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THE ADVANCED

PROSE AND POETICAL READER.

SECTION I.

RELIGION AND MORALS.

SOLOMON'S ACCOUNT OF OLD AGE EXPLAINED.

Ad-mon'ish, v. (L. ad, moneo), to warn; to exhort; to counsel or advise. Ded'i-cate, v. (L. de, dicatum), to give wholly to; to consecrate or set apart to God; to devote. Fac'ul-ty, n. (L. facultas), a power of the mind or of the body; capacity; ability. In-firm'i-ty, n. (L. in, firmus), weakness of body or mind; feebleness. Lu'mi-na-ry, n. (L. lumen), any body which gives light, as the sun, the moon, etc. In-ter-pose', v. (L. inter, positum), to place or come between; to interfere.

Fir'ma-ment, n. (L. firmus), the apparently solid concave of the heavens; the open sky. Ob-struc'tion, n. (L. ob, structum), anything that builds up or closes the way; obstacle; impediment. Di-gestion, n. (L. dis, gestum), the dissolving of the food in the

Thomson's Lessons.

stomach, and the carrying of it to the different parts of the body to nourish it.

Har'mo-ny, n. (Gr. harmonia), concord of sound; melody. Cap-tivity, n. (L. captum), the state of being a prisoner; slavery. Cir-cu-la'tion, n. (L. circus), a moving round; a going and returning.

Vital, adj. (L. vīta), pertaining to life; necessary to existence. Im-mor'tal, adj. (L. in, mors), exempt from death; imperishable; undying.

Treasury, n. (Gr. thesauros, F. trésor), a place where anything valuable is kept.

Rec'on-ciled, p.p. (L. re, concilio), brought into a state of friendship from a state of enmity. Pilgrim-age, n. (L. peregrinatio, Ital. pellegrinaggio), a long journey to a holy place; the journey of life.

In the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes, the preacher admonishes us to dedicate our youthful days to the service of our Creator, considering the evil days which are coming upon us, when all

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