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    ledge of their Creator not formally and systematically , but as incidents and opportunities arise , they should also be habituated to acts of prayer , private , domestic and social . If on tbe o » e hand , it is particularly arduous to-withdraw their thoughts from

    present objects , in which instance , to speak the truth , all mankind partake of the character of children , on the other hand , let it be considered that it is more easy to impress and affect the feelings of the young than those of

    men : of riper years . We are not recommending long addresses to the Deity , but those which are regular and fervent . Do we expect that our offspring will reverence , love and trust us , while there is no frequent and cordial intercourse between ourselves and

    them ? That were as rational an expectation -as to look for an abundant harvest where no ground has been 'prepared and no seed been sown . American the- issuebe otherwise in regard to- our Heavenly Father , Instructor-and Sovereign > Is he found of ' thentnuhoash-not for him ?

    A ? senses of God may , further , be cherished in the young mind by the use of 'devotional , poetry . Few persons habituated to the- work of early instraction , can' have failed to remark the benefit , and even necessity , of the exercise of language , as one instrument of storing and strengthening the learner ' s intellect . It is the same in

    religion * In this view , Sacred Poetry , by the * boldness and attraction of its figures ,- and by the harmony of its numbers , is-particularly fitted to engage the attention , t to fix itself in the memory , and'td stamp in lasting characters omthe'heart the truths of which

    it is ? thevehicle . We are stating the result -of our experience as well as of our observation . The compiler of the volume before us . has , therefore , conferred a signal favour on the friends of the religious instruction of children , by offering this " Collection- of H ^ rrrns" to the

    acceptance of parents and of teachers . We cordially unite with hmi in hoping that it' f" may win young minds to God , and Christ , and Heavien / ' It is calculated for great and extensive utility , most of the- hymns being adapted to the capacities -and the * situation of children generally , instead of beinfg 1 limited to ( the circumstances of pupils

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    in Free and in Sunday schools . Hence we beg leave to suggest the expediency of the respectable Editor likewise presenting to the public , in a separate form , the majority of these poetical

    compositions , consisting of all those which are not designed exclusively for young persons educated by charity . Numerous- indeed are the families and the seminaries into which such a

    manual of devotional poetry would find admittance : we are inclined to think that it would even be considered as a standard * book in this department of education . To the origin of these benevolent labours of Mr . Yates we have already referred : it demands , however , a more distinct notice . This collection " was

    made- for the use of the children who attend a free school at Harrington , a small town adjoining Liverpool , and in the township of ToxtethPark . " Contributions to the support , and assistance in the management ; of the school , which instructs more than

    three hundred children , of both sexes , and was established , in the year 1815 , by the more wealtfiy inhabitants of the township , are invited from charitable persons of all religious denomi ^ nations . To the children of " the poor of all religious denominations" its doors

    are open : and , with the same ' unanimity , the subscribers , highly to their honour , resolved , " that a particular attention should be paid to ther religious and moral improvement of the children ; " but < l that no peculiar

    doctrines of any sect should * be taught , " The religious instruction of the children devolves on " the visitors , " who administer it more immediately on the Lord ' s day , during a part of Which the school is converted into a church

    for the pupils , who on the other part of that day are attended to such places of worship as their parents approve . " In discharging the duties of their office , the visiters found gr £ at want of a hymn book , siifftetently copious to embrace all the important subjects on which the < children were addressed ,

    and at the same titnefrde from * all se £ J tarian opinions . To supply thfs ' warit , " was * the special object of the cofrtpilation"tu »< fer our review . The number of the Hymnrf'is two hundred aird ninety-three , with Hvhieh the notation of the * pag 6 s eXd&tly corresponds i a eointtiotf ious > we ftitifetilfetH

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    550 Review . —Harrington-School Hymns

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1817, page 550, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2468/page/38/