Catechetical Notes and Class Questions, Chiefly on the Earlier Books of Holy Scripture; Chiefly on the Earlier Books of Holy Scripture

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... What should you say? Something like: Bless us, 0 Lord, and this food that Thou hast given us, for Jesus Christ's sake. And after they had eaten, what did He command? This shows that God is angry with?Waste. Can we waste anything besides food 1 What? Money? Health? Time? Strength? How each? How many baskets? How many were fed? Did our Lord ever perform another miracle like this? S. Matth. xv. 32. How many were then fed? How many baskets full? How many loaves? Which then was the greater miracle? The loaves that best served the multitude had?Most left. What does that teach us? That the more we do for others, the more we shall have done for ourselves. A text? He that watereth, shall be watered also himself. Do we find in the Old Testament a miracle like this? The widow of Sarepta, 1 Kings xvii. 16; and again, 2 Kings iv. 42-44. Do we read this Gospel more than once in the Prayer Book? Yes. When besides this? Last Sunday after Trinity. Passion Sunday. What is to-day called 1 Passion Sunday. What does Passion mean? Why is the day called so? Because we begin more entirely to look forward, &c In what particularly? In the Epistle. What is the Epistle about? The Jewish sacrifices. What is a sacrifice? Anything offered to God for the sake of turning away His anger. Then can there be more than one sacrifioe? Yes. No. You are both right. In one sense, there can only be one Sacrifice. Whose was that 1 Our Lord's. Why is that the only one? Because only it deserved to turn away God's anger. Sometimes we call it 1 The Atonement. What does that mean? The making at one. Making what at one 1 god and man. What had separated them? Sin. But do we read of other sacrifices in the Bible? Where 1 How can these be called sacrifices, if there be only one? Because they reminded God ...