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CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.

The Ten Commandments of God.

1. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath,nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth: Thou shalt not adore them nor serve them.

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

3. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day.

4. Honour thy father and thy mother. 5. Thou shalt not kill.

6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

7. Thou shalt not steal.

8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods.

The Six Commandments of the Church.

1. To keep certain days holy, with the obligation of resting from servile works.

2. To hear Mass on all Sundays and holidays of obligation.

3. To keep the days of fasting and abstinence appointed by the Church.

4. To go to Confession at least once a year. 5. To receive the Blessed Sacrament at least once a year, and that at Easter or thereabouts.

6. Not to marry within certain degrees of kindred, nor to solemnize marriage at the forbidden times.

The Three Theological Virtues.
Faith-Hope-and Charity.

The Four Cardinal Virtues.

Prudence-Justice-Fortitude—and
Temperance.

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost.-Isa. xi. 2, 3.

The Corporal Works of Mercy.

To feed the hungry,

To give drink to the thirsty,
To clothe the naked,

To harbour the harbourless,

To visit the sick,

To visit the captive, and

To bury the dead.

The Spiritual Works of Mercy.

To convert the sinner,
To instruct the ignorant,
To counsel the doubtful,
To comfort the sorrowful,
To bear wrongs patiently,
To forgive injuries,

To pray for the living and the dead.

The Eight Beatitudes.-Matt. v.

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs

is the kingdom of heaven.

2. Blessed are the meek; for they shall sess the land.

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3. Blessed are they that mourn; for they

shall be comforted.

4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice; for they shall have their fill.

5. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

6. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see God.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.

8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of

heaven.

Sins against the Holy Ghost.

Presumption of God's mercy-Despair-Resisting the known truth-Envy at another's spiritual good-Obstinacy in sin-Final impenitence.

Sins crying to Heaven for Vengeance.

Wilful murder-The sin of Sodom-Oppression of the poor-Defrauding labourers of their wages.

Nine Ways of being Accessory to another's Sin. By counsel-By cominand-By consent-By provocation-By praise or flattery-By concealment-By partaking-By silence-By defence of the ill done.

Three Eminent Good Works.

Prayer-Fasting-and Alms-deeds.

The Evangelical Counsels.

Voluntary Poverty-Perpetual Chastity-and Entire Obedience.

The four last Things to be remembered.
Death-Judgment-Hell-and Heaven.

Subjects for Daily Meditation.

Remember, Christian soul, that thou hast this day, and every day of thy life,

God to glorify,

Jesus to imitate,

The Angels and Saints to invoke,

A soul to save,

A body to mortify,

Sins to expiate,

Virtues to acquire,

Hell to avoid,

Heaven to gain,
Eternity to prepare for,
Time to profit by,
Neighbours to edify,
The world to despise,
Devils to combat,

Passions to subdue,

Death perhaps to suffer,
And Judgment to undergo.