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pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty. BLAIR.

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.

WILLIAM PENN's Advice to his Children.

ELEGY TO PITY.

Hail, lovely pow'r! whose bosom heaves the sigh,
When fancy paints the scene of deep distress;
Whose tears spontaneous crystallize the eye,
When rigid fate denies the pow'r to bless.

Not all the sweets Arabia's gales convey

From flow'ry meads, can with that sigh compare ;
Not dew-drops glitt'ring in the morning ray,
Seem near so beauteous as that falling tear.
Devoid of fear the fawns around thee play,-
Emblem of peace, the dove before thee flies;
No blood-stained traces mark thy blameless way,
Beneath thy feet no hapless insect dies.

Come, lovely nymph, and range the mead with me,
To spring the partridge from the guileful foe;
From secret snares the struggling bird to free,
And stop the hand uprais'd to give the blow.
And when the air with heat meridian glows,
And nature droops beneath the conq'ring gleam,
Let us slow wandering where the current flows,
Save sinking flies that float along the stream.
Or turn to nobler, greater tasks thy care,
To me thy sympathetic gifts impart ;
Teach me in friendship's griefs to bear a share,
And justly boast the gen'rous feeling heart.
Teach me to sooth the helpless orphan's grief,-
With timely aid the widow's woes assuage;
To misery's moving cries to yield relief,

And be the sure resource of drooping age.
So when the genial spring of life shall fade,
And sinking nature own the dread decay;
Some soul congenial then may lend its aid,
And smooth the close of life's eventful day.

MURRAY'S ENGLISH READER.

CONCORD, &c.

AGREEMENT between persons or things; harmony; suitableness of one to another; peace; union; mutual kindness. JOHNSON.

Kind concord, heavenly-born, whose blissful reign
Holds this vast globe in one surrounding chain;
Soul of the world!

TICKELL.

CONCORD is derived from the Latin noun cor gen. cordis, the heart, and the proposition con, with; so that it means literally with the heart. From Cor, we have also CORDIAL, sincere; CONCORDANT; CONCORDANCE; DISCORDANT; DISCORDANCE; DISCORDANCY; (Dis or Di, in Latin, signifies negation or opposition to.) From the same derivative, we have also CORE, the heart, and several other words; see COURAGE.

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AGREEMENT; this, as well as the French word Gré, (accord, will,) is probably derived from the Latin noun. Gratia, meaning favour, grace. From Gré, we have the words AGREE; AGREEABLE; AGREEABLENESS; AGREEMENT; all of which are likewise used with the prefix Dis; &c. From Gratia or Gratus, are also derived several other words, on which see GRACIOUSNESS.

HARMONY comes from the Greek word Harmos, a joint; whose derivative is the verb Aro, to fit; hence it is frequently applied to sounds as well as states of being, &c., as in HARMONIOUS; HARMONIC; HARMONIZE. WATTS says, that "HARMONY is a compound idea made up of different sounds united," and the same may be also said of CONCORD, which, like the preceding word, has commonly a musical application.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

AMOS III. 3. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him. MATT. V. 25.

Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. MATT. XVIII. 19.

The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.

POPE.

If we look upon the world as a musical instrument, well-tuned, and harmoniously struck, we ought not therefore to worship the instrument, but Him that makes the music. STILLINGFLEET.

Surely infinite wisdom must accomplish all its works with consummate harmony, proportion and regularity. CHEYNE.

It is evident, in the general, that if we consult either public welfare, or private happiness, Christian charity ought to regulate our disposition in mutual intercourse. But as this great principle admits of several diversified appearances, let us consider some of the chief forms under which it ought to shew itself in the usual tenor of life. What first presents itself to be recommended is a peaceable temper; a disposition averse to giving offence, and desirous of cultivating harmony and amicable intercourse in society. This supposes yielding and condescending manners, unwillingness to contend with others about trifles, and in contests that are unavoidable, proper moderation of spirit. Such a temper is the first principle of self-enjoyment; it is the basis of all order and happiness among mankind. The positive and contentious, the rude and quarrelsome, are the bane of society. They seem destined to blast the share of comfort which is here allotted to man. But they cannot disturb the peace of others, more than they break their own. The hurricane rages first in their own bosoms before it is let forth upon the world. In the tempests which they raise, they are always tossed; and frequently it is their lot to perish. BLAIR.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skirts of his garments;

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. PSAL. CXXXIII.

"Tis a pleasant thing to see
Children in the Lord agree,
Children of a God of Love,
Live as they shall live above,
Acting each a Christian part-
One in lip, and one in heart.

As the precious ointment, shed
Upon Aaron's hallow'd head,
Downward through his garments stole,
Scatt'ring odours o'er the whole;
So, from our High Priest above,
To his church flows heavenly love.
Gently as the dews distil
Down on Zion's holy hill,
Dropping gladness where they fall,
Brightening and refreshing all;
Such is Christian union, shed
Through the members, from the head.

COURAGE, &c.

BRAVERY; active fortitude; spirit of enterprise.

JOHNSON.

COURAGE is derived from the French Courage, which comes from the Latin noun Cor, the heart; from whence have also COURAGEOUS; COURAGEOUSLY-NESS; ENCOURAGE-MENT; &c., CONCORD.

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DISCOURAGE-MENT;

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[BRAVERY comes from the French noun Brave, from whence we have also BRAVE; BRAVERY; BRAVADO, a boast; BRAVO, a man who murders for hire, &c.

Certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to do that out of a desire for fame, which we could not be prompted to by a generous passion for the glory of Him. that made us. SPECTATOR, No. 255.

There are those who make it a point of bravery to bid defiance to the oracles of divine revelation.

&c.

L'ESTRANGE. BRAVERY also signifies splendour, magnificence, show,

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon.

Wait on the Lord; be of good strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,

ISAIAH III. 18.]

courage, and he shall on the Lord.

PSALM XXVII. 14.

The courage which arises from a sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in an uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason. ADDISON.

Let us imitate the courageous example of St. Paul, who chose then to magnify his office, when all men conspired to lessen it. ATTERBURY.

The rational and immortal being who raises the edifice of his fame upon simple bravery, has chosen but an unworthy and a frail foundation. Separate bravery from motives and purposes, and what will remain but that which is possessed by a mastiff or a game-cock? All just, all rational, and we will venture to affirm, all permanent reputation, refers to the mind, or to virtue; and what connexion has animal power or animal hardihood with intellect or goodness? I do not decry courage. I know that He, who was better acquainted than we are with the nature and worth of human actions, attached much value to courage; but he attached none to bravery. Courage he recommended by his precepts, and enforced by his example. Bravery he never recommended at all. The wisdom of this distinction, and its accordance with the principles of His religion are plain. Bravery requires the existence of many of those dispositions which He disallowed. Animosity, resentment, the desire of retaliation, the disposition to injure and destroy, all this is necessary to bravery; but all this is incompatible with Christianity. The courage which Christianity requires, is to bravery, what fortitude is to daring -an effort of the mind rather than of the spirits. It is a calm, steady, determinateness of purpose, that will not be diverted by solicitation, or awed by fear. "Behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me ; neither count I my life dear unto myself," says St. Paul (ACTS xx. 22). What resemblance has bravery to courage like this? This courage is a virtue, and a virtue which it is difficult to acquire or to practise: and we have therefore, heedlessly or ingeniously transferred its praise to another quality, which is inferior in its nature, and

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