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ALL.

Still, still, whene'er the battle word
Is Liberty-where men do stand
For justice and their native land,
Then, may heaven bless the sword!

EXERCISES IN DEFINITION.

1. Our colter's cleaving course shall be on many a sweet and sheltered lea.

2. Secured by this, the good ship braves the rocky roadstead. 3. In boisterous climes his vessels lay, reliant on our skill.

4. When to the battery's deadly peal the crashing broadside makes reply?

XXXVII.-SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE.

ALMSGIVING AND PRAYER.

AKE heed that ye do not your alms before men,

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to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

2. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

3. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,

that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

4. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

5. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

6. After this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Matthew, VI.

CHARITY.

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

2. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed

up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

3. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done

away.

4. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. I. Corinthians, XIII.

XXXVIII.-JOHN LITTLEJOHN.

JOHN Littlejohn was staunch and strong,
Upright and downright, scorning wrong;
He gave good weight, and he paid his way;
He thought for himself, and he said his say.
Whenever a rascal strove to pass,

Instead of silver, money of brass,

He took his hammer and said with a frown, "The coin is spurious, nail it down."

2. John Littlejohn was firm and true;

You could not cheat him in "two and two;"

When foolish arguers, might and main,
Darkened and twisted the clear and plain,
He saw through the mazes of their speech
The simple truth beyond their reach;
And crushing their logic, said with a frown,
"The coin is spurious, nail it down."

3. John Littlejohn maintained the right,

Through storm and shine, in the world's despite ;
When fools or quacks desired his vote,
Dosed him with arguments learned by rote,
Or by coaxing, threats, or promises, tried
To gain his support to the wrongful side,

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Nay, nay," said John, with angry frown, "The coin is spurious, nail it down."

4. When told that kings had a right divine,
And that the people were herds of swine,
That the rich alone were fit to rule,
That the poor were unimproved by school,
That ceaseless toil was the proper fate
Of all but the wealthy and the great,
John shook his head and said with a frown,
"The coin is spurious, nail it down."

5. When told that events must justify A false and crooked policy,

That a decent hope of future good

Might excuse departure from rectitude,

That a lie, if white, was a small offense,

To be forgiven by men of sense,

"Nay, nay," said John, with a sigh and a frown, "The coin is spurious, nail it down."

6. Whenever the world our eyes would blind
With false pretenses of such a kind,
With humbug, cant, and bigotry,

Or a specious, sham philosophy,

With wrong dressed up in the guise of right,
And darkness passing itself for light,

Let us imitate John, and exclaim, with a frown,
"The coin is spurious, nail it down."

Charles Mackay.

XXXIX. THE TWO PICTURES.

MANY years ago, a celebrated Italian artist was

walking along a street of his native city, perplexed and despondent in consequence of some irritating misfortune, when he beheld a little boy of such surprising beauty, that he forgot his own trouble and gloom in looking upon the almost angelic face before him.

2. "I must have that face for my studio," said the artist to himself. "Will you come to my room and sit for a picture, my little man?" The boy was glad to go and see the pictures, and pencils, and curious things in the artist's room, and he was still more pleased when he saw what seemed to be another boy, looking just like himself, smiling from the artist's canvas.

3. The artist took great pleasure in looking at the sweet, innocent face. When he was troubled, irritated, or perplexed, he lifted his eyes to that lovely image on the wall, and its beautiful, hopeful features and expression calmed his heart and made him happy again.

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