The Memory Work 



Verses from the Bible or lines of poetry, or both, 

 are printed on each leaflet. Three hymns are given 

 entire, one of them being printed, a verse at a time, 

 on three consecutive leaflets, 37-39. The teacher 

 might well secure as a minimum of memory work for 

 the year, the following : 



Ten of the verses from the Bible. 



One continuous Bible passage of from six to ten verses 

 from the Psalms, or the book of Job, or the sayings of Jesus. 



One of the three hymns, preferably ''I sing the mighty 

 power of God," as it seems to fit the thought of the entire 

 course of lessons. 



The teacher will wish to be famiUar with the great 

 Bible creation stories and hymns, Gen. 1:1 to 2:3; 

 Job 26:7-14; Psalms 65:6-13, and 104 entire; the 

 sublune statement of the revelation of God through 

 nature in Job 36:24-33 and chapters 28, 37 and 38 

 . entu-e; and numerous verses and passages in the 

 Psalms, such as 19:1-6 and 96:11-13. A number 

 of the memory verses have been taken from the 

 chapters here cited. 



Readings from the New Testament have occasion- 

 ally been suggested to the pupil, in connection with 

 the lessons. The teacher may help these children to 

 see, as they read the nature parables Jesus told and 

 learn about the places he frequented, that the story 

 of his life is, as Fishin' Jimmy discovered, ''an 



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