PREFACE. The Conductors of this periodical have much pleasure in presenting another Volume to the great Sunday School community. And may the condescending grace of God render it reseful in advancing the intelligence and piety of all its readers. The Volumes of this Magazine, highly pictorial, and neatly bound, suitable for Rewards, Libraries, Presentations, Families, &c. are reduced to One Shilling and Sixpence each. Sold by Partridge and Co. and all Booksellers. CHILDREN'S BOX. INTELLIGENCE. lace, 72 Answer to Enigma in March, 103 Kidderminster, 244 Liverpool, 42 219° A Child's Conversion, 142 A Rosy London, 245 Luton, 42 Manchester, 42 Child, 144 A Little Girl's Prayer, 167 Morton, 103 Rochdale, 42 Stockport, 175 A Swarm of Bees, 234 A Child in- Warminster, 43 Wheathampstead, 245 vited to Jesus, 234 A Word in Season, Wigan, 245 York, 43. 281 Carriage Full, 283 Confession, 283 Chinese Children, 70 Deacon Another opened, 64 A London Court, Todd, 166 Deaf and Dumb Boy, 167 184 An Unruly Spirit 184 A visit to 165 Filial Love, 191 Fifteen minutes Brief notices of some of the London want to Die, 235 Holy Child Jesus, 92, I takes the tenor,' 184 London, 273 140, 234, 275 He used to take the ladder Origin, Necessity, Objects, &c 37 Rag. up after him, 234 Heaven, 239 Illus- ged school Facts, 258 Ragged schools trations for Children, 70 If I were a and Robert Raikes, 272 Ragged school to Liberty, 120 John Williams Mis- Founder, Origin, &c. 229 The awful sionary Ship, 238 Little Jane, 48 Lit- Crisis, 184 The Ragged Clothed, 184 tle sins, 96 Little Emma, 166 Life's York Ragged school 260. First Morn, 167 Lawrence Green, 238 RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS. Memoir of Jane Southern, 213 Memoir school Institute, 137 T'he Editor's of Mary Ann Clay, 278 Praying Chil- Tower and Trumpet, 89. dren, 262 Robert and his Mother, 24 Running away from Temptation, 283 Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, Sunday Anecdotes, 23, 47, 71, 95, 118, 182 Abbott's Way to do Good, 210 A 143, 168, 191, 215, 239, 264, 283' Sacred Catechism on Theology, 233 A word Songs, 120 Story for Girls, 263 Two to Sunday school Teachers, 233 Am I Eyes, 24 The Dream of the future, 48 a Christian ? 274 Books on the The way, truth, and life, _96 The Editor's table, 83, 39, 182, 274 Barnes Teacher's Pulpit, 117, 211 The Blind Notes, 39 Bible Circulation, 182, 210 Girl's Lament, 119 The Rights of Bible not of Man, 233 Book of Bible Freedom, 120 The Two Springs, 143 Characters, 253 Christ our Example, Touching Story, 191 Two Lines, 191 233 Christian Discrimination, 253 The Brave Boy, 216 The Sewing So- Cobbin's Bible Remembrancer, 182 ciety, 216 To a Child, 216_Things Cobbin's Barnes, 182 Christian Privi. about Children, 234, 261 The Farthing leges, 135 Comprehensive Tune Book, Foundation, 237 The Sunday school, 110 Confirmation, 233 Collins' Series, 240, 263 They were melted into tears, 83 Christian Almanack, 274 Caves of 262 The Invitation, 264 Uncle Har- the Earth, 274 Catholic Theology, 274 ry's Letters, 20, 44, 66, 90, 113, 188 Child's Scripture Text Book, 274 Uncle Harry's Sayings, 279 Wheat, 71 Daily Companion & Daily Monitor, 274 Washing Days, 239 What I live for, 263 Dunn's Biography and Geography, 110 Emily Grey, 274 Foster's Memoirs, Alfred, 165 Ancient Britons, 275 274 French Revolution, 274 Govern- ers, 271 THE SENIOR CLASS. mentary, 182 Paragraph Bible, 274 ment, 130 Power of the Press, 130 Pa- Questions on the Old and New 220 Sunday school Doings,-Kidder- The Spirit's home, 32 Tremendous Fact, 50 The love of God, 130 TO- offered by a Teacher, 62 Å Hint, 204 A Trifle, 226 'Better wear out than Conversations on ledge, its influencies and tendencies, 58 THE TEACHER. SUNDAY SCHOOL MAGAZINE. JANUARY, 1847. HAMAN IMPEACHED. No part of history is more beautiful and instructive than that of Esther. Though only a Jewess orphan, she became, by awonderfulprovidence,the favorite of an eastern monarch, by whom her kindred were held in fearful subjection. Haman was that monarch'schief minister of state, and he required a homage, bordering on divine worship to be paid him by all the king's subjects. But Mordecai refused to do it, doubtless, because it violated his conscience-Ex, xx. 5, and because Haman was an Agagite, against whom the Lord had ordered his people to maintain righteous opposition. Ex. xvii. 14 ; 1 Sam. xv. 1, 2. To remove him, Haman plotted the massacre of He treads the oppressor in the dust, B offence, according to the laws of School Room. the camp, is deserving of death. If you are found cold, drowsy, and insensible, when children are A WORD ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1847, TO TEACHERS & scho? dying, and youth are passing by LARS. BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THB thousands, into the world beyond SUNDAY SCHOOL Gem.' the grave, what do you not merit? Come, let us anew, Our journey pursue, Brace yourselves then, teachers ! Roll round with the year, Gird up the loins of the mind. And never stand still Buckle on the armour. Have 'the Till the Master appear.' shield of faith' on the arm. See TEACHERS! valued and honoured that “the breast-plate of righteteachers ! Here is New Year's Day ousness' is covering the heart. come again. Life is advancing! Put on the helmet of salvation.' eternity, with all its tremendous Have 'the feet shodden with the and overpowering revelations is at preparation of the gospel of peace.' hand; multitudes are perishing; Let the sword of the Spirit be thousands, and even hundreds of drawn from its scabbard, and thousands of children, demand vigorously wielded; then, go forth your instant attention, your ten- against the votaries of the world, der sympathies, your fervid and the adherents of error, the powers unceasing prayers: up, then, and of darkness, the emissaries of hell. be labouring for God l Shake off Go forth even against Satan himyour lethargy! Be full of zeal and self, and endeavour, in reliance on animation! Let every holy energy the omnipotence of your great be awakened, and concentrated, Captain, to rescue many dear for the honour of Christ-for the children from the snares of the diffusion of the knowledge of the seducer, from the cruelty of the truth-for the extension of the destroyer. Redeemer's empire ! You never had, teachers, finer There never was a period, when opportunities of labouring for the development of holy energy Christ, and of doing good, than in connexion with the Sunday at the present period. Every school cause, was more requisite facility seems to be presented. than at the present hour. The Every door seems to he opening. vast increase of the population ; Ministers invite you. Members the spirit of inquiry which is of churches make their appeals awakened; the efforts now made to you. Parents earnestly intreat to educate the people; the moral you. The growing intelligence of dangers to which the young are the age fervently addresses you : exposed, and the increasing neces- while crowds on crowds of dear sity that they should be educated children say to you, most dison purely Christian principles, and tinctly and impressively, 'Show be trained effectually for eternity to us, teachers, the way of salva-combine in showing how desir- tion, that we perish not! Can able-how important-how re- you, then, decline the request ? quisite is the full development of Can you close your ears against the intelligent and holy activities the appeal? Can you be insensible of a Christian teacher's mind and to the claims urged ? Impossible heart in these eventful and spirit. Impossible! You will, you must stirring times. come forward! The intelligence Teachers, all are awake now, of the mind, the energy of the and you must not be slumbering. body, the opportunities of the If the sentinel be found asleep at life, the tenderest emotions o his post in the time of war, his your nature, the most intense |
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