they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink.

5. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.

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6. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

LESSON CXXXVII.

"WE ARE SEVEN."

MET a little cottage girl;

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She was eight years old, she said;
Her hair was thick with many a curl
That clustered round her head.

2. "Sisters and brothers, little maid,
How many may you be?"
"How many? Seven in all," she said,
And wondering looked at me.

3. "And where are they, I pray you tell?"
She answered, "Seven are we;
And two of us at Conway dwell,
And two are gone to sea.

4. "Two of us in the churchyard lie,—
My sister and my brother;
And, in the churchyard cottage, I
Dwell near them, with my mother."

5. "You say that two at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea,

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Yet ye are seven; -I pray you tell,
Sweet maid, how this may be."

Then did the little maid reply, -
"Seven boys and girls are we;
Two of us in the churchyard lie,
Beneath the churchyard tree.

7. "My stockings there I often knit,
My kerchief there I hem;

And there upon the ground I sit,-
I sit and sing to them.

8. "And often, after sunset, sir,
When it is light and fair,

I take my little porringer,
And eat my supper there.

9. "The first that died was little Jane;
In bed she moaning lay

Till God released her from her pain,
And then she went away.

10. "And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide,

My brother John was forced to go,
And he lies by her side."

11. "How many are you, then," said I,
"If they two are in heaven?"

The little maiden did reply,

"O master, we are seven."

LESSON CXXXVIII.

church as-sign

com-mun-ion ar-range-ment

stretch oys-ter pro-ces-sion op-por-tu-ni-ty through shoul-der ex-am-ine

or-gan-i-za-tion

Rev. Mr. Alvord, whose picture is on this page, was in Savannah when the first colored schools were formed, and assisted in organizing the "Educational Association." We give his description of the scene when the members were admitted to the Association. The admission-fee was three dollars.

THE large church was full; and, as soon as oppor

tunity was offered, the crowd came forward. About the communion-table they pressed, stretching

out their hands over heads and shoulders with their money. We could not write down their names as fast as the various sums were offered. They seemed to think it a privilege to join.

2. At the close of the hour we counted nearly one thousand dollars in greenbacks and postage currency; and you will remember that this kind of money has not been seen here until the last four weeks. You ask how these negroes could have accumulated so much so soon. Let me tell you.

3. They went to work immediately for our soldiers, making pies and cakes, buying them oysters, washing their clothes, exchanging with them small sums of gold and silver coin which they had long been keeping; and the money so freely given for learning is their savings from such traffic.

4. The next scene of interest was the organization of the schools. Five hundred children met in the large basement of the First Baptist Church; and, after examining them, we formed ten schools of fifty pupils each. Fifteen colored teachers, whom we had examined, were assigned to these schools.

5. Having finished this arrangement, we formed a procession, with each teacher at the head of his or her-school, and marched through the streets to the places assigned by Gen. Geary for our use. It was a procession such as Savannah never saw before. As the long line passed, the children by twos and hand in hand, the people gazed and wondered.

traffic, trade.

accumulate, get together.

organization, forming.
assign, to appoint.

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un-pleas-ant

dis-cour-age

com-mand-ed

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CAPTURE OF A WHALE.

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HE monotony of the calm was suddenly broken by the long-expected cry, "There she blows!" from the man at the mast-head. "Where away?" demanded the captain. "Three points off the lee bow, sir; a school of sperm whales! There she blows! There she breathes!"-"Sing out! Sing out every time!"—"Ay, ay, sir. There she blows! There-there-there-she blows!"

2. "How far off?" "Two miles and a half." "So near? Call all hands! Clew up the fore-topgallant-sail—there! belay! Hard down your wheel! Haul back the main-yard! Get your tubs in your boats! Bear a hand! Clear your falls! Stand by all to lower! All ready?"-"All ready, sir!"— "Lower away!"

3. Down went the boats with a splash. Each boat's crew sprang over the rail, and in an instant the larboard, starboard, and waist boats were manned. There was great rivalry in getting the start. The waist boat got off in pretty good time, and away went all three, dashing the water high over their bows.

4. Nothing could be more exciting than the chase. The larboard boat, commanded by the mate, and the waist boat, by the second mate, were head and head. "Give way, my lads, give way!" shouted our heads