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THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.
"Holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Spirit"
nTn THoV aNgENT

OLD TESTAMENT.
In Genesis the world was made by
Gods creative hand;
In Exodus the Hebrews marched to
gain the promised land;
Leviticus contains the Law, holy
and just, and good;
| Numbers records the tribes enrolled,
all sons of Abraham's blood;
Meses, in Deuteronomy, recounts
Gods mighty deeds;
Brave Joshua into Canaan's land the
hosts of Israel leads;
| In Judges their rebellion oft pro-
vokes the Lord to smite;
But Ruth records the faith of one
we'll pleasing in his sight;
In First and Second Samuel of
Jesse's son we read;
Ten tribes in First and Second
Kings revolted from his seed;
i But First and Second Chronicles
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But Ezra leads remnant back by
princely Cyrus aid;
The city walls of Zion, Nehemiah
builds again;
While Esther saves the people from
plots of wicked men;
In Job We read how faith will live be-
meath affections rod;
And David's Psalms are precious
songs to every child Of God.
The Proverbs like goodly string
of choicest peals appears;
Ecclcsiastes teaches man how vain
are all things here;
The mystic Songs of Solomon exalt
sweet Sharons Rose;
While Christ the Saviour and the
King the rapt Isaiah shows;
The warning Jeremiah apostate Is
rael scorns;
His plaintive Lamentations their
awful downfall mourns;
Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of
dazzling mysteries;
While kings and empires yet to
come, Daniel in visions sees;
OF judgment and of mercy Hosea
loves to tell;
Joel describes the blessed days when
God with men shall dwell;
Among Tekoa's herdsmen Amos
received his call;
While Obadiah propheses Of Edom's
final fall;
Jonah enshines wondrous type of
Christ our risen Lord;
Micah pronounces Judah lost, Lost,
but again restored;
Nahum declares on Nineveh Just
judgment shall be poured:
A view of Chaldea's coming dom
Habakkuk's visions give;
Next Zephaniah warns the Jews to
turn, repent and live;
Haggai wrote to those who saw the
temple built again;
And Zechariah prophesied of Christ's
triumphant reign;
Malachi was the last who touched
the high prophetic chord;
Its final notes sublimely show the
coming of the Lord.
NEW TESTAMENT.
Matthew and Mark, and Luke and
John the Holy Gospels wrote,
Describing how the Saviour died;
his life, and all he taught.
Acts proves how God the Apostles
owned with signs in every place;
St. Paul, in Romans, teaches us how
man is saved in grace.
The Apostle in Corinthians, in
structs, exhorts, reproyes;
Galatians shows that faith in Christ
alone the Father loves.
Ephesians and Philippines tell what
Christians ought to be;
Collossians bids us to live to God,
and for eternity.
In Thessalonians we are taught the
Lord will come from Heaven;
In Timothy and Titus bishops
rule is given.
Philemon marks Christians love,
which only Christians know;
Hebrews reveals the Gospel prefig-
ured by the law.
James teaches without holiness, faith
is but vain and dead
St. Peter points the narrow way in
which the Saints are led;
John, in his Epistles, on love de-
lights to dwell;
St. Jude gives awful warning of
Judgment, wrath and hell
The Revelation prophesies of that
tremendous day,
When Christ, and Christ alone, shall
be the sinners stay.
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season of grand opera, at least from
. financial standpoint. Accordingly the
manager deferred to the society women
who had made this thing possible.
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t "The music is 80 soft and low"
: "Ah, but Wagner is my choce!'
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little with the conversation in the
boxes"
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excuse for talking all the louder