superintendant, in such manner, as may be thought necessary to prevent deception.

4. The superintendants are desired to propose Psalm Books and Bibles to those scholars who may not have received them, as rewards for their diligence; and to make a report in writing to every monthly meeting of such scholars as have merited them. They are farther desired to engage the attention and care of the scholars by occasional presents of Cheap Repository and other small Tracts, a proper selection of which, of the value of five shillings, will be annually delivered to each superintendant for that purpose.

5. They are empowered to suspend any scholar, for misdemeanors, from all connection with the schools, till the next monthly meeting; to which they are to report the cause of such suspension; when the case is to be heard and determined.

6. They are desired to begin with the scholars punctually at ten o'clock, and to leave them at ten minutes before eleven.

7. When any scholar is absent two Sundays together, without a satisfactory reason being assigned, the superintendant is requested to send the messenger to inquire the occasion of such absence.

Rules for the Master and Mistress.

1. THEY are to instruct all such children as are not classed under any of the superintendents, and they have the same powers and duties with regard to such children, as are assigned to the superintendents over theirs.

2. They are to collect the scholars together; to keep accurate lists of them; and to regulate their behaviour during divine service.

3. They may suspend any scholar for misconduct, after the school hours; reporting the cause of such suspension to the next monthly meeting.

4. They are to employ such persons, with the approbation of any monthly meeting, as may be found requisite to assist in keeping perfect order and silence in the scholars' galleries, during divine service.

5. They are to be at the chapel a quarter of an hour before ten every Sunday morning, and a quarter of an hour before service begins in the afternoon and evening.

Rules for the Parents.

1. THE children are to be brought for admission by their parents or friends; and no

child is to be admitted. unless such parents or friends will engage for their good behaviour and punctual attendance.

2. Notice of the indisposition, or absence from town, of any scholar, is to be given by the parents or friends, to the messenger, that it may be reported by him to the superintendent of such scholar's class.

3. When a scholar has been suspended for misdemeanors, the parents or friends are to have notice of the cause, and are expected to accompany such scholar to the next monthly meeting, when the matter will be considered and determined.

4. They are expected to give notice to the monthly meeting, when any scholar is to leave the schools.

Rules for the Scholars.

1. EACH Scholar is to attend divine worship every Sunday morning, afternoon, and evening, unless a sufficient reason can be given for absence.

2. All are to be in their proper places before ten every Sunday morning, and before the bell shall cease to ring in the afternoon and evening.

3. Silence and reverence must be observed every moment they are in the house of God. There must be no whispering, talking, nor disturbance of any kind. Every little noise in the scholars' gallery disturbs the congregation in the gallery below. The first offence is punished by the forfeiture of all the tickets of approbation which the scholar may have then received. The second offence is punished by expulsion from the schools.

4. Each scholar is expected to come straight from home to the chapel, and to go directly home after divine service is ended, with quietness and good behaviour. All playing and rudeness in the streets on a Sunday, is disgraceful and sinful. The first offence is punished by the forfeiture of all the tickets of approbation the scholar may have then received, and for the second offence the punishment is expulsion.

5. Boys and girls are never to be seen walking together on a Sunday to or from the chapel.

6. They are expected to pay cheerful and constant obedience to the superintendants, master and mistress, and such persons as the master and mistress may appoint to assist in keeping order and silence in their galleries.

No. XXV.

ADDRESS TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS OF ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL, BEDFORD ROW.

WHEN

our Lord put the question, What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? He shewed the infinite worth of that soul, and also the awful consequences of neglecting it.

To make this more plain, he has given us a book, shewing us in a variety of ways, that the soul, like the body, has its wants, diseases, and death, also its means of recovery to spiritual health and eternal life.

This recovery is compared in Scripture to the bringing a lost sheep back again to the fold; or to one awaking from a deadly sleep to a lively hope as it is written, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead; and Christ shall give thee light.

• Now RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION is one of God's appointed means for this relief and re

Now first printed by the Society, with Mr. Cecil's permission.