of her children who went before her, and the place is not what it was.

6. There may be those there whom we much love; but she is not there. We may have formed new relations in life, tender and strong as they can be; we may have another home, dear to us as was the home of our childhood, where there is all in affection, kindness, and religion, to make us happy; but that home is not what it was, and it will never be what it was again. It is a loosening of one of the cords which bound us to earth, designed to prepare us for our eternal flight from every thing dear here below, and to teach us that there is no place here, that is to be our permanent home.

QUESTIONS.-1. What renders home doubly endearing? 2. Where are we always welcome? 3. Who always rejoices in our successes, and is affected in our reverses? 4. Who was Sisera, and what account is given of

him?

LESSON LXXXIII.

UN SPOT' TED, pure; unstained.
FAL' TER, fail.

TRA' CER Y, traces; impressions
IM' PRESS, mark; stamp.
DO MIN' ION, authority; predominance.
SHRINK, withdraw.

1.

PUR SU ING, following.

STERN' ER, harsher; more rigid.
DE FY', dare; challenge.
WHO' SO, any person whatever.
To' KEN, sign; indication.
BROTH' ER HOOD, fraternity.

THE LIFE-BOOK.

WRITE, mother, write!

A new, unspotted book of life before thee,
Thine is the hand to trace upon its

pages

HOME JOURNAL

2.

3.

The first few characters, to live in glory,

Or live in shame, through long, unending ages!
Write, mother, write!

Thy hand, though woman's, must not faint nor falter
The lot is on thee,-nerve thee then with care,-
A mother's tracery time may never alter;

Be its first impress, then, the breath of prayer
Write, mother, write!

Write, father, write!

Take thee a pen plucked from an eagle's pinion,
And write immortal actions for thy son;
Teach him that man forgets man's high dominion,
Creeping on earth, leaving great deeds undone !
Write, father, write!

Leave on his life-book a fond father's blessing,
To shield him 'mid temptation, toil, and sin
And he shall go to glory's field, possessing
Strength to contend, and confidence to win.
Write, father, write!

Write, sister, write!

Nay, shrink not, for a sister's love is holy!
Write words the angels whisper in thine ears,
No bud of sweet affection, howe'er lowly,
But planted here, will bloom in after years.
Write, sister, write!

Something to cheer him, his rough way pursuing,
For manhood's lot is sterner far than ours;
He may not pause, he must be up and doing,
Whilst thou sitt'st idly, dreaming among flowers
Write, sister, write!

4.

5.

Write, brother, write!

Strike a bold blow upon those kindred pages,-

Write; shoulder to shoulder, brother, we will go;
Heart linked to heart, though wild the conflict rages,
We will defy the battle and the foe.
Write, brother, write!

We who have trodden boyhood's path together,
Beneath the summer's sun and winter's sky,
What matter if life brings us some foul weather,
We may be stronger than adversity!

Write, brother, write!

Fellow immortal, write!

One GOD reigns in the Heavens,—there is no other,
And all mankind are brethren-thus 'tis spoken,—
And whoso aids a sorrowing, struggling brother,
By kindly word, or deed, or friendly token,
Shall win the favor of our heavenly Father,
Who judges evil, and rewards the good,
And who hath linked the race of man together,
In one vast, universal brotherhood!

Fellow immortal, write!

QUESTIONS.-1. What may the mother write in the Life-Book? 2. What, the father? 3. What, the sister? 4. What, the brother? 5. What may all write?

ODE, short poem.

LESSON LXXXIV.

PA TER NAL, coming by inheritance.
AT TIRE', clothing; raiment.
UN CON CERN' ED LY. without care.

REC RE A' TION, amusement.
IN' NO CENCE, freedom from guilt.
MED I TA' TION, contemplation.
UN LA MENTED, unmourned.

ODE ON SOLITUDE.

Written when the author was twelve years of age.

1. HAPPY the man whose wish and care

A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.

POPE.

2. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire ;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.

3. Blest who can unconcern'dly find

Hours, days, and years glide soft away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.

4. Sound sleep by night; study and ease,
Together mixed; sweet recreation;
And innocence, which most doth please
With meditation.

5. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;

Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.

QUESTIONS.-1. Who, did the writer think, were happy? 2. How did he wish to live and die? 3. Analyze the word recreation, (RE, back; CREATION, act of bringing into life;) act of bringing back to life; a reviving.

LESSON LXXXV.

AD MI RA' TION, esteem.
FRA TER NAL, brotherly.

IN SIG NIF I CANCE, worthlessness.
CRITIC AL, perilous.

THOR' OUGH LY, completely; fully.
COM PRE HEND', understand.
CON VIC' TION, strong belief.
COM PE TITION, strife; rivalry.
EM U LA' TION, competition.

IN TRIN' SIC AL LY, really; truly.
AP PRE CIATE, value; esteem.
BRAWN, physical strength.
PIN' NA CLE, summit; highest point

SIN' U OUS, winding; bending.
LE GIT I MATE, lawful.

REQ UI SITE, necessary.
CON SER VA TION, act of keeping,
DE VEL' OP MENT, training.

GETTING THE RIGHT START.

J. G. HOLLAND.

1. THE first great lesson a young man should learn, is, that he knows nothing; and that the earlier and more thoroughly this lesson is learned, the better it will be for his peace of mind, and his success in life. A young man bred at home, and growing up in the light of parental admiration and fraternal pride, can not readily understand how it is, that every one else can be his equal in talent and acquisition. If bred in the country, he seeks the life of the town, he will very early obtain an idea of his insignificance.

2. This is a critical period in his history. The result of his reasoning will decide his fate. If, at this time, he thoroughly comprehend, and in his soul admit and accept the fact, that he knows nothing and is nothing; if he bow to the conviction that his mind and his person are but ciphers, and that whatever he is to be, and is to win, must be achieved by hard work, there is abundant hope of him.

3. If, on the contrary, a huge self-conceit still hold possession of him, and he straighten stiffly up to the assertior of his old and valueless self,--or, if he sink discouraged upon the threshold of a life of fierce competitions, and more manly emulations, he might as well be a dead man. The