,transcriber's ,notes3 ,irregularities  
in spelling have been maintained1  as   
did the typesetters when setting the    
numerous correspondences4    ,the       
typesetting on this was poor1 especially
 with respect to  punctuation4    ,due  
to the number of tables1 this file would
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,italics are designated with 1 small    
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,,baptist ,,magazine4                   
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,,june1 #ahce4                          
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,,of ,,mr4 ,,isaac ,,wyke1 ,,late ,,of  
,,abergavenny4    ,mr4 ,isaac ,wyke1    
surgeon1 late of ,abergavenny1 was born 
at ,leominster1  ,july #beth1 #aggj4    
,his parents were pious members of the  
,baptist ,church in  that town1 then    
under the pastoral care of the late     
,rev4 ,joshua ,thomas4  ,they1          
therefore1 led him in early life to     
attend on the ministry of  their worthy 

pastor1 and trained him up in the       
nurture and admonition of  the ,lord4   
,thus privileged1 the importance of     
religion was often pressed  on his      
attention1 and its excellence presented 
to his view2 and he was  thereby        
preserved from many of the snares1 the  
follies1 and the sins  into which young 
persons1 less favourably circumstanced1 
are often  hurried4    ,it was not1     
however1 till his sixteenth year1 that  
he appeared to be  truly renewed by the 
grace of ,god4 ,then he manifestly      
became a new  creature in ,christ       
,jesus4 ,with his whole heart he now    
devoted himself  to the ,lord1 was      
baptized by ,mr4 ,thomas1 and received  
into the church4  ,his subsequent       
disposition and conduct fully confirmed 
the sincerity of  his profession1       
adorned the doctrine of ,god our        
,saviour1 and greatly  endeared him to  
his pastor and fellow-members4 ,the     
lively zeal he  manifested in the       
prosperity of the church1 his increasing

 spirituality1  and his active diligence
 in promoting its interests1 soon       
induced his  brethren to choose him to  
the office of deacon1 in connexion with 
his  pious father1 who had been         
previously called by the church to that 
important office4 ,instead1 however1 of 
being unduly elevated with the  honour  
of the post assigned him1 his mind was  
solemnly impressed with  a sense of its 
responsibility4 ,with deep humility1    
therefore1  faithfulness1 and zeal1 he  
applied himself to the discharge of its 
duties1 to the full satisfaction of his 
brethren1 and the manifest  promotion of
 the peace and prosperity of the church1
 throughout the  several years of his   
subsequent residence in ,leominster4    
,in ,february1 #ahjc1 as directed by    
,divine ,providence1 he removed with    
his family to ,abergavenny1 where he    
spent the remainder of his life4  ,here 
a new sphere was presented to engage his
 active zeal4 ,many were his  efforts to
 do good1 nor were those efforts vain4  

,in ,april1 #ahjg1 he and  ,mrs4 ,w4    
7his now surviving widow71 with three   
other persons1 were formed  into the    
first ,english ,baptist ,church1 in     
,abergavenny2 the ,rev4 ,m4  ,thomas1   
who had recently resigned his charge at 
,ryeford1 being pastor1  and ,mr4 ,wyke1
 deacon--a feeble1 but devoted band4    
,his active zeal1  pecuniary            
contributions1 and strenuous efforts    
were put under cheerful  requisition to 
foster this infant cause2 and1 through  
the blessing of  heaven1 sinners were   
successively converted1 and the church  
was edified  and increased4 ,mr4 ,wyke  
continued an honourable member and      
deacon of  this church about twenty     
years4    ,in #ahbg1 however1 he and    
,mrs4 ,wyke1 with several other members1
 withdrew  from it2 when they met for   
worship in a meeting-house which was    
kindly  lent them in another part of the
 town4 ,soon afterwards1 circumstances  
transpired that induced them to withdraw
 from this place also2 and to  commence1

 in ,lion ,street1 the bold undertaking 
of erecting a new house  for the worship
 of ,god4 ,mr4 ,w4 took the whole       
responsibility on himself2  and in      
,july1 #ahbh1 a neat1 substantial1 and  
commodious meeting-house1  with suitable
 vestry and burial-ground1 was          
completed4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4  ,steadman1  
of ,bradford1 who had been intimately   
acquainted with ,mr4 ,wyke  from his    
earliest days1 and the ,rev4 ,j4        
,edwards1 now of ,nottingham1 a  native 
of ,abergavenny1 preached at the        
opening2 and on the following           
,lord's-day1 a church of seventeen      
persons was organised1 ,mr4 ,w4 set     
apart to the office of deacon1 and the  
,lord's ,supper administered by ,dr4    
,steadman4 ,the property was invested in
 trust for the public2 a mortgage  of   
#bjj only being left on it2 and with the
 exception of this sum1 the  whole      
expense incurred was generously         
liquidated by ,mr4 ,wyke4 ,long as  our 
worthy friend retained any capability of

 effort1 he laid himself out  to promote
 this interest2 and both the material   
building1 and the  spiritual house1 here
 cemented in ,christian love1 present a 
striking  monument of his liberality1   
and strenuous exertions to promote the  
cause  of his ,god and ,saviour4    ,his
 religion was evidently the effect of   
genuine principle2 of principle  the    
most salutary in its influence on his   
own mind1 and therefore  practically    
exemplified in all the lovely graces    
that beautify and  adorn the ,christian 
character4 ,his religious sentiments    
were truly  evangelical4 ,guided by     
heaven's bright lamp of inspired truth1 
he  steered with the utmost caution the 
middle course1 between the high  daring 
of ,antinomian presumption on the one   
hand1 and the delusive  quicksands of   
,arminian legality on the other4 ,christ
 to him was the  ,alpha and ,omega4 ,the
 doctrines of grace he contemplated1 not
 with a mere  speculative faith1 or as  
so many propositions to constrain the   

cold  assent of his understanding2 but  
as the wonderful disclosure of the      
unutterable grace of ,god1 giving life  
as well as light to the soul4 ,the      
cross of ,christ was his ever favourite 
theme2 and when listening to  discourses
 that strikingly portrayed the contrast 
of the moral  wretchedness of man1 and  
the unparalleled love of ,god his       
,saviour1 the  most intense interest was
 plainly pictured on his countenance2   
the  delight that pervaded his bosom    
constrained him to look around on his   
fellow-worshippers with beaming eyes1   
that seemed to say to them1 ,see  how he
 loved us6 while his whole soul was     
manifestly absorbed in  wonder1 love1   
and praise4    ,actuated by such views  
and feelings1 as well as by a warm      
desire to do  good1 he preached         
occasionally for many years2 principally
 in destitute  villages1 where1 but for 
his disinterested efforts1 there would  
have  been no vision to direct perishing
 sinners to the ,saviour2 but often     

also1 with disinterested kindness for   
his own and other stated pastors1       
whenever his services were called for4  
,the reputation of his character  and   
the loveliness of his example1 as well  
as his mental treasure of  human and    
divine knowledge1 secured him the most  
candid attention1 and  gave an          
interesting and edifying charm to his   
discourses4 ,while he  pointed to       
heaven1 he also himself led the way4    
,his profession of religion1 extended as
 it was1 to nearly half a  century1 was 
remarkable for its uniform consistency  
and unfailing  constancy4 ,as the       
disciple of ,jesus1 he was spiritual1   
humble1 and  zealous4 ,in his official  
capacity in the church1 he was watchful1
  diligent1 and active2 condescending1  
affectionate1 and kind to the  poorest  
of the flock2 loving to all his         
brethren1 and much beloved by  them4 ,in
 all the relations of life he sustained1
 whether as a husband1  parent1 friend1 
or neighbour1 the excellencies of his   

religion were  developed with more than 
common lustre2 and secured to him a     
well-deserved reputation1 a most        
profound respect4 ,that he had his      
imperfections we readily admit2 and if1 
as astronomers inform us1 there  are    
dark spots even on the sun in the       
heavens1 no wonder that feeble          
creatures1 dwelling in dust1 should     
present some shades of infirmity4  ,but 
yet as the sun of nature1 in spite of   
his spots1 pours a constant  flood of   
refulgent light upon surrounding worlds1
 so our esteemed  friend1               
notwithstanding some manifest           
imperfections1 presented to all  who    
encircled him the light of an eminent   
example of religion1 in the  unyielding 
integrity of its principles1 and in all 
the amiable  loveliness of its practice4
 ,through the grace of ,god which was   
bestowed  upon him1 his path was truly  
as the shining light1 which shineth more
  and more to the perfect day4    ,here1
 however1 he had no continuing city1 and

 at length the time of his  departure   
hence drew near4 ,a paralytic stroke1 in
 #ahbd1 had admonished  him of his      
approaching change4 ,though from that   
seizure he was soon1 in  part1          
mercifully recovered1 and was still in a
 good degree active and  useful2 yet his
 mental powers then received a shock1 in
 consequence of  which they gradually   
became still more and more impaired2 so 
that for  the three or four last years  
of his life1 his intellect resembled a  
magnificent structure1 fallen and in    
ruins4 ,as long1 however1 as any        
capability remained1 he continued to    
attend the house of ,god with the       
liveliest interest2 and for a long time 
was conveyed to it1 when much           
enfeebled1 in a ,bath chair4 ,he had the
 happiness of seeing the last of  his   
children received into the church1 on   
profession of repentance  towards ,god1 
and faith in our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4  
,the last time he ever  attended on the 
public means of grace1 was with much    

difficulty1 in  ,october1 #ahcc1 when   
his youngest son was baptized2 and it   
was to him a  most sacred season of     
unspeakable delight and joy4 ,from this 
time he  continued in a very feeble     
state1 both of mind and body1 though    
without  much suffering2 till ,monday1  
#bhth ,july last1 when he was assailed  
with  the illness1 that quickly         
manifested itself to be the harbinger of
  death4 ,the conflict1 however1 was    
short1 for on the following ,sabbath    
evening1 ,aug4 #crd1 #ahcd1 he was      
released1 and his emancipated spirit    
took its soaring flight to his long     
desired and eternal rest4 ,precious  in 
the sight of the ,lord is the death of  
his saints4 ,his remains were  interred 
on the following ,thursday1 by the ,rev4
 ,john ,campbell1 pastor of  the church 
in ,lion ,street1 who delivered an      
interesting1 appropriate1  and solemn   
address on the occasion4 ,on the        
following ,lord's-day1 ,aug4  #ajth1    
,mr4 ,williams of ,ryeford preached his 

funeral discourse1 from  ,isaiah lvii4  
#a1 #b4    ,may all who read this memoir
 be followers of our deceased brother1  
as  he was of ,christ6                  
,w4 ,w4 ,r4                             
,,the ,,christian ,,armour4             
,,the ,,girdle4                    ,to  
the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4  
,amongst other predictions of the       
,messiah's character and fitness for    
the offices which he had undertaken1 we 
read1 ,isa4 xi4 #e1 that  righteousness 
should be the girdle of his loins1 and  
faithfulness the  girdle of his reins3  
and the apostle reminds us that1 if we  
would  profit by the example of the     
,captain of our salvation1 and the      
armour  which he hath provided for us1  
we must have our loins girt about with  
truth4 ,the girdle was used chiefly to  
strengthen the loins1 but was also  of  
great service in uniting the different  
parts of the armour compactly  together4
 ,if a body be loaded with armour       
hanging loosely1 many wounds  may be    

inflicted1 unless they are fastened     
together by the belt or  girdle3 so the 
,christian's graces may prove           
insufficient to preserve or  fortify    
him1 unless compacted by the girdle of  
sincerity4    ,as the apostle had       
directed the posture in which the       
,christian should  maintain the fight1  
so he exhorts them to gird the loins1 as
 the seat  of bodily strength1 which we 
are to understand spiritually1 as the   
loins of the mind1 7#a ,peter i4 #ac17  
to be girt about with truth4    ,truth  
may be considered as opposed to error1  
or to insincerity2 and as               
characterizing man's creed1 or his      
conduct4 ,there is truth in doctrine1   
and truth in duty2 truth in principle1  
and truth in practice2 and the          
,christian soldier is supposed to       
possess all these4 ,we regard it here   
as synonymous with sincerity1 and       
corresponding with the exhortation  of  
,joshua to the chosen tribes3 ,serve the
 ,lord in sincerity and  truth2 and of  

the apostle to the ,corinthians3 ,keep  
the feast with  the unleavened bread of 
sincerity and truth4 ,in like manner we 
are to enter on the conflict with our   
spiritual adversaries with the  utmost  
integrity1 otherwise the greatest       
advantages will prove utterly           
unavailable4 ,christian sincerity is too
 generally considered as nothing  more  
than good intention1 which may exist    
with great error in  doctrine1 and evil 
in practice2 and has been found in the  
superstitious  bigot1 and the blood     
thirsty persecutor4    ,but the         
sincerity required in a good soldier of 
,jesus ,christ1 implies  an honest      
endeavour to understand the will of     
,god2 a prompt obedience  to the word of
 command2 and an entire devotion to the 
cause of truth  and righteousness4      
,sincerity may consist with very        
defective views of divine truth2 but it 
will not consist with allowed deviations
 from truth or duty4 ,the wisdom  that  
is from above is without partiality and 

without hypocrisy4 ,it is  allowed1 that
 ,paul1 before his conversion1 verily   
thought that he  ought to do many things
 against the name of ,jesus2 but it does
 not  appear that he took pains to      
examine the claims of ,christianity as  
he  might have done2 and1 but for the   
abounding mercy of ,god through ,christ1
  his ignorance and unbelief would have 
formed no cloak for his sin4 ,it  could 
not be for want of opportunity that he  
did not attend the ministry  of ,christ 
himself4 ,why did he not first search   
the ,scriptures as the  ,bereans did1 to
 see whether things were as the apostles
 affirmed them to  be8 ,nathanael of    
,galilee was the subject of a popular   
prejudice when he  said1 with an air of 
indifference and distrust1 ,can any good
 thing come  out of ,nazareth8 ,yet he  
went to examine for himself2 and when he
 saw1  he believed with the heart1 and  
confessed with the mouth1 and obtained  
that honourable testimony that he was an
 ,israelite indeed1 in whom  there was  

no guile4    ,nor is it less essential  
to sincerity that the soldier yield a   
prompt  obedience to the word of        
command4 ,no intelligence1 nor skill in 
armour1  will make up for the want of   
integrity manifested by the disobedient4
  ,who does not see the insincerity of  
those ,jews who1 it is said1 believed   
in ,christ1 but were afraid to confess  
,him8 ,or of that amiable youth who     
turned back from following ,him1 rather 
than part with his possessions8  ,or of 
him who would follow ,christ1 but must  
wait for the death of his  father8 ,or  
those to whom ,he said1 with a degree of
 severity not usual  with the ,saviour1 
,why call ye me ,lord1 ,lord1 and do not
 the things that  ,i say8 but added1    
,then are ye my disciples indeed1 when  
ye do  whatsoever ,i command you4       
,the sincerity of ,paul1 when converted1
 was evident to all1 and remains  as a  
model for every honest-hearted inquirer4
 ,observe1 how inquisitive6  ,lord1 what
 wilt thou have me to do8 ,what         

resolution to obey6  ,immediately ,i    
conferred not with flesh and blood4 ,and
 what  perseverance6 ,what mean ye1 to  
weep and break my heart8 ,i am ready1   
not  only to be bound1 but to die at    
,jerusalem1 for the name of the ,lord   
,jesus4 ,this decision of character     
cleared his course1 and brought other   
disciples to a better mind2 for it is   
added1 ,when he would not be  persuaded1
 they ceased1 saying1 ,the will of the  
,lord be done6    ,in the same          
interesting character we have           
exemplified that entire  devotion of    
heart and life which demonstrated the   
sincerity of his  profession1 the purity
 of his motives1 and the strength of his
  attachment to the ,author and         
,finisher of his faith4    ,on no       
occasion did he discover the feebleness 
usually attendant upon a  divided heart1
 or the selfish pride which1 under the  
garb of zeal for  ,god1 so often seeks  
its own glory3--not like ,jehu1 who1 it 
is admitted1  exterminated the family of

 ,ahab at the command of ,god1 yet was  
actuated  by a spirit of vain-glory2 and
 as what he did was not to please ,god1 
so the ambitious cruelty from which he  
acted was avenged on his                
posterity3--not as the ,jews1 who1 in   
keeping religious fasts and feasts1  did
 it to themselves and not to ,god4 ,the 
apostles could say1 ,whether  we live1  
we live to the ,lord2 and whether we    
die1 we die to the ,lord4  ,so that the 
one universal rule of action which gave 
simplicity to  their aim and unity to   
their efforts1 was1 ,whether we eat1 or 
drink1  or whatever we do1 we should do 
all to the glory of ,god4    ,from the  
important nature of this branch of      
armour1 we may infer its  extensive     
usefulness4    ,to compact together the 
various graces of the ,spirit2 and to   
strengthen  the soul under great and    
long-continued conflicts4 ,thus the     
,lord  strengthened ,david1 and prepared
 him for conflict1 ,ps4 xviii4 #ci3     
,thou  hast girded me with strength to  

the battle4 ,alluding to this1 he       
expected preservation in the evil day1  
,ps4 xxv4 #ba3 ,let integrity and       
uprightness preserve me4 ,in prophesying
 of the ,messiah1 he employs a  similar 
expression1 ,ps4 cxiii4 #a3 ,the ,lord  
is clothed with strength1  wherewith ,he
 hath girded himself4    ,the worth of  
this may be learned by the want of it4  
,how many faint in  the day of          
adversity1 showing that their strength  
is small6 ,for want  of this1 ,peter and
 ,luke were carried away with           
dissimulation2 and were  recovered by   
means of a painful exposure1 and public 
rebuke4    ,through insincerity the     
children of ,judah carrying bows turned 
back in  the day of battle2 and ,demas  
forsook the apostles1 and returned to   
the  bosom of the world4 ,unhappy man6  
,for a time he appeared to give up earth
  for the hope of heaven1 then turned   
from the holy commandment for the  sake 
of the world2 and1 for aught that       
appears1 was finally cast away6         

,contrast with these1 others1 fighting  
under the same banners1 and who         
contended against similar foes1 but were
 by nature equally insufficient  of     
themselves2 yet these were sincere1     
girded with truth4 ,behold ,daniel  and 
his three noble associates1 who would   
neither relinquish1 nor defer1  nor even
 conceal their religion1 but presented a
 firm crest to the  insulting foe2 and1 
having faith unfeigned1 love without    
dissimulation1  and a spirit without    
guile1 no poisoned arrows could pierce  
them1 no  furious threatenings could    
divert them2 and when they had passed   
through  the furnace1 their clothes did 
not so much as smell of the fire4 ,in   
like manner the apostles could say in   
the midst of much tribulation1  ,our    
rejoicing is this1 the testimony of our 
conscience1 that in  simplicity and     
godly sincerity1 not with fleshly       
wisdom1 but by the  grace of ,god1 we   
have had our conversation in the world4 
,let every  ,christian soldier have his 

loins girt about with truth1 and the    
feeble shall be as ,david1 and ,david as
 an angel of ,god6                      
,clapham4  ,j4 ,e4                      
,,the ,,late ,,christopher ,,smart4     
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,a writer in the ,april   
,number of your ,miscellany1 influenced 
by the  genius displayed in the verses  
of ,mr4 ,smart therein quoted1 requested
 to  learn more of the history of the   
poet4 ,if the following particulars are 
considered worthy of insertion1 ,i will 
also offer for your future pages  the   
biography of another literary character4
 ,the present narrative of  the         
incidents in the life of ,mr4           
,christopher ,smart presents a great    
mind  under the influence of a common   
but dangerous evil1 and displays        
powerful arguments to call off the      
,christian from that pernicious habit   
which brought ruin on him4 ,this will be
 seen in the sequel4    ,christopher    
,smart was born at ,shipbourne1 in      

,kent1 ,april #aa1 #agbb4 ,his  father  
was possessed of almost #cjj a year1    
from an estate in that  neighbourhood4  
,his mother was a ,miss ,gilpin1 of the 
family of the  celebrated reformer1     
,bernard ,gilpin1 by the father's side4 
,his  grandfather had been a prebendary 
of ,durham1 in the reign of ,charles    
,i41  and was accounted by the puritan  
party as the proto-martyr in their      
cause1 having been degraded and deprived
 of all his ecclesiastical  preferments1
 fined #ejj1 and imprisoned eleven      
years4 ,when restored to  liberty by the
 parliament1 he appeared as a witness   
against ,archbishop  ,laud3 the libel   
for which he suffered was written in    
,latin verse1 and  was published in     
#afdc4    ,the family estate at         
,shipbourne was1 at the death of his    
father1 sold at  a considerable loss to 
pay his debts1 and the widow and family 
were thus  left destitute4 ,his father  
was a man of liberal education1 and     
probably  communicated to his son a     

taste for literature2 and to the same   
source  may possibly be ascribed that   
train of pious reflections which        
appeared  so conspicuous in many of his 
poetical pieces4    ,smart was born     
earlier than the usual period of        
gestation1 which might  occasion a      
tenderness of constitution4 ,his taste  
for poetry is said to  have appeared    
when he was only four years old1 in an  
extempore effusion  which has not been  
preserved1 but which is said to have    
indicated a  relish for verse1 and an   
ear for numbers4 ,he was educated at    
,maidstone  until he was eleven years   
old1 at which time his father died1 and 
his  mother was induced to send him to  
,durham1 where he might enjoy the       
advantages of a good school1 change of  
air1 and1 what in his  circumstances    
became desirable1 the notice and        
protection of his  father's relations4  
,young ,smart was cordially received at 
,raby ,castle by ,lord ,barnard1 and    
also obtained the friendship of the     

,hon4 ,mrs4 ,hope1 and the more         
substantial patronage of the ,duchess of
 ,cleveland1 who allowed him #dj a  year
 until her death in #agdb4 ,it was      
probably owing to the liberality of     
,lord ,barnard that1 after he had       
acquired very considerable reputation at
  ,durham ,school1 he was sent to       
,cambridge in his seventeenth year1 and 
admitted at ,pembroke ,hall ,october    
#cj1 #agci4    ,at college he was much  
more distinguished for his poetical     
effort and  classical taste1 than for an
 ambition to excel in the usual routine 
of  academical studies1 and soon became 
a favourite with such of his            
contemporaries as were gay and          
licentious4 ,his imprudence involved him
  in difficulties2 and his difficulties1
 not being quickly removed1  induced an 
habitual neglect of pecuniary matters1  
which adhered to him  throughout life4  
,his pursuit of convivial enjoyments1   
and frequent  excess1 formed the chief  
blot in his character4    ,in #agdc he  

was admitted to the degree of ,bachelor 
of ,arts3 and ,july #c1  #agde1 was     
elected a fellow of ,pembroke ,hall4 ,in
 #agdg he took the degree  of ,master of
 ,arts1 and became a candidate for the  
,seatonian prize1  which was actually   
adjudged to him for five years1 four of 
them in  succession4,a ,it is probable  
that he might have succeeded in the year
  that he failed1 but his thoughts had  
been diverted from close attention  by  
an important change in his situation4   
,footnote ,a3 ,the subjects of these    
poems were3 ,the ,eternity--the         
,immensity--the ,omniscience--the       
,power--and the ,goodness of the        
,supreme  ,being4 ,they were severally  
published from the year #agej to #agef4 
,in #agec he quitted college1 on his    
marriage with ,miss ,ann ,maria ,carnan1
  the daughter1 by a former husband1 of 
,mary1 wife of ,mr4 ,john ,newbery1  the
 bookseller1 of ,st4 ,paul's            
,church-yard4    ,smart's pleasing      
manners1 and generally inoffensive      

conduct1 procured  him the friendship of
 ,dr4 ,johnson1 ,garrick1 ,dr4 ,james1  
,dr4 ,burney1 and  other literary men of
 eminence4 ,the friendship of these     
scholars1 and of  ,lord ,delaval1 to    
whom ,smart had been private tutor1 were
 of great use to  him when in distress4 
,dr4 ,johnson manifested much sympathy  
for poor  ,smart1 and in a time of need 
promptly lent him his aid4 ,the notices 
of  this feeling in ,boswell's ,life of 
,johnson are very interesting2 but with 
all literary men our poet was not in    
harmony1 for so much rancour was        
manifested between ,smart and ,sir ,john
 ,hill1 that the former began a work    
entitled ,hilliad1 and the latter was   
equally pugnacious in a  periodical1    
entitled ,smartiad4 ,smart was injured  
by this war of  obloquy with one1 whom  
to conquer was to exceed in the worst   
part of his  character4 ,hill was a     
compiler of books and a hackneyed       
practitioner in  the arts of that       
profession4 ,he was beneath the notice  

of ,smart4 ,the  ,hilliad1 which is     
perhaps one of the most bitter satires  
ever  published1 would afford a very    
unfavourable opinion of our author's    
character1 had it not been an attack on 
a man who had rendered himself          
ridiculous and contemptible by          
practising with unblushing effrontery   
every species of literary and medical   
quackery4    ,in #aged was published his
 ,hymn to the ,supreme ,being1 written  
on his  recovery from a dangerous fit of
 illness brought on by intemperance4    
,this illness continued through #agee1  
and part of #agef4 ,who can think of    
the benumbing and debasing effect of    
spirits1 and not shudder at the  apathy 
with which the practice is viewed8 ,he  
could write a ,hymn of  ,gratitude to   
the ,supreme ,being1 and yet not        
discover the cause of his  illness1 and 
depart from the practice4 ,the          
constitution of ,mr4 ,smart  required   
the utmost care4 ,his mind was easily   
excited4 ,his disposition  was naturally

 amiable and placid1 but the use of     
spirits created so much  mental         
irritability upon an imagination        
uncommonly fervid1 that his  powers gave
 way1 and produced strange alienation of
 mind2 and ignorant  that the use of    
spirits thus withered and morbidly      
inflamed his powers1  he sought         
assistance from the destroying enemy1   
and at last his  paroxysms became so    
violent and continued1 as to render     
confinement  necessary4 ,in this        
melancholy state1 his family 7for he had
 now two  children7 must have been much 
embarrassed in their circumstances1 but 
for the kind friendship and assistance  
of ,mr4 ,newbery4 ,many others were     
forward to assist2 and particularly ,dr4
 ,samuel ,johnson4    ,your readers1    
,mr4 ,editor1 after perusing this sketch
 of ,mr4 ,smart's  history1 will        
doubtless be gratified by the account   
which ,mr4 ,boswell  narrates of a      
conversation with ,dr4 ,johnson on the  
case of ,smart4 ,the  ,doctor observes3 

,madness frequently discovers itself    
merely by unnecessary deviation         
from the usual modes of the world4 ,my  
poor friend ,smart showed the           
disturbance of his mind by falling upon 
his knees1 and saying his      prayers1 
in the street1 or in any other unusual  
place4 ,now although1      rationally   
speaking1 it is greater madness not to  
pray at all1 than      to pray as ,smart
 did1 ,i am afraid there are so many who
 do not pray1      that their           
understanding is not called in question4
 ,concerning this      unfortunate poet1
 ,christopher ,smart1 who was confined  
in a madhouse1      he had1 at another  
time1 the following conversation with   
,dr4 ,burney3      ,burney--',how does  
poor ,smart do1 ,sir8 is he likely to   
recover8'      ,johnson--',it seems as  
if his mind had ceased to struggle with 
the      disease2 for he grows fat upon 
it4' ,burney--',perhaps1 ,sir1 that may 
be from want of exercise8'              
,johnson--',no1 ,sir2 he has partly as  

much      exercise as he used to have2  
for he digs in the garden4 ,indeed1     
before his confinement1 he used for     
exercise to walk to the      alehouse2  
but he was carried back again4 ,i did   
not think he ought to      be shut up4  
,his infirmities were not noxious to    
society4 ,he insisted      on people    
praying with him2 and ,i'd as lief pray 
with ,kit ,smart as      any one        
else4'--,boswell's ,life of ,johnson1   
,page #cdi1 vol4 i41      ,edit4 #ahbb1 
#hvo4    ,after his recovery1 which was1
 as it appears by his conduct1 not quite
  complete1 he joined with ,rolt1 to    
write for a ,magazine published by      
,gardner1,a which continued only two    
years4 ,the contract was for            
ninety-nine years1 and ,smart and ,rolt 
were to have a third of the  profits4   
,dr4 ,johnson1 with a friendly feeling1 
wrote some articles4        ,footnote   
,a3 ,mr4 ,henry ,gardner1 whom the      
writer of this note knew      well1     
lived at the corner of ,melford ,lane1  

in the ,strand4 ,he was a      shrewd   
man1 and probably made the contract for 
ninety-nine years to      bind the      
services of two irregular men4          
,smart's madness1 according to ,dr4     
,johnson's account1 discovered itself   
chiefly in unnecessary deviations from  
the usual modes of the world1 in  things
 that are not improper in themselves4   
,he would fall upon his knees  and say  
his prayers in the street1 or in any    
unusual place1 and insisted  on people  
praying with him4 ,these were regarded  
as the vagaries of an  eccentric man1   
and not hallucinations of the mind      
arising from the  effects of stimulating
 drinks2 but some were wiser1 and placed
 him in  confinement1 to give his       
constitution a chance of recovering from
 the  effects of intemperance4 ,when his
 mind appeared to be in some measure    
restored1 he took a pleasant lodging    
near ,st4 ,james's ,park1 and  conducted
 his affairs for some time with         
prudence4 ,he was maintained  partly by 

his literary occupations1 and partly by 
the generosity of his  friends1         
receiving1 among other benefactions1 #ej
 a year from the  treasury1 but by whose
 interest this favour was obtained is   
not known4    ,in #ageg he published ,a 
,prose ,translation of the ,works of    
,horace4 ,from  this performance he     
could derive but little fame4 ,he       
thought that such  a translation could  
be useful to those who are desirous of  
acquiring or  recovering a competent    
knowledge of the ,latin tongue4 ,the    
good or the  evil of literal            
translations is yet a problem1 and each 
side of the  question has its advocates4
 ,though our poet was engaged on the one
  hand in translating the ,odes of      
,horace into prose1 on the other he     
successfully translated ,pope's ,ode to 
,st4 ,cecilia into ,latin verse1 and    
thereby obtained the notice of ,mr4     
,pope1 with whom a correspondence       
ensued1 of which ,mr4 ,smart was not a  
little vain4    ,in what manner he lived

 for some time after this1 we are not   
told2 but  ,garrick1 finding him in     
pecuniary distress1 gave him the profits
 of a  benefit at his theatre4    ,in   
#agfc1 he published ,a ,song to ,david1 
in which there are some  passages       
greatly to be admired1 and which1 ,mr4  
,editor1 as a man of  taste1 you have   
introduced to your readers2 but there   
are some to be  found of even more      
majestic animation2 and it will surprise
 the reader  when he is told that this  
piece was composed by him during his    
confinement2 when he was debarred the   
use of pen1 ink1 and paper1 and  was    
obliged to indent his lines1 with the   
end of a key1 upon the  wainscot4 ,in   
the same year he published ,poems1 and  
at the conclusion  betrays that         
irritability and self-conceit which are 
frequently observed  to precede1 and    
generally to accompany1 derangement of  
mind4    ,in all these poems his        
imagination1 although occasionally fine1
 went  often into wild excesses1 and    

evinced that his mind had never         
recovered  its sober tone4 ,in his      
intervals of health and regularity1 he  
still  continued to write4 ,his         
,translation of the ,psalms of ,david   
afford a  melancholy proof of want of   
judgment and decay of powers4 ,we find  
him at  length an inmate of the ,king's 
,bench prison4 ,here he died after a    
short  illness1 occasioned by a disorder
 in his liver1 ,may #ahth1 #aggj1       
leaving  two daughters1 who1 with his   
widow1 were long settled at ,reading1   
and by  their prudent management of the 
bookselling trade1 transferred to them  
by ,mr4 ,john ,newbery1 were enabled to 
maintain a very respectable rank in     
life4    ,of his personal character1 the
 following particulars yet remain to be 
added from the memoirs3 ,his piety was  
exemplary and fervent2 it may not  be   
uninteresting to the reader to be told1 
that ,mr4 ,smart1 in composing  the     
religious poems1 was frequently so      
impressed with the sentiment of         

devotion1 as to write particular        
passages on his knees4 ,he was friendly1
  affectionate1 and liberal to excess2  
so as often to give that to others  of  
which he was in the utmost want himself4
    ,in his religious poems on the      
,supreme ,deity1 written for the        
,seatonian  prize1 the fault was perhaps
 in the expectation that such subjects  
can  be treated with advantage4 ,in the 
preface to ,pope's ,ode to ,st4         
,cecilia1  he allows that1 the choosing 
too high subjects has been the ruin of  
many a tolerable genius2 and ,dr4       
,johnson1 with majestic energy1         
remarks1 that whatever is great1        
desirable1 or tremendous1 is comprised  
in the name of the ,supreme ,being4     
,omnipotence cannot be exalted2         
infinity cannot be amplified2 perfection
 cannot be improved4                    
,leumas4                    ,a ,,candid 
,,appeal ,,to ,,congregational          
,,christians4                    ,to the
 ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4     

,of all the divisions existing among the
 real servants of ,christ1 there  is    
none1 ,i think1 so remarkable1 nor more 
injurious1 than the separation  of      
congregationalists into the two parties 
of ,pdobaptists and  ,antipdobaptists4  
,perfectly agreed as they are respecting
 the character  of the ,new ,testament  
church1 and occupying exactly the same  
position  with regard to the            
ecclesiastical establishments of this   
country1 it  appears truly surprising   
that they should yet entirely disagree  
as to  the qualifications entitling an  
individual to the sacred initiatory     
ordinance of the ,christian             
dispensation2 and that1 after the lapse 
of  centuries1 during which the finest  
talents on each side have been  employed
 in the discussion of the subject1 that 
they should yet remain  as decidedly    
opposed upon it as at the first4        
,perhaps both parties are  equally      
culpable with regard to the spirit in   
which their respective  positions may   

have been maintained2 but it is evident 
that only one of  them can be wrong with
 regard to the letter4 ,christians of   
all parties  are now entertaining the   
hope1 that the day is drawing nigh when 
the  spiritual vision of the members of 
,christ shall be so improved as to      
enable them to avail themselves of the  
full light of the gospel to  subdue     
their respective prejudices and         
antipathies2 and when the love of       
,christ shall be so shed abroad in all  
hearts1 as to lead them into that       
blessed state of union1 into which it is
 predicted the church is to be  brought4
 ,and here ,i beg to ask1 considering   
how simple is the nature of  the        
question which divides the              
congregationalists into two parties1 if 
this blessed movement ought not to begin
 with them8 ,and what an honour  it     
would be1 to be the first in this       
glorious movement6 ,and surely it  may  
well animate us earnestly to desire this
 goodly precedence1 when we  consider   

how powerfully and influentially the    
example would act on all  other         
,christian parties1 so as probably to   
lead all rapidly forward to  the happy1 
long-desired consummation4 ,in the      
meantime we may well bear  with the     
errors of other parties1 considering how
 many causes concur to  keep them under 
the dominion of their prejudices1 and   
that all of them  are heightened by the 
spectacle of our own unnatural division1
 while we  are calling upon them to     
submit themselves to the laws of the    
,new  ,testament4 ,o that all           
controversial argumentation might for   
the future  be conducted only in the    
spirit of love6 that all might be       
prepared to  lay aside censoriousness1  
and all appearances of contempt1 to     
avoid all  unseemly confidence1 and     
sedulously to watch against a spirit of 
self  exaltation1 desiring that the     
,lord alone may be exalted in the       
display  and in the triumph of his      
truth6 ,when the ,spirit of the ,lord   

shall be so  poured upon his church1    
that the truth shall be sought in this  
way1  errors will soon be detected1 and 
the blessed union of saints be quickly  
accomplished4 ,the church is not without
 the means4 ,the cause of our           
differences is not the want of          
sufficient spiritual light4    ,i have  
remarked above1 that one of the parties 
only on the subject of  infant baptism  
can be wrong with regard to the letter2 
and here it is  with real grief that ,i 
must appear in the character of a       
partisan2 but ,i  humbly submit to the  
candid consideration of my ,pdobaptist  
brethren  whether what follows be not a 
fair representation of the principal    
grounds on which the advocates of the   
practice of baptizing infants  found    
their arguments in support of the       
practice3 ,the covenant of  grace1 as it
 was revealed to ,abraham1 discovers it 
to be the will of  ,god1 that the       
infants of believers in ,christ should  
be dedicated to ,god  by baptism4 ,that 

the practice was sanctioned by the      
apostles1 and  designed to be a blessing
 to children1 and serviceable to the    
cause of  the gospel4    ,the following 
queries are1 with great ,christian      
respect and affection1  offered for the 
consideration of the ,pdobaptist        
servants of ,christ4    #a4 ,does it not
 appear to be a fundamental principle in
 the ,new  ,testament1 and designed to  
have been constantly kept in view1 that 
the  churches of ,christ should1 as far 
as human judgment and ,christian        
charity would allow1 be exclusively     
voluntary associations of persons       
brought to desire the salvation of      
,christ1 and to be numbered as his      
servants8    #b4 ,is there any part of  
the ,new ,testament which will justify a
 church in  recognizing any persons as  
the children of the promise1 unless they
  appear to be partakers of the faith of
 ,abraham8 ,on the contrary1 does it    
not plainly appear that the ,new        
,testament children of the father of the

  faithful should receive baptism as    
,abraham received circumcision1 a seal  
of the grace which they had being yet   
unbaptized8    #c4 ,were not            
circumcisions under the ,abrahamic      
covenant more extensive  and            
indiscriminate than the circumcisions   
under the ,mosaic economy1 and          
therefore more unlike ,new ,testament   
baptisms than the latter8 ,wherefore1   
then1 is the former covenant represented
 as affording the archetype of          
,christian baptism8    #d4 ,under the   
,old ,testament covenant the descendants
 of ,abraham1 ,isaac1  and ,jacob were  
by natural birth--whether partakers of  
spiritual faith or  not--equal members  
of the commonwealth of ,israel4 ,but is 
not the ,new  ,testament covenant1 in   
this respect1 essentially different1 the
  principles of the gospel not          
recognizing unions of the holy and the  
unholy1 and the ,new ,testament         
containing no provisions for the        
government of such communities8    #e4  

,is not the ,new ,testament covenant    
peculiarly distinguished from the       
,jewish1 whether considered as          
,abrahamic or ,mosaic 7was the latter   
any  thing more than a development of   
the former87 by its unveiled            
spirituality1 and by its respect for    
individual moral character8    #f4 ,does
 the ,new ,testament1 in any part1      
appear to recognize the people  of      
,christ in a corporate capacity1 except 
as they appear to be united by  the     
spiritual principles of the gospel8     
#g4 ,is not the remarkable fact1 that   
,pdobaptism obliges its advocates to    
retire back to the book of ,genesis in  
search of a covenant to justify  them in
 their use of the ,new ,testament       
ordinance of baptism1 of itself  nearly 
sufficient to evince that their practice
 is inconsistent with  the covenant of  
grace1 as it is revealed in the gospel8 
and does it  not become a certainty1    
when it appears that circumcision under 
the  ,abrahamic covenant was1 in some   

important respects1 an institution of a 
perfectly contrary character to the     
ordinance of baptism2 the former        
exhibiting a compulsory character1 which
 rendered it imperative upon  ,abraham  
to circumcise ,ishmael1 and to enforce  
it upon his whole  household1 whether   
bond or free2 and to enjoin it for all  
their  posterity1 under the awful       
threatening of utter exclusion from the 
covenant and family of ,god8 ,is there  
not here a most striking contrast  with 
the inspired records of the institution 
and administration of the  ordinance of 
baptism8    #h4 ,if the views of the    
apostles on this subject had been       
coincident  with those of               
,antipdobaptist divines1 could they have
 refrained from  declaring them1 when   
the conduct of the teachers of          
circumcision was  such as to create     
continual occasions which called for a  
plain statement  of the gospel doctrine 
of baptism8 ,did not the state into     
which the  infant church at ,antioch had

 been brought by these teachers         
particularly  require that such         
statements should be made8 ,would not a 
declaration on  the part of the         
apostles1 in their assembly at          
,jerusalem1 of the  doctrine of         
,pdobaptism1 have tended at once to     
terminate the  controversy8 ,is it      
imaginable that they should have        
refrained1 on this  occasion1 from      
informing the ,gentile converts that1 by
 the substitution  of baptism for       
circumcision1 they and their children   
were exempted for  ever from the claims 
of the circumcisers8    #i4 ,what law of
 the gospel is broken by those parents  
who1 without  baptism1 prayerfully      
devote their children to ,christ8       
#aj4 ,are the children of               
,antipdobaptists1 if brought up in the  
nurture  and admonition of the ,lord1   
less likely to become living members of 
,christ than the children of            
,pdobaptists2 and is there any spiritual
  benefit conferred on these by the     

rite1 of which those to whom it is not  
administered are deprived8    #aa4      
,whenever a pious ,jew might have been  
asked the question1 ,what  benefits are 
secured to the children and nation of   
,israel by the rite of  circumcision8 he
 could at once1 by a reference to the   
appointment1 and  to the promises and   
threatenings connected with it1 have    
given a clear  and satisfactory answer  
to the question2 but when a similar     
question is  proposed to ,pdobaptists   
respecting their practice1 are they able
 to  give to it a like satisfactory     
answer8 ,is there any agreement on the  
subject8 ,is not every thing here vague1
 mystical1 and incongruous8 ,and        
wherefore is this8 ,is it not simply    
because that1 unlike the ,jew1 they     
canot refer to the law and to the       
testimony8    #ab4 ,is not the          
distinction existing in ,pdobaptist     
churches1 between  persons who are      
entitled to one only of the sacraments  
of the gospel1  and those who are       

entitled to both2 between unconsciously 
initiated  members1 and professed       
voluntary members1 entirely without     
countenance  from the ,new ,testament8  
#ac4 ,was not baptism in the apostles'  
days a special means of grace in  the   
church2 and was it not always designed  
to be so8 ,but if it is not a  means of 
grace to infants1 does not the baptizing
 them plainly tend to  nullify a gospel 
ordinance1 depriving both them and the  
church of its  benefits8    #ad4 ,has   
not the practice of infant baptism1 in  
all ages of the church1  been a         
pernicious source of delusion8 ,and is  
there any way of avoiding  its injurious
 influence on the world1 and regaining  
the benefit of the  ordinance to the    
church1 but by following up the         
principles of the ,new  ,testament1 and 
abandoning the practice of infant       
baptism8    ,let these inquiries be     
seriously1 impartially1 and prayerfully 
considered1 by all who are concerned for
 the purity and efficiency of  the      

church1 the unity of its members1 and   
the glory of its ,author4               
,antipdobaptist4                        
,,on ,a ,,missionary ,,spirit4          
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,no period of the rolling 
year1 perhaps1 is received with more    
cordial  feelings of joy than the one on
 which we have now entered4 ,to the     
admirer of the works of nature--its     
smiling face--its verdant  mantle--the  
exchange of the chilly blast of winter  
for etherial mildness  and softer gales1
 cannot but afford pleasure and delight2
 for lo1  winter is past2 the rain is   
over and gone2 and the time of the      
singing  of birds is come4    ,to those 
that love to contemplate ,god1 not only 
in the works of nature1  but also in    
those of grace1 the approach of this    
month cannot but be  hailed with        
feelings of joy1 on account of those    
delightful  opportunities which are then
 afforded of hearing our missionary     
brethren1 who have come from the east   

and the west to rehearse all that  the  
,lord has done for them1 and how he has 
opened the door of faith unto  the      
,gentiles 7heathen74    ,it is1 however1
 to be feared that1 with many1 the      
pleasure that is felt  in attending     
these public meetings arises from the   
mere excitement of  passion1 not based  
upon or guided by any fixed principle2  
and therefore1  like the morning cloud  
and early dew1 soon passes away4 ,if it 
be asked1  ,what is the true spirit     
which every ,christian should possess in
  reference to the publication of the   
truth8 it may be replied1 ,a  missionary
 spirit2 which includes1    #a4 ,a      
spirit of importunate prayer4 ,what     
single employment is there in  which we 
may be engaged1 or what enterprise can  
we undertake1 that does  not depend upon
 our ,maker for success8 ,the merchant  
may freight his bark  for a distant     
shore2 but for its safe arrival into    
port1 he must look to  ,him who holds   
the waters in the hollow of his hand1   

and whom the winds  and sea obey4 ,the  
husbandman may prepare the soil1 and    
implant the seed  but from ,god alone   
can he expect the gentle showers of     
rain1 and the  congenial sunshine4 ,and 
if the blessing of ,god is absolutely   
necessary  for the success of           
undertakings relating to temporal       
affairs1 how much  more so in things    
that are spiritual6 ,here1 especially1  
,paul may plant1  and ,apollos water2   
but it is ,god alone that can give the  
increase4 ,and  in what way are we to   
seek it but by prayer8 ,it is prayer    
that will open  the windows of heaven1  
and cause the ,almighty to pour us out a
 blessing1  so that there shall not be  
room to receive it4 ,it will come down  
like  rain on the new-mown grass--as    
showers that water the earth4    ,in all
 the dwellings of ,jacob may prayer be  
heard ascending to the ,most  ,high1 for
 blessings to attend our meetings6      
#b4 ,a spirit of thanksgiving4 ,it is   
the distinguishing feature in a  worldly

 man's disposition or character1 that1  
however he may be inclined  to pray for 
worldly prosperity1 he is always        
backward in acknowledging  the blessing 
bestowed2 yea1 the more ,god lavishes   
his favours upon him1  the less does he 
recognize the hand of the ,giver4 ,let  
us act as becometh  ,christians4 ,let   
our hearts overflow with gratitude for  
mercies received4  ,let past mercies    
excite us to gratitude1 and encourage us
 in our future  labours4    #c4 ,a      
spirit of rejoicing4 ,let not the       
interesting intelligence that  may be   
afforded be read with cold indifference4
 ,what is the ,christian's  joy and     
crown of rejoicing8 ,is it not the      
salvation of the soul through  his      
instrumentality8 ,if there is joy in    
heaven over one sinner that  repenteth1 
shall it not produce joy in our bosoms  
when we hear1 not of  one1 but of many  
being brought to the knowledge of the   
truth8    #d4 ,a spirit of active       
benevolence4 ,here is the test of our   

love to  ,jesus4 ,what is more diffusive
 or expanding1 or constraining in its   
nature1 than the principle of love8 ,it 
has for the object of its aim the  glory
 of ,god1 and seeks in every way to     
promote it4 ,the desire of such a  soul 
is1 that ,christ may be magnified in his
 body1 whether it be by life  or by     
death4    ,may a missionary spirit be   
the one which animates every reader6    
,x4 ,y4                                 
,,union ,,is ,,strength4                
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,i have seen a circular   
respecting the ,baptist ,union4 ,it is a
 very  common remark1 that the          
,independents and the ,wesleyan         
,methodists are  more united than the   
,baptists4 ,how is this1 or why should  
it be8 ,they  are probably more         
numerous1 and this may be owing to      
unity4 ,let us look  at the counties of 
,surrey and ,sussex4 ,is there any      
,baptist interest  between ,clapham and 
,horsham8 ,at the latter place there are

 some general  ,baptists4 ,again3 are   
there any ,baptists between ,croydon and
 ,east  ,grinstead8 ,at ,brighton there 
are some2 but take the road from        
,brighton  to ,portsmouth1 and where    
will you find any8 ,not at ,worthing1   
nor  ,arundel1 nor ,chichester1 nor     
,emsworth1 nor ,havant4 ,how is this8   
,either  the funds of the ,baptist ,home
 ,mission are deficient2 or there is a  
want  of exertion4 ,again3 from         
,wandsworth to ,guildford1 ,godalming1  
and onward  to ,portsmouth1 are there   
any ,baptists8 ,if there are1 it is     
unknown to  me4 ,again2 if you could    
describe a circle of twenty miles       
circumference1  making ,findon1 near    
,worthing1 the centre of the circle1    
where will you  find any ,baptists1 if  
you except ,brighton and ,horsham8      
,some twenty years since there were a   
few general ,baptists at ,chichester2   
but they have long been extinct4 ,now1  
,sir1 if there really was that  union of
 heart1 of mental energy1 of exertion1  

and of purse1 which  there ought to be1 
,i might have been spared putting the   
questions which  ,i have just asked4    
,again3 at ,leeds there is a population 
of nearly #acj1jjj1 and1 properly       
speaking1 but one ,baptist interest4    
,there is ample room there for  several2
 there is no lack of ,independents and  
,methodists at ,leeds4 ,i  fear1 ,sir1  
that this is only a very small sample of
 what might be given4  ,i do not think  
that we so much lack preachers1 as funds
 to support  them4    ,at some places1  
probably1 the preachers might teach a   
school3 although  that is not the best  
way a preacher might be employed2 yet1  
in an  emergency1 it might be adopted4  
,the subject1 however1 deserves serious 
consideration4 ,we want a long pull1 a  
strong pull1 and a pull  altogether2 and
 then something might be done4 ,again3  
is there that  union1 and cordiality1   
and brotherly kindness1 and ,christian  
affection1  and personal intercourse1   
between the rich and the poor amongst   

us1  which our ,master has enjoined and 
commanded8 ,i trow not4 ,until this  is 
effected1 how can we expect prosperity  
and increase8 ,do we not also  want more
 prayer--secret prayer for each other2  
social prayer2 and1 when  we pray1 that 
we may love each other1 ought we not to 
do it1 not in  word and in tongue1 but  
in deed and in truth8                   
,a ,baptist of the ,old ,school4        
,,poetry4                               
,a ,,broken ,,heart4        ,what makes 
me court seclusion's shade1      ,and   
shun this vain world's gay parade1      
,whose pleasures blossom but to fade8   
,a broken heart4        ,what makes me  
heave the deep-drawn sigh1      ,and    
raise to heaven my weeping eye1         
,and inly groan--,i scarce know why8    
,a broken heart4        ,what makes me  
bend before ,god's throne1      ,there  
all my guilt and misery own1      ,and  
seek my help from ,christ alone8        
,a broken heart4        ,what makes the 
word of life so sweet1      ,that ,i    

could sit at ,jesu's feet1      ,and    
never quit that dear retreat8           
,a broken heart4        ,what makes the 
cross such charms to wear1      ,that   
while ,i gaze and linger there1      ,no
 room is left for dark despair8         
,a broken heart4        ,what is it     
mellows all my joy1      ,weans me from 
every earthly toy1      ,and leads to   
bliss without alloy8                    
,a broken heart4        ,what spreads   
new rapture through the skies8          
',tis when a soul for mercy cries1      
,and angels see with wondering eyes     
,a broken heart4        ,what though the
 wounds of sin are sore1      ,jesus1 my
 ,lord1 has balm in store2      ,i'll   
use it1 till ,i feel no more            
,a broken heart4                        
,,communion ,,of ,,saints4        ,i    
love to hear the rising songs           
,that celebrate the ,saviour's name     
,attuned by kindred hearts and tongues1 
,who think1 and feel1 and speak the     
same4        ,no voice of discord there 

is heard2        ,no thoughts unholy or 
unkind2      ,no jarring1 unharmonious  
word1        ,to mar the melody of mind4
        ,no more the party-wall of      
pride1        ,erected by one common    
foe1      ,the hearts of brethren shall 
divide1        ,while passing through   
the vale below4        ,no more1        
secluded and unknown1        ,in        
isolated paths they tread2      ,nor    
speed their devious way alone1          
,till numbered with the silent dead4    
,one faith is beaming in their eye2     
,one hope within their bosom glows2     
,while hastening to the realms on high1 
,the blissful region of repose4         
,one is the heaven-born joy they feel2  
,the holy peace and calm delight        
,that each enraptured spirit seal1      
,when ,calvary opens on their sight4    
,one ,lord redeemed them with his blood1
        ,and rose triumphant from the   
tomb1      ,to lead them to one         
,father--,god1        ,whose smiles     
their darkest hours illume4        ,one 

,spirit breathes in every soul          
,with life1 and power1 and love divine2 
,diffusing radiance through the whole1  
,till bright in holiness they shine4    
,and in one home they all will meet1    
,their dangers and their sorrows o'er2  
,and one delightful theme repeat1--     
,united there to part no more4          
,eta4                                   
,,reviews4        ,memoir of the ,life  
and ,writings of the ,rev4 ,joseph      
,ivimey1 late      ,pastor of the       
,church in ,eagle ,street1 ,london1 and 
twenty years      gratuitous ,secretary 
to the ,baptist ,irish ,society4 ,by    
,george      ,pritchard4--,wightman4    
,if there be a name which more than any 
other merits honourable mention  in this
 periodical1 it is unquestionably that  
of ,joseph ,ivimey4 ,he was  one of its 
earliest correspondents1 contributed    
largely1 in various  ways1 to bring it  
up from ,tiverton to ,london1 and wrote 
frequently in  all its departments4 ,he 
was ever ready to cheer its friends1 and

 to  fight with its enemies2 for the    
interest of our ministers' widows lay   
very near his heart1 and in all his     
multifarious engagements in relation  to
 this object1 he was evidently          
stimulated by ,christian compassion4    
,the name of ,mr4 ,i4 will be identified
 with all the great institutions        
connected with the denomination to which
 he thought it an honour to  belong2    
and1 more especially1 in the list of    
,ireland's benefactors he is  certainly 
destined to hold a very distinguished   
place4 ,our departed  brother knew that 
words are cheaper than stones in the    
street2 but it  will be remembered that 
on one occasion1 particularly1 he       
devoted much  time1 and labour1 and     
property1 and influence1 by which he    
encouraged  the committee to send over  
ship-loads of necessary food to keep the
 poor  ,irish alive from famine4    ,mr4
 ,i4 was born at ,ringwood1 in          
,hampshire1 ,may #bbnd1 #aggc4 ,it      
appears1  from the interesting narrative

 before us1 that he lived in ignorance  
and  unbelief till he was #ah years old4
 ,mr4 ,thomas ,williams1,a in the       
presence of his two maternal aunts1 said
 to him one day1 ,young man1 do  you    
know any thing of these things8 ,with an
 honest promptitude1 by  which his whole
 life was characterized1 he             
unhesitatingly replied1 ,i  know nothing
 at all about them4 ,but the arrow had  
gone deep into his  heart2 and nothing  
but the balm of ,gilead could save him4 
,subsequently  he derived much benefit  
from ,elisha ,cole's popular book on    
,divine  ,sovereignty1 and from a sermon
 delivered by ,dr4 ,steadman4 ,he was   
baptized at ,wimborne1 ,september #afth1
 #agij1 by the late ,rev4 ,john         
,saffery4 ,in the following year he     
removed to ,lymington1 and derived much 
instruction from the ,rev4 ,james       
,barnett1 who still survives1 and is in 
communion with the church at ,eagle     
,street4        ,footnote ,a3           
,afterwards an ,independent ,minister1  

at ,bradford4    ,he came first to      
,london in ,april1 #agic1 and communed  
with the church in  ,keppel ,street1    
then under the pastoral care of the     
,rev4 ,j4 ,martin4  ,occasionally1 also1
 he heard ,mr4 ,swain at his ,lord's-day
 evening  lecture1 in ,devonshire       
,square4        ,in taking the coach by 
which he was to depart1 he silently     
said1 ',i      will never see this      
,london again4' ,but the words of the   
prophet are      greatly to be          
preferred3 ',o ,lord1 ,i know that the  
way of man is not      in himself2 it is
 not in man that walketh to direct his  
steps4' p4      #cd4    ,in #agid1 he   
removed to ,portsea1 and was married    
,july #gth1 #agie4 ,by this  marriage he
 had two sons1 and four daughters3 one  
son and one daughter  survive to lament 
the loss of their father4 ,early in     
#ahjc1 when nearly  thirty years of age1
 he was encouraged to preach by the     
church at  ,portsea1 to which he and his
 wife were united1 under the care of    

,joseph  ,horsey and ,daniel ,miall1 who
 were co-pastors4 ,relinquishing secular
  business1 in ,september1 #ahjc1 he    
removed1 with his wife and two          
children1 to ,wallingford1 and became   
assistant to ,mr4 ,lovegrove4 ,having   
occupied the station at ,wallingford    
nearly twelve months1 he was invited  to
 ,eagle ,street1 in consequence of the  
resignation of the late ,rev4  ,william 
,smith4 ,in ,july1 #ahjd1 he removed to 
that same ,london of which1  at an early
 period1 he had thought so lightly2 and 
there the remaining  half of his life   
was happily1 honourably1 and usefully   
spent4 ,he died  ,february #hth1 #ahcd4 
,but why should we further pursue the   
narrative8 ,from  the date of his       
settlement in ,london1 he was an epistle
 of ,christ1  known and read of all men4
    ,the narrative is full of incidents1
 with which are interspersed many  most 
judicious reflections2 and in the       
,conclusion we have a correct  and      
complete delineation of ,mr4 ,i4's      

character4 ,we are deliberately of      
opinion that it could not have been     
intrusted to better hands than those  of
 his esteemed colleague in the          
gratuitous secretaryship of the ,irish  
,institution1 who has executed his task 
in a very pleasing and edifying  manner1
 with great delicacy and fidelity2 much 
to the credit of his own  piety1        
judgment1 and taste4 ,we are happy to   
add that the work is very  neatly got   
up1 very correctly printed1 and         
ornamented with a good  likeness of our 
deceased brother4    ,mr4 ,i4's ministry
 was greatly blessed from on high4 ,the 
congregation was  never before so large1
 new members were added continually1 and
 the place  of worship was considerably 
enlarged4        ,from the records of   
the church it appears that during his   
pastorate      more than eight hundred  
were added to its fellowship4 ,twenty   
young      men were encouraged to give  
themselves to the work of the ,christian
      ministry1 four of whom received   

missionary appointments1 and two are    
at this time in ,ireland1 zealously     
exerting themselves in the      service 
of the ,baptist ,irish ,society4 p4     
#cad4    ,and1 in a letter dated in     
#ahbf1 ,mr4 ,i4 says1 ,the church now   
consists of  more than #dgj members4 p4 
#aib4    ,of the great labour of his    
life1 ,the ,history of the ,english     
,baptists1  in four large volumes1      
#hvo41 we may venture to predict that it
 will be  far more in demand before this
 century closes than it is now4 ,the    
author1 we believe1 never received any  
thing like compensation while he  lived2
 he will be recompensed at the          
resurrection of the just4 ,mr4 ,i4      
believed1 as did also the late ,rev4    
,james ,dore1 that when a man ceases  to
 be a strict ,baptist1 there is no      
resting-place for his feet till he      
finds himself a strict papist4    ,but  
it cannot be justly maintained that our 
zealous brother shut himself  up within 
the narrow precincts of his own         

denomination4 ,so far from it  that he  
had free and open communion with        
,christians of almost every  name4 ,soon
 after he came to ,london1 he was       
elected a member of the  committee of   
the ,religious ,tract ,society2 and at  
the hospitable rooms of  ,messrs4       
,hardcastle and ,reyner1 ,old ,swan     
,stairs1 near ,london ,bridge1 he       
cheerfully mingled with ,churchmen1     
,dissenters1 and ,methodists1 of every  
shade and every grade2 all agreeing1    
however1 to insist upon the leading     
doctrines of the gospel in all their    
publications4 ,he was not1 it is  true1 
in the habit of going to the house of   
,god in company with ,mr4  ,taylor1 the 
old ,presbyterian ,minister of ,carter  
,lane1 ,doctors' ,commons2  nor with    
,dr4 ,winter1 the ,congregationalist2   
nor with ,richard ,philips1 of  the     
,society of ,friends2 nor with ,mr4     
,butterworth1 nor ,dr4 ,adam ,clarke1   
of the ,methodist connexion2 but he     
often took sweet counsel with one  or   

another of these eminent persons2 and   
with these more frequently than  with   
many others1 because they were among his
 nearest neighbours while  his residence
 was in ,harpur ,street2 nor was there  
among them all a more  resolute and     
determined advocate in the great cause  
of civil and  religious freedom1 or in  
any of the pious and charitable         
institutions  which beautify and bless  
our native land4    ,the excellent      
volume before us will show that our     
beloved brother1 when  most strenuously 
pleading for liberty1 was quite alive to
 the claims of  all lawful authority4   
,he was for laws and liberties combined1
 nor ever  gave countenance to the      
daring and presumptuous schemes of any  
wild and  unprincipled demagogues in    
this or in the sister island4 ,his      
political  creed1 he has often been     
heard to say1 was built upon the        
revolution of  #afhh1 and the ,act of   
,settlement4 ,he knew as well as any man
 what the  ,house of ,brunswick owes to 

the ,protestant ,dissenters2 and what   
the  ,protestant ,dissenters owe to the 
,house of ,brunswick4 ,let his printed  
funeral sermon for the ,princess        
,charlotte1 and another for the duke of 
,kent1 and another for ,george the      
,third1 be lasting monuments of the     
ardent and affectionate loyalty which he
 himself so deeply felt1 and  which he  
was assiduous to cherish in the         
ever-widening circle of his             
acquaintance4    ,many of his constant  
hearers must have been aware that their 
pastor's  heart and house were open to  
ministers and other friends from all    
parts  of ,england2 to many from ,wales1
 ,scotland1 and ,ireland2 and that his  
correspondence with ,north ,america was 
frequent4 ,but very few of them         
probably could ever guess at the number 
of private applications that  were made 
to him by letter for his advice and     
assistance4 ,no man was  more public2   
and yet1 by early rising1 and still more
 by a strong desire  to be useful1 he   

had formed himself to habits of         
promptitude and  facility in the        
dispatch of business1 that to ordinary  
minds were truly  surprising4 ,always   
alive and awake1 he knew every thing    
that was done in  ,london to promote the
 cause of ,christ1 or to hinder it4     
,enjoying the  confidence1 and the      
occasional visits1 of such men as       
,saffery and  ,steadman1 and ,fuller and
 ,hinton1 and ,kingborn and others1 he  
was no  stranger to whatever occurred in
 the country4    ,may the amiable young 
pastor who succeeds1 with all his       
brethren in  office1 and every other    
member of the much-favoured church in   
,eagle  ,street1 long continue to       
flourish under the smiles of the ,great 
,head of  the church1 without whose     
gracious influence nothing is strong1   
nothing  is holy6    ,we might have     
added that ,mr4 ,pritchard has appended 
to the ,memoir a few  abbreviated       
sermons of our lamented friend1 which1  
no doubt1 will be  often read by those  

who heard them2 and from which strangers
 may learn  something of the spirit and 
style of the minister at ,eagle ,street1
 in  his ordinary pulpit exercises on   
the ,lord's-day1 and on week-days4      
,if it be said1 ,mr4 ,ivimey was        
sometimes wrong in temper1 or wrong in  
his measures1 the answer is1 ,this may  
be easily said1 and justly1 of  every   
good man that breathes1 who is in active
 life4    ,but1 after making every      
concession that could be extorted from  
candour  and truth by the most jealous  
and jaundiced prejudice1 we need not    
fear  to assert that much1 very much1   
will remain1 to excite admiration1 and  
gratitude to the great ,author of all   
good1 in his sincerity1 clear as        
crystal to the bottom2 in his           
unquenchable zeal for the glory of ,god1
  and the best interests of mankind2 in 
the labour1 the energy1 and  unfainting 
perseverance with which he pursued his  
object2 in the noble  disinterestedness 
which he evinced on all occasions2--and 

these1 all  will admit1 were the most   
prominent features of his character4    
,if this work meets with only half the  
attention it deserves1 it will be       
extensively read in this country and in 
,america2 and the zeal displayed  in the
 full-length portrait of a good minister
 of ,jesus ,christ1 will  provoke very  
many4    ,we had marked several striking
 passages for quotation2 but1 on        
reconsidering the matter1 deem it best  
to recommend the whole to all  those of 
our readers who have not already seen   
it4           99       99       99      
99       99        ,scripture ,views of 
the ,heavenly ,world4 ,by ,j4           
,edmondson1 ,a4,m4      pp4             
#bfj4--,mason4    ,this work is written 
in a very serious1 unpretending manner2 
and if it  do not greatly augment our   
knowledge of heaven1 either as a place  
or a  state1 yet it supplies such varied
 and valuable elements of thought1 and  
exhibits so much to enkindle ardent     
desire1 that1 as a volume of piety1  it 

deserves to rank high4 ,we think1       
indeed1 it is scarcely possible that    
any one1 whose affections are in any    
degree set upon the things which  are   
above1 should read it without deriving  
considerable advantage4 ,on  the sublime
 subject of heaven1 the venerable author
 7for so we  understand we may          
denominate him7 mentions twenty         
views3--,there is a  ,heavenly          
,world--,scripture ,names of            
,heaven--,god is present in             
,heaven--,the  ,presence of ,jesus in   
,heaven--,no ,sufferings in ,heaven--,no
 ,death in  ,heaven--,no ,night in      
,heaven--,no ,war in ,heaven--,heaven is
 a holy  ,place--,heaven is a happy     
,place--,heaven is a glorious           
,place--,happy  ,employment in          
,heaven--,extensive ,knowledge in       
,heaven--,we shall know each  other     
there--,many ,ranks and ,orders in      
,glory--,the ,religion of ,heaven is    
,love--,the ,resurrection ,body in      
,heaven--,the ,pleasures of ,heaven are 

pure--,the ,wicked are shut out of      
,heaven--,heaven is eternal4    ,the    
preface contains some succinct and      
sensible observations on the            
immortality of the soul4 ,among others1 
the following occurs3--        ,ideas of
 good and evil1 right and wrong1 are    
planted in the human      heart4 ,and   
there is in good men1 what might be in  
all1 a continual      cleaving and      
approximation to the ,deity4 ,when sin  
is committed1 it      is followed by a  
sense of guilt and a fear of punishment1
 except in      those hardened sinners  
who have debased themselves by a long   
course      of disobedience4 ,all these 
principles1 when carefully cultivated1  
are accompanied with ardent longings    
after immortality2 and they      prove  
that man is connected with a higher     
order of beings than those      who are 
around him here1 and that he is designed
 for a higher state      than that in   
which he now stands4 ,for we perceive   
nothing of this      kind among the     

inferior creatures of our world4 ,they  
are not1 nor      ever will be1 capable 
of knowing moral good and evil1 much    
less of      knowing the ,god who made  
them4 ,and will man1 with his superior  
powers1 die for ever8    ,without       
pledging ourselves for the correctness  
of every sentiment or  sentence in the  
pages of this useful work1 we would     
earnestly recommend  it to the attention
 of our readers generally4           99 
99       99       99       99           
,two ,years' ,residence in the ,new     
,settlements of ,ohio1 ,north ,america2 
with ,directions to ,emigrants4 ,by ,d4 
,griffiths1 ,jun4 pp4                   
#aig4--,westley and ,davis4    ,the     
information and advice contained in this
 small volume must be very  valuable to 
those1 especially1 who contemplate a    
transition to ,ohio1  with the intention
 of making it the place of their        
permanent abode4 ,the  worthy author    
appears to have been a very diligent    
observer of men and  things during his  

short sojourn in the new world1 and to  
have faithfully  recorded the result of 
his observations4 ,reason and experience
 unite to  testify that1 in removing    
from place to place1 little can be      
calculated  upon besides an exchange of 
one class of difficulties for another2  
and  in many more instances than are    
disclosed1 it is highly probable that1  
could the former be resumed1 it would be
 thankfully accepted4 ,such1 at  least1 
has been our impression from all the    
accounts we have yet read of  emigrants 
and emigration4 ,for the edification of 
our readers we give the  following      
extract3--        ,it may surprise an   
,englishman1 if he be unacquainted with 
the      ,american character1 that      
farmers1 who were well off in ,new      
,england1      should leave a           
comfortable home for the wild woods of  
,ohio4 ,the best      explanation of    
this fact may be furnished1 perhaps1 by 
a comparison      of the ,english and   
,american character1 given in an        

,american      publication1 called ',the
 ,biblical ,repository1' although penned
 for      another purpose4 ',this is    
connected1 no doubt1 with a great       
feature      of ,european character1    
which at once strikes ,americans1 that  
all      ranks and classes there have a 
far greater enjoyment of the            
present than ourselves4 ,our national   
character1 so far as we have      one1  
consists in a spirit of enterprise1     
excited by the desire of      improving 
our condition4 ,it may be shortly styled
 a love of      gain--gain1 not only of 
wealth1 but also of reputation1 of      
comfort1      of happiness2 gain of all 
that is supposed to be desirable4 ,our  
enjoyment consists more in striving     
after this gain1 in      anticipations  
and in the very act of acquiring2       
theirs1 in      possession and quiet    
fruition4' ,local attachments1 domestic 
comfort1      and almost every kind of  
present temporal happiness1 in the      
,english      sense of the term1 give   

way to the love of gain4                
,unquestionably1      this was the      
principle which led many of the ,new    
,englanders to ,ohio2      and certainly
 the organ of acquisitiveness must be   
very prominent in      the ,yankee      
cranium1 for ,i never met with a farmer 
there1 however      long he had been    
settled1 or however comfortably1 but    
would1 from      this same love of gain1
 sell out1 and move away4 p4 #ec4       
,more than eighty pages of this volume  
are devoted to the subjects of          
,temperance ,societies1 and ,religious  
,revivals3 these should certainly       
obtain close attention from the reader4 
,concerning the latter there  will1 no  
doubt1 still be much difference of      
opinion2 yet1 if it be  indulged with   
candour1 and expressed with affection1  
it may be rather  beneficial than       
injurious4           99       99        
99       99       99        ,twenty     
,sermons4 ,by the late ,rev4 ,w4        
,howels1 ,minister of ,long      ,acre  

,episcopal ,chapel4 pp4 #ddj4--,shaw4   
,it is to be lamented that the          
reputation of the deceased so often     
suffers from the defective prudence of  
the surviving4 ,we have no doubt  that  
these sermons were delivered from the   
pulpit by the respected  individual     
whose name they bear1 and that1 by those
 who knew and valued  him as a preacher1
 they may be read with pensive pleasure 
and real  advantage4 ,but we have also  
no doubt that1 could ,mr4 ,howels have  
been  consulted1 he would have refused  
his consent to their publication1 till  
they had been submitted to his careful  
and severe revision4 ,that they  contain
 many admirable sentiments and          
sentences1 we readily admit2 but1       
unhappily1 some of the most striking and
 valuable paragraphs are  seriously     
injured by rash and inconsiderate       
expressions1 which an  extemporaneous   
and energetic speaker1 in the fervour of
 oral  communication1 may be induced to 
utter1 but through which1 were he       

preparing his discourses for the press1 
and therefore for cooler  inspection1   
his pen would be unsparingly drawn4     
,without having said thus  much1 we     
could neither have discharged our duty  
to ourselves nor our  readers2 but with 
such cautionary intimation we can       
cordially commend  them to their        
perusal4           99       99       99 
99       99        ,the ,domestic ,harp4
 ,by ,david ,ives4 pp4 #hj4--;,baynes4  
,the worthy author of this small neat   
publication says1 ,a few of these       
pieces have appeared before1 in a       
periodical1 called ',the ,christian's   
,pocket ,magazine4' ,he remarks1 also1  
in his short preface1 ,no glossary  will
 here be required1 but one member of a  
,christian family may safely  read them 
to another with the certainty at least  
of being understood2  and1 the author   
feels a satisfaction in adding1 without 
the danger of  offending the most sacred
 affection4 ,the reader of these verses 
will  find that1 while the preceding    

commendation is fully sustained1 the    
author might have gone even further4    
,but as he has not1 we will4 ,these     
poetical effusions are not only plain   
and pious1 they are sensible and        
instructive2 and though they may not    
exactly range with the more lofty       
efforts of poetic genius1 yet they      
contain passages and pieces which  would
 not suffer by comparison with many     
which might be referred to in  more     
splendid volumes1 the product of        
illustrious names4 ,the following       
specimen is selected1 not on account of 
its superiority1 but because it  best   
suits our space4                        
,,lines ,,for ,,an ,,album4        ,when
 thinking on the ways of man1           
,this little rule did rise1--      ,that
 he who lives without a plan1           
,will die without a prize4              
,reflection still to those who hear     
,this further guide hath given1--       
,that the best plan is godly fear1      
,and the best prize is heaven4          

99       99       99       99       99  
,the ,sacred ,classics4 ,expositions on 
the ,creed1 the ,lord's ,prayer1        
and the ,ten ,commandments2 with ,two   
,discourses on ,matthew xxii4           
#cg-ci1 and ,hebrews iii4 #aj4 ,to which
 are added ,expository ,lectures      on
 ,psalm xxxix4 ,by ,robert ,leighton1   
,d4,d41 ,archbishop of ,glasgow4        
,with an ,introductory ,essay1 by ,john 
,pye ,smith1 ,d4,d41 pp4 #bib4          
,hatchard4    ,the distinguished names  
inscribed on the title-page of this     
volume of  the ,sacred ,classics cannot 
be rendered more eminent by our         
commendation4 ,the praise both of the   
deceased and the surviving is in  all   
our churches2 and their works1 we doubt 
not1 will continue to edify  and adorn  
the human mind from generation to       
generation4                             
,,brief ,,notices ,,of ,,recent         
,,publications4    ,the ,works of       
,william ,cowper1 his ,life and         
,letters1 by ,william ,hayley1  ,esq41  

now first completed by the ,introduction
 of ,cowper's ,private  ,correspondence2
 ,edited by the ,rev4 ,t4 ,s4           
,grimshawe1 ,a4,m41 ,rector of  ,burton1
 ,northamptonshire1 and ,vicar of       
,biddenham1 ,bedfordshire2 ,author  of  
the ,life of the ,rev4 ,legh ,richmond4 
,saunders and ,otley4--,we have         
received the early volumes of this      
admirable publication4 ,the manner in   
which it is brought out is highly       
creditable to all the parties  concerned
 in the undertaking2 and we have no     
doubt of its being in very  extensive   
demand by readers of almost every       
description4 ,it is our  purpose to     
watch its progress1 and1 at the close1  
to present our readers  with a more     
enlarged account of its peculiar claims 
to their attention4    ,the ,posthumous 
,letters of the ,rev4 ,rabshakeh        
,gathercoal1 late ,vicar of             
,tuddington2 now first published1 with  
,explanatory ,notes1 and dedicated  to  
the ,lord ,bishop of ,london4 p4 #bhh4  

,westley4--,there are many passages  in 
these letters which1 in the keenness of 
their satire1 and the  pungency of their
 wit1 cannot be exceeded by any thing in
 the writings  of ,butler1 ,south1 or   
,swift2 with this further commendation1 
that their  edge and point are directed 
exclusively against error and arrogance4
 ,on  the subject of dissent we have    
seen no recent publication which can be 
compared with this in clearness1        
copiousness1 and power2 combining so    
many important facts of history with so 
much of interesting and  practical      
influence4 ,in the presence of such a   
writer the advocates of  superstition   
and intolerance must quail2 but the     
admirers of the  uncorrupted            
,christianity of the ,new ,testament1 of
 every denomination1  will hail him1 in 
this labour of his hands1 as the        
intrepid friend of  freedom and         
religion4    ,after all1 we are praying 
and anxiously looking for a period1 when
 works  of this description shall have  

become obsolete2 when ignorance shall be
  entirely dissipated1 and the true     
light universally shine3 for the        
knowledge of the ,lord shall have       
covered the earth1 as the waters cover  
the sea2 and man shall no longer say to 
his neighbour1 ,know ye the ,lord3  for 
then1 all shall know him1 from the least
 to the greatest4    ,the ,great ,case  
of ,tithes truly stated1 clearly opened1
 and fully  resolved4 ,by ,anthony      
,pearson1 a ,justice of ,peace in       
,westmoreland1 in the  time of the      
,commonwealth4 ,harvey and              
,darton4--,this very cheap and          
seasonable tract is ,no4 #fc1 and is    
printed for the ,tract ,association of  
the ,society of ,friends4 ,it cannot    
fail to excite attention4               
,suggestions on ,national ,education1   
with a ,view to the ,advantage1 not     
only of the ,poor1 but of all ,classes  
of ,society4 ,by ,john ,smith1 ,lecturer
  on ,education1 ,liverpool4 ,simpkin   
and ,marshall4--,this very sensible     

writer maintains that ,government ought 
to do that which no individual  has     
power to do1 namely1 to show the public 
what education really is1  and the best 
modes of carrying it forward--that the  
teachers of the  millions have yet to be
 created4 ,he urges the necessity1 the  
practicability1 and the benefit of his  
plan4 ,we hope ere long this great      
subject will have a free1 full1 and fair
 discussion in the ,house of  ,commons4 
,reasons for ,dissenting from the       
,church of ,england2 showing that the   
,ancient ,jewish ,theocracy is no       
,authority for an ,ecclesiastical       
,establishment1 c4 c4 ,by a ,country    
,farmer and ,minister of ,god's ,word   
and ,ordinances4 ,simpkin and           
,marshall--,though we dissent from this 
,dissenter in various particulars1 we   
think every reader will see that  the   
,country ,farmer is quite an overmatch  
for the clergyman who paid  him a visit4
    ,the ,life of the ,rev4 ,jean       
,frederic ,nardin1 ,pastor of the       

,church at  ,blamont3 ,translated from  
the ,french4 ,by the ,rev4 ,robert      
,blessley4 ,ward  and ,co4--,we have    
perused this little tract with the      
liveliest interest2  and cordially thank
 ,mr4 ,blessley for translating1 and    
,mr4 ,t4 ,lewis for  recommending it4   
,it contains an excellent example for   
pious young men2  and especially for    
those of them who are students in       
divinity1 pastors1  itinerant preachers1
 and missionaries4    ,the ,spirit of   
,holiness3 ,four ,sermons4 ,by ,james   
,harrington ,evans1  ,minister of ,john 
,street ,chapel4 pp4 #afh4              
,griffiths4--,these plain1  evangelical 
sermons are entitled to serious perusal4
 ,we think them well  calculated to     
instruct1 to reprove1 and to console4   
,memoir of the ,rev4 ,basil ,woodd1     
,m4,a4 ,by the ,rev4 ,s4 ,c4 ,wilks1    
,m4,a4--,an  excellent ,memoir1         
published by the ,religious ,tract      
,society4    ,puritan ,farm2 or ,old    
,ways kept up in ,new ,times4 ,by a     

,puritan ,family4  ,ward and ,co4--,a   
very entertaining little work4 ,we hope 
it will be  continued4 ,the spoundings  
of the female labourer on the burial of 
,christ are charming1 and the character 
of the great ,dr4 ,owen is  developed   
with much judgment and taste4    ,a     
,manual of ,english ,grammar1           
,philosophical and ,practical1 c4 c4 ,by
  the ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,mc,cullock1 ,a4,m41
 ,minister of ,kelsoe4 ,second ,edition1
  revised4 ,simpkin and ,marshall4--,we 
are glad to see a reprint of this       
excellent ,manual1 the first edition of 
which we recommended to the  public not 
many months since4    ,memoirs of a     
,sergeant1 late in the ,forty-third     
,light ,infantry ,regiment1  previously 
to and during the ,peninsular ,war2     
including an ,account of his            
,conversion from ,popery to the         
,protestant ,religion4 pp4 #bgh4        
,mason4--,of  its kind1 this is         
certainly a very respectable work2 but  
the sieges1 and  battles1 and wounded1  

and slain1 are so many1 that it was     
quite a relief  to arrive at the end of 
the terrible detail4 ,perhaps some would
 choose  to call it interesting2 and we 
do not mean to say that there are not   
connexions in which it may be properly  
so contemplated4 ,the pious  reader1    
however1 cannot fail to have his mind so
 deeply affected1 as his  eye glances   
over these pages1 by the consideration  
of that which is the  cause of war1 and 
of every other calamity which has       
desolated the earth1  as greatly to     
qualify his gratification arising from  
martial sounds1  glittering arms1 or    
military evolutions4    ,towards the    
close of the volume there are some      
observations which  deserve attention   
from the members of the ,peace ,society2
 and all serious  persons will read with
 pleasure the author's account of his   
conversion4  ,we hope he may live long  
to fight the good fight of faith1 and   
finally  die more than a conqueror4     
,essay on the ,habitual ,exercise of    

,love to ,god1 considered as a          
,preparation for ,heaven4 ,by ,joseph   
,john ,gurney4 pp4 #afe4 ,seeley  ,co4  
,no  one whose mind is under a sacred   
influence1 can rise from the perusal of 
these pages without a consciousness of  
having been admitted into  privileged   
society4 ,the principles1 spirit1 and   
tendency of this work1  are eminently   
important4 ,were they but permitted to  
exercise that  practical dominion over  
the judgment and conduct of men         
generally1 to  which they are fully     
entitled1 a change as marvellous as     
beneficial  would be the result2 in the 
evidence of which its divine nature and 
origin would be abundantly manifested4  
,the work is divided into the  following
 sections3--,general ,remarks on        
,meetness for the ,heavenly  ,state--,on
 the ,contemplation of ,god in ,nature  
and ,providence--,on the  ,contemplation
 of ,god in ,redemption2 the ,father1   
the ,son1 the ,spirit--,on  ,communion  
with ,god--,on ,submission to the ,will 

of ,god1 and ,conformity to  his        
,attributes--,on ,love towards          
,man--,conclusion4 ,our sincere wish is 
that this work may obtain a very        
extensive circulation4    ,helen of     
,coquetdale1 or the ,fair ,bondager2 a  
,tale1 in two ,cantos3 with  a few other
 ,fragments1 in ,verse4 ,by a late      
,fellow of ,oriel ,college1  ,oxford4   
pp4 #adj4 ,oliphant4--,the principal    
article in this small volume  contains  
many pious and some excellent passages2 
yet1 as a whole1 we  fear it is not     
destined to be a favourite4 ,we scarcely
 know what to say  as to public taste1  
in relation to poetry1 in the present   
day1 except  that we are apprehensive it
 is too refined to be attracted with the
  versification1 c4 of ,helen of        
,coquetdale4 ,we were ourselves much    
more  favourably impressed with two or  
three of the minor pieces4              
,illustrations of the ,bible1 c4 ,part  
#ab4 ,churton4--,the continuation of    
these admirable engravings is entitled  

to1 and we hope is receiving1  enlarged 
public attention and support4 ,the      
following are the  illustrations        
contained in the twelfth part3          
,belshazzar's ,feast--,the  peaceable   
,kingdom--,esther kissing the           
,sceptre--,death of                     
,absalom--,solomon's ,charge--,the      
,death of ,sampson--,jonah cast into the
  ,sea--,hezekiah beholding the         
,sun-dial4    #a4 ,fruits and ,flowers4 
,by the ,author of the ,wheatsheaf4 pp4 
#bab4  ,darton4    #b4 ,the ,garden4 ,by
 the ,compiler of ,fruits and ,flowers1 
and the  ,wheatsheaf4 pp4 #bfc4         
,darton4--,these elegant little volumes 
cannot but  be highly acceptable1       
especially to our pious young readers2  
they  contain such a selection of prose 
and verse1 presented in a form so       
attractive1 that we may fairly presume  
upon their becoming favourites to  a    
very great extent4    ,sober ,views of  
the ,millennium4 ,by the ,rev4 ,thomas  
,jones1 of ,creaton1  ,northamptonshire4

 ,seeley and ,burnside4--,this little   
work answers to its  title in a very    
great degree4 ,let the ,millennarians be
 induced soberly  to read and consider  
its contents4    ,the ,christian        
,journal4 ,conducted by ,members of the 
,relief ,church4--,no4  #bg1 for ,march 
last1 contains a ,review of ,mr4        
,anderson's ,funeral ,sermon  for ,dr4  
,carey1 and several other highly        
interesting articles4                   
,,obituary4                             
,,mr4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,freeman    ,henry       
,hawkins ,freeman was born at ,south    
,sydenham1 in ,devonshire1 in the  year 
#agfg1 where he resided under the       
parental roof until he attained  the age
 of sixteen1 when he was placed as an   
apprentice to a  ship-builder at        
,plymouth1 whom he faithfully served2   
during which time  he occasionally1 with
 worldly companions1 sought pleasure on 
the  ,lord's-day2 but has declared he   
found no gratification therein3 but on  
the contrary1 his conscience witnessed  

against him when so engaged1 and  left  
him miserable4 ,his cousin1 ,mr4 ,henry 
,hawkins1 ,baptist minister of  ,stroud1
 ,gloucestershire1 then residing at     
,plymouth1 exhorted him to  attend the  
means of grace1 and seek the salvation  
of his soul4 ,while  attending the      
,baptist chapel1 ,how's ,lane1 under the
 pastoral care of the  late ,philip     
,gibbs 7for whom he cherished a strong  
affection71 the ,lord  was pleased to   
meet with him4 ,the sermon blessed to   
his conversion was  from ,numb4 xxiii4  
part of the #ajth verse3 ,let me die the
 death of the  righteous1 c4 ,the       
observation of the preacher1 that unless
 he lived  the life1 he could not die   
the death1 of the righteous1 fastened   
upon  his mind4 ,he felt he was a sinner
 before ,god1 and was led to cry for    
mercy1 which he obtained through        
,christ4 ,he united himself to the      
people  of ,god1 and1 through divine    
grace1 was enabled to walk consistently1
 so  that the enemies of religion have  

acknowledged him to be a good man4 ,he  
was a friend to peace1 and possessed a  
meek and quiet spirit4 ,for many  years 
he filled the office of a deacon4 ,in   
#ahbj1 he was removed by  ,providence to
 ,honduras2 and during his stay there1  
it may be said of  him1 ,he was a light 
in a dark place4 ,he felt much pleasure 
in  directing the negroes to the ,lamb  
of ,god2 and1 although for four months  
at a time1 in the interior of the       
country1 and with no companions but  the
 sons of ,africa and his ,bible1 he was 
quite happy1 and declared that  the word
 of the ,lord was precious to him in    
those days4    ,towards the end of #ahbb
 he returned to ,england1 and united    
himself with  the ,baptist church in    
,little ,prescot ,street1 ,london4 ,in  
the kind  affections of many of its     
members he still lives4 ,he often       
rejoiced in  spirit that ,god had called
 nearly all his children1 and made them 
partakers with himself of like precious 
faith4    ,the ,lord was pleased to     

remove by death1 ,july #af1 #ahcc1 the  
partner of  his life1 after a union of  
thirty-seven years1 which he severely   
felt2  from which period he rapidly     
declined4 ,he was not fond of speaking  
of  himself2 but feeling a lively sense 
of love to his ,redeemer1 he was        
constrained to speak of it1 and would   
often say he could appeal to his        
,saviour as ,peter did1 ,lord1 thou     
knowest all things2 thou knowest that   
,i love thee4 ,about a month before his 
decease1 he observed to a  minister1    
,though the earthly house of this my    
tabernacle be dissolved1  ,i have a     
building of ,god1 c4    ,he was seized  
with epileptic fits on ,tuesday1 ,august
 #bf1 #ahcd1 while on  a visit to his   
daughter at ,aylesbury4 ,after the first
 fit1 he became  sensible for a few     
minutes1 when a pious friend1 sitting at
 his  bed-side1 asked him if he was     
happy4 ,to which he replied1 ,yes4 ,the 
friend expressed a hope that the gospel1
 which had been his support  through    

life1 would be his comfort in his       
extremity4 ,to which he  emphatically   
returned the same answer4 ,on being     
asked if he would give  up his hope for 
ten thousand worlds1 he replied1 ,no1   
,sir4 ,on referring  to a sermon he had 
heard on the ,sabbath previous1 the good
 man said1  ,you know ,christ is an     
ever-present ,friend4 ,he will not leave
 you now4 ,i  hope you will still look  
to him4 ,he said1 ,there is no other    
refuge4  ,these were his last words4 ,a 
return of the fits came on2 and1 after  
lying until ,thursday morning1 the      
#bhth1 at #e o'clock he fell asleep in  
,jesus1 to wake no more until the       
morning of the resurrection4    ,he was 
removed to ,london1 and interred in a   
vault under ,wycliffe ,chapel1          
,september #bnd1 and his funeral sermon 
was preached by ,mr4 ,stovel the        
following ,sabbath1 from the portion of 
sacred writ blessed to his  conversion4 
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,,foreign4                              
,,canada4                   ,extract of 
a ,letter from ,mr4 ,john ,edwards4     
,clarence1 ,jan4 #e1 #ahce4    ,in      
alluding to the work of grace in        
,breadalbane referred to in ,mr4        
,fraser's letter1 inserted in ,april    
number1 he says3 ,since 7it began7  the 
work has been progressing in a manner   
quite unprecedented in these  parts4    
,from ,august to ,november nine persons 
who had been in a  backsliding state    
were restored1 and eight new converts   
were baptized  and added to the church4 
,during last month 7,december7 forty-one
 have  also been baptized1 making a     
total of fifty-eight1 added since       
,august4 ,i  left the settlement last   
,friday1 when ,mr4 ,fraser assured me   
there were  twenty-two1 in addition to  
the above number1 whom he had good      
reason to  believe were converted       
characters2 besides a number under      
convictions4  ,among the subjects of    
this work is the man of grey hairs      

nearly eighty  years of age1 and the    
child of thirteen1 and many younger1    
under deep  convictions4 ,the most      
astonishing feature in this work of     
grace appears  amongst the youth at     
school4 ,there are more than forty      
children  attending it1 and instead of  
vanity and trifling1 sedateness and     
seriousness now mark their behaviour4   
,when spoken to of divine things1  they 
are all attention1 and so eager to be   
instructed1 that it is with  difficulty 
they can be prevailed on to leave       
school4 ,mr4 ,f4 told me1  that when    
passing the school one evening at ten   
o'clock1 he found a  number of the boys 
holding a religious meeting2 it was the 
second time  they had met for this      
purpose1 unknown to any body4 ,he now   
devotes one  evening of the week to     
their peculiar benefit4 ,he farther     
assured me1  that he was satisfied six  
of these dear youths had experienced a  
change  of mind1 and nearly all the     
scholars seem deeply concerned for the  

salvation of their souls4 ,so general   
has been the awakening1 that very  few  
of the hearers remain unconcerned about 
their souls4    ,referring to the means 
of this awakening1 he says1--,they set  
apart a  day for fasting and prayer3    
they humbled themselves before ,god1 and
 he  was entreated of them4 ,in the     
month of ,november one of their number  
went  to ,montreal1 and told our brother
 the state of things4 ,he immediately   
wrote to a devoted and worthy brother1  
who is pastor of the ,baptist  church at
 ,fort ,covington1 ,new ,york 7near the 
boundary line74 ,they met1  the         
following week1 at ,breadalbane1 and    
spent four days faithfully and          
affectionately stating the truth4 ,all  
secular affairs were laid aside1  and   
one concern occupied the attention of   
old and young1 which was the  one thing 
needful4    ,of several interesting     
incidents connected with this work1 ,i  
will  mention one4 ,mr4 ,gilmore1 on his
 way to the settlement1 called on a     

pious lady1 who lives fourteen miles    
from it1 and told her of the  intended  
meeting4 ,her servant is the daughter of
 an ,irish ,catholic1 who  lives at     
,breadalbane4 ,the lady told her she    
must go to the meeting2 and  directed   
her to ask permission for her sister1   
who lives in a place of  service        
adjoining1 to accompany her4 ,leave     
being granted1 the lady took  the girls 
into her room1 and prayed for them most 
earnestly1 that the  means of grace they
 were about to enjoy might be blessed to
 their  conversion4 ,they attended      
during the meeting1 and on going home   
from one  of the services they were     
accompanied by one of their former      
associates1  who had been lately        
converted2 on their way she pressed on  
their minds1  with much earnestness1 the
 truths they had been hearing2 and      
before  parting with them1 took them a  
little off the road1 kneeled down on the
  snow1 and prayed fervently for their  
conversion4 ,this1 to them1 was an      

additional proof of the reality of the  
solemn truths they had just  heard4     
,before leaving the settlement1 they    
called on ,mr4 ,f41 and told  him the   
state of their minds1 and he believes   
they returned to their  places converted
 characters4           99       99      
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,,domestic4                             
,,public ,,meetings4                    
,,wesleyan ,,methodist ,,missionary     
,,society4    ,the annual meeting of    
this ,society was held on ,monday1 ,may 
#dth1 in  ,exeter ,hall4 ,john ,hardy1  
,esq41 ,m4,p41 in the ,chair4    ,the   
business of the day was opened1 with    
singing and prayer1 by the ,rev4  ,j4   
,taylor1 ,chairman of the ,conference4  
,the hall was crowded to excess1 and    
hundreds sought admission in vain4      
,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,bunting read the       
,report1 which1 though described as an  
abstract1 was of very great length4 ,it 
commenced by stating that the  society  
had twenty-four missionaries and six    

scripture-readers in  ,ireland4 ,they   
had established schools1 at which #g1jjj
 children were  receiving daily         
instruction1 many ,roman ,catholic      
families preferring to  send their      
children there rather than to schools of
 their own  persuasion4 ,in ,sweden1    
much good has been achieved1 and much   
more might  reasonably be expected1 as  
schools had been established4 ,a society
 had  also been founded for the purpose 
of opposing the doctrine of the         
heathen2 this society had received the  
,royal sanction1 as well as the  support
 of the principal ,bishops1 who employed
 a ,wesleyan ,missionary as  their      
,secretary4 ,in ,germany also much      
progress had been made4 ,there was  one 
society1 consisting of #cie persons1 and
 many others were in a state  of        
probation4 ,in ,france also the cause of
 true ,christianity was rapidly         
advancing4 ,last year there was in one  
district a ,wesleyan ,society           
consisting of #bfh members1 but this    

year it had increased to #dfd  persons1 
of whom only #gj were ,english4 ,in     
,paris seven schools had been           
established1 and there was an ample     
opening for five more4 ,there was  also 
in ,paris an ,auxiliary ,society1 by    
whom #be1jjj ,french tracts have  been  
circulated1 in addition to which #djjl4 
had been collected there4  ,in ,spain   
also the circulation of the ,scriptures 
was making considerable  progress4 ,at  
,gibraltar a chapel has been built on   
ground furnished by  ,government1 and   
was fully attended by the military4 ,a  
school was  likewise established1 at    
which #cj children attended daily4 ,the 
missionary in ,spain wrote #ce letters  
to the booksellers and others of  the   
principal towns1 calling upon them to   
become venders of the ,holy  ,scriptures
 on commission4 ,one bookseller replied 
that he should feel  honoured by        
executing such a commission1 not only in
 his own town1 but  on any part of the  
,peninsula4 ,the missionary having      

travelled into  ,spain1 described the   
moral condition of the great mass of the
 people as  most deplorable1 the light  
of the ,scriptures being altogether hid 
from  them4 ,in ,seville there were     
#ij1jjj ,roman ,catholics1 #gj1jjj of   
whom  attended neither mass nor         
confession4 ,many of these had fallen   
back upon  infidelity and free-thinking 
as a refuge from the mummeries of       
popery4  ,one ,spanish prelate had      
distributed #c1jjj ,spanish ,bibles in  
his  district1 observing that the battle
 was not now against ,luther or         
,calvin1 but against ,antichrist4       
,protestants and ,catholics1 he said1   
had  an equal hope of salvation1 as they
 both professed the essential  doctrines
 of ,christianity4 ,at ,malta1 the      
society was progressing1 but at         
,alexandria the missionary was withdrawn
 for the present1 it being quite        
hopeless for one person to make any     
progress1 particularly when the  ravages
 making by the plague were taken into   

consideration4 ,in the ,south  ,seas1   
particularly in ,new ,zealand and the   
,friendly ,islands1 the  missionaries   
had made the most astonishing approaches
 to the general  establishment of       
,christianity4 ,much good had also been 
effected both in  ,southern and ,western
 ,africa1 and the ,west ,indies2 in the 
island of  ,ceylon they had #aj         
missionaries1 and the ,scriptures were  
translated and  circulated1 and schools 
were established at which #d1jjj        
children were  receiving daily          
instruction4 ,the prejudices of the     
people had been  boldly met1 and        
idolatry had been shaken to its         
foundation4 ,in the ,west  ,indies they 
had #gf missionaries1 but it was hoped  
they would be  increased to #ajj1 for   
whose labours there was an ample field4 
,they were  preaching ,god's holy word  
to #hjj1jjj of their fellow-creatures   
just  emancipated from that sin and     
shame and curse of the country--slavery4
    ,after some details1 the ,report    

went on to say1 there were #bfj         
missionaries divided between #agj       
missionary stations4 ,there were #dh1cjd
  members1 and #cg1ife children were    
educated by the body4 ,the amount of    
the year's revenue was #ec1dcgl4 #aes4  
#b;d41 being an increase on the  former 
year to the amount of #a1bjdl4 #hs4     
#b;d4 ,this did not include  the        
splendid legacy of ,horatio ,cock1 of   
,colchester1 which was one-eighth  of   
his whole fortune1 amounting to         
#e1bgdl42 this1 with special            
contributions1 raised the year's revenue
 to #fj1hfel4 #aes4 but the  average    
would be about #ed1jjjl4    ,lord       
,mountsandford1 ,sir ,andrew ,agnew1    
,bart41 the ,rev4 ,j4 ,clayton1 the     
,rev4 ,theodore ,drury 7,vicar of       
,keighley71 the ,rev4 ,j4 ,dixon 7of    
,liverpool71 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,codman1    
7one of the ,deputation from ,america71 
the ,rev4 ,professor ,tolock 7of        
,berlin71 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,williams 7a   
missionary from the ,south ,seas71 the  

,rev4 ,dr4 ,humphry 7,president of      
,amherst ,college1 in the ,united       
,states71 the ,rev4 ,w4 ,reilly 7of     
,dublin71  the ,rev4 ,r4 ,newton 7who   
was loudly applauded71 ,henry ,pownall1 
,esq41 ,w4  ,g4 ,scarth 7of ,leeds71    
,thomas ,palmer1 ,esq41 the ,rev4 ,john 
,mc,lean1 the  ,rev4 ,r4 ,alder1 and the
 ,rev4 ,m4 ,wilson1 addressed the       
meeting1 which  lasted from #aa until a 
quarter past #e o'clock3 after which    
thanks were  voted to the ,chairman4    
99       99       99       99       99  
,,christian ,,instruction ,,society4    
,the subscribers and friends to this    
,institution held their tenth           
anniversary at ,finsbury chapel1 on     
,tuesday1 the #eth of ,may4 ,long before
  the time appointed for taking the     
chair1 this spacious building was       
crowded by a most respectable audience4 
,at six o'clock the ,earl of ,chichester
 took the chair1 and the services  were 
commenced by praise and prayer4    ,the 
,secretary read the ,report1 from which 

it appeared that1 during the  past year1
 #eff copies of the ,holy ,scriptures   
had been circulated1 #affb  cases of    
distress had been relieved1 and #bigf   
children had been induced  to attend    
various schools4 ,at the present time   
there were #ge  ,associations1 having   
#afcj visitors1 attending #dj1fff       
families1 and  holding #ia              
prayer-meetings4 ,to supply the         
increasing appetite for  religious and  
moral books apparent in the lower       
classes1 the ,committee  had provided a 
series of ,loan ,libraries4 ,there were 
now fifty such  libraries1 each         
containing fifty volumes4 ,several      
interesting facts1  showing the benefit 
which had resulted from local           
prayer-meetings1 the  loan of tracts1   
and open-air preaching1 were adduced4   
,the mission to  resident foreigners1   
announced at the last meeting1 and      
conducted by ,dr4  ,giustiniani1 had    
been attended with the most salutary    
benefit4 ,repeated  attempts had        

recently been made1 with considerable   
encouragement1 to  visit the jails and  
poor-houses4 ,supplies of tracts and    
other  publications had been granted to 
several country ,associations4          
,thomas ,challis1 ,esq41 then stood     
forward and presented his accounts as   
,treasurer1 from which it appeared1 that
 the balance due to the ,treasurer  at  
the last ,anniversary was #abf #bs4     
#i;d42 the total receipts during the    
past year amounted to #a1jda #ais4      
#d;d42 the expenditure to #a1jbd #js4   
#a;d42 leaving the balance now due to   
the ,treasurer #ajh #cs4 #f;d4    ,the  
,rev4 ,j4 ,leifchild1 ,t4 ,binney1 ,j4  
,burnet1 ,c4 ,stovel1 ,j4 ,williams1 ,t4
  ,morell1 ,j4 ,blackburn2 also ,c4     
,lushington1 ,esq41 ,m4,p41 and ,h4     
,dunn1 ,esq41  in animating and         
appropriate speeches urged the claims of
 this ,society  on the attention of the 
,meeting4           99       99       99
       99       99                      
,,ecclesiastical ,,knowledge ,,society4 

,the sixth anniversary of the ,society  
for promoting ,ecclesiastical           
,knowledge was held in ,finsbury chapel1
 ,moorfields1 on ,wednesday evening1    
the #fth of ,may4 ,dr4 ,brown was in the
 chair4    ,after prayer by the ,rev4   
,a4 ,fletcher1 and some introductory    
remarks by  the ,chairman1 the ,rev4    
,dr4 ,bennett read a report1 which      
consisted  chiefly of an exposition and 
defence of the principles and operations
 of  the ,society4 ,it excited deep     
interest1 and drew forth repeated       
expressions of applause4    ,the        
receipts by subscriptions1 donations1   
and collections1 amounted to  #ahj #ds4 
#f;d42 and the sale of books1 to ,dec4  
#ca1 #ahcd1 amounted to #abh  #aas4     
#h;d4 ,the disbursements were1 printing1
 publication1 paper1 and  copy-rights1  
#bed #bs4 #g;d42 postages1              
advertisements1 books for review1  c41  
#bf #ds4 #e;d42 commission and          
advertisements for publications1 #bh    
#hs4 #h;d42 balance in hand1 #c #hs4    

#aj;d4 ,their new monthly publication1  
,the  ,ecclesiastical ,journal1 had more
 than paid its expenses1 and the        
,society  was not in arrears1 either to 
printers1 or to other tradesmen4 ,the   
only  arrear was the remuneration which1
 in honour1 was due to those who had    
furnished important communications4     
,the ,rev4 ,c4 ,stovel1 ,t4 ,scales1 of 
,leeds1 ,mr4 ,davis1 ,blackfriars2 also 
,mr4 ,brown1 of ,wareham1 ,d4 ,wire1    
,esq41 ,h4 ,thompson1 ,esq41 ,b4        
,hanbury1  ,esq41 ,g4 ,hadfield1 of     
,manchester1 and ,a4 ,pellatt1 ,esq41   
severally  defended the principles of   
the ,society1 and showed the necessity  
for its  existence4           99        
99       99       99       99           
,,british ,,and ,,foreign ,,bible       
,,society4    ,the thirty-first         
,anniversary ,meeting of this ,society  
was held on  ,wednesday1 the #fth of    
,may1 at the great room of ,exeter      
,hall1 and was  more numerously attended
 than any meeting since the formation of

 the  ,society4 ,long before the chair  
was taken1 notwithstanding the          
unfavourable state of the weather in the
 morning1 every part of the  hall1 save 
a few seats reserved on the platform1   
was so closely  occupied1 as in many    
instances to be inconvenient to the     
parties2 but  even with that            
inconvenient pressure1 there was not    
sufficient room for  all who claimed    
admittance4 ,under these circumstances  
it was determined  that the lower room  
should be opened for those who could not
 gain  admission into the greater1 and  
that after the ,report had been read to 
the large meeting1 it should be taken   
down and read in the lower room1  where 
the ,treasurer of the ,society1 ,john   
,thornton1 ,esq41 had consented  to take
 the chair4 ,several distinguished      
supporters of the ,society  kindly      
acceded to the suggestions made to them1
 that they should deliver  their        
addresses to the meeting in the lower   
room4 ,amongst these were the  ,hon4 and

 ,rev4 ,baptist ,noel1 ,rev4 ,c4 ,daley1
 ,rev4 ,g4 ,clayton1 and the  ,rev4 ,dr4
 ,morison4    ,at eleven o'clock ,lord  
,bexley1 the ,president of the ,society1
 came on the  platform4 ,his ,lordship  
was accompanied on the platform by the  
,marquis  ,cholmondeley1 the ,bishop of 
,lichfield and ,coventry1 ,lord ,lorton1
 ,lord  ,mountsandford1 ,lord           
,teignmouth1 ,rt4 ,rev4 the ,bp4 of     
,ohio1 the ,rev4  ,archdeacon ,corrie1  
the ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,cunningham1 ,mr4     
,plumptre1 ,m4,p41 ,mr4  ,hardy1 ,m4,p41
 ,mr4 ,lushington1 ,m4,p41 and many     
other distinguished  supporters of the  
,society4    ,the ,secretary1 the ,rev4 
,a4 ,brandram1 read the ,report1 which  
gave  statements and extracts from the  
communications of correspondents in     
various parts of the world1 describing  
the progress of ,bible  distribution in 
those places during the year4 ,the      
distribution by the  ,paris ,bible      
,society had1 in the year just closed1  
amounted to #fb1aid  ,bibles and        

,testaments2 the distribution of the    
previous year had not  exceeded #ee1fff4
 ,the accounts from ,paris contained    
also most gratifying  intelligence of   
the progress of the ,society in         
,switzerland1 in some  parts of which a 
distribution to the amount of #bg1jjj   
copies had been  effected by two of the 
,society's colporteurs4 ,it appeared    
from extracts  from ,dr4 ,pinkerton's   
report of the distribution of ,bibles   
and ,testaments  in the ,north of       
,europe1 that #bg1ice copies had been   
distributed last  year in the ,hebrew1  
,greek1 ,latin1 ,german1 ,polish1 and   
other languages1  and that a            
considerable number of these had found  
their way into the  hands of ,roman     
,catholics4 ,after adverting to the     
satisfactory progress  of ,bible        
distribution in other parts of ,germany1
 in ,sweden1 and ,russia1  the principal
 ,bible ,society of which latter place  
had already  distributed #gag1igg copies
 of the ,sacred ,scriptures1 the ,report

 adverted  to the state of ,portugal and
 ,spain4 ,in the former country there   
was now  no persecution for religious   
opinion1 but every man was allowed to   
choose which religion he pleased1 and to
 worship ,god according to the  dictates
 of his own conscience4 ,in the ,islands
 of the ,mediterranean and  in ,greece1 
the distribution of the ,holy           
,scriptures had gone on  favourably1 and
 the prospect was equally favourable in 
,moldavia1  ,wallachia1 ,bucharest1 and 
part of ,persia4 ,in ,calcutta1 and     
other parts  of the ,east ,indies1 there
 had been a much greater than ordinary  
distribution of ,bibles and ,testaments1
 and larger collections had been  made  
to forward the objects of the ,society4 
,the accounts from ,new ,south  ,wales1 
and the ,islands of the ,pacific1 were  
also most satisfactory4 ,two            
translations of the ,new ,testament into
 the language of the different  ,islands
 of the ,pacific had been brought to    
this country by the ,rev4 ,mr4  ,yate   

and the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,williams1 and were  
now being printed by the  ,society4     
,after going into some details from the 
accounts from ,africa1  which were on   
the whole favourable1 the ,report       
observed that they were  the reverse in 
the ,states of ,south ,america4 ,the    
attention of the ,society  had1 during  
the last year1 been greatly directed to 
the ,west ,indies1  with the view of an 
extensive distribution of the           
,scriptures to such of  the newly       
emancipated negroes as could read4 ,an  
extra subscription of  #ae1jjj had been 
raised for the purpose of promoting that
 object without  interfering with the   
general funds of the ,society4 ,the     
,report proceeded  to give extracts from
 the communications from several        
islands1 showing  the earnest desire of 
the negroes to avail themselves of every
  opportunity to obtain religious       
instruction4 ,it added that the first   
shipment made by the ,society to that   
part of the world consisted of  #gc1fie 

copies of the ,scriptures1 the          
conveyance of which was given by  the   
owners of the vessels without any       
expense to the ,society4 ,from  returns 
from the ,isle of ,france1 it appeared  
that #fj1jjj negroes had  received civil
 freedom1 not one in ten of whom knew   
how to read2 and the  ignorance was1 of 
course1 great in proportion4 ,adverting 
to the progress  made by the ,north     
,american ,bible ,society1 the ,report  
stated that its  receipts in the last   
year were #hh1fjj dollars2 that its     
issue of ,bibles  and ,testaments       
exceeded #aaj1jjj copies1 bringing up   
the whole  distribution1 since the      
commencement1 to #a1aac1jjj4 ,the       
receipts of the  past year amounted to  
#ajg1ibf4 #as41 being the largest amount
 ever  received in one year since the   
,society's first commencement4 ,in that 
amount there were two items1 which could
 not be included in the  permanent      
income of the ,society4 ,the first was a
 legacy of #aa1fie4 #abs4  #i;d4 7less  

by the legacy duty71 being a bequest of 
the late ,horatio ,cock1  ,esq42 and the
 other a sum of #ae1jjj1 voted          
exclusively for the negro  fund4 ,but   
when these were taken into account1 the 
general subscriptions  of the ,society  
would be found to be little less than   
those of the  previous year4 ,in these  
were included a sum of #bi1ahd4 #acs4   
#g;d41 being  the amount of free        
donations from auxiliaries to the       
,parent ,society4 ,the  expenditure     
within the year was #hd1bdi4 #acs4      
#d;d41 leaving a balance  exceeding     
#bc1jjj2 but the engagements of the     
,society amount to above  #fi1jjj4 ,the 
distribution by the ,society in the past
 year amounted to  #fec1fjd ,bibles and 
,testaments1 and portions of the ,holy  
,scriptures1  including those sent to   
the ,west ,indies1 c42 but even after   
deducting  the latter1 it would be found
 that there had been a considerable     
increase of the issues in the last year 
as compared with the previous  years4   

,the ,report1 after again adverting to  
the exertions made for the  ,west       
,indies1 and the prospect held out that 
those exertions would1 under  the       
,divine blessing1 be attended with      
complete success in the religious       
instruction of the negro1 proceeded to  
state that the present year1  #ahce1 was
 the third centenary anniversary of the 
first printing of an  ,english ,bible4  
,it then contrasted the state of        
society1 and of ,england  generally of  
that day with those of the present1 and 
deduced the moral  greatness of ,england
 now1 compared with what it was then1 to
 its  exertions to promote the free     
circulation of the ,holy ,scriptures4   
,at  that time the number of copies in  
circulation was very small2 the extent  
of the demand in the present day1 as    
contrasted with that1 might be  judged  
of from this fact1 that in one day last 
month orders had been  given for        
#cfe1jjj copies of new editions4        
,amongst the speakers were the          

distinguished individuals whose names   
have  been already mentioned1 to which  
may be added1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,spring    
7representative of the ,american ,bible 
,society71 ,j4 ,leifchild1 ,w4 ,yate1   
of the ,church ,missionary ,society1    
,mr4 ,williams1 and ,hugh ,stowell4     
99       99       99       99       99  
,,british ,,and ,,foreign ,,school      
,,society4    ,the thirtieth            
,anniversary of this ,institution was   
held at ,exeter ,hall1  on ,monday1 the 
#aath of ,may4 ,on no former occasion   
have we witnessed a  more numerous      
attendance4    ,at twelve o'clock ,lord 
,brougham appeared on the platform1 and 
was  received with long continued       
cheers4    ,edward ,dunn1 ,esq41 the    
,secretary1 read the ,report1 which     
commenced by  noticing the death of the 
late ,j4 ,b4 ,wilson1 ,esq41 who had    
been a warm  supporter of this          
,institution4 ,by his will he had       
bequeathed to it the  reversion of      
#b1jjj three per cents4 ,it went on to  

state1 that the  ,society's premises had
 been altered and completed in a most   
satisfactory  manner1 but the expense   
had exceeded that for which provision   
was made4  ,the model school carried on 
under the direction of ,mr4 ,crosswell  
continued to maintain its high          
character1 and was a source of the      
greatest satisfaction to the ,committee4
 ,there had been scattered in the       
country #ajc young persons1 who had     
received assistance from this  ,society1
 without which they could not have been 
introduced to spheres of  active        
usefulness4 ,persons of various         
,dissenting denominations1 and  members 
of the ,established ,church1 had taken  
advantage of the  ,institution1 and had 
manifested in their conduct towards each
 other that  unity which bound all      
,christians together in the love and    
service of  their divine ,master4 ,a    
number of new schools had been opened   
with  considerable prospects of success4
 ,since the last anniversary1           

,government had made a second grant of  
#bj1jjj towards promoting  education1   
which had been accompanied by a         
difference in the mode of  distribution1
 so that the schools conducted on this  
system had obtained  only #f1hjj of it4 
,the ,committee felt that whatever was  
done should be  on broad and general    
principles4 ,grants of slates1 lesson   
books1 and  other materials1 had been   
made during the year4 ,fifty-nine       
schools1  educating #g1bej children1 had
 been aided during the same period4 ,the
  report then reverted to the ,society's
 foreign operations1 and  particularly  
noticed the desire for instruction      
manifested by the  negroes in the ,west 
,indies4 ,it concluded by adverting to  
the benefits  which the ,institution had
 conferred on the country4    ,william  
,allen1 ,esq41 presented his accounts1  
as ,treasurer1 from which it  appeared  
that the total receipts during the year 
were #b1fde #ajs42 the  expenditure     
amounted to #c1dhb #gs4 #a;d42 showing a

 deficiency upon the  general statement 
of the year of #hcf #ags4 #a;d4 ,those  
reports1 he  observed1 only showed the  
receipts and expenditure of the current 
year2  perhaps1 on a future occasion1 it
 would be advisable to give a statement 
of the ,society's assets1 and carry on  
the balance4    ,the principal speakers 
on the occasion were1 ,mr4 ,ainsworth1  
,m4,p41 ,mr4  ,pease1 ,m4,p41 ,h4       
,pownall1 ,esq41 ,mr4 ,hume1 ,m4,p41 ,c4
 ,lushington1 ,m4,p42 ,rev4  ,messrs4   
,g4 ,clayton1 ,j4 ,burnet1 ,dr4         
,humphreys1 ,j4 ,williams1 and          
,professor  ,vaughan2 besides the noble 
,chairman1 whose opening and closing    
address  imparted no ordinary interest  
to the meeting1 and were listened to    
with  marks of the warmest approbation4 
99       99       99       99       99  
,,protestant ,,society ,,for ,,the      
,,protection ,,of ,,civil ,,and         
,,religious ,,liberty4    ,the          
twenty-fourth anniversary of this       
important institution was held at  the  

,city of ,london ,tavern on ,saturday1  
the #afth of ,may4 ,on no former        
occasion have we ever witnessed greater 
interest excited4 ,at an early  hour    
every part of the large room was        
crowded1 and hundreds retired1  unable  
to gain admission4 ,on the platform we  
observed ,mr4 ,brotherton1  ,m4,p42 ,mr4
 ,alderman ,wood1 ,m4,p42 ,mr4 ,ewart1  
,m4,p42 ,d4 ,w4 ,harvey1 ,m4,p42 ,mr4   
,r4 ,potter1 ,m4,p42 ,mr4 ,j4           
,scholefield1 ,m4,p42 ,mr4 ,c4          
,lushington1 ,m4,p42 ,mr4  ,j4 ,parrat1 
,m4,p42 ,dr4 ,brown1 and several        
dissenting ministers4    ,at twelve     
o'clock the arrival of ,lord ,brougham1 
who had been appointed  to preside on   
the occasion1 was announced1 and called 
forth the repeated  acclamations of the 
assembly4 ,his ,lordship immediately    
took the chair1  supported by ,john     
,wilks1 ,esq4 on his right1 and ,mr4    
,alderman ,wood on his  left4    ,and   
here we cannot help expressing regret   
that our limits will not allow  us to   

present our readers either with the     
opening or closing address of  the      
,noble ,chairman on this occasion4      
,without pledging ourselves to the      
correctness of every sentiment that was 
uttered1 we have no hesitation  in      
affirming1--which is perhaps the highest
 eulogium in the fewest  words1--that   
these eloquent appeals were every way   
worthy of the  liberal1 the enlightened1
 the energetic ,henry ,brougham2 a name 
which1  whatever lustre it may derive   
from the title appended to it1 will ever
  be indebted for its highest and most  
gratifying honours1 to the heart1  the  
intellect1 and the character of the man4
    ,for these speeches1 together with  
those of ,mr4 ,o',connell1 ,dr4 ,brown1 
,j4  ,wilks1 ,c4 ,lushington1 ,d4 ,w4   
,harvey1 the ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,stowell1   
,hoppus1  ,sibree1 ,morell1 ,dr4        
,morison1 c41 c41 we must refer our     
readers to the  ,patriot of the #bjth   
ult41 whose ample columns will afford   
them a  gratifying report of the        

meeting4    ,the following ,resolutions 
were unanimously adopted3--    #a4 ,that
 to the great and benignant principles  
of ,religious ,freedom1 this  ,society1 
including many hundred congregations of 
,protestant ,dissenters  of different   
denominations1 in ,england and ,wales1  
continue firmly  attached3 ,that they   
must alway regard every interference    
with the rights  of conscience as       
offensive and unjust--as detrimental to 
general  happiness--and as calculated to
 produce those hypocrisies or martyrdoms
  which wisdom and goodness abhor3 ,and 
that such interference exists in  every 
age when perfect social equality1       
irrespective of religious  opinions and 
modes of worship1 is not enjoyed2 and in
 every country  where any civil         
advantage is bestowed1 or prejudice     
inflicted1 in  consequence only of      
religious opinions entertained1 or modes
 of worship  preferred4    #b4 ,that    
such principles should be avowed by this
 ,society1 if they were  but humble and 

unconnected individuals1 or if they     
constituted a small  minority in the    
,state2 but may be more confidently     
cherished1 and more  boldly proclaimed1 
when ,dissenters from the ,established  
,church are great  in numbers1          
information1 independence1 activity1    
influence1 and  wealth--when experience 
has demonstrated the wide and deep      
injuries  which other principles and    
practice produce--when the energies and 
benefits of the voluntary principle have
 been felicitously  evinced--and when   
the situation of other countries        
proclaims that  ,religion and ,religious
 ,freedom best prosper together--and    
that no  secular alliances are needful  
to promote the happiest influences of   
piety1 or the progress of truth3 and    
that1 to disregard1 or to  insufficient 
attention1 to these principles1 this    
,meeting mainly  attribute the numerous 
grievances which yet peculiarly affect  
,protestant  ,dissenters1 and the       
inadequate progress made by the         

,legislature and  successive            
,administrations towards their redress4 
#c4 ,that among those grievances this   
,meeting include the continuance of     
,church ,rates1 which they had hoped1   
ere now1 would have ceased2--and to     
which they object because these ,church 
,rates press specially on peculiar      
portions of the people--because they    
might be averted by a just              
appropriation of property belonging to  
the ,church--because they occasion      
extensively irritating feuds1 and local 
litigation--and because they are        
peculiarly obnoxious to those           
parishioners who1 conscientiously       
dissenting from ,church ,establishments1
 erect and maintain their own  places of
 worship--and support their             
ministers--relieve the necessitous  of  
their communion--educate the young--and 
defray every congregational  expense1   
without asking or desiring assistance   
from the ,state1 and at  their own      
spontaneous and voluntary charge4 ,that 

in connexion with this  object1 this    
,meeting sincerely express their        
condolence with ,mr4 ,john  ,childs1 of 
,bungay1 in the imprisonment he is now  
enduring in the ,county  gaol at        
,ipswich1 on account of his             
conscientious objection to the  payment 
of ,church ,rates--and also its         
abhorrence of the system which has      
subjected to such cruel and unmerited   
sufferings1 an individual who has       
conferred great benefits on the cause of
 ,religion and ,morality by means  of   
the press4    #d4 ,that this ,meeting   
also object to the continuance ,of the  
,marriage  ,laws1 which for the         
solemnization of ,marriage1 drag        
,protestant and  ,catholic ,dissenters1 
in defiance of their conscientious      
aversion1 or  doctrinal opinions1 to the
 ,altars of the ,established            
,church--and regret  that their sound   
principles have not been regarded in the
 measures  propounded by the last and   
preceding ,government1 for their relief4

 ,and  while they acknowledge the       
courtesy their claims have received1    
they  express their belief that         
satisfaction will never ensue till all  
classes  have the option to consider    
,marriage as a religious solemnity1 or  
as a  civil contract--and to have the   
religious solemnity celebrated by the   
,ministers of the ,congregations or     
,denomination to which they belong--nor 
till ,marriages may be registered by a  
civil officer with safety and  facility1
 and on economical terms4    #e4 ,that  
the want of a ,national ,civil          
,registration of ,births1 ,marriages1   
and ,deaths1 is also among the wrongs   
which this ,society have exposed  and   
deplore4 ,that whilst they know that    
much-needed and incalculable  benefits  
would result to the whole ,empire by the
 improvement  required--that valuable   
statistical information would be        
supplied1 and  all property become more 
secure--yet that the imperfections of   
the  present system are peculiarly      

oppressive and vexatious to ,dissenters 
from the ,church1 and that the evils    
they suffer must induce them to urge    
for an efficient and immediate remedy   
with universal1 anxious1 and            
unslumbering zeal4    #f4 ,that whilst  
this ,meeting acknowledge the efforts   
made by a former  ,administration1 who  
have now succeeded to the ,government1  
and by liberal  ,members of the         
,legislature to remove the impediments  
which prevent  ,dissenters from sharing 
the benefits and honours of our         
,national ,english  ,universities--they 
have yet to complain that the spirit of 
intolerance1  and of selfish and        
sectarian exclusion1 has been           
triumphant2 and that  even the ,charter 
to the ,london ,university1 founded on  
expansive and wise  principles1 has been
 deferred3 and especially as on the     
survey of ,europe  and ,america1 and    
even of ,scotland1 they discover that   
,colleges and  ,universities1 with      
powers of conferring degrees1 have been 

numerously  and usefully                
established--and as they believe that   
the prevalence in  ,england of similar  
liberality would improve our national   
destinies1 and  give cause both for     
,science and ,religious ,liberty to     
rejoice4    #g4 ,that many other matters
 prejudicial to ,dissenters require     
interposition and relief--as1 #a4 ,the  
absurd jurisdictions of the             
,ecclesiastical ,courts1 and their      
powers to enforce by penance and        
indefensible punishment the decrees they
 pronounce4 #b4 ,the liability of       
,dissenters to provide substitutes if   
chosen church-wardens4 #c4 ,the heavy   
charges arising from the want of some   
summary means of perpetuating the       
,trusts of their ,chapels1 without the  
enormous tax from frequent  conveyances 
at present sustained4 #d4 ,the          
non-extension to them of the  remission 
of duties chargeable on the materials   
used in the erection of  their places   
for worship1 which is allowed in favour 

of the churches and  chapels of the     
,established ,church4 #e4 ,the powers of
 the clergy to  prohibit the tolling of 
the bell on the death or funeral of     
,dissenting  parishioners1 and to refuse
 the admission of their corpses into the
  church1 and to read the ,burial       
,service over those who die unbaptized1 
though interred in the parish           
church-yard4 #f4 ,the exclusion of      
,dissenting ,ministers from officiating 
7as is permitted in ,ireland7 in        
church-yards at the interment of        
friends4 #g4 ,the difficulty of         
punishing1 summarily1 the interruptions 
of public worship by the  persecuting or
 profligate4 ,and #h4 ,the right of     
,clergymen1 however  prejudiced1        
incompetent1 and unpopular1 officially  
to preside at  ,vestries of             
parishioners2 as well as other matters1 
diversified and  vexatious1 which       
chiefly arise from the peculiar favour  
manifested to  the ,established ,church1
 and the withholdment of that perfect   

equality as  to civil rights between    
religionists of every class1 for which  
this  ,society will ever contend4    #h4
 ,that with such various grievances1    
urgent and unredressed--and  regarding  
the dispositions manifested1 by high    
ecclesiastical  authorities and parties 
proud in rank and power1 to agitate the 
people  and the parliament by alarms for
 the ,established ,church1 and to resist
  even the reasonable concessions so    
justly required--and believing that a   
crisis has arrived or is approaching1 on
 which the early triumph or  temporary  
retrogression of the rights of          
conscience may depend--this  ,meeting   
would urgently invoke ,dissenters and   
,methodists1 and all friends  to liberal
 principles1 throughout the empire1 to  
be up and stirring--to  prepare for new 
strifes and elections--to nominate and  
the return to  the ,house of ,commons   
only such ,representatives as will      
vindicate those  rights firmly and with 
zeal--and to afford to the present      

,administration  the countenance and    
cooperation merited by their sacrifices 
and efforts  for ,freedom and ,reform1  
and which may enable them to do justice 
to  ,ireland and ,great ,britain1 by    
promptly correcting every ecclesiastical
  and corporation abuse4--,and that this
 ,meeting regard with decided           
approbation and gratitude the strenuous 
efforts now making in and out of        
,parliament to remove the taxes upon    
knowledge1 satisfied that there is  no  
greater obstacle than such taxes to     
religious liberty1 as well as to        
religious instruction4    #i4 ,that the 
following ministers and gentlemen of    
different denominations  constitute the 
,committee of the ,society1 with power  
to add to their  numbers1 and appoint   
all other officers3      ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4  
,cox1 ,,ll4 ,d4    ---- ,w4 ,b4         
,collyer1 ,d4,d4 ,f4,a4,s4    ----      
,george ,collison    ---- ,alexander    
,fletcher1 ,a4,m4    ---- ,thomas       
,jackson    ---- ,thomas ,lewis    ---- 

,john ,morison1 ,d4,d4    ---- ,thomas  
,russell1 ,a4,m4    ,mr4 ,edward ,ashby 
,william ,bateman1 ,esq4    ,james      
,esdaile1 ,esq4    ,martin ,prior1 ,esq4
    ,thomas ,wilson1 ,esq4    ,matthew  
,wood1 ,esq4 ,m4,p4    ,john ,wilks1    
,esq4 ,m4,p4    ,james ,young1 ,esq4    
,that cordial thanks be rendered to     
those by whom the duties of the  office 
have heretofore been fulfilled--and that
 ,james ,b4 ,brown1 ,esq41  ,,ll4 ,d41  
be requested to become ,treasurer to    
this ,institution4    #aj4 ,that the    
,meeting avail themselves gladly of     
another opportunity to  reiterate their 
grateful expressions to ,john ,wilks1   
,esq41 ,m4,p41 the  ,honorary ,secretary
 of the ,society from the formation1 for
 the zeal and  prudence he has          
displayed--and for the devotedness and  
ability with  which he has often        
resisted intolerance and persecution1   
and struggled  for that vital and       
glorious liberty1 to which he has long  
proved himself  to be entirely attached4

    #aa4 ,that the ,society cheerfully  
offer their acknowledgments to those    
members of the ,legislature who have    
presented their petitions and  laboured 
on their behalf2 and hailing with       
gratification the presence at  this     
,meeting of ,joseph ,brotherton1 ,esq41 
,m4 ,p41 ,william ,ewart1 ,esq41  ,m4   
,p41 ,daniel ,whittle ,harvey1 ,esq41   
,m4 ,p41 ,charles ,lushington1 ,esq41   
,m4 ,p41 ,daniel ,o',connell1 ,esq41 ,m4
 ,p41 ,richard ,potter1 ,esq41 ,m4 ,p41 
,joseph ,scholefield1 ,esq41 ,m4 ,p41   
,t4 ,thornely1 ,esq41 ,m4,p41 and       
,matthew ,wood1 ,esq41 ,m4,p41 they hope
 during future efforts to receive  their
 unabated support4    #ab4 ,that this   
,meeting are also rejoiced by the       
presence of the ,rev4 ,dr4  ,codman1 the
 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,humphrey1 the ,rev4 ,dr4   
,spring1 and the ,rev4 ,mr4  ,baird from
 ,america--and congratulate them and the
 world on the proofs  supplied by their 
interesting1 enlightened1 and prosperous
 country in  favour of the voluntary    

principle in matters of religion1 and   
which  demonstrate that her grace and   
glories may be well and widely diffused 
without alliance to the ,state4         
,,brougham1 7,chairman47    #ac4 ,that  
this ,society1 who have hailed as       
,chairmen at preceding  ,anniversaries  
some of the most distinguished ,royal   
and ,noble advocates  for ,civil and    
,religious ,liberty1 feel peculiar      
pleasure in expressing  their gratitude 
and delight that the ,rt4 ,hon4 ,lord   
,brougham has  presided at their        
,meeting this day4 ,assured of the      
cordiality and  success with which for  
many years1 he has dedicated his        
intellect1  eloquence1 and vast         
attainments1 to the cause of            
,education--to the  abolition of        
,slavery--to the accomplishment of      
legal1 corporate1 and  public           
reforms--and to the general amelioration
 of his country and the  world--the     
,meeting are cheered by the interest he 
has manifested in  the claims and wrongs

 of the hundreds of thousands of their  
countrymen  whom they represent--and    
anticipate from the powerful support he 
can  supply that ere long victory will  
smile on their efforts1 and that        
knowledge1 truth1 and liberty will for  
ever prevail4           99       99     
99       99       99                    
,,the ,,leicestershire ,,baptist        
,,association4    ,the ,baptist churches
 in ,leicestershire1 formerly connected 
with the  ,northamptonshire             
,association1 which embraced most of the
 churches in the  counties of ,derby1   
,rutland1 ,leicester1 ,nottingham1      
,lincoln1 ,buckingham1  ,bedford1 and   
,northampton1 impressed with a          
conviction that its  efficiency was     
considerably impaired by its extent1    
thought it desirable  to form a separate
 ,association1 which should be more     
limited in its  range1 and more definite
 end concentrated in its efforts4       
,in pursuance of this object1 a meeting 
of ministers and deacons1 with  their   

friends1 was convened in the school-room
 of the ,harvey ,lane  chapel1          
,leicester1 on ,monday1 ,november the   
#ajth1 #ahcd2 when the  following       
resolutions were unanimously passed3--  
#a4 ,that the churches of the           
,calvinistic ,baptist denomination1     
assembling  at ,arnsby1 ,appleby1       
,husband's-,bosworth1 ,loughborough1    
,harvey-,lane1  ,leicester1             
,monk's-,kirby1 ,oadby1 ,sheepshead1 and
 ,sutton-in-the-,elms1 do  now form     
themselves into a ,union1 to be called  
,the ,leicestershire  ,baptist          
,association4    #b4 ,that the great    
design of this ,union be the promotion  
of the kingdom  of ,jesus ,christ2 by   
holding meetings for mutual exhortation 
and united  prayer2--by affording       
opportunities for the cultivation of    
brotherly  love between the ministers   
and members of the several churches2 by 
endeavouring to advance the cause of the
 ,redeemer throughout the county4    #c4
 ,that this ,association hold its       

meetings twice a year--on the ,tuesday  
in ,easter week1 and on the first       
,tuesday in ,november3 and that they be 
holden at each place connected with the 
,union in its turn2 each minister  being
 expected to preach in his course4 ,and 
that at the ,spring meeting a  report of
 the state of the churches be received1 
and the business of the  ,association   
transacted4    #d4 ,that with a view to 
the relief of cases of ministerial      
distress1 to  assist in carrying the    
gospel into neglected villages1 and to  
defray the  necessary expenses of the   
,association1 a fund be established1    
sustained  by collections at the        
half-yearly meetings1 as well as by     
private  subscriptions4 ,and that a     
,committee of ,management be formed1    
composed of  the ministers and deacons  
of the churches4    #e4 ,that all       
churches in the county or its vicinity1 
wishing to unite  with the              
,leicestershire ,association1 be        
requested to convey their  sentiments1  

either by letter or otherwise1 through  
some member of the  ,union1 at one of   
its regular meetings2 and that such     
applications be  attended to without    
delay4    #f4 ,that ,mr4 ,new1 of       
,arnsby1 be requested to act as         
,secretary1 and ,mr4 ,c4  ,b4 ,robinson1
 of ,leicester1 as ,treasurer1 for the  
first year2 and that  the ,secretary be 
desired to give a fortnight's notice of 
each meeting to  the ministers or       
deacons of the churches4    ,the        
,association held its first meeting at  
,arnsby1 on ,easter ,tuesday1  ,april   
#ba4 ,the services commenced1 in the    
morning1 at half-past ten  o'clock1 when
 communications were received from      
different churches2 in  the afternoon   
,mr4 ,aveline1 of ,loughborough1        
preached from ,acts xvi4 #e1  ,on the   
present state of religion in the        
churches1 and the best means  of        
promoting its improvement3 in the       
evening ,mr4 ,mursell1 of  ,leicester1  
preached from #a ,cor4 xv4 #bd4 ,the    

services were numerously  attended1 and 
left a very gratifying impression2 from 
which it is hoped1  that the ,union may 
be productive of considerable good4     
,the next meeting of the ,association   
will be held at the ,harvey ,lane       
chapel1 ,leicester1 on the first        
,tuesday in ,november4    ,it is to be  
regretted that1 from some               
misunderstanding1 no numerical  report  
was received from many of the churches2 
consequently1 the results  of the past  
year cannot be accurately recorded4     
,j4 ,new1 ,secretary4           99      
99       99       99       99           
,,wells1 ,,somersetshire4    ,the       
following important and interesting case
 of the ,baptist ,church in  the city of
 ,wells1 is respectfully submitted to   
the consideration of the  friends of    
,zion4    ,in the year #ahad a few      
persons1 desirous of advancing the cause
 of  ,christ in this populous city1     
opened a room for the preaching of the  
gospel1 which1 being well attended1 led 

to the purchase of some freehold        
property1 that was converted into a     
chapel and burial-ground1 the cost  of  
which was #edj4 ,this case received the 
sanction of the ministers in  the       
neighbourhood1 among whom were the ,rev4
 ,messrs4 ,ryland1 ,roberts1  ,murch1   
,saunders1 and ,tidman4    ,subsequent  
to the removal of the first minister1   
the ,rev4 ,j4 ,p4 ,mursell  fixed his   
residence among them1 and it pleased the
 great ,head of the  ,church to bless   
his labours to such a pre-eminent       
degree1 that it became  absolutely      
necessary to build the present          
commodious chapel1 which was  opened in 
,october1 #ahbg1 by the ,rev4 ,robert   
,hall4    ,the cause1 from that period1 
has been growing1 until the ,rev4 ,mr4  
,groser1 their late pastor1 embraced the
 sentiments of ,mr4 ,irving1 and        
renounced believers' baptism4 ,having   
given up his pastoral office over  this 
church1 and opened another place of     
worship in the city1 many of  the church

 and congregation followed him1 which   
has placed this once  flourishing       
interest in peculiar difficulties with  
regard to the  finances4 ,the sum       
expended in building the present chapel1
 including the  debt remaining on the   
first purchase1 is as follows3--        
,purchase1 ,building1 c4                
#aaij #ae #g    ,subscriptions and      
,contributions        #hij #ae #g       
----------    ,balance due              
#cjj  #j #j                             
----------    ,the ministers in the     
neighbourhood have kindly afforded their
 aid1 and  view this interest as one of 
no ordinary importance1 since it        
presents  an extensive field for the    
exercise of genuine benevolence4 ,the   
deacons  and friends1 having the fullest
 confidence in the liberality of the    
,christian public1 respectfully solicit 
early donations1 that they may  be freed
 from the payment of interest money1 by 
the present debt being  liquidated1 and 
thereby be enabled to give all their    

support to a  faithful minister of the  
everlasting gospel4 ,this hope is       
greatly  strengthened by the            
consideration1 that1 through the        
blessing of ,god1  the congregation is  
increasing1 and the prayer-meetings are 
well  attended4 ,the following ministers
 will cheerfully receive contributions  
for the above case3--,rev4 ,s4 ,summers1
 ,t4 ,s4 ,crisp1 and ,t4 ,winter1       
,bristol2 ,j4 ,jackson1 ,bath2 ,t4      
,clarke1 ,paulton1 near ,bath2 ,j4      
,mason1  ,norton ,st4 ,philip's1 near   
,bath2 ,j4 ,p4 ,mursell1 ,leicester2 ,t4
 ,price1  ,london2 ,j4 ,s4 ,bunce1      
,devizes2 ,w4 ,jones1 and ,j4 ,dyer1    
,frome2 and ,mr4 ,c4  ,tyte1            
,watchmaker1 ,wells4           99       
99       99       99       99           
,,chapels ,,opened4                     
,,keynsham1 ,,near ,,bristol4    ,in the
 autumn of the last year it was found   
necessary to take down the  old         
meeting-house1 its dilapidated state    
having rendered it unsafe to  worship   

in4 ,a new one is erected on the same   
site1 the internal  arrangements of     
which are much more commodious than     
those of the former4  ,it was opened for
 ,divine worship on ,tuesday1 the #bast 
of ,april2 on which  occasion1 ,mr4     
,summers1 of ,broadmead1 ,bristol1      
preached in the morning1  from #a ,cor4 
xiii4 #ab2 ,mr4 ,winter1 of             
,counterslip1 ,bristol1 in the          
afternoon1 from ,matt4 xiii4 #af1 #ag2  
and ,mr4 ,lucy1 of ,lady ,huntingdon's1 
,bristol1 in the evening1 from #a ,pet4 
iii4 #ah4 ,the devotional services  were
 conducted by ,messrs4 ,john ,jackson   
and ,james ,jackson1 of ,bath1          
,probert1 of ,bristol1 and ,fuller1 of  
,hallen2 ,mr4 ,ayres1 the pastor of the 
church1 closing the services of the day 
with prayer and thanksgiving4  ,the     
collection amounted to #cb4 ,the whole  
cost will be #gjj2 about #cjj  remaining
 yet to be liquidated4 ,the church and  
congregation1 by no means  opulent1 have
 exerted themselves to the utmost1 and  

would feel  particularly grateful for   
such assistance from their ,christian   
brethren  as should render it           
unnecessary for their pastor to leave   
them for the  purpose of soliciting     
contributions4 ,they trust this new     
period in their  history will be the    
commencement of a brighter day than any 
which has  yet dawned upon them4        
99       99       99       99       99  
,,thoverton1 ,,devon4    ,a new ,baptist
 chapel was opened for ,divine worship  
at ,thoverton1 ,october  #bnd1 #ahcd2   
when the ,rev4 ,s4 ,nicholson1 of       
,plymouth1 preached in the  morning2 and
 the ,rev4 ,j4 ,baynes1 of ,wellington1 
in the evening4 ,mr4  ,hoskins1 minister
 of the place1 was publicly ordained and
 recognized as  pastor of the church in 
the afternoon1 when the ,rev4 ,p4       
,anstie1 of  ,exeter1 described the     
nature of a ,christian church2 the ,rev4
 ,s4 ,s4  ,hatch1 of ,honiton1 asked the
 usual questions2 the ,rev4 ,c4 ,sharp  
offered  the ordination prayer2 the     

,rev4 ,dr4 ,payne 7,indep471 of the     
,western  ,academy1 gave the charge2 the
 ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,w4 ,blaudy 7,indep471  
,c4  ,bushby1 and ,r4 ,pyne1 took part  
in the devotional services1 which were  
numerously and respectably attended4    
,this neat and substantial chapel1      
measuring #di;ft4 by #cb;ft41 including 
two school-rooms1 a small               
burying-ground1 and expenses of         
writings1 c41 cost only #dhj4 ,nearly   
one-third of the amount has been already
 obtained2 for the remainder ,mr4       
,hoskin is now soliciting the ,christian
 public4 ,the previous destitute  state 
of this neighbourhood1 and its present  
promising appearance1 give  it peculiar 
claims on their attention4           99 
99       99       99       99           
,,shrewton1 ,,wilts4    ,a new chapel   
was opened at ,shrewton1 ,wilts1        
,november #bj1 #ahcd4 ,the ,rev4  ,p4   
,saffery1 of ,salisbury1 was to have    
preached the morning sermon1 but  in    
consequence of illness1 his place was   

kindly supplied by the ,rev4 ,c4        
,williams1 ,independent minister of     
,salisbury4 ,the afternoon and evening  
sermons were preached by the ,rev4      
,messrs4 ,day1 of ,wincanton1 and       
,winter1  of ,bristol4    ,the services 
were interesting and impressive4 ,the   
pastor of the church  at ,shrewton1 the 
,rev4 ,j4 ,gunning1 is about to appeal  
to the ,christian  public to aid his    
poor but zealous flock in liquidating   
the debt which  remains on their new    
place of worship2 and it is hoped that  
he will meet  with kind and liberal     
encouragement4           99       99    
99       99       99                    
,,hatherleigh1 ,,devon4    ,on          
,thursday1 the #abth of ,march last1 the
 new ,baptist chapel at  ,hatherleigh1  
,devon1 was opened for ,divine worship4 
,in the morning1  brother ,veysey1 of   
,torrington1 read and prayed2 and       
brother ,nicholson1  of ,plymouth1      
preached from ,matt4 xiii4 #cc2 and     
brother ,pyne1 of  ,bideford1 closed in 

prayer4 ,in the afternoon1 brother ,pyne
 read and  prayed2 and brother ,may1 of 
,croyde1 preached from ,acts viii4 #e4  
,in the  evening brother ,pulsford1 of  
,torrington1 read and prayed2 and       
brother  ,nicholson preached from ,john 
vi4 #cg1 #ch1 and closed in prayer4     
,though  the rain was tremendous all the
 forenoon1 yet the place was crowded1   
and  great numbers were prevented coming
 by the waters which overflowed the     
roads4 ,this is a cause commenced by the
 ,baptist friends of ,torrington1  and  
at present promises to be successful1   
far beyond the most sanguine            
expectations of its warmest friends4    
,a gallery appears to be much needed    
already4 ,may the friends of the        
,redeemer be ready cheerfully to aid    
this poor but pious people in this  good
 and very desirable work6 ,the present  
erection is #de;ft4 by #bh;ft41  and has
 cost about #cjj41 of which not more    
than #ej4 has been raised4  ,here is a  
fine field for a home missionary4 ,if a 

holy1 active man could  be placed there1
 there is good ground to expect a most  
abundant harvest4           99       99 
99       99       99                    
,,ordinations4                          
,,chatham1 ,,kent4    ,on ,thursday1    
,february #bfth1 the ,rev4 ,f4 ,overbury
 was publicly recognized  as the pastor 
of the ,baptist church meeting in       
,providence ,chapel1  ,chatham4 ,the    
,rev4 ,r4 ,w4 ,overbury1 of ,london1    
commenced the service with  reading and 
prayer4 ,the ,rev4 ,t4 ,price1 of       
,devonshire ,square1 delivered  the     
introductory discourse1 asked the usual 
questions1 and received ,mr4            
,overbury's confession of faith4 ,the   
,rev4 ,w4 ,g4 ,lewis1 of ,chatham1      
offered the ordination prayer4 ,the     
,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,murch1 president of      
,stepney ,college1 gave the charge1 from
 ,col4 i4 #g2 and the ,rev4 ,j4 ,smith1 
of ,london1 preached to the people1 from
 ,phil4 i4 #bg4 ,the ,rev4 ,p4          
,thompson1 ,a4,m4 7,indep471 concluded  

the interesting service with prayer4    
99       99       99       99       99  
,,artillery-,,street1 ,,london4    ,on  
,wednesday1 ,may #bj1 the ,rev4 ,c4     
,bathurst ,woodman was publicly         
recognized as the pastor of the church  
assembling in ,artillery-street1        
,bishopsgate without4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,b4
 ,shenston commenced the service by     
reading the ,scriptures and prayer2     
,rev4 ,n4 ,m4 ,harry1 of ,broad-street1 
delivered the introductory discourse2   
the ,rev4 ,j4 ,belcher asked the  usual 
questions2 the ,rev4 ,a4 ,tidman1 of    
,barbican1 offered the  designation     
prayer2 and the ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,giles1 of
 ,salters' ,hall1  delivered the charge 
to the minister4    ,on the following   
evening1 the ,rev4 ,t4 ,price1 of       
,devonshire ,square1  preached to the   
people2 the ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,murch1      
president of ,stepney  ,college1        
,davies1 of ,aldermanbury1 ,peacock1 of 
,spencer ,place1 c41  conducted the     
other parts of the service4 ,the        

interest of the meeting on  ,wednesday  
was greatly increased by the presence of
 the venerable ,isaiah  ,birt1 who1     
though too ill to officiate1 attended   
for the purpose of  expressing his deep 
and affectionate interest in the welfare
 of his  young friend1 ,mr4 ,woodman1   
and of the church assembling in         
,artillery-street chapel4           99  
99       99       99       99           
,,evesham1 ,,worcestershire4    ,the    
,rev4 ,j4 ,blakeman1 late of ,crayford1 
has accepted the unanimous  invitation  
of the ,second ,baptist ,church1        
,evesham1 ,worcestershire 7late  ,rev4  
,c4 ,room1 removed to ,new ,park        
,street1 ,london71 and entered on his   
stated pastoral labours the first       
,sabbath in ,april last4           99   
99       99       99       99           
,,deputation ,,to ,,america4    ,the    
,secretaries of the ,baptist ,union have
 received a letter from ,dr4 ,cox  and  
,mr4 ,hoby1 dated ,new ,york1 ,april    
#ae4 ,we are happy to learn that our    

esteemed brethen reached the shores of  
,america the preceding day in  safety1  
and were then preparing to enter upon   
their arduous duty4           99        
99       99       99       99           
,,notices4    ,the first ,meeting of the
 ,east ,kent ,particular ,baptist       
,association will  be held 7,providence 
permitting7 at ,dover1 on ,tuesday and  
,wednesday1 ,june  the #ith and #ajth4  
,the brethren1 ,t4 ,cramp1 of ,st4      
,peter's1 and ,steadman1  of ,ramsgate1 
to preach4 ,on ,wednesday evening a     
public meeting will be  held1 in order  
to form an ,auxiliary ,baptist          
,misssionary ,society for  ,east ,kent  
and its neighbourhood4 ,the ,rev4       
,eustace ,carey is expected to  be      
present4           99       99       99 
99       99    ,the ,annual ,meeting of 
the ,lancashire and ,yorkshire          
,association of  ,baptist churches will 
be held on ,tuesday and ,wednesday in   
,whitsun week1  in ,george-street       
chapel1 ,manchester4 ,brethren ,godwin1 

,steadman1 of  ,bradford1 and ,stephens1
 are to preach4 ,in case of failure1    
brethren  ,acworth1 of ,leeds1          
,harbottle1 of ,accrington1 and ,larom4 
,accommodation will be provided for such
 friends as may come from a  distance4  
99       99       99       99       99  
,the annual meeting of the ,bristol     
,education ,society will take place on  
,thursday1 the #aath of ,june instant1  
at the vestry of ,broadmead meeting1    
,bristol4 ,the sermon will be preached  
by the ,rev4 ,james ,acworth1 of        
,leeds1 at ,broadmead meeting1 at eleven
 o'clock in the forenoon4           99  
99       99       99       99    ,the   
,annual ,meeting of the ,baptist ,union 
will be held at ,new ,park ,street      
chapel1 on ,wednesday morning1 ,june    
#ag4 ,breakfast at six o'clock4 ,the    
chair to be taken precisely at seven4   
,a preparatory meeting of the ministers 
and representatives will be held  at    
,salters' ,hall chapel1 on ,monday1     
,june #aeth1 precisely at five o'clock  

in the afternoon2 when it is earnestly  
hoped the brethren1 especially  those   
from the country1 will attend4          
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,the annual sermon for the ,baptist     
,building ,fund will be preached by the 
,rev4 ,j4 ,j4 ,davies1 of ,tottenham1 on
 ,sunday evening1 ,june #adth1 at ,maze 
,pond chapel4 ,service to commence at   
half-past six4    ,the annual meeting   
will be held on ,monday evening1 ,june  
#bbnd1 at  ,eagle-street chapel1 ,red   
,lion ,square2 the chair to be taken by 
,joseph  ,fletcher1 ,esq41 at half-past 
six4                                    
,,recent ,,deaths4                      
,,mrs4 ,,mary ,,middleton4    ,died1 on 
the #afth of ,april1 in the eighty-fifth
 year of her age1 ,mary1  relict of the 
,rev4 ,j4 ,d4 ,middleton1 the first     
pastor of the ,baptist  church1 ,lewes1 
,sussex4 ,for upwards of fifty years she
 honourably  sustained the ,christian   
character1 and came to her grave in a   
full age1  like as a shock of corn      

cometh in in his season4           99   
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,,mr4 ,,nicholas ,,mehl4    ,died1 on   
,may #bnd1 #ahce1 ,mr4 ,nicholas ,mehl1 
of ,chiswick1 a deacon of the  ,baptist 
church at ,hammersmith1 in his #hbnd    
year4 ,he was a native of  ,strasburg1  
in ,germany1 and left that country for  
,england at the age of  #ai2 was        
baptized by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,uppadine in  
the year #ahjf4 ,he was one of  the     
warmest friends to the ,baptist cause at
 ,hammersmith1 and his  unassuming      
simplicity of manners1 purity of        
conduct1 and marked  benevolence of     
character1 made him beloved by all who  
knew him4 ,it may1  with truth1 be said1
 he devoted his time to the cause of    
,god1 paid much  attention to the poor1 
and in promoting their comfort seemed to
 find his  own happiness4 ,may his aged 
widow1 and the church with whom he has  
been  so long connected1 trace his      
footsteps1 and follow him as far as he  
followed ,christ4 ,his remains were     

deposited in the vault beneath the      
school-room1 attached to the ,baptist   
meeting-house1 on ,thursday1 the #gth   
of ,may1 there to repose until the      
resurrection morn4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4       
,uppadine improved his removal the      
following ,sabbath morning1 from ,rev4  
vii4 #ad1 to the end4           99      
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,,the ,,rev4 ,,samuel ,,saunders4    ,on
 ,tuesday morning1 ,may #ai1 at         
half-past one o'clock1 died1 suddenly1  
of  a fit of apoplexy1 in the #efth year
 of his age1 the ,rev4 ,samuel          
,saunders1 for nine years pastor of the 
,baptist church assembling in           
,byrom-street1 ,liverpool4 ,by this     
sudden and painful stroke the church is 
clad in mourning1 and a deep and solemn 
impression is made in the town  at      
large4 ,a memoir of the deceased may    
soon be expected4                       
,,new ,,publications4                   
,just ,published4    ,the ,just ,cause2 
or1 the ,claims of the ,dissenters      

,expounded1 and their  ,conduct         
,vindicated4    ,an ,appeal to the      
,legislature and the ,nation1 upon the  
unconstitutional  ,character and        
irreligious ,tendency of an             
,ecclesiastical ,establishment1  united 
with the ,civil ,government4 ,by ,a4 ,z4
    ,strict ,communion ,vindicated4 ,an 
,answer to the ,question1 ,why are you a
  ,strict ,baptist8 ,by ,john ,bane1    
minister of the ,gospel1 ,aylsham4      
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,errata4--,in our last number1 at page  
#ahe1 for tracts of ,elias ,hicks1  read
 tenets4 ,and in p4 #ahf1 after bold1   
read that of the  ,apologist4           
,,irish ,,chronicle4                    
,,june1 #ahce4      ,an esteemed        
correspondent1 in forwarding recently a 
valuable  contribution to the funds of  
the ,baptist ,irish ,society1 most      
justly  remarks1 ,the ,society has      
walked1 perhaps more than any other1 'by
  faith1 and not by sight4' ,and1       
perhaps1 whatever difficulties may have 

attended its walk1 no society has       
received greater encouragement calmly   
to pursue the even tenor of its way1 or 
to walk by the same rule1  and to mind  
the same thing4 ,at the same time1 it   
may not be improper  to remind the      
considerate and generous benefactors of 
the institution1  that the              
administration of this service not only 
supplieth the wants of  the saints1 but 
is abundant also by many thanksgivings  
unto ,god4    ,it is intended1          
,providence permitting1 to hold the     
approaching ,annual  ,meeting of the    
,society at the ,city of ,london        
,tavern1 ,bishopsgate ,street1  on      
,friday morning1 the #aith instant4     
,breakfast at six o'clock1 and the      
chair to be taken at seven precisely4   
,it is expected that the ,rev4  ,william
 ,thomas1 of ,limerick1 one of the      
society's earliest agents1 will  be     
present1 and communicate to the meeting 
much interesting  intelligence4    ,on  
the previous ,monday1 the #aeth instant1

 the claims of the society will  be     
advocated1 at the ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,giles's
 chapel1 ,salters' ,hall1 by the  ,rev4 
,e4 ,steane1 of ,camberwell1 who has    
kindly consented to preach the  ,annual 
,sermon4 ,service to commence at        
half-past six in the evening4           
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,to the ,secretary4                     
,limerick1 ,april #ahth1 #ahce4         
,my dear ,sir1    ,having only returned 
to this from various places where ,i    
have been  visiting the schools and     
preaching as usual1 and must go off in  
the  morning to preach at ,castle       
,connell and ,o',briens bridge1 and     
trying to  grasp every thing1 ,i have   
only time to write a few lines1 and with
 them  send the readers' journals1 as   
they must go off by the next post1 to be
  in time4 ,i was much delighted with   
the ,bristol and ,keppel ,street        
,schools1 which ,i have just seen1      
though in different directions4 ,i trust
  ,i was very useful at ,ballycar1 where

 a young lady1 twenty years and two     
months old1 was called in a few hours   
into eternity1 the niece of ,major      
,colpoys1 and daughter of ,alderman     
,abbott of ,dublin2 she died in the     
,lord1 and left several unquestionable  
testimonies4        ,purged in the flood
 which flowed from ,jesu's side1        
,she lived a ,christian1 and a          
,christian died4    ,i attended her     
funeral1 and gave several lectures at   
,ballycar1 which ,i  trust tended to    
instruct and comfort3 several were much 
affected4 ,i  wrote since a letter1     
which ,i hope may be accompanied with a 
blessing to  her amiable family in      
,dublin4    ,i have been since my return
 preaching at ,castle ,connell and at   
,cloughjordan1 and have been this week  
to ,maththeal1 to try to get a  place of
 our own in that town for preaching2 it 
is much wanted1 and it  is the next town
 7though poor and yet populous7 in      
consequence to  ,limerick in the county4
 ,good ,mr4 ,finch took me in his gig   

from ,finchly1  there and back2 ,i      
lectured there1 and he gave me #c4 for  
the ,society1  and promised me another  
pound4 ,he and his truly pious and      
worthy lady  treated me with great      
kindness4                               
,your's1 c4                             
,w4 ,thomas4           99       99      
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,to the ,secretary4                     
,coolany1 ,april #bjth1 #ahce4          
,dear ,brother1    ,notwithstanding all 
the opposition that is made to some of  
our schools  in this district1 still    
there is every reason to believe that   
this  opposition is useless1 and1       
instead of the enemy accomplishing what 
he  desires1 it will by the blessing of 
,god have a direct tendency to  further 
the object it wishes to suppress1 and   
strengthen the cause it  aims to        
destroy4 ,it appears to me that         
ignorance is already so far  removed    
from the bulk of the peasantry1 that    
every attempt to keep them  from seeking

 instruction will prove a failure4 ,it  
is evident to every  one that makes a   
little observation1 education is        
removing ignorance2  and every attempt  
to stop its advancing progress will     
prove abortive1  and from whatever      
persons it may proceed1 will expose them
 to infamy and  shame4 ,however numerous
 may be our opposers1 so long as we are 
pursuing  the welfare of man in         
accordance with the principles of divine
 truth1  whatever difficulties we may   
have to contend with1 we need not be    
held  in suspense with regard to the    
issue4 ,may it be our concern to pursue 
our course in the spirit of ,christians1
 then our feeble exertions will  have   
the approbation and blessing of ,god6   
,and who is he that will harm  you if ye
 be followers of that which is good8    
,with this you will also receive the    
journals of the inspectors and  sabbath 
readers4 ,i hope that the ,lord is      
blessing their labours in  leading      
sinners to the knowledge of the truth1  

in promoting the  doctrines of the      
gospel1 and the advancement of his own  
glory4 ,many of  the people are         
beginning to feel anxious to read the   
,scriptures for  themselves1 and to feel
 the importance of taking them as their 
only  guide2 and1 whilst there are some 
that implicitly lean to the authority   
of the priest1 there are others who     
reject the traditions of men1 and  claim
 the indisputable right of judging for  
themselves in matters that  relate to   
the salvation of the soul1 and the glory
 of ,god4    ,during the present month1 
besides supplying at ,ballina on the    
,sabbath  during ,mr4 ,allen's absence1 
,i have visited several places in the   
country1 and hope to visit them as often
 as ,i possibly can4 ,the  preaching of 
the gospel1 accompanied by the blessing 
of ,god1 like the  waters of a mighty   
river1 bears down all before it2 and    
,jehovah has  promised that it shall    
rise and expand1 like the waters of the 
deluge1  until it cover the whole earth1

 and universally prevail4 ,a few ,roman 
,catholics have attended preaching since
 ,i came to reside in this  village4    
,may the ,lord give me wisdom and       
understanding that ,i may be  wise to   
win souls to ,christ1 and more grace    
that ,i may be more devoted  to his     
service6                                
,your's c4                              
,j4 ,bates4           99       99       
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,to the ,rev4 ,j4 ,bates4               
,easky1 ,mar4 #cj1 #ahce4    ,since my  
last letter ,i travelled through parts  
of the counties of ,latrun  and ,sligo1 
earnestly endeavouring as usual1 by     
reading1 conversation1  and expounding  
the ,scriptures1 to promote the design  
of our ,institution  among my friends   
and acquaintances4    ,within one mile  
of ,dromahare1 ,i entered the house of  
an old woman of  ninety-eight years1    
with whom ,i had often-times before     
conversed1 on the  doctrine of          
justification by faith2 when she        

understood ,i had arrived1  she sent for
 me1 stretched out her hand1 and said   
she was happy to see  me before death   
would call her away4 ,i told her ,i was 
sorry to see her  so low1 but as it was 
the will of the ,lord1 we ought to be   
resigned to  his will4 ,i asked her what
 her dependance was8 ,her reply was1 ,in
 ,jesus  ,christ alone1 and that she had
 derived great comfort from reading some
  tracts ,i had left her1 the last time 
,i was with her2 ,i said to her1  ,have 
you never done any thing to please ,god8
 ,o no1 ,sir1 ,i was too  long of that  
opinion1 and through hearing you1 and   
reading the parts of  the ,scriptures   
you pointed out to me1 ,i am persuaded  
that all the power  and the glory is the
 ,lord's4 ,i was rejoiced to find so    
great a change  in this poor woman1 and 
endeavoured to point out to her the     
,lamb of ,god1  who taketh away the sins
 of the world4 ,i read several chapters 
of the  word of ,god1 and prayed with   
her4 ,i conversed and read with many    

,protestants and ,roman ,catholics      
during my journey1 as well as in the    
neighbourhood in which ,i live2 many of 
them will pay great attention1  while   
others think they are not safe to hear  
me read the ,scriptures4                
,f4 ,irwin4           99       99       
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,to the ,rev4 ,w4 ,thomas4              
,ballycar1 ,april #ac1 #ahce4    ,i     
forward you an account of my labours1   
during the past month4 ,march  #agth4   
,in ,crussagh1 ,i read ,matt4 xxv4 to   
four persons1 pointing out to  them1    
from the parable of the ten virgins1 the
 absolute necessity of  watchfulness1   
and of being prepared to meet our ,lord 
when he doth come4  ,march #bbnd4 ,in   
,newmarket1 ,i read #b ,cor4 v4 to two  
persons1 pointing out  to them the full 
assurance which the apostle ,paul had of
 the immediate  happiness1 in eternal   
felicity1 after death1 when he could    
say1 ,we  know that1 if our earthly     
house of this tabernacle were dissolved1

 we  have a building of ,god1 an house  
not made with hands1 eternal in the     
heavens4 ,one of these persons said he  
could not be convinced that any  poor   
sinner could be good enough to enter    
heaven1 or appear in the  presence of   
,god1 without being cleansed from his   
sins in purgatory4 ,as  to goodness1 our
 ,lord declares1 after all we have done1
 we are  unprofitable servants4 ,and he 
says of the unprofitable servant1 ,take 
and bind him1 hand and foot1 and cast ye
 the unprofitable servant into  outer   
darkness1 where there shall be weeping1 
and wailing1 and gnashing  of teeth4    
,again1 we read in ,eph4 ii4 #h4 ,by    
grace are ye saved1 through  faith1 and 
that not of ourselves1 it is the gift of
 ,god2 not of works1  lest any man      
should boast4 ,again in ,titus iii4 #e1 
,not by works of  righteousness which we
 have done1 but according to his mercy  
he saved  us1 by the washing of         
regeneration1 and renewing of the ,holy 
,ghost4  ,after reading different       

passages of ,scripture to these persons1
 proving  that the wages of sin is      
death1 but the gift of ,god eternal life
  through ,jesus ,christ1 ,i endeavoured
 to convince them1 from different       
passages of ,scripture1 that ,christ1   
after having purged our sins1 sat  down 
at the right hand of the ,majesty on    
high4 ,march #bhth4 ,in ,drumline1  ,i  
read ,john v4 endeavouring to impress on
 the minds of three persons the         
necessity of reading the ,scriptures1   
and of obeying that direct command  of  
our ,lord's1 who says1 ,search the      
,scriptures4 ,one of these persons      
replied1 that the ,scriptures ought to  
be read by every person1 and he  was    
convinced any person preventing others  
from reading them1 had a  great deal to 
answer for4 ,april #bnd4 ,i read to two 
persons ,matt4 vi4  pointing out to them
 the crime of persons who repeat the    
,lord's prayer1  who have the smallest  
enmity to others1 showing them they were
 not  calling upon ,god to forgive them1

 but they were calling upon him to      
condemn them1 as long as such a spirit  
of hatred existed in their minds4       
,these persons never seemed to have     
considered this before1 and seemed  much
 alarmed at the idea of it4 ,april #e4  
,in ,quin1 ,i read ,luke xi4 to  five   
persons1 pointing out to them the great 
inducement which our ,lord  gives to    
prayer1 when he says1 ,if a son ask     
bread of any of you that is  a father1  
will he give him a stone8 or if he ask a
 fish1 will he for a  fish give him a   
serpent8 ,if ye then1 being evil1 know  
how to give good  gifts unto your       
children1 how much more shall your      
heavenly ,father give  the ,holy ,spirit
 to them that ask him6 ,april #aj4 ,in  
,granahan1 ,i read  ,acts v4 to four    
persons1 pointing out to them the       
dreadful visitation of  ,god's judgment 
on ,ananias and ,sapphira1 in           
consequence of a lie1 showing  them from
 different portions of ,scripture1 that 
liars are set down with  murderers4     

,samuel ,cross4           99       99   
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,to ,rev4 ,j4 ,allen4                   
,ballina1 ,april #ah1 #ahce4       ,dear
 ,sir1    ,it is now about twelve months
 since ,i entered on the active duties  
of my  station at ,easky4 ,on beholding 
opposition directed against the cause of
  ,christ from various quarters1 and    
conscious of my own weakness1 ,i        
commenced my labours with a trembling   
heart4 ,in humble dependence on ,him    
who can do infinitely more than         
short-sighted mortals can comprehend1 ,i
  entered the field1 and1 the ,lord's   
name be praised1 experienced that  the  
race is not to the swift1 nor the battle
 to the strong2 and though  there are   
many devices in man's heart1            
nevertheless1 the counsel of the  ,lord 
shall stand4 ,in the commencement1      
,roman ,catholics and nominal           
,protestants were unwilling to come     
under the preaching of the gospel2  but 
at present ,roman ,catholics1 as well as

 ,protestants1 are regular in  their    
attendance at preaching2 and the spirit 
of inquiry1 that prevails  among both   
parties1 exceeds any thing that ,i have 
hitherto witnessed4  ,may not the       
friends of ,christ hail with rapture the
 approach of that  period1 when their   
exertions on behalf of ,ireland will be 
rewarded1 and  their hopes realized8    
,yes3 there is at present much cause of 
thankfulness1 that their labours have   
been already abundantly owned1 and  the 
word of the ,lord is gone forth1 and is 
daily prospering in the  things         
whereunto it was sent4    ,during the   
spring1 as the people can come a longer 
distance1 the  congregations1 on the    
,sabbath-days1 are larger than in       
winter1 but on  the week-days not so    
well attended in the villages1 as the   
people are  employed in the fields4     
,however1 ,i endeavour to meet them at  
their work1  for the purpose of speaking
 to them about the salvation of their   
souls2  and on these occasions ,i find  

the ,irish language very useful1 as the 
most inveterate opposers of religion1   
when addressed in their own  tongue1 are
 ready to hearken with attention4 ,the  
conversations that  occur from time to  
time are often very interesting4        
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s4 d4    ,r4 ,g41 per ,w4 ,l4 ,smith1   
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 the ,baptist ,irish ,society1      by  
the ,rev4 ,c4 ,elven1 of ,bury          
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,berwick      #e  #j  #j                
,collected by the ,rev4 ,s4 ,davis1--   
,at ,cheltenham1 additional             
#b  #b  #f      ,worcester1 ,mrs4 ,page 
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,high ,holborn2 ,mr4 ,p4  ,millard1     
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#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 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1      
,,castle ,,street1 ,,finsbury4          
,,missionary ,,herald4    ,,cxcviii4    
,,june1 #ahce4                          
,,baptist ,,mission4    ,the ,friends to
 this ,mission are respectfully         
informed1 that the  following           
arrangements have been made for the     
,annual ,meetings of the  ,society3--   
,,tuesday1 ,,june #af4    ,morning1     
xi4--,the ,committee of the ,society    
will assemble at the ,mission  ,house1  
,fen ,court1 when the company of all    
ministers of the ,denomination1  who may
 be in town1 is requested4              
,,wednesday1 ,,june #ag4    ,morning1   
xi4--,sermon at the ,poultry ,chapel    
7,rev4 ,j4 ,clayton's71 by the  ,rev4   
,samuel ,summers1 of ,bristol4          
,evening1 vi4--,sermon at ,surrey       
,chapel1 ,blackfriars ,road1 by the     
,rev4  ,benjamin ,godwin1 of ,bradford1 
,yorkshire4                             
,,thursday1 ,,june #ah4    ,morning1    

,,ix4--,meeting for prayer1 at ,eagle   
,street ,meeting ,house4 ,some          
,minister from the country is expected  
to deliver an ,address4                 
,,xi4--,annual ,meeting of the ,society1
 at ,finsbury ,chapel1 ,t4 ,f4 ,buxton1 
,esq41 ,m4,p41 in the ,chair4           
,,foreign ,,intelligence4               
,,colombo4    ,we have much pleasure in 
communicating the following intelligence
 from  this important station4 ,the     
baptism of twenty-four native converts  
in  less than a year1 and the formation 
of another church composed of those  who
 were lately heathens1 are circumstances
 of great interest1 and must  be very   
encouraging to our worthy brother1 who  
has been labouring so  diligently among 
them4        ,at nearly the conclusion  
of another year1 ,i am reminded of my   
obligations to write to you4 ,on        
surveying the events which have         
occurred in it1 we have reason to sing  
both of mercy and judgment to      our  
heavenly ,father4 ,while much affliction

 has reigned around us1 ,i      have to 
bless ,god for the continuation of my   
own life and health to      labour for  
,him4 ,each of the members of my own    
family have had to      endure a large  
degree of sickness and debility2 yet it 
has not come      near to myself1 except
 as the enervating nature of a tropical 
clime      has produced a considerable  
degree of lassitude1 connected with the 
labours of a ,missionary life4 ,nor do  
,i recollect that1 during the      year 
,i have been obliged to suspend any     
public exercise through      personal   
indisposition4 ,this continuance of     
health has been rendered      more      
valuable in consequence of the repeated 
illness of my      colleague1 brother   
,siers1 who has been many times laid    
aside from      his work1 so that ,i    
have been obliged in many instances1 as 
far as ,i      could consistently with  
my stated engagements1 to take what     
devolves      on him4 ,as he is chiefly 
occupied in labouring among the         

,portuguese1      ,i have been under the
 necessity of cultivating an            
acquaintance with      their language1  
and have now acquired a sufficiency of  
it to preach      in it the glorious    
,gospel of the blessed ,god4        ,in 
the commencement of the year1 things    
wore a distressing      appearance1 and 
we went forward with our work under many
      discouragements4 ,but in the      
progress of the year ,i do not know of  
any part of the time since ,i have been 
here1 in which a greater      degree of 
the ,divine blessing appears to have    
rested on my labours1      as far as the
 native population is concerned4        
,twenty-three      ,singalese1 and one  
,tamil man1 after subjecting them to a  
considerable trial1 and private as well 
as public instruction1 have      been   
baptized and added to the church1 and   
they appear to continue      to walk    
according to the vows they have made4   
,sixteen of these live      contiguous  
to the village called ,byamvillee1 which

 ,i either supply      myself or some of
 our friends1 every ,sabbath-day2 so    
that we have      now a little church in
 that village of twenty-eight members1  
to whom      the word of ,god is        
regularly preached1 and the ordinances  
of ,his      house duly administered4   
,by the aid1 too1 of some of the members
 of      our ,singalese church1 we have 
been enabled1 on a ,sabbath-day1 to     
carry on a village itinerancy to a      
greater extent than before4 ,so         
that1 in addition to the ,singalese1    
,portuguese1 and ,english      services1
 which are conducted in our regular     
places of worship in      the ,grand    
,pass1 ,pettah1 in the ,fort1 and       
,hanwella1 we have seven      places    
around ,colombo1 or in the environs of  
it1 where there is      ,singalese      
preaching1 either every ,sabbath or     
every other      ,sabbath-day4 ,these   
are independent of many places to which1
 on week      days1 we go to make known 
the name of the ,saviour4        ,in    

consequence of the recent removals of   
the #fast and #igth regiments      from 
,colombo to other parts of the island1  
our ,english church has      been almost
 entirely scattered2 but a small number 
are now again      collected1 who have  
been regularly organized into a         
,christian      society4 ,our schools1  
which at the commencement of the year   
were      much diminished by the        
alarming prevalence of the small-pox1   
have      again recovered to in general 
their former size2 especially the       
female school in our own yard1 conducted
 by my own family1 which now            
numbers more than fifty scholars1 who   
have made very rapid progress      in   
reading and in needlework4 ,i fear      
unless we can obtain further            
assistance in this school1 it must for a
 time be renounced1 as my      eldest   
daughter appears1 by a continued pain in
 her side1 to labour      under a liver 
complaint1 which renders a relaxation of
 her labours      indispensably         

necessary1 even if a removal to a colder
 clime be not      requisite to save her
 life4 ,our schools1 with the exception 
of one1      which1 on account of local 
circumstances1 has for a time been      
lately      discontinued1 are the same  
in number as at the conclusion of the   
last year--and the number of attendants 
nearly the same4        ,the inhabitants
 of this part of the island have been   
much afflicted      lately by a dreadful
 flood1 which no one living ever        
recollects to      have been equalled4  
,it came on suddenly and unexpectedly1  
at      mid-night1 like the judgment    
day4 ,by it multitudes were roused from 
their slumbers1 and obliged to fly for  
their lives4 ,many were killed      by  
it2 the houses of others destroyed--and 
being near the approach      of harvest1
 the injury done to the rice and other  
crops is      incalculable4 ,many of our
 members have suffered severely from it1
 in      the loss of their little       
property1 in the destruction of their   

houses1 and in the bodily privations    
they have endured4 ,i went on           
,wednesday last to preach at a village  
where one of our members      lives1 and
 the account he gave me of the perilous 
condition in which      he and his      
family were1 was most heart-rending4    
,the water rose as      high as the     
shoulders of a tall man in his house4   
,his dwelling was      washed away4 ,he 
and his son were obliged to ascend to   
the outside of      the roof of a       
bungalow1 where they remained two days  
without food2      if they called no one
 could hear them1 they could get near no
 one1      nor any one near to them4    
,there1 amidst the pelting of the       
rain--the      howling of the wind--the 
creaking of the trees--and the fear of  
the      place on which they were       
sitting falling1 they were obliged to   
continue4 ,the government1 with the most
 commendable diligence1 sent      boats 
laden with rice and dried fish1 as far  
as they were able2 and      a           

subscription has been opened to afford  
relief to the sufferers1      which has 
been liberally supported4 ,i engaged    
persons1 whom ,i      supplied with     
money1 to go among the most needy in and
 near to      ,colombo1 and give them   
food to prevent their dying with hunger4
 ,our      meeting-house at ,hanwella   
has been entirely destroyed by the      
inundation2 and1 in the present state of
 things there1 ,i do not      think it  
expedient to build it again4 ,a small   
bungalow will be      erected for the   
accommodation of those who wish to hear 
the word of      ,god2 and ,i hope to   
obtain a sufficient quantity of timber  
from the      wreck to erect a little   
place of worship at ,byamvillee1 if ,i  
can      obtain sufficient subscriptions
 for it4        ,i have now my hands    
completely full in preparing an answer  
to a      ,catholic priest's reply to a 
tract ,i published on saint and image   
worship4 ,i believe ,i mentioned the    
original tract1 entitled1 ,st4          

,antonio1 in my last1 which has excited 
no small stir among the      papists in 
this place4 ,an abusive and crafty reply
 has been      circulated by them1 to   
which the ,tract ,society here has      
deemed a      rejoinder requisite4 ,as  
,i was the person who began the assault1
 the      burden of preparing it has    
fallen on me4 ,the drift of the answer  
will be to disprove the authority of    
tradition--to destroy the      claims of
 the ,roman ,catholic church--and show  
the vanity of the      arguments by     
which they endeavour to support their   
soul-destroying      idolatry4 ,it will 
occupy1 as far as ,i can judge1 about   
#bej pages1      and is now nearly ready
 for press4 ,indeed the first sheet is  
gone to      it2 but as the ,wesleyan   
press works very slowly1 and they have  
two      or three other works in hand1  
it may be some time before it makes     
its appearance4 ,o that it may be the   
means of leading some of the            
multitudes of the deluded people by whom

 we are surrounded1 to      consult the 
,bible for themselves6           99     
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,,seebpore4    ,we are thankful to      
report that our friends ,mr4 and ,mrs4  
,penney1 and  their companions1 arrived 
in safety at ,calcutta1 about the end of
  ,september4 ,two months afterwards1 as
 our readers will perceive by the       
following letter1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,george
 ,pearce rejoined their missionary      
associates1 with health mercifully      
recruited by their voyage4        ,by   
the good providence of ,god my dear     
partner and ,i arrived once      more in
 ,calcutta1 in safety1 about the end of 
,november last1 after a      speedy and 
pleasant passage to the shores of       
,india1 of three months      and twenty 
days4 ,the voyage proved very beneficial
 to the health of      us both1 but     
particularly so to ,mrs4 ,pearce1 who   
landed here much      stronger than she 
was when she left ,bristol4 ,we had the 
happiness of      finding all our       

immediate associates well2 and that ,mr4
 ,penney1 with      his companions 7with
 the exception of ,mrs4 ,anderson1 of   
whose      lamented decease you have    
long ere this been apprised71 had       
arrived      in safety4 ,i mentioned in 
my letter to you from ,madeira1 that the
      ,captain of the ,st4 ,george had  
requested me to conduct divine service  
on the ,lord's-day4 ,this ,i continued  
to do till the close of the      voyage1
 and ,i had the happiness to witness the
 regular attendance of      most of the 
passengers1 as well as the ship's       
company4 ,we have to      speak in the  
best terms of the treatment we received 
from the      ,captain and officers of  
the ship1 and also from the passengers4 
,i should have written to you before    
this1 but ,i was anxious to      inform 
you at the same time of the station we  
are to occupy in      future4 ,that     
point is now settled1 and ,seebpore1 the
 place ,i      mentioned to the         
,committee when in ,england1 is to be   

the place of my      future labours4    
,here ,i have already obtained a house1 
situated on      the bank of the river1 
about a mile and a half below brother   
,thomas's1 at ,howrah1 and am now       
residing in it4 ,the spot will prove1   
,i hope1 a very eligible one for native 
work1 as we are in the midst      of a  
very dense and respectable ,hindoo      
population1 with ready access      to   
numerous villages a few miles in the    
interior4 ,with the exception      of   
one or two schools for teaching         
,bengalee1 under the patronage of       
the ,bishop's ,college1 there is nothing
 being done here1 for the               
instruction of the heathen in the       
knowledge of ,christ2 and ,i believe    
of late years1 nothing has been done4   
,as far as ,i know of ,calcutta      and
 its suburbs1 there is no spot that ,i  
am aware of1 that needs      missionary 
efforts more than ,seebpore1 and none   
more eligible4 ,may      the blessing of
 ,god attend the efforts now about to be

 made for      their spiritual benefit6 
,the brethren have requested me also to 
resume charge of the      ,luckyantipore
 station1 and to take the oversight of  
,kharee also1 as      brother ,w4 ,h4   
,pearce is desirous of relinquishing it1
 in consequence      of his increasing  
work in ,calcutta4 ,this ,i have        
consented to do1 not      however       
without being in some measure sensible  
of the arduous nature      of the work  
now devolving on me2 especially as the  
number of people      at the stations   
have considerably increased1 and are    
greatly      increasing4 ,i would1      
however1 humbly look to ,him who giveth 
strength      according to our day4     
,this department of my work will        
occasion my      leaving home for days  
together several times in the year4 ,the
      brethren have also considered it  
proper to divide the ,christian         
,boarding ,school2 and as ,mrs4 ,ellis  
was desirous of some relief1      owing 
to the increase of the schools1 her     

weaker state of health1      and the    
increasing cares of her family1 ,mrs4   
,pearce has been      requested to take 
charge of the girls' department2 which  
she has      consented to do2 and in the
 course of a few days expects to enter  
again on this interesting sphere of     
labour4 ,i have little more to      add1
 excepting just to mention that1 about  
ten days after my      arrival1 ,i      
accompanied brother ,w4 ,h4 ,pearce on a
 journey to      ,luckyantipore1 where  
we had the pleasure of baptizing eight  
natives4      ,a full account of this   
interesting journey you may soon expect4
    ,under date of the #ith of          
,december1 ,mr4 ,anderson remarks3--    
,since ,i have no interesting           
intelligence to communicate respecting  
my own labours in this country1 perhaps 
,i may be privileged to speak      of   
the good that has apparently resulted   
from the labour of others4      ,and    
here ,i would refer to the native       
church1 over which ,w4 ,h4 ,pearce      

presides as the pastor2 it is impossible
 to contemplate but with      feelings  
of interest and gratitude1 upwards of   
sixty of your      fellow-creatures1 who
 were once in the darkness of           
heathenism1 now      uniting in         
rendering worship to the true ,god4     
,there is an appearance      too in many
 of them1 that would indicate that they 
live very near to      ,god--that they  
are none other than the meek and        
penitent followers      of the ,lamb4 ,i
 would not forget to mention the schools
 at ,chitpore1      under the care and  
superintendence of my esteemed friend   
the ,rev4 ,j4      ,ellis2 they speak   
highly of the diligence and devotedness 
of the      labours both of himself and 
of his dear partner in life4 ,having    
been      requested to examine them in  
history1 geography1 and the ,scriptures1
      ,i complied1 and the result was   
most satisfactory1 and beyond all       
expectation4 ,i would that ,i could say 
any thing to stir up the minds      of  

the friends at home on behalf of these  
valuable institutions4 ,in      addition
 to the five youths1 who have publicly  
professed their faith      in ,christ by
 baptism1 and who afford unequivocal    
proof of a change      of heart1 there  
are two others1 who will speedily follow
 their      example4 ,we bless ,god for 
these fruits1 which we hope are but the 
earnest of a future glorious harvest4   
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,,digah4    ,we learn1 by a letter from 
,mr4 ,lawrence1 dated the #bbnd of      
,november1  that he was about to remove 
from this station to ,allahabad4 ,at    
that  large and populous city1 which1 it
 is expected1 will be the seat of the   
new presidency1 he will be joined by    
,mr4 ,anderson1 and both will labour  in
 conjunction for the benefit of the     
native population of ,allahabad and  its
 neighbourhood4 ,the reasons for taking 
this step have been explained  at length
 to the ,committee1 who concur in the   
arrangement1 and trust it  will promote1

 in an increased degree1 the great      
object in view4           99       99   
99       99       99                    
,,jamaica4    ,the tenor of recent      
letters from this island is1 on the     
whole1 highly  satisfactory4 ,our       
brethren on the north side are actively 
engaged in  rebuilding their chapels4   
,mr4 ,knibb writes from ,falmouth1 under
 date of  the #bjth of ,february3--     
,my church is1 ,i hope1 in a prosperous 
state2 most of the backsliders      have
 returned with weeping and supplication1
 while the inquirers are      pressing  
forward to the kingdom of ,god4 ,since  
my return rather more      than #bjj    
have been baptized2 their experiences   
have delighted me2 ,i      do believe   
that the ,lord has been with them of a  
truth3 full #ajjj      are now waiting  
for examination4 ,i shall proceed slowly
 and      prayerfully with them1 and ,i 
hope shall receive assistance from      
above4 ,most of those who have been     
baptized were praying for five          

years1 during which time1 their conduct1
 as far as we are able to      discover1
 has been consistent4 ,my plan is this1 
,i examine each one      privately1     
,mrs4 ,k4 talking with the females4 ,the
 deacons are      appointed to examine  
into their conduct1 and ,i get them to  
talk with      them4 ,i then call a     
church-meeting1 read over the names of  
those      whom ,i have examined1 and of
 whom ,i think favourably1 and request  
any member present to mention any thing 
they know against any one4      ,if     
nothing is said1 ,i receive them for    
baptism4 ,i speak as plainly      as ,i 
can1 and ,i feel that1 if they are      
deceived1 ,i am clear of their          
blood4        ,on ,february the #adth1  
the corner-stone of the new chapel was  
laid1      and a glorious day it was4   
,being ,saturday1 the country friends   
could      be with us1 and they came    
from various distances of ten to fifteen
      and twenty miles round4 ,about    
half-past three the service commenced4  

,we had erected half our useful tent1   
and had provided a temporary            
platform under it4 ,brother ,hutchins   
commenced by giving out the      #ajbnd 
,psalm3          ,let ,zion and her sons
 rejoice1          ,behold the promised 
hour2        ,her ,god hath heard her   
mourning voice1          ,and comes t'  
exalt his power4        ,brother        
,burchell read several short and very   
appropriate portions of      the word of
 ,god1 and engaged in prayer4 ,brother  
,tinson gave a short      address2 when 
he and brother ,dendy1 with myself1     
proceeded to lay      the stone1 which  
had previously been prepared1 and a     
cavity made1 in      which was placed a 
bottle containing a short account of the
      formation and the history of the  
church and the laying of the stone1     
with the coins of his present ,majesty  
in it4 ,after reading aloud the         
inscription1 ,i placed the medal struck 
in commemoration of the      abolition  
of ,slavery1 presented to me on the #gth

 of ,august at the      ,city of ,london
 ,tavern4 ,when this part of the        
ceremony was completed1      which      
excited intense interest1 brother ,dendy
 gave a most      appropriate address   
for about fifteen minutes1 and we sang1 
,now let the slumbering church awake1   
,and shine in bright array2        ,thy 
chains1 ,o captive daughter1 break1     
,and cast thy bonds away4        ,the   
collection was then made1 which         
amounted1 with the one on ,lord's       
day for the same object1 to #ajd4 #ajs41
 of our money4 ,i then      addressed   
the multitude assembled1 urged upon     
those who were      emancipated an      
attention to their duties1 and having1  
as ,i thought1      a fit opportunity1  
as two or three magistrates were        
present1 assured      them that ,i was  
still the foe of slavery1 and the friend
 of the      oppressed2 and that1 while 
they acted right1 ,i would defend them1 
let the consequences to myself be what  
they might4 ,another hymn      being    

sung1 brother ,dexter concluded in      
prayer4 ,though nearly #cjjj            
persons were crowded together1 the      
utmost order prevailed1 while to      me
 it was truly a happy day4        ,on   
the ,sabbath-morning 7the fifth         
anniversary of my recognition as        
their pastor71 the ordinance of baptism 
was administered to      seventy-two    
persons4 ,the place selected was the    
sea1 at the point of      a beautiful   
cove2 full #bejj persons were assembled1
 no unseemly      noise was made1 or    
gazing curiosity manifested4 ,we        
commenced by      singing and prayer4   
,brother ,burchell administered the     
ordinance2 it      was one of the most  
solemn seasons ,i ever had the pleasure 
to      witness4 ,on returning home     
numerous were the greetings we received 
from our happy friends2 the narrow road 
was lined for nearly half a      mile   
with them--truly it was a scene ,i      
longed that you should      behold4     
,brother ,burchell preached in the      

morning2 ,i received the new            
members by the right hand of fellowship 
in the afternoon1 and      administered 
the ordinance of the ,lord's ,supper1   
which was a solemn      season1 and     
rendered additionally so by its being   
the anniversary of      my pastorate    
among them2 which brought to their and  
to our minds our      dear departed     
brother ,mann4 ,at the conclusion ,i    
tried to sing the      hymn we sung at  
his death1 but they wept and sobbed     
aloud4 ,oh1 they      did love him1 they
 still love him1 and he was every way   
worthy of      their love4 ,brother     
,tinson preached in the evening2 and1   
rather      fatigued in but not of the  
exercises of the day1 we closed our     
fifth anniversary4        ,the first    
stroke of the foundation was struck on  
the #ajth of      ,february1 the        
anniversary of dear ,mann's death2 it   
was not done by      design1 but was    
purely accidental4 ,the corner-stone was
 laid on the      anniversary of my     

release from prison1 being three years  
from that      period4                  
,,home ,,proceedings4                   
,,departure ,,of ,,missionaries4    ,mr4
 and ,mrs4 ,quant embarked for ,nassau1 
in the ,little ,catharine1 ,captain     
,kopp1 on ,monday1 ,may #aath2 and ,mr4 
and ,mrs4 ,shotton1 for ,jamaica1 in the
  ,witton ,castle1 ,april #bhth4        
,,list ,,of ,,foreign ,,letters ,,lately
 ,,received4      ,east ,indies ,rev4   
,w4 ,h4 ,pearce          ,calcutta      
,dec4 #h4                  ---- ,g4     
,henderson          ,berhampore   ,dec4 
#i4                  ---- ,g4 ,pearce   
,seebpore     ,jan4 #g4                 
---- ,ebenezer ,daniel       ,colombo   
,dec4 #bg4      ,west ,indies ---- ,h4  
,c4 ,taylor          ,old ,harbour      
,march #f4                  ---- ,j4    
,clarke             ,jericho      ,march
 #ba4                  ---- ,w4 ,knibb  
,falmouth     ,march #ag  #bd4          
---- ,t4 ,burchell           ,montego   
,bay  ,feb4 #bc1                        

,march #ag  #bd4                  ----  
,f4 ,gardner            ,kingston       
,march #cj4                  ---- ,b4   
,b4 ,dexter          ,montego ,bay      
,march #af4                  ---- ,j4   
,coultart           ,sydenham     ,march
 #aa4                  ---- ,j4 ,m4     
,phillippo       ,spanish ,town ,march  
#bf4                  ---- ,joseph      
,bourn          ,belize       ,feb4 #g4 
---- ,edward ,baylis         ,port      
,maria   ,feb4 #aj                      
,mar4 #ac                  ---- ,knibb1 
,abbott1                          ,dendy
             ,falmouth     ,feb4 #g4    
99       99       99       99       99  
,contributions received on account of   
the ,baptist ,missionary      ,society1 
from ,april #bj1 #ahce1 to ,may #bj1    
#ahce1 not including      individual    
subscriptions4           ,collected in  
,scotland by ,messrs4 ,groser and       
,flood4      ,dunfermline3              
,collection at ,baptist ,chapel         
#e  #j  #j      ,mr4 ,dewar             

#b  #j  #j                              
--------  #g  #j  #j      ,capar3       
,collection at ,mr4 ,watson's           
#c  #j  #j      ,collected by ,mrs4     
,sturrock                         #c #aa
  #b      ,bible ,class                 
#j #aj  #f      ,collected at the       
,secession ,church1 ,aug4 #a1           
7for ,negro ,education7                 
#c  #j  #j                              
-------- #aj  #a  #h      ,kirkaldy     
,coll4 at the ,baptist ,church          
#h  #j  #j      ,john ,fergus1 ,esq4    
#b  #j  #j      ,david ,landale1 ,esq4  
#a  #a  #j                              
-------- #aa  #a  #j      ,anstruther3  
,auxiliary ,baptist ,society            
#a  #c  #j      ,baptist ,church        
#b #ae  #j      ,collection             
#a  #a  #f      ,missionary ,box        
#j #aj  #f                              
--------  #e #aj  #j      ,st4 ,andrews3
      ,collection                       
#b  #b  #f      ,miss  ,wilson          
#a  #j  #j                              

--------  #c  #b  #f                    
,auchtermuchty3      ,collection at ,dr4
 ,taylor's                         #a   
#aj  #j      ,perth3      ,coll4 at ,mr4
 ,newland's ,church                     
#e  #f  #f      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,thompson's
                              #e  #h  #j
      ,do4 at the ,independent do4      
#c  #f  #a      ,perthshire ,bible      
,society 7,t7                       #c  
#ae  #i                                 
-------- #ag #af #d      ,dundee3       
,aux4 ,society1 by ,mr4 ,a4 ,low        
#aj  #j  #j      ,baptist ,meeting1     
,seagate                           #f   
#j  #j      ,baptist ,meeting1          
,baltic-street                     #d   
#j  #j      ,chapel ,shade ,penny-a-week
 ,society1 by ,alex4 ,doeg   #b  #j  #j 
,cards1 by ,mr4 ,james ,low             
#j #ad  #j      ,collection at the      
,public ,meeting at the        ,rev4    
,dr4 ,russell's                         
#ac #ac  #h                             
-------- #cf  #g  #h      ,forfar3      

,friends at ,kerrimuir                  
#j  #g  #f      ,public ,meeting        
#a #ag  #b                              
--------  #b  #d  #h      ,brechin3     
,society for ,missions1 ,tracts1 c4     
#c  #j  #j      ,collection at ,mr4     
,blackader's ,church ,w4,i4,f4        #c
  #i  #j                                
--------  #f  #i  #j      ,montrose3    
,secession ,church                      
#g #ab  #j      ,monthly ,prayer-meeting
                             #a  #a  #j 
,penny ,society1 by ,mr4 ,mudie         
#e  #j  #j      ,a ,thank ,offering     
#b  #j  #j                              
-------- #ae #ac  #j    ,arbroath3      
,collection at ,mr4 ,ramsay's           
#c  #c  #f      ,aberdeen3              
,collection at ,south ,silver-st        
#f #aj  #b      ,do4 at ,john-street1   
including #b4 #ajs4        from a       
,friend                                 
#f #aj  #j      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,penman's  
#b  #b  #j      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,spence's  
#b #aj  #j      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,stirling's

                              #c #ac  #d
      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,thompson's1 ,sermon 
and ,public ,meeting   #g  #g  #j       
,donation from ,missionary ,society in  
,mr4 ,angus's ,congregation             
#b  #j  #j      ,from ,female ,servant  
,society                        #b  #b  
#j      ,from ,rev4 ,mr4 ,biggs'        
,church1 ,fraserburgh           #c  #j  
#j      ,friends at ,fogyloan           
,w4,i4,f4                      #a  #j   
#j      ,friends1 per ,g4 ,laing        
,w4,i4,f4                    #a  #j  #j 
-------- #cg #ad #f      ,elgin3        
,coll4 at ,mr4 ,pringle's ,chapel       
#c  #j  #f      ,baptist ,meeting       
#e  #j  #j                              
--------  #h  #j  #f      ,banff3       
,coll4 at ,mr4 ,murker's ,chapel        
#b #af  #f      ,united ,prayer-meeting 
#a #aj  #j                              
--------  #d  #f  #f      ,pitgair3     
,friends1 by ,mr4 ,j4 ,farrier ,w4,i4,f4
                  #a  #j  #j      ,mill 
,seat3      ,collection at ,mr4         

,morison's ,chapel                 #b   
#j  #j      ,glasgow3      ,coll4 at    
,rev4 ,dr4 ,heugh's                     
#aj  #j  #j      ,rev4 ,mr4 ,thompson's1
 ,hutcheson ,town                #g #ah 
#j      ,public ,meeting                
#b  #h  #b      ,rev4 ,mr4 ,paterson's  
#e  #j  #j      ,wesleyan ,methodist    
,chapel                          #a #aa 
#f      ,rev4 ,mr4 ,anderson's1 ,relief 
#d #ai  #j      ---- ,mr4 ,macleod's    
#aa #ad  #j      ---- ,dr4 ,wardlaw's   
#d  #b #aj      ---- ,dr4 ,beattie's    
#b #ag  #j      ---- ,mr4 ,oris1 ,female
 ,assoc4                       #d  #j   
#j      ,subscriptions1 by ,mr4 ,swan   
#ad  #f  #i            ,do4         do4 
for ,t4                      #b  #d  #j 
,do4         do4  for ,s4               
#a #ai  #j            ,do4 for ,jamaica 
,school                     #a  #a  #j  
-------- #gd  #a  #c      ,huntley3     
,collection at ,rev4 ,mr4 ,hill's       
#aa  #j  #j      ,missionary ,society   
#c  #j  #j      ,youth's ditto          

#a  #j  #j                              
-------- #ae  #j  #j      ,paisley3     
,east ,relief ,church1 ,dr4 ,thompson's 
#i #ac  #d      ,baptist ,church1 by    
,mr4 ,watson                      #c  #j
  #j      ,mrs4 ,dunn                   
,w4,i4,f4                    #a  #j  #j 
,collection at ,dr4 ,ferrier's          
#b  #f  #a      ,do4 at ,independent    
,church                          #b #ab 
#h                                      
-------- #ah #ab  #a      ,insch3       
,collection at ,rev4 ,mr4 ,campbell's   
#c  #c  #j      ,greenock3              
,collection at ,baptist ,chapel         
#g  #g  #f      ,do4 ,union-st41        
,secession ,church                    #c
  #c  #b      ,south ,parish ,church    
#b  #f  #f                              
-------- #ab #ag  #b      ,edinburgh3   
,collection at ,elder-st4 ,chapel       
#ad  #f  #d      ,do4 at the ,tabernacle
                             #ad  #g  #d
      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,johnston's ,chapel1 
,nicholsons-street    #e  #j  #j        

,do4 at ,dr4 ,brown's1 ,broughton ,place
               #aj  #j  #j      ,do4 at 
,mr4 ,cleghorn's1 ,north ,college-street
        #f  #j  #j      ,do4 at ,mr4    
,m',gilchrist's1 ,rose-street           
#aa #aa  #e      ,do4 ditto4 ,public    
,meeting                          #g  #f
  #h      ,do4 at ,mr4 ,french's1 ,south
 ,college-street          #b #ad  #f    
,do4 at ,mr4 ,wilkes1 ,albany-st        
#d #ae  #h      ,do4 at the ,baptist    
,church1 ,pleasance               #f  #g
 #aj      ,do4 at ,elder-street ,baptist
 ,church        ,missionary ,society    
#c  #c  #j                              
-------- #ia  #b  #i                    
,remitted by ,mr4 ,h4 ,d4 ,dickie1      
,edinburgh3        ,st4 ,andrews        
,missionary ,society                    
#d  #j  #j        ,ditto ,second        
donation                            #b  
#j  #j                                  
--------  #f  #j  #j      ,leith3       
,leith ,auxiliary ,missionary ,society  
#e #aj  #j      ,lochee ,society for    

,propagating ,christianity at           
,home and ,abroad                       
#c  #j  #j      ,dumfries and ,maxwelton
 ,penny-a-week ,society                 
#c  #j  #j      ,friends in ,edinburgh  
and ,leith                              
#ae #aa  #d      ,ditto          ditto  
,t                                      
#j #aj  #f      ,john ,turnbull ,hawick1
 ,esq41 for ,chapels                    
#a  #a  #j      ,friends in ,aberdeen1  
viz43        ,dr4 ,j4 ,walker1 ,lynturk 
#j #aj  #j        ,mrs4 ,j4 ,wright1    
,echt                             #j #aj
  #j      ,ditto for ,chapels in        
,jamaica                       #j #ac   
#j                                      
--------  #a #ac  #j        ,collected  
by ,james ,dick                         
#j  #h  #h                              
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#dbd #aa  #g    ,to the above list we   
subjoin the following note from ,mr4    
,groser to the  ,editor3           ,my  
dear ,brother1         ,when you publish

 the recent contributions from          
,scotland1 ,i will       thank you to   
acknowledge the kindness which ,mr4     
,flood and myself       experienced     
throughout our tour4 ,at ,edinburgh1 at 
,glasgow1 at       ,dunfermline1 at     
,kirkaldy1 at ,st4 ,andrews1 at ,dundee1
 at ,perth1 at       ,aberdeen1 and at  
many other places2 in short1 every where
 that we       went1 we were received   
with the greatest cordiality4 ,more     
pulpits       were open to us than we   
had time or strength to occupy1 and we  
were       compelled to pass unvisited  
some towns and villages where we had    
reason to believe we should have found a
 hearty welcome4 ,the thanks       of   
the ,committee are especially due to the
 ministers of the       ,seceding1      
,independent1 and ,relief denominations1
 for the readiness       with which they
 admitted us to preach and collect in   
their       congregations4 ,among those 
churches also which are known           
technically as ,scotch ,baptists1 we    

found much to admire and esteem2        
and nothing but more frequent           
intercourse with each other appears     
necessary to create between us and many 
of their ministers1 entire              
communion an fraternal confidence4      
,i am yours truly1                      
,w4 ,grosef4        ,boxmoor1 ,friends1 
by ,miss ,church1 7,sunday-school #a7   
#e #ae  #j      ,reading1 ,auxiliary    
,society1 on account1 by ,mr4 ,williams 
#ch  #j  #j      ,miss ,cadby's         
,missionary ,box                        
#a  #e  #e      ,oakingham1 collection  
and subscriptions1 by ,rev4 ,j4 ,coles  
#ba  #g  #b      ,otley1 7,suffolk71 by 
,rev4 ,j4 ,sprigg                       
#a #ae  #g      ,hitchin1 ,missionary   
,association1 by ,miss ,palmer          
#ag #ag  #j      ,poole1 subscriptions1 
by ,rev4 ,s4 ,bulgin                    
#b  #a  #j      ,coate and ,bampton1 by 
,mr4 ,huckvale1 7for ,jamaica7          
#d  #j  #j      ,ridgmount1 ,friends1 by
 ,miss ,cuttriss                        

#a #ah  #f      ,great ,shelford1       
subscriptions1 by ,miss ,nutter         
#f  #j  #j      ,suffolk1 ,society in   
,aid of ,missions1 by ,shepherd ,ray1   
,esq4   #be  #g  #f      ,bewdley1      
collection1 c41 by ,rev4 ,g4 ,brookes   
#c  #j  #j      ,missionary ,box at ,mr4
 ,day's1 ,commercial-road               
#a  #f  #f      ,exeter1 balance of     
contributions1 by ,mr4 ,commins         
#dd #ag  #g      ,harlow1 small         
subscriptions1 by ,miss ,barnard        
#c #af  #f      ,hemel ,hempsted1       
collection1 c41 by ,mr4 ,ford           
#ba #ab  #b      ,bath1 subscriptions1  
by ,rev4 ,o4 ,clarke                    
#h  #a  #j      ,sway1 contributions1 by
 ,rev4 ,w4 ,mursell                     
#f  #j  #j      ,st4 ,alban's1          
collection and subscriptions1 by ,rev4  
,w4 ,upton  #ca  #f  #i      ,harpenden1
         do4                        do4 
#c #ah  #f      ,kent1 ,auxiliary       
,society1 on account1 by ,rev4 ,w4      
,groser       #be  #j  #j               

,dunstable1 collection and              
subscriptions1 by      ,mr4 ,gutteridge1
 jun4                                   
#ej  #c  #f      ,lymington1 c41 by     
,rev4 ,j  ,millard                      
#ab  #j  #j      ,canterbury1           
,subscriptions by ,mr4 ,christian       
#h #ab #aj      ,collected by ,miss     
,philpot and ,mrs4 ,west        #ai  #e 
#j                                      
--------    #bg #ag #aj                 
,,donations4      ,edward ,giles1 ,esq41
 ,clapham ,common                       
#ej  #j  #j      ,mrs4 ,giles1          
,do4                              #ej   
#j  #j      ,john ,baylis1 ,esq41       
,ponder's ,end                          
#cj  #j  #j      ,b4 ,l4 ,ward1 ,esq41  
,stanground                             
#ba  #j  #j      ,mr4 ,dunnicliff1      
,clifton1 near ,ashbourne1      by ,rev4
 ,w4 ,hawkins                           
#e  #j  #j                              
,widow and ,orphans' ,fund4      ,lady1 
by ,rev4 ,john ,neave1 ,portsea         

#b  #j  #j           99       99        
99       99       99                    
,,to ,,correspondents4    ,the thanks of
 the ,committee are returned to ,mr4 ,b4
 ,l4 ,ward1 for  twenty-four of his     
pamphlets ,on the ,importance of        
,missionary ,effort4  ,to ,mr4 ,j4 ,e4  
,mogridge1 ,birmingham1 for a parcel of 
books and pamphlets4  ,to ,miss         
,dafforne1 ,camberwell1 for magazines1  
and a parcel of small books  and lesson 
boards4 ,to ,mrs4 ,risdon1 and ,friends1
 ,pershore1 for work bags1  pincushions1
 needle-books1 c4 ,to ,mrs4 ,jacobs1 of 
,wingham1 for a similar  parcel4 ,to    
,friends1 by ,rev4 ,j4 ,pilkington1 for 
ditto4 ,to a ,young ,friend1  by ,rev4  
,j4 ,m4 ,cramp1 for pincushions1 c41    
prepared during long  confinement in a  
sick chamber2 and to ,ladies belonging  
to the ,baptist  ,chapel at ,canterbury1
 for a box of useful and fancy articles 
for the  schools in ,jamaica4           
,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle       
,,street1 ,,finsbury4