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are persuaded that our religious principles are founded in reason and the scriptures , and are the truth " as it is in Jesus" let us not content ourselves v * ith a mere speculative faith , but let the truth have its proper and genuine effect upon our minds , in making us more solicitous to have
our hearts adorned with every pious and virtuous disposition 5 and hereby prove ourselves to be the true disciples and follower * of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ . Thus we shall be enabled to pass through the varying scenes of this mortal state , with that inward peace and satisfaction of mind which the world can
neither give nor take away * , and when we have finished our course here below , we shall then in some good measure be prepared for , and be admitted to partake in those pleasures of the life to come which eye bath not seen , nor ear hoard , neither hath it entered into the heart of man to
conceive , and join the celestial choir , in singing the praises of the one only living a » d true God , through the countless ages of eternity . CAowbent 9 June 2 lst , 1815 .
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to , and exhorted to pay due attention t this important duty . D The Committee have been anxiously occupied , during the past year , in \ n ^ proving the internal state of tlie Institution :. They have applied themselves to ? 4 plan for regulating the admission of-younsr to be for
persons qualified masters , so as to diminish the expense of the society , aod are desirous to adhere , as a principle to the reception of such persons only whose age , previous education or natural capacities , may render a long course of instruction unnecessary , to qualify them for the superintendance of sckools . Considerable difficulty exists on the subject of
schoolmasters . It is an established fact , that no schools can be preserved in a proper state of discipline , unless the master is perfectly acquainted with ttie system , and possesses a sufficient degree of energy and spirit to maintain it . As is the master , so is the school . Some persons prefer an active youth for the teacher—others desire a man of mature age .
The necessity of superintendance cannot be too frequently urged upon Committeesit constitutes the very life of the school—it maintains and rewards the authority of the teacher ,, and it operates as a stimulus upon the children . Too often the master has to regret that he sees no member of the Committee from one end of the month to the
other 5 particular attention , to this important part of the duty of every Committee is earnestly recommended ; it will be found to correct many irregularities , and remove many causes of complaint . Another cause of difficulty is the subject of salary . In too many instances the funds of schools are so confined that the salary is
scarcely sufficient to provide the teacher with decent board and lodging ' . In all such situations , it is evident that no man . of real ability can be expected to undertake the office . It ought , therefore , to be the aim of Committees to raise such a subscription as shall enable the masters to maintain as much credit as is necessary for the respectability of his situation .
In every town an education association might be formed upon the plan of the Bible Associations , with a subscription of one penny per week . The receipts from this source , added to the larger subscription , will , in most instances , amount to a competent sum for the support of a good
school . The education of the whole community is a subject of such vast importance , every account , but more especially m J * moral and religious point of view , th at i cannot but be a matter of surprise that a effort is not made for this cause equal x what is made for many other I " * . " !} : There are many situations in whicli u poverty of the inhabitants is so g reat ,
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4 S 2 Intelligence . —British and Foreign School Society .
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Report of the JBritish and Foreign School Society to the General Meetiwg . ( Concluded from p . 397 . J
BRITISH . During the lust year Masters have been supplied to schools at Glasgow , New Lanark , Bath , Ditchling ( near Brighton ) , Reading * , Southampton , Newport ( in Wales ) , and Staines . —The School in the Horseferry Road , which had been a charge to the funds of the Institution , has been transferred to the West London
Lancasterian Association ; a Master was supplied for that School , which now contains about 200 boys . The Committee have to regret the death of James Johnston , a young man who had been for a considerable timeand was
, then , under the patronage of the society . He had been very serviceable in the organizing of several schools , and would doubtless , had he lived , proved very serviceable to the Institution .
Objections having been made to the constitution of this Society , which provides for the admission of children of all religious denominations , upon the ground that no effectual means were taken for the religious observance of the Sabbath—although such objections were ill founded , as all children were enjoined to attend the
places of worship to which their parents belong-, yet the Committee , being desirous to refute them , have adopted a plan , whereby a report is made to the Master every Monday morning- of the attendance of every child at their respective places of worship - the parents of such children as cannot give satisfactory answers are spoken
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1815, page 452, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1762/page/52/
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