THESE

READINGS FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE

ARE

MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

TO

THE HON. FRANCIS HERBERT,

ALICE ISABEL,

AND

EDITH MARY DAWNAY.

PREFACE.

THESE Readings from Holy Scripture have been arranged at the wish of various persons, who find the want of some such book to put into the hands, whether of their own children at home, or of the children of their schools. The object has been to keep as closely as may be to the simple Sacred History, and to draw out from the more prominent portions, such practical lessons as may fix upon the mind the providential dealings of GOD, and carry on to after years the impression of GoD's truth planted in childhood.

The work has been submitted to two or three Clergymen, who have had experience in teaching, and they would fain hope with God's