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EASV'AND FAMILIAR LESSONS *' FOR THE ;, INSTRUCTION OP YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES, IN THE ENGLISH PATHS OE TRUE REL sylMKes ; a Mqrkl to ■>*i/- Tables of Words of one, two, thiyi^four« also easy reading Lessons taken froA -^11^410] each Lesson. PART II. Lessons on the End for which Man was created ; on what it is to be a Christian ; on the necessity of being virtuous in the time of Youth ; ou Prayer and Instruction ; on the Fear and Love of God ; on the Love of Parents, &c. ; on the Vices of Swearing and Lyings &c< &c. FART III. The Principal Festivals of the Church expounded ; Necessary Rules for a Christian to follow ; Prayers to be uied on different occasions } and a Summary of the Christian Doctrine. MONTREAL: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN COJ AND SOLD BY THB DlTVERENT B00K6BJ 1839. *>*' .*j!i Th( eleme introd li ?;'-f- - .■ f h I ha it to bi calculfi I there Clergy JBOOK, ] J is far tl] jour lang Jthe CatI jtlint, in; iJi^ious ture, i [History lerstaiK read. )Iaces 'influeiK Ir. W. 831, t| ^iocessl APPROBATION.; Baltimore, 8th July, 1824. The Catholic School Book is, in my judgment, an elementary work of singular merit. I will rejoice to see it introduced into all the Catholic Schools of this country. ^ $ ^^; f Amb. Archbp. Bait. New- York, Sept. 1, ISdi. I have read the Catholic School Book, and believe it to be well adapted to the understanding of youth, and calculated to give them early ideas of morality and virtue. I therefore recommend its adoption in our Schools, to the Clergy and Laity of this Diocess, + John Connolly, R. C. Bishop of New- York. Sir, — Having looked over your Catholic School Book, 1 think ip right to tell you, that, in rov opinion, it is far the most complete and valuable work of its kind in^ our language, and eminently entitled to the patronage ot the Catholic public. What I particularly admire in it is, [tlint, instead of those triHin^ iind, in some ]*n!;t:rv;os, ir'- - jiuus stories to be found in other books of the satue na- ture, it.contains a series of Moral Lessons and Scriptuie [History, proper for the instruction, and adapted to the un- lerstanding and abilities of children who are learning to read. As such, I shall not fail to recommend it in those >laces of education over which I have any authority or [Influence. ~ I am, Sk, Your faithful Servant, t ^ s f J. MiLNER, D. D [r. W. E. Andrews. Montreal, Sept. 20th, 1839. I approve of the Catholic School Boor of the yeai 1831, to be reprinted for the use of our Schools in this ')iocess. . - ^ ^ t J» J'> Bishop of Montreal THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK - .'i' I J K T U \ 1 \'''-...,r-'/''-'/y-\. THE ALPHABET "^ ROMAN. A B CDEFGHIJ li M N O P a R S W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k 1 m II o ]] qrstuvwx y z i, ITALIC. \l B C D E F GHIJR •i MJ^O P QR ST Ul WX Y Z ahcdefghijkl m n o j qrstuvwx yz THE ALPHABET CROSSED. ba ka to till Cll nm ta 111 te ra 1 A D G K M L C B J R O E T F N Q V P H W Y S U Z X akjvoenqhpid glr Ibla lili cle pla blu m b X c f u w z s \ THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. / ' 4 )K VOWELS, 1 -i ' ' a e i " y , I J fi CONSONANTS. K. • ■ •■«. • TU \* bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz 1 DOUBLE AND TREBLE LETTERS. •i '% • I' n 11 o { flf fi fl ffi ffl z TABLE I. ■ . ■ 1 LESSON I. .'•? LISSOM II. ba ce di fo ku ka fe ci do bu fo de ko bi ca «lu ke be co fi cu da bo fu ki ab im if od uf bi oc um eb af ud ob ec om ub ac ed ef ib uc ad am of em ic J LESSON III. f .. LBSSOH IV. m ft n ina ri no ti se en at ia an oa i ta su re mu ni ax es ix or ua Z i ru mi to sa ne it ur ex on ar 1 - " ' te si me na ro ox ut as er in. Ira tu mo nu so te is us na ot J U LESSON V. , ;. LESSON VI. W Y 1 g 1 r bla pie flo clu fli ble cla plu cle fla pli bio pla fle bli clo blu plo cli flu bra tri ere pra bru pre tro cru bte era pru tra pri bro tre bri era pro cri tru LESSON VIL 'y fra fru 1 phra phru j fro fre phro phre a2 THI CATHOLIC ICHOOX. BOOK. TABLE II. Lksson I* Words of three Letters All try and are bed yet don for sup tlie you her not thy two off men sin law tie pod fun hap pig dun nag sod kid red mud tun fag nip gun hod did cud wed sip rod bee oil ten dot nut act sea bun At mad Caf mare cock ant Cake bark mart wink boil Mope look land 4iame bare bean Faith daunt might knack faint saith shaft Lesion II. Words of four Letters, hare span knot lock hook bail mock race wise what suit mark fail mare shut blot make dark pass fail them cart wake writ such sand Lesson III sake pace that your bird hail book band term gave mind grim mace nail glut then have knob dart tall clod dock drub pail nope knit whom walk smut Lesson IV. Words of five Letters, reign stood voice eight quick craft check Cease rawl teach bench stack firm right cause J ause vouch small knead pouch pride chief couch thief brass poach taste guild fruit joint moist track drawn clock crown Ball top Cap frock hoop shirt Ale crust beef beans hay lime hemp reeds rye pears THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. TABLE III. Lesson I. Barnes of Birds, BeastSt ^c. '. r. diiin llii* 1 Caf dog cow calf hog horse aUU ii'C ■ niaie colt bear crane crow dove law tie ' cock hen hawk kite ilea froff rook red mud ant snipe bug lark owl sip rod i '■"X- "■: - '■ i -^ 1 ■; •lii ■ ... ,*>(,4>;, -, V *^' ''■ .. i fit mad Lesson II. Terms used at Play, <^c. ■ ■ Ball bat skip cards dice chuck s'gr leap jump throw kite spin dart top trap taw whip lose win tall s • clod dock i Lesson III. •SppareL >'■ • "V drub Cap hat coif hood coat cloak frock fan gown gloves lace muff hoop knot scarf stays shoes clogs - shin shift cloth stuff plush silk pail hope ■ • ' -■■*<■■■ . ■ ■ J ■"■ ' ' "" -■ ' ■ ' . Lesson IV. Eatables, A'C, t knit 9 W ■'- ttV whom Ale beer rum wine bread cheese walk 1 crust buns crumb cakes pies taits smut beef lamb pork veal fish ficsh ■ beans peas milk cream curds whey fruit i i, .V Lesson V. Trees , Plants, Fruits, <^c. joint V ^' moist hay Ash beech birch box elm track lime fir oak pine vine yew drawn hemp broom flax fern grass herbs clock reeds hops rose lue sage shrub crown rye oats wheat crabs figs nuts pears plums grapes leaf roots trees 'W 8 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. Lrssow VI. Titles and Barnes . King duke peer wife aunt Mark queen earl night child niece Luke prince lord page son bird John One two three lour Lesson VII. lumbers, Weights^ <^c. five nine inch drop drachm six ten foot .dram ounce seven once yard pint pound eight twice ell quart score Head f?cull arms back toes Lesson VIII. Parts of the Body. hair face eyes nose mouth brain tongue lips tee(h chin hands cheeks throat breast ears bones thumb shins fist wrist nails knees ribs legs feet ^ ■ Lesson IX. The World, Sun east cape clay brook frost moon west rock dirt pool snow stais north land bank pond mist air south hill sand rain dew wind earth isles chalk hail ice Lesson X. Things belonging to a House, Cup door chest stool cock box chair coach bench brush plate bed pot stone broom spoon painc lime fork latch ])rick knife' bolt grate dish bar trunk shelf quilt slate tiles lock jack glass iug thatch mug key spit stairs sheet roof THE CATHOLIC tCIIOOL BOOK. 9 TABLE IV, Easy Lessons of one Syllable^ by which a child wUl sooner know both the Sound and Use of t final Al in at Bab \m{ ban bar bas bid bil bil Can cam car cap col cop cor Dal (lam dan dar dat din dol dom ale are ate babe bale bane bare base bide bile bite cane came care cape cole cope core dale dame dane dare Hate dine dole dome dot Fam fan far fat (il fin for Gal gam gap gat gor Hal hat her hid liop Kin kit Lad Mad man mar mat mil dote fame fane fare fale file fine fore gale game gape gate gore hale hate here hide hope kine kite lade made mane mare male mile mod mode mol mole mop mope mor more Nam name nad nape nil nile nod node nor nore not note Od ode or ore Pan pane pai pate pin pine pol pole por pore pil pile Rat rate rid ride rip ripe rit rite rob robe rod rode rop rope rot rote rud Sal earn aid ,8in sit sol 8ur Tal tarn tap tar tid til tim tin ton top tub tun Val van vil vot Wad win rude sale same side sine site solei sure tale tame tape tare tide tile time tine tone tope tube tune vale vane vile vote wade wine llf 10 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. TABLE V. Lessons of One Syllable. Who made you, and gave you life ? God, who made the world, and all things in it. And was there a time when there was not a God ? No ; there was no time when God wasnot. Who is God 1 He, my child, who made Ihe world ; made you, and gave you life, and your soul. He^ the.8ame who made the sun, the moon, the stars, the biids that fly in the air, the fish that swim in the sea, the beasts that walk aud feed in the fields ; in a word, all the things which you see, and which give you joy. . Did God make the world all at once 1 No. He made it in the space of six days. Could he not have made it at once 1 Yes, if such had been his will. What ought you to do at the sight and use of the tliinsrs which God hath made ? I ought, to rnise up my iiiiiul iiiid heai'l lo liiin, and lu piuide liwu. Why do we name Him by that word or name of God ? What doth that name mean 1 This is He, my Child, the Great One, the Good One, and the Wise One — God. Of whom all things, as it were, cry out to us with one voice ; know ye. Men, that the Lord He is God, it is he that hath made us. Raise up then your mind, your heart, and your voice to Him, and say, O God, it is Thou who art great and good and wise ; Thou art the one God and Lord of all things. All men and all things that have been made, and that now are, were made by God ; but God was not made. For there was a time when there was no man, nor THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. II lod, who ►t a God 1 le world ; , the stars, r'lm in the Ids ; in a irhich give No. He i not have will. ise of the lise lip my name of is He, my the Wise cry out to ,ord He is your voice great and Lord of aU iiade, and Dd was not man, nor beast, nor bird, nor fish ; but there was not a lime when there was no God, or when God was not. He is the Lord and God of all men and things that have been, and that are, and that will be. All are made by him, and all live and move by Him. God is, was, and will be. The eye of God is on all men. I will mind the way of the Lord, my G'^d, that I may not sin. If sin be in us, we are in a bad way. Let us gg, out of it, as it is not good for us to be in it. . fri^^v ... > In God do I put my joy, and to the day. Keep me, O Lord, from law, and walk not in thy ways, and I joy in it. I know that all my deeds will fast the laws of God. I will not [are bad, lest I should bo so too. all the day long, I will call on hit [lift up my heart and mind to Him,"^ ^1 *^ Do all that is just, and God will love youT~Call on |Him, and he will help you. Seek the Lord, and you rill find Him. TABLE VI, Words of two Syllables accented on the first. [The single accent (') denotes the right emphasis of the syllable ; and the double accent (") shews that the fol- lowing consonant is to be pronounced double : thus *^»''-ni8h is pronounced ban-nish. j ba' Ab' ba ab bot ab bess ab bey ab ject an vil ar bor arch er arc tick ar dent bor row boun ty brack et brand ish bra een cam phire can eel can cer can did can dour ri' n . 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II and ard and ish ate ly ;;tue a" ture a" lute ea dy . .5n eer age ; " ril er ling ern ly ew ard ick ler \g ma i pe;fid o" macib a o ry u ow age it rag gie ran gle rip ling rug gle ub bom 111 flent tub ble turn ble tu pid lu pom tur dy *?'* lub tile ub tie *»♦ ' ub urb uc cour ud den uf frage uit or ullen '^ ul iy Uul (au jul try lum mit «m mei 3un dry sup pie sur face Isur felt [sure ty Uur name iBur plus 9wad die jswar thy jwi** vel Bym bol sy" nod Byn tax ly" ringe ^s tem Ta bor ilabby la lent Ion ^am per lap ster itar get lar nish jtart ness law diy tern per )m pest ^em pie Jie** nant flen der ^ten don ' :e" net ten ter le'* Bura ter race ler ror tes ter tex ture thick et thirs ty thid tie thi** ther tick et til lage tim brel ti" mid tin kle ti tie tit tie to ken ton nage to** pic tor ment tor pid - tor rent ,. tor rid tor toise tor ture to ward tow cr traf fie tra" gic trai tor trtim pie tran quil tian Mt tra vel tra" verse trea cle trea son trea tise tre niour tre" pid tres pass tri bute tri fle tri:' pie troop er tro phy trow el tru ant tu mour tu mult tur bid tur gid tur ret twin kle twit ter ty rant tym bal Va' cant va grant va" lid val ley va" lour va" lue va' nish va" pid ! ad judge 1 a dopt f a dorn 1 ad vert af firm affix 1 al ledge al hide TABLE VII. Words of two Syllablet accented on the last. a void al lure unoes an noy an nul ap pnl ap pease ap plause apply ap point ap pioach ap prize ap prove ar raign ar range ar rest as cribe as Slit as pi re as sault as sent as sert as sign as size as suage as sume at tire at tract a vail a venge u vert a verse aug ment Be guile be nioaM be nign be queath be reave be witch bom bard bom bast bri gade bu reau Cadet ca bell ca joie ca lash cal cine na nal ca noe ca price ca reen ca rcer ca ress ca rouse car tel CUB cade ca shier cha grin chas tise CO heir com bine com mand corn niit com pare com pel com pile com plete com ply com port com pose com prise com pute con ceal con cede con ceit con ceive con cise con elude con cur con dense con dole con duce con fer con fess con fide con firm con form con front I THK CATKfJJC SCHOOL BOOK. 71 e last. heir m bine in incind Ml niit m paro im pel iiTi pile >m plcte m ply m port m pose m prise m pute n ceal )n cede in ceit n ceive n cise n elude n cur >n dense )n dole )n duce )n fer m fess )n fide >n firm )n form )n front con fuse con fiife [con ^eal [con join con nect Icon nive Icon sign leon sisi ;on sole con spire ;on strain con suit con sumo son tain ion temn con tempt Kon lend _Jon lent con triv!« ^on tiol pon vene {on verge j|on vey Ion voke $or rect ^r rode §or rupt iov tes ie bar le base |e bate je cant de cay de ceose le ceit le cide claim clioe decoy de cry de cree de duce de duct de face de fame de fault de feat de feet de fence de fend de fer de fine de form de fraud de fray de fy de grade de gree de ject de lay de light de iude de mand de mean de mise de mur de note de part de pend de pict de plore de plume de pose de prave de press de privs , ^e pute * lie ride de rive , de scend ^e scribe de scry desert de sign re mise >re sage re scribe >re side )re simie Jre tence )re text >re vaii >re vent iMo cure >ro fane wo file ^ro fess iro found ro" lix )ro long pro moU pro pose pro rogue pro tect pro test pro tract pro trude pVo vide pro voice pur loin pur suit pur vey Quar to ;, ^ que rist quib ble quin sy qui ver quo rum quo ta -*« ' ', Re bound re build .: re buke ^ ^ re cant ,^ t re cede " re ceipt ^» recess ] ;^c re claim re cune re clause re coil re count re course recruit ,,,, re deem re dound re dress re d nee ''-^'j re fer -- re fine * ^**^ re fleet re form re frain re fresh re fund re fute re gain re gard re gret re hearse re jecl re lapse re late re lax re lease re lent re lief .m . re mark re mind re mit .re morse . re mole re new re nown re pair re past re peat re peat re pent re pine re plele le pose re press re prieve re proach re prove re pulee re piite , ^,^ re quest i,'^ re quite 1 jb« re sent t ;< re serve t i* re side -o • <• re sign '■> »* re sist "^ -^'^ re sort ^ re sound "* re source * re spue ., ,.» re strain re suit re sum« i re tail Ru;f re lain '-;-:5 re lard U "« re tire ' tJyi* retract^ •"« re treat re trench re trieve re veal re venge re ^^'"^ re verse . re vert re vie^n ch: revile f,^,,,,^ re vise ,^< v re vok©! re volt re volve re ward ro bust n *^i-e^li ■ TIIR CATII01.il. SCIIOOI. BiuK:. [ .jii- I 'i? ro mance to fund Sa line aa lute aa vov ae cede ae elude ae Crete ae cure ae date ae duce ae lect ae rene ae vere aet tee ahe green ao lio ain cere apin net sub due aub join aub lime aub mit aub orn aub acribe aub aide aub aiat aub vert auc ceed auc ceaa auc cinct auf fice ^ auggeat au perb au pine flup plant aup ply aup port aup pose aup preia au preme aur chaise aur mise aur mount aur paaa aur roued aur vey aur vive aua pect aua pend aua penae aua pire sua tiin tub merge Tra duce trana Act trans fer trans fix trans form tra: 9 fuse tra(i3 late trans mit trans mute trans |lort trana pose tre pan trua tee Ver bose un couth un un un un un un un un un un un un un un uu un un un un un un un un fold kihd knit known lace lade laid latth leatn leaa , like link load lock loose do make mask made moor nerve pAid aeen , ., lipgs. |11 wai |ve A I tABLE VIII. ' Lessons of Two and Three Syllables, 3 ., L«SSON I. ■'*'''''■ ^'' fti-:»*»-'i Hear now, my child, what great works God did when he n ide the world. Though hi* could have made the world all at once, if such had beoa His will, yet' He did not make it all at once. He made ail things and mlin in the apace of six days. Thus He show-ed that he muv'x i: iittt by force, but by his own free wiii nrA choice. On the first day God made the hea^ven and i..\: cartai, or that which was to be the world. The earth had not then the form it now hath. There was not the aun, nor the moon, vor the atars. It was a masa or heap^ with no form or sh&D? And it was void, for there were no beastSi nor treav, nG>. :>irr^';; nor a- i..y thing in it. *Now H think jqoua ifr Loi Unel m\ It ildiv THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK S3 n fold nkikid n knit n knoWB n lie* n ladt nUid n lateh n l«am n lets n like n link in load m lock lu loose in do in make m mask iQ made in moor m nerve iin puid un seen ^' ••>•''> »- 1 liable*, ^f. ^■ ttim if-'- God did when ave made the ill, yet' He did md nnttn in the lie muv'v. i: n^'. :e. and v!::. cartu, i earth had not ; the sun, nor heapb with no rere no beasts, le that wai Nor was there a-ny thing out of which QoC made tl »rld. He is of suen might, Ho is so grea^ and vvise, [e did not need a-ny help. There was no li>hi, it lite dark . God then said» Be light made, and. light %ca» \(le, itiot, my child, that God spoke such words is we may teak them, for God is not as wo are. He hath not a ho'dy a| we have, so as he can be seen by us. JVo man hath ^een ^od at a-ny time nor can see Him. He is a pure spi-rit, t|^ lame as your own soul, a spi>nt which can-not be seen with inor-tal eyes. Yet God kn^w' .1 '* 'ces all things, and can do all ||ings* And .tT^ iloth \% hat he pleas*es by His will : His «lfll was ard ib is ' Ih word : hence as soon as he would li|ve A th' 't be mad? or done, so soon was it made and Sre. t Thus it was 11 ib will there should be light, and there w||8 light: and a-like of all o-ther things that were made. Af d God saw the light that it was good, and He call-ed lie light Day, and the dark-ness Nignt. I Now then, my child, and at all times when you look at, i| think on the works of God, raise up ^our mind and heart ^ the great and good God : pray to Him, and say, O God I lou art great and good, and wise In all Thy works. Bless Lord, all the works of the Lord. Thou art my God, by le I have been made, and by Thee 1 now live. I pray Thee, O God, dart forth a ray of the light ofThy \cp on my mind and heart, that I may know Thee : then tl 1 1 Mora Thee* I will praiae Thee, 1 will love Thee, ~ I will serve Thee by Day and by Night. a I > c' LxssoM n. God maJIfei the World and M<^n* On the sc-cond day, God made that part of the Hea- ■^ wb' ". ;ve call the Sky and the Air. On the third day, set-tied the wa-ter in one place, and it was call-ed the i^and thii clry la^^ He call-ed the ;|^arth .* th^n He made H^rljSi Trees* i|nd Plaou, of all Kuts, spring oul of tha |0d thf foyrth 4^y> God laid, be there Jight9 tp shine. Si THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL HOOk, I*- :m I and to give light by day and by nighf. And God made two great lights ; the Sun, to rule or give light by Day ; and the Moon and ^tar8, to rule or give light by Night. On the fifth dsiy, God made the Fishes of tl e Sea, and the Birds of the Air. On the sixth day, He brought forth from the Earth the Beasts, and all that creep on the Earth in its kind. When God had made all these things, He then made Man, and He gave him ruleo-ver the fish-es of the Sea, the Fowls of the .-^ir, the Beasts, and over the whole Earth. Though Man was the last of the works which God made, yet he is the first in rank, and the most per-fect of all the things in this world. Now, God form-ed the bo-dy of Man out of the slime of the earth : then He breath-ed in-to it the bieath of life. 3y this breath of life is meant not only that by which man breathes, and lives, and moves, as the beasts and birds do, but by it al-«o is meant that which beasts have not, that is, a spi-rit, the Soul. • ?. /^.t- This is quite distinct from the bo*dy, and by tliis Man knows God, who made him : he can think on Him, and love Him ; he can al>so think on, judge, and talk of things; and by it he liath a will to do, or not to do, this or that thing, as he may chouse or like best. God did not take nor forni this part of man, or his sou), from the earth as he did the bo-dy, but it came from God him-self, and God him-self in-fus-ed it in-to him. It is in this that man is the most per-fect of all the works of God, be-CBuse by that man is like to God. Thus God made man like to him-self, that man might in life know Him (his God and his Lord, his be-gin-ning and end) and love Him, and serve Him ; and by so do-ing sec Him, and live with Him, and en-joy Him, afler this life ic heaven. '■>-;^..>:n. Moral. %^'- ii-< 13 ,r- 'S'ii Thus you see, my child, God hath made us much a bove the beasts. He hath taught us more than the beasts of tht earth, and made us wiser than the birds of the air. Now my child, He who hath been the cause of these and such God A-dann dearth, jwork, iJ3easts them t( name v of ther ■ God ?a-sleep Wo-ma WW her Hesh, si out of j ipno.ihet iiorn, a .' Then il-dani Id th« ingt Ipokof m^ he c #1 to A THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. ^5 God made [ht by Day ; ly Night. i e Sea, and nought forth n the Earth then made of the Sea, r the whole which God tt per- feet of ;d the bo-dy !e breath-ed lat by which sts and birds ts have not, by tliis Man on Him, and Ik of things; this or that or his sou), le from God lim. It is in orks of God, ^an might in gin-ning and »o do-ing 6ec er this life in uch a- bove beasts of the air. Now ;se and such great things tor the use of man, must have a great love for him. Hence, we can-not too much love Hira for all the love He shews us. Use then the things of the world as the kind gifts of the good God. When you use them or they give you joy, raise up your mind and heart to praise and thank Him, Say at least in your mind, and with your heart, Hovir great art Thou, O God ! how wise, and how good in all > thy works. Bless the Lord, all the works of the Lord ; Sun, Moon, and Stars, Boasts of the field. Birds of the air, ^Fish-es of the sea, bless the Lord. Ye Sons of men, bless ithe Lord ; and thou, my soul, for v-bom the Lord hath fdone such great things, bless the Lord. i Lesson HI. God makes Eve. The Siti of A-dara and Eve. Gen. ii. 3. God gave the first Man whom he made the name of A-dam, for that he had been made of the slime of the learth. God plac-ed him in the gar-den of pa-ra-dise to •^vork, and to keep it. (iod then brought to A-dam the :^eastsof the earth, and the Fowls of the air, or caus-ed them to come to him, that he might see them ; and by that name which he call-ed them, the same is the nameof eacJi of them. Ciod cast A-dam in-to a deep sleep, and whilst he was a-sleep, (xod took a rib from his side, and made it vn-Xo a. i/Vo-man. He then brought it to A-dam, and v;hcn A-dam WW her, he said, this is bone of my bone, and fics'i or my flesh, she si. all be call-ed Wo-man, for that she is taken out of Man. And she was al-so call-ed Eve, that is, t'ie pio.Lhcr of all men and wo-men that were thence to be born, and to live. Tliere was in the midst of tlie gai-den a tree. Goci bid A-dam and Kve not to eat, nor to touch the fruit of it. He ►Id them if they did eat it, they should die. But Eve, ;-ing tempt-ed by the devil, in the tbrm of a ser-ptnt, »ok of the fruit, and did eat ; s!ie then gave it to A-dam, liid he eat of it. As soon as they had eat-cn it, God call- ed to A-dam, and said, Where art thou I e 26 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK, \A I But when A-dam heard the voice of God, he fear-ed and hid him -self, as did al-so his wife, from the face of the Lord God. And they hid them-selves also through shame, be-cauise they were nak-ed. And God said to A-dam, Who hath told thee that thou wast nak-ed, but that thou didst eat of the tree of which I bid thee not to eat. Then God said to him. For that thou hast heard the voice of thy wife, and didst eat the fruit of the Tree — curs-ed is the Earth in thy work : with much toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life, till thou re-turn 10 tlie earth of which I took theo : for dust thou art, and in-to dust thou shalt rc-turn. A-dam and Eve, by thus not o bey ingOod, sin-ned, and by their sin they lost the grace and fa-vour of God. God tlien drove them out of the gar-den of pa-ra-dise in which he had plac-ed them ; and he doom-ed them to die. We are all born in-to this life with the guilt of their sin : this is called o-ri-gin-al sin, be-cause as we de-scend and de-rive our life from them, so do we al-so deprive the guilt of their sin. We feel the sad ef-fects of their sin, by the strong bent we find in us to sin, or to do wrong ; and in the heat and cold, hun-ger and thirst, pains and toil, we suf-fer, and in death, through which we must all pass to the next life. Moral. Oh ! sad the fall of our first pa-rents by sin ! Thence learn, my child, how sad a thing it will be to you not to o-bey God, though in things that may seem light ; take care that you do not sin by your own free will and choice, and dread the least sin. Flee those that would tempt or lead you to do e-vil. Lesson IV. Cairif A-bel, Seth. The World drown-ed. JYo-e, Gen. iv. 7. A-DAM and Eve had two sons ; their names were Cain and A-bel. Cain till-ed the earth, A-bel took care of sheep in the fields. A-bel was good, and from his heart he serv-ed God : he of-fer-ed the best he had of his flock to God, and God was well pleas-ed with him. Cain was bad, and he did not of-fer the best of what he had to God, and God was not pleas-ed with him. »> "**• THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SOOK sr e fear-ed ace of the gh shame, :o A-dam, that thou lat. heard the le Tree — toil shalt ou re-turn )u art, and n-ned, and 5od. God le in which » die. It of their e de-scend de-rive the iieir sin, by rong ; and ind toil, we ; all pass to ! Thence you not to ight ; take and choice, tempt or were Cain ok care of lis heart he I his flock to in was bad, God, and Cain hat-ed A-bel be-cause God look-ed down kind-ly on liim, and on what he of-fer-ed. One day, when they both were in the fields, Cain rose up a-gainst A-bel, and through en-vy krll-ed him. They who were born of Cain were bad like him-self. Af-ter the death of A-bel, A-dam nnd Eve had a third son, his name was Seth. He was good ; like A-bel, he knew, lov-ed and serv-ed God. His race, or they who were born of him, were al-so at first good ; but af-ter a while they mixed with such as were bad of the race of Cain, and then they were bad like un-to them. Thence in a short time al-raost the whole race of meft atid wo-raen were bad. God was an-gry at them, and he meant to put an end to them. Yet there was one good I'nian whose name was No-e ; God was pTeas-ed with him. j God then made it known to No-e, that he would drown fthe whole earth and all that was on it; but that he would iave him aud his wife and children, with a few of each kind 6f beasts and birds, in an Ark which God bid him build. The ark was a kind of a ti-unk, or ship, made of wood. It was daub-ed in-side and out-side with pitch* I When the time was come ibatt God would drown the *eartli, He made Ko-e go in-to the ark, and with li'ini his wife, their three sons, and their wives : and two or more of each sort of beasts and birds. As soon as they were in 'ihe ark, the door of it was shut. It then rain-ed for for-ty days and for-ty nights ; and all men, and wo-men, and chil-dren, and beasts, and birds, Hvere drown-ed, ex-cept No-e 'and those with him in tlie %rk. On-ly tiiese eight per-sons of all man-kind were lav-ed. This is call-ed the De-luge. Moral. By this you may judge, my child, iiow much God must late sin, and them that com-tnit it; at the same time hou much He loves, and how great care He takes of them that are good. Be then, my child, good ; lovC; fear, and serve iGod, and God will love and bless you, and lake care that no harm come to you, whilst they that are bad feel the V eight of his wrath. Keep your-self far off from bad boys and girls, and jom 28 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. ,' i'm i such as are good, for with the good you will be good, but with the bad you will be bad, as it was with those of the race of good Seth ; they were at first good as he was good ; but as soon as they mix-ed with them that were bad, they were bad like un-to theiti. jVo. goes Lesson V. out of the Ark. His three Sons. V/hile IS'o-e, and his wife, their three sons, and their wives were in the ark, the wa-ters rose so high that all the hills were co-ver-ed, and all flesh di-ed that mov-ed on the (.' uth, both of fowl, and of beast, and of that which creep- e- Rpect to tiieir fa-ther. They then look a cloak, and, with tlieir fa-ces tuni-ed from thek fa-lher, ihcy cast It on him, and co-ver.ed him. When No-e a.woke from sleep and knew what had pass.ed, he blam-ed and chid Cham, and laid a cnrse on Cha-na.an, the son of Cham. But he blest.ed Seih and Ja.pheth. ' Moral. Learn here a-gain, my child, how sad a thing it is to sin and of-fend God. Dread the curse of God. Love and |l re-vere them, of whom, next to God, you hold your life, m and all that you have. ¥ Do not, like many chil-dren, rail at them, nor make a ^jest of them in their old age. The curse of God fills on ^such chil-dren for their bad deeds. But he will bless Itliose that love, o-bey, and re.spect their pa-rents. Lesson VL ^ The vain Schemes of the CkiLdren of jSTu-C' » Gen. xi. I No.E liv-ed af-Ler the flood three lum-dred years ; he Isaw the off-spring" of his three sons that were with him in the aik grow to a great num-ber. The earth was then of one tongue, that is, all spoke one and the saaie language. These, when they went from the eact, found a plain, and dwelt in it. Then they said each to his neigh-bour, Come, let us make brick, and bake th-in with the fire ; and let us build a town, and a tow-er, the top of which may reach as high as Hea-ven ; and let us make our name great # be-fore we dis-perse in-to all lands. But God, who laughs at the at.tempts of men, when they think to op-pose his will, soon shew.ed them how vain and void of force they were in their scheme. He ^ knew they would not cease to work while they all ' spoke one and the same tongue. He then so con-fus- sed their speech, that tbey no long-cr knew the one "■^whav an-o.^her said or calLed for, C2 i 30 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL "BOOK. Tliey were then for-ced to de.sist from iheir work. And lliat tow-er was called, and is known by the name of Ba-bel, that i'^, of con-fu-sion ; be-cause there the tongue or speech of ihe whole carili was con- fus-ed and of one it was chang-.ed in.lo nia.ny. Thence the Loid dig-pers-ed them up.on the face of all the (•o\in-tries. Moral. By this act and deed you may see, my child, how vain it is to strive a-gainstGod: He is great, and of such might, that no man can op-pose what he will, or will not have done. i^y the flood, and the change of speech, and by dis-per- sing aian.kind through out the whole earth, he slicw-ed chat he is Lord of all, and that he can do what he plea- seth, also that he is wise and good, and does all for the good of man. What love and praise then do we not owe him ! Be- ware then not to op-pose his will, but seek and pray to know it, and wlien you know it, beg him to grant you his grace to comply with it. And in all things that be-fall you, say, from your heart, O Lord, great and good, and wise and just ! thy will be done. This done by the will and the hand of God, so be it, and may he be prais ed. Lesson VII. A.braJiam. Gen. xxv. In a short time af.ter the de-lng-e, men lost all thought and fear of God. They even did not own Ilim, who had by such great works made him.self ]:nown lo them to be God : but they set up for g-ods the ve.ry works of God. Such were the sun, fire, itioon and stars : to these they pray.ed j and they fell down before stocks and stones, which were the woiks of their own hand?. These they cali.ed and held for g-ods. Their whole niind and thought, and care; was for this hfe and the iii lit. THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 31 , how vain d of such »r will not )y dis-per- e slicw-ed t he plea- all for the lim ! Be- nd pray to U)t vou his our heart, hy will be God, so be 111 lost all not own him -self ) for gods sun, fire, they fell he woiks ieir wliolf e nnd the bo-dv ; like un.to biutea, they were led and mi.ed by their sen-ses. Hence ihey did not mind iheir youlc, liior the things of God, nor of liie next life. Such, my child, was the state of man. kind nf ihat time ; ihey'liv.ed more like (be briiies, that know not I God, than like men, whom God halh made to know iand to love him in this life, and af-ler this life to be lap.py witli him in hea-ven. In llie like sad state b\ould most men liave been at tliis day, had not the ood God by his grace pre-vent.ed it. God then, to call men from theii e-vil ways, and to eep ihfim liim in the love and fear of Him, calked oitii a man wl»o wa^ g-oor' and just. His name was .brn.ham. God pio-mii^-ed him, if he would o.bey ^nn), that he vvoidd be a God to him, that is, He would i^lcss him, and raise up a peo.ple from him, who should Jbe his own peo.pic. -: He would tfike care of them, and preserve in them, gimi by them, the knowledge, love, and fear of Him, |>ha was the only one and true God. A-bra.ham, be. litv-ed, and he did what.e.ver God bid him do. God ilLso pro.mis-ed A-l)rM.han), that of his seed, or race, He i-hould be born wlio should save the world. Moral. Be-warc, my child, not so to mind the things of this rorld and life, as to bend to them your whole or chief care. If you do, you will lose the grace of God, and soon give into the way of vice : and when you have lost tiie lovt and fear of God, then will your life be more the life #f a brute than a man See in Abra'ham what love and 48are God hath of those who love and serve him. Hence, though you may chance to live with them that live as if they knew not God, nor love, nor fear Him, do ifou a-bidc firm in your faith of Him, and in a good life. %G part not by sin from God, and then he will be to you a God ; He will bless you iu this life, and in the next life ite will make you hap-py with Him for-e-ver. t 32 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. Lesson VIII. T)ie Faith and fKbe.di.ence of *^.braJiam, I-sa.ac, E-saity and Ja-cob. God made clioice of A-bru-ham be-fore nil men of his! lime, that by Ijim He, llie due God, might still be i known and t^eiv.ed, though most men had lost all ! sense of him, A.bra-liam had a son whom he much lov-ed. ills name was I-sn.ac. When 1-sa-ac was i grown up in yeais, God, (o try the faith of A-bra-ham, or his be.lief of what he ijad pro-uiis-ed him, viz , that Me who wag 10 save the worl 1 -should be born of his seed, God cali-ed lo hin», A-Lia.ham, A-bra.'(iam ; to to whom A-bra.ham &ai(l. Here I am. God then bjd hmi to put to death his son I-sa.ac, whom he lov-ed ; for God, my child, is the Lord ot mnn, aiul of hislifo. A-bra.ham would have done it as soon a? God bade him, but just as he was on the point of s'ay-ing his son I-sa.ac, an an. gel, or good spi. rif, sent on the pcut of God, stop.ped his hand, and thus the life of his son was ypar.ed l-sa-ac, like his fa-ther, was a good man j he had two so)!.^: ; their names were E-'tau and Ja-cob, and they weie t^vins, that is, both born at one and the same birth ; E.sau was first born, but at the lime Ja- cob came forth of the womb, he lield in his hand the plant, or the sole of E-sau's foot. By this was meant, what af-ter.wards came to past, when E-sau sold his birth-right for a iness of broth, it was thus Ja-cob sup-plant-ed, or, as it were, trip-ped lip the heel of his bro-ther E-san, and got from him his birth-right. Ja-cob was a good man, and when his father was on his death-bed he bless-ed him. But Esau turned out bad. Jaxob had twelve ?on8. They are known by the namee of ihe twelve Pa-tri-archs, or chief* of twelve u ibeg. A fid God gave to Ja-cob the name of IsTa-el, whence his race, or they that sprang from him, wero called-ed Is-ra-el-ites. •It THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 33 MoR \L. m, I.sa.ae, nil men of glU still be ad lost all ^ n he imicli -sa-ac was i V-bra-hain, , viz 5 that born of his a-'iiam ; to on l.sa.ac, he Lord ot ive done it yas on the 31' good spi. hcind, and n f he had Fa-cob, and e and the le lime Ja- ! hand the ne to past, of broth, it re, trip-ped from him d when his him. But wn by the ■« of twelve ! of Is-ra-el, hiim, were ^ (ireat and firm, you ^ee, my child, was tlie faith and tiust of A-bra -ham in God ; and prompt was his o-be-di- ence when he would have slain his son I-saac. God wants not our goods, nor any thing we can give, for all is his, and all comes from him. ^ What he most seeks, is our prompt will and heart to do his will, as soon as he makes it known to us : and he looks up on that as done, which we would have done, if such had been his will. Hence A-bra-liam is styl-ed the Fa-ther of the Faith-ful, ^, or of them that be-lieve in (jod. That you may be a true i child of God, by faith he-lieve in Him, by hope -trust in ^ Him, and through love o-bey Him, then will he bless you. From E-^au learn, niy child, how sad a thing it is to be • too fond of, and to set our heart to much on, the things of this wo/ld ; 8uch fond-ness blinds us, so that we no long-er know our-selves, nor that which tends to our real good : we know not what we love, nor what we lose. That which we long for, and seek to have, is of-ten of no more va-Iue than a mess of broth, if com-par-ed to the good things of the next life, that will have no end, which yet we lose with so much efl«e. 0/;Afi/r'fi. — When, my child, you read that God or the Lord, call-ed to A-dam, or spoke to A-bra-ham, or to Mo-ses, or that they heard his voice, or saw him, you are I not to think that God did call, or speak, or was heard, or I seen, in the same way as we speak, call, &c. I No, not so ; but as God can do what he pleas-eth, and use such means as he may choose to make known his will, or things to us, he by some voice or sound brought to their ears and mind what he would have them to know, iiear or do. And if they saw a-ny thing which they thought to be God, it was not God whom they saw, for no man hath seen, or can see Him, but it was somo-thing in the shape of man which they saw ; and by these means God re-veal- I od to their minds, and re-pre-sent-ed to them, things as |ful ly and clear-ly, as it^ they real-ly saw Him, or heard I His voice. 84 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. II ' ■ II I' ' w u Lesson IX. Joseph and his Bro-lhers. Gen. xxxvii. or the twelve :^ons of Ja-cob, Jo-seph wos dear-ei to him ilinn a-ny one of ihe rest. His bcp-tliers wciv giievcd at it, and they liat-ed him. One day iheii ifn-f her sent \\\\i\ to them, when they weie in the AeUs ^vi;h their docks, to see if all things were well with' lliem. ^ ( When he came to them, they said, Let us kill him. But one of them, by name Reuben, said, Do not take Ills life from him, nor shed his blood, but cast him in-lo this pit. They then strip-ped him of his coat, ainl cast him in-lo the pit oi well thai was dry. And when some nier-chants pass-ed by that way, his bm-thers drew him out of the well, and they sold him to them. They brought him in-to E-gypt, and theie they sold him to n Prince, to be bis slave. Jo-seph was a ntan that in aU things did so well, that his mas-ter made him dweU in ihe house, and he wtii« in great fauvoar -wi^li h\in ; «o far, «hal ' e name o( take liini: liance ; no! -er brought ]s that seem hem to pass :o our good, nts in life. III. IX. e (lom I he of E ffvpt wlio were and wei*' (o Mo-scs a llamo el iiiii-ed vei o, I m But Mo-es strotcli-ed out his band o-vcr tlie sea, and in-stant-ly God made t!ie sea o-pen, and the wa-ter re- tir- ed to each side, and stood like a wall on the right and the left, lcav-inf;f a large and dry space in the midst, through whicii tlse Is-ra-el-itcs pass-ed dry shod. Tl.e E-gyp-tians vvouhi fain have fol-lovv-cd them ; but Moses again stretch cd out his hand, and God made the sea join its wa-ter.-', in which they all were dro\vn-ed with c Pha-ro-ah their king : and they saw the E-gyp-tians dead on the sliore. Tiien Mo-ses and tlie Ts-ra-tl-ites, sang a song to the Lord, and said : Let us sing to the Lord — my strength, and my praise is the Lord — this is my God — He hath drown-ed Pha-ro-ah and his ar-my in the Red Sea. Who is like to Thee, O God ! INToRAL, Thus, my child, God took care of his peo-ple, and sav- ed tiiem. He shew-ed that he was Lord of all. So will he have care of you, if you love and serve him. Put then your whole trust in him, call up.on him, prry to him, and he will save you from harm. And when he thus shows him-self kind and care-ful of you, do you praise and thank him from your heart. Lesson XUL TheJour-ncy through the De-strl. The Ten Com-mand. mcnts. Ex. xvi. xi>: xx'. When the Is-ra~el ites had pass-cd the Red Sea, God led them through a vast de-scrt, or a wiUl and waste part of land in which no one dwelt. This he did to try if thej would be faith-ful to Him, and to let them see tliat they could'not live with out his care and kind-ncss, A cloud led them the way by day, and it screcn.ed them frbm the heat of the sun. At night it was chang- ed in to a pillar of fire that serv-ed to light them. For their food, God gave them Man-na. It was a kind of dew that fell from the hea-vens, and it was so thick that they made bread of it. When they were in want of drink, Mo-ses struck witli his rod a rock, out of which in stant-ly there gush-ed fortli wa ter. Their clothes were not worn out, though thc'i journey last ed for -ty years. he sea, and a-ter re-tir- trht and the St, through them ; but d made the wn-eri with t i-tians dead song to the ny strength, l_He hath I Sea. Who )le, and sav- all. So will • )n him, prry nd when he o you praise Com-mand, THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. sgt id Sea, God I waste part o try if they ,ee that they it screen- cil was chang- thcm. For a kind of dew ck that they s struck witli Tush-ed fortli though thc:i Such cnre did God takn of tlirm ; yot tliry were un ^graic-M to liiin : they ion.*^ cd to be a gain in E gypt, fund ifjcy uert; for kill ing IVJo-ses. M In the third inoiuii after they icilt l^-gypt, they rame to MMoinit Si-na-i. There 'jod made tliem hult a-while, that Pie might give them his law. Whc" the day was come, on which they were to re-ceive if, tlu be; -liLld the top of 'lite n)oun t'tiii all on fire. Then a thick cloud o-ver-ed it, and our of it broke forth dreiid-ful thunder and iight-ning. 'i'hey heard a sound lof trum-pets, and a great noise, but they saw no one, P'hen a loud and droad-f\d voice broke forth out of the ilcloud, and spoke these words : '^i 1 am the Lord thy (irod, who brought thee out of the land of t^-gypt, and out of the house of bond-age. Thou ihalt not have strange Gods be-fore me. Thou shalt not ftoake to thy-self a gra-ven thing, nor the like-ness of a-ny thing that is in hea -ven a-bove, or in the earth be-neath, •r in the wa-ters un-der the earth. Thou shalt not a-dore J&or serve them. lam the Lord thy God, strong and jea-lous, vi-si:-'ng the sins of the fa-lhers up-on their chil.dren, to the third •nd fourth ge nera-tion of them that hate me: and shew- ing mer-cv to tliou-sands of those that love me, and keep tay com-mand ments. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in tain ; for the lord \\\\\ not hold him guilt-less that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. Ue mem bcr th.ut thou keep ho-ly the sab-bath day. Six days shalt thou work, and sluilt do all tliy works. But On the se-venth day h the sab liath of the Lord thy God; I'lOu shalt do no work on it, thou, nor thy son, nor thy idaugli ter, nor tliy man s( r-vanr, nor thy wotoan-ser- Vani, nor thy beast, nor ihy stran-gcr that is with in thy gates. For in six days the f erd made hea-ven and earth, and ilie sea, anil ail things tiiat are in tliem, and rest-cd on tlie ?-venth ; there-fore the Lord bless-ed the sab-batii day Ind sanc-ti ii.ed it. Uo-nour thy father and thy mo-ther that thou may est (ve lo-s; up-on the earth which the Lord thy God will give 40 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. thee. Thou shalt not mur-der. Thou shalt not com-mit a-dul.te-ry. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not speak a-gainst thy neigh-bour false tes- ti-mo-ny. Thou shalt not co-vet thy neigh-bour*s house : nei-ther shalt thou de-sire his wife, nor ser-vant, nor hand- maid, nor ox, nor ass, nor any thing that is his. These are the ten com-mand-ments which God pub-lish- ed to his peo-ple ; and he gave them writ-ten on two ta- bles of stone to Mo-ses, who was at that time on the mount in the clouds. Though by the thun-der and light-ning God would inove them and us to a care-ful keep-ing of them, yet his will is ra-ther that we grave them in our hearts, and keep them not so much through our fear as through our love of Him. Keep them, my child, all the days of your life, and you will please God, and He will bless you here, and af-ter this life you will see Him in all his glo-ry, and en-joy Him for e-ver. Lesson XIV. Da.vid and GoJi.ah. 1 Kings, xvii. The peo-ple of God had for a long time been rul-ed by Judg-es. At length they de-sir-ed to have Kings. Their first king was Saul. In his reign they fought ma-ny bat- tles. And in his time there came forth from the camp of the Phi-lis-tines, who were e-ne-mies of the Is-ra-el-ites, a man whose name was Go-li-ah. He was six cu-bits, that is, three 5'ards, or nine feet, and a span high. He had on his head a hel-met of brass, and he was arm-ed with a coat of mail of ve-ry great weight ; he had greaves of brass on his legs ; and a staff in his hand which was like a large beam. Tins huge man stood day af-tcr day, and cri-ed to the Is-ra-el-ites, Choose out a man of you, and let him come down to me. If he be a-ble to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your ser-vants ; but if I kill him, then shall ye be our ser-vants, and serve us. Now there was a man whose name was Jes-se, and he had ei[;ht sons : the young-est of them was call-ed Da-vid : he u-sed to tend his fa-ther's sheep. One morn-ing he rose up ear-ly and went to the camp. At the same time came Go-li-ah. .f THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 41 )t coni>init r false tea* ir*8 house : , nor haDd« d pub-lish- on two ta- 1 the mount vould move t his will is keep them >ve of Him. fe, and you d af-ter this joy Him for !l. n rul-ed by ngs. Their ma-ny bat- he camp of s-ra-el-ites, r nine feet, et of brass, vc-ry great and a staff ri-ed to the him come , and to kill 1 him, then -sc, and he -ed Da-vid : )orn-ing he 3 same time Whon the men of Is-ra-cl ?aw the i» an, tliey vvcroa-fraid, and tied from him, And they said to l)a-vitl, Ilave you seen tiiis man that is come to de-fy us ? Da-vid so id to ] them that stood by him, What shall be done to tho luan I that shall kill Go-li-ah ? I And they said to him, To the man that kiil-oth Go-ll. ah, *hc king wili give great rich-es and his daugh-ttT : and he will make his father's house free. Da-vid then went to Saul, and said to him, I.tt no mau'i heart fail be-cause of Go-li-alj ; thy ser-vant will go and fight with him. Saul said to Da-vid, thou art not a-ble to fight with him, for thou art but a strip-ling, but, lie is a 'n)an train-ed to war from his youth. Da-vid said to Saul, I kept my fa-ther's sheep, and there came a li on and a bear, that took a lamb out of the flock; .and I went out and 1 smote them. 1 slew both the li-on .and the bear ; and this man shall be as one of them. Da-vid al-so said, Ti»e Lord w'.j sav-ed me out of the paw of the li-on, and out of the paw of the bear. He wili •ave me out of the hand of this man. And Saul said to JDa-vid, Go, and the Lord be with thee. Then Saul cloth-ed Da-vid with a coat of mail, and put ft hel-met of brass up-on his head. When Da-vid was thus cloth-ed, and gird-ed with a sword, he tri-ed if he fould go thus arm-ed ; but he said to Saul, I can-not go |o, and he put them off. He then took his staff, and he chose five most bright itones out of the brook, and lie cast them in-to his scrip. Then he took a sling in his hand, and went forth a-gainst Go-li-ah. When Go-li-ah saw Da-vid, he said to him. Am I a dog, fat thou com-est to me with a stalf I Come to me, and will give tl y flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the feasts of the ^arth. Then Da-vid said to him, Thou com-est to me with a near, and a sword, and a shield ; but I come to thee in |ne name of the Lord of Hosts. The Lord of the bands Is-ra-el, whom thou hast this day de-fi-ed. He, the )Ord, shall give thee in-to my hands, and 1 shall strike lee, and take a-way thy head from thee. And I shall give the car-cas-es of the camp of the Phi lb-tines to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of thi^ D 2 42 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK earth, tliat all tlie earth mr.y hnow that there is a God in Ts-ra-el. And all hcMe shall know that not in the sword, nor in the spear, doth the Lord save, tor it is His bat-tie, and he will give thee in-to onr hands. Then Go-li-ah rose up, and came a-gain«t Da-vid. Da- vid then put his hand in-to his scrip, and took one stone, and cast it with a sling, a!ul struck (io-li-a!i on the fore- head, wlio fell on his face up-on the ^',r<)und. And where- 1*1 as Da-vid had no sword, he ran and stood up-on Go-li-ah, and he took his sword, and with it slew him and cut off his head. Da-vid then took Go-li-ah's head, and he brought it in- to Je-ru-sa-lem. Then Ab-ner, the prince of the ar-my, took Da-vid and he brought him to Saul, hav-ing in his hand the head of Go-li-ah. Saul took Da-vid that day, and would let him go no more home to his fa-ther's house. And Da-vid went out whi-ther so-e-ver 8aul sent him: and he be -hav-ed wise-ly ; and Saul p!ac-ed him o-ver the men of war, and he was ac-cept-ed in the eyes of the peo- ple. Moral. Thus a-gain you see, my child, that God doth what he plcas-oih. The weak he niakcs slioug-, and the strong he rcn.dcrrj weak. Da.vid fighfs, and acts in the iianu^, and by the streng-!!! of God, and not in his own. If we imst in God, and nol in our own strength, he will be for us, and help iis ; ana if he be for ws^ and with us, who, or what, can hurt us 1 What have we to foar 1 But, as wiih.out hiin Wv". nip, no.lhing, so vvilh-out him we can do noJliing', He Iiates the piond and ar- ro-g-anf, but he looks down on the huni-ble, aiul to them he gives his grace, by which they do great things. Lesson XV. Da.vid made King. 2 Kings ii. Af.ter the death of Saul, Da.vid was cho-sen King. He was a great man, as you have seen ; and he was aLso a good man. He iD.dced siuuied a.gaiust God Id''. ■ ■si : THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK 45 a God in he sword, is bat-tie, vid. Da- )ne stone, the f'ore*- nd where- Go-li-ah, nd cut off Light it in- ho ar-my, -ing in his that day, er's house. ieni him : 1 o-ver the >f the peo- loth what , and the cts in the \ his own. ength, he L- ns, and , have we ) wilh-out id and ar- e, and to do great .sen King, id he was aiusl God by two great crimes of miii-der and a-dul.te-ry ; but he re-pent-cd of tliem, sii.ed to God to par-don him, and God did par.don hijn. ll>i ihen h')V.e(l, fear.ed, and seiv-cd God all the d.iys of hia life, wiih l>'s whole heart. Da-vid was al-so a man ofbiighi pans, and Well skill.cd in miusic and po.e-sy. He com-po^-'-ed a treat num.bci of can.ti.cle.-, or f^onge5, in praise of God. These aie the Psalms ihat are sung- to this day , in the Church. God made known to him, that He who v. as to save ijltlie world should be born of hin race, and that he should Mbe a king, and reign not on-ly o-ver the house of Ijj- ^rii-el, i>ut o-ver all the i]a-tions of the Earth , and (hat |of his King.dom there should be no end ; (hat He (ihe |Sa»vi.our of iho World) should be the ^on of God, and God him-self. All this way re.veaLed by God to Da- vid, The L'-ra-eLitv-s nani-ed the Re-decm-er whom they ex-pccl-ed, as the JeWi do to this day, the Mes-si-ah, or the CiJiJy'' By this name is meant a-noint-ed, be cause il was u>su-al to a^Jioint with oil (hose who Wrre made Kin;;s, Priests, and Pro-phots ; and Christ T^'as a K\n ii TUB CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. t Lesson XVI. The In.car.naMon and Birth of Jesus. You have read, »ny child, thai, our first pa-re n is, A- dnm and Eve, lost, by their sin, the grace and fa-vour of God, and were dii-ven out of Pa-ra-dise. They more-o-ver were not af-ter this life to have been hap- py with God in hea-ven ; and, as we all sin.ned in them, we wer« to have been in the like sad state, hud not God shew-ed iner-cy to them and to us, lie there-fore took pi-ty on nuin-kind, and sent his Son to re-deem us from sin, and to save us from hell. This Son was He whom God had pro-mis.ed lo A-dam, A-brji-ham, i;i-cob, and Da-vid : but He did not come till four thou-sand years af-ter the fall of A-dam and Eve. Now Hia birth was af-ler this man.ner : When the time ap-puint-ed by God was come, God sent from hea-ven an an-gel, whose name was Ga.bri-el, to a young' vir-gin, whose name was Ma-ry. She was of the iace of Da-vid. The an- gel in-form.ed her from God I hat she should bring forth, and be the mo.lhei of the Mcs.b'i ah, Christ, or Re-deem-er. Thou shall have a Son, said the an-gel to Ma.ry, and ihou shall call his name Je-sus. He shall be great, and hhull be call-ed the Son of the Most High. She gave her con-sent, ana in.stant-ly she con-ceiv-ed in her womb, Christ. He that was God took flesh, and oiuna-turc, and be-came like lo us, though not with sin and ig^jio ranee. And he was born of her in Beth- le-hem, a small town, where Da-vid had his bir'h- His mother, the bless-ed Vir-gin Ma-ryj and his fos ter or le-put-ed fa-ther, Saint Jo.seph, at that tune were on their jour-ney, and as there was no room for them in the inns, they were con.strai.n-ed to lodge in a sta-ble. In that poor p' ace she brought forth in.to the world her son, Christ, who was to save the world. She wrnp-ped him up in swad-dling clothes, and laid Ilirti in a man-ger. THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 45 rents, A- [1 fa-vour }. They leen hap- n.ned in tate, had sent hid om hell. A-dam, not come clam and Vhen the ent from i-el, to a e was of her from lo-ihei of Ma-ry, shall be St High. i-ceiv-ed lesh, and not with in Beth- bir'h. and his ,hat time room for lodge in rth in.to e world. nd laid And there were' in the same conn-try shep-herda I wafch-ing, and keep.ing the night watch-es o.ver their >flockf?. And, be-hold, an an.gel of llm Lord .stood by them, and the bright-ness of God shone round a-boiit them, and they fear.ed with great fear. And the an-gel said to them, Fear not, for be.hold [ bring you good tid-ings of great joy that shall be to all the f,eo.ple ; for this day is born to you a Sa-vi.our, who is Christ, the Lord, in the ci-ty of Da.vid : and (his shall be a sign to you ; you shtill find thx. in-fant wrap.ped in swad-dling < Inihes, and laid in a man-ger. And sud-den-ly lh«ie Wiis with the an.gel a mul-ti- tude of the hea-ven-ly host praising God, and say- ing, Glo-ry be to God in the high-e.st and on earth peace to men of good will. And it cajiie to pass af-ter the an-gel de-part-ed from them in-ta hea-ven, the shep.herds said one to airo^tlier, Let iis go o.ver to Beth-le-hem, and let ua see this word that iy come to pass, which the Lord hath shew-ed us. And they came with haste, and they found Ma-ry and Jo-seph and the in.fant ly-i ng in the man-ger ; and see-ing, they un.der.stood of the word that had |)ecn spo-ken (o ihem con.cern-ing this child. And the shep-jierds re.iurn-ed, gio.ri-fy-ing and prais.ing JGod, for all the thing.s they hid ijeard and seen, as it %aj3 (old un-to iheni, Moral. This, my child, is tho great work of God, out of his piiie love to us. The Word vv.-is made flesh, the Son l)f Gnd bt'-f-ame man, .'.nd he dwelt a-mong nn. A, dore and praise him, and give him thanks. In his biilhheis poor and as the oui.cabt of men. If then you he poor, re.pinu not ai your slate, §ince Christ vvaa )Oor for your sakf. Lesson XVII. Of Christ af.ter his Birth. H On ilif! ♦Mght.h day aflier Christ was born, he was i|C"!l-ed Je-fits, or Sa-vi.our. At this name we bow our 4G THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK, lieacl^, to tjivc him a mark of our rc-spect, as our Lord ; and of our lovo nnd tlianks, jiA our llc-decm-cr. At the nnme o/' Jli-SUS let e ve-rij knee bo'n, 81)ort-iy uf-tcr, tliree kin^s, or wise men camLMiut of the etist to a-dore Him. They uere guid cd on t!i( ir wav hy a bright star, un-til it came and stood o-\cr \,hi.;i'i,' tbo child Jo-sus was. And en-ter ihjj; in-to the hiiiisc, thry found the cliild with Ma- ry his nio-thcr ; atid tul!-iii{r {h)vvn tliey a-dor-ed Iiiin ; and o-pen-in^ tlit-ir fria->ur*^j!, they offered Him gifts — gold, frank-in-eense and myn i. Up-on thin, Kin,' lit ■• k], through jea-!ou-sy, would have put liim to death ; and to that v\A he gave or-ders that all the- male chil drci;, in and a b ^ur lieth-lo-htm, of the age of two years, s'nould he «hiin ; lud they were kill- ed. These are call-ed the Holy In-no-cents. But Ciirist was saved ; for an an-gel of t!ie Lord ap- pear-ed to Jo-seph, while a-sleep, and said, A-rise, and take the child and his mo-ther, and flee in-to E-gypt, and there be un-til I shall tell thee ; for it will come to pass that He-rod will seek the chi?d to de-stroy him. And they did not re-turn to the land of Is-ra-el till af-ter the death of He-rod. At the age of twelve years, Je-sus went with his parents to Je-ru-sa-lem,for the feast of the pass-o-ver; there they lost him ; and on tiie third day they found him in the Tem-ple, seat ed a midst the doc-tors, hcar-ing them, and ask-ing them qaes-ti(nis. He tlien re-turn ed with thera to Na-za-reth, and liv-ed sub-ject to them ; and he ad- vanc-ed in wis-doaj, and in age, and In grace, be-foro God and man. MoiiAL. Af-ter the cx-am-pleof Je-sus, you must en~dea-vour, as you ad-vance in aue, al so to a.l vance in vir-tue and pie ty. To that end, be di-li-genc at sehool ; there hear your teaeh-ers, be hub-ject to tlieni, and to your pa-rents; and let no day pass with out pray-ing to God ; beg of Him to give you His grace to know Him more and more ; to love Him more and njore, and to serve Him more and more faiih-lul-ly. Lesson XVH. The M'i .ra.vlcs of Jesus Chrht. Af-ter Je-sus re-iurn cd to Wa za-reth with his pa- *# Tlia CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 47 our Lord ; r. At the f-tcr, tliree Him. star, un-til was. And 1 with Ma- [ liim ; and ;i!ts— gold, -sy, would ave or-ders -lo-hcm, of f were kill- e Lord ap- A.-rise, and 2-gypt, and :>me to pass him. And 1 af-ter the his pa rents ; there they iiitn in the » tl\em, and 1 with thera and he ad- je-fore God n-dea-vour, vir-tue and there hear ur pa-rents; od ; heg of ; and more ; m more and with his pa rents, we read lit-tle more ofliim ; but lie liv-cd un-known to the a<,'e of tliir-ty years. At Miat fij;o lie was bap-tiz ed ' by Saint Jobn, who is there fore call-td the I'pp tis^t. lie I then went in-to a de-sert, and there he fJist-cd fur-ty days, Af-ter that became fortli, and he chose t\\..,epoor men ; those are call-ed the A pos-tlcs ; that is to say, en- voys, or per-sons sent, be-cau.se he sent them to preach and teach the (ios pel. Je-su:-., in the course of three .years, wrought a great ma-ny mi ra clcs : that is, he did those things which no man can do. But, as he was God as well a? mnn, !\c could do all, r/liat-c-ver he pleas ed ; he cured all sorts of dis-eas-es ; the fe ver, the i'lix of blood, the drop sy, the pal-sy, the le-pro sy, of-teu by a word, and when he was not near the sick per- son. lie gave sight to the blind ; he made the dumb speak, the deaf hear, the lame walk ; he brought to life those who were dead ; a-mong these we read in par-ti-cu-lar of A young girl who was just dead ; a young man whom his irio-thor was con-vey-ing to the grave ; and La-za-rus, who had been bu»ri-ed four days. He was seen to walk on the sea ; and he made Saint Pe-ter do the like. One day he fed five thou>sand per-sons with five loaves of bread and two flsli-es ; a^no-ther time '-he fed four thou-sand with se-ven loaves : he knew the thoughts of men. \ All tliese won-ders prov-ed that he was, as he said of Jiim»self, the Chrisr, and the Son of God. And three of «his uis-ci-plcs heard a voice from hca-ven, that said of him, This is my be lov-ed Son, in whom I arn well pleas- ed, heai ye him. Moral. ^. You must, my child, hear hinr when he speaks to you, ^'and makes his will known to you by the voice of your pa- tents and teach ers ; for if you hear and o-bey them, you hear and o-bey him. It is by them God will shew you what you must do to f lease Him, and to save your soul. If you do these things, e will be pleas-ed with you, and bless you, and af-ter '|rour death, He will make you hap-py with Him in hea- ven. # 48 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. I \*'i m m Lesson XIX. The Vir.tucs of Jesus Christ. At the same time that Je^sus did all these mi-ra-cle«, He gave an ex-am-ple of all sons of virtues. He was hum-ble, loeek, kind and good to all. He went a-bout do-ing good to all. He was not vain nor proud. He said, I seek not my own glo ry. I do the things that are pleas- ing to my Fa-ther. I do the will of Him that sent me. Though he was the Son of God, yet he call ed him- self the Son of Man. He de-part-ed from those who wouid' fain have made him their King. One day some chil-drcn were pre-sent-ed to him : he em-brac-ed them, and bless- ed them. He pass-ed his life in po-ver-ty and want, not hav-ing land nor house, nor so much as a place where to rest his head. He suf fer-ed heat, cold, hun-ger, thirst, and fa-tiguo. He of ten passed the whole night in pray-cr. My meat, he said, is to do the will of Him who sent me. When re- vil-ed, call-ed a.i im-pos-lor, se-diic-er, glut-ton, he did not re>vile a-gain, but bore all in si-Ience. Moral. En-dea-vour, my child, to co-py in you the life and vir- tues of Je-sus ; shun pride and vain-glo~ry. In all your thoughts, words, and ac-tions, seek on ly the glo-ry of God, not the es teem of men. Be meek, and ready to serve and do good to e-ve-ry one, even to the poor-est wretch on earth. Love God, end serve God, be-cause such is the will of God, and he hath made you for that end. Lesson XX. The DocJrine of Je-sus Christ, Learn now, my child, the truths which .le-sus taught, and which you must be-lieve, if you would please God, and save your soul. God has made you, and plac-ed you in this world, to know, love, and serve him. It is then bj faith you must know him, and be-lieve all that he teach-es. By hope you must re-ly on him, for his grace and help, to live well, and by cha-ri-ty, you are to love him a-bove all things. , These are the three great vir-tues, Je-sus teach-ctn that life e-ver-last-ing, or the way to gain it, is to know m-ty, THE CATHOLIC BCIIOOI, BOOK. 49 I mi-ra-c1es, 3. He was vent a-bout d. He said, It are pleas- ; sent me. ed him- self who wouid* ne chil-dren 1, and bless- id want, not ice where to nd fa-tigue, , My meat, . When re- •ton, he dill life and vir- In all yout le glo-ry of )d to e-ve-ry Love God; God, and he e-8U8 taught, please God, plac-edyou It is then by ; he teach-es. and help, to im a-bove all 5U9 teach-etli it, is to know Cod, tho on-ly true God, and him-sclf Jc-sus Christ, whom (^o(l hatli sent to re-decni uv, and tcacii us. He tiac!)~etli, that He and the la ther are hut one; Iience that he is (iod, as Iiis Fa-thcr is God ; and he tells his A |>08 flos that he will send them the Spi-rit, who pro- ceeds from the Fa-ther ; and he adds, he bhall re-ccive of mine, to teach it you • be-CM.ise all tliat is the I'a-ther's is mine : this shows, tli.it the llo-]y Giiost, or Spi-rit, pro- ceeds i'rom the Ta-thcr and from the Son, and yet that all three, the {'a. ther, the Son, and the Ho-ly Ghost, are but one and the srime God. And, as Je sus is God, it follows that he is both God and Man, since he took to him self the na-iure of man. i\nd lie shews it clear-ly, when he saitl.. No one hath as- cend ed iii-to hea-ven, but He who is come down from hea-vcn, the Son of Man who is in hea-ven. These truths, my child, are the ground work of your faith or bc-lief. They are called the Mys-te-ries of the II ni-ty, or of One God, and of the Tri-ni-ty, or of Three l^er sons in One God, and of God the Son tak-ing flesh, ind be-ing made man. They are call ed Mys-te riei that is, se cret truths, hid- den from ua, or what are a-bove our know-ledge, or com- pre-hen sion ; yet must we he-lieve them, be-cause God, #Iio is truth it -self, hath re-veal-ed them, and Je-sus Christ knth tauglit them. And as {>!od is all-wise and good, He l^crc-fore can-not be de cciv-ed, nor dc-ceive us. ^ That your faith of these truths may in-crease and be firm, of-ten make this, or the like act of faith. O God, 1 he-lieve 1 hou an the on-ly true God ! O Je-sus Christ, I he-lieve Thou art the Son of the Liv-ing God, who cam- let down from iiea-ven, and wast m? de IMan for us and our sal-va-tion. Q Ho-ly Ghopt, I be-lieve Th j if the 3pi vine Spirit pro-ceed-ing f om the Fa ther and thi ^oa , ind with them, One and the same God. O bless-ed Tii- ni-ty, One God. Lesson XXI. Tite JMax.ims of Je-sus Christ. Je sus Christ teach-eth us, that of our-selvos, and rith-out him, we can do no-thing. As it is in God, and |y God, that we live, move, and are, so it is only by his E 50 TUB CATHOLIC 8CH00 L BOOK. I'*: grace and help tliat wo con do good un-to our c tcr-nal »nl va-tion. As the branch can-not bear fruit if it do not a-bido on the tree, bo nei-ther can ue bring forth the fruit of good works, if wc do not a-bide in God by faith, hope, and love, and lie give us not his grace. ('hrist saitli, speaU-ing of hinri-self, I ann the way, the truth, and the life. He is the way, in what he teach-cs by his word and by his life, which we must co-py. He is ilio truth, by what he pro-niis-ca ; and he is the life, by the grace which we re ceivc through him, and we have need of tills f^racc ; for he saitli, no man can como to me, un-less the ia-thcr, who hath sent mc, draw him. This firace is his free pift : hence we must b'-git of God. Ask, suith he, and it shall he giv-en to you ; seek, and you shall find. And it is he who must teach us huw to pray, and what to ask. Thus he teach-eth us. V\ hen you pray, say, Our Fa ther who art in Hca-ven, &c. This pray-er is called the Lord's pray-cr. He uiore-o-vcr teach-es us not to con-fine our hope to the earth, and to this life ; for we are here but for a short time ; for a few years, or days, as it may please God, who is tlio Lord of the life of mnn. We are not then to heap up rich-es here, but to lay up a trca-sure in hca-ven by a life of good works. He tells us, there are two ways, and two gates ; but that we must strive to cn-ter at the nar row gate, and walk in the straight way; for this leads to life, but is found by few, bc-cause there are few that choose it ; the great-er part of men prefer the broad way that leads to death and ru-in. To fol-low Je-sus in the straight and nar-row way to liea von, we must, my child, re nounce the de-vil and his works of sin ; the world and its pomps ; the flesh and its baits, We must car-ry the cross by the prac-tice of vir- , tr.e. We must love God, and keep his com-mand-ments, If we do this, we shall af ter our death en-ter in-to life fi- ver last-ing, and be hap-py for e-vtr witii God. Tor, my thiki, there will come a day and an hour when you must die, and leave this world, and all that is in it; for since A dam sin-ned we are all doom-ed to die ; and when we are dead, our bo-dies will be laid un-der ground, and they will moul der in to dirt and dust. But our souls will be judg-ed by God, and ac-cord-ing as we have liv-ed well or ill in this life, we shall live for e T he to ry. The c\THor.ic •cHOur. book. 51 tlie way, the J tcncli-cs by r. He is the ; life, by the Iiavc need of » tne, un-Iess I'git of God. f.el;, and yon how to pray, 2n you pray, riiis pray-er I our hope to It for a short se God, who then to heap ica-ven by a es; but that and walk in und by few, at-er part of and ru-in. row way to vil and iiis lesh and its :-tice of vir- nand-ments, in>to life e- II. hour when hat is in it ; to die ; and der ground, ac-cord-ing all live for e fer ei ther in iinp-pi-ncss or mi-se ry. beyond what can j be cn-joy cd or en dur-ed in this life, or wluit we uro a-ble to con-ceive. The souls of some, who have not bicn ve-ry pood during part of their life time, and yet have had p;ir don of their sins, will go in-to a pri-son call-ed Pur-gu-lo- ry, lor a while. And, at the hist day, all that are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God, i»nd i!iry will come from their K'"''ves to be judg-ed by him pub-lic-ly, of all their thoughts, words and deeds, done in this litV, good und .■ bad. And they who have done good, will then go bo-dy and soul to a life of hap pi-ness that will ne-ver end, of such joy and of such good things as no man e-ver saw, or can con-ceive ; and they who have done c-vil will be cast • bo-dy and soul in-to hell hre. * To one of these ends, you, my child, must one day come. Live well, then, that you may die well ; for as you live so you will clie, and be hap-py or mi-ser-a-ble for c-veraf-ter death. This is the sum of what Je-sus taught, and of what you must believe and prac-tise till death, lie wise, then, ( now in time ; for when the hour of your death is come, it ■ will be too late to set a-bout it ; you may then wish to do, , and to have done well ; but wish-es then will be vain. Lesson XXIL i The Suf.fer-ings and Death oj Je sm Christ. Though Je-sus was much fol-low-cd andad-mir-ed, for peo-ple came from all parts to see ar.tl hear him, yet there were some that hated him so f r as to seek his death. , And, though in the whole course of his Ufe he did no harm, but was good and kind to all, yet he was ill treat-ed. More than once the Jews took up stones to stone him. Tlioy re-ppjach-ed him say-in^,', he had a de-vil, and wa- niad. if then Je-sus was so ill-treat ed, learn from Iliu to bear pa-ti ent^ly what ilUtieal-ment may be-fall you, and to forgive them thrt ha^eyou, or do you any wrong. At length the Jews were re-solv cd to lake a-way his life. It was at the time of the Pass over, a great fea- ^served by them, they con-triv-ed fo do it. BuM)e4o-o ithpy did it, Je-sus, when he was at his last supper witn Ihis dis-ci-ples, the night be-fore be died, gave them iiis bo dy and blood in this man-ncr. £2 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. * y . ! ■;■> He took bread in-to his hands, he bless-ed it, and broke it. He tlien gave his bo dy to them, and said, Take and eat ; this is my bo-dy. He then gave them his blood thus: He took the cup with some wjne'and wa-ter in it, and sai[ to them, Take and drink ; This is my blood. When he. did tliis, he in-sti tut-cd the sa cra-ment of the Ho-ly Eu- cha-ri:-t, and t!>e Sa-cri-fice of the Alass. At-ter he had done this, he went forth in-to a gar-den, and there he pray-ed to his Fa- 1 her. Fa-ther ! if it be pos-si-ble, let pass from me the cha-hce (by which lie meant his pas-sion and death), yet, not as I will, but as Thou v;ilt ; Thy will be done. Whilst he was thus pray-ing, Ju-das, one of his dis-ci- pies, brought with him arm-ed men to seize Je-sus. Tliey seiz-ed hiu;, and thus led him to Gai-phas, the High Priest, From Cai-phas they led him to Pi-late ; from Pi-late to He-rod ; and a -gain to Pi-late. They blind-fold-ed him, scof-fed at him, spit in his face, strip-ped off his clothes, and ti-ed him to a pil-lar ; there they scourg-ed him ; they then cloth-ed him with an old P'ir-ple gar-ment, put a reed in-to his hand, and a crown ox c'iorns on his head ; set him on a stool, and then a-dor- ed ■ im as a mock king : af-ter all this cru-el treat-ment, they naiH-ed him by his hands and his feet to a cross . This was doue at noon day. He hung on the cross in great pain and a-go-ny un-til three o'clock in the af-ter-noon, when he ex-pir-ed. Tl'.m di-ed Je-sus to save the world. At his death the sun was dark-en-ed, rocks were split, and the dead rose from ihtir graves. Oh ' my chil.'l. how great must have been the evil of the sin of our tirst pa-rents ! gince to re-deem us from it, to re con-cilc man- kind to God, and to set hea'vcn o-pen to ns, Christ the SonofCiod, made man, suffer cd so much and at last di-ed on the cross ! Great was liis love for us. Love him then, and througli love of him see you do not com~mit sin. Hate and de'tost it as the worst thing that can he-fall you in this life. Ol- ten tliink on what Je sus hath done and suffer-ed for you; praise and thank him ; and beg you may reap the fruit of it by his grace here, and by e-t€r nal hap-pi-ness here- after. ■| IK. ed it, and broke I said, Take and Iiis blood thus er in it, and sait ood. When lie. f the Ho-Iy Eu • in-to a gar-den, i-ther ! if it be (by which lie J I will, but as le of his dis-ci- Je-sus. Tilt')' he Ili^rh Priest, from Pi-late to ipit in his face, pil-Iar ; there im with an old I, and a crown nd then a-dor- el treat-ment, a cross . This a-go-ny un-til pir-ed. Tiun h the sun was 3se from ihtir 1 the e-vil of m us from it, lea'ven o-pen suffer cd so and tlirougli e and de-test is li^e. Of >ed for you ; the fruit cf i-ness here- THK CATUOLIC tiCHOOL BOOK. 53 Lesson XXIII. 'he Bu J-cth Uf-fur-rcc-tion, anil ,1s ren-swn of J'^-sus Cfiiist^ and Ike Ge ne ral Judc^-mrnl oj Man kiml. When Je-s-'s was dead, they laid his bo-dy in a se-pul- hre, or grave ; and on the third day af-ter his death, he ais-ed him-self from death to life. He ap-pear-«d of-ten |o his dis-ci-ples for tlie space of for-ty days. 'J'ho last lime he ap-pear-ed to them was on Mount 0~li-vet ; there, t' f-ter he had spoken to them, he li(t-ed up his hands, and less-ed ihem. ^ Then he as-cend-ed up to hea-ven in their pre-sence, %ill a cloud took him out of their sight. Then two aii-oels |n the form of men, cloth-ed in white robes, told them, t^iat lie should one day come again in like manner as tluy ad seen him go up to hea ven. Then it was that Je-sus Christ look pos-ses-sion of his king-dom, of which there will be no end. And there he lit-teth at the right hand of God the Fa-ther; not that ijod hath hands, for he is a pure spi-rit without mat-ter, form, or fi-gure ; by this is meant, Christ ig rais ed, as |Man, above all that is in hea-ven, and to the highest flo-ry and dig ni ty ; for, as God, he is one and the sauie , iod with the Fa the r. There he will con-ti-nue in that state till He come nt the last day, when an end will be put to this word, to judge ^he liv'-ing and the dead ; those who are now dead ; we ^ho are now liv-ing, but shall die ; and those who will be |iv-ing at the last day, but al-so will first die ; for it is ap- ii)oint-ed un-to all men once to die, and then the judg- liient. I For the hour will come, when all that are in the graves jphall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they shall ome forth ; they that have done good un to the re-sur- ec-tion of the life, and they that have done e-vil un-to the e-sur-rec tion of the judg-ment. For God hath ap point-ed a day, in which He will judge the world in jus tice by that man, the Son of C^od, Je sus hrist, whom he hath or-dain-ed, where-of He hath giv-en s-sur-ance to all men, in that He rais-ed Him from the ead ; and af tcr that, the judgment, all things will be er-fect-ly sub-ject-ed to Him, and the de-signs of God rom all e-ter-ni-'ty will b« enftire-ly ac-com-pli$h-ed. ^'2 I iil 5i THK CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. .»f Lesson XXIV. The Es-iah lii^h-inent of Ihe Church. But af'ter Je-sus was? as-cend ed in-to Hea-ven, He thence sent down ac-cord-ing lo his pio-niiie be fore lie v/as put to death, the Pa-ra-clete or Co.n-iort-er, the Pi- viot^ Spi-nt or the Ho-ly Ghost, to cii-hglit-en the minds of his A-pos-tles and Dis-ci-plts, tliat tftey ought un-iler- stand all that which He, when liv-ini' .vith them on earth, had taught ihem, and would then bring to their minds. x\l so to con-firm them in the faith or be-lief of such truths, and to cn-a-ble them to teach them, and to preach the Gos-pel through-out the whole world : and more-o- ver, to con-firm the same by the mi-ra-cics whicli they should work in his nanje, and by ids power. This came to pass thus : When the days of Pen-te-cost were ac-com-plish ed, the a-pos t!es and dis ci-{)les of Christ were all to-ge ther in one place; and sud-denly there came a sound from hea-ven, i;s of a migh-ty wind <:om-ing, and it filled the whole house where they w»ire 6it-ting; and there ap-pear-cd to them part-ed tongues, as it were of fire, and it sat o-ver e-ve ry one of them ; and they were all till-ed with the Ho~ly Ghost. vVcts ii. It was thus Je sus Christ es-tab lish-ed his Church. And all theyihat be-luv-ed were to-ge-ther—they con-ti' nu-ed dai-lij v:ilk one ac-cord in ihe Teni-ple—Andthe Lrrd ad-ded dai-Ii/ to thi:m such as skoald be sav-ed. Acts ii. And then was ful-fil-Ied what Jc-sus had said, that they who be-liev-ed in Him should do still great-er works than He him-self had done. With this his Church ho pro-mis-ed the same Di-vine Spi-rit should al-ways a-bide ; and teach and guide her (the Church) in all truths un-to the end of the world : in such sort that the gates of Hell, or ISa-tan, sliould ne-ver pre-vail a-gainst her, and in.duce her to be-lieve, or to teach the least er-ror. The truth and fact of this were do-moti-strat-ed be-yond all doubt, by the nia-ny mi-ra-cles, and signs and won- ders, which the fol-low-ers of Je-sus did e-ve-rv where through his pow-cr,and in his name ; be-cause to him was gi -en all pow-er in hea-ven and on earth, un-to the e-trr- qmk sal^Ttt-tion of all them that should be-Iieve in Him, and he-lie^ es-tab In A-pos mer-a- of the shod, down his se tang' Anc end of tians and St Cii-rh( a lone here-a ;ing, h iSiC^ lu ig gr, i«al der |,al phE I'RE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. Ii$ a-ven, He be fore lie er, the Di- tlie minds lit un-der- ^ on earth, mini's, ierof such to preacli d it: ore- o- ^hicli they *en-te-C08t -ci-j>les of sud-den-Iy h-ty wind they w»ire ongues, as hem ; and ts ii. s Church. hei/ con-ti- id the Lord Acts ii. that they vorks thao ne Di-vin« guide her world : in uld ne-ver iBve, or to d be-yond and won- rv where him was the e-tcr- 1 Himi and te-h'eve in the Ho-ly Ca-tho-lic Church, which lie had es-tab"lish~ed. In this nian-ner, and by the tes-ti-mo-ny which the A-pos-tles and Ois-ci-ples of Je-sus Christ, and the in-nu- mer-a-hle Mar-tyrs, gii^eo^the truths of the Gos-pel and of the Church of Je-sus Chrisst, by the blood which they shed, and by their lives which they vo-lun-ta-ri-ly laid down un-der tlie mostcru-el tor-ments, God set, as it were, J his seal to the tes-ti-mo-ny, that all which Je-sus had taiig'it was true and di-vine. And this held, and still holds, and will hold un-to the end of the world, the fol-low-ers of Je-eus Christ, Chris- tians and Ca-tho-l cs, the mem-bers of his Church, firm and stea-dy in the faith and com mu-nion of One, Ho-ly, Cn-rho-lic and A»pos to-lic Church ; in which Church a lone are to be obtain ed for give-ncss of sins here, and I iiei c-af-ter a glo-ri-ous ie-»ur- rec-tion, and life e-ver-last- inir, by means of the Ho-ly Sa-cri-fice, Sa-cra-ment, &c. &c,^ in-sti-tut-ed and or dain-ed by Christ him-self. *^' TAB . :k. Words of three Syllables accented on the first. Ab s«i nence ab di cate ab ro gate ab so lute ac ci deiU ac cu rale ac tn ale i ad e quale ad jec live |ad" ju lant ad ju gate ad mi rul ad vo cale nf fa ble af liii ence g gra vale ^|al der mati J4il pha bet al ti lude am nes (y am pli ly nn clu) ret an nu a I a" nar chy an ces for a" i)i niance ex e criJe ex er cise 2X i g-cnce ex or cisin ex pie tive ev (pii sifo Fu" bri cale fa' bu long fas ci naie fer ti lize fer ven cy fes ti val lir nm ment fla ge let fla" til lent flow rr crl fliic hi ate fool i?h iierts fop pe ly for lei turs ¥foY in a list X . for (i did'^ fian i^i b!e fran du lent f'l" vo Ions fro" lie some fill mi nale [fur i)i lure '0.1 Ian tiy :g^v' MB rous fge" iiu ine |g[cr uii Date glim mar ing] g!o bu lar glos aa ry glu ti nous gra" ti tude gra" vi tute Ha" bi lude hal low ed har mq ny h i" zani oua h THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK, TABLE Xir. Words of Fcxir SyHaLlcs accented on ihc First Ab so lute ly ex pli ca bic pi'' ti a ble r.-- CCS sa ry nc en va cy a ' cri mo ny jk! mi ral ty ud vcr sa ry ji ' la has ter al Ic {10 ry a ' 1)1 tin toil a-' })0 plex y jip pli ca hie ar bi tia ry au di fo ry Co" li ba cy ce'- re nu> ny cba ' rit a ble cnn? mon al ty com pa ra ble com pe tt'n cy CDO tro ver sy con tu m;i cy C3" rol la ry cor ri gi ble ere tlit a ble . c IS torn a ry d::!" Hca cy des pi ca ble de" sLil to ry di" la to ry dis pu ta ble dor mi to ry dro me da ry dy" sen ta ry FJ fi ca cy c" li gi ble e" mis sa ry e-' pi cur ism e" pi lep sy e" quit a ble ex e era ble ex ra ble ex qui tiite ly I'i" till ra tiv'c fla" t'l Icn cy fo li a ted for mi da ble Ila" bi ta ble he' te ro dox hos pi fi hie Jj^ no mi ny i" mi ta ble in tri ca cy in vcn to iv Jn d I c :i til re La pi da ry le' 1 ii rn da ry I no a mcnt li'M 111 n Ma" ra tore i na ry fX'^ tra cv ry mi'' nis te mi scr a bli mo mm ta ry mo" nas te ry Na'' tn ral ist na'' vi jra ble na re' t3' vi ga tor ces sa ry ne cro man nil ji Ob d ob sti I to ry cy u ra cy cy na o pe ra tive o" ra to ry Pa" la ta ble par li a ment par si mo ny pa" tri mo ny pica su ra ble prac ti ca ble pi e" da lO ry pre" fev a ble pro"' fit a ble 1' ga cy pro" «.e cu tor pro mon to ry pur ra to ry Kea ^-on a ble re" pu ta bl( re'' vo ca ble Sa ■ lu ta ry sane ti mo ny sane tu a ry san .'iui na ry s.a son a ble sc con da ry sc" ere ta ry ma" tri mo ny se" den ta ry so' mi cir cle sc" mi na ry ser vice a ble so" li ta ry sta'f tu a ry sub lu na ry spi" ri tu al tcm po ra ry te" nant a ble to" ler able tri" bii ta ry Va lu a ble va ri a ble va ri e gate ve' ge ta ble ve" ge ta tive ve" ne ra ble ven ti la tor pe' ne tra ble vo" lun ta ry per se cu tor vul ne ra bio THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. CJ ;>n >d:renl'd on Ihc Second. A I) bre ' vi afe al> rfte mi oiis .■\1) sur (li ty at" re" le late !ic ces Bi blii ac ti" vi ty :i(l tui ' ni"^ tcr altt J .)(! ver si ty ' ad vi sa l^le ' ?rfiim a »ive ^'"=l.y.-- in n gi" li a ii'iee a ble a la" cii ty , ai !e gi ance. al la vi ale al ler iia live am bas sa dor a iia" ly sis an ni hi lale an ta" go nist an t.i" ci pate an ti" qui ty a po" lo g^y a |)os (ro piio a j)os ta cy cir li'' cu lates as" pc li ty assas si nulc as si" nii lale as so ci ate as tin" no my nu li" cu lar Hu ste'' ri ty Ha ro me ler t)e a" li tilde be ne'* vo lent be ni^- ni ty bo la" ni cal fti Ca la" mi ty ca li" di ty ca pa" ci tate ca pi" tu late ce Ic" bri ty cen HO ri ous cer ti fi cate CO a" iL(n lale CO he ren cy CO in ci dent col la" te ral coin bus ti ble com mn ni ty com pa" ti ble on ci" li ate C'lfi den si ly cow fe" de rate con for mi ty con o phy plu III" li ty po li" li cul poH te li or pos te" ri ly pro ca ri ou3 pre ci" pi tale pre (led ti nate pie oc en py pre \v\" ra live pre ro" ga tive pre sor va tive pre va " ri cate pro fun di ty pro lix i ty pro pen si ty pro pri e tor pros pe" ri ty pro ver bi al Qua ter ni on quo ti" di an Ra pa" ci ty ra pi" di ty re cep ta cle re ci" pro cal re ori" mi nate re frac to ry re ga" li ty re ge" ne rate re luc tan cy re mark a ble re mu ne rate re pub li can le spon si ble re sto ra tive le sus ci tate Vt re ta" li ale . v.' re V(M her ate I he lo" ri cal • ri (li CM lous ruH ti" ci ty •■ / Sa i:;-a" ci ly sa lu hi'i oiis Ka li" ri cal hciir ri" li ly se en ri ly ' ' sep ten ui al Bigni'Tscant ' si mi" li tilde siin |.!i ci ty sin cr." ri ly 80 lem ni ly so li" ci lous BO li" ci lu'le so li" lo qn^-^ so [»hl9 li cal sub or di naie sub ser vi ent sub Stan li ale sue ces sive ly sn\ phn re ous su per flu ous su po ri or su per la live su pre ma cy . sus cep ti ble syni bo'' li cal ' By no" ni mous Tau to" lo gy te me" ri ty ter ra que oui ter res tri al the o" lo gy ' tian quil li tj trans pa ren cy tri an gu lar i 66 THS Catholic school book. ty ran ni £al Yai» glo ri ou3 ver na" cu lar ver ti"gi nous vi cis si tude vi va'' ci ty If u na • m moui un le" na ble ur ba" ni ty im for tu nate un feign ed ly voci" fe rous vo III mi nous vo lup tu ous U bi" qui ty Jtccenttd on the Second^ but pronounced as Three Jid. mis si en De fi" ci ent im pa ti ent de flue li on de jec tj on de li" ci oua dtt ten ti on de vo ti on dif fu si on di ges ti on dis cus si on dis mis si on dis tine ti on Ef fi" ci eni e jec ti on e mis si on es sen ti al ex emp ti on Fal la ci ous fa mi'* li ar fie ti" ti ous im par ti al Words of Four SyllableSt accented on the First. Ac ci den tal de spe ra do in ter ja cent de tti men tal dis af feet ed dis in he" rit dis re spect ful E van es cent eu ro pe an Ho ri zon tal Iiy me ne al In CO he rent in con sis tent in ex hausted io etru men tal af fee ti on af flic ti on ambi"liou9 as per si on au da ci ous aus pi ci 0U9 Ca pri ci ous ces sa ii on CO er ci on col lee ti on col I u si on com mis si on com pa'* ni on com pul si on con ces si on con fes si on con tri" ti on con ver si on con vul si on a" do les cence an te ce dent a'' po plee tie ap pre hen sive arch an ge** lie Be a ti'* fie be" ne fae tor Co ad ju tor CO al 68 cence CO « ter nal cir cum ja cent De cli na tor in fee ti oua Lo qua ci ous Ma gi" ci an ma li ci ous mi gra ti on Ob nox i oua of fi" ci oua o pi" ni on out ra ge ous Pre cau ti on pro fi" ci ent pro pi" ti ous Re li'' gi ous Sen ten ti oua 8uf fi" ci ent Te na ci oua Ver mil li on vi va ci ous vo ra ci ous in ter io per Le" gi« la tivc leu gis la tor le'« gis la ture Ma" le fae tor ma" ni fes to ma" the ma" tic mis de mea nor Or na men tal o ver bui den Per se ve rane« pre" de ces aor THS CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. pro" cu ra tor Sa*' cer do tal epe" cu la tor Rei» gu la tor sci en ti-' fie su per car go TABLE XI. Words of Five Syllables, accented on the Second. «7 ■, ) A bo'' mi na ble a po'' the ca ry au tho ri la tiva aux i" li a ry Ca lum ni a tor corn men da to ry com men su ra ble con so" la to ry con tem po ra ry Do bi" li la ted de cla'' ra to ry de fii" ma to ry de ge" ne ra cy de ro 'ga to ry dis ho'* noiir a bio dis in ter est ed Ef fe" mi na cy e lee tu a ry e nia"ci a ted € pis CO pa cy e pis to la ry fx pla" na tory He re"di ta ry he re"ti cal ly her ne" ti cal ly I ma" gi na ble i ma" gi nn ry ini pe"ne tra ble im prac" ti ca ble in ac cu la cy in ap pli cable in cen di a ry in com pa ra ble in cor ri gi ble in did pu ta ble in ex ra ble , r . . , a "^ I : ;'...., e try 1 cal ., I ble ;^, led le e ble ed. cal con fla gra ti on con sci en li ous Guti se (|uen ti al con sum ma ti on c'V) tern pla (i on De'' cla him li on ue" pra va ti on de'' pre ca ti jn ,clis pea sa ti on (lis pro per ti on Em bro ca ti on > e" ner va ti on e c|ui noc ti al lex cla ma ti on Fa'' bri ca ti on I fas ci na li on her men ta ti on fla" gel la ti on Hue til a ti on In au spi" ci ons' ' in siif fi ci ent Li'' que fnc ti on Ma" ciii na ti on Pai li a ti on pe tii fac ti on pro vi a bi cal La ti tu d' ra ri an im pe ne tra bi li ty Pie ni po ten ti a ry in com pa r.i lA ii ty Va 'e tu di na ii an TABLI': X\V. Words spelt alike, but I'/'/c/i, ;'n d'^jji-rnv Paris of S'peec\\ change their pronounda tun ; being accerled on the firsi Syllable, when JS/'ounSi auJ the hi^r-t, when Verbs, NOUNS. Accented on the First. Absent, net presevf An Abstract, ffw abridgnnent A Coilect, a short prryer A Comnound, a micciurc A Contest, a quarrel A Contrati, a deed Converse, conversation A Convert, a reformed person A Convict, a criminal A Convoy, a guard A Desert, a xvi/derness An Extract, a quotation A Ferment, a tumult Frequent, a repetition Import, tendency An Insult, an affront An Object, any iking pre sented to our senses A Present, a gi/l Produce, (he ihin^ m- educed VERBS. Accent (d on the Last. To ^ bsent, to keep away To Abstract, 1o shorten To Col feci, togathtr toget)^ To Compound, to mingle To ('on lest, to dispvte To Contract, to bargain To Converse, to discourst To Convert, to change To I'onvict, to prove guillif To Convoy, to protect To Desert, to/orsake To Extract, to select To Ferment, to work Uh To Fretjuent, to resorl to To Import, to Iriig fio abroad To Insult, fe ill use To Object lo cpposi To Present, to ^ive To Produce, to brin^ .fum Abel, Ablo, A I'Cf 'p ^^vcep ■^^ccid< Accidt ■Accom -'^-ccoui i^cts, d ^ xe, ai A'Yect, JjlVct, il, to le, nu !-re, be I leir. to Ider, i '^Ider, a 11, eve THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 73 cy 1 cal le Fifth. NOUNS. VERBS. A project, a scheme or ifesignTo Project, to cotitrive A Uebe), a traitor To Rebel, to revolt A Record, f» public register To Record, to enrol Reftise, jmiitf To Refuse, to deny A SuJ^j.'^cl, he whu otves obe- To subject, to subdue die'l:rii^ A Torrne\.t, c grcaf - ain To Torment, to torture TABLE XV. Woik of Similar Souud', but dijjerent in Spelling and Senst, an a ry an Verbs, Abeh a man's name Able, sufficient A I'ccpt, receivo; Evcept, i'cr' 3 out .Accidence, '>a grammar rts of Smc\M Accideni's, clmnces Jonlhe firnHAccompts, reckoning Account, esteem i\cts, deeds, exploits Axe, an ins'trument Ail'ect, to move or imitate } ifect, purpose Ai!,, to be ill le, malt liquor '.re, before leir. to an estate Ider, a tree •^Ider, a senior 11, every one _ ^ ^wl. a sharp tool prove gtiii'y |\Jtar, for a sacrifice BS. I the Last. keep away shorten to mingle dispvie bargain to discount change protect forsake ) select wcrrk Hff^ to resort to to bring fr ill use yppoSB ff^'^^ .1 to triH ^"'*' ' Iter, to change Lilt, an insect I lint, an uncle's wife irranr, notorious ilnand, a message Arrant, wandering Isccnt, steepness Ihsent, consent issistance, help issistants, helpers Lltcndance, waiting iltendants, waiters Auger, to bore with Augur, a soothsayer Bacon, swine's flesh Baken, by an ovan Beacon, a mark Beckon, with the hand Bail, a surety Bale, a large parcel . Bait, a lure Bate, to lessen Ball, a round substance Bawl, to cry out Baron, a lord Barren, unfruitful Barbara, a woman's name Barbary, a country Barberry, a tree BarCy naked Bear, a savage animal Baize, a coarse cloth . Bays, in architecture B'ise, mean Bass, ill music Be, to exist Bee, an insect Beach, the sea shore Beech, a tree Bean, a pulse Been, of the verb to be Beat, to strike Beet, a plant Beer, malt liquor Bier, a frame for the dead i^^ *,■ :] I. .ii TlIK CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. jyi' W'^' ■(., m i r)el, an idol !*t'll, to ring 1'clle, a fine huly Tuny, a small iVuit Kiirv, to inter niL*, jxall Tu)!!, to bubble up 1';Ij\v, (lid blow ]>ltio, a colour Ijoar, t!)e tnnie suine lioro, to rnako a bole r.oor, a cloun Board, a plank 15 -red, did bore Ij'tie, a corn measure, i^-c. 1)011, a round stalk or stem Bowl, a large bason Bolt, for a door Boult, to sift ]]omb, a mortar shot Boom, of a ship Bough, a branch Bow, to bend Boiirder, at a table Border, the margin Boy, a young lad Buo}', an anchor mark Buy, to purchase r)y, near Brace, a couple Braze, to solder Breaches, broken places Brecche?, to wear Bread, food made of corn Bred, brought up Brewing, of ale Bruin, a bear's name Brews, he breweth Bruise, a hurt Bruit, a report Brute, a beast But, a panicle Butt, a large cask Borough, ". town Burrow, cover for rabbits Cain, a man's name ('ane, to walk with Calais, in France Chalice, a cup Call, to name Caul, of a wig, &c. Cannon, a great gun Canon, a rule or law Calendar, an almanack Catch, to lay hold of Ketch, a small ship Ceiling, of a room Scaling, setting a seal Cell, a small close room Sell, to dispose of Cellar, a vault Seller, that sells Censer, for incense Censor, a critic Censure, judgment Cent, a hundred Sent, did send Scent, a smell Centuary, an herb Century, 100 years Sentry, a guard Cession, resigning Session, act of sitting Chased, did chase Chaste, continent Choir, a set of singers Quire, 24; sheets of paper Choler, wrath Collar, for the neck Chord, in music Cord, a small rope Cinque, five Sink, to go down Cite, to summon Sight, seeing Site, situation THE CATHOLIC ICHOOL BOOK. 75 1 Cittern, an instrument Citron, a sort of fruit Clause, a section Claws, talons Cleaver, for chopping Clever, ingenious Climb, to get up Clime, climate ClosL', to shut Clothes, apparel Course, not line Course, to race Coat, a garment Quote, to cite or allege Coin, money Kine, cows, sheep, &c. Coit, to play with Kite, a bird of prey Comet, a blazing star Commit, to act Coming, approaching Cummin, a plant Common, public Commune, to converse Concert, of music Consort, a wife Condemn, to sentence Contemn, to despise Confidence, reliance Couttdants, trusty friends Council, an assembly Counsel, advice Courant, advice Current, passable Cousin, a relation Cozen, to cheat Croak, to make a noise Creek, of the sea Click, in the neck Cruse, a little vessel Cruise, to sail about Crews, ships' companions Cygnet, a young swan Signet, a seal Cymbal, an instrument Symbol, a mark Cypress, a tree Cyprus, gn island Dane, ( f' Denmark Dean, Hi^xt to the bishop Deign, to vouchsafe Dear, costly Deer, a forest animal Debtor, that oweth Deter, to frighten from Decease, death Disease, distemper Defer, to delay Differ, to disagree Deference, respect Difference, disagreement Dependence, relying on Dependents, hangers on Descent, going down Dissent, to disagree Device?, a stratagem Devi8e> to invent Dev/, a thin cold vapour Due owing Dire, dreadful Dyer, one who dyes cloth Doe, a female deer Dough, leaven or paste Doer, performer Doo*", of a house Dollar, a Spanish coin Dolour, grief Done, acted Dun, a colour Draft, a bill Draught, a drink Dragon, a serpent Dragoon, a soldier Ear, of the head ■ I ^'^^ ifii" i.' p. 76 TUB CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. m £re, before Easter, the feast of our Sa- viour^s resurrection Esther, a woman's name Emerge, to pop up Immerge, to plunge Eminent, noted Imminent, impending- Emit, to send forth Emmet, an ant Enter, to go in Inter, to bury Envoy, an ambassador Envy, ill will > Err, mistake Her, she Yew, a tree You, yourself Your, your own Ure, custom uso Ewer, a bason Exercise, employment Exorcise, to conjure Extant, in being lixttnt, dimensions Eye, to see with J, myself Fain, willingly Feign, to dissemble Faint, languid Feint, a pretence Fair, beautiful Fare, diet, hire Favour, kindness Fever, distemper Feat, exploit Feet, of the body File, of steel Foil, to overcome Fillip, with the finger Philip, a man's name Fir, a tree Fur, soft huir Flea, an insect Flee, to run from danger Flew, did fly Flue, ur a chimney Flower, of the field ^ Flour, for bread Forth, on«vard, forward Fourth, in number Foul, nasty, unclean Fowl, a bn-d Frances, a woman's name Francis, a man's name Freeze, to congeal Frieze, a coarse cloth Furs, the plural of fur Furze, a prickly bush Gallon, four quarts Galloon, a ribbon Gale, a strong wind Gall, bile ;,; Gaul, FrenchmaQ Gait, manner of walkin|^ Gate, an entrance Gesture, action ... Jester, a Joker (jilt, gilded Guilt, sin Glutinous, sticking Gluttonous, greedy Grease, soft fat Greece, a country Grate, a fire place Great, large Grater, a coarse file Greater, larger Greaves, leg armour Grieves, he lamenu Groan, hard sigh Grown, increased Groat, four pence Grot, a cave Guess, to think Guest, a visitor THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOR. 77 danger ir ean n's name name al :loth )ffur bush •e our nts Hail, frozen water Hale, hearty Hair, of the head Hare, an animal of chase Hall, a great room Haul, to pull Halluw, to consecrate Hollow, empty Harrass, to fatigue Arrass, hangings Harsh, severe Has]), minced meat Hurt, deer Heart, the seat of life Haven, a harbour Heaven, God's throne Heal, to cure Heel, of a shoe Hear, hearken Here, in this place Heard, did hear Herd, of cattle Hew, to cut Hugh, a man's nanie Hue, colour Hie, hasten High, lofty Higlier, more lofty Hire, wages Him, that man Hymn, a pious song Hole, a cavity Whole, not broken Home, dwelling Whom, who Hoop, for a tub Whoop, to halloo [Hour, of the day Our, belonging to Idle, lazy ildul, an image Aisle, of a church Isle, an island G2 Impostor, a cheat Imposture, deceit In, within Inn, a public house Incite, to stir up Insight, knowledge Indite, to compose Indict, impeach ingenious, inventive Ingenuous, candid, free Innocence, harmless Innocents, babes Intense, excessive Intents, purposes Knap, on cloth Nap, short sleep Nape, of the neck Knave, a rogue Nave, of a wheel Knead, to work dough Need, did want Knew, did know New, not worn or used Knight, a title of honour Night, darkness Knot, a nob Not, denying Lade, to load Laid, to place Latin, a language Latten. brass Lattice, a net- work window Lettice, a woman's name Lettuce, a sallad Leak, to run out Leek, a kind of onion Lease, a tenture Leash, three, a thong Lead, metal Led, conducted Leaper, a jumper Leper, one leprous Least, smallest ;ii| ■ V A< f» 78 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK ii- . ■ hi- I m 1 wl! ' * ^ Bi P"- ■i I>e8t, for fear that l-egislalor, law-giver iiegislaturc, parliament Lessen, to make less Lysson, in reading Lesser, smaller Lessor, ^ranter of a lease Liar, a false story-teller Lier, one that rests Lyre, a liarp Limb, leg or arm Limn, to paint Limber, pliant Limner, painter Line, leniitli Loin, a joint of meat Lo ! behold Losv, mean, humble Loth, unwilling Loath, to nauseate Loose, slack Lose, not to win Made, finished ^Nlaid, a woman servant Main, chief Mane, of a horse Mail, armour Male, he or him Manner, custom Manor, lordsliip Mare, a female horse Mayor, of a town IMarssh, watery ground Mash, to mince 3Lirshal, head general Martial, warlike Marten, a bird ^lartin, a man's name Mary, a woman's nan'e ^Murry, to wed Merry, gay of heart Mean, of small value JMien, beliaviour Meat, flesh Mete, to measure Medal, a coin Meddle, to interfere Medlar, a fruit Meddler, a busy body Message, errand Messuage, house Metal, gold, silver, Ac. Mettle, sprightliness Mews, for horses Muse, to think Might, power Mite, an insect Moan, lamentation Mown, cut down Moat, a ditch Mote, an atom Moor, a fen or marsh More, in quantity Morning, before noon Mourning, lamenting Muscle, a shell fish Muzzle, to tie the mouth Muslin, fine linen Muz/ling, to gag Naught, bad Nought, nothing Nay, an adverb Neigh, a^ a horse Neither, of the two Nether, lower Oar, to row with Ore, uncast metal Hoar, grey with age Of belonging to Ofi", distant or from Oh an exclamation Owe, indebted Pail, for water Pale, wan or white Pain, torment Pane, of ghiss I Peal, I Peel, PI I^oesy, Po>y, r i*ule, a THC CATHOLIC f CHO OL BOOK. 79 fere body »r, &c. ness on n narsli y ; noon |nting sh le mouth e |\vo al age ion ite k Pair, two Pnre, to cut or chip Palate, lu<5tc or iclish Pallette, used by painters Pail, funeral cloth Pa«il, a man's name Parcel, a small bundle partial, biassed patience, mildness patients, sick people pause, to stop paws, of a beast poaco, quietness pea>s pulse piece, a part peal, in riny, motto on a ring Pole, a long stick poll, ^ head, a vote poor, needy pore, to look close porcelain, china ware purslain, an herb pour, to stream power, to command practice, exercise practise, to stu«ly praise, commendation prays, entreateth pray, to beseech Prey, a booty precedent, an example president, a governor Principal, a chief Principle, fust cause Profit, gain Prophet, a foreteller Quarry, a stone mine Quer}^, a question Quaver, to shake a notft Quiver, for arrows Quean, a harlot Queen, a king's wife Race, running Haze, demolish Radish, a root Reddish, inclining to red Rain, water Reign, to ride Rein, a bridle Raise, to lift up Rays, beams of light Raisin, a dried grape Reason, arguirient Rare uncommon Rear, to erect Read, to peruse Reed, a small pipe Rede, counsel * , .;..'!. 80 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. <(• Hf^ h v. % 1 1' • i 1 I-'' t' .1- . 1 6". Regimen, diet Regiment, of soldiers Relic, remainder Relict, a widow Rest, ease Wrest, to force Rome, a city Room, chamber Rhyme, verse Rime, frost Rice, Indian corn Itise, advancement Rigger, one that rigs Kigoiir, severity Ring,, circle Wring, to twist Right, just, true Rite, a ceremony Wright, a man's name Write: to tell by letters Rhode, an island Road a highway Roc, deer Row, ranged in a line Rote, from memory Wrote, did write Ruif, a neck cloth Rough, uneven Rung, did ring Wrung- twisted Sail' of a ship Sale' selling Sage- vvise St'dge, a narrow flag Scent' to smell Sent, ordered away Sense, understanding Since, after^vards Say. speak ^QV^ a sort of cloth Scene' part of a play Sitn- beiielU Sea, ocean See* to behold Seal* an impression Zeal« ardent affection Seam, joining Ssem> to pretend Seast the waters Sees, doth see Sei£e» to lay hold of Sew) with a needle Sue* to intreat Shear) to clip Sheer? to go off Shewt to make appear Shoe, for the foot Shoari a prop Shore, the sea coast Sine, a line Sign' a token Sloe« a wild plumb Slough* a miry place Slow, not apeedy Sole, bottom of the'foot Soul, the spirit of man Some« part Sum» the whole Stair, a step Stare, to look earnestly SteaU to pilfp" Steel, harder. J iron Straight, direct Strait, narrow iiuccour, help Sucker, a young twig Tacks, small nails Tax, a tribute Tares* among wheat Tears, from the eyes Team, set of horses Teem, to abound Tenour, intent Tenure* to hold land Than* in comparison Then* that time Gr. )roprie )arls o Seiite abies lies, W irnmu The t)ijr, ar ynlax, THE CATUOMC «CHOOL BOOK. 81 ^n m tion lof lie ippear )t ;oast mb place ' the' foot of man ;arnestly iron The, an article Thee, fhou Their, beJonging to them There, that place Throne, chair of state Thrown, hinled To, unto Toe, part of the foot Too, also Two, a couple Tour, a journey Tower, a lofty building Treaties, conventions Treatise, a discourse Vale, a valley Veal, calfs flesh Vfiin, meanly proud Vein, a blood vessel j Valley, a dale Value, worth Wain, cart or waggon IWane, to decrease I Waif, tarry Waiter, an attendant Weight, for scales Ware, merchandize Wear, the thing worn Were, to have been Where, at what place Way, road Weigh, to balance Wax, tenacious matter' Vex, to i.eaze Wey, 40 bushels Whey, of milk Week, seven days Weak, faint Wither, to decay Whither, (o what place While, space of time Wile, a trick Vile, despicable Would, was willing Wood, small timber Won, did win One, in number PART ri. A BRIEF DEFINITION OF GRAMMAR. 4. ■•*■• g twig ails wheat 3 eyes )rse8 nd "Id land )ari8on Grammar is (he nrt of Speaking and Writino- with Mopnety. It treats of Sentences, and of the several )arls of which they are compounded. Sentences onsist of words, Words of syllables, Syl- [idjies of one or more letters ; so thai Letters, Sylln. !es, Words, and Sentences, form the whole subject of rammar. The branches or parts of Grammar are divided into )nr, and are thus named : Orlfwgmphiji Etymology, \ynlaXf and Prosody. r ■ W ;. 4' 82 THK CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. OP ORTHOGRAPHY. m Mr ^^- Onhogrnphy shows tho natine and power of Letters, ai)'i t!ie light inelhod of making and spelling Words. As tlie sign of an Inn represents some particuhir animal, poison, or Hiing, so does each letter represent I a cerlnin sound, which is called its name : thus ihel let lei b exoresses fha sound be. &c. Th( :pi le number of letlers in the En^flish language is^f tvvenfy-six, which are called ihe Alphabet ; (see pnge 4,) of these twenty-six, five are called Vowels, which are a e i o u^ and the rest are Consonants. PFandi are sometimes used as vowels. A vowel makes a per feet sound of itself, but a consonant iloes not make a perfect sound of itself, without the aid of a vowel. Consonants are divided into mutes and semi or half vowels; the latter are so called^ because they have an imperfect sound of themselves. When the names of the mutes are spelled, the}' begin with a conso. nant, as beCy cee, dee, &c ; and the names of the seni vowels when they are spelled begin with a vowel, as e/, eit em, &c ; four of these, namely, Z, m, n, r, are also called liquids. A dipthcng is the uniting of two vowels into one tyllable ; as plain, fair, A tripthoiig is the uniting of three vowels into one syllable ; as in lieu, beauty, A syllable is the complete sound of one or more lei. ters ; as a, am. ort. Words of OIK- syllable nre termed JMonosyllahks ;, ^ words of iwo syllables, Dissylhrjles ; of thice sylln. hies, Tiisyllahles ; and those of four, and all above, aie called Polysyllables. OF ETYMOLOGY. Elymolog-y teaches the derivation of words, nti'l 1k)\v some are formed. As every workman disiip guishes his tools by particula'* names, so it is in Graii) n»ar, every particular part of speech has its disting-uisii jngname ; these parts of speech are ?jme, and tliov are thus called : Articles, Nouns, Pronouns, Ailjec live?, "V Interjei 1. Ai fix theii 2. A Wliate^ noun, desk, sli 3. A of any An ac noun tc a noble Adjec brightes, ed or di round, s 4. A Pionour own which eiibstanl The f yc, they, its, our, and son 5. A ing of a men lau he. a ve laugh, r An s sirigulai as the r The\ art ; he I was ; trcrc, tl KPa i 3K. TH E CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 83 er of Letters, ing" Wordf. e particular ,er represent 3 : thus the language is, L ; (see pnge lives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, ancnt, is oa the first syllable, and in the <\Ucr on ihe second. Qnanlily is ifie length of the vowels, and is short or J' iig, as iim, where the ii is short, and tune where it is (long. ^ ^ . ^ Emphasis is the giving of additional force (o particu. Iliir Words, in order that our meaning may be properly j'liuleixood, and is of the greatest consequence, as it jgenerally determines the entir'e sense of a sentence. |Souie sentences contain more senses than one, and th* H '■ i'l" e6 Tllfi CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. Rtns^ which isintenrled can only be known by ohserv. mj:; ati what word \hf ciu^hrvsis is laid. For example; t^jLaU you ride to London to.day ? Thi? c|iics(ioii is ca. pnbleof four differcni seDt-f.^, according lo (he word on which ihe enijihasis is laid. If it l)e laid on the word you, the answer may bo, "No, but I intend lo send my .yrrrant in my stead." If it be on the word ride, tin; propel answer may be, " No ; but I intend to walk.'' If ihe empliai^is be placed on the word London, it is a dilToient (pio^tion ; and the answer may be, 'No ; for 1 desi.on lo ride ir.to ihe counlry. If it be laid on \\v) word to-dcy^ the answer may be *'No ; but i shall lo. morrow. Pause is in its limited sense jroverrsed by parlicul;*. poipt^. \^h•ch are called Slops, of which see below. Tc " \'^ not only an appropriate pitch of voice w hilo read" but also consist^ in a corresponding expression of I )oks v.v'^ oestuics while speaking-, and next to eni, phnsis dcniLuids a peculiar attention. A person lo-c^ an inlcjest m what he hears, unless the feeling- wiiicli accompanies the words be in some measure expressed in Ihe tone of the speaker. OF POINTS AND STOPS. A comma, which is marked thus (,) is the shortest of oil stops, and serves to divide short sentences, till you come to the full sense, as thus: I am persuaded thai •neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalifies, nor powers, nor things present, nor thins^s to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. viii. 38, 39. A semicolon ( ; ) serves also to part sentence?, and is often used when the eentences are contrary. Thus; .9 soft answer turnciJt away wrath ; but [rrievovs wordt sliT up anger. Prov. xv. 1. Oi thus : I desired you /o fet your lesson by heart ; but Instead of that you han een at play, A colon ( :) parts several sentences, every one ot which has a full meaning of ite own, though, at th« TIIK CATIlOLro SCHOOL BOOK 87 by observ. ' exninple. : ■slioii is cu. he word on n the word lo send my d ride, tli*; to walk.' idon, it is u :, • ' No ; f(H' laid on tbf; t I shall to. / pnrliculji. below, voice w hilo r expression nexl to etu, )erson 1om.\: elinff which e expressed ; 3 shortest, of :es, till yoii suaded thai ipaliHes, nor , nor height | e to sfparaie | us our Lor(l( lencep, and| iry. Thus Kevovs wordf\ fsired you fol It you ham l^ery one oil pgh, al the| p,'i ViC timn, i( leaves us in expect nlion of some thirig ih It i.-» 10 follow. For rxunipic : lie is a xoise andjini^ a<: created. Of all things necessary for man to know, the end for u hich he came into the world deserves his iirst attention. iJ' % . * I 88 •THE CATUOr.TC SCHOOL nooK, I' A 2. hlc ; Ami CI Oil I tiling uom tr. 30U vv lioil 'f Because, being a rafioiifil creature, he ou hat you ate, and ior vvi.'ut end yt made you for any of rlicso I lungs. For vliat then I i or nofhinj^ less tlinn tlio possrssion and enjoyment of himseT in henv cmi. lie lias not judged the fairest of liis creatures worthy ^fyou : he has given him- self to be the object of your happiness For this reason he gave you a soul, formed to his iojaj^e, capable of pos- sessing him, and which, by reason of this capacity, is lu'- ver content nor satisfied w ith the possession and delights of this life, as every one finds by experience. You were then not made for creatures, dear Thcotimc. but for the Creator. Your last end is not the enjoyment of creatures, but of God himself. You were created to be happy by the possession of a God in heaven, and to reign with iiim in a felicity incomprehensible to human understanding. The eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, neither hath it entcreti into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love bin). And this for hov/ long ? Tor all eternity; that is, for a time which shall never end, but continue as long as God himself. This is that most noble end for which you were designed ; this is the inheritance which your celestial Fa ther has prepared for vou ; this is that end for which he has created you. All this visible world was but destined for \ our present use, to help you in promoting the glory of God. Cn vnr I II- fVh't it to to he a Christian. By the grace of God. Theotime, you are a ("hristian ; but do you understand what this is, and what you are by this quality '? Take notice of it then, and learn to know the great favour God bestowed upon you in the day of your baptism. Wy the baptism which you have received, vou are wasned from original sin, by the application of the n»erits of the blood of Jesus Christ, delivered from the ui)iversal curse of mankind, incurred by sin, and freed from the pov.er of the devil. You have been made the child frf(iod; the disciple of Jesus Cbrist your Saviour. You have acquired God for you father ; Jesus Cbrist for your siiaster, your instructor, your -example, and for the rule of your life; the holy Church foi' yoar mother and guardian ; the angels for your protectors ; the saio'ts for your interce«- 3orii. :' I , TIIR ('ATIIOI.IC ICIIOOf, PO'>K 91 ngs. For ission and judged the ^Mven I)im- his reason )ln of pos- city, is Ho- ld dcliglH.^ Thcolimc, enjoyment crrated to 'en, and to to human ear lieard, vhat tilings hat is, for a )ng as God h you were elestial Fa r which he ut destined the glory "hristian ; ou are by rn to know he day of e received, tion of the I from the freed from the child ■our. You t for y out- he rule of Iguardian ; It ir.terce«- You have hi >i nu\do the temple of God, who duells in you by grace. I'lie heir to hi^ ctcniiil kir>{; ways bound t« do thus much for you, Without this favour which God has shown \ mi, you could never ha\e ben saved ; for there is no salvation ^vithout faith. Where tii.n should von have been, if God had not shown you thi^ mercy 1 He liiis not done this favour to thousands of men wlio live in other countries, in the darkness of ignorance and sin ; nor »o many other persons, who, although they be baptized as you, yet live in error, separated from the true faiih of the Catholic Church, vAhich is tlie pillar and ground of truth. Why were you not of that unhappy nun)cer'f W'hy has (lod made you to be born in a Christian country rather than <iogdoip, as io effect it ia iutinitely great(;r, but •l^\'ijng . r f \ 1.; c " V*. .i-'V •^ > ^> IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 11.25 lu Uii 12.2 ■u Wtau U |i6 Photographic Sdaices Corporation s? \ 4 ^ 23 WKT MAIN STRUT WEBSTIR.N.Y. 14SS0 (716)S73-4S03 ■^ 4^ ^ o\ It THB CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. fisi r [i If been baptized in tbe castle of Poissy, he would bear that name, and be called Lewis of Poissy, and thus signed his letters and dispatches, esteeming his title more glorious than that of King of France. And St. Augustm, speak- ing of the Emperor Theodosius, says, That he accounted himself more happy in being a member of the Church, than Emperor of the world. These great men, Theotime, knew how to value the grace of Christianity according to its real worth. Chapter III. That God requires and particularly accepts the services of Young Feople* The time of youth being the beginning of life, yon mus* know, dear Theotime the strict obligations you are under of consecrating yourself to God when young. The first is, tha'. God earnestly desires to be served by you in that age, since it is certain that in all things (>orl claims parti ' cularly, the first and the beginnings. For this reason, in the old law, he commanded the first fruits of all things to be offered to him. Of fruits he required the first gathered to be presented ; of beasts, the first brought forth to be sacriiiced ; and of men, the eldest son to be dedicated to his service in the temple, though he permitted them after- wards to be redeemed ; showing by this institution) that notwithstanding all things being equally his, yet he had a special esteem for the tirst, as those which above all others were due to him, and which he required as an acknowledg- ment. Hence the time of youth being the beginning and first part of our life, God demands it particularly, and will have it offered to him, in order to be faithfully employed in his service. Secondly, the time of youth is most pleasing to God because, generally speaking, according to the natural or- der of things, it is the most innocent part of life, and least corrupted by sin ; for then the knowledge of evil is not so extensive, neither is there so much abilit} or opportunity to commit it : the judgment is not perverted by the false maxims of the world, nor the inclinations corrupted by the infection of the wicked, as in a more advanced age. More- over, our baptismal grace, which we have then only lately received, renders that age more agreeable to God, at least in those who do not forfeit it by a sinful life. . But take notice, Theotime, I said thaH age islestfeor' I bear tiuxt signad his re glorious jn, speak- accounted le Church, Theotime, :QorUing to I services of , yon roust I are unde' The first you in that aims parti ■ } reason, in ,11 things to St gathered forth to be edicated to them after- tutioni that et he had a e all others :knowledg- inning and r, and will employed >g to God natural or- and least il is not so opportunity y the false )ted by the ige. More- only lately d, at least is lest^etdr- . THE Catholic school bock. riipted, generally ppenking, and according to the ,natural order of things, yet it i- hut too true, that oftentimes much wickedness is found in it ; though contrary to the order of nature, which has endowed that age with a simplicity of mind, and innocence oC manners ; hence they are so much the more guilty, wlio, by 'heir malice and depravity, cor- rupt the good dispositions \vhich nature has bestowed upon it, learning wickcdntss and running after it, in an age when nature herself teaclies nothing but simplicity and in- nocence. Thirdly, because youth is the time of affording the most opportunities of showlnl^ that you love God sincerely ; for it is tlie time of the first temptations, wherein you begin to he solicited to renounce liis love and service. You are hurried on by your own passions, which are Uien the stronge t ; invited by those of your age, who of- ten solicit you to wickedness, either by their example or by their disrourse, and prompted by the enemy of your salvation, who uses all his endeavours to withdraw you from the service of (lOd, and make sure of you betimes. So that this age may properly be called the time of com- bat dhd trial ; wherein you show your love to God with a constant and real afrection,if you courageously resist these assaults. These reasons, Theotime, convince us, that God has a special affection for the iiomage of youth, which being employed in flying from sin, and serving God, is a sacri- fice the most agreeable that can be offered to him. And, as a learned author says excellently well, those who in the time of youth evercome themselves, by courageously resisting all temptations to sin, and who consecrate them- selves entirely to the service of God, make one continued sarrifice of their youth to God : which offering cannot but be most agreeable to him. as long as it remains undefiled " by sin. O, Theotime, retain well this truth in your mind, and never fi)rget it. Chapter IV. Remarkable Instances of the aversion God bears to wicked looting people, God has an aversion to all sinners, as he himself has sa»d« " I abhor the wicked," especially those who have un- gratefully abused his love and benevolence. Not only reason but experience evinces it, by the effects which God 91 TUB CATHOLIC SCHOOL BUCK. frequently shews of that aversion he has to vicious young people. I shall produce two very remarkable instances out of the Sacred Scriptures, that no one may doubt of them, and that from these one may jud^e of others. The Prst exaniple is of the two children -of the high priest Hcli, called Ophni, and Phinees. These two young men were employed by their father in the ministry of the temple and sacrifices, wherein they behaved themselvi's very ill, committing great irreverences in the temple, and crying injustices towards the faithful, who catne to offer their sacrifices to God, requiring from them, by an insatia- ble avarice, more than was their just due ; insomuch, that the sacred scripture says, they were the children of Belial, (^o it calls those whom it would signify to be wicked and abandoned; for Belial signifies, without restraint or fear,) having lost the fear of U od, and the remembrance of their duty; moreover it adds, that their sin was very enormoui in tlie sight of God. Their iniquity provoked God so much, that he sent Sa- muel to tell their father, who had been too negligent in correcting his children, that he would punish him with such rigour, as should serve for an example to all posteri- ty ; that he would exclude his family from the high priest« hood, which he would give to another ; that his offspring would die in the flower of their youth, and few should ar- rive at perfect age ; and that his two sons, Ophni and Phi- nees, should die buth in one day, and all their race should bear for ever the marks of their iniquity, which should never be expiated by victims and bw jes. All this happened as was foretf • A little while af- ter, Ophni and Phinees where killed, being defeated by the Philistines. On the same day, the father, hearing the news of their death, fell di)wn backward, broke his skull, and died upon the spot. Many other misfortunes happen- ed that day ; among the rest, the ark of God was taken by the enemy, and the rest of the prophecy was fulfiilled to a tittle. How many misfortunes in one family, through the wickedness of two sons I ^ The second is of Absalom, the third son of David. He was proud, dissembling, revengeful, and highly ambitious, conceited of himself, and his own beauty, which, accord- ing to the scriptures, was extraordinary. The first wicK- nd action which the scripture relates of him, but which W Tluit Sc I vvisi would th ^.^r. I r... tllE CATHOLIC ICHOOL BOOK. 95 ioua young * instances y doubt uf hers. »f the Ifigh two young istry of the themselvi'9 temple, and \\\e to ofFtr ' an insatui- »much, thai ;n of Belial, wicked and lint or fear,! ince of their •y enormoui he sent Sa- legligent in sh him with [) all posteri- ! high priest- his offspring should ar- ini and Phi- race should hich should tie while af- iefeiited by hearing the e his skull) j nes happen- was taken as fulfilled ily, through IDavid. He ambitious, |ch, accord- first wicU- but whicli nui8t have needs been preceded by many others, is the murder of his brother Amnon. By this action he lost his father's favour, and was banished from him for the space of five years, after which he was recalled and admitted to his favour again. He was scarce returned to his father's court, when he contrived a grand rebelh'on against him ; and having by his address gained the affection of the people, he retired to a small town, and was proclaimed King. After this he takes up arms against his father, forces him to fly from Jerusalem, and pursues him with a strong ai'my, which he had raised to deprive him of his crown. What will the Divine Justice do here 1 Will it connive at such a dege- nerate child 1 Hear, Theotime, what the sacred scripture relates. Da- vid, seeing himself brought to such straits by his son, was obliged to make head and oppose him. He sets in order the few forces he had with him, sends them to fight, and gives him battle. Absalom's men, though far more nu- merous, are defeated. In this*cliscomfiturc, (O the divine judgments !) it happened that Absalom, endeavouring to save himself by flight, was carried under a great oak, and as he wore his locks very long, his hair, by a strange ac- cident, arid particular permission of God, was so strongly entangled in the branches of the tree, that the mule he rode on could not carry him away, but continuing iti course, left him hanging by his hair, without being able to disengage himself. David's soldiers seeing him in this condition, r?n him through with a lance, and killed him on the spot ; although David, by an astonishing tenderness, when sending them to the battle, had expressly forbidden any violence to be offered his person. O divine Justice ! thou plainly shcwest that thou dost not connive at the iniquities of wicked chil- dren ; although thou deferrest for a time the chastisement they deserve, to give them leisure to repent, thou after- wards punishest most severely their obstinacy in sin, and the affront they offer to thy goodness, with" which thou expectest their repentance. Chapter V. /r ^'^ ,■ ' ^"f Tluii Salvation generally depends on the time of Youth. I WISH, Theotime, that you, and all those of your age, would thoroughly understand and never forget thig truth* 96 THK CATHOLIO SCHOOL BOOK. that salvation almost entirely depends on the life you lead during your youth. This is unknown to the greatest part of men, but the ignorance ofwhich is the ruin and damna- tion of many. 1 wish ull youth rightly understood, that the immense eternity of happiness or misery, which waiti them after this life, depends upon this 6rst part of our tiiue, which all the world slight, and which the most part em- ploy in wickedness. Tc convince you of this truth, I shall produce nothing less than the sentiment of the sacred scripture, that is, of the Holy Ghost, whose words are so expres.s, that it is impossible to doubt of it. For why doth it in so many places exhort young people to think of their salvation betimes, and apply themselves to virtue in their youth, except it were to show how great importance that time is for their salvation t Why does it say in Ecclesiasticus : " Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of af- flction comes '<" From whence comes it that it assures us in the book of Proverbs, <^ Instruct a young man ac cording to his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it ?" that is the manner of life which he has begun. Wherefore does it say by the prophet Jeremy, that " It ii good for a man when he has borne the yoke from his youth f that is, has applied himself to virtue, ahd to bear the pleasing yoke of God's commandments.. Why in Ecclesiasticus are youth so earnestly exhorted to virtue, by those excellent words, able to soften the most insensible hearts : "My son, from thy youth up re- ceive instruction, and, even to thy grey hairs, thou shait find wisdom. Come to her as one that plougheth and soweth, that is, with care and labour, and wait for her good fruits. For in working about her thou shalt labour! a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. How very un- pleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. But with them to whom she isl known, she continueth even to the sight of God." vi. 18. All the rest of the chapter is but a continued e xhorta- tion to young people to be virtuous. Wherefore in tliel twenty-fith chapter does it say : *' The things thai thoul hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou findj them in thy old age 1" Lastly, among the books of sacred scriptures, why^ wail there one expressly made for the instruction of youtli,! life you lead greatest part and damna- »r8tuod| llmt which wait! of pur time, ost part em* ;ruth, I shall ' the Mcrcd words are so or IV by doth hiuk of their irtue in their )ortance that member thy i time of at- at it assurei Ling man ac~ ill not depart s has begun, y, that " It ii pke from his , ahd to bear tly exhorted ) soften the youth up re- \, thou shalt ougheth and wait for her shalt labour ow very un- i unwise will (vhom she is od." vi. 18. ed e i^horta- efore in tlie )gs that thou It thou find es, why wai }n of youth THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 97 which is that of Proverbs ? Does not all this manifestly discover, that the Holy Ghost would give men to under- fitand, that the time of youth is of greater consequence than the greatest part imagine; and that all happiness or misery of man, whether in this life or in the next, depends generally on that lime being well or ill employed ; this ob- Bervation being generally true, that those secure their sal- vation, who in thier youth are bred up in the fear of God, and observance of his commandments ; and that those who have not been educated in this fear of God, or cast it from them to follow sin with great liberty, are unhappily lost. All this truth is grounded on these two principles ; the first is, that those who have followed virtue in their youth, easily persevere through the remainder of their life ; the second, that, on the contrary, those who have given themselves over to sin at that time, with great difficulty amend, and frequently never. Chapter VI. Rewarkahle Examples of those lo/io, having been Virtuous in their youth, continued so all their life. The first example which I shall produce is that of Jo< scph, a model of virtue in his youth, and which 1 have slightly mentioned in the first part. At sixteen years of age he abhorred vice in such a manner, that the wicked example of his brethren could never corrupt his inno- cence ; on the contrary, not being able to endure their wickedness, he gave notice thereof to his father Jacob. The greatness of his virtue, for which he was singularly fa- vored by God, and tenderly loved by his father, drew upon him the enmity of his brethren, who, meeting him one day in the fields, conspired to murder him ; but, having a hor- ror of dipping their hands in his blood, they resolved to ki him down into an old pit, with a design of leaving him there to perish. This poor child, not able to soflen their cruelty by pray- ers and tears, was obliged to yield, putting all his conii^ dence in God, who never abandons those that love him. In this he was not deceived : for his inhuman brethren, struck with horror at so barbarous a crime, changed their first resolution. They drew him out of the pit, and sold him to merchants then passing by, who carried him into Jv 1« Pfl TUB OATHOLIC SCHOOL BOCK. (I i Egypt, where be wan sold to a lord of that country. Jo 5*1 ph bein.^ with his master, persevered in virtue and in- nocence of life, which drew down the blessing of God upon the house of his master, who soon diiscoyered hit merit, and conceived a great affection for him. Behold how Joseph spent the first part of his youth, that is, until about the age of twenty. See the conse- quence of it, and how he passed the rest of his life ; where- in I observe three remaikable occasions in which his vir- tue underwent the severest trial. The first was about that age when he sustained the most violent attack his chastity could undergo. The second was his being cast into pri. son, having to suffer the punishment, and be deemed guil ty of a crime which he abominated. But Joseph continuing Immoveable in his first virtue; and as he had learned patience in his youth, by the per- secution of his brethren, he bore this with wonderful con- stancy, comforting himself in the conviction oi his inno- cence, of which God was both witness and protector, God, who had always been with hini, left him not on this occa<>ion ; but ns the sacred scripture says, descended with him into the pit, that he might assist him with his grace, and wonderfully deliver him, as he did presently alter. To tiiese two trials succeeded the third, yet greater. This was the elevated station to which he wes raised ; for, having interpreted Pharoah's dream, by the knowledge God gave him of things to come, this king not only deliv- e- ed him out of prison, but made him the first man in his kingdom, over which he gave him a general charge; with absolute power to dispose of all things according to his| will, commanding his subjects to obey him as himself. In' this high station, which generally dazzles men's eyes.and soon destroys an ordinary share of virtue, Joseph remain-! ed firm in his primitive innocence, always like himself. Forgetfulness of God, pride, covetousness, and revenge, the usual attendants on unlimited power, could never find I admittance into hid breast. Having an opportunity of re- venging himself on his brethren, who came into Egypt to buy provision during a severe famine, he not only omitted I it, but received them with such tenderness and marks of| affection, as to draw tears from those who read the scrip ture account of it. He carried himself in this station u itti fo muc 1 1 ; c t ' f ■ C !hnt no copiplnint sa^>!iat, Ozias, Jonathan, Eze- chias, and Josias; all the others were wicked. I hose who were good began from their youth, and continued §uch all their life ; the greatest part of those who were vi- cious began tlieir wickedness in their younger years, and never altered their conduct. Thus it is said of king Ochoziec that he began to reign about twenty-tuo years of age ; that he was v^icked and attached to the idolatry of the impious Achab, king of Israel, which was taught him by his mother, Athelia, sister of that wicked king ; he reigned but a year, at the end whereof he died in his wickedness. It is said of Achaz, that he was twenty years of age when he begm to reign ; that he did not apply himself to good, and to the service of God, but followed the exam- ple of the idolatrous kings of Israel, and that he far sur* passed them in impiety, wherein he died after he had con- 4inued in vice for the space of sixteen years. Amon reigned at the age of twentv-two, and became* follower of the vices of his father Manasses, but not of his repentance, and died in his sins at the end of two years, murdered hy his own servants. Joachim began at the age of twenty-five, and reigned -eleven years ; during which time he was wicked like his ancestors, and died in his iniquities, witliout being lament~ cd by any one, and also depjived of the honour of buriali according to the threat of the prophet Jeremy. His son Joachim, having succeeded at the og*^ of eigh- teen, reigned but three months, at the eiul whereof he de- served for his sins to fall into the hands of Nebuchodono* sor, and was sent into Babylon, where he died a long time after. Sedeciap, ihe hisl of the kings of Judali, being come to the Clown at (li« age of twenly.one, wjis also v«/ick- cd like \\\s predeceesore ; and having conliniied in his JiiiQui lies for the space of eleven years, he drew upon THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 105 himself and his people the mo3l rigorous effect of that vengeance, with wliich God had long threatened the Jewish nation. For in the ninth year of his reign tlie city of Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchodonosor, king of Babylon, and after two years siege, it was ta- ir this reason f thou see a morning, and n, t also one of ith, is devo such who 38- ame time the T»iK CATHOLIC SCHOOL bOOK. ll:i most powerful intercession in the sight of (iod for obtain ing his favour, and the most perfect model for our iinitation. Next to God, and the most adorable humanity (4' I, is pon Jesus Christ, it is she whom we must chiefly honour and love, by reason of that most sublime and excellent dignity of Mother of God, which raises her above all crea- tures which God lias ever created. By her we may receive all the assistance which is ne- cessary for us, She is most powerful with God, to obtain from him all that she shall ask of him. She is ail good- ness in regard of us, by applying to God for us. lieing Mother of God, he cannot refuse her request: beiii^ our Mother, slie cannot deny us her intercession when we liavo recourse to her. Our miseries move her, our necessities urge her ; the prayers we offer her for our salvation bring to us all that we desire : and Saint Bernard is not alVaicI to sny, " riiat never any perfon invoked that mother of mer- cy In his necessities who has not been sensible of the ef- fects of her assistance." Although the Blessed Virgin extends her goodnej-s to all men, yet we may say she has a particular regard for younj^ jieople, whose frailty she knows to be greateist, and ne- cessities the most urgent, especially for the preservation of chastity, which is most assaulted in that age, and of \*iiich she is a singular protectress. History is full of ex- amples of saints, who have preserved this great virtue in tiieir youth, by the assistance of this Queen of Virgin«, and experience affords daily examples of those who have gained great victories, by the recourse they have had to her intercession, and who have happily advanced them- selves in virtue under the protection and by the grace she obtains from (lod for them. Be therefore devout to the Blessed Virgin, dear Theo- time ; but let it not be the devotion of many,- who think themselves so, in offering some prayer to her, more by custom than devotion ; and on the other side exceedingly displease her by a life of mortal sin, which they commit without removse. What devotion is this, to desire to please the mother and daily crucify the son, trampling his blood under their feet, and contemning his grace and favour ? Is not this to be an enemy both to son and mother ? O dear Theolime, your devotion to the Blessed Virgin must not be like that; it must be more generous and holy J 2 ; << Jli THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. and to speak plainly, if you will be a true child, and a sin- cere servant of the Blessed Virgin, you must be careful to perform four things. 1. Have a great apprehension of displeasing her 6y mor- tal sin. and of afflicting her motherly heart by dishonour, ing her son, and destroying your soul ; and if you chance to fall into that misfortune, have recourse readily to her, that she may be your intercessor in reconciling you to her Son, whom you have extremely provoked. She is the refuge of siiiners as well as of the just, on condition they have recourse to her with a true desire of converting themselves," as St. Bernard says, 2. Love and imitate htr virtues, principally her humility and chastity. Those two virtues among others rendered her most pleasing to (.'od ; she loves them particularly in cliildren, and is pleased to assist with her prayers those whom she finds particularly in^ined to those virtues, ac- cording to the same saint. 3. Have recourse to her in all your spiritual necessities: and for that end offer to her daily some particular pray- ers : say your beads, or the little office some times in the week ; perform something in her honour on every Satur- day, whether prayer, abstinence, or alms ; honour parti cularly her feasts by confession and communion. 4-. Be mindful to invoke her in temptations, and in the dangers you find yourself in of offending God. You can- not shew your respect better than by applying yourself to her in these urgent necesaities, and you can find no suc- cour more ready and favourable than hers. It is the coun- sel of St. Bernard^ " II the winds of tenjptations be raised against you, if yon run upon the rocks of adversity, lift up your eyes towards that star, invoke the Bletsed Virgin. In dangers, in extremities, in doubtful affairs, think upon the Blessed Virgin, let her not depart from your mouth, nor from your heart : and that you may obtain the assistance of her intercession, be sure to follow her example." If you perform this, you will have a true devotion to 'the Blessed Virgin, you will be of the number of her real children, and she will be your mother, under whose pro- tection you shall never perish. Remember well that ex- cellent sentence of St. Anselm, who feared not to say, •" That as he must unavoidably perish who has no affection tto tiie Blessed Virgin Mary, and whoforsakes her, so itisj THB CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 115 I, and a sin- )Q careful to her oy mor- f dishonour, you chance ^dily to her, ; 5'ou to her iShe is the n condition f converting lier humility ers rendered rticularly in ayers those ! virtues, ac- necessities : ticular pray- tiines in the every Satur- onour parti on. s, and in the You can- g yonrself to ind no suc- ; is thecoun- )ns be raised ;rsity, lift up d Virgin. In Ink upon the mouth, nor le assistance iple." devotion to ;r of her real whose pro- well that ex- not to say, 3 no affection her, so.it^is impossible he should perish who has recourse to her, and whom she regards with the eye of mercy." I 8h|ll conclude with an excellent example which T Dhnll produce for a proof of this truth. 8t. HriJgut lind a son who followed the profession of a soldier, and died in the wars. Hearing the news of his death, she was much con- cerned for the salvation of her son, dead in so dangerous a condition : and as she was often favoured by God with revelations, of which she has composed a book, she was assured of the salvation of her son by two subsequent re- velations. In the first, the Blessed Virgin revealed to her that she had assisted her son with a particular protection at the hour of death, having strengthened him against temptation, and obtained all necessary grace for him to make a holy and happy end. In the following, she declar- ed the cause of that singular assistance she gave her son, and said, it was in the recompense of the great and sin- cere devotion he had testified to her during his life, where- in Ijc had loved her with a very ardent affection, and had ctiileavoured to please her in all things. This, Theotime, is what real devotion to the Blessed Virgin did merit for this young man, and for many others ; she will be as powerful in your behalf if you have a devo- tion to her, if you love and honour the Blessed Virgin in tlie manner we have mentioned. Chapter XIII. Of Devotion to our Jingel Guardian, and to the Saint of one* s J^ame. God loves us with such tenderness that he ^Ivos fo every one of us an angel for our guardian, employing h, his in- comparable goodness his most perfect creatures in our ser- vice, even those celestial spirits which are created inces- santly to contemplate him and continually to serve him in heaven. O Theotime, how great is the bounty of God, to depute no less than a prince of his court for the conduct of a poor servant .' and, as St. Bernard says excellently well, "not to be content to send his Son to us, to give us his Holy Spirit, to promise the enjoyment of himself in heaven ; but to the end there should be nothing in heaven unemployed for our salvalian, he sendsjiis angels lo con- tribute thereto their.service ; he appoints them our guar- dians, he comraandsrthcm i-j be our masters and guides." •%>i 116 THI! CATHOLIC ICIIOOT. tiOOK. I' lln 1 1' Entertain particular love and honour for him to vvlioni God hus entrusted you. He is always near to conduct and guard you ; he inspires you with ^ood thoughts : ho assists you in important affairs : he fortifies you in tempta tions: he diverts many misfortunes which otherwise wouM befall yuu, whetiicr temporal or spiritual : he continues these good offices in proportion as you have recourse to him. What is it that you owe not to such a director and guardian ? St. liernard says, *' that the being guarded by our good angel ou^lit to inspire us witli three things, respect, love, and confidence. Respect for his presence, love or devo' tion fur tho ^ood will lie has for us, and confidence for tlie cnre lie has of our preservation." I . iSliew, then, Theotime, a great respect to your nncci and when you are tempted to any wicked action, oall to mind his presence, and be ashamed to do that brfore him which you would not dare to commit before a virtuous person. 2. Love him tenderly, and recommend yourselt' to him daily. Hesv'cch him that he would direct your ac- tions, and protect you from the misfortunes of this life, and above all from sin, which is the greatest of all ev'Is. S. Hemembcrto have recourse to him in all your necessi- ties, and principally on t >o occasions. The first is, when you meditate or undertake any impor- tant affair, whereii) you have need of counsel and assis- tance. Entreat your good angel to conduct you in that affair, so that you undertake it not, except it be According to the will of (lod, for his service and your salvation, and to assist you in bringing it to a happy issue. This means is very efficacious to make your affairs succeed ; it is im- possible they should not prosper under so good a guide, who is most faithful, wise, and powerful. The second is, when you are assaulte'^ '^Mtli any temp tation, and in danger of ifending God. *' A?- rtn 'i as an; tribulation or violent temptation assai • i* v'^'ays St. Bernard) implore your guardian, your teacher, your assis- tant, in tribulation." This remedy, Theotime, is very j.ovverful in all temptations, especiaHy in those against Cic.ivity, of which iJie angels are lovers, and particular prou-.tori as bpi^g a virtue which renders men like to f7 ,"a>!?*^r. cs, and which makes them imitate upon earth, v oil III 1 continues recourse to rector and y our good pect, love, e or dcvo* idence for our nncci ion, call to before liim n virtuous id yourself :t your ac- f this life, )f all ev'U. ir necesiii- my impor- and assis- ou in that ccording ation, and his means it is iin- d a guide, ^ny temp 1 as an- .^c>ay8 St. our assis- ;, is very against particular \x\ like to on earth, ;nce (says S^ Ambrose) it is no wonder ifan^fls defend chaste souls, who lead upon earth, a life of angels.'' Next to your good angr), hon uir particuUi-ly your pa tron. The names of saints are given u t more needful for the support of the corporal life, than these things are necessary for the preservation of piety, which is the life of the soul. I begin with Morning Prayer, which the wise man, amongst the means he assigns for obtaining wisdom, re- commends earnestfj to you. ** He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord, that made him, and he wUl pray in the sight of the Most High. He will open bis mouth in prayer, and will make supplications for hts sins." i wish this excellent precept were deeply engraven in the minds of men, and principally of young persons, as one of the most important for livging virtuously. If you sin- cerely aspire to virtue, dear Theotime, you will punctually follow this instruction, which is one of the most necessary you can receive. We owe to God all our actions, but chiefly the first in the «norning ; it is that which is most agreeable to him ; it it by that we consecrate the rest to him : by it we draw down the divine blessings upon all our works, and collect the divine grace for the whole day ; as the Israelites in the desert gathered in the morning the manna of heaven which supported them all day. What is very remarkable in that manna is, that those who failed to gather it in the morning found it not pre- sently afler, because it was melted at the rising of the sun, whereof the scripture gave this txcellent reason, viz., that i 1» : & 118 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. God, who sliowered it down every morning caused it to be dissolved with the lli'st beams of the sun ; ♦' thai ir might be Ivnovvn to all that we must prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of ihc liglit." But remember, Theotiuie, to perform this action in the manner tlie vviaC nian prescribes ; for he would not hav. it a restrained, negligent, and indevout prayer, but a pray- er with the quite contrary qualities : he says. The v/is; man will give his heart (that is, uill apply his will and at- 1 fection) to resort early to the Lord that made him ; t!)",ti is to say, will give his iirst thoughts to God, to adore liisn as his Creator, and thank him for all his bencllts, and lie will pray in the sight of the Most High ; that is, will con- sider the greatness of God, who is present, and to whom he speaks, and considering the infinite grandeur of the di- vine majesty, will attentively offer his prayers to him with humility and great modesty, and with a profound respect, begging of God pardon for his sins, and ardently sighing after his holy grace. To put in execution these instructions^ practise what fol- lows. Every morning as soon as you are up, cast yourself upon your knees in some retired place, and there, 1, Adore God from your heart, acknowledging him for your sovereign Master and Creator, and looking upon him as one from whom you recei/e all that you have or are. "2. Give him thanks for all the benefits you have received from him ; for the favour of your creation, for your re- demption by the merits of hrs Son Jesus Christ, for making you a Christian, a child of the Catholic church, for in- Bij'uciing you in the necessary truths of salvation, and for other particular blessings. :i. Humbly implore his pardon for all the sins of your past life, by which you have so much oU'ended his bouD- ty, and abused his favours. 4-. l\eg of him the grace to employ that day in his ser- vi(re without offending him : make a firm resolution not to consent to a mortal sin ; purpose to avoid the occasions, and endcavaur to foresee those which niav happen thai day to the end that you may be armed aga;n&t them. 5, Oil/ all the actions of the day to him. beseeching him that he would bless them, inspire jou, and direct you in all your works, thpt you do nothing against his com- mandments; nothing but through him, that is, by lii^ I caused it to iun ; " thai ir nt the sun lo f ihcliglit/' action in the ould not hav. er, but a pray- ays, The wis; lis will and at- de him ; that , to adore hin nefits, and lie U. is, will con- and to whom leur of the di- 's to him with found respect, ently sighing ctise what fol- , cast yourself there, dging him for :ing upon hiru lave or are. have received , for your re- st, for making lurch, for in- ation, and for e sins of your led his bouD- \y in his scr- re&olulion not the occasion>, happen thai lat them. (ij beseeching nd direct you inst his com- lat is, by lii^ THE CATFIOLIC SGQOOL BOOK. no f'jace ; and nothing but for hinn, that if, for his glory. 6". Recommend yotirself to the Blessed Virgin, to your oood angel, and to your patron. Perform all this in a siiiiiU time, but with much fervour ; and be assured, The- otime, that ifyou be diligent in this exercise, you will find the truth of that saying of wisdom itself. — "They that in the morning early watch for me shall find me." Chapter XV. Of Evening Prayer^ If it be a business of importance to begin the day well* it is of no less to iinish it in the same manner. In the old law, God had not only commanded a sacrifice for eve- ry morning, but also for every evening ; to teach us, that ns we ought to adore him in the beginning of the day, so we owe him our acknowledgment at the end of it. The principal piirt of this action is the examen of con- gcicnce. which is a thing wherein you ought not to fail, if you seriously desire to advance in virtue. 1. It is a pow- erful means to cure ill habits, to avoid relapsing into sin, or readily to clear one's self of them. 2. It helps to dis- cover the faults one has committed in order to amend and avoid them, to continue a haired of mortal sin, and a will not to commir it any more. 3. Without this exerrise we fall into many offences, which, being neglrcted, lead us into mortal sin, (we are lulled asleep when in sin) without n desire or thought of freeing ourselves. 4. By this ex- ercise, ordinary confessions are made more easy and fre- quent ; we amend our lives ; we prevent an unprovided death ; we prepare ourselves for judgment by judging ourselves. And it is in this action, that we excellently well practice that admirable advice of the wise man : " Before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.'' • 'if* • ' ^ ;^' 7 Be careful then, Theotime, to perform this daily exer- cise in the following manner, At night, being upon your knees before you go to bed, — I . Adore God and give him thanks for all his favours, particularly for preserving you that day from misfortunes, which might have befallen you. 2. Beg of him grace to discover the sins you have com- mitted that day, in order to ask pardon for thtm and amend your life. 3. iixamine your conscience concerning the sing to Ho THF. CATHOLIC SCHOOL fiDOK' which you are most subject. For this effect, call to mind your chiefactions from morning to night, and take notice of the faults you have committed. Recollect whether you have had any temptations that day; examine how you have behaved, whether you have readily resisted them, or with negligence. Take notice of what company you have been in, and whether you have done anything indecently, either by giving ill example in word or deed, either in yourself or in others ; for example, eithei through persua- sion, fear of displeasing or being despised, or, in a word, by not preventing the sin of another when in your power. Consider whether you have well employed your time all that day or unprcfitably lost it ; and so of the rest. ,,» 4. After discovering the sins you have committed, stir up in yourself a sorrow for them, humbly beg pardon of God, make a resolution to amend the day following, and remember to confess them the first opportunity. «^ If unhappily amongst these sins there should be any that were mortal, rise not up from your pr.oyers till you have amply deplored your misery, and conceived an ex- treme regret for having so grievously offended so holy and adorable a God. Beg of him pardon with all the contri- tion of yuur heart, and protest that you will confess it as soon as possible. Beg of him that you may not die in that wretched state. Alas ! dear Theotime, is it possiple a soul can sleep without fear and dread, whilst under the weight of mortal sin ! If you have no such dread, you ought to look upon such an insensibility with horror, as a snare by which the devil endeavors to ruin you for ever. 5. Recommend to God your soul and body ; beg of him that he will preserve you from all misfortunes that night, and principally from sin. Offer your prayers to the Blessed Virgin, your angel-guardian, your patron, and all (he saints together. And, as in the beginning of the day, you begged of God the grace to live well, so at the end remember to beg of him the grace to die well. The end we make of every day, is eml3lematicalof the end we shall one day make of our lives. Finish, ther;^ fore, every day as you would, one day, finish your life. Chapter XVI. "-• Of the Fear of God. The first virUie that is necessary for you, Thcoiinic, OK* call to mind i take notice whether you tie how you ted them, or ny you have r indecently, id, either in )ugh persua- r, in a word, your power, our time all J rest. mmitted, stir ?g pardon of llowing, and y- >u]d be any ^ers till you eived an ex- so holy and 1 the contri- confess it as >t die in that t possiple a St under the dread, you horror, as a u for ever, dy ; beg of M'lunes tlint ir prayers to ^our patron, e beginning live well, so i to die well, fiticalof the inish, ther?. ish your life. .1, Thcotimc, THE CAtHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK 124 is the fear of God ; it is that which next to faith is the ba- sis and ground work of all others. The scripture calls it " the beginning of wisdom ;'' and it teacheth us, that it is the first thing that ought to be inspired into young souls. For this reason, Solomon, instructing youth in his Proverbs, begins his instruction with this excellent precept, so oflen repeated in scripture, " The fear of the Lord is the begin- ning of widdom.*' And the same scripture, in the history of holy Tobias, observes expressly, that having a child, from his infancy he taught him to fear God, and to abstain from all sin. By this fear we must not understand a gross and servile fear that stands in awe of nothing but the punishment, which it apprehends more than the offence ; but a respect- ful fear, by which, considering the greatness and majesty of God, his sanctity, his power, his justice, we conceive a profound respect, and apprehend above all things to fall by mortal sin into the displeasure of a God so great, so hoi)', so powerful, so just. This, Theotime, is the fear of God, which is the begin- ning of wisdom, and the foundation of true piety. It is tills to which I exhort you here, and which you should chiefly aim to acquire- 1. Beg it daily of God, who is the author of it : say to him frequently from the bottom oi' your heart, '♦ Pierce thou my fJesh with thy fear, for I aia afraid of thy judgments.'' 2. Conceive an awful respect for the majesty of God. He is the sovereign Lord of all things, infinite in all his perfections, in majesty, in wisdom, in goodness, in power, in justice. All creatures adore him, the angels themselves tremble at the sight of his im- mensity. All that is great in the world is but an atom in his sight, and as he has created all things by one word, so he could destroy them all in a moment. There is none like to thee, O Lord ; thou art great, and great is thy name in m \'^ht. Who shall not fear thee, O King of na- tions ! fear above all things to displease God, and let that be the first and principal thing you regard in all your ac- tions, whether God he not therein offended. 3. When you j^pcak of God never speak of him but with a profound res- poet, and endeavour to cause by your example, that he never be spoken of otherwise in your presence. Chapter XVIL '^" - ' Of the Love of Gvd. If the greatncris of God obliges us to fear and honour him K 'f H 122 TMft CATMOLfC SCHOOL BOOK, f with a profound respect, his goodness engager us as much to love him. We must fear God by reason of his great- ness; which renders him infinitely adorable ; and we must h)Ve him because of his goodness, which makes him infi- nitely amiable ; we iiust not separate these two virtues,, fear and love. The fear of God is the beginning of his love, and love is the perfection of fear. He that is with- out fear cannot be justiiied. He that loveth not, abideth in death. We must then love God, dear Theotime j for how can it he that you should not love goodness itself, and him who hath loved you first ? But you must love him be- times, and from your tender years ; you ir,u»t begin that early, which you must do all your life, and during all eter- nity. The love of our God is our last end, God has placed ycui in this world for no other end than to love him ; and that coming to know him for your Creator, you should render that which a work owes to its workman, a creature to its Creator, a child to his father, that is love. And to induce you the better thereunto, he has added all imma- ginable favours, having designed you for the enjoyment of his kingdom in heaven, redeemed you when you were lost^ and redeemed you by the death of his only Son : called you to the grace of Christianity, enlightened you with faith, sancli;;ed you by his grace, received yon often into his mercy, and replaced you among his children, after you had grievously oiiended him >, and a thousand other blessings has he bestowed upon you. Theotime, how is it possible not to love a God who has loved you so much ! There are two things in God for which he ought to be I beloved. 1 he one is his goodness, which he manifests unto us by all the favours and blessings he bestows upon us. The other is the goodness he possesses in himself, which makes him transcendantly amiable. For, if we might suppose a thing impossible, viz. that God had ne- ver showed us any favour, yet he deserves to be infinitely beloved, by reason of the sovereign goodness and infinite perfections he enjoys in himself, which render him infi- nitely amiable. When I say we must love God, I include a twofold love : the first for the benefits he has bestowed upon us ; the second in consideration of his infinite good- ness, wi'ich renders him so lovely, that in the love of his goodness couiiists the eternal happiness of both men and angels. ■-iiTjM otjs -ffc^e'^v J^'«r w#: ■if i^Wf- ,JJ»^i4 Bu real, < occur God a thing! Lord all ot there any tl equal In J before sures, prepai love ) them you ai ence ( love possib Yoi love, 1 in yoii in, by see th you m all thi pleasii and b what Si <:au8e his lot to mi so nee the p loves, ful noi ing sir you ki ten in of Got deserv der it s us as much of his great- and we must kes him infi' two virtues, inning of bin that is with- not, abideth for how can self, and him love him be- st begin that iring all eter- ad has placed ve him ; and , you should in, a creature 3ve. And to led all imma- enjoyment of ou were lost, n : called you .1 with faith, ften into his after you had her blessings is it possible th! ought to be le manifests lestows upon 3 in himself, For, if we God had ne- I be infinitely s and infinite der him infi- rod, I include las bestowed infinite good- e love of his oth men and -THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 'V£3 But take- notice, Theotime, that the love of God, to be real, ought to have one very particular condition, which occurs not in any other love : for it does not suffice to love God as we love creatures, but we must love him above all things, that is more than all creatures. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart. That is, more than all other things; so that you love not! ! f»g above him, m there is nothing greater or more amiulle than he : nor any thing equal to him^ as there is nothing which can equal him. ;?pj^«i e!>LS^3>i«« s^tt»N^ ri In a word, the love of God consists in preferring God before all thiegs ; before the goods of the world, plea- sures, honours, friends, and life itself; so that you must be prepared never tolov^hese things to the prejudice of the love you owe lo God ; and be resolved rather to lose them a thousand times, than be wanting to the obedience you are obliged to render unto him. It is in this prefer- ence of God above all things, the essential point of the love of God consists ; a preference without which it is im- possible to love God, or to be in the state of salvation. You must then labour early to acquire this so amiable a love, and this so ne-cessary a preference, to engrave it deep in your heart : and, to the end you be not deceived there- in, by taking, as very many do, apparent love for tha real, see the principal acts you must practice therein, by vvhicb you may know whether you love God truly or no; 1. Above all things fear and have a horror for sin, because it h dis- pleasing to God, and infinitely opposite to his goodness, and be lesulved never to commit a sin upon any account whatsoever. 2. F'iy venial sins as much as possible, be- cause they displease God ; and although they destroy not his love, yet they diminish and weaken it, and dispose you to faU into mortal sin. 3, Labour to acquire the virtues so necessary for you, and which he requires of you. It is the property of love to desire to please him whom one loves. If you love God, dear Theolir.e, you will bo care- ful not only to preserve yourself in his holy grace by avoid- ing sin, but you will endeavour to acquire those virtues you know will make you most acceptable to him. 4. Of- ten in your heart and with your lips form acts of the love of God; wish often that God be served and loved as he deserves. Be troubled when you see him offended ; itin- der it 9s mucli as you can ; and endeavour by your vvord;» 124 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. ■ni^^^!:tl: and example to move others to love him. 5; Begin from y(fur youth to love him whom you must never cease to love. At what time soever you begin to love him, it will always be too late, and you will always have reason to ex- press that grief which 8t. Augustin did — *' I have loved thee too late, O ancient Beauty ! I have loved thee too late, eternal goodness!" Bi>g of him frequently, the grace to love him as you ought, and daily say to him from your heart, those excellent words of David: O God, what have I in heaven 1 And, besides thee, what do I desire upon earth 1 Thou art the God of my heart, and the C>ud that is my portion forever. Chapter XV||L Of the Love of Parents, He that feareth the Lord, savs the wise man, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world. Yes, Theotime, if you have the fear of God in your heart, you will honour your parents, and all those to whom he has given authority over you, be- cause it is his will and command. Honour thy father and thy mother; and if you honour them not, you have neither the fear nor the love of God. For to contemn a duty, which nature herself dictates, and which God has so strictly commanded, is not to have the fear of God. There is no menace which he has not denounced against those children who are wanting to this duty. He says, He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy. He that cur- seth his father and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst uf darkness. The eye that mucketh,at his fa- ther, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bear- ing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it. Of what an evil fame is he that for- ttaketh his father; and he is cursed of d'od that angereth his mother. I wish these menaces were deeply engraven in the minds of all children, who forget ever so little their duty towards their parents. Render then to your parents, Theotime, the honour you owe them : considering, 1. That it is just and reasonable. *ji. That Hod will have it so. God, 1 sey, whose will ought to be the rule of our actions, and whose command is the most powerful motive to a generous soul. The ho-^ m TH* CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 12i ; Begin from 3ver cease to e him, it virili reason tocx> I have loved ved thee too >quently, the r to him from God, what t do I desire and the (.•oil n, honoureth that brought lave the Tear parents, and •vcr you, be- ly father and have neither self dictates, not to have 1 he has not nting to this and chaseth :]e that cur- e put out in th^at his fa- her in bear- 3ut, and the he that for. at angereth ly engraven > little their honour you reasonable, whose will e command The ho' nonryou oug^t to give to your parents includes four prin- cipal things, wl-.ich you owe them, viz. respect, love, obe- dience, and assistance. . I. Bear them groat respect, considerinsj them as those from whom, next to God, you have received your biiii^. Never despise them upon any consideration whatever ; ei- ther interiorly, by any thought of contempt; or exteriorly, by any words or disrespectful behaviour. Ileceive with good will their instructions, admonitions and reprimntuh, My son, says the wise man, hear the instruction of thy fa- ther, and torsake not the law of thy moth»r. A fool loug':- cth at the instruction of his father ; but he that regardeth reproof shall become tno^'e prudent. 2- Entertain an affectionate love for them, Ilemem- ber, says the wise man, that thou hadst not been born htii through them, and make a return to them. Now this can only be done by loving them. Yet, take notice, that this love must not only be a na'ural and sensible love; it n)u^t also be a rational love, and according to God, To love them according to God, you must love them because ' 'od commands it, and as he commands it; tlrnt is in such a manner that you love principally their spiritual good and salvation, and. endeavour to procure it by your prayers, und all other means which lie in your pow«r. 3. Shew a ready obedience to them, as holding the place of God ; yet only as St. Paul ndvise?, in the Lord, because such is his will ; for it is God who commands you to obey them, and when you obey them you obey God ; as, on the contrary, not obeying them, you disobey God, except they command any thing against the honour of God, or your good ; for in these two cases you owe ihem no obedience. Nevertheless, you must be very discreet on such an occasion, and procure the best advice, that you may not be deceived. 4f. You must assist them in their necessities, in sick- • ness, poverty, old age, and generally in all their temporal and spiritual necessities. To forsake them on such occa- sions is a very great crime, which cries to God for venge- ance. Chapter XIX. '^^^ Of other Persons tohom Youth ought to honour. Next to your parents there are other persons you ought particularly to honour. : ^ m K2 4 vl vie N The catholic school flooit. w _■■-•_..;.. ^ ... 1. You must honour those who represj^nt them, your tu- tors, and those who have a charge of your person ; your el- der brothers and sisters, for to them there is a respect due. *2. Your masters, whether private or public, from whom you receive instruction in virtue and learning. You ought to honour them by so much more, as they represent your parents, and as the benefits you receive from them, such as virtue ond knowledge, (the ornaments of the mind,) far surpass all worldly riches. And as you owe to your parents respect, love, obedience, and assistance, you also owe tj 3 our masters respect, love, obedience, and gratitude. 3. You owe a special honour to your spiritual masters, such as your pastors, and all those who instruct you in the way of salvation, and chiefly youv ghostly father ; respect him much, regarding him as an otKcer of God, love him as the minister of your salvation, obey him, and follow his advice, in which young people are often very defective. 4. Honour all the persons that are venerable, either for dignity as priests, whom the scripture commands you to honour, or for their age, as old men, to whom yoiing peo« pie should show much respect, or for their virtue ; for if vou honour God, you wiil also honour them that serve nim ; and, lastly, men in public authority, whom God commands you to honour, as representing his place, and whom he has established for his ministers in the temporal government of mankind, . r^*i. Chapter XX. -, Of Swearing and Lyin^y To he. addicted to swearing is a very vicious quality, especially in young people. I speak not of oaths appoint- ed by religion, to ascertain a truth, when sufficient ne- cessity requires it, a necessity which seldom happens to young persons ; but of those oaths so common amongst Christians, where the adorable name of God is called upon and taken in vain, in the least anger or impattence, and sometimes of swearing deliberately, from a detestable cus- tom, by the name of God on all occasions. This sin is one of the most fatal habits a man can con- tract : For, 1st, It is a contempt of God to respect so lit- tle his holy name, which all creatures adore, and whose sanctity makes all the angels to tremble ; and this not tHB CATHOLIC SCIiOUL BOOK. 127 jm, yoiirtu* on ; yourei- respectdiie. from whom ing. You ;y represent from thenri, lents of the you owe to istance, you dience, and ual masters, t you in the ler ; respect >d, love him d follow his defective, le, either for lands you to young peO' irtue ; for if n that serve whom God i place, and he temporal ous quality, ths appoint- iflicient ne- happens to on amongst called upon Uience, and establecus- an can con- spect so lit- and whose nd this not withstanding God's express prohibition, " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." 2. It is a heinous outrage offered to his Son Jesus (^hrisit, to treat with so muc.i irreverence, the precious death he guffered for our redemption, and the adorable blood he shed for our salvation. An outrage, which is no less than that he received by the cruelty of his executioners. <' He was scourged (says St. Augustin) with the rods of the Jews, and he is now scourged by the blaspheuious tongues of wicked Chriiitians. And they sin no less, who blaspJieme Jesus Christ reigning in heaven, than those who blas- phemed him when he walked upon earth." ^. This vice causes many other sins to be committed; for, besides that there is no sin multiplied ''ke swearing, when grown ha- bitual, it draws the curse of God upon those who are ac- customed to it, by which they are abandoned to their pas- sions, and to the occasions of sin ; for tliis reason the wise man said, " A man that sweareth much shall be Glled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.'* 4. This vice is very hard to be corrected ; though ever so lutie rooted, it increases still with age, and becomes at length past remedy, as those who are subject to it do daily experience. Lastly, it suffices to say, that this sin is the sin of the devils, who are pleased in nothing but in abus- ing the holy name of (^od. And it is a horrible tiling that Christians, who ought to praise God upon earth, as the angels praise him in heaven, should offer him here the same injuries as the devils throw out against him in hell. O Theotime, fly this detestable sin, abominable before God and man, odious in persons of every age, but princi- pally in youth. Uemember that the ancient law con- demned blaspht^ners to death, and St. Paul delivered over to the devil two Christians guilty of this crime ; that they may learn, says he, not to blaspheme. And St. (i>egory relates, how a child anustomet! to swear, in his impa- tience, by the nameof »ut let vour s more than lot the least and it is so dly ^r.struct- mg pnrsons, lahitual. A ainst truth, though it be onsequence, itly, is not a 3 an infinite 1 become a n his words, manners, a liinthearted ;ss to affirm IS ; a swear- ie is accus- ak false. A THE CATHOLIC ICHOOL BOOK. 129 ings of mo- ' IS. pernicious, ying. For r of lie : for ding to the ind be a terns. It 1 abomina- 10 love sin- cerity in their words gain bis friendship. Thou, Lord, wilt destroy all that speak a lie. Lying is infamous among men. A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be con- tinually in the mouth of men without discipline. A thief is better than a man that is always lying ; but both of them •hall inherit destruction. ' I Lastly, This vice makes men resemble the devil, who it pleased with nothing more than lies, ft was he who first invented ic, and who is the father thereof, as the iSon of IJod has named him with his own mouth. St. Augustin says '* That as truth comes from God, ly- ing takes its origin fron/the devil." And St. Ambrose adde falsehoods notablv prejudice your own good or that of your neighbour ; whica you arc obliged to promote, when it is in your power* Lastly, in ivhatsoever matter it be, and to whatsoever person yi u speak, accutitom yourself never to tell a lie on purpo-e, ir with reMecti^n. Love truth and j-incerity in ail your w< rds. What an excellent quality it is in a young man, when he cannot tell an untruth without blushing ! The just, says the wise man, shall hate a lying word. Beg of God that he give you a hatred of this sin, and frequent- ly offer to him that prayer of Sclamun, Remove far from me vani y and lying words. Chapter XXL f< f- ^1 ;.f Of Sports and Recreations* . !< v, . Recreation is necessary to relax the npirit^), particu- larly of young people; and that which is taken in inno- cent diversion is most proper for them, it being more pro- portioned to their nature, and the capacity of their mind. Pttstimf , then, and recreation are not contrary to virtue, t.)0 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. but rather commanded ; and it i» an act of virtue when it it done as it ought. To be ftich) it in nftcessary above all things that the mo- tive be good ; that i«, that it be token to recreate the mind, and to mnke it more capable of labour, which it could not be able to undeigo, if it were always employed. So that labour is the end and motive of spoit and recreation. Wo recreate ourselves on account of the fatigue we have under- gone, and in order to undergo more. From ihence three conditions follow, which must be observed in pastime that it may bo good and virtuous. The first, to observe moderation ; for excess herein ren- ders it no longer a recreation, but rather an employment ; it would not then he taken to prepare us for new labour, which is the sole end pastime ought to have, but merely fur our pleasure, which is a vicious end ; yea, it is to make one unfit for labour, because excess in amusement dissipates the spirits, enfeebles the powers of the body, and oflen* times considerably prejudices the health, by the distempers it causes. The second condition is, not to have an irregular afTec- tion for amusements, as it happens frequently to young per- aon9. This affection makes them fall into the excess just mentioned, lose much time, and think continually of the means of dissipation. It generally prevents their applying themselves seriously to labour, and when their body is at study, their mind is 'bent upon their sport and diveriisemenl. The third condition is, to fly as much as possible from games of hazard, ^hich enslave the minds principally of youths, and iiistend of refreshing the fipirits, lead them with anxiety : one is there so deepl) concctned in losing or win Hing.thnt it is hard to observe mudera.ion. They ploy there only out of covetousness and for gain, which is a criminal motive ; consider also the ordinary losses one suffers, which leave atU-r them displeasure, vexation, and despair ; add to these cheats, unjust gain, choler, swearing, quarrels, with which these sorts of games are ordinarily attended ; tho great loss of time, the dissipation of mind and goods, the sinful habits of anger, of i upatience, of swearing, of lyiii^, of covetousness, a negU;c. of duty to God and their family, and adherence to ill company, an aversion to what is seri- oui?, and a love to be idle, and to make their life but a change or succession of idleness. Such an unhappy incli- niition of theii misery, makes Avo ronsifl! laudibli exercis spoken tin, in 1 of the ^ stood, I to be v which pi a v foi rack an money the poo your ex The CO It is should or evil 1 Utile cai but that which is concern l.T( you ou| reign M on accoi he has c to possei served h 2. Or calling y which al 3. Be pleasing lion, and THE CATMOI.IC ICIIOOL BOOK. 151 'tue when it that the mo- Ue the mind, { it could not id. So that eation. Wo I have under- ihence three pastime that II herein ren- jmployment ; new labour, ut merely Ibr I to make one )nt disaipatea y, and often* lie dislempera regular aflfec- to young per- le excess just inually of the Iheir applying eir budy is at iiveriisoment. )08sible from principally of ad them with osing or win ley play there [ is a criminal suffers, ^hich Bpoir ; add to :)uarrfls, with Utended ; the nd goods, the ring, of lyin^. d their family, what is seri- leir life but a mhappy incli- niition to play frequently continues all their life, (o the ruin of their wealth and honour, and reduces them to the utmost misery, as wo daily see by too many examples, and in short makes a man incapable of all good. Avoid all prohibited ^:,ame9, Theolime, at absolutely in- consistent with your salvation : amuse yourself in some laudible diversion, which may serve to unbend the mind, or exercise the body, observing therein the conditions we have spoken of, especiilly avoiding all- excess, which St. Augus- tin, in his confessions, acknowledged to be one of the causes of the wirkedness of his youth. Now this excess is under- stood, not only of the time employed therein, which ought to be well regulated, hut also of the money you play for, which ought always to be very little ; otherwise you will piny for gain, and not for recreation, and the sport will be a rack and disquiet, rather than a diversion. Besides, the money you los? at play would be hotter employed amongst the poor, whoiie ueressity will cry one day to God against your excesses, and those of all gamesters. Chapter XXII. The conclusion of all that has been said in the foregoing Chapters. It is certainly, Theotime, of great conseqnence that you should be virtuous in your younger years, and that the good or evil life of youth is not trifling, nor a thing that deserves litlle care or regard, as the greatest part of the world thinks ; but that it is a business of high importance, the truth of which is founded upon all thai is great and sacred, in what concerns the service of God, and salvation of men. 1. You are obliged to serve God in your youth, because you ought to acknowledge him as your Creator and sove- reign Master, for the being you have received from him, and on account of the most sublime and excellent end for which he has created you ; having made you for nothing less ihnn to possess him eternally in heaven, after you have faithfully served him upon earth. 2. On account of the great favour he has shown you, in calling you to Christianity and the Catholic religion, out of which all those who obstinately remain cannot be saved. ' 3. Because the service of young people is singularly pleasing to God, since he loves them with a particular afflc- tion, and is pleased to confer niany benefits upon them. 132 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOlt. 'VA If «. 4. Because you cannot refuse him your service, wiiiiout ofTerin^ him a heinous injury. 5. Because he hath an incredible aversion to wicked young people. 6. Because your eternal salvation has a ^reit depen- dence upon the life you k-ad in your youth ; so that if you set your affection upon virtue in your younger years, you will ea'sily preserve it the remainder of your life ; and if you follow vice, you cannot withdraw yourself but with great dif- ficulty, and perhaps not at all. 7. To avoid the heavy misfortunes which spiing from the wicked life of youth ; unlimely death, obduiateness in sin, the loss of many fair hopes, and the overflowing of vice amongst men. 8. And, lastly, because of the persecution which the devil raiises against young people, whom he continually endeavours to withdraw from the service of God, and en- snares betimes in diftorder::, that he may de-troy them without recovery. After all these reasons I ask you, The'>time, whether you now hesitate what you have to do*? Are not thee con iderations powerful enough to convince yon of the ob- ligation you have to consecrate yourself to virtue in your youth ? And if ycu be convinced thereof, what do y^u mean 'i What i.s your design and resolution fur the fu- ture ? Perhaps hitherto you have nut comprehended the greatness of thig obligati n : but now understanding it clearly, what judgment oiijiht you not to expect from God, if you be rebellious to the light, and act like those wretches who say to God, depart from us, we de«ire not the know- ledge of thy ways. The Jews beirg returned from the captivity of Bnbylon, the prophet Esdras caused the law of God to be pubhcly read unto them, from whence they had received no instruc- tion during the seventy years of their captivity. That people had scarce began. to> hear the law, when thoy went bitterly, and made the air resound with tlwir cries and lamentations ; so that the priests and levites who read the IdW, were more eniploved to stop their teniis, and comfort, than instruct them. This poor |jeople sadly deplored their unhappy ignorance of their duty ; an ignorance which tlieir own negligence had occasioned. 0, dear Theolimc, I beseech the Divine Goodness by SUN particul ferred then ab l^hrist o loly Gl THt Catholic school book 1^3 ico, without 1 to wicked preit depen- 3o that if you ir years, you ) ; and if you villi great dif* niiig from the iteness in i'in, wing of vice m which tlie e continually God, and en- de*troy them time, whether \.re not thee roa of the ob- cirtue in your , what do y*' " an for the fu- ►rehended the err'tanding it ct fronn God, 1086 wretches »ot (he know- y of Bnhylon, be pubhcly ed no inalruc- w, when thoy llvir cries and who read the ?, and romfort, deplored tht^ir ce which tlieir Goodnees by his grace to work the same effect in your heart. After reading the truths I have represented to you, is it possible that you should not be touched with the force of truth and the care of your salvation 1 And that after reading all these reasons, which show the strict obligation you have to the service of your Creator, you should shut the book without making any reflections upon yourself, or taking proper resolutions for the future ? I conjure you by the honour and respect you owe to God ; by the love you owe to his Son Jesus Christ, your gracious Saviour; by the concern you ought to have for your eternal salvation ; I conjure you, I say, that you do not read these truths un- profitably ; and that when you have read them, you do not cast the book put of your hands, until you have made a full resolution to think seriously on your salvation : to that effect, firmly resolve to lead a virtuous life during your youthj preserving the grace you have received : or cor- recting your past life by a holy and virtuous one, if it has been disorderly. It is here, where you must open your eyes to see your- self, and deplore your past offences, and the blindness which has produced them, saying with St. Augustm, " Wo, wo, be to the darkness wherein 1 have lived ! wo be to the blindness, which hath hindered me from seeing the light of Heaven ! wo to my past ignorance, wherein I knew not thee I I give thee thanks, O God, whom 1 ac- knowledge to be my illuminator and redeemer, because thou hast enlightened me with thy grace, so that now I know thee. I have known thee too late. O ancient Truth ! I have known thee too late, O eternal Verity !" PART IV. THE I'lUNCIPAL FESTIVALS EXPOUNDED. SUNDAY was dedicated by the Apostles to the more particular service and honour of Almighty God, and trans> ferred from Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, which they then abolished to the day following, in memory that Hhrist our Lord rose from the dead, and sent down the loly Gho3t on that day, whence it is called the Lord's L lU THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. rat k day ; and, Sunday, from the heathens dedicating it to the Sun. T^e Four Sundays of Advent f preceding Christmas, were instituted by the Church with particular offices, comme- morative of the benefits of our Saviour's coming to redeeut the world by his happy birth. The four Ember wieJts, in Latin Quatuor iempora^ are times of public prayer, fasting^and procession, partly insti- tuted for the successful ordination of priests and ministers of the church, and partly to beg and give thanks to God for the fruits of the earth. Ember is derived from the Greek word emera, a day ;. others call them Ember-daySy from the ancient religious custom of eating nothing on those days till night, and then only a cake baked under the embers, called ember-bread. Septuagcsima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima Sun- daysy are days set apar^ by the Church for acts of penance and mortification, and[ a certain gradation or preparation tO' the devotion of Lent ; being more proper and immediate to the passion and resurrection of Christ ; taking their nu- "Deral denominations from their being about seventy, sixty, «nd fifty days before Easter. Shrwetide signifies the time of confession ; for our Saxon ancestors used to say, •• We will go to shrift ;" and, i« the more primitive times it was the custom of all good Chris- tians then to confess their sins to a priest, the better to prepare themselves for a holy observance of Lent, and worthily receiving the blessed sacrament at Easter. ^sh Wednesday is a day of public penance and humilia- tion in the whole church of Ged^ so called from the cere- mony of blessing ashes, wherewith the priest signs the people with a cross on their forehead, giving them this wholesome admonition " Remember man, thou art but dust, and into dust thou shalt return," Gen. iii. 9. to re- mind them of their mortality, and prepare them for the holy fast of Lent. The ashes are made of the pahns bless- ed on the Palm Sunday of the preceding year. LeiiU an old Saxon word, signifying Spring, (this fast being observed in the beginning of the year,) in Latin is called Quadragesimat because it is a fast of forty days, (ex- cept Sundays, which are only abstinence,) institutec* by the church.r Many are the motives for which Lent i? es- tablished. 1. This fast is the figure of the spirit of pen- THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 136 ing it to the stmas, were :e8, comrae' g to redeem emportty are partly insti- id ministers inks to God >d from tl>e Ember-daySy nothing on }aked under esima Sun- i of penance 'eparation tO' 1 immediate ng their nu- venty, sixty, »r our Saxon and, in the good Chris- Be better to Lent, and aster. nd humilia- m the cere- signs the them this ou art but iii. 9. to re- em for the >ahns bless- ) (this fast in Latin is y days, (ex- stitutec* by Lent if es- irit of pen- ance, which every one oftlie faithful ought to conserve throughout the whole time of his life. 2. It is, as it were, a tithe or tenth, which the faithful offer to God, sanctify- ing by fasting these forty days, which make about the tenth part of the year. 3. This fast is a weak imitation of what Jesus Christ our Lord perforn^ed in the desert, in fasting forty days and forty nights, w ir hout eating or drink- ing. 4, It was appointed in consequence of tlie obliga< tion wnich Christ our Lord imposed on his disciples, to fast after his ascension. 5. By this fast we participate in the sufferings of our Lord, in order to have a share in his glory. And, lastly,' it prepares us to celebrate, worthily, the approaching Easter. Passion Sunday, so called from the passion of Christ, then drawing ntgh, was ordained by the Church more clobcly to prepare us for a worthy celebration ef that so- lemnity. On this day the ciucitixes, &c. in churches, are covered with a mourning colour ; both to commemorate our Saviour^s going out of the temple and hiding himself, and to dispose us to compassionate his sufferings. Palm- Sunday y in memory and honour of our Lord's tti umphal entry mto Jerusalem, is so called from the palm •branches strewed under his feet by the Hebrew children, crying Hosanna to the- Son of David, Matt. xxi. And therefore this day the church blesses palms, and makes u solemnfprocession, in memory of that humble triumph of ot^r Saviour^ the people bearing palm branches in their bands. Mavjaday Thursday, in memory of our Lord's last sup- per, when he instituted the blessed sacrament of his pre- cious body and blood, is so called from the first word of i:e eiViihQm Mandatum, &c. John xiii. 34. — I give you a i^ew command, that you love one another as 1 have loved .you ; which is sung on that day in the choir, when the prelate begins the ceremony of washing the people's feet, in imitation of Christ's v^ashing those of his disciples, be- fore he instituted the blessed sacrament. ' ^ '■ Good Friday, is the anniversary of that most sacred and memorable day, on which the great work of our redeuip- tion was consummated, by our Saviour Jesus Christ, on his bloody cross, between two thieves, on mount Calvary, near Jerusalem. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, in Holy Week, the i: a 136 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOTC. offices called Tenebrce^ were, formerly, mournfully sung in lamentation of our Lord's pas^^ion. But because these of- fices are now anticipated on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursdiy, and Friday, they have obtained the name of <« Tenebrae Days," for that tenebroe^ or darkness, which overspread the face of the earth, at the time of his pas- sion; for which end all the lights are extinguished : and, after some silence at the end of the ofRcee, a ncise is made to represent the rending of the veil of the temple, and the disorder in which all nature was involved at the death of cur divine Redeemer, Easier- Day ^ in Latin, Pasc/ia, a great festival in memo- ry and honour of our Saviour's resurrection from the dead, OD the third day after his crucitixion, Matt, xxviii. 6. Jt is called Easter, from Oriens, the east or rising, one of Christ's titles. And his namci says the prophet Zacha- rias, chap. vi. 12, is Oriens. " This is the day which our Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it." The church, repeating frequently these words on this day, de- sires, that her children, after having shared in the suffer- ings of Christ, by compunction and penance, should par- ticipate in the glory and joy of his resurrection by a lively faith, hoping to rise again themselves, by> an ardent love, with their liedeemer, who, having died in satisfaction for our sins, is risen again for our justification ; and, finally, by a new life, pure, and wholly celestial. The Monday following is also kepL holy, in memory of our Lord's first appearance after his resurrection, which is commemorated on this day, for the greater solemniry of the festival. Lovo' Sunday, in Latin Dominica in albis, the. Octave of Easier-day, is so called from the catechumens' white gar- ments, emblems of innocence and joy, which they put on at their baptism, and solemnly put off tl;is day. liogafion- Week, the next but one before Whitsunday, is so called from roso, to ask or pray ; because on Mon- day, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the Litanies are sung, a>: ' abstinence from flesh is enjoined by the church, not only as 1 devout preparative to the feast of Christ's glorious Ascension and Pentecost, but also to supplicate the bless- ing of God on the fruits of the earth. The Belgians call it Cruis, or Cross-Week, and so it is called in some parts of England ; because, when the priest goes on those days in procession the cross is carried before him. In the norlli of E or pr Ai glori his Acts W and ^les, in Gi It is iC. jlly sung in se these of- A^ednesday, he name uf less, which i of his pas< shed : and, isc is made )le, and the he death of il in memo- m the dead, {viii. 6. It ing, one of ihec Zacha- y which our 1 it." The his day, de- 1 the suffer- should par- \ by a lively ardent love, isfaction for md, finally, he Monday I^oru's first imenaorated stival. e. Octave of white gar- hey put on /hitsunday, se on Moii- e sung, ai: ' h, not only t's glorious e the hless- elgians call some parts those days n the norili TIfE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 137 of England it is called Oang-Week, from the " ganging," or processions, then used. Ascension- Da^^ a feast solemnized in memory of Christ's glorious ascension into heaven, on the fortieth day after his resurrection, in the sight of his apostles and disciples, Acts i. 9. Whit-Suudaif or Pentecost ^ a solemn feast in memory «nd honour of the descent of the Holy Ghost on the apos- tles, in the form of tongues of fire. Acts ii. 3. Pentecost, in Greek, signifies the nftieth day after his resurrection. It is called Whit-Sunday, from the catechumens being an- ciently clothed in white, and admitted, on the eve of this feast to the sacrament of baptism. The old Saxons called it *< Wied, or Holy-Sunday." In the law of Moses, this ,>.j i MARCH. i^^« 17th.— St, Patrick, apostle of Ireland. 'H-^ was'al3ie co-operation of the Holy Ghost, the iSon ol God was incarnate in her sacred womb- APRIL. 23th St. Mark, evangelist, the disciple and interpreter of St. Peter. Writing his gospel at the request of the Christians at Home, lie took it with him into fclg>'pt ; first preaciiin^ at Alexandria* lie founded that church ; and af- terwards being apprehended for the faith of Christ, v. as hound with curds, dragged upon stones, and shut up in a close prison, where he was conibrted by an angelic vision, and iin apparition of our Lord. Finally, he was called to heaven in the eighth year of Nero. On this day the long litanies are said or sung, and abstinence from flesh is ob served, to obtain the-blesbing of God on the fruits of the eurlli* M4Y. 1st SS. Philip and James, Apostles. After the first had converted almost all Scythia to tie faith of (!hris!, heing fastened to a cross, he was stoned to death, niakiog a glorious end at Hieropolis, in Asia, in the year fifty-four. The second, called also our Lord's brother, was the f *-«t bishop of Jerusalem, where, being thrown from a pinnacle of the temple, his th^j;hs br-oken, and struck on the head ■with a fuller's riub, he gave up the ghost, and was buried Jiear^the temple, in the year sixty-three. 3d. — Finding the Holy Ciossy oilierwise called Holy Jiood'Dm ; a feast in memory of the miraculous discovery of the holy cross vvkereon^uir Saviour suffered, by St. He- len, motlier of Constantino the Great, in the year^ three .hundred and twenty eisix, alter it had been concealed by 140 TH£ CATMOLJC SCHOOL BOOK. [ the infidels one hundred and eighty years, who erected a statue of Venu9 in place of it. JUNE, 11th,— St. Barnaby ; born at Cyprus, and ordained apostle of the Gentiles by 8t. Paul. He travelled with him into many provinces, exercising ilie function of preaching the gospel <;ommitted to him ; and, lastly, go. ing into Cyprus, there adorned his apostleship with a glo- rious crown of martyrdom, in the year fifty six. H'n body, by a revelation of himself, was found in the ti ne of Zeno the Emperor, with St. Matthew's gospel in hia own hand Avriting. 'i4th — Kaiivitij of St. John BaplUsU our Lord's pre- cursor, the son of Zachary and Elizabeth, who, being yet 4n his mother^s whom, was replenished with the Holy first having They were I on the same nstituled to Elizabeth, nnessage of brated at this areth, rather It Easter ; be- scarcely be solemnities Pope Urban five. r to St. John er, beheaded ar forty-two. mpostella, in )n, people re- to pay their Mary. •ff TIIK CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. lU in glory on Mount Tubor, between Moses and Ellas, in pr 8ence of hi^ three apostles, Peter, Ja.ncs, and John. Matt. xvii. 10th. — St Lawrence, deacon to Pope Xystns IL was broiled on a gridiron fnr tlie faith of Christ; which cruel martyrdom he suffered with incomparable fortitude and patience, in the year two hundred and (irty-tlircc. I5ih. — J'i.sbiniipii.n of tUe. U. V. MuVij^w I'fit.s! in nin_ mory of her bein^ taken into heaven, botli body and soul, after her di.jsolution ; wliicii by a constant tradition in the church, has ever been piously believed to have happened in the year thirty-six. 24-th. — M Bartimloniew, the apostle ; having preached the gospel in India, and j)assing thence into the greater Armenia, aftci he had con.ertcd innumerable people to the faith, was barbarou.ly ilayed alive by command of king Astiages, and then beheaded, in the year forty -four. SEPTEMBER. 8!h. — TJic Frast of her J^iUlvily, of whom the author of all life and salvation was born to the world. 14ib. — The Exaltation of the Holy Cross; when Heraclitu£i the emperor, having overcome Osr«e, king of Persia, brought it back in triumph to Jerusalem, in the year six hundred and twenty-eight. 21st — St. Mattheiv, apostle and evangelist, after preaching the gospel in Ethiopia, wan slain at the altar as he celebrated tlie divine mysteries, in the year forty-four. 29th. — Miclinelmus, a festival instituted in honour of St. Michael the archangel, and of the nine orders of holy an- gels; to commend the whole churcii of Cod to their pa- tronage, by whose cha itable m'nistry wo daily receive jVoni Cod, as the original source, sucli innumerable bene- fits. It is called the Dedication of St. Michael, from the dedicating of a church to him in Koine by Pope Boniface ni. in the year six hundred and eight, OCTOBER. ''^s ^.-^.:;^j^:vs-^^ ISth — St. Luke, the Evangelist, whoj filled with the Holy Ghost, aiter he had endured many afflictions for the name of Christ, died in Bjthinia, in the year seventy-four. His sacred bones were brought to Constantinople, and thence translated to Padua. 28th — SS. Simon, the Canaan, and Jude, otherwise call- 14^ THE CATHOLIC tCHOOL BOOK. ed Thaddeus. The first preached the gospel in Egypt, the latter in Mesopotamia ; and afterwards g ing together into Persia, after having converter' an infinite numberof 'th«t nation to the faith/they accomplished their martyr- dom in the year si^xty-eight, NOVEMBER. 1st. — Jill S'lints, a -solemnity in memory of all the saints ; sihce the whole year U too short to nflTord a sepa- rate feast for each of them. 2d. — »^ll SoulSf a day appointed by the church for the living to offer up their prayers and sutfrages for the repose of the souls of the faithful departed. 30th. — St. Andrew, apostle, having preached thegospel in Thrace and Scythta, he was apprehended by Egeas the proconsul ; he was Krst imprisoned, -then most cruelly beaten, and lastly fastened to a cross whereon he lived two days, preaching to the people ; and having besought our Lord not to permit him to be taken down, encompassed with a great light from heaven» he gave up bis blessed 80ul> at Patras, in Achaia> in the jrear sixty-nine. • ,., • -^ DECEMBER- 8th — Conception of the glorious and ever B, V. Mary^ Mother ofGud; a feast instiutted by St. ABsehQ) arcn- bi^hop of Canturbury,.in the year oae thousand and se- venty, and comrmanded afterwards by SixtuslY. to be ge- -tier-ally obsevved, in the .year fourteen hundred and forty- six. 2i8t.-^St. Thomas, apostle,; ^ having « preached the r^os- pel to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, and Hyrcan'i, be went into India, where he instructed the people ;n the Christian faith ; lor which, by the iwing's command, lie was pierced through the body with lances, and gave up his i^essed soul at Calamina, in the year forty-four. -25th — Christs Nativity ^a solemn festival celebrated an- nually by the Catholic church from the time of the apos- tles, in commemoration of our Saviour's birth at Bethle- hem, called Christmas, from the Mass then, celebrated in honor of his holy birth. The Nativity of our Lord is a great subject of joy to Christians ; all ought to participate jn the joy which the angels declared to the shepherds, Christ being born for the salvation of all. This joy con- sists in giving glory tu God, and in relishing the peace given to men ofjjood will. The faithful ought to give great to fail to go oi' fait God I thanks ty, a C( from tl cation, charitj given 1 such a their \ 26th •ion, w 27th gospel to the t govern( age, he ty-eighl 2»th. infants to take ed Chil of those 29th. of the] ehurch dral, in The I ehurch i their vir the faitl Often cially af discern Hold where y «fyour: TH£ CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 143 1 in Egypt* ing together I numberof heir martyr- y of all the ifford a sepa- urch for the or the repose ed the gospel 3y Egeas the most cruelly I he lived two besought OUT encompassed blessed souI» P. V. Mary, LBselro, archr sand and se- IV. to be ge- ed and forty- shed the r?08- Hyrcan'i, be >eople fn the nand, ^e was gave up his ur. lebrated an- ot' the apos- 1 at Bethle- lelebrated in r Lord is a o participate p shepherds, [his joy con- ig the peace lught to give great attention to thir> adorable mystery ; they ought not to fail to receive the most holy sacrament ; they ought to go to churcb, • the shepherds went to Hethlehem, lull of faith, admirttiioii, and gladness ; beholding the Son of God made man, they ought to adore him, to give him thanks, to let n from the ohiJd Jesus, humility, simplici- ty, a contempt of riches, flying from honours, a retirement from the world, self-denidl, the love of sufferings, mortifi- cation, penance; they ought to- reflect on the excess of charity, wherewith the eternal Father has loved us, having given to us his only Son, to deliver us Irom sin ; and, by such a reflection, to excite themselves to love God with- their whole heart, and roost ei(f*nestly to hate sin. 26th. — St. Stephen, the firttt martyr aOer Chrii^l's asoen- iion, was stoned to death by theJews, in the year thirty-four. 2^7th — St. John, apostle and evangelist ; af\er writing big gospel, his banishtiient, and receiving his Revelations, lived to the time of Trajan the emperor, and bo^h founded and governed the churches of Asia. Finally, worn out with old age, he died at £phei.)s,.aged. ninety-three, in the year six- ty-eight, and was buried near the same city. 2»th. — Holy. Innoeentfs^ a feast ic commemoration of the infants barbarously slaughtered by Herod,- when he sought to take away the life of our blessed Savionc It is also call- ed Childer-Mass-Day, from the particular commemoration, of those martyred chUdren in the x.'^ass of that day. 29th. — St. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, and patron of the English Clergy,, for maintaining the privileges oil the church of God, was martyred at Vespers in his own cathe- dral, in the year one thousand,, one hundred and seventy. The several festivals of the saints are instituted by the church to honour God m his saints, to teach us to imitate their virtues, and honour their martyrdom and sufferings for the faith of Christ. *.,' NECESSARY RULES FOR A CHRISTIAN. Often examine your thoughts, words and actions, espe. cially afler much business, coavevsation, &c. that you may discern and amend your faults. Hold your peace in such things as relate not to yoUr and where your speech is not for the honour of God, and good of your neighbouF.^ lit Till*. CATHOLIC HCIIOOr, BOOK' Often call to mind your life past, and what our Saviour suffered tor you in every moment of his. Live ns if you had nothing, nnd yot potsFfsed nil things ; and remember that meat, drink, and clotheo, are not the richer of a Christian. Offer yourselveH rntire'y to God ; and though yon hnve nothing to return for his favours but yourself, you will be comforted when you consider, that " he gives all that gives hiniMelf " The apostles quilted their poor boald and nets, and received for them a most nmple reward. The poor wi- dow gave only two mites, and her offering was preferred be- fore those of the richest. He easily parts with all things, who considers that he must die and be separated from them. Use no extravagant or unusuni gertures in open assem- blies, but on a/I occasions ob^erve a beconiing modesty and discretion. In all orcurrences of life, prefer that which conduceth most to the service and glory of God ; os to comfort the af- flicted — reconcile such ns are at variance — vit»it the sick and imprisoned — and relieve the poor. Never go to reA at night with any di.'^qniet or trouble on your mind, but endeavour to pucify your conscience by an act of contrition, or by confea?ion if necessary. Often confess your sins, and make fiequent acts of con- trition, aspiration, or ejaculatory prayere, so that you may prevent the deceits of the devil, conquer temptation, avoid sin, and live under the continual protection of God. PRAYEilS TO BE USED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. A PRAYER WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE CHURCH. How awful is this place ! this is the house of God, and the gate of heaven ; vouchsafe to purify me, O Lord, and grant that I may here think of nothing but of thee. A PRAYER AT GOING OUT OP THE CHURCH. ' Happy are they, O Lord, who always dwell in thy house, and who are employed in nothing but in praising thee. I am going whore I believe thy providence carries me ; in every place I shall always find thee present. A PRAYER BEFORE SPIRITUAL READIKO. Hap?)V i^ the man who h well instructed in thy holv law. our Saviour cl nil thingfl ; are not ihe gh you h«ve you will be ill that give a ltd and neta, rhe poor wi- irefeired be- ders that he )pen apsem- modesty and h conducelh mfort the af- ibit the sick pr trouble on :ience by an acts of con- at you may ition, avoid ud. XASIONS. HURCH. of God, and ) Lord, and ee. RCH. n thy house, g thee. I es me ; in NG. ly holv law. THR CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOUH* 145 my God. Give me the spirit of understanding, the doci- lity that iei npcc8fiary, and an ardent charity fur putting in oxticutiop whut ihuu hhait mako nie ^nqw tp b§ acceptably to theo. A PRAYBa AFTER SPIRITUAL READING. Make me love the truth which ll^ou hnst tpade known to tne, O niy God ; and grant me the grace to practice what I know to be according to thy holy will. A PRAYER BEFORE VISITS AND CONVERSATIONS. Seejng that rny tongue i-* to celebrate thy praises tor all eternity, n)y God, permit ino not to offend thee in this vi* sit and convrrsatipn. A PRAYER AFTER VISITING AND CONVERSATIONS, ^r , Vouchsafe to pardon, Lord, all the tatilts committed in this entertainment, and permit not my words ever to be a spand^l or offence to any one, A PRAYER BEFORE GOING OUT OF THE IIOUSB. "^ Vouchsafe, O Loid, to direct mo in the way of justice and truth, and remove f.tr from me all occasions of sin. A PRAYER AFTER RETURNING HOME. 1 give thi-e infinite thauks, O my God, for having preserv- ed me from so niany dangers ; and I beg of thy infinite ipercy to bring mie at last to thy henvenly country, \\^ . A. PRAYER WHElf WE BEGIN ANy WORK, , ,^ v,„ I offer unto thee, O Lord, ihia my work, and beg of thee to be the director of it, as 1 hope thou wilt be the reward thereof. A PRAYER AT THE END OF WORK. I give the thanks, Lord, for the blessing given to my work, and I beg of thee to accept of it in satisfaction for my sins. - i ^ r; GRACE BEFORE EATING. Bless us, Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive of thy bounty ; hrough Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. ' Ts.* n-' flt GRACE AFTER EATING. : ci iu:- We give thee thanks, Almighty God, for all thy benefits ; who livest and reignest world without end. Amen. M ■ . ■ ^^'■'' 146 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK ^k .imOut^ ANOTHEB PRAYEK. > i.«. ^ Vouchsafe, O Lord, to iioumh my soul, as thou hast (ed my body ; and grant, that after temporal nourishment I may have eternal life. Amen. f,. -J ',»•: THE CHRISTMJSr DOCTRIJSTE. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on eaMh as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily brend ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us ; and lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evtt. Amen. THE ANGELIC SALUTATION. Hail Mary, full of grace, cur Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women ! and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen, THE APOSTLES' CREED, I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Hea, ven and earth ; and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary : suffered under Pontius Piliaite : was crucified, dead and buried ; he descended into hell ; the third day he rose again from the dead : he ascended into heaven ; sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead ; I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of suints, (he forg-iveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage. I. Thou shalt nut have strange gods before me, thou shalt not make to thyself any graven thing, nor any similitude that is in heaven above, or in the earth below, or of things that are in the water under the earth : Thou shalt not adore nor worship them. I am the Lord thy God, strong and jea- lous, visiting the sius of the fathers upon their children to hoii hast fed iment I may .J. ■ rE. 'a fliy name ; >lh as it is in id forgive us i against us ; s from evil. ee. Blessed fruit of thy pray for us, men, ttor ofHea, tn our Lord» f the Virgin jcifiedt dead day he rose ; sitteth at m thence he I believe in communion tion of the of the land Bt thou shall similitude or of thing! It not adore ng and jea- children ta TUK CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. 147 th» third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shoH'ing mf>rcy to thousands of those that love me and keep my commandments. II. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him griltfeas that taket) the name of the Lord his God in vain. in. Hemember ihou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt theu labour and do all thy woric ; but the seventh is the sabba h of the Lord thy God : on it thou shalt do no work, n^iih^r thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor diy man-.«ervar)t, nor thy muid-servaiit, nor thy rattle, nor the stranger which is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day, therefore hath the Loid blesi^ed the i^bbath-day, and sanctified it. IV. Honour thy father and mother, that thy days may be (ong in iho land which the Lord thy God shall give thee. V. Thou shalt not kill. Vf. Thou shalt not commit adultery. airr ^ VII. Thou shalt not steal. VIII. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- bour. IX. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. ^ , THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS. 1. Baptism, Matt. 19. 2. Confirmation, Acts, vii. 17. 3. Eucharist, Matt. xxvi. 26, 4. Penance, John xx. 23. 5. Extreme Unction, James, v. 14. 6. Holy Orders, Matt, xxvi. 7. Matrimony, Matt. xix. 6. THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES. i. Faith, 2. Hope. 3. Charity. THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES. 1. Prudence. 2. Justice. 3. Fortitude 4. Temperance. THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST. 1. Wisdom. 2. Understanding. S. Counsel. 4. For> titude, 5. Knowledge. 6. Godliness. 7. The Fear of the Lord. ■*.<'> THE TWELVE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST. 1. Charity. 2. Joy. 3. Peace. 4. Patience. 5, Bt- 148 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. I*' nignity. 6. Goodness. 7. Longanimity. 8; Mildness. 9. Faiths 10. Modesty. 11. Continency. 12, Chastity. TWO PRECEPTS OP CHARITY. L Thou shdlt loVe the Lord thy Uod with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with all thy strength, and with ail thy mind. 2. And thy neighbour as thyself^ THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH. Ik To keep certain appointed days Iroly ; which obh'ga- tion consists chiefly in hearing Mass, and resting from ser- vile works. 2. To observe the commanded days of fast and abstinence 3; To contribute to the support of your pastor. 4. To confess your sins to your pastor, at least once a year. 5. To receive the blessed Saci'ameht at least once a year ; and that about Easter. 6. Not to solemnize marriage at certain times, nor witliin certain degrees of kindred, nor privately, without witness. The coRPOKAt Works of mercy. 1. To feed the hungry. 2. To give drink to the thirs- ty. -S. To clothe the naked. 4. To visit arid ransom captives. 5. To harbour the harbourless. 6. To visit the sick. 7. To bury the dead. .:'%: w The SPilUTUAL WORKS OF mercy. 1. To -borrect the sinnet. 2. To instruct the ignoranh 3. To counsel the doubtful. 4. To comfort the sorrow- ful. 5. To bear wrongs patiently. 6. To forgive ail in- jtiries. 7« To pray for the living and the dead. THE EfGHT BEATITUDEiSt- 1. Blessed is the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 2. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land. 3. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be com- forted. 4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be fHled. 5. Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall find mercy. 6. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see God. 7^ Blessed are the peace-makers ; for they shaU be call- ed the sons of God. 8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice sake ; for theirs is the kingdom of hepven. ; r?* ^ • ^ildhess. 9. Chastity. \i thy whole th, iind with > rhich obliga- ing from ser- d abstinence tor. least once a least once a ;s, nor within out witness. to the thirs* and ransom To visit the the ignoranh t the sorrow- brgive all in- d. the kingdom less the land, hall be corn- after justice, find mercy, lall see God. ihaM be call- for justice THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOk 149 Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Wrath» Gluttony, Envy, Sloth. OF SIN. SIN is two-fold ; original and actual; actual is divided into mortal and venial. SEVEN CAPITAL SINS, COMMONLY CALLED MORTAL OR DEADLY SINS, Humiiityj Liberality, Chastity, Meekness, Temperance, Brotherly-love, Diligence. SIX SINS AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST. 1. Despair of salvation. 2. Presumption of God's mer- cy. 3. Impugning the known truth. 4. Envy at another's spiritual good. 5. Obstinacy in sin. 6. Final impenitence. THINGS NECESSARY FOR A PENITENT SINNER. Contrition 01 rt. Entire confession to an approved priest. Satisfp.i* >; by works. Contrition coKi^iaCs in a hearty displeasure at sin past, for the love of God, and a firm resolution not to sin any more. FOUR SINS CRYING TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE, 1. Wilful murder. 2. Sodomy. 3. Oppression of the poor, 4. Defrauding labourers of their wages. .t^lNE WAYS OF BEING ACCESSARY TO ANOTHER'S SINS. 1. By counsel. 2. By command. 3. By consent. 4* By provocation. 5. By praise or flattery. 6. IJy conceal- ment. 7. By partaking. 8. By silence. 9. By defence of the ill done- THREE EMINENT GOOD WORKS. 1. Alms-deeds, or works of mercy. 2. Prayer. 3. Fasting THREE EVANGEI.ICAL COUNSELS. I. Voluntary poverty. 2, Perprtual charity, 3, Entire obidience. THE FOUR LAST THINGS TO OE RFMEMBERED. 1, Death, 2, Judgment, 3, Hell, 4. Heaven, $;■'•» ' A COMPLETE SET OF ARITHMETICAL TABLES =f= Equal — Minufl> or less -J Plus or more CHARACTERS s/ Multiplied by ._Divided by '. Is to So is 'J'o Quar. 1-3 1 Third h Half if 3 Qis. m Tl^e CATH ILIC dCHOOL BOOK. MULTIPLICATION TABLE, Twice 1 2 3 -4. . 5 € 7 8 9 10 II 12 3tiir.es3 4 5 6 7 8 areS 3iiiiies 9are27 5ii DPsSHie 45 4 10 30 10 50 6 11 33 n 55 3 1-^ 12 36 12 60 4itaie8 4areI6 6Umes6au36 14 5 20 7 42 16 6 24 8 48 18 7 28 9 54 20 8 32 10 60 22 9 3& 11 66 24 to 40 11 44 12 72 9 12 48 7time(i 7aie49 12 8 56 ^ 63 15 dlimes 5are25 18 6 30 10 70 21 7 35 11 77 24] 8 40 12 84 3 times 8 are 64 9 10 11 12 72 80 88 96 times 9 10 11 n are&l 90 99 108 lOdrneslOarelOO 11 110 12 120 Iltime8llarel21 12 132 12 irnesl2arel44 Pe.ice s. d. 12 is I 20 30 40 50 ^0 70 ■80 90 loo liO 120 130 140 U4 180 200 1 2 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 6 10 6 8 7 6 8 4 9 2 10 10 10 n 8 12 15 16 8 240 iH 20 or One Pound II 1 Skills. 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 12o 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 /. s, 1 1 10 2 2 10 3 3 10 4 4 10 5 5 10 6 6 10 7 7 10 8 8 10 9 9 10 10 Federal Money^ 10 Mills (ot) make 1 rent c 10 Cents 1 dime d 10 Dimes 1 dollar $ 20 Dollars 1 eagle E British i\ Moidore is A Sovereiirn A Guinea Coins. £\ 1 1 7 1 10 5 2 6 6 A Half Guinea A Crown A Half Crown A Pound sterling i^ $4 44 4-9 .cents Ffrderai money ; and $1 Federal money, is 49. 6d. £ngli.ih money. An Finglish Guinea is 21^. stealing, or $4 66 2-3d cents Federal money. ies8 1 ire 64 9 72 10 80 11 88 • 12 96 les 9 are&i 10 90 11 99 12 108 leslOarelOO 11 110 12 120 leBllarelSl 12 132 iesl2urel4<4' 1 rent c 1 dime d 1 dollar $ 1 eagle E 7 1 10 6 5 2 6 nns. £1 1 1 3 $4 44 4.9 rioney; and )ney, is 49. ney, ea is 21s. 66 2-3d ley. THE CATHOLtC fCHQOL »OOK, WJJIGHTS AND MEASURES. 161 ^voird 'upois Weight, 16 Drams make 1 Ounce 16 Ounces 1 Pound 28 Pounds 1 Quart, 4 Qrs, or 1121b. 1 C,vt, 20 Cwt 1 Ton. Troy Weight. 24 Grains nnake 1 Peunywt, 20 Penn/iv'ts. 1 Ounce 12 Ounces 1 Pound Jipothccwy^s Weight. 30 Grains make 1 Sciuple 3 Scruples 1 Drann 6 Drams 1 Ounce i2 Ounces 1 Pound Solid or Cubic Measure. 1728 solid inches 1 sell J foot 40 feel of round J timber f , 60 feet of hewn r^ '®" timber j 27 solid feet 1 solid yard Firewood— 8 feet Jong, 4 broad, and 4 high, or 128 so- lid feet. sol 1 cord Cloth JMeasiire. 2 14 inches, 1 Nail 4 Nails 1 Qr. of a yard 4 quarters 1 yard 2 1-2 quarters 1 *E1I Hamb'gh 3 quarters 1 Ell Flemish 5 quarters 1 Ell English 6 quarters X Ell French Square JMtasxire. 144 Square Tflches 1 sq. fool 9 Square ff et 1 sq.yard 30 1-2 Squ. yards 1 sq.pole 40 Squaie poles 1 sq rood 4 Square roods 1 sq, acre C40 Square ricres 1 sq. mile Lovg JMeasure. 4 Inrli s m iko 1 Hand 12 Inches 3 Feet , 6 Feet 5 1-2 Yards 40 Poles 8 Furlongs 3 Miles 69 lr2 Miles Foot 1 Yard 1 Fathon 1 Rod or pole 1 Furlong 1 Mile 1 League 1 Degree Time. ' V 60 seconds make 1 minute 60 minutes 1 hour 24 hours 1 day 7 days 1 week 4 we( ks ■ ' t 1 montli 12 months 1 year 13 months, 1 day, & 6 hoursr, or 365 day?, 6 hou[ make 1 common, or Julian year. Circular Motion. 60 seconds 1 prime minute 6C minutes 1 degree 30 de^ees 1 sign 12 signs, or 360 degrees, makf' the whole circle of the Zodiac, 159 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOOK. Wine Measure. 2 pintfl (pt.)m4ko 1 quart 4 qrarts 1 gallon 63 jgralions * 1 hoarshead 2hh(Js,or l26^Hld 1 pipe 2 pipes or "^^2 gals 1 tun 10 galJo:^ 1 anchor 31 1-2 ga ,^n.^ 1 barrel 42 galious 1 tierce 54 gallons 1 puncheon Beer Measure. 2 pints make 1 cuf^rt 4 quirts 9 gallons 4 firkins 11-2 bai.eli 8 gollons 32 gallons 3 barrels 2 butts Dry Measure. 2 pints makel quart 8 quarts 1 peck 4 peck^ 1 bushel 36 bushels 1 chuldr, of coal 1 gailor^ 1 firkin 1 barrel 1 hogshrad 1 fiikjn of ale 1 barrel do. 1 bijtt 1 tun Things bought and sold by numbers. 12 particulars 1 dozen 12 dozens 1 gross ''f^rrz'enl'S^a. gross 20 single things 1 score 5 score 1 hundred Promiscuous Weights. A barrel of flour is 196lbs of beef or pork 2001bs A fothei of lead, 19 owl 2 qra A faggot of steel, 120 lbs A stone of iron, shot, or horseman's weight, I4lbs A slqne of wire, 10 l-21bs A gallon of train oil, 7 l-21bs Paper 24 siheets 20 quires 2 reams 10 reams 4 pages 8 pages 16 pages 24 pages 36 pages and Books. 1 quire 1 ream 1 bundle ] bale 1 sheet folio I sheet quarto \ sheet octavo 1 do. duodecimo 1 do. eighteens Parchment. 12 skins 1 dozen 3 dozen 1 roll ) :*?;v^ i ^"^pi:'-ri^>W: ■' ''■■ 'vhsi^'v^ > t/^j^U.t' ^r:mi^'-_ ikti^r^^ .'#i;r^t4' #: ? *rr^9i . [. mre, uart eok ushcl icildr, of coal Weights. r ii 196lbs r pork 2001b8 19 cwt 2 qrs U 120 {ha shott weight, Hlbs , 10 l-21bs \ oil, 7 l-21bs Books. uire sara undie ale leet folio beet quarto beet octavo lo. duodecimo Id. eigbteens ment. dozen roll I 1