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lawyer, for the purpose of tempting Christ, asked Him what he should do to inherit eternal life. In reply, our Saviour asked what was written on the subject in the law; to which the lawyer answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." "Thou hast answered right," said Christ: "this do, and thou shalt live." Willing to justify himself, however, the lawyer again asked, "And who is my neighbour?" in answer to which question our Saviour related the following parable-A certain man, who was travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho, was attacked by robbers, who, having plundered and wounded him, left him half dead by the wayside. The first person who came up was a priest; but he, instead of giving any assistance, as might have been expected from one of his sacred calling, passed by on the other side. Then followed a Levite, who stopped indeed, and looked for a few moments on the naked and wounded man, but, unmindful of the charity and mercy becoming his official character, also proceeded on his way without offering relief. The next person who came to the place, was a Samaritan; one of that hated race, with which the Jews had no dealings. When he saw the miserable condition of the sufferer, forgetting that he was despised as an alien both by nation and by religion, he had compassion on him; and having bound up his wounds, and revived him with oil and wine, he conveyed him, on his own beast, to an inn, where he himself took care of him during the remainder of that day and the following night. Next morning, before setting out on his journey, he gave the host a sum of money, and promised that, if it was not sufficient to defray the expenses of the wounded man till he recovered, he would pay the rest the next time he passed that way. 66 Which now of these three," demanded our Saviour, "was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?" The lawyer had only one answer: "He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go, and do thou likewise."-From this parable

we learn, that, forgetting national animosities, religious differences, and personal provocations, it is the duty of all men to show kindness to one another, and to relieve those who are in distress.

4. The waterfall which I am about to describe, is situated at the distance of five miles from the place where I passed a few weeks last autumn. Accompanied by two friends, I set out to visit it early in the forenoon. The district of country through which we had to pass, is one of the most highly cultivated in this part of the island; and its appearance at this season was rendered peculiarly rich, by the fields of waving corn ready for the sickle. We reached the banks of the river nearly two miles above the fall, and proposed to follow its course downwards. It is here a remarkably placid stream, flowing along so gently, that its. current is scarcely perceptible. After receiving a pretty large tributary, however, on the side opposite to that on which we were walking, its rapidity increases, and its channel becomes more narrow and rugged. The banks also, which, for several miles above, are scarcely elevated above the level of the water, become more precipitous-so much so indeed, that we could not always keep close to the edge of the stream, but had occasionally to turn aside in order to pass some steep or projecting rock. It was after getting round an obstacle of this kind, that we became aware of our near approach to the fall. A low sullen roar burst upon the ear, which, as we proceeded nearer, became so loud that we could scarcely hear one another speak. The prevailing sensation in our minds was that of mysterious awe; for as yet we could not see the mighty rush of waters, from which the noise proceeded. At last, on turning the angle of a rock, the whole cascade burst upon our view. It was one of the most magnificent sights I ever beheld. I cannot describe it, however; I can only note down a few of the most prominent objects, and leave you to group them together in your own imagination. Where the cataract commences, the channel has been narrowed to about ten feet. The first leap which the water takes is about fifty feet, the sheet gradually spread

ing wider as it descends. Immediately below this, there are
two other leaps from narrow ledges of rock; but in neither
of these does the stream bound clear out from the precipice,
as in the uppermost. It tumbles and dashes from crag to
crag and side to side, as if it had been stunned and confused
by the first fall, and at last rolls gloomily into a deep pool
at the foot of the precipice. This pool cannot be seen, how-
ever, from the top of the rock; and indeed, after it makes
the third leap, you lose sight of the river altogether, till,
nearly a quarter of a mile below, you catch a glimpse of it
through the trees, flowing calmly and silently through the
valley. Above the fall, there are very few trees, and the
precipices also are almost naked; but downwards, as far as
the eye can reach, the banks are clothed with the finest
wood. One celebrated writer calls the vapour which con-
tinually rises from a cataract like this, "the everlasting in-
cense of the waters;" and another compares the rainbow,
which is sometimes seen above the foaming abyss, to "Love
watching Madness." The following quotation from Thom-
son's Seasons, will perhaps give you a more correct notion of
this famous waterfall, than my very imperfect description :-
"Smooth, to the shelving brink, a copious flood
Rolls fair and placid: where, collected all
In one impetuous torrent, down the steep

It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad;
Then, whitening, by degrees, as prone it falls,
And from the loud-resounding rocks below
Dashed in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft
A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower.
Nor can the tortured wave here find repose:
But, raging still amid the shaggy rocks,
Now flashes o'er the scattered fragments, now
Aslant the hollowed channel rapid darts;
And, falling fast from gradual slope to slope,
With wild infracted course, and lessened roar,
It gains a safer bed, and steals, at last,
Along the mazes of the quiet vale.

SECTION II-NARRATION.

1. ABRIDGMENT.

Exercise 42.

Rudiments, p. 73.

1. Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, was miserable in the midst of all his wealth and luxury. One day, when Damocles, a courtier, was endeavouring to persuade him that he was the happiest monarch on the earth, the king asked if he had any wish to prove this happiness by his own experience. Damocles replied that nothing would give him so much pleasure; upon which Dionysius ordered to be provided for him everything that could gratify the taste, delight the senses, or satisfy the appetites. Damocles surrendered himself to indulgence without restraint, and was stretched on a couch in an ecstasy of enjoyment, when the sensation of pleasure instantly gave place to that of terror. Casting his eyes upwards, he beheld a naked sword suspended over his head by a single hair. Starting from the couch, and hurrying from the apartment, he prostrated himself before the king, and earnestly solicited permission to retire from a state, the pomp and magnificence of which could only be purchased by living in continual apprehension.

2. A nightingale, which had been cheering the village with his song all day, and had even continued to sing throughout the evening, began at last to be hungry; when, looking round for something to eat, he saw at a distance on the ground, an object shining in the dark, which he knew to be a glow-worm. Alighting from the hawthorn bush on which he had been perched, he was about to pick it up, when the glow-worm thus addressed him :-"If you admired my lamp, as much as I admire your minstrelsy, you would be as unwilling to do me injury, as I would be to spoil your song; for it was the same divine Power who taught you to sing and me to shine, that we might beautify and cheer the

night, you by your music, and I by my light." The nightingale approved so highly of this sentiment, that he instantly released the glow-worm, and sought for his supper elsewhere; thereby teaching jarring sectaries the important lesson, that instead of vexing and destroying one another, they should live in peace, each performing the duties of his own sphere, and respecting the gifts and graces of the others.

3. Philip, king of Macedon, is more worthy of admiration for the following act of justice, than for all his victories. A Macedonian soldier who had merited the royal favour by his courage, was shipwrecked in a violent storm, and cast upon the shore, naked and almost lifeless. A countryman, who lived in the neighbourhood, having observed his distress, hastened to his relief, conveyed him to his house, and used all the means in his power, first to revive him, and afterwards to restore him to his former health and strength. These charitable offices were continued for forty days, by which time the soldier was completely recovered, when his kind host supplied him with money to defray the expenses of his journey homeward. The soldier was lavish in his expressions of gratitude, and promised to recommend his preserver to the king, who would not fail to reward his generous hospitality. Soon after his return, he presented himself before Philip; but instead of redeeming the promise which he had made, he, with the basest ingratitude, solicited a grant of the houses and lands of the very man who had saved and sheltered him; and, in order to induce the king to comply with his request, he gave an exaggerated account of his own services and misfortunes. Believing his representations, Philip, without further inquiry, did as he desired; upon which the soldier returned to his benefactor, and, with heartless severity, dispossessed him of all his property. Driven almost to desperation, the poor man assumed courage to send to the king a true statement of the whole affair. When Philip perused the narrative, he was filled with indignation, and not only ordered the rightful owner to be immediately reinstated in his possessions, but caused

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