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PREFACE.

The history of a Periodical like this, even for a single year, is a subject of no small interest and importance. By how many youthful growing minds has it been welcomed every month! and, in those minds, what new and germinant thoughts have been implanted!—what fresh emotions stirred! And, if only a small portion of our readers have carried out but partially some of the practical hints we have given-what a wide and noble usefulness is diffused!

It has been to us a solemn and delightful thought that we have written, month by month, for eleven or twelve hundred purchasers, and for twice as many readers more.

But when we have remembered the class of persons for whom we write, our hearts have yet been more cheered by the importance and hopeful advantage of our labours. There come to our pages for instruction-earnest, inquiring, docile YOUTHthe fresh men of the world-the doers of great and good deeds in the next generation. Their minds are arising from the trustful repose of childhood to look out on the world for themselves. Judgment is growing robust. Imagination is taking its boldest flights. A sense of individual responsibility-a consciousness that they have a part to perform in the earth-is giving the vigour of hope to every power. To such are our efforts given. To them do our warmest affections go forth. For them are our prayers offered.

We have been able to secure for ourselves during the past year, an able band of contributors, who are moved by the spirit of earnest love to aid us in our great work. We have had the pleasure of learning that our directly practical articles have been

extensively useful: for instance, that full a hundred sets of the "Look-and-say" apparatus have already been made, to the great delight and improvement of more than a thousand children, and that congregational singing classes are formed in several important towns in consequence of our articles on Music. We have had testimony to the usefulness of many other articles, on Missions-Sabbath Schools-Independency-and on Young Men's Societies. Thus we receive encouragement on every hand.

But we have our discouragements also. They are thesethat our circulation, although large and steadily increasing, has not equalled our hopes, and that our liberality in paper and letter-press has entailed upon us a heavy loss.

One generous and earnest effort, on the part of our friends, will relieve us from both these troubles. Our own diligence will not be spared to justify their zeal. We intend among other improvements, in the coming year, to introduce more frequent articles in direct enforcement of scripture truth and duty. With these designs and hopes we commend our undertaking to the blessing of the Most High.

ANALYTICAL INDEX.

I.-MISSIONS.

Missionary Summary, pages 66, 95, 142, 176, 218, 250, 284,

323, 355, 394, 428.

Missions and the Periodical Press, 34.

Mission Schools, 67.

Missionary Contributions well repaid, 97.

The Romance of Missions, 99.

Occasional Papers relative to Christian Missions, 144, 320.

The Lack of Missionary Knowledge, 148.

Missionary Meeting at Basle, 168.

The Warrior and the Missionary, 252.

Farewell of Missionaries departing for Africa, 325.

Missionary Prospects in China, 356.

First Fruits of the Harvest, 175.

Missionary Prospects in India, 396.

Wesleyan Missionary Meeting, 427.

II.-SABBATH SCHOOLS.

Introductory Articles, pages 6 to 9.

Junior Classes in Sunday Schools, 10 to 19, 123.
Lessons on the History of Redemption, 30, 64, 99.
Lessons on the Life of Christ, 32, 65, 100, 180.
Conversion the Chief Aim of Sabbath Schools, 43.
Style of Address to Young Children, 48 to 54, 244.
The Look and Say Method of Teaching to Read, 13, 55.

Illustrative Teaching, 84, 120, 241, 274, 380.

Moral Training, 173.

Starting a Difficulty-a Suggestion to Sabbath School Teachers,

212.

Letter on Sunday Schools, 277.

Senior Classes in Sunday Schools, 313.

Qualifications of a Teacher, 340.

Rules for a Sunday School, 415.

III.-INDEPENDENCY.

Address to our Readers, page 1.
Principles and History of Independency, 2.
The Pilgrim Fathers, 37, 73, 151.

The Lessons of History, 20, 40.

Archbishop Laud-the Puseyite of Old, 109, 187, 295.
Reasonableness of the Congregational System, 113.
Nature and Design of a Christian Church, 155.

The Puritans, 191.

Advantages of the Congregational System, 193.
Power and Authority of Christian Churches, 229.
Persecutions of Dissenters, 223.

Duties of a Christian Church, 264.

Prospects of Congregationalism, 267.

Patriotism of the Independents, 268.

Limit of the Right of Private Judgment, 298.

American Testimony in favour of the Voluntary Principle, 301.

Christ the only King of his Church, 338.

Human Authority in Religion, 353.

Inexpediency of Church Establishments, 408.

Orme on Independency, 410.

IV.-SACRED MUSIC.

Music and the Committee of Council on Education, 102.

Miss Glover's School, 214.

Miss Glover's Scheme for rendering Psalmody Congregational,

69.

Congregational Psalmody and the Small Letter Sol-fa Notation
of Music, 126.

Lessons on Singing, 23, 26, 58, 91, 129, 164, 390, 420.

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Errors prevailing in the Days of the Apostles, 77, 117.
Young Men's Societies, 80.

Hints on Mental Improvement, 87.

Encouragements to Christian exertion, 139.

Piety of the early Christians, 159.

Habit of Attention, 162.

Politeness-Indecision-Cultivation of Mind, 178.

Cultivation of the Memory, 234.

Creed of the Infidel, 207, 237.

Dialogue between a Professor, &c., 247.

End of Knowledge, 248.

Energy of Character, 264.

Circulation of the Scriptures, 270.

Association of Ideas, 271.

Spiritual Understanding, 281.

The Garb which Error wears, 302.

Self-education, 303.

Channing on Difficulties, 319.

The Object of Life, 343.

Sir William Jones, 346.

Advantages of Reading, 347.

How to improve the Signs of the Times, 350.

Example of Perseverance, 353.

Human Inventions in Religion, 372.

The Fourth Primitive Persecution under the Roman Emperors,

374.

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