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 ed committee. This Bible reader is the late Professor David Swing five years ago. It has now been 22 years since the board of education discontinued the reading of the Bible ill the public schools of Chicago.
 Each selection is put under head which explains the nature of the context, much as newspaper puts heads over it's different items of news This is in measure explanatory and gives the younger people a better idea of the meaning of what they are reading than if there was nothing to indicate what 1t meant.
 Two Great Commandments.
 The first selection appears under the head of 1.-The Two Great Command ments' and consists of the thirtieth and thirty first verses of the twelfth chapter of Mark:
 Thou shalt love tho Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength. This Is the first commandment. And the second is lilte-namely, this: Thou shalt love thy neigh hor as myself. There is none other command ment greater than these.
 Young Children Blessed" is the title of an excerpt from the tenth chapter of Mark, in which occurs that much nsed text, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. y
 From the Psalms.
 Tho Psalms and Proverbs arc exten- sively drawn op throughout the book, especially in the first part. One of the most striking compilations from those sources is Morning and Evening Medi tations ''
 l laid me down and slept. I awaked, For the Lord sustained me.-Psa1ms iii, 5. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me-
 0 Godi
 How great is the sum of theml If l should count them they moro in num-
 Der than the sand. When I awake I am still with thee.-Psalms cxxxix, r, Is.
 I will both lay down in peace and sleep, For thou, Lord, only malrest me dwell in safe
 ty.-Psalms vi, 8.
 The fifth selection is the Lord s Pray or, which is given under the head of sThe Universal Prayer. <" The words are set to music
 Following this appropriately comes the twenty third psalm with its decla- ration that 'The Lord is my shepherd j; I shall not want "
 The parable of the prodigal son is printed under the head "A Patient. Forgiving, Generous Father. ]"
 Words of Cheer.
 Cancellations of religion, as tersely set forth ill tho Bible, appear under the cap tion, Words of Cheer" Here are some of them:
 God is our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble. Therefore will not be feared, though the earth
 be removed,
 And though the mountains be carried into the
 midst of the sen, Though the waters thereof roar and be trou-
 bled,
 Though the mountains shake with the swell
 ing thereof.-Psalms Xvi, 1-3. Open ye the gates that the righteous nation
 which koepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose
 mind is staid on thee, Because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye i'll the Lord forever, For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
 strength. Isaiah xvi, 2-4.
 Song of Solomon.
 On the twenty-ninth page of this in- structive book is spring poem entitled ''Joy of Spring." Naturally it is one of the Songs of Solomon and it is as fol- lows:
 For, To. the winter is passed, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear upon the earth; TAe time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in out
 land
 The fig tree putteth her green figs, And tho vines with the tender grape give n
 good smell.
 Decalogue nnd Reatitude.
 The Ten Commandments, unlike the Lords Prayer, arc given in full under their own name.
 The Blessed" is the title given to that part of the fifth chapter of Matthew which is devoted to a description of those who have found favor in tho eyes of God, the first being that oft quoted verse, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is tho kingdom of heaven. ; Tho beginning of the third chapter of Proverbs, which commences, My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments, is used to show tho nature of the boundless Re wards of Obedience.
 Story of Joseph.
 The story of Joseph was evidently con sidered to be instructive by the compil- CTS. They devote several pages to it, the tale being divided into chapters under these heads: ',roseph's Dreams, !" Joseph ill Trouble. " Joseph Sold Into Slavery, "Pharaoh's Dreams. i" ''The Interpretation of the Dreams, , ''Joseph In Honor" and "1he Famine In Egypt. ," It is arranged as a serial story i'll man. her that will no doubt prove greatly en- joyable to the youths of the grammar classes.
 Short Stories.
 Following the story of Joseph are number of short selections under the catchy heads, Help the Poor Gladly, :" Humility, J What Shall the Harvest Ra2s, .tPopo+;+iop rr T,,ct,,,,..t,,,, ,,