The Institution Of A Public

This System Of Encouragement Proves Serviceable As A Preventive Of Punishment, The Attainment Of The Tickets Being A Reward, The Forfeiture Of Them The Reverse; And, As Such, Boys Seem Often More Affected By Their Loss Than By Coercion.

When Obedience To The Divine Precepts Keeps Pace With Knowledge, In The Mind Of Any Man, That Man Is A Christian; And When The Fruits Of Christianity Are Produced, That Man Is A Disciple Of Our Blessed Lord, Let His Profession Of Religion Be What It May.

I Was Induced To Establish Several Orders Of Merit, From Conviction That Emulation, Well Directed, Becomes A Useful Servant; And, That The Latent Genius Of Some Youth Is More Easily Brought Into Action This Way, Than By The More Sordid Gratification Of Self-interest.

Mankind Are Divided Into Sects, And Individuals Think Very Differently On Religious Subjects, From The Purest Motives; And That Gracious Common Parent, Who Loves All His Children Alike, Beholds With Approbation Every One Who Worships Him In Sincerity.

The Sincere Teachers Of Their Youth Should Be Met, Not With An Intention To Dictate To Them, But To Give Additional Force To Their Well-meant Endeavours, And Raise Them To Public Esteem.