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Mrs, Criin: VOLUNTARY TEACHERS i Col. Kin|tiiiiII, lit: Col. Taylor, Capt. Smitbf I. W. Ball, Esq. L, W. Mercer, Esq. Mr« Wm. Senior, Mr. Wm. DioksoD, Mr, Murray Powell, Mr. Charles Fa Ball, Mr, Innes, Mr, T. PereWal, Mr. Geale, Mrs, Smith* |lrs. Lyons, Mrs. Eraser, Mrs. Mercer* Mrs, Moffat, Miss Burgess; Miis Fallon, Miss Lyons, Miss KinfsmiU, Miss Campbell, MissM.BalU Miss McCartney, Miss Creen, Miss Morion, Miss Dority, *t\ J 5 • *!£ sil^S&^iit^&^i^'-^'^-'^^ (@(&£r@i^2i^ii^i(i^ir AND IEIE©lUILiAl'H(0)n •t^K^siK^se^^ I. Ths School «hall be under the Management of a Director,_SuperiniendQnt, Deputy Superinlendent, and VoluQiary Teacheri, II. The Director shall be the Clergyman havlug charge of the Parish, who shall direct the Teachers in their duty, eatochise the children, and examine the classes. III. The Superintendent, who shall be chosen by the Director, shall form the School into classes, and assign them to the charge of Teachers* It shall be the duty of the Superintendent or Deputy Superin- tendent to examine and class scholars on their ad^ mission, to arrange the classes in proper nnmberi and change or tranfer the children in the classes, as may be required from time to time ;'^to render advice and assistance to the Teachers, in the ordering and in- struction of their respectivo classes; to adnr^onish i n f - m /// I V I '' t.' ^V 11 V refractory nchohrR ; nnd to provido nnd prnnorvo order, by exuidiiug u gonural lupor vision of tho iSohool, IV. The DicriiTY StipicniNTENDRNT sluilt niiiit tho SuporintoiidoiU, und vhuU alio bo uIj'^iuii by iho Dirootor. CMONERAL SYSTEM OF INSTUl/CTlON AND MODK OF CONDUCTING THE SCHOOL. 1. FiLRMBNTAIiY iNfrRUCTION, — Tho Cl'DCd, tllO Lord*8 Pruyor* nnd tho Ton ("ommandmonlt ; tlio Catcchiflm, broken and wiiU the Ilrislol explanation and Scripture roieronces ; Coliuclfi and Gospel of tho Day, easy Hymns, and Scripturo Lessons from tho Now Testamoni, shall bo taught in duo courso and order, occording to tho copacity und progress of the childi'OD. n. An Infant Claes of little children, and childron unable lo read, shall form a division by themselves, and have a Teacher or Teachers ex- pressly appointed for them. prctAorvo on of tiiu liiill niiiit •uii by iho ith Roll ntrioR into tli« book ON AND [lOOL. Ci'ocd, tlio onti; tho xplaimtion )pcl of tho from tho ourso and ess of the dren, nnd ivision bv 9ichers ex- III. nmM r!LAiiii ibftll be not apart into i lepi* mto Diviiion, which ■hnll It* forinod of young per- Bone of riper yunrs and undurNtonding dotiroui of improvement and initruction, by a ooiirio of Scripture rending ; who ehnll aUo be made familiar with tho Scripture reforoncua and Hriitul oxplauution of tho Church Calochiiim. Tliose claHiCA will require tho aid of judicioua and tixperiencod Tuucliurn, woil inatruclud in tho Word of God, and the chiof irutlin and prinuiplea of thu Chrii- tian religion, aa laid down and oxplainoa in the Jtrifltol Cateohiam. Ti'Bchora may bo nolcctod from those clanRoa by tho Diroctor, when recoaimondod by tho Muator or Toachor having chargo of thoir iuHtruclion, ua being deairoua nitd qualiiiod to bucuino Toachora, and their aarvicea mudo uvuilablo in tho Sunday School, when required, IV. Tho first losflon of ovory data ahall conHist of repotilions by tho Nchulara of whatovor l\\vy havo beon required to commit to memory during tho prece- ding weok ; and ono hour ahull bo allowed for the teaching and courao of losauna in all the claaaea in the School, V. The hour of convening the School ahall be punctually obaervcd, viz : at a quarter past nine o*chck. The Jirat ten minutea tihall be allowed for opening the School, beginning with the Morning llymn ond^Sentoncea, and Prayer,* (which may be ofiisrcd up by the Sruperintondent, in the abaence of the Director,) for which, ae well aa for the Prayer at the dismissal of the School, proper forma are provided in the Briatol Sunday School Liturgyt which haa J ? // h been in use, and which should bo in the hands of the Teachers. i VI. In ill cases, any difTtjrence of opinion arising between the Teachers and Superintendent shall be at oQco referred to the Director for adju8tmen(» and his deaision shall be final* Reports shall be received from the Teachers, either verbally or in writing, at the monthly meetings of the Teachorst when the Director shall preside ; and any questions or difHcultles, not of a controversial tendency, may bo given in, in writing, to be resolved und answered at the 6ubs8quent meetings SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES. I. Thej Library shall be open every Sunday im» mediately before the opening and after the closing of the School, and the Superintendent shall koep a Re* gister, with a Catalogue prefixed, which shall show token and to whom each book is lent, and when re- turned. The books shall be numoered both within and on tho cover^ beginning with No. 1 and proceeding in regular ssries till tho highest number is reached ; the numeratioa boing simply regulated by the suc- cession in which the books come to hand, without regard to any system of classification. In the Cata- loguef the number of each book will b@ placed in a 3 of the n arising tiall be at I and his teachers, meetings preside ; roversial resolved 3. nday z»i- losing of ep a Re< all shov^ irhen re- 1 within oceeciingr reached ; the sue- , without ihe Cata' aced in a eolumn opposite to the titte, and thus in the Register the entry of the No. lenl^ alone will be sufficient. The same simple mode of entry is to be adopted by the Tescliers, in whose Class-books a column is to bo appropriated for the entry of Library Books lent. The return of the book lo be specified by a stroke passed through the number. II. No scholar shall have more than one book nor more than two tracts at one time ; and no fresh issue shall be made of any book or tract till those previously issued shall have been returned. in. The books shall be immediately issued by the Superintendent to the Teachers only, whether for their own use or that of the scholars, and the Teachers eliall be accountable for returning them. The Teachers shall have the privilege of taking home from the Teachers* Library two books, for their private reading, or any books or trocts from the Children's Library whieh they may wish to read. VI. In the event of the loss of any of the books or damage done to them, the Superintendent shall im- pose a small Jine^ which, however, he shall have the descretion of remitting when the case seems to require indulgence. And if such fine, when exacted, should not be paid, no book or tract shall be issued to the defaulter for a term proportioned to the value of that which has been lost or damaged, « VII. All the books shall be called in iwiee a year, viz : in the first week of April and the first week of October, when the whole stock shall be compared with the Catalogue, and all deficiencies shall b^ re* ported to the Director, i K i ■'■;":r. i ij GENERAL HINTS TO THE VOLUNTARY TEACHERS. The foregoing Rules are perhaps eufficieotly ex* plicit to prevent Teachers from being at a loss in any part of their duty. The addition, however, of a few suggestions, chiefly of a general nature, may not be wholly uncalled for. 1. PUNCTUALITY AND ORDER. It if exceedingly desirable that the Teachers should obseive the strictest punctuality in their attendance at the appointed hour, and it is recommended that they should a&sembie a few iniQutss bdioro ii^ They should also note the punctuality of the chil* dren, and after forming their classes, and commencing their instruction, seduously enforce order and for- bearance from all but necessary speaking. It is strongly recommended to Teachers, that they should make themselves familiar with the lessons which are to be taught in their classes— especially the Gospel and Collect of the day — and the Scripture Reading, which may be studied and prepared before hand, with help of a good Commentary. ** Dod- dridge's Expositor," ** Barnes' Notes,** and « Bishop Sumner's Practical Annotations on the Gospels and the Ac(8,'' will be found excellent helps. A printed •l-i.-- NTARY 11 aeries of queationt on each of the four Gospels and the Acts may be had, and will be found useful. It is also earnestly recommended that Teachers will endeavor to supply their place, when they find that they shall hare occasion to be absent from their classes. sntly ez* IS in any of a few y not be rs should tendance hat they the chil* mencing ind for- hat they lessons pecially Scripture before •« Dod- Bishop >els and printed 2. MBANS Of SECURING THE REOULAE ATTENDANCE OF THE CHILDREN. Nothing can be more important to the prosperity of a Sunday School than the regular, and as far as possible, unfailing attendance of the children. And to promote this object, it will be found particularly useful that the Teachers should take ihe trouble of visiting the absentees at their own homes to ascertain the cause of absence, and to exhort to regularity. The concern which is thus manifested for the im- provement of the asholars produces a sentiment of thankfulness on the part of the latter and their friends, difitises an increased conviction of the value of the Institution, and excites an additional interest respect- ing it. It preserves and strengthens that feeling of connection between the Teacher and the scholar, upon which much of the efficiency of a Sunday School depends. The duty of a Sunday School Teacher is« indeed, one which requires much consideration, perseverance and zeal, but it is also one of a most interesting na- ture ; and it may be hoped that those who engage in it will feel its importance, and the benefits it is capable of producing to be such as to sweeten the labori and compensate all the difficulties of the task. I I ..Si lit i f 12 There is no employment io which they may hope more directly to be made instruments of promoting the glory of God, and the advancement of his King- dom upon earthi They may well be called subordi- nate laborers in the field of the gospel* through whose exertions the ground is prepared for the recep- tion of the '* seed of the word" which is ** able to save 60uls«" The blessings are, in fact, incalculable which may flow from Sunday Schools conducted with judgment and assiduity, and in the true spirit of love to God and man, JNot only may those little ones, whom Christ made the objects of his attention and care, be rescued from the snares of Satan, and set forward in the way to heaven — not only may the im- mediate parties engaged, as tvell as the families to which both Teachers and scholars belong, imbibe the ** savour of life" by means of the knowledge thus diffused and the interest excited upon the Isubject of practical religion — not only may the ** hearts of the children be turned to the fathers,|and the hearts of the fathers to the children," but the j^bleRsings may be transmitted to their children's children through suc- cessive generations. With the hopes of being instrumental in producing such efieets, none surely should allow themselves to be weary in well doing ; but remember that in duo season they will reap, if they faint not, and " he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.'* THOMAS CREEN, Rector. St. Mark's Church, Niagaiai June 12th, 1852 J .1 ' ixcaiiu^.^cLriw. may hope promoting his King- ed subordi- If through the recep- ble to save icalculable uoted with rit of love little ones, mtion and iDf and set ay the im- families to imbibe the edge thus Isubject of arts of the earts of the '3 may be rough sue* producing mselves to that in duo ] *< he that it unto life Rector.