LESSON CXLI.

THE MIGHT WITH THE RIGHT.

1. May every year but bring more near
The time when strife shall cease,

W. E. HICKSON.

When truth and love all hearts shall move
peace.

To live in joy and

Now sorrow reigns, and earth complains;
For folly still her power maintains;

But the day shall yet appear,

When the might with the right and the truth shall be;
And, come what there may, to stand in the way,
That day the world shall see.

2. Let good men ne'er of truth despair,
Though humble efforts fail;

We'll give not o'er, until once more
The righteous cause prevail.
Though vain and long, enduring wrong,

The weak may strive against the strong;

But the day shall yet appear,

When the might with the right and the truth shall be;
And, come what there may, to stand in the way,
That day the world shall see.

3. Though interest pleads that noble deeds
The world will not regard;

To noble minds whom duty binds,
No sacrifice is hard.

The brave and true may seem but few;

But hope keeps better things in view;

And the day shall yet appear,

When the might with the right and the truth shall be; And, come what there may, to stand in the way,

That day the world shall see.

QUESTIONS.—1. What wish is expressed concerning every year? 2. Why does earth complain? 3. What day shall yet appear? 4. Of what should one not despair? 5. What is said of noble minds? 6. What is said of hope?

What is there peculiar in the 1st, 3d, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th lines of each stanza? What sound has the second c in the word sacrifice!

LESSON CXLII.

WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING.

TUR BID, muddy; not clear.
RE CESS', a receding.

CA RESS', embrace.

BE WIL' DER ING, distracting.

FALLS OF THE MOHAWK.

1. From rise of morn till set of sun,
I've seen the mighty Mohawk run;
And, as I marked the woods of pine
Along its mirror darkly shine,
Like tall and gloomy forms that pass,
Before the wizard's midnight glass;
And, as I viewed the hurrying pace,
With which he ran his turbid race,
Rushing alike, untired and wild,

THOMAS MOORE.

Through shades that frowned and flowers that smiled,
Flying by every green recess,

That wooed him, to its calm caress,

Yet, sometimes turning with the wind,

As if to leave one look behind,

2. Oh! I have thought, and thinking, sighed -
How like to thee, thou restless tide,

May be the lot, the life of him,
Who roams along thy water's brim!
Through what alternate shades of woe,
And flowers of joy my path may go!
How many a humble still retreat
May rise to court my weary feet,
While still pursuing, still unblest,
I wander on, nor dare to rest!

3. But, urgent as the doom that calls
Thy water to its destined falls,
I see the world's bewildering force
Hurry my heart's devoted course
From lapse to lapse, till life be done,
And the last current cease to run!

Oh, may my falls be bright as thine!
May Heaven's forgiving rainbow shine
Upon the mist that circles me,

As soft, as now it hangs o'er thee!

QUESTIONS.-1. What thoughts were suggested to the poet on viewing the Mohawk? 2. With what prayer does the piece close?

LESSON CXLIII.

WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING.

VE 10, negative; prohibition.
DIS AP PRO BATION, disapproval.
AT TRIBUTE, impute.

IN TRE PID I TY, fearlessness.
AP PRE CI A TION, estimate.
IN SIGNIFICANCE, unimportance.
IN TIM I DA TED, frightened.

MEN ACE, threat.

AG GRAN DIZE MENT, exaltation
IM PU TATION, charge.
E' GO TISM, self-praise.
AB SORB ED, wholly engrossed.
VAL' OR, bravery; courage.
GROVEL ING, creeping; mean.

PUBLIC VIRTUE.

HENRY CLAY.

1. I rose not to say one word which should wound the feelings of the President. The senator* says, that, if placed in like circumstances, I would have been the last man to avoid putting a direct veto upon the Bill, had it met my disapprobation; and he does me the honor to attribute to me high qualities of stern and unbending intrepidity.

2. I hope that, in all that relates to personal firmness, all that concerns a just appreciation of the insignificance of human life,--whatever may be attempted to threaten or alarm a soul, not easily swayed by opposition, or awed or intimidated by menace,- —a stout heart and a steady eye, that can survey, unmoved and undaunted, any mere personal perils that assail this poor, transient, perishing frame, I may, without disparagement, compare with other men.

3. But there is a sort of courage, which, I frankly confess * Mr. Rives, of Virginia.

it, I do not possess; a boldness, to which I dare not aspire; a valor which I can not covet. I can not lay myself down in the way of the welfare and happiness of my country. That I can not, I have not the courage to do. I can not interpose the power, with which I am invested, a power conferred, not for my personal benefit, nor for my aggrandizement, but for my country's good, to check her onward march to greatness and glory. I have not courage enough, -I am too cowardly for that.

4. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads my country to prosperity and happiness. This is a sort of courage widely different from that which a man may display in his private conduct and personal relations. Personal or private courage is totally distinct from that higher and nobler courage which prompts the patriot to offer himself a voluntary sacrifice to his country's good.

5. Apprehensions of the imputation of the want of firmness, sometimes impel us to perform rash and inconsiderate acts. It is the greatest courage to be able to bear the imputation of the want of courage. But pride, vanity, egotism, so unamiable and offensive in private life, are vices which partake of the character of crimes, in the conduct of public affairs. The unfortunate victim of these passions can not see beyond the little, petty, contemptible circle of his own personal interests.

6. All his thoughts are withdrawn from his country, and concentrated on his consistency, his firmness, himself. The high, the exalted, the sublime emotions of a patriotism, which, soaring toward heaven, rises far above all mean, low, or selfish things, and is absorbed by one soul-transporting thought of the good and the glory of one's country, are never felt in his impenetrable bosom.

7. That patriotism which, catching its inspirations from the immortal God, and leaving, at an immeasurable distance below, all lesser, groveling, personal interests and feelings, animates and prompts to deeds of self-sacrifice, of valor, of

devotion, and of death itself,—that is public virtue,—that is the noblest, the sublimest of all public virtues!

QUESTIONS.-1. What does Mr. Clay say of the high qualities attributed to him by Mr. Rives? 2. What sort of courage does Mr. Clay disclaim? 3. What difference does he make between private and public courage? 4. What does he set down as the greatest courage? 5. How are pride, vanity, and egotism, in the conduct of public affairs, to be regarded? 6. What does he commend, in the last paragraph, as the noblest of all virtues?

1. AG A MEM' NON, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces against ancient Troy, who is styled by Homer, "king of men."

DEATH OF HENRY CLAY.

REV. C. M. BUTLER, D. D.

"How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod."-Jeremiah, 48th chap. 17th verse.

1. Before all hearts and minds in this august assemblage, the vivid image of ONE MAN stands. To some aged eye, he may come forth from the dim past, as he appeared in the neighboring city of his native State, a lithe and ardert youth, full of promise, of ambition, and of hope. Το another, he may appear, as in a distant State in the Courts of Justice, erect, high-strung, bold, wearing fresh forensic laurels on his young and open brow.

2. Some may see him in the earlier, and some in the later stages of his career, in this auspicious theater of his renown