198 RELIGION IN SCHOOL.

place his beloved offspring, for several years together,
in the hands of those who have no fear of God before
their eyes, or who teach errors in religion, or who omit
the teaching of religion altogether.

Carl Adler had entered on the work of instruction
with an humble and devout mind. Often did he pray
to God that he might be guided and enabled to pursue
the right path. Though he was not a minister of the gos-
pel, he felt that, in a certain sense, precious immortal
souls were committed to his charge. The children
whom hetaught might, with God’s blessing on his labours,
be kept from manifold vices, and even led into the right
ways of the Lord; or they might, through his influence
and neglect, grow up to be little better than heathen.
These thoughts made him ask divine wisdom to conduct
him in the performance of his duty to their souls,

An attempt has been made by Roman Catholics and
infidels to banish the Bible from the common schools,
If it should ever succeed, the result is quite easily pre-
dicted. Our country will become popish or infidel,
But the best schools continue to give a high place to
the Word of God; and this agrees with the views of
those who founded the Ashdell Academy.

It is Monday morning—a time when school-boys are
tresh and in good trim, with bright, shining faces.
Who does not remember the healthful exhilaration of
a Monday morning at school? The room itself is in
uncommon order. Teachers and pupils look happy.