Fear ye foes who kill for hire?
Will ye to your homes retire?
Look behind you! they're afire !
And before you, see —

Who have done it! - From the vale
On they come!—and will ye quail?
Leaden rain and iron hail

Let their welcome be!

But, oh! where can dust to dust

Be consigned so well,

As where heaven its dews shall shed
On martyred patriot's bed,

And the rocks shall raise their head,

Of his deeds to tell?

THE IDLE WORD.

First Voice.

passed away, it passed away;

Thou canst not hear the sound to-day;

'T was water lost upon the ground,

Or wind that vanisheth in sound;
Oh, who shall gather it, or tell
How idly from the lip it fell!

Second Voice.

"T is written with an iron pen;
And thou shalt hear it yet again!
A solemn thing it then shall seem
To trifle with a holy theme.
Oh! let our lightest accent be
Uttered as for eternity.

THE NINE PARTS OF SPEECH.

THREE little words you often see

Are ARTICLES-a, an, and the. A NOUN's the name of anything, As school or garden, hoop or swing. ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun, As great, small, pretty, white, and brown. Instead of nouns the PRONOUNS standHer head, his face, your arm, my hand. VERBS tell of something to be done To read, count, sing, laugh, jump or run. How things are done the ADVERBS tell, As slowly, quickly, ill, or well

CONJUNCTIONS join the words together,
As men and women, wind or weather.
The PREPOSITION stands before
A noun, as at or through the door.
The INTERJECTION shows surprise,
As ah! how pretty-oh! how wise.
The whole are called nine parts of speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

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THE THUNDER-STORM.

HEN the dark and heavy cloud
Lifts on high its awful form,
And above us, pealing loud,
Rolls the thunder of the storm;
Do not fear the lightning's flash,
God directs it where to fall;
Do not fear the thunder's crash,
For 't is God who rules it all.

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THE USE OF FLOWERS.

(OD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small,

The oak-tree and the cedar-tree,

Without a flower at all.

We might have had enough, enough

For every want of ours;

For luxury, medicine, and toil,
And yet have had no flowers.

The ore within the mountain mine
Requireth none to grow;

Nor doth it need the lotus flower,
To make the river flow.

The clouds might give abundant rain;

The nightly dews might fall;
And the herb, that keepeth life in man,
Might yet have drunk them all.

Then wherefore, wherefore were they made,
All dyed with rainbow light,
All fashioned with supremest grace,
Upspringing day and night!
Springing in valleys green and low,
And on the mountains high,
And in the silent wilderness,
Where no man passes by!

Our outward life requires them not;
Then wherefore had they birth ?.
To minister delight to man!

To beautify the earth!

To comfort man,

to whisper hope

Whene'er his faith is dim,

For who so careth for the flowers,

Will much more care for him!

RECITATIONS FROM THE BIBLE.

[One child, or several together, alternate with the whole school, in repeatpeating this.]

THE Lord is my Shepherd."

THE

3.

4.

2. 66 I shall not want.".

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures."

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He leadeth me beside the still waters."

5. "He restoreth my soul."

6. “He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake."

7. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;"

8. "For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

9. "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies."

12. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

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ONE THING AT A TIME.

ORK while you work, play while you play,
That is the way to be cheerful and gay;
Whatever you do, do with all your might;
Things done by halves are never done right;
Work while you work.

One thing at a time, and that done well,
Is a very good rule, as many can tell;
Moments are useless when trifled away;

So work while you work, play while you play;
Play while you play.

COME

GOD THE GREATEST AND BEST.

YOME, and I will show you what is beautiful. It is a rose fully blown. See how she sits upon her mossy stem, like the queen of all the flowers! Her leaves glow like fire, the air is filled with her sweet odor. She is the delight of every eye.

She is beautiful, but there is a fairer than she. He that made the rose is more beautiful than the rose; He is all lovely; He is the delight of every heart.

I will show you what is strong. The lion is strong; when he raiseth up himself from his lair, when he shaketh his mane, when the voice of his roaring is heard, the cattle of the field, and the wild beasts of the desert hide themselves for he is very terrible.

The lion is strong, but He that made the lion is stronger than he; His power is wonderful; He could make us die in a moment, and no one could save us out of His hands.

I will show you what is glorious. The sun is glorious. When he shineth in the clear sky, when he sitteth on his bright throne in the heavens, and looketh abroad over all the earth, he is the most excellent and glorious creature the eye can behold.

The sun is glorious, but He that made the sun is more glorious than he. The eye beholdeth Him not, for His brightness is more dazzling than we could bear.

He seeth in all places; by night as well as by day, and the light of His countenance is over all His works.

Who is this Great Name, and what is He called, that my lips may praise Him?

His great name is God. He made all things, but He is himself more excellent than all which He hath made: they are beautiful, but He is beauty; they are strong, but He is strength; they are perfect, but He is perfection.