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apparently taken from several of these books. The Apocrypha is not once quoted directly in the New Testament.

THE COMMON PRAYER BOOK.

The Book popularly called the Common Prayer Book, consists of several books bound in one volume.

1. The Book of Common Prayer, strictly so called, or Order of Daily Prayer with the Psalter, compiled from an older form in Latin, called the Breviary.

2. The Order of Holy Communion with the Collects, Epistles and Gospels, compiled from the Primitive Liturgies.

3. The Book of Rites, or the Ritual comprising the offices for Holy Baptism, Confirmation, &c.

4. The Ordinal or form of ordaining and consecrating Bishops Priests, and Deacons.

The first Service book for Divine Worship, in English instead of Latin, was put forth in 1549. It was altered in 1552, amended under Elizabeth in 1559, further revised in 1604, and finally issued, as now received, in 1662.

The Passover

THE FEASTS OF THE JEWS.

The Feast of Weeks

The Feast of Tabernacles

The Feast of Purim.

appointed by God through Moses.

The Feast of the Dedication.

The Sabbatical year, every seventh year, as if seven years made up a week of years.

The

year of Jubilee, every fiftieth year, when debts were forgiven, slaves released, etc.

JEWISH FAST.
The Day of Atonement.

ORDERS OF JEWISH MINISTRY.

1. The High Priest, chosen as ruler or chief from among the 2. Priests, the descendants of Aaron.

3. Levites, all descendants of Levi, except the family of Aaron.

Chief Priests were the heads or presidents of twenty-four classes or courses into which the Priests were divided, and which took turns to celebrate the worship of the Temple.

Nethinim were bondmen not of the tribe of Levi, but set apart by David to do the rough work of the Temple under the Levites.

WORDS CONNECTED WITH THE JEWISH RELIGION. Shechinah, the visible sign of God's presence in the Tabernacle and in Solomon's Temple.

Urim and Thummim, a mysterious oracle on the high priest's breastplate, by which the Will of God was revealed. Type, any religious rite or historical event among the Jews that shadowed forth the coming Truth of the Christian Religion. Phylacteries, strips of parchment with texts of Scripture upon

them, worn by the Jews on their wrists and foreheads. Pharisees, a religious body among the Jews, at first praiseworthy for their efforts to recover obedience to the Law of Moses, but condemned by our Lord as hypocrites for their observance in His time of outward rites only, and their neglect of conscientious duty.

Sadducees, an unbelieving sect of the Jews, who denied the Resurrection, Angels, Spirits, and all such things. They took their name from one Sadoc.

Herodians, a party among the Jews, of our Lord's time, who took their name from Herod, the stranger, whom the Romans made king of the Jews; and who preferred the

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favour of this usurper to remaining loyal to the patriotic traditions of their country.

Nazarites, such Jews as took upon themselves vows of special religion, for a time or for life, during which they would neither trim their hair nor shave, nor drink anything made of the vine.

Publicans, in the New Testament are the men who collected the taxes imposed upon the conquered Jews by their masters the Romans.

Scribes, an important body of teachers among the Jews, who made copies of the Law, studied the Hebrew in which it was written, interpreted its meaning, and added to it precepts of their own.

The Elders were originally representatives of the tribes of the Jews. In our Lord's time they were still a body of magistrates of great influence in Jerusalem.

The Sanhedrim was the supreme court of the Jews, consisting of about seventy members under the High Priest. Synagogues were places where the Jews met for instruction in

the Law, and for praise and prayer on week days and the Sabbath. The service was not performed by priests, nor was sacrifice offered there. This could be done only in the Temple at Jerusalem.

Libertines, a congregation of Jews who formed a Synagogue of their own. They were probably Jews, who had been taken prisoners by the Romans, made slaves, and liberated.

Shew-bread, 12 loaves set every Sabbath day on a golden table that stood in the Holy Place on the north side of the altar of Incense.

Mystical Interpretation, the spiritual meaning underlying the plain narrative of Holy Scripture.

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Qui diligit Deum, diligat et Fratrem suum.
Let him that loveth God, love his brother also.

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Hundreds of thousands of Millions.

Tens of thousands of Millions.

Thousands of Millions.

Hundreds of Millions.

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SIGNS WHICH

ARE MADE USE OF IN ARITHMETIC.

+(plus) shows that the number before which it stands is to

be added.

- (minus) that the number before which it stands is to be subtracted.

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