days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. ERRORS. 1. shephud for shepherd. 2. pasters for pastures. 4 shadder for shadow. 6. foller for follow. 1. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, 2. When in the sultry glebe I faint, 3. Though in a bare and rugged way, 4. Though in the paths of death I tread, And guide me through the dismal shade. REMARKS. A Psalm, or any part of the Scripture, when it is changed into verse, is called a versification. So this poetry is a versification of Psalm XXIII. A full sentence or period of such poetry is called a stanza, or So this versification contains four stanzas or verses. verse. RULE. Read such chapters as these with particular reference to the first General Rule. ISAIAH, CHAPTER LV. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not; hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee. 6. Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unright eous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. 9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. 10. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11. So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlast ing sign that shall not be cut off. ERRORS. 10. 1. thusteth for thirsteth. 3. cov'nant for covenant. watreth for watereth. 12. feel for field; hans for hands. 13. instid for instead. QUESTIONS. What is the first General Rule? Why are some of the words in Scripture printed in Italic letters Should they be read with more emphasis than other words? MICAH, CHAPTER VI. 1. HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2. Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. 3. O My people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against Me. 4. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5. O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 6. Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old ? 7. Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? rams, 8. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 9. The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see Thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10. Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11. Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights ?, 12. For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13. Therefore, also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 14. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take 'hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. 15. Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16. For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsel; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of My people. ERRORS. 2. airth for earth. 4. sarvants for servants. 6. offrings for offerings 7. ile for oil. 8. shued for showed. 10. treasurs for treasures. 12. vierlence for violence. QUESTIONS What is the second General Rule?-the third? Repeat the 8th verse |