[Illustration: THE INFANT JESUS.] The Peep of Day By the Author of “Line Upon Line,” “Precept Upon Precept,” Etc. PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY CONTENTS. LESSON. PAGE. 1. Of the body 7 2. Of a mother’s care 10 3. Of the soul 14 4. Of the good angels 17 5. Of the wicked angels 20 6. The world, Part I 25 7. The world, Part II 28 8. The world, Part III 30 9. Adam and Eve 35 10. The first sin 37 11. The Son of God 40 12. The Virgin Mary 43 13. The birth of Jesus 46 14. The shepherds 47 15. The wise men 49 16. King Herod 50 17. The temptation 52 18. The twelve disciples 56 19. The first miracle 59 20. Several miracles 61 21. The sinner and Simon 63 22. The storm at sea 65 23. Jairus’ daughter 67 24. The loaves and fishes 69 25. The kindness of Jesus 73 26. The Lord’s Prayer 75 27. Jesus foretells his death 77 28. Lazarus 79 29. Jesus enters Jerusalem 83 30. The Temple 85 31. Judas 87 32. The Last Supper, Part I 89 33. The Last Supper, Part II 92 34. The Last Supper, Part III 94 35. The garden 97 36. Peter’s denial 100 37. Pontius Pilate 103 38. Death of Judas 107 39. The Cross, Part I 108 40. The Cross, Part II 111 41. The Cross, Part III 113 42. The soldiers 115 43. The grave 116 44. The resurrection 119 45. Mary Magdalene 121 46. The two friends 123 47. Thomas 128 48. The dinner 130 49. The ascension 134 50. Peter in Prison 136 51. John 142 52. The Judgment Day 146 PREFACE. 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.