S. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me: C. Even the night shall be light about me. S. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day.

C. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

S. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

C. Marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.

S. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great the sum of them!

C. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sands.

S. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts;

C. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

LESSON XIV.

WISDOM IN PROVERBS.

S. My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments.

C. For length of days, and long life, and peace shall they add to thee.

S. Train up a child in the way he should go; C. And when he is old he will not depart from it.

S. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

C. For the merchandise of it is better than the

merchandise of silver; and the gain thereof than fine gold.

S. Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand, riches and honor.

C. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

S. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.

C. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

S. Avoid it; pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. The way of the wicked is darkness, they know not at what they stumble.

C. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

S. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

C. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

S. The law of the wise is the fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

C. Good understanding giveth favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard.

S. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

C. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

PRAYERS.

PRAYER I.

O THOU who hearest prayer

Our Creator, our Father, and our best Friend-
We thank thee for thy constant goodness-
For life, and health, and all our enjoyments;
We thank thee for this Christian Sabbath,
For all the instruction we receive this day.
Father, forgive us all our sins,

Teach us always what is right—*
Help us always to perform our duty-
May we grow better and wiser the longer we live,
And be at all times prepared to die.

We ask it as the disciples of Jesus Christ-
Through whom to thee be glory forever.

AMEN.

PRAYER II.

ALMIGHTY and eternal God!

From thee cometh all our enjoyments;
Thou hast been very good to us thy children;
We thank thee that we can call thee our Father;
We thank thee for our Sabbath School,

For the means we have of knowing and loving thee.

Father, help us to be better children,

Help us to be good to ourselves,

So that we may do good to one another;
May we always remember that God sees us,
By night as well as by day, at home and abroad.
Father, hear us and answer our prayer,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.AMEN.

PRAYER III.

OUR Father, who art in heaven,

Thou hearest the prayers of all thy children:

Thou seest the sparrow when it falls;
Thou hast numbered the hairs of our heads;
Thy care is over us at all times;

We thank thee for sending us Jesus Christ,
To save us from sin,

And to teach us our duty.

May we never forget that thou art here;

That thou art everywhere.

May we be more and more like thy Holy Child Jesus,

Who went about doing good

Who died for all-that we might live; Through whom we ascribe to thee ceaseless praise.-AMEN.

PRAYER IV.

Most high and holy God!

Thou art wise and powerful, just and good;
We cannot be too thankful for all thy goodness,
In giving us our parents, our teachers, and our
friends,

And, above all, in sending us Jesus thy Son;
May we know more of him and more of thee—
May we love and honor and obey our parents-
And, above all, may we love and obey God.
May we always live as thy children-
And when we die, O take us to thyself,

That we may know and love thee in a better world,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.—AMEN.

PRAYER V.

O THOU, who livest forever and ever!
Thou art the Giver of every good gift-
Thou art the Father of Jesus Christ,

And the Father of us all ;

We thank thee for the gift of reason and con

science;

For our limbs and senses, and all that we enjoy ; We thank thee for the light of this holy morning;

For the privilege of coming to our Sabbath School.

We

pray

for thy blessing upon all our teachers; By their assistance may we grow wiser and better;

May we love thee and love one another;

May all our sins be forgiven;

We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ.-AMEN.

PRAYER VI.

O THOU, who knowest all our thoughts,-
Thou art the greatest and the best of Beings;
We thank thee for the blessings of this life,
But, above all, for the hopes of another beyond it.
May we never forget that we are to live forever;
That, although the body may crumble to pieces,
The soul can never die!

May we always live in such a manner
That we shall never be afraid to die.

May we fear nothing so much as doing wrong;
And may we grow better as we grow older,
And at last be admitted to thy presence,
Through Jesus Christ our Saviour.-AMEN.

PRAYER VII.

O THOU, who art good and doest good,
Thee we love and thee we adore!
From thee cometh all our enjoyments;
Thou knowest all our wants;

Thou hearest all our prayers;

We ask thy blessing upon each one of us; Bless our parents, our teachers, and our friends; Help us to love and serve thee as we ought; Help us also to love one another.

Father, be with us this day and all our days;