QUESTIONS.-1. Why the rising inflection on lawyer and minority, first and last paragraphs? 2. Why the falling inflection on yes and no, second and last paragraphs? Rule I., p. 26.

LESSON VII.

WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING.

IM' PORT, meaning.

MO MENT' OUSs, important.
AF FIRM ED, declared; asserted.
PRO CRAS TI NA TION, delay.
POST PON ING, putting off.
IM MENSE', very great; infinite.
SUB STI TU TED, put instead.

Po' TEN OY, power; energy.

PUNC TU AL' I TY, exactness.
LU DI CROUS LY, sportively.
COM' PLI CA TED, intricate.
LAG' GARD, loiterer.

RE JOIN DER, answer; reply.
APHO RISM, maxim; precept.
VE LOC' I TY, speed; swiftness
EC CENTRIC, erratic.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-1. DE MOS' THE NES, the great Grecian orator, who, rather than to fall into the hands of his enemies, destroyed himself by taking poison.

SOURCES OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.

JOHN ANGELL JAMES.

1. Weigh well, young man, the import of that momentous word DILIGENCE. You remember the anecdote of 'Demosthenes, who, on being asked the first grace of elocution, replied, "Action!" The second? "Action!" The third? "ACTION!" So, if asked, what is the first qualification of a successful tradesman? I answer, "Diligence!" The second? Diligence !" The third? "DILIGENCE!"

2. Write it upon your hearts. Keep it ever before your eyes. Let it be ever sounding in your ears. Let it be said of you, as was affirmed of that admirable and holy missionary, Henry Martyn, when he was at college, "that he was known as the man who never lost an hour."

3. Method and system have much to do with failure or In this I include promptness as opposed to proerastination. No habit can be more fatal to success than

success.

that wretched disposition of postponing till another time, that which ought to be done at once.

4. Procrastination has ruined millions. There is a class of adverbs, which some men appear never to have studied, but which are of immense importance in all the affairs, both of time and eternity. I mean the words "instantly;" "immediately;" "at once;" "now;" and for which they have unhappily substituted, "presently;" "by and by;" "to morrow;" "at some future time.”

5. Young men! catch the inspiration of that weighty monosyllable—" Now." Yield to the potency of that word instantly." But, to use a still more business-like term, acquire a habit of "dispatch." And, in order to do this, do not only something immediately, but do immediately the thing that ought to be done next.

6. Punctuality is of immense consequence. It has been rather ludicrously said, "some people seem to have been born half an hour after their time, and they never fetch it up all their lives." In the present busy age, when business is so extended and complicated, and when, of course, one man is so dependent upon another, and often many upon one, a want of punctuality is not only a fault, but a vice, and a vice which inflicts an injury, not only upon the transgressor himself, but upon others who have been waiting for him.

7. "You have caused us to lose an hour," said a gentlemau to another, for whose appearance twelve persons had been waiting. "Oh, that is impossible," replied the laggard; "for it is only five minutes after the time!" "Very true," was the rejoinder; "but here are twelve of us, each of whom has lost five minutes." He who keeps servants, customers, or creditors waiting, through his want of punctuality, can never prosper. This is as irreligious as it is injurious, inasmuch as the apostle has commanded us to "redeem the time."

8. Order is no less essential to system and success than promptness and punctuality. Order, it is said, is heaven's first law; an aphorism as true of earth as it is of heaven, and as applicable to the movements of trade as of the stars. A

place and a time for everything, and everything in its place and time, is the rule of every successful tradesman.

9. A disorderly and irregular man may be diligent, that is, may be ever in a bustle, a very different thing from a well-regulated activity; but his want of order defeats everything. The machinery of his habits may have velocity and power, but its movements are irregular and eccentric, and, therefore, unproductive, or productive only of uncertain incomplete, and sometimes mischievous results.

10. A disorderly man wastes not only his own time, but that of others who are dependent upon, and waiting for him; nor does the waste stop here; for what a useless expenditure of energy and a painful reduction of comfort are going on.

QUESTIONS.-1. What are some of the qualifications essential to success in business? 2. What is said of procrastination? 3. What, of punctuality? 4. What, of order? 5. What, of a disorderly and irregular man?

Why are some words in this piece printed in italics and capitals? What is emphasis? See p. 18.

LESSON VIII.

WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING.

MU TU AL, reciprocal.
DE PENDENCE, reliance.
DIS POS ED, inclined.
NUMBER LESS, innumerable.
BEN E FITS, advantages.
FAULT Y, wrong; erroneous.
IN' DO LENT, lazy; listless.
HU MILITY, lowliness; modesty.

CA' PA BLE, endued with power
EX AM PLE, pattern; sample.
DE GREE', measure; extent.
DIS COUNTE NANCE, discourage.
ALMS, what is given to the poor.
FOR WARD ING, sending; trans-
mitting.

DIS TRESS' ED, afflicted.

ALL CAN DO GOOD.

CATHARINE TALBOT.

1. Every one of us may, in something or other, assist or instruct some of his fellow creatures; for the best of the human race is poor and needy, and all have a mutual dependence on one another; there is nobody that can not do some good; and every one is bound to do diligently all the

good that he can. It is, by no means, enough to be rightly disposed, to be serious, and religious in our closets; we must be useful, too, and take care that, as we all reap numberless benefits from society, society may be the better for every one of us.

2. It is a false, a faulty, and an indolent humility, that makes people sit still and do nothing, because they will not believe that they are capable of doing much; for every body can do something. Every body can set a good example, be it to many or to few. Every body can, in some degree, encourage virtue and religion, and discountenance vice and folly. Every body has some one or other whom he can advise, or instruct, or, in some way, help to guide through life.

3. Those who are too poor to give alms, can yet give their time, their trouble, their assistance in preparing or forwarding the gifts of others; in considering and representing distressed cases to those who can relieve them; in visiting and comforting the sick and afflicted. Every one can offer up his prayers for those who need them; which, if they do reverently and sincerely, they will never be wanting in giving them every other assistance that it should please God to put in their power.

QUESTIONS.-1. What are all under obligations to do? 2. How may those who are too poor to give alms, assist their fellow-creatures? 8. What is said of those who do good, Luke vi. 35th verse?

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?

1. Thy néighbor? It is he whom thou
Hast power to aid and bless,

Whose aching heart, or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.

2. Thy neighbor? 'Tis the fainting poor,
Whose eye with want is dim,

Whom hunger sends from door to door-
Go thou, and succor him.

3. Thy néighbor? 'Tis that weary man,
Whose years are at their brim,

Bent low with sickness, cares and pain-
Go thou, and comfort him.

Thy neighbor? 'Tis the heart bereft
Of every earthly gem;
Widow and orphan, helpless left-
Go thou, and shelter them.

5. Whene'er thou meet'st a human form
Less favored than thine own,
Remember 'tis thy neighbor worm,
Thy brother or thy son.

6. Oh! pass not, pass not heedless by;
Perhaps, thou canst redeem

The breaking heart from misery-
Go, share thy lot with him!"

ANOX.

QUESTIONS.-1. Is the sentiment contained in this piece, similar to that in the previous lesson? 2. Did the conduct of the good Samaritan illustrate this principle? Luke, x. chap. 30-37th verses. Why the rising inflection on neighbor ? p. 27, Rule II. Note 1.