It has been our happiness to take part in the formation of one Wesleyan Day School, in each of the circuits in which we have travelled since the commencement of this connexional movement. The first was at M- in the S circuit, in 1846-7. There had been a school upon the Glasgow system; but, for want of adaptation in the master, it had fallen through, and the Treasurer was actually £50 in advance! Nothing remained but the gallery, maps, &c.; and many a sigh was heaved by the friends and parents of the children, as they gazed upon the wreck of their once flourishing establishment. Happily, the Treasurer was a man pledged to the cause; and, when almost any other would have declined further responsibility until the old debt was cancelled, he was one of the most forward to agree to another trial. A competent Master was obtained from the Parent Committee, and the school re-opened. In six months the ratio of its income was self-supporting!

A second equally successful effort was made, when on account of severe family affliction, we removed from the Northern coast, and obtained an appointment for twelve months to the S circuit. The circuit generally is agricultural, consisting of numerous small places scattered over a wide space of country. One of these is H, where there is scarcely the appearance of a village, but a few farm houses, with here and there a group of cottages,

occupied by farm-labourers, or hand-loom weavers. To look at the neighbourhood, you would wonder where a congregation was to come from, that should fill the large Wesleyan Chapel, which stands at the head of one of the many lanes that diverge from the main road. Here, however, Methodism is "established" in the hearts of the people; and at the sound of the chapel-bell, they flock from every part of the neighbourhood, and form one of the finest rural congregations we ever beheld. We found a Day School upon the premises, but it was small, not exceeding thirty or forty children in the winter, and dwindling down to twenty in the summer. Still it shewed that our friends were awake to the importance of a religious education. The Master was a Local Preacher, and his salary was (in part) made up, (we believe) from the funds of the chapel.

About the time of our entering upon the circuit, the Clergyman of a neighbouring township, intent upon "church extension," commenced the erection of commodious schools, at a short distance from our Chapel. When the building was nearly complete, he began to canvass the Wesleyans! for subscriptions, representing the very superior education which would be given to those who might attend his schools: they would even 66 learn the use of the Globes!" Irrespective of this Church movement, we should have urged our friends to have a regularly trained

Master; but now they felt they had no alternative. The young brother in charge of the present "apology" for a School, was perfectly willing to resign, and even offered himself as a candidate for the advantages of our connexional training school.

The expense of outfit, &c., was cheerfully met by collections and subscriptions, and in applying for a Master, a pledge was given for a minimum salary of £60. A most suitable supply was sent; and the institution was opened just in time to prevent that abduction of Wesleyan children to the Church Schools which was evidently meditated. In a short time, we succeeded in raising a large and flourishing Day School," out of debt and danger." Meanwhile, the clergyman, unable, for want of funds, to secure a trained Master, was driven to a temporary and inefficient appointment; and when we left the neighbourhood, his handsome and spacious premises were all but deserted; and the poor Dominie whom he had brought from a great distance, was unable to support himself, and talked of abdicating a position in which he ought never to have been placed.

The last Wesleyan Day School in the formation of which we took a part was in the place of our present residence. The subject had long pressed upon the minds and consciences of a few of the best friends of Methodism whom the place contained; and our worthy predecessor had done all in his power to promote the

undertaking. Our course was to form a Committee, at once, and with their valuable aid, to encounter every other needful preliminary. Excellent premises were at our service, free from rent-charge. The members of committee willingly came forward with donations of various amounts, and promised to repeat them annually, if required. We then engaged a first-rate Master, and proceeded to contract for a gallery, &c. The entire cost of the outfit was as follows:

In addition to the donations abovenamed, a Tea Meeting was held, and the services of that distinguished advocate of all that is great and goodDr. Melson, of Birmingham, obtained. The proceeds were considerable; and the Doctor's eloquent statement yet more important, in commending our infant enterprise to the public favor. Public collections, also, were made to a liberal amount. We opened the school on Dec. 6, 1848, and soon witnessed a rush of scholars. The average attendance, has, from nearly the commencement, been 140. The weekly