Our introduction to this precious character was much to our comfort.  We rejoiced together in contemplating the wonderful work which the Lord has in mercy begun, and is carrying on in this great city.  On First-day afternoons she attends a school, to which the children of the rich go, as well as the poor, to be instructed in the Scriptures.  The young persons in her class learn texts, and are questioned to see if they thoroughly understand the subject.  On our asking whether the children answered the questions from what they had learnt by heart, she replied, “No; it would be of no use, you know, for the dear children to repeat merely by rote; we want the great truths of the gospel to sink into their hearts.”

After this visit, which refreshed our spirits a little, we called on Madame D’Aublay, sister-in-law to Brissot, who was executed in the time of Robespierre.  She is a Roman Catholic, and thinks the groundwork of true religion to be in their church, but that their customs and the mass are nothing worth.  We left her some tracts, and amongst them one of Judge Hale’s, which struck her so forcibly on reading it, that she followed us to our hotel, to say how much it was suited to her state of mind.

6 mo. 30.—­After our little meeting this morning with the few friends resident here, and some others, we went to the Protestant Chapel, in the Rue Taitbout, to hear the children examined in the Scriptures.  Many of the parents were present.  The class which we attended was conducted by Mademoiselle Chabot.  The subject was the crucifixion of our Saviour, the 27th chapter of Matthew.  The children repeated the portion they had learnt, and then Mademoiselle C. questioned them in a simple, sweet, and instructive manner, calculated to impress the great truths of Christianity on their minds.  A gentleman examined a class of boys; and after this course of exercise was finished, De Pressense gave them a lecture from the Old Testament.  The subject was the healing of Naaman, and the manner of proceeding was simple; the child called upon stood up and answered pretty much as they do at Ackworth; he repeated a few verses directly bearing on the subject, and the application which was made was admirable.  We were really edified in being present.  How much this kind of instruction is wanted for many of our poor children in England!  How delightful it is to see a large room filled with Roman Catholic children and parents, all receiving Christian instruction together!  The Roman Catholics no longer object to send their children to Protestants, because they know they will be well instructed.  The chapel is a beautiful room, with a circular gallery supported on pillars, and a dome top; and it is the identical place where, only two years ago, the Saint Simonians held forth their doctrines:—­