16. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17. And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

18. Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates:

21. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

22. For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him;

23. Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

24. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

25. There shall no man be able to stand before you . for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you, and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as He hath said unto you.

26. Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and

a curse:

27. A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day;

28. And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not known.

29. And it shall come to pass when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

30. Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh ?

31. For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32. And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

ERRORS.

1. c'manmunse for commandments. 2. chastisement for chas'tisement. 3. meracles for miracles. 7. ax for acts. 20. poce for posts. 28. cuss for curse. 29. Geri'zim for Ger'izim. 30 Jord'n for Jordan.

QUESTIONS.

What is the Rule? What is the fourth General Rule? How should you read those verses which do not end with a period, — such as the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 22d, 26th, 27th? See the 6th General Rule.

3. Pharaoh is pronounced fa'ro or fa'-ra-o. 29. Gerizim has g hard, as in get; a) also has Gilgal in v. 30.

RULE. The word blessed should be pronounced distinctly in two syllables in all places where you can use happy instead of it; but in other places it should be pronounced bless'd in one syllable.

Examples. It is pronounced bless-ed in the first verse of the following Psalm; and in Matt. V. where we read'Blessed are the poor in spirit;' Blessed are they that mourn,' &c. and in all similar cases.

It is pronounced bless'd in Luke II. 28, he blessed God;' and in all places where it is said—'he blessed,' 'they bless ed,' he has blessed,' &c.

PSALM I.

1. BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night

3. And he shall be like a trec planted by the rivers f water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth

shall prosper.

4. The ungodly are not so; but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the right

eous.

6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

ERRORS.

1. bless'd for blessed. 2. lawr for law. 3. warter for water. 5. tharefore for therefore; stan for stand.

QUESTIONS.

In what cases should blessed be pronounced in two syllables? What is the fifth General Rule?

PSALM XV.

A Psalm of David.

1. LORD, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?

2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them that fear the LORD. He that swear

'eth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor

taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

ERRORS.

3. aganste for against. 5. innerc'nt for innocent.

QUESTIONS.

What is the sixth General Rule?-the Rule over this Lesson?

RULE. Reading as though you were in haste, although it is wrong in nearly all writings, is very much worse in the Sacred Scriptures than in any others; it must therefore be avoided at all times.

Remark. All persons who desire to be instructed by what they read, read the Word of the Lord in a slow and thoughtful manner.

PSALM XIX.

To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1. THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handy work.

2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.

3. There is no speech nor language, where then voice is not heard.