Re-pute, s. credit, esteem
Re-quest, s. an entreaty
Re-quite, a. v. to recompence
Res-cind, a. v. to cut off
Re-serve, a. v. to keep in store
Re-side, n. v. to live, to dwell
Re-sist, a. v. to oppose
Re-solve, n. v. to determine
Re-strain, a. v. to hold in
Re-sult, s. a consequence
Re-tail, a. v. to sell in small
quantities

Re-tard, a. v. to hinder
Re-trench, a. v. to cut off
Re-venge, a. v. to return one
injury for another
Re-vere, a. v. to reverence
Re-verse, s. change, defeat
Re-view, a. v. to re-examine
Re-vile, a. v. to reproach
Re-vive, v. to recover

Re-voke, a. v. to call back
Re-volt, n. v. to rebel
Re-volve, a. v. to roll round
Re-ward, a. recompence
Ro-bust, a. strong
Ro-mance, s. a fiction
Ro-tund, a. round, circular

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Sam-phire, s. a plant
Sam-ple, s. a specimen
Sanc-tion, s. an approval
San-dal, s. a loose shoe
San-guine,a. like blood; warm,
confident

Sa-tire, s. a caustic censure
Saun-ter, n. v. to loiter
Sa-vage, a. wild, cruel
Scan-dal, s. reproach, disgrace
Scan-ty, a. narrow, small
Scat-ter, a. v. to spread abroad

SAMPHIRE is a plant which grows wild on the sea shore, and on rocks, but is never wholly covered with the water. A knowledge of this fact was once useful to some French sailors, who were shipwrecked on the coast of Sussex, a few years ago. Their vessel was driven on shore, and the whole crew were washed overboard. Four only escaped, by climbing to the top of a heap of rocks which had fallen from the cliff above. It was a very dark night, and they expected every moment to be swallowed up by the waves; when one of them found a plant of samphire. This convinced them that they were out of the reach of the tide: they remained on the spot till day-break, when they were

seen by some persons on the cliffs, who immediately came to their assistance.

Scep-tic, (skeptic) s. a doubter
Scep-tre, s. a royal staff
Sche-dule, s. a catalogue
Scho-lar, s. one who learns, or
is learned

Sci-ence, s. knowledge, skill
Sci-on, s. a young shoot
Scis-sors, s. small shears
Scrip-ture, s. the written word

of God, the Bible
Seru-ple, s. doubt, hesitation
Sculp-tor, s. a carver of wood,

or stone; an engraver

Sculp-ture, s. carved work
Sea-son, s. a set time
Sec-tion, s. a division
Sei-zure, s. a capture
Sen-ate, s. a council
Sen-tence, s. decree; maxim
Se-quel, s. the conclusion
Se-quence, s. order, method

Sermon, s. a discourse
Ser-vile, a. mean, base
Se-ver, a. v. to divide
Ses-sion, s. a sitting
Shac-kle, a. v. to chain
Shal-low, a. not deep; foolish
Shame-ful, a. disgraceful
Shat-ter, a. v. to break in
pieces
[protect
Shel-ter, a. v. to cover, to
Shep-herd, s. one who takes
care of sheep

Ship-wreck, s. destruction

Show-er, s. a fall of rain

The SHEPHERD's life was considered, in the earliest period of the world's history, to be both honourable and useful. Amongst the Patriarchs, shepherds were rich in flocks and herds, in silver and

gold. They often held the rank, and exercised the rights, of sovereign princes. Though they had numerous trains of menial servants, they generally tended their flocks in person, or placed them under the care of their sons and daughters, who were bred to the same laborious employment. Rachel and Rebecca were shepherdesses. Jacob, Moses, and David spent some of their best years as shepherds, previous to their becoming rulers of the people. The care which such persons exercised over large flocks, providing for them suitable pasturage; the courage with which they defended them against wild beasts and robbers; and the skill with which they guided and led them, and preserved them in order; all tended to fit them for the office and duties of kings and princes. Hence, the sacred writers often speak of kings under the name of shepherds, and compare the royal sceptre to a shepherd's crook.

Si-lent, a. still, quiet
Sim-ple, a. artless, plain; silly
Si-new, s. a tendon, or muscle
Skil-ful, a. having skill
Slan-der, a. v. to defame
Slaugh-ter, a. v. to kill, to slay
Sla-vish, a. servile, base
Sloth-ful, a. sluggish, idle,
indolent

Slen-der, a. thin, small
Slum-ber, s. light sleep
Smo-ther, a. v. to suffocate
So-journ, n. v. to dwell
So-lace, s. comfort

[sun So-lar, a. belonging to the Sol-dier, s. (soljer) one who

fights for pay

So-lemn, a. grave, serious

So-lid, a. firm, compact

Sor-did, a. selfish, mean

So-phist, s. a false reasoner

Sor-row, s. grief, sadness
Spar-kle, n. v. to glitter
Spe-cial, a. particular
Spe-cious, a. plausible, showy
Spi-ral, a. winding
Spi-rit, s. the soul; courage
Spite-ful, a. malicious
Splen-did, a. shining, grand
Splen-dour, s. brightness
Spor-tive, a. merry, gay
Spright-ly, a. lively, animated
Sprin-kle, a. v. to scatter in
small drops

Squa-lid, a. miserably filthy
Squan-der, a. v. to spend, to
scatter in waste.

Sta-ble, a. sure, lasting
Stag-nant, a. motionless, still
Star-tle, a. v. to alarm
State-ly, a. pompous, grand
Sta-tion, s. rank, standing

"GOD chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes great with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands."

A STRIPLING is a youth not yet arrived at the years of manhood. This, however, is often a season of great promise: a period of life in which the bodily and mental powers sometimes develope themselves in a remarkable manner. An instance occurs in the life of David. While very young, he was introduced to the court of Saul, as one skilful in music, valiant in war, prudent in his general conduct, and enjoying the favour of the Most High. Saul, who was at that time engaged in war with the Philistines, made David one of his guards. The Philistines had in their camp a champion, named Goliath, a man of uncommon height and strength. This giant came forward day after day, clad in a suit of brazen armour, with an enormous spear, and shield, and crying out, "Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me and to kill me, then will, we be your servants: but if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our servants." Saul and his men of war were greatly afraid to meet this man. But David, though only a stripling, being jealous for the honour of God and of Israel, undertook to meet him, fully believing that God would deliver the Philistine into his hands.