Confirmation is a rite of the Church. After I have been confirmed, I hope I shall be a better girl than what I am; and I hope I shall have the blessing of God, for without the blessing of God I shall not be able to do those things which I promise to do.

"Little children, good and wise,

Fear the Lord, and tell no lies.
Pray to God to give you grace,

That heav'n may be your dwelling place."

G. H.

Confirmation is one of the most beautiful rites of the Church. It is a blessed thing that I have the privilege of being confirmed. The Church seems to have a great care for its members. I. J.

Confirmation is a very essential rite of our Church, inasmuch as, having arrived at a mature age, and being able to discern the good from the evil, we take upon ourselves the promises made by our godfathers and godmothers, at our baptism. In this ordinance, God's blessing descends upon those who are sincere.

We profess, upon this occasion, to cast off all allurements to sin, promising to obey the promises made in our baptismal vow, to stedfastly withstand all the temptations of this world, and to stand by all we at that time promise we will; and, as we cannot do this without the assistance of God, this should be the constant theme of our prayers; and unless we do this, confirmation, and all other rites and ordinances of the

Church, will be of no use, and our last punishment will be greater than the first.

K. L.

My thoughts are all about confirmation, and about Jesus Christ. I know that I am not fit to be confirmed without the grace of God, and that I must pray for the blessing of God; and I hope, that when I go to be confirmed, I shall not come home without a blessing.

M. N.

There were three things promised in my name when I was baptized; why was there not twenty things promised in my name instead of three? because those three things contain all that is necessary to the Christian's salvation. What were those three things? The first was, 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. Now what is the meaning of renounce? It means to forsake, or to shun any thing that is bad. Then when I say, Renounce the devil and all his works, it means, to forsake all sin, because all sin is the work of the devil. The second thing which was promised in my name was, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith. How many of the articles of the Christian faith am I to believe? All of them. The third thing which was promised in my name was, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

When I go to be confirmed, I make sure the promise which was made in my name, when I was baptized. O. P.

I think that it is a very right thing that we, the children of this establishment, are going to be confirmed; and I hope those that do go, may not be thinking about other things, when they ought to think about their own souls. I hope that I may be a better boy when I am confirmed, and that my mind may be cleansed from all the sin which I have committed in my past life; and so this ends my thoughts about confirmation. Q. R.

I will try to be a good girl after I have been confirmed being confirmed is, as it were, putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. Confirmation is a very serious thing; I hope I shall go to be confirmed in a right state of mind, for I think it will be of no use to go in a wrong state of mind. Now I think this text will do for confirmation,-" But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ."

S. T.

I am going to be confirmed. I wish my heart to be changed from an evil heart to a good heart. We ought to go quietly along the road. Heavenly Father, give me thy Holy Spirit to change my heart, to make me a child of thine, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

U. V.

I wish to be confirmed. I think it a very good thing for such young people as we are; I shall be better after it. May God pour out his Spirit upon us that day; may Jesus Christ be in, at the time that I am being confirmed; and I hope that I am going to be a good boy; and I hope that no one will disbelieve me after I have been confirmed.

W.X.

These are my thoughts on confirmation-that when I am confirmed I may not sin; that I may be a good boy, and continue so, through Christ Jesus; and I hope that I may be a servant of God, and that I may do well through life, please God if I live. O God, confirm me with grace, and strengthen me with thy might, that through Christ Jesus I may become as I have thought. Y. Z.

One boy, convinced that he was not what he ought to be, would not come, though he was told, if sorry for, and determined to mend his ways, he might do so; however, he thought so much upon the subject, that he gave me the following note, and the verses attached, his own production; they show the depth of his. feeling, if no more.

Sir, My mind is so bent on temporal things, that it is as much as I can do to think on confirmation. When I think deep on it, I feel that I should wish to sin no more; and when the temptation to sin happens, I endeavour to pray to God for his grace to help me out of it, and the temptation goes for the time.

I am almost afraid to go to be confirmed, for fear of committing sin afterwards; and I think that it would greatly aggravate it, and render it less likely to be forgiven, if I was to commit it afterwards; I mean after being confirmed.

Hymn on Confirmation.

Soldiers of Jesus Christ to be,
We take the vows of infancy,
According as in Scripture giv'n,
To be inheritors of heav'n.

We here unite in God's high praise,
And fervent pray for holy grace;
That Heav'n's call we may not slight,
But strive t' amend both day and night.

O God of unity and love!

The Great Omnipotent above,

Send us thy grace on angels' wing,

That we may with the angels sing,

Hosanna to our heav'nly King. Amen. A. B.

I cannot resist the desire to insert the following extracts, and, I believe, original poetry, from a letter addressed by a poor and afflicted aunt, to one of the boys confirmed.

My dear F.-Through the whole of the past night my mind has been greatly exercised concerning you; and this morning has my heart been gladdened by your welcome letter. Truly can I rejoice, my beloved one, to find that God has dealt so graciously with you, a poor orphan boy, and placed you amid those who have taught you to value the word of eternal life. Remember, love, it is not the knowledge alone, that will make you an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven; you must practise what you know. Be much in prayer: