Calvary Baptist Church, Grenada, MS

Holding to the truths embraced by Baptist for centuries.

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New England Primer

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.

 

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

 

 

p. 3

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

 

p. 4

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.

ff fi fl ffi ffl ff fi ffi ffl

 

p. 5

EASY SYLLABLES FOR CHILDREN.

Ab

eb

ib

ob

ub

ac

ec

ic

oc

uc

ad

ed

id

od

ud

af

ef

if

of

uf

ag

eg

ig

og

ug

aj

ej

ij

oj

uj

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

ax

ex

ix

ox

ux

az

ez

iz

oz

uz

 

p. 6

Ba

be

bi

bo

bu

ca

ce

ci

co

cu

da

de

di

do

du

fa

fe

fi

fo

fu

ga

ge

gi

go

gu

ha

he

hi

ho

hu

ja

je

ji

jo

ju

ka

ke

ki

ko

ku

la

le

li

lo

lu

ma

me

mi

mo

mu

na

ne

ni

no

nu

pa

pe

pi

po

pu

ra

re

ri

ro

ru

sa

se

si

so

su

ta

te

ti

to

tu

va

ve

vi

vo

vu

wa

we

wi

we

wu

va

ye

yi

yo

yu

za

ze

zi

zo

zu

 

p. 7

WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.

Age

all

ape

are

Babe

beef

best

bold

Cat

cake

crown

cup

Deaf

dead

dry

dull

Ear

eat

eggs

eyes

Face

feet

fish

fowl

Gate

good

grass

great

Hand

hat

head

heart

Ice

ink

isle

job

Kick

kind

kneel

know

Lamb

lame

land

long

Made

mole

moon

mouth

Name

night

noise

noon

Oak

once

one

ounce

Pain

pair

pence

pound

Quart

queen

quick

quilt

Rain

raise

rose

run

Saint

sage

salt

sold

Take

talk

time

throat

Vain

vice

vile

view

Way

wait

waste

would

 

p. 8

WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES.

Ab-sent

ab-hor

au-thor

Bab-ble

be-guile

bold-ly

Ca-pon

cel-lar

cup-board

Dai-ly

de-pend

du-ty

Ea-gle

ea-ger

en-close

Fa-ther

fa-mous

fe-male

Gath-er

gar-den

glo-ry

Hei-nous

hate-ful

hus-band

In-fant

in-deed

in-crease

Ja-cob

jeal-ous

ju-lep

La-bor

la-den

la-zy

 

WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES.

A-bus-ing

a-mend-ing

Bar-ba-does

ben-e-fit

Cal-cu-late

can-dle-stick

Dif-fi-cult

drow-si-ness

Ea-ger-ly

em-ploy-ing

Fac-ul-ty

fam-i-ly

 

p. 9

WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES.

A-bil-i-ty

ac-com-pa-ny

Ca-lam-i-ty

ca-pac-i-ty

Del-i-ca-cy

dil-i-gent-ly

Ed-i-fy-ing

ev-er-last-ing

Feb-ru-a-ry

fi-del-i-ty

 

WORDS OF FIVE SYLLABLES

A-bom-in-a-tion

Grat-i-fi-ca-tion

Ben-e-fi-cial-ly

Hu-mil-i-a-tion

Con-tin-u-a-tion

Im-ag-in-a-tion

De-ter-min-a-tion

Mor-ti-fi-ca-tion

Ed-i-fi-ca-tion

Pu-ri-fi-ca-tion

 

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