1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XVIII; The Thick Shade.

For this lesson read the Twenty-third Psalm and compare it with this lesson. In the vocabulary the words doth (old form of does) and fool should be explained and discussed.

The Thick Shade

Come, let us go into thick shade. It is noonday, and the summer sun beats hot upon our heads. The shade is pleasant cool. The branches meet above our heads and shut out the sun like a green curtain. The grass is soft to our feet, and the clear brook washes the roots of the trees. The cattle can lie down to sleep in the cool shade, but we can do better. We can raise our voices to heaven. We can praise the great God who made us. He made the warm sun and the cool shade, the trees that grow upwards, and the brooks that run along. The plants and trees are made to give fruit to man. All that live get life from God. He made the poor man, as well as the rich man. He made the dark man, as well as the fair man. He made the fool, as well as he made the wise man. All that move on the land are His, and so all that swim in the sea. The ox and the worm are both the work of His hand. In Him, they live and move. He it is that doth give food to all of them, and when He says the word, they all must die.

Vocabulary

come, clear, sleep,
shade, down, heaven,
heads, voices, thick,
soft, pleasant, heat,
cattle, into, branches,
raise, day, upwards,
noon, cool, better,
trees, brook, summer

Lessons in this series:

• First Reader:Lesson XVII
• First reader: Lesson XVI
• First Reader: Lesson XV
• First Reader: Lesson XIV
• First Reader: Lesson XIII
• First Reader: Lesson XII
• First Reader: Lesson XI
• First Reader: Lesson X
• Penmanship practice paper
• McGuffey's 1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson I
• First Reader: Lesson II
• First Reader: Lesson III
• First Reader: Lesson IV
• First Reader: Lesson V
• First Reader: Lesson VI
• First Reader: Lesson VII
• First Reader: Lesson VIII
• First Reader: Lesson IX