Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters.
Who maketh the clouds his chariot:

Who walketh upon the
wings of the wind:
Who maketh his angels spirits;
His ministers a flaming fire.

2. Who laid the foundations of the earth,
That it should not be removed for ever.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
The waters stood above the mountains.

At thy rebuke they fled;

[leys

At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the val-
Unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over,
That they turn not again to cover the earth.

3. He sendeth the springs into the valleys,
Which run among the hills.

They give drink to every beast of the field:
The wild asses quench their thirst.

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habi

Which sing among the branches.

He watereth the hills from his chambers:

The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

4. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,

And herb for the service of man:

That he bring forth food out of the earth;
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,
And oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

5. The trees of the Lord are full of

sap;

The cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted;
Where the birds make their nests;

As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats,
And the rocks for the conies.

6. He appointed the moon for seasons:

The sun knoweth his going down.

[tation,

Thou makest darkness, and it is night,
Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep
The young lions roar after their

And seek their meat from God.

prey,

forth.

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,
And lay them down in their dens.
Man goeth forth unto his work,

And to his labor until the evening.

1. O Lord! how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all:

The earth is full of thy riches.

So is this great and wide sea,

Wherein are things creeping innumerable,

Both small and great beasts.

There go the ships:

There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play These await all upon thee,

[therein.

That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

That thou givest them they gather:

Thou openest thy hand-they are filled with good :
Thou hidest thy face-they are troubled:

Thou takest away their breath-they die, and return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit-they are created:
And thou renewest the face of the earth.

8. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever:
The Lord shall rejoice in his works.

· He looketh on the earth--and it trembleth: He toucheth the hills-and they smoke.

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live:

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
My meditation of him shall be sweet:

I will be glad in the Lord.

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth,

And let the wicked be no more.

Bless thou the Lord, O my soul! Praise ye the Lord!

QUESTIONS.-1. How is the Supreme Being described in the first verse? 2. Mention some of his works. 3. What is said of the trees? 4. Of the beasts? 5. Of the sea and its inhabitants? 6. What reflec. tions are made in the last verse?

What inflection at Lord, first verse? What at soul? What at God? Why the falling at great? Why does Spirit, seventh verse, begin with

a capital? For what does them stand, third verse? What difficulty in distinctly articulating such words as coverest, coveredst, strengtheneth, beasts, &c.? Point out the different sounds of th, as it occurs in the words of the sixth verse. (Les. II. Elemental consonant sounds.)

LESSON LXIX.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Goblin, a frightful phantom or appearance; appearing like a goblin. 2. Assassin, one who kills by secret attack. 3. Invincible, not to be conquered. 4. Men' a cing, threatening. 5. Receits, instructions for preparing certain medicines. 6. Fortify, to make strong. 7. Banqueting, feasting. 8. Ter rene, earthly. 9. Dissonance, a mixture of harsh, unpleasant sounds; discord.-10. Domain, a possession; here means, the earth, considered as our dwelling place.

Constant Fear of Death.-POLLOK.

1. EACH Son of Adam's family beheld,
Where'er he turned, whatever path of life
He trod, thy goblin form before him stand,
Like trusty old assassin, in his aim
Steady and sure as eye of destiny,

With sythe, and dart, and strength invincible,
Equipped, and ever menacing his life.

2. He turned aside, he drowned himself in sleep,
In wine, in pleasure; traveled, voyaged, sought
Receits of health from all he met; betook
To business, speculate, retired; returned
Again to active life, again retired;
Returned, retired again; prepared to die,
Talked of thy nothingness, conversed of life

To come, laughed at his fears, filled up the cup,

Drank deep, refrained; filled up, refrained again;

Planned, built him round with splendor, won applause,

Made large alliances with men and things,

Read deep in science and philosophy

To fortify his soul; heard lectures prove
The present ill, and future good; observed
His pulse beat regular, extended hope;

Thought, dissipated thought, and thought again;
Indulged, abstained, and tried a thousand schemes
To ward thy blow, or hide thee from his

eye.

3 But still thy gloomy terrors, dipped in sin, Before him frowned and withered all his joy

Still, feared and hated thing! thy ghostly shape
Stood in his avenues of fairest hope;
Unmannerly and uninvited, crept
Into his haunts of most select delight.
Still, on his halls of mirth, and banqueting,
And revelry, thy shadowy hand was seen
Writing thy name of Death.

4. Vile worm, that gnawed

The root of all his happiness terrene, the gall
Of all his sweets, the thorn of every rose
Of earthly bloom, cloud of his noon-day sky,
Frost of his spring, sigh of his loudest laugh,
Dark spot on every form of loveliness,
Rank smell amidst his rarest spiceries,
Harsh dissonance of all his harmony,
Reserve of every promise, and the if-
Of all to-morrows!

1.

Immortality.

O LISTEN, man!
A voice within us speaks that startling word,
"Man, thōu shalt never die!" Celestial voices
Hymn it into our souls: according harps,
By angel fingers touched when the mild stars
Of morning sang together, sound forth still
The song of our great immortality:

Thick clustering orbs, and this our fair domain,
The tall, dark mountains, and the deep-toned seas,
Join in this solemn, universal song.

2. O listen, ye, our spirits; drink it in

From all the air! 'Tis in the gentle moonlight;
'Tis floating 'midst day's setting glories; Night.
Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step
Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears:
Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve
All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse,

As one vast mystic instrument, are touched
By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords
Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.

The dying hear it; and as sounds of earth

Grow dull and distant, wake their passing souls

To mingle in this heavenly harmony.-R. H. DANA.

QUESTIONS.-1. To what is the extract from Pollok addressed? 2. How is death represented as being equipped? 3. How does man seek to avoid death? 4. Where does he meet with it? 5. To what is allusion made in the last lines, third verse? 6. Ey what name is it called in the fourth verse?-7. How is it that man will die, and yet live for ever?

What inflection at the semicolons, second verse, and why? (Rule VIII.) To what does thy and thee refer, last line of the second verse? To what does worm refer, fourth verse? What inflection has worm, gall, thorn, &c., fourth verse? (Les. VI. Note I.) With what modulation should the fourth verse be read? Point out the different uses of the apostrophes in the second and third lines of the last verse. How should the quotation, first verse, second part, be read?

LESSON LXX.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Extemporaneous, speaking without previous study. 2. Invent, to find out something; to contrive. 3. Facility, ease of performance. 4. Compass, range of sound above and below the natural key. 5. Comprehensive, embracing much. 6. Degenerated, grown worse or inferior.

Industry necessary to form the Orator.-H. Ware, Jr.

1. THE history of the world is full of testimony to prove how much depends upon industry. Not an eminent rator has ever lived, but is an example of it. Yet, in contradiction to all this, the almost universal opinion appears to prevail that industry can effect nothing, that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be, and that eminence is the mere result of accident. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves to be satisfied with the most indifferent attainments, and a miserable mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they might rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise.

2. For the acquirement of any other art they would have served a long apprenticeship, and never would have expected to practice it in public before they had become thoroughly skilled in it. If any one would sing, he attends a master, and is drilled in the very elementary principles, and only after the most laborious process. dares to exercise his voice in public. This he does, though he has scarcely any thing to learn but the mechanical execution of what lies, in sensible forms, before his eyes. But the extemporaneous speak