Most First Lessons come from the Canonical Old Testament, HOWEVER... some lessons come from the Old Testament Apocrypha.
With this in consideration I have chosen to end each lesson with the Anglican "Here endeth the First Lesson." Rather than the Lutheran
"V. The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God (or Thanks be to thee, O Lord.)"
Or else the Roman and Lutheran
"V. O Lord have mercy upon us.
R. Thanks be to God."
Both of which assume that the preceding lesson was the Word of God.
On reading the Apocrypha in general I remind you that ALL the reformers Reformed, Lutheran, and Anglican agreed that the Apocrypha should be read aloud and kept before the ears of the church as an excellent example of wisdom and goodly living, but NEVER to be used for the establishment of doctrine and practice.
It is better than most religious and inspirational books of today and it is even superior to quite a bit of some of the homiletical hodge-podges passing themselves off as sermons today.
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