It happened on a solemn eventide,
Soon after He that was our Surety died,
Two bosom friends, each pensively inclined,
The scene of all those sorrows left behind,
Sought their own village, busied as they went
In musings worthy of the great event:

They spake of him they loved, of him whose life,
Though blameless, had incurred perpetual strife,
Whose deeds had left, in spite of hostile arts,
A deep memorial graven on their hearts.
The recollection, like a vein of ore,

The farther traced, enriched them still the more;
They thought him, and they justly thought him, one
Sent to do more than he appeared to have done;
To exalt a people, and to place them high
Above all else, and wondered he should die.
Ere yet they brought their journey to an end,
A stranger joined them, courteous as a friend,
And asked them, with a kind, engaging air,
What their affliction was, and begged a share.
Informed, he gathered up the broken thread,
And, truth and wisdom gracing all he said,
Explained, illustrated, and searched so well
The tender theme, on which they chose to dwell,
That, reaching home, "The night, they said, is near,
We must not now be parted, sojourn here".
The new acquaintance soon became a guest,
And, made so welcome at their simple feast,
He blessed the bread, but vanished at the word,
And left them both exclaiming, ""Twas the Lord!
Did not our hearts feel all he deigned to say?
Did they not burn within us by the way ?"
Now theirs was converse such as it behoves
Man to maintain, and such as God approves :
Their views, indeed, were indistinct and dim,
But yet successful, being aimed at him.
Christ and his character their only scope,
Their object, and their subject, and their hope,
They felt what it became them much to feel,
And, wanting him to loose the sacred seal,

Found him as prompt, as their desire was true,
To spread the new-born glories in their view.

**Refer to the Bible, and enter in note book what is said in the Gospels respecting the disciples' journey to Emmaus. Which of the disciples went to Emmaus.

Exercise in Dictation-IX.

The Tartars excel in horsemanship, and are dexterous hunters and skilful archers. Their arms consist of the bow, the arrow, the lance, and the sabre; and they always fight on horseback. Children are educated in the same profession as their father, for whom they entertain a very reverential law.

THE WATERFALL AND THE BRIER ROSE.

be-gone'

BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

go, get away na-tal.........native, where born pre-sumpt'-u-ous.....bold and be-dewed'...sprinkled over confident to an excessive de- grat'-i-tude...feeling of thank

ty-ran-nous. ....cruel, overbearing

fulness for any favour re-pay'......give back in return sul-try ...oppressively hot shel'-tered ....protected chant'-ed.........sung, warbled gal'-loped.. to run quickly as a horse lis'-tened

any sound

..waited to catch

ven'-tured.....dared, hazarded re-ply'. .....to answer in return fresh-ened......made healthy, quaked .........shook with fear

refreshed

"Begone, thou fond presumptuous elf,"
Exclaimed a thundering voice,
"Nor dare to thrust thy foolish self
Between me and my choice!"
A fall of water swoln with snows
Thus spake to a poor brier-rose,

That all bespattered with his foam,
And dancing high, and dancing low,
Was living, as a child might know,
In an unhappy home.

"Dost thou presume my course to block?
Off, off! or, puny thing!

I'll hurl thee headlong with the rock
To which thy fibres cling."
The flood was tyrannous and strong;
The patient brier suffered long,
Nor did he utter groan or sigh,
Hoping the danger would be passed;
But seeing no relief, at last
He ventured to reply.

"Ah!" said the brier, "blame me not;

Why should we dwell in strife?

We who in this, our natal spot,

Once lived a happy life!

You stirred me on my rocky bed

What pleasure through my veins you spread!
The summer long, from day to day

My leaves you freshened and bedewed;
Nor was it common gratitude

That did your cares repay.

"When spring came on with bud and bell,
Among these rocks did I

Before you hang my wreath, to tell
That gentle days were nigh!
And in the sultry summer hours

I sheltered you with leaves and flowers;
And in my leaves, now shed and gone,
The linnet lodged, and for us two
Chanted his pretty songs, when
Had little voice or none."

What more he said I cannot tell,

you

The stream came thundering down the dell,
And galloped loud and fast;

I listened, but naught else could hear
The brier quaked, and much I fear
Those accents were his last.

PROBLEM XIII.-To construct an equilateral or equal sided triangle on any given straight line, as A B.

From A with radius A B describe arc B C. From B with radius BA describe arc A C. Let these arcs cut each other in C. Join A C, B C. The triangle A B C is equal sided, and described on A B as required.

PROBLEM XIV.-To_construct an equilateral triangle having a given height as A B.

Through A draw CD at right angles to A B. Through B draw EF parallel to C D. From B with radius B G, describe are GA K. From G and K with same radius draw arcs cutting arc G H F in L M. From B through L and M, draw lines BLN, BM O. The triangle B N O is equalsided and of the height required.

PROBLEM XV.-To find the centre of any triangle, as A B C.

Bisect the angles C BA, BCA by the straight lines BD, CE. These lines cut each other in F, which is the centre of the triangle, because the lines FG, FH, F K, drawn perpendicular to its sides are equal to one another.

PROBLEM XVI.-To construct a triangle having its sides equal to three given straight lines as A, B, C.

Make D E equal to A. From E with radius equal to B, and from D with radius equal to C, draw arcs intersecting in F. Join F D, F E The triangle F D E is the triangle required.

Arithmetic-VIII.-Long Measure. Reduction.

1. Reduce 3579623489 barleycorns, and 539687423 inches to leagues.

2. Reduce 18396425976 inches to miles, and 837456893 feet to furlongs.

3. Reduce 893976543 yards to poles, and 432967359 poles to miles.

GLASS AND ITS MANUFACTURE.

chance

man-u-fac'-ture...production, for-tu'-i-tous...accidental, by literally making by hand u-til'-i-ty ....usefulness trans-lu-cent ...transparent, through which light can pass in-ge-nu'-i-ty...invention, skill mag-net'-i-cal....endued with the attractive properties of the magnet

su-pe'-ri-or.........better, more

excellent

prin'-ci-pal-ly....chiefly em-bossed'...ornamented with a raised pattern

li-que-fac'-tion .......melting,
becoming liquid
trans-pa'-rent .....clear, that
which can be seen through
vi'-o-lence...
...fury
ma-te'-ri-al ......that which is
possessed of substance
sub-or-di-na-tion..subjection

sub-sid'-i-a-ry ......rendering

assistance

ex-pec-ta'-tion ..........hope

in-vent'-ed......found out, dis- av'-en-ues ...roads, paths

covered

con-ve'-ni-ence...adapted to use ri'-valled......equalled in comex qui-site............extremely petition

beautiful

sub-se-quent-ly...afterwards

in-cor-po-ra-ted........formed

privileges

au then'-tic.....such as can be into a body enjoying certain

depended upon

ap-pli-ca'tions ..employments
for special purposes
pro-mo'-ted ....advanced

ev-i-dence......proof, surety pro-tec-tion...guardianship cost'-ly......expensive, of great price glazed ...furnished with glass ne'-ces-sa-ry...that which we cannot well dispense with eu'-lo-gy......anything written or spoken in praise

ex-clude'

..shut out

ap-plause'.........approbation

en-dow-ments ...gifts, pro-
visions

ac-com mo-da'-tions
veniences

.....con

The manufacture of glass is one of the very highest beauty and utility. It is most propable that we are