TWENTY-SECOND READING LESSON. The drunk-ard is of-ten poor, and wears a shab-by coat. He has no home to shel-ter him, but when the wa-ter is fro-zen he shi-vers in the cold. When he is drunk, if he tries to speak he stam-mers and stut-ters, and when he reels about he star-tles those who walk by him, and makes them trem-ble. Strong drink makes him thirs-ty. He is a slug-gard. He be-comes weak and slen-der; his food is scan-ty, and peo-ple blame him; and tru-ly he is much to blame. He acts wrong-ly, and is cruel to those who love him. He wastes his shil-lings, and be-comes ve-ry poor and wretch-ed. Oh, it is much bet-ter to be a so-ber, ho-nest, and trus-ty man, than to be a drunk-ard. E-nough is a feast, but too much is a waste. We should not waste God's gifts. By all his word will be preferred. ac-quaint dain-ty af-fair ar-raign 120 121 fea-ther for-bear hea-ven de-claim per-tain aug-ment dea-con be-wail de-tain rai-sins be-cause de-cease mea-dow de-feat mea-sure dis-dain re-claim de-fault dis-ease a-gree de-fraud dis-please be-seech ap-peal ear-nest be-tween ap-pear en-dear de-cree en-treat de-gree vil-lain con-tain im-pair wain-scot ar-rear TWENTY-THIRD READING LESSON. Ab-stain from that which is e-vil, for bad ways are cer-tain to drive you to de-spair. Do not dis-dain a man be-cause he is poor. A poor man may be good and wor-thy of ap-plause, al-though he may not ap-pear in fine at-tire. Good-ness will en-dear you to all a-round you. If you try to con-ceal a fault you aug-ment it; you make it worse, be-cause you add falsehood to wrong. Ex-plain your faults to those who can for-give them, and they will try to re-claim you from bad ways. Be ear-nest in your ef-forts to im-prove. Do not main-tain that you have done right, when you know that you have done wrong; but con-fess your fault, and be-seech the Lord to for-give you. Fear to dis-please him. This is the way to hea-ven. And all we view has beauty too. 122 123 es-teem leo-pard boo-ty fa-tigue fore-seen peo-ple coo-per re-quest free-dom be-siege lam-poon an-guish in-deed re-lief re-proof cir-cuit suc-ceed re-trieve coun-try awk-ward con-ceit ap-proach mould-y law-yer de-ceive be-moan smoul-der saw-yer en-croach thou-sand es-chew a-noint Qua-ker jew-el dis-joint quar-rel ne-phew TWENY-FIFTH READING LESSON. The Ea-gle is a large and fine bird. It is called the kin of birds, be-cause it is so large, so fine, and so strong. The are ma-ny kinds of Ea-gles. The one we here see is the S Ea-gle. It feeds up-on fish, which it catch-es while they swi near the sur-face of the wa-ter. It al-so preys up-on o-the li-ving things. The Sea Ea-gle sits upon a high rock, and look a-bout with a sharp eye. There is a bird call-ed the Sea Haw! which al-so catch-es fish for food. The Ea-gle watch-es for th Hawk to dive down to the sea and catch a fish, and then, a it is ri-sing in the air, bear-ing its prize in its beak, the Ea-gl will at-tack it, and take its food a-way. When this bird ha had no food for some time, it will eat al-most any-thing. Thei nests are form-ed of large sticks, moss, and hay. And may my mind rich treasures find. |