inward peace as a legacy or parting gift to His disciples? [John xiv. 27.] And were they at this time in the midst of many and great dangers from their earthly enemies? [They were persecuted both by Jews and heathens.] THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. -What two qualities do we here ascribe to God? You don't know; well tell me what we say He is? What does" almighty" mean And "everlasting"? What do you pray Him to do? And how do you beseech that He may look upon your infirmities? [Mercifully.] Prove from Scripture that God is merciful. [Psalm lxxxvi. 5; Neh. ix. 17; Joel ii. 15.] What do you mean by infirmities? [Weaknesses.] Do you mean bodily weaknesses, or spiritual? When Adam was created, was he spiritually weak? Was he perfect? [Eccles. vii. 29.] Then how did he become weak? [By eating of the forbidden fruit.] What do you call this? [The Fall.] Why the Fall? [Because man fell from innocence and happiness into sin and misery.] Does the infection of our evil nature remain even in them that are regenerate? [See Article ix.] What do you mean by "regenerate"? [See Notes on the Collect for the Sunday after Christmas-day: Sunday-school Paper for December.] What do you pray God to do in your dangers and necessities? Has God "hands" like men? What is God? [John iv. 24.] Then what do you mean by His stretching forth His right hand? [Showing His power.] Will God help and defend those who call on Him in faith? [Psalm 1. 15; 2 Chron. xx. 9.] When you mention "dangers" in the collect, do you mean only bodily dangers? What dangers do you chiefly mean? [Of the soul.] Who is ever seeking to ruin your soul? And what inclines you to do as he wishes you? [My own evil nature.] For what, then, should you pray? SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.-Who is meant here by the Lord? [God.] Then you pray here to whom? And through whom do you offer your prayer? What do you beseech God to hear? How? [Favourably.] In what manner are we punished for our offences? Why justly? [Because God had laid down the law that eternal death was due to sin, and man nevertheless broke the law.] What are the wages of sin? [Rom. vi. 23.] Then if God were not merciful as well as just, what would become of us? But we pray that God will mercifully deliver us, by what? What title do we give to God to express His goodness? [The title "God" means good.] What great proof of His goodness has He given us? [Sending His beloved Son, John iii. 16.] Ought we, then, to presume on His goodness by going on in sin? [Rom. vi. 1, 2.] Will He punish us if we do so? [Eccles. viii. 11-13.] With whom does Jesus ever live and reign? How many persons are there in the Godhead? And how many Gods are there? What do you call this doctrine? [The doctrine of the Trinity.] Can you understand it? Must you believe it? Then, as you cannot understand it, and yet must believe it, what do you require? [Faith.] How are you to obtain the grace of faith? SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY.-In what do we "put not our trust"? What do we mean by not putting our trust in our own works? [Not believing that they entitle us to heaven.] Can you prove from Scripture that they do not do so? [Luke xvii. 10; Titus iii. 15.] Whose merits give Christians a title to heaven? But Christians must perform good works, must they not? [Phil. ii. 12.] Can you give a very good reason why we ought not to put our trust in our own works? [We are weak and sinful, and constantly falling away from God's law, even when we are most anxious to obey it: see Rom. vii. 21.] And because we are so weak and sinful, what do we pray in this collect that God would do? What do you mean by "adversity"? [Affliction, trouble, opposition.] Do men meet in life with spiritual as well as temporal adversity? Name some spiritual adversities. [The devil's temptation, the bad desires of our own hearts, the temptations to which bad men expose us, or the doubts as to God's intentions which our own gloomy fears raise in our minds.] Who will remove these, or give us strength to withstand them? Have the best of men experienced these evils? [2 Peter ii. 7; Job i. 12-22; 2 Sam. xi. 15-17.] NOTES ON SCRIPTURAL AND LITURGICAL WORDS, BY REV. J. EASTWOOD, M.A. "You will not find that this study of words will be a dull one when you undertake it yourselves. Only try your pupils; and mark the kindling of the eye, the lighting up of the countenance, with which the humblest lecture on words, especially words which are familiar to them in their play, or at their church, will be welcomed by them."-Trench's Study of Words. CHARGES (Acts xxi. 24; 1 Cor. ix. 7), "cost, expense. The word is still used in such phrases as, "What is your charge?" &c. Bacon (Ess. viii.): "bills of charges;" (Ess. liv.): "In cases of great enterprise upon charge and adventure, a composition of glorious natures doth put life into business." CHARITY (1 Cor. xiii. &c.) is the translation of agape, love. It is now almost confined to one characteristic of brotherly love, viz. almsgiving. Wiclif uses it throughout, thus: "Neithir deeth, neithir lyf, ... . neithir noon othir creature mai departe us fro the charite of god that is in iesu crist oure lord" (Rom. viii. 39). The word may either be derived from the Gr. charis, 66 grace, kindness," or Lat. carus, "dear." CHARMER (Deut. xviii. 11; Ps. Iviii. 5; Isa. xix. 3; Jer. viii. 17). In all these passages the word bears its original signification of one who pretends to work (or, in the case of serpents, actually does work) upon others by means of charms (Lat. carmina, songs) or incantations. CHAWS (Ezek. xxix. 4; xxxviii. 4). This spelling of the word jaws points to the derivation from chew or chaw. Modern editions of the Bible have the modern spelling. Promp. Paroul gives "chavyl-bone," or "chawl-bone." Cf. jowl, anciently chawle. The Hebrew word is lehi, which is generally translated by jaw, spelt after the modern fashion. Samson (Judg. xv. 17-19) called a certain place Ramath-lehi, i. e. "the casting-away of the jaw-bone." CHECK (Job xx. 3). Heb. chastisement. Halliwell gives "taunt, reproach," for one of the provincial meanings of "check." So Udal's Erasmus: "And they that were crucified with hym, checked hym also" (Mark xv. 32). CHERUB, pl. CHERUBIM. Hebrew words denoting the winged complex figures over the mercy-seat, which were representations of beings of a sublime and celestial nature, in figure compounded of that of a man, an ox, a lion, and an eagle, which together symbolise power and wisdom. The etymology of the word is not at all clear. Our translators have made a double plural by adding s to the already plural form cherubim. In the Te Deum the Chaldaic plural cherubin is used. CHIEFEST. This and other instances of the double superlative are very common in our version, as they are in the writings of that period generally. Thus we have in the Psalms "most highest, most mightiest," &c. Bacon (Ess. li.): "Whereas contrariwise the chiefest wisdom is," &c. Leycester Corresp. (p. 245): "He hath lost his chieftest caupten and greatest soldier he had." CHOLER (Dan. viii. 7; xi. 11; Eccles. xxxvi. 30), 66 anger, rage." The Greek word chole (from which melancholy) means bile, from a superabundance of which fluid anger was formerly supposed to be produced. The adjective choleric is more usually met with than the substantive choler. "Except the princes coller presse him to seeke revenge, whereof I haue noe great feare, speciallye yf he continue collerick" (Leycester Corresp., p. 245). 'For angry husbands find the soonest ease When sweet submission choler doth appease." Greene's Penelope's Web. CHRISTEN (Rub. in Off. for Priv. Bap.), "to make a Christian of," to admit into covenant with Christ by baptism. In some parts uneducated persons make a distinction between baptism and christening; the latter term never being applied but when the infant is brought to the font, and received publicly into the "ark of Christ's Church." CHRONICLE, events disposed in order of time (Gr. chronos): thus the Books of Chronicles are the records of the events of a certain portion of the Israelitish history. The Jews entitle these books, The Words of Days, or Annals; the Septuagint version terms them Paraleipomena, "the things that were left or omitted." MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES AND INTELLIGENCE. Notices of Books. LONGMAN AND CO-The Work of Object-Lessons: a Teacher's Manual, by W. J. Lake. 156 pages 12mo, cloth cover, price 1s. 6d. This book contains notes of information on various subjects from the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdom; also on manufactures and miscellaneous topics. The following extracts are a specimen : From "Notes of a Lesson on Salt."-"Process of Preparation: Water of the sea conducted into shallow "pans" or pits, lined with clay; why? Heat of the sun evaporates the water; salt left in crystals; operation repeated till a thick layer of salt is produced; removed for purification. Salt water of springs placed in pans over furnaces; water evaporated by artificial heat; solid masses of salt left; bullocks' blood stirred in brings away impurities. Rock-salt; the impure dissolved in water; consolidated again by heat. Baysalt is largely procured from sea-water by the Spaniards and Portugese, especially at Setubal." From "Notes on Rice."-"Appearance, &c.: Notice the sources whence man obtains food-the animal and vegetable kingdoms; question out a few products of the latter, and lead the children to think of the subject of the lesson. Let them describe it as sold in this country. Small white grains; brittle; opaque; very absorbent; pulverable; contains much starch, eighty-five parts in every hundred. The produce of a plant something like barley; grains grow each on a separate stalk springing from one stem; crowned with an awn or beard." From "Notes on Rivers."-"Uses: Draw from the children the uses of rivers; as for, 1. Drainage: Removing waters which would otherwise render large districts useless. 2. Navigation: Commercial communication; convey wealth abroad and receive riches in return; hence the sides of navigable rivers become the sites of cities and towns. 3. Irrigation: The banks verdant and fertile; the fertility of the soil is frequently the gift of the river. 4. Supply natural boundaries to states, &c. 5. A motive power for various manufacturing processes. 6. Their fish supply food, and the plants they nourish are endless. Notice them also as emblems of man's life: 'See the rivers, how they run Through woods and meads, through shade and sun, A various journey to the deep, Like human life to its long sleep! WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.-Second Work of Drawing, forming one of "Chambers Educational Course." 90 pages 12mo, cloth, with many illustrations, price 1s. The intention of this book is stated to be "to supply an elementary exposition of the practice and principles of landscape-drawing, expressed in language as plain and free from technicalities as the nature of the subject will allow." WERTHEIM AND MACINTOSH.-The Register for Sunday-school Magazines and Subscription Receipt-book. -The object of this book is stated to be "to facilitate the superintendent in taking down the required number of magazines for each class, and also the amount of subscription received." BATTY, 159 FLEET STREET.-Sunday-school Character Cards. Price 3s. 6d. per 100. -These cards are printed for each Sunday in two quarters of a year, and contain a column for attendance, collect and hymn, catechism, text and verses, reading, questions, clothing, and conduct in church and school. A paper of instructions for filling them up accompanies the cards. Intelligence. THE NATIONAL-SCHOOL CHORAL SOCIETY.-On the 4th instant, a meeting of upwards of 300 teachers of Church-schools was held in Trinity District Schoolrooms, Marylebone, to hear a performance by the choristers of the Chapel Royal, Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul's, of some of the music intended for the Festival of this Society in 1858. The Rector, the Rev. Thomas Garnier, presided, and briefly but forcibly stated the objects of the society. Mr. Farnham then introduced Mr. G. W. Martin to the meeting; and informed them that Mr. M. had accepted the office of conductor, and pledged himself to do his best, but had "declined accepting any remuneration, as the object of the Festival was to aid the Church Schoolmasters and Mistresses' Benevolent Fund;" an announcement which was received with much applause. The rehearsal went off exceedingly well; and the audience unanimously agreed to spare no pains to insure the success of the proposed Festival. The National Society have very readily given their sanction to the Festival, as have also the Rev. Principals Coleridge, Clarke, and Alford, of the Training Colleges, and the Rev. J. J. Evans, of the Home and Colonial Training Institution. The Revs. J. G. Lonsdale, J. E. Kempe, Thomas Garnier, Thomas Dale, William Rogers, and many other clergymen, have cordially supported the National-School Choral Society, and many more have also promised their patronage. It is as well to add, that all Church-schools may participate in the Festival. SCHOOLMASTERS AND SCHOOLMISTRESSES' ASSOCIATIONS. METROPOLITAN.-At the usual monthly meeting, Mr. H. Lyne, of St. Anne's School, Limehouse, read a paper which was much approved, entitled "The youthful mind considered as the subject of education." DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE.-A lecture on "The wonders of the telescope; or, this world an atom," was delivered by the Rev. M. H. Scott, of Ockbrook, at the quarterly meeting. It appears from the annual report of the Association that it is in a "flourishing condition," and now numbers thirty-two members. BARNSLEY AND WAPENTAKE OF STAINCROSS.-The papers read at the last monthly meetings were on "British colonies and dependencies in the Mediterranean," by Mr. Barraclough, and on "The Nile," by Mr. Mitchell. NOTTINGHAM AND WEST LINCOLN.-At the quarterly meeting, E. J. Lowe, Esq., of Beeston, gave a lecture on "The interest attached to the study of natural history," and Mr. Thurlow read a paper on History. The meeting was favourable to a general adoption of prize-schemes for schools. BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX.-At a conversational meeting, the various school-books recently added to the library from the new list of the Committee of Council were brought under consideration. At the annual meeting, presided over by the Rev. W. Michell, a collection of interesting objects was exhibited. The report showed that the Association was making satisfactory progress. At the last monthly meeting a paper, kindly lent by Mr. Howard, of Mickleham, Surrey, was read, treating of the office of the schoolmaster, its requirements, difficulties, and encouragements. TESTIMONIALS.-To Miss NEWMAN, on resigning the charge of her Majesty's School, Kew, the Book of Common Prayer and Cruden's Concordance, both handsomely bound, Half a dozen Silver Teaspoons, a Globe, Time-piece, Inkstand, and sundry other Articles, by Members of the Committee, a few Friends, and the Scholars and their Parents. To Miss BAYLEY, on resigning the Colet St. Thomas's Girls' School, a handsome Silver Tea-pot, with suitable Inscription, from the Teachers and Children. To Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT, on resigning the Mastership of St. Paul's School, Southwark, a superbly bound copy of Dr. Livingstone's Missionary Travels, from the Sunday-school Teachers. To Mr. GEORGE J. KEMP, on his leaving the Bradford Parochial School, a copy of Blackstone's Commentaries, by the Vicar. To Mr. C. M. DAVEY, on resigning the charge of Clerkson's Schools, a Purse of Money, the result of Subscriptions from the principal Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood of Mansfield. APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. J. C. MEREDITH, from the Parochial School, Ferryside, to the National School, Newnham, Gloucestershire. Miss S. J. IVES, from St. Jude's, to St. Saviour's Girls' School, Manchester. Mr. T. BECKETT, from St. Jude's School, Manchester, to the Satterthwaite and Russland National School, near Kendal. Mr. GEORGE J. KEMP, from the Trinity Parochial, Bradford, Wilts, to the National School, Hammersmith. Mr. and Mrs. JAMES H. DEE, from the National Schools, Bowdon, to the new Schools in St. Nicholas's, Bristol. MARRIAGE.-On the 22d December, at Bowdon Parish-Church, by the Rev. J. B. Honnywill, Incumbent of St. George's, Altrincham, JAMES HENRY DEE, late Master of the Bowdon National School, to JANET SINGLETON, formerly Mistress of the Bowdon Girls' School. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to notice rejected communications. The name and address of a correspondent should always be given, though not necessarily for publication. Communications received before the 20th of each month are more likely to be selected for insertion than those received at that time, or at a later date. "J.E." Inquire of Novello, Music publisher, Dean Street, Soho. "A Master." The managers of the school should make application to the Committee of Council for the information you require. "A. G." See Church Education Directory, pages 42 and 67, for information respecting "Assistants." The Secretary of the National Society would be obliged to any clergyman or other correspondent, who would give him information as to the possibility of finding good schools, whether under certificated teachers or not, at which persons of either sex, of a somewhat more advanced age than the ordinary pupils of a Training School, who show an aptitude for teaching, might be received, in order to learn the practical work of the schoolroom under the direction of the master and mistress. Grants. The following Grants have been voted by the National Society during the past month in aid of building and fitting-up schoolrooms and teachers' residences. Contributions are now much needed to enable the Committee to continue this important branch of the Society's labours. |