. Country walks for little folks . FROM CHURCH. Here we see a few of the congregation leavingthe church. Let us hope they will make thebest of their way home, that they may be thereagain in the afternoon; for in a country churchlike this there will not be an evening service. The worship of the Church of England as children can understand if they attendto it; but about three hundred years ago, theyused to repeat the service in Latin, as they donow in Roman Catholic churches and chapels;children could not then understand even theLords prayer. It is a great benefit to be per-mitted and as
. Country walks for little folks . FROM CHURCH. Here we see a few of the congregation leavingthe church. Let us hope they will make thebest of their way home, that they may be thereagain in the afternoon; for in a country churchlike this there will not be an evening service. The worship of the Church of England as children can understand if they attendto it; but about three hundred years ago, theyused to repeat the service in Latin, as they donow in Roman Catholic churches and chapels;children could not then understand even theLords prayer. It is a great benefit to be per-mitted and assisted to pray to God in our ownlanguage; but this advantage is quite lost tothose who pay no attention, and are thinkingall the time of other things. Some good littlegirls and boys employ the time when they arewalking irom church, in repeating portions ofthe sermon, or the lessons for the day. Youshould try and sing. Did you not hear thechildren in the gallery, how nicely they sungto the organ? You should endeavor to do 11 THE RECTORY. That is the clergymans house. How prettyit looks embosomed amongst the trees. Whocan that little girl be running along the pathtowards the gate? She has a can in her hand,or something of the kind; probably it has milkin it, or perhaps she has been sent by the ladyof the house with a jug of that useful commo-dity to some poor family. A clergymans housein Scotland is called a manse. In England it isa rectory, or a vicarage house, or a parsonage,which name will do for all. There is generallysome land belonging to a parsonage house,which is called the glebe. The clergyman has this house to live in, andmoney called tithes from all the lands in theparish, that he may be able to live withouttrade, and perform the duties of a minister tothe parishioners. He conducts the worship,and preaches in the church; he baptizes theinfants, reads the burial service over the dead,and performs marriages. He visits the sickand the poor, and catechises the ch
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