TO BE USED AT THE OPENINGS OF

TEACHERS' MEETING.

O GOD, who hast taught us that without faith it is impossible to please thee, and that we cannot have this treasure unless thou give it from above, we beseech thee to put in us a true faith in Jesus Christ our Saviour, that so our sins may be pardoned, and grace and everlasting life be secured to us; do thou daily increase in us this faith more and more, that we may be made perfect and strong in thy holy religion, and show ourselves fruitful in all good works, to the glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, show thy mercy upon us, the Teachers of this School; we are not worthy of the least of thy mercies, yet thou hast honoured thy servants in appointing us to instruct the young in the knowledge of thy word; to thee and to thy service, we would devote ourselves in this work,

with all our powers and faculties; fill our memories with the words of thy law; enlighten our understandings with the illumination of the Holy Ghost, and grant that by our lives and doctrines we may so set

forth thy true and lively word, as to promote the salvation of the children committed to our charge; be ever with us in all the performances of the duties of our office; in prayer to quicken our devotions, in praises to heighten our love and gratitude, and in teaching to give a readiness of thought and expression suitable to the clearness and excellency of thy holy word. Grant this for Christ's sake. Amen.

O God, who hast taught us that though we sow in tears we shall reap in joy, look with favour on the labours of thy humble servants; may we patiently and plentifully impart to these children a knowledge of the gospel, and see the early fruits of our toil, in their genuine repentance, faith, and constant obedience; without thee all our planting and watering will be in vain; send down thy abundant blessing upon us, that thy word here sown may spring up and bear fruit a hundred-fold, to the glory of thy name, through our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all, evermore. Amen.

A CATECHISM:

THAT IS TO SAY,

AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED BY EVERY PERSON
BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY
THE BISHOP.

Question. WHAT is your name?
Answer. N. or M.

Quest. Who gave you this name?

Ans. My sponsors in baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.

Quest. What did your sponsors then for you?

Ans. They did promise and vow three things in my name; first, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh; secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith; and thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

Quest. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they promised for thee?

Ans. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will; and I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; and I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto

Catechist. Rehearse the articles of thy belief. Answer. I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Quest. What dost thou chiefly learn in these articles of thy belief?

Ans. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind.

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the people of God.

Quest. You said that your sponsors did promise for you, that you should keep God's commandments; tell me how many there are.

Ans. Ten.

Quest. Which are they?

Answer. The same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I. Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and show mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.

III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt do no manner