While it is universally conceded by all intelligent persons, that there is no nation on earth, whose prosperity, and even existence, so much depends on the _moral training_ of the mass of the people, there is no nation, _where schools are established by law_, in which so little of it is done. It is mournful to reflect, that by far the larger part of our schools banish religious and moral training altogether, and confine their efforts entirely to the training of _the intellect_, and a great part of them merely to that of _the memory_. It is supposed, by many, that the Sunday-school in our country, to a great degree, supplies the deficiencies of our schools in respect to moral and religious training. It is true that this institution does more than any other to meet these wants. But it must be remembered that such schools are properly sustained only where there is a large number of benevolent and intelligent persons to teach them. But in our country, the places which most need such labourers are the very places where the fewest are to be found. And even in the most favoured portions of our land, much of Sunday instructions is committed to very young persons, while the parents often are thus led to throw off their own responsibility upon those of less experience. Moreover, if the moral training of children is neglected through the six days of the week, in which they are exposed to the most temptation, how vain to expect that all the consequent evil is to be remedied by gathering them for an hour or two on Sunday, to receive religious instruction. Even were this a remedy, there are thousands of places in our land where no Sunday-schools are to be found. Many persons justify the neglect of moral training in our schools, by claiming that religion must be banished from schools, on account of the great diversity of sects, who cannot agree in this matter. Such are little aware on how many important points all sects are agreed. To exhibit this, and to aid any who may be induced to attempt a course of moral and religious training in their schools, the following is presented as an outline of a course of instruction that could be introduced into _all_ schools, without violating the conscientious scruples of a single denomination in this nation, professing to be Christian. In the first place, all children in schools, can be taught, that _the Bible_ contains the rules of duty given by God, which all men are bound to obey. This is what all denominations allow, and if there is any dispute about _which translation_ is the proper one, each child can be allowed to use the Bible his parents think to be right. When this is duly taught, the children can be required, for several successive mornings, each to repeat a passage from the Bible, which teaches the _character_ of God.