said, “There, father, roll it about: roll it about." Mr. hes was obliged to explain; and good-humor was inly restored.

ITIONS, &c.-Give the meaning of happen, pass, door, room, ssembled, friends, character, neighbors, visitors, lecture, sinfulndal, diversion, &c. What is the difference between heard and d? What is a pumpkin? Understand" and said, That is all very ed," before But in Sent. 2d. What is understood after explain in ? A reason for "talking of something" is understood after “ 1 Sent. 3d: what is it?

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XLV.—IMPLICIT FAITH; OR FAITH WITHOUT REASON.

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NE who examined an ignorant collier on his religious ciples, asked him what it was that he believed. He wered, "I believe what the church believes." The other ined, What, then, does the church believe?" ied readily, "The church believes what I believe." The other, desirous, if possible, to bring him to particulars, e more resumed his inquiries. "Tell me, then, I pray what is it which you and the church both believe ?” hy, truly, Sir," replied the collier, "the church and I -believe the same thing."

NITIONS, &c.-What is an implicit faith? a collier? the church? believe, readily, desirous, possible, resumed, inquiries, truly, thing

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DEFINITIONS, &c.-Where is Europe? Belgium? Ostend? sected, examined, supposed, following, dimensions, dead, coast, fisherme What do you mean by length, breadth, height, width, weight?

All the items in this and similar sections should be read just as they succeeded each other in the usual manner instead of being arrange in columns; thus: Total length [was] 95 feet; total breadth [was] 18 feet length of the head [was] 22 feet; &c. Supply all words necessary to th

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SECT. XLVII.-A JOKE.

A COUPLE of jolly sailors just landed in New York, saw a couple of men employed in pumping the water out of a 2 cellar. "Halloo, Tom," says one of them. 3" What is 4 it?" says Tom. "Why," says he, "New York has sprung a leak; and they are pumping it out."

DEFINITIONS, &c. This Section is headed thus: "Section 47. A joke.” If this was expressed fully, it would read thus: "This is Section fortyseventh; and it contains [or it treats of] a joke.” Let the pupil in every case express the titles of sections fully, and also let him learn to supply any word or part of a sentence necessary to the sense, in the sections themselves.

WHAT scenes of sabbath-breaking have I witnessed from room! how many young men have I seen strolling the ets, conversing on the lightest and most foolish subjects, king, swearing, and reeling to and fro like drunken men! often have I witnessed, on other days, scenes at which dness and purity must shudder! how often have I seen, w could I help it?) such vice as few places in the world, ■ope so, at least,) can afford!

You will say, "But you were not injured by the vices of ers': you were not obliged to join them'." No, I was obliged, but I was injured. It could not have been erwise. No boy, of eighteen or twenty, let his habits be r so well established, can witness such things uninjured. may think so'; and even his friends, may think so. ne people think the army, the navy, or the city, a good ool for the young! Alas! what a mistake! and how my thousands it has ruined! No dubt some are made ter men by any or all of these things; just as some

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BE SATISFIED; OR, ALL WILL YET BE WELL.

children are hardened by being plunged, from early bi in the coldest water, even in winter; but in either c where good is done once, evil is done ten, fifteen, or twe 10 times. There is evil enough to try the child's character home, in the country, without sending him to a city or el where, unless we are obliged to do so.

DEFINITIONS, &c.-Give the meaning of sabbath-breaking, strollin conversing, reeling, shudder. Habits-particular ways of thinking, fe ing, or acting to which we have become addicted, or accustomed by dulgence. What kind of feeling is expressed by the word alas in Se 8th? Give the meaning of elsewhere and unless in Sent. 10th.

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SECT. L.-GREAT EVENTS FROM SLIGHT CAUSES.

A FLY or an atom may set in motion a train of intermediat causes, which shall produce a revolution in a kingdom 2 Any one of a thousand incidents, might have cut off Alex ander of Greece, in his cradle. But if Alexander had die 3 in infancy, or had lived a single day longer than he did, i might have put another face on all the following history of the world.

A spectacle-maker's boy, amusing himself in his father's 4 shop, by holding two glasses between his finger and his thumb, and varying their distance, perceived the weathercock of the church spire, opposite to him, much larger than ordinary, and apparently much nearer, and turned upside down. This excited the wonder of the father, and led him 5 to additional experiments; and these resulted in that astonishing instrument, the telescope, as invented by Galileo, and perfected by Herschel.

DEFINITIONS, &c.-Define atom, intermediate, revolution, incidents; vire, telescope. Who was Alexander? Galileo? Herschel?

SECT. LI.-BE SATISFIED; OR, ALL WILL YET BE WELL. 1 Он, what a piece of service should I render you, if I 2 could prevail on you to be satisfied! This would do more toward making you happy, than if I could give you the 8 mines of Mexico. More peace, more heart's repose, more real joy, would flow from such a source, than you could btain from the possession of a world. But though I may

be able to give you such a precious treasure, I will still e upon you the advantages of being satisfied, and of ing that all will yet be well.

once knew a very rich, wise, and aged woman, who d in an almshouse. "What!" say you. 7" Lived in almshouse! That can be no proof of her wisdom'. she were really rich, why did she not dwell in a habitaof her own, like other rich people?" Ay, but, my nds, you are forgetting that

And true wisdom, the fear of the Lord.

Rebecca Roberts, it is true, had neither houses nor lands; I if she had any money, she kept it very snugly; for I er knew her to possess more than a few shillings beforead in her life; yet for all this, Rebecca was rich. Though = had neither mansions nor money, she was satisfied hout them: this satisfaction was her riches. In every -, and in every sorrow, she believed that all would yet be 2.

INITIONS, &c.—What feeling do you express by the word oh at the ng of this Section? Give the meaning of the word satisfied, more, 1, mines, peace, repose, real, world, treasure, advantages, almshabitation, forgetting. Where is Mexico?

hat! say you," Sent. 6th, and "Lived, &c.," Seut. 7th, should ⇒ delivered with the upward slide.

SECT. LII.-A CURIOUS CALCULATION.

WHAT is a billion? 2 The reply is very simple: a million nes a million. This is quickly written, and more quickly ill pronounced. But no man is able to count it. You unt 160 or 170 a minute, but let us even suppose that Ou may go as far as 200: then an hour will produce 2,000, a day, 288,000, and a year, 365 days, (for every ur years you may rest from counting, during leap year,) 05,120,000. Let us suppose now, that Adam, at the benning of his existence, had begun to count, had continued o do so, and was counting still: he would not even now, ccording to the usually supposed age of our globe, have ounted near enough. For to count a billion, he would reuire 9,512 years, 34 days, 5 hours, and 20 minutes, ac