THE ORDER OF CREATION.

First Day. Creation of the heaven and the earth, light, the distinction of day and night.-Gen. i. 1—5.

Second Day. Creation of the firmament, and division of the upper and lower waters.-Gen. i. 6.

Third Day, The earth is drained; seas, lakes, &c. formed; trees, plants, and vegetables are produced.Gen. i. 1 13.

Fourth Day. The sun, moon, planets, and stars, produced.-Gen. i. 14-19. Fifth Day.

Fowls and fishes created.-Gen. i. 20–23. Sixth Day. Wild and tame beasts, insects, reptiles, and man.-Gen. i. 24–31.

Seventh Day. A day of rest, hallowed, and set apart as such for ever.-Gen. ii. 2, 3.

The above Lesson is used as follows.

Three Monitors are

placed out; one Monitor says, First Day. Second Monitor answers, Creation of the heaven and the earth, light, and the distinction of day and night. The third Monitor repeats the text thereon, naming in what book, chapter, and verse, the same may be found, and thus they continue till the end of the seventh day.

The Teacher then taking up the Lesson, puts some such questions as follow:

T. When did God create the heaven?-C. On the first day.

T. What did God create more on the first day?-C. The earth.

T. When did God create the trees?-C. On the third day.

T. What did God do on the fourth day?-C. Made the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

T. What do trees grow on?-C. The earth.

T. What did God make out of the earth on the sixth day?-C. Man.

T. What was the work of the second day?-C. The creation of the firmament, and dividing the waters.

T. What swim and live in the water?-C. The fish.
T. When were fish made?-C. On the fifth day.
T. What was the first thing created with life?-C. Trees.

7. What life have trees?-C. Vegetable life.

T. What was the second thing created with life?C. Fowls and fish.

T. What life have fowls and fish?-Animal life.

T. On which day was the mineral kingdom created ?— C. The first.

T. When was the vegetable kingdom created?-C. On the third day.

T. When was the animal kingdom created?-C. On the fifth and sixth day.

T. How many kingdoms are there in nature?-C. Three.
T. Name them.-C. Animal, vegetable, and mineral.
T. Who made all things?-C. God.

T. Who gave life to all things?-C. God.

T. Give me Scripture texts to prove this.-C. John i. 3. Acts xvii. 28.

Thus the intelligent Teacher may lead his little ones to a knowledge of the works of nature, and, through them, to a knowledge of nature's God.

[Tune.-Smyrna.

God first created heav'n and earth,
With light to cheer the way;

To day and night he then gave birth,
Which ended the first day.

The firmament God next creates,
Now deck'd in grand array;
The waters, too, he separates,
Then clos'd the second day.

He drain'd the earth, form'd rich display
Of herbs, and plants, and trees,
And clos'd his work on this third day,
By forming lakes and seas.

The fourth day saw the glorious sun
Commence his bright career;
The moon, stars, planets, then begun
The midnight gloom to cheer.
The little birds, with lively song,
This fifth day quickly sweep
The air, in journies short or long;
Fish swim the mighty deep.

The sixth day, insects, reptiles too,
With beasts, both wild and tame,
And man, in God's own image view~
Alas! not now the same.

God then his six days' work review'd,
Pronounced them all the best,
And said, the seventh ever should.
Remain a hallow'd rest.

The first day at Jehovah's word,
Did heav'n, and earth, and light afford;
The next, a firmament so wide,
As might the waters course divide.

The third, to sever land from seas,

Made earth produce herbs, grass, and trees;

The fourth, sun, moon, and stars of light,
Set up to rule the day and night.

The fifth made fish in waters move,
And fowls to fly in air above;

The sixth all earthly beasts did bring,
And man to be the creature's king.
The seventh, of all these days the best,
Was made for God and man to rest:

Redemption-work doth bring again
The first of these to be the main ;
Bringing new heav'ns and earth in sight,
And immortality to light.

Since then the first is now the best,

Keep well this pledge of endless rest.

And now each work, while nature stands,
Loud for its mighty Lord demands
A shout of praise, and lofty song,
From ev'ry living creature's tongue.

ATTRIBUTES OF DEITY.

All-seeing. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Prov. xv. 3.)

Omniscient. For the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. ii. 3.)

Omnipresent. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there; if I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psalm cxxxix. 8, 9.) Omnipotent.-Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite. (Psalm cxlvii. 5.)

Just.-All his ways are judgment; a God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he. (Deut. xxxii. 4.) Merciful. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. (Psalm ciii. 17.)

Wise. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Coloss. ii. 3.)

Infinite.-Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? (Job. xi. 7.) Eternal.-From everlasting to everlasting thou art God. (Psalm xc. 2.)

Unchangeable.-I am the Lord; I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are ye not consumed. (Mal. iii. 6.)

Holy.-Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Rev. iv, 8.)

Long-suffering.-The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Exodus xxxiv. 6.)

True.--The truth of the Lord endureth for ever. (Psalm cxvii. 2.)

The general method of using this Lesson is, by calling out two children, one to give out the attribute, the other the text in proof; or three children may be employed, one the attribute, another the text, and the third, where the text may be found. A wide range for conversation is here opened for the intelligent Teacher.

Sing the following.

[Tune.-Berwick.

There is a God, who dwells on high,
Who form'd the earth, the air, the sky;

Who made the sun to give us light,
The moon and stars to rule the night.

Girls. {

S What is this God who dwells on high,
Who form'd the earth, the air, and sky?
God is a Spirit; therefore we

Cannot this great Jehovah see:

He's seen in heav'n, where angels dwell;
To us he is invisible.

Girls. {

Whence came this great and mighty Lord,
Who form'd creation by his word?

From everlasting he has been,

And will through endless years remain ;
There never was a time, when he

Was not Almighty Deity.

Girls. {And can this God, who dwells so high,

Girls.

Our secret thoughts and actions spy?
His piercing eye at once can scan
The thoughts and heart of every man ;
His eye, with keenest glance, can trace
Throughout immensity of space.

Where dwells this universal King,
Whose eyes behold each secret thing?
If to the heavens I ascend,

Or in the lowly valley bend;

Or take my flight on liquid air,

This truth continues-God is there!