Such, indeed, almost inevitably is the teaching of a schoolmaster,
engrossed in the training of the boys committed to his charge and growing
under his hand towards the destiny of their endless life.

To those boys, and to the masters, my colleagues, and to other fellow-
labourers--some gone to their rest, some still doing their appointed
work--I dedicate this brief reminder of our common life in days of happy
fellowship.

J. HEREFORD.
_July_ 1905.




I. RELIGIOUS PATRIOTISM.


"Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. . . . O pray
for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace
be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. For my
brethren and companions' sakes I will wish thee prosperity. Yea,
because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee
good."--PSALM cxxii. 3, 6-9.

As we draw near to the end of our summer term, when so many are about to
take leave of their school life, there is sure to rise up in many minds
the thought of what this life has done for them or failed to do, and of
what the memory of it is likely to be in all their future years as they
pass from youth to age.