SOME SUGGESTIONS IN REGARD TO THE USE OF THE MANUALS. 1. The same Scripture illustrations and texts are to be used throughout the whole school, the three sets being intended for successive years. The text should be committed to memory and the illustration should be read over at home as well as in class. 2. It will be well that constant reference be made throughout the year to the synopsis of the Old and New Tes taments on pp. 261 sq. so as to familiarize the children with the outline of the Bible. 3. In some cases the lessons will be found too long for ordinary scholars, but it is thought better to preserve the regular order than to throw extra matter into appendices at the end of the book where it is likely to be forgotten altogether. 4. In teaching it is not to be expected, nor is it desirable, 'that the catechumens should give the exact words of the answers. The manuals are meant rather to learn from than to teach from. A faithful teacher will always study the higher grade as diligently as the catechumen is expected to study the lower. Fullness of knowledge is indispensable to convey the simplest lesson. Thus only can a teacher instruct and catechize with entire freedom of the mere words of the text book,-that is, with intelligence and success. 5. In public catechizing it will sometimes be found advisable to take the Scripture illustration as the outline for one's questioning. This, together with those new lights which are sure to be thrown upon a subject after a year's space, will always ensure freshness even on the most familiar ground. 6. A portion of the Church Catechism, as designated at the head of each lesson, is to be recited without comment every Sunday. 7. The text should always be recited by the whole school at the close of the catechizing. May God the Holy Ghost, Who alone enableth the mind to accept the truth in JESUS, pardon all the defects of this book and bless its use to the glory of God the Father. ST. JOHN'S RECTORY, COHOES, N. Y., Whiisun-Week, A. D. 1882. FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.—The Christ or Messiah... 13 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.-He shall come to Judge.. 16 THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.—The Christian Name..... 19 7 PAGE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT.-Confirmation (continued).. 48 THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT.-The Christian Faith..... 52 APPENDIX.-The Creed of St. Athanasius.... FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT.-God, the Father Almighty. FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT.-Jesus Christ, His only Son, THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.-The Holy Catholic Church Spreading and Continuing.... APPENDIX.-General Councils to English Reformation. 124 ORDER FOR A FIRST EVENSONG ON SUNDAYS, WITH CATECHIZING. Processional Hymn. Our Father, etc., and Versicles. Creed and Versicles. Collects for Day, Peace, and Aid against Perils. Hymn. Offertory. Collect and Blessing. |