or,
An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading:
Adorned with cuts; to which is added,
the Catechism
.Massachusetts Sabbath School Society
Depository No. 13 Cornhill, Boston
[1843]
Scanned at sacred-texts.com, December 2002; J.B. Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain. This file can be reproduced for any non-commercial purpose, provided this attribution is left in place
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Title Page
Frontispiece
Alphabet
The Creed
The Lord's Prayer
The Ten Commandments
Alphabet Poem
An Alphabet of Lessons for Children
Morning Prayer for a Child
Evening Prayer for a Child
Agur's Prayer
Duty Of Children To Their Parents
Uncertainty of Life
On Life and Death
The Infant's Grace Before and After Meat
The Sum of the Ten Commandments
Our Savior's Golden Rule
Choice Sentences
The Dutiful Child's Promise
Instructive Questions and Answers
Dr. Watts's Cradle Hymn
Offices of Humanity
The Burning of Mr. John Rogers
Verses for Little Children
The Shorter Catechism
A Dialogue Between Christ, A Youth and the Devil
Lessons for Children

Children, like tender osiers, take the bow,
And as they first are fashioned always grow;
For what we learn in youth, to that alone,
In age, we are by second nature prone
ALPHABET
a b c d e f g h i j
k l m n o p q r s t
u v w x y z &
a b c d e f g h i j
k l m n o p r s t
u v w x y z &
A B C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
A B C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
DOUBLE LETTERS.
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EASY SYLLABLES FOR CHILDREN
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Ab |
eb |
ib |
ob |
ub |
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ac |
ec |
ic |
oc |
uc |
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ad |
ed |
id |
od |
ud |
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af |
ef |
if |
of |
uf |
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ag |
eg |
ig |
og |
ug |
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aj |
ej |
ij |
oj |
uj |
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al |
el |
il |
ol |
ul |
|
am |
em |
im |
om |
um |
|
an |
en |
in |
on |
un |
|
ap |
ep |
ip |
op |
up |
|
ar |
er |
ir |
or |
ur |
|
as |
es |
is |
os |
us |
|
at |
et |
it |
ot |
ut |
|
av |
ev |
iv |
ov |
uv |
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ax |
ex |
ix |
ox |
ux |
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az |
ez |
iz |
oz |
uz |
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Ba |
be |
bi |
bo |
bu |
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ca |
ce |
ci |
co |
cu |
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da |
de |
di |
do |
du |
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fa |
fe |
fi |
fo |
fu |
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ga |
ge |
gi |
go |
gu |
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ha |
he |
hi |
ho |
hu |
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ja |
je |
ji |
jo |
ju |
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ka |
ke |
ki |
ko |
ku |
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la |
le |
li |
lo |
lu |
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ma |
me |
mi |
mo |
mu |
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na |
ne |
ni |
no |
nu |
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pa |
pe |
pi |
po |
pu |
|
ra |
re |
ri |
ro |
ru |
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sa |
se |
si |
so |
su |
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ta |
te |
ti |
to |
tu |
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va |
ve |
vi |
vo |
vu |
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wa |
we |
wi |
we |
wu |
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va |
ye |
yi |
yo |
yu |
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za |
ze |
zi |
zo |
zu |
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WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE
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Age |
all |
ape |
are |
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Babe |
beef |
best |
bold |
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Cat |
cake |
crown |
cup |
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Deaf |
dead |
dry |
dull |
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Ear |
eat |
eggs |
eyes |
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Face |
feet |
fish |
fowl |
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Gate |
good |
grass |
great |
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Hand |
hat |
head |
heart |
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Ice |
ink |
isle |
job |
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Kick |
kind |
kneel |
know |
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Lamb |
lame |
land |
long |
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Made |
mole |
moon |
mouth |
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Name |
night |
noise |
noon |
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Oak |
once |
one |
ounce |
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Pain |
pair |
pence |
pound |
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Quart |
queen |
quick |
quilt |
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Rain |
raise |
rose |
run |
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Saint |
sage |
salt |
sold |
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Take |
talk |
time |
throat |
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Vain |
vice |
vile |
view |
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Way |
wait |
waste |
would |
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WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES
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Ab-sent |
ab-hor |
au-thor |
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Bab-ble |
be-guile |
bold-ly |
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Ca-pon |
cel-lar |
cup-board |
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Dai-ly |
de-pend |
du-ty |
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Ea-gle |
ea-ger |
en-close |
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Fa-ther |
fa-mous |
fe-male |
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Gath-er |
gar-den |
glo-ry |
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Hei-nous |
hate-ful |
hus-band |
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In-fant |
in-deed |
in-crease |
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Ja-cob |
jeal-ous |
ju-lep |
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La-bor |
la-den |
la-zy |
WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES
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A-bus-ing |
a-mend-ing |
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Bar-ba-does |
ben-e-fit |
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Cal-cu-late |
can-dle-stick |
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Dif-fi-cult |
drow-si-ness |
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Ea-ger-ly |
em-ploy-ing |
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Fac-ul-ty |
fam-i-ly |
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WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES
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A-bil-i-ty |
ac-com-pa-ny |
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Ca-lam-i-ty |
ca-pac-i-ty |
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Del-i-ca-cy |
dil-i-gent-ly |
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Ed-i-fy-ing |
ev-er-last-ing |
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Feb-ru-a-ry |
fi-del-i-ty |
WORDS OF FIVE SYLLABLES
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A-bom-in-a-tion |
Grat-i-fi-ca-tion |
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Ben-e-fi-cial-ly |
Hu-mil-i-a-tion |
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Con-tin-u-a-tion |
Im-ag-in-a-tion |
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De-ter-min-a-tion |
Mor-ti-fi-ca-tion |
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Ed-i-fi-ca-tion |
Pu-ri-fi-ca-tion |