Something Told the Wild Geese
By Rachel Field
Bed in Summer
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Something told the wild geese
It was time to go.
Though the fields lay golden
Something whispered,-“Snow.”
Leaves were green and stirring,
Berries luster-glossed
But beneath warm feathers
Something cautioned,-“Frost.”
All sagging orchards
Steamed with amber spice,
But each wild breast stiffened
At remembered ice.
Something told the wild geese
It was time to fly,Summer sun was on their wings,
Winter in their cry.
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
Iguanodon
By Jack Prelutsky
Iguanodon, Iguanodon,
Whatever made you fade,
You’ve traveled on, Iguanodon,
We wish you could have stayed.
Iguanodon, Iguanodon,
We’ve sought you everywhere,
Both here and yon Iguanodon,
But failed to find you there
Iguanodon, iguanodon,
You were a gentle kind,
But now you’re gone Iguanodon,
And left your bones behind.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
The Continent Song
(To the tune of the alphabet song)
Europe, Asia, Africa
North and South America
Then you add Australia
Don’t forget Antarctica
Now, we have as you have guessed
Named the seven continents
Bible Verses
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 24:1-2
1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein,
2 for he has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
Psalm 95:3-5
3 For the Lord is a great God,
And a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
The heights of the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
And his hands formed the dry land.
Psalm 103:8-12
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
Nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
Nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
So far does hi remove our transgressions from us.
Matthew 5:1-12
5:1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came
to him.
2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil
against you falsely on my account.12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven,
for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 18:15-17
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he
listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two
others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence on two or three
witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen
even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Galatians 5:22-26
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is o law. 24 And those who belong to Christ
Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us
also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one
another.
Luke 2:8-20
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock
by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were filled with fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I
bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you
will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,
“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made
known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in
a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them
concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
Revelation 5:12
12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”
The Westminster Shorter Catechism
11-20
11. Q: What is God’s providence?
A: God’s providence is His completely holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing
every creature and every action.
12. Q: What did God’s providence specifically do for man whom He created?
A: After the creation God made a covenant with man to give him life, if he perfectly
obeyed; God told him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or
He would die.
13. Q: Did our first parents remain as they were created?
A: Left to the freedom of their own wills, our first parents sinned against God and fell
from their original condition.
14. Q: What is sin?
A: Sin is disobeying or not conforming to God’s law in any way.
15. Q: By what sin did our first parents fall from their original condition?
A: Our first parents’ sin was eating the forbidden fruit.
16. Q: Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first disobedience?
A: Since the covenant was made not only for Adam but also for his natural descendants,
all mankind sinned in him and fell with him in his first disobedience.
17. Q: What happened to man in the fall?
A: Man fell into a condition of sin and misery.
18. Q: What is sinful about man’s fallen condition?
A: The sinfulness of that fallen condition is twofold. First, in what is commonly called
original sin, there is the guilt of Adam’s first sin with its lack of original righteousness
and the corruption of his whole nature. Second are all the specific acts of disobedience
that come from original sin.
19. Q: What is the misery of man’s fallen condition?
A: By their fall all mankind lost fellowship with God and brought His anger and curse on
themselves. They are therefore subject to all the miseries of the life, to death itself,
and to the pains of hell forever.
20. Q: Did God leave all mankind to die in sin and misery?
A: From all eternity and merely because it pleased Him, God chose some to have
everlasting life. These He freed from sin and misery by a covenant of grace and
brought them to salvation by a redeemer.