{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_40542/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_40542","id":"gutenberg_40542","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40542","summary":null,"tags":["Baptists -- Periodicals","Category: Biographies","Category: Journals","Category: Religion/Spirituality","The Baptist Magazine"],"text":"[Transcriber's Notes: Irregularities in spelling have been maintained,\nas did the typesetters when setting the numerous correspondences.\n\nThe typesetting on this was poor, especially with respect to\npunctuation.\n\nDue to the number of tables, this file would read better in a monospaced\nfont.\n\nItalics are designated with \"_\", small caps \"=\", bold \"+\".]\n\n\n\n\n                                 THE\n                          BAPTIST MAGAZINE.\n\n                             -----------\n                             JUNE, 1835.\n                             -----------\n\n\n            MEMOIR OF MR. ISAAC WYKE, LATE OF ABERGAVENNY.\n\n=Mr. Isaac Wyke=, surgeon, late of Abergavenny, was born at Leominster,\nJuly 25th, 1770. His parents were pious members of the Baptist Church in\nthat town, then under the pastoral care of the late Rev. Joshua Thomas.\nThey, therefore, led him in early life to attend on the ministry of\ntheir worthy pastor, and trained him up in the nurture and admonition of\nthe Lord. Thus privileged, the importance of religion was often pressed\non his attention, and its excellence presented to his view; and he was\nthereby preserved from many of the snares, the follies, and the sins\ninto which young persons, less favourably circumstanced, are often\nhurried.\n\nIt was not, however, till his sixteenth year, that he appeared to be\ntruly renewed by the grace of God. Then he manifestly became a new\ncreature in Christ Jesus. With his whole heart he now devoted himself\nto the Lord, was baptized by Mr. Thomas, and received into the church.\nHis subsequent disposition and conduct fully confirmed the sincerity of\nhis profession, adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour, and greatly\nendeared him to his pastor and fellow-members. The lively zeal he\nmanifested in the prosperity of the church, his increasing spirituality,\nand his active diligence in promoting its interests, soon induced his\nbrethren to choose him to the office of deacon, in connexion with his\npious father, who had been previously called by the church to that\nimportant office. Instead, however, of being unduly elevated with the\nhonour of the post assigned him, his mind was solemnly impressed with\na sense of its responsibility. With deep humility, therefore,\nfaithfulness, and zeal, he applied himself to the discharge of its\nduties, to the full satisfaction of his brethren, and the manifest\npromotion of the peace and prosperity of the church, throughout the\nseveral years of his subsequent residence in Leominster.\n\nIn February, 1803, as directed by Divine Providence, he removed with\nhis family to Abergavenny, where he spent the remainder of his life.\nHere a new sphere was presented to engage his active zeal. Many were his\nefforts to do good, nor were those efforts vain. In April, 1807, he and\nMrs. W. (his now surviving widow), with three other persons, were formed\ninto the first English Baptist Church, in Abergavenny; the Rev. M.\nThomas, who had recently resigned his charge at Ryeford, being pastor,\nand Mr. Wyke, deacon--a feeble, but devoted band. His active zeal,\npecuniary contributions, and strenuous efforts were put under cheerful\nrequisition to foster this infant cause; and, through the blessing of\nheaven, sinners were successively converted, and the church was edified\nand increased. Mr. Wyke continued an honourable member and deacon of\nthis church about twenty years.\n\nIn 1827, however, he and Mrs. Wyke, with several other members, withdrew\nfrom it; when they met for worship in a meeting-house which was kindly\nlent them in another part of the town. Soon afterwards, circumstances\ntranspired that induced them to withdraw from this place also; and to\ncommence, in Lion Street, the bold undertaking of erecting a new house\nfor the worship of God. Mr. W. took the whole responsibility on himself;\nand in July, 1828, a neat, substantial, and commodious meeting-house,\nwith suitable vestry and burial-ground, was completed. The Rev. Dr.\nSteadman, of Bradford, who had been intimately acquainted with Mr. Wyke\nfrom his earliest days, and the Rev. J. Edwards, now of Nottingham, a\nnative of Abergavenny, preached at the opening; and on the following\nLord's-day, a church of seventeen persons was organised, Mr. W. set\napart to the office of deacon, and the Lord's Supper administered by Dr.\nSteadman. The property was invested in trust for the public; a mortgage\nof \u00a3200 only being left on it; and with the exception of this sum, the\nwhole expense incurred was generously liquidated by Mr. Wyke. Long as\nour worthy friend retained any capability of effort, he laid himself out\nto promote this interest; and both the material building, and the\nspiritual house, here cemented in Christian love, present a striking\nmonument of his liberality, and strenuous exertions to promote the cause\nof his God and Saviour.\n\nHis religion was evidently the effect of genuine principle; of principle\nthe most salutary in its influence on his own mind, and therefore\npractically exemplified in all the lovely graces that beautify and\nadorn the Christian character. His religious sentiments were truly\nevangelical. Guided by heaven's bright lamp of inspired truth, he\nsteered with the utmost caution the middle course, between the high\ndaring of Antinomian presumption on the one hand, and the delusive\nquicksands of Arminian legality on the other. Christ to him was the\nAlpha and Omega. The doctrines of grace he contemplated, not with a mere\nspeculative faith, or as so many propositions to constrain the cold\nassent of his understanding; but as the wonderful disclosure of the\nunutterable grace of God, giving life as well as light to the soul. The\ncross of Christ was his ever favourite theme; and when listening to\ndiscourses that strikingly portrayed the contrast of the moral\nwretchedness of man, and the unparalleled love of God his Saviour, the\nmost intense interest was plainly pictured on his countenance; the\ndelight that pervaded his bosom constrained him to look around on his\nfellow-worshippers with beaming eyes, that seemed to say to them, \"See\nhow he loved us!\" while his whole soul was manifestly absorbed in\nwonder, love, and praise.\n\nActuated by such views and feelings, as well as by a warm desire to do\ngood, he preached occasionally for many years; principally in destitute\nvillages, where, but for his disinterested efforts, there would have\nbeen no vision to direct perishing sinners to the Saviour; but often\nalso, with disinterested kindness for his own and other stated pastors,\nwhenever his services were called for. The reputation of his character\nand the loveliness of his example, as well as his mental treasure of\nhuman and divine knowledge, secured him the most candid attention, and\ngave an interesting and edifying charm to his discourses. While he\npointed to heaven, he also himself led the way.\n\nHis profession of religion, extended as it was, to nearly half a\ncentury, was remarkable for its uniform consistency and unfailing\nconstancy. As the disciple of Jesus, he was spiritual, humble, and\nzealous. In his official capacity in the church, he was watchful,\ndiligent, and active; condescending, affectionate, and kind to the\npoorest of the flock; loving to all his brethren, and much beloved by\nthem. In all the relations of life he sustained, whether as a husband,\nparent, friend, or neighbour, the excellencies of his religion were\ndeveloped with more than common lustre; and secured to him a\nwell-deserved reputation, a most profound respect. That he had his\nimperfections we readily admit; and if, as astronomers inform us, there\nare dark spots even on the sun in the heavens, no wonder that feeble\ncreatures, dwelling in dust, should present some shades of infirmity.\nBut yet as the sun of nature, in spite of his spots, pours a constant\nflood of refulgent light upon surrounding worlds, so our esteemed\nfriend, notwithstanding some manifest imperfections, presented to all\nwho encircled him the light of an eminent example of religion, in the\nunyielding integrity of its principles, and in all the amiable\nloveliness of its practice. Through the grace of God which was bestowed\nupon him, his path was truly as the shining light, which shineth more\nand more to the perfect day.\n\nHere, however, he had no continuing city, and at length the time of his\ndeparture hence drew near. A paralytic stroke, in 1824, had admonished\nhim of his approaching change. Though from that seizure he was soon, in\npart, mercifully recovered, and was still in a good degree active and\nuseful; yet his mental powers then received a shock, in consequence of\nwhich they gradually became still more and more impaired; so that for\nthe three or four last years of his life, his intellect resembled a\nmagnificent structure, fallen and in ruins. As long, however, as any\ncapability remained, he continued to attend the house of God with the\nliveliest interest; and for a long time was conveyed to it, when much\nenfeebled, in a Bath chair. He had the happiness of seeing the last of\nhis children received into the church, on profession of repentance\ntowards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The last time he ever\nattended on the public means of grace, was with much difficulty, in\nOctober, 1833, when his youngest son was baptized; and it was to him a\nmost sacred season of unspeakable delight and joy. From this time he\ncontinued in a very feeble state, both of mind and body, though without\nmuch suffering; till Monday, 28th July last, when he was assailed with\nthe illness, that quickly manifested itself to be the harbinger of\ndeath. The conflict, however, was short, for on the following Sabbath\nevening, Aug. 3rd, 1834, he was released, and his emancipated spirit\ntook its soaring flight to his long desired and eternal rest. \"Precious\nin the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.\" His remains were\ninterred on the following Thursday, by the Rev. John Campbell, pastor of\nthe church in Lion Street, who delivered an interesting, appropriate,\nand solemn address on the occasion. On the following Lord's-day, Aug.\n10th, Mr. Williams of Ryeford preached his funeral discourse, from\nIsaiah lvii. 1, 2.\n\nMay all who read this memoir be followers of our deceased brother, as\nhe was of Christ!\n\n                                                              W. W. R.\n\n\n                          THE CHRISTIAN ARMOUR.\n\n                               THE GIRDLE.\n\n                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._\n\n=Amongst= other predictions of the Messiah's character and fitness for\nthe offices which he had undertaken, we read, Isa. xi. 5, that\n\"righteousness should be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the\ngirdle of his reins:\" and the apostle reminds us that, if we would\nprofit by the example of the Captain of our salvation, and the armour\nwhich he hath provided for us, we must have our loins girt about with\ntruth. The girdle was used chiefly to strengthen the loins, but was also\nof great service in uniting the different parts of the armour compactly\ntogether. If a body be loaded with armour hanging loosely, many wounds\nmay be inflicted, unless they are fastened together by the belt or\ngirdle: so the Christian's graces may prove insufficient to preserve or\nfortify him, unless compacted by the girdle of sincerity.\n\nAs the apostle had directed the posture in which the Christian should\nmaintain the fight, so he exhorts them to gird the loins, as the seat\nof bodily strength, which we are to understand spiritually, as \"the\nloins of the mind,\" (1 Peter i. 13,) to be girt about with truth.\n\n=Truth= may be considered as opposed to error, or to insincerity; and as\ncharacterizing man's creed, or his conduct. There is truth in doctrine,\nand truth in duty; truth in principle, and truth in practice; and the\n_Christian soldier_ is supposed to possess all these. We regard it here\nas synonymous with sincerity, and corresponding with the exhortation\nof Joshua to the chosen tribes: \"Serve the Lord in _sincerity_ and\n_truth_;\" and of the apostle to the Corinthians: \"Keep the feast with\nthe unleavened bread of _sincerity_ and _truth_.\" In like manner we\nare to enter on the conflict with our spiritual adversaries with the\nutmost integrity, otherwise the greatest advantages will prove utterly\nunavailable. Christian sincerity is too generally considered as nothing\nmore than _good intention_, which may exist with great error in\ndoctrine, and evil in practice; and has been found in the superstitious\nbigot, and the blood thirsty persecutor.\n\nBut the sincerity required in a good soldier of Jesus Christ, implies\nan _honest endeavour to understand the will of God; a prompt obedience\nto the word of command; and an entire devotion to the cause of truth\nand righteousness_.\n\nSincerity may consist with very defective views of divine truth; but it\nwill not consist with allowed deviations from truth or duty. The wisdom\nthat is from above is \"without partiality and without hypocrisy.\" It is\nallowed, that Paul, before his conversion, \"_verily thought_ that he\n_ought_ to do many things against the name of Jesus;\" but it does not\nappear that he took pains to examine the claims of Christianity as he\nmight have done; and, but for the abounding mercy of God through Christ,\nhis ignorance and unbelief would have formed no cloak for his sin. It\ncould not be for want of opportunity that he did not attend the ministry\nof Christ himself. Why did he not first search the Scriptures as the\nBereans did, to see whether things were as the apostles affirmed them to\nbe? Nathanael of Galilee was the subject of a popular prejudice when he\nsaid, with an air of indifference and distrust, \"Can any good thing come\nout of Nazareth?\" Yet he went to examine for himself; and when he saw,\nhe believed with the heart, and confessed with the mouth, and obtained\nthat honourable testimony that he was \"an Israelite indeed, in whom\nthere was no guile.\"\n\nNor is it less essential to sincerity that the soldier yield a prompt\nobedience to the word of command. No intelligence, nor skill in armour,\nwill make up for the want of integrity manifested by the disobedient.\nWho does not see the insincerity of those Jews who, it is said, believed\nin Christ, but were afraid to confess Him? Or of that amiable youth who\nturned back from following Him, rather than part with his possessions?\nOr of him who would follow Christ, but must wait for the death of his\nfather? Or those to whom He said, with a degree of severity not usual\nwith the Saviour, \"Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that\nI say?\" but added, \"Then are ye my disciples indeed, when ye do\nwhatsoever I command you.\"\n\nThe sincerity of Paul, when converted, was evident to all, and remains\nas a model for every honest-hearted inquirer. Observe, how inquisitive!\n\"Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?\" What resolution to obey!\n\"Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.\" And what\nperseverance! \"What mean ye, to weep and break my heart? I am ready, not\nonly to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord\nJesus.\" This decision of character cleared his course, and brought other\ndisciples to a better mind; for it is added, \"When he would not be\npersuaded, they ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done!\"\n\nIn the same interesting character we have exemplified that entire\ndevotion of heart and life which demonstrated the sincerity of his\nprofession, the purity of his motives, and the strength of his\nattachment to the Author and Finisher of his faith.\n\nOn no occasion did he discover the feebleness usually attendant upon a\ndivided heart, or the selfish pride which, under the garb of zeal for\nGod, so often seeks its own glory:--not like Jehu, who, it is admitted,\nexterminated the family of Ahab at the command of God, yet was actuated\nby a spirit of vain-glory; and as what he did was not to please God,\nso the ambitious cruelty from which he acted was avenged on his\nposterity:--not as the Jews, who, in keeping religious fasts and feasts,\ndid it to themselves and not to God. The apostles could say, \"Whether\nwe live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord.\"\nSo that the one universal rule of action which gave simplicity to\ntheir aim and unity to their efforts, was, \"Whether we eat, or drink,\nor whatever we do, we should do all to the glory of God.\"\n\nFrom the important nature of this branch of armour, we may infer its\nextensive usefulness.\n\nTo compact together the various graces of the Spirit; and to strengthen\nthe soul under great and long-continued conflicts. Thus the Lord\nstrengthened David, and prepared him for conflict, Ps. xviii. 39: \"Thou\nhast girded me with strength to the battle.\" Alluding to this, he\nexpected preservation in the evil day, Ps. xxv. 21: \"Let integrity and\nuprightness preserve me.\" In prophesying of the Messiah, he employs a\nsimilar expression, Ps. cxiii. 1: \"The Lord is clothed with strength,\nwherewith He hath girded himself.\"\n\nThe worth of this may be learned by the want of it. How many \"faint in\nthe day of adversity,\" showing that \"their strength is small!\" For want\nof this, Peter and Luke were carried away with dissimulation; and were\nrecovered by means of a painful exposure, and public rebuke.\n\nThrough insincerity the children of Judah carrying bows turned back in\nthe day of battle; and Demas forsook the apostles, and returned to the\nbosom of the world. Unhappy man! For a time he appeared to give up earth\nfor the hope of heaven, then turned from the holy commandment for the\nsake of the world; and, for aught that appears, was finally cast away!\n\nContrast with these, others, fighting under the same banners, and who\ncontended against similar foes, but were by nature equally insufficient\nof themselves; yet these were sincere, girded with truth. Behold Daniel\nand his three noble associates, who would neither relinquish, nor defer,\nnor even conceal their religion, but presented a firm crest to the\ninsulting foe; and, having faith unfeigned, love without dissimulation,\nand a spirit without guile, no poisoned arrows could pierce them, no\nfurious threatenings could divert them; and when they had passed through\nthe furnace, \"their clothes did not so much as smell of the fire.\" In\nlike manner the apostles could say in the midst of much tribulation,\n\"Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in\nsimplicity and _godly sincerity_, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the\ngrace of God, we have had our conversation in the world.\" Let every\nChristian soldier have \"_his loins girt about with truth_,\" and \"_the\nfeeble shall be as David, and David as an angel of God!_\"\n\n                                                       _Clapham._  J. E.\n\n\n                       THE LATE CHRISTOPHER SMART.\n\n                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._\n\n=A writer= in the April Number of your Miscellany, influenced by the\ngenius displayed in the verses of Mr. Smart therein quoted, requested to\nlearn more of the history of the poet. If the following particulars are\nconsidered worthy of insertion, I will also offer for your future pages\nthe biography of another literary character. The present narrative of\nthe incidents in the life of Mr. Christopher Smart presents a great mind\nunder the influence of a common but dangerous evil, and displays\npowerful arguments to call off the Christian from that pernicious habit\nwhich brought ruin on him. This will be seen in the sequel.\n\n=Christopher Smart= was born at Shipbourne, in Kent, April 11, 1722. His\nfather was possessed of almost \u00a3300 a year, from an estate in that\nneighbourhood. His mother was a Miss Gilpin, of the family of the\ncelebrated reformer, Bernard Gilpin, by the father's side. His\ngrandfather had been a prebendary of Durham, in the reign of Charles I.,\nand was accounted by the puritan party as the proto-martyr in their\ncause, having been degraded and deprived of all his ecclesiastical\npreferments, fined \u00a3500, and imprisoned eleven years. When restored to\nliberty by the parliament, he appeared as a witness against Archbishop\nLaud: the libel for which he suffered was written in Latin verse, and\nwas published in 1643.\n\nThe family estate at Shipbourne was, at the death of his father, sold at\na considerable loss to pay his debts, and the widow and family were thus\nleft destitute. His father was a man of liberal education, and probably\ncommunicated to his son a taste for literature; and to the same source\nmay possibly be ascribed that train of pious reflections which appeared\nso conspicuous in many of his poetical pieces.\n\nSmart was born earlier than the usual period of gestation, which might\noccasion a tenderness of constitution. His taste for poetry is said to\nhave appeared when he was only four years old, in an extempore effusion\nwhich has not been preserved, but which is said to have indicated a\nrelish for verse, and an ear for numbers. He was educated at Maidstone\nuntil he was eleven years old, at which time his father died, and his\nmother was induced to send him to Durham, where he might enjoy the\nadvantages of a good school, change of air, and, what in his\ncircumstances became desirable, the notice and protection of his\nfather's relations.\n\nYoung Smart was cordially received at Raby Castle by Lord Barnard, and\nalso obtained the friendship of the Hon. Mrs. Hope, and the more\nsubstantial patronage of the Duchess of Cleveland, who allowed him \u00a340 a\nyear until her death in 1742. It was probably owing to the liberality of\nLord Barnard that, after he had acquired very considerable reputation at\nDurham School, he was sent to Cambridge in his seventeenth year, and\nadmitted at Pembroke Hall October 30, 1739.\n\nAt college he was much more distinguished for his poetical effort and\nclassical taste, than for an ambition to excel in the usual routine of\nacademical studies, and soon became a favourite with such of his\ncontemporaries as were gay and licentious. His imprudence involved him\nin difficulties; and his difficulties, not being quickly removed,\ninduced an habitual neglect of pecuniary matters, which adhered to him\nthroughout life. His pursuit of convivial enjoyments, and frequent\nexcess, formed the chief blot in his character.\n\nIn 1743 he was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts: and July 3,\n1745, was elected a fellow of Pembroke Hall. In 1747 he took the degree\nof Master of Arts, and became a candidate for the Seatonian prize,\nwhich was actually adjudged to him for five years, four of them in\nsuccession.[A] It is probable that he might have succeeded in the year\nthat he failed, but his thoughts had been diverted from close attention\nby an important change in his situation.\n\n[Footnote A: The subjects of these poems were: \"The Eternity--the\nImmensity--the Omniscience--the Power--and the Goodness of the Supreme\nBeing.\" They were severally published from the year 1750 to 1756.]\n\nIn 1753 he quitted college, on his marriage with Miss Ann Maria Carnan,\nthe daughter, by a former husband, of Mary, wife of Mr. John Newbery,\nthe bookseller, of St. Paul's Church-yard.\n\nSmart's pleasing manners, and generally inoffensive conduct, procured\nhim the friendship of Dr. Johnson, Garrick, Dr. James, Dr. Burney, and\nother literary men of eminence. The friendship of these scholars, and of\nLord Delaval, to whom Smart had been private tutor, were of great use to\nhim when in distress. Dr. Johnson manifested much sympathy for poor\nSmart, and in a time of need promptly lent him his aid. The notices of\nthis feeling in Boswell's Life of Johnson are very interesting; but with\nall literary men our poet was not in harmony, for so much rancour was\nmanifested between Smart and Sir John Hill, that the former began a work\nentitled _Hilliad_, and the latter was equally pugnacious in a\nperiodical, entitled _Smartiad_. Smart was injured by this war of\nobloquy with one, whom to conquer was to exceed in the worst part of his\ncharacter. Hill was a compiler of books and a hackneyed practitioner in\nthe arts of that profession. He was beneath the notice of Smart. \"The\nHilliad,\" which is perhaps one of the most bitter satires ever\npublished, would afford a very unfavourable opinion of our author's\ncharacter, had it not been an attack on a man who had rendered himself\nridiculous and contemptible by practising with unblushing effrontery\nevery species of literary and medical quackery.\n\nIn 1754 was published his \"Hymn to the Supreme Being,\" written on his\nrecovery from a dangerous fit of illness _brought on by intemperance_.\nThis illness continued through 1755, and part of 1756. Who can think of\nthe benumbing and debasing effect of spirits, and not shudder at the\napathy with which the practice is viewed? He could write a Hymn of\nGratitude to the Supreme Being, and yet not discover the cause of his\nillness, and depart from the practice. The constitution of Mr. Smart\nrequired the utmost care. His mind was easily excited. His disposition\nwas naturally amiable and placid, but the use of spirits created so much\nmental irritability upon an imagination uncommonly fervid, that his\npowers gave way, and produced strange alienation of mind; and ignorant\nthat the use of spirits thus withered and morbidly inflamed his powers,\nhe sought assistance from the destroying enemy, and at last his\nparoxysms became so violent and continued, as to render confinement\nnecessary. In this melancholy state, his family (for he had now two\nchildren) must have been much embarrassed in their circumstances, but\nfor the kind friendship and assistance of Mr. Newbery. Many others were\nforward to assist; and particularly Dr. Samuel Johnson.\n\nYour readers, Mr. Editor, after perusing this sketch of Mr. Smart's\nhistory, will doubtless be gratified by the account which Mr. Boswell\nnarrates of a conversation with Dr. Johnson on the case of Smart. The\nDoctor observes:\n\n    \"Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation\n    from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the\n    disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees, and saying his\n    prayers, in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although,\n    rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than\n    to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray,\n    that their understanding is not called in question. Concerning this\n    unfortunate poet, Christopher Smart, who was confined in a madhouse,\n    he had, at another time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney:\n    Burney--'How does poor Smart do, Sir? is he likely to recover?'\n    Johnson--'It seems as if his mind had ceased to struggle with the\n    disease; for he grows fat upon it.' Burney--'Perhaps, Sir, that may\n    be from want of exercise?' Johnson--'No, Sir; he has partly as much\n    exercise as he used to have; for he digs in the garden. Indeed,\n    before his confinement, he used for exercise to walk to the\n    alehouse; but he was carried back again. I did not think he ought to\n    be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted\n    on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as\n    any one else.'\"--_Boswell's Life of Johnson_, Page 349, vol. i.,\n    Edit. 1822, 8vo.\n\nAfter his recovery, which was, as it appears by his conduct, not quite\ncomplete, he joined with Rolt, to write for a Magazine published by\nGardner,[A] which continued only two years. The contract was for\nninety-nine years, and Smart and Rolt were to have a third of the\nprofits. Dr. Johnson, with a friendly feeling, wrote some articles.\n\n    [Footnote A: Mr. Henry Gardner, whom the writer of this note knew\n    well, lived at the corner of Melford Lane, in the Strand. He was a\n    shrewd man, and probably made the contract for ninety-nine years to\n    bind the services of two irregular men.]\n\nSmart's madness, according to Dr. Johnson's account, discovered itself\nchiefly in unnecessary deviations from the usual modes of the world, in\nthings that are not improper in themselves. He would fall upon his knees\nand say his prayers in the street, or in any unusual place, and insisted\non people praying with him. These were regarded as the vagaries of an\neccentric man, and not hallucinations of the mind arising from the\neffects of stimulating drinks; but some were wiser, and placed him in\nconfinement, \"to give his constitution a chance of recovering from the\neffects of intemperance.\" When his mind appeared to be in some measure\nrestored, he took a pleasant lodging near St. James's Park, and\nconducted his affairs for some time with prudence. He was maintained\npartly by his literary occupations, and partly by the generosity of his\nfriends, receiving, among other benefactions, \u00a350 a year from the\ntreasury, but by whose interest this favour was obtained is not known.\n\nIn 1757 he published \"A Prose Translation of the Works of Horace.\" From\nthis performance he could derive but little fame. He thought that such\na translation could be useful to those who are desirous of acquiring or\nrecovering a competent knowledge of the Latin tongue. The good or the\nevil of literal translations is yet a problem, and each side of the\nquestion has its advocates. Though our poet was engaged on the one\nhand in translating the Odes of Horace into prose, on the other he\nsuccessfully translated Pope's Ode to St. Cecilia into Latin verse, and\nthereby obtained the notice of Mr. Pope, with whom a correspondence\nensued, of which Mr. Smart was not a little vain.\n\nIn what manner he lived for some time after this, we are not told; but\nGarrick, finding him in pecuniary distress, gave him the profits of a\nbenefit at his theatre.\n\nIn 1763, he published \"A Song to David,\" in which there are some\npassages greatly to be admired, and which, Mr. Editor, as a man of\ntaste, you have introduced to your readers; but there are some to be\nfound of even more majestic animation; and it will surprise the reader\nwhen he is told that this piece was composed by him during his\nconfinement; when he was debarred the use of pen, ink, and paper, and\nwas obliged to indent his lines, with the end of a key, upon the\nwainscot. In the same year he published \"Poems,\" and at the conclusion\nbetrays that irritability and self-conceit which are frequently observed\nto precede, and generally to accompany, derangement of mind.\n\nIn all these poems his imagination, although occasionally fine, went\noften into wild excesses, and evinced that his mind had never recovered\nits _sober_ tone. In his intervals of health and regularity, he still\ncontinued to write. His \"Translation of the Psalms of David\" afford a\nmelancholy proof of want of judgment and decay of powers. We find him at\nlength an inmate of the King's Bench prison. Here he died after a short\nillness, occasioned by a disorder in his liver, May 18th, 1770, leaving\ntwo daughters, who, with his widow, were long settled at Reading, and by\ntheir prudent management of the bookselling trade, transferred to them\nby Mr. John Newbery, were enabled to maintain a very respectable rank in\nlife.\n\nOf his personal character, the following particulars yet remain to be\nadded from the memoirs: \"His piety was exemplary and fervent; it may not\nbe uninteresting to the reader to be told, that Mr. Smart, in composing\nthe religious poems, was frequently so impressed with the sentiment of\ndevotion, as to write particular passages on his knees. He was friendly,\naffectionate, and liberal to excess; so as often to give that to others\nof which he was in the utmost want himself.\"\n\nIn his religious poems on the Supreme Deity, written for the Seatonian\nprize, the fault was perhaps in the expectation that such subjects can\nbe treated with advantage. In the preface to Pope's Ode to St. Cecilia,\nhe allows that, \"the choosing too high subjects has been the ruin of\nmany a tolerable genius;\" and Dr. Johnson, with majestic energy,\nremarks, that \"whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised\nin the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted;\ninfinity cannot be amplified; perfection cannot be improved.\"\n\n                                                               =Leumas.=\n\n\n              A CANDID APPEAL TO CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIANS.\n\n                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._\n\n=Of= all the divisions existing among the real servants of Christ, there\nis none, I think, so remarkable, nor more injurious, than the separation\nof congregationalists into the two parties of P\u00e6dobaptists and\nAntip\u00e6dobaptists. Perfectly agreed as they are respecting the character\nof the New Testament church, and occupying exactly the same position\nwith regard to the ecclesiastical establishments of this country, it\nappears truly surprising that they should yet entirely disagree as to\nthe qualifications entitling an individual to the sacred initiatory\nordinance of the Christian dispensation; and that, after the lapse of\ncenturies, during which the finest talents on each side have been\nemployed in the discussion of the subject, that they should yet remain\nas decidedly opposed upon it as at the first. Perhaps both parties are\nequally culpable with regard to the spirit in which their respective\npositions may have been maintained; but it is evident that only one of\nthem can be wrong with regard to the letter. Christians of all parties\nare now entertaining the hope, that the day is drawing nigh when the\nspiritual vision of the members of Christ shall be so improved as to\nenable them to avail themselves of the full light of the gospel to\nsubdue their respective prejudices and antipathies; and when the love of\nChrist shall be so shed abroad in all hearts, as to lead them into that\nblessed state of union, into which it is predicted the church is to be\nbrought. And here I beg to ask, considering how simple is the nature of\nthe question which divides the congregationalists into two parties, if\nthis blessed movement ought not to begin with them? And what an honour\nit would be, to be the first in this glorious movement! And surely it\nmay well animate us earnestly to desire this goodly precedence, when we\nconsider how powerfully and influentially the example would act on all\nother Christian parties, so as probably to lead all rapidly forward to\nthe happy, long-desired consummation. In the meantime we may well bear\nwith the errors of other parties, considering how many causes concur to\nkeep them under the dominion of their prejudices, and that all of them\nare heightened by the spectacle of our own unnatural division, while we\nare calling upon them to submit themselves to the laws of the New\nTestament. O that all controversial argumentation might for the future\nbe conducted only in the spirit of love! that all might be prepared to\nlay aside censoriousness, and all appearances of contempt, to avoid all\nunseemly confidence, and sedulously to watch against a spirit of self\nexaltation, desiring that the Lord alone may be exalted in the display\nand in the triumph of his truth! When the Spirit of the Lord shall be so\npoured upon his church, that the truth shall be sought in this way,\nerrors will soon be detected, and the blessed union of saints be quickly\naccomplished. The church is not without the means. The cause of our\ndifferences is not the want of sufficient spiritual light.\n\nI have remarked above, that _one_ of the parties only on the subject of\ninfant baptism can be wrong with regard to the letter; and here it is\nwith real grief that I must appear in the character of a partisan; but I\nhumbly submit to the candid consideration of my P\u00e6dobaptist brethren\nwhether what follows be not a fair representation of the principal\ngrounds on which the advocates of the practice of baptizing infants\nfound their arguments in support of the practice: _The covenant of\ngrace, as it was revealed to Abraham, discovers it to be the will of\nGod, that the infants of believers in Christ should be dedicated to God\nby baptism. That the practice was sanctioned by the apostles, and\ndesigned to be a blessing to children, and serviceable to the cause of\nthe gospel._\n\nThe following queries are, with great Christian respect and affection,\noffered for the consideration of the P\u00e6dobaptist servants of Christ.\n\n1. Does it not appear to be a fundamental principle in the New\nTestament, and designed to have been constantly kept in view, that the\nchurches of Christ should, as far as human judgment and Christian\ncharity would allow, be exclusively voluntary associations of persons\nbrought to desire the salvation of Christ, and to be numbered as his\nservants?\n\n2. Is there any part of the New Testament which will justify a church in\nrecognizing any persons as the children of the promise, unless they\nappear to be partakers of the faith of Abraham? On the contrary, does it\nnot plainly appear that the New Testament children of the father of the\nfaithful should receive baptism as Abraham received circumcision, a seal\nof the grace which they had being yet unbaptized?\n\n3. Were not circumcisions under the Abrahamic covenant more extensive\nand indiscriminate than the circumcisions under the Mosaic economy, and\ntherefore more unlike New Testament baptisms than the latter? Wherefore,\nthen, is the former covenant represented as affording the archetype of\nChristian baptism?\n\n4. Under the Old Testament covenant the descendants of Abraham, Isaac,\nand Jacob were by natural birth--whether partakers of spiritual faith or\nnot--equal members of the commonwealth of Israel. But is not the New\nTestament covenant, in this respect, essentially different, the\nprinciples of the gospel not recognizing unions of the holy and the\nunholy, and the New Testament containing no provisions for the\ngovernment of such communities?\n\n5. Is not the New Testament covenant peculiarly distinguished from the\nJewish, whether considered as Abrahamic or Mosaic (was the latter any\nthing more than a development of the former?) by its _unveiled_\nspirituality, and by its respect for individual moral character?\n\n6. Does the New Testament, in any part, appear to recognize the people\nof Christ in a corporate capacity, except as they appear to be united by\nthe spiritual principles of the gospel?\n\n7. Is not the remarkable fact, that P\u00e6dobaptism obliges its advocates to\nretire back to the book of Genesis in search of a covenant to justify\nthem in their use of the _New Testament_ ordinance of baptism, of itself\nnearly sufficient to evince that their practice is inconsistent with\n_the covenant of grace, as it is revealed in the gospel?_ and does it\nnot become a certainty, when it appears that circumcision under _the\nAbrahamic covenant_ was, in some important respects, an institution of a\nperfectly contrary character to the ordinance of baptism; the former\nexhibiting a _compulsory_ character, which rendered it imperative upon\nAbraham to circumcise Ishmael, and to _enforce_ it upon his whole\nhousehold, whether bond or free; and to enjoin it for all their\nposterity, under the awful threatening of utter exclusion from the\ncovenant and family of God? Is there not here _a most striking contrast_\nwith the inspired records of the institution and administration of the\nordinance of baptism?\n\n8. If the views of the apostles on this subject had been coincident\nwith those of Antip\u00e6dobaptist divines, could they have refrained from\ndeclaring them, when the conduct of the teachers of circumcision was\nsuch as to create continual occasions which called for a plain statement\nof the gospel doctrine of baptism? Did not the state into which the\ninfant church at Antioch had been brought by these teachers particularly\nrequire that such statements should be made? Would not a declaration on\nthe part of the apostles, in their assembly at Jerusalem, of the\ndoctrine of P\u00e6dobaptism, have tended at once to terminate the\ncontroversy? Is it imaginable that they should have refrained, on this\noccasion, from informing the Gentile converts that, by the substitution\nof baptism for circumcision, they and their children were exempted for\never from the claims of the circumcisers?\n\n9. What law of the gospel is broken by those parents who, without\nbaptism, prayerfully devote their children to Christ?\n\n10. Are the children of Antip\u00e6dobaptists, if brought up in the nurture\nand admonition of the Lord, less likely to become living members of\nChrist than the children of P\u00e6dobaptists; and is there any spiritual\nbenefit conferred on these by the rite, of which those to whom it is not\nadministered are deprived?\n\n11. Whenever a pious Jew might have been asked the question, What\nbenefits are secured to the children and nation of Israel by the rite of\ncircumcision? he could at once, by a reference to the appointment, and\nto the promises and threatenings connected with it, have given a clear\nand satisfactory answer to the question; but when a similar question is\nproposed to P\u00e6dobaptists respecting their practice, are they able to\ngive to it a like satisfactory answer? Is there any agreement on the\nsubject? Is not every thing here vague, mystical, and incongruous? And\nwherefore is this? Is it not simply because that, unlike the Jew, they\ncanot refer to \"the law and to the testimony?\"\n\n12. Is not the distinction existing in P\u00e6dobaptist churches, between\npersons who are entitled to one only of the sacraments of the gospel,\nand those who are entitled to both; between unconsciously initiated\nmembers, and professed voluntary members, entirely without countenance\nfrom the New Testament?\n\n13. Was not baptism in the apostles' days a special means of grace in\nthe church; and was it not always designed to be so? But if it is not a\nmeans of grace to infants, does not the baptizing them plainly tend to\nnullify a gospel ordinance, depriving both them and the church of its\nbenefits?\n\n14. Has not the practice of infant baptism, in all ages of the church,\nbeen a pernicious source of delusion? And is there any way of avoiding\nits injurious influence on the world, and regaining the benefit of the\nordinance to the church, but by following up the principles of the New\nTestament, and abandoning the practice of infant baptism?\n\nLet these inquiries be seriously, impartially, and prayerfully\nconsidered, by all who are concerned for the purity and efficiency of\nthe church, the unity of its members, and the glory of its Author.\n\n                                                      =Antip\u00e6dobaptist.=\n\n\n                         ON A MISSIONARY SPIRIT.\n\n                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._\n\nNo period of the rolling year, perhaps, is received with more cordial\nfeelings of joy than the one on which we have now entered. To the\nadmirer of the works of nature--its smiling face--its verdant\nmantle--the exchange of the chilly blast of winter for etherial mildness\nand softer gales, cannot but afford pleasure and delight; for \"lo,\nwinter is past; the rain is over and gone; and the time of the singing\nof birds is come.\"\n\nTo those that love to contemplate God, not only in the works of nature,\nbut also in those of grace, the approach of this month cannot but be\nhailed with feelings of joy, on account of those delightful\nopportunities which are then afforded of hearing our missionary\nbrethren, who have come from the east and the west to rehearse all that\nthe Lord has done for them, and how he has opened the door of faith unto\nthe Gentiles (heathen).\n\nIt is, however, to be feared that, with many, the pleasure that is felt\nin attending these public meetings arises from the mere excitement of\npassion, not based upon or guided by any fixed principle; and therefore,\nlike the morning cloud and early dew, soon passes away. If it be asked,\nWhat is the true spirit which every Christian should possess in\nreference to the publication of the truth? it may be replied, _A\nmissionary spirit_; which includes,\n\n1. _A spirit of importunate prayer._ What single employment is there in\nwhich we may be engaged, or what enterprise can we undertake, that does\nnot depend upon our Maker for success? The merchant may freight his bark\nfor a distant shore; but for its safe arrival into port, he must look to\nHim who holds the waters in the hollow of his hand, and whom the winds\nand sea obey. The husbandman may prepare the soil, and implant the seed\nbut from God alone can he expect the gentle showers of rain, and the\ncongenial sunshine. And if the blessing of God is absolutely necessary\nfor the success of undertakings relating to temporal affairs, how much\nmore so in things that are spiritual! Here, especially, Paul may plant,\nand Apollos water; but it is God alone that can give the increase. And\nin what way are we to seek it but by prayer? It is prayer that will open\nthe windows of heaven, and cause the Almighty to pour us out a blessing,\nso that there shall not be room to receive it. It will come down like\nrain on the new-mown grass--as showers that water the earth.\n\nIn all the dwellings of Jacob may prayer be heard ascending to the Most\nHigh, for blessings to attend our meetings!\n\n2. _A spirit of thanksgiving._ It is the distinguishing feature in a\nworldly man's disposition or character, that, however he may be inclined\nto pray for worldly prosperity, he is always backward in acknowledging\nthe blessing bestowed; yea, the more God lavishes his favours upon him,\nthe less does he recognize the hand of the Giver. Let us act as becometh\nChristians. Let our hearts overflow with gratitude for mercies received.\nLet past mercies excite us to gratitude, and encourage us in our future\nlabours.\n\n3. _A spirit of rejoicing._ Let not the interesting intelligence that\nmay be afforded be read with cold indifference. What is the Christian's\njoy and crown of rejoicing? Is it not the salvation of the soul through\nhis instrumentality? If there is joy in heaven over one sinner that\nrepenteth, shall it not produce joy in our bosoms when we hear, not of\none, but of many being brought to the knowledge of the truth?\n\n4. _A spirit of active benevolence._ Here is the test of our love to\nJesus. What is more diffusive or expanding, or constraining in its\nnature, than the principle of love? It has for the object of its aim the\nglory of God, and seeks in every way to promote it. The desire of such a\nsoul is, that Christ may be magnified in his body, whether it be by life\nor by death.\n\nMay a _missionary spirit_ be the one which animates every reader!\n\n                                                                   X. Y.\n\n\n                           UNION IS STRENGTH.\n\n                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._\n\n=I have= seen a circular respecting the \"Baptist Union.\" It is a very\ncommon remark, that \"the Independents and the Wesleyan Methodists are\nmore united than the Baptists.\" How is this, or why should it be? They\nare probably more numerous, and this may be owing to unity. Let us look\nat the counties of Surrey and Sussex. Is there any Baptist interest\nbetween Clapham and Horsham? At the latter place there are some general\nBaptists. Again: are there any Baptists between Croydon and East\nGrinstead? At Brighton there are some; but take the road from Brighton\nto Portsmouth, and where will you find any? Not at Worthing, nor\nArundel, nor Chichester, nor Emsworth, nor Havant. How is this? Either\nthe funds of the Baptist Home Mission are deficient; or there is a want\nof exertion. Again: from Wandsworth to Guildford, Godalming, and onward\nto Portsmouth, are there any Baptists? If there are, it is unknown to\nme. Again; if you could describe a circle of twenty miles circumference,\nmaking Findon, near Worthing, the centre of the circle, where will you\nfind any Baptists, if you except Brighton and Horsham?\n\nSome twenty years since there were a few general Baptists at Chichester;\nbut they have long been extinct. Now, Sir, if there really was that\nunion of heart, of mental energy, of exertion, and of purse, _which\nthere ought to be_, I might have been spared putting the questions which\nI have just asked.\n\nAgain: at Leeds there is a population of nearly 130,000, and, properly\nspeaking, but _one_ Baptist interest. There is ample room there for\nseveral; there is no lack of Independents and Methodists at Leeds. I\nfear, Sir, that this is only a very small sample of what might be given.\nI do not think that we so much lack preachers, _as funds to support\nthem_.\n\nAt some places, probably, the preachers might teach a school: although\nthat is not the best way a preacher might be employed; yet, in an\nemergency, it might be adopted. The subject, however, _deserves_ serious\nconsideration. We want \"a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull\naltogether;\" and then something might be done. Again: is there that\nunion, and cordiality, and brotherly kindness, and Christian affection,\nand personal intercourse, between the rich and the poor amongst us,\nwhich our Master has enjoined and _commanded_? I trow not. Until _this_\nis effected, how can we expect prosperity and increase? Do we not also\nwant more prayer--secret prayer for each other; social prayer; and, when\nwe pray, that we may love each other, ought we not _to do it_, \"not in\nword and in tongue, but in deed and in truth?\"\n\n                                          =A Baptist of the Old School.=\n\n\n                                 POETRY.\n\n                             A BROKEN HEART.\n\n    What makes me court seclusion's shade,\n    And shun this vain world's gay parade,\n    Whose pleasures blossom but to fade?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What makes me heave the deep-drawn sigh,\n    And raise to heaven my weeping eye,\n    And inly groan--I scarce know why?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What makes me bend before God's throne,\n    There all my guilt and misery own,\n    And seek my help from Christ alone?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What makes the word of life so sweet,\n    That I could sit at Jesu's feet,\n    And never quit that dear retreat?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What makes the cross such charms to wear,\n    That while I gaze and linger there,\n    No room is left for dark despair?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What is it mellows all my joy,\n    Weans me from every earthly toy,\n    And leads to bliss without alloy?\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What spreads new rapture through the skies?\n    'Tis when a soul for mercy cries,\n    And angels see with wondering eyes\n                            A broken heart.\n\n    What though the wounds of sin are sore,\n    Jesus, my Lord, has balm in store;\n    I'll use it, till I feel no more\n                            A broken heart.\n\n\n                          COMMUNION OF SAINTS.\n\n    I love to hear the rising songs\n      That celebrate the Saviour's name\n    Attuned by kindred hearts and tongues,\n      Who think, and feel, and speak the same.\n\n    No voice of discord there is heard;\n      No thoughts unholy or unkind;\n    No jarring, unharmonious word,\n      To mar the melody of mind.\n\n    No more the party-wall of pride,\n      Erected by one common foe,\n    The hearts of brethren shall divide,\n      While passing through the vale below.\n\n    No more, secluded and unknown,\n      In isolated paths they tread;\n    Nor speed their devious way alone,\n      Till numbered with the silent dead.\n\n    One faith is beaming in their eye;\n      One hope within their bosom glows;\n    While hastening to the realms on high,\n      The blissful region of repose.\n\n    One is the heaven-born joy they feel;\n      The holy peace and calm delight\n    That each enraptured spirit seal,\n      When Calvary opens on their sight.\n\n    One Lord redeemed them with his blood,\n      And rose triumphant from the tomb,\n    To lead them to one Father--God,\n      Whose smiles their darkest hours illume.\n\n    One Spirit breathes in every soul\n      With life, and power, and love divine;\n    Diffusing radiance through the whole,\n      Till bright in holiness they shine.\n\n    And in one home they all will meet,\n      Their dangers and their sorrows o'er;\n    And one delightful theme repeat,--\n      United there to part no more.\n\n                                                                  =Eta.=\n\n\n                                REVIEWS.\n\n    _Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Joseph Ivimey, late\n    Pastor of the Church in Eagle Street, London, and twenty years\n    gratuitous Secretary to the Baptist Irish Society._ By =George\n    Pritchard=.--Wightman.\n\nIf there be a name which more than any other merits honourable mention\nin this periodical, it is unquestionably that of =Joseph Ivimey=. He was\none of its earliest correspondents, contributed largely, in various\nways, to bring it up from Tiverton to London, and wrote frequently in\nall its departments. He was ever ready to cheer its friends, and to\nfight with its enemies; for the interest of our ministers' widows lay\nvery near his heart, and in all his multifarious engagements in relation\nto this object, he was evidently stimulated by Christian compassion.\n\nThe name of Mr. I. will be identified with all the great institutions\nconnected with the denomination to which he thought it an honour to\nbelong; and, more especially, in the list of Ireland's benefactors he is\ncertainly destined to hold a very distinguished place. Our departed\nbrother knew that words are cheaper than stones in the street; but it\nwill be remembered that on one occasion, particularly, he devoted much\ntime, and labour, and property, and influence, by which he encouraged\nthe committee to send over ship-loads of necessary food to keep the poor\nIrish alive from famine.\n\nMr. I. was born at Ringwood, in Hampshire, May 22nd, 1773. It appears,\nfrom the interesting narrative before us, that he lived in ignorance and\nunbelief till he was 18 years old. Mr. Thomas Williams,[A] in the\npresence of his two maternal aunts, said to him one day, \"Young man, do\nyou know any thing of these things?\" With an honest promptitude, by\nwhich his whole life was characterized, he unhesitatingly replied, \"I\nknow nothing at all about them.\" But the arrow had gone deep into his\nheart; and nothing but the balm of Gilead could save him. Subsequently\nhe derived much benefit from Elisha Cole's popular book on Divine\nSovereignty, and from a sermon delivered by Dr. Steadman. He was\nbaptized at Wimborne, September 16th, 1790, by the late Rev. John\nSaffery. In the following year he removed to Lymington, and derived much\ninstruction from the Rev. James Barnett, who still survives, and is in\ncommunion with the church at Eagle Street.\n\n    [Footnote A: Afterwards an Independent Minister, at Bradford.]\n\nHe came first to London in April, 1793, and communed with the church in\nKeppel Street, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. Martin.\nOccasionally, also, he heard Mr. Swain at his Lord's-day evening\nlecture, in Devonshire Square.\n\n    \"In taking the coach by which he was to depart, he silently said, 'I\n    will never see this London again.' But the words of the prophet are\n    greatly to be preferred: 'O Lord, I know that the way of man is not\n    in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.'\" p.\n    34.\n\nIn 1794, he removed to Portsea, and was married July 7th, 1795. By this\nmarriage he had two sons, and four daughters: one son and one daughter\nsurvive to lament the loss of their father. Early in 1803, when nearly\nthirty years of age, he was encouraged to preach by the church at\nPortsea, to which he and his wife were united, under the care of Joseph\nHorsey and Daniel Miall, who were co-pastors. Relinquishing secular\nbusiness, in September, 1803, he removed, with his wife and two\nchildren, to Wallingford, and became assistant to Mr. Lovegrove. Having\noccupied the station at Wallingford nearly twelve months, he was invited\nto Eagle Street, in consequence of the resignation of the late Rev.\nWilliam Smith. In July, 1804, he removed to that same London of which,\nat an early period, he had thought so lightly; and there the remaining\nhalf of his life was happily, honourably, and usefully spent. He died\nFebruary 8th, 1834. But why should we further pursue the narrative? From\nthe date of his settlement in London, he was \"an epistle of Christ,\nknown and read of all men.\"\n\nThe narrative is full of incidents, with which are interspersed many\nmost judicious reflections; and in the \"Conclusion\" we have a correct\nand complete delineation of Mr. I.'s character. We are deliberately of\nopinion that it could not have been intrusted to better hands than those\nof his esteemed colleague in the gratuitous secretaryship of the Irish\nInstitution, who has executed his task in a very pleasing and edifying\nmanner, with great delicacy and fidelity; much to the credit of his own\npiety, judgment, and taste. We are happy to add that the work is very\nneatly got up, very correctly printed, and ornamented with a good\nlikeness of our deceased brother.\n\nMr. I.'s ministry was greatly blessed from on high. The congregation was\nnever before so large, new members were added continually, and the place\nof worship was considerably enlarged.\n\n    \"From the records of the church it appears that during his pastorate\n    more than eight hundred were added to its fellowship. Twenty young\n    men were encouraged to give themselves to the work of the Christian\n    ministry, four of whom received missionary appointments, and two are\n    at this time in Ireland, zealously exerting themselves in the\n    service of the Baptist Irish Society.\" p. 314.\n\nAnd, in a letter dated in 1826, Mr. I. says, \"The church now consists of\nmore than 470 members.\" p. 192.\n\nOf the great labour of his life, \"The History of the English Baptists,\"\nin four large volumes, 8vo., we may venture to predict that it will be\nfar more in demand before this century closes than it is now. The\nauthor, we believe, never received any thing like compensation while he\nlived; he will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Mr. I.\nbelieved, as did also the late Rev. James Dore, that when a man ceases\nto be a strict Baptist, there is no resting-place for his feet till he\nfinds himself a strict papist.\n\nBut it cannot be justly maintained that our zealous brother shut himself\nup within the narrow precincts of his own denomination. So far from it\nthat he had free and open communion with Christians of almost every\nname. Soon after he came to London, he was elected a member of the\ncommittee of the Religious Tract Society; and at the hospitable rooms of\nMessrs. Hardcastle and Reyner, Old Swan Stairs, near London Bridge, he\ncheerfully mingled with Churchmen, Dissenters, and Methodists, of every\nshade and every grade; all agreeing, however, to insist upon the leading\ndoctrines of the gospel in all their publications. He was not, it is\ntrue, in the habit of going \"to the house of God in company\" with Mr.\nTaylor, the old Presbyterian Minister of Carter Lane, Doctors' Commons;\nnor with Dr. Winter, the Congregationalist; nor with Richard Philips, of\nthe Society of \"Friends;\" nor with Mr. Butterworth, nor Dr. Adam Clarke,\nof the Methodist connexion; but he often \"took sweet counsel\" with one\nor another of these eminent persons; and with these more frequently than\nwith many others, because they were among his nearest neighbours while\nhis residence was in Harpur Street; nor was there among them all a more\nresolute and determined advocate in the great cause of civil and\nreligious freedom, or in any of the pious and charitable institutions\nwhich beautify and bless our native land.\n\nThe excellent volume before us will show that our beloved brother, when\nmost strenuously pleading for liberty, was quite alive to the claims of\nall lawful authority. He was for \"laws and liberties combined,\" nor ever\ngave countenance to the daring and presumptuous schemes of any wild and\nunprincipled demagogues in this or in the sister island. His political\ncreed, he has often been heard to say, was built upon the revolution of\n1688, and the \"Act of Settlement.\" He knew as well as any man what the\nHouse of Brunswick owes to the Protestant Dissenters; and what the\nProtestant Dissenters owe to the House of Brunswick. Let his printed\nfuneral sermon for the Princess Charlotte, and another for the duke of\nKent, and another for George the Third, be lasting monuments of the\nardent and affectionate loyalty which he himself so deeply felt, and\nwhich he was assiduous to cherish in the ever-widening circle of his\nacquaintance.\n\nMany of his constant hearers must have been aware that their pastor's\nheart and house were open to ministers and other friends from all parts\nof England; to many from Wales, Scotland, and Ireland; and that his\ncorrespondence with North America was frequent. But very few of them\nprobably could ever guess at the number of private applications that\nwere made to him by letter for his advice and assistance. No man was\nmore public; and yet, by early rising, and still more by a strong desire\nto be useful, he had formed himself to habits of promptitude and\nfacility in the dispatch of business, that to ordinary minds were truly\nsurprising. Always alive and awake, he knew every thing that was done in\n_London_ to promote the cause of Christ, or to hinder it. Enjoying the\nconfidence, and the occasional visits, of such men as Saffery and\nSteadman, and Fuller and Hinton, and Kingborn and others, he was no\nstranger to whatever occurred in the _country_.\n\nMay the amiable young pastor who succeeds, with all his brethren in\noffice, and every other member of the much-favoured church in Eagle\nStreet, long continue to flourish under the smiles of the Great Head of\nthe church, without whose gracious influence nothing is strong, nothing\nis holy!\n\nWe might have added that Mr. Pritchard has appended to the Memoir a few\nabbreviated sermons of our lamented friend, which, no doubt, will be\noften read by those who heard them; and from which strangers may learn\nsomething of the spirit and style of the minister at Eagle Street, in\nhis ordinary pulpit exercises on the Lord's-day, and on week-days.\n\nIf it be said, \"Mr. Ivimey was sometimes wrong in temper, or wrong in\nhis measures,\" the answer is, \"This may be easily said, and justly, of\nevery good man that breathes, who is in active life.\"\n\nBut, after making every concession that could be extorted from candour\nand truth by the most jealous and jaundiced prejudice, we need not fear\nto assert that much, very much, will remain, to excite admiration, and\ngratitude to the great Author of all good, in his sincerity, clear as\ncrystal to the bottom; in his unquenchable zeal for the glory of God,\nand the best interests of mankind; in the labour, the energy, and\nunfainting perseverance with which he pursued his object; in the noble\ndisinterestedness which he evinced on all occasions;--and these, all\nwill admit, were the most prominent features of his character.\n\nIf this work meets with only half the attention it deserves, it will be\nextensively read in this country and in America; and the zeal displayed\nin the full-length portrait of \"a good minister of Jesus Christ,\" will\nprovoke very many.\n\nWe had marked several striking passages for quotation; but, on\nreconsidering the matter, deem it best to recommend the whole to all\nthose of our readers who have not already seen it.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _Scripture Views of the Heavenly World._ By =J. Edmondson=, A.M.\n    _pp._ 260.--Mason.\n\nThis work is written in a very serious, unpretending manner; and if it\ndo not greatly augment our knowledge of heaven, either as a place or a\nstate, yet it supplies such varied and valuable elements of thought, and\nexhibits so much to enkindle ardent desire, that, as a volume of piety,\nit deserves to rank high. We think, indeed, it is scarcely possible that\nany one, whose affections are in any degree set upon the things which\nare above, should read it without deriving considerable advantage. On\nthe sublime subject of heaven, the venerable author (for so we\nunderstand we may denominate him) mentions twenty views:--\"There is a\nHeavenly World--Scripture Names of Heaven--God is present in Heaven--The\nPresence of Jesus in Heaven--No Sufferings in Heaven--No Death in\nHeaven--No Night in Heaven--No War in Heaven--Heaven is a holy\nPlace--Heaven is a happy Place--Heaven is a glorious Place--Happy\nEmployment in Heaven--Extensive Knowledge in Heaven--We shall know each\nother there--Many Ranks and Orders in Glory--The Religion of Heaven is\nLove--The Resurrection Body in Heaven--The Pleasures of Heaven are\npure--The Wicked are shut out of Heaven--Heaven is eternal.\"\n\nThe preface contains some succinct and sensible observations on the\nimmortality of the soul. Among others, the following occurs:--\n\n    \"Ideas of good and evil, right and wrong, are planted in the human\n    heart. And there is in good men, what might be in all, a continual\n    cleaving and approximation to the Deity. When sin is committed, it\n    is followed by a sense of guilt and a fear of punishment, except in\n    those hardened sinners who have debased themselves by a long course\n    of disobedience. All these principles, when carefully cultivated,\n    are accompanied with ardent longings after immortality; and they\n    prove that man is connected with a higher order of beings than those\n    who are around him here, and that he is designed for a higher state\n    than that in which he now stands. For we perceive nothing of this\n    kind among the inferior creatures of our world. They are not, nor\n    ever will be, capable of knowing moral good and evil, much less of\n    knowing the God who made them. And will man, with his superior\n    powers, die for ever?\"\n\nWithout pledging ourselves for the correctness of every sentiment or\nsentence in the pages of this useful work, we would earnestly recommend\nit to the attention of our readers generally.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _Two Years' Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America;\n    with Directions to Emigrants._ By =D. Griffiths=, Jun. pp.\n    197.--Westley and Davis.\n\nThe information and advice contained in this small volume must be very\nvaluable to those, especially, who contemplate a transition to Ohio,\nwith the intention of making it the place of their permanent abode. The\nworthy author appears to have been a very diligent observer of men and\nthings during his short sojourn in the new world, and to have faithfully\nrecorded the result of his observations. Reason and experience unite to\ntestify that, in removing from place to place, little can be calculated\nupon besides an exchange of one class of difficulties for another; and\nin many more instances than are disclosed, it is highly probable that,\ncould the former be resumed, it would be thankfully accepted. Such, at\nleast, has been our impression from all the accounts we have yet read of\nemigrants and emigration. For the edification of our readers we give the\nfollowing extract:--\n\n    \"It may surprise an Englishman, if he be unacquainted with the\n    American character, that farmers, who were well off in New England,\n    should leave a comfortable home for the wild woods of Ohio. The best\n    explanation of this fact may be furnished, perhaps, by a comparison\n    of the English and American character, given in an American\n    publication, called 'The Biblical Repository,' although penned for\n    another purpose. 'This is connected, no doubt, with a great feature\n    of European character, which at once strikes Americans, that all\n    ranks and classes there have a far _greater enjoyment of the\n    present_ than ourselves. Our national character, so far as we have\n    one, consists in a spirit of enterprise, excited by the desire of\n    improving our condition. It may be shortly styled a _love of\n    gain_--gain, not only of wealth, but also of reputation, of comfort,\n    of happiness; gain of all that is supposed to be desirable. Our\n    enjoyment consists more in striving after this gain, in\n    anticipations and in the very act of acquiring; theirs, in\n    possession and quiet fruition.' Local attachments, domestic comfort,\n    and almost every kind of present temporal happiness, in the English\n    sense of the term, give way to the love of gain. Unquestionably,\n    this was the principle which led many of the New Englanders to Ohio;\n    and certainly the organ of acquisitiveness must be very prominent in\n    the Yankee cranium, for I never met with a farmer there, however\n    long he had been settled, or however comfortably, but would, from\n    this same love of gain, sell out, and move away.\" p. 53.\n\nMore than eighty pages of this volume are devoted to the subjects of\n\"Temperance Societies,\" and \"Religious Revivals:\" these should certainly\nobtain close attention from the reader. Concerning the latter there\nwill, no doubt, still be much difference of opinion; yet, if it be\nindulged with candour, and expressed with affection, it may be rather\nbeneficial than injurious.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _Twenty Sermons._ By the late Rev. =W. Howels=, Minister of Long\n    Acre Episcopal Chapel. pp. 440.--Shaw.\n\nIt is to be lamented that the reputation of the deceased so often\nsuffers from the defective prudence of the surviving. We have no doubt\nthat these sermons were delivered from the pulpit by the respected\nindividual whose name they bear, and that, by those who knew and valued\nhim as a preacher, they may be read with pensive pleasure and real\nadvantage. But we have also no doubt that, could Mr. Howels have been\nconsulted, he would have refused his consent to their publication, till\nthey had been submitted to his careful and severe revision. That they\ncontain many admirable sentiments and sentences, we readily admit; but,\nunhappily, some of the most striking and valuable paragraphs are\nseriously injured by rash and inconsiderate expressions, which an\nextemporaneous and energetic speaker, in the fervour of oral\ncommunication, may be induced to utter, but through which, were he\npreparing his discourses for the press, and therefore for cooler\ninspection, his pen would be unsparingly drawn. Without having said thus\nmuch, we could neither have discharged our duty to ourselves nor our\nreaders; but with such cautionary intimation we can cordially commend\nthem to their perusal.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _The Domestic Harp._ By =David Ives=. pp. 80.--Baynes.\n\nThe worthy author of this small neat publication says, \"A few of these\npieces have appeared before, in a periodical, called 'The Christian's\nPocket Magazine.'\" He remarks, also, in his short preface, \"No glossary\nwill here be required, but one member of a Christian family may safely\nread them to another with the certainty at least of being understood;\nand, the author feels a satisfaction in adding, without the danger of\noffending the most sacred affection.\" The reader of these verses will\nfind that, while the preceding commendation is fully sustained, the\nauthor might have gone even further. But as he has not, we will. These\npoetical effusions are not only plain and pious, they are sensible and\ninstructive; and though they may not exactly range with the more lofty\nefforts of poetic genius, yet they contain passages and pieces which\nwould not suffer by comparison with many which might be referred to in\nmore splendid volumes, the product of illustrious names. The following\nspecimen is selected, not on account of its superiority, but because it\nbest suits our space.\n\n\n                           LINES FOR AN ALBUM.\n\n    \"When thinking on the ways of man,\n      This little rule did rise,--\n    That he who lives without a plan,\n      Will die without a prize.\n\n    Reflection still to those who hear\n      This further guide hath given,--\n    That the best plan is godly fear,\n      And the best prize is heaven.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _The Sacred Classics. Expositions on the Creed, the Lord's Prayer,\n    and the Ten Commandments; with Two Discourses on Matthew xxii.\n    37-39, and Hebrews iii. 10. To which are added Expository Lectures\n    on Psalm xxxix._ By =Robert Leighton=, D.D., Archbishop of Glasgow.\n    With an Introductory Essay, by =John Pye Smith=, D.D., pp. 292.\n    Hatchard.\n\nThe distinguished names inscribed on the title-page of this volume of\nthe \"Sacred Classics\" cannot be rendered more eminent by our\ncommendation. The praise both of the deceased and the surviving is in\nall our churches; and their works, we doubt not, will continue to edify\nand adorn the human mind from generation to generation.\n\n\n                  BRIEF NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.\n\n_The Works of William Cowper, his Life and Letters, by William Hayley,\nEsq., now first completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private\nCorrespondence; Edited by the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, A.M., Rector of\nBurton, Northamptonshire, and Vicar of Biddenham, Bedfordshire; Author\nof the Life of the Rev. Legh Richmond. Saunders and Otley._--We have\nreceived the early volumes of this admirable publication. The manner in\nwhich it is brought out is highly creditable to all the parties\nconcerned in the undertaking; and we have no doubt of its being in very\nextensive demand by readers of almost every description. It is our\npurpose to watch its progress, and, at the close, to present our readers\nwith a more enlarged account of its peculiar claims to their attention.\n\n_The Posthumous Letters of the Rev. Rabshakeh Gathercoal, late Vicar of\nTuddington; now first published, with Explanatory Notes, and dedicated\nto the Lord Bishop of London. p. 288. Westley._--There are many passages\nin these letters which, in the keenness of their satire, and the\npungency of their wit, cannot be exceeded by any thing in the writings\nof Butler, South, or Swift; with this further commendation, that their\nedge and point are directed exclusively against error and arrogance. On\nthe subject of dissent we have seen no recent publication which can be\ncompared with this in clearness, copiousness, and power; combining so\nmany important facts of history with so much of interesting and\npractical influence. In the presence of such a writer the advocates of\nsuperstition and intolerance must quail; but the admirers of the\nuncorrupted Christianity of the New Testament, of every denomination,\nwill hail him, in this labour of his hands, as the intrepid friend of\nfreedom and religion.\n\nAfter all, we are praying and anxiously looking for a period, when works\nof this description shall have become obsolete; when ignorance shall be\nentirely dissipated, and the \"true light\" universally shine: for the\nknowledge of the Lord shall have covered the earth, as the waters cover\nthe sea; and man shall no longer say to his neighbour, Know ye the Lord:\nfor then, all shall know him, from the least to the greatest.\n\n_The Great Case of Tithes truly stated, clearly opened, and fully\nresolved. By Anthony Pearson, a Justice of Peace in Westmoreland, in the\ntime of the Commonwealth. Harvey and Darton._--This very cheap and\nseasonable tract is No. 63, and is printed for the Tract Association of\nthe Society of Friends. It cannot fail to excite attention.\n\n_Suggestions on National Education, with a View to the Advantage, not\nonly of the Poor, but of all Classes of Society. By John Smith, Lecturer\non Education, Liverpool. Simpkin and Marshall._--This very sensible\nwriter maintains that Government ought to do that which no individual\nhas power to do, namely, to show the public what education really is,\nand the best modes of carrying it forward--that the teachers of the\nmillions have yet to be created. He urges the necessity, the\npracticability, and the benefit of his plan. We hope ere long this great\nsubject will have a free, full, and fair discussion in the House of\nCommons.\n\n_Reasons for Dissenting from the Church of England; showing that the\nAncient Jewish Theocracy is no Authority for an Ecclesiastical\nEstablishment, &c. &c. By a Country Farmer and Minister of God's Word\nand Ordinances. Simpkin and Marshall_--Though we dissent from this\nDissenter in various particulars, we think every reader will see that\nthe \"Country Farmer\" is quite an overmatch for the clergyman who paid\nhim a visit.\n\n_The Life of the Rev. Jean Frederic Nardin, Pastor of the Church at\nBlamont: Translated from the French. By the Rev. Robert Blessley. Ward\nand Co._--We have perused this little tract with the liveliest interest;\nand cordially thank Mr. Blessley for translating, and Mr. T. Lewis for\nrecommending it. It contains an excellent example for pious young men;\nand especially for those of them who are students in divinity, pastors,\nitinerant preachers, and missionaries.\n\n_The Spirit of Holiness: Four Sermons. By James Harrington Evans,\nMinister of John Street Chapel. pp. 168. Griffiths._--These plain,\nevangelical sermons are entitled to serious perusal. We think them well\ncalculated to instruct, to reprove, and to console.\n\n_Memoir of the Rev. Basil Woodd, M.A. By the Rev. S. C. Wilks, M.A._--An\nexcellent Memoir, published by the Religious Tract Society.\n\n_Puritan Farm; or Old Ways kept up in New Times. By a Puritan Family.\nWard and Co._--A very entertaining little work. We hope it will be\ncontinued. The \"spoundings\" of the female labourer on the burial of\nChrist are charming, and the character of the great Dr. Owen is\ndeveloped with much judgment and taste.\n\n_A Manual of English Grammar, Philosophical and Practical, &c. &c. By\nthe Rev. J. M. McCullock, A.M., Minister of Kelsoe. Second Edition,\nrevised. Simpkin and Marshall._--We are glad to see a reprint of this\nexcellent \"Manual,\" the first edition of which we recommended to the\npublic not many months since.\n\n_Memoirs of a Sergeant, late in the Forty-third Light Infantry Regiment,\npreviously to and during the Peninsular War; including an Account of his\nConversion from Popery to the Protestant Religion. pp. 278._ Mason.--Of\nits kind, this is certainly a very respectable work; but the sieges, and\nbattles, and wounded, and slain, are so many, that it was quite a relief\nto arrive at the end of the terrible detail. Perhaps some would choose\nto call it interesting; and we do not mean to say that there are not\nconnexions in which it may be properly so contemplated. The pious\nreader, however, cannot fail to have his mind so deeply affected, as his\neye glances over these pages, by the consideration of that which is the\ncause of war, and of every other calamity which has desolated the earth,\nas greatly to qualify his gratification arising from martial sounds,\nglittering arms, or military evolutions.\n\nTowards the close of the volume there are some observations which\ndeserve attention from the members of the Peace Society; and all serious\npersons will read with pleasure the author's account of his conversion.\nWe hope he may live long to fight the good fight of faith, and finally\ndie more than a conqueror.\n\n_Essay on the Habitual Exercise of Love to God, considered as a\nPreparation for Heaven. By Joseph John Gurney. pp. 165. Seeley & Co._ No\none whose mind is under a sacred influence, can rise from the perusal of\nthese pages without a consciousness of having been admitted into\nprivileged society. The principles, spirit, and tendency of this work,\nare eminently important. Were they but permitted to exercise that\npractical dominion over the judgment and conduct of men generally, to\nwhich they are fully entitled, a change as marvellous as beneficial\nwould be the result; in the evidence of which its divine nature and\norigin would be abundantly manifested. The work is divided into the\nfollowing sections:--\"General Remarks on Meetness for the Heavenly\nState--On the Contemplation of God in Nature and Providence--On the\nContemplation of God in Redemption; the Father, the Son, the Spirit--On\nCommunion with God--On Submission to the Will of God, and Conformity to\nhis Attributes--On Love towards Man--Conclusion.\" Our sincere wish is\nthat this work may obtain a very extensive circulation.\n\n_Helen of Coquetdale, or the Fair Bondager; a Tale, in two Cantos: with\na few other Fragments, in Verse. By a late Fellow of Oriel College,\nOxford. pp. 140. Oliphant._--The principal article in this small volume\ncontains many pious and some excellent passages; yet, as a whole, we\nfear it is not destined to be a favourite. We scarcely know what to say\nas to public taste, in relation to poetry, in the present day, except\nthat we are apprehensive it is too refined to be attracted with the\nversification, &c. of \"Helen of Coquetdale.\" We were ourselves much more\nfavourably impressed with two or three of the minor pieces.\n\n_Illustrations of the Bible, &c. Part 12. Churton._--The continuation of\nthese admirable engravings is entitled to, and we hope is receiving,\nenlarged public attention and support. The following are the\nillustrations contained in the twelfth part: \"Belshazzar's Feast--The\npeaceable Kingdom--Esther kissing the Sceptre--Death of\nAbsalom--Solomon's Charge--The Death of Sampson--Jonah cast into the\nSea--Hezekiah beholding the Sun-dial.\"\n\n_1. Fruits and Flowers. By the Author of the \"Wheatsheaf.\" pp. 212.\nDarton._\n\n_2. The Garden. By the Compiler of \"Fruits and Flowers,\" and the\n\"Wheatsheaf.\" pp. 263. Darton._--These elegant little volumes cannot but\nbe highly acceptable, especially to our pious young readers; they\ncontain such a selection of prose and verse, presented in a form so\nattractive, that we may fairly presume upon their becoming favourites to\na very great extent.\n\n_Sober Views of the Millennium. By the Rev. Thomas Jones, of Creaton,\nNorthamptonshire. Seeley and Burnside._--This little work answers to its\ntitle in a very great degree. Let the Millennarians be induced soberly\nto read and consider its contents.\n\n_The Christian Journal. Conducted by Members of the Relief Church._--No.\n27, for March last, contains a Review of Mr. Anderson's Funeral Sermon\nfor Dr. Carey, and several other highly interesting articles.\n\n\n                                OBITUARY.\n\n                            MR. H. H. FREEMAN\n\nHenry Hawkins Freeman was born at South Sydenham, in Devonshire, in the\nyear 1767, where he resided under the parental roof until he attained\nthe age of sixteen, when he was placed as an apprentice to a\nship-builder at Plymouth, whom he faithfully served; during which time\nhe occasionally, with worldly companions, sought pleasure on the\nLord's-day; but has declared he found no gratification therein: but on\nthe contrary, his conscience witnessed against him when so engaged, and\nleft him miserable. His cousin, Mr. Henry Hawkins, Baptist minister of\nStroud, Gloucestershire, then residing at Plymouth, exhorted him to\nattend the means of grace, and seek the salvation of his soul. While\nattending the Baptist chapel, How's Lane, under the pastoral care of the\nlate Philip Gibbs (for whom he cherished a strong affection), the Lord\nwas pleased to meet with him. The sermon blessed to his conversion was\nfrom Numb. xxiii. part of the 10th verse: \"Let me die the death of the\nrighteous,\" &c. The observation of the preacher, that unless he lived\nthe life, he could not die the death, of the righteous, fastened upon\nhis mind. He felt he was a sinner before God, and was led to cry for\nmercy, which he obtained through Christ. He united himself to the people\nof God, and, through divine grace, was enabled to walk consistently, so\nthat the enemies of religion have acknowledged him to be a good man. He\nwas a friend to peace, and possessed a meek and quiet spirit. For many\nyears he filled the office of a deacon. In 1820, he was removed by\nProvidence to Honduras; and during his stay there, it may be said of\nhim, \"He was a light in a dark place.\" He felt much pleasure in\ndirecting the negroes to the Lamb of God; and, although for four months\nat a time, in the interior of the country, and with no companions but\nthe sons of Africa and his Bible, he was quite happy, and declared that\n\"the word of the Lord was precious to him in those days.\"\n\nTowards the end of 1822 he returned to England, and united himself with\nthe Baptist church in Little Prescot Street, London. In the kind\naffections of many of its members he still lives. He often rejoiced in\nspirit that God had called nearly all his children, and made them\npartakers with himself of like precious faith.\n\nThe Lord was pleased to remove by death, July 16, 1833, the partner of\nhis life, after a union of thirty-seven years, which he severely felt;\nfrom which period he rapidly declined. He was not fond of speaking of\nhimself; but feeling a lively sense of love to his Redeemer, he was\nconstrained to speak of it, and would often say he could appeal to his\nSaviour as Peter did, \"Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that\nI love thee.\" About a month before his decease, he observed to a\nminister, \"Though the earthly house of this my tabernacle be dissolved,\nI have a building of God,\" &c.\n\nHe was seized with epileptic fits on Tuesday, August 26, 1834, while on\na visit to his daughter at Aylesbury. After the first fit, he became\nsensible for a few minutes, when a pious friend, sitting at his\nbed-side, asked him if he was happy. To which he replied, \"Yes.\" The\nfriend expressed a hope that the gospel, which had been his support\nthrough life, would be his comfort in his extremity. To which he\nemphatically returned the same answer. On being asked if he would give\nup his hope for ten thousand worlds, he replied, \"No, Sir.\" On referring\nto a sermon he had heard on the Sabbath previous, the good man said,\n\"You know Christ is an ever-present Friend. He will not leave you now. I\nhope you will still look to him.\" He said, \"There is no other refuge.\"\nThese were his last words. A return of the fits came on; and, after\nlying until Thursday morning, the 28th, at 5 o'clock he fell asleep in\nJesus, to wake no more until the morning of the resurrection.\n\nHe was removed to London, and interred in a vault under Wycliffe Chapel,\nSeptember 2nd, and his funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Stovel the\nfollowing Sabbath, from the portion of sacred writ blessed to his\nconversion.\n\n\n                          RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                                FOREIGN.\n\n                                 CANADA.\n\n               _Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Edwards.\n                                    Clarence, Jan. 5, 1835._\n\nIn alluding to the work of grace in Breadalbane referred to in Mr.\nFraser's letter, inserted in April number, he says: \"Since (it began)\nthe work has been progressing in a manner quite unprecedented in these\nparts. From August to November nine persons who had been in a\nbacksliding state were restored, and eight new converts were baptized\nand added to the church. During last month (December) forty-one have\nalso been baptized, making a total of fifty-eight, added since August. I\nleft the settlement last Friday, when Mr. Fraser assured me there were\ntwenty-two, in addition to the above number, whom he had good reason to\nbelieve were converted characters; besides a number under convictions.\nAmong the subjects of this work is the man of grey hairs nearly eighty\nyears of age, and the child of thirteen, and many younger, under deep\nconvictions. The most astonishing feature in this work of grace appears\namongst the youth at school. There are more than forty children\nattending it, and instead of vanity and trifling, sedateness and\nseriousness now mark their behaviour. When spoken to of divine things,\nthey are all attention, and so eager to be instructed, that it is with\ndifficulty they can be prevailed on to leave school. Mr. F. told me,\nthat when passing the school one evening at ten o'clock, he found a\nnumber of the boys holding a religious meeting; it was the second time\nthey had met for this purpose, unknown to any body. He now devotes one\nevening of the week to their peculiar benefit. He farther assured me,\nthat he was satisfied six of these dear youths had experienced a change\nof mind, and nearly all the scholars seem deeply concerned for the\nsalvation of their souls. So general has been the awakening, that very\nfew of the hearers remain unconcerned about their souls.\n\nReferring to the means of this awakening, he says,--\"They set apart a\nday for fasting and prayer: they humbled themselves before God, and he\nwas entreated of them. In the month of November one of their number went\nto Montreal, and told our brother the state of things. He immediately\nwrote to a devoted and worthy brother, who is pastor of the Baptist\nchurch at Fort Covington, New York (near the boundary line). They met,\nthe following week, at Breadalbane, and spent four days faithfully and\naffectionately stating the truth. All secular affairs were laid aside,\nand one concern occupied the attention of old and young, which was the\n\"one thing needful.\"\n\nOf several interesting incidents connected with this work, I will\nmention one. Mr. Gilmore, on his way to the settlement, called on a\npious lady, who lives fourteen miles from it, and told her of the\nintended meeting. Her servant is the daughter of an Irish Catholic, who\nlives at Breadalbane. The lady told her she must go to the meeting; and\ndirected her to ask permission for her sister, who lives in a place of\nservice adjoining, to accompany her. Leave being granted, the lady took\nthe girls into her room, and prayed for them most earnestly, that the\nmeans of grace they were about to enjoy might be blessed to their\nconversion. They attended during the meeting, and on going home from one\nof the services they were accompanied by one of their former associates,\nwho had been lately converted; on their way she pressed on their minds,\nwith much earnestness, the truths they had been hearing; and before\nparting with them, took them a little off the road, kneeled down on the\nsnow, and prayed fervently for their conversion. This, to them, was an\nadditional proof of the reality of the solemn truths they had just\nheard. Before leaving the settlement, they called on Mr. F., and told\nhim the state of their minds, and he believes they returned to their\nplaces converted characters.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                               +DOMESTIC.+\n\n                            PUBLIC MEETINGS.\n\n                 WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.\n\nThe annual meeting of this Society was held on Monday, May 4th, in\nExeter Hall. John Hardy, Esq., M.P., in the Chair.\n\nThe business of the day was opened, with singing and prayer, by the Rev.\nJ. Taylor, Chairman of the Conference.\n\nThe hall was crowded to excess, and hundreds sought admission in vain.\n\nThe Rev. Dr. Bunting read the Report, which, though described as an\nabstract, was of very great length. It commenced by stating that the\nsociety had twenty-four missionaries and six scripture-readers in\nIreland. They had established schools, at which 7,000 children were\nreceiving daily instruction, many Roman Catholic families preferring to\nsend their children there rather than to schools of their own\npersuasion. In Sweden, much good has been achieved, and much more might\nreasonably be expected, as schools had been established. A society had\nalso been founded for the purpose of opposing the doctrine of the\nheathen; this society had received the Royal sanction, as well as the\nsupport of the principal Bishops, who employed a Wesleyan Missionary as\ntheir Secretary. In Germany also much progress had been made. There was\none society, consisting of 395 persons, and many others were in a state\nof probation. In France also the cause of true Christianity was rapidly\nadvancing. Last year there was in one district a Wesleyan Society\nconsisting of 268 members, but this year it had increased to 464\npersons, of whom only 70 were English. In Paris seven schools had been\nestablished, and there was an ample opening for five more. There was\nalso in Paris an Auxiliary Society, by whom 25,000 French tracts have\nbeen circulated, in addition to which 400_l._ had been collected there.\nIn Spain also the circulation of the Scriptures was making considerable\nprogress. At Gibraltar a chapel has been built on ground furnished by\nGovernment, and was fully attended by the military. A school was\nlikewise established, at which 30 children attended daily. The\nmissionary in Spain wrote 35 letters to the booksellers and others of\nthe principal towns, calling upon them to become venders of the Holy\nScriptures on commission. One bookseller replied that he should feel\nhonoured by executing such a commission, not only in his own town, but\non any part of the Peninsula. The missionary having travelled into\nSpain, described the moral condition of the great mass of the people as\nmost deplorable, the light of the Scriptures being altogether hid from\nthem. In Seville there were 90,000 Roman Catholics, 70,000 of whom\nattended neither mass nor confession. Many of these had fallen back upon\ninfidelity and free-thinking as a refuge from the mummeries of popery.\nOne Spanish prelate had distributed 3,000 Spanish Bibles in his\ndistrict, observing that the battle was not now against Luther or\nCalvin, but against Antichrist. Protestants and Catholics, he said, had\nan equal hope of salvation, as they both professed the essential\ndoctrines of Christianity. At Malta, the society was progressing, but at\nAlexandria the missionary was withdrawn for the present, it being quite\nhopeless for one person to make any progress, particularly when the\nravages making by the plague were taken into consideration. In the South\nSeas, particularly in New Zealand and the Friendly Islands, the\nmissionaries had made the most astonishing approaches to the general\nestablishment of Christianity. Much good had also been effected both in\nSouthern and Western Africa, and the West Indies; in the island of\nCeylon they had 10 missionaries, and the Scriptures were translated and\ncirculated, and schools were established at which 4,000 children were\nreceiving daily instruction. The prejudices of the people had been\nboldly met, and idolatry had been shaken to its foundation. In the West\nIndies they had 76 missionaries, but it was hoped they would be\nincreased to 100, for whose labours there was an ample field. They were\npreaching God's holy word to 800,000 of their fellow-creatures just\nemancipated from that sin and shame and curse of the country--slavery.\n\nAfter some details, the Report went on to say, there were 260\nmissionaries divided between 170 missionary stations. There were 48,304\nmembers, and 37,965 children were educated by the body. The amount of\nthe year's revenue was 53,437_l._ 15_s._ 2_d._, being an increase on the\nformer year to the amount of 1,204_l._ 8_s._ 2_d._ This did not include\nthe splendid legacy of Horatio Cock, of Colchester, which was one-eighth\nof his whole fortune, amounting to 5,274_l._; this, with special\ncontributions, raised the year's revenue to 60,865_l._ 15_s._ but the\naverage would be about 54,000_l._\n\nLord Mountsandford, Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., the Rev. J. Clayton, the\nRev. Theodore Drury (Vicar of Keighley), the Rev. J. Dixon (of\nLiverpool), the Rev. Dr. Codman, (one of the Deputation from America),\nthe Rev. Professor Tolock (of Berlin), the Rev. Mr. Williams (a\nmissionary from the South Seas), the Rev. Dr. Humphry (President of\nAmherst College, in the United States), the Rev. W. Reilly (of Dublin),\nthe Rev. R. Newton (who was loudly applauded), Henry Pownall, Esq., W.\nG. Scarth (of Leeds), Thomas Palmer, Esq., the Rev. John McLean, the\nRev. R. Alder, and the Rev. M. Wilson, addressed the meeting, which\nlasted from 11 until a quarter past 5 o'clock: after which thanks were\nvoted to the Chairman.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                     CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION SOCIETY.\n\nThe subscribers and friends to this Institution held their tenth\nanniversary at Finsbury chapel, on Tuesday, the 5th of May. Long before\nthe time appointed for taking the chair, this spacious building was\ncrowded by a most respectable audience.\n\nAt six o'clock the Earl of Chichester took the chair, and the services\nwere commenced by praise and prayer.\n\nThe Secretary read the Report, from which it appeared that, during the\npast year, 566 copies of the Holy Scriptures had been circulated, 1662\ncases of distress had been relieved, and 2976 children had been induced\nto attend various schools. At the present time there were 75\nAssociations, having 1630 visitors, attending 40,666 families, and\nholding 91 prayer-meetings. To supply the increasing appetite for\nreligious and moral books apparent in the lower classes, the Committee\nhad provided a series of Loan Libraries. There were now fifty such\nlibraries, each containing fifty volumes. Several interesting facts,\nshowing the benefit which had resulted from local prayer-meetings, the\nloan of tracts, and open-air preaching, were adduced. The mission to\nresident foreigners, announced at the last meeting, and conducted by Dr.\nGiustiniani, had been attended with the most salutary benefit. Repeated\nattempts had recently been made, with considerable encouragement, to\nvisit the jails and poor-houses. Supplies of tracts and other\npublications had been granted to several country Associations.\n\nThomas Challis, Esq., then stood forward and presented his accounts as\nTreasurer, from which it appeared, that the balance due to the Treasurer\nat the last Anniversary was \u00a3126 2s. 9d.; the total receipts during the\npast year amounted to \u00a31,041 19s. 4d.; the expenditure to \u00a31,024 0s.\n1d.; leaving the balance now due to the Treasurer \u00a3108 3s. 6d.\n\nThe Rev. J. Leifchild, T. Binney, J. Burnet, C. Stovel, J. Williams, T.\nMorell, J. Blackburn; also C. Lushington, Esq., M.P., and H. Dunn, Esq.,\nin animating and appropriate speeches urged the claims of this Society\non the attention of the Meeting.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                    ECCLESIASTICAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.\n\nThe sixth anniversary of the Society for promoting Ecclesiastical\nKnowledge was held in Finsbury chapel, Moorfields, on Wednesday evening,\nthe 6th of May. Dr. Brown was in the chair.\n\nAfter prayer by the Rev. A. Fletcher, and some introductory remarks by\nthe Chairman, the Rev. Dr. Bennett read a report, which consisted\nchiefly of an exposition and defence of the principles and operations of\nthe Society. It excited deep interest, and drew forth repeated\nexpressions of applause.\n\nThe receipts by subscriptions, donations, and collections, amounted to\n\u00a3180 4s. 6d.; and the sale of books, to Dec. 31, 1834, amounted to \u00a3128\n11s. 8d. The disbursements were, printing, publication, paper, and\ncopy-rights, \u00a3254 2s. 7d.; postages, advertisements, books for review,\n&c., \u00a326 4s. 5d.; commission and advertisements for publications, \u00a328\n8s. 8d.; balance in hand, \u00a33 8s. 10d. Their new monthly publication, =The\nEcclesiastical Journal=, had more than paid its expenses, and the Society\nwas not in arrears, either to printers, or to other tradesmen. The only\narrear was the remuneration which, in honour, was due to those who had\nfurnished important communications.\n\nThe Rev. C. Stovel, T. Scales, of Leeds, Mr. Davis, Blackfriars; also\nMr. Brown, of Wareham, D. Wire, Esq., H. Thompson, Esq., B. Hanbury,\nEsq., G. Hadfield, of Manchester, and A. Pellatt, Esq., severally\ndefended the principles of the Society, and showed the necessity for its\nexistence.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                   BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.\n\nThe thirty-first Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held on\nWednesday, the 6th of May, at the great room of Exeter Hall, and was\nmore numerously attended than any meeting since the formation of the\nSociety. Long before the chair was taken, notwithstanding the\nunfavourable state of the weather in the morning, every part of the\nhall, save a few seats reserved on the platform, was so closely\noccupied, as in many instances to be inconvenient to the parties; but\neven with that inconvenient pressure, there was not sufficient room for\nall who claimed admittance. Under these circumstances it was determined\nthat the lower room should be opened for those who could not gain\nadmission into the greater, and that after the Report had been read to\nthe large meeting, it should be taken down and read in the lower room,\nwhere the Treasurer of the Society, John Thornton, Esq., had consented\nto take the chair. Several distinguished supporters of the Society\nkindly acceded to the suggestions made to them, that they should deliver\ntheir addresses to the meeting in the lower room. Amongst these were the\nHon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Rev. C. Daley, Rev. G. Clayton, and the\nRev. Dr. Morison.\n\nAt eleven o'clock Lord Bexley, the President of the Society, came on the\nplatform. His Lordship was accompanied on the platform by the Marquis\nCholmondeley, the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Lord Lorton, Lord\nMountsandford, Lord Teignmouth, Rt. Rev. the Bp. of Ohio, the Rev.\nArchdeacon Corrie, the Rev. J. W. Cunningham, Mr. Plumptre, M.P., Mr.\nHardy, M.P., Mr. Lushington, M.P., and many other distinguished\nsupporters of the Society.\n\nThe Secretary, the Rev. A. Brandram, read the Report, which gave\nstatements and extracts from the communications of correspondents in\nvarious parts of the world, describing the progress of Bible\ndistribution in those places during the year. The distribution by the\nParis Bible Society had, in the year just closed, amounted to 62,194\nBibles and Testaments; the distribution of the previous year had not\nexceeded 55,666. The accounts from Paris contained also most gratifying\nintelligence of the progress of the Society in Switzerland, in some\nparts of which a distribution to the amount of 27,000 copies had been\neffected by two of the Society's colporteurs. It appeared from extracts\nfrom Dr. Pinkerton's report of the distribution of Bibles and Testaments\nin the North of Europe, that 27,935 copies had been distributed last\nyear in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German, Polish, and other languages,\nand that a considerable number of these had found their way into the\nhands of Roman Catholics. After adverting to the satisfactory progress\nof Bible distribution in other parts of Germany, in Sweden, and Russia,\nthe principal Bible Society of which latter place had already\ndistributed 717,977 copies of the Sacred Scriptures, the Report adverted\nto the state of Portugal and Spain. In the former country there was now\nno persecution for religious opinion, but every man was allowed to\nchoose which religion he pleased, and to worship God according to the\ndictates of his own conscience. In the Islands of the Mediterranean and\nin Greece, the distribution of the Holy Scriptures had gone on\nfavourably, and the prospect was equally favourable in Moldavia,\nWallachia, Bucharest, and part of Persia. In Calcutta, and other parts\nof the East Indies, there had been a much greater than ordinary\ndistribution of Bibles and Testaments, and larger collections had been\nmade to forward the objects of the Society. The accounts from New South\nWales, and the Islands of the Pacific, were also most satisfactory. Two\ntranslations of the New Testament into the language of the different\nIslands of the Pacific had been brought to this country by the Rev. Mr.\nYate and the Rev. Mr. Williams, and were now being printed by the\nSociety. After going into some details from the accounts from Africa,\nwhich were on the whole favourable, the Report observed that they were\nthe reverse in the States of South America. The attention of the Society\nhad, during the last year, been greatly directed to the West Indies,\nwith the view of an extensive distribution of the Scriptures to such of\nthe newly emancipated negroes as could read. An extra subscription of\n\u00a315,000 had been raised for the purpose of promoting that object without\ninterfering with the general funds of the Society. The Report proceeded\nto give extracts from the communications from several islands, showing\nthe earnest desire of the negroes to avail themselves of every\nopportunity to obtain religious instruction. It added that the first\nshipment made by the Society to that part of the world consisted of\n73,695 copies of the Scriptures, the conveyance of which was given by\nthe owners of the vessels without any expense to the Society. From\nreturns from the Isle of France, it appeared that 60,000 negroes had\nreceived civil freedom, not one in ten of whom knew how to read; and the\nignorance was, of course, great in proportion. Adverting to the progress\nmade by the North American Bible Society, the Report stated that its\nreceipts in the last year were 88,600 dollars; that its issue of Bibles\nand Testaments exceeded 110,000 copies, bringing up the whole\ndistribution, since the commencement, to 1,113,000. The receipts of the\npast year amounted to \u00a3107,926. 1s., being the largest amount ever\nreceived in one year since the Society's first commencement. In that\namount there were two items, which could not be included in the\npermanent income of the Society. The first was a legacy of \u00a311,695. 12s.\n9d. (less by the legacy duty), being a bequest of the late Horatio Cock,\nEsq.; and the other a sum of \u00a315,000, voted exclusively for the negro\nfund. But when these were taken into account, the general subscriptions\nof the Society would be found to be little less than those of the\nprevious year. In these were included a sum of \u00a329,184. 13s. 7d., being\nthe amount of free donations from auxiliaries to the Parent Society. The\nexpenditure within the year was \u00a384,249. 13s. 4d., leaving a balance\nexceeding \u00a323,000; but the engagements of the Society amount to above\n\u00a369,000. The distribution by the Society in the past year amounted to\n653,604 Bibles and Testaments, and portions of the Holy Scriptures,\nincluding those sent to the West Indies, &c.; but even after deducting\nthe latter, it would be found that there had been a considerable\nincrease of the issues in the last year as compared with the previous\nyears. The Report, after again adverting to the exertions made for the\nWest Indies, and the prospect held out that those exertions would, under\nthe Divine blessing, be attended with complete success in the religious\ninstruction of the negro, proceeded to state that the present year,\n1835, was the third centenary anniversary of the first printing of an\nEnglish Bible. It then contrasted the state of society, and of England\ngenerally of that day with those of the present, and deduced the moral\ngreatness of England now, compared with what it was then, to its\nexertions to promote the free circulation of the Holy Scriptures. At\nthat time the number of copies in circulation was very small; the extent\nof the demand in the present day, as contrasted with that, might be\njudged of from this fact, that in one day last month orders had been\ngiven for 365,000 copies of new editions.\n\nAmongst the speakers were the distinguished individuals whose names have\nbeen already mentioned, to which may be added, the Rev. Dr. Spring\n(representative of the American Bible Society), J. Leifchild, W. Yate,\nof the Church Missionary Society, Mr. Williams, and Hugh Stowell.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                   BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.\n\nThe thirtieth Anniversary of this Institution was held at Exeter Hall,\non Monday, the 11th of May. On no former occasion have we witnessed a\nmore numerous attendance.\n\nAt twelve o'clock Lord Brougham appeared on the platform, and was\nreceived with long continued cheers.\n\nEdward Dunn, Esq., the Secretary, read the Report, which commenced by\nnoticing the death of the late J. B. Wilson, Esq., who had been a warm\nsupporter of this Institution. By his will he had bequeathed to it the\nreversion of \u00a32,000 three per cents. It went on to state, that the\nSociety's premises had been altered and completed in a most satisfactory\nmanner, but the expense had exceeded that for which provision was made.\nThe model school carried on under the direction of Mr. Crosswell\ncontinued to maintain its high character, and was a source of the\ngreatest satisfaction to the Committee. There had been scattered in the\ncountry 103 young persons, who had received assistance from this\nSociety, without which they could not have been introduced to spheres of\nactive usefulness. Persons of various Dissenting denominations, and\nmembers of the Established Church, had taken advantage of the\nInstitution, and had manifested in their conduct towards each other that\nunity which bound all Christians together in the love and service of\ntheir divine Master. A number of new schools had been opened with\nconsiderable prospects of success. Since the last anniversary,\nGovernment had made a second grant of \u00a320,000 towards promoting\neducation, which had been accompanied by a difference in the mode of\ndistribution, so that the schools conducted on this system had obtained\nonly \u00a36,800 of it. The Committee felt that whatever was done should be\non broad and general principles. Grants of slates, lesson books, and\nother materials, had been made during the year. Fifty-nine schools,\neducating 7,250 children, had been aided during the same period. The\nreport then reverted to the Society's foreign operations, and\nparticularly noticed the desire for instruction manifested by the\nnegroes in the West Indies. It concluded by adverting to the benefits\nwhich the Institution had conferred on the country.\n\nWilliam Allen, Esq., presented his accounts, as Treasurer, from which it\nappeared that the total receipts during the year were \u00a32,645 10s.; the\nexpenditure amounted to \u00a33,482 7s. 1d.; showing a deficiency upon the\ngeneral statement of the year of \u00a3836 17s. 1d. Those reports, he\nobserved, only showed the receipts and expenditure of the current year;\nperhaps, on a future occasion, it would be advisable to give a statement\nof the Society's assets, and carry on the balance.\n\nThe principal speakers on the occasion were, Mr. Ainsworth, M.P., Mr.\nPease, M.P., H. Pownall, Esq., Mr. Hume, M.P., C. Lushington, M.P.; Rev.\nMessrs. G. Clayton, J. Burnet, Dr. Humphreys, J. Williams, and Professor\nVaughan; besides the noble Chairman, whose opening and closing address\nimparted no ordinary interest to the meeting, and were listened to with\nmarks of the warmest approbation.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  PROTESTANT SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.\n\nThe twenty-fourth anniversary of this important institution was held at\nthe City of London Tavern on Saturday, the 16th of May. On no former\noccasion have we ever witnessed greater interest excited. At an early\nhour every part of the large room was crowded, and hundreds retired,\nunable to gain admission. On the platform we observed Mr. Brotherton,\nM.P.; Mr. Alderman Wood, M.P.; Mr. Ewart, M.P.; D. W. Harvey, M.P.; Mr.\nR. Potter, M.P.; Mr. J. Scholefield, M.P.; Mr. C. Lushington, M.P.; Mr.\nJ. Parrat, M.P.; Dr. Brown, and several dissenting ministers.\n\nAt twelve o'clock the arrival of Lord Brougham, who had been appointed\nto preside on the occasion, was announced, and called forth the repeated\nacclamations of the assembly. His Lordship immediately took the chair,\nsupported by John Wilks, Esq. on his right, and Mr. Alderman Wood on his\nleft.\n\nAnd here we cannot help expressing regret that our limits will not allow\nus to present our readers either with the opening or closing address of\nthe Noble Chairman on this occasion. Without pledging ourselves to the\ncorrectness of every sentiment that was uttered, we have no hesitation\nin affirming,--which is perhaps the highest eulogium in the fewest\nwords,--that these eloquent appeals were every way worthy of the\nliberal, the enlightened, the energetic =Henry Brougham=; a name which,\nwhatever lustre it may derive from the title appended to it, will ever\nbe indebted for its highest and most gratifying honours, to the heart,\nthe intellect, and the character of the man.\n\nFor these speeches, together with those of Mr. O'Connell, Dr. Brown, J.\nWilks, C. Lushington, D. W. Harvey, the Rev. Messrs. Stowell, Hoppus,\nSibree, Morell, Dr. Morison, &c., &c., we must refer our readers to the\nPatriot of the 20th ult., whose ample columns will afford them a\ngratifying report of the meeting.\n\nThe following Resolutions were unanimously adopted:--\n\n1. That to the great and benignant principles of Religious Freedom, =this\nSociety=, including many hundred congregations of Protestant Dissenters\nof different denominations, in England and Wales, continue firmly\nattached: That they must alway regard every interference with the rights\nof conscience as offensive and unjust--as detrimental to general\nhappiness--and as calculated to produce those hypocrisies or martyrdoms\nwhich wisdom and goodness abhor: And that such interference exists in\nevery age when perfect social equality, irrespective of religious\nopinions and modes of worship, is not enjoyed; and in every country\nwhere any civil advantage is bestowed, or prejudice inflicted, in\nconsequence only of religious opinions entertained, or modes of worship\npreferred.\n\n2. That such principles should be avowed by =this Society=, if they were\nbut humble and unconnected individuals, or if they constituted a small\nminority in the State; but may be more confidently cherished, and more\nboldly proclaimed, when Dissenters from the Established Church are great\nin numbers, information, independence, activity, influence, and\nwealth--when experience has demonstrated the wide and deep injuries\nwhich other principles and practice produce--when the energies and\nbenefits of the _voluntary_ principle have been felicitously\nevinced--and when the situation of other countries proclaims that\nReligion and Religious Freedom best prosper together--and that no\nsecular alliances are needful to promote the happiest influences of\npiety, or the progress of truth: and that, to disregard, or to\ninsufficient attention, to these principles, =this Meeting= mainly\nattribute the numerous grievances which yet peculiarly affect Protestant\nDissenters, and the inadequate progress made by the Legislature and\nsuccessive Administrations towards their redress.\n\n3. That among those grievances =this Meeting= include the continuance of\n=Church Rates=, which they had hoped, ere now, would have ceased;--and to\nwhich they object because these Church Rates press specially on peculiar\nportions of the people--because they might be averted by a just\nappropriation of property belonging to the Church--because they occasion\nextensively irritating feuds, and local litigation--and because they are\npeculiarly obnoxious to those parishioners who, conscientiously\ndissenting from Church Establishments, erect and maintain their own\nplaces of worship--and support their ministers--relieve the necessitous\nof their communion--educate the young--and defray every congregational\nexpense, without asking or desiring assistance from the State, and at\ntheir own spontaneous and voluntary charge. That in connexion with this\nobject, =this Meeting= sincerely express their condolence with =Mr. John\nChilds=, of Bungay, in the imprisonment he is now enduring in the County\ngaol at Ipswich, on account of his conscientious objection to the\npayment of Church Rates--and also its abhorrence of the system which has\nsubjected to such cruel and unmerited sufferings, an individual who has\nconferred great benefits on the cause of Religion and Morality by means\nof the press.\n\n4. That =this Meeting= also object to the continuance Of =the Marriage\nLaws=, which for the solemnization of Marriage, drag Protestant and\nCatholic Dissenters, in defiance of their conscientious aversion, or\ndoctrinal opinions, to the Altars of the Established Church--and regret\nthat their sound principles have not been regarded in the measures\npropounded by the last and preceding Government, for their relief. And\nwhile they acknowledge the courtesy their claims have received, they\nexpress their belief that satisfaction will never ensue till all classes\nhave the option to consider Marriage as a religious solemnity, or as a\ncivil contract--and to have the religious solemnity celebrated by the\nMinisters of the Congregations or Denomination to which they belong--nor\ntill Marriages may be registered by a civil officer with safety and\nfacility, and on economical terms.\n\n5. That the want of a =National Civil Registration of Births, Marriages,\nand Deaths=, is also among the wrongs which =this Society= have exposed\nand deplore. That whilst they know that much-needed and incalculable\nbenefits would result to _the whole Empire_ by the improvement\nrequired--that valuable statistical information would be supplied, and\nall property become more secure--yet that the imperfections of the\npresent system are peculiarly oppressive and vexatious to Dissenters\nfrom the Church, and that the evils they suffer must induce them to urge\nfor an efficient and immediate remedy with universal, anxious, and\nunslumbering zeal.\n\n6. That whilst =this Meeting= acknowledge the efforts made by a former\nAdministration, who have now succeeded to the Government, and by liberal\nMembers of the Legislature to remove the impediments which prevent\nDissenters from sharing the benefits and honours of our =National English\nUniversities=--they have yet to complain that the spirit of intolerance,\nand of selfish and sectarian exclusion, has been triumphant; and that\neven the Charter to the London University, founded on expansive and wise\nprinciples, has been deferred: and especially as on the survey of Europe\nand America, and even of Scotland, they discover that Colleges and\nUniversities, with powers of conferring degrees, have been numerously\nand usefully established--and as they believe that the prevalence in\nEngland of similar liberality would improve our national destinies, and\ngive cause both for Science and Religious Liberty to rejoice.\n\n7. That many other matters prejudicial to Dissenters require\ninterposition and relief--as, 1. The absurd jurisdictions of the\nEcclesiastical Courts, and their powers to enforce by penance and\nindefensible punishment the decrees they pronounce. 2. The liability of\nDissenters to provide substitutes if chosen church-wardens. 3. The heavy\ncharges arising from the want of some summary means of perpetuating the\nTrusts of their Chapels, without the enormous tax from frequent\nconveyances at present sustained. 4. The non-extension to them of the\nremission of duties chargeable on the materials used in the erection of\ntheir places for worship, which is allowed in favour of the churches and\nchapels of the Established Church. 5. The powers of the clergy to\nprohibit the tolling of the bell on the death or funeral of Dissenting\nparishioners, and to refuse the admission of their corpses into the\nchurch, and to read the Burial Service over those who die unbaptized,\nthough interred in the parish church-yard. 6. The exclusion of\nDissenting Ministers from officiating (as is permitted in Ireland) in\nchurch-yards at the interment of friends. 7. The difficulty of\npunishing, summarily, the interruptions of public worship by the\npersecuting or profligate. And 8. The right of Clergymen, however\nprejudiced, incompetent, and unpopular, officially to preside at\nVestries of parishioners; as well as other matters, diversified and\nvexatious, which chiefly arise from the peculiar favour manifested to\nthe Established Church, and the withholdment of that perfect equality as\nto civil rights between religionists of every class, for which =this\nSociety= will ever contend.\n\n8. That with such various grievances, urgent and unredressed--and\nregarding the dispositions manifested, by high ecclesiastical\nauthorities and parties proud in rank and power, to agitate the people\nand the parliament by alarms for the Established Church, and to resist\neven the reasonable concessions so justly required--and believing that a\ncrisis has arrived or is approaching, on which the early triumph or\ntemporary retrogression of the rights of conscience may depend--=this\nMeeting= would urgently invoke Dissenters and Methodists, and all friends\nto liberal principles, throughout the empire, to be up and stirring--to\nprepare for new strifes and elections--to nominate and the return to\nthe House of Commons only such Representatives as will vindicate those\nrights firmly and with zeal--and to afford to the present Administration\nthe countenance and cooperation merited by their sacrifices and efforts\nfor Freedom and Reform, and which may enable them to do justice to\nIreland and Great Britain, by promptly correcting every ecclesiastical\nand corporation abuse.--And that =this Meeting= regard with decided\napprobation and gratitude the strenuous efforts now making in and out of\nParliament to remove the taxes upon knowledge, satisfied that there is\nno greater obstacle than such taxes to religious liberty, as well as to\nreligious instruction.\n\n9. That the following ministers and gentlemen of different denominations\nconstitute the Committee of the Society, with power to add to their\nnumbers, and appoint all other officers:\n\n  Rev. F. A. Cox, LL. D.\n  ---- W. B. Collyer, D.D. F.A.S.\n  ---- George Collison\n  ---- Alexander Fletcher, A.M.\n  ---- Thomas Jackson\n  ---- Thomas Lewis\n  ---- John Morison, D.D.\n  ---- Thomas Russell, A.M.\n  Mr. Edward Ashby\n  William Bateman, Esq.\n  James Esdaile, Esq.\n  Martin Prior, Esq.\n  Thomas Wilson, Esq.\n  Matthew Wood, Esq. M.P.\n  John Wilks, Esq. M.P.\n  James Young, Esq.\n\nThat cordial thanks be rendered to those by whom the duties of the\noffice have heretofore been fulfilled--and that James B. Brown, Esq.,\nLL. D., be requested to become Treasurer to this Institution.\n\n10. That the Meeting avail themselves gladly of another opportunity to\nreiterate their grateful expressions to John Wilks, Esq., M.P., the\nHonorary Secretary of the Society from the formation, for the zeal and\nprudence he has displayed--and for the devotedness and ability with\nwhich he has often resisted intolerance and persecution, and struggled\nfor that vital and glorious liberty, to which he has long proved himself\nto be entirely attached.\n\n11. That the Society cheerfully offer their acknowledgments to those\nmembers of the Legislature who have presented their petitions and\nlaboured on their behalf; and hailing with gratification the presence at\nthis Meeting of =Joseph Brotherton=, Esq., M. P., =William Ewart=, Esq.,\nM. P., =Daniel Whittle Harvey=, Esq., M. P., =Charles Lushington=, Esq.,\nM. P., =Daniel O'Connell=, Esq., M. P., =Richard Potter=, Esq., M. P.,\n=Joseph Scholefield=, Esq., M. P., =T. Thornely=, Esq., M.P., and\n=Matthew Wood=, Esq., M.P., they hope during future efforts to receive\ntheir unabated support.\n\n12. That this Meeting are also rejoiced by the presence of the Rev. Dr.\nCodman, the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, the Rev. Dr. Spring, and the Rev. Mr.\nBaird from America--and congratulate them and the world on the proofs\nsupplied by their interesting, enlightened, and prosperous country in\nfavour of the voluntary principle in matters of religion, and which\ndemonstrate that her grace and glories may be well and widely diffused\nwithout alliance to the State.\n\n                                                   BROUGHAM, (Chairman.)\n\n13. That =this Society=, who have hailed as Chairmen at preceding\nAnniversaries some of the most distinguished Royal and Noble advocates\nfor Civil and Religious Liberty, feel peculiar pleasure in expressing\ntheir gratitude and delight that =the Rt. Hon. Lord Brougham= has\npresided at their Meeting this day. Assured of the cordiality and\nsuccess with which for many years, he has dedicated his intellect,\neloquence, and vast attainments, to the cause of Education--to the\nabolition of Slavery--to the accomplishment of legal, corporate, and\npublic reforms--and to the general amelioration of his country and the\nworld--=the Meeting= are cheered by the interest he has manifested in\nthe claims and wrongs of the hundreds of thousands of their countrymen\nwhom they represent--and anticipate from the powerful support he can\nsupply that ere long victory will smile on their efforts, and that\nknowledge, truth, and liberty will for ever prevail.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                 THE LEICESTERSHIRE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.\n\nThe Baptist churches in Leicestershire, formerly connected with the\nNorthamptonshire Association, which embraced most of the churches in the\ncounties of Derby, Rutland, Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, Buckingham,\nBedford, and Northampton, impressed with a conviction that its\nefficiency was considerably impaired by its extent, thought it desirable\nto form a separate Association, which should be more limited in its\nrange, and more definite end concentrated in its efforts.\n\n\nIn pursuance of this object, a meeting of ministers and deacons, with\ntheir friends, was convened in the school-room of the Harvey Lane\nchapel, Leicester, on Monday, November the 10th, 1834; when the\nfollowing resolutions were unanimously passed:--\n\n1. That the churches of the Calvinistic Baptist denomination, assembling\nat Arnsby, Appleby, Husband's-Bosworth, Loughborough, Harvey-Lane,\nLeicester, Monk's-Kirby, Oadby, Sheepshead, and Sutton-in-the-Elms, do\nnow form themselves into a Union, to be called \"=The Leicestershire\nBaptist Association=.\"\n\n2. That the great design of this Union be the promotion of the kingdom\nof Jesus Christ; by holding meetings for mutual exhortation and united\nprayer;--by affording opportunities for the cultivation of brotherly\nlove between the ministers and members of the several churches; by\nendeavouring to advance the cause of the Redeemer throughout the county.\n\n3. That this Association hold its meetings twice a year--on the Tuesday\nin Easter week, and on the first Tuesday in November: and that they be\nholden at each place connected with the Union in its turn; each minister\nbeing expected to preach in his course. And that at the Spring meeting a\nreport of the state of the churches be received, and the business of the\nAssociation transacted.\n\n4. That with a view to the relief of cases of ministerial distress, to\nassist in carrying the gospel into neglected villages, and to defray the\nnecessary expenses of the Association, a fund be established, sustained\nby collections at the half-yearly meetings, as well as by private\nsubscriptions. And that a Committee of Management be formed, composed of\nthe ministers and deacons of the churches.\n\n5. That all churches in the county or its vicinity, wishing to unite\nwith the Leicestershire Association, be requested to convey their\nsentiments, either by letter or otherwise, through some member of the\nUnion, at one of its regular meetings; and that such applications be\nattended to without delay.\n\n6. That Mr. New, of Arnsby, be requested to act as Secretary, and Mr. C.\nB. Robinson, of Leicester, as Treasurer, for the first year; and that\nthe Secretary be desired to give a fortnight's notice of each meeting to\nthe ministers or deacons of the churches.\n\nThe Association held its first meeting at Arnsby, on Easter Tuesday,\nApril 21. The services commenced, in the morning, at half-past ten\no'clock, when communications were received from different churches; in\nthe afternoon Mr. Aveline, of Loughborough, preached from Acts xvi. 5,\n\"_On the present state of religion in the churches, and the best means\nof promoting its improvement:_\" in the evening Mr. Mursell, of\nLeicester, preached from 1 Cor. xv. 24. The services were numerously\nattended, and left a very gratifying impression; from which it is hoped,\nthat the Union may be productive of considerable good.\n\nThe next meeting of the Association will be held at the Harvey Lane\nchapel, Leicester, on the first Tuesday in November.\n\nIt is to be regretted that, from some misunderstanding, no numerical\nreport was received from many of the churches; consequently, the results\nof the past year cannot be accurately recorded.\n\n                                                  =J. New=, _Secretary_.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                          WELLS, SOMERSETSHIRE.\n\nThe following important and interesting case of the Baptist Church in\nthe city of Wells, is respectfully submitted to the consideration of the\nfriends of Zion.\n\nIn the year 1814 a few persons, desirous of advancing the cause of\nChrist in this populous city, opened a room for the preaching of the\ngospel, which, being well attended, led to the purchase of some freehold\nproperty, that was converted into a chapel and burial-ground, the cost\nof which was \u00a3540. This case received the sanction of the ministers in\nthe neighbourhood, among whom were the Rev. Messrs. Ryland, Roberts,\nMurch, Saunders, and Tidman.\n\nSubsequent to the removal of the first minister, the Rev. J. P. Mursell\nfixed his residence among them, and it pleased the great Head of the\nChurch to bless his labours to such a pre-eminent degree, that it became\nabsolutely necessary to build the present commodious chapel, which was\nopened in October, 1827, by the Rev. Robert Hall.\n\nThe cause, from that period, has been growing, until the Rev. Mr.\nGroser, their late pastor, embraced the _sentiments_ of Mr. Irving, and\nrenounced _believers' baptism_. Having given up his pastoral office over\nthis church, and opened another place of worship in the city, many of\nthe church and congregation followed him, which has placed this once\nflourishing interest in peculiar difficulties with regard to the\nfinances. The sum expended in building the present chapel, including the\ndebt remaining on the first purchase, is as follows:--\n\n  Purchase, Building, &c.               1190 15 7\n  Subscriptions and Contributions        890 15 7\n                                       ----------\n  Balance due                            300  0 0\n                                       ----------\n\nThe ministers in the neighbourhood have kindly afforded their aid, and\nview this interest as one of no ordinary importance, since it presents\nan extensive field for the exercise of genuine benevolence. The deacons\nand friends, having the fullest confidence in the liberality of the\nChristian public, respectfully solicit _early donations_, that they may\nbe freed from the payment of interest money, by the present debt being\nliquidated, and thereby be enabled to give all their support to a\nfaithful minister of the everlasting gospel. This hope is greatly\nstrengthened by the consideration, that, through the blessing of God,\nthe congregation is increasing, and the prayer-meetings are well\nattended. The following ministers will cheerfully receive contributions\nfor the above case:--Rev. S. Summers, T. S. Crisp, and T. Winter,\nBristol; J. Jackson, Bath; T. Clarke, Paulton, near Bath; J. Mason,\nNorton St. Philip's, near Bath; J. P. Mursell, Leicester; T. Price,\nLondon; J. S. Bunce, Devizes; W. Jones, and J. Dyer, Frome; and Mr. C.\nTyte, Watchmaker, Wells.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                            CHAPELS OPENED.\n\n                         KEYNSHAM, NEAR BRISTOL.\n\nIn the autumn of the last year it was found necessary to take down the\nold meeting-house, its dilapidated state having rendered it unsafe to\nworship in. A new one is erected on the same site, the internal\narrangements of which are much more commodious than those of the former.\nIt was opened for Divine worship on Tuesday, the 21st of April; on which\noccasion, Mr. Summers, of Broadmead, Bristol, preached in the morning,\nfrom 1 Cor. xiii. 12; Mr. Winter, of Counterslip, Bristol, in the\nafternoon, from Matt. xiii. 16, 17; and Mr. Lucy, of Lady Huntingdon's,\nBristol, in the evening, from 1 Pet. iii. 18. The devotional services\nwere conducted by Messrs. John Jackson and James Jackson, of Bath,\nProbert, of Bristol, and Fuller, of Hallen; Mr. Ayres, the pastor of the\nchurch, closing the services of the day with prayer and thanksgiving.\nThe collection amounted to \u00a332. The whole cost will be \u00a3700; about \u00a3300\nremaining yet to be liquidated. The church and congregation, by no means\nopulent, have exerted themselves to the utmost, and would feel\nparticularly grateful for such assistance from their Christian brethren\nas should render it unnecessary for their pastor to leave them for the\npurpose of soliciting contributions. They trust this new period in their\nhistory will be the commencement of a brighter day than any which has\nyet dawned upon them.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                            THOVERTON, DEVON.\n\nA new Baptist chapel was opened for Divine worship at Thoverton, October\n2nd, 1834; when the Rev. S. Nicholson, of Plymouth, preached in the\nmorning; and the Rev. J. Baynes, of Wellington, in the evening. Mr.\nHoskins, minister of the place, was publicly ordained and recognized as\npastor of the church in the afternoon, when the Rev. P. Anstie, of\nExeter, described the nature of a Christian church; the Rev. S. S.\nHatch, of Honiton, asked the usual questions; the Rev. C. Sharp offered\nthe ordination prayer; the Rev. Dr. Payne (Indep.), of the Western\nAcademy, gave the charge; the Rev. Messrs. W. Blaudy (Indep.), C.\nBushby, and R. Pyne, took part in the devotional services, which were\nnumerously and respectably attended. This neat and substantial chapel,\nmeasuring 49ft. by 32ft., including two school-rooms, a small\nburying-ground, and expenses of writings, &c., cost only \u00a3480. Nearly\none-third of the amount has been already obtained; for the remainder Mr.\nHoskin is now soliciting the Christian public. The previous destitute\nstate of this neighbourhood, and its present promising appearance, give\nit peculiar claims on their attention.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                            SHREWTON, WILTS.\n\nA new chapel was opened at Shrewton, Wilts, November 20, 1834. The Rev.\nP. Saffery, of Salisbury, was to have preached the morning sermon, but\nin consequence of illness, his place was kindly supplied by the Rev. C.\nWilliams, Independent minister of Salisbury. The afternoon and evening\nsermons were preached by the Rev. Messrs. Day, of Wincanton, and Winter,\nof Bristol.\n\nThe services were interesting and impressive. The pastor of the church\nat Shrewton, the Rev. J. Gunning, is about to appeal to the Christian\npublic to aid his poor but zealous flock in liquidating the debt which\nremains on their new place of worship; and it is hoped that he will meet\nwith kind and liberal encouragement.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                           HATHERLEIGH, DEVON.\n\nOn Thursday, the 12th of March last, the new Baptist chapel at\nHatherleigh, Devon, was opened for Divine worship. In the morning,\nbrother Veysey, of Torrington, read and prayed; and brother Nicholson,\nof Plymouth, preached from Matt. xiii. 33; and brother Pyne, of\nBideford, closed in prayer. In the afternoon, brother Pyne read and\nprayed; and brother May, of Croyde, preached from Acts viii. 5. In the\nevening brother Pulsford, of Torrington, read and prayed; and brother\nNicholson preached from John vi. 37, 38, and closed in prayer. Though\nthe rain was tremendous all the forenoon, yet the place was crowded, and\ngreat numbers were prevented coming by the waters which overflowed the\nroads. This is a cause commenced by the Baptist friends of Torrington,\nand at present promises to be successful, far beyond the most sanguine\nexpectations of its warmest friends.\n\nA gallery appears to be much needed already. May the friends of the\nRedeemer be ready cheerfully to aid this poor but pious people in this\ngood and very desirable work! The present erection is 45ft. by 28ft.,\nand has cost about \u00a3300., of which not more than \u00a350. has been raised.\nHere is a fine field for a home missionary. If a holy, active man could\nbe placed there, there is good ground to expect a most abundant harvest.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                             +ORDINATIONS.+\n\n                             CHATHAM, KENT.\n\nOn Thursday, February 26th, the Rev. F. Overbury was publicly recognized\nas the pastor of the Baptist church meeting in Providence Chapel,\nChatham. The Rev. R. W. Overbury, of London, commenced the service with\nreading and prayer. The Rev. T. Price, of Devonshire Square, delivered\nthe introductory discourse, asked the usual questions, and received Mr.\nOverbury's confession of faith. The Rev. W. G. Lewis, of Chatham,\noffered the ordination prayer. The Rev. W. H. Murch, president of\nStepney College, gave the charge, from Col. i. 7; and the Rev. J. Smith,\nof London, preached to the people, from Phil. i. 27. The Rev. P.\nThompson, A.M. (Indep.), concluded the interesting service with prayer.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                        ARTILLERY-STREET, LONDON.\n\nOn Wednesday, May 20, the Rev. C. Bathurst Woodman was publicly\nrecognized as the pastor of the church assembling in Artillery-street,\nBishopsgate without. The Rev. J. B. Shenston commenced the service by\nreading the Scriptures and prayer; Rev. N. M. Harry, of Broad-street,\ndelivered the introductory discourse; the Rev. J. Belcher asked the\nusual questions; the Rev. A. Tidman, of Barbican, offered the\ndesignation prayer; and the Rev. J. E. Giles, of Salters' Hall,\ndelivered the charge to the minister.\n\nOn the following evening, the Rev. T. Price, of Devonshire Square,\npreached to the people; the Rev. Messrs. Murch, president of Stepney\nCollege, Davies, of Aldermanbury, Peacock, of Spencer Place, &c.,\nconducted the other parts of the service. The interest of the meeting on\nWednesday was greatly increased by the presence of the venerable Isaiah\nBirt, who, though too ill to officiate, attended for the purpose of\nexpressing his deep and affectionate interest in the welfare of his\nyoung friend, Mr. Woodman, and of the church assembling in\nArtillery-street chapel.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                        EVESHAM, WORCESTERSHIRE.\n\nThe Rev. J. Blakeman, late of Crayford, has accepted the unanimous\ninvitation of the Second Baptist Church, Evesham, Worcestershire (late\nRev. C. Room, removed to New Park Street, London), and entered on his\nstated pastoral labours the first Sabbath in April last.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                         DEPUTATION TO AMERICA.\n\nThe Secretaries of the Baptist Union have received a letter from Dr. Cox\nand Mr. Hoby, dated New York, April 15. We are happy to learn that our\nesteemed brethen reached the shores of America the preceding day in\nsafety, and were then preparing to enter upon their arduous duty.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                               +NOTICES.+\n\nThe first Meeting of the East Kent Particular Baptist Association will\nbe held (Providence permitting) at Dover, on Tuesday and Wednesday, June\nthe 9th and 10th. The brethren, T. Cramp, of St. Peter's, and Steadman,\nof Ramsgate, to preach. On Wednesday evening a public meeting will be\nheld, in order to form an Auxiliary Baptist Misssionary Society for\nEast Kent and its neighbourhood. The Rev. Eustace Carey is expected to\nbe present.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe Annual Meeting of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Association of\nBaptist churches will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitsun week,\nin George-street chapel, Manchester. Brethren Godwin, Steadman, of\nBradford, and Stephens, are to preach. In case of failure, brethren\nAcworth, of Leeds, Harbottle, of Accrington, and Larom.\n\nAccommodation will be provided for such friends as may come from a\ndistance.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe annual meeting of the Bristol Education Society will take place on\nThursday, the 11th of June instant, at the vestry of Broadmead meeting,\nBristol. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. James Acworth, of\nLeeds, at Broadmead meeting, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe Annual Meeting of the =Baptist Union= will be held at New Park Street\nchapel, on Wednesday morning, June 17. Breakfast at six o'clock. The\nchair to be taken precisely at seven.\n\nA preparatory meeting of the ministers and representatives will be held\nat Salters' Hall chapel, on Monday, June 15th, precisely at five o'clock\nin the afternoon; when it is earnestly hoped the brethren, especially\nthose from the country, will attend.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe annual sermon for the Baptist Building Fund will be preached by the\nRev. J. J. Davies, of Tottenham, on Sunday evening, June 14th, at Maze\nPond chapel. Service to commence at half-past six.\n\nThe annual meeting will be held on Monday evening, June 22nd, at\nEagle-street chapel, Red Lion Square; the chair to be taken by Joseph\nFletcher, Esq., at half-past six.\n\n\n                             RECENT DEATHS.\n\n                          MRS. MARY MIDDLETON.\n\nDied, on the 16th of April, in the eighty-fifth year of her age, Mary,\nrelict of the Rev. J. D. Middleton, the first pastor of the Baptist\nchurch, Lewes, Sussex. For upwards of fifty years she honourably\nsustained the Christian character, and \"came to her grave in a full age,\nlike as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                           MR. NICHOLAS MEHL.\n\nDied, on May 2nd, 1835, Mr. Nicholas Mehl, of Chiswick, a deacon of the\nBaptist church at Hammersmith, in his 82nd year. He was a native of\nStrasburg, in Germany, and left that country for England at the age of\n19; was baptized by the Rev. J. Uppadine in the year 1806. He was one of\nthe warmest friends to the Baptist cause at Hammersmith, and his\nunassuming simplicity of manners, purity of conduct, and marked\nbenevolence of character, made him beloved by all who knew him. It may,\nwith truth, be said, he devoted his time to the cause of God, paid much\nattention to the poor, and in promoting their comfort seemed to find his\nown happiness. May his aged widow, and the church with whom he has been\nso long connected, trace his footsteps, and follow him as far as he\nfollowed Christ. His remains were deposited in the vault beneath the\nschool-room, attached to the Baptist meeting-house, on Thursday, the 7th\nof May, there to repose until the resurrection morn. The Rev. J.\nUppadine improved his removal the following Sabbath morning, from Rev.\nvii. 14, to the end.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                        THE REV. SAMUEL SAUNDERS.\n\nOn Tuesday morning, May 19, at half-past one o'clock, died, suddenly, of\na fit of apoplexy, in the 56th year of his age, the Rev. Samuel\nSaunders, for nine years pastor of the Baptist church assembling in\nByrom-street, Liverpool. By this sudden and painful stroke the church is\nclad in mourning, and a deep and solemn impression is made in the town\nat large. A memoir of the deceased may soon be expected.\n\n\n                            NEW PUBLICATIONS.\n\n                            _Just Published._\n\nThe Just Cause; or, the Claims of the Dissenters Expounded, and their\nConduct Vindicated.\n\nAn Appeal to the Legislature and the Nation, upon the unconstitutional\nCharacter and irreligious Tendency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment,\nunited with the Civil Government. By A. Z.\n\nStrict Communion Vindicated. An Answer to the Question, \"Why are you a\nStrict Baptist?\" By John Bane, minister of the Gospel, Aylsham.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n=Errata.=--In our last number, at page 185, for \"tracts\" of Elias Hicks,\nread \"tenets.\" And in p. 186, after \"bold,\" read \"that of\" the\nApologist.\n\n\n\n\n                            IRISH CHRONICLE.\n\n                               JUNE, 1835.\n\n\nAn esteemed correspondent, in forwarding recently a valuable\ncontribution to the funds of the Baptist Irish Society, most justly\nremarks, \"The Society has walked, perhaps more than any other, 'by\nfaith, and not by sight.'\" And, perhaps, whatever difficulties may have\nattended its walk, no society has received greater encouragement calmly\nto pursue \"the even tenor of its way,\" or to \"walk by the same rule,\"\nand to \"mind the same thing.\" At the same time, it may not be improper\nto remind the considerate and generous benefactors of the institution,\nthat \"the administration of this service not only supplieth the wants of\nthe saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God.\"\n\nIt is intended, Providence permitting, to hold the approaching Annual\nMeeting of the Society at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street,\non Friday morning, the 19th instant. Breakfast at six o'clock, and the\nchair to be taken at seven precisely. It is expected that the Rev.\nWilliam Thomas, of Limerick, one of the society's earliest agents, will\nbe present, and communicate to the meeting much interesting\nintelligence.\n\nOn the previous Monday, the 15th instant, the claims of the society will\nbe advocated, at the Rev. J. E. Giles's chapel, Salters' Hall, by the\nRev. E. Steane, of Camberwell, who has kindly consented to preach the\nAnnual Sermon. Service to commence at half-past six in the evening.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                          _To the_ =Secretary=.\n\n                                           _Limerick, April 18th, 1835._\n\n   My dear Sir,\n\nHaving only returned to this from various places where I have been\nvisiting the schools and preaching as usual, and must go off in the\nmorning to preach at Castle Connell and O'Briens bridge, and trying to\ngrasp every thing, I have only time to write a few lines, and with them\nsend the readers' journals, as they must go off by the next post, to be\nin time. I was much delighted with the Bristol and Keppel Street\nSchools, which I have just seen, though in different directions. I trust\nI was very useful at Ballycar, where a young lady, twenty years and two\nmonths old, was called in a few hours into eternity, the niece of Major\nColpoys, and daughter of Alderman Abbott of Dublin; she died in the\nLord, and left several unquestionable testimonies.\n\n    Purged in the flood which flowed from Jesu's side,\n    She lived a Christian, and a Christian died.\n\nI attended her funeral, and gave several lectures at Ballycar, which I\ntrust tended to instruct and comfort: several were much affected. I\nwrote since a letter, which I hope may be accompanied with a blessing to\nher amiable family in Dublin.\n\nI have been since my return preaching at Castle Connell and at\nCloughjordan, and have been this week to Maththeal, to try to get a\nplace of our own in that town for preaching; it is much wanted, and it\nis the next town (though poor and yet populous) in consequence to\nLimerick in the county. Good Mr. Finch took me in his gig from Finchly,\nthere and back; I lectured there, and he gave me \u00a33. for the Society,\nand promised me another pound. He and his truly pious and worthy lady\ntreated me with great kindness.\n\n                                                        Your's, &c.\n                                                            =W. Thomas.=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                          _To the_ =Secretary=.\n\n                                            _Coolany, April 20th, 1835._\n\n  Dear Brother,\n\nNotwithstanding all the opposition that is made to some of our schools\nin this district, still there is every reason to believe that this\nopposition is useless, and, instead of the enemy accomplishing what he\ndesires, it will by the blessing of God have a direct tendency to\nfurther the object it wishes to suppress, and strengthen the cause it\naims to destroy. It appears to me that ignorance is already so far\nremoved from the bulk of the peasantry, that every attempt to keep them\nfrom seeking instruction will prove a failure. It is evident to every\none that makes a little observation, education is removing ignorance;\nand every attempt to stop its advancing progress will prove abortive,\nand from whatever persons it may proceed, will expose them to infamy and\nshame. However numerous may be our opposers, so long as we are pursuing\nthe welfare of man in accordance with the principles of divine truth,\nwhatever difficulties we may have to contend with, we need not be held\nin suspense with regard to the issue. May it be our concern to pursue\nour course in the spirit of Christians, then our feeble exertions will\nhave the approbation and blessing of God! \"And who is he that will harm\nyou if ye be followers of that which is good?\"\n\nWith this you will also receive the journals of the inspectors and\nsabbath readers. I hope that the Lord is blessing their labours in\nleading sinners to the knowledge of the truth, in promoting the\ndoctrines of the gospel, and the advancement of his own glory. Many of\nthe people are beginning to feel anxious to read the Scriptures for\nthemselves, and to feel the importance of taking them as their only\nguide; and, whilst there are some that implicitly lean to the authority\nof the priest, there are others who reject the traditions of men, and\nclaim the indisputable right of judging for themselves in matters that\nrelate to the salvation of the soul, and the glory of God.\n\nDuring the present month, besides supplying at Ballina on the Sabbath\nduring Mr. Allen's absence, I have visited several places in the\ncountry, and hope to visit them as often as I possibly can. The\npreaching of the gospel, accompanied by the blessing of God, like the\nwaters of a mighty river, bears down all before it; and Jehovah has\npromised that it shall rise and expand, like the waters of the deluge,\nuntil it cover the whole earth, and universally prevail. A few Roman\nCatholics have attended preaching since I came to reside in this\nvillage. May the Lord give me wisdom and understanding that I may be\nwise to win souls to Christ, and more grace that I may be more devoted\nto his service!\n\n                                                        Your's &c.\n                                                             =J. Bates.=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                        _To the_ Rev. =J. Bates=.\n\n                                                 _Easky, Mar. 30, 1835._\n\nSince my last letter I travelled through parts of the counties of Latrun\nand Sligo, earnestly endeavouring as usual, by reading, conversation,\nand expounding the Scriptures, to promote the design of our Institution\namong my friends and acquaintances.\n\nWithin one mile of Dromahare, I entered the house of an old woman of\nninety-eight years, with whom I had often-times before conversed, on the\ndoctrine of justification by faith; when she understood I had arrived,\nshe sent for me, stretched out her hand, and said she was happy to see\nme before death would call her away. I told her I was sorry to see her\nso low, but as it was the will of the Lord, we ought to be resigned to\nhis will. I asked her what her dependance was? Her reply was, In Jesus\nChrist alone, and that she had derived great comfort from reading some\ntracts I had left her, the last time I was with her; I said to her,\n\"Have you never done any thing to please God?\" \"O no, Sir, I was too\nlong of that opinion, and through hearing you, and reading the parts of\nthe Scriptures you pointed out to me, I am persuaded that all the power\nand the glory is the Lord's.\" I was rejoiced to find so great a change\nin this poor woman, and endeavoured to point out to her the Lamb of God,\nwho taketh away the sins of the world. I read several chapters of the\nword of God, and prayed with her. I conversed and read with many\nProtestants and Roman Catholics during my journey, as well as in the\nneighbourhood in which I live; many of them will pay great attention,\nwhile others think they are not safe to hear me read the Scriptures.\n\n                                                             =F. Irwin.=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                       _To the_ Rev. =W. Thomas=.\n\n                                             _Ballycar, April 13, 1835._\n\nI forward you an account of my labours, during the past month. March\n17th. In Crussagh, I read Matt. xxv. to four persons, pointing out to\nthem, from the parable of the ten virgins, the absolute necessity of\nwatchfulness, and of being prepared to meet our Lord when he doth come.\nMarch 22nd. In Newmarket, I read 2 Cor. v. to two persons, pointing out\nto them the full assurance which the apostle Paul had of the immediate\nhappiness, in eternal felicity, after death, when he could say, \"We\nknow that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we\nhave a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the\nheavens.\" One of these persons said he could not be convinced that any\npoor sinner could be good enough to enter heaven, or appear in the\npresence of God, without being cleansed from his sins in purgatory. As\nto goodness, our Lord declares, \"after all we have done, we are\nunprofitable servants.\" And he says of the unprofitable servant, \"Take\nand bind him, hand and foot, and cast ye the unprofitable servant into\nouter darkness, where there shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing\nof teeth.\" Again, we read in Eph. ii. 8. \"By grace are ye saved, through\nfaith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works,\nlest any man should boast.\" Again in Titus iii. 5, \"Not by works of\nrighteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved\nus, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.\"\nAfter reading different passages of Scripture to these persons, proving\nthat \"the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God eternal life\nthrough Jesus Christ,\" I endeavoured to convince them, from different\npassages of Scripture, that Christ, after having purged our sins, sat\ndown at the right hand of the Majesty on high. March 28th. In Drumline,\nI read John v. endeavouring to impress on the minds of three persons the\nnecessity of reading the Scriptures, and of obeying that direct command\nof our Lord's, who says, \"Search the Scriptures.\" One of these persons\nreplied, that the Scriptures ought to be read by every person, and he\nwas convinced any person preventing others from reading them, had a\ngreat deal to answer for. April 2nd. I read to two persons Matt. vi.\npointing out to them the crime of persons who repeat the Lord's prayer,\nwho have the smallest enmity to others, showing them they were not\ncalling upon God to forgive them, but they were calling upon him to\ncondemn them, as long as such a spirit of hatred existed in their minds.\nThese persons never seemed to have considered this before, and seemed\nmuch alarmed at the idea of it. April 5. In Quin, I read Luke xi. to\nfive persons, pointing out to them the great inducement which our Lord\ngives to prayer, when he says, \"If a son ask bread of any of you that is\na father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a\nfish give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good\ngifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give\nthe Holy Spirit to them that ask him!\" April 10. In Granahan, I read\nActs v. to four persons, pointing out to them the dreadful visitation of\nGod's judgment on Ananias and Sapphira, in consequence of a lie, showing\nthem from different portions of Scripture, that liars are set down with\nmurderers.\n\n                                                         =Samuel Cross.=\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                          _To_ =Rev. J. Allen=.\n\n                                              _Ballina, April 18, 1835._\n\n   Dear Sir,\n\nIt is now about twelve months since I entered on the active duties of my\nstation at Easky. On beholding opposition directed against the cause of\nChrist from various quarters, and conscious of my own weakness, I\ncommenced my labours with a trembling heart. In humble dependence on Him\nwho can do infinitely more than short-sighted mortals can comprehend, I\nentered the field, and, the Lord's name be praised, experienced that\n\"the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong;\" and though\n\"there are many devices in man's heart, nevertheless, the counsel of the\nLord shall stand.\" In the commencement, Roman Catholics and nominal\nProtestants were unwilling to come under the preaching of the gospel;\nbut at present Roman Catholics, as well as Protestants, are regular in\ntheir attendance at preaching; and the spirit of inquiry, that prevails\namong both parties, exceeds any thing that I have hitherto witnessed.\nMay not the friends of Christ hail with rapture the approach of that\nperiod, when their exertions on behalf of Ireland will be rewarded, and\ntheir hopes realized? Yes: there is at present much cause of\nthankfulness, that their labours have been already abundantly owned, and\nthe word of the Lord is gone forth, and is daily prospering in the\nthings whereunto it was sent.\n\nDuring the spring, as the people can come a longer distance, the\ncongregations, on the Sabbath-days, are larger than in winter, but on\nthe week-days not so well attended in the villages, as the people are\nemployed in the fields. However, I endeavour to meet them at their work,\nfor the purpose of speaking to them about the salvation of their souls;\nand on these occasions I find the Irish language very useful, as the\nmost inveterate opposers of religion, when addressed in their own\ntongue, are ready to hearken with attention. The conversations that\noccur from time to time are often very interesting.\n\n                                                          =M. Mullarky.=\n\n\n                             CONTRIBUTIONS.\n\n                      Received by the Treasurer:--\n\n                                                               \u00a3  s. d.\n  R. G., per W. L. Smith, Esq.                                 1  1  0\n  Legacy of the late Mrs. Bailey, of Brixton                 200  0  0\n  T. Stephens, Esq., Ramsgate                                  1  0  0\n  Mrs. John Gale, Bedford                                      0 10  0\n  Mrs. Gamby,  ditto                                           0 10  0\n\n                     Received by the Rev. J. Dyer:--\n\n  Rev. J. B. Burt (Beaulieu) and friends                       2  0  0\n  Sylvanus Fox, Esq., Wellington                               0 10  0\n  Hetton, by Mrs. Greatrex                                     1 10  0\n  Manchester, York Street Sunday School, by Mrs. Giles.        2  2  0\n  Plymouth, by Rev. S. Nicholson                               3  1  0\n  John Baylis, Esq., Ponders' End.                            10  0  0\n  Rev. J. Stuart, Sawbridgeworth                               1  1  0\n  Bewdley, Friends, by Rev. G. Brookes                         1 15  9\n  Edinburgh, Friends, by Rev. W. Innes                         4  0  0\n  Edinburgh, Friend, by Miss Haldane                           1  0  0\n  Rev. Reynold Hogg, Kimbolton                                 2  2  0\n\n                           By the Secretary:--\n\n  A Friend to the Baptist Irish Society,\n    by the Rev. C. Elven, of Bury                            100  0  0\n  W. Paxon, Esq., ann. subs.                                   1  1  0\n  W. B. W.                                                     5  0  0\n  C. Robson, Berwick                                           5  0  0\n  The Baptist Congregational Missionary  Society, Berwick      5  0  0\n\n                   Collected by the Rev. S. Davis,--\n\n  At Cheltenham, additional                                    2  2  6\n    Worcester, Mrs. Page                                       5  0  0\n    Birmingham                                                34  5 10\n    Liverpool                                                100  4  8\n    Bradford (Yorkshire)                                       3  0  0\n    Rochdale                                                   8  5  0\n    Manchester                                                33  9  0\n    Bolton                                                     4  0  0\n    Warrington                                                 8 14  7\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nSubscriptions received by S. Marshall, Esq., 181, High Holborn; Mr. P.\nMillard, Bishopsgate Street; Messrs. Burls, 56, Lothbury; Rev. G.\nPritchard, 4, York Place, Pentonville, gratuitous Secretary; by Messrs.\nLadbrokes and Co., Bankers, Bank Buildings; by Mr. H. D. Dickie, 13,\nBank Street, and Rev. Mr. Innes, Frederick Street, Edinburgh; and P.\nBrown, Esq., Cardigan.\n\n          LONDON: J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.\n\n\n\n\n                           MISSIONARY HERALD.\n  CXCVIII.                    JUNE, 1835.\n\n\n                            BAPTIST MISSION.\n\nThe Friends to this Mission are respectfully informed, that the\nfollowing arrangements have been made for the =Annual Meetings of the\nSociety=:--\n\n                           TUESDAY, JUNE 16.\n\n=Morning, xi.=--The Committee of the Society will assemble at the Mission\nHouse, Fen Court, when the company of all ministers of the Denomination,\nwho may be in town, is requested.\n\n                           WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17.\n\n=Morning, xi.=--Sermon at the Poultry Chapel (Rev. J. Clayton's), by the\nRev. =Samuel Summers=, of Bristol.\n\n=Evening, vi.=--Sermon at Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, by the Rev.\n=Benjamin Godwin=, of Bradford, Yorkshire.\n\n                           THURSDAY, JUNE 18.\n\n=Morning, IX.=--Meeting for prayer, at Eagle Street Meeting House. Some\nMinister from the country is expected to deliver an Address.\n\n=XI.=--Annual Meeting of the Society, at Finsbury Chapel, =T. F. Buxton=,\nEsq., M.P., in the Chair.\n\n\n                          FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.\n\n                                COLOMBO.\n\nWe have much pleasure in communicating the following intelligence from\nthis important station. The baptism of twenty-four native converts in\nless than a year, and the formation of another church composed of those\nwho were lately heathens, are circumstances of great interest, and must\nbe very encouraging to our worthy brother, who has been labouring so\ndiligently among them.\n\n    At nearly the conclusion of another year, I am reminded of my\n    obligations to write to you. On surveying the events which have\n    occurred in it, we have reason to sing both of mercy and judgment to\n    our heavenly Father. While much affliction has reigned around us, I\n    have to bless God for the continuation of my own life and health to\n    labour for Him. Each of the members of my own family have had to\n    endure a large degree of sickness and debility; yet it has not come\n    near to myself, except as the enervating nature of a tropical clime\n    has produced a considerable degree of lassitude, connected with the\n    labours of a Missionary life. Nor do I recollect that, during the\n    year I have been obliged to suspend any public exercise through\n    personal indisposition. This continuance of health has been rendered\n    more valuable in consequence of the repeated illness of my\n    colleague, brother Siers, who has been many times laid aside from\n    his work, so that I have been obliged in many instances, as far as I\n    could consistently with my stated engagements, to take what devolves\n    on him. As he is chiefly occupied in labouring among the Portuguese,\n    I have been under the necessity of cultivating an acquaintance with\n    their language, and have now acquired a sufficiency of it to preach\n    in it the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.\n\n    In the commencement of the year, things wore a distressing\n    appearance, and we went forward with our work under many\n    discouragements. But in the progress of the year I do not know of\n    any part of the time since I have been here, in which a greater\n    degree of the Divine blessing appears to have rested on my labours,\n    as far as the native population is concerned. Twenty-three\n    Singalese, and one Tamil man, after subjecting them to a\n    considerable trial, and private as well as public instruction, have\n    been baptized and added to the church, and they appear to continue\n    to walk according to the vows they have made. Sixteen of these live\n    contiguous to the village called Byamvillee, which I either supply\n    myself or some of our friends, every Sabbath-day; so that we have\n    now a little church in that village of twenty-eight members, to whom\n    the word of God is regularly preached, and the ordinances of His\n    house duly administered. By the aid, too, of some of the members of\n    our Singalese church, we have been enabled, on a Sabbath-day, to\n    carry on a village itinerancy to a greater extent than before. So\n    that, in addition to the Singalese, Portuguese, and English\n    services, which are conducted in our regular places of worship in\n    the Grand Pass, Pettah, in the Fort, and Hanwella, we have seven\n    places around Colombo, or in the environs of it, where there is\n    Singalese preaching, either every Sabbath or every other\n    Sabbath-day. These are independent of many places to which, on week\n    days, we go to make known the name of the Saviour.\n\n    In consequence of the recent removals of the 61st and 97th regiments\n    from Colombo to other parts of the island, our English church has\n    been almost entirely scattered; but a small number are now again\n    collected, who have been regularly organized into a Christian\n    society. Our schools, which at the commencement of the year were\n    much diminished by the alarming prevalence of the small-pox, have\n    again recovered to in general their former size; especially the\n    female school in our own yard, conducted by my own family, which now\n    numbers more than fifty scholars, who have made very rapid progress\n    in reading and in needlework. I fear unless we can obtain further\n    assistance in this school, it must for a time be renounced, as my\n    eldest daughter appears, by a continued pain in her side, to labour\n    under a liver complaint, which renders a relaxation of her labours\n    indispensably necessary, even if a removal to a colder clime be not\n    requisite to save her life. Our schools, with the exception of one,\n    which, on account of local circumstances, has for a time been lately\n    discontinued, are the same in number as at the conclusion of the\n    last year--and the number of attendants nearly the same.\n\n    The inhabitants of this part of the island have been much afflicted\n    lately by a dreadful flood, which no one living ever recollects to\n    have been equalled. It came on suddenly and unexpectedly, at\n    mid-night, like the judgment day. By it multitudes were roused from\n    their slumbers, and obliged to fly for their lives. Many were killed\n    by it; the houses of others destroyed--and being near the approach\n    of harvest, the injury done to the rice and other crops is\n    incalculable. Many of our members have suffered severely from it, in\n    the loss of their little property, in the destruction of their\n    houses, and in the bodily privations they have endured. I went on\n    Wednesday last to preach at a village where one of our members\n    lives, and the account he gave me of the perilous condition in which\n    he and his family were, was most heart-rending. The water rose as\n    high as the shoulders of a tall man in his house. His dwelling was\n    washed away. He and his son were obliged to ascend to the outside of\n    the roof of a bungalow, where they remained two days without food;\n    if they called no one could hear them, they could get near no one,\n    nor any one near to them. There, amidst the pelting of the rain--the\n    howling of the wind--the creaking of the trees--and the fear of the\n    place on which they were sitting falling, they were obliged to\n    continue. The government, with the most commendable diligence, sent\n    boats laden with rice and dried fish, as far as they were able; and\n    a subscription has been opened to afford relief to the sufferers,\n    which has been liberally supported. I engaged persons, whom I\n    supplied with money, to go among the most needy in and near to\n    Colombo, and give them food to prevent their dying with hunger. Our\n    meeting-house at Hanwella has been entirely destroyed by the\n    inundation; and, in the present state of things there, I do not\n    think it expedient to build it again. A small bungalow will be\n    erected for the accommodation of those who wish to hear the word of\n    God; and I hope to obtain a sufficient quantity of timber from the\n    wreck to erect a little place of worship at Byamvillee, if I can\n    obtain sufficient subscriptions for it.\n\n    I have now my hands completely full in preparing an answer to a\n    Catholic priest's reply to a tract I published on saint and image\n    worship. I believe I mentioned the original tract, entitled, \"St.\n    Antonio,\" in my last, which has excited no small stir among the\n    papists in this place. An abusive and crafty reply has been\n    circulated by them, to which the Tract Society here has deemed a\n    rejoinder requisite. As I was the person who began the assault, the\n    burden of preparing it has fallen on me. The drift of the answer\n    will be to disprove the authority of tradition--to destroy the\n    claims of the Roman Catholic church--and show the vanity of the\n    arguments by which they endeavour to support their soul-destroying\n    idolatry. It will occupy, as far as I can judge, about 250 pages,\n    and is now nearly ready for press. Indeed the first sheet is gone to\n    it; but as the Wesleyan press works very slowly, and they have two\n    or three other works in hand, it may be some time before it makes\n    its appearance. O that it may be the means of leading some of the\n    multitudes of the deluded people by whom we are surrounded, to\n    consult the Bible for themselves!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                                SEEBPORE.\n\nWe are thankful to report that our friends Mr. and Mrs. Penney, and\ntheir companions, arrived in safety at Calcutta, about the end of\nSeptember. Two months afterwards, as our readers will perceive by the\nfollowing letter, Mr. and Mrs. George Pearce rejoined their missionary\nassociates, with health mercifully recruited by their voyage.\n\n    By the good providence of God my dear partner and I arrived once\n    more in Calcutta, in safety, about the end of November last, after a\n    speedy and pleasant passage to the shores of India, of three months\n    and twenty days. The voyage proved very beneficial to the health of\n    us both, but particularly so to Mrs. Pearce, who landed here much\n    stronger than she was when she left Bristol. We had the happiness of\n    finding all our immediate associates well; and that Mr. Penney, with\n    his companions (with the exception of Mrs. Anderson, of whose\n    lamented decease you have long ere this been apprised), had arrived\n    in safety. I mentioned in my letter to you from Madeira, that the\n    Captain of the St. George had requested me to conduct divine service\n    on the Lord's-day. This I continued to do till the close of the\n    voyage, and I had the happiness to witness the regular attendance of\n    most of the passengers, as well as the ship's company. We have to\n    speak in the best terms of the treatment we received from the\n    Captain and officers of the ship, and also from the passengers.\n\n    I should have written to you before this, but I was anxious to\n    inform you at the same time of the station we are to occupy in\n    future. That point is now settled, and Seebpore, the place I\n    mentioned to the Committee when in England, is to be the place of my\n    future labours. Here I have already obtained a house, situated on\n    the bank of the river, about a mile and a half below brother\n    Thomas's, at Howrah, and am now residing in it. The spot will prove,\n    I hope, a very eligible one for native work, as we are in the midst\n    of a very dense and respectable Hindoo population, with ready access\n    to numerous villages a few miles in the interior. With the exception\n    of one or two schools for teaching Bengalee, under the patronage of\n    the Bishop's College, there is nothing being done here, for the\n    instruction of the heathen in the knowledge of Christ; and I believe\n    of late years, nothing has been done. As far as I know of Calcutta\n    and its suburbs, there is no spot that I am aware of, that needs\n    missionary efforts more than Seebpore, and none more eligible. May\n    the blessing of God attend the efforts now about to be made for\n    their spiritual benefit!\n\n    The brethren have requested me also to resume charge of the\n    Luckyantipore station, and to take the oversight of Kharee also, as\n    brother W. H. Pearce is desirous of relinquishing it, in consequence\n    of his increasing work in Calcutta. This I have consented to do, not\n    however without being in some measure sensible of the arduous nature\n    of the work now devolving on me; especially as the number of people\n    at the stations have considerably increased, and are greatly\n    increasing. I would, however, humbly look to Him who giveth strength\n    according to our day. This department of my work will occasion my\n    leaving home for days together several times in the year. The\n    brethren have also considered it proper to divide the Christian\n    Boarding School; and as Mrs. Ellis was desirous of some relief,\n    owing to the increase of the schools, her weaker state of health,\n    and the increasing cares of her family, Mrs. Pearce has been\n    requested to take charge of the girls' department; which she has\n    consented to do; and in the course of a few days expects to enter\n    again on this interesting sphere of labour. I have little more to\n    add, excepting just to mention that, about ten days after my\n    arrival, I accompanied brother W. H. Pearce on a journey to\n    Luckyantipore, where we had the pleasure of baptizing eight natives.\n    A full account of this interesting journey you may soon expect.\n\nUnder date of the 9th of December, Mr. Anderson remarks:--\n\n    Since I have no interesting intelligence to communicate respecting\n    my own labours in this country, perhaps I may be privileged to speak\n    of the good that has apparently resulted from the labour of others.\n    And here I would refer to the native church, over which W. H. Pearce\n    presides as the pastor; it is impossible to contemplate but with\n    feelings of interest and gratitude, upwards of sixty of your\n    fellow-creatures, who were once in the darkness of heathenism, now\n    uniting in rendering worship to the true God. There is an appearance\n    too in many of them, that would indicate that they live very near to\n    God--that they are none other than the meek and penitent followers\n    of the Lamb. I would not forget to mention the schools at Chitpore,\n    under the care and superintendence of my esteemed friend the Rev. J.\n    Ellis; they speak highly of the diligence and devotedness of the\n    labours both of himself and of his dear partner in life. Having been\n    requested to examine them in history, geography, and the Scriptures,\n    I complied, and the result was most satisfactory, and beyond all\n    expectation. I would that I could say any thing to stir up the minds\n    of the friends at home on behalf of these valuable institutions. In\n    addition to the five youths, who have publicly professed their faith\n    in Christ by baptism, and who afford unequivocal proof of a change\n    of heart, there are two others, who will speedily follow their\n    example. We bless God for these fruits, which we hope are but the\n    earnest of a future glorious harvest.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                                 DIGAH.\n\nWe learn, by a letter from Mr. Lawrence, dated the 22nd of November,\nthat he was about to remove from this station to Allahabad. At that\nlarge and populous city, which, it is expected, will be the seat of the\nnew presidency, he will be joined by Mr. Anderson, and both will labour\nin conjunction for the benefit of the native population of Allahabad and\nits neighbourhood. The reasons for taking this step have been explained\nat length to the Committee, who concur in the arrangement, and trust it\nwill promote, in an increased degree, the great object in view.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n                                JAMAICA.\n\nThe tenor of recent letters from this island is, on the whole, highly\nsatisfactory. Our brethren on the north side are actively engaged in\nrebuilding their chapels. Mr. Knibb writes from Falmouth, under date of\nthe 20th of February:--\n\n    My church is, I hope, in a prosperous state; most of the backsliders\n    have returned with weeping and supplication, while the inquirers are\n    pressing forward to the kingdom of God. Since my return rather more\n    than 200 have been baptized; their experiences have delighted me; I\n    do believe that the Lord has been with them of a truth: full 1000\n    are now waiting for examination. I shall proceed slowly and\n    prayerfully with them, and I hope shall receive assistance from\n    above. Most of those who have been baptized were praying for five\n    years, during which time, their conduct, as far as we are able to\n    discover, has been consistent. My plan is this, I examine each one\n    privately, Mrs. K. talking with the females. The deacons are\n    appointed to examine into their conduct, and I get them to talk with\n    them. I then call a church-meeting, read over the names of those\n    whom I have examined, and of whom I think favourably, and request\n    any member present to mention any thing they know against any one.\n    If nothing is said, I receive them for baptism. I speak as plainly\n    as I can, and I feel that, if they are deceived, I am clear of their\n    blood.\n\n    On February the 14th, the corner-stone of the new chapel was laid,\n    and a glorious day it was. Being Saturday, the country friends could\n    be with us, and they came from various distances of ten to fifteen\n    and twenty miles round. About half-past three the service commenced.\n    We had erected half our useful tent, and had provided a temporary\n    platform under it. Brother Hutchins commenced by giving out the\n    102nd Psalm:\n\n      Let Zion and her sons rejoice,\n        Behold the promised hour;\n      Her God hath heard her mourning voice,\n        And comes t' exalt his power.\n\n    Brother Burchell read several short and very appropriate portions of\n    the word of God, and engaged in prayer. Brother Tinson gave a short\n    address; when he and brother Dendy, with myself, proceeded to lay\n    the stone, which had previously been prepared, and a cavity made, in\n    which was placed a bottle containing a short account of the\n    formation and the history of the church and the laying of the stone,\n    with the coins of his present Majesty in it. After reading aloud the\n    inscription, I placed the _medal_ struck in commemoration of the\n    abolition of Slavery, presented to me on the 7th of August at the\n    City of London Tavern. When this part of the ceremony was completed,\n    which excited intense interest, brother Dendy gave a most\n    appropriate address for about fifteen minutes, and we sang,\n\n      Now let the slumbering church awake,\n        And shine in bright array;\n      Thy chains, O captive daughter, break,\n        And cast thy bonds away.\n\n    The collection was then made, which amounted, with the one on Lord's\n    day for the same object, to \u00a3104. 10s., of our money. I then\n    addressed the multitude assembled, urged upon those who were\n    emancipated an attention to their duties, and having, as I thought,\n    a fit opportunity, as two or three magistrates were present, assured\n    them that I was still the foe of slavery, and the friend of the\n    oppressed; and that, while they acted right, I would defend them,\n    let the consequences to myself be what they might. Another hymn\n    being sung, brother Dexter concluded in prayer. Though nearly 3000\n    persons were crowded together, the utmost order prevailed, while to\n    me it was truly a happy day.\n\n    On the Sabbath-morning (the fifth anniversary of my recognition as\n    their pastor), the ordinance of baptism was administered to\n    seventy-two persons. The place selected was the sea, at the point of\n    a beautiful cove; full 2500 persons were assembled, no unseemly\n    noise was made, or gazing curiosity manifested. We commenced by\n    singing and prayer. Brother Burchell administered the ordinance; it\n    was one of the most solemn seasons I ever had the pleasure to\n    witness. On returning home numerous were the greetings we received\n    from our happy friends; the narrow road was lined for nearly half a\n    mile with them--truly it was a scene I longed that you should\n    behold. Brother Burchell preached in the morning; I received the new\n    members by the right hand of fellowship in the afternoon, and\n    administered the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, which was a solemn\n    season, and rendered additionally so by its being the anniversary of\n    my pastorate among them; which brought to their and to our minds our\n    dear departed brother Mann. At the conclusion I tried to sing the\n    hymn we sung at his death, but they wept and sobbed aloud. Oh, they\n    did love him, they still love him, and he was every way worthy of\n    their love. Brother Tinson preached in the evening; and, rather\n    fatigued _in_ but not _of_ the exercises of the day, we closed our\n    fifth anniversary.\n\n    The first stroke of the foundation was struck on the 10th of\n    February, the anniversary of dear Mann's death; it was not done by\n    design, but was purely accidental. The corner-stone was laid on the\n    anniversary of my release from prison, being three years from that\n    period.\n\n\n                            HOME PROCEEDINGS.\n\n                       DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.\n\nMr. and Mrs. Quant embarked for Nassau, in the Little Catharine, Captain\nKopp, on Monday, May 11th; and Mr. and Mrs. Shotton, for Jamaica, in the\nWitton Castle, April 28th.\n\n                LIST OF FOREIGN LETTERS LATELY RECEIVED.\n\n  =East Indies= Rev. W. H. Pearce          Calcutta     Dec. 8.\n                ---- G. Henderson          Berhampore   Dec. 9.\n                ---- G. Pearce             Seebpore     Jan. 7.\n                ---- Ebenezer Daniel       Colombo      Dec. 27.\n\n  =West Indies= ---- H. C. Taylor          Old Harbour  March 6.\n                ---- J. Clarke             Jericho      March 21.\n                ---- W. Knibb              Falmouth     March 17 & 24.\n                ---- T. Burchell           Montego Bay  Feb. 23, &\n                                                          March 17 & 24.\n                ---- F. Gardner            Kingston     March 30.\n                ---- B. B. Dexter          Montego Bay  March 16.\n                ---- J. Coultart           Sydenham     March 11.\n                ---- J. M. Phillippo       Spanish Town March 26.\n                ---- Joseph Bourn          Belize       Feb. 7.\n                ---- Edward Baylis         Port Maria   Feb. 10 &\n                                                          Mar. 13\n                ---- Knibb, Abbott,\n                       & Dendy             Falmouth     Feb. 7.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n    _Contributions received on account of the Baptist Missionary\n    Society, from April 20, 1835, to May 20, 1835, not including\n    individual subscriptions._\n\n       _Collected in Scotland by_ Messrs. =Groser= _and_ =Flood=.\n\n  Dunfermline:\n    Collection at Baptist Chapel                       5  0  0\n    Mr. Dewar                                          2  0  0\n                                                      --------  7  0  0\n\n  Capar:\n    Collection at Mr. Watson's                         3  0  0\n    Collected by Mrs. Sturrock                         3 11  2\n    Bible Class                                        0 10  6\n    Collected at the Secession Church, Aug. 1,\n      (for Negro Education)                            3  0  0\n                                                      -------- 10  1  8\n\n  Kirkaldy\n    Coll. at the Baptist Church                        8  0  0\n    John Fergus, Esq.                                  2  0  0\n    David Landale, Esq.                                1  1  0\n                                                      -------- 11  1  0\n\n  Anstruther:\n    Auxiliary Baptist Society                         1  3  0\n    Baptist Church                                     2 15  0\n    Collection                                         1  1  6\n    Missionary Box                                     0 10  6\n                                                      --------  5 10  0\n\n  St. Andrews:\n    Collection                                         2  2  6\n    Miss  Wilson                                       1  0  0\n                                                      --------  3  2  6\n\n  Auchtermuchty:\n    Collection at Dr. Taylor's                         1 10  0\n\n  Perth:\n    Coll. at Mr. Newland's Church                      5  6  6\n    Do. at Mr. Thompson's                              5  8  0\n    Do. at the Independent do.                         3  6  1\n    Perthshire Bible Society (T)                       3 15  9\n                                                      -------- 17 16 4\n\n  Dundee:\n    Aux. Society, by Mr. A. Low                       10  0  0\n    Baptist Meeting, Seagate                           6  0  0\n    Baptist Meeting, Baltic-street                     4  0  0\n    Chapel Shade Penny-a-week Society, by Alex. Doeg   2  0  0\n    Cards, by Mr. James Low                            0 14  0\n    Collection at the Public Meeting at the\n      Rev. Dr. Russell's                              13 13  8\n                                                      -------- 36  7  8\n\n  Forfar:\n    Friends at Kerrimuir                               0  7  6\n    Public Meeting                                     1 17  2\n                                                      --------  2  4  8\n\n  Brechin:\n    Society for Missions, Tracts, &c.                  3  0  0\n    Collection at Mr. Blackader's Church W.I.F.        3  9  0\n                                                      --------  6  9  0\n\n  Montrose:\n    Secession Church                                   7 12  0\n    Monthly Prayer-meeting                             1  1  0\n    Penny Society, by Mr. Mudie                        5  0  0\n    A Thank Offering                                   2  0  0\n                                                      -------- 15 13  0\n  Arbroath:\n    Collection at Mr. Ramsay's                         3  3  6\n\n  Aberdeen:\n    Collection at South Silver-st                      6 10  2\n    Do. at John-street, including \u00a32. 10s.\n      from a Friend                                    6 10  0\n    Do. at Mr. Penman's                                2  2  0\n    Do. at Mr. Spence's                                2 10  0\n    Do. at Mr. Stirling's                              3 13  4\n    Do. at Mr. Thompson's, Sermon and Public Meeting   7  7  0\n    Donation from Missionary Society in\n      Mr. Angus's Congregation                         2  0  0\n    From Female Servant Society                        2  2  0\n    From Rev. Mr. Biggs' Church, Fraserburgh           3  0  0\n    Friends at Fogyloan    W.I.F.                      1  0  0\n    Friends, per G. Laing    W.I.F.                    1  0  0\n                                                      -------- 37 14 6\n\n  Elgin:\n    Coll. at Mr. Pringle's Chapel                      3  0  6\n    Baptist Meeting                                    5  0  0\n                                                      --------  8  0  6\n\n  Banff:\n    Coll. at Mr. Murker's Chapel                       2 16  6\n    United Prayer-meeting                              1 10  0\n                                                      --------  4  6  6\n\n  Pitgair:\n    Friends, by Mr. J. Farrier W.I.F.                  1  0  0\n\n  Mill Seat:\n    Collection at Mr. Morison's Chapel                 2  0  0\n\n  Glasgow:\n    Coll. at Rev. Dr. Heugh's                         10  0  0\n    Rev. Mr. Thompson's, Hutcheson Town                7 18  0\n    Public Meeting                                     2  8  2\n    Rev. Mr. Paterson's                                5  0  0\n    Wesleyan Methodist Chapel                          1 11  6\n    Rev. Mr. Anderson's, Relief                        4 19  0\n    ---- Mr. Macleod's                                11 14  0\n    ---- Dr. Wardlaw's                                 4  2 10\n    ---- Dr. Beattie's                                 2 17  0\n    ---- Mr. Oris, Female Assoc.                       4  0  0\n    Subscriptions, by Mr. Swan                        14  6  9\n          Do.         do.  for T.                      2  4  0\n          Do.         do.  for S.                      1 19  0\n          Do. for _Jamaica School_                     1  1  0\n                                                      -------- 74  1  3\n\n  Huntley:\n    Collection at Rev. Mr. Hill's                     11  0  0\n    Missionary Society                                 3  0  0\n    Youth's ditto                                      1  0  0\n                                                      -------- 15  0  0\n\n  Paisley:\n    East Relief Church, Dr. Thompson's                 9 13  4\n    Baptist Church, by Mr. Watson                      3  0  0\n    Mrs. Dunn                W.I.F.                    1  0  0\n    Collection at Dr. Ferrier's                        2  6  1\n    Do. at Independent Church                          2 12  8\n                                                      -------- 18 12  1\n\n  Insch:\n    Collection at Rev. Mr. Campbell's                  3  3  0\n\n  Greenock:\n    Collection at Baptist Chapel                       7  7  6\n    Do. Union-st., Secession Church                    3  3  2\n    South Parish Church                                2  6  6\n                                                      -------- 12 17  2\n\n  Edinburgh:\n    Collection at Elder-st. Chapel                    14  6  4\n    Do. at the Tabernacle                             14  7  4\n    Do. at Mr. Johnston's Chapel, Nicholsons-street    5  0  0\n    Do. at Dr. Brown's, Broughton Place               10  0  0\n    Do. at Mr. Cleghorn's, North College-street        6  0  0\n    Do. at Mr. M'Gilchrist's, Rose-street             11 11  5\n    Do. ditto. Public Meeting                          7  6  8\n    Do. at Mr. French's, South College-street          2 14  6\n    Do. at Mr. Wilkes, Albany-st                       4 15  8\n    Do. at the Baptist Church, Pleasance               6  7 10\n    Do. at Elder-street Baptist Church\n      Missionary Society                               3  3  0\n                                                      -------- 91  2  9\n\n                Remitted by Mr. H. D. Dickie, Edinburgh:\n\n    St. Andrews Missionary Society                     4  0  0\n      Ditto Second donation                            2  0  0\n                                                      --------  6  0  0\n\n  Leith:\n    Leith Auxiliary Missionary Society                          5 10  0\n    Lochee Society for Propagating Christianity at\n      Home and Abroad                                           3  0  0\n    Dumfries and Maxwelton Penny-a-week Society                 3  0  0\n    Friends in Edinburgh and Leith                             15 11  4\n    Ditto          ditto  T                                     0 10  6\n    John Turnbull Hawick, Esq., for Chapels                     1  1  0\n\n  Friends in Aberdeen, viz.:\n      Dr. J. Walker, Lynturk                           0 10  0\n      Mrs. J. Wright, Echt                             0 10  0\n    Ditto for Chapels in Jamaica                       0 13  0\n                                                      --------  1 13  0\n\n    Collected by James Dick                            0  8  8\n                                                             ----------\n                                                             \u00a3424 11  7\n\nTo the above list we subjoin the following note from Mr. Groser to the\nEditor:\n\n       My dear Brother,\n\n     When you publish the recent contributions from Scotland, I will\n     thank you to acknowledge the kindness which Mr. Flood and myself\n     experienced throughout our tour. At Edinburgh, at Glasgow, at\n     Dunfermline, at Kirkaldy, at St. Andrews, at Dundee, at Perth, at\n     Aberdeen, and at many other places; in short, every where that we\n     went, we were received with the greatest cordiality. More pulpits\n     were open to us than we had time or strength to occupy, and we were\n     compelled to pass unvisited some towns and villages where we had\n     reason to believe we should have found a hearty welcome. The thanks\n     of the Committee are especially due to the ministers of the\n     Seceding, Independent, and Relief denominations, for the readiness\n     with which they admitted us to preach and collect in their\n     congregations. Among those churches also which are known\n     technically as Scotch Baptists, we found much to admire and esteem;\n     and nothing but more frequent intercourse with each other appears\n     necessary to create between us and many of their ministers, entire\n     communion an fraternal confidence.\n\n                                                   I am yours truly,\n                                                            =W. Grosef=.\n\n\n  Boxmoor, Friends, by Miss Church, (Sunday-school \u00a31)          5 15  0\n\n  Reading, Auxiliary Society, on account, by Mr. Williams      38  0  0\n\n  Miss Cadby's Missionary Box                                   1  5  5\n\n  Oakingham, collection and subscriptions, by Rev. J. Coles    21  7  2\n\n  Otley, (Suffolk), by Rev. J. Sprigg                           1 15  7\n\n  Hitchin, Missionary Association, by Miss Palmer              17 17  0\n\n  Poole, subscriptions, by Rev. S. Bulgin                       2  1  0\n\n  Coate and Bampton, by Mr. Huckvale, (for Jamaica)             4  0  0\n\n  Ridgmount, Friends, by Miss Cuttriss                          1 18  6\n\n  Great Shelford, subscriptions, by Miss Nutter                 6  0  0\n\n  Suffolk, Society in Aid of Missions, by Shepherd Ray, Esq.   25  7  6\n\n  Bewdley, collection, &c., by Rev. G. Brookes                  3  0  0\n\n  Missionary Box at Mr. Day's, Commercial-road                  1  6  6\n\n  Exeter, balance of contributions, by Mr. Commins             44 17  7\n\n  Harlow, small subscriptions, by Miss Barnard                  3 16  6\n\n  Hemel Hempsted, collection, &c., by Mr. Ford                 21 12  2\n\n  Bath, subscriptions, by Rev. O. Clarke                        8  1  0\n\n  Sway, contributions, by Rev. W. Mursell                       6  0  0\n\n  St. Alban's, collection and subscriptions, by Rev. W. Upton  31  6  9\n\n  Harpenden,         do.                        do.             3 18  6\n\n  Kent, Auxiliary Society, on account, by Rev. W. Groser       25  0  0\n\n  Dunstable, collection and subscriptions, by\n    Mr. Gutteridge, jun.                                       50  3  6\n\n  Lymington, &c., by Rev. J  Millard                           12  0  0\n\n  Canterbury, Subscriptions by Mr. Christian        8 12 10\n    Collected by Miss Philpot and Mrs. West        19  5  0\n                                                   --------    27 17 10\n\n                                DONATIONS.\n\n  Edward Giles, Esq., _Clapham Common_                         50  0  0\n\n  Mrs. Giles,               _Do._                              50  0  0\n\n  John Baylis, Esq., _Ponder's End_                            30  0  0\n\n  B. L. Ward, Esq., _Stanground_                               21  0  0\n\n  Mr. Dunnicliff, _Clifton_, near _Ashbourne_,\n    by Rev. W. Hawkins                                          5  0  0\n\n\n                        _Widow and Orphans' Fund._\n\n  Lady, by Rev. John Neave, _Portsea_                           2  0  0\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                           TO CORRESPONDENTS.\n\nThe thanks of the Committee are returned to Mr. B. L. Ward, for\ntwenty-four of his pamphlets \"On the Importance of Missionary Effort.\"\nTo Mr. J. E. Mogridge, Birmingham, for a parcel of books and pamphlets.\nTo Miss Dafforne, Camberwell, for magazines, and a parcel of small books\nand lesson boards. To Mrs. Risdon, and Friends, Pershore, for work bags,\npincushions, needle-books, &c. To Mrs. Jacobs, of Wingham, for a similar\nparcel. To Friends, by Rev. J. Pilkington, for ditto. To a Young Friend,\nby Rev. J. M. Cramp, for pincushions, &c., prepared during long\nconfinement in a sick chamber; and to Ladies belonging to the Baptist\nChapel at Canterbury, for a box of useful and fancy articles for the\nschools in Jamaica.\n\n              J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.","title":"The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, June 1835","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":31090}