QUESTIONS ON THE COLLECTS FOR THE USE OF TEACHERS. "Those beautiful collects which had soothed the griefs of forty generations of Christians."-Macaulay's History of England, vol. i. p. 160. THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.-What is God called in this collect? Why is He almighty? [Because He can do every thing.] Why is He called merciful? [Psalm Ixxxvi. 5.] How does the collect for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity say God shows His almighty power? What kind of people are said to render God true and laudable service? And of whose gift is it that they are able to render such service? When you say it is God's gift, you mean that God enables them to do it-by giving them what? [His grace.] What do you mean by His grace? [The favour of His help.] Can we render Him true and laudable service without His grace? [No.] Would it be right, then, for a person to say, I cannot yet begin to do His will; I must wait for His grace? What might come while he was so waiting? [Death.] Does Holy Scripture ever speak of the possibility of receiving God's grace in vain? You can't tell? Now turn to 2 Cor. vi. 1. And what does St. Paul call Christians in this text? [Fellow-workers with God.] Does St. Peter speak of falling from stedfastness? [2 Peter iii. 17.] To whom is he speaking here? [The "beloved" to whom he is writing.] What does he say they must do? [Grow in grace. See ver. 18.] What do we pray God in the collect to grant? What does "finally" mean? What does "attain" mean? [To receive, or to get.] Where do you find His promises? What do we become in baptism? [Inheritors of, or those having a title to, God's kingdom.] Through whom? [Jesus Christ.] FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. -What do you call God in this collect? What does "everlasting" mean? What other word has the same meaning? [Eternal.] Of what three virtues do you pray God to give you the increase? And what do you mean by the "increase"? [Continual additions to them.] Are "faith," "hope," and "charity" the fruits of the Spirit? What is faith? [A belief which leads us to act in God's service.] What is hope? And what is "charity"? [Love to God and man.] Is the word "charity" ever used in a limited sense? [It sometimes in common language, though never in Scripture, means giving alms.] Which is the greatest of the three virtues? [1 Cor. xiii. 13.] Tell me one reason why charity is the greatest? [Because in heaven we shall cease to have faith and hope, as we shall have obtained God's promises, but charity will not fail even there.] What do we pray in the collect we may do now in order to obtain at last what God has promised? Through whom do we ask this? Why through Jesus Christ? [Because He is our mediator; we come to God by Him.] The devout Christian is remarkable for his faith and hope: can you name Divine persons known to us for their charity? [The Trinity; God especially is mentioned; thus, "God is love."] What does "amen" mean? What does it mean at the end of the creeds and in the Commination Service at the end of the curses? [This is true, or "verily."] FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.What word may stand here in the place of "beseech"? [Pray.] Whom do we address in the collect? Who is the head of the Church? [Jesus Christ.] What is the Church sometimes called in reference to Jesus Christ? [Eph. i. 22, 23.] What are those called who have been baptised into His Church? [Members.] What has Jesus promised in reference to His Church? [Matt. xvi. 18.] What are the three orders of ministers in the Church? [Bishops, priests, and deacons.] May a person exercise any of these offices without having been properly set apart to them? [No.] How do you know that? [Because in Holy Scripture, and in the earliest days of the Church, we see that persons received appointment to these offices.] Is there any other reason why you believe a proper appointment to these offices to be necessary before a person has a right to perform them? [Yes; the state of the Church of Christ is often prefigured by that of the Jewish Church, and the office of the minister in the former is frequently compared with the office of the priesthood in the latter; and St. Paul expressly says of the one, that "no man taketh this honour," &c. See Heb. v. 4.] When you ask God to keep His Church, do you mean the mere building? [No; the members or people.] What does perpetual" mean? [Continual.] What do you mean by man's "frailty"? [His weakness of nature.] How did he become weak in his spiritual nature? [By Adam and Eve's sin.] What do we pray God to keep us from? And to what do we ask Him to lead us? When were you placed in a state of salvation? [The Catechism says we were called by baptism to a state of salvation.] What do you mean by that? [A state in which we might be saved.] Are you sure, then, of being saved? [No; we may fall away from it, and be lost.] Does Scripture speak of the possibility of persons having been called and enlightened and yet falling away? [Heb. vi. 4-6; 2 Pet. iii. 17, 18; 1 Cor. ix. 27.] What are we therefore told to do? ["Give diligence to make our calling and election sure," 2 Pet. i. 10.] 66 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.Last Sunday you prayed in the collect for what? [The Church. And for what do you pray to-day? [The Church.] What do you ask God to do to His Church? What attribute or quality of God do you mention when you ask this? [Pity.] Last Sunday we forgot to mention a particular portion of the Church, but we will mention it now; do you know what the Church in heaven is called? [The Church triumphant.] Who are members of that? [All who have died in the true faith of Christ.] And what is the Church on earth called? [The Church militant.] What does "militant" mean? [Warring, or fighting.] Against whom, and what? [The world, the flesh, and the devil.] By whom does God "cleanse and defend the Church"? [The Holy Ghost.] What does "succour" mean? [Help.] Men tion another place in which the word "succour occurs." ["Honour and succour," &c.] Through whom do you pray God to preserve the Church How can you best endeavour to cleanse the Church? [By praying God to help me cleanse my soul from sin.] 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. BOLLED (Exodus ix. 31), "swollen, or podded for seed." This is the meaning of our translation; but Gesenius says the original means, "the flax was in the corolla." Buxtorf translates it, "in the stalk." Prompt. Paroul. :"bolnyd, tumidus." Wiclif (1 Cor. v. 2): "ghe ben bolnun with pride." BORROW usually means to ask the use of something for a time, with the intention of returning it; but in Exod. iii. 22, xi. 2, xii. 25, the original word simply means, "to ask," or "to ask as a gift." It is still customary in some parts of the East for host and guest to exchange gifts on separating. BOSSES (Job xv. 20), "protuberances, protuberant ornaments," such as is the knob in the centre of a shield. The Hebrew word means any part of a thing which rises above the rest, and is used fourteen times in senses all more or less conveying this idea. Halliwell refers to Chaucer: "A broche she bare upon hire low colere, As brode as is the bosse of a bokelere." Cant. Tales, 3265-6. The word is now most used to denote ornaments placed at the intersection of ribs and groins in the roof of a building. BOTCH (Deut. xxvii. 27-35). The word here used in the original is elsewhere translated "boil, bile, the bile." Cf. Prompt. Paroul.: "bohche, sore, ulcus." BOTTLE, as used in the Bible, means a vessel to contain liquids, made of skin or leather; hence such phrases as, "I am become like a bottle in the smoke," i. e. shrivelled up; "No man putteth new wine into old bottles," &c.; "The Gibeonites took wine-bottles, old and rent." These vessels were often of large size; so that there is nothing singular in 1 Sam. i. 24, where Hannah took as a present three bullocks, but only one bottle of wine. BRAG (Judith xvi. 5; 2 Macc. ix. 7), "boast." This word can hardly be called obsolete, though it is not considered very elegant. It seems connected with break, as if it meant, "break forth in praise of oneself." It is very common in old writers: "For as they brag and commend themselves" (Merc. Rustic, p. 167); "Wyth his brag and his bost" (Sir Degrevant, v. 231). Stowe uses the word as an adjective: "In this yeare (1189) the Jewes were very brag here in thys realme, for that theyr number was so greate" (fol. 69). BRASS (Matt. x. 9), "copper or brass money. Both Greeks and Romans used this idiom, which still prevails in many parts of England. In Yorkshire, "brass" is a common term among poor people for money in general. In some parts it is used as a slang word for money. BRAVERY (Isa. iii. 18), "finery, splendid attire." The word is antiquated in this sense, but is found in Bacon (Ess. xxxvii.): "In bravery of their liveries." So also, "Doting upon their mother's beauty...haue laboured to restore her all her robes and iewells againe, especially her looking-glasse the Masse, in which she may behold all her bravery" (Serm. by P. Smart, p. 11). So Massinger: "Have done More hurt to the kingdom by superfluous bravery, Nares gives several instances. Bacon also uses the word for "ostentation" (Ess. xxxvi.): "Such as love business rather upon conscience than upon bravery." Brave, for fine, well, hearty, is a common provincialism, especially in Sussex and Hampshire. BRAY (Prov. Xxxvii. 22), bruise, beat, or pound. This word, which seems connected with brag and break, is still in common use in some parts of Yorkshire. Wiclif (Luke ix. 42), "And whanne he cam nygh, the devel hurtlide him doun and to-brayde him." Nares and Johnson give several references. Notices to Correspondents, "Rev. R. H. Abbott." We thank you for the proposal, and shall duly consider any suggestions on the subject which you may make. You will take into account our limited space. "James T." While thanking you for the suggestion we see no possibility of effecting the arrangeIt must be of great advantage to our readers to have the "Notes" a month in advance, especially where they meet monthly to prepare their lessons. ment. "A Lover of Order" is thanked. His letter shall appear as soon as possible. The letters of several of our correspondents stand over for insertion; and we hope they will excuse the delay in consideration of the greater circulation which will be given them by the publication of this portion of the Paper in a separate form. THE Committee of the National Society will resume its Meetings early in November. Whitelands Training Institutoin. THE LATE MRS. FIELD. The schoolmistresses trained in former years at this Institution, as well as a large circle of friends who take a deep interest in its welfare, will learn with affectionate regret that Mrs. Field, who formerly so ably presided at Whitelands, is no more. She died at the residence of her son-in-law, the Rev. C. A. Johns, Callipers Hall, Rickmansworth. In conjunction with her daughter, Mrs. Field, in 1842, put forth an account of the rise and progress of the Institution, which is a standing memorial of the earnest zeal and sound discretion she brought to bear in devising and carrying into effect a scheme of instruction suited to an establishment (at that time) of a new and peculiar character. Mrs. Field was in later years associated with Miss Lowman in conducting the institution; and when they resigned their appointments in 1850, the Council of Whitelands placed on record "the high opinion it entertains of the Christian temper, zeal, intelligence, and economy they have shown in conducting the institution, and of the valuable services they have thereby rendered to the cause of sound religious education." New Subscriptions. The following Donations and new Annual Subscriptions have been contributed since the last announcement, and are hereby thankfully acknowledged. The List is made up to the 15th September. The The Report of this Board opens with expressions of thankfulness. Minute of the Committee of Council of the 2d June 1856 affording further facilities to pupil-teachers to enter training colleges, and extending Queen's scholarships to other students than pupil-teachers, had increased the number at the Winchester Training College to 27, the maximum number having previously been only 20. The Board has deemed it expedient to assist pupil-teachers who desire to come at once into the training school on the expiration of their apprenticeship. It has also determined to grant exhibitions to any pupils in training who have been classed at the close of their first year, in order to induce them to remain a second year in training. The Report proceeds to notice the satisfactory position which the training school maintained at the late Christmas examinations under the Committee of Council on Education. "There was positive failure in the case of no candidate ;" while for moral character and real efficiency, the clergy who have been supplied with masters from Wolvesey speak in the highest terms. Mr. Blain, after five years of very useful services as Vice-principal, has resigned; and Mr. Marsland, from Battersea Training College, has been appointed in his place. The students have had the advantage of lectures by Dr. Moberley, and other clergymen have given their assistance in the college examinations, &c. Mr. Weaver has continued his gratuitous services in assisting the pupils in the study of horticulture. Nine pupils left the training school during the year. The Report notices the valuable services of Mr. Jones, an organising master sent by the National Society. Mr. Jones has, in his capacity of diocesan visitor, presented to the Bishop a very interesting and lengthened report of his proceed ings; and this report is printed as an Appendix to the annual Report of the Board. His services have been so much appreciated, that the Board has obtained the consent of the Parent Society to his labours being continued for another year. The Bishop of the diocese on behalf of the Board pays half Mr. Jones's salary, the National Society defraying the other moiety. The Sunday-school Committee has been prosecuting its labours with the most untiring energy. The small sum of 10l. voted at the onset of the movement has long been expended, and a further grant is necessary in aid of this most important work. The diocesan schools for the middle classes in connection with the Board at Southampton, Portsea, Farnham, Godalming, Winchester, and Richmond, are well reported of; half-yearly examinations or periodical visits of inspection having taken place. The Hampshire Church School Society appears, by its last report, to have pursued its useful course under much encouragement. The number of its members, which in its first year was 134, rose to 169 at the commencement of the second year, and increased to 256 at its close. The society serves as an important bond of union between all friends of Church education in the archdeaconry of Winchester, whilst practically it includes those only who, with few exceptions, are persons actually engaged in this work. The anniversary in August 1856 was celebrated at Winchester and at Farnham, to which latter place the society was invited by the Bishop to spend one day in conference. The Report concludes with remarks on its financial position, and urges the large amount of aid given by the Committee of Council as a strong reason for further efforts on the part of the friends of education in the diocese to support the Board. Diocese of Lincoln, HARVEST MEETING OF CHURCH SCHOOL-TEACHERS AT SOUTHWELL, NOTTS. Training College, Battersea, September 16, 1857. REV. AND DEAR SIR,-I beg leave to forward you the following particulars relative to the harvest meeting of Church school-teachers held at Southwell, in connection with which you kindly appointed me to officiate as organising master. This, the second annual educational conference for the purposes of instruction and mutual counsel, began on Monday August the 17th, under the superintendence of the Rev. J. Murray Wilkins, Rector of Southwell and Rural Dean, and was continued throughout the ensuing fortnight. Upwards of forty teachers presented themselves at the National schools: twelve of these were schoolmistresses. Of the masters, eight were from the county of Lincoln; one, by special permission, from Huntingdonshire; and the remainder from Nottinghamshire. Among them were found some of every grade, from the trained holder of a Government certificate to the purely selftaught, uncertificated, and unregistered village schoolmaster. Much of the first morning was spent in recording particulars respecting the several teachers and their schools, forming classes, and arranging the following time-table for their guidance during the fortnight's work: The course of study here prescribed included under the different heads the following particulars: Holy Scripture.-The history of the Forty Days preceding our Lord's Ascension. Church Catechism, as far as the Apostles' Creed, compared with Scripture, analysed, and explained. Liturgy. The greater part of the Order for Morning Service was studied in reference to its history, agreement with Holy Scripture, and its peculiar adaptation to the purposes of public worship. |