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EASY LESSOKS
THE LITTLE ONES AT I10}lE.
l'lJIH,I:'HU:ll BY TIlE
,UIERIC.\X 1'ItAU'1' :-:OUIETY,,:.n S,\l'.l;.\U-"TKEbT, SEW ~-Oll"
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EASY LESSONS
[;~r ~'ittIr Q)nrs at ~O1l11.
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I,A Iy;no (nnR" dnlh ti" "'~I
ImW. J'ra,-. 6:16, 11.
Be JC l.illd alia to IIJIJther. El'h I4. :32
ICo"'n,, you, '",It•. Jo,",,, I.~ : lr..
t;A8Y LEl:!SOSS FOR
f~ I Fear God an~ k{'(')l tli~('()mman<l.-1- Wl'lltll. £Cd. 12: 13.
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Honor t.hy l'athl'r and thy moth-I(,T. F.ph.6:2.
Donat akal. },llU'k 10: 19.
E'f"n A ~hild ill known by his Idoings. Provo 20 : 11.
Goo CNak-d tbe hl'aV~1l and thet"&rth. Gp.D.I:1.0'
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LITTI.E O~El3 AT HOllE.
]11 )Iy mouth ,b.11 ,"',. Om """"I'. of «Ie Lord. 1'1:lI\. 14.',: :11.
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incline m}' hrert unto thy t.efltI.Dlonic~. Ptlllo.119:36.
! .T(,~llfl !laid. Sllrft'T littJl' t'hiltlrt'llto CQIUt' uuto IUC, It.ud f"rhio.1them not, etc. :\Iark IO:U.
Keep tl1y tollll."ue from c,.U. P,>!I.34:13
I.-rn to 0.10 ",-ell. Isa. 1 : 17.
E.l.BY U:SSO'S'S FOR
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N"ot bkltbfnl in blulin(,88; r.'t-w'nt in bl'irit; lJcn"illK theLord. l{om.ll!:lI.
Obey ;yonrparentlJ illlll1 t.hW!(1l.Cal S :20.
Pra.y will.t!ut l'elll:lillK. 1 Th('l:jl;.5; Il_.
Quench !lot tilt: Spirit. l The68.;, ;19
n.'mt'lllhcr the ~Rhhl\th~Il\Y toI kt'(.p it 11t!1,Y. EJ:ool21l.
LITTLE OSE8 AT HOME.
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Spl'ak not evil one of 8l1olher.JIIID(,II-l:l1.
TLouGod8Cf'"trn('~ Ocu.I6:13.
Unirerny hpllrtto fear thy name.PlIll. 86:11.
Yain is the helll of man. Plla.GO: 11.
EASY LESSONS F'OUOCxy .YZ z&
I EXl'ept "l> ,be convcrn.,J, "lid bI.....tVIllC ~ little ('hil<lren, JH Fhll!not f'utl'r into thl' kingdom orb..aH'll. .\Iatt. 18 :3.
y c Bh~1I liM'p my Sal,haths, I11l11l'l'w'rell'''' m'ibIHLl'tUlU'i~lJ.kv.L9:S0 .•
& Z"ll.!OIlB, th,'rerore, awJ re-pent. Jk'v.3:19.
And l('t l'V~r:r' t1lilll!:' that hlhbreath prailifl thfl Lord. J'rail>CI yo tho Lord .. 1'8u.1.)O:6.
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LITTLE OSt:~ AT 1I00rF..
ABC D E F G IT T J K LY N 0 P Q R S T U
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ABOUT GOD.
)Iv DEAR CmLP-Cnn YOll tell who made you? Whoga\'\J )01..1 Jour little hlJ.uJ.~ and feet, n.nd your bright eyes
ami eaft hair?Wa3 it your dear papa, or mamma? ;';0. They eQuid
not mll.ke your littlo body, or put the breath in yonr mouth.OuJ made you, nnd glL\'C you to )'our dear IlllrL'Dl.:!; nod
Goo has kept YOIIali\'c c\'cry Jay since 1mfint modo you.Can you IICO God? X 0, YOIIcannot 500 him; but he CUll
~cc you all tho time.Can yOIl gee tho air, or tho wind? No. But it iB all
nrounrl pm. 80 you cannot !lee Gool ; but God ill all llrouudyou-he is everywhere. 110 can S('(l every LoJy, no mattCl'where they l\Te. He cnn 900 in the dark as well !IS in thelight. fie t.u.kcs cnre of ewry thiug in the worM. Wllcllwe ILrc8.:;lccp and cannot mko care of our,.;elH:!l, ilion Godwatches U'l and keeps us safe.
God ilJ very !l;OOOand kind. lIe gave yon A dear papa
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an.l mamma, and yn1lr good IlOlIIe, and wo.rm clothes, n.udfoud lo eaL lie is good to Cycry one el~c, {l'J well all lo)'ou. lie 10.e8 o.1J little children, an.) gin'~ them ('wrygood thing thc)' have.
•\nd bec!l.utIO he h.'1~ ml\lltl them, and j;! 1.10 kind to them,he wantll tlU!y ~houl.t 10....e Ilim.
Xow try awl remember how mnn)' things yon hll.\"cwhich Ood has gh'cn )'ou, beeauso he loycs you 30 much.
Vount them all over. l'erhap;! hy to-morrow you canthink of more t.hings than you do tlHlay.
Whell you lie down 011 your little bod ro-night, will you
say thisrR..\. YETI.
o God, I thank thee for taking care of mo 0.11this day,ami giVillll me 80 mll1lY KOO.! thing!'. l pray woo to lakecure of me this night, nn.) kN'p me ~fe from ull harm.Amen.
1'0011' I illy me doW'Il to fJtl('p.I Pl"&Y tOO 1m IllY soul to ket:p;Ul~boulJ we beforeI ",.k.."Il'l'ILY lbeLml m)'llOQI to take.
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OHAPTER II.
ABOUT CREATION.
)fv DF.AR CmLD-Look up la' the brilIht BUD. 110w itt,liillC31 110w hiKh up it hI
Who put thfll'UII Up;o;l high, amI whu }IOId~ it up there?Goc11Ioe~. Hc IlIade it, and hc mndc the beautiful moon,and the prctty 8tars, and tho blue sk~.. God made thoworld, and all that i3 in it. lie uHLdl~ all thtJ tree~, lUll] thtlwatM, allil the hill3, aud the green l!,'nloS8.
There WILS a timo wheu there was no W'orld-whrm Godhad not let made it. But God Wag alive th{'n. He hMnlwoye ~n alive; nnel wh~T1 he thought it be:lt, he madetho world. aml the bri~ht ~uu, und csel'Y thing that we ennsee. 'fhell he made the people who live in the world, andall the animal~, allil cv{'ry littll'l hinl.
What did he Ilmke all tlleOlCIlCQl'Icfor?So Ulat he eauld have tbl.'m 00 love him, and 90 that he
could IJll\ke thl.'m happ)". He rondo aU the Cf('atllro~ to behappy. TIle little lambs that skip about in the fields, audthe pretty birds that sing in the trl~, they are all happy,
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lx'enu;;c God lo,"('~ them nnd takc~ ('are of thi'm. Godwishes little children to 1c happ)"; he docs not liko to hayothem fret and cry.
How man)" things can JOu ~..() that God has made?Which of th.'m all do YOILlo'\'"c best? Which do )"011 thinkis the prettiest?
:\fnl!t not God be vcr}" great and "I'ry good to ba.o Illudeall th~o thin,tPl? Wht:ll ,you lio down to-uight, will )"OU not8;.\1 thill
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o God. I thank theo for giving: mo flO many thin~9 tomake me Ilapp)", I proy tl1('(' to make lIle II. gOOlIchild, Il.IIdmnko me gentle and p1e::\,'I,'1ntall the day. AlIIen.
The ~Dtle cbilJ thai ]n""", t.o pll'lllll'.llhodtunrttqllaf1't.'l.fret, or 1.--:>,
..\00 willlJUl ~pcak ooe angry wON.IloAIwh.t ill pll'allilJ!!, 10 tho: Lon!.
So ....la"'ak ... ll.ud~tbeliKbl,'Ti!lGoJ. whokf>l'l wetbruughtbcoigbt;To him I'll lift my bl\llrt. 1Io1l<1I,rayTIul.l be would keep me through the day:rfTsl,oolol dilJbo..r,.on.''lu.guDe,(I Hod • ......,,' IlWIlilrnngh tl,y :;j,,,u.
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I' EA.SY LE~i!OSS Fon
CIHPTER III.
ABOUT YOURSELF.
~Iy DEAR CHII.r>--I 'Ilr;~h to tl'lI ~.ou t'''IDC thing3 aboutyour~clf. 00 you I"ClIwmlwr wlm wade JOu? Uod ..... es,Ood malic yuu, amI put you ill this bountiful world to liTe.
Gnd Illude YOllr hody nnd your BOUI.Do you know who.t yOUf body h'tIt i~your head and nock. an.} )'Ollr l1BnJ~ lIml nrm~ llnd
feet. It i~ nil of YOIl that you ean ~c ll.ml touch. YOureYl'll that look at your dm)" motIle)", nnd your cnrs whichligt.en to hrr voice, th!.'>\(! IIro part of y-aar body. Your liulatongue wllkb talks !oo fast is part of your body too.
Would you 1I0t be SOffY to lose any part of yOllr body?If you bo.J no feet, how conld YOIl walk and run I1mI pill)'?If you had no hanJ~, wllat could yuu do? WU3 Illl! Godgood to gi\"l~ yllu "'!lch n nice littlo body,!lO t11at you might
1.0 happy?Uut I want to ten YOli of 9:omething else which ('lOll ha.~
made for you. Wlum ).011 think ahout Gnd, what part of
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you i:-l it thl\.t think~? ill it yonr hands, or your fcut? ClUI.you thiuk with them? No.
h i~your >'0111 which thinks. Wilen JOIl lo\"e your dcafmothl~r and father, what i~ it that lon"~t1u-'rn? Is it yourhead, or your eye9, or jour fm,rg? Xo. You cannot lovov.ilb. thCbC. YOll lo.e with your ~onl. Your 80ul j" in~idQof yon. \'011 ClUlnot Ff'(' it, but you C<l1l think with it. HIltI
10\'0 with it, and und('r~l.:md with it. Boo Illado )'our souland I'llt it ill you, ~o that you could love him.
Gni! has 1I0t given (lY<'ry tbing- n !;ou!. Your littlo doghns 110 I'oul, noither hlUl the cat, nor the hor~fl. ~'onc ofthC'So crcatllrclllllLvO 1lO1I1~. But all people hu.o !lOuJ~: tbatill, IlH'll and women aud l:hildren-thc,r lllllulXO BOli}:.. Godmn.dc their .'4<l1l]~.and their IJl),!icl';. .Are YOIi not Rilld thatGod grn'o )'ou. u ~oull18 wcll us a ooly'{
PitA ....EU.
o Goo, I thunk tllce for my lifc, amI that J haH! hoth nbOll,:; und a ~nul. ~'lo.ke my BOlli Rood. )r::lY 110\"u tlu>(l,null ull thin~~ which arc ,Il:OOUj find mtlkc Illil foor to uo'WTong. Pleasc to kCl'p my body well, nnd f~ from harm;antI may I ~crve thee with both my soul and body. ~\men.
16 i'.:.un LEB50SH .. OH
"hool!'b.littlcehi~ll N,t5tiJl mv M.k('r rantI for me •GivOll~lirllandfrienWlWIlfo.-.l,Gi'fll me .U I bu.v(lllw.t', good.
I Ilff'Iln •.tr...r,Forlioo ill near.Thrwghthciliuk night.Atinlheligl.t;And wbile T ~l....p,&J~•• ull doth kt'o..p:Whyahouldlrl'lU',Wbell1](dillowr!
Jl.'8I1A, tMdcr 8hl'pb<:rJ. hl'Qf III(ll
1lli'M thy hllJOJ b,,"I,tollight;Through lOO<laTli.n..... he thc>unea,rmc,
W.\.<:h wy ~l""p till morning li..ht.
Ll'1 my~i~ he all forgin'lI,HIMt the friell<b I !uvollOwpllj
T&keme wheD I die toh .... wn,
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} I.tTTE U:O:H AT 1I0..!1":.
CIIAI'TEH IV.
THE BIBLE.
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)l\' maR Vmu_Cnn you .~ecGod? Xo; you cannot~e him. Xo one ill this world cUn ~.'fl him, tIJough he can~('o U~ nIl the time. 110 luoks 4t us, amI ~l'{>8nil we llo; heIJeurll nil we ~ar, and he knowil (',CfY tiling which we thinkfloout or wi!\h, even if we do not tl'll it to allY hod)".
llo JOII not wi~h to please God, who is so good and kiudto YOIJ? Y f~, I hope YOll riD.
But how do we know just what will plen!'lC lJim? Wenen~r ~aw him to nsk him how we CQuId pleaso him, nndhow shal] we know? I will tell YOll.
He ha.~given u.~ 11 hook in which is written down justwhat be Wi81H>g us to do; nnd ill it are "'-Tittel! also whatkind things 1m hIlS dono for UB, and what more he means todo. :\fllst Ilot this be ll. vcry preeions book?
What is ib uamn? It is tile RibIC', Tile Bible i~GOII'Shook; it ill the book whieh he Jla~ gi'f"cn U~ to tt'.a.chIlS whatwill pleft.SChim. It i~ the m03~ interpgtillg look in lhe
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...holc world. It i~ worth more thou all tho r£,;,It of thebook~ in the worhl put lQ,lrctbcr. When YOIl ICliru how toread, .....ilI you 1101 10\"11to rllad it? God Jid not makll itfor grown up pt.'Ople ouly, it Wag m:\ri~ for chihlrcll Wo. Agreat llIall)' thing8 in it are aoout little children. It i~fullof the tnO~t beautiful ~torics ill tho world, 8torie~ for chil-
drell.Ask yout' mamma, when SIlO is 0.1 lci~llrt'.to tell you ulle
of tho I'retty ~tories out of the Billh'. 'rhe hlorr of tholittle baby in tho blllru~hc~. or the story of tho goo,l mall
who WII~ shllt up in the lion's den.Wauhl you not like tu hear tho IHUnC!l of nJI t.he pretty
"wri"8 that arc iulhc lliblo'! I ennnlll tl'll JIIU tile namCI!lof lhcm ll.U, llCCnu,oo Ih ...y are ~ mauy; but I ,,;1l gil'C you1\ few nnw, and 11f,-'rhap~POlliO more nnntl'Hr time.
'f1w grcll.t rtlin.~torm all' I !loud. Gl'l1. ehal'" ii, i, I..ThC' Iooy who was twltl Ly his brother~, Cell. dlUp. a7.The cbildrell who wero eaten up by bears. ;! K ill~,
chap. :.!.The IIlothcr'! little dead boy. 2 Kill~, chap. 4.Tho good man who WU3 (cd by rtl.\"f'n~. 1 Kinb's, cLap-
lj'rl7.Tile little Jcwigll t<erYllnt'l1llliJ. ~ Kin~, chap. 5.
tITTLE OXES .AT HOUR. HI
The richest king in 1I1\Jworld. I Kings, cho.p. 3 to !U.The four captives. Daniel, chap. 2, :tTbe story of Samuel. 1 8nm. chop. I, ctc.
PIL-\YER.
o Lord, J thank thec for tho TIi1,lfl, that I may knnwhow to plca_~ thoo. Help IIlIl to 10"0 it, :1.l11) lo ol .....y it.)Iako mo rea,ly to be mugllt. an,1 quick to IClLrntllU I,reciollsthiub'1l which aro in it, and iliay they 110 mc R'ood a:; long: aslli,c. Amen.
Ere on my bed lIJ)'liIlJl>j liar,o btlar,groat God, 11m W(lrW I f.:I.Y;rl'Ull'n"e, I pray,mYI-l.I'Clll>ltlcar,[uhcalthandgtl't"Tl~hf,)rm""yaycar .•\nJ .till. 0 Lord, to me imflllrt
A g>."tlell,ol"'grarefulbe.l.rtiThat aft"r my W,..;tMlt'(p.llIIIlY1.0 ~Vell ~peuJ d"roa1 day.
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:!IJ EASY LEf:SOSR FOIt
()llAJ"l'EH V.
ABOUT SIN.
~[y DEAR CmLD-Do you know wllll.t i4in ill? I will tdlyou. Sin is disoLcyiull' God.
TheN) aro two wap in which peoplo ~in. One j~ bydoin~ what is wrong, ILnd tho other is by not doing \I']I:lL i'i4right. Roth 01 thl'~ aN) ~in. To o\}{'y, i~ to do AS W(l aretold. God has told Ug in the Bible what we ought to do,aml if WI' 00 not try to ol)('y him, "'.'" cannot pICMt' Ilim.
You kIlow th('l'o are IL ,ll;rcat man)' J:HXll']O in lho worldwho no '\"Pry wirked thingi'. You !Jan' hf'arn of rrop]owho killllud stclLlll.l.llJ ~\I'car and cL(,lll. All tLose wickedRl'tion~ are Kin. Gon I'f'/\'! thf'm nil, and hl1 knol\"l1 whenthe~c pt.'Oplc ~in; and he will puni~h thcul for il, fur Le Lw;Mifl Ilo",'oul<.1.
Bul i", nolhing ~n exc{'pt I'neh n'ry wicked acti! M Il1a'\"c mcntioned?
o y('~. Thl'rH are l\ gt'1'a.t many kind~ of "in. You \,11know 1 told you that t;in weant doin!/: wrong. Now stop t
LITTLE U~"fo:8 AT nOME, :ll
Ilnd think a moment, antI )'on cun tell some things. which arcwrong h('~ides tho:>e I lJaye mplltioned.
Is it not wrOilll.' to tell lie:" to tIl11l.rrel, to get angry. tobe eM&'! aUtI unkind to Jour urother!> and S.Wtcrs 1 0 Jell;these ll.TQ wrong, all thl'BO urc bill,
Tlu:>n do not chi]tlr!'n ~in ll.3 well n..q nu>n? Yes; chi!.uren ..in, "",(In little cIJildrl'lll<in, and llB children ~in, Tht'rci3 not a day or hour ill whirll you do not do sollie thing thatis wrong, nr rcfU5C to do what )"011know to be right .• \reyou 1I0t EOn)' to think of this? 0 it hI ,'er)' Bad, but it i~truc,
l'{'Ople who sin, an:! !\innf'rs, Their chiMr('ll arc sin-An childrcil wllO will "it tlown for II. few minutes
llnd think abnut it, will feel that the)" arc Binners; the,v willJ"{'memb£'rnnugllt). things whieh the)' 11&\'0donf', and CI"O~~(,~lings which tLe)' Imnl lULl1 in theil' IlCurt~, And youkWHv that God can see what we think n.nd feci, ju~t as well(I.!; wlmt we !lay or dc, .\lId he kno\\'s when we fed wrong;aDd tuis il> ~in,
PItA YEI:.
My Father in heann, I feci thllt I hal'C dOlle many thinR'sthat are wrong. 1 know that I am II. ~inncr. 0, be pleaJ<ed,for ()hri~l'lI !lake, to fOfl~'h'o tile all that I hal'e doue wrong
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thi~ day, I;nll hl'lp me to try IIlGrO lLud wore to be good andplease thee. amen.
LwtI, Iee,(>.h ll. sinf~lchild to pray,ADd tllo;:11acwlll my pl'llJW,
FortholJ l"nU!-t ........ tho> wonJ,.JI!InY,Jo'orthOllartevCl71l'b,'re.
Tench 1001.0.10 the tbiug that's right,And wlM'rolflill,flll'givej
And ma,. it be my ..-hiefJcligbt,To !larVe thoo while T Iim.
Wha.tewr trOIlble lam In,To tOC'(lfOl' hell' 111 "",11;
&tkeermemoretballeJlrrot::llill,fvr Uu>t" t.h~v;o:s~vra1l.
LiTTLE u5E8 AT HOME.
CllAl'TER Y1.
ABOUT THE HEART.
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)1\" pF.An Cll1U)--} hope )"011hanl tboll!!ht u\\I)ul ",'hat
)"OU reall in thc lallt c\\Il.pH'r. It wlU\ U vcr)- ~ad tl.inlo'( whichI toil\ )'01\ llUollt. It w(\~. that you arc n. ~inner; that alltllc people in tho world are sinners. 'nwy all do wrong.Ye!'>; enry Ilay 1\1\l.t )'ou li,'(1 yuu Rill nguin~t Guu, and he
t\l'C~ it unll knOW!! it, unJ rcml'lIlbrr:i it.Sow, wbat hI thc reason that you II.nd cvcry one in th(l
worlJ. ";liu'l 1 will tdl )"0\1. It is \Jera\l80 )"0\1 and theyhase wickml hearts. l"nur ~1l'art;~ not good. WLE:>nc'{rrything about ynu doC!! not go ju~t ns )"011 wi~h to have it,~'onr heart fec1g cro"~ anll angry ImJ wick{'{\ right away.Before you can ha\"o lime to think, )'onr llcll.rt begiu!\ to fel'lloa..!, to f('I'\ wro\l~ .• \ ml you h:\"c to try ,'cry u:,\r,l iJcfore
)'011 can \~ rll'a~ant anI!. ~f'utle anu kin,1 a~in.=,"0""- ~top and think whether thitl is not 50. If your
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mother tell:l )OU to 0.10 :rolllclhing whirh you do not like wdo, .lor8 not your wicked hftLrt begiu w make Y"" f(l(>1badri~ht away? If your lilt]~ brothers or sisterS will not playIl"~YOIl wish them 10, or if the). take from YOIl what YOIlwant, ..IDes not yonr wickod IIMrt feel angry, lluollllake JOUpprok and act iIl"natured to them? Ano no you not oft.enlcd di~contentcd and fretflll and sclusll, (',.ell when yOIl UOnot Ear any thing about it?
.\11 thig i~ bNllu!lC ~Ollr heart i.i not good. It i~~inful j
that i.i, it is l'a.Qicr to do wrong than to do ri~bt. En:ryI">l'rwn's henrt is loiufl.ll, and God ~l-e~ nil the !'lin that is inuur ht'art~.
Docs God 10'"0 Ull when Wfl ~in :lllli do whl\t is wrongand wickl'd?
Xu. nnt if wo ~top and think about it. and ILI'C truly~orr). for whut we hnn~ .Ion~, aUll aFk him in tho nUlIlO ofChri4, he will forg-i~o us. lIe wllul:i 11:1 to try and do!"ijlht; Ulltl Il1i~ ill the only way to Lo happy. Wo canuolU.l happy when we foci wicked.
PR.\ YER.
Father in 1I(lD.ven, ble!';{ my drar pafli' nnd mamma, andhrothers and sisters. Hlcgs mc, awl make me a gOOlI chiM.
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For Cht'i£:t'~ E-akc forgive nil thilt I Imyo done naughty thislhy. Gj,'e me a new hl~arl to loye Il.lltl t;t'rve thee, andIUakO me tiline fur eyer. Amell.
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Lortl. llial"e pwulloother day.Arn!t'tJlllC t"t1'8ok tho.~fl>l' Ihy eare:
Forgh'~ m)' (",,]1>1 in ","urk "r phay,And ]il;te:n to my eV~lljllg prB)w.
Thyf ....or givClInl(',bil)']-'I'('Ild,
.o\nd rrll"Tlll~1II'bllall my 1rRlJtARllpply;AllIltufelyoow IlfttmyheaJ.
l'rellern<llUldlrulmlcJbythineeye.
Fatlll"l'llhoVf', b fI1l'rrytll.ka
A bclpll'lB child benelltb thy are;AOOoouJ':8oellu,rurJ~ll911kc.
To I' lffi 10 my f,...hl"prayer.
I 11m & little Kinfuldikl..\ndb&.veawickeoJht-ar1.wltbin;
Oh make 11K' humLk, lfll'lCk,aoo mild,
And ve.&h me c1ftUl from every Bin.
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26 LA.BY LEeSU~'B FOIt
crU.PTF.R VII.
ABOUT ADAI![.
~ry DEAR CntLo--God did not mnkf! all t1111f"lMplll inthe world o.t Ollct'. [Jo mude Oil'.:: IlIUIL 1l.1first, WId thell bemade OliC WOlilWI. The name of the man Wll.8 ,\dam, amitLe woman'll namo Will' J.:~l'. There were 110 other people;11 the world wheD tbe>. were first mn,je. (:od mnlln AdamJlcrf~'Ct1y g'o/Jd. !lis 11,~rt WW' guo,], ull,l uJl that be didwa~ got,.]. Hc wns 1I0t a rrintwr at first. 110 lo'\'c<1 God,o.ml did ri):!;ht, nnd W!lil happy, for he kno,,- tlmt Gotllo\"cdhim. So wa~ Eve good an.) hUIJPY'
God put them in II beautiful !rarden to live. ,,"hflre 1111kinll~ of fruit grew lipon the trec;~ for tlwm to cut; 0.1111Gf~j
Ict them \..akc carc of thill l>l.'autiful jt1\r.lcn, !'O t11l\t theymight ha\'.., '!(Imething to do, for th!'y would not ha\'C Lc.::uImp!')" if they had bC~ln idlc.
Hut J am sorry to tell you that t1lf'y di,l not rt'mllin good,a.~Gu,l fir~l ilia.]..::them.
nod told t!l(!m that they might eat thfl froit which grew
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on nIl tIle trees of the garden except olle; and God toldthem not to touch that one, I!O that he might try lhclIl,wlleth~r they would alwnya oLe)' him and love him, and behappy.
Rut th('y disobeyell God. Th{'y tmR: this frrot whichGod had forl,idden them to touch, and they both at~ it.~\nd then t1icir hearh, which ha.) alwa:\"l~ been frood !J('forc,Lccaille wicked, anll they felt afraid of GutI, llnd wrre \"cryunhappy.
0, wa.~ not thi'! E\. '\"f.'ry Mod thinl.\'? r.od W3;\ t'li~rlel\.~edwith them, aml \o\uuhlnot let them live in that. ~wC\:t g-Ilruenany longer, bllt drol"c them out of it. 0 how wrl'tdu;>.) theywere. Their L,-artll were bllli bcCD.u~ tllCY Imd "inuOlI3gtLinst God, and 11](')' were full of ~orrow nnd trouhle.
Whrn tlu'] had somo little chihlrcn of tlll'ir own, thesechildrt"1l were ooru with wick.:'ll haarts, just like their rathe1.and rnothrr. They did not Imn~l::"vud Iwarts 33 A(jam andE\"o had whi'n God flr~t mado them. lout tllo children Ilal!e;nfll] hearts bccaul!C their fathpf and mother bad sinnooag-ain"t (;od, and their ehildrcll were like them. EV£'r Bine£'that timo, all the rhilrln>n that have he('n born in the world.havo had wirked heart.'!, aud it ha.~ alway~ been easier to dowrOlljO\' than to do right.
But thOl'c wi)" 1m'o God kf:'('p tryin,l( to du right; n.ndGod helps them, Rnd th(,11 tho.:y rcd Impp)".
I'lL\. YER.
Fathrr in hAA\"rn, wh"l1 I kuwl uown to pro.y, h('lp mcto rrcl what I Ilccd. Thou llrt nenr to me, lllld Cll.lI~t~H1nllmy heart. Tholl Rrt \"rr)" good to me, a poor little hel!Jlc~~ehitd. Tuke cure or me, and :111 whom t lon~, t1,i~ night.For Chri~t',~ AAko (orghc !nO my i1iD.~and make me 0, truelJhristio.n, that lUlU)' li\c with tllf'e ror ever. Awen.
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!lORSISG IInlS.
~ow. bclun: I run to play,Iml1.8tnotrunretlol""Y'GOo.lh ... kl1'tUlC through thiB nighl.Woke me "ith tbe mUl'lIiug light.
lIrlp me, Lei'll, to 10\'1:)tho.... more _Tlall I ever loved bel'ore;
In lilY work, IUld in my play,lle'lholl with 100 t,},rou~h lhllWlY.
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CIL\PTI:n "Ill.
ABOUT DEATH.
MY DE.n CHH.D--I told JOtl that wheu Adalll and Eft'
hall ~innf!d agninst Gou, uy ('ating tlu' fruit which he hadforbidu\!l1 them to ('at, God was nng-rJ ",itJl them. amI dro'l"f'thf'm out of the garucil of EUI'n. Rllt this wa~ not all.Whell he lIHule thrm, and Jlllt them ill the IEUruen, and for-kldo tllem to ('at tlmt fruit, he toM them that if they diso-heyed him, th('ir LoOJics well!.] 1,c\:oTno liablo to dMIIl, sothat they Iilust certainly dif'. Their brco.th woulJ stop, andthf'ir BOuls would 11;0 out of their bullies; RIIi! thf'Tl the-irbodies would he coM and stilT, nD,1 unnblc 101110' C or ~I>('akor feel any morc. TIH:!Y \rouM be dead, and could ne\-Cl
again be alinl on this Qtl.rth.Their 9Oul~ wouM nnl di ..., hut God told tl1em IIlal if
tile)' sinnfJd, th(>ir Boule, or their hearL:>, l\ould no longl'r 00gOOtl, but woulJ kcume 10:\11,llnd hl} incJineJ to do wit'kedthing~ all the ti.mo that they IheJ.. And that when their
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bodies died, their souls, whicll would gfl Ollt of their bodics,fhould 1.10E'cnt awny into 0. dreadful place of Jo.rknCSl\ wick-etlnc~~, Ilnd mi:<ery, to Ii'l'{l for ('ycr far away from God alll]from happiness; amI tllll.t out of this had place they shouldncv£'r comf'.
Wn~ not th;~ a dreadful pllnishm('nt wbich God ImdthrC'lltcllcd if tltcy ,lid not olwy him '! And yet they siuucdngain~t him, nnu didju.;,t what he llad told tlH'rn not to do.
And tllf'n they found tho tnlth of whaL G.~l ~aid; forthey bt'';ll.n to 11:1\"c wic.kfl(J thoughts and ('elin!;! in theirh('arts, aud to be \'cry lIli~erablc nn\1 unhnppy, nnd full of('an'~ and florrOW8 Rlld sin. They felt Iilio, tl111t there W~n great chango ill thHir ho_lil'<I :\~ wcll a3 in thdr !'Ollis, justaf'. Gool Imd told tlwlIl ; for 1I1I'J ("It woo.rinCllB and pain. andknf'w that nl'tcr a time, i'crllap~ in a \"Cry fl'W JI'I1.l"~,tllf'YIIllJ~t tlil', anti th(\ir flOuls ~o to tLat awful pIlle<: from whichthe)' couru IIcyer ('~lme oul
Tht')' kuew too, that if lhcir clliltlren Wf'r~ wkkf'll, theywould be l!('nt to tho snme dr<1l.dful place; for God Ilau toldtllcm that all who finned ~hould ~o there also. 'fllen, wlj('lIthey t1loul!;ht of tllCir childrrn. find knrw that they wouldhal'e wi('kf',1 Jll:'arl!l, tlle1 were ,"ure tllat IIj"Y wnllhl "in, and'<0 they would all f:omo to that fearful plMe togC'thcr. Xo
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wOllder the)" w('ro unhuppy anu llli~craLle. But 1 will tell)"ou moro in unuthtr dIGI,wr.
PitA YElL
o Gou, how dl"f'l\df1l1 u thing' is Bini Make! mt;' to f('arit moro than all oth('r tllillg~. ITl'1p me to watcl. Ill)' Iwarten',)' da)', l\fl(l to try in o.ll thillg~ to .In rig]]t, that I Ill:!)'Dot grow IhlJrc ~illful a~ I grow OlJ'-'I". Be pll'a~ed, forCllriu'lJ sake, to fOl'gin all my P:1gt sin!', Rnd help mc tooLe)" and 1u\"e thl'O o.a long ll.ll I lin'. ~\m('ll.
ny.v~.NowtoG"d' 8111l...iIl proy.~ T...kll my wick"ll,('Ur1. Qwar:"
UcrfO\lIftillr:l.nmok"D.erru",Fur th" 8avivur,li,.1 rfir m ....
Oho ... blll'i'y.lifeto'lX'llclWith tho r:.niour for my fricOO..
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ClU ..l'TEIt IX.
ABOUT SALVAIION.
~l\" DEAR ClIll,n---lIaH! )"OUthOU!1;htabout the sad trllth~of which I toM JOU ill. the la~t chapterll?
You have read how nOli made .\ualll good aud holyIud happy, nnd hnw t]Jt~ bw of God, which could not he ff't
Iil'itle, N~luir('d that if Adam di~olJf'yed him, he "houlu die,CluJ hill soul t.e ~llUt lip for en~r ill u plu~ of mi~r)" ClndWOf'. And that God IlII.d stiid Ulut C\"(!T}' ono of Adam'~thilJrcli. nud his childr('D's childrf'n, and 1'0 every olle whofhQuld e\"f'r he born ill the world. should, if they sinneot, 116I'cnt to that dreadful pllWC.
And you 1111..(' fend how Adam did Sill liftll.iu.'lt God,although hI' knew the,;;:, terrible tllinJl,'S. And you ha.e alflOread ill a former chapter, that .\dnm'~ children, and all t1lCpeople ill tho world had wicked hearts, Ilud t!Jo.t the)' toohan; all HinueU llglUlI:lt God and d<'S("r.o the same rllni~h"
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rnf'nt. An.] more dmn thil', my .If'ar cIlilll, YOll and I are~iuners, awl dc,;cnc the ~alllc IIUlli~hUlCllt.
U, who can 5llVe liS from Illis drC1l.uful UOOlll'! Bow canGod tako us to h('tl.W'D when hi" In.w demands thlLt all sin.nerei "hould be !'Pllt far away from heavell II.lld nevl'r comeinto it? h there nn)" waf that God cnn sa,'c U~, and Jetnot loreo.k hiEl word'l
Ye1l, my dear child, God lun found out. n war. 0 is Dotthi" good Dews? ~'o man, howevPf WiH!, could ('Ter havefount! out a WII.)'; lout God coulil, and he did, hecau"e helows us, nud doc.s not with us to be scnt o.1\"o.y from him for
Ye", he fonnd Ollt Il. way. and he told tbis way to Adamand E\(I arLer they ImJ lieI'll "'-l wicked ILli to sin 3g:Jinsthim. 0 is Dot God lI;ood, "cry good, to be so willing to for-give pinner~1 He tol,l th('ffi that he would s('ud bill Sondowo from lll'uH'1I into thiR world to die for th('m, and tobC'lI.r thc punishmcnt of their l'in!l for t1lClll; and tllat if tlleywould ~lie\'e ill his prombe, and loyc and obey hi~ ROil,they shonlol Lc forg-i\'"(,ll for his Mn'lI sake, who would diein~tl'a(l of tlll'm. \\'a~ not thi~ wonderful love, and a. glori.ous plan to ,!:I.Hl sionl'rll, who de,;f'neu to he punished forenr?
And mu_~t Ilut Adam and E,'c luno Im'cd God. and hi!ldellr ~on who WQj lloill~ to olic to SI1\'e lJIl'Ul, ~u that theymight 110Corgi\'cn and go to hroven"! And shall not youaut! I lon~ thill dear Savionr too?
lIe ii5callC'd thcSlIxiour, loecnu;«J he ~U\CS all who lotlic\"cand tru~t him. 0, ].'t IB trll~t nnd love him, aud give our-Eelve!l to him to bQ hi!! for (','cr, lxx:llu:l(l hl.' ill l!O good, andhas lo"H'u D~ 110 much M to dio for U!l.
l'RA YElL
~fy Fnthrr in hl':\;('n, I thank thl"(' for finding out II '\II"II.YtQ ;jUre 5iulI(,1"5Crolll wi;;,.:!"ylllHI woe. 1 tlul.llk t1wc for gi\-.ing 1I,y d"at ~n t.o oil' for finl1('r~, to ole for me. 0 Ldpwe to lo\c him wilh aU illY he:..lrt am! ~trcngth. :\laJ I tt)"
to livo eo RS to pleB;l.O him; and whl'lI I !ltl"o dOlle Ihiug'011 thi~ earth, may I go to hp,ayell to tin- with rhf'c 31'll1withhim for ('vcr. lilsk it for the ::5avioW";J sake, who diN forUIC•• \lIlcn.
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CILtPTEH X.
ABOUT THE SAVIOUR.
My IH~AK OHIU>--1)O you not want to know mOl"(! QLou~thi~ dear Su\"iour the Son or C:od, who was ""illing to diefOl" the BillS of Adam; aud lIot for }li~ only, hut for Jour~in!l and mille, owl for the sin.'! of all who tru>,t ill him? noytlll not want to know more o.bout him, that you may Ion."him mnte?
We read nil about thill f'n'rionr in tllQ.Hibh •. Tt is there,too, tlll1t we neRu all ""0 kuow ahou!. Adam and EH~, andwhat God did for them, and ho"", he lo\"cd them IlU IIllich1I13t ho plll.II11Cd this wonderCul way by which they could heforglvl'n and ean-d, enll after thoy had sinned against him.'l'hii'l ill one rNUion why tbl? DiLlo i'3 called "GOd's wok, WC:J.UllCill it G~cl hall told us all thingd which we know aboUlhim~clr. and what he h:l~ dune for UK.
The :-;l&,"iuur i~ called the NlIl of OOlI. III.! WlU' Cod
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hiUltlClf, when 1m lived in hcaycn; Ilmlmadc the world~, nnrlall things thnt are mad(', lie made Ad 1m lUld }:;YC, andIllnUc tlll) eurth fur them to Jwcll in.
It WM a ~reu.t mallY huudrcd yCllU after .tdum sinnctl,wb!'n God came down into thi~ worM to ~.'I.\"e~innf'rs.
It w3saflcr".Adnlll tilld li\"{~dall tile Jcu.r~ of his life,auda grl'nt many 1M:1lph' had hrt'n born ill ti,e world, ~o thatthe ('nrth was full of pcople. ;:;':HW:: If them were \'('r~"wickl'd, and did not think about Grul, or hi" promil'>e to I!f"ndthe N\.viour; nnd Otlll'r!! WCf(' ~OQoJ, and rcwcmbucd hisI'romi~l't and thought lllueh about it, awl I'rnp!J ercry claythnt God';! timo might soon come to scud the ::-:llviour intotI,U wor]'J.
At h."Jl~th, when God knew thnt it wo.il the ~t time, tho:-;avillur did come. The :,uriour, who wa~ Gud, h/'NIme lLman; 8Q that he might Ii,..) here in the world as we live,1111'1 f~~l a~ we feel. awl Ilhow n.i how to act at all timciI;lLll.I du'n at lllst to die for our sins, just Q.S he had promiseJhuudrcd" of p~UI"l! 1tfLfrc. lIe WU.; born 11 little haw j andthen hI' grf'W up nntil he Ix>camo-a Inan j lLnd all his life helin ....! so as t.o l<!l(/I''' n,; how God wUlIh'u to han~ Ui live.
He 111L']no sin j Ilill IH~art was jl{'rfcctly ,lZ'ood aud holy,and e"-cr~: thing he did whilt! he li,'ed, and c\'cry word he
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spoke, llnd every thing he thought, wa;; right llnd all good.o how different he 'WllS from us!
His name lI'"M .JeslIs Chri~t; and he was 8omctiuH'!Icall''ll tJlll "Friend of I'inn~r~:' becau~c he 'W0fi ,;0 kind Ilndgood Ilnd p.'ltient to 8inncr8 when he li,.ed upon the l2"arlh.
CHILlI",g EVE:-;I~G ll\"'~.
"TOItilllllwgol(Jlo.l,
AlI.l ,h'lt.IUY \Haryr~"C\l:
Bot Ii""t '11 thll.llk,~ ... '"ily hreM,~[y ... tb..'r ill the ~kirll.
I fl'Sr that Tth;~ ,layll• .-enotobevedmv liod:
DI,.,.t~a..-l<.lt;r, p..rdoo'mc.1 pray,Ami wlLllhII~ ill tbyhlU<.Od.
I now aID "'~ry young,llutllAlolrk>rgrow,
Jhope to pniJlet"""wilhmy IOll!f1'f'•..iaIulore of thee to knOll'.
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ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
:\[y DEA.R CHILD-.bk rn!lmma. to tl'lll YOli ll.bont J~usOhriH tile :':aviour. ::::hc will tell lOll ...here he .....as t.om,and w10 WlU! hi~ lI1'lthl'r, an,l how he c1}(l1'{l to be JXH"r, an.lImw he ~rH'ntnIl hip life in Joiull,' ((ood t., olhcrl', iu"lt'aJ ofplcn'linj{ hiuJ3t'lf. Huw he m,1I1(l all the ~ick pl'0l'lc wellwho Wl'rc brought to him; fOI' he WllS Ill,lo to, t.cellU~C heWR'I Uod, an,1 could do all thing,. lIow hf' lo\'cd littlechildren, ILn') hf'M thf'm in hiB nrm;>, nnd Llc3:'cd Ihl'lIl ; llwlILOWkin,1 ll.lId Jl;clltlc au.l paticilt amI loving 11(\wn~ jownrrlllc\crJ om:, trying all tho tim ... to no them good ill some lI'uyor other. 0 it is pl~.l.'Uut ('\'ell tu hear uhuut the life ofJc:,;Uli, (1[1(1it i~bll'~"'od to try l\nfll~ liko llim. :-:hould younot think that ever)" one v.uuhl. llcL\'c lm'cd hiw, Ilull triedlo scn'c him. \\.IJt~n lie wn~ f:(I good to th£'lU?
o my U('Ul' child. if prople 1111.01hall J!:'1OIl ll('art~, t1lCU
!ndced tile)" woulll ail hu\'o IOl'"e,1 the bl('l.lfl('d .Il)flU~. Hilt
1.1TTJ.E O"'E~ .~T JlO~U: .• 'ill
you kno .... T told you th:H all pNple hall 1.>:1'1hetl.Tt~ fromtho tilllC that Adam ..hmed. 1-:"011 the bl'ilt of 1ICQI1lehave!<ODIC'ruvl in their hl'f1rtil, which thry I'tri\"C llgn;n~t; lludthey pra,' ('vcry (la)" for lied to 11\:011'them. and Ill) docs hrlp
tllCln to loy~' ]\;IU llnd do hi.~ will.~ome of tho f'l'ople whe liy~1 in the wor]'} at tho tim>1
Chri4 lived ill it, w('re ,'cry wick I'd; nnn tli(')' did not lo,'ehim, Lt>('au~(' IHl wa..'! so goo.l, mal was not at all like t],em.seh'c~; ilO that 111('more !l:ood he did. the more they hntoohim. 'I'h(')" tr ...atellllim ill all the timl'. They Ji,1 not wantto li~tl'D to the things .....hich he toM them ahont God; butthe morl' ho preacheu to them uoout thl'''l' goooJ thing~, themore wicked tll('y fdt toward", him .. \1 lrngth they grew
,,0 angr~' nnd ("ruel th:..t t]le~' killed him.Y Oil, th ..y put him to tl(,:ltll, IUId he air'll! And that,
YOll l"ClIll'lIIIJO'r, Wll~ jUilt 1'\ I,ut hl:' paid lIe wonld come intothi" wod<l to d ... It wail not fur his (lWII ~illS that hl' dil'u,for IIC ImJ noll1'; bilL he di.Nt, altll()u~h he Will! perfectlyhnl~' nod gouO, so that no<l lIould COllni hii'>df'll.tll in~teauof Olll':'. For you kllow that 0001 11O.dtol(1 .\JalU, that theeonl of cnry ou~ who ~illllC\1. @!ioultl be cOIl.lemoC'd to olio;thni i~, to he !'cnt away from nud, into n plau:c of dnrknl'~"nntl woo for e'l"l'r nnd e\'er. '\11,1 thl'll, be('ftll~e Ood 10.... 1
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the !,oople he h.o.d made, he promised to Bend tile B-1L\'iour.h.'SIU Ghrist into the world, to ~ulft'r nnd to die instead of~inr.crs, so that God migilt for~i\'c UJCm, nnd ."a\'e t.heirsoul::!, an.] yet not br<'ak hi;! ,",or.l. Thi;j lias ,tilt> r!?UMJl!tha.t God allowed wicked U1Cil to put Chri~t to d<'Uth. Itwas bccuu.~e. for the sake of his ~uffl'rjngs and death, GodcouM pardon sinners.
Ithink,wbeolr.>adtIw.IIW"foeIFlrrryuColJ,Whl.,.Ju'u~ W&I! bl'l'l"""''''ll'llN'n,
HO"hecalleo.llittl ..... hil,lrenu]alltllllt"biJr".I,Iwoo.lli"eloban,hN-t,wilhtbtmthl'fl.
'wish thai hil!.ll1",.t! bad bN.J l,ra<,.1 on myhmol,'That hi~ arm haJ t ....., throv,n Uf,u",] Ill(";
ThntI mil!:htbayolll'Cllbi4kindJ"o"wbfnbef>.l.id.IRlllJclittIeOllfllOOlD(,'UlltollW.
rdlltiIJ, jc>bisfoollltool illl'ru~<'I'1 may!!"'.,\od a;<k for & ~)IIU'!! ic hil.lol't. :
AtldirTtlm.ll>amestly_khitnbdOlr,IIIh.u /lei' IJim .... 1 har him abo~e,
luth .. the&utirlllplOO!lhfl"""'gOllelOf>l'l'r-re,For.lI who"'" "~.oJ {m'gi.~,,;
And munyde&rchihl"'".rogatJ!criIlf'IMI'fl,MFororur"isthekill~~lDOrh"",vi'II" il
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CfL\P'J'EH XU.
ABOUT THE CROSS.
)lY DE.\R CIIILD--I hll\'c told )'OU that thp,-o wick('d and('fuel men put JI"iIUS Uhl'i~t. ,,110was the Fa,'inllr. t.odeath!Yes. nut God let thelll, or tllt'J"could not Ila.o done it;Chri~t. hiw;;clf let t1H'Ill, Uectullie he wafJ willing' to die {orflinner!'. lie let them do {'very c,'Hand cruel tuing whichthey wi~hed to; lIe did not try to hinder them, Lut bon! itnlllllC<..'kl}'lIlItl pntielltl)'; llmI the lust thing he did, wlwnthey were pllttin~ him to llt'atb, Wl18 to pI"'J.J" for them!
o was uot tllii wonderful love, that ill...tcad of kingangry. he could furgive and pray for those wlio were trent.ing 11irn ~o ill? You kilO\\" I told )'011 ho came to ~how ushow to l1f:t; and we IiIUl't think of Lilli when lUl)' olle isdoiu,l{ wl'llng In U~, or hurling ll~ in any 1"11)".
ThCFC wicked men put hila to ,1l'rdlJ I!.l' nailing his halld~untl feet to a cro~~ 11IIU]P of wood. a1l(1 It'U''ing IJim to hangupOn it until ILedil'fl! 0 illllnkl'~ me wepp tll tell )'011~lIdl
EASY LY.l'lSO"'S FOR
II. cruel thing; and p't t111'Ydid it. Yt'll, and bc let them.oc.cau;ro he wns ~oin'l' to die for the ~ills (If malt-foT Jonr~,my dear cllild, 0.1111mine, an,l ror nil who lm'c him. 0 slmllwe not l\lwl\Y8 halO 5in Ulore. bccau;I(l we know thnt it wasfor this that the blr~~e"f-'a\"iour ~lIlif'rN:1 w much?
Whrn he was dctld, his friC'wls, tho !;DUd 1)('<JJ,ll~wholow'l.! Ilim, lLud who were :«) gril'wd and Forry ror lilt thrJwicked men had dono to him, took down ilis body from the("ro.,~, alld went and 1mried it; lInd tll('11 wnite<1 to!l('C whatnod ',auld do IIcxt, fUl' tlLC~ klLl~W tlHI~ .Ic'l'u~ would 110tulwuJ~ lie in the f!Taye; he had toM thl'm 00.
Tlu'y did not !lavc to wn.it lOIll{; for n.fter thn'(' un.yOl,he ruse fruUI thc grll.\"C aud came out, nnd came to themagain, alive, lI.nd well. 0 ho .....htlppy tlu.'y felt then. 'nenthe~" knew lIe would lIen'I' die any llIorc j for the grf'll.t workW8~ finj"lIed whieh he came on earth te do. lIe t1ro~e fromthe deal), thut i~,he l~amc to life again him~clf, occau:'e heWlUI COIl, and halt power to do 80.
lie laid clown hi~ Iifn; that i~, he 11't thMn wichtl mf'n Il'kill him l«au~c llc WlI.llwillilljl to die for ~illllen;; nut! IlQtook hill life IIgain, Ilnd nrfl-e from tlw of'ful, h'-'c't1l1~ehll wa~th<.> !'.on of (;0<.1 nnd hall 0.11 1'(1'''-<'1" in 1"~ll.YCIi (Iud cartlJ.ThclL Le lived II Bhort time longer in the world, and told
l.ITTLE O~ES. AT HOllE 4:1
thOi'le who loyed him, more ahout GUll. nud how they mightgoo to hC:J\'cll, tICCnU;l+JIw ll::ld died for them; nnd told tlll'mto 10\'0 one nnothl'r jlJ~l U!l lie hnJ loved t1U!1lI; Ulltl thatwhen the.r pra)'(,ll to God, they mw;t a.k for all tucy wl\nt('llin hi~ name, £;)r hi~ sak(', thnt iB, hl'eallJo'Il he bad di(>11forthem; and that for h.is sa.ko God wtJultl henr their prR)"eU
::m.1 give thelll a.ll the good thillg~ WhlCh they nerded.Then he bl~~cJ thrm lIlI, nnd th('1 li~ten.'tl to IUs part-
ing WOrth. When he had fini~hed ~pt':lkillg to them. wbilethey stood looking at bim, he ro~c in the air, and went II!,
highl'l' and higher, until he h:ul gUIle up into hNlYCn out of
th{'ir pight.But whydi.l GOlI tbr F&ther let
Hillu"l\' fl.~lll~ tl1'llloo lhlUtJlcllO:llLb:s&'>ntQI'IlYOlIrdd,l,
"~nrl~1I!T. raIl thil !,lIia C.,. , ....
AIIIII ...."', ",hro.tnn 1dQCurhiw
\\1'0 ~'JlT"rro a!1 thL. paill r"r Ill"?'\"!K'OO'er I r~'e!, <or heur .. r~ill,
111 thi.o.k,OJuJ,m;L L"nl,l,rthoo.
H EASY LEI:l8UX~ }'Ult
OIIAI'TEU XIII.
ABOUT GOOD THINOS.
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~f1. DEAR CHTr.D--Thn~r good men who )O\-l'1i .Je:<n~Chrigt, were Bad to IlilTt with him on earth; but the.:r feltIlupl')' WhCll tlH::)' thought t1HLt now he llud ,l!'VIIC l'ack tob':LYl'n, and wonhl always henr their pnlJt'!"l; !lull blf'~~ tl1mll,all') tuke Clll'C of IJuJUI; awl that at IlIJ't ",11f'1Ithe)' came todie, he would comfort lh'~m, ofal nfterward~ tuke them up tohp3.Yf'n, where he hllJ I!VlIC, 1.0 lin: ".-ith !Jim f()f fl,"r.
TheIl tl.er triL-d to rCIl\;>mhef all hI' ha.l t.)ld t1IClll; audmnny of thrm FI",nt thL'ir lil"cs !{oiug IIwut llnd prellrhing',t1lnt i.oJ, telling biulICr:; tLat .'t'~U,i rhri~t kld died for them,nurl would forgh'e th{'ir sillS and Illake IlII'1II good, if Ih!':would tTU:!! ill him; Ilnd that they mtl~t pray 10 him to ,l!'ivcthelll W'W hl'artl!, and mll~t love him amI keep bi.~ com.wandmeuts,
The p1't'Ciou~ Bible will tell you many tllings aLoult.'Jlrist, and al",'ut his life amI his J~ath, whid. I hn\'e 1I0~
LITTI.E O:"a:5 :\T J[O~[E. 43
told you. Dnt when you hear or fen.] thcsc thiu!!~, "(HI
IlIU~t l,rllY to God to mako your hi>3rt f.......,lt!JcID, SO that youlUay lJCt:ollle t.cth'I' b)' knowing them.
When('n~r you do wrong', or t11illk or ferl wrong. JOumll~t rem('mher that it was for 5ill thnt the llIe<::k nud holy<'::'aviour ~1l1f,'r< ....1 jl.0 mlldl; and JOII mnst agk Ood for JC'l;ug'
5Ilke to furg-he JOu till! nuugllt)' tiling which YOII did.You lllU::It rClll(JmiJcr that thi::! ~anw .Je~ll~ who lot'cd
lillle childr{'n when he WM UPOll ('nrth, 10\'("8 them still, nowthat he i::l in Iwaycn, an,\ that he can always hear when youpro)' to him.
You mUft go alone a little whih~ ewry da~', and knerlclown and Fhut YOllr (')'e~, and tell him aU you waut, aud 1.111that truuble::! )'011, and conti,:,::! all your gins to him. A5khim to for;rive )'ou, to gnllll )'ou a nl'W hrart, and to help~'ou to 10vo hiIU more aud morc.
I'IUYER.
o J.ord, I oome to th('c, a littlo sinful cllild. J ho."ouone Iilall)' thing~ which J ollght not w hayo douc. I ha\'ellot rcmcmlx'roo thee, all'! lo\'cJ thf'f' all tho day lon~; butmy heart ha3 OftCII be<::n full of fooli.~hnt.':'d and ~in. 0, forthe ~ake of the dear Saviour who died for we, be plea.ie<.l to
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forgive Ill)" ~ill)i. Help mC' to try aod do right, amI to bemore afraid of doing wroug. ~Iako Ille more ot..~licnt toill)' parclI~, moro pntiCllt and gentll'l to my I,ln}'matcs, llIldmore careful ill all tuill~ 1I0llo ~ilI agajlI~t thee. Gj'-e Illen ncw 1"~':Ilrt,that 1 may be a. Chri.-tian M lnng as- I Ii\-o iulld when 1 die, take Iile to thC'C in hl.'11YCli to Ihe for cver,for the 5::\ke of .re!'ll~ Chri~t llI)" i'aviour. Amen.
(if,lltIeJn5tl!I,b'carm)"l,rarer,.Mill.litdQl'hild thy """';
F.aTl)-mfl.yrlc>oktot~.~Iy i:lniourwIDlUYluitklw loco
Eutl'{'J'oot my fud I.,wt ....yFrollllh,..r .. UldblppY"&Yi
Thuu b""t liv .... auJolio.d r....u"'.L..... we)o~t.ndlhlltothoo.
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t:lL\PTEIt XIV.
ABOUT PRAYER.
:\Iy m:.\K CUIl.o-\Yllen the Raviour Wll.... on the rarth,llc taught t1wsc '" ho IOH.~l him and -,...110li~lcllt ..'<i to him,many thinJ:rs.
One nf th<"1'O thingg WM about prayer. ITo told themtbe o.lilTerence between lIaying prnYf'r~ and really prllying inour hcarl~.
)fau)' chilo.lrcn ~y nlCr tbeir prayers every ni~ht whentho)' go tn ll{!,l, and yet tbl'J n(>\"l'r pray i that i~,\hey !.laytlltl wurd~ of tIle pnlJl'r whid. they llaye I~n taught, Lutthey do not think about what they arc ~a}'iug, nor rcnl1ywant in tbrir hear1$ that God ehould givo them the thiDg'8they a~k. wm for.
God i~ nut plcw;cd with f'llying Ol"er ~uch praycl'lJ IUlthese; he docs not W"i~hus to 50.)' nny thing wo do not wean,!lor to ask for wha.t we do not want.
.,Wh(ln }'ou kneel down to pray, you shoo.ld think first
ahout the great God WIIO I'ce~ )-OU, nuu who i~li~telling lo
hear what yon nre goiug to say to him; and then lOll shouldll!Ik him, nil ~'uu would your papa. fur what you wi~h. Hei~your Father in h(>(wf'll, and ~-ou Brc his little chilJ; awlhe 10.('5 }'Oll, nn,l i>l read}' nnd willing to do you g~l.Then n.~k him to do for you what no aile else coultl do foryOll ... hk Lilli to make yOIl a Chri,.tiau, to give you a newIl.lHllcudcr heart, an' I to bless YOll and yOllr dear !ia1"CUt3 in
all things.You nei'd not usk anyone what JOu shall pray for; JOu
mllY u,.k God for j\llO.t what p.lU wnut, nnd he will hear you,and if it i~goo,l for JaIl, he will give you your rcqul'~l, f<ltthe ~akc of his dear :-;on Jel'Ul' Christ. [lud !W('RUl'O be hail
promised to.The Rayiour hllS t:1u!;ht U~ one Ilr:lJcr which we may
pray" It is cnllw the Lord'!! Prayer"Will you try to learn it, and nsk Jour mllmmo. to tell
you what each rn.rt of it menns"l
Our 1<'ll.thpf who art in heaven,llallo",-coJ uc thy name:Thy kiulldom come j
L1TTL.: O~a:H AT H01fE. -19
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in hcav('II.Gin! II~ this day our clailr brend;And forgin! U~ our trt.'l'I':tS:>e;i, as we forgi\'"6 thope who
tl'%pnss against U~.
And lead us not into templAtion;But de1i\'"er Il8 from evil.For thine i~the kingdom, and the )Xlwer, and the glory,
for ever. Amen.
T th,,"k my G«I. 10'00 thl'OOgh the nightHall kept me till the rnoming'~ light iLord, 011my ImecIl humbly pray.\,rgn.~lOdllll'",yl.htoughthiBd&y_K",..p me, 0 I.md, rrom el'ef'y ,ill.An<lf'ftrylrickfd thought 'll'ithiDjl'ur thy I:lU"I: my childhood take,Aoober.rDlypruJ'eN,rorJ_'~e_
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Cll.iP'fEU X \".
ABOUt THE COllMAlJDMENTS.
)Iy ['lEAn CIIILD--Thc thin~ which God in the niblllhlL~ told U~ wc mll~t do. arc cnUN hi:;! C'OllllllllUdIilIlUl:l. Uom-mandmcnts arc thi' things which we are 10101to ol.cy.
There lire lIIaliY of these ill the HiLll'; all' I Ih:"!! WI' maynot forget them or nl'gil't:t thelll, we ou,ltllt 10 Tcad ~om(l intllO blessed Ulille I'w'rJ day. Thill will help u.~ to fCIIlCnl-kr all tbroll~h tlill ,lay what will pl('n~') Bod i ami whenwe arll tempted to !lint it will help U~ to J'Cl:;i6t the tempta-tiou, and to do right, for hig commanumcuh ",ill w fresh inollr m;nd~.
We should never read a sentenCC in tho lIible withontrelllclllberjlL.~ that it was written for our gooJ, Il.ud to teachIi~ how to do right.
Jf WIl ('.l\nnot ~tJ(l at fiJ"llL bow the H'r~s we havc readCl'lll..'Crll us, or t('ach \I~ an)" thillg, tllc~1 we IUU1t 8tOp lllldthink more aoout thew, aud pray to God to ~IOW U~ .....11...1.
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LITTLE OXES .U nOME . .51
he meant we ~hould ll'.arn by t.hem, 01' ehe our reading willnot _10 Ollr IJfO'Ilrt3 good.
'l'hi:i ~illlpill rule will make God':i word Vl'ry pr{!CiOU3toU!J, and in thi:i wuy a few \'(',",,('~ will do UB more gOOlI Umuit would to read all 010 Bible through without caring to findout how it ('on(,l'rned us.
A numUcr lIf Gr ..I'.'!d.il'f COIUfUlUIdmenl:l are pllt logNherin one 1,ln<'C,in the fU"~t)mrt of the BillIe. l'hegc are calledtho Tl'Il Commanflmt'nts. In llllotilCr part of thi9 book, Iwill tell you thcltC jU_it a.~illrr are writteu ill tile BiLln; butin thil'l place I will tell ~'ou lLlialo H'r;;e which contaill:i themcaning uf t1ll'tll all, and which Wi13 wrillcII 1y lI11me goodpm-son who 10\-00 little chiluren ILndwitihed to hell' thl:w tolearn what would please God.
1. ThQlIlIhalt ha\'C no. more Gow. hOlt we;2. IWLJrollOiolol oow tbyklll)C;3, Take not thenameofG .. l io \...w,4. X..,rdurethe8abbatb.dayprofalle,5. Gil'l:\b.-.ththyrot'\'lltab\!llurdu\l;6. llalobot,rorthati8mn""~too;7, llo:lfro:lfl'l.lmwon!!lauddefW.uncleoul,S. Kor!ltllaJ,tooughthouartpooraudm-.nj9,.!>lakonotalrllfllllie,Dorloveitj
10. W1w,t ill lUIVthlT'. do IlQtco'ct.
EASY LE8S0~~ :rOR
CTTAl'TgR XYI.
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT.
Whichitnur:aJ.UfCOllll.UDlfxuinth")!l' .. f
Tllou !!HALT LOn: Tm: WRD TIlY GOD WITH AI.I, TIIY
IrEART, alHl WITH ALl. THY ROlli., and WITH J.LL THY KISD.
This is the first lUld grea.t cowmawlwcut i and the Sl.'Coudi~like unto it,
Tnot: SHJ.LT r.ovt: my :>i"EIOnBOR A.~ THYSELF. Matt.2:.!:3t).
TnE GOLDEN RULE.All tbiugll wllat;"OeHr ye would that men Ehould do to
JOll, do Je even !l() to them .• \Iatt. 7 : I:.!.
THE NEW COM](AND](~NT.Christ suid, "A DCI''' commandment I give unto you,
THAT n: I.OYE Ol'lE AYOTREB.J.3 I IU.VE LonD YOlT." John13:31.
BI:BLE SELECTIONS.Lying lip!ltl.fC an abowiulLtioll to the Lord.Lie not OUIl to another.
LJTTLI:: USI::~ AT HU:\U:. 53
The mouth that ~pt'nkt>th lies shallk f;toppeJ.He that gpcakcth lic:-Il'hall pl'rish.'ne lip of truth ~bll.1Ibe e~la.bli~hell for ever; but a lying
longue jl; but for :J, moment.Buy the truth, and f,{I1i it not.
,\ 11 lial'9 ~hall hal'll their part in the lake that I.mrnethwith fire and LrilllstOl'c.
Todowothel'tluI wonl<lTMtt!.l-vlLould do to me,
Willmake'mehOO(tiI.killd.llldgood •.\~ cLildrtn ouglJt to ""_
The I1lIlI.lk'lJlt1llnJt I I:lUflt not tU.1',Wi!hoottbcu\'oner'all't.\"&i
A lie I m'lf't l)(ltlo"e lI\OrlDllke.)iorcwlroncetlea>il"e .
.A",llhillpIaiDrulc(orl>id!! meqtJte1'0 Iltrikc III uJtI'Y blow;
Decall-'leIIlI'''\IldootO;inkitrip;ht,I(OtbPn!III'"hlrnoso.
R\ltuyki""~thPy"layDe<'d,,.U ......,IIih..W.l-ritbei
AI'amv~glRJiOOced,WhlonlhP;o"lI.MkiurltolDll.
EASY LES80SS FOR
CIL\.PTF.R XYIT.
TRE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
"The fruit of the ~pirit i~LOVE, JUY, n:.u'F., 1.1ISr,-l'"l;F+FERlSO, OEXTL};:H;~,~, HOODNF.~, F.UTll, XEEK...'\"I::SS, 'IE»n:lt-
_~Nn:." OnI.;): :!:t
~[y [IEAR CHII.n-You h.'l\"l' looked up, in tho SUUltllCr-
tim(',atn tree. Wlmt Wil.S 011 it?Bru.lldlt'~lll\cll(\M'ee.Y(>s; hut t1JlLt WUil 1I0t 0.11. It had fruit on it.What kind of a tree was it? If the fruit on it WIL~
arpl('f;, it WQS nn Ill'pla-lnc. If the fruit wn.~ penl"!', it wasuJ>('ar.trM.
llow diJ ,ron know what kind ofa tr>:>e it was?R)' looking to 8lX\ what kind of fruit wa~ on it.Just so we ClUJ tell what kinll (If no~pirit is inlittIc chil-
dren, hy looking W !l('C how tIH~Yud. TIll'ir uctiol1~, orwhILt they do, i:< the fruit t1w)" Ilf'ar.
Thl' F-pirit tlll!.t this y,:'r:«.::from the Bible i!peakl< (If, istile /NOd ::-:piriL It ill God'l< f"pirit.
Whf'n chiMr(>1l hayo thiS j!'(,od ~"irit in 11ll'm, tllf'.n thl'Ydo good. They do Il.IId feell!llch thingil ail the rest of the
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LITTLE O".:ii ..\T IIO;\IE 1i5
n>r'<O tt'lls of. Rl'ad thcm o\'cr again. ]5 it not II. plf'l\~antlil't of ~\\I.\'t words?
Is there nn}" otiler ~T'irit ll'~sitle.~ (1uIl"ll :':pirit? 0 yes;for Enm....tinlf.~ rhildrcll 110 wiek<'d thill~. Then they havea had IIJlirit in tllClll, It is not God's Rpirit. nod 0.01'11not
Ion.' to 1«'0 t1lis wicked !lpirit in thr-m.Whut mu~t we Ill) wl,en WI) fed thill wickcd 8pirit .in us:
when we fl'd anger, or impatience. or disoWd.ience. or ill-will?
'Ve must a~k God to take it oot ef u~; nod we mn!'.t try!lot tl) do nil)' of tho wil'kNI thinS'" tllat come into our minJll.
:!\O\"V will yon learn thi~ n~l"l'cfor ).our Bible-lesson to-,hly1and I willl'Clcct some other prctt)' verses for nnother
time.PR.\ YER.
o 1.orl1, I am a sinful chiltl. I hB'\'C mnny f(l('lin~ll inmy lll~nrt which are not rigllt. I am not full ur love towarlhen'ry onl' :H I ought w lie. 0 be loklLScd to tukc the spiritof unkindnl'~:01 and c\"il out of me . .\Iakc me like tho blC:lscds'aviour, who, wheu he was II. child, wns m~k and gentle.Help IllC to remcmber hi~ example and his command~ all th.~day long-; !lnd may J lim and act ,of) WI to plea,>(l tllee, myhenvl'nly Father, in alltlliug:>, for Je~us' lluke. Amen.
EaSY LE~8u,:HI FOR
CHAPTUR XYIII.
BI:BtE SELECTIONS,
My DF.-'R CmLD-There are mallY part.i of the Diblewhir.h are very ~lmple, and easy to be lI'arned Dnd uuder-l!too.J, e"cn by a little cLilJ. Somll of these arc "cry inter.esting to be repeall.u in the manuer of re~pon~!'~. That is,your mamma, or old!'r gieter or Lrother, will repent tIle lin;thalf of tho vprf\(', find you call rl'peat 1110 latter purt, whenyou ha\'o learned it.
It forlllS a. ,'err pretty and plC'48ing e:terciso for Sahhath('ycuiugg, when the children of a family are aLlo to join witl.their pnronts ill tIlU,~rf'pl'aling portioll9 of God's prociousword.
RESPOXSES FROM TUf. 19TH PSAI.~1.
PARF:~"T.The IlLl" of tho Lord is perfl'd.VIiILD. Converting the soul.1116 te~timony of tho Lord if! Irorl',llaking :,l'iSli tlu,: IIimpJe ..
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LITTLI:: OSE:i AT 110.\1 F..
The 8ta.tuteil of tlle Lord are right.Rl'joicilll{ the hearl.The commandment of the Lord ill pure,Enlightening tho eyc~.'l'hc fc:u- 0[111c J.ord is c1ea.n,Enduring for CH-'r.
The judgments of the Lord are true,And rightcou3 altogether;~lore to be dc:<irl'u arc they tban gold,Y ('3, than much flue gold.Sweeter al;;o than hOlley,And the hOnl'y-rllmb.MOf(!()nf, b)' them i.i thy FCrl"ant tramell,And in keeping' of them thefe ill grl'at rewe..rd.
o thll.l it 'lTtre my chitfuelightTo do the lbillgll I ooght;
Tbo'lllet~try ....ilhulIUlYllljght.Tomioo1\"h&tIamtanght.
Wbn-ner r am to).l to go,I'Ueheerfullyob(l;
XQ[willlthillkithanl,ifal!edTo ltal'l!a. prPtty play.
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58 EA8Y I,ES50;.iM FOil
And whtn I Jearnrny bJ'lll!llto.y,Or work, 01' ....... 1, or ~1"'11.
I "ill D, .•t lbink about my play.B"llrytodoitwpll.
ror(jodl~~do"'llfromhto.",nODhigb,Oil' action. t<.o lx-IHlld:
AndhllillplcaMd ... hrnehildreotlJ'To do -.i tL"~'Iln: lAM.
f:i.irt" •. thou "' ...~I mi~l and ]t'lV('!I\C.-nt!ollWlbemmlllel". h",~":.
" ........"t ... tJ, irofm-Cl.ing.Wbenitll tdlUllOll@'t)x,trco.&
l'euefI11betbYliI('IltrNullliM'r.~(uliutl"'gn< ......... lo .. ;
TbounolOOre ... iltjoillollrnllmbPr.Thou llIl !Il')l'l'our 1'''''1glI "J."ll k,"' ....
Deamot ~tl"l', thou hMl ItI\ IIll,
n"rolb~'I .... wed",,,!,I)" "'-4;lJ"t'\;,,(;oolIhsthalll ....... 1"tWI,
ill' ClID all onr 801TO"'~ !Jea.I.
Yf'lllpin .. ",hope!oTnl'llttlw,Wht'fl tbe da, of life iBlk<l;
Th'fl in "'-',w"lI' .. itl,jo)" tngrwt 111<'0',WhmlllOrllreweJllfoUwKhoo.
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LITTLE O~EB .H nom.: 59
CITAPTEIt XIX.
:BIBLE SELECTIONS FOR RESPONSES.
nLFBilED arc the)" t11[I.t mourn,For they ~hnll he comforted.Blcl'-"(..J. arc the meek.For they shall inherit the earth.me~~cd Ilre they wllich do hunger and thirst after right-
CGu~ncss,For tbcy shall IK\ tilIc,1.B1c8"colarc the mcrciful,For thc)" ~hl\l1 obmin mC'rcy.me~"eol urc tile pure in heart,For tllc1 ~hnll600 0011.
Hlesscd are th(' f'l.'nccmnk('rs,For they ~hall be eallcJ tho rhildrl'n of Gar!,Blessed. are they which are pcrs~utcd for rightcou~nc~'"
pakf',For thcirs i~ tllC kingdom of hCll.\'Cll,
Ble8-"C(1 i~ he whose transgression i~ for!l:ircn,
.0 EASY LESEOXS FOR
And W"ho~e sin i!J covered.Dle~~etl is he that con~idl'rp.th tile poor iThe Lord will nclil'C'r him in time of trouble.B1e~l'l>t.l j" tho.: man Uml I'U11llTrth templation;For when he is tried, h... ~hall rccci\'c the crown of lieI'.D1e,;:;cd arc the dead ",llil'h ']il' in the Lord;Thf')" rest from their lQ.bor~ uuu !.heir wurkll do Collow
llicm.Blessing, and 1/:10ry, Dud WillUOlU, am] thanksgiving, and
hOllor, and power, and might,Eo unto our lJod for e\er and ever.
God b 1Il~ fmOO: I lIIIX'<J not fcar,Fcrllll'i4'gOOol.a",talwaJ'!llW8r;And be will k~p me by hill pmrf'l',From d.oJ to.h.y, rrOlU b..urto hlJlU'.
I am It. NIUlI'I': but T know_
F.." 1I00'i C';rll word hutold DleIO-That Jfll!UlI Olrist rollle olu.. n frolll L~~uT(Idie, tbat1 mi .. htbe for,l(i.-ell.
Olle thiug lho;ro m that I must dread,
Alldthatisllio;f",l;o.lt""'llIIid.Th.t tbl.1lC .hum be prolectl from in,)fllltlofthiAlI'ayl,llIldtlnhi" .. ill.
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LITTLE 'I'III~GS.
Littl'lUropllot"Bt<'r,Uttlell'rw.iUJO(8II11l1,
M.u.etoo mighty (l("l'nn,
A ...I thl'beautl'OUl LBod.
AoothelittlomomPTll.ol,lTumhlllthnughtbey be,
Maketbemill'hly~OfdCMlit>",
80 our littlcerJ"Ol"J1......1 ull'!.:Iul u.ay
Fror:llhepath8ofvirtue.Oft iDain IOltray.
Wtledel:oiloCki ...Il-,I.ittMl ....o"L.orlo~,
.£ak&our eanb all EJcu,Like tho hmvell above,
IJttleIl.'l."<lsOflll<'I'l'Y,Sowu by YOIIlhful h:uxI8,
GfQ'\II'tobl_thenalio~flU' ill Lw1ben ia.Dda.
£.ASY I.E8SQSS t"OK
CllAI'TER xx.
BIBLE SELECTIONS. 1 COR. 13.
Tnot"OH I ~11t-'Il.kwith t11(l Tf.IS"I:IJI:S OP }{E~ and of A.;SOEUI,and 11:1\'0 not CILl,nlTY, (thut i3, 10\'0,) I tun !JC<.:umo as BOund-ing Lruss, or a tiukling cJmbal.
And thou:;h I have the GIFT of r'RorUECY, amI und ..,..staud all )(Yf;'1'ERIES,Ilud all KNOWI.~:f)m:,and though I haveAU. ~','lTH. ~ thnt I eould rC'mo\'o mountains, and htH'C notIJl\"E, I lUll nothing.
And though I hf>~fo","81] my good~ to FEEDTUB POOIt,an,1 thOll,::h I .'rive 01)' bod)' w Lc BURNEll, nnd l.a\'e notLOVE, i~prolit.cth me nothing.
I.oYE l'uft"creth long, nnd is kind iun"! clIvielli notiI.o\"E V8untetn not itself,Is 1I0t puffed up;Duth not llI:'ha\'o itself unseemly,N.'ckclh not her own,
LITTLE O:SES AT llQllt:. fi3
]" not eIL..il~- prm"okctl,'l"hinkcth 110 cvil.Hcjoiccth not in iniquity,lIut fejoiecth in the trnlh;Ikllfcth all thin~~,I\clicv{'th nil thing,:,HorM.tll all things,BlIllllfcth all thingt'o.Lon: ncn>f fnil('th.And now ahidNh n,ITII, HOPE, LOVE, these thre~, but the
greatest of the~ei" Lon:.
TilE ClIILD'S WISII.
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jI WlUlt to 1•. IUl lIug ..I.
,\00 wilh theaagr188t.atlll-A (1"()wnnpon my r<.>l"ebnd,
Aodabarp .. ithinm,-JIBIIlJ.Tbl-re, rigl,t bM"fln' my ~a\ioor,
&I gl/ll"if'llL~and ~o brigU,I'll make the SWl'l"tat music,
Aod praiachimdnyaudoighL
I llI'r\WahOllldbcwl'llr;;',:Sor ~v~r "bo..d u. tuLr,
~ort"'"l:I'knf'l"" alWlrrow,\':orevprfoo.lal"uu'.
EA.SY LE880'\"S fOR
BIltbli'lilllC<l,pnl'e,&ndholy,l'tld1JclIIDJe8IlB'sigbt:
Aoo .. ilht.'"tl'Ot~dtholllllUldI'miIebin1 both dayatMl night.
I know I'm wl'ak.oo~ir.flL,nul Jl'IhII'WiUforgi.e;
F(>fmlUlylittlcchiklrm
IT&~~gooe to "'''''11 to li"'-Deu8-.viOlU',,,hl'lt I),\oguio.h.
Arwlla.ylOOoowntodic,Oleoo .. ah;l1iUK ....1g<'1
Tobear !De totbclk)'.
(lbtberoI11bDII1I.~,And with the anp ~Umd-
A m>wn upon toyfol'l'bead,A barp witbin my hn",l;
And th..... bMore mv &vloor,8og1oriOl~'ml';'bright,
11ljointhehea~nlymw.ic,ADd prUe him day owd Dight. ,
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CIT.l.PTEIt XXI.
BIBLE SELECTIONS.
IIo:;on thy fath('t' anlI thy mother, that thy days may belong in tll(! land wllich thc Lord tily God l(i.eth thee. Ex.OUU>i ~o:12.
<':hil,lrcn, obey J'our parents ill tbe Lord; for tllis i3right. HOlJur thy falher Ilud thy mother, that it may hewell wilh thcc, and thou maYebt livo long 011 the earth,Eph. G: 1-3.
IIearken \Into thy fatllcr, and despi~ not thy motherwllPn I'ht: i>i uld. Provo 23: 2:.l.
)Iy KIn, heur tho inl'trn~tioll of th}' falher, Ilud for5ll.kcnot the law of thy lI\othel'. Pro,-, 1 : S.
ChilJrclL, ouey Jour parents in all thmgs j for this jj
well'rlCft8ill~ unto tho Lorcl. Col.:\: 20.Tho rod llnd rl!proof gi\'c wisdom; but a child left to
hilIl~elf, brill!,(Clh hi>i mother to llharne, Pro\', ~9: 15.l'orJ'i>ct tilr POll, ani! he ~hull ghe thee rc~t; )'00. he
~hn.1I gi,'c delight \lllW thy soul.,
.6Truin up a l'hild in the WQy he Hhoultl go; uud when ho
is old he willllQt dCjJart from it. Provo 2:!: B
IIYV~
~llJ'("th ....,llIymotocr.lknow
Icauootyotlr.ind'IIBI"'l"'Y;JM IhOIlllllut.t,,,,,oltJcrI !!TO'll",
1_I k'&ru )'our comlllll'"" t<J obq.
You lcmd 100 l",r",,-, I could tellW'hojjwalIthat!lOtl',.I(orlYll1l<iledj
&t oow that T .n ........j~1IO well,T,,!'oulclbe.dutiflllclil,1
I am lOrry that~,.pr I <'(>OldBewirJmi.anJjl'iI'e;roo" r-;,,;
Ib,'pel.Il ..UINrntol .. lJU"'I.An<lM .... '..rgricvcyvua,ain.
nut fur krthatleve'l'8hoo~ld1lnl
."rom a.II your l>~""Jaadtl to depart,In_vprI utu,r.prayeT,
l",WllkrCll' .. duliflllhvarL
LITTU': mit:ti AT llO.YE. til
CILl.PTEn XXII.
BIBLE SELECTIONS FOR RESPONSEs.
TilE 1.01'11i~IllY shepherd,I ~hullilot WILIlt.
J Ie Dlaketh 111('to lie llown in grf'f'1I paHtures;1I~ leRlletl. lilt: l>t,~juc the ~till \'.atl.'cs.lIe rf'storNh my rout;lie Il'adeth lIIe ill the paths of righteonsn('Ss for Ilis
name's 5.'\ke.Y Cli. thou,ll"h 1 wll1k through the valley of the ghadow of
dl'ath,I will fear uo evil:I,'or thou Hrt with lilt';
Thy rod lLnd tby stalf t.IH'YCQrnfort me.ThOll pN'parc~t a laLle Leforc Ille,III tue l!rellcllce of mine f'llcmil's:Thllll Illloilllt'~1 my lu'U.u with oil ;:\t~. cuI-' runneth o"~r.:-iuN'I)' gOOlJliel'~ aud IllCl'CY shull follow me.
os EASY LESSOS$ fon
.All tlllJ dny~ of my life:
..l..ui.l r will dw('UIn Lho hOIl!;C of tho LorJ for o.er.
REWEIiIlEB NOW THY CRE..\TOn, IN nn: DA.YS OF TI/"
yorm, while the nil JaYR corne uot, Ilnr the years drawnigh, whcn thou sLatt 1'<1.)". I han: IlU pll'lmlfC in thew.
Th~ Lord ~ our ,h ..phC'rd, Qur ~rdi3n,"11l1 guide;\\nateW'r We' want 'be will kill.ll)' I'rl."'idc:Tu ,h~~pof hi, I,,,,,tur,, hi. fllCl'ciea abf.nnd,.IliIc&r8alld l'rQ~ctiODhi811ock wil1aurround.
nll,L...rdi8onrllhq,I, ..rd; what tbllnr.han ••.-efcar?"nat rI,m!;,," C&II fri..hoon u~ w],il.. he illllead~ur whon tho time clIlI" uato lVa.lkthrODgh Ibo valoOfth" RI"~I,,w ofdcalh. ,hall ollrw'Ill"W e.er f..il.
n,,'ugh llfraid ofollr", Ine IQpnuuo lhe,l"rlt ",r,,..IIi, rod .'1<1hiaataff.hall I,., l"om!,,'rland alay j
.'0. ';It'll Irnow by hi" !!,uidilllce, wben 0"'''' it i" pa!lllOO,To a r,nutllomof Uk it ...ill hringuaaliwlt.
The Lord hu b.>rOluo o"Uf a11'",tiOli.n,1 ~O!lg,lIi8 u!rriMil.jl'~ buo foll!l'l'l'od IIM .. ll our lili. long.
nUl lIlUUO!will 'I'I'''I'n.illu ... Iulu ~-o 11."0 all)' Lrwth,Bech ... rful iHlif"autl bapp,. ;ndcuth .
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LITTLE O:"ES AT 110~1I:. 6~'
Hi YOTHER,
mw-n li~t DIY (,J'"ll b<;b, Id the Iij{bt,Who aaid tbwJ little C)"~",,'u<.' Lrigbt,Aal tl~\t 1 'l\"lIlll.,'l'oo..rl'R ..Il'l;ght~
)Iymot.ber.Who Ihl me from bu !!'I'lItl<'bn"1lllt,And hwIb..d 011: iu h~'r IllWII to ru;l,
AllJOI'lIlj'cOOt-kllWoetlr.iMeJ!plUlllCdf_\lynKothl'l'.
Whrn~\fl(>p fOl1!OOkIllj'l'pl'llcyr.WillJ WlW it ~U~ .",,,,,t lJ~I"Io.\',AIlII mck .. llUO!, that I ~botlJ,} not cry!
:'Iymulher.
Who nlo. to bdl'lllO wbo:lIl f.ll,Au,1 \I'''uhlllO!llI' p,,-'Hy~toryl,'lI,Or kiM the plllce to made it 1rt1l~
Mym"tlK'r.
' .....I,o .. lLll;l,tm),ill(u,lItliplltopray.And love IjoJ'~ holy book lInd ..In)',And ",ill in wiBJ"III'~ pk ......."t \l'lIy1
"ymother.
J\II'mnTever_toheAlfectionateaud Ir.indto th.'(',
Wb'}WlllItllllrcrvlr.illllWllll"~fy 11H)lh.'rr
o no; lbethought I ~oo.J,} net 1x'Ii.I';AnJit(;odpI_mylifcw.p'""-',I h"locIlI1uoll",wlU'd ll,y ClOre,
UYDI<>tJJ..r.
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('lL\J>TEH XXIlI.
SC:a.IPTURE SELECtIONS. PSALM 139.
WbatolO('tl 0<011m",.. about 1l~1
"0 Lord, thOll Im:,t ll('arehed me, lIllI] known m"iThou kllow('st my do'Wn~ittilllo\'. aud mine urrisiD~;Thou under"tand('~t wy tLougllt nfar 0/1',And art acquo.iull'd with nil my WRYS."
Do..! Cod bear"'l that ........ .'!
.. For thero is not a worJ ill my WlIgu ...,But 10, 0 Lord, 1I101i kuowc .•t it altogether."W1I'llhiolprroml:",U
l. WhitLer ~hllll I go from thy Spirit?
Or whilher ~hall I 1l<;'Cfrom 111)"prl'~"'llce? 1If I aSN"'nolllpiuw}JClIHn, thnnnrt tllcrc;If I mnko:- ill;' \..cd III h+111, kllo],l, thou art there.If I take tllC ,,'ings of the morning,And Ih,('11 In tJ1CuttHmo~t parts of tho 8l'a,
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E.en there "hall thy hanll lead m{',And thy right ha.ndshall hohl me."Can GoJ.$('(l 11.'1 in tLcJarkf
"If I sa.y,Surely the darkness shall cover tne;E.en the nij.!,"htfhall be li~ht about me.Yea, t.hedarkn~s hideth not from thee;Rut tIle night "Tlilleth a.~the cla)':The darkncss IL.lIUtho lightAre both alike to thco.lI
Goo u in hrs1'('D-(.II! be !1M
WhcnlWDdoinll'''''rtllllffYcs.tlw.tbel'8ll; be loob.ttht>e
All.)ay, IllI<Iall wghl Ioog.
Go.! isitl hea"-,I1_,,'01l1,1 00"110'"HT.hollldli'II.H",f
Ya'; irthoo llBid.st. it vr-ry low,IIe'J bear it in the Rky.
Godl~in hMl't'lI-l'an I goTothlUlkhimrorhiA~l'l'ir
.:"Oot yet: but IOl'e him hml btlow,
.lDJ tbou.lla.ltprai!ehimtbln!.
EASY Lt:~I::ON8 FOR
OITAPl'ER XXTY.
GIVI:OW all dilip:eucc, ad.1 to your I''''ITII. V1RTm:i nnd toTirtuo, kSOWLEOO~:; and to knowledge, TE\(PEn.~SCE; andto tcm['f'fIlnC<\ l'J.TIE~'-CF.; and to patiencc, GO"'.I~,T~1'lj audto godlillC.:!~, 1l1lom.:nLY'li:lYONESS j snll to brotbcrl)".kind-U{\l,~. CHARITY. 2 Peter, 1 : ,'i-i.
TEX ahort lUl~WCr.i to a short qll~tioll: Lord, wllat wiltthou Luvc mc co d,}?
1. Watch and pr:J.\/'. Matt. 2(;:41.2. J\flCp youreelrc~ in the love of God. Jude 21.3. Rejoice in tho Lord nlwa.fs. Phil. 4: G.4. RJK'ak em of no Ulan. Titn~:.I: 2.5. Wnlk l»" faith, not by eij:!'ht. 2 Cor. fi: 7.G. I'l.1 all things wiUloul ruunnnring. Phil. 2.14.'i. He careful for I1Otbing'. PLil. .. :fi.8. Grieve not thc Holy Spirit. Fiph. 4: 30.9. Be swift to bf'ar, ~Iow to speak. Jaml'B 1: 19.
10. Medittll:(l upou thc~o thing!!. 1 Tim." ~15.
LITTLE O)';"J:;M AT HOm';. 73
What"-OC\"1'r thing~ II.ro TRUE, whll.L'lOCYCr thin6~ arHlIO:ol'EST,v;hll.~oc\"(lr tbings are JUST, whatSO(wer things arcI'I'H~:,what~Otl\'er thin!r! arc r.on.IX, whaL"Ot'nT thillg~ are.. f GOOD REPORT i if there be lill)' YIRTUE, o.ud if t1lttC !.ill auy\'HAI~E, TllL'i'K OY THt.:!"t.: TIiIXt..:l'\. Phil..{: 8.
'filE NEWS OF Tin: GOSP~:L.
This is II. fo.ithflll !lll.Jing-, and worthy of all acceptation,that JrSljl Cltris.t callie into tlm world lo lOan: biWllCrl>; ofwhom I lun chief.
IInilN.
Haw doth the littlo ba.<y hroIOll'roye l'&l:bmining hour.
And gal .....r hflT>P)all the dayFromeve..,.opellingfu.,,,,~.
HOlT Bkilruily ~be builo1l ocrl"l'lI,IIn. \'>PIIIt ~bP "1""",111h"r "''''x,
Arxllabonhlll'd toltore ilweUWilhthe~ ...",troOO8boiJmWilll.
Illhoo .... OI'wnrk.orhoolthf"II'luy.I.etmyllr\1tyeo.nber-l,
Tbut I IlIlIY give fore\'o:ry .... yH..me gtIOd allC'OIInt ll.t IML
E.-\SY LE:-:8Q:>iS POR
CIlAl'TEH XXV.
BIBLE LESSON FROIl MATT. 10:24.
Xow the nam('jl of th(' TWU.n: AI'tJio"TU~..;arl.l the8e1. :--UI:OS, wlm is cullcu Peter, o.ul!2. AIWREW hi~ brother;3. J HH;" tll(1 ~n of Z,'oodee, a.wl4. JOBS lii:;vrothel';5. 1'1111.11' and6. BARTHOLOMEW;
7. 'I'HO!.(AB and8. MATI'u!';w the publican;9. J.un:s t]le BOil of .J.lphcu~, and
10. L~:lllna;~ whoflQ FUrIlnmo 'WO.S'l'hnddcU!!;11. Suros tho Canu.aniw, nnll12. Jt"DAS ISCARIOT, who al!!O betrayed him.
BIBLE SELECtION. MATT. 26:34.Then BhoJI tho K.ill~ llllJ unto thcm on his ri.ll'ht hand,
Corne, ye hlc~~cd of my Jo'nthcr, inh ....rit the kingllom pr~jJarcJ for )'ou from Ilul foundation of tile world: for I "'Il.~
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a llUligert.~I, and ye g:lVC mo ffit':J,tj J wa~ thirp.ty, and yogaHl me drink; I WQ,3 0. stralL/!l:r, aud )"0 took me in j
naked, and :yo clothed me j 1 was sick, and ye milct.l me; Iwag in pri~on, antI ~'e came unto mt'.
Then ~hal1the right('Ou~ ILn~wer him, ~nying, Lord, whcn~aw we llll.:o a hungcrl'd, and fl'd thl'n? or thir8tJ, an,1 gll.\'ethee drink '! when SIll'!' we tL(.'t; IL~tnl.lll.:;cr, alltl took tlll'tJ in?or naked, and clothed thee'! or when 8aw we tb'C ~i('k orin pri'<on, all,l camo unto thee'! .Aud the kill~ shall all~wcranti ~ay unto tllf'm, Yprily, r p.ay nnto you, inasmuch as ycklHl dOlle it unto aile of the lea~t of thl':;t.lillY brethren, yohavc done it unto mc,
unts.I.ol'eGOolwitBllnYOUfllOullloo.m:ogth,
W'itbnllyollrb ...rt,,,,,lmj,,d:ADd Im-pyour ... ighl.'" lltI yourw:lfj
Be ,I1llbfbl, ju~l. and kind,
I)pa,lwllh .. ootn,.rllllVOlI'dha'~
.\notherdcal with you;'\hu.tyoo'I'\J"lIwil!illgto~ive,
De SU1'\'you Ill'tcrdo
76 EAtiY I.ESBOS8 FOR
CTTAPTr:n XXVI.
ALPHABETICAL SELECTIONS.
A. A 50ft Ililswer turneth away wrath, bllt griC,"OIlS 'Words~tir up anger.
It Bo liot lilUlty in thy Fpirit to ho angry, for finger rest-('th in the Uo,;om of fooll!.
C. Choosillg' rathl'T to ..utTer affliction with He pooplo ofGoll, than to enjoy tho pleo.:tllrcs of ~in for 0. ~cu.801l.
D. Depart from evil, 1\.11'1 do good; ,.,:ck peace, and pnflUlO
it.
1-:' F.:uept p, ronn be born o.~ain, he CunDot ~ tho kingdomof God.
F. Fo, ho ",,' will 10>0Iif<., a.,1 "" "~] .m, I" h;"refrain lli~ tonguo from evil, nnd hill lips toot they speaknognilc.
G. GiH~ me neither poyerty nor riche~; fl'ed me with foodconn'niont fOr me.
L1TTI,£ O~ES AT BOlito:. ';1
11. Ho thnt bath pity upon the poor, Icndcth unto theLoru; alllI that which he Lath ghcu will he pay himfLhruin.
I. If thine enemy hllng-('r, fool him; if he thirst, ~h"e himdrink; for in 80 doing thou 8halt heap cow of fire Oil
his heau .
•1. J('~U9 said, I am thH wav, and the ~ul.h, and thll life;110Ill:m oomel.h uuto tlfC Fatlll'r LllIt by me.
K. KccJlth)" hmrt with all dili/:,T('IICl', for out of it lLrC thoj~~w~"t of life.
L. 1.0\.e YOUI" enl'mi('S, blcs~ t1H'1Il that cnrs('o you, do goorlto th<.>mthat hate you, nnd prny for them that de;:pite-fully u"c you, lIntl pl'rH\Cutc you.
JI. :\f:1ny tlrc t1!1~ nJllil"tions of tile righteou~, but the Lorddclhcrcth him out.or them all.
X. Xow i~the accepted time; !lOW i~the day of salrntiolJ.
O. Open thOll mino eyes, that J may behoM wOlldruu~things out of tit}" law.
P. Pride goeth before dc~trlJction,and a haughty l'piritlwrore n fall.
Q. Quietly wait for the ~akltion of the Lord.
78 E.\H LESSQXS FOR
lll. ReIllO\"C from me the WBY of lying; and grant we the
law j;;'rllcion~l.f.
S. ~o teach us to llLUuLcl' our ua.l'~.that wu lllay Bl'pl!, onr1l":J.rtliunto wi;!tJom.
T. Thou ~halt ri~e up before tLo hoary head, and houor theface of tho old lllUU. and fcur thy God.
L. Undcn't.u.nue;t thou wll3t thou rf'a.lf'~t'l
Y. Vengeance ill mine; I will Tf'pay, ~aith tho Lord.,,~. Wh!'n my r.'l.ther an,1 my mother f<Jr~akl) lIle, thou IL,-
Lord will take UiO up.X. l:XamillO mo, 0 u.ml, and prove me. l':o!ll. 26; 2.
Y. Yield YOllNdfc" unto Coo,1.
010. newr on thiB hol .. BookWithcan>letB,1'<'\1d il~itfl'l't'nceklCk,Ifthouanlad,cOOlllln>rennddndA l .. h"tu.u,!iJelllOl"hocrtl-: mill'\;llt!lOllutmfrTY, MrelLl"l'lIOnglIFit lu he 111mb' b)' B~I loIiSWI;Iflhou utri,'h ill thinb"l0r .....rth,Lrarnheroth,.~llhianothing .. orth:lfthooart roor,thislJr'flI'iollllmillOl&thcolllll_~arel.hiae.. j
LITTLE OSES AT HOllE. 1!l
CIIAPTER XXVII.
SCRIPTURE SELECTION-THE NEW JERUBA-LEM, OR HEAVEN.
AXDI !law n new hea.en and D. ncw earth; for the firsthenTcu and the,li.nt ('arth Wl'rc paBl'l'd aWllJ'
And I .John 'J::tw the holy city, the new Jero,oalem, com.ing down from God out of 11ClIH'U.
And. 1 hl'ard lLJ:\rcut 'foico out of hNITcn, Baying, D(lhold,the tabernacle of God i~ with ml'O, aod he will dwrll withthl'm. am1 thl'Y !'hal1 be hi~ people, aud God himself ~hallbe with them, and be their God.
Alld God !!hall wipe nW3~'all tears from thf'ir eyell; awlthere shall he no more death, neither !'Orro",', nor cr)'ing',neither !'hall there Uc by morc po.io: fot' the former thingsare pa ..."f'u away •
•\IIU ll!aw no temple th{'rein; for the Lord God Almightyand the Lamb are the temple of it •
•\nd the city bad no need or the sun. neither of the moonto ~hille ill il; for the ~Ior)' of God did lighten it, nod theLamb i!:l the light thl'reof.
so E.H3Y LEBSO~S FOU
.\ml the b"3t.c~ of it s.hall not bo shut at all by day; forthere ~hn.ll be no ni~ht thefe .
•\.Ill.! the-re r.hnll in DO wiso enter into it nny thing thatd('fi1rth, lI(!itlll'r wh3.t:'Ocnf workelh abomination, or makcthIl. lie: but they which MQ written in the Lfimb'l! boo kof life .
.\ntl t11l're ~Ilall be no more cunc; but the throne ofGod and of the Lamb shall be in it i and his. llervnntllshall~rv~ him: nntl they ~hall ~('e hi:; face .
•\.nd there shall be no night there; and they 1Iet'd nocandlf', neither Jigll! of tlltJ !'1Il1; fur the Lortl God giveththem light. .A.ud they shall reign f'UR t:n:n ANO ):na.
Whifh oft]"" afVl!lUrs WIIS it ",bl! IllIW tbi~ hoo,nlifnl rl iflll of hmveneaUed lbc oew J"rwa1<.'ll1t
Wl,oshnWf'Ol it to him, or ca'.l9l'd big mind to un<k'l1lt.llbl .....b&~!x.utytoo p:lof! were in bm .... 11 rur all G",hdmr rhildrmr
\"1'0 illlll('Olnt I,y the ~ Lam"," in thill~!Wh1iBtbQI~Jl'BUJCllt .. t~Il..,ltool ... rnbof(,.<ldfWLot evi15 "00 llDlT0'II'8that lUll In thill 1I"OrW,....illuncr 00 ill hca~CDTWhat po'l'lIOQIe&ll ill n" "i>e(111er 1]l('ffifWho j,. toodi..tglory orb~.('!I, and the lighl.lllld thcjoy ofitfIf'll'e are t;od'~cIli~ll'I:'" V'4nl .hall ve_lhill ~Ilulirul rit. of('..oofHh<>uL1 ...-e Dc,t WilL.: lI'illing lo di('. 1I'bt'n God thinks it ~ to take
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~ry .....'lLI' child. are 'OIl going tht"nt III y/XU DllIIC writ.lA!ll in theI...all,l.o',bookof!ifet
W1lu.tlallkellYI;HlthillkIOl
Whene"et'I take my .",.lkJ abroad,U...",nullIypoorl_:
What ,1,,111I rellw.'r to my GooFor all hillgifu! tolllC?
Kol more IblUlOflW'tlI I i1!'!1l't'T\'.
Yet God hllAlrivCD me llI01"PiFar I have r.:d'I, ....bill! othen sta"e,
Or 00g from door t<lo.loor.
IT<ltr nUllly chilo.l"'l1 in the ~treet.lIa1fnakt"dI Id,olo.l;
While I IUn cloth",} from head t<l fcd,Audoonredfromtbecold.
Whilcothersl'lU"I,lromtilnrmrAnd Cllrsoaoo lilland ~IMl,
I.<lrIl, I IIDl hllight thy name to 1i1ar,Anlrl<JlhyhQlywUl
AretbflN' thy fll.oNday by dayTo IIll' ahove thel"l'flt~
Thcnld me low thee more than tJw"Alld~tri\'1!to~'eilicobert.
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fUll ....bGlc Bible ildi..xitd into twn r-ma: ('all YlnI tell me wbU theMtwo p&rlI U"e erJl~d~
THF. Or.o TESTAvtXT, which is the lir~tpart of t]IO Bible;and THE l'Ew 11:sT.l.l!E....T, which i~ the laWr part of theBiLle.
n_ a,.,. the Old ILlId Sew Teltamenb dlvldedf
They ll.l'e botla oli\"illeJ into pa.rt.~, which are CAlled BOOXS.
Thf'1IlrC divided into CB.APTEIlS.
n" .... retllccbllplencliridedlThey are. djyjded into VER.~E8.
lJO'II'on;ft!lbebooboflooBihle'l"l"itk>c1
Geol'ro.lIy each book wa~ written by onll man, who wrotejut wLll.t God told him to in it, and nothing ebe; anutherbook WlliI written by anoeller man, Qnd so on, till all theBible Willi written, aud hud in it (',"ery thing wbich Godwlbilcd to ban: in it, and all tha.t 110~aw was necessary thatwe Mhould ha~e in it, in order to know hij will. and to do il
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TTo",,"UlBlI)"bookaM:tilfl'1linthclJiuJor
'There are TRIRTY'NI~E book~ in the 01,1Testament, andTWE:srr-8E\'!:N' book~ in the Xew Testament.
What an: the names of the books of the Old Testamfnt J
1. GE~"ESf~. 20. PROYEUu......2. EXOllt'l3. 21.tT('f.~L\:inRJ. LEVlTlc(::'l. 2:!.r:mw OFWI.JnfOS-.4. XL"'f[lEIU!. 23. IS.lUIL6. m:l:n:nQxmIY. 2-1.JIo.RE.\IIAIT.6. JQ.':'llUA. 2~. l..UIE:->TATIOXS.';. JFr~;lli • 26. EZEKIEL.R. RUTlI. 27. n.\XTEL.9. I. 8.\~dTEL. 28. HOSEA,
10. II. S.\:l,ltEL 29. J(jt:r ..
II. I. KI!\'G;;!. 30.. BfOS.12. n. K/Sr.S. 31. On!DL\II.13. I. ('HUUS-ICLri!. 32. J0S",III.H. II, C'DHO:-iWLES. 33.• \lleAH.15. E7.R.I. 31. ~,\lH'\f.16. :\ETTnIUll. 35. U.\lJAKI_:rJ!:.
1<'. EITmm. Jr" 7,EPnAXIAIT.18. JOB. ;J •. II.ICGAI.19. ~.lL\[s. 38. zt:nURLUI.
89 MALACHI.
F..\8Y Lt;~l::IjS~ FOR
Whieb~tbfl"ooboflbe~e,,'l'f:lItaUll;ut!
1. :\1.\Tl'llt;W, 14. II. TlitEB.\l.O~US:>.2 :\L\RK. lb. I. TDIOTIIT.3. U:KJ::. 1(,. II. TBIOTllY.". JOII~. 1;. TITrfl.:; Tm: .\crs. 18.PHJ[.E:\[o~.6. ltlj)U:\S. 19. liEJl.HEW8.'j. T.lYlm~TIII.ASi:3. 21) J.Hlm.fl. H. com:\nU.\....'\8. 21. I. I'ETEIL9. G.\U.TI.\:\8-, 2"2.II. PE'TT-:R.
10. Ernn:1.\:\s. 23.T.JOns.H. 1'1II1JPPU\""f1 2~. 11.JOBS".12. lYll.05.."H.S:::. 25. TIT.JOIlS13.1. TlI1-:.:)tULO,\,,'\"il-. 2G. JL.:lfE.
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.\11 Scripture ig given hy in~piratioll of God. 2 Tim.
S:lG.Holy wen ef God !Take a.~tbey wero moved by the 1101y
Ghost. i P.'t. 1 :21.Tim holy Hcriptur~ which arB able to mllke thee wi~e
unto salvlltion. ~ Tim. 3: l.:i.
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CHAl'TER XXIX.
THE TEN COMlIlANDKENTS.
I. Tunc ~balt llanO' 110 other ~oo.19herore me.II. Thou ~halt uot make nnto t1ll.<t all). gml'Cn irnngf',
or 1m)" likcnes8 of any thil,g' tlmt i~ill heaycn nboye, or I1mti! in tho eR.rth ll<'nt':Ith, or that ~ ill the walnr undef t.heNl.rth. Tholl ~halt nut bow dllwn thy~('lf to tbem, uor H::rvet!u'm; fur I the Lord th)- God nm II. jClLluu:l God. Yisiting-the iniquity of tlw fathf'r~ 1I1"1n tho children unto Ole thinlfLnll fourth gj'n('ratio!l of theUl that hato mC'; Ilnd ~}\Uwingmcrey IIIIW tlIOU~IlWls of them that love mo and keep my
commlllltlmellts.III. Thou sllOolt not take the namp. of the Lord thy God
in vOoill; for the Lord will nut hohl him guiltl('S!I thM tOokethhi! Mme in "ain.
IY. Rt'nwmll\~r tho SIl1Lath-JOoY to kN!]) it Iioly. Sixday~ ~llalt thou labor, nnd do all thy work; but tll1l l'e"('ntl1Ua)' is the ;:;ubbllih of tho Lonl tl1)' God; ill it thou sbo.ltnot. do any work, thou, nor iuy sou., Dor t.hy dnn~hter, thy
!:A.t\)' LE!:!BO:fB FOR
man.;I<)r~nnt, nor thy maill"'8Cnllnt, nor thy cattle, nor thystmng-cr that i~within thy Ratc~: fur in Bi:t dll}'s the Lordmude IJC;lH'l'nand oorth, the Ilea, And nil that in thflm is, nullrMtl'd the ~eH'nth (lay; whereforo tho Lord blcslIcu' the8uuuat::.Jay and hnllowt~d it.
'T. HOllor thy t:'lUu:>rnnd tll}- mothl'r, that thy days maybe long upon tho lawl whith tllO Lord thy Gud giveth thee,
Y J. Thou shalt not kill.YII. ThOll @halt !lot eommit adultery.YIlI. 'Holl ~lJaIt not steal.
lX. Thon ~hn1t Dol bear fal~ witnellS against thy neigh.00,.
X. TI10l1 shalt lIot covet thy neilthoor'lI hOIll'e, thou sha.ltnot oo"ct thy neighbor's wife, nor hi! man-servant, DOf hillIllaid.fIf'r.ant, nor hill 03:, nOr his UlIlI,nor any thillg that isthy neighbor'i!_
From thediacoo..erif'tofthrJ. ...The ptrfect rilles ul life 1 dra .. ;
Tho.WArelll,.too".,.ldt-light.~QtOOooyaoilJ.itt.thtltute,
Xorgal.llhli.tha.lhtlll'rllrqace~
A.Pr-"lJoplcui.aj{tothllight.
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CllAPTF.R xxx.
HEART SINS.
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"rv DEAR CmLD-[lo you ever ~itdown ll.nd think aboutyour bcart-ll.bout what pa~~;)~ in it; tbat i~,.....1111.1fcclinl!:8and thollght~ and Jt:~ircs nte in it"! If we do not think, weshalt not kuow oursclvc!. T hrl\"6 \;l'm children who were1IO unused to thinking, that they did ~ot knoW' whether theirbrorh were good or Lad; whether the mot.in~lIfrom whichthey ncteJ. were right or 'Wrong.
Xow, though we may do a thing which we ought to .la,yet if we hM"e a wrong moli\"C ill doing it, God UDell 1).utlook upQu the act ail good. For ~t\.mplc. )"OU know it isright that c1lihlrcn should ohey their rarcnh, lUld bo kiIld toeach oUlcr; but if they do the~e tbiugs in order to gf't arcwlU'd, or to be prai:-ed for it, or from any other I!clfiilhmotive, then what they do is not plen..~il:lg to God. OlhcNmay noll',(,'(l or know of thi~ bad moli\'e, Lut Uod sees thereal reason why we do every thing, whether ll.ny one e~feknows it or not; and therefore God sees JDueh Ilin in WI
..every day. which no onp. f'1~o B{,(>~. God may know that ollr
hl'art~ llte very hateful aud "il'ked unJ schi. ..h. whf'n othE'f!think that 'Wonrc Iduu !Iud gClOOl. fm YOll belie\'c this?
Gud "''t~ ollr tlJollghts tOO--auu 0, huw mnth evil i!thero daily in our ,tuoughL, I How Orl(>TI do we hitle thetruth and wil!h to dcrrive; how often do we I'll")" other~;IH)W O(tI:'D arc we impulicllt awl angry at r(>~lraint; how0(1('11 arc wo "linen or robelliOll~ at diSilppoiutUlcuts; huwoftt'n do we hato thoY.) KOOd ljuulities in olhf'ts whiC'h wehal'o not in otltl>c1w:l, und rejoice to ~et' otheI'll do the 8lUUC""rong things which we 10\'0 to do I liow lIug'rateful100 weAre! lIow little do we Iun: and thank our pat"nt~ andLienJ" (ur ull they have done for U~, and for all the kiuu.~ICll~ thl'Y (!'(II towards UB; IIwllilOrc dlUD all thil!, how littledo we lon~ or ClU"Cfor God in return for tho mercies ofnery houri
Unly think how cQll~tantly 11M rllmf'mbers us, llnd plo.n.gtvfTY rt't11t of ollr lil'M for ollr goO<.!,llwl )et Low '\Hl forgf'thim and di"Obey his hol)' law. Con"id~r thj>~f1 things, myd(,lU" dLilJ, Illlli Iry to f~l how oflell and how much youhllxe gril'VCtI and offendM God, lour hcu\'cnl}' }'ll.liler, not()nly by the ()pcu ilius of your daily lifo, but by Iu:urt rimwhich 1I0llC bllt God mlly EI('(l or know.
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llllU lookcth ou the outward appcll.rilncc,but the Lordlooketb on the heurt. 1 So.m. lG: 7.
And God sa .....that the wick(>lIIle,.~ of mAn WIl.!I great inthe earth, nnd that c'I"{'ry imagination of the thoughts if hit!uar! wa~ only efit continually. Gell. 6: 5.
Tho heart ill d('C('itf1l1 ahon! all thing", an,l llc"pt>ratel)"wickell; who <'all kllow it? Jer. 17 :9.
Whu l'1l.1l Imy, I h:L\'C waue l1l)' heart clCIUl. I llm Plll"Ofrom my Bin? l'ro\', ~O:g.
If we ~ay thllt we bn:ve no Sill, 11'"0decciT"o ollrBch-cs. andthe truth i~not in U~. I John 1: ~."
There ill IlOlle righteolls, no, not olle. Rom. 3 10.
llY:U~.
o that my Wad or ain were gooe,Oth,.tI rouldlit lwolubwh
AtJ~'Hlll'fL'd luluy Uloduwu,Tolaymy!lllnlll.tJ""ID;' ff'(>! ..
Th.1ltru.. m)'80Q1I]ollg't ... fil~l-f1cvil>Dr,ifrnillflillolo.,..ltnouBrt,
Gi~ me tby mffil .nd 10....ly mind,ADd damp thille Unlljl'e on W)' w.'Ut
IIl'f'&k offtbe vake ofillbred ~in•.A1Id r~:Iy~tmy.pirit rree;
I ClIlInot mil tiD I,un: ....ithin-Till I alll 1\LollJ' 10llt illth ......
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REPENTANCE.
)ly DEAIl CRll.D-Yc~, YOllr hl':lrt ill lJ. bad heart; andof yourself you clln Ul.'\'cr mako it a good one. If yuu wereto try Her 1'0 hard, ewm for one day, to think nnd (('('I andadjust ri .•dil. you would fiud llJat you coulJ not do it with-out Ilelp from aho>;e. And yet, my child, all your t;i1l5 aredi~plcll5iug to God. I1ilO holy law, a~ it i~written in theBible, rcqnire~ every thing that is good and true and pure,in 0.11our nctioliS nnd wi~ht'l; and thought~.
Oh how diffl'rt'nt our hearts are, from what God com.mandil U~ to be! What ~han we do with the~e 'Vile hearts;tJOw IIhall lre get them changed? llow shall we be for"gircn?
God hl18 told Uil we Inw;t repent. To repent, mclUls to 41be hf'Artily florry for th(l sin of whnt we have done or felt, Ithat is W1Ull!,;'. We often are lIurf")' for the C01I.Jt'qumctlofdoing wrong, beea.usc we get iuto trouble by it, or are pun-ished, or in lfQwe other WR)" perh:lpi! ha'Ve to Iluffer for it.
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nut being sorry for the trouble we ltet into 1.0)' doing wrong,iil a YNY ditTer£'nt thing from bein~ sorry for the sinful no..ture of a wrong act or frcling-Eorry bccnn5c we hnvooJIemlcd God by it, an,I hrohn hi~ kind and good laws-sorr)' bcCllUHO we have fell and done the Vf'ry thin~ whichcaused the 1.olc3SooJc~us to ~utTcr and die for U~.
Thi! kind of sorrow, m.l" dear c1lild, it is 1I0t natuI'llIfor Illl to f~~l. We do not feel it without the aid of God'sHol)' Spirit. And we m\l~t pray to God to give us theHoly Spirit, that we lUUy truly repent of our l'in.~ againsthim, •
Onn way hy which wo may keow wholl we nave thiflright kind of gorrow for nny «in, i.~,that '«'C phal1 not do thewrong thing again j we l'hnll watch IInd pray to be k('ptfrom it, If we still lo,'c to dn it, then we have not trulyrepented of it, awl arc not forgh'cll.
Will you not II.Sk Bod to teach you the~e thin~ by his:::llirit? nsk him to show )'ou tho 6CCrct evil of your heart-to muke you ulld,'r~lalld your own moti\"(l~, that whl'n YOIl5('0 the sill tllll.t i~mi.-.ed wilh 11.11you do, you may he led tolook to the Sa.l'iour col1Stuntly for pardon aud for help to doright in hi::!sight ~ well ns in the sight of parcDu aDdfricndii.
EASY LERROS"S FOR
Search me, 0 God, and know my ht'l\rt; try lIlt!, andkno1\-' my thought~; nnd ~('(' if tJH~rc be auy wicke,l w~y in Ime, aud lead mt:' in the WI1)- ('\crla~ting. P~a. 13fl: 23, 2.1. f"
If illY people ~hll.lI humble themselvc!l, IlU.] Jlru,r, anll
ilf'eK my f:Wll, ami tllfll from tJ;cir wick.cJ .....a).~ i then willIhear from IiCll.>CII, ll.ud will furgi\"c their ~in. 2 ChI'. 7: 14.
He that co\"ereth his BinI! Bhnll not prl'>'I'(,'r; hut "ho~ooonfeSl;eth P,lld fUI"5ll.kclh them Ilhall base mercy. ProL28:13.
OThoa, ....hc.eteJl<kot~cv.boora('ontrilioa'g huml,lc Bigh;'
\\ll<lIela.oJ,iooapl. ....ipsthelearl
FroltlllllTO,,'g Wffping ~'''';
SM,loovhr'forotbylhrooeorgTaOl',A~tch<'d~rmoorn,
I1&1ltth" .. nothi,lm"lIl'1'k thvfaoo!
Hut thoo not Mid, "ltdU~'"
Andehallmyg>lilt), rl'Ul'9l'rt"VailTo dri,"c me from thv ff!l't!
DIet ",II; thi;,I""r nfui;efaiJ,TlliIOIlly-.kro"treat.
Clohill"ollthi.llx'llightedbcart:WitbbellllllOrnlefiy.!.biooi
AnollPt t1ly l......:Jingvuiocilll}llll'tA tuteorjo,..dlvbi.
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FAITH.
;\[y nEA.RCmLD--Do JOII feci that YOIlnf'ed help to doright? Yl'l', ynll do need it. The Holy Bible tf'll~ n~ thatwe nc\"cr of our,;e1\""f'~ turn from our sins and hate them;but it tells us tLat"Ouf Fathpr in h('Il.>e1l ig willing to gi\'chill Holy ~pirit to ns, to im:lillc 01" Ilearts to do so, and tohelp Illl in cn'ry attempt that we make to look to tho Sav-iour for gral~e and ~trcngth to !0\"C Ilnd fcrnlllim.
Now, WllCli )"ou think n(thi., and feel your new of God'shelp bc{"o.u~cof your own weaknc~.~ anrl ~infulncsg, JOU lllu~t
heliev-e that 0.11tl.0 precious prowi,;cs which he JUL~ jl;ivell usin hill lw])" word n.re trlle-that the)' wenl intended to en.courage )"Oll in lltJ('king God, and tho.t he will fulfil t1H:'m
all to )"OU, if you Lclic\"c him and trust in him with all )"ourhCll.rt.
This he will do, not bccau~c yOIlare worthy, or cycr canhe worthy of bi~ mcrcy and forgi\'cne~~, but because Jc~usChri~t diOlI tbat r;i?Ders, and you among them, might be
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pnrdoned on Il.Ccouut or ll.ll th~t he suffered aud di'] for ourIlllkcs.
Th<l SU\'iOUf suffcrcd aud obc~.cd in Ilenrt and life aUtho holy law of Gou/or UI" aud now, lccauS<.! of what he ha.~dOlle ll.ud suffered, ho can claim pnrdon for all those whohrlieve in him, aud tru:!t ill hi:! willg both able and willingto ~avo the-ir BOlll~.
To tho,;c who thu:I rccci\c him, and tru~t to lli:! rightcou~.nt'i1S ll.louc, Il.9 th ....only rN\gon why God should p:Lrdon the-m,aud who gi\'c thl.'lUsdnJS away, huuibly, sillccrdy, andwholl~', to tho Lord ,J1'~1I~ Chri~t, to hi' hi~ for eVl'r, W th"mho gi\'c:I grtLlCO to believe ou his Dame to salvntion, 0 hO\l\"llimpl(', how glorion~, how free, is thi:! offer of ctcrnallife topoor sinners! Without any m('rit in liS, who d('8Crve God'sanser on account of our I!ill~, ~"et (au Go..! provided for U8,
in our guilt and hrlpl('ssneos, a 8a\;our. And this Llosf't'dJe~u;l has laid down his life that we Uii~ht Lc for!l:i,'cll, IUldnow olfers us pll.rdon and ho1in!'~s and h...avl'n as a frce gift;a.mI requirCll us to 1.oclicvll thi~ with all our hC'iLrt9,Ull.] lov.ingly to tr\l~t him w do all for O~ that he ha... I'romiM('<l.
S1Iall wo not bclic.e and tru5t him, my dear child? HlI.lIwe not loye and ohey him for hi~ tender IU'I"eto OM? ~bnllwe refusll 00 locliel"(l what he hu said ILtld promised? Uh, J
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how wicked it would be, thll~ to rehel against him, Surelythi~ would be the greate~t and the worst fin of alll To dig-beliCl'O ",,"hat God Im~ lluid, l!.8 if wo thought that Goo cuuldput 0. falsehood ill tho Holy Uible I Oh no; he could not.All that he ha~ said, he will do, lIe will Ion! U~ :tnll pardonU:<,ulld wash away our ~in!', and gi~e us, day by du)', throughpnl)'cr, str(lDgth to overcome them, amI to do right lI.nd toplCll.5C him-he will he our God, and .Jc~lIi1 will Vc OUl' ~a\"iour, and the Holy Spirit will be our comforter- and sanctifier,Ilnd at Ia"t hrenD 'will be our 1lOmo: all, all the jrft giftof God, for Lbo sako of the worthinc"ll of Jesus Cbri~t,
DC'llr child, will yuu bclic\-o God 1 Will YOII give your-&clCaway to him, to i1CrvC him as long f\.!l you livu? Will)"OU 10'1'0 and pray to bim'r Then ho rerein~lI yuu i)-oursins art! all forgiven, you arc hi~ dear child, aUlI ho willguide JOu by his Spirit i nnd when you have done all his holywill, uud ~lorificd him here 011 cUl,tb, he 'Will take YOll tothat brij(ht and hI~~d hOUle which he has prl'pared fur youin p;lory, nnd there you shall be for enr with the Lord,
"Thank:i be to Uod for hi~ ungpeakabltl gift."For God so lo\"cJ tho world that he gaYC his onl)' begot-
ten SOll, that whowever helieyeth i.u him, would not perish,
but have c ..erla.~ting lire. Johu 3: 16,
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,J{>!'u~~aith, I am the Wll~', and \.La truth, ll.1lUtbe life.
John 1-1:1;,Him that cometh to me, 1 will in no wi.iC c~t out. John
5:37.Bclic\'"o on the J,(1r<1 JCllU'i Christ, llmi UIOU ~hll.lt be
~a..ed. Ac13 16 :31.He that bclic1"l'th nol Goo. hath made him a liar, becan~e
he bt>1il,\"cth not tlic fN'llnl tljllt Gou t;a,.fl of his ~n. Andthis is the teo:onl, that Go<l hath giwII to U~eternal life:
and this lift! iiS in lli~Sou. 1 John 5: 10.ff JC 10..0 mc, k~p m)' C(lmmllIldmcnt~. Jolm 14: 15.110\'"0 them that luro me, IWd tho~c that !\t~k me early,
~hall filld me. Pro\". 8: 11.
rr(\"lI'If"..tthcllllmer.:lJ~IIlIIOUI"L!
l"abelieVef"'af'lllf;It lIOOIb€8hiolf.OlTO ..... b ..... hilI"(JI:ln<\\
Al><lllri\-eB ""'.Y h.iI f~'llr.
ltlIl.bl!the"OI"I"-dlJ'iriL ...hll~••-\nd",.lJ1W\tMu<,.,bI<Jhn.oLoIl;
'TiJl1I&lIll&lulltebllllgryllOul,.AllollOlheW5l'!,reet.
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