12. Their piety was not merely external; it was sincere; it had the proof of a good tree in bearing good fruit; it produced and sustained a strict morality. Their tenacious purity of manners and speech obtained for them, in the mother country, their name of Puritans, which, though given in derision, was as honorable an appellation as was ever bestowed by man on man. 13. That there were hypocrites among them, is not to be doubted; but they were rare; the men who voluntarily exiled themselves to an unknown coast, and endured there every toil and hardship for conscience' sake, and that they might serve God in their own manner, were not likely to set conscience at defiance, and make the services of God a mockery; they were not likely to be, neither were they, hypocrites. I do not know that it would be arrogating too much for them to say, that, on the extended surface of the globe, there was not a single community of men to be compared with them, in the respects of deep religious impressions, and an exact performance of moral duty. GREENWOOD. QUESTIONS.- What was one of the prominent traits of character in the Puritans? How did they regard liberty? What was their conduct in support of liberty? Why was the revolution a perfectly natural event, or just what might have been expected? From whence were derived the principles of the revolution? How were their systems of government formed? What was the character of their piety? As a community, how will they bear comparison for moral worth, with all other communities, past or present? Which are the pronouns in the 12th paragraph? For what noun does "their" stand? For what does "it" stand? Parse "which." Parse the last "as." ARTICULATION. — Articulate the h clearly: high, heart, happiness, heaven, hard, had, hearken, here, have, happy, whit, howling, hearth, whenever, hypocrites. Articulate the d: seem'd, talk'd, mind, call'd, preferr'd, England, land, launch'd, soil'd, round, intend. SPELL AND DEFINE. 1. Prominent, self government: 2. unalienable: 3. essential: 4. fathomless: 5. unmolested: 7. pilgrim: 9. ecclesiastical : 11. implore: 12. tenacious: 13. hypocrites. [The events here referred to. occurred in 1307. Switzerland had been conquered by Austria; and Gesler, one of the basest and most tyrannical of men, was her governor. As a refinement of tyranny, he had his cap elevated on a pole, and commanded that every one should bow before it. William Tell proudly refused to submit to this degrading mark of slavery. He was arrested and carried before the governor. The day before, his son Albert, without the knowledge of his father, had fallen into the hands of Gesler.] SCENE 1.-A Chamber in the Castle. Enter Gesler, Officers, and Sarnem, with Tell in chains and guarded. Sar. Down, slave! Behold the governor. Ges. (Seated.) Does he hear? Sar. He does, but braves thy power. Officer. Why don't you smite him for that look? My eyes? He smiles! Nay, grasps His chains as he would make a weapon of them Tell. For wonder. Ges. Wonder? Tell. Yes, that thou shouldst seem a man. Ges. What should I seem? Tell. A monster. Ges. Ha! Beware! Think on thy chains. Tell. Though they were doubled, and did weigh me down Thou art a monster! Think upon thy chains? Ges. Darest thou question me? Tell. Darest thou not answer? Ges. Do I hear? Tell. Thou dost. Ges. Beware my vengeance. It cannot take away the grace of life; Its fair report that's rife on good men's tongues: Ges. But it can make thee writhe. Tell. It may. Ges. And groan. Tell. It may; and I may cry, Go on, though it should make me groan again. Ges. Whence comest thou? Tell. From the mountains. Wouldst thou learn Ges. Canst tell me any? Tell. Ay: they watch no more the avalanche. Ges. Why so? Tell. Because they look for thee. The hurricane The torrent breaks, and finds them in its track. Ges. What do they then? Tell. Thank heaven, it is not thou! Thou hast perverted nature in them. There's not a blessing heaven vouchsafes them, but Ges. That's right! I'd have them like their hills, Tell. But they do sometimes smile. Ges. Ay! when is that? Tell. When they do talk of vengeance. Ges. Vengeance? Dare they talk of that? Tell. Ay, and expect it too. Ges. From whence? Tell. From heaven! Ges. From heaven? Tell. And their true hands Are lifted up to it on every hill For justice on thee. Ges. Where's thy abode ? Tell. I told thee on the mountains. Ges. Art married? Tell. Yes. Sar. My lord, the boy-(Gesler signs to Sarnem to keep silence. and, whispering, sends him off.) Tell. The boy? What boy? Is 't mine? and have they netted my young fledgeling? He'll own me, Would put him on his guard; yet how to give it! That step-that step-that little step, so light Upon the ground, how heavy does it fall Upon my heart! I feel my child! (Enter Sarnem with Albert, whose eyes are riveted on Tell's bow, which Sarnem "T is he! We can but perish. Sar. See! Alb. What? Sar. Look there! Alb. I do, what would you have me see ? Sar. Thy father. Alb. Who? That--that my father? [carries.) Tell. My boy my boy! my own brave boy! Sar. (Aside to Gesler.) Ges. Yet I see no sign They're like each other. Or recognition to betray the link Sar. My Lord, I am sure it is his father. Look at them. A preconcerted thing 'gainst such a chance, Ges. No; into the court. Sar. The court, my lord? Ges. And send To tell the headsman to make ready. Quick! You marked the boy? Sar. I did. He started; 't is his father. Ges. We shall see. Away with him! Tell. Stop! Stop! Ges. What would you ? Tell. Time! A little time to call my thoughts together. Ges. Thou shalt not have a minute. Tell. Some one, then, to speak with. Tell. A moment! Stop! Let me speak to the boy. Ges. Is he thy son? Tell. And if He were, art thou so lost to nature, as Ges. Well! speak with him. Now, Sarnem, mark them well. Tell. Thou dost not know me, boy; and well for thee Thou dost not. About thy age. I'm the father of a son Thou, I see, wast born like him, upon the hills; If thou should'st 'scape thy present thralldom, he |