Questions.---What does the second commandment forbid [Ans. Making graven images, or the likeness of any thing,. to worship it.] Should Christians make images or picturesof Christ upon the Cross, the Virgin Mary and Saints, and bow down before them? [Ans. No.] Cannot we think of Christ's sufferings and death without the help of crucifixes and such things to put us in mind of them? [Ans Yes.] Is the Virgin Mary to be worshipped, as if she had a divine nature? [Ans. No.] Did the Apostles worship her? [Ans. No.] If the Virgin Mary and the Saints were to be worshipped, would not our Saviour and his Apostles/ have directed it to be done? Ans. Yes.] To whom alone should we bow down ourselves in worship? [Ans. God.] Why does God call himself a jealous God? [Ans. Because he will not suffer the honour due to him to be paid to any creature.] Who does God say he will visit, that is, send. judgment upon in this world, to the third and fourth generation? [ns. Them that hate him.] On whom does God promise to shew mercy? [ins. Them that love him, and keep his commandments.]

Questions.---What does the third Commandment forbid ? [Ans. Taking God's name in vain.] Are there not several ways of breaking this commandinent? [Ans. Yes.] What is the worst way called? [Ans. Perjury.] What is Perjury? [Ans. Taking a false oath in the name of God.] Is it not mocking and affronting God to call upon him to witness an untruth? [Ans. Yes.] Which is another way of taking. God's name in vain? [Ans. By cursing and swearing, and calling upon God to do harm to ourselves or others.] 1s not this provoking God to do to us as we wish? Ans. Yes] Will a good God hearken to those who call upon him to hurt others? [Ans. No.] What is another way of break-: ing this commandment? [Ans. Using any of the names of the Holy Trinity in common discourse.] Can it be right to speak in a careless, thoughtless manner of our great Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier? [Ans. No.] What does God say in respect to such people? [Ans. That he will not hold. them guiltless.] What is to be understood by this? [Ans. That he will look upon them as sinful persons, and punish, them.]

Questions.---What does God command in the fourth

Commandment? [Ans. To remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it holy, &c.] Which is the Sabbath Day? [Ans. The seventh day.] Whose day is it? [Ans. The Lord's day.] When did God take the Seventh day for his own? [Ans. At the creation.] What did God do on the seventh day? [Ans. God rested.] How did God rest? [Ans. He left off creating.] How did God make it a Sabbath Day? [Ans. He blessed the Seventh day and sanctified it.] For what purposes did God bless the Sabbath Day? [Ans. That it might be a day of rest and comfort for man and beast.] Is it not very comfortable to both man and beast to have resting days? [Ans. Yes.] Is it right for people to add the Sabbath to their working days? [Ans. No.] Did God design people should be idle on the Sabbath day? [Ans. No.] What did God do beside blessing the Sabbath day? [Ans. He sanctified it.] What is meant by sanctifying a day? [Ans. Setting it apart for holy purposes.] What are holy purposes? [Ans. Worshipping God, and preparing ourselves for heaven.] Did not our Saviour teach that Christians may do works of mercy on the Sabbath day? [Ans. Yes.]

Questions.---What does God command in the fifth Commandment? [Ans. To honour our father and mother.] What is meant by honouring our father and mother? [Ans. Being loving and dutiful to them.] Where is there an inheritance prepared by our Saviour for all his faithful followers? [Ans. In heaven.] May not heaven then be called the land of country which the Lord their God hath given them? [Ans. Yes.] May not dutiful children hope to find a reward there, if they are good in other respects? [Ans. Yes.]

Questions.---What does God forbid in the sixth Commandment? [Ans. Murder.] Is not life of the utmost value to every one? [Ans. Yes.] Who gave life? [Ans. God.] Can it be right to take away the life of any one without God's permission? [Ans. No.] What law did God make after the flood in respect to murder? [Ans. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.] Does not this make it lawful and right to put murderers to death? [Ans. Yes.] Are there not people in every country appointed to execute murderers? [Ans. Yes. Are not murderers always fairly tried first before they are condemned to be executed › „[ Aus. Yes.]

Questions.---What does God forbid in the seventh Commandment? [Ans. Adultery.] Who was this commandment chiefly made for? [Ans. Husbands and wives.] Why was it given? [Ans. To keep them faithful to one another.]

Questions.---What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? [Ans. Stealing.] What should this commandment keep every one from? [Ans. Dishonest practices.]

Questions.---What does God forbid in the ninth Commandment? [Ans. Bearing false witness against our neighbour.] Who is our neighbour? [Ans. Every body.] What is bearing false witness? [Ans. Swearing or saying false things of any one.]

Questions.---What does God forbid in the tenth Commandment? [Ans. Coveting.] What is coveting? [Ans. Desiring what we have no right to wish for.]

Instruction.---We pray God at the end of every commandment to have mercy upon us, because we have often broken his commandments, and we beseech him to incline our hearts to keep each commandment in particular, because we can have no good desires without the Holy Spirit, and the Devil is always ready to put bad desires into our hearts; neither can we at all times call God's commandments to mind, unless he is pleased to fix them in our hearts by his grace.

Questions.---Is it not a great happiness to be at all times inclined to keep God's commandments? Ans. Yes.] Should we not wish to call them to mind on all occasions? [Ans. Yes.] Would people do bad things, if they had God's commandments in mind? [Ans. No.] Can we expect God will give his grace to those who do not care whether they obey him or not? [Ans. No.]

Read the following Prayer for the King.

Questions.---Who is King of kings and Lord of lords? [Ans. Almighty God.] Are not all Kings and Governors God's Ministers? [Ans. Yes.] Whose power or authority do they rule by? [Ans. God's.] Who should consider this? Ans. Their subjects.] Who are they? [Ans. The people they rule over.] Who is our King and Governor ?

[Ans. King George ] How should we serve, honour, and obey him? Ans. Faithfully.]

Questions---Has not God power to turn all hearts? [Ans· Yes]. What should we wish our King ever to seek in all his words and works? Ans. God's honour and glory.] In what condition should we wish him to preserve the people committed to his charge? Ans. in wealth, peace, and godliness.] Is not a nation happy who has a king whose heart God governs? [Ans. Yes.] Are now we blessed with such an one at present? [Ans. Yes.] Should we not pray for him? [Ans. Yes.]

Read the Rubrick.

Questions.---What prayer is to be read after the prayer for the King? Ars. The Collect for the day.] What is to be read after the Collect for the day? [Ans. The Epistles and Gospel ] What is to be said after the Epistles and Gospel? [Ans. The Nicene Creed.]

Repeat the Nicene Creed with the Children.

Instruction.---This creed strongly asserts the divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and it agrees with the fust chapter of St. John's Gospel. It also speaks of the Holy Ghost according to the language of Scripture; it mentions Baptism, to remind us of the necessity and efficacy of that divine ordinance for the remission of sins; and contains all the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed.

Questions---Does not this creed relate to the holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God? [Ans. Yes.] To which of the three divine persons does the first part relate? [Ans. God the Father.] To which of the

three divine persons does the second relate? [Ans. God the Son.] To which of the three divine persons does the last. part relate? Ans. God the Holy Ghost.] What is our Saviour called in this creed? [Ans. God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God.] What is the Holy Ghost called in this creed? [Ans. The Lord and Giver of Life.] What life comes to our souls by the Holy Ghost? [Ans. Spiritual life.] How did the Holy Ghost speak by the Prophets? [Ans. The prophet spake what the Holy Ghost inspired.] What is meant by an Apostolic Church? Ans. A church founded by the Apostles.] Was not the Christian

church founded by the Apostles? [Ans. Yes.] What Sacrament is mentioned in this creed that is not mentioned in the other? [Ans. Baptism.] Ought not Christians to believe all the articles of this creed [Ans. Yes. Is it not very pro per for them when they assemble and meet together to join in declaring every one for himself that he does believe them? [Ans. Yes.] Is any more of the Communion Service used in common on Sundays? [Ans. No.]

INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING PSALMODY AND PREACHING.

Instruction.---Before and after the Communion Service it is usual to sing part of a psalm. The clerk calis upon all the congregation to sing to the praise and glory of God, and all who have voices should certainly do so; but it is a common thing for many who are able to sing to sit silent, while a small number join in this heavenly employment. Sometimes a few people, who are called Singers, take upon themselves to sing the psalms in such a way that the congregation cannot join with them; and by doing so, they turn an act of devotion into an amusement, which is a very shocking thing.

Questions.---To whose praise and glory should psalms be sung? [Ans. To the praise and glory of God.] Should any who have voices, sit silent when psalms are singing? [Ans. No.] Should those who do sing make an amusement of it? [Ans. No.] What do the angels do in heaven? [Ans. Sing the praises of God] What kind of an employment then is psalm singing, when it is devoutly performed? [Ans. A heavenly one.] Is it not a great affront to the Majesty of God, to sing his praises in a careless, thoughtless manner? Ans. Yes.]

Instruction.---When the second psalm is ended, the Minister goes up into the pulpit, and after having said a short prayer and the Lord's prayer after it, he preaches a sermon, that is, he delivers a discourse upon-one or more verses taken from a chapter of the Old or New Testament, in which he explains some Scripture doctrine, and exhorts the people to. live agreeably to their Christian profession. After the Minister has ended his sermon, he ascribes glory to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and concludes with pronouncing a blessing upon the people. It is very common to see