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all repeat the Creed together for half an hour ; at 

 the expiration of that time, many of them could 

 answer simple questions upon it. On a subsequent 



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visit, I found that they had made considerable pro- 

 gress; but evidently sufficient pains had not been 

 taken. In another school, I found twelve or fourteen 

 infants in their ABC who were entirely ignorant 

 of the Creed. I took them up as in the former case, 

 with similar success : at my next visit these infants 

 could not only separately say the Creed perfectly, 

 and answer questions on the same, but could also 

 recite some other parts of the Church Catechism. 

 The teacher appeared much pleased with his success, 

 and stated that the children were very much in- 

 terested in this exercise, and that, at my next visit, 

 he hoped they would be able to say the Command- 

 ments also. In one school, Mrs. Trimmer's Teacher's 

 Assistant is used with much success. It is a book 

 containing a series of instruction on various subjects, 

 chiefly religious, by question and answer, adapted 

 entirely to- the capacity of infants. " Lessons " from 

 this work are on the catalogue of the Society for 

 Promoting Christian Knowledge, and are to be 

 obtained at the depository. I have strongly recom- 

 mended the book to several of the teachers. 



In the schools generally are taught reading, 



