revered.
Imitated.
Desist.
2 Doing.
LESSON XXXIX.?
THE ROSE AND THE GRAVE.
1. The Rose 'said to the G-raye
^^ 'sullen tomb,^
Where 'go the souls, that day by day
'Pass to thy gloom ?''
2. The 'G-rave said to the Rose
—
" 'flower of love,
Where 'go the dew-nights on thy breast/
*Shed from above V
3. The 'Rose said to the G-rave
" A perfume rare,
My leaves from 'night distil,^
'Sweetening the air."
4. The Grave haid to the Ros€
'^^To mentis given^
To make of 'souls, that come to me,
'Angels in Heaven.''
Spake.
Dreary.
Pass.
Go.
Tomb.
Ro3e.2
Are.2
Dropped.
Flower.
An odor.
DeTVS.2
Scenting.2
Then told.
A poVr is.
Those.2;
Serapha.
7*
76 DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY.
LESSON XL.?
DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY.
§ 1. This sentence contains^ the ^sub-stance
of the moral law. The ^rule
which ^points out our duty to our
^fellow-men.
§2. NoWj what do we ^wish of our
neighbors? How do we ^desire that
^others should treat us ?
§3. We wish kind, ^just and cha-ritable
treatment; we wish them to
be polite, ajffectionate, ^cheerful and
^pleasant.^
Pith.
Guide.
Indicates.
Neighbors.
Desire.
Wish.
People.
Honorable.
Deportment 2
Lively.
Affectionate.
DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY. 77
§4. Let us^ then, be %ind, just,
charitable, pohte, ^affectionate, cheer-ful,
and ^pleasant^ to others.
§5. If all would ^observe this
^beautiful rule, which Christ^ has
given us, how %appy should we be.
How ^happy should we make all
around us ! What a ^delightful world
this would ^become.
§ 6. There would^ be no ^fighting, no
wars. All would be ^peace and bliss.
Suffering would ^hardly be known.
§7. ^Then every one should look
about and do to his ^neighbor^ as he
would ^wish his neighbor to do to him,
and try to show how -^pleasantly this
rule Vouldwork.
§ 8. Let me tell you ^a siory. The
horse of a ^pious man chanced to
^stray into the road. His neighbor
put him into the '^^lace provided hy
law for stray cattle,
§ 9. Happening^ to meet the ^owner
soon after, he ^told him what he had
done. "And if ^hereafter, I catch
^him in the road," said he, "I will
do it ^again."
?
Obliging.
Kind.
Agreeable.
FoUow.
Excellent.2
Comfortable.
Good2;
De9irable.
Be.
Contention.
Happiness.
Scarcely.
If.
rriend.2
Desire.
Agreeably.
Will.
An anecdote.
Good.
R\in.
Pound.
Possessor.
Informed.
In future.
Your horse.
Once more.
=
78 DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY.
§10. Neighbor/' -^replied the other
in a ^mild tone, ^^not long since I
looked^ out of my window, on a -^rainy
day, and saw your cattle in my Afield.
§11. I went forth, and-^drove them
out, and \shut them in your yard,
and if the like should occur ^hereafter,
I will do it -^again."
§12. Struck with the ^reply, the
man liberated^ the %orse from the
^pound, and insisted on paying the
^charges himself.
§13. The -^example of the Chris-tian^
man made a ^Christian of his
neighbor. They both lived ^pleasantly
and happily on -^adjoining farms for
many ^years.
§14. They both at last 'died with
the hope of a ^glorious immortality.^
May we all do by ^others as we would
like them, in similar -^circumstances,
to do ^hy us.
Answered.
Pleasant.
Stormy:
MeadoTV.
Chased.
Put.
Any more.
Once more.
Answer.
Animal.2
Legal enclo-sure.
2
Damages.
Conduct.
Good man.
Quietly.2
Contiguoxifl.
I)ays.2
Departed.
Blessed.
People.
Positions.
In return.
LOVING AND FORGIVING.
LESSON XLI.?
79
LOVING AND FORGIVING,
1. Oh, loving and 'forgiving
—
Ye 'angel-words of earth,
'Years were not worth the living,^
If ye Hoo had not birth.
2. Oh, loving and 'forbearing
—
How 'sweet your missions here :
The 'grief that ye are sharing^
Hath 'blessings in its tears.
3. W\ 'stem and unforgiving^
—
Ye 'evil words of life
;
That mock the 'means of living
With never ending strife.
4. Oh, harsh and 'unrepenting
How 'would ye meet the grave,
If 'Heaven, as unrelenting,^
^Forbore not nor forgave ?
5. Still 'breathe your influence o'er^ us-
Whene'er by 'passion crossed,
And angel-like 'restore us
The 'paradise we lost.
Forbearing.2
Gentle.2
Time.2
Had here no.
Forgiying.
Kind.
Pain.2
Mercies.
Harsh.
Sinful.
Way.
Stern unend-ing.
Unforgiving.
Could.
God.
Ne'er pitied.
Spread.2
Temper.
Return.
Inward peace
80 THE COTTON TREE.
LESSON XLII.?
THE COTTON TREE.
§1. Though you '^every day see
gowns^ Vaistcoats, stockings/ and
similar -^thingSj made of cotton, yet I
believe you will all be -^astonished to
learn its ^history.
§2. This cotton, which ^supplies
us with so many of our domestic arti-cles,
was first taken from the -^fruit of
a particular^ -^tree.
§3. The cotton tree, which ^grows
in -^different warm countries,^ is of
three sorts; the first -^creeps on the
^earth ; the second is a shrub.
§4. The third Hs among the
largest trees of the ^forest, and is
often -^called the tulip^ tree. These^
all bear '^a fruit about the size of a
hen's egg, with an outside ^coat en-tirely
-^black.
Constantly.
Tests.
Articles.
Surprised.
Cliaracter.2
Furnishes.
Home.
Pod.2
Plant.2
Vegetates.
Several.
Gro-5v-s.2
Ground.
Eanks.
Woods.
Named.
Balls.2
CoTering.2
Jet.
THE COTTON TREE. 81
§5. The fruit when it ^becomes
quite ripe, opens and ^discovers a
white ^down, to which we ^give the
name of cotton.
§6. The cotton of the '^creeping
plant is ^considered the best.^ This
Mowny matter goes through a variety
of operations, for the purpose of ^sepor
rating it from the ^seeds.
§7. The cotton is thus Changed
and made into thread, and ^given into
the hands of the weaver/ who ^makes
it into cloths of Various thickness.
§8. The Equality of the cloths de-pends
on the ^purpose for which they
are intended; as, for example, thin
^muslin, or thick velvet.
§9. I suppose that more of the in-habitants
of the world are ^clothed
with cotton^ than with any other ^sub-stance.
It is ^cheap, and is at once
warm and ^light.
§10. It H^eeps the skin dry and
^comfortable, on which account it
is better for ^varm countries^ than
linen. ^Though the latter'* feels
colder when you first ^put it on.
Grows.
Discloses.
Fuzz.
2Assign.
Tine.
Thought,
Light.2
Getting out.
Grains.2
Altered.
Put.
Manufac-tures.
Dififercnt.
Kind.
Use.
Designed.
Cloth.
People.
Clad.
Material.
Low priced.
Convenieut.2
Prcserrcs
Agreeable.
Hot.
Although.3
Try.2
82 THE COTTON TEEE.
§11. Cotton ^fabrics form the chief
clothing^ for the toiling ^milHon, and
some of the finest ^ornaments of the
Vealthy.
§12. When the ^clothing made
from HMs article can be no longer
worn, the very ^rags are converted
into paper, on which '^nearly all the
^Bibles of the world are printed.^
§13. We cannot be sufficiently ^grate-ful
for the ^blessing of the cotton plant,
which can be -^converted to so many
^useful purposes.^
§ 14 . It affords employment^ and ^sub-sistence
to many thousands of indus-trious
persons, and ^clothing and com-fort
to many -^millions. *
15. Let us admire, as we ^ought,
the -^ingenuity of man, by which he
has been enabled to Hurn this plant
so ^extensively to his own use.
§16. Let us ever ^remember that
this Vonderful skill is the gift of our
^Heavenly Fathee, to whom all the
^glory belongs.^
Cloths.
Masses.2
Dresses,2
Optdent.
Articles.
Cotton.
Tatters.
Most of.
Books.2
Thankful.
Gift2.
Turned.
BeneficiaL
Support.
Labormg.
Dress.
People.2
Should.
Skill.
Fashion.
Generally.
Bear in mind.
Surpaesing.2
Beneficent,
Honor.
MY SISTER. 83
LESSON XLIII.?
MY SISTER.
1. Who was it wlien we ^hoth were young,
First prais'd me with her %rtless tongue,
And on my neck delighted hung V—
2. Who ran %bout with me all day,
And when at hide and ^seek we'd play,
Who came to find me where I lay ?*
—
3. And%hen to school I went to stay,
For boys must ^learn as well as play,
Who sobb'd to see me go away ?*
4. For it was *ever our delight,
To *love each other day and night,
Nor would I do a thing to spite,*
—
5. ! may it be thy ^precious choice,
Our *aged parents to rejoice,
And soothe them with thy tender voice,^
6. And may that ^sacred power above.
Still fill thy heart with ^filial love.
And all thy jvirtuous ways approve,*
Were quite.
Guileleaa.
My Sister.
Around.
Look.
My Sister.
Read.
My Sister.
Always.
Please.'*
My Sister.
Happy.
Honored.*
My Sister.
Gracious.
Tender.
My Sister.
84 BORROWED CLOTHES.
LESSON XLIY.?
BORROWED CLOTHES.
§1. A LITTLE ^boy^ and girl were once
seated on a flowery ^bank, and talking
proudly about their Mress.
§ 2. See, said the boy, my -^beautiful
new hat. I have also a fine ^blue
jacket^ and Hrousers, and a nice pair
of -^shoes. It is not every one who is
Pressed so finely as I am
!
Lad.
Motind
Clothing.
Handsome.
New.2
Pantaloons.
Boots.
Attired.2
BORROWED CLOTHES. 85
§3. ^Indeed, said the little girl, I
think I am dressed ^finer than you.
I have a silk -^pelisse, and a beautiful
^feather in my silk bonnet. I know
my ^dress cost the most.*
§4. ^Hold your ^eace, said a silk-worm
crawling near the -^hedge.
Neither^ of you have any ^reason to
be ^proud of your clothes.
§5. Your dresses are ^only second
hand, and have all ^heen luorn hy
some ^creature or other, which you
think very -^mean. Why, Miss ! that
silk bonnet^ first Horaiyjoed iip such
^a loorm as I am.
§ 6. There what do you ^say to that?
^said the boy, your Mress is second
hand. Aha ! Aha ! Aha ! And
the feather, exclaimed a bird ^perched
upon a tree, was stolen ^from, or ^cast
off by one of my ^ace.
§ 7. What do you say to that, ^re-peated
the boy. Well my ^dress was
not ^natural to either birds^ or worms.
My clothes are ^bran new ; they have
biever been worn by ^insects. fie
!
fie! fie!
In fact.
Prettier.
Cloak,
Plume.
Clothing.
Be quiet.
Bushes.
Cause.
Boasting.
Entirely.
CoTered.
AnimaL
Filthy.
Enclosed.
An insect.
Think o£
Cried.
^ApparreL
Sitting.
Shed.
Clan.
Asked.
Clothing.
Common.
Right.2
Not.
''Wormfl.
86 BOREOWED CLOTHES.
§ 8. Stop, said a sheep ^grazing close
by. They were worn ^on tJie Ixmk of
some of my ^family before they were
made for you. As for your ^hat, said
a ^rabbitj some of my kin supplied
the fur for HTiat article.
§9. Truly! truly! ^replied the girl,
and the calves and ^oxen, like those
in that Afield, were killed not merely
to ^furnish us food, but also to give
us their ^skins to make our shoes.
§10. My young ^friends! we may
leam from this lesson the ^foUy of
^being proud of our clothesy since we
are often ^indebted to the lowest
Creatures for them.
§11. We should ever be ^thankful,
that our ^Heavenly Father has given
us the wisdom to contrive the ^best
way of making our clothes ^fit to wear,
and the best means of ^procuring them
for our ^comfort.
§ 12. We ought never to be ^proud
and vain on account of having ^rich
parents and fine clothes to wear. ^Hu-mility
and ^goodness are always pre-ferred
to ^beauty.
reeding.
By.
Race.
Cap.
Cony.
It.
Answered.
Bullocks.
Pasture.
Give.
Hides.
ReaderB.
Yanity.
Becoming
Obliged,2
Animals.
Grateful,
Maker.
Right.
Suitable.
Wearing.
Convenience.
Haughty.
Wealthy.
Meekness.
Comliness.
Riches.
MY BROTHER. 87
IP Grow.
Soon.
Worldly.
o. The rich may ^become poor,
and the poor may ^yet be wealth3^
But the enjojTiient of all ^earthly
possessions terminates with our brief. Ends,
earthly ^career, while the blessings ofj Existence.
a pious life ^lasts forever. i ck)ntinues.
LESSON XLV.?
MY BROTHER.
1. "Who *often with me kindly plaj'd,
And all my ^little playthings made^
My kite or ball—though still unpaid ?^
—
2. Who *made a sled when winter came,
With little *ropes to draw the same,
And on its sides carvM out my name ?^
3. Who after him ^my sled would tow,
*Swift o'er the ice, where'er I'd go,
And marked the gliding wave below ?*
—
4. Who ^smil'd to chase my childish fear.
And *wip'd away the falling tear,
When the old ice crack' d loud and near ?*-
Was it,2.
Pretty.
Built.
Stringa.
TM3.
Quick.
Laugh'd.
Brush'd.
88 MY BROTHER.
5. And who was it Hhat taught to me InstructecL
The ^seeds of learning A, B, C, Way.
On paper mark'd them out for me V—
6. Who to school ^my books would bear, Our.
And ^lead me o'er the bridge with care, Take.
And lessons find for me when there P—
T. Who ^gathered apples from the tree ? Shook the.
Chestnuts %nd walnuts, too, for me. With.
Who, cheerful, did all this? 'twas thee,^"
—
8. And when % present he had got, ' The.2
! who was it Hhat ne'er forgot, Who.
To share with me his happy lot V—
9. Then I do love *thee very well. You.2
Yes, more than ^any words can tell
;
AU.2
Thy name shall in my bosom dwell, ^^
10. For thou wert always *good and kind. True.
And I could *speak to thee my mind. Tell.
Sweet solace from thy lips to find,^
—
••
11. These ^joyful days have had an end; Pleasant.
But oh ! to me thy ^kindness lend. Good will.
And still remain my dearest friend,^
—
12. And may I ever ^grateful be Thankful.
For all thy kindness shown to me. Goodness.
And ne'er withdraw my love from thee,^
—
»
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 89
LESSON XLVI.?
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
§1. i ^SHOULD like to have you
^put your hand on your left side, v^here
your heart is. Do you feel it .^beat ?
I ^suppose you do.
§ 2. Well, I wish you v^ould Hry to
stop its ^beatings ; will you ? You say,
I cannot. Well, try ^again. Can
you not ^stop it? No, you say, I
^cannot.
§ 3. Well, make it ^beat slower; can
you not do that? No, you ^say, I
am ^unable to do that.
§4. But have you the ^power to do
anything with it ? have you no 'power
over it? No, you ^say.
§ 5. You ^khow that if your heart
should ^stop beating, you would die;
now I Vant to know who makes it
^beat. It is not you; you can do
nothing with Ht.
?
Would.
Place.
Pulsate.
Imagine.
Endeavor.
Throbbings.
Once more.
Hold.
Am unable.
Strike.
Answer.
Not able.
AbUity.
ControL
Reply.
Are awaro
Cease.
Wish.
Move.
The heart.
90 OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
§6. Wellj who is it? who ^kept
it beating all last ^night^ when you
were ^asleep?
§ 7. Who kept it beating all ^last
week, when you were Splaying with
your ^mates?
§8. Who kept it beating all ^last
winter and summer? who has kept ^it
^beating ever since you were born?
Why, our Heavenly Tather. -
§9. Well, ought you not to ^thank
him ? Ought you not to ^confess your
sins ? Ought you not to ask his ^aid
in living ^purer lives ?
§10. K he had not hcatched aver
you, and kept it ^beating, you would
have died ^years ago.
§ 11. We owe our lives, and all ^other
blessings, to the ^goodness of our
Creator. ^May we all therefore aspire
continually after ^an acquaintance
with his ^perfections.
§12. May we ^pay him that just
tribute of grateful Upraise, which we
owe for ^unnumbersd instances of
divine mercy and ^beneficence.
Watched.^
Evening.
Sliunbering.
The.
Romping.
Associates.
The past.
The pxilse.
In motion.
Priend.3
Lore.
Acknowledge
Assistance,
Holy.
Preserved.
Pulsating.
Long.
Our.'
Blindness.
Let us.
A familiarity
Attributes.
Return.
Homage.
Countless.
Goodness.
j
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 91
LESSON XLYII.?
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. \
1. When morning 'pours its golden rays, Sheds.
O'er hill and 'vale, o'er eafth and sea, Dale.
My iheart unbidden swells in praise, Soul.
Tather of light and life to Thee ! Girer.
2. When noon sends 'forth its melting beam, Down
And earth 'reposes languidly, Is resting
While stretched beside the 'cooling stream Pleasant.
My eyes 'gaze upward, Lord, to Thee. Look.
8 . When night from heaven 'steals darkly down, Creeps.
And 'throws its robe o'er lawn and lea, Spreads.
My 'saddened spirit seeks thy throne. Sorrowing.
And 'bows in worship still to Thee. Bends.
4. If tempests sweep the 'angry sky, Lowering.
Or sunbeams 'smile on flower and tree
;
Shine.
If joy or 'sorrow dim my eye, Trouble.
Father in heaven, I 'turn to Thee. Come.
5. Thus, 'Lord of all, thy praise I'll sing, God.
^Through life, whate'er my fortunes be. In.
And 'trust that death my soul will bring. Hope.
'Father of mercies, home to Thee. Parent.
92 THE EUM AND THE SHEEP.
LESSON XLVIII.?
THE RUM AND THE SHEEP.
§1. Mr. Jones once went ^into his
fieldj and said, " John ! I ''did not fainh
to mention, when I ^hired you, that I
think of trying to ^do my work this
^year without rum. How much more
must I give you to ^do without it ?"
§ 2. " Oh ! I do not care ^much about
it, you ^may give me anything you
^please. I do not intend to make a
^brute of myself by using liquor."
§ 3. Mr. Jones. Well, I Vill give
you a sheep in the Tall if you will do
without it. I wish to ^curtail the use
of all intoxicating^ ^drink.
§4. John. Agreed. I ^believe I
shall be better off without Ht than
with it. I intend to ^do without rum
the ^remainder of my life.
To.
Omitted.
Engaged.
Perform.
Season.
Go.
AnytMng.
Can.
Clioose.
Beast.
ShaU.
Autumn.
Restrict.
Beverage.
Think.
Rum.
Get along.
Balance.
THE RUM AND THE SHEEP. 93
§ 5. Peter, Mr. Jones' oldest ^son,
then ^said, Father, will you give me
a sheep, if I will VZo tvitJiQut rum?"
1 6. Mr. 'J. Yes, Peter, you shall
have one of the best sheep in my Vhole
flock, if you ^do not use it.
§ 7. The bargain was finally ^con-cluded
with each ^laborer. By and by
Mr. Jones' youngest ^son came totter-ing
along, and lisps out, Ta will you
give me a sheep if I will ^do without
^rum?
§ 8. Mr. Jones. 'Yes, Timothy, I
will give you a sheep, if you will 'do
without rum. Timothy 'pauses a few
moments, and then 'says. Pa, had not
you better take a sheep, 'too ?
§ 9. This unexpected^ and 'laconic
query was a 'pozer. Mr. Jones was
not at all willing to ^give up the
^" ct-ectter" yet. JBut the appeal was
from a source not to be 'resisted.
§ 10. The result was that all 'intoxi-cating
'drinks were banished from all
that vicinity, to the great joy and 'per-manent
'peace, prosperity, and hajopi-ness
of the whole 'neighborhood.
Boy.
Asked.
Not use. ^
Jones.
Entire.
wm.
Made.
Workman.
Child.
Father.
Go.
Liciuor.
Gladly.
Work.
Hesitates.
Inqnires.
Also.
Brief.
Puzzle.
Surrender.
Whisky.
Withstood.
Inebriating.
Spirits.
Lasting
Quiet.
Vicinity.
94 CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR.
1
LESSON XLIX.?
^
CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR.
1.
•
" Ring out, *wild bells, to the wild sky, Clear.
The *%ing cloud, the frosty night. Passing.
The year is ^dying in the night
;
Leaving.
Ring out, %ild bells, and let him die. Briglit.2
2. Ring out the *old,* ring in the new. Yea^.2
Ring, ^happy bells, across the snow
;
Pleasant
The Year is Agoing, let him go ', Dying.2
Ring out the ^false, ring in the true. Old.2
3. Ring out the *grief that saps the mind. Pain.
For those Hhat here we see no more
;
Which.
Ring out the ^feud of rich and poor, Wara.2
Ring in ^redress to all mankind, ReUef.
4. Ring out a slowly ^dying cause, Sinking.
And 'ancient forms of party strife
;
Olden.
Ring in the ^nobler modes of life, Better.
With sweeter manners, ^purer laws. Nobler.
5. Ring out 'false pride in place and blood Base.
The ^civic slander and the spite ', Cruel,
^Ring in the love of truth and right. Chime.
Ring in the ^common love of Grod. Blessed.
HELPING ONE ANOTHER. 95
LESSON L.?
HELPING ONE ANOTHER.
§1. A ^HUMOROUS old gentleman,
hearing^ a ^dispute between his male
and his female servant, inquired what
was the ^matter.
§2. The house-maid Replied, that,
being very ^tired, she had asked the
man to ^fetch her a pail of water^
from the Hvell. This he ^ill-naturedly
refused to do.
§3. "Nay," ^said the old gentle-man,
"I could not have ^thought,
John, that you could be so ^ungallant
as to refuse to ^help a female."
§4. John sulkil}^ ^muttered, "that
it was not his ^business to fetch water;
he was not ^hired to do it."
§5, "True, true;" ^replied the em-ployer
; " I beg your ^pardon for sup-posing
that you Vould do any thing
that you were not ^hired to do."
Merry.
Quarrel.
Asked.
Difficulty.
Answered.
Fatigued.
Bring.
Spring. 2
•
2Surlily.
Replied.
Believed.
Uncivil.
Assist.
Mumbled.
Place.
Employed.
Said.
Forgiveness.
Sliould.2
Engaged.
G
96 HELPING ONE ANOTHER.
§ 6. Go ^directly, and put the horses
to mj carriage/ and ^bring it to the
door. In a few ^minutes the carriage
^came.
§7. The old gentleman ^directed
the ^house-maid to get in^ with her
pailj and ^ordered John to drive her
to the well as ^many times as she
^wished.
§ 8. Whenever young ^people feel a
grudging^ disposition, and Unwilling-ness
to render any little ^service that
they are not accustomed to ^perform,
let them ^remember the old gentle-man's
tumorous reproof.
§9. ^They should at all times be
^accommodating, and strive not only
to shun ^cross words, but also sour,
angry, and ^morose looks .^
§ 10. Let them ^strive to be obliging
to all,"* ^especially to their brothers,
sisters, and ^playmates ; and seek every
opportunity to ^atone for unkindness.
§11. In this way they will ^banish
noise, contention and ^anger, from
their ^homes, and make them pleasant,
cheerfuF and ^happy.
Immediately.
Fetch.
Moments.2
Arriyed.
Requested.
"Womaii.2
Directed.
Often-
Wanted.
Folks.
Moroseness.
Help.
Do.
Recollect.
Jocular.
Youth.
Obligmg.
Angry.
Cross,
Try.
Particularly.
School-mates.
Make up.
Drive,
m-will.
Firesides.
Agreeable.
PEACE. 97
LESSON LI.?
PEACE.
1. All wlio 'inhabit this fair Eartli,5
One common 'path must tread
;
This 'walk commences with our birth,
Nor 'ends till we are dead.
2. Along this 'path, on either side,^
'Grow flowers of every hue ;
Whose broad green leaves 'droop low, and hide
Thorns from the 'traveller's view.
3. Some 'cull the choicest flowers with care.
To hcatter on the road,
While others 'pluck the thorns they bear,
And 'cast them on the sod,
4. The roses cheer our 'drooping hearts.
When we ^are sad, or ill
;
But thorns like those, which 'Envy darts,
Our souls with 'anguish fill.
5. Be it our part to ^strew bright flowers,
'On which our friends may tread
;
Whose 'balmy odors, o'er their hours,
A 'cheering influence shed.
6. While from their 'path our kindly care
The 'cruel thorns remove
;
We may their heavy 'burdens bear.
And have their ^grateful love.
Enliven.
Walk.
March.
Stops.
Road.
Are.2
Bend.
Pilgrim's.
Pick.
Strew upon.
Pull.
Throw.
Troubled.
Feel bad.
Malice.
Sorrow.
Scatter.
O'er.
Fragrant.
Pleasing.
Feet.2
Piercing.
Anguish.
Heartfelt.
98 THE BUTTERFLY.
LESSON LII.?
THE BUTTERFLY.
§1. ^The butterfly^ which we often
behold, decked in ^beautiful colors,
nimbly^ frisking from ^flower to flower,
was once an ^ugly worm.
§2, It has ^gone through many
^transformations, and changed its
whole ^skin at various times. At
last it changed^nto what is^called an
^aurelia.
§ 3 . In this ^state, it had not the least
^appearance of life, and for which it
previously^ prepared itself a ^shelter
and ^defence.
§4. There is one class of these ^ani-mals,
which is of great ^service to
man, I ^mean the silk-worm.^
§5. Before this ^grub passes into
the form of an aurelia,^ it Veaves for
itself a web, in which it may be ^en-tombed
during its lifeless ^state.
Yoiider.2
Handsome.
Shrub.
Ill looking.
Passed.
Changes.
Coat.
Named.
Chrysalis.
Condition.
Sign.
Covering.
Home.
Insects.
Use.
Allude to.
Caterpillar.
Makes.
Enshrouded.
Period.
THE BUTTEEFLT. 99
§6.- It is from this Very web that
we ^get all the silk which is used in
making silk ^gowns^ silk stockings,^
ribands^ and many other ^costly pieces
of ^dress.
§ 7. Is it not ^strange that the mag-nificent^
robes, which now ^deck the
finest ^ladies of our land, were once
the ^shrouds which wrapped poor
lifeless Vorms?
§ 8. Let the ^metamorphoses through
which this fiy ^passes, remind us of
those^ which we must '^undergo.
§9. "We allj like the ^chrysalis,
must lie ^shrouded in the tomb.^ But
from that Homb we also shall arise.
§ 10. Ifwe have done good, we ^shall
be turned into a ^nobler being.^ Though
we lie down in Veakness, we shall be
raised in ^power ; though we He down
in death, we shall be raised to We.
§11. Kemember that ^God knows
our inmost thoughts, and that the
'^pitre in heart shall rise with far more
exalted faculties/ and soar ^aloft to
the bright regions of eternal ^felicity.
Same.
Obtain.
Dresses.
Magnificent.
Apparel.
Singular.
Adorn.
Women.
Winding-sheets.
Caterpillars.
Changes.
Issues.
Pass through
Aurelia.
Helpless.
GraTe.
WiU.
Happier.
Feeblenes'
.
Grandeur
Glory.
JehoTah.
Secrets.
Holy.
On high.
Bliss.
100 THE BUTTEEFLY.
LESSON LIII
THE BUTTEEFLY.
1. Behold^ this ^pretty butterfly,
How *soft its wings appear !
The colors of the dearth and sky
Are richly ^blended here.
2
.
And yet this ^little butterfly
Is Neither proud nor vain.
Though *gold and jewels^ seem to lie
In *gay spots o'er its train.
3. See how it ^flies from flower to flower
No ^guilt disturbs its breast
;
At eve it %ails the tranquil^ hour,
' And ^cahnly sinks to rest.
4. Learn of this ^happy butterfly,
Though finely ^dressed and smart,
^TTiat dress is vain, unless we try
To *wear an honest heart.
Handsome.
Bright.2
World.2
Mingled.
Pretty.2
N'ever.2
GUt.2
Eicli.2
Goes.2
Sin.
Greets.
Sweetly.2
Gentle.2
Clad.
Rich clothes
are.
Have.2
WHY WE SHOULD READ THE BIBLE. 101
LESSON LIV.?
WHY WE SHOULD BEAD THE BIBLE.
§ 1. A^ soon as you '^are able to read
your Bible^ you ought to do so^ and ^to
do it ^often.
§2. It is not enough to ^read it on
Sunday, when you can ^do no other
thing ; but vou ^must read it also on
^other days.
§3. Nor is it ^enough to read it, if
you do not also try to %now what
you read, and to ^keep it in your
^mind.
§4. ^NoT yet is it enough that you
both read it and know what it ^eans,
if you do not 'act as you are there
^taught.
Can.
Read.
Frequently.,
Ijeam,
Perform.
Should.
Week.
Sufficient.
Understand.
Eetain.
Memory.
Neither.
Intends.
Obey.
Directed.
102 WHY WE SHOULD EEAD THE BIBLE.
§5. What ^good will it do you to
know that God is ^mighty, if you do
not fear him nor ^trust in his power ?
§ 6. Of what ^use will it be to know
that ^God is kind, if you do not love
him, nor try to ^obtain his favor ?
§7. How will it ^avail you to be
told that God is holy, if you ^remain
in ^sin ; or to learn that he sees and
knows ^all things, if this do not lead
you to Hooh to your own steps ?
§ 8. Why ^eed you read of Christ
having come to ^save you, if you will
not take the ^terms he oiFers ?
§ 9. Why need you read the Vuths
which he ^taught, if you will not take
them as your ^guide ?
§10. Why ^need you read of his
life, if you follow not his ^steps?
Why need you read of his ^death, if
for you he ^died in vain ?
§11. They, and they only, ^read
and hear the Vord of God aright,
who, having done so in an ^honest
heart, keep it and bring forth ^fruit.
§ 12. You cannot be ^benefited by
reading the Bible unless you ^think.
Service.
Powerful.
Confide.
Good.
Our Maker.
Get.
Profit.
Continue.
Wickedness.
Every thing.
Examine.
ShoTild.
Ransom.
Conditions.
Lessons.
Inculcated.
Director.
Should.
Example.
Suffering.
Suffered.
Peruse.
Laws.
Candid.
Knowledge.
Profited.
Study.2
PRAYER. 103
LESSON LV.?
PRAYER.
1. There is an eye Hhat never sleeps,
Beneath the Ving of night
;
There is 'an ear that never shuts,
When sink the 'beams of light.
2. There is ^an arm that never tires,
When human 'strength gives way
;
There is a 'love that never fails,
When 'earthly loves decay
3. That eye is fixed on 'seraph throngs
That ear is filled with 'angels' songs
That arm ^upholds the world on high;
That love is 'thrown beyond the sky.
4. But there 's a 'power which man can wield,
When 'mortal aid is vain
;
That eye, that 'arm, that love to reach.
That 'listening ear to gain.
5. That power is prayer, which 'soars on high.
And 'feeds on bliss beyond the sky !
Then all should ^dwell in peace and love
And ^always look to Grod above.
Which.
Shades.2
One.
Rays.
A strength.2
Power.
Source.
Mortal.
Angel.
Seraphs'.
Bears up.
Cast.
Strength,
Human.
Power.
Ready.
Mounts.
Lives.
Live.
Ever.
104 THE NECESSITY OF LABOR.
LESSON LVI.?
THE NECESSITY OE LABOR.
§1. ^Industry is necessary in ac-quiring
"^an education^ as well as in
^cultivating a farm.
§2. We differ from the ^birds and
the ^beasts^ only because we have
the ^means of availing ourselves of
the labor and the ^knowledge of our
^predecessors.
§3. The swallow ^builds the same
kind of nestj which its ^father and
mother built^ and the ^sparrow does
not ^improve by the experience of its
^parents.
§4. The son of the ^learned pig, if
it had one, would be a mere ^brute,
only fit to make bacon of. It is '^not
so with the human ^race.
§ 5. Our ancestors ^lodged in caves
and wigw^ams/ whilst we ^construct
palaces for the ^rich, and comfortable
dwellings for the ^poor.
Lator.
Knowledge.
Tilling.
Fowls.
Brutes.
Ability;
Information.
Aiicestore.
Constructs.
Progenitors.
Bird.2
Grow better.
Guardians.2
Wise.
Hog.2
Different.
Family.
Slept.
Build.
"Wealthy.
Humble.2
THE NECESSITY OF LABOR. 105
§6. Why is this, ^but because our
eye is enabled to Hook uj^on the past,
to improve on our ^ancestors' improve-ments,
and to avoid their ^errors.
§7. ^AU ought to be industrious.
The little ^boy, and the little girl,
who shun ^indolent habits, are on the
^straight road to usefulness and un-dying
^honor.
§8. On the contrary, Hhose who
shun labor have a Vinding path
through life. They must ^leave an
inglorious ^memorial.
§ 9. Upon their ^tomb stones it may
be ^written, that they were born on one
day, and ^died on another, but this
may also be ^said of the meanest
^brutes.
§10. No ^one can be useful in this
We, or be happy, or render those
happy with whom he associates ^unless
he ^labors.
§ 11. ^Emplojrment is requisite to
develope the ^noblest powers of man.
No 'permanent health can be enjoyed,
no distinction attained without ^it.
Only.
Glance at.
Predecessors'.
Faults.
Every body.
Lad.
Lazy.
Direct.
Fame,
Persona.
Crooked.
Bequeath-
Monument.
Grare.
Engrayed.
Expired.
Affirmed-
Animals.
Person.
World.2
Without
Works.
Labor.
Highest.
Lasting.
Industry.
106 THE VALUE OF THE BIBLE.
LESSON LYII.?
THE VALUE OF THE BIBLE.
1. This ^little book I'd rather own
Than all the ^gold and gemS;
That e're in monarch's ^coffers shone,
*Than all their diadems.
*Nay^ were the seas one chrysolite,^
The dearth a golden ball,
And diamonds all the *stars of night,
iThis book were worth them all.
2. How ^baleful to ambition's eye
His blood-wi'ung spoils must *gleam,
When Death's ^uplifted hand is nigh.
His ^life a vanished' dream. ^>
Then hear him with his ^gasping', breath
For one poor 'moment crave,^
Fool ! wonld'st thou stay the ^arm of death,
Ask of thy *gold to save.
3. No, no ! the *soul ne'er found reliefs
In ^glittering hoards of wealth
;
Grems ^dazzle not the eye of grief,
^Grold cannot purchase health
;
But here a ^blessed balm appears,
To %eal the deepest woe
;
And he who *seeks this book in tears,
His tears shall '^cease to flow.
Blessed.2
Wealth.
Treasiires.
Or.
No.
World.
Gema.
God's.
Hateful.
Shine."
Upraised.
Breath.
Dying.
Instant.
Sword.2
Wealth.
Heart.2
Dazzling.
Neyer blind.
Wealth.
Blissful.
Cure.
Reads.
No more.
LABOR AND KNOWLEDGE. 107
4. Here *He who died on Calvary's^ tree.
Hath made that ^promise blest
;
" Ye heavy ^den come to me
And I will *give you rest.
A bruised reed I %ill not break, ,
A ^contrite heart despise
;
My ^burden ^s light, and all who take
My yoke, shall ^reach the skies/'
5. Yes, yes, this ^little book is worth
All else to ^mortals given
:
For what are all the ^joys of earth^
Compared to joys ^of Heaven ?
This is the guide our ^Father gave
To *lead to realms of day :
—
A *star whose lustre gilds the grave
—
The ^light—the truth—the way.
LESSON LYIII.?
LABOR AND KNOWLEDGE.
Cliriat.
Precept.
Burden'd.
Grant.
Can.2
Broken.
Work is.
Moimt.
Precious.
Sinners.
Crowna
In.
Savior.2
Guide-
Light.
Star.
§1.1 CANNOT too \strongly impress
on your mind, that ^labor is the con-dition
which ^God has imposed on us
in every ^station of Kfe.
Urgently.
Industry.
Otir Creator.
Condition.
10
108 LABOR AND KNOWLEDaE.
§ 2. There is nothing worth having
that can be had without Ht, from the
:
bread which the ^peasant earns by the
sweat of his brow, to the ^sports by
which the rich man must get ^rid of
his ^ennui.
§3. The only difference ^betwixt
them is, that the poor man ^labors to
get ^a dinner for his appetite, the rich
man to get an appetite for his ^dinner.
§4. As for ^knowledge, it can no
more be ^planted in the human mind
without labor, than a field of Hvheat
can be ^produced without the previ-ous
use of Hhe plaugJi.
§ 5. There is indeed this difference,
that ^chance or circumstances may
cause it, that another shall ^reap what
the farmer ^sows. But learning is an
inalienable treasure; it cannot be
bought or ^sold.
§ 6. No ^man can be deprived, whe-ther
by ^accident or misfortune, of the
^fruits of his own studies.
§ 7. The liberal and extended ^ac-quisition
of ^knowledge which he
makes, are all for his own ^use.
Possessing.
Lalxir.
Farmer.
Games.
Clear.
"Weaririess.
Bet-?7eeii.
Toils.
Food.
Meals.
Wisdom.
Rooted.
Grain.
Raised.
Husbandry,
Truly.
Accident.
Gather.
Plants.
Boon. 2
Bartered.
Person.
Distress.
Results.
Attainment.
Information.
Advantage.
LABOR AND KNOWLEDGE. 109
§8. In youth, our steps are ^light
and our minds are ^ductile, and know-ledge
is easily ^laid up.
§9. But if we neglect our \spring,
our ^summer will be useless and con-temptible
; our harvest will be ^chafF,
and the Vinter of old age unrespected
and ^desolate.
§10. Many complain of Providence
when the Yault is all their own. K
they would only labor and ^think,
Vealth*and eminence would be their
%t, instead of poverty and disgrace.
§11. May you all be as ^active and
vigilant in the ^pursuit of useful know-ledge,
as you are in your ^zeal and
^enthusiam for play.
§12. ^Be mindful that "to whom
much is given, much will also be ^re-quired,"
at the final ^reckoning.
§13. Remember that all the ^igno-rance,
degradation and ^misery, in the
world, is the result of ^indolence and
^vice.
§ 14. 0, shun ^lazy habits in youth,
for Hn riper years, they will tend to
degrade and make you ^miserable.
Buoyant.
Pliable.
Acquired.
Moniing.2
2\ooii.2
Worthless.
Decline.
Forsakep
Misfortunes.
EtU.
Keason.
Pdches.
Position.
Watchful.
Acquirment.
Devotion.
Anxiety.
Eemember.
Demanded.
Settlement.
Misery.
Suffering.
Laziness.
"Wickedness.
Indolent.
Hereafter
"Wretched.
no MY FATHER.
LESSON LIX.?
MY FATHER.
1. Who ^took me from my mother's arms, Drew.
And, ^smiling at her soft alarms, Laughing.
Showed me the world, and nature's charms ?^-
2. Who made me ^feel and understand Think.
The Vonders of the sea and land, Marvels.
And mark, through all, the Maker's hand?^-
—
S. Who ^climbed with me the mountain height, Walked.
And %atched my look of dread delight, Saw.
While rose the glorious orb of light?'
—
•4. Who, from each 'flower and verdant stalk, Plant.
'Gathered a subject for our talk, Drewthenc«
To fill the long, delightful walk?'
—
5. Not on a 'poor worm would he tread, Small.
Nor 'strike the little insect dead
:
Smite.
Who taught at once my heart and head ?'
—
6. Who taught my 'early mind to know Youthful.
The God from whom all 'blessings flow, Mercies.
Creator of all things below ?'
—
7. Soon, and before the 'mercy seat, Savior's.
Spirits made 'perfect, we shall meet ! ! Holy.-
Then with what transports I shall greet'— j
PRESS ON. Ill
LESSON LX.?
PRESS ON.
§ 1. These words are ^brief, but full
of inspiration, and ^opening the way
to all -^victory.
§ 2. The ^mystery of the career of
the HUustrious dead is this, under
all difficulties and ^discouragements,
^PRESS ON.
§3. It -^solves the problem of all
heroes ; it is the -^rule by which to
weigh, rightly, all -^wonderful suc-cesses
to fortune and -^fame.
§4. It should be the ^motto of all,
old and young, -^high and low, for-tunate
and -^unfortunate.
§5. Press on. Never ^despair 3
never be ^discouraged, however stormy
the -^heavens, however dark the way
;
however great the -^difficulties, and
repeated the failures, ^press on".
Concise.
Leading.
Success.
Secret.
Celebrated.
Drawbacks.
Persevere.
Explains.
Standard-
Vast.
Renown.
Guide.
Exalted-
Unsuccessful
Give up.
Disheartened
Sky.
Obstacles.
Persevere.
10* H
112 PRESS ON.
§6. If fortune has Splayed false
with thee to-day, do thou ^play true
for thyself ^to-morrow.
§ 7. If thy Mches have taken wings
and left thee, do not Veep thy life
away ; hut he up and doing, and ^re-trieve
the loss hy new ^energies and
^action.
§ 8. If an ^unfortunate bargain has
deranged thy -^business, do not fold
thy arms, and give up all as -^lost.
§9. Stir thyself, and Vork the
more -^vigorously. If those whom
thou hast -^trusted have betrayed
thee, do not be ^discouraged; do not
Hdly weep.
§10. Press on! ^find others; or,
what is better, learn to live ^within
thyself Let the foohshness of ^yes-terday
make ^thee wise to-day.
§ 11. If thy '^affections have been
poured out Hke water in the ^desert,
do not sit down and ^perish of thirst,
but ^PRESS ON".
§12. A beautiful ^oasis is before
thee, and thou ^mayest reach it if thou
Vilt.*
Worked.
Labor.
Hereafter.
Possessions.
Mourn.
Regain.
Attempts.
Exertion.
Disastroxis.
Affairs.
Hopeless.
Xabor.
Zealously.
Confided in.
Dismayed.
Vainly.
Hunt up.
By.2
The past.2
You.
Confidence
has.
Sand.
Die.
Persevere.
Spot.
Canst.
Desirest.
PRESS ON. 113
§13. If another has ^been false to
?
Proved.
thee, do not thou ^increase the evil Augment.
by being ^false to thyself. Untrue.
§ 14. Do not say the Vorld has lost Earth.
its poetry and beauty—it is not ^so
;
True.
and even if it '^he so, make thy own Were.
poetry and beauty by a -^brave, a true, Noble.
and, above all, a ^religious life. Pious.
^ LESSON LXI.?
PRESS ON.
1. ^Pkess on ! there 's no such, word as fail
!
?
Go.
Press %obly on ! the goal is near
!
Bravely.
Ascend the mountain ! breast the gale
!
Stem.
*Look upward, onward, ne^er fear
!
Gaze.2
Why should' st thou ^faint ? Heaven smiles ahove, Tire.2
Though 'storm and vapor intervene
;
Wlnd.2
That 'sun shines on, whose name is Love, Liglit.2
Serenely o'er life's 'shadowed scene. Clouded.
2. Press on ! surmount the 'rocky steeps, Stony.2
'Climb boldly o'er the torrent's arch
;
Creep.2
He fails alone who feebly 'creeps, Climbs.
He 'wins who dares the hero's march. Gains.
Be 'thou a hero ! let thy might Tou.2
'Tramp on eternal snows its way, Step.
And, through the 'ebon walls of night, Black.
'Hew down a passage unto day. Cut.
114 PRESS ON.
3. ^Press on ! if once and twice thy feet Move.
'Slip back and stumble, harder try
;
SMe.
From Mm who never 'dreads to meet Fears.
'Danger and death, they 're sure to fly. Peru.
To 'coward ranks the bullet speeds, Timid.
While on their 'breasts who never quail, Hearts.2
Gleams, guardian of 'chivalric deeds, Heroic.
'Bright courage, like a coat of maiL True.2
4. 'Press on ! if Fortune play thee false Rush.
To-day, to-morrow 'she '11 be true
;
'Twill.
Whom 'now she sinks, she now exalts, Thiis.2
'Taking old gifts and granting new. Using.
The 'wisdom of the present hour Knowledge.
Makes up for 'follies past and gone
—
Errors.
To weakness 'strength succeeds, and power Might.
From 'frailty springs—^press on ! press on
!
Weakness.
5. Press on ! what 'though upon the ground If.
Thy love has been 'poured out like rain ? Turned.
That happiness is 'always found Ever.
The 'sweetest which is born of pain. Purest.
Oft 'mid the forest's deepest glooms, In.2
A bird sings from some 'bUghted tree, Withered.
And in the 'drearest desert blooms Lonely.
A hiever dying rose for thee. PfirftTiTiial,
6. Therefore, 'press on ! and reach the goal. Step.
And 'gain the prize, and wear the crown
:
Win.
'Faint not ! for to the steadfast soul Tire.
Come 'wealth, and honor, and renown. Gold.2
To thine own self be 'true, and keep Eight.
Thy mind from sloth, thy 'heart from soil
;
Breast.2
Press on ! and thou 'shalt surely reap Wilt.2
A heavenly 'harvest for thy toil
!
Eeward.2
BEWARE OF BAD BOOKS. 115
LESSON LXII.?
BEWARE OE BAD BOOKS.
§1. "What ^harm will bad books
do me ?" The same harm that ^jper-sonal
intercourse would with the ^bad
men who wrote ^them.
§2. That " a ^man is^known by the
comj^any lie Tceeps,'' is an old ^proverb.
It is no more true than a man's ^char
racter may be ^determined by know-ing
what books he ^reads.
§3. If a good book cannot be ^read
without making one better, a bad ^book
cannot be ^read without making one
Vorse. Never read such a book.
§4. A person ^may be ruined by
reading a single volume ! 'Bad books
are like 'ardent spirits, they furnish
neither "'aliment" nor "medicine 3"
they are "'poison."
§ 5. Both 'inebriate ; the former the
'mind, the latter the body. The
thirst for each 'increases by
'fed, and is never satisfied.
being
Injury.
Association.
Wicked.
The vs-orks.
Person.
Saying.
Standing
Decided.
Delights in-
Perused.
One.
Studied.
More \yicked.
Can.
Immoral.
Burning.
Food.
Dangerous.
Intoxicate.
Soul.
Augments.
Nourished.
116 LITTLE THINGS.
§6. Both ruin; the former, the ^in-tellect;
the latter, the ^health; and
together the ^soul. The makers and
venders of ^each are equally guilty and
equally ^corrupters of the community.
§ 7. The safeguard against ^each is
the same—^^total abstinence from all
that intoxicates ^mind or body.
LESSON LXIII.?
LITTLE THINGS.
1. Scorn not the ^sliglitest word or deed.
Nor ^deem it void of power
;
There's fruit in ^each wind wafted seed,
Waiting its %atal hour.
2. A whispering word may Houch the heart,
And ^all it back to life
;
A look of love ^bid sin depart.
And ^still unholy strife.
Mind.
Constitution-
Spirit.
Both. '
Deprayera.
Them.
Entire.
Intellect.
Smallest.
Think.
Every float-ing.
Birth-day.
Reach.
Bring.
Make.
QueU.
ADVICE TO A BOY. 117
3. No *act falls fruitless; who can tell Deed.
How ^vast its power may be
;
Great.
Or what results ^unfolded dwell May hidden.
Within it, ^silently. Quietly.
4. ^Use gentle words, for who can tell, Speak.
*The blessings they impart
!
What.
How oft they ^fall, as manna fell, C!ome.
On ^some nigh fainting heart
!
A kind.
5. In lonely %ilds, by light winged birds, Spots.
^Rare seeds have oft been sown
;
Scarce.
And hope has ^sprung from gentle words, Grown.
Where only ^griefs had grown. Gloom.
LESSON LXIV.?
ADVICE TO A BOY.
§1. I GIVE you, in this ^chapter, Lesson.2
some ^maxims which I hope you will Leading
truths.
^read again and again, until they are Peruse.
so fixed in your ^memory, that they Recollection.
will influence you every day, ^and Also.
every ^hour. Minute.2
1
118 ADVICE TO A BOY.
§2. If you are ^governed by them,
you will become a ^great man^—^you
^certainly will become a good one,
and it is much more ^important to be
good than to be -^great. .
§3. Rise early, and '^offer u^ your
praise to Hhe Giver ofall good. Enter
steadily and fearlessly upon the ^du-ties
of the -^day.
§4. Be determined that no Hrial
shall ^overcome your patience, and no
Hmpediment conquer your persever-ance.
If your -^object be a good one,
say, I will ^try to attain it.
§5. Never be found without "^an
object. Ask youself how you can ^do
the ^most good ; and, when you have
decided, throw your whole soul into
your ^purpose.
§ 6. Nev