Satan, against whom the Lord hath sworn that he will 16 have war forever?" When he, in redeeming grace, has

raised thee up to heaven, wilt thou through sin debase thy17 self to hell? Now, O saint, thou art no less happy, and thy condition no less grand than this. Live, then, above 18 the world and its vanities, with a greatness of soul that evidences thy divine descent, till the day come, in which thou shalt be exalted to that glory, of which thou art now an expectant, candidate, and heir.”

DEFINITIONS, &c.-Define among, failings, saints, chargeable, surely, mean, apprehensions, greatness, love, exalted, many, combat, perhaps, daily, indigence, presumption, orders, given. Court of heaven—a young man courts a young lady: an injured man courts the tribunal of justice, or the judge or inry sitting there the lovers of office, wealth, honor, court the king. Heuce to go courting; courts of justice; courthouse; and the court: meaning the place where a king dwells and is surrounded by courtiers; i. e. persons who court him, pay court to him. Which of these meanings has the term court in this section? The King of heaven's court? Define concerning, name, commissioned, ransom, hosts, angelic, heirs, serious, honorable, puff up, scorn, cottage, glance, guards, gate, servant, helpless, undone, withstand. Where is Syria? Define mountain, shining, celestial, chariots. Standing forces of eternity-standing armies of another world; i. e. angels: a standing army is one which is not raised for a particular occasion, but one which is kept up both in peace and war. Why is an army called a force ? Because they have force, i. e. power, and because they do things by force? Immortal legion-undying legion: legion meant among the Romans a body of soldiers varying from 4,200 to 10,000 men. Define yes, retinue, worst, lodgings, watchman, omnipotent. What is the difference between slumber and sleep? Define sovereign, martial. Pitch thy tent-i. e. fix, put up thy tert. Define pavilion, encamp, disloyal, conferences, implacable, debase, descent, expectant, candidate.

SECT. CCXI.-LUXURY.

1 In the tenth year of the reign of Edward IV., 1470, George Neville, brother of the earl of Warwick, when installed archbishop of York, entertained most of the nobility and principal clergy; when his bill of fare was 300 quarters, or 2400 bushels of wheat, 350 tuns of ale, 104 tuns of wine, a pipe of spiced wine, 80 fat oxen, six wild bulls, 1004 sheep, 300 hogs, 300 calves, 3000 geese, 3000 barnyard fowls, 300 pigs, 100 peacocks, 200 cranes, 200 kids, 2000 chickens, 4000 pigeons, 4000 rabbits, 204 bitterns, 4000 ducks, 200 pheasants, 500 partridges, 2000 wood

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cocks, 400 plovers, 100 curlews, 100 quails, 1000 egrets, 200 roes, 400 bucks, does, and roebucks, 1506 hot venison pasties, 4000 cold ditto, 5000 dishes of jelly, 4000 cold custards, 2000 hot custards, 300 pikes, 300 breams, 8 seals, 4 turtles, 400 tarts.

At this feast, the earl of Warwick was steward, the earl 2 of Bedford treasurer, and Lord Hastings comptroller, with many more noble officers; who employed 62 cooks, and 1515 assistants and waiters.

3 Shortly after the feast the archbishop died in the most abject and unpitied poverty.

DEFINITIONS, &c.—Define reign, brother, earl, installed, archbishop, nobility, clergy. Bill of fare-a paper written or printed, stating what has been prepared for dinner. A quarter-a quarter of a load: eight bushels. Define tuns, spiced, feast, steward, treasurer, comptroller, assistants, waiters, abject, unpitied, and as many of the names of animals, &c., as you please.

SECT. CCXII.-WARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

IN 1110, a war commenced between England and France, which continued two years; in 1141, another, one year; in 1161, twenty-five years; in 1211, fifteen years; in 1224, nineteen years; in 1294, five years; in 1332, twenty-one years; in 1368, fifty-two years; in 1422, forty-nine years; in 1492, one month; in 1512, two years; in 1521, six years; in 1549, one year; in 1557, two years; in 1562, two years; in 1627, two years; in 1665, one year; in 1689, ten years; in 1702, eleven years; in 1744, four years; in 1756, seven years; in 1776, seven years; in 1793, nine years; and lastly, in 1803, eleven years: making within a period of 704 years, 264 years of war.

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- A CONVERTED MER HANT.

INFIDEL writers of the French school were great repute 1 fifty years ago; and young men of education and of fortune thought it no small attainment to be able to quote Voltaire 2 and Rousseau. Hence in many a young man's ibrary you might find moral poison, "elegantly bound, gilt, and letter3 ed." A happy change has come over society since that day';

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4 and Voltaire has sunk into merited contempt. One delight ful instance of this was in the merchant referred to. The grace of God, which bringeth salvation, reached his heart, 5 and taught him to deny himself ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this evil 6 world. The scenes of former days came up into remem7 brance. The truth of God wonderfully impressed his heart. He read his Bible with devout attention" and there he saw that we are commanded to search our neart and try our 8 ways, and cleanse our hands, and put away evil from our habitations; and when he began to search, he found Vcltaire, &c., &c., and he resolved on the destruction of the moral poison. He could not conveniently burn these volumes, but he thought he could drown them'; so they were care9 fully selected from the library, and put into a sack; and two men-servants carried the sack to the river, and quietly committed it, with its infidel contents, to a watery grave. Another convert who had seen the books in their former 10 elegance, and knew how much they cost, rather blamed his friend saying, "You might have sold the books for so much, and given the money to the poor." "True," said the man of decision, "I might have done so, and some 11 precious souls might have been poisoned by them; but now the fish will have them, and I am sure they will not poison 12 the fish'. Let them perish! and so let all bad books perish, O Lord. Amen.'

DEFINITIONS, &C.-Define infidel writers, French school, (school or body of infidels in France,) repute, attainment, quote, Voltaire, Rousseau, (two French infidels,) library, moral poison, (that which injures, if not destroys moral character,) elegantly, gilt, (gilded edges and ornaments,) lettered, (with the titles on their backs,) merited, contempt, merchant, referred to, ungodliness, worldly lusts, attention, destruction, burn, volumes, conve niently, drown, selected, sack, committed, convert, cost, decision, precious.

SECT. CCXIV -EARLY INHABITANTS OF EUROPE.

THE foodf the first inhabitants of Europe consisted of 1 fruits of natural growth, and of the flesh of wild beasts, fish and fowls. Although the earth was assigned to man for cultivation, yet it is certain that most of the inhabitants of 2 Europe, for more than two thousand years, subsisted with

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out much attention to agriculture. One principal article of 3 food in the first stage of society is the fruit of forest trees, and particularly acorns. So general was the practice of feeding on acorns, that this fruit received the name of mast, 4 or meat, an acorn being called in Welsh, to this day, mesen, and in the plural mes; the word signifying acorns or a portion, a meal; and a tradition remains among the Welsh, that this fruit, as well as fern roots, was formerly a substitute for bread.

5 The next step in the progress of society was the shepherd state. This was the state of almost all the people of Eu6 rope, north of the Alps, down to a period subsequent to the Christian era. All the Scythian, Teutonic, and Celtic tribes, 7 were nomads, as they are called by the Greek writers; that is, tribes moving from place to place, to find pasturage for their cattle, and subsisting on their milk and flesh.

The rude nations of Europe, in early ages, wore very little 8 clothing, even in winter; and for the most part, none at all; and even such garments as they had, were sometimes thrown aside when they went to battle. An instance is mentioned by Polybius when the Gæsætæ, a tribe of Gauls, about to 9 encounter the Romans, threw away all their covering except their buckler, and presented themselves naked to the enemy. It seems to us incredible that men could endure the rigors 10 of the seasons in Central and Northern Europe, without clothing, or with a single garment of skin not reaching below the loins'; yet the fact is too well attested to be denied. 11 Elian relates the story of a Scythian, who being without cov

ering when the snow was falling in abundance, was asked by 12 the king whether he was not cold. The man replied by 13 asking the king in turn whether his face was cold. No, said 14 the king. Neither am I cold, said the man, for I am all face.

The light of civilization in the north and west of Europe 15 was introduced by the Romans, after their conquest of Gaul and Britain, about half a century before the birth of Christ. During about five hundred years, Roman garrisons were 16 stationed in those countries; and by them, the rude inhabitants were instructed in many arts of civilized life. It is obvious that at the time Cæsar invaded Gaul and Britain, 17 the inhabitants lived in huts not much superior to the wigwams of American savages: consisting of stakes driven into

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the ground, interwoven with wattles, covered with the boughs of trees, and some of them plastered with mud. The Ro18 mans introduced the art and practice of building more convenient and durable houses. The clothing of the inhabitants 19 consisted, originally, of skins; but before the arrival of the Romans, they had the art of making cloth of a coarse tex20 ture. They had also the art of refining tin and iron.

At what time the Christian religion began to be preached 21 or published in Britain is uncertain; but it was probably within the first century; and it certainly made considerable progress before the Romans left the country.

After the Roman troops were recalled from Britain to 22 defend the empire, the Saxons were invited into Britain to aid the inhabitants in repelling the incursions of the Scots 23 and Picts. This was in the fifth century. But the Saxons 24 ultimately turned their arms against the Britons, and after a long series of battles, conquered the country; and from them 25 we are descended. These Saxons and Angles, were not only

pagans and uncivilized, but they entertained the most violent 26 hatred against Christianity. They murdered the Christian clergy, and destroyed their places of worship. Christianity, however, was not entirely extirpated, and after the flames of 27 war subsided, these pagans viewed it with less enmity; and it gradually spread and embraced their descendants. Pa28 ganism, however, was not entirely extinguished in England, for five or six hundred years after the Saxon conquest.

DEFINITIONS, &c.—Define food, inhabitants, Europe, consisted of, fruits, natural growth, (growth without cultivation,) flesh, wild beasts, fish, fowls, assigned, yet, certain, most, subsisted, agriculture, principal, article, stage, forest, acorns, general, practice, feeding, signifying, portion, meal, tradition, fern, substitute, formerly, bread, progress, shepherd state, (in which men were shepherds and kept flocks,) subsequent, Christian era, (the present era which began with the birth of Christ,) pasturage, rude, nations, encounter, buckler, incredible, (not to be believed,) rigors, attested, civilization, conquest, Gaul, (France,) half a century, garrisons, obvious, invaded, (a little before the time of Christ,) wigwams, stakes, interwoven, wattles, (twigs,) boughs, plastered, durable, texture, coarse, refining, tin, iron, uncertain, probably, within, (the limits of,) recalled, invited, aid, repelling, incursions, ultimately, series, pagans, clergy, extirpated, entirely.