Here is a well-known alphabet of Scripture proper names, which may be utilized at a social by ranking the members on two sides, and reading these lines one at a time, in the same way that a spelling-bee is carried on:

• A was a monarch who reigned in the East (Esth. 1: 1).
• B was a Chaldee who made a great feast (Dan. 5: 1-4).
• C was veracious, when others told lies (Num. 13: 30-33).
• D was a woman, heroic and wise (Judg. 4: 4-14).
• E was a refuge, where David spared Saul (1 Sam. 24: 1-7).
• F was a Roman, accuser of Paul (Acts 26: 24).
• G was a garden, a favorite resort (John 18: 1, 2; Matt. 26: 36).
• H was a city where David held court (2 Sam. 2: 11).
• I was a mocker, a very bad boy (Gen. 16: 16).
• J was a city, preferred as a joy (Ps. 137: 6).
• K was a father, whose son was quite tall (1 Sam. 9: 1, 2).
• L was a proud one, who had a great fall (Isa. 14: 12).
• M was a nephew, whose uncle was good (Col. 4: 10; Acts 11: 24).
• N was a city, long hid where it stood (Zeph. 2: 13).
• O was a servant, acknowledged a brother (Philem. 16).
• P was a Christian greeting another (2 Tim. 1: 1, 2).
• R was a damsel who knew a man's voice (Acts 12: 13, 14).
• S was a sovereign who made a bad choice (1 Kings 11: 4-11).
• T was a seaport, where preaching was long (Acts 20: 6, 7).
• U was a teamster, struck dead for his wrong (2 Sam. 6: 7).
• V was a cast-off, and never restored (Esth. 1: 19).
• Z was a ruin with sorrow deplored (Ps. 137: 1).