had heard nothing of the matter, and upon fir that he has made any progress or alteration, he be commended, encouraged and exhorted to better and better.

I suppose, for a second example, that a boy been untractable and disrespectful towards his ma that he has refused to obey him, has even added insolent expression, and persists in his obstinacy. master, instead of punishing him immediately a deserves, is prudently contented to let him know displeased, and remits the punishment to another In the mean while the scholar does not recollect self, nor acknowledge his fault. The principal u information sends for him, makes him repeat the ter as it passed, and examines whether he speaks t he makes him both witness and judge in his own ca he asks him if a scholar ought not to submit to his ter; if he ought not to answer him with respect, e though he thought he was not to blame; how m more must he be in the wrong, if the master had son entirely on his side? Could a college subsist if s an example was to be allowed? Is it in a master' principal's power to leave him unpunished? or co he reasonably expect it from them? and thus by grees a boy may be brought to condemn himself own he has deserved to be punished, to make sa faction to his master, and to submit to whatever shall think fit. But the master, then contented w the submission, is pleased to forgive the punishm By such discreet management the fault of the scho becomes beneficial to him, and concludes with m ing him love and respect his masters more than ev whereas an immediate correction had created in perhaps an aversion for them for ever.

Upon these occasions there is a certain address quired in a master, which consists in knowing how gain upon the mind, to touch gently upon what amiss, not to go too far, and to lead them by differe questions to the point we should bring them to: t was the wonderful art of Socrates, as may be seen

Cyrus marched speedily against him and took isoner, and causing him to be brought before th his wives and children, he began with rehim above all things to answer according to th. Then the king of Armenia, led from pron to proposition, owned with trembling that he justly broken the treaty, and deserved to lose gdom and his life. But Cyrus, contrary to all ation, having restored him to his dominions, friend of him, whose fidelity and gratitude afds became inviolable. The passage is very long, ry beautiful, and deserves to be read with care. to return to the principal, he may do infinite by these familiar conversations, wherein the rs may open themselves to him, and talk to to a good friend. One may sometimes employ

urs of recreation in this sort of conversation. the scholars love and value their principal, they no difficulty of disclosing themselves to him; must be done in such manner, that by his invisecrecy, he may never give them cause to repent

He should principally apply himself to such as own up, as they are better able to profit by his ctions, and stand most in need of them. The ars of philosophy, after which it is usual to chuse nd of life they design to follow, secm naturally ed to examine their vocation. It is the most tant action of life, upon which their temporal ess and eternal salvation often depend, and is constantly left to an age incapable of conductelf, and but little disposed to take advice. ore I conclude this article, I must add, that pals are capable, and perhaps obliged too,to do [*] Cyrop. lib. iii.

a part of the same services to the scholars, tha out of the college, as they do to the pensioners all the youth of the college are committed to care. When a regent perceives that a scholar to be irregular, he may inform the principal of may send for him into his chamber, and give hi instructions as are necessary to reclaim him.

ARTICLE V.

OF RELIGION.

I HAVE no need to prove, that this article most momentous of all, and that the negl of the masters upon this point would be very nal, as it would be attended with very bad consequ We may reduce what we have to say upon this ter to three points, Instructions, the Use of the ments, and the Practice of certain Exercises of

1. Instructions.

It is easy to comprehend that such boys as the college without sufficient instruction in re run the risque of being ignorant of it all the their lives; and it is but too plain, that this ign is the fatal source of the disorders and irreligion almost universally prevail in the world.

The remedy for so great an evil is to make th advantage of the time, whilst the boys are yet ble, and naturally inclined to hearken to all the of religion. It should be laid down as a prin Christian education, which concerns all master neral, principals, regents and preceptors, tha dren are committed to their care by Christ him see that they preserve the precious treasure of cence, which he has renewed in them by bapti make them worthy of the divine adoption, ar glorious title of the children of God to which raised them; to instruct them in all the myste his life and death, and in all the precepts up

Testament? I beg the masters to read over carehat M. de Fenelon says upon this article, in his I have already mentioned, of the education of ters, which equally belongs to youngpersons of her sex. I shall here quote some passages from it. The stories of the Old Testament are not only per to awaken the curiosity of children, but by overing to them the original of their religion, lay the foundations of it in their mind. A son must be profoundly ignorant of the spirit of gion not to see that it is wholly historical. It y a texture of wonderful facts, that we learn its blishment, its perpetuity, and all that we are elieve and practise.

t must not be imagined, that we have an inclion to engage young persons to enter deep into knowledge of it, by laying before them all these ies. They are short, various, and calculated to use persons of the dullest understanding, God, knows better than any other the spirit of the whom he has formed, has placed religion in ular facts, which are so far from over-charging simple, that they assist them in conceiving and ining the mystery of it." M. de Fenelon brings ance relating to the mystery of the Trinity; afich he adds, "This example suffices to shew usefulness of historical relations. Though they n to lengthen out instruction, they very much dge it, and take off from the dryness of catems where the mysteries are detached from facts. is we see that formerly instructions were given stories. The admirable manner by which St. gustine advises all ignorant persons to be incted, was not a method introduced by that fa

"ther alone, it was the method and practice o universal church, and consisted in shewing, by "ries of historical facts, that the Christian re was as old as the world; that Christ was exp " in the Old Testament and reigned in the "which is the substance of the instruction "Christian.

"This requires indeed somewhat more time care than is usually spent by a great many pe upon instruction; but then religion is not "known, unless we descend to these partic

and whoever is ignorant of them, can hav "confused notions of Jesus Christ, of the Gosp "the Church, and of the main virtues which Ci "anity should inspire us with. [a] The hist "catechism lately printed, which is plain and

and far clearer than the common catechisms "tains all that is necessary to be known upo subject. Thus it cannot be said that it red a great deal of study.

M. de Fenelon, after he has run over and po out the most remarkable stories of the Old and Testament, adds as follows; "chuse out the most "derful stories of the martyrs, and something in "of the heavenly life of the first Christians

to them the courage of young virgins, the su "sing austerities of the monks, the conversion

emperors and the empire, the blindness of the " and their terrible punishment, which still sul "All these stories, discreetly managed, will giv “children with pleasure the whole series of rel "from the creation of the world to our own "which will inspire them with very noble ideas "such as will never be erased. In this history "will see the hand of God always raised to d "the righteous and confound the wicked.

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will be accustomed to see God doing all in thing, and secretly leading to his designs such tures as seem most remote from them. But i