besides Noah? With whom? Where were the cattle with Noah? Who were with Noah in the ark? What did God make to pass over the earth? Who did this? What passed? Over what did the wind pass? Who made the wind to pass over the earth? What then happened to the waters? What assuaged? When did the waters assuage?

2. The (1) fountains also of the (2) deep, and the (3) windows of heaven were (4) stopped, and the rain from heaven was (5) restrained.

1. Source of the waters.-2. Bowels of the earth.-3. Clouds.-4. Prevented from sending forth any more waters.-5. Kept back.

2. What were stopped? What fountains were stopped? What happened to the fountains of the deep? What were stopped besides the fountains of the deep? What windows? What happened to the windows of heaven? What was restrained? What rain? What happened to the rain from heaven?

3. And the waters (1) returned from off the earth (2) continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were (3) abated. 1. Became less, and went away.-2. Without ceasing.-3. Greatly lessened.

3. What returned? What did the waters do? From what did the waters return? In what manner did the waters return from off the earth? What were abated? When were the waters abated? What had taken place at the end of an hundred and fifty days?

4. And the ark (1) rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon (2) the mountains of Ararat.

1. Reached the ground, and no more floated on the waters,-2. One of the high hills.

4. What rested? When did the ark rest? In what month? What day in the month? What happened on the seventeenth day of the seventh month? Where did the ark rest? Upon what mountains? What rested on these mountains?

5. And the waters (1) decreased (2) continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the (3) tops of the mountains seen.

1. Became less and less.-2. Constantly.-3. Highest parts.

5. What decreased? How did the waters decrease? Till when did the waters decrease? What happened?

in the tenth month? What were seen? Tops of what? What part of the mountains were seen? When were the tops of the mountains seen? In what month? On what day of the month? What happened on the first day of the tenth month?

6. And it (1) came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

1. Happened.

6. What came to pass? Who opened the window? What did Noah open? What window? What did Noah do to the window? When did Noah open the window of the ark? Of what was this the window? Of what ark? Who had made it? What had Noah made?

7. And he sent (1) forth a (2) raven, which went forth (3) to and fro, until the waters were (4) dried up from off the earth.

1. Out of the ark.-2 Small bird that lives on carrion.-3. Backwards and forwards.-4. All gone.

7. Who sent forth the raven? What did Noah first send forth? From what did Noah send forth the raven? What did the raven do? Whither did the raven go? Until when did the raven go to and fro? Until what

were dried? Dried from what?

8. Also (1) he sent (2) forth a dove from (3) him, to see if the waters were (4) abated from off the face of the ground.

1. Noah.-2. Out. 3. The ark where he was.-4. Nearly all gone.

8. What did Noah send forth after the raven? Who sent forth the dove? From what was the dove sent forth? From whom was the dove sent forth? For what purpose did Noah send forth the dove? To see what? If what were abated? Abated from what? The face of what?

9. But the dove found no (1) rest for the sole of her foot, and she (2) returned unto (3) him into the ark; for the waters were (4) on the face of (5) the whole earth. Then (3) he put forth his hand, and (6) took her, and (7) pulled her in unto him into the ark.

1. Dry place.-2. Came back again.-3. Noah.-4. Still covering.5. Every part of the.-6. Laid hold of.-7. Brought,

9. What did the dove do when first sent out? What could the dove not find? Rest for what? What found no rest? What did the dove do when she found

no rest? Unto whom did the dove return? Unto what did the dove return? Why did the dove return? Upon what were the waters? The face of what? What did Noah do when the dove returned? What did he put forth? What did Noah do when he put forth his hand? Took what? What did he do when he took hold of her? What did he pull in? Into what did he pull the dove?

10. And he (1) stayed yet other seven days, and (2) again he sent (3) forth the dove out of the ark.

1. Waited.-2. Once more.-3. A way.

10. Who stayed? How long did Noah stay? Seven what? What did he do for other seven days? What did Noah do after other seven days? What did he again send forth? Out of what? Who sent forth the dove again?

11. And the dove came in to him in the (1) evening, and, lo, in her mouth was (2) an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah (3) knew that the waters were (4) abated from off the earth.

1. Close of the day.-2. The leaf of an olive tree.-3. Perceived by this.-4. Nearly dried up.

11. When did the dove return? To whom did the dove come in? What came in to him in the evening? With what did the dove return in the evening? Where was the olive leaf? What brought the olive leaf? How had she got the olive leaf? What did oah know by this? That what were abated? From off what? How did Noah know that the waters were abated from off the earth?

12. And he (1) stayed yet other seven days, and sent (2) forth the dove; which (3) returned not again unto him any more.

1. Waited.-2. Away.-3. Did not come back.

12. What did Noah do for other seven days? Who stayed? For how long did he stay? What did Noah do after other seven days? What did he again send forth? What is said of the dove? What did not return? Unto whom did the dove not return?

LESSONS.

175. God remembered Noah, ver. 1.-God will never forget his people.

176. God made a wind to pass over the earth, ver. 1, -We should use suitable means for the relief of those who are in trouble.

177. By means of the wind, the waters assuaged, ver. 1.-God generally works by means.

178. The fountains of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, ver. 2.-All nature is under the control and direction of God.

179. The waters returned from off the earth continually, ver. 3.-God continues afflictions no longer than they are really necessary.

180. The ark did not rest till the seventh month, ver. 4. We are not to be impatient or weary under afflictive dispensations, but must wait their gradual or immediate removal, as God sees it to be best.

181. Noah opened the window of the ark, ver. 6.— We should humbly mark and watch the progress of God's merciful dealings with us and his people.

132. Noah sent forth a raven, ver. 7.-We should use all proper means to ascertain the extent of God's mercies and our own privileges.

183. Noah, when the raven returned not, sent out a dove, ver, S.-We are to persevere in the use of means for accomplishing those things which we know to be lawful and right.

184. Noah took the dove again into the ark, ver. 9. -We should help those who require our assistance. 185. Noah waited other seven days, ver. 10.-We are patiently to wait God's time, and constantly to rely on his care and goodness.

186. Noah again sent out the dove, ver. 10.-We should prefer to use tried means, and to employ those servants and messengers whom we have previously found faithful.

187. The dove returned with an olive leaf, ver. 11. -We should rejoice in being the messengers of good tidings.

188. Noah, by the olive leaf, concluded that the waters were abated, ver. 11.-We should attentively observe the signs of the times, and draw comfort from them in our Christian journey.

189. Noah stayed yet other seven days, ver. 12.— Patience should have its perfect work. We should submissively follow God in his dispensations, and not take our own way by running before him.

190. The dove returned no more, ver. 12.-We are constantly to depend upon God, and not merely to trust in outward signs and tokens for the strengthening of faith.

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SECTION XIII.

God calls Noah's Family and the Beasts out of the Ark. Gen. viii. 13-22.

13. And it (1) came to pass, in the sixth hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were (2) dried up from off the earth; and Noah (3) removed the (4) covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

1. Happened.-2. All gone.-3. Took away.-4, Upper part.

13. What were dried up? When were the waters dried up? From what were the waters dried up? What did Noah do? What did Noah remove? What covering was removed? Who removed it? What did Noah do when he had removed the covering of the ark? Who looked? What did Noah see? What was dry? The face of what? When did Noah see the face of the ground dry?

14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

14. What is said of the earth? What was dried? When was the earth dried? In what month? In