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READING LESSO NS. 209
When Spring, with dewy ngers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
COLL S
THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TE IPLE.
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§5. LESSON I.
MALIG1NITY, n., malice, ill-will. F. malignite, which is the opposite of benignite, as (L.,) male, ill, is of bene, right or well.
EXTIRPATE (ex-ster·-pate), v to eradicate or root out. L. exstirpare (ex, and stirps, the root), to root out.
IMPIOUS (im'-pe-us), a., ungodly, irreligious, wicked. L. impi s,-im, and pius, dutiful, pious.
TRI'UMPH (-umf), n., the eling of exultation and gladness. L. tri­ umphu.; G. thriambos.-tliria, g-leaves, ahd a hi, around; be­ cause the soldiers of Bacchus returned om their Indian victory wearing garlands of g-tree leaves.
ENTHU1SIASM (en-thu'-zhe-azm), n., wild joy; that temper of mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment :-it is sometimes applied to a divine motion or inspiration. F. enthu­ siasme; G. ent ousiasmos, om entheos,-en, and eos, God.
APos'TATE, n., one who has renounced or rsaken his religion. F. apostat, om (G.) o, and histemi, I stand.
OPPR011m1m.r, n., c ntempt. L. opprobrimn,-ob, and probrum, any thing inconsistent with virtue; disgrace, in my.
TERRIF1IO, a., alarming, rmidable. L. terr cus, from terreo, I ter- rify, I ighten.
GRJm1oRY (ST.), n., a watcher, om (G.) gregoreo, I watch:-St. Gregory was a doctor of the church and bishop, and, om his pro­ und skill in sacred learning, is styled the Theologian. He was born between the years 308 and 318, in the territory of Nazianzum, in Cappadocia, Asia-Minor. To a villain who had attempted to assassinate him, he said, " May God rgive you; his gracious pres­ ervation obliges me eely to pardon you."
OHRYs1osTO r (ST. JoHN), n., golden rnouth,-(G.) chryseos, golden, and stoma, moutb,-a surname given to St. John on account of the uency, sweetness, and purity of bis eloquence. This great bishop and doctor of the church was born at Antioch in 344. ·writing a short time be re his death, om the place of his exile in Armenia, he thus expresses himself: "I daily exult, and am transported with joy under my su erings, in which I nd a hidden treasure."