A CHRISTIAN'S DUTIES.

BY THE REV. GEORGE HERBERT.

"A Priest to the

Author of "The Temple," "Sacred Poems,"
Temple; or, the Country Parson," &c.

Born April 3, 1593; Died February, 1633.

en-hance'...increase in value | chime .........ring a peal as a

ver-ser...poet, maker of verses cow-ards...those who have no courage, the timorous thrift-y......frugal, sparing Cov-e-tous.. ..greedy of gain con-tempt'-i-ble ......paltry,

despicable

un'-thrift...spendthrift, waste

ful man

re-store'......give back, return tithe...the tenth part, the portion due to the priest

pur-loined ...kept back, stolen can'-kers...affects with disease per-mis'-sion ...leave, licence

summons to church

rev-er-ence...... .deferential humility

purged.

coz-en ..rob, cheat, defraud

mis-like'

con-ceiv-est ...understandest

.cleared, purified

..find fault with

pa'-ti-ence

..long suffering,

endurance

..gets clear of ..dwelling

com-bine'

..associate with,

enter into league with de-cay'...wasting, falling away

Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes enhance
Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,
Hearken unto a verser, who may chance

Rhyme thee good, to make a bait of pleasure.
A verse may find him who a sermon flies,
And turn delight into a sacrifice.

The cheapest sins most dearly punished are,
Because to shun them also is so cheap :
For we have wit to mark them, and to spare.

O crumble not away thy soul's fair heap!
If thou wilt die, the gates of hell are broad:
Pride and full sins have made the way a road.

Lie not; but let thy mouth be true to God,

Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth.

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie :
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Be thrifty but not covetous; therefore give
Thy need, thy honour, and thy friend his due.
Never was scraper brave man. Get to live;
Then live and use it: else, it is not true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone
Makes money not a contemptible stone.

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure.
Who cannot live on twenty pounds a year
Cannot on forty. He's a man of pleasure,

A kind of thing that's for itself too dear.
The curious unthrift makes his clothes too wide,
And spares himself, but would his tailor chide.
Restore to God his due in tithe and time :

A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
Sundays observe: think when the bells do chime,
'Tis angels' music; therefore come not late.
God then deals blessings; if a king did so,
Who would not haste, nay give, to see the show?
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.
God is more there than thou, for thou art there
Only by his permission. Then beware,

And make thyself all reverence and fear.
Kneeling ne'er spoiled silk stocking: quit thy state,
All equal are within the church's gate.

Let vain or busy thoughts have there no part :

Bring not thy plough, thy plots, thy pleasures thither: Christ purged his temple, so must thou thy heart. All wordly thoughts are but thieves met together To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well : For churches either are our heaven or hell. Judge not the preacher, for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceivest him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good: if all want sense, God takes a text and preacheth patience.

He that gets patience and the blessing which
Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains.
He that by being at church escapes the ditch

Which he might fall in by companions, gains.
He that loves God's abode, and to combine
With saints on earth, shall one day with them shine.

Sum up at night what thou hast done by day,
And in the morning what thou hast to do.
Dress and undress thy soul: mark the decay
And growth of it: if with thy watch, that too
Be down, then wind up both. Since we shall be
Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.

Exercise in Dictation.-XVII.

When on

Louis VI. of France was an accomplished sovereign and possessed great energy of mind, courage, and activity. his death-bed he addressed his son in the following remarkable words, "Recollect that royalty is nothing more than a public charge, of which you must render a very strict account to him who makes kings and who will judge them."

THE WEAVER'S SONG.

BY BRYAN WALLER PROCTOR (OR BARRY CORNWALL).
Author of "Dramatic Scenes, " English Songs," and

other Poems.

Born 1790; Still living.

Weave, brothers, weave! Swiftly throw
The shuttle athwart the loom,

And show us how brightly your flowers grow,
That have beauty but no perfume!

Come show us the rose with a hundred dyes,
The lily that hath no spot;

The violet deep as your true love's eyes,
And the little forget-me-not!

Sing-sing, brothers, weave and sing!
'Tis good both to sing and to weave;
"Tis better to work than to live idle :
"Tis better to sing than to grieve.

Weave, brothers, weave! Weave and bid
The colours of sunset glow!

Let grace in each gliding thread be hid!
Let beauty above you blow !

Let your skein be long, and your silk be fine,
And your hands both fine and sure;
And time nor chance shall your work untwine,
But all-like a truth-endure !

Sing-sing, brothers, weave and sing;
'Tis good both to sing and to weave;
"Tis better to work than to live idle !
"Tis better to sing than to grieve.

Weave, brothers, weave! toil is ours;
But toil is the lot of men:

One gathers the fruit, one gathers the flowers,
One soweth the seed again!

There is not a creature from England's king
To the peasant that delves the soil,

That knows half the pleasure the seasons bring,
If he have not his share of toil!

Sing-sing, brothers, weave and sing!
'Tis good both to sing and to weave;
"Tis better to work than to live idle :
"Tis better to sing than to grieve.

PROBLEM XXIX.-To inscribe a circle in any given triangle, as ABC.

Bisect the angles A B C, B CA by the lines BD, CE. From the point Fin which they cut each other, draw F G at right angles to B C. From F with radius F G describe the circle G H K which is the circle required. PROBLEM XXX.-To describe a circle about any given triangle as A B C.

Bisect the sides A B, B C, in D and E, and through D and E draw straight lines at right angles to A B, B C respectively, cutting each other in F. From F with radius FA describe a circle: this shall pass through the points B, C, and is the circle required.

PROBLEM XXXI.-To inscribe_a_circle in, or describe a circle about, any given square, as A B C D.

Join the diagonals A C, BD, intersecting in E. From E draw E F perpendicular to any of the sides of the square as CD. To inscribe a circle in the square draw it from E with radius E F. To describe a circle about the square draw it from E, with radius E A.

PROBLEM XXXII.-To inscribe a square in, or describe a square about, a given circle, as A B C D.

Draw the diameters A C, B D intersecting each other at right angles in E. To inscribe a square in the circle join A B, BC, CD, and D A. To describe a square about the circle, draw straight lines FG, H K through the points AC, and F H, G K through the points B, D, parallel to the diameters BD, AC respectively.