in case children get no further, so important a point may not have been omitted. The exposition of the Sacrament of the LORD's Supper, may, it is hoped, be of use to those who are preparing for their first Communion.

J. M. C.

HELP TO AN EXPOSITION,

&c.

PREFACE.

Question 1. WHAT does the word Catechism mean?

Answer. Instruction by question and an

swer.

2. Were a person to write a book of questions on any subject, with answers to them, what would it be called?

A catechism.

3. Why then is this a catechism?
It instructs by question and answer.
4. Why are you catechised?

That I may understand what I am taught. 5. What are you taught in the Church Catechism?

The Christian religion.

6. In what manner should you be taught this?

So as to understand it.

7. Quote a text to prove that you should understand what you learn.

19.

"I had rather speak," &c. 1 Cor. xiv.

8. What does S. Luke say he wrote his Gospel for?

That we might understand. S. Luke i. 2, 3, 4.

9. Why are you taught as children?

GOD enjoins it: "Thou shalt teach thy children." Deut. vi. 7.

10. At what age did our LORD, as a child, dispute with the doctors? Twelve years. S. Luke ii. 42.

11. What person is praised by S. Paul for having known the Holy Scriptures from a child?

Timothy. 2 Tim. iii. 15.

12. If one be taught the faith when young, what is he likely not to do when old?

Depart from it. Prov. xxii. 6.

13. What will probably become of the child who is left to himself?

The Wise Man saith, "He will bring his mother to shame." Prov. xxix. 15.

14. What society has CHRIST our LORD appointed to teach His religion?

The Church: e. g. "Go ye, (that is, the apostles,) and teach all nations." S. Matt. xxviii. 19. The Church, the ground of

truth." 1 Tim. iii. 15.