LESSON XI. THE GOODNESS OF GOD. S. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. P. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. S. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. P. Look up unto him and be enlightened, and your faces shall never be ashamed. S. The poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. P. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. S. O taste and see that the Lord is good: P. Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. S. O fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him. P. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. S. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. P. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? S. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile : P. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. S. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry: P. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. S. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. P. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. S. Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. P. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. LESSON XII. THE CREATION. S. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. P. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. S. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light: P. And God saw the light that it was good. S. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: P. And it was so. S. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding' seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit: P. And it was so; and God saw that it was good. S. And God created every living creature that moveth in the waters, which brought forth abundantly, and every winged fowl: P. And God saw that it was good, and blessed them. S. And God made the beast of the earth, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth: P. And God saw that it was good. S. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air, and the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth: P. So God created man in his own image, and blessed him; and God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. S. O Lord, our God, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers; P. The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained, S. What is man that thou art mindful of him, |