PART SECOND.

SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE, ON SUBJECTS RELATING

TO HUMAN FAITH AND DUTY.
Lesson.

Page.
35. On the Character and Attributes of GOD...

..99
36. Reverence of GOD...

.102
37. Spiritual Worship...

..104
38. Public Worship, and Observance of the Sabbath or Lord's Day.110
39. The Righteous are under Divine Protection.

115
10. Early Instruction in Heavenly Wisdom.

118
41. Different End of the Righteous and the Wicked.

121
42. Reconciliation to God by Jesus Christ....

128
43. On Suffering for the Sake of Rigliteousness.

.131
44. Love to God and Man..

.133
45. Personal Holiness..

.137
46. Our Duties to the Poor and Afflicted.

..140
47. Of Justice...

143
48. Forgiveness of Injuries

.146
49. Thanksgiving

..148
50. Pride and Humility

.150
51. Avarice...

153
52. Industry

..156
53. Management of the Tongue

.158
54. Duties of Parents and Children.

.161
55. Duties of Masters and Servants

.163
56. Temperance..

.165
57. Death and the Resurrection

. 167
58. The Holy Scriptures

173
59. Specimens of the Sublimity of the Scriptures.

.176
60. Prophecies of Christ's Kingdom

.179

PART THIRD.

SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT.

SECTION 1.

History of Jesus until he was betrayed.
61. The Birth and Infancy of Jesus

.182
62. His Baptism, and Promise of a more Spiritual Religion......184
63. Commencement of Christ's Ministry, and Defence of his
Claim to be the Son of God...

.187
64. The Sermon on the Mount.

.189
65. The Penitent Woman pardoned...

.....195

Lesson.

Page.
66. Selection and Mission of the twelve Apostles....

.1.96
67. Christ's first Visit to Jerusalem

..197
68. Miscellaneous Passages illustrating the Nature of the Gospel. 200
69. Christ's Journey from Galilee to Jerusalem

202
70. The Messiah's triumphant Entrance into Jerusalem.

204
71. The last Visit of Jesus to the Temple

206
72. Christ celebrates the Passover with his Disciples.. ....208
73. Christ institutes the Lord's Supper, and comforts his Disciples.211
74. Conversation of Jesus on the Way to the Garden..

.213
75. Prayer of Jesus for his Disciples.

.216
76. Judas betrays Jesus to his Enemies

.217

SECTION II.

Select Miracles and Parables of Jesus.
77. The Paralytic, and the Lame Man at the Pool of Bethesda,
cured..

.219
78. The Withered Hand cured. The Centurion's Servant healed,
and the Widow's Son restored to Life

.221
79. The Tempest calmed. The Daughter of Jairus raised. The
Multitude fed..

.223
80. Christ walketh on the Sea. The Canaanite's Daughter

healed. The Deaf Man cured. Blind Bartimeus restored
to Sight....

.225
81. The Blind Man restored to Sight

..227
82. Lazarus raised from the Dead
83. The Parables of the Sower and the Tares.

..231
84. Parables illustrating the Kingdom of Heaven. The Mer-
ciful Creditor..

233
85. The Good Samaritan. The Covetous Man. The Lost Sheep,
and Lost Money

.235
86. The Prodigal Son...

.237
87. The Rich Man and Lazarus. The Pharisee and Publican.
The Laborers in the Vineyard

.238
88. The Ten Virgins, and The Talents

.240

.229

SECTION III.
History of Jesus from his Betrayal to his Ascension.
89. Examination of Jesus before the High Priest...

242
90. Examination and Condemnation by Pilate, the Roman Gov-

245
91. The Crucifixion of Jesus

249
92. The Resurrection of Jesus .

252
93. Jesus appears to the Disciples at Jerusalem

256
94. Last Interviews of Jesus with his Disciples, and his Ascen-
sion into Heaven....

258

ernor.

SECTION IV.

The History of the Apostles and the Early Church.
Lesson.
95. The Gift of Tongues or Languages
96. Peter and John heal the Lame Man
97. Death of Ananias and Sapphira...
98. Imprisonment of all the Apostles. Advice of Gamaliel
99. Martyrdom of Stephen ...
100. Philip baptizes the Ethiopian Eunuch
101. The Gospel intended for all Nations, &c..
102. Paul preaches the true God at Athens
103. The Riot at Ephesus
104. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of Ephesus
105. Paul's Examination and Defence before Felix .....
106. Paul's Defence before King Agrippa ....
107. Paul's Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome

PART FIRST.

EXTRACTS, CHIEFLY HISTORICAL,

FROM THE

OLD TESTAMENT.

LESSON I.

THE CREATION.

-[Gen. i. 1.] 1. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light, day, and the darkness he called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

2. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament, heaven.

And the evening and the morning were the second day.

3. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land, earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he seas : and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth

bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

4. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

5. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that biath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

6. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

7. So God created man in his own image; in the image of GOD created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be for meat And to