Daal 22:4 Peale of David From the 300k of Psalms 4. The Lord is my shepherd: shall not wee 2 Ye maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he lead So still we ve beside my sl be leach me in, sae, wall Shrough the valley of the shadon of death, nil “nish me; thy rod and Shy stags they comfort 1 paths of righteousness, 200, tho Fear no evil for ‘ore me in the presence of mine enemies: ily cp Fume ON goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my lifes Vaal in the house of the Lord for ever. David GSIS-SS5 3S ihe psalns were written aver a period of five hundred years, begining with the tive of King David, and ending before the destruction of the Tenple of Jerusalem and the subsequent Babylonian exile. The word “psalm” is derived from the Greek nord that means "to pluck a string” indicating hat some of the psalens ‘nore chanted 46 the accompaniment of a smal, bavplike instrument called « lyre, The Psalm 22 is the best kno psn in he Bible, sacred song oF lyric poor, Most psalms were lly set £0 rmusic and performed during worship services in mples of ancient Isracl, Tn the ible, The 300k of Psalms contains 159 sacred pales, ‘The Beatitudes From Matthew Chapter ‘And saving the multitudes, Ye went up into a mountain, and xbon Yo ‘wats seated His disciples carme unto to Hien, And Ye opened His mouth and aught 1, saying ‘Slescd are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Hingdor of heaven. 3lessed ave those nho mourn oF they shall he comforted. slussed ave the meek for they shall inherit the earth, alessed are those ixho do hunger and thirst after righteousness for hey shall he filed, slussed are the mercifulfor they shall obtain mercy, alessed ave we pure in heart for ey shall see Good. alessed are the peacemabers, for they shall be called she children of God. slossed are thay who are perseet isthe Fingdor of heaven, Blessed are younhermenravile and p (of evil against you falsely for My sake, 2ujoive and be exceedingly glad, for great is your rexard in heaven, for so they persecited the prophets nho were before you 1 For righteousness’ sake for Sheies -socute you,and say allmanner You are the salt of the earth; ut ifthe salt have lost its flavor, bow hall t be seasoned? 1 ig then good for nothing but to he thrown out ‘and trampled inderfoot by men, Yow ave the light of the world, A city that is set on @ bill eanno be Fiddle, Mor do they light « larep and putt it ander @ basket, bust on a lernpetand, ond i gives light to all ho ave in the house, Let your fight so shine hefore men, that they may see your Eood works and glorify your Father in beawen,Matthew (a Contry ) Matthen, also called Levi, apostle and once a tax collector, ‘composed the Gospel of Christ i was first published in Judea in Yebrew for Uebron Christians. "Beathudes" (Latin beatitude, ‘blescedness"), in the Bible, ave expressions of praise for those ixho ave considered exermplars of piety anchnho mmay consequently expect a renard from Gd A seripture, also called sacred sevipture, the revered 8 iis, of the norld’s religions, comprises @ large pov literature of the world, Seriptires very greatly in form, volure, age, and degree of sacredness, but thelr common attribute is hat heir words are regarded hy the devout as sacred, Sacred nords| digfer from ordinary wwords in that they are believed either to convey spiritual and magical powers or fo he the means through onbieh a divine being or other sacred reality is revealed in phrases cand sentences full of poner and sth, RODIGAL SON, From Luke Chap’ Luke(e. ikexise,t say to you, there is oy in the presence of the angels of God ‘over one sinner iho reports.” ‘Then He said “A certain man bad to sons, And the younger of ther said 20 bis father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls 20 sre. So be dived to them fs livelood. And not many days afer, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed £0 « far country, and Shore skated fis possessions with [alprodigal living, Sut when he hed spent all, here avose a severe fcrnine in thes land, crnd be began 20 be in wernt, Then he went and joined himself 0 a ctizun of that country, cand be sunt ir into bis fiekls £0 faud sine. And be nould gladly have Filled bis stomach withthe [b]pods shat the sine ate, and noone gave bien anything. "Sut when he care to himself he said,"Hon many of my father’s Wired servants have bread! enough and to spare, and 3 perish wth hunger t nll my father, and will say 20 bin, "Father, Z have. sinned against beawen arid bofore you, and Tar no longer KOrthy 40 be called your son, Make me like one of your hired servants” ‘And be arose and care to his father, 3ut when be was still a great, ‘nay off, bis fathor sere bi and bad compassion, and ran and full on bis nect and kissed bien. And the son said So him, Father, Z have sinned against heaven and in you si snorthy to be called your son! "Sut the father said to bis servants, “Sring out the best robe and put con bir, dnd put a. ring on bis hand and sandals on bis faut, And br the fated calf hore and fill it, and let us eat and be merry: for thi ry Son was dead and is alive again: Be was lost and is Found! Nad buy began to he merry, ‘Now his older son was in the file. And as be carne and dren near 40 the house, be heard music and dancing, So he called one of she servants and asked what these things meant, And he said to bie, Nour brother has come, and because be bas received bin sage and sound, your Father bas Filled the fatted ea "Sut be nas angry and would not go in, Therefore bis father came out cand pleaded with hin, So he anewered and said to bis father, "Lo, thes many years T have hen serving you T never transgressed your commandment at any tre; and yet yout never Barve me A YOUNE Got, onith my friends, 3u as s00n as this 50" OF jours came, ho bas dvowed your livelibood wish bavioes, you Files ‘pw fetted calf fo" bie ‘And be seid 8 Bi, isyours, was rel brother was dead ‘Son, you are always with we, and all that Z have a2 ne should make merry and be glad, for your isalive again, and as lost andl is found!”take Lake nas an early Christian snitar bo tration hols a the cuthor of she Gospel of take and she Nets of she Aportles. Saint tke wes bom of Grea origin ne cy of Aro "are dia ce ax"gary early anderen om es Inentad fy thshes (Grease) from cnhonce the rales nore sranafurrad to Constartinopie in he year Contry A parable is «brief story that is meant to teach a lesson or strate @ moral truth, § parable is more than a ciple story however. Zach detail of the parable corresponds to some apes of the problem or maral dilermma to which itis directed, INTEACHABLE From The Pach Aetributed 20¥4 MONKEY evar. Contry Tra part of a forest was a troop of monkeys who Sound « firefly one wringer evening ixbon they ‘were dreadfully depressed, One excrnining, ‘he insect, they believed it 0 be fire, so lifted i with cave, covered owith dry erase and leaves, thrust forward thar cms, sides, stomachs cand chests, scratched themselves, and enjoyed imagining that they wwere erm, One of the arboreal creatives fa particilar, bein cespucially chily, blew repeatedly and with concentrated attention on ‘he firefly ‘Thereupon ahird nemed Needle-Face, driven by hostile fate to her Onn destruction, slew down from ber ree and said 20 the monkey: "My dear sir, do not putt yourself 20 unnecessary trouble, THis is nO Fire, This is a firefly” He, however, did not heed her waening hut blew cucin, nor dlid he stop sxhen che tied more then once to chack bir. To eit a long "y shor, when she vexed bir hy coming close and shouting in Bis ear, be seized her and dashed ber on a rock, crushing face, eyes, bead, and neck so that she died, and No knife prevails against a stone is why Z says and the rest of it [Mo bnige prevails against a. Mor bonds the unbendin No good advice from Needle Face Yelped indosility."] 2M, AND GRIM Ina certain lakelived a tutlenaned Shulkeck. Ye had as friends Sw ganders whose narnes ‘kare Slim and Grim. Now in the vicissitudes of Sime there came [L48} « bwelve-year drought, which begat ideas of this nature in the DkO ganders: “This lake as gone dry. Let us sek another boxy oF water. Yonever, we must fiest say farewell 40 Shull Neck, our dear dnd long-proved friend.” nhen they did so, the turtle said "Why do you hid me farenul? Lam a wratercwaller, and here i should perich very quickly from the seat F water and from grief at loss oF you. Therefore, f you feul jon for me, please resctie me from tke ides, as the ineter dries in tis lake, you Sno sufser nothing beyond cvrestricted dict, while to me it means immediate death. Consider nbich is more serious, loss of food oF loss of life.” 3ut they replied: "We are unable 40 take you with us since you ave @ wont ngs? Ye e continued: "There is. of ey did, xberenpon the enwan bis teeth, and said "Now ‘one on each side, fly up, and revel wih rough the sly, until we discover amother desirable body ‘ake firm bold coven fight