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practiced orators. I never conceived, till now, what toil the temperance lecturers undergo for my sake. Do, some kind Christian, pump a stroke or two, just to wet my whistle. Thank you, sir. But to proceed.

14. The Town Pump and the Cow! Such is the glorious partnership, that shall finally monopolize the whole business of quenching thirst. Blessed consummation! Then, Poverty shall pass away from the land, finding no hovel so wretched, where her squalid form may shelter itself. Then, Disease, for lack of other victims, shall gnaw his own heart and die. Then, Sin, if she do not die, shall lose half her strength.

15. Then, there will be no war of households. The husband and the wife, drinking deep of peaceful joy, a calm bliss of temperate affections, shall pass hand in hand through life, and lie down, not reluctantly, at its protracted close. To them, the past will be no turmoil of mad dreams, nor the future, an eternity of such moments as follow the delirium of the drunkard. Their dead faces shall express what their spirits were, and are to be, by a lingering smile of memory and hope.

16. Drink, then, and be refreshed! The water is as pure and cold as when it slaked the thirst of the red hunter, and flowed beneath the aged bough, though now this gem of the wilderness is treasured under these hot stones, where no shadow falls, but from the brick buildings. But, still is this fountain the source of health, peace, and happiness, and I behold with certainty and joy, the approach of the period, when the virtues of cold water, too little valued since our father's days, will be fully appreciated and recognized by all.

HAWTHORNE.

QUESTIONS.- - In what respect, and why may the Town Pump be considered as assisting in the various town offices? Describe the various characters who are supposed to approach the pump for a drink, and the pump's remarks to them. What benefits arise from the use of water as a drink? What change has taken place in this respect?

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Parse "pardon," in the 11th paragraph. Pump" and "cow," in the 14th. Which are the adverbs in the last sentence? Which are the conjunctions? Which are the nouns, and what is the possessive singular of each one of them?

PRONUNCIATION.-Trough (pro. trauf), not troth: per-pe-tu-i-ty, not per-pe-tew-i-ty: pat-tern, not pat-tun: of-fi-cers, not of-fi-suz: lan-tern, not lan-tun: i-ron, pro. i-urn: thirst-y, not thus-ty.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Manifold: 2. overseers: 3. impartial: 4. muster-day, unadulterated: 5. quaff: 6. potent: 7. gullet, miniature, Tophet: 10. lolling, capers: 11. replenish: 12. reformer, enterprise: 13. speechifying.

REMARK.

LESSON XXIV.

In reading poetry, that does not rhyme, where the termination of one line is very closely connected in sense and construction with the commencement of the following line, there should be no pause.

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Example. Ye who have anxiously and fondly watched
Beside a fading friend, unconscious that

The cheek's bright vision lovely to the view,

Like nightshade, with unwholesome beauty bloomed.

In this example, there must be a slight pause at the end of the first line, and the usual ones at the third and fourth, but none at all at the end of the second.

Words to be Spelled and Defined.

2. As'-say, v. to attempt. to try. Com-mune', v. converse.

6. Up-hold'-en, p. (obsolete for upheld) |

sustained.

10. Con'-fi-dence, n. trust, reliance.
24. Vis'-ions, n. revelations from God.
42. Ex'-cel-len-cy, n. valuable quality.

1.

VISION OF A SPIRIT.

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved'?
But who can withhold himself from speaking' ?
Behold! thou hast instructed many,

5. And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
And thou has strengthened the feeble knees.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest:
It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

10. Is not this thy fear, thy confidence,

Thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways'?

Remember, I pray thee, whoever perished, being innocent?
Or where were the righteous' cut off?

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,

15. And sow wickedness', reap the same'.

By the blast of God they perish',

And by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed'.

The roaring of a lion', and the voice of the fierce' lion,
And the teeth of the young' lions are broken.

20. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

And the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me,

And mine ear received a little thereof.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, 25. When deep sleep falleth on men,

Fear came upon me, and trembling,
Which made all my bones to shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair of my flesh stood up:

30. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof.
An image was before mine eyes,

There was silence, and I heard a voice saying,
Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
35. Behold! he put no trust in his servants';
And his angels' he charged with folly:

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is the dust,

Which are crushed before the moth!

40. They are destroyed from morning to evening:
They perish forever without any regarding it.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?
They die even without wisdom.

BIBLE.

QUESTIONS. Who was Eliphaz? Did he consider Job, whom he addressed, as an innocent or guilty man? What reason does he give for con

sidering him guilty? Was he correct in his opinion? Does God afflict the good in this world? For what purpose?

Why do the questions in the 2d and 3d lines receive different inflections? Give the rules for the inflections marked in the lesson.

Which are the pronouns in the last four lines, and for what does each of them stand? Which are the adverbs, and what does each of them qualify? Which are the prepositions, and what does each of them govern?

ARTICULATION.— - With-hold, not with-old: hast, not ast: hands, not ands have, not ave: where, not were: whelps, not welps.

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SPELL AND DEFINE. - 2. Grieved: 4. instructed: 7. strengthened: 11. uprightness: 14. iniquity: 17. consumed: 21. scattered: 24. visions: 30. discern 3. foundation: 41. regarding.

N. B. The Teacher is requested to bear in mind, that the definitions given to the words at the head of each lessson, are those that belong to it in the connection in which it is used in the lesson.

REMARK.

LESSON XXV.

When any thing very solemn or devotional is to be read, there should be a full, solemn tone of voice; the piece should be read slowly, and long pauses should be made at the commas.

Words to be Spelled and Defined.

1. Pil'-grims, n. wandering travelers.

7. Chide, v. to reprove, to blame.

8. For-lorn', a. forsaken, destitute.

9. Mis-deeds', n. evil actions.

Re-morse', n. the pain of conscience

proceeding from guilt.

12. In'-fa-my, n. utter disgrace.

13. Chast'-en-ing, a. affl.cting for correc

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18. Or'-i-gin, n. that from which any thing proceeds, the cause.

Sphere, n. the vast expanse in which the heavenly bodies appear. The phrase heaven's eternal sphere, is used figuratively for heaven.

19. Me'-te-or, n. a fiery body passing through the air.

1.

A REST FOR THE WEARY.

THERE is a calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found,
They softly lie, and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground.

2. The storm that wrecks the wint❜ry sky
No more disturbs their deep repose,
Than summer evening's latest sigh,
That shuts the rose.

3. I long to lay this painful head
And aching heart beneath the soil,
To slumber in that dreamless bed
From all my
toil.

4. For misery stole me at my birth,
And cast me helpless on the wild :
I perish; O my mother earth,
Take home thy child.

5. On thy dear lap these limbs reclined,
Shall gently molder into thee;

Nor leave one wretched trace behind,
Resembling me.

6. Hark! a strange sound affrights mine ear;
My pulse, my brain runs wild; I rave;
Ah! who art thou whose voice I hear?
"I am the Grave!"

7. The Grave, that never spake before, Hath found, at length, a tongue to chide : Oh, listen! I will speak no more:

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9.

Be silent, Pride.

"Art thou a wretch, of hope forlorn,
The victim of consuming care?

Is thy distracted conscience torn
By fell despair?

"Do foul misdeeds of former times
Wring with remorse thy guilty breast?
And ghosts of unforgiven crimes
Murder thy rest?

10. "Lash'd by the furies of the mind,

From wrath and vengeance would'st thou flee?
Ah! think not, hope not, fool, to find
A friend in me.

11. "By all the terrors of the tomb,
Beyond the power of tongue to tell,
By the dread secrets of my womb,
By death and hell,

12.

13.

14.

15.

"I charge thee, live; repent and pray:
In dust thine infamy deplore;

There yet is mercy; go thy way
And sin no more.

"Whate'er thy lot, whoe'er thou be,
Confess thy folly, kiss the rod,

And in thy chastening sorrows see
The hand of God.

"A bruised reed he will not break ;
Afflictions all his children feel,

He wounds them for his mercy's sake,
He wounds to heal.

"Humbled beneath his mighty hand,
Prostrate his Providence adore:

'Tis done! arise! He bids thee stand
To fall no more.

16. "Now, traveler in the vale of tears!
To realms of everlasting light,

17.

Through time's dark wilderness of years,
Pursue thy flight.

"There is a calm for those that weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found':

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