Let Church Sunday school teachers in London become members of the Institute, assist its funds, (of which assistance it at present stands much in need), attend its Lectures and Meetings, and avail themselves of its Library. Let schools and associations in the country enter into connection with us, and so work in unison to our mutual benefit. And lastly, let all the friends of true Religious Education strengthen our hands, and through us the hands of thousands upon thousands of Sunday school teachers, whose only aim, as such, is to spread abroad that best of all knowledge, without which, nations, as well as individuals, must perish. N. B. It is intended to give, with the second number of this Magazine, (which is to be published on the 30th of June), a Report of the Institute's operations, as presented at its Annual Meeting. MEETING OF MEMBERS. The Committee of the Institute having decided on removing to new and more eligible premises, (at 169, Fleet Street), the rooms were opened to the members on March 13th, when a friendly meeting was held in the evening. After an hour spent in conversation on the affairs of the Institute, the chair was taken by the REV. E. AURIOL, at 8 o'clock. After a hymn had been sung, and the reverend chairman had implored the Divine blessing, MR. FLEET briefly explained the object of the meeting, which was to diffuse among the members of the Institute a greater interest in its welfare and a more active co-operation with the Committee in carrying out the designs for which the Institute was formed. The REV. JOHN HARDING then spoke on the topic assigned to him-the importance of humility to Sunday school teachers, and dwelt forcibly on the evil of pride, both to unqualified teachers, as tending to prevent any efforts at improvement, mentally or spiritually, and to well-qualified teachers, making even their scriptural knowledge a snare to them, by leading them to rely on themselves, instead of resting on God's help. Pride in a teacher repels the taught, whom humility would attract, as we see in our Saviour, who said "Come unto me, for I am meek and lowly in heart." Humility would also promote union amongst teachers, through each esteeming others better than himself. Lastly, humility is of vital necessity as regards our own souls, as between God and us. The REV. W. M. WHITTEMore, speaking on the necessity of a well-furnished mind in teaching, used, with much skill and effect, the illustration conveyed in the terms of his topicwell-furnished. He noticed that furniture ought to be sufficient in quantity, varied in description, arranged in proper order, and of suitable fashion. So a teacher should possess ample knowledge, and varied in nature; he should be able to arrange his ideas in order, and to present them in suitable shape to his little pupils. They To attain these things, teachers must enrich their minds by study and reflection, and must cultivate habits of clear and close thinking, by conversation and by analysis of what they read. must also study the art of teaching, remembering that many of their scholars have no other instruction than what they give them. The REV. CHARLES MARSHALL addressed the members on warm-heartedness or zeal, the key to which, he said, was to be found in the words "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." First, we should be zealous for the glory of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Then, for the sake of the little ones, never allowing them to separate without having had the saving truths of the Gospel brought pointedly before them. work of conversion generally begins early in life. Then, too, we must be zealous, for our own sakes; sowing plentifully, that we may reap plentifully. The read The REV. CHAIRMAN then verses 1 to 8 of 1 Cor. xi., and in commenting on them, alluded to each topic that had been brought forward, especially noticing the encouragements given us in the performance of the duty of prayer. He added, that as the Institute was now in his parish, he should regard the members as his parishioners, and look to them to remember him and his people in their intercessions at the throne of grace. A hymn was then sung and the benediction pronounced, after which the members separated with an apparently unanimous feeling that the meeting had been both profitable and agreeable. LECTURES. The following Lectures are in course of delivery to the members of the In stitute during the present half year, at 169, Fleet Street: Friday, January 14.-Thoughts on the New Year, for Sunday school Teachers; Rev. E. Auriol, Rector of St. Dunstan's. Friday, February 18.-Ancient and Modern Egypt contrasted; Rev. G. F. Mortimer, D.D., Head Master of the City of London School. Friday, March 17.-The Institution and Perpetual Authority of the Sabbath; Rev. J. Cohen, Chaplain to the Compter. Wednesday, April 19.-The Book of Genesis ; Rev. John Harding, Rector of St. Ann's, Blackfriars. Wednesday, May 24.-The Book of Exodus; Rev. John Harding, Rector of St. Ann's, Blackfriars. Wednesday, June 21.-The Book of Leviticus; Rev. John Harding, Rector of St. Ann's, Blackfriars. The Lectures commence at 8 o'clock, P.M. The Committee have much pleasure in placing their Reading room at the service of country clergymen (when in London), for Appointments. THE ANNUAL SERMON. The Committee beg to inform their friends that the Annual Sermon will be preached (D.v.), on Wednesday, 26th April, by the Rev. W. CADMAN, M.A., Incumbent of Park Chapel, Chelsea, at St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street. Divine Service to commence at 7, P.M. THE ANNUAL MEETING Will be held on Friday, April 28th, at Freemason's Hall. The chair will be taken by JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., at 7 o'clock, P.M., precisely. PRIZE LESSON ON FAITH. As we feel it to be a point of great importance to do all we can to raise the INTELLECTUAL character of the teaching in Sunday-schools, we have determined to offer a PRIZE for the best MODEL LESSON on some given subject. The Lesson must be founded on the well-known principle of Pestalozzi, that the child's present knowledge is to be taken as the starting-point whence to proceed in the development and enrichment of his mind. The conditions on which we purpose to award the prize are as follows: CONDITIONS. 1. The subject of the Lesson to be sent in competition is to be FAITH IN CHRIST. The Lesson will fail in intent, if it do not exhibit an endeavour to make a young child comprehend what Faith in Christ means. 2. The Lesson will be regarded as prepared for a school or large class of children where the ages vary from six to fourteen years. 3. The Lesson must be prepared in the CATECHETICAL form, with the actual or supposed answers of the scholar. A brief PLAN of the Lesson must also be given, so as to show what the teacher's intention was at the outset. This plan must embrace all the points of thought which are developed and applied in the Lesson itself. 4. Only Sunday school teachers (or those who have been such, being also members of the Church of England), are permitted to compete. 5. The Lesson should be clearly written, on alternate pages of ruled letter paper. Each manuscript must be without the writer's name, and have some mark or initials, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope, containing similar marks or initials, the name and address of the writer, and the name of the Clergyman whose school he or she attends. Unless these latter conditions are strictly complied with, we can take no notice of the manuscript. 6. The Lesson must be addressed to us, post paid, at the offices of the Church of England Sunday-school Institute, 169, Fleet Street, London, on or before the 10th of May, 1848. We shall probably make our award by the 20th of the following month. We cannot undertake to return the rejected MSS. 7. The prize will be a book of the value of £1, selected by the successful competitor, subject to our approval. N. B. The Pestalozzian Lesson in the present number of our magazine will indicate the kind of Lesson we want, and may afford useful hints as to the preparation of the one named for competition. The actual giving of the Lesson, when prepared, to some of the scholars, will materially aid the writer. Offices of the Institute, March 25, 1848. BOOKS RECEIVED. Price Sixpence. Rev. W. M. Falloon: Sermon to Sunday School Teachers. Rev. R. Simpson: Address to Schoolmasters at Nailsea. Price Fourpence. "How shall I come to the Table of the Lord ?" Tenth Edition. Price 2d. Miss Parrott: Rough Rhymes for Farmers' Boys. Price Fourpence. Rough Rhymes for Country Girls. Price Fourpence. Light at Evening Time. By a Sunday School Teacher. Second Edition. 4d. (Want of space compels us to omit many that will be noticed in our next.) Reviews. By Designs for Schools and School-houses, Parochial and National. H. E. KENDALL; Jun., F.S.A. London: John Williams. THIS is a beautiful work, whether we regard its architectural pretensions or its tasteful, artistic decorations. The author is evidently in love with his subject, and he has shown an exquisiteness of taste which does not always mark even architectural skill. This work contains plans, elevations, and perspective views of seven schools which have been erected; also five similarly-prepared designs which have not yet been executed. Some are of stone; some partly timbered. Mr. Kendall says, in his preface,— '' "With the present zeal on the part not only of the Government and the Clergy, but also of the enlightened public, in promoting the great cause of Education, it must be evident that a noble opportunity for the exhibition of national architecture, and for contributing to its general diffusion, now presents itself; and it is especially incumbent on all members of the profession, by the exercise of taste and judgment, to give character to school-buildings of all descriptions. Something of external comeliness should be assigned, as a matter of course, to the humblest of such erections: under the direction of good taste, usefulness of purpose and beauty of design may be made to subserve each other, even when the latter is but a secondary consideration." It will, perhaps, be new to many of our readers to hear it said that what is ornamental need not be more expensive than what is ugly. Cheapness and deformity, or at least an uncouth nakedness of appearance, have too long been supposed inseparable. But Mr. Kendall tells us that "It is quantity of material, and not the form of its application, judicious or otherwise, that induces expense." With the desire of assisting some of our readers who may possibly be engaged in erecting a school-house, we copy, by permission of Mr. Kendall, one of the simplest and chastest of his designs.* The door is sheltered by a porch; there is also a covered waiting-place, where the children arriving too early may rest and be protected from the weather. The internal arrangement is either for schools of boys and girls, separated by a moveable partition, or for one school, when the adjoining apartment can be used as a Class-room for the senior children. There is a closet for hats or cloaks. We subjoin the plan. * See Engraving at the commencement of the present number. "The materials with which a building is to be constructed have, in most cases, great influence in modifying or determining its ornamental aspect. Forms should be selected and combined with due regard to their fit adaptation to the properties of the material, as well as to the artistic imitation of a given style of decoration." In the design prefixed to the present number of our magazine, the walls are supposed to be built with Kent rag, or a similar stone, in random course, with the joints galetted, or in coursed scapled ashler; and neatly-tooled Caen, Bath, or Portland stone, to be used in the window dressings, their sloping or aslet sills, mullions, transoms, tracery or ramified heads, dressings of doors, ground and buttress water tables, the imbricated coping and crocketted hood of the belfry, the stepped gable or raking parapets, gable corbels, gargoyles, and the oversailing or sailliant and weathered dressings of the chimney shafts. The roof is shown laid with delabole or other slate, with the ridging serrated. Internally, it is open to the schoolroom, having its principals framed, wrought, and painted, and the slate boarding laid diagonally. The floors are boarded, the framed and ledged doors have ornamented iron hinges and handles, and the windows have their glass fixed in quarry-patterned church lead. A building of this capacity will contain about 150 children,and according to this design, may be erected in a substantial manner for £270. Justification by Faith. By the REV. JAMES S. FAITHFULL, M.A. Vicar of North Mimms, Herts. Fcp. 8vo. Price 4s. 6d. "How can a man be justified with God?' is the question," Mr. Faithfull says, "to which the right answer is sought to be given in these pages. We can assure our readers that the "right answer is given in the publication before us, and it has not often fallen to |