his piety, and for his kindness and benevolence to the ministers of the Gospel.

2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3. For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the Truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the Trutb.

4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in Truth.

5. Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers;

6. Which have borne witness of thy charity before the Church; whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well :

7. Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

What mention of Diotrephes is made in this epistle ?

9. I wrote unto the Church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

How is the character of Demetrius described? 12. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the Truth itself.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE.

AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF UNFAITHFULNESS. THE END
THE UNGODLY.

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By what examples does the apostle Jude set forth the danger of rebelling against God?

5. I will therefore put you in remembrance, how that the Lord having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.

What will be the end of those ungodly men who turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities ?

11. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

12. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear; clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit

withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

13. Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Are we not exhorted in this epistle to strengthen one another in the faith and hope of the Gospel, to labour to rescue others from the consequences of sin, and to abhor all impurity?

20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto eternal life.

22. And of some have compassion, making a difference.

23. And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garments spotted by the flesh.

Recite the language with which Jude concludes his epistle, commending believers to Divine protection, and ascribing glory to God.

24. Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before 'the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy,

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25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both

now and ever. Amen.

THE

REVELATION OF JOHN THE DIVINE.

CHAPTER I.

JOHN COMMANDED TO WRITE TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN ASIA. -THE VISION OF THE SEVEN

GOLDEN

SEVEN STARS.

CANDLESTICKS,

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Where, and in what manner, did John receive those remarkable openings and predictions concerning things to come, which are recorded in the Apocalypse?

9. I John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as a trumpet,

11. Saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last: and what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea,

How does John describe the introduction to the vision which he first saw ?

12. I turned to see the voice that spake with me, and being turned I saw seven golden candlesticks.

13. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15. And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16. And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

What was explained to him to be the import of this mysterious vision ?

20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven-churches, and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.