Not that the best should live a living death, To give the worst a beastly sense of life; And waste in servitude their fleeting breath, Weeping with care and want a hopeless strife. _E. Elliott._ Father in heaven! thy sacred name In hallowed strains be sung! Thy kingdom spread o’er all the earth; Thy praise fill every tongue. By happy spirits round thy throne, As thy commands are done; So be thy perfect will obeyed By all beneath the sun. Our numerous wants are known to thee, Who canst alone supply; O grant each day our daily _bread_, Nor other good deny. _Hancox._ BREAK--BREAKING. Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; though thou hast sore _broken_ us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.--Psalm xliv. 18, 19. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the _broken_ in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.--Psalm cxlvii. 2, 3. The Lord hath annointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the _broken_-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.--Isaiah, lxi. 1. A bruised reed shall he not _break_.--Isaiah, xlii. 3. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a _breaker_ of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.--Romans, ii. 25. O many Have _broke_ their backs with laying manors on ’em For this great journey. _Shakspere._ Virtues like these Make human nature shine, reform the soul, And _break_ our fierce barbarians into men. _Addison._ Unhappy man, to _break_ the pious laws Of nature, pleading in his children’s cause. _Dryden._ Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, Helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand; Take this faint glimmering of thyself away, And _break_ into my soul with perfect day! _Arbuthnot._ See Heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And _break_ upon thee in a flood of day. _Pope._ Not streaming blood, nor purging fire, Thy righteous anger can appease; Burnt-offerings thou dost not require, Or gladly I would render these. The _broken_ heart in sacrifice, Alone may thine acceptance meet; My heart, O God, do not despise, _Broken_ and contrite, at thy feet. _J. Montgomery._ BREATH--BREATHING. By the blast of God they perish, and by the _breath_ of his nostrils are they consumed.--Job, iv. 9.