6. But thou art almighty-eternal-sublime- QUESTIONS.-1. What is said of the sea as affording support for man? 2. What enables vessels to sail on the ocean? 3. What is said of the danger of ships in the midst of the ocean? 4. How is their safety to be accounted for? 5. Where is it that the sailor most fears danger ?-6. What are buried in the ocean? 7. To what is its wealth compared ? 8. What will be its duration in comparison with that of the soul? For what does it stand, first word of the second verse? What inflection prevails in the latter part of the third verse? Why the falling inflections in the first two lines of the poetry? (Rule VII. Note I.) Why the rising on roar and cast, third verse? Which has the more intense degree of emphasis, the first or second then, last verse? With what tone of voice should the last line be read? How is dower parsed, second line, first verse? How navies, second verse? LESSON XCIV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Embowered, surrounded with trees, which overspread it with their branches. 2. Prodigious, very large. 3. Pile, a building; an edifice. 4. Aromatic, scented with spices. 5. Mimosa, a kind of tree. 6. Reclined, lying down. 7. Succor, assist. 2. 1. Palace in the Desert.--SOUTHEY. "O THALABA, my child, Thou lookest on to distant days, And we are in the desert, far from men!"* Not till that moment her afflicted heart Had leisure for the thought. She cast her eyes around; Alas! no tents were there No palm-tree rose to spot the wilderness; Thalaba, a little boy, had just threatened vengeance on the murder ers of his father, when he should become a man, 3. The dark blue sky closed round, Upon the circling waste. Famine and thirst were there: And then the wretched mother bowed her head, And wept upon A sudden cry of wonder From Thalaba aroused her; She raised her head, and saw Where, high in air, a stately palace rose. Stood the prodigious pile. Trees of such ancient majesty Towered not on Yemen's happy hills, Nor crowned the lofty brow of Lebanon. 4. They entered, and through aromatic paths Wondering they went along. 5. At length, upon a mossy bank, Which o'er him bent its living canopy, They saw a man reclined. Young he appeared; for on his cheek there shone The morning glow of health, And the brown beard curled close around his chin. He slept, but, at the sound Of coming feet awaking, fixed his eyes In wonder on the wanderer and her child. "Distress hath made us bold. Relieve the widow and the fatherless! 6. He heard, and he looked up to heaven, "It is a human voice! I thank thee, O my God!- Since the sweet sounds have visited my ear! 7. To Zeinab turning, he said, "O mortal, who art thou, Whose gifted eyes have pierced The shadow of concealment that hath wrapt For countless days have passed The bowers of Irem trod,— 8. Fearless, and scarce surprised— All other feebler feelings overpowered- I was a wife beloved, The happy mother of a numerous race. Of all my offspring this alone is left. He gave,—He takes away!" QUESTIONS.-1. How many persons are introduced in this lesson, and who are they? 2. Where were the mother and child? 3. How is the desert described? 4. Why did Thalaba utter a cry? 5. Whom did they find? 6. How long had he dwelt there? 7. Had he any companions? 8. How was he affected at the sound of a human voice? 9. What account did the mother give of herself, in the last verse? To what does him relate, fifth line, fourth verse? In what tone of voice should the quotation, fifth verse, be read? In what the quotation, last verse? Where is Yemen ? Ans. in Arabia Felix. LESSON XCV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Gross, dull; stupid; thick. 2. Converted, changed-from a bad life to a good one. 3. Verily, most truly. 4. Tribulation, severe affliction. 5. Persecution, suffering, inflicted for religious principles. Parable of the Sower.-BIBLE. 1. THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 2. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the fowls came and devoured them up. Some fell among stony places, where they had not much earth, and forthwith they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth; but when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered And some away. fell among thorns; and the thorns spraig up, and choked them. But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 5. And the disciples came and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables, because they seeing, see not; and hearing, they near not; neither do they understand. 4. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. your ears, 5. But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. When that 6. Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower. any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way-side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for awhile; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 7. He also that received seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty. QUESTIONS.-1. Where was Jesus teaching when he uttered this para ble? 2. How did he describe the sower? 3. What did his disciples ask him? 4. What reason did he give for speaking in parables? 5. To whom did he explain this parable? 6. How did he explain it ? LESSON XCVI. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Advent, a coming, 2. Globe, a round body. 3. Disseminated, scattered, as seed in sowing. 4. Le vant', literally means, East; here means, Turkey in Asia. 5. Invincible, unconquerable. 6. Authenticated, established as true by authority. Time and Place of the Savior's Advent.-ABBOTT. 1. THERE is something interesting in the time and place selected for the Savior's advent. This earth being a globe, of course its surface has no geographical center; but if we take into view its moral and political condition, and history, it has some parts far more suitable than others to be radiant points, from which any extraordinary message from heaven is to be disseminated. It would be difficult to find a place more suitable for such a purpose, than the very country chosen by Jehovah as the scene of the sufferings and death of Christ. 2. Look upon the map. and you find that the land of Canaan is situated upon the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea; and if you look east, west, north, and south, at the various connections of this spot, you will find that no other on earth will compare with it for the purpose for which it was selected. Egypt and the other regions of Africa on the south, are balanced by Syria and the Caucassian countries on the north. There were the Persian and Assyrian empires on the east, and there were the Greek and Roman empires on the west. India and China, with their immense multitudes, are upon one side, and modern France, and England, and Germany, with their vast political power; on the other. 3. Then look upon the Mediterranean sea,-on the bor ders of which Canaan lies-bathing as it does the shores of |