[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because this reading is false in relation to the word “heavens;” nor is it usual to put a comma after the word “beginning.”  But, according to Critical Note 12th, “Proof-tests in grammar, if not in all argument, should be quoted literally; and even that which needs to be corrected, must never be perverted.”  The authorized text is this:  “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”—­Gen., i, 1.]

“Canst thou, by searching, find out the Lord?”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 335.  “Great is the Lord, just and true are thy ways, thou king of saints.”—­Priestley’s Gram., p. 171; L.  Murray’s, 168; Merchant’s, 90; R.  C. Smith’s, 145; Ingersoll’s, 194; Ensell’s, 330; Fisk’s, 104; et al.  “Every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”—­Alex.  Murray’s Gram., p. 137.  “Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., p. 211; Bullions’s, 111 and 113; Everest’s, 230; Smith’s, 177; et al.  “Whose foundation was overflown with a flood.”—­FRIENDS’ BIBLE:  Job, xxii, 16.  “Take my yoke upon ye, for my yoke is easy.”—­The Friend, Vol. iv, p. 150.  “I will to prepare a place for you.”—­Weld’s E. Gram., 2d Ed., p. 67.  “Ye who are dead hath he quickened.”—­lb., p. 189; Imp.  Ed., 195.  “Go, flee thee away into the land of Judea.”—­Hart’s Gram., p. 115.  “Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 222.  “Thine is the day and night.”—­Brown’s Concordance, p. 82.  “Faith worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope.”—­O.  B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 282.  “Soon shall the dust return to dust, and the soul, to God who gave it.  BIBLE.”—­Ib., p. 166.  “For, in the end, it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.  It will lead thee into destruction, and cause thee to utter perverse things.  Thou wilt be like him who lieth down in the midst of the sea.  BIBLE.”—­Ib., p. 167.  “The memory of the just shall be honored:  but the name of the wicked shall rot.  BIBLE.”—­Ib., p. 168.  “He that is slow in anger, is better than the mighty.  He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city.  BIBLE.”—­Ib., p. 72.  “The Lord loveth whomsoever he correcteth; as the father correcteth the son in whom he delighteth.  BIBLE.”—­Ib., p. 72.  “The first future tense represents what is to take place hereafter.  G. B.”—­Ib., p. 366.  “Teach me to feel another’s wo; [and] To hide what faults I see.”—­Ib., p. 197.  “Thy speech bewrayeth thee; for thou art a Gallilean.”—­Murray’s Ex., ii, p. 118.  “Thy speech betrays thee; for thou art a Gallilean.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 250.  “Strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life eternal.”—­Ib., Key, p. 172.  “Straight is the gate,”