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 Sunday School Concert, 
 
 GENERAL SERVICE MANUAL; 
 
 "OR THE 
 
 SCHOOL AND CONGREGATION, 
 
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 BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS OF THE 
 CONG'L SUNDAY SCHOOL, WINONA, MINN. 
 
 CHICAGO: 
 
 Adams, Blackmer, & Lyon Publishing Co. 
 
 1872. 
 

 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, 
 
 By Adams, Blackmer, & Lyon Publ shing Co.. 
 In the Office of the Librarian 01 Congress at Washington. 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS 
 
 EVERYWHERE, WHOSE 
 
 SELF-DENYING AND FAITHFUL LABORS OF LOVE 
 
 HAVE BEEN 
 
 SO RICHLY BLESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 IN THE SALVATION OF SOULS, AS WELL AS IN THE 
 
 GREAT WORK OF MAKING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD 
 
 THE CONTROLLING POWER IN THE LAND, 
 
 THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 CONCERNING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND 
 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT.— Ob- 
 jects and Advantages of the Sunday School 
 Concert. — Character of the Exercise; as to 
 its Subject-Matter, Distinctive Features, Time 
 and Frequency, Immediate Preparation and 
 Conduct, n 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT EXERCISES. 
 
 I. 
 
 THE BIBLE: 
 A Lesson Concerning God's Revelation to Man, . 21 
 
 II. 
 
 ABRAHAM: 
 A Lesson of Promise, 31 
 
 m. 
 
 ABRAHAM : 
 A Lesson of Faith, 4S 
 
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6 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 IV. 
 
 MOSES, 
 
 THE EGYPTIAN, THE EXILE, THE LEADER: 
 
 A Lesson of God in History 57 
 
 V. 
 
 ISAIAH: 
 A Lesson of Christ in Prophecy 7 1 
 
 VI. 
 
 THE MOUNTAINS OF THE BIBLE : 
 A Lesson Concerning the Earthly Scenes of God's 
 
 Glory, 8 5 
 
 vn. 
 
 TRAYER: 
 A Lesson of Devotion, 99 
 
 Vlll. 
 
 OUR SAVIOUR: 
 A Lesson for Christmas, 109 
 
 IX. 
 
 THE LORD'S TRAYER: 
 A Lesson for Every Day in the Year 121 
 
 X. 
 
 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT: 
 A Lesson from the Words of Christ 13' 
 
CONTENTS. 7 
 
 XI. 
 
 AROUND GENNESARETi 
 A Lesson from the Life of Christ 141 
 
 XII. 
 
 CHRIST THE FOUNDATION STONE: 
 A Lesson concerning "Living Stones "in 'Cod's 
 Building," 153 
 
 xm. 
 
 THE NAME OF JESUS: 
 A Lesson from the Titles of Christ 165 
 
 XIV. 
 
 CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES: 
 A Lesson of Warning and Promise, 175 
 
 XV. 
 
 THE CROSS AND THE CROWN : 
 A Lesson of Salvation, i^g 
 
 XVI. 
 
 ANGELS: 
 A Lesson Concerning Heavenly Things 201 
 
 XVII. 
 
 OUR HEAVENLY HOME: 
 A Lesson of Victory 213 
 
8 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 THE GENERAL EXERCISES : Their Character 
 and Importance ; Prayer — Reading — Sing- 
 ing, Etc., 227 
 
 SELECTIONS, RESPONSES, CHANTS, ETC. 
 
 SELECTIONS. 
 
 An Opening Exercise — Prayer — Go when the 
 Morning Shineth — Twenty-third Psalm — 
 Loving Shepherd — The Lord will Provide — 
 How can a Child be Saved?— The Old. Old 
 Story — The Cross Presented — The Way of 
 the Cross the Way of Light — The Sea of 
 Galilee — Jerusalem the Golden — Beautiful 
 Things Above — The Queen's Decision— The 
 Mountains of the Bible — Our Work is Here, 231 
 
 n. 
 
 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Psalms i, vii. xxiv, xc, cm, cxix : 97-128, cxxv 244 
 Isaiah xi: 1-9, iv: 1-7 — The Beatitudes —The 
 Apostles' Creed, 
 
CONTENTS. i) 
 
 III. 
 
 CHANTS. 
 
 The Lord's Prayer — The Saviour — Gloria Patri 
 — Psalm xcvi — Psalm xix — Luke ii— Praise 
 the Lord — Blessed be the Lord God of Is- 
 rael — Oh Come, Let us Sing — God be Merci- 
 ful — The Lord is my Shepherd — The Invi- 
 tation— I will Lift Up mine Eyes — Happy 
 Home (Song) 25a 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Concerning the Sunday School and the 
 Sunday School Concert. 
 
 The present and the future of the Sunday-school is, to the 
 Christian mind of to-day, a matter of vast importance. Al- 
 though there is a "hopeful discontent with the present state of 
 things" in this department of Christian work, yet there is much 
 to be thankful for, and much to make the future hopeful in the 
 general advancement of the study of God's word through the 
 Sunday-school. There is now, more than formerly, a skillful 
 adaptation of means to an end, and the fact has come to be 
 recognized that the "Lord's business" requires the consecration 
 of mind as well as of heart — that he blesses intellect and genius 
 when employed in his service. We cannot fail to mark an 
 increased interest in the general work of the church on the part 
 of the laity, and the extensive application of improved methods 
 of instruction in the Sunday-school. Books and periodical 
 literature, appliances and apparatus, have been multiplied to 
 meet the demand for them until we have been almost in danger 
 of forgetting the end of our toil in admiration of the means. 
 But the truths of the Bible are brought, in an attractive and 
 comprehensive form, to all classes of scholars. 
 
 Among the special means of improvement we may notice two, 
 as having led the way and made others possible. These have 
 been, first, the topical method of instruction in the Scriptures ; 
 and second, the uniform lesson system. The latter has been 
 
12 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 adopted by so great a number of schools as to render it possi- 
 ble to sustain an able periodical literature largely for the pur- 
 pose of developing these lessons for both teachers and pupils 
 of all grades in the school. We can now rejoice in the fact 
 that a vast array of talent, comprising many of the ablest minds 
 of the country, is now engaged in this noble work. 
 
 Great credit is due to the pioneers in the enterprise of the 
 topical and uniform lesson system. 
 
 Let it now be the earnest prayer and constant effort of every 
 Christian, that the hearts of the youth of the land may be sancti- 
 fied by the indwelling of God's Spirit, while their minds are 
 enlightened through these instrumentalities of moral and reli- 
 gious culture. " Our intellects," Dr. R. D. Hitchcock once 
 said, " left to work alone, chill out the life principle, the true 
 essence of piety. It is sending the flocks of religious affections 
 up from the genial valleys to perish in Alpine snow." 
 
 The Sunday School Concert, or General Service Exercise, has 
 been for many years an important feature of the Sunday-school 
 work. And here progress has been manifest. The old concert, 
 with its speech-making and story-telling, with its want of system 
 and definiteness of purpose, so far as instruction was concerned, 
 was quite in keeping with the random and often irrelevant con- 
 versation that formerly constituted most of the Bible-class work 
 — we can hardly say instruction — as well as with the meaning- 
 less recitation of texts, so often the order of the lower classes. 
 Nevertheless, the old school and the old concert were produc- 
 tive of great good. The spirit of true progress neither ignores 
 the good things of the past nor rests contented with the imper- 
 fections of the present. 
 
 It is humbly hoped that this little work will prove to be, not 
 merely a manual of Coyicert Exercises , but a contribution toward 
 the development of the true ideal of what this service should be. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 13 
 
 Objects and Advantages of the Sunday 
 School Concert. 
 
 1. It should be the aim of this exercise to afford a pleasing 
 variety in methods of Biblical instruction. All practical teachers 
 recognize the importance of this in securing the attention and 
 interest of the young. 
 
 2. It should exhibit great and fundamental truths, the out- 
 lines of Scripture, in a manner calculated to fix them in the 
 memory, and should so address them to the mind and heart as 
 to make a permanent impression. The general review is to 
 the scholar the most important lesson of the term. 
 
 3. The concert exercise should be not only a lesson of instruc- 
 tion, but most emphatically a service of devotion. It should 
 always be characterized by religious warmth and fervor. Mr. 
 Beecher recently said : "Among the members of our churches 
 there are ten who are conscientious while there is one who is 
 devout. * * * The coldness of religious feeling, which is so 
 conspicuous a defect in Protestant churches, is largely due to 
 the failure of those churches to make suitable provision for 
 worship in their services." 
 
 4. The concert, through the interest of its exercise, may be 
 made a means of leading persons not connected with the school 
 to become attendants upon its regular exercises and upon the 
 services of the church. 
 
 II. 
 
 What should be the Character of the 
 
 Concert Exercise? 
 
 .1. as to subject-matter. 
 
 There should be one central topic, and the Scripture recita- 
 tions, the songs, and all the selections should have a bearing 
 upon and cluster around this one central truth. We cannot 
 
14 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 critically examine the whole Scripture, even in the Sunday- 
 school proper, much less in these less-frequently recurring con- 
 cert services. Dr. Huntington has truly said : " The life of a 
 child — certainly his Sunday-school life — is far too short for 
 the microscopic study of the Scriptures. Much is accomplished 
 ii he be made acquainted with the great outlines of the word of 
 God." There are, both in the Old and New Testaments, promi- 
 nent characters and great central truths, by the study of which 
 we may comprehend, so far as we are able, not only these, but 
 much that lies between and clusters around them. Abraham, 
 Moses, and Isaiah, are representatives of such characters, and 
 around them and a few others we associate the great facts, 
 historical and prophetic, concerning God's ancient dispensation. 
 The advent, life and death of the Saviour, as given by the 
 evangelists, his own teachings, as in the sermon on the mount, 
 the preaching of Paul, and the heavenly vision of the Revela- 
 tor, are among the great facts of the gospel of the New Testa- 
 ment. These great truths of prophecy, history, and revelation, 
 make up the grand outline of God's word. These are the 
 " Mountains of the Bible," eternal and immovable, from whose 
 lofty summits we may get glimpses of the realms of God's truth 
 extending like a limitless ocean beyond our mental vision, and 
 from whose heights the eye of faith may sometimes behold dim 
 outlines of the celestial country. 
 
 2. AS TO THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE EXERCISE. 
 
 Let it be interesting, instructive, devotional, never theatrical. 
 Let the lesson, not the actors, be the object of interest. Too 
 much of ordinary dialogue and declamation are not in accord- 
 ance with the spirit of devotion, and are out of place in the 
 service of the church and Sunday-school. Let the Sunday- 
 school concert never be degraded to a mere exhibition of smart 
 children. To avoid even the appearance of this, as well as that 
 a greater number may feel a personal interest in the meeting, 
 the superintendent should, as far as possible, avoid assigning 
 
INTRODUCTION. 15 
 
 prominent parts to the same pupils on successive occasions. 
 Even the parts of the little ones, brought in from the infant 
 department to give variety and completeness to the whole, 
 should have some connection with the main idea of the lesson. 
 
 3. AS TO TIME AND FREQUENCY. 
 
 The concert should not be held too often, lest so much of the 
 time and attention of the school be taken for preparation work 
 as to encroach upon the regular study and work of the school ; 
 yet often enough to afford that variety of exercise, and to main- 
 tain that healthful stimulus which it is the object of the concert 
 to give to the school. Some schools succeed in having a con- 
 cert every month, while others find six weeks or two months 
 often enough to secure good and well performed exercises. 
 No other than good performances should ever be allowed. 
 When held, this meeting should not supersede, but rather be 
 the evening service of the church. The Sunday-school is only 
 a department of the work of the church, and should not be 
 regarded as a separate activity. Nor is the Sunday-school for 
 the young only. The concert service should be largely at- 
 tended by the adult congregation, and, to this end, the exercise 
 should be made interesting and profitable enough to secure 
 such attendance. Let the school acquire and maintain the 
 reputation of never having a poor concert, and the simple 
 announcement of the meeting will secure the audience. The 
 good results of such a course will not alone rest upon the mul- 
 titude, but the general enthusiasm will react to the interest and 
 great advantage of the school also. The principle holds here, 
 as in all Christian work, — we benefit ourselves most when we 
 most seek to benefit others. 
 
 4. AS TO THE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION OF AND HOW TO 
 CONDUCT THE EXERCISE. 
 
 The service, to be most successful, should be varied ; hence 
 only general directions can be given. 
 
l6 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 The superintendent should himself assign the parts to the 
 teachers or scholars at least one week beforehand. Teachers 
 may hear their classes rehearse privately, but there should be 
 no general rehearsal of the school. This would detract from 
 the freshness and interest of the exercise at its performance. 
 Care should be taken that assignments are made only to such 
 as can be relied upon for their presence. A few broken links 
 will spoil the chain of instruction, and injure the effect of the 
 lesson. The superintendent conducts the service, having pre- 
 viously made himself thoroughly familiar with the whole exer- 
 cise ; having, at the same time, the copy in hand. Have every- 
 thing ready before beginning, and have no delays between the 
 exercises ; nor any departure from the programme to accommo- 
 date any speech-maker who accidentally may be present. The 
 order should be perfect, and every recitation heard and under- 
 stood by the whole audience. Let the machinery be such as to 
 work silently and unseen ; and let it be impelled by love. 
 
 Such a discipline can only be obtained, in most schools, by 
 patient effort. The superintendent is the source of the disci- 
 pline of the school. He must possess peculiar qualities of head 
 and heart ; and, moreover, in assuming the duties of his office 
 he must feel that he is committed to the performance of much 
 prayerful, thoughtful, and patient labor for Christ. The Lord's 
 work is worth doing well, and the reward is both here and 
 beyond. 
 
CONCERT EXERCISES. 
 
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%\t §JiMe : 
 
 A LESSON CONCERNING GOD'S REVELATION 
 TO MAN. 
 
 All scripture is given by inspiration of God." — 2 Tim. 3 : 16. 
 
 ' Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." 
 
 — Ps. 119; 105. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. " The Word of the Lord." — Fresh 
 Laurels, p. 41. 
 
 Superintendent. " O how love I thy law ! it is my 
 meditation all the day." 
 
 School. " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a 
 light unto my path." 
 
 Chant. "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel." 
 
 (See Appendix.) 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Scripture heading. Psalm 119: 1-18. 
 
 Singing. "Blessed Bible." — Notes of Joy, p. 11 
 (or substitute).* 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 A little girl repeats from the platform, in a clear 
 voice : 
 
 THE BIBLE. 
 
 ' Tis a pure and holy word, 
 ' Tis the wisdom of a God : 
 ' Tis a fountain full and free, 
 
 ' Tis the book for you and roe : 
 ' Twill the soul's best anchor be 
 
 Over life's tempestuous sea ; 
 A guardian angel to the tomb, 
 
 A meteor in the world's dark gloom : 
 ' Tis a shining sun at even, 
 
 ' Tis a diamond dropped from heaven. 
 
 * Hymns appropriately selected from the book in use in the school may 
 be substituted, if more convenient, for those designated in these Exercises. 
 
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 Class A. 
 Supt. What does the Bible claim to be ? 
 
 Teacher. The word of God — 
 
 " For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, 
 when ye received the word cf God which ye heard of us, ye 
 received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the 
 word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." 
 — I Thess. 2 : 13. 
 
 Supt. Do the Old and New Testaments differ as 
 to authority? 
 
 First Pupil. " God, who at sundry times and in divers man- 
 ners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath 
 in these last days spoken unto us by his Son." — Heb. 1 : 1, 2. 
 
 Supt. How long before Christ were the books of 
 Moses written ? 
 
 Second Pupil. About 1,450 years. 
 
 Supt. And yet do their teachings harmonize with 
 the gospel of Christ ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " Mad ye believed Moses, ye would have be- 
 lieved me : for he wrote of me." — John 5 : 46. 
 
 Supt. To what great truth do all the teachings of 
 both the Old and New Testaments point ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " To him give all the prophets witness, that 
 through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive 
 remission of sins." — Acts 10 : 43. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Saying none other things than those which 
 the prophets and Moses did say should come : that Christ 
 should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise 
 from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to 
 the Gentiles." — Acts 26 : 22, 23. 
 
 Singing. From " New Golden Shower," p. 98. 
 
 I O Lord, thy perfect word 
 Directs our steps aright, 
 Nor can all other books afford 
 Such profit and delight. 
 
THE BIBLE. 23 
 
 2 Celestial beams it sheds 
 
 To cheer this vale below : 
 To distant lands its glory spreads, 
 And streams of mercy flow. 
 
 3 True wisdom it imparts, 
 
 Commands our hope and fear: 
 Oh, may we hide it in our hearts, 
 And feci its influence there. 
 
 Class B. 
 
 Supt. How was the Law first given to man ? 
 
 First Pupil. " And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to 
 me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee tables of 
 stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; 
 that thou mayest teach them." — Ex. 24 : 12. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And he gave unto Moses, when he had made 
 an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of 
 testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God." — Ex. 
 31: 18. 
 
 Supt. Where do we first read of the Law being 
 written in a roll or book ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it 
 unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the 
 covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel." — 
 Deut. 31 : 9. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And it came to pass, when Moses had made 
 an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they 
 were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of 
 the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee." 
 — Deut. 31 : 24, 25, 26. 
 
 Supt. What does Paul say of the Law ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " But before faith came, we were kept under 
 the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be 
 revealed. Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us 
 unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." — Gal. 3 : 23, 24. 
 
24 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 Class C. 
 Supt. What was the mission of the prophets ? 
 
 Teacher. * " By a long course of teaching, the prophets led 
 the world on until it was fit for Christ ; so fit, that when Christ 
 came, the news of his mission was rapidly carried throughout 
 the world, and found acceptance in every city. Even in the 
 Gentile world, at all the great centres of human activity, devout 
 men had been gathered from among the heathen in readiness 
 for Christ. Without being Jews, they went on the Sabbath to 
 the synagogue to hear the words of the prophets read there. 
 These were the men who made Antioch the second mother of 
 the faith, and who gave there to Christianity its name. They 
 were the fruits of prophecy." 
 
 These are the words of the prophet Isaiah : 
 
 " The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye 
 the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for 
 our God." — Is. 40 : 3. 
 
 Supt. What are some of the texts given in the 
 Old and New Testaments testifying to their inspira- 
 tion ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Now these be the last words of David. David 
 the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, 
 the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of 
 Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word 
 was in my tongue." — 2 Sam. 23 : 1, 2. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And the Lord spake by his servants the 
 prophets, saying." — 2 Kings 21 : 10. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Which things also we speak, not in the words 
 which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teach- 
 eth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." — 1 Cor. 2: 13. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel 
 which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither 
 received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation 
 of Jesus Christ." — Gal. 1 : 11, 12. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, 
 and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
 instruction in righteousness." — 1 Tim. 3:16. 
 
 * The prose quotations of this exercise are from the Bampton Lectures, 
 by R. Payne Smith. 
 
THE 1111:1.1,. 
 
 2 5 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the 
 Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy 
 came not in old time by the will of man : but holy men of God 
 spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." — 2 Peter i : 
 20, 21. 
 
 Singing. From " Sabbath Songs," p. 103. 
 
 THE BOOK DIVINE. 
 i How precious is the Book divine, 
 By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its pages shine, 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Life, light, and joy it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Engraved as in eternal brass 
 
 The mighty promise shines ; 
 Nor can the powers of darkness rase 
 Those everlasting lines. 
 
 2 The sacred word of grace is strong 
 
 As that which built the skies ; 
 The voice which rolls the stars along 
 Spake all the promises. 
 
 3 My hiding place, my refuge, tower, 
 
 And shield art thou, O Lord ! 
 I firmly anchor all my hopes 
 
 On thine unerring word. Waits. 
 
 Class D. 
 Supt. Will a hasty reading of the Bible reveal all 
 its truths ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think 
 ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me." — 
 John 5 : 39. 
 
26 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 Second Pupil. " These were more noble than those in Thes- 
 salonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of 
 mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things 
 were so." — Acts 17: II. 
 
 Supt. What blessings result from a love for and 
 careful study of the Bible ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it 
 giveth understanding unto the simple." — Ps. 119: 130. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimo- 
 nies, as much as in all riches." — Ps. 1 19 : 14. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Unless thy law had been my delight, 1 should 
 have perished in mine affliction." — Ps. 119: 92. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 
 way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word." — Ps. 119 : 9. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " For whatsoever things were written afore- 
 time were written for our learning, that we through patience 
 and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." — Rom. 15:4. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " For I am not ashamed of the gospel of 
 Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one 
 that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." — Rom. 
 I: 16. 
 
 Supt. " Faith is best established in the heart by the close 
 study of the Bible. If it be God's book, it will speak best in 
 God's behalf. It must carry its proof with it. Such a proof is 
 found in the unity and consistency of the Bible, and the won- 
 derful way in which its many treatises form one book, all com- 
 bining in setting before men one and the same way provided by 
 God for man's restoration. In the Bible, men find the same 
 plan of salvation gradually and steadily unfolded. It grows more 
 plain, more clear and definite as speaker after speaker arises 
 with words from God. No one ever contradicts the past, but 
 each adds his own measure of truth to that already given. And 
 finally — It is finished — the message of God to the soul is com- 
 pleted under such circumstances, and with so great an outpour- 
 ing of Divine light, as infinitely to excel, while nevertheless it 
 fulfills and exactly corresponds to all the previous declarations 
 of the prophets. 
 
 " And then the most convincing evidence of all is our Lord's 
 own character. The more we study that simple but marvelous 
 delineation of him given in the gospel, the more certain we feel 
 
THE BIBLE. 27 
 
 of his unapproachable perfectness ; that no man ever spake as 
 he spake, or taught as he taught, or wrought as he wrought." 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 THE BIBLE. 
 
 1 Thank God for the Bible ! 'tis there that we find 
 
 The story of Christ and his love — 
 How he came down to earth, from his beautiful home 
 In the mansions of glory above ; 
 Thanks to him we will bring, 
 Praise to him we will sing. 
 For he cams down to earth, from his beautiful home 
 In the mansions of glory above. 
 
 2 While he lived on this earth, to the sick and the blind, 
 
 And to mourners, his blessings were given ; 
 • And he said, Let the little ones come unto me, 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 Jesus calls us to come, 
 He's prepared us a home, 
 For he said, Let the little ones come unto me, 
 For of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 3 In the Bible we read of a beautiful land, 
 
 Where sorrow and pain never come ; 
 For Jeuis is there with a heavenly band, 
 
 And 'tis there he's prepared us a home. 
 Jesus calls, shall we stay ? 
 No ! we'll gladly obey, 
 For Jssus is there with a heavenly band, 
 And 'tis there he's prepared us a home. 
 
 4 Thank God for the Bible ! its truths o'er the earth 
 
 We'll scatter with a bountiful hand ; 
 But we never can tell what a Bible is worth, 
 Till we go to that beautiful land. 
 There our thanks we'll bring, 
 There with angels we'll sing, 
 And its worth we can tell, when with Jesus we dwell, 
 In heaven — that beautiful land. 
 
 Sinvinv. From " The Silver Song," p. 48 — duet 
 and chorus. 
 
28 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 THE BIBLE. 
 
 1 What is it points my soul the way 
 To realms of everlasting day, 
 And tells the danger of delay? 
 
 It is the precious Bible. 
 Chorus.— The Bible, the Bible, 
 
 The precious, precious Bible ; 
 
 It points the way to heaven above, 
 
 The precious, precious Bible. 
 
 2 What teaches me that I must love 
 The glorious God who reigns above, 
 And that I may his glories prove? 
 
 It is the precious Bible. 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 What is it gives my spirit rest, 
 
 When with the cares of earth oppressed, 
 And points to regions of the blest ? 
 It is the precious Bible. 
 Chorus. 
 
 Class E. 
 
 Supt. Will all who listen to Bible truths be 
 saved ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Now the parable is this : The seed is the 
 word of God, Those by the way side are they that bear ; 
 then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their 
 hearts, lest they should believe and be saved." — Luke 8: II, 12. 
 
 Second Pupil. " They on the rock are they, which, when they 
 hear, receive the word with joy ; and these have no root, which 
 for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." — 
 Luke 8 : 13. 
 
 Third Pupil. "And that which fell among thorns are they, 
 which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with 
 cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to 
 perfection." — Luke 8 : 14. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But that on the good ground are they, which 
 in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, 
 and bring forth fruit with patience." — Luke 8: 15. 
 
THE BIBLE. 
 
 2Q 
 
 Teacher. " Take heed therefore, how ye hear." — Luke 8:18, 
 first clause. 
 
 Supt. Comparing Christian with heathen lands, 
 where the Bible is unknown, what difference do we 
 find? 
 
 Teacher. " In proportion as men study the Bible and act 
 upon it, they become more just, more temperate, more self-deny- 
 ing, more willing to labor for the good of others. Destroy this 
 book, and the bond between rich and poor is gone. There is 
 nothing to speak to both alike of a God who is no respecter of 
 persons. The suffering Christ, the Man of Sorrows, the cross 
 meekly borne, leading onward to the immortal crown — there will 
 be nought of this to comfort the afflicted. The glorified Christ, 
 coming with all power as judge of quick and dead, and in that 
 judgment putting the poor into his own place — there will be 
 nought of this to bid the rich man seek out the poor, and min- 
 ister to him. To eat and drink and die will be man's all." 
 
 Singing. " Happy Voices," p. 72. 
 We won't give up the Bible, 
 God's holy book of truth. 
 
 Class F. 
 
 Supt. Are there any to whom God's message is 
 not addressed ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Come near, ye nations, to hear ; and hearken 
 ye people : let the earth hear, and all that is therein : the world, 
 and all things that come forth of it." — Is. 34 : I. 
 
 Second Pupil. " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
 Spirit saith unto the churches." — Rev. 2 : 29. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Holy Bible, book divine, 
 Precious treasure, thou art mine ; 
 Mine to tell me whence I came ; 
 Mine to teach me what I am : 
 
 2 Mine to chide me when I rove ; 
 Mine to show a Saviour's love ; 
 Mine art thou, to guide my youth 
 In the paths of love and truth : 
 
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 3 Mine to comfort in distress, 
 If the Holy Spirit bless, 
 Mine to show by living faith, 
 Man can triumph over death : 
 
 4 Mine to tell of joys to come, 
 And the sinner's dreadful doom : 
 O thou precious book divine ; 
 Precious treasure, thou art mine, 
 
 Supt. We all have this precious book. We read 
 and listen to its truths. What yet remains for us to 
 do? 
 
 Third Pupil. " Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers 
 only, deceiving your own selves." — James i : 22. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that 
 hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which 
 are written therein : for the time is at hand." — Rev. 1 : 3. 
 
 Asst Supt. repeats impressively — 
 
 Most wondrous book ! bright candle of the Lord ! star of 
 eternity ! the only star by which the barque of man could navi- 
 gate the sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss securely. 
 
 CLOSING HYMN. 
 
 ZION. 
 
 1 O'er the gloomy hills of darkness, 
 
 Cheered by no celestial ray, 
 Sun of righteousness arising, 
 
 Bring the bright, the glorious day ; 
 
 Send the gospel 
 To the earth's remotest bound. 
 
 2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, 
 
 Grant them, Lord, the glorious light; 
 And from eastern coast to western, 
 May the morning chase the night, 
 
 And redemption, 
 Freely purchased, win the day. 
 
 3 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel ; 
 
 Win and conquer — never ce?.se I 
 May thy lasting, wide dominions 
 Multiply, and still increase : 
 
 Sway thy sceptre, 
 Saviour, all the world around ! 
 
II. 
 
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 A LESSON OF PROMISE. 
 
 "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen unto 
 the glory of God by us." — 2 Cor. 1: 20. 
 
 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promises." — 2 Peter 3: 19. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. "Come, join our Band." — Fresh 
 Laurels, p. 98. 
 
 1 We're marching to the promised land, 
 
 A land all fair and bright ; 
 Come, join our happy, youthful band, 
 And seek the plains of light. 
 
 Chorus — O come, come, come, 
 Our glorious songs of triumph share ; 
 We soon shall reach the heavenly land. 
 And rest forever there. 
 
 2 In that bright land no sin is found, 
 
 For all are happy, happy, there ; 
 And youthful voices there shall join 
 With the angelic choir. 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 Our faithful teachers point the way, 
 
 And guide our youthful steps aright, 
 To yonder world of endless day, 
 Where Jesus is the light. 
 Chorus. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Chant. The 67th Psalm: 
 
 " God be merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause his face 
 to shine upon us." (See Appendix!) 
 
 Scripture Reading. Part of the 3d chapter of 
 Galatians. 
 
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 Singing. A selection. Solo, duet or quartette 
 and chorus, or select piece by a class. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 By Infant Class pupils : 
 
 First Voice. I'm a little pilgrim, 
 
 And a stranger here ; 
 Though this earth is pleasant, 
 Sin is always near. 
 
 Second Voice. Jesus loves our little band, 
 
 He will lead us by the hand, 
 Lead us to that better land, 
 By-and-by. 
 
 Third Voice. Mine's a better country, 
 Where there is no sin, 
 Where the tones of sorrow 
 Never enter in. 
 
 Fourth Voice. But a little pilgrim 
 
 Must have garments clean, 
 
 Ere he'll wear the white robe, 
 
 And with Christ be seen. 
 
 Fifth Voice. Jesus, hear and save me ; 
 Teach me to obey ; 
 Holy Spirit guide me 
 In the heavenly way. 
 
 ^// # Jesus loves our little band, 
 
 He will lead us by the hand, 
 Lead us to that better land 
 By and by. 
 
 Singing. " The Better Land."— The Silver Spray, 
 
 Shall I wear a crown of glory 
 
 In a better land? 
 Shall I tell the wondrous story 
 
 In the better land? 
 
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 ABRAHAM. — THE CALL AND TROMISE. 
 
 Outline of Opening Remarks by the Superintendent. 
 Abraham was born at Ur of the Chaldees (use a large 
 map), between Nineveh and Nisibis- — east and north 
 from Palestine, beyond the Euphrates — year of the 
 world 2009 ; after the deluge 350 years; was the son 
 of Terah ; his wife's name was Sarai; they were 
 descendants of Shem. Ten generations from Adam 
 to the deluge, and ten from the deluge to Abraham. 
 His fathers were idolators — sun, moon, and stars 
 were worshiped. The Bedouins, who inhabit the 
 same country at the present time, doubtless resemble 
 in many respects, the people of those ancient tribes. 
 " The unchanged habits of the east render it, in this 
 respect, a kind of living Pompeii." 
 
 Terah, with his son Abram (for this was his name 
 until God changed it to Abraham), emigrate to Meso- 
 potamia, where Terah dies, and Abram pursues his 
 course to the land of Canaan. God had directed 
 him hither; here he received the promise of God 
 that he should be the father of a great nation. We 
 are now to study the lesson of this great promise. 
 
 Class A 
 
 Will repeat the Scripture concerning the call and 
 promise to Abraham, as in Genesis, 12th chapter. 
 
 First Pupil. " Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get 
 thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy 
 father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee." — Gen. 12: 1. 
 
 Second Pupil. "And I will make of thee a great nation, and 
 I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be 
 a blessing:" — Gen. 12: 2. 
 
 Third Pupil. "And I will bless them that bless thee, and 
 curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of 
 the earth be blessed." — Gen. 12 : 3. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken 
 unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy 
 and five years old when he departed out of Haran." — Gen. 
 12: 4. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his 
 brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, 
 and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went 
 forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of 
 Canaan they came." — Gen. 12: 5. 
 
 REMARKS. 
 
 * " Thus we view the little company of Abraham and his 
 sister's son, nearly four thousand years ago, strating on a pil- 
 grimage, ' as they went forth,' in obedience to God's call, ' to go 
 to the land of Canaan.' All the substance that they had gath- 
 ered is heaped high on the backs of their kneeling camels. 
 Round about them, and underneath the towering forms of the 
 camels, are their flocks. 
 
 " The chief is there amidst the stir of the movement, or may 
 be seen at noonday resting within his tent. What a character 
 was that chief in sacred history ! With him the Old Testament 
 history properly commences; that before being merely intro- 
 ductory to that grand movement which begins in Ur of the 
 Chaldees, and ends with the final destruction of the Jewish 
 polity and people." 
 
 What a long vista is opened in this beginning of 
 that earthly journey to the earthly Canaan ! This 
 is the beginning of the nation whose history and 
 country are prophetic of the heavenly Canaan. God 
 had a revelation of salvation, of heaven and eternity, 
 to make to a lost race whose intellects and hearts 
 could not comprehend a single line of that revela- 
 tion ; and he set about giving to the world object 
 lessons of heaven with the materials of earth. It was 
 a great work to elevate the earthly conceptions of 
 mortals to a contemplation of heavenly things. The 
 whole line of history, from Abraham to Christ, is but 
 a series of spiritual lessons, given in the language 
 
 * Stanley's History of the Jewish Church. 
 
 
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 of earth. Surely the law has been the great school- 
 master to lead the world to Christ ; but Christ came 
 as the fulfillment of the law and the prophets, and 
 took the world up from these primary lessons, and 
 made the revelation plain by the higher method of 
 his gospel. 
 
 Singing. "The Land of Promise."— The Silver 
 Spray, p. 51. 
 
 1 Have you heard of the land of promise, 
 
 Far beyond the glowing sky ? 
 There is rest for the faint and weary, 
 There shall pleasure never die. 
 Chorus. — Come, oh come, and learn the story 
 Of the Christian's home in glory, etc. 
 
 2 Have ye heard of the heavenly Canaan, 
 
 Where the good shall part no more ? 
 Join our band, we are marching onward, 
 Soon our journey will be o'er. 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 Have ye heard of the holy city, 
 
 Beauteous realm of joy untold? 
 Would ye roam by the shining river? 
 Would ye tread the streets of gold ? 
 Chorus. 
 
 Szipt. Class B will give some account of the 
 journey of Abraham. 
 
 First Pupil. " And Abram passed through the land unto the 
 place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite 
 was then in the land." — Gen. 12:6. 
 
 Second Pupil. "And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and 
 said, Unto thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he 
 an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him." — Gen. 12 : 7. 
 
 Third Pupil. "And he removed from thence unto a moun- 
 tain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel 
 on the west, and Hai on the east ; and there he buildedan altar 
 unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord." — Gen. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " And Abram journeyed, going on still toward 
 the south." — Gen. 12: 9. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And there was a famine in the land : and 
 Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine 
 was grievous in the land." — -Gen. 12: 10. 
 
 Supt. Class C will tell us of the return from 
 Egypt of Abram and Lot. 
 
 First Pupil. " And Abram went up out of Egypt ; he and 
 his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south." 
 — Gen. 13: 1. 
 
 Second Pupil. 'And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, 
 and in gold." — Gen. 13: 2. 
 
 Third Pupil. 'And he went on his journeys from the south 
 even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the 
 beginning, between Bethel and Hai." — Gen. 13: 3. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Unto the place of the altar, which he had 
 made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name 
 of the Lord." — Gen. 13: 4. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And Lot also, which went with Abram, had 
 flocks, and herds, and tents." — Gen. 13: 5. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. "And there was a strife between the herdmen 
 of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle ; and the 
 Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land." — Gen. 
 13: 7- 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no 
 strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herd- 
 men and thy herdmen: for we be brethren." — Gen. 13: 8. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " Is not the whole land before thee? separate 
 thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, 
 then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, 
 then I will go to the left." — Gen. 13: 9. 
 
 Supt Class D. — The land promised to Abraham 
 as an everlasting possession ! 
 
 First Pupil. " And the Lord said unto Abram, after that 
 Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look 
 from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and 
 eastward, and westward : For all the land which thou seest, to 
 thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." — Gen. 13: 14, 15. 
 
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 Second Pupil. " And I will make thy seed as the dust of the 
 earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then 
 shall thy seed also be numbered." — Gen. 13: 16. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Arise, walk through the land in the length 
 of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee." — 
 Gen. 13: 17. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Then Abram removed his tent, and came 
 and dwelt in the plain of Mamie, which is in Hebron, and built 
 there an altar unto the Lord." — Gen. 13 : iS. 
 
 Supt. And the Lord encouraged Abraham ! 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " After these things, the word of the Lord came 
 unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy 
 shield, and thy exceeding great reward." — Gen. 15 : 1. 
 
 "Sixth Pupil. "And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast 
 given no seed." — Gen. 15 : 3. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. "And he brought him forth abroad, and 
 said, Look, now, towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be 
 able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed 
 be." — Gen. 15 : 4. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " And he believed in the Lord ; and he 
 counted it to him for righteousness." — Gen. 15:6. 
 
 Supt, Class E. — God's covenant with Abraham ! 
 Genesis, 17th chapter. 
 
 First Pupil. " And when Abram was ninety years old and 
 nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, arid said unto him, I am 
 the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect." 
 
 Second Pupil. " And I will make my covenant between me 
 and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly." 
 
 Third Pupil. " And Abram fell on his face, and God talked 
 with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, 
 and thou shalt be a father of many nations." 
 
 Supt. Abram's name is changed ! 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Neither shall thy name any more be called 
 Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many 
 nations have I made thee." 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And I will establish my covenant between 
 me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an 
 
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 everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed 
 after thee." 
 
 Sixth. Pupil. " And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed 
 after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of 
 Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their 
 God." 
 
 Singing. " Happy Voices," p. 53. 
 
 CANAAN. 
 
 Come, children, let us sweetly sing, 
 We're bound for the land of Canaan. 
 
 Supt. Class F.— Was the promise, " I will make 
 of thee a great nation," fulfilled? 
 
 First Pupil. It was. 
 
 "And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great 
 mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his 
 stead. Now, O Lord God, let thv promise unto David my 
 father be established : for thou hast made me king over a peo- 
 ple like the dust of the earth in multitude." — 2 Chron. 1 : 8, 9. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made 
 thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a 
 little child: I know not how to go out or come in. And thy 
 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a 
 great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multi- 
 tude." — 1 Kings 3 : 7, 8. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Give therefore thy servant an understanding 
 heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and- 
 bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?" — 
 I Kings 3 : 9. 
 
 Supt. Class G. — Was the promise, " In thee shall 
 all the families of the earth be blessed," fulfilled? 
 
 First Pupil. " Know ye, therefore, that they which are of 
 faith, the same are the children of Abraham." — Gal. 3: 7. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And the Scripture, foreseeing that God 
 would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the 
 gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be 
 blessed." — Gal. 3: 8. 
 
 Third Pupil. " So then they which be of faith are blessed 
 with faithful Abraham." — Gal. 3: 9. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " For verily he took not on him the nature 
 of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham." — Heb. 
 2: 16. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Wherefore in all things it behooved him to 
 be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and 
 faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make recon- 
 ciliation for the sins of the people." — Heb. 2:17. 
 
 Supt. Who, then, are the true seed of Abraham ? 
 
 A Teacher. "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's 
 seed, and heirs according to the promise." — Gal. 3 : 29. 
 
 Another. " And I say unto you, that many shall come from 
 the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, 
 and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven." — Matt. 8: 11. 
 
 Another. " For the promise, that he should be the heir of 
 the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, 
 but through the righteousness of faith." — Rom. 4 : 13. 
 
 Supt. What of the spiritual fulfillment of these 
 great promises to Abraham and to his seed? 
 
 A Teacher. " These all died in faith, not having received 
 the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were per- 
 suaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they 
 were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say 
 such things declare plainly that they seek a country." — Heb. 
 11: 13, 14. 
 
 Another. " But now they desire a better country, that is, a 
 heavenly : wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God : 
 for he hath prepared for them a city." — Heb. 11 : 16. 
 
 Singing. 
 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken, 
 Zion, city of our God ; 
 Or, 
 
 Beautiful Zion, built above. 
 
 FAMILIAR REMARKS 
 
 {Conversational) to the Children by the Superintendent or 
 Pastor. We have named our exercise to-night "A 
 Lesson of Promise (refer to the words written on the 
 
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 board) Do we all know the meaning of this word 
 promise? How many hands ? Yes, your father and 
 mother have made promises to you, and you knew 
 what those promises meant. You trust m your 
 parents because they never intentionally deceive 
 you. That trust is your faith in them. 
 
 My dear children, the great God, who made this 
 great and beautiful world, who made us, and by his 
 wonderful power keeps us alive to-night, who never 
 made a mistake or a false promise — our kind heav- 
 enly Father, has given us this blessed book, the Bible, 
 full of his exceedingly great and precious promises to 
 us. Do we believe them ? Shall we take him at his 
 word? Hands — yes, children, hold up your hands, 
 if you mean it. This, then, is our faith in God. 
 Let us now listen to some of God's promises, and as 
 we do so, we will all try to look into our own hearts 
 and see whether we can claim these precious prom- 
 ises to ourselves 
 
 PRECIOUS PROMISES. 
 A Teacher These are the words of wisdom contained in 
 Proverbs 8:17: "I love them that love me ; and those that 
 seek me early shall find me." 
 
 Another. Christ said to his disciples, and he says to us, " If 
 ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it." 
 
 Another. "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
 believing, ye shall receive." 
 
 Another. This is the Saviours blessed invitation and prom- 
 ise to all sin-burdened souls: " Come unto me all ye that labor 
 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke 
 upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : 
 and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, 
 and my burden is light." 
 
 Another. Peter savs : "The Lord is not slack concerning 
 his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering 
 to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all 
 should come to repentance." 
 
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 Another. And Paul counsels his brethren: "Let us hold 
 fast the profession of our faith without wavering ; for he is 
 faithful that promised." 
 
 Supt. " In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were 
 not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 
 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and 
 receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be 
 also." 
 
 Pastor. " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath pre- 
 pared for them that love hkn." 
 
 Singing. The Doxology : 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
III. 
 
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 A LESSON OF FAITH. 
 
 "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." — Heb. 12 : 2. 
 
 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to 
 quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." — EJ>h. 6: 16. 
 
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EXERCISE 
 
 Opening Song. "Blessed are they that believe." 
 
 — The Silver Spray, p. 82 (or substitute). 
 
 Scripture Reading. Psalm 125. (See Appendix.) 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Chant. The 12 ist Psalm. (See Appendix.) 
 
 Supt. and School repeat in concert the "Apostles' 
 Creed." (See Appendix) 
 
 " I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and 
 earth ;" etc. 
 
 Supt. will here announce the subject of the lesson, 
 with the word faith on the board, and repeat the 
 following : 
 
 "Abraham believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him 
 for righteousness."— Gen. 15 : 6. 
 
 Ass't Supt. " But thou art holy. O thou that inhabitest the 
 praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, 
 and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were 
 delivered : they trusted in thee, and were not confounded." — 
 Ps. 22 : 3-5. 
 
 Pastor. " In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never 
 be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine 
 ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be thou my strong rock, for a 
 house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my 
 fortress : therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me." 
 
 — Ps. 31: 1-3. 
 
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 A Teacher — 
 
 On the truth I repose, nay, on thee, O my God, 
 
 For thou art the Truth to my soul ; 
 No shadow, no phantom, no fiction of earth, 
 Shall rival thy gracious control. 
 
 Singing. "Confidence in Jesus." — Notes of Joy, 
 
 P- 3i- 
 
 I'll go by faith to Jesus, 
 
 To Jesus, to Jesus ; 
 I'll tell my wants to Jesus, 
 
 My best and dearest friend. 
 CHORUS. — On Jesus, on Jesus, 
 
 I cast my every care, 
 And at the door of mercy 
 
 I'll seek his face in prayer. 
 
 Dialogue between a member of the Infant Class 
 and one of the older scholars. 
 
 Ada. God is in heaven — can he hear 
 A feeble prayer like mine ? 
 Lillie. Yes, little child, thou needst not fear : 
 He listeneth to thine. 
 
 A. God is in heaven — can he see 
 
 When I am doing wrong ? 
 L. Yes, that he can ; he looks at thee 
 
 All day and all night long. 
 
 A. God is in heaven — would he know 
 
 If I should tell a lie ? 
 L. Yes, if thou saidst it very low, 
 
 He'd hear it in the sky. 
 
 A. God is in heaven — can I go 
 
 To thank him for his care ? 
 L. Not yet ; but love him here below 
 
 And thou shalt praise him there. 
 
 Opening Remarks to the Children by the Supt. The 
 name of our lesson to-night is Faith. [Refer to 
 word on the board.] What does it mean ? [Not many 
 hands.] Have I asked a hard question ? Will some 
 teacher please help us ? 
 
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 A Teacher. " Now faith is the substance of things hoped 
 for, the evidence of things not seen." — Heb. 11 : I. 
 
 Supt. That is what a very learned and inspired 
 man once said about faith ; it is in the Bible, and it 
 is true ; but some of us don't understand it yet. 
 
 Children, if I should promise to make each of you 
 a present at the close of this lesson, do you believe 
 I would do it? [Hands.] Yes, you believe this, 
 because you know me ; you have confidence in me, 
 you take me at my word. Now think a moment, 
 and then answer me : what is that knowledge and 
 confidence, that belief in you, that I would fulfill my 
 promise? We must have a name for it. [Hands.] 
 Yes, it is your faith in me. 
 
 Now I will tell you of a great and good man who 
 believed and trusted in God just as you would believe 
 and trust in me. Our lesson to-night is about this 
 good man. His name was Abraham. 
 
 * "■ Abraham and Sarah, his wife, lived in a tent in the land 
 of Canaan. They had no little child. Abraham was a very old 
 man, and Sarah was a very old woman. Abraham was almost 
 a hundred years old, and Sarah was almost ninety. 
 
 "One night God said to Abraham, 'Come out of your tent 
 and look up to the sky. What do you see ?' The sky was full 
 of stars, more than could be counted. Have you sometimes 
 looked up into the sky on a clear starlight night ? What a 
 •wonderful sight ! How impossible it would be to count all 
 those shining stars. And now I will tell you what the promise 
 to Abraham was. And God said to Abraham, ' You shall have 
 a great many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they 
 shall have more children, till there are as many people as there 
 are stars in the sky ; and they shall live in the land of Canaan, 
 and the wicked people shall be turned out of it.' 
 
 " Now Abraham had not even one little child, yet he believed 
 that God would do as he promised. He knew that God always 
 speaks the truth and keeps his word." 
 
 And God did keep his promise to Abraham. The 
 
 * From "' Line upon Line." 
 
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 next year Sarah had a son. He was named Isaac. 
 He was a good child, and God loved him. And 
 God was pleased with Abraham for having so much 
 faith in him. 
 
 Some one will give us a text about this. 
 
 A Teacher. And (Abraham) " staggered not at the promise 
 of God through unbelief; biit was strong in faith, giving glory 
 to God : and being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, 
 he was able also to perform. And theiefbre it was imputed to 
 him for righteousness." — Rom. 4 : 20-22. 
 
 Supt. Soon our lesson will tell us about Isaac, 
 and more about Abraham's faith, and how God tried 
 his faith to see if it was true. 
 
 But perhaps some little child has thought, that, if 
 we could only see God just as Abraham did, and 
 hear him sp<?ak the promises, then it would be easier 
 to have faith in God. 
 
 I think Jesus once said something to one of his 
 disciples about that very thing. Will some one give 
 us a text ? 
 
 A Teacher. " And Thomas answered and said unto him, 
 My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because 
 thou hast seen me, thou hast believed : blessed are they that 
 have not seen, and yet have believed." — John 20 : 28, 29. 
 
 Supt. Shall we now have two or three of the 
 Saviour's precious promises repeated from the Infant 
 Class ? 
 
 First Child. " Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye 
 shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you :" 
 
 Second Child. " For every one that asketh receiveth ; and 
 he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
 opened." 
 
 Third Child. " If ye then, being evil, know how to give 
 good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father 
 which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ?" 
 
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 Supt. Let us all now look to God and ask him to 
 strengthen our faith and give us the Holy Spirit. 
 
 BRIEF PRAYER BY THE SUPT. 
 
 Singing. 
 
 My faith looks up to thee, 
 Thou Lamb of Calvary. 
 
 Supt. We will now hear from the classes. Class 
 A will tell us of Isaac, the child of promise. What 
 was the blessing bestowed upon Sarah, the wife of 
 Abraham ? 
 
 First Pupil. " And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai 
 thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her 
 name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her : 
 yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings 
 of people shall be of her." — Gen. 17 : 15, 16. 
 
 Supt. How was Isaac connected with the cove- 
 nant ? 
 
 Second Pupil. " And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear 
 thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I 
 will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, 
 and with his seed after him." — Gen. 17 : 19. 
 
 Supt. Was God's promise to Sarah fulfilled ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, 
 and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. And Abraham 
 called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah 
 bare to him, Isaac." — Gen. 21 : 1, 3. 
 
 Supt. Why was Isaac particularly dear to his 
 father? 
 
 Foui-th Pupil. Because he was the long-looked-for child of 
 promise. 
 
 " But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah 
 shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year." — Gen. 
 17 : 21. 
 
 Supt. Class B will give us some account of the 
 great trial to which Abraham was called, as recorded 
 in Gen. 22. 
 
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 First Pupil. "And it came to pass after these things, that 
 God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : And 
 and he said, Behold, here I am." 
 
 Second Pupil. " And he said, Take now thy son, thine only 
 son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of 
 Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of 
 the mountains which I will tell thee of." 
 
 Third Pupil. " And Abraham rose up early in the morning, 
 and saddled his ass. and took two of his young men with him, 
 and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and 
 rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him." 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Then on the third day Abraham lifted up 
 his eyes, and saw the place afar off." 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And Abraham said unto his young men, 
 Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder 
 and worship, and come again to you." 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And Abraham took the wood of the burnt 
 offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son , and he took the fire in 
 his hand, and a knife ; and they went both of them together." 
 
 Supt. Class C, what touching question did the 
 lad put to his father, and what was the father's 
 
 First Pupil. " And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, 
 and said, My father: and he said. Here am I, my son. And 
 he said, Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb 
 for a burnt offering?" 
 
 Second Pupil. " And Abraham said, My son, God will pro- 
 vide himself a lamb for a burnt offering : so they went both of 
 them together." 
 
 Supt. Children, I will write two words upon the 
 board. These are the words : 
 
 JEHOVAH JIREH. 
 
 These are strange words to you, but you shall 
 know the meaning of these words. I will write again. 
 This is what the strange words mean : 
 
 GOD WILL PROVIDE. 
 
ABRAHAM. 53 
 
 Do you believe, my dear children, that God will 
 provide for you in this world and in the world to 
 come ? ' 
 
 *" Abraham believed in God. His was the severest trial of 
 faith the world ever knew. God had said to him, ' Take now 
 thy son, thy only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest.' Every word 
 went to his heart. ' Thy son,' the son of thy beloved Sarah, the 
 son of the promise, the son by whom thou art expecting this 
 land to be peopled, who is to transmit thy name and family to 
 distant ages, and through whom all mankind are to be blest. 
 ' Take him and get into the land of Moriah, and offer him there 
 for a burnt offering.' What a blight to all his hopes, and what 
 a shock to paternal feeling ! Can it be that the son on whom 
 God himself has caused such expectations to rest, must die? 
 and not by disease incapable of being controlled, but in the 
 midst of health? and that the father, whose heart during so 
 many years has yearned over him with inexpressible tenderness, 
 is himself to be the executioner? And this by command of 
 the very Jehovah whose repeated assurances have caused such 
 hopes to cluster about Isaac's life ? Our faith is tested by the 
 narrative ; much more must Abraham's have been ! " 
 
 Do we know that Abraham's faith was sufficient 
 for this great trial ? 
 
 Third Pupil of same class. "And they came to the place 
 which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, 
 and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid 
 him on the altar upon the wood." 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and 
 took the knife to slay his son." 
 
 Supt. Jehovah Jireh — God will provide ! 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And the angel of the Lord called unto him 
 out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here 
 am I." 
 
 Sixth Pupil. "And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the 
 lad, neither do thou anything unto him : for now I know that 
 thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy bon, thine 
 only son, from me." 
 
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 Seventh Pupil. "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and 
 looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by 
 his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram and offered 
 him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son." 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " And Abraham called the name of that place 
 Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the 
 Lord it shall be seen." 
 
 Supt. What promises were made to Abraham as 
 a reward of his faith ? 
 
 Class D. 
 First Pupil. " And the angel of the Lord called unto Abra- 
 ham out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself have 
 I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, 
 and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son." — Gen. £2: 
 15, 16. 
 
 Second Pupil. " That in blessing I will bless thee, and in 
 multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, 
 and as the sand which is upon the seashore ; and thy seed shall 
 possess the gate of his enemies."— Gen. 22 : 17. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And in thy seed shall all the nations of the 
 earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice." — Gen. 
 22: 18. 
 
 Supt. What of the fulfillment of this great prom- 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Know ye therefore that they which are of 
 faith, the same are the children of Abraham. So then they 
 which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."— Gal. 3: 
 7-9- 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " For ye are all the children of God by faith 
 in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized 
 into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor 
 Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor 
 female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." — Gal. 3 : 26-28. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's 
 seed, and heirs according to the promise." — Gal. 3 : 2Q 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " For verily he took not on him the nature 
 of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham." — Heb. 
 2: 16. 
 
AHRAHAM. 
 
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 Supt. We will now hear from the members of a 
 Bible Class * 
 
 First Pupil. " Salvation cannot be achieved : it must be 
 provided. For a work so great we cannot venture to look to 
 any created being. But when there was ' no eye to pity and no 
 hand to save,' God himself provided eternal redemption for us. 
 Of this the sacrifice of Isaac presents an impressive type ; or at 
 least a most instructive illustration. May not Abraham him- 
 self have beheld the greater sacrifice under the figure of the 
 less?" 
 
 Second Pupil. " Was it partly to this our Lord alluded 
 when he said, ' Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : 
 he saw it and was glad ' ?" 
 
 Third Pupil. "The 'land of Moriah' was the hill country, 
 on one of the crests of which was afterward crucified the divine 
 Seed of Isaac, in whom all the families of the earth are to be 
 blessed. The region was the same ; the sites of the sacrifices 
 may have been identical." 
 
 Fourth Pttpil. " Isaac, carrying the wood on which he was 
 to be placed as the victim, brings before us him who went forth 
 bending beneath the cross on which he was to suffer." 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " In the voluntary submission of Isaac we are 
 reminded of him who s.aid, ' No man taketh my life from me ; I 
 lay it down of myself.' " 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " In the love of Abraham for his only son, 
 Isaac, how emphatically is set forth the love of God to us in the 
 unspeakable gift of Christ !" 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " The voice from heaven, ' Now I know that 
 thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thy 
 only son, from me,' is a prelude to that other word, uttered by 
 the Lord of angels himself: ' God so loved the world, that he 
 gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
 should not perish, but have everlasting life !' " 
 
 Supt. or Pastor. " Divine justice leads us to the place of 
 sacrifice where the law, dishonored by disobedience of its pre- 
 cepts, must be magnified by the exaction of its penalty. Bound 
 to the altar with fetters which no mortal strength can burst, 
 and at the point of death, we hear the voice from heaven, 
 
 * The recitations in this class are from " Sermons by Newman Hall, 
 D. D." 
 
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 ' Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the 
 world.' We ' believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,' who says, ' Look 
 unto me and be ye saved.' Our fetters fall. Then confessing 
 our guilt, the prayer is heard, ' God be merciful to me a sinner.' 
 There is now ' no condemnation for them who are in Christ 
 Jesus.' In him we have eternal life. Surely, then, with Abra- 
 ham we may adore the Lord our provider , and on the altar 
 where Christ suffered for us we will inscribe — Jehovah 
 Jireh !" 
 
 A Lady Teacher. 
 
 Though troubles assail, and dangers affright, 
 Though friends should all fail, and foes all unite, 
 Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, — 
 The Scripture assures us the Lord will provide. 
 
 Another. 
 
 When life sinks apace, and death is in view, 
 The word of his grace shall comfort us through ; 
 No fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side, 
 We hope to die shouting — the Lord will provide ! 
 
 Closing Song. "Happy Voices," p. 218. 
 
 A crown of glory bright, 
 By faith I see. 
 
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 ]f$Lam, 
 
 THE EGYPTIAN, THE EXILE, THE LEADER : 
 A LESSON OF GOD IN HIS TOR Y. 
 
 "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom 
 the Lord knew face to face." — Dent. 34 . 10. 
 
 ''The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting 
 arms." — Deut. 33 : 27. 
 
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EXERCISE 
 
 Singing. The Doxology ■. 
 
 Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Superintendent — read. "And God spake unto Israel in the 
 visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, 
 Here am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father : 
 fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee 
 a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I 
 will also surely bring thee up again : and Joseph shall put his 
 hand upon thine eyes." — Gen. 46: 2-4. 
 
 "And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall 
 be with you. and bring you again unto the land of your fathers." 
 — Gen. 48- 21. 
 
 Singing. " Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad 
 Morning.'* (2 verses.) 
 
 Assistant Superintendent. " And Pharaoh charged all his 
 people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the 
 river, and every daughter ye shall save alive." — Ex. 1 : 22. 
 
 Pastor — read. Ex. 2: 1- 10. 
 
 Asst. Supt. " By faith Moses, when he was come to years, 
 refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing 
 rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy 
 the pleasures of sin for a season ; esteeming the reproach of 
 Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had 
 respect unto the recompense of the reward." — Heb. 11 : 24-26. 
 
 Supt. — read. "And it came to pass in those days, when 
 Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and 
 looked on their burdens : and he spied an Egyptian smiting a 
 
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 Hebrew, one of his brethren. And lie looked this way and 
 that way, and when he saw that there was no man. he slew the 
 Egyptian and hid him in the sand. And when he went out 
 the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrew* strove to- 
 gether: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore 
 smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince 
 and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst 
 the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing 
 is know n. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to 
 slay Moses. But Moses tied from the face of Pharaoh, and 
 dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well." — 
 Ex. 2 : 11-15. 
 
 Asst. Supt. " And it came to pass in process of time, that 
 the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by 
 reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up 
 unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their 
 groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, 
 with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and God had respect unto them." — Ex. 2: 
 23-25. 
 
 Supt. " Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro. his father-in- 
 law, the priest of Midian and he led the flock to the backside 
 of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 
 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire 
 out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold the bush 
 binned with lire, and the bush was not consumed." — Ex.3: 
 1-2. 
 
 Pastor. " The rocky ground at once became 'holy,' and the 
 shepherd's sandal was to be taken off no less than on the 
 threshold of a palace, or a temple. The call or revelation was 
 two-fold: 1. The declaration of the Sacred Name expresses 
 the eternal self-existence of the One God. 2. The mission was 
 given to Moses to deliver his people. The two signs are char- 
 acteristic — the one of his past Egyptian life, the other of his 
 active shepherd life. In the rush of leprosy into his hand is 
 the link between him and his people, whom the Egyptians 
 called a nation of leper-. In the transformation of his shep- 
 herd's staff is the glorification of the simple pastoral life, of 
 which that staff was the symbol, unto the great career which 
 lay before it. Mose- was now eighty years old. Forty years 
 of his life he had passed in the palace of Pharaoh, and forty 
 years in meditation in the wilderness, but his work was now 
 before him, and obeying the call he returned to Egypt." 
 
moses. 6r 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 A Teacher. 
 
 I have done, at length, with dreaming ; henceforth, O thou soul 
 of mine, 
 
 Thou must take up sword and gauntlet, waging warfare most 
 divine. 
 
 Life is struggle, combat, victory! Wherefore have I slum- 
 bered on, 
 
 With my forces all unmarshaled, with my weapons all 
 undrawn ? 
 
 Oh ! how many a glorious record had the angels of me kept, 
 
 Had I done instead of doubted ; had I warred instead of wept ! 
 
 Yet, my soul, look not behind thee ! thou hast work to do at 
 last. 
 
 Let the brave toil of the present overarch the crumbled past. 
 
 Build thy great acts high and higher ; build them on the con- 
 quered sod : 
 
 Where thy weakness first fell bleeding, and thy first prayer rose 
 to God. 
 
 Singing;. 
 
 On the mountain top appearing 
 Lo ! the sacred herald stands. 
 
 Supt. What was the success of Moses with Pha- 
 raoh ? 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. " And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh 
 shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be multi- 
 plied in the land of Egypt." — 'Ex. 11:9. 
 
 Second Puiil. " And Moses and Aaron did all these won- 
 ders before Pharaoh : and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
 so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his 
 land."— Ex. 11 : 10. 
 
 Third Pupil. " For I will pass through the land of Egypt 
 this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, 
 both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will 
 execute judgment : I am the Lord." — Ex. 12: 12. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and 
 all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great 
 
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 cry in Egypt : for there was not a house where there was not 
 one dead." — Ex. 12: 30. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "And he called for Moses and Aaron by 
 night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my 
 people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and go, serve the 
 Lord, as ye have said." — Ex. 12: 31. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And it came to pass the selfsame day, thaE 
 the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of 
 Egypt by their armies." — Ex. 12: 51. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And the Lord went before them by day in 
 a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a 
 pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night." — 
 Ex. 13 : 21. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " He took not away the pillar of the cloud by 
 day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people." — 
 Ex. 13: 22. 
 
 RECITATION, 
 
 Or to be Sung as a Duct or Quartette. 
 
 LEAD THOU ME OX. 
 
 Send kindly light amid the encircling gloom, 
 
 And lead me on ! 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home ; 
 
 Lead thou me on ! 
 Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene ; one step's enough for me, 
 
 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou 
 
 Should'st lead me on. 
 I loved to choose, and Nee my path ; but now 
 
 Lead thou me on ! 
 I loved days dazzling ; and spite of fears 
 Pride ruled my will ; remember not pa-,i 
 
 So long thy power hath blessed me ; surely still 
 
 Twill lead me on 
 Through dreary doubt, through pain and sorrow, till 
 
 The night is gone ; 
 And with the mom those angel faces smile 
 Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 
 
 J. H. Newman. 
 
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 RECITATION. 
 
 Infant Class. 
 First Pupil. 
 
 We have heard of the dear little baby, 
 
 In the bulrushes hid away ; 
 We have heard of the beauteous lady, 
 Who walked by the stream that day. 
 
 Second Pupil. 
 
 And how Moses lived in the palace, 
 
 And in knowledge and stature grew, 
 And how for the sake of his kindred. 
 He the cruel Egyptian slew. 
 
 Third Pupil. 
 
 We have heard of the bush on Mount Horeb, 
 
 How God spake through the fiery flame, 
 And bade him deliver his people, 
 
 Alone in Jehovah's name. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. 
 
 But what is the lesson, dear teacher, 
 
 Which a child may learn from his life ? 
 Canst tell me what we may gather 
 From this tale of toil and strife ? 
 
 Teacher. 
 
 The lesson, dear children, which God would teach, 
 
 Is to follow wherever he calls : 
 When he says to us, Soul, thy work is here, 
 We shall labor there — seek no other sphere — 
 
 Though in desert, or palace walls. 
 
 God knoweth our strength, and our weakness too, 
 
 And our needs he will supply ; 
 If we do our part, and then trust to him, 
 Although the way be dark and dim, 
 
 It will brighten by and by. 
 
 Supt. What is related of the children of Israel 
 in the third month of their departure from Egypt ? 
 
 Class B. 
 First Pupil. " In the third month, when the children of 
 Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day 
 ..came they into the wilderness of Sinai." — Ex. 19: 1. 
 
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 Second Pupil. " And it came to pass, on the third day ire 
 the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a, 
 thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet 
 exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp 
 trembled." — Ex. 19: 16. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And the Lord came down upon mount 
 Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses up 
 to the top of the mount; and Moses went up." — Ex. 19: 20. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "And mount Sinai was altogether on a 
 smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in tire: and the 
 smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the 
 whole mount quaked greatly." — Ex. 19: 18. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And when the voice of the trumpet sounded 
 long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God 
 answered him by a voice." — Ex. 19: 19. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " So Moses went down unto the people, and 
 .spake unto them." — Ex. 19: 25. 
 
 Supt. " And God spake all these words, saying, I am the 
 Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of Egypt, out of the 
 house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 
 
 Response Chanted by Choir. Lord have mercy upon us, and 
 incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 
 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in 
 the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 
 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them ; for 
 I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of 
 the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth genera- 
 tion of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands 
 of them that love me and keep my commandments." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt, " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
 in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his 
 name in vain." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six. 
 days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work : But the seventh 
 
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 day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not 
 do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man- 
 servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
 that is within thy gates : for in six days the Lord made heaven 
 and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh 
 day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed 
 it." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. "Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days 
 may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not kill." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not commit adultery." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not steal." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- 
 bor." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts 
 to keep this law. 
 
 Supt. " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
 shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his 
 maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy 
 neighbor's." 
 
 Response. Lord have mercy upon us, and write all these thy 
 laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 
 
 Supt. Did the children of Israel obey God ? 
 
 Class C. 
 First Pupil. " And the Lord said unto Moses, How long 
 will this people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they 
 
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 believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?" 
 -Num. 14: 11. 
 
 Second Pupil. " I will smite them with the pestilence, and 
 disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and 
 mightier than they." — Num. 14: 12. 
 
 Third Pupil. 'And Moses said unto the Lord, Pardon, I 
 beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the 
 greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, 
 from Egypt even until now." — Num. 14: 13. 19. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And the Lord said, I have pardoned accord- 
 ing to thy word : but as truly as 1 live, all the earth shall be 
 filled with the glory of the Lord." — Num. 14 : 20, 21. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Because all those men which have seen my 
 glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilder- 
 ness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not 
 hearkened to my voice," — Num. 14: 22. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Surely they shall not see the land which I 
 sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that pro- 
 voked me see it." — Num. 14: 23. 
 
 Supt. Was this judgment executed? 
 
 Class D. 
 First Pupil. " These are they that were numbered by Moses 
 and El. azar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in 
 the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho." — Num. 26: 63. 
 
 Strand Pupil. " But among these there was not a man of 
 them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they 
 numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai." — 
 Num. 26 : 64 
 
 Third Pupil. " For the Lord had said of them, They shall 
 surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of 
 them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of 
 Nun." — Num. 26: 65. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the death of Moses? 
 
 Class E. 
 
 First Pupil. "And the Lord spake unto Moses that self- 
 same dav, saying, Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto 
 mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against 
 
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 Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the 
 children of Israel for a possession," — Deut. 32 : 48, 49. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And die in the mount whither thou goest 
 up, and be gathered unto thy people ; as Aaron thy brother 
 died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people ;" — Deut. 
 32: 50. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Because ye trespassed against me among the 
 children of Israel at the waters of Menbah-Kadesh, in the 
 wilderness of Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of 
 the children of Israel." — Deut. 32 : 51. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Yet thou shalt see the land before thee ; 
 but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the 
 children of Israel." — Deut. 32: 52. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "And Moses went up from the plains of Moab 
 unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over 
 against Jericho: and the Lord shewed him all the land of 
 Gilead, unto Dan." — Deut. 34: 1. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And the Lord said unto him, This is the land 
 which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, say- 
 ing, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it 
 with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither." — Deut. 
 34: 4- 
 
 Singing. "There is a land of pure delight." — 
 Happy Voices, p. 212. 
 
 Teacher. " So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in 
 the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord."— Deut. 
 34: 5- 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 THE BURIAL OF MOSES. 
 
 "And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over 
 against Beth-Peor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto 
 this day." — Deut. 34; 6. 
 
 I By Nebo's lonely mountain, 
 On this side Jordan's wave, 
 In a vale in the land of Moab, 
 
 There lies a lonely grave. 
 And no man knows that sepulchre, 
 
 And no man saw it e'er, 
 For the angels of God upturned the sod, 
 And laid the dead man there. 
 
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 2 That was the grandest funeral 
 
 That ever passed on earth ; 
 But no man heard the trampling, 
 
 Or saw the train go forth — 
 Noiselessly, as the daylight 
 
 Comes back when night is done, 
 And the crimson streak on ocean's cheek 
 
 Grows into the great sun. 
 
 3 Noiselessly, as the spring-time 
 
 Her crown of verdure weaves, 
 And all the trees on all the hills 
 
 Open their thousand leaves, 
 So, without sound of music, 
 
 Or voice of them that wept, 
 Silently, down from mountain's crown 
 
 The great procession swept. 
 
 4 Perchance the bald old eagle, 
 
 On gray Beth-Peor's height, 
 Out of his lonely eyrie, 
 
 Looked on the wondrous sight. 
 Perchance the lion, stalking, 
 
 Still shuns that hallowed spot ; 
 For beast and bird have seen and heard 
 
 That which man knoweth not. 
 
 5 But when the warrior dieth, 
 
 His comrades in the war, 
 With arms reversed, and muffled drum, 
 
 Follow his funeral car; 
 They show the banners taken ; 
 
 They tell his battles won ; 
 And after him lead his masterless steed, 
 
 While peals the minute-gun. 
 
 6 Amid the noblest of the land. 
 
 We lay the sage to rest, 
 And give the bard an honored place, 
 
 With costly marble chest, 
 In the great minster transept, 
 
 Where lights like glories fall, 
 And the organ rings and the sweet choir sings 
 
 Along the blazoned wall. 
 
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 7 This was the truest warrior 
 
 That ever buckled sword ; 
 This the most gifted poet 
 
 That ever breathed a word ; 
 And never earth's philosopher 
 
 Traced, with his golden pen, 
 On the deathless page, truths half so sage 
 
 As he wrote down for men. 
 
 8 And had he not high honor — 
 
 The hill-side for a pall, 
 To lie in state, while angels wait, 
 
 With stars for tapers tall, 
 And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, 
 Over his bier to wave, 
 . And God's own hand, in that lonely land, 
 To lay him in the grave ? 
 
 9 In that strange grave without a name, 
 
 Whence his uncoffined clay 
 Shall break again, O wondrous thought! 
 
 Before the judgment day, 
 And stand, with glory wrapped around, 
 
 On the hills he never trod, 
 And speak of the strife that won our life, 
 
 With th' incarnate Son of God. 
 
 10 O lonely grave in Moab's land ! 
 
 O dark Beth-Peor's hill ! 
 Speak to these curious hearts of ours, 
 
 And teach them to be still. 
 God hath his mysteries of grace, 
 
 Ways that we cannot tell ; 
 He hides them deep, like the hidden sleep 
 
 Of him he loved so well. 
 
 Singing. " Pisgah's Mountains." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 78. 
 
 1 Joyful, away to Pisgah's mountain, 
 
 Borne on the wings of faith, we soar, 
 Sweetly we hear the echo ringing, 
 
 Happy voices on the other shore. 
 Hark ! they sing, in the bright vales of Eden, 
 Songs of praise to the Lamb that was slain ; 
 Round his throne with the martyrs they gather, 
 There united forever to reign. 
 
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 2 Christians, behold the hill of Zion, 
 
 See where our purest treasure lies. 
 Work for the Lord whate'er our trials ; 
 
 Oh be faithful, we shall win the prize. 
 Crowned with light in a mansion of beauty, 
 
 We shall dwell with the pure and the blest ; 
 We shall sing with the faithful in glory, 
 
 Where the weary forever shall rest. 
 
 3 We're pressing on with eager longing, 
 
 Pressing toward the swelling tide; 
 Jesus will bear us safely over, 
 
 We shall anchor on the other side. 
 Saved by grace, to his kingdom exalted, 
 
 When the billows of Jordan are passed, 
 We shall sing with the friends we have cherished, 
 
 Glory, glory, we're home, home at last. 
 
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 A LESSON OF CHRIST IN PROPHECY. 
 
 " To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name, whoso- 
 ever believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins. — Acts 10: 43. 
 
 " How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth 
 good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, 
 that publisheth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth !" — 
 Isaiah 52 : 7. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. " Olivet." 
 
 My faith looks up to thee, 
 
 Thou Lamb of Calvary, 
 
 Saviour divine. 
 
 Scripture Reading. The 53d chapter of Isaiah. 
 PRAYER 
 
 That this inspired testimony of the prophet may- 
 seal conviction in every heart, so that our faith in 
 Christ may never waver. 
 
 Two boys recite : 
 
 1 Watchman, tell us of the night, 
 
 What its signs of promise are. 
 
 2 Traveler, o'er yon mountain's height, 
 
 See that glory-beaming star ! 
 
 1 Watchman, does its beauteous ray 
 
 Aught of hope or joy foretell? 
 
 2 Traveler, yes ; it brings the day, 
 
 Promised day of Israel, 
 z Watchman, tell us of the night ; 
 
 Higher yet that star ascends. 
 2 Traveler, blessedness and light, 
 
 Peace and truth its course portends. 
 
 1 Watchman, will its beams alone 
 
 Gild the spot that gave them birth ? 
 
 2 Traveler, ages are its own ; 
 
 See ! it bursts o'er all the earth ! 
 
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 1 Watchman, tell us of the night, 
 
 For the morning seems to dawn. 
 
 2 Traveler, darkness takes its flight, 
 
 Doubt and terror are withdrawn. 
 
 1 Watchman, let thy wanderings cease ; 
 
 Hie thee to thy quiet home. 
 
 2 Traveler, lo, the Prince of Peace, 
 
 Lo, the Son of God is come ! 
 
 Singing. "Zion." 
 
 1 On the mountain's top appearing, 
 
 Lo, the sacred herald stands, 
 Welcome news to Zion bearing, 
 Zion long in hostile lands. 
 
 Mourning captive, 
 God himself will loose thy bands. 
 
 2 God, thy God, will now restore thee; 
 
 He himself appears thy friend: 
 All thy foes shall flee before thee ; 
 Here their boasts and triumphs end; 
 
 Great deliverance 
 Zion's king vouchsafes to send. 
 
 Superintendent. We will to-night repeat some of 
 the wonderful prophecies uttered by Isaiah hun- 
 dreds of years before their fulfillment. Who will 
 tell me how he was thus enabled to look into the 
 future ? 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. "And he said, Hear now my words: If there 
 be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known 
 unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." — 
 Num. 12: 6. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Come ye near unto me, hear ye this , I have 
 not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it 
 was, there am I : and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath 
 sent me." — Is. 48: 16. 
 
 Third Pupil. " The Lord God hath given me the tongue 
 of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in 
 season to him that is weary : he wakeneth morning by morning, 
 he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned." — Is. 50 : 4. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " And he said unto me, Son of man, stand 
 upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit 
 entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my 
 feet, that I heard him that spake unto me." — Ezek. 2: I, 2. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he 
 revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." — Amos 
 3: 7- 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " God, who at sundry times and in divers man- 
 ners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets." — 
 Heb. 1 : 1. 
 
 Sitpt. How did the Jews divide the books of the 
 Old Testament ? 
 
 Bible Class. 
 
 First Pupil. Into the Law, the Prophets, and the Holy 
 Writings. 
 
 Supt. What division is comprehended in the 
 Prophets ? 
 
 Second Pupil. The books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Sam- 
 uel, 1 and 2 Kings, which were called " the former prophets," 
 .and Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the books from Hosea to 
 Malachi, which were called " the latter prophets." 
 
 Supt. What rank have Isaiah's prophecies held ? 
 
 Third Pupil. They have been regarded as worthy of the 
 . principal place among the Jewish writings. 
 
 Supt. At what time in the world's history did he 
 prophesy ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. From about 754 to 707 B. C. 
 Supt. Under what kings ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which 
 he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, 
 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." — Is. r: 1. 
 
 Supt. What do we know of him under each of 
 these kings? 
 
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 Sixth Pupil. * " The first verse of the 6th chapter tells us, 
 that he had a vision of Jehovah in the year in which Uzziah 
 died. He occupied the prophetic office under Jotham sixteen 
 years, during which time there is no express mention made of 
 his uttering any prophecies ; under Ahaz sixteen years, during 
 whose ungodly reign he came forth boldly as the reprover of 
 sin, but by whom his counsels and warnings were disregarded; 
 under Hezekiah fourteen years, in whose reign he was treated 
 with respect, and had an important part in directing the public 
 counsels. How long he lived in Manasseh's time is not known; 
 but the tradition is, that he was put to death by him by being; 
 sawn asunder." 
 
 Supt. Where did he reside ? 
 
 Seventh Pupil. Probably in Jerusalem. 
 
 Supt. In what estimation is he held as a writer ? 
 
 Eighth Pupil. He is regarded as the most sublime of all 
 writers, even when his writings are considered as mere human 
 compositions. 
 
 Supt. What is the natural division in the book 
 of Isaiah ? 
 
 Ninth Pupil. It is divided into two parts, the first of which 
 closes with the 39th chapter, and the latter embraces the 
 remainder of the book. The latter portion is almost an un- 
 broken vision relating to far-distant events — the deliverance 
 of the Jews from the bondage in Babylon, and the higher 
 deliverance of the world under the Messiah. The former part 
 embraces a collection of independent writings, designed to pro- 
 duce an immediate effect on the morals, the piety, the faith and 
 the welfare of the nation. 
 
 Supt. Isaiah is sometimes called " the fifth Evan- 
 gelist," or " the Evangelical Prophet." He is quoted 
 eleven times by the New Testament writers in his- 
 exact words, twenty times in nearly the same words, 
 and there is still a much larger number of quo- 
 tations which agree in sense but not in words. 
 Although he lived so many hundreds of years before 
 the Evangelists who witnessed the events which they 
 
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 have recorded of the life, sufferings, and death of 
 our Saviour, we find that he has described them 
 almost as minutely as they have, and has the plan of 
 salvation more clearly before his eyes than it was 
 before their's until after Christ had ascended, and 
 the Holy Spirit had brought to their remembrance 
 all things that he had said unto them. 
 
 Will some member of Class B tell me if he proph- 
 esied correctly concerning the genealogy of the man 
 Christ Jesus. 
 
 Class B. 
 
 First Pupil. He did, and this is the prophecy : " And in 
 that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an 
 ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest 
 shall be glorious." — Is. n : 10. 
 
 Supt. What did he prophesy about his preach- 
 
 ing 
 
 Second Pupil. "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 
 because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto 
 the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to 
 proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison 
 to them that are bound." — Is. 61 : i. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Upon the well by Sychar's gate, 
 At burning noon the Saviour sate, 
 Athirst and hungry from the way 
 His feet had trod since early day. 
 The twelve had gone to seek for food, 
 And left him in his solitude. 
 
 2 They come, and spread before him there, 
 With faithful haste, the pilgrim's fare, 
 And gently bid him, " Master, eat !" 
 But God had sent him better meat, 
 And there is on his lowly brow 
 
 Nor weariness nor faintness now ; 
 
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 3 For while they sought the market-place, 
 His words had won a soul to grace ; 
 And when he set that sinner free 
 From bonds of guilt and infamy, 
 
 His heart grew strong with joy divine, 
 More than the strength of bread and wine. 
 
 4 So, Christian, when thy faith grows faint 
 Amidst the toils that throng the saint, 
 Ask God, that thou may'st peace impart 
 (Jnto some other human heart ; 
 
 And thou thy Master's joy shalt share, 
 E'en while his cross thy shoulders bear. 
 
 G. IV. Bethune. 
 
 Supt. Did Isaiah know of the miracles that Christ 
 so many years afterwards was to perform ?' 
 
 Third Pupil. " Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, 
 and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the 
 lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing ; for 
 in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the 
 desert."— Is. 35: 5, 6. 
 
 Supt. Did he tell of his sinless life ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " He had done no violence, neither was any 
 deceit in his mouth." — Is. 53: 9. 
 
 Supt. What about his silence at the trial ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet 
 he opened not his mouth ; he is brought as a lamb to the 
 slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he 
 openeth not his mouth." — Is. 53: 7. 
 
 Supt. Did he foresee the scourging and con- 
 tempt ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " He is despised and rejected of men ; a man 
 of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were 
 our faces from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed him 
 not."— Is. 53: 3. 
 
 Supt. What did he say of his companions in cru- 
 cifixion, and his intercession ? 
 
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 Seventh Pupil. " Therefore will I divide him a portion with 
 the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because 
 he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered 
 with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made 
 intercession for the transgressors." — -Is. 53: 12. 
 
 Supt. What of the sacrifice and propitiation ? 
 
 Eightli Pupil. " Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried 
 our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, 
 and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he 
 was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace 
 was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." — Is. 53: 
 4.5- 
 
 Singing. From "Fresh Laurels," p. 35. 
 
 1 Light and comfort of my soul, 
 When the billows o'er me roll ; 
 Thou dost bid me in thy word, 
 Cast my burden on the Lord. 
 Jesus, Saviour once betrayed, 
 Sacrifice for sinners made ; 
 Wretched, lost, to thee I fly, 
 Save, oh save me, or I die. 
 
 2 Lord, my soul in tears would mourn, 
 All the anguish thou hast borne ; 
 
 In the garden I would be, 
 Lonely watcher still with thee. 
 Thou hast suffered, thou hast bled. 
 Thorns have pierced thy sacred head ; 
 Jesus, while I cling to thee, 
 Let thy sorrow plead for me. 
 
 3 Mocked and scourged — condemned to die, 
 On the cross extended high ; 
 
 Tenant of the lonely tomb, 
 Mighty conqueror o'er its gloom, 
 Crowned victorious God of love, 
 To thy Father's home above, 
 Grant my soul a place at last. 
 When the storms of life are past. 
 
 Snpt. What did the prophet say concerning 
 Christ's divinity and power? 
 
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 Class C. 
 
 First Pupil. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is 
 given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder ; and his 
 name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, 
 The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." — Is. 9 : 6. 
 
 Supt. Christ said, " I am the Good Shepherd." 
 Did Isaiah apply to him this name ? 
 
 Second Pupil " He shall feed his flock like a shepherd : he 
 shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his 
 bosom." — Is. 40: 11. 
 
 Supt. Where does he speak of him as a corner- 
 stone ? 
 
 Third Pupil. In the 28th chapter, 16th verse: "Therefore 
 thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation 
 a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure founda- 
 tion : he that believeth shall not make haste." 
 
 Supt. How does he encourage us in the 1st 
 chapter, 18th verse ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "Come, now, and let us reason together, 
 saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as 
 white as snow : though they be red like crimson, they shall be 
 as wool." 
 
 Supt. How does he speak of our Lord's compas- 
 sion ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
 smoking flax shall he not quench." — Is. 42 : 3. 
 
 Supt. In what words does he tell us of the free- 
 ness of salvation ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
 waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, buy and eat ; yea, 
 come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." — 
 Is. 55: I- 
 
 Singing. "The Water of Life." — Fresh Laurels, 
 P- 5°- 
 
ISAIAH. 8l 
 
 Supt. To whose righteousness are we told to 
 Jook? 
 
 Class D. 
 
 First Pupil. " I bring near my righteousness ; it shall not 
 be far off. and my salvation shall not tarry : and I will place 
 salvation in Zion for Israel my glory." — Is. 46: 13. 
 
 Supt What other promises does he bring to us? 
 
 Second Pupil. " I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy trans- 
 gressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins." 
 — Is. 43: 25. 
 
 Third Pupil. " For the mountains shall depart, and the 
 hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, 
 neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the 
 Lord that hath mercy on thee." — Is. 54: 10. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the 
 ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." — Is. 
 45: 22. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 I lay my sins on Jesus, 
 
 The spotless Lamb of God ; 
 He bears them all, and frees us 
 From the accursed load. 
 
 2 I lay my wants on Jesus, 
 
 All fullness dwells in him ; 
 He healeth my diseases, 
 He doth my soul redeem. 
 
 3 I lay my griefs on Jesus, 
 
 My burdens and my cares ; 
 He from them all releases, 
 He all my sorrows shares. 
 
 4 I long to be like Jesus, 
 
 Meek, loving, lowly, mild ; 
 I long to be like Jesus, 
 The Father's holy child. 
 
 5 I long to be with Jesus, 
 
 Amid the heavenly throng, 
 
 To sing with saints his praises, 
 
 To learn the angels' song. 
 
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 Supt. Where does he speak of Christ as our hid- 
 ing-place ? 
 
 Class E. 
 
 First Pupil. " And a man shall be as a hiding-place from 
 the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers cf water in 
 a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." — 
 Is. 32 : 2. 
 
 Singing. 
 
 Rock of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in- thee. 
 
 Supt. Does he teach us to look for a full under- 
 standing of God's ways ? 
 
 Second Pupil. " For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
 neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord." — Is. 55:8. 
 
 Supt. How are we assured of God's everlasting 
 remembrance ? 
 
 Third Pi/pil. " Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms 
 of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." — Is. 49: 16. 
 
 Supt. How does he prompt us to a full assurance 
 of faith ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, 
 and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my 
 song ; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall 
 ye draw water out of the wells of salvation." — Is. 12 : 2, 3. 
 
 Supt. How are we assured of the power of 
 prayer ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "Before they call, I will answer; and while 
 they are yet speaking, I will hear." — Is. 65 : 24. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 THE CHILD'S PRAYER. 
 I Into her chamber went 
 
 A little girl one day; 
 And by a chair she knelt, 
 
 And thus began to pray: 
 " Jesus, my eyes I close, 
 
 Thy form I cannot see; 
 
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 If thou art near me, Lord, 
 I pray thee speak to me." 
 A still small voice 
 She heard within her soul: 
 What is it child ? I hear ; 
 I hear thee : tell me all." 
 
 I pray thee, Lord," she said, 
 " That thou wilt condescend 
 To tarry in my heart, 
 
 And ever be my friend. 
 The path of life is dark — 
 
 I would not go astray ; 
 Oh ! let me have thy hand 
 
 To lead me in the way." 
 Fear not, I will not leave 
 
 Thee, poor child, alone ;" 
 And *hen she thought she fel* 
 
 A soft hand press her owa- 
 
 1 They teli me, Lord, that aJ- 
 The living pas? away ; 
 
 The aged soon must die, 
 And even children map 
 
 Oh ! let my parents live 
 Till I a woman grow, 
 
 For if they die, what can 
 A little orphan do ?" 
 " Fear not, my child, 
 
 Whatever ills may come ; 
 I'll not forsake thee e'er, 
 
 Until I bring thee home." 
 
 The little prayer was said, 
 
 And from her chamber now 
 She passed forth with the light 
 
 Of heaven upon her brow. 
 1 Mother, I've seen the Lord — 
 
 His hand in mine I fel.t, 
 And oh ! I heard him say, 
 
 As by my chair I knelt, 
 ' Fear not, my child, 
 Whatever' ills may come ; 
 
 I'll not forsake thee e'er 
 Until I bring thee home.' " 
 
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 Supt. How does this Gospel Prophet represent 
 to us Christ's sympathy in our sorrows ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. "In all their affliction he was afflicted." — Is. 
 63: 9. 
 
 Supt. What promise for the church ? 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " For thy Maker is thine husband ; The 
 Lord of Hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer the Holy One 
 of Israel ; The God of the Whole Earth shall he be called." — 
 Is. 54: 5- 
 
 Singing. 
 
 1 I love thy church, O God, 
 
 Her walls before thee stand. 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 2 Sure as thy truth shall last, 
 
 To Zion shall be given 
 The brightest glories earth can yield, 
 And brighter bliss of heaven. 
 
 A few words from the Pastor. 
 
 Chant a portion of the prophecy of Zacharias {see 
 Appendix), and close with the Doxology. 
 
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 A LESSON CONCERNING THE EARTH L Y SCENES 
 OF GOD'S GLORY. 
 
 " As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round 
 about his people from henceforth even forever." — Ps. 125: 2. 
 
 "And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him a 
 hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in 
 their foreheads." — Rev. 14: 1. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. " The Mount of Blessing/' — Notes 
 of Joy, p. 66. 
 
 We are climbing the mount of blessing, 
 We are seeking a city most fair. 
 
 Supt. and School. The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 Supt. reads the 90th or the 125th Psalm. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Song. "The Shining Hills of Glory."— Fresh 
 Laurels, p. 117. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 " Beautiful things above." (See Appendix.) 
 
 Song. " Beautiful Land." — Happy Voices, p. 193. 
 
 Supt. announces the subject of the exercise, " The 
 Mountains of the Bible," and reads or repeats — 
 
 " The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning 
 Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last 
 days, that the mountain .of the Lord's house shall be established 
 in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the 
 hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people 
 shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 
 of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will 
 teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; for out of 
 Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from 
 Jerusalem." — Isaiah 2 : 1-3. 
 
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 * " Mountains are among the most sublime and impressive of 
 the Creator's works on earth, and form the noblest and most 
 enduring monuments of great events. Most of the mountains 
 -of Scripture thus stand as witnesses for God — every view of 
 their lofty summits, and every recurrence to them in thought 
 reminding us of the sacred facts and truths connected with 
 them. They are the silent, yet the most eloquent historians of 
 heaven and earth." 
 
 MOUNT ARARAT. 
 
 Supt. The history of the deluge gives our first 
 sacred mountain. On what mountain did the ark 
 rest after the deluge ? 
 
 First Pupil. " The ark rested, in the seventh month, on the 
 seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat." 
 — Gen. 8: 4. 
 
 Supt. Where is Mount Ararat ? 
 
 Bible Class Pupil, pointing locality on the map. " Mount 
 Ararat is in Armenia, in western Asia, between the Caspian and 
 the Black Seas. The first named summit in human history, it 
 emerges from the flood, and lifts its head over the water to look 
 down on all coming generations to the end of time. Baptized 
 •by the flood, consecrated by the altar, illumined by the first fresh 
 rainbow, Mount Ararat stands a sacred mountain on the earth." 
 
 Note. — In the performance of this exercise, a large map of Palestine 
 and one showing Armenia should be used, and a class of young ladies, to 
 whom the " Map Lessons" have been assigned, should be so seated, that, 
 when their respective parts are called, each may be able to approach the 
 map and give the location with the pointer as she recites the part, in an- 
 swer to the questions. 
 
 MOUNT MORIAH. 
 
 Supt. What mountain was the scene of Abraham's 
 trial of faith ? 
 
 Tltird Pupil. Mount Moriah : "Take now thy son, thine 
 only son, Isaac, whom thou West, and get thee into the land 
 of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering, upon one 
 ■of the mountains which I will tell thee of." — Gen. 22 : 2. 
 
 ♦The descriptive language of the "Map Lessons" in this exercise is 
 taken largely from " Sacred Mountains," by J. T. Headley. 
 
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 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) Mount Moriah, accord- 
 ing to Jewish tradition, is one of the hills on which Jerusalem 
 was built. It is separated from the Mount of Olives by the 
 valley of Jehoshaphat. It is 2,000 feet above the Mediter- 
 ranean. 
 
 Supt. What kind of a country was this land of 
 Moriah, when Abraham made an offering of his son 
 Isaac on or in the vicinity of this mountain ? 
 
 Same Pupil. It was a wild and wooded region. 
 
 Supt. Many years after, in the time of David, 
 what was this place called, and what about it ? 
 
 Same Pupil. It was called the " threshing-floor of Araunah. 
 the Jebusite ;" and David raised an altar there, when the de- 
 stroying hand of the angel was stayed. 
 
 Supt. What about it under Solomon ? 
 
 Same Pupil. The Temple of Solomon was built on this 
 mountain. 
 
 Supt. What temples have since stood on Mount 
 Moriah ? 
 
 Same Pupil. It has been occupied in succession by Jewish, 
 Christian, Pagan, and Mohammedan temples. Mount Moriah 
 is now crowned with the mosque of St. Omar. It stands where 
 the rude altar of Abraham rose nearly 4,000 years ago, where, 
 years afterward, the temple of Solomon rose in all its splendor, 
 and the Children of Israel paid their vows there : but it has no 
 memorial like that of the offering up of Isaac. 
 
 MOUNT HOREB. 
 
 Supt. At what mountain did God appear in the 
 burning bush to Moses? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. At Mount Horeb : " Now Moses kept the 
 flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian ; and he 
 led the flock to the back side of the desert, and came to the 
 mountain of God, even to Horeb." — Ex. 3 : 1. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And the angel of the Lord appeared unto 
 him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush ; and he 
 
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 looked, and behold the bush burned with fire, and the bush was 
 not consumed." — Ex. 3 : 2. 
 
 Supt. What other miracle did Moses afterward 
 witness at Horeb ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. The water brought from the dry rock : " Be- 
 hold I will stand before thee there, upon the rock in Horeb ; 
 and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come w^ater out 
 of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the 
 sight of the elders of Israel." — Ex. 17 : 6. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) Mount Horeb, one of 
 the group that surrounds Sinai, has not only been consecrated 
 once, but thrice, and hence has a three-fold claim for a place in 
 the immortal list of sacred mountains. First, Moses, an exile 
 from Egypt, while keeping the flocks of his father-in-law, saw 
 here the; burning bush, and received his first commission from 
 God. Afterwards, the leader of a mighty people, Moses here 
 saw the water gush forth from the smitten rock. Long years 
 afterward, God revealed himself here to Elijah in the " still, 
 small voice," after the wind, and the earthquake, and the fire. 
 
 MOUNT SINAI. 
 
 Supt. Where were the commandments delivered 
 to Moses ? 
 
 Seventh Pupil. Upon Mount Sinai : " And the Lord came 
 down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the Mount : and the 
 Lord called Moses up to the top of the Mount, and Moses went 
 up." — -Ex. 19 : 20. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. "And he gave unto Moses, when he had 
 made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two 
 tables of testimonv, tables of stone, written with the finger of 
 God."— Ex. 31: i'S. 
 
 Supt. Where is Mount Sinai referred to as a type 
 of the law, by which no man is justified? 
 
 Ninth Pupil. In Paul to the Hebrews, 12: 18, 19 — "For 
 ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and 
 that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and 
 tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words ; 
 which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not 
 be spoken to them any more." 
 
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 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) The name Sinai, signify- 
 ing "a district of broken rocks," is applied to a whole group of 
 mountains in the peninsula formed by the northern gulls of the 
 Red Sea, but especially to one very lofty range, of which the 
 northern end is termed Horeb, the southern Sinai, now called 
 by the Arabs " Jcbel Musa," or " Moses' Mount." It is a wild, 
 desolate region of granite peaks and precipices, deep ravines 
 and water-courses. The height of Sinai is above 7,000 feet, 
 and the length of the whole range three miles. 
 
 Supt. What is one remarkable feature ? 
 
 Same Pupil. " One remarkable feature of the district is the 
 number of inscriptions on the rocks, so numerous in one place 
 as to give it the name of the 'written valley.' It is hoped that 
 when modern research has found how to decipher these, much 
 light may be cast by them on Scripture history." 
 
 Supt. What is the scenery of Mount Sinai ? 
 
 Same Pupil. It stands in the midst of some of the most 
 desolate scenery in the world. Its bald and naked summit, its 
 barren and rocky sides, and all its sombre features, correspond 
 perfectly with the surrounding scene. 
 
 Supt. What is its sacred association ? 
 
 Same Pupil. The exhibition of God in giving his law to 
 
 Supt. Consecrated by Jehovah's feet, and bap- 
 tized by the cloud of fire and of glory, Mount Sinai 
 stood the third sacred mountain on the earth. 
 
 MOUNT HOR. 
 
 Supt. On what mountain did Aaron die ? 
 
 Tenth Pupil. Aaron died on Mount Hor : " And Moses did 
 as the Lord commanded : and they went up into Mount Hor in 
 the sight of all the congregation." — Num. 20: 27. 
 
 Eleventh Pupil. " And Moses stripped Aaron of his gar- 
 ments and put them upon Eleazar, his son ; and Aaron died 
 there, in the top of the mount ; and Moses and Eleazar came 
 down from the mount." — Num. 20: 28. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) " Mount Hor is a lonely 
 peak, seen at a great distance from the desert, and constitutes 
 
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 one of the land-marks by which the Arab guides his way. On 
 its summit is a white building called the ' Tomb of Aaron.' A 
 land-mark in the bleak scenery, within sight of the desolate city 
 of Edom, its pillared rocks overlook the Dead Sea." 
 
 MOUNT PISGAH. 
 
 Supt. On what mountain did Moses die ? 
 
 Twelfth Pupil. He died on Mount Pisgah or Nebo: "And 
 Moses went up from the plains of Moab, unto the Mountains of 
 Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho ; and 
 v the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan." — 
 Deut. 34 : i. 
 
 Thirteenth Pupil. " So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died 
 there, in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord." 
 Deut. 34 : 5- 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) Pisgah, a mountain ridge 
 north and east of the Dead Sea. Nebo was one of its summits. 
 Moses, like Aaron, was denied entrance into the land of Canaan. 
 Here, in the top of Mount Nebo, Moses died, alone, and God 
 buried him. 
 
 By Nebo's lonely mountain, 
 
 On this side Jordan's wave. 
 In a vale in the land of Moab, 
 There lies a lonely grave. 
 And no man knows that sepulchre, 
 
 And no man saw it e'er, 
 For the angels of God upturned the sod, 
 And laid the dead man there. 
 
 Yet from that summit of Pisgah he was permitted to view 
 the goodly land, but the valley and river of Jordan lay between 
 the dying prophet and the promised possession. 
 
 The Christian may, sometimes, from its spiritual heights, look 
 beyond the dark river to the fair fields on the other side. 
 
 Singing " Pisgah's Mountain." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 78. 
 
 MOUNT LEBANON. 
 
 Supt. What mountain of the promised land did 
 Moses long to see before his death ? 
 
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 Thirteenth Pupil. Mount Lebanon : " I pray thee, let me 
 go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that 
 goodly mountain and Lebanon." — Ueut. 3 : 25. 
 
 Supt. For what was Mount Lebanon distin- 
 guished ? 
 
 Fourteenth Pupil. For its cedar and fir trees : " I am come 
 up to the height of" the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, 
 and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice 
 fir trees thereof." — 2 Kings 19: 23. 
 
 Supt. How is the fruitfulness of this mountain 
 used in a figure, as a promise to God's people ? 
 
 Fifteenth Pupil. " The righteous shall flourish like the palm- 
 tree ; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon."- — Ps. 92 : 12. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) Lebanon means white — 
 a long chain of mountains. It consists of two ridges ; the west- 
 ern is generally higher than the eastern, and several of its peaks 
 are thought to be towards 10,000 feet high. An Arab poet says 
 of the highest point of Lebanon, " He bears winter upon his 
 head, spring upon his shoulders, and autumn in his bosom, 
 while summer lies sleeping at his feet." 
 
 " From the sea Lebanon is still glorious to behold. The great 
 landmark of that country, it stands unwasted by the ravages of 
 time, and so long as the Bible remains, Lebanon shall stand as 
 one of its witnesses." 
 
 MOUNT TABOR. 
 
 Supt. What mountain is supposed to have been 
 the place of the transfiguration of Jesus? 
 
 Sixteenth Pupil. It is supposed to have been Mount Tabor: 
 "And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, 
 and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain, apart by 
 themselves ; and he was transfigured before them." — Mark 9 : 2. 
 
 Seventeenth Pupil. " And his raiment became shining, ex- 
 ceeding white as snow ; so as no fuller on earth can white 
 them." — Mark 9 : 3. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) Tabor is a beautiful 
 mountain in the plain of Esdraelon, south from Nazareth. It 
 rises abruptly to the height of a thousand feet. This is the 
 same mountain on which Bonaparte fought the battle of Mount 
 
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 Tabor, fifty years ago. How great are the contrasts of earth '. 
 Roll back twenty centuries, and the Saviour of the world stands 
 here in the wondrous scene of the transfiguration. 
 
 MOUNT OLIVET. 
 
 Supt. What mountain was a favorite resort of 
 Jesus with his disciples ? 
 
 Eighteenth Pupil. Mount of Olives: "And he came out 
 and went, as he was wont, to the Mount of Olives ; and his dis- 
 ciples also followed him." — Luke 22 : 39. 
 
 Si/pt. Did Jesus ever visit this mountain alone? 
 
 Nineteenth Pupil. He did : " And when he had sent the 
 multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray ; and 
 when the evening was come he was there alone." — Matt. 14 : 23. 
 
 Supt. Was this the Mount of Ascension? 
 
 Twentieth Pupil. It was: " And when he had spoken these 
 things, while they beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud 
 received him out of their sight." — Acts 1 : 9. 
 
 Twenty-first Pupil. " Then returned they unto Jerusalem 
 from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sab- 
 bath-day's journey." — Acts 1: 12. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil. (Map Lesson.) This is one of "the 
 mountains round about Jerusalem." The burying ground of 
 the Jews is here. Travelers often speak of the beautiful Mount 
 of Olives. 
 
 Its associations are most tender and affecting. David fled 
 hither from his rebellious son Absalom: " He went up by the 
 ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up" (2 Sam. 15 : 
 30); and here in later days, "king David's greater Son" oft- 
 times resorted for meditation and prayer. Here was the place 
 of his lamentation over Jerusalem, and here was Geihsemane. 
 Here he was betrayed with a kiss by one disciple, and forsaken 
 by all the rest ; and from this mount he ascended to heaven. 
 
 MOUNT CALVARY. 
 
 Supt. On what mount was Jesus crucified ? 
 
 Twenty-second Pupil. On Mount Calvary : " And when they 
 were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they cru- 
 
 
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 cified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the 
 other on the left." — Luke 23 : 33. 
 
 Ass't Slept, or a Teacher. It is the atonement that makes 
 Mount Calvary chief among the sacred mountains — gives it 
 such altitude that no mortal eye can scan its top. 
 
 Paul called on his young disciples to summon their strongest 
 energies, and bend their highest effoits to comprehend the 
 " length, and breadth, and depth, and height" of this stupendous 
 theme — a length which reaches from everlasting to everlasting ; 
 a breadth that encompasses every intelligence and every interest ; 
 a depth which reaches the lowest state of human degradation and 
 misery ; and a height that throws floods of glory on the throne 
 and crown of Jehovah. 
 
 Supt. How are the mountains named as a symbol 
 of protection? 
 
 Teacher. "As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so 
 the Lord is round about his people from henceforth, even for- 
 ever." — Ps. 125 : 2. 
 
 Supt. How as a symbol of stability 
 
 Teacher. "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount 
 Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever." — 
 Ps. 125 : 1. 
 
 Supt. How as a symbol of magnitude ? 
 
 Teacher. "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; 
 thy judgments are a great deep. O Lord, thou preservest 
 man and beast." — Ps. 36 : 6. 
 
 Supt. How are they named as a source of hope 
 and help ? 
 
 Teacher. " And I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from 
 -whence cometh my help." — Ps. 121 : 2. 
 
 Another. " My help cometh from the Lord, which made 
 heaven and earth." — Ps. 121 : 1. 
 
 Another. " How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet 
 of him that brin^eth good tidings, that publisheth peace ; that 
 bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation : that 
 saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth !"■ — Isaiah 52 : 7. 
 
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 A Lady Teacher. 
 
 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God ! 
 Thou hast made thy children mighty, 
 
 By the touch of the mountain sod. 
 Thou hast fixed our ark of refuge 
 
 Where t^e spoiler's foot ne'er trod ; 
 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God ! 
 
 MOUNT ZION. 
 
 Supt. What mountain near Mount Moriah was 
 the home of David, and an accepted type of the 
 church of God? 
 
 Teacher. It was Mount Zion : "Beautiful for situation, the 
 joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the 
 north, the city of the Great King." — Ps. 48 : 2. 
 
 Supt. As Mount Sinai was referred to as a type 
 of the law, how is Mount Zion named as a type of 
 Christ ? 
 
 Member of Bible Class. " But ye are come unto Mount Zion, 
 and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 
 and to an innumerable company of angels." — Heb. 12 : 22. 
 
 Another. " To the general assembly and church of the First- 
 born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, 
 and to the spirits of just men made perfect." — Heb. 12 : 23. 
 
 Another. " And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, 
 and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than 
 that of Abel."— Heb. 12 : 24. 
 
 Supt. or Pastor. There is no name in history the 
 mention of which awakens so many thrilling associa- 
 tions as that of Zion. It not only represents the 
 ancient Jewish church, and all that was dear and 
 holy in her, but it is applied to the Christian church 
 of the present day. Confined to no sect, and no 
 clime, and no language, it embraces in its catholicity 
 all who love God, binding them in one endearing 
 nnrae together to the end of time. 
 
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 The literal Mount Zion was one of the hills on 
 which Jerusalem was built. But that prophecy has 
 long since been fulfilled that told of its desolation. 
 
 There is a mount Zion in heaven, and the redeemed 
 are there, and the song they sing has no dying 
 cadence. The top of this heavenly mount is crowned 
 with a more glorious temple than ever adorned an 
 earthly city, and nothing that "can hurt or make 
 afraid " shall ever enter there. 
 
 Ararat, with the heaven-lifted, heaven-guided ark 
 resting on its summit, is but a symbol of the Chris- 
 tian's repose, after the storms of life, on the serene 
 heights of perpetual bliss. Mount Moriah is only 
 the shadow of that height of mystery where God 
 offered up his Only Son, and there was no hand to 
 stay the stroke. Sinai and Horeb are but dim 
 reflections of the terrors of God's law. Mount Pis- 
 gah points to a "land of promise," from whose 
 bosom rise more glorious summits than the " goodly 
 mountain Lebanon." Olivet and Calvary are both 
 eloquent of heaven. Tabor reveals, beforehand, the 
 appearance which the Lamb of God will present 
 when he stands on Mount Zion with the redeemed 
 about him. That heavenly Mount Zion! All the 
 ransomed of the Lord will be there. Aaron went 
 up thither from the top of Hor, and Moses from 
 Pisgah. Elijah's chariot of fire tarried not till it 
 rested on that heavenly mount, and thither Christ 
 ascended from the hill of Olives. 
 
 And thus the redeemed have flocked, one after 
 another, to the Mount of God, and there they shall 
 continue to gather, until the glorious assembly stands 
 complete, and " God is all and in all." 
 
 Closing Song. " Beautiful Zion," verses i, 2, and 
 4. — Happy Voices, p. 2 13. Or " My Home is There." 
 — Fresh Laurels, p. 94. 
 
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VII. 
 
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 A LESSON OF DEVOTION. 
 
 " Pray without ceasing." — i Thes. 5: 17. 
 
 " And ye shall seek me 
 ait your heart." — jfer. 20, 
 
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 And ye shall seek me and find me when ye shall search for me with 
 he: 
 
EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Chant. The Lord's Prayer. (See Appendix}) 
 Singing. "Sweet Hour of Prayer." 
 
 Supt. " The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
 to all that call upon him in truth." 
 
 School. " And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
 believing, ye shall receive." 
 
 Supt. " As for me, I will Call upon God, and the Lord shall 
 save me." 
 
 School. " For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and 
 plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee." 
 
 PRAYER. 
 Scripture Heading. 40th Psalm. 
 Singing. "Jacob's Prayer."— Fresh Laurels, p. 92. 
 
 Class A. 
 
 Supt. What was the first prayer recorded in the 
 Bible ? 
 
 First Pupil. "And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael 
 might live before thee !" — Gen. 17: 18. 
 
 Supt. Was it answered ? 
 
 Second Pupil. It was. God said: "And as for Ishmael, I 
 have heard thee : Behold I have blessed him. * * * I will 
 make him a great nation." — .Gen. 17 : 20. 
 
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 Supt. Repeat the prayer of Moses in behalf of 
 Israel. 
 
 Third Pupil. "And Moses returned unto the Lord, and 
 said. Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made 
 them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ' r 
 and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book, which thou 
 hast written." — Ex. 32: 31, 32. 
 
 Supt. What did Solomon ask of God ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made 
 thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a 
 little child: I know not how to go out or come in. And thy 
 servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a 
 great people, that cmnot be numbered nor counted for multi- 
 tude. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to 
 judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : . 
 for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?"— 1 Kings 
 3: 7-9- 
 
 Supt. What was the prayer of Elijah at Carmel ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Now therefore send, and gather to me all 
 Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hun- 
 dred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, 
 which eat at Jezebel's table." 
 
 " Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that 
 thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart 
 back again." — 1 Kings 18 : 19, 37. 
 
 Singing. "Watch and Pray." — Fresh Laurels, 
 P- 54- 
 
 Svfit. Class B repeat Daniel's prayer of thanks- 
 giving and praise. (Daniel 2 : 20-24.) 
 
 First Pupil. " Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the 
 name of God for ever and ever : for wisdom and might are his." 
 
 Second Pupil. " And he changeth the times and the seasons : 
 he removeth kings, and setleth up kings: he giveth wisdom 
 unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding :" 
 
 T'drd PuHl. " He reveal eth the deep and secret things : he 
 knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with 
 him." 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God 
 of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast 
 made known unto me now what we desired ot thee : for thou 
 hast now made known unto us the king's matter." 
 
 Supt. Class C will repeat some of David's 
 prayers. 
 
 First Pupil. " Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be 
 not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like 
 them that go down into the pit." — Ps. 28 : 1. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Hear the voice of my supplications, when I 
 cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle." 
 
 — Ps. 28: 2. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful 
 unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the shadow of 
 thy wings will I make my refuge."— Ps. 57 : 1. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and 
 attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my 
 trouble I will call upon thee : for thou wilt answer me." — 
 
 — Ps. 86: 6, 7. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " As for me, I will call upon God, and the 
 Lord shall save me." — Ps. 55 : 16. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Evening and morning, and at noon, will I 
 pray and cry aloud ; and he shall hear my voice." — Ps. 55 : 17. 
 
 Supt. What was David's prayer for a revival of 
 religion ? 
 
 Teacher. "Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to 
 shine ; and we shall be saved. O Lord God of hosts, how 
 long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?" 
 
 — Ps. 80: 3, 4. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 I My God, is any hour so sweet, 
 
 From blush of morn to evening star, 
 As that which calls me to thy feet, 
 
 The hour of prayer? 
 Blest is that tranquil hour of morn, 
 
 And blest that hour of solemn eve, 
 When on the wings of faith upborne, 
 
 The world I leave. 
 
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 2 Pray, though the gift you ask for 
 
 May never comfort your fears, 
 May never repay your pleading, 
 
 Yet pray, and with hopeful tears. 
 An answer — not that you sought for, 
 
 But diviner— will come one day : 
 Your eyes are too dim to see it, 
 
 Yet strive and wait and pray. C. Elliott. 
 
 Supt. Repeat the prayer of the Pharisee and 
 Publican. 
 
 Bible Class Pupil "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus 
 with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as oilier men 
 are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican: 1 
 fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that possess 
 
 "And the Publican, standing afar off, would not hit up so 
 much as his eyes unto heaven ; but smote upon his breast, say- 
 ing, God be merciful to me a sinner."— Luke iS: 11-13- 
 
 Supt. Which prayer was acceptable ; and why ? 
 
 Another. The latter. " The sacrifices of God are a broken 
 spirit. A broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not 
 despise."— Ps. 51: 17- 
 
 Supt. What was Paul's first prayer? 
 
 Another. "And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, 
 what wilt thou have me to do?"- Acts 9 : 6, first clause. 
 
 Supt. What was Stephen's dying prayer ? 
 Another. " And thev stoned Stephen calling upon God and 
 saving, Lord Tesus, recei v, my spirit. And he kneeled down 
 ami cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their 
 charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. -Acts 
 7 : 59. 6o - 
 
 Supt What did Christ ask for his disciples? 
 
 Another. " Neither pray I for these alone ; but for them also 
 which shall believe onme through their wo, d : that they a ,l 
 may be one ; as thou Father art in me and I in .thee hat hey 
 also may be one in us:. that the world may believe that thou 
 hast sent me."— John 17: 20, 21. 
 
 Supt. What was Christ's prayer on the cross ? 
 
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 Another. " Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them : for they 
 know not what they do." — Luke 23 : 34, first clause. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 O Thou, the contrite sinner's friend, 
 "Who, loving, lov'st them to the end ; 
 On this alone my hopes depend, 
 
 That thou wilt plead for me. 
 
 2 When, weary in the Christian race, 
 Far off appears my resting place, 
 And, fainting, I mistrust thy grace, 
 
 Then, Saviour, plead for me. 
 
 3 When I have erred and gone astray, 
 Afar from thine and wisdom's way, 
 And see no glimmering, guiding ray, 
 
 Still, Saviour, plead for me ! 
 
 4 When Satan, by my sins made bold, 
 Strives from thy cross to loose my hold, 
 Then with thy pitying arms enfold 
 
 And plead, oh, plead for me ! 
 
 Supt. How are we taught to pray ? 
 
 Class D. 
 First Pupil. In Christ's Name. "Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he 
 will give it you." — John 16 : 23. 
 
 Second Piipil. In Faith. " Trust in him at all times ; ye 
 people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for us." 
 
 — Ps. 62: 8. 
 
 Third Pupil. In Sincerity. " And ye shall seek me, and 
 find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." — 
 Jer. 29: 13. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. In Righteousness. " For the eyes of the 
 Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
 prayers ; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil." 
 
 — 1 Peter 3: 12. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. In Humility and Patience. " He forget- 
 teth not the cry of the humble." — Ps. 9: 12. 
 
 " I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me 
 and heard my cry."- — Ps. 40 : 1. 
 
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 Sixth Pupil. With Confession and Forgiveness. "And 
 when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any ; 
 that your Father also whicii is in heaven may lorgive you your 
 trespasses." — Mark II : 25. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. With Perseverance. "And he spake a 
 parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray 
 and not to faint." — Luke 18 : 1. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, 
 
 Uttered or unexpressed ; 
 The motion of a hidden fire 
 That trembles in the breast. 
 
 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, 
 
 The falling of a tear, 
 The upward glancing of an eye, 
 When none but Clod is near. 
 
 3 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, 
 
 The Christian's native air, 
 His watchword at the gates of death ; 
 He enters heaven with prayer. 
 
 4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice 
 
 Returning from his ways, 
 While angels in their songs rejoice, 
 And cry, " Behold, he prays." 
 
 5 O thou by whom we come to God, 
 
 The Life, the Truth, the Way, 
 The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; 
 
 Lord teach us how to pray. Montgomery. 
 
 Singing. " I love to steal awhile away." 
 
 Supt. For what should we pray ? 
 
 First Teacher. For Conviction of Sin. " How many are 
 mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression 
 and my sin." — Job 13 : 23. 
 
 Second Teacher. For Regeneration. " Create in me a 
 clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me." — 
 Ps. 51 : 10. 
 
 Third Teacher. For Pardon. " For thy name's sake, O 
 Lord, pardon mine iniquity : for it is great." — Ps. 25 : 11. 
 
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 Fourth Teacher. For Knowledge of Divine Things. 
 " Lead me in thy truth and teach me ; for thou art the (Jod of 
 my salvation : on thee do I wait all the day." — Ps. 25 : 5. 
 
 Fifth Teacher. For Sanctification. " Hold thou me up 
 and I shall be safe : and I will have respect unto thy statutes 
 continually." — Ps. 119: 117. 
 
 Sixth Teacher. For Blessing upon Food. "And when 
 lie had thus spoken, he took bread and gave thanks to God in 
 presence of them all, and when he had broken it, he began to 
 aeat." — Acts 27 : 35. 
 
 Supt. Are we taught to intercede for others ? 
 
 Seventh Teacher. " Confess your faults one to another, and 
 pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual, 
 fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." — James 5 : 16. 
 
 Eighth Teacher. " But I say unto you, love your enemies, 
 bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully 
 use you, and persecute you." — Matt. 5 : 44 
 
 Supt. Can we be sure that God hears the prayers 
 of each one of us ? 
 
 Ninth Teacher. " Every one that asketh receiveth ; and he 
 thatseeketh findeth ; and to him that knockcth it shall be opened." 
 
 — Luke 11 : 10. 
 
 Tenth Teacher. " Call unto me and I will answer thee and 
 shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." 
 
 — Jer. 33: 3- 
 
 Eleventh Teacher. " Come unto me all ye that labor and are 
 heavy laden, and I will give you rest." — Matt. 11 : 28. 
 
 Singing. "Olivet." 
 
 My faith looks up to thee, 
 Thou Lamb of Calvary. 
 
 Brief Remarks by the Pastor, closing with prayer 
 and 
 
 THE "MOSAIC BENEDICTION." 
 
 " The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his 
 face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift 
 up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." 
 
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 (Sur Saiximtr : 
 
 A LESSON FOR CHRISTMAS. 
 
 " Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward 
 men." — Luke 2: 14. 
 
 _" Herein is love,— not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent 
 his Son to be a propitiation for our sins." — 1 John 4 : 10. 
 
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EXERCISE, 
 
 Opening Hymn. Congregation sing : 
 
 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning. 
 A Pupil from the platform recites the following 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT. 
 
 " Fear not ; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, 
 which shall be to all people ; for unto you is born this day, in 
 the city of David, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord." 
 
 Congregation sing responsively : 
 
 Joy to the world ; the Lord is come ! 
 
 Let earth receive her King; 
 Let every heart prepare him room, 
 
 And every creature sing. 
 
 A Little Boy, standing in front, repeats reverently 
 the following prayer : 
 
 Grant thy blessing, Lord, we pray, 
 On this happy Christmas Day ; 
 May we love to read thy word ; 
 May we try to serve thee, Lord ; 
 All our sins do thou forgive ; 
 May we fear thee while we live : 
 Jesus — Saviour ! on us shine, 
 Make our hearts entirely thine. 
 
 Congregation sing promptly in response (tune as 
 above) : 
 
 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, 
 
 With all her diff 'rent tongues, 
 And spread the honor of his name, 
 
 In melody and songs. 
 
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 Superintendent reads the Scriptures; Luke 2 : 1-14. 
 
 Congregation respond : 
 
 No more let sin and sorrow grow, 
 
 Nor ihorns infest the ground ; 
 He comes to make his blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 Assistant Superintendent reads the Scriptures; Isa. 
 9: 6, 7. 
 
 Congregation respond : 
 
 He rules the world in truth and peace, 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness, 
 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 RECITATION 
 By three scholars from Infant Department: 
 
 First Pupil. Though but little ehildren, 
 
 Poor and weak are we, 
 Yet this holy season 
 
 Not unmarked shall be. 
 And our Christmas Carol, 
 
 We will gladly raise, 
 To our Heavenly Father, 
 
 Giving thanks and praise. 
 
 Second Pupil. Suffer little children, 
 
 Did our Saviour say ; 
 From our small endeavor 
 
 He'll not turn away ; 
 And he suffered for us 
 
 Grief and pain and loss, 
 Till at last they nailed him 
 
 On the awful cross. 
 
 Third Pupil. Honor, praise, and glory, 
 
 To our Heavenly King 
 Now, and still forever, 
 
 All mankind shall sing. ... 
 
 We will raise our Carol, 
 
 As we gladly say: 
 Jesus Christ, our Saviour, 
 
 He was born to-day. 
 
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 Singing. " On a Christmas Morning." — Golden 
 Shower, p. 6. 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Teachers. Children, can you truly tell, 
 Do you know the story well, 
 Every girl and every boy, 
 Why the angels sing for joy ? 
 Chorus, by all — On the Christmas morning, 
 The angels sing for joy. 
 
 Children. Yes, we know the story well, 
 Listen, now, and hear us tell, 
 Every girl and every boy, 
 Why the angels sing for joy 
 Chorus — On the Christmas morning. 
 
 Children. Shepherds sat upon the ground, 
 
 Fleecy flocks were scattered round, 
 When the brightness filled the sky, 
 And a song was heard on high, 
 Chorus — On the Christmas morning. 
 
 Children. "Joy and peace " the angels sang, 
 Far the pleasant echoes rang ; 
 " Peace on earth, to men good will :" 
 Hark ! the angels sing it still, 
 Chorus — On the Christmas morning. 
 
 Children. " Peace " our every heart shall fill, 
 
 " Peace on earth, to men good will :" 
 Flear us sing the angels' song, 
 And the pleasant notes prolong 
 ' Chorus — On the Christmas morning. 
 
 THE LESSON. 
 
 Supt. A Saviour promised. 
 
 First Pupil. "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 
 Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, 
 and above every beast of the field : upon thy belly shalt thou 
 go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life ;" — Gen. 3 : 14. 
 
 Second Pupil. " And I will put enmity between thee and the 
 woman, and between thy seed and her seed : it shall bruise thy 
 head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." — Gen. 3 : 15. 
 
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 Third Pupil. " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, 
 nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and 
 unto Him shall the gathering of the people be." — Gen. 49: 10. 
 
 Supt. The covenant and promise. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get 
 thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy 
 father's house, unto a land that I will show thee : and I will 
 make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy 
 name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing." — Gen. 12 : I, 2. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. '' And I will bless them that bless thee, and 
 curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the 
 earth be blessed." — Gen. 12 : 3. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " I have made a covenant with my chosen, I 
 have sworn unto David my servant." — Ps. 89 . 3. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " His seed shall endure forever, and his 
 throne as the sun before me." — Ps. 89 : 36. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
 that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King 
 shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice 
 in the earth." — Jer. 23: 5. 
 
 Ninth Pupil. " Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a 
 sign : Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall 
 call his name Immanuel." — Isa. 7 : 14. 
 
 Tenth Pupil. " Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the 
 end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy 
 salvation cometh ; behold, his reward is with him, and his work 
 is before him." — Isa. 62 : 11. 
 
 Eleventh Pupil. " But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though 
 thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee 
 shall he come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel ; whose 
 goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." — Micah 5: 2. 
 
 Twelfth Pupil. " And Plerod, when he had gathered all the 
 chief priests and scribes of the people together, demanded of 
 them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him. 
 In Bethlehem of Judea : for thus it is written by the prophet." 
 — Matt. 2 : 4, 5. 
 
 Thirteenth Pupil. " And thou Bethlehem, in the land of 
 Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda : for out of 
 
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 thee shall come a governor, that shall rule my people Israel." 
 
 — Matt. 2:6. 
 
 Supt. The record of the Saviour's birth — proph- 
 ecy fulfilled. 
 
 Fourteenth Ptipil. "And in the sixth month the angel 
 Gabriel was sent from God, unto a ciiy of Galilee, named 
 Nazareth," — Luke I: 26. 
 
 Fifteenth Pupil. " To a virgin espoused to a man whose 
 name was Joseph, of the hou a e of David ; and the virgin's 
 name was Mary." — Luke 1 : 27. 
 
 Sixteenth Pupil. " And the angel came in unto her, and 
 said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: 
 blessed art thou among women." — Luke 1 : 23. 
 
 Seventeenth Pupil. " And the angel answered and said unto 
 her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power cf 
 the Highest shall overshadow thee ; therefore also that hcly 
 thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." 
 
 — Luke 1 : 35. 
 
 Nmeteenth Pupil. " And it came to pass in those days, that 
 there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world 
 should be taxed." — Luke 2: I. 
 
 Twentieth Pupil. " And all went to be taxed, every one into 
 his own city." — Luke 2 : 3. 
 
 Twenty-first Pupil. " And Joseph also went up from Gali- 
 lee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the ci'.y cf 
 David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house 
 and lineage of David)." — Luke 2: 4. 
 
 Twenty-second Pupil. " And she brought forth her first-born 
 son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid h:n in a 
 manger; because there was no room for them in the inn." — 
 Luke 2 : 7. 
 
 Teacher, or member of young ladies' Bible Class : 
 PilloAved is his infant head 
 On a borrowed mar.ger-bed ! 
 lie around whose throne above 
 Angels hymned their songs of love, 
 Now is wrapped by virgin hands 
 In earth's meanest swaddling bands : 
 Oice adored by seraphim ! 
 Now a babe of Bethlehem. 
 
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 Supt. " The great Architect of the universe now dwells in a 
 manger, and he who clothed himself with light, as with a gar- 
 ment, is now arrayed in the swaddling clothes of mortality, bone 
 of our bone, and flesh of our flesh." 
 
 Song. "Christmas Carol. " — The Charm, p. 145, 
 
 1 There's a song in the air ! 
 
 There's a star in the sky ! 
 There's a mother's deep prayer 
 And a baby's low cry ! 
 And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing, 
 For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King. 
 
 Jesus is King, Jesus is King, 
 For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King. 
 
 2 There's a tumult of joy 
 
 O'er the wonderful birth, 
 For the Virgin's sweet boy 
 Is the Lord of the earth. 
 Ay ! the star rains its fire, and the beautiful sing. 
 For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King. 
 Jesus is King, etc. 
 
 3 In the light of that star 
 Lie the ages impearled, 
 And that song from afar 
 Has swept over the world. 
 Every hearth is a flame, and the beautiful sing, 
 In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King. 
 
 4 We rejoice in the light, 
 And we echo the song 
 That comes down through the night 
 From the heavenly throng. 
 Ay ! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring. 
 And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King. 
 
 Supt. The announcement to the shepherds. 
 
 Twenty-third Pupil. " And there were in the same country 
 shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by 
 night." — Luke 2 : 8. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Pupil. " And lo, the angel of the Lord came 
 upon them, and the glory of the Led shone round about them, 
 and they were sore afraid." — Luke 2 : 9. 
 
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 Twenty-fifth Pupil. " And the angel said unto them, Fear 
 not : for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which 
 shall be to all people." — Luke 2 : 10. 
 
 Twenty-sixth Pupil. " For unto you is born this day, in the 
 city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." — Luke 
 2: 11. 
 
 Twenty-seventh Pupil. " And this shall be a sign unto you : 
 Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a 
 manger." — Luke 2 : 12. 
 
 Twenty-eighth Pupil. " And suddenly there was with the 
 angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and say- 
 ing," — Luke 2: 13. 
 
 Twenty-ninth Pupil. " Glory to God in the highest, and on 
 earth peace, good will toward men." — Luke 2 : 14. 
 
 Supt. What of the wise men from the East ? 
 
 Thirtieth Pupil. " Now when Jesus was born in Bethle- 
 hem of Judea, in the days of Herod the King, behold, there 
 came wise men from the east to Jerusalem." — Matt. 2 : 1. 
 
 Thirty-first Pupil. " Saying, Where is he that is born King 
 of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come 
 to worship him." — Matt. 2 : 2. 
 
 Thirty-second Pupil. " When they saw the star, they rejoiced 
 with exceeding great joy." — Matt. 2 : 10. 
 
 Thirty-third Pupil. " And when they were come into the 
 house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell 
 down, and worshipped him ; and when they had opened their 
 treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, 
 and myrrh." — Matt. 2 : 11. 
 
 Singing. "Christmas Hymn" — duet and chorus. 
 — Happy Voices, p. 158. 
 
 Christ is born and heaven rejoices. 
 
 Or, " The Shepherds of Bethlehem." — The Charm,, 
 p. 138. 
 
 They are watching on the hillsides for the coming day. 
 
 Supt. What do we know of his childhood ? 
 
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 Thirty-fourth Pupil. " And the child grew, and waxed 
 strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was 
 upon him." — Luke 2 : 40. 
 
 Thirty-fifth Pupil. " And Jesus increased in wisdom and 
 stature, and in favor with God and man." — Luke 2 : 52. 
 
 Stipt. Who attested to his divinity after he began 
 his public ministry? 
 
 Thirty-sixth Pupil. " And there came a voice from heaven, 
 saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 
 — Mark I : II. 
 
 Thirty seventh Pupil. " And John bare record, saying, I saw 
 the spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon 
 him." — John 1 : 32. 
 
 Sitpt. Why did he call himself the Son of Man ? 
 
 Thirty-eighth Pupil. " For verily he took not on him the 
 nature of angels ; but he took on him the seed of Abraham." — 
 Heb. 2 : 16. 
 
 Thirty-ninth Pupil. " But made himself of no reputation, 
 and took upon him t'.ie form of a servant, and was made in the 
 likeness of men." — Phil. 2 : 7. 
 
 Fortieth Pupil. " For there is one God, and o«ie Mediator 
 between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." — 1 Tim. 2 : 5. 
 
 A Teacher. "The vast extent between the finite and the 
 infinite is now spanned over by the birth of Jesus. In the birth 
 of Jesus our hope has birth. Why did he indeed robe himself 
 in fleshly vestments, and cast away his glory for a time, but that 
 he might clothe and beautify his people? Through his birth as 
 a man he comes to us, that we, through a new birth, might be 
 raised to him." 
 
 Sitpt. Was Christ God as well as man ? 
 
 Forty-first Pupil. " Now all this was done, that it might be 
 fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 
 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, 
 and they shall call his name Emmanuel ; which being inter- 
 preted is, God with us." — Matt. 1 ; 22, 23. 
 
 Forty-second Pupil. "In the beginning was the Word, and 
 the Word was with God, and the Word was God." — John I : I. 
 
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 Forty-third Pupil. " I and my Father are one." — John 10 : 30. 
 
 Forty-fourth Pupil. " The first man is of the earth, earthy : 
 the second man is the Lord from heaven." — 1 Cor. 15 : 47. 
 
 Forty-fifth Pupil. " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
 and the end, the first and the last." — Rev. 22 : 13. 
 
 Singing. "The Children's Te Deum." — Fresh 
 Laurels, p. 104. 
 
 We praise thee, we bless thee, thou who only art divine. 
 Supt. The Saviour of sinners. 
 
 Forty-sixth Pupil. " Unto you is born this day, in the city 
 of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." — Luke 2 : 11. 
 
 Forty-seventh Pzipil. " This is a faithful saying, and worthy 
 of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save 
 sinners." — 1 Tim. 1 : 15. 
 
 Forty-eighth Pupil. " And we have seen, and do testify, that 
 the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." — 
 1 John 4 : 14. 
 
 Supt. Do we all need such a Saviour ? 
 
 Forty-ninth Pupil. " The Lord looked down from heaven 
 upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did 
 understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are 
 all together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, 
 not one." — Ps. 14 : 2, 3. 
 
 Fiftieth Pupil. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive 
 ourselves, and the truth is not in us." — 1 John 1 : 8. 
 
 Fifty-first Pupil. " The soul that sinneth, it shall die."— 
 Ezek. 18:4. 
 
 Fifty-second Pupil. " But God commendeth his love towards 
 us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." — 
 Rom. 5 : 8. 
 
 Fifty-third Ptipil. " For he hath made him to be sin for us, 
 who knew no sin ; that we might be made the righteousness of 
 God in him." — 2 Cor. 5 : 21. 
 
 Fifty-fourth Pupil. " Who his own self bare our sins in his 
 own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live 
 
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 unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." — i Peter 
 2 : 24. 
 
 Fifty-fifth Pupil. " And as Moses lifted up the serpent in 
 the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up." — 
 John 3: 14. 
 
 Fifty-sixth Pupil. " That whosoever believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have eternal life." — John 3: 15. 
 
 Supt. " Reflect, then, O my soul, in thine own low estate, 
 and utter helplessness. Remember the Saviour in the manger, 
 and learn the lesson of redemption. He is beneath thee to lift 
 thee up, and however high thou mayest rise, he is still above 
 thee. Amid all life's changing scenes submissive bow, and say, 
 Since Jesus to the manger came, thy will, O Lord, be done." 
 
 Asst. Supt. " Casting all your care upon him, for he careth 
 for you." — 1 Peter 5 : 7. 
 
 Pastor. " For we have not an high priest which cannot be 
 touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was in all points 
 tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come 
 boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and 
 find grace to help in time uf need." — Heb. 4 15, 16, 
 
 PRAYER BY PASTOR. 
 Singing. "Coronation." 
 
IX. 
 
 % f 0rt>'s f ninen 
 
 A LESSON FOR E VER Y DA Y IN THE YEAR. 
 
 " My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning 
 will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." — Ps. 5: 3. 
 
 " After this manner, therefore, pray ye." — Matt. 6: 9. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Superintendent. " Oh come, let us worship and bow down ; 
 let us kneel before the Lord our Maker." 
 
 Recitation by Superintendent, and Responsive Chant 
 by school, "The Lord's Prayer." — Notes of Joy, 
 pp. 160, 161. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 {Referring especially to the subject of the Exercise?) 
 
 Singing. " Pray without Ceasing." — Notes of Joy, 
 p. 29. Or, "Watch and Pray." — Fresh Laurels, p. 
 
 54- 
 
 INFANT CLASS RECITATION. 
 
 THE CHILD'S TRAYER. 
 
 1 Saviour, precious Saviour, 
 
 Ever meek and mild, 
 In thy tender mercy, 
 Hear a little child. 
 Teach me how to love thee, 
 
 Teach me how to pray ; 
 Whisper to my spirit, 
 Tell me what to say. 
 Fold me on thy bosom, 
 Let me come to thee, 
 Little Iamb of Jesus, 
 1 would ever be. 
 
 2 Like a gentle shepherd, 
 
 Lead me all the day ; 
 
 Saviour do not leave me, 
 
 Let me never stray. 
 
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 When my steps are weary, 
 
 Lay me on ihy breast ; 
 Sweet will be my slumber, 
 Peaceful there my rest. 
 Fold me on thy bosom. 
 Let me come to thee ; 
 Little lamb of Jesus, 
 I wogld ever be. 
 
 3 With a bird that carols, 
 In the pleasant shade, 
 With a stream that wanders, 
 
 In the summer glade ; 
 Jesus, I would praise thee, 
 
 In my happy song; 
 Of thy loving kindness, 
 Singing all day long. 
 Fold me on thy bosom, 
 Let me come to thee ; 
 Little lamb of Jesus, 
 I would ever be. 
 
 Supt. We are to study to-night "The Lord's 
 Prayer." 
 (// possible, have the Prayer in large letters on a chart before the 
 
 school, or plainly written on the blackboard.) 
 
 The invocation is "Our Father." 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. God is our father, By right of creation, 
 By merit of mercy. 
 By bountiful providence. 
 
 Supt. How is God our father by right of creation ? 
 
 Second Pupil. "And God said, Let us make man in our 
 image, after our likeness. So God created man in his own 
 image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female 
 created he them." — Gen. 1 : 26, 27. 
 
 Supt. How is God our father by merit of mercy ? 
 
 Third Pupil. '* For God so loved the world that he gave 
 his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have everlasting life." — John 3 ; 16. 
 
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 Supt. How is God our father by bountiful provi- 
 dence ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion ; 
 thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop 
 fatness."— Ps 65: I, II. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou 
 givest them their meat in due season. '1 hou openest thine 
 hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."— Ps. 145 : 
 15, 16. 
 
 Supt. God is our father and we are his children. 
 
 Class B. 
 
 First Pupil. "But now, O Lord, thou art our father: we 
 are the clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are the work of 
 thy hand." — Isa. 64 : 8. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Having predestinated us unto the adoption 
 cf children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good 
 pleasure of his will." — Eph. 1 : 5. 
 
 Third Pupil. " But love ye your enemies, and do good, and 
 lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, 
 and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto 
 the unthankful and to the evil." — Luke 6: 35, 36. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear 
 children." — Eph. 5 : 1. 
 
 Supt. After the invocation, follows God's dwell- 
 ing-place, " Which art in Heaven." 
 
 Class C. 
 
 First Pupil. The seat of thy majesty. 
 The home of thy children, 
 The kingdom of bliss. 
 
 Second Pupil. The seat of thy majesty : " Heaven is my 
 throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me ? 
 saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?" — Acts 7: 49. 
 
 Third Pupil. The home of thy children : "An inheritance 
 incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved 
 in heaven for you." — 1 Peter 1 : 4. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. The kingdom of bliss : " And there shall he 
 no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lan b shall be 
 in it; and his servants shall serve him : and they shall see his 
 face : and his name shall be in their foreheads." — Rev. £2 : 3, 4. 
 
 Supt. Then follows the way in which God's 
 children are to regard his name : " Hallowed be 
 
 THY NAME." 
 
 Class D. 
 
 First Pupil. By our thoughts and our hearts, 
 By the words of our mouths, 
 By the works of our hands. 
 
 Second Pupil. "I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I 
 will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless 
 thee ; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever." — Ps. 145 : 
 1, 2. 
 
 Third Pupil. " All nations whom thou hast made shall come 
 and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. 
 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God 
 alone." — Ps. 86: 9, 10. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " I will make thy name to be remembered in 
 all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever 
 and ever." — Ps. 45 : 17. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy 
 thoughts shall be established." — Prov. 16: 3. 
 
 Supt. Then follows the earnest wish of God's 
 children, "Thy kingdom come." 
 
 Class E. 
 
 First Pupil. Of grace to inspire us, 
 Of power to defend us, 
 Of glory to crown us. 
 
 Supt. " Thy will be done." 
 
 Second Pupil. In weal and in woe, 
 
 In fulness and in want, 
 In life and in death. 
 
 Supt. "In earth as in heaven." 
 
THE LORDS PRAYER. 
 
 Third Pupil. In us as with angels, 
 
 Willingly, readily, faithfully, 
 Now and eternally. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
 that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in 
 the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; 
 and all nations shall flow unto it." — Isa. 2 : 2. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. 'And blessed be his glorious name for ever: 
 and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and 
 Amen." — Ps. 72: 19. 
 
 Singing. "Awake, O Earth." — Notes of Joy, p. 
 131 (or substitute). 
 
 Supt. Then the prayer presents this humble but 
 all-important request: "Give us this day our 
 
 DAILY BREAD." 
 
 Class F. 
 
 First Pupil, For the nourishing of our bodies, 
 For the feeding of our souls, 
 For the relief of our necessities. 
 
 ' Second Ptipil. The "wise man " said : "Remove far from 
 me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me 
 with food convenient for me." — Prov. 30 . 8. 
 
 Third Pupil. Christ said : "I am that bread of life." — 
 John 6 : 48. 
 
 Supt. Next a supplication for pardon: "And 
 
 FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBT- 
 ORS." 
 
 Fourth Pupil. Against the commands of the law, 
 Against the grace of thy gospel, 
 Against our neighbor and ourselves. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 
 heavenly Father will also forgive you." — Matt. 6 : 14. 
 
 Supt. Then follows the petition for guidance and 
 protection: "Lead us not into temptation." 
 
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 Class G. 
 
 First Pupil. Of the wicked world, 
 Of the enticing flesh, 
 Of the spirit of evil. 
 Second Pupil Christ said : " Watch and pray, that ye enter- 
 not into temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh 
 is weak." — Matt. 26: 41. 
 
 Supt. Then a cry for relief: " But deliver us 
 
 FROM EVIL." 
 
 Thud Pupil. Forgive what is past, 
 
 Reprove what is present, 
 Prevent what may come. 
 Fourth Pupil. " I pray not that thou shouldest take them 
 out of the world, but 'that thou shouldest keep them from the 
 evil."— John 17: 15- 
 
 Supt. Then an acknowledgment of God's sov- 
 ereignty and omnipotence: "For thine is the 
 
 KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY." 
 
 Fifth Pupil. Thy kingdom governs all, 
 Thy power subdues all, 
 Thy glory is above all. 
 
 Sixth Pupil "And after these things I heard a great voice 
 of much people in heaven, saying Alleluia; salvation and 
 glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God. -Rev. 
 19: 1. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And every creature which is in heaven, 
 and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are m the 
 sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and 
 honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the 
 throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. —Rev. 5 : 13. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the 
 Heht which no man can approach unto ; whomno man hath 
 se & en, nor can see : to whom be honor and power everlasting. 
 Amen."— I Tim. 6: 16. 
 
 Suit And lastlv, this beautiful and wonderful 
 prayer closes with the desire for the endless enjoy- 
 
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 merit of God's dominion and glory : " For ever 
 and ever, Amen." 
 
 A Teacher. In this short life, 
 
 In the endless hereafter. 
 
 Another. " Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the 
 sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre." — Ps. 45 : 6. 
 
 Supt. This is the "Lord's Prayer." He has given 
 it to us for our prayer. Its instruction, its simplicity 
 and comprehensiveness are wonderful. It shuts out 
 selfishness, and teaches confidence and reverence, 
 and inspires us with zeal and fidelity. 
 
 Singing. "Gloria in Excelsis." (See Appendix) 
 
 BRIEF ADDRESS, 
 
 Relating to and impressing some practical point of 
 the lesson. 
 
 Singing. " Notes of Joy," p. 116. 
 
 Our heavenly Father, 
 
 Hear the prayer we offer now. 
 
 BRIEF PRAYER AND BENEDICTION. 
 
X. 
 
 Cjtt J&ernurn an % gtoitnt : 
 
 A LESSON FROM THE WORDS OF CHRIST. 
 
 * Never man spake like this man." — "John 7 : 46. 
 
 " These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the 
 Son of God ; and that believing ye might have life through his name." — 
 Johmo: 31. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. "Gladly Meeting." — Fresh Lau- 
 rels, p. 25. 
 
 Scriphire Reading. The Superintendent reads 
 from the beginning of the 6th chapter of Matthew 
 to the second clause of the 9th verse, when the 
 members of the school bow their heads, and unite 
 with him in chanting, with organ accompaniment, 
 The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 PRAYER BY THE PASTOR. 
 
 Singing. "The Pure in Heart." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 46. 
 
 1 Blessed are the pure in heart ! 
 
 Blessed evermore ' 
 They shall meet, and never part 
 
 On the golden shore. 
 Thorny paths their feet have trod, 
 But their rest is sure with God ! 
 CHORUS. — Blessed are the pure in heart, 
 Blessed are the pure in heart ! 
 Blessed evermore, 
 Blessed evermore ! 
 
 2 Blessed are the pure in heart, 
 
 Free from sin and stain : 
 Satan, with his fiery dart. 
 
 Tempts their peace in vain ; 
 For they lean on Jesus' arm, 
 He will keep them safe from harm. 
 Chorus. 
 
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 3 Blessed are the pure in heart ! 
 
 Oh ! that we may stand, 
 
 Choosing now the better part 
 
 At the Lord's right hand. 
 With us may his love abide, 
 For the sake of Christ who died ! 
 Chorus. 
 
 Snpt. Whom besides the pure in heart did Christ 
 call blessed ? 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. " Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
 kingdom of heaven." — Matt. 5 : 3. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall 
 be comforted." — Matt. 5: 4. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Blessed are the meek ; for they shall inherit 
 the earth."— Matt. 5: 5. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
 after righteousness: for they shall be filled." — Matt. 5 : 6. 
 
 Supt. * " Let us pause here a moment, and invite the skep- 
 tic to ascend with us this mount, and look at religion as 
 sketched by the finger of Christ — as it lives and breathes in- 
 the words of God's Son — and ask him where is the man — 
 where is the book — in what place, in what age are they to be 
 found — whose words breathe a more divine spirit, and are 
 calculated to form a character more God-like and sublime?" 
 
 Supt. Class B may now continue the recital of 
 the blessings promised at this time. 
 
 First Pu^il. "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall 
 obtain mercy." — Matt. 5 : 7. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall 
 see God."— Matt. 5 : 8. 
 
 Third Pup'l. " Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall 
 be called the children of God." — Matt. 5: 9. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Blessed are they which are persecuted for 
 righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." — 
 — Matt. 5 : 10. 
 
 * "Glimpses of Jesus," Balfern. 
 
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 Fifth Pupil. " Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, 
 and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you 
 falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad . for great 
 is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets 
 which were before you." — Matt. 5 : 11, 12. 
 
 ■ Singing. Solo and chorus — "The Beatitudes."— 
 Fresh Laurels, p. 136. 
 
 Supt. At what time did Christ utter these words ? 
 
 Teacher. At the beginning of his public ministry, in his 
 sermon on the mount. 
 
 Supt. Will Class C repeat some of the admoni- 
 tions given by Christ in this sermon ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Let your light so shine before men, that they 
 may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in 
 heaven." — Matt. 5 : 16. 
 
 Second Pupil. " But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: 
 but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him 
 the other also." — Matt. 5 : 39. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Give to him that asketh thee, and from him 
 that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." — Matt. 5 : 42. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But I say unto you, Love your enemies, 
 bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and 
 prav for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." 
 — Matt. 5: 44. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
 which is in heaven is perfect." — Matt. 5 : 48. 
 
 Supt. Class D may remind us of other direc- 
 tions given by him at this time. 
 
 First Pupil. " Take heed that ye do not your alms before 
 men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your 
 Father which is in heaven." — Matt. 6 : 1. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do 
 not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the 
 synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. 
 Verily I say unto you, they have their reward." — Matt. 6 : 2. 
 
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 Third Papil. " But when thou doest alms, let not thy left 
 hand know what thy right hand doeth : that thine alms may be 
 in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall 
 reward thee openly." — Matt. 6 : 3,4. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For 
 v/ith what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with 
 what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." — 
 Matt. 7 : I, 2. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 Do not look for wrong or evil, 
 
 You will find them if you do; 
 As you measure to your neighbor, 
 
 He will measure back to you. 
 Look for goodness, look for gladness; 
 
 You will meet them all the while: 
 If you bring a smiling visage 
 
 To the glass, you meet a smile. 
 
 Sitpt. Will some member of Class E tell us what 
 our Saviour says about accumulating wealth ? 
 
 First Pupil. " Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon 
 earth, where moth and rust cloth corrupt, and where thieves 
 break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in- 
 heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where 
 thieves do not break through nor steal." — Matt. 6: 19, 20. 
 
 Supt. Why cannot we do both? 
 
 Second Pupil. " For where your treasure is, there will your 
 heart be also." — Matt. 6: 21. 
 
 Third Pupil. " The light of the body is the eye : if there- 
 fore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." 
 — Matt. 6: 22. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body 
 shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee 
 be darkness, how great is that darkness !" — Matt. 6: 23. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " No man can serve two masters: for either he 
 will hate the one and love the other; or el>e he will hold to the 
 one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mam- 
 mon."— Matt. 6 . 24. 
 
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 Supt. The whole school may tell me what gen- 
 eral rule Christ has given us to regulate our conduct 
 towards each other. 
 
 School in Concert. " Therefore all things whatsoever ye 
 would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.' - — 
 Matt. 7: 12. 
 
 Singing. "The Golden Rule." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 28. 
 
 Supt. How does Jesus exhort us to exercise a 
 forgiving spirit ? 
 
 Class F. 
 
 First Pupil. " For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 
 heavenly Father will also forgive you." — Watt. 6: 14. 
 
 Second Pupil. " But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 
 neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." — Matt. 6: 15. 
 
 Supt. How does he show us what is the highest 
 good and end of life ? 
 
 Class G. 
 
 First Pupil. " Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 
 for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet 
 for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than 
 meat, and the body than raiment?" — Matt. 6: 25. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow 
 not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your 
 heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than 
 they?" — Matt. 6: 26 
 
 Third Pttpil. "And why take ye thought for raiment? 
 •Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, 
 neither do they spin : and yet I say unto you. That even Solo- 
 mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." — Matt. 
 6: 28, 29. 
 
 Foxirth Pupil. " Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 
 field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, 
 -shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ?"— Matt. 
 6: 30. 
 
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 Fifth Pupil. "Therefore take no thought, saying, What 
 shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall 
 we be clothed ? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek) 
 for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of alL 
 these things." — Matt. 6: 31, 32. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " But seek ye first the kingdom of Gocl, and 
 his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto 
 you."— Matt. 6: 33. 
 
 Supt. Class H may repeat in concert Christ's 
 blessed assurance to all who feel their need of him. 
 
 " Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; 
 knock, and it shall be opened unto you : for every one that 
 asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him 
 that knocketh it shall be opened."— Matt. 7 : 7,8. 
 
 Supt. How does he describe the two roads lead- 
 ing to life and death ? 
 
 Teacher. " Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the 
 gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
 many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, 
 and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there 
 be that find it."— Matt. 7: 13, 14- 
 
 Supt. In what words does he caution us about 
 choosing our guides ? 
 
 Class I. 
 
 First Pupil. " Beware of false prophets, which come to you 
 in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." — 
 Matt. 7: 15. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do- 
 men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"— Matt. 7 : 16. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Even so every good tree bringeth forth good 
 fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."— Matt. 7 : 17. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
 neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit."— Matt. 7: 18. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "Every tree that bringeth not forth good 
 fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their 
 fruits ye shall know them."— Matt. 7 : 19, 20. 
 
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 Singing. "Prayer for Guidance." — Fresh Lau- 
 rels, p. 42. 
 
 Supt. Does he in this sermon say that any will 
 be left out of his kingdom ? 
 
 Class J. 
 
 First Pupil. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, 
 Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that 
 doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." — Matt. 7: 21. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Many will say to me in that day, Lord, 
 Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name 
 have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful 
 works?" — Matt. 7: 22. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And then will I profess unto them, I never 
 knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." — Matt. 
 7: 23. 
 
 Supt. How did he illustrate wisdom and folly ? 
 Class K. 
 
 First Pupil. "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings 
 of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, 
 -which built his house upon a rock." — Matt. 7 : 24. 
 
 Second Pupil. "And the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it 
 fell not: for it was founded upon a rock." — Matt. 7: 25. 
 
 Third Pupil. "And every one that heareth these sayings 
 .of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish 
 man, which built his house upon the sand." — Matt. 7 : 26. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "And the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it 
 fell : and great was the fall of it." — Matt. 7 : 27. 
 
 Supt. How did these teachings affect the people ? 
 Class L. 
 
 First Pupil. "And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended 
 these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine." — 
 Matt. 7: 28. 
 
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 Supt. What caused them to wonder ? 
 Second Pupil. " For he taught them as one having authority, 
 and not as the scribes." — Matt. 7 : 29. 
 
 Supt. What was the testimony of the officers 
 whom the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take 
 Jesus ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " Never man spake like this man." — John 
 7. 4&- 
 
 Supt. Why have his words and deeds been thus 
 recorded and preserved ? 
 
 Foutth Pupil. "These are written, that ye might believe 
 that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God ; and that believing ye 
 might have life through his name." — John 20: 31. 
 
 BRIEF PRAYER BY THE PASTOR. 
 
 The Choir responds with the short chant: "Come 
 unto me." (See Appendix) 
 
 THE DOXOLOGY. 
 
XI. 
 
 %xantibi (Brnmsmt : 
 
 A LESSON FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 
 
 " And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their 
 synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every 
 Sickness and every disease among the people."— Matt, 9: 35. 
 
 " But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer ; it 
 is I ; be not afraid."— Matt. 14 . 27. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Chant. " God be merciful unto us and 
 bless US." (See Appendix) 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Singing. 
 
 Come every pious heart. 
 
 That loves the Saviour's name, 
 Your noblest powers exert, 
 
 To celebrate his fame ; 
 ***** 
 
 Scripture Reading. The 7 2d Psalm, beginning at 
 the 6th verse. Superintendent and School respon- 
 sive — 
 
 Sing. "Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Superintendent. We are met together to-night for 
 a quiet ramble on the shores of Lake Gennesaret. 
 But before we look upon it with the eyes of the 
 traveler of to-day, let us see Gennesaret as the 
 disciples saw it, and its shores as they were 
 when Jesus walked there 1800 years ago. Could 
 we have stood on Mt. Hatten when Christ delivered 
 his Sermon on the Mount, we should have looked 
 down upon some of the most luxurious vegetation in 
 the world, and upon a lovely lake nestled among the 
 hills three or four miles away. Upon this little strip 
 of water, not thirteen miles long, and in its widest 
 
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 part not seven miles broad, we should have seen 
 vessels going to and fro between the many populous 
 and thriving cities lying on its shores; and beyond 
 the walls of the cities the magnificent temples and 
 synagogues of the Jews dedicated to thit God who, 
 when he came among them, they despised. Here 
 was Tiberias, Magdala, Dalmanutha, Chorazin, Ca- 
 pernaum, Gergesa and Gamala, and Josephus tells 
 us of still many more cities containing; not less than 
 15,000 inhabitants. "The public life of Jesus may 
 be said to have had its centre and chief develop- 
 ment around the Sea of Galilee. Except the few 
 closing weeks of his life in Jerusalem, the Sea of 
 Galilee witnessed the chief part of his ministrations. 
 Only against the cities on the shores of the lake did 
 he utter maledictions for their obduracy. Upon 
 them he bestowed a long-continued and fruitful 
 activity without a parallel." He mingled with the 
 inhabitants in their daily toil ; he taught them in 
 their synagogues ; he spoke to them on the shores 
 of the lake, and gathered them around him in the 
 mountains; and even there his audiences numbered 
 thousands from these numerous cities. 
 
 We would learn to-night of the mighty works 
 which Christ did here; of the words he spake, and 
 of the fate which befell these cities of Galilee, for 
 here began that organization which has spread over 
 the earth and revolutionized the world. Viewed in 
 this relation, is there a spot on earth that can rival 
 this in interest? 
 
 RECITATION. 
 A Teacher. 
 
 I Blest land of Judea ' thrice hallowed of song, 
 
 Where the holiest of memories pilgrim-like throng; 
 In the shade of the palms, by the shores of thy sea, 
 On the hdls of thy beauty my heart is with thee. 
 
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 9. Blue sea of the hills ! in my spirit I hear 
 Thy waters, (Jennesaret, chime on my ear ; 
 Where the Lowly and Just with the people sat down, 
 And the spray on the dust of his sandals was thrown. 
 
 3 Beyond are Bethulia's mountains of green, 
 And the desolate hills of the wild Gadarene ; 
 And I pause on the goat-crags of Tabor to see 
 The gleam of thy waters, O dark Galilee ! Whittier. 
 
 Singing. "Jesus is King." — New Golden Shower, 
 p. 76. 
 
 He who once to earth came down, 
 
 Toiled and suffered here below, 
 Sits upon his heavenly throne, 
 
 Wears the crown of glory now, 
 While angels join to sing, 
 ****** 
 
 Supt. We will now hear from the classes con- 
 cerning some of the incidents of Christ's life; espe- 
 cially his miracles at those cities around Gennesaret. 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. Tiberias was the only city of this region into 
 •which Christ never entered, and Magdala is a wretched hamlet 
 of a dozen low huts. This is the city of Mary Magdalene, out 
 of whom were cast seven devils. 
 
 (NOTE. — The large map must be used in this lesson.) 
 
 Second Pupil. At Gergesa Christ met two possessed with 
 ■devils, and he cast them out, and they entered a herd of swine, 
 and the whole herd ran down a steep place into the sea. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And they that kept them fled, and went 
 their ways into the city, and told everything, and what was 
 befallen to the possessed of the devils. And behold, the whole 
 city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they 
 besought him that he would depart out of their coasts." — Matt. 
 8 : 33- 34- 
 
 Fourth Pupil. Chorazin is mentioned only in Christ's de- 
 nunciation of the cities wherein he had done mighty works. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein 
 most of his mighty works were done, because they repented 
 
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 not : Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
 for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done 
 in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sack- 
 cloth and ashes." — Matt, n . 20, 21. 
 
 Supt. And what of those cities now ? 
 
 Teacher. Woe has come upon them. The shapeless heaps 
 of Chorazin and Bethsaida " attest impressively the fulfillment 
 of that prophetic curse of the Son of God." So utter and com- 
 plete their ruin that the traveler of to-day seeks in vain for 
 assurance that he looks upon the site of those once proud cities. 
 
 Supt. Class B will tell more about Bethsaida. 
 
 First Pupil. Bethsaida was the native place of Andrew, 
 Peter and Philip ; and here Christ fed the multitude with the 
 five loaves and two fishes. 
 
 Second Pupil. Here Mark tells us — 8th chapter, 22d verse 
 — that they brought a blind man unto Christ, and he was 
 restored and saw every man clearly. 
 
 Third Pupil. It was nigh unto Bethsaida that the disciples, 
 being in a frail ship on the dark stormy sea, and in great dan- 
 ger, saw "Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the 
 ship: and they were afraid. But he saith unto them, It is I: 
 be not afraid. Then they willingly received him into the ship: 
 and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." 
 —John 6: 19-21. 
 
 Supt This world is a place of storm and tem- 
 pest, and on this account it has been compared to 
 the sea. We may learn many lessons of encourage- 
 ment from this miracle of the Saviour's walking on 
 the stormy sea to his troubled disciples. 
 
 We will listen to what the teachers have to say. 
 
 A Teacher. We may learn from this miracle, " that while 
 engaged in doing the will of Christ, storms may overtake us. 
 ' Many are the storms which blow upon God's trees,' says an old 
 writer, ' to keep them from becoming earth-bound! " * 
 
 Another. " That storms often prepare the way for Jesus to 
 visit his people, with glory to himself and permanent profit to 
 them. The cause of their' trouble is beneath his feet." 
 
 * " Glimpses of Jesus." Ralfern. 
 
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 Another. " That when Jesus comes to his disciples, he comes 
 at the RIGHT TIME. It is the seasonableness of divine mercy 
 which makes it sweet." 
 
 Another. "Also that believers often fear the approach of their 
 greatest mercies. The storm which frightened the disciples only 
 Drought Jesus to their help." 
 
 Another. " That Jesus will travel to the extremity of his peo- 
 ple's misery, and save them. The storm was severe, but it did 
 not keep Christ from the vessel." 
 
 Another. " That apart from Christ, his people can do noth- 
 ing I" 
 
 1 O cling not, trembler, to life's fragile bark ; 
 
 It fills — it soon must sink ! 
 Look not below, where all is chill and dark ; 
 
 'Tis agony to think 
 Of the wild waste. But look, Oh look above, 
 And see the outstretched arms of love. 
 
 ****** 
 
 2 Into his hands commit thy trembling spirit, 
 
 Who gave his life for thine. 
 Guilty, fix all thy trust upon his merit ; 
 
 To him thy heart resign. 
 Oh give him love for love, and sweetly fall 
 Into his hands who is thy all. 
 
 Chant The invitation — "Come Unto Me." 
 
 (See Appendix.) 
 
 Read selection, "The Sea of Galilee," or omit, 
 according to amount of time. (See Appendix.) 
 
 Supt. Capernaum is called the " Lord's city," for 
 the reason that he spent so much of his mature life 
 here. 
 
 Class C will give some incidents of the Saviour's 
 life, connected with this city. 
 
 First Pupil. While at Cana, a nobleman from Capernaum 
 came and said unto him, " Sir, come down ere my child die. 
 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the 
 man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and ho 
 went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants 
 met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth." — John 4 : 49-51. 
 
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 Second Pupil. It was near Capernaum that Simon, at the 
 word of the Lord, took the miraculous draught of fishes, 
 recorded in the 5th of Luke. 
 
 Third Pupil. An account of Christ's first sabbath at Ca- 
 pernaum is recorded in Luke, 4th chapter — the occasion on 
 which the unclean spirit which he cast out cried out, saying. 
 Let us alone ; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of 
 Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who 
 thou art ; the Holy One of God. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "And he arose out of the synagogue, and 
 entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was 
 taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her. And 
 he stood over her, and rebuked the fever ; and it left her : and 
 immediately she arose and ministered unto them." — Luke 4: 
 33. 39- 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And behold, there came a leper and wor- 
 shiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me 
 clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, 
 I will ; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was 
 cleansed." — Matt. 8: 2,3. 
 
 Singing. "J esus by the Sea." — Silver Spray, p. 8. 
 
 Supt. Class D will tell us more about the mira- 
 cles of Christ. 
 
 First Pupil. " And when Jesus was entered into Caper- 
 naum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him. And 
 saying. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grie- 
 vously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and 
 heal him." — Matt. 8: 5-7. 
 
 Second Pupil. " The centurion answered and said. Lord, I 
 am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: but 
 speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. And 
 Jesus said unto the centurion. Go thy way ; and as thou hast 
 believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed 
 in the self-same hour." — Matt. 8: 8, 13. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And behold, a woman, which was diseased 
 with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and 
 touched the hem of his garment: for she said within herself, If 
 I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole."— Matt. 9. 
 20, 21. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. " But Jesus turned him about, and when he 
 saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy faith hath 
 made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that 
 hour." — Matt. 9: 22. 
 
 Supt. These are only a few of Christ's miracles. 
 They were characterized by love and compassion for 
 the poor and the suffering. 
 
 " Then Jesus answering, said unto them, Go your way, and 
 tell John what things ye have seen and heard ; how that the 
 blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, 
 the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. And 
 blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." — Luke 
 7: 22, 23. 
 
 Asst. Supt. " And there are also many other things which 
 Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I sup- 
 pose that even the world itself could not contain the books that 
 should be written. Amen." — John 21: 25. 
 
 A Teacher. 
 
 How beauteous on the mountains are thy feet, 
 Thy form how comely, and thy voice how sweet, 
 Son of the Highest ! Who can tell thy fame? 
 The deaf shall hear it, while the dumb proclaim ! 
 Now bid the blind behold their Saviour's light, 
 The lame go forth rejoicing in their might ; 
 Cleanse with a touch yon kneeling leper's skin, 
 Cheer this pale penitent, forgive her sin ; 
 Oh ! for that mother's faith, her daughter spare; 
 Restore the maniac to a father's prayer ; 
 Pity the tears those mourning sisters shed, 
 And be the resurrection of tfie dead. 
 
 Singing. " Happy Voices," p. 27. 
 
 I think, when I read that sweet story of old, 
 When Jesus was here among men. 
 
 Superintendent dosing. 
 
 How strikingly the course of nature tells, 
 By its light heed of human suffering, 
 That it was fashioned for a happier world. 
 ******** 
 
 The traveler to-day looks out upon the sparkling 
 waters of Lake Gennesaret, in their bright emerald 
 
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 setting, and, save the beauty of the scene, finds 
 naught of interest to the outward eye. The smiling 
 face of nature gives no sign that upon these shores 
 has been fulfilled the fearful denunciation of Christ. 
 "O sea, what changes hast thou seen!" The cities' 
 thronging streets, the thousands of care-encumbered 
 men who trod the shores have passed away, and now 
 here rests "the stillness of central sea." 
 
 Tiberias yet exists; but the long belt of proud 
 and busy homes that encompassed this inland lake 
 is gone, and men from distant lands grope among 
 the thorns or overgrown heaps of stone, disputing 
 the position of one and another city which, in the 
 days of Jesus, seemed too strong to be ever wasted. 
 Both around the sea, and in all the country far away 
 on each side of it, the cities and homes have utterly 
 perished. Temples and synagogues are gone. Walls 
 of towns and marble palaces are in heaps. The 
 architectural ambition of Herod, the city-building 
 aspirations of the Greeks, the engineering achieve- 
 ments of the Romans, all alike have hopelessly per- 
 ished. The Lake of Gennesaret is without a boat. 
 Its fish swarm unmolested. The soil adjacent runs 
 rankly to thorns and briers ; only a few Arabs hover 
 about its edges. But one thing remains : it is the 
 memory of Jesus. The sky, the surrounding hills 
 and the water have one story to tell the educated 
 traveler. Jesus still wanders slowly along these 
 deserted shores. His spirit yet walks upon these 
 waters, and the very name of this plain and solitary 
 lake sends a thrill to the heart of every one who 
 hears it. 
 
 I And what if my feet may not tread where he stood, 
 Nor my ears hear the dashing of Galilee's flood, 
 Nor my eyes see the cross which he bowed him to bear, 
 Nor my knees press Gethsemane's garden of prayer. 
 
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 a Yet, loved of thy Father, thy spirit is near 
 To the meek and the lowly and penitent here ; 
 And the voice of thy love is the same even now 
 As at Bethany's tomb or on Olivet's brow. 
 
 3 Oh, the outward hath gone ! — but, in glory and power, 
 The spirit surviveth the things of an hour ; 
 Unchanged, undecaying, its Pentecost flame, 
 On the heart's secret altar is burning the same ! 
 
 Whittier. 
 
 Closing Song. "Looking to Jesus." — Notes of 
 Joy, p. 127. 
 
XII. 
 
 <2%rist % Jmwtmfi0it S&iant : 
 
 A LESSON CONCERNING THE "LIVING STONES' 
 IN "GOD'S BUILDING." 
 
 "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head 
 of che corner."— Malt. 21 : 42. 
 
 "Ye also as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priest- 
 hood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. ' 
 — 1 Pet. 2: 5. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Cha?it. The 95th Psalm. 
 
 Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord ; 
 
 Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 
 
 (See Appendix?) 
 
 Scripture Reading. By the Superintendent — 1 
 Peter 2 : 1-9. Also, Superintendent and School 
 read or repeat in concert, the "Apostles' Creed." 
 
 (See Appendix.) 
 
 School Chant. "The Lord's Prayer." 
 
 (See Appendix?) 
 
 The Choir chant the " Gloria Patri." 
 
 (See Appendix.) 
 
 Singing. "Beautiful Land" (or substitute). — 
 Happy Voices, p. 193. 
 
 I Jerusalem, for ever bright, 
 Beautiful land of rest ; 
 No winter there, nor chill of night — 
 
 Beautiful land of rest. 
 The dripping cloud is chased away, 
 The sun breaks forth in endless day: 
 Jerusalem, 
 The beautiful land of rest ! 
 Chorus. — We wait impatient to behold 
 
 The gates of pearl, the streets of gold, 
 And nestle safe in Jesus' fold, 
 
 In the beautiful land, 
 The beautiful land of rest ! 
 
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 2 Jerusalem, for ever free, 
 
 Beautiful land of rest, 
 The soul's sweet home of liberty, 
 
 Beautiful land of rest ! 
 The gyves of sin, the chains of woe, 
 The ransomed there will never knew. 
 Jerusalem, 
 The beautiful land of rest ! 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 Jerusalem, for ever dear, 
 
 Beautiful land of rest, 
 Thy pearly gates almost appear, 
 
 Beautiful land of rest ! 
 And when we tread thy lovely shore, 
 We'll sing the song we've sung before, 
 
 Jerusalem, 
 The beautiful land of rest ! 
 Chorus. 
 
 Recitation or Song by a class from the infant 
 department. 
 
 THE LESSON. 
 
 Super ititendent. What is contained in the books 
 of Moses about the rock ? 
 
 Teacher. " Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the 
 rock in Iloreb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall 
 come water out of it, that the people may drink." — Ex. 17: 6. 
 
 First Pupil. "And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his 
 rod he smote the rock twice, and the water came out abun- 
 dantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also." — 
 Num. 20: 11. 
 
 Second Pupil. " He is the rock, his work is perfect, for all 
 his ways are judgment ; a God of truth, and without iniquity, 
 just and right is he." — Deut. 32: 4. 
 
 Sitpt. What did the prophets Isaiah and Zecha- 
 riah say ? 
 
 Teacher. " Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy sal- 
 vation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength, 
 therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with 
 strange slips, * * * but the harvest shall be a heap in the 
 day of grief and of desperate sorrow." — Is. 17: 10, 11. 
 
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 Third Pupil. " Behold a king shall reign in righteousness, 
 and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an 
 ■hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as 
 rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in 
 a weary land." — Is. 32: 1, 2. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold 
 I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious 
 corner stone, a sure foundation ; he that believelh shall not 
 make haste." — Is. 28 : 16. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. "Who art thou, O great mountain? Before 
 Zerubbabel thou shall become a plain, and he shall bring forth 
 the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying Grace, grace unto 
 it." — Zech. 4: 7. 
 
 Supt. What was Daniel's prophecy? 
 
 Teacher. " Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without 
 hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron 
 and clay, and brake them to pieces." — Dan. 2 : 34. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the 
 silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like 
 the chaff of the summer threshing floors ; and the wind carried 
 them away, that no place was found for them ; and the stone 
 that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the 
 whole earth." — Dan. 2: 35. 
 
 Supt. What did Christ say about the foundation- 
 stone ? 
 
 Teacher. " Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of 
 mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which 
 built his house upon a rock." — Matt. 7: 24. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. "And the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell 
 not, for it was founded upon a rock." — Matt. 7: 25. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. "And I say also unto thee that thou art 
 Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates 
 of hell shall not prevail against it." — Matt. 16: 18. 
 
 Ninth Pupil. "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in 
 the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same 
 is become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, 
 and it is marvelous in our eyes ?"- Matt. 21 : 42. 
 
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 Supt. What did Peter say about the living stone ? 
 
 Teacher. " To whom coming as unto a living stone, disal- 
 lowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious." — I 
 Pet. 2 : 4. 
 
 Tenth Pupil. " Ye, also, as lively stones, are built up a 
 spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices 
 acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." — 1 Peter 2: 5. 
 
 Eleventh Pupil. " Wherefore, also, it is contained in the 
 Scripture, Behold I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, elect, pre- 
 cious ; and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded." 
 
 — 1 Peter 2: 6. 
 
 Twelfth Pupil. " Unto you therefore which believe he is 
 precious ; but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which 
 the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the cor- 
 ner." — 1 Peter 2 : 7. 
 
 Supt. What was Paul's testimony about the rock ? 
 
 Teacher. " Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and 
 foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the house- 
 hold of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles 
 and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone." 
 
 — Eph. 2: 19, 20. 
 
 Thirteenth Pupil. " Moreover, brethren, I would not that 
 ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the 
 cloud, and all passed through the sea: and were all baptized 
 unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." — I Cor. 10: I, 2. 
 
 Fourteenth Pupil. "And did all eat the same spiritual 
 meat ; and did all drink the same spiritual drink ; for they 
 drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock 
 was Christ." — I Cor. 10: 3, 4. 
 
 Member of Bible Class. 
 
 Drink, weary pilgrim, if athirst thou be, 
 Know that the stream is gushing forth for thee ; 
 Drink in Christ's name — life's painful way who trod, 
 Man gives the cup — the living water, God. 
 
 Singing. "The Water of Life." — Fresh Laurels, 
 P- 5°- 
 
 Supt. What did John, the Revelator, behold and 
 describe ? 
 
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 Teacher. " And he carried me away in the spirit to a great 
 and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy 
 Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the 
 glory of God ; and her light was like unto a stone most pre- 
 cious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." — Rev. 21: 
 10, 11. 
 
 Fifteenth Pupil. "And the foundations of the walls of the 
 city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The 
 first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third a 
 chalcedony, the fourth an emerald." — Rev. 21 : 19. 
 
 Sixteenth Pupil. "The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius ; 
 the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz ; 
 the tenth, chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth ; the twelfth, an 
 amethyst." — Rev. 21 : 20. 
 
 Seventeenth Pupil. " He that hath an ear, let him hear what 
 the Spirit saith unto the churches : To him that overcometh 
 •will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a 
 white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no 
 man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." — Rev. 2: 17. 
 
 Member of Ladies' Bible Class. 
 I want, oh ! I want to attain 
 
 Some likeness, my Saviour, to thee ; 
 That longed-for resemblance once more to regain, 
 
 Thy comeliness put upon me — 
 I want to be marked for thy own ; 
 
 Thy seal on my forehead to wear ; 
 To receive that " new name " on the mystic white stone, 
 
 Which only thyself canst declare. 
 
 — Changed Cross. 
 
 Supt. What are the words of the Psalmist ? 
 
 Teacher. " Behold he smote the rock, that the waters gushed 
 out, and the streams overflowed." — Ps. 78 : 20. 
 
 Eighteenth Pupil. " He only is my rock and my salvation ; 
 he is my defence ; I shall not be greatly moved." — Ps. 62 : 2. 
 
 Nineteenth Pupil. " For in the time of trouble he shall hide 
 me in his pavilion ; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide 
 me; he shall set me up upon a rock." — Ps. 27: 5. 
 
 Twentieth Pupil. " From the end of the earth will I cry 
 unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed ; lead me to the rock 
 
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 that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and 
 a strong tower from the enemy." — Ps. 61 : 2. 3. 
 
 Member of Bible Class. 
 
 When the fierce noon-tide beats upon my head : 
 When, weary, still I toil for daily bread ; 
 When the dark storm-clouds gather o'er my way, 
 Then, my deliverer, be my strength and stay ! 
 I shall not fear the tempest's sudden shock, 
 If sheltered 'neath the everlasting rock. 
 
 Teacher. " Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily ; 
 be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence, to save me." — 
 31: 2. 
 
 Twenty-first Pupil. " To show that the Lord is upright ; he 
 is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him." — Ps. 
 92: 15. 
 
 Twenty-second Pupil. " He brought me up also out of a 
 horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, 
 and established my goings." — Ps. 40 : 2. 
 
 Twenty-third Pupil. " Be thou my strong habitation, where- 
 unto I may continually resort ; thou hast given commandment 
 to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress." — Ps. 71 : 3. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Pupil. " He shall cry unto me, Thou art my 
 father, my God, and the rock of my salvation." — Ps. 89: 26. 
 
 Twenty- fifth Pupil. " The Lord is my rock, and my for- 
 tress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will 
 trust ; my buckler, and the hour of my salvation, and my high 
 tower." — Ps. 18 : 2. 
 
 Asst. Suft. " O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, 
 in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let 
 me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance 
 is comely." — Song of Solomon 2 : 14. 
 
 A Lady Teacher. 
 
 " My dove !" the bridegroom speaks. To whom? 
 Whom, think'st thou, meaneth he ? 
 Say, O my soul ! canst thou presume 
 
 He thus addresseth thee? 
 Yes, 'tis the bridegroom's voice of love, 
 Calling thee, O my soul, his dove ! 
 
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 Another. 
 
 My soul, of native power bereft, 
 
 To calvary repairs ; 
 Immanuel is the rocky cleft, 
 
 The secret of the stairs ! 
 Since placed tliere by the bridegroom's love, 
 What evil can befall his dove ? 
 
 Another. 
 
 My soul, now hid within a rock, 
 (The " Rock of Ages " called,) 
 Amid the universal shock, 
 
 Is fearless, unappalled. 
 A cleft therein, prepared by love, 
 In safety hides the bridegroom's dove. 
 
 Another. 
 
 O thou, who on the bridegroom's head 
 
 Didst as a dove come down, 
 Within my soul thy graces shed, 
 
 Establish there thy throne ; 
 There shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
 Thou holy, pure, and heavenly dove ! 
 
 — Changed Cross. 
 
 Singing. " Rock of Ages." 
 
 The following extract * may be read, or the sub- 
 stance of it given in remarks by pastor or superin- 
 tendent: 
 
 LIVING STONES. 
 
 "Ye are God's building." — I Cor. 3: 9. 
 
 " For many centuries the problem was unsolved as to the 
 sources whence the stones used in the substructions of Solo- 
 mon's temple were procured. But it is now known that Jerusa- 
 lem, like Rome, has yawning beneath it extensive catacombs, 
 or subterranean excavations, whence vast quantities of pure 
 white stone have been taken in ages past. 
 
 "A traveler, after having explored these dark caverns, says: 
 
 " ' For some time we were almost overcome with awe and 
 admiration. At first there was a constant descent, till we had 
 proceeded about a thousand feet from the entrance. Rude 
 natural pillars, as in modern mines, had been left by the 
 
 * From a sermon by Rev. E. C. Anderson, Portland, Oregon. 
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162 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 ancient workmen to prevent the roof from crushing in. Here 
 the darkness was most intense, and the echoes of our footsteps 
 and voices almost startling. Now, from the floor of this cave 
 there is a gently inclined plane all the way to the site of the 
 temple, and this may easily solve the problem as to the trans- 
 portation of those immense blocks in its foundations.' 
 
 " The building of the earthly temple shall teach us a lesson 
 of God's spiritual building. 
 
 " The contrast between this dark quarry and the sunny sum- 
 mit of the temple mount was not more marked than is the 
 condition of sin and sorrow in which the Saviour finds us, com- 
 pared with the glory unto which he will bring us. 
 
 " Even the highest knowledge attainable here, like the light 
 cast by the workmen in this cave, is feeble and partial com- 
 pared with the light of heavenly day. For though we have, in 
 the word of God, a ' light to our feet and a lamp to our path,' 
 yet impenetrable shadows project themselves all around us. 
 
 " The present life is in like manner the scene of fitting and 
 fashioning the living stones for their places in glory. 
 
 " Every living stone, when translated out of this darkness to 
 that marvelous light, will be more transfigured than were the 
 stones of that cavern when transferred to the radiant walls of 
 the temple. And their gratitude and bliss will rise higher as 
 they look back to the rock from whence they were hewn, and 
 to the hole of the pit whence they were digged. 
 
 " How vividly do these heaps of chips and fragments, strew- 
 ing its floor, remind us of the imperfections, failings, and beset- 
 ting sins of the living stones, who left them all behind, as they 
 were borne forth to the realm of heavenly day. And what 
 were the drills, wedges, hammers, and chisels, whose sounds 
 were so constantly echoing in those dark recesses, but indices 
 pointing, with significant fingers, to the sharp processes of trial 
 and sorrow, whereof all are partakers who are the acknowledged 
 children of God. 
 
 " But when they are borne to their niches in the temple 
 above, they will see, amid the light of that brighter day, that 
 none of these painful strokes could have been kindly or wisely 
 spared ; that they were all directed bv a wisdom that could not 
 and a love that would not mistake. The last tear will then be 
 wiped away in gladness; the last muttered complaint will rise 
 into praise ; the last sigh will swell into new songs ; and death 
 itself will be swallowed up in victory. 
 
 "The terms Zion and Jerusalem are now more readily sug- 
 gestive of the delectable mount of heavenly sunshine, of the 
 city of everlasting habitations, than they are of the mount and 
 
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 city to which they were first given. ' For ye are come unto 
 Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly 
 Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the 
 general assembly and church of the first-born, who are enrolled 
 in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the 
 just ones made perfect.' " 
 
 Oh when, them city of my God, 
 
 Shall I thy courts ascend ? 
 
 Blest seats, through rude and stormy scenes, 
 
 We onward press to you. 
 
 Closing Song. "Beautiful Zion." — Happy Voices, 
 p. 213. 
 
XIII. 
 
 t Item rrf f^sus : 
 
 A LESSON FROM THE TITLES OF CHRIST. 
 
 "The name of the Lord is a strong tower : the righteous runneth into 
 ft and is safe."— Prov. 18: 10. 
 
 "And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty 
 God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."— /r. 9: 6. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 By Superintendent cmd School. The Lord's Prayer, 
 in concert. 
 
 {Repeat slowly and distinctly — every voice!) 
 
 Singing. " The Children's Te Deum " (or substi- 
 tute). — Fresh Laurels, p. 104. 
 
 We praise thee, we bless thee ! Thou who only art divine, 
 
 No name is worthy such homage as thine ; 
 Our hearts' adoration forever we will gladly bring 
 
 To thee, our Redeemer, Creator, and King. 
 
 Scripture Reading. Superintendent and School, 
 responsively, the 145 th Psalm. 
 
 Supt. " I will extol thee, my God, O King ; and I will bless 
 thy name for ever and ever.", 
 
 School. " Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy 
 name for ever and ever." 
 
 ( To the end of the chapter— or the 8th Psalm.) 
 
 Singing. "Autumn." — Fresh Laurels, p. 59. 
 
 I Hail, my ever-blessed Jesus, 
 
 Only thee I wish to sing ; 
 To my soul thy name is precious, 
 
 Thou my Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 Oh what mercy flows from heaven ! 
 
 Oh what joy and happiness ! 
 Love I much ? I'm much forgiven, 
 
 I'm a miracle of grace. 
 
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 2 Shout, ye bright angelic choir, 
 
 Praise the Lamb enthroned above: 
 While astonished, I admire 
 
 God's free grace and boundless love. 
 That blest moment I received him, 
 
 Filled my soul with joy and peace. 
 Love I much? I'm much forgiven, 
 
 I'm a miracle of grace. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 (Make selection from Appendix.) 
 
 Sitpt. The name of Jesus. 
 
 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given 
 him a name which is above every name: that at the name of 
 Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in 
 earth, and things under the earth." — Phil. 2 : 9, 10. 
 
 A Teacher. 
 
 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 
 In a believer's ear ; 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 
 And calms the troubled breast; 
 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary rest. 
 
 3 Jesus, my Shepherd, Guardhn, Friend, 
 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 My Lord, my life, my way, my end, 
 Accept the praise we bring. 
 
 Supt. The titles of Jesus in the prophecies of his 
 coming. 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. " The sceptre shall not depart from Judnh, nor 
 a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto 
 him shall the gathering of the people be." — Gen. 49: 10. 
 
 Second Pupil. " I shall see him. but not now ; I shall behold 
 him, but not nigh ; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a 
 Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of 
 Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth." — Num. 24. 17. 
 
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 Third Pupil. " Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a 
 sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall 
 call his name Immanuel." — Is. 7: 14. 
 
 Fourth Pitpil. " And there shall come forth a rod out of the 
 stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots." — Is. 
 11: 1. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is 
 given ; and the government shall be upon his shoulder ; and his 
 name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, 
 The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." — Is. 9: 6. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " But unto you that fear my name shall the 
 Son of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye 
 shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall." — Mai. 4: 2. 
 
 Teaclier. 
 
 So spake the prophets — to the earth 
 Proclaiming thus a Saviour's birth. 
 God called him Jesus, but a nation's need 
 Gave to the lowly infant, titles more 
 Than any earthly monarch ever wore. 
 
 Supt. What titles show the divinity of Christ ? 
 Class B. 
 
 First Pupil. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou 
 shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their 
 sins." — Matt. 1: 21. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Then they that were in the ship came and 
 worshiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God." 
 — Matt. 14: 33. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Saying, Let us alone ; what have we to do 
 with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy 
 us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God." — Mark 
 1: 24. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " He shall be great, and shall be called the 
 Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the 
 throne of his father David." — Luke 1 : 32. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " For unto you is born this day, in the city of 
 David, a Saviour whxh is Christ the Lord." — Luke 2: 11. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And Thomas answered and said unto him, 
 My Lord and my God." — John 20 : 28. 
 
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 Supt. What titles show Christ as a sovereign ? 
 Class C. 
 
 First Pupil. " And Jesus stood before the governor ; and 
 the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? 
 And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest." — Matt. 27 : 11. 
 
 Second Pupil. " But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, 
 and desired a murderer to be granted unto you ; and killed the 
 Prince of Life, whom God hath raised from thedead ; whereof 
 we are witnesses." — Acts 3 ; 14, 15. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And he commanded us to preach unto the 
 people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to 
 be the Judge of quick and dead." — Acts 10: 42. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " My brethren, have not the faith of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory, with respect of persons." 
 — James 2: 1. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh 
 a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords." — Rev. 19 : 16. 
 
 Supt. What titles show Christ as Mediator ? 
 Class B. 
 
 First Pupil. " And to Jesus, the mediator of the new cove- 
 nant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better 
 things than that of Abel." — Heb. 12: 24. 
 
 Second Pupil. "Seeing then that we have a great High 
 Priest that is passed unto the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, 
 iet us hold fast our profession." — Heb. 4: 14. 
 
 Third Pupil. " Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even 
 Jesus, made a high priest forever after the order of Melchise- 
 dec." — Heb. 6 : 20. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " My little children, these things I write unto 
 you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin. we have an Advocate 
 with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous." — 1 John 2 : 1. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Saying with p. loud voice, Worthy is the 
 Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, 
 and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing." — Rev. 5 : 12. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " I am the Door ; by me if any man enter in, 
 he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture." — 
 John 10: 9. 
 
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 RECITATION. 
 By three children from the Infant Class. 
 
 First Child. Little lips may speak his praise, 
 Tell how great the Son of God. 
 We have learned to worship too, 
 Learned to sound his name abroad. 
 
 Second Child. Little tongues may sing of Christ, 
 Tell the wonders he has wrought, 
 Promises that shall be ours 
 If we serve him as we ought. 
 
 Third Child. Little hearts may throb with love, 
 For the Saviour, Jesus dear. 
 We may serve him here on earth, 
 Live with him forever there. 
 
 All. Let us strive with heart and voice, 
 
 Busy brain, and busy hand. 
 Thus to serve him here on earth. 
 Meet him in the heavenly land. 
 
 Singing. " Love for Jesus " (or substitute).' — 
 Fresh Laurels, p. 23. 
 
 1 I love the name of Jesus, 
 
 That name the angels sing; 
 And with their loud hosannas, 
 
 The heavenly portals ring. 
 To him my all confiding, 
 
 In him my joy complete, 
 I learn with Christian meekness 
 
 My duty at his feet. 
 Chorus. — I love, I love, 
 
 I love the name of Jesus: 
 The sweetest name, the name, 
 The name the angels sing. 
 
 2 I love to think of Jesus, 
 
 When all is calm and still ; 
 When pure and holy feelings 
 
 My grateful bosom fill. 
 I love to think of Jesus, 
 
 Whose mercy crowns my days, 
 How just are all his counsels, 
 
 And true are all his ways. 
 Chorus. 
 
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 3 I love to work for Jesus, 
 
 And worship at his throne ; 
 Oh, may his Spirit help me 
 
 To live for him alone. 
 To labor for my Saviour 
 
 My greatest joy shall be ; 
 I know that Jesus loves me 
 
 Because he died for me. 
 Chorus. 
 
 Supt. Jesus the way, the truth, and the life. 
 Class E. 
 
 First Pupil. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the 
 truth, and the life ; no man cometh unto the Father but by me." 
 — John 14: 6. n 
 
 Teacher. Come my way, my truth, my life, 
 Such a way as gives us breath, 
 Such a truth as ends all strife, 
 Such a life as killeth death. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 
 I am the light of the world ; he that followeth me, shall not 
 walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." — John 8: 12. 
 
 Third Pupil. " I am the bread of life." — John 6 : 35. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " The Lord is their strength, and he is the 
 saving strength of his anointed." — Ps. 28 : 8. 
 
 Tiacher. Come my light, my feast, my strength, 
 Such a light as shows a feast, 
 Such a feast as mends in length, 
 
 Such a strength, as makes his guest. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 By a member of the Bible Class. 
 
 Jesus, no other word so sweet, 
 
 In that dear name, all heart-joys meet ; 
 
 But sweeter than the honey far. 
 
 The glimpses of his presence are. 
 No name is heard more sweet than this. 
 No word is sung so full of bliss, 
 
 No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh, 
 
 Than Jesus, Son of God, most High. 
 
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 O Jesus ! king of wondrous might, 
 
 O victor ! glorious from the fight, 
 Sweetness that cannot be expressed, 
 And altogether loveliest. 
 
 Jesus, the hope of souls forlorn, 
 
 How good to them for sin that mourn, 
 To them that seek thee, oh ! how kind, 
 But what art thou, to them that find ! 
 
 No tongue of mortal can express, 
 
 No letters write its blessedness. 
 Alone who hath thee in his heart, 
 Knows, love of Jesus, what thou art. 
 
 Singing. " Jesus lover of my soul." 
 
 Supt. What titles show Christ's characteristics ? 
 
 Class F. 
 First Pupil. " And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
 whose name was Simeon ; and the same man was just and 
 devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy 
 Ghost was upon him." — Luke 2: 25. 
 
 Second Pupil. " The Son of Man came eating and drinking, 
 and they say, Behold a gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend 
 of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her chil- 
 dren." — Matt. 11: 19. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he 
 said, Behold the Lamb of God." — John 1 : 36. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And one of the elders saith unto me : 
 Weep not, behold the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of 
 David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven 
 seals thereof." — Rev. 5 : 5. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " But when Jesus heard that, he said unto 
 them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that 
 are sick." — Matt. 9: 12. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of 
 silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as 
 gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering 
 in righteousness." — Mai. 3 : 3. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And did all drink the same spiritual 
 drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed 
 them, and that Rock was Christ." — 1 Cor. 10 : 4. 
 
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 Superintendent or Pastor. As there is no want in 
 human nature Christ does not meet, so there is no 
 title lacking to show our Saviour as the embodiment 
 of all we can desire. Nearly one hundred titles tell 
 us what Christ can be to man. He is a "covert," a 
 "hiding-place," a "shepherd," and a "leader" to 
 guide us to God, and then a " witness " for us. To 
 a world in darkness, he came as " light," as a " bright 
 and morning star " to guide ; as the " sun " to warm 
 and enlighten ; yea, even as " the brightness of the 
 Father's glory," he shone upon them. He is an 
 "ensign " for his followers to rally around, and then 
 a " captain " and a " commander " to lead them on 
 to victory. He is a loving " bridegroom," or a gentle 
 " teacher." He is a " vine " to strengthen, a " root " 
 to sustain. He is the " Alpha and Omega," the 
 "author and finisher," the "Amen." He is indeed 
 the " Wonderful. ' Look through all history, and in 
 whom do all these attributes exist but in the Re- 
 deemer of the world ! He alone can be the " hope " 
 of the world : he alone can be the " desire of all 
 nations. Is he our " hope ? " Is he our "desire?" 
 
 Singing. " All hail the power of Jesus' name." 
 
XIV. 
 
 dfljrist in % Cljurdjcs : 
 
 A LESSON OF WARNING AND OF PROMISE. 
 
 " He that hath an «ar, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
 churches." 
 
 " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this 
 prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein." — Rev. i : 3. 
 
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EXERCISE, 
 
 Opening Song. "The Lord is King." — Notes of 
 
 Joy, p. 38. 
 
 Praise the Lord all ye people, 
 
 Oh, lift up your voice, 
 Let the floods clap their hands, 
 
 And the mountains rejoice. 
 
 CHORUS — We will praise him, we will praise him, 
 We will join the mighty mighty chorus, 
 For the Lord is our God, 
 For the Lord is our King. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Chant. "God be merciful unto us." — 67th Psalm. 
 
 (See Appendix!) 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING. 
 
 First Asst. Supt. Rev. 1 : 1-3. 
 Second Asst. Supt. Rev. 1 : 4-6. 
 Supt. Rev. 1 : 8-1 1. 
 Pastor. Rev. 1 : 12-13, 17-20. 
 
 Singing. Anthem, "Exalt Him all ye people." — • 
 Fresh. Laurels, 131. 
 
 Here give a brief description of the geography of 
 the lesson (using the board or map), the location of 
 the cities of the seven churches and of the Isle of 
 Patmos; also an account of the establishment of 
 these churches, of the banishment of John, of the 
 vision, etc. 
 
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 Singi/ig. " I love thy kingdom, Lord." 
 
 THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. 
 
 Class A. 
 
 First Pupil. " Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus 
 write: These things sailh he that holdeth the seven stars in his 
 right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden can- 
 dlesticks." 
 
 Supt. How does Christ address this church ? 
 
 Second Pupil. "I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy 
 patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : 
 and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles., and are 
 not, and hast found them liars." 
 
 Supt. What does Christ here commend ? 
 
 Third Pupil. Christ commends their labor for his cause, 
 their patience with sinners, and their refusal of evil. "And 
 hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast 
 labored, and hast not fainted." 
 
 Fourth Pupil. Christ said to them, " Nevertheless I have 
 somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." 
 
 Fifth Pupil. This means that they had lost the warm, 
 tender love to Jesus and to each other, that they had at the 
 time of their conversion, and this was the warning given : 
 *' Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, 
 and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, 
 and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou 
 repent." 
 
 Supt. And what is the precious promise to this 
 church .? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
 Spirit saith unto the churches : To him that overcometh will I 
 give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the par- 
 adise of God." 
 
 Teacher. 1 Had I such faith in God, 
 As mountains to remove, 
 No faith could work effectual good 
 That did not work by love. 
 
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 2 Grant, then, this one request — 
 Whatever be denied — 
 That love divine may rule my breast, ' 
 And all my actions guide. 
 
 THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA. 
 
 Class B. 
 
 First Pupil. " And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna 
 write : These things saith the first and the last, which was 
 dead, and is alive." 
 
 Supt. What is the meaning of the title which 
 Christ assumes in this message ? 
 
 Second Pupil. It means that Christ is the ever-living God. 
 and teaches the lesson of the resurrection from the dead. 
 
 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life, he 
 that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." — - 
 John 11 : 25. 
 
 Supt. How did this church compare with the 
 others ? '.>-.>' 
 
 Third Pupil. It was the poorest and the purest ; and the 
 use of this title of the ever-living, in the Spirit's message to this 
 poor suffering church of martyrs, was to encourage them with 
 the hope of the future life. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " For we know that if our earthly house of 
 this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, 'an 
 house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." — 2 Cor. 
 5:l. 
 
 Supt. What lesson is here taught concerning pov- 
 erty and riches ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " I know thy works, and tribulation, and pov- 
 erty, but thou art rich." 
 
 " There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there 
 is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches." — Prov, 
 13: 7- 
 
 Supt. What was the blessed promise to the church 
 at Smyrna? 
 
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 Sixth Pupil. " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give 
 thee a crown of life." — Matt. 10: 28. 
 
 " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto 
 the churches : He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the sec- 
 ond death." 
 
 Singing. "Jesus, I my cross have taken." 
 
 THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. 
 
 Class C. 
 
 Supt. How did Jesus announce himself to the 
 church of Pergamos? 
 
 First Pupil. " And to the angel of the church in Pergamos 
 write : These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with 
 two edges." 
 
 Supt. What is meant by the two-edged sword? 
 
 Second Pupil. It means the word of God. 
 
 " For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper 
 than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder 
 of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a dis- 
 cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." — Heb. 4: 12. 
 
 Supt. For what is this church commended? 
 
 Third Pupil. For faithfulness under persecution. 
 
 " I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where 
 Satan's seat is : and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not 
 denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my 
 faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan 
 dwelleth." 
 
 Supt. For what was it upbraided ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But I have a few things against thee, 
 because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, 
 who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children 
 of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit for- 
 nication." 
 
 Supt. What was the warning given 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Repent : or else I will come unto thee quickly, 
 and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." 
 
CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES. l8l 
 
 Supt. What was the Spirit's message to this 
 church ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " To him that overcometh will I give to eat 
 of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in 
 the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving 
 he that receiveth it." 
 
 Teacher. Give us the "hidden " grace, 
 The " manna " from above ; 
 The " white stone " secretly inscribed, 
 With thy " new name " of love. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 A little girl repeats the following from the plat- 
 form: 
 
 1 What can I do for Jesus, 
 
 Who died that I might live? 
 I have no precious jewels, 
 No costly gems to give. 
 
 2 My hands are weak to labor, 
 
 But all my earthly days, 
 My lips shall tell his story, 
 My tongue repeat his praise. 
 
 3 He is my tender shepherd ; 
 
 I'll ask him every day, 
 
 To guide me to his pastures, 
 
 And never let me stray. 
 
 Supt. The lesson of the church in Thyatira is in 
 many respects like that of Pergamos. We will now 
 hear concerning 
 
 THE CHURCH OF SARDIS. 
 
 Class D. 
 Supt. What does Christ say of this church ? 
 
 First Pupil. " And unto the angel of the church in Sardis 
 write : These things saith he that hath the seven Spiri s of 
 God, and the seven stars : I know thy works, that thou hast a 
 name that thou livest, and art dead." 
 
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 Second Pupil. I have a Bible illustration concerning Chris 
 tians of this class : 
 
 " And that which fell among thorns are they, which when 
 they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and 
 riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfec- 
 tion." — Luke 8 : 14. 
 
 Supt. What is the admonition to this church ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " Be watchful, and strengthen the things 
 which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy 
 works perfect before God." 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Remember therefore how thou hast received 
 and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt 
 not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not 
 know what hour 1 will come upon thee." 
 
 Supt. What words of comfort,, and what reward 
 to the faithful? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which 
 have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me 
 in white : for they are worthy." 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " He that overcometh, the same shall be 
 clothed in white raiment : and I will not blot out his name out 
 of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my 
 Father, and before his angels." 
 
 Teaclier. Oh may we never be 
 
 As " dead " souls in thy sight ; 
 
 But live that we in heaven may see 
 
 And walk with thee in white ! 
 
 Supt. Dr. Gregory, in his notes upon this Iesson r 
 has these words : 
 
 " Again Jesus brings forth the promise to the victorious soul 
 which ' overcometh.' This time the promise is broader. In 
 Ephesus it was to eat of the tree of life, to be gifted with a 
 blessed immortality ; in Smyrna it was to be safe from the sec- 
 ond death: in Pergamos it was to be fed with the heavenly 
 food and to be chosen to the new name and condition of hea- 
 venly dignity ; in Thyatira it was to share in Jesus' power over 
 all nations, wearing the starry crown ; here in Sardis it is the 
 white robe of a heavenly purity of heart and life, a perpetual 
 lease of the heavenly life, and Jesus' own glorious confession 
 
CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES. 1 83 
 
 of him before the great throne of the infinite Father, and 
 before the splendid assembly of his angels." 
 
 These consolations, addressed in such varied form 
 to the faithful ones of the different churches, had for 
 each a peculiar meaning. We have to study the 
 special wants and sufferings of each, to fully under- 
 stand the meaning of each blessed promise. 
 
 But those ancient churches and Christians are 
 only the representatives of all Christians in all times. 
 The warnings, the incentives, the promises, the con- 
 solations, are as much for us, in their fullest mean- 
 ing, as they were for them. Do we study them that 
 we may apply them to our own hearts, and lives, and 
 hopes of the future ? 
 
 Singing. "Beautiful Zion." — Happy Voices, p. 
 213; or, 
 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken 
 Zion city of our God. 
 
 CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Class E. 
 
 Supt. What are Christ's titles in the message to 
 this church ? 
 
 First Pupil. " And to the angel of the church in Philadel- 
 phia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, 
 he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man 
 shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth." 
 
 Supt; What is set before this church, and why ? 
 
 Second Pupil. " I know thy works : Behold, I have set 
 before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : for thou 
 hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not 
 denied my name." 
 
 Supt. What is the explanation of this ? 
 
 Third Pupil. I think the open door means an opportunity 
 for'usefulness and an assured reward ; and the little strength 
 means that the talent given has been improved. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil. I have an illustration. It is in the parable 
 of the "talents." 
 
 " His Lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful ser- 
 vant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make 
 thee ruler over many things : enter into the joy of thy Lord." — 
 Matt. 25 : 21. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. There is a comforting assurance contained in 
 the 10th verse of the lesson. 
 
 " Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will 
 keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon 
 all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." 
 
 Supt. And to him that overcometh, what glorious 
 promise ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in 
 the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out : and I will 
 write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city 
 of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out 
 of heaven from my God : and I will write upon him my new 
 name." 
 
 Supt. " The name of my God." 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the 
 Mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, 
 having his father's name written in their foreheads." — Rev. 
 14: 1. 
 
 Supt. "And the name of the city of my God." 
 
 Eighth Pupil. " And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusa- 
 lem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
 adorned for her husband." — Rev. 21:2. 
 
 Supt. "The pillar in the temple of my God." 
 The beauty and perfection of architecture is often 
 used by the pen of inspiration to represent the har- 
 mony and completeness of spiritual things. What a 
 place do the tabernacle and the temple hold in the 
 ancient revelation of God to man ! And the New 
 Testament gives us the " foundation," the " corner 
 stone," the " house," " the whole building fitly joined 
 together." 
 

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 " The temple of my God ! " Think of it, faithful 
 Christian; what exaltation is this! This temple is 
 the great consummation of God's work. The universe 
 was made for this ; yet the humble follower of 
 Christ, if faithful to the end, shall stand a beautiful 
 pillar in this glorious temple forever. This sinful 
 world is the dark quarry whence all the stones of 
 the building are hewn, and by and by, in the light 
 of that brighter day, we shall see that our trials here 
 were all needed to make the pillars and all the " liv- 
 ing stones " fit for a place in that glorious building. 
 
 "To him that overcometh." There is, then, a 
 contest with a victory possible, and a glorious, eternal 
 reward. Here is Paul's testimony concerning his 
 earthly warfare and heavenly crown. He says: "I 
 have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 
 I have kept the faith ; henceforth there is laid up 
 for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, 
 the righteous judge shall give me at that day; and 
 not to me only but unto all them that love his ap- 
 pearing." 
 
 Singing. a My home is there." — Fresh Laurels, 
 P- 95 ; ° r > 
 
 Jerusalem my happy home. 
 
 Recitation by four pupils from infant class. 
 
 1 Jesus, high in glory, 
 
 Lend a listening ear ; 
 When we bow before thee, 
 Infant praises hear. 
 
 2 We are little children, 
 
 Weak and apt to stray ; 
 Saviour, guide and keep us 
 In the heavenly way. 
 
 3 Save us, Lord, from sinning, 
 
 Watch us day by clay ; 
 
 Help us now to love thee, 
 
 Take our sins away. 
 
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 4 Then, when Jesus calls us 
 To our heavenly home, 
 We will answer gladly, 
 Saviour, Lord, we come. 
 
 THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA. 
 
 Class F. 
 
 Supt. What does Jesus say of this church, and 
 what does he mean by it ? 
 
 First Pupil. " I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
 nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou 
 art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of 
 my mouth." 
 
 It means that Jesus hates indifference, and loves earnestness- 
 in his cause. 
 
 Second Pupil. I have an illustrative text. 
 
 " And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and 
 found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let 
 n:> fruit grow on thee henceforward forever; and presently the 
 fig-iree withered away." — Matt. 21 : 19. 
 
 Teacher. Nothing but leaves ; the Spirit grieves 
 Over a wasted life. 
 O'er sin committed while conscience slept, 
 Promises made but never kept. 
 Folly and shame and strife ; 
 Nothing but leaves. 
 
 Supt. Why was this church indifferent? 
 
 Third Pupil. Because its members were rich and proud, and 
 thought themselves righteous when they were not. 
 
 " Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, 
 and have need of nothing; and knovvest not that thou art 
 wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." 
 
 Supt. What does Jesus counsel them to do ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. To come to him for true spiritual riches. 
 
 " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou 
 mayest be rich ; and white raiment that thou mayest be 
 clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; 
 and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see." 
 
CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES. 1 87 
 
 Supt. What is the Saviour's attitude towards the 
 sinner ? 
 
 FiftJi Pupil. " Behold, I stand at the door, and knock ; if 
 any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to 
 him, and will sup with him, and he with me." 
 
 A Teacher. Behold a stranger at the door : 
 
 He gently knocks, has knocked before ; 
 Has waited long, is waiting still ; 
 You treat.no other friend so ill. 
 
 Sicpt. What final promise does the Saviour make 
 to those who overcome ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " To him that overcometh will I grant to sit 
 with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set 
 down with my Father in his throne." 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Soon and forever — such promise our trust, 
 Though ashes to ashes, and dust go to dust ; 
 Soon and forever — our union shall be 
 
 Made perfect and glorious, Redeemer, with thee. 
 
 2 When the sins and the sorrows of time shall be o'er, 
 Its pangs and its partings remembered no more ; 
 Where life cannot fail, and where death cannot sever ; 
 Christians with Christ shall be soon and forever. 
 
 3 Soon and forever — the work shall be done, 
 The warfare accomplished, the victory won ; 
 Soon and forever — the soldier lay down 
 
 His sword for a harp, and his cross for a crown. 
 
 4 Then droop not in sorrow, despair not in fear, 
 A glorious to-morrow is brightening, is near ; 
 When, blessed reward of each faithful endeavor! 
 Christians with Christ shall be soon and forever. 
 
 Siflging. 
 
 SONG OF THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY. 
 
 I Jerusalem the golden, 
 
 With milk and honey blest, 
 Beneath thy contemplation, 
 Sink heart and voice to rest. 
 
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 I know not — oh ' I know not 
 What joys await me thtre, 
 
 What radiancy of glory, 
 
 What bliss beyond compare. 
 
 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, 
 
 All jubilant with song, 
 And bright with many an angel. 
 
 And all the martyr throng. 
 There is the throne of David, 
 
 And there, from toil released, 
 The shout of them that triumph r 
 
 The song of them that feast. 
 
 3 And they who, with their Leader, 
 
 Have conquered in the fight. 
 For ever and for ever 
 
 Are clad in robes of white. 
 Oh, land that seest no sorrow, 
 
 Oh, state that fear'st no strife. 
 Oh, royal land of flowers, 
 
 Oh, realms and home of life ! 
 
 4 Oh, sweet and blessed country, 
 
 The home of God's elect. 
 Oh, sweet and blessed country, 
 
 That eager hearts expect ! 
 Jesus, in mercy bring us 
 
 To that dear land of rest, 
 Who art, with God the Father 
 
 And Spirit, ever blest. 
 
 Pastor. Prayer and Benediction. 
 
XV. 
 
 t €xobb antr % Crofoit: 
 
 A LESSON OF SALVATION. 
 
 " In the world ye shall have tribulation ; but be of good cheer ; I have 
 overcome the world." — John 16: 33. 
 
 " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." 
 
 — Rev. 2 : 10. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Hymn. Notes of Joy, p. 62 (or substi- 
 tute). 
 
 We gather in this dear retreat 
 To worship at the Saviour's feet. 
 
 Supt. and School. The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 Song. "Children's Saviour." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 4 (or substitute). 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING. 
 
 Supt. read, concerning Christ's Humiliation, Luke 
 22 : 39-44- 
 
 Pastor read, concerning Christ's Exaltation, H-eb. 
 1: 1-8. 
 
 PRAYER BY PASTOR. 
 
 Song. "The Lamb that was slain." — Fresh Lau- 
 rels, No. 27 (or substitute). 
 
 {Here one or ■ two extra songs, with solo and chorus, or quar- 
 tette and chorus, for variety, or a recitation or dialogue by a little 
 class from the infant department, may be introduced or omitted t 
 according to amount of time.) 
 
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 THE CROSS AND THE CROWN, IN FOUR PARTS 
 
 PART I. — CHRIST'S HUMILIATION. 
 
 Supt. What are the words of Scripture concern- 
 ing the cross of Christ ? 
 
 A Teacher. " And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil- 
 derness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up." — John 3 : 14. 
 
 First Pupil. " And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will 
 draw all men unto me." — John 12 : 32. 
 
 Second Pupil. " This he said, signifying what death he should 
 die." — John 12 : 33. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went 
 unto the chief priesLs, to betray him unto them." — Mark 14 : 10. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I 
 trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against 
 me." — Ps. 41 : 19. 
 
 Fifth Pufiil. " Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place 
 called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, 
 while I go and pray, yonder." — Matt. 26 : 36. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " Then saith he unto them, My soul is ex^eed- 
 ing sorrowful, even unto death ; tarry ye here, and watch with 
 me " — Matt. 26 : 3S. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. '" And he went a little further, and fell on 
 his face, and prayed, saying, O n.y Father, if it be possible, let 
 this cup pass from me ! Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou 
 
 wilt."— Matt. 26 : 39. 
 
 Eighth Pupil. ' And there appeared an angel unto him from 
 heaven, strengthening him." — Luke 22 : 43. 
 
 Ninth Pupil. " And being in an agony he prayed more ear- 
 nestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling 
 down to the ground." — Luke 22 : 44. 
 
 Supt. or a Teacher. " Surely, he hath borne our griefs and 
 carried our sorrows ; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten 
 of God, and afflicted." — Is. 53. 4. 
 
 Ass ' t Supt. or a Teacher. " But he was wounded for our 
 transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastise- 
 
THE CROSS AND THE CROWN. 193 
 
 ment of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are 
 healed."— Is. 53 : 5. 
 
 A Lady Teacher. 
 
 Go to dark Gethsemane, 
 
 Ye that feel the tempter's power ; 
 Your Redeemer's conflict see, 
 
 Watch with him one bitter hour ; 
 Turn not from his griefs away, — 
 
 Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 
 
 Tenth Pupil. " Then the band, and the captain, and the 
 officers of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him." — John 18 : 12. 
 
 Eleventh Pupil. " Now the chief priests and elders, and all 
 the council, sought false witnesses against Jesus, to put him to 
 death." — Matt. 26: 59. 
 
 Twelfth Pupil. " And when he was accused of the chief 
 priests and elders, he answered nothing." — Matt. 27: 12. 
 
 b-upt. " He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
 not his mouth ; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as 
 a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his 
 mouth." — Is. 53 : 7. 
 
 A Teacher. " He was taken from prison and from judgment, 
 and who shall declare his generation ? For he was cut off out 
 of the land of the living ; for the transgression of my people 
 was he stricken." — Is. 53 : 8. 
 
 Another. " Pilate saifh unto them. What shall I do, then, 
 with Jesus, which is called the Christ ? They all say unto him, 
 Let him be crucified." — Matt. 27 : 22. 
 
 Thirteenth Pupil. " Then released he Barabbas unto them ; 
 and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be cruci- 
 fied." — Matt. 27 : 26. 
 
 Fourteenth Pupil. " And when they had platted a crown of 
 thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand ; 
 and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, 
 Hail, King of the Jews !" — Matt. 27 : 29. 
 
 A Teacher. " He is despised and rejected of men, a man of 
 sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our 
 faces from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." 
 — Is. 53: 3- 
 
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 Fifteenth Pupil. " And after that they had mocked him, 
 they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on 
 him, and led him away, to crucify him." — Matt. 27 : 31. 
 
 Sixteenth Pupil. "And he, bearing his cross, went forth 
 into a place called the place of the skull, which is called in the 
 Hebrew Golgotha." — John xix. 17. 
 
 Seventeenth Pupil. " And when they were come to the place 
 which is called Calvary, there they crucified him and the male- 
 factors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left." — 
 Luke 23 : 33. 
 
 A Lady. When I survey the wondrous cross, 
 
 On which the Prince of Glory died, 
 My richest gain I count but loss, 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 That were a present far too small ; 
 
 Love so amazing, so divine, 
 
 Demands my soul, my life, my all. 
 
 A Teacher. " Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they 
 know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast 
 lots." — Luke 23 : 34. 
 
 Eighteenth Pupil. " And it was about the sixth hour ; and 
 there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour." — 
 Luke 23 : 44. 
 
 Nineteenth Pupil. " And behold, the vail of the temple was 
 rent in twain, from the top to the bottom, and the earth did 
 quake, and the rocks rent." — Matt. 27 : 51. 
 
 Twentieth Pupil. "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried 
 with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani? that is to 
 say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" — Matt. 
 27: 46. 
 
 Twenty-first Pupil. " And when Jesus had cried with a loud 
 voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." — 
 Luke 23 : 46. 
 
 Congregation sing four verses, 
 
 There is a fountain filled with blood. 
 

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 PART II. — CHRIST'S EXALTATION. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the Saviour's crown ? 
 
 Teacher. 
 
 Jesus, our Head, once crowned with thorns, 
 
 Is crowned with glory now ; 
 Heaven's royal diadem adorns 
 The mighty victor's brow. 
 
 Twenty-second Pupil. '' In the end of the Sabbath, as it 
 began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary 
 Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre." — Matt. 
 28: 1. 
 
 Twenty-third Pupil. " And the angel answered and said to 
 the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, which 
 was crucified." — Matt. 28 : 5. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Pupil. " Whom God hath raised up, having 
 loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he 
 should be holden of it." — Acts 2 : 24. 
 
 Tzventy-Jifth Pupil. " He is not here, for he is risen, as he 
 said. Come see the place where the Lord lay." — Matt. 28 : 6. 
 
 Twenty-sixth Pupil. " Therefore, let all the house of Israel 
 know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye 
 have crucified, both Lord and Christ." — Acts 2 : 36. 
 
 Twenty-seventh Pupil. " And I looked, and behold, a white 
 cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, 
 having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp 
 sickle." — Rev. 14 : 14. 
 
 Twenty-eighth Pupil. " And I saw, and behold, a white 
 horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was 
 given unto him ; and he went forth, conquering and to con- 
 quer." — Rev. 6 : 2. 
 
 Twenty-7tinth Pupil. 'But we see Jesus, who was made a 
 little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned 
 with glory and honor, that he. by the grace of God, should taste 
 death for every man." — Heb 2 : 9. 
 
 Thirtieth Pupil. " But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, 
 O God, is forever and ever ; a scepter of righteousness is the 
 scepter of thy kingdom." — Heb. 1 : 8. 
 
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 Supt. or Asst. Supt. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a 
 son is given , and the government shall be upon his shoulder; 
 and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty 
 God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." — Is. 9 . 6. 
 
 Congregation sing " Coronation : " 
 
 All hail the powei of Jesus' name ' 
 
 PART III. — THE CHRISTIAN'S CROSS. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the Christian's cross? 
 
 A Lady Teacher. 
 
 Dear Lamb of God, enhance thy cross 
 More and yet more ; all else is dross. 
 Let ne'er a murmur mar my rest, — 
 Plant thy own patience in my breast. 
 To guard me, faith, hope, love combine, 
 Until the glorious crown be mine. 
 
 — Cross Bearer. 
 
 Thirty-first Pupil. " And he said to them all. If any man 
 will come after me let him deny himself, and take up his cross 
 daily, and follow me." — Luke 9 : 23. 
 
 Thirty-second Pupil. " And he that taketh not his cross, and 
 followeth after me. is not worthy of rne." — Matt. 10 ; 38. 
 
 Thirty-third Pupil. ' Then Jesus beholding him. loved him, 
 and said unto him. One thing thou lackest ; go thy way, sell 
 whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have 
 treasure in heaven ; and come, take up thy cross and follow 
 me." — Mark 10 : 21. 
 
 Thirty-fourth Pupil " But God forbid that I should glory, 
 save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world 
 is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." — Gal. 6: 14. 
 
 Thirty-fifth Pupil ' Wherefore, seeing we also are com- 
 passed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 
 every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let 
 Us run with patience the race that is set before us." — Heb. 12 1 
 
 Thirty-sixth Pupil. " Looking unto Jesus, the author and 
 finisher of our faith, who. for the joy that was set before him, 
 endured the cross, despising the shame, an 1 is set down at the 
 right hand of the throne of God ' — Heb. 12 . 2. 
 
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 Member Ladies' Bible Class. We may be weary under the 
 cross, but should never be weary of it. Labors for our blessed 
 Master are but a poor return for all his love, his labors and 
 sacrifices for us. And yet they are the best we can tender. 
 They are the return he looks for. after all his care in planting us 
 as fig-trees in his vineyard, and in providing for and cultivat- 
 ing us. 
 
 " Bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples." 
 
 Another Member. "Weary of the cross? Oh, cowardice! 
 Oh, effeminacy ! unworthy of him who aspires to the [dory ar.d 
 joy of heaven ! Demas was weary of it, because it embarrassed 
 the eager pursuit of the world, to which he had abandoned 
 himself.'* 
 
 Another. "We should never cease from our conflicts while 
 we remain where there is still one of Christ's enemies to be 
 subdued, or one soul to be saved by our faithful labors." 
 
 Another. " We should never forget the animating words of 
 the apostle, speaking in his Master's name: 'Let us not be 
 weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint 
 not.' " — Cross Bearer. 
 
 Congregation sing " Olivet," 
 
 My faith looks up to Thee. 
 
 PART IV. — THE CHRISTIANS CROWN. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the Christian's crown ? 
 
 Teacher. ' In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a 
 crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of 
 the people." — Is. 2S : 5. 
 
 Thirty-seventh Pupil. " For what is our hope, or joy, or 
 crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?" — 1 Thess. 2 . 19. 
 
 Thirty-eighth Pupil. " Behold, I come quickly , hold that 
 fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." — Rev. 3 . 1 1. 
 
 Thirty-ninth Pupil. " And when the Chief Shepherd shall 
 appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not away." 
 — 1 Peter 5 : 4. 
 
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 Fortieth Pupil. " Blessed is the man that endureth tempta- 
 tion, for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, 
 which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." — James 
 1 . 12. 
 
 Forty-first Pupil. " Fear none of those things which thou, 
 shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into 
 prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten 
 days : Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown 
 of life." — Rev. 2 : 10. 
 
 Forty-second Pupil. " Now, if we be dead with Christ, we 
 believe that we shall also live with him." — Rom. 6:8. 
 
 Forty-third Pupil. " Every man that striveth for the mastery 
 is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a cor- 
 ruptible crown, but we an incorruptible." — I Cor. 9: 25. 
 
 Forty-fourth Pupil. " To him that overcometh, will I grant 
 to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am 
 set down with my Father in his throne." — Rev. 3 : 21. 
 
 Forty-fifth Pupil. " I have fought a good fight ; I have 
 finished my course; I have kept the faith." — 2 Tim. 4: 7. 
 
 Forty-sixth Pupil. " Henceforth there is laid up for me a 
 crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, 
 shall give me at that day ; and not to me only, but unto all 
 them, also, that love his appearing." — 2 Tim. 4: 8. 
 
 Singing. " Beautiful Mansions." — Fresh Laurels, 
 p. 9 (or substitute.) 
 
 BRIEF REMARKS BY THE PASTOR. 
 
 THE WAY TO THE HILL.* 
 
 A child walking with his father one fine sunny 
 morning, asked that they might go to the top of a 
 distant hill, in order that he might look at the beau- 
 tiful prospect which was to be seen from thence. 
 His father promised to comply with his request, and 
 they went on. But the way which led to the hill was 
 long and tedious ; the sun's rays were very powerful, 
 
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 and there were no trees to afford a welcome shade; 
 the ground was hard and stony, and hurt their feet; 
 and when they came to a winding part of the road, 
 they lost sight of the hill altogether. 
 
 The boy's patience was quite exhausted ; his cour- 
 age failed him ; and, sitting down upon the ground, 
 he began to cry, and to complain that his father, 
 instead of gratifying his wish, had led him along 
 such a hot, dusty wearisome path — a path which 
 appeared interminable. " It is very unkind of you, 
 father," he murmured, " to disappoint me in this 
 way. I asked you to let me look at the beautiful 
 scenery to be seen from the top of that hill, and you 
 have only brought me here, where all is dull, and 
 dreary, and vexatious." 
 
 " My child," answered the father gently, " this is 
 the way to the hill ; you cannot get there without 
 going by this road." 
 
 God loves his own and leads them by a road 
 Unerring to their goal ; but he knows best 
 The path which leads to heaven. 
 
 Congregation sing three verses, 
 
 Must Tesus bear the cross alone? 
 
XYI. 
 
 %ngth : 
 
 A LESSON CONCERNING HEAVENLY THINGS. 
 
 "And of the angels lie saith, who maketh his angels spirits, his min- 
 isters a flame of fire." — Heb. i : 7. 
 
 "Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels 
 of God over one sinner that repenteth. — Luke is : 10. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 The School and Congregation sing the Doxology. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
 Praise him, all creatures here below. 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Closing with the Lord's Prayer, in which the 
 whole school joins. 
 
 Supt. 
 Praise ye the Lord, praise ye the Lord from the heavens ; 
 Praise him in the heights. 
 
 School. Praise ye him, all his angels ; 
 
 Praise ye him, all his hosts. 
 
 Choir and School chant the " Gloria Patri." 
 
 (See Appendix) 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING. 
 The 91st Psalm. 
 
 Supt. " He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
 High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." 
 
 School. " I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my 
 fortress : my God ; in him will I trust." 
 
 ( To the end of the Psalm) 
 
 Singing. " Beautiful Land of Song. " — Pure Gold, 
 p. 64. 
 
 " And they sung as it were a new song." — Rev. 14 : 3. 
 
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 1 There's a beautiful land of song, 
 
 Away o'er Jordan's river. 
 Where saints, a happy white-robed throng, 
 Their notes in joyful strains prolong. 
 
 In praise to God forever. 
 CHORUS. — In that beautiful land of song, 
 
 Ransomed ones are singing ; 
 O'er hill and plain with sweet refrain, 
 
 The glad new song is ringing. 
 
 2 We have heard of the blest ones there, 
 
 Who live beside the river, 
 They bloom in beauty, young and fair, 
 And crowns of life immortal wear, 
 And sing and shout forever. 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 Jesus reigns in that goodly land, 
 
 He leaves his people never. 
 Around his throne a radiant band 
 With palms of victory in their hand, 
 His children sing forever. 
 Chorus. 
 
 4 We shall meet on that blissful shore, 
 
 Where time no more will sever. 
 When earthly toils and cares are o'er. 
 We'll join with loved ones gone before, 
 
 And sing of Christ forever. 
 Chorus. 
 
 Superintendent announce the subject and begin 
 the lesson with 
 
 Class A. 
 
 Supt. What is contained in the Scriptures con- 
 cerning the rank or position of angels among created 
 beings? 
 
 First Pupil. " For thou hast made him a little lower than 
 the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor." — Ps. 
 8: 5- 
 
 Supt. What is the meaning of Angel? And 
 what names of angels have we in the Bible ? 
 
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 Second Pupil. Angel means a messenger, and we have 
 given in the Bible, the names, Gabriel, which means the 
 strength of God ; and Michael, which means the prince of the 
 armies of God. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the home of the angels ? 
 
 Third Pupil. " And he said. Hear thou therefore the word 
 of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the 
 host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and en his 
 left." — i Kings 22 : 19. 
 
 Supt. What concerning the employment of the 
 angels ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " But to which of the angels said he at any 
 time Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy 
 footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 
 minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?" — lleb. 1: 
 13. 14. 
 
 Supt. There is in the Book of Job something 
 about the existence of angels at the time of the 
 earth's creation. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " Where wast thou when I laid the founda- 
 tions of the earth, declare, if thou hast understanding: When 
 the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God 
 shouted for joy?" — Job 33 : 4, 7. 
 
 Supt. When Adam and Eve were banished from 
 the garden of Eden, what service did angels per- 
 form ? 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " So he drove out the man : and he placed at 
 the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword 
 which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life." — 
 Gen. 3 ; 24. 
 
 (Read prom the lojd Psalm, responsive.) 
 
 Supt. "But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 
 everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto 
 children's children." 
 
 Teachers. " To such as keep his covenant, and to those that 
 remember his commandments to do them." 
 
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 Supt. " The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens ; 
 and his kingdom ruleth over all." 
 
 Teachers. " Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in 
 strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the 
 voice of his word." 
 
 Supt. " Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts , ye ministers of 
 his, that do his pleasure.'* 
 
 Teachers. " Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of 
 his dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul." 
 
 Chant. " Praise the Lord." (See Appendix.) 
 
 Snpt. Class B will tell us some Bible instances 
 of the ministrations of angels. 
 
 First Pupil. The prophet Daniel was saved from a cruel 
 death at the hands of his enemies. 
 
 " Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever : 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." — Daniel 6: 21, 22. 
 
 Second Pupil. Elijah was carefully ministered unto by 
 angels when a fugitive from the wrath of Queen Jezebel. 
 
 •' But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, 
 and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested 
 for himself that he might die ; and said, It is enough ; now, O 
 Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." 
 — I Kings 19 : 4. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And as he lay and slept under a juniper 
 tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, 
 Arise and eat." — 1 Kings 19 : 5. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And he looked, and behold there was a 
 cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. 
 And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again." — I Kings 
 19: 6. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And the angel of the Lord came again the 
 second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat ; because 
 the journey is too great for thee." — 1 Kings 19:7. 
 
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 Sixth Pupil. " And he arose, and did eat and drink, and 
 went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights 
 unto Iloreb the mount of God." — 1 Kings 19: 8. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. There was a beautiful exhibition of angels 
 to Jacob, in the dream which he had at Bethel. 
 
 "And he dreamed, and behold a laddei set up on the earth, 
 and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of 
 God ascending and descending on it." — Gen. 28 : 12. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 1 Ah ! many a time we look on star-lit nights 
 
 Up to the sky, as Jacob did of old, 
 Look longing up to the eternal lights 
 To spell their lives of gold. 
 
 2 But never more, as lo the Hebrew boy, 
 
 Each on his way, the angels walk abroad, 
 And never more we hear with aweful joy, 
 The audible voice of God. 
 
 3 Yet to the pure eyes the ladder is still set, 
 
 And angel visitants still come and go ; 
 Many bright messengers are moving yet 
 From the dark world below. 
 
 4 Spirits elect, through suffering rendered meet 
 
 For those high mansions — from the nursery-door, 
 Bright babes that seem to climb with clay-cold feet, 
 Up to the golden floor. 
 
 5 These are the messengers, forever wending 
 
 From earth to Heaven, that faith alone may scan, 
 These are the angels of God, ascending 
 Upon the Son of Man. 
 
 Singing. "Songs of the Unseen." — The Charm, 
 p. 140. 
 
 1 If we only sought to brighten, 
 Every pathway dark with care, 
 If we only tried to lighten, 
 All the burdens others bear, 
 CHORUS. — We should hear the angels, hear the angels singing. 
 All around us night and day : 
 Yes, we should feel the gentle angels winging 
 At our side their upward way. 
 
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 2 If we only strove to cherish 
 
 Every pure and holy thought ; 
 Till within our hearts should perish 
 All that is with evil fraught, 
 Chorus. 
 
 3 If we only did our duly. 
 
 Thinking not what it might cost, 
 Then the earth would wear new beauty, 
 Fair as that in Eden lost. 
 Chorus. 
 
 Supt. Class C will give us some account of 
 the ministrations of angels in connection with the 
 Saviour's birth. 
 
 First Pupil. It is recorded in the ist and 2d chapters of 
 Luke. 
 
 " And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from 
 God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth : To a virgin 
 espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of 
 David and the virgin's name was Mary." — Luke i : 26, 27. 
 
 Second Pupil. ' And the angel came in unto her, and said, 
 Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee : 
 blessed art thou among women." — Luke 1 : 28. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And when she saw him, she was troubled at 
 his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this 
 should be." — Luke I . 29. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, 
 Mary : for thou hast found favor with God : And, behold, thou 
 6halt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall 
 call his name JESUS." — Luke 1 . 30, 31. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And there were in the same country shep- 
 herds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by 
 night." — Luke 2 : 8. 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon 
 them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; 
 and they were sore afraid." — Luke 2 : 9. 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " And the angel said unto them, Fear not : 
 for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall 
 be to all people : For unto you is born this day in the city of 
 David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord: And suddenly 
 
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 there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host 
 praising God, and saying : Glory to God in the highest, and on 
 earth peace, good will toward men." — Luke 2 : 10, II, 13, 14. 
 
 Supt. Were there other instances of the minis- 
 trations of angels upon Christ ? 
 
 Teacher. There were. After the forty days' temptation in 
 the wilderness, " angels came and ministered unto him." 
 
 After the agony in the garden of Gethsemane, " there appeared 
 an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him." 
 
 Angels also rolled away the stone from the sepulchre. 
 
 Singing. " The Christmas Hymn." — Happy 
 Voices, p. 158. 
 
 Christ is born, and heaven rejoices, 
 Judah's plains are bathed in light, 
 Thousand, thousand harps and voices, 
 Break the silence of the night. 
 CHORUS. — Glory in the highest, glory, 
 
 Peace on earth, good will to men. 
 
 Supt. Class D will tell us of the angels as guar- 
 dians of nations and individuals. 
 
 First Pupil. " But the prince of the kingdom of Persia 
 withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of 
 the chief princes, came to help me ; and I remained there with 
 the kings of Persia." — Dan. 10: 13. 
 
 Second Pupil. " The angel of the Lord encampeth round 
 about them that fear him, and delivereth them." — Ps. 34 : 7. 
 
 Third Pupil. " And Elisha prayed, and said. Lord, I pray 
 thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened 
 the eyes of the young man ; and he saw ; and, behold, the 
 mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about 
 Elisha." — 2 Kings 6: 17. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " Behold. I send an angel before thee, to 
 keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I 
 have prepared." — Ex. 23 : 20. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " For he shall give his angels charge over 
 thee, to keep thee in all thy ways: They shall bear thee up in 
 their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." — Ps. 91 : 
 II, 12. 
 
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. 
 
 Teacher. Jesus, my Lord, my living friend, 
 May these thy servants me attend, 
 Through life : and when I quit this clay, 
 Safe to thine arms my soul convey. 
 
 Supt. Class E will tell us something about the 
 angels, as to their number, and their services to God 
 and to us. 
 
 First Pupil. Daniel says of the " Ancient of Days," 
 " Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thou- 
 sand times ten thousand stood before him." — Dan. 7 : 10. 
 
 Second Pupil. Christ said : 
 
 " Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and 
 he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? " 
 
 — Matt. 26: 53. 
 
 Third Pupil. The Psalmist declares : 
 
 "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands 
 of angels : the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy 
 place." — Ps, 68 : 17. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. Paul says : 
 
 " But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the 
 living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable 
 company of angels." — Heb. 12: 22. 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " To the general assembly and church of the 
 firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge 
 of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect." 
 
 Sixth Pupil. " And to Jesus the mediator of the new cov- 
 enant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better 
 things than that of Abel." 
 
 Seventh Pupil. " See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ; 
 for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, 
 much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that 
 speaketh from heaven." 
 
 Supt. What is the great source of joy to this 
 innumerable company of angels? 
 
 Teacher. " Likewise, I say unto you. there is joy in the 
 presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." 
 
 — Luke 15 : 10. 
 
Singing. "Let the good angels come in."- 
 Fresh Laurels, p. 122. 
 
 They hover around us, bright angels are near, 
 
 To glory immortal they win , 
 Then gladly we'll open the door of our hearts, 
 
 And let the good angels come in. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY. 
 
 i Could we but know 
 The land that ends our dark, uncertain travel, 
 
 Where lie those happier hills and meadows low ; 
 Ah ! if beyond the spirit's inmost cavil 
 
 Aught of that country could we really know, 
 Who would not go ? 
 
 2 Might we but hear 
 
 The hovering angels' high imagined chorus, 
 Or catch, betimes, with wakeful eyes and clear, 
 
 One radiant vista of the realm before us, 
 
 With one rapt moment given to see and hear, 
 Ah ! who would fear ? 
 
 3 Were we quite sure 
 
 To find the peerless friend, who left us lonely, 
 Or there, by some celestial stream as pure. 
 
 To gaze in eyes that here were love-lit only — 
 This weary mortal evil, were we quite sure, 
 
 Who would endure? — Round Table. 
 
 RECITATION. 
 
 And now the air 
 Grew tremulous with heavenly melody, 
 Far-off at first it seems, and indistinct, 
 As swells and sinks the multitudinous roar 
 Of ocean ; but ere long the waves of sound 
 Rolled on articulate, and then I knew 
 The voice of harpers harping on their harps. 
 And lo, upon the extreme verge of cloud, 
 As one at Eden's portals, there appeared 
 A company of angels clothed in light ; 
 Thronging the path, or in the amber air 
 Suspense. And in the twinkling of an eye 
 
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 We were among them, and they clustered round, 
 
 And waved their wings, and struck their harps again, 
 
 For gladness ; every look was tenderness. 
 
 And every word was musical with joy. 
 
 Welcome to heaven, dear brother, welcome home ! 
 
 Welcome to thine inheritance of light ! 
 
 Welcome forever to thy Master's joy ! 
 
 Thy work is done, thy pilgrimage is past ; 
 
 Thy guardian angel's vigil is fulfilled ; 
 
 Thy parents wait thee in the bowers of bliss ; 
 
 Thy infant babes have woven wreaths for thee ; 
 
 Thy brethren who have entered into rest 
 
 Long for thy coming ; and the angel choirs 
 
 Are ready with their symphonies of praise. 
 
 Nor shall thy voice be mute ; a golden harp 
 
 For thee is hanging on the trees of life ; 
 
 And sweetly shall its chords forever ring, 
 
 Responsive to thy touch of ecstacy. 
 
 With hallelujahs to thy Lord and ours. 
 
 Fro??i " Yesterday, To-day. and Forever? 
 
 Singing. "The Shining Way." — Happy Voices, 
 p. 187. 
 
 The pearly gates are open wide. 
 
XVII. 
 
 i*afonlg p0m£ : 
 
 A LESSON OF VICTORY. 
 
 "These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed 
 their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." 
 
 " Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have 
 right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the 
 city." — Rev. 32: 14. 
 
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EXERCISE. 
 
 Opening Song. " March, March to Glory." — 
 Notes of Joy, p. 55 (or substitute). 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING. 
 
 Supt. " Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall 
 tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, 
 or peril, or sword ? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed 
 all the day long ; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 
 — Romans 8 : 35, 36, 
 
 Asst. Supt. " Nay, in all these things we are more than 
 conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, 
 that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor 
 powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, 
 nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us 
 from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." — 
 Romans 8 : 37-39. 
 
 Supt. " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit 
 saith unto the churches ; To him that overcometh will I give to 
 eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of 
 God. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith 
 unto the churches ; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of 
 the second death. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
 Spirit saith unto the churches ; To him that overcometh will 1 
 give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white 
 stone, and in the stone a new name written, which >-o man 
 knoweth saving he that receiveth it. And he inat overcometh, 
 and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will i give power 
 over the nations." — Rev. 2: 7. II, 17, 26. 
 
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 Asst. Supt. " He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed 
 in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the 
 book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and 
 before his angels. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar 
 in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out : and 1 
 will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the 
 city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down 
 out of heaven from my God . and I will write upon him my 
 new name. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with 
 me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down 
 with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him 
 hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." — Rev. 3: 5, 12, 
 21, 22. 
 
 Supt. " So when this corruptible shall have put on lncorrup- 
 tion, and tins mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall 
 be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed 
 up in victory. O death, where is thy sting' O grave, where is 
 thy victory.-' The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin 
 is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ." — I Cor. 15 54-57. 
 
 Choir and School sing " Happy Home." 
 
 (See Appendix') 
 
 PRAYER BY THE PASTOR. 
 
 ( With special reference to the subject of the exercise) 
 
 Song. "Our Victory." — Fresh Laurels, p. 120. 
 Or, "Strike, Strike for Victory." — Pure Gold, p. 96. 
 
 BRIEF ADDRESS 
 
 By the Pastor to the children, familiar and illustra- 
 tive, using the following text : 
 
 " Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so 
 great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the 
 sin which doth so easily beset us; and let us run with patience 
 the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and 
 finisher of our faith." — Heb. 12 : 1 
 
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 Class A. 
 
 Supt. What is the great and final blessing and 
 reward which God promises to those who love him 
 and are faithful in his service unto death ? 
 
 Teacher. The reward of victory ; the conqueror's crown ; a 
 home in heaven. " And he said unto them, Verily I say unto 
 you. There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or 
 brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of Goc/s sake, 
 who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and 
 in the world to come life everlasting." — Luke 18: 29, 30. 
 
 First Pupil. " For I am now ready to be offered, and the 
 time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I 
 have finished my course, I have kept the (aith : Henceforth 
 there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the 
 Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day : and not 
 to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing." — 
 2 Tim. 4:6-8 
 
 Second Pupil. " Fear none of those things which thou 
 shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into 
 prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten 
 days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown 
 of life." — Rev. 2. 10. 
 
 Third Pupil. " He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; 
 and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." — Rev. 21 : 7. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " For we know that, if our earthly house of 
 this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a 
 house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." — 2 Cor. 
 5: I- 
 
 Supt. " In my Father's house are many mansions." 
 
 RECITATION 
 By class from Infant Department (from platform). 
 
 MANSIONS OF LIGHT. 
 
 First Pupil. 
 
 Oh,. say, have you heard of the mansions of light, 
 
 Our Saviour has gone to prepare ? 
 Where falls not a cloud or a shadow of night ; 
 
 They tell us no sorrow is there. 
 
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 Second Pupil. 
 
 Oh yes, we have heard of the mansions so bright, 
 
 And free irom all sorrow and care ; 
 Our Saviour, the Lamb, is the glory and light, 
 The children of Zion are there. 
 
 Third Pupil. 
 
 Oh, where is that city whose portals of gold 
 
 Are open by night and by day? 
 The city whose splendor can never be told. 
 Whose pleasures will never decay ? 
 
 Fourth Pupil. 
 
 ' Tis yonder, where joyful our spirits may fly, 
 
 Beyond where the bright planets roll, 
 Above the clear arch of the blue ether sky, 
 The berutiful home of the soul. 
 
 Class together. 
 
 ' Tis a home where the weary may rest, 
 
 The beautiful home of the blest ; 
 Oh come, we are bound for the mansions of light, 
 
 The beautiful home of the blest. 
 
 Singing. "The Eternal Home." — Notes of Joy, 
 p. 86. Or, " Beautiful Land of Song."— Pure Gold, 
 p. 64. 
 
 Class B. 
 
 Supt. Who shall wear these crowns of glory, and 
 inhabit these mansions of light? 
 
 Teacher. " Blessed are they that do his commandments, that 
 they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through 
 the gates into the city." — Rev. 22 : 14. 
 
 First Pupil. "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and 
 exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must 
 through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." — 
 Acts 14 . 22. 
 
 Second Pupil. " Blessed is the man that endureth tempta- 
 tion : for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, 
 which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." — James 
 1: 12. 
 
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 Third Pupil. " Ye are they which have continued with me 
 in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my 
 Father hath appointed unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at 
 my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve 
 tribes of Israel." — Luke 22 : 28-30. 
 
 Fourth Pupil. " And every one that hath forsaken houses, 
 or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, 
 or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and 
 shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be 
 last ; and the last shall be first." — Matt. 19: 29, 30. 
 
 Supt. What is the name of this final home of 
 ours, and these beautiful mansions ? 
 
 Fifth Pupil. " And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusa- 
 lem, coming clown from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
 adorned for her husband." — Rev. 21 : 2. 
 
 Supt. The figure of a great and beautiful city- 
 has been given us by inspiration as a faint illustra- 
 tion of the beauty and grandeur and gloriousness of 
 the heavenly home of the children of God. But 
 we know that in all things it is beyond human con- 
 ception or anticipation. No human eye has seen it ; 
 no human mind can comprehend or describe it. It 
 is the city of God. He is the architect and builder. 
 It is the consummation of his wisdom and his 
 love. It shall be to us a happy eternal home. 
 Within its gates shall come no pain nor sorrow, and 
 naught but peace and happiness shall ever enter 
 there. The apostle John was permitted a vision of 
 it, and, in the Book of Revelation he has given us 
 some illustrations of its beauty and perfection. It 
 is an "object lesson " of heavenly things given in 
 human language to the infant class in God's great 
 school of created intelligence. 
 
 jReadKev. 21: 10-18. 
 
 " And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high 
 mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, 
 
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 descending out of heaven from God : having the glory of 
 God : and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even 
 like a jasper stone, clear as crystal : and had a wall great and 
 high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and 
 names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes 
 of the children of Israel : on the east three gates ; on the 
 north three gates ; on the south three gates ; and on the west 
 three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, 
 and in the'm the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 
 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the 
 city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city 
 lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth : and 
 he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. 
 The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 
 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and 
 four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the 
 angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and 
 the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass." 
 
 Supt. Further description will be given by mem- 
 bers of the Bible Class; first, as to the foundations 
 of the wall of the city. 
 
 First Bible Class Pupil. ' And the foundations of the wall 
 of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. 
 The first foundation was jasper ; the second, sapphire , the 
 third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sar- 
 donyx ; the sixth, sardms ; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, 
 beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the 
 eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst."— Rev. 21. 
 19-20. 
 
 Supt. Second, as to the gates and streets? 
 
 Second Bible Class Pupil. "And the twelve gates were 
 twelve pearls ; every several gate was of one pearl . and the 
 street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." — 
 Rev. 21 : 21. 
 
 Supt. Third, as to the light of the city ? 
 
 Third Bible Class Pupil. " And the city had no need of the 
 sun, neither of the moon, to shine in itt for the glory cf God 
 did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."— Rev. 21 . 23. 
 
 Supt. What of the river of the city ? 
 
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 Fourth Bible Class Pupil. " And he showed me a pure river 
 of wa er of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne 
 of God and of the Lamb." — Rev. 22 : 1. 
 
 Supt. What of the tree of life ? 
 
 Fifth Bible Class Pupil. " In the midst of the street of it, 
 and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which 
 bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every 
 month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the 
 nations." — Rev. 22 : 2, 
 
 Supt. As to the government of this holy city? 
 
 Sixth Bible Class Pupil. " And there shall be no more 
 curse : but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it ; 
 and his servants shall serve him : and they shall see his face; 
 and his name shall be in their foreheads." — Rev. 22 : 3, 4. 
 
 Supt. How are we invited to those mansions of 
 light in this glorious city? 
 
 Seventh Bible Class Pupil. " I, Jesus, have sent mine angel 
 to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root 
 and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning 
 Star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him 
 that heareth say. Come. And let him that is athirst come. 
 And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." — 
 Rev. 22 : T.6,'17. 
 
 Supt. Is there danger in rejecting the precious 
 invitation? 
 
 Eighth Bible Class Pupil. " Blessed are they that do his 
 commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, 
 and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without 
 are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and 
 idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." — Rev. 22 : 
 14. 15- 
 
 Supt. Is there a time beyond which to reject the 
 offers of mercy is to reject them forever? 
 
 " And he saith unto me. Seal not the sayings of the pro- 
 phecy of this book : for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, 
 let him be unjust still : and he which is filthy, let him be filthy 
 still : and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still : and 
 
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 he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come 
 quickly ; and my reward is with me, to give eveiy man accord- 
 ing as his work shall be." — Rev. 22; 10, II, 12. 
 
 Song. "Jerusalem the Golden," the song of the 
 Celestial Country. — Fresh Laurels, p. 87. Or, 
 "Beautiful Zion, built above." — Happy Voices, p. 
 214. 
 
 CLOSING PART. 
 
 (By a Class of Teachers.) 
 
 Supt. What shall be our lot and place if we gain 
 admission to the New Jerusalem? 
 
 First Teacher. We shall be made pillars in the temple of 
 our God. 
 
 *' Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of 
 my God, and he shall go no more out." — Rev. 3 : 12. 
 
 Supt. What does this promise mean ? 
 
 Same Teacher. It means that the victorious Christian shall 
 have the honor to be an important and useful part in the society 
 of heaven. 
 
 Second Teacher. We shall go no more out forever. 
 
 " Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of 
 my God, and he shall go no more out." — Rev. 3 : 12. 
 
 This is one of the most precious of the promises. Once within 
 those pearly gates and we shall be from sin and death forever 
 secure. 
 
 Third Teacher. We shall inherit all things. 
 
 " He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; and I will be 
 his God, and he shall be my son."- — ■ Rev. 21:7. 
 
 All the priceless treasures of that princely realm shall be 
 ours, the free gift of him who has begotten us, " To an inher- 
 itance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away." 
 
 Fourth Teacher. We shall have seen the end of all suffering 
 and sorrow. 
 
 " They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither 
 shall the sun light on them, nor any heat : for the Lamb which 
 is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead 
 
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 them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe 
 away all tears from their eyes." — Rev. 7 : 16, 17. 
 
 Fifth Teacher. " And I will write upon him the name of 
 my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is New 
 Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God : 
 and I will write upon him my new name." 
 
 This the most glorious of all, the very culmination of the 
 Saviour's promises. Divine love could go no farther. This 
 indeed is to be lost in Christ. 
 
 BRIEF ADDRESS, 
 
 Concerning the worth of this inheritance which all 
 may attain. 
 
 CLOSING HYMN. 
 Heaven is my home. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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GENERAL EXERCISES, 
 
 THEIR CHARACTER AND IMPORTANCE. 
 
 How to conduct the devotions of the School and 
 Concert Service has often proved a hard question. 
 
 The Sunday School is a place of worship as well 
 as of study. Its exercises should be devotional as 
 well as instructive. The young heart is to be won 
 to Christ and trained for heaven, as well as the mind 
 enlightened, by the Word of Truth and the Spirit of 
 God. 
 
 The prayer of the school, uttered by the voice of 
 the Superintendent, should be the offering of every 
 heart. Let its language be simple, its sentences 
 short, its expression of supplication that which every 
 little heart can offer for daily want and present need, 
 its ascriptions of praise and thanksgiving such as 
 every little mind can understand and every soul feel. 
 
 READING. 
 
 In very manner as well as in matter the reading 
 in the Sunday School should not only be impressive, 
 but such as to awaken the spirit of true devotion. 
 It should be varied, sometimes by the Superintendent 
 
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 alone, at other times by the Superintendent and 
 school responsively. The Superintendent should 
 always make special preparation for the reading, no 
 matter how familiar the selection may be. He 
 should be able to read with his eyes principally upon 
 the school, and always have so much of the spirit 
 of the words in his own heart as to.be able to inspire 
 his hearers with the same spirit. 
 
 SINGING, ETC. 
 
 No part of the Sunday School exercise is more 
 important than the music. We cannot overrate the 
 power of song. Let us not fail to have this mighty 
 power well directed. I know not which most to 
 deprecate in our Sunday School songs — unsuitable 
 words or improper music. Mr. Eggleston says, in 
 his Sunday School Manual,* " Do not sing anything 
 merely for the excitement of the tune. There may 
 be some apology for this sort of singing when it is 
 intended to wake up the flagging spirits of small 
 children. But even then, why not sing something 
 that has sense and devotion in it, instead of such an 
 one as 'My Sabbath Song,' or 'We are Young and 
 We are Happy?' Above all, do not neglect the 
 grand old church hymns, but sing such of them as 
 are full of life and power." 
 
 An adult congregation can play mock attention, 
 but children need to understand what is said or sung 
 to be interested. I remember the evident dissatis- 
 faction of a little girl who turned to her teacher 
 with the honest inquiry : " What does all this mean ? " 
 after singing through the following words of one of 
 our popular Sunday School songs : " O ! Golden 
 
 v * Note. — The Sunday School Manual, by Edward Eggleston, D. D., 
 published by Adams, Blackmer, & Lyon, should be in the hands of every 
 Sunday School teacher who aspires to a high degree of usefulness. 
 

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 hereafter, Thine every bright rafter will shake with 
 the thunder of sanctified song; O! chorus of fire, 
 that will burst from God's choir," etc. 
 
 Much that is printed in verse for Sunday School 
 recitation and singing is unworthy the name of 
 poetry. Our Sunday School literature should be 
 rid of all this. The literature of the Bible may be 
 our standard. There is no religious doggerel or 
 meaningless grand eloquence either in the Old or 
 New Testaments. 
 
 Let us strive to elevate the minds and cultivate 
 the tastes of our children by presenting to them the 
 real and the true, as well as the good and the beau- 
 tiful. 
 
 In the Sunday School service let us sing and do 
 all that we do with the spirit and the understanding 
 also. 
 
 A few selections are given in this closing chapter 
 for recitations, responsive reading, chanting, etc. 
 From these and others of like character selections 
 can be made to render the service of the school and 
 concert varied and impressive. 
 
SELECTIONS, 
 
 RESPONSIVE READINGS, CHANTS, ETC. 
 
 I.— SELECTIONS. 
 
 AN OPENING EXERCISE. 
 
 Superintendent. " The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all 
 the earth keep silence before him." — Hab. 2 : 20. 
 
 " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and 
 with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words 
 which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart. And 
 thou shalt teach them diligently unto the children, and shalt 
 talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou 
 walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou 
 rlsest up." — Deut. 6: 5-7. 
 
 " And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt 
 show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that 
 they must do." — Ex. 18: 20 
 
 Teachers' response (risingX " Let the words of my mouth, 
 and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O 
 Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." — Ps. 19: 14. 
 
 "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the 
 testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple ; the 
 statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart ; the com- 
 mandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." — Ps. 
 19: 7.8. 
 
 "Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare 
 what he hath done for my soul." 
 
 Children's response (rising). "Show me thy ways, O Lord* 
 teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach me." — 
 Ps. 25: 4,5. 
 
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 "Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy truth." — 
 Psalm 86: II. 
 
 " The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting," 
 
 Supt. " Upon them that fear him," — Ps. 103 : 17. 
 
 Children. " And his righteousness unto children's children,' 
 
 Teacliers. " To such as keep his covenant, and to those that 
 remember his commandments to do them." — Ps. 103: 18. 
 
 All recite. "Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid 
 them not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of 
 heaven." 
 
 A PRAYER. 
 
 Father, I have wandered far, 
 Oh ! be now my guiding star ! 
 Draw my footsteps back to thee, 
 Set my struggling spirit free ; 
 Save me from the doubts that roll 
 O'er the chaos of my soul — 
 Let one ray of truth illume 
 And dispel the thickening gloom ! 
 God of truth, and peace, and love, 
 
 Hear my prayer ! 
 Drive my restless thoughts above, 
 
 Keep them there ! 
 
 Father, save me at this hour 
 
 From the tempter's fearful power, 
 
 Purify the hidden springs 
 
 Of my wild imaginings: 
 
 I have thought, till thought is pain, 
 
 Searched for peace, till search is vain ; 
 
 Out of thee, I cannot find 
 
 Rest for the immortal mind. 
 
 Now I come to thee for aid — 
 
 Peace restore ! 
 Let my soul on thee be stayed 
 
 For evermore ! 
 
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 GO WHEN THE MORNING SHINETH. 
 
 1 Go when the morning shineth, 
 
 Go when the noon is bright, 
 Go when the eve declineth, 
 
 Go in the hush of night, 
 Go with pure mind and feeling, 
 
 Fling earthly thought away, 
 And, in thy closet kneeling, 
 
 Do thou in secret pray. 
 
 2 Oh, not a joy or blessing 
 
 With this can we compare — 
 The grace our Father gave us 
 
 To pour our souls in prayer : 
 Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness, 
 
 Before his footstool fall ; 
 Remember, in thy gladness, 
 
 His love who gave thee all. 
 
 3 Remember all who love thee, 
 
 All who are loved by thee ; 
 Pray, too, for those who hate thee, 
 
 If any such there be ; 
 Then for thyself, in meekness', 
 
 A blessing humbly claim, 
 And blend with each petition 
 
 Thy great Redeemer's name. 
 
 THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM. 
 
 1 The Lord is my Shepherd, and I am his lamb, 
 One of the smallest and frailest I am, 
 
 Yet, by his bounty daily I'm fed, 
 In his green pastures tenderly led. 
 
 2 Kind is my Shepherd, and large is the fold 
 To which he calleth the young as the old, 
 Tenderly watching in waking and sleep. 
 Over us, evermore, guard he doth keep. 
 
 3 Sometimes, the way where he leadeth his sheep 
 Grows for my child-feet, dark and too steep ; 
 Then doth he lift me up close to his breast, 
 Bearing me upward to places of rest. 
 
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 4 When I had wandered away from his side, 
 Into the path which the sinning have tried, 
 He, o'er each step of sin's rugged track, 
 Patiently, lovingly, guided me back. 
 
 5 He hath green pastures — lying afar — 
 Needing no sunlight, needing no star — 
 There, from his presence, the lambs never stray \ 
 Thither, he leadeth me — nearer each day. 
 
 6 But closer than meadows brightened by faith, 
 Lieth the valley of silence and death ; 
 Seeing its shadows — yet fearless I am, 
 
 For the Lord is my Shepherd, and I am his lamb f 
 
 — Mary Lowe. 
 
 LOVING SHEPHERD. 
 
 1 Loving Shepherd, kind and true, 
 
 Wilt thou not in pity come 
 To thy lamb ? as shepherds do, 
 
 Bear me in thy bosom home ; 
 Take me hence from earth's annoy 
 To thy home of endless joy ? 
 
 2 See how I have gone astray 
 
 In this earthly wilderness ; 
 Come and lake me hence away 
 
 To thy flock who dwell in bliss. 
 And thy glory. Lord, behold, 
 Safe within thy heavenly fold. 
 
 3 Here I live in sore distress. 
 
 Careful, timid, every hour ; 
 For my foes around me press, 
 
 Hem me in with craft and power: 
 Not one moment safe can be. 
 Lord, thy lamb, away from thee. 
 
 4. O Lord Jesus, let me not 
 
 'Mid the ravening wolves e'er fall; 
 Help me as a shepherd ought. 
 That I may escape them all : 
 Bear me homeward in thy breast 
 To thy fold of endless rest. 
 
 — Angelus, l6ff. 
 
SELECTIONS. 
 
 *3* 
 
 THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. 
 
 {Adapted to Concert Exercise, "Abraham : a Lesson of FaithP ) 
 
 I In some way or other the Lord will provide ; 
 It may not be my way, 
 It may not be thy way, 
 And yet, in his own way, 
 The Lord will provide. 
 
 9 At some time or other the Lord will provide } 
 It may not be my time, 
 It may not be thy time, 
 And yet, in his own time, 
 The Lord will provide. 
 
 3 Despond then no longer, the Lord will provide ; 
 
 And this be the token : 
 No word he hath spoken 
 Was ever yet broken ; 
 The Lord will provide. 
 
 4 March on then right boldly ; the sea shall divide, 
 
 The pathway made glorious ; 
 With shoutings victorious, 
 We'll join in the chorus 
 The Lord will provide. 
 
 HOW CAN A CHILD BE SAVED? 
 
 1 How can a child be saved, 
 His sins be all forgiven ? 
 How may he, on his dying day, 
 Stand at the gate of heaven ? 
 
 a He must repent, with all his heart, 
 And strive to serve his God, 
 In simple faith he must rely 
 On Christ's atoning blood. 
 
 3 Through that alone is welcome found 
 At yonder pearly gate ; 
 Thousands have entered young as we, 
 Nor shall we lingering wait. 
 
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 "THE OPEN GATE." 
 
 1 Mercy, with her wings unfolded, 
 
 Bending o'er her children dear, 
 Softly whispers " Come to Jesus," 
 How he loves your praise to hear. 
 
 2 With his gracious arms extended, 
 
 See the kind Redeemer wait ; 
 
 Now he folds the lambs that enter, 
 
 Joyful through the open gate. 
 
 3 Shall we cling to earthly pleasures, 
 
 When the shining angels wait, 
 Calling children to the Saviour, 
 Standing at the open gate ? 
 
 THE OLD, OLD STORY. 
 (Appropriate to the Exercise for Ckristmas.) 
 
 1 Tell me the old, old ftory, 
 
 Of unseen things above, — 
 Of Jesus and his glory, 
 Of Jesus and his love. 
 
 2 Tell me the story simply, 
 
 As to a little child ; 
 For I am weak and weary, 
 And helpless and defiled. 
 
 3 Tell me the story slowly, 
 
 That I may take it in — 
 That wonderful redemption, 
 God's remedy for sin. 
 
 4 Tell me the story often. 
 
 For I forget so soon ; 
 The early dew of morning 
 Has passed away at noon. 
 
 5 Tell me the story softly, 
 
 With earnest tones and grave ; 
 Remember, I'm the sinner 
 Whom Jesus came to save. 
 
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 6 Tell me the story always, 
 
 If you would really be 
 In any time of trouble, 
 A comforter to me. 
 
 7 Tell me the same old story, 
 
 When you have cause to fear 
 That this world's empty glory 
 Is costing me too dear. 
 
 8 Yes, and when that world's glory 
 
 Shall dawn upon my soul, 
 Tell me the old, old story, 
 
 " Christ Jesus makes thee whole.' 
 
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 THE CROSS PRESENTED. 
 
 There is no other way unto life, and unto true inward peace, 
 than the way of the holy cross and of daily self-denial. 
 
 Christ's whole life was a cross and a martyrdom ; and dost 
 thou seek rest and enjoyment for thyself? 
 
 Let thyself therefore, like a good and faithful servant of 
 Christ, bear manfully the cross of thy Lord, who out of love 
 was crucified for thee. 
 
 Drink of the Lord's cup with hearty affection, if thou desire 
 to be his friend, and to have part with him. — Thomas a Kanpis. 
 
 THE WAY OF THE CROSS, THE WAY OF LIGHT. 
 (Appropriate to the Exercise, " The Cross and the Crown." ) 
 
 1 Through the cross, comes the crown ; when the cares of this life, 
 
 Like giants in strength, may to crush thee combine, 
 Never mind, never mind ! after sorrow's sad strife 
 Shall the peace and the crown of salvation be thine. 
 
 2 Through woe comes delight ; if at evening thou sigh, 
 
 And thy soul still at midnight in sorrow appears, 
 Never mind, never mind ! for the morning is nigh, 
 Whose sunbeams of gladness shall dry up thy tears ! 
 
 3 Through death comes our life ; to the portal of pain, 
 
 Through Time's thistle-fields are our weary steps driven, 
 Never mind, never mind .' through this passage we gain 
 The mansions of light and the portals of heaven. 
 
 — From the German. 
 
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 THE SEA OF GALILEE. 
 (Adapted to Concert Exercise, '■'Around Gentietaret." ') 
 
 How pleasant to me thy deep blue wave, 
 
 O sea of Galilee ! 
 For the glorious One who came to save, 
 
 Hath often stood by thee. 
 Fair are the lakes in the land I love, 
 
 Where pine and heather grow, 
 But thou hast loveliness above 
 
 What nature can bestow. 
 It is not that the wild gazelle 
 
 Comes down to drink thy tide 
 But he that was pierced to save from hell 
 
 Oft wandered by thy side. 
 Graceful around thee, the mountains meet, 
 
 Thou calm reposing sea ; 
 But ah ! far more the beautiful feet 
 
 Of Jesus walked o'er thee. 
 Those days are past — Bethsaida where, 
 
 Chorazin where art thou ? 
 His tent the wild Arab pitches there, 
 
 The wild reeds shade thy brow. 
 Tell me ye mouldering fragments, tell, 
 
 Was the Saviour's city here? 
 Lifted to heaven, has it sunk to hell, 
 
 With none to shed a tear? 
 O Saviour ! gone to God's right hand, 
 
 Yet the same Saviour still, 
 Graved on thy heart is this lovely strand 
 
 And every fragrant hilL 
 
 JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN. 
 
 I Jerusalem, the golden, 
 
 1 languish for one gleam 
 Of all thy glory, folden 
 
 In distance and in dream. 
 My thoughts, like palms in exile 
 
 Climb up to look, and pray 
 For a glimpse of that dear country 
 
 That lies so far away. 
 
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 2 Jerusalem, the golden, 
 
 There all our bird.-, that flew, 
 Our flowers but half unfolden, 
 
 Our pearls that turned to dew, 
 And all the glad life-music, 
 
 Now heard no longer here, 
 Shall come again to greet us 
 
 As we are drawing near. 
 
 3 Jerusalem, the golden, 
 
 I toil on, day by clay ; 
 Heartsore, each night with longing, 
 
 I stretch my hands and pray 
 That 'midst the leaves of healing 
 
 My soul may find her rest. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOVE. 
 
 1 There's a beautiful river above. 
 
 Which flows from the midst of the throne,. 
 Whose surface no tempests disturb ; 
 Unruffled it sweetly flows on. 
 
 2 There's a beautiful city above, 
 
 With walls decked with jewels so rare, 
 With streets of pure, bright, shining gold, 
 With which nothing on earth may compare. 
 
 3 There are beautiful mansions above, 
 
 Prepared by the Saviour for those 
 Who look for salvation to him, 
 And on himself only repose. 
 
 4 There's a beautiful anthem above 
 
 Which the glorified ever shall sing, 
 Whose notes as they swell through the heavens. 
 Sweet praise to the Saviour shall bring. 
 
 5 There are beautiful angels above 
 
 Surrounding the throne of the Lamb, 
 Whose service — blest service — it is 
 To worship, unceasing, his name. 
 
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 6 And all these bright, beautiful things, 
 And more than the heart can conceive 
 Are offered by God in his love 
 To all who on Jesus believe. 
 
 THE QUEEN'S DECISION. 
 ( Adapted to Concert Exercise, " The Name of yesus."^ 
 
 Once upon a time, long ago, the Queen of Language sent 
 forth a proclamation that on such a day there would be a con- 
 vention of all classes of people, who might take her trusty ser- 
 vants, the alphabet, consisting of twenty-four letters, and the 
 one who should form the sweetest word should be seated next 
 to the Queen and receive a crown of gold. 
 
 Far and wide the proclamation went, and multitudes began 
 to study what word they would form. But lest somebody else 
 should select his chosen word, every one kept silent and only 
 looked wise, as much as to say : " I know something, if I only 
 chose to tell." 
 
 At length the day arrived, and there was the Queen, and 
 there the crown and the alphabet, and all the multitude. The 
 question now was, who should first spell what he considered 
 the most beautiful word in the world. So the Queen told them 
 all to carefully write their word, and fold it up, and cast it into 
 a box which she had prepared. She would then draw them out 
 by lot, read the word aloud, call upon the writer to stand up, 
 and she would then decide upon each. So she drew all the 
 multitude close around her, and all were hushed and silent, 
 when she put in her hand and drew out a paper. On opening 
 it, she read aloud " Money !" 
 
 "Whose is this?" asked the Queen. 
 
 " It is mine," said an old hard-faced miser. 
 
 " And why do you think this the sweetest word in the human 
 language?" she said. 
 
 " Because, madam, money is what all want, all toil for, and 
 all rejoice over. It will buy anything, do anything, and, as the 
 good book says, ' money answereth all things.' It is the sweetest 
 word ever spoken." 
 
 " I beg leave to differ from you, sir. You pervert the mean- 
 ing of the good book. You say money will do anything, and 
 procure anything. Is that so? Will it raise the sick man from 
 a bed of pain? Will it cheer or save the dying man? Will it 
 
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 heal a wounded conscience? Will it restore the dead babe to 
 its mother's arms? Will it open the door of heaven to the soul, 
 or make immortality blessed? No ! It is a slippery servant to 
 minister to the wants of the body, or to raise the pride, or to 
 pamper the appetites, or a hard master to grind the poor. It 
 is anything but the sweetest word." 
 
 She then put her hand again into the box and drew out a 
 paper, on which was written the word " Honor." 
 
 "Who claims this?" 
 
 " I do," said a fine-looking young man, dressed in splendid 
 military garments. 
 
 "And what is your plea for your favorite word?" said the 
 Queen. 
 
 " Why, madam, it seems to me too plain for argument. The 
 child at school, the boy on the play-ground, the parent in plan- 
 ning for his child, the scholar in wasting life over his books, the 
 sailor in risking his life on the stormy ocean, the politician in 
 wrestling for position, and the soldier rushing up to the can- 
 non's mouth, all are witnesses that honor is the word, above all 
 others, that is sweetest to the human ear." 
 
 "You plead well," said the Queen, "but I cannot agree with 
 you. Honor is a powerful instrument with which to move men 
 to effort and action. But you will notice that it appeals to and 
 cultivates supreme selfishness in the heart, shuts out domestic 
 affections, tramples on the most sacred rights of others, seeks 
 its place through fields of blood, and often fills nations with 
 wailing. I cannot allow you the premium, sir." 
 
 Again the fair hand of the Queen drew from the box, and on 
 the paper was written the word " Love." 
 
 " Whose may this be?" asked the Queen in a softened voice. 
 
 " Mine, madam," said a young man, whose face was glowing 
 -with excitement, while a thousand youths around him, and as 
 many bright-eyed maidens, seemed ready to shout. 
 
 "And your reasons, sir?" 
 
 " It is not a matter of reason, madam, but it is the verdict of 
 the mother over her babe, of that babe as soon as he can return 
 her smile, of the child longing for home, of the widow in her 
 desolation, of youth seeking the dearest friend the earth knows, 
 of age leaning upon the child for support. It is sung in the 
 songs of the birds, echoed in the notes of the mourning dove, 
 and it thrills in the language of every living thing. We have 
 reason to believe that it reaches the angels of heaven." 
 
 " A strong plea certainly," said the Queen ; "but I must have 
 time to think further upon it before I decide." 
 
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 Once more she drew from the box, and the word was read 
 amid great silence, "Jesus." 
 
 "Whose is this?" said the Queen, in a low, soft tone. 
 
 " I wrote it," said a sweet little girl, almost sinking under 
 the eyes that were turned upon her. 
 
 "And can you, my child, tell me the reasons why you think 
 Jesus the sweetest word in the world?" 
 
 " No ; I only feel so." 
 
 " Truly, little one, you feel right. There is no attribute of 
 humanity, no beauty of character, no greatness in our idea, 
 nothing exalted, refined, gentle, loving, or good, which is not 
 found in him. He is riches, and honor, and glory, and love in 
 its deepest meaning. There has been no language found on 
 earth, into which Jesus cannot be introduced, untranslated. 
 The Jew, the Greek, the Hottentot, and the refined nations of 
 the earth all sing the same name. It is the sweetest word on 
 earth, and probably the sweetest in heaven ! Come, little child, 
 and sit by my side and receive this golden crown — faint em- 
 blem of the crown which Jesus will one day place upon thy 
 head !"— Rev. John Todd, from Nat. S. S. Teactur. 
 
 THE MOUNTAINS OF THE BIBLE. 
 
 1 Beautiful mountains that point us to heaven, 
 Showing the love that to mortals is given, 
 Teaching us truly the way we should go ; 
 Resting, believing, obeying below, 
 Praying, repenting, and happy alway — 
 These are the lessons ye teach us to-day. 
 
 2 Mountain of rest, where the waters were stayed. 
 Mountains of refuge, where Israel strayed, 
 When in our weary way all tempest tossed, 
 Each cherished hope we had seen to be lost ; 
 Then, on Mount Ararat, see we with joy, 
 
 His bow of beauty " I will not destroy." 
 
 3 Mountain of promise, "the Lord will provide," 
 Abram with Isaac and God glorified ; 
 Mountain of worship, where thousands of feet 
 Hasted to offer their incense so sweet ; 
 Doubting and daring God's ways to impeach, 
 Sweet are the lessons Moriah will teach. 
 
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 Mountain of conflict, where David prevailed, 
 Where mocking Jebusites signally failed ; 
 In all our strivings with error and sin, 
 Foes from without and the foes from within, 
 How glad we hear, "As Mount Zion shall be, 
 They that trust in the Lord," he maketh free. 
 
 Mountain of prayer, where the Saviour could say 
 
 " Father, thy will, not mine own," I obey ; 
 
 Here may we learn all our burdens to bear, 
 
 Here lighten sorrows and lessen our care ; 
 
 All in the dark we to Olivet go, 
 
 But heaven's own light will our Father bestow. 
 
 6 Mountain of sacrifice, solemn and grand ! 
 Penitent must all at Calvary stand ; 
 God in his holiness dying for sin, 
 Opens the portals that sinners pass in, 
 Takes all our guilt away, makes us his own 
 Oh, shall such love as this vainly atone ? 
 
 Mountain immortal to poor human need, 
 Hermon, that tells of " Christ risen indeed ;" 
 Dying, he lives, and his children shall live 
 Amid all the bliss that his heaven can give, 
 Ah, we can bear all the woes of this now 
 In hope of glories, that circle thy brow. 
 
 O sacred mountains, while here we may stay. 
 Oft to thy summits our willing feet stray, 
 Ararat whispers of rest, sweet and true,' 
 On Mount Moriah our faith we renew ; 
 Zion forbids, that in conflict we fail, 
 Olivet makes all our prayers to prevail ; 
 Calvary gives us a Saviour so fond, 
 -Hermon a glimpse of the glory beyond ; 
 Beautiful mountains, ye teach us to-day, 
 Christ is our all in all now and for aye. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. J. Smith. 
 
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 OUR WORK IS HERE. 
 No crown awaits us but that for which we've borne a cross. 
 
 1 We must either meet or miss him, 
 
 As we pass from earth away ; 
 We shall either gain or lose him, 
 
 In this tenement of clay ; 
 For 'tis here his work lies open, 
 
 Not in heaven — the crown is there ; 
 Earth the cross holds, which for Jesus 
 
 We must without murmuring bear. 
 
 2 We must wait, and watch, and labor, 
 
 Striving well Christ's work to do ; 
 Tending e'er our journey heavenward, 
 
 Treading every footstep true ; 
 Bearing well each other's burdens, 
 
 Leaving treasures on the way ; 
 Scattering golden life immortelles 
 
 That will never fade away. 
 
 3 Let us onward then for Jesus, 
 
 Let us gird his armor on ; 
 Ever praying, as we're marching, 
 
 That " his will alone be done." 
 Then we will not miss our Saviour, 
 
 But we'll meet him on the way, 
 As we pass to yonder mansion 
 
 Where the heavenly sunbeams play. 
 
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 II.— RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the 
 
 ungodly, 
 ( A T or standeth in the way of sinners, 
 ■ j Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
 
 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; 
 
 And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
 
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 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 
 
 That bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
 His leaf also shall not wither ; 
 
 And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
 
 4 The ungodly are not so : 
 
 But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 
 
 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, 
 
 Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 
 
 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
 
 But the way of the migodly shall perish. 
 
 PSALM VIII. 
 
 l(0 Lord, our Lord, 
 "I How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! 
 Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 
 
 2 I Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained 
 < strength, 
 
 ( Because of thine enemies, 
 
 That thou Slightest still the enemy and the avenger. 
 
 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, 
 
 The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained / 
 
 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? 
 
 And the son of matt, that thou visiiest him? 
 
 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, 
 
 And hast crowned him with glory and honor. 
 
 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy 
 
 hands ; 
 Thou hast put all things under his feet: 
 
 7 All sheep and oxen, 
 
 Yea, and the beasts of the field ; 
 
 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
 
 And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 
 
 9 O Lord, our Lord, 
 
 How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! 
 
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 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 1 The earth is (he Lord's, and the fullness thereof; 
 
 The world and t/uy that dwell therein. 
 
 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas. 
 
 And establislied it upon tlie Jloods. 
 
 3 Who shall ascend imo the hill of the Lord ? 
 
 And who shall stand in his holy place ? 
 
 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; 
 
 j Who hiith not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 
 \ Nor sworn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 
 
 And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 
 ■6 This is the generation of them that seek him, 
 
 That seek thy face, O Jacob. 
 7 j Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
 
 ( And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors ; 
 And the King of Glory shall come in. 
 S Who is this King of Glory ? 
 
 The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle, 
 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye ever- 
 lasting doors; 
 And the King of Glory shall come in. 
 IO Who is this King of Glory? 
 
 The Lord of LLosts, fie is the Kingof Glory. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 T Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place, 
 
 Ln all generations. 
 ■2 ( Before the mountains were brought forth, 
 \ Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world. 
 
 Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 
 
 3 Thou turnest man to destruction ; 
 
 And sayest, Return, ye children of men. 
 
 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when 
 
 it is past, 
 And as a watch in the night. 
 
 5 Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : 
 
 In tlie morning they are like grass which groweth up ; 
 
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 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up , 
 
 In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 
 
 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, 
 
 And by thy wrath we are troubled. 
 
 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, 
 
 Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 
 
 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : 
 
 We spend our years as a tale that is told. 
 
 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; 
 
 And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years. 
 Yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; 
 For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 
 
 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? 
 
 Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 
 
 12 So teach us to number our days, 
 
 That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 
 
 13 Return, O Lord, how long ? 
 
 And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 
 
 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; 
 
 That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
 
 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast 
 
 afflicted us, 
 And the years wherein we have seen evil. 
 
 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, 
 
 And thy glory unto their children. 
 
 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : 
 
 And establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; 
 Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 
 
 PSALM CIII. 
 
 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul : 
 
 And all t/iat is within me, bless his holy name. 
 
 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
 
 And forget not all his benefits : 
 
 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
 
 Who healeth all thy diseases ; 
 
 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 
 
 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies / 
 
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 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; 
 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 
 
 6 The Lord executeth righteousness, 
 
 And judgment for all that are oppressed. 
 
 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
 
 His acts unto the child7-en of Israel. 
 
 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious. 
 
 Slow to anger and plenteous in mercy. 
 
 9 He will not always chide . 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
 
 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; 
 
 Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities 
 
 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth. 
 
 So great is his mercy toward them that fea> fc/v» 
 
 12 As far as the east is from the west, 
 
 So far hath he removed our transgressions front us. 
 
 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
 
 So the Lord pitieth them that far him. 
 
 14 For he knoweth our frame ; 
 
 He retnembereth that we are dust. 
 
 15 As for man, his days are as grass : 
 
 Asa flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 
 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; 
 
 And the place tlu-reof shall know it no more. 
 if But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting 
 upon them that fear him. 
 
 psalm cxix. 97-105. 
 
 97 Oh how love I thy law ■ 
 
 It is my meditation all the day. 
 
 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than 
 
 mine enemies : 
 For they are ever with me. 
 
 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: 
 
 For thy testimonies arc my meditation. 
 
 100 I understand more than the ancients, 
 
 Because I keep thy precepts. 
 
 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, 
 
 That I might keep thy word. 
 
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 102 I have not departed from thy judgments, 
 
 For thou hast taught me. 
 
 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! 
 
 Yea, sweeter than honey to 7tiy mouth. 
 
 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding : 
 
 Therefore I hate every false way. 
 
 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 
 
 And a light tinto my path. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, 
 
 Which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 
 
 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, 
 
 So the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth even 
 for ever. 
 
 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the 
 
 righteous ; 
 Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 
 
 4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, 
 
 And to them that are upright in their hearts. 
 
 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, 
 
 The Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: 
 But peace shall be upon Israel. 
 
 ISAIAH XI. I-9. 
 
 i And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, 
 And a branch shall grow out of his roots : 
 
 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
 
 The spirit of wisdom and understanding, 
 The spirit of counsel and might, 
 
 The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; 
 
 3 And shall make him of quick understanding, 
 
 Ln the fear of the Lord : 
 And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 
 Neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 
 
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 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, 
 
 And reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. 
 And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, 
 And with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 
 
 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, 
 
 And faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 
 
 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, 
 
 And the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; 
 And the calf, and the young lion, and the falling together ; 
 And a little child shall lead them. 
 
 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall 
 
 lie down together ; 
 And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 
 
 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, 
 
 And the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' 
 
 den. 
 <) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ; 
 For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as 
 
 tlie waters cover the sea. 
 
 ISAIAH LV. 1-7. 
 
 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, 
 
 And he that hath no money ; come ye, buy and eat ; 
 Yea, come, buy wine and milk, 
 
 Without money and wi thou t price. 
 
 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? 
 
 And your labor for that which satis fieth not? 
 Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good. 
 And let your soul delight itself in fatness. 
 
 3 Incline your ear, and rome unto me ; 
 
 Hear, and your soul shall live : 
 And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, 
 Even the sure mercies of David. 
 
 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, 
 
 A leader and commander to the people. 
 
 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, 
 
 And nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee. 
 
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 Because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel ; 
 For he hath glorified thee. 
 
 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, 
 
 Call ye upon him while he is near : 
 
 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, 
 
 And the unrighteous man his thoughts : 
 And let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy 
 upon him ; 
 And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 
 THE BEATITUDES. 
 
 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain ; 
 and when he was set, his disciples came unto him : 
 
 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 
 
 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom 
 of heaven. 
 
 4 Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 
 
 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 
 
 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteous- 
 ness : for they shall be filled. 
 
 7 Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 
 
 8 Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 
 
 g Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the 
 children. of God. 
 
 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' 
 sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile ycu, and persecute 
 you. and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my 
 sake. 
 
 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward 
 in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which were 
 before you. 
 
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 THE APOSTLES CREED. 
 
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven 
 and earth : 
 
 And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord ; Who was con- 
 ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered 
 under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He 
 descended into hell ; [i. e. continued under the power of death.] The 
 third day he rose from the dead ; He ascended into heaven, 
 And sitteth on the right hand of GOD the Father Almighty; 
 From thence he shall come to judge both the quick and the 
 dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church ; 
 The Communion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The 
 Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen. 
 
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 THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
 ( To either 0/ the foregoing chants.) 
 
 1 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed | be Thy | name. 
 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on | earth •■ as it | is 
 
 in I heaven. 
 
 2 Give us this day our | dai-ly | bread. 
 
 And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive | them that | 
 trespass •• a- | gainst us. 
 
 3 And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver | us from | evil : 
 For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for- | 
 
 e-ver. | A= | men. 
 
 THE SAVIOUR. 
 
 1 And Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not 
 
 to I come ■• unto | me ; 
 For of I such •• is the | kingdom •• of | heaven. 
 
 2 He shall feed his | flock •• like a | shepherd : 
 
 He shall gather the lambs with his arm and | carry •• them | 
 in his I bosom. 
 
 3 I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing up- | on 
 
 thine | offspring ; 
 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as | willows •• 
 by the | wa - ter- | courses. 
 
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 Glory be to the Father, and | to the | Son, \ and | to the | 
 Ho-ly I Ghost; 
 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever •• shall | be, || 
 world J with -out ) end. A- | men. 
 
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 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 1 Oh sing unto the | Lord •• a new | song; J for he | hath 
 
 done I marvel -ous | things. 
 
 2 With his own right hand, and with his | ho-ly | arm, || hath 
 
 he I gotten •• him- | self the | victory. 
 
 3 The Lord declared | his sal- | vation ; || his righteousness 
 
 hath he openly showed | in the | sight •• of the | heathen. 
 
 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the | house 
 
 of I Israel ; || and all the ends of the world have seen the 
 sal- I va-tion | of our | God. 
 
 5 Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, | all ye | lands. | sing, 
 
 re- I joice, and | give= | thanks. 
 
 6 Praise the Lord up- | on the | harp ; | sing to the harp with 
 
 a I psalm of | thanks= | giving. 
 
 7 With trumpets, | also, •• and | shawms, | Oh show yourself 
 
 joyful be- | fore the | Lord, the | king. 
 
 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that | there - in | is ; | the 
 
 round world, and | they that | dwell there- | in. 
 
 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful 
 
 together be- | fore the | Lord ; [ for he | cometh •• to | 
 judge the I earth. 
 
 10 With righteousness shall he | judge the | world, J and the J 
 
 peo-ple I with= | equity. 
 Glory be to the Father, and | to the | Son, J and | to the | 
 
 Ho-ly I Ghost , 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever-- shall | be. J 
 
 world I with -out | end. A- | men. 
 
CHANTS, ETC. 
 
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 1 The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament 
 
 sheweth his | han •• dy- | work. || 
 
 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and | night unto- -night | 
 
 shew-eth | knowledge. 
 
 3 There is no speech nor language, where their | voice • • is 
 
 not | heard || 
 
 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their ] 
 
 words • • to the | end • • of the | world. 
 
 .5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a 
 
 bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as 
 
 a strong man to | run a | race. || 
 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit 
 
 unto the ends of it: and there is nothing | hid-- from 
 
 the | heat there- | of. 
 
 -7 The law of the Lord is perfect, con- | verting •• the | soul: fl 
 the testimony of the Lord is | sure, •• making | wise the | 
 simple. 
 
 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, re- | joicing-- the= 1 
 
 heart : || the commandment of the Lord is | pure, en- j 
 lightening ■• the | eyes. 
 
 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, en- | during ■• for | ever: || 
 
 the judgments of the Lord are | true and | righteous •• 
 alto- | gether. 
 
 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine 
 
 gold : sweeter also than honey, and the | hon - ey- | 
 comb. || 
 
 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping 
 
 of | them, •• there is | great re- | ward. 
 
 12 Who can under- 
 from I se-cret 
 
 stand his | errors?'! cleanse thou 
 faults. 
 
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 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; let 
 
 them not have do- | min-ion | over me: || then shall I 
 be upright, and I shall be innocent | from the | great 
 trans- | gression. 
 
 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart 
 
 be acceptable | in thy | sight, f O Lord, my | strength, 
 and I my re- | deemer. 
 
 1 There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch 
 
 over their | flock by | night. 
 
 2 And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the 
 
 glory of the Lord shone round about them, and | they 
 were | sore a- | fraid. 
 
 3 And the angel said unto them, Fear not ; for behold, I bring 
 
 you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to | all= | 
 people. 
 
 4 For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a | 
 
 Saviour, ■ ■ who is | Christ the | Lord. 
 
 5 A-nd suddenly there was with the angel, a multitude of* the 
 
 heavenly host, praising | God, and | saying : 
 
 6 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth | peace, good | 
 
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 1 Praise the Lord, | O my | soul ;J and all that is within me, | 
 
 praise his | ho-ly | name. 
 
 2 Trahe the Lord, | O my | soul ;J and for- | get not | all his | 
 
 benefits. 
 
 3 Whoforgiveth | all thy | sin, || andhealeth | all= | thine in- | 
 
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 strength ; || ye that fulfill his commandment, and hearken 
 unto the | voice= | of his | word. 
 
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 that I do his | pleasure. 
 
 7 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places 
 
 of I his do- I minion : || Praise thou the | Lord,= | 
 O my j soul. 
 
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 BLESSED BE THE LORD. 
 
 1 Blessed be the Lord | God of | Israel. || for he hath visited. | 
 
 and re- | deemed his | people , 
 
 2 And hath raised up a mighty sal- | va-tion | for us || in the | 
 
 house •• of his | ser-vant | David • 
 
 3 Ashe spake by the mouth of his | ho-ly | prophets. || which 
 
 have been | since the | world be- | gan , 
 
 4 That we should be saved I from our | enemies || and from 
 
 the j hand of | all that j hate us. 
 Glorv be to the Father, and | to the | Son, || and | to the | 
 
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 1 Oh come, let us sing un- | to the | Lord. || lei us heartily rejoice 
 
 in the I strength of | our sal- | vation 
 
 2 Let us come before his presence j with thanks- | giving ! and 
 
 show ourselves | glad in j him with | psalm.,. 
 
 3 For the Lord is a | great= | God. | and a great | King a- | 
 
 bove all | gods. 
 
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 4 In his hand are all the corners | of the | earth ; || and the 
 
 strength of the | hills is | his= | also. 
 
 5 The sea is his, | and he | made it ; || and his hands pre- | 
 
 pared the | dry= | land. 
 
 6 Oh come, let us worship | and fall | down, || and kneel be- | 
 
 fore the | Lord our | Maker. 
 
 7 For he is the | Lord our | God, || and we are people of his 
 
 pasture, and the | sheep of | his= | hand. 
 
 8 Oh worship the Lord in the | beauty •• of | holiness; || let the 
 
 whole earth | stand in | awe of | him. 
 Q For he cometh, for he cometh to | judge the | earlh ; || and 
 
 witli righteousness to judge the world, and the | peo-ple | 
 
 with his I truth. 
 Glory be to the Father, and | to the | Son, || and | to the | 
 
 Ho-ly I Ghost; 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever •• shall | be ; J 
 
 world I with -out | end. A- | men. 
 
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 1 The Lord is my shepherd ; I | shall not | want. || He maketh 
 
 me to lie down in green pastures ; he leadeth me be- | 
 side the | still= | waters. 
 
 2 He restoreth my soul ; he leadeth me in the paths of righteous- 
 
 ness for his I name's= | sake. || Yea, though I walk 
 through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no 
 evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy | staff they | 
 com - fort I me. 
 
 3 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine 
 
 enemies, thou anointest my head with oil : my | cup -• 
 runneih | over. || Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 
 ms all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the 
 house of the | Lord, for | ever. ■■ A- | men. 
 
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 1 Come unto me all ye that labor and are | hea - vy | laden, \ 
 
 and | I will | give you | rest. 
 
 2 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek 
 
 and | lowly- -in | heart: || and ye shall find | rest 
 un- | to your | souls. 
 
 3 For my yoke is easy, and my | burden •• is | light, J For my 
 
 yoke is easy, | and my | burden •• is | light. 
 
 4 And the Spirit and the bride say, come. And let him that | 
 
 hearelh •• say. | come. || And let him that is athirst 
 come; and whosoever will, let him take the | water- 
 of | life= | freely. 
 
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 1 God be merciful unto | us, and | bless us, \ and show us the 
 
 light of his countenance, and be | mer-ci- | ful un- | to us. 
 
 2 That thy way maybe | known •• upon | earth, || thy saving | 
 
 health a- | mong all | nations. 
 
 3 Let the people praise | thee, O | God 
 peo - pie I praise thee. 
 
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 4- Oh let the nations rejoice | and be | glad, || for thou shalt 
 judge the folk righteously, and govern the | na-tions | 
 
 up -on I earth. 
 
 5 Let the people praise | thee, O | God : (] yea, let | all the | 
 
 peo - pie I praise thee. 
 
 6 Then shall the earth bring | forth her | increase : || and God, 
 
 even our own | God shall | give us ■■ his | blessing. 
 
 7" God= shall | bless us, || and all the ends of the | world shall | 
 fear= | him. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and | to the | Son, | and | to the | 
 
 Ho - ly I Ghost ; 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ever •• shall | be, |] 
 
 world I with -out | end. A- j men. 
 
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 I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES. — PSALM CXXI. 
 
 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence | cometh •• 
 
 my I help. || 
 
 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made | heaven -• and | 
 
 earth. 
 
 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that keepeth 
 
 thee I will not | slumber. || 
 
 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither | slumber •• nor | 
 
 sleep. 
 
 5 The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is thy shade upon thy | 
 
 right= I hand, || 
 <5 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the | moon by | 
 night. 
 
 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he shall pre- | 
 
 serve thy | soul. || 
 
 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, 
 
 from this time forth, and even for ever more. | A== | men. 
 
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