And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment, and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends.

But as soon as this thy son was come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

It was meet that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Parable of the Rich Man and his Goods.

LUKE, XII. 16-21.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because I have no room to bestow my fruits?

And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years: take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then, whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

Parable of the Pharisee and Publican.

LUKE, XVIII. 10—14.

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I pos

sess.

And the Publican standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Story of the poor Widow.

MARK, XII. 41-44.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much.

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treas

ury.

For all they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

MATT. XXV. 31-46.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory;

And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then the King shall say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say inasmuch as ye unto you, have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he also say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink :

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.

JOHN, v. 25-30.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live.

For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

And shall come forth: they that have done good unto the resurrection of life: and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

ROM. II. 6-11.

God will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life;

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile.

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

GAL. V. 19-24.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulation, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

THE MOST IMPORTANT

TRUTHS AND DUTIES

OF

CHRISTIANITY STATED;

DESIGNED FOR THOSE IN THE LOWER STATIONS OF LIFE.

THE following little tract, after having been often and carefully read over, may be turned into an exercise for children, by making them prove the thing asserted in the upper part of the page, by the text of Scripture referred to underneath. For example, it is asserted in the second page, "that God sees you every where, though you cannot see him; and this sentence is marked with the letter (ƒ) which letter at the bottom points to the text, Psalm cxxxix. 7. "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence ?" therefore, let the question and answer be framed as follows:

Question. How do you prove that God sees you every where ?

Answer. From Psalm cxxxix. 7. "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy pre

sence?"

And in like manner with the rest, by a little at a time.