reason do they assign for such a course? What is the real one ?

31. When was this change made? How do we know this?

32. What information have we of Obadiah? What is the matter of the prophecy? What is inferred from this? 33. What is said of the writings of Obadiah? 34. What does the name Ezekiel signify? Ezekiel? Where did he commence prophesying?

What was

35. What was the principal scene of his prophecies? Where was Chebar? What does tradition say of his death? 36. What is the general opinion concerning him? What remark is made upon this? What is supposed concerning the prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel ?

37. How does Bishop Lowth characterize his style?

38. How old must a Jew be before he could read this prophecy? Why?

39. When was the prophecy of Haggai delivered? What is the common opinion concerning this prophet? 40. What is the style of Haggai?

What

41. With whom was Zechariah contemporary? information have we of his family? What is presumed from the second chapter? Is anything further known of his life or death? What says tradition of his burial?

42. What seems to be his object in his prophecy? 43. How does Bishop Lowth esteem his style?

44. What does the name Malachi signify? What is difficult to decide?

45. What have some supposed concerning this prophecy? By whom do they suppose it written? What is he most

rational view?

46. What was Malachi? Why is there a proprie y in nis closing the canon?

47. What does Bishop Lowth say of it? 48. What is said of its majestic style?

PART II.

CHAPTER I

1. How was Canaan divided among the Israelites What names did the tribes bear? Repeat them.

2. What is said of Levi? What of Ephraim and Ma nasseh ?

3. Where did Reuben's possession lie? For what was it noted? For what was Heshbon celebrated? Medeba? Aroer, Dibon, and Kedemoth?

4. What was the situation of Gad? What towns were here? For what was Ramoth-gilead noted? Mahanaim? Penuel? Succoth? Zaretan? Rabbath-ammon?

5. How was the half tribe of Manasseh situated? What is said of Dan? What phrase expressed the length of the country? What did Jeroboam set up here? For what purpose? For what was Geshur noted? Ashteroth and Edrei?

6. What is said of Asher?

What noted cities were in its

borders? For what was Zarephath celebrated?

7. How was Naphtali situated? What is said of Hazor? Harosheth? Kadesh-naphtali ?

8. What was the situation of Zebulon? What is said of Gath-hepher? Bethulia and Jokneam?

9. Where was Issachar ? What is said of Megiddo? What of Shunem? Dothan?

10. Where was Manasseh?

Endor? Ophrah? Bezek?

11. Where was Ephraim?

What is said of Jezreel?

What is said of Samaria ?

Shechem? Shiloh? Abel-meholah? Joppa? Timnath-serah? Ramah ?

12. Where was Dan? What cities were within its limits! What is said of Ashdod? Gath?

13. Where was Simeon? What cities were here? What is said of Gaza? Askelon? Beersheba?

14. How was Benjamin situated? What is said of Jeri cho? Gilgal? Gibeah? Bethel? Naioth? Anathoth? Bahu. rim?

15. What was the situation of Judah? What is said o Jerusalem? Bethlehem? Hebron? Tekoah? Bethshemesh Kirjath-jearim? Adullam? Engedi ?

CHAPTER II.

1. Or what should we have some knowledge in commencing the study of the New Testament history? 2. Where is Palestine situated?

part?

Of what does it form a

3. Why was it called the land of Canaan? Why land of promise? Why land of Israel? Why land of Judah? Why Holy Land? Why Palestine?

4. What are its most natural boundaries? What is its extent? Have these boundaries ever varied? When were they the most enlarged?

5. What is here said of the history of this country? From its connection with what book is it rendered so interesting?

6. What once covered this scene of desolation? What is said of its mountains? What of its roads? What of the people that inhabited it?

7. What distinguished person was born here? became of him?

What

8. What is said of this people and land since the Saviour's death? Have there been any attempts to recover it? How

does it still remain ?

9. By whom was Palestine settled? Why were not the Canaanites permitted to hold possession of it? To whom had it been promised? Where were the Israelites before they obtained possession of Canaan ?

10. What is said of the country at this time? What promise concerning it had God given Moses? How did Moses describe it just before his death?

11. What is here said of Palestine? mountains?

What' of the

12. What is said of its climate? What during May and hree succeeding months?

Describe it.

13. What is the principal river? 14. What is said of its banks? How is the outernios formed? What the state of the river when the Israelites crossed? Where is the account of this?

15 What is said of the inner bank? What take refuge here, and what is said of them? What Scripture ailusion to this is noticed?

16. What is the length of the Jordan? How wide? What is depth? What is said of the other_rivers?

1. Name the principal lakes. By what names is the

Gennesareth also known? Where situated? What is said of it?

18. What is its extent? What is said of its waters? What do they contain? What cities were upon its shores? What 18 said of the soil?

19. What is said of this district in the days of Christ? What of its appearance now?

20. With whose presence was this sea honored? Where did our Saviour reside? What further is said in this verse? 21. Was the sea subject to long storms? To what was it? Wha: storm is noticed?

22 What occurred upon the sea and its shores in the life of Christ?

23. What is said of the present state of the sea? What oʻ the population of its shores?

CHAPTER III.

1. By what name is Lake Asphaltites commonly known? Why thus called? (Ans. On account of its dreary, sluggish, and deathly appearance.). What was it anciently called? Why? What is said of its size? Over the site of what cities does this sea now roll? What is said of this valley? When was it changed to its present desolate appear

ance?

2. What is said of the country around? What of the seashore? What of the water? What of its buoyancy? What further is said about the lake? What of the report concern. ing the noxiousness of its vapors destroying birds? What of the remains of cities? What of the pillar of salt?

3. What does Dr. Robinson say of the appearance of the kke? Of its situation? Of the effect of its situation? 4. Has it any outlet? What was formerly supposed! What do later investigations prove?

5. What is one of the most prominent features of Palestine : What is said of them?

6. What is the difference between this land and Egypt' How expressed by Moses?

7. Upon what do the Egyptians depend for water? How do they increase and retain the effect of its overflow ! 8. How was it with the promised land?

9 What were the most remarkable mountains? Wher

were they? What is said of them in winter? With what did they abound?

10. Is allusion ever made to this in Scripture? Give an example. What at the foot of the mountains?

11. What is said of the inhabitants?-soil?-productions? From whom defended? What people dwell here ? 12. What is said of the cedar? Give an instance of an allusion to this tree in the Old Testament.

13. Are there many left? What does Mr. Maundrell say of the size of one of these?

14. For what was Hermon celebrated? Where was Gilead? What took place here? What does the name signify, and why was it given?

15. Where are the Mountains of Abarim? What were the names of one part of these mountains? What is said of Nebo and Pisgah? What transpired upon Pisgah?

Where did Moses die?

What

16. Where was Mount Seir? Who dwelt here? was this mountain afterward called, and why? Who died here?

17. What is said of Gilboa? What happened here? "What did David say in reference to this event?

18. Where was Carmel? What is said of it? Was it probably ever cultivated? Who resided in a cave of this mountain? What is said of the fields around?

19. What is said of Mount Tabor? Where is it situated? What is said of this plain? What further of the mountain?

20. What is seen from its summit? What is said of the Mount of Beatitudes? What is supposed to have transpired here?

CHAPTER IV.

1. WHAT was the capital of Palestine? By whom supposed to be founded? What then called? Who held it in the days of Joshua? What was it called by them?

2. What is said of the fate of the city? What of its situation,-soil,-adjacent valleys? What fountain and

brook?

3. What is said of Mount Zion?-Moriah? What valley lay between the two?