549. VENERATION. In religious veneration, Anecdote. The benevolent and immortal the body always Lends forward, as if ready to John Howard, a celebrated English philate prostrate itself before the Lord of Hosts; the thropist, having settled his accounts, at the arms are spread out, but modest y, as high as the close of a particular year, and found a balbreast and the hands are open: the tone of ance in his favor, proposed to his wife to emvoice is submissive, timi, trembling, weak, sup- ploy it, in defraying the expenses of a jourpliant; the words are brought out with a visible anxiety approaching to hesitation; they are few, ney to London; or for any other amusement and sow y pronounced; nothing of vain repeti- she might prefer. What a pretty cottage," tion, haranguing, flowers of rhetor c, or reflected she replied, "would this build for a port figures of speech; all simplicity, humility, lowli- family." The charitable hint met his appro ness, such as become a worm of dust. when pre-bation, and the money was laid out accurd suming to address the high and lofty One. who ingly. inhabiteth Eternity; yet dwelleth with the nieek and contrite spirit, that trembleth at His Word. In intercession for our fel ow creatures, and in thanksgiving. we naturally assume a small degree of cheerfulness, beyond what is clothed in confession and deprecation: all affected ornaments in speech or gesture, in devotion, are very censurable. Example:

Hail, Source of Being! Universal Soul

Of heaven and earth! Essential Presence, hail!
To Thee-1 bend the knee; to Thee my thoughts
Continual climb; who, with a master hand,
Hast the great whole into perfection touched."

No more thus brooding o'er yon heap, With av'rice painful vigils keep; Still unenjoy'd the present store, Still endless sighs are breath'd for more, Oh! quit the shadow, catch the prize, Which not all India's treasure buys! To purchase heav'n, has gold the pow'r? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life, can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No-all that's worth a wish-a thought, Fair virtue gives, unbrib'd, unbought. Almighty God,-'tis right,-'tis just, Cease, then, on trash thy hopes to bind ; That earthly forms should turn to dust; Let nobler views engage thy mind. But oh the sweet-transporting truth, Varieties. 1. When we are polite to The soul-shall bloom-in endless youth. others, entirely for our own sakes, we are de550. NATURAL LANGUAGE OF THE Ceilful; for nothing selfish has truth and HANDS. The hand-has a great share in goodness in it. But there is such a thing as expressing our thoughts and feelings: raising frue politeness, always kind, never deceitful. the hands towards heaven, with the palms 2. The outward forms of politeness, are but united, expresses devotion and supplication; the expressions of such feelings, as should wringing them, grief; throwing them towards dwell in every human heart. 3. True politeness heaven, a Imiration; dejected hands, despair is the spontaneous movement of a good heart, and amazement; folding them, idleness; and an observing mind. 4. Will the ruling holding the fingers intermingled, musing and propensities of the parent, be transmitted to thoughtfulness; holding them forth together, the child, and effect, and give bias to his churyielding and submission; lifting them and acter? 5. Foolish people are sometimes so the eyes to heaven, solemn appeal; waving ambitious of being thought wise, that they the hand from us, prohibition; extending the often run great hazards in attempting to show right hand to any one, peace, pity, and sofety; themselves such. 6. Guilf may attain temposcratching the head, care and perplexing ral splendor, but can never confer real happithought; laying the right hand on the heart, ness. 7. The principles, which your reason affection and solemn offirmation; holding and judgment approve, avow boldly, and adup the thumb, approbation; placing the here to steadfastly; nor let any false notions right forefinger on the lips perpendicularly, of honor, or pitiful ambition of shining, ever bidding silence, &c. &c. In these, and many | tempt you to forsake them. other ways, are manifested our sentiments and passions by the action of the body: but they are shown principally in the face, and particularly in the turn of the eye, and the eyebrows, and the infinitely various motions of the lips.

551. WONDER-is inquisitive fear: and as it is inquisitive, it is steadfast, and demands firm muscles: but as it is fear, it cannot be properly expressed without the mark of apprehension and alarm. Were this alarm too much disturbed full of motion and anxiety, it would then be Fear instead of Wonder. and would carry no consistence, with braced muscles; it is therefore nerved because inquisitive, with purpose of defence and so, this application of alarin, with resolution to examine steadfastly, must const tute a nervous, awful, fixed attentiveness, and give the picture of the passion naturally. The effect of wonder is, to stop, or hold the mind and body in the states and positions in which the idea or object strikes us.

Says the earth to the moon,“You're a pilf'ring jade,
What you steal from the sun, is beyond all be-
Fair Cynthia replies, "Hold your prate, [lief,"
The partaker-is as bad as the thief."

A TALE OF WONDER.

Now the laugh shakes the hall, and the ruddy
Who, who is so merry and gay? [wine flows;
Lemona is happy, for little she knows
Of the monster so grim, that lay hush'd in repose,
Expecting his evening prey.

While the music play'd sweet, and, with tripping

Bruno danc'd thro' the maze of the hall; [so light,
Lemona retir'd, and her maidens in white,
Led her up to her chamber, and bid her good night,
Then, went down again to the hall.
The monster of blood-now extended his claws,

And from under the bed did he creep; [pars;
With blood all besmear'd, he now stretch'd out his
With blood all besmear'd, he now stretch'd out
To feed-on the angel-asleep. [his jaws,

He seiz'd on a rein, and gave such a bite,

And he gave, with his fangs, such a tug-
She shrick'd! Bruno ran up the stairs in a fright;
The guests fo`low'd after, when bro't to the light,
"O have mercy!" they cried, "WHAT A BUG !"
You'll ne'er convince a fool, himself is so.

552. VEXATION, occasioned by some real or imaginary misfortune, agitates the whole frame; and, besides expressing itself with looks, tones, gestures and restlessness of perplexity, adds to these complaint, fretting, lamentation, and re

morse.

ON NEGLECTING ONE'S DUTY.

O what a rogue and peasant slave am I;
Is it not monstrous, that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force his soni so to his own counsel,
That, from her working, all his visage warmed;
Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect,

A broken voice, and his whole function suiting,
With forms to his conceit; and all for nothing;
For Hee-u-ba! What's Hec-u-ba to him, or he, to
That he should weep for her?
[Hecuba,
553. LANGUAGE OF THE HEAD. Every
part of the body contributes to express our
thoughts and affections; hence the necessity
of training the whole man. The head is some-
times erect, denoting courage, or firmness;
at others, down, or reclined, expressive of sor-
row, grief and shame; again, it is suddenly
drawn back, with an air of disdain, or shaken,
as in dissent; or brought forward in assent;
sometimes it shows, by a significant nod, a
particular object, or person; threatens by one
set of movements, approves by another, and
expresses suspicion by another. Private
practice must inake all involuntary.

As yet-'tis midnight deep. The weary clouds,
Slow meeting, mingle into solid gloom.
Now, while the drowsy world lies lost in sleep,
Let me associate with the serious night,
And contemplation, her sedate compeer;
Let me shake off th' intrusive cares of day,
And lay the meddling senses all aside.
Where now, ye lying vanities of life!
Ye ever tempting, ever cheating train!
Where are you now? and what is your amount?
Veration, disappointment, and remorse.
Sad. sick'ning thought! And yet, deluded man,
A scene of crude disjointed visions past,
And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd,
With new flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round.

554. LANGUAGE OF THE FACE. The face, being furnished with a great variety of mus eles, does more in manifesting our thoughts and feelings, than the whole body besides; so far as silent language is concerned. The

Moderation in Disputes. When we are in a condition to overthrow falsehood and error, we ought not to do it with vehemence, nor insultingly and with an air of contempt; but to lay open the truth, and with answers, full of mildness, to refure the falsehood.

Anecdote. An amiable youth, lamented deeply, the recent death of a most affectionate parent. His companion made an effort to console him, by the reflection, that he had always behaved towards the deceased with duty, tenderness and respect. "So I thought," replied the son, "while my parent was living; but now I recollect, with pain and sorrow, many instances of disobedience, and neglect, for which, alas! it is too late to make atonement."

Happy the school-boy! did he prize his bliss,
Twere ill exchang'd-for all the dazzling gems,
That gaily sparkle in ambition's eye;
His are the joys of nature, his the smile,
The cherub smile of innocence and health,
Sorrow unknown, or, if a tear be shed,
He wipes it soon: for hark! the cheerful voice
Of comrades calls him to the top, or ball;
Away he hies, and clamors as he goes,
With glee, which causes him to tread on air

Reason. Without reason, as on a tem-
pestuous sea, we are the sport of every wind
and ware, and know not, till the event bath
determined it, how the next billow will dis-
pose of us; whether it will dash us against a
rock, or drive us into a quiet harbor.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted!
Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just;
And he, but naked, though lock'd up in steel,
Whose conscience-with injustice is corrupted.

Varieties. 1. The dullest creatures are sometimes as dangerous as the fairest. 2. He, who puts a man off from time to time, is never right at heart. 3. What can reason perform, unassisted by the imagination? While reason traces and compares effects, does not imagination suggest causes? 4. Whenever we are more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may be certain, that our zeal has more of

self-love in it, than charity; that we are seek

ing victory, more than truth, and are beginning to feel more for ourselves, than for others, sible, without divine aid, to obey the com and the cause of righteousness. 5. Is it poschange of color-shows anger by redness, mandments? 6. As soon think of sending fear by paleness, and shame-by blushes a man into the field, without good fools, as a every feature contributes its portion. The child to school, without proper books. mouth open, shows one state of mind; closed, What is more low and vile, than luing? and another, and gnashing the teeth-another, when do we lie more notoriously, than in dis The forehead smooth, and eye-brows easily paraging, and finding fault with a thing, for archet, exhibit joy, or tranquillity mirth no other reason, than because it is out of our opens the mouth towards the ears, crisps power to accomplish it?

the nose, half shuts the eyes, and sometimes Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.
suffuses them with fears; the front, wrinkled
into frowns, and the eye-brows overhanging
the eyes, like clouds fraught with tempests,
show a mind agitated with pity.
There is a history-in all men's lives,
Figuring the nature of the times deceased:
The which observed, a man may prophecy,
With a near am, of the main chance of things
As yet not come to life; which, in their seeds,
And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.

Luxury-gives the mid a childish cast.

The breath of night's destructive to the hue
Of every flower that blows. Go to the field,
And ask the humble daisy, why it sleeps
Soon as the sun departs. Why close the eyes
Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon
Her oriental rail puts off? Think why,
Nor let the sweetest blossom be exposed,
That nature boasis, to night's untimely damp.
There is no merit when there is no trial;
And, till experience-stamps the mark of strength,
Cowards-may pass for heroes faith, for falsehood.

dee. About the year 1720, there were twe musical parties in England; one in favor of two Italians, Buo-non-ci-ni and At-til-io, and the other admirers of Handel: and the contention running high, Dean Swift, with his usual acrimony in such cases, wrote the fol

555. The eyes, considered only as tangi- Anecdote. Tweedle-dum and Tweedleble objects, are, by their very forms, the windows of the soul-the fountains of life and light. Mere feeling would discover, that their size and globular shape are not unmcaning. The eye-brow, whether gradually sunken, or boldy prominent, is equally worthy of attention: as likewise are the temples, wheth-lowing epigram: er hollow, or smooth. That region of the face, which includes the eye-brows, eyes and nose, also includes the chief region of the will and understanding.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her tine:
Some, that will evermore peep through their eyes,
And laugh, like parrots, at a bag-piper;
And other of such vinegar aspect,
That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile,
Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.

Some say, that signior Buononcini,
Compared to Handel's a mere ninny:
Others do swear, that to him-Handel
Is hardly fit to hold a candle,

Strange that such high contests should be
"Twixt tweedle-dum-and tweedle-dee.

True Phrenology-treats of the manifestations of man's feelings and intellect; his heart and his head; his will and under standing; and their related objects, physica 556. The images of our secret agitations of one's original character; of his excellenand moral; principles, giving a knowledge are particularly painted in the eyes, which cies and talents, and how to make the most appertain more to the soul, than any other of them; of his defects, and how to remedy organ; which seem affected by, and to par- them; of reasoning and persuading-of edticipate in all its emotions; express sensa-ucation and self-government: a system of tions the most lively, passions the most tu- mental and moral philosophy, challenging multuous, feelings the most delightful, and investigation. sentiments the most delicate. The eye--exVarieties. 1. All are modest, when they feel plains them in all their force and purity, as they take birth, and transmits them by traits that they are estimated, at what they consid so rapid, as to infuse into other minds the der their just value; and incline to presume, in fire, the activity, the very image, with which the proportion they feel they are slighted. 2. It themselves are inspired. It receives and re-signifies but little-to wish well, without doing flects the intelligence of thought and warmth well; as to do well, without willing it. 3. None of the understanding.

One world sufficed not Alexander's mind :
Coop'd up he seem'd, in earth and seas confin'd;
And struggling, stretch'd his restless limbs about
The narrow globe, to find a passage out:
Yet, enter'd in the brick-built town, he try'd
The tomb, and found the straight dimensions wide.
Death only, this mysterious truth unfolds,
The mighty soul-how small a body holds.

557. LANGUAGE OF THE EYES. The eye Is the chief seat of the soul's expression; it shows the very spirit in a visible form. In every different state of mind, it appears difit; grief,

is so great, but that he may one day need the help,
or feel the unkindness—of the meanest of mortals.
4. The more business a man has, the more he is
able to accomplish: for he learns to economize his
time. 5. A ready recollection of our knowledge,
at the moment we have use for it, is a rare and
important acquisition. 6. The passions are plead-
ers, and their violence sometimes goes directly to
the heart. 7. As a vessel is known by the sound,
whether it is whole or not, so, men are known by
speeches and actions, whether they are wise of
foolish.

All the souls that were, were forfeit once,
And He, that might the 'vantage best have took,

serently: joy-brightens and opens hatred, Found out the remedy. How would you be,

half closes, and drowns it in
and anger, flash from it, like lightning;
love-darts from it in glances, like the orient
beam; jealousy-and squinting envy, dart
their contagious blasts through the eyes; and
devotion-raises them, or throws them back
on the mind, as if the soul were about to
take its flight to heaven.

From women's eyes-this doctrine I derive:
They sparkle still-the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the arts, the academies,
That show, contain, and nourish-all the world;
Else none at all-in aught-proves excellent.
Old age is honorable; the spirit-seems
Ready for its flight-to brighter worlds,-
And that strange change, which men miscall decay,
Is renovated life. The feeble voice,
With which the soul attempts to speak its meaning,
Is like the sky-lark's note, heard faintest, when
Its wing soars highest; and whose hoary signs,
Those white and reverend locks, which move the
Of thoughtless ribalds, seem to me like snow, [scorn
Upon the Alpine summit.-only proving-
How near it is—to heaven.

If He, which is the top of judgment, should
But judge you as you are? O, think on that,
And mercy then, will breathe within your lips,
Like man new made.

H pow'rs divine

Behold our human actions, (as they do,)
I doubt not then, but innocence shall make
False accusation-blush, and tyranny—
Tremble at patience.

That happy minglement of hearts,
Where, changed as chemic compounds are,
Each with its own existence parts,

To find a new one, happier far.

We-ignorant of ourselves,

Beg after our own harm, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good; so find we profit,
By losing our prayers.

So very still that echo seems to listen;
We almost hear the music of the spheres,
And fancy that we catch the notes of angels.
High stations tumult but not bliss create.

357. THE MOUTH. Who does not know Laconics. 1. There is no great necessity for how much the upper lip betokens the sensa- us to be anxious about what good works we shall tions of taste, desire, appetite, and the endear-do, in order to salvation; because the business of ments of love? how much it is curled by pride religion is-to shun all evils as sins. 2. Never be or unger, drawn thin by cunning, smoothed oy benevolence, and made placid by effemina? how love and desire, sighs and kisses, cling to it by indescribable traits. The under tip is little more than its supporter, the easy cushion on which the crown of majesty reposes. The chaste and delicate mouth, is one of the first recommendations we meet with in common life. Words are the pictures of the mind; we often judge of the heart by the portal; it holds the flaggon of truth, of love, and enduring friendship.

Anecdote. No hero was more distin guished in ancient times, than Alexander the Great, king of Macedon. His courage was undaunted, his ambition boundless, his friendship ardent, his taste refined; and what was very extraordinary, he seems to have conversed with the same fire and spirit, with which he fought. Philip, his father, knowing him to be very swift, wished him to run for the prize, at the Olympic games. “I would comply with your request," said Alexander,

560. POLYGLOTT OF BODY AND MIND.
Thus, we see that the body, in connection
with the mind, speaks many languages; and
he is a learned elocutionist, who understands
and can speak them. In view of which, well
might Hamlet exclaim, "WHAT A PIECE OF
WORK IS MAN!" Observe well this strange
being, as embodied in the works of the pain-
ter, and statuary: in what kingly wondrous
manner, appear his force of attitude and
looks! Who, but would cost the glorious
art of making the flat canvas and rocky"if KINGS were to be my competitors."
marble, utter every passion of the human
mind, and touch the soul of the spectator, as
if the picture, or statue, spoke the pathetic
language of a Shakspeare? Is it any wonder
that masterly action, joined with powerful
elocution, should be irresistible? If poetry,
music, and statuary, is good, is not ORATORY
more excellent? for in that we have them all.
Woe for those, who trample o'er a mind!

A deathless thing. They know not what they do,
Or what they deal with! Man, perchance, may
The flow'r his step hath bruis'd; or light anew[bind
The torch he quenches; or to music-wind
Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew ;
But, for the soul!-oh! tremble, and beware.-
To lay rude hands-upon God's mysteries there!
561. THE WRITTEN PAGE can but ill ex-
press the nicer shades of sentiment, passion,
and emotion which the poet has painted.
There are depths of thought, which the eye
cannot penetrate-and sublimities of flight,
which it cannot reach. The loveliest and
sublimest of written poetry-even that con-
tained in sacred scripture-cannot speak to
the eye with that vivid power and intensity of
expression, drawn from it by the human voice,
when trained to the capacity given to it, by
the Creator. Hence, the ordained efficiency
of preaching; hence, the trembling of Felix,
as the great Apostle reasoned-" of righteous
ness, temperance, and judgment to come."
So, with the production of the most consum-
mate human genius:

For ill-can poetry express,

Full many a tone-of thought sublime; And sculpture, mute and motionless,

Steals but one glance from time.

But, by the mighty actor's power,
Their wedded triumphs come:
Verse-ceases-to be airy thought

And sculpture-to be dumb.

562. The following-is an example of the sublime, falling far short of a hyperbole; for, as St. John observes, “even the WORLD ITSELF-Could not contain the books, that should be written" on the subject of INFINITE LOVE and INFINITE WIsnow-displayed in man's REDEMPTION and SALVATION. Could we, with ink, the OCEAN fill,

Were the whole earth-a PARCHMENT-made, Were every single stick-a QUILL,

And every man--a SCRIBE by trade;
To write the LOVE OF GOD-to man,
Would drain the OCEAN dry:

Nor would the scroll-contain the plan,
Tho' stretch'd-from SKY to SKY.

The mind-untaught,

Is a dark waste, where fiends and tempests how! ; as Phabus-te the world, is science-to the ul.

The ocean-when it rolls aloud-
The tempest-bursting from her cloud,
In one uninterrupted peal!
When darkness sits amid the sky;
And shadowy forms go trooping by ;

And everlasting mountains reel--
All-all of this is Freedom's song-

'Tis pealed--'tis pealed eternally!
And all, that winds and waves prolong,
Are anthems rolled to Liberty!

Varieties. 1. Although the truth can ne ver come to condemn, but to save, the world has ever pronounced its condemnation. 2. Garbled extracts from any work, are no more a correct representation of the work, than stone, mortar, boards, glass, and nails, are a fair specimen of a splendid palace. 3. Never let private interest, poverty, disgrace, danger, or death, deter you-from asserting the liberty of your country, or from transmitting to posterity, the sacred rights to which you were born. 4. What are the pleasures of the bodily senses, without the pleasures of the soul? 5. Themistocles, when asked to play the lute, replied, I cannot play the fiddle, but I can make a little village a great city. 6. The skin-co-operates with the lungs in purifying the blood. 7. How shall we know that the American government, is founded on the true principles of human nature? By learning what the true principles of human nature are and an extensive induction of facts, derived from the study of history, and our own observation.

Yet, though my dust—in earth be laid,
My life on earth-withdrawn ;
"Twill be--but as a fleeting shade

Of night-before the dawn!

For I shall spring-beyond the tomb,
To new-immortal prime,

Where all is light, and life, and bloom;
And no more winter-time.

I had a friend, that lov'd me :

I was his soul: he liv'd not, but in me:
We were so close with n each other's breast,
The rivets were not found, that join'd us first,
That does not reach us yet we were so mix'd,
As meeting streams; both to ourselves were lost
We were one mass; we could not give, or take,
But from the same: for he was I; I, he:
Return, my better half, and give me all myself,
For thou art all!

If I have any joy when thou art absent,

1 grudge it to myself: methinks I reb
Thee of thy part.

Stillest streams

Of water fairest meadows; and the bird,
That flutters least, is longest on the ring.