overcome by the assaults and batteries of adverse storms moors at last his crazy bark nor returns again to the tossings and troubles of life's tempestuous sea this is the land of peace to which the friendless orphan repairs out of the reach of malice and the arrows of misfortune his bed is peace and he rests from his calamities forgets his sorrows and forgives his enemies who then will dread that narrow house of rest while it offers an assylum so peaceful a hiding place so secure a relief sa ample a home where the oppressor and the oppressed the bond and the free the king and the beggar are on equal terms and congregate in the same silent society who above all will dread the grave while his faith points to it not merely as a retreat from the troubles and trials of life but as the only avenue through the dark partition which separates time from eternity a continual dying from eternal life a reign of gloomy night from a cloudless glorious day the power and dominion of sin from the presence and freedom of God ay call it the place of rest the mansion of peace the haven of repose the safe retreat the hiding place and the gate way to glory and order your life aright that when you are summoned to its precincts you may contemplate its silence its drapery and its coldness in the light of faith and enter upon its possession with the assurance that the voice of the last trump will burst its rusty bolts and call you forth from its clamy envelope to the celestial abode of angels and the spirits of blessed men made perfect and to the presence and favour of him who plucked the sting from death and despoiled the victory of the grave. SPELLING. LESSON 21. in-stat-tu-quo in-stā'tū-kwō, in the former place. i-tem i'těm, also, or article. ju-re-de-vi-no jū'rē-dē--vi'nō, by divine right. mag-na-char-ta mag'na-tshàr tur, the grand charter of Eng. me-men-to-mo-ri mē-měn'tō-mō'ri, remember you must die. mul-tum-in-par-vo multum-in-pàr ́vo, much in few words. ne-plus-ul-tra ne-plus-ŭl'tră, to no farther or greater extent. no-lens-vo-lens no lens-võ lens, willing or not willing. non-com-pus non-kom'pus, under witted, insane. non-com-pus-men-tus non-kom'pūs-měn'tus, not of sound mind, witless. om-nes om'něs, all. o-tem-po-ra 6-tem'pō-ră, 0, the times! O, the manners! o-mo-res ô-mō'res, pas-sim păs-sẽm, every where. per-se per-se, alone, or by itself. pro-for-ma pro-fòr'mă, for former's sake. pro-and-con pro-and-kon, for and against. pro-bo-no pro-bo'no, for the public good. pub-li-co pub-le ́kō, pro-tem-po-re prō-těm'pō-rē, for the time, or a time. quo-ad kwo'ăd, as to. quo-ad-hoc kwō'ad-hok, as to that. quon-dam kwăn dăm, former. rex reks, king, royalty. sem-per-ca-dem} sem-per-e'děm, always the same. sem-per-i-dem si-ne-die sin'ne-di', without mentioning the day. u-ti-le-dul-ci ū'tě-le-dul-se, utility with pleasure. } in-spec-u-lum in-spēk ́ū-lum, as in a looking glass. ver-sus versus, against, or opposite. vi-a via, by the way of. vi-se vi'sē, in the room or place of. vi-ce-ver-sa vi'sē-věr'să, the reverse. vi-de vi'de, see. vul-go vulgo, commonly. READING EXERCISES, &c.-LESSON 22. There is no speech nor language.—Their voice is not heard. And see the clear and quiet ev’n 2. Unhear'd the dews around me fall, 3. Night reigns in silence o'er the pole, 4. The hand that moves,-that regulates,- 5. That governs minds, and times and fates, Their amaranthine bow'rs; On viewless wings they stations take And note the passing hours. Sick of the vanity of man, His noise, his pomp, his show, TRIGONOMETRY.-LESSON 23. NOTE. Trigonometry is that part of geometry which relates to the admeasurement of the sides and angles of triangles. All the properties of angles are based upon the principles of single proportion:-for, in each triangle three things are given, either all sides, or sides and angles, to find a fourth. The operation may be performed in several ways; that is. the scale of even parts, the protracter, or chord, and the dividers may be used; or a table of logarithms, and of natural sines, tangents, and secants may be employed:-and the sides of triangles may be measured by the square root as already exhibited in mensuration. NOTE. As a table of logarithms, sines, tangents, &c. is not contemplated in this work, it will be impracticable to illustrate the application of the principles of trigonometry to the subject of measuring angles, and their sides, beyond what has already been done in mensuration. The application, however, of the square root, to determine the length of the sides of angles, may be stated in a few distinct cases which the pupil cannot mistake. CASE. 1. When the hypotenuse and one leg of a right angle triangle are given to find the other leg, adopt the following RULE. 1. Square the hypotenuse, and also the given leg, and subtract the lesser from the greater. 2. Extract the square root of the remainder, which will give the length of the other leg. Thus: Suppose the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle be 50ft. and the base 20ft; what is the length of the perpendicular? 50X50=2500, square of the hypotenuse. 40X40=1600, square of the base. 900, difference of the squares, and the square root of 900 equals 30ft. Ans. Or, Suppose tho hypotenuse to be 16ft. and the perpendicular 12ft. what is the length of the base? 16X16=256 12X12=144 112, the root of which is 10.59, Ans. CASE. 2. When the base and perpendicular are given to find the hypotenuse, then work by the following RULE. The square root of the sum of the squares of the base and perpendicular, gives the length of the hypotenuse. Suppose the base of a right angle triangle be 40ft. and the perpendicular 30ft. what is the length of the hypotenuse? 40X40=1600, square of the base. 30X30 900, square of the perpendicular. 2500, sum of the two squares; the square Suppose the base to be 89ft. and the perpendicular 78.7; what is the hypotenuse? Ans. 119 nearly. The distance between the extremes of the plates upon which the roof of A's house rests, is 43ft. and the height of the roof is 16 1-2 feet; what is the length of the rafters? 25.134ft. B's kite lodged on the top of the steeple of a church which stood 45 feet from the bank of the Mohawk, and B stands on the opposite bank, 30 feet from the water:-Now the steeple is known to be 132 feet high, and the line to the kite is known to be 200 yards long, the extreme end of which is in B's hand: how wide is the river? REMARKS, &C.--LESSON 24. Faulty Composition. The world we have not seen. There is a world which we have not seen More lovely than prophets ever told It is not fanned by the summer gale Nor is it refreshed by soft vernal showers Oh no for this world is forever bright There forms which no mortal eye can see And move on wings with matchless grace Sorrow and death have no entrance there For it is Gods blessed abode beyond the tomb SPELLING.-LESSON 25. Explanation of words and phrases introduced into our language, without being properly anglesized. aid-de-camp ad'dē-kong, an assistant to a general. a-la-mode ǎl-a-mode', in the fashion. an-tique ăn-teke', ancient, antiquity. Сс |