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He that made all things is God:
He made the sun, and the moon;
And the stars are the work of his hands;
He made us too, and we are his.

II.

The sun gives us light by day;

The moon and stars give light by night.
The day is made for work:

And the night is made for rest.

III.

If we sleep when it is day we waste our time And if we waste our time, we are not wise; They that are wise, will try to learn; They will do that which is right.

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If we are good we shall do no harm,
For they that do harm are not good:
The Lord loves them that do good;
And he will keep them from all ill.
V.

If we are good while we live,

The Lord will take us when we die;
That where he is we may be too.
The Lord loves them that love him

VI.

Good boys and girls will not tell lies;
They will speak the truth at all times;
They will not speak bad words;
Nor walk in the ways of sin,

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The Lord sees all that we do,

And knows all that we think.

The Lord loves them that do right:

If we do right, we shall love the Lord.
VIII.

Great peace have they that love God's law,
He will keep them that trust in him.
We will love the Lord for he is good;
For he has kept us all our lives.
IX.

All that we have comes from God;
He takes care of us by day, and by night;
And without him we could not live;
We must love him with all our soul.

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It is God that makes the sun to shine ;
He sends the rain upon the earth;
He made the sea and the dry land:
The Lord is great, and he can do all things.
XI.

We will not play with bad boys;
For they will learn us to be bad;
And then good boys will not love us,

For they do not love bad boys.

XII.

We must not hurt those with whom we play, For we do not want them to hurt us,

And we must do as we like to be done to;

We must not spend too much time in play.

We shall not live long in this world,
But while we live we must do good,
That when we die we may go to rest:
For all that are on the earth shall die.

XIV.

The day will come when all the dead shall rise And stand before the God of all the earth. And he will part the wicked from the good; And he will drive the wicked from before his XV.

face. But God will take the good to live with him; And they shall live in joy,and die no more: For they shall not be sick any more, And they shall have no more pain.

XVI.

We must think of God at all times,
Both when we work, and when we play;
When we go out, and when we come in.
We will praise the Lord, for he is
very kind,

XVII.
The days that are past, will return no more;
Those to come, may not come to us;
The present time alone, we can call ours;
We must improve it as well as we can.
XVIII.

He must live well, that will die well.
Be kind, and just, and true to all men.
He that doth what good he can,
Will gain the love of God and man.

XIX.

If we would be happy, we must be good; If we try to be good, we shall surely be so. None, who are able to work,should be idle. A de well spent, makes old age pleasant.

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