LESSON 29. At Meals.

Pre-pare for the time of meals, by a re-gard to the de-cency of your ap-pear-ance. Wash, and change your dress; brush and comb, if need-ful.

When at ta-ble, wait pa-tient-ly till you are serv-ed. Do not eat gree-di-ly; nor take large mouth-fuls; chew your food well.

Eat de-cent-ly, with-out greas-ing your hands or soil-ing the cloth. Do not look with a gree-dy eye up-on the oth-er plates or dish-es. Pick your bones clean, and lay them on your plate.

If

Stoop a lit-tle to your plate, as you take each mouth-ful. you are re-quir-ed to serve a-ny thing, do it grace-ful-ly

LESSON 30. Meals.

Emp-ty your mouth be-fore you drink, and wipe it al-so both be-fore and af-ter drink-ing. In drink-ing healths follow the cus-tom of the com-pa-ny in which you are.

Take no-tice how the most po-lite be-have on all oc-casions at ta-ble, and prac-tise the same. Noth-ing shows the dif-fer-ence be-tween a well-bred youth and a vul-gar boy, so much as his be-ha-vi-our in eat-ing.

Sit up-right on your chair, and nev-er lounge in it, nor lean up-on the ta-ble.

When you have di-ned, be not im-pa-tient to be gone. Do not quit your seat till grace has been said.

LESSON 31. Acts of Kindness.

Be rea-dy to do an act of kind-ness for your friend, though it may give you some trou-ble. We all stand in need of the ser-vi-ces of each oth-er.

To o-blige oth-ers, is not on-ly our du-ty, but our in-terest. We gain their as-sis-tance in re-turn, and times may oc-cur for our need-ing it. Life is full of chan-ges.

The his-to-ry of man-kind in-forms us, that the wise have want-ed the as-sist-ance of the fool, and the rich of the poor: and the fa-vour you are do-ing your friend to-day, he may sea-son-a-bly re-turn you years hence.

Thus in-ter-est binds the sel-fish to acts of kind-ness; but the tru-ly lib-er-al are so from su-pe-ri-or mo-tives.

TABLE 31.

Au thor i ta tive ly
Com men su ra ble ness
com mu ni ca tive ness
De clar a tor i ly
Ex pos tu la to ry
Im prac ti ca ble ness
in cli na to ri ly
in cor ri gi ble ness
in dis pu ta ble ness
in sa ti a ble ness

in su per a ble ness
in ter pre ta tive ly
in vol un ta ri ly
Pa cif i ca to ry
pu ri fi ca to ry
Re fri ger a to ry
re ver ber a to ry
Sac ri fi ca to ry
sig ni fi ca to ry
Un jus ti fi a ble ness

TABLE 32. Accented on the Third.

A rith met i cal ly
as tro log i cal ly
as tro nom i cal ly
a the ist i cal ly
Cer e mo ni ous ness
con tra dic tor i ly
Di a met ri cal ly
Ge o graph i cal ly
Im me thod i cal ly
in com mu ni ca ble

33. Accented on
Ar is to crat ic al
Cor rup ti bil i ty.
Dis cip li na ri an
Ec cle si as ti cal
en cy clo pæ di a
en thu si as ti cal
In cred i bil i ty
in flex i bil i ty
Med i ter ra ne an
Pre des ti na ri an

in de fat i ga ble in ef fec tu al ly in stan ta ne ous ly in di vid u al ly Mat ri mo ni al ly mer i to ri ous ly Per pen dic u lar ly Sat is fac to ri ly su per nat u ral ly The o log i cal ly the Fourth or Fifth. An ti pes ti len tial Cir cum na vi ga tion Ex com mu ni ca tion Mal ad min is tra tion mis rep re sen ta tion Nat u ral i za tion Re cap it u la tion re con cili a tion Tran sub stan ti a tion Un jus ti fi a ble

LESSON 32. Church.

The Sab-bath is a day set a-part for the wor-ship of God. Ap-proach the house of God se-date-ly. It is a place sacred to de-vo-tion.

Do not con-verse du-ring the time of ser-vice; but be-have there with rev-er-ence. Let not your eyes and thoughts wan-der; but at-tend to the ser-vice with se-ri-ous-ness and you will find it both plea-sant and prof-it-a-ble.

Let your mind and heart ac-com-pa-ny the pray-ers They are of-fer-ed to a pure and a spir-it-u-al be-ing. From God we re-ceive ev-er-y good gift;

Ev-er-y com-fort we en-joy comes from him, and de-mands our grate-ful thanks. Praise and thanks-giv-ing are the natu-ral ex-pres-sions of a grate-ful heart.

LESSON 33. Church.

The ser-mon ex-plains, and il-lus-trates the Scrip-tures, and en-for-ces our du-ty to God and man; there-fore be not in-dif-fer-ent to this part of pub-lic de-vo-tion.

At-tend dil-i-gent-ly to the ser-mon; try to re-tain as much of it as you can. Prac-tice will ren-der it ea-sy. You will thus in-crease in sa-cred know-ledge, and per-ceive the ex-cel-len-cy of that best of books, the Ho-ly Scrip-tures.

Ob-serve that the ob-ject of pub-lic de-vo-tion is not on-ly to wor-ship God, and to re-ceive in-struc-tion, but that wo may put in prac-tice what we hear, and that the pre-cepts and ex-am-ples may be cop-i-ed in our lives.

LESSON 34. The Scriptures.

A-mong the ma-ny ex-cel-lent books we de-light to read, we must read the Bi-ble. It is the most beau-ti-ful of all books. God him-self com-mand-ed good men to write it.

It a-bounds with re-la-tions the most in-ter-est-ing. There we read of the great and good things God has done for us, and for all peo-ple.

There we learn how just and wise and pow-er-ful he is; and what we must do to please him. And there al-so we read of Christ, who has suf-fer-ed so much for us.

TABLE 34.

An ti trin i tá ri an in con sid' er a ble ness

Com men su ra bil' i ty com mu ni ca bil' i ty Ex tra or di ná ri ly Im ma te ri al' i ty im pen e tra bil' i ty in com pre hen si bil'i ty in cor rup ti bil' i ty in dis sol u bil' i ty in com pat i bil' i ty

in di vis i bil' i ty
ir re con cí la ble ness
Lat i tu din á ri an
Me te or o log' i cal
Per pen dic u lar' i ty
phys i co the ol' o gy
plen i po ten' ti a ry
Un par li a men' ta ri ness
Va le tu din á ri an

LESSON 1.-Rural Scenery,
A lofty spire.
A sheltered farm.
A charming villa.
A barren waste.
A large orchard.
A leafy grove.
A glassy lake.
A rapid river.
The bitter blasts.
A dewy morn.
A heavy shower.
A strong gale.

A ruined tower.
A lonely hut.
A lovely seat.
A fertile vale.
A fruitful field.
A verdant lawn.
A silver stream.
A winding brook.
The biting frosts.
A frosty night.
A gentle rain.
A whistling wind.
A beating storm.

A winter's eve.
A fine night.
An aged oak.
A hard winter.
The lofty pine.
The barren heath.
The flowering
shrubs.
The bleating sheep.
The hunter's horn.
The rising hill.
A rural walk.
A beauteous scene.

An old castle.
A thatched cottage.
A noble mansion.
A hilly country.
A fine garden.
A rich parterre.
A pure fountain.
A swelling torrent.
The blighting winds.
A sultry day.
The driving sleet.
A cooling breeze.

A howling tempest. The pelting hail.
LESSON 2.

A summer's morn. An April shower.
A gloomy day. A cloudless sky.
A towering elm. A weeping willow.
A blooming spring. A fruitful autumn.
The nodding beach. The hollow tree.
The verdant mead. The fruitful field.
The scented herbs. Thefragrant flowers.
The lowing kine. The neighing horse.
The village chimes. The sabbath bells.
The winding path. The lofty mountain.
A pleasant ride. A lovely jaunt.
A charming pros- A cloudy sky.
pect.
A lovely prospect.

FABLE 1. The discontented Ass.

In the depth of winter a poor ass prayed heartily for the spring, that he might exchange a cold lodging, and an insipid truss of straw, for a little warm weather, and a mouthful of fresh grass.

In a short time, according to his wish, the warm weather and the fresh grass came; but brought with them so much toil and business, that he was soon as weary of the spring as he had been of the winter, and he now wished for the approach of summer.

Summer arrives; but the heat, the harvest work, and other inconveniences of the season, set him as far from happiness as before, which he now hoped would be found in the plenty of autumn.

But here too he was disappointed; for what with the carrying of apples, roots, fuel for the winter, and other provisions, he was in autumn more fatigued than ever.

Having thus trod round the circle of the year in a course of restless labour and uneasiness, and found no season, nor station of life, without its business and its trouble, he was forced at last to acquiesce in the comfortless season of winter; convinced that every situation has its inconveniences.