PREFACE. As it is a common practice in Day and Sunday Schools to give pupils passages of Holy Scripture for commitment to memory, I have been led to compile this little book of Selections from the Proverbs of Solomon, &c., with a view of utilising for educational purposes these sacred writings so suited for youth, but generally so little known. No part of the Bible is better adapted for the instruction of the young than the Proverbs, which are so rich in thought on human life and character; but the fragmentary and unconnected way in which they are arranged offers a serious hindrance to their use for memory lessons. I have, therefore, endeavoured to remove this obstacle by bringing together certain of the Proverbs which are similar in the character of their teaching, and classifying them according to the subjects upon which they respectively treat. |