into his presence? [Ans. Yes.] Did they know No.] What did he pretend to take them for? [ Why did he do so? [Ans. To try them.] Wh in prison when he let the rest depart? [Ans. Si did he put him in prison? [Ans. To make the Benjamin.] Was not Jacob greatly distressed wi that Benjamin must go [Ans. Yes.] What [Ans. That Benjamin should not go.] Did Ja at last to let Benjamin go with his brethren to F Yes.] Was not Joseph very glad when he saw [Ans. Yes.] Were not they surprised when s man gave them an invitation to dinner? Ans. not Joseph greatly affected when his brother Ber before him? [Ans. Yes.] Did he treat his br and make them happy? [Ans. Yes] Was Si liberty? [Ans. Yes]

Instruction-As Joseph's brethren had been kind to him, he was fearful they might be so t therefore he resolved to try them, and for this ordered his steward to put, as before, every ma his sack, and his silver cup into Benjamin's s they were gone a little way, Joseph ordered hi go after thein, and ask them how they could be to take away his cup. They all declared they h it; on which the steward insisted upon searching and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack; then thren protested they were innocent, and rent t in token of sorrow, and putting their sacks upoi they returned back to the city, and were cond seph's house. When Joseph's brethren came i sence, they fell upon the ground before him, speaking for himself and his brethren, offered to Joseph as long as they lived, if he would but s min to return to his father. Then Judah relate how unwilling Jacob had been to part with Be what promises he had made to take him back said he could not return without his youngest he should bring down the grey hairs of his f grave. Then Joseph could no longer keep fi himself known to his brethren, but cried out, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt; dot! yet live?" and he wept aloud, and his brethre answer him, for they were troubled at his pre he spoke kindly to them, and talked of his aged

bid his brethren tell his father of all his glory. Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and kissed him; and he kissed all his brethren, and told them to make haste to Canaan, and fetch their father, their wives, and their little, ones, that he might nourish them in the land of Egypt.

Questions What did Joseph command his steward, to put into each of his brothers sacks with, their corn? [dns. All the money they had paid for it.] What did he tell him to put besides into Benjamin's sack? [Ans. His own silver cup.] Why did he do this? [Ans. To try whether the other bro-, thers loved Benjamin.] Were they not sadly grieved whem the cup was found in Benjamin's sack? [Ans. Yes.] What did they do when they went back to Joseph's presence? [Ans. Fell down on their faces before him.] Who made a moving speech to Joseph? [Ans. Judah.] Could Joseph. keep from making himself known to his brethren when Judah talked of his father's dying? [Ans. No,] What did. he do before he could speak to his brethren? [Ans, He wept aloud. What did he say as soon as he could speak? [Ans. I am Joseph your father; doth my father yet live?]: Were not his brethren sadly troubled when they found that the governor of Egypt was Joseph [Ans. Yes.] Why were they troubled [Ans. Because they had used him so ill.) Did Joseph make unkind speeches to them? [Ans. No: he comforted them.]. What did he desire them to, do ? [Ans. To go and fetch their father.]

Instruction.-Joseph's brethren departed, as be desired. them, and Joseph gave each of them presents of clothes and money, and he sent great presents to his father, and plenty of provisions for them on their journey; and when Joseph: took leave of his brethren, he said to them, "See that you fall not out by the way;" so they went out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, and when they told their father that Joseph was alive, and was governor of all the land: of Egypt, his heart fainted, for he did not, believe them: but. when they had told him all the words of Joseph, and when he saw the presents they brought with tlacm, and the waggons which Joseph had sent to carry him and his family, Jacob's heart revived, and he said, "It is enough; Josephi my son is still alive, I will go and see him before I die." So Jacob left Canaan, and set off towards Egypt, and all his sons with him, and their wives, and their children, amount. ing in all to sixty-six persons. And as they drew near to

Egypt, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went forth to ineet Israel his father, and presented himself unto him, and he fell on his neck and wept a good while, and Israel wept "Now let me die, on his neck; and Israel said to Joseph,

since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive."

Questions.---Did Joseph's brethren set off for Canaan as he desired them? [Ans. Yes:] What charge did he give them when he took leave of them? [Ans. Not to fall out by the way.] Was not Jacob greatly affected when he heard Joseph was alive, and that he was governor of Egypt? [Ans. Yes] Did Jacob consent to go into Egypt? [Ans. Yes.] Did he take all his family with him into Egypt ? [Ans. Yes.] How many did they make altogether with their wives and their children? [Ans. Three score and six.] What did Joseph do when he met his father? [Ans. He fell on his neck and kissed him, and wept a good while.] Did not Jacob weep too? [Ans. Yes.] Why did they weep? [Ans. For joy.]

Instruction.-When Pharaoh heard that Joseph's father and his brethren were come, he was well pleased; and he gave them the land of Goshen to dwell in, which was very fruitful; and Joseph cherished his father, and shewed great kindness to all his relat ons.

Jacob lived comfortably in the land of Egypt seventeen years; - but when the time drew near that he must die, he charged Joseph, his son, to bury him with his fathers in the cave of Machpelah. Jacob desired this, because God had promised that land to the great nation which was to proceed from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and Joseph promised his father to fulfil his desire.

And when Jacob was at the point of death, he called his sons together and blessed them; and when he had made an end of blessing his sons, he died. And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Jacob was an hundred and forty-seven years old when he died. And when Israel was dead, Joseph made a great burying for him, and all the sons of Jacob followed their dead father into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of Machpelah. Then Joseph and his brethren returned back into Egypt, and be continued his kindness to them. And Joseph live? "ypt, he and his father's house; and bath of the children of Israel, you, and bring you out of this

before he die ‹ saying, Go`

land, and ye shall carry my bones with you. And Joseph was an hundred and ten years old when he died.

Questions ---Were Jacob and his sons comfortable in the land of Egypt? [Ans. Yes.] What part of the country did king Pharaoh give them to live in [Ans. The land of Goshen.] What did Jacob command his son Joseph to do when he thought he was near dying? [Ans. To bury him with his fathers.] Where were Abraham and Isaac buried? [Ans. In the cave of Machpelab.] What country was that in? [Ans. Canaan.] Whom did Jacob bless before he died? [Ans. All his sons.] How old was Jacob when he died? [Ans. An hundred and forty-seven years. J Did Jacob keep to his vow, that he would never worship idols? [A s. Yes.] Did not the Lord perform his promise to be with him whereever he went ? [Ans. Yes ] Was not Joseph greatly grieved for his father's death? [Ans. Yes.] Did he take his body to Canaan to be buried? [Ans. Yes.] Did Joseph and his brethren continue in Egypt after Jacob's death? [Ans. Yes.] How did Joseph behave to them? [Ans. Very kindly.] What did he make his brethren promise before he died? [Ans. To carry his bones with them.] Where did he say he was sure God would bring them again? [Ans. To Canaan.]*

LECTURE IX.

Instruction.---After Joseph's death the families of Jacob's sons increased very much, and as they all came from Jacob they were called the children of Israel, and Israelites, according to the name which God had given Jacob, but the Egyptians called them Hebrews. And there were great numbers of the Israelites in Egypt, so that many years afterwards, when there came another Pharaoh who knew not Joseph, he used them very unkindly, treating them like slaves, and making them do all manner of hard service. And when this wicked king saw that the people of Israel increased in spite of his ill usage, he gave a command that every son son that was born among them should be thrown into the river. But there the Israelites a good woman of the tribe of Levi, name was Jochebed, the wife of Amram, who had a little boy, and she hid him five months, and when she could hide him no longer, she resolved to trust him to God, trusting that he would hear her prayers, and save her

• The fifth portion of Miscellaneous Questions to be asked here. VOL. J.

babe from the cruel Egyptians; so Jochebed made a little ark of bulrushes, and put the child into it; and his sister Miriam stood to watch, to see what would become of him. Just after the child was laid by the river's side, Pharaoh's daughter came that way with her maidens, and when she saw the ark she sent one of them to fetch it, and when she had opened it, the babe wept, and she had compassion upon him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." Then Miriam, his sister, asked Pharaoh's daughter whether she should fetch one of the Hebrew women to nurse him? And when the princess consented, Miriam went and called Jochebed, and Pharaoh's daughter told her she would give her wages for nursing him; so Jochebed took her child, and he staid with her till he was a great boy, and then Pharaohs daughter chose to take him home to her; and the princess called him Moses, and treated him as her own son. But when he was grown a man, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, because all the Egyptians worshipped idols, and his mother had taught him that he belonged to the Israelites, who were the chosen people of God. And Moses rather chose to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy pleasure, riches, and honour, with those who worshipped idols; so he left Egypt and dwelt in the land of Midian, and Moses married Zipporah the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian. And Moses had a brother named Aaron.

Questions.---Did the families of Jacob's sons increase after his death? [Ans. Yes.] Did they continue to do so after Joseph's death? [Ans. Yes.] What were they called all together? Ans. The children of Israel.] Who was Israel? [Ans. Jacob.] Who were the Israelites? [Ans. The people of Israel.] What did the Egyptians call them? [Ans. Hebrews.] Did there come a king who knew nothing of Joseph [Ans. Yes.] By what name were all the kings of Egypt called? [Ans. Pharaoh.] What was the name of the woman who hid her son, and put him in an ark of bulrushes? [Ans. Jochebed.] What was her husband's name? [Ans. Amram.] Who found the babe, and took pity upon him? [Ans. Pharaoh's daughter.] What name did Pharaoh's daughter give him? [ins. Moses.] What did Pharaoh's daughter call him when his mother had done nursing him? [Ans. Her son.] Did Moses, when he became a man, like to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter? [Ans. No.] What did he rather choose to suffer? [Ans. Affliction with the people of