and he is the judge of all men. It is God who maketh poor and maketh rich; the whole heavens, earth, and sea, are full of his glory, and riches, and majesty, and he will rule over all for ever and ever. There is none worthy to be compared to God; there is none like him, in heaven above or in the earth beneath.

Questions.-Who is the right owner of all things that are? [Ans. God.] Why do all things properly belong to God? [Ans. Because be created them.] Where is God at all times? [Ans. In all places.] What can be hidden from God? [Ans. Nothing.] Does God know all we do? [Ans, Yes.] Does God know all we say? [Ans. Yes.] Does God know even the thoughts of our hearts? [Ans. Yes. What does God do both in heaven and in earth? Ans. Whatsover he pleases.] Is not God a most wonderful being? [Ans. Yes.] What is full of the glory, and riches, and majesty of God? [Ans. The heaven, and the earth, and the sea.] How long will God rule over all things? [Ans. For ever and ever.] Is there any one in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, worthy to be compared to God? [Ans. No.]

Instruction.-We cannot sec God, he has not bodily parts as we have, for he is a spirit. God was always, and there never will come a time when there will be no God. He will be for ever and ever. God is blessed and happy in himself. He is good and doeth good at all times. God is just and holy. He rewards the good and punishes the wicked. God is true and faithful, and performs all his promises. Wickedness is hateful to him. God is great, and good, and wise, and powerful, and holy, and just, beyond what we can possibly think. God is a heavenly Father to those who try to please him; they are his children. He loves and blesses them, and has promised to reward them with good things; but those who do not try to please God, are wicked; God will not love them, but will punish them.

Questions.-Can we see God? [Ans. No.] Why not? [Ans. Because God is a spirit.] Was there ever a time when there was no God? [As No.] Will there ever come a time when there will be no God? [Ans. No.] Is not God always good? Ans. Yes.] Whom will God reward? [Ans. Good people.] Whom will he punish? [Ans. The wicked.] What is God to those who try to please him? [Ans. A heavenly Father.] What are they to God? [Ans. His children.] What has God promised to do for them? [Ans. Reward them.] With what will God reward them? [Ans. Good things.] What are those who do not try to please God? [Ans. Wicked.] What will God do to the wicked! Ans. Punish them.]

LECTURE II,

On Religious and Moral Duties.

Instruction. It is not enough to shew that there is a God, and that he is the Creator, the Preserver, and the Governor of all things. We must fear and love him, and try to please him. We must be afraid of doing any thing to offend our heavenly Father, lest we lose his favour, and bring punishment upon ourselves. God is in all places; he sees all we do, hears all we say, and knows the most secret thoughts of our hearts; nothing can be hidden from him. But if we fear God, we shall take care not to do or say any thing that we know will displease him. We have great cause to love God for all the good things we have, nay our life itself came from God. If God had not created us, there would never have been such creatures as mankind. If God did not constantly provide for us, we could not live from one minute to another.

Questions-Where is God at all times? [Ans. In all places.] What does God see? Ans. All we do.] What should this make us afraid of doing? [Ans. Bad things.] What does God hear? Ans. All we say.] What should this make us afraid of saying? Ans. Bad words.] What can be hidden from God? [Ans. Nothing.] What will God do to us if we do bad things and say bad words? [Ans. Punish us.] Should not we fear God then? [Ans. Yes.] Have not we great cause to love God as well as to fear him? [Ans. Yes.] What did God do for us first of all? [Ans. Create us.] Was it not very good of God to create mankind? [Ans. Yes.] Are not you glad that God created you? [Ans. Yes.] Is it not a good thing to be alive? [Ans. Yes.] Should you like to give up your life? [Ans. No.] Should not you love your Creator then? [Ans. Yes.] What would have become of all mankind if, after they were created, God had not provided for them? [Ans. They would have perished. Could they have created food for themselves? [Ans. No.] Could they have created clothing or any of the necessaries of life. [Ans. No.] Should not you love God for providing for you? [Ans. Yes.]

Instruction-As we can have nothing but what comes from God, God requires us to pray to him, that is, beg him of his great goodness to give us what we want to keep us alive, and to make us comfortable and happy; and God has promised that he will give to those who love and fear him, and pray to him, everything that is best for them. God also requires us to thank

bim for all the good things he bestows upon us; we cannot do any thing for God, because God is the greatest of all beings, and we are poor weak creatures. All things belong to God; he does not stand in need of any thing from us bis creatures, neither have we any thing that we can properly call our own to offer to him; but God is so good as to accept of our thanks in return for the blessings and mercies bestowed upon us.

Questions. What is meant by praying to God? [Ans. Begging to God to give us good things.] Why does God require us to pray to him? [Ans. To shew that we know all things come from him.] What has God promised to give to those who pray to him? [Ans. What is best for them.] What should we do besides praying to God? [Ans. Thank him.] What should we thank God for? Ans. All the good things he bestows upon us.] Have we any thing besides thanks to offer to God? [Ans. No.] Is not God very good to accept such a poor return as our thanks? [Ans. Yes.]

Instruction.-Another thing which God requires, from us is, that we should keep the sabbath day holy. The sabbath day is the seventh day of the week. God created the world and all things in it in six days, and he rested, that is, left off creating, on the seventh day; and God set that day apart as his own day, and it is called the LORD'S DAY. On that day all our worldly business is to be laid aside, and all idle sports and pastimes; and we are to spend the Sabbath in a holy, religious manner; that is, in going to church, and learning our duty. These are the pleasantest of all employments. Those who pass the Sab bath day in this manner find it the happiest day in the week, though Sabbath-breakers laugh at them for spending it so.

Questions-What day are we to keep holy? [Ans. The Sabbath day.] What day of the week is the Sabbath? [Ans, The seventh.] In how many days did God create the world and all things in it? [Ans. Six days.] What did God do on the seventh day? [Ans. Rested.] What is meant by God's resting? [Ans. God left off creating.] Whose day is the Sabbath? Ans. The Lord's day.] May we work on the Sabbath? [Ans. No.] May we follow any sports or pastimes? [Ans. No.] Where should we go on the Sabbath day? [Ans. To church.] What should we try to learn on this day? [Ans. Our duty...

Instruction.-In order to please God, children must be du tiful to their parents, that is, behave well to them, love them, and obey them, and beg their pardon when they have been guilty of any fault. Brothers and sisters must be kind to one another, or they will make God angry; they must be good

natured to every body, particularly to those who are in sickness or sorrow, for God does not own for his children any who are illnatured, but will punish them severely. We must not use any bad words. God is angry with those who swear, or tell lies, or say any kind of bad words; it is very wicked indeed to do these things.

Questions-Who must children be dutiful to? [Ans. Parents.] Who are parents? [Ans. Fathers and mothers.] Are not grandfathers and grandmothers parents also? [Ans. Yes.] What is meant by being dutiful? [Ans. Behaving well to them.] Should not children love their parents? [Aus. Yes.] Should not they obey them? [Ans. Yes.] What is meant by obeying them? [Ans. Doing as they bid them.] Is it dutiful in children to give saucy answers to their parents? [Ans. No.] What should children do when their parents correct them for their faults? [Ans. Beg pardon, and promise not to do so again.] How should brothers and sisters behave to one another? [Ans. Kindly.] Should they quarrel and fight, and call one another by bad names? [Ans. No.] How should we behave to every body? [Ans. With good nature.] Who in particular should we be ready to pity and help? [Ans. Those who are in sickness or sorrow.] Is it right to be cruel to dumb creatures? [Ans. No.] Does God love people who swear and say bad words? [Ans. No.] Is it not very wicked to do so? [Ans. Yes.] Should you like to make God angry? [Ans. No.] What words and things must you keep from speaking and doing if you would keep from making God angry? [Ans. Bad ones.] What words and things must you speak and do if you would please God? [Ans. Good ones.]

LECTURE III.

Concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, and a future Judgment. Instruction.—All mankind are sinners, that is, they very often do things which they ought not to do, and make God angry with them; children, for instance, neglect to pray to God and praise him sometimes they tell lies, or say bad words ; sometimes they are cross and ill-natured to their brothers and sisters, or their school-fellows. Whenever children do these and other naughty things, they offend God, they commit sin; but if they are sorry for their faults, and beg God's pardon, he will forgive

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them for Jesus Christ's sake, who is the Saviour and the Friend of mankind. JESUS CHRIST is the only Son of God the FATHER ALMIGHTY; he came down from heaven on purpose to save makind from everlasting death, and put them in the way of everlasting life, by dying for them, as you will learn hereafter. If Christ had not died for mankind, we should all have perished as sinners.

Questions. What are all mankind? [Ans. Sinners.] How are they sinners? [Ans. They do sinful things.] Is not God angry with those who commit sin? [Ans. Yes.] Do not children very often commit sin? [Ans. Yes.] What must those do who have committed sin? [Ans. Ask God's pardon.] For whose sake will God forgive them?, [Ans. For Jesus Christ's sake.] Who is Jesus Christ? [Ans. The only Son of God the Father Almighty.] What is he to mankind? [Ans. A Saviour and a Friend.] What did the Son of God do in order to save mankind? [Ans. He came down from heaven and died for us.] What would have become of us all if Christ had not died to save us? [Ans. We should all have perished.]

Instruction-When our Lord Jesus Christ was upon earth he set a pattern of a holy life, such as we ought all to try to lead; and he taught many things which we must believe if we wish to have God for our Father. After our Lord Jesus Christ had died for mankind, and was buried, he rose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven; and he will come again at the end of the world, to judge mankind according to their works.

Questions.What sort of life did our Lord Jesus Christ set a pattern of, when he was upon earth? [Ans. A holy life.] What surprising things did our Lord Jesus Christ do after he was dead and buried? [dns. He rose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven.] Will he ever come again? [Ans. Yes.] What will he come for? [Ans. To judge mankind according to their works ]

Instruction.---Our Lord Jesus Christ when he was upon earth taught, that after this world is at an end, there will come another world, in which good people will be happy for ever, and bad people will be tormented for ever and ever. The place for good people is called Heaven, where all the angels live in the presence of God, and the place for bad people is called Hell, where the Devil, our great enemy, and wicked spirits, dwell,

Questions-Did our Lord Jesus Christ teach that there is another world? [Ans. Yes.] How will good people be in that world? [ns. Happy for ever and ever.] How will bad people be in the next world? [Ans. Tormented for ever and ever.]