In reading these antithetic sentences, an excellent effect may be produced by dividing the class equally into two parts, and letting one part read, in concert, the line marked 1st Voice, and the other part, the line marked 2d Voice; or, one pupil may read one line, and the next pupil the other, alternately.
SELECT PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.
1st Voice. A wise son maketh a glad father;
2d Voice, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
1 V. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
2 V. but righteousness delivereth from death.
1 V. He becometh poor, that dealeth with a slack hand;
2 V. but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
1 V. Blessings are upon the head of the just;
2 V. but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
1 V. The memory of the just is blessed;
2 V. but the name of the wicked shall rot.
1 V. The wise in heart will receive commandment;
2 V. but a prating fool shall fall.
1 V. He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely;
2 V. but he that perverteth his ways, shall be known.
1 V. Wise men lay up knowledge;
2 V. but the mouth of the wicked is near destruction.