By this last vow they also bind themselves to take all possible pains to teach them well and to bring them up Christianly; and they promise neither to ask nor to accept, from the scholars, or from their parents, anything, be it what it may, either as a gift, or in any other form of remuneration whatsoever. The rule of daily life is given by the following table:-- 4.30 A.M. Hour of rising. 5. Prayer and meditation. 6. Attend Mass, reading, &c. 7.15. Breakfast; prayer and preparation for school. 8 till 11. School, and children taken to Church. 11.30. Particular examination of conscience; dinner and recreation. 1 P.M. Prayer in oratory, and depart to various schools. 1.30 till 5. School; half an-hour given to catechism. 5.30. Spiritual reading and mental prayer. The reading begins with a portion of the New Testament, read upon the knees. 6. Mental prayer, and confession of faults one to another. 6.30. Supper; reading at all meals; recreation. 8. Study of catechism. 8.30. Prayers in oratory. 9. Retire to dormitory; in bed by 9.15. So much for the Rule of the Christian Brothers. It is sufficiently strict; but, as before remarked, not intensified by any special austerities. The general order prescribed is, however, strengthened by injunctions against unnecessary communications with persons outside the Brotherhood, unnecessary possessions, unnecessary exercise of the will: the devotion to the rule is absolute, the poverty complete, the submission of the will unbounded. Very wonderful all this, but quite true. In connection with the rule, it may be well to say a few words concerning the manuals which De la Salle composed for the guidance of the Brothers. The principal was a book entitled, 'Conduite a l'usage des Ecoles Chretiennes;' this was circulated in manuscript, and a copy given to each Brother in charge of a school, but was not printed during the author's lifetime. He revised it in 1717, when he had retired from his post as Superior, and it was printed in 1720, a year after his death. It has been the guide of the Brothers ever since, and is read through twice a year in every one of their houses. The book shows great insight and good sense. Here is an instruction for a lesson in arithemetic:-- 'After the children have done their sums on the paper, instead of correcting them himself the master will make the children find out their mistakes for themselves, by rational explanation of the processes. He will ask them, for instance, why in addition of money they begin with the lowest coin, and other questions of the same sort, so as to make sure that they have an intelligent understanding of what they do.' When the subject is religious teaching, the tone of the book rises to the occasion:--