LESSONS. 9. The waters at the command of God brought forth abundantly, ver. 21.-We should never do our duties grudgingly, but always abound in the work of God. 10. God blessed his creatures, ver. 22.—We sh ›uld never be unkind or cruel to animals. 11. God made all the animals, ver. 25.-We should acknowledge God's goodness in every benefit we enjoy from the substance or service of animals. 12. Man was made after the image of God, ver. 27.-We should earnestly desire to be again renewed after the image of God. 13. God blessed man, ver. 28.-We should scek, jas our chief good, the approbation and the blessing of God, through Jesus Christ. 14. It was God who gave man dominion over the creatures, ver. 28.-We should in all things acknowledge God's supreme rule, and never abuse that authority which he has given us. 15. God gave the herbs and trees for food, vcr. 29. -We should be temperate in our food, and glorify God in our eating and drinking. 16. God made man and all things very good, ver. 31-We should hate and forsake sin, which has made us miserable, and all things evil. 17. God carried on his work regularly, and by degrees, till he finished the whole on the sixth day, ver. 31.-We should be diligent and persevering in all the good we do. 3. SECTION III. Adam placed in the Garden of Eden.- 1. Thus the (1) heavens and the (2) earth were (3) finished, and all the (4) host of them. 1. Sky.-2. World.-3. Completed.-4. Things which are contained in them. 1. What were finished? What was finished besides the heavens? What host was finished? What was done to the host of heaven? 2. And on the seventh day God (1) ended his work which he had made; and he (2) rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 1. Finished.-2. Ceased. 2. What did God do on the seventh day? What did God end? When did God end his work? What work did God end? What did God do on the seventh day? On what day did God rest? From what did God rest? From what work did God rest on the seventh day? 3. And God (1) blessed the seventh day, and (2) sanctified it; (3) because that in it he had (4) rested from all his work which God created and made. 1. Pronounced a blessing upon.-2. Made it holy.-3. For this reason.-4. Ceased. 3. What day did God bless? What did God do to the seventh day? Who blessed the seventh day? What did God do to the seventh day, besides blessing it? What did God sanctify? Why did God bless and sanctify the Sabbath? What had God done on the seventh day? From what did God rest on the seventh day? 4 These are the (1) generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were '2.) created; in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the bea vers 1 True history of the beginning.-2. First brought inte existence. 4. Of what are these the generations? Of what time in the history of the heavens and the earth does this give an account? What were created? In what day? Who made the earth and the heavens? What did God inake? 5. And every (1) plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every (2) herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not (3) caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to (4) till the ground. 1. Tree and bush.-2. Vegetable.-3. Made.-4. Dig up and prepare. 5. What did God make before it was in the earth? What plants are here mentioned? What herbs are here mentioned? Before what grew? What did God do to the plants and herbs, before they produced seed, or grew in the earth? (He made them, ver. 4.) Who had not caused it to rain? What had God not caused? Upon what had it not rained? What was wanting a that time? What was there not a man to do? Wha was man to till? 6. But there went up a (1) mist from the (2) earth, and (3) watered th whole (4) face of the ground. 1. Vapour, or steam.-2. Surface of the ground.-3. Descended in dew up on.-4. Surface. 6. What went up? What is said of the mist? Fro what did the mist go up? What did the mist do What did the mist water? How much of the ground did the mist water? 7. And the Lord God (1) formed man of the (2) dust of the (3) groun and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a (4) livin soul. 1. Made.-2. Clay.-3. Earth.-4. Living and reasonable being. 7. What was formed? Who formed man? Wha did God do to man? Of what was man formed? 0what dust? What was done with the dust? Wha did God do when he had formed the body of man Into what did God breathe? Into whose nostrils What did God breathe into man's nostrils? Wha did man become? What kind of a soul did man be come? What became a living soul? 8 And the Lord God (1) planted a garden (2) eastward in Eden; an (3) there he put the man whom he had (4) formed. 1 Filled with shrubs and trees.-2. Towards the east.-3. In that garden.4. Made. · 8. What did God do when he had formed man What was planted? Who planted this garden Where did God plant this garden? What did Go do when he had planted this garden? Where did Go put the man? What man was put into the garden? 9. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that (1) pleasant to (2) the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in th (3) midst of the garden; and the tree of knowledge. of good and evil. 1. Agreeable and beautiful.-2. Look upon.-3. Midale. 9. What grew? Out of what did every tree grow Who made every tree grow out of the ground? Wha trees grew out of the ground? Pleasant to what Good for what? What was in the midst of the gar den? Where stood the tree of life? Where was th tree of the knowledge of good and evil? 10. And a (1) river went out of Eden to (2) water the garden; and from 3) thence it was (4) parted, and became into four (5) heads. 1. Running water.-2. Give moisture tc.-3. That place.-4. Divided.5. Branches. 10. What went out of Eden? Out of what did the river go? What did the river do? What did the river water? What was parted? What did the river become when it parted? Into how many heads? [For ver. 11 to 14, see Bible.] LESSONS. 18. God finished his work, ver. 1.-We should persevere and finish every good work which we begin. 19. God rested from his work on the Sabbath, ver. 2. We should rest from all our work on the Sabbath. 20. God blessed the Sabbath, ver. 3.-We should be thankful for the Sabbath, and consider it a great blessing. 21. God sanctified the Sabbath, ver. 3.-We should use the Sabbath in a holy manner, and for holy pur poses. 22. This is the true history of the beginning of all things, ver. 4.-We should not believe any thing concerning the creation, which is contrary to this account of God himself. 23. Man was made by God, ver. 7. We should worship and serve God only. 24. Man was formed of the dust, ver. 7.-We should be very humble, and always remember that we must soon die. 25. Man, by the inspiration of God, became a living soul, ver. 7.-We should put more value on the soul, than on the body. 26. God planted a garden for man, ver. 8.-We may lawfully enjoy the innocent pleasures of this world, if we do so with moderation and thankful ness B 27. Adam dwelt where God placed him, ver. 8.We should be satisfied with the lot which God appoints us. SECTION IV. The Formation of Eve.-Gen. ii. 15—25. 15. And the Lord God took (1) the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to (2) dress it, and to (3) keep it. 1. Adam.-2. Put it in order.-3. Keep it in order. 15. Who took the man? Whom did God take? What did God do to the man? Where did God put the man? Into what garden did God put him? For what purpose did God put the man into the garden of Eden? What was the man to do? What was he to dress and keep? Who was to dress and keep the garden? 16. And the Lord God (1) commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou (2) mayest (3) freely eat, 1. Gave orders to.-2. Art at liberty.-3. (To) eat with freedom. 16. Who commanded? Whom did God command? What did God command the man to do? Of what might he eat? Of what trees might the man eat? In what manner might he eat of the trees? 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for (1) in the day that thou eatest (2) thereof, thou shalt (3) surely die. 1. At the time.-2. Of that tree.-3. Most certainly. 17. Of what tree was he not to eat? What was he not to do to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? What was to happen if he did eat of the forbidden tree? Who was to die? When was he to die? For what was he to die? 18. And the Lord God said, It is not (1) good that the man should be (2) alone; I will make him an (3) help (4) meet for him. 1. Convenient.-2. By himself.-3. Assistant.-4. Suitable. 18. What did God say? What was not good for mun? Who should not be alone? What did God say that man's being alone was? What did Ged say he would make for man? What kind of a help |