St. Peter, in the judgment hall, was betrayed by his Galilean dialect.--Matt. xxvi. 73.

The Ephraimites were discovered by their pronunciation of the word Shibboleth, when they attempted to cross over the passages of Jordan, which the Gileadites kept.— Judy. xii. 4, 5.

The Jews, who had married idolatrous women, betrayed to Nehemiah their unholy connexion, because "their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.”—Neh. xiii. 24.

The English betray their Norman subjugation by calling cooked meats (such as beef, mutton, pork, veal, &c.) by the French terms, although they retain the Saxon names of oxen, sheep, calves, and swine to designate the living animals.

Every nation is easily distinguished by its language, and every county by its provincial tone, pronunciation, or expressions. Thus, think for "thing," betrays a vulgar Londoner; me for "my," a careless Irishman; mon for "man," is a Scotch characteristic, &c.

The four dialects of Greece distinctly point out the locality of the authors whose works have been preserved to the present day.

QUOTATIONS.-If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for battle.-1 Cor. xiii. 8.

Every tree is known by his fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble-bush gather they grapes.--Luke, vi. 44.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. -Matt, xii. 34.

By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.—Matt, xii. 37.

Nothing comes out of a sack but what was put in it. As the bell is, so is the clapper.

As the crow is, so the egg will be.

A fool's voice is known by multitude of words.-Ecc. v. 3.

Sermo est imago cogitationis.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.-Horace. Os animi est janua.-Cicero.

Voce sua crocibat corvus.-Plautus.

Suus cuique mos.-Terence.

Sua in arbore poma.- Virgil.

CONCLUSION.

THEME XXXV. A slow Fire makes sweet Malt.

INTRODUCTION.-A fierce fire would burn malt and destroy its sweetness: In like manner, hurry and precipitation are prejudicial to success.

1ST REASON-Those who are in a hurry overlook or forget many things needful for the due performance of what they have taken in hand.

2ND REASON. Those who are in a hurry soon get excited and flurried,-their mind becomes nervous, and their energies unhinged.

3RD REASON. -A cool judgment and a collected mind are incompatible with fluster and headlong precipitation, but essential to every work of any importance.

4TH REASON. Every work done in a great hurry must be slovenly executed, because the operator will be so anxious to reach the end, that he will disregard the structure of the several parts.

5TH REASON.-Hurry is very fatiguing, and wears out the mental and physical powers much sooner than steady industry

6TH REASON. The mind and body require frequent rest; and, if deprived of this needful relief, will become so jaded, as to be utterly indifferent about any work whatsoever.

7TH REASON. Almost every work requires time for settling, and for getting reconciled to new forms and combinations; otherwise, the tension or pressure on the previous parts will be so violent as to endanger their security.

8TH REASON.-Those who are in a great hurry never see the impediments and obstacles which lie before them, and have no time to unravel or remove them when they unconsciously stumble against them.

SIMILES.-Vegetables which rise the quickest from the earth are always the least perfect for example, the mushroom is far inferior to the oak.

A steam-engine, forced beyond its proper speed, will explode.

Food baked over a very fierce fire will not cook but burn. Colours laid upon canvass too quickly will run into each other.

A book, bound before the sheets have had time to dry, will be greatly injured by the blurring of the half-dried letters.

A horse, driven beyond his speed, will stumble.

A candle brought suddenly into a dark chamber, will be painful to the eye of the awakened slumberer.

HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.-Flaminius, being in too great a hurry to engage with Hannibal, was disgracefully defeated: Whereas Fabius, by his judicious caution, proved completely successful."

Catiline's conspiracy entirely failed from the precipitancy of Catiline himself, who gave the signal of attack before the conspirators were ready.

Edward Baliol, fighting for the Scottish crown, was

opposed by the Regent himself, who rushed on his adversary with such rash fury, that he was easily vanquished, and Baliol obtained a complete victory.

William Beckford, Esq., built the tower of Fonthill Abbey so hastily, that the whole pile fell to the ground in ruins before the building was completed.

Sir Amias Paulet used to say, "I must not be in a hurry, because I am in haste."

Almost all railway accidents occur from urging the train to too great speed.

How many books are published which never succeed, because the author has been too impatient of what Horace calls the "limæ labor et mora."

QUOTATIONS. Hasten slowly.

He that hasteth with his feet sinneth.-Prov. xix. 2. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.-Prov. xx. 21. Make no more haste than good speed.

Slow and steady wins the race.—Robert Lloyd.
Fair and softly.

Take good heed, will surely speed.

The more haste the worse speed.

He who walks too hastily, will stumble on a plain way.

Tarry a little, if you are in a hurry.

Hastily and well never met.

Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife 'twixt man and wife.

It is good to have a hatch before the door.

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

He who is in haste fishes in an empty pond.

Qui trop se hâte en cheminant, en bon chemin se fourvoie souvent.

Come s' ha fretta non si mai niente che stia bene.

Presto et bene non si conviene.

A cader va chi troppo alto sale.
Sat cito, si sat bene.-Cato.

Qui nimis propere, minus prospere.
Nimium properans serius absolvit.
Canis festinans cæcos parturit catulos.
Festina lente.

Cavendum est, ne in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates. Cicero.

Qui unumquodque mature transigit, is properat; qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, festinat.-Cato.

Quo magis properare studeo, eo me impedio magis; citius quam melius pensum absolvo.

CONCLUSION.

THEME XXXVI. It is dangerous to play with edged Tools.

INTRODUCTION.-Those who play with sharp instruments are in constant danger of cutting themselves and those who tamper with immoral practices, run imminent risk of being contaminated.

1ST REASON. When vice is made an object of sport, it is divested of its odiousness; for those things can never appear terrible and disgusting, which only excite mirth and ridicule.

2ND REASON. The mind will often revert with a craving appetite to whatever affords it amusement; and, if accustomed to amuse itself with sin, will soon acquire an appetite for the "sweet morsel."

3RD REASON. Those who can sport with wickedness