cool. This shows that the land becomes more quickly hot than the sea. After such a hot day, you will find that at night the surface of the land becomes much colder than the sea, because it parts with its heat sooner than the sea does. By day, the hot land heats the air above it, and makes it lighter, so that it ascends; while the cooler and heavier air lying on the sea flows landward as a cool and refreshing sea-breeze. By night, this state of things is just reversed; for then the air which lies on the chilled land, being colder and heavier than that which covers the warmer sea, flows seaward as a cool land-breeze.

10. In mountainous countries, where the higher ground rises far up into the colder layers of the atmosphere, another beautiful illustration of these changes of movement in the air may be watched. During the day, the air, warmed on the mountain-sides, ascends, and a breeze blows up the valleys towards the heights. During the night, the cold heavy air on the mountains flows down as a cold breeze into the valleys.

11. Take a school-globe, and notice some of the lines which are drawn round it. Midway between the two poles you will notice a line running round the most projecting part of the globe. This line is called the equator. It divides the globe, as you see, into two halves or hemispheres. Now, over the parts of the earth which this line traverses, and for some way on either side, the sun shines with intense heat all the year round.

12. The air is constantly heated to a high degree, and streams upwards in ascending currents. But just as the hot air along this central belt mounts up into the higher regions of the atmosphere, the cooler air from north and south flows in along the surface to supply its place. This constant streaming of air into the equatorial regions forms what are known as the Trade Winds. The steadiness of these winds, and the way in which they may be counted

upon in navigation, led long ago to their being called by their present name.

13. But another main source of movements in the atmosphere, whether gentle breezes or furious hurricanes, arises from the changes in the quantity of water-vapor present in the air. This vapor being lighter than air, a mixture of vapor and air is lighter than the same quantity of air; and of course the more the amount of vapor increases, the less dense does the mixture become. When, therefore, a large amount of vapor is given off into the air over any part of the earth's surface, the result is to cause the air to ascend in that region, and allow air with less vapor to flow in from all sides. If this action goes on very

rapidly, it gives rise to storms.

Globe Reader.

LI.—THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

met'-tle, spirit; courage; Mut; Feuer.
charm, that which pleases irresistibly; Reiz.
to boot, into the bargain; dazu; obendrein.
cours'-er, a swift horse; Renner.

1. A tale I will tell of a man and his mare

As they merrily trotted along to the fair.

Of a creature more docile you never have heard;
In the height of her speed she would stop at a word;
And again with a word, when the rider said "Hey,"
She would put forth her mettle, and gallop away.

2. As along a smooth lane he quietly rode,

While the sun of September all brilliantly glowed,
The good man discovered, with eyes of desire,
A mulberry tree in a hedge of wild brier.
High upon the boughs hung the beautiful fruit;
Its large, glossy charms might have tempted a brute.

3. Our hero was hungry and thirsty to boot;

He dreaded the thorns, but he longed for the fruit. With a word he arrested the courser's keen speed, Then stood up erect on the back of his steed.

On the saddle he stood, while the creature kept still, And he gathered the fruit till he'd eaten his fill.

4. "Sure, never,’

said he, 66 was a creature so rare!

How docile, how true is this excellent mare!

See, here I now stand," and he gazed all around,
"As safe and as steady as if on the ground;
And yet how she'd fly, if some fellow this way,
Not dreaming of mischief, should chance to say 'Hey.'"

5. He stood with his head in the mulberry tree;

And he spoke out aloud at the height of his glee;
At the sound of his "Hey," the mare made a push,
And down went the man in the dense brier-bush.
He remembered too late, on his sharp, thorny bed,
Much well may be thought, that should never be said.

LII. PAUL'S DEFENCE BEFORE AGRIPPA.

ex-pert', experienced; erfahren.

in-cred'-i-ble, impossible to be believed; unglaublich.
au-thor-i-ty, lawful power; Vollmacht.

blas-pheme', to speak impiously of God; lästern.

com-mis'-sion, charge; Auftrag; Befehl.

prick, a pointed instrument; Stachel.

gen'-tile, a heathen; Heide.

in-her-it-ance, privilege of an heir; Erbe.

sanc'-ti-fy, to make holy; heiligen.

re-pent'-ance, sorrow for sin and faith in Christ; Buße.
so ́-ber-ness, freedom from passion; Gelassenheit; Nüchternheit.

1. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, "Thou art permitted to speak for thyself." Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself.

2. "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews; especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

3. My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee. And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

4. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead? I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth; which thing I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them., And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and, being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even into strange cities.

5. Whereupon, as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priest, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them which journeyed with me. And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying, in the Hebrew tongue, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.'

6. And I said, 'Who art thou, Lord?' And he said, 'I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon

thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.'

7. Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision; but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people and to the Gentiles.'

8. And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad." But he said, "I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak the words of truth and soberness. For the king knoweth of these things, before whom I also speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest." Then Agrippa said unto Paul, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." And Paul said, "I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds."

Acts XXVI.