progress, motion forward gradior
ob-struc'tions, hindrances
ro-ta'tion, whirl

struo

rota

suc-ces'sive-ly, in regular order cedo | re-plen'ished, filled

verto

specio

curro

teneo

plenus

Im-mense', unlimited; im-a-gi-na'tion, thought; an'imate, enliven; lu'mi-na-ry, the sun; ex-ert'ed, carried on; dis-cov'ers, discloses; veg-e-ta'tion, growth of plants; fer-til'i-ty, fruitfulness; ex-ter'nal, outward.

THE universe may be considered as the palace in which the Deity resides; and the earth as one of its apartments. We behold an immense and shapeless mass of matter, formed into worlds by his power, and placed at distances to which even imagination cannot travel. In this great theatre of his glory, millions of suns like our own animate their respective systems. We behold our own bright luminary, fixed in the centre of its system, wheeling its planets in times proportioned to their distances, and at once dispensing light, heat, and action. The earth, also, is seen with its twofold motion; producing, by the one, the change of seasons, and by the other, the grateful change of day and night. With what silent grandeur is all this performed! With what seeming ease! The works of art are exerted with interrupted force; and their noisy progress discovers the obstructions they receive: but the earth, with a silent, steady rotation, successively presents every part of its bosom to the sun; at once imbibing nourishment and light from that parent of vegetation and fertility

But not only are provisions of heat and light thus supplied,

the whole surface of the earth is covered with a transparent atmosphere, that turns with its motion, and guards it from external injury. The rays of the sun are thus broken into a genial warmth; and, while the surface is assisted, a gentle heat is produced in the bowels of the earth, which contributes to cover it with verdure.-Waters, also, are supplied in healthful abundance, to support life, and assist vegetation, Mountains rise to diversify the prospect, and give a current to the streams. Seas extend from one continent to the other, replenished with animals that may be turned to human support; conducing also to the benefits of commerce, and serving to enrich the earth with a sufficiency of vapour. Breezes fly along the surface of the fields, to promote health and vegetation. The shades of the evening invite to rest, and the return of the morning calls us to labour.

Goldsmith.

12.-The Generous Lion.

De-voured', eaten up
ex-pec-ta'tion, seeming wish specio
grat'i-tude, thankfulness gratus

turbed

voro Pro-vi'sion, food
ex-pense', cost
suc-ceed'ed, followed
de-jec'tion, melancholy

un-in-ter-rupt'ed, undis-
undis-ruptum in-creased', grew greater
mag-na-nim'i-ty, great-} magnus re-fused', would not take

ness

animus ob'sti-na-cy, firmness re-quired', needed quero vol'un-tar-i-ly, of his own re-col-lect'ing, remembering lego | free will

video

pendo

cedo

jasio

cresco

fundo stino

volo

In-hu'man-ly, cruelly; af-fec'tion, fondness; un-for'tunate, unlucky; gen'er-ous, bountiful; u-ni'ted, joined; per-pe-tra'tion, commission; re-pent'ance, remorse; heroic', noble; fam'ished, starved.

A CERTAIN person inhumanly cast a poor little dog into the den of a lion, in full assurance of seeing him immediately devoured. Contrary, however, to his expectation the noble animal not only spared the victim but soon honoured him

with particular affection. He regarded the dog as an unfortunate fellow prisoner; who, on his part, from motives of gratitude, was constantly fawning about his generous lord. They long lived together in uninterrupted peace and friendship; one watched, while the other slept. First the lion fed, and then his humble companion. In a word, the magnanimity of the one, and the gratitude of the other, had united them in the closest manner. But a careless servant, forgetting that other creatures required food, as well as himself, left the two friends twenty-four hours without victuals. At last, recollecting his charge, he brought them their usual provision; when the dog eagerly catched at the first morsel. But it was at the expense of his life; for the hungry lion instantly seized his poor companion and killed him. The perpetration of this horrid deed was instantly succeeded by a severe and painful repentance. The lion's dejection daily increased. He refused his food with heroic obstinacy; and voluntarily famished himself to death.

Count Tessin's Letters.

13.-The Wandering Boy.

WHEN the winter wind whistles along the wild moor,
And the cottager shuts on the beggar his door;
When the chilling tear stands in my comfortless eye,
Oh! how hard is the lot of the Wandering Boy!

The winter is cold, and I have no vest,

And
my heart it is cold as it beats in my breast;
No father, no mother, no kindred have I,
For I am a parentless Wandering Boy.

Yet I had a home, and I once had a sire,
A mother who granted each infant desire;

Our cottage it stood in a wood-embower'd vale,

Where the ring-dove would warble its sorrowful tale.

But father and mother were summon'd away,
my

And they left me to hard-hearted strangers a prey;
I fled from their rigour with many a sigh,
And now I'm a poor little Wandering Boy.

The wind it is keen, and the snow loads the gale,
And no one will list to my sorrowful tale;

I'll

go to the grave where my parents both lie, And death shall befriend the poor Wandering Boy.

Or-dained', appointed; re-gard'ed, considered; pu'rify, make pure; flow'ing, rising; ebb'ing, falling; employed', used; stag'nant, motionless; af-ford', yield; putre-fac'tion, corruption: cli'mates, countries; tem'per-ature, degree of heat.

OUR globe is covered with water to the extent of two-thirds of its surface, and this collection of water is sometimes termed the ocean, the main, the deep, the sea, It is not without the wisest reasons that God has ordained the waters of the

great deep to occupy so large a space. The sea ought, therefore, to be regarded, not as a vast body of water only, but also on account of the vapours which rise from it, as the

source of the rain and snow which fall upon the earth. The waters of the ocean purify the air by their incessant motion, which also tends to preserve their own purity. The earth would not have been well adapted for the life of animals, and the health of man, if the waters which surround it on every side had been impure. The flowing and ebbing of the tides, the continual agitation of the waves, and the saltness of the sea itself, are the great means the Almighty has employed to maintain its purity. The perpetual motion of the waters prevents them from becoming stagnant and corrupt, and tends to disperse the salt with which the sea is filled, which, but for this help, would speedily sink to the bottom. If the sea were to lose its saltness, it would soon come to have a very bad smell, by which our health would be injured, and it would no longer afford nourishment to the finny tribes with which it every where abounds.

Of the cause of its saltness we are ignorant; but we know that it serves to keep it from putrefaction, to nourish its inhabitants, and to make it well adapted for the motion of vessels of the heaviest burdens. The sea thus becomes the highway from one part of the globe to another, and by means of ships we obtain the valuable productions of all countries, and the useful knowledge of all nations. The sea is never so cold in winter, nor so hot in summer, as the land; for, when the surface of the water is cooled in winter, it becomes heavier than that which is beneath it, and therefore sinks; and when it is more heated in summer, it is carried off in vapours, and in this way the sameness of temperature is preserved.

Various.