Lessons for Children (Volume 4)

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. 1823 edition. Excerpt: ... God is our shepherd, therefore, we will follow him: God is our father, therefore, we will love him: God is our king, therefore, we will obey him. HYMN IV. Come, and I will shew you what is beautiful. It is a rose fully blown. See how she sits upon her mossy stem, like the queen of all the flowers! Her leaves glow like fire; the air is filled with her sweet odour; she is the delight of every eye. She is beautiful, but there is fairer than she. He that made V. the rose is more beautiful than the rose: he is all lovely: he is the delight of every heart. I will show you what is strong. The lion is strong, when he raiseth up himself from his lair, when he shaketh his mane, when the voice of his roaring is heard, the cattle of the field fly, and the wild beasts of the desert hide thenv selves, for he is very terrible. The lion is strong, but he that made the lion is stronger than him: His anger is terrible. He could make us die in a moment, and no one could save us from his hand. I will show you what is glorious. The sun is glorious. When he shineth in the clear sky, when he sitteth on his bright throne in the heavens, and looketh abroad over all the earth, he is the most glorious and excellent object the eye can behold. The sun is glorious, but he that made the sun is more glorious than him. The eye beholdeth him not, for his brightness is more dazzling than we could bear. He seeth in all dark places; by night as well as by day; and the light of his countenance is over all his works. Who is this great name, and what is he called, that my lips may praise him? This great name is GOD. He made all things, but he is himself more excellent than all which he hath made; they are beautiful, but he is beauty; they are strong, but he is strength; they are...