IV. A sympathy of mind and feeling will be created throughout the school; all the exercises can be brought into accordance with the one subject; and the expectation may be confidently entertained that, under the divine blessing, useful and permanent impressions will thus be made upon the hearts of the scholars.

For schools where a Box of Moveable Letters cannot be obtained, or for the use of small classes of children unable to read in any Lesson Book, the Infant Class Texts are printed in large type, and published monthly, price One Penny.

The Notes on the Lessons are published at One Penny monthly, a month in advance; and will be found to afford valuable aid to all the teachers, whether of Infant, Elementary, or Scripture classes, in explaining, illustrating, and enforcing the lesson of the day.

Further illustrations will be found in the Sunday School Teacher (2d. monthly) and Sunday School Chronicle (1d. weekly).

The Box of Moveable Letters will be found a valuable auxiliary for use in the younger classes, as affording an interesting means of communicating instruction. For full particulars see catalogues. The prices are as follows:-A Deal Box, containing 350 letters, numbers, stops, &c., &c., 20s.; Large Oak Box, containing 700 letters, &c., fitted with two keys and reversible lid, for use as a black-board, 50s. Specimens may be seen at the Society's Depôt, 56, Old Bailey, London, E.C.

A "Pocket Lesson Book" is issued quarterly, price One Penny, or Sixpence per dozen, containing the subjects for each Sunday morning and afternoon,—the Golden Texts, the Lesson Verse, and the References for Home Readings; forming a convenient Pocket Companion for the Teacher and the Scholar.

These little books are well calculated to promote an active sympathy on the part of the scholars with the work of preparation.

Pictorial Lesson Papers are published month by month, containing the Golden Texts, Lesson Verses, and the References for Home Readings. Bible questions upon the subject of the lessons are also attached, which may be answered on the reverse side of the papers, the whole being surmounted with a pictorial illustration of the lesson. Price 4d. per packet, containing Twelve for each Sunday in the month.

Ir is presumed that every teacher will be supplied monthly with the Notes on the Scripture Lessons, and that he will, by the study of them, and by regular weekly attendance at the preparation class, make himself master of the subject, and thus be thoroughly prepared to teach the lessons for the day.

It should be remembered that, in consequence of the limited space at command, in some cases a large portion of the lesson selected for the elder classes is necessarily omitted. The teacher, therefore, may have to introduce the subject, or supply a connecting link in the middle. When a short line is inserted, it is to show that either the selection is from two separate chapters, or the continuity of the reading is broken. This gives a larger scope in the selection, and with care will make the lesson more interesting both to the teacher and scholar.

1. The children should be encouraged to commit to memory during the week the Golden Text and the Lesson Verse.

2. Each scholar being provided with the lesson, the teacher should announce the appointed subject, and briefly introduce it in a lively and attractive manner, by the aid of some well-chosen illustration which shall naturally lead on to the main facts or doctrines of the lesson to be taught; thus tending to secure for it the interest and attention of the class.

3. The lesson may then be read by the scholars simultaneously or individually, the teacher reading a portion in turn.

4. The teacher having previously divided the lesson into sections according to its character and meaning, the first section should be read again, and, by suitable questioning, explanation, and illustration, its meaning made plain to the scholars. The other sections should be dealt with in a similar manner. Examination by questions should follow each section.

5. In the foregoing exercises the leading practical truth or truths which the teacher desires to impress on the mind and heart should be -constantly kept in view, and gradually brought out as the lesson is proceeded with. The close of the teaching will consist of a brief and -earnest attempt to press home the practical application of these truths in the most forcible and affectionate manner.

If these suggestions be duly considered, and, as far as applicable to each particular case, be carried out with an earnest spirit, a loving heart, and in prayerful dependence on the Holy Spirit, teachers will not fail to secure the blessing of Him who hath said, "My word shall not return unto Me void."

The LIST OF SCRIPTURE LESSONS for the entire year is published at 1s. per 100, and will also be found in the "Sunday School Illustrated Almanack," price One Penny.

The great work of religious instruction will be materially assisted by teachers inducing the parents of Sunday scholars to post up in their dwellings, where it may conveniently and continually be seen, a copy of the List of Lessons or the Sunday School Illustrated Almanack.

SAUL REJECTED.

GOLDEN TEXT.

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.-Ver. 22.

1 Samuel xv. 16–19, 24, 26.

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel,

PEACE WITH GOD.

GOLDEN TEXT.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.-Ver. 1.

Rom. v. 6-12, 19.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.