8. How does the Apostle John teach us that God answers the prayers of those who obey Him? 1 John

iii. 22.

9. To prayer! to prayer! for the morning breaks,

And Earth in her Maker's smile awakes:

His light is on all below and above,
The light of gladness and life and love.
Oh, then, on the breath of this early air,
Send upward the incense of grateful prayer!

To prayer! for the glorious sun is gone,
And the gathering darkness of night comes on;
Like a curtain, from God's kind hand it flows,
To shade the couch where His children repose.
Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright,
And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night.

LESSON XX.

REVERENCE.

1. What words of the Prophet express the reverence which we should feel on entering the house of God? "The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him." Habakkuk ii. 20.

2. By what name does the Lord, through His prophet Isaiah, direct that His house shall be called?

"Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people." Isaiah lvi. 7.

3. What feeling of affection do God's children have for the place where they meet to worship Him? Psalm xxvi. 8.

4. With what joy do they come together for prayer and praise?

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"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." Psalm cxxii. 1.

"I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday." Psalm xlii. 4.

5.

Lord of the worlds above,

How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of Thy love,
Thine earthly temples, are!
To Thine abode

My heart aspires,
With warm desires

To see my God.

O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear!

O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!

They praise Thee still;

And happy they

That love the way

To Zion's hill.

6. In what words does the Psalmist call upon us to

praise and worship the Lord? Psalm xcv. 1-6 and first half of seventh verse.

7. What does our Saviour teach us is the only wor ship acceptable to God? St. John iv. 24.

Part FF.

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

LESSON XXI.

THE NATURE OF GOD, AND OUR RELATIONS TO HIM.

1. What does Jesus Christ teach us of the nature of God? St. John iv. 24.

2. How did the Apostle Paul declare this same truth when he spoke to the people of Athens? Acts xvii. 24, 25.

3. What did he also say to them of God's nearness to His children?

"In Him we live and move and have our being." Acts xvii. 28.

4. In what words are we taught that one God has made and cares for all men?

"There is one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians iv. 6. O God! we praise Thee, and confess

5.

That Thou the only Lord

And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.

The holy Church throughout the world,

O Lord! confesses Thee;

That Thou eternal Father art,

Of boundless majesty.

6. By what name does Christ teach us to pray to God?

"When ye pray, say Our Father." St Luke xi. 2.

7. How does He show us that God's love, and good ness extend over all, and that only by feeling the same love can we be His children?

"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

"Be

ye

therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." St. Matthew v. 45, 48.

8. What name does God in His love give to us, if we obey Him?

"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God." 1 John iii. 1.

9. How alone can we be united to Him whose name is love?

"God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." 1 John iv. 16.

10.

God is love: His mercy brightens

All the path in which we move;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens :
God is wisdom, God is love.

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

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LESSON XXII.

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

1. How is God's care of all His creatures spoken of n David's Psalm of Praise? Psalm cxlv. 9.

2. How does the Psalmist remind us of God's watchfulness over His children? Psalm cxxi. 5, 8.

3.

God shall bless thy going out,
Shall bless thy coming in;
Kindly compass thee about,

Till thou art saved from sin.
Lean upon thy Father's breast;
He thy quiet spirit keeps :
Rest in Him, securely rest;

Thy Guardian never sleeps.

4. What words express our confidence that the Lord f is always upholding us?

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." Deut. xxxiii. 27.

5. What promise should give us courage in all time of danger and trial?

"He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Heb. xiii. 5, 6.

6. How does Christ teach us, from our Heavenly Father's care for birds and flowers, that He will much more care for us? St. Matthew vi. 26-30.