life to be? [Ans. Pure and holy.] What shall we come to if we lead such a life? [Ans. God's eternal joy.] Where is that to be found? [Ans. In heaven.]

Read the Rubrick after the Absolution.

Questions---What prayer comes after the Absolution? [Ans. The Lord's Prayer.] Who are to repeat this Prayer? [Ans. The Minister and people together.] Does it not concern every one of them? [Ans. Yes.]

Read the Sentences after the Lord's Prayer.

Instruction.---These Sentences are designed to prepare both minister and people, for setting forth God's most worthy praise, as the exhortation expresses it.

Questions.---Who opened our mouths or gave us speech? [Ans. God.] In whose praise should we use it? [Ans. In God's praise.] What words does the minister say when he begins to praise God? [Ans. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.] What do the people add? [Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.].

Read the Rubrick.

Instruction.---The Minister, in his Exhortation, reminda the congregation, that one principal end of their assembling and meeting together in the House of God, is to render thanks for the great benefits they have received, and to set forth God's most worthy praise. The best words for this purpose must be those of the inspired writers, and for this reason, the Psalms and Hymns in the Scripture are made a part of the daily service of the Church; besides those which are appointed to be read after the first and second Lesson, a certain portion of the Psalms of David is appointed to be read in our Churches every morning and evening, so as to go through the whole Psalter or Book of Psalms every month, according to the directions in the Rubrick. In the Cathedral Churches, such as St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, the Psalms and other parts of the service are sung or chanted to music; but in Churches in general they are read. The words before the Psalms are the beginning of those Psalms in the Latin tongue. The Psalms are usually read one verse by the minister, and one by the people.

Questions.---What should Christian congregations render thanks for, when they assemble and meet together in the

House of God? [Ans. The great benefits they have received at God's hands.] What should they set forth? [Ans. His most worthy praise. Where are the best words for this purpose to be found? [Ans. In the Scriptures.] What makes the Psalms and Hymns in Scripture better than any other that can be made? [Ans. The writers of them were inspired by the Holy Ghost.]

Read the 19th Psalm with the Children, in the manner it is read at Church by the Minister and People.

Questions.---Are not the praises in the Psalms very suitable for a Christian congregation? [Ans. Yes.] Is not the Lord a great God, and the Maker of all things? [Ans. Yes.] What should we offer him when we assemble in his House? [Ans. Thanksgivings and praises.] What should we do when we are in the presence of the Lord our Maker? [Ans. Worship, and fall down and kneel before him.] If we would hear his voice, that is, his holy word in the Scriptures, what should we not do? [Ans. Harden our hearts.] What people hardened their hearts against the Lord God in the days of Moses? [Ans. The people of Israel.] What is meant by the provocation and the day of temptation in the wilderness? [Ans. When the people rebelled against the Lord.] How long did the people err from the ways of the Lord in the wilderness? [Ans. Forty years.] What did they provoke the Lord to swear at the last? [Ans. That they should not enter into his rest.] What place of rest it meant ? [Ans. The land of Canaan.] Where are the Lord's people now to look for rest from all sin and sorrow? [Ans. In heaven.] If we provoke God whilst we are going through this world, as the people of Israel provoked him in the wilderness, shall we ever come to this rest? [Ans. No.]

Read the Rubrick.

Questions.---What is to be read after the 19th Psalm? [Ans. The Psalms for the day.] What is to be said at the end of each of them? [Ans. Glory be to the Father, &c.]

Instruct the Children how to find the Psalms for the day of the month, then read the Rubrick..

Instruction.---The Lessons for the Day signify two chapters of the Bible; the first in the Old Testament, the second in the New.

Questions.-Do you remember what the minister in the Exhortation says we are to do in the House of God, after shewing forth God's most worthy praise? [Ans. Hear his most Holy Word.] What are the Lessons from the Bible? [Ans. The Word of God.] How should you hear them? Ans. With reverence.] Do not you think it a good way for those who have Bibles, to take them to Church, and look out the Lessons, and read them to themselves after the minister [Ans. Yes.] Is the minister left to his own choice in the Lessons? [Ans. No.]

Here shew the Children how to look for the Lessons for the Day, in the Calendar, and the Table of Lessons for Sundays, and desire them to find the proper Lessons against the next Lecture.

Let the Children find the Te Deuin, then read it with them in Sentences, as it is read in Churches.

Instruction---The words Te Deum Laudamus are Latin, they signify, We praise thee, O God. This is a very sub-: lime Hymn, consisting of praises suited to the worship of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, who are here acknowledged as One God; and it should be repeated in the most solemn manner. By Cherubin and Seraphin, are meant the highest orders of Angels. Lord God of Sabbaoth, signify Lord God of all the heavenly hosts. The glorious company of the Apostles, are our Lord's first ministers, who preached the gospel after his ascension. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets, are those holy men who have been inspired by the Holy Ghost at different times, to foretel things to come.. The noble army of Martyrs, were all those who had courage to bear persecution and death, for the sake of Christ's Religion. The Holy Church throughout the world, signifies all' those Churches in which God is worshipped according to the doctrines of the Gospel, and the institution of the Apostles. Saints are those persons who lived holy lives upon earth, and are gone to heaven.

Questions.---Is not this a most divine hymn? [Ans. Yes:] Ought we not to acknowledge that great Being to be Lord, before whom the highest angels fall down and worship? [Ans. Yes.] Where is God, as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, worshipped? [Ans. Through all the world.} Who are meant by Cherubin and Seraphin? [Ans. The highest orders of Angels.] What do they cry aloud? [Ans.

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabbaoth, Heaven and Earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.] Who are the Apostles? Ans. The first ministers of the Gospel.] Who are the Prophets? [Ans. Those holy men who were inspired by the Holy Ghost to foretel things to come.] Who are the Martyrs [Ans. Those who suffered death for the sake of the true religion.] What is the Holy Church? [Ans. All true Christian Churches.] Who are meant by the Saints? [Ans. Good men removed from earth to heaven.] Do not you wish to be of the number of the Saints? [ns. Yes.] In whom must you believe then? [Ans: In Jesus Christ.] What life must you lead? [Ans. A holy life.] What do you stand in need of to enable you to do so? [Ans. The help of the Holy Spirit.]

Read the Hyran Benedicite with the Children.

Instruction.---This Hymn is very seldom used; it is called the Song of the Three Holy Children, in the Apocrypha, and is supposed to have been spoken by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the fiery furnace. They called themselves by their Jewish names. This is also a very sublime hymn, In which all created things are called upon to praise the Lord; not that the lower creatures can do it of themselves, but men, by making them the subject of their praises, do as it were lend their voices to them, and speak for the dumb.

Questions.---What is the hymn Benedicite called in the Apocrypha? [Ans. The Song of the three Holy Children.] Who were they? [Ans. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.] What are they called at the end of this Hymn? [Ans. Ananias, Azarias, and Misael.] What names are these? Ans. Jewish names.] Who gave them the other names? Ans. King Nebuchadnezzar.] Who was Nebuchadnezzar.} Ans. The King of Babylon.] How came he to have them in his power? [Ans. They were carried captive into Babylon.] What great prophet was their particular friend? [Ans. Daniel.] How came they to be cast into the burning fiery furnace? [Ans. They would not worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.] Who did they call upon in this hymn to praise the Lord? [Ans. All creatures.] Can all creatures do this? [Ans. No.] Who should praise God for all his wonderful works? [Ans. Mankind.]

Read the Rubrick.

Questions.---Where is the second Lesson taken from?

[Ans. The New Testament.] What follows the second Lessons? [Ans. The Hymn Benedictus.]

Read it with the Children.

Instruction.---This hymn is taken from the first chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, and was spoken by Zacharias, the father of St. John the Baptist, when the Lord opened his mouth.

Questions.---Whose Hymn is this? Ans. Zacharias's.] Who was he? [Ans. The father of John the Baptist.] When did he speak it? [Ans. When God opened his mouth.] Why was Zacharias struck dumb? [Ans. Because he would not believe the angel.] What was the angel sent to tell him [Ans. That he and his wife Elizabeth should have a son.] Read the 100th Psalm with the Children. Instruction.---This is one of the Psalms of David; but it very suitable to Christians.

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Questions---Has not the Gospel been preached in many lands or nations? [Ans. Yes.] Have not all these lands reason to rejoice in the Lord? [Ans. Yes.] What land in particular do you know of that ought to rejoice in the Lord on this account? [Ans. This land.] Are not we sure that the Lord is God, and that he made us? [Ans. Yes.] Did not our Lord Jesus Christ call himself the Shepherd, and his people the sheep of his pasture? [Ans. Yes.] What do you... understand by Christ's pasture? [Ans. His Church.] How did David call upon God's people to go into the House of the Lord? [Ans. With thanksgiving and praise.] Has not the Lord faithfully fulfilled all his promises? [Ans. Yes.] Has not his truth endured from generation to generation; [Ans. Yes.] What do we set forth, when we say all that is said of God in these Hymns? [Ans His most worthy praise.] Does not God deserve more praise and honour than it is possible for us to give? [Ans: Yes.] How much ought we to praise and honour him? [Ans. As much as we can.] Is it not delightful to join with our fellow Christians in praising such a good God? [Ins. Yes. Is it not a great affront to his Divine Majesty to neglect to praise God? Ans: Yes.]; Who do we do good to, when we praise our Maker? [Ans: Ourselves.] What besides praises can creatures offer to God in return for all the benefits he bestows upon them? [Ans. Nothing.] In what posture do the minister and people repeat the praises of God? [Ans. Standing.] Is not the Church like a little heaven upon earth, while the praises of God are repeating in the words of divine inspiration? [Ans. Yes.]