Calvary Baptist Church, Grenada, MS, USA
Holding to the truths embraced by Baptist for centuries.
AN ALPHABET OF LESSONS FOR CHILDREN
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WISE son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.B
ETTER is a little, with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.C
OME unto Christ, all ye who labor and are heavy hiden, and he will give you rest.D
o not the abominable thing which I hate, saith the Lord.E
XCEPT a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.F
OOLISHNESS is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it from him.G
RIEVE not the Holy Spirit, lest it depart from thee.I
T is good for me to draw near unto God.K
EEP thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.L
IARS will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brinistoneM
ANY are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers them out of them all.N
OW is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation.O
UT of the abundance of the heart thy mouth speaketh.P
RAY to thy Father who is in secret, and, thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly.Q
UIT you like men; be strong; stand fast in the faith.R
EMEMBER thy Creator in the days of thy youth.S
ALVATION belongeth unto the Lord.T
RUST in God at all times, ye people; pour out your hearts before him.U
PON the wicked God will rain a horrible tempest.W
OE to the wicked; it will be ill with him, for the reward of his hand will be givenE
XHORT one another daily while it is called to-day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.Y
OUNG men, you have overcome the wicked one.Z
EAL hath consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten the word of God.
MORNING PRAYER FOR A CHILD.
Now I wake and
see the light:
'Tis God who kept me through the night.
To him I lift my voice, and pray
That he would keep me through the day.
If I shouId die before 'tis done,
O God, accept me through thy Son.
EVENING PRAYER FOR A CHILD
Now I lay me down
to sleep;
I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
AGUR'S PRAYER.
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of God in vain.
DUTY OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.
God hath commanded, saying, "Honor thy Father and thy mother; and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
I
IN the burying place may see
Graves shorter there than I;
From death's arrest no age is free
Young children, too, may die.
My God, may
such an awful sight
Awakening be to me!
O that by early grace I might
For death prepared be!