her trouble at Lowell. Had she trained to punctuality lity, have been puncave described, is but a curring in the history 23. The late principal of a very 'ly distinguished female school in Boston, used to have et y exercise regulated by atever else was going fished-whenever the was attended to. The a clock kept in the room; and on-whether it was finished or hour for another exercise arrived, whole school, as if with one, seemed to obey the hour, rather than the teacher. 24. Such order and punctuality, every where and in every thing, constitute the beauty of life; and I was going to say, the beauty of heaven, of which this life should be a sort of emblem. Heaven, in any event, is not only a world of order, but of punctuality also; and he who goes there, must be prepared to observe both, or it will be no heaven to him. LESSON LXXI. The Miracle.-A GERMAN PARABLE. 1. ONE day in Spring, Solomon, then a youth, sat under the palm-trees, in the garden of the King, his father, with his eyes fixed on the ground, and absorbed in thought. Nathan, his preceptor, went up to him, and said, Why sittest thou thus, musing under the palm-trees? 2. The youth raised his head, and answered Nathan, 1 am exceedingly desirous to behold a miracle. 3. A wish, said the prophet, with a smile, which I entertained myself, in my juvenile years. 4. And was it granted? hastily asked the Prince. 5. A man of God, answered Nathan, came to me, bringing in his hand a pomegranate seed. Observe, said he, what this seed will turn to! He thereupon made with his fingers a hole in the earth, and put the seed into the hole, and covered it. Scarcely had he drawn back his hand, when the earth parted, and I saw two small leaves shoot forth-but no sooner did I perceive them, than the leaves separated, and from between them arose a round stem, covered with bark, and the stem became every moment higher d thicker. 6. The man of God And while I observed like the seven branches 7. I was astonished, and commanded me t said he, new creations y apon said unto me, Take notice! n shoots issued from the stem, the candlestick of the altar. the man of God motioned to me, e silent, and to attend. Behold, soon make their appearance. 8. He thereupon brot water in the hollow of his hand from the stream which f ed past; and lo! all the branches were covered with grecives, so that a cooling shade was thrown around us, toget with a delicious odor.-Whence, exclaimed I, is this perfu, amid the refreshing shade? 9. Seest thou not, said the man of God, the scarlet blossom, as, shooting forth from among the green leaves, it hangs down in clusters? 10. I was about to answer, when a gentle breeze agitated the leaves, and strewed the blossoms around us, as the autumnal blast scatters the withered foliage. No sooner had the blossoms fallen, than the red pomegranates appeared suspended among the leaves, like the almonds on the staves of Aaron. The man of God then left me in profound amazement. 11. Nathan ceased speaking. What is the name godlike man? asked Solomon, hastily. Doth he yet live Where doth he dwell? 12. Son of David, replied Nathan, I have related to thee a vision. 13. When Solomon heard these words, he was troubled in his heart, and said, How canst thou deceive me thus ? 14. I have not deceived thee, son of Jesse, rejoined Nathan. Behold, in thy father's garden, thou mayest see all that I have related to thee. Doth not the same thing take place with every pomegranate, and with the other trees? 15. Yes, said Solomon, but imperceptibly, and in a long time. 16. Then answered Nathan-Is it therefore the less a divine work, because it takes place silently and insensibly? Study nature and her operations; then wilt thou easily believe those of a higher power, and not long for miracles wrought by a human hand. Questions. What is a parable? What is the miracle recorded in the Bible, which is referred to in par. 10th-like the almonds on the staves of Aaron? What is the meaning of juvenile, par. 3? perfume, par. 8? clusters, par. 9? What inflection on man, par. 11? live? dwell? What is the Rule? LESSON LXXII. Selections from the Proverbs of Solomon. [Observe that the words printed in italic in the Bible are not always the emphatic words, but are so printed because words corresponding to them are not found in the passage as originally written, in Hebrew or Greek, but such words are inserted by the translator, to convey more clearly the meaning of the writer.] 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 2. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10. Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12. The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. 13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets. 14. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 15. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 16. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto knowledge. 17. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 18. That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 19. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 20. At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like, an adder. 21. Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 22. For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 23. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go; 24. Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 25. Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 26. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 27. Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. 28. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. LESSON LXXIII. A Mother's Influence. 1. "I was a dull boy," said Judge B—, in answer to some remarks of Mrs. Wentworth, referring to the usual precocity of genius, and hinting the display which the learned and celebrated Judge must have made in his juvenile studies-"I was a very dull boy. Till I was full nine years old, I dreaded the name of book and school. 2. "It is true I had made some progress in the first rudiments of English, and had begun the Latin Grammar; but this was wholly owing to the constant instruction and personal influence of my mother. It was only in obedience to her that I attended school. I would have preferred a severe whipping every day of my life, if by that means I might have been exempted from the task of study. I was the drone of the school. 3. " My mother began my education very early; I was her only child, and she a widow, (my father dying before 1 1 was born;) you may easily imagine, therefore, how eager she must have been for my improvement. She tried every means that love, faith, and patience could suggest, to instruct me in my lessons and my duties. In the latter she was not disappointed. I may say, without boasting, that I was an obedient boy, for I loved my mother so well that it was a pleasure to do her bidding. 4. "But le edge was, to which ingenuÿ in my case; i not learn my book; the fountain of knowl e, bitter waters, and all the devices avented to make learning easy, failed 6 wear the dunce at school and so sluggish was my mind, that'd not care a straw or s disgrace, till I found it made my mother weep when she heard of it. Indeed, I preferred to be at the fo of my class, for then I had no trouble about trying to keep my station; and even at the opening of the school, I always took my place at the foot; it seemed to fall naturally to me; I was as contented as Diogenes in his tub. 5. "Thus the time passed till the winter I entered my enth year. The school-master was preparing for a famous exhibition; and as he knew how solicitous my mother was for my improvement, he called on her to ascertain if she hought it possible I could take a part. She did think it possible-what mother would despair of her only child?— she undertook to teach me the piece I was to speak. 6. "The teacher had selected that pithy little poem so appropriate for the young tyro, beginning 'You'd scarce expect one of my age Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by,' &c. 7. "Those six lines were my first lesson; and after tea my mother sat down to the task of teaching it, telling me that I must learn to recite those six lines during that and the following evening. You smile, ladies, but it seemed an Herculean task to me, and it was only my strong affection for my mother that would have induced me to undertake it. 8. "The teacher had promised that, if I spoke my piece well, he would give me a silver medal. I cared nothing for that, till my mother drew me to her, and, as she put back my hair and kissed my forehead in her loving manner, said, |