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By the same Author.

Parochial Sermons

Companion to Family Prayer, or Lectures on the Collects, Epi

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Catechism on the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels ..

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ON

CATECHISING.

BY

THE HON. AND REV. SAMUEL BEST,

RECTOR OF ABBOTT'S ANN; LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE.

Second Edition.

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LONDON:

JAMES DARLING,

GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

M. DCCC. L.

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INTRODUCTION.

THE subject of this little treatise, which I believe to be of vital importance at the present moment, I would willingly press on the ministers and teachers of God's heritage, by such practical considerations as may smooth the way for a return to this laudable practice of the Church. We are apt in the outset to sum up difficulties and objections as a barrier to our consideration of the removal of them. With the view of obviating this dangerous practice of minds more ingenious in making than removing objections, I propose, as an introduction to the subject of Catechising, to offer a few remarks on the manner in which I believe it can be carried out to the satisfaction of the catechist, as well as the benefit of the catechumen, and at the same time be reconciled with the views and customs of our congregations. There is both difficulty and danger in disturbing these. There

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