THE Church of England SYSTEMATIC BIBLE TEACHER, FOR Home and School. CONTAINS THE CHURCH CATECHISM, TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND IS DESIGNED TO AID PARENTS, TEACHERS, CLERGYMEN, AND OTHERS INTERESTED BIBLIOTHECA MAY 1879 BODLEIANA LONDON: THE SYSTEMATIC BIBLE TEACHER DEPOSITORY, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW, E.C. The following Clergymen are working the System in - Rev. G. E. YATE, M.A., Madeley Vicarage, Shropshire. Rev. W. MCCALL, M.A., St. Georges, Tufnell Park, N. Rev. CANON HARRISON, M.A., Rector of Great Birch, Essex. Rev. T. GRABHAM, M.A., Irthlingboro', Northampton. Rev. A. J. ROBINSON, M.A., Vicar of St. John's, Waterloo Road, S. Rev. W. H. DALTON, M.A., Vicar of St. Jude's, Vicarage, Upper Chelsea, S. Rev. R. G. PETERS, M.A., Rector of Cavendish Rectory, Suffolk. Rev. W. FERGUSON, Tong, Sittingbourne. Rev. W. HARKER, M.A., Vicar of Milton next Sittingbourne. Rev. J. S. HOARE, B.D., Rector of Murston Vicarage, Sittingbourne. Rev. FRANCIS STORE, M.A., Vicar of Brenchley, Staplehurst. Rev. M. CROSS, B.A., Terrington St. Clements, Lynn. Rev. JOHN STORR, B.A., Great Horkesley, Colchester. Rev. W. KEATCH, M.A., St. Paul's, Blackheath, near Birmingham. Rev. J. MATTHEWS, Swanwick Vicarage, Alfreton. Rev. J. C. JAGG, Luddenham, Faversham. Rev. Dr. ROSENTHAL, LL.D., Vicar of St. Saviour's, Brockley Hill, S.E. &c., &c. Let Teachers occasionally Catechise in the class, and give the next Sunday's Collect as the home lesson. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. WHAT is your Name? Answer. N. or M. Question. Who gave you this name? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. Q. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? A. They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. Q. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee? A. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartly thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy belief. Answer. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was Crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen. Q. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? A. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God. Q. You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how many there be ? A. Ten. Q. Which be they? Answer. The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the |