wicked persons, who would soon make us like themselves; and by being, in a more especial manner, upon our guard against those vices, to which our situation and circumstances make us us peculiarly

prone.

Q. Is any man able to fulfil all the commands of God, so as to live entirely without sin?

A. No. Our merciful God and Father knows that we are not able to do this, and therefore doth not expect it from us. He only requires that we repent of the sins we commit, and endeavour to live better lives for the future.

Q. What should a sense of our frailty and proneness to sin teach us?

A. Humility and watchfulness, and earnestness in our prayers to God, to enable us to resist temptation, and to strengthen and confirm our good dispositions.

Q. Did Christ appoint any outward ordinances as means of promoting his religion?

A. He commanded his disciples to go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

holy Ghost; and he also commanded them to eat bread and drink wine in remembrance of him. This rite is called the Lord's Supper.

Q. What is the meaning of baptism?

A. The washing of water in baptism probably represents the purity of heart and life, required from all who become the disciples of Christ.

Q. What is the nature and use of the Lord's Supper?

A. By eating bread and drinking wine in remembrance of Christ, we keep alive the memory of his death and resurrection; we acknowledge ourselves to be Christians; we cherish a grateful sense of the blessings of the gospel of Christ; and strengthen our resolutions to live as becomes his disciples.

Q. Had Christ no particular reward on account of what he did and suffered for the good of men ?

A. Because he humbled himself to death, God has highly exalted him, and made him head over all things to his church; and at the end of the world he will come to judge the living and the dead. For this

hope which was set before him, he endured the cross, and despised the shame of that ignominious death.

Q. What do the Scriptures say concerning the day of judgment?

A. That Christ will come in the clouds of heaven with power and

great glory, when every eye shall see him; that he will separate the wicked from the good; that he will send the wicked into a place of punishment, and take the righteous to a place of happiness where they shall live for ever with himself.

The Instructer shall begin with the following Exhortation in the words of Scripture.

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COME, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; but the wicked despise wisdom and instruction. My children, if sinners entice you, consent ye not. If they say, Come with us, cast in your lot among us,

my children, walk not in the way with them; refrain your feet from their path; for their feet run to evil. When wisdom en

to deliver you from the way of those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness.

My children, forget not the law of God; but let your hearts keep his commandments. For length of days, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you. Bind them about your necks; write them upon the tables of your hearts. So shall you find favour in the sight of God and

man.

Then shall the Children say;

and knowledge is pleasant unto your souls, discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you;

hearts; hear us, O Lord; we will keep thy statutes.

Instructer. Let us pray.

Then the Children shall say, after the Instructer, the following Prayer.

LORD, our heavenly Father, give us wisdom, give us understanding. May we fear to do evil, and learn to do well. May we love the truth, And love goodness, And love thee, our God, And Jesus Christ, our Saviour. We thank thee, O Lord, for the gift of thy Son; Who came to teach us what is true and good, And died that we might live. We thank thee, that when he was on earth, He suffered little children to come to him, And took them in his arms and blessed them. May we be worthy of his blessing; May our souls rest in his May we be gentle

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and kind; May we be tient and meek; May we love each other with pure hearts; So that our heavenly Father may love us, And take us to heaven when we die.

We pray thee, O God, to bless our parents and our kindred, Our teachers and our friends. O guard them from danger, And comfort them in trouble, And heal them in sickness, And deliver them from evil. Bless all mankind. Pardon our offences; Help our infirmities; And accept our prayers; Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Instructer. The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord be gracious unto you, and give you peace, now and evermore. Amen.

great is the sum of them! If we should count them, they are more in number than the sand. He feeds us; he clothes us; he gives us friends. He gives us every good and perfect gift. We cannot repay him for all his loving kindness; but he has graciously assured us, that he will accept our praises and thanks

and reneweth thy youth like the eagle's.

He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.

Ye are the blessed of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

And we will praise the Lord from this time forth for evermore.

say;

Then shall the Instructer and Pupils repeat the following verses alternately; the Instructer beginning.

PRAISE the Lord, O

my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits!

Who forgiveth all thy sins, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness;

Who filleth the morning of thy life with good things,

NOW let us unite in

prayer to the same Almighty Being. And let us remember that he is a God who heareth prayer, and knoweth all our thoughts, and all the secrets of our hearts. Let us pray to him humbly, and reverently, and sincerely.

PRAYER.

HOLY and blessed Lord, our God; We pray thee to hear us; We pray thee to bless us. Give unto us a pure heart and a right spirit. May we strive to do what is pleasing in thy sight.

sight. May we be careful not to offend thee. May we love and obey our parents and guardians; May we speak the truth always; And be just and