“ By dint of practice and reflection,
He had found out a strong connection
⁠Which nat'rally existed;
For honour's seat he did reflect
The door was to the intellect,
⁠To gain cach point insisted.
And each poor dog who could not bring
At Candlemas some dainty thing,
⁠He'd set upon a stool,
This practice good he never miss'd,
But kept them there till they were hiss'd
⁠By all the rest in school.
And constant did the Dominie,
With clenchy foot and bowly knee,
⁠Still follow up this plan—
And taught, moreover, by the rod,
The duties that were due to God,
⁠And how to walk with man. ”

“ A thought came into ———'s head,
⁠Of whom the man might be;
They both to ———'s school did go,
For in their hearts they longed to know
⁠The upshot of the spree.
The teacher's rage was somewhat dunted,
To find himself thus so confronted,
⁠By those he would have cheated ”

“ Body—the dignity and decorum which ought to be there observed the intemperate behaviour of some of the Members with remarks on Bible, Youth, Tract, and other such S cieties:— the undue influence exercised by their Members, along with the Clergy, over public opinion, and the right assumed by them to point and sneer at all who do not think as they think, and do as they do—the impropriety of making mere Boys Elders of the church-local prejudices — Session proceedings turned into chit-chat, and scandal at tea table parties luterspersed with numerous anecdotes, and remarks on “Burns' on the Poor. ”