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(Observations.) The following is a specimen of the method by which the Authors exercise their little Pupils on each Book of the Holy Scriptures; and should the intelligent Teacher deem it necessary, he has, in almost every answer, materials on which he may profitably enlarge.

On the Book of Genesis.

What is the first book in the Bible called?-Genesis. What is the meaning of that word?-Creation, or beginning.

In what book am I to read of the creation of the world?Genesis.

Which is the oldest book in the Holy Scriptures?— Genesis.

Who wrote the book of Genesis?-Moses.

Did Moses write any other book?—Yes, the four books that follow Genesis.

What are those first five books called?-The Pentateuch. Who does Moses say created the world?-Almighty God. How long was God in creating the world?-Six days. How did God create the world?-By the word of his power. Psalm xxxiii. 9.

What was the first thing that God created?—The heavens and the earth.

When did God create the heavens and the earth ?-In the beginning.

What am I to understand by the word create ?-Producing or making things out of nothing.

Can I create any thing?-No, none but God.

Who created trees and flowers ?-Almighty God.
On what day was this done?—The third day.

Can you tell me what a knowledge of trees, plants, and flowers, is called?-Botany.

What can a bird do, that a tree cannot ?-Fly. On which day were birds created?-The fifth. What did God create to give us light?—The sun. On which day was the sun created?-The fourth. What did God create on the fourth day beside the sun?The moon, stars, and planets.

Can you tell me one word for understanding the sun, moon, planets, and stars?-Astronomy.

What did God do on the sixth day?—He made man. What did God make man out of?-Dust of the ground. What did he call the first man ?-Adam.

Why did God call him Adam?-Because he was taken from the earth.

What part of man was taken from the earth?-His body. Has man any other part beside a body ?—Yes, a soul. What was the first woman made from?-One of Adam's ribs.

What did Adam call the woman that God made from his rib?-Eve.

Why did he call her Eve?-Because she was to be the mother of all living.

Where did God put Adam and Eve to live?-In the garden of Eden.

What were they to do there ?-To till it and dress it. What were they to eat?-The fruit of any of the trees in the garden, except of one.

What was that tree called?-The tree of knowledge of good and evil.

What was to happen to them if they eat of that tree?— They should die.

Who said so ?-God.

Did they obey God?-No.

"What did they do then?-Eat of that fruit.

Who tempted them to disobey?-Satan.

In what form or shape was Satan?-A serpent's. Who once lifted up a brazen serpent on a pole ?—Moses, in the wilderness.

Who tempts little children to sin ?—Satan.

What does he go about like?-A roaring lion.

What does Satan tempt people to do?-To break God's commandments.

What was the first commandment that ever was given ?That Adam and Eve should not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Were there any other commandments ever given ?—Yes,

ten.

Who were these ten given to ?—Moses.

Can you

Christ.

tell me who gave a new commandment?-Jesus

What was that?-That we should love one another. Who broke the first commandment? -Adam and Eve. What did they then become ?-Sinners.

When do children commit sin ?-When they break God's commandments.

What is the wages of sin ?-Death.

What brought death into the world ?---Sin.

Were Adam and Eve happy after they had sinned ?---No, . unhappy.

How did they feel when they had sinned ?---Ashamed. What did they do that proved they were ignorant ?--Tried to hide from God.

Why cannot we hide from God?---Because the eyes of the Lord are in every place.

Did God leave Adam and Eve in their sins ?--- No, he promised a Saviour.

What was that promise which God gave ?---That the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head.

Who was meant by the seed of the woman ?---Jesus Christ. Who was meant by the serpent?---Satan, the wicked one. When did Jesus Christ bruise the serpent's head ?--- When he died on the cross.

Did Jesus Christ ever commit sin ?---No, he was without spot or wrinkle.

Then, why did he die ?--- He died the just for the unjust, to bring us to God.

Then, what must we do to be saved?---Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Has Jesus Christ power to save sinners ?---Yes, he has power in heaven and in earth.

Did he ever do any thing to show that he had all power ?--Yes, he raised the dead, healed the sick, cleansed the lepers, cast out devils, made the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, the blind to see, walked on the sea, calmed the tempest, fed thousands of people, and turned water into wine.

The following SCRIPTURE STORIES may be treated in like manner by the judicious Teacher, viz.

Creation

Gen. i. | Abraham praying for
Sodom

Adam and Eve.. Gen. iii. 1.
Cain and Abel . . Gen. iv. 2.
The Flood ....Gen. vii. 1.
Noah and the Ark ..viii. 1.
Rainbow...... Gen. ix. 11.
Babel ..........Gen. xi. 1.
Hagar fleeing.. Gen. xvi. 6.
Abram and Lot .. Gen. xiv.

Gen. xviii. Two cities burnt. Gen.xix.24. Hagar and child. Gen.xxi.14. Isaac offered.. Gen. xxii. 2. Rebekah's kindness.

Gen. xxiv. 17, 18. Jacob's deceit. Gen. xxvii. 2. Jacob's ladder .. xxviii. 11.

Jacob's prayer (Esau). xxxii.
Joseph and sick Jacob. xlviii.
Joseph & brethren. xxxvii. 3.
Moses
Exod. ii.

Burning bush..... Exod. iii.
Ten plagues sent upon

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Widow's oil..2 Kings iv. 1.
Child's death. 2 Kings iv. 18.
Naaman and Gehazi...v. 1.
Athaliah.... 2 Kings xi. 1.
Esther, in parts.
Jonah and fish.
Jonah and tree.

Hezekiah's sickness... Isaialı

xxxviii. Dan. iii. Dan. v.

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Dan. vi.

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Luke i. Matt. iv.

Pharaoh. Exod. vii. to xiii.
Red Sea.... Exod. xiv.
Bitter waters. Exod. xv. 23.
Manna sent. Exod. xvi. 15. | Fiery furnace......
Ten Commandments. Ex. xx.
Miriam's leprosy. Num. xii.
Korah's rebellion. Num. xvi.
Fiery serpents.. Num. xxi.
Balaam's ass....Num. xxii.
His death....Num. xxxi. 8.
Fall of Jericho ....Josh. vi.
Achan's gold .... Josh. vii.
Gideon & angel. Judges vi.21.
Gideon's wool. Judges vi. 36.
Manoah's angel. Judges xiii.
Samson's lion .. Judges xiv.
His blindness and death. xvi.
Ruth's kindness ....Ruth i.
Her gleaning ...... Ruth ii.
Her marriage
Ruth iv.
Eli and Samuel..1 Sam. iii.
Hophni and Phinehas. iv. 17.
David and Goliath....xvii.
Jonathan and David. xx. 17.
Abigail's kindness. xxv. 23.
Saul's death. 1 Sam. xxxi. 3.
Absalom's death....2 Sam.
xviii. 9.

Belshazzar
Lion's den...
Jesus's birth
Jesus tempted
Jesus in the storm..xiv. 23.
Feeds four thousand. xv. 32.
His sufferings. Matt. xxvi. 7.
His resurrection .... xxviii.
Nobleman's daughter. Mark

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Queen of Sheba. 1 Kings.x. 1.
Abijah's death. 1 Kings xiv.1.
Elijah and Ravens.. xvii. 6.
Widow and cruse xvii. 9.
Widow and child .. xvii. 17.
Elijah's sacrifice.. xviii. 23.
Cake and earthquake.. xix.
Elijah... .2 Kings i.
His going to Heaven..ii. 1.
Naughty children....ii. 23.

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Widow's mite. Mark xii. 41.
Peter's denial.... ...xiv. 30.
Ditto
xiv. 66.
Shepherds .... Luke ii. 8.
Weeping penitent.. vii. 36.
Good Samaritan
.... X. 30.
Prodigal son
Luke xv.
Rich man .... Luke xvi. 19.
Nobleman's son. John iv. 46.
Porch of Bethesda
v. 1.
Lazarus raised .... John xi,
Christ's ascension. Acts i. 9.
Lame man healed.... iii. 2.
Ananias and Sapphira. v. 1.
Stephen stoned. Acts vii. 54.
Dorcas raised..Acts ix. 36.
Peter delivered. Acts xii. 6.
Herod slain....Acts xii. 20.
Paul at Damascus....ix. 1.
Philip & the eunuch. viii. 26.
The storm......Acts xxvii.
Eutychus sleeping....xx. 7.
Paul and viper.. .xxviii. 1.
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Leper healed....Lnke v. 12. Man with the palsy. Mark
Widow of Nain .... vii. 11.
ii. 3.
Pharisee and Publican.

Luke xviii. 10.
xviii. 35.

Blind man
Wise and foolish virgins.

Matt. xxv. 1.
John beheaded. Mark vi. 24.
Jesus walks on the sea. xiv. 22.
Jesus shining.. Mark ix. 2.
Blind Bartimeus x. 46.
Money changers cast out.

Mark xi. 15.
Fig tree withered....xi. 12.
Alabaster box
xiv. 3.
Jesus blessing children.

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Withered hand.. Mark iii. 1.
Man with legion......v. 2.
House on the rock and sand.
Matt. vii. 24.
Luke viii. 5.
Vine & branches. John xv. 1.
Jesus praying for his

Sower...

murderers. Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus teaching us to love

our enemies.. Matt. v. 44. Job's patience and prosperity

Net cast into the sea.

Job.

Matt. xiii. 47.

Mark x. 13. Zaccheus..... ... Luke xix.
Naboth's vineyard. 1 Kings

Water turned to wine.

John ii. 1.

xxi.

Disobedient prophet.... xiii.

THE HOLY BIBLE.

This is the Book which God has kindly giv'n,
To guide me in the path that leads to Heav'n.
The Bible, or the Scripture, is its name;
Which shews me all my folly, sin, and shame :
It bids me, though a child, to go to God,
And ask for pardon through a Saviour's blood:
It tells me, nothing good or holy I can do,
Unless the Spirit doth my soul renew:
It teaches where to look when in distress,
That God alone can all my sorrows bless;
And help me so to live, and so to die,
That I the name of Christ may glorify.
This precious treasure may I always love,
Till Jesus call me to the realms above;
And there, with Holy Angels, I shall sing
Hallelujah, to Jesus Christ my King.

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