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No. 42.-Scripture Selections.

HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and live

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not: neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get wisdom and, with all thy getting, get understanding.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; keep her; for she is thy life."

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Search the scriptures.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

There is a way that seemeth right unto man, but the end thereof are the wavs of death.

If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

God is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and in truth.

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com forted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful: But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths

are peace.

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust; and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

And having food and raiment, let us be therewith con

tent.

But they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.

Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

APPENDIX.

ULYSSES.-A celebrated hero of ancient Greece, and king of the island of Ithaca. He was one of the ten kings who went to the war of Troy, and was greatly distinguished, in that long contest, for his wisdom and valor; insomuch that the armor of Achilles, after the death of that hero, was given to him, as being the most worthy. After the fall of Troy, Ulysses was ten years returning to his kingdom, during which time he' suffered many misfortunes, the narrative of which is the subject of Homer's celebrated poem, called the Odyssey, from Odysseus, the Greek name of Ulysses.

TELEMACHUS.-The only son of Ulysses and Penelope. He went in search of his father, during his long absence, under the guidance of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, disguised as Mentor, and returned without finding Ulysses, who had arrived at Ithaca two days before him. His adventures are the subject of a delightful tale by Fenelon, which is recommended to the youthful reader.

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT.-Son of Philip, king of Macedon, was born 355 years before the Christian His father died when he was twenty years of age, and left him ruler of all Greece; he immediately made war against Darius, king of Persia, and vanquished him in several great battles, in which he greatly distinguished himself for his valor and military skill. He subdued Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt, and India; and died in Babylon, in the 32d year of his age. He was

valiant and generous, but proud and voluptuous; he treated the widow and mother of Darius with great tenderness, and, on many other occasions, was liberal and humane; but, in the excess of his pride, he ordered himself to be worshipped as a god, and had Callisthenes

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put to death for refusing to pay him homage; he also killed his friend Clitus, with his own hand, at a feast, for extolling the exploits of Philip above his own.

JOHN HOWARD.-An English gentleman, who devoted his time, talents, and fortune to relieve the distressed. He made it the business of his life to travel over Europe, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of prisons and dungeons, in order to relieve the condition of the miserable beings confined in them. He fell a sacrifice to his humane exertions; for, in visiting a sick person who had a malignant fever, he contracted the disease, and died Jan. 20, 1790.

WILLIAM PENN.-An early and principal member of the Society of Friends or Quakers, born Oct. 14, 1644; he was greatly distinguished for the purity of his conduct, and steadfast adherence to his principles; he founded the state of Pennsylvania, and died in 1718.

LYCURGUS. The celebrated lawgiver of Sparta, one of the States of ancient Greece. His country being in great confusion, on account of its bad laws, he framed a very singular code of laws, which was adopted by his fellow-citizens, and which continued in force without interruption for 700 years. He flourished about 880 years before Christ.

SOLON.-One of the seven wise men of Greece. He was born at Salamis; but was educated and lived in Athens, to which city he gave an admirable system of laws. He died 550 years before the birth of Christ, aged 80 years.

ROMULUS.-The founder of Rome, which was named after him. He was the grandson of Numitor, king of Alba, in Italy, and, with his twin brother Remus, was thrown into the river Tiber, soon after his birth, by Amulius, the brother of his grandfather, who had usurped his throne. The children were taken out by a she wolf, who fed them with her milk until they were discovered by one of the king's shepherds. When they came of age, and were apprized of their high birth, they slew the usurper, and restored their

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