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16 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON IX.
LIFE OF OUR LORD.
lNCARNA'TION, n., the act of assuming or putting on a eshly, human, mortal body. F. incarnation, om caro, carnis, L., esh.
NATrv'rTY, n., birth, issue into li . L. nativitas, om natum, p. pt. of nasci, to be born.
EsPous'ED, pt., married. F. epouse, om spondere, L., to promise, to betroth.
PuarFICA1TION, n., a ceremony per rmed by the Hebrew women after the birth of their child. F. pur cation, om p-urus, L., pure, om pur, G., re.
REsURREC'TroN, n., revival om the ead ; in a spiritual sense, as here applied, a rising om the death of sin to the life of sanctify­ g grace. F. resurrection, om re-surgo, L.,-re, and su o, I rise.
RETIRE'MENT, n., privacy, retiredne s. F. retirement, from traho, L., I draw.
REVELA1TION, n., discovery or communication of sacred and mysteri­ ous truths. F. revelation. L. re-velare, to discover, to uncover, om velum, a veil, a covering.
TEs1TIMONY, n., public evidence. L. testi onium, om testis, a wit­ ness.
WoN1DERFUL, a., admirable, strange, astonishing. A.S. wun r, to wonder, probably om wenden, to turn,-in allusion to the e ort of the mind to understand what has struck it with surprise or wonder.
'E'TRARCH, n., the governor of one of ur parts of a district or prov­ ince. G. tetrarches, om arche, government, tetras, ur.
1. THE incarnation of our Divine Redeemer in the womb of his Virgin Mother, was e ected by the power of the Holy Ghost. In what year of the world the Saviour was born cannot now be exactly determined; but the most probable opinion is, that his nativity should be placed ur years beyond our present computation. This, however, is certain, that in the reign of the emperor Augustus, and of Herod the Great, king of Judea, "the Word was made esh, and dwelt amongst us."
2. Mary, the virgin who gave birth to Jesus, and