size every year; it is hundreds of years in coming to perfection, and takes hundreds more years in decaying; it lives a very, very long time. The cat is full grown in two years; but cats do not live to the age of twenty. A horse is full grown in a few years, but his greatest age will be thirty or forty. But man -he grows very slowly, and is a long time becoming perfect. He has to depend on his mother entirely for the first two years, and to depend on his parents for food for many years after; he is not "full grown" until he is twenty years old. He has a slow growth, therefore-what? W. Therefore he lives longer, I should say. L. And therefore, also, he is more perfect. P. You may see it to be a general rule. The vegetable or animal that has a slow growth, becomes more perfect, and lives longer. Men, who grow so slowly, live longer than other animals; they live until they are 70 or 80 years old, and have even reached the age of 100 or 150 years. W. I should like, papa, to count up these ten physical distinctions, before we make up the lesson. We shall remember them better. The body of man differs from those of the lower animals, be cause 1. His fore limbs have extremities, called hands. 2. His hind limbs are longer than the other pair, and the extremities have a long heel bone, which forms part of an arch for the body to rest upon. 3. His body has an upright posture. 4. His head is placed on the top of his spine, and his teeth are placed vertically, so that his chin and nose project beyond his mouth. 5. He is inferior to many of the lower animals in strength. 6. He is inferior to many in size. 7. He has inferior natural means of defence. 8. He is adapted to live in all climates. 9. He is adapted to eat all kinds of food. 10. He grows more slowly, so that he becomes more perfect, and lives a much longer life. Lesson 14. MAMMALS. ORDER 1. TWO-HANDED ANIMALS. (Bimana.) Man is known from the lower animals by many important distinctions. 1st, His mind has greater powers of Reasoning. 2nd, He has not always more power of Remembering. 3rd, Not always more power of Perceiving-but 4th, Greater power of Conceiving. 5th, Imagining Comparing Judging. Generalizing. Speech (called Language). 10th, And, above all, he has an IMMORTAL SOUL, so that he may love and serve GOD, and dwell with him for ever. 11th, HIS BODY has fore limbs with extremities, called hands. 12th, Its hind limbs have feet with a long heel bone, and an arched sole. 13th, It has an upright posture. 14th, His head is on the top of his spine, and he has vertical teeth. 15th, He is inferior to many anımals in size. 16th, Inferior in strength. 17th, Inferior in means of defence. 18th, Adapted to all kinds of foca. 19th, Adapted to all climates. 20th, And he has a slow growth, so that he becomes more perfect, and lives a longer life. "Babes' and sucklings' art - less lays, Shall pro-claim the Saviour's praise." e ᎾᎾ Hark! hark! hark! while infant voices sing, Hark! hark! hark! while infant voices sing, ་ Hark! hark! hark! while infant voices sing, Hark! hark! hark! while infant voices sing, Loud ho san-nas, Loud ho - san-nas, Loud ho-san - nas THE TRAVELLER THROUGH | wish he would leave us by our ENGLAND. YORK (Concluded). DEAR CHILDREN,"Come, Henry," said my aunt, after dinner, 66 come and see our dear old Minster!" "You seem very proud of your Minster!"" "Indeed we are. Why, the first time it was burned, I remember when the poor shoemaker brought all'his earnings- —one hundred pounds -and offered to give up every penny of it to help to pay for rebuilding. They soon collected £50,000!" "Was it burned ?" selves. I should like to remain and look about. I could stop here all day!" "Oh," said my aunt, "he would be afraid to leave you here; you might do as Jonathan Martin did.” "Who was he?" "He was a relation (brother, I think) of the great painter Martin; but, listen to the verger! "This, sir, is the tomb behind which the fanatic, MARTIN, hid himself after the Divine service in this cathedral, on the 2nd February, 1829, at half-past the wood-work in a blaze. The whole would have been destroyed but that every one made great exertions; and by sawing through the beams of the roof, and by other means, the fire was stopped. Ah," said my aunt, "when I saw our beautiful Minster in flames, I cried like a child, and so did many others. Ask any one (except the Lincolnshire folk), and they will tell you it is the finest piece of Gothic architecture in England. Ah! the finest in Europe! Ah! the finest in the--" "Thank you; we know Martin's history," said my aunt. And on our way home, she told me how "Yes, but I cannot tell you now. this insane man thought it was Come and see it!"-so we set off. wrong to build so fine a temple to "What a number of old churches God, and that he would destroy it. there seem to be, aunt!" So he hid himself, and when quite "Yes, Henry, we have twenty-alone, he kindled a fire, and set three churches, besides the chapels and Quakers' meeting-houses; but look! here we are!" and as I looked up, a strange feeling ran through me-so large, so stately, and beautiful, was the building, with such a solemn, silent look. "This," said my aunt - "this, Henry, is YORK MINSTER!" But I cannot give you any idea of it with words. I have for the last few days been drawing pictures of it, which I dare say you will see. Oh, if you could but look at the two western towers, the east window, the splendid south transept, the long rows of arches inside, the wonderful screen, the organ, the Ladye chapel, and all the beau-York Minster has again suffered tiful tombs! The only thing I did not like was the presence of the verger (one of the men who attend in the cathedral). He passed so rapidly from one place to another, that I whispered to my aunt, "I 66 "No, no, dear aunt," I said, 'you really think too highly of it." "Since the time of Martin, from a fire, caused by accident. It has been a most unfortunate cathedral. The second Minster that was built, was burnt down in the year 741; the third Minster was burned by the Normans, in 1069; |