to hold the side of it fast to the shore, near a flat piece of ground, which I expected the water would flow over; and so it did. As soon as I found water enough,—for my raft drew about a foot of water,-I thrust her on upon that flat piece of ground, and there fastened, or moored, her by sticking my two broken oars into the ground, one on one side near one end, and one on the other side near the other end; and thus I lay till the water ebbed away and left my raft and all my cargo safe on shore.

110. PENN'S ADVICE TO HIS CHILDREN. WILLIAM PENN was born in London, October 14, 1644. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and while there was led to become a Quaker, through the preaching of Thomas Loe. His writings were mainly religious and political works in defence of religious liberty and in opposition to the Established Church in England. The most famous of these is his No Cross, No Crown. His uprightness and kindly disposition beam forth continually in his writings, as well as the grace and pleasantness of manner for which he was noted. He died July 30, 1718.

1. BETAKE yourselves to some honest, industrious course of life, and that not of sordid covetousness, but for example and to avoid idleness. And if you change your condition and marry, choose with the knowledge and consent of your mother, if living, or of guardians or those that have the charge of you. Mind neither beauty nor riches, but the fear of the Lord and a sweet and amiable disposition, such as you can love above all this world, and that may make your habitations pleasant and desirable to you.

2. And, being married, be tender, affectionate, patient, and meek. Live in the fear of the Lord, and He will bless you and your offspring. Be sure to live within compass; borrow not, neither be beholden to any. Ruin not yourselves by kindness to others, for that exceeds the due bounds of friendship; neither will a true friend expect it. Small matters I heed not.

3. Let your industry and parsimony go no farther than for a sufficiency for life and to make a provision for your children, and that in moderation,-if the Lord gives you any. I charge you help the poor and needy; let the Lord have a voluntary share of your income for the good of the poor, both in our society and others, for we are all His creatures, remembering that "he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.”

4. Know well your incomings, and your outgoings may be better regulated. Love not money nor the world: use them only, and they will serve you; but if you love them, you serve them, which will debase your spirits as well as offend the Lord. Pity the distressed, and hold out a hand of help to them: it may be your case; and as you mete to others God will mete to you again.

5. Be humble and gentle in your conversation; of few words, I charge you, but always pertinent when you speak, hearing out before you attempt to answer, and then speaking as if you would persuade, not impose. Affront none. neither avenge the affronts that are done to you; but forgive, and you shall be forgiven of your heavenly Father.

6. In making friends, consider well first; and when you are fixed, be true, not wavering by reports, nor deserting in affliction, for that becomes not the good and virtuous. Watch against anger; neither speak nor act in it, for, like drunkenness, it makes a man a beast and throws people into desperate inconveniences.

7. Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise ; their praise is costly, designing to get by those they bespeak. They are the worst of creatures; they lie to flatter, and flatter to cheat; and, which is worse, if you believe them, you cheat yourselves most dangerously. But the virtuous, though poor, love, cherish, and prefer.

8. Remember David, who, asking the Lord, "Who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shall dwell upon Thy holy hill?" answers, "He that walketh uprightly, worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart; in whose eyes the vile person is contemned, but honoreth them who fear the Lord."

9. Next, my children, be temperate in all things; in your diet, for that is physic by prevention: it keeps―nay, it makes people healthy and their generation sound. This is exclusive of the spiritual advantage it brings. Be also plain in your apparel; keep out that lust which reigns too much over some; let your virtues be your ornaments, remembering life is more than food, and the body more than raiment.

DEFINITIONS.—2. Be hōld ́en, indebted. 5. Pěr'ti nent, suitable; appropriate. 7. Be spēak', speak to. 8. Єon těmned', despised.

111.-CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON.

JOHN DRYDEN was born at Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire, England, August 9, 1631. His father procured him admission to Westminster School as a King's scholar, and he was afterward elected a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. He composed several poems while a student, but his first poem of importance was his Heroic Stanzas on the Death of Cromwell. He afterward wrote several plays, a number of satires and fables, and several volumes of poetry; he also translated the works of Virgil, Juvenal, and Perseus. His Ode on St. Cecilia's Day ranks among the best lyrical poems in our language. Dryden was a master of satire, and his prose writings are energetic and harmonious, his poetry smooth and majestic. He died May 1, 1700.

1. HE bore his great commission in his look,

But sweetly tempered awe, and softened all he spoke.
He preached the joys of heaven and pains of hell,
And warned the sinner with becoming zeal,

But on eternal mercy loved to dwell.

He taught the gospel rather than the law,
And forced himself to drive, but loved to draw;
For fear but freezes minds; but love, like heat,
Exhales the soul sublime, to seek her native seat.

2. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard,
Wrapped in his crimes, against the storm prepared ;
But when the milder beams of mercy play,
He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away.
Lightning and thunder (heaven's artillery)
As harbingers before the Almighty fly :
Those but proclaim his style, and disappear;
The stiller sound succeeds, and God is there.

3. The tithes his parish freely paid he took,

But never sued, or cursed with bell and book;
With patience bearing wrong, but offering none,
Since every man is free to lose his own.
The country churls, according to their kind
(Who grudge their dues and love to be behind),
The less he sought his offerings, pinched the more,
And praised a priest contented to be poor.

4. Yet of his little he had some to spare
To feed the famished and to clothe the bare;
For mortified he was to that degree

A poorer than himself he would not see.
True priests, he said, and preachers of the word,
Were only stewards of their sovereign Lord:
Nothing was theirs, but all the public store,—
Intrusted riches to relieve the poor,

Who, should they steal for want of his relief,
He judged himself accomplice with the thief.

5. Wide was his parish; not contracted close
In streets, but here and there a straggling house;
Yet still he was at hand, without request,
To serve the sick, to succor the distressed,
Tempting on foot, alone, without affright,
The dangers of a dark tempestuous night.

6. All this the good old man performed alone,
Nor spared his pains; for curate he had none.
Nor durst he trust another with his care,
Nor rode himself to Paul's, the public fair,
To chaffer for preferment with his gold,
Where bishoprics and sinecures are sold,
But duly watched his flock by night and day,
And from the prowling wolf redeemed the prey,
And hungry sent the wily fox away.

7. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared;

His preaching much, but more his practice, wrought (A living sermon of the truths he taught);

For this by rules severe his life he squared,

That all might see the doctrine which they heard.
For priests, he said, are patterns for the rest
(The gold of heaven, who bear the God impressed);
But when the precious coin is kept unclean,
The sovereign's image is no longer seen:
If they be foul on whom the people trust,
Well may the baser brass contract a rust.

8. The prelate for his holy life he prized,

The worldly pomp of prelacy despised;