flow are we allowed to come before God, when we come in the name of Jesus? He. 4: 14-16.

Why should we fear and honor God? Je. 10: 6, 7, 10. Why should we love God? Ps. 100: 5. Jn. 3: 16. 1 Jn. 4: 19.

How much ought we to love him? Mar. 12: 30.

Why ought we to obey him? Ps. 100: 3. 19: 7-9. Ro.

7: 12.

Why should we pray to him? Ps. 103: 13. Ja. 1: 17. Why should we praise him? Ps. 135: 3. 136: 1. 145: 9.

LESSON II

God knows all things.

Ps. CXXXIX. 1-6.

I O LORD, thou has: searched | tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou me, and known me. knowest it altogether.

2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my

WHO has searched you? v. 1.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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How does the Lord search us? Ps. 11: 4, 1. c.
What part of us does he search? 1 Ch. 28: 9, m. c.
What has God known of us? 1 Ki. 8: 39, 1. c. Ps. 44: 21.
When you sit down, who sees you? v. 2.

How then ought you to feel when you sit down?
When you rise up, who knows it?

How ought you to feel when you rise up?

Who gives you strength to rise up? Ac. 17: 28, f. o
Can you go any where, without having the eyes of the
Lord upon you? Job 34: 21.

Is there any place where you can hide yourself from
God, to do mischief? Job 34: 22.

What should you remember all the time? Ge. 16: 13.
Where does God understand your thought ? v. 2, 1. c.r
How can God understand the secret thoughts of your
heart? He. 4: 13.

What should you do, when you know God understands all your thoughts? Pr. 4: 23.KEEPY HEER What will God do in regard to the secret thoughts of your heart? Ro. 2: 16.

How does God compass our path? 2 Ch. 16: 9, f. c. Pr.

5: 21.

How does he compass our lying down? v. 18, 1. c. Ps. 3: 5.
With what is the Lord acquainted? v. 3. 1. c.

What will God do, in regard to all our ways? Ec. 12: 14.
What should we do, therefore? 1 Ki. 2: 4, m. c.
Who hears every word you speak? v. 4,

For what words will you have to give account in the day
of judgment? Mat. 12: 36.

What care, then, ought you to take of your tongue? Ps. 39: 1.

What does James say about the tongue? Ja. 3: 6.

What does James say about the difficulty of governing the tongue? Ja. 3: 7, 8.

If it is so difficult to govern the tongue, when should we begin? Pr. 22: 6.

What does James say of the man who is able to govern his tongue? Ja. 3: 2.

What are we to think of those who seem to be very reli. gious, and yet speak evil of others, and tattle and make mischief? Ja. 1: 26.

How has God beset us? v. 5.

What are underneath us? De. 33: 27.

If God should take his everlasting arms from under you
what would become of you? Ps. 104: 29.

What ought you to do, when you are supported every
moment by the hand of the Lord? Ps. 104: 33.
What has God laid upon us? v. 5, 1. c.

What are we to understand by the hand or arm of the
Lord? ANS. His power.

For what is the hand of the Lord upon them that seek
him? Ez. 8: 22, sec. c.

How is the hand of the Lord upon those that forsake him } Ez. 8:22, 1. c.

How ought we to feel, when the hand of the Lord is upon us in affliction? 1 Pe. 5: 6.

What does David say such knowledge is? v. 6.

What does he say he cannot do?

How did he feel? Ps. 131: 1.

What is there that you could not find out, if you were to search all your lifetime? Job 11: 7.

How high is the knowledge of God? Job 11: 8, f. c.
How deep is it? Job 11: 8, 1. c.

How long is it? Job 11: 9, f. c.

How broad is it? Job 11: 9, 1. c.

How ought this to make you feel? Ja. 4: 10. Ps. 8: 3, 4. As God knows all things, how ought you to receive his word? Ja. 4: 7, f. c.

How ought you to feel towards his word? Ps. 119: 20,

103.

How should you study it? Jn. 5: 39. Ac. 17: 11.

How often ought you to think of what you learn from God's word? Ps. 1: 2, 1. c. 119: 97, 1. c.

LESSON III.

God is everywhere.

Ps. CXXXIX. 7-12.

hold me.

7 Whither shall I go from thy | lead me, and thy right hand shall Spirit or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

CAN you go anywhere from the Spirit of God? v. 7. Je

23: 24.

Can you go to any place where the Lord will not br 1 Je. 23: 23.

What is it to ascend?

if you ascend up to heaven, who is there? v. 8.

How is God in heaven? Is. 57: 15. 66: 1, f. c. Ps. 103: 19
If you make your bed in hell, who will be there?
How is God in hell? Job 26: 6. Pr. 15: 11.
What is meant by the wings of the morning?
flying of the light when the sun rises.

ANs. The

How far is the sun from us? Ans. It is more than ninety-five millions of miles.

How long would it take you to count that number? Ans. If you count one every second, it would take you more than three whole years.

How long does it take the light to come this long journey to us? ANS. About eight minutes.

If you could travel as fast as that, could you go to any place where God is not? v. 10.

If you say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, wha shall even the night be? v. 11.

Can the darkness hide any thing from God? v. 12. Da 2: 22.

To whom does the night shine as the day?

Is there any difference, in the sight of God, between the darkness and the light? v. 12, 1. c.

When sinners hide their evil deeds in the dark, who sees them? Job 34: 21, 22. ·

Who is with you, when you are away from your parents? If you disobey them, who will see you?

If they do not find out your disobedience, who will find it out and punish you? Nu. 32: 23. Ps. 90: 8. 1 Co.

4: 5.

How would you feel, if you could see God? Is. 6: 5. If you would be frightened to see God, how ought you to feel about sinning against him, when he is always with you? Ps. 4: 4.

How ought we always to feel, under a sense of his pres ence? Ps. 2: 11. Je. 5: 22, f. c.

What should we do, when we know God is so near us? Is. 55: 6. Ac. 17: 27

How must we seek God, if we would find him? Je. 29: 13
In whose name must we call upon him? Jn. 14: 13.
Of what are they in danger who forget the presence of
God? Ps. 50: 22.

LESSON IV.

God is great and good. He can do what he pleases.
JE. XXXII. 17-19.

17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou | hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

18 Thou showest loving-kindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them:

The Great, The Mighty God, The
LORD of hosts, is his name;

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men; to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Who has made the heaven and the earth? v. 17. Ge. 1: 1. What is here meant by the heaven? ANs. The sky, or the place where the clouds and the stars are. Ge. 1: 6-8.

By what has God made the heaven and the earth?
How large do you think the earth is?

When you look up to the sky, what do you see?

How large is the sun? ANs. One million four hundred thousand times larger than the earth.

What are the stars? ANs. Some of them are suns, and some of them are worlds, like the earth.

How large are they? ANs. Some of them are many times larger than the earth.

Did you ever try to count them?
Can you tell how many there are?
Who made them all? Ge. 1: 16.

Is this all that God has made? Job 26: 13, 14.

If these are only parts of God's works, how great must he be himself?

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