THE duty of making the application of the lesson should not be omitted by the teacher, on the plea that the superintendent will make some impressive remarks at the close of the session or in the review. What the superintendent says is, after all, an arm's-length business. If the teacher knows the spiritual state of the scholar, the teacher can best make the appropriate application. There is an effect produced by the nearness of the teacher, by the kind tone and earnest manner, by the look of the eye and the touch of the hand, which no appeal from the desk can make. Rev. William Jay, of Bath, England, was once invited to preach in another pulpit. His brother minister asked him before they entered the pulpit, whether he should not relieve him by taking preliminary part of the service—the prayer, the giving out of the hymns, and Scripture reading before the preaching. Mr. Jay answered, "No, I thank you, I like to whet my own scythe."