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Thus ev'ry good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;
And ev'n those hills that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty nd supplies:
Dear is that shed to which his soul con rms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest,
Clings close and closer to the mother's breast;
So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
But bind him to his native mountains more.
GOLDSMITH.
LESSON IV.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH.
!LLUMINA1TION, n., infusion of intellectual light, knowledge, or grace. F. illumination, om lumen, L., light.
ELEc'TJON, n., the act of choosing. . election, om L. eligo,-e, and lego, I elect, I choose.
PREVAR1ICATED, pt., bet yed his Divine Master with n kiss, the night be re he hanged himself :--L. pr varicare, to betray, to evade, to swerve om truth and honesty; om varico, I shu e in walking, I straddle.
lNFUSED1, pt., ponred into. F. i1!f1tse, omfunao, L., J pour out. U'NITY, n., concord; the state of being one. F. unite, om unus, L.,
one.
FER1VENT, a., ardent, glowing. F.fervent, fromferveo, L., I am hot. P1wv'1NcEs, n., a name given by the Romans to conquered countries.
F. provinces. L. pro11inci , pro, be re, ere now; or proc1el, abroad,
and vinco, I conquer.
P 0s1 ELYTE, n., a convert, one who has come over. F. proselyte. G.
proselutos,-p1·0s, to or towards, and eleutlw (erchomai),-I come. NA'TION, n., the country or region where any one is born. F. nation,
om L. na8ci, natus, to be born.
lNTEL1LIGENCE, n., in rmation, news. F. intelligence; om same root
as " Election."
THE work of redemption had been consummated; the Son of God had returned to his throne in heaven, after he had left to his apostles the command to