Soon for me the light of day Shall forever pass away; Then from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee! Thou, from Thy eternal throne, BISHOP DOANE. FOR SCRIPTURE READING. For practice in the various forms of Scripture reading, the following-named chapters and parts of chapters are recommended. As every one in this Christian age is supposed to possess a copy of the Bible, it is not necessary that the portions to which attention is directed have insertion here. JUDAH'S APPEAL TO JOSEPH.-Genesis, 44th chapter. SONG OF MOSES AND MIRIAM.-Exodus, 15th chapter. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.-I Kings, 8th chapter. THE PARTING OF NAOMI WITH HER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW.Ruth, 1st chapter. THE DOWNFALL OF HAMAN.-Esther, 7th chapter. THE DOOM OF BABYLON.-Isaiah, 13th chapter. CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT.-Matthew, 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters. PARABLE OF THE SOWER.-Matthew, 13th chapter, 1st to 30th verses. PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.-Matthew, 25th chapter, 14th to 46th verses. PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.-Luke, 15th chapter, 11th to 32d verses. PARTING WORDS OF JESUS.-John, 14th chapter. PAUL'S DEFENSE BEFORE AGRIPPA.-Acts, 26th chapter, 1st to 29th verses. PAUL'S ARGUMENT FOR THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE.-Romans, 8th chapter. PAUL'S ARGUMENT ON THE RESURRECTION.-I Corinthians, 15th chapter. THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE REDEEMED.-Revelations, 22d chapter. Shoemaker's Best Selections For Readings and Recitations. Num. bers 1 to 25 now issued. Teachers, Readers, Students, and all persons who have occasion to use books of this kind, concede this to be the best series of speakers published. The different numbers are compiled by leading elocutionists of the country, who have exceptional facilities for securing selec tions and whose judgment as to their merits is invaluable. No trouble or expense is spared to obtain the very best readings and recitations, and much material is used by special arrangement with other publishers, thus securing the best selections from such American authors as Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, Lowell, Emerson, Alice and Phoebe Cary, Mrs. Stowe, and many others. The foremost English authors are also represented, as well as the leading French and German writers. The series is not only valuable for the readings and recitations it contains, but is also an attractive addition to the home library, as the selections make interesting reading as short stories. Paper binding, each 30 cents; cloth, 50 cents. SPECIAL-For a limited time we are offering the full set of 25 numbers, in paper binding, at the special price of $5.00, and in cloth binding, at $8.35. For brief descriptions of a few of the most popular pieces in each number of this series, see pages immediately following. It is not to be understood that the pieces described are the only ones in the book. Each number contains from seventy-five to one hundred pieces. NUMBER The Monster Cannon, by Victor Huga The Painter of Seville. Strong and very popular. Parrhassius and the Captive, by N. P. Willis. Dramatic. Poor Little Jim. Pathetic story of the mines. Power of Habit, by John B. Gough, Striking temperance selection. Reaching the Early Train, by Max Adler. Humorous. Reply to Mr. Corry, by H. Grattan. Forensic oratory. Rock of Ages. Contains singing parts. Signs and Omens. German dialect, The Three Fishers, by Charles Kings The Vagabonds, by J. T. Trowbridge, Pathetic, dramatic, and always ac ceptable. Woman, by Tennyson. A pleasing tribute to the sex. FOUR The Ghost. Sometimes known as "Abel Law's Ghost." Quaint Yankee humor. Grandmother's Story. An old wo man's story of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Great Beef Contract, by Mark Twain. Exceedingly humorous. Judge Pitman on Various Kinds of Weather, by Max Adler. Humorous Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson. A very popular recisation describing an incident of the Civil War. A Leap Year Wooing, by David Macrae. A Man's a Man for a' That, by Robert |