"And there were two other | malefactors led with Him to be put to death"; emphasize "other," and pause.-St. Luke, xxiii., 32. "They found Mary and Joseph, | and the babe lying in a manger." St. Luke, ii., 16. A pause is not unfrequently heard after "babe," so as to class it with "Mary and Joseph." The following may be explained by marks of emphasis : "Servants, obey in all things your màsters according to the flesh."-Col. iii., 22. "And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren."-I. Tim. vi., 2. "Wherefore, remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision | in the flesh | made by hands."-Eph. ii., 11. "For then would they not have ceased to be offered ?" -Heb. X., 2. "Because greater is hé that is in you than hé that is in the world."-I. John, iv., 4. "And he spared not to take of his own flock.”—II. Sam. xii., 4. 66 'They took Him even as He was in the ship.”—St. Mark, iv., 36. "Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offering in every place that thou seest: but in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings."-Deut. xii., 13, 14. The following note was given to the author by a former professor of Hebrew at the Berkeley Divinity School: “In Is. liii., 4, 'Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows, etc.,' attention is directed in the Hebrew to the subject 'He,' the pronoun being there expressed for emphasis. The following are some of the passages that the author has heard read with erroneous emphasis. They are printed as they ought to be pronounced, the error consisting in disregarding the emphatic words: "But to this man will I look."-Is. lxvi., 2. "He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol."-Is. lxvi., 3. "Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish for they know not the way of the Lord nor the judgment of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord and the judgment of their God; but these [i.e., also] have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds."Jer. v., 4, 5. "Now that He ascénded, what is it but that He also descended fírst into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascénded up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things."-Eph. iv., 9, 10. There is here no play upon the initial syllables of the words "ascended" and "descended," the antithesis being upon the height and depth. CHAPTER XIII. MELODY. THE musical effect in the sustained delivery of some speakers is imparted largely by the rhythmical flow of voice. The pleasing impression of the recurrence of emphatic syllables in graduated successions of "time" is one of the graces of speech. When it is excessive, it is destructive to forcible and manly utterance; and when it is wanting the style is rendered harsh and brusque to the ear. Practice upon passages of verse where the melody is strongly marked is a serviceable drill to the ear and to the voice in securing this power of musical expression. The practiced reader and speaker always has something of this effect of melodious utterance which distinguishes his more mature from his earlier efforts in public speaking, and which displays the mastery, self-possession, and deliberation in delivery which follow almost necessarily from years of practice. The more musical the style without sacrificing force in the effect, the more desirable does it become. The voice should give the fullest musical and rhythmical flow to this passage: 1. Drama of Exile. Chorus of Eden Spirits.-Mrs. Spirits of the Trces. "Hark! the Eden trees are stirring, Each is throbbing in vibration Stretched from mountain-peak to sky! And the cypress did expand, Slow and gradual, branch and head; Fluttered brokenly and grand! Voice of the same, but softer. In the nightlight, and the noonlight, Never stirred by rain or breeze! The sylvan sounds, no longer audible, Each footstep of your treading Treads out some murmur which ye heard before: Farewell! the trees of Eden Ye shall hear nevermore." Flower Spirits. "We linger, we linger, The last of the throng! Who loves his own song. We are spirit-aromas Of blossom and bloom; And gray heliotropes ! To the nook, set with moly, Till your smile waxed too holy The Eden scents, no longer sensible, Expire at Eden's door! Each footstep of your treading Treads out some fragrance which ye knew before : Farewell! the flowers of Eden Ye shall smell nevermore." SUBDUED FORCE. 2. Tranquillity.-Montgomery. "Behold the bed of death This pale and lovely clay! TENDERNESS. 3. The Death-Bed.-Hood. "We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept surging to and fro. |