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? A new, unspotted book of life before thee, 2. 3. The first few characters, to live in glory, Or live in shame, through long, unending ages! Thy hand, though woman's, must not faint nor falter; Be its first impress, then, the breath of prayer. Write, father, write! Take thee a pen plucked from an eagle's pinion, Leave on his life-book a fond father's blessing, Write, sister, write! Nay, shrink not, for a sister's love is holy! Something to cheer him, his rough way pursuing, 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, Write, brother, write! Fellow immortal, write! One GOD reigns in the Heavens,-there is no other,- 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. UN CON CERN' ED LY. without care. REC RE A' TION, amusement. ODE ON SOLITUDE. Written when the author was twelve years of age. 1. HAPPY the man whose wish and care POPE. 2. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, 3. Blest who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years glide soft away, 4. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, 5. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Steal from the world, and not a stone 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. IN SIG NIF I CANCE, worthlessness. IN TRIN' SIC AL LY, really; truly. PIN' NA CLE, summit; highest point. REQ UI SITE, necessary. 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 pos session 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 |