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On the Lord's Prayer

On the Angelical Salutation

ON RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND CEREMONIES IN GENE-

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See the names of the Books of the Old and New Testaments on pages 71 and 72.

* The asterisk, or little star, put before a question of the Catechism, denotes that the question and its answer may be passed over without destroying the connexion between the preceding and the following.

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read but few heresies.
26, for into the resurrection,

read unto the resurrection.
32, for the Mass to God, alone,
read the Mass, to God alone.
20, for not make to yourself,
read not make to yourselves.
33, for Acts 19, 11. 92.

read Acts 19, 11. 12.

28, for "God, blessed for evermore," read "God blessed for ever."

8, for despise and disregard,

read despise or disregard.

SHORT HISTORY OF RELIGION.

HISTORY BEFORE CHRIST.

I.-From Adam to Moses.

1. In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth. He said, "Let them be made," and they were made. In six days God created the whole world-the sun, moon, and stars; the plants, trees, and animals; and, last of all, He made man to His own image and likeness. The first man was called Adam, and the first woman, Eve. They were just and holy, and the favourites of God. They lived happy in a delicious garden, called Paradise, and they and their descendants were never to die.

2. God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit of the tree that stood in the midst of the garden, lest they should die. But the serpent said to them: "If you eat thereof, you shall be as Gods." Adam and Eve believed the serpent, and broke the command of God. For this sin of disobedience, punishment immediately came upon them, and all

1. How did God create Heaven and Earth? In how many days did He create all things? When did He create man? How did He distinguish man from the other creatures? What were the names of the first man and woman? Were they also liable to sin, as we are? Where did they live? Were they, and their children, ever to die?

2. What commandment did God give to Adam and Eve ? What did the serpent tell them? What did Adam and Eve do? Were they punished for it? Were they alone punished?

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their descendants. They were driven from Paradise, were doomed to death and many hardships, and were to be banished from God for ever. Nevertheless, God had compassion on them, and promised them a Saviour, who should reconcile them again to Him, and make them partakers of eternal happiness, provided they did penance. (Gen. 3, 15.)

3. Cain and Abel, sons of our first parents, offered sacrifice to Almighty God. God was pleased with that of the virtuous Abel, but not with that of the wicked Cain. Cain, being exceedingly angry at the preference given to his brother, killed him; and, in punishment for this crime, he was cursed by God, and became a vagabond upon earth.

4. The descendants of Cain were wicked, like their father, and gradually seduced even the good; insomuch that, in process of time, all men turned away from God, and sank deeper and deeper into sin and vice. God then resolved to destroy the degenerate race of Adam by a universal deluge (B.C. about 2350). The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, and the waters rose fifteen cubits, or twenty-seven feet and a half, above the highest mountains. All living creatures on the face of the earth perished in the flood, except the pious Noe, with his family, and the animals that were with him in the ark, which he had built by the command of God. In thanksgiving for this favour, Noe erected an altar, and offered a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord, who, in return, blessed

What punishment came upon them? Did God then abandon them? What did He promise them?

3. Who were Cain and Abel? How did they worship God? Was God pleased with their sacrifices ? What did Cain do, and what became of him?

4. Were the descendants of Cain good or wicked? What evil did they do? What did God then resolve to do? How long did it rain? To what height did the flood rise? Did all living creatures perish? What did Noe do when he came

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