CONCLUSION. I shall conclude with the language of the late eminent DR. MACGILL in his Considerations addressed to A YOUNG CLERGYMAN, &C. "There are few duties of a clergyman nore important, than the duty of catechising the young. It incites parents to the duties of family instruction: it encour. ages the young, stimulates them to attention and diligence, leads them to think and reflect on what they read, unfolds their ideas, and exercises sheir under standing it affords to a prudent and affectionate pastor, an easy opportunity of removing errors; of illustrating the doctrines and duties of religion, in a manner suited to the capacities and characters of his people, and of affectionately admonishing each different individual of their duties and their dangers: it also engages the attention of the surrounding auditors, and in a manner fitted to reach both their understanding and their affections, communicates to them the most important religious instruction." YOUNG MINISTER'S COMPANION. PAGE 379. *The Reader is desired to correct by his Bible, any errors which may have escaped notice. |