sent very defective. In some instances no questions are asked; in others, improper ones; and the object of the Editor is solely to supply the want of a Questioning Book, where, under such circumstances, it may be felt. The children should be asked the questions the first time with their books open; afterwards their recollection should be exercised by trying them with their books shut. It would also be a profitable employment, if the Teacher was frequently to examine his class, by the Questioning Book, in the ground already gone over; and this examination should be without previous reading at the time. Thus when the Children are reading the 6th chapter of St. Matthew, they should be asked questions out of the 5th, &c. In order still to leave some room for the exercise of the Teacher's judgment, it will be observed, that where the answers are to be given from the words of the book which the children are reading, they are not added in the present work; but merely where an explanation is required, and then they are to be learned by dictation from the mouth of the Teacher, in the same manner as the Catechism, or any other religious instruction. The Teacher should be satisfied, if the general sense is given, without being too particular as to the literal words. Questions for the National School Book, No. 2. LESSON I. WHAT is the way of God? Who are foes or enemies to God? To whom are we to pray? In what posture should we pray to God? A. On our knees. In what way ought we not to go? Whom will bad men not see ? Out of whose path should we not go? LESSON II. What do you mean by the word " err ?" A. Do wrong, or go out of the right way. Whose law should be joy to you? What is man's way not like? What will the Lord do, if we call upon him? What shall we lose by ill things, lest we lose the lying and stealing? What is it to tell lies? What does one lie frequently draw on? What will make a crime worse? What do you mean by taking God's name in vain? A. Cursing or swearing by it, or naming it in common talk. By whom is it forbidden? Where? A. In the third commandment. What is as soon said as a bad word? LESSON IV. What day in the week is it, in particular, that we ought to go to church? Which is the Lord's Day? A. Sunday. What may we not do on that day? love of God. You must take care not to lie or steal, for God does not love those who do so. It is a sad mean thing to tell lies, and one lie draws on more. Do not lie to hide a fault, for that will make the crime worse. Do not swear, nor take God's name in vain, nor call ill names a good word is as soon said as a bad one. bor What should we learn to do Buí o alex What must those do who will serve God? Where? What must we do besides praying to him? Which is the house of God? A. The Church. What do we go to the house of God for? Where do we find his Word? A. In the Bible. Where is God always, though we cannot see him? What does God know concerning those who are there? In what posture should we be when Psalms are singing? What do some folks do? In what manner should you go out of Church? How does it look to see a boy run in the street in a rude way? serve God, must pray to him at home, as well as at church, and give him thanks for the good things they have had. When they go to the house of God, they must pray there too, and hear his word. God is in his house, though no eye can see him, and he knows who prays to him and who does not. When psalms are sung, you should stand up, and not sit, as some folks do. When you are to leave church, you should not crowd or push; but walk back to school in your place, for it has a bad look to see a boy run in the street in a rude way. LESSON V. In what way was Tom Bowles brought up? What were all the days in the week to him? What day ought he to have considered different from the rest? A. Sunday. Why? Whom did he not know how to serve ? Whom had he no thought of? For what wicked purpose only did he use the name of God? Who met Tom Bowles while he was going on in this sad way? What did the good man say to him? What did Tom answer? What did he shew by that? A. That he did not understand the question. What did the good man upon that? What did the boy then say ? do What was the next question the man asked? For whom did he think the church was intended? What is the church for? A. For people to meet in to pray to God, and to hear his Word. Whose house did the good man tell him the church was? What did he tell him God does not mind? What does God look at ? If the heart of poor people is right, what does God care for their dress? What did Tom then say to the good man? took the name of God in his mouth, but it was to swear and curse by. In this sad way Tom Bowles went on, till one of the good friends of the poor said to him one day, do you know who God is, my lad? What? said Tom. I ask you, said the good man, If you know the God that made you? Not I, said the boy. Have you not been to church? said the man. No, said the boy, what should I go to church for, the church is not for poor folks, they cannot dress fine ? The church is the house of God, said the man, do think that the great you God minds the dress of folks? No, my boy, God looks at the heart. poor man's or a poor boy's heart is right, God does not like them the worse for a mean dress. I do not know what to say at the church if I go there, said Tom. If a |
