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LESSON LXIX.

BU'SY-BOD-Y, a meddling person.

DIL'I-GENT, steady in application to business, industrious.

GLUT TON, one who eats to excess.

IN-CUL'CATE, to impress on the mind by frequent admonitions.

NOTE, to observe, to mark.

SLUG GARD, an idle fellow, a drone.

PRONUNCIATION.-To'ward 266, with-out' 15, e-pis'tle 21, bro'ken 4d, harʼvest 1b and 9, in-cul'cate 26c.

PASSAGES FROM SCRIPTURE INCULCATING
INDUSTRY.

1. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

2. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

3. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

4. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

5. Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

6. When we were with you this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

7. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest.

8. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

9. By much slothfulness the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

10. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

11. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

12. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing.

13. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.

14. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

15. He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

16. The way of the slothful man is a hedge of thorns.

17. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.

BARK, a ship, vessel.

LESSON LXX.

BIRTH RIGHT, a right to which a person is entitled by birth.

Dow'ER, a gift, a fortune given.

STUB BORN, obstinate, unyielding, not
easily worked.

WIELD, to use with full command.
YAWN, to gape, to open wide.

PRONUNCIATION.-Gold'en 4d, an'vil lc, an'swer-ing 36, be-neath' 15, old'en 4d, strength 25, sound'ing 12, and 33, gal'lant la.

NO WORK THE HARDEST WORK.

1. Ho! ye who at the anvil toil, and strike the sounding blow,
Where from the burning iron's breast the sparks fly to and fro,
Still answering to the hammer's ring, and fire's intenser glow!
Oh! while you feel it hard to toil and sweat the long day through,
Remember it is harder still to have no work to do.

2. Ho! ye who till the stubborn soil, whose hard hands guide the plow,
Who bend beneath the summer sun with burning cheek and brow!
You deem the curse still clings to earth from olden time till now;
But while you feel it hard to toil and labor long hours through,
Remember it is harder still to have no work to do.

3. Ho! ye who plow the sea's blue field, who ride the restless wave;
Beneath whose gallant vessel's keel there lies a yawning grave;
Around whose bark the wintry winds like fiends of fury rave!
Oh! while you feel it hard to toil and labor long hours through,
Remember it is harder still to have no work to do.

4. Ho! all who labor, all who strive! you wield a lofty power;
Do with your might, do with your strength, fill every golden hour!
The glorious privilege to do is man's most noble dower;
Oh! to your birthright and yourselves to your own souls be true!
A weary, wretched life is theirs who have no work to do.

ANONYMOUS.

LESSON LXXI.

A-CAD ́E-MY, (from the grove of Acade- |
mus, near Athens, in which Plato
taught,) a school holding a rank be-
tween the common school and the
college.

Ex-ERT', to exercise, put into action.
EX-PLORE', to search into, to examine
closely.

GEN'IUS, a natural talent or aptitude for
a particular study.

IN-JU-DI CIOUS-LY, without judgment, unwisely.

IN-SPECT', to look into, examine.

MENTAL, of the mind, intellectual.
OB'STA-CLE, any thing that stands in
the way, an obstruction.
PRO-FESS'OR, a public teacher.
PHYS IC-AL, pertaining to the material
part of a being, of the body.
SATCH ́EL, (Latin sacculus,) a small sack
or bag.

SUM, the amount of a number of partic-
ulars added; a problem in arithmetic,
properly applicable to addition only,
but generally applied to any arithmet
ical problem.

PRONUNCIATION.Ob'sta-cle (not ob'stic-cle) 1f, hav'ing 12, are 33, o ́pen 4d, whis'tling 21, i-de'a 26c, an-oth ́er 27a, strength 25.

OPENING THE GATE.

1. "I WISH that you would send a boy to open the gate for me,” said a well-grown lad of ten to his mother, as he paused with his satchel upon his back, and surveyed its fastenings.

2. "Why, John, can you not open the gate for yourself?" said Mrs. Easy. "A boy of your age and strength ought certainly to be able to do that."

3. "I could do it, I suppose," said the child, "but it is heavy, and I do not like the trouble. The servant can open it for me just as well. Pray, what is the use of having servants, if they are not to wait upon us?"

4. The servant was sent to open the gate. The lad passed out, and went whistling on his way to school. When he reached his seat in the academy he drew his arithmetic from his satchel, and began to inspect his sums.

5. "I cannot do these," he whispered to the boy next to him, "they are too hard."

"But you can try," replied his companion.

"I know that I can," said John, "but it is too much trouble. Pray, what are teachers for, if not to help us out of difficulties? I shall carry my slate to Professor Helpwell."

6. Alas! poor John. He had come to another closed gate—a gate leading into the beautiful science of mathematics.

7. He could have opened the gate, and entered in alone, and explored the riches of the realm, but his mother had injudiciously let him rest with the idea that it is as well to have the gates opened for us as to exert our own strength. The result was her son soon concluded that he had no "genius" for mathematics, and gave up the study.

8. The same was true in regard to Latin. He could have learned

the forms of the nouns and verbs as well as other boys of his age, but the boy next to him very kindly volunteered to "tell him in class," and what was the use of opening the gate into the Latin language when another would do it for him?

9. Oh, no! John Easy had no idea of tasking mental or physical strength when he could avoid it; and the consequence was that numerous gates remained closed to him all his life-gates to honor gates to riches-gates to happiness!

10. Children ought to be early taught that it is always best to help themselves. There are too many youths who sit down and wait for others to open the gate for them when they meet with any difficulty, instead of using their own hands and strength to remove the obstacle.

11. They perhaps think that if the gate is only opened, it does not matter by whom the work is done. A great mistake. Better to do one thing thoroughly by yourself than to do a thousand things imperfectly by the aid of others.

JAMES L. CHAPMAN.

LESSON LXXII.

CON'STANT-LY, invariably, continually. | TORRENT, (Latin torrens, rushing, roarSHEPHERD, (sheep and herd, a keeper,) ing,boiling,) a violent and rapid stream. one who tends sheep in the pasture. HOB'BLE, to walk lamely or unevenly.

PRONUNCIATION.- Wher-e'er' 33, Cor'in lc, and 29, be-hind′ 29, de-part'ed 1, fol′lowed 6, torrent 16, chim'ney 32c.

THE OLD SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG.

1. THE old shepherd's dog, like his master, was gray,
His teeth all departed, and feeble his tongue;
Yet where'er Corin went he was followed by Tray:
Thus happy through life did they hobble along.

2. When, fatigued, on the grass the shepherd would lie
For a nap in the sun,'midst his slumbers so sweet
His faithful companion crawled constantly nigh,

Placed his head on his lap, or lay down at his feet.
3. When winter was heard on the hill and the plain,
And torrents descended, and cold was the wind,
If Corin went forth 'mid the tempest and rain,
Tray scorned to be left in the chimney behind.

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4. At length in the straw Tray made his last bed; -
For vain against death is the stoutest endeavor;
To lick Corin's hand he raised up his weak head,
Then fell back, closed his eyes, and, ah! closed them forever.

WOLCOTT.

LESSON LXXIII.

AC-CESS', (Latin accessus, from accedo, to |
go to,) a going to, admission.
AB'STI-NENCE, (Latin abstineo, to hold
from,) the refraining from indulgence
of appetite.

CON'SCIOUS-NESS, (Latin conscio,to know,
to be privy to,) the knowledge of what
passes in one's own mind; the state
of being sensible of external objects;
internal sense of guilt or innocence.
DEC'O-RATE, to adorn.
IN-TOX'I-CA-TING, (Latin in, and toxicum,
poison,) producing drunkenness.
SYMPTOM, a sign, token.

PAR'LOR, (French parler, to speak, converse,) a room in a house for receiving visitors, and, of course, conversing with them.

RE-MON'STRATE, to reason strongly against any thing.

RE-MORSE', (Latin remorsus, from remordeo, to gnaw,) the gnawing pain of a sense of guilt.

RE-TRACE', to trace back.

STU POR, Suspension or great diminution of sensibility; suppression of sense. To'KEN, a sign; something representing another thing.

PRONUNCIATION.- Ex-am'ple 28, vis'it-ed le, be-came' 1, sac'ri-fice 5b, de-sired' 1, pop'u-lous 16, e ́ven-ing 4d, re-morse' 1, dec'o-rate 2d, point 13, stu ́por 16.

LITTLE DENNIE.

1. LITTLE Dennie was the only son of a clergyman who was in the habit of using ardent spirits. This was before the time of the temperance-reformation, when every family kept intoxicating liquors on hand for constant use.

2. Taught by the example of his father and those who visited the house, the little boy formed a love for strong drinks. This gave his parents great uneasiness. They remonstrated with him earnestly, but in vain.

3. One day he was permitted to be present at the raising of a barn. Here, having free access to a keg of liquor, he became deaddrunk, in which state he was laid on a board under a tree.

4. In the afternoon his father called to accompany him home. He looked around, but could not see his son. "Where is Dennie?" said he to the men. "There he is," replied one, pointing to the board on which lay the motionless body.

5. With a heart full of sorrow, he had the boy carried home to his mother and sisters. His parents watched by his bed during the tedious night. They feared the dreadful stupor might result in death; but they resolved, if he lived, to make every exertion to save him from destruction.

6. It was not till the evening of the second day that he was restored to consciousness. For several days his parents did not speak to him of the cause of his illness, hoping his own reflections would do him much more good than their admonitions.

7. In this they were disappointed. He did not exhibit the least symptom of remorse or of consciousness that he had done wrong. He pursued his quiet course of study and play, as if he had done nothing to alarm his friends.

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