to bestow upon you. By being accountable, I mean that after your death, your souls will be happy or miserable according as you have performed your duties in this world.

you

Questions.

What is the subject of the parable from which have been repeating? The unjust steward. Tell me the instruction you may receive from it? That we are accountable to God Almighty for all the advantages which He may have chosen to bestow upon us. What do you mean by being acThat after our death we shall be happy or miserable according as we have performed our duty in this world.

countable?

Teacher.

As children you are perhaps rather less accountable than you will be as grown men or women : but still there is not one among you, who cannot use or abuse the blessings of God. Amonst other things which you may make a good or bad use of, I must mention your attendance at this place. The support of the Sunday School, costs in the course of the year, a considerable sum of money, which is subscribed and paid by the gentry and others in the town and neighbourhood. Added to this expence of money, the teachers give up their time to your instruction every Sunday morning;

and are desirous of contributing to your improvement and advantage in all ways.

Questions.

Although you may not be quite so accountable as children, as you will be when you are men and women, and are come to the full use of your reason and understandings, yet still, what may not any one among you do? Use or abuse the blessings of God. What have I mentioned, of which you may make a good or a bad use? Our attendance at this place. Can this School be supported without a considerable sum of money? No. And how is it obtained? By subscriptions of the gentry and others, in the town and neighbourhood. And what is done for the good of this School besides paying of money? The teachers give up their time to our instruction, every Sunday morning. And are they not desirous of contributing to your improvement and advantage in every way? Yes.

Teacher.

That I am sure of from experience and observation. This giving up of time and attention costs much more than money; but it is in your power to repay us in some measure by your attention, diligence, and orderly conduct. Besides the instruction you receive here in your duty, and in

reading and spelling, the habit of attending to, and thinking of, what you are about, will be of the greatest use to you in the several situations you may be placed in. A thoughtless, careless, person, never gains either money or credit.

Questions.

What costs the teachers more than money? Their time and attention. How are they to be repaid? By our attention, diligence, and good conduct. Besides the instruction you receive here in your religious duties, in reading, and in spelling, what will be of great use to you in the several situations you may be placed in? The habit of attention. What does a thoughtless, careless person, never gain? Neither money or credit.

Teacher.

You are therefore, as children, accountable for the use and abuse of these advantages. Like the steward you must give an account to God Almighty of your stewardship,—that is, of the blessings He gives you throughout your lives. You will be blameable in His sight, if you do not improve by the means now used for your improvement; and you may be assured of the truth of what I have often told you, that if you do not take care to sow good seed in your hearts, they will be grown over with weeds and rubbish.

Tenth Sunday after Trinity.

ST. LUKE, xix. 41st and following verses.

"And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, if thou hadst known, even thou at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee."

Teacher.

When our Saviour shewed by these words His pity for Jerusalem, and His fore-knowledge of what would be the punishment of its unbelief, He was on His road to that city, and the time of His crucifixion was drawing near. At the descent of the Mount of Olives the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying," Blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord."

Questions.

What did our Saviour shew towards Jerusalem, by the words you have been repeating? His pity

and also His foreknowledge of its punishment.

Where was He going to? To Jerusalem. What was drawing near? His crucifixion. Do you remember the name of the mount they were descending, or going down from, when His disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice? The Mount of Olives. What did they praise God for? For all the mighty works they had seen. how did they bless Him, what words did they say? Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Teacher.

And

In a verse or two afterwards, are the words you have been repeating. Your Saviour's mind was so humble and heavenly, that He seems to have paid no attention to these praises of His followers. He was filled with pity and compassion for the future fate of Jerusalem, although He knew, that within its walls there lived at that very moment, the men, who in the course of a few days would bring Him to trial, falsely accuse Him, and afterwards take away His life in a most cruel manner.

Questions.

What made your Saviour pay no attention to the praises of His followers? Because His mind was meek and heavenly. Though His mind was filled with pity and compassion for the future fate of Jerusalem, who did He know to be living with