written on tables of stone, what is engraven on the living tables of the heart, and from the heart, communicates itself to the forehead, the eyes, the lips, the hand; impressing on the whole the law of kindness. Ibid.

Those are the genuine delights of human life at which we arrive through danger and difficulty, which are the immediate gift of Heaven, which we have not employed improper arts to acquire, and which we can therefore enjoy without shame or remorse. The felicity which we are in too great haste to grasp, which we pursue independently of God and religion, which by crooked paths we arrive at, proves at best a cloud in the embrace; often, a serpent full of deadly poison in the bosom. The very delays which Providence interposes, the sacrifices which a sense of duty offers up, the mortifications to which conscience submits, enhance the value, and heighten the relish of our lawful comforts.

Ibid.

That boy, that youth, that man, that woman, is lost, who is, or who professes to be, indifferent about the opinion of the world. The love of reputation is one of the trees of nature's planting, and none of her plants are easily rooted up; it often survives the hope of life itself, and the man discovers an earnest concern about his memory, after he has resigned his head to the executioner, and his body to the grave.

I recommend not to you, my young friend, that servility of deportment, that fawningness of submission and compliance which aims at the applause of every one alike, which is continually fearful of giving offence, which shrinks from doing good, lest by some it might be misconstrued; but that steadiness and perseverance in rectitude, which looks, and goes straight on, which neither courts nor shuns the public eye, which can rejoice in the addition of the praise of men to the testimony of a good conscience, but trembles to think of purchasing the one with the loss of the other.

Ibid.

Man was made for action,for duty and usefulness; and it is only when he lives in accordance with this great design of his being, that he attains his highest dignity and

truest happiness. To make pleasure our ultimate aim is certainly to fail of it.

No matter what a young man's situation and prospects are; no matter if he is perfectly independent in his circumstances, and heir to millions; he will certainly become a worthless character, if he does not aim at something higher than his own selfish enjoyment; if he does not indeed devote himself to some honourable and useful calling. Hawes.

In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by asking ourselves another; is there any harm in letting it alone? Colton.

LESSON CXIX.

Hymn of Praise.-WILCOX.

GREAT is thy goodness, Father of all life,
Fount of all joy. Thou high and holy One,
Whom not thy glorious sanctuary, heaven,
Can e'er contain; Spirit invisible,

Whose omnipresence makes creation smile,
Great is thy goodness, worthy of all praise

From all thy works. Then let earth, air, and sea;
Nature, with every season in its turn;

The firmament with its revolving fires;
And all things living; join to give thee praise.
Thou glorious sun, like thy Original,

A vital influence to surrounding worlds
Forever sending forth, yet always full;
And thou fair queen of night, o'er the pure sky,
Amid thy glittering company of stars,
Walking in brightness, praise the God above.
Ocean, forever rolling to and fro

In thy vast bed, o'er half the hollowed earth;
Grand theatre of wonders to all lands,
And reservoir of blessings, sound his praise.
Break forth into a shout of grateful joy,
Ye mountains, covered with perennial green,

And pouring crystal torrents down your sides;
Ye lofty forests, and ye humble groves;

Ye hills, and plains, and valleys, overspread
With flocks and harvests. All ye feathered tribes,
That, taught by your Creator, a safe retreat
Find in the dead of winter, or enjoy

Sweet summer all your days by changing clime,
Warble to him all your melodious notes;
To him, who clothes you with your gay attire,
And kindles in your fluttering breasts the glow
Of love parental. Beasts, that graze the fields,
Or roam the woods, give honour to the Power,
That makes you swift to flee, or strong to meet,
The coming foe; and rouses you to flight
In harmless mirth, or soothes to pleasant rest.
Shout to Jehovah with the voice of praise,
Ye nations, all ye continents and isles,
People of every tongue; ye that within
The verdant shade of palm and plantain sit,
Feasting on their cool fruit, on torrid plains;
And ye that in the midst of pine-clad hills,
In snowy regions, grateful vigour inhale
From every breeze. Ye, that inhabit lands,
Where science, liberty, and plenty dwell,
Worship Jehovah in exalted strains.
But ye, to whom redeeming mercy comes,
With present peace, and promises sublime
Of future crowns, and mansions in the skies,
Imperishable, raise the loudest song.
O, sing forever, with seraphic voice,
To Him, whose immortality is yours,
In the blest union of eternal love!

And join them, all ye winged hosts of heaven,
That in your Maker's glory take delight;
And ye, too, all ye bright inhabitants
Of starry worlds; and let the universe,
Above, below, around, be filled with praise.

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