LESSON I.—­PARSING.

“Every man has undoubtedly an inward perception of the celestial goodness by which he is quickened.  But, if to obtain some ideas of God, it be not necessary for us to go beyond ourselves, what an unpardonable indolence it is in those who will not descend into themselves that they may find him?”—­Calvin’s Institutes, B. i, Ch. 5.

“Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing:  it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:  yet ye have not known him; but I know him.”—­John, viii, 54.

“What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not?  What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?  I praise you not.”—­1 Cor., xi, 22.

“We know not what we ought to wish for, but He who made us, knows.”—­Burgh’s Dignity, Vol. ii, p. 20.

“And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?”—­1 Peter, iii, 13.

“For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves:  but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”—­2 Cor., x, 12.

“Whatever is humane, is wise; whatever is wise, is just; whatever is wise, just, and humane, will be found the true interest of states.”—­Dr. Rush, on Punishments, p. 19.

“But, methinks, we cannot answer it to ourselves, as-well-as to our Maker, that we should live and die ignorant of ourselves, and thereby of him, and of the obligations which we are under to him for ourselves.”—­William Penn.

“But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?  The depth saith, ‘It is not in me;’ and the sea saith, ‘It is not with me.’  Destruction and death say, ’We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.’”—­See Job, xxviii, 12, 14, 22; and Blair’s Lect., p. 417.

   “I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,
    Amidst these humble bow’rs to lay me down.”—­Goldsmith.

    “Why dost thou then suggest to me distrust,
    Knowing who I am, as I know who thou art?”—­Milton, P. R.

LESSON II.—­PARSING.

“I would, methinks, have so much to say for myself, that if I fell into the hands of him who treated me ill, he should be sensible when he did so:  his conscience should be on my side, whatever became of his inclination.”—­Steele, Spect., No. 522.

“A boy should understand his mother tongue well before he enters upon the study of a dead language; or, at any rate, he should be made perfect master of the meaning of all the words which are necessary to furnish him with a translation of the particular author which he is studying.”—­Gallaudet, Lit.  Conv., p. 206.

“No discipline is more suitable to man, or more congruous to the dignity of his nature, than that which refines his taste, and leads him to distinguish, in every subject, what is regular, what is orderly, what is suitable, and what is fit and proper.”—­Kames’s El. of Crit., i, 275.