Chapter 9

GALLERY TEACHING.--MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.

_Original intention of the gallery--What lessons are adapted for it--Its misapplication--Selection of teachers--Observations--Gallery lessons--on a feather--a spider--a piece of bog turf--a piece of coal--Observations on the preceding lessons--Scripture lessons in the gallery--The finding of Moses--Christ with the doctors--Moral training--Its neglect in most schools--Should be commenced in infancy--Beneficial effects of real moral culture--Ignorance of teachers--The gallery most useful in moral training--Specimen of a moral lesson--Illustrations of moral culture--Anecdotes--Simpson on moral education--Observations--Hints to teachers_