Ps. 145:15, 16. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Matt. 6:31, 32 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink, or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Lam 3:22, 23. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Ps. 34:7. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Ps. 121:5, 8. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Rom. 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Ps. 23:4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Ps. 103:13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. I John 4:16. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Matt. 5:45. He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Gen. 32:10. I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. Ps. 116:12. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? Ps. 103:1. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Rom. 12:1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. READING.--The Creation of the World, Gen. 1. ILLUSTRATIONS.--_Provides_: Manna, Exod. 16:14; Elijah, I Kings 17:6, 14; Feeding the Five Thousand, Matt. 14:15-21. _Protects_: The Israelites, Exod. 14:19 _seq._; Daniel, Dan. 6:22; Paul, Acts 22:12-33; Acts 27: 42-44. _Guards from evil_: Joseph; Job. _Thankfulness_: Noah, Gen. 8:20; The Samaritan, Luke 17:15,16. CHAPTER XVII. THE SECOND ARTICLE OF GOD THE SON, OR REDEMPTION. And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. _What is meant by this Article?_