Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through irreverence? Where? When?

NEGLIGENCE. The neglect of prayer, private and public; the neglect of the Holy Sacraments; forgetfulness of God, not seeking His help and blessing on my work, not trusting Him; not confessing sins; being ashamed of God's service; not observing Sundays and holy days as well as I might; not seeking to win Heaven; loving some one or some thing more than God. Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through negligence? In what ways? How long?

2. Sins against my Neighbour.

UNDUTIFULNESS.-The not treating anyone as I ought; as a child-disobedience to parents and those in authority; as a parent—not training my children to be obedient and faithful to Christ's Holy Church; as a husband-not loving and honouring and supporting my wife; as a wife-not loving, obeying and making home happy for my husband; as a master or mistress—not behaving fairly and considerately towards those in my service, and not taking care of their spiritual well-being; as a servant-the being idle and not caring for my master's interests; and generally-not doing towards others as I would they should do to me.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through undutifulness? Towards whom?

ANGER. The being ill-tempered, vexatious, quarrelsome, spiteful; bearing malice; hating any one; not

ready to forgive; rejoicing at another's loss; being jealous, envious.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through anger? How often? Towards whom?

DISHONESTY.—Thieving, pilfering little things; cheating in buying or selling; not paying debts; defrauding ; being hard to the poor; unjust.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through dishonesty? When? Where? Towards whom?

FALSEHOOD.-Lying; giving false witness; spreading evil reports; slandering; deceiving; being a hypocrite; not keeping my word.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through falsehood? When? Towards whom?

COVETOUSNESS.-The love of money; the love of getting, hoarding or spending money on myself without thought of others; the not giving a fair proportion of my income to God; the desiring anything that belongs to another.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through covetousness? In what respects?

3. Sins against Myself.

PRIDE. The love of self, of showing off, of being praised or flattered; self-conceit; vanity; love of dress; the pretending to be better than I am.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through pride? Where? When? In what respects?

LICENTIOUSNESS.-Impurity of thought, word or deed; doing anything of which I felt ashamed; immodest behaviour.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned in this way? Have I led others into sin?

GLUTTONY.-The love of eating or drinking more than is good for me; being dainty; intemperance of any kind.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned wilfully through gluttony? Have I avoided known occasions of temptation?

SLOTH.-Love of ease, too much sleep; idleness; neglect of work; extravagance.

Ask yourself;-Have I sinned through sloth? How long?

Ask yourself also;-Have I sinned through gambling or betting?

Have I knowingly done anything to shorten my life, or encouraged a thought of making away with myself? Have I gained my living by sin?

APPENDIX II.

NOTES FOR MOURNERS.

THE soul which God joined to a body at birth He recalls from that body. What is left is not our dear one, but a body, which is but dust and ashes.

At first one overpowering feeling possesses the survivors. Let natural grief have its way. It would be unnatural if it were absent. "My son, let tears fall down over the dead. Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation as he is worthy." (Ecclus. xxxviii. 16, 17.)

But if we are Christians we grieve not for the one departed; but for ourselves. And the wise writer of Ecclesiasticus goes on to remind us that sorrow may be excessive, and will then need to be restrained, because "thou wilt not do him good, but hurt thyself." Our dear one is called to rest to join the blessed dead.

In making funeral arrangements think what you are doing. A body which was once a temple of the Holy Ghost is to be returned to the dust from which it was formed by God. Therefore all possible reverence is due to it; but all vain-glorious display is out of place, especially any signs which would hide your happy hope about your dear one.

Exact directions are generally necessary. Let there be no tawdry ornaments about the coffin, but plain handles, and cross or breastplate of metal according to the circumstances of the departed. If a hearse is necessary, let there be no unnecessary parade of feathers, and no hired mourners.

Let everything be real, and with an

appropriate meaning. In some parts of the country, a bier on wheels is provided, which is much to be preferred. Let there be no unmeaning waste of silk, but simple hat bands, or, still better, merely a piece of crape round the coat sleeve. The pall may well be of some less gloomy colour than black. And lastly, let the grave be a simple grave of earth; that the words "earth to earth" may be literally carried out.

Read the Burial Service at home before the funeral, and learn beforehand that there is not a word in it of mourning for the departed. It is a solemn service of warning for the bystanders; but it is full of joyful hope, yea, exultation respecting the departed.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life saith the Lord ....whosoever believeth in Me shall never die.” The Christian is not said to die; but to depart, or to fall asleep. The Resurrection lesson over, we go forth to the grave side; and what to do? To recall the great mercy of Almighty God in taking to Himself our dear one, whose body we are now committing to its kindred dust. To hear the voice declaring “Blessed are the dead.” And to thank God for delivering our dear brother or sister out of this sinful world.

Therefore, the Christian mourner, if he tries to be consistent, seeks to restrain his own personal grief and to join with exultation in the service of joyful hope, thinking of the gain of the departed.

Death was once full of terrors; but Jesus Christ our Lord has showed the way. He died and rose again. And henceforth, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."

Read 1 Cor. xv. 35-58 (page 38). See also S. Mark v. 35-42, and 1 Thessalonians iv. 13 to v. 11.