Facts recorded in Scripture may be given orally as gallery lessons, taking care to exhibit some picture representing the subject proposed for the lesson—­take, for example, the finding of Moses—­which represents the daughter of Pharaoh coming down to bathe with her maidens, and also the infant Moses in the ark, cradle, or boat, which was made for the purpose.  The subject is then to be propounded to the children as follows, and the teacher is to take care to repeat it clearly and distinctly in short sentences, and to be careful that all the pupils repeat it as distinctly after him; by thus means the essence of the story is infused into the minds of the children, with the addition of their being taught to repeat all the words distinctly and properly, which will assist their pronunciation very much when they begin to read the lesson described in another part of this work.

“And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the river’s side, and when she saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it, and when she had opened it she saw the child, and behold the babe wept.  And she had compassion on him; and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.  Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go; and the maid went and called the child’s mother.  And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages; and the woman took the child and nursed it, and the child grew, and she brought hum unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses:  and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.”—­Exodus ii.

Q. What does this picture represent?  A. The finding of Moses.  Q. Who came down to wash herself at the river?  A. Pharaoh’s daughter.  Q. Who was Pharaoh?  A. The king of Egypt.  Q. What is Egypt?  A. A country in Africa.  Q. What is Africa?  A. A part of the earth on which we live.  Q. Where did her maidens walk?  A. They walked along by the river’s side.  Q. When Pharaoh’s daughter saw the ark amongst the flags, what did she do?  A. She sent her maid to fetch it.  Q. And when she opened it, what did she see.  A. She saw the child.  Q. What was the ark?  A. A sort of boat made of rushes, such as grow in the river.  Q. Would not the water get into this?  A. No; it was kept dry inside by pitch and slime.  Q. What were the flags that the ark was among?  A. A sort of plant that grows in rivers.  Q. Did the child laugh?  A. No; it wept, and she had compassion on him.  Q. And what did she say?  A. This is one of the Hebrews’ children.  Q. What did his sister say to Pharaoh’s daughter?  A. Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women?  Q. What is meant by his sister?  A. The sister of Moses who stood to watch what would become of him.  Q. What did she ask