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Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer

The Peep of Day: Or, A Series of the Earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Mind is Capable of Receiving

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Sept. 23, 2017)

"In "The Peep of Day Series,' Mrs. Mortimer's aim was to provide a graduated set of books for children from the age of four to the age of twelve, and the way in which she contrived to put the scripture narratives into the simplest phraseology, and to make even the histories of the Kings of Israel and Judah, and of the Captivity, attractive to the youngest of her readers, was beyond all praise." -The Publishers' Circular

This little work aims to be the very least of all;—not in size, but in the humility of its contents. It aims at the superlative degree of littleness; and in this point seeks to resemble the least watch ever made—the least picture ever painted—the tiniest flower that ever grew. It desires to be among books as the humming-bird among birds.

As soon as a child’s mind is capable of receiving systematic instruction, this humble work attempts to convey it.

From a very early period a pious mother will, by casual remarks, endeavor to lead her child to the knowledge of his Creator and Redeemer; and in due time she will impart systematic instruction. It may be at three years of age—it may not be till five—that the child is prepared to listen to these little lessons. But—sooner or later—he will give evidence of his immortality by willingly hearkening to discourse concerning the Invisible—the Eternal—the Infinite.

The simplicity of the language may seem unworthy of the sublimity of the subject treated of in these pages; and some may smile at the contrast;—but the little one will not smile—except with joy to hear of his Heavenly Father, and of his Incarnate Redeemer; for the merry inmates of the nursery are capable of tasting higher pleasures than toys and dainties can afford.

CONTENTS.

Preface

1. Of the body

2. Of a mother’s care

3. Of the soul

4. Of the good angels

5. Of the wicked angels

6. The world, Part I

7. The world, Part II

8. The world, Part III

9. Adam and Eve

10. The first sin

11. The Son of God

12. The Virgin Mary

13. The birth of Jesus

14. The shepherds

15. The wise men

16. King Herod

17. The temptation

18. The twelve disciples

19. The first miracle

20. Several miracles

21. The sinner and Simon

22. The storm at sea

23. Jairus’ daughter

24. The loaves and fishes

25. The kindness of Jesus

26. The Lord’s Prayer

27. Jesus foretells his death

28. Lazarus

29. Jesus enters Jerusalem

30. The Temple

31. Judas

32. The Last Supper, Part I

33. The Last Supper, Part II

34. The Last Supper, Part III

35. The garden

36. Peter’s denial

37. Pontius Pilate

38. Death of Judas

39. The Cross, Part I

40. The Cross, Part II

41. The Cross, Part III

42. The soldiers

43. The grave

44. The resurrection

45. Mary Magdalene

46. The two friends

47. Thomas

48. The dinner

49. The ascension

50. Peter in Prison

51. John

52. The Judgment Day

ISBN
1977569293 / 9781977569295
Pages
180
Weight
11.7 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.4 in.

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