printing-machines, sawing-machines, or machines of any other kind that can be thought of. 20. It can print and bind books, saw, sew, cook, make tables, lamps, chains, clocks, mirrors, crockery, or anything else. Indeed, if I were to make a catalogue of the various kinds of work which this machine can do, there would be no room for any other matter in this book, however small the type might be. 21. The way this machine is kept in operation is very curious. The substances necessary for this purpose, though of various kinds, are obtained by the machine itself, and put into a mill, where they are torn to pieces and ground very finely. After this, they pass into a reservoir, where they remain till they are softened and moistened. 22. They then go into other parts, where, by some means, after undergoing certain processes, they are thrust into numerous pipes, through which they pass into all parts of the machine; and so long as these substances are kept in motion, and renewed from time to time, so long does the machine have the power of action. 23. This machine must be kept still for some hours every day, or it will very soon wear out. It sometimes gets out of order, on account of the improper substances put into it, and sometimes on account of violence done to it. Instances are known, however, where it has lasted more than a hundred years before it ceased to be of use; and yet it has frequently been known to stop its action in a few hours. 24. I have a machine like that I have imperfectly described, and so have you. It is the BODY. Do you take care of it properly? Do you use it aright? Are you sufficiently thankful to the great Machinist who gave you such a marvelous gift? The great Machinist is God. Do you love him for his goodness? Do you thank him for his favors? 25. The best thanks you can give him are obedience, mercy, purity, peace, honesty, gentleness, and goodness. Then determine that you will henceforth love and serve him as your Father and Friend. QUESTIONS. What can this wonderful machine do more than the cotton-gin } 2. What is the cotton-gin, and who invented it? 3. What can the machine do more than the paper-mill? 3. How early was the art of making paper from cotton known? 3. When and where were paper-mills first built? 4. Of what is this machine the father? 4. When was the first railroad completed? 4. When and by whom was the first successful steam-boat invented? 4. When and by whom was the steam-engine invented? 6. What is Philadelphia? 6. What are the Fair mount Water-works? 7. What is said of Boston? 7. What is Bunker Hill Mon ument? 7. What is said of New York? 8. What is the Croton Aqueduct ? 7. Wha did it cost? 9. Who made this wonderful machine ? 10. What are some of its qualities ? 18. When was the art of printing invented? 21. How is this machine kept in operation? 24. What is its name, and who made it? 25. What should we give him for his goodness? LESSON XXVII. Spell and Define. 1. Un-trod'den, not marked by the feet. 3. Ar-ray'ed, put in order. 3. Charg'er, a horse used in battle. 4. Steed, a horse. 4. Ar-til'le-ry, cannon. 5. Torrent, a rapid stream. 6. Can'o-py, a covering over head. 7. Chiv'al-ry, valor and dexterity. 8. Sep'ul-cher, a grave. ERRORS.-3. Hos'man for horse'man; 3. jine for join; 4. ar-til'ry for ar-til'lery; 7. tchiv'al-ry for chiv'al-ry; 8. so'jers for soldiers. HOHENLINDEN.a T. CAMPBELL. 1. ON Linden, when the sun was low, Of Iser rolling rapidly. 2. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, The darkness of her scenery. NOTES. -a Ho'hen-lin'den; a valley in Bavaria, one of the German states, cele brated for the victory of the French over the Austrians, in 1800. river in Bavaria, flowing into the Danube. b Iser (e'ser); a 3. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, 4. Then shook the hills with thunder riven, 5. But redder yet that light shall glow 6. 'Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun 7. The combat deepens; on, ye brave, 8. Few, few shall part, where many meet! Shall be a soldier's sepulcher! NOTES.—a Frank; a name signifying a Frenchman, because the French are descended from the Franks. b Hun; a name signifying a Hungarian or Austrian, because the Hungarians, who go under the general name of Austrians, are the descendants of the Huns. c Munich (mu'nîk); the capital of Bavaria, containing 60,000 inhabitants. QUESTIONS. What is Hohenlinden or Linden, and for what is it distinguished? 1. What is Iser? 6. What is the meaning of Frank? 6. What of Hun3 7. What is said of Munich? LESSON XXVIII. Spell and Define. 1. Ham'mock, a swinging bed. 2. Dis-close', to open to view. 3 Ex-haust'ed, expended. 3 Ir-re-sist'i-bie, that cannot be opposed. 7. Mar'in-er, a seaman, a sailor. 9. Tem-pest'u-ous, very stormy. 5. Mi-rac'u-lous, supernatural, wonder- 10. Re-plen'ish-ed, filled, supplied. ful. 6. Sub-sist'ence, means of support. 12. Con'sti-tu-ted, composed, made. ERRORS.1. Dreat'ful for dreadful; 1. stawm for storm; 5. suj-est'ed for suggest-ed; 7. stran'ger for strän'ger; 8. tile for toil; 8. pars'ter for pasture; 10. ves'si for vessel; 11. ketch for catch; 12. ev'ry for ev'er-y; 14. brile for broil. REWARD OF HOSPITALITY. 1. DARK was the night, and dreadful was the storm, when James Corbett was aroused from his hammock by a cry of, "A leak! a leak! all hands to the pumps!" Without a moment's delay he hurried on his clothes, and flew to the assistance of his shipmates; but, alas! their exertions were unavailing. 2. The lightning, which glared through the profound darkness, only served to disclose the rocks on which they had already struck; and the terrific thunder, which rolled over their heads, added fresh terror to the lamentations of those who considered that in a few moments they might be forever swallowed up in the bosom of the ocean. 3. After laboring at the pumps till his strength was completely exhausted, James went upon deck, in the hope of recovering his breath and strength. Here, however, he had the misfortune to behold his beloved father perish before his eyes; and in a few moments he himself was swept into the sea by a tremendous wave, which broke over the ship with irresistible violence. 4. Providentially, however, the vessel was at a very short distance from the coast; and as the tide was setting in strong ly toward the shore, our young sailor was thrown upon the beach, before he was completely deprived of his senses. 5. After waiting till daybreak, he looked around and per ceived a church at a short distance. This suggested the propriety of his returning thanks to the Almighty for his miraculous preservation; and this duty he performed, in the best manner he could, before he attempted to set forward. 6. He then committed himself to the protection of Heaven, and wandered he knew not whither, having neither a hat upon his head nor shoes on his feet, destitute of a single penny, and dependent upon the charity of strangers even for the means of subsistence. a 7. After walking several hours, our young mariner arrived at a pleasant spot between Dover" and Sandgate, where Ralph Martin was accustomed to keep his father's sheep. In this place, Ralph had passed the greater part of his life, a stranger to the gratifications of luxury, and the wants of ambition. 8. He was alike exposed to the scorching heats of summer, and the pinching frosts of winter; yet, if his sheep were healthy and his lambkins numerous, he was always perfectly contented. He thought it no toil to lead them up and down the hills, if by the change they obtained better pasture. 9. The weather, on the preceding night, having been extremely tempestuous, and the coast being strewed with wrecks, Ralph felt the tear of sympathetic tenderness start into his eyes as he gazed around, when the shipwrecked sailor had approached him, and earnestly solicited a morsel of bread. 10. Ralph's satchel was not very well replenished, but what he had he freely gave, and sincerely wished it had been more. The poor boy whom he relieved thanked him with unaffected gratitude, and informed him of the particulars of his shipwreck. His father, he said, had been a captain of a vessel which traded from an Italian city to London. NOTES. -a Do'ver and Sand'gate; towns on the southern coast of England, b See London, p. 87, note a. |