LESSON CV.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. STEAD' FAST NESS, firmness; fixedness in principle. 2. RE FRAIN', abstain; keep from. 3. BAN' ISH, to drive away. 4. FIEND, an enemy; an evil spirit. 5. HOR' RID, hideous; shocking. 6. TEND, move towards; incline. 7. As PECT, look; view. 8. ROBES, dresses with munificence; arrays. 9. BUOY' AN CY, lightness. 10. SEV ER, disjoin; force apart. 11. MASS' y, bulky: heavy 12. LORE, learning.

1.

STEADFASTNESS.

O, thou who in the ways

HORACE RUBLEE

Of this rough world art faint and weary grown,
Thy drooping head up-raise,

And let thy heart be strong; for better days

Still trust that future time will unto thee make known.

2.

In darkness, danger, pain,

In poverty, misfortune, sorrow-all

The woes which we sustain,

Still be thou strong, from idle tears refrain, And yet upon thy brow in time success shall fall.

3.

Banish that viewless fiend

Whose horrid presence men have named DESPAIR :
Let all thy efforts tend

Through life unto some great, some noble end,
And life itself will soon a nobler aspect wear.

4.

As the soft breath of Spring

Robes in bright hues the dark old Earth again,
So would such purpose bring

Thee back the buoyancy of youth, and fling
Joy on thy aching heart, unfelt through years of pain.

5.

Like the untrembling ray

Of some clear planet, shining through the night,

Pursue thy steady way;

And, though through gloom and darkness it may lay, Thou shalt at last emerge and tread a path of light.

6.

But not by weak endeavor,

By fickle course, faint-heartedness and fear,
Canst thou expect to sever

The

massy links of Error's chain; for never

Did they before aught else, but stout strokes, disappear.

7.

To the steadfast alone,

The matchless glory of her unvailed form,

Does Truth make fully known:

Who would her perfect loveliness be shown,
His fixed design must bear unmoved in calm or storm.

8.

Go then, and from the wells

Of ancient lore, from bards and sages old,

And from the chronicles

Of deeds heroic, gather potent spells,

Such as may nerve thy soul to action high and bold.

QUESTIONS.-1. How is "DESPAIR" named? 2. What effect is attributed to the soft breath of Spring? 3. What is promised alone to the steadfast? 4. What is meant by "the wells of ancient lore"! Which lines of this poetry rhyme with each other?

LESSON CVI.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. EN ROLL' ING, registering; recording. 2. EM' I GRA TING, quitting one country to settle in another. 3. INVEN' TION, a finding out. 4. FEUDS, quarrels. 5. WAIL, a weeping aloud. 6. GHOSTS, spirits. 7. TREAT Y, an agreement between nations. 8. OR PHANS, children bereaved of parents. 9. Moc'CA SINS, shoes made of soft leather, without soles.

Articulate distinctly pt in slept, fs in chiefs, sts in ghosts, &c.

SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF.

The following is a speech of a celebrated chief of the Choctaws. It is a reply to a speech made before an assembly of about one thousand red men, by J. J. McRae, Esq., the agent for enrolling and removing these Indians to the West of the Mississippi.

1. BROTHER: We have heard you talk as from the lips of our father, the great White Chief at Washingon; and my people have called upon me to speak to •

you. The red man has no books, and when he wishes to make known his views, like his father before him, he speaks from his mouth. He is afraid of writing. When he speaks, he knows what he says. The Great Spirit hears him. Writing is the invention of the pale faces; it gives birth to error, and to feuds. The Great Spirit talks; we hear him in the thunder,-in the rushing winds,-and the mighty waters; but he

never writes.

2. Brother: When you were young we were strong; we fought by your side. You have grown large. My people have become small. My voice is weak: you can scarcely hear me; it is not the shout of a warrior, but the wail of an infant. I have lost it in mourning over the misfortunes of my people. These are their graves, and in those aged pines, you hear the ghosts of the departed. Their ashes are here, and we have been left to protect them. Our warriors are nearly all gone to the far country west; but here are our dead. Shall we go, too, and give their bones to the wolves?

3. Brother: two sleeps have passed since we heard you talk. We have slept upon it. You ask us to leave our country, and tell us it is our Father's wish. We would not wish to displease our Father. We respect him, and you, his child. But the Choctaw always thinks. We want time to answer.

4. Brother: Our hearts are full. Twelve winters ago our chiefs sold our country. Every warrior that you see here, was opposed to the treaty. If the dead could have been counted, it could never have been made; but alas! though they stood around, they could not be seen or heard. Their tears came in rain drops, and their voices in the wailing winds; but the pale faces knew it not, and our land was taken away.

5. Brother: We do not complain. The Choctaw suffers; but he never weeps. You have the strong arm, and we can not resist. But the pale face worships the Great Spirit. So does the red mar. The Great Spirit loves truth. When you took our country, you

promised us land. There is your promise in the book. Twelve times have the trees dropped their leaves, and yet we have received no land. Our houses have been taken from us. The white man's plow turns up the bones of our fathers. We dare not kindle our fires, and yet you said we might remain, and you would give us land.

6. Brother: Is this truth? But we believe, now our Great Father knows our condition, he will listen to us. We are as mourning orphans in our country; but our Father will take us by the hand. When he fulfills his promise, we will answer his talk. He means well. We know it. But we can not think now. Grief has made children of us. When our business is settled, we shall be men again, and talk to our Great Father about what he has promised.

7. Brother: You stand in the moccasins of a great chief; you speak the words of a mighty nation, and your talk was long. My people are small; their shadow scarcely reaches to your knee; they are scattered and gone; when I shout I hear my voice in the depths of the woods; but no answering shout comes back. My words, therefore, are few. I have nothing more to say.

QUESTIONS.-1. Who is meant by the "White Chief" 2. What, by the "Great Spirit"? 3. What, by "two sleeps" 4. What is said of the white man's plow? 5. How is grief said to have affected the Indians } 6. What idea is conveyed in the allusion to the shadow of the Choctaws?

LESSON CVII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. FUL' SOME, nauseous. 2. AMENDMENT, refor mation. 3. OATHS, profane swearing 4. IM PRE CA' TIONS, curses 5. PROT ES TA' TIONS, solemn declarations. 6. SCOFF ING, mocking; treating contemptuously. 7. JEST ING, sporting. 8. DE FECTS', deformities. 9. IM PRES' SION, influence, or effect on the mind. RE PROACH FUL, reviling; abusive. 11. MEN' A CING, threatening. 12. PRU PENCE, wisdom. 13. EX AS' PE RATE, to make very angry to enrage. 14. MOD ER ATION, forbearance; self-restraint.

10.

PRECEPTS.

SIR MATTHEW HALE.

1. If a man, whose integrity you do not very well know, makes you great and extraordinary professions, do not give much credit to him. Probably you will find that he aims at something beside kindness to you, and that, when he has served his turn, or been disap pointed, his regard for you will grow cool.

2. Beware, also, of him who flatters you, and commends you to your face, or to one who, he thinks, will tell you of it; most probably he has either deceived and abused you, or means to do so. Remember the fable of the fox commending the singing of the crow, that had something in her mouth which the fox wanted.

3. Be careful that you do not commend yourselves. It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking, if your own tongue must praise you; and it is fulsome and unpleasing to others to hear such commendations.

4. Speak well of the absent whenever you have a suitable opportunity. Never speak ill of them, or of any body, unless you are sure they deserve it, and unless it is necessary for their amendment, or for the safety and benefit of others.

5. Avoid, in your ordinary communications, not only oaths, but all imprecations and earnest protestations.

6. Forbear scoffing and jesting at the condition, or natural defects of any person. Such offenses leave a deep impression, and they often cost a man dear.

7. Be very careful that you give no reproachful, men. acing, or spiteful words to any person. Good words make friends; bad words make enemies. It is great prudence to gain as many friends as we honestly can, especially when it may be done at so easy a rate as a good word; and it is great folly to make an enemy by ill words, which are of no advantage to the party who uses them.

8. When faults are committed, they may, and by a superior they must, be reproved; but let it be done