A. "Gracious is the Lord, and righteous, yea, our God is merciful."

Q. That God is just.

A.

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."

Q. Another.

A. "And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."

Q. That God is love.

A.

"He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love."

Q. Another.

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"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him."

Q. Give me a verse to prove that God sees us. A. "The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good."

Q. Another.

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"The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry."

Q. Another.

A. "Thou God seest me."

LESSON L.

Q. Give me some passages from the Bible in which birds are mentioned,-commencing with the raven.

A. And Noah sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth." "And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook." "Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls?"

Q. Repeat some in which the dove is mentiond.

A. "And Noah sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark." "Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest." "I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me." "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

Q. Now give me some verses in which the sparrow and swallow are mentioned.

A. "Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God." "I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top." "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father." "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying; so the curse causeless shall not come."

Q. Give me a verse in which the owl and the pelican are mentioned.

A. "I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert."

Q. "Now give me some passages in which several birds are mentioned.

A. "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth his appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." "Gavest Thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?" "Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?" "Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?"

Q. Now, one more about the eagle.

A. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew

their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

LESSON LI.

"God is love."

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."

'I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shåll find me."

Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Live in peace."

"Be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."

"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God. giveth thee."

"My son, attend to my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings."

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."

"Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."

"Lying lips are an abomination unto the Lord: but they that deal truly are His delight."

"All liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone."

"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another."

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right."

"Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life."

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth."

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"Every idle word that man shall speak, he shall give an account thereof at the day of judgment."

"Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ."

"Evil communications corrupt good manners."

"Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”