VI. Prosepopeia, or Personification, attributes the actions of persons to things, as in Ps. lxxxv. 19. it is said, "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other."

VII. Synecdoche puts a part for the whole of anything, or the whole for a part, as Luke ii. 1. "All the world; and Acts xxiv. 5. “Throughout the world," by which is meant the Roman empire, or parts of it. In Acts xxvii. 37. the word "souls" is put for the whole persons.

VIII. Irony is a figure in which a different thing is intended from that which is spoken. Examples of this kind are not very frequent in the Bible; yet there are a few. Such is the address of Elijah to the priests of Baal, 1 Kings xviii. 27. and the remark of Job to his friends, Job xii. 2.

IX. Hyperbole is a representation of anything as being much greater or smaller than it is in reality. For examples of this figure, see Num. xiii. 33. Deut. i. 28. ix. 1.

PLAN FOR THE ANNUAL READING THROUGH OF THE BIBLE.

It will be readily perceived that the reading of each day is divided into three parts, containing generally a chapter each of the historical, the prophetical, and the devotional scriptures. While it is readily admitted, that some parts of the oracles of God, are far more important for devotional and family reading than others, it must not be forgotten that the apostle Paul has declared, “ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the men of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works," 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17.