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especially with respect to punctuation4 
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,,the                         ,,baptist 
,,magazine4                             
,,march1 #ahce4         ,,memoir ,,of   
,,the ,,late ,,mr4 ,,boswell ,,beddome1 
,,of ,,weymouth4  ,the highly respected 
subject of this memoir was the youngest 
son of ,mr4 ,boswell ,brandon ,beddome1 
who for many years filled the office of 
a deacon at ,maze ,pond2 and grandson of
 the ,rev4 ,benjamin ,beddome1 of       
,bourton-on-the-,water1 whose sermons   
and hymns are still the admiration of   
the churches4 ,the talents and          
amiability of ,mr4 ,boswell ,beddome    

began very early to develope themselves4
 ,he is described by his surviving      
relatives as having been a most         
interesting boy2 his intelligence1      
generosity1 vivacity1 and principle1    
inducing them to conclude that he would 
prove no common character in after life4
 ,the testimony given to his spirit and 
deportment at this early period1 by his 
maternal guardian1 is worthy of record1 
as it points to a striking and lovely   
example of filial obedience3 ,he never  
gave me a moment's uneasiness2 whatever 
perplexity was sometimes occasioned by  
the rest1 ,i had no trouble with him2   
affection and a sense of duty invariably
 induced his cheerful obedience2 and if 
childish disputes arose between any of  
the other juvenile members of the       
family1 ,boswell was sure to be the     
peace-maker4 ,he was educated at a      
school under the superintendence of the 
,rev4 ,s4 ,palmer1 of ,hackney1 where he
 was distinguished for the readiness and
 accuracy with which he accomplished the

 exercises of his class1 and for that   
general activity of mind which          
afterwards became one of his leading    
characteristics4  ,when he was about    
fourteen years of age1 a situation which
 promised well for his secular interests
 offering itself at a highly respectable
 mercantile establishment at            
,dorchester1 he was removed from school 
somewhat sooner than his friends had    
anticipated4 ,his employers speedily    
became sensible of the worth of his     
talents and integrity1 and as a reward  
for his services and a proof of their   
esteem1 introduced him to a valuable    
business at ,weymouth1 which happened to
 be at their command1 two years before  
the legal term of his connexion with    
them would have expired4 ,this movement 
had the most important bearing on his   
spiritual interests2 and had he not been
 generous almost to a fault1 would1 in a
 few years1 have been the means of      
procuring him a retiring competency4    
,the family1 to the full companionship  

of which he was thus early introduced at
 ,dorchester1 was distinguished by its  
very zealous profession of              
,unitarianism4 ,there he saw the system 
under its most specious and delusive    
aspect3 the sabbath was observed with   
the strictest decorum2 family worship   
maintained with invariable regularity2  
habits of private devotion were strongly
 encouraged2 and opportunities          
frequently occurred of association with 
some of the most intelligent and        
influential members of the party4 ,under
 these circumstances1 although matter of
 regret to the more judicious of his    
friends1 it was none of surprise1 that  
he espoused and became the ardent       
advocate of sentiments at total variance
 with those in which he had been        
previously trained4  ,under the         
preaching of ,mr4 ,rowe1 the first      
pastor of the ,baptist church at        
,weymouth1 and afterwards under that of 
,mr4 ,flint1 its second minister1 he was
 gradually restored to the presumed     

scriptural faith of his venerated       
ancestors4 ,the exercises of his mind on
 this important subject were often      
deeply distressing and protracted4      
,after his suspicions respecting the    
correctness of his opinions were        
awakened1 he became a most diligent1    
anxious1 and prayerful student of the   
word of ,god2 determined1 by divine     
assistance1 to follow conviction        
wherever it might conduct him2 and      
profess1 at whatever cost1 what should  
eventually appear to be the truth4      
,desirous of doing the will of ,god1    
after many painful mental conflicts he  
was permitted to know it2 he made a     
public profession1 by baptism1 of his   
newly-adopted faith during the          
pastorship of ,mr4 ,hawkins1 now of     
,derby2 and about four years afterwards 
was invested with the office of a       
deacon1 during the ministry of ,mr4     
,hoby1 at present of ,birmingham4  ,that
 the sentiments of ,mr4 ,beddome in     
after life1 on some abstruse points1    

were not slightly modified by his       
previous notions1 is not pretended2 but 
that he decidedly embraced all that is  
fundamental in the ,calvinistic system1 
no doubt is entertained by those who had
 the most ample means of obtaining an   
accurate knowledge of his creed4 ,he    
contemplated himself as a depraved1     
guilty1 perishing1 and helpless         
creature2 the grand doctrine of         
justification by grace1 through faith in
 the propitiation of ,christ1 was his   
refuge and his solace2 in the sense in  
which we should employ the words1 he was
 looking for the mercy of ,god unto     
eternal life through ,jesus ,christ our 
,lord4    ,this article--as will be     
remembered by those who heard           
it--contains part of the funeral sermon 
preached for ,mr4 ,b4 at   the ,baptist 
chapel1 ,weymouth1 by the minister of   
the place4   ,hitherto the form of the  
discourse has not been adhered to2      
through the remainder of the article    
that form will be preserved4  ,psalm    

xxvi4 #h1 ,lord1 ,i have loved the      
habitation of thy house1 c4 ,that our   
invaluable1 but now1 alas6 departed1    
brother ,beddome cherished for this     
house of ,god an attachment peculiarly  
strong1 unwavering1 and devoted1 is a   
fact too generally and distinctly known 
by you to require announcement from me4 
,long before his religious sentiments   
underwent a decided alteration1 he      
interested himself most seasonably in   
its welfare2 and after his views of     
divine truth became1 for the most part1 
consonant to those which are here       
professed1 he was ever ready to engage  
in any practicable undertaking1 and make
 any possible sacrifice1 for its        
benefit4 ,simply to affirm that he      
manifested his attachment in an ordinary
 way1 by the regularity of his          
attendance1 by the spirituality of his  
worship1 and by contributing the general
 amount of pecuniary aid1 would be but a
 feeble statement of the truth3 he threw
 his whole soul into every department to

 which his influence could extend2 every
 thing connected with the cause engaged 
his attention1 solicitude1 and activity2
 the interest of the chapel was the     
first and the last object of his        
thoughts4 ,his solicitude for the       
spiritual prosperity of the church and  
congregation was not that of a deacon   
only1 but a pastor2 on this behalf he   
constantly wrestled with ,god in        
private2 and you know1 brethren1 how    
solemnly1 how earnestly1 how            
affectionately1 he pleaded for it in    
your meetings for social prayer4 ,you   
know also his readiness1 as opportunity 
allowed1 to prove himself a friend1 a   
brother1 a father to you all4 ,he was   
ever disposed to hear1 to sympathize1 to
 advise1 to aid2 and even for those who1
 mistaking his motives1 sometimes       
appeared to think of him unkindly1 he   
was prepared1 in the exercise of a truly
 ,christian spirit1 to perform any act  
of generosity by which their well-being 
might be advanced4 ,over the interests  

of your ,sabbath-school he watched with 
a tender solicitude4 ,for many years he 
was its superintendent4 ,during this    
period he prepared1 with great diligence
 and judgment1 a series of ,scripture   
questions for the use of the teachers1  
several volumes of which are still in   
existence2 and after his official duties
 as a deacon1 and the attention required
 by his family1 compelled him to        
relinquish the direct superintendence of
 the school1 he still contrived to make 
himself acquainted with all its         
movements1 and promote1 by his wise     
suggestions and decisions1 the          
efficiency of its operations4 ,the poor 
and the afflicted connected with this   
sanctuary feel that in losing him they  
have lost a tender benefactor1 who was  
not only willing to relieve them in     
proportion to his means1 but who knew   
how to render assistance doubly grateful
 by the considerate delicacy with which 
it was bestowed4 ,many and fervent were 
the blessings which the sons and        

daughters of distress poured upon his   
head2 and many and deep are the         
lamentations of the widow and fatherless
 now4 ,by his removal the minister of   
this place has lost a counsellor eminent
 for his knowledge and prudence2 a      
friend1 truly generous and devoted1 who 
was accustomed to assist him in many of 
his labours1 to sympathize with him     
under all his trials1 to anticipate1 in 
a thousand ways1 his wishes and his     
wants1 and on every occasion of         
difficulty to consult his feelings1 in a
 manner which proved him to possess an  
extensive acquaintance with human       
nature1 and an amiability of disposition
 still more commendable4  ,although the 
cause of ,christ in connexion with this 
sanctuary enjoyed the best affection and
 engaged the best energies of our       
departed brother1 his walks of          
usefulness were not restricted to this  
circumscribed beat1 but embraced a      
wider1 a more ample range4 ,he was1 it  
is well known1 the manager1 the life1 of

 almost every institution connected with
 the dissenting interest in this town   
and neighbourhood2 and in various other 
societies1 formed for civil1 literary1  
and benevolent objects1 he took an      
active part4 ,such were his knowledge1  
diligence1 and prudence1 that1 in       
general1 our committees had to do little
 more than hear his report of the past1 
and assent to his plans for the future4 
,with the utmost modesty he made his    
suggestions2 with the utmost courtesy he
 invited discussion2 but his suggestions
 were1 in general1 too wise to be       
improved2 and discussion1 after he had  
evidently examined the subject in all   
its bearings1 appeared completely       
useless4 ,how far such careful          
anticipations may in general be really  
serviceable to those who are thus saved 
the trouble of thinking and acting1 may 
be questionable2 but1 certainly1 the    
mind which is sufficiently benevolent   
and energetic to perform the part of our
 late invaluable friend1 is worthy of no

 ordinary share of admiration4  ,the    
pecuniary affairs of this place of      
worship were entirely committed to his  
management1 which has been long and     
deservedly held as invaluable4 ,he      
regularly attended the committees of the
 ,branch ,bible ,society1 the           
,dispensary1 ,the ,young ,men's         
,improvement ,society1 and other local  
institutions of a general nature1 where 
the weight of his talents and character 
were always felt4 ,he was the ,president
 of one of the ,benefit societies1 and  
the most valuable honorary member of    
another4 ,to all this it must be added1 
that hundreds in this town and          
neighbourhood were accustomed to make   
him acquainted with their trials1 and   
seek his prompt and valuable advice in  
difficulty4 ,in general he wished to    
forego a very prominent part in         
politics2 but in cases of emergency his 
opponents soon became sensible that he  
was in the field4 ,during the contest on
 the ,reform question1 he displayed     

powers1 both of writing and speaking1 of
 a superior order2 nor have his most    
decided political enemies been backward 
in expressing their high respect for his
 commanding talents and unbending       
integrity4  ,but we have not yet reached
 the limits of ,mr4 ,beddome's sphere of
 usefulness4 ,you are aware that he     
engaged as an occasional preacher4 ,for 
a considerable period he lectured on    
alternate ,sabbath evenings at the      
neighbouring village of ,wyke1 where his
 labours were highly acceptable4 ,i     
never had the gratification of hearing  
him on such occasions2 but judging1 as  
well from the testimony of some of his  
friends1 as from his mental             
capabilities1 his extensive acquaintance
 with the word of ,god1 his clear       
conceptions and consequently lucid      
statements on other subjects1 in        
connexion with his fervent piety and    
habitual solicitude for the salvation of
 souls1 ,i should conjecture that his   
addresses were characterized by their   

perspicuity1 their judiciousness1 their 
deep seriousness1 and their manifest    
tendency to usefulness4 ,respecting     
these and similar qualities1 he was     
accustomed to express warm approbation  
whenever he witnessed their discovery by
 the stated ministers of truth2 a class 
of men1 for whom1 on account of their   
sacred office1 he cherished a deep      
respect4 ,he magnified their office2    
obeying the apostolic injunction1 he    
esteemed them very highly1 in love for  
their work's sake4 ,in his conduct      
towards his own minister he was a model 
of excellence2 the whole of that conduct
 being studiously regulated by the most 
,christian principle and benevolence4   
,his inclination1 especially during the 
last few years of his life1 to be wholly
 devoted to the work of the ministry1   
was sometimes exceedingly strong4 ,had  
he been permitted to select his own     
employment1 doubtless he would have     
chosen that of an ambassador of peace4  
,but while he possessed many            

qualifications suited to the preacher   
and the pastor1 and which would have    
secured him great respectability in the 
sacred profession1 ,providence had      
richly endowed him also with certain    
other qualities1 and had placed him in a
 sphere of action1 which enabled him to 
be useful in a great variety of ways1   
not quite within the province of the    
stated minister4 ,as it was1 for some   
time he was contemplated by many as a   
kind of second pastor to this church and
 congregation2 and his minister ever    
found in him a brother who1 in many     
respects1 could labour as well as       
sympathize with him1 in conducting the  
oversight of this people in the ,lord4  
,if1 with the exception of ,wyke1 and   
one or two similarly-situated places1 he
 did not preach publicly1 he most       
literally taught from house to house4   
,he appeared to seize every favourable  
opportunity of speaking for religion3   
the inquiring found in him a wise and   
kind director2 he was a faithful        

reprover of sin2 and when consolation   
was requisite1 none knew better how it  
should be administered4  ,while home    
engaged the first1 it did not engross   
all1 the energies of our departed       
friend4 ,of the enviable power of       
producing charming epistles of          
friendship1 with ease and rapidity1 he  
possessed a remarkable share4 ,this     
power he habitually made subservient to 
the interests of religion2 considering a
 talent for epistolary correspondence as
 involving serious responsibility4      
,could his numerous letters of          
remonstrance1 advice1 and ,christian    
sympathy be collected1 ,i am persuaded  
they would constitute a volume of no    
ordinary interest and usefulness4 ,as in
 common conversation he was accustomed  
to throw out useful hints to those      
around him2 so in letters of business1  
he often took occasion to remind his    
friends that they were only probationers
 in a world which passeth away1 the     
inordinate love of which must ruin the  

soul inevitably and for ever4  ,to his  
friends it has always been a mystery how
 he could discharge1 with his proverbial
 correctness1 the numerous and onerous  
duties which he imposed on himself2 the 
management of his private concerns being
 always sufficient to engross the       
attention of any ordinary mind4 ,his    
habits of extreme regularity doubtless  
afforded him great assistance2 but had  
he not possessed an incessantly active  
and a master mind1 no such habits could 
have enabled him to attempt one half of 
what he accomplished4 ,as a man of      
business his motto was dispatch2 and    
whatever he undertook for the interests 
of benevolence1 he attempted with all   
his might1 exemplifying that beautiful  
and comprehensive injunction of         
,scripture3 ,be diligent in business1   
fervent in spirit1 serving the ,lord4   
,that a life so valuable should have    
been suddenly terminated1 in the midst  
of usefulness1 at the vigorous age of   
forty1 is a providence1 in many         

respects1 deeply painful1 and           
mysterious2 especially when1 surveying  
society at large1 we behold the useless 
and the injurious permitted to prolong  
their earthly existence4 ,there are1    
however1 in this case1 various modifying
 circumstances which demand observation 
and gratitude4 ,if the days of our      
departed brother on earth were short1   
they were singularly vigorous and       
useful4 ,he had already acted his part  
both in civil and religious society3    
scarcely had the dew of his youth passed
 away when he performed many of the     
duties1 and was invested with many of   
the honours1 of age2 and although the   
continuance of a judgment so mature1 a  
disposition so benevolent1 and habits of
 usefulness so self-denying and         
energetic1 would have been an invaluable
 favour1 comparing the amount of his    
speedily accomplished work1 with what is
 ordinarily allotted to the servants of 
,god1 we ought not1 perhaps1 to be      
greatly surprised that he has been thus 

early admitted to his rest4  ,yet who   
was prepared for the severe1 the        
complicated trial which we are now      
summoned to sustain8 ,who could have    
anticipated that the comparatively      
young1 the vigorous1 the active         
,beddome1 would have been so speedily   
and so suddenly called to go the way of 
all the earth8 ,notwithstanding his     
occasional physical infirmities1 we     
seemed to forget that he was mortal2 so 
completely was he identified with our   
interests1 so necessary did he appear to
 our welfare1 that we never calculated  
that he could die6 ,even after his      
medical attendants had repeatedly       
announced the impossibility of his      
recovery1 many of you could not         
surrender the hope1 that ,god would yet 
spare him1 for the sake of his family   
and the church4 ,but1 alas6 the stroke  
has come suddenly and irresistibly4 ,we 
have buried our brother2 we have heard  
the lamentations of all classes at his  
death2 we are now paying our last public

 token of respect to his universally    
admitted worth2 and yet1 his removal    
appears like a dream4  ,this day three  
weeks he came for a few minutes in the  
morning to witness the ordinance of     
baptism1 but was too much indisposed to 
render his usual assistance4 ,we        
conjectured1 during that and the three  
following days1 that he was suffering   
from a severe cold2 but on the ,thursday
 it was manifest that a formidable      
disease had taken full possession of his
 frame4 ,during the whole of ,thursday  
night he was very delirious1 and so     
continued1 under the influence of the   
fever which preyed upon his vitals1 with
 scarcely an intermission1 until death  
released him from his sufferings on the 
following ,thursday morning2 when1 at   
half-past one1 his spirit departed to be
 with ,christ4 ,from the moment he was  
thought to be dangerously ill1 he had no
 opportunity of making statements       
respecting his spiritual prospects4     
,such statements1 however1 were         

unnecessary to our sure and certain hope
 of his salvation4 ,he had previously   
witnessed a good profession4 ,his       
character had already been stamped for a
 happy immortality2 and pleasing as     
might have been his dying testimony to  
the religion of the cross1 it is not to 
be forgotten1 that while he was called  
to forego the delight of giving1 and we 
of receiving1 such a testimony1 he was  
spared the pang of separation from his  
beloved partner1 and four interesting   
babes1 for whose welfare he felt all the
 tender solicitude which the husband and
 the father could feel4  ,during the    
former part of his illness1 before it   
had assumed a dangerous aspect1 ,i      
conversed with him respecting the       
importance of not leaving the concerns  
of religion to a moment when disease    
unfits the mind for reflection1 and     
congratulated him on the fact of his    
having been enabled1 through grace1 to  
prepare in health for the solemnities of
 eternity4 ,he devoutly acknowledged the

 mercy which1 in this respect1 he had   
received2 but neither then1 nor on the  
following day1 when our respected       
independent brother1 with whom he had   
long been on terms of closest intimacy1 
prayed with him1 did he appear to have  
the conviction that his sickness was    
unto death4 ,about a week before this   
period1 having occasion to consult him  
respecting some important business      
connected with the church1 our          
conversation assumed a more than        
commonly serious tone4 ,i was led to ask
 him several questions respecting his   
own experience in religion1 and the     
motives by which he had been actuated in
 his singular devotedness to this       
particular interest2 and such were his  
replies1 and in so affecting a manner   
were they given1 that ,i left him with  
the deepest conviction that he was      
eminently a man of ,god3 and since his  
departure1 ,i have considered the       
statements which he then made as an     
anticipatory dying testimony to the     

genuineness and vigour of his personal  
piety4  ,there were public as well as   
private circumstances of a somewhat     
similar nature1 which are now cherished 
in the memories of his friends4 ,at the 
last monthly prayer-meeting at which he 
was permitted to attend1 he manifested a
 most solemn and intense devotional     
spirit4 ,when praying for the prosperity
 of the church1 he was so greatly       
affected as to be scarcely able1 for    
several minutes1 to proceed1 while      
sympathy made the exercise one of       
general weeping as well as of           
supplication4 ,at the last              
,sunday-school ,union prayer-meeting    
also1 many of the teachers remarked at  
the time1 how very earnestly he wrestled
 on their behalf2 and since that period1
 they have very naturally dwelt much on 
the fact1 that he concluded the         
engagement by giving out and setting the
 tune to the following expressive       
lines3--    ,come1 ,christian brethren6 
ere we part1   ,join every voice and    

every heart1 c4  ,having laboured for us
 ardently and efficiently1 instead of   
repining at his removal1 let us1 by     
divine assistance1 be grateful that a   
still more speedy termination was not   
put to his probationary career2 and     
rejoice in his blissful possession of   
the recompence of reward2 our loss being
 his imperishable gain4                 
,,the ,,triumph ,,of ,,principle ,,over 
,,intolerance1      ,,illustrated ,,in  
,,the ,,life ,,of ,,the ,,late ,,mr4    
,,berridge1 ,,of ,,everton              
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4  ,the following letter was   
written by the late ,mr4 ,sutcliff of   
,olney1 and not having been extensively 
circulated1 may perhaps be acceptable to
 some of the readers of the ,baptist    
,magazine4  ,it was published under ,mr4
 ,sutcliff's signature in a small       
collection of ,mr4 ,berridge's letters1 
which ,i have in my possession1 under   
the title of ,cheerful ,piety1 or       
,religion without ,gloom1 in the year   

#agig4 ,and if its insertion meets your 
approbation1 ,i will give it in ,mr4    
,sutcliff's own words4                  
,a ,,constant ,,reader4  ,harley ,place1
 ,bow4  ,about two years ago a friend of
 mine1 wishing to enjoy an hour or two  
of ,mr4 ,berridge's company1 rode over  
to ,everton for that purpose4 ,he was   
introduced by a dissenting minister in  
the neighbourhood1 with whom ,mr4 ,b4   
lived upon terms of friendship4 ,when   
seated1 my friend requested ,mr4 ,b4 if 
agreeable1 to favour them with a few    
outlines of his life4 ,the venerable old
 man began1 and related several things  
as narrated in the first number of the  
,evangelical ,magazine4 ,but as some are
 there unnoticed1 ,i have selected the  
following1 which ,i think will not be   
uninteresting4  ,soon after ,i began1   
said he1 to preach the gospel of ,christ
 at ,everton1 the church was filled from
 the villages around us1 and the        
neighbouring clergy felt themselves hurt
 at their churches being deserted4 ,the 

esquire of my parish1 too1 was much     
offended4 ,he did not like to see so    
many strangers1 and be so incommoded4   
,between them both1 it was resolved1 if 
possible1 to turn me out of my living4  
,for this purpose they complained of me 
to the bishop of the diocese1 that ,i   
had preached out of my own parish4 ,i   
was soon after sent for by the bishop4  
,i did not much like my errand1 but ,i  
went4 ,when ,i arrived1 the bishop      
accosted me in a very abrupt manner3    
,well1 ,berridge1 they tell me you go   
about preaching out of your own parish2 
did ,i institute you to the livings of  
,a----y1 or ,e----n1 or ,p----n8 ,no1 my
 lord1 said ,i1 neither do ,i claim any 
of these livings1 the clergymen enjoy   
them undisturbed by me4 ,well1 but you  
go and preach there1 which you have no  
right to do4 ,it is true1 my lord1 ,i   
was one day at ,e----n1 and there were a
 few poor people assembled together1 and
 ,i admonished them to repent of their  
sins1 and believe in the ,lord ,jesus   

,christ for the salvation of their      
souls2 and ,i remember seeing five or   
six clergymen that day1 my lord1 all out
 of their own parishes1 upon ,e----n    
bowling-green4 ,poh6 said his lordship1 
,i tell you1 you have no right to preach
 out of your own parish2 and if you do  
not desist from it1 you will very likely
 be sent to ,huntingdon4 ,as to that1 my
 lord1 said ,i1 ,i have no greater      
liking to ,huntingdon gaol than other   
people2 but ,i had rather go there with 
a good conscience1 than live at my      
liberty without one4 ,here his lordship 
looked very hard at me1 and very gravely
 assured me that ,i was beside myself1  
and that in a few months ,i should      
either be better or worse4 ,then1 said  
,i1 my lord1 you may make yourself quite
 happy in this business2 for if ,i      
should be better1 you suppose that ,i   
shall desist from this practice of my   
own accord2 and if worse1 you need not  
send me to ,huntingdon gaol1 as ,i shall
 be provided with an accommodation in   

,bedlam4  ,his lordship now changed his 
mode of attack3 instead of threatening1 
he began to entreat3 ,berridge1 said he1
 you know ,i have been your friend1 and 
,i wish to be so still4 ,i am           
continually teazed with the complaints  
of the clergymen around you2 only assure
 me1 that you will keep to your own     
parish2 you may do as you please there4 
,i have but little time to live2 do not 
bring my grey hairs with sorrow to the  
grave4 ,at this instant two gentlemen   
were announced1 who desired to speak    
with his lordship4 ,berridge1 said he1  
go to your inn1 and come again at such  
an hour1 and dine with me4 ,i went1 and1
 on entering a private room1 fell       
immediately upon my knees4 ,i could bear
 threatening1 but knew not how to       
withstand entreaty1 especially the      
entreaty of a respectable old man4 ,at  
the appointed time ,i returned4 ,at     
dinner ,i was treated with great        
respect4 ,the two gentlemen also dined  
with us4 ,i found they had been informed

 who ,i was1 as they sometimes cast     
their eyes towards me in some such      
manner as one would glance at a monster4
 ,after dinner1 his lordship took me    
into the garden4 ,well1 ,berridge1 said 
he1 have you considered of my request8  
,i have1 my lord1 said ,i1 and have been
 upon my knees concerning it4 ,well1    
will you promise me that you will preach
 no more out of your own parish8 ,it    
would afford me great pleasure1 said ,i1
 to comply with your lordship's request1
 if ,i could do it with a good          
conscience4 ,i am satisfied the ,lord   
has blessed my labours of this kind1 and
 ,i dare not desist4 ,a good conscience6
 said his lordship1 do you not know that
 it is contrary to the canons of the    
church8 ,there is one canon1 my ,lord1  
,i replied1 which saith1 ,go1 preach the
 gospel to every creature4 ,but why     
should you wish to interfere with the   
charge of other men8 one man cannot     
preach the gospel to all men4 ,if they  
would preach the gospel themselves1 said

 ,i1 there would be no need of my       
preaching it to their people2 but as    
they do not1 ,i cannot desist4 ,his     
lordship then parted with me in some    
displeasure2 and ,i returned home not   
knowing what would befall me1 but       
thankful to ,god that ,i had preserved a
 conscience void of offence4  ,i took no
 measures for my own preservation2 but  
,divine ,providence wrought for me in a 
way that ,i never expected4 ,when ,i was
 at ,clare ,hall1 ,i was particularly   
acquainted with a fellow of that        
college1 and we were both upon terms of 
intimacy with ,mr4 ,pitt1 the late ,lord
 ,chatham1 who was at one time also at  
the university4 ,this fellow of ,clare  
,hall1 when ,i began to preach the      
gospel1 became my enemy1 and did me some
 injury in some ecclesiastical          
privileges which beforetime ,i had      
enjoyed4 ,at length1 however1 when he   
heard ,i was likely to come into        
trouble1 and to be turned out of my     
living at ,everton1 his heart relented4 

,he began to think1 it seems1 within    
himself1 ,we shall ruin this poor fellow
 among us4 ,this was just about the time
 that ,i was sent for by the bishop4 ,of
 his own accord he writes a letter to   
,mr4 ,pitt1 saying nothing about my     
,methodism1 but to this effect3 ,our old
 friend ,berridge has got a living in   
,bedfordshire1 and ,i am informed he has
 an esquire in his parish that gives him
 a deal of trouble2 has accused him to  
the bishop of the diocese2 and1 it is   
said1 will turn him out of his living2  
,i wish you would contrive to put a stop
 to these proceedings4 ,mr4 ,pitt was at
 that time a young man1 and not choosing
 to apply to the bishop himself1 spoke  
to a certain nobleman to whom the bishop
 was indebted for his promotion4 ,this  
nobleman1 within a few days1 made it his
 business to see the bishop1 who was    
then in ,london4 ,my lord1 said he1 ,i  
am informed you have a very honest      
fellow1 one ,berridge1 in your diocese1 
and that he has been ill treated by a   

litigious esquire who lives in his      
parish2 he has accused him1 ,i am told1 
to your lordship1 and wishes to turn him
 out of his living2 you would oblige me1
 my lord1 if you would take no notice of
 that esquire1 and not suffer the honest
 man to be interrupted in his living4   
,the bishop was astonished1 and could   
not imagine in what manner things could 
have thus got round3 it would not do1   
however1 to object2 he was obliged to   
bow compliance2 and so ,i continued ever
 after in my sphere of action4  ,the    
squire1 having waited on the bishop to  
know the result of the summons1 had the 
mortification to learn that his purpose 
was defeated2 on his return home1 his   
partisans in this prosecution fled to   
know what was determined on1 saying1    
,well1 have you got the old devil out8  
,he replied1 ,no1 nor do ,i think the   
very devil himself can get him out4     
,after this interesting narration was   
ended1 which had alternately drawn      
smiles and tears from my friend and his 

companion1 they requested him to pray   
with them one five minute's before they 
departed4 ,no1 said the good old man to 
my friend1 you shall pray with me4      
,well1 but if ,i begin1 perhaps you will
 conclude4 ,he consented3 after my      
friend had ended1 he1 without rising    
from his knees1 took up his petitions1  
and with such sweet solemnity1 such holy
 familiarity with ,god1 and such ardent 
love to ,christ1 poured out his soul1   
that the like was seldom seen4 ,they    
parted1 and my friend declares he thinks
 he shall never forget the savour of    
this interview to his dying day4        
,j4 ,,sutcliff4                         
,,religious ,,revival ,,meetings4       
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4  ,i have been surprised and  
pained by the appearance of the paper1  
headed ,on ,revivals in ,america1 in the
 number of your ,magazine for the       
present month4 ,though the paper is     
headed ,revivals in ,america1 ,mr4      
,clarke has not confined his remarks to 

,american revivals2 he has animadverted 
with considerable freedom on revival    
meetings in ,england4 ,as ,i1 and       
several of my brethren in this part of  
the country1 have sanctioned these      
meetings1 ,i trust you will in justice  
allow me a little space in your next    
number1 for a few remarks on his very   
singular production4  ,mr4 ,c4 commences
 with some observations on revivals in  
,america4 ,on this subject1 ,i think1 he
 does not write very consistently4 ,it  
is scarcely possible to give a more     
gloomy1 disparaging description of the  
,american revivals than that which he   
presents4 ,he represents them as        
exerting a most pernicious influence on 
the churches1 on the young1 and on the  
enemies of religion1 rendering the      
character of ,christians undignified and
 uninfluential1 and reducing them to a  
state of contempt and ridicule4 ,he     
says1 ,the good that they are           
occasionally the means of effecting is  
secured at the expense of the dignity1  

influence1 and subsequent enjoyment of  
the church2 and at the expense1 too1 of 
much that is lovely and permanent in the
 character of pure religion4 ,now1 if   
this account of ,american revival       
meetings be correct1 they must be a very
 great evil1 and ought to be entirely   
discountenanced by ,christians4 ,yet    
,mr4 ,c4 says1 ,revival meetings may do 
for ,america4 ,the system is their own1 
and is almost universally understood and
 recognized4 ,he also says1 ,the        
correctness of the reports which have   
reached this country respecting their   
revivals1 perhaps1 ought not to be      
seriously questioned4 ,but if the       
reports of ,american revivals which have
 reached this country be in general     
correct1 ,i think the description of    
,mr4 ,c4 must be very defective in that 
important quality2 for there is a very  
wide difference between his description 
and those reports4 ,if we doubt the     
correctness of his description1 he has  
himself supplied us with an apology2 for

 he says1 ,things are not always in     
reality what they appear to be to the   
persons who describe them4 ,besides1    
truth is seldom naked1 and its dress    
frequently makes an erroneous           
impression4  ,mr4 ,c4 says1 ,it is not  
my intention to degrade our ,american   
brethren2 indeed1 ,i cannot4 ,true4 ,but
 ,i suppose they will not consider that 
he passes a very high compliment on     
them1 by first describing their meetings
 as he has done1 and then saying1 ,the  
system is their own1 and is there almost
 universally understood and recognized4 
,his remarks on the ,american revivals  
are1 no doubt well intended1 but ,i     
believe it would be difficult for any   
one to say what good end they are       
calculated to answer4  ,but ,i hasten to
 a consideration of the latter part of  
,mr4 ,clarke's paper1 which contains    
some extraordinary strictures on revival
 meetings in ,england4 ,he admits that  
the revival meetings in ,england may be 
well intended1 but says1 ,they appear to

 have originated in a wish to imitate   
the ,americans4 ,i trust they originated
 in a sincere desire to glorify ,god1   
and to promote the salvation of immortal
 souls4 ,mr4 ,c4 says1 ,religion cannot 
be imported4 ,indeed6 ,was not religion 
imported into this country8 ,was it not 
imported into ,america8 ,and has it not 
been imported into other countries by   
our ,missionaries8 ,revival meetings1   
says ,mr4 ,c41 may do for ,america1 but 
they will not do for ,england4 ,how does
 he know they will not do for ,england8 
,has he ever made the attempt8 ,has he  
ever attended a revival meeting in      
,england8 ,if not1 ,i think he ought to 
have been less hasty in his conclusion4 
,but they will not do for ,england1     
because the people here do not          
understand them1 neither do they        
heartily approve them4 ,i am not much   
surprised that people do not heartily   
approve that which they do not          
understand4 ,he says in ,america the    
meetings are almost universally         

understood and recognized4 ,hence it    
appears where they are understood they  
are approved1 and that they are not     
approved only where they are not        
understood4 ,this surely cannot be a    
very powerful argument against such     
meetings4 ,another of ,mr4 ,c4's reasons
 why these meetings will not do for     
,england is1 ,our country has long been 
inhabited1 and distinguished for        
religious institutions4 ,as to the      
length of time our country has been     
inhabited1 that can have very little to 
do with the subject2 and as to our being
 distinguished for religious            
institutions1 ,i do not know that we    
have such a mighty advantage over the   
,americans4 ,some of our religious      
institutions1 instead of diminishing1   
greatly increase our need of revival    
meetings4 ,mr4 ,c4 next attempts to draw
 from the ,scriptures an argument       
against revival meetings4 ,besides1 says
 he1 it is said1 ',six days shalt thou  
labour1' and necessity makes many in    

,england keep this commandment4 ,and ,i 
should think necessity makes many in    
,america keep it too4 ,i suppose he does
 not mean to say that this commandment  
forbids persons from attending public   
worship on the six days if their        
circumstances will allow them to do so4 
,and if he do not mean this1 for what   
purpose can it be referred to8 ,once    
more4 ,he says1 ,the unconverted        
inhabitants of this country are far more
 likely to raise bitter persecutions    
where revivals are attempted1 than to   
feel willing to engage in them4 ,and    
suppose the wicked were to raise bitter 
persecutions1 are they to deter the     
,christian from doing that which he     
believes is for the glory of ,god8 ,has 
not the ,saviour said1 ,blessed are ye  
when men shall revile you1 and persecute
 you1 c48 ,but experience has proved to 
me that ,mr4 ,c4's assertion is far from
 correct2 several revival meetings have 
been held in ,lincolnshire1 each of     
which was attended by many unconverted  

persons1 and at not one was there any   
persecution4 ,the slothful man saith1   
,there is a lion without1 ,i shall be   
slain in the streets4 ,prov4 xxii4 #ac4 
,mr4 ,c4's feelings warm as he advances2
 and1 if ,i be not greatly mistaken1    
they carry him very far beyond the      
bounds of ,christian charity in the     
following sentences3 he says1 ,but1     
perhaps1 the secret is this2 these      
meetings in ,england look like a        
burlesque2 they appear like a body      
without a soul1 or like an orator       
without originality4 ,we cannot1        
therefore1 expect people to be charmed  
and benefited by them2 for the mind     
cannot be wrought upon by what is felt  
to be a farce1 nor will ,god bless what 
is not perfectly sincere4 ,revival      
meetings in ,england1 not perfectly     
sincere6 but are a farce66 and a        
burlesque666 ,really1 ,mr4 ,editor1 ,i  
think this is set forth with a little   
too much sharpness of invective1 and ,i 
fancy all your readers1 except ,mr4     

,clarke1 will think the same4  ,as we   
proceed we find ,mr4 ,c4 attempting to  
describe the views and feelings of our  
churches associated in the capacity of  
,revivalists4 ,i will not do our        
churches the injustice to believe that  
they would talk such nonsense as that   
which he puts into their lips2 the      
language is much more befitting infidels
 than ,christians4 ,i am quite sure the 
views and feelings of our churches in   
this country1 respecting revival        
meetings1 are as different as possible  
from what ,mr4 ,c4 states1 and ,i       
believe many of our members are in no   
small degree disgusted by what he is    
pleased to say on the subject4 ,if there
 be no more truth in what he says of the
 ,american revivals1 than there is in   
his descriptions of revival meetings in 
,england1 he had better never given his 
opinion on the subject4  ,mr4 ,c4 says1 
,i would advise an adherence to ordinary
 services2 for these being evidently    
scriptural and reasonable1 c4 ,it is a  

pity he does not tell us what are the   
ordinary services that are scriptural   
and reasonable4 ,our ,lord taught daily 
in the temple1 ,luke xix4 #dg4 ,the     
first converts at ,jerusalem continued  
daily with one accord in the temple and 
breaking bread from house to house1     
,acts ii4 #df4 ,paul told the elders of 
the church at ,ephesus1 that by the     
space of three years he ceased not to   
warn every one night and day4 ,acts xx4 
#ca4 ,these are scriptural services1 and
 ,i suppose they are reasonable too4 ,as
 to ordinary services1 they differ in   
different churches2 some having one1 and
 others having three or four1 on the    
,sabbath2 some having no service1 and   
others having several1 during the six   
days4 ,it is frequently mentioned to the
 honour of ,whitefield and ,wesley1 that
 they preached almost every day in the  
week4 ,the services that were ordinary  
to these good men would be extraordinary
 to most of our churches and ministers4 
,mr4 ,c4's advice to the churches is    

virtually1 ,continue to go on as you do2
 quicken not your pace2 devise no       
liberal scheme different from what you  
have already in operation2 if you hear  
of other churches doing a great deal of 
good1 by employing different means from 
those which you employ1 regard it not2  
'no plan can prove serviceable that is  
learned only from hearsay4' ,above all  
things1 carefully avoid whatever is     
extraordinary in the service of ,god4   
,mr4 ,c4 would make an admirable        
reformer6  ,a statement of a few facts  
will be the best reply to what ,mr4 ,c4 
says about revival meetings in ,england4
 ,in this part of the country1 six      
revival meetings have been held within  
the last nine or ten months1 at four of 
which ,i have been present4 ,none of the
 evils of which he speaks occurred at   
any of these meetings2 they were        
attended by ministers and members of    
different denominations of ,christians1 
most of whom expressed1 not merely their
 approbation of the services1 but their 

gratitude to ,god for the great         
spiritual delight they experienced in   
attending them4 ,i believe every church 
that has held one of these meetings     
feels anxious that it should be         
repeated4 ,since they were held1 some   
have been added to our churches1 who    
state that it was whilst attending them 
that they first felt the importance of  
religion4 ,last ,sabbath1 three were    
added to the church at ,lincoln1 to whom
 these meetings were greatly blessed2   
and ,i hope in a few weeks to baptize   
three others who can say the same4 ,what
 are ,mr4 ,c4's flippant remarks when   
weighed in the balance with these facts8
                                        
,,john ,,craps4  ,lincoln1 ,february1   
#eth1 #ahce4                            
,,widows' ,,fund4                 ,to   
the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4  
,observing in your ,magazine for last   
month a notice of the annual sermon to  
the ,society for the ,relief of the     
,widows of ,protestant ,dissenting      

,ministers1 as intended to be preached  
at ,salters' ,hall meeting-house1       
,cannon-street1 on ,wednesday the #ast  
of ,april next1 will you allow a        
well-wisher to that institution to      
occupy a small part of your pages to    
state a few particulars respecting that 
highly-valuable institution1 as ,i      
apprehend many of your readers are but  
little acquainted with its origin and   
design4 ,the proposed anniversary is the
 #ajbnd1 it having been established in  
the year #agcc4 ,it was founded on a    
broad and liberal scale2 no theological 
basis was intended2 but the necessitous 
widows of ministers of the denominations
 of ,presbyterians1 ,independents1 and  
,baptists1 were to be the recipients of 
its bounty4 ,for these classes of       
,protestant ,dissenters it was their aim
 to provide2 and as our ancestors truly 
imagined that union was strength1 their 
combined efforts were exerted to form   
this society4 ,it is1 however1 but      
justice to say that1 in the first       

instance1 the interests of the society  
were greatly promoted by the exertions  
of our ,presbyterian friends4 ,to ,dr4  
,chandler1 a minister of that           
denomination1 it was indebted for its   
rise4 ,it has1 however1 since that      
period1 been liberally supported by the 
other denominations of ,dissenters1 and 
diffused its blessings for more than a  
century to the fatherless and the widow4
 ,the annual sermon has been preached   
alternately by a minister of each       
denomination2 it was formerly at the    
meeting-house in the ,old ,jewry1 where 
the writer of this has witnessed1 with  
high satisfaction1 a thronged assembly  
listening to the urgent and sympathizing
 strains of a ,fuller1 a ,hall1 a       
,toller1 and various others of different
 denominations4 ,in the present year it 
falls to the ,baptists to provide a     
place and a preacher2 and may it not be 
reasonably hoped that that denomination 
will give the meeting its countenance   
and support1 when they are informed that

 they have near eighty widows in the    
,english counties1 who receive an       
annuity from its funds1 from one to     
twelve pounds each2 besides more than   
twenty widows in the principality of    
,wales1 who receive from seven to nine  
pounds of annual allowance4  ,how       
creditable1 ,mr4 ,editor1 would it be to
 the dissenters to revive this cause1   
which of late has been drooping6 ,and   
the writer of this would fain entertain 
a hope that1 whilst exertions are making
 amongst the friends of religion for so 
many important objects1 ancient         
institutions will not be overlooked and 
forgotten2 but that a spirit of revival 
will appear to the cause of the widow   
and fatherless4  ,denmark ,hill4        
,j4 ,,guttridge4    99499 ,we understand
 that the whole amount of subscriptions 
to this   benevolent institution is     
under ,l#abj4                           
,,the ,,rev4 ,l4 ,s4 ,e4's              
,,publication4   7,,copy ,,of ,a        
,,letter ,,addressed ,,to ,a ,,friend1  

,a ,,member ,,of ,,the ,,establishment47
  ,to the ,editor of the ,baptist       
,magazine4    ,,dear ,,sir1  ,as you    
were so kind as to favour me with the   
loan of a publication1 entitled ,letters
 to a ,dissenting ,minister1 by ,l4 ,s4 
,e41 containing ,remarks on the         
,principles of the ,sect1 c41 and to    
request my opinion of its merits and    
tendency1 ,i have put down what occurred
 to me on the perusal of some parts of  
its contents3 to have toiled through the
 whole of it1 was a task to which my    
patience was by no means equal4  ,the   
first impression produced on my mind    
was1 the total absence of that charity  
and forbearance so often enjoined in the
 holy ,scriptures4 ,judge not1 that ye  
,,be ,,not ,,judged1 was one of the     
precepts delivered1 in his first sermon1
 by our divine ,lord and ,master2 and in
 accordance with this direction1 when   
his disciples1 instigated by a mistaken 
regard for his cause1 came to him       
complaining that they had met with some 

who followed not with them1 and         
inquiring whether they should forbid    
them1 his reply was1 ,forbid them not1  
for he that is not against us is with   
us4 ,the apostle ,paul recommended the  
same line of conduct towards weak and   
mistaken brethren1 and in the ,first    
,epistle to the ,corinthians1 which     
abounds with directions as to the       
conduct of professing ,christians one   
towards another1 he sums up the whole by
 a glowing description of charity1 as   
superior to all other graces3 ,charity  
suffereth long1 and is kind2 thinketh no
 evil2 hopeth all things2 endureth all  
things4 ,to me it appears utterly       
impossible to reconcile these           
expressions with the arrogant           
pretensions and sweeping censures of    
this writer1 not only with respect to   
the overt conduct1 but the motives1 of  
those who differ from him1 charging them
 with a sin more heinous than           
drunkenness1 and with being under the   
influence of the devil1 because they    

cannot see alike with him respecting    
some of the circumstantials of          
,christianity1 though they may agree as 
to the essentials4  ,but the censorious 
language of the writer is not exhausted 
in the use of the most opprobrious      
epithets1 and such as have hitherto been
 only appropriate to the vilest of      
characters2 but it is diffused through  
the pages of his publication1 by raking 
together and detailing anecdotes1 with a
 view to degrade and vilify individuals1
 and the body of dissenters at large4   
,that there are imperfections and       
inconsistencies to be found among the   
professors of religion1 must be         
acknowledged2 and has in every age been 
a source of lamentation to truly pious  
and devoted ,christians2 but how        
different their feelings from those of  
this clergyman1 who endeavours to expose
 to ridicule the failings of others2 who
 dwells upon them with a kind of        
malignant pleasure1 and thus affords a  
handle to the common enemies of         

,christianity6  ,as to many of the      
anecdotes contained in this publication1
 many are garbled and distorted1 and    
some of them are1 in many of their      
particulars1 palpable falsehoods4 ,the  
very quotations from the writings of his
 opponents--though it must be conceded  
that at this period of great excitement 
many unguarded expressions have been    
used by some individuals--are1 some of  
them1 so garbled and mangled as scarcely
 to bear any resemblance to the         
original1 and calculated to convey a    
meaning very different from what was    
intended by the writer4  ,not to dwell  
any longer on these statements1 which   
occupy a considerable portion of the    
book1 in the chapters on the ,authority 
of the ,church1 and the ,ordination of  
,christian ,ministers1 much will be     
found so extravagant in its assumptions1
 as to throw the pretensions of the     
church of ,rome into the shades 7within 
whose pale1 if he had any regard for    
consistency1 he ought certainly to have 

been71 and calculated to undermine and  
overthrow the grounds of the ,protestant
 succession4 ,they are indeed so full of
 absurdity as to amuse rather than      
offend1 and exhibit in the clearest     
light the inability of ,l4 ,s4 ,e4 to   
form a correct judgment1 either as to   
matters of faith or practice4 ,with all 
the consequence and arrogance which     
assumed infallibility can induce1 he    
maintains that none ought to be teachers
 of religion but those who are          
authorized1 or otherwise specially      
inspired of ,god4 ,according to his     
definition1 an authorized minister is   
one who has passed through the ordeal of
 episcopal ordination1 and what         
constitutes that authority is1 the      
regular succession from the times of the
 apostles to the present period4 ,in    
order to make this most important       
discovery of a regular succession1 on   
which1 in his estimation1 so much       
depends1 ,i have been employing myself  
for some time1 in rummaging the         

different volumes of ecclesiastical     
history within my reach1 and            
endeavouring to trace the succession1   
from the time of ,peter downwards2 and  
upwards from the time of the            
,reformation4 ,in the former case1 there
 is great confusion in the catalogue of 
bishops4 ,few of these are alike2 some  
names of persons are given1 who1 there  
is reason to believe1 never existed2    
there are many periods entirely without 
names2 and it is well known1 that for   
some time there were rival popes1 each  
claiming exclusive authority4 ,in       
tracing these tainted and impure        
currents1 where shall we discover1      
either before or after the ,saxon       
invasion1 the perennial stream which    
will alone confer sanctity on the       
priestly office8  ,in attempting to make
 discoveries in a retrograde movement1  
from the time of the ,reformation1 we   
find the names of ,bonner1 ,gardiner1   
c42 those immaculate characters1 who1 of
 course1 transmitted this divine        

authority1 and afterwards committed     
those to whom they had given it to the  
flames4 ,in this lack of information on 
so momentous a subject1 ,l4 ,s4         
,e4--alias the ,rev4 ,augustus          
,gathercole--will confer an invaluable  
benefit on the church to which he       
belongs1 if he can produce1 from his    
hidden stores1 in the musty parchments  
which have been concealed for ages1 the 
direct and unbroken line of succession1 
and append it to the next edition of his
 popular production4 ,of course the     
dissenters can have no pretensions to be
 authorized teachers on these grounds2  
and not more so1 as having a special    
inspiration from ,god to become         
teachers1 which is represented by this  
writer as the only other ground of a    
call to this office4 ,it is true that   
some enthusiasts1 with whom1 as a body1 
they have no connexion1 have laid claim 
to this high prerogative2 but the avowed
 sentiment of the nonconformist body is1
 that the supernatural powers connected 

with a special inspiration from ,god    
ceased with the first ages of           
,christianity4 ,the ,holy ,spirit1 in   
his ordinary and gracious operations1 is
 promised to all good men1 and          
especially to the ministers of the      
gospel1 who1 whether professing to be   
authorized teachers in the way before   
described or not1 are insufficient in   
themselves for any good work1 their     
sufficiency being of ,god1 who alone can
 make them able ministers of the ,new   
,testament4 ,destitute of this1 the     
hands of the bishop cannot confer any of
 the necessary qualifications4  ,if none
 have any claim to the sacred office but
 those who have had episcopal           
ordination1 or are specially inspired1  
not only the present race of teachers   
among different denominations1 both     
,methodists and regular ,dissenters1    
must be degraded to the rank of         
intruders1 whatever success may have    
attended their labours2 but the same    
will apply to the #b1jjj ministers of   

whom the world was not worthy1 the      
brightest ornaments of the church to    
which the reverend gentleman belongs1   
who were expelled from their situations 
by the act of uniformity4 ,also the     
ministers of the ,presbyterian church in
 ,scotland1 of which1 as well as of the 
church of ,england1 the king1 by his    
representative1 is the head1 with many  
of the most eminent men who have        
flourished in these and foreign lands4  
,whatever excellences the universal     
suffrage of the wisest and best of men1 
both ,churchmen and ,dissenters1 have   
attributed to the writings and public   
labours of an ,owen1 a ,howe1 a         
,charnock1 a ,watts1 a ,doddridge 7the  
intimate friend of ,archbishop ,secker71
 a ,henry1 with a long train of others  
that might be enumerated1 they must now 
retire into the shades1 and pass into   
oblivion1 because this infallible judge 
has made it out that they were not      
authorized teachers4 ,like their        
successors1 they were incompetent to    

administer the ordinances aright2 like  
them1 to use his own language1 they     
could not lay claim to be considered as 
,christians4 ,they were without the pale
 of the visible church of ,god4 ,as     
schismatics1 who forsook the church1    
they ought to have been the very first  
persons to whom the church should have  
refused her burial service2 the         
principles of independency1 which they  
in general maintained1 being those of   
depraved human nature instilled into    
man1 and fostered in him by his great   
enemy the devil1 who was the first      
dissenter4  ,whatever inconveniences or 
evils may attend the choice of their own
 teachers by each respective            
congregation1 the imposition of teachers
 is far from being free from the most   
serious objections1 and especially when 
the patronage is in the hands of        
persons1 as it often is1 regardless of  
the spiritual welfare of the flock1 who 
are left in a starving condition1 and   
too often feel no interest either in the

 preacher or his doctrine4  ,but ,i     
forbear1 and shall leave it to a        
discerning public to determine whether  
the contents of this unique             
publication--a specimen of which is now 
given1 can do any service to the church 
of which the ,rev4 ,a4 ,gathercole      
prides himself as being a member1 or do 
any credit to the judgment of the       
reverend clergymen and the lordly       
bishop1 who have condescended to give it
 their sanction4  ,for myself 7and ,i   
can without hesitation say the same of  
those with whom ,i am connected71 ,i    
have no wish to see the downfal of the  
venerable fabric of the church1 though  
in its patronage1 often improperly used1
 and in some of its formularies1        
particularly the baptismal service and  
others connected with it1 ,i think ,i   
see much that calls for alteration4     
,many of its ministers and members ,i   
respect1 and wish to consider them as   
fellow-,christians4 ,to this however1 in
 the estimation of the ,rev4 ,a4        

,gathercole1 ,i have no right to lay a  
claim1 and must not therefore presume to
 subscribe myself by any other name than
 that with which he designates every    
,dissenter1--                           
,a ,,heathen ,,man ,,and ,a ,,publican4 
,,on ,,the ,,propriety ,,of             
,,instrumental ,,music ,,in ,,dissenting
 ,,chapels4                 ,to the     
,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4  ,i  
trust your candour will permit me1      
through the medium of your excellent    
publication1 shortly to reply to some   
remarks that were made1 and ,i think    
rather hastily1 in your last number1    
relative to the introduction of         
instrumental music in dissenting places 
of worship4 ,your correspondent1 ,mr4   
,wilkin1 ,i am fearful1 was not in the  
most composed frame of mind when he sat 
down to pen the communication alluded   
to4 ,the sounds of the instrument which 
he states to have greeted him with its  
hideous tones1 must have been vibrating 
in his ears at the time1 or he could not

 have expressed sentiments bearing so   
close an affity to those discordant     
notes with which he professes to have   
been so much annoyed on his entering    
some ,baptist chapel4  ,for my own part1
 ,i should deem no act inconsistent with
 the worship of ,god1 in its simplest   
and purest form1 which has a tendency to
 create a unison of voices which must   
tend so materially to produce a unity of
 feeling in the minds of those engaged  
in one of the most sublime parts of a   
religious service4 ,i would only        
advocate the introduction of            
instrumental music into dissenting      
chapels to assist the singing1 not when 
it merely offers an opportunity for the 
display of professional skill4 ,with    
regard to the parts of ,scripture       
bearing upon the subject1 there are no  
direct commands in the ,new ,testament1 
either for or against the practice4 ,we 
read in the ,revelations of the harpers 
harping with their harps before the     
throne of ,god1 while1 in the ,old      

,testament1 we also read of praising    
,god on the high-sounding organ4        
,surely1 if praise was offered to ,god  
in this form with acceptance formerly1  
why shall it not be so in the present   
day8 ,some of the ,psalms have titles   
signifying the author who was to set    
them to music1 while others indicate the
 instrument it was to be played upon2   
clearly denoting that the accompaniment 
of music1 when directed to ,god with    
pious feeling and sincerity of purpose1 
cannot be unacceptable1 and consequently
 not inconsistent with the worship of   
the ,divine ,being2 so that1 so far from
 its being a departure from ,scripture1 
it appears to me to be an adherence to  
it4 ,your correspondent states that1 if 
he is wrong1 he is open to correction4  
,i trust1 also1 he is open to           
conviction1 and sincerely hope he will  
not let early prejudices bias his mind  
to that extent as to pervert his        
judgment1 or gain the ascendancy of his 
nobler and better feelings4             

,,musicus4  ,london1 ,feb4 #g1 #ahce4   
,,poetry4                               
,,pleading ,,for ,,mercy4    ,when at   
thy footstool1 ,lord1 ,i bend1     ,and 
plead with ,thee for mercy there1       
,think of the sinner's dying ,friend1   
,and for ,his sake receive my prayer4   
,o think not of my shame and guilt1     
,my thousand stains of deepest dye3     
,think of the blood which ,jesus spilt1 
,and let that blood my pardon buy4      
,think1 ,lord1 how ,i am still ,thy own1
     ,the trembling creature of ,thy    
hand2   ,think how my heart to sin is   
prone1     ,and what temptations round  
me stand4   ,o think how blind and weak 
am ,i2     ,how strong and wily are my  
foes3   ,they wrestled with ,thy hosts  
on high1     ,and can a worm their might
 oppose8    ,o think upon ,thy holy     
word1     ,and every plighted promise   
there2   ,how prayer should evermore be 
heard1     ,and how ,thy glory is to    
spare4   ,o think not of my doubts and  
fears1     ,my strivings with ,thy grace

 divine3   ,think upon ,jesus' woes and 
tears1     ,and let his merits stand for
 mine4    ,thine eye1 ,thine ear--they  
are not dull2     ,thine arm can never  
shortened be3   ,behold me here6--my    
heart is full----     ,behold6 and      
spare1 and succour me4   ,no claim1 no  
merits1 ,lord1 ,i plead3     ,i come a  
humbled1 helpless slave3   ,but1 ah6 the
 more my guilty need1     ,the more ,thy
 ,o glory ,lord1 to save4               
,,reviews4  ,revealed ,characteristics  
of ,god3 in a ,series of ,essays4 ,by   
,g4 ,,barrow     ,,kidd1 ,minister of   
,roe ,street1 ,macclesfield4--,westley  
and ,davis4   ,who ,mr4 ,kidd is we know
 not1 but we have read his eighteen     
essays with great satisfaction2 and we  
shall be greatly surprised if they do   
not contribute to make him far more     
widely known than he has been4 ,the     
subjects are as follow3 ,on the ,divine 
nature--,on the ,eternity of ,god1 in   
contrast with the ,duration of ,man--,on
 the ,act of ,concealment1 as containing

 the ,divine ,glory--,on ,god1 as the   
,dwelling-place of his ,people--,on     
,ezekiel's ,vision of the ,divine       
,glory--,on the ,equality of all        
,periods in the ,sight of ,god--,on the 
,divinity ,deity of ,jesus ,christ--,on 
the ,revealed ,representation of ,jesus 
,christ's two ,natures--,on the         
,incarnation of the ,word of ,god--,on  
the ,design of the ,death of            
,christ--,on the ,atonement of ,jesus   
,christ--,on ,god1 as the ,original of  
,man's ,love to his ,maker--,on the     
,supremacy of ,jesus ,christ--,on the   
,deity as in ,jesus ,christ1 and in him 
alone--,on the ,deity as in ,jesus      
,christ1 and in all believers--,on the  
,extent and ,surrender of ,jesus        
,christ's ,administration--,on the      
,blessedness of ,jesus ,christ--,on the 
,worship of ,heaven4 ,all these subjects
 are1 it is obvious1 important1         
evangelical1 and interesting1 in a very 
high degree1 to those who believe in a  
divine revelation4  ,the spirit of these

 essays is eminently devotional2 every  
essay is full of ,christ1 and he is all 
in all4 ,the writer believes all the    
great articles of the gospel system1 as 
they are commonly held by evangelical   
,christians4 ,nor does he make any      
affectation of novelty or paradox1      
though1 probably while unconscious of it
 himself1 he has given us many original 
and uncommon thoughts4 ,there is no     
pompous announcement of something to be 
expected very new1 and recondite1 and   
far removed from the beaten track4 ,a   
holy unction from above seems to have   
rested on the writer2 and though he is  
very grave and serious throughout1 the  
reader will find some lively and tender 
appeals to his conscience and to his    
heart1 mixed with long trains of        
elevated sentiment1 and chains of       
reasoning very close and compact4  ,the 
method is admirable for its simplicity4 
,the lucidus ordo1 which ,horace        
prescribes1 he has uniformly observed4  
,always anxious1 first1 to investigate  

the true sense of the scripture which he
 has selected for the foundation of his 
essay1 some of his elucidations1 without
 any display of critical apparatus1 are 
singularly happy4  ,as to style1 we     
think his forte is in strength and      
vigour4 ,some long sentences 7with      
parenthesis after parenthesis7 involving
 thought within thought1 have reminded  
us of the essays of our celebrated      
friend ,john ,foster4 ,we have observed 
many passages of great sublimity and    
splendour2 and there are many of great  
depth1 in which he finds fountains below
 fountains1 to borrow his own words1    
when traversing the ocean of the        
unsearchable riches of ,jesus ,christ4  
,where ,mr4 ,kidd studied1 or to what   
school he belongs1 we have never heard2 
but he is evidently a profound1         
original1 independent thinker1 writing  
out of his own mind4 ,he has taken the  
thoughts1 he says1 out of the mine of   
revealed truth4 ,at the same time1 it is
 pleasant to observe that he every where

 discovers a deep reverence for         
scripture authority4 ,he is penetrated  
too with a strong conviction of the     
limits of all created minds4 ,with      
chastened feelings he delights to soar  
aloft4 ,he spreads his wings1 and       
pursues a well-sustained upward flight1 
gazing with a strong and steady eye on  
the ,sun of righteousness1 as the proper
 object of all human and all angelic    
contemplation4  ,a few words from the   
advertisement may be acceptable to our  
readers4 ,the author mentions the fact1 
that no two persons in any world        
entertain precisely the same            
intellectual views2 and that1           
consequently1 every sincere contemplator
 of revealed beauty1 whatever may be his
 capacity1 has it in his power to make  
broader the reflected light of ,god's   
word2 and that the utmost efforts of    
human beings on earth1 however          
diversified1 and however harmonious in  
their diversity1 will be no more than an
 approximation to the revealed mind of  

,god4  ,the volume is neatly got up1 and
 printed with remarkable care and       
accuracy4 ,our limits will permit only a
 few extracts4    ,if nothing were      
forgotten1 if a distinct impression were
   retained of all the words which he   
had ever spoken2 of all the   deeds     
which he had ever done2 of all the      
thoughts which he had   ever            
entertained2 of all the places in which 
he had ever been2   of all the persons  
whom he had at any time seen and        
conversed   with2 of all the words which
 he had ever heard2 of all the          
pleasures which he had ever tasted and  
enjoyed2 of every   remonstrance from   
conscience2 of every warning or         
invitation   from ,god or man2 and could
 he1 moreover1 have continually in   his
 view these things in the precise order 
in which they all   occurred2 could he  
behold every cause and every effect2 and
   every thing which he had been        
invisibly operating so as to   prevent a
 manifest cause from producing the      

effect which might   have been looked   
for as the usual one2 and every thing1  
on the   other hand1 which had secretly 
assisted a cause apparently   inadequate
 to produce a greater effect than could 
have been   anticipated2 how very       
different a thing from what it is would 
be human life6 ,now1 although this      
accurate remembrance from   vivid       
impressions of the past is not man's    
prerogative on   earth1 yet it is easily
 conceivable that he might attain to    
this in a purer and brighter world4 ,it 
cannot1 indeed1 be   imagined that the  
angels do not remember every thing which
 has   occurred during the whole of     
their wakeful being4 pp4 #bh1 #bi4  ,in 
another place1 when referring to the    
,messiah1 he says1--    ,he has1 in one 
word1 adapted himself to your           
circumstances4   ,it was in all the     
defective and sinful parts of your      
history   that he was likely to be the  
least capable of affording to you       
succour or supply4 ,it was in the pity  

that your misery   demanded2 in the     
forbearance that your propensity to     
crime   required2 in the minute example 
that your dulness called for2   in the  
suffering which was necessary for your  
deliverance2   that there was apparently
 the greatest occasion to the sinner    
for apprehension and fear4 ,but all     
these parts of the   condition of the   
human fallen1 their ,redeemer has met in
 a   manner which bespeaks wisdom the   
most amazing1 benevolence   that defies 
adequate admiration4 ,with the view that
 has been   given of ,jesus ,christ1 in 
this essay1 we cannot reasonably   allow
 ourselves to be subject to despondency2
 for finite1   little1 imperfect1       
diminutive1 frail1 occupying so small a 
portion of creation as we are1 we cannot
 possibly despair of   being complete in
 ,him1 in whom dwells all the fulness of
 the   ,godhead bodily4 ,oh1 let us then
 unite ourselves to ,him in the   bond  
of a covenant which can never be        
dissolved4 p4 #cba4  ,towards the close 

of the #afth essay1 he exclaims3    ,oh1
 what honour is accumulating in the     
world above6 ,we inform   them of a     
morning which is not to be succeeded by 
night2 of a   subjection which is more  
illustrious than all the victories      
that the universe will have ever before 
beheld2 of a finite   nature which is   
clothed with eternal and uncreated      
light2 of   the very last of all the    
complicated actions belonging to the    
redemption of the world2 when ,jesus    
,christ shall bring before   his ,father
 the millions that ,he has saved from   
every species   and degree of crime and 
degradation1 for the purpose of         
introducing them to everlasting         
fellowship with ,jehovah2 and   when ,he
 shall become subject1 to whom perpetual
 supremacy   belongs1 in order that ,he 
may show to saints and angels what   has
 been the greatness of ,his humiliation1
 and how unutterable   is the grandeur  
of ,god2 since when ,he has risen from  
infancy   in ,bethlehem on earth1 to a  

degree of strength1 of lustre1 of       
possession1 and of renown1 which all    
created capacity is   inadequate to     
comprehend1 the next degree of glory    
above this1   is an act of voluntary    
subjection to his heavenly ,father2     
which the honours of the supreme throne1
 and the laws of   infinite existence1  
require4 p4 #cfe4     ,dissent not      
,schism4 ,a ,discourse delivered in the 
,poultry ,chapel1         ,december     
#abth1 #ahcd1 at the ,monthly ,meeting1 
c4              ,by ,t4                 
,,binney--,robinson1 #be1 ,ludgate      
,hill4  ,very elaborate1 acute1         
argumentative1 instructive1 and         
convincing4 ,the term schism1 ,mr4 ,b4  
tells us1 is literal1 figurative1 or    
ecclesiastical2 but query1 is not the   
ecclesiastical figurative8 ,if so1 the  
division is only twofold4 ,dr4          
,campbell's ,dissertations 7art1 heresy 
and schism7 deserve to be consulted4    
,mr4 ,b41 when referring to the three   
great forms of church                   

government--episcopacy1 presbyterianism1
 and congregationalism1 has surprised us
 a little1 by saying3--    ,there is    
something in the record in favour of    
all2 but the   book is not the exclusive
 property of any4 ,there is more1       
perhaps1 in support of each than the    
thorough-going advocates   of the others
 will admit4 ,there is more of          
episcopacy than is   quite palatable to 
the presbyterian and the independent2   
there   is more of presbyterianism than 
the independent and the   episcopalian  
can easily digest2 and there is more of 
congregationalism than either the priest
 or the presbyter can   manage to get   
rid of4 p4 #fi4  ,is this to be         
understood cum grano salis1 or are we   
left to infer that the worthy author    
himself is not quite settled in his own 
mind as to the interpretation of the    
record8  ,it might have been as well if 
,mr4 ,b4 had confined himself to        
,dissenters1 as such2 however1 his      
animadversions on the ,methodists and   

the strict-communion ,baptists1 pp4     
#ha-hc1 will do them no harm4  ,his     
castigation of the present bishop of    
,london1 in the notes1 is not more      
severe than just4 ,the bishop will      
remember it as long as he lives4  ,we   
must make room for the concluding       
paragraph3--    ,finally1 let us all    
scrupulously attend to the nourishment  
and exercise of the catholic principle4 
,let us impress upon   our minds the    
necessity of 'keeping the heart with all
   diligence1 for out of it' arise      
'schisms' and 'strifes4' ,let   us watch
 over ourselves1 and guard against every
 circumstance   that may diminish       
candour1 pervert the judgment1 or poison
 the   affections4 ,as ,christians1 let 
us war with what separates man   from   
,god2 as dissenters1 with what separates
 ,christian from   ,christian4 ,let us  
seek the nearer approximation of church 
to   church1 and the ultimate           
recognition and union of all4 ,let      
each of us so enter into the spirit of  

our faith1 and so feel   the propriety  
and understand the reasons of our       
ecclesiastical   position1 as to be able
 to say with boldness and truth1 ',i am 
a ,dissenter1 because ,i am a ,catholic2
 ,i am a separatist1   because ,i cannot
 be schismatical2 ,i stand apart from   
some1   because ,i love all2 ,i oppose  
establishments1 because ,i am not   a   
sectarian2 ,i think little of           
uniformity1 because ,i long for   union2
 ,i care not about subordinate          
differences with my   brother1 for      
,,christ has received him1 and so will  
,i2   thus1 cultivating the spirit of   
universal love1 ,i am hastening1 ,i     
hope1 that day when the world itself    
shall become the church1   and          
preparing1 ,i trust1 for that world in  
which the church   shall be ,,one--one  
in faith1 in feeling1 and in worship2 in
 a   higher sense than can be witnessed 
here4 ,while here1 however1   so far as 
the spirit and expression of affection  
is   concerned1 ,i am longing to witness

 and realize some approach   to what ,i 
anticipate hereafter1--anticipate in    
that region   where1 amid the lustre and
 the loveliness of heaven1 the jars     
and the jealousies of earth shall have  
passed away4' ,this1   brethren1 ought  
to be the feeling and the consciousness 
of   'all who profess and call          
themselves ,christians4' ,it ought      
pre-eminently to be ours4 ,may ,god make
 it to be so1 and to be   so            
universally1 by pouring down upon his   
church the ,spirit   from on high2 and  
by diffusing and sustaining in every    
part of   it the strength of love1 and  
the meekness of wisdom6 ,amen4   ,a     
,memoir of the ,rev4 ,james ,upton1 late
 of ,church ,street1 ,blackfriars2 the  
,addresses delivered at the ,interment1 
by the ,rev4 ,g4 ,pritchard and     the 
,rev4 ,w4 ,b4 ,collyer1 ,d4,d41 with the
 ,funeral ,sermons by the      ,rev4    
,dr4 ,newman and the ,rev4 ,j4 ,davis1  
the ,present ,pastor4  ,in the ,november
 number of our last volume--which       

contains a brief memorial of this       
revered and beloved servant of          
,christ--it is intimated as probable1   
that some account of our departed friend
 will appear in another form4 ,this     
account is contained in the small volume
 now before us4 ,it has been prepared by
 the members of his family1 by those who
 are engaged in proclaiming the truths  
of that blessed gospel which was the    
theme of his ministry1 and the solace of
 his dying hour4 ,hence the sorrows of  
the mourning relatives are alleviated by
 the most joyful anticipations1 even    
while with tears they cast this wreath  
of filial duty and affection on his     
tomb4  ,we can1 however1 assure our     
readers that this tribute of natural    
esteem to the memory of a deceased      
parent--a feeling not always to be      
trusted in sketches of this             
description--has not produced in this   
instance an overcharged exhibition of   
his character4 ,if filial affection has 
held the pencil1 modesty and fidelity   

have guided its delineations4 ,in a     
letter dated from ,st4 ,alban's1 #ahcd1 
,mr4 ,w4 ,upton thus writes3--    ,i    
would just remark1 that neither my dear 
brother nor myself1   ,i am sure1       
pretend to eulogize our father as a     
faultless man1   or a faultless         
minister4 ,in him the effects of a      
depraved   nature were seen as well as  
in others1 but in him also were   seen1 
to a far greater degree than in most1   
the counteracting   and restoring       
influences of the gospel and the grace  
of ,god4   ,we feel therefore bound to  
say--not indeed with any design to      
attribute unmerited honour to him1 much 
less with a view to   borrow splendour  
from his rays1 but with a desire to     
glorify   ,god1 to encourage others1 and
 to excite a holy emulation--that   he  
was a good man1 and full of the ,holy   
,ghost and of faith2   while by his     
instrumentality much people was added to
 the   ,lord4 p4 #ajj4  ,in accordance  
with this sentiment1 the elder brother1 

the principal writer of the memoir1     
observes3    ,now the ,head of the      
church has called him to his rest1 it   
would be improper not to make the       
attempt to 'glorify ,god in   him1' by  
gathering such facts respecting his     
early history and   subsequent course1  
as our slender materials for such a     
purpose   will furnish4  ,the scantiness
 of the materials which the life of this
 excellent man has supplied to his      
biographer1 though to his friends a     
matter of regret1 will be none of       
surprise to those who knew him4 ,modesty
 and diffidence seem to have been the   
native elements of his character2 and   
humility1 inducing a deep sense of his  
own unworthiness1 constituted a         
characteristic feature of his renewed   
nature4 ,to our departed brother1 ,,self
 had no attractions4 ,it was not the    
idol of his idolatry2 it was not even an
 object of his complacency4 ,it was     
therefore scarcely to be expected that  
he should contribute much to perpetuate 

the memory of one of whom he habitually 
entertained so lowly an estimate4  ,it  
appears1 indeed1 that ,mr4 ,upton did at
 one time entertain the idea of         
preparing a short narrative of his own  
life1 urged so to do by the affectionate
 request of a friend2 but the purpose   
was afterwards abandoned1 probably1 in  
part at least1 from the cause to which  
we have adverted4 ,humility is a        
beautiful garment2 it is a lovely and   
attractive grace2 but its tendency is to
 conceal from view the excellencies with
 which it is associated4 ,hence men who 
are remarkably humble will be but       
imperfectly known4 ,these plants of     
righteousness1 not less than others1    
have their fruit unto holiness2 but they
 are like those of the vegetable        
kingdom1 whose richest products are     
often concealed beneath the broad       
foliage with which they are invested4   
,mr4 ,u4 was1 however1 not only a tree  
which the ,lord had planted1 but he was 
like those planted by the rivers of     

waters1 he was eminently fruitful4 ,a   
brief history of his connexion with the 
church over which he so long and so     
honourably presided1 is modestly given  
by himself1 in a letter to his son1     
dated ,november #ith1 #ahbf1 to which we
 must refer our readers4 ,it appears    
that from the date of #agia to #ahjj1   
including a period of ten years1 #bic   
persons were baptized and added to the  
church2 and from #ahjj to #ahbj1 #cej   
more2 and after all the changes produced
 by death and removals1 the number of   
members at the time of his decease is   
stated to be probably above #djj3 on his
 first connexion with this pious people 
there were but #af members1 and from #ej
 to #fj hearers4 ,he was pastor of the  
church more than forty-eight years1 and 
entered into his rest in the            
seventy-fifth year of his age4  ,the    
contributions to the volume of the      
respected friends whose names are given 
in the title-page1 cannot fail to add to
 its value4 ,while they have attempted  

to magnify the grace of ,god in him1 and
 to improve the event for the benefit of
 survivors1 their concurrent testimony  
in relation to the deceased seems to    
have been1 ,behold an ,israelite indeed1
 in whom was no guile4     ,the         
,reciprocal ,duties of ,church ,members4
 ,a ,sermon before the ,london          
,baptist ,association4 ,by the ,,rev4   
,,edward ,,steane4 pp4 #dd4--,london3   
,thomas ,ward and ,co4 #bg1 ,paternoster
 ,row4  ,we have read this sermon with  
considerable satisfaction1 both on its  
own account1 and on that of the         
,association to which it is dedicated4  
,an ,association must do good which     
calls for such clear1 faithful1 and     
instructive expositions of ,christian   
duty1 as this sermon furnishes4 ,mr4 ,s4
 founds his discourse on ,john xiii4    
#cd2 and1 as we think1 wisely selects as
 his chief topic of illustration1 that  
mutual love which ,jesus ,christ enjoins
 upon all disciples1 and out of which   
the reciprocal duties of ,church members

 will naturally flow1 as so many        
practical demonstrations of their       
obedience to the law of love4  ,the     
nature of the love which our ,lord      
inculcates1 as a new commandment1 is    
first explained in the sermon before us2
 though we doubt whether the preacher   
has put all1 or even the principal1     
reasons for its being so denominated4   
,new1 in the text as well as in several 
other passages--for instance1 new       
heavens and a new earth--has always     
appeared to us to indicate especial     
excellence or paramount importance4     
,this commandment is not1 as ,mr4 ,s4   
very properly observes1 merely a        
revival1 a vindication1 or fresh        
enforcement of the spirit of the        
original law4  ,it is new1 he says1 in  
relation to the parties commended to its
 exercise1 the peculiarity of its       
nature1 and the motive by which it is   
enforced4 ,under the second of these    
particulars the remarks of the preacher 
are somewhat feeble4 ,the discriminative

 differences of ,christian love are not 
clearly and forcibly drawn4 ,we are told
 that it is a spiritual principle--a    
supernatural endowment1--a property     
acquired in the process of that change  
by which ,christians are born from      
above4 ,so is that love to our enemies  
which ,christianity requires us to      
cherish4  ,we learn1 further1 that      
,christian love is something more than  
good will2 it is not simple humanity2 it
 is brotherly love2 an affection having 
its seat1 not in the sympathy of the    
feelings1 but in the sincerity of the   
heart4 ,the distinction between sympathy
 of the feelings and sincerity of the   
heart is not very obvious2 but1 passing 
this1 mere friendship1 apart from       
,christianity1 might be described in the
 same terms4 ,mr4 ,s4 adds3 ,christian  
love is stronger than death2 if needs   
be1 it will lead a ,christian to that   
last act of a devoted and divine        
friendship1 to lay down his life for the
 brethren4 ,true3 so also is the love1  

not ,christian1 to which the apostle    
adverts1 ,rom4 v4 #g2 and that of which1
 now and then1 the idea and the precept 
is given2 nay1 and the example too1 as  
,mr4 ,s4 must have known1 by those to   
whom ,christianity utterly unknown4     
,mr4 ,s4 appears to us1 at pp4 #aa1 #ab1
 to have somewhat too sweepingly        
intimated that an exclusive principle in
 the constitution of our churches is    
indicative of a deficiency of the       
principle inculcated in the text4 ,he   
has gone out of his way for the         
observations introduced on this point2  
and1 as nineteen twentieths of the      
,christian world have always been1 and  
are now1 thus exclusive1 it is somewhat 
daring to insinuate such a charge4 ,if  
we take a narrower view of this subject1
 and regard only what are called strict 
,baptists1 whom ,mr4 ,s4 appears to have
 had in his eye1 we should be unwilling 
to pronounce judgment on the amount of  
the ,christian love of such men as      
,kiffin1 of olden time2 ,fuller1        

,kinghorn1 and a host of others1 of more
 modern date4  ,in the second division  
of the sermon before us1 the occasions  
and modes of fulfilling the new         
commandment of our ,lord are exhibited4 
,if all that ,mr4 ,s4 has remarked upon 
are not strictly modifications of that  
mutual complacency in which he appears  
to think ,christian love consists1 each 
is of such vast importance that it could
 be but ill spared4 ,this commandment1  
we are told1 will be obeyed by affording
 each other mutual 7redundant7          
countenance1 in supporting the public   
means of grace2 by embracing            
opportunities for social devotion and   
spiritual intercourse2 by mutual        
submission to one another1 especially in
 cases where a difference of opinion    
exists2 by treating offenders properly2 
by mutually sympathizing1 interchanging 
kindly offices1 and watching over one   
another in the spirit of meekness2 and  
by a hearty co-operation with           
fellow-christians in whatever tends to  

promote the prosperity of the church1   
and the general interests of            
,christianity in the world4 ,these      
topics are respectively remarked upon   
with considerable propriety2 as are also
 the motives enforcing this new         
commandment4 ,these are1 ,christ's love 
to us2 our mutual love will afford one  
of the best evidences of personal piety2
 it will make known our character to the
 world2 and it will exist for ever4 ,we 
a little regret that ,mr4 ,s4 has fallen
 into the common error of supposing     
faith and hope excluded from heaven4    
,faith and hope1 he says1 will expire2  
but love never dies4 ,we need not say   
that ,scripture furnishes no ground for 
such a representation2 neither is such  
ground involved in the nature of faith  
and hope1 or in the views the ,bible    
opens to us of heaven4 ,under some of   
their present modifications faith and   
hope will indeed be unknown there2 but  
as much may be said of love4 ,do not the
 spirits of the just made perfect now   

anticipate1 with faith and hope1 the    
adoption2 to wit1 the redemption of the 
body8 ,and will not the glorified       
assembly around the throne of ,god be   
always anticipating large accessions to 
their knowledge1 holiness1 and joy8  ,on
 the whole1 however1 notwithstanding    
these free remarks1 we cordially        
recommend this sermon to our readers2   
and shall be glad1 at any time1 to meet 
with the author in a department of      
,christian instruction for which his    
habits and experience have so well      
qualified him4                 ,,brief  
,,notices ,,of ,,recent ,,publications4 
,the ,soul's ,independence of ,death1   
and ,god's ,sovereignty in ,man's       
,removal4 ,a ,sermon occasioned by the  
,decease of ,mr4 ,e4 ,bliss1 aged #bb1  
delivered on ,sunday1 ,february #ast1 at
 ,shortwood1 by ,thomas ,fox ,newman4   
,london1 ,holdsworth and ,ball1         
#ahce4--,this is a valuable sermon2     
containing many striking reflections1   
conceived with vigour1 and expressed    

with much force4 ,the circumstances     
under which it was preached evidently   
exerted a powerful and solemn influence 
on the mind of the preacher1 and he     
speaks throughout under a deep          
impression of the infinite importance of
 eternal things4 ,the unexpected death  
of so estimable a young man as ,mr4     
,bliss appears to have been1 was        
calculated to excite the liveliest      
emotions of grief1 although there was   
every thing in his character to allay   
anxiety respecting himself1 and to give 
the assurance of his having entered1    
thus early1 upon the joys of the        
blessed4 ,it will afford us sincere     
pleasure if our brief notice shall aid  
the circulation of the sermon1 and thus 
contribute to its usefulness4  ,a       
,discourse occasioned by the ,decease of
 ,william ,maynard1 ,esq41 preached at  
the ,meeting-house1 ,union ,street1     
,southwark1 ,nov4 #bcrd1 #ahcd4 ,by     
,john ,arundel4 ,with the ,address      
delivered at the ,interment1 ,bunhill   

,fields4 ,westley and ,davis2 ,jackson  
and ,walford4--,a very serious1         
suitable1 evangelical discourse1 which  
could not be heard without great        
interest1 and will not be read1 we      
trust1 without profit4  ,the ,parent's  
,book4 ,a ,series of ,tales4 ,by ,rosa  
,edwena ,gordon1 ,nos4 #a and #b4       
,baldwin and ,cradock1 ,paternoster     
,row4--,very sensible1 entertaining1    
elegant and pathetic2 but where is the  
,saviour1 whom every parent should place
 before the eyes of his children8  ,the 
,mother's ,magazine4 ,reprinted from the
 ,american ,edition1 ,no4 #ah4 ,j4      
,paul1 ,paternoster ,row4               
,illustrations of the ,bible from       
,original ,paintings1 by ,westall and   
,martin1 with ,descriptions by the ,rev4
 ,hobart ,caunter1 ,b4 ,d4 part #aj4    
,churton1 #bf1 ,holles ,street4--,an    
admirable work for all our young        
readers4  ,primitive ,christianity1 c4  
,by ,william ,cave1 ,d4,d4              
,hatchard4--,the introductory essay by  

,mr4 ,trollope is very respectable2 but 
we lament to say1 that in ,dr4 ,cave's  
popular work1 now reprinted under the   
especial patronage of her most gracious 
,majesty the ,queen1 there are many     
traditions1 fables1 and idle ceremonies 
of human invention1 which primitive     
,christianity1 or the religion of the   
first ,christians1 was not encumbered   
with4 ,but1 alas6 in the first ages of  
the gospel1 her fair form was corrupted 
and defiled4  ,the ,devotional ,psalter4
 ,there is not a page of the book of    
,psalms in which the pious reader will  
not find his ,saviour1 if he reads with 
a view of finding him4 ,bishop          
,horsley4--,oliphant and ,sons1         
,edinburgh4  ,bible ,lives4 ,by ,b4 ,h4 
,draper1 #b ,vols4 ,westley and         
,davis4--,mr4 ,draper's entertaining pen
 could not be better employed than in   
such a work as this1 from which1 we     
trust1 hundreds and thousands of young  
persons will derive both pleasure and   
profit4  ,common ,scenes ,improved by   

the ,rev4 ,james ,smith1 late of        
,ilford--,christ ,precious--,the ,temper
 of ,jesus1 by ,dr4                     
,grosvenor--,gilbert's ,last            
,birth-,day--,christ the only           
,foundation4 ,ward and ,co4--,all fit   
instruments for much usefulness4  ,the  
,condensed ,commentary1 c4 ,ward and    
,co4--,the commencement is promising4   
,we hope to be able to notice this cheap
 and valuable work more at large in its 
progress4  ,bruce on ,sympathy1 #bnd    
,edition4--,this respectable book we    
recommended several years ago1 and we   
heartily do so again4  ,the ,british and
 ,foreign ,temperance ,advocate and     
,herald4 ,for ,january4 ,price          
,threepence4  ,on the ,punishment of    
,death4 ,by ,john ,pell4 ,hamilton and  
,co4--,this letter to the ,marquis of   
,northampton1 dated from ,yardley1      
,hastings1 in ,december last1 is very   
powerfully written on ,evangelical      
principles2 and deserves the most       
profound consideration on the part of   

our legislators--and indeed of all our  
countrymen4 ,the object is to prove that
 the punishment of death is unlawful4   
,three ,tracts on ,public1 ,secret1 and 
,social ,prayer4 ,jackson and           
,walford4--,when the reader has heard   
that these tracts were written by ,mr4  
,sheppard1 of ,frome1 he will not want  
any recommendation4  ,educational       
,magazine1 ,no #a4 ,simpkin and         
,marshall4--,if this work proceeds as it
 has commenced1 it will throw a flood of
 light upon the darkness of our own     
beloved country and of others4  ,the    
,scriptural ,constitution of ,christian 
,churches4 ,a ,discourse delivered      
,november #acth1 #ahcd1 at the          
,ordination of the ,rev4 ,j4 ,penman1   
,a4,m41 to the ,pastorship of the       
,congregational ,church1 ,tunbridge1    
,kent4 ,by ,thomas ,james1 ,woolwich4   
,westley and ,davis4--,a very sensible1 
clear1 and candid discourse on a subject
 always interesting1 and peculiarly so  
at the present time4 ,the author1 when  

referring to #a ,tim4 iii4 #ag1 ,let the
 elders that rule well1 c41 remarks3    
,that the term elder comprehends the    
office of deacon1 is manifest from this3
 but we confess it is not manifest to   
us4 ,we have great satisfaction1        
however1 in copying the following       
sentence in reference to the deacons3   
,and they should be sufficient in number
 to render unnecessary the many         
expedients to which some churches have  
resorted1 in the appointment of         
managers1 stewards1 and committees1     
which are as unscriptural as the high   
sounding titles which are given to the  
multiplied officers of the national     
church4  ,james's ,anxious              
,inquirer--,morison's ,morning          
,meditations--,anecdotes 7,the          
,young7--,stephen ,morell's ,family     
,memorial--,case's ,mount ,pisgah4--,of 
these it is sufficient recommendation to
 say that they are published or         
republished by ',the ,religious ,tract  
,society4'                              

,,obituary4                             
,,mr4 ,,samuel ,,warmington4  ,mr4      
,samuel ,warmington was the youngest of 
a numerous family4 ,he had enjoyed many 
religious advantages from early         
childhood1 and had grown up in the      
society of persons many of whom were    
distinguished for their prudence and    
piety4 ,his early youth was strictly    
moral1 and gave promising indications of
 future worth4 ,he had much simplicity  
of purpose1 with a remarkable freedom   
from those moral taints which many      
youths imbibe as they rise into manhood4
 ,he enjoyed no particular endowments of
 mind that might serve to distinguish or
 raise him above his fellows2 but he    
possessed those more useful             
characteristics which attracted the     
respect and love of the circle by whom  
he was best known4 ,naturally of a      
retiring disposition1 he avoided many   
worldly dangers and temptations1 and    
acquired a salutary acquaintance with   
his own heart in private4 ,in due time1 

,god1 in infinite mercy1 though by a    
very gradual process1 created him anew  
in ,christ ,jesus4 ,this change was seen
 and felt by himself and others1 not so 
much in the outward conduct1 as by the  
flow of feeling and affection towards   
subjects of the highest importance4 ,he 
united himself to the church under the  
pastoral care of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,newman1
 about three years since2 and from that 
period has constantly maintained an     
exemplary ,christian deportment1 though 
circumstances over which he had no      
control prevented his fulfilling his    
duties as a church member as he could   
have wished4  ,he was soon subjected to 
the discipline of his heavenly ,father1 
who correcteth every son whom he        
receiveth4 ,a tender attachment he had  
formed for a very accomplished and pious
 young lady was reciprocated and        
mutually cherished1 till it became      
interrupted by her illness and death4   
,the excitement consequent on the       
commencement and ripening of this       

affection1 under circumstances so       
mournful1 gave the first development of 
incipient disease4 ,his friends observed
 its effects with concern1 but not with 
alarm4 ,in the meantime his mind had    
been acquiring both fortitude and       
dignity4 ,the warmest sympathies of his 
heart had been drawn forth on behalf of 
his fading1 dying friend2 but1 at the   
same time1 he had been brought so near  
to the realities of the eternal world as
 never to lose the impression           
afterwards4 ,the beneficial effects this
 trial had upon his character was       
evident to all who observed him4 ,he    
mingled again amidst the busy scenes of 
life with feelings of heartfelt         
gratitude for the grace and mercy which 
had been manifested towards his late    
friend1 and with renewed devotion to the
 ,god who had mingled so large a share  
of parental love with the affliction he 
had appointed him to endure4 ,he        
likewise mingled in scenes of family    
affliction with much sensibility and a  

matured judgment4 ,he did his part1 with
 other brothers1 in solacing a mother's 
dying pillow by his prayers and by other
 filial attentions4  ,and thus it was   
that he became gradually prepared for   
the dissolution of the earthly house of 
his own tabernacle4 ,symptoms of disease
 were renewed and accumulated1 so as to 
awaken apprehension as to their issue4  
,he retired from the avocations of      
business with graceful submission to the
 divine will1 and zealously applied     
himself to means for the recovery of    
health4 ,testimonials of respect from   
his late employers1 and his companions1 
frequently followed him into retirement1
 either at his father's house1 or at    
some distant part of the country4 ,the  
last journey he undertook was to ,dover1
 where his stay was short and           
distressing4 ,he returned home much     
worse1 and with slight alternations of  
disease1 slowly sunk beneath its        
influence4  ,under the paternal roof he 
enjoyed those soothing attentions his   

case required2 and often mentioned1 with
 touching emotion1 his gratitude to ,god
 for giving him so kind a father1 and   
such affectionate sisters1 to alleviate 
his last affliction4 ,one of these      
sisters1 herself the subject of long    
affliction1 was frequently detained with
 him from public worship1 and on such   
seasons of sacred tranquillity1 would   
read and converse with him4 ,when too   
weak to bear either1 he would lament his
 want of energy2 but regarding it as a  
part of his affliction1 desired to      
submit to it with acquiescence as the   
will of ,god4 ,he would say1 ,i depend  
on the quiet1 though powerful1 teaching 
of the ,holy ,spirit2 who will1 himself1
 impress the truth on my mind4 ,at other
 times he would say1 ,read one of those 
sublime chapters at the conclusion of   
the ,revelations1 to draw my thoughts   
towards heaven4 ,he was fond of the     
,pilgrim's ,progress1 and said of it1   
,in my weak state1 it is the only book  
,i can listen to with ease or profit1   

besides the ,bible4 ,when he spoke of   
the providence of ,god1 it was always   
with evident satisfaction3 he would say1
 ,i am quite helpless1 unable to do any 
thing for my own maintenance1 or for the
 benefit of others2 but ,i am so        
perfectly satisfied to cast all my care 
on the kindness and wisdom of ,god1 that
 ,i do not desire to have a choice if ,i
 might4 ,if my health be restored1 ,i   
know he can direct my pursuits2 and for 
the present1 all is infinitely better   
than ,i could have arranged4 ,on another
 occasion1 he said to one of his        
sisters1 ,i should like to know ,mr     
,beale's opinion 7his medical attendant7
 of my disorder3 if he thinks it will   
terminate fatally1 ,i hope he will tell 
me3 ,i am not alarmed at the thought of 
death4 ,and shortly afterwards1 added1  
,what a mercy it is that ,i have not now
 to seek the ,saviour1 nor go to him now
 for the first time3 this is a season   
when ,i need the comfort and support of 
religion4 ,on the evening of the same   

day1 he enjoyed great composure of mind2
 and when referring to his departure1 he
 said1 ,he trusted1 as a family1 we     
should all meet again3 the separation   
would not be for long4 ,he frequently   
requested to hear the #bcrd ,psalm read1
 saying1 ,though ,i can repeat it1 ,i   
like to hear it4 ,a few days after      
confinement to his own room1 he said to 
one of his sisters1 ,i shall never go   
down into the parlour again2 ,i feel ,i 
am sinking2 ,i can hardly describe my   
sensations of weakness4 ,it was replied1
 that should it be so1 it would be gain 
to him4 ,he was asked if he felt any    
distress in the prospect1 as to the     
actual pain of dying4 ,he said1 ,no1 my 
thoughts go beyond that2 ,i endeavour to
 keep them fixed on the bright side--the
 glory that shall follow4 ,on another   
occasion he was assisted to walk to the 
window of his apartment1 and1 looking   
out upon the garden1 he said1 ,ah6 there
 is the garden ,i used to enjoy1 it     
looks very winterly now1 and ,i shall   

never walk there again2 but ,i am quite 
satisfied4 ,when alluding to his        
departure1 he said1 ,he hoped it might  
be like falling asleep4 ,oh6 to fall    
asleep1 and wake in the likeness of     
,jesus6 ,his bodily sufferings were     
often very severe2 especially as he drew
 near his end4 ,on one occasion1 when   
suffering extreme agony1 he asked1 ,if  
it was proper to pray for an object     
seemingly desirable to ourselves6 ,the  
answer implied1 there was no            
restriction2 that we might call upon    
,god in the day of trouble1 asking for  
any mercy in submission to his will4 ,he
 rejoined1 ,oh6 yes2 in submission to   
the will of ,god1 ,i do desire a little 
relief from pain2 but1 he added1 can you
 remind me of a scripture example1 where
 this has been done2 for my mind seems  
so weak1 ,i cannot think8 ,the words of 
the apostle ,paul were referred to3 ,for
 this thing ,i besought the ,lord1 c4   
,and also the words of ,jesus himself3  
,if it be possible1 let this cup pass   

from me2 nevertheless1 not my will1 but 
thine1 be done4 ,he seemed earnestly to 
adopt this language1 and became more    
composed4 ,the same evening he requested
 his father to pray with him2 and being 
asked what he most desired1 he said1    
,that ,i may have patience1 and bear    
this affliction to the glory of ,god4   
,he appeared to spend much of his time  
in mental aspirations after spiritual   
support1 and the presence of ,jesus4    
,his oft-repeated request to his pious  
attendants was1 ,oh6 pray for complete  
acquiescence1 and for the presence of   
,jesus4 ,on one occasion1 appearing to  
be greatly depressed1 it was said to    
him1 ,though flesh and heart fail1 ,god 
will be your strength and portion for   
ever3 he replied1 ,yes1 he will2 that is
 a mercy4 ,after a pause1 he said1 ,i am
 anxious to have the presence of ,jesus 
to the last3 and added1 ,does not       
,bunyan describe ,christian as leaving  
his garments of mortality behind him1   
when he passed through the river8 ,how  

delightful that will be6 ,at another    
time1 when his hand had been lanced and 
dressed1 he said1 ,i long to lay my poor
 hand in the dust2 ,i long to be at     
rest4 ,after a minute1 he added1 ,there 
is a rest purchased and ready for me2   
and ,i shall be put in possession in    
,god's own time4 ,he was exceedingly    
grateful to those who attended him and  
administered to his necessities2 telling
 them1 he wished they might have the    
same support he felt1 when they should  
be placed in circumstances similar to   
his4 ,on an occasion of bodily          
infirmity1 he very feelingly said1 ,the 
righteousness of ,christ will soon cover
 all our shame4 ,he continued in a state
 of extreme debility and suffering for  
many days1 waiting his departure in a   
condition of child-like dependance on   
the mercy and faithfulness of his       
heavenly ,father1 reconciled to him1 a  
guilty sinner1 through the atonement of 
his blessed ,saviour4 ,he longed to     
depart1 and be with ,jesus2 and would   

sometimes ask if it was wrong to pray   
for this blessing1 hoping he might not  
be impatient or presumptuous4  ,on his  
last sabbath on earth1 his medical      
friend1 having felt his pulse1 said to  
him1 ,well1 ,sir1 ,i think you will soon
 be where there will be no more pain and
 suffering4 ,he replied1 ,not on account
 of anything of my own2 it is purchased 
by the blood of ,christ4  ,soon after   
this1 through weakness1 his articulation
 became indistinct1 and dissolution     
appeared hourly approaching4 ,he        
lingered1 however1 till the following   
,thursday morning1 under the influence  
of much bodily anguish1 but having his  
mind calm--often apparently quite       
happy--as he passed along the dark      
valley4 ,it seemed as though a beam of  
heaven's glory illuminated his path1 to 
assure his soul of her coming bliss4 ,he
 had bid adieu to his affectionate      
relatives once before1 deeming himself  
in the last struggle2 but again1 on the 
last morning1 the mourning family were  

assembled around his bed1 witnesses of  
his bodily distress2 and to receive1    
more by expressive looks than by words1 
his final adieu4 ,he faintly said1 ,pray
 for me2 pray for the presence of       
,jesus4 ,afterwards1 with more          
distinctness than he had spoken for     
several days1 he added2 ,oh1 blessed    
,jesus6 once more1 ,i implore thy love4 
,one of his sisters remarked1 ,you will 
soon rest in his love1 quoting an       
appropriate promise2 to which he        
rejoined1 expressively1 ,that is no mere
 speculation4 ,he said no more1 but     
apparently listened to that verse1      
commencing--  ,jesus1 ,i love thy       
charming name1 and in a few minutes     
closed his eyes on all terrestrial      
scenes4 ,he died on the #ahth of        
,december1 #ahcd1 at his father's house1
 at ,plaistow1 ,essex1 aged twenty-seven
 years4                                 
,,religious ,,intelligence4             
,,foreign4                              
,,canada4                  ,to the      

,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4      
,,dear ,,sir1  ,i send you the two      
following letters1 as they tend to throw
 some light on the religious state of   
,canada4 ,the details of the first are  
chiefly statistical2 and the extremely  
interesting communications in the other 
are illustrative of the important facts 
alluded to in the previous one4 ,your   
insertion of these in the ,magazine as  
soon as possible1 will much oblige yours
 sincerely1                             
,,domesticus4  ,hamsterley1 ,feb4 #ith1 
#ahce4         99       99       99     
99       99                             
,montreal1 #fth ,nov4 #ahcd4  ,,my      
,,dear ,,brother1  ,the receipt of yours
 gave me great pleasure4 ,i was happy to
 learn that you were so deeply          
interested in ,canada4 ,it does appear  
to me the duty of our denomination to do
 something for it2 and ,i have no doubt 
that1 if it were properly advocated1    
something would be done4 ,i am deeply   
convinced that to do good in this world1

 it is necessary to keep one object     
chiefly in view4 ,now1 my brother1      
suppose you keep ,canada before you1 and
 introduce it frequently to the notice  
of our brethren on your side of the     
water1 much good might be done4 ,i have 
written several letters1 this fall1 to  
different individuals1 soliciting their 
attention1 and have now sat down to     
answer some of your queries4 ,my remarks
 particularly apply to ,lower ,canada4  
#a4 ,by the census in #ahca1 the        
population of ,lower ,canada was        
#eaa1jjj2 of these1 more than #ajj1jjj1 
were ,catholics4 ,there are1 at present1
 two ,catholic bishops in the province3 
the bishop of ,quebec1 who resides at   
,quebec2 and the bishop of ,telemesse1  
who resides at ,montreal4 ,the number of
 ,catholic clergymen is about #aej4 ,the
 influence of these is very great1 and  
,i hesitate not to say1 very pernicious1
 both in a temporal and spiritual point 
of view4 ,nothing has yet been done to  
evangelize this people4 ,here and there1

 indeed1 ,i have met with a person      
brought to know the ,lord1 through      
reading the ,scriptures4 ,be it         
observed1 however1 that few of them can 
read1 and those that can are chiefly    
females4 ,i am1 happy1 however1 to      
state1 that a missionary1 ,mr4 ,olivier1
 from the ,canton de ,vaud1 has arrived1
 ,i hope good will result from his      
labours4  #b4 ,the ,episcopalians are1  
,i suppose1 the most numerous           
,protestant body at present in the      
,lower province4 ,the two ,canadas      
compose one diocese1 under the          
ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the ,hon4
 and ,right ,rev4 ,charles ,stewart1 ,d4
 ,d41 ,lord ,bishop of ,quebec4 ,the    
number of ,episcopal clergy in the      
province is twenty-eight4 ,with a few   
happy exceptions1 ,i fear vital         
godliness is not a prevailing article in
 this body4  #c4 ,presbyterians1 of the 
church of ,scotland1 by the census of   
#ahca1 were about #ae1jjj4 ,the number  
of ministers twelve3 of these1 six are  

in the cities of ,quebec and ,montreal4 
,according to the report of this year1  
#ahcd1 they have increased to forty     
churches1 and forty ministers4 ,these   
are also said to be formed into five    
presbyteries4 ,this1 however1 relates to
 both provinces4 ,in regard to what may 
be termed the ,dissenting               
,presbyterians1 there are seven or eight
 churches1 and five ministers in this   
province2 and in the ,upper1 there is a 
synod of the secession3 but the number  
of presbyteries in connexion with it1   
and the number of churches and ministers
 in connexion with each of these1 ,i    
have not as yet been able to ascertain4 
#d4 ,in respect to the                  
,congregationalists1 they have seven or 
eight churches1 and four ministers4 ,i  
do not know precisely what they have in 
the ,upper province2 perhaps four or    
five more4  #e4 ,the ,methodists1 in    
both provinces have #ad1jjj in society1 
and sixty preachers4 ,they also print a 
paper1 called ,the ,christian           

,guardian4,a  ,footnote ,a3 ,this1 ,i   
was told lately by ,dr4 ,matheson1 of   
,durham1 is a most efficient instrument 
of usefulness in ,america4 ,our people  
should try to get one up4  ,in fine1    
here1 as to ,protestants in general1 in 
the ,lower province1 the greater part   
are not gathered into regularly         
organized congregations1 no             
inconsiderable portion of them being    
scattered in the ,catholic settlements4 
,to sum up1 there are in the province   
about sixty ministers to #ajj1jjj       
people4 ,you could easier1 however1     
supply #ejj1jjj in ,england than        
#ajj1jjj here1 owing to bad roads1 and  
the scattered state of the people4 ,i am
 sorry to add1 that ,i fear only twenty 
out of the sixty are efficient men4  ,i 
now come to our own denomination4 ,there
 is1 however1 much difficulty in        
collecting definite information         
concerning it4 ,seldom able to leave my 
own church1 personal observation is     
defective1 and most of the information  

,i have is through report4 ,i begin with
 what are called the ,eastern           
,townships4 ,this is a district of      
country lying on the south of the ,st4  
,lawrence1 and bordering on the ,states4
 ,it is from #fj to #ajj miles east of  
,montreal2 #cj of which are occupied in 
passing what is called the ,french      
,country4 ,there are in it between #dj  
and #ej1jjj inhabitants4 ,the land is   
good1 but the people in general are     
poor4 ,most of these have emigrated from
 the ,states1 where the means of grace  
were enjoyed by them4 ,they are still   
disposed to have the gospel preached4 ,i
 am credibly informed that there are    
among them twenty or thirty little      
,baptist churches4 ,they would be styled
 ,general ,baptists in ,england2 here   
they are denominated ,free-will         
,baptists4 ,they are ill supplied with  
wholesome teaching4 ,they are also      
rather wild in their meetings1 being    
more disposed to consult their own      
feelings than the word of ,god4 ,many of

 them1 however1 are decidedly good      
people4 ,were our ,general ,baptist     
friends in ,england to send out a       
missionary or two into this district1   
they would confer1 under ,god1 a lasting
 benefit on this people4 ,i wish very   
much the ,general ,baptists at home     
would take the matter into deep and     
serious consideration4 ,it presents a   
fine field1 for labour4 ,but1 in        
addition to these1 there are1 perhaps1  
from fifteen to twenty churches of our  
own denomination4 ,these are miserably  
supplied with preachers1 as not above   
three or four of the churches have      
regular pastors2 the others have only   
occasional supplies4 ,an itinerant here 
is much needed1 would be of great       
service1 and could be maintained at     
small expense4 ,oh1 my brother1 if you  
can1 by any means1 get a good1 humble1  
prudent man1 send him into that field4  
,i wish our denomination would take the 
subject into immediate consideration4 ,i
 have visited some of these churches1   

and the people seemed exceedingly glad4 
,could an itinerant be supported for a  
year or two1 he would then1 it is       
likely1 not need further support4 ,there
 are some young persons of good natural 
abilities who1 with a little training1  
would be of immense service4 ,i have met
 with such young men1 and longed to be  
able to point out a seminary to them1   
whither they might have gone for a      
season4,b ,i purpose1 ,god willing1 two 
months hence1 to spend a week or two in 
this district1 and shall transmit the   
result to you4 ,itinerants are much     
wanted in this country1 on account of   
the scattered population1 bad roads1 c4 
,i know one township in which there had 
not been preaching for seven years3 a   
missionary paid them a visit1 and the   
whole township turned out to hear4 ,he  
visited them a year afterwards2 but     
during the interval they had not heard a
 sermon4 ,the main efforts have been    
made by a very pious and zealous young  
man of the name of ,hayt1 who has been  

very active in establishing             
,sunday-schools1 and supplying families 
with copies of the ,scriptures4 ,without
 missionaries1 however1 these schools   
will most assuredly languish and die4   
,footnote ,b3 ,who1 on the perusal of   
this1 does not feel a desire to assist  
these young men to a seminary8 ,and who 
that knows our brother ,gilmore1 but    
will be led to conclude that he is the  
man who is most likely to become their  
tutor8 ,i intend immediately to write to
 him to inquire how much it would       
require there to educate six young men2 
and shall then1 if spared1 appeal to the
 public in their behalf4  ,we shall now 
turn westward3 and1 proceeding up the   
,ottawa1 on its northern banks1 about   
forty-five miles from ,montreal1 there  
is a ,baptist church of nearly thirty   
members3 they speak ,gallic1 yet        
understand ,english2 and have a high    
character as it regards moral conduct4  
,they are without the regular           
ministrations of a pastor1 but meet for 

mutual edification3 they are1 however1  
anxious to have regular preaching4      
,about thirty miles from them1 there is 
another ,highland settlement4 ,about two
 years ago1 a ,mr4 ,fraser1 a ,baptist  
minister1 paid them a visit4 ,it was the
 first sermon preached there1 as        
supposed1 from the foundation of the    
world4 ,the people themselves had not   
heard a sermon for the five years they  
had been settled there4 ,about          
seventy-five miles from ,montreal1 in   
the same direction1 is another ,baptist 
church1 of about forty members3 they    
have a good chapel1 an excellent pastor1
 and1 at this very moment1 ,god is      
visiting them with a most refreshing    
shower2 many are awakened to concern1   
and numbers have found peace1 and are   
rejoicing in ,god our ,saviour4 ,i have 
just been sent for to come and help1 and
 set off to-morrow morning4 ,again1     
twenty-five miles onward1 in the same   
direction1 is a ,baptist church of      
thirty members3 they have a pastor4 ,we 

have sent a missionary about twenty     
miles farther2 he left my house         
yesterday morning3 there are a few      
,baptist families where he has gone1 but
 no church has been organized2 they have
 requested him to labour among them4    
,about forty miles farther1 there is    
another little ,baptist church1 and     
after this1 in that direction1 they     
become rather plentiful2 but they are   
then in the ,upper province1 and my     
information respecting them is but      
scanty4 ,a ,baptist minister1 in the    
,newcastle district1 writes me as       
follows1 in consequence of some queries 
,i had put to him3 ,in the ,upper       
province there are four ,baptist        
associations1 about sixty churches1 and 
forty ordained ministers4 ,i am sorry to
 say we labour under great              
disadvantages4 ,our preachers are       
generally unlearned men1 and destitute  
of useful books4 ,there are many of them
 under the necessity of attending to    
secular employments to support          

themselves and families3 this arises    
from our friends not feeling an         
inclination to fulfil the duty taught by
 ,paul1 ',let him that is taught in the 
word communicate to him that teacheth in
 all good things4' ,i hope1 however1    
that things will not long continue in   
this sad state4 ,we have recently been  
endeavouring to form a convention1 and  
appoint a minister in each of the       
associations to visit the churches1 for 
the purpose of raising subscriptions to 
support itinerant preachers1 and        
establish a printing press3 how far the 
attempt will be attended with success is
 as yet uncertain4 ,in addition to the  
statements of this gentleman1 ,i may    
mention1 that they had also a seminary  
in view3 this1 as yet1 has not been     
carried into effect4 ,as to academies1  
they are much wanted there1 and might be
 established at a very small expense on 
the self-supporting principle4 ,it is a 
little remarkable1 that at the time you 
were writing your letter for the        

,magazine1 three of us1 brother         
ministers1 were engaged in prayer and   
consultation on the very subject of     
academies on the labour system4 ,we have
 written to several influential         
gentlemen on the subject1 and purpose   
giving it a more serious investigation1 
and will remit the result to you and    
others4 ,one of our brethren was anxious
 to proceed to ,england to lay the      
matter before the ,british public2 but  
,i thought it would be better to say    
something about it first through the    
,magazines4 ,urge it then1 my dear      
brother1 on the attention of the public2
 do not let it sleep4 ,i am glad to     
find1 from a letter in the ,september   
number of your ,magazine1 one hails     
yours of the preceding month4 ,as a     
church1 at ,montreal1 we have been much 
favoured of ,god during the present     
year3 not less than forty have been     
added to the number4 ,mrs4 ,g4 joins in 
love to you and yours1 hoping to hear   
from you soon4                          

,i remain yours in ,christ1             
,,john ,,gilmore4  99499 ,we are        
compelled to defer the second letter to 
our next number4                  ,,the 
,,despiser ,,of ,,baptism ,,baptized4   
,the following is an extract of a letter
 from the ,rev4 ,n4 ,paul1 of           
,wilberforce ,settlement1 ,upper        
,canada1 to a friend in ,england3--     
,,my ,,dear ,,sir1  ,amongst all the    
numerous tracts and publications that   
have been printed and circulated on the 
subject of ,baptism1 ,i think there is  
no one that is more calculated to lead  
the honest inquirer after truth to a    
correct and scriptural decision upon    
that subject1 than ,mr4 ,pengilly's     
',scripture ,guide to ,baptism4' ,it has
 been universally approved and          
circulated by the ,baptist churches in  
the ,united ,states of ,america1 and ,i 
believe it has been the means of doing  
much good4 ,a particular instance of    
this occurred under my own immediate    
observation1 whilst pastor of a ,baptist

 church in the city of ,albany1 state of
 ,new ,york4  ,a young lady1 who was a  
member of an ,independent church1 but   
who occasionally attended upon my       
ministry1 was present with us one       
,sabbath morning when ,i administered   
the ordinance in question4 ,i           
endeavoured in my address to adduce     
reasons for differing from my           
,paedobaptist brethren upon this        
subject1 and to show that believers in  
,christ were the only proper subjects1  
and immersion the only scripture mode of
 baptism4 ,the young lady1 who had taken
 her station close beside the baptistry1
 instead of being convinced by my       
arguments1 was excited to a high degree 
of irritation1 and allowed her temper so
 far to prevail over her better feelings
 as1 in retiring1 to express her        
contempt of our practice in a very      
unbecoming and offensive manner4  ,next 
day she called upon me in the same      
temper as when she left the chapel1 and 
required to know1 why ,i aimed to wound 

the feelings of those spectators who    
differed from myself upon the ordinance 
of baptism8 ,i replied that ,i did not  
intend to wound the feelings of any one2
 ,i only aimed at the defence of the    
truth4 ,after further conversation1 ,i  
requested her candid perusal of the     
pamphlet above mentioned1 with a copy of
 which ,i furnished her4 ,she readily   
promised to comply with my request1 and 
we parted4 ,the result was1 the ensuing 
month ,i again baptized twelve persons1 
and this young lady was one of that     
number6  ,yes1 ,sir2 by the blessing of 
,god1 accompanying the perusal of that  
pamphlet1 she clearly saw the path that 
,jesus had opened before his            
disciples--the path in which the        
apostles and primitive ,christians      
followed their ,lord--the path in which 
she promptly resolved to walk1 without  
reluctance1 fear1 or shame4 ',i do not1'
 said she1 'leave my former connexion   
because they are not ,christians1 for as
 such ,i esteem and love them2 but the  

pattern and authority of ,christ is more
 to me than all the world4 ,it is ,,his 
to lead and command1 and it is ,,mine to
 follow and obey4' ,truth1 indeed1 is   
mighty1 and will prevail4  ,may all the 
faithful defenders of the truth as it is
 in ,jesus1 be thus abundantly owned and
 blessed of ,god1 in every work of faith
 and labour of love2 and to ,his name be
 all the glory6                         
,,domestic4                             
,,baptist ,,building ,,fund4  ,at a     
special meeting of the ,board of        
,baptist ,ministers1 held at ,fen       
,court1 ,feb4 #agth1 to take into       
consideration a communication from the  
,committee of the above ,institution1   
,the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,murch in the chair1
  ,it was resolved3  ,that the members  
who compose this ,board1 feeling the    
evils that attend the system of making  
personal application for liquidating the
 debts on country chapels1 and the      
superior efficiency of the plan adopted 
in the ,building ,fund1 resolve to sign 

no more cases1 but to recommend them all
 in future to that ,society4  ,that1 in 
compliance with the request of the      
,committee of the ,london ,baptist      
,building ,fund1 the members of this    
,board do meet them at their ,rooms1    
,no4 #e1 ,paternoster ,row1 on ,friday  
evening1 the #fth of ,march1 at six     
o'clock precisely1 to devise measures   
for increasing the efficiency of their  
fund1 and rendering it still more       
extensively beneficial to the           
denomination4                           
,j4 ,b4 ,,shenston1 ,,secretary4        
,,deputation ,,to ,,america4  ,on       
,thursday evening ,feb4 #aith1 a very   
numerous and interesting meeting was    
held in ,new ,park-street chapel1       
,southwark1 for special prayer1         
preparatory to the departure of our     
brethren1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,cox and the   
,rev4 ,j4 ,hoby1 to represent the       
,british ,baptists in the ,triennial    
,convention1 at ,richmond1 ,virginia1 on
 the #bgth of ,april next4 ,the ,rev4   

,c4 ,room presided4 ,addresses were     
delivered by the ,rev4 ,e4 ,steane1 ,on 
the advantages arising from such a      
,deputation2 the ,rev4 ,c4 ,stovel1 ,on 
the spirit which should distinguish the 
present undertaking2 and the ,rev4 ,dr4 
,cox1 ,on the manner in which the       
,deputation proposed to discharge their 
duties4 ,prayers were offered by the    
,rev4 ,messrs4 ,dyer1 ,giles1 ,thomas1  
and ,carey2 and the hymns read by the   
,rev4 ,messrs4 ,davis1 ,overbury1       
,shenston1 ,rothery1 ,room1 and         
,belcher4 ,our brethren will sail in the
 ,hibernia1 from ,liverpool1 on the     
first of ,march4                        
,,baptist ,,union4  ,we are requested by
 the ,secretaries of the ,baptist       
,union1 to entreat our brethren in the  
country to forward1 during the present  
month1 their circular letters1 and      
whatever other documents may assist in  
the preparation of the next ,report1    
addresed to the ,secretaries1 at the    
,missionary rooms1 #f1 ,fen-court1      

,fenchurch-street4                      
,,notice4  ,the ,rev4 ,christopher      
,wollacott1 late of ,westminster1 has   
accepted the invitation of the church in
 ,little ,wild-street1 to become their  
pastor4                                 
,,recent ,,deaths4                      
,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,morrison4    ,extract    
from a letter written by his son to the 
,secretary of the   ,london ,missionary 
,society4                               
,canton1 ,august #agth1 #ahcd4  ,,my    
,,dear ,,sir1--,how shall ,i tell you   
that my beloved father--that the father 
of the ,chinese ,mission--,dr4          
,morrison1 is no more6 ,scarce can the  
announcement come to you more suddenly  
than the event did to me4 ,my dear      
father had1 indeed1 been long unwell1   
and was greatly debilitated by disease2 
but we had not1 within an hour of his   
peaceful end1 much apprehension that he 
was likely to be so soon taken away from
 us4 ,the pallid cheek and glazed eye1  
quickly succeeded by failure of speech1 

were the first intimations to us that he
 had heard his ,saviour say1 ',this     
night shalt thou be with me in          
paradise4' ,at about ten at night1 on   
the #ast of the present month1,a while  
yet in the hands of the physicians1 who 
in vain endeavoured to restore warmth   
and pulsation1 he gently breathed out   
his spirit1 without a struggle or a     
groan4 ,and oh6 the recollection of the 
many preceding days1 spent by him in    
pain and extreme weakness1 compels me to
 rejoice1 even amidst my utmost grief1  
that he has been released from sin and  
sorrow1 has rested from his labours1 and
 shall henceforth be for ever with the  
,lord4 ,in a letter1 written not long   
before his death1 he spoke of his       
apprehension that his work was finished1
 expressing his gratitude to ,god for   
what he had been permitted to accomplish
 for the ,redeemer's cause2 adding1 that
 he knew but of two surviving missionary
 seniors1 ,drs4 ,carey and ,marshman4 ,i
 have this morning learned1 with great  

sorrow1 that about the time he wrote    
that letter1 the venerable ,carey also  
was called home4  ,footnote ,a3 ,the    
,first of ,august1 #ahcd1 that memorable
 day in the annals of our country1 when 
the sun neither set nor rose upon ,a    
,,slave throughout all her vast         
dominions4                              
,,john ,,broadley ,,wilson1 ,,esq4      
7,from the ,patriot47  ,died1 on ,monday
 evening1 the #afth ,feb41 at his house 
on ,clapham ,common1 aged #gj1 ,john    
,broadley ,wilson1 ,esq4 well known and 
universally esteemed as an eminently    
devout ,christian1 and most liberal     
supporter of the cause of the ,christian
 religion in every section of the       
church4 ,his illness was of very short  
duration2 an attack of paralysis on     
,saturday1 the #adth1 the effects of    
which no medical skill was permitted to 
remove1 being the appointed messenger to
 convey him into the presence of the    
,saviour he ardently loved1 and in whose
 service it was his supreme delight to  

spend and be spent4 ,mr4 ,wilson was    
connected1 more or less1 with a great   
number of religious and charitable      
institutions2 to the ,religious ,tract  
,society1 and the ,baptist ,missionary  
,society1 he stood in the relation of   
,treasurer1 and each of these valuable  
,societies will have to mourn1 not      
merely the loss of his munificent       
donations1 but also of his judicious    
counsels and holy example4 ,we trust    
some authentic account of this eminent  
philanthropist will be prepared1 to     
edify the world which has sustained so  
great a loss by his removal2 but we     
could not forbear inserting this hasty  
tribute of immediate respect to the     
memory of a man1 whom to know was to    
love1 venerate1 and admire4             
,,rev4 ,,john ,,mason4  ,at ,exeter1 on 
,january #bjth1 after a protracted and  
painful illness of twelve months'       
duration1 the ,rev4 ,john ,mason1 for   
#ag years the beloved and eminently     
devoted and useful pastor of the        

,baptist church in ,bartholomew-yard1 in
 that city4 ,his removal is felt        
throughout ,exeter as a public calamity4
 ,he died at the age of #de4 ,we hope to
 be able to furnish our readers with a  
memoir of this excellent servant of     
,christ4                                
,,mrs4 ,,ann ,,carroll4  ,died on       
,thursday1 ,jan4 #bith1 in the #gith    
year of her age1 at her residence1      
,baalzephon-street1 ,long-lane1         
,bermondsey1 ,mrs4 ,ann ,carroll1 after 
a protracted illness in which her       
exemplary piety and sterling faith      
proved the efficacy of those doctrines  
of which1 during a long life1 she had   
been the consistent and humble believer4
 ,her remains were interred in the      
family vault of ,st4 ,john's1           
,southwark3 and it may1 indeed1 with    
truth be said1 that in her the poor have
 lost a humane and benevolent friend2   
the ,baptist denomination1 a consistent 
member2 and the various ,christian      
charities of the metropolis1 a worthy   

and generous benefactor4                
,,new ,,publications4                   
,just ,published4  ,mr4 ,bagster has now
 ready for delivery the ,,quarto        
,,edition of the ,,treasury ,,bible1    
which is elegantly printed on a fine    
writing paper of a new manufacture1     
being prepared with lines in the fabric 
of the paper for manuscript notes and   
remarks4  ,the ,pocket edition was      
published in ,january4                  
,preparing for ,publication4  ,in a few 
days1 ,baptismal ,immersion defended by 
,christians and ,churches of all        
,denominations4 ,in a letter to a       
,paedobaptist4 ,second ,edition4 ,by ,w4
 ,,newman1 ,d4,d4 ,wightman1            
,paternoster-row4 ,price ,threepence4   
,,irish ,,chronicle4                    
,,march1 #ahce4   ,the ,committee would 
not be insensible to the many instances 
in which kind attention has been paid to
 their appeals under the pecuniary      
burden still resting upon the ,society4 
,certainly1 were it not for such        

benevolent assistance1 the difficulties 
and discouragements connected with      
carrying on its operations1 would be    
greatly increased4 ,yet the arrear of   
debt1 amounting to nearly1 or quite1 a  
thousand pounds1 cannot fail to excite a
 considerable measure of solicitude in  
the minds of those who are principally  
concerned in the management of its      
affairs2 but it is recollected that the 
silver and the gold are the ,lord's2 and
 in the history of this ,society1 many  
indeed have been the opportunities      
afforded for gratefully acknowledging   
the remarkably seasonable relief which  
,he has been pleased to send1 and in    
this time of exigence1 it is hoped ,he  
will again appear4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,allen
 returned to ,ballina1 after collecting 
for the ,chapel1 the latter end of      
,january4 ,he wishes to acknowledge the 
kindness he experienced during his tour1
 and hopes to present1 next month1 an   
account of the contributions he has     
received4                         ,to   

the ,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,allen4  ,i have been 
employed during the last quarter in this
 neighbourhood according to the ability 
that ,god hath given1 in making known to
 my fellow-sinners the unsearchable     
riches of ,christ1 the ignorance of     
which is the cause of all the           
wickedness1 delusion1 and error1 in this
 or any other country4  ,oct4           
#e4--,visited a family in ,brook        
,street1 where ,i read the twenty-first 
chapter of ,job1 and several other      
passages of ,scripture1 ,i made some    
remarks as ,i read1 the people          
frequently lifting up their eyes when   
the name of ,jesus was mentioned4 ,those
 people have a form of religion1 but    
they are destitute of the power4        
#ab4--,visited an old woman in          
,bohunssup who is convinced of her      
sinful state by nature1 and pointed out 
the ,saviour to her as plainly as ,i    
could2 ,i told her ,i feared she would  
prefer a priest to the ,saviour in her  
last hours1 and if so1 she might as well

 deny him altogether1 and in all his    
offices1 as he alone is able to save    
from sin2 and those who believe on him  
shall not come into condemnation4 ,she  
declared she had no hope1 no desire1 to 
look to anything a priest could do for  
her4 ,i prayed with this poor woman4    
#ai4--,visited a family this afternoon1 
named ,whalin1 where ,i read several    
portions of ,god's word1 and endeavoured
 to explain as ,i read4 ,i prayed with  
them also4  #bf4--;,i had a conversation
 with an old ,roman ,catholic lady on   
the folly of those people who1 she said1
 exposed their children to the fearful  
doom1 should they die unbaptized1 of    
being shut out from the light of heaven4
 ,i asked her if she did not read the   
,new ,testament4 ,she said she did4 ,i  
asked her where she found any thing     
there that would lead her to suppose or 
believe that those unbaptized children  
were thus exposed4 ,i said3 ,i find no  
command to sprinkle infants2 but the    
contrary1 seeing no persons were        

admitted to that ordinance but those who
 were able to make a profession of      
faith1 and this no infant could do2 nor 
do we read of any but adults being      
received into the church4 ,i showed her1
 from the ,new ,testament1 the practice 
of the ,apostles1 and our ,lord's       
commission to his ,apostles4 ,then1 why 
do ,protestants baptize their infants8  
said she4 ,because1 said ,i1 instead of 
abiding by what is written they have    
thought proper to adopt the customs of  
those who teach the commandments of men 
for those of ,god4 ,you mean to say1    
said she1 that the ,church of ,rome do  
so8 ,certainly1 ,i replied4 ,then she   
said she believed in the ,saviour alone1
 and through faith in him she hoped to  
be forgiven4 ,you are a ,protestant     
then1 said ,i4 ,no2 ,i detest your      
,calvinistic doctrines1 and ,i know no  
name sufficiently odious to brand them  
with4 ,you may call me any name you     
please1 said ,i4 ,she pledged her honour
 that she always thought me an honest   

man and a good ,christian4 ,i told her  
,i was glad to hear her give another    
proof of her ,protestant principles2    
seeing she was more charitable than to  
believe all ,protestants must be damned4
 ,she said1 no ,catholics held such an  
opinion4 ,i told her what the ,council  
of ,trent said on that subject4 ,she    
would not believe what ,i told her4 ,she
 said she did not believe that she      
received the body and blood spiritually 
in the ,eucharist4 ,i said she believed 
more4 ,no1 said she4  ,i must not       
lengthen this subject1 as the whole of  
our argument would fill my sheet2 nor   
would ,i have gone so far1 were it not  
to show how little ,roman ,catholics    
know what they believe4 ,after running  
over most of the absurdities of her     
religion1 some things she denied1 others
 she never heard of before4 ,this woman 
got a good education1 if any can be so  
while the ,scriptures are left out4 ,she
 is one of the strictest in this town   
for the last fifty years4  ,nov4        

#b4--,visited a family in ,garden       
,street1 named ,timlin1 where ,i read   
several portions of ,scripture2 but they
 would not hear of my praying with them2
 such is their fear of being spoken of4 
#i4--;,i had several conversations with 
people this day1 one with an old man1   
named ,dowd1 for whom ,i read many      
portions which ,i thought suited to his 
case1 an old man on the verge of        
eternity1 who never thought on those    
things4  #af4--,visited poor old ,f41   
with whom ,i read1 conversed1 and       
prayed4 ,he is near his rest4 ,he thanks
 ,god for having afflicted him2 for     
before he was afflicted he went astray4 
,i had a good opportunity to show some  
,roman ,catholics1 who were in the      
house1 what the believer rests his hopes
 upon in the hour of trial4 ,they       
listened with attention4  #bc4--,visited
 a family in ,ardnaree1 named ,gardner1 
where ,i read a chapter and prayed with 
the family3 and ,i always make some     
remarks as ,i read1 and propose         

questions1 in order to arrest their     
attention4  #cj4--,visited the ,staff1  
where ,i found some children reading the
 ,scriptures2 ,i read with1 and turned  
this little company into a class1 by    
questioning them on what we read4 ,i    
prayed with them1 and promised to visit 
them again4  ,dec4 #ad4--,visited a     
family in ,hill ,street1 named          
,mc,nautly1 where ,i attempted to read1 
but was interrupted by a woman who said 
she did not want any thing out of       
,protestant books4 ,i reasoned with her 
for some time1 when ,i referred to the  
,testament for the truth of what ,i     
said2 and as she seemed pleased with    
what ,i said1 ,i continued to read1 and 
explained as ,i read1 without any       
further interruption4 ,so we parted good
 friends4  #ba4--;,conversed with a     
young man named ,poots1 who asked me my 
opinion of almost every article of the  
,popish doctrines4 ,he said1 he was     
satisfied with any thing written in the 
,scriptures1 as he found very little    

difference between ours1 as he called   
it1 and his ,testament4 ,i need not     
enter into particulars1 as this subject 
lasted more than two hours1 without an  
angry feeling on either side4 ,he at    
length exclaimed3 ,there is so much     
mystery in our religion1 and those      
things known only to the priests1 that  
he did not know what to think2 but1 said
 he1 if ,i could be properly convinced  
on the subject of transubstantiation and
 confession1 ,i would not remain one day
 in the church of ,rome4  #bh4--,visited
 an old woman in ,brook ,street1 named  
,brennan1 who is confined to her bed4 ,i
 read and conversed with her for about  
an hour3 ,i prayed with her also4       
,,austin ,,brennan4  ,ballina1 ,jan4 #c1
 #ahce4                           ,to   
,rev4 ,j4 ,,bates4  ,i am happy to      
inform you1 that the work of the blessed
 ,redeemer is prospering in this part of
 his vineyard1 though the wicked one has
 his secret agents in this place1 as    
well as every other place1 resisting the

 work of ,christ1 and the gospel of the 
grace of ,god4  ,on the #bjth of ,july  
,i went to read to the house of one     
,james ,mc,partlin1 near the town of    
,drumahair4 ,this poor man is ignorant  
and unlearned1 although a great devotee 
in the ,church of ,rome4 ,i read for    
this poor man and family several        
chapters in both ,english and ,irish2   
and the poor man was astonished to hear 
the words of eternal life in his native 
language4 ,he asked me several questions
 concerning the sacrifice of the mass1  
and purgatory1 and other doctrines      
taught by his church4 ,i asked him3     
,what sacrifice is the mass8 ,he        
answered1 in the words of his catechism1
 ,an unbloody sacrifice4 ,i then read   
for him the ninth and tenth chapters of 
,hebrews1 and showed him from the       
twenty-second verse of the ninth        
chapter1 that without shedding of blood 
there is no remission1 and consequently1
 as the mass was an unbloody sacrifice1 
there could be no remission in it4 ,i   

again referred him and family to the    
ninth and tenth chapters of ,hebrews1 to
 show that when ,he1 the ,lord1 by      
himself purged our sins1 he sat down on 
the right hand of the ,majesty on high2 
and that by one offering ,he hath       
perfected for ever all them that are    
sanctified4 ,i read part of the ,epistle
 to the ,ephesians1 and especially the  
#ast chap4 #gth ver41 ,in whom we have  
redemption through his blood1 even the  
forgiveness of sins1 according to the   
riches of his grace4 ,i then read for   
him the #ast chapter of #a ,john1 to    
show them that it is the blood of       
,christ alone that cleanseth us from all
 sin4 ,all the family seemed well       
satisfied to hear me read1 and invited  
me to come and read for them as often as
 ,i could4 ,i have often read for this  
family since1 and ,i trust the ,lord has
 made his word a blessing to them4  ,on 
the #aeth of ,august1 ,i read in the    
house of ,james ,mc,hugh the #ith and   
#ajth chapters of ,john's ,gospel2 and  

poor ,mc,hugh was so delighted that he  
said he had no greater comfort in the   
world than to hear his children read the
 ,testament4 ,he said his daughter      
committed one hundred chapters at the   
,drumahair female school2 and he prayed 
for the prosperity and long continuance 
of the ,baptist ,irish ,society2 for1   
said he1 only for them my children would
 never get a word of learning4 ,oh1 that
 the word of the ,lord may run and be   
glorified6 and may the boundaries of    
,christ's fold be still more extended1  
until the whole number of his elect be  
accomplished6  ,few days pass but ,i    
read at some place4 ,it is all the      
pleasure ,i have1 to be conversing with 
my poor neighbours about their eternal  
happiness4 ,i wish ,i could afford to   
spend all my time in this blessed       
employment2 but ,i thank ,god ,i would  
rather be a door-keeper in the house of 
the ,lord1 than to dwell in the tents of
 the wicked4  ,there are many inquiring 
what they must do to be saved4 ,we      

direct them to believe on the ,lord     
,jesus ,christ1 and strive to point them
 to the ,lamb of ,god1 that taketh away 
the sin of the world4                   
,,adam ,,johnson4  ,drumahair1          
,september #bf1 #ahcd4                  
,to ,rev4 ,j4 ,,bates4  ,since my last1 
,i have visited more than twenty        
different places1 and some of them are  
about twenty miles asunder4 ,this1      
together with my occasional visits in   
this neighbourhood1 has afforded me very
 many interesting opportunities of      
directing sinners to the ,saviour4 ,in  
my visits to the ,night ,schools1 ,i    
have been highly gratified in observing 
an increase of scriptural knowledge     
among those who attend4 ,in ,j4         
,monaghan's ,night ,school1 ,i found    
many adult persons assembled together1  
some of them heads of families with     
their children1 solely for the purpose  
of reading the ,scriptures and inquiring
 after their meaning1 some of these     
being ,roman ,catholics1 asked me       

several very important questions1 to all
 which ,i endeavoured to give scriptural
 answers1 with which they were highly   
gratified and thankful1 and wished that 
,i might soon visit them again4         
,november #bdth1 visited the house of a 
poor tradesman in ,balli ,murray1 read  
the #crd of ,john1 and pointed out the  
way of a sinner's acceptance with ,god4 
,all who were in the house quitted their
 several employments1 and drew around   
me4 ,they all heard with eager          
attention1 whilst ,i pointed out the    
dreadful nature of sin1 showing that    
nothing but the blood of the ,saviour   
cleanseth from it4 ,one of them told me1
 that the priest teaches that there is a
 purgatory1 and that those who are not  
guilty of mortal sins are cleansed from 
venial sins in purgatory4 ,i told them  
that there are no sins venial in the    
sight of ,god1 for that it is written1  
,cursed is every one that continueth not
 in all things written in the book of   
the law to do them2 that the blood of   

,jesus ,christ cleanseth believers from 
all sin1 and that there is no other     
purgatory4 ,on the #dth inst4 read the  
word near ,ballymote4 ,a poor man1 named
 ,rooney1 told me of a sermon which he  
had heard from the priest on the last   
,sabbath2 the priest1 he said1 preached 
on the ,general ,judgment1 and so       
terrified him that he was almost in     
despair4 ,he told his hearers that not  
only for every evil action men must give
 an account1 but also for every idle    
thought2 and oh1 said he1 if you had    
heard the ,priest1 you would be         
terrified4 ,i asked him1 did the ,priest
 tell him what he must do to be saved8  
but he was totally ignorant of this4 ,i 
then endeavoured to bring to the        
understanding of this poor man the      
gospel plan of salvation1 which seemed  
to be the only thing calculated to give 
him comfort and peace of mind4  ,on the 
#hth visited ,killoran2 met with a young
 man1 a ,roman ,catholic1 who is a hired
 servant2 he told me that he had been   

studying on the subject of baptism2 that
 when a school-boy he got a ,testament1 
which he had since kept very carefully2 
that in it he read that our ,saviour was
 baptized in the river ,jordan2 that    
from this he was led to believe that    
immersion is the proper mode4 ,i then   
read for him the account of the baptism 
of the eunuch by ,philip1 also of       
,lydia1 and the jailor1 c4 ,he heard    
with eager attention1 and said that he  
was fully persuaded that believers were 
the proper subjects for baptism1 and    
that immersion was the primitive mode4  
,on the #abth ,march1 travelled in      
company with several people with a      
hearse going to a burial4 ,i told them  
that it is appointed unto all men once  
to die1 and after death the judgment2   
and that it is of the highest importance
 for us to be prepared for judgment4 ,i 
was sorry to learn that they did not    
know the ,saviour1 nor their need of    
him4 ,i made the best use ,i could of   
the short time ,i was with them4 ,one of

 them said he was sorry ,i was leaving  
them1 c4                                
,,robert ,,beaty4 ,carintavy1 ,dec4 #ad1
 #ahcd4                                 
,,contributions4  ,by ,rev4 ,j4 ,,dyer4 
,a ,friend1 ,yorkshire                  
#e  #j  #j ,mr4 ,holleck1 by ,rev4 ,dr4 
,fletcher                             #e
  #j  #j ,j4 ,chippendale1 ,esq41       
,uxbridge1 by ,rev4 ,a4 ,g4 ,fuller     
#a  #j  #j ,from profits of ,youth's    
,magazine1 per ,w4 ,b4 ,gurney          
#bj  #j  #j ,from one who has tasted    
that the ,lord is gracious   7per       
,general ,post7                         
#a  #j  #j  ,collected by ,rev4 ,s4     
,,davis4  ,bristol                      
#da  #b  #f   ,mrs4 ,holland            
#ej  #j  #j ,bath                       
#h  #a  #j ,bradford1 ,wilts            
#d  #h  #f ,trowbridge                  
#ae #ai  #j ,bratten                    
#e #ac  #j ,westbury                    
#a #aj  #j ,frome                       
#h  #d #aj ,bridgwater                  

#d  #d #aj ,taunton                     
#ac  #e  #h  ,collected by ,mr4         
,,lillycrop1 ,exeter4  ,sir ,john       
,kennaway1 ,bart4                       
#b  #j  #j ,w4 ,rouse1 ,esq41 ,tor      
#a  #j  #j ,mrs4 ,rouse                 
#j #aj  #j ,rev4 ,j4 ,mason             
#j #aj  #j ,rev4 ,e4 ,h4 ,brewer        
#j #aj  #j ,miss ,salter                
#j #aj  #j ,mr4 ,lillycrop              
#j #aj  #j ,miss ,booth                 
#j  #h  #j ,miss ,pates1 collected by   
#j #af  #f ,mr4 ,upham                  
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,mason                 
#j  #e  #j ,j4 ,c4 ,wilcocks1 ,esq4     
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,lillycrop             
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,glyde                 
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,tanner                 
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,nichols                
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,vinicombe              
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,jeffery                
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,gregory               
#j  #e  #j ,miss ,beal                  
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,cummin                
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,wilson                 

#j  #e  #j ,miss ,lee                   
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,rowse                  
#j  #e  #j ,miss ,cole                  
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,s4 ,davis              
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,goodridge              
#j  #e  #j ,mr4 ,mills                  
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,higgs                 
#j  #e  #j ,mrs4 ,furze                 
#j  #e  #j ,sunday-school1 ,bartholomew 
,chapel                             #j  
#e  #b ,miss ,bury                      
#j  #d  #j ,mrs4 ,ford                  
#j  #d  #j ,mr4 ,hooker                 
#j  #b  #f ,mrs4 ,maynard               
#j  #b  #f ,mr4 ,wright                 
#j  #b  #f ,mrs4 ,tanner                
#j  #b  #f ,ellen ,bridgeman            
#j  #b  #f  ,by the ,,treasurer4  ,t4   
,b41 per ,mr4 ,w4 ,burls1 jun4          
#b  #j  #j ,d4 ,p41 per ,mr4 ,w4 ,l4    
,smith                                  
#j #aj  #j ,charles ,davis1 ,wallingford
                                    #a  
#j  #j ,rev4 ,e4 ,west1 ,amersham ,sub4 
#b  #b  #j ,rev4 ,w4 ,nicholls1         

,collingham1 ,don4                      
#d  #j  #j ,do4       do4         ,sub4 
#a  #j  #j ,mrs4 ,fernie1 of ,tottenham1
 and ,friends1 for ,mary's              
,philanthropic  ,school1 ,mount         
,shannon1 ,galway               #aa  #j 
#j  ,by the ,,secretary4  ,w4 ,burls1   
,esq41 ,edmonton                        
#e  #j  #j ,a4 ,bose        ,ans4 ,sub4 
#b  #j  #j ,from ,mrs4 ,burls and       
,daughters1   a valuable parcel for the 
poor children in the ,society's ,schools
  ,subscriptions received by ,s4        
,marshall1 ,esq41 #aha1 ,high ,holborn2 
,mr4 ,p4 ,millard1 ,bishopsgate ,street2
 ,messrs4 ,burls1 #ef1 ,lothbury2 ,rev4 
,g4 ,pritchard1 #d1 ,york ,place1       
,pentonville1 gratuitous ,secretary2 by 
,messrs4 ,ladbrokes and ,co41 ,bankers1 
,bank ,buildings2 by ,mr4 ,h4 ,d4       
,dickie1 #ac1 ,bank ,street1 and ,rev4  
,mr4 ,innes1 ,frederick ,street1        
,edinburgh2 and ,p4 ,brown1 ,esq41      
,cardigan4          ,,london3 ,j4       
,,maddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle-,,street1 

,,finsbury4                             
,,missionary ,,herald4                  
,,cxcv4 ,,march1 #ahce4   ,subscriptions
 and ,donations in aid of this ,society 
will be thankfully received at the      
,baptist ,mission ,house1 ,no4 #f1 ,fen 
,court1 ,fenchurch ,street1 ,london3 or 
by any of the ,ministers and ,friends   
whose names are inserted in the ,cover  
of the ,annual ,report4    ,with        
feelings of deep sorrow we have to      
announce the decease   of the excellent 
,treasurer of this ,society1 ,,john     
,,broadley   ,,wilson1 ,esq41 which took
 place1 after a very short illness1 at  
his house on ,clapham ,common1 ,monday  
evening1 the #afth instant4   ,his      
disease was palsy1 rendering respiration
 difficult1 and   considerably affecting
 the organs of speech1 but leaving his  
mental faculties in full vigour to the  
last4 ,he died1   rejoicing in the      
,saviour1 whom he had long loved1 and   
whose   example1 through divine grace1  
he had been enabled so   eminently to   

follow4 ,never1 perhaps1 was there an   
individual   of whom it might more      
justly be said1 ,when the ear heard him1
   then it blessed him2 and when the eye
 saw him1 it gave witness   to him3     
because he delivered the poor that      
cried1 and the   fatherless1 and him    
that had none to help him4 ,the blessing
 of   him that was ready to perish came 
upon him2 and he caused the   widow's   
heart to sing for joy4 ,he was eyes to  
the blind1 and   feet was he to the     
lame3 he was a father to the poor1 and  
the   cause that he knew not he searched
 out4    ,,and ,i ,,heard ,a ,,voice    
,,from ,,heaven ,,saying ,,unto ,,me1   
,,write1 ,,blessed   ,,are ,,the ,,dead 
,,which ,,die ,,in ,,the ,,lord ,,from  
,,henceforth3 ,,yea1 ,,saith   ,,the    
,,spirit1 ,,that ,,they ,,may ,,rest    
,,from ,,their ,,labours2 ,,and ,,their 
,,works ,,do ,,follow ,,them4           
,,jamaica4  ,a number of letters from   
our various stations in this island have
 reached us1 containing information to  

the end of the year4 ,we subjoin a few  
of the leading particulars4  ,mr4       
,tinson refers1 with great satisfaction1
 to the growing thirst for instruction  
among the negro population4 ,he had been
 under the necessity of opening an      
evening school1 principally for adults1 
whose progress was very rapid1 and a    
large proportion of them had been       
reported able to read the ,new          
,testament4 ,he expresses an earnest    
desire to establish a school at his     
country station at ,yallahs1 situate in 
a parish 7,st4 ,david's7 containing     
#g1jjj apprentices1 without a single    
school of any description4 ,twenty-three
 persons had been accepted for baptism  
at this station4  ,the brethren from the
 ,london ,missionary ,society 7writes   
,mr4 ,t47 have arrived4 ,they landed on 
,tuesday1 the #bcrd inst4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4
 ,hodge suffered much from sea-sickness2
 in other respects they are all well4   
,mr4 ,woolridge brought a letter from   
,mr4 ,ellis1 and one from yourself4     

,they all took tea with us the evening  
after they landed1 in company with      
brother and sister ,gardner1 and an     
interesting meeting it was4 ,we sang1   
before we knelt together around our     
domestic altar1 ,i believe with         
unfeigned sincerity of heart1 the hymn  
beginning1    ,kindred of ,christ1 for  
his dear sake   ,a hearty welcome here  
receive2  after which1 brother ,gardner 
presented to the kind and gracious      
,redeemer our united thanksgiving for   
their safe arrival1 and solicited the   
,divine guidance in reference to their  
future steps4 ,brother ,woolridge       
preached a most delightful sermon in our
 chapel yesterday morning1 and ,i expect
 to be helped next ,lord's-day by       
brother ,hodge4 ,they will probably     
continue in town a week or two1 and then
 proceed on a tour of observation4      
,should one remain in ,kingston there is
 plenty to do1 and ,i see no cause in   
the world for contention between us4    
,mr4 ,gardner has been tried by personal

 indisposition and by the loss of his   
eldest child1 but has been enabled to   
resume his accustomed labours4  ,mr4    
,clarke has furnished us with the       
following tabular account of the        
stations under his superintendance3     
,members4  ,inquirers4  ,average  ,sabb4
                                        
,congreg4 ,schs4  ,constant ,spring     
#dej        #bjj     #f to #gjj    #dj  
,lucky ,valley       #bj         #fc    
#cjj    #ce ,retirement          #f     
#cj          #cjj    #dj ,fairfield     
#hf          #djj ,guy's ,hill          
#bej  ,of these stations1 ,retirement is
 in the parish of ,st4 ,john's1         
,fairfield in ,st4 ,ann's1 and the other
 three in ,st4 ,thomas-in-the-,vale4    
,the scene of violent outrage mentioned 
in our ,january number occurred at      
,guy's ,hill4 ,referring to that        
circumstance in a subsequent letter1    
,mr4 ,c4 observes3 ,the persecution some
 of my people suffered there is at an   
end4 ,the hand of ,god appeared so      

plainly against them parties on the     
following morning1 that one of them     
declared we had been praying against    
them4 ,their fear of us is such that    
their mistaken belief will prevent them1
 we think1 from annoying us a second    
time4  ,although the parish of ,st4     
,ann's has formerly presented greater   
obstacles than any other part of the    
island to the progress of gospel truth1 
,mr4 ,coultart is favoured with great   
encouragement in his efforts4 ,he       
supplies ,st4 ,ann's ,bay1 ,brown's     
,town1 ,ocho ,rios1 and the ,pedroes1   
and at all these places has large and   
increasing congregations4 ,in the three 
former1 he is commencing to build places
 of worship in the room of those which  
were destroyed2 and in the last1 ground 
has been offered him for a similar      
purpose by parties who1 a few weeks     
before1 had shown the most violent      
hostility4 ,more help is urgently needed
 in this1 as well as in other parts of  
the island4  ,from ,montego ,bay ,mr4   

,dendy writes1 under date #cjth         
,december3 ,our ,missionary friends1    
,messrs4 ,vine and ,alloway1 of the     
,london ,society1 arrived at ,falmouth  
on the #bdth instant1 in pretty good    
health4 ,on the #beth brother ,knibb    
baptized #fi persons1 and held public   
services in the chapel2 on the #bfth a  
further addition was made by the baptism
 of #fh candidates2 and on sabbath-day1 
the #bhth1 there were between #gjj and  
#hjj communicants sitting around the    
,lord's table4 ,mr4 ,vine preached in   
the morning for brother ,knibb1 and ,mr4
 ,alloway in the evening2 the services  
of the day were peculiarly interesting4 
,by the arrival of ,mr4 ,burchell1 ,mr4 
,dexter will be left at liberty to visit
 ,rio ,bueno and ,stewart's ,town4 ,for 
the present1 however1 some intermission 
seems needful both for him and for ,mr4 
,dendy1 as both have been labouring     
beyond their strength to supply the     
deficiencies occasioned by the absence  
of ,mr4 ,abbott4 ,this last named       

brother1 having been released from      
confinement by the rising of the ,house 
of ,assembly on the #bjth of ,december1 
had returned to his family2 and through 
the mercy of ,god his health1 instead of
 being impaired1 had been improved by   
his temporary secession from active     
engagements4 ,previously to his arrest  
he had enjoyed the pleasure of adding   
#ei members to the church at ,montego   
,bay1 who were baptized on the #ast of  
,november4  ,of the return of ,mr4      
,burchell to the people of his charge   
after so long a separation1 we must give
 our readers an account in his own      
words4 ,his letter is dated ,december   
#bcrd3--    ,i shall commence my present
 letter by giving you some account   of 
my journey from ,spanish ,town1 and my  
reception at this   place4    ,we left  
,spanish ,town on ,wednesday the #aith  
,november1 and   reached ,brother       
,coultart's the same evening1 a distance
 of   fifty miles2 the following day we 
spent with our friends ,mr4   and ,mrs4 

,coultart1 from whom we received the    
most interesting   and gratifying       
accounts of the progress of the ,mission
 in the   parish of ,st4 ,ann's4 ,in the
 evening ,i preached at ,st4 ,ann's     
,bay1 and although there were but a few 
hours' notice1 still the   principal    
part of the chapel house was full4 ,it  
was to me   unspeakably delightful to   
witness such an assembly in such a      
notorious place4 ,friday we proceeded on
 to ,falmouth   7thirty-four miles71    
which place we reached about two        
o'clock2   in the evening ,i preached   
for brother ,knibb to a very large      
congregation1 the chapel was crowded1   
and one of the tents   also1 and many on
 the outside of the chapel-house4       
,saturday   morning we left our old     
companions for the eventful town of     
,montego ,bay2 when we were three miles 
distant from the town1 we   had to pull 
up to shake hands with some who were    
come out to   meet us2 as we proceeded  
onwards1 the numbers and frequency of   

the groups of friends increased4 ,it was
 almost more than we   could bear4 ,the 
poor people looked at us as though they 
could   scarcely believe their own eyes1
 and then they clasped their   hands1   
blessed ,god1 and burst into tears4     
,when we entered the   town1 a crowd of 
recollections burst upon my mind as ,i  
looked   upon the situation where the   
,blanche was anchored when ,i was       
first taken prisoner1 c42 but my        
attention was soon aroused   from       
reflection1 for as we passed along the  
streets1 many of   the inhabitants came 
to their doors and windows1             
congratulating   us as we passed by4 ,as
 we proceeded more into the town1 the   
doors and windows became crowded1 and   
many were the kind   congratulations of 
our former townsfriends2 some expressed 
their feelings by their remarks1 some   
waved their   handkerchiefs1 and others 
their hats2 as we entered the centre    
of the town we were recognised by one   
who had been a very   staunch friend in 

our difficulties1 he took off his hat   
and   greeted us most cordially2 this   
excited the attention of the   negroes  
in the market1 and one of them          
recognising us1   exclaimed1 ,bless     
,god1 and him come for true4 ,massa     
,burchell1   him come for true4 ,others 
now joined him and began clapping       
their hands1 when the whole multitude1  
consisting of three or   four thousand1 
waving their hands and hats1 set up     
their   shouts1 and made the whole town 
resound with their thundering   huzzas4 
,i now endeavoured to press on to our   
house1 but the   negroes leaving their  
baskets and the market followed us4 ,i  
drove hastily forward1 fearing they     
would surround us and take   out our    
horse1 which ,i have since found they   
would have done4   ,when we reached the 
house we were immediately surrounded2   
the   yard and the street were crowded4 
,one of the friends took the   child and
 carried her into the house1 for she was
 completely   frightened4 ,it was a long

 time before we could get out of the    
gig 7which had been lent us for the     
journey7 for every one was   trying to  
shake our hand1 or lay hold of us in    
some way4 ,when   we alighted from the  
gig1 ,mrs4 ,b41 who was nearly overcome1
 was   carried in by the friends1 and   
then the throng crowded upon me1   some 
taking one hand1 some the other1 some   
threw themselves on   the ground4       
,indeed1 the whole scene which followed 
was such   that ,i cannot describe4 ,it 
would not be possible to do it          
justice4 ,the market square was almost  
vacated1 except the   baskets of        
provisions1 c41 which were for sale2 and
 yet many   have since informed me1 that
 when they returned to the market   they
 found all as they had left it1 nothing 
was lost4    ,the whole of ,saturday1   
the #bbnd1 was spent in receiving the   
congratulations of the people1 whose    
remarks were frequently   affecting4    
,many threw themselves down at my feet1 
and wept   aloud4 ,some looked at me1   

and then said3 ,hi1 massa1 and it you   
for true6 and you for we1 massa         
,burchell6 and me see you with   me own 
eye6 blessed ,god6 and then they burst  
into tears4 ,after   speaking to a party
 and shaking hands1 ,i was compelled to 
request them to leave in order to give  
place to others4 ,when   one said3 ,no  
massa1 me no go--me no able to believe  
yet--and   is it massa ,burchell for    
true8 ,another one said3 ,now massa1    
me know dat ,god him true--him hear for 
we prayer--but him take   him own       
time--and him work him own way--but him 
do every ting   quite good4 ,indeed1 ,i 
could fill a sheet with their           
interesting sayings4 ,one poor afflicted
 negress came down from   the country 7a
 distance of twenty miles7 the next     
,saturday1 the   #bith2 and when she saw
 me1 looking upon me1 as the tears      
rolled   down her face1 she said3       
,massa1 me hear you come--and me        
hungry for see you--and me cry for see  
you--me take two day   for walk for see 

you--and now me believe--,god him too   
good--me   now willing for die--for now 
me know me ,god him true4    ,i had no  
idea whatever of such a reception1 ,i   
knew my friends1   and knew they would  
be truly glad to see me1 but ,i had not 
the   most distant idea of such a       
manifestation of feeling4 ,it was   far 
beyond any description that ,i can give4
    ,the following day1 ,november #bc1  
,i again commenced my labours   among my
 poor but dear people4 ,there were at   
least #djjj   persons present at the #aj
 o'clock service4 ,i preached out of    
doors4 ,on ,sunday1 ,november #cj1 the  
attendance was still   greater4 ,at our 
morning prayer-meeting at #f o'clock in 
the   morning there were full #b1gjj    
present2 and at #aj o'clock1 not   less 
than #ejjj2 but you must not be misled  
by this statement of   numbers1 as there
 was a union of the churches of ,montego
 ,bay1   ,salter's ,hill1 and ,gurney's 
,mount1 c4  ,we conclude our present    
article by an extract of a letter of    

somewhat less recent date from ,mr4     
,hutchins4 ,it relates to the station at
 ,lucea1 and was addressed to a friend  
of the writer1 who has kindly furnished 
it for our pages4    ,a few sabbaths ago
 ,i had such a delightful day1 that the 
recollection of it will1 ,i have no     
doubt1 be ever attended   with feelings 
of peculiar pleasure4 ,early in the     
morning we   proceeded to the place of  
baptizing from ,lucea1 where ,i         
baptized nine of my black brethren and  
sisters1 nay nine of   our black        
brethren and sisters in ,christ4 ,the   
place was two   miles from the ,bay4 ,we
 arrived at break of day4 ,it was not in
   the river ,jordan1 but in a beautiful
 winding river in a most   retired      
situation4 ,we were covered by the      
majestic and   graceful boughs of the   
bamboo1 which1 for grandeur of          
appearance and loveliness of shade1     
excels every other tree in   the island1
 and is beautiful beyond description4   
,the congregation consisted of about    

#cjj persons1 all getting as   near as  
possible to the banks of the river1     
while we arranged   the candidates close
 to the border of the stream4    ,the   
day now dawned upon us1 and ,i felt as  
if compelled to   commence by singing   
the verse3      ,sweet is the work1 my  
,god1 my ,king1     ,to praise thy name1
 give thanks1 and sing2     ,to show thy
 love by morning light1     ,and talk of
 all thy truth at night4    ,and indeed1
 if one may speak for others1 it was    
truly sweet4 ,i   then engaged in       
prayer1 and delivered an address to the 
various   classes present2 and judging  
from appearances1 we cannot but   hope  
that at some future period good results 
will be brought to   light4    ,the     
,spirit of the ,most ,high seemed to    
rest upon us4 ,persons   whom ,i have   
seen trifling on other occasions1 were  
overawed4   ,others1 who were           
anticipating with pleasure the time when
 they   shall have a name and a place   
among the people of ,god1 were   seen   

with the tear silently rolling dawn     
their cheeks4 ,while   others1 with     
their hands clasped and pressed on their
 bosoms1   with their eyes raised       
towards heaven1 seemed to be fervently  
engaged in the interesting service1 and 
to enjoy in their minds   something of  
that feeling which is peculiar to the   
,christian1   which the world can       
neither give nor take away4 ,i then     
entered   the stream and baptized them1 
singing two lines between each2   after 
which ,i concluded1 and thus ended one  
of the most   interesting services ,i   
ever knew4 ,we then repaired to ,lucea1 
and commenced our morning prayer-meeting
 at seven instead of   six o'clock2 we  
had a good congregation4 ,at half-past  
ten the   next service was to commence4 
,at ten ,i saw people going away to     
seek for sittings at the kirk1 for not  
one could be found here4   ,our house is
 very commodious1 being three stories   
high4 ,the   lower parts we use for the 
chapel1 and in the top we reside4       

,the whole of the chapel was crowded to 
excess4 ,people coming   from all parts 
of the bay with a chair from any person 
they   could make their friend1 filled  
the landings4 ,the stairs   leading up  
the whole of the three stories 7which   
are carried up   outside the buildings  
in this country7 were occupied1 by four 
persons on each4 ,and then the poor     
creatures went into our   hall1 and laid
 their ears on the floor to listen from 
beneath4    ,this is a congregation in  
,jamaica2 and often we have them        
standing in the streets exposed to the  
rays of a vertical sun6   ,behind and   
before1 on the right hand and on the    
left1 we are   surrounded1 yea crowded1 
in every possible way4    ,the result   
is1 that on the evenings of the sabbath 
we wear a   completely emaciated        
appearance4 ,oh1 say you1 this is not   
right1 you ought not to do so4 ,i am    
fully aware that we ought   not to do   
so1 but the remedy is not with us4 ,you 
may try1 and   try again1 to overcome   

such feelings1 but you cannot4 ,i should
   pity that man who professed to have  
the welfare of souls at   heart who     
would not be aroused by such            
overwhelming scenes as   we have here4  
,when persons have come from two to     
twenty or   thirty miles to hear the    
word of eternal life1 to disappoint     
more than can possibly be helped1 is    
what ,i cannot1 what ,i dare   not1 do4 
,for as ,i value my own immortal soul1  
as ,i prize the   joys of heaven and    
dread the miseries of hell1 so in       
proportion   ,i consider it my duty to  
let all1 as far as in me lies1 hear     
the truths of that gospel which is able 
through ,christ to raise   poor         
perishing creatures from the degradation
 of sin to a life   of righteousness and
 holiness by faith in him4 ,pardon me1  
my   dear brother1 pardon me for giving 
vent to the flowing tear   while ,i am  
again considering that the remedy is not
 with us4   ,here is myself and there   
are my brethren with congregations      

which are enormous4 ,we cannot refrain  
from shedding a tear   again and again1 
because we are not able to do more for  
their   thirsty souls4 ,the remedy rests
 with friends at home4    ,i often think
 that ,i must as ,i am now doing fall1  
very soon   fall1 a sacrifice to the    
cause in which ,i have embarked4        
,through mercy ,i fear it not4 ,i am    
happy1 truly happy1 in my   work1 and   
feel confident that should ,i be a      
martyr to the   cause1 ,i shall receive 
a martyr's reward4                      
,,bahamas4  ,since our last article     
respecting this station1 we have        
received a variety of communications    
from our brethren ,burton and ,pearson4 
,up to the date of the last1 the tenor  
of these letters was uniformly pleasing4
 ,they showed with what diligence our   
dear brethren were prosecuting the work 
of ,god1 not only at ,nassau1 but at    
,eleuthera1 ,andros ,island1 and other  
places scattered through that extensive 
group of islands4 ,additions to the     

number of converts were made every      
month1 and there was reason to hope that
 in a short time some of them would be  
found capable of taking an efficient    
part in the instruction of their        
countrymen4 ,but the ,society has more  
recently been called to the exercise of 
patient submission under the loss of one
 who1 though but recently entered on the
 ,missionary field1 had afforded        
abundant evidence of holy devotedness to
 the cause of his ,saviour4 ,we refer to
 ,mr4 ,pearson1 whose lamented decease  
is reported by ,mr4 ,burton under date  
of the #cast ,december4 ,that letter    
will close this article3 as an          
appropriate introduction to it1 we      
insert extracts from the last written to
 the ,secretary by ,mr4 ,pearson        
himself4 ,it was dated ,nassau1         
,december #a1 #ahcd3    ,in the course  
of last ,september1 ,i and my family    
were invited   to ,st4 ,salvador1 by    
,mr4 ,john ,armbrister4 ,i rejoiced in  
so   favourable an opportunity of       

communicating the glad tidings of       
salvation where they were so little     
known1 and ,i felt grateful   that on   
this occasion ,i could without aditional
 expense take   my family with me1      
because our medical friend strongly     
recommended it1 as the most likely means
 to renew my dear   wife's health after 
her dangerous illness in ,august4 ,we   
arrived at ,st4 ,salvador1 ,sabbath1    
,oct4 #fth1 were kindly   welcomed1 and 
soon surrounded by an interesting       
congregation   of about #hj persons1 to 
whom ,i preached twice on that day4 ,on 
,monday and ,tuesday ,i was fully       
engaged in the work of   instruction    
among the children in the forenoon1 and 
the adults   in the evening4 ,on        
,wednesday ,i was expected to preach    
upon two   properties2 but having       
preached to a few persons at one        
estate1 ,i was afflicted with such a    
violent head-ache that it   was with    
great difficulty ,i managed to ride to  
the house of   our friend1 where1       

finding myself the subject of fever1 ,i 
was   compelled at once to exchange the 
exercise of preaching1 for   the        
exercise of submission upon a bed of    
sickness1 under   indescribably         
agonizing and protracted pain1 which    
entirely   precluded rest by night or   
day3 under these circumstances my       
second sabbath at ,st4 ,salvador was    
spent4 ,my dear wife read   the         
,scriptures to many who were gathered   
together1 and also a   few pages of     
,christian counsel which ,i had written 
for their   benefit1 and otherwise      
assisted them to worship ,god4 ,on the  
following morning a conveyance offering 
to ,n4 ,p41 we availed   ourselves of   
it1 in order that ,i might obtain       
medical advice4   ,we were glad to reach
 home on the following ,thursday2 but   
with   change of scene1 we experienced  
an increase of affliction4 ,my   dear   
wife1 the child's wet nurse1 and our    
servant boy1 were   immediately         
subjected to the fever2 and unable as we

 were to   provide for our disconsolate 
babe1 it required the exercise of       
faith cheerfully to acquiesce in the    
divine disposal of our   concerns4 ,we  
were troubled1 but not distressed2 and  
our   compassionate ,god1 who knew how  
much we could bear1 and   delights to   
bind up the wounds which in mercy he    
inflicts1   almost entirely independent 
of our agency1 sent us1 that very       
night1 a suitable nurse for our child1  
who has since proved to   us a blessing4
 ,my dear wife was speedily restored to 
her   former state of convalescence1 and
 after a week ,i was   permitted to rise
 from my bed1 much reduced in body1 yet1
 ,i   would hope1 strengthened in my    
resolutions to love and serve   the     
,saviour4 ,my recovery was rapid1 and on
 the #cjth of ,october   ,i again       
embarked with my family for ,st4        
,salvador4 ,the health   of all was much
 promoted by the passage1 and when ,i   
landed1   ,monday1 ,november #c1        
contrasting my bodily state with that   

under which ,i had left the island1 ,i  
was filled with   gratitude1 my peace   
seemed like the beautiful canopy        
stretched   over my head1 unsullied with
 a cloud1 and abundant as the   waves of
 the sea4 ,i was immediately put in     
possession of a   house1 unoccupied by  
its owner 7,mr4 ,henry ,armbrister71 on 
an   estate called ,freeman's ,hall3    
where1 unmolested1 ,i could   hold      
meetings whenever ,i was able2 ,i adored
 the goodness of   ,god who thus        
disposed the planters to aid and        
encourage me in   my work1 and longed   
for their salvation as well as that of  
their dependents4 ,during the first week
 ,i laboured to the   utmost of my      
ability1 teaching the children1         
preaching to all   ,i could gather      
around me from evening to evening1 and  
holding   inquiry meetings whenever     
opportunity offered2 but ,i seemed to   
labour in vain3 my hearers were         
attentive1 but their hearts   were      
hardened4 ,i did not merely tell them   

that there was a ,god   who made and    
upheld them1 who knew all their ways1   
and would   bring them to judgment4 ,i  
did not merely endeavour to expose   the
 evil of fornication1 drunkenness1      
lying1 stealing1 c4 ,i   told them of   
,him who died for sinners4 ,the         
doctrines of the   total depravity of   
the human heart1 the necessity of an    
atonement1 the efficacy of the blood of 
,christ1 the loveliness   and           
suitableness of ,jesus as an            
all-sufficient ,saviour1 the   exceeding
 sinfulness and awful consequences of   
rejecting him1   justification by faith1
 and the reward of eternal life1 as the 
free gift of ,god for the sake of his   
dear ,son1 were the   themes which ,i   
most earnestly endeavoured to press home
 upon   their consciences1 but ,i could 
discover no evidences of   relentings   
for sin1 no meltings of heart at the    
recital of a   ,saviour's sufferings1 no
 emotions of gratitude for a ,saviour's 
love4 ,their hearts were inaccessible4  

,almost all were   professed ,baptists1 
but taught by a man who could not       
decipher   a letter1 who appeared wholly
 ignorant of the truth1 and whose   life
 was at variance with it4 ,after many   
conversations with   him1 in which he   
seemed impervious to the light1 ,i      
affectionately warned him to desist from
 preaching1 lest he   should entail the 
curse so solemnly denounced ,gal4 i4 #h1
 #i4   ,meeting with little             
encouragement in this part of the       
island1   on the first ,friday after my 
arrival ,i rode to ,golden ,grove1      
seven miles distant1 where ,i preached1 
and returned the same   day4 ,at this   
place ,i had an opportunity of          
addressing #ajj   persons1 and1 deeming 
it an important field for labour1 ,i    
again rode thither early on the         
following sabbath4 ,here ,i   found some
 living sparks4 ,an old man who had come
 over with   his master at the ,american
 revolution1 had been in the habit   of 
reading his ,bible to all who would hear

 him1 which he could   do tolerably     
well2 he had taught them to sing many of
 ,watts's   ,hymns2 and was accustomed  
to read to them from a good book        
written by ,guthrie1 an old ,scotch     
divine4 ,lydia1 his   daughter-in-law1  
at an inquiry meeting1 answered the     
questions   which were put to her very  
satisfactorily1 and ,i thought her a    
suitable subject for baptism1 when ,i   
found that her character   was          
exemplary4 ,the old man1 ,i found1 was  
overseer of the whole   property1 which 
was extensive1 during his master's      
absence2   and ,lydia was intrusted with
 the care of the proprietor's   house1  
and much valuable property4 ,what a     
proof that ,god's   servants are the    
best servants6 ,at that time ,i regarded
 my   health as established1 ,i was     
animated in spirit1 and among   this    
people ,i laboured on the sabbath until 
the evening1 when   suddenly1 whilst    
preaching1 ,i was taken ill1 and was    
obliged   immediately to seek the open  

air1 abruptly closing the service   in  
which we were engaged4 ,i soon          
discovered that ,i was once   more under
 the influence of violent fever1 and    
after a   restless night1 though treated
 with the utmost attention1   agreeable 
to the instructions of the proprietor1  
,h4 ,hunter1   ,esq41 ,i made the best  
of my way to ,freeman's ,hall1 where ,i 
remained an invalid thirteen days4 ,i   
had no medical aid2 but   the medicines 
,i had with me1 and ,graham's popular   
work1 proved   invaluable4 ,my stay at  
,st4 ,salvador from this period was     
indeed a season of suffering2 the fever 
was intermittent1 but   would come on   
again and again with chilliness1        
succeeded by   ardent and continued     
heat1 throbbing of the temple1 continued
   restlessness1 unquenchable thirst1 a 
distressing oppression at   the chest1  
difficulty in breathing1 and nausea4 ,my
 illness1 ,i   am convinced1 was        
protracted by the stagnant water1       
gathered   from among the bushes1 which 

we were compelled to drink1 and   which 
was deeply impregnated with putrid      
vegetable matter3   there was1 indeed1 a
 spring one mile distant2 but of this we
   were not informed until the eve of   
our departure1 although we   daily      
complained of the water we were using4  
,my affliction was   greatly increased  
by finding that my dear wife's exertions
 on   my behalf brought on a periodical 
fever1 the paroxysms of   which would   
remain with her six or eight hours4 ,the
 vessel by   which we were to return to 
,n4 ,p4 sailed on ,sunday1 ,november    
#bc1 much to my grief1 as ,i was then a 
little recovering1 and   hoped to       
preach2 and so indeed ,i did1 in much   
weakness1 on the   sea beach1 to thirty 
or forty persons1 whilst waiting for the
   boat4 ,once more ,i exhorted them to 
repent and believe on the   ,saviour4   
,we arrived here ,november #bh1 again   
improved in health   by the passage1 and
 yesterday ,i superintended and taught  
in   the ,sabbath-school two hours1 and 

preached twice to our   ,nassau crowded 
congregations4 ,in the evening ,i       
endeavoured to   improve the death of   
our late esteemed brother ,penney1 who  
died of yellow fever1 aged thirty-five  
years4,a ,and now you   will not be     
surprised when ,i assure you that ,i can
 adopt the   language of ,david1 ,have  
mercy upon me1 ,o ,lord1 for ,i am      
weak4 ,our best thanks are due to ,henry
 ,armbrister1 ,esq41 who   has allowed  
us to make four passages in his vessel  
gratuitously1 provided us with house1   
horses1 c41 and   afforded us every help
 in his power4 ,how mysterious1 that    
with   such facilities coming from ,god1
 my lips should be sealed1 and   my     
repeated efforts for the good of these  
islanders apparently   frustrated6 ,but 
thus the great ,sovereign shows that he 
has no   need of me2 and that if he ever
 employ me1 he is conferring a   great  
and undeserved favour4 ,it is indeed to 
me a great   affliction to be prevented 
from labouring for my ,master4 ,there   

is1 ,i think1 nothing which ,i so much  
dread1 as the thought of   being an     
unprofitable ,missionary1 an incumbrance
 to the   society and to the church4 ,i 
feel that ,i need affliction1 and   ,i  
hope in the midst of it ever to desire  
its improvement1   rather than its      
removal4 ,i am aware also1 that my      
sufferings   bear no comparison with    
those of ,brainerd1 ,zeisberger1 and    
many others1 who in the midst of great  
tribulation cheerfully   bore the cross 
and scorned the shame2 but when month   
after   month passes away1 with nothing 
done for ,christ1 and no souls   brought
 near to ,god by my instrumentality1 ,i 
feel depressed in   spirit4 ,the ,lord  
knows how much of self and pride there  
is in   all this2 may he pardon and     
purify me6 ,i can give you no   cheering
 accounts of usefulness1 but ,i can most
 sincerely   assure you1 if ,i know     
myself1 ,i only desire to live actively1
   faithfully1 and perseveringly2 to    
serve ,christ with body1   soul1 and    

spirit4 ,oh1 pray for me1 that ,i may   
not live in   vain1 but that ,i may     
acquit myself as a good soldier until   
death remove me from the field4         
,footnote ,a3 ,our readers will rejoice 
to notice these kind references to other
 labourers in the vineyard1 sent forth  
by a kindred society4 ,elsewhere ,mr4   
,p4 mentions another ,christian         
,missionary of the same body in terms   
which we gladly quote3 ,here ,i would   
most particularly mention the zeal and  
kindness of ,mr4 ,horne1 ,wesleyan      
,missionary1 by whose efforts the little
 flock 7at ,turk's ,island7 ,i united in
 church fellowship have been kept in    
order4 ,he has read to them our pastoral
 letters1 and in their own words 'has   
taken great pains with them4'  ,it is   
affecting to think that1 in sixteen days
 after the expression of these devout   
sentiments1 the departure of our dear   
brother took place4 7,we are constrained
 by want of room to defer ,mr4 ,burton's
 letter till next month74               

,,belize4  ,a letter has reached us from
 this station announcing the safe       
arrival of ,mr4 ,henderson1 who writes  
as follows1 under date of ,december     
#ajth3--    ,through the gracious       
providence of our heavenly ,father we   
all   arrived safely here on ,friday1   
,nov4 #bhth1 being eight weeks   from   
the day of our departure from ,london4  
,the passage1 except when passing the   
,bay of ,biscay a few days1   and some  
squalls on our approach to the coast    
7which hindered   us one day71 was      
remarkably moderate1 affording many     
pleasing   testimonies to our minds that
 we had a compassionate ,god1 and       
praying friends4 ,the ,divine goodness  
has been especially   displayed toward  
us in regard to bodily health1 which has
   continued1 with the exception of a   
little sea-sickness1 as well   as when  
we left ,england2 indeed1 rather better4
    ,we came to anchor off ,belize early
 in the forenoon1 when ,i made   it my  
business to see ,mr4 ,bourn first alone2

 afterwards   returned for ,mrs4        
,henderson and child in the afternoon4  
,i found   ,mr4 ,bourn himself well1 but
 fatigued on account of the             
indisposition of ,mrs4 ,b41 who had been
 ill about a week   previously4 ,she is 
now recovered so as to attend to family 
matters1 and we are living altogether as
 one family1 as happy   as they can make
 us4 ,there is no vessel here at present
 by   which ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,b4 can go to
 ,new ,york1 but one is expected        
daily4 ,for myself1 ,i rather desire his
 stay a little time to   have           
instructions relative to the state of   
the ,mission4 ,it is   almost our daily 
employment to visit some of the members 
at   their homes4 ,we are preparing     
to-day for a journey by water           
southward to ,stern ,creek1 where ,mr4  
,b4 is in the habit of   occasionally   
visiting2 on our return we intend       
another journey   about the same        
distance up the river4  ,mr4 ,henderson 
then states that he had been making     

arrangements for the immediate          
establishment of an infant school1 which
 ,mrs4 ,h4 is well qualified to         
superintend1 and of a boys' school for  
the children of the respectable         
inhabitants of the place4 ,three        
sabbath-schools had been previously     
established by ,mr4 ,bourn4             
,contributions received on account of   
the ,baptist ,missionary ,society1 from 
,jan4 #bj1 #ahce1 to ,feb4 #bj1 #ahce1  
not including individual subscriptions4 
,graham's ,town 7,south ,africa7        
,auxiliary ,society1   by ,mr4 ,kidwell1
 ,secretary                             
#ach #ad  #a  ,wigan1 by ,mr4 ,w4 ,park3
   ,collection1 ,lord ,street ,chapel   
#h #ac  #g   ,teachers and children of  
,sabbath ,school          #c #ab  #c    
--------   #ab  #e #aj ,dunkeld         
,missionary ,society1 by ,rev4 ,john    
,black                #e  #j  #j        
,loughton ,missionary ,association1 by  
,rev4 ,s4 ,brawn             #f #ad  #b 
,twickenham1 collected by ,mr4 ,scott   

#a  #e  #j  ,east ,essex and ,colchester
 ,auxiliary1 by ,thomas ,blyth1 ,esq4   
#ec  #h  #h  ,buchan ,bible ,society1   
for circulating the   ,scriptures in    
,india1 by ,mr4 ,boulton                
#e #aj  #j  ,bristol1 ,rev4 ,f4 ,clowes 
and friends1 for ,school ,books   to be 
sent to the ,rev4 ,james ,coultart      
#b  #j  #j  ,milton1                    
7,northamptonshire71 by ,rev4 ,w4 ,gray 
#b  #j  #j                              
,,legacy4  ,further ,residue under the  
will of the late   ,mr4 ,thomas ,king1  
of ,birmingham1   by ,messrs4 ,fiddian  
and ,mumford                            
#ac  #i  #f                             
,,donations4    ,g4 ,b4                 
#a  #a  #j    ,two ,friends1 on perusing
 the ,tract ',amelia ,gale1'   by ,mr4  
,james ,jones1 ,manchester              
#b  #d  #j    ,friend in ,yorkshire1 by 
the ,secretary                     #aj  
#j  #j    ,mr4 ,hollick1 by ,rev4 ,dr4  
,fletcher                            #e 
#j  #j                   ,on ,account of

 ,jamaica ,school ,rooms4    ,friends at
 ,peel ,meeting1 by ,mr4 ,j4 ,barrett   
#ae #ab  #j    ,we readily comply with  
the wishes of our kind friends at       
,liverpool to   insert the particulars1 
recently sent1 of their ,collection by  
,cards1   for the ,jamaica ,chapels4    
,lime ,street1 ,rev4 ,j4 ,lister4       
,mrs4 ,hampton                          
#b  #j  #j   ,miss ,sarah ,bell         
#j  #f  #f   ,elizabeth ,wilson         
#b #aa  #j   ,misses ,lang              
#aj #aj  #j   ,ellen ,houghton          
#g  #j  #j   ,mrs4 ,billings            
#a #ae  #j     ,baistow                 
#a #ac  #f   ,mrs4 ,lister              
#a  #j  #j   ,mrs4 ,lister1 jun4        
#a  #j  #j   ,friend                    
#a  #j  #j   ,friends at ,grappend1 by  
,miss ,clare          #d  #j  #f   ,miss
 ,carpenter                             
#a #ac  #f   ,miss ,e4 ,carpenter       
#a #ab  #j   ,mr4 ,ball                 
#a #aj  #j   ,mr4 ,rushton1 jun4        
#b  #g  #h   ,mrs4 ,godfrey             

#b #ae  #j   ,mr4 ,dobson1 donation     
#e  #j  #j   ,miss ,cunningham          
#b #aj  #f   ,miss ,bayliss             
#c  #j  #j   ,mr4 ,maynard              
#a  #j  #j   ,john ,minto               
#a  #j  #d   ,miss ,pearce              
#j #aa  #j   ,miss ,winstanley          
#a  #j  #f   ,misses ,pryce             
#g #aj  #j   ,james ,bolland            
#j #aj  #j   ,john ,banks               
#j  #e  #j   ,mrs4 ,major               
#j #ae  #j   ,miss ,edwards             
#a  #d  #j   ,mr4 ,fisher's ,friends1 by
 ,mr4 ,travenn        #b  #d  #f   ,miss
 ,lea                                   
#b  #j  #b   ,miss ,eglington           
#a  #i  #f   ,miss ,quick               
#a  #j  #h   ,william ,jones            
#j  #h  #f   ,mr4 ,w4 ,s4 ,tyrer        
#a  #e  #j   ,miss ,foxcroft            
#j #ag  #j     ,eccleston               
#j  #e  #j   ,john ,edwards             
#j #aj  #f   ,mrs4 ,page                
#c #aj  #j   ,mrs4 ,henton              
#e  #a  #j   ,elizabeth ,briggs         

#j #ai  #j   ,sarah ,briggs             
#j  #g  #j   ,elizabeth ,copeland       
#j  #a  #b   ,mr4 ,hampton              
#j  #g  #f   ,friend1 by ,miss ,lacy    
#j #aj  #j   ,miss ,ashcroft            
#e  #j  #j   ,samuel ,cearnes           
#a #aj  #j   ,misses ,dicker            
#b  #d  #j   ,mr4 ,sunderland           
#a #ac  #j   ,friends                   
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#ii #ag  #j   ,friend                   
#j  #c  #j                              
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#ajj  #j  #j                            
-----------    ,collected by ,mrs4      
,sutlow     for the ,education of ,negro
 ,children       #a  #c  #j             
,byram ,street1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,saunders4    
,mr4 ,john ,hodgkinson                  
#j #ad #aj   ,mrs4 ,allcot              
#a  #a #aj   ,misses ,haughtons         
#ab #ad  #f   ,miss ,cribbin            
#b #af  #j   ,miss ,m4 ,smallshaw       
#i  #e  #j   ,mrs4 ,hindle              

#c  #f  #f   ,miss ,julia ,hope         
#j #ag  #j   ,miss ,m4 ,l4 ,hope        
#j #ac  #f   ,miss ,walthew             
#b #ac  #f   ,mrs4 ,lewis               
#j #af  #j   ,mr4 ,lewis                
#j  #g  #f   ,a ,friend                 
#j  #a  #j   ,miss ,pritchard           
#ab  #h  #j   ,miss ,lyon               
#d #aj  #j   ,miss ,edwards             
#c  #e  #j   ,mr4 ,whitehead            
#j #af  #j   ,mr4 ,evans and the ,miss  
,baynes's             #d #aj  #f   ,mr4 
,cowper                                 
#a  #j  #j   ,mrs4 ,burkett             
#aa  #j  #j   ,miss ,saunders and ,mr4  
,w4 ,saunders          #aj  #j  #j      
,mr4 ,morrison                          
#b  #f  #j   ,miss ,emily and ,mr4 ,w4  
,jones                 #b #ag  #j       
,mrs4 ,john ,foster                     
#a  #j  #j   ,miss ,harsnett            
#a  #c  #j   ,mrs4 ,jackson             
#b  #j  #j   ,miss ,helena ,meyer       
#c  #f  #j   ,miss ,king                
#a #ad  #j   ,miss ,dugard              

#j #ab  #f   ,miss ,f4 ,glover          
#a  #b  #f   ,mr4 ,edward ,cowper       
#i  #j  #j   ,miss ,m',cullock          
#a #ad  #f   ,mr4 ,danson               
#j #ag  #f   ,mr4 ,joseph ,king         
#j  #g  #f                              
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#aaj  #b  #h    ,mr4 ,underhill1 jun41  
,edge ,hill              #d  #d  #d     
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,,to ,,correspondents4  ,a very valuable
 package of ,elementary ,school ,books  
for ,jamaica has been received1 and     
forwarded to that island4 ,the          
,committee feel greatly indebted to     
those kind ',friends' at ,birmingham by 
whom they were presented4  ,similar     
acknowledgments are respectfully offered
 to the ,rev4 ,thomas ,gisborne1 of     
,yoxall ,lodge1 ,staffordshire1 and the 
worthy gentlemen associated with him1   
whose seasonable liberality has placed  
at the disposal of the ,committee1 #cjjj
 copies of ',selections from the ,old   

,testament1' drawn up expressly for the 
emancipated negroes4 ,the whole have    
been forwarded to various parts of the  
island4  ,joseph ,fletcher1 ,esq4 and   
,t4 ,b4 ,oldfield1 ,esq4 have laid the  
,society under great obligations by     
permitting their vessels to convey1     
freight free1 a large quantity of       
,bricks and other articles for          
rebuilding the ,chapels in ,jamaica4    
,parcels of ,magazines and other ,books 
are gratefully acknowledged from ,mrs4  
,gillman1 ,bank ,buildings1 and from    
,mrs4 ,bryant and other friends at      
,bath4  ,mr4 ,burchell 7,december #cj7  
requests that we would make an apology  
on his behalf to those private friends  
who may have been expecting to hear from
 him4 ,continual occupation has hitherto
 prevented his writing1 but he hopes    
soon to be able to do so4               
,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle       
,,street1 ,,finsbury4