God.

LESSON IV.

MONDAY-Ex. iii. 14.-And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

TUESDAY.-Deut. iv. 15.-Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; WEDNESDAY.-Deut. vi. 4.-Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

THURSDAY.-John iv. 24.-God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

FRIDAY.-Jer. x. 10.-But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. SATURDAY.-Job xi. 7.-Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

SABBATH.-1 Tim. i. 17.-Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

SECOND SERIES.

Ex. xxxiv. 6. Ex. xxxiv. 7. Ps. xc. 2. Isa. vi. 3. Ps. c. 5. Mal. iii. 6. Rom. xi. 33.

PSALM xlvi. 10.-Be still and know that I am God.

BATH. L. M.

Ps. 104. STEELE,

There is a God-all nature speaks,

See from the clouds his glory breaks,

Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies, When the first beams of morning rise.

Mode of God's Subsistence.

LESSON V.

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MONDAY.-Matt. xxviii. 19.-Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

TUESDAY.-Luke iii. 22.-And the Holy Ghost descended in á bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son: in thee I am well pleased. WEDNESDAY.-John xiv. 16.—And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for

ever; THURSDAY.-2 Cor. xiii. 14.-The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

FRIDAY.-Eph. ii. 18.-For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

SATURDAY.-1 Pet. i. 2.-Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

SABBATH.-John xv. 26.—But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

SECOND SERIES.

Luke iv. 18. Ps. xxxiii. 6. John vii. 39. Gal. iv. 6. Eph. v. 20. Col. ii. 2. 1 John v. 10,

ST. MARTIN'S. C. M.

Ps. 33. WATTS.

The glorious tenants of the place
Stand bending round the throne,

And saints and seraphs sing and praise

The infinite THREE ONE.

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The Counsel of God.

LESSON VI.

MONDAY.-Ps, xxxiii. 11.-The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

TUESDAY.-Isa. xxviii. 29.-This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. WEDNESDAY.—Isa. xlvi. 10.-Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: THURSDAY.-Jer. xxxii. 19.-Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

FRIDAY.-Acts iv. 28.-For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

SATURDAY.-Eph. i. 11.-In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

SABBATH.-Heb. vi. 17.—Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

-SECOND SERIES.

SPs. cxxxv. 6. Prov. viii. 14. Prov. xvi. 4. Prov. xix. 21. Isa. xl. 14. Acts ii. 23. Eph. iii. 11.

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I will be known and fear'd abroad,
But still my throne in Zion stands.

MONDAY.-Gen. i. 1.-In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

TUESDAY.-Gen. i. 31.—And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

WEDNESDAY.-Ps. cxlviii. 5.-Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

THURSDAY.--Neh. ix. 6.—Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

FRIDAY.-Heb. xi. 3.--Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

SATURDAY.-Col. i. 16.-For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"

SABBATH.—Rev. iv. 11.-Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are, and were created.

Job xxvi. 7. Ps. lxxxix. 11. Ps. cii. 25. Ps. civ. 5. Prov. iii. 19. John i. 3. Heb. iii. 4.

ROCKINGHAM. L. M.

Ps. 104.

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My soul, thy great Creator praise,
When cloth'd in his celestial rays,

He in full majesty appears,
And like a robe his glory wears.

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Holy Angels.

LESSON VIII.

MONDAY.-Ps. ciii. 20.-Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

TUESDAY.-Ps. civ. 4.-Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

WEDNESDAY.-Ps. xci. 11.-For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

THURSDAY.-Dan. vi. 22.-My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

FRIDAY.-Mat. xiii. 39.-The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

SATURDAY.-Heb. i. 14.-Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? SABBATH.-Mat. xviii. 10.—Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

2 Kings xix. 35. Ps. lxviii. 17. Isa. vi. 1. Mark viii. 38. 2 Thess. i. 7. Mat. xxvi. 53. Mat. xxv. 31.