What offence are they guilty of who do so? [Ans. They mock God.] Is not that a dreadful thing? [Ans. Yes.]

LECTURE V.

On a Morning and Evening Prayer for Children.*

Instruction.-Besides the Lord's Prayer there are many other prayers written by learned and pious men for the use of those who cannot think of proper words for prayer. I will teach you one for mornings and one for evenings, which were written by a very good man; and you must take pains to learn them by heart as I repeat them to you.

THE MORNING PRAYER.

Almighty God-the maker of every thing in heaven and earth-the darkness goes away-and the day-light comes again at thy command-Thou art good-and thou doest good at all times I thank thee that thou hast taken such care of me this night-and that I am alive and well this morning-keep me, O Lord, from harm all this day long-and let me love and serve thee for ever and ever-for the sake of Jesus Christ, thy Son, and our Saviour. Amen.

Questions. Is it not a very great honour to be permitted to pray to God? [Ans. Yes] Is it enough if you just say the words of the prayer? [Ans.. No.] Of whom must you think when you say your prayers? [Ans. God.] What must you desire when you pray? [Ans. To serve and please God.] What do those do who say things to God which they do not think? [Ans. Mock God.] Who is the maker of all things in heaven and earth? Ans. God.] Who makes light and darkness? [Ans. God. Who takes care of you when you are asleep? [dns. God.] When you wake from sleep every morning what should you thank God for? [Ans. That you are alive and well.] Are you not in danger of coming to some harm every hour of the day? [Ans. Yes.] May you not come to accidents ? [Ans. Yes.] Are you not likely to do many wrong things?,

From Dr. Watts's Prayers for Children and Youth.

[Ans. Yes. Who can preserve you from them? [Ans. God.] Should you not pray to God to do so? [Ans. Yes.] For whose sake should you beseech God to keep you from harm? [Ans. For Jesus Christ's sake.] Who is Jesus Christ? [Ans. The Son of God] What is Christ to us? [Ans. Our Saviour.]

Instruction. In this short prayer you first adore God, then thank him, then pray tô him.

Questions. What do you do when you call God the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth? [Ans. Adore him.] What do you do when you say that God is good, and doeth good at all times? [Ans. Praise him.] What do you do when you say, I thank thee that thou hast taken such care of me? [Ans. Thank God.] What do you do when you beg of God to keep you from all harm? Ans. Pray to him.]

Instruction.-I will now teach you a prayer to say at night before you go to bed.

THE EVENING PRAYER.

O Lord God, thou art a God of all power and everlasting mercy; thou knowest all things, thou seest me by night as well as by day. I pray thee, for Jesus Christ's sake, forgive me my sins, and keep me safe from harm all this night while I am asleep: let me lie down under thy care, and abide for ever under thy blessing, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Amen.

Questions.-Does not God see you by night as well as by day? [Ans. Yes.] Do you not commit sin every day of your life? [Ans. Yes.] What does God require you to do in order to be forgiven? [Ans. To own my sins, and beg pardon.] Is it not very right that you should beg God's forgiveness when you have done amiss? [Ans. Yes.] Can you hope to be forgiven if you will not ask pardon? [Ans. No.] Can you take care of yourself when your eyes are closed in sleep? [Ans. No }, Can you expect God will take care of you if you will not pray to him? [Ans. No.] For whose sake should you ask God to forgive you? Ans. Christ's sake.] Can you preserve yourself from fire, thieves, and other evils? [Ans. No.] Who can do this? Ans. God.] Should you not beg of God, every night of your life, to forgive you and preserve you? [Ans. Yes.] Are not these things worth asking for? [Ans. Yes] For whose

sake should you ask all this? [Ans. Christ's.] What is Jesus Christ, that you ask in his name? [Ans. Our Saviour,] What prayer should you always end with both morning and night? Ans. The Lord's Prayer.]

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS.

What is meant by creating? [Ans. Making things from nothing.] Who is the only CREATOR? [Ans. GOD.] What are meant by creatures? [Ans. Things made by GOD.] Where is God at all times? [Ans. In all places.] What is God? [Ans. A spirit.] Who are meant by mankind? [Ans. Men, women, and children.] Why cannot we see God? [Ans. Because he is a spirit.] How long has there been a God? [Ans. Always.] How long will there be a God? [Ans. For ever.] Whom does God love? [Ans. Good people.] What does God hate? Ans. Wickedness.] What is God to good people? [Ans. A beavenly Father.] What should we be more afraid of than any thing in the world? [Ans. Making God angry.] What makes God angry? [Ans. Wickedness.] Whom should we love above all? [Ans. God.] Why should we love God above very thing and every body? [Ans. Because all good things come from God? Who is worthy to be compared to God? [Ans. No creature.] Who is the most glorious of all beings? [Ans. God.] Who serve God in heaven? [Ans. The angels.] What will God do to wicked people? [Ans. Punish them.] Whom does God love as his children? [Ans. Good people.] What does God know? Ans. All things.] What did God do for us first of all? [Ans. Create us.] Who can create besides God? [Ans. No one.] Cannot men make things? Ans. Yes.] What must men have to make what they want? [Ans. Some part of God's works.] What part of God's works must they have to make bricks and tiles for houses? [Ans. Earth.] What must they have for wood? [Ans. Trees.] Suppose a man wants a coat, or a woman á stuff gown, or any flannel things, what part of God's works must they have? [Ans. Wool.] Suppose they want linen or cotton, what must they have? [Ans. Plants.] Suppose they want victuals, from whom must it come first of all? [Ans. God.] What is meat? [Ans. The flesh of animals.] Where does milk come from? Ans. Cows.] Suppose shoes

are wanted, can they be had without God? [Ans. No.] What is leather made of? Ans. The skins of beasts.] Suppose tools are wanted, can they be had without God? [Ans. No.] Who made iron? [Ans. God.] Cannot men sow and plant corn, and trees, and all the things which grow out of the earth? [Ans. Yes.] Who made the seeds? [Ans. God.] Who makes them grow and produce more seeds? [Ans. God.] Could we have even a morsel of food, a drop of drink, or a bit of clothing, without God? Ans. No.] Who made firing? [Ans. God.] What are all mankind when they first come into the world? [Ans. Little babies.] Can they take care of themselves then? [Ans. No.] Who nurse and work for little babies, and take care of them? [Ans. Their fathers and mothers.] Who made their fathers and mothers? [Ans. God.] Have we any thing that does not come from God? [Ans. No.] What must we do every night and morning if we would have God love us and take care of us? [Ans. Pray to God.] What is meant by prayer? [Ans. Begging of God to give us good things.] When do we want God's help? [Ans. At all times.] How long can we live without God's taking care of us? [Ans. Not a moment.] What can we do to make God happier? [Ans. Nothing.] What is the only return we can make to God for all his goodness? Ans. Our thanks.] Should we ever suffer a day to pass without thanking God for his goodness? [Ans. No.] Are not life and food, and other necessary things, worth praying for? [Ans. Yes.] Could we live or get any thing if God did not see fit? [Ans. No.] Can your father or mother make you well when you are sick? [Ans. No.] Can they keep you from dying? [Ans. No.] Who can make you well, and keep you from dying? [Ans. God.] Who should you love best, your father on earth, or your Father in heaven? | Ans. My Father in heaven.] What day must we keep holy in order to please God? Ans. The Sabbath day.] What day is that? ns. Sunday.] In how many days did God create the world? [Ans. Six days.] Whose day is the seventh day? [Ans. The LORD'S DAY.] Can we expect the blessing of God if we do our own work on his day? [Ans. No.] Can children expect his blessing if they spend the Lord's day in play? [Ans. No.] Have working people time to make themselves quite clean on working days? [Ans. No.] When have they time to do so? [Ans. On Sundays.] Have they time to sit down to read and improve their minds on working days? [Ans. No.] Is not a day of rest very comfortable after six working days? [Ans. Yes] What should you return to God for appointing the Sabbath

day? [Ans. Thanks.] How should you spend it? [Ans. In learning your duty.] Which is the happiest day in the week, if you make a proper use of it? [Ans. The Sabbath.] What should you always keep from? [Ans. Wickedness.] Whom should you try to please at all times? [Ans. God.] What can be hid from God? [Ans. Nothing.] Suppose you do a fault in secret, when no creature is by, who sees you? [Ans. God.] Does God see thieves when they steal? [Ans. Yes.] Who knows when people tell lies? [Ans. God.] Can men see wickedness in the heart? [Ans. No.] Who can? [Ans. God.] Is it not very wonderful to think of the wisdom of God? [Ans, Yes.] Is it not wonderful to think of his goodness also? [Ans. Yes.] Whose house should we go to on the Sabbath day? [Ans. God's.] What place is called the house of God? [ns. Church.] Who must children be dutiful to? [Ans. Their parents.] Whom must they love next to their parents? [Ans. Brothers and sisters.] To whom may you be cross and ill-natured? [Ans. Nobody.] What words must you never say? Ans. Bad words.] What are bad words? [Ans. Swearing, and lying, and calling names.] What should we do for sick people? [Ins. Pity and help them.] Whom do people make angry when they do wicked things? [Ans. God.] Is it not a sad thing to make God angryns. Yes.]

Who is JESUS CHRIST? [Ans. The Son of God.] What is Christ to us? [Ans. A Ɛaviour and a Friend.] What will Christ save us from? [Ans. Everlasting death.] Why do we want a Saviour? [Ans. Because we are sinners.] What is meant by sin? [Ans. Doing wicked things.] What have you besides a body? Ans. A soul:] What divides the soul from the body? [Ans. Death.] What is the soul? [Ans. A spirit.] Can it be seen? [Ans. No] Do souls rot in the grave? [Ans, No.] What sort of place is heaven? [Ans. A happy place.] What sort of place is hell? [Ans. A place of torment.] For whom was hell made? [Ans. The devil and wicked people.] Who must die? [Ans. All mankind.] When shall you die? [Ans. You cannot tell.] Are you sure you shall live another day, hour, or minute? [Ans. No.] Is there a life to come after this? [Ans. Yes.] Have you a body and soul? [Ans. Yes.] Which part of you is your body? [Ans. That which can be seen.] How do you know you have a soul? [Ans. Because you can think.] What is the body when the soul is out of it? [Ans. A dead corpse.] Did our Lord Jesus Christ ever