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sider myself entertained and served in the best pos­
sible manner."
5. Happy is the Christian, who, at the commence­ ment of each day, bas such a servant in attendance at his side. "Count it all joy when you shall meet with temptations ; knowing, that the trying of your faith worketh patience; and patience hath a per ct work." Trials which are involuntary are much more pro table than humiliations of choice, in which self­ love easily insinuates itself. Such there re, as Providence sent, the saint most cheer lly embraced.
Consequently, he that is true to his ith, and cher­ ishes sin ere humility in his heart, beholds the trials of his ith advancing against him : he prepares to meet them, and seeks not, by impatience or pnsilla- . nimity, to descend om his cross, but strengthens himself by the contemplation of the great Master of patience, Jesus Christ, upon his cross on Calvary.
LESSON XX.
THE WADDING TREE.
DrsPOSITION (-zish'-), n., particular inclination or tendency. F. spo­ .ition, om pono, L., I put, place, or lay.
FILE, n., a line or row. F. le, om lum, L., a thread.
INDENT1ED, pt., made unequal at the edge like a row of teeth. F.
endente, om dens, L., :. tooth.
0B1LONG, a., longer than broad or wide. F. oblong, om ob, L., and
longus, long.
DowN, n., elastic athers, which, when pressed down, rise up again:
the term is applied to other substances (as in this place), having the softness of such athers. Ger. dunen, om dunsen, to swell, to rise.
CoMPuSED1, pt., constituted, or made up of. F. compose; from the same root as " Disposition."
BUTLER.