lish the salvation of the Gospel-and no reason to anticipate this increase, but in answer to the prayers of his people.

9. Because these gifts are more highly valued when they are bestowed in answer to prayer.

10. Because ministers, like other men, are mortal. And the congregation that has a pastor to-day, may be vacant to-morrow. If, therefore, there be not an increase of labourers, it may be very difficult to obtain a supply.

11. Because to pray for an increase of labourers, is to pray for the best interests, temporal and eternal, of a dying world.

ARTICLE XIX.

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCA TION.

[The rules and regulations of the Board are inserted here for information and reference.]

Ministerial Education.

The special attention of Presbyteries, Teachers, and Candidates, is called to these rules, which refer to the department of ministerial education, inasınuch as difficulties and delays, both in the reception and quarterly payments of candidates, as well as other inconveniences, sometimes occur through inattention to them.

I. ON THE RECEPTION OF CANDIDATES.

ART. 1. Every candidate is required to put himself under the care of a Presbytery before he can be assisted by the Board.

ART. 2. If any young man wishes to avail himself of the aid of the Board, he should make known his desire to his pastor, or some member of the Presbytery to which he would naturally belong, who, if he approves of it, shall make application to the Presbytery for his examination, as a candidate for the ministry.

ART. 3. The examination of the candidate shall be on his personal and experimental piety, on his motives for seeking the holy office of the ministry, on his attachment to the standards of the Presbyterian Church, in relation to his general habits, his prudence, his studies, his talents, his gifts for public speaking, his disposition to do all in his power to maintain himself, and his willingness to observe the rules of the Board.

ART. 4. An Education Committee, appointed by the Presbytery, may examine and recommend candidates during the interval of the meetings of Presbytery; and the appointment of such a Committee has been found by many Presbyteries highly expedient, not only to meet exigencies that may arise, but especially for the purpose of corresponding with, and watching over the education of, candidates.

ART. 5. If the examination be sustained, a detailed report shall be made to the Board by the Stated Clerk, or the Chairman of the Education Committee of the Presbytery, of the name of the candidate, his age, residence, church membership, place of education, progress in his studies, need of aid, piety, promise, and whatever else may seem proper.

FORM OF THE REPORT OF A PRESBYTERY.

At a meeting of the Presbytery of day of

held at

on the 18 the person whose name is given in the following report, having been examined in conformity with the plan submitted by the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, and having been duly received under the care of this Presbytery, is hereby recommended to the Board of Education.

Stated Clerk.

Name. Age. Residence.

With what 1st. 2d 3d. Place
church stage of
connected education.

of study.

Lowest To whom appropria amount tions to be sent, and to required what place.

[When the candidate is reported by the Education Committee the above form may be

altered to correspond.]

ART. 6. Every candidate, at the time of his reception by the Presbytery, is required to sign a paper in the following form:

"Having solicited the aid of the Board of Education in prosecuting a course of literary and theological studies, that my views and purposes may be fully understood, I subscribe the following declaration, viz: I hereby declare it to be my solemn purpose to devote my life to the Christian ministry; and having examined the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church, I am free to avow that it exhibits my views of the doctrines of the Word of God. I also approve of the Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian Church in these United States. And having examined the by-laws of the Board of Education, I hereby promise to comply with all the requisitions which have any reference to candidates."

This declaration shall be transmitted to the Board, with the Report made by the Presbytery, or its Education Committee.

ART. 7. No person shall be received by the Board unless he has been a member in regular and good standing in some Presbyterian church at least twelve months; and in addition to giving good evidence of his capacity for the acquisition of knowledge, he must have spent at least three months in the study of the Latin language.

ART. 8. Candidates will be received under the care of the Board at any of its regular monthly meetings; and, as a universal principle, the Board will refuse to receive no candidate who has been regularly recommended by a Presbytery, in conformity to these rules.

[The Board would respectfully say, that the recommendation of a young man is so solemn an event to himself and involves so deeply the character of the Church and the success of the cause of Education, that it demands the most serious and deliberate consideration; and if the application be of doubtful expediency, it should be postponed till a full and satisfactory trial can be made of the candidate.]

II. ON APPROPRIATIONS.

The Board act upon the principle, that the Church is bound to make provision for the education of such of her sons as are called of God to the work of the ministry, and are in circumstances to require her aid. The Board desire to rest this relation between the Church and her sons on the ground of mutual obligation and responsibility.

ART. 1. Every candidate shall forward, or cause to be forwarded, quarterly, a report from his teacher, showing his standing for piety, talents, diligence, scholarship, prudence, economy, health, and general influence, and no remittance shall be made to any until such report is received.

ART. 2. Appropriations shall be made quarterly, on the first Thursday of February, May, August, and November. When a candidate is taken under the care of a Presbytery at a period intervening between the quarter days, his first appropriation shall be a proportional part of the quarterly allowance.

ART. 3. The maximum of annual appropriations shall not exceed one hundred dollars to theological students, and seventy-five dollars to all others.

ART. 4. No payment shall be made in advance.

ART. 5. The tuition and boarding fees of the candidates shall always be first paid out of the appropriations of the Board, and the Board will, in no case, be responsible for debts of candidates.

ART. 6. As the appropriations of the Board necessarily fall short of the entire wants of the candidates, so the friends of each candidate, and the candidate himself, will be expected to make all proper exertions in assisting to defray the expenses of his education.

III. GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS.

ART. 1. Each candidate shall be considered as always on probation, and under the pastoral care of the Corresponding Secretary of the Board, and of the Associate Secretary and General Agent.

ART. 2. Every candidate is required to pursue a thorough course of study, preparatory to the study of theology; and when prepared to pursue a three years' course of theological studies.

ART. 3. If, at any time, there be discovered in any candidate such defect in capacity, diligence, prudence, and especially in piety, as would render his introduction into the ministry a doubtful measure, it shall be considered the sacred duty of the Board to withdraw their appropriations. Candidates shall also cease to receive the assistance of the Board, when their health shall become so bad as to unfit them for study and for the work of the ministry; when they are manifestly improvident, and contract debts without reasonable prospects of payment; when they marry; when they receive the assistance of any other Education Board or Society; when they fail to make regular returns, or cease, by a change of circumstances to need aid.

ART. 4. If any candidate fail to enter on, or continue in the work of the ministry, unless he can make it appear that he is providentially prevented, or cease to adhere to the standards of the Presbyterian Church, or change his place of study, contrary to the directions of the Executive Committee, or continue to prosecute his studies at an institution not approved by them, or withdraw his connexion from the Church, of which this Board is the organ, without furnishing a reason which shall be satisfactory to the Executive Committee, he shall refund, with interest, all the money he may have received of this Board.

ART. 5. When any candidate shall find it necessary to relinquish study for a time, to teach or otherwise increase the means of support, he shall first obtain the consent of the Executive Committee; and if he shall not be absent from study more than three months, his appropriations will be continued; but if longer, they will be discontinued, or continued in part, according to circumstances.

ART. 6. The periodicals of the Board shall be sent, gratis, to each candidate, who desires to receive them.

ART. 7. When the official relation between the candidate and the Board ceases, or is about to cease, the candidate is expected to notify the Board in due time, stating the reason.

ART. 8. When a candidate has ceased, for a period longer than a year, to receive aid from the Board, he shall be required to present new testimonials from his Presbytery, or its Education Committee, before his name can be restored to the roll.

ART. 9. As all intellectual acquisitions are of comparatively little value without the cultivation of piety, it is affectionately recommended to every candidate to pay special attention to the practical duties of religion; such as reading the Scriptures; secret prayer and meditation; attendance on religious meetings on the Sabbath and during the week; endeavours to promote the salvation of others; and the exhibition, at all times, of a pious and consistent example.

IV. ON AUXILIARIES.

ART. 1. Every Presbytery is considered an auxiliary to the Board, so far as that relation is implied by the transmission of an annual report of their Education operations to the Board, as the organ of the General Assembly. [This report is according to a standing order of the Assembly, of long continuance.]

ART. 2. Those Presbyteries which co-operate directly with the Board by the adoption of these regulations and in the collection of funds for the general treasury, shall be entitled. to claim aid for all the candidates regularly received under their care, however much the appropriations necessary may exceed the contributions of said Presbyteries.

ART. 3. If any Presbyteries or Synods allow their candidates a larger amount of aid than the maximum fixed by these by-laws, the Board will, if desired, co-operate cordially and to the utmost, in endeavouring to raise the sum needed within their bounds; but it shall not be lawful to appropriate funds for this purpose from the general treasury of the Board.

General Christian Education.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

I. On the organization of the School.

1. Every school applying for aid to the Board of Education, must be under the care of the Session of a Presbyterian Church; and be subject to the general supervision of the Presbytery.

2. In addition to the usual branches of elementary education, the Bible must be used as a text book for daily instruction in religion, and the Shorter Catechism must be taught at least twice a week.

3. The teacher must be a member in good and regular standing of the Presbyterian Church.

4. The school must be opened with prayer and reading of the Bible; and singing, as far as practicable, must be taught in the schools, and united with the other devotional exercises.

II. On applications for aid.

1. All applications must be approved by the Presbytery, or its Education Committee. 2. Such applications must state to the Board of Education what amount has been raised, or is expected to be raised, for the purposes of the school; and what amount is needed from the Board. Also, the probable number of scholars in the school.

3. The application must be renewed through the Presbytery annually, if aid is needed.

III. Appropriations.

1. The maximum of appropriations from the Board shall not, in ordinary cases, exceed $75 per annum, and it is expected that in many cases a less amount will be sufficient. 2. An annual deduction will be made on the amount of the appropriation according to the prosperity of the school.

3. Appropriations shall be paid semi-annually on the reception of a report from the session of the church, giving the statistics and stating the financial and general condition of the school.

ACADEMIES.

The above rules shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to academies under the care of Presbyteries. The amount of appropriations to academies shall be determined by the Executive Committee, according to the circumstances of each case.

COLLEGES.

1. Every college, applying for aid to the Board of Education, must have an ecclesiastical connexion with the Presbyterian Church; and the Bible, and the standards of the Presbyterian Church must be used as books for instruction in the truths and duties of religion.

2. Appropriations shall be paid semi-annually on the reception of a report from the Trustees, giving the statistics and stating the financial and general condition of the college. The amount of appropriations shall be determined by the Executive Committee, according to the circumstances of each case.

3. The appropriations of the Board shall be applied to the payment of the salaries of Professors, or to the enlargement of the library or apparatus, as may be determined by the Executive Committee.