had families, and have returned again to it. I find no occasion to enforce attendance. The children are beloved by their teachers, and that brings them to school. Rewards I have none. I think the system of rewards a bad one in every respect it is sure to give dissatisfaction, and engenders envy and every bad passion. I tried it for two or three years but found it fail. I wish the children to come not for lucre, but for duty's sake; and you see the result. If a boy or girl is reported as behaving extraordinarily well, I send for them, and give them a little book; but that is made a great favour. I seldom resort to corporal punishment, but use admonition, and degradation to a lower class; and in obstinate cases expulsion. I do not allow taking places; I think it produces bad habits. My great object is to produce a moral and spiritual effect in the hearts of the children. For this purpose I teach them to sit still without doing any thing, because it is an act of submission, and one which they dislike very much. I leave a great deal to the teachers, and do not interfere much with their instruction, leaving them to communicate as they best can what they have learned from me. I think I have nearly one hundred teachers, all communicants, who may be truly said to be of one heart and of one mind."

Submission.

BISHOP KEN.

Like thy blest self, Lord, teach me to submit
To all my heavenly Father shall think fit;

To yield the full subjection of a son,

Pray-" Father, not my will, but thine be done."
He ever lives, unviolenced by ill,

Who, to his God devoted, has no will,

Since Thou my Father art, O God, I right

Claim in thy boundless goodness, wisdom, might;
Thy wisdom will my soul in doubts direct;
Thy might will in calamities protect;
Thy goodness ne'er will causelessly afflict;
With all the three I'll keep an union strict:
They'll me proportion what for me is best,
In their disposal, I'll entirely rest,
I unto Thee refund my borrowed mind,
To centre in Thee by a will resigned.

BURIAL OF AN INFANT.

Where is this infant? it is gone

To whom? to Christ, its Saviour true, What does He for it? He goes on

As He has ever done, to do-

He blesses, He embraces without end,
And to all children proves the tenderest friend.

He loves to have the little ones

Upon his lap quite close and near;
And thus their glass so swiftly runs,
And they so little while are here;

He gave-He takes them when He thinks it best
For them to come to Him and take their rest.

However 'tis a great delight

Awhile to see such little princes, All drest in linen fine and white,

A beauty which escapes the senses:

The pure lamb dwells in them—his majesty
Makes their sweet eyes to sparkle gloriously.

Be therefore thanked, Thou dearest Lamb,
That we this precious child have seen,
And that thy blood and Jesu's name

To it a glittering robe have been:

We thank Thee too that Thou hast brought it home, That it so soon all dangers hath o'ercome.

Dear child, so live thou happily

In Christ, who was thy faith's beginner; Rejoice in Him eternally,

With each redeemed and happy sinner; We bury thee in hope-the Lamb once slain Will raise, and we shall see thee yet again.

QUESTIONS ON HOLY SCRIPTURE.
Jacob's History continued.-GEN. xxviii.—xxxvi.

When Isaac called Jacob to bless him, what charge did he give to him? At what city did Jacob tarry on his way to Haran? What happened to him there? Describe the dream? What great promises were made by God on this occasion?

What new The meaning of

As Jacob went on

name did Jacob give to the city of Luz ?* Bethel? What vow did Jacob now make? his journey what land did he come into (Gen. xxix 1.)? Where did he stop? What was upon the well's mouth? Why did the people of the East close and cover up their wells? While Jacob was yet speaking with his relations who drew near to him? To whom did she declare Jacob's arrival? What agreement did Jacob make with Laban for his daughter Rachel ? Who was Rachel's sister? What was Laban's reason for giving Leah to wife before Rachel ? How many sons had Jacob? Their names? Which of them was born of Rachel ? The meaning of Joseph? After the birth of Joseph what desire came into the heart of Jacob? How did Laban prevail upon him to remain ? What was the covenant? Who profited most thereby? What effect had Jacob's prosperity upon Laban's family (Gen. xxxi. 1, 2)? What command was now given by God to Jacob? Mention the circumstances of his departure? (Gen. xxxi. 17-24.) What caused Laban to pursue after him? (Gen. xxxi. 25.-28.) What covenant was now made between them? The sign of it? As Jacob approached his own country, what message did he send to Esau? (Gen. xxxii. 3-5.) To whom did he pray for protection? (Gen. xxxii. 9-12.) For what purpose is probable that he remained alone at Jabbok ?§ What occurred to him in his solitude? State the circumstances? (Gen. xxxii. 24-29.) How did the quarrel between Jacob and Esau end? (Gen. xxxiii.) Where did Jacob settle after the reconciliation? Whither did God in due time send him? (Gen. xxxv. 1.) When he arrived there, what happened? What pledge did God give him of his favour? The meaning of Israel? Whose is the first monument we read of in Scripture? After Rachel's death, to whom did Jacob come? (Gen. xxxv. 27.) For what purpose? How old was Jacob when he died? Who buried him? (Gen. xxxv. 29.)

*Bethel.

The house of God. To prevent their being choked with sand.

? To commend himself and family to God.

Holy Days in May.

ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES, MAY 1.-ST. PHILIP was born at Bethsaida, a despised town near the Sea of Galilee. In the Gospel History, the following particulars are given of him. When our Lord was about to feed the multitude, he tried the faith of Philip by asking him, whence bread might be bought for them. Also when some Gentile converts desired to see our Saviour a little before His passion, they mentioned their wish to St. Philip, who told it to St. Andrew, and the two together to Christ. And it was with Philip the Saviour spoke at the Last Supper, and gently reproved him, when he said, Lord, shew us the Father and it sufficeth us. After the Ascension, St. Philip is said to have preached the Gospel in Upper Asia, and during his latter days to have converted the people of Hierapolis in Phrygia, in which city Eusebius states he was nailed to a cross, and then cruelly stoned to death.

ST. JAMES, called the Less from his stature, and the Just from his piety and virtue, was the son of Alphous and Mary. The latter being sister to the blessed Virgin, St. James was in Jewish language, the Lord's brother. After the Resurrection, he was chosen Bishop of Jerusalem, and as such presided at the first Council held there, and gave the final decision. Although St. James had the temptation of high station and near relationship to our Saviour, his sole desire was to be 66 servant of the Lord Jesus," and God greatly blessed his meekness and humility, for under his care the Gospel made such great progress that the Scribes and Pharisees determined to kill him. They first accused him of breaking the law and blaspheming against God, and when that failed, they tried by flattery to make him openly deny Christ. But all was in vain -he only the more boldly declared the Ascension of Christ, and His coming again to judgment: upon which he was cast headlong from a pinnacle of the temple, and then when on his knees praying for his persecutors, they stoned him and beat out his brains with a Fuller's club.

"THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS PRAISE THEE!"

ON BEHAVIOUR IN CHURCH.

It is a common complaint in many Churches that the Sunday School Children make a great deal of noise, and so cause great interruption to the solemn worship of Almighty God. Their behaviour is not devout. They are ever restless and uneasy; making a shuffling noise with their feet, or whispering, or they sit instead of kneeling, and stare about instead of praying, or they are constantly coughing and make no effort to be still, forgetting that "God is very greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him." No doubt many children do this not purposely through wilfulnes, but thoughtlessly through habit; they insult God though they do not intend to do so.

Every one ought to come to Church as the publican did, to say in his heart "God be merciful to me a sinner,' Lord, I am not worthy to enter this sacred place, my only plea for coming here is the merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour." When, therefore, a person enters Church, as many do, carelessly and familiarly, thinking of himself not of God, sits down lazily and at his ease, either does not say a prayer at all, or merely hides his face for form's sake, sitting all the while, not standing or kneeling; then looks about to see who is in the Church and who not, and makes himself easy and comfortable in his seat, and uses the kneeler for no other purpose than to put his feet upon; in short, when he comes to Church as a place, not of meeting God and His holy angels, but of seeing what is to be seen, and hearing what is to be heard, and then goes and gives his judgment about the sermon