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HYMN.

Christmas.

Lo return'd the joyful season,

When the blessed Son of God, From his Father's throne descended, And with sinful man abode. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah-Amen.

Though he dwelt in boundless glory,

Where the tide of bliss o'erflows;

Yet, to save a world of sinners,
He became a man of woes.

Far from God mankind had fallen;
Nothing could redeem our race;
Nothing, but thy blest atonement,
Prince of righteousness and peace!

Press'd with loads of guilt and anguish,
Hopeless now no more we groan ;
What is man, thou dear Redeemer,
That such love to him is shewn?

Since for us he liv'd in sorrow
And expir'd in cruel pain;
How shall we our sins retaining,
Crucify our Lord again?

Lord! impart thy grace and blessing,
Make our hearts and tongues agrec,
With the heavenly hosts triumphant,
Still to bless and worship thee.

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Glory be to God, the Father;
Glory be to God, the Son;
Glory be to God, the Spirit;
Hail for ever, Three in One.

Rev. N. Bull.

SCRIPTURE.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof. is brutish, Prov. xii. 1.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast, Prov. xii. 10.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto council is wise, Prov, xii. 15,

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment, Prov, xii, 19,

Lying lips are an abomination unto the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight, Prov. xi, 22

END OF VOL. III.

Printed by R, Gilbert, St. John's Square.

National School Magazine.

NO. 31.]

JULY 15th, 1825.

[VOL III.

SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND. (No. XVI.-Continued from p. 180.)

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On the death of Henry the Fourth, in the year 1413, prince Henry became

king. He then began quite a new course of life; he repented of his former ill behaviour, and set himself to consider what it was his duty to do for the good of the nation. He allowed his old companions enough to support them in an honest way, but he declared that they should never come into his presence till they had given a good proof that they had forsaken their bad practices. He bestowed his favours upon those persons who had been endeavouring to do their duty, although they might have done what was disagreeable to him in former days. There was a judge named Sir William Gascoyne, who once had very properly sent the young prince to prison for bad behaviour; and this judge naturally expected that the prince, now he was become king, would turn him, out of his office; but he found it quite the contrary, for the young king sent for him, and told him that he was an honest and upright judge, and that he was thankful to have an officer like him, who would execute justice on the great as well as on the little.

At the time we are speaking of, the

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Roman Catholic religion prevailed in England as well as in many other parts of the world; and one of the great objections to this form of religion was, that the Bible and the Prayer Book were not to be had in the English language, but were both written in Latin, so that the people were kept in great ignorance, and there seemed no likelihood of their coming to the knowledge of the truth; for what could they do without the Scriptures, and how could they offer up their prayers properly at Church when all the service was performed in a language which they did not understand?

There had long been several good men who were desirous of having the Scriptures in English, for the benefit of the people. One of these, named Wickliff, had translated the Bible into our own language in Richard the Second's time, but the people were forbidden to read it; and now, during the reign of Henry the Fifth, several people were put to death for encouraging the people to read the Bible which Wickliff had translated. Lord Cobham was burned to death for this attempt; he

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