A, Into natural and revealed: natural, is the knowledge we have of God from his works, by the light of nature and reason; and revealed is that which we obtain by revelation.

Q. To whom, was the title of theologist, or divine, first given?

A. To St. John, the evangelist; who was by that title distinguished from the other three evangelists because their gospels contain only the history of Christ, but that of St. John establishes his eternal divinity (as the word of God) and his incarnation.

RELIGION,

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that keep his commandments."

DAVID. “Be particular not to neglect religion in the elucation of your children. In vain, will you endeavour to conduct them by another path. If they are dear to you; if you expect from them credit or comfort; from rel gion, must be derived their happiness, and your own.”

FATHER GERDIL. Religion, soother of all our keenest sorrows, source and refiner of all our real joys! shed thy heavenly influence on our souls; direct, animate, and crown, all our pursuits; pervade and consecrate all our thoughts, words, and actions; so, shall we answer the design of God in our creation, taste true happiness in this life, and arise to compiete an immortal felicity in the world to come.

Dr. ASH. B

Q. What is religion?

A. That worship or homage due to God, corrsidered as Creator and Preserver of the world.

Q. What is the foundation of religion?

A. The existence of a God; who requires service and adoration from his creatures.

Q. Whence, is this knowledge obtained?

A. From the dictates of natural reason, and the express 'declaration of God himself, by the mouths of prophets, &c.

Q. Are there not several religions in the world?

A. There are four principal ones; the Christian, the Jewish, the Pagan, and the Mahometan.

Q. Who was the author of the Christian religion?

A. Jesus Christ, the Son of God; who left the bosom of the Father, to dwell in flesh and blood here on earth: where, after performing many mira. cles, and works of beneficence, he was crucified and buried; but, the third day, he rose from the dead, and shortly after ascended to the Father.

Q. How is the Jewish religion founded?

A. On the law given by Moses to the Israelites, as contained in the Old Testament.

Q. What is the Pagan religion?

A. The idolatrous rites performed by the Pagans, or heathen nations; who worship and adore false gods, or give those honours to creatures, and the works of man's hand, which are due only to God.

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Q. When, and by whom, was the Maliometati religion founded

A. In the seventh century, by the impostor Mahomet; whose whole dortrine is a ridiculous compound of Paganism, Judaisni, and Christian heresies.

Q. What are the advantages derived to society from true religion?

A. They are many—it inspires sincerity in all men, justice in princes, integrity in magistrates, obedience to the laws, honesty in trade, and union in families.

PHILOSOPHY.

Q. What is philosophy?

A. The study of nature and morality, as they are founded upon reason and esperience.

Q. Whence, is the word philosophy derived?

A. From a compound Greek word, [philosophia] signifving the love of wisdom.

Q Into how many parts is it divided?

A Two; theoretical and practical. The theo. retical part is employed in the bare contemplation of nature, and of natural things; and is subdivided into physics and metaphysics: the practical, is that which lays down rules for, and excites to, the practice of a virtuous life; being subdivided into logic and ethics.

LOGIC.

Q. What is logic?

A. The art of thinking justly; or of using reason well in onr inquiries after truth, and in the communication of it to others,

Q. In what, does this art consist?

A. In the reflections made by men upon the four principal operations of the mind; perception, judg. ment, reasoning, and disposition.

Q. What is perception?

A. It is the act of seeing, conceiving in the mind, ør apprehending, the existence, nature, or properties, of what we contemplate,

The result of perception, is an idea, or mental image: i. e. the view which the mind takes of objects now no longer present; as the mountain which we saw, and the orator which we heard, though absent, are yet before the eye of the mind.

Q. What is judgment?

A. Judgment is that operation of the mind, by which we compare two or more ideas together; with a view to determine whether they agree or disagree.

A judgment expressed in words, is called a proposition: of which there are several kinds; namely: affirmative, negative, conditional, &c. as-

Man is a rational being. Birds and beasts do not reason. If the sky fall, we słuall catch larks.

Q. What is reasoning?

A. Reasoning or argumentation is that operation of the mind by which we draw our conclusions on subjects, which, in themselves, are not clear, by comparing them with other similar subjects, which are clear, known, and evident; as

If the sun be risen, the night is past:
But the night is not past:
Therefore, the sun is not risen.

All wicked men are miserable:
Tyrants are wicked men:
Therefore, tyrants are miserable.

These conclusions, or acts of reasoning, when true, are called syllogisms; as in the preceding examples: but when false, they are termed sophisms;

as

A church is a building of stone:
A religious assembly is a church:

Therefore, a religious assembly is a building of stone.

Q. What is disposition?

A. Disposition or arrangement, is the order into which our perceptions and reasonings, on any sub