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THE 


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A   RECORD 


or 


COMBAT  WITH  SIN  AND  OF  LABOUR  FOR  THE  LORD. 


EDITED   BT   C.   H.   SFUBOEOH. 


1882. 


Tl^ey  mrhich  bailded  on  the  wall,  and  they  that  bare  burdens,  with  those  that  laded,  every 
one  of  his  hands  wrought  in  the  work,  and  wiUi  the  other  hand  held  a  weapon. 
builders,  every  one  had  his  sword  girded  by  his  aide,  and  so  builded.    And  he  that 
tlie  trumpet  was  by  me."— Nehemiah  iv.  27,  x8. 


&  ALABASTER,  4, 

AND     ALL     B00KSELLXE8. 


Index  of  Texts  op  Seemons,  etc.,  by  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  in 
"  The  Sword  aitd  the  Trowel,"  Vols.  I— XVIII. 


if 


Genesis  i.  7  

•  ••  mm 

))        Xlll.  ZZ    •••  ••• 

Leviticus  xxvi 

Deuteronomy  xxii.  8 

„  xxxii.  11, 12 

Joshua  ii.  21        

Judges  iii.  20       

Ruth  ii.  14  

I.  Sam.  i.  27        •••         ..« 

},        iXa  Of  ZiJ  •••  <•• 

It.  Sam.  XTii.  23 

xxi.  10 

xxiii.  9-10 

xxiv.  12... 
IL  Kings  iv.  29-87 

iv.  88,  41,  42      ... 

„      xiii.  20 

Nehom.  viii.  10 

Esther  tL  6  

Job  xxxii  7  

„    xxxviii.  28 

Psalm  xl.  17        

IxL  2  >••         ... 

Ixxx.  14 

civ.  28      

cvii.  17-22 

cxi.  5        ...        ... 

cxix.  89— 96 

CXXm  •  •  •  •  • . 

Proverbs  v.  16    

Eccl.  ix.4 

Canticles  ii.  3      

11.  XM  .(•  a*. 

IV.  7      •••         •*. 


» 

» 
Ml 


n 


Isaiah  v.  17 


n 

9t 


vi.l— 8  ... 
xxix  5 
xxxviii.  1  ... 
xliii.  10  ... 
liii.  12  ... 
Iviii.  8 


Year. 
1871 
1879 
1877 
1882 
1869 
1870 
1875 
1874 
1882 
1868 
1872 
1870 
1868 
1876 
1878 
1867 
1876 
1868 
1866 
1867 
1865 
1878 
1878 
1871 
1878 
1878 
1880 
1874 
1871 
1880 
1882 
1882 
1878 
1868 
1879 
1870 
1865 
1865 
1876 
1880 
1878 
1870 
1875 
1882 
1869 


899 

158 
541 
282 
849 

49 

148 
545 
887 

108 
109 
587 
294 
439 
517 

99 
387 

99 
5 

16 

2 

1 

212 

5 

97 
882 
108 
297 
462 
445 
117 
528 
286 
108 
201 

97 
229 
277 
485 
493 
198 
107 
520 

49 
460 


tf 


Isaiah  Ixi.  1         ... 
Jer.  ii.  36 

f,       tI.  XO...  ... 

Lamen.  iii.  56 

Joel  ii.  8 

Amos  V.  8...         ... 

,t      ▼.  <&»         ••• 

„     vii.  1 
Jonah  i.  4 

ff      II.  i            •.. 
Zech.z.  8 

„     xiv.  20 
Msiachi  iiL  17     ... 
Matthew  V.  1-12  ... 

V.  o 

xiii.  12... 
xiv.  16... 
xxiii.  37 
„       xxvi.  80 
LukeviiL46 
„    xxii.  14 

John  i.  16 

iv.84 
xii.  3 
xiii.  10 
xiv.  18 
xvi.  81,  82  ... 
xviii.  18 
xxi.  16 
Acts  ix.  18 
xii.  18 
„    xxiii.  10—18 
Eph.  vi.  15 

PhiL  iii.  2 

„    iv.  19 
I.  Tim.  i.  15 
Heb.  iii.  18-19     ... 

„  xiii  7 
James  v.  11 
I.  Peter  iL  7 

I.  John  V.  18-20  ... 

m.  John  T.  92  ... 
Rev.  i.  17, 18 

0f     » .  •/  • . .  •  •  • 


ft 

» 


»i 


Year. 

Page. 

1877 

493 

1870 

393 

1879 

105 

1872 

202 

1869 

241 

1870 

312 

1878 

286 

1872 

364 

1878 

193 

1872 

545 

1866 

195 

1865 

97 

1866 

481 

1873 

8 

1873 

129 

1878 

346 

1871 

49 

1870 

49 

1867 

481 

1878 

407 

1873 

61 

1865 

471 

1873 

508 

1876 

49 

1870 

25 

1870 

450 

1871 

145 

1876 

97 

1877 

289 

1877 

97 

1878 

362 

1881 

201 

1874 

497 

1876 

257 

1877 

1 

1872 

293 

1877 

371 

1875 

405 

1880 

49 

1869 

481 

1873 

120 

1875 

59 

1868 

462 

1882 

505 

1876 

447 

PEEFACE. 


THBOUGHOITT  another  year  of  grace  I  have  enjoyed  monthly 
commnnion  with  my  readers,  and  I  hope  the  fellowship  has  been 
as  pleasant  to  them  as  to  myself.  Eighteen  years  have  now  seen  me 
engaged  in  the  happy  service  of  preparing  the  magazine.  It  does  not 
seem  to  be  so  long.  It  wonld  not  be  easy  for  me  to  estimate  how 
much  of  gratitnde  1  owe  for  so  great  a  privilege.  This  last  twelve- 
month has  slipped  away  as  silently  as  a  ghost :  it 

^*  Seems  but  a  score  of  days,  all  told, 
Or  but  a  week  or  two  at  most, 
Since  our  last  New  Year's  song  we  trolled. 
And  lo !  that  New  Year  now  is  Old." 

The  comfort  is  that  the  flying  months  have  not  gone  by  unimproved ; 
they  have  had  wings,  bnt  they  have  had  hands  too.  We  have  co-operated 
in  holy  service, — we,  editor,  writers,  and  readers ;  and  the  resnlts  are 
BQch  as  are  tangible  to  all ;  works  which  will  survive  both  the  workers 
and  the  age  in  which  they  lived.  Around  the  editor  has  gathered  a 
church  of  actual  hearers,  and  then  a  far  greater  church  of  readers,  and 
the  gathering  has  been,  not  an  assembly  of  idlers,  but  a  convocation  of 
workers  for  the  Lord.  The  preface,  then,  for  the  volume  of  1882  must 
be  a  recapitulation  of  the  labours  of  the  year. 

The  College  has  been  so  well  sustained  that  its  income  will  fully  meet 
its  expenses,  which  is  an  improvement  upon  the  former  year.  Many 
brethren  have  gone  forth  from  it,  both  to  home  and  foreign  fields,  new 
churches  have  been  formed,  and  new  chapels  erected  for  their  housing, 
and  the  year  has  shown  distinct  and  solid  progress.  At  the  present 
moment  this  Institution  is  supporting,  in  whole  or  in  part,  several 
brethren  who  are  gathering  congregations,  and  thus  it  continues  to  be 
what  it  was  designed  for  at  the  beginning, — a  home  mission,  attending 
to  the  necessities  of  the  people  to  the  utmost  of  its  power.  If  more 
openings  occur  the  College  men  are  ready  to  enter  in,  and  do  the  work 
of  the  Lord.  Never  was  the  institution  so  well  furnished  with  men 
for  pioneer  work, — men  of  whom,  under  Ood,  we  expect  sreat  things. 

The  EvangelisU  are  doing  splendid  service  :  the  Lord  has  been  with 
them  in  every  place  to  which  they  have  gone.  Able  and  venerable 
ministers  who  have  attended  their  meetings  bear  joyfal  testimony  to 
the  power  which  attends  tlieir  addresses  ;  and  hundreds  of  professed 
converts  remain  in  their  wake,  witnessing  to  the  power  of  the  gospel 
which  was  preached  by  them.  It  is  on  my  heart  to  add  to  their 
number  one,  if  not  two  more.  The  evangelist  in  India,  Mr.  Harry 
Brown,  is  doing  well ;  and  of  the  two  breUiren  in  Spain  the  same  is 
true. 

Hie  Colportage  work  does  not  grow  as  to  the  number  of  labourers,  but 
increasing  evidence  is  forthcoming  that,  as  far  as  it  goes,  it  fills  up  an 
important  vacuum  in  small  villages  and  hamlets.    It  is  to  the  country 


iV  PREFACE. 

what  the  City  Mission  is  to  the  town,  and  the  fraits  which  are  known 
nnto  the  Lord  are  a  rich  reward  for  sil  the  effort  and  cost  expended.  I 
groan  to  think  we  cannot  do  at  least  twice  as  mach  in  this  direction. 
It  is  an  enterprise  which  so  commends  itself  to  mj  judgment  that  I 
marvel  that  it  is  not  one  of  the  favourite  objects  of  beneficence ;  a  live 
man  going  from  door  to  door,  selling  good  books,  and  praying  with  the 
sick,  and  anon  preaching  on  the  green,  or  in  the  schoohroom,  gatherinpr 
up  hearers  for  tne  chapels,  and  forming  temperance  societies — why,  it  is 
the  surest,  cheapest,  and  most  varied  form  of  ministry  ! 

The  Orphanage  has  seen  more  of  its  buildings  opened,  and  more  girls 
received,  and  meanwhile  health  has  been  sustained  among  the  chil&en, 
and  a  fine  moral  and  religious  tone  has  been  kept  up.  Funds  have  come 
in  as  needed :  there  has  always  been  a  shot  in  the  locker,  and  a  happy 
freedom  from  care  has  blessed  the  President  and  Trustees. 

The  Book  Fund  pursues  its  quiet  holy  work  under  Mrs.  Spurgeon*s 
dailv  care,  feeding  those  who  feed  others,  putting,  at  least,  a  few  books 
on  hundreds  of  pastors'  shelves.  Some  eight  thousand  ministers  of 
various  denominations  have  thus  been  aided. 

Our  Unpaid  Evangelists  and  Country  Mission  have  kept  up  to  the 
mark,  and  preached  the  gospel  of  Jesus  in  all  sorts  of  places:  some  of 
my  readers  helping  to  pay  the  expenses  which  even  unpaid  service 
necessarily  involves.  The  Tabernacle  Loan  Tract  Society,  and  the 
Spurge(nCs  Sermons^  Tract  Society  are  both  doing  nobly,  the  latter  giving 
out  supplies  to  societies  which  are  formed  all  over  England  for  cir- 
culating the  sermons  from  house  to  house.  Conversions  are  abundantly 
recorded :  to  God  be  glory. 

During  the  year  I  have  issued  a  volume  entitled  Farm  Sermons, 
which  has  obtamed  much  favour  in  the  eyes  of  my  country  friends,  and 
I  have  had  the  joy  of  completing  Vol.  VL  of  the  '*  Treasury  ofDavid^^ 
This  work  has  been  reprinted  in  America,  and  has  there  met  with  a 
large  demand,  as  it  deserves,  for  it  is  brought  out  in  admirable  style. 
I  have  almost  finished  YoL  XXYIII.  of  the  Metropolitan  Tabernacle 
Pulpit  sermons,  which  will  then  number  1,696.  What  a  privilege  to 
have  issued  week  by  week  such  a  lengthened  series  of  discourses  1  I 
know  not  how  to  express  my  gratitude. 

Dear  friends,  I  thank  you  all  for  your  generous  help.  To  manjr  of 
you  I  am  personally  indebted,  and  have  had  opportunities  of  expressing 
my  obligations  by  letters.  Others  I  shall  never  know  on  earth,  but  I 
hope  to  meet  you  in  heaven,  and  joy  with  you  in  the  triumph  of  truth, 
and  the  victory  of  love.  Let  us  go  on  anew  with  growing  zeal  and  con- 
fidence. The  old  gospel  is  not  dead,  neither  does  it  sleep.  The  doc- 
trines of  grace  are  not  extinct,  as  some  say  they  are :  they  will  yet  come 
more  clearly  to  the  front,  and  have  the  sway.    Ood  grant  it  speedily. 

Two  favours  I  would  beg :  the  first  is,  that  you  will  all  daily  pray 
for  me ;  and  the  second,  that  you  will  increase  the  number  of  sub- 
scribers to  this  magazine,  which  I  heartily  endeavour  to  make  worthy 
of  a  large  and  appreciative  constituency. 

Yours  very  heartily, 

C.  H.  SPUHOBON. 


INDEX. 


a  Work... 


STt.«lS 


DraunB  Chnie ;  DMoIiition  Coma  ...  30C 
Bookn,  Notion  at  — About  Boma  Girli.  bU: 
Across  the  Water,  037  ;  Acta  ud  Epiitle*  o[ 
St.  Ful,  HJ;  Addnsaes  imd  Semoiu,  tn; 
AnarWoTk,»i  AJong  the  lines  at  theFMnt, 
437;  Among Uia  Dsigies,  I4S;  AncteatNiucnti, 


Oou  SOe;   ApooalTpKi    Kejrs   of ,   .. , 

Aimbiu  Mi^ti,  6U:  Atlate  Wonhlp,  MS: 

41;  At  Home.'M;  It  je  Uncoe  GriiBii,Sia; 
taabimj  Ker^  41 . 

""le  Psahna,  3d ;  Band  of 
K;  Bsoaof  Merer  AdTocaU. 
and  the  Baptirts,  4fle  ;  Ba.pli«t 

_„...  ... ,  Bsptitts,  Tho,  tse  1  Barclar* 

otVrr.li;  Battlefleid,  The.M7;  Beatrice  and 
Briu,  4Se;     BegKW'e   Boart,    ""■     *■ ' 

:'  Bettor  hty 


Workhig 


Betrothsl,  3 
,  'eople,  141; 
light.      IW ;     : 


:  Bethel 


ALa-readiDga, 
»,  3«;  K6le 
»  'Woroi   and 


.,  _._ .  -iblicml^^eidt---   .. 

isamiT,  807,  Ml  i  BIti  trom^nktioiuir. 
Bttsof  Blue,"B71;  Bliskr  ■ndOaioni, 
■- Bibbon  AriBT  Caidi,  Ml  1  Bhw  Ribbon 

it,«lj  BotandMag,-"-  ■>--'—" — 

k-burm,  W4;  B<in!< 


AimoaL  wri";^ht"£u« 
Kpoedw.  Hr..  88  i  Br— < ' 


vlui  Wandered,  The,  3T4 ;  Bor'i  0> 

rmljtfSer- 


difld'a  Own  Hiwuinei 
m ;  Ohoiee  of  Wiadom,  II 


I  Record,  87; 
I;  Ghriatian Chronicle, 


EtblDi.SH;  (%nitiailQwkliJ.4«a;  ChiiMlan 
Henld,  Ml ;  Christian  Bodolan,  Mi  Onlitian 
TiuMUij.tg;  ChiMlsaWiteimdMiiitreas^l 
mristliTi  Worid,  Ml ;  ChristiaBltT  and  Wai. 
l<a;  ClulitilnDstLifeofiSli  ChiialiBas  Etuis, 
«-  OnMiiusWsddiiv.SBa:  Chrlat'l  Baithlir 
8DjdDni,na;  Cbmeh ^ Sootliod, S8 ;  Chnroli 
asudsrd,  888 :  dnuA,  The,  87 ;  Caaike's  Oom- 
SMBtaiT,  MI,  Clecieal  librair,  143;  Coal* 
■ad  OoUloa,  C4ti  Cob«*bs  and  Cables,  «4T; 

„_. — J  „__.,..„_  ...    ..„._.._  yjst 


torthe  Lord's^dar, 

The.W;  COnlenatiiHu 

■■     -■      Th*.gia; 

t  and  thi 

iSketdiai 

M  fSid,  311 1  Grcilion, 


Boots,  Notioea  of  [oKroMil)— 
The,  BIG ;  Chticsl  Handbook  on  Hebrawa,  07 ; 
CmsB,  The.  »48 ;  Crdopiedis  of  tjuotatkm.  BM. 

Danger  BlcnBl^  88  -.  bar  Dawn  ol  the  Faat,  808 1 
Deear  ^Itodem  Preaohing,  313 ;  Deciaionfoc 
Chrlat.  IM;  Dlffleultlea ot%e  Soul,  MS;  DU- 
EOuncs  snd  Addnasee,  91 ;  DoU  snd  Owinnle, 
488 ;  Drawing.  The  Art  o(,  38 :  Drink  Problem, 
Ths,  198;    Djing   Maityw'  Test •    *"■ 


of    Beren,  Sll;   Electiical     

etiuctor,  38:  Embossed  TeiB,  et<s., 
Eatabllrfied  CTinrches.  313;  Kveryday  B 
198 ;  ExaucemoiU  Kamarquablei  de  La  ] 


inH  leaiot  Uy  life,  tea;  k-i.eiiwiwsi—. 
The,  38;  Footprints.  40;  FortI  Winks,  (^; 
Foatec  Brotheg^s  Starr,  311 ;  Franklin.  The 
Seanhfor.  H3j  Fnderick  Douglas.  438;  Free 
to  Serve.  »47 ;  Friendly  Oreetinga.  87  jFnendlj 
Letters,  438;  EMendlj  Viator, 898 ;  FnunLog 
Cibin  to  White  Hoiue.  438:  Prom  Bin  to 
Salratioa,  835;  From  the  Bi^inning,  808; 
V— athe  CaU  to  Oie  Olory,  38. 

■  •    ~  ■■     J,  497 ;  OenmJ  Baptist  Maga- 
!'- — - —  — -;  Oirls  and  their 


Schoolmen.  18-,  . 

and  ^'^gii^H  Conoirdauoc.  ivs;  rneen  ruHona, 
818;  Owgory's  Bermona,  fitfi;  Gospel  Uiga- 
sue,  HI :  doide  to  the  lele  of  Wight,  444. 
Handbooks  for  Bible-i;la»ea,  378;  Handbook 
to  City-road  Chapel.  2ii ;  HsiJing's  LooWng- 
glaas,1Un„Mi  Hupcr.  Life  of  Dr., 83;  Har- 
rison Wdfs  Hctures,  31.  3S;  Has  Man  a 
FntnreTesS;  HeTHld.iartheCnsa,137;  Herbert 


Hill-side 


Judah  and 'Israel, 31:  Hiataryof  Bedemptk 
193;  Holy  Bupper,  The,  191 ;  Homewarda,  M 
HnmiletM  MuaEine,  313;   Hosannas  of  t 


vBcadeatThou 


BlbU,  89,87 


HnguenoU,  The,  111 ;  ] 

Chnat,  687 ;  "  Horrah," 

Ideal  of  the  Chumh,  SB;  nluatratad  H 

»";  ImpottHiiDS  of  Faith,  499;  Indian . 

;  Infant  Baptum,  E34 :  Infant's  Msgsatnf, 

Wither! 


Ithnby,  837;  Juiorah- 
488;  JohnFloiwhmail'B 
Flon^unan's  PietDrss, 


VI 


INDEX. 


Books,  NotioM  of  {continued) — 
Jormjan,  311 ;  Judas  Maocaboos,  4S8 ;  JuTenile 
Wit,  etc.,  41. 

Katie  Bnghtmde,  687 ;  Kilker.  874 ;  Kingdom  of 
God  and  Kingdom  of  DarlmesB,  848 ;  King's 
Messenger,  The,  34. 

Land  of  too  Morning  ,99 :  Last  Supper,  The,  144 ; 
Leaves  from  my  Log-Dook,  499 ;  Leotures  on 
Disestoblishment,  636 ;  Lectures  on  Faith,  88 ; 
Lectures  on  the  IiOid*s  Prmr,  876 ;  Ledbythe 
Sphit,  696 ;  Leisure  Hour,  The,  87, 641 ;  Lessons 
Learned  in  Italy,  499:  Life  a  Mystery,  148; 
life  and  Truth,  696 ;  life  More  Abundant,  01 ; 
life  of  a  Soldier,  877 ;  life  of  C.  H.  Spuigeon, 
696;  life  of  Dr.  Candlish,  601;  life  of  Dr. 
Fteiteooet,  601 ;  life  of  Israel  Atkinson,  638 ; 
life  of  J.  Birchenall,  87:  life  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist, 646 :  lighthouse  Keeper,  The,  374 :  li^ht 
of  the  Home,  196 ;  links  in  Bebeooa^s  Life, 
813 ;  lisetta  and  the  Brigands,  811 ;  little  Aus- 
tralian Qirl,  A,  874;  LitUe  Dot,  637;  litUo 
Edith  and  Old  Darid,  84 ;  little  Flotsam,  496 ; 
**  little  Folks  "  Album,  90 ;  litUe  Folks,  641 ; 
little  Fbxes.  406 ;  Logic  of  Christian  Evidence, 
197;  Lost  m  £gypt,  84;  Lyons*  Den,  The, 
874. 

Madagascar,  Work  in,  196;  Madge  and  her 
Friends,  813;  Maia.  496:  Maiden's  Work,  A, 
644;  Malleson's  life  of  Christ,  148;  Many 
Versions,  etc.,  144;  Mariquita,  84;  Martin 
Luther,  S43;  Mason's  Home,  The.  83;  May 
Beaufort,  601;  McCheyne,  Memoir  of,  843: 
Memoir  of  D.  Macmillan,  608;  Memorial  of 
Dr.  O.  Smith,  603;  Memorial  of  Dr.  Steane, 
641;  Memorials  of  McHvaine,  310;  Methodist 
Fkmily,  87;  Metropolitan  Tabemade  and  its 
Institutions,  88;  Milly's  Trials  and  Triumphs, 
84 ;  Ministry  of  Healing,  403 ;  Minnie,  41 ; 
Mission  life  in  Greece,  147 ;  MJHtaktm  Signs, 
600;  Mistranslated  Flsssages.  494;  Modem 
Heroes  of  ^e  Mission  Jneld,  437;  Modem 
Missions,  04;  Moral  Pirates,  847;  Morning 
Star  of  the  Beformation,  147 ;  Morning  Sun- 
shine, 407 ;  Mosaic  Authorship  of  Deuteronomy, 
SO;  Mother's  IViend,  87;  Mothers'  Meetings, 
19^  Uj  First  Class,  489;  My  Nellie's  Story, 
489;  MyWifeDidit,84. 

National  Temi>eranoe  League  Annual,  876 ; 
Natural  Truth  of  Christianity,  377;  Newer 
Criticism,  The,  648;  New  Bevision,  A,  146; 
Nil's  Bevenge.  311;  Nos  F«cfa<5s  et  Notre 
Sauveur,  876 ;  Nouveau  Testament,  Le,  89. 

Old  Abbot's  Boad,  The,  94 :  Old  Blind  Ned,  146 ; 
Old  Bristol,  496;  Old  Worcester  Jog,  637  ; 
Olive's  Story,  84 ;  One  Hundred  Texts,  The, 
196 ;  Onwara,  87 ;  Opuscules,  by  J.  de  Valdes, 
144 ;  Orphan  Lottie,  198 ;  Orthodox  Theology, 
496 ;  Our  Brother  in  Black,  407 ;  Our  Brothers 
and  Sons,  104;  Our  Folks,  146;  Our  little 
Willie,  648;  Our  Veterans,  86;  Outline  Mis- 
sionary Series,  437. 

Palestine  Explored,  08 ;  Papers  of  the  Edectic 
Society,  604;  Paradise  of^Iife,  146;  PUaUel 
New  Testament,  687 ;  Past  and  Present  in 
the  East,  144;  Pastor  as  Preacher,  The, 
497 ;  Patriarchs,  The,  440 ;  Patrick's  Armour, 
St.,  40;  Pttul  Bradley.  03;  Pearl  and  Tot, 
84^  Physiological  Failacies,  442;  Pilgrim 
Clumes,  846^  Pioneer  Boy,  The,  604 ;  Pictures 
from  Palestme,  314;  Plain  Words  on  Tem- 
persnoe,  04 ;  Pleasant  Tales  for  Toung  People, 
34;  Pleasant  Talks,  etc.,  144;  Pleasures  of 
Love,  00:  Pledged  Eleven,  The,  406;  Poet's 
Bible.  The,  06;  Polished  Stones,  etc.,  608; 
Popular  Commentary,  4M ;  Portraits  of  Heroes, 
601 ;  Postman,  The,  641 ;  Preacher's  Analyst, 
87;  Preacher's  Commentary,  846;  Preacher's 
Monthly,  146,  378;  Present  Saviour,  A,  40; 
Private  I>evotion,  678;  Prophets  Jod,  Amos, 
and  Jonah,  641 ;  Fulpit  Commentary,  01,  437, 
403;  Pulpit  Dialogues,  88;  Pulpit,  Metro- 
politan Tabernacle,  83;   Fulpit  Talent,  840; 


Books,  Notices  of  {continued)  — 
Pnnshon,  Memorial  of  Dr.,  38 ;  Punshcm's  Lec- 
tures, 648 ;  Punshon's  Sermons,  144. 

Quiver.  The,  641;  Ballway  Sig^ial,  The,  541  : 
Bambles  in  Bome,  846;  Bedter,  Tine,  606; 
Records  of  the  Past,  810 :  BeUgious  Aneodotes, 
846;  Beligious  Poems,  878;  Beligiona  Topo- 
graphy, 448;  Bepublic  of  God,  604:  *'Best 
unto  your  Souls,"  01:  Besnrrection,  The,  197 ; 
Bevisers'  English,  The,  440;  Bitnaliam,  89; 
Bivers  among  the  Books,  604 :  Bobert  Key,  life 
of,  106 ;  Boberts's  Holy  Land,  641. 

Sabbath  Law.  148;  "Saorsd  Heart,  The,"  08; 
Sacred  Songs  and  Solos,  496 ;  Saddle's  Service, 
811;  Sam7i96:  Soenes  from  the  Pilgrim's  Pro- 
gress, 641 ;  School  Girls,  644;  Bco^sh  Churoh 
History,  08:  Scottish  Communion,  A,  100; 
Scottish  Putorate,  40 ;  Scottish  Sanotiuuy,The, 
603;  Scripturo  Edioes,  874;  Soripturo  Pocket- 
Book,  637;  Sea  of  Galilee,  846;  Sea  Pictures, 
607;  Self  Surrender,  441;  Seven  Beasons  for 
Bebevers'  Baptism,  688;  Seven  Beasoms 
for  the  Blue  Bibbon,  448;  Seven  Sermons, 
36;  Bhsgand  Dolf,  311 ;  Bhdteared  Stranger. 
The,  811;  Short  History  of  England,  877; 
Bong  Evangel,  806;  Soul-winning  S«rmon5, 
878;  Sparks  from  the  Philosopher's  Stone, 
603;  Speakeac's  Commentary,  01;  Speaking 
Dead,  The,  104;  Spedmen  Glasses,  00;  Spi- 
ritual Life,  646;  Spuigecm's  Almanack,  646; 
Standard  Bearers,  TTwo,  146 ;  Step  by  Step. 
196;  Stephen  Mainwaring's  Wooing,  489; 
Stones  from  the  Brook,  874;  Stories  about 
Dogs,  98  :  Stories  for  Snndasrs,  84  ;  Studies  in 
the  lufe  of  Christ,  441 ;  Stories  of  Home  life, 
83 :  Story  of  Naaman,  648 ;  Story  of  the  Beacon 
Firo,  810 ;  Stories  of  the  Mountain,  148 ;  Story 
of  the  New  Testament,  496 ;  Stories  to  Write, 
98;  Students'  Cammentary,  873;  Students* 
Concordance,  646;  Studies  in  the  Acts,  441 : 
Summer  of  two  CHiildron,  41 ;  Sunbeam  Susette, 
41 ;  Sundav  at  Home,  641  :  Sunday  Magaaine, 
641;  Sungleams,  846;  Sunrise  Gleams,  98; 
Sunset  Bays,  318  ;  Sunset  Thoughts,  40 ;  Surly 
Bob,  874 ;  Sword  and  the  Trowel,  The,  8& 

Talks  with  the  People,  106 ;  Teacher's  Storehonsp, 
87 ;  Temperance  Mirror,  87  ;  Tempered  Steel, 
811 ;  Temptations  of  Job.  846;  Texts  for  Sea- 
men, 196:  Theology  of  Consolation,  148; 
Theology  of  the  New  Testament,  497  ;  Thim. 
196 ;  Thomas  on  the  Ptalms,  Dr.,  606 ;  Thomp- 
sons, The,  06  :  Thou^ts  for  Mothers,  etc.,  36; 
Thoughts  on  Prayer,  876  :  Three  Scholars,  443 ; 
Three  Trappers,  The,  146 ;  Through  the  lixm. 
34 ;  Through  the  Prison  to  the  Throne,  35 ; 
Tired  Christians,  86 ;  Tom  Fletcher's  Fortunes, 
406 ;  Trae  Biches,  847  ;  Trath  About  Oj>ium 
Smoking,  688 ;  Truth  of  the  Christian  Beligion, 
441 ;  Two  Bars,  The,  146 ;  Two  Brothers,  The, 
874  :  Two  of  England's  Wars,  843;  Two  Voy- 

Und?bick's  Legacy,  311 ;  tTnde  Fred's  Shilling. 
146  ;  ITndemeath  the  Surface,  84  ;  ITnder  the 
Old  Boof ,  687 ;  Univeral  Instraotor,  06L  641 ; 
Until  the  Day  Break,  636;  Verse  and  Verse, 
87 ;  Very  Words  of  our  Lord,  etc.,  06 ;  Victor 
Emmanuel,  444 ;  Vision  of  Pataios,  643. 

Waters  of  Quietness, 37;  Wav Home, The, 36 ; 
Welcome,  The,  87  ;  Westminster  Obnfeedon, 
88 ;  Westwood,  GlimpsM  of  life  at,  33 ; 
What  Does  History  Sayl  496;  What  Mi^ht 
have  Been,  846 ;  What  She  could,  34  ;  With- 
out a  Bef erenoe.  149  ;  Without  Intending  it, 
818 ;  Woman's  work,  87 ;  Women  of  the  ^le, 
199;  Wonders  Under  the  Earth,  696;  Workers 
at  Home,  89 ;  Work  of  the  Holv  Spirit,  376. 
Young  Adventurer,  96 ;  Toung  fbogland,  641- 

Brown,  H.  Bvlands — 

Amongthe  Tea-Planters  of  Dazjeeling...  124 
Evangelistic  Work  on  the  Bramaputra ...  302 

Krown  of  Ayrshire,  Isabel        316 


INDEX. 


Vll 


Bruoe,  Alexander,  D.D. — 

The  Humiliation  of  CQirifit, 

Banning,  W.  C. — 

Vint  to  Mr.  T.  Spnrgeon    . 

Bnmluun,  J. — 

The  Hop-Ficken*  Hiasion .. 


I'AOE 

...  188 
...  370 
29, 415 
...  292 


Cancelled  and  Nailed  Up  

Charlesworth,  V.  J.— 

"By  the  Blood  of  Christ  I'm  Ckiming"  ... 

**  I  wish  I  had  a  Mother  to  Come  After 

JKLC  •■•       ■••       >••       •••       ••• 

To  Them  that  Loye  God 

Chriatian  Carefulness      

Christmas  Erans  on  lYeaching 

Church  and  State 

Colportage  Association,  Beport  of     

Oolportsffe  Association,  Subscriptions  to  the 
48, 106,  166, 208,  266, 324,  3&4,  466,  604,  651,  641 

Constancy  of  Divine  Justice      23 

Cradles  for  the  Baptized 519 

Creeds  ...       ...       ...       ...       ••>       ...  UaSI 

Carrie,  John— 

The  Prize  Fighter  and  the  Methodist    ...  i28 


467 

4 

121 
231 
186 
82 
325 


Dann,  James — 


...  134 

...  294 

...  433 

...  409 
565,615 
...  65 
...  434 
...  210 
...  18 
...  136 
...  297 
...  MO 
...  220 

...  410 
...  477 
...  296 
...  478 
...  421 
...  426 

...  60 


Girls' Orphanage  Bazaar 83 

Girls'  Orphanage  Building  Fund,  47, 103, 156,  207, 
266,  323,  283,  456,  604,  651,  003,  644 
Golaton,  S.  J.— 

Sermon  Hearers       368 


Bev.  Thomas  Newlight        

Waiting  for  the  Pilot         

Davis,  C.  A.— 

Anne  Askew 

Carey,  William         

Goimt  Campello        

G^eorge  Thomson  of  Cameroons    . . 

How  Jesus  Trained  his  Preachers 

Jesuits,  The 

3rito(MrhouBe,  Henry 

Williams  of  Wem 

Doabters,  Unwise  Demands  of 

DoubtiBg  Ones,  To  the 

Early  Pmyer  Owned  of  God     

Ebmny  Turned  into  a  Friend 

Faith  Confronting  Impossibilities 

F^unine  hi  Samana         

Feeble  Sahits         

F^ree  Ltnoe  with  the  Free  Church,  A  .. 
FuUerton,W.  Y.— 


Harbour  of  Refuge,  The 

Harrald,  J.  W.— 

*'  It  is  the  Habit  of  the  People  "  . . 

Haynes,  W.  B.— 

Essential  Nobility  of  our  Ministry 
The  Minister's  Public  Prayer 

He  Gave  up  his  Class      

Hindoo  Newspaper  on  the  Bible 

How  to  Keep  Abreast  of  the  Times    . . 


120 

483 

273 
670 
133 
517 
293 


Hltistrations :  Chapmen  of  Old  London,  283 ; 
Boston,  426 ;  Emancipation  Oak,  518 ;  Field 
of  Flowers,  664 ;  Florence^  78 ;  Girls*  Orphanage 
Key,  446;  Joseph  Making  Himself  Known, 
286:  Our  Evangelists,  466 ;  Proposed  Taber- 
nacle at  Tunbridge  Wells,  689  ;  Satan's  Fish- 
ery, 60  ;  Some  otur.  Barnardo's  Guests,  174. 

laitTrue? 140,690 

Jacob's  Partiality  for  Joseph 478 

Ijirge  Men  Wanted  for  Small  Churches      ...  408 

«*  Lead  na  not  into  Temptation  "        470 

liength  of  Discourses      614 

litUeBaptiam       69 


London  Fairies      

**  Looking  unto  Jesus"  .. 

Miracles       


PAOR 

...    67 
...    64 

...  680 

...  369 


No  Fear,  no  Hope 

Notes- 
Agra,  97,  379:  Annual  Churdi  Meeting,  149 ; 
Annual  Conxerenoe,  250  ;  Arbroath,  260  ;  Ara- 
bi's  Defeat,  647  ;  Auckknd,  42,  444  ;  Auckland 
Tabernacle,  501, 646. 

Baoup,  601 ;  Baptisms  at  the  Tabernacle,  46, 99, 
164,  204,  853,  381,  448,  602,  650,  600,  642:  Bari- 
saul.  Letter  from,  315 ;  Barren  Month,'A.,  646 ; 
Bermondsey,  97;  Bideford,  548;  Birchington, 
97 ;  Birthday  Gifts,  379 ;  Blantyre,  648 ;  Blis- 
worth,  640 ;  Book  Fund,  Mrs.  Spuigeon's,  97, 
600,  697:  Booth's  Services,  Mr.,  601;  Bost, 
Death  of  Mr.  J.,  42 ;  Bovingdon,  314 ;  Bris- 
bane, 160;  Bromsgrove,  501;  Burslem,  42; 
Bury  Lane,  640. 

Camberwell,  43;  Canada,  97,  640;  Capetown, 
160;  Castle  Donnington,  640;  Chattens,  314; 
China  Inland  Biission,  150 ;  China  Missionaries, 
445;  College  Annual  Meeting,  64;  College 
Funds.  43 ;  College  Vacation,  379  ;  Colportage 
Association,  44, 163,  202,  253,  317,  381,  447,  601, 
649 ;  Conference,  The,  97 ;  Congo  Mission, 
618;  Congo,  The,  43 ;  Coningsby,  379 ;  County 
Mission,  378 ;  Coventry,  97. 

Darjeeling,  97;  Day  of  Prayer,  379;  Day  of 
Special  Prayer,  814 ;  Deloraine,  444 ;  Dorking, 
314;  Dulwich,  618. 

Evan^lical  Alliance,  97 ;  Evangelist's  Asso- 
ciation, 377,  697 ;  Evangelist,  Mr.  J.  Bnmham, 
The,  44,  202,  316,  501, 648 ;  Evangelists,  Messrs. 
Smith  and  Fullerton,  The,  48,  96, 162,  201,  263, 
315,  380,  446.  601,  648,  699,  640;  Evening 
Classes,  97 ;  Exeter,  260;  Eynsford,  446. 

Fenton,  446 ;  Foot's  Cray,  379  ;  Free  Sunday  at 
the  Tabernacle,  600. 

Gold  Hill,  601 ;  Gosport,  260;  Green  Walk  Mis- 
sion, 158,  596,  640 ;  Greenwich  Handbills,  639. 

Hannah  Moore,  Death  of  Miss,  447;  Harston, 
314;  Hatherleigh,648;  Homchurch,  446,  698 ; 
Hounslow,  501. 

Invercargill,  150^  niinois,  548  ;  Ireland,  Prayer 
for,  314;  Irvme,  814;  Jamaica.  379;  Jews, 
Outrages  on,  97 ;  Kew  (Melbourne),  640. 

Ladies  Benevolent  Society,  200;  Lambeth  Sun- 
day School  Auxiliary,  160;  Lecture  by  Dr. 
Weymouth.  379 ;  Lerwick,  601 ;  Liquor  Traffic, 
and  the  Establishment,  600;  Liverpool,  42; 
Loan  Tract  Society,  639  ;  Loohee,  42 ;  Long 
Buckley,  43 :  Lyall.  Death  of  Mr.  D.,  43. 

Madelejr,  696;  Makin,  Death  of  Mr.  R.,  201: 
Maones  and  Mission  Work,  379 ;  Maternal 
Society.  596;  Men's  Bible-class,  200 ;  Middles- 
borougn^698  ;  Ministers  at  Westwood,  600 ; 
Mission  Working  Society,  378;  Moody  at  the 
Tabernacle,  Mr.,  42 ;  Morgan,  L>eath  of  Mr.  D., 
151  ;  Moulton.  97. 

Nelson,  Lancashire,  97 ;  Newcastle-under-Lyme, 
42;  New  Maiden,  151 ;  Newport,  I.W.,  446; 
New  Zealand,  640 ;  Northampton,  260 ;  Nova 
Scotia,  648. 

Orphanage,  Christmas  at,  44,  97;  Or^haxiage 
Bazaar,  43,  44,  97 ;  Orphanage  Contributions 
and  Collections,  152,  802,  316,  446,  601,  648, 
699,  641 ;  Orphanage  Fdte,  816 ;  Orphanage 
Keys  444. 

Perth,  48  ;  Personal  Notes,  45,  96,  153,  2032317, 
448,  602,  649,  599,  641 ;  Perkins,  Death  of  Elder 
W.,  444;  Plattdville,  640;  Poor  Ministeni' 
aothuig  Society,  641 ;  Portage,  640. 

Quebec,  97,  601. 

Bamsgate,  314;  Bichmond-street  Mission,  162, 
153. 

Saint  Andrew's,  42 ;  Saint  Neot's,  43 ;  Sandown, 
161 ;  Santhalistan,  316 ;  Santhals,  The,  152 :  Sel- 
way,Mr.,  43;  Sheffield,  446 ;  Soham,446;  South 


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INDEX. 


Notes  (continued) — 
London  Ministen,  600;  Sontfaport,  548;  Sonth 
Yaxxa,  648;  Spurgeon  and  ikznerican  NewB« 

epexv,  2£r.,  849 ;  ^ui^eon  and  Picture  Dealers, 
r.,  849 ;  Bpniffeon  and  the  Church,  Mr.,  879; 
Bpurgeon  at  ICentone,  Mr.,  48,  639;  Bpnr- 
geon's  Enngements,  Mr.,  800;  Spmgeon's 
Welcome  Mome,  Mr.,  97;  Stanninarly,  640; 
Strawberrx  Tea,  446;  Btodents*  Missionary 
AsMxaation,  161, 648 ;  Btiuge,  Death  of  Mr.  E.. 
648 ;  Bominer  Bession,  The,  601 :  Bundar-school 
AwTiTiai  Meeting,  849 :  Bnrrey  Aasoaiation,  640. 

Tabemade  Preadiers,  list  ox,  667 ;  Tasmania, 
161;  Temperance  Work,  647;  Toowoomba, 
814,  606;  rraronto,  446,  601 ;  Total  Abstinence 
Boaety,  800,  860,  447 ;  Tring,  879. 

United  Gommnnion  Service,  648.  Week-night 
Benrioe,  314;  West  Drayton,  446 ;  White,  Mr. 
Edwflurd,  8n ;  WiUianutown,  648 ;  Winchester, 
97. 

Tenths'  Bible-dass,  149. 

Zenana  Garden  Party,  647  :  Zenana  Mission,  445. 


One  Talent  ... 
One  W(»d  More 


...  573 
...  4U 


PiutonP  College,  Amraal  Bepoxt  of  the       ,»,  867 
Pastors'  College,  Bnbsoriptions  to  the,  45, 90, 164, 
804,  864, 819,  888,  448,  608, 660, 600,  642 
Pike^.  Holden—^ 

Bible  Enterprise       ...       ...       ...       ...  110 

Bible  on  the  Bea,  The         860,470 

Book  Fond  in  the  Olden  Time,  The      ...  526 

Chapmen  vernw  Colparteurs        882 

Emancipation  Oak 518 

Haslam  at  Bath,  Mr.  488 

John  Chamberlain 661 

literature  of  the  GaUows 466 

Onr  Italian  Befonners       174 

Philanthropist  in  Biberia,  A        886 

Puritan  Town,  An  Old      428 

Bagged-40hoo]s  in  Former  Days  . . .  618, 659 
Beugion  in  the  Eighteenth  Centnry  ...  6 
BemarkAble  History  of  Thomas  Bhillitoe 

178, 821,  887 

Bfareet  Arabs' Tea  Party,  At  a     173 

Widow  and  the  Bovereign,  The 660 

Working  Days  in  Lalhbetix         429 

Pliny's  Myrtle  and  Christ's  Cross       668 

Poetry:  '^All  Glory,"  17:  Hymn  for  the  New 
Tear,  16 ;  Batan's  Fishery,  69;  "  Tes,  Father," 


Bandle.  Horace  A.— 

Voioe  from  China  on  the  Opimn  Traffic    620 

Beason  and  Faith 187 

Biper,  the  More  of  Christ,  The 18 

Salter,  J. — 

Our  Asiatic  Beamen 360 


PAGE 

Shindler,  B.~ 

Bobert  Hall  at  Bristol        24 

Shining        ...  613 

Society  of  Evangelists,  Subsoviptions  to  the,  48, 
106,  158,  808,  856,  384.  384,  456,  604,  662,  604,  eU 
Spirit  of  Misrionary  Adventure         •••        ...569 

Spoils  from  the  Heathen 627 

Spuiveon,  C— 

'^What's  the  Clock ?»»       627 

Bpnrgeon,  G.  H.— 

AQood  Stayer. 349 

Communion  Address  505 

Dispensing  With  the  Goq)el        893 

Driving  the  Cattle  to  Market       304 

Editonal  ApoloflT     161 

Essence  of  a  Bible  Society  Speech  . . .  162 

"Ever  this  our  War  Cry,"  etc 49 

Inaugural  Address  - 401,  450 

Interruptions ...  424 

Mealtime  in  the  Cornfield 337 

Meditation  on  the  Longest  Fsahn         ...  117 

Mrs.  Spurgeon's  Book  Fund        aiB 

Psalm  czxi..  Exposition  of  528 

JSoul-winner's  Bewaxd        605 

Sunday-school  Exhortation  142 

Sunday-school,  Keep  up  the        563 

Sweet  Variety  in  the  Garden  of  God      ...  ^'i5 

Three  "  Thena"  of  Lev.  xxvi 832 

Unprofitable  Literary  Wares      413 

Unto  the  End 1 

Spurveoo,  J.  A.— ~ 

Mr.  Mc  All's  Mission  in  Paris      610 

Spurgeouj  B.— 

Hopeless  Sorrow       414 

John  Thomas. 236 

Singleness  of  Aim 511 

Sporgeon^  Thomaji— 

Hearing  for  Others 479,682 

Higher  and  Higher 664 

Launching  Out         ...       •«.        ...         13,70 

Mental  Arithmetic 367,417 

Mental  Athletics      127 

"Tea,  Father"         226 

Stockwell  Orphanage,  Annnal  Beport  of  ...  885 
Stockwell  Orphanage,  Subscriptrans  to  ttie,  46, 
lOOj  165,  804,  864,  322,  382,  449,  608,  660,  800,  642 
Striking  Points      292 

Two  Prayer-meetings  at  the  Tabemaole  666,  630 
Tunbridge  Wells,  Roposed  Tabernacle  at  ...  689 


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Saw  MiU  Sdenoe 

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Wigstone,  J.  P.— 

Gospel  Work  in  Spain 

Written  Prayers    


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THE 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL. 


JANUARY,      1882. 


BY     C.     H.     SPURGEON. 

IXA.L  perseyerance  may  well  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
crowning  gifts  of  divine  love.  Ik  is  the  Eohinoor  among 
the  jewels  of  mercy.  It  is  an  attainment  which  will  test  to 
the  utmost  the  noblest  graces,  and  display  the  grandest 
attributes  of  God.  Perseverance  in  itself  is  admirable,  bnt 
carried  on  to  the  last  hour  it  will  be  glorious.  Happy  and  honoured  will 
he  be  who  endures  till  the  end. 

Men  in  middle  life  are  best  able  to  judge  of  the  strain  involved  in 
being  <'  steadfast,  unmoveable,  always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the 
Lord.*^  To  mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles,  and  even  to  run  without 
wearinesF,  are  by  no  means  such  attainments  as  to  ''walk  without 
fainting  "  from  year  to  year.  It  may  be  true  that  "  it  is  the  pace  that 
kills,"  but  for  our  part  we  find  it  no  small  test  of  life  to  continae  in  the 
race  from  youth  to  age.  ''  Having  done  all,  to  stand  "  is  such  a  thing  as 
God  alone  can  work  in  us,  even  the  God  who  for  ages  has  sustained  the 
heavens  and  the  earth. 

The  element  of'*  stay"  is  a  fine  one,  and  if  it  be  altogether  lacking 
m  a  man's  character  its  absence  is  fatal.  Often  have  we  seen  the  best 
intentions,  the  most  earnest  resolves,  and  the  most  sensible  schemea 
dissolve  into  thin  air  because  patient  endurance  was  not  called  into 
action.  The  new  minister,  when  he  took  the  pastorate,  projected  a  grand 
enterprise,  started  a  journal,  opened  new  rooms,  delivered  courses  of 
lectures,  gathered  various  classes,  commenced  a  crusade,  inaugurated 
several  societies,  and  did, — well,  everything  possible  and  impossible — 
vpan  paper.  Where  are,  his  projects  now  ?  Where  the  societies,  the 
classes,  the  journal,  the  aggressive  movements  ?  They  survive  in  the 
radiant  memories  of  those  who  live  on  the  past  because  the  present 

1 


2;  "UKTO  THE  END." 

affords  them  little  or  no  prorender.  A  boyYi  crackers  on  a  bonfire 
night  are  fche  fit  emblems  of  many  "  a  great  work,"  which  in  onr  time 
has  been  for  a  moment ''  seen  of  angels,"  and  fchen  bnried,  man  knows 
not  where.  Yet,  is  not  permanency  in  religion  the  test  of  sincerity  and 
reality?  and  may  we  not  jadge  that  things  which  have  a  speedy  and 
nntimely  end  cannot  be  of  God  ?  In  this  light  the  flashes  of  the  mo- 
ment and  the  cornscations  of  the  hour  are  not  so  mnch  things  to  smile 
at  as  to  moarn  over.  Have  not  many  things  which  seemed  to  be  of 
the  Lord  proYcd  to  be  poor  human  notions,  since  they  have  consumed 
away  like  smoke^  and  passed  from  ns  as  the  morning  cloud  ?  Alas  for 
the  faded  hopes  and  withered  projects  which  strew  the  ground  thick  as 
leaves  in  antamn ! 

Surveying  the  wrecks  of  others,  the  cautious  sailor  thinks  of  his  own 
vessel,  and  prudently  considers  whether  his  barque  may  not  one  day  be 
added  to  the  register  of  ruin.  God  grant  that  it  be  not  so.  Yet  it 
would  be  no  smidl  wonder  if  euch  were  to  be  the  case,  for  who  shall  for 
ever  swim  where  so  many  drown?  Certainly,  it  will  need  all  the 
itreugth  that  can  be  had  to  keep  the  head  above  water  year  after  year. 
It  is  easy  enough  to  stand  fast  for  a  while,  but  to  remain  as  a  pillar  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord, — this  is  the  work,  this  is  the  difficulty.  A  man 
might  not  find  it  easy  to  bam  at  the  stake  in  a  sharp  fire,  and  yet 
that  would  be  a  small  feat  as  contrasted  with  standing  hour  after 
hour  amid  the  smoking  faggots,  and  having  limb  by  limb  consumed 
by  the  gnawing  fires  of  green  wood.  One  might  joyfully  lay  down  his 
head  on  the  block,  to  offer  up  his  life  by  one  stroke  of  the  axe ;  but  how 
different  it  would  be  to  die  a  piecemeal  death  of  loBg^-drawn  agony,  a 
week  of  torment  apparently  never  to  endl 

A  great  statesman,  the  other  day,  celebrated  his  seventieth  birthday 
bv  a  retrospect  of  his  life ;  it  is  meet  that  old  age  shoold  look  back. 
To  ns,  however,  in  the  middle  of  the  stream,  it  seems  more  natural  to 
look  around  on  present  circumstances.  Years  ago,  at  a  younger  age, 
onr  tendency  was  to  look  ahead,  and  long  for  a  great  future;  nor  would 
we  forego  the  habit,  but  still  the  pressure  of  long  years,  and  growing 
burdens,  and  a  sense  of  diminishing  strength  unite  to  keep  the  eyes 
occupied  with  the  things  of  to-day,  and  the  connection  of  the  present 
with  the  infinite  and  eternal.  It  appeared  to  us  when  looking  forward 
that  the  Christian  life-work  would  require  a  power  fsu:  beyond  our  own, 
but  now  we  more  intensely  feel  the  certainty  of  that  feet,  and  were  it  not 
for  divine  help  we  should  give  up  in  de^air.  If  still  sustained,  after 
all  these  years  of  confiict,  grace  must  indeed  have  the  glory  of  it,  and 
here  upon  the  altar  of  the  present  we  would  offer  the  calves  of  our  lips, 
giving  glory  to  the  Lord,  tne  God  of  our  salvaticm.  Doubtless  divme 
love  will  be  glorified  in  the  closing  hours  of  the  mature  Christian,  but 
it  is  emphatically  magnified  in  the  stem  period  when  the  burden  and 
heat  of  the  day  are  on  the  labourer,  when  the  novelty  and  romance  of 
youth  are  over,  and  the  nearness  of  the  reward  is  not  yet  vividly 
eertified  by  old  age.  Of  all  parts  of  the  stream,  the  hardest  to  ford  is 
the  middle :  there  the  wat^  is  deepest,  the  eurrent  swiftest,  and  the 
fik)ting  least  secure.  Lord,  hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be  safe. 
This  is  the  prayer  which  oftenest  leaps  fSrom  onr  lips. 

**  Thus  saith  the  preacher,  vanity  of  vanitieSi  all  is  vanity."    We  have 


"UHTO  THE  END."  S 

Hyed  long  eootigh  to  experience  the  hollownesB  of  earth,  an4  the  rotten- 
ness of  all  carnal  promises.  Oar  work,  though  it  be  holy,  presses 
heaTilj  upon  the  shoulder,  and  we  see  not  all  the  fruit  of  it  which  we 
expected  in  earHer  days.  Many  strong  helpers  haye  been  taken  away 
by  death,  and  tbe  enthusiaam  which  made  our  earlier  friends  leap  for- 
ward with  their  aid  is  not  repeated  to  the  full  at  a  second  sound  of 
the  clarion.  The  decline  ia  only  apparent  to  fear;  but  apprehenaton 
has  the  eyes  of  a  hawk,  and  spies  out  the  smalleat  diacouragemmxt. 
The  world  grows  better  very  slowly :  we  sometimes  fear  that  it  grows 
worse.  The  church  relapses  to  her  former  sloth ;  the  good  are  weary, 
and  the  wicked  wax  impudent;  the  times  are  out  of  joint,  and  eyil 
days  are  threatening.  What  can  happen  better  to  a  man  than  to  go 
borne  ?  Happy  is  he  who  is  taken  from  the  eyil  to  come,  or  hears  the 
sound  of  his  descending  Master's  coming  ere  yet  the  shadows  of  the  day 
are  lengthened  to  the  utmost. 

Thus  does  middle  age  prose  when  it  is  under  the  influence  of  its  most 
sombre  hour.  The  wl  grows  thick,  and  the  pen  is  clogged,  and  makes 
black  strokes  and  heayy.  The  subject  should  be  treated  in  a  more 
belieying  manner,  and  written  of,  not  according  to  the  flesh,  but  after 
the  spirit.  Doubtless  length  of  da^s  tries  our  graces,  but  what  length 
'Of  days  haye  we  to  speak  of?  We  who  are  sighting  fif^,  or  passing 
beyond  it  ?  Half  a  century  is  a  trifle  in  the  life  of  God.  True, 
there  is  a  flagging  of  human  energy,  and  the  warm  blood  of  youth 
cools  down  ;  but  our  Christian  life  neyer  stood  in  the  strength  of  the 
•creature,  and  hence  it  cannot  flag,  since  the  Creator  grows  not  old, 
nor  is  his  arm  waxed  shori.  The  same  power  which  begat  will  pre- 
serye.  Omnipotence  flrst  made  the  belieyer  rise  into  newness  of  life, 
and  until  it  fails  his  life  will  continue  oyer  fresh  and  young.  Well 
fiaid  the  Psalmist,  "  All  my  fresh  springs  are  in  thee."  What  if  others 
suffer  shipwreck,  yet  none  that  sail  with  Jesus  haye  oyer  been  stranded 
jet.  Purposes,  plans,  and  achieyements  of  men  may  all  disappear  like 
yon  clond  upon  the  mountain's  summit,  but,  like  the  mountain  itself, 
the  thinga  which  are  of  God  shall  stand  fast  for  oyer  and  eyer.  Now 
is  the  time,  in  the  lull  of  natural  energy,  to  proye  the  power  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  The  trees  of  earth  as  they  pass  their  prime  decrease  the 
quantity  and  quality  of  thdr  fruit :  it  is  a  mark  of  the  trees  of  grace 
that  they  still  bring  forth  fruit  in  old  age  to  show  that  the  Lord  is 
upright.  The  falthftilness  of  God  may  be  relied  upon  to  work  a 
growing  faithfulness  in  his  people.  Neyer  so  conscious  of  dependence 
as  in  this  middle  passage,  neyer  so  certain  of  the  all-ButBciency  of  God 
as  in  this  noontide  of  the  day,  we  joy  in  the  Lord  and  look  for  eyen 
richer  mercies  than  eyer. 

Yonng  men  trust  God,  and  make  the  future  bright  with  blessing. 
Old  men  trust  God,  and  magnify  him  for  all  the  mercies  of  the  past. 
As  for  ufly  we  mingle  gratitude  and  expectation  in  equal  portions,  and 
pray  to  stand  in  this  present  hour,  faithftd  to  the  Master  in  whose 
grace  we  trust. 


''  I  foiaj  i  S^itr  a  mai^tx  la  tamt  after  mtJ' 

ON  a  dark  December  night,  with  the  cold  sleet  drifting  in  almost 
blinding  fierceness,  the  streets  of  London  were  deserted  except  bj 
the  few  whom  business  or  misfortnne  compelled  to  be  abroad.  By 
many  a  gleaming  fire  family  groups  were  safely  housed,  and  home 
seemed  dearer  than  ever  bcMsause  of  the  pitiless  storm  which  raged 
without 

Heartfelt  were  the  thanks^iyings  which  ascended  from  family  altars 
for  domestic  fellowship,  and  for  the  sanctuary  of  home.  Even  where  no 
evening  prayer  or  praise  mingled  in  the  fragrant  incense  of  devotion, 
and  parents  and  childi-en  joined  in  some  innocent  amusement,  the 
gratitude  of  the  heart  shone  radiant  on  every  countenance.  All  felt, 
whether  the  conviction  found  expression  or  not — 

'*  Be  it  ever  so  humble, 
Theresa  no  place  like  home.** 

On  such  a  night  every  absentee  was  missed,  and  solicitude  for  their 
safety  and  well-being  was  either  sadly  uttered  or  more  sadly  endured  in 
silence.  There  was  scarcely  a  habitable  spot  on  the  globe  which  did 
not  attract  the  thoughts  of  some  kindly  hearts  that  evening;  parental 
affection  and  concern  hovered  like  angels  over  thousands  of  scenes  of 
trial  or  of  sin.  How  true  it  is  that  in  the  darkest  phases  of  life  the 
truest  instincts  of  our  humanity  assert  themselves,  and  the  heart's 
best  affections  are  stirred  into  activity ! 

In  one  home  a  mother,  whose  anxiety  had  deepened  into  a  yeryi^ny 
of  soul,  rose  with  a  desperate  effort,  resolved  to  end  her  suspense  and 
sally  forth  in  search  of  her  long-lost  daughter.  The  dread  thought 
that  she  was  exposed  to  the  pitiless  elements  could  not  be  set  at  rest  by 
the  possibility  that  she  might  perchance  be  housed  under  some  hospitable 
roof.  The  girl  was  not  at  home,  and  the  mother  must  go  out  and  seek 
her.  Imprudent  as  it  seemed  to  others  to  go  forth  on  such  a  night, 
the  logic  of  a  mother's  love  more  than  justified  the  errand.  Every- 
thing must  yield  to  the  dictates  of  a  woman's  heart  when  the  mission 
on  which  it  is  bent  is  the  recovery  of  her  child,  and  dangers  are  dwarfed 
into  trifles  only  worthy  to  be  despised. 

Peering  into  the  faces  of  the  few  lone  women  she  passed  in  the  street, 
this  mother's  sadness  grew  more  and' more  intense  with  every  disappoint- 
ment. Thinking  she  had,  at  length,  discovered  the  object  of  her  search 
standing  beneath  the  railway  arch  in  the  Newington  Causeway,  she 
touched  her  on  the  shoulder. 

The  young  woman  started  as  from  a  reverie,  and  [looked  round. 
The  poor  mother  saw  at  a  glance  that  she  was  mistaken,  and  ex- 
claimed by  way  of  apology,  **  Oh  !  I  thought  it  was  my  daughter." 

No  other  moment  in  her  history  ever  carried  a  greater  burden  of 
agony :  never  did  an  expectation  die  out  into  sach  a  bitter  disappoint- 
ment. 

Standing  in  speechless  grief,  irresolute  as  to  whether  she  should 
continue  her  search  or  return  home,  her  course  was  determined  as  the 
young  woman  whom  she  had  accosted,  exclaimed,  '^  /  unsh  I  had  a 


"  I  WISH  I  HAD  A  HOTHEB  TO  GOME  AFTEB  ME."  5 

moiher  to  come  of  let  me!*'  There  was  a  mingled  tone  of  sadness  and 
hopelessness  in  that  brief  utterance,  which  seemed  to  forebode  despair 
and  self-deetmction :  the  girl's  feeling  of  shame  was  manifestly  over- 
fcomc  by  her  yearning  for  sympathy  and  love. 

With  that  qnick  sympathy  which  neither  logic  nor  prudence  can  con- 
trol, the  mother's  heart  asserted  itself,  and  she  offered  to  the  poor 
outcast  such  shelter  and  fare  as  her  house  could  afford.  The  invitation 
came  to  the  poor  outcast  with  all  the  force  of  an  imperative  conmiand  — 
she  must  go  home  with  the  good  woman  who  had  compassion  on  her. 
For  honrs  she  had  been  facing  the  only  escape  from  her  wretched 
condition  which  she  conceived  to  be  possible,  and  but  for  this  timely 
arrival  the  "dark  flowing  river"  might  have  hidden,  ere  the  morrow, 
the  secret  of  her  fate. 

Her  story  was  a  very  sad  one.  The  way  from  home  which  seemed 
bestrewn  with  flowers  had  yielded  nothing  but  thorns,  for  every  hope 
had  been  falsified  by  experience.  Bitterly  did  she  feel  the  loneliness  of 
the  crowded  city,  and  earnestly  did  she  sigh  for  an  opportunity  to 
retrace  her  steps.  Her  cup,  which  she  thought  already  full  to  overflow- 
ing, had  recentlv  receivea  one  other  ingredient  of  bitterness  in  the 
news  of  her  mother^s  death.  The  pangs  of  orphanhood  rent  the  cords 
which,  despite  her  wanderings,  linked  her  to  the  home  of  her  childhood, 
and  the  grave  closed  against  her  for  ever  the  sanctuary  of  a  mother's 
heart.  That  she  had  been  lost  to  her  mother  so  long,  and  that,  too,  by 
her  own  wicked  folly,  occasioned  a  grief  which  at  times  seemed  too  great 
to  bear ;  but  that  her  moUier  should  now  be  lost  to  her  for  ever  made 
the  bnrden  of  her  sorrow  intolerable.  There  was  an  unknown  volume 
of  meaning  in  that  simple  ejaculation,  **i  wish  I  had  a  mother  to  come 
^fler  me ! "  May  there  not  be  thousands  of  girls  on  the  streets  of 
London  whose  souls  are  crying  bitterly  after  the  same  manner — ''/ 
wieh  I  had  a  mother  to  come  aflBr  me*'f  Are  there  no  such  mothers 
left? 

This  page  will  be  read,  perhaps,  in  the  light  of  many  a  happy  fire- 
side, from  which  no  child  has  been  allured ;  and  if  it  should  quicken 
the  resolve  to  jield  a  loving  response  to  the  pitiful  yearning  of  the 
wanderers,  who  in  all  our  towns  and  cities  must  be  numbered  by  tens 
of  thousands,  it  will  not  have  been  written  in  vain. 

To  attempt  the  rescue  of  some  mother's  daughter  is  an  errand  of 
mercy  which  angels  might,  surely,  covet.  Let  Christian  women,  then, 
with  a  Christlike  pity  which  loves  while  it  extends  a  helping  hand,  go 
forth  two  and  two,  and  seek  the  fallen  one  by  one.  The  objects  of  such 
•a  mission,  with  but  few  exceptions,  are  condemned  at  the  bar  of  their 
own  conscience,  and  anything  like  harsh  upbraiding  is  superfluous ;  but 
love  will  win  them.  The  task  is  not  an  easy  one,  and  must  be  con- 
ducted with  considerable  tact  and  discretion ;  but  Jesus,  the  sinner's 
friend,  can  give  us  wisdom.  To  be  won  to  the  right  way,  the  daughters 
4>t  shame  must  be  wooed  by  those  gentle  arts  which  the  love  of  Christ 
x^onstrains  and  inspires,  and  with  these  none  of  us  should  be  unfamiliar. 

V.  J.  C. 


ALTHOUGH  Qoeen  Anne  herself  wag  not  a  great  woman,  her  reign' 
was  one  of  those  eras  in  onr  country's  annals  of  which  readers  of 
history  are  never  tired,  for  it  was  characterized  by  a  snccession  of  re- 
markable events  snch  as  rarely  fall  to  the  lot  of  one  reign.  Though  in 
point  of  intellect  she  was  one  of  the  feeblest  of  her  race,  the  qaeen 
inherited  all  the  dogged  stubbornness  of  her  family,  and  this  hereditary 
characteristic  showed  itself  in  a  favourable  light  in  her  successful  re- 
sistance of  her  father's  entreaties  that  she  should  enter  the  Church  of 
Roite.  Losing  her  mother  in  early  childhood,  Anue  had  no  father 
worthy  of  the  name,  and  she  probably  learned  to  despise  his  weaknesses 
and  vices.  It  was  her  misfortune  to  be  ruled  by  designing  adventurers 
of  a  mental  strength  superior  to  her  own ;  the  Established  Church  was 
her  idol,  and  her  sympathies  were  with  the  plotting  Jacobites,  who 
hoped  to  restore  her  exiled  brother.  It  was  a  fortunate  thing,  both  for 
her  own  people  and  for  posterity,  that  her  majesty  did  not  mature  the 
crotchets  which  possessed  her  mind.  When  the  queen's  death  made 
room  for  the  Hanoverian  Succession  her  removal  was  regarded  by  the 
Christian  part  of  the  population  as  a  providential  deliverance.  Still, 
her  reign  is  a  period  oi  absorbing  interest.  There  were  giants  in 
those  days.  There  were  great  men  in  the  Church,  and  the  period  has 
always  been  regarded  as  a  golden  era  in  English  literature.  Party 
feeling  ran  high,  and  well  it  might,  when  the  bone  of  contention  was 
nothing  less  than  the  liberties  of  a  free  people,  which  the  Tories  would, 
have  swallowed  up.  It  is  this  interesting  ground  and  that  of  the  suc- 
ceeding reigns  which  Dr.  Stoughton  traverses  in  his  lately  published 
and  best  historical  work. 

Dr.  Stoughton  enjoys  a  well-earned  reputation  in  his  chosen  field, 
and  we  have  no  doubt  that  his  book  will  be  read  as  a  standard  work 
for  years  to  come.  As  a  historian,  he  has  succeeded  in  keeping  to  a 
middle  way,  always  difficult  to  follow  without  tripping  or  coming  to 
grief.  He  has  won  the  favourable  criticisms  of  Anc^lican  reviewers, 
and  at  the  same  time  he  commands  the  respect  of  Nonconformists — 
a  pretty  strong  evidence  that  it  is  possible  for  an  impartial  writer  to 
please  the  sects  all  round.  There  are  no  signs  of  hurry  in  his  work ; 
he  is  competently  acquainted  with  the  subject;  and  it  is  fortunate 
both  for  himself  and  nis  readers  that  Dr.  Stoughton  is  not  afraid  of 
offending  the  dignity  of  history  by  mentioning  the  little  things  which 
ordinary  people  wish  to  know.  Historians  who  walk  on  stilts  are  hard 
to  follow,  and  in  spite  of  their  dignity  are  likely  to  get  neglected. 
Even  the  eossip  of  a  given  era  should  be  taken  account  of  in  history, 
for  little  things  in  the  characters  of  leading  historical  personages  fre- 
quently supply  the  key  to  the  whole  situation. 

The  day  of  Qaeen  Anne's  accession  was  not  an  auspicious  season  for 
those  who  held  the  principles  of  the  Revolution.    How  could  the  time 


*  Beliidon  in  England  nnder  Queen  Anne  and  the  Georges.  By  John  Stoughton 
D.D.    London :  Hodder  and  Stoughton.    1878. 


XBJBum  IS  TBS  jaoHTSBKTH  CBsmzsaT.  7 

be  promking  yrhai  the  nevr  monardh  was  a  Staarty  Bnffideiitly  snper- 
stitions  to  TeTi?e  tfaBcastom  of  looching  for  the  eviU  and  snffioientlj 
wilfal  to  determiBe  to  be  anpraaie  in  the  Ohnrch  as  well  as  in  the 
State  ?  Ab  thongh  a  iatality  were  attached  to  the  fsmily,  a  reaction 
commenced  on  the  jerj  day  on  which  the  crown  rested  aa  the  head  of 
a  8taart  For  the  moment  it  aeemed  ae  thongh  the  exoeBflee  of  the 
Eeatoiation  wonkL  be  re-enacted  in  the  eighteenth  centary.  According 
to  Calamyy  the  qneen'e  acceflston  was  a  triumph  for  thaae  wlio  were 
the  enemies  of  liberty  and  of  JNoncimfonnity.  When  even  moderate 
Whigs  b^an  to  be  despised,  how  much  more  was  odinm  cast  npon 
frequenters  of  conyenticles.  All  in  a  day,  as  it  were,  the  disoorery 
was  made  that  Nonconformists  were  enemies  to  the  monarch  and  the 
State.  The  qneen  returned  no  reply  to  the  datifnl  address  of  The 
Three  Denominations  presented  on  her  accession.  The  Isngnage  of 
good  churchmen  became  threatening  ;  and,  totored  by  their  betters, 
the  ignorant  popnlation  showed  a  disposition  to  pnll  down,  or  otherwise 
destroy,  the  meeting-houses.  Modem  readers  regard  Bacheyerell  as  a 
fanatic,  who  inflamed  people's  minds  ligainst  principles  more  reasonable 
than  his  own ;  bnt,  as  was  the  case  with  the  red-handed  zealots  of  the 
French  Serolution,  fiaohevesBll  was  only  an  embodiment  of  popular 
prejudice.  This  Anglican  enthusiast  would  have  been  consigned  either 
to  a  prison  or  a  madhouse  in  a  better  age ;  in  those  uncanny  times  he 
became  a  popular  idol ;  drunken  brawlers  shonted  his  praise,  and 
boorish  yillagers  danced  around  village  maypoles  in  honour  of  Ohnrch 
and  Queen.  The  new  House  of  Commons  was  ready  to  undo  all  the 
reforms  of  King  William's  time,  but  happily  :more  than  one  intolerant 
measnie  was  rejected  by  the  House  of  Lords. 

Aflhirs  gnm  more  and  more  threatening  all  through  the  qneen's 
reign.  By  their  ill-adrised  prosecution  of  Baobevierell  the  .goyern- 
ment  sent  a  firebrand  through  the  oonntry  who  did  no  small  service  in 
farthering  the  sncoess  of  die  Tories  in  the  general  election  of  1710. 
Choioh^and-^jneen  riots  followed  in  several  places,  and  in  some  in- 
stances the  maeting-honses  of  the  dissenters  were  destroyed.  Em- 
boldened by  suooen,  the  Tories  became  more  daring  and  insolent, 
working  night  and  day  with  all  their  power  to  abolish  all  liberty  out- 
side the  pale  of  &b  Ajiglioan  Ohnrch,  and  to  place  a  popish  king  on 
the  throne.  After  repeated  defeats  the  Bill  against  Occaisional  Oon- 
formity  passed  bodi  Hooses,  and  a  little  later  the  still  more  obnoxious 
Schism  Bill  was  adopted.  In  point  of  fact,  the  Government  was  be- 
ginning to  emulate  the  intolerance  of  the  Spanish  Inquisition,  when  the 
hand  of  providence  removed  Anne  from  the  throne,  and  the  plotters 
failed.  With  the  disai^iearance  (^  the  last  of  the  Stuarts  fo>m  the 
scene,  liberty  again  became  something  more  than  a  name  in  England. 

On  the  deauk  of  Anne,  before  their  traitorous  schemes  were  half 
completed,  nothing  conld  ezceusd  the  consternation  of  the  High  Church 
party,  the  Nonjurors,  and  the  Jacobites.  A  headstrong,  double-dealing 
fanatic  like  Atterbnry,  bishop  of  Bochester,  might  offer  to  proclaim 
*'  James  the  Third"  at  Charing  Cross  in  Ml  canonicals,  but  his  allies 
were  more  cautions;  and,  while  they  hesitated,  the  Protestant  Suc- 
cttsion,  in  the  person  of  George  I.,  had  already  been  proclaimed  by 
""Bold  Bradbury"  in  the  meeting-honse  of  Fetter  Lane.    Bradbury 


8  BEUGION  IK  THE  BiaHTBSNTH  CENTUBT. 

performed  this  piece  of  service  with  a  satisfaction  more  intense  than 
we  in  these  days  can  realize.  The  story  is  well  known  of  his  walking 
np  and  down  Smithfield  on  the  Sabbath  morning  of  the  qneen's  death, 
and  there  enconntering  Bishop  Bamet,  who,  in  reply  to  the  Noncon- 
formist's anticipations  of  renewed  persecution,  mentioned  the  report 
-of  the  queen's  illness  and  the  possibility  of  her  decease.  The  signal 
agreed  upon — the  dropping  of  a  handkerchief  from  the  gallery  by 
Burnet's  messenger-^told  of  Anne's  death,  and,  before  the  conclusion 
of  the  service  in  Fetter  Lane,  the  accession  to  the  throne  of  the  present 
royal  family  was  announced  to  the  congregation. 

Thus  news  of  an  event  which  took  place  at  seven  a.m.  was  several 
hours  in  travelling  to  Fetter  Lane,  and,  when  the  truth  became  known, 
those  who  were  not  of  a  disposition  to  rejoice  at  anyone's  death  were 
still  overjoved  on  account  of  the  quiet  triumph  of  the  Protestant  Suc- 
cession. The  question  of  the  Succession  had  created  great  excitement 
in  England,  and  a  harsh  letter  from  Anne  to  her  relative,  Sophia  of 
Hanover,  is  said  to  have  hastened  the  death  of  that  princess,  who,  as 
grand-daughter  of  James  I.,  would  have  become  Queen  of  Great  Britain 
had  she  survived  a  few  weeks  longer.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  supposed 
that  a  few  weeks  added  to  the  life  of  Anne  would  have  changed  the 
current  of  English  history.  The  air  was  filled  with  rumours  of  plots 
which  fell  through  because  they  had  not  time  to  ripen,  and  a  storm  of 
discomfiture  oTertook  those  who  had  hoped  to  instal  the  pretended 
James  III. 

Though  he  was  not  an  Englishman,  and  had  few  tastes  such  as  the 
best  of  our  educated  forefathers  could  admire,  George  I.  was  welcomed 
to  his  new  empire  by  the  popular  vote,  the  Noncoi^ormists  especially 
being  enthusiastically  devoted  to  his  interests.  The  cause  represented 
by  King  George  rather  than  the  man  himself  was  dear  to  Englishmen. 
Though  not  a  pattern  either  in  religion  or  in  morals,  George  I.  con- 
trasted favourably  with  certain  of  the  Stuarts;  and  he  represented  a 
good  cause,  for  he  was  the  hope  of  Protestantism.  The  Dissenters 
generally  would  have  subscribed  to  the  remark  of  Bradbury,  that  the 
accession  of  the  House  of  Brunswick  was  the  resurrection  of  liberty. 

Bradbury,  who  prided  himself  that  he  had  been  the  first  to  announce 
to  the  people  the  new  dynasty,  was  a  representative  man^  whether  we 
view  him  as  an  orthodox  divine  of  the  Old  Dissent,  or  as  a  politician 
who  had  been  a  man  of  war  as  well  as  a  preacher  from  his  youth.  As 
Dr.  Stoughton  tells  us :  ''  The  populace  in  the  riot  of  1700  burnt  his 
meeting-house;  he  was,  as  he  says,  'lampooned  in  pamphlets,  derided 
in  newspapers,  threatened  by  great  men  and  mobbed  by  the  baser  sort,' 
but  none  of  these  things  moved  him."  While  fearing  God,  he  was  a 
veteran  who  knew  nothing  about  the  fear  of  man.  It  used  to  be  be- 
lieved that  Bradbury,  overjoyed  at  the  extinction  of  the  Jacobites* 
hopes,  preached  a  sermon  from  the  text,  ''Go,  see  now  this  cursed 
woman,  and  bury  her,"  &c. ;  but  we  are  not  obliged  to  believe  that  so 
shrewd  a  man  would  commit  himself  by  so  impolitic  an  act.  The 
Fetter-lane  pastor  was  a  man  of  sense,  and  this  could  hardly  have  been 
the  case  if  he  had  been  the  preacher  of  such  a  sermon. 

Bradbury  and  Bvmet  were  two  representative  Liberals  of  that  by- 
gone age,  and  the  intimate  acquaintance  of  the  determined  Dissenter 


BBLiaiON  INT  THB  EiaHTSENTH  GBNTUBY.  9 

with  the  large-minded  Oharchman  is  characteristic  of  a  state  of  thiags 
which  has  long  since  passed  away.  The  Bishop  of  Salisbury  was  a 
good  man,  to  whom  the  liberties  of  England  were  dear;  his  charitable 
bearing  towards  other  denominations  was  exemplary,  his  learning  vras 
extensive,  and  an  nneqniyocal  testimony  to  the  worth  of  his  character 
is  Been  in  his  being  tne  object  of  the  bitter  hatred  of  unprincipled 
conrtiers — ^men  whose  names  in  many  instances  are  either  forgotten,  or 
are  remembered  with  contempt.  We  have  said  that  there  were  giants 
in  those  days;  and  though  this  amiable  prelate  may  not  stand  oat  in 
history  as  one  of  the  foremost,  he  is  certainly  one  of  the  great  men  of 
what  it  has  become  the  fashion  to  call  the  A.ugnstan  age.  From  early 
youth  to  old  age  his  indostry  was  enormous ;  and  such  was  his  forward- 
ness in  learning  that  he  became  Master  of  Arts  at  fourteen,  and  foar 
years  afterwarck,  at  an  age  when  our  own  preachers  are  only  beginning 
their  collie  curriculum^  he  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  gospel.  In 
after  life  his  unselfish  nature  frequently  showed  itself — as  when  he  de- 
clined the  rich  liying  of  Gripplegate  because  another  candidate  was  in 
the  field.  By  the  seryice  he  rendered  in  promoting  the  Eevolution  he 
earned  the  gratitude  of  all  right-thinking  people,  while  the  History 
of  his  own  Time  is  an  original  source  of  information,  and  a  most 
Talaable  legacy  to  posterity.  A  wise  and  enlightened  politician,  a  good 
Christian,  a  loyer  of  all  who  honoured  Christ,  he  would  haye  been  the 
first  to  discountenance  the  follies  which  haye  since  found  fayour  in  the 
cathedral  and  diocese  of  Salisbury. 

When  George  I.  ascended  the  throne  Br,  Galamy  was  one  of  the 
foremost  men  amongst  Dissenters,  and  while  he  was  a  competent 
schokr,  a  solid  diyine,  and  of  good  family,  the  quality  of  his  silken 
gown  and  the  whiteness  of  his  Imds  showed  him  to  be  a  pastor  of  the 
appioyed  standard  of  politeness,  a  gentleman  who  exemplified  in  his 
person  Uie  first  article  in  the  Oiaytonian  confession  of  a  century  later. 
Yet  Galamy  was  throughout  a  consistent,  straightforward  Noncon- 
formist^ and  would  haye  gone  to  martyrdom  before  he  would  have 
imitated  the  genteel  weaknesses  of  the  Claytons,  the  father  of  whom 
especially,  by  abusing  men  more  patriotic  and  enlightened  than  himself^ 
showed  that  he  was  false  to  the  leading  political  principles  of  the  party 
he  profeased  to  serye.  Galamy  had  liyed  in  times  of  persecution ;  and 
he  could  remembo:  how  his  own  father  had  been  dogged  by  Goyernment 
agents.  Many  things  in  his  life,  which  are  not  alluded  to  by  Dr. 
StoQghton,  afibrd  a  soggestiye  insight  into  the  life  of  Nonconformists 
both  in  town  and  country.  For  a  time  Calamy  liyed  in  Hoxton  Square, 
and  although  he  preached  in  one  of  the  leading  pulpits  of  the  me- 
tropolis his  stipend  was  only  ten  pounds  a  qnarter.  He  was  a  man  of 
diversified  talent,  who  could  hold  his  own,  and  appear  to  adyantage  in 
difficult  situations,  and  in  more  than  one  audience  with  George  I.  he 
won  the  esteem  of  that  monarch.  He  also  received  fifty  pounds  in 
acknowledgment  of  literary  services,  and  became  a  chief  instrument  in 
originating  the  Begnim  Donum. 

As  we  look  back  upon  it  through  the  yista  of  years,  there  is  a  charm 
associated  with  life  in  the  eighteenth  century,  although  few  might  be 
inclined  to  exchange  its  quietness  and  leisure  for  the  present  faster 
times*    Being  less  than  a  quarter  of  its  present  size,  London  did  not  so 


10  BSUGIQN  IS  THE  XIGHTSKNIH  OSNTUfiY. 

completely  overran  the  earth  as  to  make  it  impossible  to  readi  the* 
conntrj  otherwise  than  by  a  lengthy  ride.  A  walk  to  EiagBlaiid  on  the 
north  brought  the  pedestrian  to  coontry  air,  fields,  and  gatdens ;  Stoke 
Newington  and  Ha(^ey  were  rural  retreats,  and  welUto«do  mer- 
chants had  their  suburban  Yillas  at  Bethnal  Green.  On  the  sooth  the 
green  lanes  and  rich  meadows  came  wonderfhlly  near  to  the  great  water 
highway  of  the  Thames,  so  that  students  who,  like  Dr.  Gill,  resided  in* 
Gracechurch-street,  were  still  able  to  walk  out  into  the  pure  air  of  the 
country.  The  era,  undoubtedly,  had  its  peculiar  advantages;  and  whea 
we  unduly  magnify  these,  or  lose  sight  of  its  drawbacks,  we  are  tempted 
to  expatiate  on  the  glories  of  **  the  good  old  times."  The  drawbado, 
however,  were  very  many,  and  were  such  as  would  be  an  intolerable 
burden  could  they  be  suddenly  reimposed  upon  our  shoulders.  The 
common  people  are  represented  by  a  contemporary  witness  as  being 
lewd  and  drunken;  and  we  know  that  ignorance  stimulated  evil 
passions  until  the  mob  became  the  ready  agent  of  Jacobite  con- 
spirators. "  Live  and  let  live  "  then  found  no  place  in  the  furious  code 
of  the  Tories;  the  Whigs  were  engaged  in  a  bitter  wftrfaare  i^ith 
political  fanatics,  who  would  have  hanged  or  imprisoned  them  had  it 
been  in  their  power.  Nonconformists  expended  little  on  their  meeting-^ 
houses,  for  any  eudden  riot  might  level  them  widi  the  ground. 

The  era  of  Anne  and  George  I.  was  one  of  controversy.  Dr. 
Stoughton  says  that,  **  Owing  to  the  writings  of  Whiston,  Olai^e,. 
Waterland,  and  others,  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity  was  a  topic  especially 
attractive.  Clergymen  read  what  was  published  by  their  betters,  and 
enlisted  themselves  under  the  flags  of  different  regunents,  using,  with 
more  or  less  skill,  weapons  provided  by  their  l^ers.  Some  were 
orthodox,  some  were  heretical.  They  also  talked  on  the  subject  at 
clerical  meetings  and  in  the  houses  of  parishioners,  and  &iled  not  to 
discuss,  with  much  or  little  learning,  with  much  or  little  ability,  the 
books  on  divinity  poured  out  from  the  press." 

The  leading  ministers  in  London  who  would  have  chiefly  attracted  the 
attention  of  a  stranger  during  the  reigns  of  Anne  and  George  I.  were 
comparatively  numerous.  At  Devonshire^Bquare  Mark  Key,  Uie  pastor^ 
was  a  popular  preacher ;  and  as  the  member  of  another  church,  which 
hired  the  chapel  for  a  couple  of  hours  on  each  Babbath,  the  Lady 
Dowager  Page,  a  rich  and  charitable  lady  of  that  age,  was  there  a  wor- 
shipper. Dr.  Gill,  as  a  young  man,  commenced  work  in  Southwark  in 
1719,  and  in  the  course  of  fifty  years  published  sufficient  literary  matter 
to  fill  ten  thousand  folio  pages.  Perhaps,  however,  the  most  consider- 
able man  among  the  Baptists  was  Joseph  Stmnett,  the  Sabbatarian,  who 
observed  the  seventh  day  of  the  week  as  a  Sabbath,  and  also  preached 
on  the  first  for  the  edification  of  those  who  differed  from  him.  The 
Presbyterians  and  the  Independents  had  between  them  over  seventy 
pastors  in  the  metropolis,  and  many  of  these  were  men  of  mark  and 
influence.  At  Hand-alley,  Bishopsgate,  preached  Dr,  WUliamSf  whose 
name  is  still  remembered  in  connection  with  the  library  he  founded. 
The  principal  stations  of  the  Presbyterians  were  at  the  King's  Weigh 
House,  Baiters'  Hall,  and  the  Old  Jewry.  These  were  all  serveid  by  able 
pastors.  The  last-named  place  was  associated  with  Timoihy  Rogers^ 
whose  treatise  on  **  Trouble  of  Mind  "  may  still  be  read  with  profit  by 


HSUGIOX  IN  TBS  SIOHTBENTH  CENTUBT.  11 

afflicted  p^'sosfi ;  and  Smon  Browne,  whose  exfcraordinarj  mental  Yigonr 
allowed  of  his  excelling  in  the  infidel  controversy — even  thoagh  he  was 
the  Tictim  of  msaoe  ideas.  As  we  now  look  back  npon  those  days  from 
oor  Nonconformist  standpoint  the  period  is  to  many  the  age  of  Waits  and 
Doddridge.  At  all  events  there  are  no  two  characters  more  prominent, 
and  yet  in  the  third  decade  of  the  oentnry  the  poet  was  preaching  for 
£100  a  year  in  a  meeting-honse  inferior  to  the  majority  of  oar  village 
chapels ;  and  Doddridge  was  building  up  the  ohnrch  at  Kibworth  on 
about  a  third  of  that  amount.  Until  quite  recently  Dr.  Watts's  chapel 
was  still  standing  in  Bury^street,  8t.  Mairy  Axe,  but  none  of  nis 
modem  biographers  appear  to  have  been  aware  of  the  fact. 

The  cbaiaoter  of  the  clergy  in  the  National  Establishment  was  far 
from  what  conld  have  been  desired ;  but  at  the  same  time  remarkable 
cases  of  devotion  to  duty  in  the  cause  of  Christ  were  to  be  seen  in 
0Qt-of-4iie-*way  mral  parishes.  Among  these  examples  was  John  Bold, 
whose  story  is  thus  related: — 

"There  was  a  clergyman  named  John  Bold;  he  served  the  curacy  of 
Stony  Stanton,  near  Hinckley,  his  stipend  being  but  thirty  pounds  a 
year,  which,  added  to  a  salary  of  ten,  received  as  a  schoolmaster  during 
a  portion  of  his  life,  made  him  just  as  rioh  as  Goldsmith's  parson. 
Bemote  firom  polished  and  literary  society,  which  he  was  calculated 
both  to  enjoy  and  adorn,  he  never  cast  any  longing,  lingering  looks  be- 
hind, but  girded  up  the  loins  of  his  mind  for  diligent  service  in  his  nar- 
row sphere.  Conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  on  the  Lord's- 
daj,  and  in  connection  with  fasts  and  festivals,  he  was  exemplary  in 
Tisiting  his  parishioners  and  in  holding  catechetical  meetings,  so  that 
an  old  man  said,  *  I  have  often  at  the  ringing  of  the  bell  on  Saturday 
afternoon  left  my  plough  for  half  an  hour  for  instruction,  and  after- 
wards returned  to  it  again.'  Out  of  his  scanty  pittance  he  saved  ten 
pounds  a  year  for  charity,  and  with  all  his  care  and  thrift  he  had  a 
great  regard  to  the  neatness  of  his  person  and  the  decorum  of  his 
dress.  Me  always  wore  a  band  and  a  large  decent  gown  which 
folded  over,  and  was  bound  by  a  sadi.  He  exhibited  no  variety  of 
apparel  to  accommodate  himself  to  different  conskpanies." 

The  clergy  of  the  reigns  of  Anne  and  George  I.  usually  presented 
a  sad  ooDtniBt  to  the  above  refreshing  example.  '*  According  to 
Bomet,"  says  Dr.  Stonghton,  '^  their  lives  generally  were  not  immoral ; 
but  they  were  not  exemplary,  not  religious,  in  any  deep  meaning  of  that 
word,  not  Eoalone  in  their  divine  Master's  service,  not  seeking  to  save 
Eools  and  glorify  God."  Of  the  reign  of  George  II.,  Dr.  Stonghton 
remarks:  ''In  country  villages,  where  no  exemplary  ministers  were 
found,  where  the  rector  or  curate  lived  a  free  and  easy  life,  and  liked 
to  drink  a  dish  of  tea  with  the  landlady,  and  afterwards  a  bowl  of 
punch  with  the  landlord  of  the  inn,  not  much  attention  would  be  paid 
either  to  spiritual  necessities  or  to  the  decencies  of  religions  service. 
Buildings  were  neglected  ;  chancel  and  nave  fell  into  decay ;  the  com- 
mnnion  table  presented  a  shabl^  appearance;  surplices  were  dirty; 
and,  from  beginning  to  end,  everything  presented  a  slovealy  aspect." 

A  better  tine  was  at  hand ;  for  the  reign  of  George  II.  saw  the  rise  of 
Methodism,  and  the  wide-spread  revival  of  religion  in  counection  with 
the  preaching  of  Whitefield  and  Wesley ;  but  we  have  no  space  to 


12  TBE  aiPEB  THE  MORE  OF  CHRIST. 

follow  Dr.  Stonghton  to  the  end  of  the  century.  One  figure,  however, 
may  attract  a  passing  glance — ^that  of  John  Clayton  at  the  Weighhouse, 
where  he  preached  to  **  an  old-fashioned  congregation  in  the  first  half 
of  the  reign  of  George  III."  The  historian  speaks  of  Mr.  Clayton's 
ministry  t^ing  ''a  beautiful  memory,"  but  probably  his  conception  of 
beauty  will  not  be  shared  by  all  his  readers,  certainly  not  by  all  who 
read  The  Sword  and  the  Trowel  In  point  of  fact  the  elder  Clayton 
was  an  anomaly,  peculiar  to  his  age,  and  as  such  he  would  not  now  be 
tolerated  in  the  ranks  of  Nonconformity.  His  regularity  was  such 
that  he  reduced  life  to  the  routine  of  clockwork ;  and  his  favourite 
symbol  of  authority  in  the  family  was  a  sabstantial  cart>whip  overr  his 
study  door.  His  crotchets  in  private  life  were  outdone  by  the  audacity 
with  which  he  circulated  political  opinions  worthy  only  of  Tory  parsons 
in  secluded  spheres,  and  the  endeavours  he  put  forth  to  make  it  appear 
that  he  spoke  as  the  mouthpiece  of  Dissenters.  It  is  at  this  dis- 
tance of  time  impossible  to  estimate  the  indignation  that  was  aroused 
by  the  publication  of  his  sermon  on  the  Birmingham  riots,  during 
which  Dr.  Priestley's  residence  and  meeting-house  were  destroyed.  The 
preacher  showed  that  he  harboured  no  sympathy  for  the  common  prin- 
ciples and  traditions  of  Nonconformity ;  and  while  it  mattered  little  to 
the  world  what  the  individual  opinions  of  such  a  man  might  be,  people 
of  liberal  opinions  were  indignant  at  finding  such  unmanly  sentmients 
fathered  upon  themselves.  *'  Every  party  will  have  its  apostates  of  this 
kind/'  said  Robert  Hall,  writing  of  the  man  and  his  discourse ;  *'  it  is 
our  consolation,  however,  that  their  numbers  are  comparatively  small, 
that  they  are  generally  considered  as  our  reproach,  ana  that  their  con- 
duct is  in  a  great  measure  the  effect  of  necessity,  as  they  consist  almost 
entirely  of  persons  who  can  only  make  themselves  heard  by  confusion 
and  discord." 

While  we  may  thus  differ  from  some  of  his  minor  conclusions,  we 
very  heartily  welcome  Dr.  Stoughton's  volumes  as  a  valuable  addition  to 
our  historical  literature.  The  eighteenth  century,  like  the  year  with 
winter  at  both  ends,  began  and  ended  in  storms  ;  but  the  story  of  its 
religious  characteristics,  changes,  and  progress,  with  glimpses  of  its 
quiet  life  and  social  usages,  should  be  laiown  to  every  one  who  aspires 
to  rank  among  the  well  informed.  The  book  would  have  been  better 
had  the  author  not  attempted  to  be  so  coldly  impartial  as  sometimes  to 
be  a  partisan  without  seeming  to  be  conscious  of  it ;  but,  notwith- 
standing minor  defects,  the  book  is  the  best  out  of  many  good  ones 
which  our  author  has  written,  and  it  ranks  with  standard  histories. 
May  it  be  long  ere  a  pen  so  nimble,  so  accurate,  so  elegant  shall  drop 
from  the  hand  which  has  wielded  it  so  judiciously. 


^jt  §lipr  %  matt  of  CJriat 

BISHOP  WHIPPLE  recently  remarked :  *'  As  the  grave  grows  near 
my  theologv  is  growing  strangely  simple,  and  it  begins  and  ends 
with  Christ  as  the  only  refuge  for  the  lost."  His  testimony  is  that  of 
hundreds  of  maturing  ministers,  and  it  should  be  a  hint  to  tne  younger 
ones.    We  grow  arignt  if  we  grow  up  "  into  hinu" 


18 

BY    THOMAS    SFUBGEON. 

THERE  is  no  practice  in  connection  with  onr  religious  sernces  more 
open  to  abase  than  is  "  the  enquiry  room."  To  grow  plants  or 
to  force  fruit  in  conservatories  is  right  enough  in  cold  climates,  bat  if 
the  normal  atmosphere  of  the  church  be  anything  like  it  ought  to  be, 
there  is  no  need  to  force  its  plants  in  the  hot-house  of  excitement  and 
undue  persuasion.  Such  hot-house  plants  soon  fade  and  die  when  ex- 
posed to  the  trying  weather  of  the  world.  But  if  we  were  to  leave 
untouched  eyerything  that  is  capable  of  abuse,  and  to  disallow  practices 
which  rightly  conducted  tend  to  good,  simply  because  some  have  gone 
in  for  too  much  of  that  good  thing,  we  should  unnecessarily  deprive 
ourselves  of  much  that  is  lawful  and  should  curtail  our  efforts  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  King's  business.  Many  a  time  it  has  been  my  joy 
to  see  the  nail  which  was  driven  home  by  the  sermon  clinched  by  the 
after  talk,  or  the  iron,  heated  by  the  service,  struck  and  fashioned  by 
the  conversation  in  the  vestry.  Having  invited  only  those  who  are 
really  anxious  for  their  souls*  salvation,  I  put  the  gospel  plan  as  plainly 
as  I  can  before  them,  urging  them  to  accept  it,  pointing  out  the  joy  of 
believing,  and  the  sin  of  rejecting.     I  endeavour  to  answer  such 

Questions  as  they  may  put,  and  then  we  kneel  and  pray  together, 
fften  during  prayer,  as  we  ask  the  Lord  to  open  the  blinded  eyes,  he 
touches  them  and  says,  *^  Ephphatha, — ^Be  opened." 

Just  as  we  part  I  ask  each  one  if  she  or  ne  is  not  now  prepared  to 
trust  this  loving  Saviour.  If  they  hesitate,  I  enquire  the  reason  and 
try  to  show  its  unreasonableness.  Some  say  they  cannot  tell  what  is 
the  hindrance  and  I  suggest  the  prayer, 

<«  JesuB,  the  hindrance  show  which  I  have  feared  to  see, 
Tea  let  me  now  consent  to  know  what  keeps  me  back  from  thee.' 

Others  complain  that  they  are  ''  such  sinners,"  just  as  if  that  should 
keep  them  from  such  a  Saviour.  Sometimes  a  face  bedewed  with  tears 
will  suddenly  brighten  as  the  sun  breaks  through  and  makes  ''  rainbows 
of  hope  through  mists  of  tears."  Would  God  such  showers  of  blessing 
oftener  fell ! 

Occasionally  the  anxious  one  will  make  use  of  some  striking  ex- 
pression indicative  of  earnest  desire,  or  trembling  faith,  or  dark  despair. 
After  the  usual  talk  and  prayer,  I  grasped  the  hand  of  one  and  asked 
him  if  he  could  not  decide  at  once.  *'  No,"  sighed  he  and  hung  his  head. 
"Why  not?  Christ  is  able.  Christ  is  willing  to  forgive  you.  Why 
not  to-night?"  Baising  his  head  and  sighing,  he  again  said,  '^0,  it*s 
Buch  a  job  to  launch  out!"  I  spoke  a  word  of  advice  and  encourage- 
ment to  him  and  wished  him  good-night,  praying  that  he  might  be 
enabled  to  do  what*  seemed  to  him  so  difficult.  Strange  as  the 
expression  sounds,  the  experience  it  describes  is  by  no  means  novel. 
Thousands  have  felt  the  same.  The  simplicity  of  the  gospel  staggers 
them.  ''Only  belieye"  seems  to  involve  so  great  a  risk.  Suppose  the 
staff  should  break  and  the  foundation  fail.  Had  the  prophet  bid  them 
do  some  great  thing,  they  would  not  have  hesitated  half  so  long.  They 
know  also  that  to  commence  the  Christian  life  means  a  complete  altera- 
tion in  all  their  affairs. 


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14  "  LAUNCHINa  OUT. 

Although  heartily  sick  of  a  coaism  of  Bin  and  nngodliness,  they 
hefiitate  to  take  a  step  which  neceasitates  an  entire  abandonment  of 
former  evil  practices.  If  the  process  of  transformation  could  be  a 
gradnal  one,  they  would  not  mind  so  mach.  Perhaps  self-righteonmess 
has  been  their  god,  and  having  relied  on  sdf  so  long  they  tremble  to 
trust  another,  even  though  he  be  ''mighty  to  save."  It  seems  to  them 
like  plunging  from  a  Yessel's  deck  into  a  watery  grave,  and  even  when 
the  Yoyager  knows  his  craft  is  crazy  he  still  hesitates  to  letirve  the 
poor  old  stranded  wreck  and  strike  out  for  the  shore.  Nataridly  we 
wrap  our  rags  about  us  rather  than  be  stripped.  Naturally  we  think 
ourselyes  to  be  something  though  we  are  nothing,  and  even  after  being 
roused  to  flee  from-tiie  wrath  to  come,  we  cast  a  lingering  look  towards 
Sodom  and  loiter  on  the  way  to  Zoar. 

''  How  shall  thia  man  save  ua?"  said  the  childt:en  of  Belial  as  they 
looked  at  Saul.  Though  he  was  head  and  shoulders  above  his  fellows, 
they  doubted  hia  power  to  deliver  thenr,  and  d^ised  him.  And  shall 
we  do  the  same  with  Christ  ?  Nay;  verily,  "  Thou  hast  a  mighty  arm, 
O  Jesas,  and  art  able  to  save  to  the  uttomost  all  that  come  to  God  by 
theel  Thy  very  name  declares  that  thou  shalt  save  thy  people  from 
their  sins.  Thieves;  harlots,  persecutors,  publicans^  and  sinnera  all 
bear  witness  to  the  fact  that  in  thy  blood  they  have  been  washed  and  by 
thy  death  they  live !"  Then  why  not  trust  this  dear  Bedeemer  ?  Is  it  a 
venture  to  confide  in  such  an  one  ?  then  make  the  venture,  though  indeed 
to  us  who  believe  he  is  so  precious  that  we  do  not  like  the  idea  of  chance 
or  venture  introduced  where  all  is  glorious  certainty.  His  own  promise 
cannot  fail — ^  Him  that  cometh  to  me  I  will  in  no  wise  cast  out." 
Christ  presents  himself  an  all-sufficient  sacrifice,  and  holds  out  in  his 
pierced  hand  to  all  who  will  accept  them,  complete  atonement,  perfect 
justification,  and  frank  forgiveness.  Oh  if  we  could  but  lean  on  him 
and  htm  alone,  how  safe  and  happy  we  diould  be !  But  this  is  the 
•difficulty.  To  trust  Christ  a  little  and  one's  self  a  little  is  more  to  our 
mind,  but  it  will  not  save.  The  confidence  must  be  entire  and 
unreserved.  Between  two  stools  we  shall  come  to  the  ground*  ''No 
other  name ! "  ''  No  other  name ! "    "  Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone." 

He  who  learns  to  swim  may  keep  one  foot  upon  the  bottom  of  the 
bath,  but  the  precaution  which  ensures  his  safety  in  the  shallows  means 
destruction  in  deep  waters.  He  who  wants  to  keep  one  foot  on  the 
bottom  in  mid-ocean  had  better  make  up  his  mind  to  keep  both  there. 
In  the  matter  of  salvation  it  is  either  sink  or  swim.  Have  a  single  self- 
confidence  and  we  sink,  the  waters  are  too  deep  for  us  to  touch  the 
bottom ;  trust  in  ''Jesus  only  "  and  we  swim,  upheld  by  his  strong  arm 
•and  loving  hand. 

I  have  been  told  that  the  majority  of  those  who  meet  their  death  by 
drowning  are  able  to  swim,  whereas,  strange  to  say,  many  who  are 
saved  from  imminent  "perils  of  waters"  are  unable  to  take  a  single 
stroke.  A  case  which  will  bear  out  this  surprising  statement  lately 
came  under  my  notice.  A  brig  with  a  crew  of  twelve  was  lately 
wrecked  on  the  coast  of  New  Zealand.  One  seaman  only  survived  the 
disaster.  Clinging  to  a  piece  of  wredcage  he  reached  the  shore  in 
safety  though  well-nigh  dead.  He  records  the  fact  that  of  all  twelve 
hands  he  was  the  only  one  who  could  not  swim,  and  that  some  of  his 


"  LAUNOHnsrO  OUT."  15 

mates  were  reckoned  experts  in  the  art  How  is  this  to  be  accounted 
for?  I  think  I  see  the  storm-tossed  vessel  nearinfi:  the  shore.  She 
has  become  qnite  nnmanageable,  so  they  '*  let  her  drive."  On,  on,  she 
comes  at  a  headlong  pace,  outridden  only  by  the  white  sea-horses 
that  rear  and  foam  aronnd  her.  Till  now  her  timbers  are  fairly  sonnd, 
bnt  the  end  is  nigh.  She  strikes  heavily^ — arises  to  another  wave — 
strikes  again.  Next  moment  crash  go  the  masts  and  yards,  the  hnll 
flies  to  fragments  and  weather-beaten  sailors  are  struggling  with  the 
waves,  and  fighting  their  latest  battle.  It  will  soon  be  over.  The 
breath  fails,  tibe  limbs  stiffen,  the  snrf  conqaers!  One  by  one  the 
strong  swimmers  cease  their  stmggleB  and  sink  beneath  the  wave. 
Is  there  no  one  left  to  tell  the  tale  ?  Not  one  who,  like  Job's  messengers, 
shall  have  to  say,  *'I  only  am  escaped  alone  to  tell  thee"?  Looking 
seaward,  anxiously  hoping  that  one  might  find  a  refuge,  like  Paurs 
companions,  *'  on  boards  or  broken  pieces  of  the  ship,"  I  rejoiced  to 
see  a  big  spar  which  has  become  a  life-boat  to  one  only  of  the  crew. 
How  he  clutches  it!  God  grant  he  may  not  loose  his  hold.  There 
he  is  on  the  wave  top!  Hurrah!  Deep  dowa  in  the  valley  now: — 
will  he  ever  rise  again?  Yes^  yes,  thank  Ood,  he  climbs  another 
watery  hill  I  A  few  more  ups  and  downs,  and  he  may  yet  be  saved ! 
And  now  a  cruel  wave,  hissing  more  savagely  than  any,  grasps  the  log 
as  with  its  foaming  jaws.  Surely  the  fainting  seaman  will  be  crushed. 
But  no — God  turns  its  wrath  to  mercy  and  tells  it,  as  he  bade  the  great 
fish,  to  cast  the  voyager  on  land.  It  must  obey.  The  prey  is  rescued 
from  the  mighty!    He  lives:  he  lives,  although  M  could  not  sunml 

Perchance  if  some  of  those  who  could  swim  had  clung  to  masts  and 
spars  they  too  had  been  delivered ;  but,  trusting  to  their  own  strong 
arms,  they  made  for  a  shore  which  they  never  reached  except  as  corpses : 
whereas  the  weakest  and  most  helpless,  knowing  the  extremity  of  his 
case,  relied  not  on  himself,  and  thus  was  saved.  Better  be  unable  to 
swim  and  willing  to  cling  than  be  ever  so  strong  and  perish  after  all. 
In  the  matter  of  the  soul's  salvation  too  many  are  good  swimmers. 
Perceiving  that  they  are  wrecked  and  ruined,  they  strike  out  for  the 
shore  under  the  vain  delusion  that  they  can  reach  it  by  their  own  en- 
deavours. They  resolve  to  reform,  and  perhaps  succeed  to  some  extent, 
but  what  of  that  ?  They  determine  to  do  the  best  they  can ;  but  oh 
how  poor  the  best  is, 

'^  Oar  beat  in  stained  and  spoiled  by  sin, 
Our  all  IB  nothing  worth.*' 

They  hope  to  escape  from  the  raging  of  the  broken  law,  and  from  its 
threatening  punishment;  they  expect  to  over-ride  the  waves  of  tempta- 
tion and  the  billows  of  evil  by  some  supposed  power  of  resistance  and 
bnojancy  in  themselves,  and  thus  to  reach  the  glory-shore.  Such  self- 
tmsters  must  inevitably  perish.  They  have  undertaken  a  work  which 
is  impossible  with  man.  "Who  then  can  be  saved?"  says  one.  If 
the  moral  and  the  respectable  flail,  who  amongst  us  can  hope  to  sncceed 
in  finding  salvation?  I  answer,  Uie  sinner  who,  conscious  of  his 
absolute  helplessness  and  hopelessness  launches  out  with  nothing  and 
no  one  to  trust  to  but  Jesus.  The  sinner  who,  knowing  he  cannot 
swim,  gives  over  struggling,  but  with  a  lively  faith  clutches  his  Saviour, 
is  cwmd,  though  by  a  stormy  passage,  to  the  peaceful  shore,  only 
clingisg  to  the  cross.    Lord,  teach  us  how  to  cling! 


IC  "LAUNCHING  OUT." 

'^  Up  with  thy  hands  to  Jeaos, 

He  walks  upon  the  sea, 
Up  with  thj  hands  to  Jesus, 

He  stoopeth  now  for  thee. 
Say  not  thy  hands  are  feeble. 

Thy  fin<rers  cannot  cling; 
His  mighty  grasp  shall  hold  thee, 

And  sure  salvation  bring. 

'*  Up  with  thy  hands  to  Jesus, 

He  ruleth  wind  and  ware  ; 
Up  with  thy  hands  to  Jesus, 

His  love  now  yearns  to  save ; 
Oh,  if  thou  wilt  but  trust  him, 

His  help  he'll  quickly  give: 
Haste  thee,  no  longer  doubting 

Believe,  and  thou  shalt  live." 

{To  be  continued,) 


ignrn  f0r  tfe  Sftfo  fffar. 

"  Hold  thou  mc  up,  and  I  shall  be  sale."— Psalm  cxix.  117. 

LORD  of  all  power  and  might, 
Aathor  of  life  and  light. 

Uphold  thou  me : 
Then  safe  from  Satan's  harms. 
Safe  from  all  sinfal  charms. 
Kept  by  thy  loTing  arms, 

Safe  shall  I  be. 

All  through  this  coming  year, 
Whatever  storms  appear, 

Uphold  thou  me. 
Weaker  than  infant,  I, 
Yet  I  on  thee  rely, 
And  thou  art  ever  nigh. 

Safe  shall  I  be. 

Banning  the  Christian  race. 
Growing  in  every  grace. 

Uphold  thou  me : 
Reading  thy  Holy  Word, 
Watching  with  Christ,  my  Lord, 
Praying  for  strength  outpoured, 
Safe  shall  I  be. 

Then  at  the  last  great  day. 
When  earth  shall  melt  away, 

Uphold  thou  me, 
Safe  in  the  love  of  God, 
Safe  through  thy  staff  and  rod, 
Safe  through  my  Saviour's  blood, 

Safe  shall  I  be. 

F.  H.  RoBARTS,  Lirerpool. 


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<'  A  little  chad  ahaU  lead  them/'—Isaiah  zL  6. 

THE  following  lines  were  aoggeated  bj  perasing  *'Son  Tom^s"  touching 
story  in  the  December  number  of  The  Sivord  and  the  Trowel,  to  be 
inserted  as  a  sequel  to  his  own  admirable  verses,  if  thought  worthy.  They  are 
not  regarded  as  ''  better  than  **  his,  which  need  no  improvement,  but  are  a 
humble  effort  to  produce  a  hymn  which,  as  far  as  possible,  shall  be  ^  aU  glory.**^ 
If  ther  are  conudered  unworthy  of  insertion,  let  them  find  a  re8ting-|Hace  ia 
*"  Poet's  Comer,**  to  wit,  amongst  the  ashes  of  the  graie : — 

We  saints  rejoioe  to  lift  our  voice 

With  "glory,  glory,  glonr," 
And  loudly  raise  our  soufs  or  praise 

To  thee,  O  King  of  glory ! 
While  warbling  notes  from  tiny  throats 

Trill  glory,  riory,  glory, 
Our  human  words  shall  join  the  birds 

With  glory,  glory,  glory  ; 
Thou,  GU)d  of  lovoj  who  dwell-st  above 

In  glory,  glory,  glory. 
Our  souk  iniispire  with  heavenly  fire 
To  sing  alone  thy  glory. 

The  gorgeous  flowers  in  leafy  boiwrs 

Blaze  glory,  glory,  glory. 
While  odours  sweet,  their  Lord  to  greet, 

Breathe  glory,  glory,  glory  ; 
The  fbrest*tree8  with  every  breeze 

Lisp  glory,  glory,  gloiy  ; 
And  God-made  dyes  paint  sunset  skies 

With  glory,  glory,  glory ; 
The  orobardfr*  glow,  the  fflistening  snow 

Beam  slory,  glory,  glory. 
And  ocean  foam  and  azure  dome 

Tell  out  the  tale  of  glory. 

The  babbling  brooks  in  rocky  nooks 

Sphwh  glory,  glory,  glorjr. 
And  silver  streams  and  sunniest  beams 

Bhine  glory,  glory,  glory ; 
Sod,  moon,  and  star  on  high  afar 

Gleam  gioryi  g*ory.  glory, 
Aokd  waving  com  the  fields  adorn 

With  glory,  glory,  glory ; 
And  hill  and  dale,  and  mount  and  vale. 

And  rainbow  arch  of  glory. 
And  moss  and  shell  by  beach  and  dell 

All  speak  their  Makei's  glory. 

O  Lord,  we  pray,  acoept  our  lay 

Of  glory,  p^lefv,  glory, 
Wbfle  joumeymg  here  to  yonder  sphere 

Of  gbcy,  gfcpy,  glory  ; 
Lei  toil  nor  dust  impair  our  troat 

Ofglory,  glory,  ^ory. 
Defile  our  walk^  or  soil  our  talk 

^  g^ory,  elorj,  glorj ; 
B«i  free  firom  Miame,  be  praised  thy  nanw 

From  youth  till  hairs  are  hoary. 
And  thee  we  meet  for  converse  swvet 

Decs,  1881.  2 


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^jt  iMiiits.* 


IN  1521,  four  years  after  Lnther  had  nailed  np  hie  ninety-fiTe  theses 
on  the  chnrch  door  at  Wittemberg,  the  French,  at  the  siege  of 
Fampelana,  shattered  the  legs  of  a  young  Spanish  gentleman  named 
Inigo  de  Becalde.  The  gallant  yonng  Spaniard  was  carried  home  to 
hifi  father's  castle  at  Loyola.  Stretched  on  his  conch  of  pain,  he 
beguiled  the  weary  hours  by  reading  all  the  romances  within  his  reach, 
and  when  these  were  exhausted  he  was  forced  to  take  to  the  only  other 
literature  his  father's  tower  afforded,  some  Spanish  ^'Lires  of  the 
Saints."  As  he  read,  the  legends  of  early  martyrs,  the  austerities  of 
old  monks  and  hermits,  and  the  rewards  they  reaped  in  earthly 
renown  and  heavenly  jo^,  set  his  imagination  on  fire  ;  and  the  young 
soldier,  whose  strong  will  and  high  ambition  had  hitherto  sought  a 
career  of  military  glory,  resolred  to  emulate  the  old  saints  and  gain 
their  high  rewara.  He  had  lain  down  on  his  couch  "  a  knight  of  the 
burning  sword:"  he  rose  from  it  ^'a  saint  of  the  burning  torch," 
vowing  to  devote  his  life,  as  Iokatiub  Loyola,  to  the  seryioe  of  Ood 
and  the  Yir^  Mary. 

He  laid  his  sword  and  dagger  on  the  altar  of  Our  Lady  at  Montserrat, 
and  thence  in  the  guise  of  a  Palmer,  "  painfully  limping,  one  foot 
naked,  the  other  swoUen  and  clouted,  his  head  bare,  his  hair  matted  and 
foul,  his  visage  sunken  and  squalid,"  he  set  out  on  a  pilgrimage  to  the 
Holy  Land,  flagellating  his  bare  shoulders  till  the  blood  ran,  and 
begging  his  way  from  door  to  door. 

During  this  painful  journey  his  adventurous  mind  formed  a  scheme 
for  the  conversion  of  the  Mohammedans  and  the  restoration  of  the 
schismatic  Greek  communion  to  the  Catholic  church,  and  he  had  in- 
tended to  remain  in  Jerusalem  for  its  accomplishment ;  but  the  peremp- 
tory orders  of  his  Provincial  summoned  him  back  at  the  end  of  the  usual 
time  allowed  for  the  stay  of  pilgrims,  and  he  returned  to  Barcelona. 
There  he  formed  another  and  greater  project,  that  of  the  conversion  of 
the  heretics  with  which  Luther's  teaching  was  then  filling  Europe. 
That  he  might  begin  at  the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder  he  betook  him- 
self to  the  boys'  school ;  and,  though  thirty-two  years  old,  sat  himself 
down  on  the  benches  amongst  the  boys,  forced  himself  to  acquire  know- 
ledge from  the  rudiments,  and  to  receive  the  usual  bodily  whippings 
whereby  learning  was  instilled  into  their  erode  minds.  From  the 
school  he  went,  in  1526,  to  the  University  of  Alcala,  where  his  zealous 
street  preaching  drew  down  on  him  the  suspicions,  of  the  Inquisition. 
The  holy  fathers  imprisoned  him,  but  smelling  in  him  no  taint  of 
heresy,  they  released  him,  and  he  repaired  to  the  University  of  Paris, 
where  his  extraordinary  ascendency  over  young  men  began  notably  to 
show  itflel£  His  force  of  character,  his  tact  and  suavity,  his  insight 
into  men,  his  intense  concentration  of  purpose,  exercised  a  fascinating 
influence  over  others,  and  he  soon  drew  to  himself  six  companions — 
Peter  Fabre,  Francis  Xavier  (who  shortly  afterwards  entered  on  his 

*  The  JesoitB :  a  Sketch  of  the  Origin  and  Progreas  of  the  Society  of  Jesus.    By 
Boheit Macgregor.    Edinburgh:  James Qemmell. 


THB  JESUITS.  19 

«plendid  miflsionarj  career  in  India  and  Ja^Min;  who  wrote  the  immortal 
fcjmn — 

^  Mj  Gh>d,  I  loYe  thee ;  not  because 
I  hope  for  heaven  thereby  ;  '* 

and  who,  though  he  had  really  little  to  do  with  the  Jesuit  Society,  is 
aodonbtedly  its  brightest  name),  James  Lainez,  Alphonzo  Sahneron, 
Nicholas  Bobadilla,  and  Simon  Bodri^ez — "  names  obscure  then,  but 
ia  after  years  to  shine  with  a  fiery  splendour."  On  Aurast  15,  1534, 
theee  seven  enthusiast^  met  in  the  little  church  on  the  lonely  heights 
of  Hontmartre,  and  mutucdly  engaged  themselyes  by  yow  to  a  li^  of 
pilgrimage  and  service  to  the  church  at  the  will  and  command  of  its 
sameme  pontiffl    So  originated  the  Society  of  Jesus. 

The  dcTotees  traTcllea  to  Rome  and  laid  their  cause  before  Pope 
Paul  III.,  who,  on  reading  the  draft  rules  of  the  infant  society,  ex- 
claimed, *'  Thia  is  the  finger  of  God."  These  were  the  very  men  to 
stem  the  torrent  of  Protestantism  that  was  rapidly  sweeping  away  the 
aathority  of  Rome,  and  the  Pope,  though  opposed  by  the  cardinals, 
gladly  granted  them  their  charter. 

Loyma's  purpose  was  to  establish,  not  a  monastic  body,  but  an 
ecclesiastical  soldiery,  well  drilled  and  disciplined,  to  moYC  at  the  word 
<jf  command  against  every  force  adverse  to  the  ascendency  of  the  papal 
^stem.  He  himself  was  elected  general  of  the  society,  and  was  esta- 
blished at  Rome  as  supreme  director  of  the  movements  of  the  members. 
The  splendidly  disciplined  body  with  which  Loyola  set  out,  in  1541,  to 
wage  war  against  the  enemies  of  the  papacy  was  a  finished  despotism. 
Under  the  general  were  six  great  princes  of  the  order,  each  ruling  over 
a  certain  division  of  the  world.  These  divisions  were  subdivided  mto 
provinces,  each  under  a  provincial,  having  charge  of  the  colleges  and 
establishments  of  the  society  in  his  district.  Heads  of  colleges  must 
send  in  minute  reports  at  short  intervals  to  their  provincials ;  these  re- 
ported regularly  to  the  princes,  who  in  their  turn  wrote  to  the  general 
every  month,  their  reports  being,  wherever  necessary,  in  cipher ;  and 
thus  all  information  was  swept  up  into  the  lap  of  the  general  to  be 
Qsed  at  his  sole  discretion  for  the  interests  of  the  society. 

The  moral  law  of  the  society  was  well  contrived  to  warrant  the  pur- 
suit of  ends  by  the  snaky,  tortuous  methods  for  which  the  name 
Jesmtiy  has  become  a  synonym.  PnoBABiLifiU,  hental  bssebva- 
Tiosr,  JUSTIFICATION  OF  MEANS  BY  THE  END — ^thesc  are  the  three  great 
doctrines  of  their  system. 

Pbobabilisk  means  that  a  man  may  commit  an  act  which  his  con- 
science teUs  him  is  unlawful,  if  he  can  aadnce  for  it  any  writer  who  has 
pressed  an  opinion  of  its  probable  lawfulness,  or  if  he  is  conscious  of 
having  thought  it  out  and  persuaded  himself  of  its  probable  lawfulness ! 

Mehtal  besbbyation  needs  no  explanation.  The  Jesuit  doctrine  is 
as  follows: — '*For  grave  reasons  it  is  lawful  at  times  to  make  use  of 
broad  mental  reservations,  also  of  equivocal  terms,  provided  the  terms 
employed  are  such  as  to  make  it  possible  for  the  listener  to  understand 
a  matter  as  it  really  is,  and  not  as  it  may  sound.** 

The  third  dogma  of  means  being  justified  bt  the  end  for 
which  they  were  employed,  has  been  fruitful  of  assassination  and  blood. 
*'  In  the  tfooks  of  casuistry,"  says  Macaulay,  *'  which  had  been  written 


20  TH£  JESUITS. 

hj  the  Jesuit  brethren,  and  printed  with  the  approbation  of  the  sape- 
riors,  were  to  be  found  docmnes  consolatory  to  transgressors  of  ererj 
class.  There  the  bankrupt  was  taught  how  he  might,  without  sin, 
secrete  his  goods  from  his  creditors.  The  serrant  was  taught  how  he 
might,  without  sin,  run  off  with  his  master's  plate.  The  high-spirited 
and  punctilious  gentlemen  of  France  were  gratified  by  a  decision  m 
favour  of  duelling.  The  Italians,  accustomed  to  darker  and  baser 
modes  of  yengeance,  were  glad  to  learn  that  they  might,  without  any 
crime,  shoot  at  their  enemies  from  behind  hedges.  To  deceit  was  given 
a  license  sufficient  to  destroy  the  whole  value  of  human  contracts  and 
of  human  testimony.  In  truth,  if  society  continued  to  hold  together, 
if  life  and  property  enjoyed  any  security,  it  was  because  common  sense 
and  common  humanity  restrained  men  from  doing  what  the  Society  of 
Jesus  assured  them  they  might  with  a  safe  conscience  do.'^ 

This  was  the  supple  and  fearfully  effectual  agency  which  Loyola 
wielded  for  the  behoof  of  the  Pope  of  Some.  How  did  it  accomplish 
its  work  ? 

Marching  against  the  Reformation,  it  soon  vindicated  its  existence. 
Italy,  distingnished  as  the  land  of  the  Benaissance,  seemed  about  to 
become  yet  more  distiuguished  as  the  land  of  Protestantism.  In  Padua,, 
in  Bologna,  in  Lucca,  in  Modena,  in  Rome,  some  of  the  first  familiea 
embraced  the  gospel.  The  country  was  emerging  into  the  light ;  the 
Jesuits  struck  a  blow  that  drove  it  back  again  into  its  old  darkness. 
They  sharpened  again  a  weapon  which  in  Italy  had  fallen  into  disuse — 
they  re-established  the  Inquisition  :  and  in  twenty  years,  by  the  employ- 
ment of  the  torture,  the  stake,  and  the  dungeon,  the  Protestantism  of 
Italy  was  annihilated. 

In  Spain  and  Portugal  the  success  of  the  Jesuits  was  still  more  rapid. 
Their  spirit  breathed  among  the  Spaniards  like  an  infection.  They  en- 
rolled the  highest  grandees  in  their  ranks,  and  the  multitudes  that  locked 
to  hear  their  preachers  were  such  that  no  cathedral  could  contain  them. 

In  France,  Lainez,  one  of  the  ablest  minds  in  the  order,  and  the  man 
who  succeeded  Loyola  as  General,  established  a  college  at  Paris,  which 
slowly  made  its  way  against  the  powerful  opposition  of  the  Sorbonne. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Huguenot  wars  of  the  Guises,  the  Jesuits  got 
legal  toleration  in  France,  and,  spreading  rapidly  through  the  country^ 
opened  schools  in  the  most  important  provincial  towns.  These  schools, 
like  all  their  seminaries,  were  taught  by  excellent  masters,  and  a  very 
large  share  of  the  education  of  the  young  passed  into  their  hands.  A 
Jesuit  dagger  put  an  end  to  the  life  of  the  French  Eiug,  Henry  IIL ; 
by  a  Jesuit  dagger  the  assassination  of  his  successor,  Henry  lY .,  was 
attempted,  and  the  French  Parliament  in  1594:  banished  the  Jesuits 
with  indignation  from  France.  Outside  the  country  they  turned,  at  the 
suggestion  of  their  General,  to  be  zealous  partisans  of  the  king  they 
had  attempted  to  assassinate,  in  reward  for  which  they  were  openly 
readmitted  by  him  nine  years  after,  to  remain  long  in  the  kingdom, 
instigating  the  bloody  atrocities  against  the  Huguenots,  and  at  length 
securing,  by  the  Dragonnades  of  1681,  and  the  Revocation  of  the  Eaict 
of  Nantes  in  1685,  the  extermination  of  the  Reformed  Worship,  and  the 
expulsion  fh)m  France  of  its  most  industrious  citisens  ana  its  most 
skilled  artisans. 


THE  JESUITB.  21 

In  GennaDj,  where  Borne  had  safFered  her  first  and  greatest  losses,  the 
Tan  of  the  invadrng  host  of  the  Jesnite  made  its  appearance  in  1550,  a 
•generation  after  the  rise  of  the  Reformation ;  and  before  long  there  was 
scarcely  a  German  town  of  any  note  that  had  not  a  Jesuit  College. 
While  they  edocated  the  sons  of  the  nobles  they  did  not  neglect  to  open 
free  schools  for  the  sons  of  peasants.  Their  reputation  as  teachers 
brought  eren  the  children  of  rrotestants  to  their  schools,  and  with  the 
education  they  imparted,  they  instilled  the  sentiments  of  Rome. 

Preaently  Rome  felt  itself  possessed  of  snfllcient  recovered  power  in 
<;entral  Enrope  to  require  of  ail  public  fnnctionaries  subscription  to  the 
creed  of  the  Council  of  Trent,  and  within  a  quarter  of  a  century  from 
the  first  arrival  of  the  Jesuits  in  Vienna,  "  Protestantism  was  conquered 
<m  what,"  Bays  Dr.  Wylie,  "  may  be  regarded  as  its  native  soil."  They 
had  come  in  silence,  plain  in  attire,  humble  in  deportment :  behind 
them  were  the  stake  and  scaffold  of  the  persecutor  ;  and  the  troubles 
ihej  excited  brought  in  at  length  the  armies  of  France  and  Spain,  and 
culminated  in  the  devastating  tempests  of  the  Thirty  Years'  War.  By 
•the  providence  of  God  those  Papal  armies  were  at  length  hurled  back  by 
GustaruB  Adolphus,  and  the  remnants  of  Protestant  liberty  saved,  leaving 
to  the  Jesuits  only  those  portions,  unhappily  large,  of  which  the  ecclesi- 
astical princes  had  given  them  possession  at  first. 

In  one  country  alone  did  they  utterly  fail.  Sweden  they  entered  as 
Lutheran  professors,  and  so  efficiently  did  they  lecture  that  the  Stock- 
holm clergy  were  enjoined  to  attend  their  classes.  Without  seeming 
to  do  so,  they  insidiously  impugned  the  authority  of  the  Reformers,  and 
the  result  began  to  appear  in  many  conversions  to  Rome.  The  popu- 
lace and  the  king  soon  became  indignant,  and  the  Jesuit  teachers  were 
ignominiously  expelled  bag  and  baggage  from  Sweden. 

Their  attempts  on  Great  Britain  disturbed  the  reigns  of  Henry  VIIL, 
Elizabeth,  and  their  sucoessors  of  the  following  centuries.  Thomas 
Heath  preached  Puritan  sermons  in  Rochester  Cathedral  while  he  held 
in  his  strong  box  a  license  from  the  Pope  authorising  him  "  to  preacli 
whatever  doctrine  he  might  judge  best  fitted  to  influence  the  animosi- 
ties, and  widen  the  divisions  among  the  Protestants  ";  and  carried  in 
his  pocket  a  letter  of  wily  instructions  from  a  Spanish  Jesuit  which, 
unfortunately  for  himself,  he  dropped  in  the  pulpit.  William  Allen,  at 
Douay,  was  educating  young  Englishmen  to  become  priests  in  their  own 
country.  A  Jesuit  College  in  England  numbered  five  hundred  and  fifty 
students  of  the  best  families,  and  the  Jesuit  teachers,  three  hundred 
and  sixty  in  number,  enjoyed  an  income  of  £300,000  a  year.  Campion 
and  Paroons  travelled  up  and  down  fomenting  plots  against  Queen 
Elizabeth.  Dr.  William  Parry  was  solemnly  set  apart  at  a  secret  service 
to  assassinate  the  Queen.  A  dagger  was  isken  from  the  altar,  sprinkled 
with  holy  water  and  placed  in  his  hand,  as  ''  a  chosen  son  of  God  to 
wield  the  sword  of  Jephthah,  of  Samson ;  of  David,  wherewith  he 
cut  off  the  head  of  Giant  Goliath;  of  Pope  Julius  II.,  wherewith 
he  cut  off  the  lives  of  several  princes,  his  enemies,  filling  whole  cities 
with  slaughter  and  blood."  The  assassin  was  told  that  as  many  blows 
as  he  gave  the  Queen,  so  mmy  souls  should  he  deliver  from  purgatory. 
And  then,  with  an  invocation  of  angels,  and  of  God,  he  was  crowned 
•before  a  glorified  picture  of  the  Jesuit  assassin  of  Henry  III.  of  France, 


22  THE  JESUITS. 

and  sent  out  upon  his  horrible  mission,  accompanied  by  fonr  Jesnits^ 
who  were  the  only  persons  to  whom  he  was  x>ermitted  to  speak.  The- 
plot  was  discovered,  and  Parry  was  executed.  On  board  the  Armada 
were  many  Jesnits,  ready  to  be  let  loose  on  the  nnhappy  country  when 
conquered:  but  the  temper  of  the  English  nation  was  never  sweet 
towards  them.  E?ery  Jesuit  who  set  foot  in  this  country  was  liable  U> 
be  hanged,  drawn,  and  quartered — a  prospect  the  reverse  of  enticing.  If 
they  came  at  all  they  were  forced  to  come  in  disguise.  Charles  11.^ 
however,  secretly  favoured  them;  and  when  poor,  obtuse  James  II. 
openly  protected  them  they  came  out  of  their  holes  and  sunned  themr 
selves  in  the  beams  of  the  royal  favour :  they  reckoned  on  their  victory  ^ 
they  liet  about  to  crush  Protestantism,  first  in  Ireland,  then  in  Scotland, 
then  in  England;  but  they  overshot  their  mark.  The  country  rose 
against  them,  and  the  revolution  of  1688  for  ever  (please  God)  banished 
Jesuit  ascendancy  from  these  realms. 

At  the  centenary  of  the  Society  in  1641  it  numbered  thirteen  thousand 
members.  A  century  later  it  had  doubled  its  numbers,  but  had  ren- 
dered its  yoke  so  intolerable  that  it  was  expelled  from  Portugal,  from 
France,  and  even  from  Spain.  Naples,  Malta,  Parma  followed  suit ;  and 
at  last,  in  1773,  the  Pope  himself  issued  a  bull  suppressing  and  abolish- 
ing tiie  society  and  its  name  for  ever.  This  everlasting  annihilation  was 
reversed  by  Pope  Pius  VII.  in  a  series  of  bulls  extending  from  1801  to 
1814,  and  in  no  long  time  the  brotherhood  stalked  abroad  in  their 
black  birettas,  and  became  more  powerful  than  ever.  In  the  present 
century  Spain  and  Portugal  have  again  banished  them;  France  has 
recently  taken  the  same  step  in  self-defence  against  their  dangerous 
ecclesiastical  CsBsarism ;  and  Germany  has  felt  it  necessary  to  oppose 
them  with  stringent  measures. 

The  story  of  the  Jesuits  is  by  no  means  a  matter  with  which  we  in 
England  have  no  concern.  Such  books  as  Mr.  Macgregor's  should  he 
circulated  far  and  wide  to  disseminate  clear  views  of  their  principles 
and  aims.  The  Jesuits  are  the  aggressive  agents  of  the  Bomisn  Church, 
and  the  ascendency  of  the  Bomish  Church  in  any  country  means  the 
death  of  spiritual  religion  and  of  liberty.  Cardinal  Manning  «has  said 
that  at  this  moment  the  Jesuits  stand  at  the  head  of  the  great  Catholic 
movement  in  England.  We  call  it  the  Ritualistic  movement.  Published 
lists  showed  three  years  ago  that  three  hundred  and  thirty  clergymen  had 
seceded  from  the  Church  of  England  to  Rome.  None  can  fail  to 
recognise  the  energy  with  which  the  Ritualistic  movement  is  beings 
pressed  on. 

In  France  liberty  is  young  and  needs  protection  :  France  has  there- 
fore banished  the  Jesuits.  In  England  liberty  is  mature  and  can  fight  h^ 
own  battles.  We  need  not,  therefore,  adopt  such  repressive  measures  r 
but  we  cannot,  therefore,  take  leave  to  sit  at  ease.  We  must  meet  the 
earnestness  of  the  Jesuits  by  corresponding  earnestness.  The  mighty 
Truth  must  be  preached  which  wrought  the  Reformation,  but  it  must 
be  preached  as  it  was  preached  then.  We  dare  not  oppose  to  Romish 
zeal  Protestant  indifTerence. 

What  was  the  secret  of  the  early  victories  of  the  Jesuits  over  the 
Reformation  ?  It  was,  as  Macaulay  has  pointed  out,  that  in  the  period 
succeeding  the  Reformation  tJie  Protestant  side  showed  languor,  whilfe 


OONSTANOY  OF  DIYDirE  JUSTICE.  28 

the  Romifih  ride  everywhere  showed  ardour  and  devotion.  The  firm  faith 
and  tremendous  energy  of  the  Reformers  achieved  wonderful  successes ; 
the  papal  church  was  brought  into  such  danger  that  Rome  itself  was 
awakened  from  frivolity  to  religious  fervour.  But  when  the  great  re- 
forming leaders  had  been  carried  to  the  grave  no  flaming  spirits  arose 
as  their  successors  ;  the  reforming  church  became  lukewarm  and 
worldly.  Thus  it  was  that  the  Jesuits,  animated  by  religious  ardour, 
constancy,  and  courage,  were  enabled  to  wrest  back  many  provinces 
that  had  been  won  by  the  Reformation.  They  are  working  now  with 
equal  ardour  in  England.  But  let  the  Protestant  chunshes  grasp 
and  wield  with  their  whole  force  the  great  Lutheran,  Augustinian, 
Pauline,  Christian  truths  which  wrought  the  triumphs  of  the  sixteenth 
century,  and  we  need  not  fear  the  result  of  the  present  Jesuit  invasion. 

C.  A.  Davis. 

**  T^VERY  transgression  shall  have  its  just  recompense  of  reward." 
Jj  The  efils  of  an  intermitted  severity  would  be  enormous.  Oar 
courts  have  allowed  certain  laws  against  bribe^  and  corruption  to 
slumber.  What  has  been  the  consequence?  The  crime  has  been 
slightly  regarded,  and  has  sprung  up  like  charlock  in  the  furrows  of  the 
field.  At  length  justice  awakens,  and  visits  four  or  five  offenders  with 
her  rod.  What  then  ?  A  loud  cry  is  heard  on  behalf  of  the  trans- 
gressors, and  many  think  they  are  hardly  dealt  with ;  not  because  the 
punishment  is  beyond  the  appointed  measure,  or  even  up  to  the  ftiU 
amount  which  might  have  been  expected,  but  because  so  many  others 
have  escaped  in  former  times.  Thousands  who  hate  the  crime  yet  feel 
a  d^iree  of  pity  for  the  culprits,  because  they  are  smitten  while  others 
have  been  winked  at.  Now,  this  is  a  misfortune.  It  is  always  an  evil 
when  sympathy  in  any  degree  is  felt  for  a  wrongdoer.  This  second 
effect  of  the  somnolence  of  justice  is  by  no  means  a  small  evil,  and 
were  the  law  to  sleep  again  fresh  ills  would  follow.  It  is  mercy  to  carry 
out  the  law  always,  and  in  every  case,  unless  some  very  extraordinary 
reasbns  should  demand  an  exception,  else  men  are  half  beguiled  iuto 
wrong  by  the  hope  of  impunity;  and  if  they  do  suffer  for  their  fault 
they  naturally  feel  it  hard,  and  their  mouths  are  opened  with  com- 
plamt.  It  may  be  well  for  those  who  bear  witness  for  a  righteous  God 
to  make  use  of  this  fact  with  the  consciences  of  men,  in  these  days 
when  all  idea  of  punishment  for  sin  seems  to  be  unpopular.  The  Lord 
will  pass  by  no  transgression  unless  his  law  be  met  and  vindicated  by 
atonement.     His  rule  is  invariable.    The  course  of  his  justice  abides 

Sirpetually  the  same,  and  sinners  may  not  dare  to  trifle  with  his  law. 
e  wiU  by  no  means  spare  the  guilty. 


24 

AN    EVENING  WITH  BOBEBT   HALL  AT   BBlftTOL. 

IN  a  deeply  intereeting  work  by  the  late  Secretary  of  the  Baptkt  MiabioDary 
Sooie^,  entitled,  *'  SeminieoenoeB  of  College  Life  in  BriBtoV*  ^e  have  a 
Tery  affecting  relation  by  the  Hev.  John  Mack  of  pa&si^ges  of  great  interest  in 
his  own  life. 

It  was  the  oustom  of  Mr.  HaH,  it  appears,  to  show  great  kindness  in  many 
ways  to  the  students,  especially  to  such  as  for  any  reason  commended  themselves 
to  his  judgment  as  worthy  this  honour  of  his  friendship.  Mr.  Trestniil  was  one 
of  these  faroured  ones,  and  was  sometimes  invited  to  spend,  an  evening  with 
tke  great  preacher  and  his  family,  when  some  particular  friend  or  distinguished 
preaoher  was  ako  his  guest  It  was  on  one  of  these  evenings  that  Mr.  Mack 
gave  the  following  recital,  which  cannot  be  read  without  deep  feeUng,  and  some 
admiration  of  the  man  whose  filial  affection  was  so  sweetly  displayed,  and  of 
his  "  mither,"  whose  ardent  love  for  her  "  Jock  "  all  parents  will  appreciate. 

It  hardly  need  be  said  that  Mr.  Mack  was  a  Scotchman,  h8,ving  been  born, 
according  to  papers  furnished  by  his  son,  Mr.  William  Mack,  of  Bristol,  in 
1 788,  at  Glasgow.  Mr.  Mack  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  GHpstone,  Northampton- 
shire, from  the  time  he  left  college,  in  1813,  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1831. 
He  was  a  man  of  considerable  parts,  or  such  a  sometimes-rather-severe  judge  of 
ministerial  abilities  as  Mr.  Hall  would  not  have  spoken  so  strongly. 

^*Mr.  Mack  is  a  remarkable  man,  sir,  and  of  superior  ability;  but  he  lias 
never  done  justice  to  his  great  tidents.**  . 

Perhaps  this  was  partly  owing  to  weakness  and  ill-health.  '*  No  one  oould 
see  Mr.  Mack,'*  writes  Mr.  Trestrail,  "  without  bein^  struck  with  his  «ppear- 
anee  and  manner.  He  was,  however,  at  this  time,  little  move  than  a  wreck  of 
a  man.  He  was  much  emaciated,  and  looked  exceedingly  ill ;  but  there  was  a 
fire  in  bis  bright,  sparkling  eye,  and  an  animation  in  his  style  of  expression, 
mingled  with  wit,  humour,  and  pathos,  which  made  one  long  to  have  known  him 
when  he  was  in  robust  health." 

This  was  only  a  few  months  before  his  lamented  death,  when,  as  to  age,  he 
was  in  the  prime  of  life,though  so  smitten  by  long-oonttnued  illness, which  had 
made  suoh  serious  inroads  upon  him,  that  he  had  the  appearanoe  of  one  of 
far  mere  advanced  jige. 

After  spending  some  time  at  Cheltenham,  in  hope  of  obtaining  benefit  bv  its 
mild  air,  he  came  on  to  Bristol  on  a  visit  to  Mr.  HalL  There  in  one  of  those 
pleasant  social  evenings,  Mr.  Hall  introduced  his  young  friend,  Mr.  Trestrail, 
who  still  lives  to  recount  his  *'  Beminiscences,**  and  though  not  far  from  four- 
score years  of  age,  is  still  active,  useful,  and  honoured  in  his  denomination,  and 
by  numerous  other  Christian  friends  far  and  near. 

'*  He  has  heard  of  Mr.  Maok/*  said  Mr.  Hall,  **  even  so  far  away  as  Cornwall, 
and  I  have  promised  him  that  he  shall  hear  from  your  own  li|!s  the  story  of 
your  life.  I  hope  you  will  ioigWe  the  liberty  I  have  taken,  and  gratify 
us  both.*' 

"  Mr.  Hall,  just  think;  I  have  told  it  to  you  many  times,  and  you  could 
repeat  it  yourself.*' 

**  Yes,  Mr.  Mack,  I  know  it ;  but  I  could  not  repeat  it  as  you  can.  No  man 
living  could,  eir.  Besides,  my  young  friend  has  never  heard  it.  Ho  pray 
begin.** 

After  describing  in  a  few  words  his  early  days,  when  he  was  a  weaver  lad, 
living  at  home  with  his  parents,  who  were  devout  and  consistent  Christian 
people,  and  himself  cultivating  a  passionate  fondness  for  books  and  reading,  he 
went  on  to  say  that — 

'*  Meeting  one  day  in  Glasgow  with  a  recruiting  sergeant,  I  was  induced  by 
him  to  believe  that  if  I  joined  the  army  I  should  have  plenty  of  time  to  read. 

♦  By  Bev.  Fred.  TrestraU,  D.D.,  F.R.G.S.    E.  Marlborough  and  Co. 


JOCK  AND  HIS  MTTHER.  25 

J\xid  80,  sir,  when  he  bad  fired  ray  imagixuition  with  descriptions  of  sieffes, 
^battles,  and  the  glories  of  war,  I  soon  fancied  myself  a  soldier,  and  by  successful 
-service  rising  from  rank  to  rank,  until  I  became  a  commander  and  a  conqueror. 
Under  the  influence  of  this  excitement,  I  was  persuaded  to  accept  the  fatal 
-shilling,  and  was  henceforth  enlisted  in  his  Majesty*s  army.  The  excitement 
having  subsided,  I  fell  asleep,  and  did  not  wake  until  it  was  very  late,  and 
fiuflering  acutely,  scarcely  knowing  where  I  was,  and  plunged  into  grief  and 
-shame  when  I  thought  of  my  poor  parents  at  home.  Having  been  told  by  the 
sergeant  that  I  must  appear  at  Dumbarton  that  day  month,  or  if  I  did  not  I 
should  be  taken  up  as  a  deserter,  and  severely  punished,  I  went  home  with  a 
heavy  heart" 

**  And  how  did  you  hoe  your  father  and  mother  ?  They  must  have  had  a 
«ad  time  of  it*' 

"  Yes,  indeed,  Mr.  Hall,  they  had.  Neither  of  them  had  gone  to  bed,  and  as 
I  was  not  in  the  hahtt  of  staying  out  late,  they  were  greatly  alarmed.  My  father 
had  searched  for  me  all  over  Glasgow,  and  my  mother  passed  the  time  in 
weeping  and  prayer,  often— as  I  learnt  afterwards — exclaiming,  '  My  bairn, 
Jock  ;  my  puir  bairn,  what  would  your  mither  gie  if  she  only  kenned  whar  ye 
SM  the  noo ! ' " 

"  It  is  impossible,"  writes  Mr.  Trestrail,  "  to  give  any  idea  in  words  of  the 
pathos  pervading  his  description.  Mr.  Mack*s  voice  was  like  music,  and  his 
illness  instilled  into  it  exquisite  tenderness.  We  were  all  moved  to  tears,  and 
Mr.  Hall,  to  whom  the  story  was  by  no  means  new,'*  was  much  touched. 

**  Well,  Mr.  Mack,**  said  Mr.  Hall,  afler  a  pause,  **  go  on,  sir.  Pray  excuse 
our  feeling ;  we  could  not  help  it** 

"I  passed  a  wretched  month,**  he  proceeded  to  say,  *'  as  you  may  suppose, 
vainly  lamenting  over  my  own  folly,  and  looking  forward  with  sincere  sorrow 
to  my  separation  from  my  parents ;  for  I  dearly  loved  them.  Indeed,  when  I 
saw  my  puir  auld  mither*8  grief,  though  she  made  the  strongest  efforts  to 
suppress  it,  it  almost  broke  my  heart  My  father,  unable  to  bear  the  parting, 
went  quietly  out,  and  my  mother  was  alone  with  me  and  my  brother.  We  bade 
iareweU  to  each  other :  she,  amidst  choking  sobs,  commended  me  to  the 
blessing  of  Qod ;  and  so  with  a  sorrowful  heart  I  took  my  way  to  Dumbarton.** 
Hitherto,  though  religiously  brought  up,  he  had  remained  a  stranger  to  the 
grace  of  Gk>d  and  faith  in  Christ  The  great  change,  however,  was  soon  to 
take  place,  when  he  should  be  found  at  the  feet  of  Jesus  in  his  right  mind. 

**  The  next  summer  foimd  me,**  he  continues,  '*  in  the  neighbourhood  of  New- 
•castle-on-Tyne,  where  we  remained  for  a  considerable  time.  The  regiment  was 
ordered  from  place  to  place  down  south,  and  by-and-by  we  reached  Hamsgate. 
Hitherto  the  subject  of  religion  had  never  seriously  occupied  my  thoughts,  but 
painful  reflections  on  my  past  folly  and  sin  would  trouble  me  in  spite  of  my 
efforts  to  suppress  them.  Happily,  I  had  not  plunged  into  the  vices  which 
nearly  all  soldiers  indulged  in,  and  one  Sabbath  evening  I  entered — I  knew  not 
why,  the  hand  of  God  was  surely  directing  me — the  Baptist  Chapel,  and  heard 
words  which  entered  my  soul.  Brought  to  see  my  lost  estate,  I  gave  myself 
unto  prayer,  and  by  repentance  towards  God,  and  faith  in  Christ,  I  found 
pardon  and  peace.  I  soon  began  to  talk  to  my  comrades,  and  the  officers  seeing 
how  much  my  conduct  was  changed,  and  knowing  that  I  could  read  and  write, 
—thanks  to  my  Scotch  education, — ^promoted  me  to  the  orderly-room.  Here  I 
had  more  leisure,  and,  relieved  from  the  daily  drudgery  of  a  pnrate  8oldier*s 
life,  I  found  time  to  read  and  study  the  Scriptures.* 

**  Moved  from  place  to  place,  we  came  at  last  to  Leicester,  and  as  soon  as  I 
found  out  where  you  lived,  I  called.  I  thought  your  reception  was  somewhat 
odd ;  for  a  few  minutes  you  looked  at  me,  but  spoke  not  a  word.  Seeing  you 
were  smoking,  I  took  out  my  pipe,  lit  it,  and  began  to  smoke,  too." 

^^  I  remember  it  well,  sir ;  as  well  as  if  it  occurred  only  yesterday.  In  fact. 
Mack,  I  was  quite  astonished  to  see  a  soldier  in  my  study.  What  a  handsome 
fellow  you  were  !    I  was  quite  overpowered,  sir.** 


26  JOCK  AlO)  HIS  MITHBB. 

"  When  you  did  speak,  Mr.  Hall,  you  were  all  kindness.  After  you  had 
listened  to  an  outline  of  my  history,  my  conyersion,  and  my  work  among  my 
comrades,  you  pressed  me  to  dine  with  you,  and,  as  it  was  your  usu&L  week- 
night  serrice,  you  insisted  on  my  giving  the  address.  As  I  oould  not  resist  your 
importunity,  I  consented,  thouffh  with  fear  and  trembling.  I  got  through, 
howcTer,  better  than  I  expected. 

''  Yes,  sir,  you  interested  us  all  amazingly,  and  spoke  remarkably  well/* 

**  Friends  came  aroimd  me  after  the  service,  and  you  introduced  me  to  one 
and  another,  and  very  soon  I  felt  quite  at  home.  But  I  did  not  then  know  thai 
you  were  the  Mr.  Hall,  the  author  of  the  sermon  on  *  Modem  Infidelity,'  for  if 
I  had.  I  should  never  have  summoned  up  courage  to  call  on  you.*' 

**  Why  not,  sir?  You  can  do  anything  as  good  as  that  if  you  wUl  only  exert 
yourself  in  a  manner  equal  to  your  talents.  But  that.  Mack,  you  have  never 
done,  and  I  fear  you  never  wiU. 

**  The  next  Lord*8-day  you  announced,  after  the  service,  that  a  soldier  would 
preach,  and  in  his  uniform,  adding,  *  He  is  not  only  a  soldier  in  his  Majesty's 
army,  but  a  soldier',  of  the  Prince  of  peace ! '  Having  taken  part  in  several 
subsequent  services,  you,  sir,  and  your  friends  resolved  to  purchase  my 
discharge,  which  was  effected,  and  you  sent  me  to  the  Academy  at  Bristol 
here." 

'*  Yes,  Mr.  Mack,  we  did  it,  but  it  was  done  with  great  difficulty.  Your 
colonel  knew  the  value  of  your  services,  and  how  hard  it  would  be  to  obtain  a 
suitable  substitute.  He,  therefore,  threw  every  obstacle  in  the  way.  But  we 
beat  him,  sir,  we  beat  him,  and  carried  off  our  prize." 

The  difficiilty  of  getting  his  discharge  was  not  only  the  raising  of  the  money 
required,  that  was  easily  done,  but  the  finding  of  tivo  substitutes  such  as  the 
Colonel  would  accept  His  discharge  testifies  to  the  excellence  of  hia 
character : — 

*'Thi8  is  to  certify  that  John  Mack,  private  in  Captain  Douglas's  Company, 

has  served  honestly  and  faithfully  for  the  space  of  five  years ;  but  having 

found  two  substitutes  is  hereby  discharged." 

Mr.  Mack  then  gave  an  account  of  the  journey  to  Bristol,  and  his  experiences 
at  college,  as  also  of  his  settlement  at  Clipstone,  whence,  after  an  interval  of  a 
few  years,  he  paid  a  visit  to  Pentland  and  to  his  "  dear  auld  mither." 

"  After  the  lapse  of  three  or  four  years,"  he  continued,  **  I  was  requested  by 
the  Committee  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society  to  accompany  another  minister 
as  a  deputation  to  Scotland.  I  cannot  better  express  my  feelings  than  by 
saying,  *  I  jumped  at  the  proposal,'  for  I  should  once  more  see  my  dear  auld 
mither.    My  father,  alas !  was  dead. 

It  was  agreed  between  my  colleague  and  myself  that  we  should  take  the 


your 

once  to  Glasgow,  and  shall  have  two  or  three  more  days  to  spend  with  my 
mother.'  He  was  surprised  at  my  request,  and  with  great  seriousness  and  some 
severity  quoted  otur  liOrd's  words,  'If  a  man  love  father  or  mother  more  than  me 
he  cannot  be  my  diecipleJ '' 

This  was  too  much  for  Mr.  Hall.  The  want  of  filial  affection  betrayed  by  the 
censure  quite  excited  him.  He  "  rose  from  the  chairs  on  which  he  had  oeen 
reclining,  went  across  the  room,  and,  in  one  of  those  subdued  whispers,  audible 
to  the  smallest  syllable,  and  almost  startling  from  the  intense  feeling  concen- 
trated in  them,  thus  addressed  Mi.  Mack : — 

"  What  is  that  he  said,  sir  P" 

*'  Mr.  Mack,  much  surprised,  as  indeed  we  all  were,  at  Mr.  Hall's  earnestness, 
repeated  the  sentence. 

**Didhesay<Aa^8irr 

'*  Of  course  he  did,  Mr.  Hall,  or  I  should  not  have  asserted  it" 

**  Is  that  man  living  or  dead,  sir  P" 


JOCK  AND  HIS  MITHXB.  27 

"  I  belieye  he  is  dead.*' 

"  Do  you  know  whether  he  repented  hefore  he  died  ?  I  hope  he  did,  sir ;  for 
else  I  could  not  meet  him  in  heaven,  sir;  for  think  how  he  dishonoured  his 
Lord,  and  trampled  under  foot  the  nohlest  and  purest  instinct  of  humanity ! 
But  I  hope  you  didn't  listen  to  him,  sir,  and  that  you  went  to  your  mother/' 

"  Yes,  Mr.  Hall,  I  did  indeed/' 

**  1  am  glad  to  hear  that,  Mr.  Mack ;  for  if  you  had  not  gone  I  should  have  lost 
all  respect  for  you.  '  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  is  the  first  commandment 
with  promise,^  May  the  Lord  restore  your  health,  and  raise  you  up  a^ain,  air, 
and  reward  you  for  your  piety.  1  heg  pardon  for  interrupting  you,  sur;  hut  I 
could  not  repress  my  indignation  at  such  an  inhuman  speech.** 

After  a  hrief  interval  Mr.  Mack  resumed  his  narrative. 

"  On  arriving  in  Glasgow  I  sought  out  my  mother.  She  was  living  in  a  very 
humble  abode,  but  it  looked  comfortable  and  clean.  She  answered  my  knock, 
and  on  opening  the  door  ciurtseyed  {sic)  to  me — to  me,  her  own  son !  She  did 
not  know  me,  and  evidently  took  me  for  some  city  clergyman.  I  thought,  Mr. 
HaU,  she  would  at  once  have  rushed  into  my  arms,  and  clasped  me  to  her 
bosom!  I  cannot  describe  the  bitterness  of  my  disappointment;  so  I  said, 
'  Mither,  dinna  ye  ken  your  ain  bairn,  Jock  P*  I  had  forgotten  the  differeuce  in 
my  appearance  and  garb.  How  was  she  to  recognise  her  bairn,  whom  she  had 
last  seen  as  a  young  soldier,  in  the  somewhat  porUy  figure  before  her,  who  looked 
like  one  of  the  *  placed  ministers  of  Glasgow  '?**  How  affecting  was  the  reply 
of  the  saintly  old  woman  ! 

**•  I  ken  vera  weel  that  my  bairn  Jock  will  be  here  in  twa  or  three  days ;  but 
if  s  nae  richt  in  sic  a  gentleman  as  you  to  be  trifling  with  the  feelings  of  a  pair 
auld  widow.** 

Mr.  Hall  and  his  young  friend  were  fairly  overcome,  and  the  narrative  was 
interrupted  by  their  tears  and  hearty  sobs.    At  length  Mr.  Hall  exclaimed, — 

**  Maok,  Mack,  whatever  did  you  do?'* 

"  What  could  I  do,  sir  ?  My  heart  leaped  to  my  mouth !  But  I  re- 
membered once,  when  a  boy,  teasing  my  mother  by  eating  up  the  potatoes  as 
fast  as  she  peeled  them,  when  she  gave  me  a  tap,  and,  unintentionally,  wounded 
my  wrist  with  the  knife  she  was  using.  Whenever  she  afterwards  saw  the  scar 
she  used  to  stroke  my  hair,  and  in  very  tender  tones  say  to  me,  *  Never  mind, 
my  bonnie  bairn,  vour  mither  will  ken  ve  hj  that  when  ye  are  a  mon.'  I  now 
turned  back  the  sleeve  of  my  coat,  and  looking  earnestly  in  her  face,  and  point- 
ing to  the  mark,  said, '  Mither,  mither!  dinna  ye  ken  ^latf*  She  looked  at  me 
for  a  moment,  and  exclaiming, '  My  bairn,  m^  bairn,'  rushed  into  my  arms.** 

Mr.  HaU  and  his  friend  could  not  restrain  their  emotion,  and  the  former 
presently  asked,  <'  What  followed  that,  sir  ?** 

^  What  followed,  Mr.  Hall,  may  best  be  described  in  the  beautiful  words  of 
Scripture,  *  We  lifted  up  our  voice  and  wept,* " 

**  On  the  morning  of  the  Sabbath  I  had  to  preach  in  the  kirk  which  my 
mother  attended.  She  chose  a  seat  where  she  could  best  see  and  hear  her  son 
Jock.  She  could,  however,  hardly  realize  the  change  in  my  condition  from  a 
private  soldier  to  a  preacher  on  behalf  of  the  Baptist  Mission.  The  beadle,  an 
important  personage  in  Scottish  kirks,  intimated  that  another  pew,  more 
retired,  would  be  more  suitable.    I  can  imagine  how  she  looked  and  spoke." 

*'Mon!  dinna  ve  ken  that  I  am  the  preacher*s  mither?*'  '*How  was  I  to 
ken  that  ?  But  if  ye  are  the  preacher's  mither,  the  best  seat  in  the  kirk  is  nane 
too  gude  for  ye." 

**•  It  was  a  trying  time  for  you,  Mack.  Did  you  preach  comfortably,  and 
how  did  your  dear  mother  feel  P     She  must  have  rejoiced  greatly.** 

^  It  was  a  tryingtime,  certainly ;  for  not  only  was  the  congregation  very 
large,  but  the  Lord  rrovost,  and  many  of  Glasgow's  chief  citizens  were  there. 
As  to  my  mother !  her  countenance  was  radiant  with  joy,  and  smiles  and  tears 
rapidly  succeeded  each  other  during  the  service.  After  the  service  several 
gentlemen  came  to  express  their  interest  in  the  sermon,  and  in  the  mission  for 


:28  JOCK  AND  HIS  IDTHEB. 

-which  I  had  been  pleading.  They  most  kindly  proffered  me  their  hoapitaltties  ; 
but  being  the  guest  of  Mr.  Deakin  I  respectfully  declined  them,  anxious  to 
-spend  '«¥Bry  hour  at  my  disposal  with  my  dear  mother/' 

"  Quite  right,  Mr.  Mack.  May  God  bless  you,  and  richly  reward  you,  sir,  for 
your  lore  to  your  mother.    But  tell  us  what  she  said  about  the  service.** 

*'  We  were  scarcely  out  of  the  kirk  before  she  began :  *  Jock,  my  bairn,  whar 
ha*e  ye  been,  and  what  ha*e  ye  dune  sin*  I  saw  ye  last?  Why,  ye  must  have 
been  tx>  Brummagem  and  had  yer  face  nibbed  wi*  a  brass  candlestick,  or  ye 
couldna  ha*e  dune  it,  and  thii^  that  my  old  een  have  seen  ye  wag  yer  pow  in 
Mr.  McLeod*s  pulpit,  and  the  Froyost  and  the  Bailies  to  the  fore !'  Tears 
streamed  from  her  eyes,  and  sobs  broke  from  her  lips,  while  she  blessed  Grod  for 
his  great  mercy,  ana  told  me  her  heart  was  *  well-nigh  bursting  wi*  joy.* 

^^  During  the  few  days  tJteat  were  left  our  talk  was  much  about  the  past,  oflen 
prolonged  to  a  late  hour,  recounting  the  trials  through  which  we  had  passed, 
out  more  of  the  goodness  and  mercy  wMeh  hadfottowed  wt  all  our  days.  £)ome- 
times  our  mouths  were  filled  with  laughter,  at  others  with  lamentations,  often 
with  praise  for  the  hope  and  joy  which  shone  over  all.  We  knew  vfhom  we  had 
ielievedy  and  that  he  was  able  to  keep  that  which  we  had  committed  to  him  fmtil 
•that  day.  While  she  lived  I  was  able  to  add  to  her  comforts,  and  to  brighten  her 
declining  days.  We  parted  with  feelings  I  cannot  attempt  even  to  describe, 
.sorrowing  most  of  all  that  we  should  see  each  other's  face  nomore'^ 

The  affecting  story  may  be  supplemented  by  a  few  words  about  Mr.  Mack's 
last  days.  He  held  but  one  pastorate,  and  died,  after  eighteen  years  of  faithful 
4md  successful  labour,  in  the  high  eeteem  of  his  own  flock,  and  of  all  who  knew 
him,  leaving  a  wife  and  family  whose  temporal  needs  were  amply  provided 
for  by  the  munificence  of  his  numerous  friends. 

More  than  a  year  before  his  death  his  health  became  more  seriously  impaired, 
and  entire  rest  from  active  life  brought  no  relief,  His  sufferings  were  very  acute, 
■but  he  displayed  remarkable  courage  and  patience,  and  his  faith  in  the  Lord 
was  unshaken.  ^*  I  am  looking  to  Jesus  Christ,*'  he  said  to  some  friends  one 
•day,  *'  other  refuge  have  I  none.  I  feel  satisfied  that  the  doctrines  I  have 
preached  are  the  only  foundation  of  a  sinner's  hope.  May  you  live  in  peace 
when  I  am  gone !  My  sufferings  are  great  Lord,  give  me  patience !  But 
*  why  should  a  living  man  complain  ?  *  '* 

Tne  prospect  of  his  wife  and  children  being  left  in  dependent  circum- 
<stanoes  sometimes  ocoaeioned  him  deep  oonoem.  **  I  had  noped/'  he  said, 
^*  to  see  my  children  brought  np ;  but  we  must  part.  Poor  dears !  they  will 
soon  have  no  father  to  take  their  part."  * 

"  How  is  your  mind,  Mr.  Mack  ?**  asked  a  friend  shortly  before  his  decease. 
■**  Calm,"  was  his  reply,  **  relying  on  the  great  propitiation."  His  last  words 
were,  **  Blessed  Saviour  !**  and  with  these  sweet  accents  on  his  lips  he  fell 
asleep.    May  our  last  end  be  like  his ! 

R.  Shixdler. 


29 

BY  JOHN  BUBNBAM,   MBTBOPOLITAN   TABERNACLE   EVANGELIST. 

SIXTEEN  years  ago,  in  the  heart  of  the  hop-firrowing  didtricts  of  Kent,  dwelt 
J.  K.,  a  godly  man,  in  comparatiTely  humole  circumstances.  He  has  had 
four  years*  severe  struggle  to  '*make  ends  meet";  but  '*  Jehovah  Jireh **  has 
been  his  motto,  and  again  and  again  has  God  appeared  for  the  relief  of  his 
trusting  servant,  just  at  the  moment  of  extremity — 

**  God  never  is  before  his  time, 
And  never  is  behind." 

September  has  come  round,  and  with  it  the  thousands  of  annual  immigrants 
from  cities  and  towns  all  over  the  kingdom,  gathered  here  once  more  for  hop- 
picking. 

In  gra«efbl  clusters  on  the  climbing  vine  hang  the  beautiful  cones,  and  the 
air  is  filled  with  the  health-giving  odour.  The  hum  of  merrv  voices  tempts  us, 
and,  flowing  the  sound,  we  are  soon  watching  hundreds  of  busy  fingers 
stripping  the  branches  of  their  golden  treasure. 

In  the  midst  of  this  group  is  our  friend  J.  K.  With  the  hope  of  swelling  the 
home  exchequer,  he  has  *'  taken  a  bin  *'  fbr  himself  and  his  family.  Mingled  with 
the  merriment  of  the  many  about  him,  he  hears  repeatedly  the  indecent  song, 
the  oath,  the  profane  jest.  His  righteous  soul  is  stirred  within  him,  and  he  can 
no  longer  bear  it  in  silence.  Begiurdless  of  loss,  he  fbrsakes  his  bin,  and  begins 
trudging  the  garden  hour  after  hour,  pausing  at  each  bin  to  "  speak  a  word  for 
Jesus.*'  He  purchases  tracts,  such  as  his  limited  means  will  allow ;  a  few 
generous  friends  send  him  further  supplies,  and  now,  leaving  his  family  at  the 
bin,  our  friend  J.  K.  has  fairly  started  as  the  "  hop-pickers*  missionary.*' 

At  first  he  meets  with  much  determined  opposition  and  insult,  but  gradually 
these  give  way  before  the  force  of  the  cheerful  Christian  bearing  of  the  man  of 
God.  It  is  soon  manifest  that  his  presence  is  a  check  upon  their  godlessness : 
without  a  word  from  him,  the  sight  of  him  often  silences  the  oath  and  filthy 
song.  Though  this  is  by  no  means  all  he  labours  for,  it  is  certainly  a  long  step 
in  the  right  direction,  and  a  forcible  argument  for  the  power  of  a  godly  life. 

The  missionary  has  evidently  seen  enough  to  encourage  him,  for  the  next 
year  he  resumes  the  same  holy  service,  and  the  following  year  calls  to  his  help 
a  Christian  brother,  that  together  they  may  cover  more  ground.  Thus 
cotiuneHced 

"the  hop-pickbes*  mission," 

and  an  example  of  service  that  is  now  foUowed  in  various  hop-growing  centres 
by  earnest  brethren  each  returning  September. 

The  Lord  has  smiled  on  our  friend,  rewarded  a  thousandfold  the  sacrifice  he 
so  willingly  made,  and  his  position  is  greatly  improved.     Still  he  presses  on  in 
this  mission,  now  enlisting  annually  Uie  help  of  four  or  five  earnest  workers, . 
who  occupy  a  wide  field  of  service. 

The  mission  haanot  only  grown  in  extent,  but  in  the  variety  of  its  opera- 
tions. Now  we  visit  the  gardens,  distributing  tracts,  reading  and  talking  to 
the  pickers ;  better  clothe  the  thinly  clad  and  shoeless ;  gather  to  free  teas  and 
gospel  addresses  these  poor  *'  strangers  ;*'  visit  them  in  the  ^'  camps,**  tend  with 
medicine  the  sick ;  weather  permitting,  each  evening  hold  open-air  services, 
etc.,  etc. 

For  a  detailed  description  of  the  work  we  refer  the  reader  to  former  articles 
in  The  Sword  and  the  Trowel,  October,  1879,  December,  1870,  and  December, 
1880. 

In  accordance  with  our  promise,  we  now  wish  to  give  a  few  incidents  (out 
of  many  on  record)  of  this  interesting  mission,  and  we  call  to  our  aid  some  of 
th0  notes  of  our  journal. 


BO  JOUBNAL  JOmNGS  OK  THB  HOP-PIOKSBS'  MISSION. 

Those  of  our  readers  who  were  present  at  the  Tabernacle  Prayer  Meetiog  on 
the  29th  of  August  last,  will  doubtless  remember  that  special  prayer  was  ofiered 
for  fine  weather,  that  our  open-air  services  might  not  be  hindered.  In  a  very 
gracious  way  this  prayer  was  answered ;  much  rain  fell  duriug  September, 
especially  in  the  former  part  of  the  month,  yet  we  had  fine  evenings ;  on  two 
occasions  only,  all  through  the  month,  were  we  prevented  from  holding  the 
usual  service ;  such  a  thing  has  not  happened  the  finest  of  preceding  years. 

These  services  are  yearly  growing  in  interest,  and  in  each  of  the  six  villages 
we  visited  weekly  we  met  with  the  most  cordial  reception.  We  had  not  to  call 
our  congregation  by  two  or  three  rallying  songs,  as  m  former  years,  but  invari- 
ably found  large  numbers  awaiting  our  arrival. 

This,  like  all  open-air  work,  is  emphatically  a  *'  labour  of  faith ;  '*  the  hearers 
come,  catch  the  seed,  and  pass  on  ;  w6  have  not  the  opportunity  of  gathering 
results,  as  we  can  in  a  building,  yet  we  are  not  without  evidences  of  blessing 
attending  the  Word.  In  one  of  Mr.  Mayo's  addresses  last  year,  he  was  depicting 
a  poor  drunkard's  home,  and  there  was  present  a  man  who  had  long  been  a 
slave  to  the  intoxicating  cup.  This  year  he  was  at  our  services,  clean  and 
respectably  clad,  and  we  learnt  that  from  the  night  he  heard  the  above  ad- 
dress by  Mr.  Mayo,  he  had  never  touched  the  accursed  cup ;  moreover,  he  had 
induced  several  of  his  fellow-workmen  to  abstain  from,  intoxicants ;  and  im- 

Eressed  with  the  improvement  among  his  men,  the  master  had  forbidden  any 
eer  or  spirits  on  the  premises.  We  would  not  have  it  understood  that  this 
alone  is  the  object  of  our  work ;  by  no  means ;  we  are  glad  of  such  results,  but 
our  aim  is  far  beyond  this.  At  the  same  time,  we  are  firmly  convinced  that 
a  man  is  not  in  a  likely  condition  to  receive  the  Word  while  a  constant  visitor 
at  the  dram-shop.    More  pleasing  is  the  following  specimen : — 

A  man  and  his  wife,  who  for  many  years  had  lived  a  godless  life,  were 
present  with  their  little  girl  at  some  of  our  services  last  year.  This  year  we 
again  saw  them,  and  were  at  once  struck  with  tiieir  altered  appearance.  We 
gathered  from  them  that,  after  their  return  to  London  lajst  year,  their  little  girl 
was  taken  ill.  On  her  sick  bed  she  was  constantly  speaking  of  these  services, 
and  singing  the  sweet  songs  she  had  learnt  among  us,  and  died  rejoicing  in 
Jesus.  This  was  the  turning-point  in  the  lives  of  the  parents ;  now  they  may 
be  regularly  seen  at  their  place  of  worship,  drinldng  in  the  message  of  mercy. 
Another  is  the  case  of  a  stalwart  man,  who,  a  few  years  since,  was  the  terror 
of  his  **  camp.*'  Sca)*celj  a  night  did  he  leave  the  gin-shop  sober,  and  he  was 
noted  as  "  a  terrible  fightmg-man.*'  This  year  as  we  met  him  he  welcomed  us 
vrith  a  warm  grasp  of  the  hand,  and  a  '*  God  bless  you,  sir !  '*  Before  his  old 
companions  he  gladly  bore  testimony  for  Christ,  and  the  power  of  his  grace, 
himself  being  a  living  illustration  of  his  theme.  At  one  ot  the  services  a  few 
years  ago,  he  heard  Mr.  K.  and  his  lads  singing  '*  Safe  in  the  arms  of  Jesus," 
and  he  thought  to  himself  (to  use  his  own  words),  '*  How  nice  to  be  *  Safe  in 
the  arms  of  Jesus.*  I  am  not  safe ;  I  wish  I  w€uJ*  This  led  him  to  serious 
thought,  and  the  use  of  the  means  of  grace.  On  his  return  to  town  he  regularly 
attended  a  Mission  Hall,  and  there  found  the  Saviour,  and  now  we  have  not  a 
happier,  brighter  witness  for  Christ  in  the  gardens. 

We  are  not  without  amusing  incidents,  now  and  then,  in  these  services,  the 
following  to  wit  Some  six  hundred  are  gathered  under  a  tree  on  the  village 
green ;  in  the  midst  of  the  speaking  a  man  breaks  into  the  throng,  shouting 
some  mbberish,  which  he  calls  French.  Scarcely  had  he  closed  his  lips,  when 
a  doxikev  in  a  neighbouring  field,  as  ^ough  recognising  a  familiar  voice, 
mimicked  him;  the  whole  congregation  burst  into  a  fit  of  xmcontroUable 
laughter  at  the  fellow's  expense,  and  he  sneaked  away  **  like  a  dog  with  a  stolen 
bone."    It  certainly  was  one  of  the  most  laughable  retorts  we  ever  heard. 

At  another  service,  a  drunken  Irish  woman  hid  herself  behind  the  speaker, 
and  chattered  at  such  a  rate,  that  he  could  scarcely  be  beard.  Perceiving  this, 
we  stnick  up  singing,  one  of  our  number  in  the  meantime  siding  up  to  the 
woman  and  shouting  most  lustily  in  her  ear;    to  avoid  this,  she  gndually 


JOUBNAL  JOTTDraS  OK  THE  HOP-PIGKKBS'  1U8SI0N.  31 

withdrew,  and  80  did  our  friend  by  her  ride,  till,  after  a  verse  or  two,  she  was 
clean  oat  of  the  crowd,  and  moved  off,  as  our  friend  resumed  the  address. 

**  What's  the  time,  sir,*'  shouts  a  man  to  the  speaker,  seeking  to  interrupt 
him.  A  few  minutes  later  we  rise  to  speak,  and  recognisiDg  the  man,  without 
pointing  him  out,  we  offer  a  reply  to  his  question,  by  turning  to  Hosea  x.  12 : 
*"  It  is  time  to  seek  Uie  Lord/*  and  this  is  our  text  for  a  brief  address,  to  which 
the  man  listens  attentively.  In  an  '*  oast-house  **  a  few  men  are  gathered, 
cbattinff;  one  uses  an  oath,  and  another  remonstrates  at  once — *' Don't,  Bill, 
use  Buch  language ;  it  ain*t  no  good.  You  know  what  the  gentleman  told  us 
on  the  green  ^tother  night** 

In  one  place  we  visited,  a  respectable  hotel-keeper  sent  out  a  light  van  for  a 
platform,  and  several  forms  and  seats  for  the  old  folks;  another  lent  his 
hannonium ;  others  brought  lamps,  whioh  they  suspended  above  the  crowd, 
from  the  overhanging  branches  of  a  large  tree ;  this  they  did  week  after  week, 
vitboat  once  being  asked  or  remunerated,  a  plearing  eviaence  of  their  apprecia- 
tion of  the  services. 

For  a  moment  omitting  the  '*  we  *'  of  the  writer,  I  cannot  help  expressing  my 
devout  thankfulness  at  the  great  privilege  of  standing  up  and  witnessing  for 
Christ  in  my  own  native  village,  where  I  spent  the  first  seventeen  years  of  my 
life ;  arouna  me  now  are  old  folks  who  have  known  me  from  a  lad,  as  well  as 
many  of  my  former  school  companions.  Under  no  circumstances  have  I  been 
more  led  to  appreciate  the  distinguishing  grace  of  God  to  me. 

With  our  present  staff,  we  cannot  extend  the  area  of  operations  beyond  six 
^llages  (Staplehurst,  Marden,  Horsmonden,  Lamberhurst,  Goudhurst,  and 
KUndown),  yet  the  Macedonian  cry  reaches  us  from  other  neighbouring  places, 
'*  Come  over  and  help  us  "  ;  and,  if  means  and  men  are  forthcoming  next  year, 
most  gladlj  shall  we  respond  to  that  call. 

We  were  greatly  encouraged  one  morning  by  the  arrival  of  a  cheery  letter 
and  supply  of  small  books  from  Mrs.  Spurgeon.  If  this  kind  donor  could  have 
stood  by  us  an  hour  later,  she  would  have  been  deeply  interested,  and  not  a 
Httie  amused.  Our  garden  is  nearly  **  picked,**  and  that  all  the  "  sets  *'*  may 
move  out  en  masse,  they  have  grouped  themselves  among  the  few  remaining 
poles,  we  have  therefore  four  times  the  number  that  would  usually  occupy  this 
space.  Sitting  upon  a  bin  in  the  centre  of  these  half-dozen  sets  of  Irish,  we 
propose  reading  them  a  message  just  come  from  Mrs.  Spurgeon ;  they  are  all 
attention  as  we  turn  to  "  The  lriBhman*s  Gonverrion,  as  related  by  himself.** 
Tbese  Irish  being  for  the  most  part  Roman  Catholics,  the  reader  can  easily 
imagine  that  all  sorts  of  comments  are  freely  offered  on  the  conclusion  of  such 
a  narrative.  Says  Peggy  Conolly,  **  Shure,  and  by  the  holy  mother,  I  hope  the 
Lord  will  have  mercy  on  me,  and  not  send  me  to  Fiddler's  Green.*'  "  You 
need  not  be  afraid  of  Fiddler's  Green,  Peggy.*'  **  Faith,  but  I  am ;  and 
vhy  won't  I  be  afraid,  at  all  at  all?'*  ''God  won't  send  you  to  Fiddler*s 
Oreen,  Peggy;  because  there  is  no  such  place."^  '*0h,  yes,  share  there 
it  the  '  ha&way  house,'  but,  by  all  the  saints,  I  hope  I'U  not  stop  there  on  my 
way  to  glory.** 

Anon  we  axe  at  the  bin  of  a  Scotch  woman,  who  warmly  welcomes  us, 
assuring  us  she  shall  ever  feel  grateful  to  the  "gude  mon  "  (Mr.  K.)  who  saved 
her  child's  life  last  vear  when  at  the  very  point  of  death.  Another  Scotch  woman 
»  greativ  distressed  at  having  forgotten  to  bring  her  spectacles,  and  being  thus 
debarred  the  privilege  of  reading  the  tracts  to  such  in  her  **  camp  "  as  are 
unable  to  read.  Much  to  her  jov,  we  were  able  to  meet  thai  want  also,  and  find 
her  **  juist  the  richt  for  her  een. 

Here  eomes  friend  K.,  with  a  whole  regiment  of  needy  ones  swarming  him. 
Seated  in  the  study,  we  are  able  unobseryed  to  witness  ail  that  passes.  What 
a  scene !  Oh  for  the  companionship  of  an  artist  just  now !  then  we  might 
give  you,  courteous  reader,  some  idea  of  this  picture,  as  we  fear  we  cannot  by 

*  A  '*  set "  consista  of  four  bins,  each  bin  usually  occupied  by  a  family. 


32  JOUBNAL  JOTTIlfGS  OX  THE  HOP-FIOEEBS'  ICISSION. 

the  pen.  There  is  an  old  man  tugging  tremendously  at  a  pair  of  boots ;  an  olc? 
woman  at  another  pair,  kicking  her  feet  in  ;  little  Mike,  on  parade,  admiring 
himself  in  hia  new  **  understandings  *^ ;  Mr.  K.  (lady Vmaid,  pro  tern.)  fitting 
a  new  dreaa  en  Miss  Biddy  McCarthy,  and  a  warm  jacket  on  Peggy  Mahoney^ 
and  a  bonnet  on  ^^X\j  M*Grath ;  and  now  (presto !  tailor)  trying  a  coat  on  Tim 
Donayon,  a  yest  on  Fat  Sullivan,  a  top-coat  on  Dan  Flannigan,  and  measMiring 
for  troosers  O^Donnall  Magee.  The  blessings  that  are  showered  on  the  head  of 
our  friend,  as  they  move  off,  might  smother  him :  **  God  bless  ye,  sir;  we'll  say 
two  prayers  for  ye  to>iught.** 

Scarcely  have  they  lef  c,  before  Mr.  K.  turns  doctor ;  he  has  found  an  old  maik 
in  great  pain,  and  is  administering  medicine  in  the  hope  of  giving  relief  at  the 
same  time  embracing  the  opportunity  of  pointing  the  poor  man  to  the  '*  Great 
Physician*"  And  hither  comes  Kathleen  0*Leary,  with  her  child  in  her  arms, 
suffering  severely  with  croup.  Mrs.  Geharty*s  little  one  found  relief  at  the 
hands  ot "  the  dear  mon,**  and  she  comes  seeking  the  same  relief  for  this  sufferer. 
Thus  is  the  house  of  our  worthy  host  continually  besieged  by  the  ragged  and 
the  sick. 

After  recreated  contact  with  these  poor  people,  year  after  year,  we  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  very  many  of  them  are  a  deal  better  than  their  creed. 
Beared  in  superstition,  it  is  no  easy  matter  for  them  to  break  away  \  and  yet, 
in  spite  of  their  creed  teaching  them  to  despise  the  ^  heretics,"  we  have  their 
gooa-will  and  fullest  confidence ;  they  believe  in  us  (the  **  heretics")  much  more 
&an  in  their  own  of  the  **  faithful  creed,"  as  the  following  will  show.  Mrs. 
Shelly  has  been  saving  a  little  money  at  home ;  knows  none  of  her  neighbours 
to  whom  she  dare  entrust  it  Carefully  wrapt,  she  hands  it  to  one  of  our 
brethren,  with  the  request  that  he  will  take  oare  of  it  for  her  till  she  retuma  to 
London,  telling  him,  **  There  is  seven  pounds  la  half-erowna"  Our  friend 
counts  it,  and  replies,  '* Seven  pounds  ten  shillings**'  "No,  sir;  only  aeven 
pounds.'*  '^  Yes,  Ifrs.  Shelly ;  sixty  half-crowns — seven  pounds  ten."  ^  ^ure,, 
sir,  an'  I  didn*t  know  it" 

We  travel  the  lonely  lanes,  on  the  darkest  nights,  sometimes  aagiy,  some- 
times iA  groups,  without  the  slightest  fear  of  molestation.  The  nauat  sunken- 
in  sin  amcmg  these  poor  outcasts  have  such  faith  in  the  sincerity  of  our  efforts 
for  their  good,  that  if  one  were  to  attempt  to  lay  handa  on  us,  he  would  find  it 
necessary  to  mdie  hiittelf  scarce,  for  he  would  no  longer  have  quarter  among 
his  companions ;  they  would  hoot  him  from  the  '*  camp  "  and  garden. 

That  there  are  tender  hearts  beneath  the  roughest  garb  the  reader  would 
readily  believe  if  he  could  have  witnessed  the  hearty,  affeetioaate  farewells  we 
had,  as  waggon-loads  drove  by  us  for  the  railway  statton,  at  the  cloee  of  the 
campaign ;  the  air  was  ringing  with  cheers,  and  **  Good-bye  to  Mr.  Kendon  v 
good-bye  to  Mr.  Kipling ;  gooa-bye  to  Mr.  Mayo ;  good-bye  to  Mr.  Bumham  ! " 

That  this  work  commends  itself  to  the  Christian  public  we  have  grateful 
proof  in  the  many  kind  letters,  parcels  of  tracts  and  clothing,  and  contributions 
that  are  sent  us.  If  spared  till  another  year,  and  the  means  are  forthcoming, 
we  hope  to  add  another  feature  to  our  work,  in  the  shape  of  a  Bible  carriage 
for  dispensing  the  "  Word  of  Life  "  before  and  after  our  villa|[e  services. 

We  ask  your  prayers  and  practical  sympathy,  dear  reader,  in  this  increaaingly 
interesting  mission.  Money  may  be  sent  to  ksv.  J.  Kendon,  Bethany  House^ 
Goudhurst,  StaplehuzBt,  Kent  {'arcels  for  Mr.  Kendon,  to  Maiden  Station, 
S.£.R. 


* 


7^  MttrajtoliUn  TabernaeU  PulpU. 
ISermon*  preached  by  C.  U.  Spuk- 
QBOH  daring  the  Tear  1881.  Londoo: 
Pumore  and  Ahbuter,  Paternaster 
BuUdiogs. 

Tbm  twen^-Berenth  roliime  of  Spur- 


|(«li(M  of  •g0«lui. 


bu  own  opinion  we  ihall  not  need 
gire  ft  judgment.  It  ia  ta  the  preacher 
>  reSfon  for  devout  gratitude  that  he 
hu  been  spared  to  produce  Buch  a 
libraij  of  aennona,  now  numberiog 
1,635.  Ho  feels,  however,  that  he  haa 
oal;r  coaated  around  the  maivelloui 
mbjects  which  fill  the  Scriptarea,  and 
that  he  ia  now  at  the  banning  of 
bia  dime  theme.  The  tweDtr-ieven 
Tolomes  make  up  a  Ubrary  ot  them- 
•elvea. 

TAe  Seord  and  Iht  Troutl.  A  record 
of  Combat  witb  Sin  and  Labour  for 
the  Lord.  Tol.  XVI L  London  : 
Faaamore  and  Alabaater,  Patemosler 


It  teema  but  jeiterday  that  we  com- 
menced tbia  Journal ;  and  here  we  are 
at  the  leTenteenth  Tolume.  Very 
nicelrbonnd  it  coafa  5a.,  and  it  ia  worth 
ft.  We  see  our  magaiioe  called  in  a 
■lie  catalogue  "Uu^r«t-cliu(  standard 
ptriodieal"  We  are  itill  better  pleased 
to  notice  that  it  fetches  good  prices 
It  ■econd-hand,  and  this  la  about  aa 
good  a  t«at  of  literary  value  a*  we  can 
give.  It  ia  our  aim  and  ambition  to 
aiake  our  magaiiue  worthy  of  the  highly 
influential  claa*  of  readera  for  which  it 
eaten.  We  are  often  lurpriaed  to 
(neet  with  aporoving  readera,  not  only 
«a  we  naturally  expected  among  our 
<iwn  denomination  of  Chriatiaoi,  but 
Among  the  clergy  of  other  churchea  and 
ireaidenta  in  foreign  landa. 


Alabaater,  Pateraoater  Buildings. 
OliMtei  of  Home  at  Wetlwoad.    Lou- 

dim ;  Paaamore  and  Alabaster,  Fater 

noaler  Buildings. 
TniiB  are  two    beaaiiful  volumes  of 
phatographa,  which   will    be  specially 


inlerestiog  adornments  for  the  drawiog- 
rooma  of  our  friends.  The  views  of 
WestWDod  are  singulaiiy  charming  and 
artistic.  Mr.  Tom  Brine  excels  in  this 
department.  We  do  not  suppose  that 
a  large  edition  of  these  works  of  art  will 
be  issued,  and,  indeed,  we  have  no 
particular  deaire  to  aee  them  aold  ex- 
cept to  our  very  apecial  friends.  To 
these  we  commend  them  *ery  heartily. 

Danger  SignaU;  a  volume  of  Tem- 
perance Tales.  By  F.  M.  Holhb*. 
F.  E.  LoDgley. 
Pbrbaps  no  aignala  can  be  too  vivid 
where  drunkenness  ia  the  denser ;  but 
surely  these  stories  are  ao  horrible  as  to 
overdo  the  thing.  No  doubt  such  cases 
may  occur)  but  when  they  are  collected 
they  make  a  "chamber  of  horrors,"  in 
which  the  moral  lesson  is  almost  for- 
gotten in  the  mental  sensation.  You  can 
write  so  heavily  that  the«ink  nns  into 
blots,  and  the  lieea  are  barely  legible : 
our  author,  with  the  best  intentions,  has 
written  in  that  fashion. 

The  Ma»on:»  Home.  The  Molher'i 
Prayer.  The  Cabmaa'i  Wife.  Stories 
in  Verse.  By  Mrs.  Beiokton.  2d. 
each.  And 
Sloriei  of  Home  Life.  ByMrs.  B«ioh- 
TON.  Jarrold  and  Sons,  3,  Fater- 
noster  Bitildingi.  Is. 
Thsse  delightliil  ballads  should  find 
their  way  to  every  poor  man'a  home. 
They  are  fragrant  of  country  life,  and 
rich  with  homely  wisdom  and  gospel 
teaching,  and  all  set  to  the  music  ofplea- 
sant  verse.  For  use  io  cottage  gatherings, 
mothers'  meetings,  aa^  tbe  like,  we 
knowofnothing  more  attractive.  Such 
writers  as  Aire.  Beighton  and  Mrs. 
Sewell  lay  all  workers  amongiit  the  poor 
under  a  heavy  debt  of  obltestion.  It  may 
be  well  t«  note  that  "The  Cabman's 
Wife  ''  is  a  Christmsa  stor^.  We  will 
not  tell  rich  people  what  it  is  about; 
but  wc  wish  they  would  read  it  and  take 
a  bint  from  it.  Tbe  three  ballads  are 
prettily  bound  together  with  coloured 
frontispiece,  under  the  title  "Stories  of 
Home  Life,"  and  would  form  a  welcome 
New  Year's  gift. 


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NOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


Little  Edith  mid  Old  David :  a  (ale  for 
the  Young.  By  Mrs.  R.  Collins 
King.    S.  W.  Partridge  and  Co. 

A  VBET  small  afiair  in  the  book  line. 
We  are  glad  to  know  that  some  of  the 
circumstances  in  this  story  of  **  Little 
Edith,"  who  led  the  poor  benighted  old 
gardener  to  Jesus,  are  facts.  We  must, 
howcTer,  protest  against  the  rapidly- 
spreading  superstition  therein  contained, 
which  affects  Evangelicals  and  Ritualists 
alike,  namely,  that  of  turning  churches 
(which  are  supposed  to  be  places  of 
worship)  into  flower-shows,  "  for  birth- 
day presents  to  Jesus,"  and  "  for  love  of 
God  to  his  house."  This  folly  leads  to 
superstition,  and  superstition  to  idolatry. 
Beware! 

Mrs,  Harding's  Looking-glass,  and  what 
was  seen  in  it;  or,  a  Week  in  the 
Life  of  a  British  Workman.  By  E. 
J.  Kelly.    Book  Society. 

Thrift,  cleanliness,  and  temperance  are 
among  the  surest  means  of  making  home 
bright  and  happy,  and  *'  Mrs.  Harding's 
Looking-glaas"  is  a  capital  sermon  upon 
these  thiDgs.  The  narrative  style  in 
which  the  discourse  is  cast  will  secure 
many  readers,  where  a  tract  or  essay 
would  faiL  We  are  glad  that  while  so 
many  use  their  pens  unworthily,  others 
write  to  elevate,  ennoble,  and  purify. 

The  King's  Messenger*,  or,  Lawrence 
Temple's  Probation.  A  Story  of 
Canadian  Life.  By  Rev.  W.  H. 
WiTHROw,  M.A.  Toronto  :  Metho- 
dist Book  and  Publishing  House. 

This  is  a  capital  story  told  with  great 
power :  the  language  is  as  beautiful  as  it 
IS  forceful,  while  some  of  the  character- 
sketching  is  exceedingly  clever  and  life- 
like. Jim  Dowler  is  a  splendid  creation, 
and  touched  evtry  chord  of  our  heart's 
emotions  in  turn.  We  should  like  to 
scatter  this  tale  on  eveiy  hand,  in  the 
hope  of  its  being  read.  But  why  did  our 
author  allow  it  to  appear  in  such  poor 
form?  The  printing  and  illustrating 
are  execrable.  Some  of  the  engravings 
are  simply  eyesores,  and  cannot  by  any 
stretch  of  leniency  be  said  to  suggest 
the  subject  supposedly  illustrated.  It 
is  a  thousand  pities,  as  the  story  de- 
serves the  best  auxiliaries  the  printer 
and  engraver  could  give. 


The  Two  Voyages;  or.  Midnight  and 
Daylight.  By  W.  H.  G.  KmosTOir. 
Religious  Tract  Society. 

Kingston's  stories  have  a  name  and 
fame  of  their  own,  and  do  not  require 
criticism  from  us.  We  are  mainl j  con- 
cerned with  the  missionary  character  of 
this  book:  the  work  of  God  in  the 
Southern  Seas  is  here  most  admirably 
described.  The  book  is  a  sort  of 
missionary  Robinson  Crusoe,  and  well 
worth  the  five  shillings  charged  for  it. 

Pleasant  Tales  for  Young  People,  Pearl 
and  Tot  My  Wife  did  it.  Milly^s 
Trials  and  Triumphs  (Is.  each). 
Underneath  the  surface.  Mariquila 
(Is.  6d.  each).  What  she  could  (26.). 
Olive's  Story  (2b.  6d.).  Through  the 
Linn  (3s.).  li)st  in  Egypt.  A  story 
from  life.  By  Miss  M.  L.  Whatblt. 
Cousin  Mabets  Sketches  of  Character. 
By  Miss  £.  J.  Whatblt  (48.  each). 
Religious  Tract  Society. 

So  long  as  young  people  delight  in 
stories,  and  that  will  probably  be  as 
long  as  the  moon  endureth,  it  is  well 
that  they  should  be  regaled  with  pure 
and  wholesome  fruit  from  the  tell-taJe 
tree.  Well^  here's  a  basketful,  all 
good,  and  of  different  prices,  so  that  our 
readers  can  suit  themselves.  We  may 
possibly  nodce  Miss  Whately's  book, 
Lost  in  Egypt,  a^in ;  but  in  order  to 
give  an  early  notice,  we  have  grouped 
all  these  productions  of  the  Religious 
Tract  Society  together,  for  they  are  all 
equally  wortny  of  commendation. 

Messrs.  Partridge  send  us  two  ex- 
cellent books  at  Is.  6d.  each.  Stories 
for  Sundays,  by  the  Rev.  Thsron 
Brown,  answers  to  its  tide,  and 
the  stories  are  used  as  illustrations 
of  saving  truths.  Hilda;  or.  Life's 
Discipline,  by  Edith  C.  Kbnton,  is 
a  useful  tele,  well  illustrated.  Cared 
for,  by  Mrs.  C.  £.  Bowjin,  at  Is.,  is 
a  pretty  story  of  two  orphan  children 
cared  for  by  the  Lord,  according  to  his 
wont. 

Harrison  Weir's  Pictures  of  Wild  Birds 
and  Animals.  Religious  Tract  So- 
ciety. 

Drawn  in  Harrison  Weir's  best  style 
and  beautifully  coloured.  A  high-class 
juvenile  book  for  5s. 


NOTIOES  OF  BOOKS. 


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Way  Home  :  vr  The  Gospel  in  the 
\iraiMe:  an  earthly  story  with  a 
Bocenly  meaning.  By  Rev.  G.  Bul- 
X3C,  B.D.  1,  Paternoster  Buildings. 

B  popular  exposition  of  the  parable 
lie  Prodigal  Son  has  had  a  large  cir- 
tion,  and  well  deserves  to  be  yet 
e  widely  distributed.  The  booK  is 
isomely  bound,  and  every  page  of  it 
aturated  with  the  essence  of  the 
leL 

ed  Christians,  By  Anka  Wabnes. 
iabet  and  Co. 

r  our  own  mind  with  regard  to 
singy  theatre-going,  and  the  like. 
U  does  our  authoress  confess  her 
culty  in  writing  about  amusements 
Christians,  since  no  such  word  as 
laement,  recreation,  game,  or  pas- 
i  can  be  found  in  the  Scriptures.  No : 
be  sacred  book  we  read  that  time  is 
%  and  we  are  bidden  to  redeem  it, 
never  taught  how  to  waste  it.  This 
lively,  earnest  little  book,  and  its 
olation  will,  we  hope,  do  something 
srd  stemming  the  tide  of  folly  which 
nvading  even  the  church  of  the 
Iff  God.  Tired  Christians  will  find 
oToufi  amusement  a  poor  means  of 
;  we  fear  that  many  are  more 
ried  by  their  play  than  by  their 
k,  and  are  more  likely  to  be  jaded  by 
ipation  than  by  devotion. 

ough  the  Prison  to  the  Throne,  II- 
istrations  of  Life  from  the  Biography 
r  Joseph.  By  Rev.  J.  S.  VanDyke. 
ew  York :  J.  E.  Funk  and  Co. 

MOMS  of  more  than  average  merit. 
should  not  place  them  in  the  first 
t  certainly,  but  they  were  no  doubt 
1  to  hear,  and  will  be  read  by  the 
icher's  firiends  with  great  pleasure. 

tory  of  Judah  and  Israel  from  the 
\irth  of  Solomon  to  the  Reign  of 
,kab.  By  Alfbed  Edebs'heim,  D.D. 
^gious  Tract  Society. 

DAT-SCHOOL  teachors  will  find  this 
ime  and  the  four  which  preceded  it 
r  instructive.  The  autnor  always 
s  the  reader^s  mind  to  Christ,  and 
^ves  the  real  heart  and  soul  of 
>taral  teaching.  He  is  to  be  trusted. 
!ot  always  bruliant,  he  is  safe,  and 
is  an  essential  quality  in  these  days. 
Tolumes  cost  2s.  6d.  each. 


The  Best  of  Books :  being  Lectures  to 
Children  on  the  Bible.  By  Samuel 
G,  Green,  D.D.  Sunday  School 
Union. 

A  coBDiAL  welcome  is  sure  to  be  given 
to  Dr.  Greenes  choice  little  book  for  the 
children  by  all  who  have  their  best 
interests  at  heart.  Interspersed  with 
many  a  story  and  pretty  parable,  these 
** Lectures^*  on  the  Sacred  Scriptures 
are  most  desirable  helps  for  parents 
and  teachers  in  unfoldmg  gently  and 
s^radually  the  vast  mysteries  of  the 
Word  of  God  to  the  tender  minds  of  the 
little  ones.  With  rare  skill  and  patience 
has  this  *' Master  in  Israel''  condes- 
cended to  the  needs  of  the  lambs  of  the 
flock,  and  the  pleasant  task  of  **  feed- 
ing" them  is  rendered  peculiarly  easy 
and  delightful  to  those  who  obtain  his 
kindly  assistance.  The  author  in  his 
preface  thus  describes  the  object  of  his 
book,  and  we  can  heartily  congratulate 
him  on  its  happy  attainment — *'  lie  has 
endeavoured  to  produce  a  book  which 
children  will  read,  and  from  which  the 
instructors  of  children  may  not  disdain 
to  learn.  He  has  striven  to  be  child- 
like without  degenerating  into  childish- 
ness, and  never  to  sacrifice  real  illustra- 
tion to  mere  amusement.  That  he  may 
help  some  young  people  and  little 
children  to  understand  the  Bible  better, 
and  love  it  more,  has  throughout  been 
his  leading  aim,  and  is  now  his  most 
earnest  prayer." 

Seven  Sermons,  By  Dawson  Camp- 
bell, M.A.  With  a  short  Sketch  of 
his  Life.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

The  memoir  is  of  necessity  brief,  but  it 
is  the  record  of  an  earnest  and  godly 
life.  The  sermons  are  as  plain  as  they 
are  evangelical,  exactly  suited  to  an 
agricultural  congregation,  and  indeed  to 
any  congregation ;  for  the  gospel  in  its 
simplicity  is  needed  everywhere. 

Bible  Images :  a  Book  for  the  Young. 
By  the  Kev.  James  Wells,  M.A. 
Nisbet  and  Co. 

Mb.  Wells  is  likely  to  become  the 
head  ot  all  the  noble  band  of  children's 
preachers.  He  runs  Dr.  Newton  very 
nard  for  the  first  place.  Good,  good, 
very  good  I — is  our  verdict.  Teachers, 
put  the  book  into  the  school  library, 
and  fashion  your  addresses  according  to 
these  models. 


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NOnOXS  OF  BOOKS. 


Thoughts  for  Mothers,  Children^  Teach' 
ers,  YoimgWomenf  and  Servants, 
By  Mn.  W.  H.  Wiglet.  James 
Nisbet  and  Co.»   Is.  each. 

A  woBD  of  commendation  to  Mrs. 
Wigley*s  five  bright  little  books  is  far 
less  than  they  deserve,  though  we  have 
no  time  to  give  more.  Thej  are  fall  of 
sound  sense,  loving  admonition,  and 
valuable  suggestion.  The  authoress 
writes  with  earnest  purpose  and  tender 
heart;  her  "thoughts**  are  not  only  worth 
thinking  over,  but  they  claim  a  practical, 
prayerful  influence  over  the  dailv  lives 
of  those  whom  the  so  delightfully  ad- 
dresses. 

Bible  Pictures  and  Stories.  With  sixty- 
four  coloured  plates  and  vignettes. 
Religious  Tract  Society. 

As  gay  as  Joseph's  coat  of  many  colours. 
Just  the  present  for  a  Christian  family. 
At  48.  6d.  this  is  remarkably  cheap; 
but  it  should  be  used  only  as  a  special 
Sunday  book:  such  elaborate  volumes 
ought  not  to  be  handled  roughly. 

Hosannas  of  iJke  Children,  and  other 
Short  Sermons  for  Young  Worship- 
pers. By  J.  R.  Macduff,  D.D.  Nis- 
oet  and  Co. 

We  fancy  that  these  sermonettes  will 
need  explaining  to  average  children. 
They  are  as  good  as  gold ;  but,  to  our 
judgment,  more  adapted  to  suggest  ad- 
dresses than  themselves  to  be  used  in 
that  manner.  Macduff's  works  are  among 
modem  Christian  classics;  the  Doctor 
understands  the  art  of  book-making,  and 
succeeds  in  it  because  he  is  not  aiming 
at  making  books,  but  at  doing  good. 
Thid  is  in  all  wajs  a  most  desirable 
volume  for  all  teachers. 

The  Christian  Wife  and  Mistress.  The 
Thirty-first  Chapter  of  Proverbs  ap- 
plied to  Modem  Times.  By  Mrs. 
Stevsnson.    Edinburgh:  Macniven. 

In  a  former  edition  this  little  book  was 
entitled,  **  Wives  and  Mistresses.**  The 
alteration  in  name  is  no  trifle ;  for  the 
new  form  of  it  suggests  something  sweet 
and  holy,  which  the  first  certainly  did 
not.  The  treatise  is  an  exposition  of 
Proverbs  xxxv.  10 — 31,  wherein  Solo- 
mon pictures  the  woman  of  a  thousand. 
It  is  a  very  commendable  book,  sensible 
and  spiritual. 


From  the  Call  to  the  Olory ;  or,  some 
Names  of  Christ's  People.    A  Bible 
Study.  By  Saxah  Gbbaldika  Stock. 
Religious  Tract  Society.    Is.  4d. 
This  is  a  little  book  upon  which  we 
put  our  own  special  mark.    It  will  sug- 
sest  quite  a  lot  of  sermons  to  a  thought- 
ful minister  who  loves  the  unadulterated 
gospel.     A  chapter  read  at  the  College 
was  received  with  enthusiasm  by  our 
men. 

The  Illustrated  Messenger:  ''Glad 
Tidings  of  the  Kingdom  of  God.*' 
Religious  Tract  Society. 
True  to  its  title.  The  gospel  set  forth 
in  pictures  drawn  with  words  and  lines, 
wiUi  taste  and  earnestness.  A  Tciy 
attractive  present  for  a  cottager. 

Meditations  and  Disquisitions  upon  the 
First  Psalm  ;  the  Penitential  Psalms; 
and  Seven  Consolatory  Psalms.    By 
Sir  RiCHAED  Bakbe.     (First  printed 
1639.^    A  new  edition,  with  memo- 
rial -mtroduction    by    Rev.    A.    B. 
Geosaet.       Charles    Higham,    27a, 
Farringdon-street. 
We  have  lonfif  known  the  comments 
of  Sir  Richard  Baker,  and  we  have  often 
wondered  how  they  escaped  reprinting. 
The  venerable  knight  is  a  writer  of  the 
rarest  order,  quite  to  our  heart's  liking. 
His  Meditations  on  the  First  Psalm  is  by 
fiir  the  best  of  his  pieces,  but  the  others 
are  good.    Some  would  accuse  him  of 
too  much  playing   upon  words ;    yet, 
thouffh  in  our  judgment  he  frequently 
errs  m  that  direction,  he  deserves  large 
commendation  in  most  cases  for  seeing 
in  the  words  so  much  spirit  and  life. 
He  turns  a  text  over  and  over,  and  sets 
it  in  new  lights,  and  makes  it  sparkle 
and  flash  in  the  sunlight  after  a  manner 
little  known  among  the  blind  critics  ot 
the  midnight  school.    Deep  experience, 
remarkable  shrewdness,  and  great  spi- 
rituality are  combined  in  Sir  Richard. 
It  is  hard  to  quote  from  him,  for  he  is 
always  good  alike,  and  yet  he  has  more 
memorable  sentences  than  almost  any 
other  writer.    Mr.  Higham,  by  pub- 
lishing this  work  so  cheaply,  has  cod- 
ferreaa  boon  upon  the  Christian  public. 
Our  own  copy  will  fall  in  value  fifty  per 
cent,   but  nundreds  will  be  profited 
where,  heretofore,  one   possessed  the 
monopoly,  and  therefore  we  are  glad  to 
see  this  reprint. 


NOnOSS  OF  BOOKS. 


37 


hi^enoll  Answered.  An  Examination 
of  kis  Discourse  entitledy  *'  What  must 
I  do  to  be  saved  f*  By  Josbph 
Paikxr,  D.D.  Fountain  Office,  4, 
Ludgate  CircuB. 

We  neither  care  for  Ingersoll  nor  the 
acjswer  to  him.  There  is  enough  to  do 
in  England  with  cutting  up  our  own 
brambles ;  nine  out  of  ten  of  our  people 
know  nothing  of  this  American  briar, 
and  there  is  no  need  they  should. 

Watert  of  Quietness  :  being  Daily  Mes« 
sages  for  Invalids.  By  Maboaret 
Scott  MACKrrcHiB.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

Da.  JoHKsoN  was  once  asked  to  give  his 
opinion  on  the  production  of  a  lady, 
vbo  told  him  that  when  he  had  finished 
that,  *'  she  had  other  irons  in  the  fire." 
•* Madam,"  was  the  reply,  "put  this 
irith  the  other  irons." 

Xow,  we  say  nothing  of  the  kind  about 
theee  poems,  for  they  contain  many  a 
chtrmin^  thought  right  well  expressed, 
and  their  author  has  the  true  poetic 
fire  within  her  souL  At  the  same  time, 
sQch  is  the  profusion  of  her  flowers  that 
tbe  sense  is  often  buried  under  them, 
>nd  dies,  sufifocated  with  perfume.  We 
have  read  certain  of  the  verses  over  and 
over  again,  and  have  had  to  give  them 
Qp  like  conundmms  which  we  could  not 
see  through :  we  even  read  them  to  a 
^end,  but  he  was  quite  as  bewildered 
u  we  were.  Yet  this  is  a  good  little 
book,  a  garden  of  flowers  untrained, 
with  many  pretty  weeds  between  the 
^ea,  and  the  flowers  themselves  more 
ohen  buds  than  full-blown  beauties. 
^'oltivate  it,  fair  lady,  and  we  hope 
^tler  things  of  you. 

ytrte  and  Verse,  Rhymes  for  Dinner 
Times,  Poem  on  a  Boot' Jack,  Ode 
fo  a  PoU'Parrot  Meditations  ami 
'AgitatmSt  etc,  Tirem,  Borem,  and  Co. 

Thb  titles  above  are  given  in  lieu  of 
Kin;  others  which  have  come  before  us. 
^  table  ^ans  with  Cowpers  and 
TennjBons  in  an  embryonic  condition. 
A  San  Francisco  paper,  having  been 
^▼en  desperate  by  voluntary  poetical 
^Qtribators,  sounds  this  note  of  warn- 
JBg:— **  We  don't  know  exactly  how 
^ewtpapers  were  conducted  at  that 
uiatant  period,  but  during  some  recent 
^cftTations  in  Assyria  a  poem  on  *  The 


Silver  Moon  *  was  dug  up.  It  was  en- 
graved on  a  tile,  and  close  beside  it  were 
lying  a  large  battered  club  and  part  of 
a  human  eknU,  Tou  may  draw  your 
own  conclusions." 

We  are  led  to  quote  this  as  a  warning 
to  the  many  small  poets  who  send  books 
of  verses  for  review.  Happily  in  our 
case  no  club  is  kept  on  the  premises, 
and  we  are  most  gentle  in  temper ;  but, 
really,  we  are  tried  up  to  the  boiling 

Eoint  by  the  poetic  coals  which  are 
eaped  upon  U9.  Still,  Job  is  our  patron 
saint,  and  we  are  resolved  to  endure 
unto  the  end.  If  any  verse-maker  does 
not  find  his  poem,  or  her  poem,  men- 
tioned in  these  notices,  it  is  because  we 
do  not  like  to  cause  pain  by  saying  what 
we  think  about  the  precious  compo- 
sitions. Please  do  not  write  to  say  tnat 
your  poetry  must  have  been  overlooked; 
for  the  fact  is  we  have  looked  it  over, 
and  think  it  the  wisest  course  to  be 
silent.  Perhaps  the  work  is  too  sublime, 
too  elevated  in  thought,  too  superb  in 
diction,  for  our  grovelling  taste.  Pray 
think  so,  or  think  anything  else,  so  long 
as  you  are  happy. 

For  the  most  part  these  minor  poets 
are  our  affliction,  and  if  they  would 
be  so  good  as  to  take  offence,  and  never 
send  us  another  specimen  of  their  wares, 
wo  would  bless  them  in  our  heart  of 
hearts.  Dear  good  souls  that  they  are, 
we  cannot  bear  to  criticise  their  produc- 
tions according  to  justice,  and  yet  we 
must  do  so  if  we  speak  upon  them  at 
all,  for  we  never  wittingly  entice  our 
readers  into  the  purchase  of  a  book 
which  is  not**worth  buying. 

The  Life  of  John  BirchenaU,M.R,  C.5., 
F,L,S.,  of  Macclesfield,  By  the 
Rev.  A.  J.  French,  B.A.,  Didsbury 
College.  Manchester.  London :  Wes* 
leyan  Cfonference  Office. 

The  life  of  a  medical  man  of  Maccles- 
field, who  was  an  excellent  scholar,  an 
efficient  class  leader,  a  good  preacher, 
and  an  eminent  Christian.  Dr.  Bigg 
pronounces  him  the  saintliest  man  he 
ever  knew.  Methodists  will  enjoy  the  por- 
traitures of  notable  Methodist  preachers 
of  the  past  generation  to  be  found  in 
this  book.  We  cannot  but  confess  to 
having  thought  it  rather  dry  on  the 
whole. 


88 


NOTIOEB  OF  BOOKS. 


The  Life  and  Speeches  of  (he  Right  Hon, 
John  Bright,  M.P,  By  Gboboe 
Babnett  Smith.  With  Portraits. 
Hodder  and  Stonghton. 

Two  noble  volumes,  which  should  be  in 
every  library  of  the  land  which  John 
Bright  has  served  so  well.  He  haa  now 
fulfilled  his  three  score  years  and  ten ; 
may  he  yet  be  spared  to  us  to  sweeten 
the  strife  of  politics  with  his  genial 
humour,  and  sanctify  it  with  his  hearty 
piety !  It  was  meet  that  such  a  "  life" 
should  be  issued.    The  price  is  248, 

The  Rev.  William  Morley  Punghon, 
LL.D. :  a  Memorial  Sermon,  With 
some  Personal  RecoUectioDS  of  Dr. 
PuDBhon*a  earlier  Life  and  Ministry. 
By  Thomas  McCuixaqh.  London: 
Wesleyan  Conference  Office. 

The  chief  interest  in  this  book  will  be 
found  in  the  portion  occupied  with 
"Recollections"  of  the  distinguished 
man  who  is  its  subject.  All  the  churches 
mourned  when  death  sealed  in  silence 
the  lips  of  the  Methodist  Chiysostom ; 
and  many  will  receive  gratefully  the 
tribute  paid  to  his  memory  in  this  little 
volume.  Dr.  Punshon^s  death,  though 
preceded  by  an  illness,  was  unexpected, 
but  the  last  scene  was  beautiful.  '*I 
have  loved  you  fondly,'*  he  said  to  his 
agonized  wife  ;  '^  Love  Jesus,  and  meet 
me  in  heaven."  For  an  absent  son  he 
lefl  the  message,  ^*Love  Jesus,  and 
meet  me  in  heaven."  And  then  he 
uttered  his  last  words — **I  feel  that 
Jesus  is  a  living,  bright  reality.  Jesua ! 
Jesus  !  Jesus  1 "  The  book  merits,  and 
will  doubtless  have,  a  large  circulation. 

Hugh  McNeile  and  Reformation  Truth : 
"The  Characteristics  of  Romanism 
and  Protestantism."  With  a  Bio- 
graphical Sketch.  By  the  Rev. 
CHAmLEs  Bullock,  B.D.     And 

Hugh   Stowell :  a  Life  and  its  Lessons. 
By  the  Rev.  Chables  Bullock,  B.D. 
London :  "  Home  Words  "  Publishing 
Office,  1,  Paternoster  Buildings. 
Ekcbllsnt  books,    which    should   be 
scattered  far  and  wide  in  these  Ritual- 
istic times.    McNeile  and  Stowell  were 
kindred  spirits,  twin  champions  of  Pro« 
testant  and  evangelical  truth.     They 
were  amongst  the  most  honoured  and 
beloved  men  in  the  Church  of  England, 
and  by  their    ability    and    eloquence 


exercised  a  very  powerful  influence  in  the 
right  direction.  Their  names  will  long 
remain  an  inspiration  among  evangelical 
Churchmen.  The  Church  Times  would 
like  such  men  as  Hugh  McNeile  to  be 
as  extinct  as  the  dodo.  It  wishes  a 
vain  wish.  Such  men,  whether  in  or 
out  of  the  Church  of  England,  are  not 
likely  to  become  extinct  just  yet.  Mr. 
Bullock  does  well  to  issue  these  inter- 
esting sketches  of  such  noble  lives. 

The  Five-Barred  Gate;  a  Story  of 
the  Senses.  By  Jabcbs  Cbowthbb. 
Sunday  School  Union. 
Thobouohlt  interesting.  We  have  read 
it  with  the  utmost  pleasure,  and  we 
heartily  wish  all  our  young  readers  the 
same  delight.  It  will  help  them  to 
know  themselves,  if  by  means  of  these 
instructive  paces  they  learn  something 
of  the  Curious  Window,  the  Ear  Tunnel, 
and  Nose  and  Tongue  Junction.  We 
call  very  special  attention  to  this  book, 
and  we  believe  that  purchasers  will 
thank  na  for  so  doing. 

The  Art  of  Drawing  and  Engraving 
on  Wood.  By  G.  W.  Mabx.  IUos- 
trated.  Houlston  and  Sons. 
So  far  as  we  can  judge,  this  is  a  really 
useful  treatise  upon  the  delightful  art  of 
engraving  on  wood.  If  any  young  man 
acquires  the  art  by  its  means,  he  will 
never  grudge  the  half-crown  which  it 
will  cost  him.  To  make  a  perfect  artist 
there  must  be  practice  with  a  master  ; 
but  a  good  deal  can  be  done  alone  by 
the  help  of  this  handy  guide. 

The  Electrical  Temperance  Ir*structor. 

National     Temperance     Publication 

Depot,  337,  Strand. 
Vebt  ingenious.  Will  amuse  a  Christ- 
mas party.  You  find  a  question,  and 
the  hand  instantly  points  to  the  answer 
in  a  mysterious  but  accurate  manner. 
Total  abstinence  is  thus  taught  in  s 
striking  way. 

Harrison   Weir's  Animal  Pictures  for 
Children,    Lords  of  the  Forest,  Birds 
and  Blossoms.     Religious  Tract  So- 
ciety. 
Two  more  of  Harrison  Weir's  wonderful 
books    of    natural    history    sketches. 
Coloured  drawings,  and  six  of  them  for 
a  shilling !    How  is  it  done  ?    There  you 
fix  me.    For  Christmas  these  are  first- 
rate  toy-books. 


KOTIOES  or  BOOKS. 


39 


Sthcoium*  the  expected  triumph  of 
Popery  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I. 
contrasted  with  that  hranch  of  Ro- 
manism now  so  prevalent  in  the 
Church  of  England,  showing  the 
course  that  at  the  present  Crisis 
ought  to  be  adopted  for  the  main- 
tenance of  our  National  Protestantism. 
Bj  Colonel  8.  Dbw^  Whitb,  late 
Bengal  Staff  Cor^.  London  :  Haugh- 
ton  and  Co.,  10,  Paternoster  Row. 
A  LiTTUB  book  written  in  true  soldierly 
fiEtfhion,  with  all  the  positive  tone  of  an 
officer  accustomed  to  command.  The 
author  is  a  determined  opponent  of  the 
rampant  Semi-Romanism  of  the  Church 
of  England.  Beginning  with  a  survey 
of  the  rapid  advance  of  Ritualism,  he 
takes  his  readers  back  to  the  seven- 
teenth century  to  witness  the  struggles 
of  the  Independent,  Presbyterian^  Epis- 
oopalian,  and  Romish  parties  m  that 
Btormy  period  of  English  Church  His- 
tory ;  with  a  view  to  showing  what 
course  should  be  adopted  to-day  to 
arrest  the  spread  of  Ritualism.  The 
good  Colonel  then  propounds  his  re- 
medy, of  the  efficacy  of  which  he  is 
perfectly  sure  ;  and  it  is  this, — Such  a 
revision  of  the  Prayer-book  as  shall  en- 
able the  Wesleyans  and  Presbyterians 
to  be  comprehended  within  the  Estab- 
hshed  Church,  in  order  to  strengthen 
the  Protestant  element  in  the  church  ; 
and  such  a  recognition  of  the  validity  of 
the  ordination  of  those  extreme  Dis- 
senters, the  Independents  and  Baptists, 
as  shall  admit  them  to  preach  in  the  pul- 
pits of  the  Establishment  without  being 
'*  comprehended.'*  Thus  he  would  imite 
the  Protestant  forces  against  the  com- 
mon foe.  All  very  well.  Sir  Colonel,  but 
do  you  not  see  that  the  Wesleyans  and 
Presbyterians,  the  Independents  and 
Baptists,  already  form  part  of  the  Pro- 
testant church  t  that  in  addition  to  this 
they  are  regiments  in  the  Free  Church, 
and  are  not  likely  to  throw  away  their 
freedom  to  come  under  the  yoke  of  the 
fitote  Church?  One  sentence  of  the 
worthy  Colonel  (and,  indeed,  a  good 
many  more)  we  heartily  endorse :  *^  If 
the  Establishment  of  the  Church  of 
England  be  the  main  hindrance  to  the 
promotion  of  an  object  so  desirable,  so 
eqpeoially  needed  at  this  crisis,  then, 
though  1  have  not  the  slightest  personal 
ill-feeling  towards  a  church  in  which 


my  nearest  relations  for  a  century  have 
been  and  are  clergymen,  yet  I  deliber- 
ately and  thoughtfully  say  in  such  a 
case,  *^  Let  it  go,  let  it  be  terminated  as 
it  sprung  into  existence — by  an  Act  of 
the  Legislature." 

Hie  Mosaic  Authorship  of  Deuteronomy , 
By  A.  Stbwaet,  LL.D.    Nisbet  &  Co. 

The  Book  of  Deuteronomy  has  suffered 
much  at  the  hands  of  the  destructive 
criticism  of  to-day.  It  has  been  re- 
garded by  many  as  the  citadel  of  the 
Pentateuch,  and  if  it  could  be  stormed, 
the  fight  to  displace  Moses  as  a  Scrip- 
ture writer  would  have  succeeded.  Dr. 
Stewart  has  set  himself  to  defend  this 
book,  and  with  considerable  critical 
scholarship  and  powerful  argument  has 
done  his  work  well.  He  examines  in 
turn  the  textual  and  historical  difficul- 
ties, and  after  showing  how  small  they 
are,  labours  to  prove  that  Moses,  and 
Moses  only,  could  have  been  its  author. 
We  scarcely  expect  the  active  opponents 
of  his  view  to  be  convinced  by  his  logic ; 
but  doubters  and  waverers  will  know 
that  still  the  Pentateuch  is  held  to  be 
the  work  of  Moses,  and  that  their  Bible 
is  not  yet  proved  to  be  a  bundle  of 
aoonymous  tracts. 

Ancient  Nineveh  :  a  Story  for  the  Young. 

With  numerous  Illustrations.  Sunday 

School  Union. 
Fos  eighteenpence  we  have  in  this  neat 
little  book  a  readable  epitome  of  Mr. 
Layard*s  invaluable  work,  together  with 
the  "  Bible  History  "  and  the  "  Classic 
History  "  of  "  that  great  city,  that  dwelt 
carelessly.'*  Though  the  author  mo- 
destly calls  the  book  *^  a  Story  for  the 
Young,'*  we  may  safely  hazard  the  asser- 
tion that  the  majority  of  Bible  readers 
of  larger  growth  would  be  quite  as  much 
benefited  by  a  knowledge  of  its  contents. 
Not  only  would  they  read  the  book  of 
Jonah,  the  prophet,  with  greater  interest, 
but  they  would  find  many  allusions  to 
Assyria  and  Nineveh  in  Ezekiel  made 
plain,  and  a  flood  of  light  cast  upon 
N^ahum  and  Zephaniah.  If  our  young 
friends  will  pay  a  visit  to  the  British 
Museum  with  this  interpreter  in  their 
hand,  or,  better  still,  in  their  head,  they 
will  hear  winged  bulls  and  lions  tell  with 
lips  of  alabaster  how  to  the  letter  the 
Lord  hath  fulfilled  the  words  spoken  by 
his  servants,  the  prophets. 


40 


H0TIOE8  OF  BOOKS. 


On  the   Border  Land,    Philadelphia: 

Baptist  Publicatioii  Society. 
This  is  a  sweetlj  pathetic  story,  and 
lively  withal.  Its  style,  and  the  absence 
of  any  clue  to  the  author,  lekds  us  to 
conclude  that  it  is  largely  autobio- 
graphical. The  title  has  been  chosen 
to  describe  in  a  word  that  transition 
period,  or  Border  Land,  in  the  life  of  a 
young  cirl  of  the  well-to-do  class,  be- 
tween Teaving  school  (or  college  in 
America)  and  entering  upon  the  duties 
and  responsibilities  of  married  life.  The 
aim  of  the  writer  is  to  show  that  the 
place  of  present  Christian  service  end 
preparation  for  ever-widening  useful- 
ness may  be  found  without  going  be- 
yond the  home  circle.  '*  Border  Land  '* 
IS  likely  to  be  a  favourite  with  the 
younger  members  of  American  Baptist 
families,  and  to  lead  others  to  see  their 
duty  to  follow  their  Lord  fully. 

Sunset  Thovghts ;  or,  Bible  Narratives 
for  the  Evening  of  Life.  Hamilton, 
Adams,  and  Co. 

Twenty- Foum  chapters,  each  giving  a 
sketch  of  the  life  and  character  of  one 
of  the  more  notable  persons  mentioned 
in  the  Word  of  God ;  with  practical 
lessons  drawn  therefrom;  as,  ** Isaac; 
or,  Eventide;"  "Deborah,  Old  and 
Faithful ;"  "Matthew;  or.  The  Saviour's 
Call.*'  The  anonymous  author  intends 
these  meditations  for  aged  persons ;  and 
where  the  adage,  ''Once  a  man  and 
twice  a  child"  applies,  they  may  be 
useful,  for  the  observations  are  simple 
and  commonplace.  We  fear  that  old 
sinners  need  more  trumpet- tongued 
warnings  than  any  in  this  book;  and 
we  are  quite  sure  that  aged  saints  will 
ask  for  stronger  and  more  savoury  meat 
than  that  which  is  here  provided. 

A  Present  Saviour ;  or,  Oreai  Truths  for 

Earnest    Times,      By  the  Rev.  R. 

Shaw    Hutton,    M.A.       Religious 

Tract  Society. 

A  SOUL- WINNING  little  book,  just  what  we 

could  wish  to  see  in  the  hands  of  every 

unconverted  man  and  woman,  and  we 

may  even  add,  "  and  child ;  *'  for  Mr. 

Hutton  has  attained   the  high  art  of 

presenting  the  gospel  in  terse  and  telling 

sentences,  enforcing  appeal,  invitation, 

and  warning  with  apt  illustration  and 

incident.    The   book  is  attractive  in 

appearance,  and  is  sure  to  be  opened 


by  many  thoughtless  ones,  if  it  is  put 
in  their  way.    May  the   Holy  Spirit 

freatly  bless    this    testimony  to    ^  A 
'resent  Saviour.** 

Scenes  and  Characters  in  a  Scottish  Pas- 
torate, By  the  Rev.  J.  R.  McGavik, 
D.D.  Dundee:  Lundie,8,Nethergate. 
An  intensely  interesting  book,  throwing 
light  on  the  ways  of  God  with  men. 
Dr.  McGavin  nas  for  thirty  years 
laboured  in  one  large  seaport  of  100,000 
souls,  and  cannot  now  walk  its  streets 
without  meeting  everywhere  faces  that 
suggest  some  Fpiritual  association  or 
history.  From  his  wide  experience  he 
culls,  he  says,  "a  few  facts  and  pic- 
tures'*— but  here  are  many — for  the 
instruction  and  profit  of  others.  He 
speaks  of  "  sheep  in  the  wilderness,*'  of 
cnildren,  their  aying  scenes  and  say- 
ings, of  sailors  and  shipwrecks,  of  con- 
sumption and  its  victims,  of  the  missing 
and  the  fallen,  of  Princes  of  the  people, 
of  sick-bed  scenes  and  lessons,  of  pic- 
tures of  old  a^e,  and  he  deals  with  all  as 
only  an  experienced  pastor  can.  Minis- 
ters and  teachers,  and  indeed  all 
Christians,  will  find  here  a  full  store 
of  instruction  and  illustration. 

St.  Patricks  Armour,  The  Story  of  the 
Goombe  Ragged  School.  Bj  the 
Editor  of  •*  Erin's  Hope."  Dublin  : 
George  Herbert,  Graffon-atreet. 
This  story  of  the  Ragged  School  in 
(*the  Coombe,"  a  poor  district  of  the 
city  of  Dublin,  is  full  of  pathetic  in-^ 
terest.  An  heroic  work  for  Christ  has 
been  accomplished  amid  much  opposi- 
tion. For  the  welfare  of  Ireland  such 
labours  are  needed,  equally  with  the 
noble  measures  of  the  present  Govern- 
ment; for  the  gospel,  after  all,  is  the 
creat  uplifter  of  the  fallen.  Whoever  is 
interested  in  the  Christ-like  work  of 
Ragged  Schools,  will  find  here  both 
direction  and  encouragement. 

Footprints  in  a  Pilgrim* s  Paik;  or,  the 

Diary  of  Mary  Lord^  of  Sleaford, 

London:     W.    Wileman,    Bouverie- 

street. 

The  autobiography  of  a  graciouv,  simple 

Christian  woman,  whose  experience  of 

her  own  unworthiness  nml  of  Christ'^ 

fulness,  will  find  an  echo  in   many  a 

Christian    heart.       The    "Diary"    i» 

edited  by  her  pastor. 


VOTICES  OF  BOOKS. 


41 


Juvenile    Wit  and  Htanour ;   or,  Five 
Hundred  IKwe,    Witty,  and  Waggish 
Sayings  of  Young  People.     Collected 
bj  Ih.   D.   Sheaseb.    Edinburgh  : 
Olipbant,  Anderson,  and  Farrier. 
ViRT  good.      Collections  of  juvenile 
lajingB  are  luually  very  babyifh ;  but 
our  editor  has  been  tolerably  judicious, 
and  has  spared  coinparatively  few  of 
ibe  rapid  and  semi-idliotic  sentences  in 
which  only  fond  mottiers  could  discern 
a  trace  of  wit.     These  merry  fancies 
may    worthily    begtule     half-an-hour. 
Here  are  a  few  of  these  youthful  sallies : 
'^A  village  schoolmaster,  in  examin- 
ing a  class,  asked  the  boy  at  the  head  of 
it,  ^  What  is  artificial  manure  ? '    *  I 
doD't  know,  sir,*  said  he ;  and  the  same 
reply  was  given  by  several  others  of  the 
children.    But  a  precocious  youngster, 
not  yet  in  his  teens,  was  equal  to  the 
occasion,  and  when  it  came  to  his  turn, 
shouted,  *  Fleaaef  sir,  it*s  the  stuff  they 
grow  artificial  fiowers  ia.*  '* 

*' A  little  girl  having  been  reproached 
with  disobedience,  and  breaking  the 
commandments  pf  God,  sighed,  and 
said  to  her  mother,  *  O  mamma,  those 
commandmente  break  awfully  easy.' " 

^^A  little  fellow  wanted  his  parents 
to  take  him  to  church  with  them.  They 
eaid  he  must  wait  until  he  was  older. 
'  Well,*  was  the  shrewd  suggestion,  in 
response,  *  You*d  better  take  me  now ; 
for  when  I  get  bigger  I  may  not  want 
to  go;  " 

**  Pspa,  can  I  eat  a  litUe  more  currant 
tart  ? '  said  a  little  girl  one  day  at  dinner. 
*No,  my  child,'  he  replied,  *  I  have  al- 
ready said  you  have  had  enough.' 
'  Welly  then,  papa,  why  do  we  so  often 
sing  that  favourite  hvmn  of  yours, 
where  ic  is  said,  *  Feed  me  till  1  want 
DO  more,*  enquired  she.*' 

"  A  Sunday-school  teacher  was  en- 
deavouring to  impress  upon  her  class 
the  minuteness  with  which  Providence 
witches  over  na,  and  quoted  the  text 
which  says  that  the  very  hairs  of  our 
head  are  numbered.  *Did  you  say, 
teacher,  that  the  hairs  of  my  head  were 
all  numbered?*  asked  a  sharp  little 
fellow  in  the  class.  ^  Yes,  my  de8r,'8he 
replied.  *  Well,  then,*  said  he,  pulling 
out  a  hair,  and  prescntin;*  it,  ^  what*s 
the  number  of  Uiat  one  ?  *  ** 

"*  *  Look,  here,  my  boy,'  said  a  stern 
pirent,  *  you  are  telling  me  a  falsehood. 


I  can  read  it  in  your  face.'  *  Why,  pa, 
you  can't  read  a  line  without  your  spec- 
tacles,* was  the  matter-of-fact  rejoinder." 
**•  A  little  boy  who  had  committed  a 
fault  was  punished,  and  then  sent  to  his 
room  to  ssk  forgiveness  of  God.  His 
offence  was,  that  he  had  got  into  a 
passion.  Anxious  to  hear  what  his 
prayer  would  be,  his  mother  followed 
him  to  the  door  of  his  room,  where  she 
heard  him  in  lisping  accents  asking  the 
Lord  to  make  him  a  better  boy,  so  that 
he  would  never  be  angiy  again;  and 
then,  with  childlike  simplicity,  he 
added,  *  And,  Lord,  make  ma's  temper 
better,  too.*" 

The  Count  and  the  Showman.    Trans- 
lated from  the  German.    By  Janet. 
Sunbeam  Susette.    A  story  of  the  Siege 

of  Paris.  By  Emma  Leslie. 
Minnie ;  or,  a  ChiUTe  Path  to  Heaven. 
Bv  a  late  Sunday  School  Tbachbe. 
Anthony  Ker;  or,  Living  it  Down.  By 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Clahke.  Sunday  School 
Union. 
Little  booklets  of  this  kind  spring  up 
at  the  Christmas  season  as  plentifully 
and  prettily  as  buttercups  in  a  meadow 
in  summer-time.  We  are  sometimes 
inclined  to  think  they  may  be  about  as 
useful  as  those  flowers  are,  yet  for  the 
children's  sake  we  may  congratulate  the 
Sunday  School  Union  on  scattering  so 
abundantly  the  pleasant  pa^es  which,  as 
prize  and  reward  books,  will  gladden 
their  innocent  hearts.  There  are  others 
of  the  same  style  and  price. 

A  Summer  in  the  Life  of  Two  Little 

Children.    By  the  Author  of  "  The 

Lilies    of  the    Valley,*'    and    other 

stories.    James  Nis^et  and  Co. 

A  CHASMINGLT  natural  story,   and  so 

simple  in  language  and  style  as  to  ensure 

comprehension  by  the  children  for  whom 

it  is  written.    If  mamma  has  not  the 

rare  gift  of  relating  impromptu  tales  to 

her  little  ones,  the  next  best  thing  she 

can  do  will  be  to  read  a  chapter  or  two 

of  this  enticing  book. 

**  As  Happy  as  a  King*^ ;  or,  a  Plain 

Booh  for  Occasional  Heading.     By 

the     Rev.    F.    Boubdillon.      The 

Ileligious  Tract  Society. 

A  riBST  BATE  book, earnest  and  vigorous, 

setting  forth  the  way  to  happiness  and 

heaven  plainly  and  persuasively.    Wc 

cordially  commend  it  to  our  readers. 


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NOTES. 


Hie  Barclays  of  Ury^  and  other  Sketches 
of  the  early  Friends,  By  Frances 
Anne  Bbidoe.  S.  Harris  and  Co.,  5, 
Bishopsgate  Without 
It  has  been  a  means  of  grace  to  us  to 
read  these  sketches.  Faith  in  the  in- 
Tisible  is,  indeed,  a  supporting  grace 
under  trial,  and  a  quietingpower  under 
suffering.  These  early  fViends  were 
not  carpet  knights,  but  real  men  of  war, 
wrestling  not  against  flesh  and  blood, 
but  against  spiritual  wickednesses. 
Their  holy  patience  baffled  their  foes. 
Who  can  Tanquish  non-resistance  ?  If 
the  Holy  Ghost  enables  a  man  to  be 
steadfast,  unmoveable,  what  can  you  do 


with  him?  Certainly  the  foes  of  the 
Quakers  did  their  worst.  One  has  no 
notion  of  the  horrors  of  loathsome  dun- 
geons and  putrid  cells  till  such  narra- 
tives as  these  are  read;  but  these  simple 
personal  annals  set  the  matter  before 
you  in  a  ghastly  and  affecting  light 
xet  the  Quaker  martyrs  were  as  calm 
and  happy  in  their  fever- holes  as  if  they 
had  lodged  in  the  best  furnished  hotels, 
and  they  were  as  shrewd  and  self-con- 
tained in  answering  their  persecutors  as 
their  successors  are  known  to  be  in  their 
daily  business.  We  have  been  interested 
and  impressed  by  the  book,  and  heartily 
commend  it. 


^oits. 


So  far  as  these  notes  are  personal  to  the 
Editor  thev  must  needs  be  brief.  Little  can 
be  said  of  a  good  night's  rest ;  when  you 
can  talk  about  sleep  it  must  have  been  im- 
refreshingy  and  in  our  experience  the  most 
complete  restf ulness  is  that  in  which  there 
are  no  incidents  worthy  of  record.  We  have 
been  in  a  land  where  the  sun's  first 
beams  call  you  to  open  the  window  and 
let  in  the  balmy  air;  where  in  midwinter 
the  flowers  which  exist  in  our  conservatories 
are  flourishing  and  flowering  in  the  open 
garden, — this  aloue  is  a  joy.  Added  to  this 
the  people  speak  no  English,  and  do  not 
know  us  by  repute,  so  that  when  we  walk 
the  streets  we  ore  not  questioned  or  begged 
of  by  every  third  person.  Quite  enough  of 
callers  are  on  hand  to  keep  the  day  from 
stagnation,  but  one  is  sometimes  left  alone, 
and  this  is  no  mean  blessing.  Besides,  there 
are  the  olive  gardens  and  the  woods,  and 
here  one  can  be  lost  to  every  human  eye. 
As  far  as  perfect  repose  can  be  had  on  earth 
we  have  had  five  weeks  of  it,  and  we  are 
thankful.  On  returning  to  London  we 
look  up  with  deep  anxiety  and  fervent  hope, 
longing  for,  and  expecting,  a  blessing. 

Mr.  Moody^B  Sabbath  at  the  Tal^made 
mxist  be  recorded,  for  we  are  greatly  obhged 
to  him  for  undertaking  the  service  m  the 
midst  of  his  pressing  engagements.  The 
enormous  crowds  that  gathered  created  a 
great  and  serious  danger  which  would  have 
driven  most  men  to  despair,  but  our  deacon, 
Mr.  Murrell,  faced  the  difficulty  and  pushed 
through  it.  Extraordinary  precautions  had 
to  be  taken  to  preserve  hf  e  and  limb.  If 
you  have  twelve  thousand  people  all  eager 
to  get  into  a  building  which  cannot  hold 
more  than  six  thousand,  what  can  you  do  ? 
Our  seat-holders  in  the  evening  most  com- 
mendably  lent  their  tickets  to  others,  and 
thus  gave  a  second  set  of  people  the  oppor- 
tunity of  hearing  the  great  evangelist ;  but 


this,  of  course,  did  not  lessen  the  heavy 
pressure  of  the  eager  multitude.  We  see 
clear  evidence  that  if  Messrs.  Hoody  and 
Sankey  again  visit  London  no  building  will 
be  sufficiently  capacious  to  hold  the  crowds 
who  will  gather  to  hear  them.  Their  hold 
upon  the  multitude  has  by  no  means  dimin- 
ished. May  the  Lord  send  a  great  blessiug 
upon  their  efforts,  and  may  London,  on  this 
occasion,  have  a  double  portion  of  the  re- 
sulting benefit. 

While  lingering  at  Cannes  upon  our  way 
to  Mentone,  we  heard  of  the  lamented  death 
of  John  Bost,  and  we  exclaimed  at  once, 
"  What  will  the  epileptics  do  now  ?"  Three 
years  ago  he  was  in  Mentone  with  us,  and 
we  wrote  of  him  as  one  of  the  three  mighties 
who  visited  us  in  our  cave ;  and  now  he  is 
with  Ood !  Who  would  have  said  that  he 
would  go  first  P  Yekioe  are  spared,  and  tliis 
riper  brother  has  been  taken.  The  Lord  grant 
that  it  may  be  for  the  benefit  of  his  church 
and  the  glory  of  his  name.  We  hear  that 
Mr.  Bost  was  taken  home  by  a  stroke,  the 
second  which  had  befallen  him. 

College. — During  the  past  month  tho 
following  students  have  become  pastors : — 
Mr.  P.  Blaikie,  at  Newcastle -under-Lynie ; 
Mr.  W.  Bonser,  at  Burslem,  Staffordshire ; 
Mr.  J.  G.  Gibson,  at  St.  Andrew's,  N.  B. ; 
and  Mr.  W.  Smolden,  at  Loohee,  N.  B.,  in 
place  of  our  Brother  Cameron,  who  has  been 
obliged  to  .resign  in  consequence  of  pro- 
longed illness.  Mr.  Yeatman  has  gone  to 
superintend  for  a  time  the  mission  carried  on 
by  Mrs.  Bobert  Gladstone,  near  Liverpool. 

The  President  has  also  peculiar  pleasure  ixt 
announcing  that  another  Pastors*  College 
student,  his  son,  Thomas  Spurgeon,  haa 
accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  church  at 
Auckland,  New  Zealand,  lately  imder  the 
care  of  Pastor  A.  W.  Webb. 

Mr.  S.  H.  Akehunt  has  removed  from 


HOTBB. 


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Hanton  to  Arthur-street,  Camberwell.  May 
he  enjoy  a  dtyine  anointing  for  this  most  im- 
portant sphere.  Mr.  C.  Chambers  moves 
irom  Stoke-on-Trent  to  Perth,  N.  B. ;  Mr. 
T.  G.  Gkitheroole,  from  Martham  to  East- 
street,  St.  Neot's;  and  Mr.  J.  Spanswick, 
from  Northampton  to  Long^Buckby. 

We  are  glad  to  learn  from  Mrs.  Grattan 
Guinness'  magaadne,  The  Megions  Beyond, 
that  when  the  last  news  arriyed  our  late 
student,  Mr.  Billington,  was  in  charge  of  the 
Banana  station  on  the  Congo. 

Another  of  our  brethren,  Mr.  D.  Lyall,  of 
the  Cazneroons  Mission,  has  fallen  a  victim  to 
the  terrible  climate  oi  Africa.  Very  earn- 
estly do  we  pray  tiiat  his  young  widow  may 
be  divinely  sustained  unaer  tms  sore  trial. 
In  this  African  Mission  the  world  may 
clearly  see  the  patience  of  the  saints,  and  the 
unconquerable  heroism  which  will  cue  to  win 
Africa  lor  Christ. 

The  Mvuionary  Herald  for  last  month 
contained  the  joyful  news  that  Brother  W. 
J.  White  had  bai>tized  another  Japanese 
convert.  This  fruit  of  his  labours  greatly 
cheered  him  when  he  was  in  deep  waters 
through  the  death  of  his  wife. 

The  students  re-assemble  after  the  Christ- 
mas holidays  on  Monday,  Jan.  16.  Seveial 
have  settled  lately,  and  others  are  preaching 
with  a  view  to  tne  pastorate,  but  we  have 
not  judged  it  wise  to  receive  any  fresh  men 
with  the  ezccfption  of  a  few  whom  we  have 
long  pronused  to  admit  when  we  could  find 
room  for  them.  The  funds  of  the  College 
have  not  been  augmented  much  during  the 
President's  absence,  although  the  outgoings 
have  been  as  heavy  as  usiml ;  but  he  sup- 
poses the  donors  liave  been  waitiug  for  his 
return,  and  that  there  will  now  be  a  golden 
rain  upon  this  portion  of  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard committed  to  his  care.  Even  his  love 
to  the  Orphanage  cannot  make  him  place 
the  College  in  the  second  rank.  No  amount 
of  sympathy  for  the  widow  and  the  father- 
less wul  ever  make  him  forget  the  im- 
portant work  of  training  men  to  preach  'Hhe 
glorious  gospel  of  the  blessed  Gk>d." 

Our  esteemed  frigid.  Professor  Selway, 
who  has  for  twenty  years  delivered  courses 
of  scientific  lectures  to  the  students  of  the 
CoUe^,  now  finds  that  his  other  work  takes 
up  all  lus  time;  therefore  he  has  asked  us  to 
find  a  substitute,  and  we  have  secured  the 
serrioes  of  Mr.  Frank  B.  Cheshire.  We  can- 
not aUow  Mr.  Selway  to  retire  without  ex- 
pressing our  profound  regard  for  him,  and 
our  sincere  gratitude  for  his  faithful  and 
zealous  services. 

The  students*  secretary  reports  that  he  has 
received  for  the  College  Hall  at  the  Bazaar  a 
box  of  articles  from  Mrs.  Sims.  Nottingham ; 
a  contribution  from  **  an  old  student  and 
hie  wife '';  parcels  from  Miss  Coope,  Somer- 
ton;  PastOTS  M.  Mather,  Holbeach;  E. 
Morley,  Halstead;  H.  A.  Fletcher,  Ayles- 
bury ;  and  G.  D.  Cox  and  friends,  Melton 
Mowbray;  and  promises  of  help  from 
BrellirenMackey,  Southampton;  Marshall, 
Birmingiham;  Bonkine,  Gkuldford;  Sharp, 


Twerton-on- Avon ;  Kemp,  Tiangham  ;  An- 
derson, Daltou-in-Fumess ;  "W^son,  Bed- 
car  ;  and  Jeffery,  Folkestone.  We  feel  sure 
that  the  College  will  in  this  case,  as  in  all  past 
instances,  occupy  a  first-class  position  in  the 
common  effort  for  the  orphans. 

EvANOELiSTS. — One  of  our  helpers,  who 
has  attended  almost  all  Messrs.  SmiUi  and 
Fullerton*s  services  at  the  Tabernacle,  has 
sent  us  an  interesting  summary  of  the  meet- 
ings ;  but  as  Tabernacle  friends  have  been 
upon  the  spot  we  will  only  sa^r  in  print  that 
we  reioice  in  the  evident  blessing  which  has 
restea  upon  the  labours  of  these  two  ad- 
mirable servants  of  Gk>d.  The  attendance 
upon  the  services  has  not  been  ftM  that  the 
brethren  looked  for,  but  the  cases  of  bless- 
ing are  many.  In  all  places  to  which  they 
have  gone  these  bretnren  have  won  the 
confidence  and  love  of  those  with  whom 
they  have  laboured,  and  none  have  spoken 
agunst  them  but  tnose  who  know  nothing 
of  them. 

It  is  with  regret  that  we  have  seen  in  a 
Baptist  newspaper  certain  criticisms  upon  our 
Evangelists.  We  cannot  conceive  thiat  any 
useful  purpose  can  be  served  by  such  stric- 
tures except  that  they  will  be  overruled  to 
drawing  greater  attention  to  these  useful 
workers.  We  expect  men  of  the  world  to 
find  fault  with  well-intended  endeavours  to 
draw  the  masses  to  hear  the  gospel,  but  we 
hardly  looked  for  it  from  brethren  in  Christ. 
Wheu  an  assault  comes  from  them,  it  is 
peculiarly  trying,  for  one  is  apt  to  say,  **  It 
was  not  an  enemy ;  then  I  could  have  borne 
it."  Yet,  as  the  motive  and  intent  of  the 
criticisms  were,  no  doubt,  excellent,  the  best 
way  is  to  learn  all  we  can  from  them,  and 
think  no  more  of  them.  It  wiU  be  long  before 
all  good  men  will  be  agreed  upon  modes  of 
operation ;  almost  as  long,  we  fear,  before 
all  earnest  men  will  cease  from  hard 
speeches;  we  must,  therefore,  get  on  as 
well  as  we  can  with  our  brethren,  and  love 
them  none  the  less  for  being  a  little  add 
now  and  then.  The  extraordinary  liberties 
which  some  are  taking  with  all  the  pro- 
prieties may  well  drive  our  older  friends 
into  their  growleries :  we  feel  half  inclined 
to  go  into  our  own  when  the  wind  is  in  the 
east,  and  when  we  have  just  read  something 
specially  outrageous. 

One  thing  we  have  fished  out  of  the  sea  of 
words  which  has  lately  surged  around  us, 
and  this  has  been  considerably  to  our  com- 
fort: our  brethren  appear  to  have  been 
censurod  all  the  more  heartily  because  their 
preaching  has  a  decidedly  Calvinistic  tone. 
This  reconciles  us  to  all  the  censorious  re- 
marks. Evidently  their  doctrine  is  the  head 
and  front  of  their  offending,  and  we  hope 
they  will  always  remain  liaole  to  the  like 
condemnation.  We  might  have  found  fault 
with  zealous  brethren  for  their  Arminian- 
ism ;  but  we  have  not  done  so,  because  we 
regarded  it  as  a  frequent  infirmity  of  noble 
minds ;  we  will  not  exact  the  like  generositv 
from  all  upon  the  other  side,  but  we  wish 


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NOTES. 


they    could    manifest    it    spontaneously. 
Thank  God,  the  bulk  of  them  do  so. 

We  have  received,  with  many  thanks,  £50 
for  the  Evangelists*  Fund  from  our  Bro- 
ther Sawda^'s  friends,  as  a  thaokofferingfor 
Messrs.  Snikh  and  FuUerton's  services  at 
Yemon  Chapel ;  and  a  similar  sum  from  Mr. 
Stott's  good  people  at  Abbey-road. 

Encouraging  reports  of  Mr.  Bumham't 
visits  have  been  received  from  Winslow, 
Bucks ;  Southwell,  Notts ;  and  Mirfield, 
Birkby,  and  Staineliife,  Yorkshire.  It  is 
very  remarkable  that  for  a  long  time  nearly 
every  account  of  our  brother's  work  has 
closed  with  the  expression  of  regrets  that, 

i'ustwhen  the  greatest  success  and  blessing 
lave  been  attending  his  labours,  he  has  been 
obliged  to  move  on  to  fulfil  his  next  engage- 
ment. This  may  suggest  to  brethren  who 
are  arran^g  services  tnat,  in  most  instances, 
even  in  ^ages  or  snudl  towns,  it  will  be 
wise  to  secure  the  evangelist's  help  for  a 
fortnight  at  least,  aa  experience  has  proved 
that  a  week's  meetings,  as  a  rule,  brmg  the 
preacher  and  tiie  people  into  full  sympathy 
with  one  another  and  with  the  work,  and  i>re- 
pare  them  for  a  greater  measure  ox  blessing 
than  is  generally  realized  at  the  beginning 
of  the  services. 

Okphanjlos. — Before  this  number  of  the 
maffazine  can  be  in  the  hands  of  most  of  our 
readers,  the  Christmas  ftotivines  will  be  all 
over,  though  not  forgotten  b^  the  boys  and 
girk  at  Stockwell.  At  the  tmie  when  these 
*'  Notei "  were  made  up  the  contributions 
for  this  object  wore  coming  in,  and  doubtless 
all  that  will  be  needed  wiu  be  forthcoming 
from  one  source  or  another.  In  the  name  of 
the  lads  and  lasses  we  make  a  profound  bow 
to  all  our  kind  friends,  and  say,  '*  Thank 
YOU.*'  Then  we  wave  our  hat,  and  hun- 
dreds of  voices  shout  out  three  hearty 
cheers  for  one  and  all  who  remembered  the 
orphans. 

£arly  in  December  Mr.Charlesworth  and 
his  choir  visited  Southampton  and  Ports- 
mouth.' They  have  always  had  a  warm 
reception  when  they  have  gone  to  these 
places  before,  but  Mr.  Charlesworth  sa]rs 
they  never  had  such  large  and  enthusiastic 
meetings  as  they  have  h»d  on  this  occasi<^n. 
Yery  heartily  do  we  thank  our  Southern 
friends  for  again  helping  the  Orphanage  so 
soon  after  having  given  us  collections  at  the 
Baptist  Union  services.  We  are  also  very 
grateful  to  all  at  Southend  and  Maidenhead 
who  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  or- 
phans* visits  to  those  towns. 

Just  as  we  were  threatened  with  an- 
other illness,  the  cheering  news  reached  us 
that  under  the  will  ox  the  late  Robert 
Nicholson,  Esq.,  of  Dumfries,  the  Orphan- 
age will  receive  from  £1,500  to  £'i,000,  as  a 
thankofferiug  for  the  comfort  derived  by  the 
testator  from  reading  our  sermons.  We  are 
very  thankful  for  such  generous  remem- 
brance of  our  work,  but  beg  to  iuf  onu  our 
readers  that  the  bequest  only  takes  effect 
twelve  months  hence,  and  meanwhile  our 


large  family  must  still  depend  upon  the 
constant  care  of  numerous  helpers  who 
regtdarly  send  to  us  aa  the  oxphans'  Father 
prompts  them.  We  are  puterul  to  say  that 
we  have  no  cause  for  ummediaie  anxiety, 
and  all  we  desire  is  that  as  we  increase  the 
nxunber  of  girls  under  our  care  our  income 
should  grow  in  like  proportion. 

The  great  event  this  month  is,  of  course, 
the  grand  Bazaab  in  aid  of  the  fund  for  the 
completion  of  the  Girls*  Orphanage.  Thia  ia 
to  be  held  in  the  Lecture-hall  and  School- 
rooms, which  ocoupv  the  entire  area  under 
the  Metropolitan  Tabernacle,  on  Tue9day^ 
Jan.  3rdy  and  three  following  day 9.  lu. 
Murrell  and  his  army  of  assistants  are  work- 
ing hard  to  prepare  the  rooms  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  goods,  the  stall-keepers  are  all 
vieing  with  one  another  to  see  which  can 
render  most  help  to  the  orphan  girls,  and  we 
do  not  know  anything  that  is  needed  now 
except  a  host  of  purchasers  to  come  and 
dear  the  stalls  of  the  useful  and  ornamental 
articles  that  will  be  on  sale.  In  addition  to 
the  contributions  in  cash  and  goods,  ac- 
knowledged on  other  pages,  we  have  re- 
ceived some  dioice  Indian  work  from  our 
good  friend,  Mr.  J.  Oelson  Gregson,  and 
another  parcel  is  on  its  wav  from  Con- 
stantinople. Several  of  the  American  de- 
nominational papers  have  asked  their 
readers  to  send  help  for  the  Bazaar 
Fund,  and  we  expect  many  will  respond  to 
the  appeal,  for  we  have  large  numbers  of 
frienda  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic. 
While  distant  lands  are  thus  remembering 
our  work  it  is  not  likely  that  sympathy  will 
be  lacking  at  home,  and  we  now  ^ve  the 
heartiest  possible  invitation  to  all  in  town 
or  country,  who  love  the  widow  and  father- 
less, to  come  to  the  Bazaar,  or  to  send  us  a 
brick,  or  a  plank,  or  a  window,  or  a  door,  or 
a  room,  that  the  whole  block  of  buildings 
needed  for  the  proper  accommodation  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  girls  may  speedily  Xhq 
completed. 

CoLFOBTAOE.— At  the  beginning  of  an- 
other year  we  call  attention  again  to  tlio 
immense  good  which  is  being  done  by  the 
Colportage  Association.  Could  the  readers 
of  The  /Sword  and  the  Trowel  visit  the  depot 
at  magazine-time,  when  the  monthly  peri- 
odicals are  ready  to  be  despatched  to  the 
colporteurs,  it  would  help  tnem  to  realize 
more  vividly  how  widespread  is  the  extent  of 
this  work.  Here  are  huge  piles  of  all  the 
best  periodicals  pubhshed,  from  the  half- 
penny monthly  for  the  children  to  the  sedate 
and  erudite  sixpenny  and  sevenpenny  maga- 
zine for  the  more  ^van«Bd.  Many  thou- 
sands of  these,  besides  Bibles  and  other  good 
books,  are  carried  by  our  agents  every 
month,  some  of  them  into  remote  ooun^ 
villages,  and  others  into  busy  manufacturing 
towns ;  and  God  is  blessinff  the  reading  of 
these  silent  messengers.  Will  our  readers 
pra^  for  the  colporteurs,  as  they  go  on  their 
oftumes  lonely  rounds,  now  selling  a  book  or 
giving  a  tract,  then  conversing  with    the 


PA8T0BS'  OOLLKOE. 


45 


Jaboner  at  work  or  Uie  wife  busy  at  home, 
about  the  welfare  of  the  soul ;  now  address- 
ing a  band  of  cottagers  ia  some  Tillage- 
kitchen,  then  whispering  words  of  comfort 
into  the  ear  of  the  suffermg  or  dying?  Here 
is  in  CTangelist  and  a  bookseller  in  one 
person.    We  want  to  hare  at  least  one 
hundred  colporteurs   at   work  forthwith. 
Serenty-two   are    already  employed;  but 
what  are  these   comi>ared  witn  the  need 
exiling  f   Thousands  of  souls  are  perishing 
in  oar  rural  districts  for  want  of  a  know- 
ledge of  the  gospel.     Ignorance  and  vice 
abound,  while  Ritualism  and  infidelity  are 
bujy  tryineto  deepen  the  darkness  already 
existing.    The  colporteur  does  not  supplant, 
but  helps  all  other  Christian  workers  of 
vhaterer  denomination. 

Mr.  B.  £.  Mackenzie,  our  recently-ap- 
pomted  txttyeUing  secretary,  reports  that  he 
bu  received  gpiarantees  for  a  new  colpor- 
teur in  Tewkesbury  and  Cheltenham  dls- 
trida.  Our  general  ftmd  needs  increased 
help  to  keep  pace  with  the  extra  cost  of 
opening  new  districts,  consequently  con- 
tfibutiens,  larcre  or  small,  will  be  at  all 
times  thankfully  rec^ved. 

PEBgoxAi,  NoTB.— Our  son  Tom,  in  a 
«tter  recently  written  to  his  mother  from 
Auckland,  enclosed  a  portion  torn  off  an  old 
Australian  paper,  concerning  which  he  sends 
Jhe  folio wmg  interesting  particulars:  — 
"This  scrap  of  newspaper  nas  been  given  to 
1^  by  a  town-missionary  here,  who  regards 
It  as  a  very  precious  rehc.  It  came  to  him 
^m  a  man  who  died  in  the  hospital,  and 
bequeathed  it  to  his  visitor  as  a  great 
^fcamre.  It  is  a  portion  of  the  Melbourne 
-^rgnt,  and  of  father's  sermon  ('Loving 
Advice  for  Anxious  Seekers,'  No.  736).  The 
Qian  found  it  on  the  floor  of  a  hut  in  Aus- 


tralia, and  was  brought  by  its  perusal  to  a 
knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  He 
kept  it  carefully  while  he  lived  (for  it  was 
discoloured  and  torn  when  he  found  it),  and 
on  his  death-bed  he  gave  it  to  the  mis- 
sionai*v  as  the  only  treasure  he  hud  to  leave 
behind  him.  I  thought  dear  father  might 
like  to  have  it  in  hid  book ;  if  not,  send  it 
back  to  me  that  I  may  return  it  to  its 
owner,  who  says  he  often  feels  encouraged 
by  glancing  at  it.  It  was  his  desire,  how- 
ever^  that  I  should  send  it  home,  that  the 
dear  preacher  might  be  encouraged." 

The  following  paragraph  may  be  of  use 
to  those  of  our  leaders  who  distnbute  books 
and  tracts.  The  parcels  are  marvellous,  both 
for  quantity,  quality,  and  price. 

Very  great  has  been  the  desire  on  the  part 
of  clergymen  and  mission- workers  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  liberal  offer  made  by  the 
"British  Gospel  Book  Association."  Far 
more  than  the  20,000  volumes  of  Miss  Haver- 
gal's  book  will  be  needed  to  supply  the  re- 
quests for  it,  and  therefore  the  same  donor 
has  not  only  decided  to  double  the  grant, 
and  send  out  another  20,000  volumes,  but 
also  to  pay  the  cost  of  dutributing  £2,000 
worth  of  halfpenny  and  penny  books  at  the 
same  rate,  viz.,  qxtabteb  psice.  Many  of 
these  books  are  by  Miss  Havergal,  and  some 
by  Mrs.  Pennefather  and  Mr.  Haslam,  and 
thev  are  among  the  most  attractively  got- 
up  Dooks  that  we  have  seen.  Distributors 
can  get  a  £2  parcel  for  10s.,  or  a  £4  parcel 
for  20s.  Applications  for  these  books  must 
be  sent  direct  to  the  *'  Secretary,"  British 
Gospel  Book  Association,  3,  Hackins  Hey 
(Exchange),  Liverpool. 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabemade. — 
Deo.  1st,  seventeen. 


fmion'  €aikQt,  ^itr0]p[0litaai  %vbmmtU, 


Stoteutent  of  Ueeeipti  front  November  loth  to  December  14M,  1881, 


£ 

Mifl  It  S.  Hadland         1 

"  i'  luru  itepiutt  Cnurch,  WancUworth 

Eo«d,  per  Pastor  £.  Henderson       ...  6 

JJr  FtandB  Pool 2 

ju' Ladbrook        1 

^Raybould        2 

«D.,Otago 2 

A  W^ow** Thankoffering,  A.K.        ...  6 

*i«iI.M.Fer«usson     1 

<-oUMtio&  at    Holbcoch,  per   Pastor 

M.  Mather          0 

Mr.  Robert  Heley 1 

«rO.  Harris        10 

w  James  Smith I 

Mr.  A.  Cbamberlin          2 

}ir.  A.  H.  Scard     0 

Jlr.  Wfliiam  Smith          1 

}lr.  Bobert  Byman          3 

Ma.  8.  Arnold      1 

Anaial  SuhKriftxjna  :  — 

MnTownaead      1 


B.  d. 

1    0 

0    0 

2    0 

0    0 

0    0 

10    0 

0    0 

0    0 

18    4 

1    0 

0    0 

1    0 

2    0 

6    0 

0    0 

0    0 

1    0 

0    0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  James 
Withers,  Heading  :— 

lira.  J.  O.  Cooper 110 

Messrs.  Heelas  and  Co.  ...  110 

If r.  Andrew  liichardbon...  10    9 
Mrs.  James  Withers,  profit 

on  Sale  of  Books 4    4    0 

Mrs.  John  Leach 0  10    0 

Mr.  Bobert  Ookshott      ...  0  10    0 

James  Withers      0  10    0 

Mr.J.H.  Fuller    0   6   0 

Ilal/'yearly  Snbacnption  : — 

Mrs.  8.  Brown        

Weekly  Offerings  at  Met.  Tab.  :— 

Nov-mber  20  60    0    0 

„  27  42    1    0 

December    4         40   0   o 

U         38    7  11 


£  8.  d. 


9  1    0 

10  0 


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170    6  11 
£221  11    3 


46 


StatemetU  of  JRsoeipU  from  November  Ibth  to  Deecmber  litk,  1881. 

£  8.  d. 


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MXSt  JS,  aOOI...  (.t  •..  •••  •«• 

Mn.  E.  Carter ... 

Mr.  John  Bunker 

Mr.  J.  AlexMideg ... 

Mrs.  Monneiy       

In  menuny  of  Vim  Both  Hall,  of 

Shipley,  per  Pastor  C.  A.  Davis      ... 

H.  D.,  Otago  

GoUeoted  by  Mr.  A.  Baker       

Btamps  fromWick 

lir.  Archibald  fUooner 

A  Beader  of  "The  flwocd  and  the 

Trowel,"  Anan 

Mr.  P.  H.  Cockrell 

Hrs.  £.  :td.  WhitUe         

0«  ^i«    •••  •»•  ••■  ■««  •■«  «■• 

Execators  of  the  late  Mr.  John 
Gampben 

Mr.  w.  B.  Deacon...       

Moffat 

Toong  Men's  Bible  Class,  Westboome 
Qrove  Chapel     

Onr  Thankoffering,  8tratfotd-on-ATon 

Mias  M.  M.  Fergusson    

John  Glover 

AltiendfperMiaBCockahaw   ... 

Collected  by  Mr.  F.  Kerr 

ProccedB  of  Services  of  Bong  by  Or- 

S'lanage  Choir: — 
end 


0  10 

1  1 


2 
1 
0 
6 


0 
0 
6 
0 


100  0 
2  10 
0  12 

0  6 

1  0 

0  10 

0  10 

1  1 
0  10 

4  16 
6  0 
0    6 


Maidenhead 


21    8    0 
23    9  11 


Mr.  D.  Verity        

Mr.  W.  Faine        

Hiss  Brooks 

"  Threepence  ixjr  week" 

"Sixpence  per  week"    

George  Ronald       

•*  From  16,  Knowle  Bead"       

Mrs.  Tntcher         

Per  Pastor  W.  V.  Toung,  Tring  :— 
Collected  by  Miss  Btrick^^ 

land  4  10   0 

Collected  by  Miss  Smith...  4  8  6 
Collected  by  Mrs.  Toung...  1  16  6 
Collected  by  Miss  Graoe  ...  1  16  0 
Collected  by  Miss  Grange  0  17    0 

Collected  by  Miss  Mead  ...         0  10   0 


Execators  of  the  late  Mrs.  Timpson 
(sale  of  plate)     

Bale  of  8.  O.  Tracts         

Mrs.  C.  Wainwright        

Jar.  Hart      ...       ...        ...       t,*       ••• 

A  Friend,  per  Mr.  Perkins       

Mias  M.  B.  Had  land       

Mrs.  Green,  per  Mr.  Munell    

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  Kov.  1 

"Church  ox  Engbind,"  Thankoffering 
for  Mr.  ^uigeon's  Sermons 

B.  W.  M.,  Belfast 

A  Lover  of  Jesus 

Mr.  John  Hooper 

Collected  by  the  Bogmnchal  Band  of 

^Sa/Uv  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mrs.  T.  ttOOley      ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Bobert  Heley 

Mr.  J.  Wilson        ...       

Miss  Janet  Wood 

I9a  mm*      ••»        •••         ■••        ••■        •••        ••• 

Mrs.  Mitchell's  Bible-olaaB,  Eye 

Miss  Luoy  Holloway       

Misa  J.  Btoroule     ...       ...       ...       ... 

Strs.  C  Koely        ...       ...       ... 

"Freely  ye  have  receiyed,  freely  give 

Mr.  J.  F.  Peannine  

Mrs.  Jaa.  Smith     

^m9   JDs  \^9  «••  •••  •••  ••• 


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JUV*  iJObDB  ••  •••  •••  •••  ••« 

JL •  Xj»    vt  •  ■••  •«*  ■•«  •••  •«• 

A.  F.,  Weston-soper-Mate       

A  Widow,  Yeovil 

A  Widow's  Mite,  Edinburgh 

Mr.  w.  Cooke       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  J.  nWisall      ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mrs.  A.  Bowker 

Mr.  A.  H.  Board     ...       ...'       ...        ... 

Mr.  Wm.  Smith     ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gregory     ... 

Two  little  Boys  and  tneir  Mother 

V*  JD«  V^*  •••  •••  «••  •••  ••• 

lUB.  BftJTftt  •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

fa    Ul*    ^3*  a»«  ati  ««•  ••  •■• 

Stamps  from  Bath 

OmXH*  JDvwf        ...  ...  ...  ...  .. 

Miss  S.  Fells         ...       ...       ...       ... 

Bothesay  Boy^   and  Girls'   Beligious 

OU^^wv^  •••  •«•  •••  •«•  ••• 

Mrs.  B.  Arnold       ...       ...       ...       ... 

4w  •  JEla   •••        ■#•        sat        •••        •••        ••• 


jFbr  Christnuu  Dinner: — 

Mrs.  Appleton       

"  A  Httie  help,"  T.  H.  C... 

Mr.  G.  H.  Bateman 

Mr.  John  Storey    

Mr.  J.  Wilson       

Mrs.  Chas.  B.  Stevens,  per 
Miss  Nellie  Withers     ... 

Mr.  Henry  Smith 

A  Lover  of  Jesus 

A  Member  of  the  Church 
of  England        

Jane  Matthews     , 

E.J.  and  A  K.  J 

An  old  Shepherd,  Lang- 
holm        ...       ...       ... 

"  Endymion"         

Mr.  Bobert  Byman 

Mr.  William MoNorton    ... 

Mrs.  M.  Virtue       

A  lover  of  little  children  ... 

Mrs.  Susan  Barlow 

Per  Miss  Lizzie  Culver : — 
Bev.  S.  F.  Bridge  0  6  0 
Miss  L.  Blackford  0  6  0 
Mr.  S.E.  Culver...  0  10  0 
Mrs.  Gumey  ...  0  10  0 
Lizzie  Culver  0  10   0 


Annual  Suhtcriptiont: — 

Mrs.  Townsend      

Mrs.  Weston  

Miss  Burls 

Collected    by    Mrs.    Jas. 

Withers,  Reading  :— 

Mr.  M.  H.  Button 

Mrs.  J.  O.  Cooper 

Messrs.  Heelas  and  Co.   ... 

Mr.  Jas.  Boome    ... 

A  fMend  at  Leicester,  per 

J.  LawBOn  Forfiett 

Mr.  J.  H.  Fuller    

James  Withers     

H.  Cooper 

Per.  F.  B.  T.  :— 

MissWinckworth 

Mr.  AJrey     ...       ...       ... 

HeUf'yearljf  Svlacription  .*— 
Mrs.  p.  Brown       


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15 

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£816    6 

6 

OIBLS'  ORPBANAGE  BUILDING  FUND. 


47 


Irifl  of  Present*,  per  Mr.  CharUsworih,  to  Dee.  14th  (Boys*  Division).— T&oviBioss :— Ten  sacks  of 
Potatoes,  W.  Hogbin;  Currants,  Valencias,  Feel,  and  Nutmegs,  Mrs.  Beynolds;  5  lbs.  Sweets  and 
soime  Nuta,  G.  Thompson  :  8  half  cases  Valendas,  half  case  Currants.  42  Ids.  Sugar,  14  lbs.  Peel,  and 
1  lb.  Spice,  J.  T.  Daintree ;  box  of  Grocery,  Thompson  Brothers ;  2  half  cases  V&lencias,  2  half  oaaea 
Currants,  and  8  boxes  Peel,  Hx.  Llewellyn :  8  barrels  Apples,  Mr.  J.  Hill ;  2  sacks  of  Potatoes, 
H.  Steed ;  1  sack  Potatoes,  G.  A.  Veasey ;  4  barrels  Apples  and  6  bottles  Raspberry  Vinegar,  Mrs. 
Hanulton ;  6  barrels  Apples  (produce  of  Oirphanage  tree') ,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chcsterman ;  2  barrels  Apples, 
Mr.  Cocks ;  1  case  Oranges,  1  oag  Nuts,  Mr.  Arthur  £.  Corin. 

Clothiko  ^-^9  Articles,  G.  Thompson ;  26  Articles,  Miss  Lottie  Grove ;  60  Flannel  Shirts,  the  Misws 
Dnnsfield  :  4ShirtB,  Min  Gentry ;  6  pairs  Knitted  Socks,  A.  F.,  Weston. 

(Oiriy  Division).— ChOTEii(a :— Fifty-three  Articles,  24  yards  Alpaca,  and  6  Dolls,  Mr.  G.  Thompson; 
95  Articles,  Miss  liottie  Grove:  4  Pinafores,  M.  and  E.  A.  Newton ;  3  Articles,  an  old  Lady  at  Balham ; 
3  lengths  Table  Cloth,  E.  £.  walker ;  11  Articles,  Mrs.  Welford. 

Fob  thb  Bazaar  {per  Mr.  CharUsworth)  .'—Thirty-eight  Articles,  A.  Laker ;  a  box  of  Articles, 
Schoolmastenf*  College,  Durham ;  26  Articles,  G.  Katcliffe,  New  Zealand  (an  old  Orphanage  boy) ;  a 
FaroeL  Mrs.  Critchett ;  a  Parcel,  Style  and  Gerrish ;  4  Wool  Coverlets,  Lee  and  Boyd :  case  of  Articles, 
Mr.  Dunnett;  case  of  Ornaments,  etc.,  Mr.  Man;  a  China  Plato  with  View  of  Orphanage,  Miss 
Hariier ;  2  Bronze  Card  Trays,  Mrs.  White ;  31  Articles,  Mrs.  Fh>eman  and  Miss  Boulder ;  Children's 
Toys,  Miss  Daintree ;  Sofa  Cushion,  Miss  Bodgers ;  a  Parcel,  Miss  Moncrieff  and  friends ;  2  pairs 
Boots,  Mr.  Leeson ;  a  Parcel,  Mr.  Feltham  and  friends ;  7  Illustrated  Books  and  2  Articles,  Mr. 
farmer;  7  Articles,  the  Misses  Wright  and  Southgatc;  Antimacassar  (crewel),  Miss  Powell; 
5  Articles,  Miss  Strickland ;  5  Articles,  Mr.  E.  B.  Brown ;  Knitted  Quilt,  J.  PhiUipsj  Sundry  Articles, 
an  old  Lady  of  81 :  2  pieces  Needlework,  Mrs.  Hewett ;  3  pairs  Woollen  CufTs,  Miss  Keay ;  Parcel,  Miss 
I^WBon ;  2  pairs  Woollen  Shoes  and  a  Book,  Miss  Hindley ;  a  Qold  Brooch  and  pair  Earrings,  Mr. 
Standring ;  a  Collar,  Mr.  G.  Thomson  :  31  Articles,  Miss  Lottie  Grove ;  10  Articles,  N.  C. ;  33  Artioles, 
Mr9.  Fancy  and  A.  Goodale ;  pair  Braoeleta,  Perthshire ;  Patchwork  Counterpane,  Anon. ;  pair 
BraoeSf'N.  W. ;  41  Articles,  Mxh.  Beeton ;  12  pairs  Knitted  Socks,  Mrs.  Kine :  a  Case  of  Articles, 
S.  Sargeant;  Crochet  Quilt,  Mr.  Jordan;  9  Articles,  Mra.  Boberts ;  a  Parcel,  H.  Wright;  13  Articles, 
MiM  Castle  and  Friends ;  18  Articles,  Mrs.  EUce ;  a  Shawl  and  an  Antimacassar,  Mrs.  Wright ;  8 
Articles,  Mrs.  £.  Figg ;  28  Articles,  The  Misses  Garratt ;  6  Frocks  and  other  Artiples,  Miss  Smither ; 
a  Box  of  Article  and  a  Suit  of  Clothes,  M.  A.  Munday ;  2)  Articles,  Mrs.  Drew ;  Wool  Shawl,  Miss 
Coates ;  2  Dresses  and  Embroidery,  Mrs.  Tutcher,  Chard ;  35  Articles,  Mrs.  Allen  and  Friends  ;  Lace 
Antimara«ar,  £.  Strickland;  Honiton  Lace  Handkerchief  and  Case,  M.  James;  3 Crochet  Ajrticles 
and  4  pairs  Woollen  Cuffs,  Anon.  ;  a  Box  of  Articles,  Isabel  Kcat ;  5  Articles,  £.  G.  Newport ;  sihall 
Parcel,  A.  Howlett;  Hardware  and  Sundry  Articles,  F.  P.  Chard ;  6  Articles  and  some  Crochet,  E.  G. 
Wasing;  pair  Mats,  Lizzie  Oliver;  20  Articles,  Landport;  9  Netted  Antimacassars,  Mrs.  Murray, 
MalineA,  Belgium ;  16  Articles,  Ajion.  ;  3  Crochet  Dresses  and  3  Mats,  Mrs.  Morris  ;  Sofa  Cushion, 
Mrs.  Cole ;  8  Articles,  Miss  Tuck;  3  Articles,  Miss  Bessie  Cole ;  15  Articles  Underclothing  and  Set  of 
Hats,  Mrs.  Harris,  Portsea :  19  Articles,  Mrs.  Newbold  ;  a  lar^  parcel  of  Articles,  a  friend,  per  C.  M. 
Mce  ;  2  Water  Colour  Drawings,  Mr.  F.  Hcnard  ;  box  of  Articles,  Mrs.  Muir ;  box  of  Articles,  Miss 
Ackland;  9  Articles,  Miss  Kersev;  a  Parcel,  Sarah  Brown,  14  Articles,  Mrs.  A.  Allen;  2  Articles, 
Mrs.  Welfurd ;  a  Parcel,  Miss  Mary  Lome ;  a  Parcel,  Mis.  Arnold  ;  4  Articles,  J.  A.  Scott ;  a 
Parcel,  Mrs.  Hart  and  daughters ;  3  Articles,  E.  A.  Hajstings ;  15  Articloj,  Mrs.  Dexter. 


Statement  of  Meeeiptt  from  November  1 5th  to  December  I4tfi,  1881. 


Mr.  W.  Blyth,  per  Putor  G.  H.  Kemp 
JuV.  G.  Jsrowii       ...        ...        ...        ... 

Friends  in  Eildon,  N.B 

In  meinory  of  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Wiloock, 
of  Shipley,  per  Pastor  C.  A.  Davis  ...  100 

CoUected  by  Miss  Harriduo       

Misa  Whitford,  per  Pastor  J.  &.  Paige 

Mr.G.M.W.  Mills  

A  Widow's  Mite,  Norwidi         

Mr.  Archibald  Falconer 

A  Widow's  Thaakoffering,  A.  K. 

n  i*r  f3»         •«•        •••        »••        ••■        •••        ••• 

D«  iA^a   ■••         •■•         •••         •••         ■••         ••■ 

JdLXS*  xS*  X^6ft8JC  •••  •••  •.•  ••• 

Mr.  Bobert  Fergus. 

Mr.  Samuel  B.  Clark       

A  grateful  Sermon-reader,  Croydon  . . . 
A.,  after  reading  "John  Ploughman's 

Abnanack"        

Stamps  from  Aylsham     

A  New  Year's  Offering,  F.  K.  K.  v  ... 
Mr.  S.  C  Shaxp,   the  produce  of  an 

lutpie— 'trev ...       •••       ...       ...       ... 

Walter  Johnston 

George  Fiahboomid  


£  s. 

d. 

1    0 

0 

1  10 

0 

0    8 

0 

10    0 

0 

0  10 

6 

0    2 

6 

5    0 

0 

0  10 

0 

1    0 

0 

6    0 

0 

0    2 

6 

0  10 

0 

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5    0 

0 

0    6 

0 

0    5 

0 

0    6 

0 

0    2 

6 

0  10 

0 

0    5 

0 

0    6 

0 

Mr.  W.  Paine         

A  Lover  of  Jesus 

Mr.  J.  Patterson 

Mr.  Henry  Tribe 

Mr.  E.  J.  Gorringe 

Mr.  J.  Wilson        

A  Servant  Girl,  near  Fozres      

Mr.  J.  F.  Pearmine         

"  A  foe  to  evil-8i)eaking"         

"  My  tobacco  allowance  "  

M.,  after  reading  "John  Ploughman's 

^LinXftJlflCK  cap  •••  •••  ••• 

JJULcul&    ••  •••  •«,  •■•  ••.  ••• 

Mr.  James  Ward,  jun 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 

Mr.  J.  K.  Forman 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gregory      

X.,  Norwich ..         

Mr.  Bobert  Byman 

Mr  E  Bew 

A  Baptist  at  Margate      

An  Invalid  who  does  not  expect  recovery 

Miss  H.  Best         

Miss  L.  Best  

An  Invalid,  Clapham  Park       


£  B.  d. 
110 
0  5  0 
0  10  0 
10  0  0 
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10  0 
0  2  0 
0  6  0 
0  10  0 
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0  0 

0  0 

2  6 


1 
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48 


OOLPORTAGE    ASSOCIATION. 


For  Bazaar  :— 
Per  Mrs.  Harper,  Coal- 
brookedale  :— 

Mrs.  W.  Dunbar     0    6  0 

MnuSouthom...      0    2  0 

Mrs.  W.  Southom  0    2  6 

Mrs.  Harper    ...      0  U  6 


£  8.  d. 


Mrs.  F.  Pool 
Mrs.  £.  Carter 
Miss  Roberta 
Miae  B.  Pew... 
Mrs.  Smith  ... 
Mirs.  £.  Doers 


• • •  • •« 

•  ■•  « •  • 

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•••  •■• 


1 
0 
1 
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6 
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0 
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0 
0 
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0 


Mrs.  E.  Palmer  (sale    of 

work)        

8.  R.  E.,  Trowbridge 
Mrs.  Dods  and  Friends 
Mrs.  3.  Samuel 
A  sincere  Well-wisher     . . . 

Annual  Subscription : — 
Mrs.  Townsend      

Half-yiNiTly  8ub»GriptioH  :-— 
Mrs.  S.  ^rown       


£  I.  d. 


2 
0 
1 
1 
0 


0 
2 
0 

0 
6 


0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


9  19  0 

..      10  0 

..      10  0 

£176  18  0 


Statement  of  Receipts  from  Novemher  Xbth  to  December  \Ath,  188t. 


Suhteription9  and  Donations  for  Districts  :■ 

Mr.  O.  H.  Dean,  for  Sittingboume    ... 
Oxfordshire   Association,    Stow    and 

Aston  District 

Newbury  District 

Metropolitan  Tabernacle  Sunday-school 

for  Cheddar  District 

Lancashire   and  Cheshire  Association 

for  Accrinffton  District  

Nottingham  Tabernacle 

WolTerhampton  District 

Maldon  District     

Great  Yarmouth  Town  Mimion 

Mr.  R.  W.  S.  Grif&th,   for  Fritham 

District     

Mr.  J.  Cory,  for  Castletown      

Mr.  R.  Corv,  jun.,  for  Cardiff 

Mr.  Samuel  fiarrow,  for  Horley 

E.S.  for  Repton  District 

Cambridgeshire  Association      

M.  A.  H.,  for  Orpington  District  (qnar- 

wCaI^J  ••#  •••  «■«  •••  ••• 


£ 

B. 

d. 

10 

0 

0 

20 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

6 

6 

0 

20 

0 

0 

10 

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6 

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0 

7  10 

0 

10 

6 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

SO 

0 

0 

6    0    0 
£188  16    0 


Subscriptions  and  Donations  to  the  Oemeral  Fund:-' 

£  a  d. 
OollectionB    in    Metropolitan  Taber- 
nacle           85   5  0 

Mr.  F.  H.  Cockrell 10  0 

■  •  .  JKL.                ...            ...            ...            ...            ...  UZO 

X^.    «V .  ^V «          ...            ...            ..«             ...            ■••  Ovv 

aL.  A.  N.       ...        ...        ...        ...        ...  10  0 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scruby      110 

Executor  of  the  late  Mrs.  S.  Colston  ...  18  0  0 

Mr.  W.Graham 10  0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 0   6  0 

Annual  Subscriptions: — 

Mr.  Andrew  Dnim 2   2  0 

Mrs.  8.  Brown  (half-yearly)      10  0 

Mrs.  Townsend      10  0 

Mr.  F.  Fishwick 2   2  0 

Messrs.  Hodder  and  Stoughton          ...  2   2  0 

Mr.  W.  O.  MoGregor      110 

Mr.  W.  Izard        110 

Mr.  G.  Gregory     ...       ...       ...       ...  110 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Brande 10  0 

Mr.  A.  Chamberlin         110 

£126   3  6 


Statement  of  Heeeiptt  from  November  lith  to  December  lith,  1881. 

£  8.  d. 


Annie  Rushworth,  two  birthday  gifts, 
per  Pastor  C.  A.  Davis 10    0 

Tnankoffering  for  Mr.  Bunham's 
services  at  Southwell,  Notts 17    6 

Thankoffering  for  Messrs.  Smith  ani 
PoUerton's  services  at  Vernon 
Chapel,  PentonvUle      60    0    0 

Balance  of  Collection  at  Mirfleld,  per 
Mr.  Bumham     3  12    6 


£  s.  d. 

Thankoffering  for  Mr.  Bumham*s 
services  at  uirkby,  Yorkshire 2   0  0 

Thankoffering  far  Messrs.  Smith  and 
Fnllerton's  services  at  Abbey-road 
Chapel,  St.  John's-wood        60   0  0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 0   6  0 


£10S    6  0 


Beoeived,  with  best  thanks,  from  J.  H.  S.,  for  Church  Poor,  £6;  OoUege,  £2  lOs. ;  Orphanage, 
£2  10s.  From  Mr.  Henry  Imbuaeh,  Cj-prus,  for  College,  £1 ;  Orphanage,  £1 ;  Girls'  Orphanage 
Baxaar,  £3.  

Friends  tending  pretentt  to  the  Orphanage  are  earneUhj  reqitejted  to  let  their 
namet  or  initials  accompany  the  same,  or  roe  cannot  properly  acknowledge  tki^m ;  and 
also  to  write  Mr.  Spurgeon  if  no  acknowledgment  is  sent  within  a  week.  All  parcels 
should  be  addressed  to  Mr.  Charleswortli^  Stockwell  Orphanage^  Clapham  Hood,  London, 

Sfibscriptionx  will  be  thankfully  received  by  C.  H.  Spurgeon^  "  Westwood,"  Benlak 
Sillt  Upper  Nornco  I.  Should  any  sums  be  unacknowledged  in  this  list^  friend*  are 
requested  to  write  at  once  to  Mr,  Spurgeon.  Post  Ofice  Orders  should  be  made 
payable  at  the  Chief  Office^  London^  to  C,  B..  Spurgeon, 


THB 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL 


FEBRUARY,      1882. 


**  (Sibtx  tjis  am  Wm  €% — Witkx^  I  tirt0rg  I" 

"  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil 
with  tiie  strong ;  because  he  hath  poured  out  his  souTunto  death :  and  he  was  numbered 
'With  the  transgressors :  and  he  liare  the  sin  of  many,  and  made  intercession  for  the 
>rB.'' — Isaiah  liii.  12. 

UR  great  concern  is  concerning  Christ.  "For  him  shall  con- 
stat prayer  be  made.''  It  does  not  much  matter  what 
becomes  of  us,  the  common  soldiers^  so  lotig  as  our  great 
Captain  is  to  the  front.  As  the  men  of  Napoleon's  Old 
Guard  could  defy  death  for  themselves,  but  were  ever 
anxious  about  the  emperor,  so  every  loyal  soldier  of  Christ  feels  that  the 
one  question  in  the  present  conflict  is,  "  How  goes  it  with  the  King  ?  " 
Is  he  crowned  ?  Is  ne  exalted  ?  Is  he  winning  his  way  among  the  sons 
of  men  ?  Brothers,  it  may  be  that  our  star  is  waning.  Does  it  matter, 
if  his  sun  is  reaching  its  noon  ?  It  may  happen  that  the  company  with 
which  we  are  associi^ed  is  not  so  much  to  the  front  as  it  used  to  be,  and 
the  regimental  flag  is  in  the  rear,  but  what  of  that  ?  Let  us  do  the  best 
we  can  to  retrieve  its  honour  ;  but,  after  all,  the  main  consideration  is 
the  royal  standard.  Where  is  that  ?  ''  Let  my  name  perish,"  said 
Whitefield,  ''but  let  Christ's  name  last  for  ever."  Such  a  feeling  should 
actuate  us  alL  What  are  we,  my  brethren,  and  what  is  our  father's 
lionse  ?  What  if  ten  thousand  of  us  should  M  merely  to  fill  a  ditch 
for  him  to  march  over  ?  What  if  he  took  the  whole  of  us  and  crushed 
us  to  the  dust,  if  he  were  lifted  an  inch  the  higher,  it  were  none  too 
C06t1^  sacrifice  for  such  a  One  as  he  is,  who  has  redeemed  us  unto  God 
by  his  precious  blood. 

Onr  first  and  last  concern  is  about  the  result  of  our  great  warfare  in 


60  "bvkb  this  oue  war  oby, — victort!  vicrroRY!*' 

regard  to  Christ ;  and  my  text  will  be  consoling  to  your  hearts  in  propor- 
tion as  yon  are  consecrated  to  Christ.  If  you  are  a  worker  for  Jesos, 
and  yonr  heart  is  tremnlons  for  the  cause  of  God, — ^if  you  feel  dismayed 
at  times,  and  often  anxious  about  the  progress  of  the  kingdom, — such 
an  assurance  as  this  will  be  like  a  voice  from  the  Comforter  himself.  It 
is  the  Father  who  speaks,  and  he  says  concerning  the  Well-beloved,. 
'*  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the  great,  and  he  shall 
divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong.'' 

I.  The  first  truth  taught  us  here  is  that  the  victory  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  sure. 

Sure,  firsts  because  these  wards  are  a  divine  promise  ;  and  every  word 
of  promise  that  comes  from  God  is  established.  '^  Hath  he  said,  and  shall 
he  not  do  it  ?  or  hath  he  spoken,  and  shall  he  not  make  it  good  ?  "  If 
God  has  said,  ''I  will  divide  him  a  portion,"  that  portion  shall  be  divided. 
If  the  Lord  has  declared  that  he  sludl  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong, 
who  is  he  that  shall  keep  him  back  from  the  prey  ?  We  might  have 
doubted  if  this  word  had  been  a  prediction  as  to  the  probabilities  of  the 
life  of  this  religion  or  of  that ;  we  might  have  supposed  that  the  religion 
of  Christ  would  be  crushed  out  by  rougher  faiths  that  could  use  the  caraai 
weapon,  or  that  its  exceeding  spirituality  might  cause  it  to  wither  away 
in  an  atmosphere  so  uncongenial.  We  might,  I  say,  have  had  some 
trembling  because  of  the  ark  of  the  Lord  if  this  had  been  a  mere  infer- 
ence or  opinion  ;  but  we  have  none  now ;  for  as  surely  as  this  book  is 
the  infallible  Word  of  God,  so  surely  must  Christ  win  the  day.  As  surely 
as  God  cannot  lie,  so  surely  must  he  upon  whom  the  Lord  laid  the 
iniquity  of  men,  rise  from  all  his  sorrows  to  a  glorious  victory. 

The  text  is  a  promise  placed  very  singularly  in  connection  with  facta 
which  have  been  accomplished.  We  are  told  that  Christ  shall  divide  the 
spoil  with  the  strong,  but  that  promise  is  set  side  by  side  with  the 
declaration  that  he  is  '^  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a 
sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  openeth  not  his  mouth."  Just 
as  surely,  then,  as  that  part  of  the  prophecy  is  fulfilled  in  which  Christ 
suffers,  so  surely  shall  that  be  fulfilled  m  which  he  triumphs.  You  have 
no  doubt  whatever  about  his  being  taken  from  prison  and  from  judg- 
ment, about  his  making  his  srave  with  the  wicked  and  with  the  rich 
in  his  death.  Well,  the  same  Dook  and  the  same  chapter  which  contains 
the  prophecy  of  those  sorrowful  facts  contains  this  prophecy  that  he 
shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong.  Therefore  the  ultimate  victory 
of  Christ  is  made  sure  by  a  divine  promise. 

Notice,  moreover,  that  it  is  the  Father  himself  toho  here  puis  forth  hi& 
hand  to  guarantee  the  victory.  He  writes,  *^  Therefore  will  I  divide  him 
a  portion  with  the  great."  **  I  will  do  it ;  I  will  see  that  he  conquers  ; 
I  will  see  that  he  has  the  reward  of  his  labour.  My  own  right  hand  and 
my  holy  arm  shall  so  be  with  him  that  he  shall  treiad  down  his  enemies, 
and  he  shall  take  from  them  mountains  of  prey."  Who  is  this  that 
saith  '^  I  will  divide  him  a  portion  ?  "  It  is  he  at  whose  voice  the  earth 
trembles. 

*'  The  pillars  of  heaven^s  starry  roof 
Tremble  and  start  at  his  reproof." 

When  he  says  **  I  will  do  it,"  who  shall  stay  fais^  hand  or  resist  his 


**  XVSE  THIS  OUR  WAR  CRT,— YIOTORY  !   VICTORY  !  *  61 

• 

will  ?  God,  the  everlasting  Father,  has  staked  his  honoar  and  his  glorj 
upon  the  Bnccess  of  Christ.  I  make  bold  to  say  that  if  Christ  win  not  ib^ 
world,  and  if  he  be  not  crowned  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords,  it  is  not 
Jesns  that  is  dishononred  so  mach  as  the  Great  Father  bj  whom  he 
was  ordained,  sent,  ahd  anointed.  The  stain  would  not  only  be  upon  the 
manhood  but  upon  the  Godhead  too ;  for  God  himself  appointed  the  Lord 
Jesus,  and  said  of  him^-"  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well' 
pleased."  He  must  see  the  Messiah  through  with  it.  It  is  the  pleasure 
of  the  Lord  that  is  in  his  hand,  and  that  pleasure  must  prosper  there, 
or  else  God's  name  would  be  dishonoured.  How  sure  I  am  that  Jesus 
will  win  the  victory. 

I  am  delighted  to  notice  a  change  of  expression  in  the  next  sentence. 
The  Son  ofOod  himself  also  puts  hand  to  the  work  of  ultimate  victory. 
Bead  the  text  again.  **  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion,"  "  and  he 
shall  divide."  God  gives  him  the  victory,  and  he  takes  it  himself.  The 
Father  grants  it,  and  the  Son  grasps  it  by  his  own  right  hand.  The 
glorious  Jehovah  cries,  '*  He  shall  divide,"  and  the  ever-blessed  Son  of 
the  Highest  as  a  conqueror  comes  forth  actually  to  divide  the  spoil.  Oh, 
my  brethren,  Jesus  is  as  gentle  as  a  lamb;  but  I  might  say  of  him  as 
they  of  the  Red  Sea  said  of  Jehovah,  ''The  Lord  is  a  man  of  war :  the 
Lord  is  his  name."  This  Lamb  is  the  Lion  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  and 
who  shall  stand  before  him  when  he  goes  forth  to  war  ?  Who  shall  rouse 
him  np?  They  that  came  against  him  to  take  him  in  the  days  of  his 
humibation  stumbled  and  fell  when  he  utttered  the  words,  ''I  AM"; 
and  if  the  fall  power  of  that  ''I  AM  "  had  been  let  loose  upon  them  they 
had  not  merely  staggered  to  their  falling,  but  each  man  among  them  had 
stumbled  into  his  grave.  It  is  he  that  stilled  the  waves  upon  Gcnessaret : 
it  is  he  that  ruled  the  powers  of  the  deep,  and  made  the  devils  fly  at  his 
biddmg :  if  he  putteth  his  hand  to  the  battle,  woe  to  those  that  strive 
against  him !  The  defeat  of  Christ !  Laugh  the  idea  to  scorn.  Nay,  the 
thorn-crowned  Prince  is  victorious.  Well  spake  the  apostate  Julian  in 
his  dying  moments,  ''Nazarene,  thou  hast  conquered."  All  his  foes  will 
have  to  own  it.  In  the  day  of  judgment  trembling,  and  in  the  lowest 
pit  of  hell  despairing,  they  shall  acknowledge  his  supremacy.  The  de- 
spised and  rejected  of  men  with  rod  of  iron  shall  break  his  enemies  in 
pieces ;  yea,  he  shall  break  them  in  pieces  like  potters'  vessels.  "  Be  wise 
now,  therefore,  0  ye  kings  :  be  instructed,  0  ye  judges  of  the  earth :  kiss 
the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry  and  ye  perish  &om  the  way  when  his  wrath  is 
kindled  but  a  little.    Blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in  him." 

That  is  the  first  thing,  then ;  the  Chnst  will  conquer.    It  is  a  divine 

Eromise ;  its  folfilment  is  guaranteed  by  the  Father,  it  will  certainly 
e  achieved  by  the  Son. 

II.  Seoondlv,  thb  victory  is  as  glorious  as  it  is  sure  :  "  There- 
fore will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the  great,*^ 

The  great  King  rewards  our  Champion.  You  have  heard  of  greaft 
champions  who  have  been  knighted  on  the  battle-field  by  theu:  sovereigns^ 
deeds  of  special  prowess  have  been  thus  rewarded.  Others,  amid  the 
acclamations  of  their  troops  and  while  yet  their  hands  were  unwashed 
from  gore,  have  been  crowned  on  the  field  only  because  of  their  superior 
valour  and  the  decisive  nature  of  the  battle.  Now,  what  is  it  to  be 
knighted  or  crowned  by  kings  or  nations  ?    It  is  as  nothing.    But  to  be 


52  "  KVBR  THIS  OUE  WAR  CRY,— VICTOBY  !   VICTORY  !  *' 

crowned  of  God !  For  God  himself  to  give  the  reward  in  the  light  of 
eternity  !  What  must  such  a  victory  be  ?  I  trow  that  many  an  act 
which  man  applauds  is  despised  by  the  Most  Hi^h,  and  many  a  fierce 
fight  that  has  stirred  the  heart  of  nations,  and  made  the  poets  ring  out 
their  hymns  for  centuries,  has  been  not  only  despicable  but  abominable 
Jn  the  sight  of  the  Most  High.  But  when  God  rewards,  what  must  be 
the  glory  of  the  achievement !  And  here  we  have  it :  God,  even  the 
Father,  the  sel&ame  one  whom  it  pleased  to  bruise  his  Son,  when  he 
made  the  iniquity  of  us  all  to  meet  upon  him — ^that  sel&ame  God  who 
knows  all  things,  and  weighs  all  things  aright,  and  is  the  very  source  and 
soul  of  honour,  he  shall  crown  our  Lord  Jesus.  Must  it  not  be  a  glorious 
victory  ?  He  has  crowned  him ;  he  is  crowning  him ;  he  shall  continue 
to  crown  him ;  for  thus  it  is  written,  "  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a 
portion  with  the  great." 

The  glory  of  this  victory  may  be  seen,  next,  not  only  in  the  reward 
coming  from  so  high  a  source,  but  from  its  hemg  manifestly  a  great 
reward  in  the  esteem  ofmeuy  since  our  Lord  is  to  have  "  a  portion  with  the 
great"  It  is  difficult  to  say  what  makes  a  great  man.  When  I  look 
over  the  lists  of  great  men  some  of  them  seem  to  me  to  be  very  little ; 
but  still  men  have  among  themselves  a  sort  of  standard  by  which  to 
measure,  and  they  say  of  such  and  such  persons  that  they  are  ^'  great.'* 
From  different  points  of  view  they  are  so.  Now,  Christ  is  to  have  a 
portion  with  the  great  Perhaps  you  have  been  grieved  to  see  how 
certain  ungodly  men  in  these  times  make  nothing  of  Christ;  like 
Herod,  they  set  him  at  nought ;  but  these  people  are  mostly  very  second- 
rate  indiviauals,  of  smaU  account  even  among  their  own  order.  Almost 
all  intelligent  men,  even  if  they  do  not  accept  all  that  Christ  says, 
agree  that  he  is  a  great  man,  and  many  confess  that  there  never  was 
such  another  man  as  he.  There  have  been  sceptics  whose  admiration  of 
Christ  hafi  been  extreme.  I,  for  one,  cannot  understand  how  any  honest 
mind  can  do  other  than  reverence  his  marvellous  character  and  the 
grandeur  of  the  truths  which  he  has  revealed.  He  is  great,  inexpressibly 
great,  and  the  day  will  come,  must  come,  is  every  day  coming  nearer, 
when  Christ  will  be  seen  even  by  his  enemies  to  be  supremely  great.  His 
cross  to-day  towers  o'er  the  wrecks  of  time,  and  he  himself  rises  before 
mj  £edth's  vision  so  much  above  all  the  sons  of  men,  that  I  see  all 
philosophies,  theories,  and  human  dogmas  crouching  at  his  feet.  His 
victories  are  not  victories  among  pigmies,  but  victories  among  the  great, 
such  as  shall  make  all  men  see  that  he  himself  is  the  greatest  of  the  greats 

My  brethren,  think  for  a  minute  what  a  battle  Christ  has  waged 
with  all  the  powers  of  evil ;  with  all  the  wit,  and  crafty  and  unbelief, 
and  pride,  and  lust  of  man ;  with  all  the  foul  devices,  and  cruelties, 
and  wickednesses  of  the  devil,  and  all  the  principalities  and  powers  that 
obey  his  bidding ;  and  with  death  and  all  that  goes  with  it,  and  shall 
come  of  it  Against  all  these  he  has  set  the  battle  in  array,  and  over 
all  these  he  has  triumplied,  so  that  he  divides  the  spoil  with  the  great. 
Thy  adversaries,  0  rrince  Emmanuel,  are  not  such  as  a  common 
warrior  might  rout;  they  are  foemen  worthy  of  thy  steel.  What 
desperate  tugs  they  gave  thee  when  they  foroea  the  bloody  sweat  from 
out  thee  in  the  moment  of  thv  sternest  wrestling ;  but  thou  hast  flung 
them  to  the  ground,  and  trodden  down  strength. 


^  EVJBB  THIS  OUR  WAR  CRY,— VIOTORY !  VICTORY ! "  63 

Of  oonrse  this  langaage  can  only  be  used  as  speab'ng  part  of  the  trnth, 
becanse  the  portion  which  God  has  given  to  his  dear  Son  is  indisputably 
greater  than  the  greatest  things  that  earth  can  hold.  I  take  it  that  the 
question  that  Christ  has  come  to  answer  is  the  greatest  question  that 
ever  moved  eternity.  The  work  that  Christ  has  come  to  do  is  the 
grandest  work  that  ever  stirred  the  ages.  It  is  God's  work  and  God's 
question.  How  shall  evil  be  driven  out  of  the  world  ?  How  shall 
justice,  without  a  stain,  smile  on  a  sinner  ?  How  shall  God  be  seen  as 
tbc  holy  One  with  all  the  glory  of  his  character  manifested,  receiving  to 
his  bosom  the  guilty  sons  of  men  ?  The  grandest  work  that  e'er  was 
done  of  God  himself  Christ  has  come  to  perform,  and  not  only  has  he 
his  portion  with  the  great,  but  of  idl  the  great  he  is  the  greatest,  and 
his  portion  is  above  their  portion.  They  are  not  to  be  mentioned  in 
the  selfeame  day. 

Notice,  too,  that  a  part  of  the  description  of  this  victory  represents 
ihe  Lord  as  himself  dividing  the  spoil  **  with  the  strong J^  Not  merely 
with  great  enemies  did  Christ  wrestle,  but  with  strong  powers.  1 
might  give  you  a  hundred  illustrations  of  this,  but  I  prefer  to  give  you 
one.  When  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  came  into  my  heart — came  to  battle 
there — ^he  did,  indeed,  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong,  for  I  was  strong- 
willed,  and  desperately  set  on  mischief,  and  for  a  while  I  was  in  the 
hand  of  a  strong  despair,  out  of  which  it  seemed  impossible  that  I 
should  escape.  The  bands  which  held  me  were  of  iron,  tough  as  steel, 
hardened  in  the  fires  of  hell ;  and  yet  this  day  I  am  his,  for  he  has  won 
me,  and  taken  the  prey  from  the  mighty.  I  have  been  just  now  to  see 
our  venerable  Elder  white.  He  is  dying.  I  looked  at  his  venerable  beard 
as  he  sat  up  in  the  bed,  and  I  looked  at  the  bright  face  that  shone  above 
it,  and  I  was  charmed  at  the  joyful  sight.  He  said, "  I  have  no  trouble  ; 
1  have  not  a  troubled  thought ;  I  am  the  happiest  man  in  the  world ;  I 
am  going  home,  and  I  rejoice  in  it ;  though  I  am  perfectly  satisfied  to 
walL"  Death  is  just  nothing  at  all  to  him.  Just  like  a  dear  sister  who 
went  from  us  some  time  ago :  when  I  went  to  see  her,  you  might  have 
thought  she  was  going  to  be  married,  she  was  so  happy  in  prospect  of 
^leparting.  Charles  Wesley  once  said,  "  They  may  say  what  they  will 
about  Methodism,  but  our  people  die  well."  That  is  my  comfort:  our 
pwjple  die  well,  they  die  gloriously  triumphant  in  the  Lord.  When  I 
think  of  it  I  can  see  how  my  Lord  divides  the  spoil  with  the  strong. 
Death  comes  and  he  says,  "  That  is  mine."  He  has  taken  the  poor, 
wrinkled  body  ;  and  Christ  smiles,  and  lets  him  have  it ;  for  he  takes 
ibr  his  share  the  soul,  the  life,  and  as  he  bears  him  off  he  takes  the 
best  part  of  the  spoil.  He  has  left  death  the  husk,  but  he  has  himself 
secured  the  kernel.  Tea,  the  day  will  come  when  he  will  take  the  body, 
tw,  out  of  the  custody  of  death  ;  for  not  a  wreck  or  a  rag  of  all  his  saints 
shall  remain  in  the  domains  of  death.  There  is  a  resurrection  of  dead 
Wies  as  well  as  an  inunortality  of  spirits.  Glory  be  to  Christ.  In  this 
^aj,  here  and  hereafter,  he  divides  the  spoil  with  the  strong.  Strong  is 
^eath,  but  stron^r  still  the  omnipotent  Son  of  God. 

There  is  another  aspect  under  which  we  may  speak  of  the  glory  of 
Christ's  victory ;  he  wUl  share  it  with  his  people.  The  second  paragraph  of 
the  text  is,  "  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong."  That  is,  he  will 
<livide  it  out,  and  allot  portions  to  all  those  who  came  to  the  help  of  the 


54  '^E7EE  THIS  OUE  WAR  ORY, — ^VICTORY!    VICTORY!" 

Lord  against  the  mighty.  Jnst  as  David  after  Ziklag  when  he  had 
taken  the  prey  from  the  Amalekites,  sent  portions  all  ronnd  to  his  friends 
in  Jndah,  so  when  the  King  Eternal  takes  the  spoil,  he  will  give  a  share 
to  yon  and  to  me,  if  we  have  been  &ithful  to  him.  There  shall  be  a 
portion  e'en  for  ns  whom  the  Lord  made  strong  for  himself  in  the  day 
of  battle.  Does  it  not  make  yonr  heart  lapgh  to  think  of  it  ?  Jesns 
wins  the  victory,  but  he  will  not  enjoy  it  alone ;  he  will  glorify  his  people 
Even  the  sick  folk  that  go  not  down  to  the  battle  shall  have  their  share 
of  the  spoil ;  for  this  is  David's  law,  and  the  law  of  the  Son  of  David, 
that  they  that  abide  with  the  stuff  shall  share  with  those  that  go  down 
to  the  fight.  He  will  give  to  each  faithful  sufferer  or  worker  a  portion 
of  the  prey.  Make  haste,  0  champion,  make  haste  to  give  to  everyone  of 
us  a  prey  of  divers  colours,  meet  for  the  necks  of  them  that  take  the 
spoil! 

III.  Thus  we  have  seen  that  CTirist  mil  win  the  victory,  and  the 
victory  will  he  glorious.    Now  let  us  declare,  thirdly,  that  thb  results 

OP  THIS  VICTORY  WILL  BE  VERY  SUBSTANTIAL. 

Let  me  remind  you  that,  in  consequence  of  what  our  Lord  has  done, 
myriads  of  souls  will  he  redeemed.  How  many  will  esct^  from  sin 
and  death  and  hell  to  live  for  ever  is  not  revealed.  We  have  every 
reason  to  believe  that  a  number  that  no  man  can  number,  out  of 
every  nation,  and  people,  and  kindred,  and  tongue,  shall  praise  their 
redeeming  Lord.  Christ's  death  will  not  spend  its  force  in  the  con- 
version of  here  and  there  one,  but  he  will  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul 
and  will  be  satisfied ;  and  we  are  convinced  that  no  little  thing  will 
satisfy  him.  The  great  result  of  our  Lord's  death  will  be  the  eternal 
salvation  of  myriads  untold. 

Next  to  that  will  be  the  overtJirow  of  every  form  ofevU  which  now 
reigns  in  the  world,  and  the  extermination  of  religious  falsehood,  vice, 
drunkenness,  war,  and  every  horrible  mischief  bom  of  the  fall  and  of 
human  depravity.  Christ  will  conquer  these,  and  there  shall  be  new 
heavens  and  a  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth  righteousness.  For  ever 
and  ever  boundless  honours  shall  be  given  to  Christ  for  his  victory 
over  every  force  of  evil.  The  seed  of  the  woman  shall  trample  on 
the  serpent 

As  the  result  of  Christ's  death  Satan's  power  unit  he  broken.  He 
will  no  longer  go  forth  to  rule  among  the  nations. 

Death  also  will  have  lost  its  dominion  over  the  sons  of  men.  The  Son 
of  David  shall  restore  that  which  he  took  not  away.  More  than  our 
first  &ther  lost  shall  Christ  bring  back.  There  shall  be  glory  sub- 
stantial to  himself  in  the  lives  of  his  people  on  earth,  in  their  deaths, 
and  in  their  lives  for  ever.  Glory  shall  be  Drought  to  God  of  a  new  and 
unusual  kind.  A  light  will  be  shed  upon  the  character  of  God  which, 
so  &r  as  we  know,  could  not  have  come  to  us  by  any  other  means  except 
by  the  death  of  the  Only-begotten.  Hallelujahs  louder  than  before 
shall  rise  up  before  the  throne.  Praises  shall  ascend  unto  CM  sach  as 
creation  never  produced,  "  for  thou  wast  slain,  and  hast  redeemed  us 
unto  God  by  thy  blood,  and  we  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever." 

Now,  my  brethren,  do  not  get  into  a  state  of  fright  and  fear  about  the 
Christian  religion.  Do  not  go  to  your  chambers  and  sigh,  "Every- 
thing is  going  to  the  bad,  and  we  shall  be  all  eaten  up  by  the  devil" 


''EVKB  THIS  OUR  WAR  CRY,— TIOrOBY !  VIOTORT!"  56 

I^onsensel  There  is  a  stronger  arm  yet  than  that  black  arm  of  Satan. 
In  God's  eternal  goodness  resides  a  power  and  majesty  that  cannot  be 
found  in  the  infernal  malevolence  of  the  devil.  I  know  which  is  the  winning 
side, — I  am  snre  of  it.  Though  we  may  drearily  imagine  that  things 
go  amiss,  and  fimcy  that  the  vessel  is  readv  to  break  up  and  become  a  wreck, 
fihe  will  enter  the  harbour  yet  with  all  her  cargo  safe,  and  &om  every 
wave  that  tossed  her  and  every  wind  that  beat  upon  her  she  shall  derive 
eternal  advantage.  Courage,  brethren,  we  are  not  beaten,  and  we  are 
not  going  to  be  beaten.  We  are  succeeding  all  along  the  line.  Shout 
victory,  universal  victory,  from  stem  to  stem  of  the  good  old  ship.  Not 
a  foe  has  been  able  to  live  upon  her  deck.  Give  the  enemy's  black  hull 
another  broadside.  When  you  think  that  the  crew  of  the  Black  Prince 
are  about  to  board  us,  grasp  your  pikes  and  give  them  a  warm  reception. 
This  good  ship  bears  the  red' cross  at  her  masthead,  and  shall  never  be 
taken,  but  shall  win  the  victory  as  surely  as  God  lives,  and  his  Son  lives 
who  has  risen  from  the  dead. 
IV.    So   I  close  with   this    last    remark :    the  whole   op   this 

norORT  RESULTS  FROM  ChRIST'S  OWN  WORK. 

Laid  me  your  best  attention  for  two  or  tixree  minutes,  because  this  is 
the  pith  and  marrow  of  it  all :  "  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  " 
—that  is  logic.  Why  this  "therefore"?  What  is  the  argument? 
Christ  shall  divide  with  the  strong  because  — .  How  does  it  run  ? 
'^Because  his  doctrinal  teaching  is  singularly  in  keeping  with  the 
progress  of  the  age  "  ?  I  have  heard  that  observation,  and  smiled  at 
it  *'  Because  his  gospel  is  preached  with  such  remarkable  eloquence  and 
singular  clearness "?  Indeed,  No.  Why,  then,  will  Christ  win  the 
victory  ?  The  answer  is — "  Became  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul  unto 
deathJ*  If  God  himself  deigns  to  take  upon  himself  our  nature,  and 
in  that  nature  pours  out  his  life  like  a  libation  even  unto  death — if,  I  say, 
he  thus  poors  out  his  life,  it  is  impossible  to  conceive  that  he  will  be  de- 
feated. Blasphemy  may  imagine  it,  profanity  may  speak  it,  but  truth 
abhors  the  idea  that  Jesus  can  be  baffled.  A  dying  God!  It  is  an  in- 
accurate expression,  yet  I  know  of  no  expression  that  is  so  accurate — 
W  putting  himself  into  human  form,  so  as  to  be  capable  of  suffering 
and  death,  cannot  suffer  and  die  in  vain.  He  must,  he  shall,  he  will  win 
that  for  which  he  died.  He  must  reign,  because  he  has  poured  out  his 
seal  unto  death. 

Listen  again,  here  is  the  second  reason :  '^  Ee  was  numbered  with 
ihe  transgressors; "  this  is  mentioned  secondly,  as  if  there  was  something 
even  more  in  that  than  in  the  first.  To  die  is  wonderful  condescension ; 
bat  for  the  pure  and  holy  One  to  deign  to  be  numbered  with  the 
transgressors,  and  stand  as  if  he  had  transgressed  himself,  though  trans- 
gress he  never  did,  nor  could — I  say  this  is  more  wonderful.  If  Jesus 
<iid  that,  then  he  must  win  the  victory.  When  I  am  dispirited,  where 
do  I  fiml  encouragement  ?  Where  the  stars  of  Bethlehem  bum,  and 
vhere  men  make  merry  on  their  Christmas  days  ?  Nay,  their  mirth  is 
weariness  to  a  heavy  heart.  I  will  tell  you  where  I  go  for  comfort — to 
^ethsemane,  to  Golgotha,  to  the  garden,  and  to  the  tomb.  Christ 
<^not  have  suffered  there  in  vain :  Christ  cannot  have  been  despised, 
slandered,  and  actually  numbered  with  transgressors,  and  all  for  nothing. 
It  cannot  be  :  it  cannot  be.     Death  and  hell,  ye  can  defeat  armies  of 


56  •'  BVBR  THIS  OUR  WAB  CRY,— VICTORY  !  VIOTORY !  ** 

men,  but  the  Gmcified  treads  you  down.  When  our  Champion  of  the 
pierced  hand  comes  to  the  front  the  battle  no  longer  wavers.  We  gloij 
in  his  death  and  in  his  making  common  cause  with  transgressors.  But 
this  is  not  all ;  it  is  added,  "And  he  bare  the  sin  of  many,  *^  This  denotes 
his  actual  and  literal  substitution — his  acting  as  the  sin-bearer.  This 
is  something  more  than  being  numbered  with  the  transgressors ;  h& 
actuallj  takes  the  sin  of  the  transgressors,  and  bears  their  burden  upon 
his  own  shoulders  by  a  wondrous  system  of  substitution  which  is  easier 
to  be  believed  than  to  be  explained.  Because  he  did  this  he  must  conquer. 
He  must  conquer.  Sin  cannot  be  victorious  if  Jesus  has  carried  it  on 
his  shoulders  and  hurled  it  into  his  sepulchre.  If  the  darkest  days 
were  to  come,  and  all  the  churches  of  Christ  were  to  be  extinguished, 
if  there  were  left  only  one  Christian,  and  he  as  good  as  dead  by  reason 
of  weakness,  yet  might  he  believe  that  God  from  the  dead  would  raise 
up  seed  unto  his  Son,  and  fulfil  his  covenant  and  keep  his  word.  It 
must  be  so.  The  ofiering  of  Christ's  soul  for  sin  secures  to  him  a  seed 
for  ever. 

And  lastly,  there  is  this  fourth  reason  given — "  He  made  intercession 
for  the  transgressors"  I  can  conceive  you  praying,  my  dear  friend,  and 
Ood's  not  hearing  you ;  but  if  the  man  who  was  despised  and  rejected 
should  say,  '^Bise,  poor  suppliant,  rise  and  I  will  take  thy  place; "  and 
if  the  Blessed  and  Beloved  of  the  Father,  whose  eyes  are  as  the  eyes  of 
the  morning,  and  whose  lips  are  as  lilies  dropping  sweet-smelling^ 
myrrh,  kneels  down  and  prays,  "My  Father,  by  my  blood,  and  wounds, 
and  agony,  save  this  sinner  ;"  why,  it  must  \k  done  !  And  if  he  says, 
"Father,  give  me  those  whom  I  have  redeemed,"  it  must  be  done. 
And  if  he  pleads,  "  Father,  keep  them  by  thy  word,"  it  must  be 
done.  And  if  he  prays,  "  Father,  make  them  one  as  we  are,"  it  must 
be  done.  And  when  he  shall  ask,  "  Father,  give  them  power  and 
victory,''  it  must  be  done.  And  when  he  shall  ask,  "  Father,  let  my 
servants  all  become  champions,  and  send  them  forth,  east,  west,  north,, 
and  south,  against  idolatry,  and  infidelity,  and  popery,  and  clothe  them 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  why  then  it  must  be  done  I  The  power  of 
Clirist's  intercession  is  irresistible.  Queen  Mary  reckoned  the  prayers 
of  John  Knox  to  be  worth  many  regiments  ;  but  what  shall  I  say  of  the 
prayers  of  Jesus,  the  Son  of  God  ?  They  are  with  us  to-day.  While  we 
are  sitting  here,  and  troubling  our  minds  about  the  Lord's  work,  and 
saying*  "What  shall  we  do  ?  "  and,  "What  will  come  of  it  ?  "  and  all  that 
—Jesus  is  pleading.  Hush,  tiU  your  hearts  leave  off  beating — till  not  a 
thought  is  heard  I  You  may  hear  him  saying,  ''  Father,  I  will." 
Here  is  the  power  of  the  church.  The  plea  of  Christ  with  authority 
before  the  throne  is  the  majestic  force  upon  which  the  church  depends. 
"  Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world."  Wherefore 
pluck  up  courage.  Jesus  will  yet  win.  You  weak,  faint-hearted  ones, 
rejoice.  The  victory  is  sure,  not  because  of  anything  you  are,  or  of 
anything  you  can  do,  but  for  Jesus's  sake.  In  the  name  of  the  Lord  we 
set  up  our  banners.    Hallelujah ! 


67 

WHAT!  fainas  in  London?  Yes,  good  reader;  people  who  are- 
called  fairies;  bat  should  yon  see  them,  it  is  possible  that  a 
shade  of  disappointment  might  cloud  your  brow.  Oar  fairies  are  not 
the  pretty,  light,  fantastic,  ethereal  little  creatures  to  hear  of  whom  was 
one  of  the  delights  of  our  childhood.  The  very  reverse  of  this.  They 
are  low,  coarse,  vulgar,  offensive-looking  women,  slatternly  in  dress  and 
begrimed  with  dirt.  They  don't  haunt  the  shady  wood,  or  dance  under 
the  bnttorcups  and  daisies ;  certainly  not,  as  their  occupation  is  to  sift 
dnst  upon  tiie  immense  dust-heaps  of  the  city,  to  gather  out  refuse 
matter  for  various  purposes,  and  to  carry  the  fine  dust  into  barges  for 
coDTeyance  to  farms  and  brickfields.  As  their  relatives,  friends,  and 
neighbours  address  them  by  the  pleasant  name  of  '<  Fairies,"  and  as 
thej  are  pleased  with  the  appellation,  and  regard  it  as  their  social  dis- 
tinction, it  is  not  for  us  to  be  so  discourteous  as  to  describe  them  by 
any  other  name. 

In  oae  thing  they  may  be  said  to  resemble  fairies,  as  they  delight  in 
"concords  of  sweet  sound."  By  nature  of  their  calling  they  are 
exclusive,  isolated  people,  living  in  their  own  close  neighbourhood,  in 
the  enjoyment  of  their  own  habits  and  customs.  Their  partners  in 
life,  brothers,  and  fHends  are  all  of  the  ''  cinder  basiness,"  and  though 
nnaasociated  in  legal  form  they  are  really  a  *'  trades  union  "  of  great 
niuaber  and  of  some  importance.  Being  of  sociable  disposition  they 
practise  untrained  melody,  and  loud  singing  is  sometimes  heard,  as 
the  fairies,  who  sit  in  groups  of  tens  and  twencies,  cause  the  mountains 
of  dast  to  resound  and  re-echo  their  tender  or  coarser  notes.  In  the 
tap-room  of  the  ''  Jolly  Dustman,''  and  like  houses  of  entertainment, 
the  hoarser  voices  of  men  are  heard  from  evening  until  midnight, 
iningled  with  the  softer  vocal  efforts.  The  breaking  up,  however,  is 
usoally  boisterous  and  even  violent. 

Theirs  are  among  the  voices  that  are  never  heard  in  the  churches  of 
the  city.  The  best  disposed  among  them  consider  themselves  unfit  to 
mingle  with  the  clean  and  well  dressed.  They  indeed  would  expect  their 
pew-companions  to  regard  them  sl%  ''common  and  nncleau.*'  The 
resnlt  of  this  feeling  is  that  they  avoid  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
spend  their  Sabbaths  in  their  own  way. 

This  way  is  in  sleep,  drinking,  and  revelry,  as  one  of  our  veteran 
missionaries  discovered  when  first  appointed  to  visit  a  colony  of  the 
dnst  people.  Upon  entering  the  close  narrow  street  he  found  the 
diffidul^  all  but  insurmoantable.  None  were  willing  to  receive  him, 
fts  their  minds  were  a  blank  to  religious  subjects,  aad  as  he  was  told, 
"Strangers  down  there  wasn't  wanted."  The  fairies  and  their  grim 
relatives  were  seated  at  the  open  doors  and  windows,  smoking  and 
drinking,  while  their  begrimed  children  were  dancing  round  a  blind  man 
who  was  playing  a  violin.  After  trying  to  secure  attention  he  left,  much 
dJBoouraged,  but  again  appeared  upon  the  scene  the  following  Sunday, 
which  happened  to  have  a  fine  evening.  The  curiosi^  of  the  people  was 
excited  when  they  saw  him,  with  the  aid  of  a  friend,  carrying  a  small 
bannoniam  ;  but  when  he  set  it  down  in  the  middle  of  the  street  and- 
coounenoed  playing  there  was  great  excitement.  Windows  were  thrown^ 


^8  LONDON  FAIRIB8. 

•open,  doorways  were  crowded^  and  a  large  group  of  daBtmen,  fairies, 
and  children  gathered  round  him.    In  a  loud  and  cheerful  voice  he  re- 

(peated  fche  wordfl — 

**  O  for  a  thousand  tongaes  to  sing 
Mj  great  Redeemer's  praise; 
The  glories  of  mj  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace.** 

Thus  his  well-trained  voice,  aided  bj  his  instrument,  caused  the  praise 
of  the  Saviour  in  harmonious  notes  to  enliven  the  whole  street.  Astonish- 
ment over,  they  were  delighted,  and  listened  with  pleasure  as  he  taught 
'the  children  gathered  round  him  to  repeat  and  then  to  sing  such 
•pleasant  lines  as  these — 

**  I  think  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old." 

A  musical  hour  soon  passed  pleasantly  away,  and  then  the  '^  singing 
missionary  "  uttered  a  few  saving  truths,  and,  to  the  evident  satisfaction 
•of  the  people,  promised  '*  on  fine  Sunday  evenings  to  bring  his  music 
down  there  again."  Poets  have  often  sung  the  power  of  melody  even 
over  *'  the  savage  breast;  "  but  as  a  missionary  work  is  a  matter-of-fact 
work  we  will  in  a  few  words  give  the  result  among  these  people  of  the 
•dust  and  dust-heaps. 

The  playing  and  singing  inclined  the  people  to  listen  to  the  gospel, 
and  that  with  signs  following.  Winter  evenings  came  on,  and  while  the 
children  were  gathered  into  Bagged  Schools,  the  adults  were  drawn  by 
musical  charms  into  a  rough  meeting  room.  Their  children  were 
'^  made  decent "  that  they  might  go  with  ^*  the  respectables  "  to  school 
on  the  Sunday  morning  and  afternoon.  At  first  a  few  and  then  many 
of  the  parents  and  young  people  were  induced  to  *'  tidy  themselves/' 
and  go  to  church.  A  religions  sensitiveness  was  created  in  the  dust 
people's  dwellings ;  and,  as  the  known  and  blessed  result,  nearly  fifty 
persons  became  regular  attendants  at  a  Mission  Hall  built,  for  their 
convenience,  and  Irom  this  upwards  of  forty  persons  became  com- 
municants. Led  by  musical  charms  to  receive  the  gospel,  they  by  its 
power  became  ''bight  opposite.'* 

Like  trophies  were  won  from  the  dust-heaps  of  Paddington  by  our 
>late  veteran  friend,  Henry  Pearson.  His  was  not  the  gift  of  song,  but 
a  cheerful  countenance  and  a  pleasant  humour  enabled  him  to  approach 
the  ^'  gangs  of  fairies  "  (however  rongh  that  may  sound)  when  engaged 
at  their  sifting.  To  them  it  became  a  pleasure  to  know  that  they  were 
cared  for  by  people  in  better  positions  than  .themselves,  and  they  were 
right  glad  to  receive  sympathy  in  their  trials  of  calling  and  of  life.  No 
sight  was  more  pleasing  than  to  see  gang  after  gang  put  down  their 
sieves  at  the  approach  of  their  only  spiritual  friend,  and  standing  arms 
'*  akimbo  "  to  listen  to  his  teaching.  There  was  no  rival  in  this  field  of 
labour,  so  the  good  man  wss  left  to  his  own  resources,  and  these  were 
-certainly  adequate  to  the  work.  He  established  a  Bible  meeting,  a 
mothers'  meeting,  a  Sunday-school,  and  a  provident  club,  exclusively 
for  his  dust  people  and  their  children,  and  the  moral  and  religions 
results  were  indeed  great.  From  150  to  200  persons  assembled  each 
Sabbath  evening  to  hear  the  gospel,  and  the  moral  character  of  their 
fookery  became  altered.  Among  others  Sarah  became  a  happy  Ohristian, 
4md  we  will  therefore  give  a  lit^e  of  her  history. 


LITTLE  BAPnStf.  59 

She  was  not  more  than  thirty  years  of  age,  and  her  hnsband  as  chief 
of  the  cart  carried  the  bell.  Among  the  fairies  she  was  considered  the 
most  profane  and  violent.  The  statement  she  heard  on  the  heap,  that 
"  the  neavenly  Father  cared  for  her  and  each  of  them,  and  sent  his  Son 
to  be  their  Sayionr,"  arrested  her  attention.  She  attended  the  meeting, 
and  then  broaght  her  hnsband.  After  a  time  she  expressed  concern  for 
her  own  salyation,  and  became  a  hnmble  bnt  bold  Christian.  Her 
hosbandy  who  suffered  from  a  fall  off  the  cart  when  in  liquor,  also 
receiTed  the  truth  and  became  '*  a  new  creature."  After  several  years 
of  good  living  he  took  fever  (a  common  disease  among  them)  and  died. 
After  this  she  became  very  ill,  and  had  with  her  child  to  attend  the 
Samaritan  Free  Hospital.  While  attending  there  she  in  the  waiting- 
room  spoke  to  many  fellow-sufferers  aboat  their  own  salvation,  and  then 
tried  to  do  them  good.  It  is  a  rule  of  the  institution  that  the  patients 
bring  their  own  medicine  bottles  and  gallipots,  and  she  noticed  that 
many  were  so  poor  that  they  could  not  afford  to  buy  them.  She  there- 
fore,  when  able  to  go  to  the  dust-heap,  placed  bottles  and  pots  on  one 
side  and  took  them  home  with  her.  These  she  used  to  wash  over-night 
that  they  might  be  dry  in  the  morning.  With  them  in  her  apron  she 
tmdged  off  to  the  hospital  glad  that  she  could  do  something  in  the  way 
of  sweet  charity.  How  true  is  the  instinct  of  the  inner  life  to  the 
spirit  of  him  who  "  went  about  doing  good! " 

After  recovery  many  years  passed  on  as  Sarah  pursued  her  occupation 
SB  fairy.  Her  leisure  was  used  al  the  meetings  with  her  family,  and  in 
nursing  her  sick  neighbours.  The  missionary  found  her  services,  as 
one  of  his  helpers,  of  real  value,  and  at  length,  with  the  aid  of  several 
ladies,  set  her  apart  as  Bible-woman  to  people  of  her  own  class.  For 
long  years  she  was  found  faithful  to  her  Lord  and  her  trust,  a  true 
worker  in  the  great  vineyard  of  London.  Her  days,  yes,  and  her 
nights,  have  been  spent  in  ministering  to  the  bodily  needs  of  her  sick 
neighbours,  and  in  leading  them  to  the  **  fountain  opened  for  sin  and 
nncleanness."  The  last  time  we  saw  her  was  in  a  gathering  of  sister 
Bible- women.  Quietly  clothed,  with  her  neat  black  straw  bonnet,  her 
coantenance  radiant  with  holy  joy,  as  she  joined  in  the  devotional 
fieryice,  we  could  but  rejoice  over  her,  as  a  living  proof  of  the  force  of 
the  gospel,  of  its  power  to  turn  the  most  hopeless  "  right  oppositb." 
—From  ^  Our  Veterans,  or  Life-stories  of  the  London  City  Mission'* 

§ittle  §a^tm 

A  GERMAN  had  been  a  Lutheran,  and,  of  coarse,  was  baptized  in 
infancy.    When  asked  the  question,  '*  Have  you  been  baptized  V* 
he  answered  curtly,  *'  Veil,  now,  shust  a  leetle !  " 

We  conceive  that  the  '*  leetle  "  fails  to  answer  the  end  of  baptism,  for 
it  is  neither  the  sign  which  the  Saviour  ordained,  nor  does  it  set  forth 
the  truth  which  baptism  was  intended  to  embody.  Between  sprinkling 
and  immersion  there  is  a  radical  difference,  and  if  either  of  the  two  be 
right  the  other  must  be  wrong.  The  two  ceremonies  cannot  be  op- 
tional and  equally  right,  for  by  no  measure  of  straining  can  they  Be 
made  to  be  emblems  of  the  same  thing.  We  have  no  right  to  supplant 
Christ's  *'mnch  water"  by  man's  'beetle,*'  and  he  who  does  so  must 
^inswer  for  it  to  his  Lord. 


60 

BY  W.  T.  FULLBBTON. 

^  A  ND  the  disciples  were  called  Christians  first  in  Antioch."  Thna 
XjL  associations  gather  roand  particular  places,  and  new  names  come 
into  existence.  No  one  can  have  read  the  fifth  gospel — for  surely  the 
Acts  of  the  Apostles  is  as  much  a  f;ospel  as  any  of  the  other  four —  < 
without  haying  been  arrested  by  the  peculiar  beauty  of  that  incident  in 
connection  with  the  little  town  of  Berea,  recorded  in  the  seventeenth 
chaptet.  The  Macedonian  town  still  stands,  and  is  inhabited  by  some 
twenty  thousand  persons ;  but  we  trust  the  number  of  those  who  may 
truly  be  called  ^^  Bereans  "  is  not  to  be  numbered  by  tens  of  thousands. 
They  are  not  all  Bereans  who  are  of  Berea,  nor  are  they  Bereans  who 
are  Bereans  outwardly ;  but  they  alone  deserve  the  title  who  follow 
those  of  old  in  their  diligence  and  devotion  to  the  truth  of  God.  Such 
conduct  is  as  worthy  of  imitation  as  of  praise,  and  in  order  that  we  may 
follow  in  their  steps  we  shall  try  and  glean  one  or  two  characteristics  of 
their  action. 

In  the  first  place,  they  Jieard  the  Word,  for  we  read,  **  the  word  of  God 
was  preached  by  Paul  at  Berea."  It  were  well  if  this  was  always  the 
case  in  our  assemblies ;  but  if  common  report  is  to  be  believed,  it  is  far 
from  common ;  there  is  plenty  of  preaching  from  the  Word — and  a  long 
way  from  it  sometimes — but  little  real  preaching  of  i\it  Word.  Yet  it 
is  only  the  Word  of  God  which  can  convert  the  soul,  and  bring  success 
to  any  ministry.  "  Let  Glasgow  fiourish  by  the  preaching  of  the  Word," 
used  to  be  the  motto  of  that  flourishing  northern  city;  but  now  they 
have  robbed  their  motto  of  its  chief  chiarm  and  character,  and  only  say^ 
'*  Let  Glasgow  flourish ; "  the  wish  is  there,  but  the  motive  power  is 
gone.  Is  it  not  even  thus  with  many  a  section  of  the  *'  Christian  " 
church  to-day  ?  They  wish  to  flourish,  but  rob  themselves  of  their  very 
life :  they  desire  to  be  like  the  Bereans,  but  neglect  the  very  word  of 
the  Scriptures  which  made  them  more  honourable  than  their  brethren. 
One  is  reminded  of  Byron's  words  as  we  see  them  thus  grasping  the 
shadow  for  the  substance,  and  clinging  to  the  traditions  of  their  fathers 
while  changing  the  very  basis  of  their  faith. 

'*  You  have  the  Pbcenix  dances,  yet 
Where  is  the  Phoenix  phalanx  gone  ? 
Of  two  such  lessons,  why  forget 
The  nobler  and  the  manlier  one  ?  " 

Without  the  Word  preached  we  may  have  the  form,  but  not  the  power; 
the  name,  but  not  the  life.  Oh  !  that  all  servants  of  Christ  were  stirred 
up  to  '''preach  the  Word  ;"  preach  it  in  season,  for  a  word  spoken  in 
season  how  good  it  is !  Preach  it  out  of  season,  for  sometimes  the  un- 
seasonable word  is  the  most  appropriate,  and  seasons  the  life  best. 

On  the  Continent  the  stranger  will  be  struck  by  numerous  '*  Esposi- 
tions,**  sometimes  international,  and  sometimes  neither  national  nor 
rational.  If  he  desires  to  know  what  they  are,  he  will  soon  discover 
that  they  are  nothing  more  nor  less  than  what  we  would  term  ''  Exhibi- 
tions." The  exposition  is  an  exhibition,  and  every  exposition  of  the 
Word  should  be  an  exhibition  of  the  Saviour.    The  text  should  not  be 


BSBEANS.  61 

the  onlj  word  of  God  in  the  sermon :  if  one  hangs  a  ooafc  on  a  peg,  it 
cannot  tmthftillj  be  said  that  the  coat  is  a  peg,  neither  can  tnat  be 
said  to  be  preaching  of  the  Word  which  only  consists  in  hanging  our 
own  ideas  npon  an  isolated  Scriptnre  passage.  Some  preachers  are  like 
the  Gibeonites,  •'  who  did  their  work  wilily,  and  went  and  made  a«  tf 
thej  had  been  ambassadors;"  bnt  like  them,  too,  they  haye  "old 
garments  npon  tbem,  and  all  the  bread  of  their  proyision  is  dry  and 
mouldy."  The  tme  ambassador  brings  the  Word  of  Christ,  and  has 
things  both  ''  new  and  old ; "  bat  the  others,  alas  I  they  haye  taken 
away  my  Lord,  and  I  know  not  where  they  have  laid  him. 

Bat,  eyen  when  the  Word  is  preached,  people  do  not  always  hear ; 
indeed  some  of  the  most  regnlar  attendants  on  the  "  means  of  grace  " 
scarcely  know  what  grace  means.  Many  of  the  workers  in  onr  large 
factories,  where  the  noise  is  enough  to  deafen  a  stranger,  are  so  accus- 
tomed to  it  as  not  to  be  conscious  of  its  existence  ;  and  many  of  those 
who  hear  the  Word  so  often  are  in  the  same  position, — familiarity  has 
bred  contempt,  and  they  sit  unmoved  when  a  message  is  declared  which 
makes  the  angels  sing  for  joy.  Such  can  never  be  considered  Bereans : 
ears  have  they,  but  they  hear  not;  preaching  have  they,  bnt  they  listen 
not ;  gospel  have  they,  but  they  believe  not 

Hearing  the  Word  is  not  in  itseli^  however,  sufficient  to  constitute  a 
nian  a  Berean*  They  "  with  all  readiness  of  mind  received  the  Worck" 
Like  the  Corinthians,  Paul  could  say  of  them,  "  The  gospel  which  I 
preached  ye  received,  and  therein  ye  stand."  **  He  that  hath  ears  to 
hear  let  him  hear  ; "  but  a  ready  ear  without  a  ready  mind  and  a  ready 
heart  is  of  little  use.  Would  wc  had  more  of  this  true  nobility  to  be 
like  '<  the  Bight  Honourable  the  Bereans."  It  is  a  wonder  that  when  so 
many  are  prepared  to  receive  *'  the  smallest  contribution  with  thanks, 
and  larger  sums  in  proportion,"  that  they  pass  by  the  choicest  treasure 
of  all— the  Word  of  God — which  is  sweeter  than  honey,  brighter  than 
light,  more  precious  than  gold,  and  more  fragrant  than  spices. 

These  Bereans  were  wiser,  for  they  received  and  then  searched  (he 
Word  daily  to  see  whether  these  things  were  so.  This  answers  to  the 
famous  mathematical  bridge  where  so  many  students  fail ;  this  is  the 
nibioon  many  cannot  cross.  We  are  apt  to  take  too  much  on  credit, 
and  this  is  not  at  all  creditable.  There  is  still  a  too  profound  reverence 
for  *'  the  clergy,"  and  '*  the  dear  minister."  We  think  it  must  be  so, 
hecauae  the  preacher  says  it  is  so,  and  we  would  deem  it  an  impertinence 
to  qaestion  his  word;  yet  these  Bereans  would  not  even  accept  the 
^ord  of  an  apostle  unless  they  were  fully  persuaded  it  was  also  the 
Word  of  God,  and  we  are  expressly  told  to  search,  even  if  an  angel  from 
hea?en  declare  to  us  a  gospel,  whether  it  is  in  accordance  with  the 
Scriptures.  Our  faith  will  be  much  better  if  we  take  nothing  on  faith, 
snd  accept  not  that  which  does  not  come  with  a  ''Thus  saith  the 
Lord." 

This  searching  of  the  Bereans  was  no  cold  criticism,  for  they  first  of 
all  received  the  Word  readily,  and  then  read  it  so  as  to  become  settled 
in  the  faith.  They  were  not  to  be  tossed  about  with  every  wind  of 
doctrine,  for  their  building  reached  down  to  the  solid  rock.  Let  us 
imitate  them.  A  man  was  once  asked  what  he  believed,  and  at  once 
replied  that  he  believed  what  his  church  believed.  And  what  does  your 


62  BEREANB. 

choTch  believe  ?  " They  believe  the  same  as  I  do."  ''And  what  do  joq 
both  believe  ?  "  was  the  next  qaestion,  which  was  met  by  the  immediate 
rejoinder, ''  Oh  !  we  both  believe  the  same  thing."  That  man  was  not  a 
Berean. 

Not  by  fits  and  starts  is  a  Berean  character  to  be  obtained  and 
retained ;  theirs  was  no  sndden  religions  frenzy  or  sentimental  emo- 
tion ;  they  searched  the  Scriptures  daily,  and  kept  plodding  on  with 
heaven-bom  and  deep-seated  enthusiasm,  and  no  doubt  this  was  the 
secret  of  their  rare  prosperity.  Regular  meals  are  as  good  for  the  soul 
as  the  body,  and  people  would  not  so  often  '*  live  at  this  poor  dying^ 
rate  "  if  only  they  took  care  to  eat  more  spiritual  food  regularly  and 
constantly. 

So  to  be  Bereans  we  want  three  things — ^to  hear,  to  receive,  to  read 
the  Word,  and  read  it  daily.    To  be  like  those  of  Be-rea  we  most 

Be  real, 
Be  ready, 
Be  readers. 
In  these  days  there  is  very  little  Bible-reading.  It  is  true  many  have 
bought  revised  Testaments  ;  but  we  fear  it  is  not  tme  that  many  hare 
read  them;  and  very  few  if  they  did  read  them  would  be  able  to  tell  th& 
difference  between  the  new  and  the  old.  Solomon  said  "  of  making 
books  there  is  no  end"  If  that  was  true  in  his  day,  we  wonder  what  he 
would  say  now  I  And  magazines  1  It  cannot  be  said  that  there  is  no 
end  to  some  of  them,  for  they  come  to  an  end  very.speedily;  but  th& 
only  fear  about  them  is  that  they  take  people  away  from  their  Bibles^ 
and  if  in  this  way  books  have  slain  their  thousands,  magazines  have 
slain  their  tens  of  thousands !  It  will  never  do,  however,  to  speak 
against  magazines  in  such  a  place  as  this,  so  we  shall  cont^it 
ourselves  by  saying,  ''Let  us  read  our  Bibles  first,  then  The  Siocrd  and 
the  Trowel,  and  after  that  as  many  papers  as  we  please  ;  only  let  the 
Bible  have  the  pre-eminence." 

And  now,  by  way  of  a  word  of  application  to  this  homely  homily,  and 
in  the  last  place,  finally,  in  conclusion,  let  a  word  be  said  aoont  a 
society  which  has  recently  been  formed  under  the  title  of  "  The  Berean 
Bible  Union."  For  fear  of  mistake  it  should  be  careftdly  borne  in 
mind  that  it  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  union  workhooae. 
An  error  of  this  sort  may  be  easily  made.  Some  months  ago  we 
announced  in  a  provincial  town  that  all  those  who  had  "worker's 
tickets  "  were  invited  to  meet  together  on  the  following  evening  at  five 
o'clock.  At  the  appointed  time  about  a  hundred  old  women  stood  at  the 
door,  saying  they  had  brought  their  worker's  tickets  with  them  ;  that 
morning  they  had  received  them  from  the  relieving  officer,  and  they 
thought  it  was  very  kind  of  us  to  invite  them.  It  was  rather  an  awkward 
fix  for  ns  to  be  in,  and  we  had  at  length  to  tell  them  that  it  was 
workers',  and  not  workus'  tickets  that  were  required.  Nor  is  our  Union 
a  union  of  spiritual  paupers;  but  of  those  who,  having  much  already 
irom  the  Word  of  Ood,  desire  to  unite  in  oider  to  help  each  other  to  pet 
more;  we  do  not  profess  to  keep  the  Bible  together — that  has  cohesion 
enough  in  itself—our  only  desire  is  that  each  member  should  privately 
read  the  same  chapter  on  the  same  day. 

A  few  words  about  its  histoiy.    At  the  b^^ing  of  last  year,  we 


BERBANS.  6^ 

felt  it  incambent  upon  us  to  do  something  for  those  who,  by  the  grace 
of  Ood,  had  been  brought  nnder  the  influence  of  the  tnith,  Uirongh  us, 
in  TariouB  parts  of  the  country,  and,  as  evangelists,  we  did  not  consider 
ourselves  at  liberty  to  attempt  anything  of  a  pastoral  character.  It 
seemed  most  clear  that  the  very  agency  required  was  a  Bible  Union,  for 
snrely  nothing  better  could  be  devised  for  these  generally  called  '*  young 
converts  "  than  to  help  them  in  the  reading  of  that  Word  from  which 
alone  comes  strength  and  stability.  So  the  idea  took  root,  the  Berean 
Bible  Union  was  darted,  and  during  the  year  has  prospered  to  such  an 
extent  that  now  we  number  more  than  five  thousand  members.  We 
have  no  other  object  in  view  than  the  glory  of  Ood,  and  nothing  to  gain 
except  a  heap  of  correspondence,  and  perhaps,  as  during  the  past  year,, 
the  thanks  of  many  who  may  have  been  benefited  by  this  band  of 
Berean  brotherhood. 

Our  system  of  reading  is  very  simple,  one  chapter  a  day,  and  a  Book 
of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  alternately.  Thus  during  the  past  year 
we  began  at  Genesis,  then  read  Matthew,  then  Exodus,  and  then  Mark, 
continuing  with  a  chapter  daily  until  by  the  end  of  the  year  we  got  aa 
far  as  the  end  of  Judges  in  the  one  and  the  end  of  Romans  in  the  other. 
On  t^e  same  plan  next  year  we  shall  get  to  the  end  of  Job  in  the  Old 
Testament,  and  finish  the  New.  This  system  has  advantages  over  all 
others,  in  that  it  saves  the  reader  from  getting  a  one-sided  view  of 
truth,  enables  him  to  read  the  New  Testament  twice  as  often  as  the  Old, 
and  affords  a  pleasant  variation  when  the  Old  Testament  reading 
happens  to  be  in  the  midst  of  abstruse  and  little-understood  pro- 
phecies. 

The  Union  is  specially  intended  for  those  lately  led  into  the  lighf,. 
bnt  we  think  all  Christians  might  derive  much  benefit  if  they  would 
join  with  us.  How  often  and  often  do  people  neglect  reading  the  Word 
altogether,  because  they  do  not  know  where  to  begin,  or  keep  reading 
the  shortest  chapters  or  psalms  they  can  find  because  they  have  no 
regular  system.  How  many,  too,  habitually  open  the  book  at  random, 
and  read  the  first  portion  on  which  the  eye'  happens  to  rest,  until  pre- 
sently they  have  taught  the  Bible  to  open  at  their  own  favourite  spots 
of  its  own  accord. 

All  these  evils  would  be  remedied  by  joining  this,  or  other  kindred 
unions,  nor  do  we  know  of  any  argument  which  can  be  urged  against 
such  a  course.  It  is  true  some  may  say  they  object  to  bring  themselves 
into  bondage,  since  theirs  is  a  service  of  freedom.  Since  it  is  service  of 
such  liberty,  you  are  at  liberty  to  join  with  others,  and  help  yourself 
and  them  to  study  the  Scriptures,  are  you  not  ?  A  railway  engine  ia 
more  at  liberty  on  the  metal  rails  than  in  the  open  country,  and  if  you 
will  travel  on  the  Bible  rails  laid  down  by  such  a  union  as  this,  you  will 
certainly  lose  none  of  your  freedom. 

For  if  thousands  of  Christians  unite  to  study  the  same  portion  on  the 
aame  day,  and  if,  as  we  hope,  they  all  ask  blessing  upon  it,  may  we  not 
expect  that  in  answer  to  so  many  prayers  much  light  may  be  granted  ? 
And  then,  if  we  can  get  all  our  friends  to  unite  with  us,  we  shall  at  all 
times  have  a  subject  of  conversation  ready  to  hand,  and  instead  of 
dealing  in  the  meaningless  trivialities  of  modem  small-talk,  we  shall  be 
able  at  once  to  turn  the  conversation  into  a  profitable  and  pleasing 


«4  **  LOOKING  UNTO  JE8US." 

channel.  Snch  a  qnestion,  for  instance,  as  ''  Did  you  notice  that  very 
cheering  promise  in  our  chapter  yesterday  ?  "  would  be  natural  between 
Bible  Union  members,  and  would  at  once  suggest  many  other  promises 
of  a  kindred  sort. 

Many  branches  have  been  formed  over  the  kingdom — ^forty  up  to  the 
time  of  writing,  one  of  which  has  over  one  thousand  members — ^but  we 
liope  that  at  die  beginning  of  1882  many  more  may  be  started.  ^  Any 
friend  anj  where  who  would  be  willing  to  take  the  matter  up — and  it  has 
been  taken  up  with  great  advantage  by  ministers,  leaders  of  Bible- 
•classes,  Sunday-school  teachers  and  others — will  be  gladly  supplied  with 
every  information  by  the  writer,  who  will  also  be  glad  to  frimish  any 
who  would  like  to  join  us  with  cards  of  membership,  if  they  will  write, 
enclosing  one  stamp,  to  ''  Berean  Bible  UnioUi  45,  Doddington  Orove, 
Eennington  Park,  London,  S.E." 


WE  walk  not  by  sight,  but  by  faith;  but  when  &ith  becomes  so 
kindled  and  intensified  into  spiritual  sight  that  it  can  pierce  far 
into  the  heavens,  and  see  Jesus  crowned  with  gloiy  and  honour,  how 
unconquerable  it  can  make  us  I 

I  was  reading  this  very  week  of  the  perils  of  a  bewildered  and  storm- 
bound party  on  one  of  our  western  mountains.  Pressing  on  in  the 
blinding  snow,  the  track  lost,  the  cold  increasing,  one  of  the  party  at 
last  sank  down  to  die.  In  the  drowse  of  approaching  death  no  per- 
fiuasions  or  ezpostalations  could  induce  him  to  go  forward,  and  he  sank 
into  a  bank  of  snow  to  die.  But  taking  from  his  pocket  a  picture  of 
his  wife  and  children  for  a  farewell  lock^  the  vision  of  the  dear  ones  in 
that  far-off  home  suddenly  broke  upon  his  heart  It  was  resistless ; 
what  threats  and  entreaties  from  those  near  at  hand  could  not  effect  was 
done  in  an  instant  bv  that  one  glance.  He  saw  afar  off  his  happy 
home,  and  he  roused  nimself  to  press  on  to  it ;  with  the  new  power 
coming  in  from  that  sight  he  pushed  forward,  and  reached  a  place  of 
safety. 

It  is  but  a  pattern  and  fac-simile  of  Ood's  dealings  with  us.  When 
we  are  faint  with  toil,  and  sinking  under  weariness,  and  ready  to  yield 
the  battle,  we  hear  his  voice,  *<  Let  us  therefore  run  with  patience  the 
race  that  is  set  before  us,  looking  unto  Jmus,  the  author  and  finisher  of 
our  faith,  who,  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before  him,  endured  the  cross, 
despising  the  shame,  and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of 
God."  And  when  we  are  appalled  at  the  ravages  of  sin,  and  ready  to 
despair  at  the  slowness  of  the  church's  progress,  and  the  barrenness  of  her 
conquests,  we  hear  him  saying, ''  Look  up,  and  lift  up  your  heads,  for  your 
redemption  draweth  nigh."  This  is  our  attitude  in  spite  of  all  that 
tends  to  make  us  hang  the  head  and  cloee  the  eye.  ''  Unto  them  that  look 
for  him  shall  he  appear  the  second  time  without  sin  unto  salvation." — 
A,  J.  Gordon. 


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fS^anvA  ^DampILa/ 


THE  mofit  recent  illastrions  seceder  'from  the  Gharch  of  Borne  is 
CoTznt  Enrico  di  CampellOy  Canon  of  the  Vatican  Basilica,  who  on 
the  13tb  of  September,  1881,  addressed  a  letter  to  the  Arch-priest, 
Cardinal  Borromeo,  announcing  his  secession  from  the  Papal  church, 
and  in  the  evening  of  the  same  daj  delivered  an  address  in  the 
Erangelical  Church  in  the  Piazza  Poll,  vindicating  the  course  he  had 
taken.  The  Rev.  William  Arthur,  who  writes  an  introduction  to  the 
Connt's  antobiography,  justly  remarks — ''The  fact  that  a  tonsured 
Boman  noble,  a  Canon  of  St.  Peter's,  could  leave  his  Basilica,  cross  over 
to  the  slopes  of  the  Quirinal,  there,  in  a  small,  humble  church,  solemnly 
renounce  the  tonsure  and  avow  the  Protestant  faith,  and  still  retain  not 
only  life  and  liberty  but  also  his  title  and  his  civil  rights,  represents  in 
itself  a  gteat  revolution  and  a  pregnant  one.  How  great  and  how 
pregnant  is  further  shown  when  we  find  that  this  gentleman  can  in  the 
Eternal  City  sit  down  and  write  an  autobiography,  giving  his  reasons 
for  the  step  he  has  taken,  can  send  his  manuscript  to  the  presses  of  the 
printer  to  the  senate,  and  can  publish  his  book  as  freely  within  sound 
of  the  bells  of  St.  Peter's  as  any  convert  from  Protestantism  might 
publish  one  within  sound  of  those  of  St.  Paul's." 

The  story  of  Campello's  life  can  be  briefly  told.  His  father,  sharing 
the  Italian  aspirations  for  freedom,  had  accepted  office  under  the  ill- 
fitted  Boman  Bepublic,  which  was  crushed  by  the  French  soldiery  in 
1^49,  and  had  thereby  incurred  the  Papal  displeasure.  Upon  the  fall 
of  the  Bepublic  he  was  imprisoned  by  Pope  Pius  IX.  Two  intimate 
friends  interceded  for  him  and  procured  his  liberation,  on  condition 
however  that  one  of  his  sons  should  be  educated  for  the  church  as  a 
pledge  of  humble  subjection  and  inviolable  fidelity. 

Enrico,  then  twenty  years  of  age,  was  selected  for  this  purpose.  With 
deceitful  flattery  he  was  inveigl^  away  to  a  Jesuit  college  at  Tivoli, 
and  thence  transferred  to  the  Academy  of  Noble  Ecclesiastics,  a 
•eminary  for  the  special  service  of  the  high  Boman  Curia.  To  qualify 
him  for  entrance  to  this  academy  he  was  hurried  through  the  various 
grades  of  '*  holy  orders,"  i$.j  tonsure,  the  four  minor  orders,  and  the 
snb-diaconate ;  and  thus  an  inexperienced  youth  was  in  a  few  months 
prepared  for  a  state  of  celibacy,  and  made  to  pledge  himself  thereto 
before  the  church  in  a  solenm  oath  and  vow  to  most  Holy  Ood. 

Presently  after,  he  was  made  a  priest,  and  then  canon  of  the  Liberian 
Basilica.  His  rapid  promotion  incensed  the  other  canons,  who 
coDtriTed  to  make  his  position  unpleasant.  He  gave  himself  up  to 
study,  and  devoted  himself  to  preaching  to  still  the  rising  troubles  of 
his  heart  But  (we  quote  his  own  words)  "  the  solitude  of  his  chamber 
oppressed  him;  from  time  to  time  he  would  be  plunged  in  a  deep 
Badness  which  often  dimmed  his  eyes.  He  felt  that  something  was 
wanting^a  void  within  his  heart,  which  neither  his  cherished  studies 
x^or  his  Ecclesiastical  occupations  could  ever  fill;  whilst  on  the  contrary, 

*  Coont  CampeUo.  An  Autobiography.  Qiviiig  his  reasons  for  leaving  the  Papal 
Chnrdi.  With  an  introduction  by  the  aer.  William  Arthur,  2£.A.  London :  Hoddar 
^  Stoughton. 


66  COUNT  CAMPELLO. 

any  token  of  affection,  any  accent  from  the  heart,  sufficed  to  ronae  hux» 
from  his  lethargy,  and  filled  him  with  the  sweetest  joy.  He  felt 
himself  profoundly  unhappy,  but  he  dreaded  investigating  the  reason^ 
Almost  daily,  kneeling  at  the  feet  of  a  priest,  whom  the  Catholic  faith 
represented  to  him  as  the  comforter  of  the  belieyer  in  Jesus  Christ,  he 
expressed  his  doubt  that  his  vocation  had  not  been  inspired  by  Ood,  but 
imposed  by  man.  And  what  was  the  medicine  suggested  to  allay  the 
pain  of  the  deeply-wounded  heart  ?  Nothing  but  the  cold  proverbial 
8%  rum  es  vocatu8,fac  ut  voceria.  If  you  have  not  received  a  cidl,  procure 
a  cid].  A  fine  institution,  this  auricular  confession,  which  accoraing  to 
the  Council  of  Trent  has  for  its  object  to  comfort  the  afflicted,  and  is 
called  the  second  plank  after  shipwreck !  All  the  comfort  it  offers,  if 
your  strength  fails  amidst  the  raging  of  the  tempest  is,  ^  Be  resigned 
and  drown ! ' " 

Campello  strove  to  become  resigned,  and  to  drown  his  sorrows  in  the 
generous  cup  of  beneficent  labour.  He  threw  himself  with  his  whole 
ardour  into  the  work  of  night  schools,  and  for  nine  years  gather^ 
together  young  artisans  mm  all  parts  of  Bome,  and  gave  them 
instruction  in  writing,  reading,  spelling,  composition,  arithmetic, 
applied  geometry,  linear  and  ornamental  drawing.  This  school  became 
an  immense  success.  It  was  renowned  throughout  the  city.  The 
premises  had  to  be  extended.  But  jealous  colleagues  conspired  to 
frustrate  this  useftil  work,  and  Campello  was  forced  to  abandon  the 
institution  so  dear  to  him.    The  school  was  closed. 

In  the  autumn  of  1867  his  loftiest  promotion  was  reached,  the  pope 
made  him  a  canon  of  the  patriarchal  Vatican  Basilica.  The  Vatican 
chapter,  of  which  he  thus  became  a  member,  is  the  most  ancient,  and 
the  most  noble  and  influentiid  chapter  in  the  Papal  church.  He  was 
surrounded  with  the  gorgeous  pomp  of  St  Peter's,  but  the  hollow 
splendour  was  seen  and  felt  to  be  a  mockery.  In  one  of  those  splendid 
services,  whilst  he  among  a  throng  of  prelates  was  following  the  pope, 
who,  bome  aloft  upon  his  portable  throne  between  two  fans  which 
shaded  his  person,  proceeded  up  the  nave  of  the  church  leading  to  the 
throne,  a  friend  of  Campello's,  a  distinguished  foreign  prelate  now  a 
cardinal,  with  whom  he  sometimes  jested  on  the  subject  of  nationality, 
approached  him  and  whispered  in  his  ear,  **  No  question  about  it ;  you 
Italians  are  the  first  comedians  in  the  world."  ^*  Tes,  monsignore," 
was  Campello's  reply,  "this  is  a  comedy  which,  performed  amongst  » 
flock  of  owls,  pays  tremendously  ;  and  for  this  reason  you  left  white- 
cliffed  England,  and  came  amongst  us."  The  joke  was  pursued  no 
further,  and  the  elegant  prelate  blushed  and  was  silent. 

We  cannot  be  surprised  that  such  a  man,  having  undergone  so  many 
disillusions,  should  feel  unspeakable  weariness  and  sadness.  As  yet  he 
had  not  discerned  that  the  root  of  the  e?il  was  in  the  system,  and  he 
betook  himself  again,  for  relief,  to  the  plan  of  active  occupation.  Hard 
by  the  Tarpeian  rock  is  an  ancient  church  called  S.  Maria  in  Vincis. 
In  this  church  he  held  nightly  services,  preaching  the  Holy  .Gospel  to 
the  people  thrice  a  week.  On  Sunday  evenings  about  sunset  he  woald 
go  into  the  neighbouring  squares  to  invite  the  people  who  were  standings 
there  idle  to  come  ana  repeat  some  prayers ;  and  a  goodly  number 
always  followed  him. 


CDUBT  GAMPSLLO.  67 

While  he  was  thus  engaged  the  openinsr  of  the  (Ecamenical  Vatican 
CoQocil  was  announced  to  the  world.  This  was  the  trumpet  blown 
with  might  and  main  to  rally  the  zealots  of  the  Church  round  the 
standard  of  High  Popery.  The  last  council,  the  Council  of  Trent,  had 
aimed  to  strangle  the  doctrinal  revolution;  the  (Ecumenical  Council 
aimed  at  strangling  the  social  revolution  :  and,  oh,  what  wire-pulling 
and  intrigue  went  on  behind  the  scenes !  The  Pope  strained  every 
nerve  to  get  his  infallibility  proclaimed.  Passavalli,  an  Archbishop  and 
Vicar  of  the  Vatican  Chapter,  a  gifted  and  learned  prelate,  was  com- 
missioned to  deliver  the  opening  address.  Everyone  knew  how  high 
be  stood  in  the  Pope's  favour,  and  predicted  for  him  a  Cardinal's  hat. 
The  Pope  sent  to  tell  him  beforehand  that  he  wished  him  to  advocate  the 
passing  of  the  decree  of  Infallibility.  But,  lo  !  Passavalli  had  a  mind 
of  his  own.  The  address  was  delivered,  but  the  Infallibility  dogma 
was  not  recommended.  And  when  afterwards,  in  the  Council,  Passavalli 
stood  out  manfully  aigainst  that  gigantic  folly,  the  extract  and  quint* 
essence  of  lunatic  asylums,  the  thunderbolts  of  Papal  wrath  were 
launched  at  his  head.  We  quote  an  anecdote  which  gives  us  an  edifying 
peep  behind  the  scenes. 

'*The  Council  being  suspended,  Pius  IX.  descended  into  the  Basilica, 
and  the  chapter  drawn  up  on  either  side,  received  him  as  was  wont,  at 
the  door.  The  writer  was  present.  The  Dean  handed  the  Pope  the 
aspergas  to  bless  himself  and  them  with  the  so-called  holy  water.  The 
Pope  paused,  and  looking  gloomily  around,  suddenly  addressed  the 
Bean  in  angry  tones :  ^  It  is  not  to  you,  Monsignor,  that  this  ofiSce 
belongs,  but  to  the  Vicar.  Is  Monsignor  Passavalli  away  ? '  '  Your 
Holiness  must  know  that  Monsignor  Vicar  is  in  Frascati,  suffering 
severely  in  his  legs.'  '  His  legs,'  retorted  the  Pope,  with  a  sardonic 
smile, '  let  him  take  care  of  his  head,  and  he  will  be  better !  .  •  .  . 
Aspei^as  me  Domine/  with  what  follows  ;  and  thus  he  blessed  us  with 
a  very  bad  grace." 

There  are  in  Bome  a  few  learned,  pious  priests  who,  discerning  the 
evils  of  the  Bomish  Church,  long  for  a  salutary  reformation  to  be 
effected  by  the  authority  constitute  by  God,  ie.  the  Papacy.  They 
belong  to  the  so-called  Old  Catholics,  whom  Pious  IX.  acutely  dubbed 
Yoong  Heretics.  Dr.  Doellinger,  in  Germany,  and  Father  Hyacinth,  in 
France,  represents  the  movement,  which  makes  slow  progress.  With  such 
kindred  spirits  Campello  associated,  and  to  these  good  souls  developed 
bis  scheme.  Said  he :  ''  Well,  let  us  make  that  Pope  who  is  so  necessary 
for  you  I  You  know  that  by  Divine  and  indefeasible  right  the  election 
of  their  own  bishop  belongs  to  the  clergy  and  people,  and  this  inalienable 
right  was  continufdly  exercised  by  theBioman  clergy  and  people  for  twelve 
centuries  down  to  Alexander  III.,  who,  by  a  dash  of  the  pen,  deprived 
ns  of  it,  usurping  it  for  himself.  In  the  name  of  God  let  us  then  vindi- 
cate our  rights;  and  when  we  have  a  compact  majority  we  shall  defy 
the  Cardinals,  the  present  electors  of  the  Pope."  A  society  was  formed 
with  the  title  *^  Catholic  Italian  Society  for  Bevindicating  the  Bights  of 
the  Christian,  and  particularly  of  the  Boman  People."  Many  eccle- 
siastics of  high  position  joined  it.  But  when  it  became  known  the 
liberal  papers  langhed  at  it,  and  said  that  no  more  popes  were  wanted : 
tbere  was  already  one  superfluous  Pope,  he  of  the  Vatican.    This  wav 


68  OOUmr  GAHP8LL0. 

its  reception  from  one  eide;  and  on  tho  other,  the  Pope  hnrled  his 
ezoommnnication  against  it,  and  the  society  died. 

Soon  afterwards  the  death  of  Pins  IX.  awakened  hopes  of  reform 
nnder  the  new  Pope,  Leo  XIII.,  bnt  it  soon  appeared  that  thongh  the 
oondnctor  of  the  orchestra  was  changed,  the  mnsic  was  the  same  as 
before.  Leo  XIII.  thmst  ont  his  claws  to  clntch  Campello,  and  he  was 
summoned  to  appear  before  two  cardinals  who  veiled  npon  him  with  aU 
their  might :  but  he  replied  to  the  eleven  heads  ot  accusation  brought 
against  him  with  so  energetic  a  conftitation  that  it  was  deemed  expedient 
to  hush  the  matter  up.  They  did  not  dare  to  be  led  a  public  dance 
before  the  civil  courts  of  the  execrated  kingdom  of  Italy.  Leo  is  as 
dead  set  against  modem  civilization  as  was  Pins,  and  as  bitterly  opposed 
to  the  Italian  kingdom.  His  last  attempt  to  embroQ  Italy  with  the 
Oatholic  powers  was  by  means  of  the  funeral  procession  of  Pius  IX.  on 
tiie  13th  of  last  July.  The  Italian  Oovemment  had  been  given  to 
understand  that  the  deceased  Pope  would  be  removed  to  his  long  home 
privately,  while  it  had  been  secretly  arranged  that  4,000  fanatics  with 
4,000  torches  should  follow  the  car  repeating  psalms  and  rosaries,  and 
forming  a  sort  of  political  demonstration.  No  wonder  that  the  tumult 
occurr^  in  the  streets.  It  was  premeditated  long  beforehand,  and  pur- 
posely provoked  by  the  angry  bigots  of  the  Society  for  Promoting 
Catholic  Interests.  . 

When  Campello  found  that  there  was  no  prospect  of  a  reformation 
of  the  Pai)al  Church,  he  withdrew  by  himself,  *'  trusting  to  find  life,  peace, 
and  love  in  the  true  spirit  of  the  Nazarene  and  of  his  gospel."  *^God 
grant,"  he  says  in  the  close  of  his  letter  to  Cardinal  Borromeo,  **  that 
my  example  may  find  imitators  who,  deceived  like  me  in  their  early 
years,  and  afterwards  terrorized  by  the  worst  of  systems,  are  at  present 
dragging  the  chains  of  their  own  servitude." 

In  his  address  on  the  evening  of  his  secession,  he  uttered  the  following 
noble  words : — 

"  Believers  in  Christ  and  his  gospel  will  applaud  my  act ;  enemies 
of  him  and  of  his  work  will  curse  me.  Between  these  two  marshalled 
bands  I  fearlessly  take  my  stand,  tranquil,  and  with  my  conscience  at 
rest  Turning  to  the  first  band  I  say  to  them :  No,  applaud  not  the 
man,  but  give  applause  to  Christ,  who  by  his  grace  has  triumphed  over 
the  man.  After  having  spent  the  best  years  of  my  life  in  the  service  of 
the  pope's  church,  after  having  for  tw^ty  years  and  more  sustained  a 
combat  with  the  absurdities  of  Catholicism,  after  having  dragged  and 
gnawed  the  chains  which  tied  me  to  that  ancient  enemy  of  Uie  truth,  I  was 
at  last  touched  by  the  grace  which  is  not  to  be  resisted ;  for  it  is  the  grace 
of  Ood  made  man,  of  Jesus  Christ,  who  has  vanquished  death  and  helL 

**  Turning  to  the  second  band,  I  say :  Why  such  an  outcry  about  one 
man  who  quits  your  ranks  ?  You  so  strong,  trembling  1  Are  you  not 
all  day  long  saying  that  the  great  Reformation  of  the  sixteenth  century 
is  shortly  to  come  to  an  end  ?  Why  then  all  these  tumultuous  cries  of 
rage  and  fury  ?  I  well  know  why.  Because,  no  matter  how  small  the 
stone,  each  single  stone  that  becomes  here  in  Bome  detached  from  your 
edifice  may  become  fatal  to  you.  Do  you  not  perceive  that  the  flowing 
tide  of  liberty  and  of  Evangelical  progress  day  by  day  mounts  higher, 
and  threatens  to  swallow  you  up  ?    Being  impotent  to  check  it,  do  yon 


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aiTAN'B  riBHBET.  69 

desire,  with  blindaeas  inescDBBble  like  that  of  tbe  ancieat  sjnagogne, 
to  be  bnried  under  the  minH  of  the  temple  ?  " 

Campello  has  reliDC|iiiBhed  place  and  power  for  Christ's  sake. 
Ma;  God  give  him  a  higher  power,  in  the  effeotaal  proclamation  of 
Christ's  gospel,  and  a  nobler  place,  in  the  affection  of  those  whom  he 
shall  tnm  from  Popish  falseb(wd  to  the  Sarionr.  C.  A.  Di.ns. 


jJaten'B  ihlitx^' 


There*!  skill  in  fishing,  that  the  devil  knows ; 
For  when  fiir  souls  Satan  ■  fishing  goes, 
He  an|;1ea  cunningly;  he  knows  he  must 
SxMd;  fit  the  bait  unto  the  lust. 
He  gCndies  cnoatitution,  place  and  time. 
He  guesses  what  ia  his  delight,  what  thine ; 
And  10  accordingl)'  prepares  the  bait, 
Whilst  he  himself  lies  close!/  hid,  to  wait 
When  thou  wilt  nibble  at  it.     Dust  incline 
To  drunken  meetinnf  then  he  baits  with  wine: 
la  this  tbe  wayF     I?  into  thi^  he'll  smell, 
He'll  ahortly  pledge  a  cup  of  wrath  in  hell. 
To  pride  or  lust  is  thj  vile  nature  bent  i* 
An  object  suitable  he  will  present. 
O  think  on  this  I  when  }rou  cast  in  tbe  book, 
6aj,  thus  for  wj  poor  soul  doth  Satan  look. 
O  pla;  not  witb  temptations,  do  not  swallow 
The  Bugar'd  bait;  consider  what  will  follow, 
If  once  he  hitch  tbee,  then  awaj  be  draws 
Tb/  cqittre  sonl  dose  pris'ner  in  his  paws. 


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B7     THOMAS     SPUBGEOX. 

{Continued  from  page  16.) 

E  have  spoken  of  self-confidence  and  unbelief  as  two  great  hin- 
drances to  a  complete  surrender  to  the  Savionr ;  bat  they  are  not 
the  only  ones,  though  unbelief,  perhaps,  is  the  mother  of  the  rest. 
Many  are  kept  or  rather  keep  away  from  Jesus  through  fear  concerning 
the  future.  They  speak  within  themselves  to  this  effect, — "Now,  sup- 
pose after  all  I  make  a  failure  of  it.  What  if  I  am  found  sinning  as 
usual  after  making  a  profession.  What  a  fool  I  shall  look.  What  a 
hypocrite  I  shall  seem."  Some  regard  such  a  contingency  in  a  still 
more  serious  light,  and  very  properly  reflect  on  the  disgrace  such  a 
failure  would  bring  to  the  name  and  cause  of  Jesus.  Knowing  how 
eager  the  world  is  to  disparage  Christianity,  they  dread  to  don  the 
regimentals  of  a  King  who  demands  such  close  adherence,  and  deserves 
such  unswerving  service.  They  point  to  old  hulks  lying  buried  in  the 
sand  hard  by  the  spot  where  they  first  struck  the  shore ;  wrecks  whose 
bleaching  ribs  appear  to  warn  them  lest  they  also,  after  laonching  out, 
become  castaways.  '*  Hbd  we  not  better,"  say  they,  *'  make  no  pro- 
fession, lest  by  some  after-slip  we  injure  Uie  cause  of  Christ?" 

Such  concern  about  the  future  may  to  some  appear  very  reasonable. 
It  looks  to  an  unexperienced  observer  like  a  grace  which  should  rather 
be  cultivated  than  rooted  up.  There  are  eyes  which  cannot  tell  a  blade 
of  grass  from  a  blade  of  corn,  or  a  toadstool  ftom  a  mushroom.  I  do 
not  hesitate  to  proclaim  this  anxiety,  despite  its  specious  appearance, 
to  be  worthless  as  the  weed,  and  poisonous  as  the  fungus.  It  is  full  of 
unbelief.  An  implidt  confidence  causes  us  to  give  ourselves  up  unre- 
servedly to  the  Saviour  that  he  may  do  with  us  as  he  wills.  Though 
utterly  unworthy  of  the  least  of  all  his  benefits,  we  believe  he  wills  to 
save  us ;  but  anyhow  we  feel  impelled  to  trust  in  him  and  to  love  him. 
John  Bunyan  was  not  expressing  his  own  experience  merely  when  he 
said,  '*  If  Christ  had  stood  with  a  drawn  sword  in  his  hand,  I  wonld 
sooner  have  run  on  the  point  of  his  sword  than  have  remained  as  I 
was." 

Faith  in  Christ  involves  a  complete  surrender.  That  surrender  ac- 
complished, we  are  no  longer  our  own.  Having  once  cast  all  our  care 
on  Christ,  henceforth  "  we  are  his  care,"  and  the  responsibility  which 
was  on  us  devolves  on  him.  Not  but  what  we  must  still  be  clinging ; 
but,  retaining  our  grasp,  the  discredit  if  we  come  to  harm  falls  not  on 
us,  but  on  him  who  undertakes  to  save  us  if  we  cling.  '^  Ah,"  says  one, 
that  is  just  the  difSculty — ^if  I  cling.  I  am  so  afraid  I  shall  let  go  my 
hold."  Then,  for  your  comfort,  let  me  say  that  even  this  does  not 
depend  entirely  on  yonrself.  Final  perseverance  is  only  possible  through 
final  preservation.  The  work  of  sidvation  is,  all  through,  a  work  of 
love  on  God's  part,  and  his  love  is  everlasting.  This  being  so,  we  cannot 
sink  back  into  jthe  pit  of  corruption  out  of  which  he  has  loved  us  (Isa. 
xxxviiL  17),  and  he  who  gave  us  will  and  power  to  cast  our  arms  around 
the  cross  will  rivet  them  together,  as  it  were,  on  the  other  side,  so  that 


'^LAUHGHIHG  OTTT.''  71 

we  cannot  loose  oar  hold.  JeaiiB  has  not  finiflhed  speaking  when  he  has 
said,  "  Neither  do  I  condemn  thee."  He  adds  the  great  command, 
"Qo,  and  sin  no  more  : "  and  think  yon  he  will  not  grant  the  grace  to 
do  his  bidding  ?  He  who  draws  as  from  the  horrible  pit,  places  oar  feet 
opon  a  rock,  and,  more  than  that,  he  pats  songs  within  oar  moath,  and 
among  them  all  there  is  no  sweeter  one  than  that  which  cries, ''  Glory 
to  God  for  all  the  grace  I  have  not  tasted  jet." 

The  foantain  opened  for  sin  and  for  ancleanness  is  a  perpetaal  one, 
and  he  who  sayes  from  past  gailt  promises  grace  safficient  in  the  fatare. 
The  doable  flood  which  issaed  from  his  pierced  side  is  a  sare  token  of 
this.  If  prepared  to  trnst  the  blood,  can  yon  not  rejoice  in  the  water 
too  ?  Do  yon  not  perceive  that  he  who  was  cracified,  bat  is  now  exalted, 
is  "  able  to  save  them  to  the  attermost  (t.d.,  completely)  that  come  nnto 
God  by  him  "  ?  Well  may  we  shrink  from  making  a  bold  profession  if 
needs  be  that  we  abide  by  it  in  oar  own  strength.  We  might  indeed 
hesitate  to  lannch  oat,  did  not  he  who  bids  as  set  sail  go  with  as  in 
the  ship.  Bat  having  once  trnsted  Christ,  there  is  a  mystic  anion 
'twixt  mm  and  as  which  makes  oar  interests  one,  and  on  this  acconnt 
he  saves  as  and  preserves  as /or  his  awn  name's  sake. 

It  is  impossible  for  the  anbeliever  to  conceive  the  power  which  God  by 
his  Holy  Spirit  grants  to  those  who  trnst  his  Son.  rrevions  fiailares  at 
reformation  afford  no  reason  for  fearing  another,  provided  the  next 
attempt  be  made  on  this  very  different  footing.  Who  can  wonder  that  he 
failed  when  he  had  to  battle  anaided  with  forces  which  only  omnipotence 
can  match  ?  Bat  the  scene  is  changed  when,  confiding,  not  in  self  bat  in 
Jesas,  we  look  to  what  he  has  done,  and  by  faith  receive  the  assnrance 
that  it  was  done  for  as.  Toa  who  have  tried  over  and  over  again  to 
be  and  do  better  have  b^nn  at  the  wrong  end ;  yon  look  for  the  effect 
thoagh  yoa  neglect  what  mnst  be  the  canse.  '^  This  is  the  work  of 
God,  that  ye  believe  in  Jeans  Christ  whom  he  hath  sent."  Think  not 
so  mach  of  taming  over  a  new  leaf  as  of  getting  yoar  name  inscribed 
on  a  leaf  of  the  Lamb's  book  of  life.  What  wonder  that  yon  retam 
from  the  battle  worsted  when  yon  relied  on  Sanl's  sword  and  armonr. 
First  Trnst  in  Christ,  and  then  go  forth  in  the  power  of  his  might,  and 
yon  shall  be  more  than  conqaeror. 

"  Stand,  then,  in  his  creat  might, 

With  all  his  strengUi  endued ; 
And  take  to  arm  you  for  the  fight,. 
The  panoply  of  GK>d.'' 

It  is  his  own  work.  **  His  hononr  is  engaged  to  save  the  meanest  of  his 
sheep."  He  will  perfect  that  which  concemeth  yon.  He  will  not  snffer 
joor  foot  to  be  moved.  He  will  not  let  the  waters  overwhelm ;  yoar  little 
harqae  shall  oatlive  every  storm ;  so  "  Lannch  oat,  laanch  oat  into  the 
deep." 

Fear  of  another  sort  takes  possession  of  some  wonld-be  disciples. 
They  dread  reproach  from  others  rather  than  a  failnre  on  their  own 
jpart.  The  storm  threatens,  so  they  postpone  the  voyage  indefinitely. 
Ihe  condition  of  their  lannching  oat  is  ''  weather  and  other  circom- 
Btances  permitting."  They  are  afraid  to  face  their  comrades  and  to 
brave  their  taunts  and  jeers.    Thoagh  folly  persuaded  in  their  own 


^2  "LATmCHDrO  OOT.** 

mindfl,  they  dread  that  othera  should  know  of  their  persnasiom  Thef 
remind  me  of  an  old  party  whom  I  once  asked  if  she  waa  on  the  Lord'B 
side.  She  drew  me  towards  her  and  whispered  very  softly  in  my  ear, 
**  Tes,  bnt  I  Wouldn't  like  to  tell  everybody  so."  As  a  matter  of  fact 
very  few  had  the  least  suspicion  that  she  was  anywhere  near- the  Lord*B 
side.  Strange  tiiat  so  many  shrink  from  the  idea  of  their  kindeat 
friends  knowing  of  their  anxiety  in  spiritual  things. 

A  young  lady  who  had  been  anxious  for  some  long  time,  but  had 
concealed  the  fact  from  all  but  one,  and  dreaded  above  all  things  that 
her  relatives  should  discover  it,  listened  to  a  solemn  sermon  at  the  close 
of  a  year,  and  said  afterwards  to  her  confidante,  "  Pm  dreadfully  miser- 
able, but  don't  tell  ma  !  "  Thank  God,  this  timid  one  has  grown  stronger 
now,  and  having  trusted  Christ  entirely  is  no  longer  ashamed  to  own 
her  Lord.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  deciding  for  Jesus  involves  a 
struofgle  and  requires  a  bold  stand ;  but  the  worst  is  soon  over,  and  *'a 
good  beginning  is  half  the  battle."  There  will  be  more  or  less  fighting 
till  the  end ;  but  it  is  the  first  part  of  the  engagement  that  is  most  try- 
ing. Courage  rises  as  the  conflict  wages.  He  who  wonld  feast  tinder 
the  banner  of  Christ's  love  should  count  it  joy  to  fight  under  the 
standard  of  his  truth.  When  Harold  was  crowned  King  of  England 
he  received  from  the  archbishop  not  only  the  glistening  diadem  and 
the  golden  sceptre,  but  also  a  weighty  battle-axe.  The  latter  was  a 
most  significant  item  in  the  insignia.  The  great  difference  between 
Harold's  case  and  ours  lies  in  the  fact  that  our  crown  and  sceptre  are 
not  yet,  but  the  battle-axe  is  a  pledge  and  promise  of  the  rest. 

'*  Yes,  we  must  fight  if  we  would  reign: 
Increase  our  courage,  Lord  : 
We'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  shame, 
Supported  by  thy  word." 

Oh,  if  some  could  but  ^  persuaded  to  launch  out,  to  take  the  first  stand ! 
It  would  be  comparatively  easy  to  them  afterwards  to  witness  for  the 
truth.  See  how  the  stout  horses  strain  and  tug  to  start  the  tram-Ksar  ; 
but  once  *'  on  the  go  "  it  glides  along  smoothly  enough.  Many  a  visitor 
to  a  dentist  has  experienced  far  more  pain  in  anticipation  than  during 
the  actual  extraction  of  the  offending  molar.  It  is  the  first  step  into 
the  icy  water  which  makes  one  shiver, — ^the  timid,  shrinking  touch. 
Plunge  boldly  in  and  it  does  not  seem  one  half  so  cold.  Take  a 
header,  man ;  don't  ^'  stand  shivering  on  the  brink  and  fear  to  launch 
away  I " 

Reflect  what  men  have  borne  for  objects  far  less  worthy;  what 
awful  risks  they  have  run  for  king  and  countiy ;  for  the  ashes  of  their 
fathers  and  the  temples  of  their  gods.  Are  you  not  prepared  to  do  as 
much  for  the  Lord  who  has  loved  yon  with  an  everlasting  love  ?  See 
what  folks  will  bear  for  fashion's  sake ;  they  call  her  their  goddess,  and, 
in  truth,  they  serve  her  faithfully;  they  rejoice  to  suffer  pain,  and  to 
be  called  names  for  her  sake.  How  zealously  they  frequent  her  shrines, 
though  they  be  heated  ball-rooms,  and  suffocating  th^ttres,  and  formal 
receptions.  How  obediently  they  perform  her  penances,  and  pinch  their 
faet,  and  contract  their  waists,  and  paint  their  faces  at  her  command ! 
How  eagerly  th^y  suffer  reproacii  on  her  behalf,  and  court  such  names 


*^  hkUJSOBXSQ  OUT."  78 

as '^frighte,"  and  "guys,"  and  ''sights  !"  And  shall  we  blush  to  be 
arrajed  in  Jeans'  robe  of  righteousness — ^the  only  garb  which  ooTers  all 
our  sin  and  makes  na  presentable  in  Ood  the  Father's  sight  ?  And  oh, 
wimt  blessed  company  we  are  in  if  we  are  8uffering/(7r  Jesus !  We 
suffer  wiih  him,  too,  and  shall  be  glorified  together.  Welcome  I  jeers* 
and  scoffs,  and  taunts,  thrice  welcome !  These  thorns  have  pressed  our 
Saviour's  temples ;  these  nails  have  torn  his  flesh ;  this  cross  has  pressed 
his  shoulders.  Sweet  is  the  bitter  cup  if  he  has  tasted  it»  and  light  the 
load  he  helps  to  bear. 

**  Not  for  ease  or  worldljr  pleasare,- 
Nor  for  fune  my  prajer  shall  be ; 
Gladly  will  I  toil  and  suffer, 
Onlj  let  me  walk  with  thee." 

Let  me  further  nrge  this  "  Launching  out "  by  stating  that  the  hard- 
ship and  persecution  it  may  possibly  inyol?e  may  work  lasting  good  in 
those  who  are  exercised  thereby.  Most  unlocked  for  results  often  follow 
BDch  dark  experiences. 

I  have  seen  the  deep-hued  storm-cloud  gather  like  a  pall  about  the 
mountain,  while  winter  winds  played  melancholy  dirges  round  it,  and  I 
hare  meanwhile  wondered  whom  nature  mourned  tor;  but  when  the 
storm  had  passed,  the  mountain  was  snow-capped,  and  the  cloud  had  left 
a  bridal  yeil  npon  its  brow.  It  was  no  funeral  after  all, — say  rather  it 
was  a  happy  wedding.  The  cloud  and  the  wind  were  but  the  inevitable 
laments,  the  parting  kisses,  and  the  kindly  tears;  but  these  once  over, 
who  could  help  rejoicing  in  the  snowy  veil  and  rainbow  coronet,  and  in 
the  golden  ring  which  sunshine  placed  npon  the  mountain's  hand  ?  It 
has  been  often  so  with  young  believers.  The  cloud  they  dreaded  was 
big  with  mercies  and  broke  in  blessings  on  their  heads. 

Possibly,  if  I  were  a  torch,  I  should  not  like  to  be  struck  constantly 
against  a  wall,  or  on  the  ground ;  but  if  I  knew  I  should  shine  the 
brighter  for  the  banging  I  conld  not  grumble.  When  the  link-boys 
of  the  olden  days  wished  to  quench  thdr  torches,  they  pushed  them 
into  the  large  extinguishers  at  the  gateway,  and  thus  excluded  the  air 
from  them;  but  when  they  wished  the  flame  to  kindle  they  struck  their 
flambeaux  sharply  on  the  rails.  Do  not  fear  that  men's  rebuffs  and 
blows  will  extinguish  your  light ;  they  will  but  distinguish  it  the  more. 
Dread  the  more  silent  danger  of  flattery  and  favour,  which  tries  to  put 
ont  the  light  and  too  often  succeeds. 

Fai  beyond  this  present  advantage  from  the  trial,  there  is  the  rich 
reward  iu  store  for  those  who  suffer.  "  We  shall  aLso  reign  with  him." 
Grasp  the  battle-axe,  wield  the  sword,  bear  the  cross !  The  crown 
awaiu  your  head,  the  palm  of  victory  wiU  soon  be  yours.  The  Lord's 
''Well  done"  will  abundantly  compensate  for  the  world's  frowns. 
What  though  the  voyage  be  stormy,  the  haven  is  peaceful ; 

"  And  when  the  shore  ia  gained  at  last, 
Who  will  count  the  billows  past  ?  *' 


74 

SOON  after  the  establiBbment  in  this  country  of  varions  great 
societies,  which  have  for  their  object  the  dififiision  of  Christian 
knowledge  among  the  nations  of  the  world,  many  fiaces  were  tamed 
towards  ttaly  in  hope  that  a  door  might  open  for  the  entrance  of  tnith, 
which  wonld  rekindle  the  light  of  the  Reformation  in  that  priest-ridden 
country.  Throngh  long  years  the  desired  opening  was  yainly  looked  for« 
Giant  Pope  having  been  dominant  both  as  an  ecclesiastical  and  political 
despot,  and  keen-scented  priests  were  too  vigilant  to  allow  proscribed 
Protestant  works  to  cross  the  frontier.  When  at  last  a  parcel  of  pub- 
lications of  the  yalne  of  £50  was  obtained  by  some  adventnroos  spirits 
from  the  committee  of  the  Religions  Tract  Society  in  London,  the 
difficulties  hindering  their  circulation  were  too  great  to  be  oyercome.  An 
interval  of  darkness  stretching  into  the  fifth  decade  of  this  century  fol- 
lowed, during  which  nothing  was  done  beyond  the  limited  circulation  of 
a  few  translated  works.  Renewed  efforts,  made  in  1843,  were  more 
successftil,  and  translations  were  made  of  several  works,  including  the 
History  of  the  Reformation,  which,  we  may  hope,  has  dealt  the  papacy 
such  blows  as  will  eventually  produce  fatal  results.  "  The  pope  himself 
is  helping  us,"  wrote  Dr.  Merle  d'Aubign6.  ''In  his  last  Encyclical 
against  the  Bible  he  had  the  kindness  to  insert  a  paragraph  against  my 
'  History  of  the  Reformation,'  a  work  not  then  translated  into  Italian. 
The  effect  of  this  prohibition  was  that  some  friends  immediately  ob- 
tained a  translation  of  the  work  into  that  language." 

The  stirring  eyents  of  1848  led  to  the  opening  of  other  doors  which 
were  taken  advantage  of  at  the  time;  but  nev^theless,  when  the  first 
half  of  this  century  closed,  only  a  little  over  £800  altogether  had  been 
given  by  England  towards  providing  evangelical  Italian  books.  At 
the  present  time  the  Religious  Tract  Society  alone  will  devote  more 
than  £1,000  in  a  single  year  to  Italy,  the  opportunity  of  circulating 
scriptural  books  being  one  of  the  fruits  of  national  unity,  or  the  taking 
away  from  the  pope  of  that  temporal  power  he  so  grossly  abused.  Lat- 
terly there  have  been  sounds  all  round  the  horizon  of  abundance  of 
blessing.  The  Reformation,  at  first  rejected,  has  really  entered  the 
country ;  the  press  is  actively  at  work,  and,  as  it  were,  beneath  the  yery 
shadow  of  the  Vatican  evangelical  services  are  conducted.  The  ftontis- 
pidce  to  Dr.  Stoughton's  yolume, ''  Footsteps  of  the  Italian  Reformers," 
represents  the  first  church  erected  in  Rome  by  native  Protestants. 

We  have  thus  briefly  referred  to  the  present  condition  of  the  country 
and  its  general  outlook,  because  things  as  they  exist  to-d^  are  more  or 
less  associated  with  those  pictures  of  the  past  to  which  Dr.  Stoughton 
<^hiefly  confines  his  attention. 

More  than  a  thousand  years  ago  Turin^  a  city  standing  in  the  midst 
of  rich  plains,  was  heard  making  its  protest  against  the  pagan  innovn- 
tion  of  unage-worship  which  was  then  beginning  to  corrupt  the  Romish 
church.  The  place  is  now  more  remarkable  for  the  uncommon  strength 
of  its  citadel,  and  the  beauty  of  certain  public  buildings,  than  for 

*  Footsteps  of  the  Italian  Beformers.    By  John  Stoughton,  D.D.    The  Beligions 
Tract  Sociefy. 


THS  ITALIAN  BSFOSHBBa  75 

nagnitode,  the  popalation  being  considerably  under  two  hundred 
tfaonsand.  In  the  year  820,  when  Glande  the  Spaniard  was  appointed 
to  the  See,  Tarin  was  but  a  small  place,  and,  with  the  exception  of 
one  fragment,  no  vestige  of  the  bnildings  of  those  days  survives.  To 
ordinary  readers  the  very  name  of  the  old  reformer  is  unknown,  Olaude 
having  been  not  so  much  a  reformer  as  an  opponent  of  degrading  cor- 
raptions  such  as  in  the  ninth  century  began  rapidly  to  gain  ground. 
The  bishop  was  one  of  those  singular  examples  of  men  who  were  de- 
votedly attached  to  the  Bomish  communion,  and  at  the  same  time  held 
evangelical  piiociples.  Thus  he  taught  '^  that  all  which  is  good  in  man 
proceeds  from  divine  mercy,  and  that  to  look  for  salvation  through 
human  mercy  is  utterly  vain.  He  taught  that  Christ  suffered  for  us, 
and  thereby  justified  us ;  that  we  are  delivered  from  the  law  by  faith 
in  Christ ;  and  that  they  are  the  enemies  of  his  cross  who  say  righteous- 
ness  comes  by  the  law,  and  not  of  faith  by  grace."  This  is  directly 
opposed  to  the  Romanism  of  to-day,  which,  to  say  nothing  of  super- 
stition, is  a  monstrous  system  of  self-righteousness.  The  soul  of  Claude 
was  vexed  by  the  sight  of  numberless  wax  figures  in  the  churches,  and 
bv  the  consciousness  that  men  were  becoming  more  intent  in  adoring 
crosses  than  in  securing  the  ascendancy  of  Christ  in  the  heart.  The 
superstitious  told  him  what  any  Hindoo  devotee  of  Vishnu  would  tell 
an  objector  to-day :  *'  We  do  not  regard  as  divine  the  images  we  re- 
verence ;  we  only  pay  them  respect  for  the  sake  of  those  they  represent." 
The  words  of  Claude  in  reply  were  as  searching  and  as  Scriptural  as 
any  that  a  Protestant  iconoclast  might  still  be  expected  to  use.  **  If 
jon  have  left  the  worship  of  heathen  images  that  you  may  worship 
images  of  saints,  vou  have  not  relinquished  idolatry,  but  only  changed 
the  name."  Such  was  the  protest  by  a  Bomish  bishop  against  the 
spirit  of  popeiy  seven  long  centuries  before  the  Reformation.  Had 
sach  a  man  lived  in  the  days  of  Calvin  and  Luther,  he  would  have  been 
one  of  their  most  devoted  allies. 

Turin  can  also  boast  of  heroes  who  in  the  sixteenth  century  became 
attached  to  the  Reformation.  Sach  was  Curione,  who  acknowledged 
the  truth  of  the  doctrines  of  grace  through  reading  a  manuscript  Bible, 
an  heirloom  in  the  family.  Thrown  into  prison,  he  contrived  to  escape 
by  the  exercise  of  wonderful  ingenuity,  and  reaching  territory  beyond 
the  jurisdiction  of  his  enemies,  he  still  taught  the  Beformed  doctrines. 
Equally  courageous,  as  a  disciple  of  Calvin,  was  Geoffrey  Varagle,  who 
was  bnmed  in  the  Castle-square,  telline  his  judges  that  the  Word  of 
Ood  endured  for  ever,  and  that  wood  for  piles  would  fail  rather  than 
confessors  to  seal  their  faith.  Only  fifty  miles  from  Turin,  in  a  north- 
westerly direction,  is  Aosta,  a  town  of  about  six  thousand  inhabitants, 
on  the  Dora-baltea  river,  and  intimately  associated  with  the  name  of 
Calvin.  In  1586,  the  Reformer  appears  to  have  moved  about  Aosta  and  its 
neighbourhood,  and  to  have  become  instrumental  in  the  conversion  of 
a  number  of  persons  of  position,  who  afterwards  lent  their  influence  to 
the  good  cause. 

Pisa  and  Lueca,  in  Tuscany,  are  two  cathedral  towns  of  about  fifty 
thousand  and  seventy  thousand  inhabitants  respectively,  and  as  regards 
ecclesiastical  grandeur  probably  both  have  seen  better  days.  Pisa  is 
still  celebrated  both  for  the  surprising  magnificence  of  its  cathedra!,  and 


76  THS  ITALIAN  BEFOBKSB& 

perhaps  eren  more  for  its  cnrioaB  campanile  and  leaning  toweri  whid» 
is  one  of  the  architectural  wonders  of  cne  world.  The  city  waa  also  the 
scene  of  nnmeronsconncils  in  pre-Reformation  times. 

Lacca  produced  at  least  one  Reformer  in  the  eventful  sixteenth  cen- 
tury who  deserves  to  be  held  in  long  remembrance — Peter  Martyr  of 
the  Augustine  Abbey,  of  whom  Dr.  Stoughton  says :  *'  He  aimed  at  im- 
provements in  education,  and  established  a  seminary  for  the  study  of 
divine  truth,  according  to  a  custom  then  common  in  the  Roman 
Catholic  communion.    Other  scholars  united  with  him  in  his  work,  and 
his  department  was  the  explanation  of  Holy  Scripture,  especially  the 
Psalter  and  the  New  Testament,    ^i8  lectures  were  attended  by  some 
of  the  Luccbese  grandees.    With  the  labours  of  a  professor  he  combined 
those  of  a  preacher,  and  during  Advent  and  Lent  gathered  large  con» 
gregations  to  listen  to  the  gospels  for  the  day.     Not  only  did  he 
occupy  the  pulpit,  but  he  instituted  a  society  for  spiritual  edification  ; 
and  he  is  represented  as  forming  a  separate  church,  of  which  he  became 

Eastor,  a  statement  which  must  be  qualified  by  the  remembrance  that 
e  still  remained  in  fellowship  with  Rome."  It  may  be,  as  Dr. 
Stoughton  adds,  that ''  a  separate  church  in  the  Protestant  acceptation 
of  the  term  was  impossible  at  that  time ; "  but  still,  if  the  followers  of 
one  man  met  togetaer  for  spiritual  edification  the  resemblance  was 
wonderfully  close,  considering  the  different  character  of  the  times.  A 
convincing  proof  of  Martjr*s  faith  and  successful  labours  is  seen  in  the 
activity  of  opponents,  which  eventually  led  to  his  being  cited  to  appear 
before  the  authorities  of  his  order.  Though  no  cowani,  Peter,  instead 
of  obeying  the  summons,  sent  back  the  ring  he  had  worn  as  prior  of  the 
Abbey,  and  having  by  this  act  severed  his  connection  with  monasteries, 
he  went  to  Florence,  to  find  a  kindred  spirit  in  Bernardino  Ochino,  and 
afterwards  he  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  Protestants  of  Switzerland.  The 
society  he  formed  in  Lucca  more  than  ever  resembled  a  separate  church 
after  Martyr's  departure  ;  and  while  some  of  the  number  were  thrown 
into  prison,  their  former  teacher  was  able  to  write :  "  Such  progress 
have  you  made  for  many  years  in  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  that  it  was 
unnecessary  for  me  to  excite  you  by  my  letters ;  and  all  that  "remained 
for  me  to  do  was  to  make  honourable  mention  of  you  everywhere,  and 
to  give  thanks  to  our  heavenly  Father  for  the  spuitual  blessings  with 
which  he  had  crowned  you."  Later  on,  under  the  proud  and  bigoted 
Paul  IV.,  Martyr's  *'  pleasant  garden,"^  as  he  cidled  his  congregation, 
was  dispersed  as  a  conventicle,  and  under  fear  of  sanguinary  penalties, 
some  recanted.  The  good  prior's  labours  in  the  Lord,  however,  were 
not  in  vain.  Some  of  his  followers  left  the  country  carrying  the  truth 
with  them  ;  and  even  after  the  storm  of  persecution  had  spent  its  fury, 
a  remnant  of  the  faithfiil  remained  in  the  city.  Paul  lY.  was  one  of 
the  most  despicable  of  the  discreditable  line  of  popes.  He  fostered  the 
Inquisition,  quarrelled  with  Philip  II.,  until  the  Duke  of  Alya  was 
found  at  the  gates  of  Rome  with  a  Spanish  army,  and  in  other  respects 
lived  for  the  aggrandisement  of  his  family,  some  of  whom  were  executed 
as  criminals  after  the  pope's  decease.  That  such  a  man  should  have 
pli^ued  the  faithful  aft^  be  had  reached  the  chief  place  of  authority  is 
not  wonderful ;  but  the  fact  proves  that,  instead  of  representing  Ohrist 
on  eazA,  Paul  lY.  really  did  the  work  of  Saian. 


THE  ITALIAK  BEFOBIOSBS.  77 

Florence^  the  city  of  libraries,  of  palacee,  mnsenms,  and  of  art  gal- 
leries, lies  one  hnndred  and  twenty-five  miles  north  of  Borne,  in  a  conntry 
remarkable  for  its  fbrtiliiy.  In  the  Tales,  and  on  the  hills,  vines 
and  olives  bear  froit  to  poroction  in  the  congenial  soil ;  while  corn,  rare 
Tarieties  of  flowers,  ana  many  other  products  thrive  in  rich  profusion. 
Nature  and  art  have  oombined  to  mako  Florence  beautiful ;  and  yet  the 
modem  visitor  may  aometimea  realize  that  a  little  sanitary  science 
would  be  worth  more  to  him,  at  all  events,  than  the  superabundance 
of  painting  and  Bcnlptore  which  the  old  capital  of  Tuscany  calls  her 
own. 

In  associatioii  with  Florence  we  name  the  poet  Dante,  and  Girolamo 
Savonarola,  bcjth  of  whom  were  in  a  sense  reformers.  The  mediaeval 
monk,  while  ^ping  in  tlM  pre-Beformation  darkness,  set  his  face 
against  nrevaihng  oormptionB,  and  proved  his  sincerity  by  paying  the 
fUl  penally  of  his  boldness  with  his  life.  ''  That  he  aid  not  reach  a 
olear  conception  of  the  gospel,  such  as  marked  the  teaching  of  Luther 
and  oliierB,  must  be  ai£nitted,"  says  Dr.  Stoughton ;  *'  nor  had  he  a 
true  idea  61  the  spirituality  of  Christ's  kingdom.  He  condemned  the 
action  of  popes  rather  than  the  principles  of  the  papacy,  and  adhered 
to  the  dogmas  and  ceremonial  of  the  church  in  most  particulars.  He 
iB^as  a  mvstic  and  a  visionary,  and  indulged  in  dreams  by  which  he 
-deceived  himself  as  well  as  others.  But  an  evangelical  spirit  pene- 
trated his  mind  ;  he  aspired,  under  motives  of  patriotism,  blended  with 
piety,  to  the  realization  of  an  ideal  religious  republic  in  his  adopted 
oity;  he  wished  to  make  the  inhabitants  'fellow-citizens  with  the 
saints,  and  of  the  household  of  Ood ' ;  and  had  they  yielded  to  his 
moralizing  influence,  they  would  have  become  a  better  and  a  happier 
j)eople." 

Dante,  or  ''  the  Bard  Beformer,"  as  Dr.  Stoughton  calls  the  poet, 
was  also  bom  at  Florence  in  1265,  a  verjr  turbulent  period  in  the  history  of 
the  city  when  the  differences  of  opposing  factions  were  settled  by  the 
aword.  The  experience  of  the  Bard  was  very  varied ;  he  passes  before 
us  as  a  student^  a  disconsolate  lover,  a  soldier,  a  politician,  and  an  exile. 
fipeaking  of  his  character  generally,  Mr.  0.  Browning  says  that  *^  What- 
ever there  was  of  nietjr,  of  philosophy,  of  poetry,  of  love  of  natnre,  and 
of  love  of  knowledge  m  those  times  is  drawn  to  a  focus  in  his  writings. 
He  is  the  first  gr^  name  in  literature  after  the  night  of  the  dark 
ages."  Oei^rally  neglected  two  or  three  generations  ago,  Dante's  fame 
has  in  theae  times  be^  generally  revived,  and  considering  the  character 
of  his  writings  he  is  now  exceeaingly  popular  throughout  Europe.  The 
difficulty,  in  the  case  of  his  ^'  Divina  Commedia,"  at  least,  is  to  grasp 
the  meaning  of  allusions  which  point  to  current  abuses,  or  'to  living 
charaoten  of  the  times ;  and  even  if  we  accept  the  aid  of  an  interpreter 
the  qoestkm  again  arises.  Whom  shall  we  follow?  Mr.  Browning 
assures  na  we  can  have  ''no  better  guide"  than  Maria  Bossetti,  while 
Dr.  Stoof^Ktcn  prefi^ra  ^  Mrs.  01iphant*s  inartificial,  candid,  and  intelli- 
gent conuttttiits."  On  his  own  account  the  Doctor  adds :  "  I  am  con- 
strained'to  regard  the  wonderful  author  of  dreams  touching  Hell, 
Purgatory,  and  Paradise  as  a  great  Beformer,  full  of  ideas  bearing  on 
the  political  and  moral  improvement  of  his  country  and  mankind. 
There  is  one  idea  very  clearly  brought  out — that  Borne  at  the  time  was 


THB  ITALIAN  BEFOBXSBS.  7d 

of  eyflfli  and  that  imperial  rale  was  yastly  to  be  preferred  to  that 
was  pontifical."  It  was  no  doubt  yery  saggestive  when  such  a 
liTing  in  the  darkest  times  and  not  blind^  by  the  pa^an  mag- 
ce  of  the  papacy,  saw  "  No  pope  except  St.  Peter  in  Paradise, 
I  emperor  in  Hell."  Dante  also  corrected  the  prevailing  snper- 
when  he  wrote : — 

"  Tell  me  now, 
What  treasures  from  St.  Peter  at  the  first 
Our  Lord  demanded  when  he  put  the  keys 
Into  his  charge  ?    Sorely,  he  asked  no  more 
But '  Follow  me.' " 

mmes  of  several  who  favoured  the  Reformation  also  belong  to 
ca  There  was  bom  Antonio  Brucioli,  an  evangelical  teacher 
besides  writing  a  complete  Biblical  Commentary,  prepared  an 
I  yersion  of  the  New  Testament.  Another  Reformer,  Pieto  Game- 
cnoe  the  trusted  servant  of  Clement  YII.,  was  here  put  to  death 
onnt  of  his  fJEdth.  There  also  have  occurred  numerous  book  fires, 
gs  of  works  which  were  inimical  to  the  so-called  *^  holy  office  "  of 
jniaition.  "  One  day  in  December,  1551,"  we  are  told,  *'  twenty- 
nitents  dressed  in  cloaks  painted  aJl  over  with  crosses  and  devils, 
sd  in  procession  to  the  Duomo,  and  the  heretical  books  fouod  in 
possession  were  burnt  in  the  Piazza.  In  the  spring  of  155^ 
tr  batch  of  condemned  yolumes  were  thrown  into  the  flames  before 
on  of  S&mta  Croce."  At  dififerent  times  the  papacy  has  found 
to  fear  books  quite  as  much  as  men,  and  thus  obnoxious  volumes 
«en  yisited  with  martyr  penalties. 

ifia  is  a  small  city  of  Tuscany,  with  a  population  of  twenty- two 
.nd.  Besides  the  university  and  the  citadel,  the  town  has  a  full 
tion  of  palaces,  fountains,  and  beautiful  churches,  besides  which 
habitants  have  attamed  to  the  distinction  of  speaking  purer 
1  than  any  other  commanity.  Here  we  find  footprints  of 
rdino  Ochino,  a  natural  orator  of  such  wonderful  power,  that  he 
.  to  haye  been  the  most  popular  preacher  of  that  age,  peasants  and 
being  equally  delighted  with  his  utterances.  Before  his  enlight- 
t  he  practised  all  kinds  of  austerities,  but  ultimately  he  shook  off 
anciscan  Pharisaism  to  espouse  the  cause  of  the  Reformation. 
nporary  with  Ochino  was  Aonio  Paleario,  whose  book,  ^'11 
oio  di  Oristo,"  is  thought  to  be  one  of  the  sweetest  and  simplest 
dical  books  in  the  Italian  language ;  and  the  popularity  of  which 
tested  by  the  fact  that  between  1543  and  1549  forty  thousand 
were  sold.  Thus,  although  Sienna  did  not  become  a  refuge  for 
sformers,  it  supplied  many  exiles  who  carried  on  the  work. 
7  miles  north-west  of  Rome  lies  Orvieto^  a  fortified  city  of  about 
>usand  souls,  and  which  still  contains  the  old  palace  of  the  pcrpes. 
y  miles  nearer  the  ''  Eternal  City,"  in  the  same  direction,  is 
0,  whidi  as  a  place  three  times  the  size  of  Orvieto  is  associated 
he  names  of  many  Reformers,  whose  names  we  have  not  space  to 

>D. 

I  old  kingdom  of  Naples^  now  included  in  United  Italy,  is  one  of 
Mt  fertile  in  Europe,  just  as  its  capital  of  four  hundred  and  forty- 
^nsand  souls  is  one  of  the  most  beautifully  situated  places  in  the 


86  .  fflB  tTAZlAN  BBBOBHBB& 

world.  As  Roman  CatholiciBm  goes,  this  city  should  be  accoanted  6ne 
of  the  most  religions  anywhere  to  be  found,  superstitious  crowds  who 
still  believe  in  priestly  miracles  thronging  the  churches ;  but  common 
obseryers,  nevertheless,  tell  ns  that  JMaples  for  notorious  widkednesa 
exceeds  anything  they  have  ever  met  with  in  their  travels.  We  believe 
this  to  be  uniformly  the  case  wherever  popery  has  reached  its  meet 
perfect  development.  In  former  times,  Naples  and  the  country  around 
was  stained  with  the  blood  of  the  persecuted — horrible  barbarity  having 
been  practised ;  and  to-day  the  city  is  wrapped  in  spiritual  darkness — 
a  sink  of  iniquity,  so  far  as  the  lower  oraers  of  the  population  are 
concerned. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  characters  belonging  to  Naples  is  Jnan  de 
Yaldes,  a  Spanish  evangelical  teacher  of  the  sixt^nth  century,  and  the 
author  of  the  "  CX.  Oonsiderations."  This  worthy's  life  has  been 
written  with  much  skill,  and  more  sympathy,  by  the  Woburn  Quaker, 
B.  J.  WifEen,  a  Friend,  who  with  singular  enthusiasm  devoted  his  whole 
time  to  the  work  of  recovering  forgotten  works  of  Spaniards  who  tanght 
the  doctrines  of  grace  in  opposition  to  the  semi-pagan  heresies  of  Rome. 
The  Beformer*s  house  was  at  a  retired  and  beautifnl  spot  on  one  of  the 
roads  leading  out  of  Naples ;  and  there,  as  Wififen  tells  ns,  "  Yaldes 
received  on  the  Sunday  a  select  number  of  his  most  intimate  friends, 
and  they  passed  the  day  togetJier  in  this  manner : — ^After  breakfasting 
and  enjoying  themselves  amid  the  glories  of  the  surrounding  sceneiy, 
they  returned  to  the  house,  when  he  read  some  selected  portion  of 
Scripture,  and  commented  upon  it^  or  some  '  Divine  Consideration,' 
which  had  occupied  his  thoughts  during  the  week — some  subject  on 
which  he  conceived  that  his  mind  had  obtained  a  clearer  illumination 
of  heavenly  truth."  Signer  Yaldes  passed  away  to  rest  while  the 
Reformation  was  in  progress,  in  1540.  He  was  a  man  who  in  his  day  ex- 
ercised a  wide  influence ;  and  both  Dr.  Stoughton  and  Mr.  WifPen  are 
of  opinion  that  the  Spaniard's  genius  partially  inspired  the  ^*  II 
Beneficio  di  Gristo  **  of  Aonio  Paleario. 

On  coming  to  Rome  Dr.  Stoughton  gives  some  attention  to  Luther's 
first  visit ;  to  the  celebrated  and  awful  siege  of  1527 ;  and  to  the  every- 
day doings  of  the  Inquisition,  when  that  iniquitous  institution  was  in 
power.  The  capital  would,  of  course,  supply  material  for  a  volume ; 
but  even  in  more  out-of-the-way  places  like  Perugia^  in  central  Italy, 
he  found  traces  of  the  evangelical  truth  taught  more  than  three 
hundred  years  ago. 

Bologna,  in  central  Italy,  is  a  city  of  about  one  hundred  and  sixteen 
thouBand  inhabitants;  and  while  its  trade  chiefly  consists  of  costly  silks 
and  exquisite  velvets,  the  place  boasts  of  having  been  the  birthplace  of 
many  men  of  genius.  When  the  name  of  Luther  was  resounding 
throughout  Europe,  the  Bolognese  appear  to  have  been  anxious  to  share 
Lutheran  liberty  without  identifying  themselves  with  the  Reformer's 
name.  When  the  Elector  of  Saxony  visited  Oharles  Y.  in  1533,  the 
citizens  asked  him  to  use  his  influence  in  the  cause  of  religious  freedom ; 
and  their  language  is  very  suggestive  of  what  might  have  been  in  place  of 
present  barrenness  had  better  counsels  prevailed ;  B,g. — ''  If  the  malice  of 
Satan  still  rages  to  such  a  degree  that  this  boon  cannot  be  immediately 
obtained,  liberty  will  surely  be  granted  in  the  meantime  both  to  clergy 


THB  ITALIAN  RBTOBMSRS.  81 

and  laity  to  pnrdiase  Bibles  wiihoat  incnrring  the  charge  of  heresy^ 
and  to  quote  the  sayings  of  Ohrist  and  Paul  without  bei^  brand^  as 
Latherans.  For,  alas,  instances  of  this  abominable  practice  are  common, 
and  if  this  is  not  a  mark  of  the  reign  of  antichrist  we  know  not  what 
it  is,  wbm  the  law,  and  grace,  and  doctrine,  and  peace,  and  liberty  of 
Christ  are  so  often  opposed,  trampled  upon,  and  rejected."  Thongh 
80  coouatonplaoe  in  our  days,  this  langoage  when  first  nsed  was 
Bofficiently  in  advance  of  the  times  to  sonnd  nnreasonable  to  eats  nnac- 
customed  to  its  nse. 

Abont  a  quarter  of  the  size  of  Bologna,  Modena  is  the  capital  of  a 
proTince  of  the  same  name,  the  land  being  of  great  fertility,  while  the 
quarries  supply  the  finest  marble  for  artistic  purposes.  We  are  glad  to 
find  that  in  the  latter  days  of  Luther's  life  the  Beformation  had  so  far 
awakened  this  town,  that  Cardinal  Maroni  in  a  letter  to  the  Duke  of 
Ferrara  says :  ''  Whereyer  I  go,  and  from  all  quarters,  I  hear  that  the 
dty  is  become  Lutheran."  In  this  manner  the  people  chose  the  better 
part ;  but  by  means  of  the  Inquisition,  and  other  terrific  agencies,  the 
pope's  representatives  stamped  out  the  truth  to  keep  themselves  as  well 
as  others  in  bondage. 

Did  space  allow  we  might  linger  at  Ferrara,  where,  standing  almost 
alone  in  the  midst  of  a  dusolute  court,  the  Duchess  Benee,  the  friend  of 
John  Calvin,  sought  to  favour  the  Beformed  faith.  We  should  find  that 
Venice  was  once  a  city  of  printing  as  well  as  of  palaces,  seeing  that 
tbree  thousand  works  went  forth  from  its  presses  between  the  years 
1465—1500.  Milan  is  associated  with  the  conversion  of  Augustine; 
Trent  with  the  well*known  council  convoked  by  Paul  III. ;  while  many 
other  places  have  traditions  and  histories  illustrative  of  the  conflict 
between  Christ  and  antichrist  in  the  sixteenth  century. 

Though  the  Beformation  did  not  at  once  take  root  in  the  country,  we 
may  be  sure  that  the  work  of  the  Befbrmers  did  not  die;  and  the  day 
of  lib^y  and  gospel  light  they  longed  to  see  has  dawned  at  last  to 
gladden  our  eyes.  What  has  already  been  accomplished,  in  spite  of  the 
now  harmless  mutterings  of  the  pope,  augurs  well  for  the  future.  In 
Rome  itsdf  the  late  secession  of  Cfmon  Oampello,  and  the  publication  of 
his  autobiography,  has  been  of  vast  service  in  opening  the  eyes  of  **  the 
faithfaL**  The  Waldenses  have  now,  as  Dr.  Stonghton  tells  us,  ''about 
forty  constituted  churches,  thirty- two  stations,  and  about  eighty  localities 
mted  for  evangelistic  efforts.  One  hundred  and  eight  pastors,  attendants, 
erangelists,  and  other  agents,  are  employed  in  instructing  above  twenty 
thousand  people,  regular  and  occasional  communicants  being  reckoned 
in  1879  at  two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirteen.''  The  Free 
Italian  Church  has  eighteen  hundred  communicants  and  two  thousand 
Snnday  scholars;  and  its  college  in  Bome,  with  its  fifteen  students,  is 
presided  over  by  Mr.  Henderson,  a  Scotch  Presbyterian^  The  Free 
Church  of  the  Brethren  has  a  number  of  small  congregations.  The 
Wesleyans  have  fourteen  missionaries  in  the  country,  and  a  fine  sane- 
tnary  in  Bome,  where  the  Baptists  are  also  worthily  represented  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wall.  Many  others  are  at  work,  all  as  Protestants  being 
bound  together  in  bonds  of  union,  such  as  were  not  characteristic  of 
the  first  awakening  three  centuries  ago.  Now  it  is  not  uncommon  "  tp 
hear  Italian  hynma  sung  to  Sankey's  tunes,"-— a  phenomenon  much  more 


82  CHURCH  AND  8TATB — THE  UISCHI£Y0US  UNIOBT. 

pleasing  to  Christian  loyers  of  Italy  than  the  glare  of  candles,  the  glitter 
of  tinsel,  and  the  theatrical  mnsic  which  recently  made  np  the  heathen-like 
performance  at  St.  Peter's,  when  the  names  of  certain  new  saints  were 
added  to  the  calendar.  The  Reformation  has  really  entered  the 
coantry;  the  night-birds  of  the  Inquisition  are  dispersed  ;  the  truth  has 
proved  itself  stronger  than  pope,  cardinals,  and  priests  combined,  aad 
all  that  is  needed  to  ensure  success  is  well  directed,  persevering  elFort 
and  constant  prayer.  G.  H.  P. 

^fnrrf  aiitr  S^tsAt — ^tjje  mmYubom  mion. 

THE  most  ominous  day  the  church  oyer  saw  was  the  day  when  Con- 
stantino the  Oreat,  having  renounced  heathenism,  proclaimed 
himself  the  imperial  patron  of  Christianity  and  defender  of  the  Faith. 
That  alliance  of  Church  and  State  set  back  the  church  for  centuries,  and 
to  this  day  she  is  reeling  beneath  the  satanic  stab  she  then  received. 
Ay,  it  was  Church  and  State,  Caiphas  and  Pilate,  that  crucified  the 
Lord  of  Olory.  No,  church  of  the  enthroned  Immannel,  thy  resouroes 
are  too  great  to  need  the  decrees  of  earth's  Caasar's !  Put  not,  then,  thy 
confidence  in  princes.  Go  not  down  into  Egypt  for  help,  or  cross  to 
Assyria  for  horses;  trust  not  in  chariots  because  they  are  many,  or  in 
horsemen  because  they  are  strong.  0  Lord,  in  helping  there  is  with 
thee  no  diflference  between  the  mighty  and  the  powerless !  We  rest  on 
thee,,  and  in  thy  name  we  set  up  our  banners.  Through  God  we  shall 
do  valiantly  ;  for  it  is  he  who  will  tread  down  our  enemies. 

Brethren,  it  is  cause  for  justest  felicitation  that^  among  Che  many 
noble  champions  of  a  Christianity  unentangled  by  state  alliances  the 
foremost  and  bravest  have  been  those  who  were  identified  with  our  own 
faith  and  order.  At  the  ver^  time  that  Puritan  John  Knox  was  pro- 
claiming the  right  of  the  civil  magistrate  to  prosecute  those  whom  he 
called  heretics  bscause  they  were  not  Presbyterians,  Baptist  churches  in 
Great  Britain,  Germany  and  Holland  were  protesting  against  all  pro- 
secutions whatever,  grounded  on  conscientious  divergence.  At  the  very 
time  Puritan  John  Bobinson  was  maintaining  the  power  of  the  civil 
magistrate  to  compel  every  member  of  the  community  to  join  himself 
to  a  Christian  church,  Baptist  John  Smyth  opposed  him,  declaring  that 
the  magistrate  had  no  right  to  *'  meddle  with  matters  of  conscience*  or 
compel  men  to  this  or  that  form  of  religion,  because  Christ  is  the  Ung 
and  lawgiver  of  the  church  and  conscience."  At  the  very  time  that  the 
Puritan  fathers  were  banishing  firom  Massachussets  Bay  all  who  would 
not  subscribe  to  their  articles  of  faith,  Baptist  Roger  Williams,  himself 
one  of  the  banished  ones,  was  heroically  proclaiming  his  doctrine  of 
soul-liberty,  and  founding  a  political  commonwealth,  which,  for  the 
first  time  in  the  history  of  the  American  Church,  incorporated  among  its 
fundamental  principles  absolute  freedom  of  conscience,  and  total  sepa- 
ration of  Church  and  State. — George  Dana  Boardtnan. 


83 

Girls'  ®q\mKQt  ^nwxt, 

ONCE  again  we  have  to  record  the  superabundant  goodnesa  of  our  gracious 
God,  and  the  abounding  liberality  of  hia  generous  servants,  in  the  matter 
of  pTotiding  for  the  completion  of  the  Girls^  division  of  the  Stockwell  Orphan- 
age. The  bazaar  announced  for  the  first  week'  in  the  new  year  has  been  held, 
and  such  has  been  the  generosity,  first,  in  fumishinff  the  stalls,  and  next,  in 
clearing  them,  that  at  the  end  of  the  four  days  nearly  £2,500  had  been  taken 
bj  the  stall-keepers,  and  the  stock  in  hand  was  still  so  great  that  the  sale  had  to 
be  continued  for  four  days  in  the  following  week,  when  the  receipts  from 
the  stalls  were  made  up  to  £3,738  178.,  distributed  as  follows : — 

£    8.   d. 

Stockwell  Orphanage  Stall 356    4    2 

Messrs.  Passmore  &  Alabaster^s  Stall    251    3    5)     neiiq    o 

The  Misses  Passmore's  Stall 100  10    35     *^^^  ^"^    ^ 

Richmond-street  Mission  Stall        326    2    5 

(In  addition  to  ;£  101 1  6b.  7d.recei  red  in  donations.) 
Mr.  Murrell^s   Stall  (including  two   refreshment 

stalls,  and  four  days  at  oyster-stall)       31710    0 

Mrs.  Mansell  and  Mrs.  Fisher's  Stall         ...        ...     212    5    3^ 

Messrs.  T.  H.  and  W.  Olney's  Stall  200    2    6 

The  Misses  Hkgs*  Stall       187    4    3 

The  Tabernacle  Sunday-school  Stall         18411     1 

Mrs.  Allison's  Bible-class  Stall       158    9    5^ 

West  Croydon  Baptist  Church  Stall  132    4    8 

Mrs.  and  the  Misses  Carr's  Stall     130    7    2 

Mansfield-street  Sunday-school  Stoli  130    0  10 

The  Misses  Crumpton's  Stall  104    5  11 

Mr.  Bartlett's  CUss' Stall     102    4    2 

(In  addition  to  £55  Os.  lOd.  received  in  donations.) 

The  Pastors*  College  Stall ...      96  10    1 

(In  addition  to  about  £100  received  in  donations.) 
The  Stockwell  Orphanage  Sunday-school  Stall     ...      92  11     9^ 

Mrs.  Dring  and  Mrs.  Huckle's  Stall  89  15     7 

The  Evangelistic  Choir  Stall  ...        70     I    4 

The  Misses  Wade's  Stall      61  19    4 

The  Elders' Bible-class  Stall  53  10    0 

Mrs.  Edwards' Stall 49     I     34 

Mrs.  and  Miss  Goldston's  Stall       48    6  10^ 

Colportase  Association  Stall  48     I    0^ 

(In  addition  to  £46  88.  lOd.  receited  in  donations.) 

Mrs.  Ashby's  Stall 46    9    2 

Mrs.  and  the  Misses  Thompson's  Stall      33  18    0 

The  Misses  Wilson  and  Miss  Jones*  Stall 32  19    0 

Mr.  Mills'  Meat  and  Poultij  Stall 32  1 1    0 

Mr.  Thompson's  (oysters— four  days)  Stall  ...      26  12  II 

Mrs.  Shelton  and  Mrs.  Culver's  Stall         14    5    3 

Miss  Price  (goods  sold  privately) 11  11    0 

Mias  Brook's  Stall     11  10    0 

Edison's  Phonograph  (per  Pastor  G.  Dunnett)     ...       10    3    6 
Art  Gallery,  Entertainmentf,  and  Museum  ...      10  14    3 

£3,733  17    0 
Contribatioiu  mentioned  above      303    6    8 

£4,087    3    3 


84  GIRLB'  ORPHANAGE  BAZAAR. 

In  order  to  enable  all  our  readen  to  understand  tbe  exact  financial  poBitioD 
of  this  work,  it  may  be  well  to  reproduce  bere  the  statement  presented  bj  the 
President  in  bis  address  at  the  opening  of  the  Bazaar.  For  the  information  of 
those  who  bad  not  been  acquainted  with  the  Tarioua  stages  of  tbe  moreinent, 
we  divided  tbe  report  of  the  work  thus : — 

I.    "The  Hawthobhs,**  btc. 

Tbe  Stockwell  Orphanage  for  Girls  was  inaugurated  at  the  Silver  Wedding 
Testimonial  meeting  held  in  the  Tabernacle  on  Monday  evening,  May  Xdth, 
1879.  In  the  foUowinff  October  the  boutfe  in  the  Clapluim.road  called  **  The 
Hawthorns "  was  purcnasedi  and  afterwards  the  adjoining  meadow.  These, 
togetber  with  the  necessary  repairs,  idterations,  fixtures,  and  furniture,  and  tbe 
legal  expenses  of  the  conveyance  of  the  house  and  grounds,  cost  about  j£6,000, 
the  whole  of  which  was  forthcoming  ae  it  was  required, 

II.    Houses  amb  Schoolbooms. 

We  have  now  completed  .the  six  new  bouses  for  the  accommodation  of  250 
girls.  The  total  cost  of  these,  including  the  builders*  contracts,  architect's  fees, 
and  estimated  expense  of  furnishing,  has  been  ^13,623 149.  6d.  Towards  this 
amount  we  had  received  last  Saturday  (t.e.,  December  31)  in  cash  and  promises 
£13,521  4s.  Od.  as  follows  :-< 

Received: — 

£     8.  d. 
For  "  Tbe  Sermon  House":— 

0.  H.  S £500    0    0 

Messrs.  Passmore  and  Alabaster      »..     500    0    0 

, 1000    0    0 

For  "The  Trustees' House" 2170    0    0 

For  "  The  Olives"— Mr.  8.  Barrow  and  Friends  ...  1628     8    7 

For  "  The  Limes  "—Mr.  W.  R.  Rickett     1000    0    0 

A  Friend  600    0    0 

Mr.  CF.  Foster,  for  furnisbinffone  house 250    0    0 

For  General  Building  Fund  to  December  Slst,  1881  6587     6    5 

Fhomisep  : — 

Mr.  8.  Barrow,  for  furnishing '' The  Olives  *'          ...     250    0    0 
Smaller  amounts         40  10    0 


£13,521     4    0 


So  that  at  the  end  of  188^  we  only  needed  about  £100  to  complete  the  buOding 
and  furnishing  of  the  six  bouses,  and  this  amount  has  already  come  by  post 
from  various  donors. 

in.    The  Additional  BniLDnrGs. 

We  have  already  commenced  the  Additional  Infirmary  for  Girls,  and  the 
Swimming  Bath  and  Play  Hall,  which,  with  the  amount  needed  for  making 
roads  snd  laying  out  the  grounds,  will  cost  about  £3,000.  After  tbese  are 
finished,  we  shall  have  to  erect  the  Laundry,  Kitchen,  Dining  Hall,  and  a  new 
and  more  suitable  Head  Master*s  House,  which  will  probably  bring  up  our  total 
expenditure  to  at  least  £10«000.  Towards  this  amount  we  have  at  present 
only  one  donation  of  £1,000  received  some  months  since  from  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wood,  of  New  Maiden. 

The  receipts  at  the  Bazaar  Stalls,  including  donationsjper  stall-keepers,  hare 
amounted  to  £4,037  3s.  3d.,  from  wbich  there  will,  of  course,  have  to  be  a  con- 
siderable deduction  for  expenses  ;  but,  on  tbe  other  band,  we  shall  have  to  add 
the  large  amount  taken  at  tbe  gates,  and  also  the  contributions  received  since 


OIRLS'  OftPHAViaK  BAZAAB.  85 

tfae  opening  of  the  Basatr.  We  maj,  therefore,  we  think,  fairly  reckon  that  we 
iiare  realized  at  leaat  £4,000  by  this  special  effort,  and  that  with  the  ceneroos 
donation  of  £1,000  previously  mentioned,  we  have  in  hand  one-half  of  the 
^10,000  which  we  estimated  that  we  should  need  for  the  completion  of  the 
wiiole  scheme.  For  this  grand  success  we  most  devoutly  thank — first,  the 
Father  of  the  fiitiierless ;  next,  our  brother  MurreU,  who  worked  at  it  day 
ind  night ;  and  next,  Che  thousands  of  faithful  friends  and  willing  workers 
who  have  in  any  degree  helped  to  bring  about  such  a  glorious  result. 

The  kmgcaah-listB  i>nbi]shed  in  the  extra  PAgcs  issued  with  the  present  number 
wiD  give  some  indication  of  the  widespireaa  interest  that  has  been  taken  in  this 
work,  but  they  will  net  convey  any  adequate  representation  of  the  love  and 
^titode  exjireesed  by  the  hundreds  of  donon  in  their  letters  to  the  President. 
We  have  ettempted  to  amnmsrisothe  donations  received  4urittg  the  past  month 
eitker  for  the  Orphanage  Oeneral  Fund,  or  tfae  Girls*  Orphanage  Building  Fund, 
imt  this  will  funiish  our  readers  with  a  very  imperfect  impession  of.  the  joy 
winch  has  been  our  portion  every  day  since  we  returned  nom  our  sojourn  in 
the  sunny  South.  Contributions  have  come  from  almost  all  parts  of  the  world, 
snd  in  all  manner  of  forms,  but  the  following  itenyg  are  those  that  we  can.  most 
readily  xeoall  at  the  moment  of  writing,  luthongh  contributors  who  are  not 
specially  mentioned  must  not  imagine  Uiat  their  gifts  are  either  forgotten  or 
QBsppreoiated.  First  end  iorenKwt,  $emum-reQder$  must  be  mentioned. 
^^mAj  a  poet  has  come  withoet .  one  or  more  donations  from  those  who  have 
derived  benefit  from  the  printed  sermons.  In  many  instances  our  correspondents 
bave  told  ua  that,  owing  to  their  age,  or  detfness,  or  other  infirmities  they  are 
onahle  to  hear  the  gospel  preached,  sad  therefore  they  are  doubly  grateful  that 
they  can  read,  in  a  language  that  they  can  understand,  the  word  which  many 
oftiiem  testify  supplies  nourishment  to  their  0ouls.  Whenever  we  have  any 
^ood  work  in  hand  we  can  always  rely  upon  liberal  help  fiK>m  our  larger 
congregation  outside  the  Tabernaole  walls.  Hie  young  have  also  helped  ua 
very  erasiderably.  One  little  boy  gave  half  his  savings  for  a  year  (would  that 
•ome  rich  man  would  go  and  do  likewise  1),  others  sent  the  amounts  given  them 
for  ChristDiaa«boKei.  Two  little  girls  sent  their  &rst  earnings,  and  w  daughter 
of  one  of  our  constant  helperi  forwarded  one-tenth  of  the  sum  she  had  ii^  the 
(Mnk.  What  a  revenue  we  should  have  if  the  wealthy  gave  in  the  same,  pro- 
portion !  A  little  kdr,  12  years  dd,  at  Bedford,  who  last  y^ar  sent  us  ITs.  6d. 
tt  the  result  of  a  smaU  bazaar  arranged  by  heraelf«  has  made  a  similar  effort  this 
Christmas,  and  niaed  S2s.  6d.,  in  addition  to  forwarding  a  parcel  for  our  big 
sale ;  while  the  children  of  Mr.  W.  8.  Game,  M.P.,  have  again  held  a  bazaar  in 
the  drawing-room  of  their  grandpapa,  Mr.  Hugh  StoweU  Brown,  which  realized 
the  noble  aom  of  £23  1  Is.  Od«  for  "  The  Liverpool  House."  ServanU  and  the 
poor  have  had  a  hand  in  the  good  work.  One  servant  has  consecrated  to  this 
object  all  the  presents  received  from  visitors  for  three  months :  she  hopes  others 
wul  do  the  same.  **  Hiree  servants,  whose  earthly  stores  have  lately  been 
increased,*'  have  given  55«.  as  a  thankofferine.  Manv,  widows  have  sent  their 
^ndtes,**  which  have  all  been  much  larger  tiian  half- farthings ;  while  orphans 
•re  well  represented  in  the  list  "  One  who  was  left  an  orphan  very  young  ** 
forwards  5  per  cent,  on  earnings.  Our  own  Cdllefe  men  and  Oolp&rieure  have 
done  nobly.  Either  by  sending  parcels,  or  collecting  amongst  their  friends,  or 
contributing,  often  out  of  their  necessities,  they  have  helped  largely  to  swell  the 
grand  total  Our  beloved  son  Charles  not  only  despatched  a  large  consignment 
of  goods  from  Greenwich,  but  he  brought  us  altogether  £28  15s.,  most  of  which 
he  had  collected  in  pence  by  the  sale  of  motto-cards  at  the  close  of  his  lectures 
in  various  parts  of  the  country. 

One  of  the  students  still  on  the  college-roll  has  been  supplying  the  pulpit  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  at  Amsterdam  fof  nearly  a  year,  and  his  preaching  has 
been  so  acceptable  that  on  New-year's  day  he  was  able  to  make  a  collection 
amoonting  to  £34  for  the  Girls*  Orphanage ;  trulv  a  noble  contribution,  for 
which  we  heartily  thank  our  brother,  and  his  and  our  Dutch  frdends.     The 


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■tudents  of  the  College  Evening  Claer es  bare  also  contributed  twenty  gaineM  to 
tbe  Bazaar  fundr,  tbougb  tbe  amount  was  received  too  late  to  be  included  in 
tbis  montb*s  aceountr. 

We  might  continue  classifying  thus  until  we  filled  the  magazine,  but  we  must 
content  ourselves  with  mentioning  a  few  items  which  cannot  be  oodtted. 
The  members  of  Mr.  Bowker*e  clafs  could  not  conveniently  arranee  for  ft^ball,. 
80  thev  presented  £20.  Mr.  Bartlett  aeks  us  to  mention  that  he  nas  received 
from  Mr.  A.  Ferguson,  of  Shanghai,  a  bank  draft  for  £52  Ids.  lOd.,  and  a  case 
of  Chinese  goods  ;  from  Mrs.  Scharschmidt,  of  Jamaica,  a  boxot  native  articles ; 
and  from  Messrs.  Henrj  and  Co.,  Manchester,  a  parcel  of  Cbartaline  blankets. 
Mr.  W.  J.  Evans  wishes  us  to  thank  the  foliowmg  firms  for  presents  to  tbe 
Orphanage  Sunday-school  Stall  at  the  Bazaar :— Messrs.  J.  and  P.  Coats; 
Morris  and  Teomans;  Kirbj,  Beard,  and  Co.;  Spencer,  Turner,  and  Co.; 
Ormes,  Upsdale,  and  Co.;  and  Price,  Dunn,  and  Co.,  per  Mr.  Andrew 
Dunn.  Mr.  J.  T.  Dunn  and  his  Richmond-street  Mission  friends,  not  content 
with  the  noble  amount  taken  at  their  stall,  have  collected  and  contributed 
£101 168. 7d.,  which  swells  the  total  ot  their  receipta  to  £427 19s.  Od.,  and  places 
them  at  the  head  of  the  list.  Theplaster  models  of  **  John  Ploughman/*  which  were 
made  specially  for  the  Mansfield-street  Sundav-scbool  Stall,  attracted  consider- 
able notice,  and  had  a  large  sale.  Country  friends  may  be  glad  to  know  that 
some  of  them  are  still  to  be  obtained  of  Mr.  Johnson,  4,  Lucretia-road,  Ken- 
ninffton-lane,  8.E.,  at  Is.  6d.  each,  or  Is.  9d.  post  free.  The  whole  of  the  pro- 
ceeds are  given  to  the  Orphanage.  The  Editor  of  the  Lady's  Pictorial  inserted 
a  hiffhly  appreciative,  illustrated  sketch  of  the  Giris*  Orphanage  in  hia  piq)er 
for  Jan.  7,  and  presented  two  hundred  copies  for  sale  at  tlie  Bazaar.  A  laay, 
in  forwarding  her  annual  subscription,  enclosed  £6  extra  to  be  expended  at  the 
Bazaar  in  toys  for  the  orphans.  The  son  of  our  old  friend,  Mr.  Potto  Brown,  sent 
us  £50,  and  by  the  same  post  £25  arrived  from  another  ever-liberal  helper,  who 
wishes  to  subscribe  annually  sufficient  to  pay  the  entire  cost  of  one  child  while 
in  the  institution.  We  must  close  our  list  with  the  mention  of  two  gifts  which 
have  come  to  us  almost  as  messages  from  the  spirit,  world.  A  parcel  came  to 
hand  with  this  touching  little  note  attached :-— **The  handa  which  made  these 
are  now  in  the  cold  grave,  and  her  spirit  in  glory.  Under  great  weakness 
were  they  made,  but  with  a  burning  desire  to  assist  the  orphans.'*  In  sending 
us  an  account  of  the  death  of  "  a  constant  and  edified  reader**  of  our  printed 
sermons,  a  relative  says — '*  The  last  matter  in  which  he  was  engaged  in  this  life 
was  the  preparing  a  box  of  ^oods  for  sale  at  your  present  Bazaar.  Many  of 
the  articles  he  made  with  his  own  hands,  viz.,  some  harness,  bead-stalls, 
reins,  &c.,  and  the  onlv  anxiety  which  seemed  to  rest  on  his  mind  till  he 
died  was  tiiat  they  should  arrive  in  time.  He  died,  as  you  will  see,  the  day  the 
Bazaar  opened ;  so  from  above  he  will  see  the  result  of  his  last  work  of  love.** 


fl^otim  0f  §a0&8. 


Our  Velenau;  or  Li/e-ntories  of  the 
Itondon    City   Mission,      By    Johh 
Matthias  Wstlland.  Introduction 
by  tbe  Earl  of  SHAinsBuaT.  London : 
S.  W.  Partridge. 
Wbx  done,  Mr.  Weylland.    You  have 
given  us  a  book  which  he  who  begins  to 
read  will  feel  loth  to  lay  down  till  he  has 
finished  it.  Here  is  the  romance  of  Christ- 
ian work  amongst  the  London  poor.  The 
City  Missionary  toils  amongst  "  whipper 
S^a^'*  gipeieSy  casuals,  thieves,  outcasts, 
Irish   fanatics,   ••patterers,**    "  fairies," 


conveying  to  all,  and  often  with  blessed 
effect,  the  glad  tidings  of  Christ*s  love* 
We  give  in  the  body  of  tbe  Magazine  a 
taste  of  the  book  under  the  title, 
'*  London  Fairies.'*  We  have  no  doubt 
our  readers  will  *'  ask  for  more,**  and 
we  suggest  that  they  should  gratify 
their  appetite  b^  purchasing  the  book^ 
the  profits  of  which  are  devoted  towards 
the  support  of  *'  veteran  missionaries," 
who,  on  beinff  disabled,  are  allowed  by 
the  London  City  Mission  a  pension  of  a 
pound  a  week. 


NOnOXS  OP  B0QK8. 


87 


Tki  Ciriitian  Trea$ury.  Johnstone  and 
Hunter. 

Mjucb  a  solid  and  handsome  Tolume. 
Full  of  wholesome  spiritual  food. 

TheFiruiile.    "  Home  Words  "  Pablish- 
ing  Office,  1,  Paternoster  Buildings. 

Mr.  Bullock  keeps  his  magazine  po- 
pulir  without  pandering  to  that  diseased 
teste  which  crsTes  for  heresy.  He  is  a 
wonderfal  editor,  and  knows  how  to 
select  that  which  will  both  please  and 
profit  May  this  ToIume  gladden  ten 
thousand  fiicsides. 

The  Welcome.    Parlridge  and  Co. 

£xcELLK]>  by  none,  equalled  by  few. 
The  volume  is  gorgeous. 

TktLeifwe  Hour  and  The  Sunday  at 
Home.    Religions  Tract  Society. 

Thbx  two  favourites  hold  their  own  in 
the  nee,  though  the  competition  be- 
comes every  year  more  vigorous.  We 
always  feel  safe  in  aiding  the  circulation 
of  these  periodicals ;  no  poisons  are 
mixed  with  the  articles,  and  this  is  more 
th^  we  can  say  of  many  otherwise 
attractive  magazines.  Seven  shillings 
vUl  be  well  laid  out  in  ^e  purchase  of 
either  of  these. 

Friendfy  GreeHng$  is  another  first- 
claas  volume,  strong  in  illuminated  texts. 
The  very  thing  for  distribution  among 
cottagers. 

The  Family  Friend,  The  Children's 
Friend,  and  the  In/anUl*  Magazine,  all 
published  by  Partridge  and  Go. 

Each  one  deserves  to  be  ranked  first- 
claas,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  all 
the  rest  of  Partridge's  magazines  for  the 
people,  which  all  advocate  godliness, 
temperance,  kindness  to  animals,  and 
everything  elae  that  is  good. 

Onward.    Partridge  and  Co. 

Is  aboat  the  best  of  the  temperance 
idvocates :  always  lively  and  fresh. 

Temperance  Mirror.  National  Tem- 
perance   Publication    Depot,     337, 

This  improves.  The  woodcuts  in  the 
etriy  months  are  horrible ;  the  letter- 
press is  earnest  and  interesting. 

JJoAei^*  Friend.  Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
Chi4p  at  la.  6d.    Has  its  own  sphere. 


Child's  Own.    Sunday  School  Union. 
Vjbbt  prettily  brought  out. 

Methodist  Family.  61,  Paternoster-row. 

So  good  that  it  might  easily  be  better. 
Contains  many  admirable  articles;  its 
engravings  are  not  up  to  the  mark. 

China's  Millions.    Morgan  and  Scott. 

Thb  eloquent  pleader  for  China.  It  is 
always  telling.  The  year's  volume  at 
3s.  6d.  is  worthy  of  my  lady's  table. 

The  Children's  Record  of  the  Free 
Church  of  Scotland.  T.  Nelson  &  Sons. 
This  well-conducted  half-penny  mis- 
sionary magazine  holds  on  its  way,  and 
never  fails  to  place  the  gospel  in  a  clear 
and  convincing  light. 

The  Teacher's  Storehouse  and  Treasury 
of  Material  for  Working  Sunday 
School  Teachers.  Volume  VI.  Elliot 
Stock. 

This  magazine  is  true  to  its  title ;  it  is 
one  of  the  best  of  the  monthlies  intended 
for  the  mental  and  spiritual  equipment 
of  our  Sabbath  School  teachers. 

The  Church.    Elliot  Stock. 

HoLns  an  honourable  position  among 
our  denominational  monthlies.  The 
Baptist  Messenger  maintains  its  usual 
excellence,  and  the  Baptist  Magazine 
holds  on  its  way, — good,  but  rather 
heavy. 

General  Baptist  Magazine.  E.  Marl- 
borough and  Co. 

OuB  Arminian  brethren  are  happy  in 
their  editor,  whose  vigorous  intellect 
has  made  their  magazine  a  power. 

After  Work.    Elliot  Stock. 

Attains  not  to  a  very  high  degree,  but 
has  vivacity. 

Woman's  Work.    S.  W.  Partridge  &  Co. 

Vbrt  excellent  and  full  of  information 
upon  the  labours  of  the  gracious  sister- 
hood for  Jesus. 

The  Preacher's  Analyst.  Edited  by  the 
Rev.  J.  J.  S.  Bird,  B.A.  Volume  V. 
Elliot  Stock. 

A  SMALL  portion  in  size  for  5a.,  but 
when  we  look  into  it  we  find  much  more 
than  a  crown's  worth  of  raw  materid 
for  sermons. 


88 


HOTIOBB  OV  BOOKS. 


I%e  Westmmaier  ConfesHon  of  FaUh. 
With  IntrodactioD  and  Notee  by  Rev. 
J.  Macphbhboit,  M.A.  Edinburgh  : 
T.  and  T.  Clark. 

Tma  latest  ••Handbook  for  Bible 
CksseB"  is  a  valaable  addition  to 
Messrs.  Clark's  oheap  publications.  We 
have  never  seen  the  historv  of  the 
Westminster  Confession  so  tnoroughly 
and  yet  so  briefly  told,  or  its  separate 
articles  so  suggestively  treated.  We  are 
afraid  that  modem  Christianity  knows 
but  little  about  even  the  existence  of 
this  •' Confessiony**  much  less  its  doc- 
trinal teachings.  Anything  that  will 
secure  for  it  revived  interest  and  re- 
newed study  we  heartily  welcome.  This 
book  will  live  because  it  deserves  to 
exist. 

Dialogues  on  Pulpit  PreparatUm  between 
a   Senior   ana   a    Junior    Minister, 
With  Sketches  of  Sermons.    By  Bev. 
Geobob    Cubitt.      Wesleyan    Con- 
ference Office. 
Gould   we   honestly  recommend  this 
volume  to  theologicsi  students  we  would 
gladly  do  so ;  but  after  tiyiiig  for  a  long 
time  to  find   in  it  any  help  in  minis- 
terial work,  we  give  it  up  in  despair. 
The  dialogues  are  so  sapless  and  anti- 
quated as  to  be  of  no  use  whatever ; 
while  the  Sketches  of  Sermons  are  like 
ExekieFs  valley  of  bones — **very  dry.** 
The  man  who  has  any  native  power 
won*t  need  such  crutches,  and  oUiers 
had  better  not  try  to  get  it  from  these 
so-called  •<  helps.*^ 

The  Dime  Ideal  of  the  Church  in  the 
Words  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,    A 
Manual  for  Members  of  the  Church. 
By  an  Eldbb.    Elliot  Stock. 
With  the  exception  of  the  chapters  re- 
fenring  to  the  **•  children  of  Christiana,** 
and  '^  postures  in  worship,*'  this  little 
manual  seems  to  us  to  be  carefully  se- 
lected in  the  choice  of  texts,  and  likely 
to  do  ffood.     It  is  neither  better  nor 
worse  than  its  kind,  but  a  hit  specimen 
of  a  pretty  common  style  of  book  in 
these  days. 

Lectures  in  Defence  of  the  Christian 
Faith.  By  Professor  F.  Gobbt. 
Edinburgh  :  T.  and  T.  Clark. 
Thbsb  lectures  will  considerably  enhance 
the  reputation  of  Professor  Godet  as  a 
champion  of   Christian  truth.      As  a 


commentator  we  have  known  and  es- 
teemed him ;  and  now  as  a  polemic  we 
have  the  same  appreciation  and  admira- 
tion for  him.  There  is  trenchant  argu- 
ment and  resistless  logic  in  these  lec- 
tures; but  withal,  there  is  cultured 
imagination  and  felicitous  eloquence 
which  carnr  home  the  appeals  to  the 
heart  as  well  as  to  the  head.  Wherever 
the  ghostly  spectres  of  French  or  Ger- 
man philosophy  have  unsettled  mindB 
and  bred  doubts,  here  is  the  remedj 
ready  to  hand ;  they  will  fly  before  it  as 
Hanuet*s  ghost  before  the  morning  light. 

Contfersations  on  the  Cretiftum:  Cli«p- 
ters  on  Grenesis  and  Evdution.  By 
A  Latmab.    Sunday  School  Unioii. 

Hebb  is  science  made  delightful  by 
clear  description  :  strong  argumoit  and 
ffenuine  reverence  for  the  Scriptures. 
Whoever  **  a  Liayman**  is,  he  need  not  be 
ashamed  of  his  book.  While  we  do  not 
accept  all  his  explanations  of  scientific 
facts  and  their  mfluence  upon  rereU- 
tion,  yet  we  admire  the  combination  ol 
fearlessness  and  godliness  so  apparent 
in  every  page.  Avery  Sunday-school 
teacher  should  read  this  volume,  and 
ponder  its  teachings ;  it  will  ^ve  him  or 
her  confidehce  in  dealing  with  the  at- 
tacks made  upon  the  Scriptures.  We 
have  no  fear  for  the  result  of  the  conflict 
between  science  and  religion :  the  God 
of  Nature  is  the  God  of  the  Bible,  and 
when  we  read  both  aright  we  shaU  not 
see  conflict,  but  deep  unity  and  har- 
mony. Towards  this  blessed  res^t, 
these  ''Conversations'*  are  a  distinct 
contribution. 

Seven  Years'  Pioneer  Mission  Work  in 
Cardiff.  ByW.F.  Jambs.  London: 
Bible  Christian  Book  Boom. 
Thb  lively  record  of  the  toils,  disap- 
pointments, hopes,  and  successes  of  an 
earnest  and  indefatigable  minister  in 
establishing  a  Bible  Christian  Church 
and  building  a  chapel  in  Cardiff.  We 
congratulate  him  on  his  success.  In 
1874  he  preached  to  seven  persons  at  his 
first  service.  In  1879  he  had  accom- 
plished the  erection  of  school,  chjopel. 
and  minister's  house,  at  the  cost  of  Four 
Thousand  pounds ;  and  much  spiritual 
success  had  been  achieved.  Pluck  and 
perseverance  will  usually  prevail,  and 
the  Lord*6  work  requires  such  qualities 
as  this  excellent  brother  displays. 


NOnOXS  OF  BOOKS. 


89 


Ibvrt  viA  ike  Bible ;  or,  the  Scriptures 
a  the  light  of  modem  discoverj  and 
k&owledge.  From  Semson  to  Solo- 
iBOii.  By  CmmnQHAM  Qeuus,  D.D. 
Fitftridge  and  Co. 

^B  praised  the  second  Tolume  of  this 
rork  more  heartily  than  we  should  now 
o  after  a  further  reading,  for  we  con- 
ider  the  ardcle  upon  the  passage  of  the 
Eed  Sea  to  be  highly  objectionable.  In 
Ilia  third  yolume  there  is  much  Tsluable 
Mfttor,  and  we  doubt  not  that  this  series 
rin  be  a  choice  addition  to  our  stores  of 
liMical  learning. 

TkrUimas  Evans :  ike  Preacher  of  Wild 
Wales.  His  Country,  his  Times,  and 
his  Cotemporaries.  By  the  Rev. 
Paxton  Hood.  Hodder  &  Stoughton. 

Wm  liare  not  learned  so  much  about 
ThriBtmas  Evans  from  this  portly  volume 
IS  we  have  gathered  aforetime  from 
Dndi  less  prietentious  memoirs.  The 
look  is  flavoured  with  Christmas  Evans, 
Old  it  ia  an  interesting  book,  but  it  is 
lot  a  biography  of  the  great  preacher, 
ler  bave  we  read  it  with  much  content, 
leeanse  we  did  not  find  what  we  looked 
Sor.  Apart  from  its  title  the  volume  is 
I  noteworthy  production,  and  gives 
such  information  upon  Wales,  and  the 
V?'dah,  and  their  religion,  and  their 
l^reat  preachers.  Mr.  raxton  Hood  is 
I  man  of  genius ;  we  have  always  read 
bb  books  with  pleasure,  and  have  often 
obtained  both  instruction  and  entertain- 
ment from  the  fruit  of  his  universal 
reading  and  wide  travel :  it  is  the  same 
in  this  case,  but  not  to  so  eminent  a 
dtgne  as  we  expected  Compared  with 
many  biographies  this  is  first-rate :  com- 
pared with  other  woriu  of  the  same 
MUfaor  it  is  flat  Such  a  writer  with 
•neh  a  subject  m^ht  have  done  better 
— ao  we  think ;  ami  yet  the  book  well 
lepaya  a  peruaaL 

ImiUm  Pictares,  drawn  .unih  Pen  and 
P^mciL  By  Bev.  W.  Ubwick,  M.A. 
Beligious  Tract  Society. 

AxoTHBB  of  those  wonderful  illustrated 
booka  of  travel  which  come  forth  from 
Ihe  Tract  Society  every  Christmas.  We 
do  not  care  so  much  for  the  theme  as 
to  some  which  have  preceded  it;  but 
the  work  is  well  done  both  by  pen  and 
pencil.    Thia  luxurious  book  costs  Ss. 


Happy  those  who  can  with  their  own 
eyes  behold  these  Oriental  wonders ;  but 
highly  favoured  in  the  next  degree 
those  who  can  see  them  thus  admirably 
pourtraved.  Alas,  that  Dr.  Manning 
should  be  no  more  among  us  to  take  one 
of  his  annual  pleasure- trips  and  give  us 
the  result  thereof.  But  why  should  we 
reeret  ?  He  is  up  and  away  where  his 
sight  is  charmed  with  greater  wonders 
than  this  poor  planet  can  exhibit. 

Le  Nouveau  Testament  de  notre  Seigneur 

Jdstis-ChrisL    And 
Le    Voyage  du  Chretien.     Far   John 

BuNTAH.     Elliot   Stock,  62,  Fater- 

noster-row. 

Hb  who  has  produced  the  New  Testa- 
ment in  French  for  One  Fenny,  is,  of 
course,  looking  for  his  reward  in  another 
world,  for  there  must  be  a  loss  on  every 
copy  that  is  sold.  In  this  good  work  all 
who  seek  the  real  prosperity  of  France 
should  take  a  share  by  purchasing  and 
freely  scattering  the  priceless  word.  The 
French  John  Bunyan  at  5d.  in  paper, 
and  6d.  in  cloth,  is  also  very  cheap ;  out 
the  Testament  is  rather  given  away  than 
sold.  There  was  never  a  more  hopeful 
time  for  distributing  the  Word  of  God 
in  France  on  a  large  scale ;  the  result 
upon  her  future  history  would  be  un- 
paralleled blessing. 

Workers  at  Home.  A  Companion  to 
"  Our  Home  Work."  By  Mrs.  W.  H. 
WiOLET.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

Fob  young  women,  young  wives,  and 
young  mothers,  this  is  a  specially  suit- 
able Dook.  Here  common-sense  and 
piety  combine  to  produce  sound  prac- 
tical instruction,  and  this  is  conveved 
in  simple,  forcible,  and  attractive  lan- 
guage. There  is  no  soothing  syrup  in 
the  book,  nor  a  trace  of  the  poppv- 
head ;  all  is  bright,  brief,  and  to  the 
point.  An  old  friend  to  whom  we  read 
a  chapter  said  at  once,  **  I  must  give 
that  to  my  niece  who  is  ^ing  to  be 
married  next  month."  He  is  a  sensible 
man,  and  we  commend  his  example  to 
general  imitation.  Such  a  book  as  this 
IS  likdy  to  prove  a  life-long  blessing  to 
any  family  in  which  the  mother  can 
brmg  her  mind  first  to  read  it  care- 
fully, and  then  to  carry  out  its  in- 
junctions faithfully. 


90 


KOnOBfl  or  BOOKB. 


Oreat  Movements  OMd  those  who  achieved 
them.  Bj  Hbnbt  J.  Nicoll.  John 
Hogg,  Paternoster  Row. 

Hebe  we  have  portions  of  history  with 
which  all  our  people  should  be  familiar. 
How  John  Howard  cleansed  the  Augean 
stables  of  Eorope^s  prisons ;  how  Wil- 
berforce  freed  Africa  from  her  chains ; 
how  Gobden  save  the  poor  their  daily 
bread  untaxed:  these  are  heroic  stories, 
fitted  to  stir  the  blood  and  arouse  en- 
thusiasm. To  these  are  added  the 
labours  of  Romilly  for  legal  reform,  of 
Brougham  for  education,  of  Knight  and 
Gassell  for  cheap  literature,  and  of  Row- 
land Hill  for  cheap  postage ;  and  so  forth. 
Good  things  have  all  been  slowly  gained, 
and  possibly  the  winning  of  them  has 
been  an  education  to    the  people  as 

Seat  in  value  aa  the  boons  themselves. 
r.  NicoU  has  written  judiciously 
and  well;  his  impartial  description  of 
Brou{;ham  is  in  marked  contrast  with 
one-sided  accounts  of  that  weak -strong, 
little-great  man;  and  his  tone  and 
warmth  are  calculated  to  stimulate  ex- 
ertion and  arouse  ambition  for  worthy 
deeds.  Put  the  book  in  every  library ; 
read  it  for  yourself. 

The  Keys  of  the  Apocalypse^  considered 
in  a  Discourse  between  the  Master 
and  Scholar,  By  F.  H.  Moboan^ 
M.A.,  Rector  of  Gisborough.  Elliot 
Stock. 

Wx  do  not  see  that  these  keys  unlock 
anything,  or  that  the  master  and  scholar 
arrive  at  very  much  after  all  their  '*  con- 
sideration.** We  shall  probably  under- 
stand the  Apocalypse  itself  before  we 
shall  be  able  to  comprehend  the  books 
which  are  written  to  explain  it.  One 
thing  is  eminently  satisractory, — each 
writer  annihilates  all  who  have  gone  be- 
fore him,  so  that  we  need  only  to  under- 
stand the  last  interpreter.  But,  then, 
who  is  the  last?  Let  him  arise,  and 
wipe  out  all  hope  of  a  successor,  and 
then  will  the  groaning  press  have  oppor- 
tunity for  the  publication  of  more  prac- 
tical matter. 

Specimen   Glasses  for  the  King's  Min- 
strels,   By  the  late  Fbakces  Ridlet 
Haveboal.    "  Home  Words  "  Office, 
1,  Fatemoster-buildings,  £.0. 
Vebt  choice  "flowers  of  poeir^ *'  are  to 
be  found  in  these  "  Specimen  Glasses*^ ; 


and  well  they  may  be,  for  Mias  Havergal 
chose  them,  and  who  had  better  taste 
than  she  ?  We  hope  that  no  scrap  of 
her  writing  will  be  allowed  to  lie  by. 
It  would  be  a  shame  to  waste  even  the 
cuttings  of  her  gems.  In  this  instance 
the  prose  matter  into  which  she  has 
inlaia  the  hymns  is  richly  instructive, 
and  full  of  holy  thought  and  rich  ex- 
perience. The  book  is  sure  to  take 
with  the  public. 

The  Pleasures  of  Love,    In  four  parts. 

The  Love  of  God.    The  Love  of  Man. 

The  Love  of  Christ.    The  Love  of 

the  Christian.    By  the  Rev.  Timothy 

Haelet.  Nisbet  and  Go. 
We  have  oeen  some  respectable  verse 
from  Mr.  Harley  before,  and  know  that 
he  is  capable  of  good  things  in  that  direc- 
tion. This  poem  deals  with  love  divine 
and  human,  and  always  in  a  pure  and 
gracious  style,  with  chastenea  speech 
and  gentle  phrase.  It  is  a  pleasing  and 
profitable  strain,  with  musical  notes 
ringing  through  it.  We  are  afraid  that 
on  such  a  well-worn  theme  little  new 
remains  to  be  said.  The  ancients  have 
forestalled  all  our  original  thoughts  on 
such  a  subject,  and  what  can  he  do  who 
comes  after  them  ?  He  can  do  his  best, 
and  Mr.  Harley  has  done  that 

The  Band  of  Mercy  Advocate,    Vol. 

III.  Partridge  and  Co. 
Those  who  love  all  God*s  creatures, 
and  would  fain  lighten  the  heavy  yoke 
which  man*s  cruelty  impoees  upon  them, 
should  spread  this  excellent  magazine. 
The  volume  for  1881  is  charmingly 
bound.  It  is  a  work  of  art,  and  only 
costs  two  shillings. 

The  *'  LiUle  Folks  **  Album  of  Music,  A 
collection  of  songs  and  rhymes.  With 
music.    Cassell  and  Co. 

When  we  say  that  this  musical  album  is 
as  good  as  the  well-known  magazine 
called  **  Little  Folks,"  what  more  can 
we  say  ?  It  has  sweet  songs  and  charm- 
ing pictures.  Both  voice  and  piano  are 
provided  for,  and  the  selection  of  music 
IS  first-rate.  We  have  already  said  of 
''  Little  Folks  "  that  it  is  the  king  of  all 
children*s  magazines,  but  each  year  it 
seems  to  improve.  The  album  contains 
many  of  the  old  nursery  rhymes,  but 
also  a  large  share  of  new  ones,  set  to 
original  music. 


VOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


91 


The  Imter  Life  of  Chrui  as  reveaUd  in 
the  Gospel  of  Matthew,  Three  vols. 
By  Dr.  Josxph  Pabkxb.  Richard 
Ckrke,  9,  Plamtree  Court,  Farring- 
don  Street. 

TsBBs  three  Tolumes  have  about  them 
all  the  peculiaritiefl  of  their  author.  We 
mar  difer  from  him  at  times,  but  we 
feel  tbe  great  value  of  thoughts  so  fresh 
and  original^ — flashes  from  a  mind  na- 
tursilj  vigorous  and  by  diligent  study 
ftreogtfaened  for  its  work.  Dr.  Parker 
u  t  nian  bj  himself,  after  no  class,  and 
belonging  to  no  school ;  he  is  not  all 
i^t  we  could  wish,  but  he  is  a  man,  a 
man  of  eenins,  and  a  man  of  power,  as 
these  volumea  plainly  show.  We  place 
them  among  our  commentaries  to  be  con- 
stantly referred  to  when  we  are  studying 
Matthew's  gospel  We  do  not  lumber 
our  shelves,  but  select  for  them  books 
which  we  can  commend  to  others. 

The  Pulpii  Commentary.  Edited  by 
the  Bev.  Canon  Spence  and  Rev.  J. 
S.  Eaell.  L  KIms.  By  Rev.  J. 
HijcifOND,  B. A.  Homilies  by  various 
authors.  Kegaa  Paul,  Trench,  and 
Co. 

The  value  of  this  important  volume  is 
enhanced  by  the  fact  that  we  have 
next  to  nothing  upon  the  Books  of 
KinCT.  The  commentary  is  exceedinffly 
welfdone  so  far  as  we  have  been  able 
to  read,  and  it  contains  a  mine  of  sug- 
gtttioDs  for  the  preacher.  If  our  pulpits 
are  not  fountains  of  instruction  it  is 
iK>t  because  there  are  not  rich  sources 
of  lupply.  Topics  selected  from  the 
aistoncal  parts  of  Scripture  have  the 
P^\  merit  of  supplying  their  own  il- 
loitration :  were  they  more  hirgely  used 
tliere  would  be  fewer  slumberers  in  the 
pewi.  The  Pulpit  Commentary  takes 
first  rank  in  its  own  department. 

The  Speaker's  Commentary  on  the  Bible, 
Old  Testament :  Six  volumes.  New 
Testament:  Four  volumes.  John 
Murray,  Albermarle  Street. 

This  monnment  of  learning  will  testify 
to  succeeding  ages  that  at  the  close  of 
the  nineteenth  oenturv  the  English 
Charch  had  not  declinea  in  schokrship. 
Taking  it  for  what  it  professes  to  be,  the 
Speako^s  Commentary  is  an  undoubted 
soccess.      It  will    doubtless    be    the 


standard  work  to  which  multitudes  ot 
the  richer  clergy  will  refer:  its  price 
will  prevent  its  beins;  used  by  their 
humbler  brethren.  We  do  not  agree 
with  the  Churcbism,  which  is  occastomdlv 
worked  into  the  comment,  and  mucu 
less  with  the  sacramentarianism  which 
is  defUy  introduced  here  and  there ;  but 
then  we  expected  to  find  these  things 
in  such  a  work,  and  we  blame  no  one 
because  we  are  not  disappointed.  These 
portly  volumes  remind  us  of  ten  canons 
or  rural  deans  of  burly  personality  and 
clerical  cut.  We  are  glad  to  see  them  on 
our  shelves,  and  to  converse  with  them 
every  now  and  then.  Tbe  concludinfi; 
volume,  which  has  just  come  to  hand, 
contains  as  full  a  commentary  on  the 
Book  of  Revelation  as  one  could  desire. 
Does  anv  poor  minister  ask  the  price  of 
the  set  ?  We  reply  with  trembling, — 
Hand  over  eleven  guineas,  and  the  book- 
seller will  give  you  two  shillings  change. 
Fine  grapes,  but  too  high  for  most  poor 
foxes. 

**Rest  unto  your  Souls  ;**  or,  the  Enjoy ' 
ment  of  Peace.  By  Rev.  Esnest 
Boys,  M.A.    Niabet  and  Co. 

Mb.  Bots  has  deep  convictions  of  gospel 
truth,  and  an  earnest,  lucid  way  of 
stating  them.  There  is  a  savour  of 
love  to  a  personal  Christ  in  these  ad- 
dresses which  will  commend  them  to  all 
true  Christians,  and  a  manifest  desire 
to  share  the  gospel  blessings  with  others 
which  will  win  the  unconverted.  No 
better  gifl  to  a  seeking  soul  could  be 
given  than  this  little  book,  no  choicer 
comfort  to  a  weak  believer.  It  is  sure 
to  sell,  and,  what  is  more,  will  be  read. 

Life  more  abundant:  and  other  ad- 
dresses. By  Theodore  Monod. 
Morgan  and  Scott. 

Thbsb  addresses  were  mainly  published 
in  The  Christian,  from  whence  they  are 
now  issued  in  book  form.  All  full  of 
gospel  as  an  egg*B  full  of  meat,  and 
withal  bright  and  taking  in  their  style. 
You  cannot  help  reading  on  when  you 
once  begin ;  nor  can  you  help  being  both 
interested  and  edified.  The  Monod 
familv  is  a  choice  one,  and  Theodore  is 
not  the  least  among  them  in  power  and 
unction.  It  would  have  been  a  distinct 
loss  for  this  little  volume  not  to  have 
been  published. 


92 


VOnOEB  OF  BOOKS. 


At  Home.  Illiutrated  by  J.  G.  Sower- 
by.  Decorated  by  Thomas  Crane. 
Printed  and  published  by  Marcos 
Ward  and  Co.    London  and  Belfast. 

WbllI  well!  This  beats  ererything! 
Here  we  have  a  book  for  children 
which  might  vie  in  eesthettc  art  with  the 
best  productions  of  the  age.  Every  il- 
lustration is  in  its  own  way  a  gem. 
Beauty  of  colour  and  form,  childlike 
simplicity,  accuracy  of  representation, 
tasteftil  adornment,  all  combined.  Here 
we  have  a  gallery  of  art  for  little  girls 
with  which  their  mothers  and  fathers 
could  not  find  fault  if  they  tried.  The 
price  is  5s.,  and  we  do  not  wonder  that 
70,000  were  subscribed  for  before 
Gluristmas. 

Storiet  to  Write.    A  series  of  pictures 
wanting  words.    Cassell  and  Co. 

Wkat  pleasanter  and  more  useful 
lessons  in  Enfflish  composition  could  be 
devised  ?  Children  who  will  sit  down  to 
write  little  stories  upon  these  pictures 
will  love  the  amusement,  and  never 
lose  the  benefit.  Messrs.  Cassell  have 
never  worked  out  a  more  sensible  idea, 
thouffh  they  have  led  the  way  in  educa- 
tionu  appliances. 

A  Bright  Life.  Dedicated  to  the 
young.  Introduction  b;^  Rev.  W.  B. 
Robertson,  D.D.,  of  Ir?ine.  London : 
Kisbet  and  Co. 

A  CHABMino  book:  the  record  by  a 
bereaved  mother  of  the  beautiful,  brief 
life  of  a  highly-gifted  daughter.  Just 
the  book  for  young  people  and  sorrow- 
ing parents. 

Palestine  Explored  with  a  view  to  its 
present  natural  features^  and  to  the 
prevailing  manners,  customs,  rites, 
and  colloquial  expressions  of  its  peo- 
ple, which  throw  lisht  on  the  figura- 
tive language  of  the  Bible.  By  the 
Bev.  J.  Keil,  M.A.     Nisbet. 

CoMTAiKS  much  that  is  really  fresh.  It 
is  not  a  mere  repetition,  but  a  contri- 
bution to  the  exposition  of  Scripture, 
which  will  be  valued  by  all  who  prize 
such  works,  and  surely  this  includes  all 
Bible-readers.  Of  course  much  which 
our  author  observes  has  been  noted 
before ;  but  he  has  a  quick  eye,  and 
thmfore  has  spied  out  maAy  matters 
which  others  had  passed  over. 


The  Land  of  the  Morning.    An  acooont 
of  Japan  and  its  People,  based  on  a 
four  years*  residence  in  that  couatiy. 
Bj  William  Gkjlt  Dixoh.    Edin- 
burgh :  James  Gemmell. 
Externally  a  bulky  book,  curiously 
adorned  in  the  Japanese  fashion.    In- 
ternally a  lucid  history  of  the  islands 
which  aspire  to  be  a  Southern  Britain, 
with  extensive  geographical  informa- 
tion,   and    notes  upon    manners    and 
customs.    A  Christian  spirit  breathes 
like  fresh  morning  air  throughout  the 
entire  work,  which  we  feel  much  satis- 
faction in  introducing  to  our  readers. 
A  capital  lecture  might  be  made  of 
it.   The  Sabbath  S(Shool  Library  should 
not  miss  it. 

Storiee  about  Dogs.  By  Mrs.  Subr. 
With  Illustrations  by  Haeeisoh 
Wbie.  Nelson  and  Sons. 
With  such  an  enthusiast  as  Mrs.  Surr 
to  write,  and  such  an  artist  as  Harrison 
Weir  to  illustrate,  of  course  the  book 
whicli  comes  of  the  comunctton  is  some- 
thing memorable.  Dogs  deserve  all 
that  their  best  friends  can  say  of  them, 
but  their  enemies  have  somewhat  to 
say  against  them.  They  are  no  more 
perfect  than  men  are,  and  they  are  often 
very  like  their  masters  in  their  vices. 
But  we  claim  that  in  many  points  the 
canine  creature  sets  the  humaft  animal  a 
fine  example.  That  dogs  should  be 
treated  kindly,  and  even  tenderly,  is  a 
point  well  proved  by  Mrs.  Surr.  Her 
Dook  is  worthy  to  rank  among  the 
handsomest  of  the  Christmas  presents, 
but  it  will  be  in  season  even  as  late  as 
the  dog-days. 


Sunrise  Gleami :  Earfy  Morning  Read- 
ings for  every  Day  in  the  Month.  By 
Ladt  Hope  or  GAEEn>BN.  Nisbet. 
Whobvbe  attempts  to  write  a  book  of 
daily  readings  challenges  comparison 
with  the  late  Miss  Havergal,  queen  of 
short-portion  writers,  and  must  be  of 
considerable  ability  to  endure  it.  TIua 
Lady  Hope  has  done,  and  the  result  is 
anything  out  unfavourable  to  her;  her 
Morning  Readings  are  fragrant  with 
holiness,  alive  with  susgestion,  and  per- 
meated with  personu  love  to  Christ 
One  month  of  Miss  Havergal*s  and  an- 
other of  Lady  Hope's  will  help  to  make 
us  appreciate  the  book  the  more  by 
comparison. 


NonoEs  or  boqkb. 


98 


HittoHeal  Sketch  of  the  Reformed  Pres- 
imieriau  Church  of  Scotland  to  its 
Unum  with  the  Free  Church  in  1876. 
Bj  the  Rer.  Robbbt  Naismith. 
Edinbuigh :  Johnstone,  Hunter,  &  Go. 

Mb.  Naismith  did  well  to  issue  this 
Uttie  manuml  soon  after  the  union  of 
the  Free  and  Reformed  Presbjterian 
Glmrehes  in  1876.  The  book  answers 
weO  to  its  title.  It  conducts  the  reader 
over  one  of  the  most  interesting  fields 
of  history.  The  story  of  religious 
atruggie,  of  oppression,  persecution,  and 
naityrdom  is  always  fascinating.  Our 
fiidiera  passed  through  stem  experiences 
to  win  the  Uberty  we  enioy.  Happy  is 
tbe  church  that  has  such  a  history  be- 
hind it,  and  whose  members  make  them- 
selTca  acquainted  with  it. 

A  IHecouree  on  Scottish  Church  History 
from  the  Reformation  to  the  Present 
Time,  with  Prefatory  Remarks  on  the 
iSk,  Gileses  Lectures.  By  Chables 
WoBDSwoBTH,  D.C.L.,  Bishop  of  St. 
Andrew's.  William  BUckwood  and 
Sons,  Edinburgh  and  London. 
**  Ete  that  is  first  in  his  own  cause  seem- 
elh  joat/'  says  the  wise  man,  **  but  his 
neighbour  cometh  and  searcheth  him.*' 
Twelre  lectures  on  Scottish  Church 
History  (the  '*St.  Gileses  Lectures'*) 
were  recently  delivered  by  twelve  promi- 
nent Presbyterian  ministers,  and  the 
diaoourse  before  us,  the  delivery  of 
which  was  suggested  by  these  lectures, 
is  by  a  Scottish  JEJptscopa^tan,  who  views 
the  history  from  an  opposite  standpoint. 
The  Reformation  in  Scotland  was  a  pro- 
teat — first  affsinst  popery,  then  against 
melacy,  and  it  is  natural  that  Dr. 
Wordsworth,  who  is  himself  a  prelate, 
should  be  out  of  sympathy  with  one  of 
its  great  characteristics.  In  his  preface, 
which  finrns  the  larger  part  of  the  book, 
he  subjects  the  St.  Giles's  Lectures  to 
criticism ;  and  in  the  Discourse  which 
IbDows  he  surveys  the  history  of  the 
Scottish  Reformation  from  his  own  point 
of  Tiew.  We  cannot  say  that  he  carries 
na  with  him  in  his  conclusions  ;  or  that 
hu  neighbourly  **  searching  **  of  the 
*  cense  of  the  Presbyterian  lectures 
liaa  to  our  mind  disproved  their  posi- 
tione.  Our  author  relies  as  much  upon 
llie  early  church  as  upon  Scripture  itself 
ftfr  the  snpjport  of  his  view  of  church 
polity:  and  those  who  do  not  agree 


with  him  in  his  premises  are  not  likely 
to  follow  him  in  nis  conclusions. 

Life  of  Principal  Harper^  D,D.  By 
the  Rev.  Ahbrbw  Thoicson,  D.D., 
F.RS.E.  Edinburgh :  Andrew 
Elliot,  Princes  Street. 
Db.  Harpib  occupied  a  high  position 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Scotland,  though  his  name  is  less  known 
in  England  than  that  of  some  of  his 
great  contemporaries.  He  took  a  pro- 
minent part  in  the  Scottish  Ecclesiastical 
movements  of  his  day,  and  exercised  an 
influence  not  exceeded  perhaps  by  that 
of  any  other  minister  of  his  church. 
He  shone  chiefly  as  a  preacher,  professor, 
and  controversialist,  but  meddled  little 
with  authorship.  Dr.  Thomson's  book 
forms  not  only  an  admirable  biography 
of  his  friend,  but  a  history  of  the  ecclesi- 
astical movements  in  Scotland  during 
the  last  half  century.  It  is  in  all  re- 
spects an  able  work. 

"  The  Devotion  of  the  Sacred  Heartr 
An  exposure  of  its  errors  and  dangers. 
By  R.  C.  Jbnkins,  M.A.  Religious 
Tract  Society, 
Cahon  Jenkins  has  done  good  service 
by  tracing  the  history  of  these  so-called 
'*  appearances "  of  Christ  in  bodily 
form,  tending  as  they  do  to  the  grossest 
superstition,  and  the  foulest  idolatries 
and  blasphemies.  Popery  must  be  at  a 
terribly  low  ebb  when  it  can  seize  in 
desperation  such  a  crude,  grotesque, 
lying  invention  as  this  to  serve  its  power 
in  England.  But  there  are  not  wanting 
those  who  are  credulous  enough  to  ac- 
cept these  lying  wonders;  hence  the 
need  of  such  an  antidote  as  this  book 
provides.  Oh,  the  boasted  advance- 
ment of  this  nineteenth  century ! 

Paul  Bradley.  A  village  tale,  incul- 
cating kindness  to  animals.  By  Mrs. 
Charles  Bbat.  Partridge  and  Co. 
A  BBALLT  capital  story  for  boys.  If 
they  can  read  it,  and  aflerwards  join 
the  cruel  urchins  who  pelt  frogs,  tease 
dogs,  hunt  cats,  and  beat  donkeys,  they 
must  be  incorrigible  young  rogues  and 
yagabonds.  Incidentally,  Mn.  Bray 
shows  that  children  as  well  as  animals 
can  be  trained  better  by  kindness  than 
by  cruelty.  We  are  happy  to  believe 
that  schoolmasters  like  '*  Mr.  Bangham  '* 
are  almost,  if  not  entirely,  an  extinct 
race. 


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KOnOES  OF  BOOSB. 


DiMCOurses  and  Addresies,    Bj  Rev.  J. 

H.  RiGO,  D.D.  Wefilejan  Conference 

Office. 
This  is  a  reprint  in  equal  type,  and  in  one 
considerable  ▼olume,  of  the  Discourses 
and  Addresses  which  had  before  appeared 
in  separate  forms.  Thej  embrace  a 
Tariety  of  topics,  speculative  and  scien- 
tific, ecclesiastical  and  educational,  moral 
and  religious,  for  which  it  is  acknow- 
ledged no  single  title  strictly  descrip- 
tive of  the  contents  could  be  found. 
They  are  unique  only  in  the  individual 
characteristics  of  clear  and  comprehen- 
sive thought,  and  in  a  certain  oratorical 
style,  less  adapted  for  reading  than  for 
hearing.  At  all  times  the  author  pre- 
sents himself  as  a  professed  representa- 
tive of  the  denomination  to  which  he 
belongs.  Methodism  is  the  element  in 
which  he  lives  and  moves  and  has  his 
beinff.  In  Methodism  he  was  trained, 
and  m  Methodism  he  has  trained  others, 
and  he  will  be  deservedly  recognised  as 
one  of  the  chief  leaders  of  that  promi- 
nent and  influential  section  of  the 
Christian  Church  during  the  latter  half 
of  the  present  century.  Upon  all  the 
great  movements  of  modem  times  he  is 
well  informed,  and  is  well  able  to  gWe 
good  advice  respecting  them.  The 
volume  is  too  miscellaneous  for  con- 
secutive perusal,  and  is  necessarily  un- 
equal in  interest  and  profit. 

The   Old  AhhoVa  Road.     By  Lizzis 
Alldbidgb.    James  Clarke  and  Co. 

Thb  writer  of  thia  rather  bulky  novel 
exhibits  considerable  knowledge  of  the 
workings  of  the  heart  and  oonscience, 
and  can  portray  with  equal  skill  the 
bland  but  loathsome  usurer,  the  lover 
"  sighing  like  a  furnace,"  the  maiden  all 
forlorn,  the  devoted  country  pastor,  and 
his  trusty  deacon.  The  authoress  is  an 
ardent  lover  of  nature  —  one  whom 
'*  every  prospect  pleases  " ;  for  she  has 
an  artistes  eye  and  a  Christianas  hearts 
To  our  mind,  however,  the  interweaving 
of  the  sacred,  solenm  events  of  Calvary 
and  the  circumstantial  details  of  the 
administration  of  the  Memorial  Supper 
in  the  villase  chapel  with  the  denouement 
of  a  sensational  and  fictitious  love  story, 
caused  a  feeling  of  intense  pain.  We 
must  in  justice  to  our  convictions  note 
this ;  while,  in  justice  to  the  authoress, 
we  are  glad  to  add  that  she  is  devout  as 


well  as  gifted,  and  uses  her  great  fi^ 
for  the  purest  and  highest  ends :  in  fact, 
she  is  a  sister  of  whom  we  can  have 
nothing  to  say  but  praise. 
Modem    Missions :    (heir    Trials    and 
Triumphs,    By  Robebt  Youro,  As- 
sistant Secretary  to  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sions Committee  of  the  Free  Church 
of  Scotland.    Marshall,  Japp,  &  Co. 
Tms  is  a  thoroughly  useful  compen- 
dium of  missionary  history.    A  second 
volume  will  be  needed  to  complete  the 
work,  and  we  earnestly  hope  that  the 
sale  of  the  present  instalment  will  lead 
the  author  to  prepare  the  remainder. 
We  do  not   remember  to  have  pre- 
viously met  with  a  book  so  readable,  ao 
full,  so  everyway  useful:  the  various  mis* 
sionary  societies  will  act  wisely  if  they 
endeavour  to  promote  its  distribution. 
The  map,   coloured  to  represent   the 
sway  of  the  various  religions,  is  in  itself 
a    powerful   plea    for    missions.     The 
volume  is  produced  in  an  elegant  style. 
Hid  in  the  Heart    Short  Bible  readings 
for  every  day  in  the  year.     Selected 
and  arranged  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Riches. 
Book  Society,  28,  Paternoster  Row. 
Not  only  will  this  book  answer    the 
devotional  purpose  for  which  it    was 
mainly  written,  but  it  will  supply  to^cs 
to  teachers  and  preacher?,  and  this  is  a 
most  useful  end  to  serve.    A  theme  is 
set  for  each  day,  and  appropriate  Scrip- 
ture-texts are  placed  under  it.    It  is  a 
wonderful  little  book  for  one  shilling,  and 
ought  to  be  bought  by  tens  of  thonsandp. 
Those  who    should    daily   commit    to 
memory  the  selected  passages    would 
certainly  become  good  textuaries,  and 
that  is  next  door  to  being  good  theo- 
logians. 

Plain  Words  on  Temperance.  By  Rev. 
C.  CouBTBMAT.  A  packet  of  24 
Tracts.  Jarrold  and  Sons. 
Tbmfbbancb  advocated  hand  in  hand 
with  the  gospel  will  be  sure  some  day  to 
overthrow  this  curse  of  drink.  Towards 
this  end  Mr.  Courtenay*s  tracts  are  a 
very  able  contribution.  Crisp,  bright, 
racy  in  language,  direct  and  forceful  in 
appeal,  runnmg  over  with  sanctified 
common  sense.  Msy  they  be  widely 
read,  and  be  the  means  of  bringing  joy 
and  comfort  into  houses  and  homes 
where  sin  and  suffering,  through  the 
drink,  have  hitherto  come. 


■OnOEB  OF  BOOKS. 


95 


The   Very    Words   of  our  Lord   and 
Samour  Jesus  Christ  gathered  from 
the  Four   OospeU,  according  to  the 
Authorised  Version  (1611)  with  Mar- 
ginal Quotations  from   the   Revised 
Version  (1881X    Al«o  with  an  Index 
of  Fa89J^^  and  Subjects.    London  : 
Henrj  Frowde,   Oxford    University 
Press  Warehousey  7,  Patemoster-rov. 
A  FBETTT  little  book  which,  at  first 
sight,  one  might  compare  to  a  bouquet 
of  cnt  flowers  called  from  a  rare  garden, 
tod  tastefully  arranged   by  some  fair 
hands  into  a  thing    of  beauty.     But 
cut  flowers  can  never  exhibit  all  the 
chsflDS  which  belong  to  those  which  re- 
main in  the  garden,  set  off  by  their 
soiroundin^.     And  it  is   very   much 
the  same  with  the  words  of  Christ.    So 
Quny  of  them   were  delivered  to   us 
in  dialogues  that  when  detached  from 
their  connection  they  lack  the  linked 
sweetness  of  those  matchless  conversa- 
tioDs  in  which  "  he  answered  and  said.'* 
The  liberties  taken  with  the  gospel  ac- 
cording to  Lnke  are  such  as  no  pious 
nsder  would  be  likely  to  relish.    That 
Evingelist  on    the  outset  laid  much 
emphasis  on  the  *^  order  ^'  of  his  nar- 
ative.    Totally  to  pervert  that  order 
throughout  cannot  possibly  be  pleasing 
to  tt«.   What  advantage  there  can  be 
in  turning  the  fifteenth  chapter  of  Luke 
topsy-turvey,  we  cannot  conjecture :  we 
say  nothing  about  the  authority  for  doing 
K).  though  that  is  the  more  important 
qoestion.  Neither  the  authorized  ven«ion 
<^  161 1,  nor  the  revised  version  of  188 1 , 
1^  the  slightest  countenance  to  the 
shifting  of  the  parable  of"  The  Prodigal 
Sn,**  10  as  to  phice  it  before  the  para- 
bles of  «« The  Lost  Sheep  *•  and  "  The 
^  Piece  of  Silver*'  in  a  separate 
pawgrtph.    **  As  an  aid  to  memory  and 
wfercnce,''  we  consider  this  **  effort  *'  to 
^B-srrange  "the    rery   words    of   our 
Lord"  to  be  a  mistake. 

The  Poets  Bible.  Selected  and  Edited 
I^W.GabbettHokdbb.  NewTesta- 
mcnt  Section.  W.  Isbister,  56,  Lud- 
gate-hilL 

It  is  very  convenient  to  have  portions 
of  great  poets  arranged  according  as 
^  illustrate  points  in  the  gospel 
^tory.  Dr.  Schaff  did  this  for  the  Life 
wo©  Lord  some  time  ago»  and  we  have 
^^  the  compiUtion  rery  belpflil :  his 
Section,  howeTer,  is  mainly  made  up 


of  hymns.  Mr.  Horder  has  shown  a 
poet's  taste  in  his  selection.  We  do  not 
like  the  foolish  Dialogue  of  Mary  at  the 
end,  nor  the  evident  High  Church 
flavour  of  the  book;  but  still  we  are 
glad  to  have  so  much  of  the  best  poetry 
set  in  order  so  as  to  adorn  with  song  the 
story  of  our  redeeming  Lord.  We 
shall  eagerly  watch  for  &e  Old  Testa- 
ment series  which  the  author  has  in 
hand.  The  two  will  be  favourite  books 
with  ministers. 

The  Complete  Commentary  on  the  New 
Testament.    (Vol.  L,  Matthew  and 
Mark.)     Edited  by  Aloak  Hovet, 
D.D.  Philadelphia :  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society,  1420,  Chestnut- 
street. 
This    appears    to    be    a    thoroughly 
accurate,  critical,  and  reliable  work; 
adapted  for  popular  use  and  yet  by  no 
means  commonplace.     We  gather  from 
the  pre&ce  that  the  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society  has  a  scheme  on 
hand  for  a  complete  Commentary  on 
the  New  Testament,  and  that  this  is  the 
first   volume.     If  all  the  succeeding 
volumes  shall  ec^ual  thiv,  our  expository 
stores  will  receive  a  great  increase  of 
wealth.    The  work  is  well  done ;  that 
IS  to  say,  it  is  executed  carefully  and 
devoutly ;  the  learned  man  is  seen,  but 
he  still  sits  as  a  disciple.    The  type 
and  printing  are  all  that  we  can  desire. 

A  Brief  Shetch  of  the  Life  of  General 
Charles  A,  Brovone:  with   personal 
Reminiscences  of  Christian  Life  in 
India  Half  a  Century  A20.     By  a 
Gerbral   Officbb.     Dublin:    Greo. 
Herbert,  Qrafton-street.     London : 
Hatchards. 
Whbn  a  soldier  is  a  Ohristian.  he  is  often 
of  the  heroic  type.    Such  evidently  was 
the  estimable  oflicer  who  is  the  central 
subject  of  this  book.    But  the  chatty 
writer  introduces  us  to  a  host  of  ofllcers 
and  soldiers  who  wore  the  regimentals 
of  ImmanuePs  army,  and  made  an  un- 
compromising stand  for  Christ.     The 
Reminiscences  are  of  a  delightful  sort. 
Indeed,  what  more  captivating  than  the 
recollections  of  a  grey-headed  Christian 
reteran,  who  summons  back  again  from 
the  past  the  faces  and  forms  of  saintly 
comrades,  and  the  scenes  in  which  they 
fought  their  good  fight  of  faith  P    This 
is  M  book  to  pat  into  the  hands  of 
young  ofScen. 


96 


HOTIOBB  OF  BOOKS. 


Chriatian    Soeiolcgy.     By  J.  H.   W. 

Bon,  FarriDgdon-atreet.    1881. 

The  author  of  this  little  Tolume  easays 
to  atrike  a  new  kej-note  in  theological 
literature.  He  imaginea  that  he  ia 
pioneering  a  field  of  thought  hitherto 
unexplor^ ;  in  all  hia  aearch  he  has 
ne^er  found  the  term  **  Chriatian  So- 
ciology.** Our  readers  will  probahly 
remember  the  review  of  a  treatiae  witn 
a  aimilar  title  by  Rer.  W.  Unawortlnr 
in  our  June  number  of  laat  year.  Still 
he  givea  a  good  account  of  hia  own  mo- 
tive in  appropriating  it.  "  Sociology  ** 
he  borrowed  from  Auguate  Comte,  the 
French  phtloaopher,  who  coined  the 
word  to  expreaa  the  science  of  toeiety, 
as  a  branch  of  phyaica, — a  acience 
which  treata  aooiety  aa  it  would  astro- 
nomy, geology,  or  chemiatry,  tracing  all 
ita  phenomena  to  natural  rather  Qian 
moral  laws.  The  prefix  of  Christian 
he  adopted  to  redeem  aociology  from 
the  materialiatic  philoaophy  of  ita  in- 
Tentor,  and  to  graft  it  into  the  orthodox 

Sstem  of  eTangelical  doctrine.  For 
e  special  relationahip  that  every 
Chriatian  individual  holda  to  the  family, 
tiie  State,  and  the  Church,  he  then  claims 
that  a  new  and  separate  department  of 
theology  ahould  be  aaaigned,'  dietinot 
firom  the  exegetical,  historical,  dog- 
matic, and  pastoral  sections  which  have 
already  obtained  general  lecoffnition. 
In  hia  expoaltion  of  Chriatian  ethics  we 
see  nothing  atartling,  but  much  that  ia 
edifying.  The  chaptera  are  well  di- 
vided, and  will  funiiah  teachera  and 
atudenta  with  a  manual  of  **  dudea  *'  en- 
forced more  by  argument  than  by  pre- 
cept, and  appealing  to  the  higher 
inatincta  of  godly  men  that  they  ahould 
conaider  how  they  ought  .to  behave 
themaelvea  in  their  connection  with  the 
worid  aa  it  now  ia,  and  in  their  fellow- 
ahip  with  other  diaciplea  of  Jeaua  than 
thoae  of  their  own  denomination. 

Ward  and  Lock's  Universal  Instructor, 
or  Self-cuUure  for  all.  Part  14. 
Ward  and  Locks  lUtutraied  History 
of  the  World.  Part  3.  Dr.  Adam 
Clarke's  Commentary,  Part  8.  Ward, 
Lock  and  Co. 

AiiL  theae  iaauee  b^  Ward  and  Lock  are 
remarkable  for  their  exoelleace.  What  a 


maaaof  information  may  now  be  purchas- 
ed for  a  little  money  I  Although  the  trade 
in  nnmbera  has  aeen  ita  beat  daya,  yet 
the  publication  of  great  worka  in  tnat 
ftahion  enables  many  to  become  purcba- 
aera  who  otherwise  might  never  dream 
of  such  a  thing.  The  Unwenallnatrmdor 
amaaea  ua :  we  do  not  underatand  how 
it  can  be  produced  at  the  price;  but 
the  public  evidently  appreciate  it,  for 
aeveral  editiona  have  been  sold. 

Stories  of  Yotaig  Adoenimrers,  By  As- 
coTT  B.  HoFs.    John  Hogg. 

A  BOOK  of  startling  atoriea  of  varied  ad^ 
venture ;  aure  to  make  the  eyea  of  our 
boya  gleam,  and  thdr  hearts  deaire  to 
emulate  the  deeda  ofperil  and  braveiy 
therein  recounted.  Tne  tone  ia  healthy 
and  robuat,  and  for  ita  kind  the  book 
ia  one  of  the  beat  we  know.  The  plates 
are  uneven  in  merit,  aome  of  them 
having  been  worn  out  yeara  ago. 

ne  Thompsons*  By  Bbr^ajcih  Ci.abxb. 
la.  Peter  Biddtdph.  The  Rise  and 
Progreaa  of  an  Auatralian  Settler.  By 
W.  H.  G.  KiRoaroK.  The  DoMgh- 
ter  of  the  Regiment.  By  Aacorr  B. 
HoPB.  28.  each.  Sunday  School 
Union. 

Thbbe  is  nothing  particularljp'  atriking 
about  these  stories,  but  they  will  doubt- 
less interest  the  youns  people,  and  so 
answer  the  end  for  wnich  they  were 
written. 

Blinky  and  Onions:  a  Ragged-School 
Reminiscence,  By  Mrs.  jAMsa  Mas- 
TiK.    Sunday  Scnool  Union. 

No  better  book  for  a  preaent  could  be 

S'ven  than  thia.  A  pathetic  ato^  of 
e  history  of  two  street  waifs,  and  the 
means  taken  to  lift  them  from  their 
miaery  and  degradation.  If  the  children 
in  our  homea  where  comfort  abounds 
could  only  be  intereated  in  the  sufiering 
and  i>overty  of  their  poorer  brothers 
and  siatera  we  should  nnd  much  more 
support  fi)r  philanthropic  work.  Eveiy 
sight  of  the  bright,  cheerful  fireside  of 
Chriatmas  would  then  be  a  loud  call  to 
comfort  and  cheer  acme  desolate  ones. 
Thia  book  will  help  to  intereat  and 
teadi  auch  aympaUiy.  It  has  onr 
heartiest  approval  and  reeommendatioD. 
Let  Tom  and  Clara  have  a  copy  at  once. 


97 


gtoijes. 


Wx  hftTd  deroiad  so  much  mee  to  the 
Bopoort  of  the  Bazaar  and  Oiptaanage  that 
our  other  notes  this  month  must  m  very 
hiicf .  Tlie  dailj  and  weekly  papers  have 
hn^  our  readers  and  the  general  public  so 
freu  informed  of  our  movements  that  there 
ii  little  left  for  us  to  mention.  Only  again 
we  UesB  the  Lord,  and  thank  our  friends 
for  an  the  generous  help  received  for  the 
Oiphanage. 

Hat.  SFOBaBOx's  Book  Fukd.  — The 
Beport  of  Mrs.  Spurgeon's  Book  Fund  for 
the  past  year  is  now  ready,  and  can  be  ob- 
tained tluough  any  bookseller.  The  price 
is  the  same  as  last  year,  6d.,  or  post  free 
7d.  What  shall  we  say  of  this  nacious 
namtiTeP  With  sweet  simplicity  it  tells  a 
stofT  of  diyine  love :  showing  how  the  weak 
one  nas  been  made  strong,  and  the  sufferer 
ntsfuL  Surdy  it  will  encourage  many  a 
sad  heart,  and  rouse  many  a  joyous  6ne  to 
fieater  care  for  the  Lora's  serrants.  We 
may  give  extracts  next  month,  but,  mean- 
whue,  we  should  much  prefer  that  fri^ids 
Aoold  get  the  Beport  for  themselves.  It 
is  wall  written,  and  we  highly  commend  it. 
What!  a  husband  recommend  his  wife's 
works  P  Yes,  and  it  is  Scriptural  to  do  so. 
Is  it  not  written,  **  Her  husband  also,  and 
hepEaisethher"? 

OuTBAOiB  OK  THB  Jsws. — All  our  sym- 
Mthies  are  aroused  for  the  Jews  who  are 
oemg  brutally  treated  in  Bussia.  One 
ii  made  to  blush  for  the  name  of  Christian 
whem  we  see  it  mixed  up  with  murder, 
phmder,  and  ravishment.  The  long  cata- 
logue of  Bussian  atrocities  is  enough  to 
mare  a  heart  of  stone.  That  followers  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  should  hound  to  the  death 
the  nation  from  which  he  sprang  according 
to  the  flesh  is  a  strange  perversity  of  igno- 
lant  aeal«  which  all  true  believers  should 
dbplore  day  and  night.  Let  the  house  of 
lamel  know  amureddy  that  all  real  followers 
of  Jesns  of  Nasareth  desire  the  good  of 
thisir  nation,  and  lament  their  persecutions. 
W  pray  that  Israel  may  accept  the  Messiah 
irtiasn  we  reverence,  but  we  cannot  hope 
ftaft  tide  will  be  the  case  while  so  much 
^-doing  is  perpetrated  against  them. 


On  ChrittmtU'day^  1881,  the  Pastor  afain 
oeeiipiad  hispulirit  after  an  absence  of  six 
ween.  ThBfouotoing  day  he  had  the  great 
rfflawirt  of  onoe  more  presiding  at  the 
Orphanage  Christmas  festivities,  when, 
Ihiuiika  to  the  generosity  of  friends  from  far 
and  near,  all  went  merry  as  a  morriage- 
ban. 

On  WsdMMday  evening^  December  28,  a 
faurm  and  enthusiastic  audience  welcomed 
thaPlMtor home  to  the  Tabernacle  after  his 
hoUdMT.  Addresses  were  delivered  by  Pas- 
tors d.  H.  Spnrsoon,  J.  A.  Spumon,  C. 
^pitrg«on,   B.   H.   Lovell,   W.    Cuff,    H. 


Varley,  and  W.  Williams ;  and  Messrs.  J. 
M.  Smith,  W.  C.  Murrell,  and  W.  Olnev. 
One  result  of  the  meeting  was  that  tne 
Weekly  Offering  for  the  College  was  made 
up  to  £1,881  for  the  year  1881.  This  con- 
stant giving  is  a  perpetual  pledge  of  affec- 
tion. What  would  tne  College  do  without 
it?  for  most  people  forget  Uie  old  love — 
the  College,  to  helpthe  new  one, — namdv, 
the  Orpmuioge.  This  thing  ought  ye  to 
have  done,  but  not  to  leave  the  other  undone. 
Is  it  not  as  good  a  work  to  train  a  minister 
OS  to  educate  an  orphan  ? 

On  Monday  evemng,  January  2,  1882,  the 
Prayer-meeting  at  the  Tabernacle  was  made 
an  occasion  for  inviting  neighbouring  minis- 
ters to  unite  in  thanksgiving  and  supplica- 
tion, in  accordance  wiu  the  arrangements 
made  by  the  Evangelical  Alliance.  Pastor 
C.  H.  Spurgeon  presided,  and  there  were 
also  present  Pastors  J.  A.  Spurgeon,  S.  H. 
Akehurst,  J.  £.  CracJmell  (who  save  an 
account  of  his  visit  to  the  Unitea  States 
andCanada\  J.  A.  Griffin,  D.  A.Hersdhell, 
J.  Locke,  J.  Marchant,  and  G.  M.  Murphy. 

CoLLEOB.— Mr.  C.  G.  Croome  has  settled 
at  Nelson,  Lancashire;  and  Mr.  W.  A. 
Wicks,  at  Moulton,  Northamptonshire,  the 
church  of  which  Dr.  Carey  used  to  be  the 

Sastor.  Mr.  B.  Brigg  slso  leaves  us  to 
evote  himself  entirely  to  his  important 
charge  at  Drummond-road,  Bermondsey. 
Mr.  J.  E.  Moyle,  who  come  to  us  from 
Canada,  has  returned  to  the  Dominion, 
where  he  hopes  soon  to  find  a  suitable 
sphere. 

Mr.  C.  Hood  has  removed  from  Nuneaton 
to Gosford-street,  Coventry;  and  Mr.  £. 
Small,  from  Markyate-street,  to  Birching- 
ton.  Mr.  W.  Stokes,  who  came  home  some 
time  since  from  Port  Elizabeth,  has  become 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Windiester.  Mr. 
M.  F.  Adams,  whom  the  Canadian  ministers 
have  been  unable  to  *'  ordain"  on  account 
of  his  open-communion  principles,  has  left 
Lewis-street,  Toronto,  and  accepted  the 
co-pastorate  of  the  church  at  Quebec  City, 
under  the  care  of  the  Bev.  D.  Bfarsh. 

Mr.  J.  G.  Potter  sends  us  an  interettin|; 
account  of  his  arrival  at  Calcutta,  and  his 
interviews  with  the  whole  of  our  CoUege 
men  in  Indi%.  He  has  been  appointed  to 
the  mission -station  at  Agra,  under  the 
superintendence  of  Mr.  Jones. 

We  have  also  received  a  cheering  letter 
from  Mr.  H.  Bylands  Brown,  which  we  hope 
to  publish  in  full  next  month,  as  it  contains 
an  account  of  his  recent  evangelistic  tour 
among  the  tea-planters  of  the  Darjeeling 
district. 

Our  brethren  in  the  country  may  be  glad 
to  be  informed  that  the  conference  this  year 
will  probably  be  held  in  the  week  commencing 
April  17,  i.f.,  the  week  preceding  the 
Baptist  Union  meetings. 

The  Ec filing  Clafscs  in  connection  with 

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HOTBS. 


tiie  College  recommenced  on  the  17th  nit. 
After  twenty-one  years  of  service  in  this 
usefnl  field,  Mr.  Fergusson  has  asked  ns  to 
allow  him  to  retire  from  the  work,  which 
WiUin  fature  be  nnder  the  superintendence 
of  Hr.  S.  Johnson,  who  will  be  assisted  by 
3Cr.  Bowers. 

EviNOELiars. — Messrs.  Smith  and  Ful- 
lerton  commenced  a  series  of  services  at 
Sonth-street  Chapel,  Greenwich,  on  Sundi^, 
the  15th  xdt.  Our  son  Charles  sends  ns  the 
following  note  of  the  opening  meetings : — 

^  Dearest  Father,— It  is  with  great  ioy  I 
Bend  yon  a  word  about  the  dear  brethren, 
Fnllerton  and  Smith.  Thev  commenced 
work  at  Greenwich  on  Sunday,  15th  Jan. 
Good  preparation  had  been  made,  for  we 
hlid  a  week  of  prayer-meetings  before  they 
came,  when  sevenl  of  the  neighbouring 
ministers  gave  addresses.  Each  time  from 
seventyto  two  hundred  persons  attended, 
tndonThnrsday  quite  five  hundred  gathered. 
TlA  workers  nad  been  busy  circuiatiog 
handbills  from  house  to  house,  and  as  many 
9M  15,000  were  thus  disposed  of.  On  the 
Sabbath  the  congregations  were,  as  they  are 
wont  to  be,  praise  me  Lord,  ffoodt  the  only 
ddfferenoe  beine  an  afternoon  service  for 
children.  Brother  Smith,  with  his  usual 
tact,  held  over  1,600  little  ones,  collected 
from  four  Sunday-schools,  spell-bound  by 
■ong  and  speech.  This  service  did  some  of 
the  old  boys  and  girls  good  as  well  as  the 
▼onngsters,  and  ahready  conversions  have 
taken  place.  Dnring  the  week  each  evening 
there  nas  been  an  increasing  attendance, 
and  the  work  is  growing  in  interest  and 
blfiiring.  Personally  I  thank  God  for  the 
arrival  of  these  two  brethren  in  Green- 
wich, and  espedally  as  they  are  labouring 
at  South-street  as  their  head-quarters.  I 
will  report  further  later  on. 

*•  With  love, 
"Your  son, 

"  ChjlSlib.'* 

After  they  have  finished  at  Greenwich 
the  evangelists  will  go  to  Mr.  Knee*s  church 
at Peckham -park-road,  afterwards  to  Chel- 
iMa,  Bnd  tiien  to  Mr.  Charrington's,  Br.  Bar- 
naido's,  and  Mt.  FeUowes*.'^ 
-  Ifr.  Bumham  is  engaged  this  month  for 
GbmUng&y,  Morley,  and  Ossett. 

OssfSjatAax.^Collectors*  Meetiti^.^WiU. 
wXL  out  collectors  kindljr  note  that  the  nejct 
flueeting  for  bringing  in  their  boxes  and 
books  will  be  held  at  the  Orphanage  on 
FHdaif  evening,  March  3,  when  the  Presi- 
dant  hopes  to  be  present. 

PXBSOVAL  KoTES.— Our  hououred  friend, 
Br.  Culrose,  of  OUtsffotc,  sent  us  the  follow- 
ing cheering  note  just  as  we  were  returning 
from  Mentone : — 

**My  dea:r  Mr.  Spurgeon, — ^In  connection 
wKh'  Adelaide  Place  Church  there  is  a 
'Bomestie  BCssion/ which,  among  its  va- 
tUaoB  operations,  distributes  a  thousand  of 
your  sermons  every  week  to  a  thousand 


famines  in  some  of  the  poorer  districts  of  the 
town.  There  are  seventy  persons,  chiefly 
young  people,  though  there  is  a  sprinkling 
of  grey  niur  among  them,  who  take  part  in 
this  work.  They  nave  fbund  it  a  good  plan 
to  leave  the  sermon  one  week  and  to  call  for 
it  the  week  following.  By  this  means  a 
thousand  sermons  per  month,  by  division 
into  four,  get  distributed  to  a  thousand 
families  per  week.  I  need  not  say  that  they 
are  welcomed  verv  much  by  the  various  re- 
ceivers. It  is  diMcult  to  trace  results,  but 
judging  from  what  is  said  to  the  distribu- 
tors G^'s  cause  is  beiog  effectually  served. 
We  are  going  to  have  a  social  meeting  of 
those  among  whom  the  sermons  are  distri- 
buted, and  expect  about  a  thousand  to 
attend.  We  have  not  room  for  more.  The 
date  is  fixed  for  17th  January,  1882.  We 
shall  remember  you  gratefully  that  eiveniag. 
I  thought  I  would  say  aU  thijito  you  instead 
of  senmng  a  Christmas  card.  wishln|C  yon 
and  yours  the  blessings  of  eternal  gooomess, 
"Touis  faithfully, 

•«  Jakeb  CUtWW." 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  letter 
which  has  come  to  hand  from  Mr.  Wm. 
Tohm'e  just  as  the  '< Notes"  )Ufe  being 
made  up : — 

**  My  dear  Mr.  Spuigeon.— Br.  Culroes 
insists  that  I  shall  wnte  you  this  timei,  which 
I  have  very  mudi  pleasure  in  doing.  The 
Soiree  (to  which  he  referred  in  his  recent 
letter  to  yon)  of  the  renders  of  your  ser- 
mons, ana  others  connected  with  the  Brown 
Street  Mission  of  Adelaide  I^ace  Church, 
was  held  on  Thursday  last,  and  was  at- 
tended by  from  six  to  sevdn  hundred.  Tes- 
timony was  borne  to  the  pleasure  and 
benefit  derived  ftom  the  lermons;  and  the 
meeting  enthtisiastically  authorised  the  send- 
ing of  a  letter  to  you  expressive  of  gntUtnde 
therefor,  and  of  the  hope  that  you  may  be 
long  continued  in  health  and  strength  to 
carry  on  the  various  departments  oz  your 
nobje  work." 

A  correspondent  has  forwarded  the  sub- 
joined letter : — 

<<  Sir,— Having  yesterday  travelled  from 
the  North  in  company-  with  a  ^lexennaB 
who  laboured  for  many  years  in  the  South 
ot  France,  and  who  is  now  leaidijig  here, 
our  conversation  turned  to  the  relaliiig  of 
anecdotes  about  ministers.  I  mentioned 
that  I  had  heard  you  in  Exeter  •  Hall  in 
1854  or  1856,  when  he  told  me  thefoll^wing. 
and,  as  I  thought  it  would  interest  you,  1 
now  give  it  as  he  related  it.    He  said — 

*'  *In  1866,  Mr.  S.  came  to  Paris,  and,  as  he 
could  not  preach  in  French,  raaay  of  my 
friends,  who  had  gone  long  distances  to 
hear  him,  were  disappointed.  At  the  request 
of  a  good  many  of  my  own  oongjiBgation 
and  other  friends,  I  went  to  Piaiis,  and 
took  copious  notes  of  the  different  itomons. 
When  I  returned  I  was  prened  to  give  these 
sermons  in  Fteneh.  When  it  beoame  known 
that  I  was  to  do  s6,  great  crowds  oame  to 


PAST0B8*  OOLLEGK 


99 


ae.  Byway  of  introduction  I  just 
kfaMn  for  the  time  to  fancy  I  was  Mr. 
icn,  as  T  wished  to  try  and  deliver 
ritti  the  same  effect  as  ne  had  done. 
.  fsw  yean  after  that  a  Udy  called  on 
dwlued  to  be  admitted  as  a  member 
Ftotestant  Chnrch  of  which  I  was  the 
.  I  asked  her  what  had  led  her  to 
if  tikis.  She  replied  that  a  few  years 
0^  along  with  other  Bcnnan  Catholics, 
Be.  to  hear  a  man  who  had  been  in 
and  was  to  give  a  translation  of 
feon'ssennons."  She  followed  closely 
nan  from  the  text,  **  I  am  the  good 
nrd,"  and  had  thus  been  awakened. 
Idea  Also  that  she  had  nerer  again 
it  Aan,  nor  had  she  been  able  to  hear 

M^  add  that,  of  course,  the  dleisy- 
informed  her  that  he  was  that 


9» 


Dstant  sabscriber  in  Bdinhurgh  sup- 

I  with  another  testimony  to  the  use- 

of  our  sermons  when   issued  as 

in   the   Australian  news- 


CREt  seven  years  since  an  Australian 
laa  was  about  to  preach  at  the  morn- 


ing seryice  on  a  gold-field.  He  found 
waiting  outside  the  door  of  the  wooden 
church  a  man  who  spoke  to  him,  saying  he 
wanted  work  for  Christ.  His  storv  was 
simnly  this : — He  had  been  a  shepherd,  and, 
whilst  minding  his  sheep  in  the  bush,  had 
taken  out  a  newspaper  to  read  whilst  they 
were  feeding.  A  sermon  by  Mr.  Spurgeon 
happened  to  have  been  inserted,  but  mioh 
had  to  be  ]^aid  for  as  an  adyertisement  by 
some  Christian  brother.  The  man,  who  haa 
been  careless  and  indifferent  regarding  Irfs 
soul,  read  the  sermon  oyer,  and  thenagamaiili 
again.  The  result  was  that  he  surreni&ed  hii 
soul  to  the  Sayiour^and  was  soon  rejoimng 
over  sins  forgiven.  He  then  wanted  work  for 
his  Lord  anaMaster.  The  clerg3riiuui  took 
him  into  the  Sunday-school  hefd  before  ifao 
morning  service,  and  gave  him  a  dass.  Tha 
man's  zeal  was  soon  conspicuous,  and  en 
long  he  became  the  superintoident.  Hewv 
clear-headed  and  hard-working,  and  lat* 
terly  on  another  gold-field  has  preached  ths 
go^el  as  a  catechist  in  the  Church  of 
Bnglaad.*' 

Baptisms  at  MetroiK)litan  Tabemade.— 
December  29,  eleven. 


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Miss  Colvin's  Sunday  School 

Class 
Mrs.  Niool    ... 
Mr.  J.  E.  Colvin    


0  6 
0  2 
0  12 


0 
6 
6 


Miss  lAcaa 

Collected  by  Miss  Annie  Brown  :— 


Bfrs.  a.  DoUon 
Mrs.  Osmond 
Mrs.  Bradley 
Bliss  Alice  Brown 
Mr.  O.  Brown 
Mr.  Emeroon 
Mrs.  Oates   ... 
Mias  Annie  Brown 


0  10 
0    6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 


6 
6 
6 

4 
2 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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8.  A.  and  friends 

AUoe  and  Lily*s  first  Earnings 

A  Widow's  Mite 

Mr^  Jamea  Somervill       

"3^  AWSaAJ'  ■••  •••  ••■  •••  «•■ 

Misses  Jeonie  and  Mary  Lowe  and 
Friend  (with  two  pairs  of  ear-rings 
and  scent  bottle)  

Mr.  William  Moir 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Bartholomew 

Mrs.  Jane  Jack     

A  Widow's  Mite,  Bomford       

Miss  Kate  F^arce 

Mias  E.  Bishop      

^^m    \/«   O*    X  •        •••  •«•  •••  ■••  ••• 

Mr.  John  E.  Adams       

Collection  at  the  225th  Annivenary  of 
the  Baptist  Chapel,  Chipping  Sod- 
bury,  per  Plastor  A.  K.  X^Tidsom  ... 
Collected  by  Mr.  P.  L.  Kitchen  :— 


0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 
6 

4 

6 
6 
6 
7 
3 


0 
0 
8 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mrs.  Lincolne,  Cambridge 
Miss  Young,  Cambridge... 
Small  sums,  per  Mrs  Young 
Mr.  J.  B.  Sturton,  Peter- 
borough  ... 
Mrs.  Abmgdon,  Bingstead 

Mr.  Olover,  Tring 

Mr.  Kitchen's  Family     ... 
Small  sumi  ... 


Measrs.   Coates    and    Co.,    per 

^3a  WH  *••  •■•  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  John  Hector 

Collected  by  Miss  8.  Knowles 

Bible-class  at  Ceylon  Chapel;  East- 
bourae,  per  Miss  8.  Knott     

Mra.  Alchm 16    0 

Weekly  Offeringii  at  Sun- 
day evening  services    ...         4    0   0 


••• 
••• 


The  birds  of  Paradise     

Mr.  Chaa.  E.  Fox,  for  one  year's  main- 
tenance of  one  child 

Mr.  Edmund  Walker     

^3m  ^L*  JD«  •••  ••■  •••  ••• 

A  friend      ...       ...        ...       ••• 

R.  Salvism   ...       ..•       ■*.       ... 

Mr.  John  Badoock 

Mr.  James  Qreen  ...       

Mrs.  Manaeijgh      ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  M.  E.  Wbite  ...       ...       «.» 

Apoor  widow's  mite       

£benez0r     ...       ...       ...       ... 

Two  friends,  per  Miss  Wilmot 


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tad. 

lit  • 
16  0 


1  0  • 
010  6 


2  17  • 

1   6  6 

0  6  6 

0   2  1 

10  0 

0  2  1 


0  2  0 
10  0 
6  10 
0  S  0 
0  2  0 
010  0 
010  0 
OHO 
10  0 


2  11  6 


110  s 

8  10 
10  0 
611  0 

1   0  0 


6  6  0 
2   0  0 


26  0  0 
10  0  0 

0  10 

0   1 


0 
0 
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0 


2 
2 

0 
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016 
0  6 
S   8 

0   6 


BTOCKWBLL  0BPHANA6S. 


101 


tOwtOBxa 

fMiMlCaggJaBeU 
b«pliad's-1>aah 


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•••  ••• 

•  ••             •••              ■•«  •** 

•  ••  •••  ••• 


f.  Lmneoar  ... 
n.  Wuodoock... 


• « • 


D^  ••«  •••  •••  ••• 

^m  m  •«•  ■••  •••  ■*• 

md  Tenionik  Mkiioii-box, 


•  ••      •«•      ••• 

•••      •••      ••# 

• ••      ••• 


nUiuid... 

after  lecture  bjr  FMtor  F. 


•*•  • •• 


rifr.  D.  F.  Wiiluut.. 

of    William    and    Sophia 


•••  ••• 


•  ••  •••  ••■ 


9ottd    ... 

•  Brown 

(flUngworth    . 

lam,  per  Mr.  W.  Booksbjr ... 

i  Fawectt       ...       ... 

ctem,"  Bath • 

OQ  and  Mice  ICaoara 
■MY-box,  Soutbamptoa     .m 
MrTlaitor  A.  A.  Bees 


•  ••  •••  ••• 


•••  ••• 


Etobeiti... 

• ••  • • • 

Di.l£adge 
Bwing ... 
f  lin.C.  Cooper     ... 


•••  •••  ••• 


•■•  ••■ 


mtben... 

•di  of  Christmas-tree,  per 

k  JfWlQ  •••        •••        •••        ••• 

B  ••      •• •      ■ • « 

lajor  W.Bali... 


•  •  •      ••• 


•  •  ■      t  •• 


•  «•      •••      ••■      ••■      ■■> 

alter  sermon  bjrMr.  Spur- 
Baptist  Union  meetings  at 

IBu  ...  ...  ...  ••• 

vf  members  and  fkiends  ef 
r.  W.  Medhnrtfs  Bible- 
ke-toad  Chapel,  Partamoath 
after  Service  of  Song  by 
re  Choir,  Lake-road  Chapel, 

ith      S8  19    8 

S    S    0 


•••  ••» 


t  Bnrke  of  Bong  br  Or- 
dioir,  at  the  Circus,  Sonth- 

38  19   0 

ling     110 

e  boy's  savings  for  a  y^ur... 

HKKV       •••  ••*  *■*  *** 

Oehelps"      


•  ••  ••  • 


f  • «•  • • • 


liittps,  p< 
rs.ffi]toa 


per  Mr.  B  W.  Carr 


•  •  • 

•  •• 

•  •• 


X*«*  •••  •■•  ••• 

nolco    •••  •••        •■• 

Iwdixier 

lArtui  ...  •«.       ..* 

par  Editor  of  ^CSirivtlan 


■  •  •       ••  • 


r  ICr.  J.  Owyer       

lathewBon     

Vw  •■•  •••  •••  ••• 

utioii    at   Lymington,   per 
iha  Collins 


•  ■  •  ••• 

•  ••  ••  • 
•••              ••• 


£  s.  d. 

0  10    0 

1  1 
0  16 
0  10 
0    6 

2  2 
0  6 
0  6 
0  10 
0    6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  10  0 
10  0 
0    6    0 

0  16  10 
0    6    0 


1  0 
0  6 
0  10 
0  10 

0  6 

2  2 

5  0 

1  0 
0  10 

6  0 
0  10 

10  10 
6  0 
6    0 


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0 
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0 
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014  2 
0  2  6 
6    0    0 

6    0  0 

0    6  0 

0    6  0 

10  0 


60  16    4 


67    8    4 


21  10   8 


SO 
0 
2 

0 

2 
0 


0 

4 
0 
2 
0 

4 


0  10 

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1 
1 
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1 
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0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0    2  9 

10  0 

10  0 

40    0  0 

0    6  0 

2  10  0 

0    2  6 

0    2  6 


£  8.d. 

Mr.  Alfked  Lyon   ...       ...       ...       ...  6   6  0 

Baby's  penny  a  week      0   4  4 

MiasF.jQUnes      0   6  0 

Baptist    Church.  Long  Freston,  per 

Fastor  W.  Giddings     0  10  0 

Mr.  Geo.  Walters 0    2  0 

Mr.  James  Trickctt         0  10  0 

Mias  Edwards       0  10  0 

XbX***»             •••             •••             •■•             •••             •••  %I   m"  V 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Turner 0    4  0 

Mrs.  Harvey's  little  girl 0    16 

The  Misses  L.  and  H.Maynard. 2    0  0 

Mrs.  and  Mr.  Scott        2    0  0 

Fer  Mr.  John  Best»  J.  F.  :- 
Collected  hj— 
Mrs.  FUUp  Ridiarda  ...         16    6 
Mrs.  Thomas  Bowe      ...         10   0 
Master  Hairy  Hany    ...         0  12   6 


JAXvs  Vvv  •••  •*•  •••  •••  ••• 

Miss  Jessie  B.  Moore      

Mrs.  S.  W^iloox     ...        ■••        ...       ... 

mK*     WW  •  •••  •••  vfls  ■••  ■■• 

Mr.  F.  E.  Browning       

Mr.  Thomas  Steer.. 

A  lover  of  Jesus 

•*ZHMft«««*  ■•*  ■••  •••  •••  ••« 

Mrs.  and  Mr.  Martell 

Mr.  Geo.  Cattarill 

Biiss  Anne  Knott  ...       ...        ...       ... 

M.A.andM.J.Flucknett      

Mrs.  Fsarson        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  H.  Osmond     ...        ...       .•        ... 

Mr.  C.  Tim  Brooks...       ...        ...       ... 

Mrs.  Geo.  Hooper 

K/»  \^t  JjU  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mrs.  C.  Bobertaon... 

Carol-singersy     Grove-road     Chapel, 

XUiTUWM^   «••  •«•  •••  •••  ••« 

Miss  Lizzie  Bobinson      

A  country  minister ... 

M.  K.  and  F.  H.    ...        ...        ...        ... 

Stamps  from  Edinburgh 

Mr.  Cnas.  Martin 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Chas.  Wood 

Collected  by  lirs.  Heamden    

CoUeetedbrMissCaine 

SaleofS.  O.Tnujts         

G.  H.  B.,  per  Messrs.  Fasnnore  and 

Alabaster ... 
''Hope,"  per  Messrs.   Faasmoie  and 

«»lA0HBw6*  •••  •••  •••  ••■  ••• 

A   Sermon  Beader,  Mid-Devon,  per 
Messrs.  Fassmore  and  Alabaster     ... 

Mr.  Thodey 

Bosa  and  rrank  Kve,  Sunday  Collec- 
tions at  Dinner  Table  for  the  Orphans 

Mr.  B.  Hlsley,  Maidenhead      

2Ir.  J.  Foxon         

Free-will  offering  at  Mr. 

W.  BossP  Mission  Hall       10   0   0 

A  FUend  at  Hampetead  ...         10   0 

Mr.  W.  Bartholomew      ...         110 


Mr.  John  0*Gram 

Fart  Collection  at  Fenee  Tabernacle  ... 

Mr.  J.Boberts.per  J.  T.  D 

CoUeoted  by  Vn.  Bowtell        

Scholars*  pence,  Snndav  Evening  School, 
Ebury  Mission,  per  Mr.  C.  F.  Allison 
Collected  by  Mrs.  walker,  Thame 

*w  •  ^7*  JUt  ••»  •••  •••  ••«  a^s 

Dalston  Junction  Baptist  Church,  per 
Mr.  L.  Evans      

Messrs.  Beading  Brothers        

Jnx.  A.  ift^oay        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Collected  by  Miss  Walker  from  fHends 
at  New  Cross,  per  Fastor  D.  Honour 

Collected  by  Mr.  T.  G.  C.  Armstrong  ... 

JBXa  «&•  Ovwrio         •••        •••        ■••        «•» 

Oollectad  by  Mn.  Gladwin       


2  19 
1  0 
1  0 
0  6 
0  2 
0  18 
0  10 
0    6 


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1 
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1  15 
0    6 


0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
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0 
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0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0  10  6 
2  0  0 
2  2 
6  0 
0  6 
0  10 


0 
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0 


0 
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8  0 
8    6 


6 

6 
2  13 
0    4 
0  14    6 
0    2    0 


9 
0 
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2 


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0    2  0 

0    6  0 

10  0 

0  16  10 

6    6  0 

10  0 


12  1 
0  10 
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0  10 

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0 
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1  11  2 

9  12 
0    6  0 

12    1  6 

8    8  0 

10  0 

2  8  0 
0  12  0 
10  0 
18  8 


8TOCKWBLL  ORPEAHA0B. 


3Ini.6tir>Bjbt>CUM 

VgllHMd  far  UiM  Webber         

llMEortuc  ...       

'OocM^  Baiiiliiy-whool,pw  B«T.  T. 

Bila  of  Plate  tou-kiiii  B.  WiKit  of  tiw 

lUa  lb*.  TimpMin        1 

S.  S,  Went  Bromvich 

Mr  A.  Bobhunn 

M.M.Doitlii.  'Z 

A.    U.,   Bndcr  o(    "  Tbl    Oniibui 

Bcnld" 

Colkotsd  Ire  M™.  Copping        


Oollede]  by  Un.  Tun 


LUodu^o  FrimdH,  per  T. 
Two  Fuul  Didcn,  Curlial 
ThHokoffialiis  lac  iaaw 

MnLBolttom        

Jk  twratf  feus'  Bender  ot 

Od^KHl>CEl_ 

Hhtnl.  ptr  Ut.  C.  V 
PmuI  Order  ud  SWmpa,  Pewicy 

HvrietUundeD 

Hr^JUttd;  Heatoy  in  Ardea   „. 

OollecMd  l^  <3.  OtOdaiutb         

OoUl  .tdbTlIn.Hott 

OnUe-.^ntbrS.  Panr     

A  Wtdow-i  Mite,  AnditBiudec 

TIr.Kiiet     

OoUfctfd  bx  Mn.  Wif,  Doiraa  Oi^el 
A  Ifrirnd,  per  Mn.  Com 


Mi.Si^ign... 
Hr.  8.  £bilt 


M[.D. 

jIuiuiI  SkBKn>(i>.»..—- 
Vem.HeniTUciiduillCo.    . 
Hn.  Loraoclc 
Mm.  Jinm  Keddw 
lliH  Luei  S.  WiUdnion  .. 
Mr.  Wm.  aring     ...        ,.       . 
AFtiODd      

PbF.&T.:- 


Mr  Pur       

J'tr  OrpSaiutgt  CMriifmai  FuUtiliu 
A  Wockms-iun  %ai  U> 

friend,  DnmfTin 


Mr.  JotrnTTgad     .,, 

Hn.  H.  Mnndar   '■■'■ 
Mr.  W.  J.  O^wmj 


Mr.  J.  B.  Elgu     .. 

8.  w.  ud  a  W.  B. 

Mri.J.ToUa7 
Kn.  J.  Oooee? 
Ur.  John  Burnt     .. 
Mi.  J.  Kicldnui  „ 
Loate  HownrH 
Mni«.  A.  Tuylor,. 
Tbe  Miua  Bowluu 


Mi.  Alfird  TymU  .. 

Geonre       ADd       KltriLl 

Kirl.y^        

Mr.  iuid°M«!^t™ 
Mh.      Wannioglon 


Mr.  Jiiiu^Oioee   ... 
Mn.  J.  V.  FIdge  ... 


ISO 

Mr.T.BollHd!:: 

Mr.  a  Tebhot 

Dora,  lubel,  luid 

~o^ 

Wilka    ... 

M™.  Bowes... 

Li  tile  Tolsv 
Ml  Johuduur 
L'uU«>t«l  tir  Un. 

kn*!^ 

.od  Mrs.  Ajhe 

Mm,  Pirlier ... 

Mr  R.E.  Sear. 

M?o"'lI.  J^bb'Sl 

,Vaon« 

Mr   AbijuhWesi 

Mr.  A,  Ihmett 
Fiom  Aula  lt«U 

;L.id 

ji?..  lm"  v.: 

Ou-1*'   Pmctudns 

icho^ 

Mr.  E.l»t°™  ": 

Colk^'l«l  by  Mi. 

«Mi^ 

s-K^ 

>10   0 

M^MTSt  ;:: 

[|   6   0 

6IBI£*  OBPHANAaS  BUIIiDINa  FUND. 


103 


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£  8.  d. 


0 
0 
0 
0 


1  10 
0  6 
0  5 
0  9 
0    6 


0 
0 

9 
6 
0 


Bum.  Xiivtl0  ...        •••        .•• 
Collected  by  Boholan  at 
BrocUuint        Sunday- 
school...       ...       ...       . 

Margaret  and  Jeaaie ... 


0   2   0 


0  18   0 
0    4    0 


£  s.  d. 


6811    1 


littleifell  ...       ...         -    .    , 

Itt 0    9    6  £725  10    6 

mJjoig 

m  for  the  Baiaar,  per  Mr.  <9iaile8v<»th.  not  otherwiee  acknowledged  :— 

-Ftomr parcels ooniaining  3  aitidea  each;  aparoel  containingS;  ditto  6;  ditto  10;  ditto 28; 

la  Caitl  of  Lace. 

B.";  "C.  <).";  «B.  E.  B.";  «L.  B.  and  S.  C.  E.»»;  "M.B.L.";  "M-K.**; 


bed  SUppen  and  a  Caid^.Lace. 


r  'mid  namet  o/plaen.—^JLV,**  Weeton-Buper-Mare;  **A.  B.»'  Victoria  Park;  "A.  Ii.  B./' 

«  D.  O.  W.  »  doney  Werton :  "  P.  C,"  Birkenhead ;  Mn.  K.,  Edinburgh ;  **  J.  It,  " Alrer- 

*«  M.  A,."  Thiune ;  •*M.  B.  0.»"  IHmdee;  "  S.  A.  Q.,'*  for  Yillagera,  Houghton;  «'B.  A.  K./> 

M^aofioiw:— Abbotafotd  Lodge.  iBremeas;  Friends  at  Liskeard;  a  Mite  from  Dundee;  an 
';  a  Widow,  8.  H. ;  a  Uerraat,  Bdinborgh ;  a  Widow's  Mite;  a  Sermon  Beader;  2  Articles : 
•;  28  Articles;  an  Ice-wool fihswL 

ifei  reoeired  from  the  foUowtu^  Mends,  per  Mr.  Charlesworth  :>-  ... 

no :— Bartholomew,  Mrs.;  Brown,  Mzs. ;  Children's  Sewing Cirde,Down<fCbapd. per  Mrs. 
Clarke,  Mra ;  Cory,  Miss;  Sdwszos,  Ber.  T.  L. ;  Bllis,  Mr. :  Lenny,  Mrs. ;  IiSwiB,Mr.;  Lloyd, 

Millar,  Mrs.;  Omey,  Mr.  T.  H.;  Beadimr  Toung  Ladies^  Working  Fartr,  per  Miss  Kellie 
;  B.  £.  B. ;  Bix  and  Bridge,  Mestrs. ;  Smith,  Mrs.,  Bradford ;  Smith,  Mr.,  HmitiBgdon;  Mm. 
Ode  Glass;  Wilson,  Mrs. 

novs :— Arnold,  Mrs. :  ChiTCts,  Messrs.,  and  Sons ;  Collins.  Mr. ;  Comf ord.  Mrs.  and  fkieiids ; 
,  Mr.  J.  D. ;  £lwood.  Mrs. ;  Gordon^  Mrs. ;  HaU,  Mr.  S. ;  Huntley  ana  Palmer,  Messrs. ; 

Era":  Medoalf,  Mr  ;  Newman,  Mr.  ;  Peek,  lYean,  and  Co.,  Messrs.;  Plummer, 
ead,  Mr. ;  Saunders,  Mr. ;  Tabby,  Mr.  A.  ;  Yineen,  Mrs.  W. ;  Walker,  Mrs. ;  Ward,  Miss 

▲L :— Bilborough,  Mr. ;  Cork,  Mrs. ;  Croaher,  Mr. ;  Gye,  Mr. ;  Higgs,  Master  Teddie ;  Olnsy, 
L ;  Smith,  Mr.  Jonas ;  **  W.  L.** ;  400  Christmas  Cards,  A  itiend. 

beaded  to  ^nt  the  Usts  of  dooon  to  the  Bazaar-staUs,  such  as  those  of  the  College,  Orphan- 
Kwtage,  Bichmond-etreeV  ^o.,  but  we  found  that  the  space  occupied  would  be  enormous  and 
use  heayy.  Therefore  we  hare  omitted  these  lists,  believing  that  the  kind  donors  would  be 
rith  the  acknowledgments  which  we  believe  they  have  received.  What  a  glorious  Ust  of  love 
o  look  it  over  brings  the  dew  upon  our  eyes.  Qod  bless  you  all,  kind,  kind  friends,  and  make 
ndredf  old  retum.---C.  H.  S. 


aUment  of  Seeeiptt  from  December  Ibth,  1881,  to  Jaaimary  l^th^  1882. 


£  a.  d. 


Donaldson 
n-Beader... 
eaSincluir 
iam  Smith 
ph  Brown  .. 
iBetts     ... 
lie  Hughes 
:  A.,  and  P.  M. 
,  near  Totnes 


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nkett   ...   ... 

Ift  »••  •••  ••■  •••  •■• 

Mrs.Allard       

w  •••  •#•  •••  «■•  •*• 

of  Bricks  from  Plymouth    ... 
,£dlnbuigh       


•  • •  ••  • 


r  of  Mr.  Spurgeon's  Sermons 

^Bm%  •••       •••       •••  •••       ••• 

•••      •••      •••  •••      ■•• 

WIDOW      ...            ...  ...            mm 

RTrighit 


•  •  • 


iTonbridge  Weils 
Sooth  Australia 


■son 
Oilket 


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0  10 
6  0 
6    0 

2    0 

1  0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
6 
6 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
7 
2 
2 
0 
6 
0  10    6 

0  6    0 

1  10 
0    2 

S 
1 
2 
2 
0 
6 
2 
1 
0 
8 


0 
6 
0 
1 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Per  Pastor  C.  Bpurgeon :-~ 
Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Penny 

Cards  after  Lecture  by 

Pastor  C.  Spurgeon     ... 
Ptooeeds    of    Lecture  at 

Swindon,  per  Pastor  C. 

Spurgeon 

Collected    by    Pastor    C. 

Spurseon 

«l.  bL,  Si,         ...  ...  .». 

Mr.  David  Batchelor,  per 
Pastor  C.  Bpurgeon 


Mr.  Thomas  Sowter 

Mr.  Thomas  Weir 

Mr.  Andrew  Nuttall 

Mias  Muriel  Joyce 

Three  Amiston  Miners   ... 

A  Sennon-Beader 

Lizzie,  Louie,  and  Jessie... 

Mrs.  M.  Collier     

Mr.  A.  Doggett     

«v  •    M^*  J^»         •••  ••«  ••• 

Jemima  Orton       

A  Sennon-Beader,  Balbime  MQl 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beed,  and  Mrs.  Semple... 

mm*   **■    JtAt  •••  «••  •••  •••  ••• 

Collected  for  '*  The  Beading  House,'* 
by  Miss  NelUe  Withcn  :— 
Mr.  William  Moore  ...       2    2   0 

Mrs.  Chaplin,  Southampton       i    ^   Q 


£  s.  d. 


21 

0 

0 

2 

2 

0 

3 

1 

0 

0  lU 

0 

2 

2 

0 

28  15 

0 

•  •■ 

•  •  • 

0    1 

0 

•  •  • 

«  •  • 

0  10 

0 

•  •• 

•  •• 

1    0 

0 

«•• 

•  •• 

0  10 

0 

•  •• 

« •  • 

0  10 

0 

•  •• 

*  •  • 

0    2 

0 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10 

0 

«•• 

«•• 

0  10 

0 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

4    0 

0 

•  •• 

mm 

4  19 

6 

•••  . 

. .. 

0    2 

6 

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... 

0    2 

6 

Jem 

pk 

1... 

0    7 

0 

0  10   u 


I 


104 


GIRLS*  ORPHANAGE  BUILDING  FUND. 


Mra.  J.  O.  Cooper 

Mr.  FhUip  Davies 

Mr.  E.  Hkrvey      

Mrs.  G.  W.  Fidmer 

Mrs.  W.  Poidtoa 

Mrs.  BaTcnscioft 

Mr.  R.  Oakahott    

Mias  Biosell 

Mra.  Hammond     

Mra.  Hampton       

Mra.  Warwick       

Master  Harry  W.  Auderson 

Mr.  James  Boome 

Mra.  Ward 

Mr.  B.  P.  King      

Mr.  T.Wells  

Mra.  Collier 

Miss  Richardtmn    

Mr8.J.  Bayis         


£  ■.  d. 


1 
1 

0 
0 
0 
0 


1 

0 
10 
10 
10 

10 


0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
U  10 
0  10 
0  10 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


10 
6 
6 
6 
6 
2 
2 


0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 

e 


Collected  for  *'  The  Reading  House  " 
by  Q.  E.,  per  Miss  Nellie  Withers  :— 

Proht  fkom  Ketuling  Mar- 
ket Book  8tall,  p&[(i.E,         4  16    7 

Collected  in  Box    0   3   6 

Books  given  by  Mrs.  Gos- 
tage,  jon 0    2    6 

Miss  Blake 0    10 

Mr.  West     0    10 


Mr.  W.  H.  Ryder,  per  Mr.  W.  J.  Har- 

I  nan  ...        ...        .a.        ...        ••• 

«v  ^1  u^Be       ...         ...        ..«         •••        ... 

Mra.  Binck ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mra.  Martha  Binns  

A  Lad^,  per  Mr.  George  Greenwood  ... 

Actrahny 

From  a  tiervant  Girl,  prei»ents  receired 

f rom  Yisitora      

Miss  Annie  Brown 

M.  O.f  two  or  three  bricks        

C7a  V     •         V*     •  •••  •••  ■•■  •■•  «•* 

I.  H^  Glaseow      

Mr.  James  Ballantine      

jiTA.  Baxter 

JLj*  xy«     •••  »•  t«*  •••  •••  ••• 

Ija     «^*     \^m  •••  •••  •••  •••  «•• 

M[ra.  lYench... 

Miss  Jessie  M.  Stobo       

Mr.  William  Moir 

Miss  Katie  Barham         

l*roceeds  of  Bazaar  held  in  Rev.  Hugh 
Stowell  Brown's  Drawing- Koom,  in 
aid  of  **  The  liverpool  House  " 

A  constant  Sermon-Reader      

Mra.  Cave  Browne  Cave 

Mra.  R.  Rump 

Jl^9  dLa  Ai/»     •••       •••       •••       •■•       ••• 

Mr.  H.  Denby       

lYooeeds  of  Bazaar,  per  Miss  Mary  Jane 

^V  ^11 VWA  •••  •«•  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  C.  Carter        

Mr.  Bateman  Brown       

P.i8tor  E.  H  Brown        

Air.  Wm.  Verry     

Miss  Caroline  verry        

A  Sermon-Header,  Portobello 

V*  VX«  XI*  •••  •■•  •••  •••  ••• 

..Vn  Aged  Believer 

A  Sermon-Reader,  Saltash       

stamps  from  Canterbury  

Xy*  \j»   •••     •••     •••     ■••     •••     ••• 

Mr.  George  Shand...       ... 

Mr.  George  Seiywright 

ALra.  M.  Xi.  ^rhite  ...        ...        ...        ... 

A  Widow  and  her  Daughter     

3Ir.  and  Mra.  Booth       

A  Friend,  Stockton         

Mra.  Scott  for  "  The  liverpool  House  " 

3£ra.  Collins... 

2!ib  and  R.  W.        ...       ...       ...        ... 


a  19  6 


6    8    7 


0 
0 


1 
1 


0    2 

0 

0 


0 
6 

1 
0 


0 
0 
0 


4  0 
0  6 
0  lU 

0  10  0 

10  0 

10  0 

0    5  6 

0  10  U 

U  10  0 


0 
0 
6 

1  6 

2  0 


1  6 
0  0 
6  0 
0  0 

2  6 


23  11  0 

U  10  0 

0  10  0 

0    2  6 

0    2  0 

10  0 


1     2 

1    0 
50    0 

1  1 

2  2 
0  14    0 

0  a  0 

0  6  0 
0  6 
0  5 
0  8 
0  10 
0  5 
0  7 
0  15 
10  0 
2  0  0 
0  10  0 
0  5  0 
0  10 
0    6    0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


Houston  and  Penicoik  Miwion  Box, 

perJ.  M.Lang 

A  Friend,  per  Pastor  A.  Greer,  Qnam- 

^^"•*  ■••      •••      •••      •••      •••      ••• 

A  f^end,  Strathaven     

Mr.  Robert  Colman         

Mrs.  Humell         

Mr.  J.  G.  Godwin 

"Sixg^one"         

MissHinton • 

Mr.  A.  H.  Soard    ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mra.  James  Wyllie  

Mr.  George  Powell 

Two  or  three  Friends  in  Kinellar,  per 

Mr.  George  Gibb 

A  Brick  from  Langholm 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dawson     

Mrs.  Hill     

Mrd.  Richards,  per  Mr.  W.  PoweU     ... 

Mra.  Plaisto 

Ellen  Block 

A  Sermon-Reader,  Thame        

D.  Ix)ftus    

A  Thankoffering,  per  C.  H.  8 

Collected  by  Miss  Ewen 

TOD 

]^lr.  John  Strachan         

Miss     Barker's     Mot!icr8'     Meeting, 

Leamington       

Mn.  F.  Hudson    ...       m.       

*   AtW»     vT  •  •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  T.  C.  Mc  I.     ...  ...        ... 

Mra.  M.  A.  Moss  ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mra.  C.Lewis        

A  Barrow  Itiend ... 

Mn.  J.  Walkey     

HE 

W*     V V  •   X^»  •••  ••«  «••  •••  «•• 

stamps  from  Edinburgh 

A  Sermon-Reader 

Mra.  Sarah  Gibson 

Mra.  H.  Watt        

Mr.  William  Angus        

Mta.  M.  B.  Stevens         

Alice's  money-box  

Mra.  Sutherland 

G.  aniM.0.         

Per  Mr.  C.  Gladush :— 

Mra.  Meiklam        2    0    0 

MissMeiklam       10    0 

Miss  Reading        0  10    0 

Mr.  C.  Gladish      0  10    0 


Mn.  Sarah  Parmenter 

Miss  C.  A.  Robertson  

Mra.  M.  Bevan 

S.  and  F.  W^.  ...  ...        ...        ... 

ALTS.  ^&.  ^7.     ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mra.  J.  Annan       ...       ...        ...       ••• 

A  Working-man,  H.  D 

«^*  Xa*  •••  «••  •••  •■•  •••  ••• 

Stanms  from  Huddersfleld        

A   Mother  and  her  Four    Children, 

Spilding 

A  I'riend,  Bridge  of  AUan       

raptor  A.  G.  and  Mrs.  Short    

Miss  A.  Chastney 

Mra.  Johnston       ... 

Mr.  A.  Cowan       

Mr.  John  W.  Smith        

Mr.  John  Martin 

Collected  by  Mn.  H.  Pringle  :— 


Mr.  Henry  Pringle 
Mra.  H.  ^Qgle     ... 
Mr.  William  I'ftrke 
Mra.  Dr.  Henry     ... 
Mr.  John  Pringle  ... 

MkssKing    

Mrs.  James  Pringle 
Milk  Money 


1 

1 

1 

0 

1 

« 

0 

0 


0 
0 
0 
6 

0 
6 
6 

6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
xt 
0 
0 


£lkd. 

020  • 

10  0 
0  10  0 
2   t  0 

0 
6 
0 
6 
5 
0 
0 


0 
0 

• 

0 
0 
0 

• 


0 
0 

0 

1 
1 

9 


010 
0  6 
0  2 
010 
215 
5   0 

lulu 


6  0 

6  0 

t  0 

0  0 

0  • 

0  0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  16  0 

2   2  0 

6   0  0 

21}   0  0 

0  «  0 
10  0 

1  0  0 
0  5  0 
0  S  < 
010  0 

0  t  0 

1  n  0 
0  10  0 

0  3  0 

1  0  0 
0  1510 
0  9  5 
0  6  0 
8  0  0 


4  0  0 

1  1  0 

0  2  0 

0  6  0 

6  0  0 

too 

10  0 
0  2  5 
0  10 
0  f  0 

0  4  0 

1  0  0 
UlO  0 
010  0 
10  0 
I  0  0 
9  2  0 
1   0  0 


6   0  1 


OIBLB'  ORPUAKAGB  BUILDma  FUND. 


105 


BiMatliewKtt 


r  the  Oiris*  OipbAiiage 

BMder.Sporie         

ber  to  uie  poor  Orphans    ... 
If^  p 

f  iittie  Axthoi's  money-tox 
r  Ber.  P.  H.  Newton 

TV  ATu    •••  •••  •••  ••• 

om  Langholm  


r.  Bctts ... 

I  by  Mz.  Edwaitl  WilliamM. 

ton:  — 

rd  Oreen-Fricc» 

LP.  for  County 

fivaas-WilUam^, 
BadnorBorouglis 
Mutland,  M.P. 
^of  Brecon  ... 
Kyike   Pi;n«on, 


ttlCoore,  North- 

•••  •••  ••• 

Bowers,  Kualon 

•«a  ■■•  •■■ 

ibitts.  Binning- 

•••  •••  ••• 

urd  William*, 
.  Beading,  Bir- 
C'.'bobeU&Co'i 

m   •»•  •*•  *■• 

d  Jackson,  Bir- 
iUer  ft  Co.,  Car- 

•••  ■«■  •*■ 

ttvies,  Knighton 
1  Lloyd,  Chester 
Phillips,  Valendre 
»   Gray,   Iron- 

bT  Caitiright, 

|V  •  a  «  •  •  ■ 

ies     B.     Gray, 

,Nantmel 
iewis,  Knighton 


1 
1 
I 


2  0 

1  0 

1  0 

1  0 


10    0 
10    0 

2  2  0 

2  2  0 

5  0  0 

1  1  0 

1  1  0 

10  0 

1  1  0 

oia  0 

0  5  0 
0    5    0 

0    5    0 

0    5    0 

0  5  0 
0  4  0 
0    2    6 


I  at 

•  •• 


iTeper  cent,  on  earnings  . . 

koflering        

Jones  ... 
Fesos    ... 

[r.lCutell 

tia 

Bnssell         

W^ilson...        ...        ... 

%^WC  •••  a*.  ...  ... 

Ifacandrcw 

Waters 

•  ••  ••■  •••  •••  ••• 

lertson... 

in  Presbyterian  Church, 
un.  per  Mr.  Charles  ixtle  ... 
I,  Syoil,  uid  Margenr's  box, 

•w  Year's  Day        

IJones 

allowanoe     

inflnnttawafan       

t 

fw  »■•      •••      •■•      ••■ 

•••      •••      «•«      ••      ■•• 

bg  from   three    servant*, 
tUy  itorea  have  been  lately 

•••  •••  •••  Bta  ••■ 

fino      

■ifln  Church,  per  Pastor  W. 


£  8.  d. 

SO   0    0 

1    0 

1 

2 

1 

2 
0  17 
0  2 
U  2 
0  5 
0  6 
0  19  10 
10  10    0 


1 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


22  IS    6 
2    0    0 

0  2 

1  10 

0  6 

1  0 
0  10 

2  0 
8 
5 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
1 
5 
1 


0  10 


0 

1 

0 
0 
0 
0 


5 
0 
6 
1 
2 
2 


6 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


31    0    0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


2  15    0 
0    4    0 

0  12    6 


Jtt..  nT.  ...         ...         •••         ...         ••• 

Mrs.  G.  Bull  ...        ...        ...       ... 

Carshalton  and  Wallington    Baptist 

Chnnh,  per  Pastor  J.  £.  Jasper 
Mr.  James  Sharp - 

JLOu     ...  ...  •••  ...  •••  ••• 

An  invalid,  Clapham  Park       

Mr.  W.  Banfora 

•'Dorton" 

"  From  a  Sooich  working  mechanic*' ... 

Mrs.  Goodson        

J.  P.,  I^tal  Order  

vw  •  A#*  AL*        •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

A  ChrisUnaa  Thankoff eriug     

Mr.  A.  Sa  Cay        ...        ...        ...        **• 

From  servantflLper  M.  A.  Harris 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Elliot,  Toronto      ... 

Sarah  Bradley       

Mr.  H.  G.  Brown,  per  Eev.  T.  Groen- 

iwOOu  ...  ...  ...  ... 

JUS.    MllH     ...  ...  •..  ...  ... 

isr.  vv  •  x^yne       ...       ...       •••       ... 

Annual  Subacriptiona  : -^ 
Par  F.  B.  T. :- 

AmlQft  •■•         •••         •••  •••         ••« 

A^«  ^V«    X«  •••  aaa  ■•••  •••  ••« 

C0NTBIBUTI0N3  FOB  BAZAAB:- 

Mrs.  H.  Dodwell m. 

Mrs.M.  Wilson      

Mr.J.  Battam       

Mrs.  Heffer  (for  frock) 

Mr.  C.  F.  BavisBon  and  Family         .^ 
H.  and  £.  A.  ...        ...        ...        ... 

MissJ.  Touag       

MissMaiyS.  Allen         

PerMrs.  I)od4       

MissM.  Harvey 

Mr.  William  Blott 

Mr.  B.  Canington 

Mrs.  P^des  Green,  Patnu 

*«  •  «V«  JQX*         •■•  •■•  ■»•  ••• 

Mrs.  Elisabeth  Shaw       

"  Babv'a  "  Mamma         

M».  M.  Bainbow 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Layard  

A  Sermon-Beader,  Edinbuxgh ... 
Mrs.  Isabella  Scoular      ...       ... 

Baxaar  Articles  sold,  per  Miaa  Thomo 

Sarah  Kennedy     

MiasM.Challia     

Mr.  Bowker's  Bible-clasa 

Gordon  Boad  Baptist  Church,  Peck- 

UAUA  ••«  •••  •••  •••  sat 

M[rs.  Mary  Ewaxt ...       ... 

Mr.  Mingine 

Miss  Abbott 

^•.  o.  xj.  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

M[rs.  Bobertson-Aikman... 

i^iends  at  Haverfordwest,  p?r  Mlsa 

Ada  E.  Thomas 

Mrs.  E.  Mundy     

Mf   R   V 
•    V»"    O.    Xm       •••  ...  ...  ...  (,, 

Per  Mrs.  Griffiths- 
Mr.  C.  Kemp         0  10  0 

Three  Friends       0  ll  6 

Mrs.  Griffiths        2    2  0 


£  a.  d. 

110 
0    5    0 


6 
6 
1 
0 
1 
8 
0 
0 


0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2 

3 

0  10    0 
0    6    0 

6 

0 


0 
1 
0 

2 
0 


... 
... 

... 
••• 


... 


1 
10 

1 

2 
0 
1 
0 

t 


0  10 

1  0 
0  10 
0  5 
0  10 

0  5 
90    0 

1  0 

0  10 

0  10 

1  0 
0  10 
5    0 


0 

0 
0 

» 

0 
0 
6 
6 


0 
0 


8  6 
0  0 
S    6 


110 

0  10    0 

25    0    0 


0    6    0 
0    6    0 


0  10    0 
0  10    0 

0  10    0 

1  15  0 
6  0  0 
0  5 
0  2 
0  10 
0    2 

1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
5 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

o 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


t  10  0 
2  0  0 
6    3    0 


A  working-man  and  his  friend,  Dum- 

aah^B  »■•  ••«  •••  «•«  ««g 

H.  L,  Malta  

Mrs.  M.  Clarke      

•aA^^UA*  •■«  •••  •••  •••  «•«  ••• 

Mrs.  Walker  (sale  of  articles) 

A  few  frienda,  per  Mrs.  E.  Tumbnll ... 
One  who  ia  every  mxmUi  indebted  to 

Mr.  Spurgeon     

Mrs.  Bawling        

Mrs.  Walker  (Dolls  sold)  

Sezmon-readera,  POrtaoy 

Mrs.  Tliompaon(Laoe  sold)       


8   3    G 


1    0 

3  0 
1    0 

0  10 

1  S 

4  0 


0 
0 
0 
0 

6 
0 


10  0 

0  10  0 

on  0 

10  0 

0    6  0 


106 


OIRLB'  OBPHANlfiR  BUILDIHG  FUSB. 


£ 

8. 

d. 

Mmb  Hollingham 

Mr.H.£d^^        

■  ■• 

•  •  « 

0 

8 

6 

MisaAttwater 

...    0  10    0 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

0  lU 

0 

A  Itiend,  per  HiiaB  Harper 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

Bible  Class 

..    0 

6    0 

A  Sermon-reader,  MontrcMe 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

A.  and  J.  B.  H. 

.    0 

9    6 

CoUected  by  Hn.  Blietuman— 

Smaller  aBU)untf.    0 

4    6 

Mr.  Wm.  fioberts     

Key.  T.  Nicholson     

1    0 
0  10 

0 

0 

SCO 

Articles  sold  by  Mrs.  Q.  H. 

Mra.Habershon        

0  10 

0 

Kemp 

•  •• 

•  ■• 

0  15    0 

Mrs.  J.  Haberabon 

Mra.  Oxley       

0  10 
0  10 

0 
0 

Contributions  for  Mr.  Bart" 

Mn.  Hajwood         

0  10 

0 

letfa  ClattStaU:— 

0    6 

0 

Mr.  A.  Ferguson   ... 

•  •  • 

68  13  10 

Mrs.  Taylor     

0    5 

0 

E.  M.  P.       ... 

•  •• 

•  ■  ■ 

2    9    0 

Mn.Bnenoer  ^ 

Mm.Arst       

MinCaatreU 

U    6 
0    5 
0    6 

0 
0 
0 

Mn.  Seeley ... 

•  •■ 

•  •  • 

0    5    0 

Donations  for  Richmottd'HrtU  Hitnom 

J  c 

0    6 

0 

StaU,  per  Mr. 
Miss  Uidl     ... 

J.  T.  Dunn : 

—. 

^2*      Xm            •••                      •••                      ••«                      «•« 

0    2 

6 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

0    5    0 

Mm.  J.  Oxley 

0    3 

6 

Miss  Gardiner 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

10    0 

Mn.  Corbett 

0    2 

6 

Miss  Crofts  ... 

•  •• 

•  •« 

0    10 

MiMLeighton. 

0    2 

(> 

It 

4A 

0 

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Mn.  Kaybould 
Mr.  Wheeler 
Mrs.  Hill      ... 

•  •• 

•  ■• 

10    0 
8    0    0 

0    6    0 

Mr.  iV.  x^arcy      ...        ... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

U    6 

•  •• 

•  •• 

•  •• 

•  •• 

Mn.  Fothergm  (sAle  of  work) ... 

•  •  • 

0 

6 

0 

Mn.  Johnson 

•  •• 

•  ■• 

10    0 

Mr.  Harden... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10    0 

mercieti  receivid 

••• 

0  10 

0 

Mr.  FUiott  ... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10    6 

Georgina  Byrio      

0 

8 

0 

Mr.  McGowan 

•  •• 

••• 

4    4    0 

Miw  B.  Turner     

0 

4 

0 

Mr.  Smith    ... 

•  •■ 

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6    0    0 

Mr.  J.  Kemp  (goods  sold) 

1 

18 

8 

Mn.  Case     ... 

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0    8    0 

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0 

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Mr.  Neville  ... 

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0    5    0 

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1  10 

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Miss  Edwards 

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•  •• 

8    0    0 

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1 

2 

6 

Miss  E.  Edwaidi  ... 

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6    0    0 

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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grange 

•  •• 

10    0 

Meusn.  Fiillerton  and  Smith's  boi 

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Miss  M.  A.  Gardiner 

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0    8    6 

Benrico  Choir,  per  Mr.  T.  F. 

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Mr.  T.  H.  Frost 

•  •• 

10    0 

Contribationa  for   /Vm- 

Mn.  Wakding 

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0    6    0 

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Mr.  Wells    ... 

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6    0    0 

An  old  Student  and  his 

Mr.  Parker  ... 

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6    0    0 

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0    6 

0 

Mn.  Husk  ... 

••• 

0    5    0 

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0  14 

0 

Mn.  Thompson  (Hull) 

•  •• 

8    0    0 

Broceeda  of  Lecture,  etc.. 

Mn.  Ward  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

0  10   0 

by  Pastor  C.  L.  Gordon 

0  18 

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Mr.  MitcheU 

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IViends  at  Balcm  Chapel, 

Mn.  WardeU 

•  •  • 

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Dover       

0  14 

0 

Mr.  Shaw     ... 

•  •• 

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10    0 

A  few  friends,  per  fiev. 

Mr.  W.  Smith 

•  •• 

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0    5    0 

E.  F.  Jeffrey          

1  10 

0 

Mn.  Gooch ... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0    6    0 

Friends  at  Grvat  Brough- 

A  Friend      ... 

•  ■• 

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0    6    0 

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MissPhiUips 

•  •■ 

•  •  ■ 

0    7    6 

1  11 

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Mr.  King     ... 

•  •• 

••• 

8    2    0 

Mr.  Qreen 

0    8 

6 

Miss  King    ... 

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Mr.  Olendening    

0  10 

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Mr.  and  Mn.  Jones 

•  •  • 

10    0 

Butor8.T.WiUiams      ... 

1  10 

0 

Mn.  Phillips 

■  • « 

•  •• 

0  10    0 

Flutor  E.  Marshall 

1  10 

0 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon 

•  •• 

0  10    0 

Fkstor  F.  M.  Cockerton  ... 

0  10 

0 

Mn.  Pomeroy 

•  •  • 

•  «• 

0    2    6 

Bistor  Sanrael  Crabb      ... 

7  10 

8 

Mn.  Goodman 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10    0 

Fbstor  B.  J.  Moore 

0  10 

0 

Mn.  Smith  ... 

•  •• 

••• 

0  10    0 

Pastor  £.  Spurrier 

0  16 

0 

Mr.  Coombs... 

•  •• 

•  •  a 

0    8    6 

Mr.  D.  RusscU      ... 

0  10 

0 

Miss  Dixon  ... 

•  •• 

«•• 

0  10    0 

Per  Pastor  W. 

Miss  Mackwall 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10    0 

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Miss  llardiog 

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Mrs.  Ormerod  ...    0  10    0 

Miss  Jumpeon 

•  •  • 

•  »• 

0    3    6 

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Mr.  Everett ... 

•  •• 

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5    0    0 

ATr.  Cottew       ...    0  10    0 

M.SJ  Uowley 

•  •• 

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0  19    6 

Mr.  Goodhall    ...    0    6    0 

Mr.OdeU     ... 

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Mm.  Buckley 

•  •• 

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1  17   0 

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2  10 
0    5 

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MissDibley... 
Afr.  Abbott ... 
Mr.  M'Haffle 

•  •• 

•  ■• 

8    8    6 
0    7    6 
0  11    0 

Pmiitar  R  Ensoll    

•  •  • 

•  •• 

•  •• 

•  •• 

Per  Pastor  Jabez 

Mr.  Weekly... 

•  •* 

•  •• 

10    0 

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Mr.  H.  Turner 

••• 

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0    6    8 

Mrs.  E.  DodweU.    0  10   0 

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Mn.  Payne... 

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A^iss  Charmon 

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Mrs.  Berry  ... 

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•  •• 

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Mr.  David    ... 

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0   6    0 

Mn.  Poole        ...    0  10   0 

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Ur.  A.  U.  Soud  ... 
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alto  to  mitt  Mr.  Spurgeon  i/  lu  aeliunvledftnaiit  it  tent  leithin  a  naek.  AU  frail 
ekould  iaaddraued  to  Mr.  CharUemirth,  Stoehieell  Orphanage,  Ctapiatt  Boad,  JJn^ni- 

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SHI,  Upper  Jfeneo^  Should  any  nan  ba  unaohiumUdgad  i%  thie  liit,/rie»it  a" 
raquatad  to  writa  at  once  to  ilr.  Spurfeen.  Port  Offloa  Ordert  ahanld  t>  "^ 
payable  at  the  Chief  Ofiee,  Londen,  te  C.  H.  Spm-geon. 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL. 


MARCH,     1882. 


§i&I(  ^tAtx^tm, 


HOLDEN      PIKB 

^0  one  can  poeitivety  teU  when  the  Scriptures  were  first 
bronght  to  oar  favoured  BriliBh  Islee.  If  any  portions 
were  erer  translated  into  the  language  of  the  ancient 
Britons,  they  were  all  swept  away  in  tbnt  hnrricane  of 
perseoDtion  which  characterized  the  reign  of  Diocletiso  in 
the  opening  of  the  fourth  century.  According  to  references  is 
Chancer  the  gospels  once  existed  in  the  old  British  language,  but  on 
tiiat  point  we  are  unable  to  speak  with  certainty.  Afl«r  the  Saxons 
embraced  Chriatianity  we  may  suppose  that  they  poseeased  portions 
of  the  Scripture  in  their  own  dialect,  even  before  Bede  and  Alfred  at 
rocceesive  periods  undertook  the  work  of  translation.  When,  howerer, 
the  long  Dark  Ages  succeeded,  these  old  Teraions,  with  no  printing 
press  to  multiply  them,  fell  into  disuse,  and  were,  of  course,  obsolete 
when  Wyckliff,  as  the  pioneer  of  the  Reformation,  made  the  first 
translation  into  English  at  the  latter  end  of  the  fourteenth  centnry. 
When  at  length  the  printing  press  was  invented,  the  first  book  it  sent 
forth  was  yery  properly  the  Latin  Bible,  a  copy  of  which  would  now 
realize  sufficient  money  to  purchase  a  small  estate.  We  hare  to  remem- 
ber that  in  its  earlier  stages  printing  was  a  very  costly  business  ;  and, 
not  dreaming  of  meeting  their  expenses  by  sales,  practisers  of  the  art 
frequently  issued  books  under  the  patronage  of  some  grandee.  Thus 
the  fint  Bible  printed  in  Polish,  in  the  sixteenth  century^-copies  of 
which  are  now  among  the  scarcest  treasures  of  the  uniTerse — was  issued 
at  the  expense  of  Prince  Radzivil,  who  for  this  purpose  subscribed  ten 
thousand  golden  crowns.  The  work  carried  on  in  this  way  in  centuries 
I«eceding  onr  own  was  probably  greater  than  we  are  sometimes  dis- 
posed to  think,  the  principal  drawback  being  that  such  producers  looked 
to  the  we&Ithy  for  custom  instead  of  supplying  cheap  copies  to  the 
poor,  who,  however,  were  for  the  most  part  unable  t«  read.  Just  after 
the  Bevolntion  France  showed  such  a  dearth  of  Bibles,  that  persons  sent 
over  for  the  pnrpoM  searched  for  four  days  among  the  booksellets  of 


110  BIBLE  ENTERPRISE. 

Paris  without  coming  upon  a  single  copy  ;  but  happily  the  French  were 
not  altogether  a  fair  sample  of  other  nations.  We  learn  something  of 
what  had  been  done  from  the  fact  that  a  century  ago  the  then  unique 
collection  of  Bibles  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Wirtemberg  included  be- 
tween fi^e  and  six  thousand  specimens,  the  German  and  Teutonic  yersions 
alone  showing  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifcy-eight  different  editions. 
About  seventy  years  ago  a  writer  laboriously  endeaTOured  to  prove  that  a 
free  circalation  of  the  Scriptures  was  quite  in  accordance  with  the  spirit 
of  Somanism ;  but  such  special  pleaiders  read  history  upside  down. 
Home  has  shown  a  good  deal  of  enterprise  in  repressing  the  Scriptures 
by  fire  and  sword,  but  virtually  no  enterprise  in  scattering  them.  Pius 
lY.  assured  the  world  that  ''more  harm  than  benefit"  arises  from  reading 
the  Word  in  the  vulgar  tongue;  and  thus  betrayed  the  spirit  which  has 
actuated  the  great  apostasy  throughout.  With  iron  hand  has  Borne 
locked  up  the  Word  of  Ood,  a  hand  which  she  has  dipped  in  blood,  for  it 
has  been  calculated  that  the  murdered  victims  of  popery  are  even  more 
numerous  than  those  who  during  the  same  period  nave  perished  in  war. 

For  several  centuries  the  printing  of  the  Bible  in  England  was  more 
or  less  a  monopoly;  and  perhaps  the  evils  arising  from  favouritism 
never  reached  a  greater  height  than  daring  the  discreditable  reign  of 
Charles  II.  In  the  opinions  of  grandees  who  flourished  in  those  times, 
peoples  and  countries  existed  for  the  benefit  and  convenience  of  royal 
personages  and  those  pure-water  aristocrats  who  basked  in  the  sunny 
atmosphere  of  courts.  In  an  age  of  general  political  retrogression,  and 
of  loose  notions  in  morality,  all  kinds  of  injustice  were  rampant,  so 
that  things  which  would  now  be  considered  monstrous  wrongs  were 
then  regarded  by  opraessors,  if  not  by  the  oppressed,  as  very  common- 
place transactions.  The  profits  of  the  national  po6t-o£9ce  were  given 
to  the  king's  brother;  a  tax  on  coals  entering  the  port  of  London  went 
towards  the  support  of  a  bastard  branch  of  the  royal  house,  while 
many  similar  dead  weights  hampered  every  trading  enterprise.  If  we 
except  the  Puritans,  the  time  of  Charles  II.  was  not  an  age  of  Bible- 
readers;  and,  as  supply  is  usually  regulated  by  the  demand.  Bibles 
were  badly  produced,  and  were  also  sold  at  excessive  prices.  Even  after 
the  presses  of  England  and  the  Continent  had  been  at  work  for  two 
centuries  the  promise  of  earlier  days  as  regards  cheapening  production 
was  not  realized.  Printers  had  exercised  a  mighty  iziflnencein  consum- 
mating the  Reformation,  but  in  an  age  when  better  things  might  have 
been  expected  of  them,  they  themselves  sadly  needed  reforming. 

Monopolies  naturally  foster  jealousies  and  discontent,  and  at  one  time 
the  rivals  who  were  most  constantly  inclined  to  come  to  blows  were  the 
kind's  printers,  the  representatives  of  the  University  press,  and  the 
Stationers'  Company.  In  the  seventeenth  century  it  was  the  custom  for 
persons  representing  one  interest  to  subsidize  those  of  another  interest, 
80  as  to  make  things  pleasant  all  round  ;  but  occasionally  a  hitch  cul- 
minating in  a  quarrel  occurred,  which  conduced  to  the  gain  of  the  public. 
At  one  time,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II.,  a  sharp  competition  sprang  up 
between  the  Universities  and  the  royal  printer,  in  conisequence  of  which 
quarto  Bibles  were  sold  very  greatly  under  cost  price ;  and  it  is  curious 
to  find  Thomas  Ony,  the  founder  of  Guy's  hospital,  mixed  up  in  the  trade 
squabbles  of  those  diays.    Guy  was  free  of  tne  Stationers'  Guild ;  and, 


BIBLB  ENTBBPBI8E.  Ill 

finding  that  finely  printed  Datch  booke  were  snccessfnllj  competing 
with  the  poorer  prodnctions  of  the  English  printers,  the  old  pnilan- 
tliropist^  who  was  a  master  of  compromise,  arranged  with  the  printers, 
and  at  his  '^  little  corner  honse,  betwixt  Oornhill  and  Lombard-street," 
he  carried  on  a  large  trade  in  Bibles^  the  profits  of  which  were  eventaally 
Bank  in  the  great  hospital. 

In  coming  to  the  eighteenth  centnry  nothing  so  forcibly  testifies  to 
the  religions  deadness  of  the  reign  of  George  II.  than  the  patronage 
accorded  to  the  Bible  by  pretentions  jonmalists.  It  is  referred  to  by 
one  wiseacre  as  a  book  containing  "  a  great  deal  of  morality  and  good 
sense.*'  Pnblishing  enterprise,  snch  as  it  was  in  those  days,  seems  to 
hare  chiefly  confined  its  operations  to  issnes  in  numbers  so  corrupt 
through  careless  or  wilfully  incorrect  printing,  that  a  London  news- 
paper of  1736  declared  the  public  to  be  "  exposed  to  the  mercy  of  a  set 
of  pirates,  who  have  no  other  end  but  filthy  lucre  in  their  weekly  pub- 
lications.'' '*  I  cannot  but  find  that  all  men  agree,"  remarked  another 
representatiye  writer  in  1750,  '^  that  the  Bible  containing  the  Old  and 
New  Testament  abounds  throughout  with  false  pointings  and  false 
translations  ;  and  that  a  new  translation,  some  time  since  mentioned  to 
he  finished  by  a  noble  earl,  would  meet  with  universal  approbation."  We 
do  not  know  that  folly  in  writing  could  well  sink  lower.  At  all  erents, 
Uie  age  which  would  have  really  superseded  the  grand  old  Authorised 
Tersion  by  the  amateur  work  of  ''  a  noble  earl "  must  have  greatly 
needed  that  second  reformation  which  was  inaugurated  by  the  Methodist 
preachers. 

In  the  last  century  the  supply  of  Bibles  throughout  the  British  Isles 
was  extremely  small,  but  the  scarcity  in  England  was  slight  when  com- 
pared with  the  famine  which  afflicted  Wales  and  Ireland.  In  1745  an 
endearonr  was  made  through  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Enow- 
ledge  to  print  an  edition  of  fifteen  thousand  copies  fc^und  up  with  the 
Common  Prayer  and  the  Psalms  in  metre,  the  total  coat  being  a  little 
over  four  shillings  a  copy.  At  that  time  the  Welsh  people  in  general 
were  quite  ignorant  of  English,  and  being  unable  to  procure  copies  in 
the  national  tongue  their  case  was  pitiable  indeed.  More  than  fifty 
years  afterwards  the  fact  that  a  certain  child  at  Bala  was  wont  to  trayel 
acTen  miles  over  the  hills  to  read  the  Bible — the  only  copy  accessible — 
became  a  powerful  argument  for  the  formation  of  the  British  and 
Foreign  Bible  Society. 

But  while  Wales,  Scotland,  and  the  Isle  of  Man  might  suffer  from  a 
comparative  scarcity  of  the  printed  Word,  they  enjoyed  the  priyilege  of 
having  religious  services  conducted  in  the  only  language  they  could  un- 
deratand.  In  Ireland  it  was  not  so,  and  to  this  source  we  are  able  to 
trace  yery  many  of  that  fair  country's  sorrows.  If  at  the  time  of  the 
Beformation  a  little  trouble  had  been  taken  to  give  the  Irish  people 
the  Bible  in  their  own  tongue,  how  many  religious,  social,  and  political 
perplexities  might  haye  been  ayoided !  The  Irish  Reformed  Church 
was  an  English  institution  set  up  among  Irislimen  who  could  not 
nndcTBtand  the  lessons  read  week  by  week,  because  they  were  not  read 
in  Irish,  but  m  English,  In  many  instances  the  pastors  appointed  to 
the  livings  were  unable  to  converse  with  their  parishioners.  In  this 
respect  the  Bomiah  priests  occupied  yantage  ground ;  for,  although  they 


112  BIBLE  ENTBBPBISE. 

gabbled  their  masges  in  Latin,  and  interdicted  the  ScriptnreB,  they  were 
at  least  competent  to  speak  to  the  people  in  their  own  mother  tongue. 
A  century  ago,  when  Bible  societies  were  springing  into  existence, 
many  were  found  to  maintain  that  there  was  truth  in  the  poetical  lie, 
"  a  little  knowledge  is  a  dangerous  thing ; "  and  by  suppressing  schools 
and  proscribing  the  Scriptures  they  would  have  deniecl  the  peasantry 
their  most  valued  birthright,  while  they  themselyes  liyed  in  a  fool's 

iiaradiee.  We  have  no  intention  of  making  more  than  passing  re- 
erences  to  that  mighty  and  far-reaching  enterprise  of  this  century  repre- 
sented by  the  work  oi  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society ;  but  we 
would  still  recall  the  fact  to  remembrance  that  even  this  work  of  mercy 
would  hare  been  strangled  at  its  birth  if  many  so-called  Protestants 
could  have  prevailed,  and  its  triumphant  progress  was  achieved  in  spite 
of  the  vehement  opposition  of  those  who  ought  to  have  been  its  friends. 
What,  indeed,  are  the  fruits  of  checking  this  enterprise  and  of  with- 
holding the  sacred  volume  from  the  people  ?  The  condition  of  Ireland 
to-day  is  a  complete  answer  to  such  a  question. 

Scotland  supplies  a  very  fiedr  example  of  what  a  monopoly  could  do, 
and  of  advantages  arising  from  its  abolition.  The  patent  tor  printing 
the  Bible  in  that  country  expired  in  1889,  and  firms  wishing  to  pro- 
duce copies  are  now  empowered  to  do  so  by  license.  Since  the  expira- 
tion of  the  patent  one  house  alone,  Messrs.  W.  Collins  and  Co.,  have 
issued  twenty  different  editions,  the  prices  ranging  from  thirty  to  fifty 
per  cent,  below  those  previously  charged. 

Monopolists  in  anpr  trade  do  not,  as  a  rule,  care  to  distinguish  them- 
selves by  being  pushmgly  enterprising,  and  this  was  painfally  exemplified 
in  the  history  of  Bible  publishing  even  until  the  present  century  was 
somewhat  advanced.  Though  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland  were 
parcelled  out  among  certain  privileged  persons,  in  addition  to  the  Uni- 
versity presses,  no  inveutive  genius  had  as  yet  planned  a  pocket  edition 
which  could  with  any  sort  of  convenience  be  carried  in  the  pocket. 
The  days  we  are  spealong  of  were  those  good  old  times  of  the  Regency, 
when  the  public  were  chiefly  interested  in  sanguinary  wars  abroad  and 
royal  qaarrels  at  home.  There  was  then  living  in  the  Strand  a  worthy 
who  was,  in  a  sense,  one  of  the  last  of  the  London  booksellers — that  is 
to  say,  he  was  a  classical  scholar  as  well  as  a  successful  trader ;  and, 
being  also  a  Christian,  he  had  devoted  special  attention  to  Biblical 
literature.  In  his  after  experience  this  veteran,  by  name  Samuel 
Bagster,  was  destined  to  prove  how  sometimes  a  fortune  may  be  embo- 
died in  an  idea.  He  discovered  that  one  of  the  wants  of  those  times 
was  a  pocket  Bible  of  convenient  shape — a  sightly  contrast  to  the 
dumpy  specimens  then  offered  to  the  people  by  the  magnates  of  the 
Universities.  At  the  date  in  question  there  was  literally  no  pocket 
reference  edition  in  the  market,  the  nearest  approach  to  that  desideratum 
being  a  Cambridge  medium  octavo,  and  royal  octavos  of  Oxford  or  the 
royal  printer.  Saving  planned  his  book,  Mr.  Bagster  transformed  one 
ot  his  attics  into  a  printers'  workshop,  besides  engaging  the  assistance 
of  competent  scholars;  and  one  of  these,  a  Cambridge  doctor,  is  said 
to  have  given  the  firm  the  motto  they  have  used  ever  since — On  earth 

THEBE  ABE  XANT  LANGUAGES  ;  IN  HEAVEN  ONLY  ONE.     From  the  first 

it  appears  to  have  been  determined  that  no  pains  should  be  spared  in  the 


BIBUB  BNTSBPBI8E.  118 

}HX)dactio]i  of  the  work ;  the  references  were  to  be  in  the  main  original, 
the  thin  tongh  paper  was  made  expressly  by  a  yonng  experimentalist, 
who  afterwai^  made  his  mark  in  that  department  of  business ;  and 
not  only  was  particular  attention  gi^en  to  the  binding,  but  an  entirely 
new  style  was  introdnced  by  substituting  a  flexible  back  sewn  with  silk 
for  the  stiff-opening  backs  hitherto  provided.  The  venture  was  an  imme- 
diate success,  and  '*  Bagster's  Bibles  *'  became  synonymous  with  all  that 
was  painstaking  in  editing  as  well  as  beautiful  in  printing  and  binding. 
Though  Mr.  Bagster  never  sanctioned  gilt  covers,  there  was  rare  beau^ 
in  the  costly  and  chastely  elegant  binding  which  he  introduced,  and  he 
was  one  of  the  flrst  to  utilize  sealskin  and  Turkey  morocco  for  the  pur- 
pose. For  several  years  he  had  the  market  to  himself,  but  eventually  one 
competitor  after  another  entered  the  field,  and  now  pocket  reference 
Bibles  are  about  as  common  in  the  country  as  any  others.  The  present 
Mr.  Bagster  is  a  grandson  of  the  founder  of  the  firm,  and  he  is  cer- 
tainly privileged  in  being  associated  with  an  ancestry  which  has  been 
thuB  honourably  distinguished  in  Bible  enterprise. 

The  Bible  affords  scope  for  many  kinds  of  enterprise,  a  fact  to  the 
truth  of  which  our  own  times  have  borne  very  gratifying  witness. 
Thus,  while  Samuel  Bagster  supplied  just  what  was  wanted  by  the  well- 
to-do  classes,  not  overlooking  the  needs  of  aspiring  students  and  hard- 
working pastors,  John  Gassell,  by  means  of  one  master  stroke,  introduced 
the  Scriptures  into  tens  of  thousands  of  homes  where,  we  may  be  cer- 
tain, the  sacred  oracles  were  not  as  familiar  as  household  words.  Bom 
at  Manchester  in  1817,  and  dying  before  he  was  forty-eight,  in  1865, 
this  celebrated  publisher,  whose  very  name  became  equivalent  in  value 
to  a  large  capital,  rose  from  the  carpenter's  bench  to  occupy  that  dis- 
tinguished position  in  trade  and  in  the  esteem  of  the  people  which  even 
princes  and  peers  might  have  envied.  Inheriting  full  sympathy  with 
the  working  classes  as  one  of  themselves,  he  issued  a  variety  of  educa- 
tional and  literal^  works  of  sterling  quality  ;  but  it  was  not  until  1859 
that  the  grand  idea  of  his  life  found  expression  in  the  issue  of  that 
book,  the  appearance  of  which  represented  a  new  departure  in  Bible 
circ^atioh.  John  Gassell  had  for  long  itinerated  as  an  enthusiastic  tem- 
perance advocate,  often  using  a  policeman's  rattle  to  call  together  his 
Tillage  congregations  ;  but  in  launching  his  popular  edition  of  the  Bible 
he  found  a  still  worthier  work,  and  one  likely  to  redound  in  lasting 
benefit  to  the  poor.  His  aim  was  to  issue  in  large  quarto  size,  at  the 
oost  of  a  penny  a  week,  the  sacred  text  with  a  suitable  commentary  and 
references,  the  whole  being  supplemented  by  a  gallery  of  illustrations 
exceeding  nine  hundred  in  number.  The  cost  of  this  work  in  the  first 
instance  amounted  to  one  hundred  thousand  pounds,  an  enormous 
capital  indeed  to  embark  in  one  book,  but  then  in  six  years  three  hun- 
dred  and  fifty  thousand  copies  were  disposed  of,  the  subscribers  ranging 
firom  the  residents  in  palatial  homes  to  the  poor  denizens  of  St.  Giles's, 
who  were,  of  course,  attracted  by  the  pictures.  '*  The  Illustrated  Bible," 
irtill  published  by  Messrs.  Gassell,  Fetter,  Galpin,  and  Go.,  is  the  complete 
work,  extending  to  about  fifteen  hundred  pages,  and  handsomely  bound. 
The  work  is  still  largely  sold  by  colporteurs,  showing  the  hold  it  has 
taken  of  the  hearts  of  the  population.  A  modern  work  which  has  met 
moch  approval  is  *'  The  Bible  Educator,"  the  leading  scholars  and 


114  BIBLB  ENTBBPBI8E. 

diyines  of  the  day  haviog  famiBbed  much  information  concerning  the 
Scriptures  useful  to  teachers  and  Bible  readers. 

Some  haye  been  disposed  to  ask  why  years  previously  the  Beligions 
Tract  Society  did  not  take  adyantage  of  their  opportunities  and  occapy 
in  the  interest  of  the  people  the  field  which  John  Gassell  invaded  so 
Buccessftilly.  The  answer  is  that  the  committee,  by  their  own  bye-lawa, 
are  precluded  from  embarking  in  such  an  enterprise ;  they  may  not 
engrave  any  representation  of  the  Deity,  and  thus  cannot  give  copies 
of  those  masterpieces  of  the  old  masters  which  the  public  would  be  most 
likely  to  value.*  Apart  from  this,  the  society  has  done  its  share  in 
popularizing  a  knowledge  of  the  sacred  text.  More  than  a  generation 
ago  a  commentary  was  issued,  besides  a  pocket  paragraph  Bible  which 
has  been  very  extensiyely  circulated.  Quite  recently  this  has  been  re- 
printed in  a  much  improved  style,  and  every  summer  four  thousand 
copies,  costing  five  hundred  pounds,  are  distributed  as  prizes  among 
children  belonging  to  the  Board  Schools  of  London,  Mr.  Peek  having 
subscribed  a  capital  of  five  thousand  pounds  to  supply  half  the  annual 
outlay. 

The  Tract  Society's  most  ambitious  work  in  this  direction,  however, 
is  '*  The  Annotated  Paragraph  Bible,"  a  very  carefnlly  prepared  work, 
well  adapted  for  life-long  use,  and  costing  one  pound.  Printed  in 
paragraphs,  as  its  name  implies,  extraordinary  attention  has  been 
devoted  to  the  marginal  readings,  those  only  being  inserted  which  illus- 
trate or  throw  some  light  on  the  text.  Each  book  has  a  competently 
written  preface,  and  the  comments,  thoagh  brief,  are  pointed,  and  in 
few  words  throw  considerable  light  on  manners  and  customs,  geography 
and  history,  as  well  as  on  many  other  things  which  a  diligent  enquizitf 
desires  to  have  made  clear. 

This  is  pre-eminently  the  age  of  commentaries,  no  honest  worker 
who  has  the  will  having  any  excuse  for  not  making  bricks  for  want  of 
straw.  Matthew  Henry,  the  greatest  of  the  train,  has  been  nearly  one 
hundred  and  seventy  years  in  the  grave,  but  his  successors,  with  greater 
sources  of  knowledge,  have,  of  course,  left  the  Hackney  pastor  far 
behind  in  some  departments  of  learning.  We  are  also  glad  to  see  that 
this  is  becoming  more  and  more  an  era  for  the  production  of  standard 
commentaries  at  prices  which  show  that  the  spirit  of  enterprise  is  not 
extinct.  Well  printed  editions  of  Henry's  great  work  are  published  by 
various  firms  at  very  reasonable  prices,  and  are  still  in  extensive 
demand.  Evidences  are  likewise  not  wanting  to  show  that  the  work  of 
Dr.  Adam  Clarke — a  man  of  another  school,  who  lived  a  century  later — 
is  still  veiy  widely  appreciated.  At  all  events,  the  edition  now  in 
course  of  issue  by  Messrs.  Ward,  Lock,  and  Co.  can  only  return  a 
profit  on  a  very  large  edition,  for  in  addition  to  illustrations  given 
separately  on  plate  paper,  each  shilling  part  consists  of  aboat  one 
hundred  and  sixty  royal  octavo  pages.  The  whole  being  well  printed 
on  good  paper,  is  one  of  the  cheapest  things  of  the  kind  ever  attempted 

But  of  all  commentaries,  perhaps  the  one  which  is  really  best  adapted 
for  popular  use  is  '*  The  Biblical  Museum,"  recently  completed  in  fifteen 


*  This  we  do  not  trnderstand.    Surely  no  Christian  persons  would  boy  enffrarings 
npreienting  the  Deity.    If  they  did  they  would  be  partakers  with  idolaters.— &>. 


BIBLB  ENTBBFBISE.  115 

Tolnmf B,  by  Mr.  J.  Comper  Gray,  aod  published  by  Mr.  Elliot  Stock  at 
fiTe  shillingB  each.  When^we  say  popular  use  we  mean  a  book  which  all 
dasses,  profesaional  and  noz^professionid  preachers,  Sonday-scbool 
teachers,  and  prirate  students  of  the  Word  can  appeal  to  with  satisfac* 
lion.  This  is  the  character  of  this  work,  and  in  tne  way  it  originated, 
88  well  as  in  the  way  the  plan  has  been  carried  out,  both  by  editor  and 
pablisher,  we  are  glad  to  note  a  development  of  that  spirit  of  enterprise 
which  is  characteristic  of  these  times.  Perhaps  this  commentary  has 
the  more  right  to  be  designated  popalar  because  it  is  sufficiently  port- 
able to  be  carried  about  by  those  who  cannot  do  all  their  work  within 
the  four  walls  of  a  study.  There  are  not  a  few  diligent  Sunday-school 
teachers  and  local  preachers  who,  with  one  of  these  yolames  within 
reach,  would  in  the  intervals  of  labour  competently  equip  themselves 
for  the  work  of  the  coming  Sabbath. 

The  editor  calls  his  work  a  Museum  because  it  is  filled  with  a  great 
variety  of  curiosities — things  new  and  old,  illustratiye  of  the  teaching, 
or  throwing  light  on  sacred  history — and  because  the  collection  occupi^ 
many  years  in  making.  The  best  writers  of  the  world  have  been  laid 
onder  contribution,  their  choicest  paragraphs,  like  ripe,  precious  fruit, 
have  been  taken  fresh  from  the  trees  on  which  they  grew  to  be  presented 
to  the  student  like  apples  of  gold  in  baskets  of  silver.  The  result  is 
*'<m0  commentary  having  the  chief  characteristics  of  several^  with  certain 
features  not  found  in  any  one." 

This  work  was  for  long  a  desideratum,  and  its  production  points  to 
a  want  which  is  in  itself  a  very  gratifying  testimony  to  the  Christian 
activity  of  the  day.  There  are  in  all  parts  of  the  country  numbers  of 
earnest  men  who,  having  to  work  hurd  during-  the  week  for  the  bread 
which  perisheth,  still  find  richer  pleasure  than  any  recreation  could 
yield  in  dispensing  to  scattered  congregations  on  the  Sabbath  the  bread 
of  life.  Then  there  are  the  pastors  of  churches  of  limited  means,  men 
who  want  much  in  little  compass,  mental  aliment  of  superior  quality, 
and  still  at  a  reasonable  cost.  What  this  wide  constituency  required  m 
the  way  of  help  was  not  always  accessible ;  the  stones  they  needed  to 
build  up  the  tuples  of  the  faith  were  spread  about  among  a  number 
of  qaanies,  and  some  diligent  collector  was  wanted  to  gather  together 
the  goodly  materials.  This  service  has  now  been  rendered  by  Mr. 
Comper  Oray  in  a  masterly  manner ;  and  the  eyidences  of  success  are 
seen  in  the  yerdicts  of  approyal  which  come  from  such  representatiye 
quarters  as  the  high  Church  Times^  the  evangelical  Record,  and  the 
Nonconformist  British  Quarterly  Eeview.  Many  who  use  such  a  work 
have  little  idea  of  the  large  capital  in  industry  and  money  which  is 
required  for  its  production.  We  who  know  something  about  such 
things  give  the  work  a  high  place  among  books  representiDg  one  im- 
portant phase  of  Bible  enterprise. 

The  man  who  knows  how  to  use  a  commentary  ought  not  to  be  an 
indifferent  preacher,  but  there  are  not  a  few  men  already  settled  over 
churches  who  are  anxious  for  advice  on  this  one  point.  Mr.  Gray  assures 
us  that  the  letters  he  has  receiyed  asking  for  such  counsel  are  well-nigh  in- 
amnerable ;  andwehave  a  shrewd  suspicion  that  these  perplexed  applicants 
unwittingly  prompted  the  commentator  to  commence  and  complete  his 
extensive  compiktion.    ''  The  question  proposed  with  such  remarkable 


116  BIBLB  XNTmPEfBE. 

ease,  and  doubtless  regarded  as  extremely  simple,  I  have  often  felt  to  be 
an  exceedinpflydiflScnltone.  When  I  knew  the  correspondent^  and  knew 
also  what  other  aids  to  Biblical  study  he  possessed,  I  could  sometimes 
Tenture  to  name  a  commentary  that  might  be  most  seryiceable  for  km» 
But  such  cases  were  necessarily  few.  Very  often,  therefore,  the  question 
was  met  —following  a  very  high  example — by  proposing  another.  What 
kind  of  commentary  do  you  want — critical,  illastratire,  doctrinal,  dero- 
tional,  practical,  or  what  ?  The  qaerist  would  then  discoTcr  how  difficult 
a  question  he  had  proposed.  He  scarcely  knew  what  he  wanted.  He 
quickly  found  that  he  desired  what  did  not  exist" 

In  a  happy  moment  Mr.  Oray  determined  on  supplying  the  lack,  and 
the  collection  of  his  vast  mass  of  materials  occupied  many  years, 
eyen  before  a  first  instalment  could  be  published.  The  notes  are  of 
yarious  kinds,  including  critical  and  explanatory  hints  by  the  best 
ancient  and  modem  authors,  and  a  key  to  the  subject  of  each  text. 
There  are  twelve  thonsand  outlines  of  sermons  bv  the  ablest  diyines  of 
all  times,  and  as  many  illnstrative  anecdotes,  apophthegms,  parables,  &c. 
There  are  also  no  less  than  twenty-one  thonsand  aphorisms  and  quota- 
tions, and  thirty-six  thonsand  Scripture  referencei^  making  one  text  ex- 
I)lain  another,  together  with  numerous  archadological  notes  and  etymo- 
ogies  of  old  Bible  words. 

We  have  thus  explained  this  work  because  as  a  commentary  it  is  so 
far  unique  that  instead  of  being  the  work  of  one  man  it  is  what  its 
name  implies — ^a  Museum  furnished  with  things  new  and  old  from  six 
thousand  authors.  A  few  mighty  ones  who  have  from  time  to  time 
been  given  to  the  chnrch  have  proved  how  mach  may  be  done  by  a  single 
hand  in  elucidating  the  sacred  text ;  but  such  is  the  richness  of  tiie 
book  that  thousands  of  quarrymen  fail  to  exhaust  its  mines.  A  house 
conveniently  arranged  is  never  the  handiwork  of  one  man,  and  a  com* 
mentary  is  more  likely  to  meet  one  man's  requirements  when  many 
hands  have  supplied  its  materials. 

Bible  enterprise  means  spreading  the  principles  of  the  Bible ;  and  as 
this  is  a  business  in  which  all  may  engage,  we  may  be  allowed  to  make 
one  suggestion.  There  is  at  this  time  something  near  akin  to  a  book  famine 
in  many  a  stady  where  the  unknown  workman  has  to  prepare  that  which 
ahall  edify  and  build  up  the  church,  and  the  question  arises.  Shall  not 
this  be  relieved  by  the  means  placed  within  our  reach  ?  To  make  the 
most  of  a  minister  one  must  encourage  him ;  and  there  is  no  surer  way 
of  encouraging  an  earnest  worker  than  by  supplying  him  with  good 
tools.  There  is  many  a  man  to  whom  the  timely  presentation  of  a  good 
commentary  would  be  more  welcome  than  food  to  the  bare  cnpboEffd, 
or  water  to  thirsty  soil.  All  seasons  are  sapposed  to  be  times 
for  exemplifying  this  generosity ;  and  this  year  the  need  is  greater 
than  usual  on  account  of  agricultural  depression.  Looked  at  from 
this  standpoint,  Mrs.  Spurgeon's  Book  Fund  represents  one  branch  of. 
Bible  enterprise,  and  in  proportion  to  its  means  it  has,  perhaps,  let 
more  sunshine  into  despairing  pastors'  homes  than  any  other  agency 
in  operation.  We  make  good  men  happy  in  proportion  as  we  liable 
them  to  work  effectively.  Many  a  discouraged  preacher  would  find  a 
bracing  tonic  in  a  presentation  copy  of  ''  The  Treasury  of  David  *'  or 
^The  Biblical  Museum,"  or  of  Clarke's  or  Henry's  Commentary. 


F 


117 

^  ^tiiikim  in  %  I0n0e8t  ^iK\m. 

EXPOSITIOX  OF  VERSES  89  to  9C. 

BY  0.  H.  SPURGEON. 

OR  ever,  O  Lord,  thy  word  is  settled  in  heaven. 


90  Thy  faithfulness  is  unto  all  generations:  thou  hast  es- 
tablished the  earth,  and  it  abidcth. 

91  They  continue  this  day  according  to  thine  ordinances:  for 
all  are  thy  servants. 

92  Unless  thy  law  Aad  been  my  delights,  I  should  then  have 
perished  in  mine  affliction. 

93  I  will  never  forget  thy  precepts :  for  with  them  thou  hast 
quickened  me. 

94  I  am  thine,  save  me  ;  for  I  have  sought  thy  precepts. 

95  The  wicked  have  waited  for  me  to  destroy  me  :  bni  I  will 
consider  thy  testimonies. 

96  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection  :  but  thy  command- 
ment is  exceeding  broad. 

89.  *^  For  ever,  0  Loiw^  thy  word  is  settled  in  heaven"  The  strain  is  more 
joyfoly  for  experience  has  given  the  sweet  singer  a  comfortable  knowledge 
of  the  word  01  the  Lord,  and  this  makes  a  glad  theme.  After  tossing  about 
on  a  sea  of  trouble  the  Psalmist  here  leaps  to  shore  and  stands  upon  a  rock. 
JehoTah's  word  is  not  fickle,  or  uncertam ;  it  is  settled,  determined,  fixed* 
sore,  immovable.  Man's  t-eachings  change  so  often  that  there  is  never  time 
for  them  to  be  settled ;  but  the  Lord's  word  is  from  of  old  the  same,  and 
will  remain  unchanged  eternally.  Some  men  are  never  happier  than  when 
they  are  unsettling  everything  and  everybody ;  but  God's  mmd  is  not  with 
them.  The  power  and  fflory  of  heaven  have  confirmed  each  sentence  which 
the  mouth  of  the  Lord  has  spoken,  and  so  confirmed  it  that  to  all  eternity 
it  must  stand  the  same, — setded  in  heaven,  where  nothing  can  reach  it.  In 
the  former  section  David's  soul  fainted,  but  here  the  good  man  looks  out  of 
self  and  perceives  that  the  Lord  fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary,  neither  is 
there  any  failure  in  his  word. 

The  verse  takes  the  form  of  an  ascription  of  praise :  the  faithfulness  and 
immutabihty  of  GK>d  are  fit  themes  for  holy  song,  and  when  we  are  tired 
upon  this  shifting  scene  the  thought  of  the  immutable  promise  fills  our 
znouth  wiih  singing.  God's  purposes,  promises,  and  precepts  are  all  settled 
in  his  own  mind,  and  none  of  them  shall  bo  disturbed.  Covenant  settle- 
znents  will  not  be  removed,  however  unsettled  the  thoughts  of  men  may 
become ;  let  us  therefore  settle  it  in  our  minds  that  we  abide  in  the  faith  of 
our  Jehovah  as  long  as  we  have  any  being. 

90.  *'  Thy  faithfulness  is  unto  all  generations,"  This  is  an  additional  glory: 
God  is  not  affected  by  the  lapse  of  ages ;  he  is  not  only  faithful  to  one  man 
throughout  his  lifetune,  but  to  his  children's  children  after  him,  yea,  and 
to  all  generations  so  long  as  they  keep  his  covenant  and  remember  his  com- 
mandments to  do  them.  The  promises  are  ancient  things,  yet  they  are  not 
worn  out  by  centuries  of  use,  for  faithfulness  endureth  for  ever.  He  who 
soocoured  his  servants  thousands  of  years  ago  still  bhows  himself  strong 
on  the  behalf  of  all  them  that  trust  in  him.  **  Thou  hast  estdblisJied 
the  earthy  and  it  abideth"  Nature  is  governed  bv  fixed  laws ;  the  round 
globe  aUdee  in  its  course  by  the  divine  commana  and  displays  no  erratio 
movements :  the  seasons  keep  their  predestined  order,  the  sea  ooeys  the  rule 


118  A  MEDITATION  IN  THE  LONGEST  PSALIL 

of  ebb  and  flow,  and  all  things  else  are  marshalled  in  their  appointed  order. 
There  is  an  analogy  between  the  word  of  God  and  the  works  of  God,  and 
specially  in  this  that  they  are  both  of  them  constant,  fixed,  and  nn- 
(mangeable.  God*s  word  which  established  the  world  is  the  same  as  that 
which  he  has  embodied  in  the  Scriptures ;  by  the  word  of  the  Lord  were 
the  heavens  made,  and  specially  by  him  who  is  emphatically  the  wobd. 
When  we  see  the  globe  keeping  its  place  and  all  its  laws  abiding  the  same, 
we  have  herein  assurance  that  the  Lord  will  be  faithful  to  his  covenant,  and 
will  not  aUow  the  faith  of  his  people  to  be  put  to  shame.  If  the  earth 
abideth  the  spiritual  creation  will  abide ;  if  God's  word  suffices  to  establish 
the  world  surely  it  is  enough  for  the  establishment  of  the  individual 
believer. 

91.  *'  They  continue  this  day  according  to  thine  ordinances.*^  Because  the 
Lord  has  bid  the  universe  abide,  therefore  it  stands,  and  all  its  laws  con- 
tinue to  operate  with  precision  and  power.  Because  the  might  of  God  is 
ever  present  to  maintain  them,  therefore  do  all  things  continue.  The  word 
which  spake  all  things  into  existence  has  supported  them  till  now,  and  still 
supi)orts  them  both  in  being  and  in  well-being.  God's  ordinance  is  the 
reason  for  the  continued  existence  of  creation.  What  important  forces 
these  ordinances  are!  ** For  all  are  thy  servants."  Created  by  thy  word 
they  obey  that  word,  thus  answering  the  purpose  of  their  existence,  and 
workmg  out  the  design  of  their  Creator.  Both  great  things  and  small 
pay  homage  to  the  Lord.  Ko  atom  escapes  his  rule,  no  world  avoids  his 
government.  Shall  we  wish  to  be  free  of  the  Lord's  sway  and  become 
lords  unto  ourselves  ?  If  we  were  so,  we  should  be  dreadful  exceptions  to 
a  law  which  secures  the  well-being  of  the  universe.  Bather  while  we  read 
concerning  all  things  else — they  continue  and  they  serve,  let  ns  continue  to 
serve,  and  to  serve  more  perfectly  as  our  lives  are  continued.  By  that  word 
which  is  settled  may  we  be  settled ;  by  that  voice  which  establishes  the 
earth  may  we  be  established ;  and  by  that  command  which  all  created 
things  obey  may  we  be  made  the  sei'vants  of  the  Lord  God  Almighty. 

92.  "  Unless  thy  law  had  been  my  delights^  I  should  then  have  perished  in 
mine  affliction,**  That  word  which  has  preserved  the  heavens  and  the  earth 
also  preserves  the  people  of  God  in  uieir  time  of  trial.  With  that  word 
we  are  charmed ;  it  is  a  mine  of  delight  to  us.  We  take  a  double  and  treble 
delight  in  it,  and  derive  a  multiplied  delight  from  it,  and  this  stands  us 
in  good  stead  when  all  other  delights  are  taken  from  us.  We  should 
have  felt  ready  to  lie  down  and  die  of  our  griefs  if  the  spiritual  comforts 
of  God's  word  had  not  uplifted  us;  but  by  their  sustainins^  influence 
we  have  been  borne  above  all  the  depressions  and  despairs  which  naturally 
^ow  out  of  severe  affliction.  Some  of  us  can  set  our  seal  to  this  statement. 
Our  affliction,  if  it  had  not  been  for  divine  grace,  would  have  crushed  us 
out  of  existence,  so  that  we  should  have  perished.  In  our  darkest  seasons 
nothing  has  kept  us  from  desperation  but  the  promise  of  the  Lord :  yea,  at 
times  nothing  has  stood  between  us  and  self-destruction  save  faith  in  the 
eternal  word  of  God.  When  worn  with  pain  untU  the  brain  has  become 
dazed  and  the  reason  weU-nigh  extinguished,  a  sweet  text  has  whispered  to 
us  its  heart-cheering  assurance,  and  our  poor  struggling -mind  has  reposed 
upon  the  bosom  of  God.  That  which  was  our  delight  in  prosperity  has 
been  our  light  in  adversity ;  that  which  in  the  day  kept  us  from  presuming 
has  in  the  night  kept  us  &om  perishing.  This  verse  contains  a  moumfnl 
supposition — ^*  unless,**  describes  a  horrible  condition — **  perished  in  mine 
affliction,**  and  implies  a  elorious  deliverance,  for  he  did  not  die,  but  live  to 
proclaim  the  honours  of  me  word  of  God. 

93.  *'  /  toill  never  forget  thy  precepts :  for  with  tliem  thou  haet  quickened 
me,**  When  we  have  felt  the  quickening  power  of  a  precept  we  never  can 
forget  it.  We  may  read  it,  learn  it,  repeat  it,  and  think  we  have  it,  and  yet 
it  may  slip  out  of  our  minds ;  but  if  it  has  once  given  us  life  or  renewed  that 


A  MiDiTATioir  nr  THB  LOKOBST  PBALM.  119 

life,  there  is  no  fear  of  its  falling  from  our  recollection.  Experience  teaches, 
and  teaches  effectually.  How  blessed  a  thing  it  is  to  have  the  precepts 
written  on  the  heart  with  the  golden  pen  of  experience,  and  graven  on  the 
memory  with  the  divine  styliis  of  grace.  Forgetfulness  is  a  great  evil  in 
holy  things ;  we  see  here  the  man  of  God  fighting  against  it,  and  feeling 
sore  of  victory  because  he  knew  the  life-giving  energy  of  the  word  in  his 
ovn  soul.    That  which  quickens  the  heart  is  sure  to  quicken  the  memory. 

It  seems  singular  that  he  should  ascribe  quickening  to  the  precepts,  and 
yet  it  lies  in  them  and  in  all  the  words  of  the  Lord  aHke.  It  is  to  be  noted 
that  when  the  Lord  raised  the  dead  he  addressed  to  them  the  word  of  com- 
mand. He  said,  '*  Lasarus,  oome  forth,"  or,  *'  Maid,  arise."  We  need  not 
fear  to  address  gospel  precepts  to  dead  sinners,  since  by  them  the  Spirit 
gires  them  life.  Bemark  that  the  Psalmist  does  not  say  that  the  precepts 
quickened  him,  but  that  the  Lord  quickened  him  by  their  means :  thus  he 
traces  the  life  from  the  channel  to  the  source,  and  places  the  glory  where 
it  ia  due.  Yet  at  the  same  time  he  prized  the  instruments  of  the  blessing, 
and  resolved  never  to  forget  them.  He  had  already  remembered  them  when 
he  likened  himself  to  a  bottle  in  the  smoke,  and  now  he  feels  that  whether 
in  the  smoke  or  in  the  fire  the  memory  of  the  Lord's  precepts  shall  never 
depart  from  him. 

94.  **  1  am  thine,  save  me"  A  comprehensive  prayer  with  a  prevailing 
argument.  Consecration  is  a  good  plea  for  preservation.  If  we  are  conscious 
that  we  are  the  Lord's  we  may  be  confident  that  he  will  save  us.  We  are 
the  Lord's  by  creation,  election,  redemption,  surrender,  and  acceptance ;  and 
hence  our  firm  hope  and  assured  belief  that  he  will  save  us.  A  man  will 
sorely  save  his  own  child:  Lord,  save  rne.  The  need  of  salvation  is  better 
Ken  by  the  Lord's  people  than  by  any  others,  and  hence  their  prayer^-- 
" save  me";  they  know  that  only  God  can  save  them,  and  hence  they  cry 
to  him  alone ;  and  they  know  that  no  merit  can  be  found  in  themselves, 
and  henoe  they  urge  a  reason  fetched  from  the  grace  of  God, — **  1  am  thine." 
"  For  I  have  sought  thy  precepts.^'  Thus  had  he  proved  that  he  was  the 
Lord's.  He  might  not  have  attained  to  that  which  he  desired,  but  he  had 
through  life  studiously  aimed  to  be  obedient  to  the  Lord,  and  hence  he 
begged  to  be  saved  even  to  the  end.  A  man  may  be  seeking  the  doctrines 
and  the  promises,  and  yet  be  unrenewed  in  heart ;  but  to  seek  the  precepts 
is  a  sure  sign  of  grace ;  no  one  ever  heard  of  a  rebel  or  a  hypocrite  seekmg 
the  precepts.  The  Lord  had  evidently  wrought  a  great  work  upon  him, 
and  he  besought  him  to  carry  it  on  to  completion.  Savins  is  linked  with 
seeking,  *'  save  me,  for  I  have  sought" ;  ana  when  the  Lord  sets  us  seeking 
he  wiUnot  refuse  us  the  saving.  He  who  seeks  holiness  is  already  saved : 
if  we  have  sought  the  Lord  we  may  be  sure  that  the  Lord  has  sought  ns» 
and  will  certainly  save  us. 

95.  "  The  wicked  have  watted  /or  me  to  destroy  me:  hut  Twill  consider  thy 
i^imcnies"  They  were  like  wild  beasts  crouching  by  the  way,  or  highway- 
men waylaying  a  defenceless  traveller ;  but  the  Psalmist  went  on  his  way 
without  considering  them,  for  he  was  considering  something  better,  namely, 
the  witness  or  testimony  which  God  has  borne  to  the  sons  of  men.  He  did 
not  allow  the  malice  of  the  wicked  to  take  him  off  from  his  holy  study  of  the 
divine  word.  He  was  so  calm  that  he  could  '*  consider";  so  holy  that  he 
loved  to  consider  the  Lord's  "  testimonies  ";  so  victorious  over  all  their  plots 
that  he  did  not  allow  them  to  drive  him  from  his  pious  contemplations.  If 
the  enemy  cannot  cause  us  to  withdraw  our  thoughts  from  holy  study,  or  our 
&et  from  holy  walking,  or  our  hearts  from  holy  aspirations,  he  has  met 
with  poor  success  in  ms  assaults.  The  wicked  are  the  natural  enemies  of 
holy  men  and  holy  thoughts ;  if  they  could  they  would  not  only  damage  ua 
hot  destroy  ns,  and  if  they  cannot  do  this  to-day  they  will  wait  for  further 
opportunities,  ever  hoping  that  their  evil  designs  may  be  compassed.  They 
have  waited  hitherto  in  vain,  and  they  will  have  to  wait  much  longer  yet ; 


120  THE  HABBOUB  OF  BSIUOK. 

for  if  we  are  bo  unmoved  that  we  do  not  even  give  them  a  thought  their 
hope  of  deatroyixig  as  must  be  a  very  poor  one. 

Kote  the  double  waiting, — ^the  patience  of  the  wicked  who  watch  long 
and  carefully  for  an  opportunity  to  destroy  the  godly,  and  then  the  patienoe 
of  the  saint  who  will  not  quit  niB  meditations,  even  to  quiet  his  foes.  See 
how  the  serpent  seed  lie  in  wait  as  an  adder  that  biteth  at  the  horse's  beels ; 
but  see  how  the  chosen  of  the  Lord  live  above  their  venom,  and  take  no 
more  notice  of  them  than  if  they  had  no  existence. 

96.  "  /  Juive  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection,**  He  had  seen  its  limit,  for  it 
went  but  a  little  way ;  he  had  seen  its  evaporation  under  the  trials  of  life, 
its  detection  under  the  searching  glance  of  truth,  its  exposure  by  the  con- 
fession of  the  penitent.  There  is  no  perfection  beneath  me  moon.  Perfect 
men,  in  the  alMolute  sense  of  the  wora,  live  only  in  a  perfect  world.  Some 
men  see  no  end  to  their  own  perfection,  but  this  is  oecause  they  are  per- 
fectly blind.  The  experienced  believer  has  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection  in 
himself,  in  his  brethren,  in  the  best  man's  best  works.  It  would  be  well  if 
some  who  profess  to  be  perfect  could  even  see  the  beginning  of  perfection, 
for  we  fear  they  cannot  have  begun  aright :  or  they  would  not  talk  so 
exceeding  proudly.  Is  it  not  the  beginning  of  perfection  to  lament  your 
imperfection  ?  There  is  no  such  thing  as  perfection  in  anything  which  is  the 
work  of  man.  "  But  thy  commandment  is  eocceeding  hrocul.  When  the 
breadth  of  the  law  is  known  the  notion  of  perfection  in  the  flesh  vanishes: 
that  law  touches  every  act,  word,  and  thought,  and  is  of  such  a  spiritoal 
nature  that  it  judges  the  motives,  desires,  and  emotions  of  the  souL  It  is 
far  too  broad  for  us  to  hope  to  cover  all  its  demands,  and  yet  it  is  no  broader 
than  it  ought  to  be.  Who  would  wish  to  have  an  imperfect  law  ?  Nay, 
its  perfection  is  its  glory ;  but  it  is  the  death  of  all  glorying  in  our  own 
perfection.  There  is  a  breadth  about  the  commandment  which  has  never 
been  met  to  the  full  by  a  corresponding  breadth  of  holiness  in  any  mere 
man  while  here  below.  The  law  is  in  all  respects  a  perfect  code,  and  each 
separate  precept  of  it  is  £ar»reaching  in  its  nallowed  meaning.  We  may 
well  adore  the  infinity  of  divine  holiness,  and  then  measure  ourselves  by 
its  standard,  and  bow  before  the  Lord  in  all  lowliness,  acknowledging  how 
far  we  fall  diort  of  it. 


SINGE  I  haye  been  watching  the  sea  a  wind  has  sprang  np»  and 
snddeoly  the  ocean  is  dotted  with  ships.  This  little  town  has  a 
harbonr,  and  trading  yessels  of  small  tonnage  evidently  expect  a  storm, 
for  here  they  come.  Like  sea-fowl  boroe  on  white  wings  they  are  flying 
for  the  harbonr.  Differing  in  their  tacking,  yet  it  is  evident  that  they 
are  all  making  for  one  spot.  How  beantifnl  it  is  to  see  them  enter  th^ 
haven,  cast  anchor,  and  rest !  0  that  onr  fellow  men  were  equally  wiae 
as  to  spiritual  things !  A  thousand  signs  betoken  the  approaching 
tempest ;  they  know  there  is  a  place  of  refage,  will  they  not  hasten  to 
it  ?  They  will  suffer  loss,  tay,  they  will  be  wrecked  totally,  if  they  try 
to  weather  the  last  dread  storm;  the  harbour  is  free,  there  is  time  to 
reach  it,  there  is  ample  room  within  its  dielter ;  why  will  they  refoae 
the  safe^  ?  Ah  me ;  this  is  cause  for  tears.  Are  my  fellow-creatares 
mad  ?  Do  they  despise  Jesns,  the  appointed  haven  of  souls  ?  Do  they 
so  despise  him  as  to  perish  to  show  their  contempt  ?  My  Ood,  help  me 
to  mourn  for  them,  if  I  cannot  persuade  them,  and  do  thon  give  them 
nnderstandiag  eaongh  to  accept  their  own  lives. 


121 

BY  YERKON  J.  CHAHLESWOBTH. 

THE  most  familiar  truths  are  sometimes  made  to  acquire  the  noTeltj 
of  a  new  revelation  by  circumstances  which  giro  them  emphasis. 
Afl  the  dark  tunnel  rereals  the  light  in  the  carriage  which  we  had 
preTionsI^  oyerlooked,  so  the  emergency  of  a  trial  or  the  occasion  of  a 
florrow  discoTers  to  us  a  promise  which  exactly  meets  and,  in  its 
gracious  fulfilment,  satisfies  our  necessity.  Amidst  the  perils  of  ship- 
wreck on  the  lonely  sea,  or  the  desolations  of  a  home,  in  which  the  lignt 
of  joy  is  quenched  by  *'  the  shadow  of  death ; "  in  the  gloom  of  the 
dungeon,  where  the  prisoner  for  conscience'  sake  endures  the  loss  of 
liberty,  or  by  the  flames  which  wreathe  themselyes  around  the  martyr's 
stake,  the  promise  is  read,  as  it  can  only  be  read  under  such  circum- 
Btanoes — **  Call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble,  and  I  will  deliver  thee, 
and  thou  shall  glorify  me." 

Daring  prosperity  we  hold  truth,  as  it  were,  in  custody;  but  we 
acquire  it  as  our  own  in  a  special  seuse  when  we  pay  its  price  in  the 
currency  of  the  kingdom — *'much  tribulation." 

The  inspired  testimony  of  Paul,  "  All  things  work  together  for  good 
to  them  that  love  God,"  has  been  as  a  treasured  piece  of  solid  gold 
by  all  of  UB,  and  yet  only  a  few  know  its  practical  value. 

We  shall  never  forget  how  this  fact  was  impressed  upon  our  mind 
daring  the  severity  of  a  long  winter,  now  nearly  twenty  years  ago.  The 
district  in  which  our  lot  was  cast  was  one  of  the  poorest  of  the 
metropolis.  Houses  in  which  wealthy  merchants  resided  in  the  early 
part  of  the  century  were  tenanted  by  almost  as  many  families  as  there 
were  rooms,  from  basement  to  attic.  Scarcely  a  family  had  a  house  to 
itself.  While  there  was  work  to  be  had,  and  strength  to  labour  was 
continued,  all  managed  to  exist — that  was  all ;  and  this  seemed  all  they 
boped  for.    And  this  is  (he  condition  of  large  sections  of  the  community 

mi: 

'*  'Til  each  for  himself, 
And  all  for  a  crust.'* 

The  time  was  when  capital  and  labour  were  not  separated  by  the 
gnlf  which  divides  them  to-day.  Masters  lived  near  their  works  and 
warehouses,  and  the  men  they  employed  felt  an  incentive  to  decency  of 
behafiour  in  the  fact  that  they  were  living  under  the  eye  of  their 
employers.  The  well-ordered  household  of  the  master  extended  its 
infloence  over  the  humbler  dwellings  of  those  in  his  employ,  and  the 
regard  of  *'the  family"  for  the  proprieties  of  life  preached  a  salutary 
lesson  to  those  around.  How  sadly  this  has  altered  our  City  mis- 
Bionaries,  and  Bible  women,  and  District  visitors  reveal  from  time 
to  time  by  the  reports  of  their  work.  Toil  as  they  may  for  the  accom- 
plishment of  the  task  for  which  they  are  engaged,  they  will  tell  you 
that,  labouring  single  handed,  they  are  ofttimes  crushed  b^  the  difficulties 
which  beset  them.  What  would  thev  not  give  if  only  in  every  street 
th^  saw  but  two  or  three  families  who,  by  the  sanctity  of  their  lives, 

*'  Allure  to  brighter  worlds  and  lead  the  way.** 


122  "TO  THJEM  THAT  LOVB  GOD.  ' 

Will  it  come  to  this,  that  we  must  send  to  our  missionaries  airoad  and  heg 
them  to  appeal  to  their  converts  for  volunteers  to  come  over  and  take  up  their 
residence  in  the  midst  of  our  heathen  population  at  home  f  That  some- 
thing mnst  be  done,  and  done  soon,  is  the  deepening  conTiction  of  all 
who  know  anything  of  the  condition  of  the  poorer  classes  of  the 
population.  The  casual  visits  of  paid  officials  or  volnntarj  agents 
cannot  compensate  the  poor  for  the  loss  implied  by  the  removal  from 
their  midst  of  those  who  have  fonnd  the  true  secret  of  life,  and  whose 
homes  are  brightened  by  the  joys  and  hopes  which  spring  from  their 
fellowship  with  "  things  not  seen  and  eternal."  The  example  of  families 
living  and  labouring  in  a  poor  district  is  a  more  eloquent  appeal  in  the 
interests  of  true  religion  than  a  tea  and  cake  raid  npon  a  benighted 
regioq,  where  people  are  shut  up  to  all  the  demoralizing  influences  of 
their  own  social  circle.  A  Christian  home  is  the  unit  of  a  Christian 
society,  and  the  centre  of  the  truest  beneficence.  Service  by  proxy 
should  supplement  but  never  supersede  personal  devotion  to  duty. 
While  we  give,  from  a  grateful  heart,  to  encourage  and  sustain  other 
workers,  we  must  never  dream  of  compounding  with  conscience  by  our 
subscriptions.  The  plain  command  of  the  Lord  we  love  and  profess  to 
serve  runs  thus, — **  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men^  that  they  may 
see  your  good  works^  and  glorify  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  I  *' 

Will  Uiis  page  be  read,  we  ask  ourselves,  as  we  write,  in  the  calm 
retreat  of  suburban  villas,  and  what  response  will  the  implied  appeal 
evoke?  When  the  echoes  of  these  poor  words  l>ave  been  silenced,  may 
the  divine  call  quicken  the  resolution,  which  does  not  wait  to  reckon 
with  the  sacrifice  involved — '*  Here  am  I,  send  mel" 

In  the  district  to  which  we  have  referred,  an  aged  couple  had  taken 
up  their  abode  in  which  to  spend  the  closing  years  of  their  life.  The 
one  room  they  occupied  was,  at  once,  a  Bethel  and  a  mission  station. 
For  many  years  they  had  enjoyed  the  favour  and  fellowship  of  the  Lord, 
and  had  laboured  together  in  doing  good.  Never  earning  more  than 
sufficient  for  the  common  necessaries  of  life,  age  found  them  dependent. 
Their  eldest  son,  by  economy  and  self-denial — ^to  his  honour  be  it  said 
— managed  to  send  them  sufficient  from  his  wages  as  a  mechanic,  to 
keep  them  above  want.  Having  food  and  raiment  they  were  content, 
and  counted  themselves  happy  to  feel  free  to  carry  on  their  simple 
ministry  for  the  good  of  their  neighbours.  They  preached  of  Jesus  by 
their  character  and  conduct,  and  made  many  a  heart  glad  by  their 
testimony  to  the  lovingkindness  of  the  Lord. 

That  they  were  not  paid  for  it  disarmed  unkind  criticism,  and  broke 
down  the  opposition  which  often  hinders  other  workers.  The  lessons 
they  unconsciously  enforced  operated  powerfully  for  good  —  it  is 
possible,  though  standing  alone  and  surrounded  by  adverse  influences,  to 
live  a  Christian  life,  and  the  grace  of  God  does  not  need  the  seclusion 
of  a  monastery,  but  **  teaches,"  or  disciplines,  *'us  to  live  soberly, 
righteously,  and  godly  in  this  present  world,"  just  as  it  is,  and  just 
where  our  lot  is  cast 

The  City  missionary  often  called  upon  this  happy  couple  for  Christian 
fellowship,  and  went  his  way  to  his  work  with  a  lighter  heart  for  the 
influence  of  their  sacred  intercourse.  Their  home  was  to  him  an  oasis 
in  the  vast  spiritual  desert  of  his  district.    As  they  knelt  together  in 


«T0  THBM  THAT  LOVJB  GOD."  123 

pnjer  the  feeling  of  loneliness,  which  at  times  was  almost  enongh  to 
crash  the  heart  of  the  missionary,  wonld  pass  away,  and  as  they  rose, 
he  would  resume  his  work  with  the  strength  and  impnise  of  a  new 
inspiration. 

Familiar  as  they  were  with  their  visitor  they  nerer  obtmded  their 
circnmstanoes  upon  his  notice,  and,  from  the  cleanliness  and  comfort  of 
their  dwelling,  he  inferred  they  were  raised  above  anxiety  by  the  pos- 
session of  an  income  from  the  savings  of  former  years  or  by  an  annuity 
safficient  for  their  need.  In  this  he  was  mistaken,  as  the  sequel  will 
show. 

The  attention  of  the  well-to-do  had  been  attracted  to  the  poor  by  the 
loQ^-continned  severity  of  the  weather,  and  one  lady  applied  to  the 
missionary  to  find  a  necessitous  and  deserving  family  to  whom  she  might 
lend  a  weekly  allowance.  With  what  a  light  heart  he  sallied  forth, 
armed  with  sach  a  commission,  it  is  not  difficult  to  imagine.  The  day 
was  spent  in  visiting  some  of  the  homes,  with  which  he  was  acquainted, 
where  the  general  squalor  seemed  to  indicate  the  most  extreme  poverty. 
Without  betraying  the  reason  for  his  enquiries,  he  managed  to  elicit  the 
fact  that  want  of  thrift  and  improvidence  accounted  for  the  appearance 
of  things,  and  not  the  absence  of  means.  He  was  not  altogether 
miprepared  for  this  revelation;  but,  as  he  bent  his  steps  homewards,  he 
coald  but  indulge  the  painful  regrets  of  a  disappointed  man.  Only 
those  who  have  laboured  amongst  the  poor,  and  have  seen  their  best 
efforts  frustrated  by  the  folly  and  wickedness  of  those  they  strive  to 
serve  can  enter  into  the  experience  of  a  true  servant  of  God  when  his 
8oq1  is  lying  under  the  shadow  of  a  failure. 

The  missionary  was  in  no  mood  to  return  home,  so  he  resolved  to 
look  in  npoa  this  bright  spot  of  his  district  where  he  was  sure  of 
finding  Christian  sympathy.  The  conversation  turned  upon  the  point 
Christian  experience  and  the  faithfulness  of  Ood. 

Qaoting  the  text,  <*  All  things  work  together  for  good  to  them  that 
loTe  God/'  the  aged  Christian  remarked, ''  I  believe  this,  you  know, 
though  I  cannot  always  see  how  it  can  be  possible."  Just  so.  Our  view 
of  things  is  too  limited  to  enable  us,  at  present,  always  '*  to  vindicate  the 
ways  of  God  to  men."  We  must  wait  for  the  '*  light  that  maketh 
manifest "  the  completed  chapter  of  human  life  before  we  can  fully  see 
what  it  is  now  our  highest  wisdom  to  believe^that  '*  The  ways  of  the 
Lord  are  right." 

"  Ycster^y,"  said  the  old  man, "  my  wife  tried  to  warm  in  the  frying 
pan  a  little  cold  vegetable,  bnt  a  gust  of  wind  drove  the  soot  down  the 
chimney  and  spoilt  our  dinner,  so  that  we  had  nothing  to  eat  all  day. 
I  cannot  see,  for  instance,  how  that  is  going  to  work  together  for 
good." 

** Can't  yon?"  said  the  missionary  whose  cnriosity  was  evidently 
excited,  "  I  can,"  and  then  he  proceeded  to  enquire  how  it  came  to  pass 
that  they  were  in  such  circumstances.  The  story  was  soon  told,  now 
they  had  been  for  some  time  dependent  upon  their  son  for  the  few 
BhiljiDgs  per  week  npon  which  they  managed  to  live  by  dint  of  the  most 
ngid  economy,  and  how  the  supply  had  stopped  in  consequence  of  the 
son's  loss  of  employment.  Their  eyes  moistening  with  tears,  they  told 
W  they  dreaded  the  trying  ordeal  of  an  application  for  parochial 


124     AHOKQ  THE  TBA-PLAlTrEBS  OF  TH£  DABJEELXNG  DISTRICT. 

relief,  and  bow  they  were  prepared  for  the  Lord's  will,  whaterer  it  might 
be,  as  they  had  committed  their  way  unto  him.  Little  did  they  dream 
of  SQcconr  being  so  near,  and  that  the  missionary  was  the  bearer  of 
snch  good  news  as  woald  silence  all  their  fears,  and  fill  their  lips  with 
adoring  praise.  Is  not  this  often  the  case  with  the  Lord's  tried  ones ! 
The  darkness  which  gathers  abont  them  is  but  the  prelnde  of  a  speedy 
dawn.  Their  eyes  are  so  dim  with  weeping  that  the  morning  star 
is  not  seen,  and  they  forget  that  the  sun  is  pressing  on  with  the  glad- 
some light  of  another  day. 

When  the  missionary  had  heard  their  story  through,  he  told  them  of 
the  fruitless  errand  on  which  he  had  traversed  his  district,  and  of  his 
thankfulness  to  be  able  to  offer  them  more  than  sufficient  to  raise  them 
above  want  during  the  remainder  of  the  winter.  In  a  moment  they 
saw,  and  gladly  acknowledged,  that  the  gust  of  wind  which  spoilt  their 
only  meal  was  no  chance  current  of  a  fitful  atmosphere,  but  a  link  in  a 
chain  of  circumstances  by  which  an  all-wise  providence  brings  about  the 
fulfilment  of  a  gracious  purpose,  and  proves  that  "All  things  work 
togeUier  for  good  to  them  that  love  God.'* 


BY  H.  BTLANDS  BROWN. 

SOME  few  days  since  I  began  a  tour  among  the  planters  of  this 
district.  I  started  on  my  pony  with  my  syce,  or  groom,  following. 
My  bearers  had  gone  on  before  with  a  coolie,  who  was  carrying  my 
bedding  and  portmanteau.  The  first  call  was  at  a  bungalow,  where  I 
met,  strange  to  say,  a  number  of  ladies,  with  whom  I  read  a  chapter 
and  prayed,  fiemonnting  I  pressed  on  to  a  bacl:elor's  bungalow,  where 
I  sp^ent  the  night.  Previous  to  turning  in,  our  conversation  mainly 
consisted  in  my  telling  stories  of  conversions  that  had  come  under  my 
own  notice. 

I  left  a  copy  of  the  revised  New  Testament  with  my  host  on  leaving. 
About  mid-day  the  next  day,  accompanied  by  my  genial  host,  I 
descended  many  hundreds  of  feet  to  tne  bottom  of  a  ravine  through 
which  a  torrent  was  forcing  its  way.  Here  we  rested  awhile  admiring 
the  foaming  waters,  and  watching  the  monkeys  at  play  in  the  bamboos. 
We  parted  here,  and  I  pursued  my  journey  alone — up,  up,  up,  through 
brake  and  forest,  with  an  ever-expanding  view,  when  the  forest  was  left, 
of  hilU  and  mountains,  sun-lit  and  snow-clad«  At  length  I  was  warmly 
welcomed  by  the  son  of  one  of  the  worthiest  of  the  Scotch  secession 
ministers  and  his  brother  planter.  The  next  morning  the  latter 
went  with  me  to  a  planter's  quarters  a  few  miles  off  to  breakfast 
It  is  a  small  thing  to  go  a  few  miles  to  breakfast  out  here.  My 
friend,  who  escorted  me,  intended  staying  behind;  so,  after  a  pleasant 
hour  or  two,  the  gentleman  whom  I  had  visited  came  part  of  the  way 
back  with  me,  and  I  had  an  opportunity  of  speaking  to  him  abont 
religious  matters. 

In  the  evening  at  the  young  Scotchman's  house  we  were  joined  by 


AXONO  THB  TJBA-FLANTBBS  OF  THE  DABJSELINa  DISTBIOT,     125 

the  Deputy  GommiBsioner,  and  after  the  reading  of  Psalm  ciii.  and 
prayer,  we  retired  for  the  night. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  two  ladies  and  a  gentleman  came  over  from  a 
uqghbouring  plantation.  An  interesting  religious  service  was  held,  at 
which  the  sin  and  folly  of  not  following  Christ  fully  was  pressed  upon 
the  hearers.  I  left  here  copies  of  **  All  for  Jesus  "  and  '<  The  Blood  of 
the  Gross." 

Early  on  Monday  morning  I  started  for  a  long  and  tedious  journey, 
which  proved  more  tedious  than  I  had  expected.  A  great  part  of  the 
monntain  road  was  made  up  of  rocks  and  roots,  over  which  I  scrambled 
while  my  pony  led  by  the  syce  with  difficulty  picked  his  way.  Yery 
weary,  I  at  last  reached  a  planter's  house  where  I  bad  some  much  needed 
refreshment,  and  sought  to  repay  my  host  by  urging  upon  him  the 
wisdom  of  valning  the  Bible.  I  coula  tell  by  the  novels  and  prints  on 
the  wall  that  the  Bible  was  little  regarded  there. 

Poshing  on,  I  made  another  brief  call  where  I  gave  one  of  Mr. 
Spurgeon's  sermons,  and  after  yet  another  mile  or  two  reached  the  end  of 
my  long  day's  travel. 

The  next  day  I  went  over  to  another  planter's  not  far  off  and  had 
breakfast.  By  the  way,  breakfast  among  the  planters  is  usually  a  noon- 
tide meal,  being  the  second  and  big  breakfast.  Before  leaving  I  read 
Isaiah  Iv.  and  prayed. 

I  returned  to  the  family  mentioned  above.  The  evening  was  pleasantly 
spent  in  singing  Sankey's  hymns,  and  closed  up  with  the  Bible  and 
prayer.  Before  leaving  this  happy  home,  I  spoke  earnestly  to  the 
owner  about  the  absolute  importance  of  instituting  family  prayer  if 
family  blessings  were  desired.  The  next  day  my  way  lay  in  another 
direction,  and  as  I  did  not  leave  until  about  two  o'clock,  I  only  jnst 
reached  my  halting-plaoe  before  nightfall.  Indeed,  the  last  mile  or  two 
was  a  race  with  the  night,  and  I  only  just  won.  The  consequence  of  a 
night  in  the  jungle,  which  might  follow  my  being  overtaken  by  the 
night,  wonld  be  most  serious.  However,  I  escaped  this  contingency. 
Anived  at  my  destination,  I  was  welcomed  by  the  gentleman-resident  and 
his  wife.  Here  was  a  family  of  nine.  Th^  were  lovely  children,  but  as 
none  of  them  could  prattle  anything  bat  Hindustani  I  was  debarred  the 
pleasure  of  interesting  them.  We  closed  the  day  with  thanksgiving  and 
prayer,  an  uncommon  practice,  I  regret  to  say,  out  here.  The  next  morn- 
mg  the  whole  process  of  quinine  febrifuge  manufactnre  was  explained  to 
me.  After  a  few  words  with  my  hostess  about  the  need  of  early  training 
the  children  for  God,  during  which  I  introduced  to  her  notice  the 
children's  *'  Our  Own  Magazine,"  I  left,  though  strongly  pressed  to 
prolong  my  stay.  Now  my  journey  was  through  a  very  picturesque 
spot  Precipices,  adorned  with  trees,  many  of  which  were  fantastically 
decked  with  creepers,  rose  above  me,  or  yawned  beneath  me — far  below 
foaming  waters  were  rushing  along  their  rocky  beds — ^birds  of  brilliant 
plomage  were  flitting  to  and  fro  among  the  trees,  while  on  every  hand 
patches  of  the  bright  cinchona-tree  gave  additional  beauty  to  the  scene. 

I  next  rested  at  a  bungalow  in  which  lived  part  of  a  family  made  up 
of  Boman  Catholics  and  Protestants.  A  conversation  with  a  youn^ 
Soman  Catholic  lady  upon  the  difference  between  salvation  by  faith  and 
bj  works  was  the  chief  incident.    My  bed  for  the  night  was  to  be  in  a 

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136     AMONG  THE  TEA-PLAIITERS  OF  THE  DABJEELING  DISTRICT. 

J  lace  a  little  higher  up,  inhabited  by  the  son  of  an  English  clergyman, 
[y  bachelor  friend  was  very  kind,  and  I  trust  that  the  prayer  offered 
for  him  when  we  were  on  onr  knees  together  will  be  abundantly  answered. 
The  next  morning  I  was  away  again  on  a  long  journey  over  a  high 
mountain,  and  through  a  thick  forest,  my  host  lending  me  a  stont 
pony  for  the  first  part  of  the  distance,  my  own  having  been  sent  on 
before. 

After  a  night  in  Darjeeling  I  left  for  another  long  trudge,  in  which  I 
descended  some  2,500  feet.  This  time  it  came  to  be  a  race  with  the 
night,  and  I  was  fairly  beaten,  so  I  had  to  make  for  a  nearer  plantation. 
The  disappointment  was,  after  all,  no  disappointment;  for  all  the 
friends  at  the  house  to  which  I  was  going  had  come  oyer  to  the 
house  to  which  I  had  been  driyen  for  shelter.  This  was  a  good  pro- 
yidence.  It  was  Christmas-eye,  and  it  was  well  kept  up  in  English 
and  German  style — a  giant  Christmas-tree,  many  children,  lots  of  good 
things,  and  much  happiness.  I  came  well  off,  for  I  got  a  clothes-brush, 
a  black  necktie  an  inch  and  a  half  deep,  and  cakes  and  sweets  in  any 
quantity.  We  closed  the  festivities  by  bowing  to  God  in  prayer. 
Christmas-day  was  spent  here,  though  I  slept  the  previous  night  at  a 
place  some  distance  off  where  I  originally  intended  staying.  At  12.30 
a  large  party  of  ten  adults  and  four  boys  assembled  in  the  drawing- 
room  for  worship.  I  preached  from  Luke  il  11 — **Unto  you  is  bom 
this  day  a  Saviour." 

It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  spend  my  first  Christmas  in  India 
so  happily.  Here  I  must  stop  writing,  though  continuing  my  trayels. 
During  this  tour  I  haye  sought  in  every  place  to  sow  the  good  seed  of  the 
Kingdom  in  some  form  or  other.  Wherever  I  have  stay^  for  the  nighty 
and  at  times  when  calling  in  the  day,  I  have  read  the  Word  of  God  and 
prayed.  Beligious  conyersation  has  been  engaged  in,  and  suitable 
books  given  away.  The  need  of  such  work  is  yery  great.  There  is 
little  godliness  among  these  men :  I  regret  to  say  it,  but  it  is  so.  From 
year's  end  to  year's  end  there  is  scarcely  any  interest  shown  by  Christian 
men  in  these  planters.  It  may  be  said,  then,  What  can  be  expected  as 
the  outcome  of  a  hurried  visit  ?  Little  enough,  truly ;  yet  our  God  is  a 
wonder-working  God,  and  can  bring  much  out  of  little.  There  is 
nothing  too  hard  for  the  Lord. 

Will  you,  my  readers,  join  me  in  pmyer  for  these  our  fellow  countiy- 
men  who  are  cut  off  from  the  Christian  privileges  which  you  so  highly 
yalue  ?  In  this  way,  though  at  home,  you  may  become  a  co-worker 
with  me  in  this  mission  for  their  souls'  salvation.  I  would  like  to  add 
that  I  have  undertaken  this  tour  in  connection  with  the  Anglo-Indian 
Evangelization  Society. 

[We  are  pleased  to  get  this  brief  record  from  our  Indian  evangelist. 
We  believe  that  the  Lord  will  open  his  way,  and  cause  these  flying  visits 
to  lead  to  far  greater  things. — Ed.] 


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^tntal  |^i|^IjeiiiC0. 


BY  THOMAS  STURGEON. 

WHO  has  not  eojojed  an  afternoon  on  the  athletic  sports'  gronnd  ? 
As  boys  at  school  the  men  and  fathers  of  to-daj  fought  peacefhl 
battles  on  the  greensward,  while  parents  and  sisters  and  friends  formed 
an  admiring  circle  ronnd  the  seat  of  war.  And  when  they  came  to 
man's  estate  they  were  loath  to  qnit  the  combat,  bat  when  the  bones 
grew  older,  or  the  business  larger,  they  had  to  be  content  to  watch  a 
rifiing  generation  strive  for  the  mastery.  Still  they  were  glad  to  mingle 
with  the  throng,  and  shout  "  Well  done ' '  to  a  long  jnmper  or  a  swift 
rnnner. 

There  is,  however,  another  arena  open  for  all  ages  and  both  sexes ;  an 
arena  in  which  mind  rather  than  muscle  is  exercised,  and  mental 
gymnastics  take  the  place  of  muscular  performances.  Many  of  those 
who  ahine  brightest  at  snch  feats  would  never  venture  to  enter  the  lists 
at  leaping  and  running.  It  must  not  be  concluded  hence  that  their 
minds  are  more  capable  than  their  bodies.  It  is  merely  that  their  bodies 
are  more  largely  developed  than  their  minds. 

An  active  brain  is  not  necessarily  a  sign  of  extraordinary  intelligence. 
Some  brains  are  never  so  active  as  when  the  owner  is  wrapt  in  slumber ; 
bat  the  dreams  they  produce  are  seldom  characterized  by  depth  of 
feeling  or  sublimity  of  thought,  though,  I  must  confess,  they  often 
approach  as  near  as  one  siep  from  the  sublime.  Glancing  at  a  pro- 
gramme of  one  of  these  mental  contests  I  select  four  items  for  practical 
comments,  viz.,  '*  Jumping  at  conclusions,"  "'  Running  risks,"  ''  Putting 
one's  foot  in  it,"  and  *'  Standing  on  one's  dignity." 

Jumping  at  conclusions  is  a  ver^  dangerous  pastime.  The  jumper 
himself  does  not  always  come  to  grief;  but  if  not,  someone  else  is  bound 
to  goffer.  Many  an  inconvenience  and  oftentimes  actual  injury  has  been 
snatained  through  rash  conclusions.  Here  is  an  illustration  of  the 
former  and  the  lesser  evil.  Two  young  men,  who  lodged  together,  had, 
among  other  luxuries,  a  deaf  maid  to  wait  upon  them.  Perhaps  in 
oonaequence  of  her  afBiction  she  had  a  wonderful  faculty  for  guessing 
and  surmising.  I  have  noticed  that  a  kind  providence  often  balances  a 
man's  faculties;  for  instance,  those  who  are  deprived  of  eyesight  are 
gifted  with  a  remarkably  sensitive  touch.  So  this  deaf  domestic  was 
bieased  with  an  activity  of  mind  and  a  proclivity  for  coming  to  con- 
clnaions  which  were  truly  remarkable.  Never  did  her  special  forte 
appear  to  snch  advantage  as  on  a  certain  memorable  morning  when  the 
events  now  to  be  recorded  first  took  place  in  history.  The  table  was 
laid  ;  so  were  the  eggs,  as  fine  and  fresh  as  the  most  fastidious  could 
wish.  The  young  men  sat  down  to  break  their  fast.  Lo  and  behold, 
there  were  no  eggspoons !  The  little  hand-bell  was  smartly  rung,  but 
the  servant  tnmeid  a  deaf  ear  to  it  (she  had  no  other.)  After  two  or 
three  repetitions  of  the  tintinabulating  process  the  waitress  arrived, 
probably  congratulating  herself  that  she  had  attended  so  promptly,  and 
4nite  unconscious  of  the  fact  that  she  had  been  in  snch  demand.  The 
rtqaest  was  made  for  eggspoons.  The  maid  forthwith  retired,  but  did 
Dot  return.    Again  the  alarum  was  called  into  requisition,  the  door 


128  MENTAL  ATHLETICS. 

being  held  open  to  allow  free  egress  to  the  waves  of  sound.  At  this 
urgent  summons  the  damsel  reappeared  upon  the  stage,  this  time  in  the 
new  character  of "  boots."  She  was  armea  with  a  couple  of  pairs  which 
she  had  evidently  been  hurriedly  polishing  under  the  impression  that 
the  gents  wanted  to  be  off  immediately. 

But  for  their  vexation  they  could  scarce  forbear  to  laugh — ^yet  it  was 
no  laughing  matter.  It  may  be  that  **  there's  nothing  like*  leather," 
but  leather  in  such  a  shape  was  bootless.  Mary  had  jumped  at  a  con- 
clusion, and  come  to  the  wrong  one.  At  this  juncture  the  breakfasters 
endeavoured  to  explain  their  real  need.  They  shouted  simultaneously, 
"  spoons,  spoons."  They  pointed  to  their  unbroken  eggs,  and  then 
confidently  awaited  the  result.  But,  having  jumped  onoe,  Mary 
determined  to  take  another  leap,  on  the  principle,  I  suppose,  of  "  Try, 
try  again."  Her  second  conclusion  was  even  more  remarkable  than  the 
first.  Whether  her  own  flurry  at  the  discovery  of  mistake  No.  1,  or 
the  irantic  gesticulations  of  the  lodgers  prevented  her  grasping  the 
situation,  or  what  it  was,  I  am  not  in  a  position  to  state.  Certain, 
however,  is  it  that,  before  very  long,  the  landlady  appeared  on  the 
scene  in  a  great  state  of  astonishment.  Mary  had  reported  that  '*  the 
eggs  were  so  bad  the  young  gentlemen  really  couldn't  eat  them,"  and 
how  this  could  be  puzzled  her  mistress,  who  had  reason  to  believe  that 
tiiey  were  laid  that  very  morning. 

Matters  had  reached  a  climax  now  and  began  to  right  themselves. 
Explanations  were  made,  a  good  laugh  enjoyed,  and  the  necessaries 
supplied.  Be  it  far  from  us  to  chide  the  poor  deaf  girl.  She  did  her 
best  no  doubt.  Arguing  from  previous  experience  she  guessed  that 
business  was  so  pressing  on  the  gents  that  tney  wanted  their  boots  at 
once;  hence  error  number  one.  Reasoning  in  the  second  place  (very 
likely  from  experience  too,  for  she  might  have  lived  where  they  did  not 
keep  fowls),  she  concluded  that  though  eggs  are  eggs,  these  might  be 
rotten ;  but,  0,  how  many  jump  quite  as  much  at  random  who  cannot 
plead  hardness  of  hearing  as  an  excuse !  These  are  the  people  who 
''made  sure,"  and  "  felt  positive,"  and  "  never  thought  but  what,'*  and 
'<  didn't  hesitate,"  and  ^*  were  quite  confident,"  and  guessed  wr(mg! 

They  see  a  young  man  and  maiden  walking  together,  and  therefore 
conclude  that  they  have  become  engaged,  and  here  beginneth  the  first 
chapter  of  an  unauthorized  version  of  what  was  perhaps  never  even 
dreamed  of.  They  count  their  chickens,  and  other  people's  too,  before 
they  are  hatched.  They  attempt  to  put  the  roof  on  before  they  have 
completed  the  foundations  and  walls,  on  the  Irishman's  theory,  that  they 
won't  have  so  far  to  carry  the  rest  of  the  material.  Commence  to  tell 
such  a  tale,  and  these  people  know  exactly  how  it  will  end  before  you 
get  half-way  through,  and  if  it  terminates  contrary  to  their  expectations 
they  were  "  thinking  of  another  story  wonderfully  like  it."  They  grasp 
the  situation  in  no  time,  and  hold  it  about  as  long.  They  come  to  a 
conclusion  so  quickly  that  they  have  to  begin  again  immediately.  They 
see  so  far  into  the  future  that  they  quite  overlook  the  present  Let 
Jack-o'- Lantern  dance  before  them  and,  without  thought,  they  are  in 
the  mire.  Every  mirage  is  to  them  a  reality,  every  promise  a  per- 
formance, and  every  myth  a  matter  of  fact.  It  is  good  fun  to  find  these 
folks  getting  into  scrapes  sometimes,  as  they  are  bound  to  do.    If  they 


MENTAL  ATHLETIOB.  129 

nerer  look  before  thej  leap  they  mnst,  peiforce,  make  some  miatakes, 
like  the  toariBt  who,  at  the  celebrated  Hot  Lakes  (N.Z.^,  jumped  into  a 
hot  water  hole  supposing  its  temperature  to  be  identical  with  that  of 
another  basin  from  which  he  had  just  emerged,  whereas  it  was  as  near 
boiling  point  as  possible. 

Thus,  oyer  and  oyer  again,  though  in  not  quite  so  literal  a  sense,  do 
jampers  at  conclusions  leap  into  hot  water — and  serve  them  right  I 
Many  an  unwary  purchaser  fancies  he  is  driving  a  bargain,  and 
eTentoally  discovers  that  he  himself  was  driven  to  market  and  sold.  He 
is  wisest  who  tries  before  he  buys,  and  puts  on  his  spectacles  before  he 
lays  his  money  down.  Take  a  good,  long  look  before  even  a  short  leap- 
better  tire  your  eyes  than  break  your  neck.  Look  out,  or  you  will  be 
taken  in.  Keep  your  weather-eye  open,  or  you  will  have  to  open  your 
eyes  whether  or  no.  Be  careful,  or  you  may  be  full  of  cares.  Mind 
what  you  do,  or  someone  will  do  what  you  mind.  Be  up  to  him,  or  he 
will  be  down  on  you.  All  men  are  not  honest  if  you  are,  and  if  you 
don't  watch  them  they  will  prey  upon  you.  He  who  leaves  his  door  on 
the  latch,  or  hia  safe  unlocked,  tempts  the  thief,  so  does  the  man  who 
condades  that  the  salesman  is  honest  because  he  is  so  polite,  and 
therefore  takes  no  precautions,  and  exercises  unbounded  confidence. 
Being  in  a  barber's  establishment  one  day,  I  was  suddenly  deprived  of 
the  service  of  the  scissors  by  the  entrance  of  a  customer  in  the  front 
^op.  Left  alone  in  my  glory  with  nothing  to  contemplate  but  a  row 
of  pomade  pots  and  "  hair-wash ''  bottles,  and  a  figure  in  the  looking- 
glass  which  looked  like  a  chorister  ex  officio,  I  listened  to  the  conversa- 
tion beyond  the  partition.  I  should  here  explain  that  the  barber  was 
also  a  lapidary.  Hair-cutting  and  stone-cutting  were  both  in  his 
line.  The  visitor  was  a  lady  with  a  decidedly  foreign  accent.  I  could 
hear  her  undo  a  little  screw  of  paper,  and  forthwith  commenced  a  loud 
complaint  to  the  effect  that  she  had  paid  a  high  price  for  its  contents 
nnder  the  impression  that  they  were  forty  diamonds.  Since  completing 
the  transaction  the  thought  had  struck  her  (and  it  was  an  evident  blow 
to  her)  that  she  had  been  defrauded,  and  had  therefore  come  to  enquire 
if  they  were  really  precious  stones.  The  barber  maintained  the  belief 
that  the  lady  had  been  swindled.  On  resuming  the  other  branch  of  his 
business,  he  assured  me  that  the  supposed  £amonds  were  not  even 
paste  and  utterly  worthless. 

Here  was  a  careless  business  transaction  which  is  a  fair  type  of  many 
mental  dealings.  Foregone  conclusious  in  either  case  are  dangerous. 
Many  a  mistress  engages  a  servant,  and  fancies  from  first  appearances 
that  she  has  got ''  a  gem,"  but  alters  her  mind  ere  long,  and  servants  have 
concluded  hurriedly  that  their  employers  were  all  that  could  be  wished, 
^d  have  afterwards  been  disappointed.  One  meets  with  a  stranger; 
forms  an  acquaintance  which  speedily  deepens  into  friendship,  and  this 
without  enquiry  or  reference.  The  new  friend  is  thought  everything  of, 
a  diamond  of  the  very  first  water ;  but  by-and-by  the  brilliant  fades,  and 
the  friend  is  found  to  be  a  little  too  like  a  well-cut  gem,  at  least  in  one 
respect,  for  he  has  too  many  &ces  by  half.  It  is  wisdom  to  sip  before 
drinking  deep  of  any  strange  cups ;  to  taste  the  cheese  before  buying  it; 
aiid  to  look  over  a  house  before  calling  it ''  home.''  The  people  called 
Jompers  are  far  more  numerous  than  tiiey  themselves  allow,  for  if  they 


180  MBKTAL  ATHLETIGS. 

did  bat  reckon  on  their  lists  the  persons  I  haye  spoken  of,  their  sect 
wonld  be  second  to  none.  Bnt  I,  for  one,  am  not  disposed  to  join  either 
party,  nor  to  make  snch  a  practice  of  jumping  whether  in  the  physical 
or  metaphysical  sense.  If  any  of  my  fellow  men  care  to  tnm  into 
kangaroos  they  are  welcome,  or  to  fvogs  either,  only  may  I  not  be 
inyolyed  in  their  false  conclnsions  or  snfiPer  for  their  leaps.  To  my 
thinking  it  is  better  far  to  come  to  oonclnsions  in  a  slower  and  a  snrer 
style.  We  need  not^  howeyer,  loiter  in  arriying  at  some  decisions.  For 
instance ; — giyen,  a  pair  of  yery  long  ears,  and  an  unmistakable  bray,  we 
cannot  be  far  wrong  in  guessing  that  there  is  an  ass  at  no  great  distance. 
Similarly,  on  beholding  a  man  who  is  swift  to  hear,  and  quite  as  quick 
at  blabbing  it  all  one  again  (with  comments),  we  conclude  that  there  is 
a  donkey  close  at  hana.  Again,  if  I  see  a  man  whose  main  difficulty 
seems  to  be  to  maintain  his  equilibrium,  albeit  his  legs  are  equal  and 
the  pathway  leyel,  I  jump  at  the  conclusion  that  he  is  not  a  teetotaller, 
and  if  he  swears  he  is  (as  he  probably  will),  but  has  **  been  in  the  sun/' 
I  decide  immediately  that  it  was  *'  The  Bising  Sun  "  at  the  corner.  I 
may  also  safely  conclude  that  if  he  has  a  i^ife  the  poor  creature  some- 
times wishes  he  had  not,  and  that  if  he  has  a  home,  it  is  anything  but  a 
sweet  one. 

Here  is  another  safe  jump,  with  no  ditch  on  the  other  aide.  A 
church  member  patronizes  the  theatre,  and  the  dance,  and  the  card- 
table.  Who  can  help  deciding  that  such  a  one  had  better  be  outside 
the  pale  than  in,  both  for  his  own  and  the  church's  sake  ?  Thorns  and 
thistles  may  call  themselyes  yines  and  figs  if  they  will ;  but  unless  the 
fruit  be  there  few  will  be  deceiyed.  Strange,  that  some  who  are  only 
too  ready  to  jump  at  rash  conclusions  are  wonderfully  slow  in  coming 
to  correct  ones,  about  which  one  would  think  there  could  be  no  doubt 
Some  there  are  who  gaze  on  '*  this  present  world  " — ^this  house  of  God's 
building,  with  its  treasures  and  its  pictures,  its  curtains  and  its  lamps, 
its  granaries  and  stores,  and  yet  will  not  allow  that  a  wise  and  gracious 
Ood  has  planned  and  piled  it  aU.  ''0  fools,  and  slow  of  heart"  to 
believe  all  that  nature  so  plainly  speaks.  If  there  is  one  thing  in  the 
world  of  which  we  may  be  sure  and  certain  it  is  the  self-eyident  fact 
that  a  beneficent  Designer  has  been  and  still  is  at  work  for  his  creature's 
good.  Conclude  also,  without  a  doubt,  that  Jesus  Christ  his  Son 
delights  to  pardon  and  to  saye.  Why  do  so  many  fear  that  he  will  not 
be  merciful  ?  Ready  enough  to  strike  hands  with  strangers,  why  will 
not  men  rejoice  in  this  l^t  and  truest  friend?  Everything  about 
him  bears  plain  testimony  to  the  fact  that  he  is  ''good  and  ready  to 
forgive." 

"  If  I  ask  him  to  receive  me,  will  lie  saj  me  nay  ? 
Not  till  earth,  and  not  till  heaven,  pass  awaj !  ^* 

Event  No.  2  on  the  programme  (running  risks)  is  equally  popular 
and  finds  a  great  variety  of  practisers.  At  the  menagerie  Professor 
Spangles  puts  his  head  into  the  lion's  jaws,  and  at  last  gets  it  bitten, 
but  only  once.  On  the  share  market  Awfully  Sharpe,  Esq.,  forgetful 
that  he  is  dealing  with  Mr.  Sharper,  takes  a  bold  stroke  and  r^rets  it 
ever  afterwards.  He  knew  it  was  a  risk ;  but  he  bad  run  so  often  and 
so  successfully  before  that  he  would  chance  it  again. 


MENTAL  ATHLETICS.  181 

At  dead  of  ni^ht  the  burglar  picks  the  lock  and  robs  the  honse ;  but 
though  he  has  often  escaped  before,  he  gets  caught  at  last  and  punished. 
Bat  all  these  desperadoes  would  do  it  again  if  they  had  the  opportunity. 
How  near  people  will  go  to  danger,  and  how  surprised  they  are  when 
tbey  get  hurt !  They  steer  their  ship  purposely  to  within  a  few  yards 
of  the  reef,  and  when  she  grounds  tbey  blame  a  current  for  which  they 
oaeht  to  have  accounted. 

Sach  are  they  who  Uye  beyond  their  means,  and  coming  to  want, 
blame  the  hard  times  rather  than  their  own  soft  heads.  They  spend 
their  cash  on  their  backs,  and  then  want  back  their  cash.  So  is  it,  too, 
with  some  professiag  Christians.  They  warm  their  hands  with  Peter  at 
the  world's  fire,  and  wonder  that,  like  him,  they  have  to  weep  bitterly 
afterwards.  Such  voluntarily  put  themselves  in  danger's  way.  They 
Btaad  at  the  cannon's  mouth  and  feel  hurt  when  they  have  to  suffer  or 
get  blown  up  for  it.  If  a  Christian  goes  on  Satan's  ground  he  must 
expect  to  get  prosecuted,  and  travellers  on  his  road  must  be  prepared  to 
pay  the  tolL 

Go  into  a  fever  den,  and  escape  the  pestilence  ;  fall  on  a  mud-heap, 
and  get  no  stain  ;  stand  shelterless  in  a  rain- storm,  and  not  be  wet, 
and  when  all  this  is  accomplished  you  have  yet  to  prove  that  it  is 
possible  for  a  Christian  to  frequent  questionable  amusements,  and  to 
play  with  the  devil's  fire  without  being  harmed  and  burned.  Granted 
that  some  have  escaped;  it  does  not  follow  that  you  will  not  yet 
come  to  awfal  grief.  Christians  have  something  better  to  do  than  act 
the  Blondin,  or  indeed  to  place  themselves  in  any  dangerous  position 
where  Satan  will  have  a  vantage  ground.  Run  not  risks  in  religion 
whatever  yon  do  in  other  matters.  Life,  death,  eternity,  heaven,  hell, 
depend  upon  our  use  of  present  opportunities. 

The  third  item,  putting  one's  foot  in  it,  finds  many  patronizers. 
Those  who  are  most  successful  at  the  jumping  do  well  also  in  this 
performance.  Jumping  at  conclusions  necessarily  involves  putting  one's 
foot  in  it  sometimes.  Those  who  do  not  think  before  they  speak  bear 
off  the  palm  in  this  competition.  They  do  not  shut  off  the  steam  when 
tbey  see  the  green  light,  and  consequently  run  far  past  the  red  one 
and  into  danger.  They  make  great  discoveries  when  the  mischief  is 
done.  They  put  this  for  that,  and  that  for  the  other.  They  get  off  the 
^ggs  and  sit  on  the  straw.  These  are  they  who  reckon  without  their 
^;  who  say  what  they  don't  exactly  mean,  and  don't  quite  mean  what 
^hey  Bay.  Such  need  to  write  and  read  their  speeches  lest  they  should 
make  a  grand  mistake ;  and,  after  all,  they  put  the  emphasis  in  the  wrong 
place,  and  turn  what  was  intended  as  a  flattery  into  an  insult.  There 
would,  however,  be  far  less  of  this  performance  if  people  were  not  so 
toQchj.  Far  fewer  would  put  their  foot  into  it  if  the  crust  were  not  so 
thin. 

A  little  more  circumspection  in  walking,  and  less  of  readiness  to  take 
offence,  would  save  many  a  stumble,  and  spare  many  a  trouble. 

Wt,  but  not  least,  on  our  list  is  a  performance  which  is  not  so 
popular  as  the  others,  but  quite  enough  so.  Standing  upon  dignity  is 
a  feat  which  reminds  me  much  of  the  wonderful  performing  elephant 
who  by  some  manner  of  means  managed  to  balance  himself  on  an 
i^Terted  tab,  and  even  attempted  a  dance  thereon.     Now,  we  must 


132  MEi!rrAL  ATHuencs. 

admit  that  the  monster  looked  out  of  place  and  undignified,  thongh  as  a 
matter  of  fact  he  was  a  very  superior  sort  of  an  elephant  and  far  abore 
his  fellows,  not  only  by  the  extra  height  of  the  tub,  but  by  reason  of  his 
wonderful  attainments. 

After  all,  he  was  still  an  elephant,  and  it  was  only  a  tub  he  performed 
on,  and  auy  of  his  species  could  hare  done  as  much  had  they  receired 
the  same  training.  There  are  human  beings— hundreds  of  them— who 
imitate  the  performing  elephant.  By  force  of  cfrcumstances  they  have 
been  made  to  differ  from  their  fellows.  As  low  as  any  in  the  social 
scale,  they  have,  by  a  kind  providence,  or  by  what  they  perhaps  call 
"  luck,"  been  raised  above  the  common  herd.  They  are  elephants  stm 
— everyone  can  see — but  they  are  performing  ones.  They  have  travelled 
considerably— so  has  our  friend  in  the  circus.  Like  him,  they  dance, 
and  are  the  observed  of  all  observers.  The  tub  they  stand  on  is 
labelled  "  dignity."  Such  folk  are  better  than  everybody  else.  Their 
acquirements  and  accomplishments  demand  for  them  the  chief  rooms  at 
the  feasts,  and  the  uppermost  seats  in  the  synagogue.  They  must  not 
be  crowded  in  their  pew  nor  hustled  in  the  aisle.  If  they  purchase  a 
few  tickets  for  the  tea-meeting  it  is  something  wonderful,  for,  of  course, 
they  cannot  be  there  themselves.    They  let  their  servants  come  ! 

Gold  is  often  the  secret  of  this  sort  of  thing.  It  covers  them  with 
plitter,  and  they  fancy  they  are  bright  and  shining  lights.  It  overflows 
their  coffers,  and  at  the  same  time  overturns  their  brains.  It  gives  them 
a  better  coat  than  their  neighbours,  and  hence  they  conclude  that  they 
themselves  are  better.  If  an  ordinary  person  dines  with  them  li©pte 
the  cold  shoulder  whatever  choice  viands  may  load  the  table.  Theae 
people  are  too  high  to  sympathize,  and  too  mighty  to  assist  the 
weii.  They  are  wanting  in  several  important  items  of  the  domestic 
economy,  to  wit>  a  heart,  and  the  bowels  of  compassion. 

Some  of  these  actually  profess  to  be  Christians,  and  yet  treat  the 
Lord's  people  in  the  same  off-hand  style.  May  the  meek  and  lowly 
Jesus  deliver  his  churches  from  such.  Let  the  world  be  starch  and 
"  propet "  if  it  will ;  but  bring  not  the  elephant  and  his  tub  into  the 
Church  of  Christ.  Let  our  pulpits  be  lowered,  and  their  occupants  too, 
to  as  near  the  level  of  the  pews  as  is  consistent  with  seeing  and  hearing 
well.  Let  our  officers  be  official,  but  not  officious.  Let  the  rich  mix 
freely  with  the  poor,  and  mingle  their  riches  too.  Let  the  gifted  pat 
talents  to  the  best  of  usury,  and  all  the  people  share  the  profits.  l«t 
the  well-dressed  count  no  uniform  so  grand  and  glorious  as  that  of  the 
towel-girt  Saviour,  and  no  employ  so  honourable  as  washing  the 
disciples'  feet.  It  iff  some  consolation  to  know  that  those  who  balance 
so  nicely  and  perform  so  splendidly  are  bound  to  topple  over  sooner  or 
later.  I  say,  a  consolation ;  because  it  is  to  be  hoped  such  a  conae-down 
t^ould  teach  them  the  lesson  they  are  so  slow  to  learn.  Their  rwdies 
will  burn  holes  in  their  pockets.  They  will  yet  have  to  drink  their 
ground-up  gold  if  they  have  made  an  idol  of  it,  and  veal  made  of  a 
golden  calf  is  not  the  most  palatable  or  digestible  of  food.  Th^  will 
lose  their  bdance  on  the  high-rope  some  day  and  come  down  with  a 
crash,  and  though  God's  people  will  gladly  stretch  a  net  beneath  them 
that  they  be  not  kUled  outright,  their  fall  will  give  them  a  never-4o- 
be-forgotten  shaking.    God  grant  it  may  I    0  for  the  happy  time  when 


HE  QAVB  UP  HIS  GLASS.  133 

no  man  will  think  of  himself  more  highly  than  he  onght  to  think^  and 
each  esteem  other  better  than  himself.  Would  God  we  could  take  a 
leap  and  jump  to  this  conclusion ;  but  since  that  cannot  be,  let  it  be 
ours  to  labonr  on  until  the  knowledge  of  our  self-sacrificing  Lord  covers 
the  earth  as  the  waters  coyer  the  sea.  Surely  a  knowledge  of  him,  who 
is  not  ashamed  to  call  us  brethren,  will  link  the  hands  and  hearts  of 
rich  and  poor,  and  old  and  young,  and  literate  and  rude,  and  one 
brotherhood  shall  kneel  before  the  Elder  Brother  and  call  him  blessed. 


i  jga&je  ni^  |is  tlm. 


HE  gare  up  his  class  because  he  thought  he  was  doing  no  good  to  it.    He 
£d  not  speak  to  the  Master  about  it    K  he  had  done  so,  he  would 
have  found  the  Master's  thoughts  somewhat  different. 

2.  He  gare  up  his  class  because  some  of  his  scholars  worried  him.  He  did 
not  stop  to  consider  how  much  the  Master  was  worried  and  troubled  with  dis- 
ameable  pupils,  nor  did  he  reflect  that  he  himself  was  a  greater  trouble  to  the 
Master. 

3.  He  gave  up  his  class  because  the  Superintendent  rubbed  him  the  wrong  way 
on  one  occasion,  unintentionally.  He  works  under  a  good  master  during  the 
week ;  the  foreman  and  he  do  not  get  on  well,  but  he  has  not  thrown  up  bis  work. 

4.  He  gave  up  his  class  because  he  thinks  one  or  two  of  his  fellow-teachers 
are  disagreeable.  He  is  associated  with  some  nasty  fellows  during  the  week, 
and  we  wonder  that  he  continues  among  them,  seeing  there  are  so  many  places 
in  the  world  without  disagreeable  people. 

5.  He  gave  up  his  class  because  he  differed  with  some  of  his  fellow-teachers 
on  some  secondary  point.  He  went  off  in  a  bung,  throwing  mud  behind  him. 
He  often  differs  with  his  comrades  in  business,  but,  strange  to  say,  he  is  still  in 
a  good  situation.  We  are  curious  to  know  what  he  will  do  when  he  enters 
heaven,  and  sees  his  old  friends  there  before  him. 

6.  He  gave  up  his  class  because  he  did  not  get  the  exact  place  in  the  school 
which  he  wanted.  He  wanted  (did  not  say  so)  the  school  rearranged  to  suit 
him.  He  got,  as  he  thought,  lbotman*s  work,  and  he  felt  conscious  that  he 
ought  to  be  butler.  He  did  not  ask  the  Master,  however,  to  put  him  just  where 
he  could  serve  Him  best. 

7.  He  gave  up  his  class  because  he  accepted  a  situation  with  larger  salary, 
hut  which  stopped  his  teaching.  Trouble  upon  trouble  fell  upon  him,  and  his 
money  went  like  water  through  a  sieve.  His  increased  wages  took  wings  and 
flew  away.  Perhaps  the  Master  would  have  dealt  more  tenderly  if  he  had  kept 
his  class. 

B.  And  when  he  gave  up,  how  did  he  perform  the  ooeration  ?  Not  a  word  of 
warning.  Besignatton  sent  in  on  Friday  or  Saturaay,  scarcely  a  day  left  to 
provide  a  successor.  No  thought  of  the  Superintendent's  trouble — what  cared 
he?  No  thought  of  a  disturbed  school — what  cared  he  ?  Nay,  rather  he  was 
somewhat  gratified  that  his  sudden  departure  should  make  us  feel  that  he  was 
of  consequence.  No  anxiety  for  his  class — what  cared  he  ?  It  could  take  its 
chance ;  the  scholars  might  go  to  heaven  or  hell,  no  matter  to  him  which.  His 
ffeUn^t  were  more  to  be  considered  than  their  souls.  The  ties  which  boimd 
him  to  them  were  cotton  threads,  easily  snapped.  The  other  day  he  had  to 
change  his  workshop.  He  gare  his  master  a  iortnight*8  warning.  Why  did  he 
not  set  off  at  once?  Why  did  he  not  say  all  at  once  that  he  would  not  come 
hack?  Because  he  would  have  been  fined !  But  he  is  not  fined  for  leaving 
the  school.  Stay,  what  are  we  sayins  P  Not  fined !  When  pay-day  comes,  on 
^  day  of  reckoning,  he  will  be  fined  a  erown.^-^From  the  New  PorihiU  School 
y^ar  Book  for  16$2. 


184 


THIS  geDtleman  is  a  highly  respectable  member  of  one  of  out  most 
popular  and  fashionable  churches.  That  he  is  so,  need  excite  no 
surprise,  nor  does  it  necessarily  imply  that  he  has  departed  from  the  tradi- 
tions of  his  family.  For  there  is  good  reason  for  believing  that,  had 
the  apostle  Paul  succeeded  in  maintaining  his  claim  to  respectability, 
or,  at  least,  avoided  the  utter  degradation  into  which,  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Mrs.  Grundy  of  his  time/  he  succeeded  in  dragging  himself  and  his 
followers,  the  great  ancestor  of  the  Demas  family  would  have  continued 
at  his  side.  The  fact  is,  this  notable  family  has  for  its  motto  a  free 
paraphrase. of  a  well-known  passage  in  the  Book  of  Proverbs,  to  be  read 
thus :  "  I,  Prudence,  dwell  with,  and  am  the  better  part  of,  Wisdom." 
Prudence,  be  it  observed,  which  is  not  necessarily  limited  to  a  some- 
what close  frugality  on  the  one  hand,  and  a  free  acquisitiveness  on  the 
other  :  for  the  phrase,  "  loved  this  present  world,'  is  by  no  means  to 
be  confined  in  its  application  to  money.  Every  intelligent  reader  knows 
that  it  is  generic  ;  and  while  it  includes  money,  unquestionably,  it  no 
less  signifies  pleasure,  position,  and  reputation.  For  example  :  an 
eminent  member  of  this  family  which^  from  its  great  care  and  zeal  on 
behalf  of  a  whole  skin,  has  derived  among  other  advantages  great  nu- 
merical strength — known  as  the  Yicar  of  Bray,  was,  evidently,  tenacious 
not  only  of  the  emoluments,  but  also  of  the  honours,  and  not  less  the 
immunities  of  the  position  of  which  he  was  so  conservative.  Thus  it 
comes  to  pass  that  our  friend  often  figures  in  subscription  lists,  almost 
invariably  selecting  those  which  are  printed. 

Let  it  not  be  supposed,  however^  that  he  is  by  any  means  prodigal 
of  the  possessions  which  he  has  succeeded  in  acquiring.  It  would, 
appear  upon  investigation  that  his  donations  to  societies,  charitable  and 
religious,  do  not  bear  an  extravagant  or  unwise  proportion  to  his  actual 
income.  He  nowhere  can  be  discovered  in  the  infringement  of  the 
supplementary  beatitude,  in  which  he  is  a  firm  believer,  '*  Blessed  are 
they  who  take  care  of  themselves."  Gaided  by  this,  which  is  the 
pole-star  of  his  life,  he  everywhere  insists  upon  the  due  observance  of 
the  command,  "Be  just  before  you  are  generous,"  and  has  never  yet 
been  detected  in  any  unwise  approximation  to  the  debatable  ground 
which  borders  upon  these  admirable  qualities.  Thus,  while  he  seeks 
to  stimulate  others  to  liberality  by  the  presentation  of  his  name  in 
print,  as  a  benefactor  of  humanity,  he  does  not  waste  his  power  by 
frittering  it  away  on  obscure  objects  of  a  questionable  benevolence. 
He  believes  fully  in  Charity  Organization  societies. 

In  like  manner  he  feels  it  his  duty  to  give  liberal  support  to  such 
grand  and  imposing  schemes  as  the  building  of  large  chapels,  many  of 
which,  it  is  true,  may  afterwards  be  chiefly  distinguished  by  their 
emptiness.  The  great  purpose  to  be  served  is  the  education  of  observers, 
not  only — which  is  a  great  end  gained — in  aesthetics,  but  also  in 
denominational  growth  and  importance  :  for  it  is  a  grand  achievement 
to  be  able  to  chronicle  at  the  end  of  each  year,  that  the  body  which 
he  honours  by  his  support  is  in  possession  of  so  many  more  "  chapel 
seats  "  than  in  any  previous  year.    The  fact  that  the  ministers  of  these 


DE3IAS.  185 

places  find  it  hard  to  keep  body  and  BonI  together  by  reason  of  in- 
finfficient  stipend,  occasioned  by  an  onerons  debt,  is  an  accident  of  the 
case,  which  may  the  more  readily  be  tolerated  because  of  its  wholesome 
ufiaence  in  teaching  the  man  of  God  patience  and  humility.  If,  as 
Eometimes  happens,  the  minister,  forgetful  of  New  Testament  precepts 
to  the  contrary,  worries  himself  into  his  grave  by  reason  of  his  manifold 
cares,  Demas  waxes  virtuously  indignant  if  a  request  is  preferred  on 
behalf  of  the  surviving  wife  and  children :  for,  he  justly  argues,  that  he 
who  does  not  '^  provide  for  them  of  his  own  household  has  denied  the  faith, 
and  is  worse  than  an  infidel.*'  He  is  known  to  be  an  advocate  of  the 
principle,  which  he  never  wearies  of  urging  upon  the  committees  of 
denominational  colleges,  that  one  of  the  leading  subjects  to  be  mastered 
by  car  students  shomd  be — *'  How  sixpence  in  the  pocket  of  a  minister 
is  to  be  made  to  possess  the  power  of  a  half-crown  in  any  other  man's." 
Under  this  head  range  in  order  various  collateral  topics,  as  'Hhe 
diminntion  of  youthful  appetites,"  **  the  application  of  leather  in  lieu 
cf  cloth  in  ordmary  sartorial  operations,"  '*  shoes  (including  boots)  of 
iron  and  brass,*'  and  so  on.  For  the  foundation  of  a  professorship  *'  on 
the  domestic  economy  of  the  manse  "  he  is  ready  to  subscribe  at  once. 
Similar  considerations  encer  into  his  views  of  church  discipline.  He 
sees  no  real  charity  in  attempts  to  modify  that  discipline  in  cases  which 
\isiTe  become  undaubiedly  public.  But  in  what  he  knows  as  *' careful- 
ness" and  "attention  to  business,"  vulgarly,  and  on  no  sufiicient 
grounds,  styled  coveUmsmss;  as  also  the  cultivation  of  genteel  habits 
and  high-class  society,  less  euphemistically  known  as  *'  tvorldliness/'  he 
recognises  no  ground  of  discipline.  He  expresses  himself  as  very 
indignant  with  the  revisers  of  the  New  Testament,  because  they  have 
left  the  words,  "  Ye  cannot  serve  God  and  mammon  "  just  as  they  were, 
and  have  not  even  fc^nd  an  alternative  for  the  margin.  The  passage, 
too,  in  2  Timothy  iv.  10,  which  has  reference  to  his  great  ancestor,  he 
regards  as  spurious,  and  believes  that,  some  day  or  other,  manuscripts 
will  be  discovered  from  which  that  most  objectionable  verse  will  be  found 
omitted  :  and,  if  not,  he  entertains  the  opinion  that  such  manuscripts 
must  have  perished  in  some  one  or  other  of  the  conflagrations  or 
catastrophes  whioh  destroyed  so  many :  for,  he  reasons,  his  family  have 
never  held  aloof  from  anything  respectable  or  proper;  and  seeing  that  it 
is  in  the  highest  degree  respectable  to  be  a  Christian  nowadays,  it  could 
not  have  been  otherwise  in  those  times.  Or,  at  least,  if  Demas  the 
ancestor  did  leave  Paul  the  apostle,  it  was  solely  because  of  some  rude, 
indiscreet,  or  uncharitable  word  or  action,  which  his  keen  sense  of  fit- 
ness and  his  artistic  regard  for  appropriateness  could  not  brook :  and, 
we  must  admit,  that  there  were  times  when  the  tent-maker,  by  }jis 
evident  determination  to  call  a  spade  a  spade,  did,  from  our  friend'^ 
point  of  view,  so  transgress. 

James  Dann,  Greenoch 


136 


img  ^tfttifiamt* 


llyCANY  persons  will  be  familiar  with  the  name  of  Henry  Moorhonse 
Itx  as  the  man  to  whom  Mr.  Moody  acknowledged  his  indebtedness 
for  a  fuller  insight  into  the  heart  of  the  gospel,  and  more  will  remember 
him  as  the  evangelist  who  preached  to  them  with  saving  power  the  glad 
tidings.  For  nearly  twenty  years  in  England,  Ireland,  and  America  he 
proclaimed  the  gospel  with  great  simplicity,  and  with  wonderfal  result, 
and  few  men  of  his  day  were  more  nsefnl  in  gathering  sinners  to  the 
8avioDr  or  in  deepening  the  work  of  God  in  the  hearts  of  believers. 
The  main  characteristic  of  his  preaching  was  its  fulness  of  Scripture 
truth.  ''  Henry  Moorhonse,"  said  one  minister,  "  taught  me  how  to  use 
my  Bible.*'  Said  another,  **  He  brought  us  a  new  Bible,  and  almost  a 
new  Saviour."  And  another  said, ''  He  was  a  servant  of  one  Master,  a 
student  of  one  Book,  a  man  of  one  aim,  a  preacher  of  one  theme." 
Indeed,  his  chief  excellency  and  power  as  a  teacher  lay  in  his  Bible  ex- 

Eositions.  He  made  the  word  itself  speak,  and  this  is,  perhaps,  the 
ighest  fuDction  of  the  Christian  teacher.  His  Bible  readings  were 
attended  by  crowds  of  persons,  educated  and  uneducated,  who  listened 
to  the  word  of  God  from  his  lips  with  deepest  interest.  The  power 
which  seized  and  held  their  attention  lay  partly  in  his  qnick  perception 
of  analogies,  partly  in  his  large  and  firm  grasp  of  vital  trutns,  and  in 
his  facnlty  of  setting  them  forth  in  the  glowing  colours  of  lively  fancy 
and  fervid  emotion,  bat  chiefly  in  his  sympathy  with  the  mind  of  the 
Spirit,  which  he  had  attained  by  years  of  loving  and  prayerful  study  of 
Scriptnre.  The  Chicago  people,  with  a  vague  feeling  that  the  charm 
lay  in  the  particular  edition  of  the  Bible  used  by  the  evangelist,  bought 
Bagster's  rolyglot  in  great  qaantities,  jast  as  was  afterwards  done  in 
England  by  persons  who  attended  Mr.  Moody's  services.  The  eitrength 
imparted  to  Mr.  Moorhouse's  work  by  this  richness  of  Scripture  teach- 
ing increased  the  permanence  of  its  results.  He  communicated,  with 
the  religious  impressions  produced  at  his  meetings,  a  love  of  God's 
word  which  was  likely  to  grow  into  a  habit  of  Bible  study,  making 
the  man  of  God  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works.  If 
'*  he  that  winneth  souls  is  wise/'  then  Henry  Moorhouse  was  wise ;  and 
if  "  they  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the  firmament, 
and  they  that  turn  many  to  righteousness  as  the  stars  for  ever  and 
ever,"  then  he  will  be  one  of  the  ever  radiant  lights  of  heaven. 

And  yet  he  had  not  greater  advantages  than  most  possess.  Bom  in 
ArdwicK,  Manchester,  in  the  year  1840,  he  grew  up  an  obscure  Lanca- 
shire lad  ;  in  personal  appearance  puny  and  fragile,  in  speech  rude  and 
f>rovincial,  gifted  with  no  wonderful  natural  powers,  possessed  of  no 
earning,  and  escaping  by  a  rare  marvel  from  the  quagmire  of  reckless 
living  into  which  he  early  plunged.  For  though  he  had  a  good 
Methodist  father  he  was  led  astray  by  wicked  oomjyanions,  and  his 
daring  disposition  led  him  to  outdo  the  rest  in  wild  foolhardiness  and 
profanity.   But  the  influence  of  a  Christian  girl,  who  afterwards  became 

*  Henry  MoorhouBe,  the  Engliah  Evangelist.    By  Bey.  John  Macphenon.    London : 
Hozgan  and  Scott. 


HSNBY  UOORHOUBE.  137 

bis  wife,  deterred  him  from  breakiDg  entirely  loose  from  the  Sunday- 
school ;  and  thongh  he  plunged  int^  card  playing  and  drinking,  and 
once  enlisted  as  a  soldier,  from  which  career  his  father  bought  him 
off,  he  never  conld  get  himself  wholly  freed  from  the  power  of  conscience. 
Often  was  he  ill  at  ease,  and  in  his  fits  of  wretchedness  carried  about 
with  him  a  loaded  pistol  to  end  his  miserable  life  ;  but  an  unseen  hand 
froBtrated  the  desperate  attempt. 

One  night  in  December,  1861,  passing  along  an  out-of-the-way  back 
fitreet,  he  heard  the  sound  of  hymn  singing  issuing  from  a  little  room. 
He  entered,  but  the  room  was  crowded,  and  he  could  get  no  further 
than  the  stair.  There  in  the  dark  he  listened  to  the  reading  of  the 
parable  of  the  prodigal  son.  A  sense  of  guilt,  piercing  and  intolerable, 
seized  upon  him,  and  such  a  tremor  shook  his  soul  that  he  was  fain  to 
catch  hold  of  the  banister  to  save  himself  from  falling.  Three  weeks 
of  mental  anguish  succeeded.  He  was  convinced  of  sin.  Remorse, 
dread,  despair,  held  him  in  an  iron  grasp.  One  day  he  went  to  see  a 
youDg  Christian  in  the  engine  room  of  a  Manchester  warehouse.  This 
fneod  opened  his  Bible  at  Romans  x.  and  read,  "  The  word  is  nigh  thee, 
even  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart :  that  is,  the  word  of  faith,  which 
we  preach ;  that  if  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy  mouth  the  Lord  Jesus, 
and  shalt  believe  in  thine  heart  that  God  hath  raised  him  from  the 
dead,  thou  shalt  be  saved." 

"  Now,"  said  the  young  teacher,  "  do  you  believe  that  ?  Do  you 
believe  in  the  risen  Saviour,  and  that  the  work  of  redemption  is  finished 
because  Christ  is  risen?  " 

"  I  do,  with  all  my  heart,"  replied  Moorhouse. 

"Then  are  you  going  to  confess  what  you  believe ?  " 

'*  Of  course  I  wiU,"  was  the  ready  answer. 

''  What  then  ?  "  said  the  other,  pointing  to  the  words,  *'  thou  shalt  be 
saved.* 

Henry  trembled  with  a  strange  emotion.  '^  Oh,"  he  cried  out,  **  I  see 
it!    I  am  saved  1" 

He  saw,  he  believed,  he  rejoiced,  he  confessed,  and  he  was  ready  from 
that  hour  to  bear  witness  for  Christ,  there  or  anywhere  else. 

So  simple,  so  easy !  say  some.  Too  simple,  too  easy !  say  others. 
When  the  Holy  Spirit  teaches  it  is  always  simple,  always  easy. 

Sach  was  the  seed-sowing  which  brought  forth  a  hundredfold.  Moor- 
house soon  began  to  preach  Christ  in  mission-rooms  in  his  native  town. 
Presently  he  accompanied  such  men  as  John  Hambleton  and  Harrison 
Ord  in  their  evangelistic  expeditions  to  race-courses  and  fairs,  and  held 
theatre  services  with  them  both  in  England  and  in  Ireland.  Doors 
opened  on  every  side.  His  evangelistic  labours  grew  incessant.  He 
himself  became  a  leader,  and  not  only  in  England  and  Ireland,  but 
across  the  Atlantic  he  preached  the  gospel  with  success.  To  America 
he  paid  six  visits,  gathering  in  that  field  many  sheaves  for  his  Master. 

His  preaching  was  well  illustrated.  The  truth  was  lit  up  so  that  the 
dullest  eyes  could  see  it. 

In  a  Bible  reading  on  the  subject  of  the  Christian's  separation  from 
the  world  the  evangelist  asked,  *'  Should  a  Christian  go  to  dancing  par- 
ties ?  What  do  you  think  ?  Suppose  a  young  lady  is  affianced  to  a 
truly  noble  and  good  man  whom  she  tenderly  loves,  and  there  comes  in 


188  HENB7  XOOBHOUSB. 

a  dastardly  rofiSan  who  marders  the  bridegroom  in  the  yerj  presenoe  of 
the  bride.  Now,  if  the  murderer  were  to  invite  the  bride  to  dance  with 
him  on  the  floor  crimsoned  with  the  blood  of  her  beloTed,  tell  me,  should 
sbe  consent  ?  Once  I  was  commissioned  by  my  brother,"  he  went  on 
to  say,  "  to  fetch  from  town  a  little  article  of  gold  which  he  wished  to 
purchase.  This  I  put  into  my  pocket  where,  from  lapse  of  memory,  it 
lay  for  several  days  in  too  close  proximity  to  some  leads  I  hapnened  to 
carry  with  me.  On  recollection  I  drew  tne  gold  from  my  pocket  and, 
to  my  amazement  and  chagrin,  found  it  had  taken  the  dull  hue  of  its 
meanei:  companions.  The  lead  had  borrowed  nothing  from  the  gold ; 
its  complexion  was  as  grey  and  coarse  as  ever ;  but  the  gold  had  lost  its 
beauty,  it  had  grown  like  its  company,  it  was  become  dim.  So,  the 
world  gains  nothing  from  the  worldly  Christian,  whilst,  in  his  unwar- 
rantable fellowship  with  the  world,  the  Christian  loses  all  his  brightness 
and  not  a  little  of  his  worth." 

To  make  the  same  lesson  pointed  and  memorable  he  told  of  a  canary 
which,  placed  in  the  same  cage  with  a  sparrow,  lost  its  own  sweet  song, 
and  learned  to  chirp  like  its  vulgar  and  unmusical  companion. 

Gbacb  was  a  favourite  theme  with  him.  '*  Orace,"  he  was  wont  to 
say,  *'  is— 

The  Bread  of  Life  seeking  the  hungry. 

The  Living  Water  seeking  the  thirsty. 

The  Oarments  of  Salvation  seeking  the  naked. 

The  Truth  seeking  the  liar. 

The  Rest  seeking  the  weary. 

The  Light  seeking  the  darkness. 

The  Pi^on  seeking  the  guilty. 

Mercy  seeking  the  wretched. 

Life  seeking  death. 
Grace  is  all  this  in  the  person  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  seeking  and 
saving  that  which  was  lost."    This  is  a  memorable  way  of  teadiing. 
Such  Eayings  stick  like  burrs. 

*'  A  little  girl  in  the  slums  of  London,"  said  he,  "  won  the  prize  for 
a  flower  growing  out  of  an  old,  broken  teapot ;  her  success  in  training 
the  plant  being  due  to  the  pains  she  took  in  always  placing  her  flower 
in  the  only  comer  of  the  window  favoured  with  a  sunbeam.  A  lesson 
for  the  Christian  to  walk  in  the  light." 

Standing  at  the  window  one  wintry  day,  he  sees  a  poor  ill-clad  child 
taking  shelter  from  a  hailstorm,  in  the  comer  of  .the  gate.  A  working 
man  passing  that  way  catches  a  glimpse  of  the  little  one,  hastily  retraces 
his  steps,  lifts  him  in  his  arms,  and  turning  his  back  to  the  blast, 
lovingly  presses  the  stranger-baim  to  his  bosom.  When  the  fierce 
shower  is  over  he  sets  the  child  down,  and  passes  on.  That  night  our 
evangelist  related  the  incident,  and  then  amidst  the  tears  of  his 
audience  pictured  the  Son  of  God  giving  his  own  back  to  the  pitiless 
storm  of  aivine  wrath  against  sin,  whilst  he  hides  the  helpless  sinner  in 
his  bosom. 

Many  pages  might  be  flUed  with  interesting  incidents  of  usefalness 
which  accompanied  his  preaching.  We  give  one  as  Moorhouse  himself 
related  it : — 

'*  When  I  was  holding  meetings  a  little  time  ago  at  WbamcliiFe,  in 


HEKBY  M00BH0U6E.  139 

England,  a  coal  districb,  a  great  bnrly  collier  came  op  to'  me  and  said 
io  his  Yorkshire  dialect,  '  Dost  know  wha  was  at  meetin'  t'  night  ? '  ^  No/ 
I  answered,  'Why,'  paid  he,  *  So-and-so,'  mentioning  the  name.  The 
name  was  a  familiar  one.  He  was  a  very  bad  man,  one  of  the  wildest, 
wickedest  men  in  Yorkshire,  according  to  his  own  confession,  and 
according  to  the  confession  of  everybody  who  knew  him.  *  Weel,'  said 
the  man, '  he  cam'  into  t'  meetin'  and  said  thon  didn't  preach  right ;  he 
said  thoa  preached  nothin'  bnt  love  o'  Christy  an'  that  wont  do  for 
dronken  colliers;  ye  want  t'  shake  'em  over  t'pit;  an' he  says  he'll 
ne'er  come  again.' '  He  thought  I  did  not  preach  enough  abont  hell.  I 
did  not  expect  to  see  him  again,  bnt  he  came  the  next  night  without 
washin?  his  fiace,  right  from  the  pit,  with  all  his  working  clothes  upon 
him.  This  drunken  collier  sat  down  on  one  of  the  seats  that  were 
nsed  for  little  children,  and  got  as  near  to  me  as  possible.  The  sermon 
from  first  to  last  was  on  '  Love.'  He  listened  at  first  attentively,  bnt 
by-and-by  I  saw  him  with  the  sleeve  of  his  rough  coat  wiping  his 
eyes.  Soon  after  we  had  an  enquiry  meeting,  when  some  of  those  pray- 
ing colliers  got  round  him,  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  was  crying, 

*  0  Lord,  save  me  1  I  am  lost  1  Jesus,  have  mercy  on  me  I '  and  that 
night  he  left  the  meeting  a  new  creature.  His  wife  told  me  herself 
what  occurred  when  he  came  home.  His  little  children  heard  him 
coming  along — ^they  knew  the  step  of  his  heavy  clogs — and  ran  to  their 
mother  in  terror,  clinging  to  her  skirts.  He  opened  the  door  as  gently 
as  could  be.  He  had  a  habit  of  banging  the  door.  If  a  man  becomes 
converted,  it  will  even  make  a  difference  in  the  slamming  of  doors. 
When  he  came  into  the  house  and  saw  the  children  clinging  to  their 
mother,  frightened,  he  just  stooped  down  and  picked  up  the  youngest 
girl  in  his  arms  and  looked  at  her,  the  tears  rolling  down  his  cheeks. 

*  Maiy,  Mary,  God  has  sent  thy  father  home  to  thee,'  and  kissed  her. 
He  picked  up  another,  'God  has  sent  thy  father  home,'  and  from  one  to 
another  he  went  and  kissed  them  all,  and  then  came  to  his  wife  and 
put  his  arms  round  her  neck — *  Don't  cry,  lass;  don't  cry.  God  has 
Bent  thy  husband  home  at  last ;  don*t  cry  :'  and  all  she  could  do  was  to 
pnt  her  arms  round  his  neck  and  sob.  And  then  he  said,  *  Have  you  got 
a  Bible  in  the  house,  lass  ?'  They  had  not  got  such  a  thing.  '  Well, 
lass,  if  we  haven't,  we  must  pray.'  They  got  down  on  their  knees,  and 
all  he  could  say  was — 

*  Gentle  Jesus,  meek  and  mild, 
Look  upon  a  little  child  ; 
Pity  my  simplicity, — 

for  Jesus  Christ's  sake,  amen.' 

"It  was  a  simple  prayer,  but  God  answered  it.  While  I  was  at 
Bamet,  some  time  after  that,  a  friend  came  to  me  and  said,  'IVe  got 
good  news  for  you.  So-and-so  (mentioning  the  collier's  name)  is 
preaching  the  gospel  wherever  he  goes, — ^in  the  pit,  and  out  of  the 
pit,  and  trying  to  win  everybody  to  the  Lord  Jesus." 

This  was  a  blessed  life  to  live,  and  we  thank  Mr.  Macpherson  for  his 
delightfal  narration  of  it.  Moorhonse*s  health  broke  down  under  the 
ptrainof  his  incessant  labours.  The  doctors  told  him  he  must  desist, 
for  his  heart  was  affected.    He  enquired,  "  How  long  do  you  think  I 


140  IS  rr  TRUE  ? 

may  liye  if  I  desist  fiom  preaching  ?"  "  Probably  eighteen  months." 
"  And  how  long  if  I  continue  to  preach  ?"  *'  Perhaps  nine  months," 
said  the  doctor.  ''Very  well,  I  will  take  the  nine  months,  and  preach 
Christ  as  long  as  I  can."  For  the  last  two  years  of  his  life  he  worked 
a  Bible  carriage  with  immense  energy,  and  sold  in  1879  and  1880  no 
less  than  120,000  Bibles  and  Testaments,  which,  with  books  and  tracts 
given  away,  amounted  to  some  ''2,100,000  messages  from  heaven  to 
poor,  guilty,  and  lost  sinners."  The  prayers,  conversations,  pointed 
words,  addresses — in  short,  the  living  voice-work — which  accompanied 
this  labour,  and  the  spiritual  results  produced,  it  is  impossible  to  tabu- 
late. But  all  this  was  accomplished,  under  God,  by  a  man  without 
money  or  health,  by  a  dying  man  who  had  nothing  left  him  but  faith. 
He  died  on  the  28th  December,  1880,  and  was  buried  on  the  last  day 
of  the  year — a  chill,  snowy,  wintry  day.  But  the  Christian  brothers' 
that  looked  down  into  the  grave  joined  in  singing  the  hymn — 

^  1  love  to  think  of  the  hearenly  land  ;** 

for  he  was  passed  away  from  the  winter  to  the  summer,  from  the 
shadows  to  the  light.  0.  A.  Davis. 


is  it  9;me  ? 

IN  his  work  entitled,  "  Disestablishment,  from  a  Church  Point  of  View,"  Mr. 
Gilbert  calls  attention,  as  an  attached  member  of  the  Church  of  England, 
to  some  abases  which  must  shock  the  sense  of  propriety  of  every  secdon  of  the 
community,  and  must,  we  think,  cause  the  most  earnest  Episcopalian  to  resolve 
to  remove  the  blot  by  every  means  in  his  power. 

Among  other  grave  matters,  in  dealing  with  the  Temperance  q^nestion, 
Mr.  Gilbert  prefers  charges  of  complicity  with  the  drink  traffic  agamat  the 
Church  in  its  corporate  capacity,  which  must  mantle  the  cheeks  of  its  devoted 
adherents  with  the  blush  of  shame.    This  is  what  he  says  : — 

*<  But  to  return  to  the  connection  between  the  Church  of  England  Temperance 
movement  and  the  State  clergy  at  large.  Does  it  not  appear  an  absurditv  that 
our  archbishops  and  bishops  should  give  temperance  lectures  and  address 

Eublic  meetings  on  the  sin  and  misery  caused  by  intemperance,  teaching  their 
carers  to  avoid  the  public-house,  as  leading  them  into  temptation,  while  in 
their  corporate  capacity,  as  members  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commission,  they 
are  perhaps  the  largest  owners  of  public-house  property  in  the  country, 
certainly  they  own  more  than  any  brewer's  firm  in  the  kingdom.  Indeed,  so 
well  is  this  fact  known  amone  the  working  classes,  that  frequently  in  the 
Western  Road  from  Hyde  Pane  Comer,  through  Knightsbridge,  they  are  in 
ihe  habit  of  pointing,  as  typical  of  the  Establis£nent,  to  a  Church  of  England 
on  the  right-hand  side  of  tne  way,  near  Albert  Gate,  having  a  gin-palace  on 
each  side  of  it,  built  up  side  by  side  in  a  row,  the  place  of  worship  and  the 
gin-shops  being  all  Church  property.  It  is  stated — and  I  believe  it  would  be 
found  to  be  a  fact— that  the  Bishop  of  London,  when  he  leaves  his  house  in 
St.  Jameses  Square,  and  rides  to  his  palace  at  Folham,  passes  on  his  road  more 
than  100  public-houses  built  on  land  belonging  to  the  Church. 

"  Of  the  expense  at  which  some  of  these  public-houses  are  maintained  by 
their  customers  may  be  estimated  from  the  returns  of  two  respectably  conducted 
establishments  of  the  kind— one,  the  Soyal  Oak  at  Netting  Hill,  on  the  land 
of  the  Bishopof  London ;  the  other,  the  Hero  of  Waterloo,  near  the  terminus 
of  the  South  Western  Bail  way,  on  the  estate  of  the  Archbisnop  of  Canterbury. 
It  is  stated  that  the  returns  of  th*e  Boyal  Oak  will  not  be  less  than  £10,000 


IB  rr  TRUB  ?  141 

a-jetr,  or  more  than  the  maintenance  of  all  the  places  of  worship  of  every 
deoomination,  schook,  and  the  police-force  of  the  district  within  ft  diameter  of 
a  mile ;  while  the  returns  of  the  Hero  of  Waterloo  are  equal  to  a  similar 
expepditure,  on  the  Surrey  side  of  the  water.  Nay  more,  it  is  asserted — and 
I  belieTe  will  hardly  be  disputed — ^that  when  the  lease  of  a  public-house  in 
possession  of  the  Church  Commissioners  falls  in,  it  is  valued  by  a  professional 
gentleman  employed  on  property  of  the  kind  to  know  if  its  rental  can  be 
increased.  The  Church  will  also  grant  ground-leases  for  the  erection  of  public- 
houses,  as  may  be  seen  on  the  Pf^dington  estate.  Nay  more,  when  one  of  the 
leases  of  their  public-houses  is  for  side,  and  it  be  thought  a  bargain,  the  Com- 
missioners will  become  the  purchasers.  Nor  is  this  evil  confined  solely  to 
I^mdon.  Some  time  since  I  measured  a  square  of  300  paces  each  way  in  the 
centre  of  Salisbury,  and  found  on  it  no  less  than  18  public-houses  and  gin- 
shops,  all  on  Church  lands ;  and  other  localities  may  be  mentioned  where  Uiey 
are  equally  numerous. 

'^Imay  now  be  told  that  I  am  doing  the  bishops  an  injustice  by  making  this 
accusation  against  them  ;  that  a  special  commission  has  been  appointed  tor  the 
management  of  the  estates  of  the  Church,  in  which  they  have  nothing  to  do. 
But  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  Estates*  Commission  is  simply  a  oranch 
of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commission ;  and  if  any  legal  quibble  should  be  forthcoming 
(and  I  have  shown  in  many  ways  that  legal  quibbles  are  admitted  by  our  law  au- 
thorities with  astonishing  facility  when  used  in  the  service  of  the  Established^ 
Church),  the  bishops  have  seats  in  it.    But  I  submit  that  if  their  hands  are* 
tied  their  voices  are  at  liberty,  and  they  have  had  full  power  of  using  them. 
Possibly  the  cry  of  *  confiscation '  may  be  raised  against  any  attempt  to  deprive 
the  Establishment  of  its  gin-shops.    And  I  admit  the  cry  of  *  confiscation   has 
frequently  had  tremendous  effect  on  the  minds  of  the  public,  occasionally 
scarcely  less  so  than  that  of  '  the  Church  in  danger  * — and  with  as  little  reason. 
But  Jet  us  first  see  whether  there  really  is  any  confiscation  in  the  matter,  and 
if  so,  in  what  it  consists.    The  Churcn,  as  represented  by  the  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners,  has  indisputably  the  right  to  refuse  the  renewal  of  a  public- 
house  lease  when  it  falls  mto  their  possession.    Say  they  refuse  to  renew  the 
lease — ^what  then  ?    The  house  still  remains,  and  is  applicable  to  any  oiher 
trade,  consequently  there  is  no  confiscation  of  any  property.    The  sole  thing 
c(Hifiscated  is  the  spirit  and  beer  license.    If  the  spirit  license  is  admitted  as  a 
portion  of  the  foundation  for  the  support  of  our  Ecclesiastical  system,  let  it  be 
stated  honestly  and  candidly,  and  the  public  will  then  have  in  their  possession 
another  plea  to  urge  them  to  exertion  in  the  separation  of  Church  and  State.*' 

Is  it  true?  We  ask  without  casting  anv  doubt  on  Mr.  Gilbert*s  veracity; 
hut  fearing  the  possibility  that  he  has  l^n  fed  into  error  as  to  the  true  state  of 
afiairs.  His  book  is  before  the  world,  and  challenges  reply.  Meanwhile  we 
urge  every  temperance  man,  whether  he  be  Churchman  or  Nonconformist,  to  be 
urgent  and  incessant  in  the  demand  that  this  abuse  be  brought  to  a  speedy  end. 
Fancy  what  an  outcry  there  would  be  if  the  Tabernacle  derived  its  income  even 
in  a  small  degree  from  owning  gin-palaces.  We  say  no  more.  Let  the 
tnembers  of  the  Episcopalian  boay  see  to  this  evil,  of  which  the  most  of  them 
have  never  heard  before.  Now  that  they  have  heard  of  it,  let  them  accept  no 
quibbles  by  way  of  justification ;  but  let  them  demand  a  clean  sweep  of  the 
whole  concern.  There  are  plenty  of  uses  for  lands  and  houses  without  con- 
Eecratiog  them  to  Bacchus,  in  oraer  to  bring  in  a  larger  revenue  for  Christ. 


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Smht$f  l^ua^tliHiig  ^ttnkg  S^t^siffl  Unm. 

AH   SXHOBTATION    BT    THI    PKB8IDBNT. — ^'^  TBACHBH8,    STICK   TO    TOUB   WOUL 

THERE  was  never  a  time  when  the  sacred  work  of  the  Sabbath  School  was 
more  needed  than  now.  As  the  Board  Schools  give  secular  instractioD^ 
we  must  salt  and  season  it  with  holy  teaching,  or  the  next  |;eneration  will  be 
capable  of  greater  mischief  than  the  present  Secular  education  puts  took  into 
the  hand  which  may  be  used  for  Uie  best  or  the  worst  of  purposes ;  relieion 
alone  can  secure  the  right  use  of  these  tools.  We  hail  the  advent  of  knowledge, 
but  we  long  most  of  all  to  spread  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jerus  Christ,  without  which  all  other  light  is  but  a  form  of  darkness. 

TsACBEKs,  Stick  to  toub  Wobk,  for  the  world  has  need  of  you, — 9m  much 
need  as  when  Robeit  Raikes  first  instituted  the  right  reverend  order  of  Sonday 
School  Teachers. 

Without  you  the  children  of  London  will  grow  up  to  live  godless  and  vicious 
lives.  Without  you  they  will  die  wretched  and  hopeless  deaths.  No  golden 
are  has  yet  arrived,  in  which  all  parents  are  pious,  and  therefore  train  up  their 
children  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord.  Walk  the  teeming  streets,  look  into  the 
crowded  courts  and  alleys,  glance  into  the  police-courts,  and  visit  the  priaona 
and  reformatories^  and  judge  whether  there  is  not  urgent,  crying,  awfiu  need 
for  you ! 

Jn  our  otcn  locality  there  is  special  need  of  all  of  you,  and  of  many  more.  Oh 
that  new  workers  would  come  to  recruit  your  ranks!  We  cannot  spare  a 
single  teacher,  however  aged  and  sickly ;  for  we  want  double  the  numbeiv  and 
want  them  at  once. 

The  removal  of  our  wealthier  friends  into  the  suburbs  cssts  a  heaw  share  of 
Christian  work  upon  those  who  remain  in  our  district.  What  is  to  become  of 
the  children  of  the  poor  if  teachers  are  not  forthcoming  ?  They  will  be  raised 
up,  we  feel  sure ;  but,  meanwhile,  it  is  not  the  time  for  a  single  veteran  teacher 
to  give  up  the  work.  The  spread  of  education  afibrds  us  hope  that  more 
teachers  will  soon  be  forthcommg;  but  just  now  the  schools  are  sadly  pinched, 
and  teachers  are  in  great  demand.  Superintendents  are  driven  to  their  wits' 
end  for  want  of  helpers. 

Tbachbbs,  Stick  to  toub  Wobk,  for  just  now  you  are  each  one  more 
precious  than  a  wedge  of  eold.  The  Church  has  need  of  every  one  of  you  to 
nurse  her  little  ones,  and  to  gather  in  her  wandering  lambs:  the  work  is 
Hrgent,  the  labourers  are  few. 

I  hope  no  one  will  be  offended  if  I  urge  that  the  teaching  be  in  every  case 
well  and  thoroughly  done.  I  would  not  find  fault,  but  I  am  sure  there  must 
be  some  slovenly  work  in  this  as  well  as  in  every  other  department  of  the 
Lord^s  work,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  it  should  be  so.  I  have  met  with  children 
who  have  been  very  ignorant  of  well-known  Bible  histories,  and  of  the  main 
doctrines  of  Scripture,  and  yet  they  have  been  to  the  Sabbath-school  for  years. 
This  ought  not  to  happen  in  a  single  case.  I  blame  no  one,  but  I  would  stir 
up  all  the  soldiers  in  tne  noble  army  of  teachers  to  make  themselvea  thoroughly 
efficient,  that  this  blessed  work  may  be  done  as  our  Lord  would  have  it  done. 
Children  deserve  and  demand  our  best  services.  If  they  are  taught  at  all,  the 
teaching  should  be  thorough,  or  it  will  only  be  a  deception,  hmdering  true 
instruction. 

Teachbbs,  Stick  to  toub  Wobk,  and  throw  all  your  strength  into  it;  for 
the  little  ones  need  the  best  you  can  give  them.  He  who  is  best  furnished 
will  not  find  himself  auy  too  well  prepared  for  this  difficult  service.  I 
veverence  the  man  or  woman  who  can  efficiently  teach  an  infant-clasa :  I 
«[uestion  if  Robert  Hall,  or  Chalmers,  or  even  Whitefield  could  have  performed 
the  task.  To  impress  the  young  and  thoughtless  is  work  which  needs  all  our 
present  strength,  and  more. 

Above  all,  we  long  to  see  the  children  saved  while  they  are  still  children, 


HOnOBB  OF  BOOKS. 


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and  this  will  not  happen  by.  accident,  nor  occur  in  schools  where  it  is  not 
aimed  at.  Conversion  is  the  work  of  God,  and  not  of  man  ;  but  it  usually  takes 
place  in  classes  where  there  are  earnest,  loving,  praying,  belieying  teachers, 
whose  hearts  are  set  noon  obtaining  this  great  blessing  for  their  charge.  The 
iloly  Spirit  honours  tnose  who  rely  upon  him,  and  make  it  their  one  object  to 
honour  the  Lord  Jesus.  He  will  not  let  loving,  living,  longing  words  fall  to 
the  ground.  Persevering  endeavours  are  rewarded.  The  Lord  does  not  suffer 
his  servants  to  lose  the  seed  which  they  sow  in  tears. 

Tkachxbs,  Stick  to  toub  Wobk,  and  look  for  immediate  results ;  for  the 
Lord  waits  to  be  gracious,  and  to  glorify  his  name  by  you. 

To  the  presence  and  power  of  the  Lord  Jesus  through  his  Spirit  we  must  all 
look  for  success  in  our  noly  service :  this  presence  and  power  we  may  have ;  let 
Qs  not  rest  without  it  May  you  and  all  the  Lord*s  servants  enjoy  the  fulness 
of  the  blessing,  and  may  Lambeth  be  the  happier  and  the  holier  for  our  united 
■efforts.  I  am  a  poor  President  for  so  important  a  body  of  teachers,  but  I  wish 
you  overflowing  oleasing  from  the  fountain  of  all  good,  and, 

X  am,  yours  very  heartily, 

Febnutry,  1882.  C.  H.  SPUPiGEON. 


^otim  af  §00^8. 


^e  Clerical  Library,  Three  Hundred 
Ontlines  of  Sermons  on  the  New 
Testament.     Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

It  is  a  shame  that  such  a  volume  should 
eee  the  light,  for  it  is  a  ^evous  wrong 
to  those  whose  sermons  it  professes  to 
fpitomize.  The  compiler  does  not 
know  how  to  dissect  a  sermon;  he  is 
not  qualified  even  for  the  humble  duty 
of  picking  a  preacher*s  bones.  We  are 
threatened  with  twelve  such  volumes. 
Those  skeletons  which  are  marked 
C  H.  S.  convey  no  idea  of  our  sermons, 
snd  could  excite  no  feeling  towards  the 
preacher  but  that  of  contempt.  With 
^uch  an  array  of  names  upon  the  open- 
ing pagea  we  did  expect  something ; 
but  the  nut  is  a  mere  shell,  containing 
nothing  but  dry  dust. 

JttuM  Chriel :  hU  life  and  hie  Work, 
Popular  Edition.  By  the  Rev.  F.  A. 
Mallboh,  M.A.  Ward,  Lock,  &  Co. 

This  work,  upon  its  first  appearance, 
had  our  best  word  of  commendation, and 
ve  gave  it  as  our  opinion  that  Messrs. 
Ward  and  Lock  had  done  a  great  ser- 
rice  to  our  holy  cause  by  pubHsbing  so 
excellent  a  book  ;  not  needed,  it  may 
he,  bv  scholars,  but  one  which  would  be 
highly  prized  by  the  many.  What  shall 
ve  say  now  that  they  have  issued  a 
shilling  edition  of  it  ?  Why,  buv  it ;  for 
<2«i^tainly  it  is  about  the  best  shilling's- 
worth  we  know. 


JSarljf  Daye  in  Christian  Life,  Kindly 
words  to  the  Young  in  their  Christian 
course.  By  the  Rev.  Jno.  Richakd- 
SON,  M.A.  Elliot  Stock. 
EvEBTTHiiia  written  by  Canon  Richard- 
son is  certain  to  be  thoroughly  orthodox 
and  evangelical.  This  little  manual 
**  from  an  old  disciple  "  may  be  safely 
presented  to  those  who  have  just  en- 
tered upon  their  Christian  career,  and 
even  experienced  believers  may  profit 
by  its  perusal.  These  *^  kindly  counsels  " 
are  very  different  from  the  light  litera- 
ture which  BO  many  nowadays  provide 
for  the  young ;  in  fact,  we  fancy  they 
would  have  been  more  generally  useful 
if  they  had  been  a  little  less  solid  and 
sombre. 

Stories  of  the  Mountain  and  the  Forest, 
By  M.  A.  Paull.  With  Illustrations. 
T.  Nelson  and  Sons. 
Just  the  sort  of  book  Young  Ensland 
dotes  upon.  Stirring,  daring,  full  of 
incident  and  life.  These  stories  and 
adventures  arc  taken  from  first-class 
works,  and  make  up  reading  of  a  far 
healthier  order  than  works  of  fiction. 
If  they  should  tempt  novel-dupes  to  a 
sounder  literature  their  object  will  be 
answered.  Like  all  works  published  by 
Messrs.  Nelson,  the  book  is  well  pro- 
duced. Though  we  have  little  time  to 
spare  for  juvenile  books,  we  must  con- 
fess to  having  been  held  captive  by 
these  stories. 


144 


HOnOBS  OF  BOOKS. 


JIdany  Versions,  but  One  Bible :  A  Pa^ 
per  on  the  Revised  New  Testament 
read  before  the  London  Baptist 
Association,  By  Rev.  T.  Matthews. 
Preface  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Ginsburt, 
LL.D.  G.  W.  Coving,  High  Barnet. 
This  is  an  admirable  dissertation  upon 
the  subject,  although  we  do  not  agree 
with  it.  The  Revised  Version  we  ven- 
ture to  assert  is  not  accepted  bj  the 
church  at  large  as  the  successor  of  the 
Authorized  Version,  nor  will  it  ever  be. 
It  is  a  good  version,  and  in  some  res- 
pects the  best  yet  produced;  but  it 
must  be  made  far  better  before  it  can 
be  compared  in  all  respects  with  the 
Bible  of  our  youth,  and  it  will  even 
then  be  long  before  it  supplants  it. 
The  members  of  the  London  Baptist 
Association  must  have  felt  while  hearing 
this  paper,  that  in  the  person  of  Mr. 
Matthews  they  have  a  great  addition  to 
their  strength ;  for  he  shows  deep  re- 
search, learning,  and  common  sense. 
We  like  his  production  none  the  less 
because  we  take  the  other  side. 

Seventeen  OpuseuUs  by  Judn  de  ValdSs, 
Translated  from  tiie  Spanish  and 
Italian,  and  Edited  by  Johk  T. 
Bbtts.    TrUbner  &  Co. 

OuB  friend,  J.  T.  Bet  ts,  Esq.,  deserves  the 
thanks  of  the  universal  church  for 
presenting  in  an  English  dress,  another 
portion  of  the  works  of  Ju^n  de  Vald^s, 
the  great  Spanish  reformer.  Here  we 
have  deep  and  sound  theology ;  not 
always  set  forth  in  an  accustomed  form, 
but  devout  and  profound.  It  is  a  sort 
of  rehearsal  of  the  resurrection  that 
Valdes  should  come  to  light  and  life 
again  after  some  three  hundred  and  fifty 
years  of  entombment.  Verily,  the  good 
man  never  dies.  It  is  marveUous  that 
those  who  had  newly  broken  loose  from 
the  superstitions  of  old  Rome  should 
have  had  such  clear  views  of  the  gos- 
pel. Thus  they  afibrd  another  proof 
that  where  the  Spirit  of  God  is  the 
teacher  men  are  well  and  infallibly  in- 
btructed.  We  commend  these  Seventeen 
Opuscules  of  Vald^s  to  aU  thoughtful 
mmds. 

Sermons  by  (he  Rev,  W,  Morley  Pun- 
shon,  LL,D.    66,  Paternoster  Row. 

We  are  glad  to  have  these  memorials  of 
a  great  preacher,  whose  foiling  asleep 


has  robbed  our  age  of  one  of  its  brightest 
ornaments.  It  is  not  for  us  to  criticize 
so  great  a  master  of  omat«  rhetoric  aa 
our  deceased  friend ;  his  productions  are 
classical.  The  imprimatur  of  William 
Arthur  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  for 
accuracy  of  reproduction. 

Past  and  Present  in  the  EasL  By  the 
Rev.  Hakbt  JoinBS,  M.A.  Religious 
Tract  Society. 

KoTRS  of  a  journey  through  the  Holy 
Land  by  a  thoughtful  Christian  minister. 
Nothing  very  special,  but  good  in  its 
own  way.  One  among  many,  and  not 
likely  to  take  a  very  eminent  place 
among  its  comrades,  tnough  it  is  Tery 
prettily  got  up  both  within  and  withoat. 

The  Last  Supper  of  our  Lord,  and  his 
Words  of  Consolation  to  his  Disewles, 
By  J.  Mabshat.t.  Lang,  D.D.  Edin- 
bui^h :  Macniven  &  Wallace. 

Wb  so  much  like  the  plan  of  these 
expository  books  that  they  all  pleaae 
us.  This  is  very  good,  and  yet  we  hare 
seen  better.  The  theme  is  so  deeply 
spiritual  that  it  is  not  every  man  who 
can  fitly  handle  it  In  reading  auob  an 
old  book  as  Hutcheson  on  John,  we 
should  have  got  far  more  of  the  marrow, 
but  yet  we  will  not  find  fault  What 
can  Uiese  modems  do  ?  They  are  good, 
but  shallow ;  the  depth  of  the  ancients 
is  not  in  them. 

Pleasant  Talks  about  Jesus:  half-hmars 
with  the  Children,  By  John  Coi.- 
wsLL.    Bemrose  and  Sons. 

Ybs  they  are  ''pleasant  talks,**  or  ia 
other  words,  Sunday-school  addressee  of 
fair  ability.  Read  at  home  on  Sunday 
evenings  they  would  secure  the  atten- 
tion of  the  little  ones. 

Hints  to  Hospital  and  Sick  Room 
Visitors,  By  Mrs.  Colin  G.  Camp- 
bell.   Nisbet  and  Co. 

Th£S£  hints  are  just  what  they  profess 
to  be:  hints  only.  But,  for  that  reason, 
they  are  the  more  valuable.  Genoral 
principles  only,  applicable  to  most  cases 
of  sicKness,  can  be  given,  and  these 
must  be  regulated  accordingto  the 
variety  of  individual  need.  We  hope 
soon  to  see  an  army  of  sick  visitors 
doing  an  evangelistic  work  in  the  hos- 
pitals, and  we  oelieve  that  such  a  little 
nandbook  would  be  very  useful  to  them. 


NOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


145 


Edith  OBwald;  or^  Living  for  Others. 
By  Jaite  M.  Kippbn.  S.  W.  Par- 
tr»3ge&Go. 

DxDicATED  to  ^  those  who  desire  to  do 
good  to  others,**  this  story  concerns  the 
trials  and  triumphs  of  a  Christian  girl, 
who,  after  Tears  of  devotion  and  self- 
sacnfice,  while  living  with  an  eccentric 
inTslid  relative,  at  length  reaps  the  re- 
ward of  her  bravery  and  consistency. 
The  story  is  written  by  a  practical  hand ; 
and,  while  all  girls  will  be  interested,  the 
tried  who  are  treading  an  uphill  path 
will  find  that  £dith*s  experiences  touch 
Tciy  tenderly  their  own  hearts. 

Old  Blind  Ned ;  or,  the  Lord  mil  Pro- 
vide.  By  the  Author  of  *' Louis 
Michaud.*'  The  Religious  Tract  So- 
ciety. 

A  STOBT  that  will  teach  the  tried  poor 
that  trust  in  Grod  is  never  misplaced. 
We  hardly  know  which  to  admire  most, 
Ked,  or  his  dog.  The  old  man  who 
earned  his  breM  in  the  streets  with  a 
fiddle  having  been  such  a  ripe,  cheerful 
Christian ;  while  his  fiuthful  dog  is  re- 
presented as  having  possessed  a  common- 
sense  sagacity  such  as  some  Christiana 
Bi%ht  almoet  envy.  The  dog  is  in  our 
judgment  a  lit^e  overdone,  so  easy  is  it 
for  the  stoiy-teUer^s  liberty  to  lapse 
into  license. 

Herbert  EUerdale ;  a  Tale  of  the  Daye 
of  Wyeliffe,  By  W.  Oak  Rhihb. 
8u  W.  Partridge  &  Co. 

To  those  who  like  to  learn  their  history 
from  the  pages  of  fiction,  this  story  may 
be  recommended  as  giving  a  pleasant, 
uneensational  picture  of  English  life 
and  manners  five  hundred  years  ago. 
A  rather  odd  effect  is  produced  when 
extracts  from  WyclifiVs  translation  of 
the  Bible  are  eiven  in  the  very  words 
of  oor  own  auSiorized  version. 

The  Two  Bars :  a  Tale  of  Rescue.  By 
the  author  of  **  Found  on  the  Dark 
Mountains,"  &c.    Partridge  and  Co. 

A  siMFLS  little  story  designed  to  show 
the  enthralling  power  of  strong  drink, 
and  how  a  servant  of  Christ  may  by 
persistent,  prayerful  effort,  and  self- 
sacrifice  pluck  a  firebrand  from  the 
flame.  Those  who  have  acquaintances 
in  danger  of  utter  ruin  of  soul  and  body 
thro^  the  monster  evil — and,  alas! 


who  has  not  ? — ^might  try  the  effect  of 
putting  this  little  book  into  their  hands 
— or,  better  still,  of  learning  the  lessons 
it  teaches,  and  then  laying  out  them- 
selves to  save  such  souls  &om  death,  and 
covering  a  multitude  of  sins. 

Two  Standard  Bearers  in  the  East. 
Sketches  of  Dr.  Ih^and  Dr.  Wilson. 
By  the  Rev.  J.  Mabhal.  66,  Pater- 
noster Row. 

It  is  well  for  our  youth  to  be  stimulated 
to  holy  enterprise  by  such  lines  as  these. 
The  book  is  profusely  illustrated. 

Our  Folks;  John  ChurchilVs  Letters 
Home.  By  Agnes  Gibebne.  **  Hand 
and  Heart*'  Office,  1,  Paternoster- 
buildings. 

A  HOST  amusing  affair.  The  portraita 
of  all  the  parish  notables  are  weU  drawn. 
We  seem  to  have  known  them  all,  and 
their  wives  and  families.  At  sixpence, 
in  a  paper  cover,  this  is  given  away,  and 
in  smart  red  cloth  it  is  cheap  enough. 
Mr.  Bullock  has  a  genius  for  sending 
out  attractive  books.    May  he  prosper. 

(Jnele  FredPs  Shilling :  its  Travels  and 
Adventures,  With  Illustrations.  By 
Emilt  Bbobie.    J.  F.  Shaw  and  Co. 

Thb  clever  authoress  of  "  Rough,  the 
Terrier,**  in  making  a  shilling  tell  the 
story  of  its  wanderings,  has  evidently 
aimed  at  enlisting  the  sympathy  and 
help  of  her  young  readers  on  behalf  of 
theur  poorer  brothers  and  sisters  by 
making  'Hhe  rich  and  the  poor  meet 
together.*'  Again  and  agam  we  find 
some  of  the  persons  into  whose  hands 
the  shilling  passes  '*  telling  the  story 
simply  of  Jesus  and  his  love  "  to  others. 
The  work  is  tastefully  got  up,  and  will 
be  a  very  acceptable  present  to  boys 
and  girls. 

The  Three  Trappers.  A  Story  of  Ad- 
venture in  the  Wilds  of  Canada.  By 
Achilles   Daunt.    Nelsons. 

FiBST-BATE  illustrations,  vivacious  wri- 
ting, and  a  capital  subject.  Boys  will 
get  engrossed  in  these  stories  of  Canada 
as  it  used  to  be,  when  tribes  of  Indians 
and  herds  of  buffaloes  roamed  its  wilds. 
Our  only  fear  is  that  the  roaming  pro- 
pensity which  dwells  in  so  many  British 
boys  will  be  roused  by  the  exciting 
descriptions. 


146 


HOXICIB  OF  BOOKS. 


The  Paradox  of  Life ;  or,  (Christian 
Koheleth,  A  Poem.  With  a  Sheaf 
of  Sacred  Sonnets  and  other  Poems. 
By  the  Bcr.  James  S.  Blackwood, 
D.D.    James  Nisbet  and  Co. 

We  have  some  real  poetry  here.  We 
receWed  the  volume  at  Mentone  ;  but 
we  were  too  far  gone  for  verses,  and 
laid  the  work  aside;  but  not  till  one 
choice  hjmn  had  charmed  us  and  our 
little  company.  Here  it  is.  The  writer 
is  a  constant  invalid,  and  his  poems  en- 
large the  number  of  instances  in  which 
ike  bruising  of  sweet  spices  has  revealed 
hidden  penumes. 

DovE^s  WiNos  Besibed. 

Psalm  Iv,  6. 

I  want  to  slip,  jost  slip  away 
Unto  my  geuUe,  loving  Lord ; 
For  lifers  cold,  coane,  and  dusty  way 
Nor  rest  nor  flowers  doth  now  afford. 

Time  was  when,  blooming  here  and  there. 
Faith,  Hope,  and  Love  in  clusters  |praw, 
Fragrant  m  Joy's  warm  summer  aur. 
Or  sweetly  steeped  in  sorrow's  dew. 

But  Faith  lies  crushed  by  giant  Pride, 
And  Hope  beneath  Death's  dust  is  trod, 
And  lingering  Love  at  last  hath  sighed, 
And  sought  once  more  the  throne  of  Gk)d. 

Time  was  when  brethren  valued  high 
The  priceless  preciousness  of  grace, 
And  m  each  other  lovingly 
Beheld  the  Saviour's  loving  face. 

Now  critical  and  isolate, 
If  wrangling  not,  they  coldly  move. 
I  say  not  they  each  ouier  hate ; 
I  only  say  they  do  not  love. 

O  Christ!  O  Christ!  that  heart  of  thine. 
Tender  and  true,  how  deep  it  bled. 
When  man,  despising  love  Divine, 
Caused  thee   such  awful  tears  to  shed. — 

Seems  it  the  human  breast  can  fence 
Itself  with  hate  as  with  a  shield. 
Till  ev'n  Divine  Omnipotence 
Weeps  and  forsakes  the  dreadful  field. 

Then  let  me  slip,  just  slip  away ! 
Unto  my  eentle,  loving  Lord, 
Since  euth's  cold,  coarse,  and  dusty  way 
Nor  rest  nor  flowers  doth  now  afford. 

The  Preacher's  Monthly,  A  Storehouse 
of  Homiletic  Help.  Vol.  H.  Lobb 
and  Bertram. 

FiBST-BATB.  The  best  of  its  class. 
Evidently  the  fruit  of  great  pains,  and 
therefore  really  valuable.  Friends  tell 
us  that  thev  have  got  several  sermons 
out  of  it.  We  do  not  value  all  the  out- 
lines ;  but  some  are  excellent,  and  the 
magazine,  as  a  whole,  is  of  a  high  class. 


Contribulions  to  a  New  Revision  ;  or,  A 
Critical  Companion  to  the  New  Testa^ 
ment.     By  Koubet   Youno,  IjLi.D. 
Edinburgh :  6.  A.' Young  and  Co. 
To  students  of  the  New  Testament  who- 
have    a    little  (!)  knowledge    of     the 
original  language,  this  volume  naay  be 
of  great  vSue.^    Ripe  scholarship  in 
Greek  grammar  is  rather  a  rare  accom- 
plishment.   Dr.  Young  is  not  an  un- 
known   adventurer    in   this    path    of 
criticism.    He  has  won  a  good  reputa- 
tion in  the  guild  of.  classical  authors. 
With  a  keen  eye  for  articles  and  par- 
ticles, for    tenses    and    turns    of  ex-- 
pression,  he  reviews  as  a  private  anno- 
tator   the   revisions  and  rectifications 
of  our  authorized  version.    The  book  is 
published  with  so  wide  a  mar^n  that 
the  possessor  of  this  *'  vade  tnecum  **  can 
enhance  its  worth  (to  himself  at  least) 
by  the  notes  and  comments  he  may  be 
pdeased   to  insert.    Under   such    dis- 
tinguished tutorship  the  less   learned 
brotherhood  might  improve  their  ac- 
quaintance with  the  peculiar    dialect 
which  was  once  the  mother-tongue  of  a 
living  race   of  mortals  like  ourselves, 
but  now  needs  to  be  expressed  in  the 
familiar  idioms  of   modem  convem- 
tion  to  represent  with  fidelity  the  same 
relation  the  words  bear  to  us  that  it  did 
bear  to  them  in  days  of  yore.     Our 
colporteurs  and  city  missionaries  do  well 
to  keep  clear  of  such  criticisms.    The 
fact  is,  we  have  been  hunted  by  hyper- 
literalism  of  late,  till  it  has  haunted  our 
dreams.    For  an  illustration  that  every- 
body can  understand,  were  we  ^tins 
an  English  edition  of  a  French  nove^ 
we  should  consider  '*  How  do  you  dof^ 
a  perfect  equivalent,  although  not  a 
precise  translation,  of  **  Comment  vous 
portez'Vous  f  "   And  we  are  equally  con- 
tent with  the  translation  of  John's  wish 
or  prayer  in  his  letter  to  the  beloved 
Gaius,  that  he  might  '*  prosper  and  be 
in  health.'*    Neither  the  sense  nor  the 
sound  are  improved  by  altering  it  into 
**To  make  good  progress  and  to  be 
healthy.'*  It  is  very  true  that  the  deriva- 
tion of  ivoSout  points  to  a  good  joumey* 
but  its  popular  use  save  it  a  wider  sig- 
ni&cance,  as  Dr.  l!oung  himself  con- 
cedes, in  annotating  upon  I  Cor.  xvL  9^ 
where  Paul  counselled  each  individual  to 
lay  up  in  store  on  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  according  as  he  had  proqwed. 


KOTIOES  or  BOOBB. 


147 


The  AeU  and  the  EpuOes  of  St.  Paul. 

Bf  Bev.    P.  A.  Mallwok,    M.A. 

Hodder  and  Stoughtoiu 
Mb.Mallb80h  has  a  popular  stjle  and, 
▼bat  is  better,  an  orthudox  spirit.  We 
oonaider  Conjbeare  and  Howson  to  be 
all  that  a  man  needs  upon  St  Paul,  but 
probablj  this  is  not  everybody's  opinion. 
Canon  Parrar  we  always  feel  afraid  of, 
but  he  18  a  graphic  writer,  and  by  no 
metiu  to  be  snufied  at.  Mr.  Malleson 
is  safe :  he  writes  for  edification  and 
not  for  display,  and  gives  us  the  fruits  of 
learning  rather  than  the  parade  of  it. 
At  twel7e  shillings  this  volume  will 
come  within  the  range  of  many  for 
whom  the  larger  works  are  too  costly. 
In  the  Sunday-school  library  this  will 
be  found  to  be  a  valuable  aid  to  the 
cuefal  studen^  and  the  same  may  be 
«aid  of  the  minister's  study.  Happy  is 
It  for  Mr.  Malleson  that  among  the  hills 
be  finds  the  quiet  needful  for  the  pro- 
dnction  of  such  works. 

A  Pne^eal  Commenlary  on  the  Oospel 
oeeerdmg  to  St.  Marh.  By  James 
MoaisoH,  D.D.  Third  edition,  re- 
cited. Hodder  and  Stou^hton. 
J^  ""^d  improved  edition  of  a  work 
which  we  consider  to  be  invaluable  to 
the  icholarly  student  who  wants  to  go 

Tu**?  ^^  ^^  Scriptural  meanings, 
ihe  day  has  gone  by  when  the  name  of 
taonmm  aroused  the  horror  of  all  or- 
thodox men  ;  indeed,  if  it  were  not,  we 
sboold  still  commend  this  commentary, 
«»  it  dispbys  the  learning  and  the 
J™«»«>k  of  a  man  well  instructed  in 
the  Scriptures,  and  qualified  both  to 
twnutte  and  to  interpret.  Wherever 
•wuid  criticism  and  suggestive  exposi- 
tion are  prized,  there  wiU  Morison's 
Mart:  command  admiring  attention. 

^  Oreatnete  of  Chriet  relatively 
^  oheohUety  considered.  By  T.  8. 
EiQALL.    Hamilton,  Adams,  and  Co. 

A  Hsw  idea,  well  worked  out.  Making 
we  Scriptures  testify,  by  comparison 
^ih  others,  to  the  superhuive  greatness 
of  Jesus.  Itisadistinctadditiuntoour 
stores  of  exposition,  and  the  papers 
would  form  a  capital  series  for  Bible- 
caji  study  or  Sunday-school  lessons. 
^  httle  book,  but  a  great  acquisition  to 
uj  thinking  man  or  woman  who  cotdd 
Me  it  Might. 


ITie  Dynasty  of  David;  or,  Notices  of 
the  Successive  Occupants  of  the  Throne 
of  David.  By  Rev.  Jas.  Doiccan, 
Bayfield,  Ontario.  Toronto:  James 
Campbell  and  Son. 

Would  be  of  immense  service  to  a  Bible 
class  taking  up  the  subject  of  the  dy- 
nasty of  David.  A  lecturer  might  here 
find  a  splendid  series  of  topics.  It  takes 
a  road  which  his  never  been  too  muck 
frequented. 

Mission  Life  in  Greece  and  Palestine: 
Memorials  of  Mary  B,  Baldufin, 
Missionary  to  Athens  and  Joppa.  By 
Mrs.  Kmma  Batmond  Pitman.  Cas- 
sell,  Fetter,  and  Qslpin. 

Miss  Baldwin  was  a  niece  of  Mr. 
Madison,  a  former  President  of  the 
United  Statej.  She  relinquished  the 
comforts  of  a  wealthy  home  in  Virginia 
to  devote  herself  to  mission  work.  In 
Athens,  fsom  1835  to  1869,  she  taught 
a  girls*  school  with  freat  success,  and 
accomplished  a  usefoT  work  amongst  the 
Cretan  refugees  who  fled  to  Athena 
during  the  struggle  for  independence  in 
1866.  Thence  she  removed  to  Joppa, 
where  she  opened  a  school  for  boys, 
which  is  now  carried  on  by  her  sister, 
Mrs.  Hay.  It  is  called  the  ''Mary 
Baldwin  Memorial  School/'  and  is  one 
of  the  most  successful  schools  of  the 
East.  She  died  there  in  1877.  Christ- 
ian women  should  study  this  noble, 
consecrated  life,  and  emulate  it,  whether 
at  home  or  abroad. 

The  Morning  Star  of  the  Reformalion. 
The  Life  and  Times  of  John  De 
Wydifie.  Eeltgious  Tract  Society. 
Thbbr  cannot  be  too  many  histories  of 
the  struggles  of  bold  men  against  the 
tyranny  of  the  Papacy.  Especially  is  it 
the  case  to-day  when  the  pretensions  of 
priestcraft  are  so  great  and  loud.  This 
brief  book  gives  a  pretty  clear  idea  of 
the  early  Reformers  and  their  work  in 
plain,  straightforward  style.  We  could 
have  forgiven  a  little  more  vivid  de- 
scription and  raciness  of  language,  suck 
description  and  raciness  as  have  made 
Carlyle^s  *'  French  Revolution  '*  a  classic 
The  only  drawback  to  this  book  is  its 
school-lesson  prosiness.  Young  people, 
and  old  people  too,  do  like  a  little 
*' spice  "  here  and  there.  However,  we 
trust  it  may  have  a  good  sale. 


148 


NOnOJBS  OF  BOOKS. 


The  Theology  of  Consolation;  or,  an 
account  of  many  old  wriiingt  and 
writtre  on  that  subject  hy  Rev. 
D.  C.  A.  Agnbw.  Edinburgh:  Ogle 
and  Murray. 
As  a  compilation  this  bulky  quarto 
volume  displays  considerable  knowledge 
and  perseverance  on  the  part  of  its 
author.  Starting  with  the  theory  that 
the  gospel  as  a  consolation  is  an  aspect 
too  often  overlooked  in  theology,  the 
writer  aims  at  emphasizing  and  bringing 
into  prominence  this  truth.  This  is 
done  mainly  by  quotations  from  the 
religious  teachers  of  two  centuries  ago. 
Anything  that  strengthens  Christians  in 
their  assurance  and  confidence  we 
gladly  welcome,  and  this  book  is  cer- 
tainly successful  to  a  degree.  The 
latter  half  of  it,  giving  a  sketch  of  the 
various  writers  quoted,  looks  a  good 
deal  like*' padding,'*  and  might  very 
fairly  be  foregone.  We  are  sorry  that 
the  author  should,  in  writing  of  Dr. 
Gill,  have  crown  so  angty  about  his 
distinctive  Baptist  principles  as  to  go 
out  of  his  way  and  make  it  the  occasion 
of  a  savage  attack  upon  the  worthy 
doctor  and  ourselves.  He  says,  '^  There 
IB  one  blemish  in  this  admirable  com« 
mentary  (as  in  our  own  Spurgeon*s 
*  Morning  by  Morning,*  and  *  Evening 
by  Evening  ')•  namely,  a  vein  of  in- 
sinuation  against   all   ChristianB  who 

practise  infant  baptism 

In  a  commentary  written  by  a  member 
of  the  sect  of  the  Baptists,  it  is  quite 
seemly  and  honourable  to  bring  forward 
before  the  eyes  of  hearers,  not  unpre- 
pared for  the  charge,  and  in  connection 
with  all  relevant  texts  of  Scripture,  a 
full  and  reiterated  detail  of  the  com- 
mentator's baptismal  theory,  and  of  its 
practical   application.     'But  it  is  an 
umeemly  and  unmanly  etyle  of  war/are 
to  insinuate  it  into  the  exposition  of 
texts  which  deal  quite  generally  with 
such  topics  as  the  means  of  grace  and 
the  commandments  of  Christ  and  Chris- 
tian courage:  and  thus  continually  to 
drag  that  ritualietic  theory  before  the 
bewildered  eye  of  devotional  inquirers 
after  spiritual  and  immortal  realities.'  '* 
Of  course  there  is  nothing  unseemly 
and  unmanly  in  thus  dragging  in  an 
attack  upon  ourselves  in  a  brief  sketch 
of  Dr.  Gill  and  his  work.    Nothing  un- 
seemly and  unmanly  in  calling  what  is 


to  the  Baptist  a  solemn  spiritual  ordi- 
nance a  "  ritualistic  theory.  Why  this 
sensitiveness  to  our  speaking  out  our 
principles  as  he  speaks  out  his  ?  And  if 
so  confident  of  the  truth  of  his  own 
teaching  on  Baptism,  why  grow  so 
wrathfm  about  ours? 

"Let  the   galled  jade    wince,    our 
withers  are  unwrung.** 

Life,  a  Mystery,    By  A.  M.  B.    Elliot 
Stock. 

A  LAUBABLB  attempt,  necessarily  im- 
perfect in  a  pamphlet  of  only  forty-five 
pages,  to  solve  some  of  life's  mystery  by 
a  reference  to  the  character  and  work  of 
Jesus  Christ.  There  is  a  loyal  devotion 
to  the  person  of  the  Saviour  and  a  love 
for  sospel  truth  manifested  herein, 
addea  to  considerable  felicity  of  com- 
position. We  trust  it  may  be  useful  in 
confirming  in  Uie  faith  those  troubled 
with  dotlbts,  and  also  in  directing  those 
''  seeking  after  God  if  haply  they  may 
find  him." 

The  Sabbath  and  the  Sabbath-law  before 
and  after  Christ  By  J.  H.  £Ugo, 
D.D.    Wesleyan  Con6rence  Office. 

This  reprint  of  some  papers,  originally 
contributed  to  the  Sunday  Magazine, 
deals  with  the  Sabbath  question  from 
the  standpoint  of  those  who  resard  it  as 
the  Christian  day  of  rest  founded  upon 
the  law  of  the  Fourth  Commandment. 
Dr.  Rigg  writes  ably  and  argumenta- 
tively,  and  is  no  puny  champion.  W^e 
wish,  however,  his  style  were  as  clear 
aa  his  losio  is  strong :  more  Saxon  and 
less  Latm  would  make  him  yet  more 
doughty.  ]$ut  even  with  this  reserva- 
tion, he  is  a  capital  antidote  to  Hessey 
and  his  Bampton  lectures. 

Christianity  and  War,  A  series  of 
Letters  written  to  show  the  Cause, 
Curse,  and  Cure  of  Wars.  By  an  old 
Royal  Dragoon.  Yatea  and  Alex- 
ander. 

Thb  Old  Dragoon  fights  right  valiantly 
on  behalf  of  peace,  and  has  produced  a 
trenchant  pamphlet  in  its  defence.  No 
one  can  have  a  conception  of  the  horrors 
of  a  battle-field  unless  he  has  seen  one ; 
but  this  little  book  helps  to  its  realiza- 
tion and  fills  us  with  sickening  loathing 
of  all  war.  May  many  read,  and  learn 
to  hate  bloodshed,  through  these  pages. 


NOTES. 


149 


n'lthoui   a    Reference.     A   ChrUtmaB 
itoTj.    By  Bkehba.    Halchards. 

fiRE2n>A*8  Btoriea  are  well  known,  and 
highij  prized ;  and  the  one  before  us 
will  not  lower  her  reputation  as  a 
writer  of  semi-religious  novels.  This 
book  traces  the  history  of  a  young  man 
of  good  position,  who  was  all  but  ruined 
bj  bis  drinking  habits,  but  who  waa 
reclaimed  by  his  wife's  prayers,  and  after 
ouDy  seTere  struggles  with  what  a  negro 
called  **his  upsettin'  sio/'  was  restored 
to  his  former  friends  and  his  widowed 
motlier.  The  title  of  the  tale  refers  to 
the  conduct  of  the  good  old  lodging- 
house  keeper,  who  was  moved  by  the 
Christinas  sermon  of  her  clergyman  to 
take  in  the  poor  couple  *' without  a 
reference,**  although  previous  lodgers 
had  robbed  her.  Of  course,  in  due  time 
her  charity  and  trustfulness  were  abun- 
dantly rewarded. 

AU  Among    the    Daiiiee,      By    Mrs. 
UsTAXLBT  Lkathss.     Shsw  and  Co. 

Wb  have  before  commended  Mrs. 
Leatbes'  graphic  delineations  of  life  and 
work  among  the  London  poor,  and  are 
pleased  to  fc>e  able  to  give  hearty  praise 
(0  the  prettily- bound  volume  now  before 
01.  lake  her  previous  story,  **  On  the 
Doorsteps,*'  this  tale  is  intended  to 
excite  the  sympathy  of  the  children  of 
the  wealthy  fur  .  their  sorrowing  and 


suffering  sisters  and  brothers  in  various 
parts  of  this  great  city. 

Bernard  Palissjfy  the  Huguenot  Potter. 
By  Annib  E.  KiELiNO.  Wesleyan 
Conference  Office. 

An  old,  old  stoij,  told  with  new  force 
and  charm.  Bnnging  out  the  fact  of 
Palissy*s  stem  Protestant  godliness,  as 
well  as  his  indomitable  perseverance. 
May  it  have  a  good  sale. 

Edgar  Nelthorpe ;  or,  The  Fair  Maids 
of  Taunton.  A  story  of  the  Mon- 
mouth Rebellion.  By  the  Be  v.  An- 
DRsw  BsED,  B.A.    Shaw  and  Co. 

Thb  third  and  last  of  a  series  of  *'  Stories 
of  the  English  Puritans,**  and  as  charm- 
ing a  book  of  its  kind  as  it  has  been 
our  lot  to  light  upon.  It  deals  with  the 
Monmouth  Rebellion,  the  "Bloody 
Assize  **  of  the  infamous  Lord  Jeffreys, 
the  martyrdom  of  those  noble  women, 
Lady  Lisle  and  EUjcabeth  Gaunt,  the 
invasion  of  William,  Prince  of  Orange, 
and  his  happy  settlement  of  Protestant 
liberty.  The  leading  personages  of  that 
era  are  associated  with  the  plot  of  tho 
fiction,  which  is  employed  to  allure  the 
attention  of  the  reader,  especially  our 
young  people,  to  the  events  of  a  portion 
of  our  rfonconform&Bt  history  with  which 
they  are  but  too  little  acquainted.  We 
thank  Mr.  Reed  for  his  delightful  and 
instructive  book. 


S^okis. 


^s  gire  notes  of  even  the  smaller  meetings 
^  the  Tabemade,  because  many  friends 
hke  to  know  everything  about  tiie  work, 
a&d  also  because  hints  may  then  be  thrown 
oQt  at  to  church  work, — hmts  which  may  be 
Qsef ul  to  yoimg  ministers. 

On  Thuraday  evening,  Feb.  2,  the  mem- 
hoa  of  the  Youths'  Bible-class  at  the 
Tabernacle  were  invited  to  a  tea  at  the 
CoUegQ  by  Mr.  Pearce,  the  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school.  At  the  close  of 
the  meeting  the  Pastor  arrived,  and  in 
the  name  of  the  class  presented  to  the 
^^^Aetf  Mr.  Thomas  Uoyiand,  a  morocco 
ItAther  wziting-desk  and  a  lamp.  Under 
this  brother  a  large  class  of  youths  has  been 
ptheied,  and  many  of  them  have  been  led 
to  dedde  for  the  Lord  Jesus.  In  our  school 
^re  serenl  teachers,  both  male  and  female. 
out  (A  whose  daases  scores  have  been  called 
hy  divine  grace  into  the  Uberty  of  the 
goepeL 

^  Firitlay  evening^  Feb.  3,  the  annual 


meeting  of  the  Tabernacle  Church  was  held, 
when  the  senior  Pastor  was  glad  to  be  well 
enough  to  preside.  There  was  a  thick  fog 
outside,  and  some  of  it  penetrated  into  the 
interior  of  tiie  building  ;  but  the  warmth  of 
CSuristian  affection  and  enthusiasm  which 
prevailed  throughout  the  whole  meeting 
prevented  anyone  from  feeling  much  of  its 
influence.  It  was  a  huge,  happy  family 
gathering  of  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ, 
who  had  met  to  hear  and  tell  what  the  Lord 
had  done  for  them  and  by  them  during 
another  year.  Both  the  pastors,  and  several 
of  the  deacons  and  elders  spoke,  the  annual 
balance-sheets  of  the  Church  and  College 
were  presented  and  approved,  and  the  foi- 
lowinff  statistics: — Increase,  by  baptism, 
279;  by  letter,  68;  by  profession  (i.  r., 
those  who  have  been  previously  baptized), 
36;  total,  382.  Decrease  by  dismission, 
144 ;  by  joining  other  churches  without 
letters,  34 ;  by  emigration,  7 ;  by  removal 
for  non-attendance,   66 ;    exdusions,   3 ; 


150 


KOTSS. 


withdrawal,  1;  deaths,  70;  total,  316— 
leaving  a  net  increase  of  67,  and  making 
the  number  of  members  on  the  books  5,310. 
Special  gnttitadewas  expressed  that,  not- 
withstanding the  general  depression,  and 
the  pastor's  long  illness  last  year,  the 
finances  of  the  church  had  been  well  main- 
tained, and  that  in  addition  so  large  a  sum 
had  been  raised  for  the  Girls'  Orphanage. 
The  happy  burden  of  the  church  lies  in  tne 
great  number  of  its  poor.  Although  about 
£1,000  had  been  distributed  among  the  poor 
members,  yet  more  could  hare  been  usefully 
employed  upon  cases  of  deep  distress.  Any 
friends  who  wish  to  be  sure  that  their  money 
would  go  reiJly  to  the  Lord's  poor  might 
aid  this  fund.  We  hare  more  than  our  fair 
share  of  porerty^  and  this  is  a  blessed  charge, 
but  it  would  be  painful  if  means  were  not- 
f orthcoming  for  its  relief.  There  is  still  a 
considerable  draw  upon  the  church  funds  for 
the  alms-women,  for  we  hare  not  found 
that  the  amount  provided  by  the  Pastor's 
endowment  is  sufficient  for  the  old  ladies  to 
live  upon.  A  few  more  hundreds  would  put 
this  institution  beyond  want.  Thus  it  is 
clear  that  good  investoients  for  the  Lord's 
money  are  still  to  be  had. 

On  Monday  evening ,  Feb.  6,  the  monthly 
missionarTprayer-meeting  was  held  at  the 
Tabernacle,  under  the  presidency  of  Pastor 
J.  A.  Spurgeon .  Several  representatives  of  the 
China  Inland  Mission  were  present,  includ- 
ing three  sisters  and  one  brother  who  were 
about  to  sail  for  China.  Prayers  were 
offered  by  several  brethren  for  mission  work 
in  general,  and  specially  for  those  who  were 
leaving  for  the  foreign  field,  and  addresses 
were  delivered  by  Messrs.  Bailer,  McCarthy, 
and  Maomftor.  We  cannot  withhold  our 
tribute  of  admiration  for  the  work  of  Mr. 
Hudson  Taylor  and  his  brethren  in  China. 
The  work  is  so  great  that  it  needs  a  hundred 
times  the  numMr  of  missionaries  now  em- 
ployed ;  but  still,  much  has  been  done,  and 
hoptthil  beginnings  have  been  made  in  many 
cities  in  the  interior.  Oh  that  GK>d's 
people  would  lay  the  work  to  heart ! 

Chi  Monday  evening,  February  13^  the 
annual  prayer  and  communion  service  in 
connection  with  the  Lambeth  Auxiliary  Sun- 
day School  Union  was  held  at  the  Tabernacle, 
in  conjunction  with  the  usual  prayer-meet- 
ing. The  chair  was  occupied  by  the  Pastor, 
who  has  been  the  President  of  the  Auxiliary 
for  the  past  year.  Prayer  was  offered  by 
representatives  of  various  schools,  and  the 
President  delivered  an  address  upon  Jesus 
— ^tJde  teacher's  subject,  model,  helper,  and 
zewsffd.  At  its  close  the  communion  was 
enjoyed  by  several  hundreds  of  teachers 
and  friencb.  It  was  a  holy  convocation, 
and  the  Lord  was  in  the  midst  of  us.  The 
leaflet  issued  by  Mr.  Spurgeon  to  the  teachers 
Is  reprinted  in  this  month's  magazine ;  a 
co|>T  was  given  to  eveir  teacher  connected 
with  the  ^kmbeth  Auxiliary. 

At  various  Monday  evening  meetings 
public  thanks  have  been  rendered  for  an- 
swers to  prayer  notified  by  persons  for  whom 


petitions  had  been  presented, 
great  stimulus  to  prayer. 


This  is  It 


f: 


CoLiiBOS. — ^Mr.  G.  Simmons,  who  has- 
retained  the  pastorate  at  New  Gulden  while 
attending  the  College  classes,  leaves  us  at 
the  close  of  the  present  session,  to  devote- 
himself  entirely  to  his  pastoral  work. 

During  the  past  montii,  BCr.  M.  Mitchell 
has  sailed  for  Calcutta,  en  route  for  Mr. 
HfBgert's  medical  mission  among  the  San- 
thfljs.  We  have  paid  for  his  outfit  from  our 
fund  for  Indian  evangelists.  May  the  Lord 
mi^  this  brother  a  blessing  among  the 
heathen. 

Mr.  H.  Charlton,  formerly  of  Maldon,  ia 

»ing  shortly  to  Queensland,  where  he  hopes 

find  a  church  to  which  his  ministry  will 
be  acceptable  and  useful.  Mr.  T.  Harring- 
ton has  removed  from  Oxford,  New  Zealand, 
to  Inveroargill. 

Writing  to  us  on  January  16,  our  Bro. 
Hamilton,  of  Capetown,  says: — **In  a 
month's  time  I  hope  our  new  chapel  will  be 
open.  What  a  glorious  day  that  will  be  Uy 
me  after  having  striven  for  over  five  years 
for  the  result !"'  We  trust,  therefore,  that 
by  this  time  the  labours  oz  this  honoured 
brother  are  rewarded,  although  a  consider- 
able sum  will  still  be  needed  before  the 
building  will  be  out  of  debt. 

The  following  letter  from  out  late  student, 
Mr.  John  Downing,  is  so  full  of  good  cheer 
that  we  must  print  it  here,  in  order  that 
those  who  have  helped  us  to  train  pestois 
and  evangelists  may  share  our  joy,  as  they 
deserve  to  do : — 

"  Brisbane,  Queensland, 
«*  6th  Dec.,  1881. 

**  Dear  Mr.  Spurgeon^— I  feel  impelled  to- 
let  you  know  how  tiie  Lord  has  been  work- 
ing in  Brisbane  of  late.  In  March  last  I 
h^  a  run  down  to  Tasmania,  and  came  back 
to  Victoria  with  Harrison,  who  was  in  Col- 
lege at  the  same  time  as  myself,  and  who 
was  then  on  the  way  to  join  Isaac  for 
Evangelistic  work.  I  asked  Harrison  to 
come  on  up  to  Queensland,  and  af  tor  work- 
ing down  south,  i.tf.,  in  Victoria  and  N.S. 
Wales,  he  and  Isaac  arrived  here  in  August. 
The  first  meetings  were  under  severe  dis- 
advantage ;  the  evangelists  were  unknown. 
It  was  the  annual  exhibition  week,  and 
people  were  mad  after  the  yonnff  princes 
just  arrived  in  the  "  BaeeAanUf**  rat  souls 
were  saved,  and  the  news  spread  so  that  at 
the  next  place  between  one  hundred  and  fifty 
and  two  hundred  went  f orwaxd  for  personal 
conversation,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the 
Chrirtian  enthusiasm  steadily  rose.  The 
third  church  could  not  hold  the  throngs,  and 
when  anxious  souls  were  ad»d  to  come  into 
the  vestries,  they  did  at  such  a  rate  as  to  fill 
them  to  overfiowing,  and  this  ooiitinned  for 
nearly  three  months.  Harrison's  last  meet- 
ing in  aziy  church  was  held  in  mine,  and 
never  before  has  such  a  crowd  flathei«d 
there ;  every  seat  was  more  than  f  lul,  every 
available  inch  of  standing-room  was  occu- 
pied, amd  the  overflow  contented  themselves 


HOTBS. 


151 


with  lutening  outnde  the  open  wmdowi. 
When  the  preaching  iras  oyer  we  could  not 
):>:(  the  people  away,  they  wanted  eternal 
life,  and  would  not  go  without  it.  To  my 
knowledge,  there  are  scores  upon  scores 
pn>fessedly  sared.  Many  have  received 
;iv<uranoe  of  faith ;  churches  have  been 
rriTL^ed;  pastors  and  other  workers  have 
^1•en  cheered,  and  the  whole  tone  of  re- 
!  ;r.ous  life  heightened.  Hiurison's  Sunday- 
^::t^moon  meetings  in  the  Theatre  Boyal, 
t  JO.  were,  numerically,  a  big  success,  though, 
tkough  the  lack  of  accommodation  for  per- 
yjzuil  dealing,  very  many  slipped  through 
'^ur  tingen.  Except  when  your  son  Thomas 
wia  here,  I  hare  never  seen  such  packed 
ri«tm|8.  I  might  eay  that  when  he  was 
kr«,  fineen  months  ago,  we  took  advantage 
(^f  hia  presence  and  preaching  to  begm 
ibeatre-meetinge  in  the  only  plm»  we  then 
c^nld  get,  a  little  pokey,  cockroachy  hole, 
k>iding  about  four  hundred.  Through  his 
mitramentaHty,  and  in  the  teeth  of  mudi 
TTejadice,  the  place  was  filled,  and  from 
tii^t  hss  sprung^  a  regular  Suaday-evening 
thfatTe-aervioe  in  a  new  theatre,  holding 
•ver  fifteen  hundred,  and  which,  when 
Hiiriion  preached  there  last,  was  so  packed 
tlut  hundreds  oouid  not  get  in.  Jesus 
i)f  Nazareth  has  heen  passing  b}r.  and 
«v-€s  once  blind  now  see  him,  while  &e 
e»inmiuuon  of  soul  granted  to  his  people 
baii  been  bleasedly  close  and  choice.  The 
nuuiifestations  of  the  Spirit's  power  which 
hare  come  under  my  own  notice  have  been 
^:markable,  this  is  one — ^We  had  finished  a 
lueeting,  and  the  enquirers  had  gone  into 
ihu  restnes.  I  felt  very  happy,  and  com- 
menced to  sing  while  the  people  were  going 
awaj.  Many  stopped,  ana  joined  in  the 
▼tTse,  *  Glory,  honour,  etc.*  One  flne- 
lc)oking  jpung  fellow  stood  laughing  while 
ve  were  singing,  j»ut,  before  we  haA  fini^ied, 
his  stiff  neck  bent,  and  he  broke  down, 
iairl J  making  a  dash  for  the  vestry  in  which 
were  the  anxioos  souls.  At  another  meeting, 
Kreral  youne  Christians  were  in  the  church, 
praying  for  Uie  anziouB,  who  had  filled  the 
Testry.  An  oxi^odly  young  man  did  not 
vant  to  leave  his  companion,  and  remained. 
While  someone  'was  praying,  suddenly  there 
bttiBt  over  the  solemmty  of  the  meeting 
^neat  sobs  as  if  one  were  dying  of  grief. 
the  Holy  Spirit  had  come  in  convicting 
^neigy  upon  him;  he  has  since  shown  by 
his  consistent  life  that  he  is  a  new  creature. 
He  has  applied  for  baptism ;  and  there  have 
l«eea  vaaxty  cases  somewhat  similar.  The 
work  is  still  goin£[  on,  and  fresh  cases  of 
c-^nveiBon  are  commg  to  light. 

*'  I  am  anxiously  expecting  Thomas  Went 
from  the  Tabernacle,  and  purpose  having 
more  special  meetings  when  he  arrives. 
Harrison  is  a  grand  fellow;  everyone  re- 
gretted lus  leaving  us.  He  is  a  good  man, 
^d  full  of  the  'Bmy  Ghost ;  may  he  long  be 
iwed  for  the  Lora's  service  on  earth. 

'*  I  do  not  know  how  any  of  the  other  men 
are  getting  on  save  by  far-off  report.  I  am 
fire  hoodrod  nUlea  from  the  nearest,  eleven 


hundred  from  any  of  the  others.  Wherever 
your  son  Thomas  goes  he  carries  a  blessing, 
and  is  received  very  heartily,  first  for  hia 
other's  sake,  and  the  next  time  none  the 
less  so  for  his  own.  I  wish  he  might  be  the 
Jtyina  ang|el  of  the  everlasting  gospel  for 
the  Colonies.  Whichever  way  his  Master 
will  use  him  wUl  be  wisest  and  best. 

*' Praying   day  and  nufht  for   blessings 
upon  yourself  and  kind  Mrs.  Spuigeon, 
**  I  remain, 

'*£ver  gratefully,  yours, 

**JOHN  DOWNIKO." 

**  P.S. — ^From  what  I  can  glean  I  believe 
the  diurches  will  be  increased  through 
Harrison's  visit  by  upwards  of  two  hundred 
who  hare  been  savingly  converted.*' 

Mr.  K.  McCullougn  also  sends  us  a 
fthaftrin^  report  of  Ms  work  at  Longford, 
Tasmania,  where  he  ministers  in  one  of  the 
"  Tabernacles*'  built  by  our  generous  friend, 
Mr.  Gibson.  A  year  ago  a  church  was 
formed  of  twenty-seven  members,  and  since 
then  twenty-six  have  been  added,  in  spite 
of  opposition. 

Just  as  the  **  Notes  *'  are  being  made  up, 
tidings  have  reached  us  of  the  death,  at 
Venter,  of  our  Brother  D.  Morgan,  for- 
merly pastor  of  the  church  at  Luton. 

On  Thursday,  Fub.  9,  the  Vice-President 
presided  at  tiie  formation  of  a  new  church, 
consisting  of  twenty  memberj,  at  Sandown, 
Isle  of  Wight.  The  room  in  which  the  ser- 
▼ioes  have  been  held  up  to  the  present  time 
is  quite  inadequate  to  the  needs  of  the  work, 
so  that  a  buildmg  of  some  kind  must  speedily 
be  erected.  A  few  friends  have  promised 
liberal  help,  and  doubtless  other  amounts 
will  be  forthcoming  as  the  scheme  is  un- 
folded. We  hope  many  who  know  Sandown 
will  be  willing  to  assist  this  effort  to  provide 
a  place  in  wmch  evangelical  truth  mav  be 
preached  and  the  or&iances  practised  as 
they  were  delivered.  The  building  of  a 
Baptist  chapel  for  Sandown  is  now  an  ob- 
ject near  our  heart,  and  we  hope  to  see  it 
carried  out.  Several  otherplaces  are  rising;, 
and  amonff  the  rest  Mr.  Hobb*s  chapel,  m 
Gi^sy-road,  Norwood,  deserves  immediatj 
assistance.  We  take  special  interest  in  the 
building,  as  it  is  somewhat  in  our  own 
region. 

On  Friday  afternoon.  Fib,  10,  the  half- 
yearly  meetmg  of  the  Students'  Missionary 
Association  was  held  at  the  College.  The 
President  occupied  the  chair,  and  after  the 
report  had  been  read,  and  the  officers  elected, 
Mr.  Matthews,  who  was  on  his  way  to  Ame- 
rica to  join  the  Teloogoo  Mission,  gave  an 
interestmg  account  of  his  call  to  the  work. 
He  was  followed  by  the  Bev.  Burman 
Cassin,  M.A.,  Bector  of  St.  George  the 
Martyr,  Southwark,  who  delivered  an 
excellent  address  upon  mission  work. 
The  students  had  at  tea  the  company  of  our 
London  brethren,  who  had  met  to  make  the 
necessary  arrangements  for  the  Conference, 
and  afterwards  held  a  meeting  under  the  able 
chairmanship  of  W.  Haig  Miller,  Esq.,  the 
author  of  '^The  Culture  of  Pleasure/'  etc. 


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The  speakers  were  Hevs.  W.  Williams, 
AJpton  Chapel),  Anderson  (Allahabad),  J. 
McCarthy  (China  Inland  Mission),  and  A. 
HiBgert  (Bethel  Santhal  Mission),  all  of 
whom  spoke  with  considerable  power  and 
unction. 

EvANOELiSTS.— The  following  letter  fur- 
ther describes  Messrs.  Smith  andFullerton's 
services  at  Qreenwich : — 

*'  Dear  Father,— I  send  with  the  greatest 
pleasure  tiiis  condensed  report  of  the  special 
services.    The  meetings  have  been  well  at- 
tended throughout,  and  often  the  place  has 
been,  too   small.    Qrouping  the   different 
•classes  together,  I  must  mention  the  children 
first.    Every  Saturday  afternoon,  at  three 
o'clock,   the  diapel  has  been  packed  with 
little  ones,  all  eager  to  hear  their  friend  Mr. 
Smith.    Even  on  that  dreadful  foggy  day 
over  five  hundred  found  their  way  to  the 
meeting.    In  all,  five  services  for  the  boys 
4uid  girls  have  been  held,  and  on  one  occasion 
sixty  received  book  prizes  for  having  written 
out  one  of  Mr.  Smith's  addresses.    Next 
«ame  the  special  meetings  for  men  only  and 
women  only.    Three  of  each  of  these  have 
been  conducted    by  the  brethren,   and  if 
preference  is  to  be  shown  to  either  it  must 
be  to  the  men's  meeting,  on  account  of  their 
numbers  bdug  larger,  uongh  if  the  babies 
had  been  redconecL  up  with  their  mothers 
the  gatiierings  might  have  been  about  equal. 
It  was  good  to  ba  at  all  these,  for  the  Master 
was  there,  llie  *  Song  Services'  have  proved 
wonderfully  attractiye,  overflowing  oongre- 
.•gations  gathering  each  Saturday,  and  g^ood 
has  come  through  the  singing  of  the  gospel. 
Many  that  never  go  to  any  religious  service 
have  beoi  oonsttained  to  come  to  these. 
But  the  best  is  to  come  last.    On  Sundays 
we  have  hardly  known  what  to  do  with  the 
crowds  of  people.    Chapel  and  schoolroom 
have  both  been  crammed,   until  we  have 
had  no  more  room.    It  does  not  end  here, 
thouffh.    Qod  has  been  moving  in  our  midst, 
4Uid  Dj  his  Spirit  converting  many.    Some 
most  mterestmg  cases  have  been  met  with, 
.and  there  are  more  to  follow.     I  am  re- 
joiced to  say  that  the  prayer-meetings  are 
full  of  power.    Before  I  forget  it,  let  me 
mention  that  we  had  a  seven  oxdock  gather- 
ing on  Feb.  2,  when  about  four  hundred 
came  together.    A  real  work  has  been  done, 
and  I  cannot  tell  you  how  grateful  I  am 
that  two  such  workmen  as  these  brethren 
have  been  to  Greenwich.    *  God  bless  tJiem 
both '  is  my  hearty  prayer.    I  must  tell  you 
a  good  deal  more  than  I  can  write. 
"  With  filial  love, 

"  I  am,  your  Boy, 

"Cbjlblib. 

"  P.S. — ^The  last  meetings  were  the  best, 
and  as  the  result  of  all  I  send  a  bona  jide 
thankoffering  of  £55." 

On  iSunday^  Feb,  12,  the  evangelists  com- 
menced a  month's  services  at  Peckham  Park 
Hoad. 

Mr.  Bumham  has  recently  paid  his  third 
'yisit  to  Sheepshed,  where  his  labours  have 


been  once  more  highly  appreciated  and  richly 
blessed.  A  cheering  report  of  his  services 
at  Gamlingay  has  alM  reached  us.  Wherever 
he  goes  tne  churches  are  revived,  back* 
sliders  are  reclaimed ,  the  careless  are  aroused, 
and  souls  are  saved.  This  month  he  goes  to 
Shoreham,  Sussex ;  and  Watton,  Norfolk. 

Obphakaqe. — We  trust  aU  our  collec- 
tors will  make  an  effort  to  bring  in  the  con- 
tents of  their  boxes  and  boon  on  Fridaf/ 
evening^  March  3.  After  tea  the  President 
hopes  to  take  the  chair,  and  Mr.  J.  Williams 
Benn,  of  the  Royal  Polytechnic,  will  give  his 
popular  sketchmg  entertainment,  entitled, 
''Notes  on  Noses,  and  those  who  wear 
them."  Now  that  we  ars  increasing  the 
number  of  girls,  we  shall  be  glad  to  secure 
the  help  of  many  fresh  ooUecton. 

Mr.  J.  T.  Dunn  furnished  us  with  a  list  of 
several  hundreds  of  persons  who  contributed 
goods  for  the  Bichmond-street  Mission  stall 
at  the  Bazaar;  but,  as  we  explained  last 
month,  we  were  unable  to  publish  it.  He 
wudies  us,  however,  specially  to  mention 
that  parcels  were  received  from  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope,  the  Rescue  Society's  Home, 
Betiilehem  Hospital,  Guy's  Hospital,  the 
Hospital  for  Incurables,  and  last,  but  not 
least,  Balmoral  Castle.  He  has  also  paid  in 
£15  10s.  6d.  for  additional  contributiona, 
making  the  total  receipts  from  the  stall 
under  his  charge  £443  ds.  6d. 

The  following  letter  eame  safely  to  hand 
with  258.  for  the  Girls'  Orphanage  Building 
Fund:— 

"Dear  Mr.  Spurgeon,—Hy  heart  is  filled 
with  joy  as  I  reaa  of  the  success  of  the  Basaar, 
and  I  bless  the  name  of  the  Lord  who  moves 
the  hearts  of  his  people  to  will  and  to  do  of 
his  good  pleasure.  I  nave  read  the  aooount 
with  teiuB  of  joy,  and  am  ashamed  of 
having  done  so  htue,  althou^  that  little 
has  been  done  with  self-sacnfiee ;  but  I 
have  read  of  the  one  who  gave  the  tcmth 
part  of  her  savings  in  the  bank,  and  you 
said, '  Oh,  that  others  would  do  the  same ! ' 
That  prayer  is  answered ;  I  have  done  so ; 
and  pray  that  God  may  lead  many  to  follow 
who  nave  their  thousands. 

"I  have  sent  you  an  order  for£l  6s.,  that 
is,  the  tenth  part  of  what  I  have  in  the  bank. 
I  have  through  grace  saved  it ;  or  it  might 
have  gone  in  drink. 

**  I  have  given  God  more  than  a  tenth 
part,  and  do  every  week ;  but  what  is  that 
when  I  think  wliat  it  cost  my  Master  to 
save  my  soul  ?    My  all  is  nothing  worth. 

"  Dear  sir,  if  you  should  use  this  with  the 
hope  of  others  following,  please  not  to  let  my 
name  go  with  it :  I  want  no  man's  praise. 

"  I  have  sent  you  lOs.  annually ;  out  with 
God's  help  I  will  send  double  for  the  time 
to  come. 

•  "  Yours  in  the  Lord, 

*'  A  PooB  Gabdxneb 
"  With  168. 6d.  a  week." 

Such  instances  of  consecration  are  too 
touching  to  be  allowed  to  pass  without 
notice. 


HOTflB. 


15» 


After  we  had  printed  this  month's  cash- 
lists  we  received  the  following  letter,  which 
speaks  for  itself : — 

"  Cardiff,  Feb.  16, 1882. 

"  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon, 

"Bear  Friend, — ^Desiroas  of  sharing  in 
the  Christ-like  work  which  you  have  so 
lovingly  undertaken  for  i)Oor  orphan  girls, 
I  have  decided  to  enclose  you  a  cheque  for 
£250  for  Uieir  and  our  adorable  Master's 
sake,  and  towards  the  several  thousands  you 
stilL  I  understand,  need  to  pay  for  their 
Orpnanages.  Now,  upon  condition  that 
you  can  get  nine  other  friends  to  give, 
in  the  course  of  this  year,  £500,  I  will  in- 
crease my  £250  to  the  same  amount.  With 
cordial  Quistian  regards  and  best  wishes, 
"  Yours  very  truly, 

«*  B.  CoBY,  Jun." 

Since  the  accounts  were  closed  Mr.  Samuel 
Bitfrow  has  sent  us  his  promised  contribu- 
tion of  £250  for  fumishiiu;  *'  The  OUves," 
the  house  erected  and  paid  for  through  the 
generosity  of  himself  and  his  friends. 

We  have  received  and  perused  with  much 
^ratitnde.the  first  annual  report  of  the  Head' 
tng  Young  Ladies*  Working  Farty  for  the 
StockweUTOrphanaee.  This  new  device  of 
onr  ever-generous  Acadine  friends  has  been 
adopted  in  consequence  ox  our  naming  one 
of  the  houses  for  girls  "The  Beaiding 
House,*'  and  as  the  result  of  one  year's 
work  they  have  already  dispitched  to  the 
Orphanage  two  parcels  containing  118  cpo*- 
menta  for  the  children,  two  Scripture  quilts, 
34  sheets  and  pillow  cases,  and  24  scrap- 
books.  The  working  meetings  are  held 
montiily  at  the  residence  of  our  constant 
hdper,  1^.  James  Withers,  whose  daughter 
is  tne  secretary  of  the  society. 

CoLPOBTAOX.— During  the  past  month  new 
districts  have  been  commenced  at  Tewkes- 
bury and  Thombury,  in  Gloucestershire, 
where  we  trust  that  the  newly-appointed 
colporteurs  will  prove  useful  and  successful 
in  their  important  work.  Other  openinjop, 
too,  are  in  prospect,  which  will  make  an  m- 
creased  demand  upon  the  general  fund  of 
the  association.  Tnis  is  already  nearly  £300 
in  azrear  as  compared  with  the  previous 
year.  As  it  is  from  this  fund  that  all  defi- 
dendea  in  working  the  districts  are  made 
gcNod,  the  power  of  the  association  for  main- 
taining^ and  extending  this  useful  agency  is 
entirely  dependent  upon  the  success  or  failure 
of  the  general  fund,  and  we,  therefore, 
earnestly  appesl  for  the  needed  help.  ^  It 
should  be  remembered  that  some  districts 
which  most  need  the  work  spiritually  cost 
the  Association  more  to  work  than  others 
where  the  receii}ts  are  larger.  Is  there  not 
some  weadthy  friend  who  will  send  a  special 
fpS%  to  supplement  the  small  amount  yielded 
m  the  poorer  districts  ?  Without  entering 
into  details  of  circumstances,  reports  are  in 
possofflsion  of  the  Association  which  wiU  tes- 
tily of  numerous  i>eople  and  places  visited 
who  are  not  reached  by  any  other  agency, 
of  souls  won  for  Christ,  botn  by  the  books 


read  and  the  services  conducted  by  the  col- 
I>orteur8.  The  annual  report  is  in  prepara- 
tion, and  will  give  full  particulars.  Iii  the 
meantime,  will  friends  specially  remember 
and  supply  the  lack  of  funds? — W.  Coedev 
Jones,  Secretary. 

BlOHMOlTD-STBEET  MISSION,  WaLWOBTH^ 

— The  annual  meeting  of  teachers  and 
workers  was  held  at  the  Mission-rooms  on 
Wednesday  evening,  Feb.  15th.  About 
seventy  sat  down  to  tea,  and  at  the  meeting 
afterwards  about  one  hundred  workers  were 
present.  Mr.  J.  T.  Dunn  presided.  Fifteen 
reports  were  read  ixom.  the  secretaries  and 
others  engaged  in  the  different  works  carried 
on  at  the  Mission.  Almost  every  depart- 
ment of  Christian  labour  is  represented  here,, 
including  a  Sunday-school,  Bagged-school, 
Children's  -  services,  Mothenr  -  meetings,. 
Toung-men's  Bible-class,  Bfmd  of  Hope,. 
Pure  Literature  Society,  Tract  Society, 
Penny  Bank,  Evangelists'  Association,  Mu- 
tual Improvement  Society,  etc.,  etc.  The 
amount  of  work  done  for  the  Lord  at  this 
Christian  beehive  is  really  astonishing,  and 
the  Master  is  honouring  the  faithfulness  of 
his  servants  in  an  especial  manner.  They 
all  seek  as  the  supreme  object  of  their  en- 
deavours the  glory  of  Ood  and  the  salvation 
of  souls.  In  most  of  the  reports  individual 
instances  were  mentioned  of  God's  favour 
being  shown.  The  Mission  has  already  done 
a  noble  service  in  the  neighbourhood  where 
it  is  situated,  and  knowmg  him  on  whom 
they  depend,  the  teachers  and  workers  en- 
gajged  m  tms  work  are  expecting  greater 
thmgs  than  these,  and  a  more  extended 
sphere  of  usefulness  in  the  future.  They 
have  indeed  much  cause  for  thankfulness. 

Qbxen  Walk  Missxov.— The  death   of 
our  brother,  Mr.  Bennett,  is  a  great  and 

grievous  loss  to  this  most  useful  work, 
raver  is  desired  that  others  may  be  raised 
uptnat  this  blessed  service  for  teeming  Ber- 
mondsey  may  not  flag. 

Pbbsgnil  Notbs. — A  correspondent  in 
Yorkshire  sends  us  the  following  charac- 
teristic note: — "A  young  man  in  this 
neighbourhood,  who  hod  been  brought  up 
as  a  Congregationalist,  was  got  hold  of  by 
the  BituaUstic  party,  and  made  into  a 
Churchman,  and  induced  even  to  go  to  con- 
fession to  one  of  the  vicars  in .    He  fell 

ill,  and  consumption  set  in.  When  death 
stared  him  in  the  face  he  found  no  comfort 
from  his  church  creeds  and  practices,  and  at 
last  turned  with  disgust  fxx>m  his  ^iritual 
advisers.  Having  heard  much  of  you,  and 
no  doubt  at  times  seen  your  works,  he  told 
his  father  he  should  like  to  read  some  of 
them.  His  father  was  only  too  glad  to  hear 
this,  and  at  once  procured  a  copy  of  your 
'*  Morning  by  Mominff."  He  found  nere 
just  what  he  wanted,  and  through  the 
reading  of  tiiis  book,  and  the  conversation 
he  had  with  a  Christian  friend,  he  was  able 
to  say  with  confidence,  <  I  know  whom  I 


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liave  believed,'  and  he  died  in  a  sure  hope. 
He  said  to  his  father  once  or  twice  that  he 
got  more  good  from  your  hooks  than  from 
■aught  else  he  read.*' 

We  are  glad  to  find  that  the  letter  of  Dr. 
Gulross,  in  last  month's  Magazine,  referring 
to  the  distribution  of  our  sermons,  has 
already  suggested  to  others  the  desirability 
of  commencing  similar  work.  Any  friends 
who  wish  to  circulate  the  sermons  as  loan 
tracts,  can  obtain  a  regular  supply  of  them, 
in  return  for  a  small  subscription,  by  apply- 
ing to  the  Secretary  of  the  Spurgeon's 
Sermons'  Tract  Society,  Mr.  G.  Coniell, 
60,  Hamilton  Square.  Borou|gfa,  London, 
S.E.,  who  will  be  glad  to  reoeiye  contribu- 
tions to  assist  in  aefrayin^  the  ooet  of  the 
'Sermons.  At  the  present  tmie  he  has  more 
applications  for  srants  than  the  funds  in 
hand  will  enable  nim  to  meet. 

We  were  yeiy  delighted  recently  to  hear 
of  a  singular  case  of  conversion  through 
one  of  our  sermons.  Last  **  Derby  day"  we 
were  preaching  in  Ettex^  and  a  gentleman, 
who  was  on  his  way  to  Epsom  to  attend  the 
races,  seeing  the  announcement  of  the  ser- 
vice, detenmned  to  be  present.  He  came, 
the  word  was  blessed  to  the  salvation  of  his 
soul,  and  not  long  ago  he  fell  asleep  in 
Jesus. 

One  of  our  church-members  writes  as 
follows: — "Dear  Pastor,— I  thought  it 
would  gladden  your  heart  to  hear  of  an- 
other soul  brought  to  Jesus  through  reading 
your  sermons.     A  tract  distributor  from 

•  Chelsea  Chapel,  some  two  or  three  veazs 

.  ago,  called  at  the  house  of  an  invalia,  but 
was  constantly  told  not  to  leave  her  tnets, 
f  3r  the  man  would  neither  read  them  nor 

.allow  anyone  to  come  in  to  see  him.  She, 
however,  persevered,  and  one  day  left  one 
of  your  sermons,  which  he  read,  and  told  his 
wife  to  tell  the  woman  that,  if  she  had  got 
anjr  more  of  that  sort,  she  might  leave  them, 
wmdb  of  course  she  was  pleased  to  do.  He 
has  continued  readme  them,  and  now  is  re- 
joicing in  Jesus.  IBte  tells  the  distributor 
that  it  is  all  through  those  sermons." 
A  liberal  helper  of  our  work,  in  sending 

•contributions,  says : — "  Tou  may  remember 


the  initials.    My  husband  has  sent  pieces  of 

(»lico  to  the  Orphanage,  also  when  at 

he  gave  you  three  five-pound  notes.  He 
womd  sav  I  ought  not  to  tell  you  this,  but 
I  have  onen  thought  I  should  like  to  write 
to  you,  knowing  that  it  gives  you  great 
pleasure  to  hear  you  have  oeen  the  means 
of  blessing  to  any  soul.  My  husband  lived 
in  London  for  fourteen  years  as  a  draper*s 
assistant,  and  when  he  went  was  a  gay, 
worldly  young  man.  He  was  sent  for  to 
come  home  to  see  his  sister,  who  was  vny 
ill,  and  died.    Her  death  made  a  great  im- 

Eression  upon  him,  and  on  his  return  to 
ondon  he  thought  he  must  attend  some 
place  of  wonhip.  The  first  Sunday  he 
started,  not  knowing  where  to  ^,  but  seeing 
a  number  of  people  going  mto  a  large 
building,  thouKht  he  would  go  in.  Need 
I  say  ii  was  uie  Tabernacle,  and  that  he 
was  ever  after  a  regular  attendant.  The 
word  that  seemed  most  blessed  to  him  was 
preached  by  you  from  the  text,  '  Wilt  thou 
oreak  a  leaf  driven  to  and  fro  r '  He  was 
baptized  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Spurgeon,  and  I  am 
thankful  to  say  is  a  very  consistent  Christian. 
He  has  been  in  business  here  more  than  ten 
years  now,  and  the  Lord  has  indeed  blessed 
him  in  basket  and  in  store,  and  I  am  also 
pleased  to  add  that  he  has  given  him  a 
uberal  heart.  Of  course  he  takes  a  great 
interest  in  your  great  work." 

A  Middlesex  policeman  writes : — '*  Before 
going  on  duty  one  evening  last  November, 
as  I  sat  talking  with  my  wife  respecting  a 
sergeant,  who  was  sick  at  the  police-station, 
with  no  one  to  tell  him  of  Jesus,  I  felt  con- 
demned that  I  had  not  spoken  to  him.  The 
Lord  told  me  to  take  nim  some  of  your 
sermons,  which  had  been  preached  alMut 
sixteen  years  ago.  One  of  them  was  blessed 
to  him;  hewasledtopray^andafterseddng 
about  ten  days  he  found  Jesus,  to  the  joy  (h 
his  soul,  n.e  has  been  baptised  by  our 
pastor,  and  is  now  very  busy  telling  his 
friends  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  nim. 
One  woman  who  lives  at  the  police-station 
has  found  the  Saviour,  and  her  husband  is 
anxiously  seeking  the  Lord." 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabernacle: — 
February  2nd,  twenty-one. 


Statement  of  R^eeifttt  frpm  January  I5th  to  February  lith^  1682. 


Mr.  and   Mrs.  W.   BaiherU&d,    per 

Meesn.  P.  and  A.         

A.  V.  8.,  per  Mr.  B.  Peapoe 

Hr.  V.  \j»  trtiXl^f        •••         •••         ••• 

AlnuhooBes'  Bunday-achool 

Mr.  and  Mn.  Hall 

Mr.  Ainutrong,  Wanambeen  ... 
Mr.  Lewis  Bell      

^^lEElC  •••  ••#  •••  «•(  ••• 

£zecator  of  the  late  Mr.  W.  Smith 


£8.  d. 


0  10 

1  0 
1  0 
6  6 
1  0 
8  10 
SIO 
0  10 

90    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mr.  and  Mm.  Alexander 
Mis.  A.  C.Watson... 
Mrs.  M.  £.  Bedwell 

V.  \j,  O.  ...  ... 

Mrs.  De  Kavanagfa 
Mrs.  Piiestuiui 
Mr.  8.  B.  Turner   ... 
Mrs.  H.  Fledge 

V  •  JKL*     •«•  •««  «•• 

A  •    Sdm    A«  •••  ••• 


£  s.  d. 
6    0    0 

0 

5 

0 

S 

o 

0 


s 

0 

1 

0 

1 

s 


S  10 

90    0 

9    0 


BTOGKVKLL  OBPHAITAaK. 

£    L  d. 

...      0    18      Mr.  P.  W.  Lloid 


mfifB      

Hd^  pa  U^.  BIMt  '.'.'■    t 

H.  waiow         

M.  TbilnHB      

OB  ■!  teUcn'  Skll  Chipf  I,  fwr 

rA.Bu 

■L  DCT  Put«  C  A.  Darii 


Bd  In  Bcotlud" 


Hr.  e!  TDWooluiid  

ft.  B.T 

Mr.  M.l  Mr..  Bpeiglit     

Kt.A.B.aaui     

ilr.  W.  iJnbam    ...        ■■„•;■       -    ' 
A  FritnJ.  pfr  I'lurtoc  C,  L.  OndoD    ... 

Eitcul'on  ol  the  Ule  Cmptula  Hogii 

UcKur       „     -  " 

IlimUrtdimoh,nrul««t«,p«rPMtiir 

4.  Moots 

'W«kl>  Offerlnga  at  the  M«t.  Tab, :— 


Stalrmrnt  o/Ueceipti  from  Jawtary  1G(*  to  Ftbntary  1*'*t  1882. 


«CiR>,paJ.  C.  B. 
rtaJam>,D.  £.T. 


litooDg,  WummbKil 

■^BM       

1     It    Jtim.    Btl- 

ClDod**  -KhDal, 
ili,NewZ«lud... 
mScbooI 

ua  bj  Ut.'c.  Adiim- 


0   1  0 

Mn.  Hani. 

i'l^^^^V.j^oda^  :: 

mI:  DiilonMbr"!.^  V.  JV  C 
WiM  SItDoiilll,  r,'t  Mn..  lire. 

»1    0    0 

A.  Downing       

ian  widow,  per  Un.  DownEng 

>Hmd      ...        . 

Cuile                       .■■  .  >.., 

The                  MiU-.  p«  Mr. 

Mtm    ::." 

i     0    0 

itau^  :::    ;:; 

I    0    0 

Wi^"M,-f™mSIr.8t.iiM 

Hr.  B.  Nutter 


MU.Fit30«nM 


B.  H...- 

Mr,"w,  A.  HiivKfl^  . 

M.8.A.»fldT.  L.   ,       . 
P«  I^utor  O.  pB»rw;— 
Hr,  Qvor^u  Piirmtt 
A  widow'!  milf ,  Tring    . 


a  menuiry  of  Ihirir  ds- 


,"  per  Mr.  U.  n.  Diui 


156 


GIRLS'  ORPHANAGE  BUILDING  FUND. 


"  Your  Heavenly  Father,*'  A.  A.  R.  ... 

Pastor  J.  T.  Almy,  Rydo 

Collection   at  Baptist   bonday-school, 

Battcrsea-park,  per  Mr.  G.  rowell ... 
Mr.  J.  Bewley,  per  Dr.  Bam-urdo 
Mr.  J.  DenniM,  per  Mr.  Berrvraan 
Collected  by  Master  J.  Webb,  per  Miss 

Hetherington 
Collected  by  Miss  Ellwood,  per  MLss 

ALO0F6  •••  ••,  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  J.  Toung,  Londonderry     

'*  Collection   at  first  Moxiiing    Com- 
munion this  year,"  per  Pastor  J.  B. 

J«  CWlJlCr  ga*  ■••  •«•  •••  ••■ 

Bcgistered  Letter,  "  Putney" 

Mr.  S.  Hobbs 

li.  B.,  Norwidi 

Executors  of  the  late  Captain  Hug^h 

McKay 
A  working  man  and  wife 

8    a 
•    ^7«         •••  •••  ■■■  ••«  «••  ••■ 

A  domostio  serrant         

^7*  ^QL*     •••  «••  •••  •••  ••■  ••• 

Mrs.  £.  Scarfe       ...        ...        ...        ... 

Blairingone  Parish   Church    Sunday- 

BCtioiaxo     .9.         .»•        ...        ...        ... 

ix.  JtSMrnes    ...        ...        ...        ...       ••« 

Mr.  Wm.  Ronald 

^7*  ^*v   XmUa    ■••  •>•  ••«  •*•  «•• 

JT   TT 

Per  Mrs.  James  Withers,  Beading  :— 
Edwin  T.  Woodeaon  ...  1  lU  0 
William  Woodeaon         ...         0  13    0 


Mr.  W.  H.  Wmoox  

Mr.  Oapper  ...        ...       ... 

An  aged  friend      

A  Holloway  cabman        

Friends  at  Nottingham,  per  Mrs.  R. 

DodwcU 

Mr.  W.  N.  Finlayson      

Mrs.  Ferrett... 

Readers  of  "John  Plotighman*a  Al* 

S"H»'l"Ci^         •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

Captain  £.  R.  Cox 

Mr.  W.  Matthew 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weightman         

Mrs.  £.  Edgley      

Collected  by  Mrs.  Allen 

"For  Christ's  sake"        


£  s. 

d. 

3  3 

0 

0  5 

0 

9  3 

0 

0  10 

6 

0  6 

0 

1  7 

0 

0  8 

4 

2  0 

0 

0  8  10 

0  10 

0 

2  2 

0 

0  10 

0 

424  4 

8 

0  2 

6 

0  1 

0 

0  3 

0 

0  2 

6 

0  1 

0 

0  10 

0 

0  10 

0 

1  10 

0 

0  6 

0 

1  1 

6 

9    8 

0 

8  0 

0, 

0  6 

0 

2  0 

0 

0  1 

8 

0  6 

6 

0  12 

0 

0  1 

0 

0  2 

8 

1  10 

0 

2  0 

0 

10  0 

0 

1  1 

0 

0  18 

4 

0  8 

9 

JvJ*     V.'»     \jm  «••  •••  •••  •••  ••« 

A  lover  of  Jesus 

Mr.  C.  11.  Hodges 

Pennies  saved  by  three  Utile  folks     ... 

«vXr«  A. flOH*  Xv>«  ••■  •••  •••  ••• 

Mra.  Collen  and  friends » 

Mms  Wade,  per  Mrs.  Blott        

A  Methodist,  Co.  Cork     

"  A  Uttle  bit  of  thread  " 

Mrs.  M.  Mclntyre 

llcv.  Dr.  Beith       •• 

X.  A.  Al.,  ffairn      ...        ...        ...        ... 

Faith  and  love       

A  lover  of  children  

Two  friends  in  S.  Africa,  per  Pastor 
W.  Hamilton      

Mr.  Joseph  Wilson  

Mrd.  Baz's  Bible-daas 

Mrs.  Macintjrre 

A  Sister,  Bankhead         

MissE.  Mundy      

Collected  by  Miss  Annie  Paul 

Mr.  E.  Townsheni  

Anonymous...        

Stamps  from  Reading      

Collected  by  Miss  M.  Gooding 

Halbeath  Sunday-scholars        

Readers  of  the  *^ Christian  Herald  "  ... 

Mr.  A.  H.  Board 

A  sermon-reader,  Bothiemay    

Collected  by  Mr.  J.  Gwyer,  Penge 

Mr.  W.  Graham    •.. 

Mr.  Geo.  White      

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  January  Slst... 

Mr.  T.  S.  Heley      ...        ...        ...       ... 

Mr.  IT .  ivelly        ...       ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  E.  T.  Stmger  ... 

f^m  two  friends 

Proceeds  of  Service  of  Song  by  Or- 
phanage Choir,  at  West  Crojdoa 
Baptist  Chapel 


£■. 


0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
2 
10 
0 
0 

1 
1 
1 


oil 

0  t 


1 

5 
1 
0 
0 
1 


1  0 
1  1 


s 

ft 

0 
4 


1611 
0  5 
0  t 
010 

90  0 

0  6 
2  t 
2  0 
010 

1  1 
OU 


716 


Annual  Subteription*  : — 
Free  Church  Bunday-school,  Fort  Wil- 
liam       0 10 

Mrs.  Padgett ...     1   1 

Mr.  T.  R.  Johnson,  per  F.  R.  T.         ...     0 10 

£708  1ft 


List  of  Presents,  per  Mr.  CharUstoorth,  to  Feb.  14th  (Boy^  Division)  : — ^Pbovisioxs.— 44lbs.  I 
Mr.  A.  J.  Thompson. 

Clotbimo  :— 8  Articles,  Mrs.  Wilkins ;  10  Articles,  Mrs.  Gardiner ;  6  ArticleB,  ML«  £.  Bogs 
making  and  trimming  6  Vests,  Mr.  Elli^ 

( GirU'  Division) .— Clotulxo.— «  Articles,  Mrs.  Wilkins :  19  Articles,  Mr.  Gardiner ;  10  Artidsi, 
Kidner ;  2  Articles,  Mrs.  Goslin. 

Gknbbal.— 200  New  Tear's  Addrrases,  200  Almanacks,  200  copies  *'  Pleasant  Readings,"  Comnttl 
Sunday-school  Union  ;  13  Worn  Garments,  Mr.  Tuinbull :  14  lbs.  Fancy  Soap,  Mr.  H.  Medl 
per  Mr.  T.  P.  Chard  :  2  Articles,  Miss  J.  Allen;  a  Paioel  for  sale-room,  Mr.  H.  Meats;  7  Tolni 
**  Little  Folks,"  unbound,  Miss  Holmes. 


6M8'  #r|fa:ira0c  §mIMtt0  imh. 

Statement  of  jReceipts  from  January  Idthto  February  \Ath,  1882. 


^In.  J.  Allan         

BtampH  from  Barnstaple. . . 

H.  Gret'U      

Mi-8.  M.  Bowen     

Mr.  Charloj*  Barker 
Postjtl  Order  from  Lambeth 

EmUy  EUis 

]^I».  Spunlcns  and  Friemli 

Mr.  C.  C.  Harris 

Mi-8.  L.  Wheatlcy 

Mr.  William  Badden 


£  s.  d. 
10  0 
0  10 
0  2  0 
10  0 
0  10  0 
0  5 
0  4 
(»  7 
2  10  0 
0  16  6 
2    0    0 


0 
0 
0 


Collected  by  Mrs.  M.  Prestwich  :— 

Itfr.  Broc'ilesby      0  11    0 

Mr.  Brocklesby  and  Sister  Oil    0 

Jane  Falconer       0  10   0 

Selina  Bees 0    10 

Jane  Ackford         0    10 

M.  Prestwich         0    6   0 


Mr.  E.  WoIla«)tt 

Mm.  Parr>' 

Children  of  Mr.  R.  T.  Hallett ... 


£a 


t  0 

t)  0 

1  1 

0  ft 


GIBia'  OSPHAKAGS  BUILDIKO  VVSD, 


157 


Kr.  John  Graham 


Cltww,  per  Mr.  8. 


^mX^U  ^^^  «IOD«**  •••  «••  •••  ••• 

Ifr.  Walter  Mercer         

A  oonstant  Sermon-raoder       

Fbr  "The  liveipool  Houae":— 

Mr.  R.  Lewis         10   0 

M.  A.  Wiight        0  10    0 

Mr.  J.  McMa.«ter 

Mr.  8.  and  Friend  

^    «      \^»     ^Dm  ■••  ■•«  *>•  •••  ••• 

Mr.  John  Bidxeon,  per  \V.  G. 

Stampe,  per  W.  G.  

Mr.  Bobert  Dawaon        

A  tiny  Thankofferinff     

Hmf 
•    J^La  «••  ■••  •••  *••  ••• 

Mr.  H.  D.  Matahall        

W.  P..caueMra      

FnenoB  at  Foraham,  per   Pastor  M. 

Cniflinmg . . .       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  C.  £.  Thomas  

jr  J  T\ 

JUT*  Jm^  CWSTo  •••  •«•  •••  ••• 

little  Leo's  Dridcii  

Mrs.  B.  JoycQ        ...       ...  ...       ... 

Jus.  Jkerr    ...       ...  ...       ».. 

Mr,  S.  Johnfoa  (soods  wtid)    

Mrs.  Kitts,  per  Mr.  Camx>lK>ll 

Per  Pastor  C.  W.  Towiwend  .— 

Mr.  John  Jackson 10   0 

Mr.  William  Jackson      ...  0  10    0 

)liss  Alice  Jackson          ...  U    6    0 

Pastor  C.  W.  Townaend  ...  0  10    0 

Meaara.  B.  and  J.  Seed   ...  0  10    0 

Mr.  J.  Roe 0    10 

Mra.Kirby 0    4    0 

Mr.  J.  Snalam       0    5    0 

Miaa  Reynolds       0    8    0 

Mr.  Joseph  ParkinTOn    ...  0  10    0 

Mr.  William  Parkinson  ...  0  10    0 

Mr.  R.  Tripyer      0   2    0 

Mr.  Thomas  Crook  (Ches- 

ham  House)        0  10   0 

MiaaHaB 0    6    0 

Mr.  John  Crook    10    0 

Mr.  John  Gatterall         ...  0  10    0 

Mr.  Henry  Snalam          ...  0   6    0 

Mr.T.  QtM>k(Larbreck)...  0    6    0 

Mr.  O.  Pair,  jun 0    6    0 

Kt.  G.  Parr,  sen 0    10 

Mr.  John  (lark    0    S    6 

Mn.      Gatterall     (Inskip 

MiB)          0    6    0 

MiaaXi.  Grome      ».. 

MiasE.  HaU         

Mra.  Sturdy...       —       

aura.  JsaiTeHi...        ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mn.  G.  B.  Rkhaidran     

J.  Middlesbro*  (throe  tnouths) 

Miaa  Oatherine  Payne  (lew  £2  paid  for 

IJUO^J/  *••  •■•  •••  •••  ••• 

Jft*     Z  •    mm^  •••  •••  •••  ••« 

Mn.  Chapman,  per  Pastor  D.BuaaeU... 

Mr.  W.  II.  Willcox  

Mra.  OoUen  and  friends 

Adaaf  aermon-reader     

A  lover  of  Jesus     ...        ...        ...       ... 

Mr.  G.  Barrett 

**  Gxaaay  Biahop'a  bricka  "  :— 
Bi^ardGongh      ...        ...         0    2    6 

Oniaii  GouBih  ...        ...         0    2    0 

M.  Jane  Cureton 0  :i   6 

MiEa.Cii2«t<m         0    9   9 

JaoeOoogh...        ^       ...         0    2    0 
flaxahGough  •IS 


£  a.  d. 

0  10  0 

f  1    0  0 

10  0 

6    0  0 

10  0 


1  10 
0    6 


0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 
0 
0 
1 

4 
5 
6 


0  10 

1  U 

0  15 


1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
2 


0 
6 
9 
2 
0 
3 
5 


0  10 


7  17 
0  3 
6  0 
O  10 
0  6 
0  6 
0    3 


48 
0 
0 
2 
1 
6 
0 
0 


0 
6 
6 
0 
1 
0 
6 
6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mza.Aldiidge 


0  14  0 
.6  0  0 
16    0 


Mr.  John  Hosegood  and  brother 

A  poor  gardener    ...        

0>   V*  V  «y  ^1*       •••  ••«  «••  •«•  •■• 

Mr.  George  Backaley      ...       ...       ... 

Miaa  A.  £.  Thompaon     

Collected  bv  Miss  Edith  Paul    

Mr.  E.  B.  Ulidgo    ...        ...        ...       ... 

Mr.  Thos.  Moore 

Harriette  and  Polly        

An  inyalid,  Clapham-park        

*'  M^  tobaooo  auowanoe  " 

A  widow's  mite.  Leith 

Mr.  A.H.  Scara     

Mra.  Krell  (sale  of  silrer  dish) 

Mr.  J.  8.  Browne  ... 

Grace,  Agnes,  Mabel,  and  Era  Bria- 

U^^v   ■••  •■•  •••  ••■  ••■  •*• 

Mr.  J.  Hon'ly        ...       ...       ...       ... 

A  Widower's  mite 

A  few  friends,  per  Mr.  G.  Stanley 

Mia.  Vowles 

Mr.  Joaiah  Goodchild      

Additional     Contributiout     /or      the 

Btuaar: — 
Mra.  M.,  per  Mra.  Comborough 

Mrs.  Joan  White,  per  AV.  G 

Mr.  F.  Heritage,  per  Mrs.  Alliaon 

Miia  Jarrett,  per  Mr.  Bartlctt 

Mr.  J.  H.  Tarrant 

Bazaar  Goods  sold  by  Mr.  G.  H.  Gter... 

Mrs.  Richardaon    ...        

Mr.  Edward  Josmaon      

Pastor  J.  8- Geale 

Richmond-atroetMiasion 

8tall,  per  Mr.   J.  T. 

Duna : — 

Mr.  Watkina  2  14    0 

A  friend       ...        ...        m«         0    6    0 

Mr.  E.  R  Close     0   6    0 

Mr.  Cornell 0  17    0 

Goods  sold 0  12    0 

Mr.  Blake     0  17    0 

Mr.  Simon 0    6    0 

J.  W.  8 2    0    0 

Mra.  Ward 6   0   0 

MiasWhittomo      2    2    0 

Mr.  Bloomfleld      0  10    0 

Smaller  amounta 0    3    6 


For  Mra.  Cvcn^n  Stall  :— 
Mr.  Hemy  Thompson     

For  Coiportage  StaU,  per  Bev.  W. 
Corden  Jonea  :— 
Mr.  Leach,  Colporteur's,  two 


little  bora 

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SWOED  AND  THE  TROWEL. 


APRIL,      1882. 


^Maml  g^pl^jg. 


HE  magazine  is  demanded,  and  the  Editor  can  soaroely 
think  two  consecntiye  thonghts.  He  has  an  idea,  and  then 
a  pang,  a  sigh,  and  the  idea  has  flown  out  of  reach,  like 
the  boy's  butterfly.  Or  if  he  gets  the  pretty  thing,  he 
beats  it  to  pieces  in  his  eager  effort,  and  it  is  no  longer 
worth  the  having.  A  sword  and  a  trowel  are  poor  things  to  work 
with  when  one  tosses  to  and  fro  in  bed.  Will  not  our  kind  readers 
first  ezcase  ns  if  the  number  should  be  dull,  and  next  prevent  the 
consequences  of  such  dulness  by  setting  more  than  usual  store  by 
anch  things  as  we  have,  considering  what  they  cost  us  ?  We  could  not 
postpone  the  affliction,  or  we  would  hare  had  the  magazine  first,  and 
the  gont  afterwards ;  but  the  sickness  waylaid  us,  and  stopped  us  just 
when  the  hour  for  labour  had  arrived.  If  it  were  only  a  matter  of  legs 
and  arms  we  would  manfully  bear  the  pain  at  the  extremities,  and  carry 
on  our  work ;  but  the  essence  of  our  mischief  is  the  brain,  and,  with 
the  foe  penetrating  onr  head-quarters,  it  is  not  easy  to  carry  on  the  war. 
Our  comfort  is  that  our  Lord  and  Master  will  not  expect  more  of  us 
than  we  can  render,  and  we  may  surely  hope  that  his  children  will  be 
moved  by  the  same  compassion. 

Friends  of  many  years'  standing,  you  will  sympathize  with  one  whom 
yon  have  so  often  cheered ;  and  if  he  be  weak,  your  love  will  be  all  the 
stronger.  When  he  was  a  lad,  it  was  from  his  little  wallet  that  the 
Lord  and  Master  fed  yon  with  loaves  and  fishes  marvellously  multi- 

Elied ;  and  now  that  he  is  older,  and  can  hardly  lift  even  the  little 
rcAkfast-basket  of  his  younger  days,  you  will  pray  that  the  Master 
will  not  stint  the  feast  because  he  weakens  the  servitor.  If  we  were 
dead  God  could  glorify  himself  by  us,  and  so  he  will  now  that  we  can 
say  no  more  than — ''To  will  is  present  with  me ;  but  how  to  perform 
that  which  I  would  I  find  not."— G.  H.  S. 

11 


162 

BY  0.  H.  BFUBGBON. 

SCATTER  the  Bible  without  stint,  strew  the  sacred  pages  ^*  thick  as 
leaves  in  Yallambrosa.'*  Pnt  it  into  the  hand  of  prince  and 
peasant,  leave  it  in  the  waiting-room  and  the  car,  give  it  to  the  scep- 
tical philosopher  and  the  unsophisticated  child.  '*  In  the  morning 
sow  thy  seed,  and  in  the  evening  withhold  not  thy  hand."  Spread  the 
Scriptures  till  they  are  as  universal  as  the  light,  as  all-pervadmg  as  the 
air,  as  all-refreshing  as  the  dew. 

To  that  end  I  commend  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  as  a 
great  means  of  disseminating  the  word  of  QoA  in  all  quarters  of  the 
globe.  We  have  our  own  conscientious  difference  with  this  Society  on 
a  certain  point ;  but  that  can  never  prevent  our  co-operating  with  it  to 
the  utmost  of  our  power  where  the  one  object  is  to  keep  the  Holy 
Scriptures  before  the  public  eye,  and  within  the  reach  of  all  mankind. 

Of  course,  we  are  not  so  superstitious  as  to  believe  that  the  mere  dis- 

Eersion  of  Bibles  must  do  good,  whether  they  are  read  or  not.  Our 
ope  is  that  they  will  be  read,  and  that  the  Holy  Spirit  will  lead  many 
to  study  them  to  their  souls'  eternal  benefit.  Apart  from  this,  there  is 
no  special  benefit  in  putting  a  Bible  to  sleep  in  every  bedroom,  and  a 
well-dressed  copy  to  be  on  parade  in  the  drawing-room  ;  neither  is  there 
any  great  thing  done  when  you  can  sell  a  Bible  for  eixp&noe,  and  a 
Testament  for  twopence.  But  we  look  for  this,  and  have  no  reason  to 
reckon  upon  disappointment — ^place  the  Bible  within  every  man's  reach, 
and  see  what  will  come  of  it. 

What  is  the  Bible  to  us  that  we  should  wish  to  spread  it  throaghont 
the  habitable  earth  ?  The  answer  is  a  large  one.  First,  it  is  to  us 
the  umpire  of  truth.  Let  the  umpire  be  where  he  can  be  heard.  The 
Scripture  is  our  court  of  appeal ;  let  it  be  open  to  all  comers.  Every 
man  must  have  an  anchorage  for  his  faith ;  even  for  his  unbelief  hie 
needs  some  form  of  hold-fin^  The  dispnter  of  this  world  believes  in 
himself  and  so  he  ends  the  matter.  The  Boman  Catholic  finds  Us 
anchorage  in  the  infiEdlibility  of  t)ie  Pope,  and  submits  his  reason  to  the 
traditions  of  his  church.  You  and  1  find  our  anchorage  in  the  in- 
fallibility of  Scripture.  The  Holy  Ghost  moved  holy  men  <tf  old  to 
write  this  Book,  and  we  believe  that  every  word  of  it  is  inspired*  and 
that  if  we  could  get  absolutely  the  exact  words  in  which  it  waa  writtea 
at  the  first,  we  should  have  a  book  as  perfect,  certain,  and  immutable 
as  Ood  himself.  We  know  that  in  any  one  version  of  it  there  may  be 
minor  errors  of  copyists,  which  could  not  have  been  avoided  unlesB  a 
miracle  had  been  wrought  every  day  for  thousands  of  years ;  but*  idlow- 
ing  for  that,  we  hold  that  the  volume  containing  the  Old  and  New 
Testaments  is  God's  revelation  of  himself  to  us  in  words, — a  revelation 
positive  and  dear.  Hence  it  is  that  we  desire  every  living  man  to  read 
it.  We  desire  to  see  truth  triumphant,  and  error  defeated;  and  there- 
fore we  scatter  the  Bible.  We  would  see  the  divided  churdi  onoe  more 
purged  of  heresies,  and  united  in  one  Lord,  one  faith,  and  one  baptism ; 
and  therefore  we  scatter  the  Bible.  If  tim  book  be  the  teat  of  tnith, 
those  who  are  the  children  of  tmth  are  the  moat  deeply  oanoamed  to 
see  it  brought  to  the  front 


satncs  OP  ▲  BtBU-MOunr  anaoos.  I6t* 

'•Tliif  w  the  judge  iluit  ends  the  strife^ 
Where  irit  and  icaaon  fail** 

Let  ns  proclaiin  the  jadgments  of  this  judge  in  all  plaoes.  To  me  one 
text  of  Bcriptare  ia  worth  aeyea  years  of  argament.  Fathers^  Bchootmen, 
refonnersy  ParitanB,  bkhops,  and  even  ecdesiastical  oonrta  are  noihiuig 
in  coaoparifion  with  this  oracle  of  Ood. 

The  test-book  should  be  accessible  to  erery  man.  No  one  should  bo 
allowed  to  go  abroad  into  an  atmosph^e  loaded  with  superstition  and 
scepticism  without  bearing  the  antidote  with  him.  We  should  not 
mmly  proyide  it  for  him  when  he  seeks  it,  but  we  should  suggest  his 
use  of  it  by  furnishing  an  abundant  supply.  Eyery  man  should  be  able 
to  judge  of  the  truth  and  Talue  of  the  teaching  of  the  pulpit  and  the 
press  by  haying  in  his  hand  the  law  and  the  testimony  by  whidi  tH 
must  be  judged. 

Brethren,  the  Bible  is  to  us,  next,  the  8torBbaus$  of  hnUh.  It  not 
only  helps  us  to  judge  what  is  truth,  but  it  tells  us  what  truth  is. 
Shall  we  not  wish  that  all  our  neighbours  should  possess  such  a 
treasure  ?  Will  we  allow  one  poor  wandering  gipsy  or  street-beggar 
to  be  without  the  book  which  makes  wise  the  simple  ?  The  marreUoos 
fulness  of  Holy  Scripture  reminds  me  of  obtain  of  our  coal-mines. 
Ooal  is  found  upon  the  surfiEuse,  and  it  gladdens  the  cottager's  hearth, 
without  costing  him  labour  in  coming  at  it.  Even  thus  there  are 
truths  in  the  Bible  which  are  conspicuous  to  every  reader,  and  are 
learned  without  study  or  research.  When  the  surface-coal  is  gone,  the 
miners  dig  down  till  they  come  to  another  seam,  and  the  same  thing  is 
done  many  times :  they  go  farther  into  the  bowels  of  the  earth,  and 
they  find  still  more  treasore.  In  such  mines  there  is  no  exhaostion ; 
so  long  as  the  expense  of  the  descent  can  be  borne,  the  enterprising 
digger  may  go  &r  down  under  the  bottom  of  the  mighty  sea,  and  stiU 
find  full  yeins  to  reward  him.  Men  exhaust  a  coal-mine,  but  they  will 
neyer  work  out  the  Biblical  mine,  nor  come  to  the  end  of  the  truth 
that  is  ia  God's  word.  I  do  not  know  what  truth  is  not  in  the  Bible. 
A  band  of  eminent  men  once  taught  that  all  science  is  to  be  found  in 
the  Bible :  they  oonceiyed  it  to  be  a  thesaurus  of  philosojphioal  and 
physical  troth,  as  well  as  of  thecdogical  truth,  and  tW  said  that  all 
disooytfies  which  are  made  externally  by  science  might  baye  been  made 
within  the  inspired  yolume  if  we  had  looked  tot  them.  They  saked  if 
the  circulation  of  the  blood  was  not  taught  by  Solomon  long  befi(»e 
Haryey's  day,  and  if  the  rotundity  of  the  earth  and  its  position  in 
space  were  not  clearly  indicated  7  All  things  were  and  are  known  to 
that  great  Author  who  inq>ired  the  writers  of  this  book,  and  it  is  small 
won&r  if  his  omniscience  betrays  itself.  When  our  yery  wise  men 
haye  disooy^red  all  they  can,  it  may  be  that  their  wisdom  will  become 
snffieiently  prudent  to  look  up  to  the  foolishness  of  God ;  but  as  yet 
the  focdiflhneBB  of  God  is  wiser  than  men — ^the  book  in  which  God 
conetak  the  secrets  of  nature  is  yet  too  bright  for  mortal  eye. 

Eyery  stray  hint  in  the  Bible  is  of  yalue,  but  eyidsntly  it  was  written 
diiefly  to  teach  ns  moral  and  spiritual  troth,  to  teach  us  the  truths 
t^at  eonoem  our  relation  to  one  another,  and  to  God  Upon  those 
subjects  it  giyes  us  eyerything  we  require.  There  is  no  subject  upon 
which  it  does  not  treat,  or  if  there  be  a  subject  upon  which  it  is  silent^ 


164  ESSIENOB  OF  A  BIBLE-SOOIETT  SPBEGH. 

it  teaches  ns  that  God  having  nothing  to  say  npon  ifc,  we  ought  to  have 
nothing  to  ask.  This  maryellons  book  says  all  we  want  to  know,  and 
onght  to  know,  in  erery  case. 

What  a  storehonse  it  is,  since  a  man  may  continue  to  preach  from  it 
for  fiye-and-twenty  years,  and  still  find  that  there  is  more  to  preach 
from  than  when  be  began  to  discourse  npon  it !  What  pyramids  of 
books  have  been  written  upon  the  Bible,  and  yet  we  who  are  students 
find  no  portion  over-expounded,  but  lar^e  parts  which  are  scarcelr 
touched.  If  you  take  Darling's  Oyclopasdia,  and  look  at  a  text  which 
one  divine  has  preached  upon,  you  will  see  that  dozens  have  done 
the  same;  but  there  are  hundreds  of  texts  which  remain  like  virgin 
summits,  whereon  the  foot  of  preacher  has  never  stood.  I  might 
almost  say  that  the  major  part  of  the  word  of  God  is  in  that  condition  ; 
it  is  still  an  Eldorado  unexplored,  a  land  whose  dust  is  gold. 

This  is  a  tempting  subject.  The  word  of  God  is  the  great  Popular 
Educator,  the  treasure-house  of  wisdom  and  knowledge,  and  surely^ 
we,  who  desire  to  see  around  us  a  holy,  happy,  instructed  people,  must 
most  anxiously  desire  that  all  men  should  read  and  believe,  and  under- 
stand the  message  of  the  Lord. 

Next,  far  and  wide  disperse  the  Holy  Word,  because  it  is  the  great 
exemplar  of  morals.  To  whom  shall  we  go  for  help  in  this  matter,  if 
we  forget  this  thrice-holy  Book  ?  The  common  novels  of  the  day  are 
sorry  teachers  of  morality ;  they  teach  a  great  deal  more  of  immorality. 
The  religious  fiction  of  the  day  is  little  better :  it  is  either  goody- 
goody,  teaching  men  and  women  how  to  be  babies,  or  else  it  is  suggest- 
ive of  doubts  which  minister  weakness  to  the  soul.  And  What  are  all 
the  essays  and  the  theories  of  reviewers  ?  What  are  dl  the  tomes  of 
the  sages,  and  the  gatherings  up  of  centuries  ?  London  would  become 
a  field  of  blood  if  its  only  force  for  the  maintenance  of  law,  order,  and 
right  were  found  in  the  current  literature  of  the  period  apart  from  the 
Bible  and  religion.  The  Scriptures  give  us  a  perfect  law,  and  fix  its 
commands  upon  the  firm  foundation  of  God*s  claim  to  man's  obedience. 
It  reveals  to  us  the  perfect  example  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
gives  us  the  most  powerful  motives  for  copying  that  example,  by 
attracting  our  love  to  him  on  account  of  his  life  and  death  on  our 
behalf.  It  supplies  virtue  with  courage,  and  gives  zeal  to  justice. 
If  we  would  create  a  thoroughly  moral  people,  it  can  only  be  done  in 
connection  with  the  diifasion,  belief,  and  practice  of  the  Scriptures. 
The  spread  of  sound  morals  is  an  absolute  necessity  of  good  govern- 
ment, especially  in  our  great  cities.  Sin  is  a  political  danger.  But 
the  people's  morals  cannot  ^e  cared  for  except  upon  the  basis  of 
religion,  and  there  is  no  religion  but  that  of  the  cross.  Banish  religion, 
and  you  destroy  virtue.  We  will  not  say  that  no  infidels  have  beisn 
moral,  but  we  do  say  this,  that  unknown  to  themselves  they  were 
under  influences  which  sprang  out  of  religion  and  its  outgrowths,  and 
so  they  were  not  fair  specimens  of  what  atheism  alone  would  produce. 
Go  to  France  in  1797,  and  see  what  happens  to  a  nation  wnen  the 
sacred  volume  is  removed  and  its  teachings  are  derided:  there  the 
gospel  of  Pandemonium  brought  forth  its  Millennium,  and  anarchy 
created  upon  earth  the  express  likeness  of  hell.  If  you  would  settle 
the  pillars  of  order  upon  the  basis  of  liberty,  let  the  word  of  God  be 


1S8SHH0E  OF  ▲  BIBLV-800IXT7  8PBBCH.  165 

<m  the  hands  of  all  year  citizens ;  and  if  yon  wonld  go  on  to  bnild  an 
•endnring  empire,  which  shall  be  a  temple  of  blessings  to  all  mankind* 
let  the  sacred  page  be  every  day  more  studied,  better  understood,  and 
more  heartily  practised. 

Holy  Scripture  is  not  only  the  teacher  of  morals,  but  it  is  the  great 
-enforcer  ofiruih.  Other  books  tell  us  the  truth,  but  this  puts  us  in  love 
with  it :  the?  instruct  us,  but  this  converts  us.  That  is  a  fine  instance 
which  is  told  of  Junius,  who  had  been  for  years  an  infidel.  His  &ther 
persuaded  him  to  come  home,  and,  being  grieved  at  his  opinions,  begged 
iiim,  for  the  love  of  his  father,  to  read  the  New  Testament.  He  said  he 
woidd  read  it  once ;  and  here  is  his  testimony  concerning  it :  '^  When  I 
opened  the  New  Testament  I  first  fixed  my  eyes  on  that  august  chapter 
with  which  St.  John  begins  his  Oospel:  'In  the  beginning  was  the 
Word,  and  the  Word  was  with  Ood,  and  the  Word  was  Ood.'  I  read 
.part  of  the  chapterj  and  was  soon  convinced  that  the  divinity  of  the 
•argument,  and  the  majesty  and  authority  of  the  style,  did  far  excel  all 
the  eloquence  and  art  of  human  writings ;  my  whole  body  trembled,  my 
mind  was  astonished,  and  I  was  so  affected  all  that  day  that  I  ^ew 
not  where  or  what  I  was.  0  my  God,  thou  wast  mindful  of  me, 
.according  to  the  multitude  of  thy  mercies ;  and  in  pity  broughtest  home 
thylost  sheep  into  thy  fold." 

The  word  not  only  contains  the  truth,  but  it  distils  a  certain  secret 
miction  by  which  that  truth  penetrates  the  heart.  The  Spirit  of  God  is 
usually  pleased  to  bless  the  word  of  God  to  the  conversion  of  men.  It 
is  a  self-evidencing  book,  proving  its  own  inspiration  by  its  effect  on 
the  soul.  I  find  when  I  question  people  about  their  conversion  that  it 
is  almost  always  a  text  of  Scripture  that  God  has  blessed  to  that  end. 
I  may  have  expatiated  on  the  text  in  my  sermon,  but  the  main  instru- 
ment which  the  Lord  has  employed  has  been  the  passage  itself.  It  is 
food's  word,  and  not  our  comments  upon  it,  which  he  usually  blesses  to 
the  conversion  of  men.  Have  you  not  all  felt,  who  know  the  Lord,  that 
a  wondrous  charm  is  in  the  word  of  God,  by  which  men  are  gently  led 
to  the  Saviour  ?  Was  it  not  by  one  touch  of  Scripture  that  the  scales 
were  made  to  fall  firom  your  eyes,  and  you  saw  the  light  ?  Lex  lux : 
the  law  is  light.  The  Bible  itself  is  a  preacher,  yea,  an  army  of 
preachers  in  one ;  its  silent  tongue  has  more  eloquence  in  it  than  all 
^the  tongues  of  all  God's  ministers  ;  and  often  those  who  have  not  been 
led  to  faith  by  human  voices  have  heard  in  the  Bible  the  ''  still,  small 
voice  "  of  Goa  himself,  and  bowed  before  the  throne  of  the  Most  High. 
If  you  want  sinners  converted  and  souls  saved,  spread  the  sacred 
Scriptures.  You  cannot  tell  where  G^  will  bless  them ;  sow  them 
beside  all  waters. 

Let  us  spread  the  Holy  Scriptures  also,  and  perhaps  chiefly,  because 
thej  are  the  very  throne  of  Christ.  I  hate  to  hear  Scripture  and 
Scriptural  doctrine  made  into  a  great  stone  to  roll  at  the  door  of  the 
•septuchre  of  a  dead  Christ.  This  may  be  done  by  teaching  a  creed,  and 
ibrgetting  the  living  personality  of  our  Lord.  I  have  heard  of  Christians 
whose  principal  talk  is  about  'Hhe  church."  God  bless  the  church  I 
But  it  is  not  the  chief  object  of  our  aflfection.  Christ — Christ  crucified — 
jQOSt  ever  stand  first.  I  have  joined  the  society  of  '^  know-nothings  "; 
iu)t  the  American  '^  know-nothings,"   but  the  old  Pauline  know- 


1<66  SBSnrOE  QF  a  BOaJMSOOIlTT  fiPBIGQS. 

BothiogB ;  tor  I  determined  to  know  nothing  among  yon  msfe  Jesw 
Ohrist  md  him  crncified.  Those  who  are  of  that  pennarion  will  be 
mne  to  lore  ihe  word  of  Ood,  for  it  is  fhll  of  Jesns.  **  The  ScriptoreB 
are  the  swaddling-bands  of  the  child  Christ  Jesas ; "  so  St.  Anraiti&e 
used  to  say.  The  Sonptnres  are  those  beds  of  ohoioest  flowers  where  he 
is eter  present: — <' He  feedeth  amone  the  lilies."  This  is  tbegarden 
where  he  delighteth  to  wdk.  In  the  Bcriptnres,  as  in  the  l^ple^ 
eTeryone  s^aks  of  his  glory.  All  the  prophets  and  apostles  point  to 
him,  and  with  one  Toioe  cry,  '*  Behold  the  Lamb  of  Ood  which  taketh 
•way  the  sin  of  the  world/'  The  iyory  palaces  of  inspiration  are 
firagrant  with  cassia  snd  myrrh,  and  all  tnat  myrrh  and  holy  perfbme 
come  from  the  presence  of  Ohrist  in  the  midst  of  tiiem.  Oh  I  von  who 
love  the  Incarnate  Word,  spread  the  insnired  word  which  aoes  him 
honour.  Oh !  yon  that  t&A  that  he  lored  yon  and  gave  himself  for 
yon,  if  yon  desire  to  bring  him  an  acceptable  sacrifice,  spread  the 
word  of  God  all  oyer  the  world,  till  eyery  creature  shall  read  the 
glowing  page. 

Last  of  iJl,  let  ns  spread  the  Bible,  for  we  have  no  idea  how  greatly 
it  is  <^  €(m9olaiion  of  ths  afflicted,  and  the  comforter  of  the  poor  and 
troubled.  It  nonrishes  the  sonls  of  the  famished  ones.  I  know  many 
persons  who  cannot  get  oat  to  a  place  of  worship,  for  they  haye  been 
nedridden  for  many  years  ;  bnt  the  Psalms  of  David,  and  the  blessed 
words  of  the  Savionr,  such  as,  '^  Let  not  yonr  heart  be  troubled :  ye 
believe  in  God,  believe  also  in  me,"  have  b^n  their  daily  food. 

I  have  heard  it  whispered  by  some  of  God's  people  sometimes,  ^*  We 
know  not  where  to  get  the  gospel.  We  have  a  preacher,  but  he  is  a  dry 
bone ;  there  is  no  marrow  in  him,  for  there  is  no  Christ  in  his  preadi- 
ing."    When  yon  hear  a  sermon  that  has  no  Christ  in  it,  yon  are  to  be 

Sitied :  if  you  hear  that  man  again  it  is  yonr  own  fault,  and  yon  will 
eserve  to  be  blamed.  I  would  not  give  a  man  a  sec(xid  chanoe  to 
preaoh  me  a  Christlees  sermon.  **  That  is  hard,"  say  yon.  If  a  man 
were  to  advertise  that  he  could  make  bread  without  flour  he  might  add, 
^  bnt  I  will  never  do  it."  It  may  be  so,  bnt  let  us  judge  by  an  analogy. 
Wh^  I  get  the  idea  that  a  gentleman  believes  in  a  gospel  in  which 
Christ  is  not  flrst  and  last  I  leave  him  alone  in  his  glory.  Christ  must 
be  all  in  all,  or  the  gospel  is  not  preached.  When  people  live  in  a 
region  where  an  adulterated  gospel  is  served  out,  what  a  blessing  it  is 
that  they  can  go  and  get  the  bread  of  life  at  first  hand  from  their  ^ 
Bibles!  If  you  live  in  a  region  where  the  milk  is  watered  down,  the  ' 
best  thing  is  to  keep  a  cow  of  your  own:  to  have  your  own  Bible  is 
like  keeping  your  own  cow ;  from  it  you  get  *'  the  sincere  milk  of  the 
word."  And  what  a  blessing  it  is  to  be  able  to  have  God's  word  at  so 
small  a  cost !  Time  was  when  your  forefathers  would  have  given  all 
they  were  worth  if  they  could  have  had  such  a  treasure.  You  have  it 
in  all  your  houses ;  therefore  take  care  that  you  have  it  in  yonr  hearts. 

When  we  think  of  the  many,  many  poor  people  in  this  great  city  of 
ours  that  suffer  very  much,  and  yet  are  happy  because  they  live  on  the 
word  of  God  as  their  daily  manna;  when  we  think  of  the  many  who 
are  ftill  of  diseases,  whose  very  bones  decay,  and  yet  are  joyful  and  sing 
all  day  long  because  the  holy  promises  are  their  comforters ;  when  we 
think  of  the  many  that  are  aunost  homeleBS^  scarcely  knowing  where  to- 


OOBPML  W€BX  QT  HOBIH-WBBV  BPABI*  1(7 

kj  their  heads,  and  aro,  neTerfehelesB,  sapremely  bleBsed  through  the 
graoe  of  Ood,  we  eannot  bat  adore  the  sacred  Scriptniey  whidi  is  the 
meat  and  drink  of  their  sonls.  Take  the  Bible  away !  Yon  might  as 
wdl  strike  the  son  fixnn  the  firmament,  or  dry  up  all  the  riTers  and 
springs. 

I  was  sitting  under  a  beech-tree  in  the  New  Forest  some  time  ago, 
thinkine  and  meditating  on  that  tree.  The  beech  is  a  yery  wonderfal 
tree,  emibiting  many  carions  habits  and  growths.  If  any  tree  has  in- 
tellect it  is  the  beech-tree.  I  was  meditating  upon  my  friend  the  beech, 
and  looking  np  through  the  interlaced  branches  and  enjoying  the 
shade,  when  I  saw  a  squirrel  up  in  the  tree,  and  I  said  to  myself,  '*  Ah, 
I  do  not  yalue  this  tree  as  tne  squirrel  does.  He  knows  the  trunk 
ajenne,  and  calls  it  his  High  Street  and  then  he  knows  all  the  branch 
streets,  all  the  little  thoronghfiu*es,  and  the  nooks  where  he  can  hide 
himself  away.  This  tree  is  his  town,  and  he  almost  counts  the  leaves 
as  he  runs  about  it.  Moreorer,  he  has  a  little  store  of  nuts  somewhere 
in  his  own  prirate  bank,  and  this  tree  is  a  sort  of  mother  and  father 
and  general  provider  for  him.  He  can  tell  me  what  sounds  it  makes  at 
midnight,  and  what  creaking  of  the  branches  he  hears  when  the  storm 
is  out;  for  this  tree  is  his  world,  it  is  every  thing  to  him." 

Now,  we  ministers  go  to  the  Bible  for  our  texts,  and  value  it  for  that 
purpose ;  and  ordinary  readers  go  there,  and  see  much  of  poetr]r,  and 
much  that  is  interesting  and  instructive  in  it;  but  the  poor  sinner, 
heavy-laden  with  his  sins,  how  precious  it  is  to  him  when  first  it  reveals 
his  Saviour,  and  afterwards,  when  he  is  worn  and  weary  with  the  cares 
of  life,  how  precious  is  the  Word  to  the  believer  when  it  assures  him 
that  his  bread  shall  be  given  him  and  his  water  shall  be  sure.  We  do 
not  know  the  value  that  one  line  of  Scripture  has  in  the  eye  of  one  of 
Ctod's  saints  whom  that  Scripture  has  sustained.  Whenever  you  give 
a  Bible,  yon  bestow  a  priceless  treasure  upon  the  man  who  receives  it ; 
therefore,  go  on  with  your  contributions,  and  do  all  that  you  can  to 
spread  the  word  of  Ood.  The  Bible  is  not  Christ,  but  it  points  to 
him  :  you  may  not  rest  in  your  Bibles  as  though  they  could  save  you, 
but  you  must  go  to  Christ  himself  for  salvation ;  but  still,  when  ^ou 
have  once  believed  in  the  Lord  Jesus,  set  about  leading  others  to  him, 
and  how  can  you  do  this  more  surely  than  by  seeing  to  it  that  the 
Scriptures  are  scattered  everywhere?    Farewell. 


TXTE  are  not  now  about  to  say  anything  of  our  introductory  Spanish 
V  f  experience  in  Barcelona  and  Ma£id.  This  paper  is  to  review 
our  work  in  the  North-west  of  the  Peninsula,  which  extends  from  Arteijo 
to  Morgadanes,  a  distance  of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles.  We 
have  gone  over  this  line  when  there  was  no  gospel  work  in  any  place, 
when  it  was  impossible  to  meet  a  Spanish  Christian  there,  for  the  simple 
reason  that  there  was  not  one.  Since  then  we  have  visited  the  places  now 
to  be  mentioned,  preaching  the  gospel  in  them  for  the  first  time,  at  least 
for  centuries.  Indeed,  we  have  written  about  them  all  in  The  Sioard 
tmd  ilU  Trauml  before.   Thmw^  took  the  reader  into  the  various  places, 


168  GoanL  woBK  in  soBTH-wicrr  SPinr. 

showed  him  all  the  '^  ins  and  outs "  of  the  meetings  at  leisure ;  now 
we  intend  to  take  him  as  by  express  train,  only  saying  a  word  about 
each  place  as  we  fly  past 

How  happy  the  reader  may  consider  himself  to  go  in  an  express  train 
of  thought  oyer  this  ground  I  It  is  the  only  express  that  exists  in  the 
North-west;  indeed,  there  is  no  other  train  in  which  the  through 
journey  can  be  performed.  The  usual  conyeyance  is  from  Loureda  to 
Oorunna,  eight  miles,  donkeys  or  diligence ;  from  Corunna  to  Santiago, 
forty  miles,  diligence ;  from  Santiago  to  Garril  and  Yilla^arcia,  twenty- 
fiye  miles,  train ;  from  Carril  to  Ponteyedra,  fifteen  miles,  dUigence ; 
from  Ponteyedra  to  Bedondela,  twelye  miles,  diligence;  from  £e- 
dondela  to  Vigo,  seyen  miles,  train;  from  Vigo  to  Morgadanes,  ten 
miles,  partly  by  conyeyance  and  partly  on  foot :  the  entire  journey 
occupying  about  thirty  hours.  Eighteen  hours  in  the  diligence  or  stage- 
coach, without  any  possibility  of  getting  anything  to  eat  by  the  way,  is 
not  a  new  experience  to  us ;  and  said  I  not  well  that  you  may  be  glad 
to  go  with  us  by  an  express  train,  made  up  of  carriages  of  thought, 
along  this  difficmt  line  ?  It  is  the  quickest  train  we  know  of ;  there  is 
least  jolting;  you  may  go  eyen  without  feeling  the  springs  of  the 
carriage ;  the  company  is  no  worse  than  if  you  were  sitting  in  your  own 
house ;  the  fare,  the  price  of  the  magazine;  and  we  promise  not  eyen  to 
giye  you  the  trouble  to  take  your  gloyes  off  to  look  for  the  ticket.  One 
thing  we  haye  no  desire  for  you  to  do — ^we  are  yeiy  anxious  that  you 
dioidd  not  go  to  sleep  on  the  journey. 

Our  first  imaginary  station  is  Loureda,  the  carriages  stand  along  the 
platform,  the  engine  is  coupled  on,  steam  is  up,  there's  the  cry  ^^  Take 
seats; "  jump  in.  Do  you  hear  the  whistle  ?  Now  we  are  off.  Here 
we  are,  just  approaching  Arteijo.  Look  ahead  I  There,  do  you  see 
that  house  standing  alone?  That  was  o^r  first  meeting-place.  Just  in 
front  there  is  where  the  priest  gathered  a  crowd  to  annoy  us  at  our  first 
meetings.  He  made  the  people  yell  and  shout,  *'  Viva  la  Virgen  I  **  and 
**  Viva  d  Papa/*'  and  got  one  man  to  ride  his  horse  up  against  the  door. 
Poor  fellow  !  He  gained  nothing  by  it ;  and  his  death  was  yery  sad ; 
but  I'll  tell  you  about  it  presently.  Do  you  see  the  riyer  oyer  there, 
and  that  tree  with  its  boughs  growing  oyer  it  ?  There  one  of  the 
conyerts  jumped  into  the  riyer,  and  hid  under  the  tree,  when  pursued  by 
a  man  whom  the  priestly  party  had  hired  to  murder  him.  That  farm- 
house we  are  passing  now  is  the  present  meeting-place.  Both  husband 
and  wife  are  Christians^  and  if  you  like  to  come  back  when  the  journey 
is  oyer  they  will  show  us  hospitality.  Sometimes  four  of  us  go,  haye 
a  meeting  in  the  house,  and  stay  the  night.  The  mistress  has  been 
called  the  '^  Lydia  of  Spain."  Gome  to  the  other  side — there's  the  sea, 
and  in  that  cosy  inlet  we  baptized  some  of  tiie  Christians.  Here's 
Arteijo  itself-Hi  small  town,  celebrated  for  its  mineral  waters.  You  may 
be  glad  we  are  in  the  train;  for  in  this  way  you  escape  insults,  and  all 
manner  of  queer  names. 

Now  we  naye  nothing  important  for  eight  miles.  "You  spoke  of 
baptism  in  the  sea — ^haye  you  any  truly  conyerted  in  the  place  ?"  Oh, 
yes,  we  haye  baptized  nineteen  people  here  ;  and  the  sufferings  they  are 
made  to  undergo  giye  a  reality  to  tneir  confession  of  Christ.  One  man 
used  to  get  his  liying  hj  means  of  his  donkey  ;  but  when  he  was  con- 
yerted somebody  shot  his  donkey  in  the  mouth.    Another  had  his  little 


GOfiFBL  WOBK  IN  NORTH- WBBT  SPAIN.  169 

bonse  burnt  down  (onr  friend,  the  farmer,  afterwards  gave  him  a  place 
to  lire  in  rent  free)  ;  the  schoohnaster  of  the  village  was  baptized,  and 
he  soon  lost  all  his  scholars ;  a  beggar  was  converted,  not  a  man  who 
went  to  begging  as  a  trade,  as  yon  may  see  many  doing  daring  onr 
jonmey,  bnt  a  tme  case  where  charity  wonid  be  well  employed.  Well,  he 
became  a  Christian,  as  I  tell  yon  ;  bnt,  poor  fellow,  he  conld  not  any 
longer  beg  in  the  Spanish  orthodox  beggar  style — in  the  name  of  the 
Virgin — bnt  only  in  the  name  of  Christ,  and  thns  he  became  a  loser  by 
the  gospel ;  for  begging  in  the  name  of  Christ  showed  he  was  an 
eyangelical  beggar,  and  bat  few  woald  heed  him  when  thas  he  asked  an 
alms. 

"  Bnt  yon  spoke  of  the  priest's  death  being  a  sad  one."  Yes,  I'll 
tell  yon  that  in  a  few  words,  becanse  we  are  nearing  Cornnna.  After 
annoying  ns,  and  penecating  onr  converts  whenever  he  conld,  the 
priest  became  too  ill  to  go  through  his  official  performances,  and  another 
priest  came  to  officiate  instead  of  him.  The  second  priest  thonght  the 
first  one  too  much  taken  np  with  his  pigs  and  ponftry,  and  reasoned 
with  him  about  it,  telling  him  he  onght  to  begin  to  think  a  little  about 
God  HOW;  but  the  first  priest  replied,  ^'No;  I  have  thought  about 
God  rather  too  much ;  I  need  now  to  be  taken  up  with  the  poultry  aud 
the  pigs;"  and  shortly  afterwards  he  died.  Poor  man,  poor  man;  I 
would  rather  be  the  converted  beggar  than  be  the  priest. 

WeU,  God  bless,  and  increase,  the  little  church  at  Arteijo. 

"  Is  this  Corunna  ?  Why,  it  is  quite  a  large  town."  Yes,  it  is,  and 
the  largest  in  the  North-west  of  Spain ;  and,  like  the  country,  is  nearly 
surrounded  by  the  sea.  We  turn  off  at  the  next  comer.  Be  quick  and 
get  a  glimpse  of  that  row  of  houses  to  the  right,  just  outside  the  town. 
There  Brother  Blamire  and  I  took  a  house  each,  and  below  his  home 
was  onr  meeting-nlace.  How  the  Governor  threatened  when  we  an- 
nounced we  shoula  preach  in  it  for  the  first  time  I  He  wouldn't  allow 
ns  to  begin,  he  was  sure  the  people  would  mob  and  murder  us ;  no 
such  thing  as  gospel-preaching  had  taken  place  for  centuries,  and  if  we 
commenc^  he  would  put  us  in  jail.  Aud  sure  enough  when  we  went 
down  to  our  first  meeting,  three  or  four  policemen  were  at  the  meeting- 
house door,  and  both  Mr.  Blamire  and  I  were  uncertain  as  to  their 
mission. 

'*Did  they  put  you  in  jail?"  No;  as  we  went  in  and  the  people 
followed,  they  commenced  calling,  "Order,  order,"  and  instead  of 
putting  us  in  jail,  they  kept  the  door  for  us.  Nor  were  the  people 
as  a  whole  at  all  inclined  to  mob  us.  On  the  second  Lord's-^y 
evening  the  meeting-place  was  crammed  with  curious  hearers  twice, — 
and  aftor  the  second  meeting  about  two  thousand  people  who  could  not 
find  room  cried  out,  **  Speak  to  us  from  the  bdcony."  That's  now 
seven  years  ago,  and  meetings  still  continue  to  be  held.  If  we  were 
not  on  a  hasty  journey  it  would  be  interesting  to  you  to  visit  the 
preacher,  himself  one  of  the  first  converts,  and  the  other  twenty  or 
thirty  people  conrerted  here. 

From  this  pointy  Santa  Lucia,  a  kind  of  suburb,  you  can  get  a  good 
view  of  the  harbour  and  the  town  behind  it;  the  town  ascends  some- 
what gradnaUy,  and,  as  you  see,  Oorunna  is  rather  an  attractive  place. 
''  At  what  a  speed  we  are  going  now  1"  Yes,  and  it  is  well  we  are^  for 
the  country  between  this  and  Santiago,  a  distance  of  forty  miles, 


170  GOSPiL  woBK  nr  HOBTH-WHERT  SeADT. 

ezceptdiig  one  litUe  Tillage,  called  Ordenes,  is  almost  a  desert,  and  yoQ 
had  better  rest  a  little.  *'  We  are  just  ooming  down  upon  rather  a 
lams  town." 

les,  Santiago  is  the  next  largest  town  to  Oomnna  in  the  North- 
west of  Spain ;  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  priest-ridden  towns  in  tiie 
oonntrj,  and  the  inunorality  there  is  Rreat  As  to  the  college  where 
priests  are  made,  one  of  the  priests  made  in  it  told  me  that  when  he  was 
there  among  the  many  stadents,  he  only  knew  one  honest  man,  and 
him  they  ciMt  ont.  There  is  some  architectural  beauty  in  the  town^ 
eqpecialfy  the  Cathedral,  but  the  beauty  is  forgotten  when  yon  re- 
member that  it  is  all  to  deceiye  the  people.  It  is  sufficient  to  awe  most 
who  go  into  the  Oathednd  and  see  the  ^performance/'  as  it  is  well 
called, — ^it  would  be  wrong  to  call  it  ''servioe,"  unless  ^of  the  devil  '^ 
was  understood.  In  the  nave  you  look  up  and  see  a  large  painted  eye 
looking  down  upon  you,  in  front  is  the  organ  with  symbols  representing 
the  ai^  sounding  the  last  trumpet;  to  the  left  you  see  priests  in 
costly  and  attractiye  yestments  going  through  their  mummeiy  in  im- 
posing style;  looking  toward  the  altar  to  your  right,  you  haye  to  take 
care  when  six  men  lift  up  the  large  censer  and  swing  it  by  means  of 
ropes  attached  to  pulleys,  for  if  it  struck  you  you  mi^t  lose  your  life 
by  the  blow.  When  I  am  in  the  naye  I  think  of  knayes;  when  I  see 
their  altar  I  think  of  the  table  of  deyils ;  when  I  see  the  performing 
priests  I  remember  that  Spaniards  say  they  are  all  fornicators ;  when 
I  walk  round  and  see  confossional-boxes  for  English,  French,  Germans, 
etc.,  I  loathe  the  whole  thing,  for  thus  they  use  any  language  to  get 
the  people's  secrets  for  purposes  of  authority  oyer  them ;  but  they  lock 
God's  word  away  in  an  unknown  tongue:  and  when  I  see  the  eye 
painted  aboye  it  all,  I  think  how  God  has  his  eye  upon  them,  and  will 
be  clear  when  he  judges  them,  and  rends  them  m  pieces  as  a  lion. 

Let  Santiago  go  with  its  hypocrisy  and  lies,  we  shall  haye  more 
interest  in  a  smaUer  place,  Yillagarcia,  twenty-eight  miles  or  so  from  it. 
^  We  seem  to  be  approaching  the  sea  again,  which  we  haye  not  seen  since 
we  left  Comnna."  Yes,  that  smdl  town  is  Carril,  where  the  BoyiJ 
Hail  Steam  Nayigation  Company's  steamers  touch  once  a  month  when 
going  out  from  England,  and  just  a  mile^and-a-half  from  here  we  come 
to  our  next  meeting-place  at  Yillagarcia.  We  conmienoed  here  about 
eighteen  months  ago.  When  we  l^gan,  the  whole  place  was  up ;  and 
the  priests  talked  about  us  for  miles  round.  They  told  the  people  we 
were  keeping  away  the  rain,  and  had  scorched  up  their  Inoian  com, 
that  we  had  brought  the  last  comet  upon  them ;  and  one  priest  eight 
miles  off,  got  up  and  said  to  the  congr^ation,  *'One  hundred  years  ago 
it  was  prophesied  that  Antichrist  should  come  this  year,  and  that 
afterwards  the  world  would  come  to  an  end.  Now/'  said  the  priest, 
''see  how  true  this  prophecy  was.  Antichrist  has  come,  and  is  now 
preaching  at  Yillagarcia ; "  and  he  charged  his  congregation  not  to 
come  near  us.  After  sudi  talk  of  course  it  was  natural  tor  the  people 
to  desire  to  see  Antichrist,  and  from  eyerr  quarter  for  miles  round 
they  came  to  hear  us*  Some  were  conyerted,  imd  last  year  we  baptized 
sixteen  in  this  place.  Look  I  do  yon  see  this  row  of  houses^— well, 
there's  our  meetiBg-house,  and  may  the  Lord  bless  Brother  Bhunire's 
praariiing  and  mine  in  that  plaoa    I  mention  Brother  Blaming  for  we 


GOSPIL  WOBK  Hr  KOBTH-WflBT  BPAIH.  171 

are  only  fifteen  mileB  from  where  he  liyes,  and  there  ia  our  next  meeting* 
place,  Pontevedra. 

**  What  pleasant  soenery ;  how  deUghtf ol  it  is  to  hare  the  yiew  changing 
thus  at  ereiy  tnm  f " 

Yea,  how  often  have  we  enjoyed  the  free,  bracing  air  of  these  hilla 
as  we  haye  footed  ererj  step  of  the  way  between  this  and  Yigo,  and 
Horgadanes,  and  many  and  pleasant  haye  been  the  thoughts  suggested 
by  the  common  snrronndin^s  of  the  wayl  The  early  walk  im^e  ns 
think  of  Dayid,  who  said»  '<  Early  will  I  seek  thee."  The  fresh  morning 
air  spoke  of  the  refreshing,  bracing  breeses  of  the  Spirit  of  God;  the 
rising  ann  explained  mnch  about  the  light,  heat,  and  beauty  of  the 
Bun  of  Bighteousness ;  and  these  hills,  bathed  in  glory,  spoke  of  the 
eyeilasting  hills,  especially  of  the  holy  hill  of  Zion,  ivbere  we  shall 
stand  in  the  light  of  God,  where  there  shall  be  no  enemy,  and  no  goin^ 
down  to  the  yalleys  of  mist  and  sadness,  but  where  all  is  bright  and 
joyous  for  erer.  Do  you  see  Ponteredra  there  away  in  the  diBtanoe, 
with  the  sun  making  almost  eyery  piece  of  glass  sparkle  like  a  dia- 
mond? When  in  our  walks  we  have  come  upon  it,  the  heayenly 
home,  with  its  sunlight  and  golden  glory,  has  been  made  real,  and  the 
hynm  has  been  made  true— 

^  As  when  the  weaxy  traveller  gains 

The  height  of  some  commanding  hiD, 
His  heart  rerives  if  o*er  the  plains 
He  sees  his  home,  though  distant  still.** 

Well,  this  is  Pontevedra.  This  is  the  place  where  the  goyernor 
threatened  us  with  fourteen  years*  imprisonment  if  we  did  not  leave  his 
province;  this  is  the  place  where  the  Archbishop  of  Santiago  came 
to  exoonmiunicate  us,  our  landlords,  and  any  who  would  sell  us  food  ; 
this  is  the  place  where  the  newspaper  editors  took  our  part 
against  the  arcnbishop,  and  one  of  them,  the  editor  of  a  daily  paper,  was 
sentenced  to  thirty  days'  silence  and  a  fine  of  ten  pounds  for  publishing 
a  letter  written  by  us  in  answer  to  lectures  against  us  by  a  priest ;  and 
in  this  place  last  year  we  baptized  thirteen  persons,  one  of  them  being 
the  rector  of  an  adjoining  parish. 

But  on  goes  our  train,  dashing  away,  waiting  for  nothing,  on  the 
Yigo  line,  whistling  and  snorting  and  puffing,  rocking  us  from  side  to 
side,  and  breaking  up  our  conversation  into  pieces.  At  any  rate, 
you  can  delight  your  eyes  with  the  leafy  vine  near  almost  every  house 
you  pass,  the  maize  fields,  and  the  beautiful  and  winding  bay,  ever 
widening  till  Yigo  is  reached. 

''  But  what  place  have  we  here  ?  This  dirty  little  town,  so  unattrao- 
ti?e,  so  unfavourable  a  contrast  to  the  splendid  scenery  about  it — did 
you  not  think  this  place  worth  working  ?"  The  truth  is,  I  had  almost 
lorgotten  the  place.  It  is  Redondela,  The  people,  speaking  of  its 
being  a  fat  place  for  the  priests,  say — 

"  El  abad  de  Bedondela 
Come  si  la  mcjor  cena.** 

(The  ohief  of  Bedondela  priests 
On  the  fat  of  all  the  land  he  feasts.) 

We  fixnid  the  priests  here  powerful.     We  did  the  best  we  could 


172  GOBPXL  WOBK  IN  H0BTH-WE8T  SPADT. 

nnder  the  circamfitances;  bnt,  so  far  ae  we  see,  there  are  no  reanlta. 
This  shows  as  that  success  is  of  Ood.  Had  the  Lord  not  made  the  dif- 
ference we  should  have  had  to  say  about  all  our  other  places  the  same 
thing,  therefore  heartily  do  we  say  of  any  success  we  have  had  in  Spain, 
''  Not  unto  us,  0  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto  thy  name  giye  glory." 

But  haye  your  eyes  about  you,  here  is  Vigo.  There,  to  the  right,  at 
the  end  of  that  row,  is  our  first  meeting-place  in  this  town.  J^w,  to 
the  left,  there  liyes  our  greatest  enemy.  In  this  town,  when  we  com- 
menced, we  did  not  know  how  to  make  the  meetings  knowui  for  there 
was  no  liberty  to  print  bills  or  advertise  in  the  daily  papers,  or  even  to  affix 
a  notice  outside  the  meeting-house  door.  The  Lord  helped  us.  One  of 
the  editors,  not  knowing  the  law  of  the  case^  announced  our  meeting  of 
his  own  accord  once  and  again.  The  second  time,  however,  just  when 
he  had  printed  all  the  copies  of  his  paper,  they  made  him  bht  our  an* 
nouncement  out  of  every  copy,  but  the /our  black  lines  were  the  talk  of 
the  town,  and  our  meeting-place  was  crammed.  Here  we  were  taken 
prisoners  twice,  but  after  much  ado  we  were  released,  and  now  the  few 
brethren  go  on  alone.    We  baptized  here  fourteen  converts. 

And  now  our  train  enters  the  mountainous  and  solitary  road  to  Mor- 
gadanes,  and  this  is  the  end  of  our  journey — here  the  train  will  stop. 
You  see  it  has  shut  off  the  steam,  the  break  is  being  applied.  We  are 
stopping,  you  had  better  get  out,  and  we  will  just  walk  round  the  place 
for  a  changa  You  see  it  is  a  village  of  huts  rather  than  houses.  A 
little  way  from  this  is  Oondomar,  where  with  our  wives  we  were  stoned 
in  front  of  the  magistrate's  office.  In  this  village  a  man  was  fined  two 
dollars  for  allowing  a  Christian  from  Yigo  to  sleep  in  his  house,  and 
the  magistrate  threatened  those  who  should  dare  to  read  the  Bible 
together!  They  came  to  us,  and  we  began  a  meeting  in  one  of  their 
houses.  At  the  first  meeting  we  had  as  many  as  the  room  would  hold, 
and  some  had  to  stand  at  the  door.  Let  us  walk  up  this  hill.  Do  you 
see  how  lonely  this  mountain  pathway  is  ?  Well,  when  we  left  the  first 
meeting,  the  prieste  had  this  path  lined  with  about  two  hundred  men, 
women,  and  children,  with  stones  in  their  pockets  and  aprons.  When  we 
began  our  homeward  way  we  were  surprised  by  the  report  of  a  gun  from 
behind  that  low  wall,  and  over  these  rocks  the  stones  rolled  down  upon 
us,  and  when  we  got  to  this  place  where  we  now  stand  a  large  group 
pelted  us,  and  so  we  passed  through  group  after  group  for  about  a 
mile  and  a  half,  till  we  got  to  the  main  road,  which  you  noticed  we  left  to 
the  right  on  our  way  here.  The  authorities  at  Madrid,  stirred  up  by 
the  newspapers,  interfered,  and  until  lately  we  have  had  the  meetings  in 
comparative  peace.  *'  Why  do  you  say  until  lately  ?  "  Because  a  week  ago  I 
had  a  letter  to  say  that  three  of  the  brethren,  the  other  day,  because  uiej 
did  not  take  off  their  hats  to  the  host  as  it  passed,  were  sentenced  to 
twenty  days'  imprisonment,  and  a  fine  of  ten  dollars  each.  On  one  of 
them,  the  preacher,  they  have  inflicted  a  second  fine  of  ten  dollars. 

Now,  I  hope  I  have  fulfilled  my  promise  made  at  the  outset.  I  hope 
the  journey  has  been  pleasant  and  quick  enough;  and  let  me  tell  ^ou, 
if  you  lay  the  periodical  down,  in  addition  to  the  advantages  promised 
at  the  beginning,  you  will  not  need  to  pay  your  fare  back,  but  will  find 


yourself  at  home  in  less  than  the  twinkling  of  an  eye. 


P.  W1O8IOKB. 


178 


UNDER  the  most  favourable  conditions  there  is  nothing  yer}^  ex- 
hilarating in  a  ride  on  the  Blackwall  Railway ;  bat  on  a  raw  winter 
eyening  the  exercise  is  nothing  less  than  depressing.  After  leaving 
Fenchnrch-street  we  are  sufficiently  elevated  to  obtain  a  view  of  that 
portion  of  the  wonderful  East-end  which  borders  on  the  Thames,  and 
which  after  sunset,  while  as  yet  there  is  no  moon,  spreads  before  us  as  a 
wilderness  of  houses  with  a  sheet  of  yellow  gas-light  beneath,  while  a 
cloud  of  smoky  mist  hovers  above.  Narrow,  sloppy,  and  with  only 
lamps  enough  to  make  them  visible,  the  streets  look  quite  comfortless  ; 
and  yet  so  valuable  is  the  ground  that  trains  pass  within  a  few  feet  of 
where  human  beings  are  working,  sinning,  or  sleeping.  We  are  con- 
tinually coming  upon  contrasts  in  this  city  of  anomalies,  and  perhaps 
the  strangest  anomaly  of  all  is  seen  in  the  way  in  which  wealth  and 
poverty  are  found  in  company.  Though  this  may  sometimes  be  more 
apparent  at  the  West-end  of  the  town,  the  East  is  in  reality  no  less 
remarkable  for  its  strange  scenes  contrasting  one  with  another.  Thus, 
while  the  homes  of  poverty  are  thickly  scattered,  a  few  steps  from  any 
one  of  them  will  take  us  to  warehouses  and  cellars,  acres  upon  acres  in 
extent,  in  which  are  stored  almost  incalculable  quantities  of  the  richest 
produce  of  the  most  fruitful  climes. 

It  happens  to  be  an  evening  on  which  Dr.  Bamardo  is  giving  an 
entertainment  to  a  large  company  of  that  waif-and-stray  class  who  have 
learned  to  look  up  to  him  as  a  benefactor,  the  place  of  meeting  being 
the  Edinburgh  Castle,  at  Limehoase.  To  those  who  know  this  ren- 
dezvous, and  something  about  the  strange  manner  in  which  the  pre- 
mises were  reclaimed  from  the  basest  of  uses,  there  is  a  charm  even  in 
the  name ;  and  now,  on  approaching  the  brilliantly-lighted  hostelry, 
where  gin  and  beer  have  been  superseded  by  tea  and  coffee,  the  ear 
is  saluted  by  a  very  Babel  of  sounds,  from  the  throats  of  children 
struggling  to  gain  admission  to  the  feast  within.  In  point  of  fact, 
however,  these  clamorous  youngsters  are  ineligible.  The  party  consists 
of  some  fifteen  hundred  boys  and  girls,  ^1  probably  under  fifteen  years 
of  age,  but  not  one  of  them  is  earning  a  living  in  a  straightforward 
manner  apart  from  evil  associations.  For  nights  previous  to  the 
meeting  the  tickets  of  invitation  were  carefully  distributed  in  various 
parts  of  London,  by  experienced  agents,  who  well  knew  what  they 
were  about.  They  penetrated  to  the  hot,  reeking  kitchens  of  those 
curiously  awftil  dens  known  as  common  lodging-houses ;  they  visited 
the  railway-stations,  the  cold  market-places,  and  still  darker  haunts 
at  the  water-side.  The  aim  was  to  invite  a  party  fifteen  hundred 
strong  of  virtually  homeless  children,  those  alone  being  invited  who 
were  such,  or  who  were  living  alone  in  a  lodging-house,  or  who  herded 
with  some  adult  in  what,  in  a  lodging-house  neighbourhood,  is  known 
as  ''  a  fdmished  room."  Of  these  places  generally  we  will  presently 
speak  more  particularly  ;  but  in  the  meanwhile,  as  we  view  the  strange 
scene  firom  tne  platform,  we  may  well  feel  somewhat  appalled,  not  oidy 
at  the  ease  with  which  so  unique  a  party  was  gathered,  but  at  the 


174  AT  A  SIBKKT  l&iBS'  TBA  FASTT. 

remembrance  that,  in  London  kloDe,  there  are  at  least  twenty-eight 
thonaand  of  these  nnfortmnate  children  who  are  bom  to  misery. 

Inside  the  ball,  or,  as  we  may  say,  in  the  large  reoe^tioa-room,  Uie 
scene  i8  one  of  great  activity,  offermg  a  rare  opportnoity  to  any  who 
are  dispoeed  to  stady  character.  As  it  la  cooBidoed  to  be  the  safer 
jAan,  no  tables  are  proTided;  a  moontain  of  well-filled  p^>e^bagB  on 
the  platform,  representing  nearly  a  ton  of  food,  shows  that  there  mh  be 
no  stint  in  the  way  (rf  protisifau,  while  the  fragrant  tea  is  brewed  in 
sixteen  oms,  etch  of  the  nnfasbionable  bnt  still  respectable  c^iaoity  of 
thirty-six  gidl<»u.  In  addition  to  the  present  meal  there  is  a  con- 
ditional promise  of  a  new  sixpmioe  and  a  couple  of  oranges  to  each 
guest  provided  good  behavioar  is  preserved  throughout  the  evening. 
Altbongh  the  vonngBters  are  exijected  to  make  a  noise,  the  order  pre- 
stfved  ia  wtmaerfolly  good  oonaiderine  the  conditions,  and  when  we 
again  cuuider  the  privaljonB  soffered  by  these  yoongsters,  we  shall 
wonder  to  see  the  oares  of  life  sit  bo  lightly  on  their  abonlden.  Think- 
ing nothiag  about  the  haidships  of  to-morrow,  they  are  only  ooncemed 
with  prcirat  eojoymei^ 


BOHI  OT  DS,  BiAKAEDO'S  QUBSIB. 

Dr.  Johnson  enlisted  the  sympathy  of  posterity  by  once  writing 
himself  drntia-ku ;  bnt  it  is  said  that  a  sam  of  £5,000  woi^d  be 
required  to  give  the  dinnerless  children  in  the  streets  of  London  ms 
good  meal.  When  invited  to  a  treat,  as  in  the  case  bef(H«  ns,  they  eat 
as  if  having  enough  were  an  uncommon  experience;  and  the  rapidity 
with  which  the  mountain  of  bags  of  food  disappears  is  one  of  the  note- 
worthy phenomena  of  the  evening.  Talcing  it  as  a  whole,  the  scene  is 
one  Bucn  as  might  have  been  described  by  Defoe,  or  portrayed  by  the 
pencil  of  Htsvih.  Walk  down  the  centre  of  the  room  while  the  cake 
and  bread  and  butter  are  being  devoured,  and  notice  welt  that,  while  no 
two  faces  are  alike,  there  is,  as  it  were,  that  monotonoas  mmpinwi  in 
all  which  marks  them  as  belonging  to  oue  claes.  So  smoked  and  dried 
is  their  hair,  for  example,  that  aU  might  readily  be  mistaken  for  one 
coloDi;  not  that  there  are  no  exc^itions;    for  sprinkled  here  and 


IT  A  BtBBir  iSABS'  TBJL  PAETT.  175 

tiiere  in  the  dvk  mau  are  a  frw  Bpecimeiui  of  that  Saxon  red  which 
evea  a  lodgmg-honae  atmosphere  camiot  dye.  Talk  about  the  fireeh^ 
nees  at  yoi^ ;  here  are  faoee  whidi  nerer  knew  any  freahneBS  ;  an 
in  the  aenee  in  which  others  have  pasaed  through  the  happy  spring- 
time  of  humanity,  they  were  never  yonng.  They  are  &miliar  with 
plenty  of  jokes  and  tmks ;  bnt  instead  of  being  the  OTerflowings  of 
the  buoyancy  of  yonth,  these  are  oonnterfeits  brought  from  the  gutter, 
the  markets,  and  the  waterside.  What  is  ynlgarly  called  larking  is  dl 
that  the  Tulgar,  nndisci|riined  mind  has  to  fall  back  upon.  This  may 
ixxsasion  inconyenienoe ;  bnt  if  nothing  dse  can  repress  the  disposition 
to  ''lark**  and  pky  practical  jokes,  a  powerfol  amateur  band  is  in 
readiness  to  drown  all  other  sounds.  The  gas  is  far  ont  of  the  reach  of 
mischieYons  hands ;  and  the  waif  generally  finds  it  impossible  to  follow 
any  freak  of  gaiety  when  he  cannot  hear  himself  speak. 

A  roond  of  speeches,  such  as  are  generally  supposed  to  be  giyen  at 
other  meetings,  would  be  quite  ont  of  place  here,  neither  the  patience 
nor  the  mentsJ  capacity  of  the  youthful  audience  being  equal  to  such 
an  infliction.  If  such  listeners  are  to  be  addressed  at  i^l  s^vantageoualyy 
the  speaker  must  be  what  certain  editors  would  call  an  expert ;  that  is, 
he  must  be  a  person  who,  in  addition  to  possessing  Christian  sympathy, 
is  acquainted  with  that  strangely  repulsive  world  in  which  these  boys 
and  girls  pass  their  days.  He  must  understand  all  about  their 
hardships  and  their  manner  of  looking  at  things  above  them,  and 
comprehend  the  influences,  ordinary  and  extraordinary,  which,  unless  a 
helping  hand  is  held  out,  keep  them  in  the  mire.  Dr.  Bamardo  excels 
nearly  all  the  men  we  have  ever  met  with  in  this  department  of 
knowledge,  and  ako  in  the  tact  with  which  he  turns  his  ^^uirementB 
to  account.  Periiaps  no  other  leading  philanthropist  in  England,  with 
the  exception  of  Lord  Shaftesbury,  possesses  so  tnorongh  an  acquaint- 
ance with  the  horrible  institutions  of  modem  London  known  as  the 
<x)mmon  lodging-houses — the  places  whence  the  young  creatures  before 
us  have  been  brought. 

Haying  ourselves  done  something  in  the  way  of  lodging-honae 
visitation,  a  &w  words  of  explanation  will  assist  the  reader  in  realizing 
the  snrrouiidings  of  those  ndiom  we,  periiaps  sometimes  too  lightly, 
-call  waift  and  strays.  Smce  Parliament  passed  a  certain  measnre, 
framed  by  Lord  Shaftesbury  about  thirty  years  ago,  common  lodging- 
houses  have  been  under  police  superyision,  and  in  1881  there  were 
1,220  establishments  in  London  alone,  vrtiidh  harboured  a  total  popula- 
tion of  nearly  80,000  persons,  about  thirty  per  cent  of  whom  are 
undentood  to  be  juveniles  under  sixteen  years  of  age.  Large  as  this 
total  is,  however,  it  is  supplemented  by  about  a  thousand  other  places, 
ranking  among  unregiateied  houses,  and  which  are  continually  receiving 
notice  to  register  by  the  police  authorities. 

Then  it  requires  to  be  understood  that  bad  as  the  lodging-heuses 
pn^)6r  may  m,  a  lower  depth,  if  possible,  is  reached  in  that  kind  sA 
tenqporary  accommodation,  peculiar  to  lodging-house  districts,  known 
mfiimi$hed  rooms.  Tb^fumMsd  room  is  expressly  provided  for  the 
nomad  lodging-house  class,  and  no  more  corresponds  with  '' furnished 

Sartments''  than  the  lod^ng-honse  kitchen  itself  correeponds  with 
9  coffee-room  of  a  comfortable  hoteL    The  landlord  neyer  invests 


176  AT  A  BTBEKT  ASABS'  TSA  PA&TT. 

yery  largely  in  flimitarei  he  giyes  no  credit^  and  his  charge  is  from 
eigntpence  to  a  shilling  per  night.  A  tramp  of  the  yagrant  class, 
haying  dependent^,  prefers  these  so-called  "  rooms,"  because  they  at 
least  ^ieye  him  from  any  inconyeniences  attendant  on  police  snper- 
yision,  the  police  not  beine  allowed  to  inspect  them  as  they  do  the 
lodging-houses.  We  neea  not  wonder,  merefore,  if  in  these  low 
retreate  immorality  is  practised,  disease  is  engendered,  and  crime  is^ 
planned.  Dr.  Bamardo,  who  knows  much  more  about  the  subject  than 
we  do,  has  priyately  supplied  this  information.  '^A  man  takes  a 
*  furnished  room,'  for  whicn  he  pays,  say,  eightpence  per  night,  and  ia 
accompanied  by  two  or  three  children,  and  perhaps  his  wife ;  but  wishing 
to  economize,  he  sublets  the  room,  so  that  there  may  really  be  four  or 
five  other  persons  asleep  in  it  also ;  but  no  inspector  of  police  can  enter 
that  room,  nor  can  the  landlord  he  summoned  for  overerotvding,  unlesa 
the  attention  of  the  sanitary  inspector  is  called  to  the  case  by  some 
catastrophe,  whereas  if  the  same  offence  occurred  in  the  house  situated 
next  door,  and  registered  as  a  common  lodging-house,  a  summons  witb 
depriyation  of  license  might  follow.  The  opportunities  afforded  for 
deyising  crime  and  practising  immorality  by  the  semi-priyacy  of  these 
Bo-call^  '  furnished  rooms '  lead  to  immense  numbers  of  them  being 
used  by  the  Hramp '  or  ^  yagrant '  class  who  are  here  to-day  and  away 
to-morrow.  Yast  numbers  of  liitte  girls  in  the  company  of  men  and 
women  of  the  hopelessly  pauper  class  find  a  refuge  for  the  night  in  the 
'furnished  rooms,'  ana  are,  as  may  be  imagined,  in  almost  certain 
training  for  a  yicious  career." 

The  reader  will  now  understand  from  what  kind  of  retreats  the  fifteen 
hundred  boys  and  girls  who  constitute  the  tea-party  we  haye  already 
described  haye  come.  Hayiug  been  reared  in  company  with  tramps 
and  yagrants,  they  are  all  in  a  greater  or  lesser  degree  in  training  for 
a  career  of  crime,  unless  something  is  done  to  put  them  in  a  better 
way.  The  board-schools  cannot  reach  them,  for  being  here  to-day 
and  off  to-morrow  they  yery  successfully  elude  the  pursuit  of  any 
inspector,  and  eyen  if  able  to  read  them,  their  elders  -treat  summonses 
as  of  less  consequence  than  waste  paper.  If  they  are  to  be  won  at  all 
for  a  course  of  honest  usefulness,  priyate  enterprise  alone  can  win 
them.    Experience  has  proved  that  there  is  no  more  effectiye  way  of  re- 

Eressing  crime  than  by  laying  hold  of  the  young  creatures  in  their  native 
aunts,  and  saving  them  from  further  contamination.  The  East-end 
lodging-houses  were  never  more  crowded  with  chUdren  than  they  are 
at  this  moment.  In  Dr.  Bamardo's  Homes  there  are  over  a  thousand 
of  these  children  rescued  from  these  awful  depths  ;  and  if  the  number 
were  increased  five-fold,  society  would  be  the  gainer,  although  thousands 
upon  thousands  would  still  be  abroad  in  London. 

It  is  enough  to  make  one  harbour  misgivings  for  London  when  it  is 
found  possible  so  readily  to  invite  a  party  of  fifteen  hundred  of  this 
one  class,  many  of  whom  are  able  to  convince  us  that  they  never  had 
a  chance  in  Ufa  Thrown  as  they  haye  been  among  vicious  surround- 
ings, there  are  doubtless  some  present  who  wo^d  rather  steal  than 
work ;  but  the  greatest  wonder  is,  that  there  are  so  many  who  still 
struggle  on  to  gain  their  livelihood  honestly.  It  is  one  chief  object  of 
the  meeting  to  offer  assistance  to  such  by  admitting  them  to  the 


AT  A  8IBBBT  AEABB'  TBA  PABTT.  177 

training-homes,  which  will  prepare  fchem  for  a  creditable  start  in  the 
world.  Those  who  are  living  by  dishonest  practices  are  fonnd  to 
be  shy  of  coming  forward,  and  these  are  old  enough  to  understand 
die  caution  which  is  given  about  a  sinful  course  leading  to  a  bad  end. 
in  a  few  years  all  would  be  over;  they  are  told  their  bodies  will  die, 
but  the  soul  must  live  for  ever.  The  result  of  the  meeting  is  that 
about  a  hundred  are  selected  for  reclamation. 

The  urgent  need  of  nsin^  every  endeavour  to  save  these  waifs  and 
fitrays  from  the  sorrows  and  crime  of  the  streets,  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  about  serenty-five  per  cent,  of  thos^  constituting  our  evening 
assembly  have  been  cast  on  the  world  at  a  tender  age  to  shift  for  them- 
selves. Out  of  thirteen  hundred  gathered  together  on  a  former 
occasion,  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six  were  so  completely  destitute 
and  friendless,  that  they  freauently  remained  all  night  out  of  doors. 
Indeed,  on  one  bitterly  cold  night,  as  many  as  four  hundred  and 
seventy-five  were  spoken  to  who  had  no  money  wherewith  to  pay 
for  their  lodging ;  and  yet  out  of  that  large  number  there  were  only 
twenty-seven  who  had  ever  seen  the  inside  of  a  prison. 

The  common  lodging-houses  of  London  represent  the  lowest  depth 
to  which  fallen  beings  can  sink  outside  of  the  workhouse.  In  them 
are  fonnd  the  low-bom  and  the  yicious,  who  have  never  fared  better 
in  life,  and  have  never  known  what  it  was  to  enjoy  more  decent 
accommodation.  But  at  the  same  time  the  crowded  kitchens,  hot  and 
unsavoury  with  the  fumes  of  tobacco,  herrings,  onions,  and  other 
things,  are  enliyened  by  the  presence  of  persons  of  classic  education 
who  have  fallen  from  high  social  positions.  These  are  sometimes 
accorded  titles  by  the  motley  assembly,  which  are  naturally  suggested 
by  their  appearance.  Thus  "Gentleman  Jack"  is  so  called  because 
he  has  a  military  bearing ;  while  his  ''Severence"  is  accorded  a  clerical 
distinction  because  his  features  yet  retain  traces  of  what  he  may  once 
have  been  in  former  days.  The  darkest  part  of  the  story  is  that  these 
fallen  stars,  by  reason,  as  it  would  seem,  of  the  height  from  which 
they  have  come  down,  are  more  degraded,  are  more  repulsive  in  their 
manners,  and  use  fouler  language  3ian  those  whom  we  may  call  the 
natives  proper  of  the  lodging-house.  Quondam  lawyers,  clergymen, 
magistrates,  and  others  excel  all  competitors  in  their  horrid  depravity. 
How  awfuUy  suggestive  is  this  fiEbct  of  what  society  may  come  to  in 
another  state  where  the  unredeemed  only  live  to  make  progress  in 
iniquity ! 

Let  ns,  at  all  events,  save  the  children  by  every  means  in  our  power 
from  the  cruel  fate  which  threatens  them.  Since  the  foundation  of 
Dr.  Bamardo's  Homes,  twelve  years  ago,  nearly  4,000  boys  and  girls 
from  the  streets  have  been  received  Though  that  number  is  easily 
spoken,  it  represents  the  population  of  a  small  town,  and  no  one  could 
estimate  the  amount  of  good  which  it  represents.  The  gain  to  the 
children  themselves  is  only  equalled  by  the  advantages  won  by  society 
at  large  by  their  reclamation. 


12 


17« 

BT  Q.  HOLDEUr  PIKE. 

THE  aoooiiBt  of  the  lift  of  this  ybtj  Bealoas  lerraat  of  the  Lord  and 
reprceentatiTe  Qaaker  is  oootained  in  two  smjrie  octsTO  TolimeB 
pnbliflhed  soon  after  his  death,  m  1889.  The  work  w,  in  point  of  fMst, 
s  long;  rambline,  and  looeefy  oompoeed  antobiofiprapliy,  bnt  is,  at  the 
•amethne,  a  bocMC  riKmnding  in  strudng  incident  and  remaikable  ezpe- 
rieneeu  The  anthor  oonfeBieB  at  the  onteet  that  he  wrote  to  relieYB  nis 
own  mmd,  and  to  enconrai^  othen  who  might  oome  alter  him. 

Thomas  Shillttoe  was  bora  in  Holbom  in  1754,  a  time  of  deadneis 
and  0f  snperatition  wfaidiy  howerer,  were  fradnallygifii^  way  befi^e 
flie  Bare  adyance  of  the  Methodist  renfaL  Hii  psErenta  were  ordinazr 
peofde  of  One  wodd  of  that  day,  who  attended  ihe  parish  ohnrch,  and 
who  snpposed  that  reliffion  began  and  ended  with  rites  and  ceremonies. 
The  elder  Mr.  ShiUitoe  was  Keeper  of  the  library  at  OraVs  Inn,  and 
daring  the  yonth  of  his  afterwards  celebrated  son,  he  mored  abont  from 
one  part  of  London  to  another  in  a  aomewhat  eiratio  fMhion,  now 
appearing  near  the  place  of  his  oconpationy  then  in  Whitechapely  and 
finally  settine  np  as  host  of  the  Three  Tons  IViTem  at  Isuagton. 
Thomae,  who  nad  hiAeito  been  oarefdlly  eednded  from  what  his  parents 
thought  to  foe  improper  socidty,  was  now  '*  allowed  to  ramble  the  Tillage 
anproteoted,  both  by  day  and  late  of  an  efening,  canr^ing  ont  beer 
to  the  costomers,  and  gathering  in  the  pots,  and  waiting  upcm  snch 
oompaay  as  came  to  the  hoose."    He  nuaht  have  been  rained  alto- 

Sher  had  not  his  fsther  proyidentiaBy  fiifled  as  a  pnUican,  and  thns 
nd  it  to  his  adTantaee  to  letum  to  Gray's  Inn. 

At  sixteen  yaare  of  age  Thomas  was  apprenticed  to  a  dmnken 
grocer  at  Wapping,  who  fidled  in  bnsiness  throngh  dissipation  ;  and 
Uien,  with  his  apprentice,  vemoTed  to  Portamontti  to  make  another 
beginning.  The  connection  bein^altogether  nnpiomising,  howeyeri  the 
indentnres  were  cancelled,  and  Gliomas  Tetnmed  to  London  to  find 
another  situation  in  the  same  trade  wiUi  another  grocer,  a  sober, 
religionsly-inclined  man  irfio  attended  the  chapel  of  the  Foundling 
Horoital. 

While  in  this  situation  Thomas  ShiDitoe  had  his  attentian  first  turned 
towards  the  Society  of  Friends  by  meeting  with  a- youth,  a  distant  re- 
lation, who  attended  the  meetings,  though  not  by  any  means  a  conyerted 
character.  The  two  youths,  after  leaying  the  ^nday  morning  worship, 
dmed  togetlier,  and  tnen  passed  th^  remainder  of  the  day  in  friyolous 
amusements,  so  that  young  Thomas  mi^t  again  faaye  been  canght  in  a 
snare  if  he  had  not  been  aubjected  to  frbai  proyed  the  salutary  influence 
of  a  little  persecution.  His  unaoooontable  liking  for  the  Friends  cost 
him  the  loss  of  his  sitni^on  and  of  his  parents'  fayour.  Then  things 
came  to  a  crisis.  **  My  father  one  day  told  me,"  he  says,  **  he  would  rather 
haye  followed  me  to  my  graye  than  I  should  haye  gone  among  the 
QnaJcers  ;  and  he  was  determined  I  should  quit  his  house  that  day  week, 
and  turn  out  and  quMck  amongst  those  I  had  joined  myself  in  profession 
with." 

So  wonderful  were  the  workings  of  Pioyidence  in  this  instance,  that 


THS  HBOJUCiBLl  WESTCfKT  OF  THOOCAfl  BSILLITOE.  179 

the  jcftmg  Qnalrer  actaallj  found  himself  adranced  in  the  social  race  by 
means  of  the  harsh  treatment  which  his  father  administered  as  a  cor- 
rectiye  on  the  day  of  leaving  the  paternal  roof;  for  a  situation  was  fonnd 
for  him  at  a  bankmg-honse  in  Lombard-street,  which  was  a  colony  of  his 
co-religionists.  It  was  there,  at  the  age  of  twenty-fonr,  that  he  expe- 
rienced what  was  supposed  to  be  a  mysterious  inward  call  to  the  minis- 
try, to  which  he  gladly  responded  in  alter  days.  To  obey  that  cdl  he  was 
ready,  if  need  arose,  to  renounce  the  allurements  of  the  world ;  but, 
unexpectedly,  conscience  soon  demanded  a  sacrifice  quite  apart  from 
this  qnestion.  Those  were  the  days  of  lottery  tickets,  and  thinking  it 
waswron^  to  aid  in  any  manner  such  a  form  of  gambling,  the  young 
clerk  decided  on  resigning  his  situation.  How  sore  was  his  dilemma ; 
and  how  extraordinary  the  answer  that  seemed  to  come  to  him  as  he 
prayed  oyer  and  meditated  on  his  troubles — ''  I  must  be  willing  to 
humble  myself  and  learn  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker.''  He  confesses  that 
while  the  spirit  was  relieved,  flesh  and  blood  was  humiliated.  At  this 
time  he  was  even  more  advanced  than  many  of  his  own  Society  ;  for 
while  many  Friends  sympathized  with  his  scruples,  others  were  unable 
to  see  the  reasonableness  of  them.  Shillitoe,  however,  was  quite  firm  ; 
he  left  Lombard-street  and  its  aristocracy  of  wealth,  and  betook  himself 
to  ^  a  man  in  the  Borough,"  to  whom  he  handed  more  than  half  of 
what  he  possessed  as  payment  for  lessons  to  be  received  in  the  art  of 
shoemaking. 

Owing  to  ill-health,  the  Southwark  shoemaker  was  imable  to  com- 
plete his  agreement;  and  had  it  not  been  for  that  indomitable  per- 
severance which  sprang  from  trust  in  God,  the  young  artisan  would 
surely  have  been  wrecked  on  the  troubled  sea  of  London  life.  Im- 
perfectly taught  the  business  on  which  he  was  henceforth  to  depend 
for  a  livelihood,  he  set  up  in  the  City  with  a  capital  of  a  few  shillings 
only.  Here,  probably  through  not  taking  sufficient  care  of  himself,  his 
health  gave  way — a  trial  which  led  to  his  removing  into  the  country 
district  of  Tottenham.  There  he  at  least  enjoyed  the  advantage  of 
being  in  the  midst  of  a  colony  of  Friends  ;  and  these  kind  people,  like 
their  cotemporaries  in  the  Oity,  seem  to  have  been  willing  '^  to  make 
allowances  for  one  who  had  only  newly  entered ''  the  tr^le.  Out  in 
the  sunshine  of  the  respectable  suburb  all  things  seemed  to  brighten 
in  a  corresponding  degree.  He  found  more  trade  as  well  as  a  suitable 
wife,  and  of  course  he  also  enjoyed  more  peace  in  his  soul.  He  soon 
had  sufficient  business  to  employ  two  journeymen,  and  thus  all  went  on 
smoothly  until  the  year  1790,  when  Thomas  Shillitoe  began  to  look  away 
from  his  own  interests  towards  "  the  Lord's  work." 

We  have  to  think  of  him  at  this  time  as  a  shoemaker  in  a  small  way 
of  business,  with  a  wife  and  several  small  children  requiring  care, 
especiiJly  as  the  family  finances  did  not  allow  the  mistress  to  have  the 
aid  of  a  domestic  servant.  There  were  also  several  [journeymen  needing 
constant  superintendence;  and  besides  all,  those  were  the  days  of  rob- 
bery and  violence,  and  reports  were  current  of  one  house  after  another 
in  the  neighbourhood  having  been  plundered.  For  such  a  man  to 
seriously  think  of  leaving  home  to  travel  over  England  and  other 
countries  at  his  own  charge  in  the  service  of  the  gospel  might  certainly 
seem  to  savour  of  enthusiasm.   No  wonder  that  he  speaks  of  misgivings. 


180  THB  BBICABEABLB  HI8I0BY  OF  THOMAS  SHUiUTOE. 

of  disconragementSy  of  difficulties  saggested  by  the  adYerearj.  He  went 
on  in  great  straits  until  on  a  certain  day,  while  standing  at  the  bench 
cutting  out  material  for  his  men,  a  voice,  as  he  imagined,  spoke  in  his 
ear: — ^^  I  will  he  mare  than  holts  and  hars  to  thy  outward  hahitation; 
more  than  a  master  to  thy  servants  ;  for  I  can  restrain  their  wandering 
minds  ;  more  than  a  hushand  to  thy  wife,  and  a  parent  to  thy  infant 
children,'*  The  knife  fell  from  his  hand,  while  dl  remaining  doubts 
were  dispelled  from  his  mind.  "  I  no  longer  dared  to  hesitate  after 
such  a  confirmation,"  he  remarks  ;  and  immediately  afterwards  he  was 
recognised  as  an  ''  approved  minister  "  by  the  Monthly  Meeting. 

In  March,  1791,  he  started  on  his  first  journey  through  the  Eastern 
Counties.  He  visited  a  number  of  meetings,  and  on  his  return  found 
that  his  foreman,  contrary  to  all  expectation,  had  been  uncommonly 
diligent.  His  next  journey  was  to  Dunkirk  in  France,  after  which  he 
made  a  tour  in  Lincolnshire.  His  object  was  to  stir  up  Friends  to 
greater  earnestness  in  their  Lord's  service ;  but  when  other  oppor- 
tunities offered  he  was  quite  ready  to  take  advantage  of  them.  Thus, 
during  his  tour  in  Lincolnshire  he  is  found  preaching  with  great 
acceptableness  to  a  crowd  around  the  market-cross  at  Waddington.  He 
frequently  speaks  of  having  been  accompanied  by  his  "kind  friend 
William  Forster,"  who  was  grandfather  of  the  present  Secretary  of  State 
for  Ireland. 

Things  progressed  in  this  manner  until,  early  in  1793,  Thomas 
Shillitoe  became  oppressed  with  what  he  calls  ''  a  concern  "  to  visit 
George  III.  in  the  interest  of  the  gospel.  This  project,  faithfully 
carried  out  in  obedience  to  what  was  believed  to  be  a  divine  suggestion, 
really  forms  one  of  the  most  striking  passages  to  be  found  in  the 
annals  of  the  shoemaking  craft,  remarkable  as  numbers  of  the  votaries 
of  that  craft  have  been  for  sterling  characteristics  which  have  enabled 
them  to  benefit  the  world.  It  was  not,  as  one  can  readily  imagine, 
a  congenial  task  ;  and  for  more  than  a  year  a  conflict,  more  or  less 
distressing,  raged  between  the  unwilling  flesh  and  the  willing  spirit. 
He  prayed  over  this  matter  by  day  and  by  night,  he  sought  counsel  of 
judicious  friends,  and  was  so  borne  down  that  he  suffered  in  health, 
and  only  with  great  difficulty  managed  to  get  through  his  daily  business. 
At  length,  on  Monday,  February  12th,  1794,  Thomas  Shillitoe,  accom- 
panied by  George  Stacey,  drove  to  Windsor,  and  that  night  halted  at  an 
inn  in  the  town,  their  manner  of  procedure  being  as  yet  all  uncertain. 
To  write  a  communication  seemed  to  be  quite  impracticable,  and  to 
secure  a  private  interview  also  appeared  to  be  impossible.  "  Who  art 
thou  that  art  afraid  of  a  man  that  must  die  ?  "  one  had  asked  of  the 
adventurer  before  leaving  London  ;  but  even  after  appropriating  as  his 
own  those  stimulating  words,  he  passed  the  night  in  thought  rather  than 
in  sleep.  *'  I  have  heard  of  people  being  brought  into  such  a  state  of 
perturbation  of  mind  "  that  '*  they  might  be  knocked  down  with  a 
feather,"  he  tells  us ;  '^  I  thought  I  was  now  in  degree  brought  into 
this  state  of  inability."  It  was  decided  that  the  most  likely  manner  to 
see  the  king  would  be  to  take  up  a  position  in  the  stable-yard  at  8  a.m. 
on  the  following  day,  when  his  majesty  would  start  on  a  hunting 
excursion.  This  was  done ;  but  such  was  the  excitement  of  the  two 
Quakers  that  one  calls  the  other  ''my  companion  in  tribulation."    On 


THX  RmffAByARLl  HIBTOBY  OF  THOICAB  8HILLIT0B.  181 

tnmiDg  a  corner  of  a  building,  George  Stacey  said,  ''There  is  the  king  I " 
Seeing  his  yisitors,  George  would  hare  made  towards  them  bad  the 
two  been  sufficiently  composed  to  gire  his  majesty  a  sign  of  encourage- 
ment. As  it  was,  he  re-entered  the  stable,  ana  thither  the  Friends, 
unaccustomed  to  the  etiquette  of  Courts,  would  hare  followed  had  not 
a  wiser  attendant,  "  in  a  handsome  manner/'  prevented  them.  Thomas 
Shillitoe  himself  describes  what  followed : — 

"  The  king,  we  suppose,  hearing  what  passed,  immediately  came  to 
the  door  of  the  stable,  on  which,  my  companion  being  favoured  with 
strength,  said, '  This  fHend  of  mine  hath  something  to  communicate  to 
the  king  : '  on  which  the  king  stepped  up  to  me,  raising  his  hat  from 
his  head,  his  attendants  placing  themselves  on  his  right  and  left  hand^ 
my  companion  on  my  left.  We  occupied  a  small  paved  space  round 
the  stable-door.  Silence  was  observed  for  a  few  minutes,  during  which 
my  dwelling  continued  to  be,  as  it  were,  in  the  siripping-room.  Strength 
being  given  to  me  to  breid^  silence,  and  utter  the  words,  *  Hear,  0 
king  ! '  all  fear  was  taken  away  from  me,  and  I  felt  to  myself  as  if  out 
of  the  body ;  as  my  companion  afterwards  said,  I  was  enabled  to  stand 
like  a  wall  of  brass.  It  was  evident  that  which  was  communicated  was 
well  received  by  the  king,  the  tears  trickling  down  his  cheeks.  The 
king  stood  in  a  very  solid  manner,  until  I  had  fully  relieved  my  mind 
of  all  that  came  befoi^e  me,  not  attempting  to  move  from  us,  until  I 
made  the  motion  to  my  kind  companion  that  I  was  clear.  When 
George  Stacey  acknowledged  the  king's  kindness  in  giving  us  that 
opportunity,  the  king  inquired  my  name  and  place  of  abode,  raising  his 
hat  from  his  head  again.  It  was  said,  he  did  not  pursue  his  diversion 
of  hunting  that  day,  but  returned  to  the  queen,  and  informed  her  of 
what  had  passed.  It  was  supposed  the  communication  lasted  about 
twenty  miDutes."  His  relief  at  having  fulfilled  this  mission  was  *'  that 
of  a  porter  who  had  been  travelling  under  the  weight  of  a  load  ready  to 
crush  him  down  to  the  ground ;  but  having  reached  the  end  of  his 
journey,  had  become  relieved  from  both  his  knot  and  burden." 

After  this  he  continued  his  travels,  in  1802  visiting  the  meetings  in 
the  Channel  Islands,  and  in  1803  making  an  excursion  through  Berk- 
shire and  Oxfordshire.  For  a  time  he  was  troubled  in  consequence  of 
his  foreman^  whom  he  had  reproved  for  some  irregnlarity,  threatening 
to  resign  by  way  of  retaliation ;  but  the  heir  of  the  household,  who  was 
only  fourteen,  making  a  tolerably  good  substitute  for  his  age,  the  man 
was  discharged,  and  the  trouble  blew  over. 

At  the  Bur  ford  meeting,  in  1808,  an  extraordinary  incident  occurred 
which  we  shall  not  attempt  to  explain.  Before  proceeding  to  the 
meeting  Thomas  Shillitoe  and  his  companion  had  been  entertained  by 
an  aged  couple  who  outwardly  seemed  to  be  models  of  sanctity  and 
decorum,  the  man  being  of  "  patriarchal  appearance/'  the  woman^  who 
probably  was  a  more  consistent  character,  wearing  a  similar  appearance  to 
her  husband.  ''After  we  had  sat  down  a  short  time  together,"  says  Thomas 
Shillitoe,  "  on  a  sudden  my  mind  was  struck  with  the  idea  of  something 
coming  towards  me,  which  bore  the  resemblance  of  a  sheep,  down  to 
the  very  feet  and  over  the  whole  body  and  head ;  but  as  it  seemed  to 
approach  nearer  me,  I  plainly  discovered  the  snout  and  piercing  ejes  of 
a  wolf,  which  it  had  not  the  power  with  all  its  craft  and  cunnmg  to 


182  THH  MMAWTAmW  HISVOBY  QT  THOMiiB  BOOAJ^SOBL, 

disgnifie.  Nothing  eoald  I  come  at  bat  this  wolf,  bo  compl^dj 
disgnised  down  to  the  rery  feet,  and  yet  its  sharp  snout  and  its  fierce 
CTes  betrayed  it ;  all  my  endeavoars  to  have  my  mind  diverted  of  these 
ideas  proved  unavailing/'  Thinking  that  this  should  be  the  bur- 
den of  his  message  to  the  meeting,  the  visitor  was  not  un- 
faithful ;  but  although  no  hint  had  been  given  by  an^  person,  he  found 
at  the  close  of  a  searching  address  that  his  delineations  and  warnings 
were  true  to  life,  that  the  wolfs  ''  snout  and  piercing  eyes  **  leaUy 
belonged  to  the  apparent  patriarch,  whose  backbiting  ways  greatly 
injured  the  cause  of  religion. 

In  1805  the  shoemaking  business  at  Tottenham  was  entirely  relin* 
quished,  and  henceforth  Thomas  Shillitoe  wholly  devoted  himself  to  the 
service  of  the  gospeL  In  the  course  of  this  vear  he  a|;ain  vis  ted  the 
Channel  Islancb,  and  not  to  remain  idle  in  harvest  time  during  the 
intervals  between  the  meetings,  he  says,  ''I  showed  them  a  fimner'a 
linen  frock  I  had  provided  myself  with  for  the  purpose,  that  I  might  be 
prepared  to  do  any  dirty  work  that  fell  out  for  me."  Though  be  in- 
sisted on  paying  for  board  and  lodging,  he  put  on  his  smock,  todc  a 
sickle,  and  worked  like  a  common  labourer  through  the  sultry  hours. 
The  honest  farmer,  unable  to  speak  English,  would  occasionally,  in  a 
tone  of  French  politeness,  call  out  "/a%i^"  to  his  strange  yisitor,  doubt- 
less meaning  that  he  ought  to  retire  to  some  shady  place  for  rest ;  but 
though  he  held  bravely  on,  the  amateur  reaper  was  ''  truly  glad  when 
night  came."  This  example  of  labour  was  well  spoken  of,  but  we  sup^ 
pose  it  was  an  example  which  could  not  be  universally  copied  with 
profit  Though  it  did  not  do  so  in  the  case  of  Thomas  Shillitoe,  such 
eccentricity  might  haye  entailed  the  loss  of  more  precious  opportunities. 
As  it  was,  he  proved  himself  to  be  a  good  workman  in  a  higner  senrice. 
Not  only  did  he  yisit  the  meetings,  but  he  preached  in  the  open  air  to 
large  numbers  of  the  ordinary  population.  His  narrative  affords  some 
glimpses  into  the  condition  of  tne  conmion  people.  '*  Those  who  trayd 
amongst  these  islanders  in  the  countiy,"  he  says,  ''  must  not  look  for 
great  things,  or  to  be  much  waited  upon,  their  means  in  general  being 
yeiy  small,  and  it  is  a  rare  thing  to  find  a  servant  kept ;  yet  so  fisr  as  I 
have  experienced,  there  is  no  want  of  necessaries  for  such  as  are 
devoted  to  Christ's  cause.'' 

In  1807  he  spent  about  six  months — chiefly  on  foot — ^in  visiting  the 
northern  counties,  the  particulars  of  which  he  yery  minutely  records. 
At  West  Houghton,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Warrington,  he  unexpec- 
tedly came  upon  a  company  of  tiiirty-four  persons,  who,  ^'  after  the 
manner  of  Friends,"  assembled  for  worship  in  a  very  lonely  place,  in  an 
antique  meeting-house  worthy  of  the  primitive  times.  '*  Three  forms 
were  in  the  middle,  and  by  bricks  against  the  walls,  with  planks,  they 
had  seated  it  round  ;  and  to  obtain  light,  a  large  hole  was  made  in  the 
wall  at  each  end  of  the  building,  with  shutters,  keeping  that  open  least 
likely  to  incommode  them  by  wind  and  weather,  as  there  was  no  glass." 
The  scMon  which  Thomas  ^illitoe  and  his  companion  in  travel  passed 
vnth  this  ''  contrite  company  "  was  one  long  remembered.  Conscious  of 
the  divine  presence,  the  yisitors  were  almost  too  affected  to  speak,  and 
'*  when  the  meeting  broke  up,  the  floor  in  every  direction  was  strewn 
oyer  with  their  tears."     After  meeting,  dinner— ''a  large  dish  of 


fwtfldoee*  well  seMoned,  witk  aboai  qm  pound  of  meat  oni  ia  pimC — 
waa  Ber?ed  in  an  adjoining  cottage  on  a  clean,  clothloaa  tables  with  only 
a  spoon  and  knife  in  eadi  plate^  Honely  aa  tim  repast  wa8»  tiie 
refteahment  both  of  mind  and  bodj  waa  abondantlj  refreshiiig. 
Thoogh  io  poor  in  worldly  gear,  thAse  people  weie  rich  towarda  Ckid ; 
and  in  a  dream  shortly  befi»e^  onr  Friena  had  lodced  npon  thoaa  who 
were  in  an  opposite  ocnditioa.  He  saw  before  him  a  stsei>,  narrow  path, 
founded  on  solid  rock,  a  yawning  pieeipiee  beio^^  on  either  side^  and 
aloac  which  a  trusty  g^ide  offered  to  oondnct  hinu  In  a  plain  beneaOi 
he  saw  anomber  of  persona  grubUng  in  the  earth,  or  otherwise  triTiallj 
employed,  and  who^  thongh  eonseiosa  that  they  wece  mia^4^)eading  their 
time,  Bonght  eoasolation  in  the  thongbt  that  th^  were  only  doiQg  as 
their  neighboora  did.  Th^  wore  rich  robeiv  uid  possessed  abondant 
wealth;  bnt  because  they  yntQ  estranged  from  Ood  they  were  miserable 
and  undone. 

In  the  fc^wing  year,  after  he  had  composed  fmd  printed  an  address 
to  the  nilero  of  this  nation,  we  find  him  again  setting  out  northward  on 
foot,  an  roak  for  Ireland,  calling  at  places  on  th%  road.  At  this 
time  he  made  light  of  walking  thirty  or  forty  miles  in  a  single  day  in 
the  height  of  the  summer  weather,  and  it  is  theref<»e  bard^  strange 
that  we  occasionally  hear  something  about  the  perik  of  the  country. 
Thus,  in  the  middle  of  July,  while  travelling  alone  far  from  the  turn- 
pike road,  in  a  rery  l<Midy  part  of  Leicestenhire,  the  heat  so  far  ex- 
ceeded aught  he  had  eyer  experienced  before  that  he  half  expected  he 
should  die  b^re  any  cottage  or  haven  of  succour  eould  be  reached. 
Hour  after  hour  he  sesBis  to  have  walked  without  seeing  any  human 
being  or  habitation,  and  having  ei^n  the  bread  and  drank  tiie  cider 
with  which  he  had  been  provided  at  the  start,  he  felt  overoome  with 
weariness  and  thirst.  His  distress  became  such  that  he  Mce  filled  a 
bottle  from  '^a  small  body  of  stagnant  water,  in  which  a  cow  was 
stamping  her  feet  to  cool  heraell*'  While  the  sun  glared  like  a  main 
fnmiMQe^  the  shade  seemed  snnounded  with  breath  as  from  surroonding 
fiiQSL  Ooming  to  a  cottage  he  pocured  some  miter,  and  gave  seven 
abiUings  to  l^  conveyed  one  mile  to  a  little  inn,  whence  after  farther 
refreshment  and  rest  he  proceeded  in  a  vehicle  to  Hinckley.  He  tails 
na  that  that  day  was  supposed  to  have  been  the  hottest  ever  known  in 
England,  and  as  report  said,  many  people  died  in  the  fields,  nearly  fifty 
hones  "  dropped  down  dead  on  the  North  Road  ; "  while  on  the  day 
following,  fruit  on  the  trees  in  exposed  places  appeared  aa  if  it  had  been 
cooked  over  a  fire. 

Aftor  this  he  proceeded  to  Ireland,  where  he  met  with  perils  and 
adventures  of  another  kind.  In  the  course  of  extensive  rounds  he 
visited  the  Friends*  meetings ;  bnt  connting  this  as  the  pleasurable  part 
of  his  experience,  duty  led  him  into  many  less  congenial  avenues.  In  a 
day  when  sush  intrusion  was  less  thought  of  than  at  present,  he 
penetrated  with  the  gospel  message  into  the  public-houses  of  towns 
like  Waterford,  Carrick,  Boss,  etc  He  even  called  on  several  Romish 
bishops,  with  whom,  after  warning  them  of  their  duty  to  God  and  men, 
in  the  most  pointed,  straightforward  manner,  he  commonly  parted  on 
exceedingly  friendly  terms.  His  unvarying  faith  and  holy  boldness 
earned  him  victoriously  through  many  a  dreadfbl  conflict.    While 


184  THB  RBHABKABLB  HIBTOBT  01*  THOXAB  SHILLITOB. 

weaker  Friends  were  fearing  conseqnences,  he  was  nndannted,  and  after- 
many  a  dark  morning  he  was  enabled  to  rejoice  in  the  light  of  evenin^^ 

The  phases  of  Irish  life  he  witnessed  caused  him  to  feel  a  great  solici- 
tnde  for  the  people,  who  were  priest-ridden  and  miserable,  sunk  low  in^ 
porerty  and  superstition.  He  was  constantly  exposed  to  abase  and  insolt, 
and  more  serious  dangers  sometimes  threatened;  as,  for  example, 
when  in  a  lonely  and  crowded  drinking  house,  where  he  was  speaking  to- 
the  people  about  their  eternal  interests,  an  opponent  appeared  armed 
with  a  large  butcher's  knife.  As  a  further  example  of  his  faithftd- 
ness,  take  this  adventure  which  befell  the  heroic  missionary  in  1811, 
when  he  paid  six  hundred  yisits  to  the  worst  dens  of  Dublin  : — 

"The  first  house  we  entered  made  a  deplorable  appearance;  it  waa 
now  yery  early  in  the  morning,  yet  we  found  on  descending  the  steps 
into  the  drinking  room,  which  much  resembled  a  cellar,  the  window 
frames  and  glass  broke  to  smash,  several  young  women,  without- 
shoes,  stockings,  or  caps,  dancing  to  the  fiddle/'  He  spoke  plainly 
to  the  master  and  mistress  of  the  house,  and  with  so  much  suocess* 
that  the  woman  appeared  to  be  deeply  affected.  The  visitors  then 
left ;  but  remembering  that  he  had  not  spoken  to  the  people  in  the 
room,  Sbillitoe  with  his  companion  returned,  when  at  his  request  the* 
fiddle  and  the  dancing  ceased.  The  scene  is  depicted  as  one  of  misery  and 
depravity :  ''  On  a  bench  near  us  lay  young  girls  so  overcome  with  their 
night's  revelling  in  drunkenness,  that  they  seemed  past  being  roused  by 
an  ^hing  that  occurred  around  them.  Others,  from  the  same  causes, 
their  heads  reclining  on  the  table,  barely  able  to  raise  their  heads  and 
open  their  eyes,  and  altogether  incapable  of  comprehending  what  was 
going  forward ;  companies  of  men  and  women  in  boxes  in  other  parts- 
of  the  room  drinking."  For  a  time  the  gospel  messenger  stood  silent  r 
then  when  strength  was  given  he  spoke  to  them  of  sin  and  its  oonse- 

Spences,  and  of  the  fountain  opened  in  Christ  for  all  uncleanness.  He 
ortunately  noticed  the  signs  of  distress  and  horror  pictured  in  many 
faces;  but  when  the  address  was  ended  they  thanked  the  preaoher 
heartily,  and  hoped  a  blessing  would  attend  his  efforts.  This  is  only  a 
sample  of  long,  persevering  efforts  among  the  lowest  classes  in  the 
Irish  capital ;  besides  which  he  paid  religious  visits  to  the  mayor,  and 
the  principal  of  the  clerical  chie&  of  both  the  English  and  Bomish 
churches. 

In  August,  1812,  while  on  a  journey  to  a  different  part  of  the 
countiy,  Thomas  Shillitoe  quite  unexpectedly  heard  that  a  Friend,  named 
Ann  iVy,  ''  from  an  apprehension  of  religious  duty  was  likely  to  visit 
the  families  of  colliers,  miners,  and  a  description  of  men  called  the  Gang  , 
at  Kings  wood  and  in  its  neighbourhood."  He  wrote  to  this  lad^  in  ''a 
courteous  way,"  the  result  being  that  heliimself  was  soon  committed  to 
the  enterprise. 

Since  the  days  of  Whitefield,  when  that  great  preacher  and  lesser 
agents  of  the  great  revival  extended  their  holy  crusade  to  Bristol,  Kings- 
wood  and  its  colliers  have  at  least  been  familiar  by  name  to  readers  of 
religious  literature.  What  the  character  of  the  district  was  in  the  days 
of 'George  II.  is  therefore  generally  known;  and  it  appears  to  have 
progressed  from  bad  to  worse,  until  in  1812,  at  Gockroad,  there  was  tat 
extensive  colony  of  the  criminal  olass,  who  under  the  name  of  the  Gang 


THB  KKMARXABTiH  HISIOBT  01*  THOMAS  BHILLITOB.  185* 

became  sach  a  terror  to  the  respectable  inhabitants  of  the  snrronnding 
coontry  that  an  association  was  formed  specially  for  their  extirpation. 
At  that  time  the  nnmber  of  the  thieyes  appeared  to  be  daily  growings 
their  depredations  were  carried  on  over  a  wide  area,  and  the  daring 
efironteiy  with  which  robberies  were  committed  was  nneqnalled  even  in 
that  dissolute  age.  They  carried  on  their  traffic  systematically; 
many  hundreds  of  children  were  in  trainiog  for  thieves  at  one  time ; 
labourers  so  inclined  were  formally  admitted  into  the  fraternity,  and  thej 
were  in  league  with  a  large  number  of  hucksters  who  gained  a  liveli- 
hood by  receiving  cart-los^s  of  stolen  goods  at  a  time.  It  was  stated 
that  thousands  of  people  were  directly  or  indirectly  connected  with  the 
Gang. 

Such  was  the  character  of  the  colony  which  Thomas  Shillitoe  and  Ann 
Fry  undertook  to  visit  in  the  capacity  of  missionaries  in  the  fall  of 
1812.  In  the  Journal  the  people  are  described  as  living  by ''  robbery, 
coining,  horse-stealing,  and  every  evil  practice  within  their  reach." 
The  plan  adopted  was  quite  simple;  fearing  nothing  on  their  own  ac- 
count, the  two  visitors,  carrying  milk  and  bread  and  butter  with  them 
for  dinner,  went  forth  day  after  day  to  visit  from  house  to  house.  Ad- 
yanced  as  the  season  was,  they  appear  to  have  dined  in  the  open  air,  and, 
quite  naturally,  occasionally  found  themselves  surrounded  by  a  crowd  of 
ragged,  inquisitive  children.  Besides  this  separate  visitation,  however, 
meetings  were  held,  while  a  great  deal  of  other  business  was  got  through 
which  is  chronicled  with  some  minuteness  in  the  diary.  To  do  all  that 
had  to  be  done,  travelling  along  dangerous  bye-roads  on  dark  nights 
became  necessary  ;  but  such  was  the  respect  in  which  the  gospel  mes- 
sengers were  held  that  no  bodily  injury  was  ever  feared  from  the  des- 
peradoes who  infested  the  locality.  Men  who  were  well-known  mem- 
bers of  the  gang  were  in  some  instances  singled  out  to  be  dealt  plainly 
with ;  and  so  far  were  they  from  resisting,  that  some  of  the  number  were 
thorough  cowards  when  confronted  by  the  placid  gaze  and  searching 
words  of  the  plain-spoken  Quakers.  One  powerful  young  fellow  who 
was  wanted  for  a  meeting  thought  to  escape  by  bolting  into  a  cottage ; 
but,  being  nimble  for  persons  in  middle  life,  Thomas  Shillitoe  and  Ann 
Fry  quickly  followed  to  enquire  for  him.  The  woman  said  he  had  gone 
out  again,  but  as  there  was  no  back  door  Ann  Fry  declared  this  to  be 
impossible,  and  thus,  giving  in,  the  cottager  called  out,  "  Richard,  come 
down  stairs.*'  The  summons  was  repeated,  still  without  effect.  *'  Fully 
believing,  if  we  preserved  our  own  peace  of  mind  we  must  not  miss 
seeing  him,  but  persevere,'*  says  Shillitoe^  "  I  went  to  the  stair  foot,  call- 
ing out,  '  Bichard,  come  down  stairs,  or  I  must  come  and  fetch  thee 
down.'  No  reply  being  made,  strength  was  given  me  to  go  up  into  his 
chamber,  where  I  found  him  crouched  down  behind  the  head  of  the  bed. 
I  should  have  been  as  nothing  in  his  hands,  a  large-boned,  hale  young 
man,  had  he  been  permitted  to  have  resisted  me.  I  told  him  we  wanted 
to  hare  his  company,  took  him  by  the  collar  from  behind  the  bed,  and 
sent  him  down  stairs  before  me,  on  which  he  quietly  took  his  place  in 
the  chinmey  comer."  The  work  of  yisitation  extended  far  away  from 
this  particular  notorious  district,  and  many  phases  of  life — some  as  dis- 
tressing as  others  were  cheering  and  encouraging — ^were  met  with  as 
the  work  was  pursued.    The  fruit  of  such  endeavours  may  not  hare 


been  praeently  eeea,  bafc  it  ocrteiiily  appealed ;  for  e  few 

WMPds  the  thieree*  celon  j  we  hA?e  danribed  sirriyed  oily  in  the  neoMK 

riai^  of  &•  middb-aged  inbebitente. 

{To  b$  eoniimud^) 


FOM  an  old  Welih  periodiGal  called  Qrtd  y  Bidyddwyr^  fat  April, 
1827,  we  extract  part  of  &  long  article  by  the  celebrated  Chritfanaa 
Erans.  The  article  is  headed,  <'  The  State  of  Beligion  among  the  Bap- 
tiatB,"  its  closing  portion  oontaina  the  following  remarka  on  preachinj^ : — 
''I  want  prejftoherB  to  read  all  they  can,  and  make  naa  ot  ideaa 
which  fall  lue  the  mann^  of  old ;  bnt  let  them  take  them  home  to 
grind,  and  boil,  and  bake  in  the  mill  of  prayer  and  the  heated  pol  of 
reflection ;  then  place  them  like  the  twehe  loarea  of  ghewbiead  on 
the  golden  table  of  the  miniatry  before  the  worehippera  and  holy 
prieathood.  I  want  the  entire  word  to  be  preached,  becaose  it  ia  giren 
of  God;  bnt  with  snch  conneotiona  aa  eziit  in  the  Solar  Syatem« 
or  in  ttie  hnman  body,  which,  if  diaconneeted,  the  life  and  effect 
depart  The  son  ia '  the  world's  life  and  a  globe  of  fire.**  Were  a 
husbandman  who  tilled  and  cnltirated  the  earth  for  its  jurodiicta  to  hold 
a  sackcloth  towards  the  snn  he  wonld  be  eateemed  an  ignorant  owl  in 
oar  sight  Were  a  surgeon  to  ampatate  a  limb,  a  hand  or  leg  from 
the  bodyi,  so  that  the  connection  with  the  ereat  artery  of  the  heart  be 
broken,  and  then  endearour  to  make  the  blood  circulate  through  the 
serered  limb,  to  quicken  and  to  warm  it^  we  shonld  only  say, '  Rftnnite 
the  Umb  to  tibe  body  that  the  blood  may  pervade  it  in  its  coune,(»r  else 
aa  soon  as  you  like  bury  it  in  the  earth.'  Many  preaohei^  I  oor 
derstand,  haye  more  interest  in  preaching  about  the  earth'a  being 
stricken  and  punished  witti  drought  last  year  than  about  Jeana  bcang 
struck  on  the  cross  all  red  with  his  blood  I  Ohriat's  sacrifice  and  the 
Holy  ^irit's  grace  occupy  the  place  of  the  central  sun  and  of  the  heart's 
blood  in  the  Christian  system  as  diose  do  in  their  own  systems.  I  have 
obserred  that  an  unerangelical  style  like  that  described  has  latterly 
crept  in  amongst  all  denominationa  in  Wales  in  preaching  duties.  WluS; 
good  has  preaching  the  dead  cross  erer  done?  Are  the  churches  more 
heavenly,  industrious,  and  striving  ?  Or  are  they  more  unspiritual, 
insipid,  and  lethargic  ?  Here  is  gun,  here  is  leaden  bullet,  here  is  flint, 
here  is  touch-hole,  here  is  finger,  bnt  where  is  the  powder  ?  The  baQ 
will  never  start  without  that  He  is  the  mover  of  the  whele, '  Christ 
the  power  of  God,  and  the  wisdom  of  God/  1.  Let  us,  then^  preach 
the  whole  truth  evangeJically.  2.  Faithfully,  for  souls  are  in  danger. 
S.  Plainly  and  clearly,  since  heaps  of  our  hearers  know  less  than  we 
imagine.  4.  Affectionately,  fervently,  and  winningly  1  for  the  flame  of 
Calvary's  love  is  intense,  and  should  cause  a  glow  in  the  pulpit,  melting 
everything  to  its  own  consistency,  and  joining  man  to  God  by  the  cross, 
to  be  one  spirit  for  ever  and  for  ever." 


«  Apoeticslqaotatiimfromthe  WtUL 


187 


§mim  an^  i^ 


TOTT  know,  bekyfed,  the  ScriptiiTe  hath  kud  a  flat  oepoiition  between 
faith  and  Benae.  **  We  live  by  faith/'  Bays  ue  apostle, ''  and 
not  by  sight  or  by  senaa"  They  are  aa  two  bocketfi — the  life  of  faith 
and  the  life  of  sense ;  when  one  goea  np,  the  other  goes  down;  the 
higher  faith  rises,  the  lower  sense  and  reason ;  and  the  Ugher  sense  and 
reason,  the  lower  faith.  That  is  tme  of  Uie  schools.  Keason  going 
before,  &ith  weakens  and  diminishes  it;  bat  reason  following  apon  faith, 
increases  and  strengthens  it.  Besides,  yon  know  Paal  says,  "Not 
many  wis^**  Ac.  Yfhj  not  many  wise  called  ?  Those  that  are  wise 
<xmsider  the  things  of  Qod  in  a  more  rational  way,  and  therefore  not 
many  wise  are  called.  It  hinders  them  from  the  work  of  belie?ing. 
Lnther  says  well,  ''  If  yon  would  belie?e,  you  most  crucify  that  Ques- 
tion— why  ?  ^  Qod  would  not  hare  us  so  full  of  wherefores,  and  if  you 
would  beliere  yon  must  go  blindfold  into  God's  command.  Abraham 
subscribes  to  a  blank  when  the  Lord  calls  him  out  of  his  own  country. 

Besides,  you  know  the  great  field  that  faith  hath  to  work  in — ^the 
large  and  vast  orb  and  sphere  that  it  hath  to  move  in.  Faith  can  go 
into  the  Old  Testament  and  come  back  again  to  the  soul,  and  tell  the 
soul,  I  have  seen  a  man  whom  God  hath  pardooed,  and  why  may 
he  not  pardon  thee  ?  Faith  can  run  up  to  heaven  and  come  home 
again  to  the  soul  and  say,  I  ba?e  seen  the  glory  there ;  be  of  good 
comfort^  there  is  enough  in  hearen  to  pay  for  alL  Faith  can  run 
unto  God's  all-sufficiency,  to  God's  omnipotency,  and  having  viewed 
that  well,  it  returns  home  again  to  the  soul  and  says,  Be  quiet;  there 
is  enough  in  God  alone.  '  Faith  having  seated  herself  upon  the  high 
tower  and  mountain — ^God's  omnipc^ncy  and  all-sufficiency — hath 
a  great  prospect  It  can  look  over  all  the  world,  and  look  into 
another  world  too.  But  now  reason — ^it  gets  upon  some  little  mole-hiU 
of  creature  ability,  and  if  it  can  see  over  two  or  three  hedges,  it  is  well ; 
and,  therefore,  oh  what  a  pain  it  is  to  fSsdth  to  be  tied  to  reason  f  I 
supnose  you  will  all  say  that  if  a  man  were  able  to  eo  a  journey  of  two 
or  tnree  hundred  miles  afoot,  he  were  a  very  good  footman ;  yet  if  you 
will  tie  him  to  carry  a  child  of  four  or  five  years  old  with  him,  you 
will  say  it  would  be  a  great  luggage  to  him ;  and  the  man  would  say, 
"  Pray,  let  this  child  be  left  alone ;  for  though  he  may  run  along  in 
my  hand  half-a-mile,  or  go  a  mile  with  me^  yet  notwithstanding  I 
must  carry  him  the  rest  of  the  way ;  and  when  I  come  at  any  great 
water,  or  have  to  go  over  any  hill,  I  must  take  him  upon  m^  back, 
and  that  will  be  a  great  burden  to  me."  Thus  it  is  between  faith  and 
reason.  Season  at  the  best  is  but  a  child  to  faith.  Faith  can  foot  it 
over  mountains  and  difficulties,  and  wade  through  afflictions,  though 
they  be  very  wide ;  but  when  reason  comes  to  any  affliction,  to  WMe 
throngh  that  and  to  go  over  some  great  difficulties,  then  it  cries  out^ 
and  says, ''  Oh  Faith,  good  Faith,  go  back  again;  ^ood  Faith,  go  back 
again."  "No,"  savs  Faith,  "but  I  will  take  thee  upon  my  back, 
Beason."  And  so  Faith  is  fain  to  do  indeed,  to  take  Reason  upon  its 
back.  But  oh,  what  a  luggage  is  Season  to  Faith  I  Faith  never 
works  better  than  when  it  works  most  alone.  The  mere  rational  con- 
sidering of  the  means,  and  the  deadness  thereof  is  a  great  and  special 
enemy  to  the  work  of  believing. — WilUam  Bridge. 


188 

^jt  Htutttlmto  of  ^M  in  its  i^^^ssirali. 

BT  ALBZ.  B.  BBUOBy  D.D. 

IN  this  snbBtantial  volnme  we  have  a  sterling  contribntion  to  sacred 
classics.  It  forms  the  sixth  series  of  the  Ganniogham  Lectures  ; 
an  institution  designed  to  advance  the  theological  literature  of  Scotland 
in  connection  with  the  Free  Church.  The  worthy  author  has  acquitted 
himself  of  a  delicate  and  arduous  task  with  much  discretion  and  ability* 
Deep  learning,  wide  research,  and  sound  catholicity,  qualify  him  to 
perform  the  part  of  a  guide  for  those  good  people  who  seek  recreation 
in  romantic  literary  excursions  to  the  summit  of  mountains  that  terrify 
ordinary  travellers,  or  through  districts  not  marked  upon  common 
maps.  The  title  of  this  book  suggests  a  theme,  beyond  all  others  to 
our  taste  ;  yet  in  perusing  the  treatise,  we  seem  to  be  traversing  a  road 
where  the  trail  of  the  serpent  is  to  be  traced  at  every  step. 

In  the  dignity  of  the  person  of  Christ  we  take  infinite  delight ;  and 
in  the  depth  of  his  humiliation  we  find  matter  for  devout  gratitude. 
With  the  sweetness  of  his  character  as  a  sojourner  on  our  earth  we  are 
always  charmed.  His  sufferings  awaken  our  tender  sympathy.  We 
hail  him  as  the  Saviour  of  our  ruined  race,  and  we  greet  the  redemption 
he  wrought  with  a  faith  that  feasts  on  the  sacrifice  he  offered  of  himself. 
For  contemplations  of  Christ  we  have  the  keenest  relish ;  but  from  con- 
troversies about  Christ  we  recoil  with  the  utmost  aversion.  There  are 
fields  of  enquiry  into  which  we  should  never  venture  were  we  not  ven- 
turesome enough  to  follow  a  foe.  We  had  thought  that  there  was  no 
limit  to  the  interest  we  felt  in  thinking  of  Christ,  and  conversing  about 
him;  but  we  must  confess  that  we  should  shrink  from  joining  with 
Ebrard,  Martensen,  Liebner,  Eeim,  and  other  German  professors  in  a 
discussion  as  to  whether  he  had  any  particular  temperament.    Be  the 

Juestion  propounded  on  a  physical  or  ethical  basis,  we  should  equally 
emur  to  it    But  even  amongst  intricacies  like  this  Dr.  Bruce  does 
not  lose  his  way. 

What  think  ye  of  the  Christ  f  Who  do  mm  say  that  the  Son  of  man  is  T 
These  have  been  moot  questions  ever  since  his  advent.  Two  heresiea 
of  an  opposite  character,  the  seeds  of  which  were  sown  in  the  apostolic 
age,  witnessed  a  remarkable  development  in  the  age  that  immediately 
succeeded  it.  Of  Judaism  and  Gnosticism,  our  readers  have,  we  pre- 
sume, a  general  idea :  and  those  who  have  tracked  the  course  of  diurch 
history  in  the  controversies  of  the  schoolmen,  would  be  aware  that 
Ebioniies,  the  extreme  on  one  side,  saw  little  that  was  divine  in  the 
person  of  our  Lord  Jesns  Christ,  being  content  to  recognise  him  a& 
another  Prophet,  greater  than  Moses;  while,  at  the  otiier  extreme, 
Docetists  ignored  his  human  existence,  holding  that  his  appearance  in 
the  flesh  was  merely  an  illusion ;  or,  at  leas^  in  their  writings  the 
realism  of  his  biographical  history  became  more  or  less  overshadowed  by 
the  idealism  of  their  sentimental  speculation.  For  five  centuries  firom 
the  opening  of  the  Christian  era,  the  great  anxiety  and  care  of  the 

•  Edinburgh :  T.  and  T.  Clarice. 


THl  HlTHUJATIOlf  OF  CHRISr.  189 

^shnrch  was  to  preserve  this  one  article  of  faith  in  the  Only-begotten 
Son  of  the  Father  pare  firom  sceptical  cormption  and  sinister  constmc- 
tion.  For  onr  own  part,  in  the  teeth  of  modem  prejudice,  and  since 
it  has  become  a  fashion  dogmatically  to  denounce  all  dogmas,  we  are 
rather  prone  to  look  back  with  respect,  and  even  with  veneration,  to  the 
<a'eeds  and  confessions  which  were  framed  to  preserve  orthodoxy.  They 
are  but  the  masonry  of  men,  we  may  be  told.  Not  exactly  so,  we  should 
reply.  They  are  fortifications  built  into  the  Bock,  and  form  a  pro- 
montory which  looks  defiantly  on  all  assailants.  A  brief  extract  from 
the  fifth  book  of  Hooker's  Ecclesiascical  Polity  will  perhaps  help  to  put 
this  matter  in  a  cieoi  light :  ''  There  are  but  four  things  which  concur 
to  make  complete  the  whole  state  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  his  Deity, 
his  manhood,  the  conjunction  of  both,  and  the  distinction  of  the  one 
irom  the  other  being  joined  in  one.  Four  principal  heresies  there  are, 
which  have  in  those  things  withstood  the  truth ;  Arians,  by  bending 
themselves  against  the  Deity  of  Christ ;  Apollinarians  by  maiming  and 
misinterpretiag  that  which  belongeth  to  his  human  nature  ;  Nestorians 
by  rending  Christ  asunder,  and  dividing  him  into  two  persons ;  the 
followers  of  Eutyches,  by  confounding  in  his  person  those  natures  which 
they  should  flistingnish.  Against  these  there  have  been  four  most 
&mouB  Gtoeral  Councils:  the  Council  of  Nice,  to  define  against 
Arians ;  against  Apollinarians,  the  Council  of  Constantinople ;  the 
Council  of  Ephesus  against  Nestorians ;  against  Eutychians,  the 
Chalcedon  Council.  In  four  words — at^thos,  tSlgos,  adairStos,  asngnchu- 
tSs — truly,  perfectly,  indivisibly,  distinctly;  the  first  applied  to  his 
being  Ckd;  and  the  second  to  his  being  man;  and  the  third  to  his 
being  of  both  one ;  and  the  fourth  to  his  still  continuing  in  that  one 
both;  we  may  fully,  by  way  of  abridgment,  comprise  whatsoever  an- 
tiquity hath  at  large  handled,  either  in  declaration  of  Christian  belief, 
or  in  refutation  of  the  aforesaid  heresies.  .  .  .  We  conclude  therefore 
that  to  save  the  world  it  was  of  necessity  the  Son  of  Gk>d  should  be  thus 
incarnate,  and  that  God  should  be  so  in  Christ,  as  has  been  declared." 
This  quotation  is  but  the  fragment  of  a  paragraph  (No.  54).  The 
entire  treatise  may  be  studied  with  advantage.  Hooker  having  flourished 
three  centuries  ago,  carries  us  back  to  a  period  when  the  Anglican 
church  had  not  as  yet  put  forth  by  the  montn  of  her  prelates  or  pres- 
byters any  monstrous  pretensions  to  catholic  authority  or  apostolic 
succession.  The  '*  Lambeth  Articles  "  had  been  framed  by  Archbishop 
Whitgift  and  others,  asserting  the  Calvinistic  quality  of  her  Pro- 
testantism ;  but  Archbishop  Laud  had  not  inaugurated  the  reactionary 
movement  which  encroached  upon  liberty  of  conscience  by  enforcing  a 
Popish  liturgy  with  wilful  espionage  and  wanton  tyranny. 

Although  Dr.  Bruce,  in  his  second  lecture,  takes  an  interesting  re- 
trospect of  the  Patristic  Theology,  yet,  so  far  as  the  general  design  of 
his  work  is  concerned,  he  starts  his  survey  from  a  point  and  a  period 
when  the  dogmas  were  all  determined.  Digging  down  to  the  division 
between  the  Reformed  Protestant  churches,  he  inspects  the  strata,  and 
minutely  examines  the  volcanic  rocks  where  the  fires  once  furiously 
raged,  and  then  he  works  his  way  gradually  upwards  to  modem  theories 
that  have  never  crystallized,  and  it  is  not  likely  that  they  ever  will.  It 
is  all  quicksand,  and  no  quartz,  by  the  time  we  reach  McLeod  Campbell 


190  THE  HtfHILIATIOK  01*  OHRIBT. 

and  Horace  Biuhnell,  who  lednoe  momentous   qneetions   to  petty 
qnibblee. 

^  In  the  eixieenth  centnnr,  memorable  on  so  many  other  aooonnts  in 
the  annals  of  the  Chnreh,  uhristologj  passed  into  a  new  phase.    Only 
a  ftw  years  after  the  commencement  of  the  Reformation,  there  aroBe- 
a  dispnte  on  the  snbject  of  Christ's  person,  producing  in  its  course  a 
separation  of  the  German  Protestants  into  rival  communions,  dis- 
tinguished by  the  names  of  Luthenm  and  Reformed,  and  even  giring 
rise  to  bitter  intmial  conteaitions  between  the  members  of  that  section 
of  the  German  Church  which  claimed  Luther  for  its  founder  and  fa&er. 
llie  long,  obstinate,  and,  in  its  results,  unhappy  controT«:By  originated 
in  what  to  us  may  appear  a  yery  small  matter — a  difference  of  opinion 
between  Luther  and  Zwingli  as  to  the  nature  of  Christ's  presence  m  the 
sacrament  of  the  Supper.    Zwingli  maintained  that  the  Redeemer  wbs> 
present  spiritually  only,  and  sole^  for  tiiose  who  belieye, — the  bread  and 
wine  being  simply  emblems  of  his  broken  body  and  shed  blood,  aids  to 
fiiith,  and  stimulants  to  gratefial  remembrance.     Luther  yebemently 
asserted  that  the  body  of  the  Sayiour  was  present  in  the  Supper,  in,  with, 
and  under  Iftie  bread,  and  was  eaten  both  by  belieyers  and  unbelieyera; 
by  the  former  to  their  benefit,  by  the  latta:  to  their  huit.    It  is  easy  to^ 
see  what  otrestions  must  arise  out  of  such  a  diversity  of  view.    If 
Christ's  boay  be  present  in  the  Supper,  then  it  must  be  ubiouitous ;  but 
is  thk  attribute  compal;ible  witii  tlra  nature  of  body,  with  the  ascension 
of  the  risen  Lord  into  heay»,  with  the  promise  of  his  second  coming;, 
and  how  did  the  body  of  Christ  come  by  this  marrdlous  attribute  ?  Ac*' 
Page  82.  The  area  of  these  polemics  widened  as  they  progressed.  From 
Hie  ubiquity  of  our  Lord's  body,  the  debate  adyanced  into  a  discussion 
of  his  complex  person,  and  still  farther  into  a  third  stage— the  theory 
of  his  eaiihly  humiliation.      **The  final  result  of  V^  whole  oon- 
troyersy  on    the  Lutheran  side  was  the   formation  of  a   doctrine 
concerning  the  person  of  Christ  artificial,  unnatural,  and  incredible." 
Dr.  Bruce,  in  his  first  lecture,  deals   yery   discreetly  with  axioms, 
chiefly  drawn  from  two  passages  of  Scripture  which    are   forcible 
enou^  of  themselyes,  but  which  have  become  rather  more  famous  in 
debate.    A  modem  author  has  obseryed  that  "  We  do  not  commonly 
alter  or  dwell  very  long  on  minute  criticisms  of  a  text  until  some  subtle 
heresy  has  been  proposed  to  us,  and,  perhaps,  already  prepossessed  our 
thoughts ;  and  such  criticisms  are  doubly  perilous,  both  as  drawing  us 
away  from  the  true  means  of  assurance,  without  which  the  questions 
must  remain  open  for  ever,  and  as  leaving  us  at  the  mercy  of  the 
subtlest,  not  always  or  necessarily  the  most  enlightened,  disputant." 
R.  H.  C.  Sandys.    Just  so.   Well  may  Dr.  Bruce  complain  as  he  does : — 
**  It  is  specially  discouraging  to  the  inquirer  after  first  principles  to  find 
that  as  a  rule  the  interpretation  of  the  passage  in  question  depends  on 
the  interpreter's  theological  position.    So  much  is  this  the  case  that  one 
can  almost  tell  beforehand  what  views  a  particular  expositor  will  take, 
provided  his  theological  school  be  once  ascertained."    In  treating  of 
Phitippians  ii.  5*9,  and  Hebrews  ii.  5-18,  his  exegetical  criticism  is  slike 
searching  and  satis&ctory.    Both  passages  bring  before  us  the  subject 
of  Christ's  humiliation,  but  from  a  different  point  of  view.    In  the  one 
Paul  exhibits  that  humiliation  as  something  voluntarily  endured  by 


TBI  HUIOLIATIOV  OP  GHBIBT.  Itl 

iiirt  in  a  Bpirit  of  ccmdesoension  md  self-TeamiGiatioii  which  be  exhorts 
I  readen  to  admire  and  imitate.  In  the  other  he  regards  the  same 
Boiliation  as  an  experioioe  to  which  Ohrist  was  sabjeotod,  and  which, 
ifiparentlj  inoongrooos  to  his  intrinsic  dignity,  demanda  explanation. 
m  gland  thon|ht  here  is  that  Obrist  to  be  a  Sayionr  mnst  be  a  brother, 
i  thati  as  tibion  actaally  stand,  he  mnst  be  hambled,  mnst  pass 
rough  a  Gorrioninm  of  temptation  and  suffering  as  a  man,  in  wder 
lit  m  may  be  m  all  things  like  nnto  his  brethren.  This  ia  a  condensed 
•latiQii  of  onr  anther's  own  words.  We  b^  his  pardon,  bnt  we  lack 
loa  to  do  him  fUl  justice. 

Por  the  parcotage  of  modem  thought,  or  at  least  of  modem  religious 
Mght,  we  turn  to  Faihirlmi.  ^rman  genius  has  been  generating 
K>Iogml  problems  for  the  paet  half  century;  We  haye  not  for  onr 
rt  been  soared  by  the  scepticism  in  which  on  the  outset  it  seemed  to 
douded.  No  fear  ever  crossed  our  simple  hearts  that  neology  could 
[nlant  Cfhristokgy,  or  that  inspiration  would  be  imperilled  by  in- 
ngatioB.  The  Purrhonists  may  have  led  the  ran,  but  they  haye 
nwred  the  way  of  progress.  Our  great  antipathy  is  to  indifference, 
hen  a  storm  is  raging  men  are  obliged  to  keep  their  etes  open,  and 
■r  wits  ready  for  an  emeigency ;  but  in  a  long,  dead  calm  everybody 
bs  demoralifled.  We  note  with  satisfaction  ^at  such  oontroTonies 
f6  been  entered  into  to  promote  concord.  Authora,  whose  great  aim 
I  been  to  defend  the  faith,  attempt  one  after  another  to  &flne  t^e 
itli  in  such  terms  as  shall  reoondle  those  who  heretofore  had  professed 
^  oieeis>  ''It  is  a  feature  common  to  modem  Ghristologisto  of  all 
ioek,  to  inrist  with  peculiar  emphasis  on  the  reality  of  our  Lord's 
msiiitj.  •  .  .  Everr  theory  most  be  recognised  a  failure  which  does 
fc  firithftilly  reflect  the  historical  image  of  Jesus  as  depicted  in  the 
q^eia,  and  allow  him  to  be  as  he  appears  there,  a  veritable,  though  not 
men  man.**  This  is  of  course  only  a  reiteration  of  the  dictum  that 
m  delivered  to  us  firom  the  beginning,  1  John  iv.  2,  3.  The  Greek 
irI  KSnMis  has  been  almost  universaUy  adopted  m  the  motto  of  the 
igants.  Ite  meaning  may  be  readily  measured  by  anyone  who  takea 
e  pains  to  compare  the  authorised  end  revised  versions  of  the  New 
atament  in  Philippians  ii.  7.  In  the  one  the  Pre-existent  Saviour  is 
•ken  of  as  having  made  hknselfofno  rqmtoHon,  in  the  other  as  having 
ipteJ  hm$$lf.  nie  latter  is  the  more  faithfal  translation.  Two  stetes 
e  spoken  of,  and  his  condescension  in  each  is  recorded.  "  Being  in  the 
m  of  God.  ...  he  emptied  himself,  (then)  teking  the  form  of  a 
Kadservant,  being  found  in  fashion  as  a  man,  he  humbled  himself  and 
tome  obedient  even  unto  death,  yea,  the  death  of  the  cross." 
Dr.  Brace  has  classified  and  reviewed  the  leading  types,  and  diverse 
which  the  abstrase  problems  that  have  been  raised  on  this 
have  assumed  in  the  divinity  works  of  the  last  forty  years. 
nut  Zinzindorf,  founder  of  the  Moravian  brotherhood,  broached  the 
positi(m  which  awoke  the  lively  interest  of  recent  times.  The  grain 
thought  cast  by  him  into  the  ground  lay  dormant  for  a  hundred 
an;  ttien  in  the  fourth  decade  of  the  present  century  it  began  to 
namate,  and  ever  since  it  has  gone  on  multiplying  abundantly.  We 
ill,  however,  quote  the  doctor's  admirable  summing  up.  ''The 
rpotheses  are  legitimate  enough  as   tentative  solutions  of  a  har 


192  TEE  HUUnilTION  01*  OHRIBr. 

problem;  and  those  who  require  their  aid  may  use  any  one  of  them  as 
a  prop  around  which  faith  may  twine.  Bat  it  is  not  necessary  to  adopt 
any  one  of  them ;  we  are  not  obliged  to  choose  between  them ;  we  may 
stand  aloof  firom  them  all ;  and  it  may  be  best  when  faith  can  afford  to 
dispense  with  their  services.  For  it  is  not  good  that  the  certainties  of 
faith  should  lean  too  heayily  upon  nncertain  and  questionable  theories. 
Wisdom  dictates  that  we  should  clearly  and  broadly  distinguish  between 
the  great  truths  reyealed  to  us  in  Scripture,  and  the  hypotheses  which 
•deep  thinkers  have  invented  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  these  truths 
more  fally  within  the  grasp  of  their  understandinrasi."  Yes,  yes;  this 
is  very  true.  But  did  not  old  Martin  Luther  put  the  matter  into  more 
forceftil  language  long,  long  ago  ?  That  little  word  *'Row  !**  It  is  a 
hateful,  damnable  monosyllable.  How  did  God  do  this  or  that  ?  If  a 
man  come  to  the  boldness  of  proposing  such  a  question  to  himself  he 
will  not  give  over  till  he  find  some  answer.  Then  others  will  not  be 
content  with  his  answer,  but  every  man  will  have  a  different  one.  When 
the  church  fell  upon  Quamodo  in  the  sacrament,  How,  in  what  manner, 
the  body  of  Christ  was  there, ''  We  see,"  (save  old  Dr.  John  Donne,) 
"what  an  inconvenient  answer  it  fell  upon,  that  it  was  done  by  tran- 
substantiation.  That  satisfied  not,  as  there  was  no  reason  it  should, 
and  then  they  fell  upon  others,  «n,  aub^  and  ^m,  and  none  could  and 
none  can  give  satisfaction.'' 

Our  author  draws  nearer  to  our  own  doors  when  he  proceeds  to  speak 
of  *'  Christ  the  subject  ofkmpiation  and  moral  development.*'  We  admire 
his  patience,  though  we  cannot  emulate  it,  when  he  examines  the 
writmgs  of  poor  Edward  Irving,  convicts  him  of  bad  temper  for  con- 
temptuously nicknaming  the  current  doctrine  of  atonement  ''the 
bargain  and  barter  hypothesis,"  and  advocating  in  lieu  of  it  a  Rbdekp- 
TiON  BT  SAMPLE,  as  though  Christ  took  a  portion  of  sinful  humanity 
and  made  it  holy,  and  through  it  sanctified  tne  whole  lump.  Nor  is  he 
less  severe  upon  this  erratic  Scottish  preacher  for  his  rhetorical  inexact- 
itude, a  confused  habit  of  thinking,  and  a  loose  mode  of  using  the  same 
word  in  two  distinct  senses,  which  constantly  involve  him  in  self- 
contradictions.  In  the  last  chapter,  however,  the  humiliation  of  Christ 
is  surveyed  in  its  official  aspects,  as  a  servant  and  an  apostle ;  as  a  priest 
and  a  victim.  As  might  be  expected,  the  worthy  doctor  has  raked 
together  a  great  heap  of  rubbish,  but  then  he  has  sifted  and  sorted  it 
very  carefully  and  very  skilfully  before  he  makes  a  grand  bonfire  of  the 
ephemeral  essays  of  self-opinionated  professors.  His  own  studied 
moderation  gives  special  point  to  the  censure  or  commendation  he 
awards  to  ouier  authors.  Horace  Bushnell,  whom  he  designates  an 
ingenious  writer,  comes  in  for  a  quiet  lecturing,  which  men  of  his  type 
who  survive  him  may  well  la^  to  heart.  In  his  treatise,  "  The  Yicarious 
Sacrifice,"  he  had  expressed  views  which  in  a  subsequent  treatise,  entitled, 
"  Forgiveness  and  Law,"  he  revoked  and  replaced  with  certain  new  views, 
which  had  come  into  his  mind,  he  tells  us,  almost  like  a  revelation,  and 
propounded  them  as  an  unquestionable  solution  of  the  problem.  His 
overweening  confidence  is  the  gravest  fault  of  his  book.  It  would  not 
become  every  disciple  to  bring  reproach  against  a  brother  because  he 
was  slow  to  understand  the  full  meaning  of  Christ's  death ;  but  one  who 
claims  to  have  got  new  light  by  the  very  claim  confesses  previous  partial 


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error,  and  ought  to  aroid  the  oracalar  style,  and  to  speak  with  modesty. 
If  the  Catholic  doctrine  be  tme,  Bashneil  had  still  a  good  deal  to  learn. 
Of  many  American  divines  Dr.  Brace  makes  honourable  mention: 
'^  bnt  foremost  of  all,  the  great  Transatlantic  theologian  of  last  century, 
President  Edwards,  whose  statement  on  the  qaestion,  in  what  sense 
Christ  suffered  the  wrath  of  God,  deserves  and  will  repay  the  most 
attentive  stndy  of  all  who  desire  to  think  jnstly  on  the  delicate  theme." 
In  commending  this  valnable  contribution  to  our  theological  litera- 
ture to  all  students  we  take  occasion  to  protest  with  all  the  emphasis  in 
onr  power  against  the  treatment  that  profound  subjects  meet  with  in 
paltry  pamphlets  with  which  the  press  constantly  teems,  and  which  are 
rather  apt  to  excite  uneasy  doubt  than  to  instruct  the  ignorant  or 
confirm  the  wavering. 


Sia^ti  ttl  J00&8. 


Old  Te/ftament  History  0/ Redemption, 
LectnreB  by  Fbakz  Delitzsch. 
Tranalated  nrom  Manuscript  Notes 
by  Samuxl  Ivbs  Gurtiss.  £din- 
binrgh:   T.  and  T.  Clark. 

It  is  a  long,  long  time  since  we  have 
come  across  a  book  for  students  that 
has  BO  delighted  us  as  this.  It  is  no 
cratch  for  ulzj  men ;  it  doesn't  profess 
to  do  the  thiuking  for  idlers;  but  in 
verve,  sug^estiveness,  and  fulness  of 
thought  it  IS  most  admirable.  Gold  in 
the  nugget,  a  forest  in  an  acorn,  and  a 
sermon  m  a  sentence — that  is  the  style 
of  this  little  volume. 

Professor  Delitzsch  is  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  the  German  criticism 
of  to-day,  and  yet  is  untainted  by  it ; 
and  the  fulness  of  his  Hebrew  scholar- 
ship has  only  made  him  more  loyal  to 
Evangelical  truth.  The  ordinary  reader 
had  letter  not  meddle  with  tms/book, 
bnt  for  a  diligent  student  it  has  a  rich 
reward.  Here  are  a  few  of  his  sentences 
taken  from  a  whole  host  which  might 
be  quoted : — 

^*  Christianity,  as  the  religion  of  re- 
demption, stands  and  falls  with  the 
recognition  of  the  historical  character 
of  the  fall.'' 

''The  sentence  on  man's  sin  is  not, 
Thou  shalt  be  put  to  death,  but  thou 
shalt  die.  Not  an  arbitrary  punishment 
with  death,  but  the  necessary  con- 
sequence of  the  transffression ;  not  an 
instantaneous  death,  but  a  dying  be- 
ginning   from    that   time.      Compare 


Hosea  xiii.  1.  Ephraim  offended  and 
died,  that  is,  he  carried  thereafter  the 
germ  of  death  in  himself.*' 

"  As  the  evil  arising  from  freedom  of 
choice  preceded  the  good  arising  from 
the  same  source,  so  the  bad  child  (Cain) 
preceded  the  good  (Abel)." 

''Since  the  strife  between  good  and 
evil  has  entered  into  the  world,  a  new 
separation  of  that  which  is  dissimilar 
is  always  the  sign  of  true  progress." 

"Grace  always  raises  itseUf  on  the 
foundation  of  that  which  is  natural, 
after  it  has  first  destroyed  it :  thus  the 
body  of  Abram  must  become  as  good 
as  dead,  before  he  could  become  the 
father  of  the  son  of  promise." 

"It  was  not  the  blood  of  Uie  paasover- 
lamb  which  changed  the  divine  wrath 
into  mercy,  but  the  antitypical  redemp- 
tion which  stood  behind  it,  as  yet  a 
dumb,  unrevealed  secret." 

Such  specimens  as  these  will  show  the 
kind  of  writing  which  Delitzsch  indulges 
in,  and  the  sort  of  sentences  that  Mr. 
Curtiss  would  not  willingly  let  die. 
Nor  do  we  think  students  of  theology 
will  be  inclined  to  do  so.  We  wish  ^ 
it  the  heartiest  success,  and  bid  it  a 
warm  welcome. 

Mothers'  Meetings :  how  to  form  and 
conduct  them.  By  Rev.  W.  H. 
PsBBs,  M.A.  Elliot  Stock. 
A  SMAUL  book  giving  hints  as  to  the 
establishment  and  conduct  of  mothers' 
meetings:  nothing  very  novel  or  in- 
structive, bnt  tolerably  useful 

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194 


HOnOBB  OV  B0QK8. 


Deciiwn  far  Christ.  Couiuel  and  «i- 
cauragetnent  for  young  people.  By 
Flayel  S.  Cook,  D.D.    JSlliot  Stock. 

ExcKLLENT,  coiDpact,  eameBt,  bright 
in  manner,  and  withal  full  of  eameat 
godliness.  Dr.  Cook  is  a  sympathetic 
and  helpful  counsellor  to  the  jounff, 
and  his  litde  book  cannot  fail  of  usefm- 


The  Choice  of  Witdom.  By  Canon 
Bell,  D.D.    Elliot  Stock. 

Eight  earnest  addresses  of  eyangelical 
type,  suitable  for  the  young :  somewhat 
prosy  and  proper. 

The  Holy  Supper:  A  Manualfor  voung 
Communicants,  By  W.  K.  IklooRs, 
D.D.    KisbetandCo. 

Db.  Moobs  has  the  happy  faculty  of 
putting  old  truth  into  tresh  language, 
and  giving  a  norelty  of  aspect  to  it 
This  he  has  done  in  these  addresses, 
showing  the  different  aepects  in  which 
the  Lord's  Supper  may  be  regarded. 
It  will  be  sure  to  sell,  and  we  Delieve 
will  be  read :  it  deserves  to  be. 

Our  Brothers  and  Sons*  By  Mrs.  G.  S. 
Sbahkt.    Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

HAvno  written  a  book  for  '^Our 
Daughters,**  a  book  which  has  gone 
through  more  than  one  edition,  Mrs. 
Beaney  has  now  turned  to  advising  the 
other  sex  as  to  their  life,  its  happiness, 
and  work.  The  style  is  clear,  crisp, 
and  attractive  up  to  a  certain  point, 
and  will  be  sure  to  be  read ;  but  we  are 
half  afraid  it  is  too  ''preachy."  Souls 
are  wondrously  shy  things,  and  must 
be  very  wisely  dealt  with:  the  old- 
fashioned  tract-style  of  writing  is 
scarcely  likely  to  do  much  to-day. 
Mrs.  Reaney,  we  think,  would  have 
preached  more  had  she  manifestly 
preached  less.  StiU,  these  are  but 
spots  on  the  sun,  and  we  wish  for  her 
book  a  quick  and  extended  sale. 

The  Biblical  Kaleidoscope,  For  the  Use 
of  the  King's  Daughters  at  Noontide, 
By  J.  M.  M.    Elhot  Stock. 

Daily  readings  for  a  month,  each  medi- 
tation bein^  drawn  ^m  the  distin- 
guishing trait  in  some  female  Scripture 
character.  The  writer  thus  describes 
the  design  of  her  book: — ^''It  is  for 
noonday.     While  we  are  bearing  the 


burden  and  heat  of  the  day,  we  ura«lly 
find  a  brief  breathing-space  at  mid- 
day, to  gird  on  our  armour  afreab, 
to  '  anoint  the  shield/  to^  gather  up 
some  fragments  of  cheer  amid  aeprassion 
and  discouragement,  and  to  draw  near 
to  him  who  is  the  gladness  of  our  joy  *' 
(Ps.  xliii.  4). 

The  little  volume,  which  is  very^  nicely 
got  up,  would  be  an  acceptable  gift  to  a 
"  daughter  of  the  King  *' ;  but  what  can 
the  authoress  intend  by  calling  it  a 
''Kaleidoscope**?  Is  it  that  she  has 
shaken  together  texts  of  Scripture,  say- 
ings of  good  people,  anecdotes  and 
brief  reflections,  which  have,  at  &8t 
sight  at  least,  as  little  connection  with 
the  subject  and  with  each  other  as  the 
fragments  of  pretty  -  coloured  ^  g^^^^ 
beads,  and  odos  and  ends  which  are 
found  in  that  pretty  toy,  needing  cor- 
rectly-adjusted reflections  to  give  form 
and  beauty  to  the  heterogeneous  mass? 
These  were  our  reflections;  if  the 
Kaleidoscope  be  taken  and  shaken  by 
others  their  reflections  will  take  other 
shapes.  Still,  we  think  the  title  is  very 
absurd. 

Early  Training:  its  Philosophy,  its 
Nature^  its  Worth,  By  Kev.  J. 
ToHGUB,  B.A.    Jarrold  and  Sons. 

Bating  its  reference  to  the  ordinance, 
so  called,  of  infant  baptism,  this  pamphlet 
is  not  so  bad  an  attempt  to  treat  the 
subject  as  some  we  have  seen.  There 
is  nothing  new,  nothing  old  strikingly 
put,  but  it  contains  very  proper  common- 
places, nicely  and  simply  uttered.  Our 
author  is  not  a  "  tongue  of  fire.** 

The  Speaking  Dead;  or,  Select  Ex- 
tracts  from  the  Writings  of  the 
Reformers  and  Martyrs.  By  B. 
Bradnet  Bockjstt,  M.A.  Elliot 
Stock. 

An  attempt  to  make  a  book  of  daOy 
readings  out  of  Bale,  Beco%  Bradford, 
Bullinger,  Coverdale,  Cranmer,  and  men 
of  their  age  and  stamp.  We  do  not 
think  it  is  a  success.  Of  course  these 
venerable  men  said  most  excellent 
things,  but  their  style  is  antiquated,  and 
they  are  not  quite  the  authors  from 
whom  to  cut  out  brief  extracts.  We 
do  not  think  purchasers  will  be  numer- 
ous, and  we  feel  sure  that  readers  will 
be  fewer  still. 


HonoEs  or  books. 


195 


l%e  One  Hundred  Texts  of  ike  IrUh 

Church  Musime.    Briefly  explained 

by  the  Bishop  of  Sierra  Leone.  Bem- 

roae  and  Sons. 

This  little  book  of  qnestions  and  sn- 

icwers  to  the  handred  texts  is  intended 

for  the  use  of  schools ;  for  the  instmction 

of  children.    A  ^ertpAira/ Catechism  is 

always  good,  and  adnlts  might  learn 

much  of  true  teaching  from  this  little 

manual.    Its  contents  are  better  than 

appear  at  first  sight. 

T^  Chd'Man.  An  Enquiry  into  (he 
Oharacler  and  Evideneee  of  the 
Christian  Ineamation,    Elliot  Stock. 

Such  a  book  as  this  could  only  baye 
been  written  afler  much  research  and 
more  study ;  and  yet,  after  having  care- 
fully read  and  pondered  it,  we  are 
oMtged  to  ask,  with  a  sense  of  disap- 
pointment, ''What  has  he  proved ?*' 
The  author  has  tried  to  fathom  the 
consciousness'  of  Jesus,  and  to  explain 
what  has  always  been  unrevealed — the 
philosophy  of  the  union  of  the  divine 
and  human  in  the  person  of  the  Saviour. 
After  much  of  preparatory  fencing,  we 
are  told  on  page  74--- 

'^If  we  are   now  asked  to  fix   the 

Srecise  period  in  his  human  life  at  which 
esus  had  grown  to  perfect  conscious- 
ness of  his  divinity,  tne  question  must 
be  declined  as  inadmissible.  It  is  the 
Tery  essence  of  consciousness  that, 
while  by  it  we  know  everything,  o/it 
we  know  nothing ;  each  of  us  is  per- 
fectly ignorant  of  his  consciousness  in 
itself,  and  can  onlygive  an  account  of  it 

as  active We  might  be  able  to 

analyze  particular  actions  or  sayings  of 
JesuB  from  the  point  of  view  of  his  con- 
sciousness, and  to  discover  what  that 
was  as  revealed  in  those  sayings  and 
acts.  But  of  what  we  may  call  his 
potential  consciousness,  of  this  we  can 
give  no  account.  Moreover,  there  would 
be  a  species  of  theological  vandalism  in 
making  such  an  attempt.  The  con- 
sciousness of  every  one  of  us  belongs  to 
a  sphere  of  things  which  cannot  be  par- 
celled out  and  measured.  How  much 
less  the  consciousness  of  the  Messiah  I 
In  fact,  Me  whole  matter  transcends  the 
limitation  of  our  faculties** 

And  yet  our  author  peeps  and  pries, 
and  endeavours  to  analyze  and  explain 
for  two  hundred  pages  more  ;  but  with 


questionable  success.  When  will  men 
learn  that  thought  is  limited,  and  that 
where  mystery  in  the  Infinite  comforts 
us,  reverence  and  not  curiosity  is  our 
rightful  attitude  ?  Speculation  is  poor 
work  at  the  best ;  but  it  approaches  the 
irreverent  when  the  subject  is  the 
person  of  Christ. 

The  Great  Schoolmen  of  the  Middle  Ages. 
An  account  of  their  Lives,  and  the 
Serrices  they  rendered  to  the  Church 
and  the  World.  By  W.  J.  Towhs- 
BND.  Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
This  work  conducts  the  reader  along 
a  track  which  has  been  but  little  trod- 
den. The  mass  of  students  dispose  of  the 
schoolmen  as  all  typified  by  Duns  Scotus, 
who  appears  to  have  supplied  a  name 
for  the  whole  family  of  dunces.  To  the 
general  public  the  schoolmen  are  a  set 
of  word-spinners  who  wasted  their  time 
in  vain  jangling.  This  judgment  is  suf- 
ficiently true  to  pass  muster  among  those 
descriptive  generalities  which  are  not 
altogether  false ;  but  yet  it  is  not  a  fair 
▼erdict  upon  a  body  of  learned  and 
thoughtful  men.  Who  can  afford  to 
despise  **tbe  Master  of  the  Sentences'*, 
or  the  commanding  Stagyrite?  He 
who  does  not  honour  Lombard  and 
Aristotle  is  not  likely  to  be  much 
honoured  himself.  We  have  lost  our- 
selves while  following  the  lead  of  Mr. 
Townsend  among  a  company  comprising 
"  the  universal  doctor,**  Albertus  Mag- 
nus ;  **  the  irrefragable  doctor,"  Alexan- 
der of  Hales ;  "  the  seraphical  doctor,** 
Bonaventura;  "the  angelical  doctor,** 
Thomas  Aquinas  ;  **  the  subtle  doctor,** 
Duns  Scotus ;  "  the  invincible  doctor,** 
William  of  Ockham ;  and  **  the  most 
Christian  doctor,**  Jean  Charlier  Gerson. 
If  our  reader  does  not  know  these  most 
venerable  doctors,  it  is  time  he  made 
their  acquaintance.  They  were  doctors 
indeed,  and  not  mere  flaunters  of  the 
double  D.  Mr.  Townsend  serves  very 
well  to  introduce  the  learned  gentle- 
men ;  indeed  he  does  this  so  well  that 
we  return  him  hearty  thanks ;  but  he 
does  not  satisfy  us  as  to  anything  more. 
With  so  interesting  a  subject  he  might 
have  done  better.  However,  it  is  no 
small  achievement  to  have  brought  the 
subject  forward  in  so  complete  a  fashion. 
He  indicates  the  tracks  along  which  a 
diligent  student  may  pursue  his  in- 
vestigations at  his  leisure. 


196 


KOHOKS  or  books. 


The  Norfolk  Herald  of  the  Cross;  or^ 
Memorials  of  the  late  Bobert  Key. 
By  the  Rer.  T.  Lowb,  M.B.  Fen- 
"wick,  6,  Sutton-street,  Commercial- 
road,  E. 
Surely  the  art  of  bookmaking  is  here 
carried  to  an  extreme.  Pieces  from 
eminent  authors  of  every  school  are 
patch-worked  together  to  set  forth  a 
meagre  biography.  A  little  thread-like 
stream  of  nistorj  finds  its  waj  amid 
flowers,  and  meads,  and  rocks,  and  hillfi 
with  which  it  seems  to  us  to  have  little 
or  no  connection.  Everybody  is  drawn 
into  the  book,  from  Charles  Dickens  to 
President  Garfield.  The  intention  is 
excellent,  and  the  skill  is  wonderful; 
but  the  result  is  a  cauldron  of  broth 
made  of  all  things  under  the  sun,  fla- 
voured with  the  memoir  of  Robert 
Key,  an  earnest  Primitive  Methodist 
preacher. 

London  Missionary  Society^  Ten  Years' 
Review  of  Mission  Work  in  Mada- 
gascar.   1870—1880.  Antananarivo: 
188u. 
We  congratulate  the  Society  on  this  noble 
Report  of  Ten  Years'  Work  in  Mada- 
gascar.  In  a  volume  of  more  than  three 
hundred  pages  we  are  made   familiar 
with  the  political    and    social   events 
which  have  aflected  the  Mission  durins 
the  last  ten  years;  with  the  successful 
efforts  for  extension ;  and  with  the  state 
of  the  native  churches,  of  evangelistic 
work,  of  education,  literature,  and  me- 
dical work.     The  labours  of  the  other 
Societies  in  Madagascar   are  also  de- 
scribed.  Of  these  the  "  Friends'  Foreign 
Missionary  Association,"  and  the  **  Nor- 
wegian Missionary  Society  "  work  ami- 
cably side  by  side  with    the   London 
Society ;  but  the  ♦'  Society  for  the  Pro- 
pagation of  the  Gospel"  has  shown  itself 
tobe  a  society  for  the  propagation  of  its 
own  narrow  sect.   It  had  one  missionary 
on  the  island.    It  proposed,  therefore, 
to  send  a  bishop  and  four  assistants  to 
preside  over  him ;  to  send  these  people 
to  an  island  which  the  London  Mission- 
ary Society  has  evangelized ;  where  that 
Society  has  laboured  for  more  than  half  a 
century;  whereithas  50  English  mission- 
aries, male  and  female,  1,142  congrega- 
tions, more  than  600   native  pastors, 
71,000  church  members,  and  250,000 
native  adherents ;  to  an  island  where 


these  native  churches  under  the  London 
Missionary  Society  have  raised  during 
the  last  ten  years  £40,000  for  the  evan- 
gelization of  the  country  and  for  gene- 
ral mission  work.  In  defiance  of  the 
protests  even  of  Churchmen,  and  not- 
withstanding the  refusal  of  Earl  Gran- 
ville to  apply  for  the  Queen's  license  to 
consecrate  a  bishop  for  Madagascar,  it 
hss  thrust  a  bishop  into  Antananarivo, 
the  capital,  which  is  the  centre  of  the 
London  Missionary  Society's  operations. 
In  protest  against  this  unchristian  con- 
duct, the  Church  Missionary  Society, 
which  had  three  missionaries  on  the 
island,  has  witiidrawn  them.  Such 
action  cannot  serve  to  propagate  the 
gospel.  It  can  only  cast  stumbling- 
blocks  in  the  way  of  a  people  just  con- 
verted to  Christ,  and  make  them 
understand,  what  they  ought  never  to 
have  understood ,  the  unworthy  jealousies 
which,  in  Christian  lands,  are  supposed 
to  be  consistent  with  disciplesnip  to 
Christ.  The  enemy  has  many  ways  of 
sowing  tares  amongst  the  wheat. 

Talks  tcith  the  People  by  Men  of  Mark. 

Vol.  L     The    Earl  of  Shaftesbury. 

Vol.  II.     President  Garfield.  Edited 

by  Rev.  C.  Bullock.  "Home  Words" 

Office. 
It  was  an  excellent  idea  to  give  in  these 
compact  shilling  volumes  the  utterances 
upon  vital  questions  of  our  great  men 
of  to-day ;  and  in  the  two  specimens 
before  us  the  idea  is  as  well  carried  out 
as  conceived.  A  capital  portrait  of  the 
speaker  is  given,  and  selections  from 
public  addresses  judiciously  arranged. 
Long  may  Mr.  Bullock  live  to  carry  on 
this  admirable  work.  These  books  de- 
serve to  be  read  by  the  million. 

Thirza ;  or,  the  Attractive  Power  of  Ae 
Cross,  By  E.  M.  Lloyd.  Elliot 
Stock. 

A  SHORT,  touching  story  of  the  con- 
version of  a  Jew  and  Jewess,  father  and 
daughter,  to  the  Christian  faith.  If  it 
could  only  be  read  and  pondered  by 
Jews,  it  would  lead  many  to  become 
"Israelites  indeed."  The  Christian 
Church  has  not  yet  realized  its  re- 
sponsibilities with  respect  to  God's 
ancient  people :  if  this  little  book 
should  awaken  them,  we  should  be  ghuL 
It  is  well  worth  reading. 


vonon  OF  boou. 


197 


Tk€    Logie    of   ChrUtim    JSvidenceM. 

By  G.  F.  Wbight,  U.S.    London : 

R.  B.  DickmBon,    89,  Farringdon- 

BtreeC 
The  Great  Problem ;  or^  Christianiiif  ae 

ii   ie.      Bj  a  Student  of  Science. 

Keligioiia  Tract  Society,  56,  Pater- 

no6ter-row. 
The  ResMrrection  of  Jews  Chriei,    By 

John    Kkkhmdy^    D.D.      Religious 

Tract  Society,  56,  Patemoater-row. 

Thisb  three  Tolumes  hare  in  aome 
respects  a  common  object,  while  each 
of  tiiem  has  its  own  special  merit.  They 
all  essay  to  show  the  reasonableness  of 
Christianity  in  reply  to  those  who  affect 
to  regard  it  as  a  phenomenon  of  human 
fabrication,  and  to  ignore  its  claim  to 
be  a  system  of  diTine  reyelation.  If 
aonnd  argument  could  suffice  to  answer 
the  objections  of  agnostics,  we  should 
soon  hear  the  last  of  cavillers  against 
the  gospel  of  Christ.  The  deference 
obaerrea  by  theological  scholars  towards 
modem  sceptics  m  recognising  their 
freethinking  as  a&ct^  might  well  rebuke 
the  defiance  of  those  who  persist  in 
treating  the  gospel  as  a  fable.  No  logic 
can  reach  men  who  revile  the  Scriptures 
ms  l^ends ;  who  scout  the  possibility  of 
miracles  as  if  they  could  be  nothing 
more  than  a  mirage  of  the  mind,  how- 
erer  fully  authenticated;  who  ascribe 
doctrines  to  pious  dotage ;  and  resent 
precepts  as  puerile,  and  of  no  value, 
unless  they  are  verified  by  self-interest, 
like  that  egregious  proverb,  '*  Honesty 
is  the  best  policy."  When  will  the 
ssvans  exhaust  their  stock  of  sneers? 
We  aak  the  question  in  their  own  in- 
terest; for  they  do  not  disconcert  us. 
Thev  fight  with  feathers  against  the 
citadel  of  our  faith.  The  living  power 
of  the  gospel  of  the  grace  of  God  gives 
us  such  lively  satisfaction  every  day 
that  if  the  etideneee  of  the  past  could  be 
effaced,  our  experience  or  the  present 
would  ampl^  suffice  to  confirm  us  in 
their  credibility.  But  although  books 
like  these  which  lie  before  us  are  not 
▼eiy  likely  to  be  the  means  of  convert- 
luff  many  infidels,  yet  the  learning  and 
labour  of  their  devout  authors  are  not, 
therefore,  wasted,  nor  are  the  pains  they 
have  taken  to  no  profit  We  can  hail  these 
tveataaes,  each  one  of  them,  as  helps  to 
those  young  disciples  who  desire  to 
qualify  themselves  for  efficient  service 


in  the  church.  To  join  in  the  woiship 
of  the  temple  it  was  necessary  to  enter 
within  Its  walls ;  and  yet  the  worshippers 
of  old  were  admonished  to  walk  round 
about  Zion,  to  behold  her  bulwarks,  and 
count  her  towers.  As  partakers  of  the 
regeneration,  they  cannot  doubt  the 
Word  of  God,  by  which  they  are  be- 
gotten again ;  but  as  litde  children  they 
ought  to  be  instructed  in  the  rudiments 
of  Christian  knowledge.  At  least,  we 
can  say  for  ourselves  that  our  heart  is 
heaving  with  anxiety  to  get  the  goodly 
band  of  godly  workers  highly  educated. 
If  we  are  to  have  "  a  saloation  army  *' 
worthy  the  name,  it  must  be  made  up, 
rank  and  file,  of  something  better  than 
raw  recruits  who  rely  on  anecdotes  to 
attract  attention.  They  who  would  be 
good  Sunday-school  teachers  must  study; 
and  they  who  attempt  to  open  fire  on 
the  adversaries  of  the  cross  of  Christ  as 
wayside- preachers  must  read  avarici- 
ously ana  reason  astutely.  We  should 
like  toput  them  all  through  their  first 
drill.  The  task  we  would  try  them  with 
would  be  this : — Read  a  dry  orthodox 
book^  and  transform  it  into  a  lively  evaU" 
gelical  discourse.  But  we  have  not 
found  a  dull  page  in  any  one  of  the 
three  volumes  under  review.  From 
America  we  get  a  comprehensive  manual 
of  Christian  evidences,  plentifully  en- 
riched with  quotations  m)m  standard 
authors  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  '*  A 
student  of  science**  throws  down  the 
gauntlet  in  challenging  an  answer  to 
**ihe  great  problem^** —How  can  you 
account  for  Christianity  as  a  fact  and  a 
force  without  accrediting  its  own  nar- 
rative? Dr.  Kennedy  needs  no  com- 
mendation. A  more  compact  little  essay 
we  have  not  seen  for  many  a  day.  One 
miracle  absorbs  his  mind.  It  surpasses 
all  other  marvels.  The  historical  evi- 
dence that  Jesus  Christ  was  raised  from 
the  dead  is  demonstrated  on  evidence  so 
true  and  reliable  that,  after  trying  it 
by  every  reco^ised  test,  to  doubt  it 
were  to  discredit  all  the  classic  literature 
which  has  fostered  the  civilization  of 
the  human  race. 

Great  HeighU  gained  by  steady  efforts. 
By  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Wiuox,  M.A. 
^Ison  and  Sons. 

Encouraobs  the  young  to  press  forward 
with  diligent  industry.    Excellent. 


198 


NOnOIB  OV  BOOKB. 


Sam:  The  Story  of  A  LUOe  WhiUr 
By  IsMAT  Thorn.  Illustrated  by 
T.  Ptm.    J.  F.  Shaw  and  Co. 

Sam  is  a  poor  little  orphan,  a  '^  nobody^s 
child,"  in  training  by  sheer  poverty  to 
become,  one  of  the  pests  of  the  village 
till  the  squire  takes  an  interest  in  him, 
and — well,  he  does  not  become  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  though  he  did  listen 
to  *'what  the  bells  had  to  say."  The 
writer  is  favourably  known  to  many 
little  bojs  and  girls  as  a  •*  story-teller" ; 
but  the  moral  which  the  book  points  is^ 
to  our  thinking,  not  just  that  intended 
by  its  writer.  It  might  teach  village 
parsons  and  justices  of  the  peace  how 
much  better  it  would  be  to  catch  all  the 
little  Sams  and  **  teach  the  young  idea 
how  to  shoot,"  than  to  wait  until  they 
are  introduced  to  them  by  some  vir- 
tuous ez-poacher  to  receive  *' justices* 
justice "  for  the  horrible  crime  of  tres- 
passing in  search  of  game. 

The  Light  of  the  Home;  or,  Mdbets 
Story,  By  the  author  of  ''  Aunt 
Hester.**    J.  F.  Shaw  and  Co. 

Although  in  English  dress — and  very 
tasteful  dress  too— the  story  is  one  of 
American  home-life.  The  central  figure 
is  one  of  that  much-maligned  class  of 
the  genxut  homo  always  supposed  to  make 
home  odious — a  stepmother.  Mabel's 
story  will  do  much  to  refute  that 
calumny,  and  at  the  same  time  afford 
her  listeners  verv  much  profit  and 
pleasure.  It  would  be  dimcult  to  find 
a  dull  or  prosy  page  in  the  book. 

Step  hy  Step ;  or,  the  Ladder  of  Life, 
By  M.  A.  Paull.  National  Tem- 
perance Fublication  Depot. 

A  8TOKT  written  for  a  purpose  in  the 
author*6  best  style.  Two  little  boys, 
after  the  death  of  a  pious  mother,  leave 
their  home  in  St.  Giles's  because  the 
place  has  become  unendurable  through 
the  father's  addiction  to  drunkenness. 
In  the  good  providence  of  God  they 
come  within  the  influence  of  a  godly 
man,  and  his  assistance^  together  with 
that  of  their  Sunday-school  teacher,  and 
the  remembrance  of  a  sainted  mother, 
follow  them  in  their  chequered  course, 
until,  after  one  or  two  ndse  steps,  the 
ladder  of  life  is  actually  climbed.  While 
written  to  warn  the  young  from  the 


breakers  of  intemperance,  the  story 
never  lacks  interest;  but  something  a 
little  more  decided  might  have  been  said 
about  the  immoral  tendencies  of  the 
theaitre.  To  talk  about  the  purifica« 
tion  of  the  theatre  being  effected  by 
Christian  people  discountenancing  those 
^ings  which  are  improper,  such  as  the 
ballet,  is  little  better  than  maudlin  sen- 
timentality. The  theatre  is  not  likely 
to  be  reformed,  because  its  frequenters 
do  not  desire  that  it  should  be ;  and  by 
extending  their  patronage  to  playwrights, 
Christians  will  confer  no  benefit  on  the 
stage,  but  the  sta^e  will  inflict  lasting 
injury  upon  Christians  themselves. 

Orphan  Lottie;  or.  Honesty  brings  iU 
own  Heward.  By  Kathleen  Mast 
Smith.  Edinburgh :  Johnstone^ 
Hunter,  and  Co. 

A  TOUCHiicQ  story  of  a  little  orphan 
girl,  who  was  too  honest  to  steal,  and 
too  independent  to  beff;  but  who, 
through  the  blessing  of  God  upon  her 
mother's  instruction  and  her  own  in- 
dustry, was  raised  to  a  position  of  com- 
parative comfort  and  considerable  use- 
fulness. 

Everyday  Storiee.  By  Emilib  Sjsabck- 
FiBLD.    F.  £.  Longley. 

Wb  should  not  like  to  be  condemned  to 
read  such  **  stories  "  as  these  every  day, 
and  yet  we  feel  sure  that  to  many  they 
will  be  acceptable.  Tales  of  love, 
courtship,  and  marriage  are  here  told  in 
homely  language,  and  illustrated  in  Mr. 
Longley  *s  usual  style,  with  which  our 
readers  are  no  doubt  by  this  time 
familiar.  The  binding  is  the  best  part 
of  the  book,  which  seems  to  us  dear  at 
3s.  6d. 

Texti  and  Thoughts  for  Seamen,  Ar- 
ranged by  a  Naval  Officer's  Daughter. 
Paisley :  J.  and  R.  Parlance. 

An  excellent  little  book  both  in  design 
and  execution.  There  is  never  a  dull 
page,  nay,  not  a  dull  paragraph  in  it. 
It  is  full  of  Scripture  and  practical 
godly  teaching:  but  it  is  Scripture  and 
godliness  made  winsome  by  plain,  earnest 
exhortation  and  wise  appeal.  We 
should  like  every  sailors  bunk  fur- 
nished with  a  copy,  in  the  hope  that  it 
might  serve  as  a  chart  to  guide  him 
safely  over  lifers  stormy  sea. 


HOTXCnS  OF  BOOKS. 


199 


A  SeoiHsh  Communion,  Bj  Rev.  W. 
MiLBOT,  A.B.  Paisley  :  Alexander 
Gardner. 

Mk.  M1X.B0T  is  among  those  who  look 
with  fond  memorj  to  the  long  com- 
manion  aerrices  once  so  general  in  Scot- 
land, when,  after  six  months*  separation, 
the  people  wonld  gather  around  the 
Lord*B  table,  and  set  forth  his  death. 
In  this  book  there  is  a  fall  record  of  the 
high  doings  at  such  ti^es,  ioclusiTe  of 
the  six  sermons  preached,  the  various 
prayers  offered,  and  eren  the  hymns 
sang  on  such  occasions.  The  sermons 
are  valuable  as  specimens  of  good  sound 
Calvinistic  theology,  and  altogether  the 
▼Glome  is  an  excellent  record  of  an  in- 
stitution destined  in  some  of  its  features 
to  pass  away.  We  have  no  doubt  that 
many  of  Scotia^s  sons  will  read  with 
great  pleasure  this  capital  compilation. 

The  Drink  Problem  and  its  Solution, 
By  Davld  Lewis,  J.P.,  Ex-Magis- 
trate of  the  City  of  Edinburgh. 
National  Temperance  Publication 
Dep6L 

This  valuable  work  ought  to  be  placed 
in  the  hands  of  every  statesman, 
minister,  philanthropist,  and  employer 
of  labour  in  the  United  Kingdom.  It 
is  the  most  ** thorough**  book  on  the 
Temperance  question  that  we  have  met 
with  for  a  long  time.  Doubtless  many 
persons  will  not  agr^  with  the  *'  Bailie  '* 
that  "  the  onl^  true  solution  of  the 
drink  problem  is  to  be  found  in  the  total 
Ugulative  prohibition  of  the  manu- 
Jaciure^  importation^  and  Male  of  tn- 
tozicating  liquors  tu  beverages^  or  articles 
for  dietetic  use;^*  but  before  they  con- 
demn the  author  as  an  unpractical 
fanatic,  riding  his  hobby  to  death,  let 
them  carefully  and  prayerfully  examine 
the  arguments  that  have  forced  him  to 
this  conclusion.  Mr.  Lewis  writes 
mainly  from  a  Scotch  standpoint,  but 
his  facts  and  figures  are  equally  applic- 
able on  this  side  of  the  bonier,  and  also 
in  Ireland.  He  thinks  the  flood-tide  of 
the  Temperance  movement  was  reached 
at  the  eeoeral  election  in  1880,  and  very 
natunUy  rejoices  over  the  great  defeat 
suffered  by  **•  the  trade  "  on  that  memor- 
able occasion,  when  **  the  high-priest  of 
liquordom/*  and  no  less  than  80  other 
opponents  of  Sir  Wilfrid  Lawson  in  the 
former  Parliament^  lost  their  seats,  and 


305  members  favourable  to  the  principle 
of  Local  Option  were  returned.  Mr. 
Lewis  believes  that  it  would  be  possible 
to  pass  at  once  ^permissive  prohibitory 
bill  for  Scotland,  where  the  privileges 
of  a  Sunday -closing  Act  were  first  en- 
joyed, and  in  support  of  his  opinion 
mentions  the  fact  that  46  out  of  the  60 
Scotch  members  elected  in  1880  were  in 
favour  of  the  Local  Option  resolution, 
while  8  were  neutral,  and  only  6  opposed 
to  it.  Most  devoutly  do  we  hope  such 
a  measure  will  soon  be  upon  the  statute- 
book;  together  with  a  Sunday-closing 
bill  for  England ;  an  act  for  the  aboli- 
tion of  grocers'  licenses,  which  have 
been  the  means  of  a  frightful  increase 
of  drunkenness,  especially  among  wo- 
men ;  and  any  other  legislation  which 
will  prepare  the  way  for  the  final  over- 
throw of  the  power  of  alcohol  in  these 
realms.  We  had  marked  several  pas- 
sages as  being  worthy  of  quotation ;  but 
we  have  probably  said  sufficient  to  in- 
duce many  of  our  readers  to  get  the 
book  and  study  its  contents  for  them- 
selves. 

Bible  Light  for  Truth  Seekers.  Haugh- 
ton  and  Co. 

This  is  the  first  volume  of  a  small 
"  Monthly,'*  and  contains  a  considerable 
variety  of  interesting  and  instructive 
articles  well  calculated  to  fulfil  the  pro- 
mise of  its  promoter  or  editor,  whoever 
he  may  be — **  to  be  useful  to  anxious 
enquirers  and  young  Christians.'*  The 
authors  for  the  most  part  veil  their 
identity  under  initials ;  but  they  all 
love  **  free  grace  and  dying  love,*'  and 
so,  for  the  sake  of  the  name  that  is  above 
eveiy  name,  we  commend  the  little 
serial,  and  take  no  notice  of  the  one  or 
two  ^*dead  flies*'  we  just  caught  a 
glimpse  of  as  we  turned  over  the 
pages. 

The  Women  of  the  Bible :  Old  Testa- 
ment, By  Ettt  Woosram .  Partridge 
and  Co. 

Thbsb  biographical  addresses  are  bright, 
thoughtful,  and  pious,  and  must  have 
been  both  attractive  and  useful  to  those 
who  heard  them.  They  are  good  with- 
out being  goody-goody,  and  entertaining 
without  being  puerile.  A  sensible 
teacher  could  get  a  capital  series  of 
suggestive  lessons  out  of  them. 


200 


gKotes. 


Sfeoiaz..— We  hATe  been  obliged  to  cancel 
all  our  en^^agementt  to  preach  or  speak  for 
yarioui  friends  and  societies,  as  we  find  that 
we  cannot  hope  to  fulfil  them,  and  to  ac- 
complish our  ever -increasing  church  and 
home-work,  without  running  the  risk  of 
being  frequently  laid  aside  altogether.  It 
would  be  a  great  comfort  to  us  if  we  could 
be  spared  from  extra  public  service  until  we 
have  the  necessary  strength  for  it.  The 
work  that  we  must  do  grows  so  rapidly  that 
we  are  unable  to  undertake  anything  ad- 
ditional wiihout  either  neglecting  that  which 
has  the  first  claim  upon  us,  or  else,  by 
attempting  too  much,  being  compelled  to 
donotning  but  lie  and  suffer  excessive  pain, 
witib  its  consequent  weakness  of  body  ana 
depression  of  spirit.  For  some  time  before 
we  were  taken  iU,  it  was  a  daily  burden 
to  refuse  all  sorts  of  applications,  pre- 
sented either  in  writing,  or  dv  deputations. 
Those  who  could  not  possibly  write  their 
business,  and  therefore  forced  an  interview, 
those  who  waylaid  us  at  odd  comers  and  in- 
convenient times,  those  who  bored  us  with 
twenty  requests  to  do  the  same  thing,  when 
we  told  them  that  it  was  not  possible, 
have  our  richest  blessing  for  the  chastise- 
ment which  they  alone  have  brought  upon 
us. 

On  Monday  evening,  March  6,  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Ladies*  BENEYOLSifT  So- 
GZBTT  was  held  in  the  Tabernacle  Lecture- 
hall,  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon  presiding. 
Ad^esses  were  deliverea  by  the  chairman, 
Pastor  J.  A.  Spurgeon,  and  Messrs.  W. 
Ohiey,  B.  W.  Can,  M.  Llewellyn,  J.  T. 
Dunn,  and  J.  W.  Harrald.  The  report,  in 
addition  to  detailing  the  work  of  uie  past 
year,  contained  special  references  to  the 
many  workers  of  the  Society  who  had  been 
called  home  since  the  last  anniversarT|  and 
alluded  to  the  pressing  need  of  new  inends 
to  fill  their  places.  T^e  poor  are  still  with 
us  in  fipeat  numbers,  but  those  who  are  able 
and  willing  to  help  this  and  other  kindred 
societies  for  their  relief  are  not  so  plen- 
tiful. It  may  be  that  there  are  some  ladies 
who  would  be  ^lad  to  be  employed  in  this 
Ghrist-Uke  mission  of  benevolence.  If  so, 
we  can  promise  them  a  hearty  welcome  at 
the  working-meeting  which  is  held  on  the 
Thursday  after  the  first  Sunday  in  ew^ 
month  in  the  Ladies'  Boom  at  Uie  Taber- 
nacle. 

On  Wednstdaf  evening,  March  8,  the 
members  of  the  Advut  Halb  Biblb-glabs 
held  their  annual  tea  and  public  meeting  in 
the  Tabernacle  Lecture-hall.  Much  sympa- 
thy was  manifested  when  it  was  announced 
that  our  beloved  pastor  was  unable  to  take 
the  chair.  A  kind  note  from  him  to  the  pre- 
sident, Elder  Perkins,  expressed  his  own 
disappointment  that  a  sudden  attack  of  his 
old  enemy  made  bed  his  only  resort  Mr. 
W.  Olney  kindly  volunteered  to  preside. 


The  gathering,  both  at  the  tea  and  pnblie 
meeting,  was  much  larger  than  on  any 
former  occasion,  and  the  interest  was  weU 
susteined  throughout.  The  chairman  spoke 
of  his  deep  sympathy  with  such  classes,  and 
the  secretary  desoriMd  the  work  of  the  dasa 
during  the  last  twelve   mouths;    also  ite 

Present  state,  and  ite  hopes  for  the  future, 
'he  subjecte  discussed  had  been  very  varied 
in  character,  practical  rather  than  specula* 
tive,  and  had  been  well  taken  up  bv  the 
dass,  showing  generally  diligent  stuay  of 
the  word*  The  attendance  had  been  good, 
the  largest  number  present  being  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-eight,  the  average  one  hun- 
dred and  ^six  eadi  Sabbath.  The  weekly 
prayer-meeting,  though  not  always  laive  in 
numbers,  has  been  ever  characterized  oy  a 
devout  and  earnest  spirit.  The  president 
with  gratitude  referred  to  his  twelve  yean' 
connection  with  the  class,  during  whidi 
the  spirit  of  love  and  unity  that  had  pro- 
vailed  had  been  a  bond  of  strength,  while 
many  backsliders  had  been  restored,  seekers 
directed,  and  a  full  and  free  salvation 
through  a  living^  Saviour  proclaimed  to  all. 
Two  recent  and  mteiesting  cases  of  the  con- 
version of  casual  visitors  were  also  men* 
tioned,  and  several  members  of  the  claaa 
spoke  of  Uie  benefit  they  had  received. 
Many  others  had  been  fitted  for  more  ex- 
tended Christian  work  by  increased  ac- 
quaintance with  the  word,  deepened  piety, 
and  the  opportunity  ^ven  them  of  uain^ 
and  improving  their  gifte.  A  sum  of  £23  in 
aid  of  the  Pastors'  College,  together  with 
£25  in  addition  to  £27  aliready  given  to  car 
dear  Pastor,  to  help  him  in  spreading  the 
gospel  in  India,  is  ready  to  be  presented  to 
the  Pastor  personally  when  our  heavenly 
Father  in  his  goodness  restores  him  again  to 

OS. 

During  the  evening  a  token  of  continiied 
love  and  esteem  for  uie  President  was  shown 
by  the  gift  of  a  pair  of  pretty  omamente 
matching  a  timepiece  previously  given,  and 
also  a  hfuidsome  black  marble  timepiece  to 
our  beloved  Brother  W.  Qeea,  the  seen- 
tary^  who  has  rendered  loving  and  valued 
service  to  the  class,  but  who,  to  the  rogrot 
of  all,  JB  about  to  leave  us,  hoping  to  renew 
lus  health  in  his  native  air. 

The  meeting  was  closed  with  an  eamesi 
prayer^  our  venerable  Brother  Bowkar. 

On  Wedn§tday  evenina,  March  15,  the 
inaugural  meeting  of  the  Mstbopolitah 
Tabb&naclb  Total  ABsronsirGB  SooDnrr 
was  held  in  the  Lecture-hall,  which  was 
crowded  to  ite  utmost  capcu^ity  by  an  en- 
thusiastic audience.  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgean, 
who  has  accepted  the  ofiioe  of  President  of 
the  Society,  had  promised  to  preside,  bat 
beihg  too  Ul  to  leave  his  bed,  he  had  to 
content  himself  by  writing  the  following 
letter: — 

**Dear  Friends,— I  am  exceedingly  aorzy 


Honca 


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to  1)6  absent  from  this  fint  meetixig  to  f ona 
the  Tabexnade  Total  Abstinenoe  Society. 
The  worst  of  it  is  that  my  head  la  so  out  of 
order  that  I  caimot  even  dictate  a  proper 
letter.  I  can  only  say,  *  Try  and  do  all  the 
better  becanae  I  am  away.*  If  the  leader  is 
shot  down,  and  his  legs  are  broken,  the 
soldiers  most  gire  an  extra  hurrah,  and 
roah  on  the  enemy.  I  sincerely  believe  that, 
next  to  the  preaching  of  the  gospel,  the 
nKMt  necessary  thing  to  be  done  in  Eng- 
land is  to  induce  our  people  to  become 
total  abstainers.  I  hoi>e  this  society  will 
do  something  when  it  is  started.  I  don't 
want  yon  to  wear  a  lot  of  peacocks*  feathers 
and  putty  medals,  nor  to  be  always  trying 
to  convert  the  moderate  drinkers,  out  to  go 
in  for  winning  the  real  drunkards,  and 
bringing  the  poor  enslaved  creatures  to  the 
feet  of  Jesus,  who  can  give  them  liberty. 
I  wish  I  could  say  ever  so  many  good  things, 
but  I  cannot,  and  so  will  remain,  yours 
teetotally, 

"  C.  H.  Spubgeon." 

The  duties  of  the  Chairman  were  vexy 
effidently  performed  by  Pastor  J.  Clifford. 
li.A.,  LL.fi.,  and  addresses  were  deliverea 
by  Messrs.  A.  E.  Smithers  (the  secretary  of 
the  Society),  J.  W.  Harrald,  J.  T.  Dunn, 
W.  Stubbs,  W.  HiU,  J.  W.  Goodwyn,  J. 
HcAuslane  (of  the  Pastors*  College;,  and 
John  Taylor  (Chairman  of  the  National 
Temneranoe  League).  A  recitation,  en- 
titled, *"  The  Drunkard's  Fire-escape,**  was 
ably  rendered  by  Mr.  John  Bipley;  solos 
were  snni;  by  the  Misses  Price  and  Stubbs, 
and  a  choir  of  girls  from  the  Tabernacle 
Band  of  Hope,  and  of  boys  from  the  Or- 
phanage, sang  at  intervals  during  the 
evening.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting, 
upwards  of  one  hundred  persons  siguM 
their  names  in  the  pledge-book. 

The  explanatory  statement,  read  by  the 
secretary,  informed  the  audience  that  the 
work  had  been  established  upon  a  distinctly 
religious  basis,  and  that  it  would  be  carried 
on  as  a  Gomel  Temperance  Mission.  A  com- 
mittee has  been  formed,  with  representatives 
from  most  branches  of  the  church,  and 
meetings  are  to  be  held,  for  the  present  at 
least,  every  Wednesday  evening,  at  eight 
o'clock,  in  the  glass-room  under  the  TaMr- 
nada.  Further  particulars  can  be  obtained 
of  the  secretary,  Mr.  A.  E.  Smithers,  120, 
Newington  Butto,  S.E. 

Goixxax.— Our  esteemed  friend.  Professor 
GiBoey,  has  been  obliged,  in  consequence  of 
ill-haalth,  to  rest  from  his  College  duties 
during  the  whole  of  the  past  month,  and 
several  of  the  students  have  been  more  or 
less  unwell,  so  we  have  judged  it  expedient 
to  have  a  longer  Easter  vacation  than  usual. 
The  students  ssassemble  on  Monday,  April 
17,  the  day  on  which  the  Annual  Conference 
commences.  Will  all  our  friends  pray  that 
the  meetmgs  of  the  week  may  be  full  of 
spiritual  life  and  power,  and  productive  of 
great  blessings  to  both  pastors  and  people  ? 

Yet  another  name  has  been  removed  by 


death  from  our  Conferenoe-roU.  Our  former 
student,  Mr.  B.  Makin,  who  has  been  laid 
aside  from  pastoral  work  for  the  last  three 
years,  was  recentiy  stricken  down  by  ty- 
phoid fever,  and  suddenly  called  to  his  rest 
and  reward,  leaving  a  widow  and  six  chil- 
dren to  mourn  his  loss.  **  Who*ll  be  tiio 
next?" 

EyANOBLZSTS.— Our  Bro.  H.  Knee  sends 
us  the  following  cheering  report  of  Messrs. 
Smith  and  Fullerton's  services  at  Peckham 
Park  Road : — 

*'It  is  with  unfeigned  gratitude  to  our 
gracious  God  that  we  record  the  manifest 
blessing  which  has  attended  the  labours  of 
our  brethren,  Fullerton  and  Smith,  at  Park- 
road  Chapel,  Peckham.  From  many  over- 
flowing hearts  rise  the  ancient  words.  *  The 
Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us,  whereof 
we  are  glad.* 

**For  a  considerable  season  prior  to 
the  commencement  of  the  Mission  earnest 
prayer  was  offered,  with  the  distinct  view 
of  seeking  from  the  Lord  a  preparation  for 
the  work,  and  the  expected  blessing.  Had 
we  nothing  but  the  experience  of  the  past 
few  weeks  to  convince  us  of  the  fact,  it 
would  be  no  problem  with  us  as  to  whetner 
prayer  is  heard ;  we  know  it,  and  have  seen 
it.  Constantly  of  late  have  we  heard  from 
parents,  teachers,  and  others,  such  words  as 
these — '  I  prayed  for  the  salvation  of  my  dear 
ones,  and  now,  thanks  be  to  God,  they  are 
rejoicing  in  Christ  Jesus.*  Others,  with 
tears  in  their  eyes,  testify  of  their  own 
souls*  salvation,  and  many  who  have  lon^ 
known  the  Lord  are  conscious  of  a  marked 
quickening  of  their  spiritual  life.  *  Thou, 
U  God,  didst  send  a  plentiful  rain,  whereby 
thou  didst  confirm  tmne  inheritance  when  it 
wan  weary.* 

**  The  services  were  commenced  on  Sun- 
day morning,  February  12th,  \>y  the  usual 
service  in  the  Chapel,  and  continued  until 
the  evening  of  March  6th.  From  the  first 
the  attendtmce  was  good,  and  the  expectation 
evident;  a^xd  as  uie  meetings  progressed 
both  numbers  and  interest  increased,  until 
the  crowd  and  the  desire  to  hear  the  word 
were  without  a  parallel  in  the  history  of  the 
church. 

**0n  Saturday  afternoons,  meetings  for 
children  weyre  conducted  by  Mr.  Smith, 
and  certainly  we  have  never  seen  children 
listen  more  attentively  than  they  did  at 
each  service.  Although  the  chapel  was 
packed,  and  many  of  the  audience  very 
youngj  Mr.  Smith,  by  his  inimitable  way 
of  telung  well-known  and  well-worn  Bible 
stories,  succeeded  in  holding  them  all  spell- 
bound until  the  close  of  the  service.  The 
lessons  and  spiritual  suggestions  were  not 
forgotten,  the  gospel  was  simply  and  ear- 
nestly enforced,  and  we  expect  fruits  from 
these  meetings  in  days  to  come. 

"  The  Song-services  on  Saturday  evenings 
were  most  extraordinarily  successful;  the 
chapel  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  Gai>acity, 
and  many  were  unable  to  obtain  admission. 


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NOTES. 


The  brief,  bright  addressee  of  Mr.  Fuller- 
ton,  and  the  hearty  sin^ng  of  Mr.  Smith, 
aided  by  a  large  ana  efficient  choir,  made  the 
meetings  immensely  popular. 

* '  On  Sunday  afternoons  meetings  were  held 
for  men  only,  and  the  ohapel  was  agam  well 
filled  in  everj  part.  We  shall  not  quickly 
forget  the  sight,  nor  will  any  of  those 
present  be  likely  to  forget  the  earnest  words 
addressed  to  them  by  tne  evangelists. 

<*  Meetings  for  women  only  were  held  on 
Wednesday  afternoons,  and  these  were  quite 
equal  to  the  other  meetings  in  numbers  and 
in  interest. 

**  Of  course  the  Sunday  evening  services 
have  been  the  largest,  the  commodious 
lecture-hall  close  by  has  been  crowded,  as 
well  as  the  chapel,  the  pastor  taking  the 
overflow  meeting,  and  Mr.  Smith  singing 
in  both  places.  On  the  last  Sunday,  in 
addition  to  the  other  three  meetiiup,  a 
service  was  held  at  seven  a.m.,  and  the 
chapel  was  well  filled,  whilst  the  occasion 
proved  a  precious  prelude  to  the  after  en- 
gagements of  the  da^. 

* 'After  each  evening  meeting  a  prayer- 
meeting  was  held,  the  greater  part  of  the 
congregation  remaining,  and  much  power 
being  manifested. 

"  It  is  early  vet  to  speak  much  of  results, 
but  we  have  already  witnessed  many  cases 
of  real  conversion.  Like  Barnabas,  we 
have  seen  the  grace  of  Ood,  and  are  glad,  and 
we  expect  there  is  much  more  to  follow. 

**  No  words  of  ours  are  needful  concerning 
the  fitness  of  our  two  dear  brethren  for 
their  special  work,  their  ability  is  pre-emi- 
nently conspicuous.  That  thej  have  the 
ear  ot  the  masses,  concerning  the  irreligious- 
ness  of  whom  we  hear  so  much,  and  that  the 

E>wer  of  the  Holy  Spirit  crowns  their 
hours  with  true  success,  are  two  facts  which, 
without  further  comment,  we  commend  to 
the  earnest  consideration  of  those  elder 
brethren  who  are  angry ^  and  toill  not  ao  in 
for  such  a  mission  as  that  which  it  has  been 
our  privilege  to  take  part  in,  and  our  delight 
to  describe.  Most  earnestly  do  we  at  Park 
Koad  continue  to  pray  that  a  similar  bless- 
ing may  attend  our  brethren's  labours 
wherever  they  may  go." 

On  Sunday,  March  12,  the  evangelists 
oommenoed  a  series  of  services  at  Chelsea, 
in  connection  with  our  Brother  Page's 
church.  The  report  of  the  first  week's 
meetings  gives  promise  of  great  blessing. 

Mr.  Bumham  asks  ns  to  mention  that  he 
has  removed  to  24,  Keston-road,  East  Dul- 
wioh,  S.E.,  and  to  intimate  that  he  is  fully 
engaged  for  September,  October,  and  No- 
vemMr;  but  that  he  has  a  few  weeks 
vacant  in  June  and  July  if  brethren  are 
his  services. 


OBPHAHAOX.~The  collectors'  meeting,  on 
Friday  evening,  March  3,  was  a  great 
success.  After  presenting  the  contents  of 
their  boxes  or  books  to  the  gentlemen  who 
sal  at  the  xeoeiving-office,  and 


inspection  of  the  new  buildings,  the  oollecCois 
partook  of  tea  in  the  dining- hall.  At  the 
meeting  afterwards,  in  the  same  place,  the 
President  occupied  the  chair,  and  thanked 
all  who  had  helped  in  any  way  in  the  work 
of  oaring  for  the  widow  and  fatherless.  A 
choir  of  girls  then  sang  one  of  their  school 
pieces  very  sweetly,  and  at  its  close  ICr. 
Gharlesworth  introduced  the  Stoekwell 
Orphanage  Hand-bell  Ringers.  He  explained 
that  less  than  a  fortnight  Mf ore  that  evening 
he  had  purchased  a  peal  of  bells,  for  whii» 
he  hoped  to  make  an  appeal  to  those  pre- 
sent, and  a  friend  had  kmdly  taught  four  of 
the  Doys  a  little  of  the  art  of  campanology. 
The  young  performers  then  stepped  forward, 
and  rendered  two  selections  of  music  in  a 
style  that  promises  well  for  the  future  if 
they  continue  to  learn  as  rapidlr  as  they 
have  done  during  their  first  week^s  tuition ; 
and,  as  a  consequence  of  their  excellent  play* 
ing,  several  contributions  were  given  at  onoe 
to  defray  the  cost  of  the  bells.  The  principal 
item  in  the  programme,  however,  was  the 
sketching  entertainment  by  Mr.  J.  Wil- 
liams Bonn,  entitled  "Notes  on  Noses,  and 
those  who  wear  them."  This  ^utieman  has 
a  marvellous  facility  for  almost  mstantaaeons 
drawing,  and  verv  wonderful  are  the  effects 
producMi  by  his  dexterous  fingers.  With  a 
few  rapid  strokes  he  depicts  upon  paper  re- 
presentations of  most  of  the  prominent 
types  of  noses,  and  in  humorous,  but 
always  wise  and  sensible,  lan^age  kecqps  his 
audience  interested  in  the  saenoe  whiui  he 
has  studied  so  well.  Mr.  Benn  is  a  public 
benefactor,  for  he  has  struck  out  a  une  of 
amusement  for  the  people  in  which  there  is 
nothing  that  can  possibly  do  harm,  while 
there  is  a  great  deal  that  will  benefit  those 
who  go  to  near  what  he  lias  to  say  upon  the 
noses  that  he  sketches  in  their  presence. 
Personally  we  are  very  grateful  to  him,  for 
his  services  were  voluntarily  and  gladly 
given  to  the  Orphanage.  Before  closing  toe 
meetine  the  President  announoed  that  the 
contenu  of  the  boxes  and  books  brought  in 
during  the  afternoon  had  amounted  to  £180, 
in  addition  to  which  many  friends  had  for- 
warded by  post  the  sums  they  had  collected. 
If  there  are,  either  in  London  or  in  the 
counta^,  any  ladies  or  gentlemen  who  would 
like  to  become  collectors,  a  box  or  book  wiU 
be  at  once  forwarded  on  receipt  of  a  post- 
card announcing  their  wishes,  addressed  to 
the  Secretary,  Stoekwell  Oiphanage,  Clap- 
ham  Bead,  S.W. 

CoLPOBTAOE.  —  The  following  extracts 
from  Colporteurs'  Beports  give  some  idea  of 
what  a  valuable  agency  Colportage  is  to 
reach  individuals  with  the  gospel : — 

(1)  "A  whole  family  has  been  blessed 
through  my  instrumentality.  A  young  man 
who  was  very  reckless  and  wicked  was 
brought  to  Christ  at  my  Bible-claas.  He 
went  home  and  conf esssd  it  to  his  father 
and  mother.  His  mother  and  one  sister 
have  (^en  their  hearts  to  the  Lord,  and 
another  sister,  upon  whom  I  called  the  other 


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day,  told  me  how  anxiooB  aha  was  to  find 
Christ.  I  prayed  with  her,  aad  I  feel  sure 
that  she  is  now  a  CliriBtian,  aad  all  in  the 
family,  if  not  vet  sared,  are  now  seeking 
after  salvation.'' 

(2)  **  One  place  to  which  I  go  is  a  laundry 
where  there  are  several  women,  besides  the 
family,  which  ia  a  large  one.  They  always 
ask  me  for  a  little  service  of  singing, 
reading,  speaking,  and  prayer.  Two 
have  given  their  hearts  to  the  Lord,  and 
I  have  good  hope  of  the  others.  I  sell 
a  good  number  of  books  and  monthly 
magazines  here." 

(3)  "  I  cannot  record  any  direct  conversion 
arisiiig  from  books,  etc.  sold,  but  am  per- 
suaded that  the  many  books  and  magazines 
sold  by  your  Colporteur  have  tended,  during 
a  long  pehod  of  spiritual  dearth,  in  some 
measure  to  keep  alive  the  grace  in  the  hearts 
of  many,  and  of  ttimea  to  produce  deep  im- 
pressions and  convictions  of  sin  in  others, 
aud  I  feel  that  the  improved  condition  of 
miny  has  been  largely  caused  by  their 
reading  of  good  books.  I  find  I  have  sold 
dazing  the  year  118  Bibles,  192  Testaments, 
2,644  books  of  various  prices,  12,784  monthly 
magazines,  623  packeta  of  boola  and  cards, 
and  715  ftimff^wax^hi-  All  this  good  reading 
will  and  must  have  a  great  influence  on  the 
minda  and  hearta  of  the  people.'' 

(4)  "  The  Lord  haa  blessed  mv  services  to 
two  poor  sonia  this  quarter,  and  I  hear  that 
othen  are  aeeking  the  Saviour  of  ainners. 
I  have  conducted  about  26  services  this 
quarter,  some  of  which  have  been  in  the 
open«air,  which  have  resulted  in  some  going 
to  the  house  of  prayer  who  used  to  loiter  in 
the  street.*' 

The  General  Secretary  adds  that  aimilar 
cheering  reports  have  been  received  from 
most  of  our  72  Colporteurs,  and  addresses  to 
us  the  following  note : — 

**  Dear  Mr.  Spurgeon, — Can  anvthing  be 
done  to  increase  our  General  Fund  P  So  for 
this  month  the  amount  received  is  only 
£7  16s.  We  slowly,  but  aurely,  spend  our 
capifaU  in  the  worlong  of  the  Diatricta  unless 
the  General  Fund  keeps  up.  Oar  home 
expenses  were  about  £20  leas  last  year  than 
the  previous  one.  If  you  will  kindly 
apportion  to  us  aa  much  help  as  possible, 
when  you  have  the  opportunity,  we  shall 
fed  very  grateful.  We  are  not  run  aground 
^et,  but  ^all  soon  drift  that  way  unless  the 
tide  comes  to  our  rescue.  We  must  either 
have  increased  funda,  or  give  up  acme  of  the 
diatricta.— Youra  very  aincerely, 

**  W.  COSOBN  JONBS." 

"March  13th,  1882." 

Vkbboval  Notes. — We  continue  to  re- 
ceive tidittga  of  aoula  aaved  through  our 
sermon  preached  laat  *'  Derby  day."  Hero 
is  an  extract  from  one  of  the  letters  bring- 
ing us  the  good  news : — 

**Mr.  Spuigeon,  dear  Sir, — ^I  have  much 
pleasure  in  tiling  you  that  my  niece  (nine- 
teen Tears  of  age)  heard  yon  preach  here 
last  June,  and  throngh  that  message  was 


I  led  to  Christ.  She  is  now  icith  him.  I 
only  knew  of  this  a  week  or  two  ago,  when 
waiting  upon  her  in  the  night.  We  had 
sweet  talk  together  of  Jesus  and  his  love, 
and  she  then  told  me  how  it  was  she  came 
to  him  just  as  she  was.  I  am  very  glad  to 
tell  you  she  came  when  there  was  a  prospect 
of  her  getting  better." 

One  of  our  former  students,  in  sending  a 
contribution  for  one  of  our  institutions, 
says: — 

"  My  next  item  is  to  inform  you  that  your 
Sermon,  No.  1609  (*  Faith:  What  is  it?  How 
can  it  be  obtained?*),  has  been  blessed  in 
setting  a  soul  at  liberty.    The  person  is  a 
married  woman  of  good  character.    Prior  to 
her  marriage  she  was  servant  in  a  Popish 
family,  where  all  manner  of  expedients  were 
resorted  to  to  make  her  enter  their  com- 
munity.    Amount  other  things  they  took 
her  Bible  from  her,  made  her  attend  mass, 
etc.,  and,  when  they  found  they  could  not 
prevail,  treated  her  so  unkindly  that  she  left 
her  situation  and  came  home.    The  loss  of 
her  Bible  first  caused  her  to  prize  it,  and  led 
her  to  realize  somewhat  of  its  value,  a  feel- 
ing she  has  never  lostj  though  that  is  years 
ago.     Three  yeara  amce  a  aerious   illness 
imtde  her  thoughtful  and  uneasy  about  her 
state  before   God.     Then,  &  yo^r  a^^o,  a 
sermon  of  Mr.  Talmage*s,  in  The  Christian 
Heraldy  broke   her  down,  and  made   her 
completely  wretched.    All  she  read,  heard, 
and  did  only  made  her  burden  the  heavier. 
One   day,  however,  I   put   your   sermon, 
No.  1609,  into  the  hands  of  her  mother,  who 
found  it  to  be  marrow  and  fatness  to  her 
soul.     She  read  it  once,  twice,  thrice,  and 
found  it  improve  on  closer  acquaintance,  so 
that  on  my  next  visit,  a  fortmght  after,  ahe 
begged  it,  and  haa  it  still,  and  prizes  it  highly. 
I  can  aasure  you.    Having  drunk  a  good 
draught  of  its  sweet  contents  herself,  she 
passM  it  on  to  her  daughter,  who  also  read  it. 
and  was  greatly  atruck  therewith,  but  could 
not  understand  it  the  first  time,  so  she  read  it 
aflnin,    and    again,   and    then   came    the 
<  Jubilate  Deo*,  for  the  night  of  weepisff 
had  given  place  to  the  morning  of  joy,  ana 
this  poor,  sorrowing,  burdened  one  found 
the  Saviour.    Her  testimony  did  me  good  to 
hear.     It  was  so  clear,  jovoua,  and  unaa- 
auming.     Now   this  friena   ia  before   the 
Church  aa  a  candidate  for  baptiam.  Though 
personally  I  had  no  hand  in  this  work,  save 
aa  I  delivered  the  aermon  that  Gh>d  blessed, 
my  heart  ia  aa  glad  aa  if  the  Lord  had  gi^on 
me  the  honour ;  and  you,  dear  sir,  I  Jcnow 
will  be  onlv  too  glad  to  put  the  crown  on 
the  Saviours  brow.    Ton  preach  to  a  large 
congregation  about  here,    it  is  my  privilege 
to  visit  some   two  hundred   homes  every 
fortnight  with  your  sermons.  ^  One  of  our 
members  has  a  few  also  for  a  district  I  can- 
not very  well  take,  as  the  other  occupoes 
much  time.     Most  people  gladly  receive 
them,  and  only  a  few  refuse  them.    After 
we  have  done  with  them  they  ffo  to  the 
Baptist  miniater  at  B ,  who  distributes 


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PAST0B8'  OOIiLIEOB. 


them  omongit  hii  people.   We  do  not  f omt 
you  in  prayer ;  remember  ns  eometimes.' ' 

A  friend  in  J)orut,  who  reads  our  eermou 
at  the  Tillage  servicea  which  he  conducts, 
writes  that  recently  the  liOrd  was  pleased  to 
bless  the  word  to  a  young  man,  who  is  now 
rejoicing  in  his  Saviour.  The  sermon  read 
on  that  occasion  was,  **  Vanities  and  Veri- 
ties,*' No.  Ij379.  He  also  adds:— ** Last 
Sunday  evenmg  I  was  in  another  Tillage, 
and  two  of  GocTs  children  came  to  me,  after 
the  senice,  to  say  how  much  the  word  was 


blessed  to  their  souli.  One  old  saint  ena- 
ciaUy  remarked  that  she  did  not  know  wnea 
she  had  been  so  lifted  up.  The  subject  was, 
'For  whom  is  the  gospel  meant?'  Qfo. 
1,846).  So  you  see,  my  dear  sir.  that  God 
is  pleased  to  bless  the  word,  not  only  as  it 
foUs  from  your  lips,  but  years  after,  when 
it  is  read  by  other  people.'' 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabernacle. — 
Feb,  23,  twenty-one;  Feb.  27,  eleren; 
March  2,  eighteou 


:ftatitm0nt  0f  JUe$ipU  from  February  Ibth  to  March  14fA,  1882. 


Mn.  Bsrah  Holroyd ..> 

p4itn  n  itriut  •••       •••        ••.       ■••       ••• 

Bey.  John  Wilwn,  Bedcar       

A.  P 

mm»    ^  ■     ■  ■  •  •••  ■•■  •••  •■•  ■•• 

jfr*  F.  Moldcn      ..«       •♦•       •••       ••• 

V*  ^3*   \j%  •««  «»«  •••  ••■  ••• 

Pastor  J.  Dodwell 

JttrB.  Gnffithfl        ...       ...       •••       ... 

Mr.  IBL  B.  Warren...       ...       ... 

Bey.  Qeo.  Hearaon  

Mr.  Jaa.  Clark,  per  Pastor  W.  WU- 

UmXuS  •••  •••  ■••  •••  •■« 

John  zvii.  17 — M  ...        ...       ... 

Hie  Misses  Dranafleld     

Collection  at   Sion    Jubilee    Chapel, 
Bradford,  per  Pastor  C.  A.  Daviii   ... 
"  A  Pastors'  CoUege  Missionary  " 
Mr.  B.  Bhayer 
BeT.  John  Barton ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  J.  Hughes       ... 

Jan.  J.  Mugbes     ...       ...       •••       ... 

Jars.  V . .A^ewax       •••        ...        ...        ... 

Pastor  J.  CniickBhank 


fad. 
10  0 
10  12  9 
0  10  6 
10   0 

0  10 

1  0 
0    2 

0 
0 
2 


6 
8 
2 


9  17 
8  a 
1  10 
1  0 
1    0 

0  10 

1  0 
0  10 


10  10  0 
7  0  0 
110 


9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£  a.d. 
Collection  at  Baptist  Chapel,  Sorbiton, 

per  Pastor  W.  Bastor 2  18   4 

Stamps  from  Ealing        0   8    1 

V/a        *T  ••••  •••  ••«  •••  •»•  ••■  X  M         W 

Collection  at  Blackpool,  per  Pastor  S. 

Pilling      2   0 

An  old  student      6   0 

Mr.  Joseph  Thomas        9    8 

Mrs.  Baybould      1  10 

Mrs.  Scaadrett       0  10 

Mrs.  and  Miss  Janett     10 

Mr.  W.  B.  Fox      20    0 

Mr.  A.  H.  8card 0    6 

Weekly  Oiferings  at  the  Met  Tab.  :— 

Fob.  19         S3    8    1 

86         ...       ',..        ...       83    0    1 

...  ...  ...  IJV         f  o 

...  ...  ...  Of      w     Y 


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Mar.    6 
»    12 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


187  11    8 


£833  18    2 


StatnnetU  of  ReeeipU  from  February  I5th  to  Mareh  lith,  1882. 


Miss  Ghxilf ord 

ijochee  Baptist  Sunday-sohool 

^.  Wm.  Uhampneaa      ...        

W.  B.  8.,  L.,  B 

Miss  E.  Chenoweth         

FMends  at  Kingswood  and  Wotton- 
under-Edge,  per  Mrs.  Oziffiths 

Mrs.  Ager    .„ 

Mr.  W.  Smith        

Mr.  Jas.  Clark,  per  Pastor  W.  Willi  ima 

Mr.  J.  B.  Tomer 

"  Thanksgiving" 

Gttampa  from  Higfaam  Ferrers 

Postal  Order  from  Hiffh  Holbom 

Eythome,  Aahley,  and  Easfary  Sunday- 
schools     

Jnee  Chorch  Sabbath-echool,  Bishopton 

^J*  *i*  ^»         ••.         ...         ...         ...         ... 

^'?:J^^^       

IfeW.  B.  fiandall,  per  Pistar  H.  O. 

Mr.  £.  Wilkins 


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0    6 

0 

0    5 

0 

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2    0 

0 

1    1 

0 

5 

8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 


Colleeted  by  Mrs.  James  Withi 
Mr.  W.Moore 
Mr.  Joseph  Hontley 

Mr.  Joseph  Morris 

Mr.  J.  Chner  Cooper 

Mr.  D.  Heelas      

Millie  AUright*s  box  ... 
Mr.  Boberi  Oakshott  ... 
Ernie,  May,  and  Winnie's 

aw^i^fc  •••  •••  ■••  ••* 

YoongFolks  at  Wedding- 

tonHonse 

Alberta  and  Edie  Wsid*s 

*'*'*  •  •  •  •••  •••  ••■ 

James  Withers     

A  Fitend  at  Leioester,  per 

Mr.  J.  L.  Forfeitt 
Arthur  Bykes  Pnrsey'b  box 
H.  Co(q>er 


6 
0 
1 
0 
0 
9 
10 


Bible-dasB,  Kent-street  School. 
Mis.  Thoa.  Cousins 


0 
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U.  P.  Church  SondaT-Mhool.. 
lit,  U.  P.  Chuxch,  Mias  Agnes 

tbjiCiM  Caroline  HuyBide^ 

[hj'ikt 
I  Jex, 


I  bj  Master  Walter  Oakley   ... 
per  Meean.  P.  LeoUe 


llyHraL  JohnLord 

I  nr  Mrs.  C.  Cooper     

I  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  Welford       ... 

I  by  Master  Geotve  Connaok... 

[  by  Miaa  Mary  Holmea 

1  by  Miss  Keys   ... 

i  by  Ada,  Minnie,  and  Plonry 

f  •••  •••  ■••  •••  ••• 

;  by  Mr.  Alfred  Barleton 

upin         ...        ...        .«•        ••• 

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sel  Cone 

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«••  •••  •••  ••« 

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n?^  •••         ••*         ••■ 

it  Jesua 

Srst  takings  in  a  new  ahop 
lonro       ...        ...       ... 

.  W.  Gibson      

gdcad'* 

,  per  Pastor  J.  F.  Avery 
r,  and  brothers,  and  sister 
Baptist  Sonday  School : — 
i,GirlM     ... 
uSfOirls... 
m,  Oirls    ... 
SM,  Girls... 

**  ^£?    "' 

ad   Third  class, 


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us,  Boys 

ihall'sBiblc-daaa 


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Forbes  ... 
amber     ... 
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by  Master  E.  Boome ...       ... 

by  Master  Stanley  V.  Jones... 
BserandFtiend         

by    Cfaildx«n    of    SighthiU 
iiareh  Babbath-school  during 

r* ,  per  Mr.  T.  Morrison 

by  Mias  Carrie  Bennett 
bjr Miss  Oirdlestone  ... 
Air  (Collecting-box)  ... 
byMis8M.Wlide  ... 
nsher"  ... 
is  diild  and  nnrse  it  for  me  " 

^M  w«VJ        •••  •■•  •••  *•• 

by  Miss  Marion  and  Master 

■  vWv*'*  ***  **■  *•*  *** 

by  Miss  Jeflieriei       

byMivH.  Clacy 
3yMii.Lak0  ... 


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0  8  6 
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0  11 
0  6 
0  6 
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0 
0 
9 


Collected  by  Mias    Ellen 

Foster       0  18   0 

A  widow's  mite      ^       ...  0    10 

A  servant     0    10 


£  s.  d. 


CollectedbyMr.  J.  Lowe 

An  Apprentice  (Stamps,  Keighley) 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Watts 

Mr.  E.  Silvey  

Collected  by  Mrs.  Tiddy 

Bale  of  8.  O.  Tracts  

Mr.  Webb 

Collected  by  B£rs.  Buxton 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Steed 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Pickering 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Ferrar 

Girls*  practising  School,  Stockwell 
Collected  by  Mr.  W.  Parry 
Collected  by  B£rs.  Howling 

Miss  £.  Ma^chant 

Isabel  Cowie 

V  •    £f •    Aja  •••  •••  •••  ■•• 

Mr.  G.  SteTenmn,  perMn.  Norris 
Collected  by  B£i8s  rrioe 

Annual  8uh9criptioH§ : — 

Per  F.  IL  T.  :— 
Bev.  Franda  Tucker        ...         0    5 
HiS.  Henry  Brown  •••         0   6 


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8 
8 
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Mr.  H.  C.  Banister 

Mrs.  Peaple 

Dr.  A.  Cummings  A  ir 
Mr.  John  Piumbridge 

B£rs.  Pope    

Sandwich,  per  Bankers 


0  10 

1  1 


1 

8 
1 
1 

9 


0 

9 
1 
1 
8 


Received  at  Collectors'  Meeting,  March  8td :— 

Collecting  Books : — 
Bonser,  Miss. 


Barrett,  Mr.  H. 
Bowles,  Mrs. 
Booker,  B£rs. 
Brown,  Miss  J.  H. ... 
Bantick,  Mrs. 
Brewer,  B£rs. 
Crumpton,  Mim     ... 
Chard,  Mrs.  T.  P.  ... 
Charles,*MiBS  B.     ... 
Davie,  Master £.    ... 

Day,  Miss     

Ely,  Mr.  G.  ...        ... 

Evans,  Mrs.  .m       ••. 
Fryer,  Mias  ...       ... 

Fnston,  BCr. ...        ... 

GoaliUfMrs 

Homer,  Mrs. 
Howes,  Mr.  C. 
HaUett.Mias 

Jephs,  Miss 

Jumpsen,  Mrs. 
Leworthy,  Miss 

Livett,  Mr 

Miller,  Mr.  C. 
MackzilL  Mrs. 
McDonald,  Mrs.     ... 
Noiris,  Mrs.  .m        ••• 

Powell,  Mias 

Prior,  Mrs.    ... 
Priestley,  Mias  S.  ... 

Porter,  Miss 

Pearoe,  Miss  J. 
Page,  Mias  L. 
Pope,  Mrs.    ...       ... 

Pame,  Master  G.    ... 

Byan,  Mrs.  ... 

Per  Miss  Smith— 
Gotch,  MisB     ...      0    5 
Berril,  Mrs.      ...     0    6 

Kelsey,  Mrs.    ...     0  10 

Thorxie.  Mr.    ...     0  10 

Owen,  Mrs.     ...     0   6 


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0  9  0 
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1  10 
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0  6  0 
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dmith,  Mr.  J.  ...     0    1 

Sra"-:;:  ! ! 

Braratnbe.  Vn 

B«uider».Ut-B.W.       .. 

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"Vebb,  Uutac  ?. 

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Weill.  Mia 

Wll;n^Hl■         

WilnTM™ 

Te«tickrti»!a      

BtepbcD-Btreet    Snodkr 

HtaT.  'j.  CuSSrf'.f"^ 

CollKtin;  Boia ; 

Aiucll,Un 

Ajtoll,llH 

SH^'  ■■• 

5i5«i.iuiE.  ::: 

BTOCKWZLL  OSPBASAOE. 


BclnnurL  UuCo'  B. 
DicluDO,  MiaA.    ... 
KUmiHT,  Un. 
Bniiwton.  Vim     — 
Pern.  Uuter  C. 


L.indF. 

Ilud»tt,Ui«N. 

Xutk-tt,  MUs 

Buamll,  Un.         

BunvU.  Uua  E.,  Uothcn' 
Ui^etiDg.  mwkireU  B^- 
tliit  Clapd  

SeaainRtoD.  Miia  U. 

Chud.MT.  T.  P 

ConpMs,  Muter     

Cwtk,  Miu  F 


Cook,  UuterE, 

cn«,  UiH   ... 

Cm,  Uiutei  J. 


CoUIartijuii,  M 
CaineJ'Kn.  ... 


DHUtuir,  Mi« 
DsTJa,  Ifutcr  H 
DavkUiMC. 


RubT.U— ~. 
Friabr,  Km ... 
I^J^lolur,  Mia  1 
Fielda.Un. 


FnnUiD,  Hr.  J. 
Foster.  MihC. 
Oagr<,UJB  . 
Oimnt,HiMC. 
Qijnt,  Un.  ... 
OinT.  MuterA. 


HUBt,kiM'!:! 

Jum,  Muter 
JooM,  Kf.  W, 
JohuoD, MIh J.    ... 
Jnslngi,  Muter  L. 

TiBIIgtoiI,  UlB 

lATlmuiu  Min  B. ... 
IJltbUoot,  ISn.      ... 

Like,  Mr.     

HwskiT.  MiM 

MoDk.Mn.  B. 
Mitheira,  Uunirrt 
Uilti.  Muter  W.  R. 


MoitliuKl.  Mw>       

Uiitluid.  Uutfr  „ 

Murrell,  Min  B.    

Mumll.  Mui  L.    

MfNhlI,  UiH&    

McNenLO. 

Mutin.Mn 

Mukrill,  ita.        

Muihaa  Miu  (CollKt«d 
from  ToDU  Women  em- 
plofed  Ht  ?tf«iHr«-  I^ve- 


Fitt,  Uia  V. 
Poole,  Mim.  ... 
PaniiiMr.  J. 
Prior,  Miwta'A. 
Payn^  Mn.  C.  J. 


OIBIA'  OBPHANAOB  BUILDING  FUND. 


207 


£  ■.  d. 


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0    7 

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0    7 

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0    7 

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4 

0    8  10 

0    6 

6 

0    8 

6 

0  14 

6 

0    6 

4 

Thomas,  Wa»  (Box  139}  ... 
Tii6nivu«  Jars.        ...       ••• 

Vero,  Min 

Watmn,  J.  W 

Wilfon,  Mm.  

Watkms,  Mn 

Watkinii,  Mif«        

Woolloiton,  Mn 

WajTe,  Miss  L.      

Wifrney,  Miss  A.  R. 

WiUiainB,W.  H 

Ward,  Master  B.  12. 
Wickitead,  Miss  B. 
W^carCt  Mrs.  ..        ...        ... 

Willard,  Mrs 

Wheeler,  Mr? 

Woodoodc,  Mrs.     

WellSi  Mrs*  ...        ...        ... 

Wynne,  Master  A. 

Small  sums  and  odd  far- 
thmgs        ...       ... 

Gash     received     without 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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0 


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4 
16 
16 
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7 


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6 

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6 
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18 

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9 
8 

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8 
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82  13    7 

£diO  10    e 
(Box  356] 

mte,  per  Mr.  CharUnewih^  to  March  Uth  (Bow^  Divisum) ;— Pbottsioxs.— 130  Eggs*  Miaa 
6  Cheeses,  Mr.  J.  T.  Crosher ;  a  Sack  of  Split  Peas,  **  A  Friend." 
-6  pairs  Knitted  Socks,  Mrs.  Faulooner ;  26  Shirts,  4  pairs  CofTs,  Teachers  and  Scholars 
001,  per  Mr.  BejUes ;  12  Flannel  Shirts,  Miss  Collins. 

Km)  .•— Clothing.— 10  Articles,  Mrs.  Lake  ;  22  Articles,  Yonng  Ladies*  Working  As80> 
politan  Tabernacle,  per  Miis  Hins;  72i>airs  Hose,  138  pairs  small  SocVs,  Mr.  T.  M. 
doaen  Pinafores,  6  dozen  White  Pocket  Handkerchiefs,  4  dozen  pairs  Merino  Stockings, 
ing  Association,  Wynne  Road,  per  Mrs.  Pearce ;  8  articles,  Mrs.  It  Oakley. 
6  Scrap  Books,  from  Swansea ;  8  Comb  Bags,  6  Pillow  Slips,  3  lengths  Ribbon,  "  for 
on. ;  1  Woollen  Antimacassar,  Miss  Roberts;  1  Woollen  Antimacassar,  Miss  Fowell ; 
ts  and  Cards  (2  sorts),  Mr.  John  Macfarlane,  British  Messenger  Office,  Stirling;  12  pairs 
John  Anderson,  Glasgow ;  a  Pincushion,  Mrs.  Williams,  per  R.  Beard. 
ST  Month.— Cu>THiifo—(&iW«').— 12  articles,  from  tuo  friends,  per  Mrs.  Penstone ;  13 
lest;  9  articles,  Percy  and  Katie :  18  articles,  Mrs.  Moss ;  80  articles,  Miss  Ma;r ;  2 
ig  Ladies'  Working  .Assoeiation,  Metropolitan  Tabernacle;  8  dozen  pairs  Stoekmgs, 
ing  Association,  Wynne  Road. 


Girls'  ^x]^lfsim^t  §mlitrm0  jfunb^. 

^atement  of  Beeeiptt  from  February  \6th  to  March  14M,  1882. 


Vv  •  MJ^VX  •■»  ••■  ••• 

Pastor  J.  O.  Oibson 

or  **  John  Ploughman"  . 

er,  and  Maude  Blyth     . . . 


mg,  £.  W^. ...       ... 

1U21«    *■•  •••  •••  ••• 

e"  Christian  Herald"  ... 
lark,  per  Pastor  W.  Wil- 

•  •••  ••>  •••  '■? 

Barrow,  for  furnishing 
a'* 

V  •••  ■••  •••  *• 

Tabernacle  United 
rothers  Benefit  Society . . . 
Iff*' 

10    0 

0  10    0 

0  10    0 


£  8. 

1  6 

0  8 

0  6 

0  12 

1  0 
1  1 


0 
260 


17    8 

10  10 

250    0 


2    2 
96    0 


d. 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 

0 

0 

0 
0 


•  •  •  •  •  • 


ing  from  C.  C*  H.  . 

b  •«•  ■••  •••  ••• 

Irecn  Walk  Minion,  per 
'Iney,  jnn 

lUB        ••>  *••  •••  *•• 

milyAmotty  and  brother 


a  0 
6  0 
1  10 

10  18 
1    1 


0 
0 
0 

10 
0 


8    6    0 


A  Widow's  mite    ...       ...        ...       ... 

ReT.  Franklin  Howorth,  per  Pastor  C. 

Spurgeon...        ...        ...        ... 

A  lloss-ohire  Shepherd 

J.,  Middlesbro'       

Bazaar  goods  sold  March  3rd    

Mrs.  Gudner,  per  Miss  Swain 

Mr.  J.  B.  Greenwood       

A  Farthinghoe  friend      

Collated  by  Mr.  Philip 
L.  Kitchen : — 
Mr.  B.  Smith,  Aslackby  ...         0   6   0 
Mr.  W.  Yergette,  Peter- 

boro'  ...         0    5    0 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Roberts  .         0   6   0 
Smallsums 0    6    0 


Additional  contributions  from  friends 
in  Amsterdam,  per  Mr.  C.  Colo 

^7«  ^*   •••      ■••      •••      •••      •••      ••• 

Mr.  Joseph  Thomas         

A  semum-reader,  S.  Shields     

D.  V.  \j»  ...  ...  ...  •.«  ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs. xJtOnw       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gamage     

Mr.  A.  A.  ocard    ...       •••       •••       ••• 

J^m  SL*  Vl,  ...  •••  •••  •••  ••• 


£  a.  d. 

1    0    0 


6  0 
0  10 

0  1 

1  tt 
0  10 
6  7 
0    1 


1 
1 
1 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
6 
6 


0 
0 
0 

4 
0 
8 
0 


10    0 


1  11  6 
10  0 
8  3 
0  10 


208 


OOLPOBTAGB   AfiflOOIATION. 


A  LoTcr  of  Jemu 

Min  Brine's  Bible-class  ... 

Per  Pastor  C.  Sporgeon  :— 
6«iiie  friends  in  Greenwich 
The  Misses  York,   Little 

Houghton 


0  15    0 
0  10   0 


X^»    XJ.    Op  ..«  «B«  «..  ... 

Miss  Hector 

"  My  tobacco  allowance  " 

Sir.  J.  Sadler         

niendsatKelvedon        

An  invalid,  Clapham^park 

John  Scotchman 

Mr.  Hall,  per  K.  Beard,  colporteur 
Mit.  Abbott 


£  8.  d. 
0  5  0 
0    7    0 


1    5 

0  10 

1  0 
0    6 
0  10    0 
0    8    6 

8 
8 
1 
8 


6 
0 
0 
6 


Hr.  E.  Wmiams,  per  Ber.  W.  Corde» 

wOnea       «••       •••       •••       •••       ••• 

Annwil  Subteriptimu : — 
P«r  F.  B.  T. :— Mrs.  Henry  Brown     ... 
Mr.  H.  C.  Banister         

Bosoar.*— 
Biohmond-street  Mission 

Stall,  per  Mr.  J.  T. 

Dunn: — 
Miss  tioneB  ...       ...       •«•       •*•       *•• 

Goods  sold 

^*^—  J&.  A*  Whocicr       •••       •••       •>. 


£  s.  d. 
0  10  0 


0  6 

1  1 


0  10 
0  8 
0  10 


0 

0 


0 

s 

0 


£618    0    8 


Statement  of  Receipti  from  February  I5th  to  March  lithy  1882. 


6iib9CfipHen»  and  Donatimu  /or  DistrieU  : — 

£  s.  d. 

Newbury  Bistriot 10   0   0 

Minchinnampton  District        m.       ...  10   0    0 
OrosTenor-square  District,  per  Ber.  G. 

Brooks      10    0 

Tewkesbury  District       10    0 

Ironbridge  and  Goalbrookdale  District.  7  10 

East  Langton  District     10 

For  Bethnal  Green — 

Mr.  C.  E.  Fox 5    0    0 

Mr.W.B.Fox 6   0    0 

10 

Wolverhaapton  District,  per  Mrs.  Bell  10 

Tiptree  District     8 

Bingwood  District 10 

A  Friend  for  Kent 88  18    0 

3underland  District        10    0    0 

Nottingham  Tabemade 10   0    0 

Cambridgeshire  Association     80   0    0 

Dorchester,  per  Mr.  Soundy      40    0    0 

M.  A.  H.,  for  Orpington  District       ...  5    0   0 


0 
0 
0 
0    0 


0  0 

0  0 

6  8 

0  0 


£819  14    8 


<9it&«en>ftoiM  amd  Dematiotu  to  the  Oeneral  ^^ndt" 

£  a.  d. 

Mr.  F.  Westnum 0  0   6 

Mr.  F.  Holder        0   9   6 

•^«    V/»   Jm^  •■•  •••  ■••  •••  •••  m        V       V 

Miss  York,  per  Putor  C.  Spurgson    ...  0  10   0 

Mr.  D.  Heelaa,  per  Mis.  James  Withota  10   0 

Mr.  B.  Shayer       10   0 

Miss  L.  Steer  0   6   0 

Mr.  J.  Garrington 0  10   0 

Mr.  H.  W.  Chapman      110 

Mr.  A.  H.  Soard 0   6   0 

Annual  8ub»eription$  :  — 

Mr.  W.  Olney        110 

Mr.  C.  Munell      110 

Mrs.  Evans  ...  ...        ...       ...  0    6    0 

Mr.  Parker,  per  W.O.  J.  0   5   0 

£&^   6   0 


Statement  of  ReeHpte  from  February  16th  to  March  14M,  1882. 

£   i.  d. 


Thankoffering  for  Mr.  Buinham*a  ser- 
vices at  Gamlin^y      

Thankoffering  for  Messrs.  Smith  and 
Fullerton's  services  at  South-ctrefct 
Chapel,  Greenwich       

Mr.  B.  Shayer 

•p*i«mft«i  Collection  at  Baptist  Chapel, 
Oseett,  for  Services  by  Mr.  Bumham 


8    0    0 


65    0    0 
10    0 

10    0 


Balance  Collection  at  Baptist  Chapel, 
Stoindiff,  for  Services  by  Mr.  Bum- 

aUUU  •••  •«•  ■••  •••  ■•• 

Mr.  A.  H.  Beard 


£  a.  d. 


0  10   0 
0    5   0 

£59  15   0 


Friendi  tending  presents  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnestly  reqwited  to  let  their 
names  or  initials  accompany  the  same^  or  we  cannot  properly  achnowledge  them;  and 
alto  to  write  Mr.  Spurgeon  if  no  achnonledgment  is  sent  within  a  weeh.  All  parcels 
should  be  addressed  to  Mr.  Charlesworth,  Stochwell  Orphanage^  Clapham  Eoad,  London, 

Subscriptions  will  be  thanhfully  received  by  C,  M.  Spurgeon^  *'  Westwoodt"  Beulah 
Sill,  Upper  Norwood.  Should  any  sums  be  unaehnoniledged  in  this  list^  friends  are 
requested  to  write  at  once  to  Mr.  Spurgeon.  Poet  Ofiee  Orders  should  be  wuuls 
payable  at  the  Chief  Ofiee,  London,  to  C.  S.  Spurgeon, 


THE 


SWORD  ANB  THE  TROWEL 


MAY,     1882. 


Sab  Ifestts  Wtmth  ^i$  ^tmtlittC 

BT  PASTOR  0.  A.  DATIB,  BBADFOBD. 

OB  the  purposes  of  his  great  mission  Christ  selected  twelre 
men  to  be  his  companions  daring  his  public  ministry  on 
earth.  Whererer  he  went  they  went  with  him  in  almost 
daily  attendance.  Instructed  by  his  teaching,  and  gifted 
with  power  to  heal  diseases,  they  were  sent  on  preaching 
tours  round  the  country  ;  and  after  his  departure  were  commissioned  to 
carry  on  the  work  thus  begun,  and  for  which  he  had  trained  them,  that 
the  whole  world  might  be  eyentually  won  to  acknowledge  him  as  its 
spiritual  sovereign. 

And  who  were  they  ?  What  was  their  fitness  for  such  a  stupendous 
task? 

The  project  itself,  of  world-wide  empire,  strikes  one  as  a  marvellous 
conception  to  enter  the  brain  of  a  Galilean  peasant.  Unallied  to  kings 
and  rulers,  without  worldly  influence,  relying  not  on  the  sword,  as 
Mahomet  did,  looking  not  for  an  outward  visible  empire  with  pageantry 
and  show,  but  for  a  dominion  over  men's  minds  and  hearts,  j^et  pro- 
mulgating a  doctrine  which  went  fall  in  the  teeth  of  all  men's  inclina- 
tion and  prejudice,  assaulting  their  cherished  beliefs,  humbling  their 
idols  to  the  ground,  and  levelling  their  national  hatreds  till  nothing 
should  be  left  above  them  but  Ood,  and  nothing  around  them  but 

*  A  jMiper  read  at  the  Eighteenth  Annual  Conference  of  the  Pastors*  CoUego 
Aflsodation. 

14 


210  HOW  JESUS  TRAINED  HIS  PEEACHEBS. 

brotherhood,  the  whole  race  joined^  reconciled  in  one  body,  and  nnder 
his  own  blessed  sway  presented  to  Ood — ^it  was  a  stapendoiu 
project  I 

This,  too,  to  be  brought  about  in  spite  of  an  ignominious  death 
inflicted  on  him  by  the  influential  part  of  his  own  nation ;  and  by 
means  of  eleren  poor  men  who  had  followed  him  about  for  three  years, 
— who  loved  him,  it  is  true,  and  were  willing  to  serve  him  with  their 
lives,  or  die  for  him,  if  need  were ;  but  who  were  as  destitute  of  any 
worldly  advantage  as  any  whom  he  could  have  found  for  the  work. 
Yet  JesQS,  who  had  never  travelled,  that  we  know,  except  in  his 
infancy,  beyond  the  confines  of  the  little  country  called  the  Hol^  Land, 
a  country  scarcely  larger  than  Yoikshire,  took  in  the  grasp  of  his  mind 
the  iron  race  of  £ome,  the  polished  triflers  of  Oreece,  the  dusky  tribes 
of  Asia,  India,  China,  Africa,  the  unknown  Continent,  and  the  wide 
seas ;  and  laying  down  the  plan  of  an  empire  over  mind  and  heart  which 
was  to  include  the  whole,  sent  out  these  eleven  men  to  begin  its 
accomplishment. 

Thus  it  strikes  one  when  looked  at  from  without ;  but  viewed  from 
within, — taking  into  the  grasp  of  vision  the  eternal  council  on  the 
throne  before  the  world  was,  tne  Incarnation  when  angels  sang  in  this 
earthly  air  of  ours,  the  hidden  Deity  which  sometimes  could  not  be 
repressed,  but  flashed  through  the  veil  of  flesh  as  on  the  mount  of 
Transfiguration,  the  crimson  tragedy  of  the  death  of  the  Son  of  God, 
which  veiled  the  sky,  shook  the  earth,  rent  the  rocks, — the  splendour 
of  the  Resurrection,  as  he  rose  from  death  as  from  a  pillow  and  ascended 
to  the  universal  throne,  the  conception  of  universal  empire  becomes 
easy,  gentle,  natural,  the  only  conception  admissible  ;  and  we  overlook 
the  inadequacy  of  the  instruments  in  the  omnipotence  of  the  hand  that 
wields  them.  Nay,  a  fitness  appears  in  their  very  unfitness.  The 
great  Master  was  himself  to  "  continue  to  do  and  teach  "  through  these 
men,  and  the  achievement  of  his  purpose  would  the  more  manifestly  be 
his  own  work,  as  the  means  he  chose  to  use  were  the  more  plainly  in 
themselves  unequal  to  its  accomplishment. 

We  have  to  answer  briefly  the  questions.  Who  were  these  men  ?  What 
was  their  qualification  for  the  work?  How  did  their  Master  train 
them? 

As  to  the  men  themselves^  the  raw  material  for  the  work,  we  shall 
find  side  by  side  with  their  inevitable  inadequacy  a  certain  appropriate- 
ness nevertheless  to  the  purpose  Jesus  had  in  view.  They  were,  first, 
Jews ;  men,  that  is  to  say,  speaking  generally,  of  intense,  if  somewhat 
narrow  character,  and,  which  is  chiefly  to  the  point,  believers  in  Ood  : 
no  pantheists!  no  agnostics!  They  had  in  them  the  element  of  strength 
that  comes  from  the  rigid  conviction  that  there  was  over  them,  behind 
them,  yea,  going  before  them^  if  they  were  called  to  any  divine  mission, 
the  personal  Almightv  God.  They  were,  moreover,  devout  Jews.  Most 
of  them  had  been  adherents  of  John  the  Baptist.  They  had  attended 
on  the  banks  of  the  Jordan  that  stem  prophetic  preaching  which  had 
shaken  the  nation  with  its  call  to  repentance  and  preparation  for  the 
Messiah.  They  had  listened  breathless  as  it  was  announced  that  this 
Messiah,  awaited  for  centuries,  was  already  standing  among  them  ;  and 
from  the  outer  ranks  of  the  solemnized  crowd  they  had  drawn  inwards 


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HOW  JE8US  TRAINED  HIS  PBEACHBBfi.  211 

to  the  closest  oircle  of  discipleshipy  and  had  become  thrilled  and  set 
aflame  with  the  thought  of  tne  imminent  appearance  of  the  expected 
One.  These  thoughts  made  deep  furrows  in  their  minds,  and  when 
presently  the  Herald  pointed  out  with  his  finger  to  some  of  them  the 
yerj  Christ  himself,  what  could  they  do  but  reverently  follow  him,  with 
minds  prepared  for  the  growth  under  the  Lord's  own  ioflnence  of  the 
faith  that  was  to  encounter  all  opposition  and  more  the  world  ?  They 
were  men  who  believed  in  God :  they  were  men  of  faith.  All  history 
shows  that  such  men  have  been  the  men  of  might. 

Yet  though  this  about  them  is  noble  and  promising,  who  does  not  see 
many  disappointing  qualities  in  them  ?  This  is  only  to  say  that  they 
were  but  men.  We  are  brought  so  near  to  the  little  circle  by  the  gospel 
narratives  that  we  attain  a  sort  of  personal  familiarity  with  them,  and 
discern,  alas  I  their  foibles  as  well  as  their  points  of  excellence.  Peter 
was  forcible,  outspoken  and  to  the  front,  but  he  was  also  self-confident, 
and  therefore  unreliable,  and,  when  it  could  be  least  afforded,  cowardly. 
John,  affectionate,  strong  and  manly,  was  yet  stormy  at  times  and  over- 
bearing towards  men  of  a  different  mind,  like  a  Dominican  Inquisitor. 
Thomas  was  thoughtful  and  reflective ;  but  he  had  the  tendency  to 
morbid  sadness  which  generidly  accompanies  such  a  castof  mind.  And 
so  of  the  rest.  Brought  into  the  clear  light  by  their  companionship 
with  Jesus,  we  see  them  distinctly  even  at  this  distance  of  time  ;  some- 
times with  the  Master,  strangely  obtuse  under  that  clearest,  radiant 
teaching ;  sometimes  by  themselves,  disclosing  in  their  artless  talk  their 
small  rivalries  and  unworthy  jealousies.  This  band  of  students  lives 
before  us  with  all  the  human  interest  attaching  to  the  play  of  passion, 
emotion,  jealousy:  as  human  they  are  as  we  know  students  to  be  to- 
day. And  these  are  the  men  Christ  took  hold  of  as  his  material  for  the 
great  work. 

Their  training  demanded  to  be  a  double  thing :  first,  the  makinsr  and 
deyelopment  of  the  men ;  secondly,  their  equipment.  These  two  things 
— what  they  were,  and  what  they  had— were  equally  necessary,  the  latter 
no  whit  behind  the  former  in  importance.  For  what  they  had  was  the 
message  to  be  delivered,  and  for  Christ's  purpose  this  must  be  not  an 
eYolution  out  of  their  own  inner  consciousness,  but  a  revelation  from 
Almighty  God.  Then  these  two  things  were  to  be  blended  into  one ; 
for  the  message  they  were  to  deliver  was  to  be,  in  some  sort,  incarnated 
in  their  lives,  as  it  had  been  fully  and  adequately  in  that  of  their 
Master;  and  the  world  was  to  be  won  by  the  eye  as  well  as  by  the  ear, 
as  it  read  in  tlie  luminous  lives  of  these  preachers  a  corroboration  of 
what  it  heard  from  their  Ups. 

See,  then,  how  the  Master  takes  up  the  disciples,  first,  to  mould  their 
character.  He  found  them,  as  we  have  seen,  crude,  small,  and  unripe  : 
it  was  essential  to  nurture  their  spirit  into  the  folness  and  ripeness  be- 
fitting their  work.  They  approached  it  with  the  intolerant  temper 
which  has  characterized  dl  human  movements  for  reformation.  They 
would  have  put  down  the  Nonconformist,  for  instance,  who  was  casting 
out  devils  in  Christ's  name  without  following  with  them.  They  would 
have  called  down  fire  from  heaven  upon  the  unbelieving  Samaritan 
Tillage.  This  intolerant  spirit  Jesus  confronted  with  such  words  as 
these  :*-''  Forbid  him  not :  for  he  that  is  not  against  us  is  for  us.'* 


212  HOW  JE8UB  TRAINED  HIS  PBEACHBBS. 

And  again:  ^' Ye  know  not  what  manner  of  spirit  ye  are  of.  The  Bon 
of  man  is  not  come  to  destroy  men's  liveSi  bat  to  save  them/'  And 
when  he  significantly  led  them  *^  to  another  Tillage,''  he  pointed  ont  the 
pacific  and  frnitfal  coarse  they  were  to  adopt  when  opposed :  rejection 
in  one  place  was  to  be  the  opening  of  the  door  in  another.  Their  ten* 
dencY  ^^^ot  and  contriye  for  personal  preferment  was  met  and  counter- 
acted. The  dim  yiew  they  began  to  catch  of  their  great  fotnre,  distorted 
as  it  was  by  the  low  earthly  atmosphere  through  which  they  saw  it,  led 
them,  when  he  was  not  within  hearing,  to  striye  among  themselyes  who 
should  be  the  greatest  This  spirit,  had  it  grown  to  strength,  would 
haye  strangled  the  church  in  its  cradle.  The  first  preachers  would  haye 
forgotten  ttieir  sublime  mission  to  the  world  in  mean  wranglings  for 
prsonal  precedence.  Moreoyer,  it  was  the  epitome  of  what  preyailed 
in  the  great  world  outside.  ''  Eyery  man  for  himself  "  is  the  text  on  which 
worldly  liyes  are  the  commentary ;  and  how  should  men  influence  the 
world  for  good  whose  spirit  was  cursed  with  the  same  narrow  selfish- 
ness that  was  the  world's  bane  1  Jesos  saw  and  nipped  this  eyil  in  the 
bud.  On  their  coming  in  from  a  walk  which  haa  been  enliyened  by 
such  a  discussion,  he  put  to  them  some  such  inconyenient  question  as 
this :  '^What  was  it  that  ye  disputed  among  yourselyes  by  the  way  ?" 
How  inimitably  natural  the  remark  of  the  Eyangelist, "  They  held  their 
peace :  for  by  the  way  they  had  disputed  among  themselyes,  who  should 
be  the  greatest."  We  do  many  things  we  are  ashamed  of.  Exquisite 
was  the  method  of  remedy  adopted  on  difiPerent  occasions  by  the  Master. 
''  He  took  a  child,  and  set  him  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  said,  Whosoeyer 
shall  humble  himself  as  this  little  child,  the  same  is  greatest  in  the 
kingdom  of  heayen."  He  took  a  towd  and  girded  himself,  and  pouring 
water  into  a  basin,  began  to  wash  his  disciples'  feet,  meeting  thus  their 
astonished  questioning — **  Ye  call  me  Master  and  Lord :  and  ye  say  well ; 
for  so  I  am.  If  I  tbed,  your  Lord  and  Master,  haye  washed  your  feet; 
ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet."  Thus  he  corrected  their 
jealous  strim  for  precedence. 

Closely  allied  to  this  spirit  was  the  self-laudation  to  which  they  were 
tempted  by  the  successes  which  their  connection  with  his  power  secured 
them.  The  Seyenty — for  his  treatment  of  these  equally  iUastrates  his 
method-^retum  elated  and  excited  from  suocessfal  preaching  and 
miracle-working.  **  Lord,  eyen  the  deyils  are  subject  unto  us."  By  the 
instant  exhibition  of  a  sublimer  and  purer  theme  of  joy — *^  Bejoice 
rather  because  your  names  are  written  in  heayen" — he  at  once  sobered 
and  strengthened  them ;  lifting  them  to  a  lofty  independence  of  mer- 
cenary aims,  and  communicating  to  them  a  high  inspiration  which 
should  secure  them  from  the  degradation  of  gloating  oyer  personal 
success. 

How  magnificently  he  braced  their  spirit  for  hardship  1  It  was  no 
child's  ^lay  to  which  he  called  them ;  nor  did  he  eyer  minimise  their 
difficulties.  We  can  scarcely  exaggerate  the  sublimity  of  those  occa- 
sions on  which  he  foreshowed  to  them  their  conflict.  Standing  by  his 
side,  they  look  ont  upon  the  dark  world,  yast  and  huge,  its  forces 
arrayed  in  fierce  hostility  to  the  cause  they  were  to  pioneer ;  and  while 
they  gaze,  shuddering,  upon  the  stormful  scene,  he  indarates  them  with 
such  words  as  these :  ''I  send  you  forth  as  lambs  among  wolyes.    Ye 


HOW  JSSUS  TRAINBD  HIB  PREACH1BB&  218 

shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for  mj  name's  sake  :  ye  shall  be  delivered  up 
to  prison  and  to  death.  Whosoever  killeth  you  will  think  he  doeth 
6oa  service.  Do  yon  shrink  ?  He  that  endnreth  to  the  end  shall  be 
saved."  Here  was  the  soil  in  which  Christian  heroism  was  to  grow  to 
its  snblimest  height.  These  men  were  dipped  in  the  waters  of.  Lethe, 
heel  and  all.  ^d  yet,  though  he  sent  them  out  to  death,  he  tenderly 
folded  Tonnd  them,  against  this  bitter  world-storm,  the  warm  investi- 
tore  of  Ood's  love.  ''  The  very  hairs  of  yonr  head  are  all  numbered. 
Not  a  sparrow  shall  fall  to  the  ground  without  yonr  Father.  Ye  are  of 
more  value  than  many  sparrows."  Thus  he  infused  into  them  a  lofty 
daring,  meet  for  men  who  were  to  become  world-oonoaerors.  Weu 
mi^ht  ih«y  be  bold  who  had  seen  the  intrepidity  of  their  Master !  His 
majestic  front  as  he  stood  calmly  against  all  opposition,  unmoved,  im- 
movable, engraved  itself  upon  their  character.  See  him,  for  example, 
advancing  to  surrender  himself  to  the  band  of  arrest.  '^  Whom  seek 
ye  ?  I  am  he."  The  torchlight  still  reveals  his  captors  lying  prostrate 
at  hiB  feet,  even  in  the  moment  of  his  humiliation.  What  wonder  the 
disoiples  saw  in  him  their  tower  of  strength  !  that  they  drank  ii^  his 
saying,  "Without  me  ye  can  do  nothing;"  and  could  afterwards 
tranapoae  it  into  the  sublime  and  modest  vaunt,  ^  I  can  do  all  things 
through  Christ,  which  strengtheneth  me." 

Bat  behind  these  noble  qualities  of  benevolence,  self-suppression, 
endurance,  daring,  was  the  regal  master-principle,  Faith:  the  spirit 
which  dares,  endures,  overcomes,  as  seeing  him  who  is  invisible.  Faith  I 
it  ia  the  man  with  the  world  against  him  and  God  Almighty  at  his  back. 
It  ia  the  consciousness  of  being  used  by  the  Omnipotent  as  the  instru- 
ment of  his  working.  Disdainful  of  danger,  it  rushes  on  the  foe  and 
proves  itself  invincible  in  its  collision  with  the  world.  Jesus  infused 
into  his  preachers  a  sublime  faith  in  God.  In  his  presence  they  felt  the 
divine  nearness,  breathed  a  divine  atmosphere.  God  became  more  real 
to  them  than  man;  exerted  a  more  potent  influence  on  their  lives. 
£«arthly  power,  though  armed  with  the  scourge,  the  prison,  the  sword^ 
dwindled  to  impotence  by  the  side  of  the  power  of  God.  This  same 
faith  they  learned  to  exercise  also  in  their  Master.  Surely  and  steadily 
it  grew  with  their  growing  knowledge  of  him.  At  first  they  followed 
him  as  the  Messiah,  but  cherishing  earthly  ideas  of  that  office.  As  they 
listened  to  his  teaching,  observed  his  life,  watched  the  exercise  of  his 
superhuman  power,  their  conception  of  him  cleared,  and  their  reverence 
grew.  Contrary  to  the  human  rule  that  *'  familiarity  breeds  contempt," 
their  increasing  intimacy  with  Jesus  deepened  their  awe.  At  first  they 
could  use  some  freedom  in  his  presence ;  but  on  the  hushed  lake  they 
exclaim, ''  What  manner  of  man  is  this,  that  even  the  winds  and  the  sea 
obey  him  ?  "  Later  they  confess  him  as  the  Messiah,  the  Son  of  the 
living  Ood,  yet  not  with  such  insight  into  their  own  confession  but  that 
they  can  take  the  liberty  of  rebukmg  him  for  his  prediction  of  his  own 
death.  But  towards  the  end  we  find  them  not  even  daring  to  ask  him  a 
question:  one  of  them— denying  him  under  the  terrible  pressure  of 
immediate  fear  of  death — ^is  overwhelmed  and  broken  down  by  a  mere 
glance  of  his  eye ;  and  another  falls  at  his  feet  with  the  confession, 
'*  My  Lord  and  my  God."  But  when  to  this  is  added  that  they  were 
admitted  to  personal  friendship  with  this  glorious  Being,  we  may  infer 


214  HOW  JBfiUS  TRAINSD  HIB  PEEAOHEES. 

what  a  mighty  force  was  imparted  to  them.  They  were  the  personal 
friends  of  Jesns.  They  conld  eiterwards  say,  *'  The  Word  was  made 
flesh  and  dwelt  among  ns."  Their  faith  grew  to  a  greater  thin^.  It 
transcended  faith :  it  became  knowledge.  They  were  Ood's  friends. 
Conld  the  world  resist  them  ?    Was  it  likely  ? 

It  was  this  faith-knowledge  of  Gkxl — of  God  incarnate — incarnate  and 
therefore  engaged  for  man — that  formed  tM  crowning  feature  in  the 
making  and  deyelopment  of  these  first  preachers  of  Christ. 

These  are  the  men,  and  this  their  training.  We  must  turn  to  watch 
their  equipment  Darid,  advancing  to  meet  the  giant,  carried  the 
simple  eonipment  of  a  sling  and  a  bag  of  well- chosen  pebbles  from  the 
brook.  The  disciples  of  Christ,  as  they  advanced  to  combat  the  gigantic 
evils  of  the  world,  carried  with  them  three  great  tmths : — 

Redemption  wrought  by  divine  love. 

Faith  in  the  Redeemer,  the  instrument  of  receiving  the  redemption. 

Divine  wrath  against  impenitence. 
These  truths,  which  they  learned  from  their  Master's  public  teaching 
and  private  m>osition,  they  were  to  bring  to  bear  by  the  instrument  of 
preaching.    They  were  a^rwards  able  to  say,  ''The  weapons  of  oar 
warfare  are  mighty  through  Ood  to  the  pulling  down  of  strongholds.*' 

The  divine  love  displayed  in  redemption,  Uie  first  and  brightest  of 
these  regenerative  truths,  shone  out  like  the  sun  in  Christ's  teaching. 
Its  light  had  been,  not  dimly,  heralded  by  bis  forerunner  in  the  ex- 
^ssion,  ''The  Lamb  of  God  which  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world." 
The  disciples  were  to  hear  more.  The  Lamb  of  God  was  '*  the  Son  of 
man^  come  to  seek  and  to  save  that  which  was  lost;  come  to  give  his 
life  a  ransom  for  many;  lifted  up  that  whosoever  believeth  on  him 
should  not  perish."  He  was  '*  the  only  begotten  Son  of  God,  given  to 
the  world  by  the  divine  love ;  his  flesh  was  given  for  the  life  of  the 
world ;  his  blood  shed  for  many  for  the  remission  of  sins."  The 
parables  bore  out  this  teaching.  The  seeking  love  of  God  appeared  in 
the  parable  of  the  lost  sheep ;  the  receiving,  welcoming,  forgiving  love 
of  Gody  in  the  parable  of  the  prodigal  son. 

E(}ual  prominence  was  assigned  in  the  Lord's  teaching  to  the  doctrine 
of  faith.  Men  were  to  believe  on  the  Son  of  man  who  was  lifted  np,  on 
the  Son  of  God  given  for  their  redemption.  It  was  the  will  of  God 
that  everyone  seeing  the  Son  and  believing  on  him  should  have  ever- 
lasting life.  The  vital  question  was,  "  Dost  thou  believe  on  the  Son  of 
God  ?  **  This  was  illustrated  on  the  physical  platform.  In  the  miracles 
of  bodily  healing  faith  was  demanded  or  presupposed.  "  Believe  ye 
that  I  am  able  to  do  this  ? "  Here  was  the  fraitful  seed-bed  of  the 
whole  magnificent  system  of  apostolic  teaching,  which  declared  that  man 
was  justified  by  faith ;  that  the  golden  link  between  man  and  God  was  not 
the  servile  penormanoe  of  good  works,  but  foith  which  worketh  by  love. 

Of  the  third  great  truth,  the  divine  wrath  against  impenitence,  there 
was  in  the  Master's  teaching  no  lack  of  the  most  impressive  demonstra- 
tion. "  He  that  believeth  not,"  said  he,  "  shall  be  condemned — ^is 
condemned  already."  There  was  a  sin  which  had  never  forgiveness : 
everlasting  punishment  was  to  be  the  doom  of  those  who  failed  to  hallow 
their  lives  with  beneficent  labours.  The  disciples  conld  not  listen 
without  awe  to  the  denunciation  of  hypocrites.    The  eight-fold  woe,  the 


HOW  JB8US  TBAmSD  HIS  PBEAGHBB8.  215 

awfal  challenge,  "  How  can  ye  escape  the  damnation  of  hell  ?  "  showed 
them  that  God  conld  frown — ^nay,  could  not  but  frown  npon  persistent 
sin. 

Their  grip  of  these  tmths  was  strengthened  by  the  wonderful  afber- 
talks  with  Jesns,  of  which  many  hints  are  scattered  np  and  down  the 
gospels.    Christ's  general  mle  in  this  respect  is  indicated  in  the  words, 
''  And  when  they  were  alone  he  expounded  all  things  to  his  disciples." 
Hnch  of  this  private  instrnction  is  unrecorded;  but  a  greater  body  of 
it  exists  than  perhaps  most  persons  are  aware  of.    More  than  one-third 
of  Matthew,  about  one-thinl  of  Mark,  one*fifkh  of  Luke,  nearly  one- 
fourth  of  John,  consists  of  this  private  teaching  of  Jesus  to  his  preachers. 
We  can  do  little  more  than  allude  to  it.    There  were  single  utterances 
of  such  formative  power  as  to  become  epochs  in  the  lives  of  these  men ; 
such  as  that  forced  from  the  Master's  great  compassionate  heart  as  he 
gazed  on  the  fainting  multitude,  and^^ich  for  ever  portraved  for  them 
the  world  as  God's  harvest-field,  and  themselves  as  God  s  labourers. 
Or  that  incisive  sentence  which  warned  them  of  the  insidious  influence 
of  false  doctrine :  '*  Take  he^  of  the  leaven  of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the 
Sadducees : '.'  a  sentence  which  set  them  thinking  and  questioning,  and 
indeed  blundering,  but  with  the  result  of  ineffaceably  engraving  the 
lesson  upon  their  minds.    Or  that  which  declared  the  seriousness  of  life 
and  the  surpassing  value  of  the  soul,  weighing  the  world  as  a  mere 
feather  against  it  in  the  scales.    Or  that  in  which  he  showed  them  the 
tenacity  of  the  spirit  of  forgiveness,  that  it  must  be  capable  of  stretching 
if  need  be  until  seventy  times  seven.    Or  the  hyperbolical,  yet  as  they 
would  afterwards  discover,  most  profoundly  literal,  commendation  of 
faith  as  able  to  remove  mountains.    Or  the  solemn  intimation  of  divine 
judicial  action,  ^*  Why  speakest  thou  to  them  in  parables  ?  "    "  Because 
they  seeing,  see  not :  ihetr  eyes  ihey  have  closed:  therefore  to  them  it  is 
not  given  to  know  the  mysteries  of  the  kingdom  of  God."    Or  the 
equally  solemn  though  inspiring  fact  of  God's  direct  communication 
with  the  teachable  soul:  ''Flesh  and  blood  hath  not  revealed  it  unto 
thee,  but  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven."    Or  the  high  importance  of 
the  estimate  entertained  of  himself,  *'  Whom  do  men  say  that  I,  the  Son 
of  man,  am  ? "  and,  when  they  had  recited  the  various  opinions  current, 
**  But  whom  sfQT  ye  that  I  am  ?  " — ^^e  great  question  which,  as  they 
might  afterwards  begin  to  discern,  was  to  grow  greater  and  more 
engrossing  to  the  end  of  time.    Or  the  lightning-like  rebuke  of  the 
spirit  which  shrank  or  would  tempt  another  to  shrink  from  a  divinely 
imposed  cross :  *'  Get  thee  behind  me,  Satan  I  thou  art  an  offence  unto 
me." 

.  Then  there  were  the  expositions  of  the  parables,  two  of  which  have 
been  preserved  to  us — ^those  of  the  Sower  and  the  Tares — unsurpassable 
in  their  mighty  brevity  and  decisive  clearness. 

There  were,  moreover,  the  more  prolonged  addresses ;  as  the  charge 
with  which  the  twelve  were  dispatched  on  their  first  preaching  tour ; 
and  the  tremendous  discourse  on  the  Mount  of  Olives  uttered  in  the 
hearing,  perhaps,  of  only  four  of  them ;  which  depicted  in  vivid  outline 
the  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  and  behind  it  the  vaster  tragedy  of  the 
end  of  the  world;  which  made  them  hear  the  midnight  cry,  ''Behold, 
the  Bridegroom  cometh ! "  and  see  the  fortunes  of  the  wise  and  foolish 


216  HOW  JBSUB  TRAINED  HIS  PBKAOHEfifi. 

yirgt&B ;  which  showed  them  the  aenrants  called  to  accoont  for  entrosted 
talentBy  and,  finally,  the  sammoning  of  all  nations  before  the  throne  of 
the  Son  of  man,  the  King,  at  the  last  jadgment. 

Jesns  took  special  pains  to  teach  his  disciples,  with  a  plainness  and 
solemnity  which  conld  not  be  exceeded,  that  he  was  to  die  and  rise 
again.  On  three  separate  occasions,  in  the  last  few  months  of  hia 
ministry,  he  drew  them  aside  for  this  purpose.  The  first  time  they 
rebuked  him ;  the  second  time  they  did  not  understand  him,  and  were 
afraid  to  ask  him  ;  the  third  time  they  began  to  intrigne  among  them- 
selyes  for  the  precedence.  The  idea  of  Ohrist's  death  nerer  rightly  nined 
entrance  to  their  minds,  and,  as  a  consequence,  they  apprehendoi  stlU 
less  the  idea  of  his  resurrection.  Not  till  after  his  death  had  thrown 
them  into  despair,  and  the  resurrection  into  amassement,  did  they 
remember  his  words. 

Into  the  scene  at  the  last  supper  we  haye  already  glanced  in  our 
reference  to  Christ's  care  to  form  their  character,  and  we  need  now  only 
adyert  to  his  use  of  the  symbols  of  bread  and  wine  as  forming  the 
solemn  culmination  of  his  tesMshing  concerning  his  death  and  its  atoning 
yalue.  The  heayenly  discourse  which  followed  the  supper  mainly 
prepared  them  for  his  departure,  and  for  the  coming  in  his  stead  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  as  their  Teacher  and  Comforter;  and  then  he  took  them  with 
him  to  Oethsemane  to  meet  his  doom.  For  we  must  neyer  forget  that 
he  was  constructing  the  gospel  they  were  to  proclaim;  tluat  their 
training  consisted  in  th^  witnessing  of  his  life,  his  death,  his  resurrection, 
his  ascension,  as  much  as  in  listening  to  his  words;  that  these  great 
facts,  with  his  incarnation  and  second  coming,  were  to  penetrate  their 
whole  preaching. 

The  brief  post-resurrection  period  is  remarkable  in  this — ^that  the 
appearances  and  words  of  Jesus  were  confined  to  his  disciples.  Tbis 
was  the  most  fruitftd  period  in  the  growth  of  their  Christian  intelligence ; 
and  naturally  so ;  for  eyents  had  cleared  the  film  from  their  eyes,  and 
they  saw  distinctly.  It  was  their  spring-time.  The  teaching  whidi 
had  BO  long  lain  in  their  minds,  like  seed  dormant  in  the  farrow,  became 
vitalized  and  sprouted  into  life.  The  Master  himself  was  changed.  He 
came  and  went  in  an  altogether  mysterious  manner.  His  words  were 
like  flashes  of  light,  illuminating  what  they  had  hitherto  but  grossly 
and  darkly  known.  He  opened  their  understandings  to  understand 
the  Scriptures  ;  breathed  on  them  the  Holy  Ohost ;  pointed  them  to 
the  whole  world  as  the  field  of  their  labours ;  promised  them  power; 
and  bade  them  wait,  after  they  had  seen  him  ascend,  for  the  enduement 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  which  he  would  send  them  from  the  Father.  A 
wonderfid  change  was  now  wrought  in  them.  No  longer  did  Uiey 
blunder  along  like  groping  men,  but  walked  erect  as  men  with  opened 
eyes,  amid  the  streaming  light. 

As  to  the  method  they  were  to  use,  their  Master  had  instructed  them 
by  symbol  and  by  example.  Ccdling  them  from  their  fishing-boats,  he 
had  said,  ^*  Follow  me,  and  I  will  make  you  fishers  of  men."  Breaking 
the  bread  for  the  fainting  multitudes  on  the  hill^side,  he  had  said, 
'*  Oiye  ye  them  to  eat."  These  symbols,  dimly  seen  at  &^t,  emerged  into 
clear  significance  when  they  came  face  to  face  with  their  work.  In  the 
sea  of  the  world  they  cast  the  gospel  net,  midcing  its  sweep  wide,  and 


HOW  JESUS  TRAINED  HIS  FBBAOHEBS.  217 

its  meshes  small,  to  enolose  great  mnltitndes.  Up  and  down  the  ranks 
of  the  fainting  world  they  trayelled,  distribnting  the  bread  of  life  which 
they  had  received  from  his  blessed  hands  ;  re-enacting  on  the  world- 
wide scale  the  miniatore  scene  on  the  hills  of  Palestine.  He  had  tanght 
tbem,  again,  by  example.  His  incessant  itinerant  ministry — wiuch 
awaken^  the  nation,  set  men  thinking,  and,  when  they  were  ronsed, 
Tetnmed  upon  them  in  repeated  visits  with  tenfold  effect — bad  shown 
them  how,  overstepping  the  boonds  of  the  Holy  Land,  they  were  to 
carry  on  an  itinerant  ministry  only  limited  by  the  confines  of  the  world 
itself.  And  he  had  taught  them  by  practical  employment  in  the  work. 
Disengaging  them  from  his  side,  Jesus  had  sent  them  forth  in  couples 
to  proEidi  in  every  town  and  village  whithor  he  himself  woold  oome. 
Qlins  they  had  learned  to  £Boe  difficulty  ;  had  gained  experience  of  the 
moods  of  men;  and,  best  of  all,  had  acquired  the  habitual  conscious- 
ness that  Christ  was  on  their  track  ;  that  not  only  in  Palestine,  but  in 
aU  the  world,  they  were  sent  to  the  cities  and  villages  whither  he  him- 
self woidd  come. 

And  thus  at  length,  having  developed  his  plan,  having  instructed 
the  minds  of  his  preachers,  kindled  their  hearts,  emboldened  their 
faces,  touched  with  immortal  flame  their  lips,  and,  chiefly,  unveiled 
HiHSELP  before  them  in  the  peerless  majesty  of  his  person  and  the 
splendour  of  his  sacrificial  love,  he  stepped  back  again  to  his  throne, 
despatching  them  to  their  work  with  the  words,  '*Go  ye  into  all  the 
world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature."  And  they  went 
forth  to  preach  what  was  to  prove  itself  no  empty  doctrine,  but  a  re- 
volntionary  force.  The  worla,  hearing  these  men,  looked  up  from  its 
throng  of  idols,  and  saw  God — ^saw  the  Omnipotent  Love  gazing  down 
upon  it  in  its  guilt— beheld  the  Divine  Sacrifice  for  its  r^emption — 
listened  to  the  divine  call  to  repentance  and  faith — ^trembled  under  the 
frown  of  divine  righteousness  against  its  sin.  Old  fiftlsities  and  idola« 
tries  were  overthrown,  individual  lives  were  regenerated ;  and,  with 
amazement,  the  world  saw  men  living  according  to  the  Sermon  on  the 
Mount.  Such  strange,  outlandish  qualities  as  humility,  generosity, 
forgiyeness,  philanthropy,  devoutness,  self-sacrifice,  punty  came  into 
view.  Godliness,  or,  which  is  much  the  same  thing  if  we  will  under- 
stand it  rightly,  manliness,  appeared ;  and  the  old  declaration,  so  long 
practically  lost,  became  true  again — ''God  made  man  in  his  own 
image." 

For  the  weight  of  the  omnipotent  pierced  hand  was  felt  in  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Crucified ;  and  the  far-beaming  blaze  that  streamed  out  from 
the  cross  was  beginning  to  drive  before  it  the  flocking  shadows  of  error 
and  sin,  and  flood  the  world  with  the  transfiguring  l^ht  of  the  gospel, 
to  disseminate  which  Jesus  trained  his  preachers. 


218 


m  S^^m^mrCi  §atil  Junbf. 


BY  C.  H.  BP17EGE0K. 

A  FRIEND  Bent  us  a  book  entitled  «'  Witty  InyentionB."  There  is 
genins  in  the  title :  it  excites  cariosity,  and  sets  one's  month 
watering.  We  opened  the  book,  and  were  at  once  taken  with  one  of  its 
sententious  utterances.  It  contented,  satisfied,  satiated,  nauseated  us. 
We  had  enough  and  more  than  enough  in  a  single  Una  Henceforth 
these  "  witty  inyentions  "  are  cast  to  th6  moles  and  to  the  bats.  The 
author  obtained  our  attention  under  false  pretences.  Here  is  the 
sentence,  '<  T?ie  best  sermon  is  that  which  is  host  studied'*  This  is  im 
invention  certainly,  but  not  a  witty  one.  It  is  as  false  a  statement  as 
was  ever  coined.  Sermons  which  have  been  studied  with  some  degree 
of  care  are  often  the  cause  of  torture  to  their  hearers ;  but  to  suppose 
that  the  case  would  be  altered  if  our  ministers  diverted  us  with 
impromptu  harangues  is  absurdity  itself.  The  harvest  may  be  small 
with  all  our  ploughing,  but  it  would  be  nothing  at  all  if  the  feet  of  the 
ox  quite  forsook  the  field.  As  well  might  we  say  that  the  best  dinner 
is  that  which  is  least  cooked,  or  that  the  best  room  is  that  which  is  least 
furnished,  as  that  the  best  sermon  is  that  which  is  least  studied. 

Let  every  preacher  give  diligent  attention  to  reading  and  meditation; 
let  him  become  wise  that  he  may  teach  the  people  knowledge.  Let  him 
be  much  in  his  library  and  his  closet.  Let  him  use  all  the  help  he  can. 
But  how  is  the  preacher  to  prepare  his  discourse  without  aid  ?  Keep 
the  man  without  books,  and  what  is  he  to  do  ?  Happily,  few  of  us 
have  long  laboured  at  making  bricks  without  straw ;  but  there  are  such 
bondsmen  among  us,  and  for  these  we  would  arouse  sympathy.  Alas,  the 
little  library,  which  was  the  preacher's  pride  in  bis  unmarried  days,  has 
been  gradually  dissolved  into  bread  and  house-rent^  he  scarcely  knows 
how.  Ask  the  good  man,  and  he  will  tell  you  how  small  was  the 
market-value  of  "  The  Saint's  Best/'  and  how  little  he  raised  upon 
"The  Rise  and  Progress."  Yes,  Matthew  Henry  went  too,  and  with  it 
the  last  chance  of  his  sermons  being  worth  hearing.  In  one  case  we 
heard  of  a  minister's  family,  in  which  a  twopenny  homiletical  magazine, 
which  had  been  taken  to  help  '^  father  "  in  getting  his  sermons,  was  given 
up  because  the  few  coppers  could  not  be  spared,  for  the  famine  was  sore 
in  the  land.  We  are  sore  pained  for  the  lack  of  food  and  raiment  for 
the  sake  of  the  good  man  and  his  household ;  but  our  grief  for  the 
scarcity  of  books  arises  out  of  a  wider  sympathy,  for  we  think  of  his 
congregation.  It  is  pitiable  to  think  of  the  poor  preacher,  bowed  down 
with  cares,  cudgelling  his  brains  (none  too  many  to  sturt  with),  and 
finding  nothing  as  the  result.  Had  he  been  bom  to  lead  cattle  to  the 
pasture  his  lot  had  been  enviable,  for  now  he  has  to  lead  his  flock  to  a 
desert,  and  as  they  gather  about  him  they  look  up  and  are  not  fed. 

It  is  not  everybody  who  sympathizes  with  a  minister  in  this  need, 
and  yet  it  is  one  of  the  keenest  forms  of  poverty.  We  feel  a  kinship 
with  any  mm  who  shares  our  concern  for  those  afflicted  in  this 
direction,  and  we  feel  personally  grateful  to  anybody  and  everybody  who 

Suts  a  good  book  on  a  minister's  shelf.    It  is  therefore  one  of  the 
elights  of  our  life  that  our  beloved  wife  has  made  ministers'  libraries 


MBS.  SPUEGEON'S  BOOK  FUND.  219 

her  great  concern.  The  dear  seal  gives  herself  wholly  to  it.  Toa  should 
see  Eer  stores,  her  book-room,  her  bnsy  helpers  on  the  parcel-day,  and 
the  waggon-load  of  books  each  fortnight.  The  Book  Fund  at  certain 
hoars  is  the  ruling  idea  of  our  house.  Erery  day  it  occupies  the 
band  and  heart. of  its  manager.  The  reader- has  scaut  idea  of  the 
book-keeping  inyolved  in  the  book-giving ;  but  this  may  be  said,— the 
loving  manlier  has  more  than  six  thousand  names  on  her  lists,  and  yet 
she  knows  every  volume  that  each  man  has  received  from  the  first  day 
nntil  now.  The  work  is  not  muddled,  but  done  as  if  by  clockwork, 
yet  it  is  performed  with  a  hearty  desire  to  give  pleasure  to  all  receivers, 
and  to  trouble  no  applicant  with  needless  enquiries. 

It  is  no  small  satisfaction  to  us  to  know  from  countless  testimonies 
that  the  seven-and-twenty  volumes  of  our  sermons  are  a  quarry  out  of 
which  are  digged  or  hewn  discourses  for  pulpits  of  every  denomination. 
These  tomes  placed  in  manse  libraries  will  do  more  for  the  spread  of 
the  gospel  than  any  other  agency  known  to  us.  Where  could  books  be 
placed  to  such  advantage  ?  Those  who  desire  to  see  the  orthodox  faith 
maintained  in  the  land  can  hardly  employ  abetter  agency.  The  blessing 
is  that  the  volumes  are  eagerly  sought  and  joyfully  received. 

Ths  Hqfort  of  the  Book  Fund,  which  has  been  lately  issued,  is  as 
good  as  any  of  its  predecessors.  It  is  a  good  sixpenuyworth  for  size, 
and  worth  far  more  if  judged  of  by  its  contents.  Few  will  read  it 
through  with  dry  eyes.  We  were  going  to  quote  largely  from  it,  but 
upon  second  thoughts  we  think  we  will  not,  but  will  urge  our  readers 
to  bny  the  neat  uttle  book  for  themselves.  Oar  publishers  will  be 
happy  to  send  it  post  free  for  se^en  stamps.  The  Report  is  full  of 
precious  pieces  which  deserve  quotation,  but  we  will  only  transfer  a 
single  passage  in  which  the  continued  need  of  the  work  is  earnestly 
stated.    We  let  it  tell  its  own  tale,  and  pray  our  readers  to  heed  it. 

^*A  lady,  writing  to  me  the  other  day,  said  she  *  supposed  the 
ministers  were  nearly  all  supplied  now '  I  Never  was  surmise  more 
unwarranted  and  incorrect.  The  work  is  as  urgent  and  important  as 
ever,  and  the  necessity  for  it  as  great  and  pressino;.  Did  anybody  ever 
hear  of  a  preacher  possessing  as  many  books  as  his  heart  craved  for  ?  I 
niVer  did  ;  and  I  think  such  a  state  of  contentment  must  be  well-ni^h 
impossible  ;  for  the  more  a  man  studies  and  enlarges  his  mind  the 
more  he  hungers  and  thirsts  for  knowledge,  and  seeks  to  add  to  his 
stores  ;  and  the  intense  delight  he  takes  in  his  few  precious  volumes  is 
a  constant  incentive  to  add  to  their  number.  I  am  daily  receiving 
letters  from  pastors  to  whom  I  made  grants  three  or  four  years  ago, 
whose  mental  craving,  more  stimulated  than  satisfied  by  the  books 

Srevionsly  given,  is  now  urging  them  to  seek  farther  appliances  for  the 
evelopment  of  thought  and  intellect.    These  good  men  might  traly 

say — 

*  My  hunger  brings  a  plenteous  store, 
My  plenty  makes  me  hunger  more.* 

They  tell  me  with  pleasing  emphasis  of  the  exceeding  value  and  blessing 
of  my  former  gifts,  and  they  draw  thence  a  plea  for  a  renewed 
consideration  of  their  needs.  It  would  be,  indeed,  a  hard  heart  which 
would  refuse  them,  and  with  the  coveted  treasures  at  command  send  them 
empty  away.  Help  in  pulpit  preparation,  refreshment  of  spirit  in  times 


220  TO  THE  DOUBTOra  ONES. 

of  deep  depreB8ion,  stimnlas  to  private  deyotion,  asBistanoe  in  pastofal 
duties, — all  tiiese  blessings,  and  many  more,  are  enfolded  in  the  preciooa 
pages  bestowed  by  the  Book  Fand,  which  as  tmlj  bless  a  minister's 
soul  as  they  enrioh  his  library.  Bat  although  so  many  of  Ood's  poor 
servants  have  had  reason  to  thank  him  for  the  help  flJforded  them  in 
this  important  matter  through  the  agency  of  the  Fund,  my  ambition  ia 
by  no  means  satisfied  with  the  present  attainments  of  my  work.  There 
are  ptill  hundreds  of  men  in  the  ministry  whose  stock  of  books  is  totally 
inadequate  to  their  needs,  and  who,  though  painfully  conscious  of  their 
famishing  condition,  are  unable  to  prooure  the  alimoit  which  would 
nourish  ttieir  souls,  and  promote  their  spiritual  and  mental  growth.  If 
the  Book  Fund  only  ministered  to  the  necessities  of  these  long-settled 
pastors,  its  work  would  be  useftil  and  important ;  but  there  is  the  &et 
to  be  considered  that  our  colleges  of  all  denominations  are  constantly 
sending  forth  their  young  recruits  to  the  battle  of  the  Lord ;  and  these 
are  seldom,  if  ever,  **  thoroughly  furnished  "  for  the  warfare  which  they 
seek  to  accomplish.  To  aid  aU  these  needv  ones,  to  supply  aU  these 
longing  souls,  would  without  doubt  require  both  more  means  and  more 
management  than  this  quiet  little  service  and  its  happy  servant  can  evw 
hope  to  command;  but  with  this  high  aim  in  view,  according  as  Otod 
prospers  us,  so  do  we  deal  forth  our  treasures  lovingly  and  gladly  till 
they  be  exhausted.'* 


BY  WILLIAM  BBIDGB. 

ASK  thy  soul  these  questions : — First,  Whether  there  be  any  gain 
by  doubting?  Faith  purifies  the  heart ;  but  doth  doubting  purify 
the  heart  ?  Secondly,  Whether  there  is  anything  more  pleasing  to  Otod 
than  to  trust  him  in  and  by  Jesus  Christ,  when  all  comforts  are  out  of 
view,  and  when  you  see  nothing  but  what  is  contrary  to  the  thing 

1)romised  ?  Thirdly,  Whether  you  must  not  venture  upon  Ohrist  at  the 
ast  ?  and  if  you  must  venture  upon  Christ  at  the  last^  why  not  n(#  ? 
When  a  man  hath  to  go  over  a  river,  though  he  ride  once  and  again  into 
the  water,  and  come  out,  saying,  I  fear  it  is  too  deep  for  me;  yet  con* 
sidering  that  there  is  no  other  way  for  him,  he  resolves  to  venture,  for, 
saith  he,  the  longer  I  stay,  the  higher  the  water  will  rise,  and  there  is 
no  other  way  for  me — ^I  must  go  through  at  the  last,  why  not  at  the 
first  ?  and  so  he  ventures  through.  Thus  it  is  with  you.  You  say, 
"  Oh,  but  my  heart  is  not  humbled  ;  oh,  but  I  am  a  great  sinner ;  and 
how  can  I  venture  upon  Jesus  Christ  ? "  Will  thy  heart  be  more 
humbled  by  keeping  from  Jesus  Christ,  and  wilt  thou  be  less  a  sinner 
by  keeping  from  him?  No,  certainly;  for  the  longer  you  stay  firom 
Christ,  the  harder  it  will  be  to  venture  on  him  at  the  last  Wherefore, 
if  there  be  ever  a  poor,  drooping,  doubting,  fearing,  trembling  heart 
reading  these  words,  know  that  I  do  here,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
call  out  to  you  and  say,  0  soul,  man  or  woman,  venture,  ventore, 
venture  ui)on  Christ  now  ;  for  yon  must  oome  to  trusting  in  time  at 
last ;  and  if  at  last,  why  not  now  ? 


221 

BY  G.  HOLDEN  PIKE. 

Part  II. 

iConiirmed/rom  page  186). 

THOSE  who  are  familiar  with  the  chronicle  of  eyents  ia  77ie  Annual 
Register  will  remember  that  the  spring  months  of  1812  were 
characterized  by  widespread  trade-rioting  in  the  north  of  England, — 
the  spite  of  the  mob  venting  itself  against  the  newlj-introdaced  cloth- 
workera' machinery;  for  this  canse,  in  the  following  year,  seventeen 
men  were  ezecntea  at  York.  Thomas  Shillitoe  was  deeply  moved,  and 
at  once  resolved  that  he  wonld  pay  religions  visits  to  the  nonseholds  of 
those  whom  the  law  had  overtaken  in  their  crime,  althongh ''  the  prospect 
of  snch  a  service  felt  humiliating  to  the  creatnre  beyond  words  to  describe." 
This  painfnl  duty,  which  conscience  directed  him  to  undertake,  was 
dnl^  accomplished ;  and  in  the  Journal  we  follow  him  and  his  com- 
panion from  one  abode  of  woe  to  another,  until  the  descriptions 
become  painfully  monotonous.  Daring  the  riots  a  manufacturer  was 
murdered,  and  the  perpetrators  of  the  crime  were  discovered  through 
one  of  the  guilty  persons  turning  king's  evidence.  Though  his  turning 
informer  made  nim  one  of  a  despicable  class,  Thomas  Sbillitoe  felt  much 
concern  for  this  young  man,  of  whom  a  particular  description  is  given. 
''  On  his  entering  the  room,"  it  is  said,  *'  he  appeared  to  us  raw  and 
ignorant ;  with  such  apparent  self-condemnation  in  his  countenance,  we 
thought  we  had  not  before  witnessed;  as  if  he  felt  himself  an  outcast, 
and  thought  a  mark  of  infamy  was  set  upon  him  ;  newly-clad,  as  we 
supposed,  from  the  money  he  had  recently  received,  as  the  reward  of  his 
having  discovered  his  accomplices  in  the  murder,  for  which  they  had  suf- 
fered." Shillitoe's  work  of  mercy  amid  these  scenes  of  distress  was  in 
a  degree  successful ;  for  not  only  were  many  widows  and  fatherless 
chili&en  comforted  and  relieved,  but  the  Inagistrates  were  successfully 
interceded  with  on  account  of  one  young  man  who,  ''more  by  constraint 
than  inclination,"  had  been  drawn  into  the  riots. 

During  this  same  year  he  experienced  sore  trial  consequent  on  ''  a 
prospect  of  duty  "  oi)ening  before  him  in  regard  to  a  proposed  visit  to 
the  Prince  Begent,  simili^  to  the  one  paid  to  George  III.  in  former 
years.  Though  not  quite  so  nervous  as  on  the  former  occasion,  the 
business  was  not  carried  through  without  much  dogged  determination 
and  mortification  of  flesh  and  blood.  He  was  perplexed  in  regard 
to  the  best  method  of  procedure,  and  at  length,  after  much  prajrer 
and  consideration,  he  decided  that  the  best  plan  would  be  to  write 
a  suitable  address,  and  to  take  advantage  of  the  best  opportunity 
that  presented  itself  for  its  presentation.  Fully  conscious  of  tie 
responsibility  involved  in  such  a  piece  of  business,  he  sat  down  "  emptied 
and  stripped  as  to  matter,"  but  soon  words  and  thoughts  which  appeared 
to  be  most  suitable  came  faster  than  he  could  well  write ;  and  then, 
having  taken  care  that  the  grammar  was  seen  to,  by  some  competent 
person,  he  started  for  Brighton. 

The  address,  which  in  its  faithful  and  affectionate  outspokenness  is 


222  THE  BEMABKABLE  HIBTOBY  OF  THOMAS  8HILLIT0E. 

almost  unique,  is  too  long  for  quotation  ;  bat  if  any  reader  will  take 
the  document  and  read  its  solemn  counsels  aud  wamiugs  in  the  now 
deserted  saloons  of  the  Pavilion,  he  will  not  fail  to  realize  their  weighty 
importance.  It  is  dated  the  "  6th  of  8th  mo.,  1813."  Of  course  he 
again  passed  a  sleepless  time  through  the  night  preceding  the  presen- 
tation, and  at  brealcfast  on  the  eventful  day  he  was  more  ''disposed  for 
silence "  than  for  talk.  He  was  greatly  agitated,  and  appears  to  have 
been  very  thankful  that  a  Friend  named  Mary  Bickman  was  engaged  to 
pray  for  him.  Troubled  as  he  was,  he  went  straight  to  business 
without  stopping  to  parley  with  his  feelings,  and  commissioning  a  num- 
ber of  persons  ''  to  be  on  the  alert  and  obtain  information,"  he  soon 
learned  that  the  Prince  would  presently  ride  on  the  Downs.  Thomas 
Shillitoe  and  a  few  comjpanions  accordingly  stationed  themseWes  at  the 
yard-gate,  but  when  the  royal  party  appeared  they  disappointed  the 
Quakers  by  proceeding  in  an  opposite  direction.  After  pausing  a 
moment,  Shillitoe  showed  his  decision  b^  darting  forward  to  falfil  his 
mission.  "  The  hill  being  yery  steep,  and  the  exertion  great,  my  breath 
was  so  affected  when  I  came  abreast  of  the  Prince,  that  I  was  unable 
to  utter  a  word,"  he  tells  us;  "  I,  therefore,  pushed  on  some  way  before 
him,  in  order  to  recoyer  my  breath,  my  Diyine  Master  giying  me  hind's 
feet ;  I  then  halted,  until  the  Prince  came  up  to  me.**  When  George 
was  sufficiently  near,  the  simple  Qtlaker  said,  ''Will  the  Prince  be 
pleased  to  permit  me  to  express  a  few  words  to  him  ?  "  The  Regent 
checked  his  horse,  and  bent  forward,  and  politely  answered,  "  Sir,  yon 
must  excuse  me,  I  am  in  haste."  Not  content  to  lose  his  opportunity, 
the  Friend  continued,  "I  haye  a  letter  for  the  Prince,  will  he  be  pleased 
to  permit  me  to  present  him  with  it  ?  "  The  final  answer  was,  "  Yon 
wiii  please  giye  it  to  Colonel  Bloomfield,"  who  then  took  tiie 
packet.  "  On  which/'  adds  Hiomas  Shillitoe,  "  I  found  that  my  work 
was  not  complete  until  I  had  requested  of  the  Oolonel  that  care  should 
be  taken  the  Prince  had  the  letter  and  that  it  was  read.  Being  assured 
that  this  should  be  the  case,  this  exercise  of  faith  and  patience  peacefully 
ended."  On  the  day  following  a  grand  entertainment,  which  was  to 
haye  been  held  at  the  Payilion,  was  unaccountably  put  off,  to  the  great 
disappointment  of  many  persons ;  and  this  left  no  doubt  in  the  mind 
of  one  person  that  his  "request  to  haye  the  letter  read  had  been 
complied  with." 

Thomas  Shillitoe  harboured  the  strongest  possible  objections  to  play- 
going,  and  in  1816  he  met  with  a  curious  adyenture  at  Barnsley,  in 
connection  with  a  newly-opened  theatre  in  that  town.  In  preyious 
days  he  had  noticed  the  bad  effects  which  arose  from  the  performances 
of  a  band  of  strolling  players  who  hired  a  bam  ;  and  now,  though  he 
did  so  without  effect,  he  protested  against  the  erection  of  a  permanent 
building.  He  went  eyen  further,  for  he  circulated  throughout  the  town 
a  handbill  against  such  performances  ;  and  though  he  aroused  a  good 
deal  of  opposition,  and  receiyed  numerous  insulting  letters,  besides 
getting  caricatured  on  the  stage,  he  in  the  end  came  off  yictorions.  The 
theatre  could  not  be  made  to  pay,  and  was  transformed  into  a  Non- 
conformist chapel. 

In  1821  he  landed  in  Holland,  and  thence  commenced  one  of  those 
laborious  journeys  which  seemed  to  constitute  the  business  of  his  life. 


THE  RKMARKABLK  HISTORY  OF  THOMAS  SHILLITOE.  228 

He  was  an  evan^list  on  board  of  the  packets,  he  yisited  both  meetings 
and  private  families,  and  his  work  in  prisons  was  worthy  of  Howard 
himself.  He  called  on  those  highest  in  authority  whenevei:  he  obtained 
an  opportunity,  and  urged  them  to  exercise  their  influence  in  the  cause 
of  morality  and  the  gospel.  He  even  had  an  address  printed  in 
England  for  universal  distribution  among  the 'inhabitants  of  Hamburg 
and  Altona,  a  piece  of  business  attended  with  considerable  danger. 
*<  I  never  passed  a  more  trying  and  distressing  two  months  from 
exercise  of  mind,"  he  says,  *'  without  an  individual  to  confide  in, 
lest  I  should  involve  others  in  trouble,  as  well  as  want  of  sleep  and 
want  of  appetite."  The  distribution  without  first  asking  permission  of 
the  police  was  in  point  of  fact  an  infringement  of  the  law ;  but  the  only 
penalty  really  incurred  was  a  night  passed  in  the  damp  and  dirty  guard- 
room at  Altona.  At  Hamburg  his  services  were  so  highly  rat^  that 
the  master  of  the  Stadthouse  was  anxious  for  so  thorough  a  reformer  to 
take  up  his  abode  in  the  town.  At  Altona  his  arrest  made  the  address 
which  ne  had  circulated  far  more  effective  than  it  would  otherwise  have 
been.  The  keynote  of  his  life  at  this  period  was, ''  I  must  be  content  to  live 
one  day  at  a  time,  avoiding  all  unnecessary  anxiety  about  the  morrow." 

One  of  the  striking  adventures  of  this  journey  was  an  interview  with 
the  King  of  Denmark  at  Copenhagen,  the  whole  affair  being  one  of  those 
"trying  situations"  which  Thomas  Shillitoe  very  minutely  described. 
Admonishing  crowned  heads  of  their  duty  to  God  and  their  subjects 
was  all  along  a  duty  from  which  his  flesh  recoiled,  but  which  was  never* 
theless  accomplish^  with  all  the  determination  with  which  a  man  of  the 
world  pursues  his  pleasures.  His  refusal  to  remove  his  hat  was  a  small 
difficulty  ever  in  the  way ;  and  on  the  present  occasion  the  courtier  to 
whom  he  was  chiefly  indebted  looked  in  surprise  at  the  Quaker's  shabby 
clothes,  over  which  he  had  recently  spilt  a  quantity  of  chocolate,  and 
asked  if  he  really  intended  to  appear  before  the  king  in  that  sorry 
plight  Nothing  daunted  at  a  reproof  which  touches  most  men  in  a 
tender  place,  Thomas  Shillitoe  merely  promised  to  smarten  himself  in 
the  best  manner  possible  under  the  circumstances,  and  on  the  next 
morning  he  was  ready  to  enter  the  royal  chamber — to  him  really  a 
stnpping-room. 

When  he  was  actually  introduced  to  the  king,  the  Quaker  found  him- 
self exceedingly  well  received.  He  was  thanked,  indeed,  for  the  efforts 
he  was  making  on  behalf  of  the  people.  He  acquainted  the  king  with 
the  reasons  that  had  induced  him  to  leave  home,  having  previously 
introduced  himself  by  ''  a  short  religious  communication."  One  of  the 
abuses  which  the  monarch  was  asked  to  abolish  was  what  was  called  *'  a 
little  lottery,"  in  which  the  poorest  people  were  tempted  to  risk  their 
all,  and  which  fostered  among  them  a  taste  for  gambling.  Having 
accomplished  his  mission,  Shillitoe,  who  at  this  time  was  in  a  weaK 
state  of  health,  burst  into  tears,  and  his  earnestness  seems  to  have 
deeply  affected  the  court 

Having  accomplished  thus  much,  he  at  first  felt  at  liberty  to  leave 
Copenhagen;  but,  on  being  hindered  from  doing  so  by  various  un- 
foreseen circumstances,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  queen  and  the 
princesses.  A  wish  to  visit  them  arose  in  his  mmd,  and  at  length  the 
way  was  opened.    Saitable  advice  was  given  to  the  princess  royal  of 


224  ''  TBB^  FATHER  ! " 

Denmark,  while  the  queen  appointed  a  special  season  for  a  more 
lengthened  interview,  wnich  in  due  time  took  place.  Withont  under- 
standing the  language  of  the  oountiy,  this  godly  Quaker  won  the 
golden  opinions  of  the  highest  people  in  the  land« 

This  journey,  which  extended  through  a  year  and  ten  months,  was 
continued  through  Germany,  Norway,  Sweden,  etc,  the  return  route 
haying  been  through  Geneva  and  France.  In  several  of  the  cities  of 
i^nce  he  met  with  many  characteristic  adventures,  all  affording 
material  for  a  charming  narrative  had  his  pen  possessed  more  graphic 
power.  His  experience  well  illustrated  the  unspeakable  discomforts  of 
the  road  before  the  era  of  railways.  Thus,  on  leaving  Lyons  for  Paris, 
he  and  his  compimion  found  themselves  provided  with  the  luxury  of 
«<a  new-built  carriage,"  which  soon  turned  out  to  be.na luxury  at  all: — 
''Took  our  seats  in  what  is  called  the  coupe,  which  is  intended  to 
carry  three  persons ;  after  we  had  taken  our  seats,  a  third  nerson  came, 
who  was  a  man  of  such  bulk,  that  we  were  so  wedged  aown  in  the 
carriage  as  to  be  obliged  to  complain  of  our  suffering,  on  which  we 
were  informed,  the  seat  was  one  root  shorter  than  the  usual  measure- 
ment allowed  for  three  persons,  it  being  a  mistake  of  Uie  coachmakers.** 
As  the  journey  occupied  three  days  and  nights,  we  can  only  faintly 
imagine  what  the  error  in  measurement  must  have  cost  the  travellers. 
Whatever  his  discomfort,  Thomas  Shillitoe  never  shrank  from  doing  all 
the  service  which  lay  in  his  power  at  eveiy  stage.  At  one  time  we  find 
him  taking  a  Lutheran  preacher  to  task  for  frequenting  the  theatre 
after  the  day's  duties  were  over  on  Sabbath  night;  anon  he  is  found 
giving  a  similar  reproof  to  a  French  Protestant  pastor  for  playing 
away  the  Sunday  hours  at  bowls.  He  also  tried  to  put  down  bull- 
baiting  at  Nismes,  by  admonishing  the  bishop.  The  mayors,  and 
others  in  authority  at  other  places,  seem  to  have  listened  to  his  ex* 
hortations  with  respect,  if  not  wiUi  actual  gratitude. 

(To  be  continued.) 


BY     THOHAS     fiPUBaXOK. 

■ 

IN  a  beautiful  English  churchyard  is  a  small  grave  remarkable  for  its 
simplicity.    It  is  evidently  the  resting-place  of  a  little  lad  who 
loved  his  Saviour.    The  inscription  is  as  fouows : — 

"Freddy!"    .    .    . 
.    .    .    "Yes,  Father!" 

Let  us  enter  the  cemetery  gate,  and  see  the  place  where  they  laid  him. 

A  lovely  view,  and  an  avenue 

Of  weeping  willow  trees : 
The  only  sound  in  the  burial-ground 

The  gently  sighing  breeze. 


'•  TE8,  FATHBR  !  "  225 

A  tiny  monnd  with  flowers  strewn  roand, 

A  simple  stone  at  the  head, 
On  which  they  carve  an  epitaph, 

The  simplest  ever  read. 

Some  laddie  dear  lies  baried  here 

Whose  heart  to  Christ  was  ^i?en. 
The  Father  took  the  Lamb's  life-book 

And  called  his  child  to  heaven. 

"Freddy  !"  he  cried,  and  Freddy  replied, 

"  Yes,  Father ! "  in  childlike  glee, 
And  angels  said  to  dying  Fred, 

"  Arise,  he  calleth  thee  ! " 

The  Shepherd's  voice  made  his  heart  rejoice, 

He  ran  to  the  call  of  love ; 
JKan  to  be  pressed  to  the  Saviour's  breast, — 

**  Yes,  Father,  I'm  coming  above!" 

^  Good-bye  to  mother,  and  father,  and  brother^ 

My  Savioar's  at  the  gate : 
If  Jesns  came  his  lamb  to  claim 

I  must  not  let  him  wait." 

'*  Yes,  Father,  yes,  I  love  them  less 

Than  thy  dear  self  and  Son, 
Dear  as  th^  are,  thon'rt  dearer  far. 

The  chiefest,  fairest  one  ! " 

"  Sweet  home  of  mine !  thon  ne'er  canst  shine 

Bright  as  the  home  on  high : 
No  love  can  love  like  Father's  love ; 

Break !  break !  earth's  strongest  tie  I 

**  Willing  rather  to  be  with  Father, 

I'm  here,  for  thon  didst  call ; 
Yes,  I  am  ready,"  said  little  Freddy, 

"  To  say  *  Farewell '  to  all." 


"  Be  ready  too,"  he  says  to  you 
(He,  being  dead,  can  speak) ; 

''  Yon'll  early  find  the  Saviour  kind 
If  you  will  early  seek." 

But  if  he  came  and  called  your  name, 
And  you  were  still  unready, 

Toud  have  to  die,  but  could  not  cry, 
"  Yes,  Father !"  as  did  Freddy. 


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226 

^  ftiWJrjpt  ill  Sfifrma/  . 

FOE  some  time  the  anthor  of  "  Through  Siberia  "  has  been  known  to 
ns  as  an  explorer,  who  seemed  to  combine  .the  intrepidity  of 
Li?ingstone  with  the  philanthropic  aspirations  of  Howard;  and  for 
this  reason  we  are  glad  to  welcome  a  complete  account  of  the  yery 
remarkable  tonr  he  lately  undertook  in  one  of  the  most  extensive  and 
imperfectly  known  regions  of  the  world.  Probably  some  readers  may 
have  seen  references  to  Mr.  Lansdell's  exploits  in  the  Beports  of  either 
the  Bible  or  the  Religious  Tract  Society ;  but,  in  addition  to  these,  he 
contributed  a  series  of  articles  to  T?ie  Times,  which  naturally  had  the 
effect  of  quickening  public  curiosity  in  his  adventures.  By  going  over 
thousands  of  miles  oF  territory,  a  part  of  which  had  never  before  been 
traversed  by  Englishmen ;  and  by  patiently  studying  the  social  and  re- 
ligious life  of  the  people — especially  the  condition  of  the  exiles — ^he  has 
earned  the  right  to  rank  as  a  chief  authority  on  Siberian  matters.  While 
confessing  that  he  is  not  a  politician,  and  that  he  did  not  travel  as  the 
agent  of  any  society,  he  assures  us  that  nothing  is  either  exaggerated  or 
kept  back.  ^'  I  could  not,  of  course,  see  matters  as  a  prisoner  would," 
he  adds ;  '^  but  I  wish  to  state  that,  having  visited  prisons  in  every 
country  of  Europe,  1  have  given  here  an  unprejudiced  statement  of 
what  1  saw  and  heard  in  the  prisons  and  mines  of  Siberia."  The  book 
of  such  a  writer  is  of  permanent  value  ;  the  more  so  because  he  is  able 
to  convict  a  number  of  preceding  authors — ^professed  gleaners  in  the 
same  field — of  ludicrous  or  even  malevolent  misrepresentation.  To  a 
great  extent  Eussia,  in  its  remote  comers,  is  still  only  semi-civilized ; 
but  it  does  not  redound  to  the  credit  of  our  own  civilization  when 
English  authors  circulate  falsehood  in  regard  to  the  Muscovite  govern- 
ment. 

The  two  vast  provinces  of  Eastern  and  Western  Siberia,  whither 
Russia  has  for  long  past  banished  her  criminal  offenders,  have  a 
population  corresponding  in  numbers  to  that  of  our  own  metropolis — 
about  four  millions.  This  total,  however,  is  scattered  over  an  area 
measuring  no  less  than  8,500  miles  from  east  to  west^  and  rather  more 
than  a  third  of  that  distance  from  north  to  south,  comprising  a  quarter 
of  the  Asiatic  continent  Every  season  the  caravans  which  trade 
between  Russian  cities  and  China  traverse  the  entire  route,  the  great 
rivers  with  which  the  region  is  provided  not  yet  having  been  thoroughly 
utilized. 

Though  Mr.  Lansdell  may  have  turned  longing  eyes  towards  this 
comparatively  unknown  land,  it  was  not  until  he  was  persuaded  to  do 
so  by  a  Finnish  philanthropist  named  Alba  Hellmann,  that  he  actually 
decided  on  undertaking  a  tour  of  exploration.  He  did  not  know  that 
he  would  ever  have  leisure  sufficient  to  carry  out  such  a  purpose,  that 
money  would  be  forthcoming,  or  even  that  the  St.  Petersburgh  autho- 
rities would  allow  of  his  visiting  the  prisons  and  mines.  When  in 
health,  Alba  Hellmann  had  visited  the  prisons  of  her  native  province  with 

♦  **  Through  Siberia."  By  Henry  LansdeU.  lUustrated  with  forty-three  en- 
gravingB,  route  and  ethnographical  maps,  and  photograph  of  the  author  in  salmon  - 
tskin  costume  of  the  Gilyaks  of  the  Lower  Amur.  London :  Sampson  Low  and  Go. 
18^2. 


A  PHILAKTHBOPIfiT  IN  8IBEBU.  227 

the  enthaBiasm  of  Elizabeth  Fry  ;  bat  overtaken  by  heart  disease^  and 
thus  disabled,  her  exhortation,  ''Pastor  Lansdell,  go  yourself  to 
Siberia,"  was  all  the  more  tonching.  From  first  to  last  the  lady  wrote 
several  letters,  supplying  information  concerning  Siberia,  and  drawing 
a  sombre  picture  of  the  nnhappy  condition  of  the  convict  population. 
''  A  generous  friend  "  offared  to  contribute  the  expenses  of  the  pro- 
poeea  jonmey ;  and  thus  a  start  was  made  in  April,  1879. 

Mr.  Lansdell's  object  was  to  confer  some  benefit  on  the  people  of  the 
country — the  exiles  and  natives  of  Siberia ;  and  though  he  saw  that  igno- 
rance of  their  language  would  prevent  his  having  direct  communication 
with  the  people,  he  knew  how  he  coul4  confer  benefit  in  other  ways. 
He  conld,  at  least,  supply  Scriptures  and  other  evangelical  books. 
^  When  travelling  in  the  Bussian  interior  in  1878,"  he  says,  '^  persons 
were  met  with  who  had  never  seen  a  complete  New  Testament,  and  I 
reasoned  that  a  general  distribution  of  such  books  in  Siberia,  whether 
by  sale  or  gift,  would  be  doubly  useful ;  besides  which,  I  intended  to 
be  on  the  look-out  for  such  other  opportunities  of  usefulness  as  might 
pesent  themselves  and  be  allowed  me."  The  number  of  Testaments, 
Bible  portions,  and  evangelical  publications  sold  and  given  away 
amounted  to  nearly  fifty-six  thousand,  including  works  in  the  Hebrew, 
Bussian,  Polish,  French,  German,  Tartar,  and  Mongolian  languages. 
Mr.  Smithies'  '^ British  Workman"  was  made  to  assume  a  Muscovite 
dress  ;  and  large  pictorial  broadsides,  especially  one  of  the  Prodigal  Son, 
appear  to  have  found  plenty  of  favour.  When  he  left  Moscow,  towards 
the  middle  of  May,  the  adventurous  travellers  baggage  filled  three 
lambering  native  waggons. 

As  his  work  lay  chiefly  among  the  exiles,  Mr.  Lansdell  gives  par- 
ticulars of  the  numbers  and  condition  of  that  criminal  section  of  the 
Siberian  population.  The  numbers  who  annually  go  into  exile  may 
reach  from  seventeen  to  twenty  thousand;  but  a  large  proportion  of 
these  are  wives  and  children  of  the  prisoners.  The  chief  part  are 
ordinary  offenders,  the  political  exiles  being  but  a  small  percentage  of 
the  whole.  The  educational  state  of  the  prisoners  is  very  low,  and  in  a 
greater  degree,  even  than  with  oursdives,  drunkenness  accounts  for 
most  of  their  crimes.  There  are  many  grades  of  punishment ;  those  who 
are  deprived  of  all  social  and  political  rights  being  practically  out- 
lawed. We  can  with  difficulty  comprehend  the  woes  of  the  convicts 
banished  to  a  vast  country,  whose  distance  cuts  them  off  from  com- 
munication with  friends,  and  excludes  all  hope  of  return.  If  numbers 
really  escape  it  does  not  very  clearly  appear  what  becomes  of  them ; 
although  in  the  case  of  ordinary  workpeople,  who  have  decamped  from 
the  mines  with  a  quantitv  of  stolen  gold,  their  corpses  have  sometimes 
been  found  weighted  with  precious  metal,  but  starved  to  death.  The 
condition  of  the  convicts  proper,  bad  as  it  must  necessarily  remain  in 
such  a  country  is  decidedly  on  the  mend,  the  account  which  Mr.  Lansdell 
is  able  to  supply  contrasting  very  favourably  with  the  sensational  de- 
scriptions hitherto  offered  as  delineations  of  Siberian  life.  Food  being 
abundant,  the  diet  allowed  is  liberal  in  quantity  and  &ir  in  quality. 
The  knout  has  long  since  been  abolished,  corporal  punishment  being 
reserved,  as  it  is  in  England,  for  desperate  characters  whom  no  bett^ 
treatment  will  tame.    Some  surprise  will  be  felt  at  the  assertion  that 


228  A  PHILANTHBOPIST  IK  8IBBBIA. 

no  qnicli silver  mine  exists  in  Siberia;  for  it  is  in  connection  with  these 
supposed  underground  death-traps  that  many  horror-striking  pictures 
of  inhuman  treatment  have  been  drawn. 

In  following  Mr.  Lansdell  through  his  extended  tour  space  will  only 
allow  of  our  looking  chiefly  at  the  philanthropic  side  of  his  labours, 
otherwise  his  charming  book  abounds  with  ethnological,  botanical,  and 
historical  notes,  as  well  as  other  references  to  the  manners  and  customs 
of  the  different  races,  which  will  repay  careful  attention. 

While  Siberia  is  rich  in  minerals  and  other  undcTeloped  wealth,  the 
people  appear  to  be  still  richer  in  time.  '^  Days  to  them  are  of  little 
couEequence  ;  hours  of  no  moment,**  we  are  told.  ''  With  them  time  is 
not  money."  This  means  that  everybody  goes  forward  in  life  very 
leisurely.  No  one  is  in  a  hurry ;  a  steamboat  time-table  will  simply 
give  the  day  of  the  month  when  a  vessel  will  call  at  any  given  station, 
leaving  the  tourist  himself  to  find  out  whether  it  is  a.m.  or  p.m.  by 
waiting  in  expectancy  through  the  twenty-four  hours.  After  this  we 
are  quite  prepared  for  the  traveller's  statement  that  in  no  other 
country  did  he  ever  meet  with  a  tenth  part  of  the  card-playing  he 
witnessed  in  Siberia.  No  less  than  one  hundred  and  ten  tons  of  cards 
pass  over  the  Moscow-Petersburgh  railway  every  year.  The  Russians 
appear  to  be  deficient  in  manly  and  innocent  pastimes ;  and  this  is 
thought  to  be  one  reason  why  the  young  yield  to  the  temptations  held 
oat  by  drink  and  gambling. 

The  entire  area  of  Siberia  is  subject  to  the  Greek  church ;  and  not- 
withstanding its  vastness,  there  are  but  six  dioceses,  1515  churches, 
1509  priests,  and  eighteen  nunneries  and  monasteries,  containing  only  a 
little  over  two  hundred  inmates.  The  sees  are  divided  into  deaneries, 
and  a  single  priest  will  have  committed  to  his  charge  an  extensive  parish 
with  several  thousand  inhabitants.  The  parochial  committees,  who 
appear  to  do  the  **  table-serving,"  visit  the  people,  and  arrange  what 
each  i|hall  pay.  The  churches  are  kept  surprisingly  clean,  even  in  the 
remotest  and  most  out-of-the-way  places. 

Though  the  service  of  the  church  is  sufficiently  Ritualistic,  Mr. 
Lansdell  is  of  opinion  that^  in  regard  to  its  teaching,  it  contrasts 
favourably  trith  the  Roman  apostasy.  Among  its  worst  features  he  men- 
tions picture-worship,  and  the  excessive  vanity  in  regard  to  dress  which 
is  manifested  by  certain  of  the  higher  clergy.  We  read  of  a  metro- 
politan's garment  at  Moscow  which  weighs  fifty  pounds,  so  heavily  is  it 
adorned  with  costly  gems;  but  even  this  is  outdone  by  an  lurchiman- 
drite's  robe  at  Troitza,  which  cost  £600  for  mere  workmanship,  and 
which  is  worth  £11,000.  The  music  in  some  of  the  principal  churches 
is  quite  on  a  par  with  this  magnificence  of  dress ;  but  unhappily 
such  things  have  no  effect  in  raising  the  degraded  people  from  the 
ignorance  and  vice  to  which  they  are  the  captives.  The  ordinary  ser- 
vices are  of  tedious  length — the  complete  prayer-book  fills  twenty  folio 
volumes — and  they  are  hurried  through  in  the  ancient  lanraage,  which, 
as  an  obsolete  dialect,  is  not  underst(K>d.  In  what  sense,  wen,  can  such 
a  church  be  considered  better  than  the  Roman  ? 

Our  author  writes^ "  Russia  did  not  receive  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ 
in  its  purity.  The  merest  tyro  in  church  history  knows  that  when  the 
stream  of  Christianity  had  flowed  down  to  the  tenth  century,  it  was  no 


A  PHILAHTHBOPIBT  IN  8IBEBIA.  229 

longer  pure  as  at  its  sonrce.  But  follow  the  stream  as  it  branches  east 
and  west,  and  observe  which  of  the  two  remains  the  purer.  And  if  this 
be  said  to  be  negative^  and  much  of  it  belonging  to  the  past,  then  other 
considerations  may  be  adduced  which  seem  to  bring  the  Greek  Oharch 
nearer  to  the  English  than  many  suppose,  and  notably  so  in  two  vital 
points,  namely,  the  attitude  of  the  Bussian  Church  to  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, and  her  doctrine  respecting  salvation  through  Christ  alone.  She 
does  not  forbid  or  hide  the  Scriptures  from  the  people,  even  if  she 
neglects  them,  nor  has  she  stereotyped  her  errors  by  the  claim  to  in- 
fallibility. There  is  room,  therefore,  to  hope  for  a  change  for  the  better, 
which,  in  my  humble  opinion,  should  be  attempted  from  within ;  first,  by 
a  greater  circulation  and  more  general  study  of  the  Scriptures  ;  next,  by 
a  vastly  increased  amount  of  good  and  Scriptural  preaching ;  and  once 
more,  by  a  powerful  attack  on  the  prevailing  sin  of  intemperance. 
Would  the  priests  only  endeavour  to  instil  into  their  people,  respecting 
drink,  half  the  abstemiousness  and  self-denial  that  they  teach  them  to 
observe  concerning  forbidden  food,  they  would  render  Bussia  such  a 
service  as  I  have  no  words  to  express." 

The  Bussians  are  supposed  to  have  very  strong  religious  tendencies, 
and  this  would  seem  to  be  the  case  judging  from  the  numbers  who 
attend  the  churches,  and  from  their  eagerness  for  knowledge.  At 
a  station  called  Kansk,  between  Erasnoiarsk  and  Alezandreffsky,  one 
hundred  out  of  two  thousand  parishioners  were  said  to  be  readers ;  and 
while  three  or  four  hundred  attended  the  Sabbath  services,  one  thousand 
or  fifteen  hundred  came  on  special  occasions.  The  pastor  at  this  place  gave 
**aome  idea  of  the  desire  there  is  for  the  Scriptures  in  remote  parts  of 
Siberia  by  saying  that  on  one  occasion  he  bought  two  hundred  New  Testa- 
ments and  took  them  to  Minusinsk,  where  he  sold  them  in  a  single  day  at 
a  rouble  each."  The  experience  of  Mr.  Lansdell  more  than  corroborated 
the  truth  of  this  testimony.  At  the  post-stations,  after  leaving  Tomsk, 
copies  of  the  €k>spels,  at  three  halfpence  each,  were  purchased  with 
eagerness.  "  Sometimes  three  or  four  were  bought  bv  one  person," 
remarks  the  traveller ;  and  it  not  unfrequently  happened  that  &e  first 
nurchaser  would  run  off  to  tell  others  of  his  good  fortune,  and  bid  them 
lose  no  time  in  following  his  example.  This  was  usually  done  whilst 
the  horses  were  being  changed ;  but  if  we  stopped, for  a  meal,  and  it 
was  noised  abroad  in  the  village  that  tracts  were  being  given  away,  we 
were  taken  by  storm,  and  sometimes  could  scarcely  eat  in  peace  for 
the  numbers  who  came  to  ask  for  our  gifts.*'  This  village  distribution 
represents  some  of  the  most  admirable  service;  but  something  fax 
greater  was  accomplished;  for  by  the  time  that  Mr.  Lansdell  had 
crossed  Asia,  he  had  left  at  different  stations  a  sufficient  number  of 
Testaments  and  Gospels  for  a  copy  to  be  placed  "  in  every  room  of  every 

Srison,  and  in  every  ward  of  every  hospital  throughout  the  whole  of 
iberia" 

The  eagerness  of  the  common  people  to  possess  the  publications  was 
shared  bv  tiie  exiled  prisoners.  These  poor  offenders,  many  of  whom 
are  murderers,  were  willing  to  pay  for  what  they  received  whenever 
they  had  the  means.  On  a  convict  steamer,  on  the  way  to  Tomsk,  the 
money  was  quickly  collected  for  forty-four  copies  of  the  New  Testament ; 
and  having  '^  nothing  to  read "  appeared  to  be  the  sorest  affliction  of 


2S0  A  PHILAKTHB0PI8T  IN  SIBERIA. 

prifioners  at  Alexandreifsky,  when  relief  io  the  shape  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  Testaments  and  five  hundred  tracts  was  afforded.  At  Irkntsk, 
the  prison  was  reported  as  being  well  sapplied  with  literature  ;  but  the 
traveller  experienced  some  disappointment  when  he  found  thirty  pounds' 
worth  of  well-bound  volumes  all  kept  in  prim  order  ''  in  case  the 
inspector  should  coma"  Mr.  Lansdell  made  the  governor  understand 
that  that  was  not  the  way  to  treat  the  Scriptures ;  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 
his  promise  '*  to  look  into  the  matter  "  was  something  more  than  a 
passing  compliment. 

Some  good  service  in  the  way  of  distribution  was  also  effected  on 
the  Upper  and  the  Middle  Amur.  Mr.  Lansdell  boarded  a  capacious 
two-deck  barge,  filled  with  seamen,  who  were  returning  home  with 
their  families  from  service  in  the  Pacific ;  and  among  these  people  he 
immediately  disposed  of  a  score  of  New  Testaments.  Fourteen  copies 
were  also  sold  to  the  captain.'  Besides  this,  copies  for  general  use  were 
placed  in  the  cabins,  where  pictorial  broadsides  were  likewise  placed  on 
the  walls  to  excite  the  admiration  of  the  crew  and  passengers.  At 
wood-stations  on  the  Middle  Amnr  he  frequently  landed,  and  left 
numbers  of  Testaments  and  tracts  among  people  who  probably  never 
before  in  their  lives  looked  upon  the  face  of  an  Englishman  anxious  for 
their  enlightenment  and  salvation.  Curiosity  was  aroused  among  the 
passengers  until  they  in  turn  became  purchasers. 

*'  One  day,  on  the  Shilka,"  he  says, ''  I  sold  more  than  thirty  copies, 
some  of  them  to  very  poor-looking  persons.  A  merchant  on  board 
wished  to  invest  largely,  but  I  was  unwilling  to  sell  wholesale,  preferring 
to  scatter  my  stock  over  as  wide  an  area  as  possible.  I  found,  more- 
over, that  travelling  merchants  in  Siberia  ask  a  shilling  for  the  books  I 
was  selling  at  sixpence  ;  and  although,  considering  the  difficulties  of 
carriage  iiom  Petersburg,  this  was  not  perhaps  exorbitant,  yet  I  wished 
rather  to  bring  my  wares  directly  within  reach  of  as  many  purchasers  as 
possible,  and  even  to  give  them,  if  necessary,  in  lonely  and  fkr-off  places. 
We  reached  some  out-of-the  way  spots  on  the  Obi  by  sending  parcels  of 
books  to  the  priests  with  a  letter,  but  this  I  was  unable  to  ao  on  the 
Upper  and  Middle  Amur." 

Such  was  the  kind  of  work  accomplished  by  this  adventurous 
philanthropist,  who  since  his  return  to  England  has  received  gratifying 
testimony  concerning  the  fruits  of  his  la^nrs.  Even  from  Archangel 
intelligence  has  come  of  fredb  demands  for  the  Scriptures  which  his 
distributions  have  stimulated.  At  the  post-station,  in  the  cottages  of 
the  peasants,  and  in  houses  of  a  higher  class,  the  tens  of  thousands  of 
pubUcationa,  scattered  by  Mr.  Lansdell,  will  be  treasured  for  years  to 
come,  and  will  be  the  means  of  enlightening  those  who  read.  *'  I  believed 
that  in  those  Scriptures  and  tracts  there  were  germs  of  new  life,  and 
thought,  and  hope,"  he  says.  *'  I  remembered  what  reading  the 
Scriptures  had  done  for  men  in  other  lands, — for  Luther  in  his  cell,  and 
Bunyan  in  prison;  and  having  sown  the  seed,  I  was  content  to  leave  it 
with  him  in  whose  name  I  went  forth." 

One  of  the  main  evils  yet  remaining  to  be  conquered  in  Bussia  is 
intemperance.  To  that  vice  much  of  the  crime  of  the  country  is 
traceable,  and  teetotalism  has  made  so  little  progress  either  among 
clergy  or  laity  that  an  abstaining  priest  is  one  of  the  rarest   of 


CHBISTIAN  CABEFULNESS.  231 

phenomena.  It  is  e?en  thonght  thafc  dninkenneBS,  with  its  kindred 
rices  of  gambling  and  laziness,  is  actually  encoaraged  by  the  excessive 
nnmber  of  holy  days  in  the  ecclesiastical  calendar.  Tnese  times  are 
observed  more  strictly  than  the  Sabbath  in  regard  to  fasting  and 
abstaining  from  work ;  bat  the  reaction  often  leads  to  excess. 

It  may  just  be  mentioned  that  one  of  the  most  interesting  spots 
visited  by  Mr.  Lansdell  was  the  station  whence  the  agents  of  the 
London  Missionary  Society  were  banished  about  forty  years  ago.  The 
premiaes  are  described  as  resembling  an  English  farmyard;  and  there 
the  graves  of  Mrs.  Stalybrass,  Mrs.  Yale,  and  several  children  are  still 
found.  Tbe  traveller  adds  that  "  the  lady  who  occupied  the  house  told 
us  that  now  and  then  a  traveller  tnms  aside  to  see  tbe  spot,  and  that 
tiie  ignorant  people  say  that  the  English  people  come  out  of  then:  graves 
at  night — a  report  she  is  at  no  pains  to  contradict,  on  tbe  plea  that^  as 
the  house  is  in  a  lonely  position,  the  idea  may  conduce  to  protect  her 
from  thieves."  How  shortsighted  must  the  government  have  become 
to  lefiise  the  aid  of  a  band  like  Mr.  Stalybrass  and  his  comrades  who 
were  simply  working  in  the  interests  of  religion  and  civilization! 
Besides  keeping  a  school,  they  aimed  at  giving  the  Boriats  the  Scriptures 
in  their  own  language.  They  printed  the  Old  Testament  on  the  spot 
— ^mnch  after  the  manner  of  Oarey  at  Serampore — ^and  the  New  Testa- 
ment was  printed  in  London,  but  the  missionaries  were  compelled  to 
retire  from  the  field. 

In  this  notice  of  Mr.  Lansdell's  travels,  we  have  almost  confined  our 
attention  to  what  he  says  about  the  church,  or  to  what  he  did  in  the 
way  of  Bible  and  tract  distribution ;  but  apart  firom  this  we  value  his 
book  as  one  of  the  most  readable  volumes  on  Russian  affairs.  In  one 
direction  for  seven  hundred  miles  he  went  whither  no  English  or 
American  author  had  preceded  him ;  he  was  allowed  every  opportunity 
of  seeing  both  tbe  best  and  the  worst  phases  of  Siberian  life ;  and  his 
final  verdict  is  that  ''taken  at  the  worst,  'condemned  to  the  mines' 
IB  not  so  bad  as  it  seems,  and  in  the  case  of  peasant  exiles  willing  to 
work  I  cannot  bat  think  that  many  of  them  have  a  better  chance  of 
doing  well  in  several  parts  of  Siberia  than  at  home  in  some  parts  of 
Bossia."  Mr.  Lansdell  has  travelled  for  the  highest  purposes ;  for 
besides  giving  wings  to  nearly  sixty  thousand  Bibles,  Testaments, 
Qoapels,  and  tracts,  he  has  given  us  what  was  hitherto  a  desideratum 
in  hterature — a  portraval  of  life  in  the  Siberian  provinces,  which  is 
calculated  to  foster  kindly  feelings  between  two  great  empires. 


SIR  FETER  LELY  made  it  a  rule  never  to  look  at  a  bad  picture,  having 
found  by  experience  that,  whenever  he  did  so,  his  pencil  took  a  tint 
from  it.  Apply  this  to  bad  books  and  bad  company. — From  Bishop  Homers 
Apharitms  and  Opinians. 


232 

BEING  A  FRAYEB-HEETINa  ADDRESS  BY  a  H.   SPTJBGEOlfr. 

IN  the  twenty-sixth  chapter  of  the  Book  of  Leyiticas  there  are  three 
"  THENS,"  which  will  afford  us  instraction  if  the  Spirit  of  God  will 
shine  npon  them.    Tarn  to  the  passage  and  read  for  yoarselres. 

We  haTe  first  the  then  of  promise  and  threatening  repeated  several 
times.  The  children  of  Israel  were  not  to  make  any  graven  images,  nor 
to  set  np  any  images  made  by  others,  nor  to  bow  to  those  already  set 
np,  bnt  to  keep  clear  of  idolatry  in  every  shape,  and  worship  only  their 
great  invisible  Ood,  Jehovah,  whose  Sabbaths  they  were  to  keep  and 
whose  precepts  they  were  to  obey ;  and  then  the  Lord  says,  ''Then  I  will 
give  yon  rain  in  due  season,  and  the  land  shall  yield  her  increase,  and 
the  trees  of  the  field  shall  yield  their  fmit.  And  I  will  give  peace  in 
the  land,  and  ye  shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make  yon  a&aid :  and 'I 
wiU  rid  evil  beasts  ont  of  the  land,  neither  shall  the  sword  go  through 
your  land.  And  I  will  walk  among  you,  and  will  be  yonr  Ood,  and  ye 
shall  be  mv  peopla"  Very  rich  are  the  blessings  which  the  Lord  lavishes 
npon  an  obedient  people ;  peace  and  plenty,  conqaest  and  communion, 
are  the  portion  of  believers  whose  hearts  are  chaste  towards  the  Lord. 

But  snould  Israel  refase  to  hearken  to  the  Lord,  the  chastening  would 
be  terrible  indeed. 

Listen  to  these  verses  from  the  fifteenth  to  the  eighteenth.  '*  And  if  ye 
shall  despise  my  statutes,  or  if  your  soul  abhor  my  judgments,  so  that 
ye  will  not  do  all  my  commandments,  but  that  ye  break  my  covenant : 
I  also  will  do  this  unto  you ;  I  will  even  appoint  over  you  terror,  con- 
sumption, and  the  burning  agae,  that  shall  consume  the  eyes,  and  cause 
sorrow  of  heart :  and  ye  shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain,  for  your  enemies 
shall  eat  it.  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  you,  and  ye  shall  be  slain 
before  your  enemies :  they  that  hate  you  shall  reign  over  you ;  and  ye 
shall  flee  when  none  pursueth  you.  And  if  ye  will  not  yet  for  all 
this  hearken  unto  me,  then  I  will  punish  you  seven  times  more  for  your 
sins." 

Is  not  this  first  <*  then "  a  very  terrible  one  ?  But  this  is  not  all ; 
more  sorrows  are  added  if  their  sins  be  multiplied.  Bead  verses  28  and 
24  :  ''And  if  ye  will  not  be  reformed  by  me  by  these  things,  but  will 
walk  contrary  unto  me ;  then  will  I  also  walk  contrary  unto  you,  and 
will  punish  you  yet  seven  times  for  your  sins."  Here  we  have  stroke 
upon  stroke  to  break  a  hard  heart.  Nor  even  there  does  the  judgment 
rest.  Hear  again  the  word  of  the  Lord — "  And  if  ye  will  not  for  all 
this  hearken  unto  me,  bat  walk  contrary  unto  me  ;  then  I  will  walk 
contrary  unto  you  also  in  fury ;  and  I,  even  I,  will  chastise  you  seven 
times  for  your  sins."  Brethren,  read  these  words  with  holy  trembling : 
they  are  written  not  for  strangers  bnt  for  the  seed  of  Israel,  and  for  us 
also  who  are  grafted  in  unto  the  true  olive.  Those  who  are  written  in 
the  eternal  covenant  will  find  it  a  hard  thing  to  sin  against  the 
Lord  their  God.  The  utterly  ungodly  often  go  unpunished  in  this  life, 
for  their  punishment  is  reserved  for  the  world  to  come,  jehere  the  due 
reward  of  their  deeds  shall  be  meted  out  to  them  for  ever  and  evef ; 
but  the  Lord  dealeth  far  otherwise  with  his  own,  whose  transgressions 


THH  THBBE  '*THSNS"  OF  LEVITIOUS  XXYL  23d 

h6  hath  blotted  out.    These  are  absolved  in  their  relation  to  him  as  a 

Judge,  but  as  children  they  come  under  his  fatherly  discipline,  and  out 

of  loYe  to  them  he  causes  them  in  this  life  to  smart  for  their  sins  if  they 

break  the  law  of  his  house.    As  our  covenant  God  the  Lord  is  jealous. 

He  is  no  Eli  who  ruins  his  sons  by  indulgence,  but  he  scourgeth  every 

mn  whom  he  receiveth.    Very  heavily  has  Ihe  Lord  chastised  some  of 

his  children.    I  ask  you  not  to  judge  of  one  case  by  another,  nor 

sappose  that  all  the  family  must  needs  be  scourged  in  the  same  measure. 

The  Lord  speaks  of  the  Church  as  having  compassion  and  making  a 

difference,  and  he  in  mercy  makes  differences  in  discipline,  because  real 

differences  of  character  exist.    Certain  of  the  Lord's  beloved  ones  were 

liaj^ily  led  to  Christ  in  their  early  days,  and  therefore  know  nothing  of 

those  sins  which  are  the  torment  of  others  ;  when  these  are  kept  by 

divine  grace  from  all  inconsistency  the  rod  is  little  needed,  and  few  clouds 

darken  their  path ;  but  there  are  others  of  rougher  mould  and  sadder 

experience,  who  smarted  much  at  their  first  conversion,  and  having 

wandered  again  are  brought  back  with  heavy  chastisements,  and  waters 

of  a  fall  cup  are  wrung  out  to  them.    The  Lord  may  be  dealing  in 

discipline  with  some  among  you,  and  if  so,  you  will  smart  indeed,  for 

the  heavenly  Father  never  plays  with  the  rod,  but  uses  it  in  real  earnest. 

It  may  be  that  sorrow  of  heart  consumes  vour  eyes,  and  your  strength 

is  spent  in  vain:  a  blight  from  the  Lord  seems  to  have  fallen  upon 

you  both  in  temporal  and  in  spiritual  things  ;  you  sow,  but  you  do  not 

fcap;   yon  labour  and  obtain  not.    A  faintness  is  in  your  head,  so 

^  the  sound  of  a  shaken  leaf  doth  chase  you,  and  you  have  no  power 

testand  before  your  enemies:  Sin  and  Satan,  doubt  and  desolation  triamph 

Over  you,  and  you  flee  when  none  pursueth.     To  you  it  has  happened 

^  in  the  nineteenth  verse,  "  I  will  break  the  pride  of  your  power,'' 

Ibr  now  you  find  no  spiritual  power  within  you,  even  power  in  prayer  is 

{one,  and  all  around  you  is  barren ;  Ood  hath  made  your  heaven  as  iron, 

ind  your  earth  as  brass.    Ah  me  !  you  are  in  a  woful  plight,  for  your 

trength  is  spent  in  vain,  and  your  plagues  are  multiplied  according  to 

OUT  sins. 

It  comes  to  this,  my  dear  brothrer,  that  you  are  to  be  driven  from  your 
ins.  God  is  *'  avenging  the  quarrel  of  his  covenant/'  as  he  solemnly 
lys  in  verse  twenty-five.  Bead  that  word  and  mark  it.  It  is  an  awful 
ling  to  have  God  walking  contrary  to  you ;  and  yet  he  told  you  that  he 
onld  do  so  if  you  walked  contrary  to  him.  What  else  could  you 
Lpect  ?  If  you  are  his  dear  child  he  will  be  much  grieved  if  he 
368  you  act  like  a  traitor ;  if  you  have  leaned  upon  his  bosom 
B  a  favoured  friend,  he  has  a  greater  interest  in  you ;  and  he  cannot 
tierefore  endure  to  see  you  polluted.  The  dearer  you  are  to  God,  the 
lore  angnr  will  he  be  with  you  when  you  sin.  The  more  he  loves  you, 
lie  more  determined  will  he  be  to  drive  out  the  evil,  and  rid  you  of  the 
bominable  thing  which  his  soul  hateth.  A  judge  when  he  is  sitting  upon 
he  bench  may  feel  a  great  indignation  against  a  robber,  or  a  murderer, 
et  he  does  not  show  it,  but  calmly  condemns  him  to  suffer  the  penalty  of 
be  law.  See  that  judge  without  his  robes,  acting  as  a  father  at  home : 
lia  child  has  transgressed,  and  now  he  is  really  angry,  and  shows  far 
nore  sharpness  towards  his  child  than  towards  the  offender.  He  who 
poke  in  cold  measured  tones  to  the  gross  criminal  now  speaks  severely^ 


284  THE  THREE  '^THENB*'  OF  LEYITIOUS  XZYI. 

and  with  heat  of  spirit  to  his  own  offending  boy.  Yon  all  nnderatand 
it ;  his  wrath  is  of  that  kmd  which  grows  ont  of  the  trneat  lore,  a 
love  which  cannot  anffer  eyil  in  its  darling  object.  The  child  do^  not 
think  his  father  loves  him  much  when  he  makes  him  tingle  and  smart 
beneath  his  strokes,  bnt  we  who  are  wiser  understand  that  *'  herein  is 
love." 

When  God  chastens  yon,  my  brother,  yield  at  once,  and  yield  com- 
pletely. If  yon  do  not,  yon  may  take  warning  from  this  (mapter,  for 
the  Lord  puts  his  threatening  before  yon  three  times  over,  "And  ijf  ye 
will  not  he  reformed  by  me  by  these  things,  bnt  will  walk  contrary 
unto  me ;  then  will  I  also  walk  contrary  unto  yon,  and  will  punish  yon 
yet  seven  times  for  your  sins."  The  old  Bomau  judges  when  they 
passed  along  the  si^ts  were  attended  by  lictors,  and  these  lictors 
carried  an  axe  bound  up  in  a  bundle  of  rods,  to  signify  this,  that 
offenders  should  first  be  beaten  with  rods,  but  if  these  rods  were  of  no 
use  they  should  be  slain  with  the  axe.  I  beseech  every  soul  that  is 
under  the  striving  iDflnences  of  the  Spirit,  or  suffering  from  the 
trials  of  Providence,  to  hear  at  once  the  warning  voice  of  tJie  rod ;  for 
those  who  will  not  hear  the  rod  must  feel  the  axe.  The  Lord  nseth 
great  discretion  and  deliberation,  for  he  doth  not  sfiBlict  willingly: 
when  little  will  suffice  he  will  smite  but  little.  If  men  humble 
themselves  under  his  mighty  hand  he  will  exalt  them  in  due  time ;  bat, 
if  they  refuse  and  rebel,  he  will  smite  them  more  and  more,  till  he  has 
chastened  them  seven  times  for  their  sins.  ^*  Then  I  will  walk  contrary 
unto  you  also  in  fury ;  and  I,  even  I,  will  chastise  you  seven  times  for 
your  sins."  We  have  known  some  men  lose  all  their  goods  before 
they  have  turned  to  their  Ood.  Diseases,  accidents,  sicmesses  have 
followed  each  other  in  quick  succession,  and  hardly  would  they  repent 
when  they  were  all  wounds  and  bruises  and  putrefying  sores.  Death 
has  rent  away  their  darlings ;  lovely  children  have  been  followed  to  the 
grave  by  their  yet  more  precious  mother ;  and  hardly  then  has  the 
proud  spirit  broken  down.  It  has  seemed  as  if  Pharaoh  was  alive 
again,  and  the  plagues  were  being  repeated.  Alas,  in  some  casea  there 
has  even  been  a  hardening  as  the  result  of  affliction ;  the  man  has 
accused  God  of  harshness,  and  has  refused  to  turn  to  the  chastening 
hand.  Ah,  me  I  what  sorrows  such  are  preparing  for  themselves. 
Those  whom  the  Lord  means  to  bless  he  will  go  on  smiting  till  they 
bow  before  him,  and  make  a  full  surrender.  Then,  when  they  continue 
to  rebel,  then  when  they  still  harden  their  neck,  then  when  they  will  not 
hear  the  rod,  i?ien  when  they  cleave  to  their  idols  and  depart  from  the 
Most  High,  then  he  will  make  them  to  pine  away  in  their  iniquity 
and  will  set  his  face  against  them. 

We  are  glad  to  come  to  the  second  then  of  ivise  and  pmUmU 
action.  In  the  fortieth  verse  of  this  chapter  we  read,  ^'  If  they  shall 
confess  their  iniquity,  and  the  iniquity  of  their  fathers,  with  their  trespass 
which  they  trespassed  against  me,  and  that  also  they  have  walked  con- 
trary unto  me  ;  and  that  I  also  have  walked  contrary  unto  them,  and 
have  brought  them  into  the  land  of  their  enemies ;  if  ih$n  their  nn- 
circumcisea  hearts  be  humbled,  and  they  then  accept  of  the  punishment 
of  their  iniquify :  Then  will  I  remember  my  covenant  with  Jacob,  and 
also  my  covenant  with  Isaac,  and  also  my  covenant  with  Abraham  will 


THE  THBEB  ''THBNS"  OP  LBVITICdS  XXVI.  235 

I  remember ;  and  I  will  remember  the  land.*'  Thej  were  broaght  very 
low;  they  were  e?en  driven  oat  of  their  land  to  perish  among  the 
heathen ;  and  God  seemed  utterly  to  have  cast  them  off,  bat  he  declares 
that  even  then  he  would  remember  his  covenant  and  restore  them,  if 
they  would  turn  from  their  iniquities, — their  turning  from  iniauity 
wonld  be  the  turning-point  of  their  affairs ;  the  end  of  woe,  and  the 
dawn  of  hope. 

I  beg  you  to  look  at  the  call  of  mercy,  and  see  when  judgment  will 
stay  its  hand.  They  were  first  to  '*  confess  their  iniquity,"  and  then 
would  come  the  mercy,  but  not  till  then.  0  you  chastened  ones,  are 
you  prepared  to  acknowledge  your  transgressions,  and  your  doings  which 
are  not  good  ?  They  were  to  confess  their  trespass,  their  own  peculiar 
trespass,  whatever  that  might  be  ;  their  hearts  were  to  search  out  sin, 
confees  it  and  mourn  over  it ;  then  would  forgiveness  come, — ^there  can 
be'  no  pardon  till  this  is  done.  We  must  take  sin  to  ourselves  before 
God  can  put  it  away  from  us.  Next,  their  heart  was  to  be  humbled  : 
see  the  forty-first  verse — "  If  their  uncircumcised  hearts  be  humbled." 
Frond  sinners  cannot  be  pardoned  sinners.  If  we  are  not  submissive 
there  are  more  plagues  in  store.  They  were  to  be  lowly,  and  then  they 
would  be  cleansed  from  sin.  Humility  dates  the  hour  of  comfort. 
Observe,  also,  the  peculiar  point,  that  they  were  to  accept  the  punish- 
ment of  their  iniquity,  by  which,  I  suppose,  is  meant  that  they  must  see 
their  sorrow  to  be  the  result  of  their  sin,  and  must  own  that  it  was 
a  just  infliction,  a  natural  fruit  of  their  own  conduct.  We  are  to  have 
no  quarrel  with  God,  but  to  own  that  we  deserve  all  that  he  has  put 
upon  us,  and  that  if  he  should  cast  us  into  hell  itself  he  would  be  just : 
thenj  may  we  look  for  grace.  If  a  child  should  say,  ''  Father,  you  do 
well  to  punish  me,  for  I  deserve  it,"  the  father  would  put  up  the  rod, 
for  it  would  have  wrought  its  end ;  and  when  a  soul  has  oeen  sore 
broken,  till  it  sobs  out  in  its  agony,  '*  I  deserve  thy  rod ;  I  deserve  thy 
eternal  wrath,  0  God,"  then,  then^  then  it  is  that  the  Lord  accepts  the 
repentance,  and  looks  with  an  eye  of  mercy  upon  the  contrite  one. 

The  third  then  will  be  observed  in  the  forty-second  verse.  '^  Then 
will  I  remember  my  covenant" — "J%«»will  I  remember  my  covenant 
with  Jacob,  and  also  my  covenant  with  Isaac,  and  also  my  covenant  with 
Abraham  will  I  remember ;  and  I  will  remember  the  land.  The  land 
also  shall  be  left  of  them,  and  shall  enjoy  her  sabbaths,  while  she  lieth 
diflolate  without  them :  and  they  shall  accept  of  the  punishment  of  their 
iniquity:  because,  even  because  they  despised  my  judgments,  and 
because  their  soul  abhorred  my  statutes.''  ''Yet  for  all  that,"  he 
mentions  all  their  sins,  and  he  says  in  the  forty-fourth  verse,  ^  Yet  for 
all  that,  when  they  be  in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  I  will  not  cast  them 
away,  neither  will  I  abhor  them,  to  destroy  theih  utterly,  and  to  break 
my  covenant  with  them  :  for  I  am  the  Lord  their  God.  But  I  will  for 
their  sakes  remember  the  covenant  of  their  ancestors,  whom  I  brought 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  that  I  might 
be  their  God :  I  am  the  Lord."  Now,  fellow-sinner,  when  the  Lord  has 
brought  yon  down  to  accept  the  punishment  which  he  has  laid  upon 
you,  then  will  he  remember  his  covenant,  that  old  and  glorious  cove- 
nant of  grace  which  was  made  with  faithful  Abraham,  which,  better 
stilly  is  made  with  every  believer  in  the  person  of  the  Lord  Jesus 


286  JOHN  TEOHAS. 

Abraham  was  the  father  of  the  faithftil,  and  the  covenant  is  made  with 
all  the  faithfal,  with  all  the  trnsters,  and  God  will  remember  it  towards 
them.  What  is  the  tenor  of  it  ?  '*  I  will  be  meircifol  to  their  nnrighteona- 
nees,  and  their  sins  and  their  iniquities  will  I  remember  no  more."  ''  A 
new  heart  also  will  I  give  yon,  and  a  new  spirit  will  I  pnt  within 
yon."  This  is  the  covenant  of  grace,  and  oh !  it  is  a  blessed  thing 
when  God  remembers  it  on  onr  behalf,  for  then  he  remembers  no  more  the 
iniquities  of  his  people.  Poor  sinner,  though  he  has  hunted  you  down 
and  pursued  you  in  his  fierce  anger,  though  conviction  has  broken  you 
as  a  lion  tears  its  prey,  though  you  fear  that  the  Lord  has  cast  you 
away  from  all  hope  of  grace,  and  outlawed  yon  from  all  hope,  yet  if  you 
accept  your  punishment,  then  you,  even  yon,  shall  sing  of  pardon  bought 
with  blood. 

*'  Then  "  when  you  are  proud  he  will  smite  you;  **  ihm^**  when  he  has 
smitten  you,  you  are  to  accept  your  punishment ;  "  then,**  when  you  have 
accepted  ^our  punishment  and  confessed  your  sin,  the  Lord  will  re- 
member his  covenant,  and  forgive  all  your  iniquity.  Observe  well  the 
three  steps:  chastisement  when  you  are  wrapped  up  in  your  iniquities; 
genuine  submission  when  you  feel  the  chastisement ;  and  fiill  covenant 
blessing  when  yonr  submission  id  fully  made.  If  any  of  us  are  now 
smarting,  may  we  hasten  there  and  then  to  full  confession,  and  may  we 
then  receive  restoration  and  comfort.  God  is  very  punctual,  may  he 
never  find  us  procrastinating. 

God  grant  that  we  may  be  kept  firom  sin,  or  if  we  fall  into  it,  may  he 
deliver  us  from  its  power ;  and  if  one  of  these  ihene  happens  to  us,  may 
the  others  follow  in  merciful  succession. 


FIRST  BAPTIST  HISSIOVABY  TO  BENGAL.* 

OUB  first  missionary  has  gone  out  of  the  remembrance  of  the  denomi- 
nation to  which  he  belonged,  and  the  little  notice  he  has  obtained 
from  those  who  have  written  of  Indian  missions  seems  to  be  due  to  the 
desire  to  use  him  as  a  foil,  setting  off  the  excellences  of  others,  rather 
than  to  any  wish  to  relate  his  services  to  the  cause  of  ChrisL  This 
ought  not  to  be,  ^r  let  John  Thomas's  foibles  and  faults,  eccentricities 
and  errors,  be  what  they  may,  he  was  the  first  man  who  made  it  the 
business  of  his  life  to  convey  the  gospel  to  the  Bengali-speaking  people 
of  India,  and  he  was  also  the  instrument  employed  to  lead  the  Baptist 
Missionary  enterprise  in  the  direction  of  Bengal.  Of  him  Mr.  Marshman 
wrote — ^'Though  he  was  not  without  his  failings,  yet  his  peculiar  talents, 
his  intense  though  irregular  spirituality,  and  hii9  constant  attachment 
to  that  beloved  object,  the  conversion  of  the  heathen,  will  render  his 
memory  dear  as  long  as  the  mission  endures." 

Mr.  Thomas  was  the  son  of  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Fair- 
ford,  in  Gloucestershire,  and  was  born  on  tl^e  16th  of  May,  1757.    From 
I      '  .III  .  „ 

*  The  Life  of  John  Thomas,  Surgeon  of  the  Ear  I  of  Oxford,  East  Indiaman,  and  fiiat 
Baptist  Missionary  to  Bengal.  By  C.  B.  Lewis,  Baptist  Missionary.  MacmiUan  and 
Co.,  London. 


JOHN  THOMAS.  287 

a  child  he  had  extraordinary  stirrings  of  mind  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  and  no  donbt  the  desire  was  both  created  and  fostered  by  the 
fireqnent  visits  of  ministers  to  his  father's  honsa  Yet  he  was  a  sonrce 
of  great  anxiety  to  his  parents  and  friends,  for  he  ran  away  to  London, 
and  eight  or  nine  attempts  to  settle  him  as  an  apprentice  proved  frnit- 
less.  At  last,  however,  ne  was  sent  to  Westminster  Hospital,  and  in 
1784  he  received  an  appointment  as  assistant-snrgeon  on  board  His 
Majesty's  shipNymph^vmence  he  was  afterwards  removed  to  the  South- 
ampton frigate.  He  snffered  shipwreck,  was  long  laid  aside  ill  in 
the  Haslar  Naval  Hospital,  and  soon  after,  leaving  the  navy,  began 
business  as  a  surgeon  and  apothecary  in  Great  Newport-street,  London. 
In  March,  1781,  he  was  married  to  a  lady  who  was  a  strong  advocate 
for  the  Church  of  England.  At  this  period  he  was  often  refreshed  and 
aroused  by  sermons  he  heard,  and  Dr.  Gill's  exposition  of  the  gospel  of 
Matthew  was  his  favourite  study.  A  season  of  spiritual  decline  and 
failure  in  business  followed,  and  he  was  led  to  take  the  post  of  surgeon 
of  the  Earl  of  Oxford^  on^  of  the  East  India  Company's  ships.  This 
was  in  January,  1788.  '^  On  my  arrival  at  Calcutta,"  he  says, ''  I  sought 
for  religious  people,  but  found  none."  He  discovered  one  at  last,  how- 
ever, but  he  was  not  long  in  discovering  also  that  he  was  one  as  accus- 
tomed to  taking  GxkI's  name  in  vain  as  he  was  "  a  strict  observer  of 
deTOtional  hours.*'  After  this  he  advertised  in  the  India  Oazeile  for  a 
Christian,  and  to  this  he  received  two  replies,  one  of  which  was  anony- 
mous, and  the  other  from  the  chaplain  to  the  Presidency.  The  Earl  of 
Oxford  sailed  for  England  on  the  16th  of  March;  1784^  and  arrived 
about  the  end  of  Septmber. 

On  his  return  Mr.  Thomas  was  baptized  by  the  Bev.  Mr.  Bumham, 
of  the  Soho  Chapel,  without,  however,  any  purpose  of  joining  the  church 
under  that  minister's  care.  This  was  on  Christmas  day,  1784.  He 
made  another  attempt  to  establish  himself  in  surgical  practice,  in  Great 
Portland-street,  but  much  of  his  time  being  devoted  to  preaching  his 
success  was  not  great  in  business.  Friends  entreated  him  to  devote  his 
time  to  his  calling,  for  "  while  the  dishonour  of  debt  rested  upon  him  " 
this  appeared  to  them  to  be  his  first  duty.  A  friend  at  last  induced  him 
to  make  another  voyage  in  the  Earl  of  Oxford,  in  1786,  and  it  was  while 
awaiting  the  time  of  departure  that  he  was  invited  to  become  the  pastor 
of  a  small  Baptist  church  at  Hoddesdon.  '*  But  this,"  he  said,  "did  not 
saUsfy  me.  It  may  be  that  the  Lord  will  take  me  another  voyage,  and 
among  the  unconverted  desolate  heathen  he  may  send  me  to  preach 
the  gospel.  ...  I  abode  in  surprise  and  joy,  believing  that  what  the 
Lord  had  said  (in  Isaiah  xlix.)  would  verily  come  to  pass."  On  this 
second  voyage  to  Calcutta  Mr.  Thomas  availed  himself  of  a  privilege 
allowed  all  the  principal  officers  on  board  East  Indiamen,  viz.,  to  carry 
a  certain  amount  of  tonnage  for  sale  on  their  own  account.  His  profits 
were  "more than  enough  to  release  him  from  all  pecuniary  difficulties" 
had  they  not  led  him  to  '*  venture  yet  more  freely  in  the  purchase  of 
goods  for  the  return  voyage,"  a  proceeding  that  ended  in  disaster, 
which  aflEected  all  his  subsequent  lire. 

Mr.  Thomas  found  a  number  of  Christian  friends  in  Calcutta  this 
time,  and  from  some  of  these  he  received  a  proposal  that  he  should 
become  a  missionaiy,  and  eight  young  men  then  in  colleges  at  home 


238  JOHN  THOMAS. 

werb  named  aleo  ^*  as  fit  persons  to  be  invited  to  this  work."  No 
wonder,  then,  that  even  the  nnpleasantness  which  began  at  this  time 
between  him  and  his  fellow-officers  of  the  ship  helped  to  bring  him  to  a 
decision,  and  ''  the  impressions  he  had  received  in  Angost,  1785,  when 
Isaiah  zlix.  appeared  to  set  forth  before  him  God's  porpose  as  to  his 
career,  were  now  vividly  revived."  Indeed,  Mr.  Thomas  was  persuaded 
that  even  PanVs  vocation  to  preach  the  gospel  in  Macedonia  was  less 
distinct  and  direct  than  that  which  now  determined  him  to  devote  his 
life  to  the  evangelization  of  Bengal. 

As  a  Baptist,  Mr.  Thomas  oonld  hardly  have  hoped  for  smooth  sailing 
when  all  his  supporters  were  Psedobaptists,  even  thongh  on  one  occasion 
he  was  the  means  of  healing  a  wide  breach  that  he  discerned  in  their 
friendship.  It  was  planned  that  he  should  ^  to  Malda,  where  Mr. 
George  Udny  wonld,  for  the  present,  entertain  him  in  the  English 
factory.  There  he  was  to  study  Bengali,  and  preach  in  English  to  the 
Europeans,  under  Mr.  Udny's  direction.  Doctrinal  differences  between 
him  and  his  friends  in  Calcutta  induced  Mr.  Thomasreadily  to  acquiesce 
in  this  plan,  though  his  ministry  had  been  much  blessed  in  that  city. 
At  Malaa  he  had  the  oversight  of  a  school  of  children  saved  during  a 
famine,  and  '^  purchased  for  less  than  an  English  threepence  each." 
His  skill  as  a  doctor,  too,  was  constantly  employed  for  the  natives, 
and  his  influence  rapidly  increased,  seeing  ne  also  acted  as  Mr. 
Udny's  almoner.  While  thus  happily  employed  his  correspondence 
with  Calcutta  friends  was  producing  disastrous  results.  Some  of  them 
soon  began  to  regard  as  *'  a  very  grievous  mistake  that  Mr.  Grant  had 
attempted  to  give  effect  to  his  mission  scheme  by  engaging  the  agency 
of  a  Baptist." 

The  acquisition  of  the  Bengali  language  was  no  easy  task  at  the  time 
Mr.  Thomas  attempted  it.  '*  Standard  books  in  it  were  unknown." 
Still  he  persevered,  and  wasenconraged  bv  the  success  of  the  efforts  he  put 
forth,  though  unable  at  first  to ''  deliver  himself  handsomely,  or,  in  otiier 
words,  to  preach  to  them."  His  first  sermon  was  based  on  Isaiah  ii.  6, 
and  Iv.  1-9,  and  was  addressed  to  his  servants  and  the  forty  children 
under  his  care.  It  was  repeated  to  about  two  hundred  hearers  on  the 
following  Friday  in  another  place.  The  next  text  he  preached  from  was 
Romans  vi.  28,  and  he  had  it  ^  written  in  red  ink  on  twenty  pieces  of 
paper  for  them  that  could  read."  "These," he  says,  ''were  caught  at 
like  as  many  bank-notes,  and  eager  were  they  for  more."  Such  was  the 
beginning  of  our  mission,  which  has  been  continued  by  noble  and  earnest 
labourers  in  the  vernacular  ever  since,  and  which  has  been  the  meana  in 
God's  hands  of  bringing  eternal  life,  wMch  is  the  gift  of  God  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  thousands  of  natives! 

About  this  time  he  carried  on  a  long  controversy  on  baptism  with  his 
friends,  both  at  Malda  and  Calcutta.  Two  young  men  at  the  former 
place  resolved  to  be  immersed,  but  one  afterwards  (£ew  back.  Probably 
the  first  administration  of  baptism  in  India^  according  to  the  scriptural 
mode,  was  performed  by  Mr.  Thomas  on  the  18th  of  June,  1788.  It  is 
not  surprising  that  he  received  letters  from  Calcutta  questioning  his 
authority  to  baptize,  disputing  his  call  to  the  ministry,  and  the  Uke. 
''  Could  any  association  be  more  incongruous  or  more  fully  franght 
with  elements  of  discord  than  was  the  engagement  between  them  and 


JOHN  THOMAS.  239 

himfielf  ?"  Mr.  Thomas,  however,  bore  this  cross  for  the  work's  sake, 
thongh  he  never  ceased  to  feel  keenly  his  dependent  position  and  the 
precarionsness  of  his  income.  His  friends  had  dready  '^  shown  their 
anxiety  for  his  release  from  his  pecnaiary  difficulties  by  generous 
proposals  which  had  nnhappily  become  abortive,  and  they  thought,  since 
Mr.  Thomas  had  practically  declined  their  help/'  by  refusing  to  go 
where  they  now  desired  to  place  him,  ^'he  ought  to  give  up  his 
missionary  work,  and  go  back  to  his  former  profession,  in  order,  if 
possible,  to  meet  the  demands  of  his  creditors."  His  resolve,  at  this 
juncture,  to  print  his  translation  of  Matthew,  promised  both  to  iucrease 
his  debts  and  the  displeasure  of  his  supporters.  Thus  his  difficulties 
increased  daily,  and  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  his  connection  with 
them  was  severed  ron^hly. 

Associated  with  a  Brahmin  and  a  munshi,  Mr.  Thomas  spent  some 
trying  months  in  a  hut  erected  by  him  at  Harla  Oachi.  His  pecuniary 
difficulties  were  increased  thereby,  and  he  thought  of  removing  to 
Calcutta,  where  he  might  exercise  his  profession,  and  strive  to  pay  his 
creditors.  He  was  greatly  disappointed  by  his  native  helpers  refusing 
to  break  caste  and  be  baptized ;  yet  he  was  sufficiently  encouraged  in 
his  work  to  give  up  the  idea  of  journeying  to  Calcutta  for  the  present. 
"  I  am  in  expectation  of  seven  or  eight  being  added  to  us,"  he  wrote, 
''  and  about  sixty  or  eighty  nominally,  who  will  all  lose  caste,  forsake 
heathenism,  and  become  stated  hearers."  Those  who  actually  joined 
him,  however,  merely  aggravated  his  cares  and  increased  his  debts,  for 
he  had  the  burden  of  finding  daily  support  for  them  all.  At  last  he 
went  to  Calcutta,  and  on  his  return  journey  visited  Sir  William  Jones, 
at  his  country  house  at  Eishnagur,  and  received  great  encouragement 
from  him  to  proceed  with  the  publication  of  Matthew  and  Mark.  *'  The 
stir  among  the  natives  excited  an  interest  in  the  minds  of  their  European 
neighbours,  and  they  at  length  consented  to  a  monthly  contribution  for 
the  missionary's  snpport "  once  more.  This  led  to  his  preaching  again 
in  English  at  Malda.  But  discouragements  were  still  mingled  with  his 
proeperihr;  and  he  turned  his  hopes  longingly  now  towards  his  lov^ 
ones  in  England.  In  a  letter,  at  this  time,  he  says,  '*  My  intention  is  to 
make  types,  procure  a  press,  also  a  fellow-labourer;  and,  if  I  can, 
establish  a  fnnd  in  London  for  the  support  of  this  work."  It  was  his 
brother  whom  he  hoped  to  have  with  him  in  the  work.  Mr.  Thomas's 
debts  were  now  very  heavy,  and  he  intended  ^*  to  appease  his  creditors, 
to  regain  his  family,  to  come  out  again,  and  to  go  into  practice  "  if 
necessary.  In  his  work  among  the  natives  he  had  ever  stood  quite 
alone,  unaided  and  unencouraged  in  any  true  sense  by  his  English 
friends.  Alone  he  bore  anxieties,  and  alone  he  cherished  hopes ;  for  he 
was  **  the  one  man  in  all  Bengal  who  practically  cared  for  the  people 
perishing  for  lack  of  knowledge."  No  wonder  he  thought  of  dear  Old 
England,  and  the  many  sympathizers  he  would  meet  there  !  He  took  a 
letter  from  his  two  native  helpers  to  Dr.  Stennett,  and  on  the  8th  of 
July,  1792,  he  arrived  safely  on  English  soil,  and  among  his  friends. 

The  Baptist  Missionary  Society  was  formed  the  very  year  that  Mr. 
Thomas  returned.  His  correspondence  with  Dr.  Stennett  and  others 
had  not  been  very  widely  circulated,  though  it  was  known  to  some  that 
his  purpose  in  visiting  England  was  to  raise  a  fund  for  a  mission  to 


240  JOHN  THOMAS. 

Bengal,  as  well  as  to  secure  a*  colleagae  to  retnm  with  him.  The 
secretary  was  therefore  instructed  to  make  enquiries  concerning  *'  Mr. 
Thomas's  character,  principles,  abilities,  and  success."  All  know  that 
Mr.  Thomas  acceptea  the  proposal  afterwards  made  him  by  the  com- 
mittee, that ''  Brother  Carey  then  yoluntarily  offered  to  go  with  him," 
and  that  the  two  brethren  were  solemnly  commended  to  God  at  Leicester 
on  the  20th  of  March.  The  story  of  their  voyage  and  arrival  is  as  well 
known,  and  need  not  to  be  retold  here. 

Even  before  they  reached  Calcutta  Mr.  Thomas  preached  to  some 
natives  in  a  market,  and  a  large  number  listened.  ''One  of  them 
afterwards  prepared  them  a  dinner,  which  was  served  out  upon  plantain 
leaves,  and  which  they  ate,  in  primitive  style,  without  knife  or  fork." 
Arriving  at  Calcutta,  various  plans  were  discussed,  and  the  £150  which 
the  Society  had  granted  for  twelve  months'  support,  was  invested  in 
articles  of  merchandise,  which  now  had  to  be  aisoosed  of  to  the  best 
advantage.  Mr.  Thomas  kept  house  for  both  families  till  they  went  to 
Bandel.  They  soon  had  to  return  to  Calcutta,  however, ''  Mr.  Thomas 
to  open  business  as  a  surgeon,"  and  Mr.  Carey  to  await  the  openings  of 
Providence.  When  land  was  offered  to  the  latter,  all  their  money  had 
been  expended,  and  Mr.  Thomas  was  in  debt.  What  Mr.  Carey  wrote 
at  this  period  to  Mrs.  Thomas's  lasting  disadvantage,  he  himself  after- 
wards aesired  "  for  ever  suppressed  and  buried  in  oblivion ! "  So  let  it 
be! 

A  visit  to  his  Malda  friends  now  resulted  in  Mr.  Thomas  receiving 
charge  of  an  indigo  factory  then  being  erected  in  Moypaldig^ ;  and  his 
''entreaty  that  his  brother  Carey  also  m\ght  be  employed  m  the  same 
way  met  with  a  ready  acceptance."  In  some  respects  Mr.  Thomas's 
residence  at  Moypaldiggy  was  "  the  happiest  period  of  his  missionary 
life.  He  began  it  with  a  good  knowledge  of  the  language  of  the  people 
around  him  " ;  his  influence  was  extensive ;  he  had  a  suf&cient  income; 
his  family  were  with  him ;  and  a  colleague  had  come  to  his  aid.  He 
stood  no  more  alone.  These  devoted  men  had  quitted  England  on  the 
13th  of  June,  1793,  but  they  received  their  first  letters  from  thence  in 
the  middle  of  March,  1795.  "The  utmost  harmony  and  affection 
prevailed  between  the  two  missionary  brethren."  Preaching  was 
carried  on,  schools  were  started,  and  many  plans  formed  that  were 
never  carried  out.  They  helped  and  encouraged  each  other.  When 
Mrs.  Carey's  insanity  "  took  the  form  of  the  most  odious  suspicions 
regarding  her  husband,"  Mr.  Thomas  proved  a  ready  helper  and 
sympathizing  friend.  Failure  in  their  attempts  at  indigo  manufacture 
was  the  lot  of  both,  and  they  could  sympathize  deeply  therefore  with 
each  other.  Mr.  Thomas  preached  regularly  to  his  employes  on  Sundays, 
and  more  than  a  hundred  used  to  gather  together  at  the  sound  of  the 
tom-tom.  He  was  their  master,  doctor,  and  missionary.  A  number  of 
sheds  were  erected  as  a  sort  of  hospital  near  his  house,  where  no  case  of 
distress  was  refused  admittance.  Both  missionaries  were  soon  employed 
in  translating,  and  Mr.  Thomas  wrote,  "  I  would  give  a  million  pounds, 
if  I  had  it,  to  see  a  Bengali  Bible."  Space  will  not  permit  even  a  list  of 
the  varied  labours  of  these  brethren  during  this  period.  Mr.  John 
Fountain,  the  third  missionary,  joined  them  now,  and  he  was  especially 
delighted  with  what  he  saw  of  Mr.  Thomas's  work  among  the  natives. 


JOHN  THOMAS.  241 

The  year  1796  brought  another  failore  in  the  prodaction  of  indigo,  and 
coBfieqnent  trouble  on  the  missionaries.  Mr.  Thomas's  debts  were 
increased,  but  he  found  means  of  escape  for  a  little  while,  at  least,  by 
borrowing  from  a  wealthy  nati?e  patient  whom  he  had  cared  of  total 
deafness,  and  of  his  employer,  Mr.  Udny.  The  next  year,  howe?er, 
brought  worse  calamities  upon  the  planter-missionaries.  The  strife 
between  ryot  and  zemindar,  and  the  drought  that  followed  the  early 
rains,  combined  to  bring  fresh  difSculties.  Troubled  and  cast  down, 
Mr.  Thomas  was  led  to  ask  himself  the  questions,  **  Why  should  I  preach 
any  more  ?  or  wait  any  longer  ?  Why  not  go  to  England  and  sell 
hol7  ballads  for  my  bread,  rather  than  live  here  in  these  suburbs  of 
hell  ?  Why  not  go  and  feed  with  the  flock  of  Christ  in  my  native 
oonntry,  and  give  this  work  up  as  one  that  the  Lord  will  not 
prosper  ?  " 

In  December  Mr.  Thomas  visited  Calcutta,  and  by  a  series  of  mistakes 
was  led  to  resign  his  position  as  an  indigo-planter,  and  become  a  partner 
with  a  Dr.  Barron  in  his  Calcutta  practice.  This  failing,  he  returned 
to  Mr.  ITdny ;  but  he  was  too  late.  '^  By  his  precipitancy,  therefore, 
the  unhappy  man  was  at  once  reduced  to  a  condition  of  almost  helplesa 
poverty."  Leaving  Mrs.  Thomas  and  the  little  girl  in  Calcutta,  he  then 
visited  a  friend  at  the  foot  of  the  hills,  whence  he  wrote  many  interest- 
ing letters  to  Mr.  Carey  about  the  hill  tribes.  He  afterwards  sought  a 
suitable  place  to  build  a  hut  on  near  Nuddea.  His  wife  and  child  were 
with  him  dwelling  in  a  small  boat,  not  large  enough  to  stand  upright 
in.  He  had  no  money  wherewith  to  purchase  bamboos,  or  mats,  or 
Btraw  for  their  hut;  and  great  **  heaviness  and  perplexity"  came  upon 
them  there.  Yet  he  was  intent  on  blessing  others  by  his*medical  skill 
and  by  the  message  of  the  gospel.  He  never  wearied  in  these  labours 
of  love.  At  last  a  small  house  at  Chandemagore  was  secured  to  shelter 
them  from  the  rains ;  and  when  they  had  taken  all  out  of  the  boat, 
*'  then,  and  not  till  then,  a  plank  which  the  water-worm  had  eaten  gave 
way,  and  down  she  went  to  the  bottom  !"  Mr.  Thomas  continually 
wrote  from  there  to  entreat  Mr.  Carey  to  interpose  for  him  and  secure 
the  sum  of  700  rupees  due  from  his  successor  at  the  factory,  but  no 
reply  ever  came.  In  this  period  of  trial,  however,  God  did  not  forsake 
him  ;  and  relief  from  England  came  very  opportunely.  He  wrote  to 
Mr.  Carey  at  once,  saying,  *'  How  seasonably  has  the  Lord  sent  us 
help !  "  Leaving  his  family,  he  now  began  to  mi^e  preaching-tours ; 
but  he  never  forgot  his  debts.  With  the  hope  of  defraying  these  he 
became  a  dealer  m  cloth.  Still  unsuccessftd,  he  then  rented  a  factory ; 
bnt  that  too  proved  an  utter  failure.  He  next  became  a  sugar  merchant, 
and  his  pros{)ects  improved ;  but  sickness  came  upon  him,  and  the 
condition  of  his  affairs  soon  underwent  a  disastrous  oiange  once  more. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Carey  had  gone  to  reside  at  ^rampore,  and 
other  missionaries  had  arrived.  Mr.  Thomas  was  asked  to  visit  them  to 
see  Mrs.  Brunsden,  who  was  unwell.  From  there  he  went  once  more  to 
CaJcntta  to  attempt  to  '*  arrange  his  miserably  entangled  affairs,'*  but 
in  vain.  Yet  he  never  ceased  preaching  to  the  heathen.  *'  To  sit  down 
m  debt,  and  do  nothing,"  he  said,  "seems  not  right."  Yet  every 
attempt  he  put  forth  only  increased  his  difSculties.  What  was  he  to 
do  ?    *'  To  {»:each  the  gospel  to  the  heathen  is  still  pleasant,"  he  wrote ; 

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242  JOHN  THOMAS. 

and  BO  be  worked  on.  Often  cast  down,  he  never  despaired !  **  Some- 
how or  other,  Ood  is  a  very  present  help^"  he  recorded,  **  vi  time  of 
trouble  ;  bnt  I  do  not  find  him  8oJ*  What  agODj  is  revealed  here !  Yet 
he  was  never  in  despair  !  Brother  missionaries  had  no  advice  or  help 
to  give  when  he  appealed  to  them.  Drawing  from  the  Society  a  year's 
allowance,  be  at  last  resolved  to  adopt  the  Bengali  dress,  and  wander 
about  preaching  the  gospel.  Even  the  missionaries  did  not  recognise  him, 
and  the  natives  received  him  as  one  of  themselves.  He  journeyed  much 
thus  attired ;  but  was  greatly  exhausted  by  exposure  to  the  sun,  in- 
cessant preaching,  long  journeys,  and  unnourisning  food ;  yet,  on  his 
return  to  Serampore,  he  sat  up  all  night  with  Mr.  Brnnsden,  who  was 
iU.  He  sought  and  found  a  small  house  for  his  family  this  time,  and 
they  began  to  live  there.  One  day  Mr.  Thomas  was  csdled  upon  to  set 
a  man's  arm.  "  I  found  it  to  be  a  dislocation  of  the  shoulder/'  he  says 
in  his  diary.  *'  I  tied  his  body  to  a  tree,  and  while  Brethren  Carey  and 
Marshman  made  the  usual  extension,  I  reduced  it  so  that  he  could  move 
the  arm,  though  it  was  still  painful,  lliis  man  had  heard  the  gospel 
before.  When  his  arm  was  set  rights  he  complained  still  of  pain,  out 
more  of  himself  as  a  sinner;  and,  with  many  tears,  cried  out, '  I  am  a 
great  sinner  I  A  great  sinner  am  I !  Save  me.  Sahib  I  save  me !'  Then 
with  unusual  light  and  enlargement  of  soul,  I  renounced  all  power  to 
save  him  myself,  and  referred  him  to  Jesus,  my  Saviour,  of  whose  mission 
and  power  to  save  all  those  who  come  unto  Ood  by  him  I  spoke  many 
things."  On  the  26th  of  November  this  man,  Krishna  Pal,  the  first 
Hindu  convert,  came  to  nrofess  his  firm  conviction  of  the  truth  of  the 
gospel.  Some  mistmstea  his  sincerity ;  but  Mr.  Thomas  put  it  to  the 
test  by  inviting  him  to  come ''  next  d^  and  deliberately  relinquish 
caste  by  eating  with  the  brethren."  He  did  so.  ''The  barrier  of 
caste  was  broken  ! "  Mr.  Thomas  was  in  a  transport  of  joy,  and  wrote 
in  his  journal :  '*  Who  would  not  wait  for  this  ?  Oh,  how  unutterable 
is  my  joy  I  But,  lest  I  be  exalted  above  measure,  some  terrible  mes- 
senger is  at  hand !  Welcome,  good  messenger,  terror  along !  for  my 
soul  is  not  afraid ! "  Bodily  ^austion,  night  watchings,  and  this 
delirious  joy  united  to  produce  what  were  "  unmistakable  evidences  of 
insanity ;  "  and  when  the  Sunday  fixed  for  the  baptism  arrived,  "  the 
beloved  physician,  who  had  anticipated  this  day  with  such  intensely 
ardent  desire,  was  incapable  of  any  participation  in  its  pleasures; "  for 
he  was  confined  in  the  mission  school-room.  This  first  convert  fix>m 
Hinduism  was  the  writer  of  the  beautiful  hymn  we  so  often  sing,  and 
which  Dr.  Marshman  translated,  beginning — 

*'  Oh  thou,  my  soul,  forget  no  more 
The  friend  who  all  thy  misery  bore.** 

In  the  asylum  to  which  Mr.  Thomas  was  removed,  and  where  he 
remained  nearly  a  month,  he  peached  to  his  fellow-patients;  and  when 
he  went  with  his  family  to  i)inajpur,  he  felt  himself  humiliated  in 
''having  been  publicly  announced  to  be  in  a  state  of  insanity."  No 
sooner  did  he  reach  that  station  than  he  was  engaged  in  preaching,  and 
had  his  debts  not  weighed  so  heavily  upon  him — who  can  tell  what  he 
might  have  accompli^ed  ?  His  desire  to  oonmience  a  monthly  publi- 
cation was  frustrated  by  his  brethren;  and  when  he  made  another 


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attempt  at  indigo-planting  they  gave  "honest  ntterance  to  the  dis- 
pleasnre  they  felt  in  regard  to  Mr.  Thomases  doings,  and,  so  it  wonld 
appear,  to  his  present  undertaking  also."  In  reply,  he  reminded  them 
of  the  applications  he  had  made  to  them  for  advice.  ''Bat  my 
breiiiTBn,"  said  he,  ''said  not  a  word  to  me.  Their  lips  were  all  sealed 
up.  The  difficulty  of  the  case  did  not  allow  a  sndden  positiye  deter- 
mination perhaps.  Many  months  hare  passed  since,  and  ihave  receiyed 
not  one  word  of  counsel,  reproof,  advice,  or  remonstrance  from  any  of 
them  till  your  letter,  for  the  Christian  frankness,  openness,  and  good 
design  of  which  I  both  love  and  thank  you."  Troubles  now  increased 
rapidly,  but  one  of  the  saddest  moments  of  all  was  when  he  received 
another  letter  from  Serampore  suspending  him  from  Church  fellowship 
with  them  on  account  of  his  financial  difficulties.  At  this  very  time  he 
was  suffering  from  a  disease  which  he  thought  would  soon  put  an  end 
to  his  weary  life  on  earth;  and  about  two  months  after  he  passed  away 
to  that  land  where  "  the  weary  are  at  rest.''  "  His  conflict  was  over. 
He  had  passed  from  the  scene  of  his  failures  and  humiliations,  to  the 
society  of  the  spirits  of  just  men  made  perfect,  whence  none  could 
exclude  him."  Robekt  Spurgbon,  Barisaul^  Bengal. 


ftufticis  0f  ^00k8. 


Two  of  En<fland$  Wars ;  or^  Theodore 
and  Coffee.  A  narrative  for  the 
joung.    Religious  Tract  Society. 

The  special  advantage  of  telling  the 
story  of  Theodore  and  Coffee  in  the 
form  of  a  dialogue  between  Uncle 
George  and  others  we  fail  to  see.  The 
two  wars  are  interesting  enough  to 
make  a  book  of,  and  do  not  need 
sDuining  out.  However,  it  may  be  thai 
children  like  the  very  arrangement  which 
to  us  seems  artificial  and  wearisome. 

Martin  Luther.  By  John  H.  Trbad- 
w£U..    Marcus  Ward  and  Co. 

A  Vest  readable  sketch.  Luther  is  so 
great  that  few  writers  can  do  more  than 
^ve  a  hint  of  him.  We  could  read  fiily 
lives  of  him  without  feeling  that  the 
^^bject  had  been  compassed,  much  less 
exhausted.  Mr.  Treadwell  sees  the 
glorious  German  from  his  own  stand- 
pointy  but  he  Tiews  him  sympathetically, 
and  hence  sees  him  as  he  should  be  seen 
—a  great,  earnest,  forceful  man,  who 
never  wasted  five  minutes  in  trying  to 
stop  mouse-holes  with  cheese.  Mr. 
Mucus  Ward  is  to  be  thanked  for 
giving  us  in  change  for  half-a-crown 
this  ekffant,  well-printed  essay  upon 
one  of  ue  greatest  of  men* 


The  Search  for  Franhlin.  With  Illus- 
trations.   Nelson  and  Sons. 

SuBBLT  we  have  had  enough  and  more 
than  enough  of  the  wild  hunt  afler  the 
impossible  passage  to  the  pole.  One 
rises  from  the  perusal  of  this  history 
with  great  admiration  for  the  courage  of 
men,  and  deep  sorrow  that  they  should 
suffer  so  extremely,  and  with  even  greater 
wonder  that  so  mad  an  enterprise  should 
have  led  them  to  such  heroic  deeds.  The 
little  book  is  admirably  illustrated. 

Memoir  and  Remains  of  the  Rev.  Robert 
Murray  McCheyne,  Abridged  from 
Dr.  A.  Bonar*s  Memoir.  London: 
Hamilton,  Adams,  and  Co. 

It  WB8  high  time  that  there  should  be 
an  abridgment  of  the  marvellous  memoir 
of  McCheyne,  and  yet  we  shall  be  sorry 
that  it  has  appeared  if  it  prevents  a 
single  person  from  reading  the  un- 
abridged original.  We  found  it  not 
only  a  means  of  grace  many  years  a^o 
to  read  McCheyne*s  life,  but  a  whole 
host  of  means  of  grace  in  one.  We 
scarcely  ever  remember  a  book  that  was 
80  refreshing  and  sanctifying  to  our 
soul.  We  trust  the  abridgment  may 
convey  the  same  blessings  to  its  readers 
unabridged. 


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NOnOBS  OF  BOOKS. 


BookielUr*  and  Bookbuyer$  m  Byeways 
and  Highways.  Bj  U.  H.  Spubobon, 
Samubl  Maiuiiico,  LL.D.,  and  G. 
HoLDBN  PiKB.  With  a  Preface  by 
the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Shaftbs- 
BUBT,  E.G.  Passmore  and  Ala- 
baster. 

ExTBBBALLT  thifl  18  an  attraoiive  book. 
It  is  brought  out  with  the  Tiew  of 
creating  and  increasing  public  interest 
in  Colportage.  It  remains  a  mjstery 
with  us  that  we  cannot  obtain  support 
for  Colportsge  in  as  liberal  a  measure  as 
so  good  a  work  demands.  It  does  not 
say  much  for  the  wisdom  and  prudence 
of  Christian  people.  If  they  gaTe  most 
where  the  best  return  might  legitimately 
be  expected,  we  may  say  of  our  religious 
societies — these  are  last  which  would 
be  first.  If  these  addresses,  papers,  and 
reports  should  bring  us  in  a  revenue  of 
sympathy,  it  will  soon  be  followed  by 
substantial  help.  To  reach  the  villages 
and  hamlets  by  means  of  sound  litera- 
ture taken  to  the  cottagers'  doors,  is  a 
most  worthy  work ;  and  as  the  rural 
population  becomes  smaller,  and  Non- 
conformist churches  become  feebler,  it 
will  become  more  and  more  an  abso- 
lutely needful  work,  if  we  are  to  keep 
aUve  the  light  of  the  gospel  among  the 
poor  and  scattered.  Our  heart  sighs  and 
groans  because  this  blessed  agency  is 
still  so  limited  when  every  day  the 
needs  of  the  people  cry  for  an  increase. 
Scotland  is  supplied  with  colporteurs 
from  sea  to  sea,  and  why  ia  England  so 
far  behind  ? 

CasselV$  Popular  Shilling  Library,  The 
Religiotu  Revolution  in  the  Sixteenth 
Century.  By  the  Rev.  S.  A.  Swainb. 
Cassell,  Petter,  Galpin,  and  Co. 

An  exceedingly  well-condensed  history 
of  the  Reformation.  We  scarcely  ever 
remember  reading  with  so  much  plea- 
sure a  sketch  of  that  eventful  period. 
Few  persons  have  time  to  read  through 
the  works  of  D'Aubign6  or  Wylie,  and 
they  are  usually  forced  to  depend  upon 
a  brief  treatise.  Such  a  treatise  is 
generally  one-sided  and  muleading ;  but 
this  brief  record  is  written  by  one  who 
is  not  a  mere  chronicler,  but  a  real  his- 
torian. A  sharp,  clear  view  of  the  whole 
subject  will  lie  before  the  careful  reader, 
and  even  if  he  be  already  acquainted 
with  it,  he  will  be  obliged  to  Mr.  Swaine 


for  bringing  the  matter  within  bo  handy 
a  compass. 

The  Huguenots.    By  Gustayb  Massom* 
Cassell,  Petter,  Galpin,  and  Co. 

This  volume  also  has  our  warmest  com* 
mendation.  We  should  like  to  know  that 
every  young  man  in  England  had  read  it. 

Gethsemane.    By  the  Rev.  W.  Pools 
Balfbbb.    T.  Nelson  and  Sons. 

It  may  suffice  to  ensure  for  this  little 
volume  a  favourable  reception  with  all 
Christian  readers  to  say,  that  it  does 
not  come  short,  either  in  sentiment  or 
devotion,  of  any  former  production  of 
the  same  author.  If  there  be  still  some 
disciples  of  Jesus  who  are  privileged 
above  others  to  be  with  him  on  the 
Mount  of  Transfiguration,  and  to  be 
nearer  to  him  in  the  Giurden  of  Geth- 
semane, Mr.  Balfern  is  evidently  one  of 
them.  Nor  is  he  of  those  who  say 
of  the  Mount  of  Transfiguration  only, 
**  Lord,  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  here,**  but 
he  says  it  of  Gethsemane  also.  Instead 
of  sleeping  in  Gethsemane,  he  watches 
with  mtense  sympathy  the  bitterest 
hour  of  hiA  Lord*s  suffering,  and  en- 
ables others  to  watch  with  him.  MsAy 
who  see  much  to  admire  in  the  life  of 
Christ,  and  pronounce  it  to  have  been 
the  hightest  standard  of  moral  ex- 
cellence and  a  perfect  model  for  imita- 
tion, are  at  fault  when  they  come  to 
Getnsemane,  unable,  as  they  well  might 
be,  to  account  for  the  agony  of  sou  of 
one  whose  soul  was  so  loving  and  so 
pure  upon  any  mere  moral  uieory  or 
upon  principles  of  ordinary  justice. 
None  but  those  who  understand  the 
real  cause  and  design  of  those  sufiTerings 
can  enter  into  their  meaning,  or  see  any 
justice  in  them.  It  was  not  an  empty 
cup,  nor  a  cup  of  blessing  which  lie 
prayed  might  pass  from  him.  Yet  such 
It  must  have  been  if  it  had  not  contained 
the  effects  of  the  sins  of  others.  We  have 
only  to  ask  "  What  was  the  bitter  and 
deadly  ingredient  in  that  cup  ?  *'  to  be 
led  to  the  inevitable  conclusion,  '*  He 
died,  the  just  tor  the  unjust,  to  bring  us 
unto  God.**  It  is  with  mind  and  heart 
thoroughly  imbued  with  this  conviction 
that  Mr.  Balfern  enters  the  garden  of 
Gethsemane,  and  invites  others  to  par- 
take with  him  of  the  sufferins  of  Christ, 
that  they  may  partake  with  bim  also  of 
the  glory  that  snail  follow. 


KOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


245 


What  Might  Hate  Been,   A  true  Story. 

Nisbet  and  Co. 
A  rouHO  gentleman  at  Men  tone,  in  the 
last  stage  of  consumption,  is  gar  and 
frirolous:  a  child  of  God,  weU  in- 
stracted  in  the  art  of  soul-winning, 
obtains  access  to  him.  His  resources 
fail,  and  thia  kind  friend  finds  succour 
for  him  in  the  hour  of  need.  It  is  re- 
•quired  only  a  few  months,  and  in  that 
short  time  Christ  is  found  and  rejoiced 
in,  80  that  in  due  season  grace  found  on 
eurth  is  crowned  in  elorj.  The  incident 
is  very  simple,  and  admirable  use  is 
made  of  it. 

lUtutrated  Handbook  to  City  Road 
Chapel^  Burying  Oroundy  and 
Wesley'e  House,  ^c.  By  K.  M. 
Spoob,  Wesleyan  Conference  OfiSce. 
AMTmnio  that  has  to  do  with  John 
Wesley  and  his  work  is  sure  to  find 
fsTour  with  his  followers,  and  is  worthy 
of  the  thought  and  esteem  of  Christen- 
dom. The  Wesleys  were  unique,  and  we 
do  well  to  embalm  their  memories  in 
pennanent  memorials.  This  little  book 
puts  in  handy  form  an  exhaustive  fund 
of  information  as  to  the  central  shrine 
of  Methodism.  Visitors  could  scarcely 
wish  for  anything  briefer  and  yet  fuller 
of  facts  tluui  this  is. 

Rambles  in  Rome,    An  Archaeological 
and  Historical  Guide  to  the  Museums, 
Galleries,  etc.  etc.    By  S.  Russell 
FoHBSs.    T.  Kelson  and  Sons. 
If  yon  are  visiting  Bome  jou  will  find 
in  this  book  a  high-class  companion 
and  guide.    Try  it,  and  see  the  differ- 
ence between  the  mere  guide-book  pro- 
duced by  the  trade  to  sell,  and  the 
chatty,  masterly  production  of  a  writer 
of  ability  and  taste. 

Qrtat  Voyagers  :  their  Adventures  and 
^discoveries,  Beligious  Tract  Society. 
A  SROBT  but  complete  outline  of  the 
history  of  travel  and  discovery  from  the 
days  of  the  ancient  mariners  to  the  pre- 
sent era.  ^  Thia  is  the  kind  of  reading 
^luch  is  invaluable  for  young  people ; 
it  has  all  the  charm  of  fiction,  and  yet 
u  solidly  inatruotive.  The  histories  of 
Marco  Polo,  Vasco  de  Gama,  Columbus, 
)^V,  and  Franklin  should  never  be 
forgotten.  They  stir  the  blood,  stiffen 
we  upper  lip,  and  give  force  to  character. 
We  clais  the  Yolnme  A  1  at  Lloyd's;  it 
u  che^  at  two  shillings. 


Coals  and  Colliers :  or,  How  we  get  the 
Fuel  for  our  Fires,  By  8.  J.  Frrz- 
OBBALD.  T.  Woolmer,  2,  CasUe- 
street.  City-road. 

Capftal;   deserves  our  kindest  word. 

It  is  full  of  instruction,  and  as  lively  as 

a  cricket. 

By  the  Sea  of  OaliUe,  A  Poem.  By 
M.  S.  MacBitchie.  Wells  Gardner, 
Darton,  and  Co.,  Paternoster  Build- 
ings. 
Thb  story  of  the  woman  who  was  healed 
b^  our  blessed  Lord  after  twelve  years  of 
dire  disease  is  here  sun^  in  a  touching 
manner.  Literwoven  with  it  is  a  little 
love-story,  which  is  not  found  in  the 
gospels,  but  has  grown  up  in  the  mind  of 
the  poet.  We  never  quite  know  what 
to  say  about  these  added  details  ;  for  if 
tradition  be  evil,  invention  must  be 
equally  so.  Apart  from  this,  the  narra- 
tive is  thrown  into  a  rhythm  which  is 
pleasing  to  the  ear.  It  is  a  pretty  little 
book. 

The  Temptation^/  Job,  and  other  Poems, 
By  Ellbn  Palmer.  G.  Philip  and 
Son,  32,  Fleet-street. 

"HiiiT  TO  Poets. — The  best  way  to 
ensure  jour  poems  being  really  spark- 
ling, brilliant,  and  full  of  fire  is  to  bum 
them.*'  These  are  the  words  of  a  sage 
on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic,  but  we 
would  not  apply  them  to  this  individual 
instance.  Although  '*The  Temptation 
of  Job  *'  tried  our  patience,  some  of  the 
minor  pieces  restored  our  equanimity. 
There  are  sparks  of  the  true  fire  here, 
but  we  do  not  think  that  they  will  be  of 
much  service.  We  suppose  these  sweet 
singers  pour  out  their  lajs  for  the  mere 
joy  of  it,  even  as  birds  sing ;  but  we  are 
continually  asking — What  is  the  eood  of 
it  ?  What  is  meant  to  come  of  it  P  For 
the  life  of  us  we  have  not  an  inkling  of 
an  answer  to  this  enquiry. 

Sungleams:  Rondeaux  and  Sonnets.  By 
the  Bev.  Bichabd  Wilton,  M.A. 
**  Home  Words  "  publishing-ofiice. 

Tbub  poetry  dashes  here  ;  and  yet 
there  is  nothing  which  will  be  usea  in 
worship  or  quoted  to  enforce  a  truth. 
Our  author  must  wed  the  useful  to  the 
sweet,  and  his  talent  will  brin^  in  larger 
interest ;  force  must  join  with  fancy, 
and  his  Terse  may  yet  quicken  the  pulse 
of  labour. 


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HOnOEB  OF  BOOKS. 


Remarkable  Religious  Anecdotes,  Edited 
by  RicKABD  PiKX.  Hamilton,  Adams, 
and  Co. 

Thesb  anecdotes  are  most  of  them  fresh 
and  striking,  and  we  have  enjoyed  their 
penisal.  The  little  book  is  really  not  a 
bad  shilling*8-worth.  Here  is  a  specimen 
story  :— 

iJord  Shaftesbury  in  one  of  his 
speeches  remarked,  *'I  remember  an 
anecdote  that  struck  me  wonderfully. 
It  was  told  me  by  a  missionary  from 
Fiji.  It  shows  what  an  impression  the 
Bible  produces  on  the  minds  of  men, 
eTen  those  who  have  not  fully  realised 
in  their  experience  its  mighty  power. 
This  missionary  told  me  that  there  were 
some  seamen  wrecked  at  a  considerable 
distance  frt>m  land;  they  got  into  a 
boat,  and  altogether  lost  their  reckon- 
ing ;  but  at  last  they  reached  the  shore. 
One  of  them,  who  had  been  there  before, 
recognised  it  as  being  one  of  the  Fiji 
Islands.  It  was  before  the  Wesleyans 
had  effected  such  a  mighty  change  in 
these  islands.  The  sailors  were  under 
Tery  considerable  apprehensions,  as  you 
may  suppose,  and  every  moment  they 
expected  to  be  eaten  up.  They  crept 
into  a  cottage,  and  lay  in  a  corner  there 
for  some  time.  At  length  one  of  them 
crept  out  to  see  if  they  could  set  any- 
thing to  eat,  when  all  of  a  sudden  he 
called  out, '  Bill,  there  is  no  fear  I  It  is 
all  right.  Here  is  a  Bible !  There  is 
no  harm  ;  it*s  all  right !  *  What  a  strong 
proof  of  the  eff'ect  produced  on  the 
minds  of  people  who  feel  that  where  the 
doctrine  of  the  Bible  is  received  there  is 
peace,  and  order,  and  safety  1  *' 

The  Preacher's  Commentary  on  the  Book 
of  Ruth,     With    critical  and  exe- 

fetical  notes.    By  the  Rev.  Waltsk 
UxEHDALB.    R.  D,  Dickinson. 

Although  we  do  not  regard  these  com- 
mentaries as  being  of  we  Tery  highest 
order,  yet  they  are  of  sufficient  merit  to 
make  us  glad  to  see  more  of  them. 
This  volume  is  a  good  one.  We  are 
not  much  struck  with  the  attempts  at 
homiletical  outlines,  for  they  remind 
us  too  much  of  the  school  of  **The 
Homilist" ;  but  the  mass  of  quotations 
collected  from  all  available  sources  is 
the  true  wealth  of  the  book.  Mr. 
Baxendale  has    been  doubly  diligent. 


and  has  gathered  an  amount  of  taw 
material  which  will  be  inTaloable  ii> 
the  hand  of  a  master-workman.  The 
work  costs  Ss.  6d.,  and  is  worth  the 
money.  Of  the  same  series,  Mr,  JeUie 
en  Jeremiah^  price  lOs.,  is  in  the  maiket,. 
but  we  have  not  yet  found  ourselvea 
equal  to  the  task  of  fairly  reviewing  ao 
huge  a  work. 

The  Expositors  Commentary  on  St. 
PauVs  Epistle  to  the  Romans,  Second 
edition,  enlarged.  By  Rev.  Ghakles^ 
NfiL,  M.A.    R.  D.  Dickinson. 

Some  ^ears  ago  we  spoke  a  good  word 
for  this  plain,  practical,  popular  com- 
mentaiy.  We  are  glad  to  see  the 
second  edition  of  it.  Well  may  the 
publishers  say  that  it  is  a  marvel  of 
cheapness.  The  price  asked  u  3s.  6d.y. 
and  we  have  no  idea  as  to  how  it  can  be 
produced  at  the  price.  It  ought  to  have 
been  five  shillings  at  the  least. 

Pilgrim  Chimes  for  the  Weeks  of  the- 
Year.  By  the  Rev.  W.  Pooub  Bal- 
TERV,    1,  Paternoster  Buildings. 

Thksb  chimes  are  all  upon  silver  bells,. 
inasmuch  as  they  have  the  ring  of  a  pure 
gospel  in  them.  The  music  is  in  the 
thoughts  rather  than  in  the  words.  Thoae 
who  nave  the  same  devout  feelin|;s  as 
the  author  will  find  enjoyment  in  them ;. 
and  this  appears  to  have  been  their 
chief  design.  Loflier  strains  and  sweeter 
tones  would  be  required  to  raise  those 
who  have  not  risen  into  the  atmoephere 
of  devotion.  The  devout  often  find 
poetry  where  the  undevoiit  find  none. 
There  is  good  poetry  often  without 
good  sentiment;  and  good  sentiment 
often  without  good  poetry.  We  have- 
good  sentiment  here;  sometimes  with 
good  poetry,  and  always  with  a  holy 
unction  and  sweetness  which  are  by  no 
means  common.  We  prefer  our  author's 
"Gethsemane"  to  <*  Pilgrim  Chimes,*** 
but  both  are  excellent. 

Betrothal.  By  H.  K.  Wood.  Hodder 
and  Stoughton. 

Whbn  we  looked  at  this  little  book  we 
thought  it  a  short  treatise  on  betrothal 
between  men  and  women ;  but  found  it 
to  be  a  series  of  papers  upon  betrothal 
of  the  heart  to  Jesus.  Very  easy  read- 
ing :  very  devout  and  earnest,  bat  not 
very  original  or  striking. 


HOnOBS  OF  B00K8. 


247 


True  Riches;  or^  Wealth  without  Winge. 
Bj  T.  S.  Abthub.  Partridge  and 
Ck>. 

This  is  an  English  version  of  a  well- 
told  tale  bj  tke  author  of  '*Ten  nights 
in  a  bar-room/*  and  other  temperance 
books.  It  is  intended  to  prove  to  the 
joung  that  the  pursuit  of  worldly 
wealUi,  especially  in  dishonest  paths, 
must  bring  sorrow  and  shame,  while  the 
possessor  of  heavenly  riches  hss  a 
treasure  which  enables  him  to  make  the 
best  of  both  worlds  in  the  highest  sense 
of  that  much-abused  expression. 

The  Moral  Pirates,  and  the  Cruise  of 
Ihe  *"  Ghost:'  By  W.  L.  Aldbn. 
Jas.  Clarke  and  Co. 

Two  amusing  stories  of  summer  holiday 
cruises  taken  by  four  American  boys, 
first  in  a  little  row-boat,  and  afterwarids 
in  a  sailing  vessel.  Of  course  they  got 
into  all  sorts  of  scrapes.  The  first 
night  they  pitched  their  tent  on  the 
Bsnd,  far  below  high-water  mark,  and 
M)  were  nearly  drowned  by  the  tide 
which  rose  while  they  were  asleep. 
Another  time  they  sailed  at  night  with- 
out a  light,  and  narrowly  escaped  being 
ran  down  by  a  steamer.  They  camped 
on  an  island,  and  let  their  boat  drift 
away;  and  in  various  ways  exposed 
themselves  to  many  perils,  but  at  the 
end  of  their  voyages  tney  aU  agreed  that 
they  had  enjoyed  a  splendid  time,  and 
that  as  soon  as  they  had  another  oppor- 
tnni^  they  would  be  afloat  again. 
Bnghsh  boys  will  be  delighted  to  read 
about  the  adventures  of  their  cousins 
across  the  water,  even  if  they  are  un- 
able to  enjoy  their  holidays  in  a  similar 
tashion. 

Cobwebs  and  Cables,  By  ELbsba  Stbxt- 
TON,  author  of  **  Jessica's  First 
Prajrer,**  &c.  The  Religious  Tract 
Soaety. 

A  vsBT  clever  story ;  but  what  end  will 
it  serve?  It  is  painful  reading,  and 
we  cannot  see  the  moral  of  it.  There 
id  a  horrible  unwifely  wife  who  agrees  to 
let  her  husband  be  as  one  dead  because 
he  has  embezzled  money  to  meet  her 
expenses.  8he  is  the  goddess  of  the 
book,  and  yet  to  us  seems  only  a  hand- 
lome  demon.  Her  poor  husbuid,  what- 
efer  his  faults,  haa  all  our  sympathy, 


and  we  sorrow  for  him,  till  it  occurs  to 
us  that  no  man  in  his  senses  would  make 
such  a  fool  of  himself  for  a  woman  who 
does  not  love  him.  The  tale  is  not 
worthy  to  be  mentioned  in  the  same  day 
with  *'  Jessica's  First  Prater."  We  can 
only  view  it  as  a  waste  of  talent.  *'  As 
clever  as  clever  can  be ;  but  what  is  the 
use  of  it?"  Thus  we  muttered  again 
as  we  put  away  the  story,  but  walked 
off  with  a  cobweb  or  two  on  our  brain ; 
for  the  lady  wields  a  fascinating  pen,  and 
it  is  impossible  altogether  to  escape  her 
spell. 

Hilda;  or,  Seeheth  not  Her  Own,  By 
Gathabinb  Shaw.  J.  F.  Shaw 
and  Co. 

A  VBBY  winsome  and  natural  story,  free 
from  any  of  the  objectionable  sensa- 
tionalism which  is  the  staple  of  most  of 
the  novels,  both  religious  and  irreligious, 
of  the  day.  The  authoress  evidently 
has  the  best  interests  of  her  readers  at 
heart,  and  we  can  safely  recommend 
her  pleasant  pages  to  Christian  parents 
when  selecting  recreative  readmg  for 
their  daughters. 

The  Batdefield.  A  tale  of  East-end 
Life  in  London.  S.  W.  Partridge 
and  Co. 

An  interesting  narrative  of  the  various 
experiences  ot  an  orphan  boy  and  eirl 
left  at  a  tender  age  to  the  care,  or  rather 
cruelty,  of  strangers  in  a  court  in  the 
East  of  London.  The  sufferings  and 
trials  endured  by  these  poor  children  are, 
doubtless,  similar  to  those  which  are 
the  daily  portion  of  hundreds  or  even 
thousands  m  this  huse  city,  but  we  fear 
that  few  of  them  find  friends  to  do  what 
Greff  and  Patience's  country  relations 
did  for  them,  when,  by  a  singular  combi- 
nation of  circumstances,  the  little  wan- 
derers found  a  home  under  their  roo£ 

Free  to  Serve.  By  Evelyn  R.  Gakbatt. 
Religious  Tract  Society. 

Thi  story  of  a  workhou8e-girl,^who  is 
introduced  to  the  reader  as  the  ^drudge 
in  a  Brighton  lodging-house,  from.Srhich 
she  is  rescued  by  a  Christian  lady,  who 
trains  her  first  for  her  own  serrice,  and 
then  for  Uie  work  of  the  Lord.  Many 
servant-girls  might  profit  by  reading 
this  book. 


248 


KOnOEB  OF  BOOKS. 


The  Kingdom  of  God  and  the  Kingdom 
ofDarhneeg.  Fint  and  Second  rarts. 
By  the  Author  of  «  Truth  and  Work," 
etc.  Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
Herb  we  hare  a  portly  voluine  of  more 
than  five  hundred  paffea,  and  a  sup- 
plementary volume  of  about  half  its 
bulk.  A  third  volume  of  the  same 
series  is  shortly  to  follow,  ''if  the 
author*s  life  is  spared.'*  Bambling 
among  the  Scriptures,  the  good  lady  has 
raked  together  some  valuable  reflections, 
but  the^  want  sorting  and  scheduling ; 
for  she  is  diffuse  and  discursive  enough 
to  tax  the  patience  of  a  reviewer. 
Books  of  such  magnitude  deserve  a 
table  of  contents  at  the  beginning,  and 
an  index  at  the  end.  Ftobably,  how- 
ever, for  want  of  coherency  in  the  habit 
of  thinkincp,  and  of  condensation  in  the 
method  of  expression,  this  little  im- 
provement might  be  found  imprac- 
ticable. The  velocity  of  a  pen,  like  the 
volubility  of  a  ton^e,  that  flows  on  in 
endless  currents,  is  apt  to  weary  and 
distract.  It  was  obviously  to  suit  the 
taste  of  one  who  is  fond  of  talking  on 
every  subject  that  such  a  comprehensive 
title  was  chosen.  Two  kingdoms,  either 
of  which  has  dimensions  that  man*s 
imagination  cannot  possibly  compass, 
afford  ample  range.  ••  The  kingdom  of 
Oodl'-~'What  is  itV*  We  find  this 
question  reiterated  a  countless  number 
of  times,  and  replied  to  in  a  charming 
varie^  of  ways.  It  may  evidently  be 
regarded  as  a  positive  fact,  a  present 
experience,  and  a  future  prospect.  His- 
tory and  prophecy  are  comprised  within 
its  province  :  so,  too,  are  the  covenant  of 
promise  revealed  to  the  patriarchs,  the 
parables  recited  by  the  evangelists,  and 
the  precepts  enjoined  by  Uie  apostles. 
More  than  these,  the  world  of  nature, 
the  mysteries  of  providence,  and  the 
preservation  of  the  church  on  earth  are 
mciiided  within  the  vast  domain  of  the 
kingdom  of  God.  And  as  for  «'  the 
kingdom  of  darkness^*  it  offers  an  op- 
portunity for  definitions  and  descrip- 
tions, of  which  a  desultory  author  may 
take  unlimited  advantage.  Politics  or 
public-houses,  women's  dress  or  fashion- 
able amusements,  secret  societies  or  the 
social  evil,  may  be  surveyed  as  so  many 
conduits  that  swell  the  onrrent  and  foul 
the  tide  of  life  on  a  planet  where  sin 
appears  to  be  the  dominant  power.    In 


both  volumes  there  is  a  superfluity  of 
preface — forty-five  pages  in  one,  and 
more  than  twenty  pages  in  the  other. 
From  the  former  we  cull  a  little  episode 
of  personal  history,  which  may  be  amus- 
ing, if  it  is  not  exactly  instructive.  ^  In 
my  childhood,  when  I  think  I  mnst 
have  been  about  ten  years  of  age,  I  had 
a  dream  in  the  night.  I  saw  in  that 
mighty  vision  One  like  the  Ancient  of 
days,  as  described  by  Daniel  or  St.  John, 
sitting  in  mv  room,  and  fotir  angels 
resting  on  the  posts  of  my  bedst^ui, 
with  wings  like  the  seraphim  and 
cherubim  of  the  prophets.**  .  •  •  *'I 
belieye  I  was  then  anomted  to  do  the 
work  that  Qod  has  enabled  me  to  do^  to 
interpret  the  mind  of  the  Spirit  in  pro- 
phecy, particularly  in  the  Apocalypse.*' 
....  "I  can  now  never  retract  my 
interpretations.  I  leave  them  with  GKkI 
and  with  my  people.**  This  preface  is 
supplemented  with  ^  A  poem,*'  written 
thirteen  vears  ago,  on  Oak-apple  day, 
1869.  Why  published  in  this  place  we 
do  not  know.  To  each  chapter  some 
verses  are  appended ;  they  are  printed 
in  a  type  tnat  might  lead  to  the  con- 
jecture that  thev  were  intended  for 
poetry.  No  doubt  the  lady  is  full  of 
enthusissm ;  but  she  is  a  mystery  to  us, 
and  so  are  ker  people. 

The  Crose :  Heathen  and  Chrietian.  A 
frsjgmentary  notice  of  its  etrlj  Fapn 
existence,  and  subsequent  Christian 
adoption.  Third  edition.  With  many 
illustrations.  By  Mouxaht  Bbock, 
M.A.    Elliot  Stock. 

Oonfiriend  Mr.  Mourant  Brock  is  filled 
with  indignation  against  the  idolatry 
which  has  gathered  around  the  material 
form  of  the  cross.  As  the  wise  and  holy 
men  of  old  broke  up  the  brasen 
serpent  when  it  was  used  as  an  idol, 
and  called  it  Nehushtan,  or  a  bit  of 
brass,  so  does  Mr.  Brock  smash  at 
everything  cruciform  with  iconoclastic 
vehemence.  Assuredly  he  hss  jpat 
together  a  mass  of  historic  information 
for  cross-wearefs :  we  only  hope  they 
may  read  it,  and  renounce  the  Pa|[an 
custom,  and  become  crou-bearere  in- 
stead. For  a  shilling  this  book  aboal 
**the  Cross,**  with  many  illustrations, 
may  be  looked  upon  as  very  cheap,  and 
we  do  not  wonder  that  it  is  the  third 
edition. 


NOTES. 


249 


FacU  and  Theories  aetoa  Future  State, 
By  F.  W.  Grast,  New  York.  Cath- 
cart,  20,  Fourth  Avenue. 

Or  all  the  books  written  in  defence  of 
the  Scriptural  doctrine  of  future  punish- 
ment  as  against  current  theories  this 
18  the  most  complete,  exhaustive,  and 
conclusire  jet  to  hand.  Every  new 
▼iew  is  examined  and  then  demolished : 
universalism  and  annihilation  are  both 
proTed  to  be  unscriptural :  whiUt  the 
propounders  of  them,  from  Farrar  to 
Dobney,  from  Edward  White  to  Samuel 
Cox,  are  subjected  to  a  logic  acrutiny, 
such  as  makes  them  destroy  one  an- 
other. It  is  essentially  a  student's  book, 
ftnd  we  trust  is  the  last  word  in  this 
almost  interminable  controTersy :  it  is 
time  we  taught  the  Scriptures  rather 
thin  the  brainspinning  of  men. 

Oreeu  Pastures  and  Still  Waters. 
Bttlm  xxiiL  By  J.  Dehbam  Smith. 
J.  B.  ~ 


Tei  titeratuze  of  the  23rd  Psahn  would 
make  a  library  of  its  own :  and  yet  here 
ia  another  book  on  the  same  theme,  and 
no  unworthy  one.  Mr.  Smith  has  his 
own  way  of  looking  at  truth,  with  which 
we  do  not  always  agree,  and  yet  there 
is  in  him  so  much  of  loyalty  to  Jesus, 
and  sweetness  of  speech  about  him, 
that  we  forget  the  man  in  the  master, 
and  rerel  instead  of  reviewing.  There 
IS  unction,  beauty,  mellowneas,  and 
freshness  of  treatment  here  that  fairly 
^ritts  us,  and  the  little  volume  muatgo 


on  to  our  shelves.  It  has  our  best 
commendation. 

Counsels  and  Thoughts  for  the  Spiriiual 
Life  of  Believers,    Niabet  ana  Co. 

Thisb  are  no  ordinary  religious 
**  snatches,**  in  the  form  of  daily  por- 
tions, for  belie  vera.  The  author*s  vessel 
does  not  hug  the  coast  of  ordinary  ex- 
perience, but  launches  out  into  the  deep 
waters  of  confident  trust,  assured  faith, 
and  intense  consecration.  EveiT  para- 
graph tells  of  an  experimental  fellowship 
witn  Jesus  and  a  closeness  of  intercourse 
which  fit  it  for  becoming  the  guide 
and  adviser  of  others.  Certainly  there 
is  here  no  milk  for  babes,  but  strong 
meat  for  those  who  are  of  full  age. 

Pulpit  Talent,  {fc.  Literary  Varieties 
by  HoRACfl  BosHUBLL,  D,D,  R.  D. 
Dickinson. 

Whilst  in  some  of  these  papers,  es- 
pecially the  one  on  '*  Christian  compre- 
hensiveness,'* there  is  much  of  teaching 
with  which  we  cannot  agree,  yet  in 
others  there  is  a  fund  of  tresh,  bright, 
powerful  truth  that  compels  our  ad- 
miration and  assent.  The  two  papers 
on  the  preacher*s  qualifications  and 
work  are  about  as  fresh  and  suggestive 
as  anything  that  could  be  said  on  such 
a  well-worn  theme  ;  and  the  student  or 
preacher  would  be  dull  indeed  who  ia 
not  quickened  thereby.  With  careful 
and  discrimioating  reading  these  papers 
cannot  but  do  good. 


|[0te8. 


^I^HT  times  we  meet  in  American  news- 
P^pciB  with  our  own  name  adorned  or  dis- 
^md  with  a  doctor's  degree.  In  a  periodi- 
cal we  lee  month  after  month  an  extract 
uma 

TBs  Bhv.  C.  H.  Sfuboxon,  D.D. 
^e  like  the  prefix  quite  as  well  as  the  affix, 
^!^^  to  lay,  we  detest  tham  equaUy. 
AObert  BohiDion  wrote  in  his  Joomal— 

wondered  how  any  man  could  be  ao  silly 
>•  to  call  ma  reverend."  8haU  we  not  aU 
^™w  in  lome  more  rational  condition  of 
«Qr  nraiai  at  a  great  many  things  which  we 
MwadmireP 

?^  Trtaeury  of  JDavid  is  now  being  re- 
fsited  in  New  York  by  Heaaxs.  Fonk.  It 
^  ^  gnat  venture  for  a  pnbliaher,  but  the 
^tomjieof  thispuahing  house  has  in  this 
<!aae  JMn  abundantly  rewarded.     May  a 


bleasing  rest  on  our  work,  as  it  will  now  be 
read  by  thousands  of  American  pastora.  We 
are  makiug  rapid  progreaa  with  vol.  vi. 

A  firm  is  adveitiaiug  certain  pictures  with 
a  recommendation  from  Mr.  Spurgeon,  but 
Mr.  Spurgeon  has  never  aeen  the  aforesaid 
picturea :  tiie  artidea  of  which  he  rooke  ao 
highly  were  a  number  of  very  handaomely 
illummated  texta,  and  hia  worda  ought  not 
to  be  applied  to  other  artidea. 

Ot^IHday  evening^  March  17,  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Tabemade  Sunday-achool 
waa  held  in  the  Leoture  Hall.  Owing  to  the 
abaenoe,  through  illncaa,  of  the  President, 
Pastor  O.  H.  Bpnrgeon.  the  duur  was  taken 
by  the  Bight  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Shaftes- 
bury, K.O.,  who  referred,  in  hia  address, 
to  the  pricdeaa  value  of  Sunday-achools, 


250 


NOTES. 


giying  instances   of  the   benefits  to  the 
young. 

Mr.  Pearoe,  superintendent,  reported 
that  there  are  now  in  the  school  1330 
scholars ;  of  whom  299  are  over  15  yean  of 
age,  108  are  church  members.  36  having 
joined  during  the  past  year.  Tnere  are  also 
109  teachers,  including  officers,  all  of  whom 
are  churcii  members :  such  only  beins  ad- 
missible according  to  the  rules  oi  the  school. 
The  sum  of  £136  6s.  has  been  raised  for 
miasionary  purposes,  in  addition  to  £60, 
collected  m  Mr.  Wignev's  Bible-class.  for 
Chinese  missions,  and  £l84  lis.  Id.  realized 


brafy  and  Magazine  Departmentj  Tounff 
ChristianB*  Association,  Dorcas  Society,  ana 
Band  of  Hope  are  all  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition, and,  aboYO  all,  there  have  been 
evident  signs  of  the  presence  and  blessing  of 
God.  One  of  the  scholars^  a  little  girl  of 
seven  summers,  was  seized  m  the  early  part 


Dg  you  'xnere  is  a  green 
away !°  "  He  was  a  stranger  to  the  love  of 
Jesus,  but  from  that  time  a  change  began  in 
him,  and  two  months  ago  he  came  before  the 
church  for  membership.  Another  friend, 
who  has  attended  the  school  for  seventeen 
years,  has  just  found  the  Saviour.  We 
bless  Ood  for  the  early  and  latter  rain. 

Addresses  were  given  by  Pastors  J.  A. 
Spurgeon,  and  w.  Williams,  of  Upton 
Chapel,  and  Mr.  T.  Brain,  of  the  Sunday 
School  Union. 

The  Sunday-school  Choir,  conducted  by 
Mr.  Wigney,  c^ave  a  selection  of  pieces 
during  the  evemng  from  the  service  of  song 
entitled  '•  Under  Vxe  Pahns." 

Theseparagraphs  refer  to  the  one  school 
in  tbe  Tabexnacle;  we  are  hapny  to  say 
that  tiiere  are  several  other  schools  belong- 
ing to  our  church,  and  that  altogether  they 
contain  more  than  6000  scholars. 

On  Sunday  afternoon^  April  IS^wader  the 
auspices  of  our  newly-formed  Total  Ab- 
stinence Society,  Mr.  It.  T.  Booth  delivered 
a  Gbi^l  TempOTance  address  in  the  Taber- 
nacle. The  bmlding  was  nearly  crov^ed, 
and  the  immense  audience  listened  to  the 
appeals  of  this  earnest  evangelist  with  great 
attention,  many  being  moved  to  tears  by  the 
paretic  story  of  his  own  reclamation,  and 
the  ^T*"i"g  narrative  of  his  efforts  to  rescue 
others.  He  has  not  by  any  means  laboured 
in  vain,  for  since  last  September,  when  sepa- 
rate registers  for  new  abstainers,  and  for 
old  teetotallers  who  have  donned  the  blue 
ribbon,  were  oommenoed,  160,000  fresh 
^edges  have  been  obtained  at  his  meetings. 
His  motto  is  truly  '*  Jeans  onlv.'*  He  im- 
gores  Christians  to  become  abstainers  for 
Christ's  sake,  he  entreats  abstainers  not  to 
rest  satisfied  without  faith  in  the  Saviour, 
and  be  pleads  with  dmnkaids  to  sign  the 
total  abstinanoe  pledge,  and  at  the  same  time 


to  trust  for  salvation  to  the  blood  o^  the 
Ijamb. 

This  work,  so  far  as  we  have  been  able  ta 
judge  of  it  by  the  reports  in  various  papetrs, 
and  the  testimony  of  friends  who  hava  taken 
part  in  the  meetings,  has  our  full  syrniMttiy. 
The  only  hope  of  permanently  rwslaiming 
dnmkards,  and  savmg  the  church  and  the 
nation  from  the  evils  of  intomperanoe^Uea 
in  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  This 
fact  is  ftuly  recognised  by  the  leaden  of 
this  movement,  and  the  enforcement  of  it  in 
all  their  addresses  goes  far  to  aooount  for 
the  marvellous  success  which  has  crowned 
their  labours.  When  we  hear  of  tons  of 
thousands  in  one  town  signing  the  pledge, 
and  taking  the  blue  ribbon,  and  leazn  that 
scores  of  public-houses,  and  evenbrewenes, 
have  been  closed  for  want  of  customers,  we 
thank  Ood  that  at  last  the  victory  is  being 
won,  and  we  pray  that  the  compfeto  over- 
throw of  the  evu  traffic  may  be  speedily 
accompJiBhed. 

Our  Tabernacle  Society  continues  steadily 
to  prosecute  the  work  for  which  it  was 
organized.  The  weekly  meetings  have  been 
so  well  attended  that  they  have  had  to  be 
transferred  to  the  largaLecture-hall,  and  the 
number  of  pledges  has  been  constantly  in- 
creasing. On  the  Tuesday  evening  foUow- 
ing  Mr.  Booth's  address,  Bir.  W.  KoUe,  of 
the  Hozton  Town  Hall,  paid  a  visit  to  the 
Society,  and  as  the  result  of  his  earnest  ad- 
vocacy of  Gospel  Temperance  eighty  persons 
signed  the  pledge,  and  one  hundred  put  on 
the  blue  ribbon,  in  addition  to  one  hundred 
and  sixty  who  had  signed  the  pledge  at  the 
close  of  Mr.  Booth's  address  on  Um  Sunday 
afternoon. 

Cou^BOS.— ^inoe  our  last  notice  Mr.  J.  W. 
Campbell  has  settled  at  Arbroath,  N.  B., 
and  tne  f oUowinc  brethrsn  have  removed : — 
Mr.  H.  Bradford  fromBrizham,  to  Princes- 
street,  Northampton;  and  Mr.  W.  Hillier, 
Mus.  Doc.,  f  rom  Wingrave^  Bartholomew- 
street,  Exeter  ;  and  Mr.  W.  Compton,  late 
of  Brighton,  has  accepted  the  pastorate  of 
the  Umon  Church,  Gosport. 

CoimEBBNCB.— Of  course,  the  great  Col- 
lege event  of  the  past  month  has  been  the 

BXOBTEBNTK  AlTtfOAL  COHFSBBXICB  OF  TBK 

Tabsobb*  Ck>LLBOB  AsBocxATioir— *  matter 
which,  now  that  all  is  over,  demands  a 
jubilant  song  of  praise.  The  meeting  were 
commenced,  as  usual,  by  a  gathenag  for 
prayer  at  the  College,  on  Monaaff  afUmo^n^ 
AprU  17,  after  which  about  two  hvndzed  of 
the  pastors  and  stodents  partook  of  tsa 
togetner  at  South-street  Chapel,  QteeBwioh, 
by  the  kind  invitetion  of  Pastor  O.  Spugeon 
and  his  friends,  who  gave  the  btethnsi  a 
most  hearty  reception.  All  must  have  Mt 
at  home  among  such  warm-hearted  heats. 
In  the  evening  the  ^aoions  ehapel  was 
erowded  for  the  public  meetbig,  at  which 
the  Ptesidentof  the  GoUege,  O.  H.fipaifeon. 
took  the  chair.  Addreaes  were  dsllrsred 
by  the  Chaifmaa,  Pastors  B.   F.   Jeflrsy 


N0TS8. 


251 


(Folkestone),  F.  J.  Feltham  (Winalow),  S. 
H.  Akehunt  (Arthur-street,  Camberwell), 
and  N.  Dobaon  (Deal),  Mr.  A.  G.  Everett, 
a  student  still  in  the  College,  and  Pastor  C. 
Sporgeon,  who  presided  when  his  father 
had  to  leare  the  meeting  in  order  to  husband 
his  strength  f orthe  following  day.  The  col- 
lection for  the  Ck)Uege  funds  realised  £15. 
At  the  same  hour  the  Vice-President,  J.  A. 
Spui^eon,  conducted  the  usual  prayer- 
meetmg  at  the  Tabernacle,  at  which  prayer 
was  presented  by  several  of  the  brethren, 
and  addresMS  were  delivered  by  Pastors  T. 
W.  Hedhuzst  (Lalte-road,  Lsuidport),  and 
W.  F.  Stead  (Worthmg).  Altogether,  the 
maetingB  of  Monday  augured  well  for  the 
saooess  of  the  week;  and,  looking  back 
upon  the  whole  Conference,  we  can  distincHy 
trace  a  constant  widening  of  the  stream  of 
blessing  right  to  the  close,  when  it  had  be- 
come a  mighty  spiritual  torrent,  which  fairly 
canied  us  away,  until  many  of  us  could 
8carcel;ir  toll  whether  we  were  in  the  body  or 
out  of  it. 

On  Tuuday  mornUigf  April  18,  the  first 
hour  was  occonied  with  grateful  thanks- 
giving to  the  Lord  for  past  merdes,  and 
earnest  wrestling  for  fresh  favours  at  his 
hands.  The  President  then  delivered  his 
inangural  address,  founded  upon  the  tozt, 
■*¥^an  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong." 
(2  (^r.  zii.  10).  As  we  hope  to  publish  the 
address  in  the  Magazine  it  is  only  necessary 
to  say  here  that  it  was  said  by  many  that 
the  speaker  was  an  illustration  of  his  own 
subject,  for  in  his  weakness  he  was  made 
strong  for  the  important  task  upon  which  he 
was  engaged.  After  a  brief  recess  the 
brethren  reassembled,  and  transacted  the 
business  of  the  Conference.  The  principal 
items  of  public  interest  are  the  following : — 
The  President  appropriately  referred  to  the 
deaths  of  Brethren  Ii.  H.  Garrett,  D.  Lyall, 
B.  Malrin.  H.  Marsden,  and  D.  Morsan; 
the  names  of  eighteen  students  who  nave 
been  for  more  than  six  months  in  the  College 
were  added  to  the  Conference-roll,  and  cer- 
tain other  names  were,  for  various  reasons, 
removed.  Mrs.  Spurgeon,  thoup^h  unable  to 
be  present,  gave  to  each  minister  a  book 
which  she  h^Md  would  be  useful  in  sug- 
gesting thougnts  and  subjects  for  sermons, 
and  a  hearty  voto  of  tlianks  was  unani- 
mously accorded  for  her  kindness.  C.  F. 
AJDiaon,  £>4-«  reported  the  last  year'sreoeipts 
from  the  College  Mutual  Assurance  Com- 
munity. Each  man  pays  6s.,  and  then  at 
the  death  of  a  wife  receives  £10,  and  £6  at 
the  death  of  a  child,  and  this  to  poor  men 
is  a  great  help  in  the  time  of  sorrow  and 
of  nooeainnr  expense.  Through  the  good- 
ness of  GkM  the  deaths  had  beoi  so  few  this 
year  that  a  surplus  remained.  Mr.  Allison 
was  very  cordially  thsnked  for  his  manage- 
ment of  the  fund,  and  asked  to  contmue  his 
serrioea  during  the  present  year,  and  the 
WUff"-  in  hand  was  carried  forward  to  meet 
poaiible  daims  in  the  future. 

MoxsAT,  JuifB  19,  the  President's  birth- 
day, was  fixed  as  the  day  to  be  set  apart /or 


special  united  prayer  by  all  the  churchea 
connected  with  the  Conference.  It  is  much 
wished  that  this  would  be  more  generallv 
noted  when  the  time  comes.  A  letter,  which 
is  printed  in  full  in  the  report  at  the  end  of 
the  present  Magazine,  was  read  from  the 
Canadian  branch  of  the  Pastors'  College 
Association,  and  also  a  communication  con- 
cerning the  work  of  the  brethren  in  Aus- 
tralia, from  Pastor  A.  J.  Clarke,  West  Mel- 
bourne, in  response  to  which  the  President 
was  desired  to  send  a  hearty  message  of 
loving  greeting,  not  only  to  the  brethren  in 
the  Dominion  and  at  the  Antipodes,  but  to 
all  the  members  of  our  holv  brotherhood 
throughout  the  world.  In  fulfilment  of  thia 
desire,  and  dropping  for  the  moment  the 
editorial  "we,"  I,  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  hereby, 
"  witii  mine  own  hand,"  carry  out  the  wish 
of  the  assembled  brethren. 

On  Tuesday  evening,  instead  of  the  usual 
soiree^  Mr.  Charlesworth's  Song-service  en- 
titled **  Valour  and  Victory  "  was  ^iven  at 
Stockwell  Baptist  Chapel,  by  the  kind  per- 
mission of  Mr.  Maclean  and  his  friends. 
Addresses  were  delivered  by  the  President, 
and  Pastors  E.  J.  Edwards  ^Dover),  and 
W.  J.  Mayers  (Bristol),  and  the  musical 
portion  of  the  service  was  ably  rendered  by 
Messrs.  Chamberlain.  Mayers,  Parker,  and 
J.  M.  Smith,  the  orphanage  choir,  ana  the- 
Southwark  Choral  Society,  xmder  the  effi- 
cient leadership  of  Mr.  John  Courtnay. 
During  an  interval  between  some  of  the 
pieces  the  Stockwell  Orphanage  Campan- 
olo^ts  delighted  tiie  audience  with  an 
exhibition  of  their  powers  of  manipulating 
their  peal  of  hanabells.  It  was  a  soul- 
stirrjnpf  evening.  These  Song-services  are  a 
charmmg  means  of  grace,  and  are  adapted 
greatly  to  bless  both  believers  and  such  as 
are  out  of  the  way. 

On  Wed)M$d(nj  morning^  April  19,  after 
a  short  season  spent  in  prayer,  Pastor  A. 
Bax,  of  Saltors'  Hall  Chapel,  Islington,  read 
a  paper  on  '*  Expectation  in  our  work." 
This  led  to  an  interesting  and  profitable 
discussion,  which  was  followed  by  another 
paper  on  **  The  element  of  personal  charac-^ 
ter  in  ministerial  work,"  read  by  Pastor 
George  Hill,  M.A.,  of  Leeds.  As  we  hope, 
month  by  month,  to  place  before  our  readera 
all  the  papers  read  at  the  recent  Conference 
we  will  not  refer  to  them  at  length  here, 
but  it  is  our  firm  conviction  that  we  have 
never  had  a  bettor  quartette  of  essays,  and 
that  the  men  who  can  write  such  {iroduc- 
tions  are  quite  able  to  hold  their  own 
against  an  equal  number  of  repreeentetivea 
of  any  other  school  of  the  prophets.  We 
do  not  boast  of  them,  but  we  do  magnify 
the  grace  which  has  enabled  so  many  <»  our 
brethren  to  occupy  important  poste  in  the 
field  of  Christian  service,  and  to  fill  their 
positions  with  ever-increasing  credit  to  their 
alma  mater. 

In  the  afternoon,  the  subsoribera  and 
friends  of  the  College  met  for  tea,  and  after- 
wards aaMmbled  in  the  lecture-hall  for  the 
annual  meeting.    George  Williams,  Esq.,. 


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nobly  fulfilled  the  duties  of  chairman; 
prayer  was  offered  by  Mr.  S.  Thompson ; 
the  President  and  Yice-Prevident  described 
the  work  of  the  College  during  the  past 
year;  Pastors  F.  H.  White  (Talbot-road 
Tabernacle),  and  G.  B.  Sawday  (Vernon 
Chapel,  Pentonville),  rnferred  to  the  con- 
nection between  the  Colle^  and  the  Toung 
Men's  Ohristian  Association;  Mr.  J.  M. 
Smith  and  Pastor  C.  Spurgeon  spoke  of  the 
blessing  that  had  rested  upon  the  labours  of 
the  evangelists ;  and  Mr.  Hairy  Wood  gave 
A  thrilling  and  touching  account  of  the  work 
of  Tarious  brethren  in  Australia,  where  he 
hopes  after  a  little  while  again  to  preach 
with  the  same  success  which  has  attended 
his  efforts  hitherto.  At  8*45  the  large  com- 
pany adjourned  to  the  Tabernacle  lecture- 
nail,  to  partake  of  the  supper  given  by  the 
President  and  two  friends,  and  provided  by 
Mr.  Murrell  and  his  co-workers.  Mr.  Spur- 
geon stated  that  there  would  be  no  drinJong 
of  toasts,  but  he  expressed  his  heartiest 
thanks  to  the  chairman  for  preddingj  and 
in  the  name  of  the  whole  assembly  wished 
him  long  life,  prosperity,  happiness,  and  all 
other  good  things.  The  total  amount 
promised  or  contributed  at  the  supper-table, 
together  with  the  donations  of  friends  un- 
aUe  to  be  present,  was  £2,160.  This  amount 
would  not  have  been  reached  had  not  the 
chairman  been  generous  in  the  highest 
degree;  finding  tbat  the  amount  was  for 
the  moment  below  £2,000,  he  volunteered  a 
aeoond  hundred  guineajs,  and  this  awakened 
the  zeal  of  others,  and  carried  us  up  to  this 
large  amount. 

Thurtday^  Amril  20,  was  another  season 
of  high  spiritual  enjoyment.  First  came,  as 
osnal,  a  short  devotional  service ;  next  the 
Yioe-fretident  delivered  his  address  founded 
upon  the  words,  **  He  which  stablisheth  us 
with  yon  in  Christ,  is  God."  (2  Cor.  i.  21.) 
Then  Pastor  0.  A.  Davis,  of  Bradford,  read 
the  paper  entitled,  **  How  Jesus  trained  his 
preachers,"  which  is  printed  at  the  beginning 
of  this  maj^azine ;  and  after  a  brief  but  use- 
ful discussion,  I^astor  W.  B.  Haynes,  of 
Stafford,  read  his  wonderful  paper  on  **  The 
essential  nobility  of  our  ministry."  We 
think  all  our  brethren  will  agree  with  us, 
especially  when  they  remember  that  this 
paper  had  to  be  written  under  sore  domestic 
affliction  and  expected  bereavement^  that 
while  every  brother  has  done  glonoualy, 
Bro.  Haynes  has  a  special  claim  upon  our 
gratitude. 

In  the  evening,  after  a  large  number  of 
friends  had  taken  tea  with  the  ministers  in 
the  schoolroom,  the  annual  public  meeting 
was  held  in  tne  Tabemaole,  which  was 
almost  crowded.  Several  of  our  sweet 
aingers  charmed  us  with  their  melodious 
music;  the  President  and  Vice-President 
again  shared  the  pleasant  duty  of  presiding, 
and  presenting  the  report  for  the  year ;  and 
addresses  were  given  by  Mr.  Harry  Wood 
and  Pastors  A.  Bird  (Saadown)  and  C.  T. 
Johnson  (Longton.  Staffs.).  Each  brother 
had  a  tale  to  tell  that  brought  tean  of  joy 


to  our  eyes,  and  feelings  of  thankfnlnen  to 
our  hearts,  as  they  proclaimed  what  the 
Lord  had  done  bv  them  and  by  ethers 
through  the  preachini;  of  the  gospel.  At 
the  close  of  tne  meetmg  the  ministers  and 
students  were  entertained  to  supper  in  the 
lecture-hall,  when  again  all  toast-drinkini; 
was  omitteo.  and  sentiments  of  gratitude  to 
the  tutors  of  the  College  and  the  deacons  of 
the  Tabernacle  church  were  expreMed  by 
chosen  speakers  and  acknowledged  by  the 
Vice-President  and  Mr.  B.  W.  C^rr. 

The  Friday  in  Conference  week  is  alwaya 
the  great  day  of  our  Feast  of  Tabemadea, 
and  this  year  has  been  no  exception  to  the 
rule.  At  the  su^zestion  of  the  London 
committee.  Pastor  JQ.  G.  Gange,  of  Broad- 
mead  Chapel,  Bristol,  was  asked  to  relieve 
the  President  by  preaching  to  the  brethren, 
and  most  heaiftiljjr  did  he  accept  the  re- 
sponsibility, and  right  nobly  did  he  justify 
his  brethren's  choice.  He  took  for  ms  text 
the  oft-quoted  words,  "He  that  winnetli 
souls  is  wise"  (Prov.  xi.  30),  and  preached 
from  them  a  sermon  that  none  could  hear 
without  devout  thankfulnes  and  solemn 
heart-searching,  and  that  all  who  heard  will 
remember  with  delight  and  profit  for  many 
a  day  to  come. 

At  the  oommunion-table  the  President 
gave  a  short  address,  founded  upon  the 
words,  "  And  when  I  saw  him,  I  fell  at  his 
feet  as  dead.  And  he  laid  his  right  hand 
upon  me,  smng  unto  me.  Fear  not ;  I  am 
the  first  and  the  last :  I  am  he  that  liveth, 
and  was  dead ;  and,  behold,  I  am  alive  for 
evermore.  Amen ;  and  have  the  keys  of  hell 
and  of  death."  At  the  dose  of  the  sacred 
service  the  whole  assembly  stood,  aa  usual, 
with  hands  linked  in  one  unbroken  chain, 
in  token  of  the  bond  that  binds  na  together, 
and  sang  Psalm  122. 

During  the  farewell  dinner  the  President 
called  Mr.  Murrell  io  the  front  of  the  plat* 
form,  and  after  referring  to  his  great  ser- 
vices to  the  College,  read  the  following 
address,  which  the  brethren  desired  unani- 
mously to  present  to  him,  appropriately 
illuminated  and  framed,  together  with  some 
suitable  memento  of  their  hearty  apprecia- 
tion of  his  devotion  to  their  int«rests : — 
"Pastors*  College  Eighteenth  Annual  Con- 
ference, April,  1882. 

**It  was  unanimously  agreed  'that  tiie 
warmest  thanks  of  the  asserabled  brethren  be 
given  to  our  ever-sealous  and  indefatigable 
friend,  William  C.  Murrell,  Esq.,  deacon  of 
the  church  at  the  Metrtmolitan  Tabemade, 
for  his  most  efficient  ana  oft-repeated  aer- 
vices  for  the  College,  not  only  in  oomieotioa 
with  the  care  of  the  weekly  offering  every 
Lord's-day,  but  especially  during  the  period 
of  our  Annual  Conference.  For  many  years 
our  comfort  has  been  secured  and  our  en- 
joyment promoted  by  the  arduous  labour 
and  admirable  skill  i»  our  good  brother  in 
providing  for  our  penonal  refrsshment,  as 
also  in  carrying  out  the  anangementt  lor  the 
annual  supper  to  the  subsoribers  of  the  Col- 
lege. We  gratefully  recognise  and  appreciate 


KOTBB. 


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our  friend**  tuuque  powers,  which  are  so 
freely  aod  contmuously  consecrated  in  a 
sphere  so  peculiarly  his  own.  We  wonder 
at  and  admire  the  suocessfal  manner  in 
which  he  has  uniformly  secnred  the  material 
comfort  of  our  meetings,  and  we  thank  him 
with  all  OUT  hearts.  May  the  great  Provider 
of  all  good,  who  will  not  allow  even  a  cup 
of  cold  water  to  be  bestowed  in  vain,  refresh 
oar  esteemed  brother  in  all  spiritual  things 
as  richly  as,  like  a  good  deaeon,  he  has 
helped  to  serve  our  table.  To  him  and  his 
faznily  we  wish  health  and  all  needed  good 
for  many  years,  that  he  may  still  minister 
to  the  necessities  of  the  saints,  and  himself 
enjoy  thatmeat  which  endureth  toererlasting 
life.^Signed  for  the  Oonference." 

Mr.  Murrell  feelingly  acknowledged  the 
^t,  and  expressed  the  great  delight  he  had 
m  serving  the  brethren,  and  in  helping  the 
President  in  any  way.  Our  faithful  Be- 
membrancer.  Pastor  F.  H.  White,  then 
reported  that  178  pastors  had  collected  or 
contributed,  during  the  past  year,  £499  Is.  6d. 
for  the  Ck>llege  funds.  A  few  earnest  closing 
speeches  were  made  ezpressiye  of  esteem 
and  affection  for  t)ie  President  and  Mrs. 
Spurgeon,  the  Vice-president,  the  tutors, 
the  deacons,  and  all  helpers,  and  the 
Eighteenth  Annual  Conference  was  fittingly 
closed  with  the  doxology  and  the  bene- 
diction. 

The  President  feels  that  he  cannot  close 
these  Notes  without  a  personal  acknow- 
ledgment of  his  deep  gratitude  to  the  Lord, 
who  so  graciously  heard  the  many  prayers 
presented  on  his  behalf,  and  who  not  only 
enabled  him  to  occupy  his  post  right  through 
the  Conference,  but  made  the  excitement 
and  enthusiasm  of  the  holy  gathering  minis- 
ter to  his  more  speedy  reooTery,  so  that 
instead  of  being,  as  he  feared,  exhausted  by 
the  week's  engagements,  he  was  even 
stronger  at  the  end  than  he  had  been  at 
the  beginning  of  the  meetings.  Nor  can  he 
forget  the  loving  words  and  affectionate 
bearing  of  all  the  brotherhood,  nor  the 
generous  hospitality  of  those  who  enter- 
tained the  ministers,  nor  the  liberality  of 
the  liberal  donors,  nor  any  of  the  loudnesses 
innumerable  which  have  been  showered 
upon  him.  Of  all  men  he  is  the  most  in 
debt  to  his  brethreuj  and  to  his  God. 

Evahoxlzsts.— Pastor  W.  H.  J.  Page 
sends  us  the  following  report  of  Messrs. 
Smith  and  FuUerton's  services  at  Chelsea : — 

'*  A  series  of  meetings,  unexampled  in  the 
history  of  Chelsea  Chapel,  has  been  oon- 
ducted  here  from  March  12th  to  April  2nd, 
by  our  beloved  brethren,  Messrs.  FuUerton 
and  Smith.  Mr.  FnUoton  was  no  stranger 
at  Chelsea,  and  memories  of  his  former  visit 
awskened  great  expectations  for  the  present 
one;  and  we  now  thankfully  record  that, 
notwithstanding  special  difficulties  and  un- 
expected hindrances,  the  success  of  the  effort 
has  been  very  great.  Our  chapel  is  large, 
<uid  hj  no  means  easy  to  flU,^  but  to  our 
gnat  joy  it  has  been  fflled  again  and  again 


during  these  services.  We  have  also  abun- 
dant testimony  that  the  gospel  preached  and 
sung  has  been  blessed  to  many.  Christians 
have  been  revived  and  cheered ;  backsliders 
have  been  restored;  and  others  have  been 
aroused  and  saved.  A  special  blessing  has 
rested  upon  some  of  our  senior  classes,  and 
many  of  their  members  have,  we  trust,  been 
brought  to  decision. 

'*  Possibly  we  should  have  still  greater 
results  to  speak  of  but  for  what  has  seemed 
to  us  a  succession  of  adverse  providences, 
which  have  certainly  affected  the  work.  It 
was  with  great  regret  that  on  the  first 
Sunday  we  neard  of  Mr.  Spurgeon's  illness, 
and  that  Mr.  FuUerton  would  take  his  place 
at  the  Tabernacle  in  the  evening ;  ana  our 
regret  was  deepened  when  the  continuance 
of  that  illness  aeprived  us  of  our  brother's 
presence  on  the  foUowins  Sunday.  We 
could  not  refuse  to  spare  nim  to  serve  one 
whom  we  so  much  love,  however  great  the 
loss  might  be  to  us.  Then  on  the  Wed- 
nesday of  the  second  week,  just  after  a  most 
delightful  and  profitable  meeting  for  women 
only,  our  dear  friend  was  suddenlysummoned 
to  Ireland  by  the  death  of  his  mother.  The 
announcement  of  his  departure  at  the  even- 
ing meeting  was  a  great  shock  to  all,  and 
much  sympathy  was  expressed.  The  neces- 
sary result,  too,  was  that  on  the  third  Sun- 
day he  was  again  away  from  us.  During 
his  absence  Mr.  Smith  carried  on  the  meet- 
ings, with  the  kind  and  valued  help  of  Mr. 
Charlesworth  and  Mr.  Chamberlain,  and  we 
rejoice  to  know  that  the  labours  of  each 
were  made  useful. 

*'It  was  originally  intended  to  close  the 
mission  on  Saturday,  April  1st,  but  in  con- 
sideration of  .the  disappomtment  which  many 
had  experienced  in  failing  to  hear  Mr.  Ful- 
lertouj  arrangements  were  made  with  Mr. 
Chamngton  for  our  brethren  to  stay  the 
following  Sunday  at  Chelsea.  On  this  day 
the  chapel  was  thrice  filled  with  people,  and 
it  was  a  day  of  much  power  and  blessing ; 
though  to  many  of  us  it  was  clouded  by  the 
illness  of  our  beloved  deacon,  Mr.  S.  Ed- 
wards, who  died  the  same  night.  Thus,  all 
through,  our  joy  has  been  tinged  with 
sorrow,  and  we  have  had  to  exercise  faith 
in  the  wisdom  of  the  overruling  hand  which 
has  arranged  events  so  contrary  to  our 
wishes.  rTotwithstanding  all,  we  review 
the  services  with  joyful  gratitude,  and 
anticipate  permanent  fruits  from  them." 

COLPOBTAOE.— The  Secretary  asks  us  to 
mention  that  the  annual  meeting  will  be 
held  at  the  Tabernacle  on  Monday  evening ^ 
May  8,  when  Mr.  Spurgeon  hopes  to  preside, 
and  to  distribute  the  prizes  promised  to  the 
Colporteurs  last  year.  Dr.  Donald  Fraser 
has  xmdly  promised  to  address  the  meeting, 
and  about  twenty  of  the  Colpoctours  will  be 
present,  several  of  whom  will  give  accounts 
of  their  work. 

Baptisms  at  MetropoUtaa  Tabernacle  :— 
March  30,  nineteen. 


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statement  of  RtfoeipU  from  March  \hth  Ut  April  14^A,  1882. 


Pastor  D.  C.  Chapman     

Collection  at   Octaviiu-^trect  Chapel, 

Deptford,  per  Pastor  D.  Honour     ... 

The  Mls8e«  Dramtfield      

Pastor  6.  W.  Linnecar 

Kev.  J.  P.  Chown 

Mr.  J.  Gh.  Hall        

Mr.  T.  "Whittakcr 

Mr.  W.  H.  Balne 

Mr.  W.  L.  A.  B.-C.  Burdctt-Coutts  ... 
Pa«tor  A.  Pidffcon,  from  churches  at 

Hemyock  ana  Sainthill  

Mr.  T.  W.  Stoughton      

Postal  Order  from  Clydach       

Collection  at  Paisley,  per  Pastor  John 

V^XA#UC/U  ••■  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  Wm.  Telfor 

Mr.  Wm.  Johnson 

Pastor  Harry  Wood         

Pastor  K.  T.  Lewis 

Mrs.  C.  Norton      

.i  ThankHgiyingr     

Mr.  G.  Harris 

Mr.  F.  Butchei*      

Mr.  Jas.  B.  Hay 

VTa  •••         •■•         •■•         «••         •••         ••• 

•*  From  love  to  Jesus  "    

Stamps  from  a  friend      

Collection  at  Ulvci'ston  Baptist  Chapel. 

MissHawkei  

Mrs.  Bainbow        

Dr.  T.  J.  Bainardo 

Mr.  Samuel  O.  Shtippard 

Mr.  F.  J.  Wood,  LL.D 

joi.  isveretb...        ...        ...        ...       ... 

Mrs.  Hadland        

Mrs.  Heritajye...  

Mr.  Theodore  Barnes      

Pastor  Geor^  Goodchikl 

Pastor  W.  Compton        

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Price  

Pastor  E.  O,  Evans  

Mr.  W.  H.  Stevens  


£   ■.  d. 
0  10    0 


2    0 
1    1 


1  1 
1  1 
6  6 
0  10 
6    0 


5  0 
1  0 

ao  0 

6  0 
0  10 
0 
1 


10 
3 
6 
15 
10 
0 
3 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
8 
4 


0  10 

3    3 

10    0 


6 
1 
2 
6 


0 
1 
2 
0 


0  10 

0  6 

1  10 
6  6 
1  0 
6    6 


0 
0 


0  15    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  14  6 
2  2  0 
0    2    6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2  6 
0    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mr.  John  Boberts 

Collection  at  Vernon  ChapeU  Penton- 

villc,  per  Pastor  C.  B.  Sawday 
l^Ir.  Evan  Owen     ... 
Mr.  A.  H.  Scard    ... 
Miss  Mary  Beol,  per  Mr.  Fullerton    ... 
Dorcas  ... 

2kIiiM  Mitchell        

I  J.  M.  rc.      ...       ... 

Mrs.  Horwood       

«J.  and  £.  C...        ...        ...        ... 

Mrs.  C.  Lewis        ... 

Mr.  H.  M.  Watts 

Pastor  N.  Heath 110 

Collection  at  Gravcsend  ...         1  11    6 


]^Ir.  C.Wood  

Mr.  Fred.  Howard 

Mr.  B.  Venables 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  Cotton  ... 

3(Ir.  and  Mrs.  Burt 

Mr.  Ed.  Sheffield 

Mr.  Marcus  Martin 

Mr.  John  J.  Betts 

MiatSteedmaa      

Mrs.  Fauloonec       

Mr.  J.  Dore 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  Holland... 
Mrs.  Boberfcwn- A ikman  ... 

Mr.  E.  b.  Boot      

Miss  Samboume    

Weekly  Offerings  at  the 
JuAr.  x<i        ...        ...       ... 

,,       dry  ...  *•.  ... 

April  2        ...        ... 

yy  V  •••  •••  •■• 

AnnnaJ  SHbseription  ;— 
Mr.  Joel  Evered    


£  s.i 

010  1. 


11  T 
0  10 
0  5 
010 
0  10 
0  10 

40  0 

0  10 

1  0 
1  1 
0  5 


SIS  I 

set 

1  0 
S  0 

0 
0 
5 

0 


1 
s 

5 
5 
5 

to 


10  10  f 
to  0  f 

0 

s 

1 

0 


Met 
25 
10 
50 
50 


Tab.:- 
0    0 

10  10 
0  0 
0    0 


5» 
S 
1 
5 
2 
1 

10 


S  0 

1  0 
0  0 


lasiott 
,.    1  0  « 

£170  611 


Statement  of  Receiptt  from  March  ISth  to  April  litJi,  1382. 


v»  aJ»  Vy»  •••  •■•  •••  ••«  «•• 

A  member 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arrcs         

Mr.  D.  C.  Winthrop        

Sermon-readers,  Craig    

LIT    Ti 
.    A^.    A^.  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mrs.  M.  Sheppard 

1.  O.,  Neilston       

Mr.  Daniel  Burgess         

A  friend       

Wo 
•    o»    •«•  •■•  ••«  ••■  •••  ••• 

Collected  by  Mr.  E.  Vane  Johnson    ... 
J.  E.  Eanols  and  A.  J.  Pearsons,  pro- 
ceeds of  exhibition  at  Stowmarket ... 
Thankoffering  fromasermon-reGuler... 

Annette        

First  earnings— A  lover  of  Christ 

Mrs.  E.  PawMy     

Mr.  Joseph  Baskervill     

Mr.  Bobert  lliompson     

Mrs.  Pridie's  children      

Mrs.  B.  Tompkins 


£  B.  d. 
10    0 

0  6 

1  0 
0    6 

0  10 

1  10 
0  19    9 
0    6    0 

5 
2 
0 
3 


0 
0 
1 
1 


1  1 
0  5 
0  6 
0  10 
0  2 
0    5 

2  2 
0  10 
0  10 


0   ! 
0 
0 
0 


0 
6 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 

a 


Mrs.  Black 

Mr.  James  Watson  

Myrtle-street  Chapel,    liverpool, 

venile  Missionary  Society  ... 
Ktamps  from  Chipping  Norton  «• 
Stamps  from  Cromwell  Boftd  . .. 
Hugh's  Seventh  birthday 

V*«    £ja   JIL*  •••  •••  ««■  »,, 

Mr.  F.  Butcher     

Mr.  E.  M.  Abeolon  

Evertonian 

Mr.  E.K  Wright 

Mr.  £.  Atkinson 

Miss  Ellen  Thirtle 

Miiw  Fannah  Fells  

Mr.  J.  Dore ...       ...        ...        ... 

Mrs.  Hague 

Mrs.  £.  Booth        

Mrs.  Offer  and  Friend     

Mrs.  £.  Scott        ...       .M 

Mr.  Evan  Owen .^ 

Mrs.  Brown ••       .^ 


Ju< 


£  §.1 

UlO  0 
0  5  0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
I 

0 


^9 


i 

4 
010 
1  1 
1  0 
1  0 
010 
S  0 
010  « 
010  0 


girlb'  obphanaqe  BuiLDnra  fund. 


255 


Cblketfon  at  Ocimimmion  Serrioe  at 

ttifldd, p«  Pastor  G.  W.  White    ... 

Mtr,  Am  a«  Doanl    ...       ...        ...       ... 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Chac.  Wood 

Ju.  0«  B.  Srepett  ...       ...       ... 

8eotcb  note  firasa  limgaa  

Ito.  Ht.  Tineoln    

Ftom  an  aged  Believer 

OoUeetedbylbB.  Allen 

An  inmate  of  Nottingham  warkhonae  . 

Stamps  from  Pewsey       

GoUectad  by  Mrs.  Lake 

A  arTvantgixl*s  presents  from  niitors . 
Stamps  froan  Baling       

A  Wtdnw 

■^X.     W  M10WvV  •«■  *••  •••  •■•  ■•• 

Mra.  Sarah  Yeale  ... 

PHends  from  Salem,  Cheltenham 

i^^u  jBay      ...        ...        ...        ...        ••» 

JKa .  V .  ^.^WK  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Jar.  £b  w.  Jacob   ...       ...       ...       ... 

jCr.  J.  Crocker       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Caimbanno  SondayHM^ool  children  ... 

3fra.  M.  Garland 

EboryMiasionETening-school 

Mia.  A.  Godfrey    ...        ...        ...        m. 

M^ae  Mitchell         

s.  js<  ... 

AGhzistian 

ILB.8. 

L.M.N. 

P.  L.J. 

A  friend,  per  Pastor  A.  A.  Bees 

Mra.  Batemon       ...       ... 

Mr.  J,  liceson        ...       ...       ...       ... 

A  Coontry  Minister        

■  A  #•••  ••*  •••  •••  •«•  •■* 

JITB*  \^m  JLj^Wifl  •••  ..•  •••  ••• 

GoUected  by  Miss  M.  A.  Eoberts 

A  Lover  of  Jesus 

Mrs.  Murdoch 

A  mend,  per  Bev.  G.  8.  Mnir 

Mra.    J.    T.    Armour,  Chicago,  per 

VT    P  w   •    -^ 

•   V*   \^m  •■•  •••  •«•  •••  «•• 


£  s.  d. 


S  14 

0 

0  6 

0 

3  6 

0 

6  0 

0 

1  0 

0 

0  10 

0 

15  0 

0 

0  6 

0 

0  3 

6 

0  16  10 

0  8 

0 

0  1 

6 

0  8 

2 

0  6 

0 

0  8 

1 

0  « 

0 

S  0 

0 

1  10 

0 

1  1 

0 

2  0 

0 

0  9 

0 

2  0 

0 

0  7 

6 

20  0 

0 

1  8 

8 

0  2 

6 

1  0 

0 

0  ^ 

6 

0  2 

6 

10  10 

0 

40  0 

0 

10  0 

0 

0  6 

0 

0  2 

6 

0  10 

0 

0  8 

0 

10  0 

0 

1  1 

0 

1  4 

9 

0  6 

0 

0  1 

0 

0  2 

0 

6   0   0 


£  s.  d. 

Mrs.  Boyland        0  10    0 

Eld  Lane  Baptist  Sunday-School,  per 

Mr.  H.  Letch      1  10   0 

Mra.  Smorthwaite «•      1    0   0 

CoUected  by  Mr.  Small 0    3    3 

Collected  by  Mr.  Mountain       0    7    6 

CoUected  by  Mias  Wallington 0  Itf    0 

Collected  by  Mr.  NichoUs  0  11    9 

Collected  by  Miss  Lammie  Gardiner  ...      0    14 
Executor  of  the  late  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

James       100    0    0 

Stamps  from  St.  Helen's 0    10 

Sandwich,  per  Bankt^n,  March  8l8t   ...      2    2    0 
Collected  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Harvey  ...      0  116 

Mr.  D.  Batchelor 0  10   6 

Noxmanton  Baptist  Sunday-school    ... 
"  A  family  of  six"         

J   T    T\ 

C« •     A  •    MM*  *mm  •••  •>•  •••  •■* 

Collected  by  Miss  A.  Biggs       

Stamps  from  Derby         

Per  V.  J.  C— 

Mr.  Gomman     10    0 

Mr.  Knight        10    0 

3ir.  King 0  10    0 

Mr.  Pattenon    0  10   0 


0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


7  0 

0  0 

1  6 
7  8 

2  0 


Marshall  Street  Baptist  Sabbatli  School, 
Edinburgh  

Collected  by  Mrs.  Turner  

collected  by  Mrs.  Fuller 

Mr.  J.  Wilson 

Mr.  W.  Banford 

Mr.  W.  B.  Fox,  for  the  8opi>ort  of  one 
child  for  one  year  Centered  in  error  in 

College  Ust  last  month)         

AwHwtl  SubitenpUons  : — 

Mrs.  W.  Williams 

MisB  Humphrey,  per  F.  B.  T 

"  saver  Wedding"         

J&TB.  £l.  M.  fVatts...        ...        ...        ... 

QuarUrly  SubiteriptioH  .*— 

Mr.  Thomas  Milward      


3    0    0 


0  10 
0  10 
0    6 

0  10 

1  0 


1  0 
0  6 
0  10 
0    5 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


20    0    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


6  10    0 

£322  10    4 


LiM  of  Pre$att«,  per  lir,  Charlestoorthf  to  April  Uth  (Boyif  Division) ;— Paovisioxfi.'— 2  Sacks  of  Flour, 
3iCr.  J.  Nutter ;  120  Eggs,  Miss  Janet  Ward ;  a  quantity  of  Buns,  Mx.  F.  Bowe  ;  10  Sacks  of  Potatoes, 

Ba. 

OasniiAU— An  Aviai^  '^'^  ^  Birds,  Mn.  C.  F.  Allison ;  Stilbs.  of  Soap,  Mr.  T.  P.  Chard ;  a  Hamper 
of  Wild  Flowers,  Miss  Coat^' ;  a  Box  of  Primroses,  Mr.  L.  Baker ;  a  Patent  Boot  Cleaning  Machine, 
Mr.  W.  Marshall ;  several  Volumes  and  some  Loose  Numbers  of  the  '*  Australasian,"  Mr.  T.  Buck- 


Cu)tht:;o.— 30  Flannel  Shirts,  The  Mioses  Dransfield ;  a  Parcel  of  Drapery  (Boys'),  Mrs.  Gething; 
18  Flannel  Shirts,  Mrs.  Holoombe. 

iOitW  Division) :  — A  large  dock  for  School,  Mr.  A.  Anderson;  80  large  Spoons;  Mr.  G. 
Wheeler;  k  qnantitv  of  Sewing  Cotton,  Mr.  W.  Hull ;  a  parcel  of  Drapery,  Mrs.  Gething ;  2  articles  of 
Clothing,  Mrs.  Oakley. 


Girls'  (^r^|rEnH0e  §uiIM)i0  Juit^. 

Statement  of  Jieoeipts  from  March  I6th  to  A^ril  14th,  1882. 


C 

Missa 
In 

Mn.J 
Sale  of 


friends,  St.  Petersbuzgh,  per 
J.  D.  Kilbum 

HaxnrWood        

.  Iforton     ...       ...       ...       ... 

H.  Brown ...       ...       ...       ... 

.  Ethel  Berfha    

Maiding    ... 

Bntiqai»e%  Mr.  W.  8.  Aihby ... 


£ 

6 
0 
0 
8 
1 

7 
6 
0 
1 
1 


8, 

0 

1 

6 
0 
0 

0 
0 
2 
0 

1 


0  10 

1  17 


d. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 


I 


Mr.  W.  Banford 

"For  Christ's  sake**       

Ur.  u.  iJore ...       ...       ...       ... 

Miss  lAura  Bosa  Phillipa 

Mrs.  E.  Booth       

Mr.  Evan  Owen     

lur.  A.  JuL.  Beard     ...       ...       . .  . 

Mr.  G.  8.  Everett  ... 

Thankoffering  from  a  sennon-rcader . 

Mr.E.W. Jacob   ... 

A  member  of  the  Church  of  Eogland. 

**Moorgate"         

S\m    JTummm  •■•        ■■•        ■••        •■• 


£  a.  d. 
10  0 
1  0 
1  1 

0  10 

1  0 
0  10 
0  6 

0 
2 


6 

0 


0  9 
0  2 


1 
10 


0 
0 


0 
0 
G 
0 
G 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0 


256 


OOLFORTAGB   ASSOCIATION. 


CoUeoted  hj  Miss  Nellie  Withen,  for 
"  The  Beading  Honne  '*  :— 

ICr.  J.  Huntley 2    0  0 

Mr.  D.  HeelM 10  0 

Mr.  J.  O.  Cooper          ...  0  10  0 

Mr.  Henry  Cooper       ...  0  10  0 

Miss  Nellie  Wither*    ...  0  10  0 

Brsale  of  work,  N.  W....  0  14  0 

KandA.  Pogh 0   7  6 

Mrs.  Whitfield 0   6  0 

Mn.  Collier        0   6  0 

Mrs.  J.  Davis      0    S  6 

Mr.  J.  B.  Moon 0   S  0 


£  a.  d. 


6   6   0 


An  inralidf  Clapham  Ftek       

A  lorer  of  Jesufl    ...       ...       ...       ••« 

Per  Pastor  N.  Heath,  OFaTeaaod  :— 

Windmill  Street  Sondaj- 
Bohool       110 

"Oar  own  four  cfaildm"      0  10  6 


B.  G.,  Walla... 


£  s.d. 
Ota 
0  6  0 


M« 

Ill   6 

...     0   S   6 

£61    4   6 

Statement  o/BaenpU  from  March  I6th  to  April  Uth,  1882. 

Subseriptiam  and  Donationt  for  DUlricU  .* — 


Oxford  Assofiiation,  Stow  and  Aston 

AyloCnCw        •••  •••  ■■•  •••  ••• 

Mr.  R.  W.  S.  Griffith,  for  Fritham  Dis- 

wflCv  ••■  •••  •••  •••  «•• 

Miss  Hadfleld,  for  Bjrde,  tCowes,  and 
Ventnor  Districts         

Birmingham  Town  Mission      

Lndlow  District :~ 

Miss  Fitzgerald 10   0 

Miss E.  O.Fitzgerald  ...         10   0 
Small  solna         0   9   6 


£ 

10 

10 

80 
60 


s.  d. 
0  0 
0    0 


0 
0 


0 
0 


s 

10 

10 
30 


9 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mr.  B.  Cory,  Jan.,  for  Cardiff  ... 

Mr.  J.  Cory,  for  Castletown 

Mr.  8.  Barrow,  forHarley 

Northampton  Association,  for  Bulwick    10 

Lancashire  and  Cheshire  Association, 

for  Aoorington 10   0    0 

£.  8.,  for  Bepton  and  Chnrdi  Gresley 

Districts   ...        ...       ...        ...        ...    30    0 

Eases  Congregational  Union,  for  Fitsea    10   0 

Sonthem  Baptist  Aasodation 61  18 

Manorbicr,  per  Ber.  J.  Thomas         ...     6   0 
South  Defon  Congregational  Union, 

f or  Eingateiffnton        20   0 

Eyethome  Dis&ict 7  10 

Groat  Yarmouth  Town  Mission  ...     7  10 

East  Devon  Colportage  Mission,  for 

0ttei7  8t.Mai7 10   0  0 


0 
0 

4 
0 

0 
0 
0 


G.  E.,  for  Kettering 


£  s.d. 
.600 

£819    SIO 


StiiteriptUnu  and  DmuUiani  §9  th»  Otneral  Fkad:— 

£  s.  d. 

Dr.  8.  O.  Habershon       

^«  **•  JL/«  •••  «••  ■■•  ..fl  •• 


^»     *«  •  ^V«  sa*  «••  •••  aaa 

0»  ••*  •••  aaa  »p«  ««» 

Mr.  Bobert  Ctibaon  

Mr.  J.  Dore...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard    ...       ...       «.. 

^X.  A.  D.  ...  •••  ...  ... 

MiaaMitoheU        

JLi.  AX.  s\%         ...  ...  «««  ((. 

Mrs.  Ratwnan       «. 

■!>■  Jh  •    ■«•  •«•  •••  •■«  ««• 

Annval  SubieriptioHs:'^ 
Mrs.  B.  Howard    ...       ...       ... 

"H.M.»'  (half  yearly) 

•*  B.  B."  (ouarterly)       

Mr.  MoHame  (quarterly) 

Mr.  George  Emery  (quarterly)  ... 

Mr.  B.  oellier       

Mra.  Hellier ^ 


0  7 

1  1 
0  10 
6  0 
9   0 

10  0 
0  10 
0   6 

10  10 
0  10 

30  • 
0  10 

10   0 


1 

90 

85 

0 

6 


0  10 
0  10 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

t 

0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


£190  9  • 


Statement  of  JReceipts  from  March  I5th  to  April  lith,  1882L 


Mr.  w.  Dore ... 
Mr.  J.  B.  Baylej 
Mr.  A.  H.  S<»rl 

Jw»  X^«    •■•  •■• 


•  «« 


£ 

a. 

d. 

0  10 

6 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

.      6 

0 

0 

£6  16 

6 

Mr*  S^ptngeoB 


haa  Mf ely  received  the  £6  Bank  ef  England  note,  given  hy  aa  imkaoim 
to  one  of  our  Orphanage  collectors,  Miss  A.  A.  TyxzeU. 


I^iendi  sending  pretents  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnettlg  requeited  to  let  their 
names  or  initials  aeoempany  the  same,  or  we  cannot  properly  aehnemledge  them;  and 
aUo  to  write  Mr,  Spurgeon  if  no  aehnowledgment  is  sent  within  a  weeh.  AUparesU 
shoiUd  be  addreseed  to  Mr*  Charletworth,  Stoohwell  Orphanage,  dapham  Read,  Lender. 

Subscriptions  wiU  be  thanJ^Mg  received  bg  C.  M.  Spurgeon^  *^  Westwood^*'  £euUh 
Sill,  Upper  Norwood,  Skonld  any  swne  be  unachnowledged  in  this  liet,  friends  ers 
requested  to  write  at  once  to  Mr,  Spurgeon.  Post  Ofiee  Orders  should  be  msds 
payable  at  the  Chief  Ofiee,  London,  to  C,  H.  Spurgeon, 


|lt|rorf  0f  %  farforg'  College. 

BY 

C.     H.     SPURGEON. 


1881-82. 


THE  Pastors'  College  completed  its  twenty-fifth  year  at  the  end  of 
last  July.  That  quarter  of  a  century  of  College  history  has  not 
been  without  its  trials  of  faith  and  labours  of  love,  but  it  has  been 
specially  notable  for  the  goodness  and  lovingkindness  of  the  Lord, 
to  whom  be  glory  for  his  faithfulness  and  grace.  Those  who  saw  the 
commencement  of  the  institution  will  not  be  without  wonder  that  it  has 
survived  so  long,  and  those  who  befriended  it  in  those  early  days  will 
not  be  without  gratitude  that  it  has  remained  true  to  its  holy  purpose, 
and  has  been  so  greatly  prospered  in  accomplishing  it  We  sought  to 
promote  the  earnest  preaching  of  the  gospel  of  our  fathers,  and  we 
have  not  failed.  Its  beginning,  however,  was  small,  and  open  to  severe 
criticism,  and  few  spared  it ;  yet  it  had  its  ardent  friends.  Dr.  Campbell, 
who  attended  one  of  the  earliest  annual  meetings  of  the  College,  thus 
wrote  of  it : — "This  College,  in  all  points,  is  an  exceedingly  interesting 
affair.  It  is  a  thing  by  itself;  there  is  nothing  to  be  compared  with 
it  in  these  islands.  It  shows  its  founder  to  be  the  very  incarnation 
of  the  spirit  of  ecclesiastical  revolution ;  perhaps  we  should  rather  say, 
it  shows  him  to  be  a  singular  ecclesiastical  originality.  Not  satisfied 
with  things  as  now  existing  in  colleges,  and  guided  by  his  strong 
instincts,  he  determined,  in  a  happy  hour,  to  create  something  for  him- 
self. His  habit  has  been,  from  the  first,  to  do  things  in  a  new 
way.  Heedless  alike  of  novelty  and  antiquity,  he  desires  the  useful, 
and  is  never  satisfied  till  he  has  found  it.  In  nothing  has  he  studied 
singularity  for  its  own  sake.  He  has  simply  given  himself  up  to  the 
inspiration  of  his  own  genius,  which  has  led  him,  here,  and  there,  and 
yonder,  to  do  this,  and  that,  and  he  has  always  been  successful.  He  acts 
in  everything  as  if  he  had  been  the  first  actor,  and  as  if  this  were  the 
first  age  of  Christian  society,  with  neither  ancestry  nor  precedent  What 
is  good  ?  What  is»  better  ?  What  is  best  ?  This  point  settled,  to  work 
he  goes,  and  he  rests  not  till  the  object  has  been  accomplished."* 

The  worthy  doctor  has  long  since  gone  to  his  rest,  but  had  it  been 
possible  for  him  to  have  remained  among  us  he  would  have  seen  some- 
thing much  more  extraordinary  in  the  continuance  of  the  institution 
than  in  the  commencement  of  it  It  is  very  easy  to  plan  and  project,, 
very  easy  to  inaugurate  with  a  flourish  of  trumpets,  and  very  easy  to 
push  forward  for  a  few  years  in  a  novel  track ;  but  to  plod  on  through 
half  a  lifetime  in  the  selfsame  fowa  of  effort — this  is  the  work,  this  is  the 
difficulty.  To  God's  grace  alone  we  give  honour  as  we  see  the  work  of 
our  hands  established  upon  .us,  and  behold  our  College  happy  and 

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258  AHNUAL  BXPQET  OF  THI  PASTQBfif  OOLLBGB. 

prosperous  after  all  these  years.  Old  friends  have  fallen  asleep,  tutors 
have  retired  through  very  age,  youths  whom  we  called  students  are 
now  in  the  prime  of  life  as  ministers,  and  the  founder  himself  is  weakened 
by  repeated  sickness  till  he  feels  but  half  his  former  self;  but  as  the  days 
of  a  tree  are  the  days  of  this  College,  and  the  church  shall  long  enjoy  the 
fruit  thereof  Dwelling  in  its  own  freehold  building,  gathering  hundreds 
to  its  Annual  Conferences,  and  having  brave  sons  m  all  quarters  of  the 
globe,  the  College  can  say,  *VThe  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us,  he  will 
bless  us." 

There  is  little  need  to  enlist  the  sympathy  of  our  readers  for  our 
object,  for  all  are  now  agreed  that  preachers  of  the  gospel  are  all  the 
better  for  being  men  of  education.  Time  was  when  an  educated  ministry 
was  looked  upon  by  certain  of  our  brethren  as  a  questionable  blessing, 
indeed  it  was  thought  that  the  less  a  minister  knew  the  better,  for  there 
was  then  the  more  room  for  him  to  be  taught  of  God.  From  the  fact 
that  God  does  not  need  man's  wisdom  it  was  inferred  that  he  does  need 
man's  ignorance;  indeed,  some  seemed  to  be  leaning  to  the  opinion  of 
the  Mohammedans,  who  have  long  considered  idiots  to  be  inspired. 
Many  devout  persons  doubted  whe&er  the  preacher  should  study  at  all; 
they  looked  upon  books  as  '*  dead  men's  brains,"  and  conceivcKi  of  all 
knowledge  as  of  a  thin^  which  necessaril^r  puffeth  up.  The  venerable 
Daniel  Jackson,  a  Baptist  minister  of  Indiaiia,  said,  at  the  Conference 
of  churches  held  in  1880,  that  "he  had  a  lively  recollection  of  the 
obstacles  placed  in  the  way  of  study  and  mental  improvement  in 
connection  with  his  first  pastorate.  He  had  no  books,  and  no  money 
wherewith  to  buy  them,  and  there  was  a  strong  prejudice  among  his 
parishioners  against  human  learning ;  but  he  saved  twenty  dollars  out  of 
wedding-fees  and  the  like,  went  fifteen  miles  to  purchase  a  Commentary 
on  the  Bible,  came  home  with  his  treasure  at  night,  when  it  was  dark, 
that  it  might  not  be  seen,  kept  it  secreted  in  a  private  apartment,  and 
never  ventured  to  bring  it  out  and  read  it  without  setting  his  wife  to 
watch  at  the  door,  as  a  sentinel,  to  give  the  alarm  when  anyone  came 
A  visitor,  alas !  of  the  gentler  sex,  at  last  discovered  the  poor  offending 
book,  and  reported  that  the  minister  studied  out  his  text !  The  news 
flew  like  lightning.  If  he  had  had  the  small-pox  packed  away  in  his  book- 
case the  consternation  could  not  have  been  greater;  the  whole  parish, 
with  one  of  the  deacons  at  the  head,  was  up  in  arms.  His  ministry,  it 
was  felt,  could  no  longer  be  a  '  Holy  Ghost  Ministry.'  He  had  to  leave, 
and  seek  a  new  sphere  of  toil ;  but  he  did  not  abandon  his  Commentary. 
Now,  thank  God/'  said  the  minister,  "young  men  may  read  Com- 
mentaries, and  get  a  College  training,  for  the  sunlight  of  knowledge  has 
risen  with  effulgent  beams  upon  the  denomination." 

This  depreciation  of  learning  was  a  natural  recoil  firom  the  folly  which 
magnified  education  into  a  kind  of  deity ;  as  though  it  could  take  the 
place  of  the  Spirit  and  power  of  God.  It  was  supposed  Uiat  none  but 
doctors  who  had  passed  through  the  schools  could  possibly  proclaim 
the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ;  and  yet  these  were  the  very  last  persons  to 
undert^e  the  blessed  service, — ^they  were  too  much  engrossed  with  their 
own  disputations  and  imaginings.  The  result  of  such  idolatry  of  human 
scholarship  was  injurious  to  the  last  degree ;  the  free  utterance  of  the 


AHNUAL  BIPOBT  07  THE  PAflTORtf  OOLLEGE.  259 

word  was  hampered,  and  the  dead  letter  of  pretended  learning  crushed 
out  the  life  and  energy  of  Christian  zeal,  (heater  folly  has  been  found 
in  the  schools  than  out  of  it.  Unlearned  men  may  have  injured  religion 
by  the  wild-fire  of  their  injudicious  zeal ;  but  pedantic  and  pretentious 
scholars  have  far  more  seriously  imperilled  it  by  the  lukewarmness  of 
their  latitudinarianism,  and  the  chill  of  their  doubt.  Human  learning 
is,  after  all,  only  another  form  of  human  ignorance,  touched  up  with  an 
extra  coat  of  the  varnish  of  conceit ;  for  what  does  man  know  when  he 
knows  all  that  he  can  himself  discover  ?  What  does  he  know  that  is 
worth  knowing  unless  he  be  taught  of  God  ?  Above  all,  what  can  he 
know  of  eternal  truth  unless  the  eternal  Spirit  shall  instruct  him  ?  Yet, 
for  all  this,  the  inference  that  ignorance  is  better  than  knowledge  is  a  false 
one.  Neither  untutored  confidence,  nor  learned  diffidence  can  take  the 
place  of  the  Spirit ;  but  when  a  man  has  once  submitted  head  and 
heart  and  tongue  to  the  supremacy  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  all  other  things 
may  be  added  unto  him  without  fear  of  injury,  yea,  with  the  hope  of 
great  advantage  to  himself  and  others ;  and  the  more  he  knows,  especially 
of  matters  which  concern  the  Scriptures,  the  better  will  he  be  able  to 
bring  forth  things  new  and  old  out  of  his  treasures. 

We  believe  that  the  Holy  Spirit  has  greatly  used  the  preaching  of  un> 
learned  men ;  but,  as  a  rule,  it  has  been  mainly  among  their  own  class, 
for  whose  position  and  modes  of  thought  their  own  mental  condition  gave 
them  special  adaptation.  The  Lord  selects  means  suitable  to  the 
end  which  he  has  in  view,  and  it  is  tolerably  clear  that  to  reach  a 
generation  in  which  education  is  becoming  general,  his  wisdom  will 
probably  select  men  who  will  not  drive  away  their  hearers  by  glaring 
ignorance  of  the  simplest  rules  of  correct  speech.  The  Lord  in  sovereignty 
speaks  by  whomsoever  be  pleases,  be  he  polished  or  rude;  but  we 
perceive  that,  as  of  old  the  nations  heard  the  gospel  in  their  own 
tongue,  so  now  ranl^  and  classes  of  men  hear  it  best  firom  those  of 
their  own  standing,  and  the  age  of  Board  Schools  will  not  be  likely 
to  listen  to  the  preacher  whose  lack  of  knowledge  even  the  boys  and 
girls  discover  in  an  hour.  Our  beloved  Charles  Stanford,  in  a  recent 
address,  put  this  matter  in  an  exceedingly  plain  and  practical  light 
He  says: — "When  God  gives  you  a  rare  plant,  you  cultivate  it,  and 
thus  show  your  sense  of  its  value.  Creation  is  not  in  your  power,  but 
culture  is;  and  it  is  not  his  way  to  do  for  man  what  man  can  do 
for  himself.  So,  as  to  the  gift  of  ministers.  When,  in  answer  to  our 
fervent  cries,  the  right  men  are  given,  and,  in  the  days  of  their  youthful 
promise,  '  discemers  of  spirits '  point  them  out  to  us,  of  course  we 
show  our  thankfulness  by  caring  for  their  education.  It  would  be  a 
bad  policy  and  a  burning  shame,  after  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  has 
sent  forth  laboiurers  into  the  harvest,  if,  owing  to  any  thrift  or 
indolence  of  ours,  they  go  to  work  with  blunt  sickles  and  broken 
scythes.  Ministers,  like  other  workers,  must  have  the  needful  training 
and  development ;  the  same  kind  is  not  wanted  for  all ;  but  each  one 
should  have  what  is  wanted  for  the  particular  time  he  has  to  live  in 
and  the  particular  post  he  has  to  filL  Directive  hints  are  given  to  us 
in  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles.  Paul,  not  Peter,  was  sent  to  Athens,  to 
Corinth,  to  Rome,  and  to  the  ancient  centres  of  intellectual  intensity, — 


260  ANMTAL  BBFOBT  OF  THE  PA8I0B8'  OOLLBQB. 

that  is,  an  educated  man  to  an  educated  people.  Let  us  respect  the 
Divine  order,  and  act  on  the  old  lines.  These  considerations  have 
growing  force.  You  fathers  have  already  sent  your  sons  and  daughters 
to  the  best  schools,  because  you  know  that,  in  the  technical  sense  of 
the  phrase,  they  have  been  born  into  an  educated  world,  and  you 
would  have  them  fitted  to  fill  their  own  fair  place  in  it  It  would 
break  your  hearts  to  see  them  forsake  you  on  Sundays.  Having  been 
educated,  you  are  surely  glad  for  them  to  have  pastors  who  are  naturally 
likely  to  gain  their  ear  and  win  their  confidence,  before  they  are  decided 
for  Christ,  that  they  may  continue  under  their  ministry  until,  by  the 
gmce  of  God,  they  are  first  converted  and  then  confirmed.  For  their 
sakes,  even  more  than  for  your  own,  you  will  glorify  God  for  pastors 
who,  in  the  quaint,  fine  phrase  of  Puritan  antiquity,  are  *the  poor 
gentlemen  and  scholars  of  Jesus  Christ' " 

When  we  think  of  the  value  of  a  well-instructed  minister  of  the  gospel. 
and  of  all  the  beneficent  institutions  which  are  sure  to  spring  up  around 
him,  we  sometimes  think  the  work  of  training  ministers  to  be  superior 
to  all  other  services  done  to  the  Lord  and  his  church.  We  wonder  not 
that  Colleges  should  be  liberally  supported,  but  the  rather  we  marvel 
that  more  lovers  of  the  Lord  do  not  devote  their  substance  to  this 
superior  purpose,  in  which  the  deed  is  done  more  fully  unto  the  Lord 
himself  than  in  almost  any  other  form  of  good  doing.  Orphanages  are 
excellent,  but  nature  itself  teaches  us  to  care  for  the  fatherless,  and  even 
the  profane  will  unite  in  such  a  work  ;  but  to  educate  a  man,  who  shall 
thereby  become  the  fitter  preacher  of  the  word  of  God,  is  a  service  in 
which  only  the  nobler  spirits  will  take  an  interest,  and  that  interest  will 
hinge  upon  the  glory  of  the  Redeemer  and  the  salvation  of  immortal 
souls.  To  build  a  meeting-house,  to  found  a  school,  to  commence  a 
village-mission,  to  scatter  pure  literature — all  these  are  admirable  ;  but 
in  equipping  a  pastor  you  have  set  in  its  place  the  motive  power  which 
will  effect  all  these  and  a  thousand  other  grand  designs.  Those  who 
helped  the  poor  boy  Luther  to  pay  for  his  learning  made  a  grand  in- 
vestment of  their  monies.  The  possibilities  which  lie  around  one  single 
preaching  man  of  God  are  such  as  may  make  the  College  Lecture-hall 
one  of  the  most  solemn  spots  beneath  God's  heaven. 

In  our  Institution  for  these  twenty-six  years  men  have  gathered 
around  their  tutors  to  learn  further  the  meaning  of  the  Scriptures, 
and  the  art  of  imparting  that  meaning  to  others.  All  sorts  of 
studies  have  been  pursued  with  the  one  design  of  helping  the 
men  to  speak  plainly  the  w^ord  of  salvation.  Great  attention  has 
been  paid  to  the  art  of  speaking.  There  have  been  frequent  dis- 
cussions, impromptu  speakings,  and  sermonizings  in  class.  Care  has 
been  taken  to  inculcate  proper  pronunciation,  delivery,  and  action. 
These  matters  are,  as  a  rule,  neglected,  and  many  who  were  in- 
tended to  be  speakers  are  taught  a  little  of  everything  except  the  art 
of  elocution.  Indeed  the  removal  of  personal,  oratorical  defects  has 
been  passed  over  by  our  Universities  as  though  it  were  beneath  notice, 
and  that,  too,  in  the  case  of  men  whose  profession  demands  the  perfec- 
tion of  ability  in  speech.     In  our  case  mutual  criticism  has  produced  a 


AITKUAL  RBPOBT  OF  THE  PA8T0H8'  C0LLB6B.  261 

iriction,  which  has  been  found  of  great  value  in  wearing  off  rough  edges 
which  else  would  have  been  in  future  years  injurious  to  the  preacher. 
At  the  same  time  we  have  ever  endeavoured  to  cultivate  the  devotional 
^irit,  without  which  the  fluent  speaker  is  but  as  sounding  brass. 
Many  a  time  have  we  heard  the  student  say  at  the  close  of  his  term  that 
he  was  as  thankful  for  spiritual  improvement  as  for  mental  growth.  It 
has  been  a  mingled  anxiety  and  delight  to  all  concerned  to  keep  the 
School  of  the  prophets  in  such  a  condition  that  the  Lord  of  the  prophets 
might  never  be  absent,  and  the  Spirit  of  the  prophets  might  never  be 
.grieved.  We.  have  had  many  a  hallowed  season  in  fellowship  as  fellow- 
workers  in  this  grand  enterprise,  and  these  have  been  auguries  to  us  of 
blessings  to  be  given  when  we  should  be  separated  far  and  wide,  by 
mount,  and  stream,  and  sea,  occupying  each  one  his  station  among 
the  heralds  of  the  Cross,  One  in  heart  within  the  College,  we  look  to 
be  one  in  the  truth  which  we  shall  deliver;  knit  to  each  other  by 
.sacred  ties,  we  expect  to  labour  in  life-long  unity;  and  fired  by  the 
•celestial  flame  of  the  Spirit,  we  hope  to  be  consumed  in  the  common 
service. 

During  all  these  years  we  have  been  greatly  encouraged  by  seeing  the 
large  number  of  men  who  come  forward  eager  to  become  more  efficient 
preachers  of  the  gospel  They  are  informed  that  poverty  will,  in  all 
likelihood,  be  their  portion;  but  this  they  make  no  account  of  so  long 
.as  they  may  preach  Christ  to  their  fellow-men.  It  may  be  supposed 
by  some  that  the  College  unduly  tempts  men  into  the  ministry,  and  is 
likely,  therefore,  to  bring  out  a  swarm  of  preachers  of  doubtful  value ; 
but  it  does  nothing  of  the  kind.  Its  first  demand — that  a  man  should 
already  have  preached  the  word  for  two  years  with  a  measure  of  success, — 
^huts  the  door  in  the  face  of  large  numbers  who  thought  that  a  College 
would  make  them  preachers,  and  they  are  surprised  to  find  that  they  must 
be  made  by  another  hand  before  we  can  have  anything  to  say  to  them. 
The  difficulties  encountered  by  those  who  apply  turn  off  many  more ; 
for  the  delays  are  often  long  and  the  enquiries  many,  and  the  half- 
hearted grow  weary,  and  accept  more  lucrative  employment,  or  resolve 
to  abide  as  they  are.  We  refuse  numbers  of  men  for  different  reasons, 
and  among  them  are  not  a  few  who  nevertheless  enter  our  ministry, 
thus  showing  that  they  will  become  ministers  one  way  or  another,  whether 
we  will  help  them  or  not.  Either  our  judgment  is  gready  at  fault,  or 
^Ise  churches  have  keener  eyes  for  discovering  ability  than  we  have  been 
favoured  with,  for  we  are  often  surprised  to  see  men  chosen  as  pastors 
whose  replies  to  our  questions  indicate  powers  of  the  slenderest  kind. 
This  will  ever  be  in  the  Baptist  denomination  a  fact  which  has  its  dark 
^nd  also  its  bright  side:  the  liberty  of  prophesying  is  evidently  well 
maintained,  and  we  are  gkd  it  is  so.  After  students  are  admitted  to 
the  College  we  occasionally  have  doubts  of  their  fitness,  and  upon  the 
unanimous  judgment  of  the  tutors,  we  feel  bound  to  dismiss  them ;  and 
here  again  we  note  with  some  concern  that  a  considerable  proportion 
And  pulpits,  and  so  occupy  the  post  of  teachers  with  a  training  of 
the  poorest  kind.  We  do  not  say  that  the  churches  are  wise  to  choose 
these  brethren,  neither  may  we  say  that  they  are  unwise,  for  it  is  not 
our  duty  to  judge  them,  and  they  have  a  right  to  select  their  own 


262  AHHUAL  BKFOBT  OF  TBM  P18T0B8'  OOIiUBQX. 

pastors,  and  probably  know  best  who  will  suit  them ;  yet  thb  goes  to 

show  that  it   is  not   the   College  that  is  responsible  for  these  men 

becoming  preachers,  for  they  do   it  in   the  teeth  of  our  opposition 

and  protest     It  would  be  a  great  pity  if  we  had  the  power  to  stop 

them,  for  why  should  the  judgment  of  any  one  man,  or  any  set  of  men, 

be  supreme  ?    As  the  matter  is  thus  left  to  forces  beyond  our  control, 

what  is  to  be  done  ?    The  simplest  way  is  to  give  education  as  widely 

ad  we  can,  use  our  best  judgment  in  selection,  and  leave  the  result  with 

the  great  Head  of  the  Church. 

The  net  result  of  nearly  26  years'  of  tuition,  so  far  as  figures  go,  may 

be  gathered  from  the  following  list : — 

Number  of  brethren  who  have  been  educated  in  the  College  ...       6ao 

„        now  in  our  ranks  as  Pastors,  Missionaries  and  Evangelists. . .        464 
„        without  Pastorates,  but  r^ularly  engaged  in  the  work  of 

mC   JL^JIU        ••*  •*•  ...  .a.  ...  •••  ..a  zo 

„  not  now  engaged  in  the  work  (in  secular  callings)           ...  13 

„        Medical  Missionaries  and  Students 7 

,f        Educated  for  other  Denominations 2 

„        Dead — (Pastors,  36 ;  Students^  5) 41 

„        Permanently  Invalided          S 

,,  Names  removed  from  the  List  for  various  reasons,  such  as 

joining  other  Denominations,  &c 60 

These  last  are  not  removed  from  our  list  in  all  cases  from  causes 
which  imply  any  dishonour,  for  many  of  them  are  doing  good  service  to 
the  common  Lord  under  some  other  banner.  We  are  sorry  for  their 
leaving  us,  and  astounded  that  they  should  change  their  views  upon 
Baptism;  but  this  also  is  one  of  those  mysteries  of  human  life  which  are 
beyond  our  control. 

Among  the  many  good  men  and  true,  there  are  certain  names  which 
are  known  throughout  our  whole  denomination  as  men  of  power  and 
influence.  It  is  invidious  to  make  a  selection,  but  we  cannot  refrain 
from  blessing  God  for  men  who  hold  leading  positions,  and  hold  them 
well  London  will  not  soon  forget  Archibald  Brown,  Cuff,  Sawday, 
Bax,  Williams,  Frank  White,  and  others.  Bristol  rejoices  in  our 
Brother  Gange,  Reading  in  Anderson,  Cambridge  in  Tarn,  Bradford  in 
Davis,  Leeds  in  Hill ;  and  many  another  town  can  tell  of  its  successful 
pastor  who  hails  from  the  Metropolitan  Tabernacle  College,  and  is  a 
power  for  good  in  all  the  district  round  about  Boasting  be  far  from  us ; 
but  we  may  rejoice  in  God,  who  has  bestowed  gifts  and  graces  upon  men 
for  the  accomplishment  of  his  own  designs,  and  we  wDl  not  therefore  re- 
frain from  saying  that  among  the  successful  workers  of  our  day  our 
College  fnen  have  held  their  own,  and  stand  second  to  none.  Many 
could  we  mention  who  have  done  splendid  service  in  founding,  reviving, 
enlarging,  and  establishing  churches ;  but  time  would  fail  us  to  make  a 
record  of  individual  successes.  Among  the  many  of  our  brethren  un- 
known to  fame  there  are  apostolic  men  who,  for  Christ's  sake  and  the 
love  of  his  church,  bear  the  thousand  ills  of  penury  without  a  murmur,, 
and  labour  on  in  the  midst  of  their  poor  congregations,  having  no  reward 
but  the  smile  of  the  Great  Father  in  heaven.  Of  such  men  we  would 
glory.  It  is  a  sad  pity  that  any  servant  of  the  Lord  should  be  in  want ; 
but  it  is  to  the  honour  of  the  church  that,  if  men  are  wanted  for  posi^ 
tions  where  want  is  inevitable,  hundreds  are  ready  to  leap  into  the  gulf. 


AKKT7AL  HXPOBT  OF  THB  PA8I0B8'  CX>UiBOa.  268 

AH  this  whfle  the  funds  for  educating  and  maintaining  the  men  have 
always  been  forthcoming, — the  free-will  offerings  of  the  Lord's  people. 
The  income  has  never  caused  us  any  great  anxiety.  From  an 
accountant's  point  of  view  the  ordinary  income  is  at  least  ^i»ooo  below 
the  expenditure;  but  usually  a  large  legacy  falls  in  just  when  the 
exchequer  runs  low,  and  this  makes  up  for  deficiencies  till  the  time 
comes  round  for  another  special  amount  If  this  is  the  Lord's  way  of 
sending  supplies,  it  is  sure  to  be  the  very  best,  and  we  most  thankftilly 
accept  it  At  the  present  moment  our  stock  is  short ;  but  a  considerable 
legacy  is  due  under  the  will  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Edwards,  and  a  portion 
of  the  amount  will  be  spent  in  this  direction.  No  other  part  of  the  Lord's 
work  is  drained  to  keep  the  College  poihg;  its  sources  are  fresh 
springs,  and  its  streams  are  a  clear  gam  to  Christian  philanthropy. 
Most  of  the  men  need  to  be  lodged  and  boarded  as  well  as  instructed, 
and  in  many  cases  even  clothes,  washing,  and  other  personal  expenses 
have  to  be  found  A  growing  number  are  able  to  bear  their  own 
chaiges ;  but  we  shall  never  forget  that  a  main  object  of  the  College  is 
to  help  poor  men,  rich  in  gifts,  but  unable  to  pay  for  an  education.  Are 
there  not  many  brethren  and  sisters  who  will  count  it  an  honour  to  join 
us  in  this  blessed  work  ?  There  have  always  been  "  partners  with  Simon," 
and  the  firm  is  capable  at  this  time  of  great  enlargement,  for  many  old 
partners  have  lately  gone  home.  The  Lord  will  surely  find  us  other 
helpers ;  possibly  the  reading  of  these  pages  may  work  in  that  direction. 

During  the  year  we  have  considerably  diminished  the  number  of  our 
students,  because  there  is  a  general  impression  that  the  Baptist  churches 
at  home  are  not,  just  now,  in  need  of  more  fresh  men.  We  have  there- 
fore lengthened  the  average  period  of  study,  and  also  refused  many 
whom  we  would  otherwise  have  taken,  while  of  those  accepted  a  number 
are  under  bonds  to  enter  upon  foreign  service.  At  this  moment  churches 
find  it  difficult  to  obtain  thoroughly  able  and  efficient  pastors,  and  yet 
if  it  is  known  that  a  pulpit  is  vacant  a  hundred  candidates  apply  for  a 
hearing, — the  same  hundred  with  slight  variation  applying  in  every  case 
year  aSer  year.  Hence  an  outcry  is  raised  that  the  ministry  is  over- 
stocked, whereas  it  might  better  be  said  to  be  encumbered  with 
unsuitable  men.  When  men  find  that  their  gifts  are  not  suitable  for  any 
one  business  they  usually  turn  their  hands  to  something  else ;  but,  alas, 
it  often  happens  that  when  a  man  has  failed  in  the  ministiy  in  more 
places  than  one,  he  does  not  lay  the  blame  on  his  own  unfitness^  but 
upon  the  place,  or  the  people,  or  the  deacons,  and  he  perseveres  with 
the  heroism  of  a  martyr,  or,  as  some  say,  with  the  obstinacy  of  a  mule, 
in  attempting  to  fulfil  in  some  other  quarter  an  office  for  which  he  has 
not  the  capacity.  Such  men  block  up  the  passages  of  the  ministry,  bring 
the  work  into  difficulties,  and  the  office  into  contempt  You  may  track 
their  movements  by  the  devastation  they  have  made.  Where  their  foot 
has  stood  the  cause  has  never  prospered.  They  are  now  without  pulpits, 
and  the  calamity  has  its  consolations.  How  far  these  men  are  to  be  con- 
sidered we  will  not  judge ;  but  we  heartily  wish  they  would  consider  the 
matter  themselves,  and  resolutely  turn  to  secular  callings  in  which  they 
might  be  useful  to  their  fellow-men.  Meanwhile  we  will  endeavour  to 
avoid  making  a  hard  case  any  harder.     We  rejoice  to  take  into  the 


264  AinniAL  lUSFOBT  OP  THE  PABIOBfi'  OQLUQB. 

College  brethren  already  in  the  ministry,  who  fed  their  need  of  more 
study;  by  this  means  we  have  helped  a  poor  church  to  keep  its 
minister,  the  preacher  has  obtained  an  education,  and  the  number  of 
men  to  be  supported  in  the  ministry  has  not  been  increased  We  have 
also  been  glad  to  receive  brethren  who  resolve  to  build  on  new  founda- 
tions, and  to  create  spheres  for  themselves.  This  is  being  attempted  suc- 
cessfully by  our  men  at  this  time  in  several  instances.  These  two  points, 
we  have  so  largelv  attended  to  that  any  surplusage  of  would-be  pastors 
does  not  largely  he  at  our  door;  indeed,  we  look  upon  the  fact  that  some 
are  out  of  harness  as  one  of  diose  inevitable  evils  which  come  out  of 
the  stem  law  of  the  survival  of  the  fittest,— a  law  which  all  the  com- 
passion in  the  world  can  never  alten  Men  who  undertake  what  they 
can  only  inefficiently  perform  are  sure  to  suffer,  and  the  only  remedy  for 
their  distress  is  the  correction  of  their  primary  mistake.  We  are  among 
the  first  to  compassionate  all  such  ;  but  we  can  do  little  to  amend  an  ill 
which  in  the  nature  of  things  requires  a  more  radical  cure. 

Our  great  longing  is  for  the  College  to  be  growingly  helpful  to  the 
glorious  work  of  Missions.  The  great  field  of  the  world  is  still  uncul- 
tivated, and  the  Master  bids  us  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  to  send 
forth  labourers  into  his  harvest  Oh  that  they  might  be  sent  forth  in 
bands !  We  have  made  some  progress  in  this  direction  since  our  last 
Conference,  and  we  are  right  glad  of  it  The  Missionary  fire  bums 
steadily  on  our  altar ;  many  students  are  dedicating  themselves,  and  we 
are  full  of  hope  as  to  the  future. 

Here  are  a  few  notes  as  to  India,  where  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Society  has  long  spent  the  great  part  of  its  strength  : — 

Just  previously  to  the  meeting  of  the  Conference  last  year,  Mr.  H. 
RvLANDS  Bkown  left  our  shores  for  Darjeding^  to  labour  among  the 
English-speaking  residents  and  visitors  at  that  health-resort.  He  has 
been  doing  real  missionary  work  by  visiting  the  houses  of  the  tea- 
planters  and  others  scattered  over  the  district  What  his  ultimate  desti- 
nation may  be  does  not  appear ;  but  he  is  in  God's  hands,  to  be  guided 
as  the  Lord  sees  welL 

Mr.  J.  G.  Potter,  having  been  accepted  by  our  Missionary  Society 
for  work  in  India,  left  us  at  the  close  of  last  year.  He  is  now  stationed 
at  Agra  under  the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Jones.  This  beloved  brother 
diffused  such  a  missionary  spirit  throughout  the  College  while  he  was 
resident  with  us  that  we  have  large  expectations  of  what  the  Lord  will  do 
by  him  on  the  field  of  service. 

Mr.  W.  Mitchell,  having  heard  our  esteemed  brother,  Mr,  A.  Haegert, 
give  an  account  of  his  labours  among  the  Santhals,  and  plead  for  help, 
offered  to  cast  in  his  lot  with  our  friend,  and  left  us  in  Febmary  to  join 
the  little  band  in  Santhalistan.  May  the  best  of  blessings  rest  on  that 
hopeful  enterprise. 

At  our  last  Conference  we  were  somewhat  saddened,  as  we  thought  of 
our  dear  friend,  Mr.  Stubbs,  being  forced  to  retire  from  the  field ;  now 
we  rejoice  that  three  have  gone  to  that  land,  while  our  brethren, 
R.  Spurgeon,  W.  Norris,  and  G.  H.  Hook  have  been  preserved  in 
health,  and  enabled  to  do  good  service  for  the  Master. 


ANHUAL  SBPOBT  OT  TBE  PASXOBB*  OOLLSGE.  265 

Here,  perhaps,  is  the  place  to  notice  that  our  brother  R.  Maplesden, 
who  left  us  to  take  the  oversight  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Madras,  has 
accepted  from  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union  a  call  to  work 
among  the  Tdoogaos. 

As  to  Africa,  which  has  set  before  the  churches  an  almost  illimitable 
field,  we  have  a  little  to  report : — 

In  the  early  part  of  last  year  our  devoted  brother  Mr.  D.  Lyall 
was  obliged  to  leave  the  Camcroons^  West  Africa^  his  health  having 
become  seriously  affected  in  that  terrible  climate.  After  a  short  stay  in 
England  he  believed  his  health  was  sufficiently  restored  to  permit  of 
his  resuming  the  work  so  dear  to  his  heart  Though  warned  that  such 
a  course  would  cost  him  his  life,  his  ardent  spirit  could  not  be 
restrained,  and  he  went  back,  and  in  a  few  short  months  was  called  from 
his  labour  in  the  "  dark  continent  *'  to  his  rest  in  the  presence  of  the  King. 
He  has  left  a  widow  who  is  anxious  to  go  back  to  the  work.  Our  dear 
sister  is  a  splendid  Christian  woman,  and  we  hope  the  Society  will  enable 
her  to  return. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Dean,  who  went  from  the  College  to  the  University  of 
Edinburgh  to  study  medicine,  in  order  the  more  fully  to  equip  himself 
for  missionary  work,  went  last  year  to  Blantyre^  in  Central  Africa^ 
where  the  Established  Church  of  Scotland  has  a  mission-station.  We 
have  several  other  brethren  studying  as  medical  missionaries,  but  the 
difficulty  is  to  get  them  out  into  the  l^eld. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Weeks  has  recently  gone,  under  the  auspices  of  our 
Baptist  Missionary  Society,  to  join  the  brethren  on  the  Congo  River, 

Mr.  A.  BiLLiNGTON,  having  been  accepted  by  our  dear  friend 
Mr.  H.  G.  Guinness  for  service  in  the  Livingstone  Inland  Mission,  is 
now  at  the  Banana  Station,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Congo  River, 

We  hear  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richardson,  of  Bakundu^  are  compelled 
to  seek  change  of  climate  and  rest :  we  hope  and  pray  that  they  may 
soon  be  able  to  go  back  to  their  poor  Africans. 

^We  cannot  detain  the  reader  by  surveying  every  part  of  the  world  in 
detail,  nor  can  we  give  an  account  of  all  our  brethren  who  are  labouring 
from  Britain  to  Japan  ;  but  it  is  certainly  a  great  delight  to  see  them  in 
increasing  numbers  toiling  on  in  every  land  for  the  advancement  of  the 
kingdom  of  our  Lord  Do  not  all  our  helpers  share  the  joy  ?  May  the 
Lord  grant  them  their  portion  of  it 

From  the  Canadian  branch  of  the  Conference  we  have  received  the 
following  communication : — 

"  The  Canadian  Branch  of  the  Pastors*  College  Conference, 

"  To  the  Pastors'  College  Conference,  London,  England. 

"  Beloved  President  and  Brethren, 

"  We  greet  you  in  the  name  of  our  common  Lord  We  rejoice 
in  the  opportunity  afforded  you  of  meeting  together  to  revive  former 
memories,  to  hold  sweet  fellowship  with  each  other,  and  to  discuss 
themes  of  importance  touching  the  work  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  in  the 
world 

"  At  our  annual  meeting,  held  in  the  City  of  Toronto  in  October  last, 
we  freely  discussed  the  advisability  of  sending  one  of  our  number  to 


266  JUnrUAL  BDOKT  or  TBI  riBtOBSf  OCXLUOB* 

represent  us  at  the  Annual  Meeting  at  the  Collie.  Concerning  the 
desirability  of  such  a  course  there  was  perfect  unanimity,  and,  but  for 
two  principal  difficulties^  probably  a  brother  would  have  h^en  with  you 
this  year.  But,  in  the  first  place,  the  time  at  which  the  Conference  is 
held  is  peculiarly  unfavourable  for  crossing  the  Atlantic,  and,  secondly, 
the  expense  is  more  than  most  brethren  could  well  afford. 

"  We  felt  disposed,  unitedly,  to  undertake  to  bear  half  the  expense  of 
our  deputation,  but  even  then  some  brethren  could  barely  undertake 
the  other  half. 

'^  We  would  rejoice  exceedingly  if  it  were  possible  for  you  to  appoint 
the  meetings  for  some  time  after  the  middle  of  May — ^indeed,  any  time 
during  the  summer.  If  that  can  be  done,  we  are  hopeful  that  an 
arrangement  may  be  made  whereby  we  could  have  the  privilege  of 
meeting  with  you,  from  year  to  year,  in  our  regular  turns,  a  privilege  we 
greatly  long  for,  and  would  exceedingly  enjoy. 

"  On  the  whole,  all  the  brethren,  in  Canada  are  comfortable  and 
useful,  and,  we  need  scarcely  add,  feel  deeply  interested  in  the  welfare  of 
our  beloved  President,  the  Tabernacle,  the  College,  and  the  brethren  of 
the  Conference. 

"May  the  Master's  presence  be  in  your  gathering,  and  his  choicest 
benedictions  rest  upon  your  proceedings,  and  when  it  is  well  with  you, 
remember  us  in  this  faF-off  land. 

^'  By  order  and  on  behalf  of  the  Canadian  Branch, 

•*  Robert  Lennie,  President. 
"  James  Grant,  Secretary." 

*'  Dundas,  Ontario,  Canada,  March,  1882." 

We  would  assure  our  brethren  that  we  received  their  letter  with  great 
delight,  and  that  in  return  we  wish  them  the  richest  prosperity.  We 
quite  agree  with  them  that  it  will  be  a  grand  day  when  their  numbers 
will  be  so  increased  that  a  delegate  can  be  sent  over  without  any 
burdensome  expense.  We  should  indeed  welcome  such  a  representative, 
not  only  from  the  Canadian  brethren,  but  from  each  little  group  of 
scattered  ones  over  the  whole  earth.  Meanwhile  the  Conference  at  home 
will  welcome  the  Canadian  epistle  with  the  utmost  enthusiasm. 

From  Australia  we  have  most  cheering  communications  from  Mr. 
Clarke,  of  West  Melbourne.  The  brethren  seem  to  be  upon  the  whole 
exceedingly  prosperous ;  but  we  greatly  regret  the  unexpected  loss  of  the 
two  valued  brethren,  H.  H.  Garrett  and  H.  Marsden  :  the  first  fell  as 
the  victim  of  a  railway  accident,  but  the  second  bowed  before  that  fell 
disease,  consumption.  For  a  while  he  gathered  strength,  and  we  hoped 
that  he  would  master  the  disease ;  but  even  the  fine  climate  of  Australia 
could  not  save  him.  These  brethren  have  not,  however,  been  called 
home  without  having  left  behind  them  sufficient  evidence  that  they  were 
called  of  God  to  their  work,  for  they  had  been  greatly  blessed  by  him  in 
the  doing  of  it* 

We  cannot  forbear  to  mention  the  princely  liberality  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gibson,  of  Perth|  Tasmania,  who  have  built  two  Tabernacles  at 


ASKVAL  BnOBX  QV  XHS  PA8I0B8'  OOLLKE.  267 

Longford  and  Delorainey  and  are  generously  fostering  two  churches  in 
them.  In  every  way  these  dearfiriends.liave  showed  exceeding  kindness 
to  our  son,  Thomas  Spuigeon,  and  to  all  our  sons  of  the  College.  May 
they  see  Tasmania  covered  with  Baptist  churches,  all  flourishing  as  a 
garden  of  the  Lord« 

Mr.  A.  J.  Clarke,  at  West  Melbourne,  has  continued  to  enjoy  a  rich 
blessing,  to  see  a  large  increase  to  his  chiurch,  and  to  be  the  means  of 
great  blessing  to  his  brethren.  Messrs.  Harrison  and  Isaac  have  been 
visiting  many  of  the  chiurches  on  an  evangelistic  tour,  and  our  Australian 
letters  speak  of  great  numbers  of  conversions.  Our- son  Thomas,  in 
Auckland,  New  Zealand,  has  not  only  entered  upon  a  happy  pastorate, 
but  also  upon  the  labour  and  care  of  erecting  a  new  chapel,  the  old  one 
being  a  wooden  erection,  and  all  but  ruinous.  It  is  a  matter  of  necessity 
to  build,  and  the  friends  will  be  glad  of  such  help  as  the  generous  may 
feel  disposed  to  render. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — ^The  work  commenced  in  Cape  Town  by 
our  highly  esteemed  brother  W.  Hamilton,  like  the  most  of  such 
enterprises,  has  had  its  time  of  trouble,  but  now  that  the  new  chapel 
has  been  opened,  we  hope  that  brighter  days  await  it.  If  only  Mr. 
Hamilton's  energies  are  continued  we  have  no  fear.  He  has  accom- 
plished marvels,  and  has  often  made  our  heart  to  sing  for  joy.  We 
wish  it  were  in  our  power  to  send  him  laiger  help,  especially  at  this 
moment  when  the  new  chapel  calls  for  funds.  Mr.  Mann,  who  went 
out  to  relieve  Mr.  Hamilton,  will  remain  till  he  sees  him  restored  to 
healthy  and  will,  then,  in  all  probability,  return  to  us. 

During  the  past  year  Mr.  W.  Hobbs  has,  with  great  energy,  conducted 
i\e  enterprise  of  building  a  new  chapel  at  Gipsy  Road^  Norwood.  It 
will  cost  with  the  ground  about  ;^4,50o,  and  our  right  worthy  brother 
has  obtained  from  many  friends  a  large  part  of  the  cost. 

Messrs.  Blackaby  &  Blocksidge  commenced  a  work  at  New 
Brampton^  near  Chatham,  and  gathered  together  a  persevering,  faithful 
people.  Mr.  Blocksidge  has  lately  had  the  sole  charge  of  the  church, 
and  has  displayed  most  praiseworthy  diligence  By  hard  struggling,  and 
much  help,  they  have  erected  a  chapel-schoolroom  upon  which  only  a 
small  debt  remams.  Land  is  secured  in  front  for  building  a  larger  chapel 
when  the  church  becomes  sufficiently  strong.  By  means  of  this  and 
other  efforts  a  large  population  has  been  supplied  with  the  means  of 
grace. 

At  Mitcham^  Mr.  A  K  Carter  has,  together  with  his  brother,  built 
a  small  chapel,  and  commenced  a  hopeful  work. 

At  SandowHy  during  the  last  few  months,  Mr.  A  Bird  has  gathered 
the  nucleus  of  a  Baptist  church,  and  is  now  proceeding  to  erect  a  suitable 
building.  We  were  not  represented  in  the  town,  and  many  friends  who 
love  the  pure  and  simple  gospel  found  that  it  was  more  accessible  in 
the  Church  of  England  than  among  certain  Nonconformists,  and  wished 
therefore  to  see  a  church  of  our  faith  and  order,  to  which  they  could 
resort  for  spiritual  food.  Will  friends  who  visit  Sandown  encourage  this 
growing  interest  ? 


268  AKKUAL  REFOfifT  OF  THB  PASKms'  OOLLBQF. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Martin  is  endeavouring  to  raise  a  church  zXBrackneliyBerks^ 
and  Mr.  W.  Welby  Pryer,  is  working  under  the  superintendence  of 
Pastor  J.  A.  Spurgeon  in  the  hope  of  forming  a  branch  church  in 
Croydon. 

At  Hbmchurchy  Essex,  a  new  chapel  will  soon  be  built  for  the 
people  who  have  been  collected  by  Mr.  E.  Dyer.  For  this  the  working 
plans  are  prepared,  and  we  hope  soon  to  receive  estimates. 

Thus  good  steady  advance  is  being  made.  Had  we  more  means,  we 
could  found  many  new  churches,  for  London  grows  at  such  a  rate  that 
new  neighbourhoods  spring  up  on  a  sudden,  and  in  each  of  these  we 
find  a  few  friends  ready  to  unite  for  the  Lord's  work,  and  where  we  find 
none  there  is  all  the  more  need  to  begin  preaching  the  word  All  that 
can  be  spared  of  the  College  income  will  go  to  the  work  of  extension, 
but  there  is  need  of  enlarged  liberality.  It  will  be  a  dreadful  calamity 
if  future  ages  should  curse  the  present  generation  for  allowing  all  the 
land  to  be  built  over,  and  reserving  no  spaces  for  places  of  worship. 
It  looks  like  dooming  a  region  to  hopeless  heathenism  if  we  allow 
every  foot  of  soil  to  be  covered  with  houses,  and  reserve  no  site  for  a 
meeting-place  for  the  hearing  of  the  gospel.  To  pull  down  houses  to 
create  sites  is  a  work  so  costly  that  the  idea  is  seldom  entertained,  the 
only  chance  seems  to  be  to  buy  the  land  while  yet  it  is  bare,  and  even 
then  it  is  a  hard  struggle  to  put  up  the  meanest  structure  for  divine 
service.  We  often  think  that,  if  the  Lord's  pedple  were  but  half  sincere 
in  their  professions  of  love  to  his  cause,  we  should  never  have  to  plead 
for  a  penny  for  London,  for  the  necessities  of  this  great  city  would  stare 
men  in  the  face,  and  force  them  to  supply  the  awful  want  of  the  growing 
population. 


Evangelistic  Work  among  the  Chvu-ches  has  been  carried  on 
diligently  and  successfully  during  the  past  year.  Our  two  brethren, 
Fullerton  and  SMiiif ,  are  singularly  adapted  for  this  useful  work ;  in 
fact,  their  power  and  adaptation  seem  to  increase  from  year  to  year.  It 
would  be  impossible  to  give  even  an  outline  of  their  year's  services. 
Letters  appear  in  The  Sword  and  the  Tr&ivel  monthly  testifying  to  the 
fact  that  wherever  they  go  a  cloud  of  blessing  seems  to  hover  over 
them,  and  showers  of  mercy  descend  upon  the  places  which  they  visit. 
They  have  during  the  past  year  been  at  Sheffield  and  neighbourhood ; 
Shoreditch  Tabernacle ;  Vernon  Chapel,  Pentonville ;  St.  John's  Wood 
Chapel;  Metropolitan  Tabernacle;  South  Street  Chapel,  Greenwich; 
Peckham  Park  Road  Chapel;  and  Lower  Sloane  Street  Chapel,  Chelsea. 
This  work  has  become  almost  entirely  self-supporting,  for  the  friends  at 
each  place  send  up  a  freewill  offering  sufficient  to  cover  expenses.  If 
at  any  of  the  places  the  contribution  should  happen  to  be  very  small 
the  deficiency  has  been  made  up  by  the  extra  gifts  from  more  favourable 
spheres  of  action.  How  many  souls  have  been  converted  and  added  to 
the  church  by  this  agency  during  the  year  we  will  not  venture  to  guess, 
for  we  feel  a  fear  of  attempting  to  number  the  people ;  but  the  day  of 
judgment  will  reveal  that  this  has  been  one  of  the  most  useful 
agencies  employed  in  modem  times. 


ASJXUAh  RBFORT  OF  XHE  PASI0B8'  OOLLBOB.  26^ 

During  a  great  part  of  last  year  Mr.  Burnh4m  was  occupied,  under 
the  auspices  of  die  County  Association,  in  visiting  a  considerable 
number  of  the  smaller  towns  and  villages  of  Yorkshire  ;  and  since  the 
last  Conference  he  has  also  conducted  evangelistic  services  in  Waltham- 
stow,  Rashden,  Holbeach,  Leighton  Buzzard,  Watton,  SouUiwdl,  Win- 
slow,  Gamlingay,  Sheepshed,  New  Shoreham,  and  Burnley,  in  addition 
to  spending  the  whole  of  the  month  of  September  in  earnestly  labouring 
amongst  the  hop-pickers  in  Kent  We  continue  to  receive  the  most 
cheering  reports  of  this  good  brother's  work.  Almost  all  the  churches 
visited  tell  of  saints  chewed,  sinners  saved,  the  careless  aroused,  and 
backsliders  reclaimed ;  and  wherever  it  is  possible  they  arrange  for  a 
second  and  third  visit  from  the  evangelist. 

Mr.  Parker  also  has  gone  to  many  places,  preaching  and  singing  the 
gospel,  and  many  profess  to  have  received  the  saving  word  from  his  lips. 

We  hope  to  enlarge  this  part  of  our  operations,  and  take  on  more 
evangelists,  but  we  must  only  move  as  God  moves.  We  doubt  not  that 
if  the  men  are  forthcoming  means  will  be  found  for  their  support 

To  God  be  all  the  glory  of  a  great  work  thus  roughly  sketched  by  one 
to  whom  each  line  has  been  a  labour  by  reason  of  weakness,  who  there- 
fore claims  pardon  for  the  broken  and  abrupt  style. — C.  H.  S. 


THE  usual  course  of  study  has  been  steadily  pursued  for  the  past 
year  with  quite  average  results.  Some  slight  alteration  in  our 
staff  has  been  made,  and  we  shall  miss  for  the  future  our  long-tried 
coadjutor,  Mr.  Selway,  who  has  given  for  many  years  his  able  lectures 
on  the  applied  sciences.  His  post  is  taken  by  the  Rev.  F.  R.  Cheshire, 
who  bears  a  high  reputation  for  his  Lectures  under  the  Government 
at  South  Kensington.  Mr.  Fergusson  having  retired  from  the  Evening 
Classes,  we  are  glad  to  fill  up  his  place  with  the  efficient  labours  of 
Mr.  S.  Johnson,  and  his  helper,  Mr.  Bowers,  who,  we  trust,  will 
enable  many  young  men  to  lay  the  foundations  of  a  solid  education. 
Our  number  is  not  quite  equal  to  former  years,  and  perhaps  this  will 
enable  some  of  the  brethren  already  in  the  field  to  exchange  their 
spheres  of  labour  with  more  facility,  or  to  find  new  positions  if  they 
no  longer  occupy  their  former  ones.  Our  efforts  are  directed  to  a  yet 
more  prolonged  and  complete  course  of  study,  and,  we  think,  with 
encouraging  success.  The  spirit  of  prayer  and  earnestness  in  College 
work  continues  unabated,  while  the  missionary  zeal  of  the  brethren  is, 
we  rejoice  to  say,  augmenting.  Happily  we  see  no  signs  of  any 
abatement  in  the  love  of  our  young  brethren  to  the  old  doctrines  and 
principles  of  our  denomination.  We  desire  to  train  up  no  band  of 
bigots;  but  we  urge  a  definite  creed  and  a  rigid  discipline  for  our 
churches,  and  first  of  all  in  our  church-leaders.  We  tolerate  no 
vacillation,  and  desire  to  rear  no  disciples  of  mist  and  fog.  "We 
believe,  and  therefore  we  speak."  The  hearty  co-operation  of  our 
brethren  in  the  ministry,  our  former  students,  warrants  us,  we  think,  in 
the  belief  that  our  system  commends  itself  to  their  judgment  after 


270  ANinJAL  BVCntT  OF  IRB  VABSOBSf  OdLLaSB. 

testing  it  in  the  field  of  active  service,  while  their  acknowledged  success 
is  a  surest  proof  and  highest  reward.  We  still  need  picked  men,  and 
only  those  who  are  such  as  candidates,  for  our  School  of  the  Prophets. 
May  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  continue  to  thrust  many  such  into  His 
vineyard^  and  to  him  shall  be  all  the  praise.        James  A.  Spurgeon. 


IN  rendering  an  account  of  the  past  year,  I  have  to  make  the  happy 
confession  that  there  is  no  one  feature  demanding  special  atten- 
tion, so  uniform  and  steady  has  been  the  diligence  in  every  department 
of  study.  The  demeanour  of  the  students  has  been  such  as  befits  those 
who  have  "  given  themselves  continually  to  prayer  and  to  the  ministry 
of  the  word.''  For  the  tone  of  earnestness,  intelligence,  and  spirituality 
pervading  the  College  there  is  nuich  reason  for  gratitude.  Through 
the  continuous  favour  of  the  Head  of  the  Church,  zeal  for  conversions 
has  suffered  no  abatement  amongst  us,  whilst  every  endeavour  has  been 
made  honestly  to  meet  the  large  and  varied  requirements  of  the  pastoral 
office.  Of  these  things  the  sermons  read  weekly  for  criticism,  and  the 
evangelistic  efforts  put  forth,  afford  substantial  proofs.  The  General 
Classes  for  test  sermons  and  for  discussions,  at  which  all  the  tutors  are 
present,  have  been  well  sustained.  I  have  continued  my  course  of 
Lectures  on  Theology,  and  kept  up  the  study  of  Hodge's  "  OutHnes," 
*'  Homiletics,"  and  •'  Church  History."  The  Seniors  have  been  engaged 
in  the  exegetical  and  grammatical  study  of  the  Greek  text  of  the  Acts, 
the  Epistle  to  the  Ephesians,  and  the  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews ;  and 
have  read  in  connection  herewith  Trench's  '*  Synonyms  of  the  Greek 
Testament."  In  Hebrew  the  Seniors  have  been  reading  in  the  Psalms 
and  in  the  Book  of  Genesis,  the  latter  of  which  the  Juniors  are 
beginning.  In  the  Senior  Classics  the  subjects  have  been  Lucian's 
**  Dialogue  "  and  the  "  (Edipus  Rex  "  of  Sophocles ;  the  6th  Book  of 
Virgil's  "  iEneid,"  and  "  Cicero  De  Senectute."  D.  Gracev. 


t  <f  ^pssoti's  ^t$oti 


DEAR  MR.  SPURGEON,— At  your  request  I  forward  to  you  a 
few  facts  connected  with  that  department  of  College  work  you 
have  placed  under  my  care.  My  work  fells  naturally  under  the  follow- 
ing heads — ^Biblical  Studies,  Ethics  and  Philosophy,  and  English. 

Biblical  Studies. — ^The  nature  of  our  work  in  this  department  will 
at  once  appear  when  I  mention  its  two  branches  and  their  respective 
text-books — ^Blackie's  "  Bible  Geography  "  and  Angus's  '*  Bible  Hand- 
t)ook.'*  By  means  of  the  first  we  travel  (availing  ourselves  of  the  most 
recent  researches  in  Asia  of  travellers  and  scholars),  especially  over  the 
ground  made  sacred  by  the  grace  of  God,  the  deeds  of  Christ  and  the 


ASSUAL  BSFOBT  OF  THK  PA8I0B8'  OOLLMB.  271 

work  of  Patriarch,  Prophet  and  Apostle.    Here  the  men  are  trained  lo 
form  for  themselves,  to  the  mind's  eye,  a  map  which,  without  book  or 
sheet,  they  can  carry  to  the  pulpit,  prayer-meeting,  or  platform ;  and  on 
this  mental  map  they  are  soon  able  to  set  down  in  a  certain  place  and 
give  a  local  habitation  to  the  momentous  transactions  of  that  Book  in 
the  exposition  of  which  their  lives  are  to  be  laid  out,  spent,  and 
exhausted.     By  means  of  the  Handbook  to  the  Bible  they  are  intro- 
duced, through  a  style  at  once  crisp,  rigid  and  graphic,  to  the  great 
themes  of  their  life-work, — exposition  and  Biblical  criticism     Judging 
from  the  amount  of  work  done  this  year,  the  sustained  application 
required  in  doing  it,  and  the  v^rve  and  energy  revealed  in  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  subjects  suggested,  they  have  left  me  little  to  desire. 
Should  our  men  carry  into  their  ministry  the  same  hunger  for  Bible 
knowledge,  the  same  energy  in  turning  it  to  account,  and  still  keep 
unspoiled    the  same  sensitiveness   of    soul  in  appreciating  the  fine 
touches  of  the  Spirit  in  His  delineation  of  truth,  they  must  and  they 
will  excel  in  the  great  business  of  soul-winning.     I  can  safely  assert 
that,  if  they  are  determined — ^and  I  know  they  are — ^to  carry  the  same 
enthusiasm  into  their  life-work,  their  people  will  not  be  found  among 
those  who,  to  escape  the  monotony  of  the  modem  pulpit,  are  now 
clamouring  around  the  doors  of  museums,  art  galleries,  and  Sunday 
leagues. 

Ethics  and  Philosophy. — In  this  department  our  great  aim  has 
been  in  as  clear  and  as  simple  manner  as  possible  to  acquaint  the  men 
with  a  common-sense  view  of  the  phenomena  of  the  human  mind 
Our  whole  teaching  here  has  been  in  complete  subordination  to  the 
grand  principle  of  all  our  College  work — ^the  divine  art  of  winning  lost 
souls  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  Our  every  effort  here  has  been  to 
avoid  making  the  men  gaunt  moralists  on  the  one  hand  and  philosophic 
somnambulists  on  the  other.  The  entire  drift  of  our  labours  has  been 
to  bring  the  men  face  to  face  with  that  stern  and  real  person — the 
human  soul;  that  poor  fallen  majestic  creature,  the  soul  of  man;  and 
to  deepen  their  sympathies  with  its  sorrows,  struggles,  hopes,  and  fears  ; 
and  to  strengthen  by  all  that  is  strong  in  the  gospel  of  God  its  resistance 
to  being  snuffed  out  by  the  apostles  of  the  materialism  of  modem 
science;  to  help  it  in  every  way  to  maintain  its  protest  against  being 
considered  a  blood  relation  of  the  ape  or  the  oyster ;  and  to  increase  its 
loathing  towards  the  last  and  vilest  insult  offered  to  it  when  it  is 
asserted  that  its  life  and  potency  may  be  found  amid  the  simmering 
stews  of  modern  chemistry.  As  soul-winners  our  men  enter  the  College ; 
as  soul  winners  they  study ;  and  as  soul-winners  they  go  forth  to  their 
work,  therefore,  as  far  as  in  us  lies,  our  efforts  in  this  department  have 
been  directed — ^if  you  will  allow  the  figure — ^to  acquainting  our  men 
with  the  anatomy  of  the  suffering  souL  Yes,  Sir,  to  cleave  to  the  soul, 
to  feel  for  the  soul,  and  to  ease  the  soul  is  a  noble  work,  a  Godlike 
work,  and  we  all  believe  that  is  our  work — our  only  work  Judging 
from  the  souls  already  saved  through  the  agency  of  the  men  from  our 
College  in  the  field,  we  have  our  reward  in  so  teaching  and  studying 
the  phenomena  of  the  human  heart  and  mind. 


272  ANNUAL  BRPOBT  OF  THK  PA8T0B8*  COULEQE. 

English  Studies. — ^A  mere  enumeration  of  the  class-books  used  in 
this  department  of  our  work  will  so  far  explain  its  nature  as  to  render 
detail  unnecessary.  They  are  these : — Fleming's  "  Analysis  of  the 
English  Language ; "  for  practice  in  analysis,  "  Paradise  Lost ; "  Angus's 
*'  Handbook  of  English  Literature ; "  "  Reid  on  the  English  Poets ; " 
"  English  History ; "  and  the  preparation  of  monthly  papers  on  given 
themes.  Our  great  aim  in  this  part  of  our  work  is  to  help  those  of  our 
men  who,  though  possessed  of  plenty  of  brain  and  plenty  of  soul,  are 
suffering  from  the  calamity  of  a  neglected  education,  or  of  none  at  all 
They  are  not  allowed  to  leave  this  part  of  their  studies  until  we  are 
satisfied  they  have  secured  a  common-sense  grasp  of  the  principles  and 
capabilities  of  their  mother-tongue.  And  here  also  we  have  our  reward 
in  beholding  many  of  our  men  triumph  over  all  the  evils  of  a  neglected 
education,  and  succeed  in  clearly  translating  into  a  sound  and  brawny 
Saxon  style  the  story  of  Jesus  crucified,  the  wisdom  of  God  and  the 
mind  of  Christ,  a  style  which  the  Holy  Ghost,  through  them,  has 
deigned  to  use  in  bringing  many  sinners  to  the  feet  of  Christ. 

A.  Fergusson. 

DEAR  MR.  SPURGEON,— Your  request  for  a  short  account  of 
my  Classes  during  the  past  year  reaches  me  while  away  from 
home.  I  am,  consequently,  unable  to  avail  myself  of  some  references 
which  would  have  helped  me  to  speak  more  particularly  of  work  done 
immediately  after  last  Conference. 

The  Middle  Classes  left  me  shortly  after  the  commencement"  of  the 
year,  and  have  since  been  reading  with  Mr.  Gracey.  The  Second 
Juniors,  after  finishing  both  the  Latin  and  Greek  Delectuses,  have  for 
some  months  past  been  reading  Cornelius  Nepos  in  the  former  language, 
and  Xenophon's  "Anabasis"  in  the  latter.  Good  progress  has  been 
made  by  almost  all  the  brethren  in  these  classes,  and  the  more  difficult 
constructions  have  been  overcome  with  more  than  usual  readiness. 
Careful  attention  has  been  given  to  the  grammar  of  both  languages, 
and  especially  to  parsing.  We  have  gone  through  nearly  two  books  of 
Euclid,  and  though  this  is  generally  regarded  as  "  a  dry  subject,"  the 
interest  in  it  has  grown  from  the  first,  and  the  work  has  been  well  done. 

The  First  Junior  Class  is  getting  on  well  with  Latin,  but  has  not  yet 
advanced  far  in  Greek.  On  two  afternoons  of  the  week,  throughout 
the  year,  I  have  taken  an  Elementary  Class  for  students  newly  entered, 
in  order  that  beginners  might  be  helped  over  their  early  difficulties  in 
the  dead  languages,  with  as  little  hindrance  as  possible  to  their  studies 
in  English  subjects. 

The  conscientious  character  of  the  work  done  during  the  year  has 
been  very  gratifying,  and,  above  all,  the  earnest  tone  of  piety  pervading 
the  prayers  in  our  various  meetings  encourages  us  to  believe  assuredly 
that  the  good  hand  of  our  God  is  still  with  us.  May  the  dear  College 
prosper  more  than  ever. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

F.  G.  Marchant. 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL. 


JUNE,      1882. 


BY  FABIOR  W.  B.  HATBKS,  STAFFOBD. 
|1HE  Beirice  for  which  Jeans  trained  his  diBciplee,  with  Bnoh 
rare  patience  and  Bkill  and  foresight,  mnst  be  essentially 
noble ;  the  characteristic  of  onr  ministry  fonning  the  topic 
of  the  present  paper  might  therefore  be  taken  for  granted 
withont  dlBcnasion.  Bat  common  and  erident  tmth  is  most 
in  danger  of  neglect.  Besides,  Gkid's  best  tfaings  bear  mnch  looking  at. 
If  Ood  has  made  onr  ministry  noble,  where  his  hands  hare  been  onr 
eyes  may  ngefnlly  linger. 

To  prevent  mistakes  I  hasten  to  add,  before  proceeding  farther,  that 
the  subject  is  the  JVobility,  not  the  i/bbility  of  onr  Ministry  ;  though 
there  is  said  to  be  a  great  deal  of  the  latter,  and  the  theme  conld  not 
fail  to  be  fmitfal.  It  wonld  open  the  way  for  some  sage  observations 
anent  onr  denominational  system  ;  and  would  afTord  special  faoilitieB  for 
— in  a  quiet  and  Christian  sort  of  way — warning  the  deacons.  All 
would  doubtless  be  very  exhilarating.  It  certainly  did  occur  to  me  that 
some  brother — perhaps  of  a  cynicaJ  turn  of  mind — one  npon  whom 
the  ministry  has  pressed  very  heavily,  on  receiving  the  Gonferenoe  pro- 
gramme, and  reading  down  to  the  title  of  this  paper,  might  In  the  sore- 
ness of  his  heart  think  the  phrase  a  grim  irony,  and  bitterly  surest  the 
change  of  letter  which  I  have  snppoeed. 

Let  ns  hope,  if  there  be  such  a  one,  that  by  this  time  the  Conference 
has  cured  him,  and  that  he  sees  things  in  a  more  hopeful  light;.  Qloom 
falls  in  turn  npon  ns  all.  Despondency  inverts  the  universe,  makes  the 
most  solemn  asseverations  about  every  precious  thing  we  have,  and 
always  lies  in  iU  throat.  I  would  like  t^day  to  bring  forward  a  more 
credible  witness — bright-eyed  Faith — that  dwells  near  God's  throne,  and 
never  yet  said  an  ill  word  of  him,  or  bis.  Over  gainst  headaches  and 
heartaches  I  want  to  set  the  precious  things  of  our  service— the  raptnres, 

*  A  paper  read  at  the  Eighteenth  Annual  ConfereDce  of  the  Faat'jrt'  College 
Assodatioii.    We  nil  the  Bpeciol  attention  of  our  readers  to  it.    It  thrilled  ua  all  agam 


274  THE  ESSENTIAL  NOBILITY  OF  OUR  MINISTaY. 

the  experiences  deep  as  the  heart  of  God.  It  was  in  the  hope  of  doinfi: 
what  should  not  be  difficult,  viz.,  speaking  well  of  a  noble  thing,  that 
this  paper  was  undertaken ;  for  I  am  persuaded  that  while  we  cannot 
think  too  humbly  of  ourselves,  we  cannot  think  too  highly  of  our  work. 

One  of  the  plain  things  regarding  the  gospel  ministry  is  that  it  is  not 
in  universal  esteem.  The  preaching  of  the  cross  is  still,  to  them  that 
are  perishing,  foolishness.  Many  hold  it  in  contempt,  and  dilate  with 
pleasure  upon  the  so-called  decaying  influence  of  the  pulpit.  This  we 
cannot  help.  For  the  world  to  wag  its  head  before  the  cross  is  no  new 
thing.  We  are  not  responsible  for  other  men*s  judgments;  but  we  art 
answerable  for  our  own  estimate  of  the  work  of  God  entrusted  to  us; 
which  work,  in  proportion  as  it  is  contemned  of  the  unbelieving,  should 
mount  to  a  prouder  and  choicer  place  in  our  affection.  Men  must  count 
their  calling  honourable  if  they  are  to  find  honour  in  it.  He  that 
despises  his  life-labour,  will  carry  it  on  in  half-hearted  and  slovenly 
fashion;  but  the  man  who  conceives  it  to  be  noble  will  rise  to  the  great- 
ness of  the  work,  will  do  nobly,  and  in  the  effort  will  himself  be  ennobled. 

The  Christian  ministry,  as  experience  has  made  it  known  to  us, 
includes  within  its  domain  plenty  of  harassment  and  vexation.  Some 
of  us  have  lived  to  be  undeceived.  The  ideal  world  our  youthful  fancy 
pictured  inside  every  church  has  sobered  down  to  the  more  commonplace 
reality.  "  That  which  is  crooked"  has  been  found  within  as  well  as 
without  the  fellowship  of  saints.  In  fact,  sometimes  it  has  seemed  as 
though  we  had  the  whole  twisted  miscellany  of  the  nursery-rhyme — the 
crooked  man,  the  crooked  mile,  the  crooked  sixpence,  and  the  crooked 
stile — compresssed  into  one  glorious  hour  of  church  life.  Yet,  for  it  all, 
be  it  ours  never  to  bate  one  jot  of  chivalrous  regard  for  our  high  calling 
in  Christ  Jesus.  It  is  still  great,  always  great.  In  the  town,  in  the 
village,  with  the  few,  with  the  many,  embarrassed  from  within  or 
buifeted  and  struck  at  from  without,  no  circumstances  of  the  place  or 
hour  can  uncrown  this  royal  service,  nor  dim  the  essential  glory  of  our 
ministry. 

We  come  now  to  consider  the  question.  Wherein  does  that  glory  lie  ? 
Our  ministry  is  our  service,  our  work,  our  life-toil  for  Christ.  How 
hath  it  nobility  ?  Now,  be  it  far  from  us  to  aek  for  it  the  tinsel  adorn- 
ments of  a  vain  sacerdotalism.  The  pitiful  assumptions  of  the  priest 
are  scorned  by  the  enlightened  minister  of  Christ.  But  there  are  other 
things  to  be  said.  To  begin :  the  inslrument  by  which  we  perform  a 
chief  part  of  our  ministry,  the  public  address,  has  by  universal  consent 
an  honour  of  its  own.  This  is  noteworthy.  The  man  who  stands  forth 
to  speak  to  the  many,  whether  in  public  hall,  chapel,  or  out  in  the  open 
under  God's  blue  heaven,  whatever  may  be  his  theme,  has  found  noble 
opportunity.  If  the  issue  prove  contemptible,  the  fault  was  not  in  the 
means,  but  in  the  man.  Whatever  method  Christ  might  have  appointed 
for  our  ministry,  the  illustrious  ends  must  have  glorified  it ;  but  calling 
us  to  preach  the  gospel,  he  has  sent  us  to  great  work  with  honourable 
tools.  The  golden  jubilee  is  rung  out  from  trumpets  of  silver.  In  this 
regard,  and  apart  from  the  things  we  speak,  our  calling  is  not  without 
honour. 

But,  more  especially,  we  feel  (he  nolility  ofmr  ministry  as  often  as  m 
recall  from  whence  we  received  if. 


THB  EBSSNnAL  KOBILITT  OF  OUR  MIKISTBT.  275 

It  is  the  ministrj  of  the  risea  Jesas.  Trae  gospel  teachers  are  Christ's 
ascension  gifts  to  earth.  We  are  intruders  in  this  ministerial  office,  and 
nndone  nnless  we  had  ordination  thereunto  from  the  hands  that  made 
the  worlds.  As  it  befell  Moses  at  the  bush,  and  Isaiah  in  enchanted  yet 
terrified  hearing  of  the  very  payilion-melodies  of  the  heavens,  we  re- 
ceived the  appointment  to  our  far  humbler  missions  from  Ood*s  lips. 
For  is  not  this  one  of  the  glories  of  the  true  Christian  ministry,  that  its 
affairs  are  arranged  by  direct  appeal  to  the  supreme  throne  ?  The  in- 
strumentalities are  human,  jet  everywhere  works  the  potent  influence 
of  the  church's  dorious  Head.  It  is  not  so  long  ago,  I  may  venture  to 
say,  with  the  eldest  among  us  since  we  went  oat  from  the  face  of  Ood 
his  commissioned  servants,  that  we  have  forgotten  scenes  upon  which 
a  brightness  so  celestial  rests.  The  joy,  the  impulse,  the  glory-light  are 
with  us  now,  telling  us  that  ours  is  noble  work.  Was  it  not  thus  ? 
There  came  to  us  a  time,  lying  now  back  in  the  memory,  beautiful  and 
a  joy  for  ever,  when  we  fell  conquered  at  the  feet  of  Christ  Our  old 
soul  fetters  were  gone,  but  we  were  put  in  chains  of  constraining  love. 
It  was  then  that,  loving  Christ,  we  loved  his  cause,  and  felt  that  there 
was  not  in  our  veins  one  crimson  drop  we  did  not  owe  a  thousand  times 
over  to  him.  This  feeling  became  a  passion.  It  grew  upon  us.  It 
bore  us  irresistibly  on.  We  prayed,  we  agonized,  we  asked  to  die  rather 
than  do  wrong.  But  still  louder  within  us  sounded  the  heavenly  sum- 
mons ;  and,  not  daring  to  resist,  from  quivering  lips  came  at  length 
the  cry  :  *'  Here  am  I — send  me."  The  call  was  Christ's.  We  felt  his 
strong,  tender  hand  upon  our  burning  head,  and  told  him  then  the  deep 
purpose  of  our  soul  to  be  his,  alone,  for  ever.  Thus,  or  in  some  such 
way,  I  doubt  not^  the  service  of  Jesus  became  our  life-work. 

It  were  strange,  indeed,  if  we  could  receive  a  ministry  thus  out  of 
heaven  and  not  honour  it.  Though  to  some  such  witness  may  wear  the 
fane  of  superstition,  and  others  may  call  it  madness,  and  yet  others  may 
speak  loftily  of  the  arrogance  that  is  born  of  ignorance,  we  have  the 
light  upon  our  path  and  the  impulse  within,  say  what  they  will.  We 
have  seen  Ood.  The  voice  of  the  Holy  Ohost,  which  of  old  said  to  the 
kneeling  saints  at  Antioch,  '*  Separate  me  Barnabas  and  Saul,"  is  in  our 
ears,  making  life  sublime.  We  know  whose  signet  ring  is  upon  our 
hand,  and  our  work  is  great  to  us.  Earth  can  show  no  prouder  in- 
stallation to  any  office  or  dignity.  Compared  with  Ood's  appointments 
the  embassies  of  kings  are  paltry.  Let  the  servant  of  Qod  who  has 
begun  to  think  meanly  of  his  ministry  recall  the  sublime  presence  in 
which  he  received  it,  when  swift-winged  seraphim  that  stoop  obedient 
in  the  eternal  light  were  passed  by  that  the  call  might  come  to  him. 
If  he  dare  despise  the  unpillared  throne,  the  temple  darkened  with  the 
incense  that  swells  the  praises  of  the  universe  to  Jehovah's  feet,  the 
great  God  himself, — then,  not  otherwise,  let  him  despise  the  mission 
which,  kneeling  in  that  presence,  he  received. 

Agairif  (he  main  trust  of  our  ministry — GhriBt  and  his  redeemina 
fcori-^gives  it  a  peerless  glory,  Ood  sends  no  man  on  a  fool's  errand. 
Those  who  come  charged  from  the  presence  of  the  King,  bring  with 
them  what  is  worth  the  carrving.  If  our  appointing  was  with  honour, 
how  great  is  our  trust  1  There  is  placed  in  oar  keeping,  to  hold,  to 
▼aloe,  to  lore,  and  to  make  known,  God's  great  masterpiece.  Redemption. 


276  THE  ESBKETTIAL  ^QBILITT  OF  OUR  ICIHISrRT. 

The  gospel  may  lie  neglected  in  the  printed  book,  it  may  become  an 
almoBt-forgotten  theme  of  conversation  among  professing  Christians; 
bnt  while  a  solitary  witness  remains  it  mnst  be  made  to  ring  ont  from 
the  living  lips  of  the  pr^Ksher  on  the  world's  ear.  For»  while  it  may 
be  the  occasional  effort  of  others,  it  is  the  business  of  the  minister  to 
make  Christ  known.  **  We  have  this  treasure.*'  God  with  matchless 
mysteiy  of  condescension  has  allowed  ns  ''  to  be  pat  in  tmst  with  the 
gospel"  Many  sacred  responsibilities  are  given  to  men :  it  is  the  habit 
of  God  to  trnst  ns.  Tender  and  holy  ministries  await  willing  hands 
everywhere,  and  other  services,  ane^nst,  of  overwhelming  weight, — the 
fit  tasks  of  the  world's  stronger  spirits.  Bnt  I  wonder  when  I  see  him 
give  to  hnman  care  the  Son  of  his  love,  and  in  a  measure  trust  to  sndi 
as  we  are  the  honour  and  Mr  fame  amongst  men  of  the  beloved  Jesus; 
for  the  soul  of  Christianity  is  Christ  himself.  Moreover,  where  there  is 
trust  there  is  responsibility.  Those,  therefore,  to  whom  the  gospd  is 
committed  have  in  keeping  the  name  and  honour  of  the  Lord.  We 
may  complement  and  balance  this  truth  with  another  bearing  on  the 
sovereignty  and  omnipotence  of  Jesus ;  but  we  do  not  destroy  it  When 
all  is  said  that  can  be  said,  the  trust,  the  responsibility  remains, 
and  it  still  stands  true  that  Christ's  fame  amongst  men  fluctuates  with 
the  church's  fidelity.  What  strange  honour  is  here  !  This  gives  a 
peculiar  lustre  to  the  Christian  service — ^that  it  has  so  sacred  a  trust. 
The  precious  charge  is  all  too  costly  for  our  feeble  keeping.  Master,  we 
are  but  poor  toilers,  of  little  skill  in  our  calling  ;  but  if,  as  of  old,  on 
blue  Galilee,  thou  come  a  passenger  into  our  boat,  veiling  for  our  good 
and  till  thine  own  time  thy  almightiness,  and  we  see  thy  pillowed  head, 
that  twelve  legions  of  angels  might  covet  to  guard,  given  to  our 
keeping,  we  totll  he  true  to  thee,  God  helping  us;  and  we  would  not»  to 
command  argosies  of  treasure,  change  our  charge.  Christ's  sent  servants 
are  chosen  vessels  to  bear  his  name,  llie  vessels  are  earthen,  but  the 
sworded  cherubim  at  Eden's  gates  had  not  committed  to  them  so  rich 
a  treasure. 

Further,  I  would  call  attention  to  (he  precious,  the  absolutely  price- 
less  implements  of  our  craft.  In  the  pursuit  of  our  work  we  are  forced 
into  constant  association  with  the  highest  truths.  Our  ministry's  great 
ends  cannot  be  served  by  falsehood.  All  deceptions,  misleading  state- 
ments, sophisms,  or  other  devices  of  speech  whereby  persuasion  is  often 
reinforced,  are  in  natural  antagonism  to  Christ's  purposes.  Our  weapons 
are  not  carnal.  Pretenders  may  fly  to  tools  of  shame,  and  seek  to 
coerce  or  to  delude  unwilling  minds ;  but  God's  truths  are  the  natural 
implements  of  our  work,  noble  and  immortal,  like  the  cause  they  serve. 
In  this  world  with  its  many  callings,  its  hubbub,  and  rush,  and  whirl, 
where  the  wildest  excitement  often  sweeps  around  the  least  important 
centres,  is  it  no  glory  on  our  days  that  God  has  chosen  for  them  such 
consecrated  society  ?  By  a  blessed  compulsion  the  high  truths  of  God, 
laws  beautiful,  eternal,  that  hold  the  universe  together,  truths  that  are 
the  glory  of  God's  throne,  crowd  the  room  where  we  toil  with  book 
open,  troop  after  us  through  the  streets,  and  are  our  most  frequ^t 
companv.  By  them  our  br^  is  gained,  and  our  home  furnished,  and 
our  children  live  by  them.  The  summons  that  takes  one  man  to  the 
shop  and  another  to  the  factory  and  a  third  to  the  office  takes  our 


THB  BS8SNTIAL  NOBUJTY  OF  OUB  UIKISTBT.  277 

8onl8  among  the  angels  of  Ood.  The  pain  of  labour  sapplies  an 
ecstasy  of  its  own,  and  heaven  at  times  breathes  round  ns  as  we  toil. 
Even  as  the  dyer's  hand  becomes  subdaed  to  what  it  works  in,  so  the 
spiritnal  workman  environed  with  Ood's  verities  falls  naturally  under 
their  sway :  he  loves  them,  pays  the  penalty,  and  is  conquered  by 
them. 

Thus  the  Christian  minister  forms  fast  companionship  with  great  and 
precioQS  truths.  And  in  what  a  world  it  becomes  his  lot  to  move  I 
What  immensities  surround  him  as  often  as  he  gives  himself  to  the 
study  of  these  themes !  Alp-like  truths  tower  on  every  side.  Im- 
measurable truths,  high  and  fathomless  as  heaven,  spread  above  him. 
While  the  world  is  counting  off  its  hours  from  dawn  to  noon,  from  noon 
to  eventide,  Ood  fills  his  soul  with  thoughts  that  wander  through 
eternity ;  tor  thence  his  mightiest  arguments  are  drawn.  While  men 
measure  themselves  by  men,  and  hopes  and  fears  alternate  as  human 
brows  clothe  themselves  in  dark  or  sunny  aspect;  he,  passing  by  par- 
liaments and  thrones,  is  taught  to  kneel  at  the  footstool  of  the  Judge  of 
all  the  earth,  and  feel  there  where  infinite  glories  shine  the  pitifulnessof 
human  forces.  The  accustomed  standpoint  of  his  view  of  mankind  is  at 
the  footstool  of  the  Creator,  and  he  sees  the  shores  of  time  washed  by 
the  etemitiesL  The  vast  destinies  of  the  immortal  soul,  thus  seen,  make 
the  heart  ache  to  think  that  aught  so  sublime  should  be  enslaved  to 
such  inconsequent  trivialities  as  are  the  life-aims  of  millions. 

Such  are  the  things  we  learn  to  use  and  love ;  and  when  fears  and 
cares  throng  us,  they  often  become  a  solace  to  our  spirits.  Whensoever 
we  seek  them,  they  meet  ns  (whoever  may  prove  unfaithful),  a  crowd  of 
holy  faces.  They  are  the  attendants  upon  our  ministry,  and  give  it 
great  nobility. 

Then,  consider  next,  Th»  Relation  in  which  our  Ministry  stands  to 
Christ. 

Oar  order  was  founded  by  Christ.  The  name,  the  example,  and  the 
authority  of  Jesus  cover  it  with  glory.  No  upstart  thing  sprung  from 
the  folly  or  pride  or  ambition  of  man,  it  went  forth  on  its  beneficent 
mission  tbrongh  the  earth  from  under  the  conseoratine  shadow  of 
Christ.  It  is  peculiarly  of  his  ordaining.  There  is  no  need  here  to  say 
anything  of  present-day  methods,  or  to  compare  ecclesiastical  systems. 
Preaching,  wherever  and  however,  the  preaching  of  the  gospel,  the 
ministration  of  the  things  of  Christ  amongst  men,  was  the  express 
ordination  of  our  Lord.  But  he  did  more :  he  himself  inaugurated  the 
work  in  his  own  person.  It  is  no  small  thing  to  see  at  the  head  of  the 
roll  of  our  ministry  ''  the  name  that  is  above  every  name."  Christ  the 
Galilean  preacher  has  lifted  our  calling  for  ever  above  criticism.  The 
whole  world  may  sneer;  it  cannot  make  ignoble  what  Christ  has  glo- 
rified. We  see  the  footprints  of  Jesus  as  we  go,  and  we  kiss  the  ground 
where  he  has  trodden.  The  Prince  of  preachers,  though  ascended  to 
his  reward,  has  not  forgotten  his  old  work.  When  he  passed  on  this 
mmistry  to  other  hands,  he  did  not  cease  to  love  it.  rentecost  must 
have  thrilled  his  heart.  He  stood  up  from  his  seat  at  the  right  hand  of 
the  Majesty  on  high,  when  the  seraphic  Stephen  fell  under  a  hail  of 
stones,  as  though  (is  it  not  Matthew  Henry's  thought  ?)  his  Mediatorial 
throne  could  scarce  retain  him  in  sight  of  such  a  wrong.    He  continued 


278  THE  E88EKTIAL  NOBILITT  OF  OUR  HINISTRT. 

with  the  apostles  by  his  Spirit,  as  in  former  days  he  had  been  with  them 
in  person,  their  nnfailing  keeper  and  gnide.  The  example  of  Jesus  ia 
the  peculiar,  the  priceless  heritage  of  all  ministries;  while  from  age 
to  age  each  faithful  messenger  has  joyed  to  know  that  he  wrought  in 
the  immediate  service  of  the  one  living  Lord. 

Thus  we  claim  for  our  ministry  the  most  intimate  and  yaluable 
relationship  with  Christ.  He  created  it,  inaugurated  ifc,  instructed  it 
for  all  time ;  he  himself  is  its  noble  and  perfect  model,  its  incomparable 
theme,  its  pleader  in  the  lips  of  his  servants  whenever  power  is  there, 
its  deathless  President,  the  personal  Friend  and  Oounsellor  of  each  true 
heart  in  its  ranks,  and  the  perennial  fount  of  its  enthusiasm.  The 
temple  of  our  ministry  from  foundation  to  topstone  is  glorious  with  the 
handiwork  of  Christ. 

Standards  of  nobility  vary  amongst  men.  What  some  esteem,  others 
despise.  But  love  always  draws  her  own  conclusions,  and  will  not  be 
moved.  Wheresoever  she  sees  the  object  of  her  passion  she  sees  all 
nobility  and  beauty.  Love  for  Christ  and  souls  is  the  finest  producer  of 
a  pure  ministry.  To  hearts  thus  inflamed,  his  name  is  a  golden  charm, 
a  spell,  a  patent  of  nobility.  No  wealth  could  endow  the  cause,  no 
greatness  honour  it,  no  talent  distinguish  it  as  it  is  endowed,  honoured, 
and  distinguished  by  the  beloved  name.  The  ancient  story  runs  that 
when  Eoman  ambassadors  paid  a  visit  of  ceremony  to  Pcolemy,  king  of 
Egypt,  he  presented  each  of  his  visitors  with  a  crown  of  gold.  But  on 
the  morrow  the  crowns  were  found  on  the  heads  of  the  various  statues 
of  the  king  which  adorned  the  royal  city.  The  ambassadors  thus  at 
once  refused  personal  reward  and  did  honour  to  the  monarch.  The 
dearest  joy  we  have  is  to  put  the  crown  of  our  ministry  on  the  head  of 
Jesus.  The  best  event  that  can  befall  heaven's  promised  crown  will  be 
that  it  be  accepted  of  him. 

Another  star  in  the  bright  diadem  of  our  ministry  is  tia  lo/ty  purpose 
io  briffhten^  bless,  and  torn  back  to  GoeTsfeet  the  awrUL 

It  sometimes  happens  that  an  old  familiar  truth  will  break  in  upon 
the  heart  with  the  force  of  a  new  revelation.  It  has  probably  been 
misapprehended,  or  we  have  taken  but  a  surface  view  of  it.  Upon  the 
glorious  purpose  of  Christianity,  and  of  our  ministry  in  the  world,  as  I 
have  just  stated  it,  there  has  come  to  dwell  to  me  an  indescribable  charm. 
There  is  a  practicalness,  an  everyday  value  about  it  that  is  delightful. 
It  is  only  religion  at  its  true  work,  **  going  about  doing  good.**  The 
religion  of  Jesus  breathes  the  spirit  of  philanthropy.  Heaven  emptied 
of  angels  for  human  welfare  would  not  nave  poured  so  rich  a  stream  of 
holy  and  merciful  influence  through  the  eartii  as  in  the  gift  of  the 
Christianity  we  preach.  In  every  age  the  poor,  the  oppressed,  the 
fatherless,  the  widow,  the  diseased  physically  and  morally,  have  learned 
to  bless  the  gentle  name  of  Christ  Thus  has  Jesus  comforted  the 
earth.  As  an  eloquent  writer  has  expressed  it,  '*  When  Peter  walked  at' 
eventime,  his  lengthened  shadow,  as  it  fell  on  the  gathered  sick  in 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  healed  as  it  swept  over  them ;  even  so  is 
Christianity  going  through  the  earth  like  a  spirit  of  health,  and  the 
nations,  miserable  and  fallen,  start  up  and  live  as  she  passes."  Who 
that  lives  and  thinks  at  all  but  discovers  all  around  him  room  but  too 
ample  for  sympathy's  tender  oflSices, — for  the  entrance  of  the  bearen  of 


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glad  tidings.  With  mingled  animation  and  angaish,  animation  at  the 
splendid  challenge  throvni  down  to  the  brave  heart,  anguish  for  sight  of 
80  much  illy  we  see  degradation,  narrowness,  selfishness,  sorrow ;  evils  that 
fool  the  earth  and  grieve  God,  everywhere.  We  find  wrong  without  us 
and  within  ns.  We  see  it  in  the  world  and  in  the  church.  This  then  is 
that  with  which  we  have  to  deal.  Like  the  surgeon  gliding  over  the 
blood-soaked  battlefield  amongst  wounded  and  dying,  we  are  called  to  be 
bearers  of  help  to  the  world;  diminishing  its  griefs,  making  it  brighter 
for  our  presence,  leading  men  to  Ood.  Oh,  but  this  is  divine  labour. 
Love  leaps  forth  with  glowing  face,  to  be  afoot  where  such  sweet 
ministries  proceed.  It  is  life  at  rapture-height.  The  opportunity  is 
magnificent.  The  mission  is  royal.  The  work  is  God-like — it  is  Christ's 
own.  Come,  let  me  put  myself  right.  liCt  me  see  without  obstruction 
this  fair  landscape,  heaven  illumined.  I  li^e,  I  feel  this  ministry,  the 
rich  realized  dream  of  years,  not  for  sermon-making,  not  to  keep  a 
society  going : — the  whole  force  of  my  manhood,  the  strongest  energies 
of  my  soul,  are  solemnly  consecrated  to  the  bliss  of  doing  good,  of 
blessing  others  for  time  and  eternity.  I  am  called  to  be  the  servant  of 
all  whom  I  can  help  for  Christ's  sake.  Limited  on  every  side,  constantly 
arrested  by  weakness,  by  incapacity,  by  personal  un worthiness,  and  made 
ashamed  of  the  little  I  can  do,  I  yet,  within  the  narrow  circle  of  my 
influence,  may  fulfil  a  service  great  with  the  self-sacrificing  love  that 
transfigured  the  cross.    To  such  work  are  we  called. 

A  ministry  may  be  eloquent,  grand,  imposing ;  it  may  convulse  a 
town,  it  may  build  a  fame,  and  yet  may  not  be  noble.  To  be  noble  it 
mast  be  Gbristly,  and  to  be  Christly  it  must  flow  from  impulses  such  ag 
moved  Jesus,  and  bear  like  fruits.  When  in  connection  with  any  work 
home?  are  made  brighter,  wounded  spirits  are  healed,  lives  are  sweetened 
and  enriched,  wills  are  yielded  to  Christ,  and  his  rich  love  and  the  joys  of 
bis  sahaUon  are  pourea  all  around,  there  is  noble  work  done  that  will 
outlast  the  spheres,  and  for  which  a  man  might  count  as  nothing  the 
costliest  sacrifice. 

A  sublimity  of  outlook  is  there  to  (he  faithful  ministry.  Its  reaches 
are  infinite.  Its  benediction  follows  the  souls  of  men  into  eternity.  It 
blesses,  and  they  shall  be  blessed.  It  gamers  future  praise  for  God.  It 
sets  free  poor  hearts  captive  to  sin,  and  wings  them  for  Paradise.  It 
lays  the  foundations  of  the  New  Jerusalem  in  souls  once  joyless  as  the 
grave.  It  alters  the  balance  of  heaven  and  hell.  It  educates  spirits  for 
the  hereafter,  teaching  once  dumb  lips  the  songs  of  God.  It  makes  the 
poor  rich  with  good  they  can  never  lose,  and  embarks  the  world-weary 
—smiling  to  be  home  at  last — for  the  everlasting  rest.  These  things, 
by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  doth  the  faithful  ministry  work. 
Thank  God  there  is  such  music  on  this  fallen  earth  I  And  a  thousand 
times  thank  God  that  our  poor  fingers  have  been  summoned  to  this 
sweet  minstrelsy. 

I  had  meant  next  to  point  out — as  displaying  strikingly  the  worth  of 
our  service — the  character  called  for,  the  royal  qualities  of  soul  ap- 
propriate to  it  and  developed  in  a  faithful  pursuit  of  its  aims.  But 
this  in  itself  is  a  great  subject,  and  I  must  now  only  mention  it  to  leave 
it.  Beviewing  the  whole  matter,!  seem  to  see  in  the  Christian  ministry 
Apart  from  our  poor  selves  (as  we  are,  that  is,  not  as  we  ought  to  be),  I 


280  THE  ESSENTIAL  KOBILITT  OF  OUR  mNISCRT. 

seem  to  see  everything  in  magnificent  proportion.  All  is  great.  Heaven 
bestows  its  commissions  ;  the  jewelled  crown  of  all  God's  vast  creation 
— ^redemption — is  its  costly  tmst.  Its  helpers  and  familiars  are  the 
immortalities — those  great  verities  which  seem  as  archangels  in  the 
realm  of  God's  truths.  Its  presiding  genius — the  glory  that  strikes  it 
through  as  a  globe  of  crystal — is  Jesus,  Imperial  Jesus,  God's  love  and 
ours.  Its  mission  is  to  bless  and  save — ^to  blossom  the  desert,  and 
pour  Jehovah's  love  around  the  world  ;  while  the  faithfuls  that  minister 
at  its  shrine  it  calls  to  a  life  of  marvellous  opportunity — of  soul- 
enriching  service — a  life  whose  sands  run  gold. 

I  have  sought  to  show  the  essential  nobility  of  our  ministry.  Permit 
me  a  few  wo^s  in  conclusion.  I  think  I  may  venture  to  say  of  such  a 
service  that  it  is  destined  to  live. 

We  cannot  tell  what  may  happen,  but  happily  our  pulpits  are  not  as 
yet  all  broken  up  that  the  modem  alchemists  may  feed  their  furnaces 
therewith.  The  men  have  been  round  census-taking,  but  we  are  stUl 
holding  on.  A  distinguished  gentleman  in  France,  somewhat  absent- 
minded,  called  one  day  at  a  friend's  house  to  pay  him  a  visit.  The 
person  who  came  to  the  door  answered  that  the  friend  was  dead.  *'  Ah,^ 
said  the  visitor,  recollecting,  '*  of  course,  I  went  to  his  funeraL"  Ac- 
cording to  some  our  ministry  is  dead,  and  they  have  been  to  the  flmeral ; 
though  they  still  call  and  pay  us  the  honour  of  their  attentions.  We 
hope  to  be  in  the  world's  way  a  few  centuries  more.  Noble  things  die 
hard.  The  world,  weary,  care-weighted,  and  sad  with  many  a  sepmchte, 
is  not  rich  enough  to  spare  the  church's  ministry  of  hope.  Has  our 
holy  brotherhood  of  service  no  history  ?  Wycliff  and  his  followers, 
Luther  and  the  heroic  spirits  his  trumpet-tongue  summoned  to  the 
field,  Wesley  and  Whitefield,  with  the  great  host  of  their  coadjutors, 
have  these  men  lived  and  poured  their  fiery  enthusiasm  upon  the  world, 
that  the  ministry  in  whose  ranks  they  served  should  become  an  efiete 
and  forgotten  thing  ?  The  Christian  ministry  is  immortal  Its 
majestic  themes  command  utterance.  Men  must  speak,  or  thej  would 
die.  Infinite  love  will  find  voice,  tiiough  the  dumb  break  silence.  Let 
the  press  multiply  its  influence  fiftyfold ;  its  costliest  machineiy  can 
produce  no  sufficient  substitute  for  living  lips.  "  Alway  unto  the  end 
of  the  world  "  is  the  period  assigned  by  our  divine  Lord.  In  the  ever- 
sustained  struggle  of  long  years  the  brave  must  fall,  and  grand  spirits, 
whose  presence  and  leadership  made  men  heroes,  will  move  wounded 
and  drooping  from  the  field  to  die.  But  the  standard,  if  lowered  a  while, 
shall  be  lifted  anew.  Upon  other  prepared  hearts  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
shall  come.  Best  of  all,  Christ  is  ever  the  illustrious  Leader  of  our 
host.  The  final  issue  must  be  victory.  In  the  meantime  the  Lord  of 
life  shall  make  our  ministry  immortal  till  its  work  is  done. 

Is  it  not,  too,  brethren,  laying  for  us,  in  proportion  as  we  are  true  to 
it,  the  foundation  of  a  rich  immortality?  I  do  not  here  spei&  of 
reward.  We  commonly  believe  and  teach  that  our  earthly  life  will 
largely  determine  our  heavenly.  <'  Whatsoever  a  man  soweth  that  shall 
he  also  reap."  A  noble  ministry  nobly  fulfilled  will  be  a  worthy 
education  for  eternity.  To  gain,  in  Godlike  work,  the  Godlike  spirit, 
rifling  paradise  of  its  treasures  this  side'  the  gates,  will  give  us  vantage- 
ground  that  shall  serve  us  for  ever.    God,  who,  to  importunate  and 


THE  XBSENTIAL  NOBILTTT  OF  OUR  UINISTBY.  281 

insatiable  bitby  has  whispered  secrets  on  earth  asnally  kept  for  glorified 
ean,  will  have,  with  dirine  gladness,  to  draw  npon  his  reserves  of  truth 
and  joy  for  the  satisfaction  of  his  children.  We  know  that  onr  ministry 
is  pecaliarly  calculated  to  bring  ns  into  sympathy  with  Ood;  and  if 
sympathy  with  Ood  is  heaven  in  essence,  even  here  may  we  begin  to 
press  through  the  oatermost  circle  of  angels  towards  the  throne  of  light. 
There  is  no  time  to  be  lost  To  know  Ood  will  be  the  labour  of 
eternity.  When  myriads  of  ages  shall  have  rerolved  we  shall  scarce,  in 
respect  of  knowledge,  ha?e  touched  with  trembling  hand  the  farthermost 
hem  of  that  train  which  sweeping  downward  from  the  throne  fills  the 
tempte.  Blessed  for  evermore  is  that  service  which,  as  we  strive  loyally 
to  ftdfil  it,  giveth  not  only  with  princely  hands  present  good,  but 
promiseth  hereafter  to  set  us  nearer  Ood. 

May  I  add  that  this  work  deserves  to  be  worthily  fulfilled  ?  How 
much  more  worthily  than  aught  our  best  toil  can  render !  It  is  not  all 
blinding  light  about  Ood*s  altar.  Our  work  has  its  gentler  aspects. 
But  at  times  it  overwhelms  us.  Like  the  priests  of  Solomon's  temple, 
who  conld  not  stand  by  reason  of  the  cloud,  we  fiee  ashamed  from  the 
sanctuary.  Yet  for  love  of  him  who  called  us,  and  hope  of  better  things, 
we  hold  our  life  true  to  its  chosen  work.  Its  sweet  nobility  is  a  solemn 
obligation  upon  us  never  to  degrade  it.  It  is  too  glorious,  too  great, 
that  we  by  low  conceptions  or  ill-association  should  sully  its  brightness, 
or  abuse  its  opportunities.  When  it  is  yoked  with  meanness  or  selfish- 
ness ;  when,  aespite  its  majestic  designation  at  Immanuers  hands,  it  is 
saddled  and  bitted  and  made  to  toil  for  ends  low,  personal,  pitiful ;  when 
the  sacred  vestments  of  this  spiritual  ministry  are  worn  of  covetousness 
or  lust — how  is  its  nobilitv  shamed  before  heaven  and  earth!  It 
deserves  to  be  worthily  fulfilled — can  it  ever  be  at  our  poor  hands  ?  Is 
not  the  ideal  too  lofty  ?  It  is  said  that  at  the  battle  of  Alma,  when  one 
of  the  regiments  was  being  beaten  back  by  the  Bnssians,  the  ensign  in 
front  stood  his  ground  as  the  troops  retreated.  The  captain  shouted  to 
him  to  bring  back  the  colours.  But  the  reply  of  the  ensign  was,  *'  Briiig 
up  the  men  to  the  colours,*'  The  dignity  of  Immanuel's  ministry  can 
never  be  lowered  to  meet  our  littleness.  The  men  must  come  up  to  the 
colours. 

Finally,  this  ministry  is  our  soul's  renewed  choice  in  which  we  are 
prepared  to  live  and  die.  For  redemption*s  sake,  for  the  world's  sake, 
for  our  own  sake,  for  Christ's  nake,  we  cannot  go  back.  No  truly  great 
work  is  done  without  sacrifice;  but  who  would  li?e  nobly  must  not 
quarrel  about  the  price.  To  be  Christ's  servitor  is  the  pinnacle  of  true 
ambition.  Dismayed  at  times  at  our  task,  what  can  we  do  other  than 
cast  ourselves  upon  it  with  intenser  resolution  ?  Blessed  service !  For 
all  its  frequent  sadnesses,  to  what  rapture  can  it  wake  the  spirit  that 
sees  from  its  believing  rest  on  the  bosom  of  the  Lord  grace,  mercy,  and 
peace  winning  their  angel  way.  It  is  good  seeing  Jesus'  love  light  up 
another  heart.  It  makes  up  for  many  headaches.  Blessed  work ! 
Christ  leans  out  of  heaven  to  cheer  us  as  we  do  it.  Leans  so  near  that 
at  times  we  almost  feel  his  warm  breath  upon  our  cheek.  His 
whisperings  are  fuel  to  the  fires  of  our  heart's  enthusiasm.  He  that, 
thus  chewed  and  companied,  looks  back  becomes  a  tenfold  traitor. 
Blessed  service  I    We  must  go  on  at  all  hazards.    The  vows  of  Ood  are 


282  CHAPMEN  VKRBUS  OOUPOSTEDBS. 

upon  vs.  Onr  fidelity  is  in  the  stake.  When  an  officer  appointed  to  a 
perilous  post  was  nrged  by  his  friends  to  evade  it,  his  heroic  reply  was, 
*'  I  can  easily  save  my  life ;  bnt  if  I  listen  to  yon,  who  will  save  my 
honour? "  In  proportion  to  onr  ministry's  nobility  is  the  shame  that 
covers  him  who  dishononrably  deserts  its  interests.  Blessed  service ! 
Royal  service !  It  enthrals  and  captivates  ns  with  its  sweet  majesty. 
Brain,  heart,  life,  we  bring  in  fall  surrender.  We  are  self-yielded,  bom 
servants  to  Immannel.    ''  Here  we  stand.    We  can  do  no  other.*' 


^nx^^mm  tons  Mpittms. — %  gleMefo/ 

THIS  book  deals  with  a  snbject  which  has  ever  been  attractive  to 
historians  and  philanthropists ;  for  to  understand  any  period  in 
our  national  annuals  we  must  attain  to  some  knowledge  of  tbe  social 
]ife  of  the  people.  We  must  know  something  about  their  fireside  and 
homely  recreations  if  we  would  really  comprehend  the  bearing  of  political 
events.  Family  life  is  far  from  being  all  made  up  of  politics,  and  the 
interest  of  readers  of  history  is  not  all  ceatred  on  statesmen's  difierences, 
or  on  prolonged  sieges  and  sanguinary  battles.  There  are  deep  under- 
currents in  the  life  of  the  nation  which  have  to  be  observed ;  and  our 
interest  in  this  exercise  is  stimulated  by  difficulty.  Mr.  Fronde 
virtually  admits  that  the  social  life  of  the  middle  ages  is  now  irrecoverable; 
and  this  is  largely  true  of  any  period  which  is  separated  from  the  living 
by  a  gulf  of  one  or  two  centuries.  It  is  literally  correct  that  distance 
lends  enchantment  to  the  view  in  history  ;  and  the  little  we  know  about 
the  cottage,  the  parlour,  or  market  life  of  peasants  and  middle-clasa 
people  in  the  reigns  of  Anne  and  the  Georges  engenders  a  desire  to 
know  more. 

The  chapman,  of  whom  we  are  enabled  to  give  a  portrait  from  life, 
was  a  despised  object  to  the  Londoners  of  a  century  and  three  quarters 
ago.  But  although  a  bewigged  doctor  of  divinity,  or  a  popular  litleraiewr 
would  then  have  been  ashamed  to  halt  for  the  sake  of  purchasing  a 
penny  version  of  "  Joseph  and  his  Brethren,"  or  a  piquant  account  of 
"The  Wandering  Jew,"  the  trash  of  one  age  has  become  the  treasure 
of  another:  these  trifles  are  now  eagerly  purchased  by  collectors  at 
high  prices.  The  above  portrait,  which  originally  appeared  in  *'  The 
Cries  and  Habits  of  the  City  of  Ijondon,"  by  M.  Lauzon,  and  published 
in  1709,  has  now  been  re-engraved  for  the  frontispiece  to  Mr.  Ashton's 
work. 

Considerable  interest  is  attached  to  this  subject  of  the  diffusion  of 
literature  among  the  people  by  means  of  itinerant  traffickers,. because 
at  different  periods  both  truth  and  its  counterfeit  have  been  circulated  by 
such  means.  It  is  not  very  generally  known  that  Wycliff  wrote  about 
a  hundred  works,  large  and  small;  and,  stealthily  carried  over  the 
country  by  the  Beformer's  trusty  agents,  these  manuscript  tracts  con- 
tributed to  the  enlightenment  of  large  numbers,  and  so  prepared  the  way 
for  the  Beformation.    When  printing  was  invented,  **  reading  brought 

*  Ohapbooka  of  the  Eighteenth  Century.    With  Facsimiles,  Notes,  and  lUustrntions. 
By  John  Ashton.    London :  Chatto  and  Windus,  1882.    Price  78.  6d. 


CUAPMSH  TEBSUS  OOLPORTBUBS.  2S3 

leamine,"  is  Foxe  remarks ;  "  learning  Bhowed  light-,  by  the  brightnesB 
whereof  bllDd  igDoranie  was  sappreased,  error  detected.  Had  fiaally 
God's  glory  with  the  troth  of  his  word  advanced."  The  mai  tyrologist 
eren  went  so  far  as  to  make  a  propliecy  which  is  in  coarse  of  tulfilment 


A  CBAPIUEf  OF  OLD  LONDON. 


— "  1  BDppose  that  either  the  pope  must  abolish  printiD^,  or  ...  . 
printiDg  will  donbtless  abolish  him."  In  the  Paritaa  times  there  appear 
to  hare  been  associatioDS,  of  vhich  we  now  know  little,  for  promoting 
the  circnlation  of  religions  books,  natil  at  last  regalarly  constitnted 


284  CHAFMEK  YEBSUS  OOLPOBTEUBP. 

societies  were  founded.  In  1698  the  Society  for  Promoting^  Ohristian 
Knowledge  was  started ;  the  Society  for  Promoting  Religions  Enow- 
ledge  among  the  Poor  followed  about  half  a  century  later.  In  1756, 
Edinburgh  and  Glasgow  each  commenced  an  agency  for  a  similar  object ; 
and  the  tracts  published  by  Hannah  More  and  others,  at  the  time  of  the 
French  Eevolution,  were  intended  to  counteract  the  atheism  which  came 
in  the  train  of  that  event.  About  the  same  time  there  was  a  lady  at 
Olapham,  named  Wilkinson,  who  on  her  owii  account,  from  first  to  last, 
printed  and  circulated  440,250  small  religious  publications.  Do  what 
they  would,  howeyer,  in  the  way  of  circulating  what  was  good,  the 
philanthropists  of  fifty  years  ago  were  painfully  conscious  that  people 
who  went  by  the  name  of  fiying  stationers  were  quite  as  successfodly 
diffasing  what  was  bad ;  and  so  imperative  became  the  necessity  of 
action  that  the  Religious  Tract  Society,  in  its  earlier  days,  actually  issued 
a  series  adapted  to  the  taste  of  the  fiying  stationer's  customers.  The 
experiment  so  far,  succeeded  that,  in  the  three  years  ending  1805,  a 
total  of  800,000  had  been  disposed  of  by  hawkers,  who  in  some  instances 
voluntarily  surrendered  the  pernicious  trash  in  which  they  had  hitherto 
traded.  By  the  year  1839  the  circulation  had  reached  something  like 
thirty  millions,  some  of  the  hawkers  had  become  respectable  travelling 
booksellers,  and  thus  the  pioneers  of  the  Colportage  movement. 

The  custom  of  selling  new  pamphlets  in  the  streets  became  common 
in  the  exciting  times  of  the  seventeenth  century ;  and  at  different  crises 
it  was  continued  with  success  until  the  rising  on  behalf  of  the  Young 
Pretender  in  1745-6.  It  is  said  that  when  the  battle  of  Culloden  was 
fought,  in  the  last-named  year,  certain  strange  phenomena  in  the  heavens 
— meteors  and  the  Aurora  Borealis  more  than  usually  bright — appeared, 
and  made  so  great  a  sensation  that  street  literary  wonder-mongers  found 
plenty  of  patrons  in  the  markets  and  fairs  of  the  period.  What  is 
singular,  as  showing  man's  tendency  to  evil,  is  the  fact  that,  while  the 
trash  was  self-supporting,  the  better  substitute  could  only  be  circulated 
at  a  loss.  The  Religious  Tract  Society  lost  thonsands  of  pounds  in  the 
service,  but  no  one  regarded  the  money  as  being  ill-spent;  and  to  this 
day  Christian  Colportage  requires  a  corresponding  sacrifice  in  order  to 
be  successful. 

To  come  to  our  more  immediate  subject,  the  eighteenth  century  was 
the  golden  age  of  chapbooks,  as  it  was  according  to  some  thinkers  the 
choicest  time  for  comfortable  living  of  any  period  in  our  national 
history.  ''  Away  from  the  towns,"  says  Mr.  Ashton,  "  newspapers  were 
rare  indeed,  and  not  worth  much  when  obtainable — ^poor  little  fiimsy 
sheets,  such  as  nowadays  we  should  not  dream  of  either  reading  or 
publishing,  with  very  little  news  in  them,  and  that  consisting  principally 
of  war  items  and  foreign  news,  whilst  these  latter  books  were  carried  in 
the  packs  of  the  pedlar  or  chapman  to  every  village  and  to  every  home/' 
Thus,  although  the  chapman  is  mentioned  by  Shakespeare,  he  did  not 
attain  to  his  prime  until  the  last  century;  for  the  books  of  the  precise 
description  now  under  consideration  came  in  with  Queen  Anne,  and 
were  becoming  obsolete  in  the  latter  years  of  George  III.  The  chapman 
himself  was  also  a  creature  of  the  times,  his  character  corresponded  with 
tl^e  lowest  of  his  wares.  ''  On  his  own  confession,"  we  are  told,  **  he 
seems  to  have  been  as  much  of  a  rogue  as  he  well  could  be  with 


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285 


impunitT  and  wilhont  &bsolnte1]r  tcane?ressuig  the  law,  and  as  hisoharae- 
ter  wae  well  known,  very  few  roofs  wontd  shelter  him,  and  he  hud  to  sleep 
in  bams,  or  even  with  the  pigB.  He  had  to  take  ont  a  license,  and  was 
classed  in  old  bje-laws  and  proclamations  as  '  hawkeiB,  pedlars,  petty 
chapmen,  and  unrnly  people.' "  How  opposite  is  this  to  the  character 
of  the  modem  colpertenr,  who  contrires  to  combine  the  office  of  a 
Christian  visitor  with  the  asefal  calling  of  a  seller  of  little  books, 
which  tonch  the  hearte  while  they  attract  the  eyes  of  the  poor.  When 
we  consider  the  low  character  of  the  old  chapmen,  the  wonder  is  not 
that  BO  many  of  their  books  were  of  bad  or  qneationable  tendency,  bnt 
rather  that  any  of  them  were  good. 

One  of  the  moet  popular  among  the  religiooB  chapbooks  is  a  metrical 
"  History  of  Joseph  and  His  Brethren  "  ;  and,  indeed,  this  appears  to 
have  fonnd  lavonr  with  the  people  soon  after  the  invention  of  printing 
in  the  fifteenth  centnry.  The  rhyme  was  of  conrae  nothing  better  than 
a  marred  version  of  the  vonderfiU  Old  Testament  narrative ;  bnt  then 
it  was  better  to  read  this  in  snch  a  form  than  not  at  all,  and  thus  the 
chapman,  withont  having  any  sympathy  with  motal  reforms,  was 
Bowing  the  seeds  of  reformation.      The    quality  of  the  art  which 


embellished  the  pages  of  chapbooks  generally  is  shown  by  the  fac- 
simile eDgraving  we  are  enabled  to  give  of  Joseph  making  himself 
known  to  his  brethren.  Nor  was  the  poetry  superior  to  the  work  of 
the  artist,  e.  g. : — 

"  I  am  your  brother  Joseph,  him  whom  ye 
To  "Eigni  sold;  but  do  not  troubled  be; 
For  what  jou  did  heavan  did  before  decree. 
Then  he  fais  brother  Benjamin  did  kisa, 
Wept  on  bis  neck,  and  bo  did  be  on  hii, 
Then  kiat  hia  brethren,  wept  on  tbem  likewiae. 
So  th&t  among  them  there  were  no  dry  eyea." 

Another  of  the  religions  order  was,  "  The  Holy  Disciple ;  or,  the 
History  of  Joseph  of  Arimathea,"  whose  staff  is  Baid  to  have  developed 
into  the  Glastonbory  Thom  ;  and,  of  course,  the  chapbook  encouraged 
the  Bnperstition  that   the  said  tree  aliirays  blossomed  at  noon  on 


286  CHAPMEN  VERSUS  COLPORTEURS. 

Christmas-day.  "  The  Wandering  Jew  "  was  another  favourite  impo* 
sition  on  the  crednlitj  of  the  public,  the  legend  being  at  least  six  hun- 
dred years  old.  Another  of  this  order  was  the  apocryphal  **  Gospel  of 
Nicodemus/'  which  has  been  deemed  to  be  of  sufficient  interest  to  have 
repeated  editions  published  since  the  first  decade  of  the  sixteenth  oeu- 
tnry.  Others  of  the  religious  chapbooks  were  of  that  catchpenny  type, 
which  answered  no  good  purpose  :  such,  for  example,  as  ''  The  un- 
happy Birth,  wicked  Life,  and  miserable  Death  of  that  vile  Traytor  and 
Apostle  Judas  Iscariot."  There  was  more  invention  than  fact  in  this 
tract,  and,  at  the  best,  the  author  merely  trifled  with  New  Testament 
subjects. 

Another  class  of  chapbooks  waa  such  as  dealt  in  ''terrible  and 
seasonable  warnings"  to  notorious  sinners,  taking  their  examples  firom 
those  who  had  feJlen  into  trouble  by  their  crimes.  These,  at  least, 
fostered  superstition  of  the  grossest  kind,  the  devil  being  a  leading  cha- 
racter in  the  majority  of  them,  and  appearing  both  in  the  text  and  in 
the  illustrations :  one  of  the  most  popular  of  this  class  was  the  History 
of  Dr.  Faustup,  who  allied  himself  to  evil  for  twenty-four  years.  But 
even  in  such  pernicious  trash  a  gleam  of  wisdom  would  sometimes 
appear.  Thus,  on  one  occasion,  Faustus  is  made  to  write:  *' Being 
come  to  myself,  I  asked  Mephistopheles  in  what  place  hell  was  ?  He 
answered, '  Enow  thou  that,  before  the  fall,  hell  was  ordained.  As  for 
the  substance  or  extent  of  hell,  we  devils  do  not  know  it ;  but  it  is  the 
wrath  of  God  that  makes  it  so  furious.' " 

When  only  a  minority  of  the  people  could  read,  popular  taste  was 
sufficiently  uncultivated  for  tales  of  wonder  to  sell  best.  Certain  stock 
subjects  attained  to  considerable  popularity.  Of  these  we  may  mention, 
*'Tlie  Children  in  the  Wood,"  "  Jack  and  the  Giants,"  "  Fortunatus," 
who  carried  an  inexhaustible  purse  and  a  magical  hat ;  with  others 
containing  rules  for  telling  the  meaning  of  dreams  and  moles,  receipts 
for  maids  to  get  husbands,  and  for  swains  to  see  their  future  brides. 
There  were  not  many  grains  of  wheat  in  the  great  heap  of  chaff. 

Mr.  Ashton*s  book  from  which  we  are  quoting  is  in  itself  curiously 
interesting ;  for,  while  turning  the  pages,  we  seem  to  be  transported  to 
those  stagnant  days  of  the  eighteenth  century  when  superstition,  as 
the  offspring  of  ignorance,  held  the  people  in  its  chains.  The  work  is, 
in  point  of  fact,  supplementary  to  common  history;  ic  supplies  what 
was  a  desideratum  in  literature;  and  although  not  quite  the  thing  to 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  young  persons  without  discrimination,  a 
student  ab!e  to  read  between  the  lines  will  glean  from  its  pages  many 
things  not  to  be  found  elsewhere. 

While  it  is  quite  true  that  much  of  the  impure  literature  nowadays 
circulated  is  quite  as  bad  as  the  worst  of  the  chapbook  trash,  we  have 
abundant  reason  for  gratitude  in  comparing  the  chapbook  era  with  our 
own.  The  chapman  is  now  happily  superseded  by  the  colporteur,  who 
noc  only  carries  what  is  good,  and  that  alone,  but  is  himself  a  trust- 
worthy adviser  of  the  people  on  religious  matters.  While  thanking 
God  that  it  is  so,  may  we  not  wonder  how  it  is  that,  in  England,  Col- 
portage  is  so  tardily  supported.  We  trust  that  the  persistent  efforts  of 
those  who  see  the  value  of  this  agency  will  yet  succeed,  and  that 
Christian  men  will  give  their  aid  to  this  most  useful  form  of  service. 


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I 


B7  G.  HOLDEK  PIKE. 

Part  III. 
(Concluded  from  page  224). 

N  the  early  months  of  1824  Thomas  Shillitoe  resolved  on  addressing 
the  chief  persons  in  authority  in  London,  and  according  to  his  custom 
he  began  with  George  lY.  himself.  This  second  meeting  took  place  at 
Windsor  on  Wednesday,  the  20th  of  April,  1824.  "  On  being  informed 
the  King  was  going  from  the  castle  to  the  lodge,"  he  says,  '^  we  proceeded 
to  the  Long-walk  in  the  Great  Park  ;  and  earnest  was  my  solicitude  to 
be  enabled  to  discharge  this  act  of  apprehended  duty  in  a  way  that 
would,  on  a  retrospect,  afford  relief  to  my  own  mind.  We  at  length 
perceived  the  King  coming  in  his  pony-chaise  down  the  Long-walk  ; 
when  he  came  nearly  abreast  of  us,  we  advanced  a  little  towards  the 
middle  of  the  road;  I  had  the  packet  in  my  hand  containing  the 
German  copy  of  the  Act  of  the  King  and  Council,  the  same  translated, 
and  my  address  on  some  sabjects  which  it  contained.  The  King  stopped 
his  horses,  and  we  approached  the  carriage.  On  my  asking  the  King  in 
a  respectful  manner  if  I  might  be  permitted  to  present  him  with  a 
packet,  he  replied,  ^Yes,  Friend,  you  may.'  Several  years  having 
elapsed  since  I  had  had  an  interview  with  him  at  Brighton,  and  the 
King  having  lost  much  of  that  florid  countenance  he  then  had,  also 
appearing  aged,  and  being  wrapped  up  in  a  loose  drab  great-coat,  instead 
of  a  uniform  which  he  wore  on  the  former  occasion,  some  hesitation 
arose  in  my  mind  lest  I  should  be  mistaken,  and  it  should  not  be  the 
Ein^.  I,  therefore,  looking  up  at  him,  inquired,  *  But  is  it  the  King  ?' 
to  which  he  replied,  '  Yes,  Friend  ;  I  am  the  King  ;  give  it  to  the  Mar- 
quess of  Conyngham'  ;  who  received  it  with  a  smile ;  on  which  the 
King  said,  'Now  you  have  handed  it  to  me.'  After  a  short  com- 
munication which  I  had  to  make  to  the  King,  he  said, '  I  thank  you.' 
We  then  acknowledged  his  condescension,  withdrew  from  the  carriage, 
and  returned  to  London  with  grateful  hearts.*'  In  connection  with  this 
and  the  former  interview,  we  may  remember  that  George  IV.  had  at 
least  one  subject  in  England  who  was  faithful  even  to  the  reproving  of 
royal  failings  and  excesses.  The  King  went  on  his  way,  and  about  six 
years  later,  as  he  lay  on  his  death-bed  studying  the  Racing  Calendar, 
some  thoughts  about  the  godly  Queer's  burning  words  may  have 
crossed  his  mind.  As  regarded  Thomas  Shillitoe  himself,  he  returned 
to  London  to  visit,  in  the  service  of  the  gospel,  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  the  Bishop  of  London,  the  Home  Secretary,  and  the  metro- 
politan police  magistrates. 

During  this  same  year  Thomas  Shillitoe  a^ain  proceeded  to  the  Oon* 
tinent  on  a  religions  mission,  when  he  visited  the  King  of  Prussia, 
Frederick  William  III.,  who  died  in  1840,  and  the  Crown  Prince, 
afterwards  Frederick  William  lY.,  who  died  in  1861.  As  a  sovereign, 
the  first  is  described  in  the  ''  Encyclopaedia  Britannica "  as  "  an  un- 
compromising and  bitter  opponent  of  liberal  ideas."  The  Crown  Prince 
was  one  of  the  noblest  Christian  characters  of  his  time,  a  man  who 


288  THE  HTCTfAinrAHT.Hi  HI8T0BY  OF  THOMAS  SHILLITOS. 

was  above  all  tbings  anxious  tbat  pare  doctrine  and  practical  godliness 
fibonld  abonnd  in  his  dominions.  The  manner  of  his  receiving  Thomas 
Shillitoe  was  characteristic  of  his  kindly  natnre  throughout.  Without 
removing  his  hat  the  Quaker  delivered  his  message,  hoping  the  prince 
and  princess  might  be  true  helpmates  to  each  other,  and  that  the 
language  of  their  example  to  the  country  at  large  might  be,  ^'  Gome, 
let  us  go  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  the  mountain  of  the  God  of 
Jacob  ;  who  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths.'' 
The  Quaker  added,  ''I  hope  our  keeping  our  hats  on  has  not  hurt  the 
prince's  feelings."  "  If  I  had  suffered  my  feelings  to  have  been  hurt 
by  it,"  replied  Frederick,  '*  you  would  have  had  cause  to  have  thought 
badly  of  me."  At  the  moment  of  parting  he  seized  the  visitor's  hand, 
and  cried,  '*  Do  not  forget  me !  Do  not  forget  me ! "  evidently  thinking 
that  there  was  more  worth  in  having  the  friendship  of  such  a  man 
than  in  all  the  flattery  of  courtiers. 

The  interview  with  the  King  at  Oharlottenburgh,  which  came  off  a 
few  days  subsequently,  was  somewhat  similar,  though  the  King  was  of  a 
colder  nature.  He  at  once  acceded  to  a  petition,  however,  to  release 
from  prosecution  a  native  Friend  who  refused  to  serve  in  the  army. 
Frederick  understood  English  only  imperfectly ;  but  after  listening  for 
a  few  minutes  he  called  out,  "  I  see  what  he  wants — Sunday  to  be  well 
observed  ;  tell  him  I  have  read  his  address  to  Hamburgh,  and  it  has 
pleased  me  much ; "  and  then  directly  turning  to  Ms  visitor  as  the  two 
were  standing  in  the  garden,  he  added, ''  I  wish  the  Lord  may  bless  yon 
in  these  vour  undertid^ings."  ^e  interview  was  lengthened ;  and  the 
last  words  of  the  monarch  were  to  the  effect  that  the  Quaker's  sug- 
gestions and  admonitions  should  be  attended  to.  In  looking  over  these 
conversations,  one  cannot  but  be  struck,  on  the  one  hand,  with  the 
nervous  trepidation  which,  in  spite  of  fidth,  these  interviews  occasioned 
when  in  prospect ;  and  on  the  other  hand  with  the  choice  sentiments 
nicely  worded  which  the  veteran  uttered  when  the  moment  of  trial 
came.  Take,  as  an  example,  such  words  as  these,  which  Shillitoe  ad- 
dressed to  Frederick,  both  speaker  and  listener  standing  uncovered : — 
*^  The  present  is  a  very  important  da^  to  Prussia  a  day  of  renewed 
visitation  from  AJmighty  Ood ;  a  day  m  which  the  glorious  gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  is  dawning  in  the  souls  of  many  of  his  subjects ; 
and  the  desire  which  attends  my  mind  is  that  nothing  may  be  suffered 
to  retard  the  progress  of  this  glorious  gospel-day  in  your  dominions ; 
but  that  it  may  so  spread  and  prevail,  that  Prussia  may  become  the 
beauty  of  nations,  and  the  praise  of  the  surrounding  kingdoms,  setting 
an  example  of  holiness  to  the  rest  of  the  Continent."  In  their  way 
such  things  are  among  the  finest  things  ever  uttered  by  human  lipe. 

In  the  autumn  of  1824  he  proceeded  to  St.  Petersbnrgh,  where  &r 
some  time  he  was  subjected  to  ttie  most  absurd  suspicions,  one  crazy 
report  even  going  so  far  as  to  credit  him  with  distributing  largQ  sums 
of  money  for  the  most  sinister  of  political  niotives.  Though  general 
physical  discomfort  was  promoted  by  such  a  catastrophe,  his  otJier 
sufferings  appear  to  have  been  relieved  rather  than  otherwise  by  the 
awful  flood  which  overtook  the  Russian  capital  in  November,  1824» 
when  the  water  in  many  places  was  about  twelve  feet  deep  in  the  streets. 
The  laws  must  have  been  needlessly  rigorous  indeed  when  an  English 


THE  BEICAEEABLE  HISTORY  OF  THOHAB  BHILLTFOE.  289 

Christian  of  Thomas  Shillitoe's  peacefal  proclivities  conld  be  subjected 
to  BQch  tortures  of  mind  as  he  endured  through  dread  of  penalties  for 
some  imaginary  breaking  of  the  law.  It  was  at  one  time  hinted  to  him 
that  he  might  become  the  tenant  of  a  rat-haunted  dungeon  in  the 
fortress;  and  thus,  even  in  the  simple  matter  of  circulating  an  address, 
he  found  himself  restricted  as  he  had  been  restricted  nowhere  else. 

This  was  the  more  to  be  regretted  because  the  Emperor  Alexander  L 
was,  in  his  private  character,  an  amiable  Christian  man,  and  an  admirer 
of  Stephen  Orellet,  William  Allen,  and  as  soon  as  he  became  acquainted 
with  him,  of  Thomas  Shillitoe  also.  In  due  course  the  Quaker,  as  was 
to  be  expected,  found  himself,  as  usnal,  ''weighed  down  with  the 
prospect  of  an  interview  with  the  Emperor;"  but  what  soon  after 
occarred  almost  caused  him  to  sing  aloud  with  joy.  He  even  discovered 
that  it  was  profitable  not  to  engage  in  the  business  in  any  roundabout 
way,  but  to  go  straight  to  the  point.  Thus,  after  perplexing  himself 
by  engaging  a  person  to  manoeuvre,  as  it  were,  to  bring  the  meeting  to 
pass,  and  finding  that  person  resign  the  too  heavy  responsibility,  all 
preliminaries  were  at  once  arranged  by  sending  a  few  lines  to  the  royal 
secretary.  Prince  Oalitzin. 

The  remarkable  facts  relating  to  his  two  interviews  with  Alexander  I. 
are  related  by  Thomas  Shillitoe  in  his  customary  unornamented  style. 
He  was  requested  to  be  ready  at  six  o'clock  in  the  evening,  and  a 
carriage  firom  the  palace  was  sent  for  his  special  convenience.  What 
strikes  ua  as  peculiar  is  the  silence  that  all  the  Russian  servants  and 
officials  observed,  from  the  driver  of  the  carriage  to  the  lord-in- waiting 
who  opened  the  door  of  the  royal  apartments:  ''After  taking  my  seat 
in  this  room  a  short  time,"  says  the  traveller, "  I  observed  the  handle  of 
the  door  opposite  to  that  by  which  I  had  entered  move,  which  led  me  to 
conclude  some  person  was  about  to  enter;  on  which  I  rose  from  my 
seat ;  when  a  rather  tall  person,  with  a  placid  countenance,  came  into 
the  room,  so  plain  in  his  attire  as  to  ornaments  generally  worn  by 
sovereigns,  as  to  induce  me  to  put  the  question  to  him,  '  Am  I  now  in 
company  with  the  Emperor  ?'  to  which  he  replied,  in  an  affable  manner, 
'  Tes,  you  are.'  He  held  out  his  hand  to  me,  and  taking  his  seat  on  a 
sofa,  placed  me  by  hinL"  The  Emperor  then  enquired  after  his  old 
firienos  Grellett  and  Allen,  for  whom  he  entertained  a  respect  bordering 
on  real  affection. 

While  Shillitoe  delivered  his  message,  and  thus  unburdened  his 
soul,  the  Emperor  himself  said  some  things  which  were  of  lasting 
interest,  giving,  as  they  do,  an  insight  into  his  own  religious  cha- 
racter, and  into  the  difficulties  which  beset  and  hamper  the  action 
of  an  absolute  monarch  who  is  earnestly  anxious  to  advance  the 
interests  of  his  people.  In .  regard  to  himself,  Alexander  said : 
*' Before  I  became  acquainted  with  your  religious  society  and  its 
principles,  I  frequently,  from  my  early  life,  felt  something  in  myself 
^hich  at  times  gave  me  clearly  to  see  that  I  stood  in  need  of  a  further 
knowledge  of  divine  things  than  I  was  then  in  possession  of ;  which  I 
could  not  then  account  for,  nor  did  I  know  where  to  look  for  that  which 
would  prove  availing  to  my  help  in  this  matter,  until  I  became  ac- 
quainted with  some  of  your  Society,  and  with  its  principles.  This  I 
have  since  considered  to  be  the  greatest  of  ail  the  outward  blessings  the 

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290  THE  BEMABEABLE  HtSTOBT  OF  THOMAS  SHILLITOE. 

Almighty  has  bestowed  upon  me ;  becanse  Hereby  I  became  folly 
satisfied  in  my  own  mind  that  that  which  has  thns  followed  me,  though 
I  was  ignorant  of  what  it  meant^  was  that  same  divine  power  inwardly 
revealed,  which  your  religions  society  have  from  their  commencement 
professed  to  be  actuated  by  in  their  daily  walks  through  life ;  whereby  my 
attention  became  turned  with  increasing  earnestness  to  seek  after  more 
of  an  acquaintance  with  it  in  my  own  soul ;  and  I  bless  the  Lord  that  he 
thus  continues  to  condescend  to  send  his  true  gospel  ministers  to  keep  me 
in  remembrance  of  this  day  of  his  merciful  awakening  of  my  soul." 
Having  said  thus  much  concerning  his  spiritual  experience,  the  Emperor 
proceeded  to  refer  to  the  social  and  political  difficulties  which  beset  him 
while  honestly  endeavouring  to  do  right ;  and  in  doing  so  he  uttered  sen- 
timents which  may  commend  themselves  especially  at  this  season  of 
Nihilist  conspiracy  and  ferocity.  "  My  mind  is  at  times  brought  under 
great  suffering  to  kaovi  how  to  move  along,"  he  said  ;  "  I  see  things 
necessary  for  me  to  do,  and  things  necessary  for  me  to  refuse  comply- 
ing with,  which  are  ezpcted  from  me.  Ton  have  counselled  me  to  an 
unreserved  and  well-timed  obedience  in  all  things ;  I  clearly  see  it  to 
be  my  duty ;  and  this  is  what  I  want  to  be  more  brought  into  the  ex- 
perience of ;  but  when  I  try  for  it,  doubts  come  into  my  mind,  and  dis- 
couragements prevail ;  for,  although  they  call  me  an  absolute  monarch, 
it  is  but  littlepower  I  have  for  doing  that  which  I  see  to  be  right  for 
me  to  do."  When  the  Emperor  had  concluded  these  striking  remarks, 
Thomas  Shillitoe  was  thinking  how  he  could  turn  to  the  best  pos- 
sible account  the  only  interview  he  was  ever  likelv  to  have  with  his 
illustrious  friend.  When  he  rose  to  go,  however,  ^exander  advanced, 
and  taking  the  Quaker's  hand  in  his  own  remarked, ''  I  shall  not  con- 
sider this  as  a  parting  opportunity ;  but  shall  expect  another  visit  from 
you  before  you  set  off  for  your  own  home."  After  uttering  these  roya) 
words  the  speaker  turned  his  face  towards  the  wdl  to  conceal  the  tears 
that  would  unbidden  come  into  his  eyes.  These,  according  to  the 
belief  of  the  humble  visitor,  were  overflowings  of  gratitude  to  the  Lord, 
who  had  favoured  two  simple  believers  '^  with  the  precious  overshadow- 
ing influence  of  his  good  presence."  This  interview  took  place  on  the 
24th  of  December,  1824,  and  the  second  in  the  first  days  of  the  new 
year.  On  the  first  of  December  in  that  year,  at  the  comparatively  early 
age  of  forty-eight,  the  godly  Emperor  passed  away  to  his  rest,  to  be 
succeeded  by  his  reactionary  brother  Nicholas.  He  was  ever  remem- 
bered by  Thomas  Shillitoe  with  the  sincerest  affection. 

The  return  journey  home  through  Prussia  abounded  in  adventnre, 
and  in  misery  also,  consequent  on  the  number  of  unbridged  rivers  that 
had  to  be  crossed,  the  bad  roads,  and  the  dirty,  comfbrtless  inns.  By  the 
time  he  had  reached  the  port  of  embarkation  nearly  all  the  life  was 
shaken  out  of  him,  and  on  reaching  England  he  was  more  fit  to  keep  his 
bed  than  attend  to  any  ordinary  business.  After  a  season  of  com- 
parative rest,  however,  he  was  sufficiently  restored  to  be  again  on  the 
wing.  He  sailed  from  Liverpool  on  July  21st,  1826,  and  after  being 
more  than  five  weeks  on  the  sea,  landed  at  New  York. 

The  details  of  his  movements  on  the  American  continent,  apd  the 
troubles  experienced  on  account  of  the  Hicksite  heresies,  are  given  at 
length.   After  visiting  the  meetings  in  and  about  New  York,  he  proceeded 


THE  RKIffARKABLE  HI6T0BY  OF  THOMAS  BHILLITOE.  291 

Dorihward  in  the  direction  of  Canada,  and  visited  in  the  course  of 
his  jonmey  several  tribes  of  Indians.  He  halted  at  many  meetings 
in  Upper  Canada  in  1827;  find  after  attending  the  yearly  meeting  at 
New  York  in  that  year,  he  went  through  New  England.  He  returned 
to  New  York,  and  then  proceeding  to  Philadelphia,  he  travelled  over 
Pennsylyania,  and  attended  the  yearly  meeting  in  the  capital  in  1828. 
He  also  visited  the  yearly  meeting  at  Baltimore ;  and  after  addressing 
the  prisoners  in  the' jail  he  called  upon  '*  a  great  slave-merchant/'  so 
genuine  a  specimen  ot  that  genus  of  fifty  years  ago^  that  we  venture  to 
give  his  portrait. 

''  He  was  of  a  very  ferocious  disposition ;  so  much  so,  that  many,  we 
were  told,  stood  in  dread  of  him,"  and  also  of  the  savage  dogs  which 
were  his  daily  companions.  His  ample  store  was  *'  a  large  building 
like  a  prison  ;"  and  the  stranger  who  ventured  within  the  precincts  had 
need  of  strong  nerves  if  not  trusty  arms.  *'  As  we  advanced  towardfi 
the  house/'  says  the  traveller,  **  one  of  those  gi^at  fierce-looking 
animals  came  out  at  us,  followed  by  another  of  the  like  kind,  as  if  they 
would  have  seized  us.  Their  noise  soon  brought  out  one  of  the  house- 
slaves,  and  the  slave-merchant  himself,  whose  countenance  looked  as 
fierce  as  his  animals,  querying  with  us  in  a  stem,  commanding  manner, 
'What  is  your  business?'"  The  man's  heart  turned  out  to  be  less 
fierce  than  his  face;  for  he  called  off  his  dogs,  asked  the  Friends  into 
the  house,  seated  himself  beside  them  on  a  sofa  in  an  elegantly  fur- 
nished room  where  a  loaded  pistol  was  ever  within  easy  reach.  *^  Every- 
thing about  his  elegant  house  and  his  yards  told  in  plain  terms  that 
he  considered  himself  living  in  continual  danger  of  his  life; "  and  it 
is  added  that  some  time  before  he  had  knocked  down  and  trampled 
upon  a  Quaker  for  the  crime  of  uttering  abolitionist  views.  And  yet 
this  man's  mother — ^herself  an  abolitionist — ^had  I'ead  the  Bible  to  him 
while  yoang,  and  had  instructed  him  in  the  things  of  God.  He  pro- 
mised to  give  up  the  traffic  in  human  flesh  and  blood,  and  ventured 
to  prophecy  that  in  twenty  years  slavery  would  come  to  an  end.  That 
was  a  striMng  prediction  for  such  a  one  to  make,  for  he  was  only  a  few 
years  out  in  his  reckoning.  This  was  not  the  only  slave-owner  that 
Thomas  Shillitoe  called  upon;  and  about  the  same  time  he  had  an 
edifying  interview  with  the  President  of  the  United  States,  who  re- 
ceived the  English  Quaker  with  great  kindness.  His  other  travels  were 
very  extensive,  and  the  more  laborious  and  distressing  because  at  that 
time  the  Hicksite  con  trover^  and  division  were  at  their  height.  He 
at  last  reached  his  home  at  Tottenham  in  the  second  week  of  August, 
1829,  after  an  absence  of  three  years  and  one  month. 

The  remainder  of  Thomas  Shillitoe's  busy  life  was  spent  in  England, 
but  in  active  service  till  the  last,  so  far  as  his  strength  allowed.  When 
nearly  eighty  years  of  age  he  is  found  meditating  an  extensive  journey 
to  the  Antipodes,  which  was,  of  course,  ultimately  seen  to  be  im- 
practicable. Before  teetotalism  was  at  all  common  he  was  a  rigid 
abstainer,  and  almost  a  vegetarian,  and  one  of  the  most  striking  con- 
fessions ever  made  on  the  Temperance  question  was  made  by  this 
veteran  Quaker  at  Exeter  Hall  in  1833.  In  1832  he  and  Peter  Bedford 
visited  the  King  and  Queen  at  Windsor,  so  that  in  his  time  he  made 
friends  of  the  principal  crowned  heads  of  Europe,  always  remembering 


292  BTEIKING  POINTS. 

with  extra  affection '"  the  dear  Emperor  Alexander  of  Rugria."  Oar 
Friend's  remarkable  earthly  csareer  ended  on  the  12th  of  Jane,  1836,  and 
among  the  last  words  that  he  spoke,  while  joyfally  hailing  the  ever- 
lasting morning,  were — '*I  have  been  helped  through  many  a 

TRYING  NIGHT." 


THE  late  Dr.  Colver  had  great  originality  and  qnaintness  of  expitession, 
and  always  adapted  his  language  to  the  capacity  of  his  hearers. 
As  hie  was  lecturing  to  a  class  of  colonred  theological  students  one  day, 
on  the  composition  of  a  sermon,  in  the  presence  of  some  white  visitors, 
he  said ,  "  Tau  sJumld  always  he  careful  to  have  at  least  two  muUs  ears  to 
wary  sermon''  The  white  visitors  looked  at  each  other  in  blank  sur- 
prise, not  knowing  what  to  make  of  such  a  strange  remark,  but  the 
colonred  students  seemed  to  be  in  no  such  difficulty,  and  to  enjoy  the 
remark  greatly.  For  as  they  were  accustomed  to  ride  moles  without  either 
saddle  or  bridle,  they  were  compelled  to  hold  on  by  the  ears,  and  they 
knew  that  the  mule's  ears  were  something  to  catch  hold  of,  and  hold  on 
by.  We  are  sorry  to  say  that  a  great  many  sermons  of  white  ministers 
do  not  have  these  mule's  ears — there  is  no  prominent  feature  in  them — 
and  it  is  hard  for  anybody  to  remember  them,  because  there  is  nothing 
for  the  mind  to  catch  hold  of,  or  hold  on  hj.-^American  Paper. 


THESE  is  a  beautiful  oriental  custom  of  which  I  have  read  that  tells 
the  story  of  Christ's  atonement  on  the  cross  very  perfectly.  When 
a  debt  had  to  be  settled,  either  by  full  payment  or  forgiveness,  it  was 
the  usage  for  the  creditor  to  take  the  cancelled  bond  and  nail  it  over 
the  door  of  him  who  had  owed  it,  that  all  passers  by  might  see  that  it 
was  paid.  Oh,  blessed  story  of  our  remission !  There  is  the  cross,  the 
door  of  grace,  behind  which  a  bankrupt  world  lies  in  hopeless  debt  to 
the  law.  See  Jesus,  our  bondsman  and  brother,  coming  forth  with  the 
long  list  of  our  indebtedness  in  his  hand.  He  lifts  it  up  where  God 
and  angels  and  men  may  see  it,  and  then,  as  the  nail  goes  throngh  his 
hand,  it  goes  through  the  bond  of  our  transgressions  to  cancel  it  for 
ever,  blotting  out  the  handwriting  of  ordinances  that  was  against  ns, 
that  was  contrary  to  us,  he  took  it  out  of  the  way,  nailing  it  to  bis 
cross  !  Gome  to  that  cross,  0  sinner !  Not  in  order  that  you  may 
wash  out  your  sins  by  your  tears,  or  atone  for  them  by  your  g9pa  works, 
or  efface  them  by  your  sophistries  or  self-deceptions.  But  come  rather 
that  you  may  read  the  long,  black  list  that  is  against  vou,  and  be  pierced 
to  your  heart  bv  compunction  and  sorrow  that  you  have  offended  such 
a  fieing ;  and  then  that,  lifting  up  your  eyes,  you  may  see  God  taming 
his  eyes  to  the  same  cross  at  which  you  are  looking,  and  saying, 
''  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  blotteth  out  thy  transgressions  for  mine  own 
sake,  and  will  not  remember  thy  sins."  A.  J.  Gordon. 


298 

MES  PAETINGTON  uttered  more  of  the  truth  than  she  thought 
when  she  said : — "  Dear  me,  nothing  don't  do  me  so  much  good 
as  to  go  to  church  Sandaj  morning,  and  hear  a  precious  minister 
dispense  with  the  gospel! "  Tes,  dear  soul,  that  is  exactly  what  some 
of  them  do :  they  give  us  anything  and  everything  but  the  glad 
tidings  of  salvation,  and  then  they  wonder  that  their  chapels  become 
empty.  Tet  it  does  not  do  to  say  as  much,  or  you  will  have  a  hornet's 
nest  about  your  ears.  Of  course  they  preach  gospel,  that  is  to  say  a 
gospel,  if  not  Ihe  gospel.  What  is  the  difiference?  Only  the  indefinite 
for  the  definite  article^  only  sand  instead  of  rock,  only  opinion  in  the 
place  of  truth. 

The  worst  of  it  is  that  hearers  now-a-days  put  up  with  it.  There 
Beems  to  be  little  left  in  the  land  of  the  discriminating  spirit.  Men 
tolerate  error  in  their  ministers,  grumbling  at  first  and  consenting  to  it 
afterwards.  Many  do  not  know  chalk  from  cheese  in  these  times,  and 
80  long  as  the  language  is  musical  and  the  ideas  are  pretty,  their 
preacher  may  teach  anything  short  of  atheism  and  they  will  drink  it 
m.  What  a  clapping  a  man  gets  at  a  public  meeting  if  he  will  only  harp 
on  the  string  of  liberality  and  say  that  we  are  all  alike,  and  that  our 
views  are  only  different  aspects  of  the  same  truth :  black  is  a  shade 
of  white,  and  white  a  milder  tone  of  black!  In  times  gone  by  a  few 
sermons  without  the  gospel  in  them  would  have  brought  down  a  storm 
about  his  reverence's  head ;  but  now  he  is  admired  as  a  man  of  fresh 
thought,  and  takes  leave  to  make  up  his  theology  as  he  goes  along.  No 
one  ch^lenges  him,  or  if  a  bold  brother  does  so  he  is  called  a  bigot, 
and  snuffed  out. 

Surely  this  state  of  things  cannot  last.  Someone  will  bear  his  protest 
and  create  a  stir,  or  else  the  whole  thing  will  rot  into  contempt  If  there 
be  a  gospel  let  us  have  it  and  nothing  else.  There  are  not  two  gospels : 
which  is  the  genuine  article  ?  This  we  demand.  This  we  woi3d  have 
UQt  now  and  then,  but  always  as  the  standing  dish,  the  daily  provision 
of  the  House  of  the  Lord.  If  any  man  shall  withhold  the  truth,  or  give 
ns  the  counterfeit  of  it,  he  shall  answer  for  it  with  his  head;  for 
by  trifling  in  this  matter  the  souls  of  men  are  placed  in  jeopardy,  and 
the  Kingdom  of  Christ  is  hindered. 

Bless^  is  he  who  dispenses  the  gospel,  but  cursed  is  he  that  dispenses 
with  it.  C.  H.  a 


**  VOTJ  haven't  time  to  read  much,  but  want  to  keep  up  with  the 
X  times  in  religious  matters,"  says  the  Congregatwnalist,  and 
adds,  "  well,  there  is  not  a  religious  book  in  the  world  so  closely  up  to 
the  times  as  the  Bible  is  ;  nor  one  so  well  adapted  to  the  wants  of  a 
man  pressed  for  time.  You  can  read  a  verse  in  a  minute  that  will  feed 
yonr  Boul  for  a  day."  Try  it,  and  see  what  a  blessed  truth  that  is.  None 
are  so  truly  learned,  so  fresh  in  utterance,  so  rich  in  teaching  as  those 
who  draw  from  the  pure  well  of  Scripture,  and  present  the  waters  to 
mankind  just  as  they  draw  them.  Ood's  own  mind  is  ever  far  ahead  of 
all  mental  sci^ce^  and  his  thoughts  high  above  our  noblest  thoughts. 


294 

NOT  the  electric  light,  it  is  not  clear  enough  for  that,  although  for 
coldnesB  and  lack  of  sympathy  the  comparison  would  not  be  aa 
inapt  one.  Nor  yet  the  sunlight :  he  has  long  since  given  up  his  belief 
in  that.  Nor,  again,  the  lamplight  of  our  forefathers ;  but  rather  the 
flickering  night-light  of  our  grandmothers'  time,  with  which  they  were 
wont  to  beguile  the  childish  &etfulness  of  our  parents,  then  in  infancy. 
The  vessel  in  which  it  floats  is  a  little  modernized,  and  the  tin  which 
enters  into  its  construction  is  plated,  but  it  is  the  same  old  tantalizing 
piece  of  imbecility,  despite  the  substitution  of  a  porcelain  vase  for  the 
old  teacup,  and  the  assthetic  form  and  gildings  of  the  cork  segments 
which  prevent  it  from  sinking.  Change  the  pronoun  il  to  Ae,  and  you 
have  a  description  of  Mr.  Newlight,  of  Ignis  Fatuus  Chapel,  ffe  is 
new,  juvenile,  green.  His  assumptions  of  superior  wisdom,  albeit  he  is 
not  yet  out  of  his  long-clothes,  mentally  and  spiritually  speaking,  are 
most  refreshing.  Bnt  he  harps  on  an  old  string,  and  to  a  train^  ear 
his  so-called  music  is  harsh,  and  sets  the  teeth  on  edge.  He  tries  to  play 
the  ^*  Psalm  of  life,"  but  does  not  understand  the  score,  and  succeeds 
only  in  producing  a  burlesqne  imitation.  He  aims  at  flights  of  humour, 
and  for  this  reason  his  admirers  have  conferred  upon  him  a  fellowship 
in  the  Satirical  Society ;  but  as  yet  he  can  scarcely  be  styled  a  '*  master 
of  jibes  and  flouts  and  sneers."  He  is  of  opinion  that  plulosophy  is  his 
forte ;  but  it  is  by  no  means  Baconian,  if  philosophy  that  can  be  said  to 
be  which  ignores  facts,  and  constructs  its  premises  of  speculative 
whims  and  crotchety  ipse  dixits.  True  to  his  patronymic,  he  holds  that 
whatever  is  new  is  true,  and  whatever  is  old  is  not  true.  Ton  may 
recognise  him  in  a  moment  by  the  green  glasses  which  he  wears  when 
scrutinizing  other  people's  arguments  and  facts,  or  the  yellow  ones 
which  he  mounts  when  dealing  with  his  neighbours'  characters  and 
positions.  His  use  of  optical  instruments  is  peculiar.  When  viewing  a 
body  of  his  opponents  he  invariably  sees  them  as  few,  small,  and  far  off 
in  obscure  comers.  While,  on  the  other  hand,  he  uses  a  glass  of  high 
magnifying  power  to  ascertain  the  numbers  and  positions  of  his  own 
adherents.  In  addition  to  his  fellowship  in  the  society  before  named, 
he  is  an  esteemed  member  of  the  Mutual  Admiration  Association,  the 
associates  in  which  are  required,  as  a  condition  of  continuance  in  the 
society,  to  write  not  less  than  one  panegyric  upon  themselves,  and  one 
on  each  of  their  fellow-associates  during  the  course  of  every  society 

J  ear.  The  motto  of  this  society  is,  '^We  are  the  people,"  and  its 
eraldic  bearings  are  a  queer  compound  of  rampant  lions,  creeping 
serpent,  and  simple  sheep.  What  tEey  signify  we  mast  not — ^not  being 
in  the  secret — venture  to  explain,  lest  our  explanation  should  be  other 
than  complimentary.  Mr.  Newlight's  library  is  mainly  composed  of  the 
works  of  the  leading  German  rationalistic  theologians,  carefully  done 
into  EngUsh,  and  which  he  reads  very  constantly,  but — a  little  bird 
whispers — not  always  intelligently,  which  is  perhaps,  having  regard 
to  both  himself  and  his  authors,  not  much  to  be  wondered  at. 
These  books  have  cost  him  a  great  sum  of  money,  which  he  managed 
in  part  to  raise  by  the  sale  of  a  large  and  very  complete  collection 


BBV.  THOMAS  NEWLIGHT,  F.S.&  295 

of  English  critics  and  authors.  He  considers  that  he  is  a  great  gainer 
by  the  exchange,  and  qnotes  with  mnch  appreciation  the  remark  of 
Robert  Hall  in  reference  to  one  of  the  books  he  sold — ''  a  continent  of 
mud,  sir.'*  He  is  specially  fond  of  Kant — his  neighbour  Oldways  says, 
in  more  senses  than  one — and  he  belieres  in  *'  Pure  Reason,"  as  the 
same  critic  observes,  along  with  **  no  faith."  The  rest  of  his  library  is 
composed  of  heretical  authors  of  the  patristic  period  expensively  bound 
in  new  and  highly-gilt  covers.  His  sermons  are  carefully  prepared  and 
as  carefnlly  delivered,  and  his  points — ^none  of  which  are  barbed,  but  all 
tipped  with  gall — are  most  beautifully  polished.  His  sneer  is  con- 
sidered to  be  perfect;  but  his  blows  are  feeble.  He  has  applied  the 
vinegar  of  his  criticism,  of  which  article  he  keeps  a  cellar  fall,  to  many 
of  the  ngly  old  rocks  which  stand  in  his  way,  but  to  his  great  astonish- 
ment they  are  not  dissolved.  He  has  used  a  balloon  several  times  in 
order  to  get  over  them ;  but  although  he  is  an  influential  shareholder 
in  a  large  gas-making  concern,  he  has  never  yet  been  able  to  secure 
enough  to  complete  his  task.  He  is  not  often  seen  by  sick-beds,  for  he 
does  nob  believe  in  the  efficacy  of  prayer  to  produce  physical  results, 
and  he  has  no  great  idea  of  the  power  of  his  petitions  to  bring  about 
spiritual  ones  ;  bat  he  is  a  great  success  at  fanerals.  His  orations  on 
the  virtues  of  the  departed  are  great  achievements,  and  he  is  never  at  a 
loss  except  when  it  so  happens  that  there  are  no  virtues  to  dilate  upon. 
This  occurred  quite  recently  in  the  case  of  a  notorioasly  immoral  man 
whom  he  was  suddenly  called  upon  to  inter.  But  as  he  entertains  the 
opinion  that  a  few  years  or  generations  of  purgatory  in  an  intermediate 
state  will  pat  all  crookedness  of  moral  life  straight,  he  managed  tolerably 
well  on  the  whole.  And  then  he  is  really  flue  when  expatiating  on  the 
duty  of  submission,  obedience  to  the  divine  will,  and  imitation  of  the 
example  of  Christ,  and  one  might  almost  imagine  that  one  was  listening 
to  one  of  the  old  habiiuSs  of  the  Porch  to  listen  to  him.  It  is  a 
thousand  pities  that  vulgar  people  do  not  appreciate  him,  but  insist 
that  he  lays  too  little  stress  on  the  real  cause  of  human  misery,  and 
does  nothing  to  make  clear  the  divine  remedy  for  it.  His  congregation 
is  not  large,  but  it  is  really  very  respectable,  and  the  additions  to  it,  al- 
though not  numerous,  are  satisfactory  in  point  of  money  and  general  cir- 
cumstances. In  common  with  their  pastor,  they  all  believe  that  the  old 
creeds  are  quite  obsolete,  and  indeed  that  nobody  believes  in  them  now, 
excepting  a  few  old  women  who  meet  in  obscure  conventicles.  And 
when  statistics  are  produced  which  seem  to  show  the  contrary,  their 
invariable  reply  is,  "  We  don't  believe  in  statistics:  they  are  proverbially 
unreliable ; "  which  remark  Oldways  says  is  by  no  means  a  new  one,  and 
not  essentially  a  true  one. 

Mr.  Newlight's  health  is  not  good.  He  finds  it  hard  work  to  produce 
two  sermons  a  week,  and  contemplates,  solely  on  this  account,  making 
an  early  change.  Will  any  of  the  readers  of  this  magazine  render  him 
a  little  help  ? 

Jabies  Dann,  Greenock. 


296 

"  TTTHEN  God  intends  to  fulfil  his  promise,  by  giving  any  special 

T  T  blessing  to  his  children,  he  first  of  all  puts  the  sentence  of  death 
npon  the  blessing,  and  npon  all  the  means  that  lead  nnto  it" 

In  this  truth  I  see  matter  of  great  encouragement  to  all  the  people 
of  Ood.  Be  not  discouraged,  but  rather  keep  silence,  wait  and  stay 
upon  God  when  the  darkened  times  go  over  yonr  head,  and  the 
sentence  of  death  is  put  upon  the  mercy  which  you  most  desire.  This  is 
(jod's  way  when  he  intends  any  great  mercy  to  any  of  his  children.  He 
puts  a  sentence  of  death  first  upon  it.  When  death  sits  upon  the  means, 
then  we  conclude  all  is  gone,  and  we  are  very  apt  to  have  despairing 
thoughts,  and  to  make  desponding  conclusions.  **  I  said  in  my  haste. 
All  men  are  liars  :"  Ps.  cxvi.  11.  So  nowadays  we  cry — I  thought  we 
should  have  had  a  reformation ;  and  lo,  nothing  but  sad  division.  I 
thought  I  should  have  had  assurance,  and  never  doubted  again ;  but 
now  my  fears  are  multiplied  and  my  soul  is  cast  down  within  me. 

We  are  very  apt  to  be  much  discouraged,  and  come  to  sad  conclusions. 
It  is  a  hard  thing  to  keep  from  such  conclusions,  for  the  business  comes 
to  a  vote,  as  it  were,  before  the  soul.  **  The  question  is,"  saith  the  soul, 
**  whether  I  shall  be  saved  or  no  ?"  As  many  as  are  for  the  affirmative 
say  Ay  !  "  Ay  ! "  says  the  promise.  As  many  as  are  for  the  negative, 
say  No  !  "  No  ! "  say  threatenings ;  and  **  No ! "  says  guilty  con- 
science ;  *'  No,  no,  no  ! "  say  a  thousand  sins. 

I  am  in  such  an  affliction  and  strait,  the  question  is  whether  I  shall 
be  delivered  or  no  ?  As  many  as  are  for  the  affirmative,  say  Ay  ! 
''  Ay ! "  sajs  the  promise.  As'  many  as  are  for  the  negative,  say  No  ! 
'*No!"says  Providence.  "No!"  say  all  second  causes,  and  all  the 
means  round  about.  ^'  No,  no,  no  ! "  say  a  thousand  sins.  Now,  my 
beloved,  it  is  a  hard  thing  for  a  poor  soul  to  accept  the  affirmative 
of  the  bare  promise,  when  all  else  gives  a  negative  ;  but  the  reason  is, 
that  we  do  not  believe  our  God  as  we  ought  to  do,  and  this  truth  that 
I  am  now  dwelling  npon  is  forgotten. 

Mark  this,  if  ever  the  mercy  rise  out  of  all  the  death  which  now 
surrounds  it  and  the  grave-clothes  be  taken  ofiP,  it  shall  be  the  choicest 
mercy  that  you  ever  had  in  all  yonr  lives.  Abraham  bad  divers  sons, 
but  the  jewel  was  Isaac — the  dead  mercy.  Hannah  had  divers  children, 
but  who  like  Samuel — the  found  mercy  ?  Mercy,  once  lost,  and  then 
found,  is  the  greatest  mercy  ;  and  if  ever  you  come  to  find  the  mercy 
you  have  lost,  if  ever  that  rise  which  the  sentence  of  death  is  put  npon, 
it  shall  be  the  greatest  mercy  of  your  life.  Therefore,  who  would  not 
wait  upon  the  Lord  ?  Oh  that  you  would  possess  your  hearts  in  peace 
with  this  truth.  How  quiet  would  your  souls  be  under  all  the  distempers 
and  troubles  of  the  time  !  When  you  look  upon  the  troubles  that  are 
abroad,  your  hearts  would  be  quiet,  and  you  would  feel  that  notwith- 
standing all  our  disquietudes  we  may  be  in  the  way  to  the  greatest 
mercy  that  ever  England  saw ;  why  should  we  be  discouraged  ?  Rather 
let  us  say,  my  soul,  wait  upon  God  !  This  is  God's  way ;  he  never  gives 
any  great  mercy  to  any  of  his  people,  but  first  he  puts  a  sentence  of  death 
upon  it,  and  upon  all  the  means  that  lead  unto  it ;  and,  therefore, 
notwithstanding  all  that  is  against  us,  we  may  be  in  God's  way,  and  he 
may  be  about  to  bless  us  most  richly. — By  an  old  unriier. 


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Militants  0f  Mtttu 

BY  a  A.  DAVIS, 

TX7HILE  ChriBtmas  Evans,  the  Baptist,  and  John  Elias,  the  Gal- 
TT  Tinistic  Methodist,  were  in  the  height  of  their  fame  and  nsefal- 
ness,  moying  the  Principality  with  their  glorious  preaching,  Williams  of 
Wem,  in  the  Independent  body,  was  worthily  assisting  in  the  same 
great  work  with  a  power  and  popularity  scarcely  less  than  that  wielded 
by  his  great  contemporaries,  tnongh  gained  by  a  ministry  of  an  entirely 
different  character. 

What  Christmas  Evans  achieved  by  means  of  the  daring  visions  of 
his  imagination  projected  on  the  seething  mist  of  his  tremendous 
passion,  and  with  the  weird  accompaniments  of  his  flaming  eye  and 
wild,  shrill  voice— what  John  Elias  wrought  by  his  sublime  and 
measured  oratory,  and  his  pealing  impressiveness  as  of  the  thunders  of 
the  judgment-dav — ^Williams  of  Wem  accomplished  by  the  transparent 
simplicity  and  charming  colloquialism  of  his  style.  The  moment  he 
entered  the  pulpit  everyone  felt  at  home.  He  possessed  to  perfection 
the  art  of  being  en  rapport  with  his  audience.  He  was  one  of  them- 
selves, and  spoke  to  his  congregation  as  if  he  were  talking  to  them  by 
their  own  fireside.  Each  hearer  felt  the  preacher  to  be  his  personal 
friend  and  himself  the  congregation ;  and  so  the  people  listened  and 
laughed,  and  cried  and  applauded,  and  worshipped  in  a  oreath. 

A  good  story  is  told  of  Edwards,  the  President  of  Bala  College.  An 
old  'BIblIa  woman,  who  had  been  hearing  some  sublime  preacher  whose 
ideas  had  soared  among  the  stars,  was  asked  what  she  thought  of  it. 
''  Well,  well,"  she  said,  "  I  could  not  understand  it.  I  like  a  ItUle 
preacher  like  Mr.  Edwards.  He  is  near  to  us."  Williams  of  Wem 
was  in  this  sense  a  little  preacher.  He  did  not  perform  gigantic  feats 
before  an  open-mouthed  and  wondering  crowd  of  spectaiorSf  but  spoke 
to  the  hearts  of  thronging  listeners,  who  lost  not  an  idea,  and  who 
grasped  or  were  grasped  by  every  thought  he  advanced. 

Yet  let  it  not  be  hastily  concluded  that  he  was  therefore  a  shallow 
preacher.  Many  regard  a  clear  idea  as  a  little  idea.  Strangeness  and 
obscurity  of  style,  on  the  other  hand,  as  Whately  pungently  remarks, 
**'  may  make  the  power  displayed  seem  greater  than  it  is.  Many  a  work 
of  this  description  may  remind  one  of  t£e  supposed  ancient  shield  which 
had  been  found  by  the  antiquary  Martinus  Scriblerus,  and  which  he 
highly  prized,  encrusted  as  it  was  with  venerable  rust.  He  mused  on 
the  splendid  appearance  it  must  have  had  in  its  bright  newness ;  till 
one  day,  an  over-sedulous  housemaid  having  scour^  off  the  mst,  it 
turned  out  to  be  merely  an  old  pot- lid." 

The  value  of  Williams'  preaching  did  not  consist  in  its  obscurity. 
All  was  bright  and  clear  ;  yet  it  was  deep  as  a  clear  stream  may  be. 
He  was  a  great  reader,  but  he  relied  more  upon  thinking  than  upon 
reading  for  the  production  of  his  sermons.  A  minister  who  was  some- 
thing of  a  bookworm  once  asked  him  if  he  had  read  a  certain  book  which 
had  just  been  published.  Williams  said  he  had  not.  '*  Have  yon," 
continued  his  friend,  ''seen  so-and-so ? "  naming  another  work.    ''No, 


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I  have  not/'  And  presently  a  third  was  mentioned,  and  the  answer  was 
still  in  the  negative.  "  1*11  tell  yon  what/'  said  Mr.  Williams, ''  yoa 
read  too  mnch  ;  yon  do  noc  think  sufficiently.  My  plan  in  preparing 
sermons  is  to  examine  the  connection  of  a  passage^  extract  its  principle, 
and  think  it  over  in  my  own  mind.  I  never  look  at  a  commentaiy 
except  when  completely  beaten.'* 

For  some  particulars  of  the  life  of  this  great  preacher  we  are  indebted 
to  Mr.  Paxton  Hood's  recent  lively  and  brilliant  book  on  **  Christmas 
Evans,  the  preacher  of  Wild  Wales," 

Williams  was  bom  in  1781  on  a  farm  in  Merionethshire.  His  father, 
though  a  constant  attendant  upon  divine  worship,  never  made  a  public 
profession  of  religion ;  but  his  mother  was  a  very  pious  and  exemplary 
member  of  the  Calvinistic  Methodist  connection.  At  thirteen  years  of 
age  the  child  came  under  deep  religious  convictions,  and  at  fifteen 
entered  into  church  fellowship^  but  was  so  diffident  that  he  dared  not 
pray  in  public,  nor  even  in  the  family.  One  evenin^y  when  all  with  the 
exception  of  his  mother  and  himself  had  retired  to  rest,  she  engaged  in 
prayer  with  him,  and  then  said,  ''Now  Will,  dear,  do  you  pray  "  ;  and 
he  did  so ;  and  from  that  hour  dated  the  commencement  of  his 
courage  and  confidence.  At  twenty-one  he  entered  Wrexham  Academy. 
He  never  was  a  good  linguist:  even  English  he  never  thoroughly 
mastered;  most  of  his  fellow  students  outshone  him  in  this  department, 
but  he  transcended  them  all  as  a  preacher,  and  was  burning  to  be  away 
and  at  work.  His  stay  in  college  was  not  as  prolonged  as  some  modems 
would  think,  and  justly  think,  desirable.  ''No,  no,"  said  he,  "the 
harvest  will  be  over  while  I  am  sharpening  my  sickle."  And  so, 
receiving  two  pressing  invitations  at  once,  the  one  from  a  large  church 
in  Cardiganshire,  the  other  from  a  small  church  at  Wem,  he  considered 
himself  directed  by  providence  to  the  smaller  and  more  laborious 
sphere,  and  chose  Wera.  There,  labouring  amongst  a  cluster  of  un- 
pronounceable Welsh  villages,  he  spent  the  whole  of  his  ministry,  with 
the  exception  of  three  years,  towards  its  close,  in  Liverpool. 

His  largest  chapels  were  situated  in  three  places,  Wem,  RhoB»  and 
Harwood.  This  latter  village  was  a  kind  of  Welsh  Gilboa ;  for  though 
in  the  other  two  places,  and  through  the  whole  Principality,  crowds 
thronged  round  him,  he  could  never  make  much  impression  on  Har- 
wood. He  used  to  say  that  Harwood  had  been  of  greater  service  to 
him  than  he  to  it,  for  it  was  "  the  thorn  in  the  flesh  lest  he  should  be 
exalted  above  measure ; "  and  if  he  ever  felt  disposed  to  be  lifted  np 
when  he  saw  the  crowds  gathered  round  him  at  other  places  he  had 
only  to  go  over  to  Harwood  for  an  effectual  check  to  feelings  of  self- 
inflation. 

Genial  and  plain  as  was  his  preaching,  it  could  be  overwhelmingly 
solemn  and  realistic.  His  countenance  had  a  firm  thoughtfUnesSy 
there  was  a  sad,  far  outlook  in  the  eyes,  and  his  appearance  is  said  to 
have  been  singularly  beautiful  when  preaching.  Sometimes  every 
hearer  seemed  agitated,  and  cheeks  streamed  with  tears.  Preaching, 
on  one  occasion,  from  the  window  of  a  chapel  in  Merthyr  Tydvil,  he  so 
riveted  the  attention  of  the  vast  multituae  who  were  on  the  burying- 
gronnd  before  him,  that  when  he  reached  the  climax  all  the  crowd 
moved  together  in  terror,  imagining  that  the  graves  under  their  lEeet 


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were  barsting  open  and  the  dead  were  riaing.    Tet  he  was  a  Bingalarly 
qaiet  preacher. 

Illusta^tion  was  hiBfartey  and  he  loved  to  bring  his  light  from  nature, 
following  thus  his  Master.  "  Jesus/'  he  used  to  say,.  'Moved  to  look  at 
the  lily  and  to  listen  to  the  birds  ;  to  speak  upon  the  mysteries  of  the 
seed,  and  to  draw  forth  principles  from  these  things.  It  was  no  part 
of  his  plan  to  expound  the  laws  of  nature,  although  he  understood 
them  more  perfectly  than  anyone  else  ;  but  he  employed  nature  as  a 
book  of  reference,  to  explain  the  great  principles  of  the  plan  of 
salvation." 

This  was  the  use  Williams  himself  made  of  nature.  He  was  quick 
in  detecting  analogies  between  human  and  spiritual  operations.  His 
illustrations  were  generally  novel,  often  homely,  always  pertinent.  His 
sermons  were  commonly  illuminated  with  light  reflected  from  the  ap- 
posite use  of  some  metaphor  derived  from  familiar  natural  objects,  or 
the  daily  pursuits  of  his  hearers. 

"How  18  character  formed?  "  he  asked,  in  a  sermon  at  Bala,  where 
much  stocking  knitting  is  done.  '*  How  is  character  formed  ?  Gra- 
dually, just  as  you  Bala  women  knit  stockings — a  stitch  at  a  time." 
Again,  "  The  mind  of  man  is  like  a  mill,  which  will  grind  whatever  you 
put  into  it,  whether  it  be  husk  or  wheat.  The  devil  is  very  eager  to 
have  his  turn  at  this  mill,  and  to  employ  it  for  grinding  the  husk  of 
vain  thoughts.  Keep  the  wheat  of  the  Word  in  the  mind."  And 
again,  "Ejaculatory  prayer  is  the  Christian's  breath,  the  secret  path  to  his 
hiding  place ;  his  express  to  heaven  in  circumstances  of  difficulty  and 
peril;  it  is  the  tuner  of  all  his  religious  feelings;  it  is  his  sling  and 
stone  with  which  he  slays  the  enemy  ere  he  is  aware  of  it;  it  is  the 
hiding  of  his  strength ;  and  of  every  religious  performance  it  is  Che 
most  convenient.  Ejaculatory  prayer  is  like  the  rope  of  a  belfry,  the 
bell  is  in  one  room  and  the  end  of  the  rope  which  sets  it  a-ringing  in 
another.  Perhaps  the  bell  may  not  be  heard  in  the  apartment  where 
the  rope  is,  but  it  is  heard  in  its  own  apartment.  Moses  laid  hold  of 
the  rope  and  pulled  it  hard  on  the  shore  of  the  Red  Sea;  and,  though 
no  one  heard  or  knew  anythins:  of  it  in  the  lower  chamber,  the  bell 
rang  loudly  in  the  upper  one,  till  the  whole  place  was  moved,  and  the 
Lord  said,  *  Wherefore  criest  thou  unto  me  ? ' " 

Here  is  another  specimen  of  this  good  live  pulpit  talk.  He  was 
speaking  of  the  contests  of  Christian  creeds  and  sects  with  each  other. 
**I  remember,"  he  said,  ^Halking  with  a  marine  who  gave  to  me  a  good 
deal  of  his  history.  He  told  me  the  most  terrible  engagement  he  had 
ever  been  in  was  one  between  the  ship  to  which  he  belonged  and  ano- 
ther English  vessel,  when,  on  meeting  in  the  night,  they  mistook  each 
other  for  a  French  man-of-war.  Many  persons  were  wounded,  some 
slain;  both  vessels  sustained  serious  damage  from  the  firing,  and  when 
the  day  broke,  great  was  their  surprise  to  find  the  English  flag  hoisted 
irom  the  masts  of  both  vessels,  and  that  through  mistake  they  had  been 
fighting  all  night  against  their  own  countrymen.  It  was  of  no  avail 
now  that  they  wept  together :  the  mischief  was  done.  Christians^"  said 
the  preacher,  "  often  commit  the  same  error  in  this  present  world.  One 
denomination  mistakes  another  for  an  enemy ;  it  is  night,  and  they 
cannot  see  to  recognise  each  other.    What  will  be  their  surprise  when 


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they  see  each  other  in  the  light  of  another  world!  when  they  meet  in 
heaven  after  haying  shot  at  each  other  through  the  mists  of  the  present 
state !  How  will  they  salute  each  other  when  better  known  and  under- 
stood,  after  haying  wounded  one  another  in  the  night  I  But  they  should 
wait  till  the  dawn  breaks,  at  any  rate,  that  they  may  not  be  in  danger 
through  any  mistake  of  shooting  their  friends." 

In  his  employment  of  these  illustrations  there  was  a  freshness  often 
lacking  eyen  in  men  whose  discourses  are  by  no  means  destitute  of  this 
interesting  feature.  There  are  tourists  who,  though  they  trayel  over  much 
beautifol  country,  neyer  dream  of  leaying  the  well-trodden  path.  The 
regular  scenes  are  yiewed  by  them  from  the  regular  points  of  yiew ;  and 
their  emotions  are  expressed  by  means  of  the  regulation  exclamations 
suitable  to  the  occasion.  Other  tourists  there  are  to  whom  the  path 
worn  by  the  multitude  is  useful  only  to  indicate  where  they  will  not  go. 
They  love  to  find  out  unfrequented  points  that  command  fresher  and 
bolder  prospects;  they  scramble  through  this  dense  thicket,  and  climb 
to  the  top  of  that  unsuspected  pinnacle  of  rock  ;  and  though  the  scene 
before  them  may  embrace  many  of  the  objects  yisible  to  tneir  prosaic 
friend  from  the  top  of  th^  stage  on  the  high  road,  it  is  framed  for  them 
with  the  rugged  outline  of  some  caye's-mouth,  or  with  the  luxuriant 
sprays  of  some  graceful  tree  from  between  the  branches  of  which  they 
are  peering  upon  it,  and  their  congenial  souls  ouaff  its  inspiring  loye- 
liness  with  the  added  zest  of  adyenture  and  seclusion.  So  it  was  with 
Wilb'ams  in  his  method  of  seizing  incidents  which  might  be  made  to 
shed  light  upon  the  truth  he  was  unfolding  before  his  hearers  ;  and 
they  in  their  turn  felt  themselyes  taken  along  a  fresh  and  breezy  path 
untrodden  by  common  feet,  which,  though  perhaps  not  often  sublime, 
was  neyer  flat,  uninteresting,  or  uninstructiye.  '^  Fine  passages  "  con- 
structed for  their  own  sake  to  dazzle  with  meretricious  sparkle  and 
show,  he,  like  all  sensible  men,  abominated.  Nothing  was  acceptable  to 
him  except  as  it  threw  light  on  the  truth  in  hand.  The  more  homely 
the  better,  for  he  preached  to  homely  people ;  and  his  object  was  not  to 
display  his  own  yain  cleyemess,  but  to  present  the  truth  so  that  nothing 
in  his  manner  of  preaching  it  should  dull  its  edge  or  diminish  its  effect, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  should  sharpen  it  and  driye  it  home. 

*^  According  to  your  faith,"  said  he,  ''  be  it  unto  you.  According  to 
the  size  and  number  of  windows  in  a  house  will  be  the  quantity  of  light 
admitted  into  it.  According  to  the  size  of  the  yessel  let  down  into  the 
well  will  be  the  quantity  of  water  which  will  be  brought  up." 

The  following  passage  from  a  sermon  on  ''  Beginning  at  Jerusalem,'' 
will  exemplify  this  characteristic  of  perfect  plainness  and  clearness  to 
which  we  refer.  He  stated  as  one  reason  why  the  Apostles  were  to 
begin  at  Jerusalem,  that  it  was  necessary  to  test  the  conyertine  power 
of  the  gospel.  *'  At  the  yillage  of  Bersham,  near  which  I  resi<k,  there 
is,"  he  said,  "  a  foundry  for  casting  cannons ;  and  after  they  are  cast 
they  are  tested  by  the  founders,  who  first  of  all  put  in  a  single  charge, 
and  if  they  bear  that,  then  a  double  charge,  and  if  they  bear  that 
without  bursting  they  are  pronounced  fit  for  the  deck  of  a  man-of-war 
or  the  battle-field.  And  the  founders  act  wisely  and  safely ;  for  should 
there  be  a  flaw  in  these  engines  of  war  it  is  better  it  should  be  detected 
in  the  foundry-yard  than  when  in  the  act  of  being  fired  against  the  foe. 


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The  gospel  was  a  new  and  untried  instrament.  It  was  first  to  be  tested ; 
and  where  on  the  face  of  the  whole  earth  was  there  a  more  fitting  place 
than  Jerusalem  for  making  the  first  experiment  ?  If  the  gospel  proved 
itself  insirumentally  equal  to  the  conversion  of  the  sinners  at  Jernsalem, 
no  misgivings  coald  ever  afterwards  be  entertained  respecting  its 
fitness  to  do  execution  in  the  lands  of  the  Oentile.  Peter  was  the  man 
appointed  to  test  this  new  gun.  He  charged  and  fired  it.  Three 
ffiousand  were  converted  in  one  day.  After  this  triumphant  trial  the 
fishermen  of  Galilee  went  forth  everywhere  ^boldly  to  preach  the 
word/  fally  assured  that  in  no  quarter  of  the  globe  were  tnere  to  be 
found  more  hardened  sinners  than  those  who  had  stoned  and  killed  the 
prophets,  and  who  had  reached  the  climax  of  guilt  by  putting  to  death 
the  Heir  of  heaven  himself.  Well  might  the  great  apostle  of  the 
Gentiles  declare  his  readiness  to  preach  the  gospel  in  Home,  knowing 
it  was  the  *  power  of  God  unto  salvation  to  every  one  that  believeth.' 
He  was  not  ashamed  of  what  had  so  often  proved  itself  a  power.'' 

Behind  all  this  preaching,  which  on  some  great  occasions  was  so  in- 
fluential as  to  raise  the  tone  of  the  churches  through  the  whole  land, 
there  was  a  deep  and  meditative  piety.  He  was  fond  of  retreating  by 
himself  among  the  trees,  and  walking  beneath  their  shadows  as  they 
formed  a  canopy  over  his  head.  He  said  of  one  such  place,  "  I  think  I 
must  love  that  spot  through  eternity,  for  I  have  felt  a  degree  of  heaven 
there." 

A  very  affecting  account  is  given  of  his  death.  He  had  lost  his  wife 
some  time  before,  and  he  and  his  daughter  were  dying  together  in 
different  rooms  of  the  same  house.  As  he  said  to  her  one  day,  "  We 
appear  to  be  running,  with  contending  footsteps,  to  be  first  at  the  goal." 
They  spent  much  time  in  talking  together  of  death  and  heaven,  and 
being  **  absent  firom  the  body,  and  present  with  the  Lord."  Every 
morning  as  soon  as  he  was  up  found  him  by  the  bedside  of  his 
daughter. 

**  Well,  Eliza,  how  are  you  this  morning  ?  " 

*'  Very  weak,  father." 

^*  Ah  ! "  said  he,  ''we  are  both  on  the  race-course.  Which  of  us,  do  you 
think,  will  get  to  the  end  first  ?  " 

«  Oh,  I  shall,  father." 

''  Perhaps,"  he  said,  'Mt  is  best  it  should  be  so,  for  I  am  more  able  to 
bear  the  blow.    But  do  you  long  to  see  the  end  of  the  journey  ?  " 

''  Oh,  from  my  heart !  "  she  replied. 

"  But  why  ? " 

''Because  I  shall  see  so  many  of  my  old  friends,  and  my  mother; 
and,  above  all,  I  shall  see  JesuB." 

"  Ah  well,  then,"  he  said,  "  tell  them  I  am  coming !  Tell  them  I  am 
coming  I " 

She  died  first  He  followed  shortly  after,  on  the  17th  of  March,  1840, 
in  the  fifty-ninth  year  of  his  age. 

Dr.  Baffles  said  of  him :  "What  he  was  as  a  preacher,  I  can  only 
gather  from  the  effects  he  produced  on  those  who  understood  the 
language  in  which  he  spoke ;  but  I  can  truly  say  that,  every  occasion 
on  which  I  saw  him  only  served  to  impress  me  more  with  the  ardour  of 
his  piety  and  the  kindness  of  his  heart.  He  was  one  of  the  loveliest 
characters  it  has  been  my  lot  to  meet." 


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BY  H.   BTLANDS  BROWN,  DABJEELING.* 

AFTER  being  laid  up  for  several  weeks  through  a  bad  accident^  I 
started  on  a  month's  evangelistic  work  among  our  own  coantry- 
men  and  the  educated  natives  of  India.  My  first  stay  was  at  BangpnT, 
where  I  partook  of  the  generous  hospitality  of  the  Wesleyan  missionary. 
On  the  Lord's  day  I  preached  to  a  handful  of  Europeans  in  the  Public 
Library.  An  effort  to  get  at  the  Babris  failed  on  that  day,  but  a  very 
successful  meeting  grew  out  of  the  failure,  for  on  the  next  night  no  less 
than  sixty-three  Babris  were  got  together  in  the  large  hall  of  the  public 
school.  In  response  to  an  invitation  at  the  close  of  my  address,  twenty- 
three  young  men  came  the  next  morning  to  the  house  where  I  was 
staying  to  receive  copies  of  the  gospels.  The  following  day  1  held  a 
service  at  a  place  called  Eaimia,  and  secured  the  attendance  of  the 
European  and  Eurasian  population  to  the  number  of  six  persons.  The 
next  day  I  was  travelling  from  before  sunrise  till  after  sunset  It  was 
quite  dark  when  I  reached  Dluibri  in  Assam,  Being  an  utter  stranger, 
and  having  no  introductions  to  anyone,  my  first  business  was  to  pray 
that  God  would  open  up  my  way.  This  he  did  most  remarkably.  At 
my  first  service  on  the  Lord's-day  morning  there  were  sixteen  adults 
present  and  three  children,  a  large  congregation  considering  the 
number  of  inhabitants.  During  the  two  previous  dajs  I  had  visited 
and  so  made  the  acquaintance  of  a  number  of  the  residents.  At  the 
close  of  the  service  a  young  man  walked  home  wiUi  me,  and  said  he  felt 
my  message  had  been  for  him.  I  asked  him  round  to  the  I^- 
Bungalow  (public  boarding-house) in  the  afternoon,  and  then  learned  that 
he  had  been  converted  seven  years  before,  but  had  grieyously  back- 
slidden. He  complained  of  the  loss  of  all  his  former  delight  in  spiritual 
things.  It  so  happened  that  we  ended  a  short  stroll  at  his  lodgings.  I 
saw  a  novel  of  a  low  class  lying  on  his  table.  On  looking  up  1  saw  also 
a  very  filthy  immoral  book,  published  by  an  infidel  firm  in  London. 
'^  What  I  "  I  said,  '^  do  you  r^  such  a  book  as  this  ?  "  He  stammered 
out  a  defence  of  the  Tile  book  and  of  the  novel,  but  I  knew  he  did  not 
mean  what  he  said.  I  showed  from  the  Word  of  God  the  impossibility 
of  reading  such  works  and  enjoying  fellowship  with  God.  In  an  hour 
he  wrote  **  thanking  me  for  pointing  out  the  worm  which  had  been 
eating  up  his  peace,"  and  asking  me  to  destroy  the  infidel  work  and  a 
dozen  novels,  most  of  which  were  uncut,  just  up  from  Calcutta.  That 
night  in  the  moonlight  we  made  a  bonfire  of  the  books  on  tiie  banks  of 
the  Brahmaputra^  and  knelt  and  thanked  God  for  tiie  decision  that  had 
been  taken.  On  leaving  the  ashes  the  young  man  emphatically  said, 
''  I  thank  God  for  that."  I  hare  since  heard  from  him,  and  am  happy 
to  know  that  he  finds  pleasure  now  in  reading  the  Word  of  God  three 
times  a  day,  and  is  eager  to  be  doing  work  for  Ohrist.     Another  young 

*  This  IB  the  Eyaogelist  who  has  gone  forth  from  us  to  seek  the  'RngiiRh  jn  India, 
We  wish  we  could  send  others. 


lYANOELISTIC  WORK  ON  THE  BANES  OF  THE  BRAHIIAFTJTRA.    303 

man  has  been  much  impressed,  and  as  a  preBerTative  against  temptation 
to  drink  has  signed  the  pledge.  Yet  a  third  has  been  touched  by  the 
blessed  Spirit,  and  writes  to  say  that  to  seek  Christ  has  become  the  one 
object  of  his  life.  Tmlj  God  bad  work  for  me  at  Dlnibri.  Here  also  I 
addressed  some  fortj  educated  natives,  several  of  whom  came  round  the 
next  morning  for  copies  of  the  Scriptures.  I  left  by  steamer  the  fifth 
day  after  landing  at  Dluibri  It  was  my  desire  to  visit  next  a  much 
neglected  place,  ^raygnnge,  knowing  that  for  years  no  services  had  been 
held  here,  and  the  absence  of  a  Ddk-Bungalow  would  render  it  more 
difficult  to  get  into  the  place.  I  redoubled  my  prayers.  On  reaching 
the  place  I  ascertained  the  name  of  the  chief  European  resident,  and  wrote 
to  him ;  but  it  turned  out  that  he  was  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  could  not  see 
his  way  to  help  me.  A  gentleman  resident  in  the  place  who  had  brought 
back  his  reply  also  said  he  did  not  know  of  anyone  who  could  put  me  up; 
but  seeing  the  steamer  was  to  be  detained  another  day  he  would  make 
farther  enquiries  and  return  and  see  me  on  the  morrow.  This  gave  more 
time  for  prayer.  Meanwhile  I  went  round  in  the  jolly-boat  to  a 
number  of  fiats  and  steamers  that  were  lying  in  the  river,  and  invited 
their  commanders  and  officers  to  a  service  the  next  morning  on  board 
the  steamer  I  was  on,  *'  The  Indore."  No  less  than  twenty-five  attended. 
Probably  so  many  had  never  met  in  the  same  way  before.  In  inter- 
viewing the  men  to  net  them  to  attend  there  were  the  usual  incidents. 
An  engineer  said,  *'  What's  the  use  of  going  to  church,  and  then  swear- 
ing at  your  men  half-an-hour  afterwards.  I  shan't  come."  I  said.  Your 
reasoning  is  turned  the  wrong  way  round.  You  should  give  up  swearing 
at  your  men.  He  afterwards  repented  and  came.  At  the  close  of  the 
service  the  gentleman  who  had  promised  to  return  was  pcesent  to  tell 
me  a  Mr.  O  would  put  me  up.  For  many  years  no  service  had  been 
held  in  the  station.  My  first  meeting  was  on  Sunday  morning,  in  the 
billiard-room,  the  place  being  chosen  by  the  gentlemen  themselves  as 
the  most  convenient.  It  was  an  odd  experience  to  be  Breaching  Christ 
to  sixteen  men  seated  round  a  billiard-cable.  We  baa  sixteen  present 
out  of  a  possible  seventeen.  For  five  successive  nights,  with  one  excep- 
tion, meetings  were  held.  At  one  meeting  one  hundred  and  thirty 
Babns  were  gathered  together  and  several  European  gentlemen, 
including  two  magistrates ;  such  meetings  tend  greatly  to  bridge  the 
chasm  that  exists  between  the  Europeans  and  the  natives.  The  closing 
meeting  was  held  in  the  house  of  the  Roman  Catholic  gentleman  to 
whom  I  had  first  written.  As  the  result  of  my  visit  a  regular  Sunday 
service  has  been  started,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  rupees  were  contributed 
quite  spontaneously  to  the  Anglo-Indian  Evangelization  Society  in 
connection  with  which  I  was  working,  a  society  which  is  worthy  of 
generous  support.  I  can  the  more  readily  say  this  as  I  am  not  now 
connected  with  it.  Three  native  gentlemen  have  also  since  written  for 
copies  of  the  Bible  and  further  instruction  concerning  Christ.  As  I 
left  Dluibri  so  I  left  Seraygunge  praising  Ood  for  having  afforded  me 
the  privilege  and  opportunity  of  preaching  Christ.  My  next  meeting 
was  on  board  a  steamer.  On  once  more  getting  on  shore  at  Ooalundo 
I  visited  most  of  the  residents,  and  in  the  evening  of  the  day,  the  Lord's- 
day,  held  a  meeting  with  fifteen  persons.  At  Goalundo  I  was  asked  to 
baptize  an  infant.    I  said  I  would  do  so  if  it  could  be  shown  from 


304  DursnsQ  the  gattlb  to  habket. 

the  Scriptures  that  I  ought.  The  proof  was  not  forthcoming,  but 
instead  of  it  the  remark  that  it  was  so  very  inconvenient  if  a  child 
was  not  baptized.  I  affectionately  urged  upon  the  parents  the  necessity 
of  their  talking  the  child  to  Jesus  in  faith  and  prayer,  and  of  seekiDg 
grace  and  wisdom  for  themselyes,  that  they  might  train  the  little  one 
for  God.  On  the  next  steamer  I  was  able  to  point  the  commander, 
who  poured  into  my  ear  the  sad  tale  of  all  his  care,  to  Jesus  as  the  true 
healer  of  human  woes.  A  week  later,  on  my  return  by  the  same  boat, 
the  commander  and  1  knelt  in  the  cabin  while  I  prayed  God  to  save  his 
soul.  At  MairamguDge  I  was  not  able  to  do  as  much  as*  at  former 
places.  However,  I  held  a  service  on  Sunday  evening,  one  result  of 
which  I  believe  will  be  the  revival  of  a  Sunday  service  which  has  been 
allowed  to  lapse.  Often  during  my  tour,  particularly  at  the  last-named 
place,  Madame  Guyon's  lines  would  rise  to  my  lips — 

'*  All  hearts  are  cold,  in  every  place, 
Yet  earthly  good  with  warmth  pursue  ; 
Dissolve  them  with  a  flash  of  grace, 
Thaw  these  of  ice,  and  give  us  new!  '* 

A  terrific  storm  prevented  the  holding  of  a  meeting  which  had  been 
arranged  for  in  Godundo  on  my  return.  A  meeting  at  Teendarin  in 
the  hul  district,  which  was  well  attended,  there  being  fifteen  present, 
ended  the  series.  There  were  many  interesting  private  conversations, 
as  may  be  supposed,  which  with  God's  blessing  may  issue  in  saving 
results.  I  returned  to  Darjeeling  humbled  under  a  sense  of  my  in- 
debtedness to  God,  yet  thanking  him  with  all  my  heart  for  enablingme 
to  go  into  the  region  beyond,  where  Christ  was  not  already  named.  Will 
the  reader  pray  that  a  gracious  revival  may  take  place  in  the  important 
hUl  station  of  Darjeeling  ? 


DEACON  EANSON  PARKEE,  of  New  York,  says :— "  It  is  aU 
very  well  to  talk  about  the  cattle  of  a  thousand  hills  being  the 
Lord's,  but  the  fact  is,  someone  must  collect  them  together  and  drive 
them  to  market  before  they  can  be  of  much  service  to  the  Lord's  cause/' 
This  is  a  most  sensible  remark.  In  our  churches  there  might  be 
abundant  funds  for  the  work  of  the  Lord  if  a  more  businesslike  method 
was  taken  to  collect  the  money.  The  poor  pastor  pines  in  poved^y  and 
many  loving  hearts  are  ignorant  of  his  need,  or,  being  unsolicited,  do 
not  dare  to  offer  a  supply.  The  silver  and  the  gold  are  the  Lord*s,  bat 
a  kindly,  genial  person  to  collect  the  precious  metals  is  often  needed. 
We  know  a  church  which  contributes  more  than  £300  to  missions,  bat 
this  was  not  the  case  till  an  enthusiastic  deacon  took  up  the  laboiioos 
task  of  going  round  to  the  friends.  Are  there  not  gifts  of  collection 
as  well  as  ^fts  of  preaching  ?  If  some  deacons  were  really  to  care 
about  their  minister,  might  they  not  save  him  from  downright  want  by 
personally  looking  up  the  seat  subscriptions  ?  It  is  wisdom  to  go  roand 
the  thousand  hills,  ir  there  be  so  many  within  reach,  and  feU^  home 
some  of  the  cattle,  large  and  small,  that  there  may  be  meat  in  the 
Lord's  House.  0.  H.  8. 


805 

\xmm  pne;  ^mMkm  tomt. 

FBOM   "GOBPSL  truths,"  BT  REV.  A.  A.  BONAR. 

Psalm  Izziii.  20. 

*'  T70U  may  go  to  hell  asleep,  but  you  cannot  go  to  heaven  asleep/*  says  one 

X  who  mourned  over  the  deep  delusion  of  unconverted  men.  The  river 
Niagara  flows  on  very  smoothly,  though  swifUy,  when  it  is  near  the  cataraet ; 
it  is  perhaps  nowhere  so  smootn  as  just  before  plunging  over  the  rocks.  Often, 
often  is  it  thus  with  the  sinner's  life  and  end.  No  summer  day  was  ever  fairer, 
yet  no  night  ever  came  on  so  sudden  and  so  dark.  "  Wherefore  do  the  wicked 
Jive,  become  old,  yea,  are  mighty  in  power  ?  Their  houses  are  safe  from  fear, 
neither  is  the  rod  of  Qod  upon  them.  They  send  forth  their  little  ones  like  a 
flock,  and  their  children  dance.  They  take  the  timbrel  and  harp,  and  rejoice 
at  the  sound  of  the  organ.  They  spend  their  days  in  wealth,  ana  in  a  moment 
go  down  to  (he  grave'''  (Job  xvi.  7-13).  Theirs  has  been  a  life  with  little  care 
and  much  mirl]b.  But  sickness  comes ;  fever  is  on  them,  and  companions  keep 
aloof;  then  come  stupor,  restlessness,  and  death !  Where  is  the  soul  ?  **  Oh,  ne 
icas  vsell  resigned  T^  says  some  one,  afraid  lest  the  possibility  of  being  lost 
should  even  be  hinted  at.  But  what  was  the  foundation  of  this  resignation, — 
this  supposed  peace?  What  if  this  peace  was  only  the  sultry  calm  before  the 
thunder  ?  Was  it  not  conscience  asleep  ?  For  many  die  thus,  and  have  a  terrible 
awakening.  The  Word  of  God  has  said  of  such  men,  **How  are  they  brought 
.  into  deflation  as  in  a  moment !  They  are  utterly  consumed  toilh  terrors.  As  a 
dream  when  one  awaheih^'  (Ps.  Ixxiii.  20).  Life's  dreams  are  over;  the  stem 
reality  has  come. 

1.  Their  drbaus  are  over.  God  has  awoke  them,  and  they  cast  their 
-eyes  around.  Where  are  they  now?  That  lurid  gleam  is  not  the  dawn! 
These  forms  are  not  friends !  They  essay  to  go  forth,  but  it  is  in  vain ;  they 
are  like  Samson  when  his  strength  was  gone.  They  have  come  to  that  time  of 
which  it  is  written,  *'  He  died,  and  was  buried ;  and  in  hell  he  lifted  up  his 
•eyes**  (Luke  xvi.  22). 

They  used  to  have  their  dreams  ahout  an  Eternal  World.  They  thought  all 
said  about  it  was  mere  words.  This  present  world  was  all.  But  now  they  see 
too  surely  that  there  is  another  world ;  it  was  this  present  world  that  was  an 
unreal  one,  and  it  has  melted  away  as  snow.  They  are  in  a  world  where  there  is 
nothing  of  earth ;  none  of  its  pursuits,  none  of  its  business,  none  of  its  sport, 
or  mirth,  or  pleasure.  No  streets,  no  markets,  no  cities  here !  There  is  no 
sleep  here ;  no  time  marked  by  hours ;  no  bell  t«  announce  mom  or  even. 
"  Time  shell  be  no  more.*'  Earth  is  over.  Like  Napoleon  at  St.  Helena,  when 
from  the  rocky  height  he  looked  out  on  boundless  ocean,— no  armies  now,  no 
marshals  to  receive  conmiand,  no  kings  or  kingdoms  here.  0  poor  soul  I  **  The 
fashion  of  the  world  has  passed  away. 

They  used  to  have  their  dreams  about  sin.  They  fancied  it  was  a  fiction, 
nothing  real.  Stolen  waters  were  sweet,  and  forbidden  fruit  to  be  desired.  But 
the  dream  is  over.  They  see  that  sin  is  awfully  real !  the  smallest  sin  has  in 
it  the  sentence:  "Thou  shalt  die."  Every  sin  appears  now  a  mighty  moun- 
tain overhanging  the  soul,  crushing  out  of  it  all  hope,  and  overwhelming  it 
with  curse  and  wrath.  They  see,  they  feel  the  sting  of  sin ;  it  has  beeun  to 
inflict  the  woimds  which  none  can  ever  heaL  "  The  wages  of  sin  is  death" 
(Romans  vi.  23).  What  a  meaning  there  is  in  Uiat.saying^now !  That  death  is 
no  dream. 

They  used  to  have  their  dreams  about  hell,  Thej  said  it  was  nowhere ;  they 
soofflngly  proclaimed  that  the  idea  of  it  was  only  a  device  of  some  who  wished 
to  terrifjT  their  fellows.  They  were  sure  that  God  had  never  kindled  any  such 
fire,  and  would  never  doom  any  soiQ  to  any  such  prison.  But  they  have  been 
rudely  awakened  out  of  their  dream.  They  see  hell  now.  There  it  is,  stretch- 
ing out  on  every  side.    They  will  never  forget  the  gates  that  shut  upon  them 

20 


806  DREAMS  GONE;  BJSSOLAIJOJSB  00MB. 

as  they  entered,  precluding  every  hope  of  escape.  0  dreadful  darkness !  tor* 
mentbg  devils !  unfeeling  company !  Now  and  then,  it  may  be,  some  of  the 
lost  cry  one  to  the  other, "  How  long  ?"  and  one  to  the  other  utters  the  terrible- 
response,  "  For  ever  and  for  ever !  '*  They  find  now  tiiat  there  is  a  real  hell,  and 
that  it  has  everlasting  pains,  and  thirst  such  as  a  man  sometimes  felt  on  earth, 
when  he  would  have  given  kingdoms  for  one  drop  of  water ;  aod  above  all^ 
that  it  has  remorse,  and  fear,  and  every  form  of  misery,  ceaselessly  sweeping 
through  their  soul,  as  the  wild  winds  used  to  do  over  eardi*s  sea  when  it  could 
not  rest  Christ's  threefold  utterance  is  true,  *'  Their  worm  dieth  not,  and  the 
fire  is  not  quenched"  (Matk  ix.  44,  46,  48).  The  infinite  God  in  very  truth  has^ 
poured  out  vials  of  wrath  on  sinners. 

They  used  to  have  their  dreams  abovi  God.  They  were  sure  it  would  be  found 
that  God  was  too  merciful  to  send  even  one  soul  into  miseiy.  They  were  sure- 
he  was  not  what  some  few  people  asserted  that  the  Bible  said  he  was,  a  God 
who  nunished  every  violation  of  his  holy  law,  and  insisted  on  satisfaction  being- 
found  by  the  sinner  ere  he  would  receive  him  into  heaven.  But  they  have 
been,  alas!  suddenly  awakened  out  of  this  dream,  and  lol  yonder  is  the 
Judge,  and  the  Great  White  Throne  on  which  they  read  the  writing,  "  Holy». 
holv,  holy,  is  the  Lord."  '*  He  will  by  no  means  clear  the  guilty."  Ah !  they 
find  God  was  speaking  only  the  truth  when  he  sent  messensers  to  tell  them,, 
that  '*into  his  presence  should  enter  nothing  that  defileth.*'  They  find  that  he 
keeps  to  that  solemn  word  spoken  to  the  sinner  on  earth  about  Jesus :  "  He 
that  believeth  and  is  baptiz^  shall  be  saved,  but  he  that  believeth  not  shall  he- 
damned.^ 

Yes !  as  a  dream  ^  when  one  awaketh  /'*  There  is  another  world.  There  tr 
reality  in  sin.  There  is  an  eternal  hell.  Gi>d  is  not  only  loving  and  gracious, 
but  just,  holy,  and  true  to  his  word.  It  is  said  that  once,  somewhere  in  the 
Mediterranean,  many  years  ago,  a  captain  with  his  ship  had  come  upon  a 
sunken  rock,  and  barely  escaped.  On  coming  home  he  told  the  Admiralty  of 
bis  discovery,  and  had  the  spot  put  down  in  Uie  chart :  but  one  present  scofied 
at  the  discovery  as  a  mere  imagination,  and  declared  that  he  would  ere  long 
sail  his  vessel  over  that  fictitious  rock !  In  order  to  carry  his  boast  into  action, 
he  did  set  sail,  and  coming  near  the  spot,  with  the  chart  spread  out,  oaljed  the 
ship's  company  to  stand  with  him  and  be  witnesses  of  his  exiK)sure  of  the^ 
ddusion.  In  a  quarter  of  an  hour  they  would  be  on  the  rock,  if  it  existed : 
so  the  captain  stood  with  watch  in  hand,  and  when  at  last  the  fifteen  minuter 
had  passed,  shouted  out,  ^*  I  told  you  it  was  a  mere  dream ;  we  have  passed 
the  spot,  and  there  is  nothing  !*'  But  scarcely  had  he  uttered  the  words,  when 
a  hiursh,  grating  sound  was  heard,  and  the  vessel  struck  ;  the  keel  had  graced 
the  rock ;  Ihe  rock  was  there  ;  it  was  no  dream !  Pale  with  vexation,  and  unable- 
to  face  the  men  who  had  heard  his  vain  boastine,  he  leaped  into  the  sea,  and 
buried  his  shame  in  the  waves.  Even  thus,  deluded  soul,  shall  thy  vain  fancies 
be  dispelled.  **  How  are  they  brought  into  desolation  as  in  a  moment  I  they 
are  utterly  consumed  with  terrors !  as  a  dream  when  one  awaheth,**  The  words 
of  God  are  no  dream. 

2.  Theib  desolation  has  gome.  Thev  are  stripped  of  everything  they 
ever  enjoyed,  everything  of  earth  ;  as  with  us,  one  carried  to  prison  is  care- 
fully stripped  of  his  dress,  and  of  all  that  was  his.  It  is  in  all  respects  utter 
"  desolation.*'  No  rest  is  left  for  them,  for  "  they  rest  not  day  nor  night,''' 
while  **  the  wear]f "  (the  believer  who  was  so  often  made  wearied  by  their  ways) 
has  entered  on  ms  eternal  Sabbath.  In  vam  do  partial  friends  say  at  his  grave^ 
**  He  is  at  his  rest  ;**  the  lost  soul  has  been  stripped  of  it  all  for  ever. 

They  are  beyond  conception  lonely  and  **  desolate."  No  companionship 
there  furnishes  relief  to  that  awful  solitude ;  the  five  brethren  of  the  rich  man 
(Luke  xvi.  20),  when  they  come  to  join  him,  are  like  fuel  flung  on  the  fire.  No 
one  there  breathes  sympathy  ;  no  one  speaks  of  pity  I  no  advocate  pleads  even 
•nee  on  their  behalf.    They  risked  all,  and  have  lost  all. 

Think  of  one  doomed  to  perpetual  imprisonment,  thrust  down  into  the  deep^ 


HonoES  or  books. 


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dark  dnsgeon  of  some  great  fortress,  and  left  to  die  and  rot  there,  forsaken 
and  forgotten.  At  times,  the  man  maj  hear  overhead  the  sound  of  happj 
voices,  and  unmistakable  intimation  that  others  are  enjoyinff  light  and  life  to 
the  full.  All  this,  by  contrast,  just  adds  to  the  intensity  of  his  insupportable 
loneliness.  He  has  been  dropped  out  of  the  memory  of  his  fellow-men.  But 
all  this  is  a  mere  hint  of  the  mconceivable  midnight  of  gloom  and  lonely  desola- 
tion wrapt  up  in  the  terrible  words  of  the  prophet  Jeremiah  (xxiii.  39),  when 
telling  us  that  the  Jud^e  declares,  "Behold  1,  even  I,  will  utterly  forget  youT* 
They  are  left  in  the  prison  tiiat  shall  never  be  opened, — ^lef t  alone,  unnoticed 
for  ever,  nncared  for^  forgotten  by  God!  Surely  Uiis  is  **  desolation,'^  Heaven 
and  hope  are  out  of  sight  for  ever,  for  even  God  refuses  now  to  bestow  one 
thought  upon  the  sentenced  soul. 

*'0  that  men  were  wise,  that  they  would  understand  this,  and  consider  their 
latter  end''  (Dent,  xzzii.  29).  At  any  rate,  shall  God*s  children  not  act  like 
men  awake,  who  see  others  asleep  on  the  slope  of  a  precipice  ?  Men  of  Qod, 
do  you  not  care  whether  or  not  these  dreainers  sleep  on  r  A  word  from  you 
might  be  blessed  to  arouse  them,  and  break  in  upon  their  dreams.  If  you 
have  reason  to  fear  that  some  whom  you  once  knew  are  already  lost,  all  the 
more  hasten  to  rescue  those  whom  you  can.  Seek  by  all  means  to  save  some. 
God  the  Holy  Ghost  awakens  men ;  but  he  loves  to  use  their  fellow-men  as  his 
instruments. 

Awake !  awake !  sleeping  world,  awake !  We  tell  of  great  realities.  It  is 
no  dream  that  soothes  our  conscience  and  fills  our  heart  No,  it  is  that 
ffreatest  of  all  &cts,  that  most  solid  of  all  truths,  '*  Ood  so  loved  the  worlds  that 
he  gave  his  only-begotten  Son^  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him  should  not  perish,^* 
—no,  not  perish, — "  but  have  everlasting  life  **  (John  iii.  16^.  God,  the  eternal 
Son,  came  down  into  our  world,  in  our  nature ;  lived,  sufiered,  and  died,  **  the 
Just  for  the  unjust,  to  brine  us  to  God ;"  and  on  the  resurrection  morning  the 
Father  sealed  Ms  work  as  til  complete.  Whoever  receives  this  Saviour  enters 
the  family  of  God  at  once  (John  i  12).  Thousands  upon  thousands  have  in 
their  own  experience  proved  the  reality  and  greatness  of  this  salvation.  They 
will  tell  you  that  it  is  no  dream  that  Christ  the  Saviour  meets  the  cravings  of  the 
heart  and  conscience.  It  is  no  dream  that  Christ  is  "  altogether  lovely .'*  It  is 
no  dream  (they  all  accord  in  testifying)  that  "  he  who  cometh  to  him  shall  never 
hanger,  and  he  that  believeth  on  him  shall  never  thirst*'  (John  vi.  35). 

I^se  no  time,  for  the  Lord  is  coming  quicklv  to  take  vengeance  on  all  who 
obey  not  the  gospel  (2  Thess.  i.  8).  Come  and  prove  for  yourself  all  we  say. 
You  shall  have  *'jov  and  peace  in  believing"  (Romans  xv.  13),  and  never  more 
be  in  danger  of  the  **  desolation*'  and  appalling  surprise  of  those  who  live 
upon  their  dreams.  Gome  and  try  the  Fountain  open  for  sin.  Come  and  reason 
with  him  who  shows  you  how  scarlet  sins  become  white  as  snow  (Is.  i.  18). 
Come  and  hear  that  most  substantial  and  most  satisfying  of  all  truths, — '*  Jesus 
Christ  came  into  the  world  to  save  sinners"  (1  Tim.  L  15).  **  By  him,  whoso- 
ever believeth  is  justified  firom  all  things*'  (Acts  xziiL  39).  Christ  believed  in 
is  peace  to  the  soul,  and  true  peace  is  no  dream. 


^o^m  jof  §00lu{. 


The  Biblieal  Treasury:  a  Magazine  of 

Scripture  expositions  and  illustrations. 

New  edition,  revised  and  re-arranged. 

Sunday  School  Union. 

*'TiiB  BibUcal  Treasury"  has  always 

had  our  good  word.  It  is  a  food  idea 

perseveringly  carried  out.    Good  as  it 

IB)  we  quite  admit  that  the  contents 

were  rather  in  a  muddloy  and  we  are 


therefore  glad  to  see  the  grand  mass  of 
anecdote  and  illustration  rearranged, 
revised,  and  re-written.  We  do  not 
quite  see  how  the  work  will  be  made 
cneaper  ;  but  we  welcome  the  volume 
on  Matthew  which  is  sent  us  as  a 
specimen.  The  '* Treasury"  should 
not  need  advertising ;  its  intrinsic  value 
should  create  an  extensive  sale. 


808 


KOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


7^e  Ddy-daum  of  the  Past :  A  seriei 
of  BIX  lectures  on  Science  and  Revela- 
tion as  seen  in  Creation  ;  •  deliTered  in 
connection  with  a  Sunday  afternoon 
Bible  class.  Bt  an  old  Etonian. 
Elliot  Stock. 
"  Frbsh  as  paint,**  tbis  is  a  book  for  the 
times.  The  late  Dean  Stanley,  in  his 
later  days,  used  occasionally  to  delight 
a  deputation  of  intelligent  mechanics 
by  conducting  them  over  Westminster 
Abbey  and  explaininir  to  them  its  his- 
torical monuments.  Our  author  follows 
on  the  same  lines.  As  an  educated 
gentleman,  in  full  sympathy  with  a  class 
of  young  men  who,  wnile  students  in  a 
Bible  class,  are  rather  startled  by  the 
discoyeries  of  science,  without  the 
slightest  disposition  to  be  sceptical 
respecting  the  Scriptures,  he  acts  the 
part  of  a  guide  in  surveying  the  fields  of 
observation.  Avoiding  any  needless 
controversy,  he  supplies  answers  to  the 
enquiries  which  they  would  find  it  dif- 
ficult to  formulate.  Oifted  with  a  clear 
penetration  and  ^rraoed  with  a  pleasant 
elocution,  the  old  Etonian  talks  about  the 
immeasurable  expanse  above  us  and  the 
unfifcthomable  mines  beneath  us,  un- 
folded in  astronomy  and  geology,  with 
an  open  Bible  before  his  eyes  and  a 
sound  conviction  of  its  truth  in  his 
heart.  The  Darwin  theory  of  evolution, 
as  it  is  commonly  called,  does  not  ap- 
pear to  him  subversive  of  the  inspired 
narrative  of  *'  Genesis.'*  Only  he  stipu- 
lates that,  if  satisfkctorily  demonstrated, 
it  must  be  accepted  as  a  discovery  of 
the  way  that  Goa  tool^  to  work  out  his 
own  purposes,  and  not  as  an  alternative 
method  of  aceounting  for  things  that  are, 
without  the  intervention  of  a  Creator, 
by  whose  will  they  were  made  and  by 
whose  skill  they  consist  Is  it  not,  how- 
ever, a  popular  inaccuracy  to  attribute 
the  theory  of  evolution  to  Dr.  Darwin  ? 
Did  he  not  start  with  that  hypothesis 
already  in  type,  and  base  on  it  the  pro- 
position of  *'  natural  selection,**  or  ^  the 
survival  of  the  fittest  '*  ?  To  our  feeble 
apprehension,  modem  philosophy  is  just 
now  in  the  primitive  stitfe  of  protopfasm 
— a  mass  of  jelly ;  and  its  loose  ideas 
will  probably  take  as  many  sons  to  de- 
velop into  solid  fiictB  as  the  interval 
they  compute  between  chaos  and  cosmos. 
Beyond  a  doubt,  any  Sunday-school 
library  would  be  enriohed  by  this  littie 


volume,  embellished  as  it  is  with  pictures 
and  charts;  and  the  senior  scholars 
would  challenge  each  other  fi>r  priority 
in  its  persual. 

From  the  JBe^nning,  or  Stories  from 
Geneeis,  For  little  children.  By 
Mrs.  G.  E.  MoBTON.    Hatchards. 

Thb  authoress  has  very  wisely  made  the 
Scriptures  speak  for  themselves,  only 
addmg  or  changing  in  order  to  simplify 
or  to  connect  the  stories  together.  This 
would  make  a  capital  book  for  reading 
to  the  little  ones  a  chapter  at  a  time, 
and  we  feel  sure  will  be  appreciated. 
The  illustrations  are  its  feeblest  part : 
the  one  of  Hagar  in  the  desert  being 
positively  barbarous.    The  work  is  so 

good,  that  it  will  even  survive  these 
eadly  cuts. 

Song  Evangel',  as  used  by  John 
Burnham  in  his  evangelistic  mission. 
Words  and  music.  Faper,  la. ;  cloth 
boards,  Is.  6d. 

Anniversary  Oems,  An  original  and 
choice  selection  of  sacred  music 
Compiled  by  John  Burnham,  Metro- 
poli tan  Tabernacle  Evangelist.  Words 
and  music.  Paper,  Is. ;  cloth  boardf, 
Is.  6d.;  Nicholson  and  Sons,  20, 
Warwick -square,  Paternoster  Bow. 

ScENB.— TheTeaehers'Meeting.  '<Whit 
hymns  and  tunes  shall  we  choose  for 
our  Anniversary  Services?**  Varioiu 
suggestions  are  made  and  negatived. 
**  We  had  that  three  years  ago.**  *'  The 
Parish  Church  had  that  a  few  weeks 
since.*'  '*  The  Wesleyans  had  that  piece 
last  year.**  ^  That  is  too  well  known." 
"Hackneyed.**  "Worn  threadbare.**  \ 
Mr.  Burnham  in  his  prefiitory  note 
tells  us  this  difficulty  suggested  to  him 
the  idea  of '*  Anniversaiy  Gema.**  He  I 
has  carried  it  out  well,  providing  one  of 
the  freshest  and  most  sparkling  collec- 
tions of  hymns  and  tunes  we  Know  of 
for  the  purpose.  We  may  add  that 
**Song  Evangel,**  while  an  admirable 
book  of  sweet  gospel  songs  for  evaogd- 
istic  services  for  which  it  was  intended, 
will  be  found  an  equally  rich  mine  of 
song  treasurers  for  Sunday-school  aa- 
niversaries  and  festivals.  Hie  boob 
are  as  cheap  as  tiiey  are  excellent. 
Teachers  will  not  be  flornr  if  they  teke 
our  advice  and  purchase  them. 


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HOnOEB  07  BOOKS. 


309 


The  Coming   Prince:    the  iast   great 
Monarch  o/ Christendom.  By  Robbkt 
Akdbbson,  LL.D.,  Bam'ster-at-Liaw. 
The  Great  Prophecies  concerning  the 
Gentiles  J  the  Jews,  and  the  Church  of 
God.      Bj  G.    H.    PsMBSB,    M.A. 
Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
Thksb  two  substantial  volumes  pursue 
the  mvestigation  of  prophecy  in  an  in- 
telligent manner,  wiUi  a  calm  and  judi- 
cial temper.      We  review  them,  as  a 
matter  of  course,  but  we  withhold  any 
commendation  or  censure  of  the  peculiar 
theories  thej  propound.    Both  of  them 
are  forwarded  to  us  by  the  same  pub- 
lishers, and  we  observe  in  each  a  similar 
bias  towards  the  literal  and  futurist 
school  of  interpretation.      Neither  of 
them  betrays  sm  attempt  to  stimulate 
or  to  satiate  a  prurient  curiosity  into 
things  secret,  undoubtedly  foreknown, 
Although  positively  unrevealed.    From 
the  wOes  of   the    soothsayer  and  the 
guile  of  the  fortune-teller  they  appear 
tolerably  free.      The  phenomenon    of 
dirine  prediction  is  rightly  recognised 
and  reconnoitred  as  a  department  of 
history,  a  province  of  literature,  and  at 
ODce  an  element  and  an  evidence  of  Re- 
velation.    Countless   treatises  on  pro- 
phecy afford  ample  proof  of  the  mar- 
vellous fascination  oi  the  study.    The 
various  authors,  however,  that  we  meet 
with  show  a  wide  divergence  in  their 
motive  and  their  moral.  Atone  extreme 
we  find  pure  classics,  in  which  a  com- 
parison is  traced  out  between  events  as 
they  were  foretold  and   as  they  have 
been   fulfilled,    supplying    a  powerful 
argument  in  proof  of  the  inspiration  of 
Scripture.     At  the  other  extreme  we 
encounter  conjectures  so  wild  that  they 
assume  the  quality  of  romance,  in  which 
a  brief  oracfe  is  spun  out  into  a  thrill- 
ing tale  of  things  which,  it  is  presumed, 
must  shortly  come  to  pass — albeit,   a 
little  patient  waiting  suffices  to  dispel 
the  illusion.     Now   for  a  few   words 
descriptive  of  the  books  that  lie  open 
before  us.    The  last  four  verses  of  the 
ninth  chapter  of   Daniel    supply    the 
titeme  of  Dr.   Anderson*8  disquisition 
upon  *«  Hie  seventy  weeks "  of  chrono- 
logical prophecy.    In  the  present  "  new 
^d revised  edition"  a meaallion  of  An- 
tiochus  Epiphanes  is  imprinted  on  the 
cover  and  the  title-page,  because  he  fore- 
•hadowed  *«the  antichrist"  in  much  the 


same  sense  as  John  the  Baptist  fore- 
shadowed the  *^  Elijah "  of  prophecy, 
whose  mission  is  to  precede  the  great  and 
dreadful  day  of  the  Lord.  By  "the  coh- 
IHO  Pkiiicb"  we  are,  at  any  rate,  to  un- 
derstand "  the  Prince  that  shall  come^^  of 
whom,  according  to  our  version,  we  read 
in  Daniel  ix.  26.  The  whole  structure 
of  Qabriers  message  to  Daniel  shows  an 
intent  to  make  known  to  *'the  man 
greatly  beloved*'  a  matter  that  would 
commend  itself  to  his  understanding, 
and  a  vision  that  he  might  thoughtfully 
ponder.  It  was  meant  to  be  a  gracious 
relief  of  his  grievous  anxiety.  The 
seventy  weeks  that  were  determined 
are  described  to  us  by  our  author  as 
being  doubtless  seventy  times  seven  pro- 
phetic years  of  three  hundred  and  sixty 
days.  Our  attention  is  then  drawn  to 
the  fact  that  these  seventy  weeks  are 
divided  into  three  parts — seven,  sixty- 
two,  and  one.  The  two  former  palpably 
belong  to  fulfilled  prophecy,  and  are, 
therefore,  matters  of  nistory.  There 
then  remains  one  closing  week,  which 
is  subdivided  into  two  equal  parts  of 
three  days  and  a-half;  and  this  last 
week,  on  the  futurist  hypothesis,  is  re- 
legated to  the  unfulfilled  portion  of  the 
prediction.  So  wide  an  interval  (as  we 
reckon  time)  supposes  a  startling  paren- 
thesis between  the  sixty-nine  weeks  and 
the  one  week,  to  account  for  which  the 
uninitiated  will  ask  for  a  lucid  explana* 
tion.  For  an  answer  they  will  be  referred 
to  the  latter  part  of  the  forty-fourth 
verse  of  the  twenty-first  chapter  of 
Luke,  in  which  our  Lord  says  that 
**  Jerusalem  shall  be  trodden  down  of 
the  Gentiles  till  the  times  of  the  GentUes 
shall  be  fulfilled*';  and  they  will  be  told 
that  the  purpose  of  God  in  this  paren- 
thesis was  made  known  to  Paul  by  re- 
velation as  he  relates  it  in  Ephesians 
iii.  2,  6.  To  those  of  us  who  are  the 
least  skilful  in  discerning  the  signs  of 
the  times  it  is  sufficiently  obvious  that 
while  Isaiah,  Jeremiah,  and  Ezekiel 
treat  of  Israel  or  the  ten  tribes,  Daniel*8 
vision  primarily  relates  to  Jerusalem  and 
Judah,  nor  does  he  in  any  of  his  visions 
take  a  wider  scope.  And  it  is  in  rela- 
tion to  the  earthl]^  people  of  Abrahamic 
descent  that  Daniel  haib  the  advent  of 
the  true  Messiah.  Hence  the  seventieth 
week  is  to  be  ushered  in,  according  to 
our  expositor,  by  a  personal  antichrist, 


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HOnOBB  or  BOOKS. 


the  wilful  kiDff  who  is  described  as  a 
blasphemer  ana  a  persecntor,  a  general 
and  a  diplomatist.    Need  we  say  more 
than   that   we   followed  Dr.   Ander- 
son as  a  guide  with  no  little  interest 
as  he  travelled  through  the  sixty-nine 
weeks;  and  then  we  halted  to  watch 
his  perilous  passage  into  the  one  week, 
where  he  firmly  believes  that  an  apoca^ 
lyptic  chart  and  an  occasional  glance  at 
the    Times  newspaper,  especiaUy  that 
number  issued  on  Monday,  January  18, 
1876,  will   help    to  direct  him   m  a 
straight  course  P    Of  the  rest,  let  our 
readers  judge  for  themselves,  if  they 
have  any  desire  to  indulge  in  these  dis- 
cussions.     Turning  to   **The  Grkat 
Frophbcibs  cohcebniko  thjsGbmtilbs, 
THB  Jews,  and  thb  Cbubch  op  God,** 
we  need  only  observe  that  Mr.  Fember, 
after  borrowing  the  latter  part  of  his 
title  from  1  Cor.  z.  32,  has  made  an  in- 
genious attempt  to  distribute  the  pro- 
phecies among  the  particular  peoples  to 
whom  he  imasines  they  pertam,  and  he 
takes  an  eagle  glance   over  a  rather 
broad  expanse.     FoUowine  the  three 
groups  seriatim,  he  apportions  to  **  the 
Oentiles  '*  the  prophecy  of  Balaam,  the 
dream  of  Nebuchadnezzar,  the  earlier 
▼isions  of  Daniel,  and  a  considerable 
number  of  chapters  of  the  Apocalypse. 
To  ^^the  Jews*'  he  allots  the  seventy 
weeks  of  Daniel,  the  suspension  of  the 
covenant  foretold  in  Zechariah  xi,  and 
the  sermon  on  the  Mount  of  Olives  in 
Hat.  xxiv. ;  while  to  ^*  the  Church  of 
God"    he   commends   principally  the 
seven  parables  of  Mat.  xiii.,  and  the 
seven  epistles  to  the  seven  churches  of 
Asia  in  the  Book  of  Revelation.    We 
dare  say  that  these  two  volumes  would 
supply  an  enquirer  with  a  general  appre- 
hension of  the  latest  pluue  of  the  con- 
jectural   interpretation    of    prophecy. 
And  **  What  is  that  peculiar  phase  P  "  it 
may  be  asked.      **  A  phase  of  uncer- 
tainty **  would  be  the  only  fitting  reply. 
We  give  it,  however,  in  Dr.  Anderson*s 
own  words.    **  There  is  much  in  Scrip- 
ture which  seems  to  justify  the  hope 
that  the  consununation  will  not  be  long 
delayed ;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  tiiere 
is  not  a  little  to  sugsest  the  thought 
that  before  these  final  scenes  shall  be 
enacted,  civilization  will  have  returned 
to  its  old  home  in  the  East,  and  per- 
chance a  restored  Babylon  shall  have 


become  the  centre  of  human  progress 
and  of  apostate  religion.  To  maintain 
that  long  affes  have  yet  to  run  their 
course,  wouM  be  as  unwarrantable  as 
are  the  predictions  so  confidently  made 
that  all  things  shall  be  fulfilled  within 
the  current  century.**  There  we  are 
content  to  let  the  whole  matter  rest. 

Memorials  of  Charles  PetHi  Mellvame, 
D.D.,  D.C.L.J  LL.D.,  late  Bishop  of 
Ohio,  Edited  by  the  Rev.  Wiixiah 
Casks,  M.A.    Elliot  Stock. 

When  we  looked  through  this  bio^- 
phy  of  a  most  excellent  man  we  faded 
to  see  anything  in  it  but  pious  common- 
places ;  but  it  is  evident  that  it  has  in- 
terested q^uite  a  number  of  persons,  for 
here  it  is  in  a  second  edition.  The  wori: 
is  most  gracious  in  spirit,  as  the  names 
of  the  author  and  the  subject  would 
lead  the  reader  to  expect,  and  this  has 
caused  the  book  to  live,  in  which 
circumstance  we  rejoice.  Evangehcil 
Episcopalians  will  do  well  to  put  this 
memorial  among  the  remains  of  Simeon, 
Leigh  Richmond,  Wilson,  the  Venns,  &c 

Records  of  the  Past:  being  English 
Translations  of  the  Assyrian  and 
Egyptian  Monuments.  Vol.  Xll. 
Egyptian  texts.    Bagster  and  Sons. 

An  invaluable  reproduction  of  ancient 
inscriptions :  records  for  men  of  wide 
research  who  desire  to  drink  at  the 
fountain-head.  Few  firms  would  caie 
to  issue  such  a  work,  and  the  whole 
learned  world  is  therefore  deeplv  in- 
debted to  Bsffster  and  Sons.  We  can 
hardly  hope  &at  sufficient  purchasers 
will  be  found  to  make  the  publicatioD 
remunerative. 

The  Story  of  the  Beacon-Fire;  or^ 
*'  Trust  in  God,  and  do  the  EigkV' 
A  Tale  of  the  Cornish  Coast.  By 
Naomi.    T.  Nelson  and  Sons. 

A  Cornish-wrecker  story  of  the  dsjs 
of  Wesley.  Younsp  people  will  retd 
it  with  absorbing  d^ght.  We  wonder 
whether  Mr.  Wesley  did  really  pro- 
phesy, as  he  is  here  and  elsewhere 
represented  to  have  done ;  or  was  it 
that  his  shrewd  sense  saw  deep  into 
character,  and  his  honesijr  told  out  what 
he  concluded  would  follow  upon  saeh 
and  such  conduct  P 


HonoES  or  books. 


311 


JLisetta  and  the  Brigands.  My  Nelly^g 
Story.  The  Castle  in  TruMt.  Murray 
Ballantyne.  Little  Teachers,  Saved 
in  the  Wrech,  Beligioaa  Tract  Society. 
6d.  eacli« 

Like  the  famous  pure  tea,  these  little 
l^ooks  are  ^  always  good  idike.** 

Uncle  Dick^s  Legacy.  By  Emilt 
Huntington  Miller.  T.  Woolmer, 
2y  Castle-fitreet,  City  Road. 

A  LiYBLT  little  Yankee  story  aboat  a 
Michigan  farm  lefl  by  a  soldier  who  was 
kiOed  in  the  war  between  the  North  and 
ihe  South.  After  the  legacy  luul  been 
for  a  long  time  despised  and  neglected, 
"  Uncle  Dick's ''  nephews  started  off  to 
find  their  property,  and  on  their  return 
brought  the  good  news  that  the  fortune 
•of  the  famity  was  made.  In  their 
search  they  were  accompanied  by  a  pious 
•a^ro,  who  was  very  fond  of  singing  the 
strange,  weird  melodies  with  which  the 
Jubilee  Singers  have  made  us  familiar. 
All  boys  who  begin  this  book  will  read 
it  to  the  end,  and  then  they  will  be  sorry 
that  it  is  not  twice  as  long. 

Nils*  Reverse  and  Saddle's  Service. 
Beligious  Tract  Society. 

Two  little  ninepenny  books  containing 
in  the  form  of  tales  much  practicu 

fospel  teaching.      There  is  milk  for 
aMs,  and  of  very  good  quality,  though 
slightly  watered. 

Vrabtree  Fold.  A  tale  of  the  Lan- 
cashire moors.  By  Mrs.  Robert  A 
Watson.  T.  Woolmer,  2,  Castle- 
street,  City-road. 

A  THOBOUOHLT  Mcthodist  story  written 
in  what  different  persons  might  call 
the  heathenish  or  heavenly  dialect  of 
Lancashire.  We  need  a  glossary  to 
explain  the  queer  expressions  used  by 
the  dwellers  on  the  moors,  but  we  can 
make  out  sufficient  of  the  audior's 
meaning  to  learn  that  the  heroine  of 
the  tale  is  a  sceptical  young  woman, 
who  passes  thron{;h  all  sorts  of  trying 
experiences,  and  m  due  time  becomes 
a  Christian,  and  receives  die  portion  of 
goods  that  ought  to  have  fallen  to  her 
many  years  before,  out  of  which  she 
giTes  the  Methodists  half  the  cost  of  a 
^graddy**  new  chapel  which  they  had 
long  wanted  to  build. 


Shag  and  Dol/j  and  other  Stories.  By 
ll  C.  SiLKi.    Cassell  and  Co. 

This  is  the  usual  and  orthodox  story,  so 
popular  since  **  Jessica's  First  Prayer" 
appeared,  of  two  street  Arabs  who  be- 
come benefited  by  the  gospel,  and  learn 
to  die  happily  :  but  thu  is  getting  just 
a  little  bit  overdone;  cannot  someone 
give  us  a  healthy  variety  on  this  P 

Jaoinian :  a  Story  of  the  early  days  of 
papal  Rome.  By  W.  H.  Kingston. 
Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

A  stirring  narrative  of  the  sufierings  of 
the  Christians  of  the  early  days  at  the 
hands  of  the  papal  power.  Mr.  King- 
ston  writes  in  a  fashion  that  our  young 
folks  cannot  resist,  and  must  both  read 
and  enjoy.  It  deserves  to  be  put  into 
the  hands  of  the  youth  of  both  sexes 
to  guard  them  against  the  deceit  and 
deadliness  of  Popery. 

The  Foster  Brother's  Story.  With  other 
Tales  and  Sketches.  By  James 
Yeamxs.    F.  E.  Longley. 

Five  short  stories  by  a  well-known  Wes- 
leyan  minister,  whose  tongue  and  pen 
have  long  done  good  service  to  the  cause 
of  temperance.  This  little  volume  will 
not  at  ful  lessen  his  reputation  as  a  writer 
of  thrilling  descriptions  of  the  ruin 
wrought  by  strong  drink  and  the  bless- 
ings resulting  from  total  abstinence. 

The  Sheltered  Stranger.  By  Helen 
Pearson  Barnard.  Philadelphia : 
American  Baptist  Publication  So- 
ciety. 

A  VERT  heavy  affair.  We  should  have 
gone  to  sleep  over  it  if  it  had  been  a 
little  livelier,  out  it  was  so  horribly  slow 
that  we  were  irritated  and  turned  ^  the 
sheltered  stranger  '*  out  into  the  waste. 

Tempered  Steel ;  or.  Tried  in  the  Fire. 
By  Rev.  E.  N.  Hoare,  M.A.  T. 
Nelson  and  Sons. 

A  STORT  full  of  events,  like  a  bottle  of 
hundreds  and  thousands.  It  reminds  us 
of  the  turning  of  things  npside  down ; 
for  the  false  and  pretentious  in  an  un- 
expected manner  sink  into  contempt, 
while  solid  goodness  holds  its  own. 
Anything  which  makes  pride  appear 
abominable  is  to  be  commended,  and 
therefore  we  speak  well  of  this  nar- 
rative. 


312 


Koncass  or  bookb. 


Ai  ye  Grene  Griffin ;  or,  Mrs.  Tread- 
welPs  Cook.  A  Tale  of  the  Fifteenth 
Century,  By  Emilt  Sarah  Holt. 
J.  F.  Shaw  and  Co. 

When  Edward  lY.  was  king,  his  two 
brothers,  the  Dukes  of  Clarence  and 
Gloucester,  and  the  great  Earl  of  War- 
wick, "the  king-maker,"  were  the 
most  powerfril  nobles  in  the  kingdom. 
Clarence,  it  mapr  be  remembered,  had 
married  Warwick's  eldest  daughter, 
Isabella  ;  and  after  Warwick  was  slain 
at  the  Battle  of  Bamet,  Clarence 
demanded,  in  right  of  his  wife,  all  his 
property  ;  but  Richard  of  Gloucester, 
eager  to  divide  so  rich  a  prize  with 
Clarence,  proposed  to  marry  Anne, 
Warwick's  younger  daughter,  the  widow 
of  Prince  EdwaTCl,whom  these  brothers 
had  murdered  at  Tewkesbury.  Clarence, 
however,  concealed  the  young  lady,  till 
Gloucester  managed  to  find  her  out  in 
London,  where  it  is  said  she  was  dis- 
guised as  a  cook-maid. 

This  incident  in  English  history  is  the 
sum  and  substance  of  this  book,  and  as 
much  religion  is  thrown  in  as  could  very 
well  be  arranged  for.  Miss  Holt  always 
aims  at  the  gracious  as  well  as  the 
pleasant. 

The  Eldest  of  Seven.  By  the  author  of 
<*  Katie,  the  Fisherman's  Daughter." 
Beligious  Tract  Society. 

A  MEAT  little  shilling  book  describing 
the  trials  of  the  seven  motherless 
children  of  a  poor  London  curate,  and 
the  change  in  their  fortunes  when  the 
long- tried  man  became  the  vicar  of  a 
country  parish  not  far  from  the  sea. 

Madge  and  her  Friends;  or  Living  unto 
Others.  By  M.  Tknch.  CassdU, 
Fetter,  Galpin,  and  Co. 

OtTR  authoress  has  a  facile  pen  and  con- 
siderable power  of  interesting :  yet  there 
18  nothing  very  striking  or  unusual  in 
this  story.  Pleasant,  easy  reading  in 
narrative  form.  No  better  and  no 
worse  than  a  thousand  others  of  the 
same  type. 

Without  Intending  It;  or,  John  Tin- 
croft,  Bachelor  and  Benedict  By 
George  Sargest.  Reb'gious  Tract 
Society. 

S1MPX.E  goodness  verging  upon  a  sort  of 
holy  childishness  is  set  forth  in  the  lead- 
ing character  of  this  remarkable  story. 


That  simplicity  leads  him  to  do  things* 
which  could  not  be  defended  and 
needed  no  defence  ;  and  in  the  end  he 
is  honoured  and  beloved.  It  is  curious 
to  find  our  hero  the  son  of  Baptists ; 
his  parents  having,  like  a  few  other 
people,  been  simple  enough  to  follow 
the  plain  teaching  of  Scripture,  and  for 
the  sake  •f  the  Lord^s  ordinance  to  unite 
themselves  with  the  despised  Baptists. 
Nobody  cares  much  for  truth,  or  Scrip- 
ture, or  principle  now  ;  they  run  after 
culture,  rank,  music,  and  a  thousand, 
trifles.    This  is  a  first-rate  tale. 

Linhs  in  Rebecca's  Life.     By  Pakst.. 

Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
Under  the  guise  of  a  story  this  book: 
sets  forth  true  Christian  life  in  its  best 
form.  "  The  links  in  Rebecca^s  life  *** 
are  her  going  from  strength  to  strength^ 
and  receiving  life  yet  more  and  more 
abundantly,  and  imparting  it  to  others 
by  God's  grace.  We  should  like  to  see 
every  young  lady  of  our  acquaintance 
fully  engrossed  m  the  reading  of  this 
book,  ft  is  an  admirable  five  shillings- 
worth. 

The  Coronation  Stone,  and  Enghxnds 
interest  in  it  By  Mrs.  G.  Albebt 
RoGEEs.  James  Nisbet  and  Co. 
According  to  this  treatise  the  stone 
upon  which  the  Queen  sat  at  the  Corona- 
tion is  the  same  upon  which  Jacob  laid 
his  weary  head ;  the  Queen  is  a  Jewess 
of  the  house  ef  David,  and  we  are 
Ephraimites.  An  attempt  is  made  hj 
the  excellent  authoress  to  prove  this 
firom  Scripture.  We  can  only  sar  that 
we  have  enjoyed  her  writing  when  it 
has  dealt  with  facts,  and  we  admire  it 
even  when  the  subject  belongs  to  the 
realm  of  fiction.  We  are  not,  however, 
prepared  to  accept  her  position,  or  to 
attach  any  importance  to  the  singular 
notion. 

SuMset  Rays;  or,  Evening  Readings  for 
a  month.  Bj  Lady  Hope.  Nisbet 
and  Co. 
We  have  already  spoken  veiy  highly  of 
the  Morning  Readings  of  liady  Hope, 
and  everything  true  of  them  is  abo  true 
of  these.  They  are  sweet,  suggestive, 
and  spiritual;  full  of  food  for  medi- 
tation, and  rich  in  savour  of  love  to 
Christ  The  children  of  the  King  will 
find  him  in  every  page.  What  higher 
praise  could  we  give  uie  book  P 


Konoss  or  books. 


81S 


Estahluked  Churches,  and  the  present 
agilation  against  them.  William 
Blackwood  and  Sons. 

Wb  laboriouslj  tried  to  discover  the 
trgument  of  this  pamphlet,  but  we 
were  compelled,  like  Sambo  with  the 
riddle,  to  give  it  up.  It  is,  no  doubt, 
powerful  and  overwhelming,  settling  the 
qaestion  for  all  and  for  ever,  only  we 
cannot  see  anj  reasoning  in  it.  We 
thought  we  aaw  an  argument  wagging 
its  tail  in  one  comer  of  the  pase  ;  but 
on  advancing  to  it,  we  found  it  to  be 
all  a  delusion,  ^tablishmenta  need 
nerer  fear  that  they  will  lack  defenders 
while  so  many  cripples  continue  to 
shoulder  their  crutches,  and  show  how 
tields  were  lost  in  days  of  yore. 

The  Decay  of  Modem  Preaching.  An 
Essay.  By  J.  P.  Mahafft.  Mac- 
millan  and  Co. 

A  csRTAnr    German  is  said  to  have 
evolred  a  camel  out  of  his  own  inner 
consciousness,  and  if  we  were  to  evolve 
Mr.  Mahafiy  out  of  his  book,  acting 
upon  the  rule  of  contrary  which  always 
operates  upon  authors,  we  should  con- 
ceive him  to  be  one  of  the  most  modest, 
judicious,  and  sensible  men  that  ever 
lived.    His  book  is  an  attempt  to  give 
reasons  for  that  which  has  no  existence. 
Our  author  takes  it  for  granted  that  the 
pulpit  has  lost  its  power,  but  this  as- 
Kumption  is  utterly  false.     He  stands 
on  a  Bublime  elevation,    and  looking 
down  upon  the  poor  mortals  who  now 
attempt  to  proclaim  the  gospel  proceeds 
to  give  reasons  why  the  pulpit  should 
have  become  so  complete  a  failure.    A 
failure  the  pulpit  is  not,  and  will  not  be, 
"7  God's^  grace.      Among  our  author's 
Teaaons  is    one    which    we    commend 
earnestly   to  our  young  brethren  who 
^  laying  the  foundations  of  a  numerous 
family,  and  we  also  hope  it  will  act  as  a 
caution  to  those  who  are  still  single,  but 
are  dreaming  of  marriage.    He  says — 
*'  The  distractions  caused  by  sickness  and 
other  human  misfortunea  increase  necea- 
'J'ily  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
the  household  ;  and  as  the  clergy  in  all 
countries  are  likely  to  have  large  fami- 
ues,  the  time  which  might  be  spent  in 
niediution  on  their  discourses  is  stolen 
irom  them  by  other  duties  and  other 
cww.    The  Catholic  priest,  when  his 
aaUy  round,  of  outdoor  duties  is  over, 


comes  home  to  a  quiet  study,  where 
there  is  nothing  to  disturb  his  thought?. 
The  family  man  is  met  at  his  door  by 
troops  of  children  welcoming  his  return, 
and  claiming  his  interest  in  all  their 
little  affairs :  or  else  the  disa^eements 
of  the  household  demand  him  as  an 
umpire,  and  his  mind  is  disturbed  by 
no  mere  speculative  contemplation  of 
the  faults  and  follies  of  mankind,  but  by 
their  actual  invasion  of  his  home.'*  We 
know  several  unmarried  ministers,  but 
we  are  sorry  to  say  that  they  are  by  no 
means  better  preachers  than  the  family 
men.  Until  we  have  some  facts  to  go 
upon,  we  shall  hardly  accept  the  doc- 
trine that  celibacy  is  promotive  of  elo- 
quence. It  would  be  a  curious  object  of 
investigation  if  some  one  would  enquire* 
whether  at  the  bar,  in  the  senate,  or 
anywhere  else,  there  could  be  traced  the 
slightest  connection  between  the  rise 
or  decay  of  eloquence  and  the  decrease 
or  increase  of  marriages.  Mr.  Mahaffy's 
book  is  not  all  of  it  so  good  as  the  extract 
we  have  given,  and  we  think  that  it  need 
not  cause  any  one  of  us  a  mementos  un- 
easiness. 

BihU  Stories  written  in  easy  French  for 
Beginners,  By  Madame  Paul  Bloubt. 
With  questionnaires  and  a  complete 
vocabulary.  By  Paul  Blouet,  B.A., 
Libraire,  Hachette  et  Cie.,  18,  King 
William-street,  Strand. 

This  little  French  Reader  will  tend  to- 
make  their  French  lessons  less  dry  and 
difficult  to  the  little  folks;  for  the 
authoress  tells  us  that  there  is  not  in 
the  whole  book  a  single  sentence  that 
cannot  be  translated  word  for  word  inta 
English.  And  yet  we  are  not  sure  that 
this  is  a  recommendation,  for  how  are 
the  idioms  of  a  language  to  be  learned 
in  such  a  manner  P  A  word  for  word 
translation  is  often  the  worst  possible 
one.  The  Readings  are  all  selected 
from  the  Old  Testament,  and  we  take 
this  as  a  hopeful  si^n  that  some  day 
learners  of  French  will  have  books  pre* 
pared  for  them  containii^  a  fair  propor- 
tion of  Biblical  and  reugious  phrase- 
ology ;  so  that  English  Chrbtians  may 
not  find  themselves  so  utterly  at  a  loss 
when  they  wish  to  speak  of  the  Gk>od 
News  to  those  Continentals  whom  they 
may  wish  to  direct  into  the  way  of 
salvation. 


su 


BOTES. 


Embossed  Texts^  Prayers  and  Promises. 
Religious  Tract  Society. 

A  8HIIXING8WOBTH  of  beautT.    A  text 

thus  embossed  may  catch  the  eye  and 

impress  the  heart    Cottage  walls  look 

rich  with  fair  colours  when  hang  with 

fluch  adornments. 

* 
Pictures  from  Palestine ;  unth  Scripture 

Texts  cmd  appropriate  Mottoes.    S. 

Hildesheimer  and  Co. 

Well  executed  little  views  of  renowned 
epots  in  Palestine,  painted  upon  most 
handsome  cards,  with  appropriate  texts. 
We  wonder  how  the  neat  packet  of  six 
can  be  retailed  at  a  shilling ;  but  here 
they  are,  and  we  cordially  commend 
them. 

Bits  from  BlvMHmny^  or  Bell  o*  the 
Manse.  A  story  of  Scottish  viUap^e 
life.  By  John  Stbathbsk.  Edm- 
burgh :  Oliphant  and  Anderson. 

Vbbt  picturesque  these  *' bits'*  are. 
Here  we  look  at  the  home  interiors  of 
Scottish  country  life,  seen  by  an  appre- 
dating  eye,  and  sketched  by  a  hand  true 
to  nature.  He  who  wrote  these  "  bits'* 
knows  manse  life  and  kirk  life,  and  but- 


and-ben  life,  and  has  a  simple  natnnl 
way  of  description  which  is  yery  win- 
some. Our  fnends  north  of  the  Tweed 
will  be  greatly  amused  with  these ''fiits.** 

Coloured  Picture  Handbills,  Retigioas 
Tract  Society. 

Ybs,  coloured  pictures  upon  leaflets  to 
give  away.  Think  of  this,  colound 
tracts  at  one  shilling  the  hundred.  TheK 
are  indeed  attractive  tracts.  When 
others  are  destroyed  these  will  be  pre- 
served, because,  like  Joseph*8  coat,  thcj 
are  of  many  colours. 

ChildretCs  Flowers:  The  Friends  oftkeir 
Rambles  and  Play.  Religious  Tnct 
Society. 

Bbautipul  !  Beautiful !  Please,  ptps, 
buy  Maggie  a  copy,  and  mamma  nd 
yourself  will  like  to  read  it.  Ahilf- 
crown  cannot  be  better  spent  at  the 
bookseller's ;  we  are  delighted  with  the 
little  book.  We  never  knew  so  much 
before  about  buttercups  and  daisies 
dandelions  and  primroses.  We  have 
had  the  utmost  pleasure  in  the  pemsil 
of  this  most  interesting  work. 


^(AtB< 


It  was  resolved  by  the  Pastors'  College 
Conference  that  Monday,  June  19,  should  be 
observed  as  a  special  day  of  prayer  by  our 
<«huicheB.  Will  it  not  be  well  to  make  this 
something  more  than  a  form?  Why  not 
unite  in  earnest,  wrestling  prayer?  There 
are  urgent  topics.  Think  of  poor  Ireland, 
of  persecutea  Israel,  of  our  crowds  of 
drunkards,  infidek,  and  bacluliders.  We 
cannot  do  without  the  Divine  blessing. 
What  aoight  we  not  do  with  itP  If  all 
the  chazcheB  axe  like  that  at  the  Tabemade. 
they  axe  certainly  in  daily,  pressing  need  of 
help  from  on  high. 

On  Lord's  Day  evening.  May  14,  alter 
the  usual  services,  a  specoal  meeting  was 
eonvened  for  prayer  for  Ireland.  The 
Lecture  Hall  was  filled,  and  Uie  cries  were 
fervent.  What  ii  to  be  done  for  this  country 
but  to  seek  the  help  of  Gh>d  P  Oh,  that  the 
goroel  had  sway  among  her  people !  This, 
and  this  only,  can  cure  her  iUs. 

On  Thiireday,  Mav  4,  Mr.  Spurgeon  was 
able  again  to  occupy  his  pulpit  at  the  regular 
lecture.  The  attenoanoe  on  Thursday  even- 
ings is  remarkably  large :  but  there  u  room 
for  more.  If  our  friends  knew  that  they 
could  readily  obtain  eeats,  ^would  they  not 


speedily  make  the  Thursday  oonneniiaBi 
as  large  as  those  on  the  Sabbath  r  Servioe 
bemns  at  7  o'clock,  and  all  who  come  viD 
be  neartily  wdcomed. 

CoiJaQB. — Since  our  last  notioe,  Mr.  A  6. 
Everett,  who  has  been  greatly  blessed  is 
reviving  the  church  at  Dorkiog,  Surrey,  ku 
accept^  the  pastorate  there.  Mr.  F.  G. 
Kemp  leaves  the  College  shortly  to  settle 
at  Bovingdott,  Herts ;  and  Mr.  Bobert  Wood 
takes  charge  of  the  chmcch  moetiBg  in  8t 
Oeoxge's  I&Ol,  Bamsgate.  Mr.  J.  Batesui 
has  removed  from  Ijeioester,  to  HaratoOf 
Cambs ;  and  Mr.  J.  W.  Nichol,  from  6o§- 
berton,  to  West  Park  Street  Gbattsris. 
Mr.  John  Clarke  has  completed  nis  coons  of 
study  at  Glasgow  University,  and  obtsined 
the  degree  of  M.  A  He  is  now  anxioui  to 
be  engaged  in  pastoral  work. 

In  response  to  a  reqiuest  from  the  chnrck 
at  Toowoomba,  Queensland,  for  a  psstor,  ve 
have  seleeted  Mr.  W.  Higlett,  who  hao  in* 
completed  his  Colle|^  course  with  as,  and  ke 
has  axzan^^  to  sad  in  the  Orient  steamer 
Fotoei,  which  leaves  London  on  Jane  1st 
Mr.  J.  Blaikie,  who  was  obliged  to  nogs 
his  charge  at  Irvine,  North  Bntam,  thioo^ 


SOTRS. 


315 


tll-health,  hu  seonred  b«rthB  for  himself 
and  lu8  familj  in  the  mne  ▼essel.  We  tnut 
that  he  will  eocn  find  a  suitable  sphere  in 
Australia,  and  that  both  our  brethren  will 
be  very  naefol  at  the  Antipodes. 

TidingB  of  seTeral  of  our  brethren  abroad 
haye  raaehed  us  during  the  past  month. 
Mr.  W.  ICitchall  has  amyed  at  his  destina- 
tion  iu  Banthalistan ;  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Weeks 
has  readied  his  station  at  San  Salvador,  on 
the  riTer  Congo,  Africa.  He  has  already 
had  sereral  fevers,  but  he  hopes  soon  to 
become  accustomed  to  the  climate,  and  to 
be  able  to  prosecute  his  work  without 
further  hindrance  from  that  cause. 

Thefollowinff  letter,  intended  for  the  Con- 
ference, arrived  about  a  week  too  late,  bat 
we  insert  it  here  that  all  our  brethren  may 
see  it,  and  remember  in  prayer  their  com- 
rades who  are  battUng  bravely  against  the 
idolatry  and  superstition  of  India : — 

*<  East  Indies,  March  20,  1882. 
''Beloved    President,    Vice  -  President, 
Tutors,  and  Brethren, — ^From  this  distant 
part  of  our  Master's  vineyard  we  send  our 
united  love  and  ([reeting,  praying  ako  that 
your  gatherings  in  Conierenoe  may  be  sea- 
sons of  'refreshing  from  the  presence  of 
the  Lord.'     Scattmd  over  this  vast  con- 
tineat  of  India,  and  engaged  in  work  as 
varied  as  the  language  we  have  to  employ, 
we  still  feel  united  to  each  other,  and  to 
you,  by  the  blessed  associations  and  memories 
of  our  beloved  College.  Three  of  us  have  to 
labour  in  English,  one  in  Telugu,  one  in 
Hindee  and  Hind  astani,  and  one  in  Bengalee 
and  Mussulmani-Bengalee ;  and  yet  we  nave 
but '  one  Lord,  one  faiui,  and  one  baptism '  to 
declare  to  these  different  races.    Our  spheres 
of  labour  are  verv  far  apart.    One  of  usisin 
Madras,  one  in  Agra,  two  in  Calcutta,  one 
in  Bachergunge,  and  one  in  DarjeeUng.    In 
each  of  these  places  idolaters,  or  followers 
of  the  false  prophet,  abound.     '  At  Athens, 
Paul's  spirit  was  stirred  in  him  when  he  saw 
the  dty  wholly  given  to  idolatry ; '  and  wo 
often  feel  ttuB  same ;   yei  we  desire  to  be 
stirred  up  to  far  greater  devotion  in  our 
work  and  zeal  for  our  Master.    Everything 
here  tends  to  deaden,  and  depress,  unless  we 
are  constantlv  conscious  of  our  Saviour'spre- 
sence  and  help.   Could  we  meet  with  you  in 
Conference  we  feel  it  would  be  the  means  of 
arousing  and  quickening  us ;  but  it  will  help 
to  cheer  us  greatly  to  know  that  these  few 
words  will  reach  you,  and  that  we  have  your 
sympathy  and  love. 

'^Finsllv,  brethren,  pray  for  us,  that  the 
Word  of  tne  Lord  may  run,  and  be  glorified 
(in  India^  even  omoUo  it  is  with  you  :  and  that 
we  may  be  delivered  from  unreasonable  and 
evil  men,  for  all  have  not  faith.  But  the 
Lord  is  faithful.  In  Him  is  our  trust,  for 
*  He  must  reign,'  and  every  form  of  idola- 
try and  error  must  ultimately  perish. 

'*  With  intense  love  to  you  all,  and 
especially  to  our  revered  President,  we 
nmain,  faithfully  yours  bi  Christ, 

^'BOBBBT  SFUBGBCnr, 


"WiLUAX  NoRan,  Calcutta. 

"  G.  H.  Hook,  Lall  Bazar,  Calcutta. 

"B.   W.  Maplesdbn,   Ongole,  Madras 

Presidency. 
**  Jaxes  a.  PoTTEB,  Agra,  N. W.P. 
**H.     Rylands     Bbown,     DarjeeUng, 

Himalayas." 

EvANQKLiSTS.  —  Siuco  the '  Conference 
Messrs.  Smith  and  FuUerton  have  been 
holding  services  at  Mr.  Charrington's  large 
Assembly  Hall  in  Mile  End  BoaOj  and  at  the 
Edinboro*  Castle.  Of  the  meetings  in  the 
latter  place,  Dr.  Bamurdo  writes  the  fol- 
lowing cheering  account : — 

^*Dear  Mr.  Spurgeon,— The  visit  of  our 
dear  friends,  Mlessrs.  Fullerton  and  Smith, 
to  the  Edinboro'  Castle  has  indeed  been  a 
season  of  unmistakable  and  wonderful  re- 
freshment from  the  presence  of  the  Lord. 
I  think  I  may  say  without  doubt  that  Christ- 
ians have  been  quite  as  much  refreshed  by 
their  ministry  of  word  and  song  as  have  the 
unconverted  been  awakened  and  led  to  de- 
cision.   Of  course  in  a  Mission  like  ours, 
differing  in  some  points  from  ordinarychapel 
services,  Evangeltsts   have  to  wo^  in  a 
harder  field.    IVe  have  practically  after- 
meetings,  enquirv  meetings,  and  the  like,  at 
every  service.     The  chi^  aim  of  all  our 
services  is  directly  evangelistic;    the  nets 
are  always  being  let  down  to  enclose  the 
fish  for  whose  capture  we  labour.  So,  when 
your  dear  frienas  came  to  us,  their  efforts 
were  necessarily  without  that  item  of  novelty 
which  in  many  ordinary  places  of  worship 
they  would  possess.    Notwithstanding  this, 
however,  the  meetings  have  been  well  filled 
from  the  first,  and  on  Sundays  we  have  been 
crowded  beyond  anything  we  have  ^  ever 
known  from  the  beginning  of  our  mission 
at  the  Edinboro'  Castle  until  this  day.    It 
was  a  delightful  sight,  and  one  which  I  am 
sure  you  would  have  rejoiced  in,  had  you 
seen  it,  to  behold  that  old  music-hall  at  the 
back  of  the  once-celebrated  gin-palao&— a 
hall  at  one  time  desecrated  by  every  device 
the  devil  could  conceive  to  allui«  and  retain 
his  votaries,  verily   a  citadel  of  Satan, — 
thronged  in  every  vart,  packed  so  that  out- 
side every  door  ana  window  the  huge  crowd 
of  faces,  still  in  the  distance,  could  be  seen 
all  eagerly  listening  to  the  gracious  words 
which  the  Lord  had  given  his  dear  servants 
to  utter  in  their  heanng.    *  Thanks  be  nnto 
Ood  for  his  unspeakable  gift.'    The  mes- 
sage of  salvation  has,  indoad,  won  its  way 
to  many  hearts.    Men  and  women,  and  even 
children,  for  whom  we  have   hoped  and 
prayed  for  years  without  seeing  hitherto  any 
results  to  our  prayers  and  labours,  have 
been  led  to  decision.    The  outside  working 
class,  the  lower  labouring  population,  have 
also  oeen  attracted  in  large  numbers,  and  of 
these  many  have  been  savingly  impressed, 
and  led  to  the  Saviour's  feet.    To  Aim  we 
ascribe  all  the  glory  and  the  praise ! 

**  But  what  <meers  me,  perhaps,  more  even 
than  this,  is  the  tidings  that  reach  me  from 
one  of  our  institutions,  recently  opened  for 


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the  benefit  of  a  mucli-neglectod  and  needy 
class. 

"  Youths  and  young  men,  betv^een  17  and 
21  years  of  aee,  crowd  our  common  lodging- 
houses,  and,  oecause  of  their  age,  are  dis- 
qualified for  admission  to  any  existing  in- 
stitution. Many  of  these  poor  fellows  are 
honest  and  industrious,  and  would  gladly 
do  anything  to  get  occupation;  but  the 
fact  that  they  live  in  a  lodging-house, 
and  have  no  other  home  or  friends,  and  no 
proper  clothing  to  make  them  look  respect- 
able, is  all  against  them  in  the  struggle  for 
employment  which  takes  place  dafly  m  this 
great  city.  At  that  period  in  life  when  our 
yoimg  men  are  looking  forward  to  the  future 
with  the  brightest  prospects,  these  poor 
fellows  stand  with  kfe  benind  tiiem,  already 
a  lost  battle.  To  give  them  a  helping  hand 
is  all  I  could  do.  and  that  I  resolved  to  do, 
and  so  a  ^at  nouse  was  opened  for  their 
reception  m  the  Commerciai  Boad,  where 
we  can  give  them  labour,  and  test  them  for 
three  or  six  months,  to  ascertain  their  capac- 
ity, their  character,  their  willingness,  and 
the  like.  A  little  while  ago,  uter  much 
prayer,  we  opened  this  house,  admitting 
about  80  lads  of  the  ages  I  have  mentioned, 
the  majority  of  whom  were  the  roughest 
and  the  most  desperate-looking  fellows  I 
have  ever  tried  to  assist ;  aUof  them  abso- 
lutely coming  from  the  common  lodg^g- 
houaee.  Tou  may  imagine  my  fears  lest  an 
outbreak  might  take  place  among  them,  lest 
a  quarrel  would  lead  to  blows,  which  would 
eventuate  in  some  riot  threatening  a  loss  of 
reputation.  We  entered  the  work  with  muck 
prayer  and  much  trembling,  and  Gk>d  has 
mercifully  given  us  answers  such  as  we 
never  expecM.  Our  dear  brethren,  Messrs. 
Fnllerton  and  Smith,  have  been  permitted 
to  reap  among  them,  all  unconsciousW^  to 
themselves,  a  wonderful  harvest.  These 
young  men  attended  many  of  the  services, 
and,  in  addressing  the  common  crowd, 
words  were  uttered  which  entered  their 
hearts  as  arrows.  The  King's  enemies  were 
wounded,  some  of  them  unto  death,  only  to 
be  healed  by  the  message  of  the  gospel, 
whidh  kills,  and  makes  alive.    A  prayerful 

Spirit  has  broken  out  all  over  the  house, 
eeply-revived  spiritual  life  is  enjoyed  by 
all  of  my  helpers  in  the  home;  prayer, 
reading  the  Word  of  Gh)d,  and  an  earnest 
desire  to  do  their  duty  thoroughly  and  con- 
■cie&tiously,  are  the  cnief  features  of  almost 
all  the  lads,  and  we  are  now  in  hopes  that 
every  one  will  be  brought  to  a  definite  de- 
cision ere  we  send  them  forth  upon  their 
life's  work.  For  this  blessing  we  have 
mainly  to  thank  dear  Fnllerton  and  Manton 
Smith.  Others,  of  course,  have  perhaps 
■own,  but  they  have  been  permitted  to  reap. 
Again  I  write,  to  Ood  be  all  the  glory  and 
au  the  praise! 

"  I  send  this  account  to  yon,  not  merely 
because  I  hope  it  will  interest  and  cheer  you, 
if  you  have  time  to  read  it,  but  also  because 
I  felt  it  would  be  ungrateful  in  the  highest 
«ite&t  if  X  received  so  much  good  through 


the  means  of  your  evangelists,  and  did  not 
at  least  return  to  you,  as  the  human  agent, 
that  meed  of  thanJa  which  must  encourage 
vou  amid  some  of  the  burdens  you  have  to 
bear.  *  The  Lord  bless  dear  ICr.  Spnrgeon ' 
will,  I  am  sure,  be  a  prayerwhich  will  often 
ascend  from  mv  people  who  have  been 
blessed  under  the  labours  of  your  evan* 
gelists. 

'*  There  is  one  matter,  however,  which 
troubles  me.  We  are  not  rich,  nor  can  w» 
impose  collections  upon  our  people.  A  f  eir 
couectious  in  the  ordinary  course  have  to  be 
taken  up,  but  the  prooeeda  are  absolutely 
needful  for  the  work  at  the  Castle.  I  caa- 
not,  therefore,  do  as  some  have  done,  send 
you  largely  from  our  stores  towards  tha 
maintenance  of  these  and  others  whom  yon 
are  sending  forth  in  the  gospel,  but  I  aik 
you  to  accept  the  enclosed  very  sinall  cheque 
as  some  proof  of  the  desire  I  nave  to  thajik 
you  in  a  more  practical  manner  if  I  had  but 
the  means.— Gratefully  and  faithfully  yours 
in  the  gospel,  Thos.  J.  Babk^bik)." 

This  letter  was  accompanied  by  a  cheque 
for  thirty  guineas  for  the  funds  of  the  Society 
Of  Evangelists,  for  which  we  are  extremely 
gratefuL 

On  Sunday,  the  21st  ult.,  Messrs.  Smith 
and  Fnllerton  commenced  a  series  of  services 
at  Trinity  Chapel,  John  Street,  Edgware 
Boad ;  and  on  uxe  11th  inat.  they  go  to  the 
help  of  our  brother  Bax,  at  Saltera'  Hall 
Chapel,  Baxter  Boad,  Islington. 

During  the  past  month  Mr.  Bumham  has 
held  services  at  Bumham,  TIswht  ;  and 
Trowbridge ;  and  this  month  he  ia  to  visit 
Charlton  Songs  (for  the  fourth  time) ;  A^ 
Yale,  Aldershot;  Sandy,  Beds.;  and  Wat- 
ton,  Norfolk.  These  are  all  places  where 
our  brother  has  previously  been  so  much 
blessed  that  the  mends  desire  his  servioea 
again.  Pastor  J.  Kemp  sends  an  interest- 
ingreportof  Mr.  Bumham's  viait  to  Bnmlej 
just  before  the  Conference. 

Obphanaoe.— ^miiMi/  FSU,  Will  all  our 
collectors,  and  other  frienda,  in  town  and 
country,  kindly  take  notice  that  the  annual 
f £te  will  be  held  at  the  Orphanage  on  M'cd^ 
ficMtoy,  Junt  2l9t  ?  We  hope  large  numbeit 
of  our  ever-generous  supporters  will  come 
and  see  for  themselves  the  progress  that  has 
been  made  vrith  the  additional  buildings  for 
the  use  of  the  girls,  and  help  us  to  oel«Dxata 
our  forty-eighth  birthday  oy  liberal  con* 
tributions  for  the  maintenance  of  this  holy 
work  of  caring  for  the  widow  and  the  f ather> 
less.  Full  particulars  of  the  day'a  pro- 
ceedings will  be  duly  announced  in  the  usual 
way. 

Several  friends  have  recently  helped  the 
Or|>hanage  in  a  manner  that  caJJs  for  special 
notice,  and  we  mention  the  matter  here  in 
the  hope  that  others  may  be  moved  te 
follow  the  noble  examples  which  have  been 
set  by  these  liberal  souls,  who  have  derised 
hberal  things.  The  following  letter  was 
only  intendeid  for  the  Preaident'a  eye,  but 


NOTKB. 


817 


the  spirit  of  loTixigoonsecration  that  breathes 
in  it  la  80  rare  and  preoious  that  he  must  put 
it  on  reoord  to  the  praiae  of  the  God  who 
has  moved  tiie  donon  to  plan  and  carry  out 
such  a  deed  of  whole-hearted  (generosity : — 

"Rev.  C.  H.  Spurgeon: — My  dear  Sir. — 
Through  the  loving-kindnees  and  tender 
mercy  of  our  heavemy  Fattier,  in  gradoosly 
enabling  ns  to  carry  out  our  purpose,  my 
wife  and  myself  have  the  joy  oi  asking  your 
acceptance  of  the  enclosed  £350  for  the  or- 
phans. 

"  For  a  long  time  it  has  been  my  desire 
to  devote  (D.  V.)  to  the  Xx)rd'8  work  the 
irholr  of  the  salary  I  might  receive  in  my 
fiftieth  year.  The  amount  enclosed  is  there- 
fore my  year's  wi^es  as  a  commercial  tra- 
veller, with  something  in  addition  lest  we 
have  been  slack  in  giving  in  the  past. 

''Left  fatherless  and  motherless  myself 
when  only  about  two  years  old,  and  brought 
up  out  of  compassion  by  my  nurse,  the  Lord 
has  indeed  been  my  helper  and  friend.  For 
all4uB  ceaseless  mercies,  and  especially  that 
we  and  our  daughter  have  been  brought  to 
know  something  of  the  riches  of  his  love  in 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  we  offer  him  in  the 
persons  of  the  little  ones  of  his  family  this 
token  of  our  grateful  love. 

"  Please  do  not  publish  our  names.  The 
Lord  knows  them,  and  that  is  enough. 
»Simply*  say  '  A  year's  salary  from  a  Com- 
mercial Traveller,'  and  it  may  be  that  some 
one  else  may  do  the  same. 

*'  The  Lord  bless  yon  more  and  more,  and 
upeedily  restore  von  to  health.  With  our 
warm  Christian  love,  believe  me, 

"  Yours  very  sincerely. 


they  have  sent  us  twenty-five  shiUings  for 

uuri 


the  Orphanage,  with  the  promise  of  a 
amount  next  time. 


rger 


>» 


The  Orphanage  has  been  benefited  under 
the  will  ox  the  late  Mr.  John  Edwards  to  the 
amount  of  £900  during  the  past  month. 
We  have  reooived  from  another  donor  a  box 
full  of  silver  plate,  which  he  hopes  will 
bring  £30  to  £40  to  the  Orphanage  funds ; 
and  a  gentleman  who  read  the  article  on 
the  Ormianage  in  the  May  number  of  the 
^'Sunoay  at  Home,"  sent  a  donation  of 
£100. 

While  Mr.  Duncan  S.  Miller  and  the 
Hoyal  Poland  Street  Hand-bell  Bingen 
were  in  Philadelphia,  they  gave  an  enter- 
tainment to  the  Bethany  Sdiools  and  Mr. 
Wanamaker's  employes  on  condition  that 
a  contribution  shoula  be  sent  to  our  Or- 
phanage. The  meetings  were  very  suocess- 
f ul,  and  in  fulfilment  of  the  contract  we 
have  received  from  Mr.  Wanamaker  a  draft 
for  £20,  for  which  we  heartily  thank  him 
and  the  scholars  at  Bethany,  and  our  good 
friends  the  ringers. 

Three  youths  in  Scotland  have  found  out 
a  novel  way  of  helping  us.  With  their 
father's  permission  they  colleeted  all  the 
stdtable  books  im  their  home,  and  formed 
them  hito  a  circulating  library,  for  the  use 
of  which  each  member  of  the  family  paid  a 
small  weekly  sum.  They  then  secured  frmh 
subscribers  and  additional  books,  and  now, 
as  the  result  of  less  than  six  months'  efforts, 


CoLPOBTAOB.  —  The  Annual  Conference 
and  Meeting  of  the  Colporteurs  was  held  on 
Sunday  ana  Monday,  May  7th  and  8th. 
Meetings  for  prayer  were  held  on  Sunday 
morning  and  afternoon,  during  which  the 
men  related  their  experiences  m.  the  work, 
which  were  very  cheering,  one  of  them  alone 
reporting  that  one  hundred  had  professed 
conversion  during  the  year  in  connecticm 
with  his  labours.  On  Monday  afternoon,  in 
the  absence  of  the  President,  the  Vice- 
President,  J.  A.  Spurgeon,  gave  an  en- 
couraging address  to  the  colporteurs. 

The  pablic  meetingin  the  Tabernacle  was 
the  best  ever  held.  Dr.  Bamardo  and  Dr. 
Donald  Fraser  delivered  very  powerful 
addresses,  and  several  colporteurs  also  in- 
terested the  people  by  their  simple  state- 
ments of  work  accomplished  for  Jesus. 

A  new  feature  in  the  proceedings  was  the 
distribution  of  prizes  g^ven  by  Mr.  Spurgeon 
for  the  largest  sales  during  the  year,  which 
were  awarded  to  the  following  colporteurs: 

Class  I.,  for  the  largest  sales  during  the 
past  year : — Mr.  J.  Smith.  Nottingham,  £6 ; 
Mr.  £.  Garrett,  Uxbridge,  £3 ;  Mr.  J. 
Taylor,  Boss,  £2. 

Class  II.,  for  the  greatest  increase  on  the 
previous  year : — Mr.  Robert  Hall,  Ilkeston, 
£5;  Mr.  L.  Eyres,  Cambridge,  £3;  Mr.  C. 
Morgan,  Castleton,  £2. 

Beports,  collecting  cards,  or  boxes,  and  all 
information  may  be  had  on  application  to 
the  Secretary,  Mr.  W.  Cordon  Jones,  Temple 
Street,  St.  taoorge's  Boad,  Southwark,  to 
whom  also  subscriptions  may  be  sent. 

We  invite  special  attention  to  the  annual 
report  of  this  useful  agency,  whieh  is 
prmted  at  the  end  of  the  present  magadne. 

Pi£BSONAi<  Notes. — ^We  havereoelTedfrom 
Golcar  the  following  pleasing  testimony  to 
the  usefulness  of  our  senfions : — 

"Dear  Mr.  8purgeon,~yoa/  may  per- 
haps remember  me  waiting  upon  yon  in 
December  last,  to  inform  you  that  in  con* 
nection  with  our  church  we  had  five 
hundred  of  your  sermons  in  circulation 
in  the  village,  and  that  some  oases  of 
conversion  hod  resulted  therefrom.  Since 
then  we  have  increased  the  circulation  to 
upwards  of  one  thousand,  which  seventeen 
or  eighteen  of  our  female  friends  droulate 
weeluy  or  fortnightly,  and  several  other 
cases  of  conversion  nave  been  reported, 
besides  great  help  and  encouragement  to 
enquirers,  especially  from  your  sermon '  Only 
trust  Him,  only  trust  Him'  (No.  1636). 
We  have  not  had  a  church-meeting  without 
candidates  since  last  November,  and  at  every 
one  of  them  lately  your  sermons  have  been, 
mentioned  as  havm^  been  greatly  blessed  to 
them.  I  recently  visited  a  good  churohmaa 
in  the  village,  wno  was  on  his  dying  bed« 
and  he  expressed  his  joy  at  reading  one 
of  them  whieh  was  left  by  one  ca  the 


818 


VOTSB. 


diBtrilmton,  and  beKffed  me  to  set  him  a 
copy  to  preaerre,  as  it  nad  been  so  olened  to 
him.  Smce  then,  however,  his  happy  spirit 
has  gone  to  its  reward.  Scarcely  any  in  the 
tHI^^  now  refvae  them,  though  some  did 
at  fint,  and  some  who  attended  no  place  of 
worship  accept  them,  and  express  their 
gratification  to  the  distribntors  for  the  loan 
of  them. 

"  I  would,  from  experience,  strongly  re- 
commend all  our  churches  to  adopt  the  use 
of  them  in  this  manner,  as  they  have  indeed 
proved  to  be  most  useful  and  olessed  in  our 
history. 

"  Your  very  truly, 


>> 


:jaic  Hibst. 


Our  late  student,  Mr.  Har^  Wood,  who 
has  been  for  some  time  in  jluatraliaf  has 
written  the  subjoined  interesting  account 
of  the  reception  of  the  sermons  in  that 
region: — 

**  During  my  visit  to  the  different  colonies 
it  was  veiy  oheerinff  to  hear  the  people 
speak  of  our  beloved  Plresident,  and  the 
blessing  that  had  followed  the  reading  of 
his  sermons  by  saint  and  sinner  alike. 

**  There  are  one  or  two  instances  which  I 
cannot  forbear  to  relate.  When  visiting  the 
Thames  Gk>ld-field,  in  New  Zealand,  a  dear 
friend  acquainted  me  with  the  following 
story,  which  will  not  only  cheer  the  Pastor's 
heart,  but  will  encoura^  all  who  are  en* 
gaged  in  distributing  his  sermons.  There 
were  three  youngmen who  were  working 
at  the  diggings.  They  were  living  to^^ether 
in  a  tent.  One  Sunday  morning  it  was 
raining  very  hard,  and  tney  could  not  get 
out ;  the  hours  were  long,  and  they  knew 
not  what  to  do  to  kill  time.  One  of  them 
adced  if  he  should  read  one  of  Spurgeon's 
sermons,  as  he  had  several  in  Ids  dox,  per- 
haps put  there  by  a  godly  mother.  He  made 
no  pretence  to  De  religious  or  serious  any 
more  than  his  companions,  but  they  agreed 
that  he  should  read  it  to  pass  the  time. 
Before  they  got  throuffh  the  sermon  the 
Spirit  of  Gtoa  convincea  them  of  sin,  and 
it  was  ultimately  the  means  of  leading  all 
three  of  them  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ; 

**  When  in  South  Australia  I  met  a  well- 
to-do  farmer,  who,  on  hearing  that  I  had 
come  from  the  Pastors'  Colle^^e,  informed  me 
that  a  sermon  by  our  President  from  the 
text  *  He  that  believeth  on  him  is  not  con- 
demned,' (John  iii.  IS^^was  blessed  to  the 
salvation  of  his  soul.  He  is  now  one  of  the 
most  energetic  Christians  I  have  met  with, 
and  is  domg  good  service  in  one  of  the 
Baptist  ehurohes.  Many  such  instances 
oomd  be  given.  The  sermons  are  also  a 
great  blessing  to  small  churches  that  are 
without  pastors.  In  my  traveb  I  have  met 
with  many  little  flocks  without  an  under- 
shepherd.  The  question  has  been  asked, 
'How  do  you  keep  together?'  Theanswer 
has  been  to  this  effect,  *  One  of  the  deacons 
reads  Mr.  Spur^eon's  sennons  morning  and 
fivenmg,'  and  m  this  way  they  have  been 
anstained  till  Qod  has  sent  tbem  a  man. 


We  do  well  to  praise  God  for  giving  <m^ 
Pastor  a  voice  to  reach  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  and  for  the  great  blessing  Qod  con- 
tinues to  give  both  to  the  preached  snd 
printed  word.  This  should  stir  us  up,  not 
only  to  more  earnest  prayer,  but  to  mor» 
earnest  effort  in  the  distribution  of  these 
messengers  of  mercy  all  over  the  world. 

*'I  hope  I  shall  see  the  day  when  col- 
porteurs from  the  Metropolitan  Tabenade 
will  be  seen  to  carry  the  word  of  God  t» 
the  settlers  in  the  Bush  of  the  Australian 
Colonies  as  they  do  to-day  in  the  country 
of  England." 


A  friend  in  Minneaotu^  writing  to  Mrs. 
Spurgeon,  says,  **you  will  be  peased  to 
hear  that  out  in  this  Western  country,  and 
in  this  village  of  six  hundred  inhabitants, 
Mr.  Spurgeon's  books  are  much  valued.  I 
have  seen  them  in  several  houses  here.  In 
the  Wesleyan  minister's  a  volume  or  two  of 
'sermons,'  and  'John  Ploughman's'  pro- 
ductions. In  another  house  'Morning by 
Morning.'  In  another,  that  of  an  old  saint, 
a^^  seventy-five, '  The  Saint  and  ffis  Sa- 
viour,' whidi  he  esteems  as  very  predoos, 
saying,  with  emphatic  tone,  when  he  speals 
of  it.  '  This  is  Mr.  Spurgeon's  first  book; 
and  ne  has  written  many  since,  but  nerer 
one  to  surpass  this,'  though  the  dear  old  man 
has  not  read  a  tithe  of  Mr.  Spurgeon** 
publications." 

Mr.  Ghowrryappah  sends  us  from  Mtfthw 
a  copy  of  our  **  Evening  by  Evening," 
whidi  he  has  translated  into  Tamil,  and 
is  selling  to  native  Christians  under  cost 
price  at  twelve  annas  (Is.  4d).  He  has 
also  translated  some  extracts  from  our 
works,  and  issued  them  as  tracta.  He 
says  tnat  kind  friends  in  England  enabled 
him  to  accomplish  this  work,  and  he  is  now 
anxious  to  procure  additional  funds  so  that 
he  may  translate  and  publish  "  Morning  by 
Morning"  also.  This  is  a  good  woifc. 
Though  five  hundred  copies  may  appear  t» 
be  a  small  issue,  it  ia  a  great  thing  to  get  tlie 
book  translated,  for  it  will  then  m  reaidy  far 
use  when  in  hapnier  times  thousands  will 
need  a  Christian  literature.  We  are  thiiee 
happy  in  seeing  our  works  thus  scattered 
among  many  nations.  May  the  Lord  send 
the  increase. 

■ 

SFUBOBOIf'S  SSBMONS'  TbACF  SoOBTT.' 

Since  we  inserted  a  note  in  reference  to  thia 
Society  in  a  recent  number  of  the  magarine, 
the  secretary  has  received  several  applica- 
tions for  grants  of  sermons,  but  no  con- 
tributions to  pay  for  them.  He  is  con- 
tinually heanng  of  cases  of  conversion 
resulting  from  the  distribution  of  the 
sermons  as  loan  tracts,  and  if  he  only  had 
increased  funds,  could  lari^ly  extend  tlie 
Society's  operations.  fiends  who  ai« 
looking  for  a  ^ood  investment  of  their 
Lord's  money  might  do  worse  than  send  a 
donation  to  Mr.  0.  Cornell,  GO,  Hamilton- 
square,  Borough,  S.E. 


319 


atatMient  of  JUesipU /rom  April  ISth  t4»  May  Uth,  1882. 


ITr.  C  D.  ToFtin    ...       m.  

Mr.  D.  McKay       ...        .„  

Mr.  Wm.  Ed^ravds. . .       ...  ...       ... 

ficY.  Dr.  Ed.  WiUaneoa  .^  

Mr.  Joahaa  Allder...       ...  

Ju.  T*.  K.  o^lWAy...  ..•  .M  ... 

Mr.  £.  H.  Kcm  (M       ...        «•. 

Mr.  T.  W.  8touRhtOD      

Mr.  H.  H.  Hodder...        ...       

Mr.  Thoa.  Pickworth       

Baptiit  Church,   Hazr0W'<m-th»>HiU» 

per  Futor  B.  T.  Sole 

Tneaia  at  Salem  COwpel,  Boitoii,  per 

Putor  W.  Sexton        

Lower  TootiDg  Chozchy  per  Putoor  T. 

Witner 

Pastor  F.  J.  F^ltham  

Mr.  Henry  Borgeee         

Collection  at  BjtborDBp  per  PMtogr  O. 

^^^^^mXAvTf  ■«•  mw  •■•  •••  ••• 

Mrs.  E.  McLean 

CoUectkn  at  "Umg  Bndkhy,  per  Putoor 

J.  Spanewick      

Partor  E.  Enaoll 

Mr.  W.  SnlliTan 

Collection  at   Fazingdon,  per  Putor 

*••  viewij©  ■  ■  •        •••       •••       ...       ... 

rtooKda  of  Lecture  Inr  Fttator  W.  F. 

Hutu 

CoUectaon  at  Bromiey,  per  Puioor  aI 

A^BBlC&  »,»  «••  •«•  *••  ■•# 

Collection  at  Putney,  per  Pawtor  W. 
Thomas 

0>llcetion  at  Biuhden,  per  Futor 
"•A.  jjavis        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Oollection  at  Gnfton-etreet,  North- 
ampton, per  Ptator  O.  J.  Moore     ... 

Oollecti<m  at  Campehoume  Ouipel, 
Honusey,  per  Pastor  J.  S.  Bmoe 

Collection  at  Salem  Chapel,  Doyer,  per 
Putor  B.  J.  Edirards 

CoDection  at  Qreat  Broughton,  per 
PtatorJ.McNah         

Collection  at  North  FSnchley,  per  Pu- 
tor J.  Chadwick 

Collection  at  Mnidenhead,  per  Pfeitor 
J.  J.  Irring        

Collection  at  AjOidon,  per  Putor  B. 

***7«wU        ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

CoUection  at  Westmaaoote^  per  Putor 
W.J.  Smith       ... 

Pxiends  at  Halfftead,  per  Putor  E. 
Morley     

^ends  at  Salun  Chapel,  Folkeetone, 
per  pMtor  B.  P.  Je&ey        

OoUeetioQatLeytonatone,  per  Pastor  J. 

u>U«ct]on  at  Hanley,  per  Putor  A. 

Joaaaon 
u^ecdon  at  Btreatham,  per  Putor 

B.  Bpoth^SttlJngtoii, 

Johnson 

JWC.  T.Johnson      

^Uettton   at    Sodbnry,    per  Putor 

H.W.Childa     ...       ...       

i^Uectionat  East  Dereham,  per  Putor 

A.  MillB 

™wds  of  Lecture,  per  Putor  J.  O. 
*»«we  Crescent  Chapel,  Bheemeaa,  per 

**^!^  ^'  ^ HadiCT  ...  ZT  rn 

r^^P9»tzcmB4»diDg**       

UUectum   at   Satton-on-Tieat.    per 
^worH.Chuuier      


iB  a.  d. 


per  Putor  C.  T. 


1 
I 
6 
1 
2 
2 
8 
2 
2 
1 


X 
I 
0 
0 
2 
2 
8 
2 
2 
0 


8    8 

1  18 

1  t 

2  10 

1  1 

8  16 
0  10 

2  10 
0  10 

0  6 

1  10 
813 
S    0 

2  8 
2  10 
112 
0   7 


8 
1 

4 


0 
0 
9 


2  10 
1  14 
1  2 
1  10 
6  0 
8  8 
215 
8    6 

1    1 

0  10 


1 

4 

1 

1 
8 


6 

4 

8 

0 
8 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

6 

0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

0 

8 

0 

4 

0 

0 

9 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 


Pastor  W.  Gillnrd 

iVienda  at  St.  Neot*s,  per  Putor  T.  O. 

Oatheroule 

Pastor  A.  Bird       

CoIlcHstion  at  Commercial-road  Chapel, 

Oxford,  per  Pastor  W.  Hackney  . . . 
Cjllection  at  fiillslcy,  per  Putor  N.  T. 

MillpT 

pH«tor  E.  Mason,  Lowestoft     

Per  Pastor  W.  J.  Tomkins,  Bidg- 
mount  :— 

Mr.  H.  O.  Fwher 1  10   0 

Mr.  J.  Parker        0  10    0 

Other  fiiends         0    6    0 


OU    0 


CoUected  by  Pastor    J.    F.  Foster, 

Waterbeach       

Per  Putor  W.  Osborne  :— 

Mr.  J.  Steinle        0  10    6 

Miss  Bradley         0  10    0 

Hiss  S.  Bradley     0  10    0 

Mrs.  Knott 0   6   0 

Mrs.  English         0    6    0 

Collection  at  Pain's  Hill  Chapel,  per 

Pastor  F.  M.  Cockeiton         

Collection  at  Oodstono,  per  Putor  G.  A. 

*▼  CW  «••  •••  •••  ••■  ••• 

CoUection  at  Princes  Bisboroiigh,  per 
Putor  W.  Coombs       

Collection  at  KinfrHtreet  Chapel, 
Bristol,  per  Pastor  O.  D.  Evans 

MlHsPamell  

Grove-road  Chapel,  Victoria  Park,  per 
Pastor  W.  J.  Inglis      

Mr.  Edwin  Herita^       

ik.  Alderman  W.  McArthur,  M.P.     . . . 

Mr.  Henry  Fisher 

Mr.  Wm.  C.  Greenop      

Mr.  W.  Grose        ...        ...        ...       ... 

Messrs.  A.  Straker  and  Son      

Mr.  W.  F.  Whitehead    

Bliss  Newman       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  Hayward       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nanaway 

Mr.  Gamham        

Mrs.  Bedwin         

IP    A 

AL**  \j»  XtvLXA    »••  ••«  a*«  •••  ••• 

Mrs.  Wm.  Evans  ..»       ...  ... 

Mr.  Wm.  Evans    ...       ... 

Bfr.  Bichard  Evana         

Mr.  C.  E.  Dain      

Pastor  T.  W.  Medhurst  and  friends  ... 

Messrs.  Hollings  and  Brock      

Mr.  J.  W.  Sorrell 

Mrs.  ooireU...       ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  8.  Phillips      

Mr.  and  Ifrs.  F.  A.  Penny        

Miss  Nellie  Withers        

Pastor  C.  B.  Sawday       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Withers 

]£r.  Savage  ...       ...       •••       •••       ••• 

Mr.  JohnGoslin 

Mrs.  8.  E.  Goiilin  ...       •••        ...       ••• 
M[rs.  Scandrett      ...       ...       ...       ••• 

Mr.  James  C.  Goelin       

Miss  J.  E.  burgeon       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  C.  Page 

Mr.  T.  Greenwood... 

Mr.  W.  Olney        

Mr.  W.  Olney,  Jun 

Mr.  S.Thomson 

AKnend      ...       ••*       ••.       •••       ••• 

au*  V.  H.  Dean    •..       ...       *•.       ••• 


£ 

0 

1 
0 


s.  d. 
15    0 

1    0 
10    0 


2    3    7 


0 
1 


12    6 
1    0 


2 
3 


6    0 
1    0 


0  6 
0  0 
7    0 


2 

1 
2 
1  19    1 


10 
1 

2 
6 

25 
6 
2 
1 

10 
6 
6 

10 
2 
0 
1 
0 
6 
7 

15 

10 
0 

n 

6 

1 

0 
2 
8 
1 
2 
6 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
6 

20 
5 
1 
2 
6 

lU 


0  0 

1  0 


0 
6 
0 
0 
2 
1 
0 


5 
0 


10 
15 
10 


3 
1 


1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
A 
1 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

2  0 


0 
0 


10    6 
6    0 


0 
0 
0 


2  6 

4  2 

6  0 

1  0 
10  6 

2  0 


0 
0 


2    0 
6    0 


0 
0 
O 
0 
0 
0 
0 

o 

0 
0 
0 


0    0 
10    0 


riBTOBS'  OOLLBQB. 


Mr.  n.  D.  Virtue  .. 


Mr.  ThM,  DtbIes    .,. 
lilr.  eidnfj  Bnlu . 
Ur.  juid  Ktn.  E.  FvlkiiGr 
K r.  (nJ  Un.  Pirbvr 
Mr.  uid  Mra,  Suliliile     .. 

Mr.'iiDilMn'.'ni*  ".       " 


VttiWcLb 

Mr.  W.  L  WiHi^mii  ,,. 
Mr.  BBil  Un.  Bdsud  TTcU 

Mr.  C,  "nnomUMi    

Uc.  uiul  Mul  O.  rjirkn  ... 
Ur.  ■ixl  Mn.  Conollr  ... 
Vr.  KumiKl  Walker 

Uix  Wnlker  

Hr.  O.  Oithavol« 

Jin.  UnybooU      


Ur.  -W  R,  Edwanli 
Wr  W  Buvu 
U».Kni>t 


Mr.  Q.  HoUand 


AFrieml      ...  

JCr.  Jnp.  ■WintkwoHh     

Ib.O  najnilloB 

3In.  E.  IIdvh 

lUnllvUii 

Slina  Hiitrhcr 

Mr.  uul  Um.  Bitfar.1T      

UinM.  Wade  

iSt.  OTUl  Mm.  0.  W.nowtl 

3£r.  F.  ni»lk  

Mr.  uid  lln.  niErli'nmitb  ... 
Mr.  utdUn.  BickirdJahiuiia .. 
ilr.  uiil  Ui«  ]3ra»n       ~ 


Sir.  CollenrIM       

Mn.  J.  K.  Knight 

Mr.  H.  H.  KalKlit 

Hr.  W.  J.  BiicwDOd  

3b.-W.VioKri       

Hi.  Wkd  UiH  Viniioa      

Mr.  KVirnon       

MiaU.Nuh        

Hi.  kod  Un.  Chnlca  UurrcU... 


ilr,  Gi-nrpi  ICiffhnan 


111  knt  W.  ! 


itt.  Kdwud  

!Mr.  Oiu-ln  Vfl« 

Mn.  TmaimDod 

PnaLor  E.  O.  (hinUP 

J'utar  F  J.  PelUiam 
~ibe    Felthimi.  hcd. 
Mr.  J,  K.  I'bilip     ... 
Mr.  'nuimaB  11.  Olncy 
Mi\  FtL-dcncli  ADudm.  jn 


PA8T0B8'  OOLLEGJS. 


821 


jEr.  James  Oxlcy  .«•       •••       •••       ••• 

Vt.  J.  Manland     *.•       •••       .••       ••• 

JCr.  W.  S.  Fuher ..«       •••       •••       ••« 

Hr.  T.  K.  BcUis     

Hn.  T.  K.  Uelljs 

Mr.  John  Tifaraham        

Mr.  O.  Allino       

Mr.  J.  Gamer  MiimhiH 

Mr.  Wm.  Xnurd      ...       ..*       ...       ... 

Mr.  and  Mn.  WoUaoott 

Mr.  and  Mn.  Whittle     

Mr.  Wm.  Bom      ...       i.«       ...       ... 

Mrs.  Wm.  Soh     ...       ...       ...       ... 

*  dAN»  •••  •••  •■■  •••  ••• 

CoUecCion  at  Grantham,  per  Ftetor  G. 

JD»  ajOwaCT •«■  »••  •••  ■••  ••• 

CoQection  at  Jamet*  Grove,  Feekham, 
per  Factor  G.  J.  Dann       

Flutar  H.  A.  Fletcher     

OoQection  at  Tnnbridge,  per  Flutor  T. 
Hancocka ...       ...       ... 

A^^XUXa  •••  •«•  •••  •••  ■»• 

FMendfl  at  Middlesborongh,  per  F&ator 

wf,  Tviiaie        ...       ...       ••.       ... 

Prooecda  of  lecture  at  CoalTiUe,h7  Fim- 

torT.  Hagen      

Mr.  £.  J.  Pu-ker    ...       .m       

Mrs.  Biaman,  per  Factor  £.  Oabome  ... 
Collection  at  Carlton  Chapel,  Soath- 

ompton,  per  Faator  E.  Oabome 
Itiends  at  Chipping  Sodbnry,  per  Fftctor 

A.  K.  DavioBon ... 
Ptooeeds  of  lecture,  by  Factor  G.  Went 
Put  Road  Chapel,  Byde,  by  Faator  J. 

A«  J^JZD7      •••  •«•  •••  •■•  •■• 

Pastor  Jabes  Dodwell     

Collection  at  Wydiffe  Chapel,  Beading, 

per  Faator  F.  J.  Benakin       

Collection  at  Selly  Fark  Chapel,  Bir- 

mixigham,  per  Factor  A.  M.  CoUiu 
P^iends  at  victaria  Chapel,  Deal,  per 

Factor  N.  Dobaon       

Ftttor  Joaiah  Hart  

Friends  at  Oreoham  Chapd,  Brixton, 

per  Pastor  J.  T.  Bwixt       

Phator  J.  BUllman 

Prieads  at  Arthur  Street  Chapel,  Kmg'a 

(^osa,  per  Pastor  W.  Smith    

Contents  of  Box,  Hacter  C.  Welton, 

Driffield    ...        ...        ... 

PMtor  C.  Testro 

Clay  Croaa  Ghorch,  per  Faator  L  A. 

*v  nK\4  •■•  #■*  •*•  «•■  ■•• 

I^ienda  at  New  Brompton,  per  Pastor 

W.  W.  Blocksidge       

CoUevtion  at  Devonport,  per  Factor  £. 

A.  Tydeman      

fiends  at  Wellington  Street,  Laton, 

^  per  Pastor  T.  L.  Edwards     

(Collection  at  Clarence  Parade  Chapel, 

Cheltenham,  per  Pastor  H.  WHkius... 
I^iendc  at  Talbot  Tabernacle,  per  Pas- 

tor  F.  H.  White       

Battenca  Park  Church,  per  Pastor  T. 
^lardner    ...        ...        ...       ...        ... 

W.  &  Lardner,  per  Pastor  T.  Lardner 

IWtorJ.H.  Barnard      

CoUectwn    at   Croaa    Street    Chapel, 

IdiDfftoa,  mr  Pastor  F.  A  Jones  ... 
<wrF.A.JoneB  

Pnends  at  Oaett,  per  Factor  J.  W. 

CoQfart 

(><S«ction  at    Fanon'a  HOI  Chapel, 

Woolwich,  Mr  Pastor  J.Wilson    ... 

^utor  Henry  Aidner      

I^utor  J.  H.  Banfleld      

JJftorW.  B.Bice 

"geeda  of  Lecture,  by  Pastor  W.  B. 

«k  ^**/il^«  ■•■  «••  ■••  •«  •■« 

^««tor  J.  L,  Bennett      ...       .^       ... 


iBs.  d. 

2  S    0 

1  1 

3  8 
6    0 

2  0 
10    0 

1  1 
10  10 
10  10 
16    0 

0 

6 

2 

1 


6 
5 
2 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


10  0 

8    8  10 

0    4  0 

4    0  0 

2  10  0 

2  10  0 

116 

0  10  0 
10  0 

2  16  0 

3  0  0 
6    0  0 

1  10  0 
0    7  6 

4  0  0 
6    0  0 

3  2  0 
10  0 

2  0  0 
0  10  0 

10  0 

0    6  0 

0    2  0 

10  0 

8  11  0 

16  0 

2    6  6 

11    0  1 

4  0  0 

10  0 

2    0  0 

0  10  0 

8    0  0 

10  0 

10  0 

0  10  0 

1  15  0 
0    6  0 

0  10  0 
10  0 

1  10  0 
10  0 


Friends  at  Uueen's-smtare  Chapel, 
Brighton,  per  Pastor  J.  S.  Geale  ... 
Per  Pastor  G.  T.  Ennals  :— 


£  ■.  d. 
2    2   0 


Ml'.  Chivers ... 
>Ir.  J.  Chaplin 
Mr.  Char 
Mr.  Maris  ... 
Collected  by 
Mathew    ... 


Misi    A. 


0   6 
0  10 

0  10 

1  1 


0 
0 
0 
0 


1  12    0 


Collection    at    Emest-atreet   Chapel, 

Church,  per  Pastor  J.  Ney     

Friends  at  Cheltenham,  per  Pastor  W. 

Jolyan      ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Factor  J.  M.  Cox  ... 

Collection  at  Hmie  Bay,  per  Pastor  W. 

Pettmon   ...       ...       ...       ... 

Collection    at    Btockton-on-Teet,  per 

Pastor  G.  Wainwiight 

Factor  J.  Bateman 

Pastor  J.  O.  Fellowes      

Friends  at  Southend  Tabemade,  per 

Mir.  Edwards     ...       ...       ...       ... 

Pastor  B.  8.  Latimer       

Mr.   Jss.   Smith,  per  Pastor    B.    S. 

jjaumer    ...       ...       ...       •••       ... 

Mr.  Wm.  Stubbs 

FHends  at  Leeds,  per  Pastor 

Geo.  Hill,  M. A.:—    

Mr.  John  Barron,  M.P.  ...  10  0  0 
Mr.  John  Barran,  jun.  ...  6  0  0 
Mr.  Wm.  Illi^gworth  ...  2  2  0 
Mr.  J.  B.  BUborough  ...  110 
Mr.  W.  R.  Bilboroogh  ...  110 
Mr.  B.  John  Andrew  ...  0  10  6 
Pastor  George  Hill,  M.A....        110 

Mr.  J.  Turner        

Mr.  G,  Bantick      

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boina        

Misa  Baina  ...       ...        ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  L.  Thwaitcs 

Mr.  G.  H.  Freon 

Mr.  Jas.  Clark       ...       ...       m*       m. 

Mr.  G.  £.  ElTin     ... 

Mr.  W.  Spriggs      

Collection  at  Bexley  Heath,  per  Pastor 

G.  Smith 

Mr.  T.  A.  Denny  ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Murray,  ^  Pastor  C.  Chambers... 
Mr.  MeConilrie,  per  Pastor  C.  Cham- 

WaV  ■•  •••  ■■•  •••  •••  #■• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Manafll     

Miss  McCleUon     

Bomons  vi.  7  and  8         

Collection  at  Conference  public  meeting 

at  South-street  Chapel,  Greenwich... 
Friends  at  Aston  Park,  JBirmingham, 

per  Pastor  G.  Samuel 

Factor  B  J.  Middleton 

Port   collection   at   '"'•^«^i*nb«»in,  per 

Pastor  T.  Hy.  Smith 

Collection  at  Zion  Chapel,  Chatham, 

per  Fkstor  Jas.  Smith 

Mrs.  Marshall        

Mr.  Jas.  Benham 

Mr.  Jno.  Best,  J.F. 

Mr.  A.  Althom      

^M*  'BL.  JU.  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mr.  »» .  x^iyne       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Jno.  Houghton        

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fotier        

Mr.  A.  Dofnrett ... 

Mr.  Jna  Taylor     ...       ^       

Mr.  T.  T.  Murks,  C.E.    

Ber.  W.  Stott       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  A.  H.  Bayncs ...       ...       ...       ... 

MeoBTB.  Wills  snd  Paokham     

Mr.  Andrew  Bunn  

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hazxald     

Mr.  H.  Hall...       ••■       •••       «..       ... 

21 


818  0 

10   8  0 

9  0  0 
0  16  0 

4    4  0 

7  10  0 

0  6  0 

10  0 

1  10  0 
0  10  0 

10  0 

10  10  0 


20  15 
2    2 


1 
10 
1 
1 
2 
6 
1 
0 


1 
0 

1 
1 

0 
6 
1 
6 


0  10 
6    0 


1 
2 


0 
0 


6  0 

1  0 

6  0 

1  0 

10  10 

1  0 

2  9 


80 
10 
6 
2 
2 
1 
6 


0 
0 
0 
2 
2 
1 
6 


10    0 


26 

2 
1 


0 
2 
0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

a 


1  0  a 

26    0   O 
0  10   0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


16    0  0 

6   0  0 

0  16  0 

2    0  0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

a 

0 

0 


822 


RTOCKWELL  OQPHAKAGR. 


Mr.  Creorpre  TVilliinn      

lArs.  Williams  and  lamily         

Hr.  James  Duncan  

Mr.  and  Mrs.  8purgeon 

Plutor  C.  Spuifreon 

Mr.  Hjr.  Tubby     

Mr.  A.  H.  Tubby 

Mr.  Geo.  Tomkina 

Mr.  B.  Harwood     • 

Colonel  Griffin       

Mr.  J.  R.  Hacarthur       

Mr.  Arch.  Macnicoll       

Mr.  E.  P.  FiiihcT    ...        ^ 

Mr.  D.  Wellby       

Mr.  J.  Kickinson 

Mr.  Fred.  Hunt,  per  "Sir.  Cart 

Mr.  J.  Barrett,  per  Mr.  Murrell         ... 

Mr.  F.  W.  Lloyd 

Mr.  W.  List  ...        ■••        «••        •*. 

Mr.  R.  C.  Mori^nn ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Thoa.  Knight 

Mr.  W.  W.  Baynes         

Mr.  Jno.  Lobb       •       ... 

Mr.  ThoB.  Wild,  Jun 

Miss  M.  Heath      ...        ...       ...       ... 

J&.  M.  Hy.  FoAtor  ..       .•.       ...       ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Higgs  and  fumtly  ... 

Mr.  and  Airs.  Carr  and  family 

Mr.  T.  J.  Winney,  iwr  Mr.  Cair 

"Mi.  John  Ncal      

Mr.  R.  J.  May       ...       

Sb.  F.  W.  Warmington 

Mr.  C.  W.  Ooodhait       

Mr.  Tt.  Hill...       ...       •••       ...        ... 

JHrs.  vv .  HlH         ...        ...        ...        ... 

AaISS  iilli         ...  ...  ...  •••  ... 

Mrs.  M.  Callam     ...       ...       

A  70UDg  member 

Balanoe  of  collection  at  Kiilem  ChapeU 

Dorer,  per  Pa.Mtor  £.  J.  Edwards     ... 
Master  Charles  Bpurgeon  Pratt 

A  friend,  per  C.  L 

One    month's    offering,    from    Mrs. 

Mitchell's  Bible-class,  Rye    

*•  A  friend  in  Scotland  " 

Bent  as  a  thanlcoifeiiag 

Miu  Lizzie  Culver 

Mr.  J.  B.  AVliita     


£  8.  d. 
106    0    0 


105 
1*5 
106 
3 
6 
1 
6 
10 
6 
1 
2 
6 
S 
1 
6 
1 
6 
6 


0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
1 
0 
0 
6 
1 
0 
0 
2 
1 
6 
1 
0 
0 


8   8 

10  10 

6   6 


2 

6 
6 
6 

GO 
7 
1 


2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
1 


8    8 
6    0 


6 
5 
2 
2 
1 
6 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


18  6 

10  0 

0    7  6 

0  13  6 
25    0  0 

1  10  0 

2  2  0 
0    8  6 


FH'^ndu  at  Cambridge,  per  BiatorT. 
G.  Tani  :— 


£  i.d. 


Mr.  (i.  £.  Foster  ... 
Mr.  C.  F.  Foster  ... 
Mr.  £.  Fohter 
Mr.  F.  G.  Gifford  ... 
Mr.  W.  E.  Lilley  ... 
Mr.  J.  Nutter 
Mr.J.  8.  Watts  ... 
Pastor  T.  G.  Tarn ... 


1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 


1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 


0 
0 
0 

e 
e 

0 

0 
0 


Mr.  A.  H.  Scaxcl    ...       ...       ...       ... 

From  Shetland,  per  Mr.  E.  BichArda... 

OCKIV«^*a«  •••  •••  •••  •••  •■* 

]&rv»^uty    ...       •••       •••       •>•       ••• 

Mr.  W.  Withey     

Mr.  W.  R.  Huntley        — 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Huntley       m*       

Miss  Hunt  ...        ...        .••        ••• 

Mr.  TV.  Hunt         ...       ...       ...       **. 

Mr.  Samuel  Harris         

Mr.  Thomaa  Banson       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison      ... 

Mr.  G.  T.  and  Mrs.  Congrere  ...       •.. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haydon     

Rey.  John  Spnrgeon       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Thos.  Goldmg 

Mr.  John  Crowle ...       •*• 

Jar.  fV.  (t.  AIills     ...        ...        ...        .*• 

Mr.  H.  y.  Biiginahaw     

Mr.  ^.m  Mills...        ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  W.  Payne       

Rev.  F.  Cheshire   ...       ...       ...       >•• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  Crea^ey       

GUremont-etrect  Chai)el,  Shrewsbury, 

per  Pastor  W.  W.  Bobiouoa 

Atumal  Subteription: — 
Mrs.  M.  Wilson     ...       ...       •*•       ... 

Weekly  Ofleciiigs  at  Met.  Tab.  :— 


Apiilie 

„     28 

,.     80 

May     7 

11 


tt 


28  4  8 
11  A)  0 
26  15  8 
80  8  11 
40    0    2 


8  8 
0  6 


0 
0 

10  0 
20  0  0 
0 
0 


10 
2d 


0 
0 

10  10  0 

10  10  0 

t    1 

1 

0 

1 

0 
0 
6 
8 
4 
5 
I 
S 
i 
5 
S 
2 


1 
S 

1 

25 
10 
6 
8 
4 
5 
% 
2 
2 
6 
2 
2 


110  0 
0  10  0 


-13618  7 


£2372  14   2 


Statement  of  Iteceipta  from  April  16th  to  May  XWiy  1832. 


l^Ir.  and  Mra.  Poticr        

Mr.  £.  P.  Fuiher 

A  widow,  Jamaica,  per  Messrs.  Lamb 

ftUU  DOIl      •••  ■•■  •••  •«•  ••• 

Mr.  John  Jones  Pierce 

A  sinner  sared  by  grace 

Jlu«l«  XwUCJk       •■•  •••  •••  «•«  ••• 

DwvUUjW  •••  •••  ■••  >•■  ••• 

Stamps  from  Essex  and  Newcastle     . . . 

W«  «A*  AL*         ••«  ••■  •■•  ■*•  ••• 

Mr.  Arthur  Briscoe         

plttxeeds  of  circulating  library  at 
Hawick,  per  Mr.  W.  D.  Fiirfier 

Proceeds  of  entertainment  by  Oi-phan- 
age  boys  at  Mr.  Chanrington's  hall ... 

Hanton  Baptist  Sunday  -  school 
Teadxers  and  Scholon  

Mrs.  Napier... 

In  memoriam,  Ernest  and  Eddie 

Bank  of  England  note,  given  by  an  un- 
known genUeman   to  Miss  H.  S. 

A  Jr  Xa  V  A&  »••  •••  •>•  •»«  ••• 

Mr.  John  Cannings,  per  Pastor  T.  W. 
Medhuzst 


£  B.  d. 
6  0  0 
6    0    0 


2 

1 
1 

20 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


1 

5 


60    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


2    6 


0 
0 
0 


15  0 

10    0  0 

0  10  0 

10  0 

0  10  0 


6    0    0 
8    0    0 


Bnrweaton   Chimers,    per 

Mr.  C.  Adlcm     0  10   0 

G.  P.  Dust 0    2    6 

Two  poor  women,  Ivinghoe,  Aston     ... 

Mr.  W.  Cooko        

Mr8.Church9r       

Mrs.  Mai-!)hall        

Mr,  Geo.  Turner 

Mr.  Hadnutt,  per  Mrs.  Eraoa 

Mr.  W.  Thomas 

A  year's  salary  from   a  Commcmal 

Traveller 

Executors  of  the  late  "htt.  John  Ed- 

A  reader  of  the  "  Christian  Herald  "  ... 

Rev.  J.  M.  Hewaon         

Miss  A.  Jones 

Pastor  E.  A.  Tyderaan 

Sale  of  photograph  

**  A  well  wisher  " 

Mr.  E.  2^y,  per  V.  J.  C 

Batlersea  Park  Baptiut  Chiqtel  Sonday- 


£  a.d. 


Olt  6 

0 
0 

\i 

c 

G 
o 


0   1 

2  0 
0  4 
0  10 
0  3 
6  0 
2  10 


860   0  0 


900 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 


0    0 
3   •' 


5 
1 
5 
« 
1 

0  10 

> 

0   6   1 


QI3U3'  ORPHANAGE  BaiLDINQ  FUND. 


823 


Mr.  Qdliiia 

Oolleetion  at  LordBhIp  liuio  Bsptnt 
Chapel,  after  wnnon  by  Mr.  Chorlea- 
vnxuii  ...        ,,,         ,,,         ,,,         ,., 

Btiieci  a.  O.TndtM         

CoOeeted  by  Mzb.  Bichaida       

Kis.  Oakley 

Ur.Joh&Jdortlock 

Mr.J.  BteuUe         

Ml*  V.  l»eakctt      „.        ... 

Mr.Hy.  BiitveM    

~*'  >**•/  ...  ...  «a«  ••■  ... 

Hr.  Wild 

Mr.  W.  bpriggs     

Mim  A.  Jonea,  per  J.  A.  8 

Per  Factor  £.  O^bonie  :-^ 

Hn.6iaman  10    0 

Mrs.  Chaplin  10   0 

Uri.  Wiiuor'B  Bible-dasi,  S.  Stockton 

Ur.W.  Kelley       

I'tfk  Road  Chapel,  Ryde,  per  Piutor  J. 

T.  Almy 

l*er  Pastor  W.  "U  lAayo  :— 
Ftooeeda    of     lecture    at 

Neath        16    0 

Mr.  W.  J.  Bctta     0  10   0 

Box,W.  L.  M 0    4    0 

Mx«.  Vincent  0    *2    6 

Mrs.  Hodgson        0    S   0 

T  A. 

Miu  Hunt,  per  J.  T.  D 

Mr.  Qeorge  Brown  

**  A  ^idoVs  mite  "  (Ruabon) 

Mr.  John  Nicholson        

fiut  collection  Baptist  Church,  Sud- 

botv,  Suffolk,  per  Pastor  H.  W. 

Childa        

Oirla'  Practising  School,  Btockwell,  per 

MusHyde 

Box  at  Tabcmade    Gates,  per  Mr. 

AATwT'Bll  «■•  •■•  •••  •••  ■•• 

r  n 

^^*  ^'«  •••      ••*      •••      •••      •••      ••• 

A  Missionary         

Box  at  Orphanage  Gates,  per  Secretary 
Proceeds  of  Entertainment  iu  Phila- 
delphia, by  Poland-street  Handbell 

Ruigers,  per  Mr.  J.  Wanamaker     ... 
T  A 

OEU.DLOFXEP 

The  Lord's  own  money 

Btamps  from  Harwich     

P«G.  B.fTring      ...        ...        ...       ... 

Kiss  Alice  Yates     

Mr.  Isaac  Atkinson 


£ 
0 


B.  d. 
31    6 


4  0 
0  1 
0  10 

0  J 

1  1 
0  10 

0  16 
4    4 

1  0 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 


3 
0 
0 


0 
7 
6 


0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 


0  10    0 


2 

0 
0 
2 
0 
6 


1 
1 

6 

0 
1 

4 


4 
6 
6 
7 
1 
0 


6 

0 

0 
5 
0 
7 


20  0 
0  10 
0  2 
0  5 
0  2 
0    2 

0  10 

1  1 


6 
0 
0 
11 
0 
0 


0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

10 


0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 


Collection  in  Messrs.  Southall  Brothcrj 

and  Barclay's  pill-room         

Trinity  (WeeoBland)  Sunday  School, 

JUL^t  ^T  XU^k     ■■•       ••■       •■■       •••       ••• 

A  fciend,  i>er  Pastor  J.  F.  Fo.«tcr 

T   H 

•*  •    'J*         •••  •••  ••  •■•  •■•  ■•• 

Callectcd  ty  Mrs.  Colps 

In   responao    to    John    Ploughman's 
appeal,  May  1st 

^^»   A^«  w«   Os        •••  ••  «•«  ••■  ■•• 

A  Friend,  jperC.L 

Mrs.  A.  whatley 

Thankoifering  for   a   nephew's   cnn- 
Tersion  through  C.  H.  B.,  September, 

"\^*  &•••  ■•■  »*•  •••  •*■  ••• 

Mr.  James  T.  SaundexB 

Miss  Gillof  B    box,    per    Pastor    W. 

Goacher    

Pisstor  N.  Heath,  ThaxkkoiTering 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luff 

^7vAUAa^B  •»•  •••  •••  •••  #b9 

Mr.  R.  McRjnley  ...       ...       ... 

Postal  or  Jer  and  stamps 

Mr.  J.  F.  Yeats      

"EyerylitUe  helps »»        

Mr.  H.  Childs  

Marlborou^h-street  Board  School  Boyd, 
per  Mr.  J.  Burgess       

«^«  AAb  jl^«  «*•  ■■•  •••  •••  ••• 

*' Somersetshire  " 

A  thankoifering     

Mr.  George  Rogers  ...        

Mrs.  Mary  Morgan  

Mr.  £.  P.  Jeanmn-et         

Mr.  J.  J.  Bydawell 

JKL •  JDKACa^  ■  •••  ••■  •••  ■•»  ■•• 

Mr.  Geo.  Smith      

Glenbarry  Juvenile  Missionary  Society 

and  Band  of  Hope       

A  Lover  of  Jesus 

Miss  Daisy  Ridley 

Mr.  A.  H.  Beard    

OOtflM^/..*  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Annual  8nhncrivthn» : — 

Mrs.  Mold,  per  F.  R.  T 

Mr.  C.  Hunting     

Mr.  W.  Tebbutt,   per   I'astor  T.   XL 

HmitQ         •••        ■•.        >••        •«.        ... 
West  Croydon  Bjiptist  Sunday  School, 

perMr.  Durrant... 

Mrs.  M.  Wilson     

Sandwich,  per  bankers,  May  1 ... 


£  a 

0  12 


0 
0 
0 
1 

6 
0 
0 


15 
6 
2 
2 

0 

a 

7 


0  10 


d. 

0 

0 
0 
6 
0 

0 
0 
(i 
0 


8 
6 


0 
0 


0  6 
0  10 
2    0 


0 
6 
0 

10 
0 

10 


2 
0 
1 
0 
2 
0 


0  18 
0    6 


20 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
100 


0 

0 

0 

10 

1 

0 
0 
0 


0  10 
0  6 
0  10 
0  5 
10    0 


0 
2 


5 
2 


6  6 
0  10 
2    2 


0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
G 
0 
G 
0 
6 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
6 
O 
U 


0 
0 


2    2    0 


0 
O 
O 


£1031    7    7 


Uat  of  Pr€9enU,  per  Mr.  Charletworth^  to  May  14<A  (Boy^  Division)  .*— Protisioxs.— 1  Ton  of  Potatoes, 
Mr.  Fox ;  120  Egjps  Miss  Janet  Ward. 

Okxxsal.— 6Jbooks,  A  Friend ;  A  Microsoopo  and  1  Vol.,  **  La  Normandie,'*  Mr.  F.  Fordham  ; 
SBlbs.  Starch,  Messrs.  Lecher,  Son,  and  Co.,  per  Mr.  T.  P.  Chard. 

Clothixo.— 12  Night  Shirts,  Mr^.  Brown's  Bible  Class ;  10  Shirts,  Toung  Girls'  Working  Meeting, 
Brookside ;  A  quantity  of  Ties  and  Handkerchiefs,  Teachers  and  Scholars  of  Battersea  Park  BapLat 
Bmiday-school. 

{Oirli*  Division) ;— Clothixo.— Six  Artidefl,  a  constant  Friend ;  a  small  Parcel  of  Ties,  Anon  ; 
1  Bed  QuHt,  Mrs.  W.  Franklin ;  1  Dress  and  Bonnet,  Mrs.  Nash  ;  91  Articles,  Working  Association, 
Wellington-square,  Hastings ;  20  Articles,  Mrs.  BuswcU  ;  16  Jackets,  Mrs.  T.  Boocock ;  IS  I'om- 
Padour  Pmaf  ores,  Mrs.  J.  Moss. 


Girls'  (l^r|[]^M0e  §mIMii0  jfmi^. 

StaUment  of  Iteotipti  from  April  Ibthto  May  14M»  1882. 


Mr.  Jas.  Bdiham  ...       ...       ...       ... 

A  eoBkta&t  aermon-readcr         

ynanXA  atHaydock,  per  Bev.  J.  Barton 

Mr.  K.  Meikle       

A  iRvUfW,  Bumlvy,  per  Mr.  Bunduun 


£  a. 

d. 

6    0 

0 

0    6 

0 

4  lU 

0 

2    2 

0 

0    2 

c 

Collected  by  Miss  A.  Walker 
Mrs.  Woido  Ooodhort     . . . 

Miss  Rose  Godfrey 

Mrs.  Mrtrshall        

Mr.  William  Thomas      ... 


£  8. 

d. 

0    2 

6 

10    0 

0 

0  10 

0 

0  10 

0 

2  10 

0 

{ 


824 


OOLFOBTAGJB    ASSOCIATIOir. 


£  B.  d. 

A  thankofferinsr    0  10   0 

The  late  Mm.  Child,  amount  nceired 

from  sale  of  emenildi 87  10    0 

Mrs.  M.OaUam     9   0   0 

M.  C.  I/.       0  10    0 

Kn.     Soott,    for     "The     LiTeipool 

HonM'*      0 

Hr.  a  D.  Rickard 10 

Mrs.  Kai7  Bandali          1 

An  Invalid,  Clapham-park       0 

AxTiend      ...        ...        ^,        ,,,        ,,,  6 

J.,  Hiddleabro'      0 

Un.  Ellen  Castle 0  10 


4 
0 
0 

2 
0 

s 


0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


A  '*  Sword  and  Trowel'*  reader,  Dom- 

A  lover  of  iTeaaa     ...       ...       ... 

Miss  Ghmoe  Ridley  M       

jajt.  At  ax,  Dcard     •..       ...       •••       ... 
A  Thankoffering,  Leighton  Bmzard  ... 

Sale  of  Hajcaar  gooda       

Mra.  V.  Feakett     

Mr.  John  Nicholacm       ...       


£  t.d. 


Statement  of  ReeeipU  from  April  15tA  to  May  Uth,  1882. 


Subteripthnt  and  Donaiiotu  /or  Di*tr»ct$  :— 

£  a.  d. 
UUngton,  per  Bey.  F.  A.  Jonen  ...  10  0  0 
**  W.  R."  for  Ilkeston  and  Riddinga  ...      7  10    0 

Thombiuy  District  :— 
Mr.  T.  B.  Child      


Mr.  T.  Weatoomb 

Mr.  J.  Bevan        

Mr.  J.  Dav 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor 
Mr.  Thoa.  Workman 
A  Friend,  Thombory 
A  Friend,  Rodkhampton ... 
A  FHend  from  Oldbury  ... 
A  Fdend  from  Moton     . . . 
A  Friead  from  Croaawaya . 


6  0 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 
0  10 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


For  Bower    Chalk,  from  Mr.  J.   S. 

^^  £LOCKCjr         •••  *•■  «••  «••  •»« 

For  Bower  Chalk,  from  Mr.  Chizlett ... 

Hadleiph  District 

Kettermg,  per  Mr.  T.  Jones     

Cambe.  Aaaodation        


10   0   0 


4  10 
0  10 


10 

6 

80 


0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£77  10    0 


Subicriptiont  and  Donaiions  to  the  Oeneral  Fund:" 

£  a.  d. 

Mr.  T.W.Allan 0   6   0 

Thankoffering  by  the  ftuthor  of  '*  Sav- 
ing Faith"         10    0 

Mr.Spriggs 0   6    0 

M.  C,  Boston        10    0 

Miaa  Matthews      S 10    0 


"•  £L«  •••  *«•  «•• 

Mn.MaxahaU       

Mr.  A.  Fortingall 

CoUeeted byMr.  J.  Smith 
Mr.  £.  £[.  Price     ...       ... 

MisaE.  A.  Gilbert 

Mr.  M.  IVoat         

Mr.  John  Weet      

Mm.  Webadale      

Pastor  C.  H.  Sporgeon,  for 

Mr.  J.  Patrick       

Donation,  per  Mra.  Whiting 

A  •  ^^^     •■•  ■••  •■•  ••• 

Stint  as  Thankoffering     ... 

Mr.  C.  F.  AlUson 

Mr.  Samuel  Godkin 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 

Mr.  Chaa.  Garter 

OOSvW/...  ...  ...  ... 

Annual  Suh$eriptiont : — 

Mr.  T.  H.  Olney 

Mra.  Jenkins         

Mr.  John  Powell    

Mr.  Geo.  Shepherd 
Miaa  Newman        ... 
Miaa  A.  Newman  ...       ... 

Mr.  C.  L.  Ruaaell 

Mr.  F.  Cookrell     

Hr.  Hwiniah         


•  •• 


•  •• 
•  •• 


••e 


•  •• 
••• 


Statement  ofHeeeipte  from  April  I5th  to  May  lith,  1882. 

£  a.  d. 


X«  ^L*   «••  •••  «■•  «•• ••»  ••«        \l     O     w 

Beadera  of  the  "Christian  Herald*'  ...    18   6   6 

Mr.  F.  N.  Charrington,  thankoffering 
for  Meaara.  Smitn  and  FuUerton'a 
aervioea  at  MUe  End  Aaaembly  Hall    16   0   0 

Dr.  Bamardo.  thankoffering  for  Mesars. 
Smitii  ana  FuUerton'a  aervioea  at 
the  "Edinboro' Castle"        8110   0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Board 0   6   0 


1  0 
0  f 
010 
0  6 


1 
0 
0 
6 


0 
7 
5 

0 


£141  13  6 


£  a.d. 
100  0  0 
0  10  0 
0  5  0 
0  6  6 
10  0 
10  0 
OSS 

0  10  0 

1  0 
SO  0 

0  6 
010 
0   i 


1 
5 
6 
0 
1 
10 


10 
1 
1 
6 
6 
1 
0 
1 


0  10 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£177  16  0 


CXKnIvU  ■••  •*«  •■•  •••  ■«» 

Balance  of  ooUeetion  at  BunUey,  after 

Mr.  Bumham'a  aervioea         

Thankofferizur,  from  a  aervant 

Mrs.  Marahafl 


£ 
SO 

9 

0 


ad. 
0  0 


0 
6 
0  10 


0 
0 
0 


83   1   6 


H'iende  eending  presente  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnestly  requested  to  let  their 
names  or  initials  SLocompany  the  same,  or  fee  cannot  properly  aehwwledye  them;  and 
tUso  to  write  Mr.  Spurgeon  if  no  aehnowledgmewt  is  sent  within  a  weeK  AUparcelt 
shotUd  be  addressed  to  Mr.  CharUsworth,  Stochwell  Orphanage^  Clapham  Roadt  Lonien, 

Subteriptions  will  be  thanhfully  received  by  C.  H,  Spurgeon,  **  Westwood,"  JBenlah 
SUlf  Upper  Norwood,  Should  any  sums  be  unacknawledged  in  this  li^ffriendiare 
requested  to  write  at  onee  to  Mr,  Spwrgeon.  Post  Ojfioa  Orders  should  be  made 
payable  at  the  Chief  Offiee,  London^  to  C.  M.  Spurgeon. 


f 


MCTROPOUTUI  TMEmueiX 


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Mprta0^  g^sM^ratim 


The  Fifteenth    Annual  Report,  1881. 


REV.    0.    H.    SPURGEON 

Rev.  J.  A.  SPURGEON. 

tSxtnfsaxtx. 
ED.  BOUSTEAD,  Esq. 

Mr.  C  p.  carpenter. 


Cotmnittee. 


Mr.  C.  F.  Allison. 

F.  D.  Carpenter. 

G.  GOLDSTON. 

G.  Gregory. 
M.  Llewellyn. 
W.  J.  Mills. 
T.  Mills. 


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19 


99 


Mr.  C.  Murrell. 

J.  Passmore,  Junr. 
W.  Payne. 
S.  R.  Pearce. 
C.  Waters. 

WOOLLARD. 


©tnetal  Sec— Rev.  W.  CORDEN  JONES. 
Utabellinfi  Sectetatj— Mr.   R.  E.  MACKENZIE. 


1^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"*^^^^ 


OFFICE  AND  DEPOT.— 


TEMPLE    STREET,    ST.    GEORGE'S    ROAD, 
h  8OUTHWARK,   8.E.  ^ 


Jletropolitan  Ca&emacle 


60LPORTAGE  Association. 


FlfTEE^TH  /tNNUAL  REPORT. 


|H£  Committee  thankfully  acknowledge  the  gracious  Provi- 
dence which  has  enabled  them,  during  the  fifteenth  year  of 
the  existence  of  the  Association,  to  prosecute  the  work 
committed  to  their  care  with  a  large  measure  of  success 
and  blessing. 

While  there  have  hot  been  sufficient  funds  placed  at  their  disposal  to 
justify  an  extension  of  their  borders,  they  gratefully  record  the  continued 
sympathy  of  all  their  valued  helpers,  through  which  the  number^  of 
Colporteurs  employed  has  suffered  no  diminution.  During  the  year 
78  districts  were  occupied,  but,  as  is  usually  the  case,  some  have  been 
relinquished  through  the  failure  of  local  subscriptions,  leaving  the 
number  at  the  close  of  the  year  74,  including  6  new  ones. 

Every  plea  previously  urged  for  the  necessity  of  Colportage  in 
England  b  greatly  intensified  by  the  present  outlook.  Without  doubt 
the  power  of  the  press,  both  for  good  and  evil,  is  greater  than  ever, 
hence  the  uigent  importance  of  seeking  to  influence  the  vast  host  of 
eager  readers  by  carrying  to  their  homes  literature  which  shall  interest 
and  affect  the  mind  for  good,  and  also  with  the  blessing  of  God  lead  to 
the  salvation  of  the  soul.  This  is  already  provided  in  a  profusion  of 
beautifully  illustrated  books  and  magazines,  and  a  large  variety  of  cheap 
copies  of  the  Scriptures  and  religious  tracts,  and  the  Association  only 
requires  a  larger  circle  of  supporters  to  enable  it  to  extend  its  operations 
to  many  outlying  and  neglected  districts,  both  in  town  and  country, 
greatly  needing  them. 

A  widespread  feeling  of  doubt  on  religious  subjects  is  abroad,  fostered 
by  many  publications,  plausible  in  pretensions,  but  really  infidel  m 
character,  and  which,  if  possible,  do  greater  mischief  than  the  weekly 
trash  of  the  highwayman  .type,  bad  as  it  undoubtedly  is.  Consequently 
the  responsibility  of  circulating  the  word  of  Gk)d  and  works  of  true 
evangelical  tendency  is  very  great 

With  the  spread  of  education  also  among  the  young  arises  the  corre- 
sponding call  to  supply  them  with  a  class  of  periodicals  which,  while 
aiming  to  benefit,  shall  be  sufficiently  attractive  to  allure  from  that  of  an 
injurious  nature  which  is  already  and  everywhere  accessible. 

During  the  year  a  large  quantity  of  thoroughly  suitable  literatuie  has 
been  distributed  of  which  the  figures  given  scarcely  convey  an  adequate 
idea.    The  gross  value  of  the  sales  was  ;£^7,673  3s.  6d,  consisting  of 


METBOFOLITAN  TABERKACLB  COLPOBTAQE  AgflOCIAlION.  827 

103,200  books,  280,097  periodicals,  besides  13,090  Bibles  and  Testa- 
ments, and  17,856  penny  texts  of  Scripture.  It  is  computed  that  be- 
tween three  and  four  tons  of  the  current  monthly  magazines  are 
dispatched  from  the  dep6t  at  the  close  of  each  month.  Besides  this  the 
Colporteurs  have  done  a  large  amount  of  direct  Evangelistic  and  Home 
Mission  work,  which  has  been  accomplished  in  an  undenominational 
lipirit  of  an  inclusive  nature,  the  agents  working  with  and  for  any  evan- 
gelical Christians  willing  to  co-operate,  whether  as  individuals,  Churches, 
or  Local  Committees,  or  Associations.  They  report  624,482  visits  to 
families,  7,544  addresses  given  at  Cottage  Meetings  and  other  services, 
and  7S,ooo  tracts  distributed  gratuitously. 

The  accompanying  details  afford  convincing  proof  that  the  blessing 
of  God  has  rested  on  every  department  of  the  work,  and  that  he  is 
faithful  to  his  promise.  "  My  word  shall  not  return  unto  me  void." 
Extracts  are  also  given  from  the  opinions  of  local  friends  showing  their 
estimate  of  the  value  of  Colportage,  and  in  one  case  a  lady  who  began 
by  paying  for  one  Colporteur,  last  year  commenced  to  subscribe  for  two 
others,  besides  contributing  towards  a  fourth. 

As  the  Committee  believe  that  if  Colportage  were  more  widely  known 
and  better  understood,  it  would  be  more  liberally  supported  and  more 
^extensively  adopted,  they  have  (through  the  liberali^  of  a  tried  and 
generous  donor)  secured  the  services  of  Mr.  R.  E.  Mackenzie,  as 
Travelling  Secretary,  which  step  they  trust  will  lead  to  a  great  and 
permanent  increase  of  pecuniary  support,  and  corresponding  progress 
in  extending  the  operations  of  the  Association. 


OBJECTS    OF   THE    ASSOCIATION. 

Thk  o1)ject  of  this  Association  is  the  increased  circulation  of  religious  and  healthy 
literature  among  all  classes,  in  order  to  counteract  the  evil  of  the  vicious  publications 
which  abound,  and  lead  to  much  immorality,  crime,  and  neglect  of  religion. 
This  object  is  carried  out  in  a  twofold  manner : — 

ist. — ^By  means  of  Christian  Colporteurs,  who  are  paid  a  fixed  salary,  and  devote  all 
their  time  to  the  work,  visiting  every  accessible  house  with  Bibles  and  good  books  and 
periodicals  for  sale,  and  performing  other  missionary  services,  such  as  visitation  of  the 
sick  and  dying,  and  conducting  meetings  and  open-air  services  as  opportunities  occur. 
This  is  the  most  important  method,  enabling  the  Colporteur  to  visit  every  part  of  the 
<listrict  regularly. 

The  average  total  cost  of  a  Colporteur  is  from  ;f  75  to  ;f  80 ;  but  the  Committee  will 
appoint  a  man  to  any  dbtrict  for  which  ;f 40  a  year  is  subscribed,  if  the  funds  of  the 
Asiodatioa  will  permit 

and. — By  means  of  Book  Agents  who  canvass  for  orders  for  periodicals,  and  supply 
them  month  by  month ;  these  receive  a  liberal  per  centage  on  the  sales  to  remunerate 
them  for  their  trouble. 

This  second  method  is  admirably  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  districts  where 
the  guaranteed  subscription  for  a  Colporteur  cannot  be  obtained.  Shopkeepers  or  other 
persons  willing  to  become  Book  Agents  may  communicate  with  the  Secretary. 

The  Association  is  wuectarian  in  its  operations^  *' doing  work  for  the  friends  of  a  full 
•and  free  gospel  anywhere  and  everywhere.** 


Cheouis  may  be  crossed  London  and  County  Bank ;  and  Post  Office  Orders  made 
Payable  to  W.  C.  JONES,  at  ike  Chief  Office^  St,  Afartin*s-/e*  Grand.  All  commumca- 
fions  should  be  addressed  to  Rev.  W.  Corden  Tomes,  Colportage  Association^  TetiipU 
Stredf  St.  Georges  Road,  Southwark^  London^  S,£. 


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METROPOLITAN  TABEBNAGLE  OOLPOBTAQE  ASSOCIATION. 


COUNTY  ASSOCIATIONS  AND   LOCAL  AUXILIARIES. 

A  NUMBER  of  these  employ  Colporteurs  through  this  Association,  and  appredate 
their  labours  highly.  A  few  extracts  are  appended  both  from  the  Reports  of  the- 
Colporteurs  and  of  their  supporters. 

Essex  Congregational  Union.  The  Annual  Report  says: — "The  work  of 
the  Colporteur  in  this  District  has  been  most  diligently  and  faithfully  continued  by 
Mr.  Matthew  Frost,  and  although  the  sales  of  books  and  magazines  have  not  been  so 
great  as  last  year,  the  Committee  have  reason  to  be  thankful  Uiat,  in  the  face  of  many 
difficulties,  so  much  real  ^ood  has  been  effected.  During  the  year  Mr.  Frost  his- 
paid  upwards  of  6,000  visits  to  the  homes  of  the  people,  and  given  133  public 
addresses  in  Chapel  mission-rooms,  or  at  cottage  meetings.  He  has  sold  3,422 
publications,  and  distributed  about  3,000  tracts.  It  has  cost  the  Colporteur  conscien- 
tious and  wearying  labour  to  produce  these  results.  Very  often  the  elements  seemed 
antagonistic  to  h^  work,  and  during  the  winter  months,  many  of  the  roods  along 
which  he  has  to  travel  were  found  impassable. 

His  work  at  Pitsea  has  been  both  happy  and  successful.    Two  services  have  been 
held  on  Sunday ;  throughout  the  year  the  attendance  has  been  constant,  and  often 
more  than  could  be  accommodated  in  the  little  mission-room,  which  must  either  be- 
enlarged,  or  be  replaced  by  a  new  one.     The  mission  is  free  from  debt,  and  a  Sunday 
School  has  been  successfully  formed,  with  an  attendance  of  40  children  and  7  teacheis. 

Rev.  H.  Klhut,  the  Superintendent,  adds  : — **  Our  Committee  is  very  satisfied  with 
the  year's  work." 

Tlie  Colporteur  speaks  of  several  conversions  in  connection  with  his  extra  labours 
at  the  mission-room." 

Worcester  Colportage  Association.  Extract  from  Report:— ** The  Colpor- 
tage  work  has  now  been  in  operation  among  us  for  seven  years ;  and  though  we 
cannot  tabulate  spiritual  results,  which  we  willingly  leave  in  His  hands  *  whose^  we 
are,  and  whom  we  serve,'  we  can  at  least  record  the  amount  of  labour  accomplished^ 
for  our  own  encouragement  and  the  satisfaction  of  those  who  have  generously  supplied 
us  with  the  necessary  funds. 

Totals  of  Seven  Years'  Work. 


No.  of  Houn  employed    

Meetings  neld       s 

Attendants 

Visits  excltisive  of  those  to 

SICK  •••  ■*»  •*• 

Visits  to  the  sick  * 

Open  air  sendees 


the 


II 
II 


66,403 

I1O34 

69.454 

356,806 
7,176 

9» 


No.  of  Times  read  the  Scriptures  ...      8,494 

Scriptures  sold       7,204 

Tracts  distributed  ...  ^ X3>»490' 

Persons  died  in  the  Districts      ...      1,646 

Periodicals  distributed     i6x,86& 

Amount  received  for  Books,  ftc, 

sold         A»»997  4S>  S<1* 


II 
II 


II 


II 
>i 


^  Each  line  possesses  its  own  peculiar  interest ;  the  Colporteurs  have  in  seven 
years  spent  66,403  hours  in  the  work;  have  paid  263,982  visits;  7)i76  of  which 
were  to  the  sick ;  have  sold  7^204  copies  or  parts  of  the  Scripture ;  have  dis- 
tributed 161,868  periodicals  and  received  j£'2,997  4s.  5d.  for  books  and  periodicals. 
This  must  represent  the  circulation  of  an  immense  quantity  of  pure  and  healthy 
literature,  which  has  doubtless  supplanted  a  literature  of  a  less  beneficial  character, 
and  in  other  cases  created  a  taste  for  reading  which  did  not  previously  exist,  and  both 
these  classes  will  require  a  careful  and  continual  supply  to  meet  the  future  demand. 
These  figures  fully  justify  the  necessity  for  commencing  this  work,  and  should 
encourage  all  who  nave  assisted  to  continue  such  assistance,  for  such  results  far  exceed 
our  most  sanguine  expectations." 

One  of  the  Colporteurs  in  this  Association  reports  success  in  supplanting  worthless- 
reading  by  that  which  is  useful.  He  writes : — **  In  two  or  three  cases  I  have  been 
enabled  during  the  last  month  to  persuade  customers  to  give  up  and  even  to  ignore 
the  trash  they  have  been  in  the  haioit  of  reading,  and  read  the  pure  literature.  For 
instance,  one  whose  mind  was  set  on  the  'Family  Herald'  has  taken  the  *  Quiver' 
instead. 

**  The  sick  and  afflicted  look  more  anxiously  for  my  visits  than  anyone  else,  to  whom 
I  alwajTS  give  a  tract  and  a  word  of  advice.    No  one  can  imagine  the  number  of 
opportunities  I  have  to  do  good  to  the  people's  souls." 

Southern  Association.  Extracts  from  Report: — "The  other  part  of  Home 
Mission  work  in  which  the  Association  is  engaged  continues  to  yield  results  both 
satis&ctory  and  encouraging.    Our  Colportage  agency  has  been  at  work  in  the  same 


HRBOPOLITAN  TABERNACLE  OOLPORTAGE  ASSOOIATION.  829 

Districts  as  in  the  preceding  year;  seven  Colporteurs  have  thus  been  constantly 
employed.  As  the  details  of  their  work  in  past  years  have  been  somewhat  fully  given, 
it  may  be  deemed  sufficient  if  a  summary  of  their  last  year's  work  is  now  presented. 
Of  the  Word  of  God,  either  in  part  or  the  whole,  3,126  have  been  sold  ;  of  books  and 
periodicals,  40^375 ;  and  of  smaller  publications,  3,226.  These  sales  have  realized 
the  sum-total  of  J6897  15s.  3d.  The  remark  of  the  Superintendent  of  one  of  your 
Agents,  with  regard  to  his  sales,  will  be  equally  appropriate  to  each  one  of  the 
Colporteurs,  when  hesavs,  'very  little  of  thi«  amount  would  have  been  sold  but  for 
his  labours.'  It  is  not,  nowever,  simply  the  effecting  of  so  many  sales,  or  the  increase 
in  their  numbers,  that  your  Committee  regard  wiur  the  greatest  satisfaction ;  it  is 
rather  that  these  sales  are  the  dissemination  of  truth,  the  fruit  of  which  will  be  a 
purer,  healthier  social  and  domestic  morality ;  the  possession  of  Christian  knowledge ; 
and,  it  is  hoped,  in  many  cases,  the  enjoyment  of  eternal  life. 

**  There  is  one  distinct  characteristic  of  this  Colportage  upon  which  your  Committee 
lay  especial  stress,  and  because  of  which  they  would  uige  the  importance  of  main- 
taining and  even  extending  it.  It  is  its  home  mission  and  evangelistic  character. 
It  is  not  merely  the  selling  of  literature  of  a  healthy  moral  tone,  or  of  copies  of 
God's  Word ;  tnere  is  also  the  utterance  by  the  living  voice  of  the  words  of  eternal 
life,  in  the  visits  to  the  homes  of  the  people,  and  by  the  bedside  of  the  sick  and 
dying;  there  is  the  teaching  in  the  Sabbath  School  and  in  Bible  Classes  for 
adults ;  and  there  is  further  the  pubUc  preaching  of  the  gospel ;  for  every  one  of 
your  Colportenrs  engages  in  this  work,  and  most  of  them  every  Sabbath  day. 
Besides  tnese,  there  is  the  employment  of  other  means,  the  influence  of  which  is 
favourable  to  the  interests  of  true  religion.  Your  Committee  are  the  more  concerned 
to  emphasize  this  feature  of  Colportage,  because  of  the  readiness  in  some  quarters  to 
regard  it  exclusively  as  a  book-hawking  agency,  altogether  ignoring,  if  not  denying, 
its  missionary  and  evangelistic  character." 

These  are  weighty  words  written  after  seven  years  trial  of  Colportage.  and  should 
stimulate  other  Associations  to  employ  the  agency.  One  of  the  Colporteurs  in  this 
Association  tells  of  a  shepherd,  to  whom  he  spoke,  while  tending  the  sheep,  who 
afterwards  imformed  him  tnat  **  he  was  led  to  seek  Jesus  through  what  he  had  spoken 
to  him  about,"  and  that  others  had  been  converted  by  raiding  Mr.  Spurgeon's 
Sermons,  &&,  and  attending  a  Bible  Class.  Another  writes  thus: — *'A  respectably 
dressed  woman  came  up  to  me  one  evening,  and  taking  me  by  the  hand  said,  '  Excuse 
me,  sir,  but  I  felt  that  I  must  speak  to  you.  Alx>ut  two  years  since  you  were 
preadiix^  in  the  open  air,  down  Hog  Lane  (a  very  low  place),  from  the  word 
*'  Remember  '* ;  before  that  time  I  used  to  go  about  in  a  traveller's  van  selling  brushes, 
&c,  and  I  was  a  very  low  character,  but  while  you  were  preaching  the  Lord  revealed 
himself  unto  me ;  I  afterwards  joined  a  Christian  community,  and  am  still  going  oa 
with  the  Lord  Jesus.'  I  have  since  heard  that  she  was  instrumental  in  the  conversion 
of  her  four  sons/  and  that  now  they  are  all  eminently  godly  and  earnest  Christian 
people,  going  on,  hand  in  hand,  to  glory." 

A!nother  reports  that  after  seven  years'  labour  his  work  is  as  much  appreciated  as 
ever,  and  that  his  sales  do  not  decrease. 

In  another  Southern  District  the  Colporteur  writes  of  special  blessing  upon  the  sale 
of  a  little  book,  entitled  "Saving  Faitn,"  and  also  upon  his  village  services ;  while 
another  modestly  writes : — **Gomg  day  after  day  among  the  same  people  I  do  not 
really  meet  with  any  striking  incidents,  but  I  still  retain  the  love  and  respect  of  the 
people,  and  I  trust  I  never  lose  an  opportunity  of  speakinf"  for  the  Master. 

From  another  District  we  hear : — "  When  I  came  here  uiree  years  ago  many  people, 
in  different  parts  of  my  district,  hardly  ever  read  anything  good,  who  now  look  out 
every  month  for  me  to  bring  their  Magazines.  On  looking  over  my  book,  I  find 
that  out  of  460  r^[ular  customers  for  periodicals  300  of  them  never  used  to  read  anything 
good.  Many  have  been  the  thanks  I  have  had  from  parents,  because  I  persuaded 
their  sons  to  take  in  some  good  magazine,  which  keeps  them  in  of  an  evening  instead 
of  going  to  the  public  house,  and  because  their  daughters  have  given  up  injurious 
periodicals,  and  take  '  Girl's  Own  Paper,'  &c.,  from  me.^ 

Oxfordshire  Association.  This  Society  employ  two  Colporteurs.  The 
Report  says  of  the  Stow  and  Aston  District :— "  In  lookmg  through  the  Colporteur's 
Journal  for  the  past  year,  the  Committee  feel  that  there  is  much  to  cheer  and 
encourage :  for,  although  the  a^^te  of  books  sold  has  been  rather  less,  Mr.  Moody 
reports  mat  the  desire  for  religious  literature  is  gradually  increasing,  that  all  classes  of 


380  HETBOFOLITAN  TABEBNACLE  OOLFOaXAOE  AflttOCHATIOK. 

people  in  the  district  receive  him  more  warmly  than  they  did  two  or  three  years  ago, 
and  his  monthly  visits  are  looked  forward  to  with  pleasure  by  very,  very  many.  The 
Committee  with  great  pleasure  bear  testimony  to  this  report 

Mr.  Moody,  the  Colporteur,  tells  of  spiritual  good  resulting  from  tracts  read,  and 
visitation  of  the  sick,  concluding  his  report  of  one  case  thus: — "  She  told  me  that  her 
first  impressions  were  received  during  my  visits  to  her  when  she  was  ilL  She  can 
now  give  a  very  clear  and  satisfactory  evidence  of  her  acceptance  with  God.*' 

Mr.  Hook,  the  Colporteur  in  Witney  District,  has  also  an  encouraging  Report.  He 
writes  : — **  A  blessing  on  the  preached  word.  One  Sunday  a  young  man  found  peace 
through  my  preaching.  Several  more  have  been  awakened  to  a  sense  of  their  danger. 
Many  saints  nave  been  built  up.'' 

^  Blessing  on  the  Bible  Class  we  have  started,  in  which  we  have  from  15  to  20  young 
men  and  youths.  Several  of  them  profess  to  be  saved.  Our  school  is  very  much 
blessed,  two  youths  out  of  my  class  have  been  saved,  and  now  are  teachers  doing  all 
they  can  to  lead  others  to  the  Saviour ;  they  call  me  their  fiither.  Never  have  I  been  so 
happy  in  any  work  as  I  have  been  with  the  children,  they  run  after  me  in  the  streets. 
Our  school  has  greatly  increased,  we  have  now  about  60  scholars  and  eight  teachers. 
The  friends  are  thinking  of  building  a  new  schoolroom," 

Wilts  and  E.  Somerset  Association.  Home  Mission  Report.  "The  letters 
and  statistics  received  this  year  from  our  brethren  engaged  in  the  work  of  our  Home 
Mission  in  the  villages  are  full  of  interest,  and  evince  a  spirit  of  hearty  enthusiasm 
in  the  cause  of  our  Divine  Master.  Many  very  important  facts  respecting  the  state 
of  our  rural  population  are  brought  to  light,  showing  the  great  need  that  exists  for 
such  an  agency  as  our  Societv  provides,  and  proving  beyond  doubt  that  it  is 
admirably  ntted  to  secure  the  ends  we  have  in  view — Substituting  wholesome  literature 
for  that  which  is  pernicious,  awakening  a  spirit  of  religious  enquiiy,  and  leading  the 
people  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Saviour. 

**  Our  brethren  we  are  glad  to  find  take  full  advantage  of  the  various  opportunities 
that  come  in  their  way  of  doing  direct  Home  Mission  work.  They  are  travelling 
booksellers, — especially  Bible  sellers  and  tract  distributors  ;  but  they  themselves  are 
living  epistles  ot  Christ,  witnesses  for  the  Gospel,  ready,  as  occasion  offers,  to  speak 
forth  the  message  of  mercy.  We  cannot  but  think  that  a  perusal  of  the  reports  furnished 
by  our  brethren  would  have  the  effect  of  making  us  deeply  thankful  for  their  labours, 
and  increase  in  us  the  desire  that  God  would  stifi  more  largely  bless  their  efforts.  But 
as  the  limits  of  this  report  necessarily  prevent  giving  their  communications  at  length, 
we  must  content  ourselves  with  extracts  that  set  before  us  in  some  measure  their  work 
and  its  results. 

*'  This  department  of  our  work  has  been  crowned  with  success  in  former  years,  and 
it  is  gratifying  to  notice  that  this  year  there  is  still  further  encouragement.  The  sales 
effected  in  the  five  districts  amount  to  ^498  17s.  5^.,  as  against  j£473  2s.  id.  the 
previous  year,  and  the  labours  of  the  Colporteurs  have  been  nelpful  to  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  not  a  few." 

In  the  Warminster  district  Mr.  King  reports  steady  and  successful  work  during  the 
year.  He  hears  of  blessing  on  his  word  spoken  to  a  person  five  years  ago.  A  deacon's 
wife  and  daughter  are  spoken  with  by  him,  and  "  the  effort  was  blessed.'*  He  gets 
lost  in  the  darkness  while  crossing  the  down,  but  afterwards  arrives  in  time  for  the 
service  at  the  village  chapel,  being  guided  to  it  by  the  light.  He  concludes  as  follows  :-« 
**  I  am  thankful  that  after  nearly  15  years'  labour  among  the  same  villages,  I  am  even 
more  kindly  received,  and  my  humble  labours  sought  after  than  ever,  and  from  my  own 
experience  I  am  led  to  believe  we  little  know  of  what  has  been  aooomplished  by  the 
work  of  Colportage.  The  aged,  sick,  and  dying  visited,  works  of  comfort  to  the 
weary,  of  warning  to  the  sinner,  and  the  public  preaching  of  the  word.  But  to  oar 
God  be  all  the  praise  and  glory." 

Mr.  R.  Moody,  one  of  the  Colporteurs,  relates  an  instance  of  two  brothers  who  had 
lately  been  converted,  and  who  put  all  the  pernicious  literature  tbev  had  been  accustomed 
to  read  in  the  fire.  Also  of  a  woman  who  was  saved  through  hearing  him  preach  in 
the  village.  He  also  notes  several  books,  the  reading  of  which  resulted  in  comfort  or 
conversion  "  Christie's  OUi  Organ,"  "  Saving  Faith,"  and  "  Heaven "  by  D.  L. 
Moody  being  mentioned. 

From  Wincanton  District  Mr.  H.  Payne  reports  an  old  man  led  to  the  Saviour 
and  ioining  a  Christain  church  through  reading  a  sermon  by  Mr.  Spurgeon,  lent  to 
him  by  the  Colporteur,  also  that  he  found  several  persons  without  a  Bible  in  a  small 
town  with  eight  places  of  worship. 


MXTBOFOUTAN  TABEBNACLiB  OOLFOBTAQE  ASSOCIATION.  381 

From  Qiippenham  Mr.  Schofield  sends  encouraging  accounts  of  several  conversioiis 
through  his  hux>urs.    Through  lack  of  funds  this  district  is  given  up. 

Mr.  Jknkins  writes  from  Swindon  : — "A  woman  and  her  husband  who  had  never 
gone  to  the  chapel  were  induced  to  attend,  and,  thank  God,  both  are  changed.  The 
woman  had  been  in  the  habit  of  reading  cheap  novels,  &C.,  but  will  now  take  a 
religious  magazine :  she  has  bought  a  luge-type  Testament  and  takes  a  delight  in 
reading  it  A  man  who  bought  some  tracts  to  lend,  told  me  that  in  one  instance 
vhere  he  lent  some  there  was  a  complete  chan^  in  the  man.  *  A  child  of  Jesus/ 
also  'Saving  Faith'  have  been  made  a  blessing.** 

Northampton  Association.  Rev.  W.  Mills,  the  Secretary,  writes  concerning 
theu-  Colporteur  : — '*  I  met  Mr.  Howell  in  the  region  of  Bulwick  Lodge  not  long 
since,  and  was  very  pleased  with  the  work  he  was  doing  for  the  Lord  there.  The 
influence  of  such  a  man  on  the  people  whom  he  visits  from  house  to  house  cannot  be 
told." 

This  Colporteur  works  in  a  sparsely  populated  district,  but  has  been  very  useful, 
especially  in  evangelistic  services,  quite  recently  he  writes : — **  The  Lord  has  abundantly 
blessed  the  work.  Up  till  last  night  thirty  souls  had  come  out  for  Christ,  and  we  are 
looking  for  greater  thmgs  than  these."  He  also  tells  how  a  young  woman  professed 
Christ  though  (persecuted  by  her  ^rents ;  and  how  upon  being  called  into  a  public 
house,  and  opening  his  pack,  the  sight  of  a  Bible  proauced  silence  among  the  noisy 
inmates,  who  permitted  him  to  speak  to  them  and  leave  a  tract. 

Cambridgeshire  Association.  No  special  report  has  been  sent,  but  the  fact 
speaks  for  itself  of  the  manner  in  which  the  work  is  valued,  that  the  Association  now 
supports  three  Colporteurs  instead  of  one,  Mr.  Eyres,  of  Cambridge,  writes : — ^**The 
past  moBth  has  been  a  successful  and  a  very  encouraging  one.  The  amount  for  books 
sold  is  ;f  lo  OS.  3d.,  a  little  in  advance  of  last  month,  though  this  is  the  shortest 
month.  Total  number  of  articles  sold  are  650,  and  I  have  obtained  2$  new  sub- 
scribers for  Periodicals,  and  I  now  have  a  total  of  300. 

**  During  the  month  I  have  conducted  or  taken  a  part  in  15  Gospel  Services,  and  I 
feel  that  rll  praise  God  that  I  have  during  the  month  been  mstrumental  in  bringing 
three  others  to  our  precious  and  glorious  Lord  Jesus.  One  feels  as  though  he  must 
say  HaUdujah  I  even  if  it  is  at  the  expense  of  being  dubbed  a  Salvation  Armyist. 
God  has  blessed  me  much  to  souls  the  Ust  three  months,— to  (I  believe)  about  ten. 
Three  of  these  I  wrote  letters  to,  and  the  word  was  blessed  to  them  in  that  way. 
Also  I  hear  of  two  to  whom  the  books  have  been  made  a  blessing ;  those  two  books 
•  Saving  Faith,  what  it  is  T '  and  *  A  ChUd  of  Jesus.' " 

Mr.  Mohan,  of  Haddenham,  sends  good  news,  a  young  man  who  is  dying  in 
consumption  sakl,  **I  am  glad  to  see  you,  I  have  good  news  to  tell  you,  I  have  found 
the  Saviour  and  am  happy,  and  not  afraid  to  die.  It  was  all  through  reading  the 
BritUk  Mnsmgqr^  which  you  left.  I  have  written  about  50  letters  to  friends,  telling 
them  of  the  love  of  Jesus.  I  sat  up  all  one  night  writing.  It  is  all  I  can  do  for  Jesus 
while  I  am  here." 

He  also  relates  a  case  in  which  the  young  lady  who  played  the  harmonium,  in  a 
little  chapel  where  he  preaches  sometimes,  vras  converted  and  joined  the  church. 

Mr.  Collier,  of  Swaffham,  who  has  a  very  hard  district  to  work,  tells  of  increasing 
blessing  upon  his  labours. 

The  Gloucester  and  Hereford  Association  employ  Mr.  Taylor,  who  is 
very  succesdul  in  the  sale  of  books  in  Ross  District 

The  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  Association  support  Mr.  Witton,  who  has 
also  encouraging  cases  of  good  to  report. 

The  South  Devon  Congregational  Union  also  co-operates  in  the  support  of 
Mr.  Turner  in  the  Kingsteignton  District,  where  his  labours  are  much  appreciated. 

Besides  these  regular  County  Associations  there  are  local  friends  and  conmiittees 
in  many  other  places,  but  space  forbids  further  particulars,  and  while  this  year  special 
allusion  has  only  been  made  to  Colporteurs  in  connection  vrith  County  Associations, 
e(}ually  encouraging  reports  have  oeen  received  from  others  who  have  laboured 
faithfully  and  successfully. 

To  God  be  all  the  praise  for  sheaves  already  gathered,  as  well  as  for  enabling  the 
Association  to  sow  broadcast  the  seeds  of  truth,  from  which  a  harvest  shall  yet  be 
gathered  in  eternity,  of  which  we  see  but  little  here. 


882 


METROPOLITAN  TABERNACLE  GOLPORTAGE  ASSOCIATION. 


TABLE   OF  COLPORTEURS'  SALES. 

A  complete  list  is  impracticable  on  account  of  the  number  and  variety 
of  Books  sold,  but  the  following  table  indicates  the  number  of  Books 
and  Periodicals  sold  in  considerable  quantities  during  the  year  1881  :— 


BOOKS. 


Bibles        •>•     .,,     •     ...  6,174 

Testaments       •     6,916 

Child  of  Jesus i>349 

Hymn  Books,  Sankey's  SoloSy  &c.  1 7,993 

Cottage  Library  (selected)      ...  804 

Mrs.  Sewell's  Works       i»762 

Mr.  Spurgeon's  Almanack     ...  2,820 

Total  Books  and  Packets... 


John  Ploughman's  Almanack      6,162 
ohn  Ploughman's  Pictures   ...    1,486 

Packets      .» •    8,461 

Books  under  6d 54i705 

,,      over    6d 4^034 

17,856 


Penny  Framed  Texts 


121,056. 


LIST  OF  MAGAZINES  SOLD  DURING  iSSi. 


^ ,  Tract  Magazine 

Cottager    •     •.• 

Child's  Companion  ... 

Leisure  Hour    

Sunday  at  Home 
Girl's  Own  Paper    ... 
Boy's  Own  Paper     ... 
Friendly  Greetings  ... 
Band  of  Hope  Review 

The  Welcome 

British  Workman     . . . 
Children's  Friend    ... 

Family  Friend 

Friendly  Visitor 
Infants  Magazine    . . . 


2,286 
2,316 

16,383 
2,526 

8,352 
7,260 

3,675 
2,640 

12,909 

5,409 

14,157 
13,806 

10,608 

7.092 
3,861 


Spurgeon's  Sermons 

a,S»6 

Sword  and  Trowel  ... 

6.363 
8,856 

Child's  Own  Magazine 

Notes  on  Lessons     . . . 

m 

Excelsior 

British  Workwoman 

14.62s 

Chatterbox        

6,786 

Mother's  Treasury   . . . 

6,22J 

5tS3» 

Sunshine    ... 

Baptist  Messenger    ... 
Mother's  Friend 

5.166 

5.30* 

Old  Jonathan    

4.9H 

Home  Words   ...     ... 

,3.783 

Quiver       

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10,6^ 

Miscellaneous  Magazines. . . 

... 

81,613 

ToTKL  Periodicals 


279,937. 


These  figures  give  some  idea  of  the  sales  made  hy  78  Colporteius- 
In  addition  to  this,  they  distributed  gratuitously  upwards  of  75,000 
Tracts,  and  made  about  624,482  visits. 


RATE  OF  PROGRESS. 


This  may  be  seen  from  the 

following  Table: — 

Date. 

Colpor- 
teurs. 

Sales. 

Visits  to 
Families. 

Date. 

^^P^'\          Sales, 
teurs.  j           »*~«»' 

Visits  to 
Families. 

Semcts 

and 
AdditsM 

;t    s.    d. 

£     s.    d. 

1866 
1867 
1868 

2 

6 

927  18    I 

"4»9I3 

1874 
1875 

29 
36 

2,937    I    7. 
4,415    8    7i 

217,929 
360,000 

6 

1,139  16    3 

91428 

1876 

49 

l'9°^    I   9, 

400,000 

1869 

II 

1,211  10    6 

127,130 

1877 

62 

6,950  18    i| 

500^000 

1870 

9 

1,056  II    4 

02,868 

1878 

94 

8^276    0   4 

926,290 

1871 

10 

1,110    3    4 

85,397 

]'^ 

84 

7,661  16    0 

797,353 

8y244 

1872 

12 

1,228  10  II 

121,110 

78 

7,577    7  10 

630,993 
624.482 

6,745 

1873 

18 

1,796    2    2 

217,165 

1881 

78 

7.673    3    6 

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SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL 


JULY,     1882. 


A  8SBM0N  BY  0.  H.  SPUBOBON,  FBOX  ^^FABX  SEBXONS." 

**  And  Boftz  said  unto  her,  at  mealtime  come  thou  hither,  and  eat  of  the  bread,  and  dip 
thy  morsel  in  the  Tineg^.  And  she  sat  beeide  the  reapers :  and  he  reached  her  parched 
com,  and  she  did  eat,  and  was  sufficed,  and  left."— Bath  ii.  14. 

E  are  going  to  the  cornfields,  not  so  much  to  glean,  as  to  rest 
with  the  reapers  and  the  gleaners,  when  nnder  ^some  wide- 
spreading  oak  they  sit  down  to  take  refreshment.    We  hope 
some  timid  gleaner  will  accept  our  invitation  to  come  and 
eat  with  ns,  and  will  have  confidence  enough  to  dip  her 
morsel  in  the  yinegar.     May  all  of  us  have  courage  to  feast  to  the  fall 
on  our  own  account,  and  kindness  enough  to  carry  home  a  portion  to 
our  needy  friends  at  home. . 
I.    Our  first  point  of  remark  is  this — ^that  Qod*s  beapebs  have 

THEIR  MEALTIMES. 

Those  who  work  for  God  will  find  him  a  good  master.  He  cares  for 
oxen,  and  he  has  commanded  Israel,  *^  Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox 
when  he  treadeth  out  the  com."  Much  more  doth  he  care  for  his 
servants  who  serve  him.  *^  He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  that  fear 
him  :  he  will  ever  be  mindful  of  his  covenant.'*  The  reapers  in  Jesus' 
fields  shall  not  only  receive  a  blessed  reward  at  the  last,  but  they  shall 
have  plenteous  comforts  by  the  way.  He  is  pleased  to  pay  his  servants 
twice :  first  in  the  labour  itself,  and  a  second  time  in  the  labour's  sweet 
results.  He  gives  them  such  joy  and  consolation  in  the  service  of  their 
Master  that  it  is  a  sweet  emplov,  and  they  cry,  '*  We  delight  to  do  thy 
will,  0  Lord."    Heaven  is  made  up  of  serving  Ood  day  and  night,  and 

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8S8  MEALTDCB  IK  THX  OOBHFI]|[iD& 

a  foretaste  of  heayen  is  enjoyed  in  senring  God  on  earth  with  eanait 
perseveranoe. 

God  has  ordained  certain  mealtimes  for  his  reapers ;  and  he  ha& 
appointed  that  one  of  these  shall  be  when  they  come  together  to  listen  to 
the  Word  preached.  If  God  be  with  ministers  they  act  as  the  disciples 
did  of  old,  for  they  received  the  loaves  and  the  fishes  from  the  Lord 
JesnSv  and  then  they  handed  them  to  the  people.  We^  of  onrsdves^ 
cannot  feed  one  sonl,  mnch  less  thousands ;  bnt  when  the  Lord  is  with 
ns  we  can  keep  as  good  a  table  as  Solomon  himself,  with  all  his  fine  floor, 
and  fat  oxen,  and  roebncks,  and  fallow-deer.  When  the  Lord  blesses 
the  provisions  of  his  Honse,  no  matter  how  many  thousands  there  may 
be,  all  his  poor  shall  be  filled  with  bread.  I  hope,  beloved,  yon  know 
what  it  is  to  sit  under  the  shadow  of  the  Word  with  great  delight,  and 
find  the  fruit  thereof  sweet  unto  your  tasta  Where  the  doctrines  of 
grace  are  boldly  and  plainly  delivered  to  you  in  conneccion  with  the  other 
truths  of  revelation  ;  where  Jesus  Christ  upon  his  cross  is  always  lifted 
up ;  where  the  work  of  the  Spirit  is  not  forgotten;  where  the  glorious 
purpose  of  the  Father  is  never  despised,  there  is  sure  to  be  rich  provision 
for  the  children  of  God. 

Often,  too,  our  gracious  Lord  appoints  us  mealtimes  in  our  privet 
readings  and  meditations.  Here  it  is  that  his  '^  paths  drop  fiatness.'^ 
Nothing  can  be  more  fattening  to  tiie  soul  of  the  believer  than  feeding 
upon  the  Word,  and  digesting  it  by  frequent  meditation.  No  wonder 
that  men  grow  so  slowly  when  they  meditate  so  little.  Cattle  must 
chew  the  cud ;  it  is  not  that  which  they  crop  with  their  teeth,  but  that 
which  is  masticated,  and  digested  by  rumination,  that  nourishes  them. 
We  must  take  the  truth,  and  turn  it  over  and  over  again  in  the  inward 
parts  of  our  spirit,  and  so  shall  we  extract  suitable  nourishment  there- 
from. My  brethren,  is  not  meditation  the  land  of  Goshen  to  yon  ?  If 
men  once  said,  *^  There  is  corn  in  Egypt,"  may  they  not  always  say  that 
the  finest  of  the  wheat  is  to  be  found  in  secret  prayer  ?  Private  devo- 
tion  is  a  land  which  floweth  with  milk  and  honey  ;  a  paradise  yielding 
all  manner  of  fruits ;  a  banqueting  house  of  choice  winea  Ahasuems 
might  make  a  great  feast,  but  all  his  hundred  and  twenty  provinces 
could  not  furnish  such  dainties  as  meditation  offers  to  the  spiritual 
mind.  Where  can  we  feed  and  lie  down  in  green  pastures  in  so  sweet 
a  sense  as  we  do  in  our  musings  on  the  Word  ?  Meditation  distils  the 
quintessence  of  joy  from  the  Captures,  and  gladdens  our  mouth  with  a 
sweetness  which  excels  the  virgin  honey.  Tour  retired  poiods  aad 
occasions  of  prayer  should  be  to  you  refreshing  seasons,  in  which^  like 
the  reapers  at  noonday,  you  sit  with  the  Master  and  enjoy  his  generous 
provisions.  The  Shepherd  of  Salisbury  Plain  was  wont  to  say  that 
when  he  was  lonely,  and  his  wallet  was  empty,  his  Bible  was  to  him  meat, 
and  drink,  and  company  too :  he  is  not  the  only  man  who  haa  found  a 
fiahiesB  in  the  Word  when  all  else  has  been  empty.  During  the  battle 
of  Waterloo  a  godly  soldier,  mortally  wounded,  was  carried  by  his  com- 
rade into  the  rear,  and  being  placed  with  his  back  propped  up  against  a 
tree,  he  besought  hi^  Mend  to  open  his  knapsack  and  takeout  the  Bible 
which  he  had  carried  in  it  *^  Bead  to  me,''  he  said, ''  one  verse  before 
I  close  my  eyes  in  death."  His  comrade  read  him  that  verse :  *'  Peace 
I  leave  with  you,  my  peace  I  give  unto  you :  not  as  the  world  g^veth. 


MKALmas  IN  THE  OOBHFIXLDS.  839 

gfiye  I  unto  you ;  "  and  there,  fresh  from  the  whistling  of  the  ballets, 
and  the  roU  of  the  dram,  and  the  tempest  of  haman  conflict,  that 
believing  spirit  enjoyed  snch  holy  cahn  that  ere  he  fell  asleep  in  the 
arms  of  Jesns  he  said,  '^  Yes,  I  have  a  peace  with  QoA  which  passeth  all 
nnderstanding,  which  keeps  my  heart  and  mind  through  Jesas  Ohrist." 
Saints  most  surely  enjoy  delightfal  mealtimes  when  they  are  ^one  in 
meditation. 

Let  us  not  forget  that  there  is  one  specially  ordained  mealtime  which 
onght  to  occur  at  least  once  in  the  week — I  mean  ffie  Supper  of  ths  Lord, 
There  you  have  literally,  as  well  as  spiritually,  a  meal,  llie  table  is 
richly  q>read,  it  has  upon  it  both  bread  and  wine ;  and  looking  at  what 
these  sjrmbolke,  we  have  before  us  a  table  richer  than  that  which  kings 
could  famish.  There  we  have  the  flesh  and  the  blood  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Ohristy  whereof  if  a  man  eat  he  shall  never  hunger  and  never 
thirst,  for  that  bread  shall  be  unto  him  everlasting  life.  Oh  I  the  sweet 
seasons  we  have  known  at  the  Lord's  Supper.  If  some  of  you  knew  the 
enjoyment  of  feeding  upon  Christ  in  that  ordinance  yon  would  chide 
yourselves  for  not  having  united  with  the  Church  in  fellowship.  In 
keeping  the  Master's  commandments  there  is  '*  great  reward,"  and  con- 
sequently in  neglecting  them  there  is  great  loss  of  reward.  Christ  is  not 
so  tied  to  the  sacramental  table  as  to  be  always  found  of  those  who 
partake  thereat,  but  still  it  is  ^4n  the  way"  that  we  may  expect  the 
Lord  to  meet  with  us.  ''If  ye  love  me  keep  my  commanaments,"  is  a 
sentence  of  touching  power.  Sitting  at  tihis  table,  our  soul  has  mounted 
up  from  the  emblem  to  the  reality  :  we  have  eaten  bread  in  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  have  leaned  our  head  upon  Jesus'  bosouL  "  He  brought 
me  to  the  banqueting-house  and  his  banner  over  me  was  love." 

Besides  these  regular  mealtimes,  there  are  others  which  Ood  gives  us, 
at  seasons  when,  perhaps,  we  little  expect  them.  You  have  been  walking 
the  street,  and  suddenly  you  have  felt  a  holy  flowing  out  of  your  soul 
toward  God ;  or  in  the  middle  of  business  your  heart  has  been  melted 
with  love  and  made  to  danoe  for  joy,  even  as  the  brooks,  which  have 
been  bound  with  winter's  ice,  leap  to  feel  the  touch  of  spring.  You 
have  been  groaning,  dull,  and  earthbound ;  but  the  sweet  love  of  Jesus 
has  enwrapped  your  h^Eirt  when  you  scarce  thought  of  it,  and  your 
spirit,  all  free,  and  all  on  fire,  has  rejoiced  before  the  Lord  with  timbrel 
and  dance,  like  Miriam  of  old.  I  have  had  times  occasionally  in 
preaching  when  I  would  fain  have  kept  on  &r  beyond  the  appointed 
hour,  for  my  overflowing  soul  has  been  like  a  vessel  wanting  vent. 
Seasons,  too,  we  have  had  on  our  sick  beds,  when  we  would  have  been 
content  to  be  sick  always  if  we  could  have  had  our  bed  so  well  made  by 
tender  love,  and  our  head  so  softly  pillowed  on  condescending  grace. 

Oar  blessed  Redeemer  comes  to  us  in  the  morning,  and  wakes  us  up 
by  dropping  sweet  thoughts  upon  our  souls ;  we  know  not  how  they 
came,  but  it  is  as  if,  when  the  i&w  was  visiting  the  flowers,  a  few  drops 
had  taken  pity  upon  us.  In  the  cool  eventide,  too,  as  we  have  gone  to 
onr  beds,  our  meditation  of  him  has  be^i  sweet;  and  in  the  night 
watdies,  when  we  tossed  to  and  fro,  and  could  not  sleep,  he  has  been 
pleased  to  become  our  song  in  the  night. 

God's  reapners  find  it  hard  work  to  reap ;  but  they  gain  a  blessed 
solace  when  in  one  way  or  another  they  sit  down  and  eat  of  their 


340  UEALTIUB  IN  THE  OOBISTFIELDS. 

Master's  rich  proyisions;  theiiy  with  renewed  strength,  they  rise  with 
sharpened  sickle,  to  reap  a(i:ain  in  the  noontide  heat. 

Let  me  obserre  that,  while  these  mealtimes  come  we  know  not  exactly 
when,  there  are  certain  seasons  when  tve  may  expect  them.  The  Eastern 
reapers  generally  sit  down  nnder  the  shelter  of  a  tree,  or  a  booth,  to 
take  refiishment  daring  the  heat  of  the  day.  And  certain  I  am,  that 
when  trouble,  afBiction,  persecution,  and  bereayement,  become  the  most 
painfdl  to  as,  it  is  then  that  the  Lord  hands  out  to  as  the  sweetest 
comforts.  We  mast  work  till  the  hot  son  forces  the  sweat  from  onr 
faces,  and  then  we  may  look  for  repose  ;  we  mast  bear  the  burden  and 
heat  of  the  day  before  we  can  expect  to  be  inyited  to  those  choice  meals 
which  the  Lord  prepares  for  true  labourers.  When  thy  day  of  trouble 
is  hottest,  then  the  loye  of  Jesus  shall  be  sweetest. 

i^B^ain,  these  mealtimes  frequently  occur  hefcrs  a  trial  Elijah  must 
be  entertamed  beneath  a  juniper-tree,  for  he  is  to  go  a  forty-days' 
journey  in  the  strength  of  that  meat.  You  may  suspect  some  dang^ 
nigh  when  your  delights  are  oyerflowing.  If  you  see  a  ship  taking  in 
great  quantities  of  proyision,  it  is  probably  bound  for  a  distant  port, 
and  when  God  giyes  you  extraordinary  seasons  of  communion  with 
Jesus,  you  may  look  for  long  leagues  of  tempestuons  sea.  Sweet  cordials 
prepare  for  stem  conflicts. 

Times  of  refreshing  also  occur  after  trouble  or  arduous  seryice.  Obrist 
was  tempted  of  the  deyil,  and  afterwards  angels  came  and  ministered 
unto  him.  Jacob  wrestled  with  Ood,  and  afterwards,  at  Mahanaim, 
hosts  of  angels  met  him.  Abraham  fought  with  the  kings,  and  returned 
from  their  slaughter,  and  then  it  was  that  Melchisedec  refreshed  him 
with  bread  and  wine.  After  conflict,  content ;  after  battle,  banqnet 
When  thou  hast  waited  on  thy  Lord,  then  thou  shalt  sit  down,  and  thy 
Master  will  g[ird  himself  and  wait  upon  thee. 

Let  worldlings  say  what  they  will  about  the  hardness  of  religion,  we 
do  not  find  it  so.  We  own  that  reaping  for  Christ  has  its  dimcultieB 
and  troubles ;  but  still  the  bread  which  we  eat  is  of  heayenly  sweetness, 
and  the  wine  which  we  drink  is  crushed  from  celestial  clusters — 

"  I  would  not  change  my  bless'd  estate 
For  all  the  world  calls  good  or  great ; 
And  while  my  faith  can  keep  her  hold, 
I  envy  not  the  sinner's  gold.*' 

n.    Follow  me  while  we  turn  to  a  second  point    To  these  kbals 

THE  GLBAKEB  IS  AFFECTIONATELY  INVITED.     That  iS  tO  Say,  the  pOOr, 

trembling  stranger  who  has  not  strength  enough  to  reap,  who  has  no 
right  to  be  in  the  field  except  the  right  of  charity — ^the  poor,  trembling 
sinner,  conscious  of  his  own  demerit,  and  feeling  but  Httle  hope  and 
little  joy,  is  invited  to  the  feast  of  love. 

In  the  text  ihs  gleaner  is  invited  to  come.  **  At  mealtime,  come  thou 
hither."  We  trust  none  of  you  will  be  kept  away  from  the  place  of 
holy  feasting  by  any  shame  on  account  of  your  dress,  or  your  p^nonsl 
character,  or  your  poyerty ;  nay,  nor  even  on  account  of  your  physical 
infirmities.  ''At  mealtime  come  thou  hither."  I  knew  a  deaf  woman 
who  could  never  hear  a  sound,  and  yet  she  was  ^ways  in  the  House  of 
God,  and  when  asked  why,  her  reply  was  that  a  friend  found  her  the 


MIALTDCX  IN  THE  OOBNflELDB.  841 

tezfc,  and  then  God  was  pleased  to  give  her  many  a  sweet  thought  upon 
it  while  she  sat  with  his  people ;  besides,  she  felt  that  as  a  believer  she 
ought  to  honour  God  by  her  presence  in  his  courts,  and  by  confessing 
her  union  with  his  people ;  and,  better  still,  she  always  liked  to  be  in 
the  best  of  company,  ana  as  the  presence  of  God  was  there,  and  the  holy 
angels,  and  the  saints  of  the  Most  High,  whether  she  could  hear  or  no, 
she  would  ^o.  If  9uch  persons  find  pleasure  in  coming,  we  who  can 
bear  should  never  stay  away.  Though  we  feel  our  unworthiness,  we 
ought  to  be  desirous  to  be  laid  in  the  House  of  God,  as  the  sick  were  at 
the  pool  of  Bethesda,  hoping  that  the  waters  may  be  stirred,  and  that 
we  may  step  in  and  be  healed.  Trembling  soul,  never  let  th  e  temptations 
of  the  devil  keep  thee  from  the  assembly  of  worshippers  ;  ^*  at  mealtime 
oome  thou  hither." 

Moreover,  she  was  bidden  not  only  to  came  hut  to  eat.  Whatever  there 
is  sweet  and  comfortable  in  the  Word  of  God,  je  tliat  are  of  a  broken 
and  contrite  spirit  are  invited  to  partake  of  it.  ''  Jesus  Christ  came 
into  the  world  to  save  sinners'* — sinners  such  as  you  are.  ''In  due 
time  Christ  died  for  the  ungodly'* — such  ungodly  ones  as  you  feel 
yourselves  to  be.  You  desire  to  be  Christ's.  You  may  be  Christ's. 
You  are  saying  in  your  heart,  ''0  that  I  could  eat  the  children's 
bread  I "  xou  may  eat  it.  You  say,  '*  I  have  no  right."  But  the 
Lord  gives  you  the  invitation !  Come  without  any  other  right  than  the 
right  of  his  invitation. 

"  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger. 
Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream.'* 

But  since  he  bids  you  "  come,"  take  him  at  his  word ;  and  if  there  be 
a  promise,  believe  it;  if  there  be  an  encouraging  word,  accept  it,  and 
let  the  sweetness  of  it  be  yours. 

Note  further,  that  she  was  not  only  invited  to  eat  the  bread,  but  to 
dip  her  morsel  in  ths  vinegar.  We  must  not  look  upon  this  as  being 
some  sour  stuff.  No  doubt  there  are  crabbed  souls  in  the  church,  who 
always  dip  their  morsel  in  the  sourest  imaginable  vinegar,  and  with  a 
grim  liberality  invite  others  to  share  their  misery  with  them ;  but  the 
vinegar  in  my  text  is  altogether  another  thing.  This  was  either  a 
compound  of  various  juices  expressed  from  fruits,  or  else  it  was  that 
weak  kind  of  wine  mingled  with  water  which  is  still  commonly  used  in 
the  harvest-fields  of  Italy  and  the  warmer  parts  of  the  world — a  drink 
not  exceedingly  strong,  but  good  enough  to  impart  a  relish  to  the  food. 
It  was,  to  use  the  only  word  which  will  give  the  meaning,  a  sai4ce, 
which  the  Orientals  used  with  their  bread.  As  we  use  butter,  or  as 
they  on  other  occasions  used  oil,  so  in  the  harvest-field,  believing  it  to 
have  cooling  properties,  thev  used  what  is  here  called  ''vinegar." 
Beloved,  the  Lora's  reapers  have  sauce  with  their  bread ;  they  have 
not  merely  doctrines,  but  the  holy  unction  which  is  the  essence  of 
doctrines ;  they  have  not  merely  truths,  but  a  hallowed  delight  ac- 
companies the  truths.  Take,  for  instance,  the  doctrine  of  election, 
which  ia  like  the  bread ;  there  is  a  sauce  to  dip  it  in.  When  I  can  say, 
'*  He  loved  me  before  the  foundations  of  the  world,"  the  personal  enjoy- 
ment of  my  interest  in  the  truth  becomes  a  sauce  into  which  I  dip  niy 
morsel.    Aad  you,  poor  gleaner,  are  invited  to  dip  your  morsel  in 


842  MBALIDOI  IN  THE  OaBNFDELDS. 

it  too.     I  used,  to  hear  people  ang  that  hymn  of  Tojdady's,  whidi 
heginB — 

*'  A  debtor  to  mercj  alone, 
Of  covenant  mercy  I  sing ; 
Nor  fear,  with  tfay  righteousness  on, 
My  person  and  offering  to  bring.** 

The  hymn  rises  to  ita  climax  in  the  lines — 

'*  Yes,  I  to  the  end  shall  endnre, 
As  sure  as  the  earnest  is  given ; 
More  happy,  but  not  more  secure, 
The  glorified  spirits  in  heaven." 

I  nsed  to  think  I  shonld  never  be  able  to  sing  that  hymn.  It  was  the 
sance,  yon  know.  I  might  manage  to  eat  s<une  of  the  plain  bread,  bnt 
I  conld  not  dip  it  in  that  sance.  It  was  too  high  doctrine,  too  sweet, 
too  consoling.  Bnt  I  thank  6od  I  have  since  ventnred  to  dip  my 
morsel  in  it,  and  now  I  hardly  like  my  bread  withont  it.  I  wonM  have 
eyery  trembling  sinner  partake  of  the  eomfariable  parts  of  Gkd's  Word, 
eyen  those  which  caviUers  call ''  High  Dootsihb."  Let  him  betteve 
the  simpler  tmth  fiist|  and  Uien  dip  it  in  the  sweet  doctrine  and  be 
happy  in  the  Lord. 

1  think  I  see  the  gleaner  half  prepared  to  come,  for  she  is  yeiy 
hnn^ry,  and  she  has  nothing  with  her ;  bat  she  begins  to  say,  ^  I  have 
no  right  to  come,  for  I  am  not  a  reaper  ;  I  do  nothing  for  Christ ;  I 
am  only  a  selfish  gleaner ;  I  am  not  a  reaper."  Ah !  bnt  then  art  in- 
yited  to  come."  Make  no  qnestion  abont  it.  Boaz  bids  thee;  take  thon 
his  inyitation,  and  approach  at  once.  ^^Bnt,"  yon  say,  *'I  am  snch  a 
poor  gleaner ;  thongh  my  labonr  is  all  for  mysetf,  y^et  it  is  little  I  irin 
by  it ;  I  get  a  few  thonghts  while  the  sermon  is  being  preached,  bat  I 
lose  them  before  I  reach  home.^'  I  know  yon  do,  poor  weak-handed 
woman.  Bnt  still,  Jesos  invites  thee.  Come !  TiJce  thon  the  sweet 
promise  as  he  presents  it  to  thee,  and  let  no  bashfalness  of  thine  send 
thee  home  hnngiy.  *'  Bat,"  you  say,  *^I  am  a  stranger;  yon  do  not 
know  my  sins,  my  sinfdlness,  and  the  waywardness  of  my  heart."  Bat 
Jesns  does,  and  yet  he  invites  you.  He  knows  yon  are  bnt  a  Moabikess, 
a  stranger  from  the  commonwealth  of  Israel ;  bnt  he  bids  yon  come. 
Is  not  that  enough  ?  ''  But,"  you  say,  "  I  owe  so  much  to  him  already; 
it  is  so  good  of  him  to  spare  my  forfeited  life,  and  so  tender  of  hirn^  to 
let  me  hear  the  gospel  preached  at  all ;  I  cannot  have  the  presnmptifm 
to  be  an  intruder,  and  sit  with  the  reaprs."  Oh !  but  ne  bids  yon. 
There  is  more  presumption  in  your  doubting  than  there  could  he  in 
your  believing.  He  bids  you.  Will  you  rrfose  Boaz  ?  Shall  Jesns' 
lips  give  the  inyitation,  and  will  you  say  him  nay  ?  Come,  now,  come. 
Bemember  that  the  little  which  Kuth  could  eat  did  not  make  Boaz  mbj 
the  poorer  ;  and  all  that  thou  wantest  will  make  Christ  none  the  less 
glonous  or  full  of  grace.  Are  thy  necessities  large  ?  His  supplies  are 
larger.  Dost  thou  require  great  mercy  ?  He  is  a  mat  Sayiour.  I  tell 
thee  that  his  merc^  is  no  more  to  be  exhausted  than  the  sea  is  to  be 
drained.  Come  at  once.  There  is  enough  for  thee,  and  Boaz  will  not 
be  impoverished  by  thy  feasting  to  the  full.  Moreover,  let  me  tell  thee 
a  secret — Jesus  loves  thee ;  therefore  is  it  Ihat  he  would  haye  thee  feed 


MSAIiTIMB  Cf  THE  OOBKFIBLDS.  348 

«t  his  table.  If  thon  art  now  a  longing,  trembling  sinner,  willing  to 
be  sayed,  bnt  conscious  that  thon  deserrest  it  not,  Jesas  loyes  thee,  and 
he  will  take  more  delight  in  seeing  thee  eat  than  thon  wiU  take  in  the 
'eating.  Let  the  sweet  love  he  feels  in  his  soni  towards  thee  draw  thee 
to  him.  And  what  is  more — ^bnt  this  is  a  great  secret,  and  must  only 
be  whispered  in  jonr  ear — he  intends  to  he  married  to  you:  and  when 
jou  are  married  to  him,  why,  the  fields  will  be  yonrs  ;  for,  of  course,  if 
yon  are  his  sponse,  yon  are  joint  proprietor  with  him.  Is  it  not  so  ? 
Doth  not  the  wife  share  with  the  hnsband  ?  All  those  promises  which 
are  **  yea  and  amen  in  Christ"  shall  be  yours  ;  nay,  they  all  are  yours 
now,  for  '*  the  man  is  next  of  kin  unto  you,"  and  ere  long  he  will  take 
you  unto  himself  for  ever,  espousing  you  in  &ithfulnes8,  and  truth,  and 
righteousness.  Will  you  not  eat  of  your  own  ?  **  Oh  !  but,"  says  one, 
^*how  can  it  be  ?  i  am  a  stranger."  Yes,  a  stranger;  but  Jesus 
Christ  lores  the  stranger.  ''A  publican,  a  sinner  ;'*  bat  he  is  ''the 
friend  of  publicans  and  sinners."  **  An  outcast ; "  but  he  "  gathereth 
together  the  outcasts  of  Israel."  '*  A  stray  sheep  ; "  but  the  shepherd 
■**  leaves  the  ninety  and  nine  '*  to  seek  it.  "  A  lost  piece  of  money ;  *' 
bnt  he  ''sweeps  the  house"  to  find  thee.  ''  A  prodigal  son ;"  but  he 
sets  the  bells  a-ringing  when  he  knows  that  thou  wilt  return.  Gome, 
Ruth !  Come,  trembling  gleaner  I  Jesus  inyites  thee  :  accept  the  in- 
yitation.  **  At  mealtime  come  thou  hither,  and  eat  of  the  bread,  and 
dip  thy  morsel  in  the  yinegar." 

III.  Now,  thirdly — and  here  is  a  very  sweet  point  in  the  narratiye 
— BoAZ  REAOHBD  HER  THE  PARCHED  CORN.  She  did  *'  come  and  eat." 
Where  did  she  sit  ?  Note  well  that  she  "  sat  beside  the  reapers.**  She 
did  not  feel  that  she  was  one  of  them,  but  she  '^  sat  beside  **  them.  Just 
hke  some  of  you  who  do  not  come  to  the  Lord's  Supper,  but  sit  and 
look  on.  You  are  sitting  "  beside  the  reapers."  Yon  fear  that  you  are 
not  the  people  of  God  ;  still  you  love  them,  and  therefore  sit  beside 
them.  If  Uiere  is  a  good  thing  to  be  had,  and  you  cannot  get  it,  you 
will  sit  as  near  as  you  can  to  those  who  do  get  it  '*  She  sat  beside  the 
•reapers." 

And  while  she  was  sitting  there,  what  happened  ?  Did  she  stretch 
forth  her  hand  and  take  the  food  herself  7  No,  it  is  written, ''  He 
leached  her  the  parched  corn."  Ah !  that  is  it.  None  but  the  Lord 
•of  the  haryest  can  hand  out  the  choicest  refreshments  of  spiritual 
luinds.  I  giye  the  inyitation  in  my  Master's  name,  and  I  hope  I  giye 
it  earnestly,  affectionately,  sincerely ;  but  I  know  yery  well  that  at  my 
poor  bidding  none  will  come  till  the  Spirit  draws.  No  trembling  heart 
will  accept  diyine  refreshing  at  my  hand;  unless  the  King  himsell 
<x>n^  near,  and  reaches  the  parched  corn  to  each  chosen  guest^  none 
^  reoeiye  it  How  does  he  do  this  ?  By  his  gracious  Spirit,  he  first 
of  all  inspires  your  faiih.  You  are  afraid  to  think  that  it  can  be  true 
that  such  a  sinner  as  yon  are  can  eyer  be  "  accepted  in  the  Beloyed  "  ; 
he  breathes  upon  you,  and  your  faint  hope  becomes  an  expectancy,  and 
that  expectation  buds  and  blossoms  into  an  appropriating  faith,  which 
^ys,  "Yes,  my  beloyed  is  miney  and  his  desire  is  turned  toward  ma." 

Haying  done  this,  the  Sayiour  does  more ;  ?ie  sheds  abroad  the  love  of 
^od  m  your  heart.  The  loye  of  Christ  is  like  sweet  perfume  in  a  box. 
^ow,  he  who  put  the  perfume  in  the  box  is  the  only  person  that  knows 


I 


844  MSAI/nMIB  IN  THB  OOBNFIELDfi. 

how  to  take  off  the  lid.    He,  with  his  own  skilfal  hand,  opeos  the 
secret  blessing,  and  sheds  abroad  the  love  of  Ood  in  the  soal. 

Bat  Jesus  does  more  than  this :  he  reaches  the  parched  com  with 
his  own  hand,  when  he  gives  us  close  communion  with  htmeelf.  Do  not 
think  that  this  is  a  dream ;  I  tell  yon  there  is  such  a  thing  as  speakuig 
with  Christ  to-day.  As  certainly  as  I  can  talk  with  my  dearest  friend, 
or  find  solace  in  the  company  of  my  beloved  wife,  so  surely  may  I 
speak  with  Jesus,  and  find  intense  delight  in  the  company  of  Immannel. 
It  is  not  a  fiction.  We  do  not  worship  a  far-off  Saviour;  he  is  a  God 
nigh  at  hand.  His  word  is  in  our  mouth  and  in  onr  heart»  and  we  do 
to-day  walk  with  him  as  the  elect  did  of  old,  and  commune  with  him 
as  his  apostles  did  on  earth ;  not  after  the  flesh,  it  is  true,  but  after  a 
real  and  spiritual  fashion. 

Yet  once  more  let  me  add,  the  Lord  Jesus  is  pleased  to  reach  the 
parched  com,  in  the  best  sense,  when  the  Spirit  gives  us  the  infaOMt 
witness  wiihtn^  that  we  are  "  boim  ofOodJ*  A  man  may  know  that  he 
is  a  Christian  beyond  all  question.  Philip  de  Momy,  who  lived  in  the 
time  of  Prince  Henry  of  Navarre,  was  wont  to  say  that  the  Holy  Spirit 
had  made  his  own  salvation  to  him  as  clear  a  point  as  a  problem 
demonstrated  in  Euclid.  You  know  with  what  matnematical  precision 
the  scholar  of  geometry  solves  a  problem  or  proves  a  proposition,  and 
with  as  absolute  a  precision,  as  certainly  as  twice  two  are  four,  we  may 
"  know  t^at  we  have  passed  firom  death  unto  life."  The  sun  in  the 
heavens  is  not  more  dear  to  the  eye  than  his  present  salvation  to  an 
assured  believer ;  such  a  man  could  as  soon  doubt  his  own  existence  as 
suspect  his  possession  of  eternal  life. 

Now  let  the  prayer  be  breathed  by  poor  Ruth,  who  is  trembling 
yonder.  Lord,  reach  me  the  parched  com  I  '*  Show  me  a  token  for 
good."  *'  Deal  bountifully  with  thy  servant"  "  Draw  me,  we  will 
run  after  thee."    Lord,  send  thy  love  into  my  heart." 

'*  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 
Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  omv.'* 

There  is  no  getting  at  Christ  except  by  Christ  revealing  himself  to  ns. 
lY.  And  now  the  last  point.  After  Boaz  had  reached  the  parched 
com,  we  are  told  that  "  she  did  eat,  and  was  sufficed,  and  left.'* 
So  shall  it  be  with  every  Ruth.  Sooner  or  later  every  penitent  shall 
become  a  believer,  every  mourner  a  singer.  There  may  be  a  space  of 
deep  conviction,  and  a  period  of  much  hesitation ;  but  there  shali  come 
a  season  when  the  soul  decides  for  the  Lord,  and  cries,  '*  If  I  perish,  I 
perish.  I  will  go  as  I  am  to  Jesus.  I  will  not  play  the  fool  any  longer 
with  my  Imis  and  i/s^  but  since  he  bids  me  believe  that  he  died  for  me, 
I  will  believe  it,  and  will  trust  his  cross  for  my  s^vation."  Whenever 
you  shall  be  privileged  to  do  this,  you  shall  hd  ''  satisfied^*  *^  SbQ  did 
eat,  and  was  sufGiced.  Your  head  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  precioas 
troth  which  Christ  reveals ;  your  heart  shall  be  content  with  /esus,  as 
the  altogether  lovely  object  of  afifection ;  your  hope  shall  be  filled,  for 
whom  have  yon  in  heaven  but  Christ  ?  Your  desire  shsJl  be  satiated, 
for  what  can  even  your  deaire  hunger  for  more  than  ''to  know 


MEALTIME  IK  THE  OOBNFIELDB.  845 

Christ,  and  to  be  foand  in  him."  Yon  shall  find  Jeans  charm  yonr 
conscience^  till  it  is  at  perfect  peace  ;  he  shall  content  jonr  jiuigment^ 
till  yon  know  the  certainty  of  his  teachings ;  he  shall  snpply  yonr 
memory  with  recollections  of  what  he  did,  and  gratify  yonr  imagmaiion 
with  the  prospects  of  what  he  is  yet  to  do. 

"She  was  snfficed^  and  left."  Some  of  ns  have  had  deep  draughts  of 
love ;  we  have  thought  that  we  conld  take  in  all  of  Christ,  bnt  when  we 
have  done  our  best,  we  have  had  to  leave  a  vast  remainder.  We  have 
sat  down  with  a  ravenous  appetite  at  the  table  of  the  Lord's  love,  and 
said,  ''Nothing  but  the  infinite  can  ever  satisfy  me/'  and  that  infinite 
has  been  granted  us.  I  have  felt  that  I  am  such  a  great  sinner  that 
nothing  short  of  an  infinite  atonement  could  wash  my  sin  away,  and  no 
doubt  yon  have  felt  the  same ;  but  we  have  had  our  sin  removed,  and 
found  merit  enough  and  to  spare  in  Jesus ;  we  have  had  our  hunger 
relieved,  and  found  a  redundance  remaining  for  others  who  are  in  a 
similar  case.  There  are  certain  sweet  things  in  the  word  of  God  which 
you  and  I  have  not  enjoyed  yet,  and  which  we  cannot  enjoy  yet ;  and 
these  we  are  obliged  to  leave  for  a  while,  till  we  are  better  prepared  to 
receive  them.  Did  not  our  Lord  say, ''  I  have  yet  many  things  to  say 
unto  you,  but  ye  cannot  bear  them  now ''  ?  There  is  a  special  knowledge 
to  which  we  nave  not  attained,  a  place  of  intimate  fellowship  with 
Christ  which  we  have  not  yet  occupied.  There  are  heights  of  communion 
which  as  yet  our  feet  have  not  climbed — virgin  snows  of  the  mountain 
of  God  untrodden  by  the  foot  of  man.  There  is  yet  a  beyond,  and  there 
will  be  for  ever. 

A  verse  or  two  further  on  we  are  told  what  Buth  did  with  her 
leavings.  It  is  very  wrong,  I  believe,  at  feasts  to  carry  anything  home 
with  yon  ;  but  she  was  not  under  any  such  regulation,  for  that  which 
was  left  she  took  home  and  gave  to  Naomi.  So  it  shall  be  even  with 
you,  poor  tremblers,  who  think  you  have  no  right  to  a  morsel  for  your- 
selves ;  you  shall  be  allowed  to  eat,  and  when  you  are  quite  sufficed,, 
von  shall  have  courage  to  bear  away  a  portion  to  others  who  are 
hungering  at  home.  I  am  always  pleased  to  find  the  young  believer 
beginning  to  pocket  something  for  others.  When  you  hear  a  sermon 
you  think,  *'  My  poor  mother  cannot  get  out  to-day ;  how  I  wish  she 
could  have  been  here,  for  that  sentence  would  have  comforted  her.  If  I 
forget  everything  else,  I  will  tell  her  that."  Cultivate  an  unselfish  spirit* 
Seek  to  love  as  you  have  been  loved.  Remember  that  "  the  law  and  the 
prophets  "  are  fulfilled  in  this,  to  love  the  Lord  your  God  with  all  your 
heart,  and  your  neighbour  as  yourself.  How  can  you  love  your  neigh- 
boar  as  yourself  if  you  do  not  love  his  soul  ?  You  have  loveid  your  own 
soul ;  through  grace  you  have  been  led  to  lay  hold  on  Jesus ;  love 
your  neighbour's  soul,  and  never  be  satisfied  till  yon  see  him  in  the 
enjoyment  of  those  things  which  are  the  charm  of  your  life  and  the  joy 
of  your  spirit.  Take  home  yonr  gleanings  for  those  you  love  who  can- 
not glean  for  themselves. 

I  do  not  know  how  to  give  yon  an  invitation  to  Christ  more  pleasantly, 
but  I  would  with  my  whole  heart  cry,  "  Come  and  welcome  to  Jesus.'* 
I  pray  my  Lord  and  Master  to  reach  a  handful  of  parched  corn  of 
comfort  to  you  if  you  are  a  trembling  sinner,  and  I  also  beg  him  to 
make  yon  eat  till  you  are  fully  sufficed. 


346 

ISABBL  WEIB,  of  Soniy  in  Ayrshire,  was  bom  in  the  Berenteentfa 
centary,  during  the  tronblons  times  when  in  Scotland  men  and 
women  had  to  meet  secretly  for  the  worship  of  God.  Persecution 
brings  oat  the  noblest  traits  of  character  in  bold  relief,  and  bnt  for  the 
thrilling  events  which  made  Isabel  famous,  she  wonld,  like  thousands  of 
<)6¥oted  Christian  women,  have  been  unknown  beyond  her  prirate  circle. 

Her  brief  history  introduces  us  to  a  msn  of  worth  among  the 
CoYenanters,  John  Brown  of  Priesthill.  The  house  of  this  earnest 
Christian  man  stood  on  the  brow  of  a  hill,  with  wild  tracts  of  heath  and 
rocks  Btretchiug  away  at  the  back,  aud  was  well  known  to  be  the  refuge 
of  the  persecuted.  Besides  farmiug  his  estate  of  Priesthill,  he  was  l£e 
carrier  of  the  district^  and  went  by  the  name  of  the  '*  Christian  carrier.'* 
On  his  journeys  to  aid  from  Ayrshire  he  often  had  to  transact  business 
with  Isabel  Weir's  father,  and  it  soon  became  a  pleasant  thing  to  hare  a 
chat  with  Isabel  herself.  Brown  was  a  widower  with  one  little  girl  five 
Tears  of  age  ;  and  Isabel's  noble  nature  inspired  him  with  the  deaire  to 
have  her  for  his  wife,  and  for  a  mother  to  his  chHd.  He  made  known 
his  wish,  not  disguising  from  her  his  foreboding  that  he  would  one  day 
be  called  ''to  seal  the  Church's  testimony  with  his  blood."  Isabel 
answered,  ^'  If  it  be  so,  through  affliction  and  death  I  will  be  your 
comfort.    The  Lord  has  promi^  me  grace,  and  He  will  gire  t^  S^^J^*" 

In  the  year  1682  John  Brown  and  Isabel  Weir  were  married.  Tbd 
officiating  minister  was  Peden,  "  the  prophet  of  the  Covenant,"  as  he 
was  called,  and  the  marriage  took  place  in  a  glen  near  the  house  at 
Priesthill.  After  the  ceremony  was  over,  Peden  took  Isabel  apart  and 
said, ''  Ton  have  a  good  husband,  yalue  him  rightly ;  keep  linen  for  a 
winding-sheet  beside  yon ;  for  in  a  day  when  you  least  expect  it  thy 
master  will  be  tak^  from  thy  head,  in  him  the  image  of  our  Lord 
and  Saviour  is  too  visible  to  pass  unnoticed  by  those  who  drive  the 
chariot-wheels  of  persecution  through  the  breadth  and  length  of 
bleeding  Scotland.    But  fear  not,  thou  shalt  be  comforted." 

The  happiness  of  Priesthill  became  a  household  word  among  the 
scattered  and  hidden  ones  of  that  stormy  and  dark  day.  On  the  morning 
after  the  marriage  little  five-year-old  Janet  lifted  the  latch  of  the 
^'spenoe"  door,  and,  finding  Isabel  alone,  timidly  entered  the  room, 
saying,  as  she  half  concealed  her  face  with  her  arm, ''  They  say  ye  are 
my  mother."  ''What  if  I  should  be  your  mother?"  replied  Isabel. 
**  Naething  ;  but  if  I  thought  ye  were  my  mother,  I  would  like  to  come 
in  aside  of  you  a- wee/'  said  the  little  maiden.  Isabel,  with  her  motherly 
instincts  stirred  by  this  touching  appeal,  answered,  "  I  hope  I  will  be 
your  mother,  my  bairn,  and  that  Ood  will  give  me  grace  to  be  so,  and 
that  you  will  be  a  comfort  to  me  and  to  your  father."  Servants  and 
mistress  worked  together  in  that  busy  household.  Among  the  duties 
of  the  time  were  leasing  and  carding  the  wool  from  the  sheep,  and 
spinning.  Even  Janet  could  help  with  the  simpler  of  these  occupationa 
One  evening  the  servants  and  Janet  were  busy  preparing  the  wool  for 
an  approaching  fair.  John  Brown  had  stepped  out  to  see  a  neighbour, 
and  Isabel  was  nursing  her  baby-boy,  her  first-born.     Suddenly  the 


ISABEL  BROWN  OF  ATB8HIBB.  847 

barking  of  the  dog  annonnoed  that  footsteps  were  approaching,  and 
Janet  mahing  to  the  door  found  a  yonthfal  stranger  with  "  dreeping  " 
plaid.  She  brought  him  in ;  but  the  mother,  painfully  alive  to  the  perils 
of  the  times,  felt  uncertain  whether  she  was  receiying  a  spy  or  a  hunted 
Covenanter.  It  was  an  nntold  relief  when  John  Brown  came  in  and 
courteously  welcomed  the  visitor,  who  proved  to  be  James  Benwick,  but 
his  name  was  not  mentioned  in  the  household.  Had  his  presence  then 
been  known  to  those  who  sought  his  Ufe,  Priesthill  would  have  been  no 
longer  a  refuge  of  safety.  Benwick — at  this  time  about  twenty  years 
of  age — was  a  prominent  leader  and  preacher  among  the  Covenanters. 
Hnnted  from  one  hiding-place  to  another,  sleeping  iu  caves  and  woods, 
or  on  the  open  moss,  he  had  been  worn  to  a  skeleton  by  the  hardships  of 
his  life  ;  yet  he  could  testify  that  the  Lord's  presence,  as  he  lay  under 
the  stars,  often  filled  his  soul  with  songs  in  the  night  Four  years 
more  were  to  pass  before  the  dauntless  young  spirit  should  receive  the 
crown  of  martyrdom :  meanwhile  he  stayed  two  nights  at  Priesthill  and 
was  greatly  rested. 

Soon  afterwards  Benwick  and  his  followers  published  a  declaration  of 
faith,  which  was  made  the  pretext  by  the  Court  of  sending  more 
soldiers  into  the  country.  Persons  suspected  of  covenanting  principles 
were  shot  down  without  a  trial,  so  that  there  was  scarcely  a  moss  or 
mountain  in  the  west  of  Scotland  that  was  not  drenched  with  the  blood 
of  the  martyrs.  James  II.  resolved  to  introduce  Popery  into  Scotland 
with  a  high  hand.  The  blood-thirsty  Claverhouse  was  created  Viscount 
of  Dundee  and  his  powers  enlarged  s<>  that  a  reign  of  terror  seemed 
imminent.  A  garrison  being  fix^  at  Lesmahago,  Claverhouse  arrived 
at  that  place  on  the  last  day  of  April,  1685.  There  he  was  told  of 
John  Brown's  piety  andnonconformity,  and  by  six  o'clock  next  morning 
he  appeared  on  the  farm  at  PriesUiill. 

Brown  had  risen  at  dawn  according  to  his  custom,  and  after  early 
worship  to  Ood  had  gone  out  to  prepare  some  peat  ground.  Suddenly 
he  found  himself  surrounded  by  three  troops  of  dragoons  headed  by 
Claverhouse.  He  left  his  implements,  and  with  calmness  and  dignity 
walked  down  before  the  soldiers  to  his  house.  Janet  had  run  to  her 
mother  to  tell  her  that  a  great  many  horsemen  were  coming  down  the 
hill  with  her  father. 

'^The  thing  that  I  feared  is  come  upon  me;  0  give  me  grace  for  this 
hour,'*  exclaimed  Isabel  Brown.  Then  hastily  wrapping  her  boy  in  a 
plaid,  she  took  him  in  her  arms,  and  holding  Janet  by  the  hand  went 
out  to  meet  the  persecutors,  praying  silently  in  her  heart  as  she  went. 

Claverhouse  asked  John  Brown  why  he  did  not  attend  the  curate  and 
if  he  would  pray  for  King  James.  He  replied  that  he  **  acknowledged 
only  Christ  as  supreme  Head  of  the  Church,  and  could  not  attend  the 
cnrates  because  they  were  placed  there  contrary  to  his  law,  and  were 
mere  creatures  of  the  bishops,  as  the  bishops  were  creatures  of  the  King ; 
that  the  King  being  a  Papist  and  himself  a  Protestant  Presbyterian, 
who  along  with  all  ranks  in  the  nation  had  sworn  and  covenanted  to 
Ood  that  no  Papist  should  bear  rule  over  these  lands,  he  neither  would 
nor  could  pray  for  him.  But  if  tiie  King  repented  and  turned  from 
1^8  wicked  way,  he  would  acknowledge,  obey  and  pray  for  him." 

After  he  had  finished^  Claverhouse  said^  '*  Oo  to  your  prayers,  for  you 


SiS  ISABBL  BBO¥rK  OF  ATB8HIBB. 

shall  immediately  die.^  John  Brown  fell  npon  his  knees  and  prayed  for 
his  unfe  and  children  and  for  her  nnbom  baoe,  Clarerhonse  intermpting 
him  twice  with  blasphemous  language.  As  he  rose  from  his  knees 
Brown  said  to  his  wife,  *'  Isabel,  this  is  the  day  I  told  yon  of  before  we 
were  married;"  adding  with  his  nsnal  tenderness^  ''yon  see  me 
summoned  to  appear  in  a  few  minntes  in  the  Court  of  Heaven  as  a 
witness  in  our  Redeemer's  cause  against  the  ruler  of  Scotland.  Are 
you  willing  that  I  should  part  from  yon  ?"  *'  Heartily  willing,"  she  re- 
plied ;  but  who  can  tell  the  anguish  that  reply  cost  her?  Her  husband 
exclaimed,  "  That  is  all  I  wait  for.  0  death,  where  is  thy  sting :  0 
graye,  where  is  thy  victory  ?  "  Then  he  clasped  his  arms  round  her  and 
his  boy  and  kissed  them.  Lastly  he  kissed  his  little  Janet,  saying, 
*'  My  sweet  bairn,  give  your  hand  to  God  as  your  guide,  and  be  your 
mother's  comfort." 

While  he  was  speaking,  Claverhonse  ordered  six  of  his  dragoons  to 
shoot  him.  But  his  prayers  and  calmness  had  aflfected  them  so  deeply 
that  they  could  not  ralfil  their  leader's  command.    Olaverhonse-  took  a 

Eistol  from  his  own  belt  and  shot  his  victim  through  the  head.  As  the 
orrified  soldiers  turned  away  from  the  scene,  he  jeered  the  survivor, 
while  she  reverently  bent  down  over  her  murdered  husband  and  held  the 
dear  head  in  her  tender  hands.  *'  What  thinkest  thou  of  thy  husband 
now,  woman  ?  "  cried  the  tyrant. 

"I  ever  thought  mickle guid  of  him,"  she  replied,  ''and  now  more 
than  ever." 

^  It  were  but  justice  to  lav  thee  beside  him,"  continued  Olaverhouse. 

"  If  ye  were  permitted,  I  ooubt  not  your  cruelty  would  go  that  length. 
But  how  will  you  answer  for  this  morning's  work  ?  *'  asked  IsabeL 

The  hard  man  was  irritated  by  the  words  of  the  calm  woman,  and  he 
answered,  "  To  men  I  can  be  answerable,  and  as  for  Ood  I  will  take 
him  into  my  own  hands."  With  this  he  spurred  his  horse  and  departed. 
Isabel's  calnmess  did  not  forsake  her  till  she  had  tied  up  the  poor 
mntUated  head  with  her  handkerchief  and  covered  the  body  with  her 
plaid.  Then  she  sat  down  upon  the  ground  and  drew  her  children  dose 
to  her  and  wept.  The  terrible  news  soon  spread  and  the  neighbours 
came  to  her  help.  One  of  them  throwing  her  arms  round  Isabel 
addressed  her  in  these  stirring  words — "  Has  your  master  been  taken 
from  your  head  to-day  ?  and  has  he  worn  the  martyr's  crown  ?  and  has 
God  taken  yon  and  your  children  under  his  own  care,  saying, '  I  will  be 
the  father  of  the  fatherless  and  the  judge  of  the  widow '  ?  No  wonder, 
though  ye  are  overcome  and  astonished  at  his  doings."  Immediately  the 
words  of  Peden  on  her  wedding-day  came  back  to  Isabel,  and  she  rose 
to  seek  the  linen  which  he  had  advised  her  to  keep  ready  for  such  an 
emergency.  Those  who  came  helped  her  to  carry  the  martyr's  body  into 
the  house,  and  to  prepare  it  for  burial.  Then  the  neighbours  gaUiered 
solemnly  round  for  family  worship.  They  sang  the  twenty-seventh 
Psalm.  The  quiet  words  must  have  fallen  with  singular  appropriateness 
and  comfort  upon  their  stricken  hearts : 

"  For  he,  in  his  pavilion  shfdl 
Me  hide  in  evil  days ; 
In  secret  of  his  tent  me  hide. 
And  on  a  rock  me  raise. 


A  GOOD  6TA7BB.  349 

« 
And  now,  even  at  this  present  time 

Mine  head  shall  lifted  be, 
Above  all  those  that  are  my  foes, 

And  round  encompass  me.'* 

Under  ooTer  of  the  night  many  friends  gathered  stealthQy  at  Priesthill 
to  lay  the  honoured  remains  in  a  grave  made  on  the  spot  where  John 
Brown  fell,  and  which  is  still  marked  by  a  plain  slab. 

Of  Isabel's  aflber-life  we  hear  little.  Many  friends  were  raised  up  to 
help  and  comfort  her,  and  we  are  told  that  **  she  and  her  children  did 
inherit  the  earth,  and  had  a  name  long  after  her  oppressor  was  not." — 
Condensed/ram  "  Self'Surrender.** 


HERE  is  an  accoont  of  a  pretty  little  fix  for  a  cargo  of  passengers  by 
a  mail  coach.  The  anecdote  may  be  found  in  Anthony  Trollope's 
*'  Editor's  Notes,"  in  the  chapter  devoted  to  the  literary  adventure  of 
"  Mrs.  Brumby  " : — **  There  is,  however,  nothing  more  difficult  to  achieve 
than  the  ezpuUion  of  a  woman  who  is  unwilling  to  quit  the  place  she 
occupies.     We  remember  to  have  seen  a  lady  take  possession  of  a  seat 
in  a  mail-coach  to  which  she  was  not  entitled,  and  which  had  been 
booked  and  paid  for  by  another  person.    The  agent  for  the  coaching 
bnsinesa  desired  her  with  many  threats  to  descend,  but  she  simply  replied 
that  the  journey  to  her  was  a  matter  of  such  moment  that  she  felt 
herself  called  upon  to  keep  her  place.    The  agent  sent  the  coachman  to 
pall  her  out     The  coachman  threatened  with  his  hands  as  well  as 
with  his  words,  and  then  set  the  gnard  at  her.    The  guard  attacked 
her  with  inflamed  visage  and  fearful  words  about  Her  Majesty's  mails, 
and  then  he  set  the  ostlers  at  her.    We  thought  the  ostlers  were  going 
to  handle  her  roughly,  but  it  ended  by  their  scratching  their  heads,  and 
by  a  declaration  on  the  part  of  one  of  them  that  she  was  '  the  rummest 
go  he'd  ever  seen.'    She  was  a  woman,  and  they  couldn't  touch  her.    A 
policeman  was  called  upon  for  assistance,  who  offered  to  lock  her  up, 
out  he  could  only  do  so  if  allowed  to  lock  up  the  whole  coach  as  weU. 
It  was  ended  by  the  production  of  another  coach,  by  the  exchange  of 
the  luggage  and  passengers,  b^  a  delay  of  two  hours,  and  an  em- 
barrassing possession  of  the  origmid  vehicle  by  the  lady."    We  give  the 
above  because  it  has  its  parallel  in  certain  minist^  who  cannot  be 
induced  to  more  although  everybody  is  eager  to  see  them  gone.    One 
by  one,  deacons,  subscribers,  and  friends  withdraw,  but  the  ministerial 
old  ladies  stick  to  the  empty  coach,  as  if  it  were  part  and  parcel  of 
themselves,  as  much  as  its  shell  is  an  integral  portion  of  tne  snaU. 
Hence  the  new  chapel,  which  springs  up,  and  makes  two  churches  where 
one  would  have  been  quite  enough  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  adhesive- 
ness of  an  individual.    It  is  a  great  sorrow  that  churches  should  be 
ruined  because  worthy  men  cannot  see  that  the  time  is  come  for  a  change. 
But  what  is  the  use  of  our  writing  this?    We  shall  only  put  removing 
into  the  head  of  some  brother  who  ought  to  stay  where  he  is,  while 
those  whom  it  behoves  to  move  wiU  stick  like  limpets. — G.  H.  S. 


350 


BY  J.  SALTER,  MISSIONARY  TO  THE  ASIATICS  OF  LONDON. 

m. — THE  ASIATIC  REST. 

REST !  The  word  is  sweet  Who  is  not  charmed  bj  the  pleasing^ 
soiind  of  BQch  a  note?  The  labourer,  the  warrior,  and  the- 
traveller  are  alike  inspired  by  the  prospect  of  rest.  The  word  is  inten- 
sified in  interest  and  sweetness  in  the  ear  of  the  Ohristian.  He  is  a 
laboarer  who  is  looking  forward  to  the  rest  that  remains  for  the  people 
of  God.  Perhaps  he  has  laboured  long  with  mind  and  heart ;  out  he 
shall  rest  from  his  labour  and  his  works  shall  follow  him.  He  is  a 
warrior  who  has  fought  long  and  hard  ;  but  soon  the  last  battle  with 
the  powers  of  darkness  shall  have  been  fousht,  and  he  shall  pass  oyer 
the  Jordan  to  his  inheritance,  and  the  Lord  God  shall  give  him  rest 
&om  bis  enemies.  As  a  trayeller,  often  fainting  along  life's  weary  road, 
as  he  gets  near  to  his  home,  "  The  city  which  hath  the  foundations 
whose  builder  and  whose  maker  is  the  Lord,"  he  is  cheered  with  the 
prospect  of  rest  at  home  in  the  house  of  many  mansions. 

The  Asiatic  Rest  is  intended  to  give  rest  to  the  body  of  the  travella^ 
who  has  reached  us  from  the  distant  East,  or  inner  Africa.  It  is  hoped 
that  while  these  sojourners  find  a  short  rest  for  their  weary  limbs,  utej 
may  also  find  that  eternal  rest  whid^  Christ  has  secured  for  the  soul. 
Strangers  in  a  strange  land,  where  their  languoge  and  customs  are  so 
little  understood,  and  where  there  is  scarcely  one  whom  they  can  call  a 
friend,  a  rest,  even  to  the  heathen  stranger,  cannot  but  be  appreciated. 
But  should  some  of  them  be  Christian  trayellers  on  their  way  to 
heaven,  as  some  of  them  are,  then  the  Best  becomes  an  Elim. 

AboTB  ten  thousand  heathens  visit  London  every  year.  Those  who 
have  visited  the  Beet  are  mostly  Mahometans,  varying  in  every  phase 
from  the  bigoted  Afghan  and  Arab  to  the  semi-fetish  worshipper  from 
the  Zambesi.*  But  not  unfrequently  the  Buddhist,  the  Sikh,  and  ad- 
herente  of  other  forms  of  Hinduism  are  met  at  the  Rest,  and  come  under 
the  influence  of  spiritual  truth. 

Visitors  who  can  write  like  to  enter  their  name  in  a  book,  which  is 
kept  for  that  purpose;  sometimes  they  add  the  date  of  their  visit  and 
the  name  of  their  ship ;  others  even  add  their  father's  name  and  their 
address  far  away;  some  few  have  expressed  their  pleasure  in  making- 
the  visit.  This  volume  presento  a  singular  variety  of  foreign  auto- 
graphs, written  in  Tamil,  Guzerati,  Armenian,  Abyssinian,  Chinese, 
Persian,  Burmese,  Bengalee,  Hindu,  and  Modem  Syriac  Some  have 
attempted  to  record  their  visit  in  English,  and  those  who  have  been 
educated  in  Missionary  Schools  have  done  so  with  much  credit  to  them- 
selves and  their  teachers. 

As  the  Best  is  not  intended  for  Europeans,  there  is  nothing  to  attract 
them  except  the  strange  notices  in  Persian,  Bengalee,  and  Arabic 
characters,  which  may  l^  seen  in  front  of  the  house — the  cause  of  many 

*  The  eeatem  error  has  not  yet  penetrated  to  this  great  river,  but  these  men  haT» 
mixed  much  of  their  Afooan  wonhip  wi&  the  religion  of  their  captcns. 


OUB  ASIATIO  SEAMEN.  351 

strange  and  amnsing  specnlations  ;  bat  the  Oriental  knows  at  once  there 
is  rest  for  him  withm. 

A  foreign  library  is  also  {M'OYided  for  those  who  can  read;  but  as 
numy  langnases  are  represented  it  has  been  a  difficult  work  to  get  it 
together ;  it  has,  indeed,  been  the  work  of  many  years.  The  Word  of 
Life  in  many  langnages  of  Asia  and  Africa  is  preserved  there  for  the 
nse  of  yisitors ;  a  few  of  them  are  specimens  not  easily  procared  in 
England.  Some  of  the  ralnable  issues  of  the  Lodiana  Mission  Press  are 
in  the  library,  also  the  writings  of  the  converted  Manlvee  Amad  ul 
Deen,  in  Hindufttanee ;  Dr.  Pfander's  "  Miz&n  ul  Ha^,"  in  Turkish ; 
"The  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  in  Chinese;  and  other  Oriental  productiohs 
of  European  and  native  Christians.  It  is  wonderful  how  the  divine 
hand  has  helped  in  this  difficult  work.  A  Munshee,  who  is  not  a 
Christian,  residing  in  North-west  India,  but  having  Christian  sym- 
pathies, having  heard  of  the  missionary  enterprise  in  London  sent  three 
volumes  in  Hindustanee ;  these  were  Christian  works  upon  which  he 
had  been  engaged  in  preparing  for  the  press.  Bishop  French,  of  Lahore, 
sent  several  copies  of  his  '*  Gospel  of  David";  and  Bishop  Steere,  of 
Zanzibar,  forwarded  his  Swahili  issues  from  the  press  worked  by  the 
youths  of  his  Orphanage — ^lads  rescued  from  the  slave  dhows.  Among 
these  books  the  Koran  in  the  original  language  is  introduced  that  the 
believers  in  it  may  see  there  is  no  fear  in  comparing  its  teachings  with 
the  gospel.  The  hall  at  the  Best  in  which  the  men  meet  is  decorated 
with  texts  of  Scripture  in  twelve  languages.  The  well  known  verse, — 
"  God  so  loved  the  world,"  appears  in  Hindu,  Japanese,  Guzeratee,  and 
Chinese.  ^'  I  am  the  resurrection  and  tiie  life "  is  read  in  Bengalee, 
Persian,  and  Hindee.  One  in  Arabic  tells  the  wanderer  from  the  East,. 
''Whoever  believes  on  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  be  saved."  Swahilis  and 
Malays  read,  *'  The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  His  Son,  cleanseth  us  from 
all  sin  ":  **  Unto  him  who  has  washed  us  from  our  sins  ":  '*  Thus  it 
behoved  Christ  to  suffer  and  to  rise  from  the  dead  the  third  day,  that 
repentance  and  remission  of  sins  should  be  preached  in  his  name  among 
all  nations."  Only  two  of  these  mottoes  were  procurable  in  England ; 
these  were  generously  given  by  the  Religions  Tract  Society.  AH  the 
others  have  been  written  in  large  characters  by  the  missionary  himself, 
a  labour  of  many  days,  but  it  was  the  only  diance  of  success.  Bat 
he  is  amply  rewarded  when  he  hears  the  visitors  from  the  distant  East 
read  them  out,  ask  questions  about  them,  and  make  them  the  topic  of 
conversation. 

The  missionary  found  it  almost  impossible  to  secure  a  suitable  place 
where  he  might  carry  on  the  work  he  contemplated.  The  prejudice 
against  Asiatics  iu  the  east  of  London  is  very  great.  They  are  con- 
tinually insulted,  and  often  the  insult  extends  to  something  more  than 
words ;  it  has  sometimes  been  resisted,  but  the  Asiatic  is  alivays  con- 
sidered to  be  the  offender,  and  consequently  has  to  bear  the  blame  for 
whatever  of  wrong-doing  transpires.  Hence  when  premises  were 
required  for  the  Asiatic  I&t,  objections  were  raised  to  every  application. 
It  was  thought  the  Best  would  be  a  disgrace  to  any  neighbourhood 
where  it  existed.  One  person,  the  landlord  of  the  "  Pig  and  Cabbage," 
drew  a  vivid  picture  before  the  mind  of  the  missionary  of  what  the 
result  would  be  if  he  allowed  his  property  to  be  used  for  such  a  purpose. 


352  OUB  A8UTIC  BEJUIEN. 

He  foresaw  noiBj  Malays,  Chinese  with  long  pigtails,  coal-black 
Africans,  with  East  Indians  in  romantic  apparel,  sitting  on  the  steps, 
climbing  the  wall,  and  swinging  on  the  raUings,  singing  ^'Hallelnjah" 
and  shonting  *'  Amen  "  till  midnight,  and  for  rariety's  sake  getting  up 
an  occasional  fight.  Alas !  the  Oriental  does  not  learn  the  songs  of 
Zion  so  eaisily ;  and  when  he  does  he  is  not  so  clamorous  as  the  worship- 
pers of  Bacchus,  from  whom,  perchance,  the  captain  of  the  "  Pig  and 
Cabbage "  got  his  idea.  But  after  a  doubtful  struggle  of  two  years 
the  Asiatic  Best  became  a  fact»  and  in  the  right  pl^,  opposite  the 
walls  of  the  East  India  Docks,  where  Orientals  are  continually  passing 
and  reading  the  notice  that  can  scarcely  fail  to  attract  them.  Thus 
they  often  drop  in,  perhaps  to  renew  the  acquaintance  of  many  years 
past — for  the  missionary  has  been  at  his  peculiar  work  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century ;  or,  it  may  be^  to  tell  his  trouble  and  ask  for  advice.  Some 
few,  indeed,  come  to  see  the  Koran  in  Christian  keeping ;  but  they  all 
hear  of  the  truths  contained  in  the  gospel^  and  if  tiiey  can  read  they 
take  it  away  with  them. 

It  is  a  difficult  work  to  reconcile  contending  parties  to  the  satisfaction 
of  both ;  yet  this  has  often  been  done  at  the  Best  with  better  result 
than  could  have  been  hoped  had  the  opponents  been  Europeans. 
Ishmail  came  to  the  Best  with  serious  charges  against  Mahome^  who 
was  the  head  man  of  the  Lascar  crew.  He  was  determined  to  have 
*'  satis&ction,"  but  that  was  the  satisfaction  of  the  carnal  mind ;  and  as 
he  could  not  obtain  that  by  himself  he  risited  the  missionary  to  secure 
his  influence.  But  the  Lord's-day  was  badly  chosen  for  such  a  purpose. 
He  found  the  missionary  engaged  with  a  circle  of  Asiatic  listeners,  to 
whom  he  was  explaining  and  recommending  our  Saviour's  words,  *^  Love 
your  enemies  " — a  theme  which  strikes  the  Mahommetan  with  surprise. 
Such  teaching  is  foreign  to  the  spirit  of  the  Koran  :  '*  Kill  your  enemies, 
or  enslave  them,"  is  the  injunction  of  that  book.  This  divine  teaching 
of  the  gospel  is  a  pleasing  topic  to  present  to  a  Mussulman  audience, 
or  to  contrast  with  the  vaunted  superior  revelation  of  the  Arabian 
desert — a  command  so  completely  fulfilled  in  the  life  and  death  of 
Christ.  Ishmail  was  therefore  requested  to  wait^  hoping  he  might 
catch  the  spirit  of  this  heayenly  theme,  and  then  he  was  sent  away  to 
his  ship,  and  requested  to  make  his  plaint  another  day.  He  returned 
the  next  day,  still  intent  on  his  object,  but  he  was  compelled  to  listen  to 
another  lesson  on  the  blessedness  of  forgiveness  and  reconciliation. 
Still  he  remained  inflexible,  and  he  was  left  to  take  his  own  course,  so 
he  procured  a  summons  against  Mahomet.  A  few  hours  before  the 
ship  left  London  Ishmail  entered  the  Best  in  haste,  and  with  a  smiling 
face — ^for  the  black  demon  of  revenge  had  been  cast  out  of  his  heart  by 
the  bright  angel  of  peace — *^  Padre,"  he  said,  '*  we  are  reconciled,  I 
told  MiSiomet  what  you  said,  and  he  replied, '  It  is  good ';  so  we  both 
shook  hands  and  are  friends,  I  could  not  leave  London  till  I  had  told 
you."    So  the  gospel  triumphed,  and  enemies  were  made  friends. 

Discontent  when  allowed  to  smoulder  often  breaks  out  into  open  hos- 
tility, alike  injurious  to  master  and  crew.  This,  however,  has  often 
been  stopped  and  corrected;  but  it  is  inipossible  with  some  crews, 
though  the  difficulty  lies  not  with  them.  There  are  still  masters  who 
think  slayery  a  happy  condition  for  the  black  man,  and  they  betray 


OUR  AfilATIO  SEAICBK^.  853 

their  convictioii  in  their  discipline.  In  each  cases  serious  consequences 
follow.  There  are  some  ships,  from  which  when  they  arrive  in  the  port  of 
London  desertions  are  expected,  and  they  generally  occar.  Desertion  is 
the  Asiatic  remedy  for  any  real  or  imaginary  eril,  a  remedy  which  is 
often  worse  than  the  disease;  for  a  deserter  in  London,  whatever  may 
be  his  provocation  for  leaving  his  ship,  has  no  refage,  and  is  therefore 
doomea  to  a  vagrant  life.  The  Best  has  often  taken  active  steps  to 
save  these  men  from  the  fall  consequences  of  their  rash  act,  and  in  some 
caBes  saved  them  from  prison  life,  and  not  unfreqnently  found  them  ships 
to  return  home.  Though  these  acts  of  kindness  for  helpless  strangers  are 
the  natural  outcome  of  the  Christian  faith,  it  has  still  higher  objects  in 
view ;  and  while  the  body  is  thus  saved  from  peril  and  danger  the  sal- 
vation of  the  soul  from  the  effects  of  sin  is  also  brought  to  notice. 
Sympathy  for  the  soul's  safety  fits  in  well  with  sympathy  for  the  body. 
Oar  divine  Leader  had  sympathy  for  both.  These,  therefore,  with  other 
similar  things  are  only  incidental  to  the  more  important  work.  The 
real  work  is  illuminating  the  heart,  and  leading  the  heathen  to  the 
Saviour  of  the  world. 

Before  a  Mahometan  can  accept  the  gospel  there  are  many  and 
serious  difficulties  to  be  overcome.  To  get  him  to  the  Best,  therefore,  to 
calmly  investigate  these  obstacles,  or  to  meet  his  objections  is  no  small 
pleasure  and  i^vantage.  While  the  work  is  being  investigated  preju- 
dices give  way,  lis:ht  breaks  in,  and  the  heart  is  brought  under  the 
power  of  a  new  influence. 

''Why  is  not  the  religion  of  the  Koran  adapted  to  become  the 
religion  of  the  world  V*  This  question  was  put  by  a  Mahometan 
priest  who  came  with  many  attendants  from  one  of  our  large  steam 
ships.  When  preaching  the  Word  on  board  this  vessel  the  missionary 
had  stated  that  the  religion  of  Jesus  was  the  only  faith  adapted  to  save 
the  world.  These  words  remained  unchallenged  then ;  but  now  the 
priest  and  his  party  had  come  to  the  Best  to  claim,  at  least,  the  same 
honour  for  Islam.  They  were  told  that  in  the  northern  regions  many 
heathens  had  accepted  Jesus  as  their  Saviour,  but  they  could  never 
become  true  Mahometans.  Here  is  the  reason: — ^The  ninth  month  of 
the  Mahometan  year  is  Barman.*  This  mouth  is  considered  to  be  very 
holy,  for  we  are  told  the  Koran  began  to  come  down  from  heaven  on 
the  27th  of  this  month.  In  the  chapter  called  Sura  i  Bagr,  a  fast  is 
proclaimed  during  this  month  in  these  words :  *'  The  month  of  Bamzan 
shall  ye  fast,  for  in  it  the  Koran  was  sent  down  from  heaven."  No 
faithful  Mahometan  would  neglect  the  enjoined  fast,  which  lasts  as  long 
as  the  sun  is  above  the  horizon.  In  the  North  the  sun  is  above  the 
horizon  for  three  months, — how  can  the  people  there  be  Mahometans  ? 
Some  of  the  hearers  would  not  believe  there  was  any  part  of  the 
globe  where  the  sun  could  shuie  so  long ;  but  the  best  informed  ad- 
mitted that  it  was  so,  and  the  explanation  offered  was  that  in  the  pro- 
Jhet's  days  these  people  in  the  North  were  not  then  known ;  so  that 
[ahomet  could  not  ma^e  provision  for  a  people  of  whom  he  had  never 
heard.    This  explanation  was  admitted;  but  it  makes  the  Koran  the 

*  CoUAd  Rumndan  east  of  fhe  Indus,  and  Ramtban  on  the  east  coast  of  Africa,  the 
Z  (zwad)  l)eing  pronounced  differently  in  different  places. 

23 


854  OUB  A8IATI0  BSAMBir. 

reyeiation  of  Mahomet  and  not  of  Ood,  who  knows  all  things  from 
the  beginning  to  the  end.  This  presented  a  flATonrable  opportunity  to 
recommend  the  gospel  that  presents  a  Savionr  for  the  world,  and  exerts 
an  inflnence  in  the  torrid  and  frigid  zones  alike.  As  these  visitors 
retired  the  well  known  exclamation  was  heard, — *'  Wa !  Wa  1  Wa ! 
Three  months'  day  and  the  prophet  did  not  know  it !  *'  They  came  to 
recommend  the  Koran  and  took  away  the  gospel 

Malays  are  more  accessible  to  the  truth  than  the  East  Indians 
and  Arabs.     A  Malay  who  had  been  attracted  by  the  gospel  fte- 

Jnently  visited  the  Best.  His  ship  was  manned  by  Malagasses, 
apanese,  Persians,  and  others.  He  habitually  brought  some  of  these 
witii  him  to  hear  and  receive  the  Word.  M^omet  and  his  Koran 
are  never  referred  to  at  the  Best,  unless  they  are  brought  to  the 
firont  by  visitors.  In  this  case  nothing  for  some  days  was  said 
about  them ;  the  gospel  was  read  and  explained  ;  the  love  of  Gk)d  was 
set  forth,  and  the  sacrifice  of  Calva^  for  sin  was  brought  to  notice,  and 
recommended.  The  mind  of  the  Malay  gradually  be^une  informed  in 
spiritual  things,  and  they  seemed  almost  as  insensibly  to  occupy  his 
heart.  After  an  exposition  at  one  of  these  visits,  he  paused,  still  holding 
the  Testament  in  his  hand :  '*  I  have  heurd,"  he  said,  **  that  Christians 
do  not  believe  in  the  Koran  nor  Mahomet.  They  say  both  are  Mae. 
Is  it  so  ?  "  Being  thus  questioned,  a  comparison  between  the  Koran 
and  the  gospel  followed.  The  Koran  reads : — ^*  They  slew  him  [Jesus] 
not,  neither  did  they  crucify  him;  he  was  represented  by  one  in  his 
likeness."*  Ohrist  si^s,  **  I  lay  down  my  life  for  the  sheep,"  and  it  is 
written,  **  They  crucified  him  between  two  thieves."  The  Malay  saw 
that  the  Koran  and  the  gospel  could  not  both  be  revelations  from  God — 
one  of  them  must  be  rejected.  He  was  silent ;  for  a  war  between  truth 
and  error,  light  and  darkness,  was  going  on  within.  He  passed  his 
Testament  from  hand  to  hand,  scanned  rapidly  its  pages,  and  was 
restless.  Finally  the  victory  was  gained,  and  he  said  with  a  firm  and 
decided  energy,  *'  If  I  must  decide  between  Ohrist  and  Mahomet  I  will 
decide  for  Ohrist,  and  will  cast  Mahomet  and  the  Koran  away."  During 
the  remainder  of  his  stay  in  London  nothing  was  known  to  transpire 
inconsistent  with  this  decision. 

The  missionary  often  reads  the  gospel  to  an  audience  of  Swahilis. 
On  board  a  large  steamer  these  men  gathered  round  him  to  hear  the 
Word  in  their  own  tongue.  This  audience  consisted  of  men  with  teeth 
filed  to  a  point,  skins  as  black  as  ebony,  and  with  Mbal  markp  that 
connected  them  with  the  Makua,  Mayao,  Magenda,  and  other  central 
African  tribes.  One  of  these,  named  EUa,  stepped  to  the  firont  to  tell 
what  he  knew  of  the  gospel ;  and  afterwards  he  became  a  constant 
visitor  at  the  Best,  bringing  several  of  his  swarthy  countrymen  with  him. 
Most  of  these  became  &vou»ble  to  the  truth,  and  Elia  became  of  con- 
siderable use  among  them.  His  history  is  worthy  a  short  record.  He 
was  captured  by  the  slave-hunters  on  the  African  wold.  His  parents 
were  killed  in  the  savage  encounter,  and  he  was  carried  off  to  the 
slave-market  at  Zanzib^,  to  be  bartered  away.  He  was  crammed 
into  a  slave  dhow,  with  some  sixty  children  in  the  same  unfortunate 

*  SuiaiNisi. 


OTTB  A8UTI0  BEAMEK.  855 

condition.  Il  British  cruiser  captured  this  Arab  thief  and  his  dhow  with 
its  human  freight.  Elia  was  transferred  to  the  orphanage  at  Shuram- 
poor,  where  he  was  educated  in  Christian  truths,  and  received  the  name 
hj  which  we  know  him.  He  became  a  fair  scholar  in  English  and 
Swahili,  and  was  sent  to  the  new  mission-stations  at  Mombas  !  But  he 
became  dissatisfied  with  the  pay  and  duties  of  a  teacher  at  an  African 
mission- station.  He  left  the  school  and  joined  a  steamer  which  was 
cruising  about  Zanzibar,  Mauritius,  and  other  islands  in  the  same  seas. 
Shortly  afterwards  he  made  a  Yoyage  to  Europe,  and  encountered  a 
-severe  storm  in  the  North  Sea.  In  this  terrible  crisis  the  good  teaching 
of  Shurrarpoor  and  Mombas  came  vividly  to  mind,  and  he  felt  that  he 
bad  greatly  sinned  in  running  away  from  the  work  of  the  Lord  at 
Mombas.  He  saw  a  close  parallel  between  his  own  sin  and  that  of  the 
prophet  Jonah,  and  he  anticipated  some  serious  consequences  as  the 
result  of  his  disobedience.  The  ship  was  wrecked,  some  lives  were  lost, 
but  Elia  escaped  safe  to  land,  thankful  that  his  life  had  been  spared  so 
that  he  had  an  opportunity  to  show  what  his  vows  were  worth  which  he 
bad  made  in  the  time  of  trouble.  These  were  the  circumstances  under 
^hich  he  visited  the  Asiatic  Best. 

Another  of  his  countrymen  deserves  some  notice.  Solmon  was  not 
captured  by  the  slave-hunter,  but  was  the  offspring  of  those  who  had 
been  seized  in  Africa  and  sold  in  the  slave-market.  He  was  bom  at 
Karachee.  His  father  died  while  he  was  yet  a  child.  His  mother 
wished  to  make  a  scholar  of  him,  and  for  that  purpose  sent  him  to 
Dr.  Steere's  school  at  that  place.  She  desired  him  to  acauire  all 
the  information  he  could;  but  made  him  promise  he  would  have 
nothing  to  do  with  the  Christian  faith.  But  five  years'  training  in 
school  under  the  superintendence  of  Dr.  Steere  left  a  fistvourable  im- 

Sression  of  Christianity  on  his  mind.  In  September,  1879,  his  mother 
ied,  and  two  months  afterwards  he  was  seated  reading  the  Word  at  the 
Asiatic  Best.  He  expressed  his  desire  to  accept  the  ^viour,  but  stated 
his  difliculty — ^the  promise  he  was  under  to  nis  deceased  and  beloved 
mother  to  reject  Christianity.  He  anxiously  asked,  '*  Must  I  keep  my 
promise  to  my  mother  ?  "  We  endeavoured  to  resolve  the  difficulty  by 
explaining  that,  although  his  mother  had  doubtless  recommended  him 
to  do  the  best  things  according  to  her  knowledge  and  understanding, 
8he  had  never  heard  of  the  way  of  salvation,  and,  moreover,  it  was  a 

auestion  which  affected  his  own  eternal  interests,  for  his  soul's  safety 
epended  on  his  receiving  the  Saviour.  These  arguments  did  not  seem 
sufficient  at  that  time  to  induce  him  to  decide.  In  May,  1881,  he 
returned  to  the  Best  fully  decided  for  Christ,  and  had  also  induced  his 
cousin  to  make  the  same  happy  choice.  He  has  proved  a  very  useful 
man  among  his  countrymen.  He  has  been  supplied  with  books  on 
•each  voyage,  classes  have  been  formed  on  board  ship,  and  the  mis- 
donary  has  presented  a  New  Testament  to  each  one  who  could  read. 

A  Bengalee  Hindoo  had  been  instructed  in  some  measure  b^  a  priest 
at  Calcutta  in  the  Boman  Catholic  faith.  Fortunately  this  pnest  loved 
his  Bible,  and  he  instructed  his  Hindoo  pupil  in  its  truths,  so  that  he 
acquired  much  spiritual  light  Some  things  in  connection  with  his 
newly-adopted  faith  did  not  please  him;  bat  he  hoped  to  like  them 
better  as  he  became  better  acquainted  with  the  "  mysteries."    He  made 


356  OUB  A8UTI0  SEAMEN. 

the  discoyeiy  at  the  Best  that  he  had  adopted  some  castomB  that  haci 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  religion.  The  worship  of  pictures,  relics, 
and  saints  was  among  the  '*  mysteries  "  he  did  not  fally  nnderstand,  for 
he  still  retained  some  doubts  whether  the  hero  gods  of  India  were  not 
as  worthy  of  honour  as  some  of  the  saints  whose  names  he  had  been 
taught  to  invoke.  He  was  pleased  to  know  this  was  not  warranted  by 
God's  Word,  and  he  readily  gave  it  up.  Other  errors  were  relinquished  f 
but  confession  to  the  priest  he  gave  up  with  reluctance. 

''  The  disciples  of  our  Lord  confessed  to  the  priests,  did  they  not  ?  '* 
he  enquired ;  for  he  had  been  told  they  did,  and  he  considered  their 
practice  ample  authority. 

*'  Yes,''  was  the  reply,  "  one  of  them  confessed  to  a  priest,  but  he 
weut  away  and  hanged  himself  afterwards." 

The  case  of  Judas,  we  are  bound  to  admit,  was  not  a  very  satisfac- 
tory illustration ;  but  as  it  was  the  only  instance  of  confession  to  a 
priest  by  a  disciple  of  Christ,  and  the  death  that  followed  his  confession 
was  BO  terrible,  our  Asiatic  friend  gave  up  this  error  also. 

Daniel  Ha  Shamshin  was  found  in  an  opium  smoking-room.  When 
the  missionary  had  ceased  speaking  to  the  visitors  of  the  opium-house, 
the  man  remarked,  *'  You  are  working  for  the  Lord  Jesus."  It  was  soon 
discovered  that  he  was  a  believer  astray.  He  became  a  frequent  visitor 
at  the  Best,  and  was  introduced  to  Christian  friends.  It  often  occurs 
that  our  temporal  aud  spiritual  conditions  improve  together.  It  was  so 
with  this  ChincBe.  He  obtained  employment  on  boa^  a  ship  going  to 
Anstralia.  His  last  request  on  leaving  the  Best  was,  '*  Pray  for  me  ;  I 
shall  be  away  at  sea,  and  perhaps  at  work  while  you  will  be  gathered 
together  worshipping  Ood  and  singing  his  praises." 

We  will  finish  our  sketches  at  the  Best  with  an  Abyssinian.  He  gave 
his  name  simply  "  Sam,"  and  by  that  name  he  is  stiU  remembered,  and 

5 rayed  for.  He  was  the  offspring  of  a  Christian  mother  and  a  native 
ew.  His  father,  however,  adopted  his  mother's  faith.  The  youn^ 
Abyssinian  was  chosen  to  be  one  of  King  Theodore's  soldiers,  ana 
he  was  brought  to  London  with  the  victorious  army  after  the  fall  of 
Magdala.  The  light  of  the  Abyssinian  church  shines  no  brighter  than 
that  of  the  Greek,  so  that  Sam  was  not  instructed  in  saving  trutiL  The 
Amharic  Bible  at  the  Best  was  the  first  he  had  seen  in  England.  He 
often  perused  it  with  pleasure,  and  was  very  teachable.  He  accepted 
truth  with  pleasing  readiness  as  he  saw  it  revealed  in  the  Scriptures. 
Not  long  aner  he  became  a  visitor  at  the  Best  he  was  led  by  a  gracious 
providence  to  ship  under  a  Christian  captain  who  cares  for  the  souls  of 
his  crew.  The  Abyssinian  and  others  who  work  this  ship  over  the 
blue  seas  are  much  indebted  to  this  captain  for  the  spiritual  light  they 
have  received.  The  Abyssinian  is  now  a  rejoicing  believer  in  the  Lord 
Jesus, 


857 

BY  THOMAS  SPUBGEON. 

THERE  iB  jast  now  in  the  garden  attached  to  the  honse  from  which 
I  am  writing  an  old  hen  who  has  no  legitimate  connection  with 
either  honse  or  garden,  bnt  has  trespassed  to  find  a  place  where  she  may 
lay  her  young.  Bight  in  the  track  of  a  proposed  bridle-path  she  has 
ensconced  herself,  and  no  one  conld  be  nnkind  enough  to  tnm  her  ofi. 
Trae,  she  has  no  business  there,  bnt  having  hoisted  her  little  red  flag, 
and  claimed  the  corner  as  her  own,  possession  becomes  nine  parts  of  the 
law,  and  she  shall  sit  upon  her  throne  of  shells  nntil  the  little  subjects 
under  her  have  had  enough  of  that  yolk^  and  break  out  into  insurrec- 
tion. Day  and  night  that  faithful  incubator  sits,  and  only  leaves  her 
nest  for  a  few  minutes  jast  to  stretch  her  legs  and  fill  her  crop. 

At  such  a  time  a  handful  of  oats  disappears  with  wonderful  haste, 
and,  that  hurried  meal  over,  Dame  Dorkmg  returns  to  her  labour  of 
love.  Having  occasion  to  pass  that  way  several  times  in  the  course  of 
a  day,  I  have  over  and  over  again  been  struck  with  the  pensive  appear- 
ance of  my  feathered  friend, — I  have  wondered  if  she  contemplates  the 
past  or  anticipates  the  future.  I  incline  to  the  belief  that  ner  little 
twinkling  eye  is  trying  to  pierce  that  far-beyond,  and  that  the  careworn 
•expression  of  her  face  arises  from  the  fact  tiiat  she  is  cogitating  as  to 
what  will  be  the  result  of  her  untiring  efforts.  She  has  thirteen  eggs 
under  her,  and  seems  to  be  wondering  how  many  chicks  will  chirp 
around  her.  I  warrant  she  expects  a  baker's  dozen.  At  any  rate  she 
spares  no  pains  to  secure  that  outcome.  Yet  it  is  hardly  likely  she  will 
be  so  successful,  and  to  spare  her  disappointment  I  mean  to  advise  her 
to  hope  only  for  nine  or  ten.  I  expect,  however,  that  she  will  not 
swallow  my  exhortation  as  eagerly  as  she  does  my  oats.* 

Lest  I  should  be  accused  of  casting  pearls  before  fowls,  I  turn  the 
-current  of  my  counsel  man-wards.  List,  then,  0  fellow  mortals, — 
^  How  much  better  are  ye  than  the  fowls" — while  I  harangue  you  con- 
cerning counting  your  chickens  before  they  are  hatched  1  This  is  a 
branch  of  mental  arithmetic  which  comes  naturally  to  most  people. 
One  need  not  be  quick  at  figures  to  be  a  veritable  ^'  Ready-reckoner  " 
concerning  what  is  yet  to  be,  and  to  talk  like  a  book  about  probabilities* 
Dunces  at  school  may  be  adepts  at  this.  He  who  is  daft  at  all  else  is 
-deft  here.  Many  a  man  who  can't  say  "  Boo  to  a  goose  "  could  tell  at 
a  glance  (almost  without  it)  what  her  sitting  wiU  produce,  and  how 
much  the  goslings  will  fetch.  8ome  who  don't  know  a  hawk  from  a 
handsaw  can  divine  immediately  how  many  little  hawks  will  break  forth 
into  singing  (?)  from  half  a  score  of  eggs.  I  suppose  this  is  done  by  a 
sort  of  second  sights  and  if  the  conclusions  were  always  correct,  well 
might  we  covet  such  a  gift.  But,  unfortunately,  these  arithmeticians 
often  overshoot  the  mark,  and  prove  lamentably  out.  They  looked  for 
much,  and  lo,  it  came  to  little!    Of  course,  the  fault  was  not  in  their 

*  Since  writing  the  above  the  queen  has  been  dethroned,  and  ten  little  wayward 
•chickabiddies  wander  at  their  own  sweet  wiU,  and  only  hearken  to  the%natemal  call 
when  fear  or  hunger  prompts  obedience.  Dame  Dorking  looks  a  litUe  sad  that  tiiere  are 
only  ten ;  but  didn*t  I  Ulfher  so  f 


858  MSBTAL  ABITHUETIC. 

calculation.  Something  or  other  went  wrong  which  quite  upset  their 
apple-cart  and  turned  Uie  tables.  They  had  everythmg  cut  and  dried ; 
but  the  friend  cut  off,  and  the  brook  dried  up.  There  was  to  have  been 
a  good  spread  at  dinner-time;  but  the  butcher  didn't  come,  and  the 
grocer  disappointed  them,  so  the  the  guests  had  to  be  oont^it  with 
bread  and  pull  it  This  would  not  hare  mattered  so  much  had  not  the 
bill  of  fare  been  so  elaborate.  Certainly,  '*  accidents  will  happen  in  the 
best,"  etc,  etc.  Then  it  is  wisest  to  be  prepared  for  such  contingencies^, 
and  hare  sixpenn'orth  of  something-or-other  in  the  larder  for  the  rainy 
day. 

It  does  not  do  to  trust  men  any  more  than  eggs.  They  mayn't  shell 
out  after  all.  Expectation  may  be  very  well  as  a  rule,  but  tJiere's  no 
rule  without  an  exception.  Hope  that  is  no  hope  maketh  ashamed. 
"  Shall ''  and  "  Will "  ought  to  be  good  friends  with ''  But "  and  "  If,'^ 
for  ttiey  live  next  door  to  each  other ;  but  near  neighbours  are  often 
forgotten.  In  these  busy,  bustling  times  there  are  too  many  tower- 
builders  who  have  not  first  considered  the  cost ;  too  many  combatants 
who  ha?e  not  reckoned  the  odds.  What  wonder,  then,  that  foreheads 
are  furrowed  and  faces  sad.  Disappointment  and  vexation  are  the  twin 
children  of  Kashness  and  Presumption.  ''Look  before  yon  leap": 
think  twice  before  you  speak,  and  thrice  before  you  act  Leave  a  good 
margin  in  all  your  calculations  for  possible  mishaps  and  failures.  lYom 
a  Christian  point  of  yiew  this  too  .ready-reckoning  is  highly  repre- 
hensible. There  is  no  class  in  6od*s  school  for  such  arithmetic.  If  he 
teaches  us  to  number  our  days,  it  is  so  that  we  may  appl^  our  hearts 
unto  wisdom,  and  he  would  have  us  count  all  other  things  in  the  same 
spirit.  A  true  Christian  need  never  be  disappointed,  for  he  feels  positiTO 
of  nothing  except  the  exceeding  great  and  precious  promises.  £!adi  of 
these  golden  eggs  he  knows  will  turn  put  well.  As  regards  temporal 
matters  he  has  no  inordinate  expectations.  He  has  hopes  and  aims,  it 
is  true, — alas  for  the  man  who  has  not ! — but  these  are  all  subject  to 
the  divine  will  and  wish.  He  has  learnt  how  uncertain  and  how  un- 
stable are  the  things  of  the  earth,  and  therefore  contents  himself  with 
diligence  in  business,  and  an  exercise  of  such  powers  as  God  has  given 
him.  To  the  Lord  he  leaves  the  rest.  His  proposals  are  ever  entirely 
subject  to  God*s  disposals,  and  he  rejoices  to  have  them  so.  If  he  builds 
a  nest  he  expects  to  have  it  shaken  with  the  wind,  and  is  not  surprised 
if  robbers  steal  the  eggs.  He  himself  writes  **  mortal "  upon  his  dearest 
treasures,  and  so  slight  is  his  hold  on  what  he  has  already,  that  he  does 
not  look  for  more.  Knowing  how  frail  the  eggs  are,  he  never  dreams  of 
over-estimating  the  possible  brood.  Thus,  when  the  end  is  reached  he 
is  not  case  down,  for  he  has,  at  least,  as  much  as  he  hoped  for,  or  he 
may  be  rejoicing  in  the  abundance  of  tiie  blessing.  Anyhow,  he  goes 
on  singings 

"  What  maj  be  my  future  lot, 

Well,  I  know,  concerns  me  not ; 
This  ahoald  set  my  heart  at  rest, 
What  thy  will  ordains  is  best." 

Perhaps  this  is  rather  what  the  Christian  ought  to  be  than  what  he  is. 
The  most  trustful  amongst  us  have  hoped  and  looked  for  more  than  was. 


HO  FEAB^  KO  HOPS.  359 

oar  ahare.  Bat  what  a  mercy  it  is  that  some  of  the  thingB  we  wanted 
never  fell  to  oar  lot !  Oh,  if  all  our  expectations  bad  been  sncceBsfolly 
hatched,  what  a  brood  we  shoald  hare ;  bat  what  a  deal  of  looking  after 
they  would  need !  I  fear  me  we  shoald  be  like  the  antiqaated  lady  who 
resided  in  a  shoe,  for  we  shoald  not  only  wish  to  pat  the  nnmeroos 
members  of  the  family  to  bed,  bat  shoald  be  glad  to  smother  them  as 
well. 

When  sach  little  ones  become  a  thonsand,  we  tarn  instincti?ely  iron: 
adding  to  componnd  diyision.  ^'NoUiing  sacceeds  like  saccess/'  they 
say ;  bat  it  often  sacceeds  in  raining  a  man  for  life.  Many  haye  been 
at  infinite  pains  to  rear  cnrses  for  themselves.  They  have  toiled  to 
"  make  their  pile,"  and  have  at  last  been  baried  in  its  rains.  They 
have  brooded  so  long  over  the  golden  egg,  and  hatched  it  so  snccess- 
fally,  that  it  grew  a  pair  of  wings  and  flew  away.  What  a  blessing  that 
we  are  sometimes  oat  of  oar  reckoning !  If  God's  appointment  involves 
our  disappointment,  the  loss  becomes  oar  profit,  and  the  lack  ptoves  oar 
traest  lack.  Be  it  oars,  then,  to  ''  take  no  thonght  for  the  morrow," 
bat "  in  patieaoe  to  wait  on  Him  still."  Sore  of  having  bread  and 
water,  all  other  things  will  be  esteemed  as  Inzaries  and  nnezpected 
favoors.  Grand  schemes  for  the  fntare,  and  ''  Great  Expectations  "  are 
not  for  strangers  and  pilgrims  who  seek  a  better  conntry  and  an  abiding 
city. 

^  Leave  to  the  godless  world 
•  To  coont  its  imbatcbed  chicks, 
The  fool  to  satisfy  his  soul 
With  bursting  barns  and  ricks/'^ 

"  We  count  nought  here  secure 
Except  the  promises, — 
Exceediog  great  and  precious  theji 
Eternal  verities  I  '* 

**  On  these,  and  on  the  God 

Who  made  them,  we  depend  ; 
On  him  who,  having  loved  his  own. 
Will  love  them  to  the  end.** 

(To  he  continued.) 


^0  ivxh  ^^  ^w^ 

MB.  ROBERT  OWEN  once  visited  a  gentleman  who  was  a  be- 
liever. In  walking  oat  they  came  to  the  gentleman's  family 
grave,  Owen  addressing  him  said, '*  There  is  one  advantage  I  have  over 
Christians,  I  am  not  ^raid  to  die  ;  most  Christians  are  afraid  to  die ; 
bat  if  some  of  my  basiness  were  settled,  I  shoald  be  perfectly  willing 
to  die  at  any  moment."  "Well,"  said  his  companion,  ''yon  say  yoa 
have  no  fear  in  death — ^have  yoa  aay  hope  in  death  ? "  After  a 
solemn  panse  he  replied,  **IfoJ"  "Then,"  replied  the  gentleman, 
pointing  to  an  ox  standing  near,  "yon  are  on  a  level  with  that  brate  ; 
he  has  led  till  he  is  satistied,  and  stands  in  the  shade  whisking  off  the 
flies,  and  has  neither  hop3  nor  fear." 


BY  6.   HOLDEN  PIKE. 

IN  looking  tbrongh  the  foar  smnptuonslj  illaBtrated  Tolames  lately 
published  by  Messrs.  Fetter,  Gassell,  Galpin  &  Oo. — '*The  Sea:  Its 
StirrlDg  Story  of  Adventure,  Peril,  and  Heroism,''  we  haye  been  par- 
ticnlarly  stmck  with  the  wide  scope  and  absorbing  interest  of  the 
snbject.  ^'  One  can  hardly  gaze  npon  the  great  ocean  without  feelings 
akin  to  awe  and  reverence,"  remarks  the  author.  *' Whether  yiewed 
from  some  promontory  where  the  eye  seeks  in  vain  another  restine 
place,  or  when  sailing  over  tiie  deep,  one  looks  round  on  the  unbounded 
eipanse  of  waters,  the  sea  must  always  give  rise  to  ideas  of  infinite 
space  and  indefinable  mystery  hardly  pfu*al]eled  by  anything  of  the 
earth  itself."  The  chapters  which  follow  amply  prove  the  frnitfnlness 
of  the  theme  ;  for  Mr.  Wjmper  is  able  to  write  of  adventures  in  war,  of 
enterprise  during  peace,  and  to  show,  in  a  wonderful  narrative,  how  our 
vast  shipping  interests  have  grown  from  small  beginnings  to  their 
present  dimensions.  He  takes  his  readers  round  the  world  in  a  man-of- 
war,  discourses  on  great  voyages  or  scientific  expeditions,  and  finds 
something  enlightening  to  say  about  light-houses,  life-boats,  and  break- 
waters, even  touching  on  the  darker  subject  of  wreckers  and  mutiny. 
Though  such  a  book  is  on  land  of  almost  perennial  interest,  we  should 
not  advise  the  constitutionally  nervous  to  consult  its  pages  during  the 
sometimes  tedious  hours  of  a  long  voyage ;  for  the  narratives  of  dangers 
incurred,  of  hairbreadth  escapes,  and  of  appalling  catastrophes  might 
prove  more  exciting  than  edifying,  especially  while  the  waves  were 
running  high  or  whue  the  horizon  threatened  a  storm.  To  be  thoroughly 
appreciated  such  a  book  must  be  read  on  terra  firma ;  and  there  it  will 
prove  an  intellectual  feast. 

While,  however,  a  book  like  *'  The  Sea**  may  be  valued  or  recom- 
mended, we  do  not  find  in  it  the  materids  suitable  for  our  present  pur- 
Sose.  We  do  not  undervalue  all  the  good  things  relating  to  adventure, 
iccovery  and  enterprise,  which  Mr.  Wymper  has  brought  together ;  but 
at  the  same  time  we  are  conscious  that  many  things  of  another  kind 
have  taken  place  on  the  trackless  ocean — occurrences  which  show  how 
God's  spiritual  kingdom  is  quite  as  diversified  as  that  of  nature.  If  the 
term  is  properly  understood  there  is  more  romance  in  truth  than  there 
is  in  fiction. 

It  would  have  redounded  more  to  our  credit  as  a  professedly  Christian 
nation,  if  the  Church  had  earlier  done  something  to  ameliorate  the 
British  sailor's  deplorable  spiritual  condition.  Even  the  Methodist 
Bevival  of  the  last  century  seems  to  have  benefited  all  classes  without 
any  organized  effort  having  been  made  to  reach  that  great  multitude 
lAo  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships.  The  consequence  was,  that  hardly 
more  than  two  generations  ago  the  marines  calling,  either  in  the  navu 
or  mercantile  service,  was  one  which  could  have  no  attractions  for  a 
respectable  man ;  indeed,  many  stately  vessels,  especially  of  the  man-of- 
war  class,  were  little  better  than  floating-hells.  While  on  the  main,  life 
was  monotonous  in  its  every-day  profanity ;  in  port  the  unchecked 
debauchery,  even  on  board,  was  too  terrible  to  be  described.    Then,  of 


THB  BIBLE  OK  THE  SEA.  361 

course,  the  Bailors'  qnarters  of  any  large  port  partook  of  the  character  of 
the  inhabitants,  dmnkenness,  outrage  ana  murder  having  at  last  become 
too  ordinary  in  their  occurrence  to  attract  attention.  When  the  battle 
of  Waterloo  was  fought,  such  a  thing  as  a  Bethel-flag  was  unknown  in 
the  wide  world,  while  a  Ood-fearing  sailor  was  one  of  the  rarest  wonders 
of  creation.  Now,  thanks  to  the  operations  of  the  British  and  Foreign 
Sailors'  Society,  the  Bethel-flag  inyites  to  prayer  in  both  home  and 
foreign  ports,  while  Christian  mariners  are  the  yery  salt  of  many  a 
little  community  on  the  ocean.  The  cause  is  one  of  the  best  which  can 
be  undertaken,  and  doubtless  would  be  better  supported  if  people  pro- 
perly realized  the  yast  extent  of  our  commerce,  the  great  numbers 
engaged  in  it,  and  the  gain  which  must  accrue  to  the  nation  generally 
from  the  service  of  a  well  ordered  body  of  mariners. 

Perhap  it  has  not  occurred  to  the  reader,  that  the  leading  preachers 
of  the  eighteenth  century  Beyival  had  at  different  times  much  to  do 
with  the  sea — ^Whitefield,  as  well  as  both  of  the  Wesleys,  crossed  and 
recrossed  the  Atlantic ;  Medley,  of  Liverpool,  had  been  a  sailor,  so  had 
also  John  Newton,  while  the  godly  Joss,  who  sometimes  preached  for 
Whitefield,  was  a  quondam  captain.  During  one  of  their  earlier  voyages 
the  brothers  Wesley  read  the  Bible  together  for  hours  every  morning*, 
but  not  having  as  yet  gof  clear  of  their  Oxford  Pharisaism,  the  mere 
reading  was  found  not  to  take  away  the  fear  of  death.  On  one  occasion 
at  iSEunily  prayer,  and  while  a  psalm  was  being  read,  a  tremendous  sea 
suddenly  broke  over  the  ship,  threatening  to  engulf  the  little  barque  in 
the  foaming  waters ;  but  great  as  was  the  terrified  commotion  among 
the  English,  the  Moravians  sung  on  as  if  nothing  had  happened.  For 
the  first  time  the  founder  of  Methodism  learned  that  men  could  be 
lifted  above  every  slavish  fear;  and  thus  it  was  that  Wesley  after- 
wards drew  a  comparison  between  a  smooth  and  rough  sea — ''A  mind 
calmed  by  the  love  of  Ood,  and  one  torn  up  by  the  storm  of  earthly 
passion." 

The  particulars  of  the  lives  of  Samuel  Medley,  who  after  having  been 
wounded  in  the  sanguinary  action  with  the  French  fleet  off  Gape  Lagos, 
on  August  18th,  1759,  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Liver- 

E>ol;  of  John  Newton,  who  was  for  years  rector  of  St.  Mary  Woolnoth, 
ombard-street;  and  of  the  quaint  Oaptain  Joss,  the  occasional  coad- 
JQtor  of  Whitefield,  in  themselves  exceptionally  interesting;  but  having 
been  so  frequently  given,  we  will  illustrate  the  power  of  the  Bible 
among  rovers  on  the  sea  from  fields  which  have  been  less  often  gleaned. 
In  the  old  daySy  before  Bethel-flags  or  missions  to  seamen  were 
thought  of,  officers  of  classical  education,  and  the  most  genteel  rearing, 
were  accustomed  to  suppose  that  the  common  men  in  the  service  would 
take  no  notice  of  what  superiors  said  unless  plenty  of  oaths  were  mingled 
with  the  instructions  given.  Something  like  eighty  years  ago,  an 
officer  of  Nelson's  ship  Vioiort,  which  still  serves  as  flag-ship  in  rorts- 
mouth  harbour,  said  to  a  friend  that  no  officer  could  live  at  sea  without 
swearing,  adding  that  it  was  common  sea-language,  and  a  commander 
who  did  not  deal  out  oaths  would  only  be  stared  at  as  a  land-lubber, 
while  left  to  do  the  work  himself.  At  the  same  time  that  this  officer 
was  serving  on  the  Yiotoby,  however,  there  was  a  set  of  men  in  the 
▼esvel  who  read  the  Bible ;  and  ''those  men  never  wanted  swearing  at," 


362  THE  BIBLE  ON  THE  SEA. 

the  genilemen  went  on  to  remark :  ''  the  dogs  were  the  best  seamea  od 
board.  Every  man  knew  his  daty^  and  every  man  did  his  dnty  ;  they 
used  to  meet  together  and  sing  hymns,  and  nobody  dared  molest  them, 
the  commander  would  not  have  suffered  it."  This  company,  showing 
DO  disposition  to  mix  with  their  profane  comrades,  were  allowed  to  mess 
alone,  and  all  of  them  passed  through  the  ordeal  of  the  Battle  of  Tra- 
falgar without  receiving  any  hurt.  In  other  cases,  whether  in  the  army 
or  the  navy,  many  Methodists,  as  they  were  called,  were  killed,  hononr* 
ing  God  and  encouraging  comrades  in  the  faith  by  their  triumphant 
bearing  in  death.  ' 

An  aged  sailoivwho  lived  early  in  the  present  century  once  remarked 
that,  if  able  to  speak  to  sea-faring  men  in  general,  he  would  say, 
'*  Tempt  not  the  faithless  ocean  without  this  precious  guide";  while  to 
ship-masters  themselves  he  would  ea?,  **  Bather  attempt  to  send  yonr  ship 
without  a  rudder  than  her  crew  without  a  Bible."  In  the  course  of  forty 
years'  experience,  this  yeteran  had  experienced  a  number  of  striking 
deliverances ;  ''  but  in  every  difficulty,"  he  said,  '^  I  always  fonnd  in  my 
Bible  that  which  enabled  me  to  trust  in  him  whom  winds  and  sea  obey. 
In  every  storm  I  sought  direction  from  it,  and  never  was  disappointed."^ 
This  man  had  a  son,  who,  like  his  father,  deyeloped  into  a  Ood-fearing 
sailor ;  and  on  one  memorable  occasion,  when  off  Newfoundland,  the 
vessel,  a  small  one,  sprung  a  leak,  and  though  the  crew  threw  away  a  large 
part  of  the  cargo,  and  worked  the  pumps  for  six  days,  the  water  in- 
creased to  four  feet  in  depth.  In  the  midst  of  this  crisis  a  prayer- 
meeting  was  held  in  the  cabin,  no  one  at  the  moment  expecting  that  the 
water-logged  craft  could  live  through  the  night.  As  they  stood  at  the 
table  confronting  one  another  in  the  near  prospect  of  death,  the  captain 
opened  the  Bible  to  read  another  chapter,  when  his  eyes  alighted  on 
Acts  xxviii.  22 :  ''  Now  I  exhort  you  to  be  of  good  cheer :  for  there 
shall  be  no  loss  of  any  man's  life  among  yon,  but  of  the  ship."  The 
effect  was  miraculous;  for  not  only  was  physical  strength  renewed,  but 
faith  that  the  Lord  would  deUver  them  at  once  drove  away  despondency. 
In  the  course  of  the  night  the  wind  fell,  and  at  daylight  a  sail  was  seen 
to  be  coming  in  their  direction.  Taking  to  their  boats,  the  little  com- 
pany rowed  for  their  lives,  and  soon  after  they  were  on  board  of  the 
passing  ship— -their  own  went  down  like  a  stone. 

The  Bible  in  the  above  instance  had  been  habitually  consulted  uid 
honoured  ;  but  in  not  a  few  cases  the  Book  has  turned  up  to  give 
counsel  in  a  moment  of  anguish  or  of  danger,  after  having  lain^  neg- 
lected or  forgotten  for  months,  or  even  years.  Of  course,  no  Christian 
mother  ever  allows  a  son  to  go  to  sea  without,  at  least,  placing  a  copy 
of  the  Scriptures  with  the  outfit  in  the  sea  chest.  How  often  have  good 
results  followed  after  many.days,  sometimes  after  the  mother  herself  had 
entered  into  rest. 

About  eighty  years  ago,  a  devoted  woman  and  a  member  at  Surrey 
Chapel  during  the  pastorate  of  Rowland  Hill,  was  particularly  tried  by 
a  reckless  son,  who  having  apparently  rendered  himself  unfit  for  a 
respectable  position  of  the  standing  desired  on  land,  went  off  to  try  his 
fortune  on  the  uncertain  sea.  While  in  a  foreign  port,  not  having  his 
indentures,  he  was  imj>re8sed  for  service  on  an  English  ship-of-war. 
Terrified  at  his  prospects,  he  began  to  pray,  remembering  his  mother's 


THE  BIBLB  ON  THE  SEA*  868- 

God ;  but  soon  after,  on  a  flitoation  being  given  him  more  comfortable 
than  had  been  expected,  seriouB  impresBions  wore  away.  Sometime 
after  he  suffered  shipwreck,  and  thinking  that  the  yessel  would  fall  to 
pieces  as  she  lay  for  three  days  on  the  Bermuda  rocks,  the  young  sailor 
TOwed  that,  if  life  were  only  spared,  he  would  seek  the  Lord.  Deliyer- 
anoe  came,  but  the  yow  was  tbrgotten,  although  the  sinner  discovered 
that  all  thought  of  God  could  not  be  driven  away  by  plunging  into  dis- 
sipation. Like  Bunyan,  he  experienced  awe-inspiring  dreams ;  but 
instead  of  seeking  peace  where  alone  it  could  be  found,  he  sought  tO' 
divert  troublesome  thoughts  by  running  into  more  sins  than  Bunyan 
ever  knew.  At  last  he  one  day  hastened  to  his  chest  to  find  a  novel, 
when  instead  of  that  the  seeker  came  upon  a  Bible.  Disappointed,  he 
at  first  attempted  to  cast  the  Book  asiae  ;  but  such  was  the  power  of 
conscience,  when  a  mother's  counsels  were  remembered,  that  he  was 
unable  to  do  so ;  and  eventually,  as  a  result  of  prayerful  reading,  came 
faith  and  peace.  So  far  as  we  are  able  to  see,  evil  would  have  gained 
the  victory  if  the  Bible  had  not  been  placed  in  the  trunk.  Landing  at 
Plymouth,  the  convert  called  upon  Dr.  Hawker,  and  soon  after  left  the 
service. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  late  Dr.  Bippon  manifested  considerable 
interest  in  the  religious  welfare  of  sailors  who  came  to  the  port  of 
London.  Early  in  the  year  1822  the  pastor  preached  a  sermon  at 
Carter-lane  commemorative  of  the  life  and  death  of  Thomas  Atkinson, 
a  Christian  sailor ;  the  service  was  attended  by  three  hundred  sea- 
faring men.  As  a  trader  between  the  north  of  England  and  London, 
Atkinson  was  well  known  in  the  Pool  of  the  Thames  as  a  perseveriufi^ 
promoter  of  Bethel  meetings  ;  and  when  at  sea,  he  regularly  conducted 
domestic  worship  on  his  vessel.  In  1821  he  lefb  North  Shields  for  New 
Brunswick,  and  on  the  return  voyage  a  violent  storm  caused  the  ship  to 
fill  BO  rapidly,  that  she  had  eventudly  to  be  abandoned,  although  before 
doing  so  thirteen  of  the  crew,  who  had  not  been  washed  overboard, 
remained  in  the  maintop  of  the  waterlogged  ship  for  eight  days,  hoping 
to  be  rescued.  When,  at  last,  they  took  to  the  boat,  the  men  were  so 
weak  from  exposure  and  want  of  food  and  water,  that  the  oars  fell  from 
their  hands.  After  another  five  days  had  been  spent  on  the  deep,  three 
hundred  miles  from  land,  the  captain  asked  Atkinson  to  sing  a  hymn,, 
to  which  the  godly  seaman  replied,  ''My  voice  is  so  weak  that  I  cannot^ 
but  I  will  pray."  Mustering  in  one  final  effort  all  his  remaining 
strength,  he  then  spoke  in  a  whisper,  and  after  pronouncing  the  last 
word  bowed  his  head  and  died !  On  the  following  day  the  survivors 
were  picked  up  by  a  passing  sloop  which  brought  them  to  London. 
Having  been  well  ac(^uainted  with  Atkinson,  Dr.  Kippon  was  well  able 
to  improve  the  occasion,  and  a  profound  impression  appears  to  have 
been  made  by  the  sermon. 

The  wonderful  influence  of  a  solitary  Christian  in  the  midst  of  a 
profane  and  licentious  crew  has  again  and  again  testified  to  the  power 
of  the  gospel  to  reclaim  men  from  their  evil  ways.  It  has  happened, 
that  a  man  has  gone  simply  as  an  able-bodied  seaman  on  to  a  man-of- 
war,  and,  in  course  of  time,  has  succeeded  in  gathering  aronnd  him  what 
the  early  Christians  would  have  called  a  Church.  With  everything  to 
damp  their  ardour  which  the  devil  could  bring  against  them,  they  have 
still  fought  and  conquered  in  the  superior  power  of  Christ. 


364  THE  BIBLE  ON  THE  SEA. 

At  a  meeting  on  behalf  of  sailors  held  sixty  years  ago,  Captain  W.  H. 
Angas  related  something  which  had  come  nnder  his  own  observation 
that  will  serve  as  an  illastration.  Fifteen  years  before,  or  in  1807,  the 
•captain  had  lodged  in  the  honse  of  a  godly  widow  whose  only  son  hap- 
pened to  commit  an  offence  which  occasioned  his  going  to  sea  to  escape 
the  penalties  of  the  law.  Enlisting  in  the  navy,  his  lot  was  cast  on 
board  a  vessel  which  carried  one^  and  only  one,  man  who  knew  Christ  as 
his  Saviour;  bnt  the  truth  as  spoken  by  this  friend  soon  entered  the 
young  transgressor's  heart,  and  the  ship  then  carried  two  Christians 
instead  of  one.  Exposed  to  scoffs  and  sneers,  the  two,  stronger  in  their 
nnion,  held  on  their  way,  not  expecting  better  treatment,  until  their 
nnmber  increased  to  three,  to  four,  five,  and  in  due  time  even  to  fifty, 
that  number  including  some  of  the  officers  who  attended  the  Bible- 
reading  and  prayer-meetings.  We  do  not  believe  that  such  men  are 
despised  according  to  the  representations  of  some  religious  writers;  the 
most  far-gone  worldling  respects  and  honours  such  far  more  than  he 
cares  to  admit. 

Indeed,  from  adventures  we  are  able  to  give,  it  might  almost  be 
made  to  appear  that  we  must  look  among  sailors  for  model  examples  of 
Ohristian  enterprise.  They  have  frequently  shown  how  galling  difficul- 
ties may  be  turned  into  helps,  and  how  a  man  who  is  instant  in  season 
and  out  of  season  may  still  work  successfully  in  his  Lord's  strength 
with  all  the  world  against  him. 

It  is  constantly  being  admitted  that  God's  ways  are  not  as  man's 
ways ;  but  perhaps  it  is  not  so  often  observed  that  what  we  call  acci- 
clents  are  sometimes  the  means  used  for  accomplishing  the  divine  par- 
poses.  When,  in  the  early  years  of  this  century,  the  French  prisons 
were  filled  with  English  captives,  who  would  have  thought  of  sending 
A  missionary  among  them  ?  and,  even  if  the  seemingly  wild  proposal  had 
found  favour,  who  would  have  volunteered  ?  God  in  his  mercy  saw  the 
need,  however,  and  means  were  soon  forthcoming  for  ensuring  its  supply. 
There  was  then  living  at  Bamsgate  a  devoted  man  of  the  name  of  Daw- 
son^  who  had  been  a  sailor,  and  on  one  occasion  he  consented  to  take 
charge  of  a  friend's  ship  which  had  just  arrived  for  the  night.  The  ship 
was  anchored,  and  Dawson  went  on  board ;  but  in  the  course  of  a  few  hours 
a  violent  storm  drove  the  vessel  from  her  moorings,  and,  running  before 
the  gale,  the  crew  soon  found  themselves  just  off  the  coast  of  France, 
where  they  were  taken  prisoners,  Dawson  actually  remaining  in  cap- 
tivity for  ten  vears.  Having  now  nothing  save  the  consolations  of 
religion  to  fall  back  upon,  they  did  not  yield  to  despair,  nor  were  they 
<K)ntent  to  remain  in  idleness.  Those  among  the  prisoners  who  were  so 
'disposed,  were  allowed  to  meet  together  for  worship,  when  their  thoughts 
were  directed  to  the  woes  of  fellow-prisoners  in  other  jails.  The  sorest 
want  was  the  Bible,  and  other  suitable  books;  and,  having  no  jatesB 
to  work  with,  Dawson  and  his  companions  set  manfully  to  work  to 
write  out  copies  of  such  treasures  as  they  themselves  possessed  which 
would  instruct  their  comrades  in  tribulation  in  different  parts  of  the 
country.  They  thus  copied  large  portions  of  the  Scriptures,  Burder's 
Tillage  Sermons,  Watts's  Psalms  and  Hymns,  as  well  as  Flavel's  Ser- 
mons, and  these  were  circulated  among  the  English  prisoners  far  and 
^ide.    Before  now  missionaries  have  been  wafted  to  their  destination 


Tfl£  BIBLE  ON  THE  8SA.  865' 

on  stormy  seas;  they  have  parBned  their  caUtng  amid  persecutioii  and 
hardship:  but  who  conld  nave  Biupected,  when  Dawson  was  driven 
across  the  Channel  by  wind  and  wave,  that  he  was  the  Lord's  messenger 
of  mercy  to  numbers  of  his  unfortunate  countiymen  ? 

Another  adventure  in  a  French  prison,  when  the  war  fever  was  at  its 
height,  may  also  be  mentioned,  and  probably  many  other  striking 
things  took  place  without  any  record  of  them  having  ever  taken  place. 
Among  the  prisoners  at  Dunkirk  was  a  Captain  Harris,  a  man  who  had* 
feared  the  Lord  from  his  childhood,  but  who  now  appeared  to  be  greatly 
depressed  without  any  reason  being  assigned.  To  increase  the  poor 
fellow's  perplexity,  an  order  was  given  to  remove  him  and  others  two 
hundred  miles  further  up  the  country ;  but  just  before  the  departure  of 
the  company,  a  French  gentleman  called  and  said,  ''  There  is  soma 
person  in  this  prison  in  great  distress  of  mind  for  want  of  money ;  who 
it  is  I  know  not,  but  the  moment  I  see  him  I  shall  kaow  him,  for  hi& 
person  and  circumstances  were  so  impressed  on  my  mind  in  a  dream 
last  night  that  I  cannot  be  mistaken."  On  seeing  the  captain,  the 
shunger  added,  ''  That's  the  man,"  and  at  the  same  time  pressed  upoii 
his  acceptance  a  thousand  francs.  The  amazed  prisoner,  who  would 
take  only  a  small  part  of  the  proffered  money,  then  related  how  mis- 
fortune had  befallen  him  in  the  loss  of  ship  and  cargo,  as  well  as  in  the 
disappointed  hope  of  receiving  remittances  from  England.  The  circum- 
stance was  regarded  at  the  time  as  what  it  really  was,  a  remarkable 
interposition  of  divine  providence. 

Instances  have  been  given  of  how  single  torn  leaves  from  the  Word  of 
God  have  been  read  and  have  carried  conviction  to  the  heart ;  but  while 
such  pieces  picked  up  in  the  street  may  have  sent  home  the  arrow  of  truth, 
others  which  have  found  their  way  to  sea  have  prodaced  effects  equally 
lasting  and  delightful.  A  youth  under  twenty  years  of  age  once  called 
upon  a  friend  of  sailors  at  Liverpool,  and  confessed  how  an  entire 
change  had  come  over  his  life  and  prospects.  Having  jnst  returned 
from  the  West  Indies,  he  said  that  when  he  left  England  he  was  utterly 
abandoned,  and  then  went  on  to  explain  how  the  change  had  occurred. 
Daring  a  sudden  squall  he  had  met  with  a  slight  accident  on  deck,  but 
after  venting  his  vexation  with  an  oath  more  horrid  than  usual,  it  was 
found  that  the  adventure  still  dwelt  in  the  mind,  the  oath  especially  re- 
maining there  as  a  spectre  which  would  not  be  exorcised.  Like  an  evil 
spirit  the  thing  refused  to  leave  its  victim  either  by  night  or  day,  and 
until  he  was  almost  beside  himself  with  terror.  At  length  he  asked  a 
comrade  if  he  had  a  Testament  to  lend  ;  but,  surprised  at  such  a  re- 
quest, the  man  offered  a  stone  in  the  shape  of  one  of  Rousseau's  novels. 
'' Several  days  thus  passed  in  the  greatest  torment,  this  dreadful  oath 
always  before  me,"  the  youth  is  represented  as  saying  in  an  old  renort 
of  the  Liverpool  Bethel  Companies.  *'I  could  not  pray;  indeea,  I 
thought  it  of  no  use.  On  the  fifth  day  I  was  turning  over  some  things 
in  my  chest,  when  I  found  some  trifles  I  had  purchased  for  sea  stock 
wrapped  in  paper.  Oh,  how  my  heart  throbbea  when  I  found  it  a  piece 
of  a  Bible !  Conceive  what  I  felt  when  I  read, '  Though  your  sins  be 
as  scarlet,  they  shall  be  white  as  snow ;  though  they  be  red  like  crimjaon, 
they  shall  be  white  as  wool.'  Like  a  drowning  man  I  clung  to  this 
life-buoy."    Such  was  the  power  of  the  first  chapter  of  Isaiah  when  the 


^66  THE  BIBLE  ON  THE  SEA. 

Holy  Spirifc  condescended  to  impress  its  life-giving  words  on  the  sinnei^ 
heart. 

Perhaps  the  sea  would  snpply  some  of  the  most  striking  cases  on 
record  of  how  Christ  can  save  to  the  uttermost;  certainly  the  sight  of  a 
sailor  receiving  the  gift  of  salvation  in  his  last  honrs,  after  having  lived 
through  a  long  life  as  an  abandoned  profligate,  helps  us  to  grasp  the  won- 
derful meaning  of  the  Apostle's  words.  It  is  nothiug  less  than  the 
saving  arm  reaching  to  the  very  entrance  of  hell  to  pluck  the  brand 
from  the  burning.  We  will  more  clearly  show  our  meaning  by  one 
closing  illustrative  history. 

A  vessel  once  sailed  from  England  with  a  captain  whose  profanity, 
addiction  to  drink,  and  tyranny  in  general  quite  alienated  the  crew,  so 
that  when  he  was  overtaken  by  mor^  sickness  in  mid-ocean  the  sailors 
resolved  to  allow  the  man  to  die  like  a  dog,  without  either  attention  or 
^mpathy.  Though  he  knew  little  about  Christianity  beyond  the  name, 
there  was  a  cabin  boy  called  Bob  who  had  a  more  tender  spot  upon  his 
heart.  Unbidden,  Bob  ventured  to  approach  the  state-room  door  to 
enquire  how  the  sick  man  was,  but  the  only  answer  was, ''  What*s  that 
to  yon  ?  Be  off."  Undaunted  by  this  rebuff,  the  little  fellow  enquired 
^again  on  the  following  morning,  at  the  same  time  venturing  to  hope 
that  the  captain  was  better;  and,  encouraged  by  a  more  gracious 
reply,  the  kind  lad  advanced  from  one  thing  to  another,  until  he  was 
allowed  to  wash  and  diave  his  master,  and  even  to  make  some  tea. 
Having  been  cruel  as  well  as  profane,  the  dyine  captain  was  too  prood 
-to  either  ask  or  expect  favours  from  those  he  nad  maltreated,  but  the 
tmsolicited  attentions  of  poor  Bob  soon  produced  its  effect,  and  he  was 
regarded  as  a  true  friend. 

In  earlier  days,  in  order  to  excuse  the  iniquity  into  which  he  had  mn, 
the  man  embraced  Atheism ;  but  like  Yolteire,  whose  principles  were 
not  proof  against  a  thunder-storm,  he  found  this  yielded  no  support  in 
the  trying  hour.    Though  he  suffered  severely  in  body,  the  physical 

1>ains  were  light  when  compared  with  the  mental.  ^*  Alas,  Bob,  I'm  a 
ost  man !"  cried  the  sufferer,  awakening  to  realize  the  enormity  of  sin. 
^*No  master,"  answered  the  boy,  *'God  is  merciful;  he  knows  what 
sailors  are,  and  I  daresay  he'll  save  you."  With  his  heart  thus  broken, 
the  sick  man  continued  some  days  longer,  until  one  morning  he  remarked  i 
*^  Bob,  I've  been  thinking  of  a  Bible,"  and  then  the  boy  was  commis- 
sioned to  search  for  the  Book.  *^  Where  shall  I  read,  master  ?  "  asked 
the  faithfhl  attendant  as  he  returned  after  a  successful  search ;  but  the 
other  did  not  know,  he  had  never  learned  his  letters,  so  that  he  conid 
only  direct  that  Bob  should  ''try  and  pick  out  some  places  that  speak 
about  sinners  and  salvation."  Thereupon  the  young  reader  read  for 
two  hours  from  the  New  Testament,  the  words  falling  on  the  captain's 
heart  like  arrows  of  conviction.  He  saw  himself  a  lost  sinner  in  God's 
sight ;  but  terrified  at  the  thought  of  divine  justice,  it  seemed  impossible 
for  him  to  lay  hold  of  Christ.  After  a  night  of  misgiving,  the  dejected 
sinner  remarked,  that  soon  his  dead  body  would  be  committed  to  the 
deep,  while  the  released  soul  would  be  lost  for  ever  !  *'  No,  no,  master, 
I  believe  you  will  be  saved  yet,"  replied  the  more  sanguine  Bob, 
^'  Bemember,  I  read  many  fine  things  yesterday  about  salvation."  Then 
followed  some  talk  about  praying,  and  the   anxious  boy  candidly 


WOITTSN  PBAYEB8.  867 

confessed  that  his  capacity  in  this  direction  only  extended  to  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  which  he  had  learned  of  his  mother;  bat  not  willing  to 
allow  fleeting  opportunities  to  pass,  the  captain  beseeched  the  boy 
to  kneel  and  cry  for  mercy,  meanwhile  praying  himself,  ''Ood  be 
mercifal  to  me  a  sinner."  Overcome  at  length  by  importunity,  Bob 
fell  npon  his  knees,  and,  although  sobs  choked  his  utterance,  he  cried, 
**  Lord,  have  mercy  on  my  poor  dying  captain.  0  Lord,  I'm  a  poor 
wicked,  ignorant  sailor  boy.  Lord,  I  don't  know  what  to  say.  Lord, 
the  captain  says  I  must  pray  for  him,  but  I  don't  know  how — I  am 
but  a  child.  I  should  be  elad  to  get  him  tea,  or  do  anything  I  can 
for  him;  but.  Lord,  I  dont  know  now  to  pray  for  him.  Lord,  have 
mercy  on  him.  He  s^s  he  shall  be  lost, — Lord,  save  him.  He  savs 
he  shall  go  to  hell, — Lord,  take  him  to  heaven.  He  says  he  shall  be 
with  devils, — oh  that  he  may  be  with  angels.  Don't  let  him  perish,  0 
Lord.  Thou  knowest  I  love  him,  and  am  sorry  he's  so  ill.  The  men 
won't  come  near  him,  but  I'll  do  the  best  I  can  for  him  as  long  as  he 
lives,  but  I  can't  save  him.  0  Lord,  pity  my  poor  captain ;  see  how 
thin  and  how  weak  he  is.  Oh  comfort  his  troubled  mind.  0  Lord,  I 
never  prayed  before  like  this.  Oh  help  me,  Lord,  to  pray  for  my 
master."  On  completing  these  charactenstic  utterances,  Bob  rose,  and 
declaring  that  he  had  done  the  best  he  could,  he  added,  "  Now^  cheer 
up,  I  think  you'll  go  to  heaven." 

Overcome  by  this  experience,  the  child  retired,  but  returned  in  the 
evening  to  give  another  New  Testament  reading,  to  every  word  of  which 
the  sinking  man  listened  with  the  utmost  eagerness.  On  the  following 
morning  a  wonderful  change  was  perceptible;  for,  instead  of  gloom  and 
despair,  the  captain's  pallid  face  was  aglow  with  hope;  for  he  had 
heard  the  Saviour  say  to  his  soul,  ''Son,  be  of  good  cheer;  thy  sins 
which  are  many  are  all  forgiven  thee."  Much  more  passed  between  the 
two,  Bob  being  recognised  as  having  been  an  instrument  in  God's  hand 
to  convey  saving  knowledge  to  the  needy  soul.  Soon  after  daylight  on 
the  following  morning  the  captain  was  found  dead  in  the  attitude  of 
prayer ;  but  who  can  doubt  that  the  spirit  was  even  then  in  Paradise,  to 
magnify  for  ever  the  wonders  of  redeeming  grace. 


THE  1  venerable  Thomas  Williams  in  conversation  with  a  devoted 
Ritualist,  was  discussing  the  subject  of  written  prayers.  This 
gentleman  claimed  that  the  whole  Bible  did  not  furnish  one  unwritten 
pwer.  **  No,  sir,  not  a  single-one,  sur."  "  Do  you  really  think  so  ?" 
*'  XeB,  air,  I  defy  you  to  point  to  a  single  Scripture  prayer  that  was  not 
written  •  You  cannot  oo  it"  "  Well,  can  I  ask  you  a  question  ?  " 
*'  Certainly  you  can."  "  Tell  me,  then,  who  held  the  candle  when 
Jonah  rea^  his  prayers  in  the  whale's  belly." 


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BT     SAHUXL     J.     G0LD8T0K. 

REMEMBERING  the  vast  nnmber  of  sermons  preached,  both  on 
Sunday  8  and  during  the  week,  in  the  hundreds  of  places  of  worship 
throughout  the  country,  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  progress  of  the 
Christian  church  is  not  more  marked  than  it  has  been  of  late  years. 
Complaints  are  ever  and  anon  being  raised  against  ministers  of 
the  gospel  for  the  manner  in  which  they  fulfil  their  mission,  and  not  nn- 
frequently  one  hears  that  in  this  direction  lies  that  field  for  improyement 
from  which  is  to  rise  the  panacea  of  the  church  and  of  the  world.  To 
say  that  the  ministry  is  outside  the  pale  of  progressive  development  and 
improvement  would  scarcely  occur  to  anyone  interested  in  the  farther- 
ance  of  Christ's  kingdom ;  but  to  what  an  almost  illimitable  extent  is 
development  required  in  the  great  body  of  the  church  itself !  It  is  a 
fact  too  palpable  to  need  proof  that  many  thoughtfully  prepared  and 
spiritually  inspired  sermons  delivered  from  the  pulpits  of  our  chuichea 
and  chapels — to  say  nothing  of  the  less  intellectual  though  not  less 
effectual  addresses  given  in  our  streets  and  mission-houses — are  prac- 
tically thrown  away  upon  a  large  percentage  of  the  assembled  congrega- 
tion. The  extent  to  which  this  lamentable  state  of  things  prevails  of 
course  must  depend  upon  the  spiritual  status  of  the  church  and  upon 
the  qualifications  of  the  preacher;  but  how  often  does  one  feel  inclined 
to  ask,  as  he  bears  the  Sabbath  bells  ringing,  and  sees  tlie  people  flock- 
ing on  every  hand  to  the  house  of  God — '^  For  what  purpose  are  they 
thus  meeting>together  on  the  Lord's-day  ?  "  The  question  were  foolish 
indeed  if  the  instinctive  reply,  '^  To  worship  God  in  sptrU  and  m  iru(hy** 
could  be  accepted  without  hesitation.  To  the  thoughtful  mind  it  must 
be  but  too  painfully  evident  that  in  man^  instances  it  is  rather  a  matter 
of  fashion  than  of  worship.  That  this  is  so  with  the  unconverted  has 
been  proved  to  demonstration  from  time  to  time,  and  far  be  it  from  me 
to  hold  that  even  as  a  matter  of  fashion  attendance  at  the  house  of  God 
is  without  its  beneficial  effects.  Negatively,  by  jl  is  presence  in  a  place 
of  worship  a  man  is  kept  from  those  evil  associations  which  are  so 
readily  contracted  when  the  custom  of  *'  going  up  to  Jerusalem  "  has 
been  once  permanently  broken  off,  while  positive  benefits  must  accrue 
from  the  righteous  influences  of  Christian  friends  and  the  explanation 
of  the  way  of  salvation.  Farther,  if  the  custom  were  once  to  fall  into 
desuetude,  and  by  the  Sunday  opening  of  museums  and  art  gdleries,  <»r 
by  other  means,  England  were  to  be  so  unfortnnate  as  to  adopt  what  is 
known  as  ''  a  continental  Sunday/'  it  is  difficult  to  tell  how  unregene- 
rate  men  would  ever  be  regularly  brought  under  the  sound  of  the  word. 
But  what  about  the  professedly  Christian  people  ?  Do  they  not  worship 
God  '^  in  spirit  and  in  truth  "?  God  forbid  that  I  should  say  they  da 
not,  else  would  they  not  deserve  to  bear  the  name  of  Christ.  Tbe  ques- 
tion I  raise  is  this — Do  Christian  people  fully  appreciate  the  privilege 
of  hearing  upwards  of  a  hundred  sermons  preached  every  year  ?  Un- 
doubtedly there  are  in  the  church  many  thoughtful  persons  who  from 
the  time  the  text  is  announced  to  the  final  "  Amen ''  follow  not  only  the 


8EBU0K  H&AREBS.  369 

words,  bnt  the  argoments^  with  aa  amount  of  intelligence  and  sin- 
cerity not  to  be  equalled  bj  that  of  a  student  attending  a  deeply  scientific 
dissertation  ;  but  I  hold  that  these  are  in  a  most  deplorable  minority. 
What  of  the  majority?  Enter  a  crowded  place  of  worship  in  any  of 
our  large  cities,  or  choose  a  small  and  comparatively  obscure  one,  if 
you  will,  and  judge  for  yourself.  Where  you  see  one  attentive  listener 
eagerly  following  the  gracious  sentences  of  God*s  messenger  you  will 
find  a  score  who  are  capable  of  diversion  by  the  most  trivial  object. 
Apparently  drinking  in  the  words  that  are  being  uttered  in  the  most 
impressive  and  earnest  tones,  the  falling  of  a  book,  the  cry  of  a  cUld, 
or  the  slamming  of  a  door,  is  sufficient  to  transform  the  attentive  listoier 
into  a  restless  wonderer  of  whose  book  has  fallen,  what  made  the  baby 
cry,  or  why  the  door  was  allowed  to  slam  in  such  an  irreverent  manner. 
The  service  is  over,  and  upon  arriving  home  the  hearer  collects  his  wan- 
dering thoughts — often  augmented  in  their  confusion  by  little  incidents 
on  the  homeward  journey — and  upon  consideration  succeeds  in  telling 
a  friend  the  text — not  the  words,  oh  no,  but  the  chapter  and  verse  in 
which  they  are  to  be  found.  If  an  enquiring  mind  should  suggest  a 
summary  of  the  discourse  by  the  question,  '*  How  did  he  handle  it  ?  "  in 
all  probability  the  remme  will  consist  of  a  few  smart  sentences  firom  the 
sermon  having  but  an  indirect  bearing  upon  its  main  object.  It  is 
really  astonishing  how  few  persons  carefully  follow  a  preacher  through- 
out his  sermon  with  a  view  to  retaining  in  their  minds  the  consecutive 
lessons  he  is  desiring  to  impart — ^lessons  which  have  often  cost  the 
minister  much  study  and  more  prayer.  Ask  some  people  what  the 
sermon  has  been  about,  and  they  forthwith  repeat  some  effective  anec^ 
dote  or  illustration,  or  endeavour  to  describe  the  manner  in  which  tli^ 
preacher  delivered  it.  Is  this  the  end  for  which  men  attend  the  worship 
of  Qod  ?  Is  it  not  rather  incidental  than  ultimate  ?  Are  men  and 
women  to  attend  the  Lord's  house  merely  to  while  an  hour  or  so  away 
in  listening  to  pleasing  themes  without  entering  into  their  intent  and 
object  ?  Are  tney  to  go  to  church  or  chapel  as  iSiej  would  to  a  concert, 
merely  to  be  amused  or  pacified?  Let  them  rather  go  as  students  to 
learn  the  beauties  and  the  mysteries  of  that  which  is  presented  to  them 
from  time  to  time.  If  the  world  attends  church  because  it  is  fashionable, 
let  the  Christian  worship  and  be  edified  according  to  the  fashion  set  by 
the  Savionr  when  he  said,  **  He  that  hath  ears,  let  him  hear."  I  am 
persuaded  that  if  a  i)reacher's  recompense  consisted  in  the  number  of 
his  sermons  retained  in  the  minds  of  ids  congregation  )ie  would  not  be 
long  ere  he  sought  a  more  profitable  profession.  To  preach  to  simf^ 
bearers  who  are  not  thinkers — hie  labor  hoe  opus  esL  Estimating  that  we 
have  each  of  us  heard  five  hundred  sermons  within  the  last  five  years, 
let  us  ask  ourselves,  How  many  have  we  the  slightest  recollection  of  at  the 
present  moment?  The  answer  to  this  question  should  have  a  practical 
effect  upon  our  attention  the  next  time  we  hear  a  sermon. 


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870 

BELOVED  PRESIDENT,— I  know  the  interest  which  a  large  number  take 
in  your  son,  and  their  brother  and  friend,  Thomas  Spargeon,  and  therefore 
could  not  keep  the  enjoyment  to  myself  which  a  week  just  spent  with  him  ha» 
afforded  me. 

I  suppose  a  ministerial  exchange  which  involves  travelling  over  four  thousand 
seven  hundred  miles  is  not  a  very  common  thing :  yet  that  is  about  the  distance  I 
have  gone  over  in  going  and  returning  to  exchange  for  three  Sundays  witli 
Brother  Charles  Dallaston,  of  Ghristchurch.  The  affair  was  first  mooted  and 
then  negotiated  by  that  generous  friend  of  your  son  and  myself  Mr.  GidecHi 
Rutherford,  now  of  Dunedin,  and  it  has  proved  so  invaluable  in  recruiting  the 
bodily  health  and  mental  vigour  of  two  jsded  and  not  over-strong  pastors  as  to 
deserve  loving  and  honourable  mention.  Our  kind  churches  placed  no  obstacle 
in  the  way,  and  both  have  been  benefited.  Let  me  say,  by  the  way,  that 
the  work  God  has  enabled  friend  Dallaston  to  do  at  Ghristchurch  is  somethii^ 
to  fill  one  with  holy  praise.  A  moribund  cause  has  been  wonderfully  revived, 
a  church  rising  to  three  hundred  members,  full  of  energy  and  promise,  gathered 
together,  and  a  handsome  structure  of  brick  and  stone,  to  seat  seven  hundred  or 
eight  hundred  persons,  is  on  the  eve  of  beinff  opened.  The  night  before  I  left 
Ghristchurch  to  go  north  I  saw  a  large  number  of  applicants  for  membershipv 
many  of  whom  had  been  brought  to  decision  through  the  evangelistic  labonra 
of  Mrs.  Hampson.  ^  i 

Lyttleton  is  the  port  of  Ghristchurch,  and  thither  I  hastened  to  catch  the 
steamer  AratotUa,  which  was  to  bear  me  to  Auckland.    In  addition  to  the  pro- 
spect of  seeing  New  Zealand,  I  confess  that  the  attraction  of  once  more  meet- 
ing Thomas,  with  whom  I  had  wrought  and  communed  so  blessedly  hereto- 
fore, was  irresistible.    What  a  series  of  noble  harbours  that  East  Coast  of  New 
Zealand  has  I    It  was  worth  travelling  all  the  way  to  see  Dunedin  the  grand^ 
Ghristchurch  the  comfortable,  Wellington  the  volcanic  (thej  have  an  earth- 
quake there  about  once  a  week),  and  Auckland  the  lovely.    A  countrr  with 
such  a  coast  and  harbours,  with  the  population  gathered  about  a  number  of 
centres  fertile  in  soil  and  rich  in  all  minerals,  is  bound  to  be  a  great  one  in  the 
future.    The  northern  island  narrows  to  a  few  miles  at  Auckland,  with  the 
Hauraki  Harbour  on  the  east  coast,  studded  with  rocky  islets,  and  surpassingly 
beautiful,  and  the  Manakau  Harbour  on  the  west,  spacious,  but  rather  shallow. 
More  thui  once  Thomas  and  I  rode  or  drove  in  an  afternoon  across  that  emerald 
isthmus,  between  the  two  land-locked  marine  basins.    It  was  Easter  Monday 
momiuff  when  we  steamed  in  sight  of  what  is  the  coming  metropolis  of  New 
Zealand.    The  ships  are  gaily  dossed  out  in  bunting  of  ul  colours,  the  water» 
were  dotted  with  the  white-winged  yachts  of  the  Ponsonby  Regatta,  the  wharves 
were  thronged  with  crowds  in  holiday  attire,  among  whom  I  saw  many  Maories  in 
European  dress,  and  not  a  few  of  fine  jihysique.    As  soon  as  we  hauled  up  to  the 
wharf,  two  Maori  ladies,  each  nearly  six  feet  high,  neatly  dressed,  and  with  the 
carriage  of  queens,  stepped  on  board.    The  only  outward  physical  defect  (to  my 
eyes)  being  the  blue  tattoo  round  the  mouth  of  the  younger  of  the  two.     Tbea 
an  old  "MuLori  man  of  fine  build,  tattooed  all  over  the  &ce  with  the  most 
elaborate  pattern,  came  on  deck,  but  I  found  he  could  not  speak  a  word  of 
English.      All  this  time  I   was   eagerly  scanning   the  faces   of  the  crowd 
for  one  whom  I  longed  to  see.     But  no  Thomas  was  there,  as  a  newspaper 
notice  had  said  that  the  steamer  would  not  arrive  till  Tuesday.     I  did  not 
wait  long,  however,  before  a  gentleman  with  keen  eyes  and  earnest  &ce 
enquired  my  name.    I  found  him  to  be  a  deacon  and  secretary  of  the  church, 
of  which  your  son  is  now  the  pastor.    He  had  seen  the  vessel  signalled,  and, 
leaving  hia  gardening,  hasten^  to  my  rescue.    I  was  prepared  to  love  thi» 


A  VISIT  TO  MB.  THOMAS  BPXJBBJSOTS.  371 

brother  beforehand,  from  some  letters  of  hia  nving  a  most  moTing  and  graphic 
account  of  evangelistio  work  done  in  Auckland  bj  J.  8.  Harruson  and  jour  son 
just  before,  which  I  heard  read  in  friend  Rutherford*s  house  to  a  companj  of 
delighted  listeners.  Brother  Matthew  soon  took  me  to  jour  Bon*s  residence  on 
Mount  Eden,  and  firom  the  summit  of  that  extinct  crater  we  were  viewing  one 
of  the  fairest  scenes  in  all  this  wonderful  world  when  a  well-known  voice 
saluted  us  from  afar.  Then  I  received  a  welcome  which  made  me  understand 
the  inner  meaning  and  emphasis  of  Paul's  words  when  he  said,  "  I  had  no  rest 
in  my  spirit,  because  I  found  not  Titus  my  brother,*'  **  nevertheless,  God  that 
comforteth  those  that  are  cast  down,  comforted  us  by  the  coming  of  Titus.** 
Thomas  was  looking  thin  and  worn,  which  was  fully  accounted  for  by  the  strain 
on  mind  and  body  imposed  by  the  recent  numerous,  yet  fruitful,  gospel  services, 
and  their  necessary  sequela  of  watchful  shepherding,  and  fuller  instruction  to 
the  new  converts.  Tet  I  am  convinced  uiat  mv  young  brother  must  be 
better,  from  the  amount  of  work  he  can  get  through,  from  the  way  in  which  he 
i^pears  to  endure  the  pressure  of  pastoral  toil,  and  from  the  increase  of 
strength  and  volume  in  nis  voice.  In  a  ioint  service  which  we  took  together 
on  the  Sunday  evening,  in  the  Choral  Hall,  a  place  holding  from  eight  hundred 
to  one  thousand  people,  and  well  filled,  I  was  surprised  and  de%hted  at  the 
strength  of  his  voice. 

Af&r  doing  all  they  could  to  increase  the  accommodation  at  Wellesley-street 
Church,  they  have  had  to  take  the  Choral  Hall  for  Sunday  evenings,  and  are 
likely,  I  found,  to  occupy  the  new  Opera  House,  which  is  nearing. completion, 
until  their  new  church  is  built  A  commanding  site  has  already  been  oouffht, 
and  they  are  about  to  do  a  ^ big  thing**  in  entering  on  an  outlay  of  fuUy 
£8,000.  The  large  number  of  persons  anxious  to  hear  the  wor<^  and  the 
number  of  membm  (which  alone  would  nearly  fill  the  old  building)  warrant 
them  in  their  undertaking.  And  yet,  knowing  the  extra  calls  upon  a  pastor 
when  a  chapel  is  buildine,  I  hope  the  burden  may  not  prove  too  great  for  one  who, 
however  willing,  is  anyuiins  but  robust.  The  city  of  Auckland  has  a  popula- 
tion of  between  thirty  and  forty  thousand.  Now  that  the  native  difficulty  is  as 
good  as  settled,  and  a  Maori- English  war,  I  hope,  an  impossibility,  that  soffc 
mxurious  climate  is  certain  to  attract  wealth  and  population  from  all  parts  of 
the  world.  I  could  not  hope  to  succeed  by  any  terms  I  cotdd  employ  in 
describing  Auckland  and  its  surroundings.  Its  numerous  green  rounded  knolls 
and  hiUs,  its  neighbouring  lakes,  rivers,  and  springs,  its  vicinity  to  the  wonderful 
hot-lake  and  spring  districts  of  Botomahana  and  Wai-wera,  support  the  con- 
viction formed  m  my  mind  that  this  is  (he  future  city  of  the  Antipodes.  The 
city  is  growing,  and  the  population  increasing  more  rapidly  than  any  other  city 
of  New  2iealand.  All  this  points  to  the  kind  of  sphere  to  which  the  Lord  has 
called  your  son,  and  to  the  necessity  for  the  immediate  erection  of  a  suitable 

Slace  of  worship  in  Ueu  of  the  cramped  and  rickety  old  building  which  has 
one  duty  for  the  Baptists  in  Auckland  for  so  many  years.  At  a  church- 
meeting  to  which  I  was  privileged  to  stay  I  had  the  joy  of  hearing  five- 
and-twenty  or  more  names  proposed  for  baptism  and  fellowship. 

A  church  more  devoted  to  its  pastor  I  do  not  know.  Many  of  the  expressions 
of  love,  and  determination  to  work  with  him,  were  moat  a£fecting.  Several 
former  Tabernacle  members  are  united  with  the  church,  and  they,  you  may  be 
sure,  are  not  the  least  enthusiastic.  Thomas  is  **  in  residence  **  with  two  of 
them,  young  men  of  choice  spirit  and  ardent  piety,  whom  it  was  a  treat  to  meet. 
I  found  that  there  is  another  Baptist  place  of  worship,  the  property  of  the 
WeUesley-street  Church  near  Mount  Eden,  and  that  there  are  ouUyinff  villsge 
stations,  all  greatly  in  need  of  eneraetic  labour  and  management,  and  every- 
where the  harvest  truly  is  great.  The  brother,  who  is  leaving  Queensland  to 
labour  with  Thomas  in  the  same  sphere,  will  find  an  ample  field, — may  he  have 
abundant  success* 

I  scarcely  dare  trust  myself  to  speak  of  the  precious  spiritual  intercoutBe  of 
that  week — ^my  words  might  look  unreal.    But  this  I  know,  the  Tery  light  of 


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HOfnOH  Of  BOGHB. 


heaven  rests  ufioii  the  memory  of  it,  as  it  certemly  did  npen  our  too  biief 
communion.  Omr  approaches  to  the  throne  up  in  the  woods  at  Wai-wem,  near 
the  hot  springs ;  our  endeavours  to  preach  the  gospel  to  various  individnala  bf 
the  way-^faow  near  the  whole  spiritual  world  seemed  as  we  walked  the  beach  in 
the  deep  gloaming — these  are  matters  of  glad  ezperiencet  and  wtaj  not  be 
enlarged  upon. 

One  thing  wsa  an  object  of  profound  interest  to  us,  viz.,  the  providing  of  a 
missionary  to  labour  among  the  natives  now  gathered  about  the  hot  lake  district. 
Unhappily,  the  recent  war,  arising  out  of  difficulties  about  the  land,  baa  broken 
up  and  dissipated  the  fruits  of  many  years*  previooB  missionary  labour.  Bat 
the  natives  are  settling  down  again,  and  are  willing  to  listen  to  the  gospel.  An 
American  gentleman  seems  to  be  determined  to  send  a  servant  of  God  to  them, 
and  Thomas,  I  know,  will  do  what  he  can  to  forward  the  scheme,  and  watch 
over  the  mission.  Oh  how  wonderftil  to  know  that  men  who  once  enfgttged  in 
cannibal  orgies  and  fiendish  cruelties  are  now  living  as  true  Christiaas  wad 
preaching  the  gospel  1  Perhspe  the  most  saddening  feature  of  the  Maories  is 
the  rising  generation,  which  is  wanting  in  the  open  simplicity  of  their  oaoe 
savage  fathm,  and  which  has  adopted  Sie  vices,  and  assumes  the  airs  and  ways, 
of  the  lower  ^pe  of  Enp^lishmen.  The  aboriginal  New  2Sealander  is  admitted 
on  all  hands  to  be  the  highest  type  of  savage  man,  intellectually  and  physicaUf  , 
ever  met  with.  But  they  are  fast  melting  away  before  the  encroachments  and 
the  vices  of  the  whites.  Yet  in  the  Isst  great  general  assembly  they  wili  not 
be  without  thousands  of  representatives,  rMeemedunto  God  by  uie  blood  ol  the 
Lamb,  with  the  iunumerable  host  of  all  nations  to  hymn  his  praiae  eternally. 

We  did  not  forget  that  the  day  I  landed  at  Auckland  was  the  di^  fijwd 
for  the  beginning  of  t&e  Conference  of  ^  our  men  *'  at  home,  so  we  at  case 
resolved  to  '*  continue  instant  in  prayer"  for  blessing  on  the  whole  prooeedingi. 
In  this  far-off  part  of  the  world  it  is  sweeter  than  you  can  imagine  to  bdiewe 
that  we  are  not  forgotten  in  those  most  enviable  gatherings.  Periiaps  ooe 
great  element  of  my  intense  enjoyment  was  because,  in  company  with  w^ 
beloved  young  brother,  I  seemed  nearer  to  you,  dear  Praaident,  and  to  the  whole 
fraternity  of  tutors  and  brethren.  For  as  Groldsmith  sings,  we  foreign  atodasts 
can  unf  eignedly  say, 

"Where'er  I  roam,  whatever  realms  I  see, 
Hy  heart,  untravelUd^  fondly  timu  to  tiiee." 

On  my  way  home  I  touched  at  Sydney,  and  spent  a  few  delightful  hours  with 
our  pioneer  student  to  these  southern  reahns»  Brother  F.  Hibberd,  who  is  as 
true  to  the  old  love  as  ever. 

Believe  me,  dear  President,  yours  ever  fiiithiully, 
Geelong,  Victoria,  8th  May,  1882*  W.  Chkibtofhsb 


S^oiiciS  ff  ^ir0luL 


''All  ofBhte";  or,  "The  Body  is  of 

Christ.'*    Being  brief  key-notes  upon 

some  of  the  types    of  the  Mosaic 

sanctuaiy.     By  Frank  H.  Whitb. 

Partridge  and  Co. 

Mb.  Wnm  baa  written  under  divine 

teaching,  and  therefore  Ihose  who  are 

taught  of  God  will  value  his  words. 

He  uses  great  plainness  of  speech  ;  but 

that  which  he  sets  forth  is  weighty,  and 

concerns  the  deep  things  of  God.    The 


blue  of  the  ephod  ia  the  subject  of  his 
opening  chapter,  and  it  is  handled  dis- 
creetly, and  with  the  skHl  of  an  ex- 
perienced interpreter.  The  out  en- 
deavour of  the  author  haa  boao  to  set 
forth  that  which  the  H<rfy  Ghos*  siguifies 
by  the  type.  We  wish  for  omr  m«d*s 
inatructivo  and  attractive  little  baek  a 
veiT  wide  range  of  readers,  its  eost 
will  not  be  burdensome,  its  contents 
will  not  be  wearisome.. 


HOnOBS  OF  BOOKS. 


378 


Twebe  Seieekd  Soul-  Warnings  Sermons. 
fijC.  H.  Spuvoboh.  Limp  cloth,  1b. 
7\oelve  Sirikiiig  Sermons.  Bj  C.  H. 
SnmoKOv.  Limp  cloth,  Is.  Paw- 
more  and  Alabaster,  Fctemoster- 
biriidtnga. 

Tbib  IB  a  good  arraagement.  By  it  our 
fdends  can  give  Bpecimeus  of  our  ser- 
mons to  those  whom  thej  wish  to  in- 
terest in  them.  The  limp  cloth  makes 
a  very  nseful  cover,  and  the  little 
volume  is  handv  to  carry.  May  both 
seiections  be  sold  by  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands, and  a  blessing  rest  on  eyery 
copy. 

Farm  Sermons.  By  C.  H.  Bpubobon. 
Cloth  gilt,  3s.  6d.  Passmore  and 
Alabaster,  Fatemoster-boUdings. 

Tbxs  new  volume  has  been  kindly 
handled  by  the  critics.  One  reviewer 
suggests  itMk  Hie  woodcuts  ought  to 
have  repreaented  Bnglisfa,  and  not 
Eastern  nnsbandry;  but  this  remark 
will  not  stand.  How  could  we  have 
illustrated  the  text  about  threshing  the 
wheat  with  horses,  and  the  cummin  with 
a  rod,  if  we  had  kept  to  English  scenes  ? 
Or  how  could  we  have  set  out  the  verse 
whichsaySyPaul  planted^ApoUos  watered, 
siace  our  farmers  do  very  little  in  the 
direction  of  watering  ?  We  should  have 
preferred  British  scenes,  but  these  would 
not  have  fitted  oriental  texts.  It  is 
our  earnest  hope  that  this  volume  will 
be  found  in  thousands  of  farm-houses. 
It  is  a  handsome  book,  price  three  and 
sixpence.  We  cannot  well  say  much 
more  upon  our  own  production.  We 
have  done  our  best ;  we  wish  that  our 
best  had  been  better ;  but  still  we  be- 
lieve the  sermons  will  live.  Already  the 
work  is  republished  in  America,  and  a 
request  has  come  in  for  permission  to 
translate  it  into  German. 

The  Siudenis'  Commentary  on  the  Holy 
Bible.  Founded  on  the  ^  Speaker^ 
Commentary.**  Abridged  and  Edited 
by  J.  M.  PuLUBi,  M.A.  VoL  IV. 
John  Murray. 

As  this  nseful  work  proceeds  we  become 
increasingly  pleased  with  it.  Of  course 
it  will  never  be  able  fully  to  supply  the 
place  of  the  «*  Speaker's  Commentsry ; " 
But  to  those  students  who  oannot  jpro- 
cure  the  unabridged  and  costly  edition 
it  will  be  a  valuable  substitute.     The 


"Students'  Commentary'*  is  not  bur- 
dened with  learned  disquisitions  upon 
disputed  points  of  doctrine  or  history, 
but  it  contains  the  resultofsuchenquiries 
stated  in  the  briefest  possible  form  ;  in 
fact,  occasionally  it  appears  to  us  that 
the  condensing  process  has  been  carried 
a  little  too  far.  We  suppose,  however, 
that  the  editor  has  been  obliged  to  cur- 
tail wherever  he  could,  in  order  to  com- 
press the  Commentary  within  the  space 
at  his  disposal ;  and  this  very  fact  will 
not  only  save  the  reader's  time  as  well 
as  his  money,  but  will  also  prompt  him 
frequently  to  search  out  the  reason  or 
cause  for  some  unexplained  emendation 
of  the  text,  or  what  may  seem  to  be  at 
first  sight  a  doubtful  explanation  of  some 
difficult  passage.  Volume  IV.  finishes 
the  Old  Testament,  and  we  shall  be 
glad  to  see  as  soon  as  possible  the  two 
volumes  upon  the  New  Testament,  which 
will  complete  the  series. 

Religions  Poems.  By  Marion  Mac- 
PHAJL.  With  preface  by  Bev.  Fbsous 
Febgvsoit,  M^.,  M.I).,  containing 
some  account  of  the  life  and  trials  of 
the  authoress.  Glasgow :  Mission  to 
the  Outdoor  Blind,  4,  Bath-street. 

We  shall  not  spply  ^ny  severe  literary 
tests  to  these  Religious  Poems,  which 
are  the  productions  of  an  aged  blind 
poetess,  who  is  also  deaf.  They  are 
gracious  in  spirit,  and  sometimes  feli- 
citous in  expression.  To  those  who 
know  the  afllicted  writer  the  little  book 
will  have  a  touching  interest.  Under 
the  sanction  of  the  Glasgow  Mission  to 
the  Outdoor  Blind  the  poems  are 
issued,  in  the  hope  that  some  little  help 
will  be  brought  in  to  meet  the  necessities 
of  Mrs.  Maophairs  declining  years. 

The  Preacher's  Monthly:  a  storehouse 
of  homiletic  help.  Vol.  III.  John 
Lobb,  Christian  Age  Office. 
This  is  the  best  serial  of  the  sort. 
Every  article  is  prepared  with  care : 
there  is  no  flimsy  work  in  the  volume. 
The  extracts  and  illustratkms  are  of  a 
high  order,  and  many  of  the  outlines 
are  such  as  will  be  sure  to  see  great 
service,  for  they  are  adapted  to  be  used. 
This  volume  is  smaller  than  its  pre- 
decessors: we  sttspeet  that  tiie  pub- 
lishers were  compelled  to  reduoe  the 
site  because  they  were  giriiw  more  fi»r 
money  than  they  could  poeaiDly  afford. 


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N0II0E8  or  BOOn. 


Stones  from  the  Brook,  Talks  with 
the  Children.  By  Rev.  R.  Nbwton, 
D.D.    Longtey  and  Go. 

Bbigbt,  chatty  addresses  for  the  child- 
ren; fall  of  anecdotes.  Sure  to  sell, 
and  certain  to  be  used  from  the  desk 
on  Sundays.    A  good  shilling's  worth. 

Scripture  Echoes  in  our  ChurcKs  CoU 
lects.  By  AeT.  J.  F.  Hobson,  M.A. 
"Home  Words"  Publishing-office. 

Plain,  practical,  devout  papers  in- 
tended to  expound  the  Collects  of  the 
Church,  and  so  prepare  for  their  in- 
telligent utteranQe  in  the  service.  The 
desiffn  is  a  worthy  one,  and  we  should 
think  likely  to  be  successful  Mr. 
Hobson  is  most  loyal  to  evangelical 
truth,  and  expounds  the  Scripture  with 
some  force.  Anything  that  increases 
the  spirituality  and  vitality  of  Christians 
has  our  heartiest  approval. 

Boh  and  Mag ;  or,  A  Little  Light  in  a 
Dark  Comer,  By  L.  Mabstok.  J. 
F.  Shaw  and  Co. 

This  little  book  is  sure  to  be  a  favourite 
with  young  and  old,  and  we  predict  for 
it  a  large  sale.  The  characters  are  those 
of  the  most  ignorant  and  poorest  of  the 
poor,  but  become  rich  in  faith  and  love 
to  Him  who  "  can  have  compassion  on 
the  ignorant  and  them  that  are  out  of 
the  way."  The  experience  of  the  little 
deformed  Maggie  and  her  friend  Rob  is 
told  so  naturaSy  and  withal  so  scriptu- 
rally  that  it  is  <|uite  an  exposition  of 
^*  receiving  the  kmgdom  of  heaven  as  a 
little  chUd."  There  will  be  many  wet 
eyes  over  this  little  book,  and  we  trust 
that  some  little  readers  will,  like  little 
Mag,  **  get  ready  "  for  Jesus. 

5tfr/y  Boh.  By  L.  C.  Silke.  Cassell, 
Petter,  Galpia  and  Co. 

One  of  Mesan.  Cassell*s  Illustrated 
Shilling  Stoiy-books.  In  almost  every 
Sunday-school  there's  a  **  Surly  Bob"— 
"  the  worst  boy  in  the  school ; "  but 
don*t  give  him  up,  good  Superintendent; 
if  you  knew  as  much  about  him  as  his 
litue  brother  Johnnie  does,  you'd  love 
him  to  Jesus,  as  Johnnie  did.  In  the 
meantime,  give  him  this  interesting  and 
prettily-ilioBtrated  shilling's  worth. 


The  Ljfons  Den  and  its  eight  yowg 
Lyons,  By  Yorrr  Osbobn.  J.  F. 
Shaw  and  Co. 

The  eisht  young  Lyons  are  the  children 
of  a  £ondon  dergyman  deprived  by 
death  of  a  mother's  care  and  guidance. 
We  hope  that  these  youngsters  are  not 
fiur  specimens  of  tbe  ''sons  (and  daugb- 
ters)  of  the  clergy,**  for  they  were  all 
and  always  at  cross  purposes  until  the 
advent  of  a  maiden  aunt,  who  restores 
order  and  peace  to  the  ''den."  The 
pranks  of  the  youns  animals  are  very 
droll,  and  will  provoke  a  good  deal  of 
laughter;  but  beyond  the  fact  that 
maiden  aunts  are  admirable  institutions 
— about  which  we  are  aU  agreed — 
there's  not  much  to  be  learnt  from 
this  rather  bulky  semi-religious  noveL 

A  Lighthouse  Keeper  for  a  Night,  and 

other  Stories, 
A  LiUle  Australian  Girl;  or  The  Babes 

in  the  Bush ;  and  Jim^  a  little  nigger. 
The  Two  Brothers,    By  Robket  Rich- 

ABDSON, B.A.  Edinburgh:  Oliphant, 

Anderson,  and  Ferrier. 

These  little  books  contain  just  such 
stories  as  boys  and  girls  delight  in. 
They  are  a  little  out  of  the  usual  run, 
"  The  Two  Brothers,"  and  "  Jim,"  being 
strollins  musicians,  imitation  Savovarda 
— for  whose  miserable  lot  Mr.  Richard- 
son tries  to  enlist  the  pity  and  help  of  his 
youtbfttl  readers.  All  the  stories  have 
a  good  moral  tone. 

Kilkee.     By  Eliza  Kese.     Bemroae 
and  Sons. 

A  TEUE  description,  in  narratiTe  form, 
of  village  life  on  the  west  coast  of  Ire- 
land. This  book  shows  how  a  Sunday- 
school  boy,  not  a  native  of  Kilkee,  won 
for  the  religion  he  professed  tbe  admira- 
tion and  respect  ot  these  wild  and  reck- 
less men  ana  women.  It  is  full  of  in- 
terest from  beginninff  to  end  ;  just  the 
book  for  "  our  Doys.' 

The  Boy  who    Wondered,      By   Mn. 

GsoBGE  Gladstone. 
The    HUlside   Farm,      By    Anna   J. 

BucKLAND.    T.  Woohner,  2,  Castle 

Street,  Qty  Road,  E.C. 
Two  story-books  for  young  people — 
bright  and  faacinating,  and  written  with 
a  noble  purpose.  In  selecting  prices 
for  children,  we  say  to  teachenp  "bay 
them." 


vonoss  or  booxcu 


375 


Hour$  wUh  the  Bible,  From  Rehoboam 
to  Hesekiafa.  Bj  Gunnihgham  Gsi- 
xiB,  D.D.  Hodder  and  Stougfaton. 
Wb  hare  already  informed  our  readers 
that  these  Yolomes  are  of  a  similar 
•oharacter  to  Kitto*8  Readiogs.  We 
have  not  been  pleased  with  all  that  thej 
contain,  but  for  the  most  part  they  are 
thoronghly  instractive.  We  consider 
them  to  be  very  cheap  at  six  shillings 
«ach.  Dr.  Gxixis  holds  high  rank  as  a 
scholarly  writer  of  popular  parts.  They 
who  know  hia  •<  Life  of  Christ "  will 
know  what  to  expect  in  these  "  Hours 
with  the  Bible.*' 

The  Creation ;  or,  Moses  and  Science  in 
Harmony,  By  Rev.  A.  Stxwaxt, 
M.D.  Elliot  Stock. 
Whbxe  destructive  criticism  has  done 
iU  work  upon  the  Bible  account  of  the 
•creation,  Dr.  Stewart  has  gone,  and  en- 
<deavoured  to  show  that  both  scien- 
tifically and  theologically  the  first  two 
chapters  of  Genesis  are  strictly  and 
literally  true.  We  are  ffetting  weary  of 
this  constant  defence  of  the  Pentateuch, 
but  suppose  it  is  necessary  in  cases 
Waere  the  vagaries  of  Colenso  and  his 
satellites  have  led  to  unsettlement  and 
misbelief.  Our  author  is  a  fair  oppo- 
nent, though  a  formidable  one,  and 
backs  all  hia  statements  with  scientific 
proof  and  comprehensive  research.  May 
bis  labour  not  be  in  vain. 

ExaucemenU  Bemarquahles  de  laPriere, 
Par  J.  Richardson  Phuipfs.  Tra- 
duit  de  TAnglais.  Toulouse :  Socidte 
des  Livres  Reb'gieux.  A  Londres, 
chez  J.  Nisbet  and  Co. 

W£  matly  rejoice  that  such  a  work  as 
Mr.  Philipps*  *'  Remarkable  Answers  to 
Prayer"*  has  been  translated  into  French, 
and  wish  for  it  a  large  circulation  among 
those  who  have  never  proved  the  power 
of  prayer.  Being  devoid  of  anything  of 
a  controversial  character,  or  of  refer- 
-ences  to  the  ertton  of  Romanism,  this 
record  of  interesting  facts  will,  we  trust, 
lead  many  a  poor  papist  to  go  ^  boldly 
to  the  throne  of  grace,  and  obtain 
mercy.*'  These  remarkable  answers 
hare  been  well  classified  by  Mr.Philipps, 
and  preachers  and  teachers  mav  readuy 
iind  some  pertinent  instances  wherewith 
•to  enforce  their  personal  appeals  to  in- 
dividuals of  any  class  in  any  circum- 
stances to  put  to  the  test  the  willingness 


of  God  to  answer  the  sincere  suppliant. 
The  book  in  English  is  in  the  fourteenth 
edition. 

Nos  PechAs  et  Notre  Sauveur,  a  six- 
teen page  tract  (Id.,  or  6s.  6d.  per  100, 
firee,  firom  the  author,  200,  Lancaster 
Road,  Netting  Hill),  is  also  worth  the 
attention  of  those  who  have  opportuni- 
ties for  evangelistic  work  amongst  those 
who  speak  French. 

Chrisfs  Earthly  Sojourn  as  Chronology* s 
Normal  Unit  alihe  in  all  Creation  and, 
in  all  Providence:  being  a  Virgin 
Mine  of  Religious  and  Political  Em- 
dences.  By  An  Honorart  Fellow 
op  St,  John's  College,  Manitoba. 
Nisbet  and  Co. 

Ah,  but  this  is  a  book !  What  must  -he 
be  who  understands  it?  The  title  alone 
would  be  a  good  day's  work  for  any 
man  to  exphdn,  while  the  motto,  which 
is  poetical,  might  require  a  week.  Here 
is  the  aforesaid  motto,  which  we  hope 
wiU  benefit  the  friends  of  culture  and 
deep  thinking. 

<^  Like  Eden^s  river,  human  story 
Parteth  into  many  a  head ; 
Tuned  solely  to  the  Triiine*8  f^lory, 
Mainly  tbirough  EmmanueVs  tiead. 

Which  on  each  serm  of  the  creation 
Has  already  stamped  its  trace, 

To  interweave  with  gravitation 
TiBsues  of  its  two -fold  pace, 

And  slay,  as  by  anticipation, 
<  Lamb '  of  mercy,  love  and  grace, 

While  with  one  chorus  of  salvation 
Orbs  and  angels  fill  all  space, — 

And  which,  through  Eden^s  branching 
channels. 

Sheds  all  romid  its  heav*nly  ray, 
To  dear  from  mist  primeval  annals 

Down  to  Abram's  brighter  day." 

Here  is  a  fragment  of  the  exposition 
of  line  4.  Is  it  not  clear  and  perspi- 
cuous ? 

" '  Mainly  througb  Emmanuel's  tread.' 
Here  the  adverb,  by  claiming  something 
less  than  exclusiveness  for  the  Messiah's 
33  or  34  years  among  *His  own,'  implies 
the  co-existence  of  other  numerals,  lar- 
ger and  smaller  alike,  between  7  and 
2,300, — the  whole  of  Uiem,  at  best,  but 
a  drop  in  Uie  bucket ;  being  shut  out 
altogether  from  the  purely  Messianic 
dramas,  whether  the  one  sporadic  suc- 
cession of  individual  adaptations,  or  the 
six  uninterrupted  arrays  of  collective 
developments." 


376 


HOTZOBB  OF  BOOKS. 


Hmid'hooksfor Bible CbuteB,  Hebrews, 
Bj  Bey.  Frofessw  Dayidsok.  Joekua, 
Judges,  By  "Rev,  Principal  Dovox^ab. 
Edinbufgh :  T.  and  T.  Clark. 

This  (Hebrew8)is  one  of  the  very  use- 
ful series  of  Hand-books  issued  hj 
Messrs.  Clark,  and  beinff  very  much 
larger  than  the  rest  of  tae  series,  its 
price  is  half-a-crown, — ^a  good  return 
for  money.  So  far  as  we  can  judee,  the 
notes  are  a  fair  exposition,  unbiassed, 
scholariy,  and  suggestive.  A  man  who 
is  fit  to  conduct  a  Bible-class  will  value 
such  help  as  is  here  supplied  him.  The 
average  Sunday-school-teacher  would 
be  glM  of  something  more  illustrative, 
more  in  form  for  juvenile  minds :  but 
the  Bible-class  is  a  more  advanced 
sphere,  and  needs  another  order  of 
teaohing.  In  the  Bible-class  teacher's 
hand  these  instructive  books  will  be  of 
great  service  if  he  takes  care  to  use 
diem  with  muchpraver  and  a  little  dis- 
crimination. We  like  the  Hebrews 
Hand-book  much;  Joshta  and  Judges 
we  do  not  care  much  about,  they  seem  to 
be  mainly  geoffraphioal,  and  to  suggest 
very  little  teacming. 

The  work  of  The  Holy  Spirit  in  Man. 
Discourses  by  G.  Tophbl.  Trans- 
lated by  the  Rev.  T.  J,  Dsspb^s. 
Edinburgh  :  T.  and  T.  Clark. 

With  joy  we  have  devoured  this  trea- 
tise. Thanks  to  Geneva  for  such  a 
testimony.  It  is  clear  and  living  in 
language,  and  in  spirit  devout.  May  it 
command  a  reading  from  all  our  min- 
isters first,  especiafly  firom  those  who 
have  been  poisoned  by  continental  liter- 
ature ;  and  then  may  it  be  read  by  our 
deacons  and  workers  that  they  may 
know  where  their  great  strength  lieth. 
Having  already  found  a  sermon  in  Fas- 
tor  Tophel's  pages  we  can  experimen- 
tally sneak  of  their  excellence.  To 
cause  tne  Holy  Spirit  to  be  more  rever- 
enced and  trusted  by  the  Church  should 
be  the  desire  of  all  the  godly,  and  tl^ 
little  book  will  help  in  that  direction. 
The  translator  apologizea,  but  without 
cause,  £br  his  EngliSi  is  of  the  best 
Older,  and  his  work  is  spl^adidly  done. 
We  should  not  endorse  every  line  of 
Mr.  Tophel's  book^  but  we  earnestiy  adt 
for  it  an  attentive  reading  from  all 
Christians. 


Lectures  on  the  Lor^s  Prayer.  By  the 
Rev.  RiGHiJtD  Glovib,  of  Bristol 
Beli^ous  Tract  Society. 

Sbobt,  sweet,  simple  expositions  of  tlie 

separate  sentences  of  the  Lord's  Praver. 

There  is  no  attempt  to  be  original  or 

Erofound :  tiie  student  will  find  nothiaf 
ere  he  has  not  met  with  a  hundred 
times  before;  but  the  general  reader 
will  be  carried  easily  and  flowingly 
along  the  stream  of  this  ''pearl  of 
prayers."  Had  Mr.  Glover  tried  to  be 
more  able,  he  would  probably  have  been 
less  widely  useful;  as  it  is,  his  ex- 
positions wiU  be  popuLir  because  not 
too  exacting  of  anything  like  study. 

Thoughts  on  Prayer,  selected  dnefy 
from  modem  writers.  By  W.  £l 
WnnLSs.    Religious  Tract  Society. 

This  is  a  species  of  volume-making  of 
which  we  are  not  much  enamoured,  and 
this  particular  book  is  certainly  not 
above  the  average.  A  stringing  to- 
gether of  copious  extracts  firom  modem 
writers,  and  making  them  into  a  book, 
without  much  attention  to  the  balance 
of  proportion,  is  not  likely  to  be  veiy 
successful.  For  instance:  whilst  George 
Miiller,  the  apostle  of  prayer  of  tcMlayt 
is  quoted  only  once,  "The  Expositor*' 
comes  in  for  seven-fold  (quotation; 
whilst  Jonathan  Edwards  is  quoted 
once,  Llewellyn  Davies  is  mentioned  fife 
times !  The  extracts  are,  a  few  of  theiD 
good,  many  of  them  common-plaoe,  tiie 
most  of  them  thin.  There  is  a  tameneas 
of  propriety  as  compared  with  the  fiirce 
and  piqtumcy  of  the  Puritans. 

The  National  Temperance  League'$ 
Annual  for  1882.  Edited  by  Robbbi 
Ras.  National  Temperanoe  Publi- 
cation Depot,  337,  Strand. 

This  littie  volume  grows  in  value  evety 
year.  Mr.  Rae  makes  a  judicious  selec- 
tion of  the  papers  prepared  bjr  temper- 
ance  workers  from  time  to  time,  and 
preserves  them  in  this  handy  form, 
together  with  a  mass  of  information 
which  must  be  invaluable  to  speakers 
upon  the  tn^c  in  drink.  A  perusal 
01  this  manual  makes  us  thankful  that 
so  much  has  been  aocompliihed  in  spite 
of  many  difficulties,  and  at  the  same 
time  reminds  us  how  much  reoiains  to 
be  done  before  the  evil  tlung  will  be 
banished  from  our  midat 


nonm. 


877 


The  Natural  Dmih  of  CkngHanihf. 
Selections  from  the  ^*  Select  Dis- 
counefi'*  of  John  Smith,  M.A«,  with 
an  introduction  by  Matthew  Arnold ; 
edited  bj  W.  M.  Mbicalfb.  Faifllej: 
Alexander  Gkudner.  London:  12, 
Patemofiter-row.    1881. 

Khow  this,  gentle  reader— for  the  lively 
6ct  has  lately  been  bronsht  to  Ught 
—there  lived  in  the  middle  of  the 
seventeenth  century  a  little  group  of 
Broad  Churchmen  whose  merit  lay  in 
thdr  moderation,  in  evidence  of  wnich 
this  little  Tolnme  fumbhes  us  with  a 
few  fossils.  When  the  papal  clergy  of 
Archbishop  Laud  lifted  high  their  crests, 
and  the  Puritan  school  of  the  Protec- 
torate spread  evangelical  principles  &r 
and  near,  there  was  a  pent-up  academy 
of  "  LatUude-men  "  at  the  University  of 
Cambridge  who  attempted,  by  com- 
bining the  republic  of  Pkto  with  the 
Christianity  of  Paul,  to  construct  a* 
model  gOBpel.  Their  sweetness  and  their 
light  were  distilled  and  displayed  within 
a  narrow  circle.  But  they  were  called 
*'  Latiiude-men  '*  rather  for  the  compass 
of  dieir  creed  than  for  the  extent  of 
their  influence.  As  they  died  out  by 
d^rees,  without  doing  much  even  to 
affect  their  own  generation,  one  after 
another  of  the  survivors  pronounced 
fulsome  eulogies  upon  the  admirable 
character  and  amiable  disposition  of  his 
comrades.  To  Matthew  Arnold's  mind, 
^'  Princ^l  TuUoch  has  done  an  excellent 
^k  in  seeking  (o  reawaken  our  intereet 
in  this  noble  hut  neglected  groupJ*    As 


we  read  these  extraots  from  the  homilie» 
of  John  Smith,  we  are  convinced 
that  the  Puritanism  of  the  time  ezer- 
dsed  more  sway  over  his  modes  of 
thought  than  tne  Piatonism  of  his 
teaching  did  over  any  cotemporary 
literature.  His  select  sermons  supply, 
we  presume,  a  fair  specimen  of  Christian 
philosophy  without  the  blood  of  the 
covenant,  and  rational  morality  without 
the  quickening  Spirit  of  God.  From 
"Me  introduction**  to  this  small  book 
we  borrow  two  sentences.  **  Their  im- 
mediate recompense  was  a  religious 
isolation."  .  .  .  '*  The  Cambridge  band 
ceased  to  acquire  recruits,  and  disap- 
peared with  the  ceptury."  This  is 
satisfactory  enough  so  &r  as  we  are 
concerned. 

The  Life  and  Letters  of  a  Soldier.    By 
£.  T.  £.  Pools.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

Will  be  useful  among  soldiers.  It  is 
the  simple  diary  of  a  convert  who 
struggles  for  lire  amid  the  injurious 
stirroundings  of  the  barrack-room  and 
the  camp. 

A  Short  and  Simple  History  of  England. 
By  the  Bev.  B.  G.  Johns.  Crosby,. 
Lockwood  and  Co. 

Wb  do  not  believe  in  Mr.  Johns'  history 
when  he  touches  upon  Cromwell,  but 
the  little  book  is  in  all  other  respects  a 
capital  compendium,  and  very  suitable 
for  school  use.  We  do  not  wonder  that 
it  has  passed  through  five-and-twenty^ 
editions.  It  is  an  excellent  shiilingV 
worth. 


^oits^ 


Ms.  EDW.ABD  Whtex,  the  earnest  and  able 
advooate  of  the  doctrine  of  Conditiooal 
InuQoitality.  says : — "  No  one  yields  to  me 
in  hearty  aonunitioa  and  affection  for  the 
Bflv.  Ghu.  SpazKson.  Bat  his  refusal  to 
Usteu  to  the  doetrine  of  Life  in  Christ  has 
formed  a  more  serious  obstaole  to  its  popu- 
lar diffnirion  than  that  of  any  othar  livmg 
num  during  the  last  twenty  yean.*'  We 
^  f  ally  prepared  to  take  all  the  neiponsi- 
huity  of  the  oondnot  ascribed  to  us.  and  only 
tnist  that  we  may  have  power  to  he  a  more 
Krioos  obstacle  stiU.  With  the  most  pro- 
found regard  for  Mr.  White,  and  something 
moitt  tenLdar  than  regard,  we  eannot  help 
"ungling   our  regret  that  he  should  be 


toftrthittg  gnoh  mischievous  doctrine,    an. 
that  so  many  should  follow  him  in  it. 

On  Monday  evsning.  May  22,  the  half- 
yearly  meeting  of  the  MxTBOPOLrrasr 
Tabbiuuolb  BvAKOSLtBu*  AssooxAXioir  was 
held  in  conjunction  with  the  usual  prayer- 
meeting.  Castor  C.  H.  Spurgeon  presided, 
and  commended  the  worlc  to  the  sympathy 
and  support  of  all  present.  Mr.  SUTln,  toe 
indefatigable  aeoretazy  of  the  Association, 
gave  a  brief  descr^on  of  the  work  carried 
on  by  his  earnest  band  of  unpaid  evan- 
gelists, two  of  whom,  Messrs.  PuUen  and 
ShanBer,alsospo]Ge.  Mr. Elvin  expressed  the 
fear  that  the  services  held  ly  the  Awsnoiatioa 


:378 


jroTBa. 


•tkis  year  will  not  exceed -the  niimber  re- 
ported at  the  last  axmnal  ineetm|^ — t.  e., 
;},380 ;  but  even  if  his  anticijpatioiiB  are 
realized — ^what  agrand  work  will  be  aocom- 
pIiBhed !  Thia  is  one  of  the  most  useful  and 
economical  agencies  for  the  spread  of  the 
gospel  in  the  metropolis,  and  deserves  the 
help  of  all  Christians  who  desire  to  see  the 
miUions  of  Loudon  converted  to  Christ. 
More  young  preachers  are  needed  by  the 
society,  ana  more  funds  with  which  to  hire 
hiUls  and  pay  travelling  expenses :  all  the 
rest  is  natis  work.  The  Society's  design  is 
to  work  with  the  churches,  and  for  them, 
and  not  to  be  an  outside  agency  to  draw 
men  away  from  their  regular  places  of 
worship.  Ministers  in  or  near  London 
wishing  for  a  week  of  special  services  can 
apply  to  Mr.  Elvin,  30.  Surrey-square, 
^.E.,  who  will  send  suitable  evangehsts. 

On  Friday  evening^  June  9,  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Metbofolitan  Tabsbnaclk 
CouNTBT  M1681027  was  held  in  the  Lecture 
Hall,  under  the  presidency  of  Pastor  C.  H. 
Spurffeon.  The  stormy  weather  that  inre- 
vailea  during  the  afternoon  and  evening  re- 
duced the  attendance  somewhat,  but  did  not 
lessen  the  enthusiasm  that  is  usually  mani- 
fested at  this  meetinff.  Mr.  G.  Qoldston, 
the  secretary  of  the  Mission^resented  the 
nnnual  report,  and  Mr.  B.  Hayward,  the 
treasurer,  read  the  balance-sheet.  There 
are  twentv-one  members,  and  services  are 
being  hela  in  North  Cheam;  Bell  Green, 
Sydenham;  Thornton  Heath;  Shorehun, 
and  Halstead,  Kent;  Tedding^n;  South- 
gate  ;  Stratford ;  and  Bedport  and  Hatton ; 
while  in  the  following  places  the  work  is 
being  carried  on  without  the  assistance  of 
the  Mission,  in  most  cases  churches  having 
been  formed,  and  in  some  instances  chapeu 
built  .'—Tiptree  Heath,  Putney.  Carshalton, 
Walthamstow,  St.  Mary  dray,  Lower 
Tooting,  LitUe  Paris-street.  Pope-street, 
■and  T^llesden.  The  total  dxpenditure  of 
the  Mission  for  the  year  has  been  £168  12s., 
the  principal  items  l>eing  travelling  expenses 
of  the  preachers,  who  give  their  services 
freely ;  and  the  rent,  furniture,  and  fittings 
of  doapels  and  halls.  To  meet  this  amount 
the  Pastor  has  been  pleased  to  find  £48  10s.; 
subscriptions  and  donations  have  realized 
£31  13s.  8d. ;  offerings  and  collections  at  the 
stations,  £64  16s.;  and  at  the  date  of  the 
meeting  a  small  balance  was  due  to  the  trea- 
surer. Addresses  were  delivered  by  the 
chairman,  and  Messrs.  Millidge,  Durbin, 
Greenstreet.  Chalmers,  Crathem,  McLauch- 
lan,  and  Clark;  Mr.  Chamberlain  sang  a 
sacred  solo;  and  Mr.  Keys  was  presented 
witii  a  gold  pencil  as  a  token  of  gratitude 
for  his  services  atTeddington.  This  Country 
Mission  is  a  sort  of  twin-sister  to  the  Evan- 
gelists' Association,  and  is  doing  a  most 
useful  work  in  the  villages  around  London. 
It  merits  far  more  help  ttian  it  receives.  It 
is  also  an  excellent  traininff-school  for 
earnest  Christian  youn||^  men  who  desire  op- 
jportunities  for  exercising  their  gifts  as 
jpreaohers  of  the  gospel.  Friends  in  destitate 


localities  in  the  suburbi  would  do  weU  to 
communicate  with  this  Society. 

Stranger^  Sunday  evening,  June  II. — 
This  service  was  crowded.  All  sorts  and 
conditions  of  men  were  there ;  but  we  jadse 
from  the  universality  of  the  singing  that  the 
bulk  of  the  attendants  were  such  as  usually 
attend  places  of  worship.  Before  the  mul- 
titude had  dispersed  our  scouts  had  pleasing 
proof  that  when  Christ  is  lifted  up  men  are 
drawn  to  him.  Certain  brethren  scattered 
over  the  Tabemade  are  ever  on  the  watch 
for  those  who  are  wounded,  and  many  a 
case  is  thus  speedily  cared  for,  which  other- 
wise might  have  been  left  to  suffer  in  secret. 

On  Monday  evening ^  June  12,  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Mbtbofoutav  Tabbbk4Cij5 
HoiCB  AND  FoBEiOK  MissioirAinr  WoBZora 
SociETT  was  held  in  the  lecture -haU.  Pastor 
C.  H.  Spurgeon  presided,  and  spoke  of  the 
continued  need  of   the  society's  work  In 
sending  {Uiroels  of  clothing  to  poor  nunisters 
and    their   families,  many  of  wlMxm,  es- 
pecially in  the  country  dismcts,  are  in  more 
straitened  circumstances  than  ever,  as  the 
consequence    of    agricultural    denressioii. 
Addresses  were  also  delivered  by  Pastor  J. 
A.  Spurgeon,  Mr.  Harrald,  who  read  the 
report,    and    Mrs.   Evans,   the    esteemed 
treasurer  and  manager  of  the  society.    She 
asked  very  earnestly  for  additional  sab- 
scribers,  and  expressed  the  wish  that  every 
member  of  the  church  would  give  at  least 
one  garment  during  the  year,    ^niis  is  a 
capital  practical  hint.     TvmL  a  coat  to  a 
pinafore  there  is  a  wide  range  of  artides. 
suited  to  all  pockets.)    The  report  refenea 
to  the  loss  the  committee  had  sustained  by 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Scott,  an  invaluable  fnend, 
and  included  a  short  letter  from  Mrs.  8|nir- 
geon,  the  beloved  President  of  the  Soaety, 
and  aUo  copies  of  the  grateful  epistles  that 
had  been  received  from  several  of  the  ap- 
plicants who  had  been  relieved  durizig  tne 
year.    Mention  was  made  of  the  kindhelp 
of  the  Shooter's  Hill  Baptist  Chapel  Aux- 
iliary, which  has  contributed  269  axtioles  of 
clothing  since  the  last  anniTersazy.    Forty- 
seven  parceb  have  been  sent  to  ministers, 
and  nine  to  colporteurs,  the  total  value  ct 
the  gifts  amounting  to  £298  9s.  Id.,  about 
230  children  have  been  clothed,  and  1707 
ready-made  garments  have  been  sent,  580 
yanu  of  dress  material,   besides   sheets, 
blankets,  and  other  useful  artides.     Hie 
total  expenditure  for  the  year  was  about 
£1 10,  and  there  was  a  balance  of  £10  18s.  8d. 
due  to  the  treasurer,  but  this  was  more  than 
cleared  off  by  a  donation  of  £20  from  the 
chairman.    Oontributions  of  money,  or  gar- 
ments, or  materials  to  be  made  up,  wifi  be 
gratefully  received  by  Mrs.  Evans,  Metro- 
politan Tabemade,  Newiiigton.     Drapers 
could  help  us  mudi  by  giving  lemnantL 
Half -worn  garments  are  also  aooeptahle. 

The  Tabemade  prayeor- meeting  held  en 
the  same  evening  was  dedicated  to  misaioiiaiy 
subjects.  Our  own  work  abroad  constsatiy 
furnishes  interesting  topics.  Two  brethren 
were  present  who  had  given  themidTas  to 


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sniBsion-worl;:,  and  Hr.  Harry  Wood,  haTxng 
retumed  from  Australia^  gave  aome  in- 
teresting  details.  We  are  greatly  gratified 
to  find  that  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs. 
Allison  a  sodetjr  has  heen  formed  to  suppOTt 
a  sister  in  the  Zenana  work  in  India,  we 
glorify  God  as  we  see  how  in  every  form 
our  beloved  friends  lengthen  the  cords  and 
strengthen  the  stakes  of  our  Tabernacle 
work. 

On  Monday  evening y  June  19.  at  the  Ta- 
bernacle prayer-meetmg,  the  loUowing  re- 
solution from  the  elders  of  the  church  was 
read  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Dunn,  and  adopted  by 
the  whole  assembly,  who  manifested  their 
sympathy  with  its  spirit  by  rising  and  sing- 
ing the  doxology: — 

"  We,  the  elders  of  the  church,  in  meet- 
ing assembled,  on  tiiis  nineteenth  day  of 
June,  1882,  desire  to  present  to  Almighty 
God  our  heartfelt  thanss  for  the  continued 
preservation  of  our  Pastor  to  the  church 
and  his  much^loved  work ;  and  on  this,  his 
forty -eighth  anniversary,  we  earnestly  and 
heartily  prav  that  his  valued  life  may  still 
be  preserved  to  labour  in  our  midst,  that 
with  his  ever-increasing  consecration,  he 
may  enjoy  renewed  health  and  spiritual 
power,  and  that  yet  larger  success  may 
attend  his  ministi^  than itnas hitherto  been 
hiajoy  to  experience." 

From  the  19th  and  onward  we  have  re- 
ceived so  many  letters  containing  sums  large 
and  small,  that  we  have  scarcely  known 
how  to  acknowledge  all  the  messages  of 
love.  Writinff  as  we  now  do,  on  the  early 
mornine  of  the  2lst,  we  find  that  we  have 
received,  almost  entirely  in  small  sums,  the 
large  amount  of  £380  as  birthday  presents 
for  the  Orphanage.  Much  more  wifi  be  put 
into  our  own  hand  to-day  if  the  weather 
keeps  fine.  Perchance  we  can  stop  the 
press,  and  insert  a  brief  paragraph  this 
evening.  We  are  very  grateful  to  all  these 
thoughtful  friends ;  some  of  them  live  hun- 
dreds of  miles  away,  and  yet  never  forget 
the  Pastor's  birthday.  If  this  money  were 
given  to  the  Pastor  for  his  own  use  he 
would  feel  humiliated  by  it ;  but  now  it 
comes  with  the  blessing  which  maketh  rich, 
and  addeth  no  sorrow  therewith.  Poor 
orphans  are  thus  helped,  and  we  have  the 
joy  of  it.  Two  friends  send  £48  each  to 
mark  our  age ;  one  of  them  says  wittily  that 
we  grow  dearer  every  year.  On  closing  up 
^e  accounts  for  the  day  we  find  that  the 
Orphanage  will  be  benefited  to  the  extent  of 
at  least  £1000.  The  fete  was  a  grand  suc- 
cess in  every  respect.  Between  seven  and 
^ght  thousand  i>ersons  were  present,  and 
everything  passed  off  most  happily.  Blessed 
be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CoLLBOB.— Mr.  C.  Pearce,  who  has  oon- 
tmued  to  be  IMUtor  of  the  church  at  Frog- 
more-street,  Tring,  while  studying  at  the 
<>oUege.  has  now  oompleted  his  course  with 
lu,  and  remains  with  tiie  people  of  his 
charge ;  and  Mr.  A.  H.  Smifih  has  setfled 
MComngsby.LiiioohMhiro.  Mr.G.Simmona 


IS  removing  from  New  Maiden  to  Foot's 
Crav. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Wood  has  been  accepted  by 
the  Baptist  Missionary  Society  for  the  toui- 
torate  of  the  church  at  AgOk ;  and  Mr. 
A.  Fairbrother  is  going  out  to  New  Zealand 
as  soon  as  possible,  in  response  to  a  request 
from  our  son  Thomas  for  a  student  who 
would  devote  himself  to  mission -work 
among  the  Maories.  We  should  be  glad 
of  help  towards  the  expense  of  sending^out 
this  brother. 

Mr.  W.  Mann,  who  has  been  for  the  past 
two  years  co-pastor  with  Mr.  Hamilton  at 
Cape  Town,  has  retumed  to  England.  His 
voyage  home  was  a  pleasant  contrast  to  his 
double  shipwreck  on  the  passage  out.  We 
hope  he  will  soon  find  a  suitable  sphere  in 
which  he  can  turn  to  good  account  the  ex- 
perience he  has  gained  in  the  colony.  A 
letter  will  find  him  at  the  Tabernacle. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Harrison,  who  has  been  greatly 
blessed  as  an  evangelist  in  the  Australian 
coloniesp  has  come  home,  and  is  engaging  in 
evangelistic  work  in  thej  provinces,  sir. 
Harry  Wood  also  is  occupying  himself  in  a 
similar  manner  until  the  way  is  made  clear 
for  his  return  to  the  Antipodes. 

Mr.  £endon  sends  us  a  verj  cheering 
account  of  the  progress  of  his  work  in 
Jamaica.  In  January  he  baptized  twenty - 
five  persons,  and  in  April  thirty-three  more, 
and  nis  church  now  numbers  eight  hundred 
and  fifty  members,  about  one-fourth  of 
whom,  however,  are  too  old  and  feeble  to 
get  out  to  the  services  often.  Financially, 
also,  there  is  a  great  improvement  in  his 
position  and  prospects,  and  he  hopes  by  the 
end  of  the  vear  three  of  his  mission-stations 
will  be  able  to  unite  in  forming  a  church, 
which  will  support  another  pastor.    How 

freat  is  our  joy  as  we  see  our  orethren  thus 
lessed  of  the  Lord ! 

On  Fridau  afternoon^  May  26,  Dr.  Wey- 
mouth, the  head  master  of  BOl  Hill  School, 
delivered  an  admirable  lecture  to  the  stu- 
dents on  *^  Beading  aloud."  On  the  same 
day  the  London  ministers  connected  with 
the  Conference  spent  the  afternoon  and 
evening  with  the  President  at  "West- 
wood,*"  and  on  the  following  Friday  the 
students  had  a  similar  treat.  On  Friday 
afternoon,  June  16,  Mr.  Spurgeon  presided 
at  the  Communion  service  of  tne  students  of 
Begent's-park  College,  and  had  happy  in- 
tercourse with  Dr.  Angfos  and  the  bretmmi. 
Monday,  June  19,  was  generally  observed 
throughout  our  Conference  brotherhood  as  a 
day  <n  special  united  prayer.  We  have 
heard  from  several  brethren  who  expe- 
rienced very  gracious  manifestations  of  the 
Holy  Spirit's  influence  in  their  meetings, 
and  we  look  for  corresponding  results. 

The  College  midsummer  vacation  ends  on 
Monday,  Auguet  7.  We  have  received  only 
a  few  students  sinoe  the  summer  session  last 
year,  and  as  many  have  gone  out  to  the 
work  since  that  time,  our  numbers  have 
been  decreased  below  our  usual  average. 
We  have,  however,  aooeptad  ftbout  twenty 


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HOTBB. 


candidatae  out  of  the  l^ng  Mst  of  appKeants, 
and  with  this  addition  we  do  not  expeotto 
haiVB  toxy  more  TacanoJea  during  tiie  present 
year.  Onr  men  are  moTed  wi&  miaaionary 
unpnlMS}  add  with  deaiTCB  to  open  new 
chnrchea,  ao  lAiat  we  hope  we  ahall  not  in  a 
single  case  inoreaau  the  number  of  unem- 
ployed preaehen.  There  is  room  in  ttua 
gmltrworld  for  aH  the  hemlds  of-  mercy  that 
can  be  Beat  forth.  We  may  not  yet  eeaae 
from  cryinff  to  liie  Lord  to  asbd  forth 
labourers  into  his  hanreat. 

EviafCEBmB.— The  following  letter  from 
Mr.  Follerton  ao  well  explains  the  matten 
he  wiahea  ua  tocommonicate  to  our  readazs, 
that  we  cannot  do  better  than  print  it  just 
as  it  ia.  We  ahall  be  happy  to  reeeire 
contributiona  towaida  flie  purehaae  of  the 
sermona  mentioned  in  the  latter : — 
^  46,  Doddington-groye, 

'*  Senmngton-paTk)  S.S. 
''Mh  June,  1862. 

"Bear  Mr.  flpumeon, — You  will  be 
pleaaed  to  know  that  the  senrioes  at  Trinity 
Chapel,  Edgwaie-road,  have  been  blessed 
remarlDftbly  to  the  salvation  of  aouls,  and 
that,  notwithstanding  the  Whitsuntide  holi- 
days, most  of  the  meetings  have  been  well 
attended.  To  our  Master  be  all  the  praiae, 
as  his  is  all  the  power. 

**Bome  intereathig  caaea  of  oouveraion 
haye  oome  under  our  notioe.  one  of  which  I 
must  tell  you.  When  at  Abbey-road,  St. 
John's-wood^  some  montfaa  ago,  we  had 
several  meetmga  for  men  only.  Aa  ia  our 
custom,  we  gaye  each  man  one  of  your  aer- 
mons  at  tiie  cloae  of  the  aervioe,  in  the  hope 
that  if  the  spoken  aermon  did  not  reach  their 
heart  through  the  ear,  the  printed  one 
mi^it  through  the  eye.  Chie  afternoon  a 
man,  who  had  not  been  to  aplaoe  of  worship 
for  years  before,  took  home  a  sermon,  and 
his  wife,  who  was  yery  ill,  read  it  eagerly, 
wfaQe  he,  inteieated  in  tiie  firat  aenrioe,  went 
again  in  ihe  eyemng.  At  the  end  of  the 
aermon  were  the  linea — 

'  Fm  a  poor  ainner^  and  nothing  at  all, 
But  JesuB  Clmat  js  my  allin  sJl.' 

<«  Aa  the  woman  read,  Iteeling  the  first  line 
was  true  of  her.  she  longed  to  experience 
likewise  the  truth  of  the  seoond.  Whenher 
husband  returned,  this  time  bringing  with 
him  one  of  the  little  hvmn-books  used  at 
our  servioas,  she  was  moroughly  aroused. 
On  opening  the  book  she  noticed  the  words 
of  an  anthon,  *  I  will  arise,'  which  beingre- 
peated  when  sung,  are  printed  twice,uus : 
— *I  will  arise,  /  tpilf  ariu* ;  the  italics 
lending  a  seeming  emphaaia  to  them  the 
aecond  time.  This  atruck  her,  and  ahe  de- 
termined to  aay  them  the  third  time,  which 
ahe  did  on  her  knees,  until— her  soul  filled 
with  the  peace  of  God— ahe  waa  able  to 

'  Jesus  Christ  is  ay  all  in  alL' 
This  aoQOunt  I  had  liom  bar  own  Iqia,  aa 
ahe  felt  diemnat  t*tt^t^»»*i  eaaUm  what  the 
Lord  had  dons  lor  har. 


"Thna  the  luoennga  are  neased  of  God 
far  beyond  the  ladtna  known  to  as  at  tbe 
tune,  and  the  aesmona  are  onoe  more  mads 
the  matrunent  of  loading  aonla  to  Christ. 
Seeing  thia,  we  ace  debarndmad  to  oontinne 
to  acatter  them  more  than  oyer,  and  h^e 
arranged  with  your  puhlidiBrB  to  have  one 
hundred  tiiouaand  laid  aside  tor  our  use. 
'Hue  number  will  probabljr  be  aufSdent  far 
two  yeara.  They  haye  londly  pronused  to 
Buppythem,  boimd  in  hook f6mi,  for £2S0, 
of  wvieh  amount  they,  with  tnsir  usosl 
IBierahty,  will  contribute  £60.  Thisleavei 
abalanoe  of  jB260.  towaids  which  we  should 
be  yery  grateful  to  reoeiye  the  offerings  of 
tboae  interaeted  in  the  apread  of  gospd 
literature  and  the  fnithecaiiDe  of   etaa- 


^'WiU  you,  dear  "Mr.  SpuzgeciL  kindly 
brittg  the  matter  before  your  luademi,  sad 
be  80  good  aa  to  reoeiyB  anyanma  they  msj 
forward  P  Measra.  Pftasmore  and  Alabastar, 
4.  Patemoater-buildings,  E.C.,  inform  as 
tnat  tlwy  will  be  pleaaed  to  plaee  say 
amount  forwarded  to  ttiem  to  the  credit  w 
thia  account.  Bundy  aome  loyal  hearts,  in 
yiew  of  the  great  bleasiiig  nwfliig'  upon  these 
sermona,  and  (he  eagemeas  witti  whidi  th^ 
are  reoeiyed— of  wnich  the  aboye  is  only 
one  inatanoe  out  of  many — ^will  be  led  to 
assist.  No  surer  way  could  be  oonoeiyed  of 
sending  a  clear  statement  of  the  gospel  into 
thousands  of  homes  where  it  would  ofiisr- 
wise  be  unknown. 

**  On  June  11  we  leaye  our  present  wo^ 
with  good  Mr.  FeUowea  to  begin  with  Brother 
Bax  at  Saltera'  Hall,  whence  we  prooeed  on 
July  2  to  friend  Wilson,  at  Woolwich, 
where,  in  oonjunction  with  nearly  all  the 
churches,  we  hope  to  carry  on  a  mission  for 
three  weeks.  We  shall  then  praeticallj 
haye  completed  a  year's  work  in  London, 
and  from  the  almost  imiform  suooeas  resting 
upon  it,  haye  diaproyed,  in  great  measnie, 
the  idea  that  it  is  harder  to  labour  in  the 
metropolis  than  elaewhere,  proyided  the 
aame  effort  is  put  forth.  For  alltheblesBing 
youchsaf ed  we  adore  the  Giyer  of  eyeiy 
good  gift,  and  thank  the  beloyed  brethien 
who  haye  reoeiyed  us  ao  heartily  in  the  naaM 
of  the  Lord. 

"  After  the  aummer  interraL  which  Vr. 
Smith  and  myaelf  alikereoruire  for  reet  after 
the  continued  atrain,  ana  preparation  for 
future  aeryioe,  we  propoae  to  yisit  Bath* 
(Houoeater.  etc.,  in  tne  autumn,and remsin 
some  montna  in  that  district.  Wehope still 
to  make  aome  further  arrangements  with 
places  in  the  neighbourhood,  so  as  to  con- 
centrate the  influence  of  the  work. ;  perhaps 
you  will,  therefore,  let  friends  hmow  that 
you  will  giye  the  preferenoe  during  the 
coming  season  to  inyitationsfrom  tiie  aonth- 
west  cff  England. 

'*  With  hearty  and  affectionate  graating, 


i( 


Beliaye  me,  dear  FBaaidant» 
**  Yeiy  ainoeraiy  yooxs, 


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Ifr.  FdlMPeB  ha«   abo  written  at  iol* 

lows: — 

"  Mj  dear  Mr.  Spuigeon, — Knowing  how 
much  it  delights  your  heart  to  hear  c^  any 
good  work  done  for  the  Lord,  especially 
when  the  workers  are  those  whom  yon  have 
sent  forth,  I  write  to  tell  you  how  marvel- 
lously  Gk)d  has  hlessed  the  earnest  labours 
of  your  beloved  evangeltsts,  Messrs.  Fuller- 
ton  and  Smith,  at  'trinity  Chapel.  They 
were  here  three  weeks,  from  the  21st  Mtty 
until  the  10th  June,  and  being  at  liberty— if 
•conducting  three  laisre  serrices  on  the  same 
day  before  coining  admits  of  the  use  of  the 
WOTd— they  generously  returned  last  night 
(June  18th),  when  the  chapel  was  again 
filled  to  Overflowing,  and  better  stilL  many 
precious  souls  were  led  into  the  li^,  liie 
liberty,  and  the  love  of  God.    Hallelujah ! 

"  We  have  good  cause  for  tiumksgiving 
and  praise,  for  a  full  month  of  tiie  choicest 
mercies  haA  been  graciously  nanted  to  this 
church  and  neighbourhood.  Tlie  first  ¥reek 
was  spent  in  humbling  ourselves  before  God, 
confessing  our  shortcomings,  beseeching  him 
to^  put  away  the  iniquities  of  our  holy 
things,  to  consecrate  us  afresh  for  his  service, 
and  to  abundantly  bless  the  labours  of  the 
two  devoted  men  we  were  expecting  in  our 
midst. 

'*  Ere  the  week  had  gone,  we  b^an  to  see 
and  feel  that  the  Lord  is  indeed  very  merd* 
ful,  we  experienced  a  return  of  first-love,  a 
renewal  of  spiritual  strength,  and  a  holy, 
expectant  joy  which  the  wealth  of  worlds 
could  not  purchase,  nor  the  choicestt  wonU 
describe.. 

**  Our  heloved  brethren  came,  and  of  the 
forty-seven  services  held  during  their  stay 
you  will  be  delighted,  but  scarcely  surprised 
to  hear,  that  not  one  was  btsnran  of  remark- 
able blessing,  or  wanting  in  mudi,  and  we 
verily  believe,  kvtnig  good.  It  is  always 
too  early  to  boast  of  results,  but  never  too 
«oon  to  praise  God  for  them,  so  we  had  a 
praise-meetinff  on  the  Monday  after  the 
-departure  of  the  two  faithful  and  true  wit- 
nesses for  GKxL  Meanwhile  eadi  worker's 
list  bad  been  collected  and  corrected,  and  it 
was  found  that  we- had  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  more  than  two  hundred  persons, 
the  major  partof  whom  profess  to  have  been 
aavindly  converted,  and  the  remainder  to 
have  been  restored  from  a  state  of  baek- 
elidm|r.  Oh^inr,  it  is  a  time  of  blessing  at 
*  Trimty.'  We  have  seen  the  strong  man, 
when  smitten  by  the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  in 
a  perfect  agony  of  soul,  we  have  wftnessed 
his  great  frame  convulsed  while  in  the 
throes  of  the  new  birth,  and  heard  him 
•crying  most  piteously  for  pardon  and  de- 
Uveranoe  from  the  bondage  of  sin.  We 
have  seen  well-nigh  twenty  children  leap 
into  spiritual  liberty,  and  listened  to  tesfr- 
monies  from  their  lips  that  none  but  the 
^7>ueal  believer  or  the  captious  unbeliever 
could  gainsay  or  resist.  Not  is  this  all, 
dunng  this  happy  harvest-time  of  the  diurch 
we  have  behela  in  many,  many  cases  the 
long-sealed  fount  of  te^irs  in  the  aged  burst 


forth  at  the  remembraooe  of  a  Uf otime  of 
sin,  and  been  moved  to  tears  ourselves  as  we 
heard  their  prayer  offered  in  broken,  but 
touching  aeeents  for  a  full  forgiveness. 
Yes,  and  we  have  seen  several  such  pass 
from  spiritual  death  to  everlasting  life,  and 
go  on  their  way  with  a  new  song  in  their 
mouth,  even  praise  unto  our  God.  Nor  can 
we  ever  forget  the  melting  sight  of  poor 
drunkards  in  distress  of  soul,  as  on  uieir 
bended  knees,  with  pen  in  luuid,  ready  to 
sign  a  pledge  to  abstain,  by  the  help  of 
Gtod,  from  the  drink  that  has  wrought  their 
social  ruin — ^pausing  in  the  act  to  pray  for 
the  pardon  of  sins  committed  against  their 
wives  and  children,  and  then  beseeching 
Chzist  to  help  them  bvhis  grace  to  keep  the 
pledge  till  death.  lliese,  and  a  bundled 
other  saoied  scenes,  have  been  witnessed  by 
us.  Husbands  and  wives  have  within  one  and 
the  same  hour  believed  on  Christ,  and  gone 
home  rejoicing;  backsliders  have  leftmeir 
broken  cisterns  of  earthly  pleasure,  asked 
*  for  the  old  wajB,  and  returned  to  God  as 
the  eternal  spring  of  all  their  joys ;  whUe  in 
other  instances,  friends  and  neighbours  have 
been  blessed  in  answer  to  believing  prayer.  I 
am  h%pp3rto  sav  the  good  work  is  still  going 
on,  and  sincerely  do  I  pray  that  it  may  con- 
tinue to  do  so,  until  it  is  possible  for  your  two 
unwearying  workers  to  pay  us  anotner  visit. 
Hoping  in  a  few  days  ta  forward  cheque 
for  £25  or  £30—1  hope  the  latter— and  mth 
every  best  wish,  believe  me. 
"  Your  comrade  in  aims  zor  King  Jeifos, 

'*J.  O.  F9I2.0WX8." 

We  hear  from  Mr.  Bax  that  the  services 
at  Salters'  Hall  have  commenoed  most 
hopefully. 

Ck)LPOBTAOB. — ^During  the  past  month  the 
work  of  the  Golportage  Association  has  been 
vigorously  earned  on,  and  we  noto  with 
gratitude  that  our  friends  have  bezun  to 
respond  more  liberally  to  the  appeal  for  aid 
for  this  deserving  and  increasing  work.  The 
Metropolitan  Tsioemacle  Sunday-school  has 
guaranteed  £40  a  year  towards  the  support 
of  another  colporteur,  who  will  resiae  at 
Tring,  in  Hertfordshiro,  and  work  the  sur- 
rounding district.  .  Another  wUl  shortly  be 
sent  to  labour  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
Tittlesball,  in  Norfolk,  in  connection  with 
the  Norfolk  Association,  which  guarantees 
£40  a  year  towards  the  expenses.  Arrange- 
ments are  also  pending  for  other  newms- 
tricts.  The  last  Annual  Beport,  which  con- 
tains much  interesting  information,  can  be 
had  on  application  to  tilie  Secretary,  Mr.  W. 
Gordon  Jones,  Temple-street,  St.  George's- 
road,  S.E.,  who  will  be  happy  to  give  any 
information  about  the  Association,  or  to 
receive  subscriptions  or  donations  in  aid  of 
its  operations. 

Mr.  B.  E.  Mackenzie  has  resigned  the 
post  of  Travelling  Secretary,  having  ac- 
cepted a  commercial  appoinlanent  in  India. 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabernacle : — 
May  z9th,  thirteen ;  June  1st,  twelve. 


S82 


atatemmt  of  Beeeipti  from  May  I5th  to  June  lith,  1882. 


StMnps  faoPi.lSii.ling        .*•       ...       •.• 
SUTm  H.  W^»  YV66tirop        •••       •••       •«• 

JtTB.  HlTTUI       •••  •••  •••  •••  ■«• 

Jfta    TV  •  Xka         •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

fiev.  J<  A.  Bro^m  ...  ...       >••       ••• 

Mr.  Thomas  Soonlar        

Jane  MatthewB      ...  ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  W.  Gourlaj     ...  ...        ...       .•« 

jaiv.  qk  ^^.    .««        ...  ...        ...        .•* 

Mr.  and  Mm.  Speight      

Etom  Blandf Old    

Mr.  and  Mn.  Gannt        

AL.  *»•  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grange      ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Hi  Foztone      ...       ...       •.*       ... 

Mr.  W.  J.  Galloway        • 

Mr.  B.  A.  James   ...       • 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williamson         

The  Misses  WiUiaxnson 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Miller   ...        ... 

Mr.  8.  Morley^  M.P.        ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  Simpson         ...       ...       ••• 

Miss  Chenoweth ... 

A  friend,  Deptford         

liLrs.  Fhipps,  per  Pastor  W.  Osborne  ... 
Mn.  Qiimwood,  per  Pastor  W.  Osborne 


£  s. 

d. 

0    8 

1 

6    0 

0 

6    0 

0 

2    2 

0 

6    6 

0 

8    0 

0 

0  10 

0 

21    0 

0 

0    2 

6 

1    0 

0 

1    0 

0 

1    0 

0 

1    0 

0 

2  10 

0 

0  10 

0 

0  10 

0 

8    8 

0 

10    0 

0 

2    2 

0 

20    0 

0 

100    0 

0 

2    2 

0 

10    0 

0 

6    0 

0 

0  10 

6 

0  10 

0 

•El*     A^m       •••  a  mm  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  F.  Fishwick     

Mr.  y¥_.  Mills         ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  W.  P.  Hao^ton       

Mr.  A.  H.  Scaru    ...        ...       ... 

Mrs.  Chapman       ...       ...        ... 

CoUected  by  Miss  Jephs 

Ck)Uected    at    Jericho,    Jamaica, 

Pastor  J.  J.  Kendon    

Mrs.  Salmon,  Sen ... 

Mr.  Henry  Varley^ 

jiT.  w.  Keen  ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  T.  J.  Bedgate  

Annual  Suh»eriptum  : — 
Ifr.  Thomas  Hill 

J?a(A  Yearly  SubteriptioH  : — 
^Sn.  S.  Brown       ...       ...       ... 

Weekly  Offerings  at  Met.  Tab. :— 
May  21       10  15 

t,     28        ,.f        ISO    7 

June    4       80  U 

11        •••       ••>       •.•       10    ft 


£  8.^. 
60  0  » 
8 
0 
0 
6 
0 
5 


8 
6 
6 

0 

10 

1 


0 
0" 
0 
0 
0 
0^ 


2  0  0 

0  9  6 

6  0  0 

2  2  0 

3  3  0 

2  2  0 

10  0 


99 


0 
6 
0 
0 


201  IS   S 


£4»    1   t 


S^itfthSntll 


Mee 


Statement  o/Jteeeipte 

£ 


Collected  by  Master  W.  F.  Hinsche  ...  1 

Collected  by  the  Misses  Bust    0 

Collected  by  Mary  McEwan     0 

ISn.  G.  Paige        0 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gannt        1 

In  memoriam,  C.  C.  J.    ...       ...       ...  60 

Postal  order  from  Pewsey        0 

Mrs.  Sims    ...       ...       ...       ...       .••  o 

A  sister  in  the  Lozd  Jeena        1 

Stamps         0 

A  thankoffering  for  76  ]rears'  mercies. ..  0 
Part  proceeds  of  Bazaar  at  Newmains 

Manse,  per  Miss  Alice  M.W.Chrystal  5 

Ifr.  Thomas  Scoolar        1 

Mr.  Geoxj^Fox     ...       ...  2 

Ifr.  J.  G.  Priestley .. .       ...       ..•       ...  8 

JBL.           ...            ...            ...            ...            •.•            ...  JL 

Ifr.  and  Mrs.  Grange      2 

Mr.  B.  Fortune      ...       ...       0 

Mr.  W.  J.  (teUoway        0 

MissB.  lyson        ...       ...       ...       ...  0 

A  reader  of  the  "  Chxistiaa  Herald  "...  0 

Miss  £.  Swinger 1 

Mr.  Gccnrge  white 0 

Mrs.  Coveney         ...       ...       ...       ...  X 

Ifr.  and  Mn.  Child         600 

Mr.  R.  McKinley 6 

JD>«    ^«    Da    JB  m       •■«                    »••                    «••                _■  ■  >                    •■«  A 

Collected  by  Mn.  James  Withers, 
Beading : — 

Mr.  M.  J.  I^iitton 2    2   0 

Mn.  John  Leach 110 

Mr.  Beecroft         0   5   0 

Mr.  P.  Daries        0   6    0 

Mr.  Thomas  Gregory      ...        0    5   0 

James  Withers      0  6   0 

B.  B.  (Don.) 0    2    6 

H.Cooper Oil 

4 

Collected  by  Mrs.  C.  Cooper     0 

Mr.  Gavin  Brown 1 

!▼  .   Xfm   JL.         ...                ..a                ,,,                ,,,                .a,  O 

Mr.  Philip  Hooper. 1 

Mrs.  Mills  and  fellow-seiTanta 0 


from 

B.  d. 
8    0 


0 
9 
12 
10 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 
2 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

10 

10 

10 

1 

2 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 

6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


6 
16 

0 
10 

0 
15 


7 

4 
0 
0 
0 
0 


May  I6tk  to  June  Uth,  1882. 

Mr.  A.  Adams      ...       ...       ...       ... 

fi.  JBl.  Jl.  ...  ...  ..  ...  ... 

Alriend     ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Southwell     

F.  G.  B.,  ^ning     ...       ••. 

Postal  Order  from  InTemess 

A  Christian 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holttom 

Beceived  for  sale  of  plate  giren  by 

**Unscotarian" 

Readers   of    "The    Christian,'*   per 

Messrs.  Mcrgan  and  Scott     

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Toovey     

HI? 
*    •O.  ...  ...  ..a  ..»  ...  ..• 

A  lover  of  Jesus 

". .  Aj.  ...       ...       i«.       ■«*       «., 

Mrs.  P.  Feignsoii  ...       ..,       ...       ... 

A  Intend     ...       ,••       ...       ...       ... 

Mf .  A.  H.  Scard    ...       ...       ...       ..• 

Mrs.  Chiqyman      

A  promise 

Gourock    Parish    Church    Sabbatfa- 

sohoola     

^upna ..       ...       ... ...       c       ,,, 

The  Children's  Box,  H.  I.  P. 

Mr.  D.  Ribbons     

Pastor  W.  M.  and  Mrs.   Cwapton'a 

Bible  Classes      

Mr.  G.  £.  Chapman        

Mr.  W.  Matthew 

N.  G.,  Thankoifering      

Mr.  and  Mn.  Geo.  ^naU         

Mx.  A.  C.  Johnstone       

Mn.  Spencer         m* 

Mr.  J.  G.  Clemento        ...       ,.•       ... 

Mn.  Fits-Gerald 

M.  N.  W.,  Berbice 

Mr.  and  Mn.  Braik        

Mn.  S.  Belsey       

Mn.  Mitcfaelrs  Bible  daas,  and  other 

friends  at  Bye 

A  Mountaineer's  mite     

Mn.  Salmon,  sen 

Wm.,  Chas.,  Alfted  and  Emily  Jackson 
Stamps,  Selby       


£ 

f. 

d. 

0 

6 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

S 

6 

0 

6 

0 

0 

2 

8 

0  10 

0 

78 

T 

8 

15 

8 

S 

0 

6 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

S 

0  10 

0 

0 

5 

0 

6 

0 

0 

010 

0 

1 

510 

1 

0 

0^ 

010 

0^ 

0 

2 

0 

OlS 

0 

0 

5 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

t 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

9 

s 

0 

9 

0 

210 

l> 

1 

0 

0 

1 

5 

0 

2 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

0  17 

6 

0  10 

0 

0 

S 

6 

0 

8 

0 

0 

0 

8 

GIBLtf  OBFEANAQS  BUILDING  FUHD, 


38S? 


0  of    Serrioe    of 

hr     Orphanage 

•I  Gambndge,  per 

Ipthorpe :— Ticket- 

raod  Collections. . . 

Domett     

r.  O.  Tam 

Lpthorpe 

ipman        

mCX      •••  •••  ••• 

apman      ...       ••• 

UwCF  .».  •••  ••• 

v^B      *••  .••  ••■ 

l»l/7    -  ••  •••  ■•• 

SnuUi         ...       ... 

[obeTson    

nAJUl    ■••  ••«  •■• 


■  local  Expenses , 


rportonian" 

vecn... 

utor  W.  Osborne  :— 

ipps 

imvood     


£  i-d. 


14 
8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 


9 
8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 


0  10 
0  10 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


0    5 

0 

28    6 
6  18 

0 
6 

22 
0 
0 
2 


6 
2 
1 
2 


6 
6 
0 
0 


0  10 
0  10 


6 
0 


10    6 


10 
1 
0 


0 

1 

2 


0 
0 
6 


Fer  Mr.  Abraham  Altham        ...       .m 

Mr.  J.  A.  Byerley,  per  V.  J.  C. 
Orphaniure  box   **  Hawthorns,"     per 
Miss  Moore         ...       ...        ... 

ICr.  iV.  Smith        ...        -..        ...       ..• 

Mrs.  Walton,  per  Tastor  J.  A.  Spur- 

Q^COU  ■••  •#«  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  Flick,  per  J.  T.  D.    ...         

Mr.  W.  A.  Uardinff        

Collected  by  Birs.  Taylor 

Collected  bv  Mrs.  Mmipress     

S.  W.  Lonaon  Band  of  Hope  Union  for 

services  of  S.  O.  Choir 

Mrs.  Sdle      ...        ...        ...       ...        ... 

A  Well-wiaher,  Newcastle-on-Tyne  ... 
Collected  by  Mr.  Q.  H.  Bateman 
Westmoreland-road  Sunday-school,  x>er 

Mr.  Shepherd     

Mrs.  MoOreffor      

Mr.  EgertonBumett       ...       ...       ... 

"  Birds  of  Paradise  "       

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  May  31 

Mrs.  Macleay         

Sale  of  8.  O.  Tracts        

Half-yearly  Sabteription: — 
ICrs.  S.  Brown       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Annual  Sub»eription  : — 
Mr.  J.  S.  Trounson,  per  Mr.  W.  J. 

XjvwUIS  •••  •••  «••  •••  ••• 


£ 

a. 

d. 

90 

u 

O 

2 

2 

0 

1 

6 

1 

0 

2 

G 

2 

2 

0 

0 

2 

K 

1 

1 

0 

1  11 

})• 

0 

3 

5 

0  10 

« 

0 

6 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0  10 

0- 

1 

9  11 

1 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

2 

2 

0 

8 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

10    0' 


0  10    0 


£868    4    6 


n  King,  per  Pastor  J.  A.  Spur- 

•«•  «••  •*•  •••  ■•■ 

imdT,  per  Mr.  Cox        

Bobinson 

fPruenU,  per  Mr.  CharUnooriht  to  June  lO^A.— Pbovirioxs  :  6  Boxes  of  Figs,  Mr.  S.  Bayljr ;  a 

7  of  Milk,  Memrs.  Freeth  and  Pocock ;  8  Hampers  of  Gooseberries,  Mr.  A.  Doggett ;  1  Firkin 

sr,     \w.  D.  Ij. 

ii-xa  [QirU  Dwijtion):^l6  Psirs  of  Boots,  Mr.  G.  H.  Kenidge;  109  Articles,  Albion  Chapel 

g  Society,  per  Mrs.  Stevens ;  65  Articles,  Toung  Ladies*  Working  Meeting,  MetropqUtanTaber- 

er  Mim  Higgs ;  23  Pinafores,  Toung  liodies'  \v  orkin^-  Meeting, 

.  IS  - 


„ ing/Wynne  Road,  per  Mrs.  Pearee : . 

ores,  "A  little  Souvenir  from  Harrogate";  63  Articles,  Beading  Toung  Ladies* 
g  Plarty,  per  Miss  Nellie  Withers. 
iixo  (Boyte  Division) ;— 2  Flannel  Shirts,  Miss  Coath  ;  17  Flannel  Shirts,  Toung  Ladies*  Working 
r,  Wynne  Boad,  per  Mrs.  Pcarco ;  7  Night  Shirts,  Reading  Toung  Ladies'  Working  Party,  per 
illie  Withers. 

RAL :— 1  HciKp  Book,  "A  little  Souvenir  from  Harrogate*' ;  18  Sheets,  7  Pillow-cases,  Reading 
Ladies'  Working  Puty,  per  Miss  Nellie  Withcn ;  :!^lbs.  Stardi,  Messrs.  Berger  and  Co.,  per 
P.  Chard. 

Boon :— 6  Articles,  Mr.  Joseph  Cubey ;  1  Infant's  Cloak,  1  Pelisse,  2  Pinafores,  1  Overall^ 
hields ;  2  Articles,  some  Scripture  Cards,  per  Mr.  W.  C.  Jones. 


mxW 

(^r^l^Mjge 

§mIMii0  innb. 

Statement 

of  lieceiptt  from  May  I6th  to  June  14th,  1882. 

£  8.  d. 

£ 

s. 

d> 

d  for  "  The  Reading  House 

»» 

Mrs.  Lee 

... 

0 

8 

0 

iss  NeUie  Withers,  Reading  :- 

Mr.  James  Leslie 

... 

0 

3 

0 

f  Withers 

2    2 

0 

... 

0 

2 

6 

L  H.  Sutton 

1   1 

0 

Mn.  Dawbam    ... 

... 

0 

2 

6 

L  J.  Sutton 

1    1 

0 

Mrs.  W.  Shepherd 

... 

0 

2 

6 

L.  Sutton     

1    0 

0 

Mrs.  Winter 

.  •  • 

0 

2 

6 

7.  T.  Palmer 

1    0 

0 

Mrs.  Gibbons      ... 

... 

0 

2 

6 

L  Harvey 

0  10 

6 

Mr.Wyley 

Mr.     W.     Ravenscr 

... 

0 

2 

6 

Marcus      Lewis 

oft. 

wbury)       

0  10 

0 

Jun 

•  •  • 

0 

2 

6 

Walter  Palmer    ... 

0  10 

0 

Mr.  S.  Fawcett  ... 

•  •• 

0 

2 

6 

[.Sutton    

0  10 

0 

Mrs.  J.  Dam 

•  •• 

0 

2 

6 

u  Palmer 

0  10 

0 

Mrs.  Burton 

•  •  • 

0 

0 

[Siarles  Simonds  ... 

0  10 

0 

Mr.  Webb 

*•• 

0 

6 

i.  Toomer 

0  10 

0 

Mr.  Baker 

•  ■• 

0 

8 

'.  Gregor>' 

0  10 

0 

Mrs.  Collins 

•  •• 

0 

0 

.Rosling    

0  10 

0 

Mr.  Hill    

•  •• 

0 

0 

S.  S.  Auntie  (Car- 

Mrs. Lawrence  ... 

•  ■• 

0 

0 

lton) 

0  10 

0 

Anon        

•  •• 

0 

0 

oseph  Morris 

0    6 

0 

Mr.  Tomer 

•s« 

0 

0 

Lonslcy      

0    6 

0 

Anon        

•  •  • 

0 

0 

9 

T  CowBladft 

0     5 

A 

15 
0 

0 
5 

0 

[mit...        

0    6 

0 

Miss  Annie  Macdonald 

«  •  • 

•  a  • 

•  •■ 

JoUier        

0    6 

0 

Stamps  from  Tapton 

... 

«  ■  • 

0 

1 

0 

J.Ward     

0    5 

0 

From  Mr.  Wishart's  children' 

s  mission- 

.H.Woode2<(m   ... 

0    3 

6 

anrbox     

IJ»  M»  A.         ...          •(, 

•  •  • 

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0 

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to 

0 

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384 


OOLFCRTAGE   JkfigOOIATIOK. 


Mr^.  Eliza  Cracknell        

J.  N.  O.,  Newcastle         

Mr.  Joseph  Mote 

Dr.  Oervis 

Mrs.  Milne  ... 

Mr.  D.  F.  Wiflhait 

Mrs.  Macliean       

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holttam    ...        — 
Readers    of    "The    Chrifltian," 
Messrs.  Morgan  and  Soott     ... 
Mr.  and  Mm.  Toovey      ...       ^ 

A  lover  of  Jesus 

J.,  Middlesbro*       

Mr.  A.  H.  Heard    ...        ...        ... 

A  sineere  well-wisher      

W.  8..  andanoged  widow 
Mrs.  McMurtry      


£  8.  d. 


1    1 

0  5 

1  1 
8    3 

0  10 

1  0 
1  0 
0  10 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


per 


0  10 
0 


0 
0 
0 
1 


2    6 
5    0 


1 
6 
0 


0  8 

1  0 


0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


Mr.  Joseph  Wheatcroft  ... 
A  thankoffering  for  sennoiii 
An  invalid,  Chipbam  Pwk 

JbX«       \X»        ■••  «•«  •••  ••• 

Mrs.  Salmon,  Sen. ...       ... 

A  Moontaineer'B  mite     . . . 
Mrs.  Grant  ...       ... 

Mn.  Walton,  per  Futor  J. 

gcvU  ■■•  •••  ••• 

M.  B.,  per  Mr.  Israel  Sida 
Mr.  W.  W.  Baynes 

HaU-yeariy  Subaeriptum  : — 
Mrs.  8.  Brown       ...       ... 


JL.  Qput^ 


£  Ld. 
100  0  0 
5  0 
0  S 
110 
0  S 
0  10 
010 


1    1  0 

.  •«  J  0 

.  so  0  0 

,.    10  10  0 

.10  0 

£179  16  0 


€o\^axk^t  ^850dHtiffii. 


Statement  of  Receipts  from 

Bubacrtptioiu  aitd  D<nuUiona  for  Dittrictt  .*— 

£  •.  d. 
Wilts  and  East  Somerset  Association  17  10  0 
Ironbridge  and  Coalbrookdale  Distiiot  7  10  0 
For  Bethnal  Green  District  :— 


Ma^  l^th  to  June  Uth,  1882. 

M.  A.  H.  (qnarterly),  for  Oipington ... 
Mr.  B.  W.  S.  Qiiffith,  for  I^ttham     ... 


Mr.  C.  B.  Fox 

Mr.  W.  B.F0S 

-Oxfordshire  Association : — 
btow  and    Aston  Dis- 
trict      ...       ...       ... 

Witney     

Mr.  B.  Cory,  for  Cardiff  ... 
Mr.  J.  Gory,  for  Castletown 
tlast  Langton  District     ... 
For  Bower  Chalk  District  :— 

Union  Chapel,  Martin ... 

Mr.  W.Welch 


6 
6 


0 
0 


0 
0 


10    0    0 


10 
10 


0 
0 


0 
0 


20 
10 
10 
10 


0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


1 
1 


0 
0 


0 
0 


Metropolitan  Tabcmoclo  Sonday- 
Bchool,  for  Triog  District       

liudlow  District,  Bock  Lane  Mission  ... 

(Honoester  and  Hereford  Association... 

Kingwood  District 

Wolverhaznpton  District 

Worcester  Cbli>ortage  Association 

Newbury  District 

Hudleign  District 

Toifikesonnr  District       

Bunningdaie  and  Ascot  District 

Chnrch  Oxealey  and  Bniton-on-Trent, 
per  xs.  B.  ...       ...        ...        ...        ... 


SCO 


10 
2 
7 


0 

2 

10 


12  10 
10    0 


40 
10 
10 
10 
20 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


16  18    4 


£  s.d. 

6   0   0 

10   0   0 


£ 

260  15  4 

Suhseriptioju  and  Donatiaiu  totkaQ 

IFwMd:- 

£ad. 

£.  B.,  for  Travelling  Secretary... 

•  •  « 

60   0  0 

CoUeetion  at  Annual  Meeting  ... 
PartCoUectionMetropolitanTaber 

•  ■• 

21    0  0 

naole 

80   0  (t 

Mr.  Peter  Lanumt 

••• 

010  0 

M.  0.,p€rW.M 

Mrs.  u.  Fftige         ...       .» 
Miss  E.  P.  Hinton 

«  •  ■ 

0   &  0 

••• 

0  10  0 

4  •■ 

0   &  0 

Vx.  A.  A.  TJrquhart        ...       ••• 

•  •• 

0   2  6 

Mr.  J.  G.  Priestley          

■  «  • 

2    0   0 

Mr.  H.  W.  WestEop 

•  » 

5   0   0 

Mrs.  C.  Keating    

•  »• 

10   0  0 

Mr.  Geo.  White    

•  •• 

0  10  0 

Mrs.FrinflepB        

«  •• 

10  0 

Mrs.  Chapman       

•  •• 

10   0  0 

Beaders  of  the  "  Christian  Herald 

•  •• 

12   7  0 

Mr.  W.  Mainwaring        

•  «• 

010  0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard    

•  •• 

0   5  0 

UaJf-iftarly  Subscription  : — 
"Mn.  8.  Brown 

•  •« 

1    0  0 

Annual  SwbacripHonB  : — 

Mr.  8.  B.  Pearoe,  for  IHBI 

•  •■ 

1    1   0 

Mr.  Dngdale,  peiiodioally 

\  £ 

■ 

0   5  0 

196  10  6 

Statement  of  Reeeipte  from  May  \6th  to  June  lAthj  1882. 

£  fl.  d. 


Thankoffering  for  Messrs.  Smith  and 
FaIlerton*s  services  at  Pork  Boad 
ChapeL  Peckham         

Thankoffering  for  Messrs.  Smith  and 
Follerton'B  services  at  Lower  Sloane 
Stieet  Chanel,  Chelsea 

Mr.  H.  W.  Wcstrop        

Thankoffering  for  Mr.  Bomham's  ser- 
vices at  Watton 

Thankoffering  from  Bumham,  Essex, 
for  Mr.  Bomham's  services 


26    4  10 

21    0    0 
6    0    0 

1  10    0 

2  0    0 


Mr.  F.  N.  Chaxrington  (additiaBal 
thankoffering  for  Messrs.  FoUerton 
and  Smith's  services) 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard  ...         ...        ...        ... 

Thankoffering  from  Chariton  Ktng's, 
Cheltenham,  for  Mr.  Bomham's 

vlUCB  ■••  SS*  •••  9%m  «•• 


£  ad 


4  0  0 
0  5  0 


FrietuU  eending  presents  to  the  Orphanage  are  eartteetly  requested  to  let  their  namts  or 
initials  aeeompany  the  same,  or  we  cannot  properly  aeknowledge  them;  and  also  to  vnU 
Mr.  Spurgeon  tf  no  acknowledgment  is  sent  within  a  week,  Au  parcels  should  he  adirested 
to  Mr.  Charlesworth,  Stockwell  Orphanage,  Clapham  Road^  London. 

Subscriptions  will  be  thankfttUy  received  by  C.  H,  Spurgeon^  "  Westwaod^^  Seulah  Siilt 
Upper  Norwood.  Should  any  sums  be  unaekmwledaed  in  this  list,  friends  are  regnestsd  f 
write  at  once  to  Mr.  Spurgeon.  Fost  OJlce  Orders  should  be  made  payable  at  the  ChufCf^t 
london,  to  C.  jff.  Spurgeon. 


ANNUAL    REPORT 


ov  nu 


STOCKWELL    ORPHANAGE, 


1881-83. 


(Si[U8t6e$ :  who  are  also  Managers. 

C.  H.  SPURGSON,  President.       J.  A.  SFURaEON,  Vice-President. 


WILLIAM  HIGGS,  Treasurer. 
WILLIAM  P.  OLNEY.  THOMAS  H.  OLNEY. 

JOSEPH  PA8SM0RE. 
WILLIAM  C.   MURRELL, 
WILLIAM  MILLS. 


B.  WILDON   OARR. 
HENRY  SMITH. 
CHARLES  F.  ALLISON. 


l^on.  Consulting  l^hysician. 

HENRY    GERVIS,    Esq.,  ,M.D. 

l^on.  ConeuUins  burgeon. 

J.   COOPER  FORSTER,  Eta,  F.R.C.S. 

l^on.  Consulting  l{)phihalmic  j^utj^son. 

J.    C.    WORDSWORTH,    Esq.,    F.R.C.S. 

IRon.  Ideniisi 

W.  O.  HINCHLIFF,  Esq. 

Msdioal  l{)ffice);. 

WILLIAM  SOPER,  Esq.,  M.R.C.S.E.,  L.S.A. 

^Olioiioit. 
THOMAS  C.  PAGE. 


VERNON  J.  CHARLESWORTH. 


FREDERICK  G.  LADD& 


lonHon: 

PBHTTED  BY  ALABASTER,  PASaaCOBE,  &  S0K9,  FAITN  STBEBT,  E.C. 


^|t  S^isftlSxitll  ®T^ljmiQt  fax  §0^  i^  ^irk 


Applications  for  the  admission  of  destitate  Fatherless  Children, 
between  the  ages  of  six  and  ten,  should  be  addressed  in  writing  to 
the  Secretary,  and  fall  particulars  given.  As  the  number  of  candidates 
is  largely  in  excess  of  the  accommodation,  the  Trustees  may  decline 
to  issue  a  form ;  for  it  would  be  useless  to  cause  trouble  when  there  is 
no  prospect  of  success.  If  a  form  be  granted,  it  must  not  be  regarded 
as  a  guarantee  that  the  application  will  succeed. 

The  questions  must  be  fully  and  frankly  answered  by  the  applicant, 
and  the  form  returned  as  soon  as  possible.  The  slightest  untruthfulness 
will  necessitate  the  immediate  rejection  of  the  case.  Unhealthy, 
deformed,  and  imbecile  children  are  not  eligible.  Only  children  bom 
in  wedlock  can  be  receiyed.  Under  no  possible  circumstances  can 
exceptions  be  made  to  this  rule,  as  the  trust  is  definite  and  unalterable. 

Ii  the  case  is  entered  on  the  list  of  candidates,  the  Trustees  appoint 
a  visitor  to  make  personal  inquiries.  Should  these  be  satisfactory, 
the  child  will  appear  before  the  Committee  in  due  course,  and  if  among 
the  most  needy  and  deserving  at  the  time,  ic  will  probably  be  recom- 
mended for  amnission  to  the  Institution,  as  soon  as  there  is  room. 
Friends  who  are  only  acquainted  with  the  case  in  which  they  are 
specially  interested  must  not  be  surprised  at  its  rejection  by  the  Trustees 
at  any  stage  if  it  is  proved  by  them  to  be  less  necessitous  than  others; 
nor  must  they  wonder  if  the  child  is  declined  because  of  unsuitability, 
for  the  Institution  is  not  a  Hospital,  or  a  Beformatory,  or  an  Idiot 
Asylum.  The  election  of  children  not  being  determined  by  subscribers* 
votes,  the  Trustees  maintain  the  strictest  impartiality  while  considering 
the  claims  of  the  various  applicants,  and  the  greatest  need  always  has 
the  loudest  voice  with  them. 

Applicants  are  requested  not  to  call  upon  the  Trustees  privately 
as  they  are  bound  not  to  attend  to  them  otherwise  than  officially.  Cases 
will  be  considered  on  their  own  merits,  and  they  will  derive  no  advantage 
from  personal  solicitation.  Mr.  Spurgeon  cannot  personally  see  any 
applicants,  and  should  not  be  written  to.  All  letters  on  this  business 
must  be  addressed  to  the  Secretary. 

The  Institution  is  mainly  supported  by  spontaneous  gifts,  a  number 
of  donors  sending  as  regularly,  year  by  year,  as  if  they  were  pledged  to 
do  so.  An  increase  to  the  number  of  subscribers  would  greatly  cheer 
the  President's  heart  Now  that  girls  are  coming  in  the  income  needs 
to  be  doubled.  WiU  not  the  recuier  of  this  B^ort  become  a  Mperf 
Subscriptions,  large  or  small,  will  be  gratefully  received  by  C.  H. 
SPURGEON,  Westwood,  Beulah  Hill,  Upper  Norwood,  aB.  Gifts  of 
Food,  Stores,  Clothes,  Books,  Toys,  and  useful  articles  are  alwajs 
welcome,  and  should  bie  directed  to 

VERNON  J.  CHABLESWORTH,  Head  Master, 

The  Orphanage,  Stockwell,  London,  S.W. 


JIOIB.~LeU«ri  requiring  an  answer  should  eontain  a  stamped  dire«ted  envetopi* 


REPORT   1881-82. 


jHE  year  closes  with  gratitude  to  God.  We  would  abnndantlj 
utter  the  memory  of  his  great  goodness.  According  to  his 
riches  in  gloiy  by  Christ  Jesns^  he  has  fully  supplied  all  the 
wants  of  our  numerous  family  of  boys  and  girls,  and  made  our 
heart  to  sing  for  joy.  Truly  the  Father  of  the  fatherless  is  mindful  of  his 
little  ones  and  of  those  who  care  for  their  necessities,  and  he  manifests 
both  to  the  children  and  their  protectors  the  goodness  of  his  fatherly 
heart  in  a  thousand  loving  ways.  There  is  none  like  Him  in  all  the 
earth,  nor  in  heayen  above.  Unto  his  name  be  praise,  world  without 
end.  Let  all  his  saints  trust  him,  and  they  shidl  be  made  to  speak 
well  of  his  name. 

Morning  by  morning  throughout  the  year  the  freewill  ofTerings  of 
loving  friends,  who  count  it  an  honour  and  a  joy  to  minister  of  their 
substance,  have  spared  the  President's  heart  even  a  trace  of  anxiety  in 
providing  for  a  family  now  numbering 

Thbee  Hundred  and  THinTY-siz  Orphan  Childben  ! 

Each  gift  has  been  welcomed  as  a  token  of  sympathy  in  bearing  the 
burden  of  our  orphan  charge,  and  as  a  pledge  of  Christian  fellowship  in 
faith  and  prayer.  Everything  has  been  given  heartily,  and  the  pounds 
and  the  pence,  the  notes  and  the  stamps  have  all  been  perfumed  with 
loTO.  No  paid  collector  has  solicited  contributions,  nor  has  it  been 
necessary  to  resort  to  advertisements  in  the  public  press  to  enforce  the 
claims  of  the  Institution  upon  reluctant  donors.  Those  who  have  given, 
have  brought  their  offering  with  cheerfulness,  and  our  hearty  thanks  are 
tendered  to  all  our  loving  helpers,  and  to  the  Lord  who  has  made  them 
willing  in  the  day  of  his  power. 

While  the  Institution  is  carried  on  in  dependence  upon  Ood  for  the 
supplies  needed,  the  Managers  feel  that  they  are  not  violating  the  true 
principles  of  faith,  when,  in  giving  an  account  of  their  stewardship, 
they  make  known  the  characteristic  features  and  necessities  of  the 
Orphanage* 


888 


AinnTAL  BEPOBT  OF  THB  8T0CKWELL  OBPHANAQE. 


The  growth  of  the  Institution  will  be  seen  in  the  following  tables :— 


s 

i 

Date. 

• 

"3  a 

11 

Total 

if 

• 

t 

i 

1 

Aug.,  1867,  to  March,  1870 

154 

154 

6 

6 

148 

2 

AprU,  1870,  to  March,  1871^ 

42 

196 

7 

18 

183 

S 

April,  1871,  to  March,  1872 

88 

234 

9 

22 

212 

4 

April,  1872,  to  March,  1873 

21 

255 

15 

37 

218 

5 

April,  1873,  to  Maroh,  1874 

86 

291 

38 

75 

216 

6 

April,  1874,  to  March,  1875 

63 

854 

42 

117 

237 

7 

April,  1876,  to  March,  1876 

28 

882 

29 

146 

236 

8 

April,  1876,  to  March,  1877 

46 

428 

52 

198 

230 

9 

April,  1877,  to  March,  1878 

51 

479 

47 

2i5 

234 

10 

April,  1878,  to  March,  1879 

48 

527 

88 

288 

244 

11 

April,  1879,  to  March,  1880 

41 

568 

41 

324 

244 

12 

April,  1880,  to  March,  1881 

42 

610 

44 

368 

242 

13 

April,  1881,  to  March,  1882 

54 

664 

52 

420 

244 

Of  the  52  boys  who  left,  41  were  sent  to  situations ;  4  retained 
to  friends  to  be  placed  in  situations ;  1  was  adopted  by  a  relatiye ; 
4  were  dismissed  on  the  re-marriage  of  their  mothers ;  and  2  con- 
sumptives were  removed  by  death,  both  of  whom  died  in  the  faith  and 
hope  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus. 

GIRLS. 


1 

c  3 

il 

1^' 

I] 

1 

S 

d  8 

Date. 

< 

t  o 

5 

11 

Dec,  1879,  to  March,  1880 

29 

29 

1 

1 

28 

12 

April,  1880,  to  March,  1881 

7 

36 

1 

2 

34 

13 

April,  1881,  to  March,  1882 

58 

94 

0 

2 

92 

Total  number  received — 758.      Left— 422.      In  residence — 386. 


It  is  a  fact  which  calls  for  a  loud  note  of  thanksgiving  that 
SEVEN  HUNDRED  AND  PIPTY-EiaHT  CHILDREN 
have  been  admitted  to  the  benefits  of  the  Institutions  up  to  March,  1832. 

From  the  reduced  engraving  of  a  bird's-eye  view  of  the  Institntion, 
it  will  be  seen  that  it  consists  of  a  series  of  Cottage  HoHESy  which 
are  presided  over  by  Christian  matrons  who  have  devoted  themselves 


ASKOIL  KBPOBT  Or  THX  BTOGEWXLL  OBPHAViaz.  889 

to  the  work  out  of  love  to  JesnB  and  the  little  tmes.  Oar  conTiction  is 
deepened  bj  ezperieace  that  the  Bairack  sjBtem  is  ill-ftdapted  to  the 
training  of  children  who  need  pergonal  caltnra  aad  not  regimental 
duupUne. 


Open  to  all  claases  of  the  community,  the  following  table  shona  the 
wide  rai^  of  the  operations  of  the  Institntion  as  to 

THE  PARENTAGE  OF  THE  CHILDREN : 

HodiuiiaB ISO  FaliMmeD,  &«.     ... 

Labonren,  Porters,  snd  Cumen  120  OomiaiuictDAgttllta 

Shopke«p»n  and  Silemien       ...  130  Aeconnlvita 

Humtactnrert  and  Ti*dMm«n  ...  105  PoatnuD  and  Sorton 

WarsboaBamui  and  Olarki        ...  Ti  Jonnulisti 

Miniiten  and  HiBuonuioa        ...  25  Sargeona  and  DentUta 

Marinera  and  Watonnan           ,„  S3  Soliciloia 

Commercial  Travellsra 15  Firaxaan 

Schoolmaitera  and  Teacher*      ...  13  Soldier      

Cab  Proprietors  aad  Uoachman...  10  Architsct 

Fannen  and  Florists     10  Qentleiiuui 

Railway  Emptoj^          9      | 

Torn. 76B 

It  will  be  Been  at  a  glance,  that  while  children  of  the  more  neceasttoiu 
cla§ae8  hare  been  receired,  those  of  a  Homewhat  higher  grade  have  nob 
been  oTerlooked. 

In  the  domegtic  arrangements  of  the  Institntion,  however,  no  class 
distinctione  are  so  mum  as  thonght  of,  or  ever  will  be.  There  is 
enongh  of  that  oatoide. 


890 


ANHUAL  BBPOBT  OF  THE  8T0CEWSLL  OBFHASAOS. 


The  plea  for  help  comes  to  hb  from  all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  and  as 
the  children  are  selected  according  to  their  need,  and  not. ekded  bj 
fayonr,  the  most  necessitous  of  the  applicants  succeed  in  their  applica- 
tion for  admission.  Thus  the  evils  which  naturally  rise  out  of  the  voting 
system  are  avoided,  and  friends  are  spared  the  expense  and  labour  of  a 
contested  election.    Fatherless  children,  between  the  ages  of  six  and 
ten,  are  eligible  for  admission,  without  reference  to  class,  sect,  or 
locality,  so  long  as  there  is  room.    This  is  as  it  should  be,  for  it  seldom 
happens  that  the  necessity  which  attends  orphanhood  can  be  relieTod 
within  the  district  where  it  is  experienced,  or  by  immediate  finends. 
It  is  a  constant  joy  to  the  president  and  the  committee  that  thev  aze 
able  to  mitigate,  to  such  a  large  extent,  the  misery  and  need  whidi  are 
brought  under  their  notice ;  and  it  must  be  an  equal  joy  to  the  subacri- 
bers  to  know  that  their  loving  contributions  are  put  to  this  blessed  use. 

TABLE     OP     TOWNS     AND     COUNTIES 
From  which  children  have  been  recelTed. 


Balham 
Bamsbury  ... 
Battersea 
Bayswater  ... 
Bermondsey  ... 
Bethnal  Green 
Bloomsbury  ... 
Borongh        ... 

JDv  vv  » •  •  •  •  0 

Brixton 

Gamberwell  ... 

Camden  Town 

Chelsea 

Clapham 

Clapton 

Clerkenwell  ... 

Dalston 

Deptford 

Dulwich        ... 

Finsbury 

Hackney 

Haggerston  ... 

Hammersmith 

Hampatead    ... 


LONDON. 
.      6     Haverstock  ELill 

2     Highbury 
.       8     Holborn         *.• 

5     HoUoway 
.     54     Homerton 

4     Homsej 

2     Horselydown... 

7     Hoxton 
.     18     Islington 
.     18     Kennington  ... 
.     25     Kensingtop   ... 

4     Kentish  Town 
.      6  :  Kilbnm 
,      5  I  Kingsland 

4  I  Lambeth 

•       8  I  Lewiaham     ... 
1  ;  Limehouse    ... 

5  (  Marylebone  ... 
.       2     Mile  End 

4     Newington    ... 
.     12     New  Cross     ... 

1  I  Norwood       ... 
.       8  !  Netting  Hill ... 

2  I  Nunhead 
Total  ... 


1 
1 

8 
8 
2 
2 

4 
9 

21 
6 
2 
6 
6 
8 

58 
4 
8 

18 
7 

10 
6 
4 
6 
1 


Paddington 4 

Peckham       W 

Pentonville 2 

Pimlico         2 

Poplar           4 

Rotherhithe I 

ShadweU       1 

Shoreditch    ...        ...  8 

Soho  ...         ...         ...  1 

Southwark 19 

Spitalflelds 1 

Stepney         5 

Strand           2 

Streatham     $ 

StockweU      8 

Stoke  Newington     ...  4 

St  John's  Wood      ...  1 

St.  Lnke's     i 

St.  Pancras 3 

Sydenham     1 

Walworth      M 

Wandsworth 1  ^ 

Westminster * 

Whiteohapel ' 

524 


Notb. — Of  the  children  received  from  London,  the  poorer  disfcricto 
have  furnished  the  larger  proportion. 

COUNTRY. 
2     Cheshire,  Birkenhead 


Bedfordshire,  Bedford 

Berkshire,  Newbnry...  2 

Reading  ...  10 

Slough     ...  1 

Uffington...  1 

Wokingham  1 

„        Wargraye  1 
Buckinghamshire^ 

Princes  Risborough  1 

Winslow  2 
Cambridgeshire^ 

Cambridge  2 


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ft 

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Chester 
Cornwall ,  Penzance... 
Derbyshire,  Belper  ... 
.,         Derby    ... 
Devonshire,  Bideford 
Brixham 
Devonport 
Exeter  ... 
Stoke     ... 
„  Torquay 

Dorsetshire  Poole    ... 


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Dorsetshire,   Swanage 
Durham,  Stockton  ... 
Essex,  Barking 
Boxted 
Braintree 
Colcheatar     ... 
Coggeshall   ... 
Dunmow       ••• 
Halsiead      ... 
Hatfield  Heath 
Ilford...        .M 
Leyton 


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891 


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f> 
99 


ft 


n 
tf 


EaeXf  Leytonstone ...  8 

,  „     lioughton     ...  1 

Mftldon  ...  S 

North  Woolwich  2 

„      Pagleaham    ...  1 

Stratford       ...  1 

WalthamstoTT  1 

Witham         ...  2 

GUmcettenhirty  Bristol  4 

»,      Gloucester    ...  1 

Nailsworth    ...  1 

Pains  wick      ...  1 

Sirond  ...  2 

„     Boumemonth...  1 

Ghristchurch...  1 

Hayling  Island  1 

y,      Landport      ...  1 

n      Pokesdown   ...  1 

„      Portsmouth  ...  1 

„      Portsea         ...  \ 

„      Romsey         ...  1 

„      Southampton  2 

„      Winchester   ...  1 

-BerefordshireJjQdhviTj  \ 

Baiflrdgkirey 

,y     Berkhampetead  1 

,y     Hoddesdon     ...  1 

yy     Redboume     ...  I 

yy     St.  Alban's    ...  1 

KenU  Oharlton         ...  2 

),    Chatham        ...  8 

„     Gray  ford        ...  1 

Deal     1 

Eynsford        ...  1 

n     Goudburst     ...  1 

n     Qravesend      ...  8 

»,     Ghreenwioh      ...  9 

M     Maidstono      ...  8 

9»     Margate         ...  4 

yy     New  Brompton  I 

„     Northfleet      ...  2 

Total 


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M 


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n 
n 
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n 

n 
n 


COJJWTKY—conttnued. 

Kentf  Orpington      ... 
Plumstcad     ... 
Ramsgate 
Bochester 
Sittingboume 
West  Wickham 
Woolwich 
„     Wroiham 
Lancashire,     Ashton- 
undttT-Lyne 
yy     Bolton... 

Liyexpool       ... 
Manchester    ... 
Morecambe    ... 
Lincolnshirey  Boston... 
MiddleseXy  Arlington 
„     Bamet 
„    Ealing 
yy    Edmonton     ... 
„    Finchley 
„    Hampton-Wiok 
Harrow         .., 
Hendon 
Hounslow     ... 
Isle  worth 
Tottenham    ... 
Whetstone    ... 
NorfoOcy  Holt 
NorthamptonBhirey 
^    Brackley 
„    Kettering 
„    Northampton 
„    Oundle 
yy    Thrapfltone 
Monmouthshirey 

Blaenavon     ... 
Newport 
Nottinghaniy  Retford. . . 

„    Sutton 
Oxjfbrdshirey  Banbury 
„    Chippmg 

Norton 


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19 

tt 


1 

2 


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OxforeUhirey  Kidlington 

„    Witney 
i2t</^nii!BAire,Uppingham 
Salopy  Aston-on-Blim 
„    WestFelton  ... 
SomeneUhirey  Bath ... 
„    Taunton        ... 
Staffordahirty  Bilston 
jSuffoiky  AldlK>rougb . . . 
Hslesworth... 
Ipswich 
Southwold  ... 
Stowmarket 
Surrey,  Addlestone  ... 
Bletchingley 
Croydon 
East  Moulsey 
Godalming  ... 
Godstone     ... 
Kingston     ... 
Sutton 
Tooting 
Wimbledon  ... 
Suuexy  Brighton 
Hastings 
Lewes 
,,      Seaford 
Warwickahirey 

Birmingham 
Coventry    ... 
„      Quinton 
Wiitshirey  Calne       ... 
Chippenham 
Summorford 
Magna  ... 
Swindon     ... 
Warminster 
Weetbury 
Leigh    ... 
„       Wroughton... 
I  Yorhshtrey  Leeds     ... 

221. 


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19 


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2 


Note. — 150  proTincial  towns,  representing  35  connties,  have  partici- 
pated in  the  benefits  of  the  Institntion  by  sending  221  children* 


Wakiy  Bridgend 
Bnilth 
Cardiff 


II 


1 

1 

1 

Total 


WakSf  Hayeifordwest     2 
Hay  ...        ...      1 


Walesy  Llanelly 
Swansea 


M 


I 

X 


Seotlandy  Dunfermline 
Inkmd 


••• 


... 


I.. 

1 
2 


.•t 


8 


Isle  of  Wight,  Newport 
Sandown 


*f 


i> 


1 
1 


London 

Country 

Scotland 


..t 


SUMMABY  OF  ADMISSIONS. 


524 

221 

1 


Total 


••• 


Wales    ... 
Ireland  ... 
Isle  of  Wight... 
...     7W 


... 
... 
... 


... 
... 
*•  * 


8 
2 
2 


892  ANNUAL  BBFOBT  OF  THB  8I00KWBLL  OBFHANAGB. 

The  catholicity  of  the  Institution  will  be  evident  by  referanoe  to  the 
following  table  of  The  Beligioub  Profession  of  Fabeettb  :— 


Ohnroh  of  England 

■■• 

267 

Koman  Catholic  ... 

•••       3 

Baptist      

■  •  ■ 

176 

Bretnien  .••        ... 

...       3 

Oongregational     ... 

••• 

91 

Moravian 

...       1 

Wedeyan ... 

••• 

76 

Bible  Christian    ... 

...       I 

Presbyterian 

•■  • 

15 

Not  speciaed 

...    125 

Total 758 

All  sections  of  the  Church  are  thus  laid  under  obligation^  and  we 
record  with  thankfulness  the  fact  that  members  of  every  communion 
contribute  to  the  funds  of  the  Institution.  It  wonld  be  a  calamity 
to  be  deplored  were  theological  differences  allowed  to  mar  so  beneficent 
a  work  as  that  of  assisting  the  widow  and  the  fatherless.  Our  supreme 
aim  is  not  to  advance  the  interests  of  a  sect,  but  to  minister  to  those 
of  whom  the  Lord  hath  said,  '^  Leave  thy  fatherless  children,  and  let 
thy  widows  trust  in  me."  We  desire  to  realize  in  all  our  arranee- 
ments  our  responsibility  in  being  called  upon  to  act  ''in  Ood's  stead  1" 
May  grace  be  given  us  that  we  may  discharge  this  duty  aright. 

Family  worship  is  conducted  twice  daily,  before  the  morning  and 
evening  meals ;  the  Word  of  God  is  read  and  expounded,  evangelical 
hymns  sung,  and  prayer  offered,  and  the  whole  of  the  boys  repeat  a  text 
selected  for  the  day.  A  service  is  conducted  for  the  elder  boys  every 
Wednesday  evening,  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Evans,  when  addresses  are  given  by 
ministers  and  other  friends. 

On  the  Lord's-day  morning  the  elder  children  attend  the  service  at  the 
Tabernacle;  a  second  detachment  is  accommodated  at  the  Wynne  Boad 
Chapel;  a  third  attends  the  Stockwell  Chapel,  South  Lambeth;  and 
a  suitable  service  is  conducted  for  the  rest  at  the  Orphanage  by 
Messrs.  Bartlett  and  Daniels.  A  Sunday  School  is  held  in  the  aflber- 
noon,  superintended  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Evans,  when  a  staff  of  earnest 
teachers  instruct  the  children  in  the  international  lessons  arranged  by 
the  Sunday  School  Union.  Mr.  C.  Carpenter  presides  over  the  Evening 
Service.  Most  of  these  good  friends  who  labour  with  commendable 
zeal  to  win  the  children  to  Christ,  have  been  connected  with  the  Insti- 
tution from  its  commencement.  By  these  arrangements  the  members 
of  the  staff,  who  are  with  the  children  all  the  week,  find  a  welcome  ielie( 
while  the  influence  of  our  earnest  voluntary  helpers  is  of  the  most 
salutary  kind.  Children  who  give  evidence  of  a  change  of  heart  are 
formed  into  a  '^  Young  Christians'  Band,"  and  meet  twice  a  month. 

During  their  term  of  residence  in  the  Institution  all  the  ohildrm 
are  total  abstainers,  no  alcoholic  liquors  being  allowed  except  by  order  of 
the  doctor,  and  many  of  them  are  pledged  abstainers,  with  the  approval 
of  their  friends.  Band  of  Hope  meetings  are  held  every  month,  when 
competent  speakers  enforce  the  claims  of  total  abstinence;  and  leotores 
are  given  at  intervals  during  the  winter  months. 


ASSVAL  ftBPORT  OF  THB  BTOOKWXLL  OBPHANAaX.  893 

The  Educational  arrangements  are  the  same  as  in  former  years,  the 
object  being  to  impart  a  soand  English  education  and  a  religions 
training.  In  addition  to  the  ordinary  subjects  the  children  are 
instructed  in  French,  Shorthand,  Drawing,  and  Elementary  Science,  and 
they  are  examined  in  the  two  last-named  subjects  by  the  examiners 
appointed  by  the  Science  and  Art  Department,  South  Kensington.  The 
returns  of  the  last  examination  are  as  follows : — 


SCIENCE  AND  AET  CLASSES. 
Examination  Maboh,  1882. 


1.— DRAWING. 

iBt  Grade  Freehand... 

Certificatet. 

FriMs. 
7 

Total. 
58 

„       „      Qeometry... 
„       y      Model 

•  ••               •••                                          A.i9 

7 

4 

18 
19 

2nd    „      Freehand... 

«• •               ••«                                              X 

•  •  • 

1 

Passed  satisfactorily  ... 

•  •  ■ 

103 

20  were  nnBacceasful. 

199 

2. -SCIENCE. 

Eleetrioitj  and  MagnetiBm 
Physiography 

Certificates. 
...                       46 

•  • «                ••  •                                            ^X 

Frizes. 

4 

... 

Total. 
50 

21 

71 
41  were  unsuccessful.  ■= 

The  amomit  granted  by  the  Department  is  sufficient  to  cover  the 
-extra  expense  inTolTed  by  the  study  of  these  additional  subjects. 

SCRIPTURB  EXAMIKATIOV. 

As  our  Sunday  School  is  affiliated  to  the  Sunday  School  Union/ we 
allow  the  scholars^  who  desire  to  do  so,  to  sit  for  examination.  Of  the 
Candidates  who  were  successful  at  the  last  examination,  4  gained 
prizes,  16  First  Class  Certificates,  and  55  Second  Class  Certificates. 

Total— 76. 

Ab  nnud  many  of  the  diildren  took  part  in  the  Musical  Festivals 
arranged  by  the  ISand  of  Hope  Union  ana  the  Tonio-Solfa  Association 
at  the  Cry^  Palace. 


994  ABKUAL  BBFOBT  OF  THE  BTOCKWBIJi  OBFHANA0E. 

In  order  to  make  the  character  and  claims  of  the  Institulion  more 
widely  known,  the  Head  Master  and  the  Secretary  have  held  meetings 
in  Jjondon  and  the  Provinces,  and  the  snccess  which  has  crowned  their 
efforts  is  of  a  yery  gratifying  character.  The  boys  who  accompany 
them  to  sing  and  to  recite  f amirii  a  powerful  appeal  by  their  appearance 
and  conduct,  and  commend  the  Institution  to  wnich  they  owe  so  much. 
The  local  papers  speak  in  terms  of  the  highest  praise  of  their  services, 
and  thus  a  most  effective  advertisement  is  secured  without  any  cost  to 
the  Institution.  The  friends  who  actually  see  the  boys  become  fear 
more  deeply  interested  in  them  than  they  could  be  from  merely  reading 
about  them ;  while  those  who  entertain  the  children  are  sure  to  become 
for  life  the  friends  of  the  Stockwell  Orphanage.  We  doubt  not  that 
many  a  donation  and  legacy  have  come  to  us  through  the  visits  of  the 
orphan  lads. 

During  the  year  Services  of  Song  were  held  as  under  : — 

LONDOK. 

Battersea  Park  Ohapel;  Boss's  Mission,  Old  Kent  Boad;  West 
Croydon  Baptist  Church. 

The  Pboyikoes. 

Bridgend,  Bury  8t  Edmunds,  Cambridge,  Norwich,  Cardiff,  Maiden- 
head, Newport,  Mon.,  Portsmouth,  Southampton,  Southend,  Stowmarket, 
and  Yarmouth. 

The  amount  realized  during  the  year,  after  defraying  all  expenses,  is 
£398  18s.  lid.,  and  our  thanks  are  hereby  tendered  to  all  who  assisted 
in  any  way  to  secure  such  a  splendid  result.  Friends  in  other  places, 
willing  to  assist  the  Orphanage  by  arranging  for  a  visit  from  the  choir, 
should  apply  to  Mr.  Charlesworth.    Our  funds  might  be  helped  in  a 

f)leasant  and  efficient  manner  if  friends  would  invite  the  choir  to  their 
ocalities.  It  would  not  diminish  the  income  of  any  home  fund  if 
ministering  brethren  would  give  their  people  the  pleasure  of  an  evening 
with  our  juvenile  representatives;  in  fact,  it  might  tend  to  quicken 
other  works  if  the  congregations  were  stirred  up  to  liberality  to  our 
cause.  When  folks  grow  generous  in  any  direction,  the  springs  are 
tapped,  and  they  will  flow  more  or  less  on  all  sides. 

The  Committee  record  with  thankfulness  that  there  has  been  no  lack 
in  the  funds  contributed  for  the  efficient  maintenance  of  the  Institution 
throughout  the  year.  We  do  not  ask  our  Friends  to  pledge  them- 
selves to  send  annual  subscriptions,  but  prefer  to  leave  the  matter 
from  year  to  year  to  the  spontaneous  kindness  of  our  helpers.  They 
will  not  fail  us  so  long  as  tney  see  the  hand  of  the  Lord  with  ns.  It 
some  drop  off,  others  will  be  raised  up.  The  noble  manner  in  which 
our  dear  Friends  carried  out  the  Bazaar  in  January  last  deserrea  special 
mention.  How  everybody  must  have  ^ven,  and  worked,  and  purchased, 
to  have  produced  so  grand  a  net  result  as  £8,826.    Those  who  know 


imUAL  BEFpBT  OF  THI  fflOOKWELL  0BPHANA6B.  395 

the  heary  expenses  of  conducting  snch  an  enterprise  as  a  great  bazaar 
at  the  Tabernacle,  will  be  glad  to  see  so  substantial  a  result  when  all  is 
OTor.    All  helpers  are  hereby  heartily  thanked. 

The  admirable  custom  of  making  shirts  for  the  boys  is  still  continued 
by  the  young  ladies  of  an  educational  establishment,  who  send  in  a 
supply  of  200  shirts  every  year,  thus  effecting  a  considerable  saving  to 
our  funds.  Their  efforts  are  supplemented  by  several  working  Associa- 
tions, but  the  supply  is  not  yet  equal  to  the  demand,  and  we  cordially 
invite  the  co-operation  of  others,  to  whom  we  shall  be  glad  to  sena 
samples  and  patterns. 

Several  working  meetings  have  espoused  the  cause  of  the  girls,  and 
are  making  garments  for  Uieir  use.  How  thankful  we  should  be  if 
others  would  copy  their  example  and  keep  the  wardrobes  replenished! 
Any  garments  suitable  for  girls  between  the  ages  of  six  and  fifteen  would 
be  most  thankfully  receiv^. 

From  the  Orphanage  Acre  at  Waterbeach,  under  the  skilful  farming 
of  our  friend,  Mr.  Toller,  we  continue  to  receive  a  welcome  supply  of 
flour  and  potatoes.  Other  friends  have  sent  us  a  portion  of  their  potato 
crops,  and  several  millers  have  forwarded  a  sack  of  flour  occasionally. 
Puddings  and  potatoes  form  such  important  articles  of  diet,  that  we 
shall  be  ^lad  if  Christian  farmers  will  remember  our  Orphan  children  in 
**  Seed  time  and  harvest."  A  good  friend  at  Reading  has  dedicated 
a  pear-tree  to  the  Orphanage,  and  sends  either  the  fruit  or  the  money 
realized  by  its  sale. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  enumerate  all  the  presents  sent  by  generous 
friends,  but  they  have  b^n  duly  acknowledged  every  month  in  The 
Sward  and  ihs  Trow$U  They  are  all  received  with  gratitude,  and  we 
take  this  opportunity  of  repeating  our  thanks.  It  is  a  cause  of  ^ef  to 
us  when  friends  do  not  receive  a  prompt  acknowledgment  of  their  gifts,, 
but  in  almost  all  instances  where  this  has  occurred,  the  donor  has  failed 
to  send  nam$  and  address  with  the  parcel  We  are  too  grateful  for  any 
help,  however  small,  to  risk  giving  pain  or  offence  to  those  who 
remember  us,  by  wilfully  neglecting  to  acknowledge  their  gifts,  and  wo 
respectfully  request  to  be  imbrmed  of  the  transmission  of  presents  at 
the  ime^  and  their  receipt  shall  be  duly  acknowledged. 

In  administering  a  sum  of  money  bequeathed  by  the  lato  Mr.  B. 
Yickery,  the  President  was  able  to  friniish  three  of  the  new  schoolrooma 
for  girls,  and  the  fact  is  commemorated  by  the  following  inscription  od 
a  marble  tablet : — 

In  Memoriam. 

Three  of  these  Schoolrooms 

were  furnished  from  a  Fund  bequeathed 

by  the  lato 

Bbnjamdt  Yigkebt, 

a  true  friend  of  this  Orphanage, 

and  of  his  Pastor, 

G.  H.  SPtTBGIiOV, 

October,  1881. 


996  ASNJJAL  BEFOBT  OF  THB  BTOOKWELL  OBPHAKAflB. 

In  December  last  the  girls  were  removed  from  the  ''Hawthorns"  into 
the  new  houses,  five  of  which  are  now  occnpied*  It  is  a  sonroe  of  deep 
regret  to  ns  that,  in  consequence  of  the  failure  of  her  health,  the  Insti- 
tution will  lose  the  valuable  services  of  Miss  H.  Moore,  who  has  gone 
to.  Canada  to  help  our  honoured  sister  Miss  Annie  Macpherson. 

By  the  time  this  report  is  issned  the  Play-Hall  and  Infirmary  for  the 
Oirls  will  be  completed,  also  the  Swimming  Bath  for  the  entire  Institu- 
tion. We  cherisn  the  hope  that  all  the  childb^en,  girls  and  boys,  on 
leaving  the  Institution  will  be  able  to  swim.  This  is  a  heidthful 
€xerciBe,  and  gives  an  extra  chance  of  life  in  case  of  aooident»  and  also 
bestows  the  ability  to  save  life  in  the  case  of  others  who  are  in  danger. 

In  order  to  complete  the  entire  scheme  we  have  to  erect  a  Laundry, 
for  the  washing  of  the  establishment,  and  for  trainingr  the  girls  in  this 
most  important  department  of  service.  The  Dining  Hall,  in  which  all 
the  inmates  will  take  their  meals  together,  will  be  proceeded  with  at 
once ;  and,  as  soon  as  possible,  the  House  for  the  Head  Master. 

Some  friends  are  careful  to  mention  that  their  donation  is  for  the 
jfirls :  this  is  very  convenient  while  we  are  still  building,  but  when  this 
is  done  it  will  have  no  meaning;  for  the  Institution  is  one  and  indivisible, 
and  there  will  be  only  one  fund  for  boys  and  girls  alike. 

Visitors  will  be  struck  with  the  amplitude  and  beauty  of  the  buildingB 
of  the  Orphanage.  We  have  not  built  a  wretched  workhouse,  but  a 
beautiful  residence  for  those  whom  the  Lord  has  taken  up.  We  would 
not  spend  a  sixpence  needlessly,  neither  would  we  withhola  more  than  is 
meet  No  money  has  been  wasted  in  lavish  ornament,  or  in  hideooB 
ugliness.  The  buildings  are  not  a  penitentiary  nor  a  county-jail,  bat 
a  pleasant  home  for  those  children  of  whom  Ood  declares  himself 
to  be  the  Father.  The  additional  buildings  which  we  contemplate 
are  not  for  luxury,  but  for  necessary  uses  ;  and  as  we  endeavour 
to  lay  out  money  with  judicious  economy  we  feel  sure  that  we  shall 
be  trusted  in  the  future  as  in  the  past. 

Are  there  not  friends  waiting  to  take  a  share  in  the  Btockwell  Orphan- 
age Buildings  ?  They  cannot  better  commemorate  personal  blessings, 
nor  can  they  find  a  more  suitable  memorial  for  departed  friends.  Ho 
storied  um  or  animated  bust  can  half  so  well  record  the  memory  of 
beloved  ones  as  a  stone  in  an  Orphan  House.  Most  of  the  buildmgs 
are  already  appropriated  as  memorials  in  some  form  or  other :  and 
only  a  few  more  will  be  needed,  and  those  who  would  supply  them 
must  be  quick  about  it.  Very  soon  all  building  operations  will  be 
oomplete,  and  those  who  have  lost  the  opportunity  of  becoming  share- 
holders in  the  Home  of  Mercy  may  regret  thc^r  delay.  At  any  rate, 
none  who  place  a  stone  in  the  walls  of  the  Stockwell  Orphanage  will 
«ver  lament  that  they  did  this  deed  of  love.  Honoured  names  are 
with  us  already  engraven  upon  the  stones  of  this  great  Hostehry  of 
the  All-merciful;  and  many  others  are  our  oo-workers  whose  record 
is  on  high,  though  unknown  among  men.  Who  will  be  the  next  to 
join  us  in  this  happy  labour  ? 


ARHTTAL  BEFOBT  OF  THE  8T00KWELL  ORPHANAGE.  897 

The  work  of  oaring  for  the  widow  and  the  fatherless  is  speciallj 
mentioned  by  the  Holy  Spirit  as  one  of  the  most  acceptable  modes  of 
giTing  outward  expression  to  ''  pnre  religion  and  nndefiled  before  Ood 
and  the  Father,"  and  therefore  the  Lord's  people  will  not  question  that 
they  should  help  in  carrying  it  out.  Will  it  need  mnoh  pleading  ?  If 
so,  we  cannot  nse  it,  as  we  shrink  from  marring  the  willinghood  which 
is  the  charm  of  such  a  serrice.  The  work  is  carried  on  in  dependence 
upon  God,  and  Bis  blessing  evidently  rests  upon  it 

As  we  now  enter  more  fully  upon  a  fresh  stage  of  our  existence,  we 
shall  need  a  great  increase  to  our  present  income,  and  we  shall  have 
it  from  the  ever  opened  hand  of  the  Lord  our  Gk>d.  Friends  will  be 
moved  to  think  of  our  great  family,  for  our  great  Bemembrancer  will 
keep  them  in  mind  of  it.  The  duty  of  each  Christian  to  the  mass  of 
destitute  orphanhood  is  clear  enough,  and  if  pure  minds  are  stirred  up 
by  way  of  remembrance  there  will  be  no  lack  in  the  larder,  no  want 
in  the  wardrobe,  no  failing  in  the  funds  of  our  Orphan  House. 

We  call  our  readers'  special  attention  to  the  fact  that  we  shall  now 
need  double  money  in  our  sack.  As  we  have  to  maintain  girls  as  well 
as  boys,  we  must  beg  them,  when  they  send  us  a  pound  for  the  boys, 
to  add  another  pound  for  the  girls.  Of  course  we  cannot  spend  money 
if  we  do  not  get  it,  and  the  children  cannot  eat  breakfasts  which  are 
not  supplied.  We  look  up  first  to  the  Lord,  and  then,  next,  to  his  com- 
passionate people.  If  you  have  judged  us  faithful  hitherto,  continue  to 
help  us,  and  help  us  much  more  largely  than  you  have  done  aforetime. 
In  a  little  while  we  hope  to  have  erected  all  the  buildings,  and  then 
we  shall  not  be  obliged  to  make  appeals  for  bricks  and  mortar,  but 
we  shall  always  have  to  ask  for  bread  and  butter.  Therefore,  stay  not 
your  hands,  and  slack  not  your  giving,  for  the  work  is  great^  and  the 
cause  is  good,  and  the  Lord  loveth  a  cheerful  giver. 

It  is  a  great  boon  to  children  to  be  received  into  such  an  institution 
as  onrs.  They  are  delivered  from  the  streets,  saved  from  the  work- 
house, and  kept  from  hunger  and  the  consumption  which  so  often 
follows  upon  it.  Then  they  are  trained  to  occupy  their  station  in 
fature  life,  and  by  GKkI's  grace  they  are  led  in  the  way  which  conducts 
them  to  the  life  to  come.  No  one  can  tell  the  inestimable  blessing 
which  is  thus  conferred  upon  the  children.  The  letters  of  gratitude 
and  words  of  thanks  which  we  frequently  receive,  are  proofs  that  the 
benefits  are  valued ;  while  the  honourable  lives  of  those  who  were  brought 
up  under  our  roof  are  our  crown  of  rejoicing.  Of  course  there  are 
exceptions  to  the  rule,  but,  speaking  generally,  our  boys  who  have  left 
us  and  entered  upon  manhood  are  a  credit  to  the  Institution.  We  feel 
sore  that  it  will  be  just  the  same  with  the  girls,  but  of  these  only  one 
or  two  have  gone  forth  as  yet,  and  therefore  we  speak  the  language  of 
hope.  It  is  one  of  our  greatest  joys  to  see  the  old  boys  rally  at  the 
Orphanage  on  davs  of  meeting — ^fine-looking,  respectable  young  men, 
many  of  them  holding  good  positions  and  having  excellent  prospects  in 
the  world,  giving  promise  of  a  race  of  helpers  to  the  Orphanage  m  years 
to  come.    In  several  instances  these  young  men  are  spending  all  their 


898  ANIOJAL  REPORT  OF  THB  8T00KWELL  ORPHAHA0B. 

Bfcrength  in  the  seryioe  of  oar  great  Lord  and  Master.  In  one  or  two 
cases,  where  the  poverty  from  which  they  were  deliyered  was  extreme* 
it  is  delightful  to  see  how  they  themselyes  care  for  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  are  among  the  first  to  seek  after  the  wandering  ones. 

Bnt  the  blessing  does  not  stop  with  the  children.  When  the  mother  is 
relieved  of  the  harden  of  so  many  little  ones  her  hopes  revive,  and  she 
is  e  nabled  to  set  herself  with  confidence  to  the  task  of  rearing  the  rest  of 
the  family.   When  one  or  two  are  gone,  the  crash  of  the  load  is  removed, 
and  although  her  task  is  still  a  stern  one,  yet  she  sets  herself  to  it  in 
hope,  and  by  God's  help  achieves  her  life-work.    In  helping  one  of  a 
destitute  family  we  practically  assist  all  the  rest.    We  have  met  with 
many  instances  in  which  the  family  has  been  suddenly  reduced  from 
competence  to  penary,  the  mother  has  become  the  only  bread-winner, 
and  she  has  been  sickly  and  fraiL    Despair  has  well-i^igh  chilled  her 
exertions ;  but  she  has  got  a  boy  into  the  Stockwell  Orphanage,  and  she 
is  canvassing  to  get  another  into  another  asylum,  and  suddenly  she  takes 
heart     Her  renewed  courage  saves  her.     In  the  providence  of  God 
friends  are  raised  up,  she  herself  grows  stronger,  and  although  the  pinch 
is  very  severe,  yet  despair  is  driven  away,  and  she  fights  bravely  for  her 
fatherless  children*    If  money  had  been  given  her  it  would  soon  have 
been  spent,  bnt  the  relief  afforded  by  the  acceptance  of  her  boy  is  worth 
far  more  than  money,  and  is  a  far  greater  enconragement  to  her. 

The  Trustees  are  devoutly  thankful  that  the  health  of  the  children  has 
been  so  wonderfully  good  for  so  long  a  time.  The  Lord  has  kept  away 
•epidemics  from  as  even  while  thev  have  been  scourging  other  insti- 
tutions. It  may  be  that  we  shall  have  our  time  of  trial,  but  we  shall 
do  our  best  by  careful  sanitary  arrangements  to  keep  it  off,  and  mean- 
while we  shall  bless  and  praise  God  who  has  dealt  so  tenderly  with  us. 
Parents  of  families  know  the  trial  which  comes  with  a  disease  which 
infects  all  the  household,  and  they  can  therefore  guess  the  taming  of 
things  upside  down  which  happens  to  a  large  orphanage  when  many 
•are  down  at  once  with  an  epidemic ;  they  will,  we  trust,  join  with  our 
other  friends  in  daily  supplication  that  we  ma^  still  be  spared  such  a 
calamity.  Prayer  is  wanted  every  day  for  guidance  and  supply,  bat 
this  is  a  special  affliction  from  which  we  would  fain  be  preserved.  Yet 
we  write  not  thus  in  any  fear,  for  he  who  has  been  a  wall  of  fire  around 
as  will  not  leave  ns. 

Let  the  reader  who  sees  the  Lord's  people  caring  for  the  widow  and 
the  fatherless  see  the  mercifulness  of  the  Christian  religion,  and  refiect 
that  if  the  children  care  for  the  poor  and  need^,  much  more  will  their 
heavenly  Father.  He  will  not  leave  the  moummg  heart  to  desolation, 
nor  turn  a  deaf  ear  to  those  who  seek  him.  He  delights  in  grace; 
^'^  In  him  the  fatherless  findeth  mercy,"  and  others  in  forlorn  conditions 
shall  find  the  same.  Let  the  broken  in  heart  fly  to  the  great  Father 
of  mercies.  Let  the  troubled  conscience  seek  rest  in  Jesus,  who  is 
God's  unspeakable  gift.  It  would  be  reason  for  an  eternal  song  if 
some  poor  conscience- stricken  heart  should  come  to  trust  the  Saviour 
through  reading 

Ak  Orphanaqb  Befort. 


ANNUAL  REPOBT  OF  THE  8T0CKWSLL  OfiPHANAGE.  399 

The  longer  onr  friends  li7e  the  better  for  ns ;  bat  as  death  will  in 
doe  time  call  them  away,  we  trust  they  will  remember  the  orphans  to 
the  last  As  it  is  most  important  to  comply  with  legal  conditions  in 
order  to  secnre  the  validity  of  a  legacy,  we  append  the  necessary  form. 
Very  serious  risks  are  run  by  persons  deviating  from  such  form.  It 
cannot  be  too  clearly  understood  that  bequests  of  land  or  houses  for 
charitable  purposes  are  null  and  void.  By  forgetting  this,  friends  have 
put  the  President  to  serious  trouble.  Those  are  wisest  who  are  their 
own  execators  and  distribute  their  money  in  their  own  life-time;  but  if 
this  cannot  be,  they  should  at  least  make  their  wills,  and  see  that 
they  are  properly  worded.  ' 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST. 

I  Oive  and  Bequeath  the  sum  of. , 

pounds  sterling,  to  de  paid  out  of  that  part  of  my  personal  estate  which 
may  by  law  he  given  with  effect  for  charitable  purposes^  to  he  paid  to  the 
Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  the  StockweU  Orphanage,  Clap  ham  Road, 
Surrey,  and  his  receipt  shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  for  the  said  legacy; 
and  this  legacy,  when  received  by  such  Treasurer,  to  be  applied  for  the 
general  purposes  of  the  Orphanage. 


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AT  THE  EIGHTXSNTH  ANNUAL  OONFSBSKOB  OF  THB  PAST0B8' 
OOLLEGB  A6S00IATI0K,  APRIL  18,  1882. 

BY  C.  H.  SFUBGEON. 

Y  dear  Brethren, — I  greatly  value  your  prayers,  and  I  feel 
intensely  grateful  for  that  Benjamin's  share  in  them  which 
is  ever  my  portion.  I  never  consciously  needed  your  inter^ 
cessions  more  than  I  do  just  now,  for  I  may  say  with  the 
Psalmist,  ^'  He  weakeneth  my  strength  in  the  way."  After 
my  severe  illness  I  am  trembling  like  a  child  who  is  only  commencing 
to  ufle  his  feet ;  it  is  with  difficulty  that  I  keep  myself  up ;  what  can 
yea  expect  from  one  who  can  scarcely  stand?  Daring  the  last  six 
weeks  I  have  considered  from  day  to  day  what  to  say  to  you,  but 
nothing  has  come  of  my  consideration.  My  mind  is  out  of  gear,  my 
memory  is  like  the  leaking  buckets  of  the  daughters  of  Danaus,  and 
consequently  my  meditations  have  been  as  great  a  failure  as  the  labours 
of  Sisyphus,  when  the  stone  which  he  rolled  up  hill  rolled  back  again 
into  its  place.  I  have  gone  to  the  pits  and  found  no  water,  and  returned 
with  my  vessel  empty.  My  brain  has  been  so  occupied  with  sympathy 
for  the  poor  body  that  it  has  not  been  able  to  mount  aloft  with  the 
eagle,  nor  even  to  plume  its  wings  for  the  lower  flight  which  I  must 
needs  attempt  this  morning.  One  thing,  however,  is  clear, — I  am  in 
special  communion  with  my  subject,  and  can  speak,  as  the  good  old 
X)eople  used  to  say, ''  experimentally."  I  cannot,  however,  draw  much 
aid  from  that  fact,  but  I  cast  myself  upon  the  power  divine,  which  has 
so  many  times  been  displayed  in  weakness.  "  The  Lord  hath  been 
mindful  of  us:  he  will  bless  us." 

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402  DTAtaURAL  ADDBX88. 

I  draw  my  sabject  from  the  words  of  Paul  in  2  Oor.  xii.  10 :  **  When 
I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong/'  1  shall  not  be  guilty  of  nttering  any- 
thing fresh  upon  my  theme,  neither  shall  I  be  able  to  say  anything 
forcible  upon  it.  The  weak  side  of  the  experience  will  come  ont  most 
observably :  I  can  only  pray  that  the  strong  side  may  not  be  hidden. 
My  own  feelings  supply  me  with  a  commentary  upon  the  text^  and  that 
is  all  the  exposition  I  shall  aim  at.  Our  text  is  not  only  written  in  the 
*  Bible,  but  it  is  inscribed  upon  the  liyes  of  the  saints.  Though  we  are 
not  apostles^  and  shall  never  be  able  to  claim  the  inspiration  of  Panl, 

Jet  in  this  one  jmrticular  we  are  as  instructed  as  he  was,  for  we  have  learned 
y  experience,  **  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong."  This  sentence  has 
passed  into  a  Christian  proverb:  it  is  a  paradox  which  has  ceased  to 
perplex  any  child  of  God :  it  is  at  once  a  warning  and  a  consolation, 
bidding  the  strong  behold  the  weakness  of  power,  and  setting  before 
the  feeble  the  strength  of  weakness. 

Let  it  be  understood  at  the  commencement  that  cub  tbxt  is  kot 
TRUE  IN  BYBBY  SENSE  in  which  it  might  be  read.  Some  brethren  are 
^eak  with  an  emphasis,  and  always  so ;  but  I  have  never  yet  discovered 
tiiat  they  are  strong,  except  in  the  sense  of  being  headstrong  and  wilfaL 
If  obstinacy  be  strength,  they  are  champions ;  and  if  conceit  be  strength, 
they  are  gigantic;  but  in  no  other  respect  are  they  strong.  Many  ar$ 
iveakj  ai^  yet  not  strong:  we  must  alter  the  text  concerning  them, 
and  say, ''  When  they  are  weak,  they  are  weakness  itself."  There  is  a 
kind  of  weakness  which  we  may  Veil  dread,  it  may  steal  over  ns  in- 
sensibly ;  but  it  brings  no  strength,  no  honour,  no  virtue  with  it ;  it  is 
evil,  only  evil,  and  that  continually.  With  it  come  unfitness  for  holy 
service  and  want  of  success,  and  unless  infinite  grace  avert  the  calamity 
there  will  arise  out  of  it  failure  of  character  and  defeat  in  Ufe.  May 
we  never  know  the  weakness  which  befell  Samson  after  he  had  told  his 
secret,  and  had  lost  his  locks.  He  could  not  say,  "  When  I  am  weak, 
then  am  I  strong,"  but  rather,  *^  When  I  am  shorn  I  am  weak  as  other 
men."  See  what  befalls  him !  **  The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Sam- 
son!''  He  cannot  now  smite  them ;  he  cannot  protect  nis  own  limbs ; 
he  cannot  guard  bis  own  eyes;  he  cannot  ootain  his  own  liberty. 
Blinded,  he  toils  at  the  mill ;  the  hero  of  Israel  is  become  a  slave  to  the 
uncircumcised  I  Alas,  that  such  weakness  should  be  possible  to  a  man 
who  had  slain  his  thousands,  and  laid  them  heaps  upon  heaps  I  Oh 
that  such  weakness  should  be  possible  to  a  man  who  had  carried  the 
gates  of  Gaza  away  on  his  shoulders,  posts,  and  bars,  and  all  1  And  yet 
it  is  so,  and  may  be  so  with  us.  *'  ^owl,  fir-tree ;  for  the  cedar  is 
fallen !"  Brethren,  we  must  strive  against  all  weakness  whidi  leads  to 
sin,  lest  to  us  also  some  Delilah  should  bring  destruction.  Samson's 
undiom  locks  denoted  his  Nazarite  consecration,  and  if  we  ever  become 
wedc  through  failure  of  eonseeration,  such  weakness  will  be  fatal  to  true 
usefulness.  If  the  man  who  had  '^none  of  self  and  all  of  God  "  grows 
downward  till  he  craves  for  *'  some  of  self  and  some  of  God"  be  is  in  a 
sad  condition.  If  he  who  once  lived  to  win  souls  now  lives  to  win 
silver  and  gold,  his  money  shall  perish  with  him ;  if  he  that  once  was 
famous  for  his  Master  becomes  his  own  master,  he  shiJl  be  inflEhmous; 
for  I  trow  that,  even  if  we  do  nothing  wrong  in  the  eves  of  man,  it  is 
wrong  enough  to  have  declined  from  the  whole-hearted  service  of  God. 


DTAUGTT&AL  ADDBBBB.  408 

It  18  this  Uiat  demons  langh  at  and  that  angels  marvel  at ;  a  man  of 
God  li?ing  like  a  man  of  the  world  I  Even  the  Lord  himself  stays 
awhile  to  ask^  ''What  doest  thon  here,  Elijah?"  The  holy  and  the 
zealous  grieve  if  they  see  a  minister  of  Christ  ministering  to  his  own 
ambition.  We  are  only  strong  as  onr  consecration  is  perfect.  Unless 
we  live  wholly  for  God  onr  strength  will  snffer  serions  leakage,  and  onr 
weakness  will  be  of  that  kind  which  degrades  the  believer  till  the  un- 
godly scomfolly  inquire,  ''Art  thou  also  become  weak  as  we?  Art 
thon  become  like  unto  us  ?  " 

We  must,  dear  friends,  never  become  weak  in  another  sense,  namely, 
in  onr  communion  mih  Ood.  David  slackened  his  fellowship  with 
God,  and  Satan  vanquished  him  through  Bathsheba ;  Peter  followed 
afar  off,  and  soon  denied  his  Lord.  Communion  with  God  is  the  right 
ann  of  our  strength,  and  if  this  be  broken  we  are  weak  as  water.  With- 
out God  we  can  do  nothing;  and  in  proportion  as  we  attempt  to  live 
without  him  we  ruin  ourselves.  Alas  !  that  the  man  who  has  seen  the 
face  of  the  Strong  One,  and  has  becoi  made  mighty,  should  forget  where 
his  great  strength  lieth,  and  so  become  sick  and  enfeebled  I  He  who 
has  suspended  nis  visits  to  the  banqueting-honse  of  hallowed  fellowship 
will  be  iU-fed,  and  cry  out  "  My  leanness  I  My  leanness !  Woe  unto 
mel"  He  that  wdks  not  with  the  Beloved  will  soon  be  a  Mephi- 
bosheth  in  the  feet,  and  a  Bartimeus  in  the  eyes ;  timorous  in  heart,  and 
trembling  on  the  knee.  If  we  are  weak  in  communion  with  God,  we 
are  weak  everywhere.  If  a  man  can  be  strong  without  God,  such 
dangerousatrengthmay  fall  tothelot  of  the  man  who  is  out  of  communion ; 
but  if  it  be  true  that  only  as  we  hang  upon  the  Lord  we  are  strong,  then 
broken  fellowship  will  soon  bring  broken  strength. 

And,  dear  friends,  there  is  a  kind  of  weakness  which  I  hope  none  of 
you  will  ever  cultivate,  though  it  seems  greatly  in  favour  at  the  present 
day,  namely,  weakness  of  faiUh;  for  when  I  am  weak  in  faith,  then  I 
am  not  strong  in  the  Lordl  When  a  man  doubts  his  God,  he  weakens 
himself.  A  little  time  ago  persons  who  were  full  of  distrust  and 
unbelief  were  regarded  as  the  possessors  of  a  deep  experience ; 
but  I  hope  the  age  has  for  ever  gone  by  in  which  unbelief  shall 
be  regarded  as  a  qualification  for  eminent  saintship.  If  the  gospel 
message  were,  "  He  that  doubteth,  and  is  not  baptized,  shall  be  saved; " 
there  are  many  who  have  made  their  calling  and  election  sure; 
but  while  ours  is  a  gospel  of  faith,  unbelief  can  never  be  regarded  with 
complacency.  Faith  is  our  battle-axe  and  weapons  of  war  ;  woe  to  the 
warrior  who  forgets  it.  Therefore,  brethren,  let  us  separate  between 
weakness  and  weakness — the  weakness  which  is  the  token  of  strength, 
and  weakness  in  faith  which  is  the  indication  of  spiritual  decay. 

I  pray  that  we  may  never  be  weak  in  love,  but  that  we  may  become 
like  Basil,  "  pillars  of  fire."  Love  is  the  greatest  of  all  the  powers 
which  can  possess  the  human  breast.  I  must  not  compare  love  with 
other  graces  so  as  to  depreciate  any  virtue;  yet  of  all  active  powers 
love  is  the  most  forceful ;  for  even  faith  worketh  by  love.  Faiui  does 
not  overcome  men's  hearts  for  Jesus  until  it  takes  to  itself  this 
wondrous  weapon,  and  then  believingly  loves  them  to  Christ.  Oh,  for 
a  passionate  love,  a  love  which  shall  l^  a  pure  flame,  burning  to  a  white 
heat,  and  consuming  us.    May  this  flame  bum  in  the  very  centre  of  our 


404  IKAUGURAL  ABDBBfiS. 

being.  May  we  loye  oar  God  intensely,  and  loye  the  people  for  his 
sake.  Brethren,  be  strong  tliere  I  Depend  upon  it,  if  yoa  leave  off 
loving  the  people  to  whom  yon  preach,  and  the  tmth  yon  are  ordained 
to  proclaim,  the  state  of  the  chnrch  will  be  as  when  a  standard-bearer 
fainteth.  There  may  remain  to  yon  strength  of  passionate  temper, 
strength  to  offend,  and  strength  to  scatter ;  but  the  power  of  God  will 
be  withdrawn.  Yon  will,  like  Phaeton,  bind  the  horses  to  the  chariot 
of  the  snn,  bnt  they  shall  only  harry  yon  to  swift  destraction. 

We  want,  brethren — oh  how  we  would  pine  for  it !  to  be  deUvered 
from  all  weakness  of  ike  spiritual  life.  We  want  to  ontgrow  the  weak- 
ness natoral  to  as  as  babes  in  Christ,  so  that  we  may  become  young 
men  who  are  strong ;  yea,  we  need  to  go  beyond  this,  and  to  become 
fally  developed  men  in  Ohrist  Jesns,  '^  strong  in  the  Lord  and  in  the 
power  of  his  might."  If  we  are  weak  in  that  respect  we  are  strong 
nowhere.  As  ministers  we  onght  to  covet  all  the  spiritual  strength  which 
God  is  ready  to  bestow.  Would  to  God  that  the  Holy  Ghost  who 
dwelleth  in  us  found  nothing  within  to  impede  him,  and  nothing  to 
restrain  his  influences!  0  that  the  full  Godhead  of  the  blessed  Spirit 
might  as  much  manifest  itself  in  these  mortal  bodies  of  ours  as  once  the 
Godhead  of  the  second  Person  manifested  itself  in  the  person  of  Christ 
Jesus,  the  Son  of  man.  I  mean  not,  of  course,  miracoloasly,  nor  in 
any  way  to  make  us  rival  the  incommunicable  glories  of  our  divine 
Master ;  but  even  to  its  folness  I  wonld  that  our  nature,  like  the  bush 
in  Horeb,  were  aglow  with  the  indwelling  Deity.  Never  mind  though 
the  bush  should  be  consumed  ;  it  were  well  to  be  consumed  so  long  as 
the  Spirit  of  God  wonld  dwell  in  us  and  manifest  his  power. 

Thus,  you  see,  there  are  senses  in  which  we  contradict  the  text  flatly, 
and  thereby  establish  its  true  mecming.  If  it  were  true  that  all  who 
are  weak  are  strongs  we  might  straightway  find  a  vigorous  ministry  bj 
ransacking  our  hospitals,  enlisting  a  troop  from  our  idiot  asylams,  and 
calling  together  all  of  weak  brain  and  garrulous  tongue.  No,  no^  it  is 
not  given  to  the  fearful  and  unbelieving,  the  foolish  and  the  Mvoloos 
to  claim  that  their  mental,  moral,  and  spiritual  weaknesses  are  a  fit 
platform  for  the  revelation  of  the  divine  strength. 

A  second  observation  must  be  brought  hetore  you  before  I  actually 
come  to  the  text.  Thbbb  ib  anothbr  fobx  of  it  whioh  is  clbablt 
TRUE.  **  When  I  am  strong,  then  am  I  weak."  That  is  trae,  almost 
as  true  as,  '*  When  I  am  wed^,  then  am  I  strong  "  ;  of  coarse^  not  true 
in  all  senses,  but  so  nearly  correct  that  I  would  recommend  its  aocepta* 
tion  as  a  proverb  worthy  to  be  quoted  with  the  text  itself.  Look  at  the 
tyro  who  has  just  commenced  preaching  in  a  village  chapel  or  in  a 
mission-room,  and  admire  his  boundless  confidence  in  his  own  strength. 
He  has  collected  certain  anecdotes  and  telling  metaphors,  and  he  pro- 
ponnds  these  as  if  they  were  the  Summa  Theologica,  the  Tery  flower  and 
essence  of  wisdom.  He  is  voluble  and  energetic,  though  there  is  nothing 
in  it.  See  him  stamp  his  feet  and  clench  his  fists  I  He  is  a  wonder  unto 
many,  for  they  see  no  sufficient  cause  for  his  powerful  self-assurance. 
Possibly  he  comes  to  College ;  he  enters  the  class-room  feeling  that  for 
once  a  man  treads  the  College  floor.  The  inhabitants  of  Lond<m  shall 
know  that  verily  there  is  a  prophet  among  them.  We  hear  aboat  tbiB 
gentleman  yeiy  soon,  for  he  is  not  appreciated;  his  brethren  are  not 


DTAUaUBAL  ADDRESS*  405 

willing  for  a  season  to  rejoice  in  bis  light ;  they  even  show  a  disposition 
to  snnfPhim  ont.  Yet  how  perfectly  self-satisfied  he  is !  I  have  heard 
snch  a  brother  deliver  himself  of  nothing  at  all  at  extreme  length,  and 
sit  down  full  to  the  brim  with  satisfaction.  I  have  almost  en?ied  and 
altogether  regretted  him !  Many  an  abler  man  is  weeping  over  his 
shortcomings^  while  this  poor  som  is  wondering  at  his  own  triumphs. 
Like  Cowper's  poor  believer, 

*^  Pillow  and  bobbins  all  her  little  store/* 

he  knows  this  mnch,  and  nothing  more — ^his  abilities  transoendant  and 
his  knowled^  vast.  How  self-content  he  is.  Bat  he  is  not  strong  for 
all  that.  Did  yon  fear  him  when  yon  first  came  into  contact  with  him  ? 
Did  yon  look  npon  him  as  an  ironclad,  utterly  impregnable?  The 
delusion  did  not  last  long.  "Man  being  in  honour  abideth  not." 
If  I  remember  rightly,  you  in  the  College  room  began  to  try  your 
prows  upon  this  man-of-war.  Yon  found  that  it  was  only  a  wooden 
ship  after  all.  There  is  a  grim  pleasure  in  seeing  the  mighty  collapse ; 
and  that  fell  to  your  share.  We  felt  a  degree  of  happiness  in  seeing 
the  great  man  lose  ounce  by  ounce  his  boasted  strength,  till  he  died 
outright. ,  We  never  buried  the  body  of  vainglory,  for  we  never  knew 

Srecisely  virhat  became  of  it ;  but  we  were  glad  to  find  in  its  place  a 
Iffident  youth  who  needed  cheering  lest  he  should  too  much  depreciate 
himself, — a  lowly  spirit  whom  in  due  time  the  Lord  exalted.  As  he 
grew  consciously  weak  he  became  strong,  and  discovered  that  when  he 
was  strong  in  his  own  opinion  he  was  in  many  ways  weak. 

Since  we  left  the  College  benches  we  have  seen  manv  strong  men.  I 
think  I  see  one  sitting  down  in  bis  study.  He  has  been  reading  the 
reviews  and  quarterlies,  and  a  little  of  the  latest  modern  thought: 
now  he  is  looking  out  for  a  text.  He  perfectly  understands  it,  whatever 
it  may  be.  At  any  rate,  if  he  does  not  understand  it,  who  does  ?  When 
he  falls  upon  his  text  he  interprets  it,  not  at  all  desiring  to  know  what 
the  men  of  God  who  lived  before  him  have  said  upon  it,  for  they  were  of 
a  darker  age,  and  he  lives  in  the  nineteenth  century,  that  world  of 
wonders,  that  region  of  wisdom,  that  flower  and  glory  of  all  time.  Now 
you  shall  see  what  you  shall  see  when  this  cultured  divine  comes  forth 
from  his  chamber  as  a  giant  refreshed  with  new  wine.  No  dew  of  the 
Spirit  of  God  is  upon  him,  he  does  not  require  it ;  he  drinks  from  other 
fountaiuB.  He  speaks  with  astounding  power,  his  diction  is  superb,  his 
thought  prodigious  !  But  he  is  as  weak  as  he  is  polished,  as  cold  as  he 
is  pretentious  :  saints  and  sinners  alike  perceive  his  weakness,  and  by 
degrees  the  empty  pews  confirm  it.  He  is  too  strong  to  be  strengthened 
of  the  Lord,  and  therein  too  weak  to  bless  a  congregation.  He  seeks 
another  sphere,  and  another,  and  yet  another,  but  in  no  position  is  he 
powerful,  for  he  is  too  strong  in  self.  His  preaching  is  lilce  a  painted 
fire,  no  one  is  either  cheered  or  alarmed  by  it.  We  have  known  other 
men  that  were  not  so  strong,  who  felt  that  they  could  not  even  under- 
stand the  word  of  God  without  divine  illumination,  and  who  went  to 
the  great  Father  of  lights  for  that  illamination :  trembling  and  afraid 
they  have  asked  to  be  helped  to  speak  the  mind  of  God,  and  not  their 
own  mind,  and  God  has  spoken  through  them ;  and  they  have  been 
strong.    They  were  weak,  for  they  were  ^raid  lest  their  thoughts  should 


406  INAUGURAL  ADDBESa 

stand  in  the  way  of  God's  thoughts,  fearful  lest  their  mind  should 
darken  the  word  of  Ood ;  and  yet  they  hare  been  truly  strong,  and 
humble  people  have  listened  to  them  and  said  that  Ood  spake  through 
them ;  and  sinners  have  listened,  and  though  they  haye  become  angry, 
they  have  come  again,  and  at  last  hare  yielded  themselves  to  GhrisL 
Verily  God  spoke  through  Uiat  man ;  he  had  neither  hurricane,  nor 
earthquake,  nor  fire,  but  he  was  a  still  small  voice,  and  the  Lord  was 
in  it. 

I  have  known  preachers  who  have  been  very  weak,  and  yet  they 
have  been  used  of  the  Lord.  For  many,  many  years  my  own  preaching 
was  exceedingly  painful  because  of  the  fears  which  beset  me  before 
entering  the  pulpit  Often  my  dread  of  facing  the  people  has  been 
overwhelming.  Even  the  physical  feeling  which  came  of  the  mental 
emotion  has  been  painftil ;  but  this  wealmesB  has  been  an  education 
for  me.  I  wrote  many  years  ago  to  my  venerable  grandfather,  and 
told  him  of  many  things  that  happened  to  me  before  preaching,  sick- 
ness of  body  and  terrible  fears  which  often  made  me  really  ill.  The 
old  gentleman  wrote  back  and  said, ''  I  have  been  preaching  for  sixty 
years,  and  I  feel  still  many  tremblings.  Be  content  to  have  it  so ;  for 
when  your  emotion  goes  away  your  strength  will  be  gone."  When  we 
preach  and  think  nothing  of  it,  the  people  thing  nothing  of  it,  and 
Ood  does  nothing  by  it.  ka  overwhelming  sense  of  weafaiess  should 
not  be  regarded  as  an  evil,  but  should  be  accepted  as  helpM  to  the  tnie 
minister  of  Christ. 

Look  at  the  preacher  who  has  no  burdens.  His  sermon  is  in  his 
pocket;  there  cannot  happen  any  mischief  to  it  unless  a  thief  should 
steal  it ;  he  has  rehearsed  all  his  action,  he  is  as  safe  as  an  automaton. 
He  does  need  to  pray  for  the  Spirit  of  Ood  to  help  him  in  his  preach- 
ing, and  though  ne  uses  the  form  one  wonders  what  the  prayer  can 
mean.  He  surveys  the  congregation  with  the  complacency  of  a  gar- 
dener looking  at  a  bed  of  flowers.  He  has  something  to  say,  and  he 
knows  what  it  is  going  to  be,  every  word  of  it,  and  therefore  he  says  it 
with  ease,  and  comes  down  the  stairs  as  pleased  with  himself  as  heart 
could  desire :  the  notion  of  trembling  is  far  from  him,  he  is  not  80 
weak.  Yonder  is  a  poor  brother  who  has  been  tugging  away  with  his 
brains,  wrestling  on  nis  knees,  and  bleeding  at  heart ;  he  is  half-afiraid 
that  he  may  break  down  in  the  sermon,  and  he  is  fearful  that  he  will  not 
reach  the  hearts  of  the  people;  but  he  means  to  try  what  can  be  done 
by  the  help  of  Ood.  Be  you  sure  that  he  will  get  at  the  people,  and 
Ood  will  give  him  converts.  He  is  looking  up  to  Ood,  for  he  feels  so 
feeble  in  himself.  You  know  which  of  the  two  preachers  you  wonld 
sooner  hear,  and  you  know  who  is  the  really  strong  man  of  the  two ; 
the  weak  man  is  strong  and  the  strong  man  is  weak.  An  American 
divine,  who  says  a  great  many  things  that  are  wise,  and  a  few  which  are 
otherwise,  says  that  the  best  preparation  for  preaching  is  to  get  a  good 
night's  rest^  and  to  eat  a  good  breakfast.  According  to  his  opinion,  a 
fine  constitution  is  a  most  efficient  help  to  preaching  the  gospel.  If 
you  know  nothing  of  the  headache,  and  nothing  of  the  heartacne,  and 
never  allow  anything  to  disturb  the  equilibrium  of  your  mind,  you 
may  expect  to  be  a  very  successfal  minister.  It  may  be  so.  I  woold 
not  depreciate  health,  appetite,  a  bounding  spirit,  and  a  good  Saturday 


DTAUGiraAL  ADDBB88.  407 

night*8  Bleep;  but  these  things  are  not  all,  nor  mnoh.  Mem  sana  in 
earpare  sano,  by  all  means  ;  but  where  that  has  been  a  good  deal  relied 
upon  it  has  displayed  itself  in  fine  sensational  sermons;  bat,  brethren, 
I  question  whether  the  next  generation  will  say  that  it  has  proved 
itself  fraitfal  in  spiritnal  teaching  which  will  feed  the  soul  or  move 
the  conscience.  Many  of  the  noblest  specimens  of  our  sermonic 
literature  have  come  from  men  who  were  patient  snfferenu  Men  who 
ha?e  had  the  most  tondiing  pathos,  the  deepest  spiritnalityy  the  most 
marrellons  insight  into  the  deep  things  of  God^  have  often  Imown  little 
of  bodily  healtL  Calvin  labomred  under  many  fierce  disorders.  Shall 
we  ever  see  his  like  ?  Robert  Hall  was  rarely  free  from  pain.  Who  ever 
spoke  more  gloriously  ?  And  here  I  would  mention  one  whom  all  of  us 
love,  Charles  Stanford,  who  grows  sweeter  and  sweeter  as  he  grows 
weaker  and  weaker,  and  who  sees  all  the  more  clearly  now  that  his  eyes 
grow  dim.  My  brethren,  physical  force  is  not  our  strength,  it  may  be 
our  weakness.  Health  is  to  be  desired,  and  carefully  preserved  where  we 
have  it;  but  if  we  lose  it,  we  may  count  it  all  joy,  and  look  forward  to 
be  able  to  exclaim  with  Paul,  "  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong.*' 
In  some  form  or  other  we  must  be  tried.  A  preacher  who  has  no  cross 
to  carry,  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  without  a  burden,  is  an  unprofitable 
servant  and  a  burden  to  the  church. 

It  would  be  a  dreadful  thing  to  be  a  pastor  without  cares ;  I  do  not 
address  any  such,  I  am  happy  to  believe ;  but  I  do  address  some  who, 
as  pastors,  are  overloaded  with  cares,  and  overweighted  with  sorrows. 
Perhaps  the  largeness  of  your  church,  or  more  likely  the  smallness  of 
it,  may  be  to  you  a  daily  trouble.  Do  not  ask  to  be  otherwise  than 
troubled.  The  shepherd  who  can  always  go  to  bed  regularly  at  night, 
and  who  is  able  to  say,  "  I  do  not  have  much  trouble  with  my  flock," 
is  not  the  man  to  be  envied.  He  coolly  says,  "A  few  lambs  died  last 
winter ;  we  must  expect  that  kind  of  thing.  It  is  true  that  some  sheep 
died  of  starvation ;  but  if  the  meadows  failed,  I  could  not  help  that." 
That  is  the  kind  of  shepherd  who  deserves  to  be  eaten  by  the  next  wolf ; 
but  tiie  man  who  is  able  to  say  with  Jacob,  "By  night  the  frost 
devoured  me,  and  by  day  the  heat/'  is  the  true  shepherd.  He  is  most 
irregular  as  to  his  rest;  the  only  thing  regular  about  him  is  his  labour 
and  his  disappointment,  and  yet  faith  makes  him  a  happy  man.  When 
you  grow  very  weak  as  a  pastor,  and  your  charge  utterly  overcomes 
yoa,  do  not  repine  at  such  weakness,  for  then  you  will  be  at  your  full 
strength ;  but  when  you  are  strong  as  a  pastor,  and  say,  "  I  think  that 
to  be  a  minister  is  an  easy  matter,"  you  may  depend  upon  it  that  you 
are  weak. 

Permit  me  here  to  say  that  whenever  a  brother  gets  to  be  so  strong 
as  to  talk  much  of  his  own  holiness  then  also  he  is  weak.  I  have 
not  observed  yet  that  anybody  who  has  had  grace  to  make  into  flags  has 
won  Uie  more  victories  in  consequence.  I  have  required,  as  far  as  I  am 
concerned,  all  my  grace  to  make  into  a  sword;  I  have  wanted  all  my 

Sower  for  real  flghting ;  but  as  to  making  a  single  banner  out  of  it  to 
isplay  before  men,  I  have  not  yet  attained  unto  it,  and  must  take  a  very 
lowly  position  among  the  servants  of  Qod.  Coleridge  was  once  asked 
whether  he  believed  in  ghosts,  and  he  said  no,  he  did  not,  for  he  had 
eeen  too  many  of  them.    If  anyone  asked  me  if  I  believed  in  perfect 


408         LABGE  MEN  "WASTED   FOB  SMALL  CHUB0HS8. 

men  I  should  have  to  say  that  I  have  seen  too  many  of  them  to  beliere 
in  them.  A  ghost  is  a  wonderfiil  affair,  and  when  von  see  it  at  firatlit 
makes  each  particnlar  hair  of  yoar  head  **  to  stana  on  end,  like  qnills 
npon  the  fretml  porcupine  "  Bat  this  does  not  oocnr  a  second  time,  for  a 
suspicion  of  hollow  turnip  and  candle  steals  oyer  you.  We  heard  of  one 
the  other  day  who  e?en  dared  to  sqairt  carmine  orer  a  spirit  which  had 
been  conjared  from  the  yasty  deep  at  a  seance.  I  hare  sometimes 
ventured  to  oppose  a  perfect  man,  and  the  warmth  of  his  temper  has 
been  evidence  to  me  that  while  he  may  have  been  npon  the  verge  of 
perfection  among  his  own  friends,  he  had  not  absolutely  reached  that 
consummation  when  exposed  to  the  colder  judgment  of  strangers.  The 
pretender  to  perfection  has  usually  avoided  me  from  a  distaste  to  my 

Protestantism  against  his  holiness ;  and  I  have  not  bewailed  my  loss, 
am  not  in  love  with  that  perfection  which  talks  about  itself.  There 
is  little  virtue  in  the  beauty  which  calls  attention  to  itself:  modest 
beauty  is  the  last  to  extol  its  own  charms.  A  number  of  persons  in 
company  were  boasting  of  their  graces  and  attainments,  and  only  one 
brother  sat  silent.  At  last  one  said  to  him,  '*  Have  yon  nolioliness  ?" 
"  Yes,"  he  said,  '*  but  I  never  had  any  to  boast  of."  All  the  holiness 
that  can  be  had  let  us  have,  and  let  us  press  towards  perfection ;  but 
let  us  still  recollect  the  fact  that  when  we  are  strong  then  we  are  weak, 
that  when  we  think  we  have  reached  perfection  the  blue  mould  of  pride 
is  coming  over  us.  We  have  not  afforded  ourselves  a  complete  inspec- 
tion, or  we  should  have  found  some  fault  to  repent  of,  some  evil  yet  to 
struggle  against. 

{To  be  continued.) 


Wl^  ^^^^  heard  of  a  race-boat  made  so  narrow  and  so  easy  to  overset 
v^  ▼  that  the  oarsmen  had  to  part  their  hair  in  the  middle  before  they 
took  their  seats  in  it,  so  as  to  keep  it  in  trim.  Even  00  there  are  some 
churches,  some  little  churches,  in  which  the  pastor  needs  to  walk  very 
circnmspectly,  so  as  not  to  put  more  weight  on  one  side  than  the  other. 
It  is  a  very  great  mistake  to  suppose  that  it  takes  more  grace  and  skill 
to  manage  a  large  church  than  a  small  one.  Far  otherwise.  Christopher 
Columbus  had  far  more  trouble  with  his  three  little  galleys  than  Horatio 
Nelson  had  with  his  ships  of  the  line.  Bat  the  discove^  of  America 
was  something  grander  than  the  victory  of  the  Nile  or  Trafalgar.  A 
man  who  can  be  pastor  of  a  small  church,  and  do  his  work  well,  has 
skill  enough  for  any  employment  under  heaven.  Any  land-lubber  can 
haul  away  at  a  rope's  end,  especially  if  there  be  a  crowd  to  haul  with 
him ;  but  it  is  only  the  **  able-bodied  seaman  ^'  who  is  able  to  stand  at 
the  wheel,  or  furl  the  main-royals  in  a  gale.  The  largest  man  is  needed 
for  the  smallest  place.  And  Ood  can  raise  up  just  the  kind  of  men  that 
are  needed,  men  of  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  If  the  weak  churoheB 
would  pray  to  Ood  more  earnestly,  he  would  send  that  kind  of  men  aa 
pastors.  All  the  gifts  needed  by  any  church  are  in  the  hand  of  Christ, 
and  can  be  had  for  the  asking. — JSxamin&r  and  Chronicle* 


409 

•  Condemed  from  **  Self-Surrender,^' 

ANNE  ASS[EW,  one  of  the  last  group  of  martyrs  who  goffered  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  VIII.  the  miscalled  father  of  the  English  Re- 
formation, was  the  second  daughter  of  Sir  William  Askew  of  Eelsej,  in 
LincolDsfaire.  She  was  a  lady  of  great  beanty,  of  gentle  manners,  and 
warm  imagination.  When  she  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  in  1537, 
Tyndale*s  English  translation  of  the  whole  Bible  was  printed,  with  a 
license  from  the  King  for  it ''  to  be  sold  or  read  of  e?ery  person,  with- 
out danger  of  any  ordinance  heretofore  granted  to  the  contrary/'  Anne 
obtained  a  copy  and  read  it  with  aridity,  and  as  she  read  the  Holy 
Spirit  illnmined  the  page,  and  she  found  spiritual  enlightenment  and 
strength. 

Her  elder  sister  had  been  promised  in  marriage  to  the  son  of  Master 
Eyme,  a  wealthy  neighbour,  whose  gold  was  his  only  recommendation. 
Her  death  put  an  end  to  the  engagement ;  but  Sir  William,  still  anxious 
to  secure  a  connection  so  desirable,  arranged  with  the  young  man  to 
giro  him  his  second  daughter  Anne  in  place  of  her  sister.  Toung 
Master  Eyme's  character  was  not  of  high  reputation,  and  Anne's  heart 
bad  no  inclination  towards  him  :  she  yentured  to  remonstrate  with  her 
father,  but  her  objections  had  no  effect,  and  they  were  married.  She 
demeaned  herself  as  a  Christian  wife,  but  the  wealth  around  her  could 
not  supply  the  place  of  congenial  lore,  and  her  life  was  a  scene  of 
gilded  loneliness.  In  the  Bible  she  found  something  besides  the 
ealvation  of  her  soul ;  she  discovered  that  its  teaching  was  contrary  to 
the  Romish  doctrines  and  practice,  in  which  she  had  been  educated  ; 
and  with  her  characteristic  transparency  of  character  and  fidelity  to 
conscience  she  followed  out  her  conyictions  by  gradually  withdrawing 
from  confession.  The  priests  were  exceedingly  wroth,  and  fostered  her 
husband's  displeasure  by  every  means  in  their  power.  After  the  birth 
of  her  second  child  he  plainly  told  her  that  if  she  persisted  in  reading 
the  Bible,  and  absenting  herself  ttom  confession,  he  should  banish  her 
from  his  house.  This  threat  was  carried  into  execution,  and  the  young 
wife  with  her  two  children  went  to  London.  She  never  returned  to  her 
husband,  and  even  resumed  her  maiden  name.  In  her  solitary  position 
she  obtained  introduction  to  Queen  Katharine  Parr,  the  Duchess  of 
Suffolk,  and  other  ladies  who  were  inclined  to  Protestantism.  Her 
desire  was  to  liv€  a  quiet,  retired  life  with  her  little  ones;  but  her 
enemies  were  not  willing  to  let  her  rest. 

A  law  had  been  passed  for  the  suppression  of  heresy.  It  contained 
fiix  clauses,  and  went  by  the  name  of  the  "  whip  with  six  strings." 
Anne  Askew  was  made  to  feel  the  lash  of  this  terrible  scourge.  She 
was  summoned  in  March,  1545,  to  appear  before  an  inquest  for  heretics, 
held  at  Sadlers'  Hall,  Cheapside.  There  she  was  asked  whether  she 
did  not  believe  that  the  sacrament  hanging  over  the  altar  was  the  very 
body  of  Ohrist ;  whether  it  was  true  that  she  had  said,  she  had  rather 
read  five  lines  in  the  Bible,  than  hear  five  masses.  ''I  confessed,"  said 
Bhe, ''  that  I  had  said  no  less,  because  the  one  did  greatly  edify  me,  and 
the  other  nothing  at  all."  A  priest  was  sent  for  to  examine  her,  and 
she  was  then  taken  for  examination  before  tixt  Lord  Mayor,  who  laid  to 


410  ANfiTS  AfiKEW. 

her  charge  one  thing,  she  saye,  which  was  nerer  spoken  bj  her ;  it  was 
the  question  whether  a  moase  eating  the  host  received  God  or  no? 
^^This  qaestion  did  I  never  ask/'  said  she,  "  bat  indeed  thej  asked  it  of 
me^  whereonto  I  made  them  no  answer,  bat  smiled."  Then  the  Lord 
Mayor  committed  her  to  prison,  angrily  refdsing  bail. 

Eleven  days  afterwards  she  was  broaght  before  Bishop  Bonner,  who 
encouraged  her  to  speak  to  him  freely,  craftily  assoriug  her  that  her 
words  shonld  not  be  used  against  her.  **  If  a  man  have  a  woand,"  said 
he,  "  no  wise  surgeon  wonld  minister  relief,  without  seeing:  it  first  on- 
covered.  In  like  manner  I  can  give  yon  no  coansel,  unless  I  know 
wherewith  your  cooscience  is  burdened."  Anne  replied,  *'  My  conscienoe 
is  dear  in  all  things,  and  it  would  appear  veiy  foolish  to  apply  a  plaster 
to  a  whole  skin."  She  had  no  faith  in  Bonner,  and  she  was  careful  not 
to  commit  herselfl  Touching  the  Eucharist,  she  says,  "  Then  enqaired 
he  of  me,  *What  if. the  Scripture  doth  baj  it  is  the  body  of  Christ?' 
My  answer  was, '  I  believe  as  the  Scripture  infonneth  me  I '  Then  asked 
he,  *  What  if  the  Scripture  doth  say,  it  is  mi  the  body  of  Ohiist  ? ' 
Still  I  said,  *  I  believe  as  the  Scripture  doth  teach.*  Upon  this  he 
tarried  a  great  while,  hoping  to  have  driven  me  to  make  him  an  answer 
to  his  mind.  Howbeit  I  would  not,  but  concluded  thus  with  him :  that 
I  believed  therein,  and  in  all  other  things,  as  Christ  and  his  holy 
apostles  did  leave  them.  Then  he  asked  me  why  I  had  so  few  words  ? 
I  answered,  '  Qod  hath  given  me  the  gift  of  knowledge^  but  not  of 
utterance ;  and  Solomon  saith  that  a  woman  of  few  words  is  the  gift  of 
God  I ' "  After  another  futile  attempt  to  ensnare  her,  by  getting  her  to 
sign  a  paper  of  febricated  answers  to  the  questions  which  had  t^n  put 
to  her,  she  was  at  last  released  on  bail. 

But  the  suspension  of  hostilities  did  not  last  long.  Bonner  and 
Gardiner  were  aware  of  Queen  Katharine's  leaning  towards  the  Be- 
formation ;  they  were  anxious  to  put  a  stop  to  religious  enquiry  ;  they 
regretted  having  allowed  the  English  Bible  to  be  placed  in  the 
Cathedrals ;  they  felt  thst  the  Qaeen's  influence  with  the  King  was  sn 
obstacle  in  the  way  of  its  removal :  Anne  Askew  was  a  fiavourite  at 
court,  and  they  hoped  through  her  to  implicate  the  court  ladies  and 
possibly  the  Queen  herself.  In  addition  to  all  this  they  thought  that  to 
make  a  public  example  of  so  young  and  fair  a  lady  would  make  an 
impression  not  to  be  lost 

Anne  Askew  was  again  taken  into  custody,  and  this  time  was  sent  to 
Newgate.  After  a  five  hours'  examination  before  the  King's  Council  at 
Greenwich,  Bishop  Gardiner  told  her  she  shonld  be  burnt.  '^  I  have 
searched  all  the  Scriptures,"  said  she,  "  yet  could  I  never  find  that 
either  Christ  or  his  apostles  put  any  creature  to  death."  She  was 
asked  how  she  could  deny  the  very  words  of  Christ,  "  Take^  eat^  this  is 
my  body,  which  is  broken  for  yoa  ? "  "I  answered,"  she  says,  "that 
Christ's  meaning  was  there  as  in  these  other  places  of  Scripture — *  I  am 
the  door' — 'Behold  the  Lamb  of  God' — the  rock — the  stone — only 
figured  by  these  things.  '  Ye  may  not  here/  said  I,  *  take  Christ  for 
the  material  thing  that  he  is  signified  by ;  for  these  woald  make  him  in 
that  way  a  yery  door,  a  vine,  a  lamb,  a  stone,  clean  contrary  to  the 
Holy  Ghost's  meauing.  All  these  do  but  signify  Christ — ^like  as  the 
brei^  doth  signify  his  body  in  that  place.    And  though  he  did  say  there, 


ANNS  AfiKSW.  411 

''Take,  eat  this  in  remembrance  of  me/'  yet  he  did  not  bid  them  hang 
ap  the  bread  in  a  box,  and  make  it  a  god  to  bow  to  it' " 

Thus  with  clear  bright  sense  and  woman's  wit  she  defended  herself 
against  her  enemies,  never  for  a  moment  lowering  her  flag,  a  shining 
contrast  to  the  tmckling  tyrants  that  snrroonded  and  baitod  her.  In 
Newgate  prison  she  wrote  the  following  noble  poem,  in  which  her 
heroic  nature  and  sablime  faith  shine  oat  with  equal  brightness.  It 
has  the  tme  ring  of  the  dauntless  martyr  spirit 

**  Like  as  the  arm^d  kniffht, 
Appointed  to  the  fieul, 
With  this  world  will  I  fight, 
And  ftith  shall  be  my  shield. 

**  Faith  is  that  weapon  strong 
Which  will  not  fail  at  need ; 
My  foes  therefore  among 
Therewith  will  I  proceed. 

"  Faith  in  the  fathers  old, 
ObtainM  righteousness, 
Which  makes  me  very  bold 
To  fear  no  world*s  distress. 

**  I  now  rejoice  in  heart, 

And  hope  bids  me  do  so ; 

For  Christ  will  take  mj  part, 

And  ease  me  of  my  woe. 

"  Thou  sajest.  Lord,  whoso  knock, 
To  them  wilt  thou  attend ; 
Undo  therefore  the  lock. 
And  thy  strong  power  send. 

**  On  thee  my  care  I  cast : 
For  all  their  cruel  spite, 
I  set  not  by  their  haste. 
For  thou  art  my  delight. 

"  I  am  not  she  that  list 
My  anchor  to  let  fall 
For  every  drizzling  mist ; 
My  ship's  substantiaL 

^  Nor  oft  used  I  to  write, 
In  prose  nor  yet  in  rhyme, 
Yet  will  I  show  one  sight 
That  I  saw  in  my  time. 

"  I  saw  a  royal  throne 

Where  justice  should  have  sit, 
But  in  her  stead  was  one 
Of  moody  cruel  wit. 

"  Absorpt  was  righteousness 
As  of  the  raging  flood, 
Satan,  in  his  excess, 
Sucked  up  the  guiltless  blood. 

*'  Then  thought  I,  Jesus  Lord, 
When  thou  shalt  judge  us  all. 
Hard  is  it  to  record 
On  these  men  what  will  fall. 


412  ANNE  AfiKBW. 

^  Yet,  Lord,  I  thee  desire, 
For  that  they  do  to  me, 
Let  them  not  tute  the  hire 
Of  their  iniqaity/ 

Before  her  condemnation  she  was  nearly  starved  in  prison,  what  sos- 
tenance  she  got  being,  as  she  says,  '*  through  means  of  her  maid,  who 
as  she  went  along  the  streets  with  the  child,  made  moan  to  the  pren- 
tices, and  they  by  her  did  send  money;  bat  who  they  were  I  neT^ 
knew." 

She  was  now  sent  to  the  Tower  and  racked  to  make  her  discover  other 
persons  of  her  sect.  ''  The  rack  consisted  of  two  windlasses,  placed 
horizontally  seven  or  eight  feet  apart,  to  which  the  arms  and  feet  were 
fastened  b^  sharp  catting  cords ;  the  windlasses  were  then  tamed  by 
levers,  nntil  the  body  of  the  tortured  was  ia  a  state  of  tension,  some- 
times so  great  as  to  dislocate  the  limbs  and  tear  the  mnscles."  Bat  the 
angaish  of  this  torture  failed  to  extort  from  her  even  a  groan,  much 
less  any  confession,  and  the  Chancellor  Wriothesley  was  so  incensed 
that  he  commanded  that  the  torture  should  be  renewed.  The  jailor 
turned  away  with  sickened  heart  and  excused  himself  from  executing 
the  command,  whereupon  the  Chancellor  and  his  companion  Rich  threw 
off  their  gowns,  and  turned  the  windlasses  with  their  own  con^nial 
hands,  till  the  delicate  Iady*s  bones  were  almost  broken  and  her  joints 
pulled  asunder.  When  released  from  the  machine  she  became  un- 
conscious. Her  persecutors  took  pains  to  revive  her,  and  then  kept  her 
sitting  on  the  bare  ground  two  weary  hours  while  they  argued  with  her, 
and  pressed  her  with  fair  words  to  renounce  her  faith.  She  wrote  to  a 
friend,  **  But  my  Lord  Ood — I  thuik  his  everlasting  goodness — ^gave 
megrace  to  persevere,  and  will  do  I  hope  to  the  very  end." 

The  end  was  not  far  off.  In  three  day^  the  tragedy  came  to  its  close. 
The  26th  of  July,  1546,  was  the  day  appointed  for  her  martyrdom,  and 
for  greater  effect  the  burning,  like  the  lurid  holocausts  of  Nero,  was 
reserved  till  nightfall.  Smithfield  was  bright  with  torch  light.  On  an 
elevated  bench  sat  Wriothesley  the  Chancellor,  with  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  the  Earl  of  Bedford,  the  Lord  Mayor,  and  other  gentle  souls. 
Anne  Askew,  twenty-four  years  of  age,  being  unable  to  walk  since  ihe 
Chancellor's  racking,  was  brought  to  Smithfield  in  a  chair  and  fastened 
with  a  chain  across  her  waist,  to  the  stake.  Other  three  martyrs,  John 
Adams,  John  Lascelles,  and  Nicholas  Belenian  were  also  fastened  up  to 
their  stakes.  And  now,  all  being  ready,  Dr.  Shaxton  improved  the 
occasion  by  preachiu^  to  the  assembled  multitudes.  Anne  Askew 
listening  the  while,  and  where  he  said  well,  confirming  the  same ;  where 
he  said  amiss, ''  There,"  said  she,  "  he  misseth  and  speaketh  contrary  to 
the  Book."  All  is  now  ready  ;  but  wait  I  the  noblemen  on  the  beach 
have  heard  there  is  gunpowder  about,  and  are  fearful  of  an  explosion. 
Be  quieted,  my  lords,  the  gunpowder  is  laid  on  the  persons  of  the 
martyrs  to  shorten  their  sufferings,  and  is  not  likely  to  touch  yoa 
The  Lord  Chancellor  sends  down  letters  to  Anne  Askew  offering  her  the 
King's  pardon  if  she  will  recant.  Her  answer  is  this:  '^I  came  not 
here  to  deny  my  Lord  and  Master."  The  other  martyrs  followed  her 
example.  The  Lord  Mayor  then  commanded  the  fagots  to  be  lighted 
crying  with  a  loud  voice,  "  Fiat  jnstitia.*'    The  flames  burst  forth,  and 


UNPBOFITABLB  LITEBAfiT  WABES.  413 

Wriothesley  and  his  companioQB  sat  watching  the  fires,  till  the  bodies  of 
their  victims  were  consnmed. 

Bat  they  saw  not  what  was  seen  of  angels.  Those  cradding,  spitting 
flames  were  as  chariots  of  fire  and  horses  of  fire  bonnd  heavenward. 
The  realm  of  heaven  was  in  an  attitnde  of  preparation  and  welcome. 
The  King  was  risen  to  receive  his  faithfal  confessors.  Death  was 
swallowed  np  in  victory. 

Anne  Askew  has  left  to  her  scattered  descendants  an  inheritance 
more  noble  than  riches  or  position,  in  her  splendid  example  of  a  delicate 
woman's  fortitude  under  persecution  for  conscience'  sake.  By  her  heroic 
fidelity  to  Christ  she,  being  dead,  yet  speaketh  to  them  and  to  all  men, 
and  this  is  what  she  says :  Be  fiuthfiu  to  freedom,  to  conscience,  to 
God.  0.  A.  D. 


THE  late  James  T.  Fields,  while  an  active  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Ticknor  and  Fields,  was  waited  upon  by  a  young  sugar  merchant 
who  had  poetic  aspirations.  The  mercantile  man  complained  that  his 
manuscript  poems  had  been  rejected  by  the  firm,  and  he  wanted  to 
know  the  reason  why,  inasmuch  as  all  of  his  friends  had  heard  the 
verses  read,  and  unanimously  declared  them  to  be  accessions  to 
American  literature.  ''  Our  reader  decides  that,"  said  Mr.  Fields,  in  his 
blandest  tones.  "  Then  I  would  like  to  see  the  reader."  Always  the 
personification  of  amiability  himself,  the  publisher  took  the  merchant 
upstairs  to  the  reader.  That  mighty  personage  sat  at  a  desk  heaped 
high  with  manuscripts ;  he  carefully  read  a  few  pages  of  each  pack^e, 
then  dropped  it  into  a  basket  at  his  side.  Occasionally  he  became  more 
than  orainarily  interested ;  in  that  case  he  placed  the  package  inside 
his  desk.  "  Why,  he  goes  through  'em  just  as  I  sample  sugar ! "  ex- 
claimed the  would-be  poet  in  amazement.  "That's  because  he's 
familiar  with  literary  wares  as  you  are  with  sugar,"  rejoined  Mr.  Fields. 
''  I'm  satisfied,  let  us  go,"  said  the  merchant.  They  went,  and  the  dis- 
appointed band  gave  up  verse-mi^ng,  but  he  made  a  large  fortune  in 
sugar. 

We  cut  this  from  the  Chicago  Standard.  It  is  a  revelation  of  the 
horrors  of  our  own  editorial  chamber,  our  waste-paper  basket  is  always 
in  fall  use,  and  it  has  a  singular  tendency  to  devour  rhymes  which 
writers  call  *'  stanzas."  Poetical  effusions  are  for  the  most  part  prosy 
delusions.  Good  poetry  charms  us,  but  limping  verses  worry  us,  and 
we  are  oflm  worried.  Let  true  poets  sing  all  day  and  all  night,  but  let 
pretenders  hush.  How  glad  we  should  hd  if  this  paragraph  would  wean 
some  minor  poet  from  rhyming,  and  inspire  him  with  love  to  his 
drapery,  grocery,  carpentry,  or  bakery  I  The  retail  trade  is  far  more 
useiul  than  wholesale  poetizing.  Guessing  at  the  dates  of  prophecy^ 
and  making  poor  verses,  are  two  of  those  unprofitable  devices  which  we 
rank  with  getting  blood  out  of  gate-posts  and  extracting  sugar  from 
bitter  aloes.    We  mean  this  scrap  to  act  as  a  warning.    Tbbspasbjbsbs 

BEWABB  I     A  WASIB  BASKBT  IS  KEPT  ON  THB8B  PBEMIBBB- 

C.  H.S. 


414 


||0|fielm  S^mafa. 


THE  following  is  a  legend  from  the  Mahabharat  that  may  help  ns  to 
comprehend  in  some  measnre  the  yast  difference  b^ween  ''the 
glorions  gospel  of  the  Blessed  God,"  and  the  miserable  teaching  of 
Hindu  mythology.  The  Bible  gires  hope  to  the  sorrowing  and  berea?ed, 
but  the  Hindu  Shastres  send  forth  no  ray  of  light  into  the  darkaess. 
'*  In  my  Father's  house  are  many  mansions ;  if  it  were  not  so,  I  wodd 
have  told  you ;  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you" ;  are  words  of  com- 
fort that  every  belieyer  in  Jesus  Knows ;  but  the  idolaters  of  India 
have  no  such  source  of  consolation.  Their  sorrow  is  without  hope,  as 
the  translation  here  given  will  show : — 

Bosheesto  was  a  sage.  Wild  with  grief  at  the  news  of  his  sens' 
death,  he  determined  to  destroy  himself.  He  threw  himself  from  the 
top  of  the  North  Pole,  but  fell  upon  the  peaks  of  the  hills  below  as  upon 
piles  of  cotton  wool.  Then  he  made  a  great  fire  in  the  forest  and  leaped 
mto  it ;  but  thoush  it  flared  up  well  it  did  not  consume  him.  Indeed, 
it  rather  refreshed  him.  Still  sorrowing,  be  bound  a  large  stone  upon 
his  neck  and  tumbled  into  the  sea :  but  he  was  cast  up  on  Uie  shore 
again  by  the  waves.  Betuming  to  his  hermitage,  and  seeing  it  without 
his  sons,  he  went  forth  again.  This  time  he  saw  a  great  river,  the 
strong  current  of  which  was  carrying  along  fallen  trees  and  reeds.  The 
sorrowing  sage  resolved  once  more  to  drown  himself  and,  tying  his 
hands  together,  leaped  into  the  stream.  But  the  rope  was  broken,  and 
the  water  cast  the  loosened  hermit  on  the  shore  again.  No  power  on 
earth  could  end  his  sorrow  or  his  Ufa  Though  an  ascetic  and  a  hermit 
he  had  no  ray  of  hope  concerning  the  departed,  or  comfort  for  his  own 
troubled  spirit.    All  Hindus  are  thus  hopeless  in  sorrow;  and 

''  Can  we,  whose  soula  are  lighted 
With  wiBdom  from  on  high, 
Can  we,  to  men  benighted, 
The  lamp  of  life  deny  '*  ? 

No;  but  we  will  preach  to  them  ''our  Saviour  Jesus  Christy  who 
abolidied  death,  ana  brought  life  and  incorruption  to  light  through  the 
gospel"    ''  This  is  the  true  Qod,  and  eternal  life," 

B.  Spubgeok,  Barisaul 


^nt  fooxb  mmt. 

BBIOHT  remark  by  the  Christum  Register  :— 
'< '  One  word  more,'  said  the  speaker,  *  and  I  am  done.'    And  the 
reporter  found,  when  the  word  was  written  down,  that  it  contained 
fifteen  hundred  syllables.    The  famous  word  of  Aristophanes  was  oat- 
done." 

The  speaker  must  have  been  the  same  one  who  said,  **  I  will  detain 
you  but  a  moment  more."  And  the  moment  measured  five  minutes 
and  thirty  seconds  by  the  clock,  and  about  twenty  minutes  by  the  count 
of  the  hearers. — Boston  Watchman. 


"%^t  §as-$ichn'  gtissimr." 

BT  JOHB   BUBNHAH,   HBTBOPOLITAIT  TABEBKAOLE   ETAHaSLIBT. 

AMONG  the  man;  B^ncies  in  operatioa  to-day  for  "reaching  the 
masses,"  not  the  least  notewortny  is  the  "  Hop-pickers'  Mission." 
Its  title  would  seem  to  imply  that  it  is  pnrelr  heal,  and  hence  Tery 
Imiltd  in  its  influence;  hot  a  perusal  of  the  following  programme  of 
work  ondertaken  bv  this  Mission,  will  at  oncediapelanraQcherroneoas 
ideas.  Its  immediate  operations  are  confined  to  the  hop-growing 
diBtricta ;  bnt  when  we  consider  that  it  was  started,  and  ia  carried  on, 
mainly  with  the  object  oF  benefiting  the  Ikoiuandt  who  gather  from 
all  tne  lai^  towns  and  cities  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  the  hop- 
picking,  it  will  be  seen  at  a  glance  that  its  iDflnenoe  mnat  be  as  wide- 
spread as  that  of  any  home  mission  in  existence. 

Thonsends  of  tba  very  poorest  from  the  lanes,  conrta,  and  back  slnms 
of  London  gather  into  Kent  and  Sussex  in  September,  to  earn  a  trifle 
in  the  hop-gardens,  and  recmit  their  strength ;  and  each  returning  season 
a  Ibw  warm  Christian  hearts  are  scdiing  to  embrace  this  golden  oppor- 
tonity  for  reaching  these  masses  that  are,  fur  the  main  part,  nnreaobed 
at  home. 

There  are  several  centres  of  operation  among  the  hop-pickers  where 
brethren  have  settled  to  work  in  right  earnest;  and  most  heartily  do  we 
wish  them  "God  speed,"  and  ask  for  them  the  like  blessings  that  we 
ctare  on  our  own  work.  Bnt  we  wish  now  to  plead  gpeeiaily  and  briefly 
the  oanse  of  the  aboTe-named — "thk  obiginal" — "Hop-pickers' 
Mission." 

UnoeteDtatioaaly  it  came  into  existence  seventeen  years  ago;  has 
qnietly  plodded  on,  doing  a  noble  work,  steadily  growing  both  in  osefal- 
nesa  and  in  the  confidence  of  the  Christian  pablic,  npon  whose  liberality 
it  ia  entirely  dependent  for  the  means  of  its  support. 

Sereral  brethren  are  engaged  in  this  Missioa  each  September;  and 
their  work  is  as  varied  as  it  is  interesting.  They  visit  the  gardens, 
distribnte  tracts  and  fly-leaves,  talk  to  the  pickers  at  the  bins,  visit 
them  at  their  tents  and  encampments  on  Snndaya,  holding  brief  sernces 
in  their  midst,  gather  them  to  free  teas  in  the  meadows  on  Sonday 
afUmoons,  in  oi^er  to  sing  and  talk  to  them  abont  the  Saviour ;  dis- 
tribate  shoee  and  clothing  to  the  sboeleBs  and  thinly-clad,  and  medicine 


416  EARLT  PBAYBB  USED  OF  GOD. 

to  the  saffering ;  Tisit  the  sick  and  dying  at  the  ''  hopper-hoases  "  when 
informed  of  such  cases ;  and  hold  open-air  services  each  evening  in  the 
Tillages  whither  the  ''hoppers  "  resort  to  the  shop  or  to  the  ale-hoose. 
These  village  services  deserve  special  note  from  the  fact  that  they 
gather  about  us  large  numbers  of  the  villagers  who  are  not  usually 
accustomed  to  attend  any  place  of  worship — that  part  of  the  population 
unreached  by  ordinary  church  and  chapel  services.  The  services  are 
largely  attended  by  men,  who,  with  few  exceptions,  are  very  orderly,  and 
listen  with  considerable  interest  to  the  addresses. 

That  all  this  labour  has  not  been  expended  in  yain  we  have  had  many 
most  encouraging  proofs.* 

We  are  very  anxious  to  add  another  yaluable  feature  to  this  depart- 
ment of  oar  work ;  one  that  for  worth  may  outweigh  all  the  rest,  and 
for  this  reason  will  surely  commend  itself  to  the  practical  sympathy  of 
all  God's  stewatds.  We  wish  to  start  a  "  Bible-carriage  "  for  the  cheap 
sale  of  Bibles  and  Testaments  before  and  after  our  services ;  believing 
this  to  be  one  of  the  best  methods  of  extending  a  knowledge  of  the 
Saviour's  name. 

It  needs  no  argument  to  prove  that  all  this  work  cannot  be  carried  on 
without  considerable  expense ;  and  for  help  in  this  direction  we  now 
earnestly  plead.  The  "  Bible-carriage  "  enterpriae  will  cost  an  additional 
£12,  beyond  the  ordinary  outlay  of  former  years. 

Who  will  send  an  offering  to  help  in  this  work  ?  Parcels  of  clothing 
or  grants  of  tracts  should  be  sent,  carriage  paid,  to  Bev.  J.  Kendon, 
Miraen  Station,  S.E.R.  Contributions  to  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  Upper  Nor- 
wood ;  to  the  president  of  the  Mission,  Bev.  J.  J.  Kendon,  Goudhnrst, 
Staplehurst^  Kent ;  or  to  J.  Bumham,  24,  Keston  Boad,  East  Dulwich 
Boad,  London,  S.E. 


ABOUT  1812  a  yery  wicked  man,  a  most  dreadful  drunkard,  a  bad 
and  cruel  husband  and  father,  was  living  in  the  town  of  Frome, 
Somerset.  One  Saturday  night,  going  home  at  midnight,  he  stumbled 
into  a  doorway,  a  kind  of  porch,  on  Oatharine  Hill,  as  he  was  finding 
his  way  to  his  miserable  home,  fell  fast  asleep^  and  did  not  wake 
till  four  o'dock  on  the  Sabbath  morning,  when  he  was  aroused  by  the 
voice  of  prayer.  It  was  the  custom  of  the  good  man  of  the  house  to 
rise  early,  and  come  down  to  a  small  parlour,  next  the  street-door,  to 
hold  communiou  with  God  that  he  might  not  disturb  the  family.  The 
poor  drunkard  had  by  this  time  become  sober,  the  good  man's  words 
pierced  his  soul,  he  was  deeply  convicted  of  sin,  and  at  length  found 
mercy,  and  became  a  wonder  to  all  that  knew  him.  He  lued  to  be 
pointed  out  to  me  as  a  miracle  of  mercy  when  I  was  young.  It  was 
mdeed  a  wonder  of  grace  that  the  man  who  was  the  terror  of  the  town 
should  become  a  Christian.  Is  not  this  a  brand  plucked  out  of  the 
burning  ?  E.  W. 

*  If  OUT  readers  would  like  a  detailed  dasoription  of  the  work,  we  refer  them  to  ax^es 
on  this  mission  in  the  following  numbers  of  The  Sword  and  the  Trowel :  October, 
1878 ;  December,  1879 ;  December,  1880 ;  January,  1882.  Or  Mr.  Bumham  wiU  gladly 
send  a  reprint  of  these  articles  to  any  applicant  on  receipt  of  a  penny  stamp  for  postage. 


417 

BT  THOKAB  BPUBaSON. 

{CkmiinrndfroM  page  859.) 

EXERCISE  No.  2  in  onr  mental  arithmetic  book  is  termed,  "culdmg 
tnsuU  to  injury"  The  adeptneas  of  some  in  this  direction  is  tralj 
astounding.  The  time  they  take  to  accomplish  the  feat  is  no  time  at 
alL  Why,  they  have  done  the  sam,  and  proved  it,  before  other  folks  have 
glanced  at  the  top  line.  It  does  not  take  long  to  do  harm  or  to  giro 
insult ;  nor  is  it  any  wonder  that  the  two  eyila  go  together.  He  who 
cares  to  knock  any  man  down  will  probably  be  ready  to  kick  him  when 
he  is  down.  He  fancies  he  has  purchased  the  right  so  to  do.  Just  so  ; 
if  one  does  another  a  positiye  and  wilful  injury,  he  will,  in  all  likelihood, 
follow  it  up  with  some  unmeasured  language.  When  the  hand  does 
wrong,  the  tongue  will  speak  evil  to  defend  its  fellow  member.  Injury 
and  Insult  go  Siamese-twin  fashion,  and  are  as  inseparable  as  *'Mary  and 
ker  little  lamb.'*  But  how  unlike  they  are  to  that  pretty  pair.  No 
smiling  face  and  tripping  feet  has  Injury ;  only  a  scowl  on  its  hatefal 
visage,  and  a  kick  from  its  cloven  foot.  No  snowy  fleece  and  soft,  meek 
eye  has  Insult,  but  a  coal-black  hide,  and  a  glance  that  flashes  fury.  If 
these  two  dark  angels  must  exist,  perhaps  it  is  as  well  that  they  should 
be  chained  together.  If  it  must  needs  be  that  these  oflfeuces  come,  let 
them  not  come  singly.  If  one  is  lightning  and  the  other  thunder,  let 
us  hare  the  storm  over  and  done  with.  Even  if  the  devil  has  married 
them,  let  no  man  put  them  asunder ;  rather  let  us  endeavour  to  slay 
them  both,  that  aa  they  were  ugly  and  hateful  in  their  lives,  in  their 
death  they  may  not  be  divided. 

Injury,  however,  is  the  elder  bom  of  these  disgraceful  twins,  and  if 
we  could  smother  him  we  should  have  the  more  hope  of  suffocating  his 
brother.  Insult  arises,  as  a  rale,  in  consecj^uence  of  previous  ill-doing. 
If,  therefore,  we  went  about,  like  Jesus,  doing  good,  we  might  hope  to 
have  more  gracious  words  proceeding  out  of  oor  mouths.  '*  Actions 
speak  loader  than  words;"  yet  when  the  deeds  are  double  base  the 
words  are  treble,  and  a  pretty  tune  they  make  between  them  !  I  have 
heard  it  said  that  there  is  no  devil  worse  than  a  dumb  devil,  but  I  have 
grave  doubts  on  the  point.  It  is  bad  enough  when  the  evil  spirit  acts, 
but  it  is  worse  when  he  follows  up  those  acts  with  words.  When  his 
tongue  is  like  a  drawn  sword  I  wish  that  he  would  hold  it,  for  by  so 
doing  he  would  both  keep  his  tongue  quiet  and  maim  his  hands  for 
future  action. 

Would  God  that  we  could,  at  least,  keep  these  evils  out  of  the  church 
of  Christ.  How  sad  it  is  to  meet  with  professing  Christians  who  are 
Qot  ashamed  to  tell  you  of  certain  feuds  that  exist  between  themselves 
ftnd  members  of  the  same  church.  Some  even  take  a  pleasure  (or  eeem 
to  do  so)  in  mentioning  it,  and  if  you  will  only  listen,  will  favour  you  with 
the  charming  history  of  the  long-ago  injury,  and  of  the  ceaseless  insult 
smce: — for  what  is  it  but  insult  ? — ^not  to  recognise  a  member  of  the 
^lue  family,  that  fiimily  the  chnrch  of  Ood.  I  have  known  cases  in 
which  the  original  injury  has  been  very  slight,  but  the  long-continued 
tosult  has  magnified  it  into  something  very  heinous.  Lapse  of  time  has 

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418  MENTAL  ABITHMETIC. 

made  the  breach  so  wide  that  the  parties  say  of  each  other  with  the 
utmost  coolness,  '*We  are  not  on  speaking  terms";  ''Don't  sappose 
I'ye  recognised  him  for  five  or  six  years,"  and  so  on.  What  I  are  these 
co-members  of  Christ's  body  ?  Do  these  eat  at  the  Lord's  table  and 
drink  in  emblem  the  blood  of  him  whose  dying  prayer  was  for  his 
enemies  ?  Tell  it  not  in  Oath !  Publish  it  not  in  the  stress  of  Askelon, 
lest  the  daughters  of  the  Philistines  rejoice,  and  pointing  their 
reproachful  f&gers  to  the  scene  of  strife  exclaim  derisively,  *'  Behold 
how  these  brethren  love  one  another ! "  Drire  out  these  hateful  and 
hating  thoughts.    Put  a  red-hot  iron  in  the  nest  of  hornets. 

There  is  a  vessel  in  this  port  (Auckland)  just  now  which  has  lately 
arrived  from  the  Islands.  Though  not,  properly  speaking,  a  passeng^ 
ship,  she  seems  to  have  had  a  good  many  on  board  of  a  most  unwelcome 
sort.  The  uninitiated  were  surprised  the  other  day  to  find  this  craft 
completely  submerged.  Let  me  quote  from  the  newspaper  report. 
**  The  vessel  was  sunk  to  drive  out  the  vermin.  The  climax  was  reached 
when  the  water  washed  over  the  combings  of  the  hatchways.  The 
cockroaches  were  by  far  the  most  numerous.  There  were  several 
armies  of  them,  each  thousands  strong.  Up  they  came  in  myriads,  and 
still  they  came,  dead  and  alive,  from  the  active  little  fellow  to  the 
monster  two  or  three  inches  long.  The  ants  idso  were  in  swarms,  and 
did  not  take  ac  all  kindly  to  the  salt  water.  Nor  were  the  centipedes 
and  scorpions  few  or  far  between.  One  unfortunate  rat  paid  the  penalty 
for  not  having  sagacity  enough  to  quit  the  ship  prior  to  her  beginning 
to  sink.  He  tried  to  swarm  the  rigging,  but  unsuccessfully,  and  Mi 
back  into  the  water  in  the  hold.  Oetting  out  of  that  he  next  attempted 
to  reach  the  wharf,  and  stood  a  fair  chance  of  succeeding  ;  but,  alack !  a 
courageous  dame,  who  stood  hard  by,  dealt  him  a  severe  blow  with  her 
umbrella,  and  he  once  more  retreated.  Next  he  was  seen  on  the  rail  of 
the  vessel  taking  such  a  bird's-eye  view  of  the  situation  as  the  limited 
time  at  disposal  would  admit.  Turning  his  eyes  wistfully  towards  shore 
he  jumped  into  the  water,  and  was  last  seen  steering  a  nor'west  course." 

Is  there  not  a  hint  here  for  my  unforgiving  friend  ?  Drown  the 
vermin,  my  brother  I  You  have  got  a  shipload  of  prejudices  and  dis- 
likes, and  petty  jealousies  and  long-standing  feuds ;  better  sink  the 
ship  and  get  quit  of  them  I  ''  Let  not  one  of  them  escape."  Oh,  that 
churches  which  are  thus  infested  could  undergo  such  a  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  that  not  a  solitary  hard  thought  should  remain  fore  or  aft. 
Hast  thou  wronged  thy  fellow  ?  Confess  thy  fault ;  and  ask  his  pardon 
and  thy  Lord's.  Let  not  the  sun  go  down  on  thy  wrath.  "  Oh,  brother 
man !  fold  to  thy  heart  thy  brother."  Hast  thou  been  wronged  ? 
Forgive  and  forget  I  Bemember  that  ^'  to  err  is  human,  to  forgive 
divine."  Stretch  out  thy  hand,  and  let  thy  heart  go  with  it^  in  the 
name  of  the  loving  Jesus. 

The  next  exercise, — and  in  this  case  also  I  must  try  to  show  **  how 
not  to  do  it,"— is  ''  Multiplying  difficulties."  Well  hath  the  poet  sung, 
"  multiplication  is  vexation !  "  If  multiplying  figures  deserves  such  a 
title,  what  shall  be  said  of  the  multiplication  of  vexations.  ''Vexation 
of  vexations,  all  is  vexation  1 "  saith  the  multiplier.  There  is  a  good 
deal  of  folly  connected  wi^  this  business.  Not  content  with  having 
two  or  three  troubles,  some  must  needs  multiply  each  by  the  other  tiU 


MENTAL  ARTTHXETia  419 

they  swell  enormoasly.  And  it  is  remarkable  that  those  that  are  foolish 
enough  thus  to  increase  their  woes,  neyer,  by  any  chance,  do  the  self- 
set  sum  correctly,  but  always  make  it  come  to  very  much  more  than  its 
proper  total.  They  hare  got  into  a  fog  of  perplexity  which  magnifies 
their  difficulties  tenfold.  They  see  everything  double  with  each  eye, 
except  their  mercies.  These  they  overlook  altogether.  Much  of  this 
arises  from  fear  of  something  whicn,  after  all,  never  comes  to  pass.  They 
have  been  listening  to  some  silly  old  Mother  Shipton,  and  having  heeded 
her  prophecies  are  in  mortal  dread  until  the  day  arrives.  What  is  their 
surprise  to  find  that  day  as  bright  as  any  other !  But  they  feel  a  little 
disappointed  that  the  doleful  predictions  were  not  verified.  Grossing 
the  river  before  coming  to  it  is  always  a  more  difficult  operation  than 
when  actually  at  the  ford.  Reality  is  seldom  as  black  as  fancy  paints 
it.  A  young  man  of  my  acquaintance  being  troubled  with  an  obstreperoas 
molar  bet^k  himself  to  a  dental  hospital  to  have  it  out.  He  was 
ushered  into  a  large  waiting-room  and  glanced  around.  Oh,  what  a 
sight  it  was  that  met  his  eyes !  Cheeks  were  there  blown  out  as  big  as 
those  of  the  trombone  player  in  a  Oerman  band,  only,  strange  to  say, 
in  these  cases  only  one  of  the  cheeks  of  each  person  was  so  swollen. 
Still,  each  one  was  big  enough  for  two.  Then  there  were  swaying  heads 
and  bandaged  laces,  and  groans,  and  moans,  and  cries.  There  were 
babies  too,  catting  their  teeth,  and  wretched-looking  adults  devoutly 
hoping  soon  to  cut  acquaintance  of  theirs.  Oh,  it  was  a  horrid  sight, 
and  those  were  horrid  sounds  !  My  friend's  toothache  had  fi^  like  a 
dream  when  one  awaketh,  and  my  friend  did  likewise.  Whac  magic 
was  there  in  the  very  place  to  charm  his  pain  away.  I  But  lo,  on 
reaching  home  the  ache  returned.  He  found  it  hard  to  screw  up 
courage  a  second  time  to  seek  the  forcep's  aid.  Who  does  not  dread  the 
cruel  extraction  ?  At  length  he  ventured ;  saw  the  same  sad  scene,  and 
fled  again  !  Once  more  the  feet  of  pain  stamped  on  the  tender  nerve, 
and  the  sufferer  was  compelled  to  revisit  the  hospital.  This  time  he  got 
right  into  the  surgery :  the  pincers  were  applied ;  the  wrench  was 
given ;  all  was  over,  and  it  was  not  so  terrible  alter  all  The  youth 
hied  homewards  exultingly,  and  on  arrival  found  that  the  dentist  had 
pulled  out  a  perfectly  sound  tooth  and  left  the  acher  in.  However,  it 
never  ached  again,  and  has  been  a  useful  member  of  its  society  ever  since. 
Here  was  multiplying  difficulties  with  a  vengeance,  and  te  no  purpose. 
Days  of  agony  mightbave  been  reduced  to  a  second's  pain ;  indeed,  more 
than  half  the  pain  was  experienced  in  anticipating  the  last  and  relieving 
twinge.  The  reality  in  such  a  case  is  bad  enough,  but  not  so  bad  as  the 
fears  and  fancies  which  precede  it.  Travelling  once  by  coach  in 
Victoria  I  was  told  to  look  out  for  a  mountain  as  we  neared  a  certain 
township.  I  looked  obediently  with  all  my  eyes,  but  still  in  vain.  All 
the  country  round  seemed  as  near  a  dead  level  as  possible.  Soon  the 
coach  stopped  at  the  village  hostelry.  This  was  my  destination,  so  I 
enquired  of  a  bystander, ''  Where  is  the  mount  I  was  told  of  ?  "  *^  Oh," 
said  he,  ''  you  are  just  about  on  the  top  of  it  now."  I  wondered  for  the 
moment  which  was  the  way  down,  and  eventually  discovered  that  there 
was  a  &11  of  a  few  feet  to  the  right,  but  mountain  there  was  none ! 
How  many  expect  a  Hill  Difficulty  where  everything  is  as  flat  as  a  pan- 
cake.   They  are  on  the  mountain  top  before  they  know  where  they  are, 


420  MENTAL  ABITHKBTIO. 

and  when  they  fiad  out  their  position  thej  fear  it  is  too  good  to  be  true. 
Poor  souls;  they  are  great  invalids  where  there  is  nothing  much  the 
matter  with  them ;  and,  worse  than  all,  they  are  going  to  be  bad  for 
months.  They  make  up  their  minds  for  evil  tidings,  and  are  half  sorry 
when  the  postman  brings  them  good  news  instead.  Let  us  pity  and 
help  such.  Our  special  aid  and  comfort  shall  be  for  those  who  fancy 
there  are  mountains  betwixt  them  and  Jesus.  Dear  soul, — ^if  such  a 
one  reads  this  paper — ^your  fears  are  groundless.  Christ  has  come  over 
,  the  moDutaius  of  division ;  nay,  he  has  levelled  them,  and  spanned  the 
gulf  that  yawned  between  yon  and  yoar  Ood.  We  are  made  nigh  by 
the  blood  of  Christ.  The  barriers  you  fear  did  exist  once ;  but  if  yon 
trust  this  Savioar  you  shall  know  that  he  has  plncked  np  the  opposing 
mountains  by  their  roots.  When  Louis  XIY.,  king  of  France,  sent  his 
grandson  into  Spain  as  Philip  Y.,  he  said,  "  There  are  no  longer  any 
Pyrenees."  The  dividing  range  between  the  two  countries  was 
virtnally  done  away  with.  So  when  God  sent  his  well-beloved  and  only 
Son  into  the  world,  he  proclaimed,  "  There  is  no  barrier  now  !  Heaven 
has  gone  to  earth,  and  earth  may  come  to  heaven  I  The  sinner  may 
come  to  Ood,  for  God  has  gone  to  the  sinner !  " 

Cheer,  desponding  seeker !  Do  not  use  all  your  wits,  as  some  pro- 
fessed seekers  do,  to  invent  reasons  why  yoa  shonld  be  cast  out  Let 
faith  make  mountains  into  molehills.  No  flaming  Sinai  bars  your  way 
to  God.  Its  sound  is  hushed ;  its  fUtme  is  quenched ;  itself  demolished 
by  our  law-honouring  Saviour.  No  towering  sins  need  stay  yoa  in 
your  progress  to  the  house  of  mercy,  for  this  same  Jesus  has  finished 
transgression,  and  made  an  end  of  sin.  No  lack  of  fitness  need  deter 
you.  '^AU  the  fitness  he  requireth  is  to  feel  your  need  of  him." 
llirow  away  that  slate,  m^  friend,  on  which  you  have  been  fignring  so 
long;  leave  off  the  multiplication  of  hindrances  and  obstacles,  and 
simply  believe  that  Jesus  died,  the  just  for  the  nnjust,  that  he  might 
bring  you  to  God. 

Last,  but  not  least,  of  these  exercises  is  one  called  **  Dividing  atten* 

tion." 

'*  One  thing  at  a  time,  and  that  done  well. 
Is  a  very  good  rule,  as  many  can  teU." 

So  sang  our  mothers  and  our  nurses  in  our  early  days,  and  since  then 
we  have  proved  it  true.  To  have  too  many  irons  in  the  fire  is  as  bad 
as  having  too  many  eggs  in  the  basket.  It  is  all  very  well  for  the  up- 
country  shopkeeper  to  have  a  draper*s  shop  on  one  side  and  a  grocer's 
on  the  other,  with  all  sorts  in  between,  but  that  sort  of  thing  vrill  not 
do  for  the  city.  I  see  that  some  of  our  butchers  are  going  in  for 
selling  vegetables,  but  I  do  not  fancy  their  meat  any  the  more  for  it, 
nor  like  the  greengrocer's  cauliflowers  less. 

We  should  do  our  own  business  much  better  if  we  let  other  people's 
alone.  He  who  drives  a  coach-and-fonr  has  enough  to  do  without 
giving  the  costermonger  instructions  how  to  handle  his  donkey.  If  a 
thing  is  worth  doing  at  all  it  is  worth  doing  well,  and  deserves  un- 
divided attention.  All  our  talents  and  all  our  time  are  not  so  extensive 
that  we  can  afford  to  split  and  parcel  them.  It's  like  taking  two  bites 
at  a  cherry,  or  breaking  a  lozenge  in  halves.  Be  sure  the  work  is 
righty  and  then  go  in  for  it,  hand  and  heart   Let  this  be  ao  particularly 


FEEBLE  SAINTS.  421 

in  Christian  work.  Have  some  special  serTice  to  perform,  and  throw 
yourself  entirely  into  it.  Said  a  saddler  to  me  the  other  day,  "  IVe 
made  this  basinesB  my  life's  study :  I  know  little  else^  bat  I  think  I 
know  pretty  well  all  aboat  saddlery."  Hence  his  sncoess.  This  spirit 
also  should  per?ade  our  prayers,  as  saith  the  Psalmist,  "  One  thing  have 
I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  will  I  seek  after."  Pointedness  and  precision 
in  our  petitions  is  a  great  desideratum. 

A  word  to  the  nnconverted  and  I  have  done,  especially  to  those  who 
are  looking  and  longiug  for  salvation.  Christ  is  our  only  hope.  '*  He 
only  can  forgive."  The  eye  of  faith  must  rest  on  him  alone.  There  ore 
a  hundred  things  to  divert  the  gaze,  but  divided  attention  in  the  matter 
is  dangerous,  yea,  damning.  *'  Lord,  to  whom  shall  we  go  ?  Thou  hast 
the  words  of  eternal  life."  Be  anxious  and  earnest  by  all  means,  but 
rest  not  on  yonr  own  endeayours.  It  is  not  even  your  trust  in  Christ 
that  saves  yon ;  'tis  Christ  himself. 

An  old  lady  who  lately  died  in  Melbourne  said  to  her  minister,  "  Do 
yon  think  my  faith  will  hold  out  ? "  "  Well,  I  don't  know  much  about 
that,"  replied  the  man  of  God,  "  but  I  am  sure  that  Jesus  Christ  will 
hold  out,  and  that  is  enough  for  you.  *  Looking,'  not  to  our  faith,  but 
*  nnto  Jesus.' " 

Do  this  while  you  are  alive  and  well.  It  will  be  easier  to  do  it  then 
when  the  tabemade  totters.  Let  ''Jesus  only"  be  your  motto  as  you 
start  the  Christian  life.  He  must  be  all  yonr  salvation  and  all  your 
desire.    Thus  shall  you  at  the  last  great  day 

*'  Stand  in  him,  in  Aim  alone, 
Gloriously  complete.'' 


I 


Snllt  S^mii. 


T  was  an  amusing  distortion  of  a  good  hymn,  but  there  was  not  a 
little  sound  philosophy  in  it,  when  the  old  negro  preacher  sang — 

'^  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  saints" 

And  yet  this  is  precisely  what  the  great  majority  of  unconverted  men 
are  doing  all  the  time.  They  will  not  go  to  the  Bible  and  give  heed  to 
what  Gcd  himself  says.  They  have  no  ear  for  his  voice  of  mercy  that 
offers  them  salvation  for  the  taking.  They  do  not  pay  any  attention  to 
the  solemn  warnings  that  the  Scriptures  utter.  They  judge  the  Lord 
by  "  feeble  saints."  They  attempt  to  feed  their  starving  souls  on  the 
imperfections  of  Christians — poor  food  enough  they  find  it  I  Because 
Ood's  people  are  not  all  that  they  ou^ht  to  l^,  therefore  these  cavillers 
will  keep  aloof  from  the  religion  which  they  profess.  Because  God's 
believing  followers  are  not  perfect — ^they  do  not  claim  to  be^therefore, 
say  these  unbelievers,  there  is  no  power  in  religion.  Christians  cannot 
claim  exemption  from  criticism.  They  do  not  expect  it.  They  know 
that  the  eyes  of  the  worid  are  upon  them.  But  they  say  to  the 
unbelievers — ^*  If  you  would  know  the  truth,  so  to  the  Word ;  go  to  him 
who  is  the  truth ;  judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  saints." — IllustraUd 
ChriiUan  We$kly. 


422 

MB.  BIMMER  has  issned  a  beantifal  volame  of  pea  and  pencQ 
sketches  of  spots  more  or  less  qnaint  and  attractive.  It  will 
prove  more  than  acceptable  to  every  lover  of  Old  England  and  of  Old 
English  lore.  Jaded  editors  and  jonmalists,  who  have  to. remain  at 
their  posts  while  genial  weather  tempts  tonrists  abroad,  will  probably  be 
disposed  to  envy  an  anthor  a  task  which  necessitated  a  personal  visita- 
tion of  so  many  places  which  are  pictnresqne  in  themselves  and  rich 
in  historical  associations.  Mr.  Bimmer  appears  to  have  thoronghly 
enjoyed  the  service  he  undertook;  for  while  the  text  bears  every  mark 
of  having  been  written  con  amore,  the  author's  tmthfal  pencil  also 
supplied  the  drawings,  from  which  the  illustrations  have  been  engraved. 
To  discover  how  pleasantly  such  an  author  can  discourse  on  old  customs, 
departed  worthies, — ^in  a  word,  on  the  past' and  present  of  our  good  old 
towns,  we  must  refer  the  reader  to  Mr.  Bimmer's  own  pages.  Our  own 
intention  is  to  present  a  brief  sketch  of  the  Puritan  town  of  Boston, 
the  materials  being  chiefly  drawn  from  authorities  both  old  and  new. 

The  Lincolnshire  town  of  Boston— originally  the  town  of  St.  Botolph's, 
the  patron  of  sailors — ^lies  six  miles  from  the  sea,  and  anciently  was  of  so 
great  importance  that  when  in  the  year  1204  a  tax  on  traders  of  the 
port  of  London  realized  £886,  Boston  yielded  no  less  than  £780.  In 
the  days  of  Edward  III.  the  town  was  celebrated  for  an  immense  annual 
fair ;  and  was  hardly  second  to  any  other  English  trading  centre  for  its 
traffic  in  wool,  leather,  and  lead.  Such  was  Boston's  prosperity  in 
these  mediseval  times  that  merchants  from  the  Continent  were  attracted, 
and  the  first  symptoms  of  decline  were  occasioned  when,  through 
disagreeing  with  the  natives,  those  foreigners  were  compelled  to  depart. 
After  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries,  Philip  and  Mary  gave  the  town 
500  acres  of  land ;  and  its  histoir  was  for  some  years  a  che<}uered 
one.  It  was  afflicted  by  plague  ana  inundation  ;  and  in  the  civil  wars 
Boston  was  for  a  while  the  head-quarters  of  the  Parliamentary  forces. 

Boston  was  the  native  place  of  John  Foxe  ;  and,  in  connection  with 
his  account  of  the  life  of  Thomas  Cromwell,  the  martyrologist  gives  a 
curious  account  of  the  pope's  dear  merchandise  called  Boston  Pfu^ons. 
During  the  first  quarter  of  the  sixteenth  century  the  moral  darkness 
was  still  dense,  although  the  publication  of  Tyndfde's  translation  of  the 
New  Testament,  in  1525,  may  be  regarded  as  the  inauguration  of  the 
Beformaiion  in  England.  At  that  time  the  Bomish  court  drew  a  con- 
siderable revenue  from  pardons  of  various  kinds,  some  afifecting  indi- 
viduals, while  others  in  their  magnanimous  comprehensiveness  em- 
braced entire  towns.  Boston  held  a  couple  of  leases  of  '*  his  holiness  " 
— the  greater  and  the  lesser  pardons— and  when  these  in  time  expired, 
a  deputation  was  commissioned  to  visit  Bome  to  obtain  a  renewal  of  the 
costly  privilege. 

The  commissioners,  one  Oeoffery  Chambers  and  another,  appear  to  have 
set  off  on  their  difficult  mission  with  some  trepidation  ;  but  on  oomiog 
to  Antwerp  they  were  fortunate  in  maldng  friends  with  the  afterwards 

*  Our  Old  Country  Towns.  By  Alfred  Hmuner,  Author  of  "  Ancient  Stzeeta  »d 
Homesteads  of  England,"  &c.  With  fifty-four  Illustrations.  London :  Chatto  and 
Windus.    Price  lOs.  6d. 


AN  OLD  PUBITAI7  TOWN.  423 

celebrated  Thomas  Gromwell,  who  then,  as  a  yonth,  was  acting  as 
secretary  to  the  English  merchants  in  the  port.  After  Cromwell  had 
been  advised  with,  he  consented  to  accompany  his  two  new  friends  to 
Bome ;  and  even  ''  began  to  cast  with  himself,  what  thing  best  to  devise" 
in  order  to  get  well  through  with  the  business.  '*  At  length/'  con- 
tinues Foxe  in  his  quaint  style,  "  having  knowledge  how  the  pope's  holy 
tooth  greatly  delighted  in  new-fangled  strange  delicates,  and  dainty 
dishes,  it  came  into  his  mind  to  prepare  certain  fine  dishes  of  jelly,  after 
the  best  fashion,  made  after  our  country  manner  here  in  England ; 
which  to  them  of  Bome  was  not  known  or  seen  before."  The  pope 
with  whom  Cromwell  had  to  deal  was  Julius  II.  the  immediate  pre- 
decessor of  Leo  X.,  the  grand  opponent  of  Luther.  Watching  his 
opportunity,  the  ingenious  Cromwell  approached  Julius  just  when  the 
pope  had  returned  from  the  hunting-field  ;  and  presenting  ''  his  jolly 
junkets  such  as  only  kings  and  princes  in  England  are  to  feed  upon," 
the  jellies  were  so  well  appreciated  that  "  the  jolly  pardons  of  the  town 
of  Boston  "  were  at  once  stamped  for  another  term  of  years. 

The  first  pastor  of  the  English  church  in  Boston,  Massachusetts^  was 
William  Blaxton,  who  is  supposed  to  have  arrived  in  1628.  Though 
Blaxton  may  have  been  a  preacher  in  the  wilderness,  he  is  spoken  of  as 
a  single,  lonely  white  man,  whose  house  and  garden  were  situated  on  the 
slope  of  the  hill.  After  the  arrival  of  Grovemor  Winthorpe  and  his 
company  in  1633,  Blaxton  moved  away,  when  John  Wilson,  of  King's 
College,  Cambridge,  became  pastor  of  the  church.  At  this  time  there 
also  arrived  Isaac  Johnson  whose  wife  was  daughter  of  the  Earl  of 
Lincoln,  Atherton  Hough — ^late  mayor  of  Boston,  in  England — and 
others,  and  these  naturally  changed  the  name  of  the  new  settlement  to 
Boston. 

The  next  pastor  of  the  pioneer  church  is  thus  referred  to  by  Mr. 
Bimmer  : — **  John  Cotton,  the  vicar  of  Boston,  (England),  who  resigned 
his  benefice  to  join  the  new  settlers,  was  a  man  of  scholarship  and  high 
standing,  and  only  left  his  vicarage  because  he  would  not  conform  to 
the  genuflexions  and  bowings  that  were  ordained  to  be  used  in  the 
chuj^ch  of  England ;  his  life  was,  it  is  true,  without  reproach,  but  he 
could  not  conform  to  what  he  believed  to  be  superstition,  and  he 
appealed  in  vain  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  and  the  Earl  of  Dorset  to 
save  him  from  the  impending  persecution,  urging  that  for  twenty  years 
his  sole  aim  had  been  to  advance  righteousness  and  godliness,  and  say- 
ing, with  perfect  truth,  that  his  way  of  life' was  before  all  men,  and  none 
could  challenge  it.  He  indeed  might  have  gone  far  beyond  the  patriarch 
in  asking  whose  ox  or  whose  ass  he  had  taken,  for  he  gave  to  the  extent 
of  his  power,  and  left  himself  often  very  bare.  All  this  Lord  Dorset 
knew  quite  well,  and  his  reply  showed  that  at  any  rate  he  was  not  a 
hypocrite,  for  he  told  him  that  if  '  his  crime  had  been  merely  drunken- 
ness or  uncleanness,  or  any  such  lesser  fault,'  there  would  have  been  no 
difficulty  at  all  in  procuring  his  pardon,  but  as  for  Puritanism  or 
Nonconformity,  these  were  too  heinous,  and  he  had  better  fly."  Such 
were  the  men  whom  the  policy  of  Laud  imprisoned  in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  or  obliged  to  flv  to  distant  shores. 

The  population  of  the  English  Boston  within  the  parliamentary 
boundaries  is  now  over  18,000,  and  this,  it  may  be,  exceeds  the  number 


424  INTBBRUFTIOKS. 

of  soniB  sheltered  by  the  town  when  the  port  was  of  greater  magnitnde 
than  now.  The  Boston  of  the  New  World,  however,  has  grown  into  the 
literary  metropolis  of  America — a  wealthy  community  360,000  strong. 
Under  these  circumstances  it  is  pleasant  to  find  that  the  mother  in 
England  and  the  daughter  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic  still 
preserve  those  kindly  feelings  for  one  another  which  spring  of  ancient 
Puritan  relationships.  The  parish  church  of  our  Lincolnshire  Boston 
^^one  of  the  largest  in  the  kingdom,  and  haying  a  tower  which  is 
visible  forty  miles  away — ^was  repaired  a  few  years  ago  at  the  expense  of 
friends  in  the  American  Boston,  who  in  this  manner  sought  to  bestow  a 
mark  of  honour  on  the  old  country.  Other  conrtesies  have  been  obsenred 
on  the  part  of  the  two  commnnities,  and  will  doubtless  be  continued  till 
the  end  of  time. 

For  the  representation  of  Boston  Harbour,  whence  more  than  one 
freight  of  Poritans  sought  to  escape  from  persecution  early  in  the 
seyenteenth  century,  we  are  indebted  to  the  pencil  of  Mr.  Bimmer.  It 
may  be  taken  as  a  specimen  of  the  fifty-four  engrayings  which  embelliah 
his  entertainiDg  and  instructive  book. 


TUBNEB,  the  artist,  said  to  one  who  interrupted  him  with  a 
question,  ''There I  you  haye  made  me  lose  fifty  guineas  I "  Sir 
Walter  Soott  says  in  his  diary  :  ''  Yarions  visitors  began  to  drop  in.  I 
was  sick  of  these  interruptions.  Ood  send  me  more  leisure,  and  fewer 
friends  to  peck  it  away  by  teaspoonfuls."  Others  besides  Sir  Walter 
have  had  to  breathe  this  prayer.  People  call  on  a  well-known  minister 
out  of  the  idlest  curiosity,  and  inyent  the  most  perverse  excuses  for 
dragging  him  away  from  his  work.  One  would  think  we  were  wild 
beasts  to  be  stared  at.  Just  as  a  sermon  is  shaping  itself,  in  comes  a 
pasteboard  from  an  old  lady  who  has  nothing  on  earth  to  do  but  to  call 
ronnd  on  everybody  she  knows,  and  rob  them  of  their  time, — wretched 
thief  that  she  is.  We  have  seen  her,  and  lo !  another  knock ;  no 
message  can  be  sent  in,  the  party  must  see  the  minister  himself,  as  ius 
business  is  strictly  private:  that  means  begging.  Here's  another, 
whose  pretended  errand  is  to  ask  if  we  knew  the  Bev.  Mr.  Jones,  of 
Llw^ffi,  for  he  was  her  mother's  uncle's  cousin  by  marriage.  Why 
should  we  be  thus  at  every  mortal's  beck  and  caU,  and  have  neither 
space  for  meditation,  nor  time  for  devotion  ?  People  do  not  call  on 
doctors  or  lawyers  at  this  rate,  and  oar  time  is  quite  as  precious  as 
theirs.  We  cannot  protect  ourselves  by  fees,  and  yet  if  we  do  not  see 
every  one,  there  will  be  such  an  ontcry.  All  we  can  say  is — they  must 
C17,  for  we  cannot  neglect  our  Master's  business  to  play  lackey  to 
everybody  who  is  moved  by  the  powers  of  darkness  to  call  us  away 
from  the  word  of  Ood  and  prayer.  C.  H.  & 


426 

Is  the  high  reputation  that  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  has  hitherto 
held  among  the  erangelical  churches  of  Christendom  on  the  wane? 
Not  yet  have  forty  years  transpired  since  the  **  Disruption."  A  yonng 
branch  of  the  old  Eirk,  she  took  root  as  soon  as  she  was  serered  from 
the  parent  tree,  and  gave  immediate  signs  of  vitality  and  vigour  that 
drew  admiring  eyes.  In  numerical  strength  her  numbers  exceeded  the 
community  she  quitted.  Her  ministers  were  renowned  for  their  purity 
and  their  piety,  for  their  courage  and  their  consecration.  They  seemea 
to  have  innerited  the  faith  and  fearlessness  of  John  Knox,  the  mettle  and 
chivaliy  of  Bichard  Cameron  and  the  Covenanters.  Maintaining ''  the 
headship  of  Christ/'  and  doing  homage  to  him  as  her  only  Lord,  the 
enterprise  she  displayed  and  the  prosperity  she  realized  at  home  and 
abroad  while  she  continued  true  to  the  standards  was,  perhaps,  without 
a  modem  parallel.  So  has  "  the  Free  Church "  sowed  good  seed  and 
reaped  the  devout  gratitude  both  of  continental  and  colonial  churches, 
whom  she  greatly  aided.  We  sincerely  hope  that  the  sad  story  of 
Israel  is  not  about  to  be  repeated  in  her  chronicles.  When  Joshua  and 
the  elders  who  outlived  Joshua  were  gathered  to  their  fathers  there  arose 
another  generation  which  knew  not  the  Lord  nor  the  works  he  had  done 
for  Israel.  The  sounds  that  reach  us  from  the  Presbyterian  camp 
raise  suspicions  of  decadence  from  which  we  recoil  with  horror.  Can  it 
be  that  "  of  their  own  selves  men  have  arisen,  speaking  perverse  things, 
and  drawing  disciples  after  them  '*  ?  Our  attention  has  been  drawn 
to  a  curious  problem  raised  by  Dr.  Bruce,  who  is  favourably  known 
beyond  his  own  denomination  by  his  previous  works  as  an  able  and 
orthodox  exponent  of  Christian  doctrine.  To  his  "  Cunningham  Lec^ 
tures  on  the  Humiliation  of  Christ  '*  we  invited  attention  in  a  recent 
number  of  this  magazine.  In  the  lectures  that  supply  the  basis  of  his 
book  on  "The  Chief  End  of  Bevelation  "  he  has  wandered  into  another 
field  of  teligious  literature.  We  use  the  word  '*  wandered"  advisedly,  for 
he  appears  to  lose  his  way  soon  after  starting,  to  take  a  rather  circnitons 
route,  and  then  to  lie  down  in  a  wilderness  of  doubt,  there  to  indulge 
in  a  dream  of  long  ages  to  come.  The  task  he  proposed  to  himsdf 
was  a  contribution  to  "  Christian  Apologetics;  **  but  missing  the  track  of 
the  old  pioneers  he  has  rambled  about  in  the  region  of  ''metaphysica" 
In  a  brief  preface  he  tells  us  that  "  two  convictions  have  been  ruling 
motives  in  this  study.  One  is,  that  in  many  respects  the  old  lines  of 
apologetic  argument  no  longer  sufBce  either  to  express  the  thoughts  of 
faith,  or  to  meet  successfully  the  assaults  of  unbelief.  The  other  is,  that 
the  church  is  not  likely  again  to  wield  the  influence  which  of  right 
belongs  to  her  as  custodian  of  the  precious  treasure  of  Christian  truth, 
unless  she  show  herself  possessed  of  vitality  sufficient  to  originate  a 
new  development  in  all  directions,  and  among  others  in  doctrine, 
refusing  to  accept  as  her  final  position  either  the  agnosticism  of  modem 
culture,  or  blind  adherence  to  traditional  dogmatism.'' 
Now,  what  are  we  to  understend  by  Christian  apologetics  ?    This  is 


«  The  Chief  End  of  Revelation.    By  Alexander  Balmain  Brace,  D.D.,  ProfeBBor  of 
Apologetics,  &c.,  Glasgow.  London :  uodderandStonghton,  27,  Paternoster  Bow.  1881. 


A  FBEE  LAKOE  WITH  THE  FREE  CHURCH.  427 

an  important  qnestion  to  open  with.  The  answer  to  it  may  afiford  some 
cine  to  the  strange  bewilderment  of  the  worthy  Doctor.  *'^  Apology  "  in 
the  classics  stands  for  a  defence  of  the  truth,  or  of  the  faith,  if  yon 

S refer  to  express  it  so.  And  yet  this  word  '*  apology ''  has  dwindled 
own  in  modem  conversation  to  mean  an  excuse  for  acknowledged  error 
In  Origen*8  famous  ''  apology  "  he  flung  down  the  glove  and  waged  an 
encounter  with  the  Pagan  (Oelsus).  And  in  Jewell's  **  apology  *'  he  in 
like  manner  did  battle  with  the  Papist.  We  have  fallen  on  softer  times 
and  sweeter  courtesies.  Our  redoubtable  champion  takes  off  his  hat  to 
the  Saddncee  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Literary  men  have  a  curious 
liking  for  each  other.  So  the  author  of  "The  Humiliation  of  Christ" 
and  the  author  of  '*  Literature  and  Dogma,*'  Alexander  Bruce  and 
Matthew  Arnold,  retire  from  the  ring  and  talk  matters  over  as  ''  friends 
in  council."    This  is  the  new  departure  in  "  Christian  Apologetics** 

**  The  apologisfs  task  in  these  days  is  a  delicate  one,*'  says  Dr.  Bruce. 
So  we  should  think  if  this  is  a  specimen  of  the  st^le  in  which  it  is  con- 
ducted. Only  imagine  a  lecturer  on  physical  science  at  the  Loudon 
Institution  or  the  Soutli  Kensington  Museum  publishing  a  tractate  on 
"  The  Chief  End  of  Creation,"  in  which  he  denounces  all  study  of 
astronomy  or  geology,  of  botany  or  chemistry,  and  the  argument  he 
plays  with  is  the  advantage  of  *'a  simple  creed"  What  need  we  care 
about  the  sun  so  long  as  it  shines  brightly  enough  to  gi^e  us  light  and 
warmth?  Why  bother  yourself  about  the  moon  or  stars  if  they  serve 
"  the  chief  end "  of  cheering  your  dark  nights  ?  As  for  the  earth, 
be  content  with  ploughing  the  fields  and  reaping  the  fruits ;  sink  no 
mines  nor  search  for  hidden  treasures  beneath  its  surface.  Are  not  field 
flowers  gay  enough  in  all  conscience  without  troubling  yourselves  to 
cnltivate  an  endless  variety  of  ferns  and  exotics  ?  Draw  the  line,  at 
any  rate,  between  gardens  and  conservatories.  Like  doctrine  and  dogma 
in  religion,  one  is  tolerable  and  the  other  execrable.  Then  fancy  you 
are  listening  to  some  such  peroration  as  this — *'  In  all  probability  the 
world  has  many  long  ages  before  it ;  and  we  may  devoutly  dream  of  the 
glory  of  that  day  when  all  men  will  be  like  little  birds  who  in  their 
little  nests  agree,  because  they  have  no  lessons  to  learn."  This  is  pure 
fiction  on  our  part ;  but  the  book  before  us  on  *'  The  Chief  End  of 
Revelation  "  is,  we  regret  to  say,  a  serious  fact. 

Let  it  be  understood  that  there  is  *'  a  chair  **  in  the  Free  Church  Col- 
lege, Glasgow,  for  **  Apologetics  and  New  Testament  Exegesis,*  and  the 
author  of  this  volume  is  the  Professor  who  occupies  it.  Having  an  en- 
gagement to  deliver  a  course  of  lectures  to  the  students  of  the  Presby- 
terian Colleee,  London,  he  takes  occasion  to  assail  the  rudiments  of  that 
study  which  they  were  placed  in  this  institution  to  learn,  and  he 
was  selected  to  teach.  This  surely  is  startling  enough.  We  should  have 
thought  thaty  from  a  high  sense  of  honour,  he  would  have  resigned 
his  appointment  before  he  repudiated  the  department  of  Christian 
education  from  which  he  draws  his  emoluments. 

After  sowing  the  seeds  of  suspicion  and  distrust  in  the  class-room 
among  students  for  the  ministry  he  then  proceeds  to  address  a  wider 
audience  through  the  press.  Presumably  he  appeals  to  the  Senatus 
of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  and  counsels  considerable  retrenchment 
in  her  confessions  of  faith  and  her  catechisms  for  the  instruction  of  the 


428  A  FBEB  LAKCE  WITH  THE  FREE  OHURCH. 

yonng.  Thns  he  lajB  down  the  proposition—"  The  more  eathoUc  the 
communion  the  less  comprehsnswe  the  creed* '  To  promote nnity  he  would 
concede  every  position  to  the  gainsajers  whom  he  had  heretofore  failed 
to  convert.  And  who  are  they  ?  They  profess  to  be  men  of  cnltnie, 
though  th^  prove  themselves  to  be  merely  charlatans,  wise  in  their  own 
conceit.  While  thev  offer  fulsome  compliments  to  the  purity  of  Jteos 
of  Nazareth,  they  dislike  his  doctrines,  and  decline  to  be  his  disciples. 
They  prefer  Plato's  dialogues  to  PauPs  epistles.  They  espouse  the 
philosophy  of  Aristotle  rather  than  the  faith  of  Abraham.  Many  of 
them  esteem  the  rationalism  of  Hegel  as  manly,  but  the  practical  com- 
mentary of  Matthew  Henry  they  all  scout  as  childish  in  the  extreme. 
What  has  happened?  Has  any  fresh  discoveiy  been  made?  Does  a 
new  seer  challenge  our  attention ;  another  Daniel  whose  oracles  unfold 
brighter  visions  of  immortality  than  had  ever  dawned  on  us  before? 
Oh,  no;  nothing  of  that  sort.  Poor  Dr.  Bruce  is  to  be  pitied.  From 
first  to  last  his  treatise  shows  that  he  is  distracted  with  fear.  EDui 
timidity  is  far  more  remarkable  than  his  temerity.  He  beats  a  retreat 
along  the  whole  line ;  not  certainly  as  one  who  is  oeaten  by  an  advancing 
army  of  faithful  and  sincere  exponents  of  Bevelation,  but  as  one  who  is 
exquisitely  sensitive  of  the  sneers  of  an  undisciplined  crowd  of  sceptics. 
He  flies  before  their  face,  scared  by  what  he  calls  *^ flippant  caricaiure.* 
He  will  not  defend  ''miraehs*'  lest  he  should  be  given  ^^ihefooTs  cap;^ 
and  he  disclaims  '^prophecy  **  so  far  as  it  pretends  to  foretell  anything 
positive,  to  obviate  his  ''  being  held  up  to  ridicuhJ'  If  ever  extraordi- 
nary caution  might  be  pleaded  in  mitigation  of  excessive  censure  we 
really  think  that  Dr.  Bruce  is  entitled  to  the  clemency  of  his  judges. 
His  propositions  are,  perhaps,  more  hesitant  than  heretical.  At  l^st, 
we  would  fain  hope  that  his  aberrations  of  mind  are  not  indications  of 
apostasy.  If  he  really  has  any  strong  convictions  he  would  surely 
have  more  courage  in  asserting  them.  He  sues  for  pardon  in  his  pre&oe 
because  he  knows  that  his  views  will  please  no  theological  party.  ''I 
do  not  deprecate  criticism,  but  I  ask  tne  critics  to  rememb^  that  the 
apologist's  task  in  these  days  is  a  delicate  one."  Then,  by  way  of  post- 
script, after  ruthlessly  denouncing  the  creeds  and  catechisms,  he  dis- 
avows any  serious  opposition  to  them.  ^*  In  making  these  observations 
I  am  not  to  be  understood  as  hinting  that  immediate  attempts  atreoon* 
struction  of  creeds  and  recasting  of  catechisms  are  either  likely  or 
desirable."  The  chief  end  of  Revelation,  according  to  Dr.  Bruoe,  is, 
after  all,  extinction;  and  the  d^nou^ment  of  his  treatise,  as  we  have 
already  stated,  is  a  devout  dream  of  that  future  when  mankind  will 
have  heard  the  last  of  anything  that  disturbs  their  own  reasoning.  In 
those  halcyon  days  ''doubt,  division,  and  dogma"  will  disappear  ;  and 
<*  certainty,  concord,  and  a  simplified  creed  "  will  complete  the  combat  of 
centuries  of  strife. 

Alas,  alas  for  the  pulpits  of  the  immediate  future  if  this  is  the  kind  of 
logic  your  students  are  to  learn  while  in  training  for  pastors  1  We  look 
back  no  further  than  to  the  times  of  Chalmers  and  Canalish,  whose  careen 
have  so  lately  closed.  We  think  we  hear  their  prayers  for  yotir  Pits- 
byteries.    Oh  that  Ood  would  hear  and  answer  them. 


429 

WiaxlinQ  Jags  in  f  amhtj. 

BT  a.  HOLDEN  PIKE. 

0BI6INALLY  a  very  extensive  parish,  and  for  centories  the  head- 
quarters of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbarj,  Lambeth  has  a  long 
and  interesting  history  which  will  well  repay  the  attention  of  those 
who  have  a  taste  for  ecclesiastical  lore.  The  palace  is  still  one  of 
those  ancient  institutions  of  Old  England  which  look  down  upon  ns 
with  the  scarred  and  weather-beaten  face  of  extreme  age.  If  they  could 
speak,  the  walls  would  tell  of  a  chequered  history  both  in  times  of  war 
and  of  peace  ;  for  frequently,  in  successive  reigns,  the  palace  has  been 
visited  by  royalty;  it  was  fortified  by  Laud  when  the  preliminary 
growlings  of  civil  war  were  beginning  to  be  heard ;  it  was  turned  into  a 
prison  for  malignants  during  the  ascendancy  of  Puritanism ;  and  then 
after  being  inhabited  by  one  of  the  judges  of  Charles  I.,  the  estate  came 
back  to  the  archbishops  at  the  Bestoration.  The  borough  of  Lambeth 
has  now  a  vast  population  of  well-to-do  people ;  but  in  and  around  what 
would  once  have  been  called  the  town,  the  habitations  of  the  working 
poor  are  found  in  plenty ;  and  there  the  missionary  with  his  Bibles, 
tracts,  and  words  of  peace  is  found.  One  missionary  has  a  constituency 
of  four  hundred  and  forty  taverns  and  oofEee-houses  to  look  after,  and 
does  not  fail  to  see  fruit  from  his  labours.  Others  work  in  a  more 
ordinary  way ;  and  it  is  to  the  endeavours  of  one  of  these  still  successful 
visitors  that  we  now  invite  attention. 

Mr.  J.  0.  Parker^  a  veteran  servant  of  the  London  City  Mission,  and 
now  a  district  secretary,  was  formerly  located  at  the  west-end* ;  but  two 
years  ago  he  might  have  been  found,  with  five  hundred  poor  families  in 
charge,  at  Hercules-buildings,  Lambeth,  under  the  superintendence  of 
the  rector^  at  whose  house  the  local  clergy  and  other  agents  met  together 
weekly  for  prayer  and  conference.  These  weekly  gatherings  were  found 
to  be  times  of  refreshing  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  as  was  sure  to 
be  the  case  when  the  workers  were  all  found  to  be  of  one  mind  in 
their  endeayours  to  extend  their  Lord's  kingdom. 

When,  at  the  request  of  the  London  Committee,  Mr.  Parker  undertook 
the  interesting  sphere  known  as  Hercules-buildings,  the  district  had  the 
advantage  or  disadvantage  of  being  virgin  soil ;  it  had  not  been  occu- 
pied before  by  any  spiritual  overseer,  and  hence,  at  first,  the  people 
haidlj  knew  what  to  make  of  the  kind-spoken  gentleman  who  called  to 
enquire  after  their  welfare  momiug-  after  morning.  "  I  had  to  knock, 
or  ring,  at  every  house  and  introduce  myself,"  he  says,  in  the  private 
note-book  he  has  allowed  us  to  use.  '* '  W  ho  are  you  ? '  *  What  do  you 
want  7 '  *  Where  do  you  come  from  ? '  were  very  proper  questions  to 
ask,  but  not  quite  as  easy  to  answer."  At  the  same  time  the  difficulties 
of  beginning  were  of  a  very  common-place  kind  ;  and  unaccustomed  to 
magnify  molehills  into  mountains,  our  friend  went  boldly  to  work, 
consoling  himself  with  the  thought  that  the  obstacles  in  his  way  were  no 
more  serious  than  a  bishop,  a  rector,  or  a  curate  would  have  encounter«l 

*  For  an  account  of  his  work  there  see  "The TaTems  of  Faddington,"  in  Th4  Sword 
€nd  th9  Trowtl  for  October  and  Noyember,  1873. 


482  WORKING  DAYS  IK  LAMBETH. 

welfare  of  all  yonn^  men  coming  to  London  to  seek  their  fortune.  In 
the  course  of  his  visitation  onr  friend  came  across  a  jonth  of  twenty- 
one,  who  being  in  a  deep  decline  was  near  the  end,  and  greatly  desired 
to  Bee  Mr.  W.  H.  Smith,  whose  words  had  been  a  means  of  blessing  in 
former  days.  On  hearing  this  news  Mr.  Smith  went  at  once  to  the 
address  ^ven^  he  recognis^  a  former  attendant  at  the  meetings  of  the 
Association,  and  on  asking  if  all  was  well,  received  the  gratifying 
answer  that  all  was  well  through  Christ.  On  being  asked  if  he  knew 
that  he  would  soon  pass  away,  the  youth  still  answered, "  Yes,  and  it  is 
well ;  I  rest  upon  Jesus."  He  gave  utterance  to  many  other  things 
showing  his  Christian  triumph,  and  such  as  greatly  interested  those 
who  stood  by  his  dying  bed.  ''  On  enquiring  of  the  young  lady,  and  of 
the  motherly,  kind-hearted  woman  who  were  weeping  at  his  bedside,  I 
was  assured  that  they  needed  nothing  to  add  to  the  comforts  which  sur- 
rounded him,"  wrote  the  secretary,  Mr.  Smith ;  **  he  had  everything 
that  loving  hands  could  provide,  and  was  tenderly  nursed  by  her,  who, 
had  his  health  permittee!,  would  soon  have  been  his  wife,  and  at  the 
home  of  her  mother.  Upon  asking  about  his  friends,  I  was  told  that 
he  was  alone  in  London^  having  no  father,  mother,  brother,  sister,  or 
near  relative.  Upon  again  turning  to  the  dear  young  man,  I  asked 
him  how  long  he  had  been  saved  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  this 
conscious  peace,  when  he  replied,  in  broken  sentences,  'For  about 
five  months;  ever  since  that  Saturday  night  when  I  came  to  the 

?rayer-meeting,  when  you  spoke  to  me,  and  asked  me  to  come  to  the 
Uble-class  the  following  day,  and  I  came;  and  from  that  time  I  have 
been  on  the  Lord's  side.'  I  asked  if  it  was  at  the  prayer-meeting  or 
Bible-class  he  obtained  the  blessing,  to  which  he  replied, '  Oh,  at  both, 
and  I  have  never  doubted  since.'  "  A  few  days  later  the  secretary  in 
Aldersgate-street  received  a  note  from  Mr.  Parker :  '*  Our  young  friend, 
A.  W.  R,  died  this  afternoon.  Your  Tisit  was  a  great  comfort  to  him, 
and  brightened  his  last  moments."  He  was  one  of  the  trophies  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  there  are  very  many  such  cases 
to  be  told  to  encourage  the  friends  of  that  useful  agency. 

As  a  rule,  so  long  as  Mr.  Parker  retained  the  district,  Hercules- 
buildings  were  remarkably  free  from  cases  of  inveterate  drunkenness ; 
but  as  there  were  exceptions,  he  found  some  work  to  do  in  the  way  of 
restoring  wanderers.  Among  the  ''characters"  of  the  "Buildings" 
was  a  quondam  man-servant  of  a  well-known  Christian  captain  at 
Barnet,  who  loved  to  speak  of  old  times,  and  especially  to  introduce  bus 
daughter  as  a  "distinguished  singer"  and  star  of  the  season  at  a 
neighbouring  music-hall.  This  girl,  however,  gladly  read  the  books 
which  were  supplied,  and  there  is  never  any  possibility  of  knowing 
what  may  come  in  the  end  when  the  far-reaching  gospel  is  con- 
cerned. 

While  this  girl  was  being  spoken  to,  it  so  happened  that  another 
young  woman  came  forward  in  a  somewhat  light  and  trifling  way  to 
ask  for  books.  At  first,  supposing  that  the  tracts  were  sold,  she  oifered 
to  purchase,  but  on  hearing  that  the  supply  was  provided  by  kind 
friends  who  loved  the  Saviour  and  cared  for  the  welfare  of  the  poor,  she 
became  deeply  affected.  She  then  covered  her  face  with  her  hands, 
and  cried  and  sobbed  in  a  heart-breaking  way.    "  I  am  a  great  sinner," 


WOEKIKO  DAYS  IN  LAKBBTH.  433 

she  cried.    '<  I  am  a  drunkard  and  a  liar,  and  a  very  bad  woman.   It  is 

all  since  I  came  to  li^e  here.    Bad  company  and  my  own  wicked  heart 

haye  led  me  wron^    There  is  no  hope  for  me  ;  I  am  past  being  saved. 

I  pray,  and  then  I  sin,  and  so  I  must  be  lost."    She  then  referred  to 

her  native  town  of  Barnet,  and  to  having  had  a  Ohristian  teacher  there 

in  the  person  of  a  member  of  the  captain's  family  before-mentioned. 

She  then  expressed  a  desire  to  give  up  the  drink^  and  to  save  the 

money  she  was  accustomed  to  squander  m  vicious  indulgence.    Placed 

undn:  the  care  of  a  lady  visitor  the  woman  gave  up  the  drink  as  she 

proposed,  and  became  quite  a  different  character.    She  told  Hr.  Parker 

on  a  subsequent  occasion  that  she  had  read  his  books,  that  she  trusted 

God  would  prevent  her  from  falling  again,  and  that  she  desired  the 

company  of  those  whose  association  would  strengthen  her  in  doiug 

right.    The  husband  of  this  woman  sent  her  into  the  country  to  regain 

her  health ;  and  thankful  for  the  reformation  which  had  been  effected 

in  this  instance,  the  missionary's  superintendent  proposed  that  a  number 

of  other  similar  characters  should  be  invited  to  drink  tea  at  his  house, 

where  an  experienced  matron  would  address  them.    **  It  strikes  me  this 

is  the  way  to  do  things,  and  a  very  blessed  one  too,"  remarks  our 

friend  in  his  note-book.    "  There  is  something  in  the  tender  mode  of 

treating  those  who  have  erred  and  fallen,  which  reminds  us  of  our 

gracious  Lord  when  he  dwelt  among  us." 

There  was  so  little  lack  of  the  juvenile  element  in  Hercules-buildings 
that,  without  taking  a  complete  census  of  the  children,  Mr.  Parker 
designated  his  district  *^  A  prolific  part  of  the  metropolis."  He  then 
explained  matters  a  little  further  by  remarking,  *'  We  marry  young, 
and  often  have  families  of  from  seven  to  nine  children  by  the  time  we 
are  thirty  years  old."  While  families  were  large,  however,  the  wages 
received  by  the  bread-winners  were  generally  small,  so  that  when  winter 
and  hard  times  set  in,  it  was  not  always  possible  to  find  cash  for  current 
expenses.  Any  kind-hearted  visitor  going  in  and  out  of  so  many 
homes  of  poverty  will  naturally  be  drawn  out  in  sympathy  to  the  poor 
children  who  suffer  without  being  in  any  way  the  cause  of  their  own 
discomfiture.  Next  to  the  children  we  shall  also  feel  for  the  over- 
worked and  underfed  mothers ;  and  the  best  way  of  helping  the  children 
is  to  help  the  mothers,  who  have  an  ear  to  listen  to  anybcdy  who  shows 
anysympathy  with  their  boys  and  |^ls. 

There  are  various  methods  of  gettmg  at  adults  through  their  children; 
but  we  are  not  aware  that  anvone  else  can  claim  the  credit  of  having 
organized  a  corps  of  juvenile  domestic  chaplains — children  between  the 
Ages  of  seven  and  seventeen,  who  undertook  to  read  daily  to  their  elders 
at  home  not  less  than  two  verses  of  God's  Word.  In  gathering  this 
Herculean  Band,  as  he  called  it,  Mr.  Parker  exercised  no  undue  pressure, 
although  he  gave  each  member  a  copy  monthly  of  The  Cottager  and 
Ariiaan^  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  up  a  friendly  communication.  As 
his  plan  interfered  with  no  ordinary  Sunday-school  work,  there  was 
nothing  to  be  urged  against  it ;  on  the  contrary,  it  was  urged  with 
l^ruth,  that  "if  some  of  the  incorruptible  seed  of  Qod*s  truth  is  lodged 
in  the  hearts  of  these  young  people,  it  will  be  like  a  rudder  to  a  ship  in 
the  ocean,  and  enable  them  to  steer  saiisly  through  all  the  certain 
dangers  of  their  unseen  future  lives."    At  all  events,  the  policy  of 

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434  GEOB0B  THOMSOir,  OF  CAMEROONB. 

interesting  the  children  in  the  religions  welfare  of  their  households  was 
a  wise  one ;  and  while  the  young  people  appreciated  the  hononr  done 
them,  the  elders  showed  that  they  were  to  be  influenced  by  the  agents 
selected. 

Though  a  Churchman,  Mr.  Parker  has  always  rejoiced  in  the  fact 
that  the  London  City  Mission  is  founded  on  the  most  broad  of  catholic 
bases.  It  embraces  all  eyangelical  denominationSy  and  these  appear  in 
one  way  and  another  to  have  been  represented  in  the  district ;  but 
while  these  are  doing  what  they  can,  and  there  is  much  to  cheer 
any  earnest  worker,  the  ignorance  of  Ood  and  of  Christ's  redeeming  work 
is  very  great.  One  day  the  good  Bishop  of  Rochester  went  down  to 
Hercules-bniidings  to  aadress  a  number  of  persons  engaged  in  the  work 
of  reclamation,  and  he  told  them  that  things  were  so  awfully  bad  that 
there  was  enough  for  all  to  do.  *'  He  certainly  tried  to  stir  ns  np  both 
before  and  after  tea»"  remarks  Mr.  Parker,  in  reference  to  the  bishop's 
visit ;  and  there  is  no  man  in  the  Establishment  to  whom  the  sight  of 
Christian  risitors  at  work  affords  more  pleasure.  The  (Siurch  of 
England  has  long  boasted  of  being  the  church  of  the  poor ;  may  she 
more  and  more  establish  her  daim  to  so  noble  a  title.* 


THE  maogroye  swamps  of  the  West  Coast  of  Africa  have  long  proTod 
themselres  the  sepulchres  of  miadonaries.  Along  the  whole  coast,  from 
Sierra  Leone  to  the  Gaboon  and  beyond,  the  air  is  impregnated  with  malaria, 
and  many  missionaries  and  missionaries*  wives  hare  gone  thither  to  die. 
Such  a  waste  of  consecrated  life,  where  life  consecrated  to  the  Tast  work  of 
cTangelizing  heathendom  is,  notwithstanding  modem  zeal  for  missions,  as  yet 
all  too  rare,  may  well  be  regarded  bv  the  church  with  peculiar  sorrow ;  aad 
any  attempt  to  diminisli  it  will  be  hailed  with  thankful  interest  A  noble  effort 
in  this  direction  has  been  recently  made  by  George  Thomson,  arohitectk  of 
Glasgow;  an  effort  in  which  he  sacrificed  his  life  without  securing  the  fall 
accomplishmeut  of  his  plans',  though  he  succeeded  in  making  a  good  beginning. 
Mr.  Thomson's  attention  had  been  long  fixed  on  Africa.  In  1837,  his 
brother  William,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  three  children,  had  gone  to 
Sierra  Leone  as  a  missionary,  and,  after  a  brief  but  noble  career  of  six  years, 
the  two  parents  died  there  in  1843,  and  the  three  orphan  children  ware  sent 
home  to  Scotland.  The  eldest  of  these,  a  lad  of  thirteen  at  the  time  of  his 
father*s  death,  afterwards  chose  the  same  heroic  career  for  himself.  He  went 
out  to  Sierra  Leone  in  1849,  and  after  struggling  with  the  malaria,  losing  his 
bright  young  wife,  and  twice  retiumiDg  to  Ilngland,  was  finally  forced,  at  the 
end  of  fifteen  years,  to  leare  his  mission- work,  and  settle  in  Liverpool,  in  utterly 
broken  health.    George  Thomson  was  therefore  closely  interested  in  African 

*  Since  writing  the  aboTe,  we  have  learned  that  the  misaionary  at  present  stationed  in 
Hercules-buidings  dJatrict  is  Mr.  P.  B.  Tost,  who  epeeJa  in  enthuaiaatic  tenna  of  tiie 
constant  aaaiatance  he  receiyes  in  hia  daily  work  nom  the  Azchbiahop  and  his  three 
daughterB.  The  primate  is  always  ready  to  second  any  new  project  for  caxzying  the 
gospel  among  eithierrich  or  poor,  wnile  the  ladies  are  ind^atigable,  not  only  in  the  wozk  of 
▼iaitation,  but  in  supplying  the  indigent  ajid  the  suffering  with  food,  clothing,  and  other 
necessaries.  Happy  is  the  humble  missionaiy  who  is  pnvileged  to  work  witn  such  aSias 
aatheae. 

t  Memoir  of  George  Thomson,  Cameroona  Mountains,  West  Africa.  By  one  of  hia 
Nephews.    Edinbuigh :  Andrew  EUiot. 


OBOBOE  THOXaOK,  OF  OAKEROONS.  435 

mission- work,  and  loved  to  entertain  at  his  house  in  Glasgow  all  English  and 
American  missionaries  to  that  dark  land,  who  had  occasion  to  visit  Scotland. 
The  idea  sNse  in  his  mind  that  if  a  sanatorium  could  he  estahlished  in  some 
healthy  spot  in  the  African  highlands,  to  which  missionaries  could  easily  resort 
without  incurring  the  expense  and  loss  of  time  inrolved  in  a  return  to  England 
or  America,  it  would  proloug  raluahle  life  for  the  work  of  Christ  in  Africa. 

He  made  this  matter  his  especial  study;  and  finally,  having  matured  his 
plans,  sailed  at  his  own  expense  for  Africa,  in  1871,  to  carry  them  out.  Amidst 
much  suffering  and  difficulty  from  fever  and  from  the  suspicions  of  native 
tribes,  he  travelled  on  foot  and  hj  river  through  a  vast  extent  of  wild  country, 
in  quest  of  the  healthiest  locality.  Ahout  800  miles  north  of  the  Equator, 
towering  up  grandly  to  a  height  of  thirteen  thousand  feet,  within  view  of  the 
sea,  rises  the  Gameroons  Mountain.  The  town  of  Victoria,  where  oiur  own 
glorious  Saker  carried  on  his  mission,  lies  at  its  feet  This  mountain-side, 
after  much  study,  had  been  fixed  upon  by  Mr.  Thomson  as  likely  to  prove  the 
most  salubrious  station  for  the  sanatorium,  and  his  personal  observation  con- 
finned  the  opinion,  and  led  him  to  fix  upon  it  as  the  site* 

At  a  height  of  four  thousand  feet,  where  the  air  was  invigorating,  and  the 
wild  coffee*plant  flourished,  he  found  an  abundant  supply  of  water.  We  quote 
his  own  description  of  the  scene : — '*  Our  way  was  getting  rougher,  being  mostlv 
over  ridges  of  broken  lava,  with  deep  hollows  between.  We  were  longing  much 
to  come  to  tiie  object  of  our  search,  and  after  every  new  ascent  we  hoped  to  find 
it  in  the  hollow  beyond.  At  length  we  came  upon  a  deep  ravine  at  the  bottom 
of  which  water  was  running;  and  as  our  foremost  guide  had  come  to  a  stand, 
we  enquired  if  this  was  the  Madiba,  or  water.  We  were  quite  prepared  to  find 
some  insignificant  runnel.  He  shrugged  his  shoulders,  however,  which  meant 
au  answer  in  the  negative,  and  pushed  on.  After  passing  some  other  ridges, 
and  when  struggling  up  a  steep  ascent,  we  were  glad  to  hear  the  shout  of  one  of 
our  guides,  who  had  got  down  over  the  other  side ;  then  we  heard  the  rush  of 
water,  and,  following  down  the  path,  we  caught  the  glimpse  of  white  foaming 
waters  flashing  through  the  trees.  Cautiously  approaching  the  edge  of  the 
ravine,  a  spirit-stirring  scene  was  revealed  to  view.  High  up  the  torrent  was 
dashing  over  and  among  large  masses  of  broken  rocks,  and  at  our  feet  a  stream 
of  white  foaming  water  rushed  down  an  almost  perpendicular  cliff  into  a  deep 
pool,  where  it  foamed  and  boiled,  and  then  went  dashing  down  out  of  sight 
amongst  another  series  of  broken  rocks.'* 

Hera  he  put  up  a  wooden  house,  and  commenced  the  cutting  of  a  road 
through  the  forest  to  this  spot  He  resided  amongA  the  natives  at  the  village 
of  Mpanja,  on  the  mountain-side,  and  endeavoured  to  teach  them  to  plant 
cocoa-nuts  for  commerce.  He  became  also  Oovemor  of  Victoria,  and  proved 
himself  in  every  way  the  sterling  friend  of  the  missionaries.  Only  seven  years 
had  he  spent  in  his  work  when,  during  an  enforced  residence  at  the  coast,  fever 
seized  him,  and  laid  him  in  his  ^ave. 

The  book  which  records  his  life  is  one  of  intense  interest  It  portrays  the 
beautiful,  genial  character  of  the  man,  with  his  redolent  humotir,  his  love  of 
nature  (he  was  an  ardent  botanist),  and  his  whole-souled  consecration  to  the 
Master.  Many  might  regard  such  a  life  as  a  failure;  for  he  died  without  seeing 
the  achievement  of  the  beneficent  purpose  to  which  he  had  devoted  his  days. 
But  no  such  self-sacrifice  is  in  vain.  It  leaves  enkindling  sparks  behind  it 
which,  in  susceptible  souls,  will  set  aflame  new  heroisms.  And  if  anyone  shall 
he  inspired  to  take  *up  George  Thomson's  work,  he  will  find  **  roads  partially 
made,  the  confidence  of  the  mountain  tribes  gained,  a  site  fixed,  and  a  wooden 
building,  though  only  a  temporary  one,  put  up.  His  work  will  be  made  all  the 
easier  by  the  fact  that  George  Thomson  had  preceded  him.  The  need  is  still 
urgent ;  surely  his  example  and  his  efforts  will  not  be  wholly  lost.** 

C.  A.  Davis. 


486 

Matting  jfor  %  ^M. 

BT   REV.    JAMES   DAKN,   OBEBNOCBL. 

THAT  is  a  splendid  vessel  which  has  just  come  in  from  a  long  ▼ojsge. 
Everything:  about  her  betokens  fitness  for  endurance,  hard  work,  and 
great  speed.  How  gracefully  she  moves  through  the  waters!  what  a  reaem 
of  power  she  evidently  possesses !  Out  yonder,  on  the  wide  waste  of  wild 
waters,  where  she  has  plenty  of  sea-room,  she  will  forge  along  grandly,  we  mxf 
be  sure.  Her  captain,  too,  is  evidently  a  man  well  versed  in  nis  boaineBB.  She 
is  not  only  a  fine  vessel,  but  she  is  ably  handled.  Those  are  careful  eyes  which 
sparkle  in  that  handsome  face,  bronzed  by  exposure  to  sun  and  wind,  is 
he  nears  port,  k  heavy  load  falls  from  hb  shoulders,  without  a  doubt  Bsft 
why  does  she  slacken  speed ;  why  does  her  screw  cease  from  chum  ing  the  sail 
water  into  foam?  Seel  she  has  stopped  dead  still!  and  hark!  how  her  hoane 
whistle,  most  unmusical,  but  unmistakable,  rends  the  air.  Gk>  on,  captua, 
there  are  anxious  eyes  watching  for  you  at  the  harbour  yonder,  fond  hearts  ne 
beating  with  tenderest  emotion,  your  passengers  long  to  touch  terra  jlma 
again,  and  the  owners  of  your  ship  will  be  glad  to  see  her  safely  moored,  ind 
her  cargo  discharged  once  more.  He  does  not  listen  to  such  counsels,  oautioai 
man!  Among  other  things,  he  has  learned  the  wisdom  of  waiting.  The  rifv 
above  abounds  with  banks  and  shallows,  and  brave  and  skilful  as  he  is,  tad 
ready  for  even  dashing  action  out  on  the  broad  ocean,  he  dare  noC  venture 
any  further  withotU  a  pilot.  So  he  waits  and  watches,  not  without  ia* 
patience,  it  may  be,  for  tne  coming  of  the  well-qualified  man,  who  has  just  pal 
ofi*  in  his  boat,  to  come  aboard.  Under  his  guidance  the  vessel  will  reach  her 
joumey^s  end,  and  the  weary  captain  may  now  venture  upon  that  rest  for  mind 
and  body  which  he  sorely  needs. 

Have  ^ou  taken  the  pilot  aboard,  friend  ?  Life  may  have  been  all  taooUk 
sailing  with  you  thus  far,  the  wind,  perhaps,  has  served,  and  your  veasd  hit 
bounded  along,  with  most  exhilarating  speed.  God  has  given  you  a  aoond  mind 
in  a  sound  body,  circumstances  have  favoured  your  onward  progress,  bgriiw 
goes  well,  and  home  comforts  are  continued,  and 

'*  All  goes  merry  as  a  marriage  bell/* 

Bui — that  awful,  qualifying  word — ^you  will  soon  be  nearing  the  ahallowB,  nd 
the  dangerous  banks  lie  right  before  you.  "  WTiat  will  the  end  hef^  Alre«lf 
there  are  marks  upon  your  face  which  tell  of  the  rapid  flight  of  time.  IVoit 
is  beginning  to  gather  in  your  hair,  your  step  is  not  quite  so  nimble  as  it  vif, 
that  handwriting,  of  which  you  were  once  so  proud,  is  a  trifle  uncertain  to-dsf. 
You  are  nearing  the  journey's  end.  What?  "Full  speed  ahead'*  still P  Giwe 
the  signal,  man,  to  '*  slow*'  if  not  to  <'  stop.*'  At  least  run  **  half  speed,"  sad 
think.  Dare  you  face  the  dangerous  navigation  before  you  ?  Have  you  sk2I 
enough  to  guide  the  vessel  into  harbour?  Alas!  no!  None  can  do  thit 
without  the  pilot. 

^  Stop  I  poor  sinner,  stop  and  think, 
Before  you  further  go/' 

He  stands  yonder,  waiting,  ready  to  guide  all  who  seek  his  aid.  Wdl  he 
knows  the  road. 

"  In  all  points  tempted  like  as  we  are,"  he  is  a  brother,  a  fellow-mao,  and  fit 
he  has  the  all- wisdom,  all-power  of  Qod.  Signal  for  him  to  come  aboard!  biov 
the  whistle !  and  see  how  swiftly  he  will  answer. 

Need  it  be  said  that  Jesus  is  the  pilot,  and  that  he  alone  can  gmdo  ns  sfe 
to  the  port  of  heaven  ?  Well  has  Toplady  expressed  the  aeotiment  of  tvoT 
humble,  trustful  Christian. 

<*Thou  art  my  pilot  wise, 
My  compass  is  thy  word." 


437 


^tsiim  0f 


ie  Pulpit  Commentary,  Edited  hy  the 
JEter.  Canon  Spence  and  the  Rev. 
Joseph  S.  Exbll.  Exodtu,  Ezposi- 
tioD  and  Homiletics  by  the  Key. 
George  Rawlihsov,  M.A.  LemHcus. 
Exposition  and  Homiletica  by  the 
Bey.  F.  Meteick,  M.A.  Eegan, 
PM1I9  Trench  and  Go. 

B  are  srowingly  pleased  with  the 
himes  of  the  Pulpit  Commentary.  In 
r  judgment  their  yalue  to  the  preacher 
exceeds  that  of  anj  other  modem 
nnentary.  They  are  not  got  up  to 
I,  but  they  are  schoUrly,  reuable,  and 
I  of  sound  sense.  Exodus  is  pon- 
roua  to  the  kst  degree  as  a  volume  ; 
lad  better  haye  been  made  into  two. 
Titicus  is  more  portable  in  size.  The 
y  commentaries  would  make  a  noble 
went  to  a  minister.  We  are  glad  to 
!  that  the  New  Testament  is  to  be 
Nseeded  with,  for  if  all  the  books  of 
\  Bible  are  treated  in  the  same  man- 
r  with  equal  deyoutness  and  freshness, 
» Pulpit  Commentary  will  become  the 
ndard  book  for  ministers.  The  series 
lied  byLange  is  nowhere  in  comparison 
h  these  volumes ;  indeed,  they  stand 
the  front  rank,  and  are  likely  to  do 
fi>r  many  years  to  come.  We  never 
n  to  these  pages  without  deriving  in- 
action from  them,  and  therefore  we 
lacientiously  speak  in  their  praise, 
t  coldly  and  formally,  but  with 
nrough  heartiness. 

w^aidjt  of  the  Cross;  or,  The  Fulfilling 
if  the  Command.  Chapters  on  Mis- 
nonary  Work.  By  P.  E.  Asnold- 
PomsTEE.    Hatchards. 

TAACTivE  missionary  reading  for 
fg  and  girls  between  the  years  of  ten 
1  fourteen.  The  book  is  mainly 
ended  for  Church  of  England 
Jdres,  but  it  does  not  leave  out 
ref ,  or  Moffat,  or  Williams.  In  true 
monary  work  and  suffering  there  is 
sh  real  unity  that  it  little  matters  to 
lOm  the  record  relates ;  for  the  history 
holy  work  is  the  common  property 
the  entire  church.  It  is  a  good  idea 
give  the  juveniles  an  early  knowledge 
what  the  missionaries  are  doing.  We 
re  little  magazines  in  abundance,  but 
I  should  like  to  see  veritable  books 
ataining  the  telling  stories  of  work 


done  for  the  Lord  by  members  of  our 
Baptist  Mission.  Meanwhile  we  com- 
mend this  work,  and  wish  for  it  ex- 
tensive usefulness. 

Modem  Heroes  of  the  Mission  Field. 
Bj  the  Right  Rev.  W.  P.  Walsh,  D.D., 
Bishop  of  Ossory.  Hod^er  and 
Stougnton. 

OuB  good  Bishop  Walsh  is  quite  a 
missionary  enthusiast,  and  has  the  happy 
power  of  imparting  his  enthusiasm  to 
others.  He  nas  here  given  sketches  in 
brief,  bright  style  or  the  missionary 
heroes  in  all  sections  of  the  church: 
and  his  book  is  sure  to  stimulate  interest 
in  this  noble  work.  Here  is  the  Baptist 
Carey,  the  Presbyterian  Duff,  the  Epis- 
copalian Martyn — all  put  into  the  gallery 
of  honour,  and  aft  sympathetically 
treated.  Our  rising  men  and  women 
could  have  no  better  stimulus  than  this, 
and  we  should  like  to  know  that  it  had 
been  freely  bought  and  studied.  **Put 
it  in  the  school  library  at  once,  Mr. 
Librarian  I  *' 

Outline  Missionary  Series,  Polynesia. 
South  Africa,  Female  Missions  in 
Mastem  Lands,  John  Snow  and  Co. 
(6d.  each.) 

The  scope  and  object  of  the  whole  of 
this  Outline  Missionary  Series  com- 
mend themselves  to  our  judgment  and 
common  sense.  We  should  heartily 
recommend  teachers  to  buy  all  the 
manusis  as  they  are  issued,  become 
masters  of  their  contents,  and  then 
deliver  them  to  others  in  the  form  of 
lectures. 

Along  the  Lines  at  the  Front.  A  general 
survey  of  Baptist  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions.  By  William  F.  B.  Bain- 
beidgb.  Philadelphia :  American 
Baptist  Publication  Society. 

An  admirable  summary  of  the  work  of 
the  baptized  churches  throughout  the 
world.  Our  young  people  ought  to  be 
well  posted  up  in  it.  The  book  deserves 
to  be  brought  out  by  an  English 
publisher.  Mr.  Bainbridge  has  not  only 
seen  the  outside  of  our  missions,  but  he 
knows  the  inner  soul  of  them,  and 
hence  he  writes  with  authority,  and 
makes  bis  volume  interesting. 


488 


K0TI0S8  or  BOOKS. 


The  Life  and  Timei  of  Frederick 
Dovglase.from  1817  to  1882,  Written 
bj  himself.  Illustnted.  With  an 
Introduction  by  the  Rt.  Hon.  John 
Bright,  M.P.  Edited  bj  John  Lobb, 
F.R.G.S.    "  Chriatian  Age ''  Office. 

Before  the  abolition  of  slayery  in  the 
United  States,  Frederick  Douglass  was 
known  in  ^Great  Britain  as  well  as  in 
America  as  an  earnest  and  eloouent 
pleader  for  the  riffhts  of  the  slave.  Bom 
m  1817  on  the  plantation  of  a  Colonel 
Lloyd,  which  was  worked  by  about  a 
thousand  ne^^roes,  thie  author  had  plenty 
of  opportunities  in  his  early  days  of 
studying  slayery  in  all  its  bearings. 
Indeed,  by  the  time  that  he  was  twenty* 
one,  he  had  himself  passed  through 
several  phases  of  the  accursed  system, 
while  his  opportunities  of  observation 
were  as  complete  as  could  be  desired. 
Having  had  enough  of  the  kicks  and 
lashes  of  bondage,  Douglass,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one,  in  1838,  left  Baltimore 
by  train  disguised  as  a  sailor,  and 
reached  New  York  without  being 
stopped.  Proceeding  to  New  Bedford, 
he  soon  found  friends  and  suitable  em- 
ployment; but  during  the  twenty  years 
preceding  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War 
he  travelled  through  the  fVee  States, 
and  through  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
incessantly  advocating  on  the  platform, 
and  through  the  press,  the  Abolitionist 
movement.  The  book  in  its  opening 
chapters  is  thus  a  vivid  picture  of 
slavery;  and  further  on  the  reader 
comes  upon  a  thrilling  narrative  of  the 
ultimate  triumph  of  freedom  through  the 
Rebellion  which  the  slaveholders  pro- 
voked to  the  destruction  of  slavery.  The 
story  throughout  is  forcibly  written, 
and  is  at  the  same  time  free  from  that 
questionable  sensationalism  in  which 
American  fiction- writers  have  indulired 
when  treating  of  this  subject.  The 
book  will  also  prove  a  triumphant  vindi- 
cation of  the  cause  of  the  slave  against 
the  ambitious  and  voluminous  manifesto 
of  Jefferson  Davis  recently  published 
in  this  country.  A  man  who,  as  pre- 
sident of  the  Southern  Confederation, 
could  issue  a  piratical  proclamation, 
**  announcing  slavery  and  assassination 
to  coloured  prisoners,"'  needed  to  write 
a  very  long  vindication  indeed  both  of 
himself  ao^  of  his  fellow  conspirators 


against  freedom  and  right,  and  he  has 
done  so ;  but  while  Mr.  Davis  has  not 
shrunk  from  this  task,  his  book  de- 
servedly lies  unread  on  the  booksellers* 
shelves.  There  is  no  fear  of  Douglass's 
work  sharing  this  unenviable  fate ;  for 
taking  it  altogether,  it  ui  the  best  sod 
most  mteresting  book  on  slavery  and  on 
the  Civil  War  which  we  have  ever  read. 
As  a  narrative  of  truth  the  book  is 
worth  more  than  all  the  fiction  which 
the  controversy  ever  produced. 

Judoi  MaeeahmuMn  and  the  Jewiek  War 
of  Independence,  By  Claudb  Rbio- 
NiBB  CoNDBB,  R.E.  Marcus  Ward 
and  Co. 

The  position  of  the  Jewish  people  when 
Mattathias  struck  the  apostate  and  slew 
the  king's  commissioner  is  well  pictiued. 
Israel  had  been  goaded  to  revolt  by  Uie 
cruelties  of  Antiochus,  and  when  tfndas 
Maccabseus  unfurled  his  conquering 
banner  hope  of  freedom  made  ^em 
valiant,  and  confidence  in  the  Gk>d  of 
their  fathers  showed  them  the  path  to 
triumph.  Judas  goes  from  battle  to 
battle,  and  thouffh  his  end  is  shaded 
with  defeat,  yet  his  people  received  at 
his  hands  the  charter  or  their  libertieB, 
and  no  more  bowed  before  Gentile 
tyrants.  This  series  of  bi^raphies  does 
great  credit  to  Marcus  Ward  and  Co. 
They  are  not  mere  catchy  brochures, 
but  solid,  well  written,  condensed  his- 
tories. In  this  instance  the  Bible 
student  can  hardly  afford  to  be  without 
^is  sketch  of  the  brightest  of  the  links 
which  connect  the  Okl  and  New  Testa- 
ments. 

From  Log  Cabin  to  White  Houie,  By 
William  Thatbb.  Eighth  Edition. 
Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

Whbh  a  book  has  reached  its  Uurty- 
fifbh  thousand  it  becomes  unneoeeaary 
to  review  it  at  any  length.  The  subieet 
of  this  volume,  the  life  of  Presioent 
Garfield,  is  of  such  general  interest, 
and  its  literary  merits  are  so  manifest, 
that  for  a  time  it  was  difiicult  to  keep 
pace  with  the  demand  for  it.  It  stands 
to-day  the  best  book  on  the  subject  yet 
published,  and  the  reading  of  it  most  be 
stimulative  to  the  mind  and  heart  of 
everyone  who  will  go  through  it.  Gar- 
field was  a  worthy  subject,  and  Thayer 
is  a  worthy  biographer. 


VOnCBB  OF  BOOKS. 


439 


Anecdotal  UhatratumM  of  the  Oospel 
aecording  to  St.  Mark.  Founded  on 
a  collection  made  bj  J.  L.  Nje. 
Bemrose  and  Sons. 

A  SBRTicEABiJi  coUection  of  anecdotes 
placed  nnder  texts  in  Mark  which  the j 
illnatrate  more  or  less  effectivelj.  We 
suppoae  the  price  to  be  about  a  shilllDg, 
and,  if  so,  it  will  prove  a  good  inyest- 
ment.  The  further  the  idea  on  which 
this  book  is  constructed  is  carried  out 
the  better.  We  advise  our  readers  to 
buy  the  little  book,  and  judge  for  them- 
selves. 

Joan  of  Arc.  <*  The  Maid:'  By  Jaxbt 
TucxST.    Marcus  Ward  and  Co. 

Fins  change  for  half-a-crown.  Get  it. 
Beading  tms  sketch  for  our  reader's 
sake  that  we  might  give  them  some  idea 
of  its  value,  we  were  carried  away  by 
the  s^le  and  taken  up  with  the  compact 
material,  and  found  ourselves  reading 
for  our  own  delight.  This  is  as  it 
should  be.  ''The  Maid**  has  anew 
excited  our  wonder  and  increased  our 
admiration.  What  savages  those  English 
must  have  been  to  have  burned  her, 
when  her  only  witchcraft  was  her 
patriotism  and  her  faith  in  God.  Had 
they  worshipped  her,  one  might  not  so 
much  have  marvelled ;  but  to  bum  the 
pure  heroine  was  a  crime  against  which 
all  the  ages  must  protest.  Tne  more 
historic  reading  our  voung  people  will 
allow  themselves  the  better :  this  might 
well  supply  with  healthy  nutriment  a 
craving  wluch  is  usually  drenched  with 
foolish  or  even  wicked  novels. 

EartKs  Diamonds ;  or.  Coal,  its  Format 
tion  and  Value.  With  a  Plea  for  the 
Miner.  By  Hbnrt  H.  Bocbn.  S. 
W.  Partridge  and  Go. 

A  THOBOUGHLT  instructive  book  upon 
the  fuel  which  the  Liord  has  stored 
away  in  the  cellars  of  the  earth  for  his 
favoured  creature  man.  Here  we  may 
see  the  history  of  coal-formation  and 
coal-extraction,  and  read  terrible  stories 
of  explosions,  and  breakings  in  of  water. 
A  hard  and  dangerous  hfe  is  that  of  the 
collier,  and  happy  is  it  for  him  when  he 
knows  how  to  enlighten  the  darkness  of 
the  pit  with  the  Ismp  of  salvation.  This 
coal-book  is  full  of  *'  the  best  nuts  ** ;  its 
contents  are  well  screened,  and  consist 
of  ^'beat  coals  only.**    Young  people 


should  be  sure  to  read  it,  and,  it  will 
make  them  thankful  that  they  are  not 
diggers  of  blsck  diamonds. 

Jfy  Nellie's  Story.  The  Castle  in 
Trust.  Murray  Ballantine^  Little 
Teachers.  Saved  in  the  Wrech. 
National  Temperance  Publication 
Depot,  387,  Strand. 

Lr  the  June  number  of  the  magazine  we 
said  that  the  above  little  books  were, 
like  the  famous  pure  tea,  *'  always  good 
alike**;  but  we  unfortunately  made  a 
mistake  as  to  the  publisher's  names,  and 
therefore  mention  them  again. 

Stephen  Mainwaring's  Wooing:  with 
other  fireside  tales.  ^'Home  Words  ** 
publishing  office. 

Touching,  tender,  taking  stories,  having 
in  every  case  an  important  truth  to 
teach,  and  teaching  it  in  a  most  at- 
tractive way.  Fiction  is  always  in  its 
best  garb  when  arrayed  as  the  hand- 
maid of  virtue  and  godliness.  The  print- 
ing and  general  get-up  deserve  a  trord 
of  praise  too. 

One  Dozen  Copies  of  Friendly  Letters. 
By  Miss  Skimnbb.  Assorted  Packets 
A  and  B.  Jarrold  and  Sons. 
The  writer  of  these  ''friendly  letters  ** 
has  set  herself  the  task  of  giving  a 
cheery  Christian  word  to  cabmen, 
policemen,  publicans,  railway  porters, 
etc.,  etc.,  etc.,  in  a  form  which,  we 
think,  will  be  attractive  and  useful. 
The  notes  are  not  too  long  and  prosy  ; 
and  the  godliness  is  not  ostentatiously 
exhibited.  They  would  do  capitally  for 
enclosure  in  letters  or  for  discriminate 
personal  distribution. 

My  First  ClasSy  and  other  Stories.  By 
KuTH  Elliott.  Wesleyan  Confer- 
ence Office. 

Stories  of  godly  purpose,  told  with 
considerable  power  of  description  and 
pathos :  sure  to  do  good,  where  perhaps 
severer  reading  would  not  find  an  en- 
trance. 

Arthur  Hunter^  with  other  Tales.  By 
Mrs.  CaowB.  Wesleyan  Conference 
Office. 
Stobibs  having  for  their  main  teaching 
the  truth  that  ^'honesty  is  the  best 
policy.**  Suitable  for  the  boys  of  the 
family,  and  for  the  Sunday-school 
library. 


440 


KOnOES  OF  BCXKBS. 


A  Homileticai  Commentary  on  the  Book 
of  Proverbs,  By  the  Rev.  W.  Uabbu. 
R.  D.  Dickinson. 

The  extracts  from  other  authors  are 
Taluable,  but  the  homileticai  outlines 
appear  to  us  to  be  the  weakest  inven- 
tions we  have  jet  seen.  We  hope  that 
no  one  will  ti^  to  make  a  sermon  out 
of  some  of  these  outlines,  for  that 
would  be  deliberate  folly  ;  for  even  the 
best  are  thin  and  watery  to  the  last 
degree.  This  big  book  will  bitterly 
disappoint  the  purchaser ;  he  had  far 
better  spend  his  money  on  Bridges  or 
Lawson.  We  are  sorry  that  Mr.  Dickin- 
son has  introduced  such  a  volume  into 
his  series,  for  it  is  not  up  to  the  mark 
at  all. 

A  Homileticai  Commentary  on  the  Book 
of  Daniel  By  T.  Robikson,  D.D. 
Richard  D.  Dickinson. 

Daxiel  is  a  difficult  book  to  handle, 
e8T)ecially  by  one  who  treats  it  homileti- 
cally,  for  only  in  measure  does  it  lend 
itself  to  the  maker  of  sermons.  Mr. 
Robinson  b  one  of  the  ablest  of  the  con- 
tributors to  this  series  of  commentaries, 
and  as  we  have  so  little  upon  the  Old 
Testament  John,  we  are  glad  of  such  a 
valuable  increase  to  our  expository 
helps.  There  is  still  room  for  a  good 
Daniel  book.  Dr.  Pusey  as  yet  leads 
the  van. 

The  Patriarchs :  their  Lives  and  Lessons. 
By  FxBous  FxaousoN,  MA.,  D.D. 
Hiunilton,  Adams,  and  Go. 

Contains  many  fresh  thoughts  popularly 
expressed.  We  know  of  more  senten- 
tious and  profound  works,  but  yet  the 
general  run  of  readers  will  find  here  a 
large  amount  of  solid  instruction  and 
devout  suggestion.  We  like  Dr.  Fer- 
guson far  better  in  his  expository  mood 
than  as  a  controversialist.  A  wide- 
awake theologian  reading  this  volume 
mi^ht  guess  at  the  peculiar  views  of  the 
writer;  but  they  are  not  obtruded  in 
season  and  out  of  season,  as  is  the  case 
with  zealots  whose  crotchets  are  their 
only  possessionB.  A  sensitive  mind 
might  demur  to  certain  expressions,  but, 
knowing  the  writer  to  be  what  he 
is,  it  is  more  sensible  to  gather  the 
good  into  vessels,  and  throw  the  bad 
away ;  of  the  good  there  is  good  store, 
and  he  who  is  not  instructed  must  be 


marvellously  wise,  or  very  much  the 
opposite.  We  are  glad  to  poesees  the 
original  thought  of  such  a  man  as  Dr. 
Ferguson. 

A  Pictorial  Commentary  on  the  Oospel 
according  to  Mark.  With  the  text  of 
the  Authorised  and  Revised  Versions. 
Edited  by  Rev.  Edwin  W.  Rigb. 
Philadelphia:  American  Sunday  School 
Union. 

Bsixr  notes  which  will  be  found  pnc- 
tically  useful  to  Sunday-school  teachers 
and  others  who  have  not  much  time  to 
give,  and  need  much  information  in  a 
short  space.  The  engravings  are  nu- 
merous, and  much  to  the  point,  but  they 
should  have  been  better  executed. 

The  Remseri  English,  By  6.  W. 
Moon,  F.R.S.L.    Hatchards. 

The  author  of  these  letters  is  the  well- 
known  critic  of  Dean  Alford  and  his 
"  Queen*s  English,*'  and  this  little  book 
is  a  reprint  of  correspondence  in  '*  Public 
Opinion  **  at  tiie  time  when  the  Revised 
Version  had  just  been  printed.  The 
manner  is  very  severe  and  caustic,  and 
many  of  the  criticisms  fair;  but  there 
is  a  tendency  to  be  hypercritical,  which 
spoils  Mr.  Moon*B  judicial  faculty,  and 
adds  a  tone  of  bitterness  to  the  con- 
troversy. He  seems  to  see  evil,  and  onlv 
evil,  in  the  Revised  Version,  at  which 
he  runs  atilt  all  the  way  through  these 
letters.  There  are  many  arguments  in 
favour  of  the  older  Version  as  against  the 
Revised,  and  specially  upon  the  point 
of  its  English ;  but  Mr.  Moon  spoils  his 
case  with  extravagance  of  blame.  We 
love  the  dear  old  Book  in  its  old  in- 
imitable beauty,  but  we  do  not  care 
for  this  narrow  and  scathing  champion- 
ship. The  best  part  of  the  volume  h 
the  group  of  photographs  of  the  re- 
visers. 

The   Christian    Garland.     A   popular 

Exposition.     By  Rev.  T.  H.  G.  liO.- 

UNGSTON,   M.A.      Religious   Tract 

Society. 

Just  what  it  professes  to  be.  A  popular 

exposition  of  reter*s  garland  of  virtaea 

in  his  second  epistle.    Mr.  LtUingpton 

is  true  to  the  fundamental  doctrineB  of 

Christianity,  ^vin^  no  uncertaiB  sound, 

and  withal  writing  in  a  sparkling,  wanii« 

hearted  style  which  compels  attention 

and  profit.    His  book  must  do  good. 


HOmon  OF  BOOKB. 


441 


BbUkt  B€b§9  far  Working  People.    Bj 

W1I.UAM    GAmDBN     nLkCKJBf    D.D., 

LLkD.    New  edition,  revised  and  en- 
larged.   Religiona  IVact  Sociefy. 

This  is  an  old  favourite.  It  has  had 
already  a  fine  ran,  and  now  that  the 
Reli^oos  Tract  Society  has  adopted  it, 
it  is  likely  to  have  a  new  career  of  usefal- 
ness,  and  to  be  found  among  living  books 
manj  dajs  hence.  The  secularist  wins 
his  waj  by  declaring  that  reli^on  has 
no  reference  to  this  present  life ;  this 
book  disproves  the  calumny. 

SindieM  in  the  Acts  of  the  ApoeUee.  By 
theRev.J.OTHBBTLAN  JoNBs.  Seooud 
Edition.    Hamilton,  Adams  and  Co. 

Mr.  Cihdxbblla  Johxs — is  that  his 
name? — is  a  warm,  sparkling  Welsh 
preacher.  These  sermons  upon  the 
Acts  are  worthy  of  a  great  Association 
meeting  among  the  mountains  in  the 
days  of  Ghxiatmas  Evans.  They  are 
mih  and  lively;  thoughtful  and  fiery; 
just  the  sort  to  hold  a  congregation 
spell-bound.  We  do  not  mean  that 
tnere  is  anything  rough  or  off-hand  in 
Mr,  Jones*s  discourses,  for  they  exhibit 
a  good  deal  of  finish  and  elegance ;  but 
they  are  not  overdone  in  that  direction, 
so  as  to  die  of  diffnity.  We  are  glad  to 
see  the  more  striking  points  of  a  book 
of  Scripture  set  forth  in  this  fashion  by 
a  great  preacher;  for  thus  our  lights  of 
exposition  are  increased,  and  the  Word 
is  better  understood.  Much  more  might 
be  done  in  ibis  direction  to  the  gain  of 
the  Church.  We  are  not  at  all  surprised 
that  these  *' Studies*'  have  reached  a 
second  edition^  they  belong  to  an  order 
of  books  which  will  always  command  a 
sale  as  long  as  Scriptural  exposition  is 
valued,  and  that  will  be  the  case  so  long 
as  spiritual  men  are  left  among  us. 

The  Truth  of  the  Christian  Religion  aa 
established  hy  the  Miracles  of  Christ, 
By  Ram  Chandba  Boss.  Keligious 
Tract  Society. 

Amongst  the  many  books  on  Christian 
evidences  and  the  truth  as  to  miracles 
this  one  is  clearly  entitled  to  take  a 
prominent  place.  The  separate  chap- 
ters appear  to  have  been  delivered  as 
lectwes,  and  whilst  they  are  philo- 
sophical in  form^  are  popular  in  manner 
of  treatment.  We  feel  deeply  grateful 
to  €N>d  that  such  a  man  as  the  author 


should  have  been  raised  up  out  of 
heathenism  to  spread  the  light  of  the 
ffospel  amongst  nis  fellow-countrymen. 
Wherever  the  infidel  theories  of  Kenan 
and  Strauss  have  been  scattered,  this 
book  will  act  as  the  antidote,  and  the 
hiffher  strata  of  Oriental  thinkers  be 
helped  thereby;  whilst  for  English 
teachers  and  preachers  the  volume  will 
not  be  without  value.  The  Tract 
Society  never  does  better  work  than 
in  making  such  books  procurable  by  the 
mass  of  we  people. 

Studies  in  the  Life  of  Christ,  By  Rev. 
A.  M.  FAntBAiBN,  D.D.  Second 
Edition.    Uodder  and  Stoughton. 

Amidst  all  the  varied  treatments  of  the 
Life  of  Christ  with  which  we  are  favoured 
to-day,  there  was  a  distinct  place  for 
such  a  work  as  this,  and  it  has  been 
filled  afler  such  a  fashion  that  the  book 
will  live.  We  do  not  accept  every 
opinion  of  the  writer — notably  the  hint 
as  to  Judas*  destiny — ^yet  gladly  confess 
that  Dr.  Fairbaim  combines  qualities  of 
mind  and  heart  seldom  found  in  the 
same  writer,  but  absolutely  needful  for 
a  complete  expositor  of  Christ.  In  this 
volume  there  is  a  broad  philosophy,  a 
wide  grasp  of  historical  forces  and  in- 
fluences, together  with  a  keen  eye  for 
every  dramatic  detail  and  touch  of 
beauty. 

The  piety,  too,  which  is  the  power  to 
see  and  the  power  to  interpret  the  love- 
liness of  Christ,  is  here  manifest  in  every 
page,  whilst  there  is  an  unusual  power 
of  goins  back  along  the  line  of  history 
ana  givmg  vividness  to  every  incident. 
Students  and  preachers  will  revel  in  the 
book,  which  we  are  glad  to  see  is  in  its 
second  edition:  but  a  cheaper  edition 
at  about  half  the  present  price — nine 
shillings — would  be  a  boon  to  readers 
and  a  profit  to  publishers. 

Self  Surrender:  A  second  series  of 
Consecrated  Women,  By  Mart 
Pbtob  Hack.  Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

A  gracious  book,  consisting  of  brief 
sketches  of  eleven  holy  women,  among 
whom  are  Anne  Askew,  Isabel  Brown, 
and  Anne  Maurice.  We  summarized 
the  touching  story  of  the  wife  of  cove- 
nanting John  Brown,  of  Ayrshire,  in 
the  magazine  of  last  month.  The  article 
on  **Anne  Askew,*'  in  this  month's  maga- 
zine, is  also  extracted  from  this  book. 


442 


HOnon  or  booeb. 


Fhj/tiologieal  FallacUi.     Tint  Series. 

WilliuiiB  and  Noi^te. 
Otb  heart  bleeds,  tad  our  uiiil  writhe* 
ia  horror  u  we  read  deHcriptioni  of  the 
unutterable  cruelties  practUed  upon 
»umalB,ODtbjihe  old-fashioned  demons 
of  the  olden  times,  but  by  cducstrd 
mortals  in  black  coats.  And  now  to 
think  that  all  this  hideous  buBiDeaa 
should  be  proved  to  be  useless  I  All 
tbu  cutting  and  torturing  to  ro  for 
nothing  I  O  Lord,  how  long  f  We 
ahall  have  a  round  of  letters  from  doc- 
tors, but  we  cannot  help  it.  If  ever  we 
go  mad  it  will  BSiuredi;  be  through 
reading  such  papers  as  come  from  uc 
pens  of  certain  M.D.'s  who  dare  to 
watch  the  ssonies  of  rabbits,  dogs,  and 
other  animus.  Csn  it  be?  Is  it  not 
all  a  dream?  Did  men  who  had 
mothers  and  wives  perpetrste  these 
accursed  deeds  f  The  nature  of  the 
book  before  us  may  be  judged  bf  two 
paragrsphi  from  the  prefsce: — 

**  We  believe  in  God, — in  his  justice, 
his  mercj,  his  love.  We  do  not  believe 
that  he  so  made  this  world  of  bis  that 
aught  but  utmost  ill  can  come  to  man, 
his  noblest  work — to  man,  made  in  bis 
image,  bound  to  his  service  and  train- 
ing for  his  presence — b;  deliberate 
breach  of  his  divinest  laws.  In  this 
&ith  we  have  grappled  boldly  with  the 
selfish  plea  of  good  to  be  gained  for 
man  by  self-seeking  crueltj  to  the 
belplesi  creatures  God  has  committed 
to  his  power.  And  it  has  crumbled  in 
our  bands.  We  have  met  the  sutentist 
on  his  own  chosen  ground  of  science. 
We  answer  him  in  bia  own  tongue. 
Point  by  point  we  prove  his  assertions 
to  be  false,  his  conclusions  fraught,  not 
with  good  to  man,  but  with  error,  and 
loss,  and  hurt.  We  challenge  a  reply." 
Blue  Ribbon  Army   Card*.      By  Wm. 

Noble.    Hoxiou  Hall. 
The  Blut  RtbboB  Movement :  a  Sermon 

by  Uev.  John  Oatkb.     Northampton. 

One  penny. 
Seven   Reanont  for  Wearing  the   Blue 

Ribbon.    By  Bev.  F.  B.  Ustbb,  B.A. 

Leicester. 
Tbis  is  the  beat  tempenuice  movement 
that  has  as  yet  been  inaugurated.  We 
gladly  join  it,  because  the  gospel  is 
set  in  the  forefront,  and  temperance 
lakes  it*  proper  place.    Friends  must 


General"  Wil- 
liam Booth.  There  is  no  imitation  ol  u 
army,  and  no  organization  about  the  BIm 
Ribbon,  or  gospel  temperance  mov^ 
ment;  indeed,  Mr.  B.  T.  Booth  new 
use*  the  term  "  army  "  at  all.  He  in- 
fers the  title  "Gfospel  Temperance 
Union."  and  so  do  we.  We  have  bd 
enougn  of  the  blood-atained  wonb 
"army,"  "ceneral,"  " captain,"  and  « 
forth.  If  there  had  been  a  beuefidi] 
influence  in  their  use  our  Lord  wobU 
have  made  his  servants  majors  sal 
lieutenants;  he  did  not  so,  but  seomed 
to  dress  his  apostles  and  eraogelisti  io 
the  tawdry  honour*  of  a   murdona 

The  sermon  by  Ur.  Oatea  i*  a  nnal] 
afiair,  but  it  is  allogether  on  the  ri^ 


for 


"1.    lFearlAtbla*riiion,it  itttauiifd 

tiitblem  of  a  nobU  cantc Who  cSS 

doubt  that  thatcaose  ia  dear  to  Christ wtdd 
IbuIb  many  to  deny  themselves  that  it  asf 
bo  esusr  tor  their  tempted  brotbon  ssa 
Bisters  to  give  up  thatwhich  ia  ruining  tkM 
both  body  and  soul  F 

'•2.  Wear  Ikt  bint  rMoH,  it  (MMtt  * 
mill.  It  is  of  the  utmost  importancis  tbst  s 
man  ahould  be  committed  to  a  good  essss 
from  the  Terv  outaot. 

"3.  Iftart/ieblueribiaHiltemmetBi 
reMiiiittr.  Some  badge  of  this  kind  vai 
worn  by  the  Jews  to  remind  than  of  ttsil 
obliffatjoos. 

"1.  rCear  t\e  Him  ribbOH,  it  uanlkii 
It  shieldg  a  man  from  templatiaii;  for  is 
men,  whodoerve*  thenameof  man,waBU 
ask  another  to  drink  who  worn  the  bins.  .  - 

"  5.  fr«ir  t/u  tiM  TMom,  it  ■/ersltM* 
opportunitia  for  advtxating  lotai  niitijKiNb 

"  e.  Wiar  l/u  blM  rib&m,  it  u  *  ii>»d^ 
fritndtbip, 

'•  7.  IFiir  the  biiu  riitmi,  U  Mf  I*  wb 
a  tlreng  public  ttntimtnt." 

How  thall  1  go  to  God  t     And  olhs 

Readings.  By  H.  Bonu,  DJ). 
An  excellent  book  to  put  into  the  haodi 
of  those  who  are  anziooa  and  enquiriif 
after  salvation.  The  special  di^ralM 
of  seeker*  are  here  met,  and  tha  stosyaf 
God's  love  and  Uhrist's  saerifisial  |m*k 
fuUy  set  forth.  It  cannot  ful  M  da 
goodMTTice. 


HOTIOSB  OF  BOOKS. 


443 


The  Three  Scholars^  and  other  Poems, 
Bj  the  Rer.  Chaklbs  Millbb. 
Edinburgh :  Andrew  Elliot 

Finx  poedc  expressions,  indicative  of 
wealth  of  thought,  are  scattered  all 
through  this  tasteful  Tolume.  The 
author  ia  no  Poet  Close,  no  rhymer  of 
platitudes :  the  fire  of  the  poet  burns 
within  his  soul  with  pure  and  lambent 
flame.  The  poesy  is  marred  bj  occa- 
sional poor  and  inappropriate  symbols 
and  figures,  else  would  Mr.  Miller  take 
a  foremost  place  among  the  singers  of 
the  century.  As  it  is,  he  is  no  mean 
moaician.  He  speaks  of  a  lark  which 
has  soared  aloft 


''A  twinkling  mote  that  higher  still  doth 
move, 
As  if  to  charm  mankind  to  happier  worlds 
above." 

He  tells  of  winter  '^grasping  the  brook- 
let's throat,"  and  of  "  turbaned  hills 
that  chill  the  vales,"  and  says,  '*the 
heavens  are  huge  with  hills  of  mimic 
snow."  These  and  hundreds  of  other 
pasMiges  are  words  of  a  master  of  song. 
We  marvel  not  that  Chamberif  Journal 
has  opened  its  pages  to  verses  of  such 
merit.  Our  onlv  regret  is  that  the 
singer  has  passed  his  threescore  and 
ten,  and  therefore  has  scant  time  to 
charm  ua  with  new  canticles  or  to  per- 
fect those  which  he  has  given  us.  How 
Boon  shall  we  all  hear  the  voice  of  the 
end! 

'*  Let  us,  then,  in  grace  advancing, 
Steer  our  vessels  in  the  sun, 
And,  with  prows  in  splendour  glancing, 
Into  heaven's  haven  run.** 

The  Religioue  Topography  of  England, 
BySu  K.  Pattison.  Religious  Tract 
Society. 

Wht  has  not  this  been  done  before? 
Here  we  have  a  sort  of  *'  Holy  Gazetteer." 
Places  are  mentioned  alphabetically,  and 
those  incidents  mentioned  which  give 
them  a  religious  history.  This  makes  a 
most  interesting  volume,  which  we  be- 
lieve will  commaod  a  sale  for  many  years 
to  come.  It  is  only  half-a-crown,  and 
leaves  room  for  a  larger  work,  which 
should  be  arranged  in  me  same  fashion. 
As  specimens  of  the  details  of  this 
^Topography"  we  give  Barhing  and 
BaeingBloke  :— 

'*Babking,  Essex. — In  1556,  an  aged 
Ukd  crippled  man,  Hugh  Laverock,  a 


painter,  and  a  blind  man,  Richard  Ap 
Pt'ice,  for  denying  the  doctrine  of  the 
real  presence,  were  arraigned  before 
Bonner,  and,  manifesting  the  courage  of 
their  convictions,  were  condemaed  bv 
him,  and  taken  in  a  cart  to  Stratford- 
le-Bow,  and  there  burnt  to  death.  Foxe 
relates  that  Laverock,  after  he  was 
chained  to  the  stake,  cast  away  his 
crutch,  saying  to  Price,  'Be  of  good 
comfort,  my  brother,  for  my  Lora  of 
London  is  our  good  physician.  He  will 
heal  us  both  shortly,  thee  of  thy  blind- 
ness and  me  of  my  lameness.* 

*'  Basingstoke,  Hampshire. — Early 
in  the  present  century,  Dr.  Marsh,  curate 
at  Reading,  was  requested  by  a  curate 
at  this  place  to  visit  him  and  preach. 
He  went,  but  the  rector  prohibited  the 
young  evaoselical  irom  preaching  in  his 
church.  He  acquiesced,  but  a  message 
came  from  a  clergvman  in  the  suburbs, 
asking  him  to  supply  his  place  on  account 
of  illness.  He  went,  and  in  his  sermon 
made  the  ofier  of  Christ's  salvation  to 
the  wickedest  man  in  the  church.  A 
notoriously  wicked  fellow,  called  *  Swear- 
ing Tom,*  was  converted  under  the  ser- 
mon, though  Dr.  Marsh  only  knew  of  it 
thirty  years  afterwards,  on  his  preachingr 
again  in  the  town.  The  sinner  had 
then  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  been  a 
most  useful  sick  visitor  and  helper  in 
the  good  cause.  He  lived  and  died  con- 
sistently; where  sin  abounded,  grace 
did  much  more  abound." 

Arhite    Worship,      By  Rev.  R.  Bal- 
oabnib.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

These  papers  are  a  reproduction  in  the 
main  of  the  views  set  forth  by  Mr.  Bal- 
garnie  in  the  pages  of  the  Expositor 
upon  the  age  of  the  patriarchs;  the 
occasion  of  the  writing  of  the  twenty- 
third  Psalm  ;  the  universality  of  the 
religion  committed  to  the  Jews,  and  the 
meaning  of  the  expression,  ^  After  the 
order  of  Melchizedek."  Ingenious 
theory-spinning  is  the  substance  of  this 
book ;  and  whilst  one  is  compelled  to 
marvel  at  the  power  of  the  magician,  we 
oannot  help  asking,  "Of  what  use  is  it  P  ** 
It  is  too  elaborate  and  complicated  to  be 
read  by  any  other  than  Bible  students, 
and  these  it  would,  in  our  judgment, 
unsettle  rather  than  strengthen  in  their 
fiuth  in  the  Bible. 


444 


VOTBSL 


Vidor  Emmanuel.    Bj  Edwabd  Dicxt, 
M.A.    Marcus  Ward  and  Co. 

This  is  a  complete  and  saccinct  life  of 
'*  the  kiog,  honest  man,"  to  whom  Italy 
owes  so  much.  Our  author  is  inlpartial, 
and  does  not]  conceal  the  monarch's 
grave  faults,  but  he  does  not  harp  upon 
these  as  those  do  who  are  enemies,  and 
therefore  wish  to  conceal  his  public 
merits  behind  his  personal  trans- 
gressions. He  was  a  faithful  con- 
stitutional monarch,  and  politically  a 
worthy  example  to  all  whose  trade  it 
is  to  be  kinffs.  How  much  we  wish  that 
he  had  subdued  his  passions  as  he  con- 

?[uered  his  lesser  foes  !  We  mourn  that 
talj  should  be  saved  and  that  her 
fallant  monarch  should  be  self-enslaved. 
L  second  time  we  commend  this  '*  New- 
Plutarch  Series  **  of  lives.    Not  only  are 


the  volomes  eheap  as  mere  ormter'a 
wares,  but  thej  are  thorougUj  good 
from  a  literary  point  of  view. 

HoMkin's  lUustrated  Handbook  'and 
TottHsfs  Oidde  to  the  Isle  of  WighL 
With  Map.    Partridge  and  Go. 

This  is  a  useful  little  guide-book,  bat  it 
might  easily  have  been  made  much 
better  than  it  is.  The  compositioa^  is 
very  imperfect,  many  sentences  are  in- 
complete, and  the  printing  is  ezoeed- 
ingly  incorrect  It  these  matten  are 
attended  to  in  a  future  edition  of  the 
book,  visitors  to  the  Isle  of  Wight  will 
find  that  it  is  worth  all  that  it  coata.  It 
can  be  obtained ^post  free,  for  seven 
stamps,  of  Mr.  Moskin,  98,  Tumei'a- 
road,  Bow,  £. 


$0tl8. 


Fbxbnds  will  please  to  notioe  that  we  have 
dght  pages  extra  this  month  for  accounts. 
When  we  occapy  so  much  space  with  the 
record  of  donations,  we  do  not  deprive  our 
subscribers  of  their  reading-matter.  Our 
aim  is  to  keep  the  Magazine  thoroughly  in- 
teresting. Will  those  who  think  we  succeed 
give  us  a  little  help  by  obtaining  new  sub- 
scribezBforus? 

We  thought  that  friends  might  like  to  see 
the  pattern  of  tiie  keys  which  were  pre- 
sented at  the  opening  of  the  Infirmary  and 
the  Play-hall  of  tne  Girls'  Orphanage. 
Silver  trowels  have  been  siven  in  hundreds 
of  cases,  and  this  is  a  little  variation  upon 
a  well-worn  custom. 

The  prayer-meeting  held  before  the  Lec- 
ture on  ThursdBjpi  to  pray  for  the  Pastor 
evidently  grows  m  favour  with  the  people. 
Tt  is  a  season  of  refreshing  both  to  preacher 
and  hearers.  Would  it  not  be  well  for  other 
diurches  to  try  this  method,  and  spend  an 
hour  before  service  in  praying  for  the  divine 
blessing  to  rest  upon  the  preaching  of  the 
word?  Anything  which  tends  to  mcrease 
the  prayerf  ulness  of  the  church  should  be 
regarded  with  favour. 

On  Sunday f  June  18,  the  beloved  pre- 
sident of  one  of  the  If  etropolitan  Taber- 
nacle Adult  Male  Bible-dasses,  Elder  W. 
Perkins,  fell  asleep  in  Jesus.  Although 
called  away  from  the  work  he  so  much 
loTedjhis  influence  will  long  be  felt  bv  those 
whom  he  either  led  to  the  &viour,  or  nelped 
onwards  in  their  Christian  life.  His  life  and 
death  preach  a  powerful  sermon  to  us  aU. 


We  saw  him  covered  from  head  to  foot  with 
sore  boils,  and  exhibiting  in  his  own  peiaon 
both  the  patience  and  the  suffering  A  Job. 
He  lived  well,  and  died  well.  Such  men  as 
he  are  few,  and  their  deaths  are  predoua. 
By  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  memhars, 
and  with  the  Pastor's  hearty  aoquiesoanoe. 
Elder  J.  T.  Dunn  has  accepted  the  post  of 
leader  of  the  class,  and  under  bis  ab^ 
management  we  anticipate  a  new  career  of 
usefumess  for  the  earnest  body  of  young 
men  who  are  here  banded  together  for 
mutual  edification.  During  the  past  month 
we  have  received  from  the  class  £23  for  the 
College,  and  £30  for  our  Indian  Evan- 
gelists' Fund* 

On  Monday  wening^  June  26,  at  the 
Tabemade  prayer-meeting,  Mr.  J.  S.  Har- 
rison, one  of  the  two  students  who  want 
out  to  Australia  with  our  son  Thomaa,  gave 
an  account  of  his  work  as  the  first  pastor 
of  the  chnrdi  at  Deloraine,  Tasmania,  and 
afterwards  as  an  evangelist  in  the  oolonies. 
His  report  of  the  various  CoUm  brethren 
whom  he  had  visited  was  very  cheering,  but 
he  most  of  all  delighted  na  with  his  recital 
of  the  suooees  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Clarke  at  West 
Melbourne,  and  our  son  Thomaa  at  Auck- 
land. He  was  able  to  bear  personal  taiti* 
mony  to  the  urgent  need  of  a  new  du^iel 
for  the  large  congregation  already  gathered 
in  Auckland. 

This  is  perhaps  the  best  place  in  which  to 
insert  an  extract  from  a  recent  letter  from 
our  son  to  his  mother.  Writing  oonoeming 
the  Bazaar,  which  is  to  be  held  at  Christmas 
time,  in  aid  of  the  building  fund  of  the  new 
Auckland  Tabemade,  he  says: — '*  We  shall 


hftT*  a  ftmggle  to  maka  tlie  nls  much  of  & 
moMH ;  but  ■  mceeu  it  muit  ba,  k>  dow  for 
the  itiunrle.  I  un  goiii^  in  for  the  Tonng 
Hen's  Stall,  and  woadei  if  ulj  of  mjr  eaget 
SiBBTtt  and  Trolcfl  i««d«i*  will  find  it  In 


Ihair  luaita  to  help  ma.  A  cms  from  the 
home  Tabernacle  ironld  ba  waloome  f  ot  the 
BMW  Tabeniacle.  If  7011  ahonld  hau  of 
r  mcb  deairaa,  give  my  addresi.  I 
11  (IKII7  pa;  caniaga  and  dotr  bw  mob 


any   i 
wiU(] 


good  good 
I  hudly  ( 


When  I  mile  Oiis,  mind  ;on, 

If  expect  anything  of  the  loii,  bnt 
there  ia  no  harm  in  laggeating  poadbiUtiaa, 

A  caw  vill  be  lent  from  the  Tabemade, 
■o  that  an;  friends  wbo  i*i>h  to  help  will 
hare  an  opportunity  of  doing  so.  Faicela 
ahoold  be  aent  on  ai  apeedil;  aa  poaaibls,  and 
addreosed  to  Ui*.  Etoiu,  Metnqtolitan 
Tabernacle,  Newin^^ton,  Lmidon,  tor  Mr. 
Thomaa  Sporgeon'i  Bazaar.  MonoTer,  it 
would  ba  pecuUailr  pleaaant  to  the  father  if 
many  frienda  would  rally  to  the  help  of  the 
•00.  OoT  readera  muat  hare  bean  ints- 
reated  by  tbepapers  which  have  baen  eon- 
bibntad  by  Thomaa  Spnrgeon,  and  aa  he 
ha*  now  a  needful  bnt  heavy  work  in  band, 
we  should  be  glad  to  >ee  him  largely  he^ped. 
He  haa  taken  up  his  position  in  a  meet 
important  put  of  New  Zealand  ;  it  ia  im- 
portant that  a  good  church  shoald  be  built 
ap  there,  and  to  that  end  the  people  muit 
have  a  honae  to  meet  in.  Help  out  bod  Iot 
his  own  sake,  for  he  is  worthy,  and  for  our 
aake^  if  that  argument  will  weigh  with  you. 
A  balzaar  in  Auckland  is  all  very  well,  bnt 
it  would  be  far  better  to  send  money  than 
goods.      Combina    the   two,   and  tu  boat 


On  Mondturremng,  July  3,  a  meeting  of 
the  ladiea  of  the  church  and  oangmgafion 
waa  held  in  the  Lecture  HaU,  for  the  par- 
poaa  of  foiroing  ■  Tabernacle  Aunliary  fOr 
Zanana  MiMionWork.  Paitor  C,  H.  Spur- 
geon  presided  at  the  meatins,  and  ^tar  a 
Brief  »"-        -"   •         ^«      - 


Zananaa  and  aohoola.  ICre.  Bouse  pleaded 
with  great  patfaoa  and  eamaatneaa  the  claims 
of  the  work.  Hn.  AUiaon  responded  to  the 
pastor'*  request  to  state  the  at«pawludi  had 
led  to  the  praaant  movement.  It-was  fro- 
pooed  that  the  sum  of  at  least  £120  abonld 
be  raised  antmally  at  the  Tabernacle  for  the 
support  of  a  Pemala  Missionary,  who  should 

S TO  all  her  time  to  the  work.  Ur.  W. 
Inaj  and  Ur.  Allison  alio  explained  tho 
plans  of  the  friends  who  bod  interested 
themselves  in  the  matter,  and  a  list  of  aub- 
aoiiptiDns  waa  read,  wbidk  waa  coniideiably 
extended  at  the  doae  of  the  meeting.  Mn. 
C.  H.  Bpurgeon  has  consented  to  act  as 
Prendsnt,  Mn.  Allison  as  Treaauiv,  and 
Mia.  Chorlea  Murrell  aa  Secrstarv,  to  the 
committee  about  to  be  formed,  llie  Pastor 
is  delighled  to  see  this  new  vessel  lannched 
under  anch  favourable  circumstancea. 

At  the  prayer-meeting  in  the  Tabemaola, 
the  same  evening,  a  puty  of  mjsaionariaa 
from  the  China  luand  Mission  attended,  and 
asked  for  tbe  praycn  of  the  church  on  tJieir 
work.  AmoBg  them  waa  one  of  our 
tonner  studei^  Dr.  E.  H.  GdwordL  who 
has  been  trained  at  the  Edinbntgh  MedioaJ 


446 


N0TX8. 


CocuoB.— Mr.  T.  I.  StocUey  has  ao- 
oepted  the  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Port 
Mahon,  ShcoBleld,  and  the  following  brethren 
have  remoTed :— Mr.  W.  Bonser,  mm  Burs- 
l«m,  to  Fenton,  Staffs.,  where  we  hope  to 
bnild  op  a  Baptist  canae;  Mr.  W.  QlanviUe, 
from  Sgremont,  to  Newport,  Isle  of  Wight ; 
Mr.  G.  Gknom,  from  Kilbam,  to  Soham, 
Cambs. ;  Mr.  Q.  B.  Bichardaon,  from  Charl- 
bnrj,  to  Eynsf ord ;  and  Mr.  Albert  Smith, 
late  of  Edier.  to  West  Drayton. 

Mr.  8.  A.  Byke  has  resiemed  his  pastorate 
in  Toronto,  in  order  to  Moome  Business 
Manager  of  the  Canadimn  Baptitt  and  book- 
Toom* 

One  of  onr  medical  misslonazy  stndents, 
Mr.  E.  H.  Edwards,  B.M.,  has  been  ac- 
cepted br  the  China  Inland  Mission,  and 
has  sailea  for  China. 

On  Tue9day^  July  18^  the  President 
preached  an  <^pen-air  sermon  in  connection 
with  the  laying  of  the  foundation  stone  of  a 
new  6hapel  at  Homchurch,  where  Mr.  £. 
J>j9K  is  labouring  with  much  success. 
About  half  the  amount  needed  for  the 
bnildinff  is  already  in  hand,  and  £100  more 
is  promised,  learmg  about  £270  still  to  be 
raised.  Mr.  Abnraoi,  who  laid  the  stone, 
has  been  the  means  of  the  formation  of  a 
Baptist  church  in  Homchurch. 

EvAirasiiBis. — ^Mr.  Bax  has  written  the 
following  appredatiTe  report  of  Messis. 
Smith  and  Fullerton's  seryioes  at  Salters' 
HaU  Chapel  :— 

*'I>ear  Mr.  Spurgeon, — ^It  is  with  yezy 
mat  thankfulness  I  write  to  inf onn  you  of 
tne  great  blessing  we  have  received  at  Sal- 
ters*  Hall  through  the  visit  of  our  beloved 
brethren,  Messrs.  Fullerton  and  Smith.  Our 
dear  breuiren  were  with  us  for  three  weeks, 
and  the  services  seemed  to  increase  in  in- 
terest and  power  to  the  rezy  last ;  and  it 
was  with  the  most  sincere  regret  that  we 
bade  our  friends  farewelL  Mr.  Fnllerton's 
preaching  is  altogether  remarkable.  It  ii 
▼eiy  pointed  and  illustratiye,  and  appeals 
much  more  to  the  reason  and  oonscienoe 
than  to  the  emotions.  To  this  fact  probably 
is  to  be  attributed  the  entire  absence  of  any- 
thing like  undue  excitement.  People  feel 
they  are  being  addressed  by  an  earnest, 
true-hearted  man,  who  entirely  forgets 
i>iiii«ftif  in  hjs  work.  Mr.  Smith's  sinyng 
adds  greatly  to  the  interest  of  the  sernoes, 
which  are  singularly  bright  and  happy. 
The  special  serrices  for  children,  conducted 
by  lu.  Smith,  are  not  likely  soon  to  be 
forgotten  by  the  little  ones.  They  abound 
in  anecdote,  and  always  have  a  good  appli- 
cation. Some  of  tne  meetings  deserve 
especial  nolioe,  r.^.,  the  early  Sunday- 
morning  serrice  for  workers,  the  meetings 
for  men  only,  and  women  only,  and  the  ex- 
cellent song-services  on  Saturday  evenings, 
which  I  may  sav,  in  passinff,  are  no  mexe 
entertainments,  but  full  of  the  gospel,  both 
spoken  and  sung.  The  results  have  been 
very  blessed,  iiany  persons  have  been 
pressed  into   active  service    for    Christ, 


have  enierisnoed  a  great  nrival 
in  their  spiritual  life,  and  have  been  rovsel 
to  deep  oonceru  for  the  salvation  of  their 
fellows,  while  a  vezy  large  number  nrnfsss 
to  have  found  rest  and  peace  in  ChiiR.  God 
ii  with  our  dear  friends,  of  a  truth,  and  the 
crowds  which  nightly  filled  our  spacious 
chapel  prove  triumplumtly  that  it  is  not  at 
all  necessary  to  resort  to  all  sorts  of  vulgar 
and  senseless  expedients  to  gain  the  ear  of 
the  multitude.  Our  treasurer  will  forward 
you  in  a  few  days  a  cheque  as  a  thank- 
offering,  and  I  only  wish  it  were  double  the 
amount. 

"  With  very  best  k>ve, 
'*  I  remain, 

<'  Faithfully  years. 


i( 


t» 


the  accounts  were  doeed  we  hav« 
received  a  cheque  for  £46  as  a  thankoffer- 
ing  for  Che  blessing  received  through  our 
brethren's  virit. 

During  the  past  month  the  evMiyelists 
have  been  oooauoling  very  soooeasfQl  ssb- 
vices  in  oonneotion  with  nearly  all  the 
churohes  in  Woolwioh.  After  a  esesoo  of 
resty  which  they  both  greatly  need,  they  will 
agam  visit  the  south-west  of  Ihigiand,  in 
'vndoh  they  can  still  arrange  for  a  zew  more 
engagements.  In  response  to  Mr.  FuUer- 
ton's  letter  in  last  month's  Magarine  he  has 
received  fxom  "  A  Friend '>£6  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  seimons,  and  a  lady  at  Salteis' 
Hall  Chapel  save  Mr.  Smith  £6  for  the 
same  object.  These  are  the  only  donations 
to  hand  at  present  towards  the  £200  that 
will  be  required  fbr  the  proposed  100,000 
sermons  to  oe  given  away  at  the  evangelists* 
services. 

OBFBANAas.— We  have  decided  to  pto- 
oeed  at  once  with  ttie  erection  of  the  next 
portion  of  the  Qixis*  Orphanage  buildings. 
We  reported  at  ihe/SU  on  June  21st  that  we 
had  at  that  time  a  balance  of  £3,000  in  hand 
on  the  building  fund  aooount,  and  during  the 
past  month  we  nave  received  £1,000  from  "A 
IViend,"  who  does  not  wish  his  name  to  be 
known.  This  enables  us  to  go  forward  with 
confidence,  assured  that  ^  rest  of  the 
money  will  be  forthcoming  as  it  is  required. 
The  plans  for  the  laund^  have  beau  pre- 
pared, and  the  building  will  be  commenced 
as  soon  as  possible ;  thedining-hall,  kitchen, 
and  master's  house  being  Int  for  the  pre- 
sent. We  can  the  more  readily  oontmue 
our  building  operations  without  anidety  as 


we  have  recently  received  for  the  general 
purposes  of  the  institution  two  Mgaciee 
amounting    together    to    nearly     jS§,000. 


Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

On  Thursday  afUmoon,  Jwm  29,  Mr.  W. 
Boss  entertained  the  whole  of  the  Orphanage 
boys  and  girls  at  a  strawberry-tea  at  the 
Horse-shoe  Iron-wharf,  Old  Kent-road; 
for  which  the  President  veiy  heartily 
thanked  him.  A  oonsideirable  number  m 
visitors  also  partocA  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boss's 
kind  hospitsklity,  and  then  showed  their  in- 
terest in  the  oi^ians  by  making  a 


N0T1B8. 


447 


ooHeotioQ  In  aid  of  the  inttitatitfn.  Tliiu 
one  friend  after  another  lielps  ns  to  make 
tlie  little  ones  happy. 

A  oonntry  donor  writes : — "  Whenever  I 
hvLT  or  sell  a  horse,  or  have  one  born  or  die, 
I  always  make  a  tithe  of  £1  for  something 
which  seems  to  claim  it  most  (your  in- 
stttntions  principally).  I  was  very  much 
tempted  on  one  occasion  not  to  do  so ;  cir- 
comstanoes  seemed  to  forbid,  when  one  of 
my  horses  died ;  bnt  a  few  days  after  I  had 
an  account  sent  to  me  which  I  never  ex- 
pected to  get,  showing  me  plainly  that  the 
did  promise  is  as  sure  now  as  ever.  Since 
the  enclosed  P.0.0.  was  obtained,  the  colt 
has  died,  so  that  is  the  reason  yon  get  the 
sovereiim  extra.'* 

We  have  experienced  a  great  sorrow. 
Ids  TT^nwtt^h  Moore,  an  invaluable  worker, 
has  for  years  served  faithfully  at  the 
Orphanage,  but  having  been  for  some  time 
unwell  it  was  the  unanimous  opinion  of 
doctors  and  friends  that  a  change  and  a  sea- 
voyage  would  be  of  great  benefit  to  her. 
Our  land  friend,  Miss  Annie  Maophenon, 
generously  made  an  opening  for  Miss  Moore, 
and  she  1^  us,  as  we  all  hoped,  to  return 
in  a  year  or  two,  refreshed  and  well.  She 
felt  it  to  be  a  great  sorrow,  though  the  holy 
happiness  of  the  home  at  Qalt,  Ontario,  and 
the  general  kindness  of  Miss  Macpherson 
and  friends  helped  her  to  tide  over  the 
change ;  but  alas !  while  she  was  speaking 
of  her  grief  at  leaving  us,  she  died,  in  a 
moment,  of  heart-disease.  We  never  had  a 
beUifv  sister  among  us,  and  her  death  is  to 
us  as  sad  as  it  is  sudden ;  only  when  we 
look  beyond  this  present  scene  we  almost 
envy  such  a  translation.  We  shall  not  soon 
see  another  like  her,  for  in  all  respects,  ex- 
cept health,  she  was  exactly  suited  to  her 
poet,— kind,  gentle,  faithful,  Christ-like,  she 
was  our  ideaiof  a  Christian  worker;  but  for 
that  very  reason  she  was  ready  to  depart 
and  to  lie  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better. 
There  is  a  voice  in  this  to  all  of  us  who  are 
banded  together  at  the  Orphanage — "  Be  ye 
alsoready.^' 


>t 


CoiPOBTAOB.— The  reports  of  work  from 
the  colporteurs  continue  to  arrive,  and  many 
of  them  tell  of  the  conversion  of  sinners 
through  their  labours.  Some  of  them  ap- 
pear specially  useful  in  the  cause  of  Tem- 
perance. The  following  letter  will  be  read 
with  interest.  It  is  from  a  colporteur  who 
has  charge  of  a  Sunday-school,  and  who 
also  oonducts  the  services  in  the  village 
chapel: — 

'^At  the  end  of  another  quarter  I  submit 
a  brief  report  of  past  labours.  I  have  very 
much  to  DC  thankful  for,  although  I  cannot 
exceed  the  amount  proviously  realized  by 
the  sale  of  books,  ^¥hen  I  consider  that 
manv  of  the  families  have  been  out  of 
employment,  and  others  do  not  care  about 
purchasiDg  books,  I  can  still  thank  Qod,  and 
take  conrage,  and  my  daily  prayer  is  that 
God  may  abundantly  bless  his  word,  and 
the  different  periodicals  which  I  have  been 


enabled  to  dispose  of;  also  that  I  still  may 
have  an  increased  demand  for  the  good  and 
useful  literature. 

"ITpon  the  whole,  I  continue  to  be  'well 
received;  there  are  a  few  exceptions,  and 
some  areas  ha^yto  see  me  as  tiiough  I 
were  one  of  their  own  family.  In  some  of 
the  villages  we  are  having  glorious  times, 
and  several,  I  feel  sure,  are  under  serious 
impressions. 

**€k>disal80  blessing  our  labours  in  the 
GKjspel  Temperance  Movement,  and  in  one 
of  the  darxest  villages  through  which  I  - 
travel  glorious  have  been  the  resulto.  One 
hundred  have  signed  the  pledge,  and  donned 
the  blue  ribbon.  Praise  ^e  Lord !  All 
these  are  new  recruits  brought  in  during 
tiie  last  five  months,  and  I  am  happy  and 
thankful  to  Qod  that  nearly  all  of  tnem  are 
staunch  and  true;  and,  more  than  that, 
some  of  them  are  anxious  about  their  souls' 
salvation,  and  now  instead  of  being  found 
in  the  alehouse  singiD^  the  devil's  songs, 
they  are  to  be  heard  smging  the  songs  of 
Zion. 

*'  Among  those  that  we  have  been  led  by 
Gk>d  to  rescue  is  one  of  the  greatest 
drunkards  in  the  place,  and  another  who,  in 
a  drunken  spree,  was  stabbed,  and  nearly 
lost  his  life.  But  now  they  are  respectably 
clothed,  and  in  their  right  mind,  and  as  the 
result  we  have  been  enabled  to  sell  books  to 
them,  and  others  who  before  spent  the 
greater  part  of  their  wages  in  strong  drink 
and  tobacco. 

"One  man  in  particular  deserves  men- 
tion. He  had  been  a  regular  attendant  at 
the  house  of  God  for  years,  but  the  drink 
was  a  snare  to  him,  also  the  pipe ;  but  now 
as  the  result  of  talking  to  him  ne  has  thrown 
his  pipe,  etc.,  into  the  canal,  given  up  his 
beer,  and  signed  the  pledge.    Instead  of 

Spending  his  nioney  as  before,  he  has  or- 
ered  from  me  **  'Die  Life  of  Christ,"  and 
bought  other  books  as  well.  On  the  whole, 
we  have  very  much  to  be  thankful  for." 

The  efforts  of  over  seventy  Christian  men, 
engaged  in  various  parts  of  the  country, 
domg  similar  work  to  that  described  above, 
cannot  but  result  in  a  miffhty  blessing,  ana 
when  it  is  remembered  tnat  each  man  is  a 
distributor  of   thousands  of  volumes  and 

Sarts  of  religious  and  moral  books,  the  in- 
uence  for  good  of  the  Association  can 
hardly  be  over-estimated.  The  committee 
will  be  glad  to  hear  from  friends  in  any 
districts  willing  to  contribute  £40  a-year 
towards  the  support  of  a  man.  This  is  one 
of  the  cheapest  xorms  of  Evangelistic  work 
known. 

Regular  contributions  are  also  needed  for 
the  (General  Fund,  to  continue  the  work 
already  in  hand.  They  may  be  sent  to  "hlLr. 
W.  Cordon  Jones,  Secretary,  Colportage 
Association,  Temple-street,  London,  S.E., 

Mbtbopoutan  Tabebztacls  Total  Ab- 
snxnsNOB  Socxett. — ^The  regular  meetings 
of  this  society,  which  are  hela  in  the  Taber- 
nacle   Lecture  -  hall,    every    Wednesday 


448 


PA8T0B8'  OOLLBGE. 


eyening,  oontinae  to  be  well  sustained,  and 
in  every  way  succesaf ul.  Duzing  the  four 
months  since  the  moyement  was  started 
nearly  900  pledges  have  been  taken,  the 
signers  being  nearly  all  those  who  were  not 
previously  total  abstainers;  and,  better 
Etill,  many  cases  of  conyersion  have  resulted 
from  the  work.  It  has  been  carried  on  from 
the  commencement  on  the  principles  of  the 
Gospel  Temperance  Union,  as  advocated  by 
Messrs.  H.  T.  Booth,  W.  Noble,  and  F. 
Murphy,  although  the  wearing  of  the  blue 
ribbon  Ibadge  is  quite  optional. 

Arrangements  have  oeen  made  with  Mr. 
Bichard  T.  Booth  to  hold  a  series  of  Gtospel 
Temperance  Services  in  the  Tabernacle, 
commencing  on  Sunday  afteriwony  Septent' 
her  3,  and  closing  on  Tuesday  evening ^ 
September  12.  On  the  Monday  and  Thurs- 
day evenings  the  meetings  will  be  held  at 
the  close  of  the  usual  prayer-meetings  and 
service;  and  on  Sunday  evening,  September 
10,  which  will  be  the  strangers'  quarterly 
free  service,  Mr.  Booth  will  nold  a  special 
meeting  at  eight  o'clock.  Lord  Mount 
Temple,  Canon  Wilberforoe,  Pastors  W.  J. 
Mayers  (Bristol),  and  C.  Leach,  F.G.S. 
(Birmingham),  and  other  able  temperance 
advocatw,  have,  we  understand,  promised 
to  help  Mr.  Booth.  Will  all  who  desire  to 
see  Uie  spread  of  the  gospel  and  temperance 
pray  that  a  rich  and  lasting  blessing  may 
rest  upon  the  mission  ? 

PxBSONAL  KoTBB.  —  Somc  time  ago  we 
published  sixteen  cases  of  usefulness  of  our 
sermons,  which  had  come  under  the  notice 
of  one  01  our  evangeliats.  The  same  brother 
has  sent  us  the  following  additional  in- 
ddenti: — 


(17.)  Duzing  my  YorkshxzB  campaign,  I 
met  with  an  earnest  worker  who  has  bem 
engaged  in  the  Sabbath  School  for  many 
years.  In  conversation  it  transpired  that 
she  was  brought  to  Christ  twenty-five  yesn 
ago  through  reading  your  -sermon  on 
^Ondia's  lUa  and  England^s  Sorowi'* 
(No.  160).  TJnta  thfliL  thoughtless  and 
unconcerned,  the  whole  current  of  her  life 
was  changed  by  reading  that  aerm<m :  and 
she  waa  led  to  devote  herself  and  her 
enerjries  to  the  Saviour's  service. 

(18.)  In  NorthamptoBshire,  far  removed 
fnnn  any  place  of  worship,  I  have  during 
the  past  year,  repeatedly  visited  a  poor  old 
lady,  who  is  nearly  nmety  years  of  age. 
Each  visit  has  been  a  season  of  bliwring  to 
my  soul ;  for  the  .good  woman  ii  one  ofthe 
happiest  Christians  I  know.  It  is  yesn 
since  she  was  able  re^n^lvly  ^  attend  the 
chapel  where  she  is  m  membenhip;  and 
durmg  this  long  absence  her  weeUy  fesst 
has  been  your  sermons^which  she  readiand 
re-reads  con  amore.  Though  she  has  never 
seeu  yon,  she  always  inquires  most  esgeriy 
of  me  oonoeming  your  work  and  your 
health. 

(19.)    At  A ,  1  heard  of  a  iuilitaiy 

officer,  who  owed  his  oonvenion  to  reeding 
one  of  the  Metropolitan  TabemacLe  Ser- 
mons ;  and  who,  zor  years  after,  until  re* 
moved  to  the  service  of  the  Sjng  of  kxngi, 
bou^t  half-ardozen  of  the  weekly  isns 
for  droulation  among  his  brother  offioen 
—an  example  worthy  of  imitation  hy  all 
who  themselves  profit  by  these  sermons. 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabemaole.— 
June  26,  eight ;  June  29,  twelre. 


Statement  of  JRsceiptt  from  June  IStk  to  July  litk^  1882. 


MX*  A0  CMsne        •••       ••• 

Sin.  Hi  M.  FerguflBon    ... 
Futor  W.  Jackaon 
Ifire.  Gilbert...       ... 

Mrs.  A.  Drayson 

MiH  I.  Samuel       

Hin  H.  Southwell 

Pastor  C.  L.  and  Hn.  Gordon 
Mr.  and  Miob  Bowley 

Mr.  JB.  Monnaey    

3£r8.  A.  Keeyil      ...       ... 

Chepstow  Baptist  Church 

Inf  9  ^J.  J&.         ...  •••  «.. 

A  friend  in  B      ■   ■        ... 

Mr.  J.  W.  Fewtresi 

Mr.  George  Seivwright    ... 

Collected  at  Portland  Chapel,  South- 

amptcm,  per  Pastor  H.  O.  Maekey 
Bev.  G.  H.  and  Mrs.  Bouse 

D.E.O.,  Wilts      

Tlie  late  Mr.  Perkins'  Kble-daas 

Miss  Moore,  per  J.  T.  D 

Mr.  C.  S.Webb     


0   0 
10    0 


£  B.  d. 

10  0 
0  7  0 
10  0 
8  10    0 

0  10  6 
10    0 

1  0 
1  0 
1  0 
8  10 
6    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


1  10  0 

0  6  e 

9    0  0 

0  10  0 

6    6  4 

0  10  6 

0    4  0 

0    0  0 

0    8  0 

6    6  0 


£  ad. 

Jue.  ^veDD  .••       ...       ...       ...       ...  8  8* 

Mr.  Balne    ^       0 10  0 

The  Misses  Brsntfeld     8  8  0 

A  Thankofferiog 4  0  0 

Mr.A.  H.  UoiM 0   6  0 

Mr.  John  Hector 10  0 

Ifr.  Ti7.  Boss...       ...       ...       ...       ...  10  0 

Mrs.  Tnnteklge     0  10  0 

B^anee  of  Lecture,  per  Pastor  W.  B. 

H»nes     0  9  0 

Mr.D.Bobie         0 10  0 

Mrs.  Clement  Norton      ...                 ...  0  8  0 

The  Misses  Black 8  0  0 

Mrs.  de  K.  ...        0  8  0 

Mr.  JohnBbsie     1  0  0 

Mrs.  GiUaaders     10  0 

Weekly  Off erings  at  Met.  TM>.  :— 
June  18       80   0   0 

„     86    (inoluding     £16 

Rom    '*  An   Austnhan 

friend") 4T  10   8 

July     8       84   8    6 

"         •••         •«■         ...         84    M    " 


H 


145  1311 


STOCKWBLL  OBPHAKAOB. 


44U 


£  8.  d. 

Kr.W.J.HucI    

•«• 

...      8    0    0 

■•• 

...      6    0    0 

Kr.  Bo^rkei'a  BibleCLus... 

•■• 

...    18    0    0 

Hi0E.A.DaTiM 

••• 

...      110 

Hr.  Spriggs 

••• 

...      0    5    0 

Annual  Subseriptum  :  — 
Mrs.  Bathbone  Tkylor,  per  F.  R.  T. 


£  I.  d. 
.  9  10  0 
£200  18    0 


Statement  o/ReeeiptM  from 

£    8*  d. 

Un.  H.  Donaldfon         0  10   0 

ICr.  Jamea  Stevenaon      0   2   0 

Lilla,  Bertie,  and  Jeaaie  Kaah'a  ool- 

lectin^box         1    4 

EUenOrcNuida        0    1 

Mr.  Wm.  HazahaU 0   6 

Hn.  AxmDalc       1    0 

MrB.£.  Exrb7        0    2 

Hn.WeUaaxidMiaaHaaler     1    0 

Mis.  BiddaU 0  10 

Mm  HopperUm     0  10 

AIHeiid,perMr.  A.8haw       0    6 

Mr.  Charlea  Carnegie       0  10 

Mr.  A.  Searle         1    0 

Mr.  Jamea  Houaton         6   0 

Salt  for  the  Orphans        0    2 

Mr.  F.  E.  Browning         0  10 

MiasB  1    0 

Miaa  Jackaon         0  10 

Mra.  Sarah  Brown 1  16 

Mr.  W.  Fainter     0    8 

^  •  0«     « « •  • ,  •  #»•  •■«  •••  •••  m      X 

Miaa.  A.  Leeder      0   6 

Mr.  F.  Cooper        ...       ...       ...       ...  1    0 

Matter  Tom  Brine 0  10 

Beadera  of  the  «*Chri8tian  Herald*'    ...  20  11 

ButorW.  Jackaon 

Stamps  from  Ealing        

£.  A.  Newton         ...       ...       ..• 

Mr.  8edo(de 

MisaSplledt 

Mra.  Hunt  and  Friend     

Mn.Markland 


^\atWt\\  %i^\mi%u 


jHHe  I6th  ta  JhI^  Uth,  1882. 


———^    ^>^H^s  ^K^^VB^r^  ■•■  ««■  «■« 

MiaaMcEwin^       

Dorweaton  Ringera  

MiB.  J.  L.  Blake 

«••  V.  *».        ...       ...       ««•       •«• 

'•      A.     M*  ...  ...  !«•  ••• 

Mis.  nraiker...       ...       •••       •■■ 

MiB.  M.  Boffera      ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Joaeph  Near 

Miaa  Clara  E.  Berrjr        

Miaa  L.  C.  Sealy    

■p  B 

^h   JOm      .. .  ...  ...  ...  ... 

Mr.  Ti,  Aigga        ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Oeorge  Jingey  

Mis.  Heoer...        ...       ...       .•• 

Mra.  A.  Drayaon    ...       ...       »•• 

Sfiaa  Sarah  Gray  mil      

Brother  Babbit      

Collected  by  Miaa  Jane  Jordan  :-> 


1 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 

1 

0 

1 

0 
0 

1 

0 
0 
0 


0 
6 

2 

10 
0 

16 
6 
0 
6 
0 
6 

10 
0 

10 
2 
1 


0  10 


48 
48 
10 
2 
0 
2 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
2 
0 


Mn.  McQaw 

Mra.  Cameron        ...       •.• 

^Ir.  Clarke 

Mr.  Qordon  ...       ...       ... 

Miaa  J.  Jordan       

Mr.  W.  Johnaon    ...       ... 

O.  D.  B.  and  Friends,  Scar- 
borough     

O.  D.  D.  (annual  aab.)    ... 

CoOeeCed  by  Hs.  James ... 

Mr.  James  DongaU 

^axs.  ^L»%s»    .••        ...        ... 

Mra.  G.  B.  Bockenham    ... 
lira.  M.  O.  Hewat 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


2 
2 
2 
2 

2 


6 
6 
6 
6 
6 


1 
1 


0 
1 


6 

0 


0 
0 


2 
1 
0 
2 
1 
8 


13 
2 


1 

0 

10 

0 

2 
2 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 

1 

6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 


£  s.  d. 


6 
0 


6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Mr.  W.  Gates,  per  Mrs.  G.  £.  Bncken- 

•  •• 

>•• 

1 

1 

0 

Hrs.MaryEvana    

« •• 

I  •  • 

0  10 

0 

Collected  by  Mr.  Jno.  Robinson 

«  •• 

1 10 

0 

R-re.  O.  F.  Pentecost,  D.D. 

■  •• 

>•• 

6 

0 

0 

Mr.  G.  A.  Calder    ... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

21 

0 

0 

Postal  order  from  Faialey 
A  Widow'a  Offering,  A.  B. 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

•  •« 

•  ■• 

0 

2 

« 

Mrs.  8.  Tutcher  • 

•  •• 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

Mrs.  E.  A.  WUliama 

•  •• 

«•• 

0 

6 

0 

Hiss  H.  Southwell 

•  •• 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

MiHsMorxiBon        

•  •• 

•  •• 

1 

1 

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Collected  by  Misa  M.  A.  Nimn 

•  •  • 

•  «• 

2 

8 

0 

Mi^gie         

J.    D.    \F.   £.  Ja...                  ...                  ... 

•  •• 

•  •a 

0 

2 

6 

•  •• 

*•• 

0 

6 

0 

Mr8.£.Dod8          

•  •• 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

«•• 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

For  the  Lord'a  Service     . . . 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

2 

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E.  Marrow    ...       ...       ... 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

1 

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Miaa  Ann  Brown    

•  •• 

■  ■• 

1 

0 

0 

Mr.  Jno.  Brigffs     

The  late  Minnie  Rose 

■  •• 

■  •• 

0 

6 

0 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

5 

0 

Mrs.  Bell      

•  •• 

•  •« 

2 

0 

0 

Xx*  ALc  JT*          ••■           ••«           «•« 

•  •■ 

1 

•  •• 

0 

2 

6 

CoUccted  by  Mrs.  M.  Walker 

*•• 

•  •• 

0 

6 

9 

Mr.  W.  A.  Palmer 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

Mr.  T.  C.  Clark     

•  «• 

•  •• 

0 

4 

0 

Mr.  F.  Patteraon    

■  •  • 

•  •• 

0  10 

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Mr.  W.  R.  Hewitty  per  Hiaa  Jackaman 

2 

0 

0 

Mrs.  Hsydon         

•  •• 

2 

2 

(1 

Pastor  0.  L«  and  Mrs.  Gordon 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

M.  E.  S.        ...        ...        ... 

**• 

10  10 

0 

A  FHeud      ...       

•  •* 

0  10 

0 

A  Thankolfering 

•  *• 

0 

2 

6 

MaryJonea 

•  •a 

1 

10 

0 

A  FHend,  Glasgow 

Mr.  and  Mra.  IiaTia 

•  •i 

•  •a 

2 

1 

0 
0 

0 
0 

Vim  TTftTtfifth  F0IU 

•  a« 

0  10 

0 

Mr.  W.  C.  Welling 

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

Mrs.  F.  Dodwell     

•  •• 

0 

6 

0 

Mra.  A.  Pearson    ...       ... 

sa* 

1 

1 

0 

Mr.  and  Mra.  Dayton     ... 

»aa 

1 

0 

0 

Mra.  H.  Keevil      ...       ... 

«•• 

6 

0 

0 

Mr.  8.  Harwood     

■  ■• 

10 

0 

0 

Collected  by  OlUe  Roaaiter 

•  •• 

2 

2 

0 

Mr.  and  Mra.  H.  Wood  ... 

•  •• 

8 

0 

0 

Mr.  Henry  Tubby 

■  •• 

10 

0 

0 

Mesara.  James  Biacholf  and  Sons 

6 

6 

u 

•  •• 

2 

0 

0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  H.  Hott : 

— • 

Mr.  0.  W.  Colebzook      ... 

0 

Mr.  C.  Julian         

0 

Mr.  J.  Goodacre 

0 

0 

Mr.  Hew^t 

0 

Mr.£.P.GolUer 

0 

Mr.  A.  OaUaa        

0 

Mr.  A.  Thompson 

0 

Mr.  H.  Hutt ..       ...       ... 

0 

Mr.  C.  W.  Hoffknan 

0 

Mr.  R.  Bracher      

0 

Mr.  R.  Tompkina 

0  10 

e 

Mr.  0.  Batby         

010 

e 

lb.  J.  Bngg         

0  10 

e 

Mr.  B.  Albury       

0  10 

e 

Mrs.  Goodacre       

0  10 

e 

14 

2 

c 

29 


450 


STOGKWSLL  OBPHAHA0S. 


MuBE.DaTies      

Mr.  J.  W.  Skinner  ...       ^ 

Postal  Order  from  King's  Heath 
Siiss  Mary  Maxwell  Bayley 

•    AV«    Ja»  •■•  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  John  Cook      

MuwS.  Soott         

Mrs.  Thomas  Heming    

Martha  Hart  

MJas  J.  Banbury 

Mrs.  C  Knock       ...       •*•       •«• 
Mr.  R.  K.  Juniper.. ,       ...       ... 

Mr.  J.  McMoster 

Mrs.  E.  Morley      ...        ^ 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer      

M.  M.  M.     ...       .M       ...       ... 

Miss  E.  Stockwcll 

Miss  Barah  Rimell 

Miss  Manie  Kempt        

Mr.  R.  I&obinson,  ''flntfruits" 

mJ»       *••■•  ■••  a,,  ,a«  ««, 

In  memonr  of  ^  Becde,"  Montroate 

Mr.  I.  B.  Falconer 

Mr.  and  Mm.  O.  Wight 

Friends  at  Braintree,  per  Flutor  J. 

Foster        

Collected  by  Miss  Alice  Blackmun 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Krcll  

Mrs.  Scrcombe       

Collected  by  Miss  Mary  Holmes 

JOl»  «iL«  1V»         .•■  ••»  ••«  aMi 

Mr.  Alfred  Bale    

Mrs.  Dodwcll         

Mr.  R.  McElinley 

A  servant     

Mrs.  A.  C.  Watson 

Per  Pastor  C.  L.  Gordon : — 

Mrs.  £.  Phillips     0  10 

Mr.  Thomas  Huvard       ...         0    2 


•  •• 


•  •• 


C. 


0 
0 


Widoir  Townsend 

Collected  by  Master  O.  Cormack 
Collected  by  Mr.  Alfred  Burleton 
Mr.  George  Tomkinsy  per  Miss  JoneB... 

^^ ■  \jr«  •••  ■••  •••  ••■  «••  •■• 

Mrs.  J.  Smith        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  G.  Colycr       

A  fnend       ...       ...        ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  ] taker 

"hlx.  Ridgson 

Teachers  and  Scholars  at  South-street 

Baptist  ChapeU  Greenwich 

Robert  and  Ann  Gallant 

Thankoffcring  for  Mr.  Spuxgcon's  ser- 

lUOUH  •••  •««  •••  •••  •■• 

F.T.White 

Collectc<i  by  the  Misses  Crumpton  : — 


Miss  Arkill  (three  quarters) 

Mr.  G.  Bctjamann,  sen. 

Mr.  John  Jones 

Mr.  J.  Bill'ion 

Mr.  J.  B.Kellcway... 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


15 

10 

5 

1 

6 


0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


A&A*     vv  «  JkOJK*««  •••  •••  •■•  ■•• 

Mr.  W.  R.  Fox       

Th'o  bright  half-crowns   given  by  a 

little  boy  and  girl  to  Mr.  Spurgeon... 

MisHNewmiin        

MisHCs  Anne  and  Elizabeth  Newman... 

Number  one 

Collected  by  Mr.  H.  E.  Pickering 
Com  wall-road  Baptist  Sunday -school. . . 
A  friend       ...       ...        ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  J.  Alabaster    ... 

Sale  of  flowers  br  Miss  Howells,  from 

Mrs.  Alfred  Major,  Boxmoor 

D«  \X«  •>•  •••  ■••  •••  ••• 

Kev.E.  J.  Farley 

•^  zncnu       ...        ...        •••        ..«        (•• 

VT 

w  •  •••  •••  •••  •••  •*•  ••• 


£  8.  d 
0    6    0 

0  6 

1  1 

0  10 

1  10 

1 

s 

0    5 

0  12 

1  0 
0    6 

5 
0 
6 
0 
0  10 

0  S 

1  1 
0    6    0 
0    2    0 

0  10 

1  0 
1  0 
1  10 
1    0 


0 
8 
0 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0  0 
0  0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 


0 
1 
5 
1 
2 


1 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  13  6 

0  12  6 

6    0  0 

4    0  0 

8    0  0 

0  10  0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  12  0 
110 
0  13  6 
0    6    0 

2 

4 

2 

6 


2 

0 

0 

0 

0    2    0 

0  10    0 

6    0    0 


8    9  0 

0  18  0 

6    0  0 

0    6  0 


1  10  6 
6  6  0 
10    0 


0  6 
6  0 
8  0 
0    6 

0  10    6 
10  10    0 

1  0 
10    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 


1  10  8 
110 

2  2  0 
0  2  0 
4    0    0 


Mr.  E.  Sheffield     •••       • 

Miss  White 

Mrs.  Roberts 
Two  sixpences 

Miss  Randall 

O  T 

xT»   «!•    XV*  •«•  •»•  «. 

Mrs.  Wand 

Florrie  Wand's  farthings 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willoox     

Miss  Finlayson      

x^ .  tfii.  vones ...        ...        ...        ...       ... 

A  Scotch  lady,  per  PluAor  J.  A.  Spur- 

KVUU  ••■  •••  ■■•  •••  «•• 

KT 
■    A*  ••■  •«•  •••  ■••  ■••  •»• 

Miss  SmaUridge    

E.  Collin      ...        ...       ...       ••• 

Mr.  W.  £.  R.  Hoskin      

In  loring  memory  of  Fattie 

Mr.  John  Wood     

Mr.  Sydney  Smith 

A  Friend,  per  Pastor  .1.  H.  Sobey 

Rev.  G.  H.  and  Mis.  Bouse 

D.  E.G.,  Wilts      

^^«    JKm»    X^»  ■•«  sta  •••  ••• 

MnkCouttie  

Mr.  E.  Jenner,  per  Mr.  Allison... 
Collecting  Books  received 
June21St,18S2:— 
Abbott,  Mrs. 


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Allum,  Mrs 

AshwelLMrs 

Bon«<er.  Miss  

Bowles,  Mrs«  

BanUck,  Mrs 

Brewer,  Mrs.         

Barrett,  Mr.  H.      

Brown,  Miss  J.  H 

Burrill,  Ifiss  £.  It. 

Brayne,Miss         

Chard,  Mrs.  T.  P 

Cooper,  Mr.  J 

Cockshaw,  Miss     

Christie,  Miss  A. 

Cockle,  Mrs..  Collected 
from  friends  at  Brock- 
ley-road  Chapel 

Cliorlcs,  Miss  B 

Cann,  Miss 

Cheney,  Miss         

Day,  Miss     

Duucombe,  Mrs. 

Dayey.  Master       

Ellis,  Mrs 

Evans,  Mrs 

Evans,  Mrs.  E 

Ewen,  Mrs ... 

Evans,  Mr.  W.  J 

Friston,  Mr.  O 

Fiihcr,  Mrs 

Former,  Miss  £. 

Gubbins,  Mr.         ...       .^ 

Goblin,  MfH 

Hubbiud,  Mrs.      

Homer,  Mrs.  

Hoirbin,  Mr.  T.  P. 

Hinkinbothsm,  Mi.^ 

Howe:>,  Mr.  C 

Hcasman,  Miss      

Jcphs,  M^ 

Jumpsen.  Mrs 

Knight,  Mrs.  J.  £.  «.. 

Lawson,  Mrs 

Lov^rrove,  Miss  It.  H.    ... 

Leworthy,  Miss     

LondoEi,  Blaster    ...       .„ 

livctt,  Mrs. 

Lewis,  Mrs 

MaiUurill,  Mrs 

Miller,  Mr.  C 


1 
2 


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0  10 
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0  12 

0  14 

1  0 

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0  4 

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0 
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617 

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ROCKWELL  OBTHANAOK. 


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£  B.  d. 

£ 

1. 

d. 

a,  lira.    ... 

••• 

16    0 

Smith,  MiM  Ida 

•  •• 

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1 

0 

0 

V*    •••         ••• 

••« 

0  14    6 

Haunden,  Mn.  S. 

•  •■ 

•  •• 

1 

1 

0 

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«•• 

2  16    0 

Spurgeon,  Pastor  J,  A.    ... 

20 

0 

0 

lX*i»»«»             »«0 

•  •• 

1  10    0 

Smith,  Mrs.  J. 

•  •  ■ 

•  •• 

1 

1 

0 

Mn. 

••• 

1  IS    6 

Turley,Mr.  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

1 

0 

0 

Uvm 

•  ■• 

4  IS    8 

Tyxreil,  Miss  Ada  Grace  ... 

0 

2 

6 

Da* 

•  •• 

0    6    6 

Tyrrell,  Miss  Harriett  £.... 

0 

2 

6 

r.  w^ni.    ••• 

«•• 

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WooUacott,  Mr.  J 

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0 

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Wilson,  Mrs. 

1 

0 

0 

rlfiMS.  ... 

•  •• 

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Weekley,  Mrs. 

1 

1 

0 

After  O.  ... 

••• 

0    7    0 

Wayre,  Mr. ... 

2 

2 

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•  •• 

10    0    0 

Webster,  Mrs. 
Yates,  Mr.    ... 

1 

0 

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•  •• 

0    6    0 

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Young,  Mr.  .. 

10 

0 

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Surrey  House,  Bodham   ... 

0  10 

6 

JM 

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4    2    0 

Katie 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10 

0 

,Mi«      ... 

••• 

110 

Per  Miss  Cocknhaw 

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••• 

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0 

2    0 

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1 

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£.  Matthews... 

0 

8    9 

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••• 

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B.Matthews... 

0 

3    9 

id,  Mrs.  ... 

•*• 

2    11 

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0 

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A  WeU  Wisher 

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10    0 

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A  Friend 

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Ir.  J. 

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0 

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1  Kn. 

•  •• 

10    0 

Susan  B. 

•  •• 

0 

6 

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Mr.     (Sunday- 

Charlotte  B. ... 

•  •• 

0 

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•  •• 

1  10    6 

Ij.  Jv.  ...         ... 

•  «• 

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10    0 

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••• 

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•  •• 

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Per  Pastor  J.  H.  Barnard  : 

— 

\x.  W.      ... 

■  •* 

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Mr.  J.  Q.  Bandall 

• 

1    0 

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JB.  W. 

•  •* 

6    6    0 

POittor  J.  H.  Bar 

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0  10    0 

0  10 

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•  •• 

0    10 

Mrs.  Barnard     ... 

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Mrs.  Lea 

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0    6 

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[r.  and  Mrs,  C 

•    ••• 

110 

Mrs.  Beynold     ... 

0    6 

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xr.  .#•       ... 

•  •• 

2    2    0 

Mr.Fawle 

• 

0    6 

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Mw.O.   ... 

•  •• 

0    6    0 

Dr.  Harrey 
Miss  Heintz        ... 

0    2 

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0  10    0 

MissM.  Heintz.. 

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•  •■ 

0  10    0 

Mrs.  Standfast  .. 

• 

0    2 

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•  •  • 

10    0 

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0 

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m.  (girls)... 

••• 

10    0 

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•  •• 

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•  •• 

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1,  Airs. 

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RuraeU,  Mr. 

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Satveunt,  Mr. 
PurkeH,  Miss 

•  •s 

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Edmonds,  Mrs. 

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•  •• 

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6 

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Baker.Mni. 

Ilrcmr,  Alice  ud  LiUy  .. 
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BoDlf,  UinL. 
Itomer,  UihA.     .. 

Butlrtt,  Hist  U.  .. 
BatUett,  UiH 
Uato,  Wm  It.       .. 


Bomor.  Hiia  E.     ... 
Uur,  Unatd  C.  F. 

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CUrk,Mi».,. 
Cortu.  a.  aod  C.   .. 
Call,  MLhE. 
Coakwy,  Un. 
Drew.  UiHC. 
Dcnoii^  Uin  B.      .. 
Docknv.  Ubi 
Dor.  Ui»  H. 
Daver.  Ml>4«>E.a 
Drew,  UutsrC.    „ 
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Oiblej-,  UiiB 
DiTcr.  Uiw  K.      .. 
DaTui,  UiK  ... 
Divu,  Mm  C. 
Dale,  Hill  C. 
Dice.  Ur.  A. 
Ellmon!.  Un. 

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Emu,  8.  H. 
EmctT,  Un..,. 


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Fullor.  Mr.  U 
Ooudwru,  Min  A. ... 
Giant,  Mm  0.       ... 

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HuoU'tt.  Hiu  A. 
Uwrald.  Mia.  1  ■ 
Huope^  Mr.  E. 

Hulibaid,  Uaitrr 
H.ijlfr,Mr«.lif. 
nisTmaim.  Hn. 
nudsm,  itn. 


llrLWirUirJ,  MlBB  A, 

Hi11«D,  Un. ... 
Uunt.lln.  J. 
HuKhea.  B.  ... 
Uiiichn,  Xia  C. 
Ui'Dkln*,  Ht. 
Hall,  UiH  B  J. 
Hul>bard,  Uim  I,^ 
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Uoolnte,  M». 
HiirU80ii,Mia8]C... 
Uutchinran.  Ma&to:  B. 
iiertzell,  Mn. 
llewcU,  MMti  E.     ... 
lIoffbiii,Mr.  T.P.... 
Uobbfl,  Min  (BrighUm) 
Heeson,  liiss  A.    ... 
Hobbfl^MiasO.      ... 

liarriaon,  C 

Uolidav,  Mn. 
Inoe^MlBBT. 
Johnaon.  Mias  J.  ... 
Jonea,  Mias  E. 
Jannan,  Miaa 
Johnaoo,  Miaa 
Johnson,  Master  J.  W. 
Jones,  Maater 
Johnaon,  Miaa 
Jago,  Master  I.      ... 
Knight.  Mr.  O.  H.... 
Lewla,  Miaa  A. 
Xiuigton,  MiflB 

Lilies,  Miaa 

Lake'a,  Mr.  (Bible-cUw)... 

Last,  Master  F 

lAker,  Mrs 

Lardner,  Master  H.  H.   ... 

Lawrence,  Mrs 

Luxford,  Miss       

Lawrence,  Mr 

>liJne,  Miaa 

Mathews,  W.         

HnthewA,  Miaa  M. 

Huigtait  Miaa         

Munduy,  Mra 

Mement,  Master  H.  E.  B. 
McXeal,  Misaea  Ellen  and 

Elizabeth 

Merritt,  Miaa         

Martin,  Mrs.  

Mills,  Mn.  W.  B 

Medwin,  Mrs 

Moore,  Mrs.  

McCombie,  Mrs.    

Mellon,  Mrs.  

Minter,   Master  Kirkham 

Martin,  Maater     

Maxwell,  Miaa       

Monk,  lira.  8 

Mackiill,  Mra 

Medwin,  Mra.  A. 

Mann,  Miaa 

Middleton,  Mra 

Mackav,  Biiaa         

Mills,  F.C 

Middleton.  Miaaea  S.  &  A. 

Malliaoa,  Mrs 

Mills,  Master  H.    ... 

Miles,  Mias 

Kewbalt,  Miaa  A.  ... 
Ni^tacalea,  l^Era.  ... 
Newman,  Mrs. 
Nichols,  Misa  C.     ... 
Nicholls,  Maator  L. 
Nicholas,  Mias  A.  ... 
Nigley,  A.  11. 
Newman.  Joseph  ... 
Oxeuford,  Mrs. 
Oxfoitl,  Master  E.... 
Pud(loQ,Mia8 

Poole.  Mrs 

Perris,  Master  Jno. 
Pa<«cnger,  Miss     ... 
Pain,  Mias  C. 
Palmer,  J^Iaater  Geo. 
Pa}'nc,  Mr.  C.  J.    ... 
Pcrrymao,  Master  H. 
Price,  Miaa  F. 
Powell,  Maater  G. ... 


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£  a.  d. 
0  7  9 
0  18  B 
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0  0  e 

0  3  0 
0  2  tl 
0  19  10 
0  7  8 
0  9 
0  9 
0  11 
0  10 
0  9 
0  14  8 
0  3  6 
0  16  0 
0  4 
0  19 
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0  7 

1  11  9 
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0  9 
0  6 
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0  10  10 
0  8  9 
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Bankhorst,  Miaa    ... 

Pike,  Mm 

Fenatone,  Miaa  M.... 
Powell,  Miaa  Eva  ... 
Perry,  Miaa  W. 
Palmer,  Maater  H. 
Prebble,  Mra. 
Peters,  Miaa  F.  W. 

Ptqrh,  Miaa 

Pankhnrst,  B. 
Paradine,  Mrs. 
Parker,  Miaa  S.  A. 
Beddiah,Miea 
Bogers,  Miaa  F.     ... 
Boae,  Maater  A.    ... 
Bobinaon,  John     ... 
Bidley,  Miaa  E.      ... 
Bedfoid,Miaa 
Bichardaon,  Misa  Ada 
Bound,  Maater  B. ... 
Bound,  Miaa  M.     ... 
Boberte,  Mra. 
aoBBf  Mr.     ...       ... 

Bouse,  Mra 

Banf<nd,  Mn.       ... 

Sadler,  Miaa 

Sedoole,  Maater  A.... 
Strachan,  Miaa  M. ... 
Simpson,  Miaa  A.  ... 
Smith,  Master  J.  ... 
Bparey,  Mias 

Stocks,  Mias 

Sharp,  Miaa  £. 
Salter,  Mn.... 

SneU,  Miaa 

Spencer,  Maater  H. 
Smimons,  Mr.  Q,   ... 

Stocka,  Mn 

Smith,  Mn.  C.  J.    .. 
Saunden,  Mr.  E.  W. 
Spence.  Miaa  H.     ... 
Smith,  Miaa  Fanny 
Stracey,  Master  Geo. 
Samuel,  Mra. 
Smith,  W.  J. 
Sanders,  Mra.  8.    ... 
Spencer,  Mn. 
Seward,  Mias  G.     ... 
Smith,  W.  H. 
Bnllivan,  Misa 
Scudder,  Mn. 

Smith,  Miaa. 

Sherwin,  Miss        ... 
8impaon,Miaa 
TyrrcUjMrs. 
Taylor,  Misa  H. 
Thornton.  Mr4. 
Tarlton,  Mn. 
Tj-rxell,  Miss  H.  E. 
Thomas,  Miss  L.    ... 
Turner,  Miss  L. 
Trory,  Miss  A. 
Tompkin,  Miss 
Towcrsey,  Mn. 
Thomas,  Miaa  A.    . .  . 
Toms,  Miaa  L. 
Thomson,  Mias  H.... 
Thomson,  Mias  F. ... 
Vero,  Miffi  Maud  ... 

Vcars,  Mn 

Wayre,  Misa  Lily  ... 

Ware,  Misa 

Wilkinaon,  Mr.  T.... 
Wation,  Master    ... 
Wallace,  Mr. 
Woollorton,  Mn.  J.  P. 
Weekes,  W.  and  F, 
Whoatley,  Mrs.     ... 
Weeks,  Mn.  M.    ^ 

Willia,  Mn 

Walker,  Mn. 


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0  1 
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WilletB,  Master  O 

White,  Ifn 

Williams,  Master  H. 

Watkin9,Mr8 

WooUey.  Mira       

Weekea,  Miss 

Wells,  MiasM 

Waterman^  Miss 

Walker,  Mn 

Wheeler,  Miss       

Wilkinson,  Miss 

Ward,  B.  EL...        ...        ... 

Warren,  Misa        

Woods,  Mrs.  

Warner,  Miss        

Wickstead,  Misa 

Woods,  Thos.         

Weckos,  Misa         

Wells,  Miss 

Womersley,  Mrs 

Watkins,  Miss  S 

Wareham,  Miss  A. 

Wri^hton,  Mr 

Willis,  Mrs 

Wilson,  Mrs.  

Woodhouse,  Mrs 

Wimey,  Miss  A.  B. 

Mothers*  Meeting,  per 
Misa  K.  Buswell 

n.  C.  S.,  a  (^lass  at  Mans- 
field -  street  Sunday  - 
school       

•Carter  -  street  Banday  - 
school,  per  Mr.  Morgan . 

Odl  farthings  and  cash 
received  in  addition  to 
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8 

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4 

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3 

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0    2 

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•Collected  by  Mias  Walker  from  friends 
at  New  Cross,  in  penny  weekly  sub- 
seriptions 

■<?ollt'ctod  by  Miss  Birkinshaw 

A  I'Viead,  Preston 

Collected  by  Ma;rter  A.  Gray     

< 'ollec'^ed  by  Mr.  Farra 

I'oIIectod  by  Mrs.  Shaw 

The  Misses  Dranwlield     

Master  Walter  Oakley     

Collected  by  Miss  Fitzfjerald     

Collected  by  Miss  Wain 

Mr.  G.  F.  Smith 

CoUeoted  by  Mr*  J.  O.  H.  Staflford     ... 

Miss  Ivimey  

]ilws  Ivimey's  Mothers*  Meeting* 

Sale  of  8.  O.  Tracts         

Miijor-Gi'neral  W.  G.  I^ennox  and  Mrs. 
(>.  ly»nuox 

^m    .X3*    Xv«    ^*        •■•  •••  •••  ■••  ••• 

l*astor  H.  Wilkin« 

A  Friend,  per  Past^ir  II.  Wilkins 

Mr.  lUchurd  Evans  

3I1.SS  J.  Lord 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Copping        

Mr.  G.  Wilson 

l:Iinploy(^H  of  Messrs.  Marshall  and 
Sons,  Fleot-stnx't,  per  Mr.  J.  Morgan 

Mr.  T.  H.  Howell 

Collected  by  Miss  Bowden         

Ji.  M.  G..  per  V.  J.  C 

CoUected  by  Mr.  J.  McK'O       

■Collected  by  Miss  C.  M.  Bide  well 

Collected  by  Mjj*.  Bunn 

Collected  by  Mrs.  M.  Hod^^rson 

Collected  by  Miss  C.  Bacon       

Collected  by  Miss  A.  Dickson 

Mr.  Parr,  per  J.  T.  D 

(Collected  by  2fra.  James 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Stringer       

Collected  by  Mi<i8  Rory  A.  Pickworth 

l'olli.*cted  by  Mi-s.  J.  Pudney     

CV/Uec'ted  by  Mrs.  Forrall         


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0  6  0 
0    2  6 

0  7  7 

1  11  10 
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3  3  0 
0  2  0 
0  6  0 
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Mrs.  O.  and  Mary  Ann  Ljon  ...       ^  0  U  0 

Mr.  Jas.  Smith      „.  10  0 

Mr.  A.  Bobinsoa 10  0 

Donations  at  Mr.  Bo«'  Tea  to  OipliMi- 
■ge  Cliildren  :— 
^ee-will  offering  at  Mr. 

RosB*  misnon 10  10  0 

Mr.  A.  Bom        ,         2    2   0 

Mr.  Jas.  Bow     2   2   0 

Mr.Oibberd       2    2   0 

Mr.  Bailey  2    2  0 

Mr.  Martin,  Sen.  ...         110 

Mr.  Martin,  Jan.         ...         110 
Mr.W.  J.  Brown         ...         110 

Mr.  Oloag  110 

Mr.  Hill 110 

Mr.  Sheppecd     110 

Mr.  Pope 10   0 

Anonymoai        16   0 

Mr.  Hunt 110 

A  friend 0  10   6 

A  friend  at  St.  John*s- 

Wood    0   2   6 

0  4  • 

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CoUected  by  ML«  M.  Pentelow 0  10  U 

Mrs.    SUrs    Bible    Clase,    BtockweU 

Baptist  Chapel Ill 

Mr.  J.  Parsons  (fw  numbers  on  Swim* 

mingBath)         ...       « 0  fi< 

S  M.K.  B.,perB.W 6O0 

CoUected  by  Miss  Charleeworth          ...  0S« 

Miss  H.  Marsdcn 0  8  0 

A  WeU  Wisher,  Newcastle-on-Ttne  ...  OS* 

CoUected  by  Mrs.  Priestley       0  10  • 

Mr.  O.  Lampard 110 

Mr.  E.  n.  L.  Wilson        2  0  • 

Mrs.  McCaie*s  Bible  Class         ...       ...  18  8 

Fanny  and  Emily  Godbould      0  8  i 

Mr.Himford 10  0 

Mr.  Clarkson         0  M  • 

Mr.  Spriggs 0  10  0 

Mr.  Wadland         10  0 

Collected  by  Tom  Hughes         I  !• 

Master  Prank  BuUer       I   00 

Mf.  A.  H.  Beard 0  0  • 

Mr.  John  Hector 10  0 

Bev.E.Bott           10  0 

Mrs.  H.  St.  Claire            0  10  0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  E.  £.  Dodwell         ...  0  7  1 

A  Sailor,  Cowes     0  10  0 

M.  M....        ...        ...        ...                   ...  0  6  0 

Mr.  J.  Robinson     5  0  0 

Mr.  il.  I'reston       100 

CoUwtcd  by  Mr.  W.  Smith       0  10  • 

Mr.  W.  Mann        Oil 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Thorpe          0  1*0 

CoU  K!ted  by  Mrs.  Charles  Wood        ...  4  1  7 

Miss  Long 2  0  0 

ALoverof  Jesus 0  4  • 

Mr.  Wiseman  and  daughters    1  00 

E  lith,  Hilda,  and  Wul.  Nottingham ...  0  T  I 

Mrs.  Tunbridge     0  »  • 

Mr.*.  Webb 110  • 

Mrs.  Coleman  and  servant        ...        ...  0  S^ 

A  Servant*s  Presents  from  Visiton    ...  0  S  < 

Dorcas          0  »  • 

Mr.  Alexander  Sinclair 10  0 

An  Incurable         0  *  • 

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Mr.  A.  Benest       0  •  • 

A  labouring  man,  Aberdeen     ...       ...  0  f  < 

Mr.  W.  Howaxd 1  *  • 

Mrs.  Clement  Norton      Ot* 

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at  Haddenham,  per  Pastor  T.  Bimxf 

Smith       2U  ■ 

Mrs.  Joseph  WiDiama     0  IS  • 

Mr.  R.  MOls I  0  J 

Mr.  Jan.  Smith      «.       ...Of' 


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Cairngoriii  •••  ...  •••  ...  •••  0 
Ck>Uected  by  the  Miasea  Isabella  and 

Annie  Oardiner 1 

P.  O.  O.  from  Forthoawl 8 

19*  JL^9      ■••       •••       •••       •••       •••       •••     W 

BCiss  Alice  Yates 0 

Executor  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  Le  Cap- 

pcitMiM  •••  ••«  •••  •••  •••  A  V(Mk 

Executors  of  the  late  Mr.  B.  NicholBon..lOOO 
Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  July  4th       ...      8 

Annnal  Subscriptions  :'^ 
Airs.  O.  LewiS         ...       ...       •••       •••     1 

Bar.  Thomas  Cnzme       1 

^X«  X^  •  •••      •••      •••      •••      •••      •••     m 

Per  F.  B.  T.  :— 

Mrs.  Bathbone  Taylor    ... 

Mr.  Joseph  Benson 

Master  Cecil  Benson 

MiasKiiig 

Mr.  T.  B  Johnson 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonas  Smith 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Par- 
kinson  

Mr.  Isaac  Watts     

MesKTS.  Tibbatts  and  Sons 

Mr.  Harding  

Mr.  Jas.  Horton    

Quarterly  Sultseription  : — 
Mr.  Thoa.MiIward 


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6 
0 

8 

1 
0 
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8  10 
0  10 
0  6 
0  6 
0    6 


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£4138    a    8 


)/  Present*,  per  Jlr.  CharUsworlh,  to  July  19<A.—- Paorisioxs :  1  Sack  of  Potatoes,  t  Bag  of 

^  Mrs.  Walker;  6  Pecks  of  Gooseberries,  Mr.  A.  Doggett;  120  Eggs,  Miss  Janet  Ward  ; 

IS,  Mr.  Newton:  2  Chuma  of  Milk,  Messrs.  Freeth  and  Pocock ;   28  lbs.  of  Pudding  Powder^ 

IVeeman  and  Uildyard. 

iixo  {Girla*  Z>ii;i>(o/t) .-—Nine  Articles,  Miss  Earl;  2  Pairs  of  Stays,  W.  Oakley ;  72  Articles, 

ilTs  Biblo  Class ;  1  Patchwork  Quilt,  Mrs.  Cooper;  1  Quilt,  Mrs.  Butterworth  (per  Mr.  C. 

r) :  12  Articles,  Miss  Allen :  2  Articles,  "E.  B." 

niKo  (Hoys*  Division)  .—Some  Bows,  per  Mr.  Bartlett ;  Some  Bows,  Mr.  Lake's  Bible  Class ; 

1  of  Remnants  of  Cloth.  Mr.  Eden ;  7  Articles,  Miss  Allen. 

SAL  :— Forty  lUustrated  Texts  and  Mottoes,  Mr.  J.  E.  Tressider ;  5  Dozen  Illustrated  Texts  and 

9unday-8ohool  Union ;  2  Dolls,  3  Scrap  Bcoks,  "  E.  B."  ;  600  Pftper  Bags,  Messrs.  Crescens 

nn  ;  1  Doll  and  Clothos,  2  Mats,  Mnt.  De  K— ;  1  Large  Hamper  of  Flowers,  Wimbome  Baptist 

piti<  n,  per  Pastor  J.  Hooper ;  206  Table  Forks,  40  Dessert  Spoons,  Mr.  G.  Wheeler ;  One  Pulpit 

iding  Desk,  Dr.  Soi>er ;  an  Ornamental  Garden  Gate,  Mr.  Boss. 

Boom  :— A  Settee,  Miss  Jones  (per  Mr.  Bound) ;  6  Pictures.  Mr.  H.  Mansell ;  1  Parcel,  Mrs. 

8  Teapot  Holders,  6  Tea  Coseys,  Miss  Gilbey ;  12  Yards  of  Tatting,  Miss  Dobson ;  6  Dosen 

of  Mineral  Waters,  Messrs.  Kinmond  and  Co. 


Statement  of  Jieeeiptt  from  June  I6th  to  July  I4th,  1882. 


£  s. 

d. 

kries  Carnegie 

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•«• 

0  10 

0 

Brown      ...        ... 

•  .• 

0    7 

6 

lowVmite 

•  •s 

0  16 

0 

ssie  Brine 

•  •• 

0  10 

0 

Colyer       

•  •• 

0    6 

0 

M.  FcrvuMion     ... 
*nds  in  Edinburgh 

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0    6 
0    4 

0 
6 

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6    6 

0 

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0    7 

0 

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1    0 

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0  10 

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1    0 

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0    6 

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6    0 

0 

ties  Smart 

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0  10 

0 

knowciit" 

•  •• 

•  •• 

0  10 

0 

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2    2 

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0    6 

0 

rah  Bto wn 

•  •• 

1    0 

0 

«a  Boulter 

•  •• 

1    0 

0 

melOona 

— 

0  10 

0 

Miss  Mary  Pocock 

Mrs.  £.  Liloyd        ...        ...        ...        ... 

Profits  from  Beading  Market  Bookstall, 
"Gargo  o'  Kedin',"  for  "The 


ding  Houisc  '* 
For  ♦*  The  Liverpool  House  " :  - 


Friends  at  lirerpool,  per 
Ber.  HxighStowell  Brown 

Mr.  W.  Litherland,pcrMr. 
E.  Mounsey        

Mr.  E.  Mounsey    

BCr.  A.  Doggett     

Miss  £.  Bickerton  Erans 
Mr.  G.  M.  Babbich 
An  unlmown  friend 
Emil^  Anne  White 

A  bnck        

Mrs.  Taylor 

A  senrant-giri  near  Foztcs 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  MillB   ... 


21    0   0 


£  a.  d. 
0  10  0 
0  10    0 


8    0   0 


6 

0 

0 

6 

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81 

0 

0 

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OOLFOBTAGB   ABSOOIlTIOir. 


£  8.  d. 

Mr.  Geoi^  Sdvwright 0  10   0 

Mr.  John  Wood 0    7    6 

M™.  Couttie 0  10    0 

^Sn.  Thomas         6    0    0 

Hn.  Isaac  Watts 110 

Hr.Sanfoid 10    0 

Bazaar  goods  sold  at  the  Orphanage, 

June  2l8t 41  17    0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 0    6    0 

In  memory  of  dear  Mabel  Adeline     ...  6   0   0 

Mrs.  A.  Benest      0    6    0 

An  incurable         0    6    0 

Mm.  Garrard         10    0 

A  lover  of  Jesus 0   6   0 


Mrs.  Hatcfaard      

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woollazd  ... 
Mr.  Jaa.  Hamilton 

Miss  E.  Clover       

Mr.  Philip  Davies 

Jill.    JD  .a.  .«■  .*•  •*. 

A  fnend      ...       ...       ... 

U.f  JAOseiey...  ... 

An  invalid,  Clapham  Bark 

Annual  Subscription  : — 
Mrs.  C.  liCwis        ...       ... 


...  6 

...  0 

...  0 

...  60 

...  1 

...looa 

•..  6 

...  0 


£  B.d. 

10  0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 


...      110 
£1202  14   0 


Uptk^t 


Statement  of  Reeeiptt  from 

Suhscripllons  and  Donations  for  Districts : — 

£  8.  d. 

High  Wycombe  District 

-Norfolk  Association        

Nottingham  Tabemade 

Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  for  Dorking  ... 
Miss  Hadfield,  for  Hyde,  Coives,  and 

Ventnor 

Easex  Congregational  Union,   Pitsea 

District     

Worcester  Colportage  Association 

Southern  Association      

W.R,  for  Ilkeston  

Northampton    Association,     Bulwick 

A^^mjufii     •••       ••■       ••«       •»•       ••• 
<£ythome  District 


16    0 
10    0 
10    0 
30    0 

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40    0 

56  13 

8  11 

0 
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4 
4 

6  13 

7  10 

4 
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Subscriptions  and  Donations  to  the  General  JPund: — 

£   s.  d. 

Mr.  J.  Terrr  S   0    0 

Pastor  C.  H.  Spnrgeon,  from  Legacy 

left  at  his  disposal  by  the  late  Mr.  B. 

Wallis       100    0    0 

Mrs.  Howard         10    0    0 

Mrs.  A.  Drayson 0  10    6 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Watson  8   0    0 

Mr.  A.  Long         110 


June  mth  to  July  lith,  1882. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  Wood  ... 
Pastor  C.  L.  and  Mrs.  Gordon 

Mrs.  H.  Keevil      

Mr.  B.  Monnsey    ... 

Bev.  Q.  H.  and  Mrs.  Bouse 

D.  E.  G.,  Wflts     

XJ»    X^«  ^r*  •«•  •••  ,«« 

CoUected  by  Miss  Powell... 
Collected  by  Miss  Fosbeiry 

Mr.  J.  Harris         

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard    ...        ... 

Mr.  J.  Hector        

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Potier 

A  Boas  man 

Mrs.  Webb 

The  Misses  Black 

Part  of  a  Sailor's  Tithe  ... 
Mrs.  Bobt.  Wilson 

J.  H.,  Edinburgh 

Mr.  Spriggs  

Annual  Suhseription  .*— 
Mr.  Geo.  TomUns 

Quarterfg  Subscriptions  ;— 

JSl«    ^3a      •••  ••■  «««  B«( 

Mr.  J.  McHaffie    


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Statement  of  BeeetpU  from  June  Ihth  to  July  lith^  1882. 

£  a.  d. 


'Thankoifering  for  Mr.  Bumham's  ser- 
vices at  Trowbridge     10  0 

Pastor  C.  L.  and  Mrs.  Gordon 10  0 

Mr.  and  Mra  H.  Wood 10  0 

XL.  £<.  o.         •••         ...         ...         ...         ...  O     o  0 

Mrs.  H.  Keevil      ... 6    0  0 

D.E.G.,  Wilts      0    6  0 

•Collection  at  Sandy,  after  servioes  by 

Mr.  Bnmham    1  18  6 


Mr.  A.  A.  Scard    ...       ...       ...       .„ 

Mr.  John  Hector  ...       ...       ...       ... 

Thankoffering  for  Messrs,  Smith  and 
FnUerton's  Servioes  atTrini^Gh^»eI« 
John-street,  Edgware-road  ...       ... 

Mrs,  Bayboolu      


£ 
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6   0 
0   0 


0 
0 


0 
0 


£44    7   6 


Friends  sending  presentt  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnestly  reqtueted  to  let  their  names  or 
initials  accompany  the  same,  or  we  cannot  properly  aeknowledae  them;  and  also  to  write 
Mr,  Spurgeon  if  no  aeknowledpment  is  sent  within  a  wetk.  All  parcels  should  be  addressed 
4o  Mr.  Charlesworth,  StoekweU  Orphanage^  Clapham  Mood,  London. 

Subscriptions  wiU  be  thankfully  received  by  C.  H,  Spurgeon,  "  Westwood^  Bsulak  ElU, 
Upper  Norwood,  Should  any  sums  be  unaeknowledaea  in  this  list,  friends  are  requested  to 
sffTite  at  once  to  Mr,  Spurgeon,  Feet  Cffiee  Orders  snould  be  made  payable  at  the  Chief  QfieSf 
I/mdon,  to  C.  H,  Spurgeon* 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL. 


SEPTEMBER,      1882. 


IfiiHiilfural  ^bbnss 


AT  THE    EIOHTEENTH   ANXUAL    CnHFEKGHCE  OP  THE  PASTORS' 

COLtiEGB  ASSOCIATION,  APRIL  18,  1882. 

Si  C.  H.  BPORGKON. 

(CoTicluded  fi-om  page  408). 

HITHERTO  we  have  been  going  round  the  text,  after  the 
example  of  Rowland  Hill ;  now  let  ns  come  fair);  up  to  it. 
"When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong." 

I,  Here  is,  firsts  a  depresbinc}  exferienoe.  "  When 
I  am  weak:"  when  ia  that?  Tnily,  we  are  bo  alwaja.  Ib 
there  ever  a  time  when  the  atrongeat  Ohristian  Ib  not  comparatjrely 
weak  ?  But  there  are  aeaaona  wh&n  we  are  conBcioaaly  weaK.  Take 
PaQl'a  case  as  an  illnstration.  He  had  been  canght  np  into  the  third 
hesTeo,  bnt  he  could  not  bear  revelations  bo  well  as  John,  who  had 
enough  of  them  to  fill  a  boob,  and  yet  was  never  elated  by  them ;  bnt 
Paul  was  not  go  well  qualified  to  be  a  eeer,  for  ho  was  more  at  home 
with  argnments  than  with  viBions,  and  therefore  when  he  saw  a  viBioo 
he  Bet  great  store  by  it.  He  kept  his  aecret  for  fifteen  years ;  bnt  it 
was  anch  a  very  remarkable  thing  for  him,  and  so  much  out  of  his  own 
natural  line  of  things,  that  the  tendency  in  him  was  to  be  exalted  by 
the  abnndance  of  ^e  revelation;  and  therefore  the  Lord  sent,  not 
Satan,  bnt  "a  messenger  of  Satan,"  a  mean,  despicable  apirit,  not  to 
fight  with  him  with  sword  and  bnckler,  bnt  to  "  buffet  him,"  as  boys  do 
tJieir  playmates.  Have  yon  never  had  an  insigniGcant  thing  to  vex 
yon,  like  a  fly  bozzing  aronnd  yon  ?    Have  yon  not  felt  the  trial  to  be 


460  IllTAUOUBAL  ADDBE8S. 

intensely  worrying,  and  yet  meanly  trifling  ?  Yon  conld  hare  girded 
yonrself  to  meet  a  lion,  bnt  this  trouble  was  a  mere  yelping  cnr,  and  it 
irritated  yon  to  the  last  degree,  and  inflicted  a  pain  upon  yon.  Panl 
does  not  describe  his  trial  as  the  cnt  of  a  swora,  else  he  would  hare 
bound  it  up;  it  was  only  the  prick  of  a  thorn  ;  he  conld  scarcely  see 
the  cause  oi  the  pain,  or  he  would  have  taken  a  needle  and  extracted  it ; 
but  it  was  a  little  thorn  which  had  buried  itself  in  the  flesh,  and 
festered  there.  This  was  Paul's  worry,  and  it  was  sent  to  keep  him 
humble.  Paul  might  have  gloried  in  wrestling  with  the  deyil;  bnt 
this  was  a  wretched  business.  To  grapple  with  a  great  temptation, 
and  to  hurl  it  to  the  ground,  has  a  grandeur  in  it  which  inspires  yon; 
bnt  it  is  yery  different  when  yon  are  assailed  by  a  thins  so  small  that 
you  despise  yourself  for  taking  notice  of  it,  and  yet  it  frets  your  soul. 
You  say  to  yonrself,  **  How  weak  I  am  I  Why  am  I  thus  irritated  and 
disturbed  ?  If  anyone  else  made  half  this  fnss  about  a  little  thorn  I 
should  say,  'You  oaght  to  know  better';  and  yet  here  am  I,  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel,  greatly  tried  by  a  trifle,  and  beseeching  the  Lord 
thrice  to  take  it  away  &om  me,  for  I  cannot  bear  it."  Do  we  erer  get 
into  such  a  condition  ?  I  wish  that  at  such  a  time  we  would  confess 
our  abject  weakness  and  cast  ourselves  upon  God,  for  then  should  we 
be  maae  strong. 

This  festering  of  the  thorn  does  not  afiSict  us  all,  because  it  does  not 
happen  to  all  to  see  visions;  but  many  servants  of  God  are  made  to  feel 
their  weakness  in  another  way,  by  an  oppressive  sense  of  responsibility. 
Brethren,  I  speak  to  you  as  unto  wise  men,  who  will  not  misunder- 
stand  me.  I  hope  you  will  always  feel  your  responsibility  before  God ; 
bnt  do  not  carry  the  feeling  too  far.  We  may  feel  our  responsibility 
so  deeply  that  we  may  become  unable  to  sustain  it ;  it  may  cripple 
our  joy  and  make  slaves  of  us.  Do  not  take  an  exaggerated  view 
of  what  the  Lord  expects  of  you«  He  will  not  blame  you  for  not 
doing  that  which  is  beyond  vour  mental  power  or  physical  strength. 
You  are  required  to  be  faithfoJ,  bnt  you  are  not  bound  to  be  succes^L 
Yon  are  to  teach,  but  you  cannot  compel  people  to  learn.  You  are  to 
make  things  plain,  but  you  cannot  give  carnal  men  an  understanding  of 
spiritual  things.  We  are  not  the  Father,  nor  the  Saviour,  nor  the  Com- 
forter of  the  Church.  We  cannot  take  the  responsibility  of  the  universe 
upon  our  shoulders.  While  vexing  ourselves  with  fancied  obligations 
we  m^  overlook  our  real  burdens.  I  could  sit  down  and  meditate 
until  I  felt  the  responsibility  of  the  whole  south  of  London  upon 
my  back,  and  this  wonld  render  me  unable  to  look  after  my  own 
church.  What  is  the  practical  result  of  m&king  yourself,  as  one  man, 
responsible  for  the  work  of  twenty  men  ?  mil  you  do  any  more  ? 
Will  you  do  it  any  better  ?    I  saw  a  horse  this  morning  which  was 

Eulling  at  a  three-horse  load.  How  he  tagged!  How  he  strained 
imself.  I  thought  to  myself,  there  is  a  good  horse  being  mined.  His 
master  ought  to  take  off  part  of  his  load,  or  else  put  more  horses  to  poll 
with  him.  Does  our  Lord  and  Master  treat  us  m  this  fashion  ?  Sb ; 
we  overload  ourselves.  We  get  tug^g  away  as  if  the  salvation  of  the 
world  depended  upon  our  straining  ourselves  to  death.  Now,  I  do  not 
want  you  to  get  away  from  feeling  a  dne  measure  of  responsibility ;  bat 
then  you  are  not  Gi}d,  and  you  do  not  stand  in  God's  place ;  yoo  are 


IKAUGUBAL  ADDRESS.  461 

nofc  the  rulers  of  proYidence,  and  yoa  have  not  been  elected  sole  managers 
of  the  coTenant  of  grace;  therefore  do  not  act  as  if  yoa  were.  Bat,  dear 
brethren,  having  said  this  mnch  by  way  of  caTcat,  lest  I  should  lead 
any  of  yon  to  despair,  let  me  now  say, — ^hare  we  any  of  us  fully 
felt  the  measure  of  our  responsibility  ?  If  there  be  one  such  here,  let 
him  speak;  but  I  shall  not  believe  him.  We  have  not  done  what 
we  should  have  done,  what  we  could  have  done,  nor  what  we  ought 
to  hare  done,  nor  what  we  will  yet  do  in  6od*s  strength.  Perhaps 
we  have  worked  up  to  the  full  of  what  was  expected  of  us  in  quantity, 
but  how  about  the  quality  ?  It  may  be  we  have  attended  quite  enough 
meetings,  and  delivered  quite  enough  sermons ;  but  then,  has  this  been 
done  in  an  apostolic  spirit,  and  night  and  day  with  tears  have  we 
warned  men  and  pleaded  with  them  as  in  the  sight  of  God?  Our 
responsibilities,  when  they  are  thoroughly  felt^  crush  us,  and  then  are 
we  weak  indeed ;  but  this  weakness  is  the  road  to  strength.  '*  When  I 
am  weak,  then  am  I  strong." 

And  do  we  not  often  feel  weak  in  the  sense  of  utter  unfitness  for  leing 
ministers  at  all  by  reason  of  our  sinfulness.  Paul  said  of  his  calling  to 
the  ministry,  ''Woe  is  unto  me  if  I  preach  not  the  gospel."  We  can 
say  it  too ;  yet  sometimes  we  feel  as  if  we  would  speak  no  more  for 
Christ,  and  we  should  sink  into  silence  were  it  not  that  his  word  is 
as  a  fire  in  our  bones,  and  we  cannot  refrain.  Then  we  think  we  will 
go  away  into  the  far  West,  and  in  some  log  cabin  teach  a  few  children 
the  way  of  salvation,  for  we  do  not  feel  fit  for  anything  higher.  Our 
shortcomiogs  and  our  failures  stare  us  out  of  countenance,  and  then 
are  we  painfblly  weak ;  but  this  also  is  the  highway  to  strength : 
*'  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong." 

Sometimes  we  grow  depressed  and  weak  because  our  sphere  of  labour 
seems  speciaUy  difficult  This  is  not  the  time  to  dilate  upon  the  peculiar 
trials  of  our  pastorates.  Ministers  in  London  could  tell  a  tale  that 
would  astonish  you,  for  they  see  things  which  are  their  burden  day  and 
night.  As  for  our  country  brethren,  what  some  of  them  have  had  to 
put  up  with !  They  cannot  move  the  deacons  and  the  church  at  all, 
but  perhaps  the  deacons  wish  to  move  them;  they  cannot  get  at  the 
people,  and  though  they  preach  their  hearts  out  they  preach  to  empty 
uews.  If  we  could  only  put  certain  men  into  the  positions  which  their 
brethren  faithfully  occupy  under  great  discouragement,  thev  would 
know  themselves  better,  and  leave  off  boasting,  and  instead  of  finding 
fault  they  would  wonder  that  so  much  has  been  accomplished  under 
such  circumstances.  By  that  way  also  we  become  strong:  when  God 
makes  us  feel  that  our  work  is  impossible  to  us  without  his  aid  then 
are  we  driven  to  his  strength. 

Some  of  you  are  quite  alone  as  to  the  helpful  fellowship  of  kindred 
spirits.  This  is  a  trying  deprivation,  and  may  well  depress  you.  Beside 
this,  many  of  you  are  poor^  and  you  hardly  know  how  to  support  your 
families.  As  1  listened  to  the  praver  of  the  brother  who  led  our 
devotions  just  now,  and  rememberea  what  he  is  suffering,  and  how  he 
has  actually  worked  in  the  harvest-fields,  with  working  men,  so  that  he 
might  earn  his  bread  and  preach  the  gospel,  I  felt  that  I  could  rejoice 
in  him.  Still  I  know  that  poverty  often  makes  a  man  feel  sadly  weak ; 
when  his  children  are  without  shoes,  and  the  wife's  dress  is  nearly  worn 


4G2  INAUGU&AL  ADDBBS8. 

out;,  and  he  knows  not  where  any  more  are  to  come  from,  his  heart 
Binks  within  him.  In  addition  to  this,  it  may  be  that  r^oach  comes 
undeservedly.  A  scandalous  story  from  the  father  of  lies  may  be  forged 
against  yon,  and  yon  may  be  quite  nnable  to  defend  yourself.  Yon 
fear  lest  in  trying  to  erase  the  blot  you  might  spoil  the  page.  Hearts 
are  broken  over  this  matter.  Oh,  how  weak  a  man  becomes  when  this 
is  the  case ;  he  may  half  feel  himself  guilty  after  haTin|^  heard  the 
accusation  repeated  again  and  again,  although  all  the  while  he  is  as 
pure  as  the  driven  snow.  This  brings  a  wei^ess  which  may  paralyze 
a  man.    Oh  to  be  strong  in  the  Lord  at  such  times. 

I  suppose  you  do  not  think  that  I  ever  get  dried  up,  and  find  it  diffi- 
cult to  say  anything  fresh  in  my  sermons,  and  yet  so  it  is.  Think,  dear 
brethren :  I  hare  more  than  twenty-seyen  Tolumes  of  sermons  in  print  I 
It  grows  harder  to  say  anything  new  as  those  volumes  increase.  Where 
will  the  next  sermon  come  from  ?  is  the  question  we  have  asked  our- 
selves again  and  again  ;  we  have  feared  that  we  could  not  keep  np  the 
supply,  and  we  have  felt  our  own  weakness  to  a  terrible  degree ;  but 
this,  also,  is  the  way  to  strength.  So  prepare  yourselves,  my  younger 
brethren,  to  become  weaker  and  weaker;  prepare  yourselves  for  sinking 
lower  and  lower  in  self-esteem;  prepare  yourselves  for  self-annibilation, 
and  pray  God  to  expedite  the  pocess. 

Certain  brethren  know  nothmg  of  this  experience,  they  are  not  weak 
at  all;  but  despise  such  confessions.  Have  you  never  met  with  preachers 
who  can  keep  on  and  on;  and  though  thej  never  did  say  anything  and 
never  will,  yet  they  never  know  what  it  is  to  be  weak.  They  are  just 
as  able  to-day  as  ever  they  were.  I  have  heard  of  an  old  Scotch 
preacher,  whose  divisions  were  very  numerous,  and  whose  subdivisions 
were  almost  innumerable;  so  one  day  the  people,  one  by  one,  went 
away,  until  at  last  the  boy  took  the  keys  up  and  said  to  him,  '^  Yoa  can 
lock  the  church  up  when  you  have  done."  Some  are  so  very  long  in 
saying  nothing,  and  are  so  surely  emptying  tiieir  places,  that  it  would 
be  wise  to  hand  them  the  keys  so  that  they  might  retire  when  they  are 
quite  through.  As  tor  some  of  us,  we  are  consciously  feeble,  and  when 
we  prose  we  know  it.  We  come  out  of  the  pulpit  at  times  feeling 
that  we  are  less  fit  than  ever  for  the  holy  work.  Our  last  sermon  we 
judge  to  be  our  worst,  and  frequently  for  that  reason  it  is  our  best ;  we 
grow,  and  among  other  growths  we  grow  downwards. 

We  shall  go  on  feeling  less  fit,  and  still  less  fit,  and  all  the  while 
becoming  more  suited  to  be  used  of  the  Lord.  I  know  one  who  said 
the  other  night,  when  she  was  reading,  that  it  seemed  as  if  her  eyes  had 
dropped  out.  The  truth  was  her  spectacles  had  fallen  off.  Go  on 
losing  your  spectacles,  and  be  sure  that  you  get  rid  of  all  those  holy 
tones  and  whines,  and  grotesque  methods,  and  stiffnesses  and  manner- 
isms, which  are  not  your  eyes,  but  only  shockingly  bad  spectacles. 

II.  I  conclude  by  speaking  upon  the  blsbssd  ezpsbisnce.  "  When 
I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong."  How  is  it,  and  how  can  it  be  ?  Well, 
first,  it  is  when  I  am  weak  that  /  am  sure  to  flee  to  Ood  for  succour  and 
help.  The  little  coney  mentioned  by  Solomon  was  a  poor,  puny 
creature,  and  yet  he  baffled  the  sportsman.  Learn  a  lesson  from  him. 
''  The  conies  are  a  feeble  folk ;  yet  make  they  their  houses  in  the  rocka." 
Brethren,  because  I  cannot  think,  I  hide  behind  a  doctrine  which  God 


INAUGURAL  ADDBB8S.  463 

has  thought  ont  for  me;  and  becanae  I  cannot  inrent  a  hypothesia  I 
hide  my  soal  in  a  self-eyident  fiust ;  and  becaoBe  I  cannot  even  be  con- 
aiatent  with  myeelf,  I  get  behind  the  plain  teaching  of  the  text^  and 
there  I  abide.  It  is  wonderful  how  afcrong  a  man  fee&  in  snch  a  hiding- 
place.  When  yon  cannot  lay  a  stone,  and  cannot  lift  a  trowel  by 
yourselfy  then  yon  may  begin  to  bnild  for  QoA,  for  he  wlQ  make  yon  a 
worker  together  with  him,  your  feebleness  will  be  linked  to  the  eternal 
strangth,  and  then  the  wall  will  rise  with  speed.  "  When  I  am  weak, 
then  am  I  strong." 

Next,  we  are  strong  when  we  are  weak  because  we  gam  our  strength  bu 
prayer^  and  our  weScnsss  is  our  best  argument  in  supplication.  Jacob 
nerer  conquered  until  he  limped,  nay,  until  he  fell.  When  the  sinew 
shrank  the  suppliant  triumphed.  When  you  are  engaged  in  prayer, 
plead  yonr  sfcren^,  and  you  will  get  nothmg ;  then  plead  your  weak- 
ness,  and  you  will  preyaiL  There  is  no  better  plea  with  dime  Iotc 
than  wealmess  and  pain  ;  nothing  can  so  preyail  with  the  ereat  heart 
of  Ood  as  for  your  heart  to  faint  and  swoon.  The  man  wno  rises  in 
prayer  to  tears  and  agony,  and  feels  all  the  while  as  if  he  could  not 
pray,  and  yet  must  pray — he  is  the  man  that  will  see  the  desire  of  his 
soul.  Do  not  mothers  always  care  most  for  the  tiniest  child,  or  for 
that  which  is  most  sick  ?  Do  we  not  spend  the  greatest  caice  upon 
that  one  of  our  children  whidi  has  the  least  use  of  its  limbs  ?  and  is  it 
not  true  that  our  weakness  holds  God's  strength,  and  leads  him  to  bow 
his  omnipotence  to  our  rescue? 

There  is  another  strength  in  weakness  which  it  is  well  for  us  to  haye. 
I  belieye  that  when  we  preach  in  conscious  weakness  it  adds  a  wonderful 
farce  to  the  words  we  utter.  When  Mr.  Enill  went  out  to  distribute 
tracts  among  the  soldiers,  he  tells  us  that  there  was  one  wicked  man 
who  said  to  his  comrades,  "  I  will  cure  him  of  oomin^  to  us  with  his 
tracts " ;  so  when  a  riuff  was  made  around  the  mmister  and  the 
blasphemer,  he  cursed  Mr.  Knill  with  awful  oaths.  Hearing  these 
promne  words  Mr.  Knill  burst  into  tears,  and  said  how  he  longed  for 
the  man's  salvation.  It  was  years  after  that  he  met  that  soldier  again, 
when  he  said,  '*  I  neyer  took  notice  of  your  tracts,  or  of  anything  that 
you  said ;  but  when  I  saw  you  cry  like  a  child  I  could  not  stand  it,  but 
gaye  my  heart  to  Ood."  When  we  tell  our  people  how  we  are 
hampered,  bnt  how  much  we  long  for  their  souls'  salyation;  when  we 
ask  them  to  excuse  our  broken  language,  for  it  is  the  utterance  of  our 
hearts,  they  beUeye  in  our  sincerity,  for  they  see  our  breaking  hearts, 
and  they  are  moyed  by  what  we  say.  The  man  who  grinds  out  theology 
at  so  much  a  yiurd  has  no  power  oyer  men ;  the  people  need  men  who  can 
feel — ^men  of  hevt,  men,  weak  and  feeble  men,  who  can  sjrmpathize  with 
the  timid  and  sorrowful.  It  is  a  blessed  thing  if  a  minister  can  weep 
his  way  into  men's  souls,  or  eyen  stammer  a  pi^h  into  their  hearts. 
So,  brethren,  do  not  be  afraid  of  being  weak, — ^'^  When  I  am  weak,  then 
am  I  strong." 

Besides  this,  another  form  of  strength  comes  of  weakness,  for  by  it 
our  sympaOiy  is  educated.  Wlien  you  and  I  become  weak,  and  are 
depressed  in  spirit,  and  our  soul  passes  through  the  yalley  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  it  is  often  on  account  of  others.  I  preached  one 
Sabbath  morning  from  the  text,  *'  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou 


464  INiUaUnAL  ADDBE8S. 

forsaken  me  ?  "  and  ihongh  I  did  not  gay  so,  yet  I  preached  my  own 
ezperienoe.  I  heard  my  own  chains  dank  while  I  tried  to  preach  to 
my  fellow  prisoners  in  the  dark;  bat  I  ooold  not  tell  why  I  was 
brought  into  snch  an  awful  horror  of  darkness,  for  which  I  condemned 
myself  On  the  following  Monday  eyening  a  man  came  to  see  me  who 
bore  all  the  marks  of  despair  upon  his  conntenance.  His  hair  seemed 
to  stand  upright,  and  his  eyes  were  ready  to  start  from  their  soc^Lets. 
He  said  to  me  alfter  a  little  parleying,  "  I  never  before  heard  auy  man 
speak  in  my  life  who  seemed  to  know  my  heart.  Mine  is  a  terrible  case; 
but  on  Sunday  morning  you  painted  me  to  the  life,  and  preached  as  if 
you  had  been  inside  my  souL"  By  Ood's  grace  I  saved  that  man  from 
suicide,  and  led  him  into  gospel  light  and  liberty;  but  I  know  I  could 
not  have  done  it  if  I  had  not  myself  been  confined  in  the  dungeon  in 
which  he  lay.  I  tell  the  story,  brethren,  because  you  sometimes  may 
not  understand  yonr  own  experience,  and  the  perfect  people  may 
condemn  yon  for  haying  it ;  but  what  know  they  of  Ood's  servants  ? 
You  and  I  have  to  suffer  much  for  the  sake  of  the  people  of  our 
charge.  Gk)d's  sheep  ramble  very  &r,  and  we  have  to  go  after  them ; 
and  sometimes  the  shepherds  go  where  they  themselves  would  never 
roam  if  they  were  not  in  pursuit  of  lost  sheep.  You  may  be  in  Egyptian 
darkness,  and  yon  may  wonder  why  such  a  horror  chills  yonr  marrow, 
but  you  may  tie  altogether  in  the  pursuit  of  your  calling,  and  be  led  of 
the  Spirit  to  a  position  of  sympathy  with  desponding  minds.  Expect 
to  grow  weaker,  brethren,  that  you  may  comfort  the  weak,  and  so  may 
become  masters  in  Israel  in  the  judgment  of  others,  while  in  your  own 
you  are  less  than  the  least  of  all  saints. 

More  than  this,  I  believe  that  my  text  is  true  when  a  man  becomes 
weak  through  love  to  the  particular  place  in  which  he  is  called  to  labour. 
Suppose  a  brothw  placed  in  the  midst  of  a  dense,  poor  population,  and 
he  feels  the  responsibility  of  his  work  and  the  misery  of  souls  aronnd 
him  until  it  gets  such  a  hold  upon  him  that  he  cannot  escape  from  iL 
He  tries  to  think  of  more  cheeifiil  subjects,  but  he  cannot  shake  off  the 
nightmare  of  the  people's  poverty  and  sin.  It  is  with  him  by  day,  and 
it  is  with  him  by  night ;  he  hears  the  crying  of  the  children,  and  the 
wailing  of  the  women ;  he  hears  the  sighing  of  the  men  and  the  groans 
of  the  sick  and  dying,  and  he  comes  to  be  almost  a  monomaniac  in  his 
desperate  seal  for  his  own  part  of  the  great  field  of  service.  Yea,  that 
man  may  kill  himself  with  anxiety;  but  meanwhile  it  is  evident  that  he 
is  the  man  whom  God  has  sent  to  bless  the  people.  He  will  go  on  thinking 
and  praying  and  planning,  until  at  last  he  will  hit  on  a  method  which 
outsiders  may  judge  to  be  as  odd  as  the  man ;  but  he  will  carry  it  out, 
and  the  whole  district  will  be  the  better  for  it.  Oh,  it  is  a  blessing  when 
God  caste  a  godly  man  into  the  middle  of  a  mass  of  misery,  and  keeps 
him  there.  It  may  not  be  a  pleasant  thing  for  him,  but  it  will  bring 
a  sevenfold  reward  in  the  end.  I  am  glad  that  Uowaid  felt  that  he 
must  go  through  all  the  prisons  in  Europe.  He  had  a  comfort- 
able home  of  ms  own,  and  yet  he  must  roam  through  France,  and 
Germany,  and  Russia,  poking  his  nose  into  eveij  pestilential  d(^- 
nolo  where  prisoners  were  to  be  found.  He  makes  himself  familiar  with 
the  unimaginable  horrors  of  dungeon  life^  and  suffers  fevers  bom  of 
the  jail*filth.     He  has  a  choice  nose  for  the  worst  atmosphere;  the 


INAUaUBAL  ADDRESS.  465 

fouler  it  is  the  more  needfal  that  he  shonld  breathe  it,  for  he  has 
a  passion  for  the  discovery  and  destruction  of  prison  cruelty.  He 
comes  home^  and  writes  a  book  upon  his  pet  subject,  and  then,  after  a 
little  while,  he  is  off  again,  and  at  last  he  dies  a  martyr  to  the  cause  he 
has  espoused ;  yet  it  was  worth  while  to  be  a  Howard  who  could 
liye  and  could  die  to  rescue  his  fellow-men.  Mr.  Howard,  it  is  because 
you  are  so  Teiy  weak,  and  suffer  so  much  from  prison-on-the-brain^  that 
you  are  strong  ;  yon  will  accomplish  reforms  while  others  are  talking 
of  them.  I  dare  say  there  were  some  who  said,  "  These  things  must 
be  gradually  ameliorated  by  the  progress  of  better  principles^  and  we 
must  try  new  notions  by  degrees."  Yes,  this  gradual  reform  is  a  prudent 
idea,  but  then  Mr.  Howard  is  such  a  weak-minded  man  that  he  goes 
raking  up  horrible  stories ;  and  insisting  upon  it  that  murder  by  im- 
prisonment must  cease  at  once.  Brethren,  may  you  become  weak  in 
like  fashion, — ^almost  out  of  your  minds  with  restless  resolre  to  save 
souls.  If  you  break  loose  in  an  absurd  way,  and  set  the  chill  proprieties 
a-trembling,  and  the  imbecilities  ridiculing,  it  will  cause  me  great  joy. 
Little  do  I  eare  if  you  become  fools  for  Glmst's  sake.  When  our  weak- 
ness verges  upon  fanaticism  it  may  have  all  the  more  power  about  it 
Mr.  PlimsoU  aid  nobly  when  he  stood  up  and  pleaded  against  coffin- 
ships  ;  but  he  was  never  so  strong  as  when  he  lost  himself,  and  broke 
the  rules  of  the  House  in  the  ardour  of  his  passion.  It  was  very  weak  of 
him,  but  in  that  weakness  lay  his  strength.  Give  us  more  of  the  speech 
which  comes  of  a  burning  heart,  as  lava  comes  of  a  volcanic  overflow. 
When  the  truth  conquers  us  we  shall  conquer  by  the  truth. 

Weakness  is  strength,  once  more,  because  often  a  man's  sense  of 
weakness  arouses  the  whole  of  him;  whatever  there  is  in  the  man  then 
comes  out»  it  makes  the  man  intense  in  every  part.  Certain  small 
animals  are  much  more  to  be  dreaded  in  fight  than  larger  beasts, 
because  they  are  so  active  and  furious  that  they  bite  fifty  times  while 
the  greater  ones  are  opening  their  mouths.  A  man  might  almost  as 
well  face  a  hyaena  as  a  rat  or  a  weasel,  because  these  lesser  creatures 
are  all  alive,  and  so  intent  on  the  attack,  that  they  fi^ht  with  their  whole 
bodies ;  claws  and  teeth  are  all  at  work,  and  thus  they  become  strong 
through  that  sense  of  weakness  which  causes  them  to  use  every  atom 
of  force  which  they  possess.  Have  you  never  seen  a  great  man,  perhaps 
a  Doctor  of  Divinity,  concerning  whom  you  have  felt  how  mighty  he  is  ? 
We  all  acknowledge  his  strength;  but  what  does  he  accomplish  ?  A  far 
smaller  man  full  of  grace  and  ardour,  and  all  alive  in  working  for  the 
Lord,  achieves  much  more.  The  conscious  littleness  of  the  man  makes 
him  live  intensely  unto  God, — ''  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong." 
Because  I  cannot  do  much,  therefore  I  will  do  all  I  can.  Because  I 
have  little  power,  therefore  I  will  useidl  the  power  I  have.  Do  not  the 
tradesmen  say  that  '•  a  nimble  ninepence  is  better  than  a  la^  half-crown  "  ? 
I  am  sure  it  is  so.  A  sense  of  weakness  may  bestir  us  to  a  bravery  Which 
else  we  had  not  known.  Look  at  our  oountrv  ages  ago,  when  Spain 
tried  to  destroy  her.  See  the  Invincible  Armada !  Huge  ships  burden 
the  sea,  and  Papal  warriors  are  speeding  to  the  prey.  England  must 
do  her  best.  On  the  one  side  is  Spain,  mistress  of  empires,  and  on  the 
other  is  a  poor  little  island,  with  a  brave  queen  it  is  true,  but  with  an 
army  and  navy  slender  to  the  last  degree.    The  monster  ships  are  off 


466  THE  LITBRATUBE  OF  THE  GALLOWS. 

Plymouth;  here  they  come,  like  a  half-moon,  or  like  jawB  opening  to 
swallow  118  np.  What  is  happening  in  Britain?  Why,  ereiybody  is 
preparing  for  the  battle,  and  every  man  and  every  woman  on  the  island 
will  fight  to  the  death.  All  the  seafaring  folk  are  on  the  alert.  Oar 
Eailors  in  their  diminative  vessels  are  hovering  ronnd  the  huge 
galleons,  waiting  for  an  opportunity  to  strike  a  blow,  and  the  oppor- 
tunity comes. 

"  Look  how  the  Lion  of  the  sea  lifts  up  his  ancient  crown, 
And  underneath  his  deadly  paw  treads  the  gay  lilies  down.** 

Ood  watches  over  England.  He  blows  with  his  wind,  and  the  sea 
covers  the  Armada,  and  Spain  is  smitten  and  England  is  saved.  It  was 
a  sense  of  weakness  that  mov^  the  v^onr  of  onr  fore&thersy  and 
stirred  the  aaints  to  cry  to  Qod  for  help.  Go  to,  ye  mighty  ones*  ye  are 
not  strong.  Gome  ye  np,  ye  weak  ones,  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty,  for  ye  are  strong  in  the  Lord,  and 
in  the  power  of  his  might. 

And  this,  last  of  all,  is  the  reason  why  we  are  strong  when  we  are 
weak,  namely,  because  the  eacrifice  is  leing  consummated.  When  was 
Christ  strongest  but  when  he  was  weakest  ?  When  did  he  shake  the 
kingdom  of  darkness  bat  when  he  was  nailed  to  the  tree  ?  When  did 
he  put  away  sin  for  his  people  but  when  his  heart  was  pierced  ?  When 
did  he  trample  upon  death  and  the  old  dragon  but  when  he  was  himself 
about  to  die  ?  His  victory  was  in  the  extremity  of  his  weakness,  namely, 
in  his  death ;  and  it  must  be  the  same  with  his  trembling  church :  she 
has  no  micht ;  she  must  suffer,  she  must  be  slandered,  and  derided, 
and  so  the  Loid  will  triumph  through  her.  The  conquering  sign  is  still 
the  cross.  Wherefore,  brethren,  let  us  be  perfectly  content  to  decrease 
even  unto  the  end,  that  our  right  roysl  Lord  and  King  may  gloriously 
increase  from  day  to  day.    Amen. 


IT  seems  shocking,  almost  ludicrous,  to  speak  of  a  young  man  going 
through  a  course  of  reading  as  a  preparation  for  the  gdlows,  and  yet 
it  is  litersJly  true  that  impure  reading  has,  before  now,  landed  its  victim 
on  the  last  stage  of  the  road  to  ruin.  In  the  vear  1829  a  murderer 
named  Stratford  was  executed  at  Norwich,  and  the  following  is  the 
testimony,  given  at  the  time  by  a  Ohristian  friend  who  visited  the 
convict  m  prison:  Again  and  again  he  assured  me  that  his  fidling 
into  vicious  and  criminal  practices  was  the  conseqnence  of  his  having 
imbibed  mental  poison  from  bad  books — ^and  the  same  assertion  he 
repeated  to  sevem  other  persons.  An  infidel  publication^  long  since 
notorious  for  its  fatal  influences  over  the  haman  mind,  became  the 
companion  of  his  private  hours.  He  read  it,  and  adopted  its  principles. 
He  rejected  the  Holv  Scriptures,  looked  upon  their  contents  as  a 
cunningly  devised  fable,  and  to  use  his  own  expressions,  gave  up  his 
faith  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Thus  was  he  left  without  compass  or 
rudder,  whereby  to  steer  his  course  aright  through  the  ocean  of  life. 


467 

BY  TEBNOK  J.  CHARLESWOBTH. 

THOSE  who  are  jRuniliar  with  the  habits  of  the  working  classes  can 
endorse  the  dictnm  of  the  poet — 

"  All  men  think  all  men  mortal  but  themselves,*' 

for,  with  a  remarkable  want  of  forethonght,  they  are  content  to  lire 
from  jear  to  year  without  making  due  provision  for  dckness,  old  age, 
or  death.  The  condition  of  a  family  dnrmg  the  protracted  illness  of  a 
working  man  is  in  most  cases  pitiable  in  the  extreme.  When  the  last 
earned  wages  are  ezhansted,  articles  of  fnmitnre  or  clothing  haying  any 
market  yalne  are  either  sold  or  pledged,  the  charitable  are  dnnnm  for 
contributions,  tradesmen  are  requested  to  supply  a  few  more  necessaries 
ou  credit,  and,  as  a  last  resource^  there  is  an  aoject  appeal  to  the  poor- 
law  guardians  for  a  pauper's  dole.  If  death  ensues  the  fiEineral  expenses 
must  be  borne  by  the  parish  unless  Mends  can  be  found  to  help,  or  the 
undertaker  has  to  accept  the  tardy  discharge  of  his  bOl  by  small  instal- 
ments extending  over  a  period  of  months,  or  even  years. 

The  straits  to  which  the  widow  is  put  until  she  can  turn  her  hand  to 
some  employment,  badly  paid  at  the  best,  compel  a  feeling  of  mingled 
grief  ana  pity.  Should  the  wardrobe  of  the  family  be  scanty,  which  is 
generally  the  case,  the  stock  is  soon  exhausted,  and  the  children  are 
reduced  to  rags.  From  ttieyaunted  independence  of  a  working  man  to 
the  degraded  pauperism  of  his  family  there  is  but  a  very  brief  step ; 
shame  that  it  should  haye  to  be  taken  through  his  cruel  selfishness  or 
unpardonable  neglect.  When  will  our  working  classes  learn  wisdom  in 
these  matters  ? 

Bad,  indeed,  as  is  the  social  aspect  of  the  improyidence  of  the  people, 
that  which  involyes  spiritual  and  eternal  issues  is  still  more  deeply  to 
be  deplored.  And  yet  how  many  there  are  who,  when  brought  to  face 
the  stem  realities  of  death,  are  altogether  unprepared  for  the  conflict! 
A  neglected  and  despised  Bible  is  called  for,  and  the  offices  of  a  minister 
or  missionary  are  requested.  Under  such  circumstances  the  agony  of 
remorse  is  often  mistaken  for  the  jpangs  of  repentance.  How  often  has 
the  writer  turned  sad  at  heart  irom  the  bedside  of  a  poor  deluded 
worldling,  indulging  the  wish  that  the  lesson  of  such  an  experience 
might  not  be  lost. 

^  Men  may  live  fools,  but  fools  they  cannot  die.** 

When  resident  in  the  Surrey  Parsonage  as  assistant  minister,  the  writer 
was  frequently  requested  to  yisit  the  sick  and  the  d^ng  of  the  crowded 
district  rouna  Surrey  Chapel.  Bequests  were  sent  m  at  all  hours  of  the 
day,  and  often  at  night  would  some  anxious  messenger  come  urging  an 
immediate  yisit  Late  one  Saturday  eyening  I  waax^dled  to  see  **  a  man 
who  was  dying,"  and  without  any  aelay  went  to  the  address  dyen.  It 
was  a  smalf  four-roomed  house,  the  front  room  on  the  ground  floor  being 
retained  by  the  landlady,  so  that  each  room  was  a  separate  tenement 
The  messenger  conducted  me  to  the  back  room  up  stairs,  and  there  a 
scene  await^  me  for  which  I  was  ill-prepared,  and  which  will  neyer  be 
effaced  from  my  memory.    With  the  exception  of  a  broken  chair  and  a 


468  "by  the  blood  op  Christ  i*m  coming." 

rickety  deal  Pembroke  table,  the  room  was  utterly  destitute  of  farni- 
tnre.  Stretched  on  a  few  old  garments  in  the  comer  of  the  room,  and 
with  the  scantiest  covering  possible,  there  lay  the  sick  man  I  had  been 
called  to  see.  The  wife,  a  poor  wan  creature,  knelt  by  his  side,  holding 
in  one  hand  a  rushlight,  and  in  the  other  a  cup  of  water  with  which  she 
Moistened  his  parched  lips.  Never  in  a  long  experience  had  I  witnessed 
such  a  scene  of  poverty  and  misery  before !  To  recall  it  now  awakens 
the  shudder  of  horror  which  I  oould  not  restrain  as  I  looked  into  the 
face  of  the  sufferer.  As  I  afterwards  learnt,  be  was  a  skilled  workman, 
and  disease  of  the  heart  had  ended  in  consumption*  Too  ill  to  work, 
and  too  independent  to  ask  for  parochial  relief,  he  and  his  wife  had 
subsisted  on  the  proceeds  of  their  furniture  for  some  months,  and  when 
he  came  to  need  it  most  he  had  not  a  bed  on  which  to  lie  down  and  die. 
Such  was  the  state  of  affairs  when  I  stood  watching  his  last  atrnggles 
for  life.  That  the  end  could  not  be  long  delayed  was  evident  at  a  glance; 
and,  kneeling  by  his  side  as  he  lay  gasping  for  breath,  I  lifted  my  heart 
in  prayer  for  direction  ere  I  prooeeaea  with  the  simple  message  of  the 
gospel.  As  he  looked  up  into  my  face  with  an  anxiety  he  could  not 
conceal,  I  said,  ^'AU  have  sinned  and  came  short  of  the  glory  of  Ood^; 
and  then  I  added,  ''  Such,  my  friend,  is  God's  verdict.  Tell  me,  do 
you  feel  that  TOU  are  a  sinner?  "  A  nod  of  the  head,  the  only  motion 
of  which  he  seemed  capable,  expressed  his  assent. 

Oh,  it  was  a  sorry  plight  indeed  for  a  poor  soul  to  be  in  1  Within  a 
few  hours  of  eternity,  and  totally  unprepared  for  the  awful  change. 
Havins  lived  regardless  of  his  soul's  eternal  interests,  now  that  death 
stared  him  in  the  face  he  was  alarmed  at  the  possibilities  of  the  future, 
and  trembled  at  the  verdict  he  knew  must  seal  his  doom*  The  vaunted 
scepticism  and  cold  indifference  of  years  had  at  length  riven  jriiace  to 
terrible  anxiety,  and  the  mingled  feelmg  of  remorse  and  ^spair  seemed 
to  anticipate  the  perdition  of  the  lost.  Weakened  by  a  wasting  diqeaee 
and  long  privation,  he  now  felt  the  burden  of  his  ^It  as  he  had  never 
felt  it  before.  He  could  not  speak,  but  the  intensity  of  his  gaze  spoke 
his  prayer.    So  long  as  memory  holds  her  seat  wiU  tliat  scene  haunt  me! 

Feeling  that  conviction  had  done  its  work  I  advanced  a  stage  with 
the  gospel  message  to  the  lost — '^  He  hath  not  dealt  tvM  us  (tfkr  our 
sins"  As  in  the  case  with  many  who  suffer,  he  needed,  I  felt,  to  be 
told  that  affliction  is  not  a  penalty  which  atones  for  sin,  and  that  the 
sufferings  of  this  life  are  not  of  necessity  compensated  in  the  world  to 
come.  1  insisted  that  his  condition  did  not  imply  the  visitation  of  God 
for  his  offences,  and  was  not  to  be  regarded  as  the  punishment  due  to 
sin,  which  time  would  exhaust.  Again  he  nodded  assent,  and  then  I  felt 
free  to  open  up  a  fuller  gospel,  and  repeated  slowly  and  with  emphasis 
the  text — '*  The  Lord  hath  laid  upon  him  the  imquUy  of  us  cUV*  I 
pointed  out  how  Jesus  became  the  sin*bearer,  and  how,  on  the  ground 
of  his  perfect  sacrifice,  God  is  *'  just,  and  the  justifier  of  him  that 
believethinJesus.^'  Then,  I  added,  our  only  hope  is  in  accepting  Jesus, 
for  *'  there  is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men  whereby 
we  can  be  saved."  To  reject  the  atonement  by  unbelief  is  to  refuse  the 
pardon  it  was  ordained  to  procure;  to  accept  it  by  a  simple  fiuth  is  to 
''  have  redemption  through  his  blood,  even  the  forgiveness  of  sins." 
Amongst  other  texts,  I  quoted  the  one  which  has  been  the  means  of 


"  BT  THB  BLOOD  07  CHRIST  I*H  OOHINQ."  469 

light  and  delirerance  to  bo  many :  ''  The  blood  of  Jestis  Christ  cleanseih 
from  all  smJ*  This  was  a  gospel  worth  carrying  to  a  poor  sinner 
awaiting  the  stroke  which  oonld  not  be  delayed  many  honrs,  and  whicdi 
wonld  place  him  beyond  the  limits  the  Saviour  prescribed  when  he  sent 
his  disciples  forth  with  the  offer  of  salvation.  Never  did  a  fainting 
traveller  perishing  for  thirst  on  the  burning  plains  of  Africa,  or  a 
wounded  soldier  dving  on  the  field  of  battle,  more  eag^erly  welcome  the 
cooling  draught  than  did  this  poor  despairing  soul  seize  hold  upon  the 
truth.  The  whole  scheme  of  human  redemption  stood  revealea  to  his 
quickened  vision,  and  his  faith  embraced  the  offered  pardon  which 
brought  joy,  and  peace,  and  hope  to  his  soul. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  describe  the  change  which  took  place  in  words; 
language  is  &  poor  vehicle  with  which  to  convey  the  deepest  experiences 
of  the  soul.  The  smile  which  lit  up  his  features  was  the  most  eloquent 
expression  possible  of  the  transformation,  and  the  sight  of  a  soul's 
translation  under  such  circumstances  **  from  darkness  to  light,  and  from 
the  power  of  Satan  to  God,"  must  ever  be  a  sacred  memory  to 
cherish,  not  to  describe.  Intellectual  assent  to  the  clear  but  cold  arti- 
cles of  a  formulated  creed  never  wrought  such  a  change  as  did  the 
simple  faith  which  embraced  a  living,  loving,  and  an  all-suficient 
Saviour.  Had  it  been  possible  fbr  him  to  speak,  with  what  raptare 
would  he  have  told  out  his  experience  in  the  language  of  the  poet — 

**  Jesus  sought  me  when  a  stranger, 
Wandering  from  the  fold  of  God  ; 
He  to  rescae  me  from  danger 
Interposed  his  precioas  blood." 

And  again — 

"  I  came  to  Jesus  as  I  was, 
Weary,  and  worn,  and  sad ; 
I  found  in  him  a  resting  place. 
And  he  has  made  me  glad  I  *' 

After  a  brief  prayer,  in  which  I  commended  the  safTerer  to  the  tender 
pity  of  his  new-found  Saviour,  I  left  him,  with  the  promise  that  I 
would  call  again  on  the  morrow. 

Early  the  next  morning  I  retraced  my  steps  to  the  spot  which  had 
proved  ''the  house  of  God  and  the  gate  of  heaven,"  and,  as  I  entered 
the  door,  the  landlady  was  coming  down  the  stairs,  wiping  away  her 
tears  with  her  cotton  apron.  She,  good  soul,  had  spent  t£e  night  to 
keep  a  broken-hearted  sister  company,  and  to  affora  what  help  she 
could  to  the  poor  sufferer.  It  was  a  noble  act  of  self-sacrifice,  but  only 
one  of  many  wrought  in  obscurity,  and  of  which  the  world  never  hears. 
Deeds  which  win  the  plaudits  of  the  public  shrink  into  insignificance 
when  compared  with  such  an  act  of  pure,  womanly  heroism.  The 
morning  sun  lit  up  the  little  back-room  which  I  had  only  partially  seen 
the  night  before  m  the  flickering  glare  of  a  tallow-candle.  What  a 
contrast !  But  it  was  as  nothing  compared  with  the  contrast  in  the 
tranquil  features  of  the  dead  man's  face,  which  bat  a  few  hours  pre- 
viously told  only  too  plainly  of  the  agony  within.  The  traces  of  the 
soul's  mortal  conflict  were  obliterated,  and  a  smile  which  lit  up  the 
features  seemed-  like  the  lingering  radiance  of  the  glory-world  he  had 


470  "LEAD  US  NOT  IHTO  TEMPTATION.'* 

jast  entered.  The  grief  of  the  poor  widow  in  anch  a  blighted  scene 
was  painfal  to  witness,  but  a  few  words  of  Christian  sympathy  and 
hope  soon  indnced  a  feeling  of  composnre.  When  she  was  seated  on 
the  only  chair  the  room  contained,  I  begged  her  to  tell  me,  if  she  could, 
the  experience  of  her  hnsband*s  last  hours. 

''Jnst  before  he  died/'  she  said,  ''he  threw  up  his  hands  and  ex- 
claimed, '  I  AM  OOMINa  !     I  AM  COKING !     Bt  THE  BLOOD  OF   GhBIST 

I'm  ooming  ! ' "  What  a  world  of  meaning  was  disclosed  by  that  single 
sentence !  Did  he  see,  like  Stephen,  an  open  heaven  ready  to  reoeire 
him  ?  or  did  his  mind  play  truant  and  mook  his  hopes  with  the  creations 
of  a  disordered  imagination  ?  Was  he  dreaming,  or  did  he  really  hear 
the  angels  whisper — 

"Siflter  spirit,  come  away"? 

Ah,  it  was  not  the  dream  of  delirium,  but  the  rapture  of  a  waking 
vision ;  not  a  fancy  born  of  disease,  but  a  bright  reality,  as  hope  was 
melting  into  full  fruition.  To  know  the  blessedness  of  a  rapture  such 
as  this  we  must  be  content  to  wait  till  our  ears  shall  catch  the  strains 
which  speak  our  welcome  to  the  skies : — 

**  Come  in,  thou  blessed,  sit  by  me ; 
With  my  own  blood  I  ransomed  thee, 

Eojoy  my  perfect  favour ; 
Come  in,  thou  ransomed  spirit,  come, 
Thou  now  must  dwell  with  me  at  home ; 
Ye  blissful  mansions,  make  bim  room. 

For  he  must  stay  for  ever." 

And  then  may  our  quick  response  be — 

"  I  am  coming !    I  am  coming ! 
By  the  blood  of  Christ  Fm  coming  !** 

It  is  impossible  to  look  upon  such  a  sunset  as  this,  at  the  close  of  a 
sinning  and  suffering  life,  without  seeing  an  unmistakable  proof  that 
*^  God  is  not  willing  that  any  should  perish,  but  that  all  should  come  to 
repentance."  A  single  episode  like  this  should  silence  the  contradiction 
of  the  sceptic,  and  stimulate  unceasing  activity  in  bearing  to  the  lost 
a  gospel  whose  glory  culminates  in  the  assurance, ''  He  is  able  to  save 
them  to  the  uttermost  that  come  unto  God  by  him  I " 


''  SeaJr  m  not  Mo  %m]^imJ' 

IN  speaking  of  immoderate  drinking,  Lacon  remarks,  that  it  is  the  vice 
of  a  good  constitution,  or  of  a  bad  memory ;  of  a  oonstitation  so 
treacherously  good,  that  it  never  bends  till  it  br^s  ;  or  of  a  memory 
which  recollects  the  pleasures  of  getting  drunk,  but  fbrgets  the  pains  of 
getting  sober.  The  corruption  which  comes,  he  adds,  is  like  a  bail  of 
snow,  when  once  set  a  rolling  must  increase.  It  gives  momentiim  to 
the  activity  of  the  knave,  but  it  chills  the  honest  man,  and  makes  him 
almost  weary  of  his  calling :  and  all  that  which  corruption  attracts,  it 
also  retains;  for  it  is  easier  not  to  fidl  than  only  to  fall  once ;  and 
easier  not  to  yield  a  single  inch  than,  having  yielded,  to  regain  it 


471 

^t  §Mt  an  %  S^tn, 

BT  G.  HOLDEK  PIKE. 

Part  11. 

IN  discoarsing  on  Simonides's  Satire  on  Women,  AddiBon,  in  No.  209 
of  ThB  Spectator,  mentions  seyeral  species  of  women,  and  two  kinds 
who,  fignrativelj  speaking,  may  be  said  to  be  "  made  ont  of  the  earth," 
and  "  ont  of  the  sea."  The  first  "  are  yonr  sluggards,  who  pass  away 
tiieir  time  in  indolence  and  ignorance,  hover  over  the  fire  a  whole  winter, 
and  apply  themselves  with  alacrity  to  no  kind  of  business  but  eating.*' 
The  others  '*  are  women  of  variable,  nneven  tempers,  sometimes  all 
storm  and  tempest,  sometimes  all  calm  and  snnshine.  The  stranger 
who  sees  one  of  these  in  her  smiles  and  smoothness  would  cry  her  np 
for  a  miracle  of  good  humour ;  but  on  a  sudden  her  looks  and  words 
are  changed,  she  is  nothing  but  fury  and  outrage,  noise  and  hurricane." 

The  references  to  the  sea  in  Scripture  are  wonderfully  numerous ;  and 
it  is  possible  that  Addison,  who  professed  to  be  a  careful  reader  of  the 
Bible,  drew  a  hint  from  Isaiah  Ivii.  20,  where  it  is  said, ''  The  wicked  are 
like  the  troubled  sea."  Whether  this  be  so  or  not^  however,  the  fine 
moral  lesson  conveyed  is  strikingly  simple;  and  we  are,  besides,  further 
reminded  that,  while  the  ocean  may  oe  seemingly  monotonous  to  an 
nnobservant  mind,  there  is  really  no  monotony  in  its  ever-shifting  scenes. 
Under  the  old  dispnensation,  before  the  art  of  shipbuilding  was  fuUy 
developed,  the  heaving  and  roaring  ocean  was  made  to  symbolize  the 
enemy,  or  a  flood  of  enemies;  but  in  our  happy  gospel  day  even  the 
Yoice  of  the  waves  speaks  of  health,  peace,  and  plenty.  The  sea  is  the 
friend  of  man,  especially  of  the  English  in  their  island  home ;  and  the 
vast  expanse  has  undoubtedly  been  formed  by  the  Creator  to  convey 
manifold  blessings  to  his  creatures.  When  the  mind  is  worn,  and  the 
body  is  jaded,  what  restorative  is  comparable  to  rest  by  the  sea»  where 
renewed  vigour  seems  to  be  inhaled  with  every  breath  ;  and  where  those 
who  would  be  braced  by  activity,  or  soothed  by  tranquillity,  are  alike 
able  to  gratify  their  desires. 

In  the  ola  days,  when  nations  dreamed  that  the  chief  end  of 
their  existence  as  nations  was  to  flght  their  neighbours,  England 
loved  to  boast  of  being  mistress  of  the  sea ;  but  jf  not  actually  founded 
in  arrogance  such  a  daim  apparently  ignored  ttie  fact  that  the  sea  is 
intend^  by  God  to  be  a  common  highway  for  all  the  world,  no  race 
having  rights  upon  it  which  can  be  justly  refiised  to  others. 
To  brag,  as  our  fathers  were  wont  to  do,  about  '*  the  wooden  walls  of 
Old  England,"  was  more  creditable  to  their  valour  than  to  their  good 
flense;  but  then  who  among  them  seriously  calculated  what  waste  as 
well  as  confiision  were  promoted  bv  making  the  sea  an  arena  for  war 
instead  of  using  it  for  commerce  and  peace  ?  An  ordinary  line-of-battle 
ship  of  the  first  class  used  to  req^uire  8,000  oaks  for  its  construction ; 
ana  tiiese  trees,  which  were  sufficient  to  cover  a  hundred  acres  of  land, 
were  dao  sufficient  to  supply  timber  for  the  building  of  a  thousand 
cottaees.  We  talk  of  our  national  wealth,  which  is  doubtless  un- 
paralleled ;  but  what  would  it  have  been  had  all  this  shipbuilding 


472  THE  BIBLE  OK  THE  SEA. 

enterprifle  been  expended  in  the  canse  of  trade,  and  of  the  union  which 
trade  fosters,  instead  of  in  war  and  its  bitter  animosities  ? 

The  preacher  will  always  be  repaid  who  carefallj  notices  the  ever 
varying  phenomena  of  the  ocean,  especially  if  he  does  so  in  connection 
with  the  many  references  to  the  subject  which  occur  in  Scripture.  The 
sudden  local  fogs  of  small  circumference,  which  sometimes  occur  in 
certain  waterinp:-places  remind  us  of  those  depressions  to  which  belieyets 
are  subject^  and  during  the  continuance  of  which  they  are  tempted  to 
think  that  all  is  not  only  going  wrong  with  them  personally,  but  with 
the  world  generally.  A  person  may  suddenly  step  out  of  warm  sun- 
shine into  the  wetting  fog,  and  as  suddenly,  without  suspecting  that 
deliverance  is  so  near,  step  out  of  what  ''was  cloud  ana  darkkesa" 
to  him  into  the  sunbeams  which  had  not  ceased  to  cheer  the  outer 
world.  The  prophets,  the  apostles,  the  reformers  and  others  hate  all  in 
turn  passed  through  these  mists ;  and  in  every  instance  the  passing, 
temporary  cloud  has  had  to  yield  to  the  glorious  and  permanent  sun 
above. 

Sometimes,  after  a  day  of  rain  and  wind,  the  sun  will  break  through 
the  dispersing  clouds  with  a  brilliancy  which  stronglv  contrasts  with  the 
recent  storm.  '*  The  waves  were  still  running  verjr  high,"  remarks  one 
who  noticed  some  phenomena  on  one  of  these  quiet  evenings  of  more 
than  usual  interest,  "  and  from  the  force  with  which  they  broke  on  the 
rough  pebbles,  sent  up  beautifiil  crests  of  foamy  spray  which  did  more 
than  glitter,  for  over  each  wave  hung  an  exquisite  arch  of  prismatic 
colours  like  a  rainbow." 

"  Glittering  with  light  each  drop  of  Bpray, 
Which  formed  thai  foamy  diadem, 
A  jewel  seemed  ;  then  fell  away 
Back  to  the  ocean  whence  it  came ;  * 
Yet  ever,  from  that  ceaseless  tide, 
Another  gem  its  place  supplied/' 

At  Beggio,  in  the  Straits  of  Messina,  there  has  been  observed  an 
ocean  mirage  which  the  natives  call  "  Fa^  Morgana,"  and  which  may 
certainly  be  put  down  among  the  most  magnificent  of  thephenoniena  to 
be  seen  on  the  ocean.  According  to  one  scientist  who  investigated  the 
subject  some  years  ago,  these  appearances  come  from  the  irregular 
refraction  of  the  rays  of  light  in  passing  through  contienons  portions  of 
air  of  different  densities.  The  following  is  the  brief  description  of  an 
eye-witness : — 

^*  When  the  rays  of  the  sun  form  an  angle  of  about  forty-five  degrees 
with  the  sea,  and  the  light  surface  of  the  water  in  the  bay  is  not  dis- 
turbed by  wind  and  current,  if  the  spectator  be  placed  with  his  back  to 
the  sun,  there  suddenly  appears  on  the  water  the  most  incomprehensible 
variety  of  objects — ^pilasters,  arches,  castles,  lofty  towers,  and  extensive 
palaces,  with  all  their  balconies  and  windows ;  or  perhaps  trees,  vall^s, 
and  plains,  with  their  birds  and  flocks  ;  armies  of  men,  on  foot  and  on 
horseback,  and  many  other  strange  objects,  all  in  their  natural  ooloora, 
and  all  in  action,  passing  rapidly  in  succession  alone  the  sur&ce  of  the 
sea.  But  if,  besides  the  circumstances  before  described,  the  atmosphere 
happens  to  be  loaded  with  a  dense  vapour  which  the  sun  had  not 
previously  dispersed,  the  observer  will  behold  a  representation  of  ite 


THE  BIBLE  ON  THE  SEA.  473 

same  objects  in  the  air,  as  if  traced  there  on  a  curtain ;  though  not  so 
distinct  or  so  well  defined  as  those  on  the  sea.  These  curious 
appearances  were  fencifully  called  by  the  Italians  the  '  Gastles  of  the 
Fairy  Morgana' " 

If  the  sea  is  as  perennial  in  its  interest  as  it  is  in  its  freshness^  sailors 
as  a  class  are  interesting  people,  although  it  is  not  easy  for  a  landsman 
always  to  understand  their  cnaracteristicB.  It  used  to  be  said  of  old. 
and  the  saying  has  still  some  truth  in  it,  that "  no  class  of  people  come 
harder  by  their  money,  and  none  spend  it  more  foolishly."  Many  in- 
credible anecdotes  might  be  told  of  the  follies  of  English  sailors  in 
port ;  but  happily  the  past  is  more  singular  in  this  respect  than  the 
present.  Thus  it  so  happened  during  the  Seren  Years'  War  that  a  ship 
called  the  Golden  Hermiom  captured  a  Spanish  galleon  so  richly  laden 
that  eyen  the  common  seamen  were  awaraed  £500  each  man,  and  con- 
sidering the  amount  large  beyond  the  capacity  of  man  eyer  to  use  in  this 
life,  they  fried  watches  oyer  the  fire,  and  insisted  on  haying  the  head  of  the 
yessel  gilded  at  their  expense,  while  eyery  common  seaman  forthwith 
donned  a  gold-laced  hat.  It  so  happened  that  one  of  the  crew  appeared  on 
board  with  silyer  lace,  and  while  this  awakened  fiery  indignation,  the 
^mieral  opinion  was  that  so  mean  a  fellow  ought  to  be  forbidden  the  ship. 
When  the  offender  gained  a  hearing,  he  humbly  explained  that,  as  the 
gold  hats  on  shore  were  all  sold,  he  was  compelled  to  haye  a  silyer  one  ; 
but  in  order  to  preserye  his  honour  untarnished,  he  made  the  yendor 
accept  ttie  price  paid  by  the  other  men  for  ''  gold  laoers."  For  such  an 
apology  to  be  cheered  may  seem  to  be  the  height  of  folly,  but  folly 
no  less  egregious  is  continually  being  enacted  in  the  world  and  is  still  com- 
plimented or  cheered.  Who  are  the  people  that  gire  nearly  £3,000  for 
an  old  glass  jug  for  the  mantel-piece,  oyer  £6,000  for  an  antique  side- 
board, and  £100  an  ounce  for  antique  silyer  ? 

According  to  John  Newton,  the  earlier  part  of  whose  life  was  passed 
upon  the  sea,  the  two  greatest  disadyantages  with  which  a  Christian 
eailor  has  to  contend  are  want  of  the  public  ordinances  of  religion,  and 
being  shut  up  with  eyil  company;  but,  of  course,  the  ordinary  associa- 
tions of  a  ship  in  the  last  century  were  worse  than  they  are  at  present. 
*'  I  was  reasoned  and  ridiculed  out  of  the  principles  which  my  good  and 
careful  mother  had  endeayoured  to  instil  in  me  from  my  infancy," 
remarks  Newton,  ''and  to  the  commission  of  eyils,  which  would,  some 
time  before,  haye  made  me  start  and  tremble  had  they  been  proposed." 
This  has  frequently  occurred  since  Newton's  day;  but  yet  in  the  course 
of  Qod's  proyidenoe,  the  seeds  of  truth,  sown  in  youth,  haye  often  borne 
fruit  in  after-years,  perhaps  eyen  in  old  i^e.  Newton  himself  was  a 
remarkable  example,  and  there  haye  been  many  others. 

In  the  middle  of  the  seyenteenth  century  there  was  liying  at  Middle- 
borough,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  an  English  sailor  named  Luke 
Short,  who,  as  a  natiye  of  Dartmouth,  remembered  many  of  the  scenes 
of  the  Giyil  Wars.  He  had  seen  Oliyer  Cromwell  when  the  Lord  Pro- 
tector was  in  the  prime  of  actiye  life ;  and  he  had  even  witnessed  the 
execution  of  Charles  I.,  as  well  as  seyeral  other  scenes  of  those  exciting 
and  troublous  times.  Fixing  on  the  sea  as  a  profession,  Luke  selected 
Marblehead,  in  America,  as  a  place  of  residence  for  his  wife  and  family^ 
finally  removing  to  Middleborough  in  the  decline  of  life.    At  the  ago 

81 


474  THB  BIBLE  OH  THB  SEA. 

of  a  hondred  the  veteran  sailor  was  still  able  to  work  on  the  little  farm 
attached  to  his  honee;  and  with  mental  fiumlties  still  oomparatiTely 
unimpaired,  he  was  then  oonverted  in  the  qniet  evening^  of  his  da;jrB. 
When  a  mere  boy,  Short  had  heard  a  sermon  from  the  then  dis- 
tingnished  John  Flavel,  founded  on  1  Cor.  zvi.  22,  and  throodliont 
life  that  striking  discourse  was  in  the  main  remembered,  especially  the 
explanation  of  anaihmia  maranaiha — ^'  cursed  with  a  curse,^'  cursed  of 
Ood  with  a  bitter  and  grievous  curse.  The  service  was  remarkable  in 
other  respects,  however ;  and  it  was  one  the  memory  of  which  might  well 
linger  with  a  man  through  the  longest  life ;  for  when  the  nreacher  stood 
to  pronounce  the  benediction,  he  asked,  How  shall  I  bless  the  whole 
assembly  when  every  person  in  it  who  loveth  not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
is  anathema  marancUha  f  A  gentleman  of  title  in  the  congregation  was 
so  overcome  with  conviction  on  hearing  this  question  that  he  at  once 
fainted,  fell  down  on  the  floor,  and  had  to  be  carried  home.  Between 
eighty  and  ninety  years  after  this  scene  occurred,  Luke  Short  sat  down 
in  his  field  to  rest  awhile  from  labour,  when  many  things  associated 
with  youth  and  early  manhood  passed  vividly  before  his  mind,  more 
especially  the  scene  connected  with  the  incid^t  named*  Then  came 
Mr.  FlavePs  searching  question ;  and  the  old  man,  as  he  sat  alone, 
seems  to  have  asked  himself  whether  he  loved  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  or 
whether  he  should  go  out  of  the  worid  cursed  with  a  curse.  The  Holy 
Spirit  sent  the  arrow  of  conviction  into  the  veteran  sailor's  heart ;  and 
seeing  his  lost  state  as  a  sinner,  he  asked  for  and  obtained  mercy 
through  Christ.  Mr.  Short  joined  the  Nonconformist  church  at  Mid- 
dleborough ;  and  though  not  converted  until  he  was  a  hundred  years 
old,  he  lived  to  glorify  God  for  another  sixteen  years. 

In  the  above  instance  the  man  was  happy  in  being  delivered  from 
that  perversitv,  characteristic  of  human  nature,  which  in  youth  says, 
**  Do  not  trouble  about  religion  until  you  are  more  advanced  '*;  and 
then,  later  on,  changes  the  note  to ''  I'm  too  old  to  be  saved."  In- 
genious calculations  have  been  made  apparently  to  prove  that  the  grace 
of  God  loses  its  efficacy  in  proportion  as  people  grow  older ;  but  thjGit  is 
not  the  Bible  doctrine.  The  inspired  word  calls  upon  sinners,  irrespec- 
tive of  their  years,  to  seek  mercy  in  Christ ;  and  j^t,  if  thej  have  ever 
taken  notice  of  what  learned  divines  have  said  upon  the  subject^  we  can 
hardly  wonder  that  many  have  even  accounted  tnemselves  as  beinff  too 
old  to  be  saved.  It  is  farther  characteristic  of  human  folly  to  heed  the 
word  of  man  more  readily  than  that  of  Ck)d. 

''Toooldtobesaved!"  That  was  the  very  idea  which  passed  through 
the  mind  of  a  ragged,  grey-headed  sailor  who  was  leaning  against  a  post 
conversing  with  a  companion,  when  a  member  of  the  Bethel  Union 
asked  him  to  attend  the  prayer-meeting.  Go  to  the  mayer-meeting  ? 
The  veteran  declared  that  he  should  not  know  what  to  do  with  himsdf, 
and  then  remembering  that  he  was  over  seventy  years  of  age,  he  added 
with  peculiar  onphasis,  *•  I'm  too  old  I "  Being  too  much  aocustcmied 
to  such  reasoning,  the  agent  replied,  ''You  are  the  very  man  the 
prayer-meeting  is  held  for/  and  after  a  little  more  persuasion  the 
grey-headed  sailor  entered  the  Bethel,  where  he  soon  discovered  that 
though  he  was  an  old  sinner  he  was  not  too  old  to  be  saved. 

In  former  times,  when  the  war  spirit  was  more  dominant  than  at 


THE  BIBLB  ON  THE  SEA.  475 

present,  the  usual  prescription  for  a  wild  yonth  was,  "  Send  him  to 
sea.''  Alas,  many  who  went  to  sea  never  retomed;  for,  going  from 
bad  to  worse,  their  little  span  of  life  was  soon  over.  Occasionally, 
howeyer,  as  the  facts  we  have  mentioned  will  have  sufficiently  proved, 
the  yonth  mshing  headlong  to  min  was  arrested  for  something  better ; 
and  Bible-reading,  more  often  than  any  other  means,  seems  to  have 
been  nsed  for  effecting  reformation. 

Early  in  the  present  century  a  certain  youth,  whose  reckless  way- 
wardness unfittea  him  for  any  responsible  or  respectable  situation  on  land, 
accepted  the  inevitable  by  consenting  to  serve  on  bomrd  a  line-of-battle 
ship  in  active  service.  The  mere  transition  from  terra  firma  to  the 
ocean,  however,  exercised  no  reformatory  influence ;  but  at  the  same  time 
punishment  more  swiftly  followed  wrong-doing,  for  ere  long  the  hot- 
tempered,  freakish  young  man  was  degraded  from  a  good  i)OBition  to 
serve  before  the  mast  In  the  course  of  Ood*s  providence  this  seeming 
nusfortune  turned  out  to  be  one  of  the  happiest  events  of  his  life.  Among 
the  common  sailors  there  was  a  solitary  devoted  man  who  made  the 
Bible  the  rule  of  his  life ;  and  being  now  more  disposed  to  listen  to  truths 
he  had  formerly  slighted,  the  prodigal  soon  became  a  changed  cha- 
racter. He  and  his  friend  not  only  read  the  Bible  together,  but  they  drew 
together  a  band  of  fifteen  others  from  the  ship's  company.  When 
the  young  sailor  again  visited  England,  he  paid  a  visit  to  the  village 
pastor,  with  whom  he  had  been  acquainted  in  earlier  days ;  but  such  a 
change  had  chastened  Christian  humility  effected  in  the  countenance  of 
the  former  renegade,  that  the  pastor  was  hardly  able  to  recognise  him. 
He  was  now  a  diligent  student  of  Scripture,  and  consequently  a  growing 
Christian.  Going  to  sea  may  suffice  for  getting  a  troublesome  subject 
out  of  the  way  of  friends  on  land,  but  the  gospel  alone  will  effect  any 
permanent  reformation. 

Whether,  because  they  are  proverbially  such  a  careless  class,  sailors 
in  numerous  instances  lose,  destroy,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  Bibles 
supplied  to  them  is  a  question  we  shall  not  undertake  to  decide ;  but 
instances  have  occurred  of  sailors  who  have  made  the  Bible  their  life- 
long companion.  One  of  the  most  interesting  instances  came  to  light 
about  forty  ^ears  ago,  when,  at  a  Sunday-school  assembly  of  old  scholars, 
an  aged  sailor  showed  a  prize  which  he  had  receivea  in  his  seventh 
year,  and  on  the  fly-leaf  of  which  he  had  written  an  outline  of  his  per- 
sonal history : — '*  This  Bible  was  presented  to  me  by  Mr.  Baikes,  at  the 
town  of  Hertford,  Januarv  1, 1781,  as  a  reward  for  my  punctual  attend- 
ance at  the  Sunday-school,  and  my  good  behaviour  when  there.  After 
being  my  companion  fift^-three  years,  forty-one  of  whidi  I  spent  in  sea- 
service^  during  which  time  I  was  in  forty-five  engagements,  received 
thirteen  wounds,  was  three  times  shipwrecked,  once  burned  out^  twice 
capsized  in  a  boat,  and  had  fevers  of  aifferent  sorts  fifteen  times  ;  this 
Biole  was  newly  bound  for  me  by  James  Bishop,  of  Edinburgh,  on  the 
26th  of  October,  1834,  the  day  I  completed  the  sixtieth  year  of  my 
age."  The  name  of  this  sailor  was  «!  ames  Beach  North ;  and  when 
produced  at  the  meeting,  his  Bible  was  still  perfect,  with  the  exception 
of  one  lost  leaf. 

The  sea  has  found  employment  for  many  wanton  subjects  who  ap- 
peared to  be  worse  than  useless  on  land ;  but  there  also  many  have 


476  THE  BIBLE  ON  THE  SEA. 

sought  refuge  from  those  troubles  of  life  which  pressed  too  heatilv  upon 
them.  Twelve  years  ago  the  sixth  Earl  of  Aoerdeen,  prompted  by  a 
laudable  desire  to  become  acquaiuted  with  a  common  sailor's  daily  life 
and  hardships,  was  drowned  wnile  serving  on  board  an  American  ship. 
How  many  a  life-romance  could  be  tola  by  ordinaiy  seamen !  Many 
of  the  stories  would  excite  sympathy,  and  perhaps  admiration  ;  but 
more  often  the  narrative  woula  concern  some  scapegrace  of  the  family 
who  left  home  to  cover  the  shame  of  his  doings,  or  who,  in  a  spirit  of 
revenge  against  those  who  would  have  corrected  him,  forsook  the 
paternal  roof. 

At  the  close  of  a  Bethel  meeting  sixty  years  ago,  a  sailor  meanly 
attired,  but  still  of  an  interesting  appearance,  asked  for  a  Bible,  con- 
fessing that  he  had  never  possess^  one  since  he  had  gone  to  sea.    He 
was  the  son  of  a  large  landed  proprietor  in  the  West  of  England,  and 
had  a  brother  at  home  as  well  as  several  sisters.    Prone  to  imeneas  and 
all  kinds  of  vicious  sports,  he  had  exhausted  his  parents'  patience,  and 
when  they,  to  check  his  wanton  wickedness,  cut  off  the  supply  of  pocket- 
money,  he  went  to  sea  of  his  own  accord.    In  supposed  new-found 
freedom,  he  gave  way  to  all  a  seaman's  vices ;  but  narder  times  were 
ahead,  and  employment  failing,  he  was  on  the  verge  of  starvation. 
Like  the  Prodigal,  he  then  thought  of  his  father's  house,  of  friends 
there,  and  of  the  plenty  he  had  left  behind.    He  returned  to  the  familiar 
spot  after  an  absence  of  nine  years,  only  to  find  his  father  dead,  and  a 
provision  in  that  father's  will  to  the  effect  that,  in  the  event  of  the 
family  renegade  ever  again  visiting  home,  he  should  have  five  pounds  pre- 
sented to  him  to  defray  the  expense  of  travelling  back  again.    Retracing 
his  steps,  the  young  man  gave  way  to  melancholy,  at  the  same  time 
harbouring  a  spirit  of  resentment  against  his  friends.    '*  One  day  in 
this  frame  I  took  hold  of  an  old  Bible  belonging  to  one  of  the  crew, 
and  read  it,"  he  remarked.    ^'  There  I  read  that  the  heart  of  man  is 
deceitful  above  all  things,  and  desperately  wicked.    I  soon  found  that 
sin  was  the  cause  of  all  my  misery.    I  took  eveiy  opportunity  to  borrow 
a  Bible  to  read,  and  the  Lord  was  pleased  to  bless  the  reading  of  his 
word.    I  felt  I  was  a  great  sinner,  and  had  forfeited  all  right  or  clum 
to  even  an  earthly  friend."    He  was  led  to  pray,  and  appears  to  have 
found  that  pardon  and  peace  which  made  him  confess  that,  not  for  any 
wealth  would  he  again  go  to  sea  without  a  Bible.    Thus  was  he  led 
by  a  way  that  he  knew  not  to  seek  the  best  of  all  knowledge. 

The  bane  of  our  mercantile  and  naval  service  has  been  profanity  and 
drunkenness ;  but  both  of  these  curses,  we  may  fain  hope,  are  on  the 
decline.  Captains  have  sometimes  taxed  their  ingenuity  to  effect  reform, 
but  the  Bible  presents  the  only  panacea  for  the  evils  of  the  sea  and 
land  alike.  Artificial  checks  may  be  better  than  no  checks  at  all, 
but  if  the  heart,  prone  to  sin,  be  not  changed  by  the  Spirit  of  God, 
an  outbreak  may  occur  when  least  expected.  In  any  case.  Christian 
sailors  are  the  glory  of  a  civilized  country ;  and  a  ship  without  the  Bible 
is  worse  than  a  floating  prison. 


477 


DURING  Lntlier^s  journey  a  noble  knight  of  the  vicinity,  learning 
that  be  was  to  tarry  at  a  certain  place^  and  yearning  for  the 
honours  and  emolnments  that  woidd  accrue  could  he  be  safely  caught 
up  and  transported  to  Borne,  resolred  to  hazard  the  attempt.  He 
ordered  his  armed  retinue  to  prepare  hastily,  for  there  was  no  time  to 
be  lost,  the  aspiring  noble  being  urged  and  commended  to  the  task  by 
his  confessor,  who  assured  him  that  he  would  be  doing  a  good  work, 
and  would  save  many  souls.  He  set  out  at  early  dawn,  making  bis  way 
along  the  picturesque  Berg-Sirasse,  or  mountain  road,  that  skirts  the 
forest  of  the  Odenwald,  between  Darmstadt  and  Heidelberg.  Arriving 
at  the  gates  of  Miltenberg  in  the  erening,  he  found  the  city  illuminated, 
and  the  town  itself  full  of  people  who  had  come  thither  to  hear  and  see 
Luther. 

More  indignant  than  ever  was  the  noble  knight ;  indignation  grew 
to  rage  when,  arriving  at  his  hotel,  the  host  greeted  him, ''  Well,  well, 
Sir  &)unt,  has  Luther  brought  you  here  too  ?  Pity  yon  are  too  late. 
You  should  have  heard  him.  The  people  cannot  oease  praising  him." 
In  no  mood  for  eulogy,  the  knight  sought  the  privacy  of  his  room. 
Awakened  in  the  morning  by  the  matin  bell  of  the  chapel,  sleep  had 
assuaged  his  ire,  and  his  thoughts  were  at  home,  where  ne  had  left  an 
infant  daughter  at  the  point  of  death.  As  he  drew  aside  his  curtain  he 
saw  the  flicker  of  a  candle  in  the  window  opposite,  and  waiting  a 
moment  heard  a  deep,  manly  voice  utter  the  words,  "  In  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Amen."  He 
heard  the  voice  further  continuing  in  a  strong,  fervent  petition  for  the 
whole  Christian  church  and  the  victory  of  the  holy  gospBl  over  sin  and 
the  world. 

Being  a  devout  man,  his  interest  was  aroused,  and  donning  his  armour 
he  enquired  of  the  landlord  who  that  earnest  man  was  that  he  heard 
across  the  street.  ^'  That  earnest  man/'  responded  the  landlord,  "  is  the 
arch  heretic  Luther  himself.  Has  your  grace  a  message  for  him?" 
"  Ay,"  said  the  knight,  "  but  I  will  deliver  it  with  my  own  lips,"  and 
with  a  dubious  shake  of  the  head  he  crossed  the  street,  entered  the 
house,  and  in  a  moment  stood  before  the  object  of  his  search.  Luther 
instinctively  arose  from  his  chair,  surprised  and  not  a  little  disconcerted 
by  the  sudden  appearance  of  a  stalwart  armed  knight,  perhaps  having 
an  unpleasant  suspicion  of  his  errand.  '*  What  is  the  object  of  this 
visit?"  enquired  Luther.  Twice  and  thrice  he  repeated  his  question 
before  receiving  a  reply.  At  length  the  knight,  having  recovered  some- 
what from  the  spell  upon  him,  said,  '^  Sir,  you  are  far  better  than  I. 
God  forgive  me  for  intending  to  harm  you.  I  came  here  to  make  jon 
a  prisoner;  you  have  made  a  prisoner  of  me  instead.  It  is  impossible 
for  a  man  who  can  pray  as  you  pray  to  be  an  enemy  of  the  holy  church, 
a  heretic."    ''  God  be  praised,"  saia  Luther,  now  relieved  from  his  sus- 

ficions;  ''  it  is  his  word  and  Spirit  that  has  subdued  you,  not  mine,  though 
may  be  chosen  to  bring  his  word  to  honour  in  Christendom.  Go  now 
your  way,  therefore,  in  peace,  my  lord.  He  that  hath  begun  a  good  work 
in  yon  will  perform  it  to  Christ's  coming.    If  it  be  God's  will,  you  shall 


478  THE  FAKUnfi  IN  BAHABIA. 

yet  behold  miracles ;  how  the  Lord  will  break  many  Bwbrda  like  Tonrg, 
and  cnt  the  spear  in  sunder,  as  he  has  to-day."  Convinced  and  con- 
firmedy  the  kmght  lost  no  time  in  makine^  his  way  homeward,  attended 
by  his  retinne,  now  still  more  cnrions  to  know  the  object  of  this  hasty 
expedition.  Arriving  at  the  bedside  of  his  danghter,  he  fonnd  her  now 
convalescent  and  ont  of  danger,  and  falling  on  his  knees  he  thanked 
Ch)d  for  all  that  had  happened.  A  few  years  later,  when  Lnther  con- 
fessed his  faith  before  Uharles  Y.,  among  the  assembled  nobles  who 
stood  on  Lather's  side  was  this  knight,  woo  had  once  thought  to  over- 
throw and  destroy  him. 


fKijt  inmm  in  S^^mm. 

WE  are  told  that  the  famine  in  Samaria  was  so  severe  that  ''  the 
fourth  part  of  a  cab  of  dove*s  dnng  was  sold  for  five  pieces  of 
silver."  2  Kings  vi.  25.  Oar  translators  have  rendered  the  word 
"  Cherjomim,"  or  "  Dibionim,"  by  "  dove's  dung,*'  which  has  fhrnished 
abundant  suppositions  with  many  as  to  the  correct  sense,  as  well  as  led 
to  fabolous  explanations.  The  word  simply  means  a  sort  of  pea  or 
vetch,  and  it  is  so  spoken  of  in  2  Samuel  xvii.  28,  where  the  Gileadites 
brought  it  to  David  for  food.  It  is  so  called  by  the  Arabs  in  the 
present  day^  from  its  likeness  to  dove's  dung.  In  fact,  at  Cairo  and 
Damascus  it  is  sold  fried  in  the  shops,  witfi  which  those  making  a 
pilgrimage  to  Mecca  supply  themselves  for  their  journey.  The  con- 
tents of  the  Hebrew  measures  were  reckoned  according  to  so  many  eggs 
as  they  would  contain,  '*  a  cab"  being  jrauivalent  to  six  eggs,  or  the 
fourth  part  of  a  pmt  of  fried  pulse.  ^  We  should,  therefore,  translate 
the  verse, — "  Behold  they  besieged  it»  until  an  ass's  head  was  sold  lor 
nine  pounds  two  shillings  and  sixpence ;  and  a  quarter  of  a  pint  of 
pulse  for  eleven  shillings  and  fivepence.'' — ^^MMransIaUd  Ptissages  in 
our  Bibh"  by  Rev.  J.  B,  Murray. 


%ixta¥ii  prtiElitg  foi  Y^  ^on  %m]^Y 

'^  TSBAEL  loved  Joseph  more  than  all  his  children,  because  he  was 
JL  the  son  of  his  old  age."  Oen.  xxzvii.  3.  Joseph  was  bom  when 
Jacob  was  ninety  years  old :  but  as  Benjamin  was  bom  sixteen  years 
later,  this  was  a  strong  reason  for  his  being  loved  more  than  Joseph. 
The  Hebrew  text  only  says,  "  because  he  was  the  son  of  the  elders,"  or 
senators;  that  is,  b^anse  he  was  their  disciple.  Onkelos  and  the 
ancient  translators  of  the  Chaldee,  Persian,  Arabic,  and  Samaritan, 
translate  it ''  a  wise  and  pradent  son,"  old  age  being  often  mentioned 
as  a  token  of  pmdence  and  sagacity.  It  is  right  in  tne  MS.  It  means 
that  when  he  was  a  child  he  was  grave  and  discreet,  as  if  he  had  been 
an  old  man,  and  wise  as  a  senator ;  wisdom  being  a  qualitT  that  makes 
parents  love  their  children,  and  prefer  them  to  tneir  bretnren  who  are 
not  so  wise. — "  MieiraneJated  Passages  in  our  Bibh,^  by  Rev.  J.  H. 
Murray. 


479 

|imijti0  for  ^^m, 

BT  THOICAS  BPUfiaiOir. 

ONE  of  the  moet  nntisiial  things  in  the  world  is  to  hear  a  parson 
complain  that  his  people  are  too  generous.  I  would  as  soon 
expect  to  near  John  PloDghman's  horses  grumble  that  their  mangers 
are  too  often  filled,  or  to  find  Master  Jack  Homer  weeping  because 
there  are  too  many  plums  in  his  pie. 

Never  but  once  did  I  come  across  a  church  to  which  a  collection  was 
not  acceptable ;  and  in  that  case,  if  I  remember  rightly,  there  was  a 
debt  on  the  place  which  the  officers  were  not  anxious  to  clear  off,  since 
(so  they  saia)  it  was  policy  to  keep  it  standing.  Bv  tiie  way,  I  have 
graye  doubts  whether  it  was  "the  best  policy."  m;  the  finandal 
difficulty  generally  assumes  quite  a  different  shape.  The  impoverished 
offering-box  cries,  '*  Give  I  Give !  Give  I "  The  dumb-deacon  at  the 
door  sneaks  loudly  by  means  of  the  scanty  sprinkling  of  coin  which 
hardly  nides  all  the  green  baize;  while  tea-fights  and  muffin  scrambles, 
to  say  nothing  of  entertainments  and  bazaars,  like  so  many  bush- 
ran^rs  '*  stick  up  *'  the  Zion-ward  pilgrim,  and  demand  his  money  or 
his  life.  The  greater  sin  in  this  case  is,  doubtless,  with  the  pilgrims 
who,  sad  to  say,  are  all  too  slow  to  give  as  God  has  prospered  them. 
Christian  people  who  complain  of  the  ways  and  means  resorted  to  for 
obtaining  the  needful  may  often  find  the  first  cause  at  home  in  their 
own  closed  pockets  and  clasped  purse& 

"But  what/'  sajfs  one,  ''has  this  to  do  with  hearing  for  others?" 
Well,  just  this,  in  one  of  our  oolonid  churches  I  heard  the  minister 
seriously  charge  the  congregation  with  being  too  liberal.  Believe  me, 
this  is  a  &cL  I  heard  i^  as  people  say,  with  my  own  ears,  and  I  might 
also  venture  to  assert  that  the  preacher  said  it  with  my  own  voice. 
The  complaint  was  somewhat  as  follows:  "My  fiiends,  one  of  the 
growing  curses  of  our  congregations  is  generosit}[ ;  people  nowadays 
are  far  too  liberal ! "  If  those  folk  did  not  open  their  eyes  I  There  was 
to  be  a  special  collection  too,  and  though  the  people  doubtless  thought 
the  foregoing  advice  first-rate  as  far  as  their  pockets  were  concerned,  the 
deacons  thought  it  auf;ured  badly  for  the  plates. 

It  would  be  rather  mteresting  to  imagine  the  inward  musings  of  some 
of  the  listeners  while  the  unusiud  remark  was  still  ringing  in  their  ears. 
"  Far  too  liberal  1 "  muttered  farmer  Skinflint,  who,  by  the  way,  has  a 
button  on  the  lapel  of  his  pocket  which  he  gets  his  "  missus  "  to  see 
tight  on  over  Saturday.  "  He's  right  there, — ^never  said  a  truer  thing  in 
his  life — must  mean  me.  I'll  make  it  threepence  to-day  instead  of  six- 
pence." **  Them's  my  sentiments,"  thought  old  mother  SavealLwhose 
remark  to  the  charity  collector  has  become  quite  proverbial,  **  What  I 
gives  is  nothing  to  nobody."  Mrs.  Peacock,  who  had  just  gone  in  for 
a  new  set  of  feathers,  and  dropped  one  shilling  in  the  plate  on  entering, 
now  regretted  such  munificenoe,  for  she ''  rewv  could  hardly  afford  it" : 
and  young  Mr.  Superb,  who  looked  as  though  he  had  just  emerged  firom 
a  bandbox,  voted  himself  a  fool  for  putting  sixpence  in  the  plate  each 
Sunday,  for  he  might  have  had  an  extra  pair  of  gloves  every  few  weeks 
if  he  had  only  been  more  moderate  in  nis  eoclesiaatical  expenditures. 


480  HEABING  FOB  OTHEBS. 

There  was,  in  fact,  a  momentary  bum  of  approyal  among  the  aadience, 
and  only  those  who  feared  that  snch  restraint  would  recoil  on  them- 
selves, as  deacons  or  tmstees,  &ncied  the  speaker  had  taken  leaye  of  his 
senses  and  knew  not  of  what  he  spake. 

'^YeSy"  continued  the  preacher,  who  had  noticed  the  surprise,  *'I 
venture  to  repeat  that  statement.  Strange  though  it  may  seem,  I  am 
persuaded  it  is  true.  Our  churches  are  plagued  with  this  spirit  of 
generosity^  this  mistaken  liberality ;  but^  mind  you  (here  he  grew  quite 
confidential)— for  it  is  possible  you  may  misunderstand  me — I  do  not 
intend  the  slightest  reference  to  your  relations  with  the  offertory  or 
subscription  lists."  Visible  lengthening  of  the  features  of  several  in 
the  auaience.  The  farmer  felt  his  lapel  to  make  sure  that  his  batton 
was  secure,  and  the  old  dame  and  young  exquisite  grew  a  little  fidgety. 
*'  It  will  be  a  long  time,  I  fear,  before  I  find  cause  for  complaint  in 
that  direction.  What  I  mean  is  that  you  are  so  ready  to  transfer  advice 
to  one  another,  and  to  fit  my  exhortations  to  other  folks  instead  of 
keeping  them  to  yourselves.  You  sit  and  listen  for  your  friend,  and 
fancy  what  good  he  ought  to  derive,  when  in  all  probability  the  pill 
was  intended  for  your  own  mouth,  and  was  calculated  to  benefit  your- 
self. You  are  far  too  liberal :  you  pass  on  what  you  should  retain, 
and  give  away  what  yon  yourselves  stand  in  need  of." 

In  some  such  strain  as  this  the  preacher  spoke  until  many  of  his 
hearers  looked  as  black  as  thunder-clouds,  and  grew  indignant  at  snch 
plain  speech,  while  others  felt  the  truth  and  bowed  their  hearts  before 
it«  Before  the  appearance  of  that  audience  quite  fades  from  my  memory 
I  pen  a  few  remarks  on  the  same  subject. 

Habits,  unlike  crockery,  are  readilv  made  but  not  easily  broken,  and 
this  manufacture  comes  as  natural  to  most  mortals  as  working  in 
brass  and  iron  did  to  Tubal  Cain,  or  playing  organs  to  his  half- 
brother  Jubal.  No  one  needs  to  be  articled  to  a  lawyer  to  learn  how 
to  transfer  precepts  and  admonitions.  The  deed  is  easily  drawn  np 
and  executed  by  a  heart  only  too  ready  to  plead  '^not  guilty."  Now, 
albeit  to  look  after  Number  One  is  a  maxim  of  the  world  which  is 
not>  in  most  cases,  to  be  recommended,  I  am  not  at  all  sure  bnt  that  in 
church -going  and  sermon-hearing  it  is  both  lawful  and  expedient 
Why  should  we  turn  the  place  of  prayer  into  a  mutual  exchange  mart, 
in  which'  to  lend  our  ears  to  one  another  ?  It  is  impossible  to  exchange 
our  hearts  as  well,  and  even  if  we  could,  I,  for  one,  would  be  loth  to 
part  with  mine,  faulty  as  it  is.  If  I  hear  for  someone  else,  and  some- 
one else  for  me,  where  is  the  advantage,  eren  supposing  the  conminnica- 
tion  between  my  ear  and  his  heart  and  my  heart  and  his  ear  to  be  as 
complete  as  that  between  our  own  ears  and  hearts  ?  Would  there  not 
be  some  risk  of  loss  in  transhipment  even  then  ?  and  since  we  cannot 
lay  on  a  telephone  to  others'  hearts  from  our  ears,  is  it  not  wiser  for 
every  man  to  hear  for  himself  ?  **  He  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him 
hear." 

It  seems  to  me  that  a  little  of  '*  minding  the  main  chance  "  after  a 
spiritual  sort  is  not  amiss.  "  Every  man  for  himself,  Ood  for  ns  all," 
snould  be  the  hearer's  motto.  Does  the  bee,  having  climbed  into  a  flower 
and  having  found  honey  there,  say,  '*  I'll  leave  that  for  my  brother  "  ? 
Nay,  he  gathers  it  for  himself,  and  eventually  it  benefits  hiB  brother 


HEAHINQ  FOB  0THEB8.  481 

too ;  whereas  had  he  left  it,  it  might  never  have  reached  the  hire  at  all. 
We  are  not  called  npon  to  feed  others  to  the  famishing  of  oarselves, 
esjpeciidly  if  they  have  equal  opportunity  of  reaching  the  viands.  I  am 
willing  to  share  my  meal  with  a  hungry,  helpless  b^gar,  but  I  will  not 
give  all  mv  dinner  away  to  one  who  sits  at  the  same  well-filled  table. 
Why  i^onld  I  ?  Pursue  such  a  course  yourself  if  yon  like,  dear  reader, 
and  I  prophesy  you  will  soon  be  as  lean  as  a  hurdle.  If  you  literally 
give  all  your  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  you  may  as  well  give  your  body 
also  to  be  burned.  There  is  a  medium  in  all  things,  as  General  Tom 
Thumb  said  to  Chang  the  giant  He  who  hears  for  everyone  but 
himself  is  generosity  overgrown,  and  altogether  too  much  of  a  good 
Uiiog;  while  he  who  cares  only  for  NumMr  One  is  about  as  much  a 
libend  as  Tom  Thumb  was  a  general.  It  is  possible  for  the  richest  to 
give  to  beggars  till  he  brings  himself  to  beggary,  for  the  physician  to 
doctor  and  attend  the  sick  till  he  is  as  ill  as  any,  and  for  tne  carver  to 
be  so  busy  helping  the  guests  as  scarcely  to  get  a  bite  himself.  I  have 
often  watched  the  mother-hen  scratch  and  scrape  on  behalf  of  her  chir- 
ruping chicks,  and  have  greatly  admired  the  performance,  for  **  'tis 
their  nature  too ; "  but  for  one  hearer  thus  to  cater  for  his  feUows  is  too 
much  like  foul  play ;  but  I  bdieve  this  is  often  done  in  other  places  of 
worship  besides  the  Poultry  Chapd. 

Concern  for  others  may,  aft^  all,  be  a  very  hollow  concern,  and 
anxiety  for  our  friends  may  prove  nothing  better  than  an  ill-weed  in  our 
garden,  and  not  a  fra^ant  flower.  The  surest  way  to  right  the  world  is 
to  right  ourselves.  If  every  man  tended  his  own  vineyard  what  a 
vintage  there  would  be  I  This  sort  of  charity  certainly  should  beam  at 
home.  I  do  not  say  that  it  should  end  there.  Tom  Thumb's  littleness 
is  as  much  to  be  shunned  as  Changes  greatness,  and,  provided  our  own 
souls  do  not  suffer,  we  are  more  than  justified  in  wishing  for  and  seeking 
after  the  benefit  of  our  neighbours.  To  remind  a  friend  of  such 
and  such  a  portion  of  the  sermon,  or  to  press  home  a  certain  truth 
on  one  to  whom  you  have  reason  to  believe  it  is  applicable,  is  but  the 
path  of  duty.  Would  to  Ood  many  more  walkea  according  to  this 
rule.  Happy  the  preacher  who  has  hearers  who  watch  where  his 
arrows  fidl,  and  follow  up  his  remarks.  But  this  can  only  be  done  by 
those  whose  own  hearts  have  been  listening  for  themselves,  and  have 
bendited  by  the  hearing.  A  failure  to  recognise  any  portion  of  the 
exhortation  as  appropriate  to  one's  self  is  a  sure  sign  of  incapacity  for 
applying  the  truth  elsewhere.  Ezra's  injunctions  to  the  feasters  will 
serve  as  regulations  at  our  spiritual  meals.  '*  Oo  your  way,  eat  the  iat, 
and  drink  the  sweet,  and  send  portions  unto  them  for  whom  nothing  is 
prepared."  Carefhlness  for  others  does  not  excuse  carelessness  of  self. 
A  spendthrift  is  no  more  liberal  than  an  economist  is  miserly.  There 
are  times  when  it  is  right  to  stint  one's  self  for  others'  sakes  in  temporals ; 
but  the  necessity  never  exists  in  spirituals.  There  is  '*  ever  enough  and 
to  spare"  of  God's  good  gifts,  so  we  need  never  fear  lest  our  feasting 
deprive  others  of  their  portion ;  and  having  tasted  that  the  Lord  is 
gracious,  we  should  indeed  be  selfish  were  we  not  anxious  that  our 
fellow-men  should  be  partakers  of  tiutt  heavenly  gift.  We  can  afford 
to  give  portions  away  when  we  have  refreshed  ourselves.  Let  me  illus- 
trate this  point 


482  HSAAnro  ros  othbrs. 

I  had  been  boating  for  half  a  Boaallj  day  with  a  fiiend  in  the 
beantiftd  harbour  of  Auckland,  New  Zealand,  when  we  were  driven, 
partly  bv  strees  of  weather  and  partly  by  the  approach  of  Innch-time,  to 
seek  a  sheltering  shore.  A  natural  cavern  formed  onr  restamant,  and 
the  rough  rocks  our  chairs.  The  dripping  roof  and  breaking  waves 
played  music  while  we  dined.  The  discussion  was  opened  witii  beef- 
steak pie ;  then  followed  a  paper  on  custard-pudding,  and  afterwards 
tarts  and  fruit  and  small  etcetera  ad  infiniUm,  Most  of  that  morning 
we  had  been  fishing,  but  never  got  a  bite  till  we  came  ashore,  so  we 
were  prepared  to  do  valiantly  $  but  only  two,  be  they  never  so  hungry, 
into  so  many  delicacies  leaves  a  laige  quotient  and  a  good  deal  over. 
Presently  there  glided  in  front  of  the  entrance  of  our  grotto  a  small 
sailing  craft  with  three  Maoris  aboard,  two  men  and  a  woman.  In  a 
trice  we  hailed  them,  making  frantic  signs  with  pie  dishes,  and  pndding 
basins,  and  forks  and  spoons.  The  effect  was  magical.  The  helm  was 
put  down  immediately;  for  though  the  voyagers  understood  very  little 
of  the  English  tongue,  the  pies  and  tarts  spoke  volumes.  The  fiiir 
Maori — ^if  darkies  can  be  reckoned  fair — did  ample  justice  to  what  must 
have  been  to  her  unusual  food,  while  the  stalwfui  men  soon  pnt  away 
what  had  hampered  ns,  and  a  faithfhl  dog  who  almost  committed  suicide 
by  jumping  overboard  and  dangliuG^  bjr  the  cord  that  held  him  to  the 
mast,  soon  recovered  sufficiently  to  do  ms  share. 

*'  Thank  you,  thank  you ;  much  obliged,"  came  from  three  pain  of 
rather  thick  lips  when  the  repast  was  over,  and  the  captain  and  his  mate, 
with  their  crew  and  dog,  proceeded  on  their  voyage.  It  was  some  satis- 
faction that  we  had  been  able  to  dispose  of  our  victuals  and  make  others 
happy,  though  we  ourselves  had  no  lack.  In  some  such  fashion  let  ns 
listen  to  the  sermon.  If  it  is  as  well  lined  as  was  our  basket,  there 
will  be  bread  enough  and  to  spare.  Had  we  picnickers  sailed  over  to  the 
Maori  camp  before  lunch  time,  and  been  so  generous  with  the  pro- 
visions as  to  stint  and  starve  ourselves,  we  should  have  been  abont  as 
sensible  as  those  who,  through  anxiety  for  others,  go  on  short  commons 
themselves.  Many  a  hearer  leaves  the  church  with  no  personal  rejoic- 
ing, because  all  the  while  he  has  been  hoping  and  wishing  for  another's 
benefit.  Disinterested  as  this  may  seem,  it  is  not  necessarily  sa 
Liberality  of  eveiy  sort  should  be  tested  by  the  motive  which  prompted 
it,  and  an  anidysis  of  this  kind  of  generosity  often  leads  to  the  convic- 
tion that  they  who  give  most  away  are  themselves  in  greatest  need,  and 
Srobably  give  what  they  do  not  care  to  keep.  There  are  too  many 
nck-backed  hearers  wlio,  before  going  to  church,  plume  their  feathers 
with  the  oil  of  *' concern  for  others  "  to  such  an  extent  that  the  water 
runs  off  themselves  and  benefits  no  one. 

{To  ie  continued.) 


483 

'^  W^  u  tit  9M  0i  i^t  §to^U:' 

A    PLEA    FOB     GOSPEL     TEMPERANCE. 

BT  J08BPU  W.  HABBALD. 

IN  a  recent  number  of  the  Christian  World  there  appeared  an 
interesting  article  describing  a  meeting  at  which  ''  The  Students' 
Missionary  Smuetyof  Halle''  assembled  ,to  listen  to  an  address  from 
*'  Dr.  Wameck,  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  adrocates  of  missionary 
enterprise  that  North  Germany  has  produced."  One  sentence  in  that 
article  suggests  to  us  a  topic  for  a  few  words  in  anticipation  of  Mr.  S. 
T.  Booth's  approaching  Gospel  Temperance  Mission  at  the  Tabernacle. 
The  writer  gives  a  bright  and  cheery  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
evening,  which  were  brought  to  a  close  in  a  way  he  did  not  expect. 
This  is  what  he  says : — '*  As  the  reverend  speaker  closed  by  an  appeal 
for  the  cause  which^  with  his  whole  sou),  he  believed  to  be  the  greatest 
and  noblest  on  earth,  the  unusual  tribute  of  a  hearty  round  of  applause 
from  his  attentive  but  stolid  German  audience  witnessed  to  the  effect 
of  a  very  earnest,  cultured,  and  powerful  address.  Another  hymn  was 
now  sung,  and,  after  the  Lord's  prayer  was  repeated,  one  naturally 
waited  for  the  benediction.  Imagine  our  horror  when,  instead  of  this, 
came  the  hurrying  waiter  with  dinking  beer  glasses  and  *  cigarren.' 
Ministers — learnt  and  reverend  professors — and  those  of  the  general 
public  who  were  present,  all  alike  '  lighted  up,'  and  be^an  to  sip  their 
bright  German  beer,  entering  at  the  same  time  into  animated  conversa- 
tion. The  lecturer  himself,  beer  glass,  or  rather  mug  in  hand,  and 
haloed  by  tobacco  smoke,  formed,  with  the  worthy  professors  similarly 
equipped,  a  group  not  to  be  seen  in  England — ^least  of  all,  after  a 
serious  missionary  meeting.  Yet  in  this  sudden  transition  there  seems 
to  be  not  the  slightest  sense  of  anything  approaching  to  inconsistency. 
//  is  the  habit  ^  the  people^  for  here  in  the  land  of  Luther,  and  under 
the  shadow  of  his  university,  the  '  Beer  and  Bible '  alliance  is  by  no 
means  so  nefarious  as  in  England.  Still,  it  was  impossible  not  to  feel, 
as  one  looked  round  through  the  thick  fumes,  and  saw  the  audience 
smoking  and  drinking,  the  speaker,  between  sips  of  beer  and  whiffs  of 
tobacco,  eagerly  chatting  with  two  learned  theological  professors,  that 
to  the  English  religious  public  this  would  border  on  the  profane." 

The  words  we  have  italicised  put  the  whole  subject  in  a  single 
sentence — ''  It  is  the  habit  of  the  people."  How  many  things  are  done 
even  by  Christian  people  for  which  there  is  no  better  reason  than 

this: — 

**It  was  my  father*s  custom, 
And  80  it  shall  be  mine." 

They  do  not  stop  to  ask  themselves  whether  the  course  they  are 

Eursuing  is  right,  whether  it  is  in  accordance  with  the  word  of  the 
lOrd,  whether  it  is  what  Christ  would  have  them  do,  whether  it  is 
likely  to  glorify  God  and  benefit  their  fellow  creatures ;  but  acting  on 
the  fEdse  assertion  that  ''whatever  is,  is  right,"  they  march  along, 
singing 

"  *Tis  the  good  old  way, 
By  our  fathers  trod  ;*' 


484  ''rr  is  the  habit  of  thb  people." 

even  though  the  only  goodness  it  has  arises  from  its  oldness.  Their  theory 
is  that  whatever  is  new  is  not  true,  and  they  reckon  erervthing  to  be 
new  which  was  not  known  by  their  great-grandmothem  in  the  days  when 
witches  held  nndonbted  sway,  and  saperstition  endared  onr  renerated 
ancestors.    We  are  qnite  prepared  to  admit  that 

"  Our  fathers  were  high-minded  men/' 

and  that  they  have  left  na  noble  legacies  in  the  civil  and  religioos 
liberty  which  they  nrocnred  for  ns  at  so  great  aoost ;  bat  they  were  not 
perfect.  David  haa  more  understanding  than  Uie  ancients ;  and  some 
of  OS  think  that  if  our  forefathers  conld  revisit  the  earth  we  oonld  teach 
them  a  few  things  which  might  be  for  their  benefit. 

Probably  there  is  nothing  in  which  succeeding  generations  of  men 
have  imitated  their  predecessors  more  slavishly  than  in  the  matter  of 
tiding  intoxicating  drinks.  All  sorts  of  new  fermented  and  distilled 
liquors  have  been  manufactured,  and  If  those  who  drink  them  knew 
the  ingredients  of  which  they  are  often  composed  their  consumption 
would  be  considerably  diminished;  but  in  blissful  ignorance  they 
continue  to*  taste  what  Cowper  called  ^^  the  sweet  Oircean  cup/'  and  if  we 
question  the  wisdom  of  their  action  they  think  it  quite  sufficient  to 
answer : — ^  Our  parents  taught  us  to  drink  wine,  we  had  our  little 
glassful  when  we  were  children,  and  as  we  grew  older  our  allowance  was 
increased,  and  when  our  dear  pastor,  who  is  now  in  heaven,  used  to 
visit  our  home,  he  always  partook  of  the  social  glass  with  us,  and  surely 
what  such  a  godly  man  dia  cannot  be  wrons."  Alas !  how  many  errors 
and  evils  remain  in  the  world  through  rdiance  on  this  fallacy — that 
whatever  is  done  by  good  people  must  be  right  Many  a  heresy  would 
have  withered  away  like  Jonah's  gourd,  but  it  was  planted  by  some 
eminently  learned  or  holy  man,  and  for  his  sake  it  has  been  nourished, 
and  tended,  and  cultivated,  until  whole  nations  have  been  afflicted  with 
its  bauefal  influence ;  and  in  like  manner  the  habits  and  customs  of 
some  of  the  Lord's  most  usefol  servants  have  done  untold  injury  to  the 
cause  of  God  and  truth.  Because  a  certain  Doctor  of  Divinity  says  a 
thing,  it  is  not  necessarily  true ;  because  a  minister  of  high  repute 
does  something,  it  is  not  necessarily  right :  we  must  always  be  pre- 
pared to  appeal  from  the  servant  to  his  Master,  and  from  the  ambassador 
to  the  august  Monarch  whom  he  may,  perhaps  unintentionally,  mis- 
represent. Good  men  are  liable  to  be  mistaken,  especially  when  the 
prevailing  sentiment  of  the  times  in  which  they  live  is  not  as  it  ought 
to  be. 

Betuming  to  the  quotation  from  our  contemporary's  correspondent — 
"  There  seems  to  be  not  the  slightest  sense  of  anytmng  approaching  to 
inconsistency"  in  the  conduct  of  these  German  professors  and  stodents, 
because  '<  it  is  the  habit  of  the  people,"  although  '<  to  the  English 
religious  public  this  would  border  on  the  profane," — ^we  ad:,  wb|^  is 
there  this  real  or  alleged  difPerence  in  ttie  sentiments  of  the  two  countnes? 
It  may  be  that  the  drink  problem  does  not  vet  present  the  difficulties  in 
Gennany  that  it  does  with  us,  or  possibly  tne  circumstances  of  tiie  two 
nations  differ  so  widely  that  a  comparison  cannot  be  hirly  instttnted; 
but  in  our  opinion  the  answer  to  the  question  is  that  '*  the  l^gl^^^ 
religious  pubuc  "  is  gradually  assuming  the  attitude  which  the  church 


''it  IB  THE  HABIT  OF  THE  FEOHiE."  485 

of  Gfariflt  ought  to  maiiitaiii  towards  the  drinking  customs  of  society. 
It  was  not  always  so,  and  so  much  yet  remains  to  be  done  that  there  is 
BO  room  for  boasting  of  what  has  been  accomplished ;  bat  the  current  of 
religious  opinion  seems  steadily  setting  in  what  we  conceive  to  be  the 
right  direction,  and  therein  we  do  rejoice,  and  will  rejoice.  Evil  or 
mischicYOUs  haJ}its  are  easily  acquired  by  individuals,  communities,  ot 
nations ;  but  it  is  a  much  more  dii&cult  task  to  alter  them.  Gowper 
says — 

'*  Habits  are  soon  assumed  :  but  when  we  strive 
To  strip  them  oS)  'tis  being  flayed  alive/* 

Leaving  out  of  the  question  any  fancied  benefit  that  may  be  derived 
from  alcohol  when  it  is  used  solely  as  a  medicine,  and  dispensed  just 
like  any  other  poisonous  drug,  we  boldly  affirm  that  the  general  use  of 
intoxicating  dnnks  is  little  better  than  a  foolish,  expensive,  and  dangerous 
habit,  into  which,  as  a  nation,  we  have  gradually  fallen.  If  we  do  not 
conclude  our  missionaiy  meetings  with  '^drinks  all  round,"  we  have 
quite  sufficient  occasions  left  when  we  do  pour  out  libations  at  the  shrine 
of  Bacchus.  We  have  got  into  the  evil  custom  of  drinking  on  all 
possible  pretences,  and  the  sooner  that  habit  is  abandoned  the  better 
will  it  be  for  all  concerned. 

How  can  a  man  be  cured  of  the  habit  of  drinking,  either  to  excess, 
or  in  moderation  ?  How  can  the  customs  of  the  nation  be  made  to 
undergo  a  complete  transformation  ?  How  can  the  church  of  Christ 
effect  the  change  in  its  habits  which  is  necessary  before  it  can  be  clear 
of  the  blood  of  all  men  ?  There  are  many  secondary  answers  to  these 
questions,  and  many  subsidiary  means  by  which  the  desired  end  can 
be  brought  about ;  but  there  is  only  one  reply  that  meets  all  the  require- 
ments of  the  case ;  there  is  only  one  remeay  that  can  cope  with  this 
disease  of  the  body  politic.  Nothing  but  the  grace  of  Ood  can  thoroughly 
reform  the  individual,  the  nation,  or  the  church  ;  and  it  is  the  glory  of 
Gospel  Temperance  work  that  it  relies  on  this,  and  this  alone,  for  its 
message,  its  motiye  power,  and  its  marvellous  success  wherever  it  has 
been  fairly  tested.  Mr.  R  T.  Booth,  who  will  (D.V.)  conduct  a  ten 
days'  mission  in  the  Tabernacle,  commencing  on  Sunday  afternoon, 
September  3,  thus  referred  to  the  movement  at  the  opening  of  his 
recent  mission  in  Birmingham  : — 

'*  When  I  speak  of  this  Gospel  Temperance  Movement,  I  would  not 
imply  that  there  has  not  been  such  a  thing  as  Gospel  Temperance 
beiore ;  nor  do  I  mean  that  tiiis  is  something  yerv  new  and  strange. 
Ever  since  the  agitation  of  this  question  began,  in  the  year  1809,  there 
has  never  been  an  hour  but  that  some  of  the  truest  and  best  of  the 
followers  of  Christ  have  been  its  friends  and  advocates.  But  I  know 
that  now,  as  never  before,  this  movement  is  distinctively  a  Gospel 
Temperance  one.  As  for  myself,  I  have  laid  down  a  platform  on  which 
to  stand — a  platform  on  which,  I  believe,  every  sect,  and  all  denomina- 
tions, every  organization,  and  all  societies  that  wish  to  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ  and  that  of  total  abstinence,  may  stand  at  my  side.  In 
it  there  are  three  great  planks  of  principle — CmusTiANirv,  Total 
Abstinence,  and  Charity — and  these  three  make  a  platform  as  broad 
as  humanity,  and  as  wide  as  the  world.  One  of  our  great  objects  is  to 
bring  together  all  the  different  elements  into  one  great  union,  for  a 


486  ''  IT  IS  THE  HABIT  OF  THB  PEOPLE." 

special  and  specific  purpose.  We  are  not  going  to  create  any  nev 
society  or  organization.  We  are  not  going  to  pnU  down,  bnt  to  bnild 
up,  those  that  are  already  existing;  and  those  wno,  dnring  the  mission, 
may  be  persuaded  to  sign  the  pl^e,  and  trust  in  the  Sayiour,  will  be 
counselled  to  find  a  home  in  some  Christian  Church  and  some  Tem- 

Eerance  Society.  This  moyement  is  not  an  organizatioUi  with  officers, 
ye-lawB,  and  regulations.  We  have  but  one  Head— our  Hearenly 
Father — and  we  kaow  of  but  one  law — ^his  will.  This  is  only  a  union 
of  tibose  who  are  willing  to  make  the  Redeemer  the  centre  of  all  that  is 
done,  and  who  are  truly  united  with  him  in  this  effort  to  sweep  away 
one  of  the  most  tyrannical  and  cruel  wrongs  the  world  has  erer  known." 
The  Blue  Bibbon  badge  was  first  adopted  in  America^  in  1875,  by  some 
earnest  Christian  Temperance  workers  who  desired  to  get  all  total 
abstainers  to  make  a  public  declaration  of  their  principles.  On  Feb. 
10, 1878,  Mr.  Wm.  Noble  inaugurated  the  British  branch  of  the  work 
at  the  National  Standard  Theatre,  Shoreditch,  and  on  March  29,  in  the 
same  year,  he  moyed  to  the  Hoxton  Musio  Hall,  which  has  been  from 
that  time  the  head-quarters  of  the  English  Blue  Kibbon  Army.  Up  to 
July  24,  upwards  of  5,500  meetings  had  been  held  in  the  hall,  in 
addition  to  demonstrations  at  Exeter  Hall,  and  the  Standard  and 
Yictoria  Theatres,  and  a  large  number  of  meetings  in  London  and  its 
suburbs,  and  the  proyinces.  From  Hoxton  alone  470,000  Blue  Bibbon 
Pledge  Cards  haye  been  sent  out  On  August  7, 1880,  Mr.  Richard 
T.  Booth  began  his  work  in  this  country  at  Hoxton  Hall,  and  after 
a  few  weeks'  labour  there  started  on  the  mission  in  which  he  has 
been  amazingly  blessed.  In  the  yarious  places  where  he  has  con- 
ducted missions  there  are  up  to  the  present  time  no  less  than  900,000 
persons  who  haye  adopted  the  Blue  Ribbon  badge,  and  joined  the 
Gospel  Temperance  Union.  Of  course  many  of  these  were  preyionsly 
abstainers,  but  separate  records  were  not  kept  until  last  ^ptember, 
since  which  time  269,000  new  pledges  haye  been  taken.  We  haye 
been  unable  to  ascertain  the  number  of  signatures  secured,  and  ribbons 
issued,  by  Mr.  Francis  Murphy,  to  whom  belongs  the  high  honour 
of  haying,  under  Ood's  blessing,  in  America,  started  the  whole  moye- 
ment ;  but  we  learn  that  he  and  his  son  Edward  commenced  their  work 
in  England,  at  Hoxton  Hall,  on  Aug.  27,  1881,  and  after  addressing 
seyeral  meetings  in  London,  went  to  Scotland,  where  their  labours  haye 
been  attended  with  extraoi^iinaiy  blessing.  Mr.  Murphy,  Mr.  Noble, 
and  Mr.  Booth  are,  howeyer,  only  three  of  the  most  prominent  Gospel 
Temperance  workers;  and  their  efforts  are  being  sustained  by  an  eyer- 
increasing  band  of  Christian  men  and  women^oyer  the  kir^om.  If 
the  work  continues  to  grow  as  it  has  done,  the  **  wearers  of  the  blue  " 
will  soon  be  counted  by  miUume  instead  of  hundreds  of  thousands. 
How  many  of  these  haye  become  Christians  it  is  impossible  to  say,  but 
the  number  is  doubtless  yery  great,  as  we  hear  tlmt  m  connection  with 
eyery  mission  some  haye  be^  conyerted,  and  from  idl  parts  of  the 
country  where  the  work  has  been  properly  carried  on  we  haye  tidings 
of  considerable  increase  to  the  churches  of  the  district.  In  a  recent 
letter  Mr.  Noble  writes,  <<  The  most  encouraging  aspect  of  the  work  is 
the  large  number  who  are  brought  under  conyiction  of  sin.  Our 
prayer-meetings  were  neyer  so  largely  attended  as  now,  and  there  is  a 


'^  IT  18  THE  HABIT  OF  THE  PEOPLE."  487 

deep  spiritaal  influence  perrading  all  oar  meetings.  ...  At  the 
after-meetings  many  remain  for  prayer  and  conversation ;  not  a  few  of 
whom  have  confessed  Christ."  The  Lord  has  set  his  stamp  of  approval 
so  manifestly  npon  this  agency  that  all  Christians  will  do  well  to  assist 
it  to  the  utmost  of  their  power. 

We  are  glad  to  see  so  many  persons,  of  both  sexes,  and  amongst  all 
classes  of  society,  wearing  the  olue  ribbon;  but  at  the  same  time  we  are 
sorry  that  there  are  so  many  who  are  not  wearing  it.  Several  hnndreds 
of  the  little  badges  are  already  worn  at  the  Tabernacle,  but  we  hope  before 
Mr.  Booth's  mission  is  closed  they  will  be  increased  to  thousands.  Why 
dmCt  you  wear  the  Hue  ribbon,  dear  Christian  reader  ?  Perhaps  you  answer, 
''Because  I  am  not  an  abstainer."  But  why  are  you  not  an  abstainer  ? 
Will  you  take  that  question  to  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  on  your  knees  ask 
for  his  guidance,  and  then  promptly  act  as  he  directs  ?  There  are  many 
profess^  followers  of  Chnst  who  stand  in  very  slippery  places  through 
their  liking  for  strong  drink.  There  is  no  doubt  whatever  as  to  what 
they  ought  to  do.  Total  abstinence  is  the  only  safe  path  for  them. 
There  are  others  who  have  dear  ones  who  are  slaves  to  the  bottle.  How 
can  they  hope  to  rescue  those  whom  they  love  until  they  are  themselves 
clear  from  all  connection  with  the  evil  ?  Many  reclaimed  drunkards 
have  fallen  because  their  wives  would  persist  in  bringing  the  tempter 
into  the  house;  and  if  they  have  to  suffer  for  it,  whose  fault  is  it? 
There  are  some  persons  who,  to  all  human  appearance,  are  never  likely 
to  drink  to  excess  ;  but  to  them  we  appeal,  in  Christ's  name,  to  abstain 
for  the  sake  of  what  they  can  do  for  others.  If  these  lines  should  meet 
the  eye  of  any  who  are  led  captive  by  the  devil  in  the  chains  of  evil 
habit,  or  who  have  become  abstainers  from  strong  drink,  but  have  not 
yet  sought  the  salvation  of  their  souls,  we  would  entreat  them  even 
now  to  return  to  the  Lord,  who  has  given  by  the  mouth  of  the  prophet 
Joel  this  loving  invitation, ''  Turn  ye  even  to  me  with  all  your  heart, 
and  with  fasting,  and  with  weeping,  and  with  mourning :  and  rend 
your  heart,  and  not  your  garments,  and  turn  unto  the  Lord  your  God : 
for  he  is  gracious  and  merciftd,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness, 
and  repenteth  him  of  the  evil."  To  those  who  will  not  render  us  any 
assistance  in  this  work,  we  would  commend  the  earnest  words  of  the 
Bishop  of  Bochester:  ''Gentlemen,  you  may  not  all  adopt  the  plan  I 
have  adopted — total  abstinence ;  yon  may  not  all  adopt  that,  but,  in 
God's  name,  either  adopt  that,  or  find  a  better  one."  The  matter  is 
n^ent,  and  those  who  trifle  with  it,  and  make  all  earnest  attempts  to 
reform  the  masses  the  subject  of  their  mirth,  or  of  their  sneers,  can 
hardly  know  what  mischief  they  are  doing.  Their  jests  and  gibes  do 
no  harm  to  confirmed  abstainers,  but  they  may  con&rm  the  drunkard, 
and  hold  back  those  who  had  almost  escaped.  If  they  cannot  help,  let 
them  not  hinder  a  hopeful  work. 


488 


'SSix.  Snlm  at  §at{r/ 


OXJB  readers  who  are  familiar  with  the  first  portion  of  Mr.  Haslam's 
antobiography,  published  some  years  ago,  will  naturally  expect 
that  this  second  instalment  is  as  fall  of  entertainment  and  instmction 
as  the  former  Yolnme,  *^  From  Death  into  Life."  In  more  senses  than 
one,  that  last-named  book  was  a  very  striking  storr ;  for  while  the 
author  gave  details  of  the  progress  of  the  Lord's  work  in  various  parts 
of  the  country  in  connection  with  his  own  pleaching,  he  also  told  m  an 
unyamished  way  of  his  own  conversion.  He  started  in  the  ministry 
about  forty  years  ago  as  an  earnest  High  Churchman,  and  one  so 
zedous  in  works  of  charity  and  religious  devotion  that  he  might  almost 
have  been  mistaken  for  an  Evangelical.  He  worked  hard  and  con- 
scientiously according  to  his  light;  but  surroimded  with  converted 
people  down  in  Cornwall,  it  was  hardly  possible  for  such  a  man  to 
remain  permanently  in  the  dark.  Mr.  Haslam  became  converted  by 
the  grace  of  God,  and  so  quick  were  the  shrewd  hearers  of  the  west 
to  perceive  the  change,  that  during  the  first  sermon  he  preached  after 
escaping  from  the  grave-clothes  of  sacramentarianism,  a  man  in  the 
church  threw  up  his  arms  and  exclaimed,  *'  The  parson  is  converted  !*' 
A  scene  then  ensued  which  was  suflSciently  characteristic  of  the  west, 
but  which  more  orderly,  strait-laced  folks  in  better-behaved  districts 
might  have  been  tempted  to  put  down  as  **  brawling  in  church."  Fancy  a 
clergyman  who  had  worked  hard  for  ten  years — ^instant  in  season  and 
out  of  season,  as  he  had  supposed — telling  a  large  congregation  that  he 
had  only  just  been  brought  into  the  liberty  of  Christ,  and  that,  had  he 
died  a  week  before,  he  must  have  been  lost !  Then  imagine  how  ''Praise 
the  Lord  "  and  "  Hallelu^'ah  "  was  shouted  by  hundreds  of  delighted 
souls  in  the  sanctuary,  while  "  good  church  people  '*  were  hastening  down 
the  aisles  with  prudent  alacrity.  That  scene  was  the  commencement  of 
Mr.  Haslam's  life-work,  the  history  of  which,  as  told  by  himself,  never 
flags  in  its  absorbing  interest.  Indeed,  so  extraordinary  are  some  of 
the  relations  that  some  critics  have  not  hesitated  to  accuse  the  writer 
of  invention  or  exaggeration ;  but  he  is  able  to  reply  that  **  persons  who 
have  been  in  such  scenes,  and  have  witnessed  the  mighty  power  of  Ood, 
will  think  that  they  are  somewhat  guardedly  and  tamely  put  forth." 
Many  thin^  are  under,  rather  than  overstated  ;  some  occurrences  are 
left  altogether  unrelated,  for  fear  of  too  heavily  taxing  the  reader's 
credulity,  while  other  things,  such  as  ''dreams,  visions,  and  revelations," 
are  left  unexplained.  Should  any  reader  know  of  an  unconverted 
pastor  who  little  suspecte  the  truth  about  his  own  condition,  Mr. 
Haslam's  books  will  be  more  likely  to  be  instrumental  in  bringing 
enlightenment  than  the  best  of  evangelical  tracte. 

l%ose  who  read  Mr.  Haslam's  former  work  left  him  conducting  a 
successful  work  in  the  parish  of  Hayle,  in  Cornwall — too  successful  as 
it  seemed  for  the  rector,  who  was  a  man  of  prudence  and  caution. 
"You  know  I  am  no  revivalist^"  he  remarked  with  characteristic 
candour.    "  I  do  not  like  all  this  uproar.    I  cannot  have  it.    These 

*  "TetnotI,'*  or  More  Yean  of  My  Ministry.    By  W.  Haslam,  M.A.    London: 
Morgan  and  Scott.    Price  66. 


MB.  HAfiLAK  AT  BATH.  489 

'conrerted  people,  as  yon  call  them,  are  no  oharohmen."  Therenpon  the 
fieemingly  unfortiinate  curate  nndertook  the  charge  of  what  a  lady 
called  a  "TraniDfi'  Charoh''  at  Bath,  a  city  Bnfficiently  beaatiftil  ia  itself, 
but  one,  neyertneless,  for  which  Mr.  Haslam  had  no  partiiJity,  because 
the  air  had  proved  in  his  case  somewhat  relaxing.  He  had  visited  the 
city  in  his  converted  days  as  well  as  subsequenUy,  and  each  time  '*  left 
it  discomfited,  and  glad  to  get  away."  There  was  a  strange  providence 
in  his  bemg  led  thither  ;  for  the  spiritual  obstacles  to  success  appeared 
to  be  hardly  less  than  the  physical. 

There  was  a  time  in  the  last  century  when  Bath  was  a  general 
rendezvous  of  the  pleasure-seeking  aristocracy ;  but  although  the  city 
no  longer  retains  the  characteristics  of  a  century  and  a  half  ago,  when 
Beau  Nash  was  ruler  of  its  frivolities,  the  total  of  >  its  visitors  is  of 
course  far  greater  than  of  old.  "Bath  is  a  &vonrite  residence  of 
annuitants,  and  a  fashionable  resort  of  wealthy  strangers,"  says  one 
authority.  ^' Hence  arises  its  principal  trade.  Bents  are  moderate, 
coal  is  abundant,  the  markets  are  well  sui>plied,  all  the  wants  of  taste 
and  society  are  readily  ministered  to,  and  in  a  ftall  season,  from  Christ- 
mas till  i^e  end  of  May,  about  14,000  persons,  in  addition  to  the 
permanent  population,  are  present."  Bath  is  a  city  of  fashionable 
preachers  as  well  as  of  pleasure-seeking  visitors;  and  for  a  pastor 
looking  out  for  an  eligible  situation,  where  fine  scenery,  cultured 
society,  and  other  advantages  could  be  found,  the  city  offered  rare 
attractions ;  but  who  would  have  voluntarily  dbosen  such  a  sphere  as 
the  "  Tramps' Church  "  ? 

The  said  "  Tramps'  Church  "  was  situated  in  Avon  Street,  once  a 
fashionable  quarter,  but  long  since  forsaken  by  its  genteel  residents  and 
given  over  to  the  lowest  classes.  The  church  was  no  other  than  a 
chapel  erected  by  the  Wesleys,  and  which  their  followers  had  given  up 
in  favour  of  a  grander  edifice  in  another  part  of  the  to¥m.  **  They 
had  let  this  one  to  an  undertaker  to  keep  mourning  coaches  and  hearses 
in,  but  the  rector  having  offered  a  higher  price,  obtained  possession," 
says  Mr.  Haslam.  "  Finding  the  veritable  Wesley  pulpit  in  a  corner, 
he  put  it  up^  and  otherwise  furnished  the  place  for  divine  service." 
Sndi  was  the  district  which  had  been  looked  after  by  a  Scripture  reader 
for  some  years — a  man  who  ' '  had  settled  down  into  a  routine,  delivering 
so  many  tracts,  paying  so  many  visits  in  so  many  hours,"  until  '*  his 
report  was  r^y  for  the  Saturday."  The  man  was  probably  not 
singular  in  supposing  that  it  was  impossible  to  convert'  a  soul  in  Avon 
Street^  and  honestly  spoke  his  opinion — "I  am  convinced  you  will 
never  do  anything  of  that  kind  in  this  street." 

Any  visitor  who  only  looks  upon  the  fair  city  of  Bath  from  the 
Great  Western  Bailway,  would  never  suppose  that  such  a  place  could 
contain  cellar-dwellings  more  repelling  as  haunts  of  fever  and  damp 
than  even  the  cellars  of  St.  Giles  s.  Such  was  the  case,  however,  and 
what  was  more  singular,  as  illustrating  the  force  of  habit,  the  people 
contracted  a  love  for  these  pestiferous  holes.  Take  as  an  example  what 
is  said  on 

^'NO  PLACE  LIKB  HOMB." 

*'  We  visited  one  old  man  who  lived  in  a  cellar  that  was  cold  and 
.green  with  damp,  yet  he  was  cheerftal,  and  content  to  call  it  his  *  home.* 

32 


490  MB.  HAfiLAM  AT  BATH. 

I  asked  him  if  the  water  erer  came  in.  '  Oh  yee,  when  the  tide  be 
high,  it  do  come  np  here  for  an  hour  or  two/  What  do  yon  do  then  ? 
^  Why/  he  said,  suiting  his  action  to  the  words,  *  I  puts  my  legs  up  on 
the  stool,  and  goes  on  with  my  shoe-mending.  I  Keeps  my  tools  up 
there,'  he  contmued,  p^lacing  his  hand  on  a  shelf,  '  where  they  be  safe 
from  the  wet'  In  his  person  he  was  a  dirty  and  grimy  man,  who 
appeared  never  to  wash  himself  from  one  month's  end  to  another.  Yet 
he  seemed  happy  in  his  dirt,  and  quite  satisfied  with  his  lodging.  •  •  . 
In  a  similar  cellar  I  subsequently  found  a  family  consisting  of  five 
persons,  all  huddled  together  in  a  most  miserable  condition.  Their 
story  moved  the  compassion  of  a  kind  lady,  who  commissioned  me  to 
take  better  and  more  healthy  lodgings  for  them  at  her  expense,  and 
remove  them  out  of  that  wretched,  damp  place.  She  said  she  could 
get  no  sleep  for  thinking  of  these  poor  creatures.  I  soon  obtained  a 
two-roomed  lodging  for  them,  with  a  good  fire,  but  this  &iled  to  please 
them  as  well  as  their  old  abode.  The  following  day,  on  calling,  I  saw 
that  thev  had  darkened  the  windows  with  paper  ;  '  the  light,'  they  said, 
*  made  them  feel  so  cold.'  In  a  day  or  two  after,  I  found  to  my  surprise 
that  they  had  gone  back  to  their  '  own  sweet  cellar.'  '  There's  no  place 
like  home.' " 

The  locality  was  of  the  worst  kind,  the  abode  of  tramps,  gipsies, 
beggars,  and  other  light  -  fineered  adventurers,  until  sweeps  were 
esteemed  '*  the  gentlemen  of  me  place."  The  Scripture-reader,  after 
showing  the  new  curate  the  "  ins  and  outs"  of  the  district^  diallenged 
his  companion  to  say,  if  he  thought  anything  could  be  done  other  than 
had  been  done ;  and  then  quietly  remarking  that  he  had  kept  the  best 
till  last,  the  guide  led  the  wayinto  the  common  lodging-houses  which 
also  abounded  in  the  street.  The  ^hotels  of  the  poor,"  as  they  are  some- 
times called,  are  much  the  same  in  Bath  as  elsewhere — ^repulsive  on  the 
one  hand  and  full  of  interest  on  the  other  to  all  observers  of  the  social 
habits  of  the  people.  ''They  were  for  the  most  part,"  says  our 
informant,  "  if  not  altogether,  the  ordinary  whining,  miserable-looking 
beggars  who  are  seen  in  the  streets,  but  they  were  neither  miserable 
nor  whining  now.  Some  who  had  been  'blind'  had  recovered 
eyesight ;  others  who  had  been  cripples  were  now  quite  well;  and 
soldiers  and  sailors  had  arms,  and  legs  restored  to  them.  There  were 
also  a  number  of  women  among  them.  A  group  were  sitting  round  the 
fire  as  merry  as  crickets,  telling  of  the  day's  exploits  and  gains  with 
great  glee."  Sociably  these  dens  might  be  the  lowest  of  all,  but  in 
some  of  the  private  rooms,  where  persons  lay  sick  or  dying,  the  stench 
and  stifling  atmosphere  were  more  dreadftilly  sickening.  At  first,  even 
Mr.  Haslam  was  disposed  to  retire  disheartened,  but  in  the  divine^ 
strength  he  persevered  and  found  his  reward. 

One  of  his  first  converts  was  a  dying  shoemaker,  who  was  hoping  for 
salvation  because  he  had  ''  suffered  a  sight  in  this  world  " ;  anotiier  was 
a  common  beggar,  and  then  followed  a  man  whose  diop  had  hitherto 
been  a  place  for  the  reception  of  stolen  goods.  Still,  it  was  no  easy 
matter  to  get  the  people  of  Avon-street  into  the  church.  ^  Some  of 
them  laughed  aloud  at  the  idea,"  says  Mr.  Haslam;  ''others,  mockmg, 
said, '  Oh  yes,  we'll  come.  We're  all  on  us  coming.'  Another  man. 
suggested  that  he  would  come  if  I  paid  him :  *  that's  the  way  to  get  ui 


MB.  HABLAM  AT  BATH.  491 

along  to  charch.'"  This  merry  remark  represented  a  yerj  prevalent 
idea,  namely,  that  the  parson  made  a  good  thing  ont  of  his  calling  ;  he 
was  supposed  to  be  well  paid  by  the  Goyemment,  and  to  have  a  good 
deal  of  money  entrusted  to  him  besides,  which  he  appropriated  to  his 
own  nse.  One  outspoken  man,  who  had  a  dead  child  lymg  unburied, 
declared  to  the  pastor,  ^*  It  ain't  no  business  of  mine  to  bury  it.  What 
are  you  paid  for,  I  should  like  to  know  ?  "  The  most  Scriptural  and 
common-sense  method  of  going  to  work  under  such  conditions  is  to  gather 
a  working  church,  to  win  recruits  from  the  enemy,  and  to  train  them 
for  a  better  service.  This  was  what  Mr.  Haslam  did ;  but  the  most 
careful  oversight  was  necessary,  because  as  soon  as  the  denizens  of  the 
lodging-houses  knew  that  there  was  aught  to  be  gained  by  *'  conyersion '' 
they  were  ready,  as  the  Scripture-r^er  said,  to  be  '^converted  in 
shoals."  When,  however,  more  genuine  cases  of  reformation  occurred, 
and  some  lapsed  one  was  removed  from  the  slums  to  help  in  the  church's 
work,  the  genteel  and  perfumed  do-nothings  of  the  fashionable  world 
were  ready  to  raise  an  outcry  against  such  innoyation.  Even  when  Mr. 
Haslam  himself  preached  in  a  certain  church,  *' A  lady"  resented  the 
indignity  oifered  to  the  congregation — "The  idea  of  that  nasty  little 
man  from  the  tramps'  church  coming  to  teach  us! "  Then,  when  a 
thoroughly  competent  person,  after  undergoing  a  change,  was  employed 
in  gathering  a  school  of  ragged  waifs  and  strays,  the  report  went  forth 
that  the  clergyman  in  Avon-street  was  '*  employing  a  beggar-woman — 
a  common  tramp,  to  teach  the  children,"  and  she  had  to  be  removed ; 
and  the  school,  meanwhile,  was  scattered. 

The  general  work,  nevertheless,  went  forward  prosperously,  and  the 
power  of  the  Holy  Spirit  became  manifest  in  the  conversion  of  some  of 
the  worst  of  characters.  Through  good  report  and  evil  report,  the  pastor 
continued  his  labours,  and  in  spite  of  all  exceptions  which  were  taken 
to  his  doctrine  or  his  procedure,  he  had  his  reward. 

On  one  occasion  when  the  chairman  of  a  meeting,  who  held  extreme 
views,  corrected  Mr.  Haslam's  theology,  the  accused  told  this  stoty  in 
self-defence:  *'Once  upon  a  time,  there  was  an  old  experienced 
Christian,  who  was  a  ferryman  on  the  Clyde.  One  day  he  had  the 
opportunity  of  carrying  two  gentlemen  in  his  boat ;  the  one  a  Galyinist* 
and  the  other  an  Arminian.  They  were  having  a  hot  dispute  about 
their  respective  tenets,  so  that  the  ferryman  could  not  get  in  a  word 
edgeways,  though  he  was  most  anxious  to  do  so.  After  trying  several 
times,  he  bethought  himself  of  this  device — ^to  pull  the  boat  with  one 
oar.  The  disputants  stopped,  and  asked  what  he  was  doing.  '  Don't 
you  like  this  ? '  said  the  boatman.  Then  putting  down  that  oar,  he 
took  up  the  other,  and  pulled  with  both  hands  till  the  boat  went  round 
the  other  way.  '  Whatever  are  you  about  ? '  said  both  the  combatants. 
*  Why,'  replied  the  veteran, '  I  call  this  oar  Sovereignty,  and  that  oar 
Responsibility  ;  and  if  I  do  not  pull  them  both  together^  you  will  never 
get  to  the  other  side  of  the  river.' " 

The  blessing  continued  in  Avon-street  until  the  church  had  to  be  en- 
larged to  accommodate  the  increasing  congregation,  so  that  Mr.  Haslam 
lived  to  prove  that  it  is  possible  to  gather  a  fall  assembly  of  the  most 
unlikely  characters  if  proper  means  are  used.  Like  all  good  organizers, 
he  was  greatly  indebted  to  his  helpers,  among  whom  was  that  wonderful 


492  HB.   HA8LAH  AT  BATH. 

young  lady,  Miss  Oeraldine  Hooper,  who  died  at  an  early  age,  and 
whose  biography  has  been  written  bv  Mrs.  Orattan  Gainneas.  With 
commendable  tact  the  pastor  adapted  his  procedure  to  cirdunstances. 
Though'  straitened  for  space,  he  was  not  content  with  a  fall  Sabbath 
congregation ;  a  day-school  was  soon  regathered  after  parting  with  *^  the 
beggar-woman  ; "  there  were  good  Sunday-schools  and  mothers'  meet- 
ings. Street  preaching  was  also  very  saocessfiilly  carried  on;  and 
during  one  campaign  the  stand  was  taken  in  front  of  each  of  the 
public-houses,  the  signs  of  which  were  made  to  serve  as  topics  of  dis- 
course. The  result  was,  that  the  police-cases  of  a  week  soon  be- 
came less  than  they  had  formerly  been  in  a  day ;  and  in  grateful 
recognition  of  this  fact  a  certain  member  of  the  Corporation  was 
anxious  for  Mr.  Haslam  to  have  a  site  for  a  new  church  presented  to 
him  entirely  free  of  cost.  This  scheme  of  rebuilding  wa4»  howerer, 
nbandoned  for  the  time ;  but  since  our  friend's  removal  from  Bath,  St. 
PauVs  Church  appears  to  have  h&exi  taken  away  from  the  people ;  in 
other  words, ''  a  handsome  church  "  has  arisen  in  a  more  eligible  neigh- 
bourhood. '*  I  hear,"  says  Mr.  Haslam,  *^  that  it  is  now  a  crowded  and 
fashionable  place  of  worship,  and  one  to  which  the  ra^ed  people  do 
not  venture. ' 

So  much  for  Bath.  We  have  not  space  to  follow  Mr.  Haslam's  nar- 
rative of  work  done  in  other  places.  In  1863  Sir  Thomas  Beauchamp 
offered  him  the  living  of  Bnckenham,  in  Norfolk,  a  rectory  to  which 
was  attached  the  parish  of  Hassingham.  In  1871  he  accepted  Lord 
Howe's  offer  of  the  incumbency  of  Curzon  Chapel,  Mayfiur;  but  for  a 
brief  period  he  accepted  from  the  same  patron  the  parish  of  Little 
Missenden,  Bucks.  Mr.  Haslam  supposed  that  he  had  found  a  life- 
sphere  at  the  West-end  of  London,  but  unlooked-for  changes  occurred, 
liord  Howe  died ;  and  his  successor  was  one  ''  who  apparently  cared 
nothing  for  spiritual  matters  or  spiritual  people.  In  a  short  tune  his 
lordship  dismissed  the  various  Scripture-readers  and  Bible-women  who 
had  been  employed  on  the  estate  by  his  predecessor.*'  The  new  owner 
of  the  property  supposed  that  he  could  dismiss  the  incumbent  also,  and 
wished  to  do  so.  Had  Mr.  Haslam  resisted,  the  patron  of  the  living 
would  have  found  more  than  bis  match  in  the  ecclesiastical  courts ; 
but  at  last  consenting  to  leave,  at  Midmimmer,  1878,  the  incumbent  took 
a  step  which  he,  as  well  as  many  others,  at  first  haJf  regretted;  and  the 
builaing  has  been  taken  down,  while  a  flourishing  Cmiftian  company 
has  been  scattered.  For  four  years  past  Mr.  Haslam  has  been  engaged 
in  parochial  mission  work  in  connection  with  a  society  which  the  well- 
known  evangelist,  Mr.  Aitken,  established  in  memory  of  his  &th^.  In 
this  congenial  work  he  has  had  much  success ;  and  we  trust  that  ere  he 
passes  to  his  reward  he  will  give  the  world  yet  another  instalment  of  his 
delightfully  instructive  reminiscences. 


493 


^o^m  ei 


John  Ploughman's  Pictures.  Photo- 
graphed from  life  for  the  Magio 
Ziantern.  By  Fsedebick  York,  87, 
Lancaster  Road,  Notting  Hill. 

The  artist  has  not  been  content  to 
cop7  the  designs  which  illustrate  John 
Ploughman's  second  book,  but  he  has 
made  living  designs,  and  photographed 
them.  A  lecturer,  by  reading  pieces  of 
the  book,  and  exhibiting  these  views, 
might  readily  entertain  an  audience. 
We  heartily  commend  the  slides,  and 
would  urge  intending  lecturers  to  com- 
municate with  Mr.  York,  who  has 
lavished  time  and  thought  upon  his 
subjects,  and  reached  a  high  pitch  of 
excellence.  By  the  reading  of  selections 
from  "John  Ploughman"  much  prac- 
tical truth  may  be  brought  before  the 
people.  We  like  the  views  so  much 
that  we  hope  personally  to  use  them 
when  giving  another  reading  from 
homely  John. 

The  Pulpit  Commentary,  Deuteronomy. 
Exposition  by  Rev.  W.  L.  Alsx- 
AHDEB,  D.D. ;  Homiletics  by  Rev.  C. 
Clbmancb,  B.  a.,  D.D.  Kegan,  Paul, 
Trench  and  Co. 

This  portly  commentary  comes  in  too 
late  for  a  thorough  examination,  and  so 
we  can  only  say  that  as  the  exposition 
is  written  by  W.  L.  Alexander,  and  the 
homiletics  and  homilies  are  by  com- 
petent brethren,  we  are  sure  that  pur- 
chasers will  spend  their  money  wisely. 
As  soon  as  possible  we  will  eive  further 
information.  We  suppose  that  the  cost 
will  be  15s.  Hitherto  we  judge  this 
series  of  expositions  to  be  the  best 
which  a  preacher  can  procure  for  ser- 
monic  purposes.  We  are  all  grateful  to 
Canon  Spence  and  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Exell  for  these  invaluable  works. 

A  Popular  Commentary  on  the  New 
Testament,  By  English  and  American 
Scholars  of  various  JBvangelical  Deno- 
minations. Edited  by  Philip  ScHATF, 
D,D.^  LL.D.  In  Four  Volumes. 
Vol  III.  The  Episdes  of  St.  Paul. 
Edinburgh:  T.  and  T.Clarke. 

This  valuable  commentary  runs  the 
risk  of  beinf;  forgotten  in  the  flood  of 
other  expositions,  bat  it  deserves  a  far 


better  fate.  We  have  now  before  us 
the  third  portion  of  the  New  Testament, 
which  will  be  complete  in  four  volumes. 
Able  scholars  have  united  to  produce 
this  work ;  in  fact,  the  united  scholar- 
ship of  England  and  America  is  laid 
under  tribute,  and  the  result  must  be 
singularly  useful.  The  aim  \a  the  in- 
struction of  the  English  reader  of 
ordinary  education  ;  hence,  every- 
thing is  clear,  concise,  and  important. 
The  scholar  could  not  desire  greater 
accuracy,  and  the  plain  man  could  not 
wish  for  greater  simplicity.  At  eighteen 
shillings  each,  these  noble  volumes  are 
by  no  means  dear :  they  are  essential  to 
a  complete  library  of  exposition.  We 
are  glad  to  see  every  day  some  fresh 
candle  lighted,  by  whose  beams  we  may 
the  better  read  the  infallible  Word  of 
God.  Dr.  iSchaff  has  done  eminent 
service  in  this  direction. 

The  Ministry  of  Healing;  or,  Miracles 
of  cure  in  all  Ages,  By  A.  J.  Gordon, 
D.D.  Hodder  and  Stoughton. 
We  hope  Dr.  Gordon  wUl  not  go  off 
from  sober  gospel  ]preaching  into  mere 
imaginings  :  there  is  a  tendency  in  that 
direction  in  some  who  believe  in  healing 
by  faith.  He  has  certainly  collected  a 
singular  array  of  incidents,  and  placed 
us  all  under  obligations  thereby ;  for  it 
is  very  useful  to  nave  the  evidence  on  a 
great  question  put  within  reach.  Some 
of  the"  stories  do  not  impress  us,  and 
others  we  could  account  for  on  natural 
principles  ;  but  it  is  clear  that  the  Lord 
has  used  faith  as  a  healing  medium  and 
is  ready  to  use  it  again.  Such  faith  is 
not  eiven  to  all ;  but  where  it  is 
exercised  it  is  honoured.  Dr.  Gordon 
is  a  preacher  of  high  excellence,  and 
we  prefer  to  hear  him  upon  other 
themes,  for  he  is  a  sound  evangelical 
divine,  and  lays  himself  out  to  win  souls 
by  the  truth  of  God. 

Reggie* s  Boast,  and  other  Stories.    By 

F.  M.  Holmes.  F.  E.  Longley. 
Half-a-dozen  lurid  stories,  showing 
the  dreadful  effects  of  the  drink.  There 
is  a  vividness  and  raciness  in  the  writing 
that  compels  you  to  read,  and  the 
"Circus  Clown's  Story*'  is  simply  in- 
imitable in  its  pathetic  power. 


494 


HOnCES  OF  BOOKS. 


Mistranslated  Passages  in  our  Bible; 
a  Help  for  English  Readers,  By 
Rev.  J.  H.  MuBBAT,  B.A.  S.  W. 
Partridge  and  Co. 
We  like  tms  book  Terj  much.  It  sheds 
light  on  many  a  dark  sentence  in  our 
Scriptures.  Although  scholars  may 
look  upon  it  as  rather  elementary^  it  is 
well  adapted  to  whet  the  appetite  of 
students.  Our  authorized  version  of 
the  Old  Testament  is  often  sadly  insc- 
curate.  Little  errors  abound  at  which 
sceptics  sneer,  and  pious  people  are 
strangely  puzzled.  The  text  and  the 
translation  both  need  to  be  carefully  re- 
vised. A  committee  of  learned  men  is 
leisurely  engaged  on  this  interesting 
task.  The  most  determined  courage 
and  the  most  delicate  caution  must  be 
called  into  play  if  it  is  to  be  done  satis- 
factorily. We  quite  agree  with  Mr. 
Murray  in  the  conviction  ''that  the 
ancient  unpointed  text  gives  more  con- 
sistent readings,  and  more  in  agreement 
with  the  principles  of  the  consti*uction 
of  the  Hebrew  than  the  Masoretic  or 

?ointed  text,  which  was  invented  at 
'iberias  in  the  sixth  century,  and  has 
been  in  use  ever  since.'"  The  old  Hebrew 
language  had  a  varied  and  expansive 
meaning;  it  was  iWea/and  picturesque, 
comprismg  a  very  limited  number  of 
primitive  words  called  '*  roots  ^  in  their 
primary  or  radical  sense,  expressive  for 
the  most  part  of  nature  in  respect  to 
external  objects  and  internal  emotions, 
and  then  in  their  subordinate  or  deriva- 
tive application  branching  out  into 
manifold  diversities  of  meaning.  Now, 
what  was  the  intent  of  the  Slasoretic 
notation  or  vowel-pointing  of  an  age 
when  the  Hebrew  nad  ceased  practi- 
cally to  be  a  living  tongue  ?  Well,  if 
it  was  partly  designed  to  preserve  the 
sound,  its  chief  object  was  permanently 
to  fix  the  sense^  and  so  to  limit  it,  thus 
depriving  the  original  text  of  that  very 
eharm  which  has  always  supplied  inter- 
preters with  the  most  vivid  evidence  of 
its  inspiration,  and  evangelical  preachers 
with  the  liveliest  token  of  its  divine 
authority.  This  is  a  very  serious  matter 
for  us  who  believe  in  an  inspiration 
whereby  men  spake  from  God  '*  being 
moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost.'*  Here  we 
have  in  common  use  the  ^  Holy  Bible,'* 
which  on  its  title-page  professes  "  to  be 
translated  out  of  the  original  tongues." 


The  BcholarBhip  of  two  hundred  and 
seventy  years  ago  may  have  been  very 
inferior  to  that  of  the  present  day,  but 
it  is  of  no  small  consequence  for  us  to  be 
as  clear  as  possible  about  the  validitjr  of 
that  original  tongue  in  which  Revelaoon 
was  given.  43ome  two  centuries  ago 
Dr.  ^^ho  Owen  showed  that  the  S^ 
tuaeint  is  incorrect,  or  not  verballp  re- 
liable :  the  Masoretic  pointing,  how- 
ever, perverts  the  sacred  original  into  a 
paraphrase.  Besides  this,  there  are 
olemishes  of  other  kinds  in  our  yersion, 
which  we  can  hardly  doubt  that** the 
learned  revision  committee"  will  do 
much  to  rectify.  A  few  omissions  and 
not  a  few  interpolations  occur.  That 
copyists  tried  to  corrupt  the  H^rew 
text  we  are  tolerably  certain ;  any 
material  fraud,  however,  would  be  easily 
traced  out.  The  testimony  of  Jose* 
phus  towards  the  end  of  the  first  century 
IS  of  singular  value.  He  tells  us  that  **  the 
Hebrew  and  the  Greek  Septuagint  were 
in  perfect  agreement*'  Philo  Judseus 
somewhat  earlier  bears  witness  to  this 
fact.  What  do  we  find  later  on? 
Justin  Martyr  distinctly  charges  the 
Jews  with  futering  and  erasing  pas- 
sages in  their  Scriptures,  which  would 
prove  that  Jesus  Christ  was  the  Messiah. 
Origen  and  Tertullian  make  a  similar 
charge.  The  few  copies  of  the  Hebrew 
that  existed  in  those  days  were  mostly 
in  the  hands  of  the  Rabbis,  who  had 
abundant  opportunity  of  falsifying  the 
text  Not  so  the  Septuagint  It  was 
widely  dispersed  both  among  Christians 
and  heathens.  To  make  this  point  dear 
we  must  ask  our  readers  to  yerify  one 
instance  for  themselves  by  a  reference 
to  the  Bible  and  the  Frayer  Book 
version  of  Psalm  xiv.  Three  yerses  are 
omitted  after  the  fourth  verse  in  the  one, 
which  are  contained  in  the  other ;  and 
Paul  quotes  those  very  three  verses, 
divided  into  six,  in  Romans  iii.  13—18. 
Of  course,  Paul  quoted  from  the  Greek 
Septuagint  which  was  in  common  use 
among  the  people  as  our  version  is  now. 
Of  interpolate  passages  we  might  gire 
a  much  longer  account.  It  needs  no 
learned  authority  to  tell  us  that  the 
fifty-second  chapter  of  Jeremiah  was 
added  afterwards.  The  oonduskm  of 
the  previous  chapter  is — **  thus  far  are 
the  words  of  Jeremiah.*'  For  the  fiffy- 
second  (or  supplementary)  chapter  then 


NOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


4D5 


appear  to  be  three  verses  slipped  in  bj 
Bome  trtnscriber  (viz.  28,  29,  30)  dis- 
linctly  at  variaBce  with  2  Kings  xxiv. 
14 — 16.  Surely  inspiration  is  not  to  be 
held  responsible  for  such  inconsist- 
encies. The  last  chapter  of  Deutero* 
nomy  must  have  been  written  after — 
and  the  last  three  verses  Ions  after — the 
'death  of  Moses.  In  Mr.  C.  U.  Mackin- 
tosh's recently  published  <*  notes  on 
Deuteronomv/'  we  meet  with  this  cha- 
Tacteristic  observation :  *^  We  are  fully 
|>ersuaded  that  the  postscript  is  as  truly 
inspired  as  the  book  ;  and  the  book  as 
the  Pentateuch  ;  and  the  Pentateuch  as 
the  whole  volume  of  God.'*  Once  more 
we  commend  this  small  octavo  of  less 
than  three  hundred  pages  to  our 
readers.  It  is  the  result  of  more  than 
*twenty-five  years'  study.  The  author  is 
f^enerally  clear  of  any  sectarian  bias. 
His  brief  suggestions  of  improved  read- 
ings are  forBled  for  the  most  part  by 
•strong  reasons ;  to  conductors  of  Bible- 
classes  they  may  be  of  signal  benefit. 

The  Orthodox  Theology  of  To-day,  By 
Newman  Smith.    Dickinson. 

A  wxix-iNTENTioHED  book,  perhaps; 
but  it  does  not  commend  itself  to  us. 
The  fewer  of  such  defences  of  ortho- 
•dozy  the  better.  Orthodoxy  is  quite 
4ible  to  take  care  of  itself;  but  it  often 
has  just  cause  to  cry,  "  Save  me  from 
my  friends.**  Apparent  vindications 
accompanied  with  gentle  hints  of  im- 
j>rovement  are  the  sappers  and  miners 
which  do  the  preparatory  work  of  the 
enemy.  Not  purposely,  but  inadver- 
vtenUy,  the  desire  of  the  broad  school  is 
carried  out  by  certain  so-called  ortho- 
dox scholars  who  are  distressed  at  the 
idea  of  beiog  thought  old-fashioned. 
Would  they  sell  the  truth  for  a  little 
iionoor  among  men  ?  Not  consciously, 
and  yet  the  net  result  comes  to  much 
•the  same  thing.  We  know  nothing  of 
Mr.  Newman  Smith,  but  we  do  not  care 
ibr  his  book. 

Hindu  Women :  icUh  glimpses  iiUo  their 
life  and  Zenanas.  By  U.  LI.  Nisbet 
and  Co. 

Trb  old,  old  story  of  an  Indian  woman*s 
sufferings  is  here  told  with  graphic 
jx>wer,  and  earnest  appeals  made  for 
new  volunteers  to  unoiertake  Zenana 
work.   There  is  no  finer  field  of  Christian 


work  for  ladies,  and  we  wish  this 
simple  but  toudung  statement  might  be 
effectual  in  securing  more  labourers.  It 
has  our  sincerest  approval. 

The  Story  of  the  New  Testament,  By 
Rev.  A.  Cabteh,  M.A.  Whittaker 
and  Co. 

Into  this  little  handbook  the  author  has 
managed  to  condense  the  fullest  scholar- 
ship and  information  regarding  our  New 
Testament,  its  versions,  manuscripts,  etc. 
Its  comparison  of  the  Authorised  and 
the  Revised  Versions  is  able,  fair,  and 
reliable,  and  indeed  the  whole  work  is 
of  a  high  style.  The  cheapest  shilling's 
worth  on  the  New  Testament  yet 
published. 

Sacred  Songs  and  Solos,  Numbers 
I.  and  II.  combined.  Compiled  and 
sung  by  Ika  D.  Sankbt.  Morgan 
and  Scott. 

A  SINGULARLY  rich  coUectiou  of  useful 
and  taking  songs.  Everybody  knows 
how  the  first  half  of  this  book  carried 
every  one  by  storm,  and  the  second 
part  is  nearly  as  good.  For  our  part 
we  shall  always  adhere  to  our  solid 
psalms  and  hymns,  and  the  grave,  sweet 
melodies  of  our  well-worn  tunes,  when 
the  people  meet  on  the  Sabbath;  but  a 
few  of  these  sprinkled  in  on  week-nights 
make  a  change,  and  give  pleasure  to 
good  people  whose  tastes  differ  from 
ours.  We  do  not  doubt  that  great 
service  to  the  good  cause  has  oeen 
wrought  by  Mr.  Sankey*s  sacred  la^rs. 
The  words  can  be  had  for  Id.,  but  with 
the  music  the  prices  range  from  Is.  fid. 
to  4s.  fid.  The  work  is  a  general 
favourite. 

Little  Foxes;  or,  the  Little  Sins  thai 
mar  the  Christian  Character,  By 
John  Colwell,  Wesleyan  Minister. 
T.  Woolmer. 

A  FASCINATING  little  book,  full  of  philo- 
sophy, but  withal  made  so  spicy  and 
attractive  that,  once  begin  to  read,  and 
there  is  no  leaving  off  until  it  is  finished. 
Fresh  illustration,  forcible  i>roverb,  a 
pithy  humorous  style,  combined  with 
transparent,  manlv  godliness,  make  a 
most  readable  booK.  The  more  of  such 
the  better :  it  will  compel  its  own  popu- 
larity.   •«  Well  done,  Mr.  Colwell  f !  ^ 


496 


wonata  of  books. 


Old  Brittol :  a  Story  of  PUriian  Times. 
Baptist  Trsot  and  Book  Societj,  22, 
Castle-street,  Holborn. 

Wb  have  already  commended  this  storr 
in  its  American  form.  Hiis  fioglish 
reprint  is  far  superior  to  the  former 
edition.  It  is  a  capital  Baptist  tale,  and 
deserres  to  be  widdy  circuutted  bj  those 
who  hare  Scriptural  viewa  of  the  ordi- 
nance. 

The  Pledged  Eleven:  or,  Valentine's 
Broken  Vows,  By  Magoib  Fbabh. 
National  Temperance  Publication 
Depot. 

In  several  places  where  the  Gospel 
Temperance  movement  has   been  or- 

fanized,  the  publicans  and  their  friends 
ave  started  opposition  bands,  which 
they  have  called  ''The  Eed  Ribbon 
Anny,"  »«The  Drink-no-water  Society," 
or  "The  Drink-when-you-like  Leaeue ;  ** 
and  this  tale  traces  the  history  of  eleven 
young  men  who  entered  into  some  such 
N  unholy  covenant.  For  a  long  time  they 
were  a  terror  to  the  village  in  whicn 
they  lived;  but  through  the  mercy 
of  God  they  were  all  reclaimed,  and 
**  pledged**  in  another  and  a  better 
sense. 

Tom  FUieher's  Fortunes.  By  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Faull.    T.  Woolmer  and  Go. 

An  excellent  story,  intended  to  teach 
the  wisdom  of  honesty  and  uprightness 
in  the  young,  and  the  happy  conse- 
quences that  follow  their  possession. 
Mrs.  Panll  writes  in  an  easy,  attractive 
style,  and  her  books  will  be  sure  to 
command  ponular  approval.  A  copy 
of  this  book  snould  go  into  the  Sunday- 
school  Library. 

Beatrice  and  Brian,  By  Helbn  Bkis- 
TON.    T.  Woolmer  and  Co. 

A  SIMPLE  story  of  the  conquest  of 
passion  and  selfishness  in  a  spoiled  child ; 
told  with  fair  power  and  interest. 

Dots  and  Gwinnie:  A  story  of  two 
friendships.  By  R.  R.  T.  Woolmer 
and  Co. 

A  STOBT  all  alive,  about  school-girl 
friendships,  and  the  tests  to  which  they 
were  put :  showing  that  true  friendship 
must  be  founded  upon  Christian  charac- 
ter. A  first-rate  gUl  for  girls.  Healthy 
as  spiritual,  interesting  as  elevated. 


Maia :  a  Tale  of  the  Fatherland.  By 
J.  Ottlib  v.  Jacobt.    Elliot  Stodr. 

Thosb  who  may  be  at  the  pains  to  read 
this  book  will  find  more  than  the  usual 
allowance  of  sentimental  love  stories, 
five  or  six  couples  of  love-sick  swains- 
and  damsels,  in  all  possible  and  im- 
possible dilemmas,  being  the  chief  actors 
m  this  rather  tangled  tale.  The  grand 
finale  is  the  marriaee  of  three  of  the 
couples  at  the  same  time  and  place,  and 
of  course  *^  they  lived  happy  ever  after.** 
Religion  of  a  certain,  or  uncertain,  kind 
is  plentifully  thrown  in:  for  example^ 
two  of  the  young  parties  flee  from  an 
angry  parent  to  their  **  spiritual  adviser,"* 
the  Komish  priest,  who  settles  their  little 
difficulty  by  marrying  them  in  a  trice. 
A  naughty  boy  is  piously  admonished 
by  his  mother:  **  Xou  were  enlisted 
into  God*s  service  in  your  baptism,  and 
sworn  to  fight  against  all  these  evil 
tendencies ;  so  whether  you  will  or  no, 
you  are  bound  by  the  most  solenm  oatL 
to  do  so.  You  may  be  a  rebellious  anct 
disloyal  soldier,  but  you  will  still  be 
one,**  etc.  Anon  we  are  favoured  with 
information  that  one  of  the  parties  has 
by  Confirmation  '*been  sworn  finally 
into  the  fellowship  of  Christ's  religion « 
and  has  entered  the  blessed  company  of 
all  saints,  enlisted  finally  into  the  army 
of  the  faithful.**  What  have  we  done 
that  we  should  be  doomed  to  read  sucb 
a  book? 

Little  Flotsam.  By  R  Richabdsok* 
B.  A.    Cassell,  Fetter,  Galpin  and  Co. 

Thb  usual  story  of  adventnres,  but  told 
in  a  very  pleasant,  chatty  stvle.  A 
shipwrecK ;  a  being  isanght  by  the  tide ; 
a  being  lost  in  the  mist  on  the  moun- 
tains, and  a  few  other  nerve-trying 
sensations  all  woven  together  with  con- 
siderable power,  make  up  just  such  a 
book  as  is  dear  to  many  young  folks. 

The  First  year  of  my  Life:  a  true  story 
for  young  people.  By  Rosb  Cathax 
Fbibnd.    T.  Woolmer  and  Co. 

A  MODBEATELT  succossful  attempt  to 
write  a  history  of  one's  first  year,  from 
the  information  of  parents.  Really,  a 
conversational  descnption  of  China  and 
its  customs,  and  a  voyage  from  thence 
to  England.  The  style  is  clear  and 
simple,  and  full  of  interest^  and  the 
book  deserves  to  be  read. 


HOTIOES  OF  BOOKS. 


497 


Our  Brother  in  Black :  his/reedom  and 
ki§  /kture.  By  A.  G.  H atgood,  D.D. 
New  York :  Phillips  and  Hunt. 

This  book  has  made  somewhat  of  a  itir 
in  some  places  aeross  the  Atlantic.  It 
is  an  attempt  to  soIyc  the  problem  of 
what  is  to  be  done  politically  and 
religiously  with  the  six  millions  of  ne^^ 
freemen  in  America,  and  especially  in 
the  South.  The  aathor,  having  once 
been  a  defender  of  slavery,  has  now 
become  the  champion  of  the  black  man, 
and  urges  his  claim  to  national  educa- 
tion and  national  help.  We  sincerely 
trust  his  book  may  not  merely  secure 
blessing  for  the  Africans  in  America, 
but  stimulate  them  to  missionary  work 
amongst  their  people  in  their  native 
land.  <<Well  done,  Dr.  HaygoodI 
Your  repentance,  though  late,  is  sincere 
and  thoi-ough." 

The  Theology  of  the  New  TestametU. 
A  Handbook  for  Bible  Students.  By 
Rev.  T.  Van  Oostebzbb,  D.D.  Fourth 
edition.    Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

Dk.  OoeTBBZEB  IS  a  bom  theologian, 
possessing  by  endowment  and  training 
just  the  powers  needful  for  the  systematic 
treatment  and  exposition  of  truth.  This 
fourth  edition  is  of  a  work  that  deserves, 
and  will  repay,  the  study  of  every 
minister  of  the  gospel,  and  every  student 
preparing  for  his  life-work.  Orthodox 
and  forceful ;  true  to  the  central  facts 
of  the  gospel,  and  yet  adapted  to  present- 
day  thought  and  feeling;  intellectual 
and  yet  more  spiritual,  it  cannot  but  be 
valuable  to  every  honest  workman  who 
will  use  it  aright.  We  should  like  to 
sa^  to  every  pastor's  friend,  ^'  Give  your 
minister  a  copy  of  this  book  and  you 
shall  reap  the  reward  in  your  own  soul 
by-and-by."  [So  far  we  had  written 
when  we  received  the  sad  news  of  our 
friend's  death.  Alas  for  us  that  such 
a  champion  has  fallen.] 

Oaspard  de  CoUgny.  By  Walter 
Bbsant,  M.A.    Marcus  Ward  &  Co. 

Although  this  life  was  not  written  with 
the  view  of  propa^ting  Protestantism, 
but  simply  as  an  impartial  sketch  of  a 
great  man,  it  is  nevertheless  one  of  the 
best  pleas  for  the  reformed  faith.  Here 
we  see  how  a  great  and  candid  mind 
threw  off  the  yoke  of  priests,  and  learned 
to  rest  in  the  word  of  GU>d.    Hitherto 


there  has  not  existed  an  English  bio- 
graphy of  the  great  admiral,  the  wise 
leaaer,  the  nulant  defender  of  the 
Huguenots.  Mr.  Besant  has  executed 
his  task  in  a  masterly  manner,  and  we 
trust  that  his  work  will  be  read  by  real 
Frotestanta  and  scattered  on  all  sides. 
From  a  second  edition  it  ought  to  pro- 
ceed to  a  tenth  right  speedily.  Admiral 
Coligny  laboured  nard  to  form  cdoniea 
to  which  the  persecuted  might  flee ; 
this  failing,  he  laboured  to  bring  France 
into  such  a  state  that  the  Catholic  and 
Galvinist  might  dwell  together  without 
cutting  each  o therms  throats:  he  was 
generous,  conciliatory,  and  trustful,  and 
the  end  was — the  massacre  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew !  Rome  does  not  understand 
the  milder  qualities  of  ffood  men  ;  the 
scarlet  woman  is  insensible  to  truth  and 
righteousness;  suspicion  she  al ways- 
deserves,  and  by  eneigy  she  ever  needs 
to  be  held  in  check.  The  murdered 
body  of  Coligny  cries  to  us  from  the 
ground  —  *^  Beware  of  Borne.  When, 
she  speaks  like  an  angel  believe  her 
not.'' 

Morning  Sunshine:  Thoughts  for  the 
Little  Ones.  By  L.  A.  D.  T. 
Woolmer  and  Co. 
An  excellent  little  portion  for  a  month's 
readings  day  by  day  for  the  young* 
Sweet,  simple,  and  full  of  the  Saviour. 
Buy  it,  and  let  Harry  or  Mary  have  it 
at  once. 

The  Pastor  as  Preacher :  Lectures  de-*- 
tivered  at  the  Universities  ofEdin^ 
hurghf  Aberdeen^  and  Glasgow,    By 
H.    W.     Smith.      Blackwood    and 
Sons. 
Though  there    is  nothing  fresh  said 
herein  upon  the  ministerial  office  and 
work,  yet  old  truths  are  emphasized 
and  enmroed  with  much  of  wisdom  and 
power.    The  student  who  can  repro- 
duce this  advice  in  his  pastoral  work  and 
life  will  be  in  the  best  sense  truly  suc- 
cessful :  especially  is  this  so  in  the  case 
of  the  riutu  and  village  minister,  whom 
Mr.  Smith  has  mainly  in  view. 

Jehovah'Nissif  or,  I%e  Lord  my  Banner. 

By  P.  McDonald.  Glasgow:  T.Smith 

and  Co. 
Ah  exhaustive  historical  account  of  the 
Reformed    Presbyterian   Church,   and 
an   earnest   protest  on  behalf  of  the 
supremacy  or  Christ  in  his  own  Church* 


498 


NOTIOES  OF  BOOK0. 


What  does  History  say  f  or^  the  Baptists 
brought  to  the  TesL  A  Sermon.  By 
J.  T.  BaiacoE.    Tract  Depository. 

About  the  tersest,  ptthiest  puttiag  of 
the  historical  position  of  Baptists  we 
have  seen.  It  will  do  good  service  in 
quarters  where  oar  principles  are  mis* 
understood,  and  we  snould  like  to  see  it 
distributed  very  generally.  '*More  light, 
more  light." 

The  Baptists:  Who  are  they  f  and  what 
do  they  believe  f  By  Rev.  W.  B. 
BoGOS.  Madras  :  Lawrence  Asylum 
Press. 

An  excellent  little  book,  giving  a  gene- 
ral idea  of  Baptists  and  their  principles, 
And,  excepting  on  the  subject  of  **  Close 
Communion,'*  one  with  which  we  have 
entire  sympathy.  We  were  amused 
with  the  ingenuity  with  which  the  whole 
subject  was  treated,  or  rather  the  prin- 
ciple begged,  the  author  appearing  to 
regard  it  settled  when  he  says,  **  We 
believe  baptism  should  be  before  the 
Communion.*'  As  if  the  question  were 
one  of  time  merely.  Still,  apart  from 
this,  it  is  a  very  handy  little  book. 

Baptism  and  the  Baptists.  By  the  Rev. 
Gbobob  Duncak.  With  Prefatory 
Note  by  the  President  of  Rawdon 
College.  Baptist  Tract  and  Book 
Society^  Castle  Street,  Holbom. 

Mb.  Duncan  is  a  prince  in  controversy, 
and  here  he  shows  himself  a  master  of 
the  art  of  condensing  history.  Such  a 
mass  of  historical  information  has  seldom 
been  compressed  into  so  small  a  space. 
We  have  not  had  time  to  examine 
into  the  accuracy  of  every  statement ; 
but  as  Mr.  Rooke,  of  Rawdon,  has  read 
the  proof*sheet8,  and  speaks  warmly  of 
<ihe  book,  and  as  Mr.  Dancan  is  a  diligent 
fltudent  of  history,  the  reader  may  feel 

Suite  safe  under  his  guidance.  Every 
>aptist  should  purcluae  one  copy  to 
keep  and  another  to  give  away.  When 
will  the  dispute  upon  Baptism  be  ended 
by  our  friends  seeing  the  truth  in  this 
matter?  Here  is  a  capital  class-book 
for  senior  Sunday-school  classes,  and  if 
it  be  adopted  our  young  people  will  no 
longer  be  ignorant  of  the  story  of  their 
own  people.  Thanks,  Mr.  Duncan,  for 
most  valuable  help.  May  you  be  pros- 
pered in  all  things. 


A  Critical  Chreeh  and  English  Concord' 
ance.    By  Charles  F.  Hudson.    S. 

Bagster  and  Sons. 

This  is  no  ordinary  book,  and  is  un- 
questionably  the  best  of  its  kind.  It 
has  been  compiled  with  great  labour 
and  skUl,  and  is  not  likely  to  be  soon 
excelled  in  its  own  department^  or 
superseded  by  any  other.  It  ia  an  en- 
tire  concordance  of  both  the  Greek  and 
English  of  the  New  Testament  within  a 
comparatively  small  compass  and  in  a 
very  readable  type.  It  is  not  a  mere 
concordance  of  the  numerous  instances 
in  which  the  same  word  occurs  in  either 
the  Greek  of  the  original  or  in  the 
English  translation,  but  of  the  several 
instances  in  which  different  renderings 
have  been  given  of  the  same  word.  AU 
that  is  required  to  render  such  a  work 
invaluable  is  to  know  that  it  may  be  re- 
lied upon  for  its  accuracy  and  complete- 
ness ;  and  of  this  we  may  be  well  assured 
by  the  testimonies  that  have  been  given 
in  its  favour,  and  by  the  fact  of  its  having 
been  continually  before  the  recent  re- 
visers of  the  New  Testament,  who  have 
acknowledged  the  assistance  they  de- 
rived from  it.  It  has  rendered,  we 
think,  soch  a  revision  less  needful,  by 
enabling  those  who  are  less  learned  to 
make  a  revision  for  themselves.  >Vhi]e 
helpfid  to  Greek  scholars  of  great  emi- 
nence, it  is  yet  more  helpful  to  those 
whose  attainments  are  more  limited, 
and  it  may  be  of  greatest  use  to  those 
who  are  acquainted  with  little  more 
than  the  Greek  alphabet,  as  it  will  en- 
able them  in  a  considerable  measure  to 
understand  the  criticisms  of  otiien.  It 
will  suffice  to  convince  them  upon  what 
iitde  differences  frequent  and  elaborate 
criticisms  have  been  expended,  and 
that  the  more  closely  the  orurinal 
sources  of  Uie  good  old  English  Bible 
are  investigated,  the  more  confirmatory 
they  become  of  the  old  orthodox  faith. 

"  Hurrah  !  '*  A  bit  of  loving  talk  with 
soldiers.  By  S.  G.  Pbout.  Nisbet 
and  Co. 

About  the  breeziest^  most  robust  piece 
of  reli^ous  writing  we  have  met  with  for  a 
long  time.  Nothing  could  be  in  better 
taste  or  more  adapted  for  distribution 
amongst  our  soldiers  in  ^  the  hope  of 
making  them  "good  soldiers  of  Jaus 
Christ?' 


H0TI0B8  OF  BOOKS. 


499 


JEarth*M  Work  and  HeavetCs  ResL  B/ 
Kev.  J.  Philip,  M.A.  Edinbiugh: 
Andrew  Elliot. 

A  8BBIE8  of  earnest  addresses,  en- 
deavouring to  stir  up  Christian  people 
to  work  for  God.  The  style  is  manlr, 
jet  devout ;  robust,  but  eminenUy 
spiritual;  and  the  illustrations  and 
arguments  are  forced  home  with  great 
power.  It  cannot  but  do  good  wherever 
read  and  put  into  practice. 

Lessons  learnt  in  Italy  and  The  Riviera, 
By  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Figgis,  M.A.  S. 
W.  Partridge  and  Co. 

TuF.  portion  of  this  book  which  has  in 
it  some  kind  of  reference  to  the  Riviera 
is  short  indeed,  and  therefore  we  are  so 
far  disappointed.  Mr.  Figgis  has  a  de- 
vout and  poetical  mind,  and  so  writes 
profitably  and  pleasingly  ;  but  we  can- 
not say  that  we  go  quite  his  length  in 
commendation  of  Francis  of  Assisi  and 
other  Romish  saints.  When  these  per- 
sonages are  spoken  of,  it  needs  great 
caution,  or  we  may  be  leading  the  feeble 
where  they  will  not  be  so  able  to  stand 
as  we  ourselves  may  be.  We  do  not 
say  that  Mr.  Fiegis  is  not  guarded,  but 
we  do  not  think  that  he  errs  on  that 
side.  The  excellent  author  has  written 
with  the  highest  of  motives  and  written 
well,  and  yet  we  do  not  think  his  book 
will  win  the  popular  ear,  or  be  largely 
influential. 

BibU  Words  and  Phrases  Explained  and 
Illustrated.  By  C.  Michib,  M.A. 
Edinburgh  :  Macniven  and  Wallace. 

This  is  a  most  useful  addition  to  the 
eeries  of  Bible-class  Primers,  and  cannot 
fail  to  be  of  service.  Students  whose  cash 
is  limited  and  Sundav-school  teachers 
whose  time  is  too  short  for  reading 
larger  books  will  find  it  invaluable. 
With  such  helps  as  these,  to  be  an 
inefficient  teacher  is  to  be  blameworthy. 

Bible  Misreadings :  or^  the  Book  Divine 
and  Human,    Elliot  Stock. 

An  unintentionally  true  title :  the  read- 
ings which,  in  many  instances,  our 
anonymous  author  would  substitute  for 
the  present  version  would  be  indeed 
flagrant  '*  misreadings.'^  We  never  saw 
in  so  small  a  book  so  much  dishonour 
done  to  the  Word  of  God.  The  super- 
natural, the  miraculous  is  shouldered 
out    of    the   Book    altogether,   whilst 


believers  in  it  are  contemned  and  pooh- 
poohed.  Tom  Paine  and  Voltaire  and 
all  the  hosts  of  infidels  never  come  so 
close  to  "  crucifying  the  Son  pf  God 
afresh  '^  as  do  these  professed  friends  of 
Revelation  who  betray  it  to  its  foes. 
We  should  label  this  book  ^*  Poison  '*  in 
glaring  letters. 

Importance  of  Faith  in  Scripture 
Miracles,  By  an  Associate  of  Kiog*s 
College.  Haughton  and  Co. 
Whoever  is  the  anonymous  author  of 
this  treatise  he  battles  right  valiantly 
for  the  truth.  It  is  a  most  healthy 
reaction  from  the  rationalizing  tendencies 
of  many  professed  Christian  teachers. 
Bishop  Butler  and  Paley  done  up  into 
essence  and  modernized.    Capital ! 

"  Comfort  ye,  my  People, ^^  A  record  of 
severe  sufierinj^  and  of  sreat  con- 
solation.   T.  Woolmer  and  Co. 

The  diary  of  a  sufferer  culled  from,  in 
the  hope  that  it  may  prove  a  source  of 
comfort  to  others  "  m  the  furnace." 
Good  of  its  kind,  though  we  do  not 
much  care  for  its  kind:  we  find  that 
Scripture  promises  are  the  best  anodyne 
for  pain  and  suffering. 

Ood*s  Hidden  Mystery,    By  W.  Brown. 

Partridge  and  Co. 
An  excellent  little  handbook  for  a 
Bible-cUss  series  of  studies  on  ^*  Re- 
demption*' and  "Substitution.''  The 
prool- texts  are  capitally  chosen,  and 
the  plan  of  the  whole  most  successfully 
carried  out.  Brief  and  pointed  to  a 
degree. 

Leaves  from  my  Log  Book  of  Christian 
Worh  in  the  Port  of  London,  By 
T.  C.  Garland.  T.  Woolmer,  66, 
Paternoster  Row. 
The  author  has  been  engaged  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  the  docks 
as  an  agent  of  the  Wesleyan  Seamen^s 
Committee;  and  in  this  book  he  has 
collected  a  number  of  examples,  more 
or-  less  striking,  which  have  come 
directly  beneath  his  own  notice.  Mr. 
Garland's  pages  do  not  lack  interest; 
and  they  have  a  valae  of  their  own  as 
showing  that  sailors,  who  were  formerly 
supposed  to  be  an  almost  utterly  repro- 
bate class,  are  quite  as  amenable  to 
Christian  influences  aa  other  people,  if 
only  the  right  kind  of  men  go  afler 
them. 


500 


HOTBSL 


Mistaken  Signt^  and  other  papers  on 
Christian  life  and  experience.  By 
Rev.  W.  L.  Watkirson.  J.  Woolmer. 

HxBE  are  twelve  sermons  (the  title 
notwithstanding),  bat  such  sermons  as 
are    simply    charming.       Call    them 


*' papers"  if  yon  please:  they  are 
models  of  ffood  preaching  on  one  special 
line,  that  forsooth  which  chains  the  ear 
and  appeals  to  the  heart  of  belieTers. 
The  book  is  published  at  2?.  6d.  Buy 
it,  and  blame  us  if  yon  are  not  pleased 
with  the  purchase. 


^0tt8« 


We  have  inserted  portraits  of  two  of  our 
evangelists,  in  order  that  friends  may  not 
forget  their  work  of  faith,  or  isease  to  plead 
for  a  bleasinff  upon  them.  Never  were  two 
men  better  fitted  for  their  work,  nor  more 
thoroughly  devoted  to  it.  They  are  engaged 
for  some  months  ahead ;  but  we  woula  en- 
courage friends  to  seek  their  services,  for 
they  are  ready  to  preach  the  gospel  whereyer 
a  door  is  opened. 

Hrs.  Sturgeon  is  exceedingly  busy  with 
her  distnbuton  of  books  to  poor  minis- 
ters, a  work  fraught  with  untold  blessing. 
She  wishes  us  to  remind  friends  that  she 
cannot  attempt  to  supply  preachers  with 
books  if  they  are  in  trade,  or  have  good 
incomes.    Her  business  lies  with  those  who 

S've  idl  their  time  to  the  ministry,  and  at 
e  same  time  are  so  ill-remunerated  that 
they  cannot  afford  to  purchase  books.  If 
those  who  are  ineligible  would  kindly  not 
apply,  it  would  save  the  distributor  much 
trouDle,  and  the  great  pain  of  having  to 
refuse. 

With  much  pleasure  we  note  that  Canon 
Wilb«rforce  has  made  a  gallant  attempt  to 
clear  the  Church  of  England  from  com- 
plicity with  the  liquor  traffic.  Personally 
he  is  doing  all  that  can  be  expected  of  any 
man^  namely,  getting  rid  of  licenses  as  they 
fall  m.  No  one  can  expect  the  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners  to  do  more ;  but  we  hardly 
dare  to  hope  that  they  will  do  as  much. 
Evidently,  the  Archbishop  and  other  com- 
missioners will  be  all  the  better  for  a  little 
stirring  of  their  consciences.  It  wiU  be  an 
unspeakable  blessing  to  them  if  the  subject  is 
kept  before  the  pubhc  mind,  and  thus  gently 
brought  under  eyes  which  are  none  too 
eager  to  perceiye  troublesome  facts.  Cor- 
porations are  slow  in  being  reformed,  and 
for  them  to  reform  themselves  is  a  thing  so 
rare  that  we  might  almost  say  that  it  never 
occurred,  and  never  will.  "  Can  the  Ethio- 
pian change  his  skin,  or  the  leopard  his 
spots?"    We  shall  see  what  we  shall  see. 

On  the  evening  of  September  10  we  shall, 
Gk)d  willing,  haye  the  Tabernacle  open  for 
all  comers,  according  to  our  custom  once  a 
quarter.  We  observe  that  an  American 
paper  wittily  says,  **  Let  not  Spurgeon's 
people  be  proud  of  leaving  their  seats  to 
strangers  in  the  evening  once  in  a  quarter, 
for  in  our  countiy  we  naye  thousands  ox 
persons  who  do  the  same  every  Sunday 
night  in  the  year.''  We  are  nateful  that 
we  cannot  say  so  of  our  people.    Though 


the  habit  of  half-a-daj  worship  is  extend* 
ing  in  many  quarters,  it  does  not  come  nigh 
tons. 

On  Wedtieiday,  Auq.  16,  the  ministers  of 
the  Surrey  and  Middlesex  Baptist  Associa- 
tion dined  at  "  Westwood,"  by  invitation  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spurgeon,  and  afterwards 
held  a  conference  on  the  work  of  the  deno- 
mination in  the  two  counties.  All  who  were 
present  seemed  to  feel  the  urgent  neoesiity 
for  further  aggressive  efforts,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  something  practical  will  result  from  the 
interchange  of  opinion. 

The  two  counties  of  Surrey  and  Middle- 
sex, auart  from  London,  are  low  down  in 
our  !6aptiBt  statistics,  and  indeed  in  all 
Nonconformist  work.  The  churches  are 
nearly  all  feeble,  and  are  holding  their  own 
with  great  dif&culty :  hence,  they  have  yery 
little  strength  to  snare  for  founding  new 
interests.  The  London  Association  contains 
all  the  large  churches,  and  the  few  who 
form  the  new  Association  haye  a  huge  task 
before  them,  and  outward  strength  alto- 
gether out  of  proportion  to  the  demand 
upon  it.  They  need  an  evaageUst  of  their 
own  to  go  through  all  the  towns  and  yil- 
lages  preachinff  the  word,  but  how  is  he 
to  be  supported?  Oh,  that  some  wealthy 
brother  would  make  these  counties  his  own 
disteict!  If  the  two  appear  too  much,  lot  one 
be  taken  up.  Comparatiyely  little  money 
would  be  needed,  and  great  results  mudit  tie 
anticipated.  We  offend  the  friends  ^0  for 
the  next  year  towards  an  evangelist,  and  wo 
hope  others  vrill  come  forwud  and  ho^ 
also.  There  are  phu)es  in  Surrey  which  are 
far  more  discouraging  than  Zoluland  or 
Tartary,  and  yet  present  most  urgent  caUs 
for  gospel  effmt. 

0^  Friday  evening^  Aitg.  11.  a  meeting  of 
South  London  ministers  and  cnnrch-offioeis 
was  held  in  the  Tabemade  Lecture-hall,  for 
the  purpose  of  conferring  with  Mr.  B.  T. 
Booth  respecting  his  approaching  Gtospel 
Temperance  Mission.  Pastor  J.  A.  Spur- 
geon, who  has  recently  become  a  total 
abstainer,  and  has  been  elooted  one  of  the 
Vice-Presidents  of  the  Tabernacle  Tem- 
perance Society,  presided.  After  a  short 
address  by  the  chairman,  and  a  statement 
by  Mr.  Smithers,  the  Secretaiy,  aa  to  the 
arrangements  already  made  or  contemplatsd, 
Mr.  Booth  spoke  briefly,  hut  earnestly; 
and  the  rest  of  the  evenmg  was  oocnpied 
with  suggestions  as  to  the  best  means 
to  be  adopted  to  secure  the  success  of  the 


HOTK& 


501 


Mianon.  Mr.  Andrew  Dniin  took  the  chair, 
when  Mr.  James  Spurgeon  had  to  leave  for 
another  meeting,  and  at  the  dose  of  the 
Conference  the  committee  met  to  cany  out 
afl  far  as  was  practicable  the  recommenda- 
tions that  had  been  given. 

The  list  of  services,  at  all  of  which  Mr. 
Booth  hopes  to  speak,  is  as  follows :— Sun- 
day afternoon,  September  3rd,  at  3 ;  Mon- 
day evening,  4th,  at  8.30 ;  Taesdav,  6th, 
at  8 ;  Wednesday,  6th,  at  5.30  (for  children 
and  young  people  only),  and  at  8  (for 
adults^;  ThnrsdiEiy,  7th,  at  8.30;  Friday, 
Sth,  at  8 ;  Saturday,  no  meeting ;  Sunday, 
10th,  at  3  and  8.16;  Monday,  11th  at  3.30 
(for  women  only),  and  8.30  (for  all) ;  and 
Tuesday,  12th,  at  7.30,  great  faiewell 
meeting.  Every  day  during  the  Mission, 
with  the  exception  of  Saturday  and  Sunday, 
a  mid-day  prayer-meeting  wiU  be  held  at 
12.30.  Contributions  in  aid  of  the  expenses 
of  the  Mission  will  be  thankfully  received 
by  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon. 


CoUiEOB. — During  the  past  month  Mr.  J. 
H.  Ghraat  has  accepted  an  invitation  from 
the  church  at  Qold  Hill,  Bucks ;  Mr.  £.  B. 
Pearson  has  settled  at  Providence  Chapel, 
Hounslow;  and  Mr.  £.  Bichards  has  oe- 
come  pastor  of  the  church  at  Lerwick, 
Bhethmd,  where  he  will  labour  in  connection 
with  the  Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society 
of  Scotland. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Comfort  has  removed  from 
Ossett  to  Bromsgrove,  Worcestershire ;  and 
Mr.  £.  A.  Tydeman,  from  Devonport,  to 
Zion  Chapel,  Bacup,  Lancashire. 

Mr.  J,  A.  Moyld,  who  returned  to  Canada 
•on  the  completion  of  his  college  course,  has 
settled  at  St.  Andrew's,  Quebec;  and  Mr. 
B.  Holmes  has  removed  from  Ayhner  to 
become  Mr.  Dyke's  successor  at  College 
Btreet,  Toronto. 

Mr.  A.  fVurbrother  sailed  on  the  24th  ult. 
for  Auckland,  New  Zealand. 

The  summer  session  of  the  College  was 
oommenced  on  Tuesday  afternoon^  August  8, 
vrhen  the  tutors  and  students  assembled  at 
"  Westwood''  for  devotional  exercises  and 
■odal  enjoyment.  Twenty- three  "fresh- 
men" were  introduced  to  their  brethren, 
and  heartily  welcomed  to  the  benefits  of  the 
institution;  and  addresses  were  delivered 
by  the  President,  Vice-President,  and  Pro- 
fessors Bogers,  Gracey,  and  Feiguason. 
Tutors  report  the  new  men  as  an  exceedingl  v 
hopeful  band.  The  Lord  make  them  afi 
faithful  poachers  of  the  word.  The  College 
vrork  is  the  most  important  of  all  the  labours 
ihat  have  been  entrusted  to  our  overslept 
by  the  great  Master,  and  our  heart  is  set 

Xn  it  more  and  more.  Let  not  the  Lord's 
rards  forget  the  portion  for  the  school  of 
the  prophets,  for  to  ner  rising  men,  now  in 
training,  the  church  looks  for  her  future 
leaders.  Our  t^wching  has  distinct  and 
definite  doctrines  as  tne  groundwork  of 
everything;  we  do  not  upon  that  matter 
^ve  forth  any  uncertain  sound. 


"E^LSQiESJSFM. — Mr.  Bumham  goes  this 
month  to  labour  among  the  hop-pickers  in 
Kent.  In  response  to  his  appeal  for  con- 
tributions towards  the  extension  of  the  work, 
we  have  received  the  following  amoimts : — 
Mrs.  Higham,  28.  6d. ;  M.M.,  lOs. ;  Readers 
of  Word  and  IVork,  £10 ;  A.  M.,  Scotland, 
68.  This  we  beg  most  gratefully  to  acknow- 
ledge. It  shows  that  there  are  a  few  good 
people  who  care  for  the  poor  Londoners  in 
the  hop-gardens. 

Messrs.  Smith  and  FuUerton,  having  com- 

Sleted  their  twelvemonth's  mission  in  Lon- 
on,  are  now  resting  preparatory  to  starting 
on  their  autumn  tour  in  the  south-west  of 
Bn^land.  We  hope  our  friends  in  that 
region  will  be  ready  earnestly  to  bock  them 
up. 

Auckland  Tabbbnaclb  BmLDcra  Fund. 
— ^Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spurgeon  beg  to  acknow- 
lodge,  with  heartiest  thanks,  the  receipt  of 
the  following  contributions  for  their  son's 
new  Tabernacle  at  Auckland,  Kew  Zea- 
land : — Mrs.  C.  Parker,  lOs. ;  Mrs.  Smith, 
Is. ;  M.  C.  H.,  £5 ;  A  widow,  128. ;  Mrs. 
M.  E.  White,  3s. ;  Miss  Fanner,  lOs. ;  Mrs. 
Dix,  £10;  Mr.  Calder,  £5;  A  friend,  10s. ; 
Mrs.  A.  G.^2 ;  Mr.  W.  B.  Fox,  £5 ;  Lydia, 
per  J.  T.  D.,  2s.  6d. ;  Mrs.  Virtue,  £6 ; 
Mrs.  Joseph  Williams,  lOs. ;  A  friendf,  £1. 
There  must  be  many  more  friends  of  our 
son  who  are  intending  to  help:  will  they 
please  quicken  their  pace,  and  cheer  us 
thereby  ]^  A  box  will  be  going  earlv  in 
September.  As  the  bazaar  is  to  be  hefd  at 
Christmas,  any  goods  to  be  sent  must  be  off 
at  once,  for  even  now  the  time  is  diort. 
Goods  must  not  be  later  than  the  16th  of 
September,  and  the  earlier  the  better.  The 
members  of  the  Old  Tabernacle  at  home 
should  be  the  first  to  help  the  New  Taber- 
nacle in  Auckland.  They  cannot  have  for* 
gotten  young  Thomas  whom  they  were  so 
pleased  to  hear.  Let  him  not  imagine  that 
he  has  slipped  out  of  the  memories  of  those 
at  home. 

GBPHAKjkOE.— JVb^ictf  to  Collectors.  The 
next  quarterly  collectors'  meeting  will  bo 
held  at  the  Orphanage  on  Friday  evenina^ 
October  13,  when  all  collectors  are  earnestly 
requested  to  bring  or  send  their  boxes  or 
books,  with  the  amounts  collected  for  the 
institution.  With  ffirls  to  provide  for  as 
well  as  boys  our  needs  are  greatly  increased, 
and  all  collectors  should  do  their  best. 
Ihuble  quick  is  marching  time  just  now. 

CoLFOBTAOS.— During  the  past  month 
nothing  has  transpired  that  deserves  special 
note  in  the  work  of  the  Colportage  Associa- 
tion, though  the  usual  labours  of  the  col- 
Sorteurs  are  still  full  of  encouraging  ind- 
ents. To  understand  the  value  and  import- 
ance of  the  work  thoroughly  it  is  necessary 
to  go  down  into  the  locuities,  and  see  and 
hear  what  is  beinff  done.  The  secretary  has 
recently  visited  two  of  the  districts,  and 


502 


NOTES. 


reports  progress  which  calls  for  much  thank- 
fulness. At  Woodham  Walter,  in  Essex, 
where  Mr.  Keddie  is  at  work,  a  nice  Tillage 
chapel  has  been  erected,  mainly  throush  the 
labours  of  the  colporteur,  ana  the  piupit  is 
supplied  chiefly  by  him.  The  first  anni- 
▼ersar>'  has  just  been  held.  After  a  sermon 
by  the  secretary,  Mr.  W.  Corden  Jones,  a 
crowded  meeting  was  held  in  the  eyening, 
at  which  the  co^rteur  was  supported  by 
Congregational,  Wesleyan,  and  Baptist 
friends.  It  was  reported  that  some  of  the 
worst  characters  in  the  neighbourhood  had 
becoi  oonyerted,  one  of  whom  sot  up  at  the 
close  of  the  meeting  and  confessed  that  it 
was  through  the  labours  of  the  colporteur 
that  he  had  been  blessed.  The  locality  is 
sparsely  populated,  but  the  chapel  is  crowded 
on  Sunday  eyenings.  During  the  week  the 
colporteur,  who  has  been  supplied  with  a 
donkey  and  cart  by  local  frieDOs,  yisits  the 
yillagcs  for  eight  or  nine  miles  round^  and 
sells  a  considerable  quantity  of  good  litera- 
ture, besides  visiting  many  sick  zolks. 

The  other  district  yisitea  is  Bower  Chalke, 
situated  in  the  midst  of  the  loyely  Wiltshire 
downs.  Here  a  small  Baptist  church  sub- 
scribes nobly  towards  the  support  of  the  col- 
porteur, who  has  to  walk  through  the  whole 
of  his  wide  district,  and  is  much  respected. 

After  a  sermon  in  the  afternoon  by  the 
secretaiy,  a  tea-meeting  was  held  in  a  large 
bam.  The  tables  haying  been  cleared  the 
audience  took  their  seats  in  the  "bay,'*  and  a 
wagon  was  wheeled  on  to  the  **  floor ''  for  a 
rostrum  for  the  speakers,  when  addresses 
were  deliyered  upon  colportoge  work.  Some 
£15  a  year  more  is  required  to  enable  the 
Association  to  continue  this  needy  district. 
Most  of  the  supporters  are  labourers,  and  do 
well .  Will  any  wealthy  friend  send  a  special 
subscription,  so  that  the  district  may  be  con- 
tinued beyond  the  j^resent  year?  Visitors 
to  tho  sea-side  wiU  find  some  of  our 
ooljporteurs  at  workon  the  beach,  and  we  hope 
wiU  encourage  them  by  purcnasing  good 
luid  interesting  books.  Great  Yarmouth, 
Ryde,  Cowes,  and  Yentnor  all  haye 
Colporteurs.    AH  applications  for  the  ap- 

S ointment  of  Colporteurs,  and  subscrip- 
ons  or  donations  will  be  gladly  receiyed 
and  acknowledged  by  the  Secretary,  W. 
Corden    Jones,     Colportage    Association, 


Temple-street,  St.  Oeorge^s-road,  South- 
wark. 

PsBSOiTAL  KoTBB.  —  A  Baptist  minister 
writes  to  us  as  follows: — **Toa  ou|^t  to  be 
a  happy  man.  When  in  Scotland  some  time 
ago  1  got  lost  in  a  Glen-something.  The 
f^  there  had  nerer  heard  of  the  late 
lamented  Beaoonsfleld.  Happy  is  the  people 
that  is  in  sudi  a  case !  They  had  no  notion 
of  Gladstone;  but  you  should  haye  seen 
them  wake  up  when  I  mentioned  your 
name.  They  had  a  sort  of  knowledge  of 
that  name,  for  they  read,yonr  sermons,  and 
fetched  a  lot  out  to  show  me  that  they  did 
so.  I  assure  you  I  neyer  saw  any  man's 
works  with  such  ti^ns  of  use  upon  them. 
There  was  no  kirk  m  the  glen,  so  on  Sun- 
days they  got  together  ana  had  a  service, 
the  scholar  of  the  plaoe  reading  the  sermon. 
Oneyery  old  man  said  he  *  Wad  shoost  gang 
on  his  twa  bonds  and  knees  a'  the  way  to 
Glasffuh  to  get  a  sight  o'  ye.'  I  doabt  u  he 
coula  haye  done  half  a  mile  any  way,  but 
there  was  a  look  in  his  eye  that  you  would 
haye  been  comforted  to  see." 

A  Christian  man,  who  ufed  to  attend  our 
seryioes  at  the  Surrey  Music  Hall,  recently 
felt  moyed  to  read  the  seimons  on  the  green 
of  the  yillage  ^ere  he  liyes,  and  in  the 
adjoining  town.  With  the  help  of  a  few 
Mends  he  has  conducted  a  full  service  at 
each  place  on  Sunday  afternoons  and  eyen- 
ings. In  the  yillage  he  has  gathered  from 
200  to  300  people  together,  and  in  the  town 
his  congregations  haye  ranged  from  400  or 
dOO  up  to  900  or  1,000.  He  says  that  the 
people  haye  been  yery  attentiye,  and  that 
from  the  many  encouraging  ezraessioBS  he 
has  receiyed  he  is  sure  Gk>d  is  oleasinff  the 
work.  His  great  regret  is  that  he  did  not 
commence  the  effort  before.  When  the 
weather  gets  too  cold  for  open-air  serrio^^ 
he  hopes  to  secure  a  lax^^  buUding  in 
which  to  continue  the  readmg  of  the  ser- 
mons through  the  winter.  Are  there  not 
many  other  places  where  those  who  hare 
been  blessed  by  the  reading  of  the  sennoiift 
might  with  ^preat  adyanta^  to  many  people 
carry  on  similar  services? 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  TabOTnade.— 
July  27,  eighteen;  August  3,  eleven. 


{"asto'  Mhpf  ^tii0$olJkn  ^Khttmck, 


Statement  o/^IUeeiptt  from  July  I5th  tfi  August  Hth,  1882. 


JU*  x»f  AIaIIicI . . •  »«•  ■••  ««•  ••• 

Mr.  F.W.Lloyd 

M.  H.  H.,  per  Pastor  W.  W.  Bofainson 

R.  D.j  Otago         

Mr.  W.  H.  Roberts         

Mr.  Robert  FexguB  

M^  R.  Willdnaon 

Executor  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  W.  Jovoe 
Collection  at   Peckhim    Park    Road 

Chapel,  per  Pastor  H.  Knee 

Mr.  J.  Billing        

Dr.  Beilby 


£  s.  d. 

10    0 

6    0 

6    0 

2  10 

4    4 

6  0 
10  0 
90    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


4    6    4 

2  0    0 

3  0    0 


Miss  £.  Hupfeld 

Mr.  J.  Tritton       ... 

V  •  13*     •••  •«•  •■•  •••  «••  ••• 

An  aged  believer  ...       ...  ...       ... 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scsrd    ...        ... 

Weekly  Offeitogs  at  Met.  Tab.  :-- 

July   16       96  0  7 

83        ••.         •••         ...  33  o  o 

80        ...        ...        ...  46  6  3 

...         ...         ...  oo  O  9 

...         •••         ...  S5  O  O 


£  ad. 
10   0 

5  0   0 

6  0    0 
JO    0    0 

0   6   0 


It 


Aug.    6 
13 


»f 


18618  » 


SrOCKWELL  ORPHANAGE. 


603= 


£  8.  d. 

A  f nend  in  Sootland       25  0    0 

Ftatar  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  from  Mr.  John 

Edwards'  legacy 391  0 

Mr.  H.  J.  Ijeater 0  2 


Mra.  Hintony  contents  of  box  ... 


0  16 


9 
0 
8 


'*  FMendfl  at  Readinff  " 
Mrs.  Baybotild 


£  B.  d. 

.600 

110 

£774    3    6. 


Statement  of  Heceiptt  from  July  I5th  to  Augutt  lUh^  1882. 


MSLm  x.y  AlAltft...         ... .«,         ...         ••• 

S.  B.  £.,  per  IVutor  W.  W.  Bobinaon  . 

^^*  ••*  ■■  •••  •••  tB«  ••• 

Mp.C.F.  AUdis 

JBx.  x».  xtecjc. ..       ...       .,         ,,,        ... 

Mr.  W.  Gross        ...       ...       ...       ... 

J.  N.  O.,  Newcastle        

^mAmU  JT    X  ASI4K7X^«  •*  «c«  a«a  •■•  •«• 

A  reader  of  ''The  Sword  and  the 
Trowel,"  Dumfries      

W*    V.      ■••  ...  ...  «((  ,.,  ,., 

Mrs.  Shrewsbiuy 

T     IT    T 

Mr.  J.  H.  Dallmeyer       

B.  D.,  Otago         

Charles-street  SmidayHBchool,  Camber- 
well  New-road  

MrB.Morland        

Mr.  W.  H.  Roberta         

Young  Men's  Bible-clara,  Emmanuel 

Church,  Brighton        

The  Lord's  own  money 

Mr.  Robert  Fergus         

Mr.  Joseph  Hughes        

Mr.  Wm.  Smith 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Home  ... 

Mis.  M.  Phillips 

Mn.  B.  Hughes     ^       

C.  Smith,  Hardwick       

Mr.  J.  D.  Link      

•"'■^  Jessie  Binder 

Lizzie  Binder 

Master  Bertram  Binder  ... 


£  B.  d. 


•  ••  • >  « 

0  10  0 
0  10  0 
0    6    0 


•'Every  little  helps"       

Oollected  by  Miss  Baker 

JKA«    JL»«««  •••  •■•  >■»  ••*  •*• 

3k&.  and  Mrs.  Roads,  Thankoffering  ... 

Mr.  N.  B.  E.  Baillie       

Mr.  R.  Wilkinson 

A  widow's  mite,  Drumblade    

^UttuC X  v6  ••■  ••«  •«■  >••  >•• 

Shoreditch  Tabernacle  Yoiinf  Mcn*s 
and  Young  Women's  Bible-classes . . . 

Mi's.  Mary  Arthur 

Mrs.  Bennett        ...       ...       ... 

Collected  by  Mrs.  R.  Dodwell  ... 

Mrs.  Soutter,  Thankoffering    

Mr.  J.  Billing        ...       ...       ...       ... 

jL^k*  jdvu ^ jt      ••«  •««  •••  •••  ••• 

Collection  after  sermon  by  Mr.  Spur- 

geon,  at  "Benmore" 

Miss  B.  J.  Hannam         

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  Keely 

"AJlsaCrag"        

Miss  F.  McNicol 

Mr.  NewindorflF     ... 

Collected  by  the  Misses  Rust    

Mirs.  Williams       ...       ...       ••*       *•• 

A  lover  of  Jesus     

Vx,  J.  Tritton       ...       ...       ...       ••• 


1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
6 
6 


1    0 

0  10 

1  1 

2  2 
25    0 

2  10 

2  15 

2  0 

3  3 

0  15 
0  10 
6  0 
0  10 
3    0 


1 

1 
1 
0 
6 


1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
2 
10 
1 
0 


0 
0 
0 

1 

6 


5 
5 

9 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


1 

10 


0 
0 


0 
0 

0  10  0 
0  10  2 
0  0  0 
4  0 
4    0 


0 
0 


27  8 
0  1 
0  6 
0  10 
0  6 
0  10 
0  4 
0  5 
0  5 
6    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


An  aged  believer 

Xi»  tl  •     •••  •••  ««•  ««« 

•  ^*    **•  •••  •■•  ••• 

Mr.  W.  Wilson      

F.  O.B.Tring      

"  Our  weddingday" 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hogg 

A  thankofferinigr     

Collected  by  MXss  K.  Durrant 

Collected  by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Allen 

Mrs,  Horton 

Mis.  Hallett's  children 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard    ... 

Mr.  J.  W.  Bates    ... 

A  weary  one 

CoUectcd  by  Mrs.  Jas.  Withers,  Read- 
ing:— 

Mr.  W.  J.  Palmer. 8   0   0 

BIr.  Joseph  Long 10    0 

Mr.  Richardfon    10   0 

James  Withers    0   6   0 

H.  Cooper Oil 


£  s.  d. 
10  0  0 
10    0 

2    0 

0  6 

1  0 
0  2 
0  6 
0  10 

0  6 

1  5 
0  16  10 
10  0 
0  12 
0    6 

0 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
O 
0 
0 
6 


6 
0 


6 
0 
0 
0 


Balance  of  legacy  left  by  the  late  Mr. 

John  Edwards 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Way,  Downs  Chapel, 

Clapton     

Airs,  xjew     ...       ...        ...       ...       ... 

Collected  by  Mr.  W.  Mountain 

Ashbumham  Chapel,  Chelsea  Bazaar, 

for  services  of  S.  O.  Handbell  ringers 

Walter  Oakley       

Collected  by  Miss  E.  Durrant 

Collected  by  Miss  E.  Durrant  (omitted 

Aprilj        (M        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Young  ..; 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Willoox        

CbUected  by  Miss  Hudson,  Brighton  ... 

Mr.  O.  Eley,  per  J.  T.  D 

Collected  by  Miss  M.  A.  Burman 

A  well-wisher,  Newcastle-on-Tyne    ... 

Mr.  A.  T.  Osborne,  per  Mr.  Andrew 

A^UXUa  ••■  •••  •■•  «««  f«» 

Friend  visiting  the  Orphanage 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Hinton         

Collected  by  Miss  S.  Cutts         

Collected  by  Mrs.  Wclfox^        

Mr.  W^.  T.  Shaw     ...       ...       •••       «.. 

R.B.f  Norwich       ...       ... 

Mr.  Wm.  Jenkins 

Rev.  Cha.s.  Miller 

W.  8.  Hobson        

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  August  Srd  ... 

Annual  Subscription: — 
Mrs.  Adams  ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  Qeo.  Fahner,  M.P. 


6   6 

196  10 

2  10 
1    1 

0    7 


1 

4 

D 
0 
6 


2  2  0 
0  2  0 
0    3    6 


0 

1  1 
1  11 
0  2 
0  10 
0  12 

0  2 

1  0 

0  2 

1  11 
0  10 

0  11 

1  1 

0  10 

1  1 
0  6 
0  6 

2  2 


9    2 
0 


1 

60 


1 
0 


6 
6 
0 
0 
0 

0 
6 
0 
3 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
O 

0 
O 


£411  18    4 


Li»i  o/ Presents,  wr  Mr.  Charlesworih,  to  August  14iA.— PaovisiOKS :  2  tons  of  Coal,  1  Sack  of  Flour, 
2  bushels  of  Potatoes,  Mr.  J.  Young :  28  lbs.  of  Bakmg  Powder,  Messrs.  Freeman  and  Hildyard  ;  a 
quantity  of  Milk,  Messrs.  Freeth  and  Fooock ;  a  quantity  of  Milk,  Mr.  Doblo. 

Clothixo  {OMs*  Division) : — 1  Box  of  Articles,  E.  M.,  Birmingham. 

OssfSBAi. :— 1  Parcel  of  Pieces  for  patchwork,  per  Mr.  £I.  H.  Bai-tlett. 


504 


Statement  of  Heeelptt  from  July  \bth  to  Avgugt  lUk^  1882. 

£  8.  d. 


Hev.  A.  T.  Jonea 0  10    0 

Mr.  Alexander  Watto     0  10    0 

Mr.  Robert  Fergus          5    0    0 

Mine  Sloman          0    6    0 

A  Friend,  per  Pastor  George  Monk   ...  0  10   0 

A  Friend,  Limeiick         S    0    0 

A  thankful  Bermon-reader        0    6    0 

Mr.  Henry  Bradley         1  10    0 

Executorof  the  late  Mr.  J.W.Joyce...  90    0   0 

•••AilaaCtag"        0    6    0 


Shoreditch  Tabenade  Young  Men's 
and  Young  Women^s  Bible-ckuHes... 

JUL*   XL*B*«  ■••  •*•  •«•  ••■  •*■ 

A  lover  of  Jeans 

Mr.  J.  Crocker      ..■       ••>       •••       >.. 

J.  M.,  Middlesbro*...       

Mr.  A.  A.  Beard    ..«       •••       •..       ... 


£    SL  d. 


1 

0 
0 
1 

0 
0 


0 
5 
5 

0 

s 

5 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£103  12    0 


Statement  of  Reeelptt  from  July  IHh  to  Auyutt  lithj  1882. 


SubscriptionM  and  Donatiotu  for  District*  : — 

£  B.  d. 

:8outh  Devon  Congregational  Union  ...  10    0   0 
Aston  and  Fury  Star,   per  Bev.  Q. 

Hamuel      8    0    0 

Ludlow  District     12  13    0 

Thombnry  District         4  10    0 

East  Devon  Colportage  Missiovi          ...  10    0    0 
Metropolitan  Taberoade  SundaySchool, 

for'rring 10    0    0 

Kettering  District  :— 

FerG.  E 6    0    0 

Per  Mr.  T.  Jones 5    0    0 


Bower  Chalk  District  :— 

Bev.  T.  King  

Baptist  Church,  Bower  ChaUc 

Mr.  Butler 

Berwick        ...       ...        ... 

Mr.  £.  Hardiman 

Mr.  J.  Sheppard    


10    0    0 


6 
6 
1 
1 
1 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


Bingwood  District 

Gi  eat  Yarmouth  Town  Mission 
Ori>injrton  District,  per  Mrs.  Allison's 
Bible  Class         


14    1 

12  10 

7  10 


0 
0 
0 


6  10    8 
£99  14    8 


Subscriptions  and  Donalions  to  the  General  Fknd:-^ 

£   s-d. 


MissE,nnwin      1    0 

Mrs.  W.  Camps     0    t 

Mr.  R.  Woxsley     O  10 

Miss  Thompson     0    9 

Mr.  Greening        ...       •..  0    2 

Mr.  W.  E.  Illley 5    0 

Mr.  John  Roberts 0  10 

Mr.  £.  T.  Oanington      1    0 

Mr.  J.  R.  Bayley 1    0 

H.  I.,  Malta 0  10 

0»  Jl^«     •  ••             •••             •••             •••             •••             •■#  **      V 

Mr.  H.  Maynazd 5 

Miss  Spliedt...       ...       ...       ...        ...  2 

Mrd.  S.,  a  tenth 0 

A  deaf  girl 0 

Mr.  J.  Billing        I 

Jl/*»  iDCUlJY       «••             ••«            •••             ••«             •••  X 

An  aged  believer 10 

Mr.  J.  ^Rritton       ...       ...  5 

V.  o.     ...          ...          ...          ...          ...          ...  o 

Mr.  A.  u.  Scaxu    ...       ...       ...       ...  0 

Fa-stor  C  H.  Spuigeon,  from  Mr.  John 

Edwards' legacy 100 

Annual  Suhseription  : — 

Mr.  George  Falmer,  M.P SO 

HiUf'  Yearly  Subscription  .*— 

Mr.  H.  B.  Freanon         7  10 

Quarttrig  Subscription:'^ 

Mr.  G.  Emery        ...       ..•       ••«        •..  6    0 


0 
0 
7 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 

0 

0 


0 
6 
0 
6 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

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SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL 


OCTOBER,      1882. 


DEUVEBED  AT  THE  CLOSE  OF  THE  COLLEGE  CONFEBENQE 

BY  C.  H.  SPUEGEON. 

E  have  nothing  now  to  think  of  bnt  onr  Lord.  We  come  to 
him  that  he  may  canae  ne  to  forget  all  othen.  We  are  not 
here  as  ministerei,  cnmbered  with  much  servings  bnt  we 
now  sit  at  his  feet  with  Marj,  or  lean  on  his  bosom  with 
John.  The  Lord  himself  gives  ns  onr  watchword  as  we 
mnster  onr  band  for  the  last  assembly.  *'  Rsmmber  me  "  is  the  loving 
command.  We  beseech  him  to  fill  the  fall  circle  of  onr  memory  as  the 
snn  fills  the  heayens  and  the  earth  with  light.  We  are  to  think  only 
of  Jesns,  and  of  him  only  will  I  speak.  Oh  for  a  tonoh  of  the  live 
coal  from  him  who  is  onr  Altar  as  well  as  onr  Sacrifice! 

The  text  is  foand  in  the  words  of  John,  in  the  first  chapter  of  the 
Beyelation,  at  the  seyenteenth  and  eighteenth  yerses : — *'  Ani  whm  I 
saw  him;  If $11  at  his  feet  as  dead.  And  he  laid  his  right  hand  upon 
me,  easing  tmto  me.  Fear  not ;  I  am  the  first  and  the  last :  I  am  he  that 
livetfi,  and  was  dead  ;  and,  behold,  I  am  alive  for  evermore,  Amen ;  and 
have  the  keys  of  hell  and  of  death.'* 

John  was  of  all  men  the  most  familiar  with  Jesns :  and  his  Lord 
had  neyer  needed  to  say  to  him,  '*  Loyest  then  me  ?  "  Methinks  if  any 
man  coald  have  stood  erect  in  the  presence  of  the  glorified  Savionr,  it 
wonld  haye  been  that  disciple  whom  Jesns  loyed.  Loye  permits  ns  to 
take  great  liberties :  the  child  will  climb  the  knee  of  his  royal  father,  and 
no  man  accuses  it  of  presuming ;  John  had  snch  loye,  and  yet  even  he 

88 


506  COSIMUNIOir  ADDRESS. 

could  not  look  into  the  face  of  the  Lord  of  glory  without  being  over- 
come with  awe.  While  yet  in  the  body  even  John  must  swoon  if  he  be 
indulged  with  a  premature  yision  of  the  Well-beloyed  in  his  majesty. 
If  permitted  to  see  the  Lord  before  our  bodies  have  undergone  that 
wondrous  change  by  which  we  are  made  like  to  Jesus  that  we  may  see 
him  as  he  is,  we  shall  find  the  sight  to  be  more  than  we  can  bear.  A 
clear  yiew  of  oar  Lord's  heayenly  splendour  while  we  are  here  on  earth 
would  not  be  fitting,  for  it  would  not  be  profitable  for  us  always  to  be 
lying  in  a  swoon  at  our  Redeemer's  feet,  while  there  is  so  much  work 
for  ns  to  do. 

Permit  me,  dear  brethren,  to  take  my  text  from  its  connection  and 
to  apply  it  to  ourselves,  by  bringing  it  down  from  the  throne  up  yonder 
to  the  table  here :  it  may  be,  1  trust  it  will  be,  that  as  we  see  Jesus 
even  here,  we  shall  with  John  fall  at  his  feel  as  dead.  We  shall  not 
swoon,  but  we  shall  be  dead  in  another  sense,  most  sweetly  dead,  while 
our  life  is  revealed  in  him.  After  we  have  thought  upon  that  we  shall 
come  to  what  my  text  implies :  then  tnay  we  revive  urilh  John,  for  if  he 
had  not  jevived  he  could  never  have  told  ns  of  his  fainting  fit.  Thus 
we  shall  have  death  with  Christ,  and  resurrection  in  him.  Oh  for  a 
deep  experience  of  both,  by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit ! 

If  we  are  permitted  to  see  Christ  in  the  simi)le  and  instructive  me- 
morials which  are  now  upon  the  table,  we  shall  in  a  blessed  sense  fall 

AT  HIS  FBBT  AS  DEAD. 

For,  first,  here  we  see  provision  for  the  removal  of  our  «tit,  and  we  are 
thus  reminded  of  it.  Here  is  the  bread  broken  because  we  have  broken 
God's  law,  and  must  have  been  broken  for  ever  had  there  not  been  a 
bruised  Saviour.  In  this  wine  we  see  the  token  of  the  blood  with  which 
we  must  be  cleansed,  or  else  be  foul  thin^  to  be  cast  away  into  the 
bumings  of  Tophet,  because  abominable  m  the  sight  of  Ood.  Inas- 
much as  we  have  before  us  the  memorial  of  the  Atonement  for  sin,  it 
reminds  ns  of  our  death  in  sin  in  which  we  should  still  have  remained 
but  for  that  grace  which  spake  ns  into  life  and  salvation.  Are  you 
growing  great  ?  Be  little  again  as  yon  see  that  you  are  nothing  bat 
slaves  &at  have  been  ransomed.  "  Ood's  freed-men  "  is  still  year  true 
rank.  Are  you  beginning  to  think  that  because  you  are  sanctified  yon 
have  the  less  need  of  daily  cleansing  ?  Hear  that  word,  "  If  we  walk 
in  the  light,  as  he  is  in  the  light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  another," 
yet  even  then  *'  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son,  cleanseth  us  from  all 
sin."  We  sin  even  wh^  in  the  highest  and  divinest  fellowabip,  and 
need  still  the  cleansing  blood.  How  this  humbles  us  before  the  Lord ! 
We  are  to  be  winners  of  sinners,  and  yet  we  ourselves  are  sinners  still, 
needing  as  truly  the  bread  of  life  as  those  to  whom  we  serve  it  out. 

Ah !  and  some  of  us  have  been  very  special  sinners ;  and  therefore, 
if  we  love  much  it  is  because  we  have  had  much  forgiven.  We 
have  erred  since  we  knew  the  Saviour,  and  that  is  a  kind  of  sinnership 
which  is  exceedingly  grievous ;  we  have  sinned  since  we  have  entered 
into  the  highest  state  of  spiritual  joy,  and  have  been  with  him  on  the 
holy  mount,  and  have  beheld  his  fdory !  This  breeds  a  holy  shame- 
facedness.  We  may  well  fall  at  Jesus'  feet,  though  he  onlj  reveals 
himself  in  bread  and  wine,  for  these  convey  a  sense  of  our  smnership 
while  they  remind  us  of  how  our  Lord  met  our  sin  and  put  it  away. 


OOMMUNIOH  ADDRESS.  607 

Herein  we  Tall  as  low  as  the  dead.  Where  is  the  I  ?  Where  is  the 
self-glorjing  ?  Have  yoa  any  left  in  the  presence  of  the  cmcified 
Sayioar?  As  yon  in  spirit  eat  his  flesh  and  drink  his  blood  can  you 
^lory  in  your  own  flesh,  or  feel  the  pride  of  blood  and  birth  ?  Fie 
«pon  ns  if  there  mingles  a  tinge  of  pride  with  onr  ministry,  or  a  taint 
t>f  self-laudation  with  oar  success.  When  we  see  Jesus,  our  Saviour, 
the  Saviour  of  sinners,  surely  self  will  sink  and  humility  will  fall  at  his 
feet.  When  we  think  of  Gethsemane-and  Calvary,  and  all  our  great 
Bedeemer*s  pain  and  agony,  surely  by  the  Holy  Ghost  self-gloryinc;, 
eelf-seeking,  and  self-will  must  fall  as  though  slain  with  a  dead^ 
wound.    "  When  I  saw  Hm,  I  fell  at  hib  feet  as  dead." 

Here,  also,  we  learn  a  second  lesson.   Jesus  has  placed  upon  this  tabb 
food.    The  bread  sets  forth  all  that  is  necessary,  and  the  cup  all  that  is 
luxurious :  provision  for  all  our  wants  and  for  all  onr  right  desires :  all 
that  we  need  for  sustenance  and  joy.    Then  what  a  poverty-sicken 
soul  am  I  that  I  cannot  find  myself  in  bread !    As  to  comforts,  I  may 
Dot  think  of  them ;  they  must  be  given  me  or  I  shall  neyer  taste  them. 
Brothers,  we  are  Gentlemen  Commoners  upon  the  bounty  of  our  great 
Kinsman:  we  come  to  his  table  for  our  maintenance:  we  have  no 
establishments  of  our  own.  He  who  feeds  the  sparrows  feeds  our  souls; 
in  spiritual  things  we  no  more  gather  into  bfldms  than  do  the  blessed 
birds;  our  heavenly  Father  feeds  us  from  that  ^'aU  fulness"  which  it 
faath  pleased  him  to  lay  up  for  us  in  Jesus.    We  could  not  live  an  hour 
Bpiritudl^  without  him  who  is  not  only  bread,  but  life ;  not  only  the 
^ne  which  cheereth,  but  consolation  itself.    Onr  life  hangs  upon 
Jesus ;  he  is  our  Head  as  well  as  our  food.    We  shall  never  outgrow 
xmv  need  of  natural  bread,  and  spiritually  we  shall  never  rise  out  of  our 
need  of  a  present  Christ,  but  the  rather  we  shall  feel  a  stronger  craving 
^nd  a  more  urgent  passion  for  him.    Look  at  yonder  vain  person! 
He  feels  that  he  is  a  great  man,  and  you  own  that  he  is  your  superior 
in  gifts ;  but  what  a  cheat  he  is,  what  a  foolish  creature  to  dream  of 
being  somebody.    Now  will  he  be  found  wanting ;  for,  like  ourselves, 
be  is  not  suflicient  even  to  think  anything  of  himself.    A  beggar  who 
bas  to  live  on  alms,  to  eat  the  bread  of  dependence,  to  take  the  cap  of 
tsharity, — ^what  has  he  to  boast  of?    He  is  the  great  One  who  feeds  us, 
who  gives  us  all  that  we  enjoy,  who  is  onr  all  in  all ;  and  as  for  ns,  we 
are  suppliants — I  had  almost  said  mendicants — a  community  of  Begsing 
Fr^res,  to  all  personal  spiritual  wealth  as  dead  as  the  slain  on  Marathon. 
The  negro  slave  at  least  could  claim  his  own  breath,  but  we  cannot 
'Claim  even  that.    The  Spirit  of  God  must  give  us  spiritual  breath,  or 
onr  life  will  expire.    When  we  think  of  this,  surely  the  sight  of  Christ 
in  this  bread  and  wine,  thonp^h  it  be  a  dim  vision  compared  with  that 
which  ravished  the  heart  of  John,  will  make  us  fall  at  the  Bedeemer's 
feet  as  dead. 

The  '*  I "  cannot  live,  for  our  Lord  has  provided  no  food  for  the  vain 
UffO,  and  its  lordliness.  He  has  provided  all  for  necessity,  but  nothing 
for  boasting.  Oh,  blessed  sense  of  self-annihilation  I  We  have  ex- 
perienced it  several  times  this  week  when  certain  of  those  papers  were 
Tead  to  ns  by  our  brethren,  and  moreover  we  shrivelled  right  up  in  the 
blaze  of  the  joy  with  which  our  Master  favoured  us.  I  hope  this 
blessed  assembly  and  its  heavenly  exercises  have  melted  the  Ego  within 


508  OOMHUHION  ABDllSSS. 

ti8,  and  made  it,  for  the  while,  flow,  awaj  in  teare.  Dying  to  self  is  a 
blessed  feeliog.  May  we  all  realize  it!  When  we  are  weak  to  the 
utmost  in  conscions  death  of  self  then  are  we  strong  to  the  fulness  of 
might  Swooning  away  nnto  self-death,  and  losing  all  conscionaness 
of  personal  power  we  are  introdnced  into  the  infinite,  and  liya  in  God. 

11.  Now  let  ns  consider  how  we  get  aliyb  agaik,  and  so  know  the 
Lord  as  the  resurrection  and  the  life.  John  did.  revive,  and  he  tells  us 
how  it  came  about  He  says  of  the  Ever-blessed  One, — *^  He  laid  hib 
right  hand  upon  me,  saying  unto  me.  Fear  not ;  I  am  the  first  and  the 
last :  I  am  he  that  liveth,  and  was  dead ;  and,  behold,  I  am  alive  for 
eyermore.  Amen ;  and  have  the  keys  of  hell  and  of  death." 

All  the  life-floods  of  onr  being  will  flow  with  renewed  force  if  first 
of  all  we  are  brought  into  contact  with  Jesus.  "  He  laid  his  right  hand 
upon  me."  Marvellous  patience  that  he  does  not  set  his  foot  upon  us, 
and  tread  us  down  as  the  mire  of  the  streets  1  I  have  lain  at  his  feet 
as  dead,  and  had  he  spurned  me  as  tainted  with  corruption  I  could  not 
have  impugned  his  justice.  Bat  there  is  nothing  here  about  his  foot! 
That  foot  has  been  pierced  for  ns,  and  it  cannot  be  that  the  foot  which 
has  been  nailed  to  the  cross  for  his  people  should  ever  trample  them  in 
his  wrath.  Hear  these  words — ^*  He  laid  his  right  hand  upon  me.''  The 
right  hand  of  his  strength  and  of  his  glory  he  laid  upon  his  fiednting 
servant  It  was  the  hand  of  a  man.  It  is  the  right  hand  of  him  who 
in  all  our  afflictions  was  afflicted,  who  is  a  brother  bom  for  adversity. 
Hence,  everything  about  his  hand  has  a  reviving  influence.  Tha  speech 
of  sympathy,  my  brothers,  is  often  too  unpractical,  and  hence  it  is  too 
fteble  to  revive  the  fainting ;  the  iamh  of  sympathy  is  far  more  effectual. 
Ton  remember  that  happy  story  of  the  wild  negro  child  who  could  never 
be  won  till  the  little  lady  sat  down  by  her,  and  laid  her  hand  upon  her. 
Eva  won  poor  Topsy  by  that  tender  touch.  The  tongue  failed,  but  the 
hand  achieved  the  victory.  So  was  it  with  our  adorable  Lord.  He 
showed  us  that  he  was  bone  of  our  bone  and  flesh  of  our  flesh ;  he 
brought  himself  into  contact  with  us,  and  made  us  perceive  the  reality 
of  his  love  to  us,  and  then  he  became  more  ttian  a  conqaeror  over  us. 

Thus  we  felt  that  he  was  no  fiction^  but  a  real  Christ,  for  there  was  his 
hand,  and  we  felt  the  gentle  pressure.  The  laying  on  of  the  right  hand 
of  the  Lord  had  brouKut  healing  to  the  sick,  sight  to  the  blind,  and  even 
life  to  the  dead,  and  it  is  no  strange  thing  that  it  should  restore  a 
fainting  disciple.  May  vou  all  feel  it  at  this  very  moment  in  its  fiiU 
reviving  power  I  May  there  stream  down  from  the  Lord's  right  hand 
not  merely  his  sympathy,  because  he  is  a  man  like  ourselves,  but  as 
much  of  the  power  of  his  dsUy  as  can  be  gotten  into  man,  so  that  we 
may  be  fiUed  with  the  fulness  of  Oodl  That  is  possible  at  this  instant. 
This  Lord's  supper  represents  the  giving  of  the  whole  body  of  Christ  to 
us,  to  enter  into  us  for  food ;  surely  if  we  enter  into  its  true  meaning 
we  may  expect  to  be  revived  and  vitalized ;  for  we  have  here  more  than 
a  mere  touch  of  the  hand,  it  is  the  whole  Christ  that  enters  into  as 
flpiritually,  and  so  comes  into  contact  with  onr  innermost  being.  I 
believe  in  'Hhe  real  presence":  do  not  you?  The  carnal  presence  vi 
another  thing :  that  we  do  not  even  desire.  Lord  Jesus,  come  into  a 
many-handed  contact  witJi  ns  now  by  dwelling  in  ns,  and  we  in  thee. 

Still  there  was  something  else  wanted,  for  our  Lord  Jesus,  after  the 


OOUMTTKI027  ADDRESS.  509 

touch,  gave  the  word:  •*  Fear  not;  I  am  the  first  and  the  last."  Whati 
does  he  say  ?  Does  he  say,  '*  Thoa  art"  ?  Open  your  Testaments  and 
see.  Does  he  exclaim,  *'  Fear  not ;  thou  art  the  beloved  disciple,  John 
the  apostle  and  divine"?  I  find  nothing  of  the  kind.  He  did  not 
direct  his  servant  to  look  at  himself,  bnt  to  remember  the  great  I  AM, 
his  Sayionr,  and  Lord.  The  living  comfort  of  every  swooning  child  of 
Ood,  of  eTeryono  who  is  conscious  of  a  death-wound  to  the  natural 
"I,"  lies  in  that  majestic  **I,"  which  alone  can  say  **I  am."  You 
live  becanse  there  is  an  '*  I  am  "  who  has  life  in  himself,  and  has  that 
life  for  you. 

"I  am  the  first."  I  have  gone  before  you,  and  prepared  your  way ; 
I  loved  you  before  you  loved  me ;  I  ordained  yoar  whole  course  in  life 
before  you  were  in  existence.  In  every  work  of  grace  for  you  and 
within  you,  I  am  first.  Like  the  dew  which  comes  from  the  Lord^  I 
waited  not  for  man,  neither  tarried  for  the  sons  of  men.  And  I  also 
am  the  last,  perfecting  that  which  concemeth  you,  and  keeping  you 
unto  the  end.  I  am  the  Alpha  and  the  Omega  to  you,  and  all  the 
letters  in  between ;  I  be^an  with  yon,  and  I  shall  end  with  you,  if  an 
end  can  be  thought  of.  I  march  in  the  van,  and  I  bring  up  the  rear. 
Your  final  preservation  is  as  mnch  from  me  as  your  hopeful  commence- 
ment. Brother,  does  a  fear  arise  concerning  that  dark  hour  which 
threatens  soon  to  arrive  ?  What  hoar  is  that  ?  Jesus  knows,  and  he 
will  be  with  you  throngh  the  night,  and  till  the  day  breaketh.  If  Jesus 
is  the  beginniog  and  the  end  to  us,  what  is  there  else  ?  What  have  we 
to  fear  unless  it  be  those  unhallowed  inventions  of  our  mistrust,  those 
euperfloities  of  naughtiness  which  fashion  themselves  into  nnbeliefe, 
and  doubts,  and  unkind  imaginings?  Christ  shuts  out  everything 
that  could  hnrt  us,  for  he  covers  all  the  time,  and  all  the  space;  he  is 
above  the  heights,  and  beneath  the  depths ;  and  everywhere  lie  is  Loye. 

Bead  on,  "I  am  he  that  liveth."  Because  I  live,  ye  shall  live  also; 
no  real  death  shall  befall  yoa,  for  death  hath  no  more  dominion  over  me 
— your  head,  yonr  life.  While  there  is  a  living  Christ  in  heaven  no 
believer  shall  ever  see  death :  he  shall  sleep  in  Jesus,  and  that  is  aU, 
for  even  then  he  shall  be  for  ever  with  the  Lord. 

Bead  on,  *'  And  was  dead.*'  Therefore,  though  you  die  yon  shall  go 
no  lower  than  I  went ;  and  you  shall  be  brought  up  again  even  as  I 
have  returned  from  the  tomb.  Think  of  Jesus  as  having  traversed  the 
realm  of  death-shade,  and  you  will  not  fear  to  follow  in  his  track. 
Where  should  the  dying  members  rest  but  on  the  same  couch  with  their 
once  dying  Head. 

*'  And,  behold,  I  am  alive  for  evermore."  Yes,  behold  it,  and  never 
cease  to  behold  it:  we  serve  an  ever-living  Lord.  Brothers,  go  home 
from  Conference  in  the  power  of  this  grand  utterance  I  The  dear  child 
may  sicken,  or  the  precious  wife  may  be  taken  home,  but  Christ  says, 
''  I  am  alive  for  evermore."  The  believing  heart  can  never  be  a  widow, 
for  its  husband  is  the  living  Ood.  Our  Lord  Jesus  will  not  leave  us 
orphans,  he  will  come  unto  us.  Here  is  our  joy,  then :  not  in  ourselves, 
but  in  the  fact  that  he  ever  lives  to  carry  out  the  Father's  good  pleasure 
in  us  and  for  us.  Onward,  soldiers  of  the  cross,  for  an  immortal  Cap- 
tain leads  the  way. 

Bead  once  more—''  And  have  the  keys  of  hell  and  of  death."    As  I 


510  COMMUNION  ADDRESS. 

ihonght  oyer  these  words  I  manrelled  for  the  poverty  and  meawiefla  oS 
the  cauBe  of  evil ;  for  the  prince  of  it,  the  deTil,  has  not  the  kejs  of  his^ 
own  house  ;  he  cannot  be  trusted  with  them  ;  they  are  swinging  at  the 
girdle  of  Christ.  Snrely  I  shall  never  go  to  hell,  for  my  Lord  Jesnft 
turned  the  key  against  my  entrance  long  ago.  The  doors  of  hell  were, 
locked  for  me  when  he  died  on  my  behalf.  I  saw  him  lock  the  door, 
and,  what  is  more,  I  saw  him  hang  the  key  at  his  girdle,  and  there  it 
is  to  this  day.  Christ  has  the  keys  of  hell ;  then  whenever  he  chooses 
he  can  cage  the  devouring  lion,  and  restrain  his  power  for  evil.  Ob 
that  the  day  were  come  1 — it  is  coming,  for  the  dragon  hath  great  wrath,. 
*  knowing  that  his  time  is  short.  Let  ns  not  go  forth  alone  to  battle 
with  this  dread  adversary ;  let  ns  tell  his  Conqueror  of  him,  and  entreat 
him  to  shorten  his  chain.  I  admire  the  forcible  words  of  a  dying 
woman  to  one  who  asked  her  what  she  did  when  she  was  tempted  by 
the  devil  on  account  of  her  sin.  She  replied,  '*The  devil  does  not 
tempt  me  now;  he  came  to  me  a  Kttle  while  ago,  and  he  does  not  like 
me  well  enough  to  come  again  1"  *'Why  not?"  "Well,  he  went 
away  because  I  said  to  him,  Chosen,  chosen  I "  "  What  did  you  mean 
by  that?''  ''Do  jou  not  remember  how  it  is  said  in  the  Scripture,. 
^  The  Lord  rebuke  thee,  0  Satan ;  even  the  Lord  that  hath  chasm  Jeru- 
salem rebuke  thee.'"  The  aged  woman's  text  was  well  taken,  and  well 
does  the  enemy  know  the  rebuke  which  it  contains.  When  Joshua,  the 
high  priest,  stood  before  the  angel  clothed  in  filthy  garment^  Satan 
stood  at  his  right  hand  to  resist  him,  but  he  was  silen<^  by  being  told 
of  the  election  of  God :  ''  The  Lord  which  hath  chosen  Jerusalem  rebuke 
thee."  Ah,  brethren,  when  Christ's  right  hand  is  upon  us  the  eril 
one  departs.    He  knows  too  well  the  weight  of  that  right  hand. 

Conclude  the  verse, — '^  And  of  death."    Our  Lord  has  the  keys  of 
death,  and  this  will  be  a  joyfal  fact  to  ns  when  our  last  hours  arrive,. 
If  we  say  to  him,  ^'  Master,  whither  am  I  goiog  ?  "    He  answers,  *'  I 
have  the  key  of  death  and  the  spirit-world."    WiU  we  not  reply,  "  We 
feel  quite  confident  to  go  wherever  thou  wilt  lead  us,  0  Lord'  ?    We 
shall  then  pursue  his  track  in  his  company.    Our  bodies  shall  descend 
into  what  men  call  a  charneUhouse,  tnough  it  is  really  the  unrobing- 
room  of  saints,  the  vestibule  of  heaven,  the  wardrobe  of  our  dress  where 
it  shall  be  cleansed  and  perfected.    We  have  a  fit  spiritual  array  for  the 
interval,  but  we  expect  that  our  bodies  Ehali  rise  again  in  the  likeuees 
of  "  the  Lord  from  heaven."    What  gainers  we  shall  be  when  we  shall 
take  up  the  robes  we  laid  aside,  and  find  them  so  gloriously  changed,, 
and  made  fit  for  us  to  wear  even  in  the  preseuce  of  our  Lord.    So  ii 
the  worst  fear  that  crosses  you  should  be  realised,  and  you  should 
literally  die  at  your  Lord's  feet,  there  is  no  cause  for  dread,  for  no 
enemy  can  do  you  harm,  since  the  divine  right  hand  is  pledged  to 
deliver  you  to  the  end.    Let  us  give  the  Well-beloved  the  most  devout 
and  fervent  praise  as  we  now  partake  of  this  regal  festivd.    The  King 
sitteth  at  his  table — let  our  spikenard  give  forth  its  sweetest  smell. 


511 


S^inQltmM  of  %m. 


THE  Mahabharat — one  of  the  sacred  books  of  the  Hindns,  and  the 
longest  poem  in  the  world— among  much  that  is  impossible  and 
unreasonable,  contains  the  following  story.  Interwoven  with  the  history 
of  the  Pandob  race,  there  are  in  the  poem  many  shocking  and  ridicnlous 
legends  of  the  gods,  and  these  often  so  conceal  the  real  history  that 
it  becomes  a  difScnIt  task  to  nnrayel  the  tanded  medley.  The  fol- 
lowing anecdote  is,  however,  probably  tme,  and  gives  as  a  glimpse  of 
an  ancient  teacher  of  archery  in  the  forest  with  five  princes  as  his 
scholars. 

Drono,  desiring  to  test  his  scholars'  nse  of  the  bow,  prepared  an 
imitation  vnltnre  and  placed  it  on  a  tree.  Then  calling  them  all,  he 
showed  them  the  bird,  and  ordered  them  to  bring  their  lx>ws  and  shoot 
at  it.  *'  When  I  speak,"  said  he, ''  let  the  one  I  command  shoot  it  in 
the  head."  The  eldest  was  called  first  to  take  aim,  and  the  teacher  asked, 
**  Do  you  see  the  vulture  ?  "  "  Yes,  I  see  it,"  was  the  reply.  "  Can 
you  see  me,  the  tree,  or  your  brothers  as  well  ?  "  was  the  next  enquiry. 
"  Sir,"  the  prince  replied,  **  I  can  see  all  of  you."  Displeased  at  this 
the  teacher  then  said,  '*  You  cannot  take  aim.  Move  oflf."  The  rest  of 
the  disciples,  one  after  another,  were  thas  repulsed  till  he  called 
Anrjoon  and  told  him  to  try.  Taking  aim  he  awaited  the  word  of  com- 
mand ;  but  the  teacher  asked,  '^  Can  you  see  me,  the  tree,  and  the 
Tultnre  too  ?  "  "  Sir/'  he  answered,  *'  I  can  see  the  bird,  but  nothing 
else."  Drono  was  delighted  at  this,  and  asked,  *'  How  much  of  the 
vulture  do  you  see  ?  "  and  the  disciple  answered,  *'  Nothing  but  its 
head."  Then  receiving  the  word  of  command,  he  shot  the  arrow,  and 
brought  the  bird  to  the  ground.  The  master  of  archery  embraced  his 
scholar,  and  rejoiced  as  one  victorious  in  battle. 

Singleness  of  aim  must  be  attained  by  all  who  would  be  successful 
in  their  attacks  upon  sin,  superstition,  idolatir,  or  error.  The 
target  must  be  distmctly  seen,  and  carefully  aimea  at  with  our  whole 
force.  The  aim  being  well  directed,  ^1  attendant  circumstances  must 
disai)pear  from  view  as  though  they  were  not.  Our  motto  must  be, 
*'  This  one  thing  I  do."  In  this  one  object  we  shall  find  suflScient  scope 
for  all  our  energies.  The  missionary  in  heathen  lands,  the  pastor  among 
his  people  in  England,  and  every  disciple  of  Jesus,  will  find  vultures 
evervwhere  at  which  to  level  their  shafcs.  Once  detected,  none  should 
be  allowed  to  live.  No  view  of  self  or  glance  at  others  should  be  per- 
mitted to  prevent  a  sure,  steady,  and  single-eyed  aim  being  taken  at 
the  evil.  Of  all  spiritual  archers  who  read  these  lines  may  it  one  day 
be  said, "  His  bow  abode  in  strength,  and  the  arms  of  his  hands  were 
made  strong  by  the  hands  of  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob."  That  it  may 
be  so,  let  us  each  one  lay  aside  every  weight  and  the  sin  that  doth  so 
easily  beset  us,  and,  freemg  ourselves  from  all  that  closely  clings  to  us, 
take  an  unerring  aim,  and  prove  that  we  have  not  become  disciples  of 
our  Master  in  vain.  Bobert  Spubgeon,  Barisaul 


512 

^^9'^'^  Srjr00ls  in  famtx  bags. 

THE  original  London  ragged  school  appears  to  have  been  that  attached 
to  Surrey  Chapel,  and  founded  bj  Rowland  Hill,  in  1785.  One  of 
the  first  tbiogs  Mr.  Hill  did  on  becoming  associated  with  the  metropolis 
was  to  provide  for  the  reclamation  of  destitute  children.  The  second 
and  third  schools  were  opened  in  Eent-street  and  in  the  Mint,  in 
1798-9^  bj  Thomas  Oranfield,  a  veteran  who  fearlessly  invaded  lo- 
calities which  were  not  safe  for  a  respectable  person  even  to  go  down. 
When  little  boys  were  allowed  to  be  used  as  chimney-sweeps— occa- 
sionally getting  suffocated  in  their  hazardous  employment — ^a  school 
was  opened  especially  for  this  needy  class;  and  other  institntions, 
csllei  fragmmt  schooh^  received  children  to  whom  clothes  were  lent^  in 
order  that  they  might  make  a  presentable  appearance  on  the  Sabbath- 
day.  Surrey  Chapel,  Eent-street,  and  the  Mint  represented  the  South- 
wark  Sunday  School  Society  at  the  end  of  the  last  century,  and  were 
thus  the  pioneers  of  a  great  movement 

When  fagged  schools  were  more  generally  instituted,  from  1840  to 
1850,  one  of  the  "  appalling  facts ''  of  the  day  was  the  increase  of 
youthful  crime.  Youths  randng  in  age  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five 
were  shown  to  constitute  only  one-tenth  of  the  population,  but  in 
point  of  fact  they  committed  no  less  than  a  fourth  part  of  the  crime. 
This  was  a  fact  well  calculated  to  move  the  heart  of  any  community 
which  reverenced  law  and  order;  and  in  a  paper  written  in  1849  Mr. 
Benjamin  Batch  traced  no  small  proportion  of  the  evils  existing  to 
the  loose  system  of  apprenticeship  which  prevailed,  as  well  as  to  the 
want  of  education  generally.  '^  The  putting  out  of  a  lad  to  learn  a 
trade,  a  business,  or  an  occupation  in  any  way,  is  universally  made  a 
question  of  gain  in  some  way  or  other ;  and  this  happens  at  a  period 
of  his  life  by  far  the  most  dangerous  to  his  morals,  and  consequently 
to  his  future  happiness  and  prosperity  in  life.  Having  been  taught 
little  or  nothing  previously  that  could  furnish  a  store  of  knowledge  to 

Erepare  him  in  any  degree  for  his  new  condition,  the  poor  boy  finds 
imself  suddenly  made  the  servant  of,  it  may  be,  a  drunken  shoemaker, 
a  dissipated  tailor,  a  blaspheming  tinman,  a  gambling  whitesmith, 
or  a  Sabbath-breaking  brush-maker — in  fact,  the  slave  of  a  tyrant 
who,  the  constant  inmate  of  the  beershop,  is  neither  a  good  master  nor 
a  good  man ;  who,  perhaps,  the  member  of  a  trades'  union,  is  secretly 
bound  to  withhold  instruction  instead  of  to  impart  it;  whose  bad  ex- 
ample is  ever  before  the  poor  apprentice's  eyes,  tending  to  ruin  alike 
his  body  and  his  soul ."  I  f  that  is  a  truthM  picture  of  industrial  London 
a  generation  ago,  one  can  hardly  wonder  that  young  persons  whose  school 
advantages  were  so  limited  should  have  gone  to  the  bad  in  such  large 
numbers  instead  of  rising  up  to  excel  in  tixeiv  callings,  and  become 
blessings  to  society.  How  could  the  young  creatures  escape  when  even 
their  masters  joined  the  league  of  evil  against  them  ?  A  man's  seereUy 
binding  himself  to  cheat  a  boy  out  of  knowledge  for  which  a  premium 
had  been  received  reveals  a  hideous  depth  of  depravity. 
Though  at  the  date  in  question  London  was  only  about  half  its 

5 resent  size,  the  snares  to  which  apprentices  were  exposed  were  as 
eadly  as  they  were  numerous.    What  was  known  as  the  Holywell- 


RAGOBD  BOHOOIfi  IN  FORICSK  DAYS.  513 

street  traffic  in  impure  literature  was  then  at  its  height,  so  that  boys 
and  girls  who  had  attained  the  art  of  leadiug  were  exposed  to  the  most 
Gormpting  influences.  The  CFil  press  was  supplemented  by  theatrical 
abominations  which  we  hope  will  never  again  be  tolerated.  At  that 
time  there  were  certaiu  low  and  begrimed  theatres  which  in  the 
strictest  sense  were  nurseries  of  crime ;  the  diabolical  programme  of 
each  eyening  being  well  adapted  to  nurture  subjects  for  the  prison 
and  the  gallows.  Thus, ''  a  dark  and  wretched  gallery  "  of  one  house 
is  descril^  as  having  been  *^  crammed  to  snffbcation  by  a  class  of  boys 
and  girls  who,  for  rags  and  filth,  might  have  formed  the  iliU  of  ragged 
scholars  in  the  lowest  school  in  the  metropolis."  It  naturally  followed 
that  **  the  conversations  of  the  evening  were  characterized  by  swearing, 
profanity,  deception,  and  lewdness;  and  the  cases  represented  were 
those  of  drunkenness,  seduction,  murder,  and  suicide."  The  audience 
included  mothers  with  infants  in  their  arms,  besides  numbers  of  chil- 
dren who  were  not  more  than  seven  years  of  age.  The  pot-boy  went 
ronnd  ''at  stated  intervals"  to  collect  ''orders''  among  the  motley 
crew,  and  ''bursts  of  applause  throughout  the  evening''  showed  how 
eagerly  the  lessons  of  "  rromotion  in  Life ;  or,  the  Path  of  Crime " 
were  received. 

Even  after  the  lapse  of  a  generation  we  are  more  or  less  startled  by 
Buch  revelations  of  moral  ruin ;  but  are  more  than  all  astonished  to  find 
that  there  should  have  been  two  opinions  as  to  the  desirability  of  at- 
tempting a  work  of  reclamation.  When  he  commenced  a  series  of 
articles  in  the  Morning  Chronicle,  which  afterwards  developed  into  his 
well-known  work,  "  London  Labour  and  the  London  Poor,"  the  late 
Henry  Mayhew  endeavoured  to  show  that  ragged  schools  were  so  far 
from  exercising  any  reformatory  influence  that  they  were  actually 
creators  of  crime !  He  quoted  a  boy  as  saying,  "  I  shouldn^t  have 
been  a  thief  but  for  the  ragged  school,  I  know  I  shouldn't; "  while  a 
policeman  is  represented  as  testifying  in  regard  to  the  scholars  that, 
"  On  leaving  scnool  their  behaviour  is  very  disorderly ;  they  never 
seem  to  have  benefited."  Hence  Mr.  Mayhew  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  an  institution  which  ardent  philanthropists  were  fostering  as 
a  heaven-sent  panacea  "  must  be  productive  of  far  more  injary  than 
benefit  to  the  community.*'  It  is  not  very  likely  that  subscriptions 
were  in  any  way  affected  by  such  representations,  and  the  promoters 
of  the  work  appear  to  have  been  more  surprised  than  discouraged 
by  the  attack.  Thus  the  late  "  Old  Humphrey  "  was  of  opinion  that 
the  heroism  of  the  ragged-school  teacher's  life  exceeded  anything  to  be 
met  with  in  the  annals  of  military  action ;  and,  added  he,  "  I  should 
like  much  to  hear  of  half-a-dozen  heroes  from  the  Horse  Gnards 
generously  doing  honour  to  the  heroism  of  the  ragged-school  teachers, 
either  by  a  visit  to  their  battle-fields  or  by  a  contribution  to  the  cause 
in  which  th^  are  so  nobly  struggling."  Joseph  Payne,  on  the  platform 
at  Exeter  Mall,  was  pleasingly  aroused  by  Mr.  Mayhew's  onslaught. 
He  denominated  the  "  Union  "  as  a  pulling-up-by-tne-roots  society,  a 
looking-every-way  society,  a  sending-to-the-fountain  society,  and  a  real- 
blessing-to-mothers  society.  It  looked  backward  for  encouragement, 
around  for  information,  forward  for  incitement,  and  upward  for  sup- 
port.   Then,  expressing  his  affection  for  the  children,  he  added  x— 


514  BAGGED  EGHOOLB  IK  FORUEB  DAY& 

May  jon  be  tauffbt,  may  you  be  fed ; 
May  you  in  wiadom'B  ways  be  led ; 
May  Tou  be  bappy  night  and  day, 
In  ppite  of  all  Ma} hew  can  say. 

May  you  from  filthy  homes  be  free; 
May  you  improving  parents  see ; 
Mav  you  grow  wise,  and  good,  and  strong, 
Till  May  hew  owns  that  he  was  wrong. 

The  Special  CommiBBioner's  view  of  the  qaeetion  was  shared  by  a  oon- 
siderable  nnmber  of  debased  and  worthless  characters,  who  objected  to 
their  children  going  to  sdiool  because  they  brooght  nothing  home. 

To  glance  at  the  condition  of  a  few  localities  in  the  London  of  a 
generation  ago  will  be  the  best  method  of  showing  who  was  right 

Wesiminsier  has  been  called  the  Jerusalem  of  the  Bagged*8chool 
crusade ;  and  the  first  school  set  up  in  that  locality  dates  from  the 
earliest  years  of  the  Queen's  accession.  The  first  pioneer  teacher  was 
assisted  by  a  poor  tinker — ^the  only  person  to  be  found  who  would 
volunteer  assistance — and  haying  gathered  forty  children,  whose  matted 
hair,  tattered  clothes,  and  mud-begrimed  skins  imparted  to  tjiem  a 
peculiarly  wild  appearance,  they  commenced  their  work.  Ten  years 
later  the  character  of  Westminster  had  not  materially  improTed  ;  the 
purlieus  of  the  city  were  unknown  and  unexplored  by  the  respectable 
inhabitants,  because  it  was  unsafe  for  any  saye  the  armed  representatiyes 
of  the  law  to  penetrate  into  the  more  notorious  districts.  After  the 
Gity  Mission  had  been  some  time  established,  the  spectacle  was  re- 
peatedly witnessed  of  a  collision  between  the  people  and  the  police. 
In  one  instance  forty  policemen  weredriyen  out  of  Old  Pye-street  while 
endeayouring  to  capture  a  thief.  On  another  occasion,  when  a  quondam 
public-house,  at  the  comer  of  Pear-street,  Duck-lane,  was  in  course  of 
being  transformed  into  a  Workman's  Institute,  chiefly  through  the 
efforts  of  the  present  Lord  Shaftesbury,  the  operatiyes  came  upon  nearly 
a  bushel  of  coenterfeit  gold  and  silyer  coins  concealed  behind  one  of  the 
walls.  George  Wilson  wrote,  in  1851,  "Here  were  children  who  knew 
not  that  they  eyer  had  a  father,  and  who  were  taught  and  driyen  to 
plunder  to  procure  money  for  a  drunken  and  debauched  woman  to  get 
gin.  Here  were  children  of  tender  age,  banded  together  to  '  prig/  as  they 
called  it,  to  exists  and  exercising  all  the  art  and  cunning  of  a^  adepts 
to  preyent  detection.  Here  were  schools  to  teach  the  art  of  conyey- 
aucing,  or  thieying,  and  regular  colleges  to  reward  the  experts  with 
degrees  of  honour,  and  admit  them  to  the  society  and  pursuits  of  their 
seniors,  according  to  their  ascertained  proficiency  in  crime."  At  the 
time  in  question,  many  of  the  pestiferous  slums  were  mainly  peopled 
by  low  Irish.  Although  from  the  representations  he  was  wont  to  make» 
the  late  Oardinal  Wiseman  would  have  had  the  publio  suppose  that 
the  Bomish  church  was  devoting  specisJ  attention  to  these  degraded 
people,  the  contrary  was  the  truth.  Popery  possesses  no  power  to  raise 
the  squalid,  outcast  element  of  the  population.  Such,  indeed,  was  the 
condition  of  the  waifs  and  strays  of  Westminster  thirty  years  ago,  that 
when  a  Befhge  and  School  of  Industry  were  set  up  in  Old  Pye-stzeet^ 
many  children  on  their  first  admission  actudly  appeared  to  be  dying  of 
starvation ;  and  on  their  clothes  being  removed  to  be  instantly  bnoudi 


BAGGED  fiCHOOLB  IK  FOBMEB  DAYS.  515 

tbeir  bodies  are  described  as  having  been  ''  fall  of  holes  and  alc^rs, 
from  the  efFects  of  vermin  !  ^  What  was,  perhaps,  stranger  than  all 
under  the  circnmstances,  was  the  evident  avidity  with  which  the  nn- 
fortnnate  street  arabs  drank  in  learning  when  they  had  the  opportunity 
of  doing  so.  George  Wilson  wrote  in  the  year  of  the  first  Great  Exhi- 
bition,— *'  Unlike  children  generally,  tbey  take  delight  in  the  school 
exercises  and  lessons.  They  will  go  without  food,  and  snffer  great 
privations,  rather  than  go  without  the  privilege  and  pleasure  of  the 
school.  More  than  this,  they  are  frequently  the  means  of  introducing 
something  better  into  the  rooms  of  their  elders ;  and  the  words  of  a 
child  have  shielded  a  teacher  from  rudeness,  or  even  from  ill-treatment." 

There  were  spots  in  Marylehone  which  were  not  a  whit  better  than 
the  worst  parts  of  Westminster,  although  they  were  more  completely 
hidden  from  public  view  by  i^e  thin  shell  of  respectability  in  the  shape 
of  private  houses.  In  the  neighbourhood  of  Paradise*street,  a  place  which 
of  old  took  its  name  from  the  natural  charms  of  its  surronndingA,  there 
were  one  hundred  and  nineteen  tenements  housing  three  hundred 
families,  and  these  people  were  as  low  down  in  the  scale  of  human 
degradation  as  the  veriest  savages.  One  rookery  was  ''arranged  in 
such  a  maze-like  form  that  a  stranger,  when  once  in,  would  have  no 
small  difficulty  to  find  his  way  out.'*  Gin-palaces  and  marine-store 
shops  were  the  only  flourishing  institutions,  and  blasphemous  and 
obscene  conversation  was  a  common  sound.  Of  course,  this  became  the 
site  of  a  ragged  school ;  but  when  first  admitted  to  the  classes,  the 
children  were  not  only  rough  and  uncivilized  in  a  general  sense,  they 
were  so  '*  very  pugnaciously  inclined"  that  the  teachers  found  it  difficult 
to  control  them.  All  endeavours  to  inculcate  habits  of  thrift  and 
cleanliness  were  resented  by  the  parents  as  an  encroachment  on  the 
liberty  of  the  subject ;  and  accordingly,  they  would  thrust  their  un- 
combed heads  within  the  school  door  to  abuse  the  reformers  for 
introducing  unreasonable  innovations.  They  were  brought  in  time  to 
see  the  matter  in  a  different  light ;  but  the  public  who  provided  the 
sinews  of  war  hardly  suspected  how  hard  was  the  battle,  nor  how  much 
perseverance  was  needed  to  secure  victory. 

Wild-court,  ifi  Great  Wild-slreet,  Drurt/'lane,  was  another  representa- 
tive locality  of  the  London  of  thirty  years  ago — a  past  age,  such  as  can 
never  return,  with  its  grim  horrors.  In  the  reign  of  Charles  IF.  Wild- 
street  was  one  of  the  most  fashionable  localities  of  the  metropolis;  and 
in  its  well-ordered  gardens  stood  the  mansions  of  those  whose  features 
are  still  known  to  this  generation  through  the  magic  pencil  of  Yander 
Faes,  or — according  to  his  Anglicised  name — Sir  Peter  Lely*  Having 
lost  all  ancient  attractions,  the  Wild-streets,  Great  and  Little,  but  more 
especially  Wild-court,  were  probably,  at  the  time  of  which  we  write,  the 
foulest  samples  of  squalid  depravity  anywhere  discoverable  in  the  broad 
area  of  London.  Tuoagh  only  a  few  steps  west  of  the  great  square  of 
Lincoln's-inn-fields,  two  hundred  families,  or  about  one  thousand  per- 
sons, were  crowded  into  fourteen  houses.  In  order  that  the  friends  of 
the  poor  might  for  themselves  view  the  tenements,  Lord  Shaftesbury, 
prior  to  their  thorough  renovation  by  the  Society  for  Improying  the 
Dwellings  of  the  Poor,  called  a  meeting  in  the  middle  of  the  court,  on 
NovemW  8,  1854.    There  is  no  need  to  disgust  the  reader  with  a  full 


516  BAGGED  BOHOOLS  IN  FORMER  DATS. 

description  of  the  more  than  foetid  spot  as  it  formerly  existed.  Ac- 
cording to  one  witness,  '^No  adequate  conception  conid  be  formed  of 
the  stench  and  filth  which  characterized  every  portion  of  each  dwelling, 
from  the  basement  story  to  the  garret,  except  by  those  who  experienced 
them."  According  to  another  witness,  several  hundred  loads  of 
offensive  matter  were  conveyed  away ;  and  as  this  included  **  a  solid 
mass  of  living  vermin,  three  or  four  inches  thick,"  the  men  engaged  in 
the  operation  were  so  overcome  that  they  struck  work.  On  the  6th  of 
August,  1855,  when  the  work  of  renovation  was  complete,  Lord  Shaftes- 
bury called  another  meeting  in  the  court,  thereby  inviting  friends  to 
*'Look  on  this  picture,  and  on  that."  Eighty-three  families  now 
occupied  ninety-two  rooms,  and  more  than  a  quarter  of  these  were  old 
inhabitants  of  the  court.  Even  as  a  business  affair  the  transaction  was 
found  to  pay  well;  for  while  nothing  could  exceed  the  gratitude  of  the 
people  for  the  reformation  effected,  the  advance  of  12  per  cent,  on  the 
old  rentals  repaid  the  outlay. 

It  must  be  admitted  that  Wild-court  surpassed  in  horror  anything  of 
the  kind  ever  heard  of  in  London ;  indeed,  it  may  be  questioned  whether 
any  area  of  similar  extent  in  the  world  ever  before  showed  a  correspond- 
ing amount  of  pollution  and  overcrowding.  Still,  in  a  greater  or  less 
degree,  the  same  kind  of  squalor^  and  consequent  savage  degradation, 
existed  in  all  quarters  of  London.  In  the  district  bounded  by  the  main 
thoroughfare  of  Shoreditch,  Worship-street,  Curtain-road,  and  Neic- 
inn-yard,  there  were  about  two  thousand  children  belonging  to  eight 
hundred  families :  few  of  these  attended  any  school,  and  more  than 
a  third  of  them  were  of  the  degraded  type.  In  the  squalid  rooms  were 
found  starved  needlewomen,  impoverished  artisans,  lucifer-box  makers, 
and  others,  who  according  to  the  circumstances  of  their  rearing, 
appreciated  or  undervalued  the  ragged  school  which  was  set  up  in 
their  midst.  One  favourably-disposed  father  said  that,  although  be  had 
sent  his  children  to  the  school,  he  could  not  lose  his  time  *'  to  look  arter 
'em.  I  does  my  duty  to  'em,"  he  added,  with  some  warmth,  and  in  a 
self-congratulatory  tone, — "  When  they  does  wrong,  I  wacks  *em ;  I 
can't  do  no  more." 

On  going  farther  east  by  the  water-side,  the  degradation  seemed  to 
deepen,  if  possible ;  for  a  generation  ago  the  Ratcliff  district  was  fax 
more  crowded  than  it  is  at  present  with  sailors ;  and,  unchecked  by 
wholesome  laws,  which  have  since  been  passed,  crimps,  as  well  as 
others,  entrapped  and  cheated  unsuspecting  seamen.  Speaking  of 
Ratcliff,  a  clerical  visitor  of  1854,  remarked,  ''I  have  seen  enou^  to 
cause  the  religious  mind  to  shudder,  and  to  make  the  thoughtful  heart 
sick.  Whoever  persists  in  visiting  from  house  to  house,  must  often 
return  home  to  his  house  with  the  heart  heavy  and  the  spirits  de- 
pressed ;  and  nothing  can  sustain  him  in  the  work  but  that  love  of 
Christ  which  brought  us  salvation,  and  which  constrains  us  to  make  that 
salvation  known  to  others." 

In  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  the  notorious  district  of  Bhi" 
gate-fields,  was  really  what  its  name  implied,  pasture-ground,  with 
the  cottage  or  the  farm-house  dotting  its  pleasant  surfoce.  It  was 
from  thence,  as  the  City  historian  Stowe  quaintly  tells  us,  that  he 
was  wont  to  fetch  his  "  halfe  pennie-worth  of  milke,"  of  a  momiog, 


A  HINDOO  NEWSPAPEE  ON  THE   BIBLE.  517 

when  Bnch  was  the  difference  in  the  value  of  money  between  those 
times  and  onr  own,  that  he  ''never  had  less  than  three  ale  pints 
for  a  half-pennie  in  summer,  nor  less  than  one  ale  pint  and  a  qnarte  in 
winter,  always  hote  from  the  kine,  as  the  same  was  milked  and  strained." 
When  the  seventeenth  century  set  in,  building  on  the  fields  went  on 
briskly,  and  before  he  died,  Stowe  was  able  to  speak  of  '*  A  continual 
streete,  a  filthy  straight  passage,  with  alleys  of  small  tenements  in- 
habited by  sajlors  and  victuallers,"  running  from  the  Tower  to  Eat- 
cliff.  In  the  middle  of  this  century  the  trade  of  the  port  of  London 
had  so  vastly  increased,  that  the  neighbourhood  was  not  only  densely 
crowded,  but  was  afflicted  by  widely-diffused  vice  of  a  peculiarly  degraded 
type.  In  a  piece  of  ground  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  yards  square, 
containing  two  hundred  and  thirty-three  houses,  one  hundred  and 
thirty-three  houses  were  found  to  be  of  an  infamous  character,  while  in 
the  same  area  were  found  upwards  of  five  hundred  depraved  females, 
and  more  than  one  thousand  children,  the  educational  apparatus  having 
been  represented  by  a  dame's  school  kept  by  a  woman  who  boasted  of 
having  held  her  position  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century.  When  pre- 
mises were  first  sought  in  which  to  establish  a  ragged  school,  great 
difiiculty  was  experienced ;  for  when  a  house  became  empty,  a  host  of 
tenants  were  sure  to  besiege  the  agent,  hoping  to  win  his  favour. 
'^Tenants  are  willing  to  give  almost  any  price,"  remarked  a  writer  of  1854, 
'*  that  they  may  be  in*a  position  to  carry  on  their  iniquitous  practices." 
Other  new  districts  which  were  then  rapidly  rising  in  the  near 
suburbs,  such  as  Agar  Town,  were  in  an  almost  equally  deplorable  con- 
dition. '^  You're  as  nigh  to  the  middle  o'  Hagar  Town  as  you  veil  can 
be,"  remarked  a  dustman  to  the  late  Charles  Dickens.  "  It's  a  rum 
place,  aint  it  ?  I  am  forced  to  come  through  it  twice  a  day,  for  my 
work  lays  that  way ;  but  I  wouldn't  if  I  could  help  it  It  don't  much 
matter  to  my  business  a  little  dirt,  but  Hagar  Town  is  worse  nor  I  can 
abear."  Another  witness  showed  that  there  were  six  hundred  and 
ninety-eight  families  in  four  hundred  and  sixty-four  houses,  in  which 
houses  there  were  one  thousand  two  hundred  children  under  twelve 
years  of  age,  aud  four  hundred  and  forty-five  families  who  never  entered 
any  place  of  worslup.  A  large  proportion  of  the  adults  were  unable  to 
read,  and  a  still  larger  proportion  were  destitute  of  the  Scriptures. 

(To  be  eanlmued,) 


A  HINDOO  paper,  published  in  Bengal,  speaks  as  follows  of  the 
excellence  of  the  Bible :  "  It  is  the  best  and  mosc  excellent  of  all 
English  books,  and  there  is  not  its  like  in  the  English  language.  As 
every  joint  of  the  sugar-cane,  from  the  root  to  the  top,  is  full  of  sweet- 
ness, so  every  page  of  the  Bible  is  fraught  with  the  most  precious 
instruction.  A  portion  of  this  book  would  yield  to  you  more  of  sound 
morality  than  a  thousand  other  treatises  on  the  same  subject.  In  short, 
if  anybody  studies  the  English  language  with  a  view  to  gaining  wisdom, 
there  is  not  another  book  which  is  more  worthy  of  being  read  than  the 
Bible." 


(^msnc^raiion  ^sk. 


IT  IB  gGDenllj  admitted  that  the  Bceneiy  Bronnd  London,  including 
portioDi  of  some  half-dozen  conntieB,  ib  m  faBcinating  to  rambluie 
loTen  of  natnre  as  Tery  tntiny  of  the  tandscapea  which  tonrists  trarS 
hondreds  of  miles  to  eee.  The  great  city  and  its  far-reaching  aobnrba, 
however,  cover  bo  vast  an  area  that,  hitherto,  the  inhabitantB  of  one  Bide 
of  it  have  known  litlle  or  nothing  respecting  the  annn;  landpcapes  and 
ebadf  lanes  on  the  other  side  twenty  miles  distant.  People  can  now 
«iplore  these  fair  regions,  one  at  a  time,  on  the  Saturday  half-boliday 
which  has  been  given  them  for  the  purpose.  Uany  prefer  to  walk,  tm 
the  hardy  pedestrian  enjoys  advantagca  of  observation  above  all  other 
travellers,  bat  others  go  forth  npou  tricycleB  and  bicycles;  and  in  order 
that  none  shall  lack  competeBt  guidance,  Mr.  T.  Fisher  Unwin,  17, 
Holbom  Yiadact,  is  iBsaing  a  Eeries  of  handf  ninepenny  handbooks  to 
the  more  attractive  districts  aronnd  the  metropolis,  each  being  supplied 
with  a  map,  itlnBtrations,  and  a  map  for  'cyclists.  The  books  exactly 
meet  the  wants  of  rambling,  inqQisitive  tourists.  Our  illustration  is 
borrowed  from  the  guide  "  &]nua  Bromley  and  Keston,"  which  has  jost 


Keston  itself  is  one  of  the  moat  charming  of  vQlages,  bat  our  space 
will  only  allow  of  our  noticing  Holwood  Park,  the  bvonrite  residence 
of  William  Pitt  at  the  end  ot  the  last  century.  "  When  I  was  a 
boy  I  used  to  go  bird-nesting  in  the  wood  at  Kolwood,"  once  re- 
narked  the  great  stateemaD,  "  and  it  was  always  my  wish  to  call  it 
my  own."  ^at  wish  was  duly  gratified ;  and  Pitt's  friend,  George 
Sose,  savB  tliat  "He  took  the  greatest  delight  in  his  residence  at  Hol- 
wood, which  he  enlarged  and  improved  (it  may  trnly  be  said)  with  his 
own  hands.  Often  have  I  seen  him  working  in  his  woods  and  gardens 
with  hia  labourers  for  whole  days  together,  undergoing  conaiderable 


CRADLES  FOB  THE  BAPTIZED.  510 

bodily  fatigue,  and  witii  so  much  eagerness  and  assidaicy  that  you 
wouIg  suppoae  the  caltivation  of  his  estate  to  be  the  principal  occupation 
of  his  life."  Wilberforce  was  accastomed  to  yisit  his  friend  at  Hol- 
wood,  and  to  share  in  his  favoarite  recreations.  Thus  one  day,  in  April, 
1790,  after  breakfast,  ''We  sallied  forth  armed  with  bilUhool^,"  writes 
the  abolitionist,  "  outtinu;  new  walks  from  one  large  tree  to  another, 
through  the  thickets  of  the  Holwood  copses." 

Since  those  days  the  estate  has  been  mach  altered,  the  house  having 
been  rebuilt,  and  some  of  Pitt's  plantations  lerelled ;  but  still  one  rare 
relic  remains  in  the  old  tree  of  oar  engraving,  now  called  Emancipation 
Oak. 

In  "Wilberforce's  Diary  for  1785  we  read :  **  At  length,  I  well  re- 
member, after  a  conversation  with  Mr.  Pitt  in  the  open  air,  at  the  root 
of  an  old  tree  at  Holwood,  jast  above  the  deep  descent  into  the  Yale  of 
Keston,  I  resolved  to  give  notice,  on  a  fit  occasion  in  the  House  of 
Commons,  of  my  intention  to  bring  forward  the  abolition  of  the  Slave 
Trade."  The  seat  by  the  side  of  the  tree  was  erected  twenty  years  ago 
by  Earl  Stanhope,  by  permission  of  Lord  Cranworth,  who  then  owned 
the  estate. 

A  tree  with  such  associations  may  certainly  claim  near  relationship 
with  the  most  celebrated  of  its  species — with  that  tribe  of  gospel  oaks 
which  dot  the  surface  of  England.  It  was  because  he  had  the  spirit  of 
Gbrist  in  so  eminent  a  degree  that  Wilberforce  acted  as  he  did ;  and  no 
man,  other  than  a  chosen  vessel  in  the  Lord's  hand,  would  have  been  so 
successfal  in  his  life-work.  Has  not  the  great  Captain  of  our  Salvation 
other  men  to  whom  he  will  commit  other  glorious  works  ?  Not  yet  are 
men  delivered  from  the  cnrse  of  strong  drink,  nor  from  the  opium 
tyranny,  nor  fin)m  the  dominion  of  deadly  superstition,  or  a  still  more 
deadly  infidelity.  Where  are  the  champions  ?  Mayhap  our  reader  is 
to  be  one  of  them.  The  spot,  whether  it  be  beneath  a  tree  or  no,  will 
become  classic  ground  whereon  a  man  ordained  of  heaven  shall  pledge 
his  life  to  slay  an  evil  or  promote  a  good.  Is  there  no  '*  oak  of  the 
strong  resolve"  nnder  which  a  youthfal  child  of  God  will  put  on  the 
whole  armour  of  the  Spirit,  and  go  forth  to  war  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord? 


D 


foWfs  fat  %  §^[m)i. 

OES  this  paragraph  from  '^  Fanny  Folks  "  state  a  matter  of  fact, 
or  is  the  writer  poking  fan  ? 

*'  The  bashfal  young  curate,  who  endnres  a  living  death  while  en- 
gaged in  baptizing  a  refractory  infant,  sees  hope  ahead,  now  that  the 
delicious  Rock  has  come  to  his  aid  with  a  snggestion  that  the  victim 
should  be  relieved  by  ^  having  at  hand  a  convenient  receptacle,  some- 
thing in  the  nature  of  a  small  fixed  cradle,  to  place  the  child  in  daring 
the  ceremony.'  The  quarter  from  whence  the  absurd  proposal  comes 
is,  at  any  rate,  a  singularly  appropriate  one,  since  a  cradle  is  always 
associated  with  a  Rock" 

Surely  this  must  be  a  mirthful  invention  of  our  &cetious  cobemporary ; 
and  yet  we  never  suspected  it  of  opposing  infant  baptism. 


520 

SOME  of  ns  out  here  cannot  read  anything  abont  the  opinm  traffic 
without  being  stirred  np  with  pity  for  the  Chinese,  with  sorrow 
that  no  change  has  vet  been  wrought,  and  with  indignation  at  the  per* 
sistent  manner  in  wnich  the  Home  Gtoyemment  palliates,  clings  to,  and 
follows  the  eyil  trade.  Meanwhile,  it  goes  harder  with  China  eyery 
jrear ;  worse  than  the  fabulous  upas  tree,  opium's  roots  are  deepening, 
its  exhalations  are  stupeiying,  and  its  poison  is  destroying  more  and 
more  every  year. 

But  do  the  Chinese  suffer  through  smoking  the  English-imported 
drug  ?  Ah,  they  do  indeed.  Oh,  the  harrowing  tales  we  could  tell  of 
poverty,  of  physical  suffering,  of  unnatural  crime,  and  of  miserable 
death,  all  in  the  trail  of  opium.  In  1878,  in  Oanking,  on  the  Yang-tse, 
I  saw  an  opium-smoker  of  thirty  years'  duration  lying  upon  the  streets 
in  a  bad  state  of  dysentery,  very  near  the  grave.  With  some  difficulty 
I  got  him  into  our  mission-house,  gave  him  dean  clothes,  food,  and 
medicine,  and  nursed  him,  in  the  hope  that  I  might  save  him.  It  was 
in  vain :  he  died  on  the  third  day.  Had  a  coroner's  inquest  been  held 
it  would  have  been  thus  concluded  : — '*  A  constitution  shattered  by 
thirty  years'  opium-smoking,  eight  days'  deprivation  of  the  drug 
(through  lack  of  means  to  buy),  causing  d^enteiy,  resulting  in  death." 
At  Huei-chau-fu  a  man  once  came  to  me  imploring  me  to  cure  him  of 
opium-smoking.  He  kneels  down  and  b«K)ught  me  to  help  him.  He 
had  sold  his  wife  and  one  of  his  two  boys,  and  said,  **  There  is  nothing 
before  me  but  to  sell  the  other  boy  unless  I  am  cured."  I  had  no 
morphia  with  me,  so  with  quinine  and  chlorodyne  I  sought  to  cure 
both  him  and  some  others  who  came  at  the  same  time.  They  were 
determined  to  leave  off  the  pipe  if  they  could,  and  I  was  anxious  to 
cure  them ;  but  how  one  or  two  of  them  suffered !  Their  eyes  watered, 
their  bones  ached,  they  endured  insatiable  craving,  thev  clenched  their 
fists  and  writhed  about  in  agony,  Imelt  on  their  beds,  and  beat  them,  and 
tossed  about,  finding  no  relief.  It  was  better  after  a  few  days ;  they 
conquered,  but  it  was  a  struggle  indeed.  With  a  careful  use  of  morphia 
suffering  may  be  almost  entirely  avoided,  but  without  it  it  is  hard  work 
to  break  off  the  habit.  It  is  a  rare  and  wonderful  thing  to  find  any 
man  who  has  given  up  the  pipe  wittiout  foreign  medical  aid. 

I  have  had  a  few  opium-patients  in  Einchau.  One  man,  a  poor  and 
pitiable  brass-wofker,  had  smoked  for  twenty-four  years,  having  spent 
in  that  time  one  thousand  dollars  (£200) ;  another,  a  tdlor,  a  smoker 
of  twenty-six  years'  standing,  had  spent  in  all  seven  hundred  doUazB 
(£140).  To  the  Chinese  working-classes  these  sums  of  money  are 
about  equivalent  to  £1,000  and  £700  respectively  in  the  hands  of  an 
English  artisan.  A  Uiird  patient  was  a  wrecked  literary  man,  who  at 
one  time  daily  smoked  more  than  would  kill  any  non-smoker.  Poor 
fellow,  he  scarcely  held  body  and  soul  together.  I  had  to  discharge 
him  as  being  both  intractable  and  incurable. 

Opium  impoverishes  China :  her  poor,  hard-working  sons  earn  about 
sixpence  to  eightpence  a  day,  and  numbers  of  them  not  only  spend,  bat 

*  Thoughts  upon  reading  "Who  is  responsiUe  for  the  Opium  Trade P*'  in  Hay 
number  of  China's  MiUiont. 


A  VOICE  FBOH  CHINA  OK  THE  OPIUM  TRAFFIC.  521 

must  spend,  three-fonrths  of  it  daily  in  satisfying  a  craving  of  which 
they  cannot  otherwise  get  rid.  The  damage  done  to  the  bodies,  minds, 
and  souls  of  the  smokers  cannot  be  told;  cannot,  indeed,  be  known. 
The  drug  forced  upon  this  country  intensifies  the  natural  hatred  of  the 
Chinese  towards  foreigners,  and  makes  our  position  among  them,  on 
their  part  a  detested  one,  and  on  oar  part  an  unpleasant  one.  It  is  one 
of  the  greatest  obstacles  to  Christianity  in  this  naturally  hard-to- 
Christianize  country.  In  days  gone  by  China  doubtless  did  much  to 
irritate  and  annoy  foreign  merchants ;  her  dealings  were  deceitful  and 
treacherous,  her  manner  contemptuous  and  insulting.  True!  very 
true !  Still,  the  responsibility  of  the  opium-traffic  is  England's,  the  sin 
is  England's,  ths  sin  is  ours. 

If  nations  were  individuals,  and  some  great  magistrate  ruled  them  all 
according  to  human  and  humane  laws,  England  would  be  arrested  and 
tried  upon  the  charge  of  poisoning  China.  Evidence  would  not  be 
lacking.  There  would  be  personal,  medical,  and  other  testimony  in 
abundance.  The  jury  would  bring  her  in  guilty  without  a  dissentient 
voice.  The  great  magistrate  would  sentence  England  to  twenty  years* 
penal  servitude,  with  a  severe  reprimand,  and  his  justice  would  be 
appreciated  by  all  his  subjects. 

iiamson  poisons  his  brother-in-law  for  £1,500,  England  poisons 
China  for  £6,500,000  annually.  Who  hath  the  greater  sin  ?  Lamson 
stands  before  an  English  tribunal,  he  is  condemned  to  death  and 
executed,  and  all  ackm)wledge  the  justice  of  his  sentence.  How  can 
England  escape  the  judgment  of  Ood?  Evil  is  not  wrought  with 
impunity,  be  it  individual  or  national.  If  it  elude  the  penalty  ap- 
pointed by  man  it  cannot  escape  the  punishment  of  God. 

One  question  is  continually  being  asked  by  those  who  countenance 
the  traffic,  whether  it  be  for  political,  mercantile,  or  selfish  reasons.  It 
is  a  veiy  mean  one  for  the  most  enlightened  and  most  wealthy  country 
in  the  world  to  ask.  It  is  this :  ^'  How  can  we  make  up  the  deficiency 
in  the  Indian  Bevenue?"  Why,  go  shorty  a  thousand  times  rather  than 
poison  China  to  get  the  money.  It  is  a  little  thing  to  have  a  deficit  in 
the  Indian  Bevenue ;  but  it  is  a  very  serious,  a  vei^  evil  thing,  before 
Ood  and  man,  to  force  a  deadly  drug  upon  this  unwilling  and  indigent 
people  to  make  up  a  balance  in  the  revenue  caused  (to  a  large  extent) 
by  extravagant  expenditure.  A  man  with  on  income  of  £800  a  year 
Uvea  at  the  rate  of  £450 ;  he  soon  enters  into  temptation,  gets  into 
trouble,  and  is  ruined — income,  character,  and  home  gone.  India  in 
like  manner,  lives  beyond  her  means.  Everybody  knows  life  is  aristo- 
cratic in  India,  with  the  Oovernment  particularly  so.  Temptations, 
difficulties,  and  troubles  of  course  come,  but  India  surmounts  them  by 
sending  a  destructive  and  fascinating  poison  to  China,  impoverishing 
her  already  poor  people,  and  enriching  her  own  already  wealthy  self. 
Do  yon  reply  that  individuals  sin,  but  nations  never  do  ?  Do  they  not  ? 
Ah,  the  time  will  come,  and  most  assuredly  draws  nigh,  when  it  shall  be 
proved  they  do;  then  shall  they  be  delivered  to  the  Judge,  and  by 
him  to  the  officer,  who  will  cast  into  prison,  saying,  '*  Verily  I  say  unto 
thee,  Thou  shalt  by  no  means  come  out  thence,  till  thou  hast  paid  the 
uttermost  farthing."  Hobacb  A.  Bauble. 

Kinchau,  Western  Chekiang. 

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jearittjj  fat  oi^jtxs. 


BY  THOMAS  8PUBGE0K. 

{Continued  from  page  482.) 

IF  the  preacher's  remarks  were  sbnttlecocks,  and  men's  and  women's 
wills  were  battledores,  what  a  scene  there  wonld  be  in  the  sacred  (?) 
edifice  ! 

Yonder  is  a  lady  who  does  so  wish  Miss  Panlina  Pry  wonld  accept  the 
wholesome  tmth  about  interference  and  meddling,  so  ont  comes  the 
battledore  of  kind  concern,  and  oyer  goes  the  sentiment  in  Miss  P.'s 
direction  ;  but  jnst  at  the  same  time  Panlina  becomes  impressed  with 
the  persuasion  that  those  remarks  are  wonderfully  applicable  to  the 
aforesaid  lady,  so  she  bats  them  towards  her  in  imagination,  and  the 
consequence  is  that  the  shuttlecocks  collide  midway  and  come  to  the 
ground. 

Mrs.  Very  Particular,  who  occupies  a  front  seat,  is  delighted  with  the 

Elain  words  about  honesty  even  in  little  things,  and  remembering  that 
er  washerwoman,  who  sits  right  behind  (more's  the  shame  she  should 
have  to  do  so),  returned  the  linen  last  week  with  a  button  off,  and  never 
offered  to  replace  it,  says,  in  thought,  "  Now,  I  do  hope  the  woman  will 
take  that  to  herself,  and  be  more  honest  and  careful  in  future."  Mean- 
while, she  of  the  washtub,  quite  oblivious  that  the  exhortation  could 
have  any  reference  to  herself,  picks  out  a  portion  of  the  address  which 
ought  to  suit  her  exacting  employer;  but  the  well-wishers  ait  too  far 
apart,  and,  as  before,  the  shuttlecocks  miscarry. 

All  over  the  consecrated  playground  the  shuttlecocks  are  flying  and 
fighting  and  falling.  Very  few  of  them  reach  that  destination  for  which 
the  original  batsman  intended  them ;  for  they  have  been  deflected  from 
their  course  by  kindly-disposed  persons  who  too  liberally  interpreted  the 
apostle's  injunction,  "  Look  not  every  man  on  his  own  things,  but  every 
man  also  on  the  things  of  others."  It  is  possible  to  carry  even  so  good 
a  principle  too  far.  The  same  chapter  that  tells  us  to  bear  one  another's 
burdens  announces  the  solemn  fact  that  each  man  shall  bear  his  own 
load.  It  is  truly  wonderful  how  slow  we  are  to  recognise  our  own 
defects,  and  with  what  remarkable  accuracy  we  discover  in  others  that 
which  is  a  prominent  feature  in  our  own  characters.  We  measure  other 
people's  corn  by  our  bushel.  A  fellow-feeling  makes  us  wondrous  kind, 
so  kind  indeed  as  to  cause  us  to  forget  our  own  need  in  attending  to  that; 
same  lack  in  another.  We  readily  recognise  a  screw  loose  in  a  friend  if 
there  is  one  loose  at  home.  The  pot  calls  the  kettle  black.  Those  who 
live  in  glass-honses  should  not  throw  stones,  but  they  invariably  do.  The 
unclean  scent  impnrity  sooner  than  the  pure  in  heart.  He  who  suffers 
from  a  certain  complaint  will  easily  recognise  symptoms  of  that  same 
disease  in  another  sufferer.  Set  a  thief  to  catch  a  thief;  there  is  no  better 
policeman;  he  knows  their  haunts,  and  is  up  to  their  tricks,  and  on  their 
tracks.  I  have  sometimes  watched  with  pleasure  the  way  in  which  shunters 
on  the  railway  will  run  the  waggons  into  sidings,  and  put  a  truck  there 
and  a  carriage  here ;  but  the  way  in  which  some  people  shunt  truths  off 
the  main  line  is  far  more  surprising  than  the  sharpest  work  of  the  beat 
"  switchman."    One  Sunday  night  the  preacher  spoke  very  plainly  on 


HEARINa  FOB  OTHBB&  523 

the  temperance  qneetioD,  thongh  he  was  not  aware  that  any  in  his 
audience  were  at  all  connected  with  the  liqnor  traffic.  After  the  meeting 
he  wag  asBored  by  one  who,  by  all  aoconncs,  had  good  cause  to  look  at 
home,  that  "  there  were  sereral  hard  drinkers  there,  and  some  barmaids, 
and  he  hoped  it  wonld  do  them  good."  How  easy  it  is  to  take  the  cnp 
in  one's  hand,  and  in  the  distorted  features  reflected  there  to  fancy 
another's  face,  and  say,  **  I'm  afndd  he  takes  more  than  is  good  for  him 
— ^he  will  be  a  drunkard  yet."  Look  again,  my  friend,  the  treacherous 
liquid  misshapes  your  face,  but  it  is  yours ;  you  speak  and  prophesy 
about  yourself. 

The  dexterity  with  which  some  manage  to  dodge  the  truth  and  tarn 
it  elsewhere  is  truly  remarkable.  The  arrow  appears  to  fly  straight  at 
them,  and  yet  just  as  the  Australian  native  uses  a  narrow  wooden  shield 
to  ward  off  spears,  so  these  uplift  a  dislike  for  the  truth  or  interest  in  a 
friend,  and  so  turn  the  shaft.  Sometimes  these  unwilling  targets  duck 
their  heads  in  mock  humility  as  much  as  to  say,  '*  He  can't  mean  me ; 
he  would  neyer  trouble  to  speak  of  a  poor  worm  like  me ! " — ^then  over 
^oes  the  arrow  into  the  back  of  the  pew.  Others  there  are  who  by 
jumping  on  one  side,  as  it  were,  allow  the  missile  to  fly  to  some  one 
behind  them.  They  see  that  the  shot  was  meant  for  them,  but  they 
decline  to  accept  it.  Believing  that  "  every  bullet  has  its  billet,"  they 
are  equally  sure  that  theirs  is  not  a  bull's-eye.  The  preacher  offers  them 
the  gospel  loaf,  but  they  exclaim,  at  least  in  spirit, ''  Not  to-day,  baker ; 
try  next  door!'* 

There  is  another  class  whose  mode  of  procedore  may  be  described  as 
leaping  upwards  out  of  the  way  of  the  sharp  point,  and  from  their 
superior  position  regarding  all  personal  dealing  and  plain  speaking  as 
vulgar  and  far  beneath  them.  The  minister  has  no  right,  in  their 
opinion,  to  aim  at  anybody,  certainly  not  at  those  who  have  a  larger 
income  than  himself,  whatever  be  may  say  and  do  with  the  common 
herd.  Professor  Somebody-or-otber,  who  once  on  a  time  performed  in 
London,  will  serve  as  an  illustration  of  another  set  of  hearers.  He 
used  to  stand  within  a  few  feet  of  a  loaded  piece  of  ordnance,  and  seek 
a  bubble  reputation  at  the  cannon's  mouth  by  catchiog  in  his  hand  the 
missile  fired  therefrom.  Uninjured,  he  grasped  the  bomb  with  far  less 
difficulty  than  ^'Butterfingers"  on  the  cricket-ground  secures  the  leather 
ball  How  he  managed  it  this  deponent  sayeth  not.  Equally  puzzled 
am  I  as  to  how  these  hearers,  receiving  the  truth  as  they  do,  seem 
unaffected  by  it.  They  will  even  admit  that  tbe  sharp  rebuke  referred 
to  them ;  in  other  woras,  they  catch  the  cannon  ball,  but  are  unhurt  by 
it;  it  is  a  mere  performance,  and  a  very  clever  one,  too.  '*  Didn't  he 
give  it  to  us  this  morning! "  is  a  remark  often  passed  concerning  a 
faithful  preacher;  but,  alas,  the  bomb  seems  as  light  to  them  as 
a  bubble;  they  play  with  the  ball  as  though  it  were  of  india- 
rubber.  One  would  think  that  if  they  catch  it  at  all  they  would 
catch  it  hot ;  but  being  themselves  as  cool  as  cucumbers  they  seem  to 
freeze  the  shell  into  a  snowball  before  it  touches  them,  and  in  many 
cases  prolong  the  game  by  throwing  it  back  whence  it  came,  or  at  some 
unsuspecting  friend.  '^  There  are  none  so  blind  as  those  who  won't 
see."  Let  the  preacher  be  as  plain  as  Jie  may,  these  people  will  be  as 
blind  as  he  is  plain.    If  the  mirror  of  truth  is  held  close  to  the  man's 


524  HEARING  FOB  OTHEB& 

face,  he  will  mistake  himself  for  someone  else,  like  him  who  thought  he 
saw  his  twin  brother  approaching  him  and  held  out  his  hand,  only  to 
shake  hands  with  himself  in  a  long  mirror  in  a  shop  front.  Such 
hearers  sever  all  connection  with  the  pulpit  when  it  offers  advice  or 
becomes  at  all  personal*  A  tailor  who  sent  in  his  little  bill  to  the 
editor  of  a  newspaper  was  somewhat  astonished  to  have  it  returned 
a  day  or  two  after  with  the  following  memorandum — '^  MS.  respect- 
fully declined."  This  was  the  more  astonishing  as  the  editor  was 
constantly  assuring  his  correspondents  that  he  could  not  undertake 
to  return  rejected  effusions.  But  this  is  always  the  way.  People  will 
go  out  of  their  usual  beat  to  rid  themselves  of  an  unpleasant  charge,  and 
become  wonderfully  liberal  with  what  they  do  not  care  to  keep. 

As  an  example  of  a  very  high  development  of  the  art  of  shunting  I  quote 
the  following: — '*  A  minister  went  into  the  shop  of  a  barber,  one  of  his 

Sarishioners,  to  be  shaved.  This  barber  was  addicted  to  heavy  bouts  of 
rinking,  after  which  his  hand  was  somewhat  unsteady.  In  ahaving 
the  minister  he  inflicted  a  cut  sufficiently  deep  to  cover  the  lower 
part  of  the  face  with  blood,  whereupon  lus  pastor  said,  in  a  tone  of 
solemn  severity,  'You  see,  Thomas,  what  comes  of  taking  too  much 
drink.'  *  Ay,'  replied  the  barber,  with  the  utmost  composure,  *  it  makes 
the  skin  very  tender.' "  How  many  there  are  who,  though  not  professors 
of  the  razor,  shave  quite  as  close  to  the  truth  and  yet  escape  it.  There 
is  an  ingenuity  about  this  which  deserves  to  be  put  to  a  better  use. 
Thomas  not  only  avoided  the  minister's  spear,  but  turned  it  into  a 
pruning  hook  wherewith  to  trim  the  good  man's  vineyard. 

Another  example  of  this  ingenious  retaliation  is  culled  from  college 
life.  A  student  was  reading  to  a  roomfhl  of  ''  fellovra,"  and  came  to  a 
long  Latin  quotation.  He  read  it  as  it  stood,  but  was  interrupted  by 
loud  cries  of,  '*  Translate,  translate."  This  hue  and  cry  did  not  in  the 
least  disconcert  the  reader,  who  quietly  eyed  his  noisy  audience,  and 
said,  quite  patronizingly,  '*  Gentlemen,  I  would  not  think  of  insulting 
you  bv  offering  you  a  translation."  Thus  cleverly  he  turned  the  joke, 
and  the  would-be  biters  were  bitten.  For  sucui  smart  repartee  he 
deserved  to  get  off,  though  I  am  not  sure  but  that  he  would  have  been 
the  better  for  attempting  a  translation.  As  it  was,  neither  he  nor  his 
hearers  provided  the  English  rend^ing,  and  in  some  such  manner  he 
who  refuses  to  wear  the  cap  and  also  he  on  whom  he  tries  to  place 
it  both  remain  hatless.  There  is  a  %Uxj  told  of  two  men,  who,  walking 
towards  one  another  (one  of  them  b^g  the  proverbial  Irishman^, 
fancied  they  were  acquainted,  but  on  nearer  apporoach  discovered  their 
mutual  mistake.  Whereupon  Pat  exclaimed, ''  Faith,  an'  I  thought  it 
was  you,  an'  you  thought  it  was  me ;  an'  it's  naythnr  of  us."  Faulty 
as  the  Hibernian  logic  may  have  b^n,  it  holds  good  in  illustrating  our 
point.  So-and-eo  thought  the  preacher  meant  me,  and  I  thought  tlie 
preacher  meant  So-and-so,  and  between  the  two  the  attempted  exchange 
is  a  robbery  of  both,  and  the  result  is  just  m^''  An'  it's  naythur  of 
us." 

There  are  two  most  important  lessons  to  be  learned  from  a  considera- 
tion of  this  fashionable  habit  of  hearing  for  others.  The  first  affects 
hearers.  Let  us  go  to  every  meeting  looking  for  a  personal  blessing, 
and  with  the  prayer  on  our  lips,  '*  Hast  thou  not  a  blessing  for  me,  even. 


HEABING  TOR  0THEB9.  525 

for  me  also,  0  my  FaUier  "  ?  Let  ns  be  content  to  acceDt  the  troth  how- 
ever diatastefal,  and  be  ever  ready  to  snffer  a  word  of  eznortation.  Tliere 
would  be  less  false  prophesying  if  *'  smooth  things  "  were  less  in  demand. 
Those  photographers  do  the  best  bosiness,  I  belieye,  who  produce  the 
best-looking  pictures,  and  do  the  most  touching  and  titiyating.  Quite 
wonderful  is  it  how  beauty  grows  on  the  negatire  beneath  the  artist's 
touch.  Eyebrows  are  forced  in  no  time,  freckles  fade,  wrinkles  are 
smoothed,  and  che^s  are  roanded ;  every  mountain  is  laid  low,  the 
valleys  are  raised,  and  the  crooked  places  are  made  straight  in  the 
Studio  of  Artistic  Photography.  It  is  needless  to  add  that  the  sitter 
praises  the  proof,  and  orders  an  extra  dozen  because  '*  they  are  so  good 
— quite  lifelike  in  fact."  Who  can  blame  the  photographer  ?  Said  one 
to  me.  "  The  public  nowadays  want  pictures,  not  portraits^  and  we  are 
obligea  to  provide  them."  Is  it  not  too  true  that  when  from  the  pulpit 
8  man's  portrait  is  presented,  he  prefers  a  picture  ?  He  wants  ic  touched 
and  tinted  till  it  flatters  him.  Then  he  calls  it  a  speaking  likeness. 
Oh,  if  it  could  really  speak !  If  the  truth  makes  us  free,  let  us  not 
reject  it. 

The  other  lesson  is  for  speakers  and  teachers.  If  hearers  are  so 
ready  to  elude  the  truth,  need  we  not  be  plainer  still  and  yet  more 
personal  ?  He  who  would  "  catch  men  "  must  haye  his  hooks  barbed,  or 
the  meshes  of  his  net  intact.  No  wonder  the  hearer  fancies  someone 
else  is  meant  when  the  preacher  himself  meant  no  one  in  particular  and 
would  not  offend  for  the  world.  Perhaps  the  best  way  to  include  all  is 
not  to  exclude  ourselves.  If  the  preacher  feels  the  pressure  of  the  troth 
himself,  it  will  haye  the  more  weight  with  his  congregation.  There  is  a 
danger  of  getting  into  the  way  of  exhorting  others  and  forgetting  our- 
selves, and  if  we  set  the  example  the  people  will  not  be  slow  to  follow. 

A  good  old  man  who  used  to  go  about  doing  good  in  the  Taamanian 
*^bush"  stood,  shortly  before  his  death,  in  a  small  country  place  of 
worship  to  preach  the  gospel.  In  the  course  of  his  simple  address  he 
pulled  out  a  large  watch  which  had  long  been  his  faithful  companion. 
^'This  watch  of  mine,"  said  he,  ''has  been  going  for  many  years --tick, 
tick,  tick.  It  is  one  of  the  old-fashioned  sort  and  a  real  trusty  one,  but 
it  stopped  the  other  day,  and  has  refused  to  go  again.  Now,  I  have 
lif  ed  to  old  age,  healthy  and  well' for  the  most  part :  my  heart  has  been 
beating  and  my  pulse  throbbing — ^tick,  tick,  tick — yery  much  like  the 
watch ;  but  I  shall  stop  some  day,  and  be  numbered  with  the  dead." 
From  the  way  in  which  the  earnest  pastor  uttered  these  words,  his  little 
congregation  Imew  he  spake  as  a  dying  man  to  dying  men,  and  that  he 
realized  that  he  was  as  likely  to  go  as  any.  Hence  the  power  which 
accompanied  the  exhortation  that  followed. 

There  is  one  practice  which  deseryes  more  condemnation  than  hearing 
for  others,  and  that  is  preaching  to  others,  to  the  entire  exclusion  of 
self.  The  Lord  save  us  from  both.  We  are  priyate  indiyiduals, 
standing  on  our  own  footing;  living  alone,  though  pressed  by  crowds; 
dying  alone,  though  watch^  by  many;  to  be  judged  alone,  though 
surrounded  by  an  innumerable  multitude.  Therefore, ''  Let  eyery  man 
prove  his  own  work,  and  then  shall  he  haye  rejoicing  in  himself  alone, 
and  not  in  another.    For  eyery  man  shall  bear  his  own  burden." 


526 

IF  anght  were  wanted  to  stiomlate  oar  promoting  the  diffoaion  of 
healthy  literature,  one  might  proiStablr  take  notice  of  the  eagemeBs 
with  which  readers  sought  after  good  books  in  persecuting  times,  when 
the  acceptance  of  the  gospel  carried  with  it  the  penalty  of  death.  When 
religion  was  proscribed  by  law,  and  the  possession  of  the  works  of  the 
Beformers  was  forbidden,  it  happened,  in  the  good  providence  of  Ood,  that 
one  good  book  exercised  a  hundredfold  greater  influence  than  now ;  and 
thus,  while  persecuting  governments  little  suspected  the  fact,  the  fires 
they  sought  to  quench  were  still  fed  by  invisible  supplies  of  oil  they, 
could  not  check.  Sneaking  of  the  period  from  1509  to  1518,  Foze 
declares  that,  althougn  the  preachers  of  the  gospel  were  almost  nt/,  the 
number  of  professors  was  great,  and  that  the  devotion  of  Christians 
was  greater  than  in  our  days  of  unrestricted  liberty.  This,  he  goes  on 
to  say,  may  "manifestly  appear  by  their  sitting  up  all  night  in  reading 
and  hearing;  also  by  their  expenses  and  charges  in  buying  of  books  in 
English,  of  whom  some  gave  five  marks,*  some  more,  some  less,  for  a  book. 
Some  gave  a  load  of  hay  for  a  few  chapters  of  St  James  or  of  St.  Paul 
in  English.  In  which  rarity  of  books  and  want  of  teachers  this  one 
thing  I  greatly  marvel  and  muse  at :  to  note  in  the  registers  and  to  con- 
sider how  the  word  of  truth,  notwithstanding,  did  multiply  so  exceed- 
ingly as  it  did  amongst  them,  wherein  is  to  be  seen,  no  doubt,  tbe 
marvellous  working  of  Ood's  mighty  power.'*  The  martyrologist  adds : 
''  To  see  their  travails,  their  earnest  seekings,  their  burning  seal,  their 
readings,  their  watchings,  their  sweet  assemblies,  their  love  and  con- 
cord, their  godly  living,  their  faithful  demeaning  with  the  faithful,  may 
make  us  now,  in  these  days  of  free  profession,  to  blnsh  for  shame." 

To  come  to  later  times,  the  testimony  of  Cotton  Mather  (1663-1728) 
is  worthy  of  being  careftilly  noted.  Mather  attained  to  considerable 
celebrity  as  a  preacher  in  New  England,  and  while  he  was  earnest  as  a 

Treacher  he  lived  as  a  model  of  liberality,  and  probably  gave  away  more 
ooks  than  any  man  of  his  time.  According  to  his  prescription,  "  one 
of  the  first  contrivances  for  the  glorifying  of  the  Lord  '*  was  '^  to  spend 
much  money  in  buying  of  books  to  gi^e  away." 

Addressing  his  son,  Cotton  Mather  goes  on  to  say:  ''How  many  hun- 
dreds, yea,  how  many  thousands  of  good  books  I  have  thus  given  away 
I  cannot  reckon.  I  suppose  I  have  given  away  near  a  thousand  in  one 
year.  While  I  gave  away  small  books  unto  others  Ood  gave  gnal 
books  unto  me.  I  mean  that  I  had  a  secret  and  a  wondrous  blessing  of 
Ood  upon  my  library.  A  good  library  was  a  thing  I  much  desired  and 
valued ;  and  by  the  surprising  providence  of  Ood  it  came  to  pass  that 
my  library,  withont  my  pillaging  of  your  grandfather's,  did,  by  cheap 
and  strange  accessions,  grow  to  have  I  know  not  how  many  more  than 
thirty  hundred  books  in  it :  and  I  lived  so  near  your  grandfather's  that 
his,  which  was  not  much  less  than  mine,  was  also  in  a  manner  mine. 
This  was  much  for  a  Nonconformist  minister.  While  I  was  giving 
awa^  good  books  written  by  other  men,  I  had  all  along  a  secret  per- 
suasion that  a  time  would  come  when  I  should  have  many  books 

*  A  mark  was  308. ;  later  it  was  13s.  4d. 


SPOIL  FBOX  THE  HEATHEN.  527 

vriiten  by  myself  likewise  to  gi?e  away.  And  I  hare  lired  since. to  see 
this  persuasion  most  i^markably  accomplished.  All  I  will  say  is,  that 
no  Nonconformist  minister  now  snrTiying  in  the  nation  hath  had  so 
many." 

We  commend  this  to  the  notice  of  the  supporters  of  Mrs.  Spnrgeon's 
Book  Fund,  hoping,  in  the  meantime,  that  their  subscriptions  will  bear 
as  good  interest  as  the  money  inyested  by  Cotton  Mather  in  ''  small 
books."  Given  as  they  are  to  preachers,  Mrs.  Spnrgeon's  books  are 
placed  where  they  must  effect  an  abundant  amount  of  good. 


S^^Hail  from  ilgt  ^tixiljitvi. 


A  BEAUTIFUL  story  is  told  of  Buddha  and  a  poor  woman  who 
came  to  ask  him  if  there  was  any  medicine  which  would  bring 
back  to  life  her  dead  child.  When  he  saw  her  distress  he  spoke 
^nderly  to  her,  and  he  told  her  that  there  was  one  thing  which  might 
cure  her  son.  He  bade  her  bring  him  a  handful  of  mustard  seed, 
common  mustard  seed ;  only  he  charged  her  to  bring  it  from  some 
house  where  neither  father  nor  mother,  child  nor  servant  had  died. 

80  the  woman  took  her  dead  baby  in  her  arms,  and  went  from  door 
to  door  asking  for  the  mustard  seed,  and  gladly  was  it  given  to  her ;  but 
vrhen  she  asl^  whether  any  had  died  in  that  house,  each  one  made  the 
same  sad  answer — "  I  have  lost  my  husband,"  or  "My  child  is  dead,"  or 
^'  Our  servant  has  died."  So  with  a  heavy  heart  the  woman  went  back 
to  Buddha,  and  told  him  how  she  had  failed  to  get  the  mustard  seed, 
for  that  she  could  not  find  a  single  house  where  none  had  died. 

Then  Buddha  showed  her  lovingly  that  she  must  learn  not  to  think 
of  her  own  grief  alone,  but  must  remember  the  griefs  of  others,  seeing 
that  all  alike  are  sharers  in  sorrow  and  death. — From  **  Heralds  of  the 
CroBsy 


mt  M  I0  €i)ifg. 


WE  clergymen  sometimes  miss  the  mark  in  our  preaching.  Not 
seldom  do  we  shoot  too  high,  and  spin  scholastic  subtleties,  while 
our  hearers  are  waiting  for  an  edification  which  they  do  not  receive. 
What  sajB  Tennyson's  Northern  Farmer  ? 

*'  An*  I  hallus  Qom'd  to's  church  afore  moy 

Sally  wur  dead. 
Au'  'eered  um  a-bummin*  awaay,  loike  a 

buzzard  clock  ower  my  *ead, 
An*  I  never  knaw'd  what  a  mean'd,  but  I 

thowt  a  *ad  summat  to  saay, 
An*  I  tbowt  a  said  what  a  owt  to  a  said,  an* 

1  coom*d  away.** 

And  may  not  this  be  the  experience  of  some  of  our  own  people  as  well  ? 
— listenmg  out  of  respect  to  our  pulpit  utterances,  but  who,  so  far  as 
-instruction  goes,  might  just  as  well  be  listening  to  a  discourse  on  the 
value  of  the  Codex  Sinaiticus,  or  the  forc3  of  the  dynamic  middle. — 
American  "  HomikHc  MonihlyJ' 


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@xpsiti0tts  0f  Ifi  palms. 

BT  0.  H.  SF0BGEON. 

WE  hope  to  publiBh  Vol.  VI-  of  "  Treasury  of  David  "  in  a  week 
or  two.    Here  is  a  specimen  of  our  work. 

PSALM  CXXI. 

TiTLB,  TOO.— 77tw  bears  no  other  title  than  "A  Song  of  degreeii."  It  is  sevend 
steps  in  advance  of  its  predecessor^  for  it  tells  of  the  peace  of  Ood^s  house,  amd  the 
guardian  care  of  the  Lord,  while  Psalm  cxx,  beitoaus  the  departure  of  peace  from 
the  good  man's  abode,  and  his  exposure  to  the  venomous  assaults  of  slanderous 
tonaues.  In  the  first  inxtance  his  eyes  looked  around  mth  anguish,  but  here  they 
look  up  with  hope.  From  the  constant  recurrence  of  the  word  keep,  we  are  led  to 
name  this  song  "  a  Psalm  to  the  keeper  of  Tarael."  Were  it  not  placed  among  the 
Pilgrim  Psalms  we  should  regard  it  as  a  martial  hymn,  fitted  for  the  evensong  ^ 
one  wlio  slept  upon  the  tented  field.  It  is  a  soldier  s  song  as  well  as  a  travellers 
hymn.  There  is  an  ascent  in  the  psalm  itself  which  rises  to  the  greatest  elevatimi 
ff  restful  confidence, 

EXPOSITION. 

I  WILL  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills,  from  whence  cometh 
my  help. 

2  My  help  comet/i  from  the  LORD,  which  made  heaven  and 
earth. 

3  He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved :  he  that  keepeth 
thee  will  not  slumber. 

4  Behold,  he  that  keepeth   Israel  shall  neither  slumber  nor 
sleep. 

5  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper :  the  Lord  is  thy  shade  upon  thy 
right  hand. 

6  The  sun  shall  pot  smite  thee  by  day,  nor  the  moon  by 
night. 

7  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all  evil :  he  shall  preserve 
thy  soul. 

8  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out  and  thy  coming  in 
from  this  time  forth,  and  even  for  evermore. 


many  disorders  for  which  there  is  no  cure  but  a  sojourn 
it  is  well  when  they  shake  off  their  lethargy  and  resolve  upon  a  olimb. 
Down  below  they  are  the  prey  of  marauders,  and  to  esca^  from  them  the 
surest  method  is  to  fly  to  the  strongholds  upon  the  mountions.  Often  before 
the  actual  ascent  the  sick  and  plundered  people  looked  towards  the  hills  Mid 
longed  to  be  upon  tiieir  summits.  The  holy  man  who  here  sings  a  choice 
sonnet  looked  away  from  the  slanderers  by  whom  he  was  tormented  to  the 
Lord  who  saw  all  from  his  high  phices,  and  was  ready  to  pour  down 
succour  for  his  injured  servant.  Help  comes  to  saints  only,  from  above,  they 
look  elsewhere  in  vain:  let  us  lift  up  our  eyes  with  hope,  expectancy^ 
desire,  and  confidence.  Satan  will  endeavour  to  keep  our  eyes  upon  our 
sorrows  that  we  may  be  disquieted  and  discouraged ;  be  it  ours  firmly  to 
resolve  that  we  wiU  look  out  and  look  up,  for  there  is  good  cheer  for  the 


F8ALSI  ONE  HU2a>RED  ASD  TWENTY-ONE.  529 

eyes,  and  tbey  that  lift  up  their  eyes  to  the  eternal  hills  sh^  soon  have 
their  hearts  lifted  up  also.  The  purposes  of  God ;  the  divuio  attributes ; 
the  immutable  promises ;  the  covenant,  ordered  in  all  things  and  sure ;  the 
providence,  predestination,  and  proved  faithfulness  of  the  Lord — these  are 
the  hills  to  which  we  must  lift  up  our  eyes,  for  from  these  om:  help  must 
come.  It  is  our  resolve  that  we  will  not  be  bandaged  and  blindfolded,  but 
-will  lift  up  our  eyes. 

Or  is  the  text  in  the  interrogative  ?  Does  he  ask,  ''Shall  I  lift  up  mine  eyes 
to  the  hills  ?  "  Does  he 'feel  that  tiie  highest  places  of  the  earth  can  afford 
him  no  shelter  P  Or  does  he  renounce  the  idea  of  recruits  hastening  to  his 
standard  from  the  hardy  mountaineers  P  and  hence  does  he  again  enquire, 
"  Whence  cometh  my  help  ?  "  If  so,  the  next  verse  answers  the  question, 
and  shows  whence  all  help  must  oome. 

2.  "  My  help  comeihfrom  the  Lord,  which  made  heaven  and  earth,*'  What 
we  need  is  help, — ^help  powerful,  efficient,  constant :  we  need  a  very  present 
help  in  trouble.  What  a  mercy  that  we  have  it  in  our  God.  Our  hope  is  in 
Jehovah,  for  our  help  comes  from  him.  Help  is  on  the  road,  and  ^^11  not 
fail  to  re£u;h  us  in  due  time,  for  he  who  sends  it  to  us  was  never  known  to 
be  too  late.  Jehovah  who  created  all  things  is  equal  to  every  emergency ; 
Heaven  and  earth  are  at  the  disposal  of  him  who  made  them,  therefore  let 
us  be  very  joyful  in  our  infinite  helper.  He  will  sooner  destroy  heaven  and 
earth  than  permit  his  people  to  be  destroyed,  and  the  perpetual  hills  them- 
selves shall  DOW  rather  than  he  shall  fail  whose  ways  arc  everlasting.  We 
are  bound  to  look  beyond  heaven  and  earth  to  him  who  made  them  both : 
it  is  vain  to  trust  the  creatures  :  it  is  wise  to  trust  the  Creator. 

8.  **  He  toill  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved,**  Though  the  paths  of  life  are 
dangerous  and  difficult,  yet  we  shall  stand  fast,  for  Jehovah  will  not  permit 
our  feet  to  slide ;  and  if  he  will  not  suffer  it  we  shall  not  suffer  it.  If  our 
foot  will  be  thus  kept  we  may  be  sure  that  our  head  and  heart  will  be 
jjreserved  also.  In  the  original  the  words  express  a  wish  or  prayer, — 
"  May  he  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved."  Promised  preservation  should  be 
the  subject  of  perpetual  prayer  ;  and  we  may  pray  Dclievingly;  fox*  those 
who  have  God  for  their  keeper  shall  be  safe  from  all  the  perus  of  the  way. 
Among  the  hills  and  ravines  of  Palestine  the  literal  keeping  of  the  feet  is  a 
great  mercy ;  but  in  the  slippery  ways  of  a  tried  and  afflicted  life,  the  boon 
of  upholding  is  of  priceless  value,  for  a  single  false  step  might  cause  us  a 
fall  fraught  with  awful  danger.  To  stand  erect  and  pursue  the  even  tenor 
of  our  way  is  a  blessing  which  only  God  can  give,  which  is  worthy  of  the 
divine  hand,  and  worthy  also  of  perennial  gratitude.  Our  feet  shall  move  in 
progress,  but  they  shall  not  be  moved  to  their  overthrow.  *^Be  that  keepeth 
thee  will  not  slumber" — or  **thykeei)er  shall  not  slumber."  We. should 
not  stand  a  moment  if  our  keeper  were  to  sleep ;  we  need  him  by  day  and 
by  night ;  not  a  single  step  can  be  safely  taken  except  under  his  guardian 
eye.  This  is  a  choice  stanza  in  a  pilgrim  song.  God  is  the  convoy  and 
body-guard  of  his  saints.  When  dangers  are  awake  around  us  we  are  safe, 
for  our  Preserver  is  awake  also,  and  wiU  not  permit  us  to  betaken  unawares. 
No  fatigue  or  exhaustion  can  cast  our  God  into  sleep ;  his  watchful  eyes  are 
never  closed. 

4.  "Behold,  he  that  keepeth  Israel  shall  neither  slumber  nor  sleep.**  The 
consoling  truth  must  be  repeated :  it  is  too  rich  to  be  dismissed  in  a  single 
line.  It  were  well  if  we  always  imitated  the  sweet  singer,  and  would  dwell 
a  little  upon  a  choice  doctrine,  sucking  the  honey  from  it.  What  a  glorious 
title  is  in  the  Hebrew — **  The  Keeper  of  Israel,**  and  how  delightful  to  think 
that  no  form  of  unconsciousness  ever  steals  over  him,  neither  the  deep 
slumber  nor  the  lighter  ideep.  He  will  never  suffer  the  house  to  be  broken 
up  by  the  silent  thief ;  he  is  ever  on  the  watch,  and  speedily  perceives  every 
intruder.  This  is  a  subject  of  wonder,  a  theme  for  attentive  considera- 
tion, therefore  the  word    ** Behold**   is  set  up   as  a  waymark.     Israel 


530  EXPOSITIONS  OF  THE  PSALMS. 

fell  asleep,  but  his  God  was  awake.  Jacob  bad  neitber  walls,  nor 
curtains,  nor  body-gpard  around  biiu;  but  tbe  Lord  was  in  tbat  place 
though  Jacob  knew  it  not,  and  therefore  the  defenceless  man  was  safe 
as  in  a  castle.  In  after  days  he  mentioned  God  under  this  enchanting 
name — "The  God  that  led  me  all  my  life  long" :  perhaps  David  alludes 
to  that  passage  in  this  expression.  The  word  ^'keepeth^'  is  also  fuU 
of  meaning :  he  keeps  us  as  a  rich  man  keeps  his  treasures,  as  a  captain 
keeps  a  city  with  a  garrison,  as  a  royal  guazd  keeps  his  monarch's  head. 
If  tne  former  verse  is  in  strict  accuracy  a  prayer,  iiiis  is  the  answer  to  it ; 
it  affirms  the  matter  thus,  "  Lo,  he  shaii  not  slumber  nor  sleep — ^the  Keeper 
of  Israel."  It  may  also  be  worthy  of  mention  that  in  verse  three  the 
liOrd  is  spoken  of  as  the  personid  keeper  of  one  individual,  and  here  of  all 
those  who  are  in  his  chosen  nation,  described  as  Israel :  mercy  to  one  saint 
is  the  ^edge  of  blessing  to  them  all.  Happy  are  the  pilgrims  to  whom  this 
psalm  IS  a  safe-conduct ;  they  may  journey  all  the  way  to  the  celestial  city 
without  fear. 

6.  **  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper.*^  Here  the  preserving  One,  who  had  been 
spoken  of  bv  pronouns  in  the  two  previous  verses,  is  distinctly  named — 
Jehovah  is  thv  keeper.  What  a  mint  of  meaning  lies  here :  the  sentence  is 
a  mass  of  bullion,  and  when  coined  and  stamped  with  the  kinf 's  name  it 
will  bear  all  our  expenses  between  our  birthplace  on  earth  and  our  rest  in 
beaven.  Here  is  a  glorious  person — Jehova\  assumins  a  gracious  office 
and  fulfilling  it  in  person, — Jehovah  is  thy  keeper,  in  b^^ialf  of  a  favoured 
individual — thv,  ana  a  firm  assurance  of  revelation  that  it  is  even  so  at  this 
hour — Jehovah  i$  thy  keeper.  Can  we  appropriate  the  divine  declaration  1' 
If  so,  we  may  journey  onward  to  Jerusalem  and  know  no  fear ;  yea,  we 
may  journey  through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death  and  fear  no  evil. 
**  The  LoHD  u  thy  shade  upon  thy  right  hand"  A  shade  gives  protection 
from  burning  heat  and  glarinj;  light.  We  cannot  bear  too  much  blessing ; 
even  divine  goodness,  which  is  a  ri^ht-hand  dispensation,  must  be  toned 
down  and  shaded  to  suit  our  infirmity,  and  this  the  Lord  will  do  for  us. 
He  will  bear  a  shield  before  us,  and  guard  the  right  arm  with  which  we 
fight  the  foe.  That  member  wluch  has  the  most  of  labour  shall  have  the 
most  of  protection.  When  a  blazing  sun  pours  down  its  burning  beams 
upon  our  heads  the  Lord  Jehovah  >iiin«ft1f  will  interpose  to  shade  us,  and 
that  in  the  most  honourable  manner,  acting  as  our  right-hand  attendant, 
and  placing  us  in  comfort  and  safety.  *'  The  Lord  at  thy  right  hand  shall 
smite  through  kings."  How  different  this  from  the  portion  of  the  ungodly 
oues  who  have  Satan  standing  at  their  right  hand,  and  of  those  of  whom 
Moses  said,  **  their  defence  has  departed  from  them."  God  is  as  near  us  as 
our  shadow,  and  we  are  as  safe  as  angels. 

6.  *'  The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  hy  day,  nor  tJie  moon  hy  night,"  None  but 
the  Lord  could  shelter  us  from  these  tremendous  forces.  These  two  great 
lights  rule  the  day  and  the  night,  and  under  the  lordship  of  both  we  shall 
labour  or  rest  in  equal  safety.  Doubtless  there  are  dangers  of  the  light  and 
of  the  dark,  but  m  both  and  from  both  we  shall  be  preserved — ^uterally 
from  excessive  heat  and  from  baneful  chills ;  mystically  from  any  injurious 
effects  which  might  follow  from  doctrine  bright  or  dun ;  spiritually  from 
the  evils  of  prosperity  and  adversity;  etema&y  from  the  strain  of  over- 
powering glory  and  from  the  pressure  of  terrible  events,  such  as  judgment 
and  the  burning  of  the  world.  Day  and  night  make  up  all  time  :  thus  the 
ever-present  protection  never  ceases.  All  evil  may  be  ranked  as  under  the 
£un  or  the  moon,  and  if  neither  of  these  can  smite  us  we  are  indeed  secure. 
God  has  not  made  a  new  sun  or  a  fresh  moon  for  his  chosen,  they  exist 
imder  the  same  outward  circumstances  as  others,  but  the  power  to  smite  is 
in  their  case  removed  from  temporal  agencies ;  saints  are  enriched,  and  not 
injured,  by  the  powers  which  govern  the  earth's  condition ;  to  them  has 
the  Lord  given  "the  precious  things  brought  forth  by  the  son,  and  the 


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raiLM  OKE  HUKD&ED  AKD  TWENTT-ONE.  531 

precious  things  put  forth  by  the  mooiii"  while  at  the  same  moment  he 
has  removed  uom  them  all  bale  and  curse  of  heat  or  damp,  of  glare  or  chill. 

7.  "  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee /ram  aU  evil,^*  or  keep  thee  from  all  evil. 
It  is  a  great  pity  that  our  admirable  translation  did  not  keep  to  the  word 
keep  all  through  the  psabn,  for  aU  alon^  it  is  one.  God  not  only  keeps  his 
own  in  all  evu  times  but  ht>m  all  evil  mfluences  and  operations,  yea,  from 
evils  themselves.  This  is  a  far-reaching  word  of  covering :  it  includes  every- 
thing and  excludes  nothing :  the  wings  of  Jehovah  amply  gpiard  his  own 
from  evils  great  and  small,  temporary  and  eternal.  There  is  a  most 
delightful  double  personality  in  this  verse :  Jehovah  keeps  the  believer,  not 
by  agents,  but  by  himself ;  and  the  person  protected  is  definitely  pointed  out 
1^  the  word  thee, — it  is  not  our  estate  or  name  which  is  shielded,  but  the  proper 
personal  man.  To  make  this  even  more  intensely  real  and  personal  anotner 
semienoe  is  added,  **  The  Lord  shall  preKrve  thee  from  all  evil :  he  shaU  preserve 
thy  saul,*^ — or  Jehovah  will  keep  thy  soul.  Soul-keeping  is  the  soul  of 
keeping.  If  the  soul  be  kept  all  is  kept.  The  preservation  of  the  greater 
includes  that  of  the  less  so  far  as  it  is  essential  to  the  main  design :  the 
kernel  shall  be  preserved,  and  in  order  thereto  the  shell  shall  be  preserved 
also.  God  is  the  sole  keeper  of  the  soul.  Our  soul  is  kept  from  the  do- 
minion of  sin,  the  infection  of  error,  the  crush  of  despondency,  the  puffing 
up  of  pride ;  kept  from  the  world,  the  flesh,  and  the  devil ;  kept  for  holier 
and  greater  things;  kept  in  the  love  of  God ;  kept  unto  the  eternal  king- 
dom and  glory.    What  can  harm  a  soul  that  is  kept  of  the  Lord  ? 

8.  '*  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  oiU  and  thy  coming  in  from  this  time 
/brth,  and  even  for  evermore,**  "When  we  go  out  in  the  morning  to  labour, 
and  come  home  at  eventide  to  rest,  Jehovah  shall  keep  us.  When  we  go 
out  in  youth  to  begin  life,  and  come  in  at  the  end  to  die,  we  shall  experience 
the  same  keeping.  Our  exits  and  our  entrances  are  under  one  protection. 
Three  times  nave  we  the  phrase,  ''Jehovah  shall  keep,''  as  if  the  sacred 
Trinity  thus  sealed  the  word  to  make  it  sure :  ought  not  all  our  fears  to  be 
elain  by  such  a  threefold  flight  of  arrows  ?  What  anxiety  can  survive  this 
triple  promise  ?  This  keeping  is  eternal ;  continuing  from  this  time  forth, 
even  for  evermore.  The  whole  church  is  thus  assured  of  everlasting  se- 
curity :  the  final  perseverance  of  the  saints  is  thus  ensured,  and  the  glorious 
immortality  of  believers  is  guaranteed.  Under  the  SBgis  of  such  a  promise 
we  may  go  on  pilgrimage  without  trembling,  and  venture  into  battle 
without  dread.  None  are  so  safe  as  those  whom  God  keeps ;  none  so  much 
in  danger  as  the  self -secure.  To  goings  out  and  comings  in  belong  peculiar 
dangers,  since  every  change  of  position  turns  a  fresh  quarter  to  the  foe,  and 
it  is  for  these  weak  points  that  an  especial  security  is  provided :  Jehovah 
will  keep  the  door  when  it  opens  and  closes,  and  this  he  will  perseveringly 
continue  to  do  so  long  as  there  is  left  a  single  man  that  trusteth  in  him,  as 
long  as  a  danger  survives,  and,  in  fact,  as  long  as  time  endures.  Glory  be 
unto  the  Keeper  of  Israel,  who  is  endeared  to  us  imder  that  title,  since  our 
growing  sense  of  weakness  makes  us  feel  more  deeply  than  ever  our  need  of 
bemg  kept.  Over  the  reader  we  would  breathe  a  benediction,  couched  in 
the  verse  of  Keble. 

'*  God  keep  thee  Bale  from  harm  and  sin. 
Thy  apint  keep ;  the  Lord  watch  o'er 


Thy  going  out,  thy  coming  in, 
From  thiB  time,  evermore.*' 


592 

BY  BTUB   PEH. 
AN   EVOLUTIOXIST  COMES  ALONG. 

YESTERDAY  a  book  agent  stopped  at  Jimmy  RiggB*6  hotel.  Of  ooune, 
Jimmy  invited  him  after  supper  to  go  to  the  saw-mill  to  meet  the  neigh- 
bours. Everybody  wanted  to  hear  whether  the  traveller  had  any  news.  He 
l^ssiped  awav  for  some  time,  and  finally  got  on  the  subject  of  evolution.  Hub 
18  a  subject  uxe  lumbermen  mostly  were  ignorant  of.  They  were  glad  to  have  a 
chance  to  learn  something  about  it  from  one  who  was  a  real  evolutionist 
Wi^  one  consent  they  begged  him  to  proceed.  • 

'*  Well,  gentlemen,  it  certainlv  is  wonderful  what  science  has  discovered. 
Every  living  creature  is  made  wholly  out  of  one  single  substanoe.  That  sab- 
stance  is  called  protoplasm,  or  bioplasm,  as  some  prefer  to  call  it  And  they 
have  all  developed  one  out  of  the  other  in  regular  order,  just  as  a  chicken 
develops  out  of  an  egg.  It  is  strange,  gentlemen,  but  it  is  true.  (^«ation 
began  with  but  a  small  microscopic  nomad.  That  nomad  developed  into 
something  higher,  and  that  again  into  something  higher  still.  And  as  it  con- 
tinued to  devdop  it  ramified  off  in  all  directions.  That  dividing  off,  in  scientific 
language,  is  called  differentiation.  The  protoplasm  differentiates  itself  into 
limbs  and  members  and  organs  and  varieties  and  species  and  genera.  But — 
to  avoid  scientific  nomenclature,  which  some  of  you  may  not  understand — 
matter  is  the  father  of  the  insect;  the  insect  is  the  father  of  the  worm;  and  the 
worm  is  the  father  of  the  eel ;  and  the  eel  is  the  father  of  the  fish ;  and  the  fish 
is  tiie  father  of  the  bird ;  and  the  bird  is  the  father  of  the  four-footed  beast ; 
and  the  four-footed  beast  is  the  father  of  the  aiM  ;  and  the  ape  is  the  father  of 
^e  man.  This  is  the  genealogy  of  man  according  to  science.  To  be  sure,  this 
may  be  a  little  humiliating,  at  first  sight,  as  compared  with  the  genealogy  of 
man  in  the  commonly-received  Scripture.  But  then  such  is  science.  And  it 
is  truly  wonderful,  gentlemen,  what  science  has  discovered.  The  rectifieatioD 
of  the  genealogy  of  man  is  the  scientific  event  of  the  century.  The  long  pro* 
cession  of  animal  life,  from  the  moUusk  and  the  tadpole,  along  the  line  of  in- 
vertebrates and  vertebrates  and  mammals,  up  to  the  imperial  man,  who  crowns 
the  apex  and  shows  how  far  the  tadpole  has  got  up  to  the  present  era,  ia  a  dis- 
covery of  which  science  may  well  be  proud.** 

In  this  way  the  book  agent  rattled  on  for  half  an  hour.  The  deacon  and 
Stimpson  and  the  schoolmaster  appeared  to  eujoy  the  thing  hugely.  Otbexs  of 
the  company  were  dazed  by  the  number  of  hard  wcnrds  that  had  been  used. 
There  was  a  silence  for  some  time.  The  book  agent  needed  to  recover  hb 
breath,  and  the  lumbermen  their  wits. 

At  length,  Stimpson  asked — 

«  Do  vou  recognise  any  creative  agency  in  all  this  procession  of  yours?*' 

**  Well,  as  to  that,**  the  man  replied,  '*  we  are  not  all  quite  agreed  yet.  Some 
of  us  concede  some  sort  of  creative  agency  at  the  beginning ;  others  cannot  sae 
their  way  to  acknowledge  even  that  much.** 

*'  And  why  not?**  asked  Stimpson  again. 

**  Well,  because  it  is  considered  unscientific,**  was  the  response.  "  We  know 
nothiog  of  anj  Creator.  We  deal  merely  with  what  we  see  and  handle,  and 
can  measure  with  our  calipers  and  weigh  with  our  scales.  It  is  the  proud  boast 
of  science  that  she  deals  only  with  things  that  she  can  handle.** 

"  Do  any  of  you  ever  have  any  suspicion  that  there  can  be  anything  in  this 
universe  outside  of  what  you  get  hold  of  with  your  calipers?  '* 

'*  Well,  no,**  said  the  man ;  '*  we  feel  confident  we  are  on  the  right  track. 
We  take  nothing  on  tick  or  trust— or  on  faith,  as  the  theologians  call  it*' 

- I     .    ...  _  ^^^^— ^— ^— ^_ 

*  This  article  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Wayland  stmck  ha  as  so  teUing  that  we  reprint  it 
here.    We  beg  our  readers  to  give  it  theur  special  attention.— C.  H.  S. 


I 


SAW  HILL  60IENCS.  533 

**  Are  there  any  breaks  or  gaps  in  the  line  of  development  from  the  tadpole  up 
to  the  philosopher?*'  asked  Stimpson  with  increasing  dmiess. 

"  Well,  as  for  that,**  returned  the  other,  '*  there  are  a  few  links  wanting  ;  but 
only  a  few.  A  few  ditohes  are  yet  to  be  bridged  oyer — only  a  few,  a  yery  few, 
I  assure  you,  sir.  Take  my  word  of  honour  as  a  gentleman  for  that  We  are 
now  busy  seeking  for  the  lost  links,  and  are  sure  we  shall  find  them  some  time 
or  other.'* 

"  Meanwhile,  you  want  me  to  take  your  conclusions  on  faith — or,  rather,  on 
tick,  as  the  merchants  would  call  it  ?  You  rather  object  to  my  putting  faith  in 
a  God  or  his  word  on  the  subject,  but  think  I  ought,  by  all  means,  to  put  faith 
in  you  and  your  word?  Now,  if  I  must  take  things  '  on  tick,*  I  think  I  shall 
stick  to  the  testimony  of  the  old  Book." 

''But,**  said  the  book  agent,  *'  science  must  presuppose  some  things.'* 

''No,  no,'*  said  Stimpson;  '*you  must  neither  presuppose  nor  assume  any- 
thing, if  you  are  to  be  scientino,  as  you  call  it.  But,  to  come  out  with  the 
plain  truth,  you,  who  claim  to  hold  strictly  to  the  scientific  method,  make  a 
greater  demand  upon  people's  faith  and  trust  than  do  all  the  theologians  in  the 
world.  The  genealogy  of  the  Bible,  which  traces  man's  origin  up  to  a  living 
God,  is  neither  irrational  nor  hard  to  accept ;  but  to  belieye  that  he  sprang  from 
a  tadpole  requires  more  faith  than  would  be  necessary  to  remoye  all  the  mountains 
of  the  earth  into  the  midst  of  the  sea.  What  theologians  demand  is  faith ;  what 
you  demand  is  credulity.  I  mean  not  to  be  rude,  but  I  must  say — what  I  think  is 
true— that  the  creduli^  of  men  of  science  about  the  origin  of  man  has  no 
counterpart  in  Christendom ;  and  I  doubt  if  it  can  be  matel^  eyen  in  heathen- 
dom." 

Matters  were  getting  warm,  but  here  Jimmy  Biggs  came  nobly  to  the  rescue 
of  his  guest  He  said  the  subject  was  yery  mteresting,  but,  not  haying  much 
book-learning,  he  could  not  understand  what  was  said,  because  so  many  hard 
words  were  lued.  He  asked  the  book  agent  if  he  could  not  explain  things  in  a 
more  familiar  way,  especially  such  words  as  differ — something  or  other — and 
thatprotoplasqi ;  for  he  did  want  to  get  hold  of  the  idea. 

"With  pleasure,  Mr.  Biggs,*'  said  the  book  agent  '*  Let  me  see :  how  shall 
I  state  it?"  and  he  paused  to  meditate.  Presently  his  face  lighted  up.  '*I 
haye  it,"  said  he ;  "I  can  get  an  illustration  from  your  own  house.  Your  good 
wife,  Mrs.  Biggs,  makes  so  many  yery  nice  things  for  the  table.  First  of  all, 
she  prepares  a  large  quantity  of  dough.  Now,  the  dough,  Jimmy,  is  the  pro- 
toplasm. All  sorts  of  nice  things  are  made  out  of  that  same  dough.  Tor 
instance,  one  part  of  it  is  made  into  a  loaf  of  bread;  another  part  is  made  into 
biscuits,  another  part  is  made  into  doughnuts;  another  part  is  made  into 
mince  pies.  Of  course,  other  things,  such  as  butter  and  milk  and  sugar,  may 
be  added  for  some  things;  but  still  they  all  start  out  with  dough  of  some  kind 
or  other  as  the  protoplasm.  They  are  yery  different  from  each  other  when 
finished,  but  they  start  out  with  essentially  the  same  original  substance.  Now, 
that  maldng  of  tne  original  dough  into  different  things,  such  as  doughnuts  and 
pies,  may  be  called  differentiation.  They  are  made  to  yary  in  form  and  out- 
come." 

^*  Oh,  I  see,**  said  Jimmy.    "  Well,  well !    I  neyer  understood  it  before.'* 

Yet  Jimmy*s  mind  was  not  clear,  after  dl.  A  confused  idea  seemed  to 
possess  him  that  something  had  been  left  oiit  So  he  proceeded  to  inquire 
further — 

'*  Yes,  but  what  makes  the  dough  diyide  up  into  different  things  ?  It  don't 
diyide  itself  up.  If  my  wife  didn  t  make  them,  the  pieces  of  dough  wouldn't 
differ  among  themselyes,  or  whateyer  it  is." 

*'  Oh  yes,"  said  the  book  a^ent,  with  a  sudden  cautiousness  of  manner.  "  Id 
that  case,  it  is  indeed  your  wife  who  makes  the  difference.'* 

''  Well,  then,**  asked  Jimmy,  **  is  there  no  hand  outside  of  all  these  different 
Hying  beings  that  makes  them  differ  among  themselyes?  '* 

'*  Oh,  Uiat's  a  different  matter,"  said  the  agent    "  Science  does  not  know  of 


534  BAW  HILL  SCIENCE. 

any  suoh  power,  and  therefore  declines  to  recognise  anj.  I  did  not  mean  to 
have  my  illustration  of  the  dough  carried  too  far.  I  merely  meant  to  explain 
whatprotoplasm  and  differentiation  were.*' 

"  That  ist*'  continued  the  stupid  Jimmy,  who  could  not  see  that  his  inqutriea 
were  distasteful  to  the  agent  **  you  don*t  recognise  that  my  wife  had  anything 
to  do  with  the  difference  between  the  pies,  the  cakes,  and  the  doughnuts  ?  *' 

"  I  meant^'^  said  the  agent,  "  that  Tor  the  purpose  of  pure  science  such  an 
inquinr  was  not  necessary.*' 

**  Well/*  said  Jimmy,  "  it  won't  do  for  us  to  go  home  and  tell  her  so.  She 
will  feed  us  on  pure  dough  for  the  next  six  months  until  we  could  find  out  the 
differ — differ— differsomeness."  • 

The  schoolmaster  here  suddenly  broke  out  with  an  fjaculation  in  Greek, 
*'  Me  genoito  /*'  apparently  quoted  from  Oal.  ii.  17.  As  he  is  boarding  with 
Jimmy  Riggs  at  present,  he  has  special  reason  for  wishing  to  undergo  no  sudi 
half-year's  experience. 

But  here,  to  the  astonishment  of  ererybody,  who  should^  start  up  to  the 
support  of  the  book  a^ent  but  Jericho  Jones  ?  He  declared  himself  a  convert ; 
he  had  become  an  evolutionist.    He  could  prove  the  theory  to  be  sound. 

JERICHO  JOMES  LBCTUBBS  OM   THE   EVOLUTION  Of  THE   STEAMBOAT. 

Jericho  Jones  declared  himself  an  evolutionist  He  was  convinced  by  the 
book  agent's  arguments.  Already,  in  his  own  mind,  he  had  the  outline  of  a 
lecture  which  he  would  prepare  on  the  evolution  of  the  ocean  steamer.  If  the 
neighbours  cared  to  listen,  he  would  give  them  a  summary  in  advance.  Of 
course,  they  were  delighted.  The  gathering  storm  between  Stimpson  and  the 
book  agent  suddenly  came  to  an  end.  Cries  came  from  every  part  of  the 
shingle-pile — 

**  fio  ahead,  Jerry  !    Let's  have  it.    We  are  all  ready  for  revolution." 

Jerry  started  off— 

**  It's  wonderful,  neighbours — it  is  wonderful  what  discoveries  science  has 
made.  You  have  heard  from  our  distinguished  visitor  the  amended  genealogy 
of  mankind.  It's  true,  neighbours,  every  word  of  it.  There,  for  example,  is  the 
immortal  Shakespeare.  Would  you  know  his  origin  ?  Science  has  traced  back 
his  progenitors  to  the  remote  ages  of  the  past.  Shakespeare  was  the  son  of  the 
ape ;  which  was  the  son  of  the  monkey ;  whioh  was  the  son  of  the  four-footed 
beast ;  which  was  the  son  of  the  bird ;  which  was  the  son  of  the  fish ;  which 
was  the  son  of  the  eel ;  which  was  the  son  of  the  tadpole,  as  it  were.  Or,  if 
you  choose,  you  can  turn  it  the  other  way,  after  the  best  form  of  Hebrew 
genealogy :  The  tadpole  begat  the  eel ;  and  the  eel  begat  the  fish;  and  the  fish 
begat  the  bird ;  and  the  bird  begat  the  beast ;  and  the  beast  begat  the  monkey ; 
and  the  monkey  begat  the  ape ;  and  the  ape  begat  the  ancestors  of  Shake- 
speare. It  may  seem  a  little  humiliating  to  you,  neighbours,  and  not  equal  to 
the  old  Bible  genealogy  you  have  been  accustomed  to  follow;  but  then  such  is 
science. 

**  In  confirmation  of  this,  I  would  call  your  attention  to  the  evolution  of  the 
ocean  steamer.  There  you  behold  it.  What  a  magnificent  structure !  Con- 
sider its  powerful  machinery.  See  how  it  ploughs  through  the  stormy  seas. 
Whence  came  it?  It  has  been  developed.  It  is  a  product  of  growth.  &ience 
has  now  secured  many  specimens  of  its  ancestral  architecture.  To  find  the 
beginning,  we  go  back  to  the  times  of  the  primeval  forest,  when  this  great 
country  we  now  inhabit  was  an  unbroken  wilaemess.  We  have  discovered  the 
remains  of  the  original  dug-out,  or  canoe.  It  must  have  existed  in  perfection 
long  before  the  days  of  any  living  inhabitant.  The  dug-out  is  the  protoplasm 
of  all  the  ships  and  steamers  in  the  world.  It  seems  to  have  floated  peaoefiilly 
on  the  silent  waters  of  the  inland  streams.  It  seems  to  have  been,  in  its  original 
state,  but  one  single  cell.  It  existed  in  an  invertebrate  form.  But  soon  it  ex- 
panded itself  by  a  natural  law  within  itself.  The  sides  as  they  lengthened 
became  conscious  of  a  need  of  greater  strength.    They  corrugated  themselTes 


SAW  MILL  8CIENCB.  585 

up  into  ribs.  A  keel  grew  in  the  bottom  of  the  dag-out,  in  order  to  furnish  a 
spinal  column  for  the  ribs.  Thus,  neighbours,  the  invertebrate  developed  inta 
tne  yertebrate.  The  protoplastic  dug-out  evolved  little  paddles  on  the  two 
sides,  by  which  it  could  move  along.  As  it  grew  in  length  it  developed  itself 
into  the  keel-boat,  and  the  little  paddles  at  the  sides  developed  into  long 
pnshing-poles,  by  which  the  creature  moved  itself  from  place  to  place  on  its 
various  errands,  whatever  they  were.  Some  well-preserved  remains  of  these 
keel-boats  are  in  the  possession  of  antiquarians  living  on  Western  rivers.  Soon 
the  creature  became  conscious  of  a  necessity  of  other  means  of  getting  along. 
In  the  centre  it  shot  up  a  post,  from  which  grew  a  sail :  this  was  the  dorsal-fin. 
But  side-fins  were  also  needed.  The  pushing-poles  differentiated  themselves 
into  wheels.  In  course  of  time  the  wheels  became  smaller,  and  instead  thereof 
was  developed  an  enormous  tail  with  flanges,  by  which  spreater  speed  was  ob* 
tained.  And  to-day  that  primitive  dug-out  floats,  the  pride  of  the  ocean.  This 
is  but  a  meagre  outline,  neighbours ;  but  you  will  pardon  me,  fori  have  not  yet 
had  time  to  collect  and  arrange  my  thoughts.** 

There  was  a  roar  of  laughter  at  Jerry's  absurdity.  In  this  the  book  agent  did 
not  join.  Jimmy  Riggs  was  a  little  bewildered.  Howeyer  now  came  the  cross- 
questioning,  which  was  kept  up  with  the  continuous  gibing  which  they  would 
use  toward  Jerry,  but  not  toward  the  stranger : 

«<  Where  did  your  protoplastic  dug-out  come  from,  Jerry  ?  ** 

*>'  Where  does  bioplasm  come  from  ?  **  ^as  Jerry's  answer,  prompt  and  self- 
confident.    "  Science  has  not  yet  penetrated  beyoud  the  dug-out.** 

^  How  do  you  know  that  somebody  did  not  make  the  dug-out?**  said  another. 

**  We  do  not  know  of  anybody  who  did  make  it ;  therefore  we  do  not  inquire 
in  that  direction.** 

**  Was  there  any  evidence  of  design  about  the  dug-out  ?  **  asked  the  third. 

'*  The  dug-out  was  simply  a  cell — a  monad,**  returned  Jerry.  '*  It  was  so 
exceedingly  simple  in  its  stmcture  that  it  is  not  worth  while  to  presuppose  any 
intelligent  being  having  anything  to  do  with  it** 

*'  And  how  do  you  know,  Jerry,  that  these  boats  developed  themselves  one  out 
of  another,  since  there  is  so  much  diiference  between  the  different  kinds  P  " 

"  Simply  for  the  reason  that  we  have  quite  a  number  of  specimens  of  each 
species,  some  in  a  lower  and  some  in  a  higher  state  of  development.  For 
instance,  the  highest  variety  of  the  dug-out  corresponds  so  nearly  to  the  lowest 
variety  of  the  keel-boat  that  we  consider  them,  scientifically,  passing  into  each 
other." 

^  Are  you  sure,  Jerry,  that  nobody  had  anything  to  do  with  turning  a  dug- 
out into  a  keel-boat?  ** 

^  We  have  seen  no  one  engaged  in  such  a  work.  We  deal  simply  with  the 
bare  fact  of  the  dug-out  and  the  keel- boat  being  found  together  side  by  side.** 

"  Are  there  no  gaps  in  your  line  of  boats  in  which  the  transition  from  one 
variety  to  another  is  not  entirely  explained  ?  '* 

**  Well,  yes — a  few ;  but  only  a  few,  I  assure  you,  neighbours,  on  the  word  of 
a  scientist.    But  we  hope  soon  to  have  those  gaps  all  snug  and  tight'* 

**  Would  anything  convince  you,  Jerry,  that  any  living  being  could  have  had 
anything  to  do  with  the  making  of  the  dug-out  ?  ** 

**  Well,  yes;  science  is  reasonable  in  that  respect.  If  anyone  of  our  set  had 
seen  him  make  it,  we  would  believe." 

**  And  so,  if  one  of  *  your  set '  had  seen  the  Almighty  create  the  universe,  you 
would  accept  it  at  once  ?  '* 

*•  Of  course  we  would,  without  further  inquiry,**  returned  Jerry,  with  the  lofty 
dignity  of  a  scientist. 

**  Heigho,  Jerry  1  you  are  unfortunate.  You  have  been  bom  some  thousands 
of  years  too  late  for  the  one,  and  many  millions  of  years  too  late  for  the  other. 
Since  it  is  too  late  to  see  the  thing  done  with  your  own  eyes,  would  you  be 
willing  to  take  a  little  verbal  testimony  of  some  one  who  did  see  it?  For 
instance,  suppose  we  had  transmitted  to  us  a  written  statement  or  a  sworn 


5S6  SAW  KILL  SOIENOE. 

affidavit  of  a  man  who  declared  that  he  was  the  maker  of  .the  dug-out;  or 
that  he  improved  upon  the  dug-out  and  made  the  keel-hoat,  which  was  next  in 
Older?" 

*'  Not  without  some  guarantee  of  his  credihili^,^  Jerry  replied. 

"  And  what  guarantee  would  you  want  ?  '* 

**  We  should  want  the  endorsement  of  some  memher  of  our  association  who 
has  heen  duly  voted  in/* 

*^  Whom,  for  example,  would  you  accept?" 

**  Well,  Tyndall  or  Huxley  would  he  considered  first-class  endorserB ;  but,  in 
a  pinch,  we  would  take  some  second-hand  authority,  like  Oliver  Wendeli 
Holmes.*' 

**  And  I  suppose,**  continued  the  inquirer,  "  that  if  the  Creator  of  the 
heavens  and  the  earth  were  to  give  you  his  word  that  he  fashioned  them  with 
his  own  hand,  vou  would  want  an  endorsement  from  some  one  of  your  '  set* 
before  you  would  believe  it  ?  ** 

'*  As  for  that,**  reolied  Jerry,  *^  science  is  inexorable.  We  take  the  word  of 
only  duly-registered  members  of  our  association.*' 

Here  another  question  started  up — 

'*  How  about  the  machinery  and  boilers  in  the  boat?  Where  did  they  oome 
from?** 

"  They  all  came  from  the  same  mass  of  iron,'*  replied  Jeny. 

*^  And  did  any  mechanic  or  machinist  have  anythmg  to  do  with  putting  them 
into  shape  ?  " 

^'  As  for  that,**  returned  Jerry,  *'  science  does  not  recognise  maohinifltai  The 
argument  from  design  has  no  weight  with  us.  1>esign  does  not  prove  a  de- 
signer. The  power  to  change  into  difierent  forms  resided  in  the  mass  of  iron 
itself.  A  capacity  to  develop  itself  and  to  differentiate  itself  into  all  sorts  d 
things  was  a  part  of  its  original  constitution.  Accordingly,  as  occasion  re- 
quired, the  iron  differentiated  itself — some  into  the  sides  of  ttie  boat ;  some  into 
nbs;  some  into  boiler-plates ;  some  into  cylinders  and  piston-rods;  and  so  on 
throughout*' 

Amid  peals  of  laughter  the  questions  and  answers  continued. 

"  Here,  Jerry  I  '*  said  Deacon  Thresher.  '*  Tou  sajr  the  power  to  differentiale 
resided  in  the  original  mass.  Now,  supposing  that  it  was  there,  how  did  it  get 
there  ?  I  was  once  in  a  mint  where  I  saw  an  ingenious  scale  for  testinff  gold 
coin.  If  the  cain  were  a  particle  too  light,  the  scale  automatioally  pitched  it  off 
in  one  direction ;  if  too  heavy,  it  pitched  it  off  in  another ;  if  just  rights  it 
dropped  it  into  a  box  in  the  centre.  It  had  a  power  to  differentiato  between 
coins ;  but  then  that  power  was  given  to  it  by  a  mechanic.  It  oontinned  to 
divide  off  coins  even  wnen  the  mechanic  was  awav  from  it  Now,  wheze  did 
your  bioplasm  get  its  power  to  differentiate  itself? 

"  It  got  it  from  itself;  it  always  had  it    That's  all  we  know  about  it** 

"  Yes,"  said  the  Deacon,  *'  that  is  all  you  know  about  it ;  '*  and  he  ocmnpU- 
mented  Jerrv  upon  the  vigour  of  his  defence. 

It  was  inaeed  delightful  to  see  how  Jerry  stood  up  for  the  honour  of  science, 
and  with  what  patience  he  tried  to  satisfy  Uie  doubts  and  remove  the  diffieolties 
of  these  poor  illiterate  lumbermen.  They  perhaps  did  not  appreciate  all  his 
arguments,  but  they  cheered  him  with  shouts  and  hurrahs.  The  cross- 
examination  continued  much  longer,  but  we  cannot  report  it  all  here. 

Jerry  wound  up  with  a  noble  burst  of  eloquence — 

"  It  may  cross  some  of  your  lifelong  prejudices,  my  honoured  neighbonrs  and 
friends ;  but  science  has  no  doubt  of  her  position.  We  must  accept  her  oon- 
dusions  or  stultify  ourselves.  The  genealogy  of  the  iron-clad  is  now  definitely 
settled :  the  first  progenitor  of  the  iron-dad  was  the  primitive  '  dug-out  *  of. the 
antediluvian  era;  and  the  dug-out  originated  firom  matter,  force,  and  motion; 
the  dug-out  begat  the  keel- boat;  the  keel-boat  begat  the  schooner;  and  the 
schooner  begat  the  ship;  and  the  ship  begat  the  ste^er;  and  the  steamer 
begat  the  iron-clad." 


SAW  KILL  80IBN0B.  537 

»  Do  you  mean  to  say,  Jerry,*'  said  Jimmy  Riggs,  "  that  all  iron  made  itself 
up  into  one  thing  and  another  without  anybody  working  at  it  P  '* 

"  So  far  as  the  demands  of  science  are  concerned,  I  do,**  said  Jerry. 

"  WeH,**  said  Jimmy,  with  disgust,  '*  if  I  were  to  go  home  and  tell  my  wife 
that,  she  would  tell  me  I  was  an  ass,  and  would  put  a  mustard-plaster  on  my 
neck  and  send  me  off  to  bed.'* 
.  Jerry*s  countenance  fell. 

^  There,  now !  '*  said  he,  sadly,  in  an  altered  tone  of  voice ;  *'  there's  what  I 
get  for  trying  to  bring  science  within  the  reach  of  common  people.  I  should 
have  stuck  to  the  use  of  scientific  terms.  There  is  Stephen  Pearl  Andrews, 
whom  Dr.  Moss  has  told  us  about  He  says:  'Evolution  is  a  natural  and 
orderly  procession  from  a  unismal  to  a  duismal  state  of  existence,  and  thence 
by  combination  to  a  trinismal  state  ;*  and  so  on.  If  I  had  defined  evolution 
in  that  way,  I  would  have  been  called  a  savant  and  been  invited  to  address 
country  lyceums,  stopped  at  a  three-dollar  hotel,  and  would  have  had  a  double 
X  given  me  to  boot.  But  because  I  have  used  plain  words  and  spoken  of  the 
orderly  procession  of  dough  and  hackmatack  into  crullers  and  ships,  I  must  be 
called  an  ass,  have  a  mustard-plaster  on  the  back  of  my  neck,  take  rhubarb,  and 
be  hurried  off  to  bed.    Will  theology  never  quit  persecuting  science  ?  ** 

STIMPSON   AND  JIM   MANLY  BXCHANOK  VIEWS. 

The  notable  events  of  the  next  evening  were  three : 

First,  a  preliminary  set-to  between  Jim  Manly  and  Stimpson. 

Second,  a  general  charge  on  Jerry*s  position. 

Third,  a  supplementaxy  talk  between  Jimmy  Riggs  and  his  wife  on  the 
evolution  of  dough. 

Jim  Manly  complained  that  Jericho  Jones  was  not  wishing  to  help,  but  to 
hinder,  the  oznse  of  science.  The  dug-out  as  an  illustration  did  not  represent 
the  case  fairly.  A  du^-out  is  a  senseless  piece  of  wood.  But  the  bioplasm  of 
eciencte  has  life ;  and  it  is  the  life  which  enables  it  to  evolve  and  differentiate. 

Stimpson  replied — 

*«  Well,  Jim,  that,  instead  of  making  it  easier,  only  makes  it  harder  for  you  to 
explain.  For  instance :  on  your  work-bench  you  have  a  screw-driver  made  out 
of  an  old  file.  Now,  it  wouldn't  do  to  say  that  that  file  bad  made  itself  into  a 
screw-driver ;  it*s  your  business  to  account  for  the  change.  You  have  also  on 
your  work-bench  another  screw-driver,  though  a  vei-y  small  one.  The  top  of 
the  handle  screws  off.  Inside  are  a  dozen  little  implements  of  one  kmd  and 
another — a  little  corkscrew,  a  bradawl,  a  punch,  a  tiny  saw — any  one  of  which 
can  be  fitted  on  the  end  and  used.  The  instrument  can  punch ;  it  can  bore ; 
it  can  file ;  it  can  saw ;  and  what  not.  Now,  it  is  much  harder  to  explain  the 
origin  of  that  set  of  tools  than  of  the  first  one  ;  but  suppose,  in  addition  to  its 
being  able  to  do  a  good  many  kinds  of  work,  that  the  bradawl  handle  had  the 
power  of  working  itself,  and,  still  more,  had  the  power  to  discern  where  its  work 
was  needed ;  that  it  could  see  where  a  hole  was  needed,  and  could  make  it; 
could  see  where  a  line  was  needed,  and  could  mark  it ;  could  chisel  a  little  at 
one  time  and  rasp  a  little  at  another ;  and,  without  anybody's  help  or  anybody's 
handling  it,  could  make  some  ingenious  piece  of  cabinet  work.  You  would 
certainly  have  a  marvellous  tool,  and  you  would  have  a  big  job  on  hand  to  tell 
bow  it  came  to  do  aU  that. 

'*  So  about  your  bioplasm.  You  say  that  it  has  life,  and  therefore  it  knows 
how  to  do  things.  You  have  got  a  ha^rder  question  to  answer  now  than  you  had 
before.  Tell  me,  what  is  life  ?  Where  does  it  come  from  ?  If  I  should  ask 
you  how  the  little  handle  came  to  do  such  a  piece  of  cabinet-work,  and  you  shall 
tell  that  it  was  because  it  had  power  to  do  so,  you  would  not  be  answering  my 
question.  I  ask  you,  how  is  it  the  bioplasm  does  this?  Before,  there  were  two 
questions  to  be  put  to  you : 

'*  First,    Where  did  bioplasm  come  from  ? 

"  Second,    How  did  it  get  its  power  to  differentiate? 

85 


588  SAW  HILL  fiOIENCE. 

"  And  now  to  these  jou  render  necessary  the  addition  o(  another  question : 

'<  Third.    Where  did  the  bioijlasm  ^et  its  life  from  ? 

"  It  did  not  always  have  it ;  it  originated  at  some  time.  It  must  either  have 
originated  from  an  outside  source,  or  it  must  hare  originated  from  itself.  Ton, 
who  boast  of  your  scientific  ]mowledge,  do  not  like  to  admit  that  this  life  came 
from  some  independent  and  outside  source,  because  that  would  lead  you  too 
near  to  the  recognition  of  a  personal  God.  Tou  prefer  to  beliere  that  life 
originated  itself.  Indeed,  you  are  forced  to  hold  that  view  if  you  reject  the 
other.  And  if  you  hold  that  perishable  life  originates  itself,  then  I  don*t  see 
that  Jericho  is  so  rery  unscientific  when  he  teaches  that  his  dug-out  gradually 
evoWed  some  sort  of  mtelligence  and  some  sort  of  differentiating  power  of  its 
own.  It  might  require  myriads  and  myriads  of  ages,  and  a  succession  of 
myriads  of  dug-outs  one  after  the  other,  each  one  showing  an  infinitesima) 
advance  upon  the  preceding  ones,  before  we  reach  theperiod  of  even  the  homely 
Indian  canoe  which  Jerry  takes  as  his  bioplasm.  His  talk  is  nonsensical,  I 
know ;  but  then,  to  tell  you  the  honest  truth,  Jim,  so  is  yours.  I  can't  see 
that  there  is  any  substantial  difference  between  you.  You  insist  upon  un- 
limited time ;  that's  all  he  wants.  Besides,  you  know,  you  teach  that  this  worid, 
in  its  present  state,  is  tens  of  thousands  of  years  ola.  Who  knows  but  the 
ancestors  of  Jericho's  dug-out  go  'way  back  beyond  the  Carboniferous  period? 
If  one  atom  of  matter  can  originate  life,  I  don't  see  why  another  cannot.  Your 
leading  scientists  aver  that  the  promise  and  potency  of  all  life  was- in  the  fire- 
mist  of  the  remote  ages  of  the  past.  Mark  you,  the]^^  say  ail  life.  Now,  do  gxre 
Jerry's  dug-out  a  litUe  of  the  benefit  of  the  supposition. 

'*  The  fact  is.  Jim,  if  anybody  else  would  talk  about  ordinary  matters  is 
scientists  talk  about  liieir  matters,  people  would  set  him  down  as  a  natoral-bem 
fool.  Both  you  and  I  were  at  the  great  Exposition  in  Philadelphia.  Tou  saw 
the  huge  Corliss  engine.  'All  around  it,  in  erery  direction,  ingenious  machines 
were  at  work.  Some  were  pumpins  water ;  some  were  weaving ;  some  were 
printing ;  some  were  sewing.  You  aid  not  see  the  power  that  moved  all  these 
things :  all  you  saw  was  matter,  force,  and  motion.  Now,  suppose  I  had  chosen  ta 
deny  that  there  was  any  intelligence  behind  all  this,  would  you  set  me  down  for 
a  knave  or  for  a  fool  P  Suppose  I  should  say  to  you,  there  is  nothing  here  bet 
mechanical  law,  and  *  science  is  its  prophet ; '  I  should  be  doing  just  what  the 
worshippers  of  science  are  doing  every  day.  I  behold  the  movements  of  the 
ponderous  engine,  and  I  cry  out — *  No  builder ! '  I  see  the  looms  working 
out  their  marvellous  patterns  of  beauty,  and  I  cry  out — '  No  designer !  *  I  see 
the  printing-press  throwing  off  printed  sheets  faster  than  I  can  pick  them  up, 
and  I  cry — '  No  artificer ! '  I  h«hold  a  thousand  objects  of  ingenious  handi- 
craft, and  I  cry — *  No  maker !  * 

"  Your  men  of  science  look  at  this  wondrous  earth,  with  its  innumerable 
adaptations  to  specific  ends,  and  they  cry  out—*  No  Creator ! '    They  behold 
the  wondrous  movement  of  the  heavenly  bodies,  and  they  cry  out — *  No  God  !* 
'  No  Preserver  I '    *No  Providence  I '    They  say  they  do  not  see  a  Creator  at 
work ;  they  say  they  have  never  seen  him  at  work.    Why,  therefore,  should 
they  admit  there  is  one  ?    But  because  they  say  they  do  not  see  the  hand  of  s 
Creator,  is  that  evidence  that  there  is  no  Creator?    I  might  go  through  s 
machine-shop  where  a  hundred  kinds  of  work  are  done ;  I  might  possibly,  by 
great  care  and  by  dodging  this  way  and  that,  manitfe  to  avoid  seemg  diiectly 
any  one  at  work.    Then  I  might  go  away  and  say  X  saw  the  engine  in  prooees 
of  building,  but  declare  upon  my  word  of  honour  that  I  did  not  see  anyone  st 
work  on  it.    To  maintain  and  perpetuate  ignorance  in  such  a  case  must  demand 
consummate  tact  and  skill,    lour  men  of  science,  while  examining  and  probing 
the  innumerable  things  that  God  has  made,  can  never  for  a  single  moment 
escape  the  evidence  of  design;  and  yet  they  declare  themsdvee  ignorant  of  the 
existence  of  a  Creator.    The  achievement  of  ignorance,  under  such  droom- 
stance^^  is  a  greater  feat  of  genius  than  any  of  their  discoveries  has  ever 
been.*' 


i 


8AW  MILL  SCIENCE.  539 

WINDING    UP,   FOB   THE  PRESENT,    THE    SCIENCE    DISCUSSION. 

The  Deighbours  were  out  in  force  the  following  night.  Before  the  evening 
was  oyer  some  of  them  turned  upon  Jericho  Jones.  They  were  determined  to 
finish  the  battle  that  had  been  begun  when  the  book  agent  was  there  a  fornight 
ago. 

'<  Gome,  now,  Jerry/*  said  one  of  them ;  **  we  will,  for  the  present,  raise  no 
question  as  to  whether  your  iron-clad  was  made  or  was  developed.    But  just 
tell  us  where  that  origmal  dug-out  came  from  which  you  said  formed  your 
protoplasm." 
"  I  told  you,"  said  Jerry,  ^  that  it  originated  from  matter,  force,  and  motion.*' 
'*  Yes,  but  is  that  all?  "  said  the  other. 
"  Science  knows  of  nothing  back  of  that,"  retorted  Jerry. 
'*  Jerry,"  his  inquisitor  resumed,  *' there's  that  bundle  of  shingles  you  are 
sitting  on ;  it  is  composed  of  matter.    The  shingles  were  cut  by  means  of  force, 
and  the  force  was  attended  by  motion ;  but  was  there  no  fourth  element  con- 
nected with  its  manufacture— no  mechanic  who  had  a  hand  in  it  ?  *' 
*'  Of  course,  there  was,"  said  Jerry. 

^*  Well,  then,**  returned  the  other,  ^*  do  you  pretend  to  sa^  that  the  universe 
came  into  existence  from  matter,  force,  and  motion  only  without  any  Creator  to 
wield  them  all  ?  ** 
"Nothing but  what  we  scientists  call  the  Unknown  and  the  Unknowable.** 
^  Do  you  pretend  to  say,  Jerry,  that  nobody  can  know  anything  whatever 
about  that  unseen  power — whether  it  is  intelligent,  or  is  wise,  or  has  any  design 
or  plan  or  purpose  ?  " 

"  I  do,*'  said  Jerry.    **  I  would  have  you  know,  neighbours,  that  I  am  an 
Agnostic ; "  and  he  folded  his  arms  in  proud  complacency. 

About  half  the  company  were  familiar  with  the  word ;  the  others  were  not. 
The  former  burst  into  a  roar  of  merriment ;  the  latter  were  dazed  for  a  moment 
Jimmy  Biggs  spoke  up — 
"  An  Agnostic !    Now,  what  is  that  again  ?  " 
An  appeal  was  made  to  the  schoolmaster  to  explain  the  word. 
''An  Agnostic,"  he  replied,  "Jimmy,  is  an  ignoramus.    'Agnostic'  is  a 
Greek  word,  and  means  '  one  who  does  not  know  anything.'    '  Ignoramus '  is  a 
Latin  word,  and  means  about  the  same  thing." 

*'  Do  you  mean  to  say,"  asked  Jimmy  again,  *'  that  an  Agnostic  is  a  natural- 
bom  fool  or  a  self-made  fool  ?  " 

**  Far  from  it,  Jimmy ;  he  is  not  so  much  a  natural-bom  fool  as  a  self-made 
fool — ^which  is  something  a  great  deal  worse.  However,  there  is  a  difference 
in  the  use  of  the  words.  An  ignoramus  usually  means  a  poor  dolt  or  dunce 
who  has  never  had  a  chance  to  learn  anything ;  an  Agnostic  is  a  lofty  term 
which  scientists  assume  to  cover  wilful  ignorance." 

Jimmy  lapsed  into  a  nrofound  and  silent  endeavour  to  grapple  with  the  new 
ideas  thus  sprang  upon  him. 
The  schoolmaster  continued  his  remarks  for  the  benefit  of  the  others — 
'*  You  see,  neighbours,  it  is  just  here :  there  are  only  three  ways  possible  of 
finding  out  the  origin  and  the  drift  of  all  things : 

"  Ftntj  to  be  on  the  spot  and  see  with  one's  own  eyes.  Of  course,  that  is  out 
of  the  question. 

"  Second,  to  learn  by  inference,  which  is  an  application  of  the  doctrine  that  a 
design  proves  a  designer.  Many  scientists  fight  against  this  mode  of  dealing 
with  the  subject  The  only  real  reason  for  so  doing  is  that  thev  do  not  like  to 
accept  the  conclusions  to  which  the  evidences  of  design  would  lead  them — the 
recognition  of  an  almighty  and  personal  God. 

**  Third,  testimony  of  a  witness — that  is,  of  the  Creator.  The  scientists  do 
not  like  to  admit  any  Creator.  They  trace  the  origin  of  the  locomotive  up  to 
the  machine-shop.  There  they  abruptly  stop,  saving, '  here  is  matter,  force, 
and  motion.'    They  refuse  to  step  within  the  workshop  and  face  the  engineer 


540  UNWISE  DEMAiniB  OF  DOUBTERS. 

who  built  the  locomotiTe.  Up  to  the  poiut  of  reaching  the  Creator,  eceptteal 
scientists  profess  to  know  almost  everything ;  beyond  that  point  they  deny  that 
it  is  possible  to  know  anything.  They  say, '  It  is  impossible  we  should  find  out 
anything  about  the  engineer  who  is  alleged  to  haye  made  this  locomotive.  We 
don*t  know  anything,  and  we  don't  want  to  know  anything.  Let  us  enjoy  the 
locomotiye  itself.    Eat  and  drink,  for  to-morrow  we  oie.*' 

When  the  company  dispersed,  Jimmy  betook  himself  home.  His  wife  asked 
him — 

"  Jimmy,  what  was  all  that  racket  over  at  the  saw-mill  about?  ** 

^  Well,  I  don*t  know  that  I  can  exactly  tell,  Hannah ;  I  am  a  good  deal 
mixed  in  my  own  mind  about  it.  But  the^  say  that  all  the  different  things  in 
the  world  made  themselves — sort  of  grew,  like.' 

Dame  Biggs  opened  her  eyes  and  stared  at  Jimmy,  waiting  for  fdrther 
information.    Jimmy  floundered  along  as  best  he  could. 

**  And  where  did  all  that  nonsense  start  from?  *' 

"It  was  commenced/'  Jimmy  replied,  *^by  that  book  agent  who  was  here  two 
weeks  ago.  He  was  backed  up  by  Jerry  Jones ;  but  I  don*t  think  Jerry  believed 
a  word  of  what  he  was  saying.  He  is  always  talking  some  sort  of  nonsense. 
The  book  agent  explained  it  to  us  by  speaking  of  your  dough  that  yoa  make 
into  biscuits  and  crullers.  He  said  that  dough  divided  itself  up  into  odb  thing 
and  another  of  its  own  accord.'* 

Dame  Kiggs^s  eyes  snapped — 

'*  Did  he  mean  to  say  that  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  making  those  bLsettitB?** 

Jimmy  was  meek,  and  took  an  alarm : 

**  Well,  reaJly,  Hannah,  I  don't  exactly  know  what  he  did  mean." 

Just  at  this  moment  who  should  come  in  but  Jerty  Jones  himself,  who 
wanted  to  borrow  some  little  thing  from  Jimmy. 

Dame  Biggs  turned  to  him — 

'*  Well,  Jerry,  what  is  all  this  nonsense  that  has  been  going  on  over  at  the 
saw-mill?" 

Jerry  went  on  to  explain  that  all  things  were  evolved,  or  deyeloped,  or  made 
up,  out  of  one  simple  material — 

**  Just  for  instance,  Mrs.  Riggs,  as  all  your  nice  bread  and  biscuits  and 
jumbles  came  from  one  original  piece  of  dough.** 

'*  Yes,  but  who  made  them  different,  and  where  did  the  dough  come  from?" 
quickly  asked  Hannah,  who  had  common  sense,  if  not  science. 

Jerry  made  an  evasive  reply. 

The  dame  put  another  question — 

'*  And  did  the  heavens  and  the  earth  have  no  Creator,  either?  '* 

•*  Well,  we  scientists  don't  know  of  any  Creator." 

**  And,  Jerry,  do  you  make  your  ignorance  the  measure  of  other  peopled 
knowledge?  "  The  dame  looked  at  him  for  a  moment  or  two  in  silence.  Then 
she  said  slowly,  with  a  mixture  of  pity  and  contempt,  **  Jeny,  if  I  didn't  know 
that  you  did  nave  common  sense  when  you  choose  to  use  it,  I  would  set  yon 
down  as  an  idiot  If  that's  all  you  have  to  talk  about  over  there^  you  and 
Jimmy  both  ought  to  be  at  home." 


TO  reject  the  evidence  of  prophecy  till  all  divimt  shaU  agree  exactly  abowt 
itf  argues  a  conduct  as  wise  in  the  infidels  as  if  they  should  decline  sitting 
down  to  a  good  dinner,  till  all  the  clocks  in  London  and  Westminster  ttrmek/oar 
together. — l^rom  Bishop  Homers  Aphorisms  and  Opinions, 


541 


^o&m  of 


A  Memorial  of  the  Rev,  Edward  SleanCy 
D,D,,  in  an  account  of  the  Service  at 
Norwood,  and  a  Disconrse  at  Cam- 
berwell.  By  Charlis  Stanfobd, 
D.D.     Is.    ilodder  and  Stoughton. 

A  SMALL  but  sweet  memorial  of  a  good 
man,  who  followed  peace  with  all  men, 
and  jet  held  fast  to  truth.  He  did  not 
blaze,  but  he  shone.  His  work  in  the 
formation  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance 
was  balanced  bj  his  secretaryship  of  the 
Baptist  Union  ;  thus  he  proved  himself 
to  be  both  a  man  of  peace  and  a  man  of 
principle.  He  was  a  greater  man  than 
he  is  as  jet  thought  to  have  been,  and 
his  enduring  works  will  prove  it.  At 
eighty-four  it  was  time  for  him  to  go 
home,  and  he  fell  asleep  and  found  him- 
self there. 

Scenes  from  the  Pilgrim^s  Progress.  By 
BicHABD  Ball  Eutteb.  Triibner 
and  Co. 

We  are  told  that  the  ancient  Arabs  had 
a  verj  acute  sense  of  justice  and  pro- 
prietj.  Thej  used  to  hold  poetical 
contests  at  Mecca.  When  the  poems 
gave  satisfaction,  they  hung  them  up  in 
the  mosque  ;  and  when  thej  didn't  gire 
satisfaction,  thej  hung  the  poets  up 
outside  of  it.  In  this  case  we  should 
neither  hang  the  poet  outside  the 
mosque,  nor  the  poem  inside  the  build- 
ing. We  delight  in  anj  man  who 
reverences  honest  John  ;  but  jet  we  like 
Bunjan  better  in  prose  than  in  verse. 
Such  prose  as  his  excels  all  verse,  be 
the  poet  who  he  maj,  and  so  we  are  not 
censuring  Mr.  Butter,  who  is  capable 
of  great  things.  The  paper,  tjpographj, 
and  general  get-up  of  the  volume  are 
in  fine  harmonj  with  the  subject  and 
style ;  and  the  book  will  be  read  with 
interest  bj  manj.  The  hand  of  a 
master  maj  be  seen  in  these  versified 
scenes,  and  we  feel  sure  that  the  world 
will  hear  of  Mr.  Butter  again  and 
again. 

ne  Postman  is  one  of  the  cheapest 
and  best  of  our  evangelistic  papers. 
The  Railway  Signal  is  a  new  venture, 
but  is  well  adapted  for  its  specifd 
sphere.  The  Commonwealih  improves, 
and  promises  to  become  a  great  power 


for  good.  The  Christian  Chronicle  dis* 
plajs  much  abilitj  ;  we  do  not  wonder 
when  we  remember  that  Dr.  Parker 
edits  it.  77/e  Christian  World,  always 
leading  the  wa^ in  talent,  has  also  catised 
us  far  less  pam  of  late  bj  looseness  of 
teaching,  and  of  this  we  are  sincerely 
glad.  The  Christian  Herald  is  very 
popular,  and  is  to  be  commended  for  all 
but  its  prophetic  maunderings. 

Messrs.  Casseirs  Quiver  and  Little 
Folks  keep  up  to  their  high  level ;  we 
cannot  see  that  more  is  possible.  Tlte 
Holy  Landy  from  original  drawings^  by 
David  Roberts,  has  now  reached  Part  37, 
and  it  will  be  a  great  possession  to  those 
who  get  the  whole  of  it.  Time  was 
when  none  but  the  wealthy  could  have 
owned  such  an  estate. 

Ward  and  Lock  proceed  with!. their 
excellent  Universal  Instructor,  a  great 
educational  work,  worth j  of  high  praise. 
Thej  are  also  about  half  waj  through 
with  il^^am  Clarke* s  Commentary,  What 
a  mass  of  type  in  each  shilling  part ;  we 
do  not  know  how  it  can  be  done  for  the 
monej. 

The  Sundaj  School  Union  continues 
The  Biblical  Treasury,  which  every 
teacher  should  purchase  without  ^fail. 
Young  England,  the  paper  for  boys,  to 
battle  with  the  penny  dreadfub,  is  con- 
tinued and  improved. 

Good  Words,  the  Sunday  Magazine, 
Sunday  at  Home,  and  Leisure  Hour,  are 
all  of  an  exceedingly  high  doss,  and  are 
so  well  known  that  it  is  sufficient  to  say 
that  we  receive  them  and  value  them. 
The  General  Baptist  Magazine  con- 
tinues to  be  all  alive.  The  Gospel 
Magazine  is  as  sound  and  experimental 
as  ever,  and  the  Baptist  Messenger  con- 
tinues its  useful  career  among  the  mul- 
titude. 

With  the  Prophets  Joel,  Amos,  and 
Jonah,  being  Church  and  Home  Les- 
sons from  three  minor  Prophets,  By 
Altbed  Clayton  Thiselton.  Nis- 
bet  and  Co. 

Bbisf,  striking  gospel  sermons  from, 
texts  selected  from  three  of  the  minor 
prophecies.  The  type  will  suit  weak 
sight,  and  the  truth  will  cheer  fiunt 
hearts. 


542 


HOnOEB  OF  BOOKS.. 


The  whole  Works  of  John  Buttyan, 
Edited  by  Gbo&gb  Offoe,  Esq. 
Three  Tola.  Bladde  and  SonBy  Pater- 
noster-row. 

This  editionofBunyan,  in  three  splendid 
volumes,  has  long  been  before  the  public, 
and  may  be  regarded  as  the  standard 
copy  of  the  great  dreamer*s  works.  Mr. 
George  Ofibr  has  done  all  for  Bunyan 
that  can  be  done.  We  can  hardly 
believe  in  the  possibility  of  a  more  en- 
thusiastic, careful,  and  capable  editor 
being  found  on  the  face  of  the  earth. 
In  addition  to  this,  the  plates  are  gooa, 
and  the  printing  and  binding  are  excel- 
lent, so  tnat  die  edition  is  in  all  respects 
a  fine  one.  The  price  is  £2  17s.  for 
the  whole.  All  Bunyan's  books  are 
precious,  and  some  of  the  least  known 
are  the  most  valuable :  there  are  sixty- 
two  of  them,  and  so  the  reader  has  a 
mass  before  him.  It  is  wonderful  that 
all  these  treatises  can  be  reproduced  in 
so  correct  a  form,  since  they  were  ori- 
ginally issued  for  the  poor,  and  were 
very  incorrectly  printed  and  upon  the 
worst  of  paper.  Since  the  first  appear- 
ance they  have  encountered  many  dan- 
gers, and  have  been  altered,  interpolated, 
mutilated,  and  issued  in  even  coarser 
forms  than  at  the  first.  Even  eminent 
publishers  have  taken  upon  themselves 
to  amend  Bunyan,  so  that  his  language 
might  not  offend  the  ears  of  this  polite 
generation!  It  is,  therefore,  a  great 
mercy  that  one  pure  edition  remains, 
and  bunyan  in  pristine  beauty  is  yet 
among  us.  It  must  be  nearly  twenty 
years  since  we  first  commended  Mr. 
J31ackie*s  edition ;  we  have  not  altered 
our  mind,  but  again  very  heartily  wish 
it  a  renewed  sale.  The  more  "  honest 
John  '*  is  read,  the  more  honest  Johns 
there  will  be.  Take  him  for  all  in  aJl, 
we  ne*er  shall  look  upon  his  like  again  I 

Lectures  hy  the  Rev,  W,  Morley  Punshon^ 
D,D.  T.  Woohner,  2,  Castle  Street, 
City  Road^  E.G.,  and  66,  Paternoster 
Row. 

Who  that  ever  heard  one  of  Mr.  Pun- 
dhon's  lectures  will  ever  forget  it  or  him  ? 
We  felt  overdone  with  good  things  when 
we  heard  his  Macaulay.  We  were  then 
able  to  understand  the  primitive's  grace 
when  he  had  dined  with  the  squire :  the 
good  brother  blessed  the  Lord  that  he 


did  not  have  such  a  good  dinner  eteiy 
day  in  the  week,  for  if  he  had  been  so 
indulged  he  would  have  been  iUL  Ov 
feeling  was  just  the  same  when  the 
matchless  orator  permitted  us  to  reit 
firom  his  banquet.  We  had  taken  in  all 
that  our  limited  capacitr  allowed.  We 
can  hardly  realize  tnat  the  beloved  Fon- 
shon  is  gone.  A  star  b  eclipsed,  a 
pillar  of  the  temple  removed.  Sorelj 
everybody  will  be  glad  to  have  these 
grand  lectures  in  one  handsome  handj 
book.  They  form  a  fit  sequel  to  the 
first  volume,  which  contatna  specamen 
sermons. 

I%e  Story  of  Naaman.  By  Bev.  A.  B. 
Mackat,  author  of  «'  The  Gloiy  of 
the  Cross."    Hodder  and  Stooghtoo. 

Naaman,  the  Syrian,  is  a  favourite  ve- 

1>resentative  of  the  proud  sinner  who  at 
ength  swallows  his  pride  and  obevs  the 
simple  command  of  the  ^ospeL  Bogers 
of  old  discoursed  a  foho  volume  npoa 
the  Syrian  leper  and  did  not  exhaust  his 
theme,  for  here  comes  Mr.  Mackay  of 
Montieai  with  a  much  smaller  affair,  and 
with  something  which  Rogers  did  not  saj. 
Sympathy  wiu  seeking  sinners  is  a^ 
parent  on  every  pa^e,  and  we  trust  toe 
little  book  wiU  guide  many  a  ain-nck 
sinner  to  that  river  which  cleanses  the 
soul*8  leprosy. 

A  Companion  for  the  Lords^day,  By  a 
Devonshire  Clergyman.  Hatchards. 
Plain  and  simple  addresses  for  Sondaj 
reading.  Bating  their  mild  Ckarck- 
ianity,  they  are  most  excellent  in  tone 
and  spirit.  They  are  like  a  thoosaod 
others ;  neither  better  nor  worse. 

Our  Little  Willie:  a  flower  from  Italg. 

By  Anmib  GuEBBiToaB. 
A  mother's  tender,  fond  memorial  ot 
her  little  child  now  sone  to  rest.  There 
is  nothing  very  wonderful  to  relate,  hot 
there  is  a  quiet  under-current  of  sweet 
submission  to  aflliction  which  will  strike 
a  chord  in  the  Christian's  heart.  May 
it  help  other  mourners. 

Homewards:  or^Rays  of  UghL  Loving 
words  for  girls.  By  A.  B.  Wisws. 
S.  W.  Partridge  and  Co. 
A  mouth's  evening  readings  for  girb* 
Short,  sweet,  spiritual — a  capital  com* 
panion  to  the  same  authoress's  ''Hareo- 
wards/' 


HOTXOES  OF  BOOXa 


543 


me  nmeuUies  of  the  Soul.  By  W. 
Hat  M.  H.  Aitksn,  M.A.  London: 
Hodder  and  Stoughton,  27,  Pater* 
Boater  Bow. 

We  deeply  sympatliize  with  the  aim  of 
this  little  book.    The    great  mission- 
preacher  rejoices   to   see  the  careless 
awakened  to  a  sense  of  their  lost  estate, 
and  anxious  to  obtain  a  knowledge  of 
salvation.    The  teord  proclaimed  from 
the  pulpit  has  effected  this.     But  now 
the  converts  need  counsel;  they  want 
personal  direction ;  they  ought  to  have 
pastoral  guidance.     Hie  whole  piarish 
was  astir  Tor  ten  days  while  the  missioner 
was  there :  he  has  moved  on ;  how  fares 
it  with  those  whose  hearts  have  been 
touched  ?    This  is  a  burning  question, 
or,  mayhap,  a  freezing  one.    Let  us  hear 
what  Mr.  Aitken  himself  has  to  say  on 
the  subject  out  of  his  Urge  experience. 
We  can  only  afford  space  for  one  para- 
snph.    *^  It  is  most  necessary  that  our 
laith  should  be  brought  to  some  kind  of 
definite  expression,  otherwise  it  wastes 
its  enemes  in  mere  vague  admissions. 
This  end  would  seem   to   have  been 
attained  in  apostolic  times  by  the  primi- 
tive mode  of  employing  the  ordinance  of 
baptism.    When  an  enquirer  was  really 
anxious    to    commit    himself    to    itte 
obedience  of  faith,  he  was  immediately 
led  to  the  water  of  baptism,  and  in  the 
veiy  act  of  submitting  to  this  ordinance 
his  faith  was,  so  to  speak,  brought  to  a 
definite  focus;  and  thus,  in  the  act  of 
baptism,  early  believers  saw  themselves 
buried  and  raised  with  Christ.*'      Tp. 
161,  162.   What  say  our  church  friends 
to  this?    Is  there  no  way  by  which 
their  practice  can  be  reconciled  to  the 
belief  of  many,  and  to  the  plain  declara- 
tion of  Holy  Scripture  ?    I>oes  not  the 
world  move  after  ail  F 

The  Newer  Critietsm  and  the  Analogy 
of  the  Faith.  By  Robert  Watts, 
D.D..  Belfast,  fidinburgh:  T.  and 
T.  Clark,  38,  George  Street. 

Db.  Watts  is  ''professor  ot  systematic 
theology  in  the  Greneral  AaBemhlfa 
College,  Belfast,"  and  he.  issues  this 
volume  as  '*a  reply  to  lecturee  by  W, 
Bohertson.  Smiih^  At.A.^  on  the  Old 
Testament  in  the  Jewish  church:'  With 
anch  a  controversy  we  have  no  wish  to 
meddle.    Mr.  Robertson  Smith  enjoys  a 


fair  reputation  among  scholars ;  but  let 
him  be  never  so  intelligent  and  en- 
thusiastic a  student   of  '*  mouldering 
manuscripts  raked  up  from  the  dust 
heaps  of  the  Mosques  of  Cairo,*'  he 
ougnt  to  have  understood  that  his  ap- 
pomtment  tq  "a  chair ^^  in  Aberdeen 
implied  an    obligation    to  teach  *^the 
standards  "  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scot- 
land, and  not  to  start  any  new  hypo- 
thesis among  his  pupils.    H  he  diverges 
from  the  obvious  path  of  duty  it  is  un- 
fair, and  "  the  Commission  *'  dismisses  or 
suspends  him  as  a  matter  of  course.    To 
*'  the  Scottish  public  "  he  mapr  appeal  in 
a  series  of  lectures,  but  he  is  wron?  to 
suppose  that  he  has  a  grievance.    Were 
his  every  oration  applauded  to  the  echo 
it  would  not  convince  us  that  he  was 
morally  right    in    the    first   instance. 
Surely  our  church  organizations  ought 
not  to  be    less   clearly    defined    than 
political  clubs,  to  which  members  are 
elected  with  an  understanding.    <*  The 
Carlton  '*  is    not  for  Radicals :    '*  The 
Cobden  *'  is  not  for  Protectionists,  and  we 
can  hardly  imagine    that  '*  The  Free 
Kirh "  was  ever  intended  to  nourish 
free- thinking.    Dr.  Watts  answers  his 
adversary  wisely  and  well.  Our  readers, 
however  kind,  would  not  thank  us  very 
cordially  for  introducing  **  The  Newer 
Criticism  *'  to  their  notice.     **  The  post' 
exilic  date  of  the  Lemtical  Torah  **  would 
probably  puzzle  them.     At  the  mere 
suggestion  that  Ezra  the  scribe  wrote 
or  compiled  the  Five  Books  of  Moses 
after  toe    Babylonish    captivity,  they 
might  reasonably  lift  up  their  hands  in 
blank    astonishment,    and  exclaim  — 
"  Well  I  never !    What  next  ?  " 

The  Vision  of  Patmos.  By  the  Rev. 
W.  R.  Stkphbns,  M.A.  London: 
Elliot  Stock,  62,  Paternoster  Row. 

Ths  reverend  gentleman  has  published 
nine  neat  sermonettes  on  "  The  Son  of 
man  iz:  the  midst  of  the  seven  golden 
candlesticks.**  Rev.  i.  12—18.  They 
jr^ny-r-  r-  ^;«v>  2;ttlr  V>f**"      **  '^b*»  nro**** 

of  the  sale  will  be  applied  towards 
building  a  new  English  church  at  Brus- 
sels.^ Of  your  charity  therefore  pur- 
chase  a  copy.  Perhaps  you  will  be 
pleased  with  yourself  for  having  done  so, 
should  you  pass  through  Belgium  on 
your  route  to  the  Rhine,  and  see  the 
proposed  edifice  completed. 


544 


HOnOlS  OF  BOOSB. 


A  MaiderCa  Work.  By  Ladt  Hops* 
Nisbet  and  Co. 

^A  SIMPLE  tale  of  simple  work  done  for 
the  Maflter*8  sake,  and  beneath  his  bless- 
ing, that  is  all!'*  Thus  the  preface 
opens.  But  the  simple  tale  is  simply  de- 
lightful. It  is  a  story  of  bright,  cheer- 
ful.  Christian  labour  in  village  homes 
and  in  the  "  coffee-room,"  written  in  a 
strain  of  poetic  beauty  and  of  abound- 
ing life,  which  shows  how  thoroughly 
mety  and  piety  can  dwell  together  in 
^e  same  heart.  We  could  wish  nothing 
better  than  that  Christian  maidens 
should  read  this  charmine  book,  and 
multiply  a  hundredfold  such  labours  as 
are  here  recorded. 

School  OirU ;  or,  Life  at  Montagu  Hall. 
Bj  Annib  Carbt.  Cassell,  Fetter, 
and  Galpin. 

An  excellent  book.  School  girls  and 
teachers  alike  may  glean  to  advantage 
in  this  field.  It  is  the  story  of  a  session 
or  two  at  a  ladies'  school.  The  mistress 
is  as  attractive  as  she  is  wise :  the  girls 
are  graphically  sketched,  and  great  dis- 
crimination is  shown  in  the  trainins  of 
their  various  characters.  The  book  is 
of  high  tone,  and  calculated  to  do  much 
^ood.  The  talented  authoress  did  not 
live  to  see  its  publication. 

Hours  with  Girls,  By  Mrs.  Maboabet 
£.  Sangsteb,  of  New  York.  S.  W. 
Partridge  and  Co. 

Attractive,  chatty,  wholesome.  If 
girls  want  wise  and  entertaining  counsel 
on  the  right  use  of  time,  self-control, 
reading  the  Bible,  courtship  and  mar- 
riage, pen,  ink,  and  paper,  and  a  multi- 
tude of  other  such  topics,  let  them  get 
hold  of  Mrs.  Sangster's  book. 

Oirls  and  their  ways.  By  One  who 
Knows  Them.  John  Hogg,  Pater- 
noster-row. 

Gossipy,  jerky,  and  confidential;  largely 
made  up  of  quotations  from  here,  there, 
and  everywhere.  A  rapid,  restiess  book, 
on  very  good  terms  with  itself.  But 
how  can  '*  our  girls,*'  as  the  writer  in- 
cessantly calls  them,  do  all  that  is  here 
set  down  ?  We  should  stand  amazed  at 
a  girl  who  should  plough  through  the 
acres  of  reading,  here  recommended. 
The  author  enumerates  about  50  poets, 
90  novelists,  76  historians,  92  bio- 
graphers, 60  travellen,  theologians  27, 


iniscellaneous  writers  SO,  scientific 
writers  21,  as  the  gentle  programme  of  a 
girFs  reading.  What  other  ^'ways"  a 
girl  would  find  time  to  indulge  in  we 
are  at  a  loss  to  know.  Still,  the  book  is 
interesting  and  bright,  and  many  a  girl 
will  enjoy  it. 

On  the  Early  Training  of  Girls  and 
Boys:  an  Appeal  to  Working  Women, 
By  Ellice  Hopkins.  Hatchards. 
Price  4d. 

About  some  Girls,  By  £.  T.  M.  Jarrold 
and  Sons,  Paternoster-row.  The 
Ladies*  Sanitary  Asaociation,  22, 
Bemers-street.    Price  Id. 

The  first  is  a  serious  and  earnest  ap- 
peal to  working  women  to  train  tbeir 
children  so  as  to  shield  them  from 
degradation  in  after  life.  In  London 
alone  there  are  some  eighty  thousand 
lost  women.  Well-meant  and  well- 
directed  efforts  are  made  for  their  re- 
clamation ;  but  prevention  is  better  than 
cure.     The  evil  should  be  averted  by 

1'udicious  home  training.    Miss  Hopkins 
las  consecrated  her  life  to  the  rescue  of 
the  fallen.  God  bless  her  in  it. 

The  second  is  a  pamphlet  of  the 
Ladies'  Sanitary  Association,  and  deals 
with  the  hard  lot  of  shop  ^Is.  White 
the  British  workman  restricts  his  labour 
to  fifty-four  hours,  the  great  majori^ 
of  the  delicate  shop-girls  work  seventy- 
two  hours  a  week,  and  Saturday  is  the 
lon^st  day  of  aU.  Why  do  Christian 
ladies  do  their  shopping  on  Saturday 
allemoons,  and  even  late  on  Saturday 
nights  ? 

"  Evil  is  wrought  by  want  of  thought 
As  well  ashy  want  of  heart." 

Arabian  Nights^  JEntertamments,  New 
edition  by  Ward  and  Lock.  Part  L 
Sixpence. 

The  man  who  called  the  Falls  of  Niagara 
*'  a  Drop  of  water,**  was  very  far  gone  in 
punning,  and  so  was  he  who  looked  over 
this  book,  and  exclaimed  '^  Grood  night 
to  Arab!.'*  This  is  number  one  of  a 
capital  reproduetion  of  a  famous  book, 
which  has  been  read  among  all  nations 
for  many  an  age,  and  finds  readers  stilL 
It  is  rather  out  of  the  track  of  this 
magazine,  but  we  eannot  refuse  to  say 
that  the  work  is  bountifully  iOustrmted 
by  Millais,  Tenniel,  Dalziel,  etc 


H0TI0E8  Oy  BOOKS. 


545 


Tie  Life  and  MinMy  of  John  the 
BaptUt.  Bj  Alex.  Maclsob  Stm- 
iHGTOH,  D.D.  Religious  Tract  So- 
detj. 

Those  who  cannot  obtain  the  great 
Tolame  of  Dr.  Rejnolds,  or  read  the 
semi  -  prophetic  writings  of  Edward 
Irving,  will  do  very  well  if  they  feed 
upon  the  wholesome  words  of  Dr.  Sym- 
ington. He  has  here  set  forth  the 
marrow  of  the  Forerunner^s  witness,  and 
nothing  that  is  needful  for  spiritual 
nutriment  is  left  out  We  are  specially 
pleased  to  see  our  author  laying  great 
stress  upon  the  value  of  deep,  humbling, 
self-abasing  views  of  sin.  He  admires 
John's  thoroughness  in  the  matter  of 
repentance,  and  so  do  we.  Sometimes 
we  are  inclined  to  think  that  a  very 
ereat  portion  of  modern  revivalism  has 
been  more  a  curse  than  a  blessing,  be- 
cause it  has  led  thousands  to  a  kmd  of 
peace  before  they  have  known  their 
misery;  restoring  the  prodigal  to  the 
Father's  house,  and  never  making  him 
say,  "Father,  I  have  sinned.**  How 
can  he  be  healed  who  is  not  sick  ?  or 
he  be  satbfied  with  the  bread  of  life 
who  ie  not  hungry  ?  The  old-fashioned 
sense  of  sin  is  despised,  and  consequently 
a  religion  is  run  up  before  the  founda- 
tions are  dug  out.  Everything  in  this 
age  is  shallow.  Deep-sea  fishing  is  al- 
most an  extinct  business  so  far  as  men*s 
souls  are  concerned.  The  consequence 
is  that  men  leap  into  religion,  and  then 
leap  out  again.  Unhumbled  they  came 
to  the  church,  unhumbled  they  remained 
in  it,  and  unhumbled  they  go  from  it. 
We  trust  that  Dr.  Symington's  faithful 
words  on  this  point  will  be  weighed  by 
Christian  men. 

We  elevate  this  volume  to  our  own 
shelves  for  future  use,  and  we  wish  for 
the  work  a  wide  circulation  and  great 
acceptance. 

The  Students  Concordance  to  the  i2e- 
vised  Version  of  the  New  Testament, 
Bemrose  and  Sons. 

Thosb  who  are  fond  of  using  the  Re- 
vised Version  will  value  this  Concord- 
ance. No  student  needs  to  be  informed 
of  the  ralue  of  a  Concordance;  it  is 
to  the  minister  a  hammer,  a  foot-rule,  a 
knife,  and  all  tools  in  one.  Of  course,  it 
U  as  needful  for  readers  of  the  Revised 


Version  as  for  those  who  say  '*  the  old  is 
better.*'  Is  the  old  better  ?  We  think 
it  is  in  many  respects ;  but  the  Revised 
Version  has  its  advantages,  and  it  is 
assuredly  a  great  help  to  the  English 
reader  if  he  uses  it  by  way  of  reference. 
We  hope  we  shall  never  hear  the  New 
Version  read  from  the  pulpit  in  place  of 
the  old,  for  it  has  a  foreign,  un-English 
sound  about  it.  Oh,  that  there  had 
been  on  the  committee  one  man  of  pure 
Saxon  speech  I  Anyhow,  the  Concord- 
ance will  be  handy. 

The    Homiletie    Magazine,     Monthly. 
James  Nisbet  and  Co. 

Thbrb  is  always  something  fresh  in 
The  Homiletie  Magazine,  and  many  of 
its  outlines  and  articles  display  remark- 
able ability.  We  could  not  stand 
security  for  the  unswerving  soundness 
of  its  teaching ;  but  men  who  have  had 
their  senses  exercised  cannot  fail  to 
own  that  it  contains  much  that  is  to 
edification.  The  magazine  really  an- 
swers to  its  title,  and  is  a  good  shil- 
ling's-worth. 

Spiritual  Life  in  its  Advancing  Stages, 
fiyG.RonBBTWTNKK,M.A.  London: 
James  Nisbet  and  Co.,  21,  Berners- 
street,  W. 
The  charm  of  this  little  treatise  consists 
in  this,  that  the  writer  entertains  his 
readers  by  interviewing  the  devotional 
authors  of  distant  centuries  :  now  An- 
guine; anon  Thomas  d  Kempis,  Francis 
de  Sales,  or  Fenelon ;  then  Andrews, 
Ken,  and  George  Herbert  are  recon- 
noitred ;  but  Baxter,  Bunyan,  and 
Doddridge;  Faber,  Wilson,  and  Groul- 
bum,  with  a  multitude  of  others,  come 
in  for  passing  notice.  We  presume  that 
Mr.  Wynne  is  himself  '*  a  sound  church' 
man'*  (English  or  Irish?) — not  an  ad- 
vanced Ritualist,  nor  vet  an  ultra  Pro- 
testant. He  holds  a  Itmited  view  of  the 
inspiration  of  Holy  Scripture  (p.  161). 
The  creeds  and  articles  of  some  catholic 
church  or  other  temper  the  authority 
and  enhance  the  value  of  the  Bible  in 
his  estimation.  We  have  no  wish  to 
disparage  so  fair  a  digest  of  the  sage 
maxims  of  the  most  renowned  Christian 
worthies  ;  but  as  an  educational  book 
we  should  rather  commend  it  to  dis« 
creet  tutors  than  to  undiscriminating 
pupils. 


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KOT£a. 


SpurgeovLS  IllusiraUd  Almanack  for 
1 883  will  be  ready  in  a  few  days.  Large 
numbers  of  friends  use  the  daily  texts, 
and  prize  them. 

John  Ploughman*s  Sheet  Abnanack/or 
1883  may  also  be  had  at  once,  for  one 


penny.  It  is  larger  and  better  illiis- 
trated  than  ever.  Friends  of  tempennoe 
and  thrift  should  see  it  put  up  in  every 
workshop.  Messrs.  Faasmore  and  Ala- 
baster publish  both  these  cheap  penny- 
worths. 


Sioits, 


Tins  month  haa  been  a  specially  barren  one 
as  to  help  rendered  to  the  yanous  institu- 
tions under  our  care.  Friends  have  been 
out  of  town,  they  have  spent  their  money  in 
other  ways,  and  business  has  been  dull. 
We  reckon  that  nearly  six  hundred  pezsons 
are  dependent  upon  our  incomings,  and  it 
would  be  a  serious  thing  to  contemplate  a 
time  of  distress;  but  we  do  not  contem- 
plate it.  On  the  contrary,  we  believe  that 
our  God  will  fill  up  all  our  need,  and  the 
more  needs  we  have,  the  more  room  there 
will  be  to  contain  theiulness  of  his  liberality. 
In  undertaking  the  care  of  others  we  have 
borrowed  empiy  vessels  not  a  few,  and  we 
now  expect  to  see  them  filled  by  that  same 
hand  which  multiplied  the  oil  in  the  olden 
times.  The  College,  which  is  our  first  and 
chief  institution,  is  the  one  which  seems  to 
be  least  remembered  Common  humanity 
pleads  for  orphans;  but  there  must  be  a 
love  of  the  gospel  to  make  a  man  care  for 
students. 

It  would  have  greatly  delighted  us  had  we 
obtained  large  and  speedy  help  for  the 
buildiuff  of  the  meeting-house  for  our  son 
in  Aucluand.  We  acknowledge  with  hearty 
thanks  the  amount  which  we  have  received, 
which  has  now  reached  £140,  but  we 
should  like  to  see  it  made  £500  at  the  least. 
Here  are  some  extracts  written  by  one  of 
his  deacons  to  another  deacon  now  in 
London : — 

Extracts  from  letter,  Hth  June,  from 
Auckland  (from  Mr.  Matthews,  Church 
Secretary) : — 

"Now  to  that  which  I  expect  will  in- 
terest you  most — Church  work  and  school 
work.  The  Master  continues  to  give  his 
blessing.  On  SlstBfay,  nineteen  were  bap- 
tized, sixteen  of  whom  were  present  to 
receive  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  on  the 
following  Sunday.  It  made  my  heart  sing 
with  joy  to  see  sixteen,  all  standing  up — 
the  young  maiden  of  twelve,  cmd  the  aged 
grandmouier  of  seventy .  The  aervicn  seemed 
so  good,  for  as  we  communed  with  the  Lord 
we  nad  so  much  to  bless  and  praise  him  for ; 
besides,  Mr.  Spurgeon  seemed  so  joyful 
himself  that  he  let  out,  and,  as  he  spoke,  you 
could  recognise  the  praise  of  a  heart  over- 
flowinff  wiUi  joy.  We  had  a  large  attend- 
ance of  members. 

"  At  our  last  church-meeting  seven  were 
proposed  for  membership, — ^praise  the  Lord 
for   another   seven, — ^at  our   next  church 


meeting  seven  more  names  vrill  be  sub- 
mitted. On  looking  over  my  list  I  find  M& 
Spuzgeon  haa  baptized  seventy  since  his 
coming  to  us  (seven  and  a-half  months^  sJl 
but  ten  of  whom  have  joined  the  churcn. 

**  Last  Sunday  week  we  had  an  overflowing 
congregation  at  the  Choral  Hall.  We  wen 
somewhat  astonished  at  the  stream  of  peo^ 
coming  in,  tiU  the  gallery  was  filled,  and  the 
orchestra  almost  so.  £veri^  chair  about  the 
building  was  placed  down  the  aislea,  and 
oocupi^.  Mr.  Spurgeon  preadied  on  *  Be- 
tummg  to  the  Lord '  —  ^  I  -win  heal  thy 
backsliding.*  He  toat  good,  as  he  always 
is;  but  that  evening,  as  well  as  in  the 
morning,  he  seemed  so  full  of  fire  and  love 
to  and  lor  souls.  The  Lord.  I  feel  sure, 
blessed  that  sermon  to  many  there ;  infaet, 
I  know  he  did,  for  on  Tuesday  evening  Mr. 
Spurgeon  had  some  to  visit  him  who 
acknowled^^  their  backslidinga,  and  came 
to  speak  with  him. 

<«  Wednesday  eveningprayer-meetingB  still 
continue  to  draw  a  large  attendance.  Last 
Wednesday,  al&ough  the  evening  was  very 
wet,  the  room  was  well  filled.  Tdb  evemag 
was  cold,  but  there  was  a  good  warm  feeling, 
we  had  good  earnest  prayers,  a  good  many, 
but  short  and  full  ox  the  true  spirit,  lu. 
Spurgeon  was  surprised  at  the  attendance; 
he  expressed  his  joy  that  the  rain  and  cold 
did  not  damp  and  cool  the  spirit  ol  the 
people  to  hear  of  and  meet  with  the  Lord. 
May  it  ever  be  so. 

"June  70th. — On  Sunday  we  had  a  lax^Ker 
congregation  than  ever  at  the  Choral  l^ilL 
Mr.  Spurgeon  preached  from  <  My  Lord  and 
my  Ood,"—  the  exclamation  of  Thomas 
when  he  beheld  his  Saviour.  The  leason 
was, — ^The  sin  of  unbelief,  the  miachiftf  it 
wrought,  and  the  ruin  that  goes  with  it.  In 
the  morning, '  By  the  erace  of  God  I  am 
what  I  am  ,— two  good,  stirring  sermons. 
Mrs.  Hampaon  was  with  ns  in  the  evening, 
and  at  the  communion  service  offered  a 
beautiful  pravar.  and  thankwgiving  for  ib^ 
poured-out  blood. 

"July  14M«— Last  baptism  there  were 
twelve,  seven  of  whom  were  received  into 
fdlowship  the  Sunday  following.  Then 
are  seven  names  to  be  submitted  next  dmich 
meeting.  Fraiae  the  Lord  for  the  aeveB* 
but  I  wiiih  it  was  seven  times  seven.  Oon- 
gregations  keep  up  well :  Sundays  for  the 
bst  five  weeks  nave  been  wet  ana  oold,  and 
therefore  most  uncomfortable ;  bat  for  all 


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thai  the  people  come  to  be  wanned  in  their 
flonlB.  when  once  inside  the  chapel  and  the 
hall,  the  doors  being  shat,  ana  the  Holy 
Spirit  warming  up  the  people  in  their  hearts, 
we  then  ha^e  a  ffood  time.  The  young  man 
wears  woU,  no  diminution  of  '  a  new  way  of 
telling  the  old,  old  story.'  The  people  like 
him,  for  he  is  personal,  spares  not  to  tell  of 
Qod's  anger  as  well  as  nis  loTe ;  he  does  not 
mince  matters,  yet  is  so  earnest  in  his  ap- 
peals to  heart  and  mind.  On  Sunday 
evenixig  last  he  was  good  on  '  The  soul  that 
sinnetAy  it  shall  die.*  In  the  mozning, 
*Ii  any  man  sin,  we  have  an  Adyocate' — 
prayer-meetiiigs  as  usual,  notwithstanding 
oad  weather,  well  attended. 

*'  On  Thursday  next  Mr.  Spurgeon  gives 
his  lecture  in  the  Choral  Hall  on  'John 
Ploughman  and  his  Pictures.*  We  hope 
for  a  good  attendance,  and  grand  success 
financially. 

"/«/y  nth.  —  Yesterday,  Choral  Hall 
filled.  Mr.  Spurgeon  had  to  ask  the  friends 
to  sit  closer,  so  as  to  make  room  for  the 
people  who  continued  to  flock  in.  Praise  the 
Loiti,  the  people  are  not  tired  of  hearing 
the  gospel  of  Christ.  He  spoke  from 
'Abide  with  me,'  the  story  of  tne  walk  to 
£mmau8,  the  entering  in  to  the  disciples' 
home,  the  breaking  of  bread,  and  his  being 
made  known  to  tnem.  Dear  me,  what 
a  lot  'T.  S.*  got  out  of  that  text!  In 
the  morning  we  had  the  continuation  of 
the  previous  Sabbath's  sermon,  *  If  any  man 
sin,  we  have  an  Advocate  with  tiie  Father, 
Jesus  Christ  the  righteous.*  He  dwelt 
specially  on  Jesus  bemg  our  Advocate.  I 
wish  I  had  time  to  tell  you  of  the  glorious 
truths  he  unfolded  both  morning  and 
evening.  When  I  tell  you  that  he  felt  in 
trimf  you  can  imagine  how  he  let  outy  filled 
with  power  from  on  hiffh,  he  preached  with 
boldness  '  Christ  Jesus.' " 

The  following  note  speaks  for  itself : — 
<*  Auckland,  May  30th,  1882. 

"  My  very  dear  father, — Am  I  asking  too 
much  when  I  request  you  to  notify  in  The 
Sword  and  the  Trowel  the  fact  that 
photos  of  its  Antipodean  correspondent  are 
on  sale  —  proceeos  to  be  devoted  to  the 
Auckland  Tabernacle?  The  prices  are- 
cartes,  Is. ;  cabinets,  2s.  They  may  be 
obtained  of  Messrs.  Passmore  and  Alabaster, 
4,  Paternoster  Buildings ;  Mr.  G.  BrQwn,  72, 
Nowington  Butts ;  Mr.  B.  Buckmaster^  46, 
Newington  Butts;  or  of  Mr.  H.  Driver, 
Pastors*  College,  Newington,  London,  S.E., 
who  will  forward  copies  to  any  address, 
post  free,  on  receipt  of  stamjw  or  postal 
order.  **  Your  loving  son, 

"  Tom." 


Temferancb  Wobk.— The  meetings  con- 
nected with  the  Gospel  Temperance  move- 
ment, which  have  tocu  held  in  the  Taber- 
nacle, have  been  singularly  successful  so  far 
as  the  taking  of  pledges  is  concerned,  12,062 
persons  havmg  signed.    We  are,  however, 


looking  for  conversions.  Some  few  have 
already  ooma  forward  of  a  deeply  interest- 
ing character,  but  we  desire  and  expect 
many  more.  Men  who  were  not  attendants 
at  the  house  of  prayer  have  become  sober, 
and,  being  so,  have  come  to  hear  the  gospel, 
and  this  is  no  small  gain  if  by  hearing  uiey 
shaU  be  led  to  Jesus.  Mr.  R.  T.  Booth  is  a 
thoroughly  earnest  and  ef&dent  worker,  and 
loves  not  temperance  alone,  but  Jesus  also. 
The  temperance  work  with  us  is  in  the  hands 
of  Christian  men,  to  whom  beyond  all  things 
Christ  is  dear,  and  they  regard  anything 
short  of  the  new  birth  as  short  of  that  for 
which  they  live  and  labour.  As  for  us.  it  is 
our  joy  to  nelp  them,  but  our  own  work  lies 
in  the  preachmg  of  the  gospel,  and  by  that 
work  all  our  energies  are  absorbed. 

One  of  our  beloved  officers,  upon  the  news 
of  Arabi's  defeat,  gave  us  the  following  hint 
for  cm  address.  It  is  capital.  As  it  has  not 
been  used,  and  ought  not  to  be  lost,  we  pass 
it  on  to  our  brethren,  who  will  find  it  highly 
suggestive : — 

**  How  are  they  brought  into  desolation,  as 
in  a  moment!— they  are  utterly  consumed 
with  terrors."— Ps.  Ixxiii.  19. 

The  rebels  against  God  are  quickly  routed. 
I.  Their  strong  conjidenee.  1.  A  popular 
pretext  and  a  pretentious  watchword. 
**  Egypt  for  the  Egyptians! "  **  The  world 
for  the  worldly ! "  2.  A  powerful  majority, 
an  immense  snow  of  numbers  on  theur  side. 

3.  The  best  modem  weapons  of  warfare. 
The  strong  fortifications  behind  which  they 
can  defend  themselves  in  perfect  security.  4. 
The  patience  with  which  their  possession 
was  left  so  long  unassailed.  5.  Their  utter 
ignorance  that  the  day  was  fixed  for  their 
destruction.  They  are  hiding  themselves 
behind  earthworks.  II.  Their  foolish  eoH" 
tempt  of  the  forces  arragcd  against  thetn. 
They  know  that  an  attack  is  imminent,  they 
have  calculated  the  strength  of  the  be- 
siegers, and  considered  their  own  power  of 
resistance.  But — 1 .  The  tiine  is  a  suiprise. 
Not  a  sound  breaks  the  stillness  of  the 
night.  At  day-break.  2.  The  point  of 
attack  is  a  surprise :  at  the  best  guarded 
spot :  nay,  all  along  the  line  at  once.  3. 
The  manner  of  attaoc  is  a  stall  greater  sur- 
prise. The  long-ran^  guns  are  of  no  use 
when  thev  are  run  m  at  close  quarters. 

4.  The  collapse  of  their  confederacy  is  the 
greatest  surprise  of  all.  The  well -dis- 
ciplined army  proves  to  be  only  an  ilUcou- 
ditioncdmob.  They  fall  slain,  or  they  run 
for  escape,  or  they  are  taken  prisoners. 
Not  one  escapes.  **  In  a  moment."  Only 
twenty  minutes. 

On  IFednesdag,  the  6th  of  Septentbetj  a 
Zenana  oabden  pabtt  was  given  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Allison  at  their  country  residence. 
Orpinffton.  There  were  nearly  one  hundred 
ana  fifty  present,  mostiy  members  of  the 
Tabernacle,  and,  as  the  dav  was  very  fine, 
the^  enjoyed  the  delightful  scenery  for 
which  Kent  is  famous.    A  meeting  was  held 


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NOTES. 


in  tho  tent,  in  wliicli  tea  had  been  served, 
when  some  interesting  particulars  of  Zenana 
work  were  given  by  Mrs.  Bouse  and  Mr.  W. 
Ohiey.  Mn.  Allison,  who  has  undertaken 
a  Zenana  Auxiliary,  in  conjunction  with 
Mrs.  Charles  Murrell,  also  addressed  tho 
ladies,  and  succeeded  in  securing  substantial 
aid  to  tho  funds.  Now  that  the  ladies  of 
the  Tabernacle  havo  taken  up  this  work  in 
such  good  earnest  we  feel  quite  sure  they 
will  not  rest  until  our  church  is  represented 
by  several  workers  in  connection  with  the 
Zenana  Mission.  The  only  hope  for  tho 
women  of  India  is  in  tho  gospel,  and  this  can 
only  reach  them  by  their  Christian  sisters, 
who,  out  of  love  to  Christ,  are  willing  to 
devote  themselves  to  such  a  sacred  calling. 
Tho  donors  of  the  jewellery  presented  to 
the  Zenana  Mission  may  be  glad  to  know 
that  the  amount  realized  by  its  sale  was 
£6  12s.  6d. 

On  Monday  evening,  Scptimber  18,  a 
united  communion  service  of  the  deacons 
and  elders  of  the  church  was  held  at  the 
Tabernacle,  and  at  the  prayer-meeting 
which  followed,  the  three  newly-elected 
elders.  Brethren  Cox,  Sedcole,  and  Hill,  were 
specially  commended  to  the  Lord  in  prayer 
by  Mr.  Wm.  Olnejr. 

At  the  same  meeting  Mr.  A.W.Wood  asked 
the  prayers  of  the  church  on  leaving  the 
college  to  become  pastor  of  Havelock  church, 
Agra.  Mr.  J.  C.  Parrj",  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  Missionary  Committee,  who  had  long 
resided  in  Agra  described  tho  position 
Mr.  Wood  was  going  to  occupy,  ancl  prayer 
was  offered  on  his  behalf  by  his  father,  Mr. 
B.  W.  Carr,  and  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon. 

College.— Since  our  last  notice  Mr.  E.  B. 
Carr  has  accepted  tho  pastorate  of  '*tho 
church  of  Christ,"  at  Southport,  Lan- 
cashire ;  and  Mr.  W.  T.  Soper  has  settled  at 
Hatherlcigh,  Devon. 

Mr.  W.  Gillard  has  removed  from  Apple- 
dore  to  Bideford ;  and  Mr.  W.  L.  Mayo, 
of  Chepstow,  who  assists  in  the  Hop-pickers* 
Mission,  has  decided  to  devote  himself  to  the 
villages  around  Goudhurst,  Kent,  in  the 
hope  of  labouring  permanently  among  tho 
people  who  have  hitherto  only  been  visited 
by  our  brethren  during  the  hop -picking 
season. 

Mr.  J.  Coker  has  removed  from  Vineyard 
Haven,  Mass.,  to  Bel  videre,  Illinois,  U.S.A. ; 
and  Mr.  J.  Clark,  from  Yarmouth,  to  Nic- 
taux,  Annapolis  County,  Nova  Scotia. 
Mr.  W.  Coiier  has  left  Newcastle,  New 
South  Wales,  for  Williamstown,  Victoria; 
and  Mr.  F.  Page,  of  Torke*8  Peninsula,  has 
become  pastor  at  South  Yarra,  Victoria. 

Mr.  J.  A.  Soper,  who  has  been  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Lordship  Lane,  Dulwich,  for 
the  last  two  years,  has  sailed  for  Australia. 
Mr.  Harry  Wood,  who  has  done  noble 
service  as  an  evangelist  in  various  parts  of 
England  and  Ireland  since  he  retomed  from 
Australia,  finds  that  our  variable  climate 
wiJi  not  permit  him  to  remam  in  t\i^co>ii\tiy , 


and  he  has  therefore  arauged  to  sail  for 
Melbourne,  with  his  wife,  on  Oc^ber  19,  in 
tho  Chimborazo.  Ho  is  prepared  to  hibour 
wherever  the  Lord  sends  him,  but  his  (de- 
vious experience  in  the  Colonies  has  tan^t 
him  that  the  climato  of  Victoria  is  the  most 
suitable  for  him,  so  that  ho  wiU  be  glad  to 
hear  on  his  arrival  of  any  vacant  church  or 
opening  for  work  in  that  region.  We  are 
sorrv  to  hiive  to  part  with  him  a^ain,  but 
glad  that  our  loss  will  be  the  ^^in  of  the 
church  at  tho  Antipodes.  Mr.  Blaikie  has 
safely  reached  Melbourne,  and  we  hope  bj 
this  time  he  has  become  pastor  of  one  of  the 
churches  in  Victoria. 

We  are  sorry  to  learn  that  Mr.  A.  Billiziff- 
ton  has  been  obliged  to  come  home  fromue 
Congo  Mission,  in  conscquonco  of  r^>eated 
attacks  of  fever.  He  is  much  better,  and 
hopes  to  be  able  to  return  to  A&ica  eaiiy 
next  year.  We  regprct  also  that  our  Medical 
Missionary  student,  Mr.  J.  H.  Dean,  has 
had  to  come  back  from  Blantyro  invalided. 

On  Friday  afternoon^  Augtuft  25,  the  half- 
yearly  meeting  of  the  Students'  MisBonary 
Association  was  held  at  the  College.  The 
President  and  Vice-president  were  present, 
and  addresses  were  delivered  by  Mr.  A.  H. 
Baynes,  Mr.  Gogon  Chunder  Dutt,  and  IGr. 
Q.  Y.  Thomson,  from  tho  Camoroons,  West 
Africa.  Mr.  Baynes  has  promised  to  pty 
tho  students  another  visit  in  Novemba, 
and  to  confer  w^th  them  on  several  matten 
in  which  he  and  they  arc  mutually 
interested. 

On  I'hursday  morning^  September  21,  the 
sad  and  solemn  news  was  brought  to  the 
College  that  one  of  our  moat  promisiiig 
students,  Mr.  E.  Sturge,  son  of  Pastor  k. 
Sturge,  of  Dartford,  had  been  found  in  hb 
bed  sweetly  and  calmly  sleeping  in  Jesus. 
He  had  been  with  his  brethren  on  the  day 
before,  and  had  not  complained  of  any 
illness ;  but,  apparently  without  warning, 
his  Master  called  him  up  to  the  higho:  ser- 
vice of  the  skies. 

EvANOELiSTS.— Messrs.  Smith  and  Fuller- 
ton  hope  to  commence  their  south-westeni 
tour  at  Bath  on  Oct.  1,  moving  on  to 
Gloucester  on  Nov.  5. 

Mr.  Bumham,  together  with  Pastors  J.  J. 
Kcndon,  W.  L.  Mayo,  and  M.  Mather,  have 
been  at  work  during  the  past  month  among 
the  hop-pickers  in  Kent. 

In  addition  to  the  amounts  acknowledged 
last  month  wo  have  receiyed  for  this  Mb- 
sion  from  Grace  Stevens,  lOs. ;  Messif. 
Thomas  Salt  and  Co.,  £5;  H.K.,2b.  Up  to 
the  r2th  ult.,  including  the  above  amoonli, 
£62  98. 6d.,  had  been  sent  to  Mr.  Buruham  or 
Mr.  Kendon,  in  response  to  their  appeal,  for 
this  year*s  Mission. 

Mr.  Bumham's  engagements  for  this 
month  are — Oct.  9  to  15,  Park-stieet,  Luton ; 
16  to  22,  CoUingham,  Notts. 

OcFHA^AOB.— Will  all  oar  odUectofs 
kindly  remember  tiie  meeting  to  be  held 
at  the  Orphanage  on  Friday  eretiwf^  Oei. 


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13,  and  bring  or  send  in  their  boxes  and 
books  with  tt^  amounts  thoy  have  collected 
for  the  support  of  our  large  fatherless 
family  ?  The  President  hopes  to  be  present, 
and  an  attractive  programme,  consisting  of 
singing,  recitations,  handbell  ringing,  and 
disu>lvmg  views,  will  be  arrangea  for  the 
young  folks. 

Kind  friends  are  constantly  finding  out 
new  methods  of  helping  to  increase  the  Or- 
phanage funds.  The  choir  of  Wesley  Chapel, 
Harrogate,  has  recently  been  giving  a 
service  of  sacred  song  in  several  of  the 
neighbouring  Wesleyan  Chapels,  the  pro- 
ceeds  being  devoted  to  the  StockwoU  Or- 

ghanage,  and  two  similar  institutions.  We 
ave  received  as  our  share  four  guineas, 
for  which  we  very  heartily  thank  all  who 
helped  to  raise  the  amount. 

The  advice  on.  John  Plonrjhman'' 6  Almanack 
tor  Aug.  24  was,  "  If  the  harvest  is  good 
think  of  Mr.  Spurgeon's  orphans.**  Several 
friends  did  think  ot  the  orphans,  and  thought 
flo  much  of  them  that  they  sent  contri- 
butions towards  their  support.  Among  the 
rest  came  the  following  Imes  with  twenty- 
four  stamps : — 

**  Hy  friend,  Fm  an  orphan,  mv  father  is  dead, 
And  life's  briffhteflt  sunshine  for  ever  has  fled, 
Accept  mv  poor  pittance,  'tw  all  I  can  apare, 
For  the  tathcrlcss  children   now  under  your 
core." 

"  John  Ploughman"  is  always  glad  when 
anything  he  hiu  written  brings  help  for  the 
orohans,  and  he  hopes  his  now  almanack, 
which  is  larger  than  any  that  have  been 
isfluod  before,  wUl  be  even  more  useful  than 
its  predecessors. 

CoifOBTAOB.— The  secretary  reports  that 
the  only  item  calling  for  special  mention  is 
that  arrangements  are  completed  for  start- 
ing new  districts  at  Willingham,  Cam- 
bridgeshire; Sevenoaks,  Kent;  and  Dur- 
ham. Some  other  districts  are  being  given 
up,  as  the  friends  on  the  spot  cannot  con- 
tinue to  raise  the  necessary  £40  per  year,  so 
that  the  number  of  men  at  work  will  not  be 
increased.  Mr.  Jones  will  be  glad  to  hear 
of  districts  whore  a  colporteur  can  be  sent, 
and  the  amount  needed  for  his  support  can 
bo  guaranteed. 

Pbbsonal  Notes.— The  following  is  an 
extract  from  a  letter  recently  received  from 
the  honoured  widow  of  the  murdered  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States : — **  It  is  a  choice 
treasure  from  my  storehouse  of  beautiful 
memories  that  I  sat  beside  General  Garfield 
in  tibe  Metropolitan  Tabernacle,  one  bright 
summer  Sunday  morning  (August  4th, 
1867),  and  listened  to  your  voice.  I  have 
this  morning  re-read  from  his  journal  his 
account  of  that  day.  A  sentence  from  it 
may  interest  you.  After  describing  very 
fully  his  impressions  of  the  great  audience, 
of  the  preacher,  and  of  the  sermon,  he 
doses  thns : — *  Ghod  bless  Spurgeon !  He  is 
helping  to  work  oat  the  proolem  of  religious 


and  civil  freedom  for  England  in  a  way  that 
he  knows  not  of.' " 

Pastor  F.  H.  Newton,  of  the  German 
Baptist  Mission,  writes  us  as  follows  from 
Warschaw  : — 

*'  My  dear  Sir, — I  have  during  the  last  few 
weeks  been  visiting;  a  number  of  our  Baptist 
Churches  in  Silesia  and  Bussian  Poland; 
and  I  think  you  will  bo  interested  to  hear  of 
their  activity  and  Christian  faith.  In  almost 
every  town  and  village  one  of  the  first  en- 
quiries put  to  mo  is,  *  And  }w\o  ia  Brotlter 
apurgcon  / '  In  many  of  the  outlying 
stations,  where  no  stated  missionary  can  be 
sustained,  your  printed  sermons  are  re- 
gularly made  use  of ;  and  I  am  sure  you 
will  be  thankful  to  our  one  Master  to  leam 
that  here  in  Poland,  and  elsewhere,  many 
of  the  church-members  attribute  their  first 
religious  awakening  to  hearing  some  of  those 
sermons  read.  In  the  meetings  which  I 
have  conducted  in  various  towns  during  this 
tour,  I  have  frequently  taken  the  oppor- 
tunity of  referring  to  the  work  of  God  wnioh 
you  are  carrying  on  in  London  and  else- 
where ;  and  I  have  thought  it  only  right  to 
tell  you  of  the  warm  and  frequent  saluta- 
tions that  are  entriusted  to  me  for  yourself 
from  our  poor  and  out-of-the-way  Baptist 
brethren  in  these  parta  They  especially  re- 
joice to  leam  that  your  sons  are  also  preach- 
ing the  word,  and  are  particularly  interested 
in  the  Book  Fund  established  by  *  Frau ' 
Spurgeon.'* 

A  friend  in  South  Africa  writes: — *' We 
live  many  miles  from  Cape  Town,  far  away 
amongst  the  Cannisber^  Mountains,  and 
tho  nearest  mission  station  is  twenty-four 
miles  away,  so  every  Sabbath  morning  the 
servants  who  work  m  the  house  and  on  the 
farm  are  assembled,  and  my  cousin  reads  a 
chapter  from  the  Old  Testament,  and  an- 
other from  the  New,  and  we  have  two  or 
three  hymns,  and  prayer,  and  one  of  your 
sermons  read  aloud,  and  this  is  our  church. 
All  onjoy  *Mr.  Spurgeon's  sermons'  so 
much,  and  they  are  a  blessing  and  a  comfort 
to  us  alL  We  have  a  second  service  in  tho 
evening,  and  a  second  sermon,  sometimes 
yours,  and  sometimes  Dr.  Talmage's,  from 
the  Christian  Herald:* 

Dr.  H.  Schou,  of  Copenhagen,  is  just 
engaged  in  translating  a  number  of  oar 
sermons  into  Danish.  They  have  been 
selected  with  a  view  to  providing  an  ap- 
propriate discourse  for  all  the  Sundays, 
festivals,  and  holy-days  of  the  Danish  ec- 
olesiastical  year. 

M.  Dardier,  of  the  Socivti  Ecaugiliquc  of 
Geneva,  informs  us  that  on  tho  occasion  of 
a  recent  International  Musical  Competition 
in  that  city,  he  published  a  translation  of 
our  sermon  on  Matthew.  viiL  11, 12  (Heaven 
and  Hell,  Nos.  39,  40),  and  distributed 
gratuitously  20,000  copies  amoufj^t  the 
visitors.    He  is  now  anxious   to  issue  to 


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the  whole  of  the  Boman  Catholic  priests  in 
Erench-Bpeaking  countries  the  translation 
of  another  of  our  sermons^  and  asks  the 
prayers  and  practical  sympathy  of  any  of 
the  Lord's  people  to  whom  tne  proposal 
commends    itself.     H.   Dardier  estimates 


that  the  total  number  of  sennons  required 
for  this  i>i]rjxwe  would  be  40,000,  and  the 
cost  of  printmg  and  postage  £160. 

Baptisms  at  Metropolitan  Tabernacle. — 
August  21st,  thirteen;  August 3l8t,  sixteen. 


Statement  of  lie cripts  from  Avgvst  IBth  to  Septeviher  \Ath,  1882, 


Urs.  M.  Speight    

Mr.  Thos.  1{ ... 

llAJss  £.  Rooke        

O.  C,  ChelUnham 

Two  Friends  from  Abcrdcen&hire 
Mr.  Briggs  ... 

Bcaders  of  the  *'  Christian  Herald" 
Aimettc       ... 

JUo*  X^CXX         •••  •••  •■•  ••« 

MinMcCleUan      

E.  £.,  near  John  o'  Groat*8 
A  poor  bUnd  sister  in  Christ 

Mr.  F.  L.  Hankin 

A  friend  from  Philadelphia 
Mrs.  Ellen  John<K>n 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Middleton 

Thonkoffering  from  T.  W.  &  M.  8.  P 


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Mr.  R.  McFarlane  

Mr.  O.  Norton 

Balance  of  collection  at  Clay  Cross,  per 

Pastor  I.  A.  AVard       

A  friend  at   Penimnco,  per   Mr.   B. 

Olcndening        

Mrs.  Clement  Norton     

Mr.  A.  H.  Scaxu     ...       ...       ...        ... 

Weekly  Ofleriogs  at  Met.  Tab.  :— 


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Statenient  of  Heeeipts  from  Avgnst  16th  to  Septemhtr  Wth,  1SS3. 


Mr.  Edwin  Beynoldn       

Mr.  Robeii  liyman  

Half  collection  on  Hospital  Sunday  at 

Dabiton  Junction  Baptist  Chapel    . . . 

MJr.  JLuos.  1»  .••        ...        ...        ..- 

MinE.  Uooko       

A  thankoff ering  for  Christ        

A  hearer  at  D 

Mrs.  Cago    ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

J^  A&.  mJ •  ••>  ...  ...  ... 

Mr.  Philip  Bainbrid^     

Mr»  v«  wooK.**        ••«        •••       ••«       ••• 

s\9  AA«  •■•     •••     •••     •■•     ■■•     ••• 

V •    J^a     \^ •  ••  •■•  #••  •••  ••• 

Miss  Louisa  Steer 

jB&r).  ties       ...       ...        ...        ...        .• 

A&.     O.     '-/  a  ...  ...  •*•  ...  ... 

Mrs.  M.  Ferrett     

Mr.  Joseph  Cubey 

Bosannu  iSorkcr    

Coiruconn 

SfaupiTon  and  Susie  Matthews 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cooper      

Stamps  mth  a  verse  of  poetry 

^^  tHeou       ...       •«.       ...       ...       •*. 

JCy  Norwich... 

^x.  o»  ...       ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  John  Adoock,  per  Pastor  W.  Hig^ 

Kluo.  «>  ••«  •••  •••  •■•  ••• 

Sriends  f rom  Torkahiro 

A  xriend      ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

2fr.  P.  L.  Hankin 

Mr.  H.  W.  Duncan         

Mr.  J.  Hennr  Parker       

A  Fkiend,  Ncwington  Bagpath.. . 
Miss  B.  J.  Hawnawi         ... 


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Mr.  W.Pickard     

Mr.  Wm.  Maxton 

MrBdwardAdam  

Mr.  and  Mn.  Middleton 

Thankoff eiing  from  T.  W.  and  M.  S.  P. 

I^eewill-offennga  at  Annivenaiy  aer- 
▼ioea  at  QraTesend,  per  Pastor  Noah 
jfiBam        •..        •••        ...        ...        «,« 

Mrs.  dement  Norton      ... 

Scotch  note  from  Edinburgh     

Mr.  John  Bunker  

Stamps  fh>m  Ealing       

F.  O.B.,Tliug     

One-third  of  proceeda  of  Services  of 
Song  ffiven  by  the  choir  of  Wesley 
Chapel,  HanogEte       

Mr.  HcarylMbe 

Wa 
•    0«   •••  •••  •*■  •■«  ay.  ^•m 

E.  C^Irelattd       

Miaa  H.  Kennedy 

Mr.  Marsh's  twin  children       

Mr.  W.  Chudley« 

Voted  firmn  Qnmge  Sonday-school  mia- 

aionarybosc        

Mra.  Mjut  Ewart ... 

Postal  order  fkom  Clapham-rood 

V*    ^ya    ^**  •••  •••  ■«•  •••  ««» 

Mr.  T.  Langton    

sua.  Cooper...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  Jamea  H.  Gray        

Mr.  J.  P.  Peamiino        ...       ••• 

A  lover  of  J'esQs    ...       ...       •>•       ».. 

Dr.  H.  Sdion        


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jBJTa i^.  Ai  Bond    ...       ...       ...       ... 

A,  well-iriBher,  NewcastleHm-Tyne    . . . 

Mr.  Kitchen,  per  Mr.  Griffiths 

jcl  exichu      ...       ...       ...       ...       ... 

CoUeoted  at  Children's  Serrioe,  Land- 

•eer  Street  Lecture  Hall,  Battenea, 

per  lir.  G.  £.  Ailcell 

3Ir.  W.  Smith        ... 

A  Brother,  Torquay;    instead  of  in- 

sarin?  plate-glass  window     

Collected  oy  Miss  Larkman      

Collected  by  Mn.  Longley        

Psalm  XX.  1—5,  postal  order    

l£r.  Fainter...  ...        ...        ... 

If r.  John  Courtnay         

Sirs.  "Wilson 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Hntt 

Oirk'  Practising  School,  StockweU,  per 

Miss  Hyde  

Mr.  R.  T.  Booth    ...       ... 


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Mr.  W.  Kelleir       

An  aged  Pilgrim  :  Lovisa,  Finland 

Sale  of  S.  O.  Tracts        

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  August  31 

Annual  Subaeriptwn :  — 
Mre.  Renshaw 

Mr.  Robert  Morgan         

Collected  by  Mrs.  Brigin- 

shaw,  WuKingham — 


Mrs.  Skorritt 
Mr.  HeelaB  ... 
Mr.  J.  Weeks 
Mr.  H.  Weeks 
Mr.  Briginsliaw 
Mr.  John  Heelos 
Mrd.  Wright 
Mrs.  Clare   ... 


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£100    8    7 


Li$t  of  Present*,  per  Mr.  Charleawor^,  to  8«p*«mher  16M.— Protibions  :  4  Boxes  of  Raisins,  Mr.  S. 
Bayley ;  1  Chum  of  Milk,  Messrs.  Ffeeth  and  Pocock ;  1  Bag  of  Cabbage,  Mrs.  Walker ;  1  S«;k  of 
Xlonr,  M.  H.  A. :  240  Eggs,  Miss  Janet  Ward ;  281b8.  of  Baking  Powder,  Messrs.  Freeman  and 
Hildyard. 

Clothixo  {Oiri^  Diviaicn)  :~\Z  Articles,  Anon;  14  Articles,  Miss  Descroix;  82  Articles,  Miss 
Ashley ;  1  Parcel  Drapery,  Mrs.  Wainwri^t,  sen. 

CLOTinxo  (Boue  Dtvinon)  :—A  Pairs  of  Knitted  Socks,  Mn.  Matthew. 

GxxxBAL : — 1  Dial,  Mr.  Arthur  Ro»s. 

84L.V  Boom  :— 1  Article,  Mrs.  Hancome. 


Statmnent  of  JRecelptt  from  Avgvit  \bth  to  September  I4th,  1882. 


auVa  C^  B.    ...        ...        ... 

MissE.  Booke       

Mra.P.  A.  Blyth 

Three  si»teni  and  a  brother 

Mr.  John  Masters 

CoUected  for  "  The  Beading 
House,'*  by  Miss  NeUio 
Withers.  Reading  :— 

The  late  Miss  Bissell,  per 
Pastor  W.  Anderson    . . . 

A  Leamington  friend 

Miss  Nellie  Withers 

Mr.  R.  J.  Grubb  (Oxford). 

Mr.  S.  J.  Collier    

Mr.  J.  H.  Fuller    

Mrs.  Chaplin  (Southamp- 
ton) 

Mrs.  Leach 

Mr.  E.  O.  Oakshott 

Mrs- Collier 

Mr.  E.  Hill 

Mrs.  Wilson 


£ 

8. 

d. 

£  s. 

d. 

0  10 

0 

Mrs.  J.  Davis        0    2    6 

1 

0 

0 

Mis.  Cox      0    2    6 

1 

0 

0 

Mr.  Stainford        >  0    2    6 

0  10 

0 

Mrs.  £.  Deane        0    2    6 

6 

0 

0 

Mr.  James  Holmes 0    2    0 

Mr.  W.  Beer,  Southampton       0    6    0 

114  16 
1    0 

0 
0 

"  Freely  ye  hare  received,  freely  give  " 
Mrs.  Ellen  Johnson         

1    0 

0 

103    0 

0 

Stamps  from  Ballymena 

Mr.  Mingins,  per  Mrs.  Ewart 

0    2 

6 

6    0 

0 

1    0 

0 

2  10 

0 

W.  S.,  and  an  aged  widow        

Mr.  T.  A.  WiOkor,  per  Passtor  W.  L. 

0    3 

6 

1    1 

0 

1    1 

0 

Mayo        

1    1 

0 

1    1 

0 

Mr.  J.  F.  Pearmine         

A  lover  of  JcsuM 

0  10 
0    6 

6 
0 

1    1 

0 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 

0    6 

0 

1    0 

0 

J.,  Middksbro'       

0    1 

0 

0  10 

0 

0    6 

0 

1 

£128  4 

6 

0    5 

0 

0    6 

0 

Statement  o/Heeeipts  from  Aygmt  \6th  to  September  lAth,  1882. 


Sub$eripticng  and  Donation* /or  District* : — 

£    8.  d. 

Orosvenor^uare,  London 10   0    0 

Ludlow  District : — 
Quarterly  Collection,  Rock 

JLtfine      

Quarterly       Collection, 

Bromfleld  Cross 
JCn.  FitiEgendd ... 


•»t 


16   0 

16    0 
0    6   0 


8  16    0 


Wilts  and  £.  Somerset  Associatiim 
Bethnal  Green  Duitiict  :— 

Mr.  C.  B.  Fox     6 

Mr.W.R.Fox 6 


£ 
30 


s.  d. 
0   0 


0 
0 


0 
0 


Lancashire   and  Cheshire 

Association         

Mr.  R.  Cory,  Jun.,  for  Gaidiff  ... 
Mr.  J.  Cory,  Jan.,  for  OetsUetown 


10    0    0 


20 
10 
10 


0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 


552 


SOCIETY  OF  BYANaKLI8I& 


Ironbridge    and    Coalbrookdale  Di»- 

VC  A^  V  ■■          •••          •>•          •••          •>•  ••• 

Per  Pastor  F.  A.  Jones  :— 

Forlslingrton      10  0    0 

For  Arundel       10  0    0 


£  8.  d. 
7  10    0 


90    0 
33  18 


A  FrioncI,  for  Kent  

Oxf  ordiihire  Aaiiociatum,  Witney  Dis- 
trict...       ...        ...        ...        ...        ...    10    0 

North  WUts,  per  Mr.  W.  B.  Wearing     6    2 

Wolverhampton,  IXY  Hjb.  Bell 10    0 

Mr.  W.  Johnson,  Fulbouzn,  for  Willing^ 
ham  District       20    0 

J.  n.  W.,  Coombe  Biaactt,  for  Bower 
Chalk        0    1 

Hcssn.  Stamp  and  Gordon,  for  Sunder- 
land   10   0 

H.  A.  H.,  for  Orpingttm 6    0 


0 
0 

0 
6 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 


£214    6    6 


Subscriptions  and  Donationt  to  the  General  Fund:—^ 

£  8.  d. 

Mrs.  Salmon  0    2    6 

Mrs.  E.  MilLs         110 

Hr.  Thos.K 6    0    0 

MiasE.  llooke       10    0 

Mr.  James  B.  Hay  (less  2«.  6d.  for  ser- 
mons and  postal)        9  17    6 


A  Highlander        

Mr.  J ames Bruwn  ... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Middleton 

Thankoff ering  from  T.  W.  and  M.  8. 

^L  •    ^^L     vT  •  •••  •«■  ■■•  •■• 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scaiu     ...        •■•        ... 

Annual  SubtcripUons: — 
Mrs.  P.  B.  BilbroQgh 

Mr.  W.Oale 

Mr.  W.Swain        

Mr.  Tomer 

Bev.  W.  A.  Blake 

Mr.  W.  Wayre       ...       ...        ... 

Mosara  S.  W.  Partridge  and  Co. 

Mr.C.  Muzrell       

Mrs.  Tucker..         ...       ...        ... 

Mr.  John  J.  Bodgen       

Mr.  A.  M.  Aitken 

Mr.  W.Mills         

Mr.  T.E.  Davis     

Mr.W.Isaid         ^       

Mr.  W.  Harrison 

Jsr.  J2i.  Unswll       ...       •».       ... 

Mr.  W.  Payne        

Mr.  W.  J.  Thompsoa      

Mr.  8.  Thomson 


P. 


£  1.  d. 

0  2    6 

1  0 
1  0 
1  0 

10  10 

0  5 


0 
O 
0 


1    t 

0  10 
0  10 
0    2    6 

0  10    6 

1  1 

2  2 
1    1 

0  10 

1  1 
1  1 
1  1 
S    2 

2 
1 
0 
1 
0 

1 


0 
0 

o 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£51  16    6 


Statement  of  Jlecelpt9  from  Auguit  ISth  to  September  lith,  1882. 


jurs.  Allan  ..*       ...       ...       •••       ..• 

Airs,  jjeu      ...       ...        ...       ...        ... 

Thankoffering  frornT.  W.  and  M.  8.  P. 
Mr.  A.  H.  Scud 


£  8.  d. 
60  0  0 
10  0 
10  0 
0   6   0 

£62    6   0 


Mr.  Spurgcon  begs  to  acknowledge,  with  best  thanks,  the  receipt  of  £20^  *'for  the  serfioe  of  Vbm 
sanctuary,"  from  a  frioid  in  America. 

Auckland  Taderhaclx  Buildiio  Fuwo. — Since  our  last  acknowlodgmeiit  we  have  received  the 
following  amounts :— Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilkinscm,  £2 :  Miss  Hilditch,  £6 ;  Miss  E.  Biekerton  Evans,  £5 ; 
A  Thankoffering  for  wonderful  blessings  in  obeying  the  Ijord  in  baptism,  fhun  a  F^rench  Cinadisn, 
£1 ;  Mr.  6.  Bantick,  £1 ;  A  Friend,  6s. ;  One  who  wishes  to  have  a  brick  in  the  boildinff,  IQs. ;  Mn. 
Allen,  fis. ;  Mr.  6.  S.  Everett,  £3  8s. ;  Mrs.  Walker,  £1 ;  Thankoffering  from  an  old  friend,  £1 ;  J.  M, 
Aberdeen,  £1 ;  A  Christian  friend,  par  Messrs.  PUsinore  and  Alabaster,  £1 ;  Mrs.  Joan  White, 
£1 108. :  Mr.  T.  Greenwood,  £6 ;  M.  £l,  Is.  :  A  brick,  fis. ;  A  friend,  68. ;  Miss  M  A.  Gilbert,  Ss. ;  Miss 
Jane  Matthews,  6s. ;  Mrs.  Jane  Evans,  10s. ;  Mrs.  Shearman,  £1 ;  Miss  £.  C.  Snurdens,  2s.  6a. ;  D.  W., 
10*.  6d. ;  Mrs.  Fiulayson,  £1 :  Mr.  Henry  Smith,  £6;  Mr.  Charles  Carter,  £1 :  Miss  E.  A.  Gilbert,  £2; 
**  For  Jesn's  sake,"  78.  6d. ;  Mr.  F.  Warmington,  £6 ;  No  name,  £1 ;  Mr.  HasseU,  2s. ;  Mr.  Stabbs, 
£2  2s. ;  Miss  B.  Turkman,  6s. ;  Mr.  B.  Hellier,  £1  Is. ;  £.  P.  H.,  6s. ;  Miss  M.  H.  Qrear,  lOa. ; 
£.  R.,  28.  6d  ;  Mr.  T.  H.  Olney,  £26;  Mr.  W.  Ohiey,  £10;  Mr.  G.  F.  Allison,  £6. 

Mrs.  Evans  his  oUo  received  for  the  Auckland  Taberaacle  Basaar  parcels  from  "  Martha,**  Miss 
Parker,  Miss  Annie  Riven,  Miss  Botcherby,  Miss  E.  Turner,  Mrs.  Dawe,  Mr.  Jas.  Trickett,  Putor  E. 
Morlcy,  and  Stoney  Stratford.  Thaaa  will  be  sent  with  the  box  from  the  MtsKs  Brown,  and  the  box 
from  ue  Missionary  Working  Sooiety.  Several  additionalparoels  for  the  Bazaar  have  been  senA  to 
Mrs.  Spuigeon,  or  givoito  the  Pastor  at  the  Tabemade.   l%ey  are  now  all  on  their  wa j  to  AncUaad. 


Friends  sending  presents  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnestly  requested  to  let  their  names  or 
initials  accompany  the  same,  or  we  cannot  properly  aeknowlodae  them;  and  also  to  write 
Mr,  Spurgeon  if  no  aeknowledament  is  sent  within  a  week,  AU  parcels  should'  be  mddrossed 
to  Mr,  Charlesworthf  StookweU  Orphanage^  Clapham  £oad,  London. 

Subscriptions  will  be  thankfully  received  by  C.  H,  Spurgeon,  "  JFestwood,^*  Beulah  BiO^ 
Upper  Norwood,  Should  any  sutns  be  unttcknowledaea  in  this  list,firiends  are  requested  to 
wrUe  at  once  to  Mr,  Spurgeon*  JPost  Office  Orders  should  be  made  payable  at  the  Chirf  Office^ 
London,  to  C,  K,  Spurgeon, 


I'lfm  ■•  JJin  I-iiiughmvu't  Shnt  ,tl» 


THB 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL 


NOVEMBER,      1882. 


S^bitti  ^arietg  in  %  ^Kiintn  of  ^0^^ 

A  HINT  BT  C.  H.  8PUBOB0K. 

HE  plants  of  the  Lord's  right-hand  planting  have  many  and 
prominent  points  of  likeness,  and  yet  they  diifer  exceed- 
ingly. We  shall  err  from  the  tmth  and  from  love  if  we 
look  for  all  the  same  traits  of  character  in  all  the  children 
of  God  :  some  are  constitntionally  yigorons,  and  others 
are  feeble ;  some  are  aspirings  and  others  drooping ;  many  are  contem- 
platiye,  and  more  are  active;  many  are  excitable,  while  a  few  are 
deliberate.  Each  form  of  mind  has  its  beanties  and  its  nses.  All 
flowers  are  so  mnch  alike  that  we  rightly  place  them  in  one  gronp,  and 
Beyer  mistake  them  either  for  minerals  or  animals,  and  yet  their  variety 
is  as  wide  as  it  is  charming.  Even  so  all  the  regenerate  belong  to  one 
family,  and  yet  no  one  is  exactly  like  another.  All  the  Israelites  are 
of  the  seed  of  Abraham,  and  yet  Jndidi  is  not  Dan,  nor  Issachar 
Manaaseh :  why  shonld  they  be  ? 

Many  of  Qod's  people  are  natnrally  cheerfal ;  in  their  case  the  holi- 
ness of  their  joy  comes  from  the  Spirit  of  God,  but  the  joyonsness 
itself  is  in  a  measnre  dne  to  a  healthy  body  and  a  contented  mind. 
These  bright  Christians  are  like  the  flowers  which  bathe  in  the  snnlight, 
and  flonnsh  best  on  a  warm  border  where  no  biting  wind  ever  makes  its 
wajr.  These  joyous  people  may  Uve  ont  a  depression,  but  they  are  at 
their  best  when  they  can  rejoice  in  the  Lord  always,  and  yet  again 
rejoice.  See  the  crocus  fiast  closed  while  *'  the  clouds  return  after  the 
rain,"  but  open  and  filled  with  glory  when  the  sun  pours  its  rays  into  its 
cup  of  pure  gold  like  unto  transparent  glass.    At  such  times  did  yon 


556  6W££T  YABIETT  IN  THS  OARDKET  OF  GOD. 

erer  note  the  soft  golden  flame  which  seems  to  bnm  deep  down  in  the 
cap, — a  sort  of  fiery  sheen  of  liquid  light?  How  like  to  the  i^itores 
and  ecstasies  which  are  enjoyed  by  certain  of  onr  Lord's  honsehold! 
A  clear,  warm,  steady  sunshine  is  the  element  of  the  crocns ;  mid^  snch 
influence  it  throws  out  a  blaze  of  colour,  and  as  we  look  within  its 
chalice  the  golden  gloiy  seems  to  quit  the  leaf^  "  and  roll  Uke  a  fieiy 
atmosphere  within."  Snch  are  the  happy  hearts  that  lire  in  fall  com- 
mnnion  with  the  Lord.  Let  ns  not  enyy  them,  much  less  tremble  for 
their  joyousness,  as  though  it  were  a  great  periL 

On  the  other  hand,  there  may  be  in  the  disposition  of  other  Christians 
tendencies  which  naturally  incline  them  to  tiie  shady  side  of  Ufa  Such 
bring  forth  the  choice  flowers  of  patience  and  resignation,  and  are  seen 
at  their  best  in  a  partiid  doom ;  who  diall,  therefore,  condemn  them? 
The  erening  primrose  euibits  nothing  better  than  iaded  and  dis- 
coloured flowers  all  day  long,  as  if  it  were  altogether  withering  away, 
for  noontide  is  not  the  hour  of  its  beauty.  Wait  tiU  the  summer 
twilight  is  beginning,  and  [you  shall  see  it  gradually  open  its  fragrant 
blossoms,  and  dii^lay  its  pale  yellow  colours.  It  is  the  joy  of  the 
erening  and  the  night :  the  garish  sun  woos  it  in  yain,  it  loyes  the  fair 
face  of  the  moon.  We  all  know  godly  women  who  would  nerer  be 
seen  to  advantage  among  the  public  actiyities  of  our  churches,  and 
yet  in  the  sick-room  and  in  the  hour  of  affliction  they  are  ftdl  of 
beauty,  and  shed  a  lovely  fragrance  all  around. 

We  will  not  excuse  a  tendency  to  despondency,  for  there  is  abundance 
of  joy  in  Christ  Jesus  for  all  oitlers  of  saints  ;  but  neverilieless  we  per- 
ceive great  beauty  in  men  and  women  of  a  sorrofrful  spirit,  whose 
patience  in  tribulation  is  given  them  of  their  Lord.  No  one  should  utter 
a  syllable  against  saints  whose  resemblance  is  found  in  the 

'<  Fair  flower  that  shuziB  the  elare  of  day, 
Yet  loves  to  open,  meekly  bold. 
To  evening  hues  of  silver  gray. 
Its  cup  of  paly  gold.** 

Among  the  night-blooming  flowers  are  found  a  few  of  rare  beauty  and 
delicious  perfume.  Take,  for  instance,  tiie  Cereus^  or  Caeiua  gran£^lora. 
It  is  a  grandee  of  the  floral  world,  and  wears  at  night  a  crown  which  is 
a  foot  in  diameter,  of  a  splendid  yellow  within  and  a  dark  brown 
without.  Its  scent  perfumes  the  air  to  a  considerable  distance,  and 
makes  .night  fragrant  as  Solomon's  palace  of  cedar.  A  little  before 
midnight  this  cactus  displays  its  wonorous  charms,  and  is  seen  to  be 
one  of  ^  the  precious  things  put  forth  by  tiie  moon."  We  think  we 
know  believers  worthy  to  be  compared  to  this  glorious  flower ;  brilliant 
in  endurance,  more  than  conquerors  in  tribulation;  of  whom  the  world 
is  not  worthy. 

Let  not  the  evening  primrose  despise  the  tulip  for  its  love  of  the  son ; 
and  let  not  the  tulip  find  fault  with  the  night-blooming  flower  for  its 
delight  in  the  moon.  Each  of  Uiese  has  its  use,  and  is  beautiful  in  its 
season.  The  bees  gather  about  the  beauties  of  the  day,  and  the  moths 
sip  of  the  blooms  of  the  night  The  rejoicing  diild  of  God  must  not 
grow  heady  and  high-mind^  and  push  Ms  we&  uid  weeping  brother; 
and,  on  the  other  hand,  the  sad  and  lowly  one  must  not  begin  to 


HWBET  VABIET7  IN  THE  GARDEN  OF  OOD.         557 

tyrannize  over  his  joyons  friend^  by  measuring  his  heavenly  experience 
by  the  standard  which  doloroos  donbters  have  set  np.  God's  flowers 
must  be  left  to  bloom  in  their  own  way,  and  the  more  natural  they  are 
the  better.  Some  of  them  naturally  hang  down  while  yet  in  bud,  and 
yet  when  they  are  fully  opened  they  gaze  upward  with  clear  vision ;  is 
not  the  drooping  posture  modestly  suitable  to  the  youth  of  their  buds  ? 
It  would  be  useless  to  upbraid  them,  they  are  best  as  they  are.  The 
gardener  thinks  he  improves  God's  handiwork,  but  a  man  of  pure 
taste  is  not  of  his  mind ;  true,  he  may  gain  in  one  direction,  but  he  loses 
in  several  others.  The  distinctive  features  of  a  flower  are  made  less 
striking  by  the  processes  of  education,  and  the  tendency  is  for  all  such 
flowers  to  be  globular  and  like  each  oilier.  There  are  eyes  that  love 
the  child  of  nature  in  his  own  raiment  more  than  the  heir  of  art  in  his 
finer  and  stiffer  apparel.  Boses  and  dahlias  in  their  first  estate  have 
more  expression  than  when  art  has  given  them  an  aristocratic  form  and 
fashion. 

You  know  that  in  the  habit  of  opening  and  closing,  flowers  are  so 
varied  that  some  one  or  other  of  them  is  sure  to  be  opening  at  each 
quarter  of  an  hour  of  the  day.  The  star  of  Jerusalem  is  up  by  three, 
and  the  chicory  at  four :  the  buttercup  opens  at  six,  the  water-lily  at 
seven,  the  pink  at  eight,  and  so  on  till  the  night  comes  on.  Linnaeus 
made  a  clock  of  flowers.  If  you  are  well  acquainted  with  the  science  of 
botany,  you,  too,  may  tell  the  time  without  a  watch. 

"  On  upland  shores  the  shepherd  marks 
The  hour  when,  as  the  dial  true, 
The  chicory  to  the  lowering  lark 
Lifts  her  soft  eyes,  serenely  blue." 

God  has  made  everything  beautiful  in  its  season,  eveiything  lovely  in  its 
own  order.  It  were  a  pity  that  there  should  be  a  battle  among  the 
flowers,  and  a  greater  trouble  still  if  there  should  be  a  conflict  among 
saints  as  to  which  state  of  experience  is  the  better,  or  as  to  which  is 
the  higher  mark  of  grace. 

One  thing  I  have  learned  from  flowers  which  should  be  a  lesson  for 
us  all :  it  is  the  dependence  of  most  of  them  upon  the  great  heavenly 
light.  If  you  will  look  on  a  lawn  when  it  rains,  you  may  at  a  little 
distance  see  nothing  but  the  green  grass ;  but  as  soon  as  the  shower 
is  over,  and  the  sun  shines  forth,  countless  daisies,  which  have  shut 
themselves  up  while  the  sun  is  away,  will  open  their  eyes  and  look  up 
to  him.  Well  are  they  called  Day's-eyes.  The  sweet  marguerites  lie 
asleep  all  night,  shut  up  like  pearls  in  their  shells ;  but  when  brave  Sol 
is  up  they  hide  themselves  no  longer,  but  come  forth  to  meet  the  bride- 
groom. Should  we  not  act  according  to  such  sort  towards  the  Well- 
beloved,  whose  presence  makes  our  day?  When  our  Lord  Christ  con- 
ceals his  face,  let  us  shut  up  our  hearts  in  sorrow,  even  *'  as  the  closing 
buds  at  eve  grieve  for  the  departed  sunbeams."  When  Jesus  shines 
upon  us  with  brightness  of  beauty  and  warmth  of  grace,  then  let  our 
hearts  unclasp  their  folded  leaves  again,  and  let  them  drink  in  a 
fulness  of  light  and  love.  We  may  all  try  to  be  alike  in  this  respect, 
for  we  all  love  Jesus.  If  we  cannot  all  rejoice  in  him  at  this  moment, 
yet  we  can  all  refuse  to  rejoice  in  aught  besides.    And  there  is  no  mere 


558  flint's  myrtle  and  Christ's  cross. 

fiancy  in  snch  refdsal ;  for  how  can  the  flower  of  the  day  be  content 
without  the  san,  and  how  can  we  be  happy  withont  onr  Lord  ?  The 
poet  says, — The  tyrant  night  oppresses  the  innocent  flower  nntil  its 
pore  deep  eyes  are  wet  with  tears ;  bnt  when  the  conquering  sun  appears 
the  flower  smiles  through  its  tear-drops.  The  Pharisees  complained 
that,  while  they  often  fasted,  the  disciples  of  Jesus  did  not  &Bt  at  alL 
Well  did  the  Master  answer  them,  <<  Can  the  children  of  the  bride- 
chamber  mounii  as  long  as  the  bridegroom  is  with  them?  but  tiie  days 
will  come,  when  the  bridegroom  shiJl  be  taken  from  them,  and  then 
shall  thev  fast."  Now,  this  is  true  of  us  all.  While  Christ  is  with  us 
we  could  not  be  sad  if  we  were  to  try,  and  if  he  be  once  ^ne  we 
cannot  be  glad,  howeyer  much  we  may  attempt  to  be  so.  He  is  erery- 
thing  to  us — our  joy,  our  hope,  our  all.  Our  bliss  depends,  not  upon 
what  we  are  in  ourselyes,  but  upon  what  he  is  in  himself.  What  a 
songster  sung  to  a  flower  may  be  fitly  applied  to  eyery  bdieyer ;  he 
would  haye  it  joy  in  the  sun,  and  so  he  sings — 

^  *Ti8  thine  to  rest  in  his  embrace. 

Nor  labour  to  be  sweet  and  fidr ; 

Do  thou  but  gaze  into  his  face, 

And  all  thy  beauty  shineth  there : 
Heayen  thee  hath  made  a  mirror  in  whose  sheen 
The  shining  of  yon  sun  is  in  sweet  beauty  seen.** 

Here,  then,  is  a  clear  point  of  union  for  all  belieyers  of  eyery  shape  of 
character.  We  are  one  in  our  need  of  Jesus,  one  in  onr  joy  in  him, 
one  in  our  growth  beneath  his  heayenly  influences.  To  him  we  turn  as 
the  heliotrope  turns  to  the  sun,  and  towards  him  we  are  moying  as 
truly,  thougn  as  slowly,  as  the  purple  orchis  moyes  towards  the  south, 
the  land  of  the  sun.  Oh,  to  dwell  in  the  unclouded  glory  of  the  Sun 
of  righteousness  for  eyermore ! 


filing's  iP^grtk  HPtibr  €limfi  (Sfxats, 

THE  heathen  naturalist,  Pliny,  tells  of  a  peculiarly  fragrant  myrtle- 
tree  which  grew  in  great  abundance  in  his  own  time,  and  which 
he  represents  as  possessing  a  strange  and  eyen  miraculous  yirtue.  A 
spray  cut  fh)m  it  and  carried  in  the  hand  could  so  continuously  sustain 
the  bod][  that  weariness  was  impossible,  while  it  exercised  such  an 
exhilarating  potency  oyer  the  mmd  that  no  feeling  approaching  the 
sense  of  discouragement  or  despondency  could  eyer  be  experienced. 
That  fabled  tree  was  a  fitting  emblem  of  the  efficacy  of  grace  m  healing 
all  the  soul's  diseases,  and,  in  its  ultimate  result,  deliyering  the  body 
also  from  eyery  malady  which  may  now  afflict  or  oppress  it,  raising  it 
up  on  the  resurrection-day  in  the  likeness  and  loyeliness  of  the  glorious 
body  of  the  Son  of  God.— i2.  W.  Forrest. 


559 

iConcluded/rom  page  517). 

IN  a  mnch  greater  degree  than  is  possible  at  present,  the  low  lodging- 
honsesy  prior  to  the  passing  of  Lord  Shaftesboiy's  Acts  for  their 
regulation,  were  hotbeds  of  disease,  as  well  as  of  depravity,  spreading  con- 
tagion far  and  wide.  In  dimly-lighted  cellars,  alive  with  vermin,  and  reek- 
ing with  the  foulest  exhalations,  human  beings  herded  as  thickly  as  they 
could  lie.  In  four  houses  in  the  notorious  Church-lane,  St.  Giles's,  as  many 
as  four  hundred  and  thirty-one  persons  had  been  known  to  sleep.  One 
cellar,  according  to  a  contemporary  description,  was  '*  a  dark  and  noisome 

?lace,"  littered  with  straw,  and  having  its  walls  infested  with  vermin, 
n  return  for  the  payment  of  twopence-halfpenny  a  night,  each  lodger 
was  accommodated  with  a  sack  for  a  covering.  Many  of  the  inmates 
were  young  girls  and  boys  who  lived  by  crime.  At  the  back  of  a  house 
in  Oharles-s^et,  Drury-lane,  the  present  Lord  Shaftesbury  and  the  late 
Rev.  John  Branch  found  a  filthy  dilapidated  shed  furnished  with  seven 
beds,  each  of  which  was  let  at  fonrpence  a  night.  Another  plague  spot, 
to  the  condition  of  which  The  Builder  called  attention  in  1858,  was 
Oharlotte's-bnildiugs,  Gray's-inn-lane,  where  nine  hundred  persons 
lived  in  fourteen  crazy  houses.  ''  During  the  day,  and  particularly  in 
the  evening,  up  to  about  ten  or  eleven  o'clock,  the  narrow  area  is  filled 
with  strange-looking  and  ragged  figures,  whose  dresses  and  complexion 
harmonize  with  the  grey,  mouldy,  and  dingy-looking  walls  of  the 
buildings,"  it  was  said.  "  So  wild  and  haggard  is  the  scene,  that  few 
who  have  not  had  experience  of  these  places  and  people  would  venture 
to  the  bottom  of  the  court."  ' 

It  will  not  be  necessary  to  multiply  illustrations  of  what  the  common 
London  lodging-houses  were  a  generation  ago.  *'  In  these  Infemi  of 
poverty,"  said  one  general  description,  ''  thousands,  nay,  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  the  oommunity  languish,  and  gasp,  and  rot,  or  else  riot  and 
brutalize  themselves  in  lairs  fitter  to  be  the  habitation  of  hogs  than 
of  human  beings.  There  whole  families,  ^  ages,  both  sexes,  pig  toge- 
ther in  a  foetid  confraternitv.  There  the  drunken  father,  the  haggard 
mother,  the  ragged  sons,  the  slatternly  daughters,  the  puling  children, 
the  bedridden  grandmother,  the  idiot  sister,  and  perchance  the  dead 
baby,  are  aU  crowded  together  in  one  wretched  room,  without  ventila- 
tion, without  water,  with  no  separation  in  sleeping  for  the  sexes,  and 
verv  frequently  no  sleeping  accommodation  at  all.  There  thev  live,  or 
rather  festeringly  vegetate,  and  there  they  die."  In  face  of  all  this,  there 
was  the  anomaly  that  the  poor,  in  return  for  such  a  shelter,  actually 
paid  a  much  higher  rent  for  the  space  occupied  than  the  aristocratic 
tenants  of  well-appointed  mansions  paid  for  theirs.  What  was  the 
cause,  and  where  was  a  remedy  to  be  found  ?  When  the  subject  was 
brought  before  the  public  consequent  on  Lord  Shaftesbury's  appeal  to 
the  Legislature,  even  the  newspapers  seemed  to  be  bewildereo,  and 
unable  to  give  a  hopefol  i)re&cription.  Mendicancy,  improvidence,  and 
dmnkenness  went  hand  in  hand,  and  the  English  had  something  to 
answer  for  on  account  of  being  the  most  inveterate  encouragers  of 
beggars  in  the  whole  world. 

'e  turn  to  a  pleasanter  subject  when  we  come  to  those  cases  of 


5G0  RAGGED  SCHOOLS  IN  FORMER  DAYS. 

reformation  which  in  dne  time  enconraged  the  ragged-Bchool  pioneers. 
Those  cases  might  tmly  be  called  legion.  In  some  instances  fiunilies 
were  enabled  to  regain  a  respectable  footing  who  throngh  folly  and 
improvidence  had  sacrificed  a  good  social  position. 

Thns  a  certain  man  and  his  wife,  who  were  conventionally  pnt  down 
as  '^  of  the  lowest  class/'  because,  when  singing  songs  in  the  street,  the 
one  appeared  without  a  coat,  and  the  other  without  a  gown^  ware 
subsequently  found  to  be  something  very  different  fiom  what  they 
appeared.  After  some  persuasion  these  people  were  prevailed  upon  to 
allow  their  children  to  att^d  the  school,  when  such  was  their  rapid 
progress,  that  they  soon  learned  to  read,  and  Bibles  were  given  them  to 
carry  home.  As  children  have  often  done  before  under  similar  circom- 
stances,  these  scholars  read  at  home  from  the  Word  to  their  fidlea 
parents,  until  the  man — who  had  been  well  educated — ^resolved  to 
abandon  his  deceptive  profession.  This  he  ultimately  did,  and  obtaining 
a  situation  as  a  clerk  m  a  merchant's  office,  he  worked  his  way  back  to 
a  respectable  position,  and  became  united  with  a  Christian  church. 

Consider  the  case  of  a  young  thief,  who  on  the  d^  after  his 
liberation  ttom  prison  was  encountered  in  Duck-lane,  Westminster, 
insufficiently  clothed,  and  without  any  prospect  of  honestly  supporting 
himself.  On  being  asked  what  his  intentions  were  for  the  future,  he 
replied  that  his  only  choice  was  to  return  to  old  ways  and  pioflwato 
associates.  He  was  thereupon  admitted  to  an  industrial  refhge  where 
he  learned  to  read  and  write ;  and  one  day  accidentally  meeting  in  tbe 
street  with  his  own  sister,  whom  he  had  not  seen  for  four  years,  he  learned 
the  whereabouts  of  the  family  which  he  had  hitherto  been  unable  to 
discover.  He  was  received  as  one  risen  from  the  dead,  and  bdng  now 
quite  a  reformed  character,  he  undertook  the  conduct  of  the  fsmOy 
business,  which  the  father  throngh  continued  illness  was  himself  unable 
)x>  manage. 

It  was  becoming  more  and  more  pressed  upon  the  authorities  that  the 
alternative  would  have  to  be  school  or  prison ;  and  they  were  also 
becoming  enlightened  as  to  what  poor  results  came  from  the  prisoiL 
What  kind  of  influence  legal  punishment  exercised  on  young,  susceptible 
minds  was  exhibited  in  the  person  of  a  boy  eight  years  of  age,  wno  in 
1845  was  sentenced  to  a  month's  imprisonment  for  stealing.  In  1846,  at 
the  mature  age  of  nine  or  less,  he  was  sentenced  to  seven  years'  trans- 
portation ;  but  taking  into  consideration  his  in&ncy  and  stature  (foor 
feet  two  inches)  the  prison  authorities  rejected  him,  and  he  was  kept  in 
prison  for  only  three  months.  Afber  his  release  he  was  soon  agam  in 
the  hands  of  the  police,  and  was  condemned  to  two  years'  imprisonment. 
After  this  he  was  repeatedly  captured,  to  be  whipped,  imprisoned,  or 
both,  as  the  wisdom  of  the  law  officers  might  dictate.  ^'  He  is  now  only 
twelve  years  of  age,"  wrote  one  who  knew  the  case  in  1849,  ^  and  not 
more  than  four  feet  two  inches  in  height^  so  that  he  will  continue  his 
career  for  two  years  more,  and  until  he  has  grown  four  inches,  befi»re 
he  will  be  qualified  for  Parkhurst." 

The  virtue  pf  legal  remedies  was  well  tested  in  the  case  of  another 
lad  named  D.  F ^  who  was  fourteen  years  of  age  in  1860.  Mother- 
less, and  deserted  by  a  drunken  father,  he  slept  in  lodging-houeB, 
beneath  arches,   or  on  doorsteps,  and  lived  by  begging  or  thieving. 


RAGGED  BOHOOIA  IK  FORMER  DAYS.  561 

He  soon  found  himself  in  prison  on  a  bread-and-wafcer  diet ;  bnfc 
while  thus  confined  he  became  fayourabhr  impressed  by  the  teaching  of 
the  chaplain  and  the  schoolmaster.  Before  leaying  the  prison,  he  was 
'^well  nogged,"  and  was  then  discharged  barefooted,  withont  shoes, 
money,  or  friends.  The  first  penny  he  receiyed  was  a  penny  from  a 
passer-by  ;  and  no  other  opening  offering  he  joined  a  gang  or  thieyes, 
and  of  course  deyeloped  into  a  luurdened  criminal. 

Had  the  ragged  school  remedy  been  applied  in  either  of  these  cases, 
the  result  would  haye  been  yery  different,  as  could  be  proyed  by  plenty 
of  examples.  Thus,  J.  E.,  who  was  about  the  same  age  as  the  last- 
mentioned  cases,  was  an  orphan,  and  on  being  turned  adrift  by  a  drunken 
step-&ther,  he  found  himself  reduced  to  the  usual  pli|;ht  of  begging  or 
thieying.  Instead  of  being  captured  by  a  well-meanmg  policeman,  he 
was  taken  in  hand  by  a  Westmmster  ragged-school  teacher,  who  besides 
introducing  the  waif  to  reading,  writing,  and  figures,  taught  him  also 
the  truth  of  the  gospel.  The  boj  was  fdso  assisted  to  occasional  work, 
sometimes  a  few  pence  were  giyen  him  to  pay  for  a  lodging,  and  sometimes 
be  receiyed  a  little  food.  He  subsequently  joined  one  of  the  earliest 
batches  of  emigrants  who  were  sent  to  the  antipodes  ;  and  the  first  news 
receiyed  from  him  was,  "  I  am  hired  for  £16  a-year  and  food.  I  haye 
more  food  than  I  can  use.  I  am  a  shepherd  and  haye  got  2,580  sheep 
on  the  plains.  We  go  out  at  sunrise  and  come  in  at  sunset."  What 
more  grateful  transformation  could  society  desire  than  one  like  this  ? 

But  one  of  the  most  telling  typical  examples  of  the  influence  of  the 
ragged-school  teacher  was  rekted  by  the  late  Judge  Payne  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Union  in  1851 :— "  A  boy  once  went  to  a  ragged  school 
and  h^  his  face  washed;  and  when  he  went  home,  his  neighbours 
looked  at  him  with  astonishment :  they  said,  "  That  looks  Uke  Tom 
Rogers,  and  yet  it  can't  be,  he  is  so  clean.*'  Presently,  his  mother 
looked  at  him,  and  finding  his  fiuse  so  clean,  she  fancied  her  face  was 
dirty,  and  fortJiwith  washed  it.  The  father  soon  came  home,  and  seeing 
bis  wife  and  son  clean,  thought  his  face  was  dirty,  and  soon  followed 
their  example.  Father,  and  mother,  and  son,  all  being  clean,  the 
mother  began  to  think  the  room  looked  dirty,  and  down  she  went  upon  her 
knees,  and  scrubbed  that  clean.  There  was  a  female  lodger  in  the  house, 
who,  seeing  such  a  change  in  her  neighbours,  thought  her  face  and  room 
looked  yery  dirty,  and  she  speedily  betook  to  the  cleansing  operation 
likewise.  And  yery  soon  the  whole  house  was,  as  it  were,  transformed, 
and  made  tidy  and  comfortable  simply  by  the  cleansing  of  one  ragged 
boy."  We  say  tibis  was  a  typical  example,  because,  in  point  of  fact,  the 
ragged-school  reached  the  parents  through  the  children  m  more  instances 
than  can  be  chronicled. 

Although  the  tendency  of  the  children  on  the  streets  was  to  lapse  into 
crime,  some  striking  instances  of  honesty  on  the  part  of  those  receiyed 
into  die  schools  were  not  wanting.  In  the  first  week  of  October,  1849, 
a  ragged-scholar  picked  up  a  parcel  of  bank-notes  on  London  Bridge, 
which  he  immediately  carriea  to  a  police-station.  When  the  owner 
receiyed  his  property  he  wished  to  giye  £5  to  the  school  which  had 
inculcated  such  principles  of  honesty,  and  also  to  reward  the  lad,  but 
we  are  not  aware  that  either  was  eyer  discoyered.  Parcels  and  trunks 
haye  frequently  changed  hands  in  the  streets,  through  the  owners 


562  RAGGED  80H00LS  IK  FORMER  DAYS. 

aocidently  loeing  sight  of  the  porters.  This  once  occurred  at  London- 
bridge  Terminus^  the  missing  portmantean,  which  was  neyer  reooyered, 
containing  £100  besides  other  things.  In  No?ember,  1854,  however, 
a  scholar  of  the  Foster-street  school  having  missed  his  employer  while 
carrying  a  pormantean  to  the  station,  dnly  appeared  at  the  oflSce  and 
deliver^  np  the  property.  The  owner,  who  doubtless  believed  that 
honesty  is  the  best  policy,  also  thought  economy  to  be  better  still,  for  he 
recognised  the  lad's  good  principles  by  the  munificent  sum  of  sixpence ! 

We  do  not  know  whether  our  readers  know  anything  about  those 
&llen  stars,  who  in  a  sense  may  be  regarded  as  themselves  constituting 
one  of  the  classes  of  London ;  but  should  any  extension  of  knowledge 
in  this  direction  be  desired*  it  will  readily  be  found  in  the  ragged 
schools  and  in  the  lodging  houses.  An  example  from  real  life  will  make 
clear  our  meaning. 

In  or  about  the  year  1841  a  surgeon  and  his  wife  occupied  a  large  house 
near  Portland-place ;  but  on  being  laid  low  by  serious  illness,  two  promising 
little  boys  were  hurriedly  brought  from  a  boarding-school  to  see  their 
mother  die.  The  farewell  which  this  lady  took  of  her  children  was  a 
veiy  tender  one ;  and  on  being  raised  in  bed  to  say  what  she  desired  to 
say,  she  took  the  hand  of  each  and  told  him  that  he  would  not  have 
8uch  a  mother  again.  After  this  the  speaker  lay  down  and  died,  and  the 
welfare  6f  the  household  appears  to  have  been  buried  in  the  mother's 
grave;  the  father  found  all  things  go  wrong  with  him,  and  ultimately 
he  was  compelled  to  give  up  his  mansion,  and  going  from  bad  to  worse 
he  was  soon  among  the  lowest  in  the  byeways  Si  the  town. 

While  paying  a  visit  to  the  Golden-lane  Sdiool  on  a  Snnda]^  evening 
during  the  winter  of  1848-9,  the  attention  of  a  certain  fnend  was 
suddenly  arrested  by  the  entrance  of  two  boys,  who  while  presenting  an 
appearance  somewhat  different  from  the  ordinary  run  of  ragged  scholara, 
were  yet  in  a  more  than  usually  woe-begone  plight.  *'  They  had  neither 
shirts,  shoes,  nor  stockings;  their  feet  were  black  and  swollen,  and 
chapped  with  the  frost.  The  clothing  of  each  consisted  of  an  old  coat 
and  a  pair  of  trousers,  filthy  and  ragged.  Of  the  300  children  then 
present,  they  seemed  the  most  destitute,  yet  in  the  polite  answers  of  the 
elder  boy  there  appeared  traces  of  a  superior  training."  Those  children 
were  the  same  that  had  some  years  before  taken  adieu  of  their  dying 
mother  in  the  fiashionable  west-end  establishment  Instead  of  l>eing 
attended  by  a  retinue  of  servants,  the  father  was  the  tenant  of  a 
miserable  room  where  he  lived  upon  the  bounty  of  others.  The  younger 
boy,  to  whom  the  mother  had  spoken  so  affectionately,  sadly  realised  the 
truth  of  what  was  said  to  him  about  missing  his  best  earthly  friend's  o?er- 
sight  in  the  world ;  for  having  been  led  away  by  bad  companions,  he  was 
taken  and  lodged  in  prison.  The  elder  appeared  to  be  more  hopeful; 
but  who  can  now  tell  what  eventually  became  of  either  fiather  or  children 
when  all  disappear  from  view  in  the  mysterious  byeways  of  London  ? 

To  such  revelations  as  these,  the  annals  of  ragged  schools  would 
supply  facts,  more  or  less  surprising,  about  crime  and  genius.  Soon 
after  ragged  schools  were  established  in  London,  there  were  two  bojs 
in  the  prison  at  Dundee  whose  fate  was  a  hard  one,  if  not  actually  dis- 
graceftil  to  the  criminal  code  of  that  day.    The  first  was  sentoioed  to 


KEEP  UP  THE  SUNDAY-80H00L.  563 

seyen  years'  transportation  for  stealing  a  loaf  of  bread !  the  other  was 
doomed  to  banishment  for  life  by  way  of  expiating  a  crime  which  it  was 
extremely  donbtfol  whether  he  ever  committed  at  all.  The  former, 
entering  prison  with  the  ability  to  read  and  write,  soon  mastered  the 
elementary  learning  which  the  prison  tntor  nsnally  introduced  to  the 
prisoners.  ''I  gave  him  books  on  algebra,  plane  and  sphericid  tri- 
gonometry, and  practical  mathematics,  "the  teacher  in  the  gaol  wrote  at 
the  time  ;  "  ana,  with  snch  hints  as  I  gave  him  in  passing,  he  has 
become  intimately  acquainted  with  all  these.  I  furnished  him  with 
books  on  astronomy,  and  gaye  him  astronomic  tables ;  he  has  become 
such  an  adept  in  the  calculations  of  celestial  phenomena,  that  I 
frequently  employ  him  to  yerify  my  own  calculations.  In  countless 
instances  he  has  yerified  the  Nautical  Almanac,  and  could  now  almost 
construct  one."  He  was  as  well  acquainted  with  the  Bible  as  he  was  with 
geometry,  he  could  read  French,  and  seemed  to  be  at  his  ease  both  in 
calculatu^y  eclipses  and  planetair  transits,  and  in  making  a  chrono- 
logical table  to  the  Scriptures.  The  other  lad  inherited  a  genius  for 
drawing  and  painting,  and  also  for  mechanics.  He  made  a  water 
clock  with  an  old  shoemaker's  knife,  and  performed  other  singular 
feats.  If  such  had  found  their  way  into  the  ragged  school  instead  of 
the  jail,  who  can  predict  what  they  might  haye  done  for  society  ? 

Many  misinformed  people  imagine  that  ragged  schools  haye  had  their 
day,  and  that  eyerythmg  will  be  done  by  the  School  Board ;  but  we  are 
not  ourselyes  quite  so  sanguine.  Wiui  street  arabs  as  numerous  as 
they  are  to-day  in  London,  the  ragged-school  teacher  is  not  likely  just 
at  present  to  find  his  occupation  gone.  It  is,  at  all  eyents,  begin- 
ning to  be  seen  that,  from  the  purely  missionary  standpoint,  there  may 
be  more  to  be  done  Uian  eyer  before,  and  with  more  certainty  of 
desirable  results.  The  ofiSce  of  the  Ragged-school  ITnion  is  still  open 
at  Exeter  Hall,  and  there  Mr.  J.  Kirk,  the  secretary,  and  Mr.  B.  J. 
Curtis,  the  organizing  secretary,  can  still  tell  of  a  thnying  constituency 
in  the  London  raggS  schools  alone  of  thirty  thousand  children,  and 
three  thousand  teachers. 


HEBE  is  a  fit  place  to  urge  our  friends  to  look  well  to  the  Sabbath- 
school.  Our  richer  people  in  the  town  churches  liye  out  of 
town,  and  so  the  school  loses  those  who  should  be  its  leaders.  Cannot 
the  sons  and  daughters  of  our  well-to-do  people  try  to  deny  them- 
selyes,  and  stop  up  in  town  between  the  morning  and  eyening  seryices, 
so  as  to  take  classes?  How  richly  would  they  enjoy  a  Lord's-day  thus 
spent !  If  this  be  thought  impracticable,  let  more  of  our  older  friends 
come  to  the  rescue.  We  know  school  after  school  where  there  are 
children  in  hundreds,  but  teachers  are  so  few  that  dozens,  if  not  scores, 
of  children  are  taught  by  one  person  with  great  labour  and  little  profit. 
By  all  the  honourable  records  of  the  past  we  plead  that  the  Sabbath- 
school  must  not  be  suffered  to  ^o  down  in  any  place  on  any  account. 
Men  and  brethren,  women  and  sisters,,  help  I  Help  at  once  I  Keep  on 
helping  as  long  as  you  liye. — C.  H.  H. 


564 


BY  THOiaS  BPUBGEOK. 

WHEN  the  visitor  asked  how  the  invalid  was,  her  anxious  firi^ds 
replied,  ^'  Oh,  she's  getting  lower  and  lower**    But  when  he 
grasped  her  trembling,  transparent  hanc^  and  enquired  if  that  were  so, 
she  said  sweetly,  '*  Oh,  no ;  higher  and  higher  !** 
The  condition  of  her  poor  body  may  be  thas  described : — 

**  Lower  and  lower  the  polae-beats  sink, 
Lesser  and  lesser  the  life-cordi  shrink, 
Looser  and  looser  the  vital  link, 
Little  by  little  she  nears  the  brink." 

But  she,  thinking  more  of  her  near  approach  to  glory  and  to  Jesus 
than  of  the  sinking  of  her  body,  would  not  have  it  so:  not  lower  and 
lower,  but  higher  and  higher. 

"  Higher  and  higher,  not  lower  and  lower, 
Each  pain  proves  a  lever  to  lift ; 
Brighter  and  orighter,  not  darker  and  darker, 
£^h  cloud  has  its  light-letting  rift ! 

^  Nearer  and  nearer,  not  farther  and  fiurther, 
m  soon  reach  tne  harbour  of  peace ; 
Calmer  and  calmer,  not  rougher  and  rougher. 
For  Fm  nearing  the  happy  release  !** 

And  this  was  not  mere  fancy,  nor  the  expression  of  a  hope ;  it  was  a 
glorious,  bright  reality, — 

**  Nearer  and  nearer  her  Saviour  drew. 
Clearer  and  clearer  the  glory  grew. 
Dearer  and  dearer  the  promise  true. 
Minute  by  minute,  as  minutes  flew. 

**  Slighter  and  slighter  her  pain  she  deemed. 
Lighter  and  lighter  the  burden  seemed. 
Brighter  and  brighter  the  vista  gleamed, 
DaOy  and  nightly  of  Jesus  she  dreamed. 

"  Deeper  and  deeper  the  flow  of  grace. 
Sweeter  and  sweeter  the  Lamb-ut  face, 
Meeter  and  meeter  the  heavenly  place. 
Hourly  enjoying  her  Lord^s  embrace.** 

Ere  long  she  fell  on  sleep.  She  had  been  gradually  rising ''  higher  and 
higher":  she  was  suddenly  lifted  into  ^  h^hest. 

"  Higher,  and  nif;her,  and  better,- -nay,  best ! 
When  Jesus  said,  *  Friend,  come  up  higher,  and  rest 
Thy  poor  weary  head,  like  John,  on  my  breast  !* 
Precious  Saviour,  vouchsafe  we  may  each  thus  be  blest  !** 


565 


lEillmm  €)ar^/ 


IN  a  oottage  belonring  to  the  anaint  ^j-stone  baUt  village  of 
Paulerspniy,  in  Northamptonsmre,  William  Carey  first  saw  the 
light,  17th  Angnst,  1761.  He  was  the  eldest  of  fi?e  chUdreo.  The' 
father  was  a  weayer,  but  sacceeded  to  the  united  offices  of  schoolmaster 
and  parish-clerk  when  William  was  six  years  old.  llie  old  man  lived 
to  complete  his  eightieth  year  in  honest  repute  among  his  neighbours, 
a  lover  of  good  men  and  a  great  reader. 

Village  life  in  those  days  was  ftill  of  hardship.  From  an  early  age 
children  were  kept  close  at  work,  with  little  time  for  school  or  play.  A 
labourer's  pay  was  under  five  shillings  a  week,  with  his  beer  and  a  cup 
of  milk  at  breakfast-time,  and  the  wives  and  daughters  earned  some- 
thing by  spinning  and  making  pillow-lace.  Picturesque  as  was  the 
scenery  amidst  which  they  lived,  poverty  and  toil  formed  a  cheerless  lot 
for  the  villagers  of  the  days  of  Carey's  boyhood. 

Of  that  JbK)yhood  the  glimpses  we  obtain  reveal  the  prominent  cha- 
racteristics of  the  future  man.  His  distinguishing  feature  was  what 
Bobert  Hall  called ''  unrelenting  industry."  He  himself  said  to  his 
nephew :  "  If  anyone  give  me  credit  for  being  a  plodder,  he  will  do  me 
justice.  Anything  beyond  this  will  be  too  much.  I  can  plod,  I  can 
persevere  in  any  definite  pursuit.  To  this  I  owe  everything."  Then — 
as  his  garden  at  Serampore,  the  finest  in  India,  afterwards  showed 
— ^he  was  an  enthusiast  in  horticulture ;  and  bis  acute  and  vigorous 
intellect,  and  his  faculty  of  mastering  languages  made  him,  as  we  Know, 
the  first  Oriental  scholar  of  his  day. 

Now,  with  this  knowledge  of  what  he  became,  watch  the  relentlessly 
industrious  boy  in  his  village  home.  He  is  small  and  slightly  buUt, 
has  a  prepoBsessingface,  eye  and  brow  in  particular,  and  a  bright  in- 
domitable spirit.  He  has  good  physical  stamina,  too,  and  is  wiry  and 
nimble.    We  find  him  busying  nimself  in  his  father's  large  orchard- 

Sarden,  which  is  cultivated  almost  entirely  by  him.  In  every  unpro- 
uctive  spot  he  plants  a  tree  or  shrub,  and  finds  room  besides  for  a 
variety  of  choice  fiowers  which  he  has  himself  carefully  collected.  He 
takes  all  a  boy's  delight  in  frolic  and  adventure.  If  a  tree  is  more  than 
ordinarily  difficult  to  climb,  that  is  the  reason  why  he  will  climb  it. 
In  one  such  attempt,  for  which  a  bird's  nest  was  the  prize,  he  came  to 
the  ground  bruisca  and  half-stunned  ;  but  as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  leave 
the  house,  his  first  act  was  to  go  back  and  climb  that  tree.  Books  are 
not  easy  for  him  to  obtain,  but  he  has  a  hunger  for  such  as  fall  in  his 
way,  especially  for  those  that  bear  on  travel  and  adventure.  His  love 
of  nature  furnishes  for  him  as  much  mental  training  as  his  reading 
affords.  He  never  rambles  out  '^  nutting  "  without  keeping  his  eye  in- 
quisitively on  hedge  and  budi  for  **  specimens,"  and  his  little  room  at 
home  is  crowded  with  living  plants,  birds  and  insects,  which  he  has 
carefully  collected,  and  whose  habits  he  careftilly  watches.  This  love 
of  nature  had  much  to  do  with  the  health  and  spirits  which  made  him 
known  in  after-years  as ''  the  cheerful  old  man." 

*  Hen  Worth  Bemezobering.    WiUi&m  Carey.    By  James  Colxoas,  D.D.    London : 
Hodder  and  Stonghton.    Should  he  read  hy  everybody. 


566  WILUAH  CARET. 

At  fonrteen  years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed  to  Mr.  NicholBy  shoe- 
maker,  Hackleton,  about  nine  miles  from  his  home.  Bat  while  plying 
the  awl  and  lapstone,  his  thirst  for  knowledge  continued  unabated. 
Among  his  master's  books  was  a  commentary,  the  pages  of  which  were 
sprinkled  with  Oreek  words.  Fascinated  with  these  he  copied  them  as 
accurately  as  he  could,  and  on  his  visits  home  took  them  for  translation 
to  Tom  Jones,  a  weaver  who  had  received  and  misused  a  classical 
education.  We  are  not  to  suppose  that  any  mastery  of  Oreek  was  thus 
acquired,  but  the  bent  of  his  mind  was  shown,  and  tiie  mental  discipline 
was  worth  something. 

The  story  goes  that  he  was  an  indifferent  shoemaker,  but  that  was 
not  his  own  estimate  of  his  proficiency.  ^'  I  was  accounted,'*  says  he, 
'*  a  very  good  workman  ; "  and  he  relates  that  his  second  employer,  Mr. 
Old,  kept  on  view  a  pair  of  shoes  made  by  him  as  a  model  of  what  shoes 
ought  to  be.  This  is  in  no  way  inconsistent  with'  his  retort  in  after* 
years  to  a  general  officer  in  India,  who  enquired  in  his  hearing,  when 
dining  with  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  whether  Dr.  Carey  had  not  once 
been  a  shoemaker  ?    *'  No,  sir,"  said  he,  "  only  a  cobbler,! " 

As  became  the  son  of  a  parish-clerk,  he  was  brought  up  a  strict 
Churchman,  and  confirmed ;  but  at  eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  still  a 
stranger  to  the  love  of  Christ.  His  lips  were  sometimes  polluted  with 
profane  language;  he  told  lies,  and  ran  great  risk  of  going  down  into 
those  depths  of  gross  conduct  to  be  found  among  the  lower  classes  of 
neglected  villages.  Discussions  on  religions  matters  with  a  youth  em- 
ployed at  the  same  shop,  aroused  his  mind,  and  made  him  sensible  of 
his  sinful  condition.  He  had  pride  enough  for  a  thousand  times  his 
knowledge,  and  though  the  argument  often  went  against  him,  he  always 
had  the  last  word;  but  he  was  made  uneasy,  and  began  earnestly  to 
study  the  Scriptures.  Long  he  strove  to  render  himself  acceptable  to 
God  by  religious  observances,  but  at  length  was  brought  "  to  depend 
wholly  on  the  crucified  Saviour  for  pardon  and  salvation." 

Thomas  Scott,  the  commentator,  who  had  succeeded  Newton  at  OIney, 
was  in  the  habit  of  calling  occasionally  at  the  house  of  Ur.  OldL  (m 
these  occasions  a  ''  sensible-looking  lad,''  wearins  his  leathern  apron, 
was  wont  to  enter  the  room  along  with  Mr.  Olc^  and  to  listen  with 
marked  attention.  Struck  with  the  youth,  Scott  judged  he  would  one 
day  prove  no  ordinary  man.  The  spiritual  change,  though  gradual,  was 
pronounced  and  unmistakable.  It  created  great  wonder  at  home. 
His  sister  says,  "  I  recollect  once  his  burning  a  pack  of  cards  he  had 
before  purchased.  Like  Gideon,  he  wished  to  throw  down  all  the  altars 
of  Baal  in  one  night.  I  often  wished  he  would  not  bring  his  religion 
home.  He  asked  leave  to  pray  in  the  family,  and  one  circumstance  I 
well  recollect  He  always  mentioned  these  words,  that  aU  our  righieaus" 
neaa  was  as  filthy  rags.  That  used  to  touch  my  pride  and  raise  my 
indignation." 

In  1781  a  small  church  was  formed  at  Hackleton,  consisting  of  nine 
members.  Carey's  name  is  third  on  the  list  A  considerable  religions 
awakening  was  in  progress  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  he  soon  became 
occupied  in  village  preaching.  The  same  year  was  marked  by  anoth^ 
notable  event,  for  he  married  his  employer's  sister-in-law,  Dorothy 
Plackett,  and  on  Mr.  Old's  death  soon  after,  he  sacceeded  him  in 


WILIJAM  CAREY.  567 

business.  It  was  an  early  marriage,  for  he  was  not  quite  twenty,  and 
it  proved  to  be  a  mistake.  His  wife  was  a  good  woman,  but  without 
education,  and  destitute  of  nerye  or  strength  for  hardship.  She  could 
not  sympathize  in  her  husband's  aspirations,  and  she  had  a  pre- 
disposition to  mental  disease.  He  always  treated  her  with  respectM 
tenderness. 

His  early  married  life  was  embarrassed  with  hesYj  trial.  He  was 
obliged  to  sell  off  his  stock  at  a  loss,  owing  to  depression  of  trade ;  his 
firstborn  child  died ;  and  he  himself  was  attacked  with  fever,  which  ren- 
dered him  prematurely  bald,  and  left  him  so  feeble  that  for  more  than  a 
year  he  had  the  greatest  difficulty  in  providiug  daily  bread  for  his 
household. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  having  become  convinced  from  Scripture 
that  baptism  should  not  precede,  but  follow  personal  faith  in  the  Be- 
deemer,  he  was  baptized  by  the  younger  Byiand  in  the  Nen,  a  little 
beyond  Dr.  Doddridge's  chapel,  in  Northampton.  To  Ryland — so  he 
afterwards  stated — it  was  merely  the  baptism  of  a  poor  journeyman 
shoemaker,  and  the  service  attracted  no  special  attention  ;  but  the  text 
was  prophetic  (Matt.  xiz.  30)  :  ''Many  that  are  first  shall  be  last ;  and 
the  last  shall  be  first." 

Carey,  who  had  meanwhile  removed  to  Moulton,  and  was  preaching 
both  there  and  at  Earls  Barton,  now  jomed  himself  to  the  church  at 
Ohie^,  a  community  distinguished  for  Christian  zeal  and  concord,  that 
he  might  be  appointed  to  the  ministry  in  a  regular  way.  After  preach- 
ing several  times  before  that  church  during  a  period  extending  over 
twelve  months,  he  was  formally  **  called  "  to  the  ministry,  and  sent  out 
from  Olney  to  preach  the  gospel "  wherever  God  in  his  providence  might 
determine."  He  settled  at  Moulton,  and  exchanging  shoemaking  for 
teachmg,  he  opened  school.  His  income  was  ''  about  ten  pounds  per 
annum  "  from  the  church,  five  pounds  from  a  fund  in  London,  and  lat- 
terly seven  and  sixpence  a  week  from  his  school,  in  all  about  £35.  The 
^consequence  of  this  inadequate  income  was  a  return  to  his  former  trade, 
which  yielded  him  a  bare  living;  and  once  a  fortnight  the  little  man, 
with  a  far-away  look  on  his  face,  might  be  seen  trudging  to  Northamp- 
ton with  wallet  ftill  of  shoes  for  delivery  to  a  TOvernment  contractor, 
and  then  returning  home  with  a  burden  of  leather  for  the  next  fort- 
night's work.  All  this  time,  in  poverty  that  would  have  crushed  the 
apirit  out  of  an  ordinary  man — ^Dorrowing  and  occasionallv  buying  a 
'book — he  went  on  with  his  studies,  even  learned  the  Dutch  language 
through  means  of  a  Dutch  quarto  belonging  to  an  old  woman  in  the 
neighbourhood,  and  carefully  read  beforehand  in  the  original  Hebrew  or 
<jlreek,  as  well  as  in  a  Latin  translation,  the  portion  of  Scripture  selected 
for  the  morning  reading  to  his  congregation. 

Though  sorely  pinched  by  poverty,  Carey  found  his  residence  at 
Moulton  advantageous  in  bringing  him  into  contact  with  a  notable 
circle  of  ministers,  among  whom  were  Dr.  Byiand,  Mr.  Sutcliff,  the 
venerable  Mr.  Hall,  of  I^nsbj,  not  inferior  in  native  genius  to  his 
illustrious  son,  and  chiefljr  Andrew  Fuller,  of  Kettering,  '^  a  round- 
headed,  rustic-looking  "  minister,  who  was  beginning  to  be  recogniaed 
.as  a  man  of  singularly  powerful  and  acute  intellect  and  uncommon 
weight  of  character.    It  was  at  Moulton  that  Carey's  master  idea  took 


568  WILLIAIC  GABST. 

definite  shape  in  his  mind.  It  had  simmered  there  before ;  bnt  now,  u 
he  tanght  his  geography  class,  or  read  Cook's  "Voyages  ronnd  the 
World/'  he  began  to  be  dominated  by  one  great  thought  of  the  condition 
of  the  heathen.  Sydney  Smith  afterwards  ridicnled  the  "  consecrated 
cobbler/'  and  his  idea  of  conyerting  fonr  hundred  and  twenty  millions 
of  pagans ;  but  the  awakened  India  of  to-day  has  placed  Oarey  far  above 
the  reach  of  the  shafts  of  ridicule,  and  even  at  the  beginning  there  was 
something  that  mi^ht  have  extorted  the  respect  of  the  sarcastic  Edin- 
burgh reyiewer  had  he  cared  to  see  it.  There^  for  instance,  he  stands 
in  his  little  garden  motionless  for  an  hour  or  more  in  the  attitude  of 
intense  thought :  here,  again,  at  his  table  in  the  evening  he  sits  reading 
the  Bible  in  one  or  other  of  four  different  languages  with  which  he  has 
already  made  himself  familiar.  Follow  him  into  the  school ;  yon  shall 
see  him  with  a  large  leathern  globe  of  his  own  construction  pointing 
out  to  the  village  urchins  the  different  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  saying, 
'*  These  are  Ohnstians — these  are  Mahometans— and  these  are  Pagans, 
and  these  are  Pagans  " ;  his  Toice  choked  by  strong  emotion  as  he  repeats 
and  repeats  again  the  last  mournful  words.  This  toilsome^  thoughtful, 
serious  man  is  anything  but  a  subject  for  ridicule. 

In  1789,  Carey  removed  to  the  church  at  Harvey  Lane,  Leicester,  a 
step  which,  thoueh  it  slightly  improved  his  worldljr  circumstanocA,  left 
him  still  under  the  necessity  of  supplementing  his  mcome  by  toiling  at 
his  trade.  In  his  little  house  opposite  the  chapel  he  used  to  sit "  at 
work  in  his  leathern  apron,  his  books  beside  him,  and  his  b^utiiiil 
flowers  in  the  windows: "  the  man  of  ''unrelenting  industry "-^i-the 
*'  plodder  " — still ;  his  books  about  him — ^mastering  languages  while  he 
stitched  his  shoes ;  and,  still  true  to  his  character,  the  car^Uy  tended 
flowers  bringing  in  upon  him  in  his  dingy  workroom  a  whiff  of  the 
fragrance  and  a  glimpse  of  the  beauty  of  Ood's  great  world  outside. 
By-and-by  he  opened  a  school  with  better  results  than  at  Moidton. 

The  ''great  tnought"  was  now  becoming  a  passion  with  Carey.  He 
scarcely  talked  or  preached,  and  never  prayed,  without  referring  to  it 
It  was  a  fact,  significant  of  a  divine  impulse  upon  the  churches  at  that 
time,  that  other  ministers  felt  the  same  awakening  of  desire  for  the 
conversion  of  the  heathen.  This  had  showed  itself  indeed  in  17d4  when 
the  Northamptonshire  Baptist  Association  urged  prayer  for  the  refiral 
of  the  churches  and  for  "  the  spread  of  the  gospel  to  the  most  distant forts 
of  the  habitable  glole'^  At  length,  on  May  31st,  1792,  it  devolved  on 
Carey  to  preach  the  association  sermon  at  Nottingham.  That  sermon 
created  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society,  and  furnished  an  immortal 
motto  for  Christian  enterprise.  The  text  was  Isa.  liv,  2,  8 — ^"  Enlarge 
the  place  of  thy  tent,"  etc.  He  began  by  pointing  out  that  the  church 
was  addressed  as  a  desolate  widow  dwelling  in  a  little  cottage  by  her- 
self; that  the  command  to  enlarge  her  tent  implied  that  there  should  be 
an  enlargement  of  her  family ;  Siat  to  account  for  so  unexpected  and 
marvellous  a  change,  she  was  told,  "  Thy  Maker  is  thy  Husband,"  and 
that  another  day  he  should  be  called ''  the  Ood  of  the  whole  earth.** 
He  then  preceded  to  establish  and  illustrate  two  great  prindplefi 
involved  in  the  text :  First,  Expect  great  things  from  Ood;  waaoA, 
Attempt  great  things  for  Ood.  It  was  as  if  the  sluices  of  his  soul  were 
thrown  fully  open,  and  the  flood  that  had  been  accumulating  for  yean 


THE  spmrr  of  missionaby  adventure.  569 

rushed  forth  in  fall  volame  and  irresistible  power.  The  impression 
produced  was  profound,  but  as  the  brethren  were  about  to  disperse  as 
usual,  Carey  seized  Fuller's  hand  and  wrung  it  in  an  agoujr  of  distress, 
demanding  whether  they  could  again  separate  without  doing  anything. 
His  imploring  appeal  arrested  tne  dispersing  assembly,  and  it  was 
resolved, ''  That  a  plan  be  prepared  against  the  next  ministers'  meeting 
at  Kettering  for  the  establishment  of  a  society  for  propagating  the 
gospel  among  the  heathen." 

At  Kettering,  on  the  2nd  October,  1792,  twelye  men  met  in  the  back- 
parlour  of  Mrs.  Beeby  Wallis,  widow  of  a  deacon  of  Kettering  church ; 
and  after  long  and  earnest  deliberation,  without  experience  to  guide 
them,  without  funds  or  influence,  solemnly  pledged  themselves  to  Ood 
and  to  each  other  to  bear  their  part  in  an  endeavour  to  send  the  gospel 
to  some  part  of  the  heathen  world.  The  society  was  constitu^ ;  a 
committee  of  five  was  appointed — ^Andrew  Fuller  (secretary),  John 
Byland,  John  Butcliff,  Beynold  Hogg  (treasurer),  and  William  Carey, 
to  which  number  Samuel  rearce  was  aaded  shortly  afterwards ;  and  a 
subscription  was  then  and  there  made,  amounting  to  £13  2s.  6d.  No 
sooner  was  the  subscription  list  completed  than  Care^ — whose  name 
does  not  appear  on  that  list — contributed  himself,  declarmg  his  readiness 
to  embark  for  any  fsxt  of  the  world  that  the  society  might  decide. 
And  so,  in  ttiat  bacK-parlour  in  Kettering  was  first  heard  a  ''  sound  " 
which  has  *'  gone  forth  into  all  the  earth." 

Carey  sail^,  as  we  know,  to  India  on  his  heroic  mission,  and  lived  till 
from  his  press  at  Serampore  there  had  issued  212,000  copies  of  the 
Scriptures  in  forty  dififerent  languages,  the  vernacular  tonnes  of  380 
millions  of  immortal  beings ;  and  till  he  had  seen  expended  upon  that 
noble  object,  on  behalf  of  which  the  first  small  offering  at  Kettering 
was  presented,  no  less  a  sum  than  £91,500. 

In  this  sketch  we  have  made  free  use  of  Dr.  Culross's  admirable  and 
compendious  Life  of  Carey,  a  copy  of  which  ought  to  be  in  every  home 
in  tne  kingdom  :  in  a  further  article  we  propose  to  trace  the  heroic 
missionary's  career  in  India.  C.  A.  D. 


DTJBIN6  a  visit  made,  with  the  sanction  of  the  London  Missionary 
Society,  to  New  Guinea  and  the  adjacent  islands,  a  band  of 
missionaries  and  native  teachers  spent  a  night  on  Damley  Island,  when 
a  project  was  formed  to  establish  a  mission  on  another  of  the  islands, 
named  Murrav  Island.  Some  of  the  natives  of  the  island  in  question 
seemed  specially  intent  on  intimidatiiig  the  teachers,  and  convincing 
them  that  a  mission  there  was  perfectly  hopeless.  '*  There  are  alligators 
there,"  said  they,  *'  and  snakes  and  centip^es."  *'  Hold !"  said  Tepeso, 
one  of  the  teachers  ;  "Are  there  men  there?"  '*0h  yes,"  was  the 
reply,  "  there  are  men  ;  but  they  are  such  dreadful  savages  that  it  is  no 
use  your  thinking  of  living  among  them."  *'  That  will  do,"  responded 
Tepeso.  "  Wherever  there  are  men^  miemnariee  are  hound  to  go'*  A 
noble  reply,  worthy  of  a  disciple  of  him  who  commands  his  followers  to 
''  Go  into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature." — 
Journal  of  a  Miseionary  Voyage  to  New  Guinea, 

87 


570 

BY  PASTOR  W.  B.  HATNES,  STAFFORD. 

GOD  is  oar  Father.  Ood  is  love.  Thence  veiy  pleasant  lights  may 
be  made  to  &I1  upon  the  solemn  work  of  public  praying.  Is  it 
not  sweet  to  haye  a  necessity  which  driyes  ns  to  call  npon  onr  neayenly 
Father  with  so  many  errands  ?  So  much  business  keeps  the  pleaders 
constantly  going  to  and  fro.  ^'  These  ministers  are  always  coming,"  say 
the  watching  angels.  Faces  pres^ted  so  frequently  to  the  light  may 
well  catch  and  bear  about  with  them  something  of  heayen's  radSjsnoe. 

There  are  things  in  creation  that  haye  an  oyerwhelming  grandeur  to 
man,  and  enslaye  the  master-intellects  of  eyery  age,  till  the  awe-smitten 
children  of  dust  are  ready  to  bow  and  worship :  yet  these  ^n^eat  things 
are  as  nothing  to  him  wnose  feet  we  clasp  in  prayer.  If  the  head 
turn  giddy  at  nature*s  heights ;  if  we  start  back  with  a  fearftil  cry  from 
precipice  and  chasm ;  if  mountain  or  sea  swells  the  heart  almost  to 
burstmg  with  the  sense  of  sublimity  ;  how  should  we  feel  before  Him 
of  whose  diyinity  they  all  together  spell  out  but  a  broken  line  or  two  ia 
the  yolumes  of  the  ages  1 

The  occupant  of  the  pulpit  usually  strikes  the  keynote  of  the  church's 
praying.  The  minister's  most  influential  discourses  on  prayer  are  the 
acts  and  instances  he  publicly  affords,  week  by  week.  By  them  his  set 
discourses  on  the  theme,  if  not  emphasized,  will  be  OTerwritten  and 
obscured.  The  haryests  of  our  public  pleadings  are  eyer  reaping.  In 
the  prayer-meeting,  where  the  throbbing  machinery  of  the  chordi  is 
uncoyered  to  yiew,  at  eyery  femily  altar,  by  sickbeds  where  church 
yisitors  kneel,  in  secret  closets,  the  effects  of  the  public  example  are 
unceasingly  deyeloping.  Thus  a  minister  of  cold,  lifeless  manner  in 
this  exercise  may  be  responsible  for  fearfil  eyils, — sickness  unrefreshed, 
family  religion  made  distasteful,  souls  lastingly  injured. 

Follow  John  Knox,  under  coyer  of  the  night  shadows,  and  watch 
him  take  refuge  in  a  priyate  enclosure.  Drawing  near,  we  can  hear 
after  a  while  the  stillness  broken :  "  Oh  Lord!  give  me  Scotland^  or  I 
die  !  "  A  pause  !  An  awful  stillness,  during  which  we  seem  to  listen 
to  the  whirring  of  the  bolt  shot  with  such  yehemence  to  heayen.  Again 
he  pleads  :  "  Oh  Lord!  give  me  Scotland,  or  I  die  /"  Onoe  more  a 
silence,  as  if  the  spirit  fell  back  with  the  force  of  the  recoil.  We  listen 
hushed  but  not  breathless.  A  third  time,  but  now  wiUi  threefold 
feryour,  and  the  outrush  of  his  whole  being  in  the  cry,  he  pleads  again, 
*'  Oh  Lord  !  Give  me  Scotland,  or  I  die  ! "  As  we  retire,  awe- 
struck, from  this  lesser  Oethsemane,  we  cease  to  wonder  at  the  saying 
of  Mary,  the  Scottish  quebn — a  saying  handed  on  from  generation  to 

ftneration,  and  enshrined  in  our  Christian  literature :  ''I  fear  John 
nox's  prayers  more  than  an  army  of  ten  thousand  men."  .  •  .  The 
man  who  can  be  an  Israel  in  Jabbok's  solitude  will  neyer  stand  when 
the  multitude  are  bowed  in  deyotion,  dumb,  like  Zacharias  amid  the 
incense.    When  the  heart  of  the  public  pleader  is  Spirit-kindled,  his 


FR101C8NTABY  THOCrOHTS.  571 

prayer  beoomes  a  chariot  of  fire  to  convey  the  assembled  petitioners  to 
neayen. 

''  It  is  not/'  says  Bishop  Hall, ''  the  rhetoric  of  our  prayers,  how 
eloqaenb  they  be ;  nor  the  geometry  of  our  prayers,  how  long  they  be  ; 
nor  the  mnsic  of  oar  prayers,  how  sweet  oar  yoice  may  be ;  nor  the 
logic  of  oar  prayers,  how  argameatative  they  may  be,  nor  the  method 
of  our  prayerSy  how  orderly  they  may  be ;  nor  even  the  divinity  of  our 
prayers,  how  good  the  doctrine  may  be,  which  God  cares  for.  Fervency 
of  spirit  is  that  which  availeth  much." 

Ministers  are  not  priests.  Bat  it  should  be  matter  of  coucern  with 
them  that  their  rouna  of  pleadiugs,  from  pulpit  and  house-to-house,  may 
not  be  a  mere  word-sowing.  The  lover  of  prayer  will  not  wish  his  own 
supplications  to  form  a  series  of  failures,  xhe  minister's  prayers  should 
be  renowned  for  tJieir  efficacy.  If  the  term  **  public  worsnip  "  be  not  a 
misnomer,  praying  is  the  most  purely  legitimate  part  of  each  service. 
While  all,  from  opening  word  to  benediction,  breathes  the  spirit  of 
worship,  in  the  praying  congregation  we  see  that  worship  taking  its 
directest  manifestation.  Then  the  place  has  its  Bethel  glory.  If  in 
song  and  sermon  angels  are  seen  ascending  and  descending,  the  prayer 
should  unveil  the  Ood  of  Abraham  himself.  Or,  to  change  the  figure, 
if  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  in  other  duties,  strikes  through  the  richly 
clustered  trellis-work,  and  irradiates  our  spirits,  as  ravishing  glimpses 
are  caught  of  the  King  within ;  in  the  prayer  there  should  be  a  more 
immediate  communing  with  our  Royal  Master,  as  he  comes  forth  from 
his  concealment,  and  sheds  uninterrupted  brightness  upon  us. 

It  is  Christly  to  teach  ;  it  is  emphatically  Christly  to  teach  *'  how  to 
pray."  And  herein  the  mother,  with  the  little  one  at  her  knee,  may 
follow  Jesus  as  really  as  the  minister  in  the  great  congregation.  With 
a  holy  burning  jealousy  shonld  the  pastor  take  the  charge  of  each 
service,  lest  it  should  fail  to  yield  its  fallest  tribiite  of  homage  to  the 
throne.  Bat  jealousy  for  self  must  give  place  to  jealousy  for  Ood,  even 
as  Satan  must  flee  before  an  angel  of  light  God  sees  so  many  hundred 
bodies  bowed  in  this  earthly  house ;  he  looks  for  as  many  spirits  prone 
at  his  footstool ;  and  waits  to  find  each  thanksgiving  or  petition 
pressed  heavily  home  by  the  yearnings  of  all  hearts. 

If  God  is  robbed  in  the  case  of  each  inattentive  worshipper,  how 
huge  may  be  their  criminality  who  minister,  if  negligence  charac- 
terize their  public  pleadings  1  And  how  will  multiplying  Sabbaths 
increase  the  dread  account  1  Spirituality  yielded  up,  the  key  of  the 
citadel  of  prayer  is  sacrificed.  Formalism  is  the  deadly  foe  of  com- 
munion. It  lies  in  constant  ambush,  and  the  prayer  that  started  forth 
with  keen,  bright-eyed, ''  heaven-pointing  "  aspirations  as  its  leaders, 
may  bring  up  a  linked  train  of  dead  words  dragging  in  their  chains — 
a  procession  of  corpses.  With  officialism  on  his  right  arm  and  formal- 
ism on  his  left,  a  minister  may  be  conducted  down— not  perhaps  to 
hell,  but  very  near  it ;  there  are  dungeons  under  Oastle  Despair  that 
will  bear  comparison  with  the  abodes  of  the  lost.  Dead  prayers  lying 
about  the  chapel,  and  piled  up  roand  the  pulpit,  create  a  poisonous 


572  FOAOHSNTAaY  THOUaSIS. 

atmosphere,  which,  carried  homey  will  pro?e  fatal  to  famUy  deyottonB, 
and  oozing  in  through  the  creyices  of  the  stndy  door  to  the  place 
of  secret  wrestling,  attacks  with  yirolence  the  sources  of  the  minister's 
spiritual  life. 

The  successfhl  conduct  of  public  prayer  asks  a  high  ideal ;  and  be  it 
true,  it  will  be  high  as  the  heart  can  hold.  The  yalue  and  nsefulness 
of  the  prayer  in  its  place  depends  largely  upon  the  quality  of  the  com- 
plete ser?ice.  When  there  is  a  penruling  irreyerence,  the  best  petition 
mounts  on  clogged  wing:s.  When  the  spirit  of  worship  rules,  the  appeal 
to  heayen  has  a  fit  setting.  Hallowed  influences  &your  its  birth  and 
cherish  its  life.  When  the  presence  of  the  Diyine  Majesty  is  reflected 
in  hundreds  of  uplifted,  awe-lighted  faces,  it  seems  no  great  bound  from 
the  pulpit  to  the  burning  Throne,  whose  glow  almost  tingles  in  the 
solitary  suppliant's  face.  Expected  with  solemnity  by  the  gathered  wor- 
shippers, followed  with  watchful  attention  in  felt  need  of  the  heayenly 
blessing,  the  while  the  echoes  seem  heard  repeating  in  the  ear  of  Deity : 
such  a  prayer,  if  Ood  has  helped  the  leader,  may  be  remembered  as  the 
yery  apex  of  the  ser?ice,  the  point  nearest  heayen;  and  such  a  leader 
may  be  half  thinking  he  himself  went  in  unto  the  excellent  glory. 

The  sainted  McCheyne  iots  down  in  his  diar^  one  Sabbath  eyening 
of  his  student  days,  the  following^  as  his  expenenoe,  after  preaching: 
"  It  came  across  me  in  the  pulpit  that  if  spared  to  be  a  minister  I 
might  enjoy  sweet  fiacres  of  communion  with  Ood  in  that  aitnation. 
It  is  possible  that  more  yiyid  acts  may  be  gone  through  when  preaching 
than  in  quieter  moments."  He  must  haye  had  his  wish,  for  Hamilton 
tells  of  the  charmed  atmosphere  of  his  church,  which  was  called  St. 
Peter's,  of  *'  its  heart-tuned  melodies,  its  deep  deyotion,  and  solemn 
assemblies."  ''We  own,"  says  he, '' that  in  those  days  we  neyer  came 
in  sight  of  SL  Peter's  spire  without  feeling :  Ood  is  there."  Public 
prayer  in  such  a  climate  might  well  attain  to  a  tropical  luxuriance. 

Conyictions  breed  prayer,  and  deep  convictions  regarding  di?ine 
realities  cannot  exist  apart  from  an  earnest  spiritual  fife.  Ah !  who 
shall  sound  the  depths  that  Jesus  indicated  and  secretly  fathomed  when 
he  said  in  the  midst  of  his  rapt  disciples :  ^'  Our  Father  which  art  in 
hea?en  :  hallowed  be  thy  name  "  ? 

Communion  with  Ood  is  a  thing  of  infinite  delicacy.  It  is  the  sen- 
siti?e  plant  of  the  soul,  and  loses  not  its  fragile  nature  when  its  oxa- 
sions  are  public.  This  exceeding  delicacy  is  at  once  its  beauty  and  its 
snare.  In  a  quiet  room  a  happy  family  is  gathered.  Their  fellowship 
is  perfect  Each  delights  in  the  society  of  all  the  rest  The  young 
people  presently  conscdt  together,  and  as  the  outcome,  one,  the  choice 
of  the  rest,  moyes  to  the  father's  side.  He  is  about  in  the  name  of  all 
to  utter  certain  affectionate  sentiments,  when  the  door  sharply  opens,  and 
a  stranger  enters.  The  intruder  closes  the  door  clumsily  after  him,  chooses 
a  seat  without  consideration  for  anyone's  convenience,  and  begins  to 
stare  about  him.  The  fount  of  affection  has  sunk  back  to  its  secret 
spring  in  every  breast    For  the  tender  address  intended,  some  cold 


Om  TALBNT.  578 

commonDlace  utterances  are  hastily  snbstitated.  The  little  family  has 
been  sncldenly  deprived  of  whole  leagoes  of  sunlight.  And  the  time 
for  breaking  up  is  welcomed  by  all.  This  parable  of  prayer  needs  no 
interpretation. 

The  rich  man  of  Tarentnm  who  appeared  as  a  competitor  at  the 
Pythian  games  gorgeously  apparelled,  is  said  to  have  borne  a  harp,  of 
grandeur  proportionate  to  his  person.  The  instrument  that  was  to 
charm  all  ears  was  loaded  with  jewels,  and  lavishly  decorated  with 
figures  of  Orpheus,  Apollo,  and  the  Muses.  But  with  all  this  array,  the 
bejewelled  harper  could  produce  from  his  instrument  nothing  but  the 
Tiiest  discord.  Many  a  grandiose  and  magniloquent  public  payer  has 
made  as  much  show  in  we  eyes  of  men,  and  as  little  music  m  the  ear 
of  Ood.  Those  who  step  forth  into  the  place  of  public  pleaders  with 
the  monstrous  and  miserable  end  of  exhibiting  their  finenes  of  speech, 
deserve,  like  the  rich  fool  of  Tarentnm,  to  be  whipped,  amid  derisive 
laughter  from  the  assembly.  Let  our  prayer  be  deep,  true,  reverent  to 
Ood,  though  else  unbeautifuL  And  the  plain,  uncarved  instrument  we 
hold,  touching  its  chords  as  best  we  can,  uod  will  see  glittering  all  over 
with  jewels. 

Like  the  beacon  fires  in  the  days  of  the  Armada,  that  kindled  up 
from  hill  to  hill,  and  roused  the  men  of  England  to  expect  the  foe;  from 
sanctuary  to  sanctuary  as  the  sun  advances  to  the  west,  the  fiame  of 
devotion  glows  skyward  from  the  earth,  and  ten  thousand  congregations 
in  succession  cry,  "  Bise  up,  0  Lord,  let  thine  enemies  be  scattered, 
and  let  all  them  ttiat  hate  thee  fiee  before  thee.  Thy  kingdom  come." 
These  multitudinous  appeals  pour  not  heavenward  in  vain.  Dnless 
the  efiScacy  of  prayer  be  denied,  the  public  prayers  of  the  universal 
church  of  Christ  must  be  counted  as  an  important  agent  in  the  accom- 
plishment of  the  world's  conversion. 

Hamilton  savs  of  the  departed  McCheyne :  *'  Perhaps  the  heaviest 
loss  to  his  brethren,  his  people  and  the  land,  is  the  loss  of  his  inter^ 
cessions.**  Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray. 


THE  gift  or  talent  which  the  Lord  puts  into  our  hands  to  use  is  pro- 
portioned to  every  man's  *'  several  ability."  He  does  not  require 
service  which  we  are  unfitted  to  perform.  He  does  not  exact  day- 
labour,  light  being  denied;  does  not  require  us  to  cut  withoat  an  axe, 
or  carve  without  a  chisel;  does  not  load  the  child  with  the  burden  of 
the  man ;  does  not  require  us  to  use  five  talents,  having  ability  to  use 
only  one.  We  may,  mdeed,  in  our  unwisdom  and  ambition,  attempt 
many  things  for  which  we  are  unqoalified,  and  which  are  beyond  our 
strength,  but  we  are  not  thereby  serving  the  Lord  truly  ;^  it  would  be 
far  better  that  we  should  do  that  thing,  however  lowly,  which  the  Lord 
lays  to  our  hand— and  do  it  faithfully  and  well.— From  "  The  Oreaimss 
0/ Little  Things,"  by  James  Culross^  DJ). 


574 


(SiX^ttMion  m  am  Watl.^ 

BY    PASTOR    A.    BAX,    SALTEBS'    HALL    GHAPBL. 

AT  the  commencement  of  onr  paper  it  may  be  well  clearly  to  define 
what  we  as  Christian  workers  are  justified  in  expecting,  and  from 
whom.  As  a  general  answer,  it  will  be  sufficient  to  reply,  Yon  cannot 
be  too  joyously  expectant  Godward.  You  can  scarcely  be  too  stem  in 
the  repression  of  your  anticipations  as  you  contemplate  men.  I  know 
of  no  words  more  strikingly  appropriate  than  those  of  the  Psalmist : 
<<  My  soul,  wait  thou  only  upon  Ood ;  for  my  expectation  is  from  him."* 

Let  me  here  set  down  a  few  particulars  in  which  we  ought  neyer  to  be 
too  sanguine.  In  the  first  place,  we  ought  never  to  expect  mir  work  mU 
be  easy  work.  There  is  a  very  general  impression  that  it  is  so.  In 
some  quarters  it  is  considered  a  great  piece  of  affectation  on  the  part  of 
a  minister  to  complain  on  Monday  momiug  of  feeling  tired.  Tired ! 
Listen  to  him.  What  business  has  this  lily-handed  parson  to  be  tired ; 
he  only  preached  three  times  yesterday — what  of  that?  The  fact  is, 
people  give  you  ministers  credit  for  a  deal  more  ability  than  you  really 
possess.  They  observe  your  miraculous  fluency  on  Sunday,  and  imagine 
that  those  profoundly  philosophical  ideas  were  conceived  then  and  there 
on  the  spot,  without  conscious  effort;  that  you  fling  them  oflT  spon- 
taneously as  the  sun  its  light,  or  flowers  their  perfume.  What  a  revela- 
tion it  would  be  if  your  people  could  quietly  open  your  study-door 
some  Friday  evening  about  half-past  eight,  when  things  were  not  going 
as  satisfactorily  as  you  could  wish,  and  behold  the  cadaverons-looking 
inmate  with  his  hair  all  on  end,  and  his  eye  with  a  fine  frenzy  rolling. 
But  we  certainly  do  convey  the  impression  that  what  has  been  vrrought 
for  with  toil,  in  comparison  wi^  which  the  work  of  a  nawy  is  mere 
child's-play,  is  the  happy  inspiration  of  the  moment.  In  reality,  how- 
ever, under  the  most  favourable  circumstances,  a  true  minister's  work 
can  never  be  otherwise  than  laborious.  His  own  ideal,  his  love  to  the 
souls  of  men — above  all,  his  devotion  to  his  great  Master,  will  surely 
make  it  so. 

Again,  toe  sJumld  never  allow  ourselves  to  anticipate  too  much  encourage- 
ment  from  the  hands  of  men.  It  is  impossible  to  hare  been  any 
length  of  time  in  the  Christian  ministry  without  having  experienced 
many  bitter  disappointments  in  this  respect.  Not  because  the  men 
were  bad  men,  but  simply  because  they  were  men.  And  we  should  re- 
member that  if  sometimes  they  have  disappointed  us,  we  have  times 
without  number  disappointed  them.  But  yeiy  often  the  self-import- 
ance, the  disgusting  littleness,  or  almost  entire  absence  of  intereigt  in 
things  on  which  you  have  set  your  hearty  in  those  about  you,  will  tend 
greatly  to  cast  you  down.  Perhaps  the  best  way  is  to  reckon  very  little 
upon  human  support.  Take  gratefully  such  assistance  as  men  may  be 
able  or  willing  to  render  you ;  but ''  cursed  be  the  man  that  trusteui  in 
man  and  maketh  flesh  his  arm."  But  while  we  must  not  allow  ourselves 
to  hope  for  too  much  from  the  hands  of  our  fellows,  it  is  impossible  to 

*  A  paper  read  at  the  Eighteenth  ATtnuftl  Conference  of  the  Pastors*  CoDege 
ABflociation.    Far  too  good  to  be  suffered  to  remain  onprinted. 


EXPBOTATIOK  IN  OIFB  WOBK.  575 

be  too  joyfally  expectant  Godward.  It  is  very  little  short  of  treason  to 
Christ  and  his  gospel  to  go  into  the  pnlpit  in  a  despairing  and  despond- 
ing spirit,  and  only  possible  in  fidthless  and  utterly  nnworthv  moods. 
Oar  respected  brother,  Mr.  OUfEbrd,  in  an  eloquent  passage,  has  said,  , 
*'  The  all-conqnering  charm  of  the  first  preaching  was  its  grand  hopefal- 
ness.  From  first  to  last  it  was  a  shout  of  exultant  triumph ;  it  partook 
of  the  character  of  a  yictor*s  song,  and  penetrated  men's  hearts  as  an 
all-suffdBing  gladness."  Nothing  more  clearly  proves  the  truth  of  these 
words  than  the  entire  absence  of  surprise  in  the  aposUes,  even  amid  the 
most  startling  manifestations  of  diyine  power.  You  never  trace  any- 
thing like  great  elation  or  bewildered  amazement,  as  though  they  had 
met  with  some  unlooked-for  success.  Mark  the  bearing  of  Peter  on  the 
day  of  Pentecost;  it  stands  in  the  most  striking  contrast  with  the 
multitude.  The  outside  world  was  tlirown  into  a  panic  by  the  spiritual 
phenomena  they  witnessed.  They  were  confounded — amazed;  they 
marvelled,  they  said  one  to  another,  What  meaneth  this  ?  But  Peter, 
calm,  quiet,  dignified,  has  an  explanation  for  everything.  His  bearing 
is  that  of  a  man  fully  prepared  for  all  he  had  witnessed,  and  ready  to 
behold  yet  larger  things  than  these.  He  was  so  calm  because  he  was  so 
confident ;  he  was  in  the  possession  of  too  much  faith  to  be  startled. 
Where  do  we  find  such  radiant  hopefulness  to-day  ?  Dr.  Stanford,  in 
his  own  quaint,  beautifiil  way,  said  some  time  ago  before  the  London 
Baptist  Association, ''  We  do  indeed  sometimes  hear  the  leaders  of  our 
prayers  ask  that  the  windows  of  heaven  may  be  opened — ask  that 
mountains  might  fiow  down — ask  that  nations  may  be  bom  in  a  day — 
ask  that  one  person  may  chase  a  thousand,  and  two  may  put  ten 
thousand  to  fiight — ask  for  missionaries  in  the  strain  of  the  stanza — 

'  O  send  ten  thousand  heralds  forth 
From  east  to  west,  from  south  to  north.  * " 

We  allow  that  they  often  do  make  requests  on  a  scale  of  sublime 
audacity  which  almost  takes  our  breath  away,  but  they  themselves  seem 
all  the  while  as  passionless  as  prayins-machines,  and  calm  as  if  only 
repeating  a  paternoster,  or  saying  off  the  multiplication  table.  They  do 
not  look  electric,  and  although  they  do  ask  for  a  second  Pentecost,  I 
think  if  they  had  it,  and  conversions  came  in  the  ratio  of  three  thousand 
in  one  place,  at  one  time,  some  of  them  would  be  stricken  with  a  panic 
of  surprise  as  great  as  if  they  saw  their  own  familiar  river  turn  round 
and  run  uphill,  or  as  if  the  sun  were  to  rise  in  the  middle  of  the  night. 
The  companions  of  the  apostles,  however,  looked  for  such  things ;  and 
no  doubt  when  a  man  ran  in  to  his  friends  and  shouted,  "  Praise  be  to 
God,  more  wonders  I  "  the  sentiment  of  the  response  would  be,  "  Oh, 
of  course  ;  the  only  wonder  would  be  if  there  were  no  wonder.*'  .... 
They  looked  for  wonders  as  a  matter  of  course. 
I.    Let  us  now  oohsidbr  bome  of  those  great  spiritual  facis 

WHIOH  justify  in  THE  8ERVAHTS  OF  QOD  A  SPIRIT  OF  RADIANT  HOPE- 
FULNESS. 

1.  I  direct  your  attention  to  the  stupendous  provision  Ood  has  mads 
for  fh/s  salvation  of  men  in  Ihe  spotless  sacrifice  of  his  Holy  Son,  It 
becomes  us  to  speak  upon  this  sublime  mystery  of  our  faith  with  the 
profoundest  humility,  conscious  that  the  atonement  in  its  relation  to 


576  EXPMTATION  IN  0X7B  WORK* 

God  and  the  nniTerse  lies  far  beyond  the  ranee  of  all  mortal  intelligence. 
Bat  we  know  this  much,  that  our  Sarionr  in  his  death  presented  himself 
as  a  sacrificial  victim  for  the  sin  of  man ;  that  the  Lord  laid  npon  him 
the  iniquity  of  us  all — that  his  soul  was  made  an  offering  for  sin — that 
he  was  made  a  curse  for  us ;  and  that,  as  the  reward  of  those  unutterable 
agonies,  he  is  to  receive  a  spiritual  seed  gathered  out  of  all  nations, 
kmdreds,  peoples,  and  tongues — a  great  host  inconceivable  in  their 
numbers,  exceeding  for  multitude  the  evening  stars,  the  morning  dew- 
drops,  or  the  grains  of  sand  which  lie  upon  the  shore.  And  these  are  to 
be  gathered  to  the  Bedeemer  through  the  instrumentality  of  the  ^pel 
proclaimed  by  men  who  themselves  have  felt  the  power  of  the  Saviour's 
Dlood.  It  seems  little  short  of  blasphemy,  then,  to  cherish  any  other 
feeling  than  one  of  triumphant  expectancy.  Oo  forth,  ye  anointed 
victors,  not  despondingly  and  sadly,  but  with  eyes  gleaming  with  the  fire 
of  hope,  with  oreasts  inspired  with  high  anticipations ;  for  God  from 
eternity  hath  decreed  that  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  shall  become  the 
kingdoms  of  our  God  and  of  his  Christ — that  all  men  shall  be  blessed 
in  him,  all  nations  shall  call  him  blessed. 

2.  Another  thing  that  should  sustain  our  confidence  is  the  fact  that 
the  Lord  Jesus  is  rieen  indeed,  and^  toUhcui  amy  figvfs  of  speech,  is 
really,  literally  present  with  Jus  beUsiring  people.  It  was  their  firm, 
unwavering  faith  in  that  fact  that  made  the  apostles  so  calmly  confident. 
Though  at  first  greatly  indisposed  to  believe  the  fact  themselyes,  their 
opportunities  were  so  many  and  so  varied,  that  it  was  simply  impossible 
further  to  resist  the  evidence  which  proved  him  to  be  alive.  For  forty 
days  he  continued  to  appear  in  their  midst.  He  ate  and  drank  in  their 
presence.  He  permitted  them  to  handle  him,  and  by  mai^  infallible 
proofs  he  showed  himself  alive.  And  then,  having  promised  to  baptize 
them  with  the  Holy  Ghost  not  many  days  hence,  he  led  them  out  as  far 
as  to  Bethany,  and  ascended,  a  cloud  receiving  Imn  out  of  their  sight 

In  the  bebef  that  this  parting  promise  would  be  falfilled,  they  waited 
with  one  accord  in  one  place.  "  Ani  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully 
come,  there  suddenly  came  a  sound  from  heaven  as  of  a  rushing  mighty 
wind,  and  it  filled  aU  the  house  where  they  were  sitting,  and  tibere 
appeared  unto  them  cloven  tongues  like  as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  npon  esch 
of  them.  And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghosti  and  Dq;an  to 
speak  with  other  tongues,  as  the  Spirit  gave  them  utterance.'' 

Now,  the  apostles  knew  perfectly  well  what  this  meant— that  it  was 
the  ascended  Jesus  keeping  faith  with  them,  and  fulfilling  his  promise. 
From  that  moment  they  knew  that  he  was  with  them,  in  the  presence 
of  his  Divine  Spirit,  in  tdl  the  energy  of  his  divine  power.  Clothed  in 
the  resurrection  power  of  Jesus,  they  went  forth  feeling  that  they  were 
invincible,  that  the  gates  of  hell  could  notprevail  against  thenu  This 
was  the  great  secret  of  their  hopefulness.  They  attadied  no  importance 
to  the  literaiy  composition  of  their  discourses,  they  did  not  lean  upon 
the  beauty  of  their  diction — ^this  might  be  sll  very  well  for  the  pro- 
fessional orators  of  Athens,  it  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  witnesses  ot 
the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  Neither  did  they  expect  to  cozen  men 
into  fjEuth  simply  by  the  cogency  of  their  own  arguments :  it  was  the 
power  of  the  living  Christ  which  lay  behind  their  words  which  was  all 
their  confidence.    And  they  were  very  careful  to  give  this  &ot  as  the 


EZPECfTATION  IN  OUB  WORK.  577 

sole  explanation  of  all  the  miracles,  and  signs,  and  wonders  that  the 
multitude  beheld.  Did  they  ask  with  amazement,  *'  Are  not  all  these 
which  speak  Galileans,  and  how  hear  we  erery  man  in  oar  own  tongue, 
wherein  we  were  bom?"  or  did  they  run  together  in  Solomon's  porch, 
greatly  wondering  to  see  the  man  lame  from  his  mother's  womb  walking 
and  leaping  and  praising  God?  Peter  had  but  one  answer  for  them. 
He  said  in  effect, "  I  can  explain  it  all  to  yon.  Jesus  is  alive,  as  we  told 
YOU.  You  would  not  have  it.  You  said  that  we  had  conveyed  his  dead 
body  away,  that  it  was  somewhere  in  secret,  cold,  pallid,  powerless.  Ah, 
misguided,  deluded  men,  I  tell  yon  he  is  risen — ^we  saw  him  after  his 
resurrection — and  we  knew  him  well — ^for  forty  days  we  walked  and 
talked  with  him,  and  now  being  by  the  right  hand  of  God  exalted,  he 
hath  shed  forth  this  that  ye  now  see  and  hear.  Depend  upon  it,  he  is 
alive,  and  working  as  of  old  most  gloriously.  Your  resistance  is  just  as 
vain  as  it  is  impious.  Try  to  prevent  the  rising  of  to-morrow's  sun  or 
to  sweep  back  the  returning  tide  of  the  ocean,  and  yon  will  not  be 
attempting  a  more  hopeless  and  impossible  task.  Seated  up  there  upon 
his  kingly  throne,  with  all  power  in  heaven  and  in  earth,  Jesus  laughs 
to  scorn  the  opposition  of  Caiaphas  and  all  his  bands.  The  kings  of 
the  earth  may  set  themselves,  and  the  rulers  Uike  counsel  against  the 
Lord  and  against  his  Christ,  but  God  has  made  this  same  Jesus  whom 
ye  crucified  both  Lord  and  Christ,  and  he  will  surely,  surely  break  his 
enemies  with  a  rod  of  iron,  and  dash  them  in  pieces  like  a  potter's  vessel. 
Bethink  yourselves.  Behold  the  utter  futibt^,  the  utter  helplessness, 
the  utter  hopelessness  of  such  a  straggle.  It  is  nothing  but  inevitable 
suicide.  Kiss  the  Son,  lest  be  be  angry,  and  ye  perish  from  the  way, 
when  his  wrath  is  kindled  but  a  little."  No  wonder  that  when  the  people 
heard  snch  talk  as  this  they  were  terrified.  What  an  undeceiving  it  was 
— the  poor  helpless  man  that  they  had  done  to  death  upon  a  tree  is 
suddenly  invested  with  all  power  both  in  heaven  and  in  earth.  We  can 
see  how  such  preaching  must  have  affected  the  people.  They  would 
stand  and  reason  thus  with  themselves  :  ''Alive  is  he  ?  then  what  will 
become  of  us  all  ?  I  cried, '  His  blood  be  on  ns/  "  Another  would  say, 
''  I  was  one  of  those  who  cried, '  Crucify  him  I  awav  with  him  I' — what 
if  he  should  strike  us  down  for  our  wickedness — wnither  shall  we  flee  ? 
Men  and  brethren,  what  shall  we  do  ?  " 

My  brothers,  the  question  that  we  have  to  settle — and  it  is  worth 
spending  all  the  time  of  the  Conference  to  decide  it  once  and  for  ever 
so  far  as  we  are  concerned  is — ^Is  Jesus  yet  alive  ?  If  he  is  not,  not 
only  have  we  reason  for  despondency,  but  for  absolute  despair.  The 
forces  a^nst  the  gospel  were  never  more  formidable  than  the^  are  to- 
day. Men's  hearts  are  failing  them  through  fear.  Incipient  infidelity 
is  everywhere,  it  is  in  the  air — our  literature  is  saturated  with  it.  The 
scientific  mind  is  essentially,  and  we  are  told  necessarily,  atheistic;  and 
if  we  are  left  simply  to  onr  own  resources,  I  am  confiaent  nothing  can 
save  ns.    Lee  us  oreak  up,  and  go  home  and  die. 

But  if  Jesus  lives,  what  have  you  to  do  with  despondencrjr  even,  not  to 
mention  despair  ?  Yon  say  the  outlook  is  dark--I  know  it  is — and  so 
it  was  that  stormy  night  upon  the  sea  of  Galilee.  Yon  say  the  tendencies 
of  the  age  are  against  yon :  what  of  that  ?  Christ  is  M^ainst  the 
tendencies  of  the  age.    Do  yon  not  think  that  the  fiEdlnre  of  his  cause 


578  EXPECTATION  IN  OUB  WOBK. 

would  be  infinitely  more  digastrons  to  him  than  it  would  be  to  you  ? 
The  fact  is,  in  Bome  important  respects  we  must  reverse  our  thimdng. 
We  often  think,  and  feel,  and  act  as  tiiough  the  responsibility  of  Christ's 
kingdom  were  resting  upon  ourselves,  and  then  we  cry  out  most 
piteously  to  Jesus  to  come  and  help  us.  Ck)me  and  help  us !  Did  you 
ever  hear  a  glow-worm  call  out  to  the  harvest-moon  to  oome  and  help  it 
make  the  night  bright  ?  The  truth  lies  exactly  in  the  contrary  direction. 
The  government  is  upon  his  shoulder,  and  in  infinite  condescension  and 
love  he  permits  us,  though  in  a  very  subordinate  position  and  degree, 
to  ?ielp  him.  But  the  success  of  the  work  rests  with  him.  Therefore, 
whatever  may  be  the  mood  of  the  hour,  or  the  craze  of  the  hour,  let  it 
be  sufficient  for  us  that  Jesus  lives. 

3.    Another  thing  that  should  sustain  our  confidence  is  the  fact  thai 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  himself  eT^eUing. 

Even  during  his  earthly  ministry,  when  his  adherents  were  very  few 
in  number,  and  low  in  social  status,  when  according  to  all  human 
calculation  everything  was  against  him,  there  were  not  wanting  in  him 
signs  of  eager  and  jubilant  expectation.  It  is  interesting  to  observe 
what  small  events  were  sufficient  to  lead  his  mind  forward  to  the  bright 
sequel  of  all  his  sufferings.  Just  as  a  man  in  early  spring  will  fall 
down  on  some  mossy  bank  over  a  pale  primrose,  with  a  keen  joy  in  his 
heart,  not  so  much  for  what  it  is  m  itself,  but  as  the  harbinger  of  the 
great  glowing  summer  so  surely  advancing.  As  he  looks  at  it,  the 
leaden  skies  grow  into  sapphire  clearness,  the  naked  woodlands  are  once 
more  dressed  in  living  green,  and  the  long  winter  silence  is  broken  by 
the  wild  gushes  of  sweetest  bird-music.  He  knows  that  behind  that 
tender  plant  lies  God's  inmiutable  covenant,  that,  "  While  the  earth 
remaineth,  seedtime  and  harvest,  and  cold  and  heat,  and  summer  and 
winter  shall  not  cease '' — ^lie'  those  onmific  forces  that  will  soon  fulfil  all 
the  promise  of  this  prophetic  flower.  So  Christ  welcomed  each  little 
sign  of  his  advancing  victory.  A  few  Samaritans,  returning  with  the 
woman  with  whom  he  had  previously  conversed  at  the  well  of  Sychar, 
drew  from  him  the  exultant  utterance,  **  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  look  on 
the  fields ;  for  they  are  white  already  to  harvest."  The  faith  of  one 
Oenturion  is  regarded  at  once  as  the  earnest  of  the  whole  Gentile  world : 
*'  And  I  say  unto  you.  That  many  shall  come  fix>m  the  east  and  west,  and 
shall  sit  down  with  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven."  On  another  occasion  two  or  three  Greeks  express  a  desire  to 
see  him,  and  that  desire  fills  him  with  a  holy  transport.  ''  The  hour  is 
come,  that  the  Son  of  man  should  be  glorified."  .  .  .  ''  Now  is  the 
judgment  of  this  world :  now  AxSl  the  Prince  of  this  world  be  cast 
out."  An  eloquent  expositor  has  said, ''  That  they  were  to  him  as  the 
first-fruits  of  the  great  flock  of  humanity  ;  and  their  presence  as  the 
first  stroke  of  the  tell  which  sounded  the  fatal  but  glorious  hour.'*  And 
his  attitude  to-day  upon  his  throne  is  still  that  of  calm,  quiet,  confident 
expectation.  I  Imow  nothing  more  sublime  in  the  inspired  writinga 
than  that  representation  of  the  Lord  given  us  in  the  epistle  to  the 
Hebrews,  in  which  he  is  depicted  as  "  seated  upon  his  throne  at  his 
Father's  right  hand,  expeeting  till  his  enemies  become  his  fi)otstool." 
Beflect  for  a  moment  upon  the  sight  that  must  meet  tiiat  omniscient 
gaze !    A  world  black  with  appalling  crime  and  hideous  depravity.    A 


THB  TOWXB  OF  BABSL.  579 

world  reeking  with  dnrnkenneBS,  and  lost,  and  violence,  and  bloodshed. 
A  world  wrapped  in  the  night  of  spiritnal  ignorance  and  heathen  dark- 
neos.  An|elB  beholding  it^  in  ignorance  of  the  di?ine  purpose,  might 
well  haye  despaired  of  it  as  a  world  too  sunken  to  raise,  too  hopeless  to 
delirer.  Yet  it  is  npon  this  sad  world  that  the  Saviour's  eye  is  fixed 
with  such  confident  anticipation.  No  fear  agitates  his  mind,  no  doubt 
breaks  his  rest  In  his  view  nothing  hangs  in  uncertainty  or  remains  in 
jeopardy.  To  him  the  fulfilment  is  as  sure  as  though  it  were  already 
realized.  Fixing  our  eyes  upon  intervening  and  secondary  things,  our 
heart  often  fails  us ;  but  he  looks  right  on  through  present  conflict  to 
the  victory  beyond ;  he  knows  there  can  be  but  one  result — **  His  enemies 
shall  lick  the  dast."  *'  All  kings  shall  fidldown  before  him ;  all  nations 
shall  serve  him."  If,  therefore,  we  cherish  such  hopes,  we  are  neither 
extravi^ant,  nor  irrational ;  we  do  but  share  them  with  Christ :  if  they 
are  dashed  for  us,  he  participates  in  that  bitter  disappointment;  but  we 
never  can  be  disappointed  until  *'  omniscience  can  be  wrong  in  its  fore- 
casts, and  infallibility  mistaken  in  its  predictions." 

{To  te  continued.) 


^t  %abtx  0f  §Hhl 

''  /^  0  to,  let  us  build  a  city  and  a  tower,  whose  top  (may  reach) 
VJT  unto  heaven.''  (}en.  xi.  4.  This  is  an  inaccurate  translation 
of  the  Hebrew,  but  it  has  been  made  use  of  by  a  Rationalistic  writer 
in  the  '*  Essays  ftnd  Beviews''  as  a  handle  against  Scripture ;  who  says, 
that  "  the  thought  of  building  a  tower  high  enough  to  escape  God's 
wrath  could  enter  no  man's  dreams."  How  anyone  professing  to  believe 
in  Scriptnre  could  lend  himself  to  make  such  a  remark  (especially  a 
clergyman),  while  at  the  same  time  he  has  not  informed  himself  of  the 
real  meaning  of  the  Hebrew,  is  inexplicable,  and  deserving  of  the 
strongest  reprehension.  Even  if  it  meant  '*  may  reach  unto  heaven," 
it  would  be  nothing  more  than  a  usual  hyperbole  that  often  occurs  in 
Scripture,  and  in  classical  writers,  merely  implying  that  it  was  intended 
to  build  it  very  high ;  and  not  literally  and  actu^Iy  up  to  the  heavens. 
It  is  so  used  in  Deut.  i.  28,  where  ''  the  cities  of  the  Anakims"  were 
said  to  be  "greats  and  walled  up  to  heaven";  and  Dent.  ix.  1,  *' cities 
great  and  fenced  up  to  heaven."  But  in  this  passage  the  fact  that  the 
words  *'  may  reach"  are  in  italics  shows  they  were  not  in  the  Hebrew 
at  all.  The  Targums  assert  that  the  tower  was  built  for  idolatrous 
purposes.  Graves  and  others  have  shown  that  their  object  was  to  build 
a  tower  whose  top  shonld  be  consecrated  to  heaven,  or  to  the  elements. 
Observe  that  it  was  from  heaven  the  showers  and  rain  had  descended 
by  which  the  earth  had  been  deluged  with  a  flood.  Hence,  like  all 
idolaters,  the  bnildws  of  Babel  looked  with  fear  and  apprehension  to 
the  instrument  rather  than  to  the  divine  Author  and  cause  of  the 
deluge.  And  they  intended  to  raise  a  temple  of  idolatry  sacred  to 
the  elements,  rather  than  a  temple  sacred  to  the  almighty  and  true 
God«  who  ruled  over  all  nBtuiej*^^* Atisiranslaied  Pasiogea  in  ourBibh" 
by  Bev.  J.  ff,  Murray. 


580 

AT  a  miBBionary  meeting  held  fioon  aflier  the  acceaaion  of  onr  present 
Qneen,  one  of  the  speakers  related  an  anecdote  conoeming  the 
Dnchess  of  Kent  and  her  royal  daughter,  which  well  illnstrates  how 
comfort  and  profit  may  attend  giving  liberally  to  the  Lord.  About 
fifty  years  ago  there  was  a  lighthonse  on  tbe  southern  coast,  which 
was  kept  by  a  certain  godly  widow,  who,  not  knowing  how  otherwise 
to  aid  the  missionary  cause,  resolyed  that  during  the  sununer  season 
she  would  place  in  the  box  the  total  of  one  day's  gratuities  receiTed 
from  visitors.  Among  the  callers  on  a  particular  day  was  a  lady 
attired  as  a  widow  accompanied  by  a  little  girl ;  and  it  appears  that 
the  two  widows,  dratm  together  as  it  were  by  common  sympathy,  con- 
versed on  their  bereavements,  tears  mingling  with  their  words.  On 
leaving,  the  lady  left  a  sovereign  with  her  humble  friend,  and  that  day 
WAS  the  one  set  apart  for  placing  all  receipts  into  the  missionary-box! 
The  widow  was  thrown  into  a  state  of  perplexity ;  poverty  seeming  to 
plead  on  the  one  hand,  while  her  pledged  word  confronted  her  on  the 
other.  After  thinking  about  the  thing  for  some  time,  she  put  half-a- 
crown  in  the  box ;  but,  on  retiring  to  rest,  found  conscience  sufficiently 
lively  to  deprive  her  of  sleep.  To  obtain  relief,  she  now  rose,  took 
back  the  silver  and  surrendered  the  sold,  after  which  rest  returned  to 
her  eyelids,  and  in  the  morning  she  fdt  comforted  and  refreshed.  The 
matter  occasioned  no  fdrther  trouble,  but  a  few  days  afterwards  the 
widow  received  a  franked  letter  containing  £20  from  the  elder  ladj 
above  mentioned,  and  £5  from  the  younger ;  the  first  turning  out  to 
have  been  the  Duchess  of  Kent,  and  the  other  the  Princess  Victoria, 
who  now  occupies  the  British  throne. 


THREE  ways  we  read  our  Saviour  healed  diseases ;  with  means,  as 
the  leper  (Matthew  viii.) ;  without  means,  as  the  ten  lepers  (Lake 
xvii.) ;  against  means,  as  the  blind  man  (John  ix.).  His  work  by  imom 
is  the  more  ordinanr,  and  suits  better  with  the  weakness  of  our  faith 
and  the  dimness  of  our  understanding ;  where  we  see  it  not,  we  are 
apt  to  sink  and  fail.  The  other  method,  wiUumt  fMans^  is  not  to  Ood 
of  greater  difficulty.  A  miracle,  when  he  pleases,  is  as  easy  to  him  as  a 
natural  cause.  For  it  was  at  first  bv  miracle  that  that  cause  was 
natural ;  and  aU  the  miracles  that  we  have  heard  of  in  the  world  are 
less  a  miracle  than  the  world  itself.  •  •  •  It  is  as  easy  for  Gtod  to 
work  without  means  as  with  them.  It  is  to  him  the  same  whether  he 
say,  '^Be  clean"  or,  "  Go  wash."  And  against  means  is  equal  to  either; 
nay,  to  him  these  latter  are  the  nearer  ways.  To  go  hj  his  power  and 
omniscience  is  a  far  quicker  way  for  him  than  by  the  circnnmexions  of 
nature  and  second  causes.  •  .  .  We  ought  never  so  to  depend  upon 
his  hidden  will  and  power  as  to  neglect  the  appointed  means.  He  tnat 
neglects  what  he  finds  oonmianded  hat^  little  reason  to  expect  what  is 
not  promised.  With  means  it  is  fit  we  should  depend  upon  God; 
without  means,  we  irm  hope ;  against  means,  we  should  not  despair.-' 
Owen  Feliham^from  Vawfe  ^^  Preacher' a  Storehouse.** 


581 

THOUGH  it  is  more  than  sixty  years  since  John  Chamberlain,  at  the  early 
age  of  forty-four,  passed  away  from  his  loved  employ  in  the  mission-field 
of  India,  to  the  rest  and  higher  service  of  heaven,  he  is  still  remembered  as  a 
worthy  who,  in  the  course  of  a  brief  life,  did  more  than  the  work  of  a  veteran, 
Mr.  Yates  published  a  memoir  of  his  friend  in  1824;  a  briefer  narrative,  with 
many  new  facts  added  by  Mr.  C.  B.  Lewis,  has  recently  appeared  at  Calcutta. 

John  Chamberlain,  the  eldest  son  of  hard-working,  but  tolerably  well-to-do 
parents  ia  humble  life,  was  bom  at  Welton,  Northamptonshire,  in  July.  1777 ; 
and  although  his  constitution  was  weakly  from  the  first,  he  earl^  acquired  the 
habit  of  storing  up  knowledge  as  opportunities  offered.  Having  his  lot  cast  in  an 
age  when  schooling  was  less  thought  of  than  at  present,  he  was  found  serving  on 
the  land  of  a  Market-Harborough  farmer  at  twelve  vears  of  age ;  and,  mean- 
while, his  fond  parents  hoped  that  pure  air,  liberal  nre,  and  heavy  toil  would 
brace  his  not  too  robust  irame.  He  appears  to  have  been  religiously  reared ; 
at  all  events,  he  became  the  subject  of  religious  Impressions  in  childhood,  and 
at  eighteen  he  was  actually  converted  while  in  service  at  Braunston. 

It  is  not  impossible  that  in  his  early  childhood  young  Chamberlain  may  have 
come  in  contact  with  William  Carey,  the  great  pioneer  of  Indian  missions,  and 
if  so,  this  served  to  stimulate  the  asest  with  which  he  now  read  the  periodical 
accounts  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society.  That  was  the  heroic  age  of 
Missions ;  and  while  experiencing  the  jojs  of  his  first  love  to  Christ,  young 
Chamberlaiu  caught  the  enthusiasm  reigning  in  the  churches.  With  the  scant 
education  of  a  field-labourer,  his  heart  stiU  yearned  over  the  heathen ;  but 
while  he  felt  a  longing  to  enter  the  mission-field  which  eclipsed  all  other  earthly 
aspirations,  he  hardly  dared  to  mention  a  desire  such  as  he  thought  might  seem 
to  savour  of  presumption.  When,  however,  the  genuine  missionary  spirit  has 
taken  hold  of  a  man,  it  is  not  readily  repressed  by  those  commonplace  diffi* 
culties  which  are  the  lot  of  all  who  aspire  to  any  service  above  the  dead  level  of 
mediocrity.  In  1797  John  Chamberlain,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  removed  to 
Naseby,  where  he  entered  the  service  of  a  farmer  named  Haddon ;  and  in  that 
district,  so  intimately  associated  with  one  of  Cromwell's  most  signal  victories, 
'*  he  held  prayer-ineetings,  established  a  prosperous  Sunday-school,  and  as  far 
as  time  and  ability  permitted,  was  busy  in  every  good  work  open  to  his  co- 
operation." While  working  in  the  field  by  dav,  he  devoted  his  leisure  to  the 
reading  of  theology;  but  finding  his  strength  unequal  to  the  toils  of  his 
agricultural  calling,  the  eager  student  and  Christian  worker  began  to  think  of 
adopting  some  other  business  which  would  ensure  more  leisure  as  well  as 

S eater  opportunities  of  efiective  service.  Before  long  the  Committee  of  the 
issionaiy  Socie^  heard  of  this  devoted  youth,  and  being  accepted  as  a  pro- 
bationer, he  was  sent  to  Olney  to  be  under  the  cajne  of  Mr.  Sutcliff,  who  then 
had  charge  of  several  candidates. 

As  a  town,  or  village,  in  the  days  we  speak  of,  Olney  is  described  by  one 
writer  as  having  been  *'  dull  and  miserable  ;  but  the  religious  associations  of 
the  place  more  than  made  up  for  poor  shortcomings.  Thus,  in  addition  to 
having  been  the  seat  of  SutclicTs  missionary  school,  Olney  has  in  some  way  or 
other  been  connected  with  a  greater  number  of  persons  whose  names  are 
familiar  to  the  English-speaking  race  than  any  other  place  of  the  same  size  to 
be  readily  found.  Browne,  who  wrote  '*  Piscatory  Eclogues,"  was  once  the 
vicar;  Thomas  Scott,  the  commentator,  was  curate;  and  it  was  there  that 
Cowper  and  Newton  wrote  *'  The  Olney  Hymns,'*  besides  other  things  which 
have  come  down  to  us.  The  charm  of  the  village  to  the  men  we  have  named 
was  centred  in  general  companionship  on  the  one  hand  and  in  opportunities 
of  doing  good  on  the  other.  It  was  so  likewise  with  John  Chamberlain,  who 
arrived  a  few  days  after  Daniel  Brunsdon,  another  candidate  for  the  mission 
field. 


582  JOHN  OHAHBSaiiAIN :  A  MODEL  UIBSIONABT. 

Between  work  and  Christian  fellowship  the  days  now  passed  delightfally. 
Mr.  I^wis  teUs  ns  that  a  olose  intimacy  sprung  up  between  the  atadents. 
''  They  usually  prayed  together  three  or  four  times  a  day,  and  rery  frequently 
talked  together  on  matters  relating  to  the  spread  of  the  go^el.  Mr.  SatdiflTs 
instructions,  his  recommendations  as  to  books,  and  his  other  judicious  ooonsels 
had  the  happiest  effect  in  enlar^g  his  pupils*  minds,  and  in  confirming  and 
developing  tneir  religious  principles.**  The  young  men  were  going  through  a 
disoiplme  which  should  fit  them  for  foreign  sernoe  by  engaging  in  the  mission* 
work  in  and  around  Olner. 

In  September,  1799,  Mr.  Chamberlain  left  Olney,  and  proceeded  to  Bristol 
Academy,  where  he  remained  until  the  beginning  of  1802.  He  was  at  first  a 
Uttie  disappointed  at  not  being  selected  earlier  for  Indian  serYioe;  bat  he 
afterwards  saw  that  idl  was  ordered  for  the  best  At  Bristol  he  was  able  veiy 
greatiy  to  extend  his  knowledge,  although  tiie  ardour  which  prompted  his 
studying  eighteen  hours  a  day  injured  his  health,  and  thus  probably  tended  to 
the  shortening  of  an  eminently  usefdl  career.  He  was  at  length  set  apart  for 
mission- work  in  Dr.  Bippon's  Chapel,  at  Little  Carter-lane,*  in  May,  1803; 
and  his  after-movements  well  illustrate  the  difference  between  the  good  old 
times  and  these  better  days.  The  voyager  and  his  wife  were  sixty-one  days 
getting  to  New  York,  **  full  of  gratitude  that  they  were  pennitted  once  more  to 
stand  upon  dry  land  ** ;  and  then  between  five  and  six  months  more  had  to  be 
passed  on  shipboard  before  they  came  to  the  "  very  slow  and  somewhat  dan* 
gerous  progress  up  the  Calcutta  river.**     The  first  night  passed  on  Indian 

Sound  was  at  the  nouse  of  Mr.  Bolt,  tiie  latter  having  married  the  widow  of 
r.  Brunsdon,  Chamberlain*s  former  fellow-student,  who  had  died  at  his  work 
some  months  before. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chamberlain  joined  the  missionary  band  at  Serampore  at  a 
time  when  Carey  and  his  colleagues  had  been  about  three  years  at  the  station. 
On  account  of  the  new-comer*s  ignorance  of  Bengali,  he  was  onlv  able  to  take  a 
subordinate  position  in  the  school ;  in  this  work,  however,  he  faboured  *'  from 
seven  in  the  morning  till  five  in  the  evening  '*  with  commendable  diligence. 
The  church  consisted  of  thirty-eight  members,  some  of  whom,  eepecially 
Krishna,  the  first  Brahmin  convert,  were  giving  trouble.  It  is  possiUo  that 
sufficient  allowance  was  not  made  for  these  poor  heathen,  who  had  only  just 
emerged  from  the  horrible  night  of  paganism.  Krishna,  on  whose  account  such 
concern  was  expressed  at  the  time,  held  on  his  way,  and  died  in  the  Lord  in 
1822. 

Though  the  mission-presses  at  Serampore  were  actively  at  work,  thej  fiuled 
to  move  fast  enough  to  satisfy  the  eagerness  of  Mr.  Chamberlain  to  see  the 
Scriptures  circulated ;  and  his  advice  firom  the  first,  in  favour  of  printing  larger 
editions,  was  such  as  the  other  brethren  could  not  accept  with  the  limited  fionds 
at  their  command.  The  readiness  of  the  natives  to  receive  the  word  delighted 
him,  while  he  could  not  but  feel  distressed  at  the  scant  supplv.  In  one  of  his 
letters  he  speaks  of  a  visit  to  Sangar,  '*  where  the  sea  and  the  Ganges  meet,** 
and  a  snot  which  is  **  esteemed  a  very  holy  place  by  the  Hindus.**  Some  two 
hundred  thousand  people  were  congregated  from  Bengal  and  other  parts. 
"  Multitudes  sought  our  books  and  papers,'*  remarks  the  young  evangelist 
"  They  had  never  before  heard  of  Jesus  Christ  All  we  had  were  distributed  in 
a  very  littie  time ;  and  then  numbers  begged  in  vain  for  the  Word  of  Life  in  the 
most  supplicating  manner,  and  would  not  believe  us  when  we  told  them  that 
we  bad  no  more."  Only  two  thousand  had,  at  that  time,  been  printed  alto- 
gether, and  more  than  the  whole  would  have  found  eager  recipients  in  a  single 
day.  The  spectacle  was  quite  unique  to  the  young  Englishman.  He  satr 
myriads  of  natives,  who  were  naturally  timid,  willing  to  risk  life  itself  for  the 
sake  of  the  grovelling  superstition  they  called  their  religion.    Encamped  in  the 

*  This  chapel  occupied  a  site  on  ground  which  la  now  the  entrance  to  the  etatioD- 

Grd  of  the  London  Bridge  Railways.    It  was  removed  to  clear  the  approaches  to  new 
indou  Bridge  about  fifty  yean  ago. 


JOHN  OHAMBKBLAQT :  A  MODEL  HiaBIONABT.  588 

juogle,  some  were  actually  carried  off  by  tigers,  while  armed  sepoys  had  to  be 
stationed  along  the  river  bank  to  prerent  devotees  from  throwing  themselves 
into  the  flood  to  be  eaten  alive  by  snarks  and  alligators. 

As  it  was  not  desirable  for  all  the  brethren  to  remain  at  Serampore,  Mr. 
Chamberlain  undertook  to  occupy  a  station  at  Gutwa,  seventy  miles  above  Cal- 
cutta on  the  Hooffhljr,  in  May,  1804,  and  by  tiie  middle  of  July  he  and  his  wife 
were  happily  settled  in  their  new  home.  The  natives  were  described  as  ^  self- 
interested  to  a  proverb.  Avaricious,  proud,  cruel,  plunged  in  the  depths  of 
iniquity,  delightmg  and  wallowing  in  the  vilest  sins ;  a  people,  than  whom  none 
can  be  more  unpersuadable,  fostering  self-conceit  and  the  most  delusive 
opinions;  accounting  wood,  stone,  mud,  straw,  trees,  flowers,  rivers,  water, 
etc.,  God;  and  so  worshipping  these  things,  together  with  some  of  the  vilest 
of  men  and  women,  as  OodT*  And  yet,  among  such  society,  as  a  preacher  of 
the  gospel  he  was  able  to  say,  "  I  would  not  change  my  situation  for  any 
worldly  advantage."  He  and  his  wife  were  happy  in  their  work,  although  be 
had,  apostle-like,  to  assist  in  meeting  the  general  expenditure  by  cloth-selling 
or  coffee-growing. 

Affliction  now  suddenly  came  down  upon  him :  for,  giving  birth  to  a  daughter 
on  the  9th  of  November,  1604«  his  wife  died  in  five  dayjB,  leaving  the  home 
terribly  desolate.  The  bereaved  husband  and  Mr.  Marshman,  who  happened  to  be 
at  Cutwa,  buried  the  corpse,  all  the  servants  refusing  to  assist.  **Mr.  Chamber- 
lain's distress  under  this  affliction  was  overwhelming,*'  writes  Mr.  Lewis.  **  He 
resolved,  however,  to  return  without  delay  to  his  work  at  Cutwa ;  and  having 
put  his  little  one  under  the  special  charge  of  the  missionaxy  widow,  Mrs.  Grant, 
at  Serampore,  he  went  back,  after  about  ten  days*  sojourn  at  that  place.  Dr. 
Carey*s  son,  William,  accompanied  him  for  a  short  time  to  his  desolate  home, 
where  he  vigorously  resumed  his  interrupted  labour.*'  At  the  end  of  1 805  he 
married  Mrs.  Grant;  and  strange  to  say,  she  died  on  the  17th  of  the  foUowing 
September,  while  on  the  way  to  Serampore,  just  after  she  had  given  birth  to  a 
son.  Henry  Martyn  was  with  the  missionaries  at  this  time,  and  mentions  the 
calamity  in  his  diaiy.  Chamberlain  himself  compared  himself  to  a  wreck  after 
the  storm,  with  reUsh  for  nothing  earthly  apart  from  the  work  of  publishing 
the  gospel.  While  life  remained  nothing  could  repress  his  zeal  in  spreading 
abroad  among  the  natives  news  of  the  love  of  Christ,  and  many  converts  were 
given  him  for  his  reward.  His  habit  of  daily  dispensing  medicine  among  the 
sick  gave  him  more  ready  access  to  the  natives,  thirty  or  forty  of  whom  would 
attend  bis  early  morning  family-worship  service.  Every  day  was  fully 
occupied ;  and  on  most  days,  if  possible,  he  preached  in  some  public  place  in  the 
open  air. 

.  In  1807  he  began  to  travel  on  horseback  about  the  surrounding  country  to 
places  thirty  or  forty  miles  distant.  He  was  ready  for  service  in  every  kind  of 
weather,  neither  glowing  heat  nor  sweeping  storm  being  able  to  hinder  his 
progress.  Then  the  insists  and  the  rabid  opposition  of  the  Brahmins  must  be 
taken  into  account.  "They  sometimes  assailed  him,  as  having  occasioned 
drought  by  some  malignant  power,*'  we  are  told.  **  At  others  they  exulted  in 
his  bereavements  as  proof  of  the  indignation  of  the  gods  against  him  who  would 
subvert  their  throne.  It  was  not  the  Hinduism  of  to-day  which  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain had  to  encounter,  but  Hinduism  before  the  restraint  of  English  civilization 
had  been  imposed  upon  it" 

In  September,  1809,  he  married,  as  his  third  wife,  Miss  Mary  Underwood,  of 
London,  and  a  member  of  Mr.  Ivimey's  church,  a  lady  who  not  only  made  one 
of  the  best  of  wives,  but  one  who  even  after  her  devoted  Husband's  departure  to 
rest  rendered  eminent  service  in  the  mission-field.  She  appears  to  have  caught 
Mr.  Chamberlain's  spirit,  and  to  have  been  ready,  if  need  had  arisen,  to  make 
any  sacrifice  in  the  grand  cause. 

Did  space  nermit  we  might  enlarge  on  what  Mr.  Chamberlain  did  for  the 
benefit  of  solaiers  and  other  Europeans  who  were  stationed  in  the  country. 
Although  the  22nd  regiment  at    Behampore  had  a  reputedly  evangelical 


584  JOHN  GHAUBESLADT :  A  KODEL  lOBBIONAEY. 

chaplain,  who  was  significantly  named  Mr.  Parson,  the  men  weane  utterly 
pronigato ;  hut  such  was  the  reformation  which  the  gospel  preached  hy  Mr. 
Chamberlain  effected,  that  altogether  fifty*three  were  baptized,  and  in  two  years 
the  sum  of  £100  was  invested  oy  the  regiment  in  Bibles  and  other  books.  A 
few  fell  away,  and  some  unpleasantness  was  occasioned  by  the  missionary's 
views  on  baptism  differing  mm  the  chaplain*s ;  but  otherwise  the  ingathering 
to  the  church  was  a  glorious  achievement,  the  fruit  of  which  remained. 

Hoping  to  secure  opportunities  of  increased  usefulness,  he  left  Cutwa  in 
January,  1611,  in  order  to  settle  at  Agra.  In  company  with  Mr.  H.  Peacock 
he  was  nearly  four  months  on  the  road,  the  journey  now  being  accomplished  in 
less  than  two  days  by  rail.  With  a  present  population  of  125,000,  Agn  was 
once  unparalleled  for  its  splendour  in  all  India;  but  it  is  now  chiefly  re- 
markable for  its  imposing  ruins,  and  for  a  white  marhle  mausoleum  ornamented 
with  jewels,  which  is  said  to  have  cost  three-quarters  of  a  million  sterling.  On 
their  way  to  this  station  the  missionaries  preached  on  every  opportunity,  and 
largely  distributed  Scripture  portions  and  religious  tracts.  All  things  seemed 
to  promise  success,  when  one  heavy  trial  after  another  darkened  the  devoted 
preacher's  lot  Three  of  his  children  were  successively  carried  to  the  grave ; 
then  came  tidings  of  the  destruction  of  the  Serampore  missionary  premises  by 
fijre,  and  these  troubles  were  soon  to  be  supplemented  by  others  nardly  less 
painful  to  a  sensitive  and  earnest  man.  It  would  occupy  toe  much  space  to 
fully  explain  all  the  circumstances  which  led  to  Mr.  Chamberlain's  expulsion 
from  this  interesting  sphere.  Those  were  the  days  of  the  ignoble  ascendency 
of  a  Company  whose  misgovemment  of  India  was  a  fruitful  cause  of  trouble, 
until  the  tyranny  was  finally  put  down  by  the  stronger  hand  of  the  English 
Parliament.  Inere  was  apparently  nothing  which  the  magnates  of  Leaden- 
hall-street  and  their  officious  military  and  civil  agents  abroad  disliked  so 
heartily  as  the  gospel ;  and  the  only  charge  Vhich  could  he  brought  against 
Mr.  Chamberlain  was  the  uncommon  zeal  be  showed  in  visiting  the  garrison 
and  in  preaching  to  the  natives.  The  vicious  opposition  of  this  so-called 
Honourable,  but  really  self-seeking,  Company  was  everywhere  making  itself 
felt.  Mr.  Chamberlain  next  proceeded  to  the  Principality  of  Sirdbana,  where 
he  accepted  a  tutorship  in  the  household  of  her  Highness  the  Be^um  Sumroo. 
While  thus  employed,  no  we  ver — earning  what  was  sufficient  for  his  own  wants, 
and  labouring  as  assiduously  as  ever  in  the  gospel  cause — the  Oovemor- 
General  obliged  the  Begum  to  dismiss  from  her  service  a  servant  whom  she 
highly  valued,  and  from  whom  she  parted  with  bitter  tears. 

On  being  thus  driven  from  the  North-Western  Provinces,  Mr.  Chamberlain 
returned  to  Serampore  to  sit  down  to  the  work  of  translation,  and  to  itinerate 
among  villages  on  either  side  of  the  river  within  fifteen  miles  of  the  station. 
His  seniors  in  the  field,  who  seem  to  have  thought  that  he  had  been  guilty  of 
some  kind  of  imprudence,  advised  him  to  go  and  settle  in  some  other  country, 
but  he  had  too  much  good  sense  to  think  for  a  moment  of  giving  up,  when  that 
would  have  meant  throwing  away  twelve  years  of  preparatory  labour.  **  if  1 
am  not  permitted  to  reside  in  Hindustan,**  he  said,  ^*  it  is  my  intention  to  get  a 
convenient  boat,  for  a  year  at  a  stretch,  in  which,  if  preserved,  I  may  be  able 
to  do  that  which  will  not  be  unproductive  of  good.  The  goapel  must  be 
preached.** 

In  September,  1815,  he  left  Serampore  *'m  search  of  a  new  home**;  and 
while  going  from  place  to  place,  his  incessant  labours  in  proelauning  the  truth 
and  in  distributing  gospels  and  tracts  were  those  of  an  apostle.  Within  a 
month  he  visited  forty  places,  and  the  people  were  willing  to  hear  as  well  as 
eager  to  receive  the  books.  At  length  he  was  prevailed  upon  by  Captain  Ptg^ 
to  settle  at  Monghyr,  in  the  province  of  Bahar,  now  a  town  of  forty  thousand 
inhabitants,  and  the  seat  of  several  manufactures.  The  natural  aituanon  is 
extremely  beautiful,  but  he  had  to  set  himself  to  the  mastery  of  a  new  dialect, 
and  one  "written  in  a  peculiar  character.'*  About  half  of  the  European 
residents  attended  Mr.  Chamberlain's  ministry ;  and  tfe  remarked,  ^*  the  non- 


TWO  PRATSB-M£fiTIK68  AT  THS  TABBBNACLE.  585 

attendants  are  either  bitterly  prejudiced  or  profanely  proud.  '  They  cannot 
come.'  The  natives  are  as  yet  in  much  confusion  about  this  new  way ;  and  are 
much  afraid  of  it.'* 

Though  only  thirty-eight,  he  had  come  to  the  closing  years  of  his  life,  and  for 
the  first  time  since  leaving  Sngland  he  had  come  '*to  a  place  of  quiet 
habitation.'*  Though  he  was  an  invalid,  and  destined  never  to  regain  his 
former  strength,  he  held  on  his  way,  perseveringly  carrying  on  the  regular 
missionary  work  in  \he  town,  and  visiting  other  places  in  the  surroimding 
country.  The  year  1818  was  a  time  of  sickness,  and  in  October  he  went  in  a 
boat  to  Serampore,  subsequently  spending  a  month  at  sea  in  a  schooner,  which 
was  of  temporary  benefit  to  his  health.  In  the  early  months  of  1819  he  re- 
sumed work  at  Monghyr,  and  soon  after  organised  the  church  there  which  still 
exists.  Later  in  the  year  his  disorder  returned ;  and  though  able  at  intervals 
to  resume  woisk,  he  was  never  strong  again.  He  preached  for  the  last  time  on 
the  second  Sabbath  of  September,  1821.  He  diea  on  the  6th  of  the  following 
December  on  board  the  PrinceM  CharloUe  while  on  his  way  to  England  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Chamberlain  was  a  missionary  of  the 
apostolic  type,  and  though  his  life-work  ma^,  in  a  sense,  have  been  marred  by 
the  vindictive  opposition  to  which  he  was  subjected,  his  conduct  was  none  the  less 
heroic  throughout.  He  was  worthy  of  being  associated  with  tbe  pioneer  band 
at  Serampore ;  and  being  dead  he  yet  speaks  by  his  example  to  us  of  these  later 
times. 


Waa  jUxager-meietiiigs  at  i^t  ^aBrjenmrk 

IT  has  been  thought  that  an  account  of  Tabernacle  Prayer-meetings  might  be 
useful  to  those  who  conduct  these  holy  gatherings  elsewhere.  It  will 
exhibit  the  great  variety  of  which  such  meetings  are  capable,  and  may  suggest 
to  friends  who  complain  of  dull  prayer-meetiugs  methods  for  curing  such  a 
grievous  ill.  We  do  not  set  up  our  prayer- meetings  as  models,  but  merely  as 
suggestions.  We  give  only  two  meetmgs,  but  we  hope  to  continue  the  account 
next  month. 
Monday  evening,  September  2.5.— The  meeting  opened  by  singing  hymn  314, 

**  He*s  gone — ^the  Saviour*s  work  on  earth, 
His  task  of  love  is  o*er,** 

to  a  tune  which  it  was  desired  to  introduce  into  the  worship  of  the  Sabbath. 
By  singing  the  tune  to  both  of  the  first  two  hymns  the  people  caught  the 
strain,  and  are  now  prepared  to  recognise  it  when  the  tune  is  used  in  the 
great  congregation.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  who  pre* 
sided.  There  was  a  large  attendance,  occiipying  both  the  area  and  the  first 
gallery.  Again  we  sang,  and  prayer  was  offered  by  our  deacon,  Mr.  Allison, 
and  by  Mr.  H.  Driver,  a  student  who  has  come  to  the  College  from  Auckland, 
New  Zealand.  These  prayers  did  not  exceed  five  minutes,  and  followed  without 
break. 

The  following  request  for  prayer  was  then  presented  before  the  Lord  by 
Mr.  Harrald : — *'  A  lady,  who  has  already  lost  several  children  by  consumption, 
asks  for  special  prayer  for  her  daughter,  who  has  been  attacked  by  the  same 
disease.  Her  mother  begs  for  prayer  both  for  her  and  for  her  only  son,  whom 
she  has  long  since  dedicated  uncotiditumaUy  to  tbe  Lord.  The  letter  further 
says, — ^  I  have  no  rest  in  my  spirit  till  these  two  are  brought  in.* "  Upon  this 
sentence  the  Pastor  dilated,  stating  that  our  anxiety  for  others  is  frequently 
a  prophecy  of  good  to  their  souls.  He  hoped  that  many  of  us  would  become 
thus  restless  till  our  children  are  all  saved.  After  Mr.  Harrald*s  intercession 
we  joined  in  song  with  the  lines : — 

88 


586  TWO  PBATEB-HEETIKGS  AT  THE  TABBBNAOLE. 

"  With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High  Priest  above ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 
His  bowels  melt  with  loye. 

Touch*d  with  a  sympathy  within. 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame ; 
He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 

For  he  has  felt  the  same. 

He,  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh, 

Pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears, 
And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh 

What  every  member  bears.'* 

The  Pastor  read  the  following  notes : — 

**  A  mother  requests  the  prayers  of  the  Lord's  people  for  a  daughter  once 
good  and  kind^  but  now  addicted  to  drink." 

A  wife  says,  '*  I  write  these  few  lines  to  ask  you  to  pray  for  my  dear  husband. 
He  was  once  a  preacher,  but  his  present  sin  is  drink.  ...  I  cannot  bear 
the  thought  that  after  he  has  preached  to  others  he  himself  should  become  a 
castaway.    Do  make  special  prayer  for  us  both.** 

In  calling  upon  Elder  Cox  to  pray  for  these  two  cases,  Mr.  Spurgeon  said — 
"  It  is  a  dreaoAil  thing  that  so  many  hopeful  spirits,  bright  spirits,  loring 
spirits,  who  were  beloved  by  all  who  knew  them,  should  fall  by  little  and  little 
through  the  insidious  habit  of  drunkenness.  They  never  meant  to  take  too  much ; 
but  they  were  lured  on  by  the  appetite.  This  withering  sin  touches  the  oharacter 
as  wiUi  a  hot  iron,  and  all  the  beauty  and  the  joy  of  life  fade  away.  How 
can  this  plague  be  stayed  f  No  one  can  bear  the  thought  that  those  who  have 
preached  to  others  should  themselves  fall  short  of  the  kingdom,  yet  drink  has 
slain  its  millions ;  I  had  almost  said  it  has  dragged  down  men  who  stood  like 
angels  in  their  brightness,  and  quenched  them  into  degradation  and  misery  till 
they  were  like  to  devils  in  wickedness  and  fury.  Alas,  alas,  for  the  doings  and  the 
undoings  wrought  by  drunkenness  I  All  sins  are  deadly,  but  this  is  a  sword 
with  which  men  play  till  it  cuts  them  to  the  heart  God  help  us  to  blunt  the 
edge  of  thatsworal  Meanwhile  we  plead  for  the  wounded.'*  Mr.  Cox  prayed 
with  much  earnestness,  and  the  great  congregation  was  stirred  with  strong 
desire. 

Mr.  Wm.  Olney,  Jun.,  prayed  for  several  persons  in  spiritual  distress,  whose 
cases  were  described  by  the  raster. 

Elder  Sedoole  and  Mr.  Perry,  one  of  our  students,  very  touohingly  related 
the  way  in  whioh  they  were  brought  to  Christ,  and  urged  sinners  to  fly  to  Jeans. 
This  was  deeply  interesting,  and  constituted  the  feature  of  this  gathering.  The 
brethren  were  called  upon  without  notice,  but  spoke  most  touchini^y,  and  we 
believe  that  Uieir  testimonies  will  be  used  of  God  to  conversion.  Hymn  499, 
commencing — 

^  Come,  poor  sinner,  come  and  see, 
All  thy  strength  is  found  in  Me,** 

was  sung,  and  then  Mr.  Dunn  pleaded  for  some  who  desired  to  be  healed  of 
bodily  sickness,  and  specially  for  one  who  was  believed  to  be  djiof  with  cancer 
in  the  throat,  who,  if  taken  away,  would  leave  a  wife  and  ten  children  behind 
him.    There  was  much  fervour  in  the  meeting  at  this  point 

Pastor  Levinsohn,  himself  of  the  seed  of  Israel,  next  prayed  for  his  own 
nation,  after  we  had  sung  that  choice  hymn — 

**  Wake,  harp  of  Zion,  wake  again, 
Upon  thme  ancient  hill. 
On  Jordan*s  hmg  deserted  plain, 
By  Kedron's  lowly  rill. 


TWO  FBAYES-1UUSTI276S  IT  THE  TABISBNACLS.  587 

The  hymn  shall  yet  in  Zion  swell 

That  sounds  Messiah's  praise, 
And  thy  loved  name,  Immanuel ! 

As  once  in  ancient  days. 

For  Israel  yet  shall  own  her  King, 

For  her  salvation  waits, 
And  hill  and  dale  shall  sweetly  sing 

With  praise  in  all  her  gates. 

Hasten,  0  Lord,  these  promised  days. 

When  Israel  shall  rejoice ; 
And  Jew  and  Gentile  join  in  praise, 

With  one  united  roioe.*' 

Just  before  the  close  of  the  meeting  a  telegram  arrived  from  Pastor  G. 
Spurgeon,  of  Greenwich,  who  was  on  his  way  to  attend  the  Christian  Convention 
at  Chicago.    This  was  the  message : — 

*'  I.  Thessalonians  v.  2&.  II.  Corinthians  xiii.  IV* — "  Brethren,  pray  for  us.** 
'*  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God,  and  the  communion 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  you  all.    Amen.'* 

Mr.  William  OIney,  Senr^  prayed  both  for  Mr.  Charles  Spurgeon  in  his  work 
in  America,  and  for  his  brother  Thomas  in  New  Zealand.  The  Pastor  pro- 
nounced the  benediction,  and  as  we  left  the  Tabernacle  we  felt  that  we  had 
been  doing  real  business  at  the  throne. of  grace,  and  that  the  ''  Sweet  hour  of 
prayer'*  had  passed  all  too  quickly. 

Monday  evenings  October  2^  was  largely  devoted  to  the  Stockwell  Orphanage. 
The  boys  and  girls  marched  down  to  the  Tabernacle,  and  filled  up  the  end  of 
the  first  gallery.  Pastor  C.  H.  Spurgeon  presided,  and  there  wsb  again  a  large 
congregation,  the  greater  portion  of  the  area  and  the  first  gallery  being  occupied. 
The  meeting  was  opened  with  the  hymn,  commencing  '*  I  feel  like  singing  all 
the  time/'  sung  by  the  children  and  the  people,  after  which  the  Pastor  offered 
prayer.  Then  followed  the  hymn,  **  Art  thou  weary  ? "  in  which  the  children 
and  adults  alternately  sang  the  enquiry  and  the  response.  Mr.  Gardiner,  a 
city  missionar^^  prayed  for  a  blessing  upon  the  work  of  the  church,  and 
epeoially  mentioned  the  various  agencies  for  the  benefit  of  children.  Many 
friends,  who  had  arrived  durinji;  the  last  prayer,  were  waiting  to  take  their  seats, 
80  one  verse  was  sung,  '*  Come,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare,*'  and  then  Elder 
Sedoole  pleaded  very  earnestly  for  fruit  from  the  services  of  the  preceding  day, 
and  also  for  a  blessing  upon  the  sermon  to  be  preached  by  the  Pastor  on 
Wednesday  at  Liverpool. 

The  children  having  sung,  '*  Happy !  ever  happy  I  **  Mr.  Charlesworth  asked 
for  special  petitions  for  the  orphans.  He  said  that  many  present  could 
remember  the  beginning  of  the  institution,  when  there  were  six  boys  in  Mrs. 
Gilbert's  house.  The  first  who  was  received,  having  passed  through  the 
OoUege,  has  become  a  successful  minister  of  the  gospel.  Up  to  the  present 
time  no  less  than  780  have  found  a  home  at  Stockwell,  of  whom  440  have  left, 
leaving  340  now  in  residence.  A  few  have  been  "called  home,**  and  Mr. 
Charlesworth  was  glad  to  be  able  to  say  that  every  one  of  them,  before  they  fell 
asleep,  had  borne  testimony  to  their  acceptance  in  Jesus  Christ.  The  growing 
expenses  of  the  institution  had  been  met  by  constantly  increasing  contributionB, 
so  that  the  President  had  not  been  overweighted  with  care  on  account  of  his 
larffe  fatherless  &mily.  Parents  present,  who  knew  the  trouble  that  one  child 
comd  cause,  might  estimate  the  difficulties  to  be  overcome  in  training  three 
hundred  and  forty  in  the  way  they  ought  to  go.  The  Sunday-school  heldf  at  the 
Orphanage  on  Sunday  afternoons  had  been  the  means  of  leading  tbanj  of  the 
children  to  the  Saviour.    Mr.  Charlesworth  closed  his  short  address  by  reading 


588  TWO  FRATSa-MSKmraS  at  THS  TABBUfACLX. 

what  Mr.  B.  T.  Booth  wrote  in  the  Tinton*  book  after  the  Plnesidecit  conduefcsd 
him  oyer  the  inetitntion.    This  is  whet  he  seid : — 

*'  This  is  an  automn  day  in  London,  dark,  and  cold,  and  dreary.  For  the 
first  time  I  step  into  the  gnmndB  of  the.  Stockweli  Orphanage,  and  am  met  by 
its  founder,  my  Mend,  Mr.  C.  H.  Spnrgeon.  As  I  pass  through  the  Taxious 
buildings  I  find  some  300  little  fatherless  children  sheltered  mm  Uie  storm, 
and  surrounded  with  every  comfort  of  a  happy  home,  and  proyided  with  all 
that  a  great  loying  heart  can  suggest.  As  I  look  into  their  bright,  happy  faces, 
listening  to  their  songs  of  glee,  I  obserye  that  no  two  are  dressed  aliae ;  the 
miserable,  prison-like  custom  of  uniformi^  being  entirely  banished ;  I  find  it 
difficult  to  persuade  myself  that  these  are  not  little  ones  just  from  the  firesides 
of  the  surrounding  homes  come  together  for  a  childish  romp.  My  whole  heart's 
best  bye  goes  out  to  him  who  is  thus  doing  for  kim  who  said, '  Feed  my  lambs.' 
My  dear  wife  unites  with  me  in  the  aboye. 

The  children  sang,  **  Always  cheerful,*' — a  most  appropiiato  piece  for  them ; 
Elder  Eyerett,  being  called  upon  by  tfie  Pastor  on  a  sudden,  defKribed  the 
Sunday  afternoon  school  at  the  Orphanage ;  and  prayer  for  all  children  was 
offered  by  Mr.  Hoyland  and  Elder  Cox.  One  of  the  brethren  haying  prayed 
'*that  the  Lord  would  knock  all  the  nonsense  out  of  the  pulpits,'*  theTastor 
said,  *'  That  is  a  petition  in  which  I  very  heartily  join,  it  does  seem  to  me 
surprising  that  men  can  preach  sermons  that  haye  not  a  bit  of  Christ  in.  them, 
sermons  that  would  not  saye  tiie  soul  of  a  mouse.  They  would  be  first-tate 
sermons,  capital  sermons,  if  they  were  good  for  anything:  they  are  cleyer  to 
the  last  degree,  but  they  would  neyer  saye  souls  unless  the  Lora  were  to  make 
the  people  misunderstand  them.  Sometimes  that  has  been  the  case,  as  it  was 
with  the  good  woman  who  was  much  refireshed  by  what  her  minister  said  about 
metaphysics.  She  thought  he  said  that  Christ  was  meat  and  physic  too,  and 
the  misunderstanding  was  a  deal  more  instnictiye  than  what  he  actually  «aid.*' 

The  Pastor  then  read  a  letter  from  Pastor  C.  T.  Johnson,  of  LongUm,  con- 
taining cheering  news  of  Mr.  Bonser's  work  at  Fenton;  and  prayer  fer  tiie 
labourers  in  the  Potteries,  and  other  spiritually  dark  places,  was  presented  by 
Messrs.  Lazenby  and  Newbat^  The  children  sang  **  Sound  the  oattle-ery " ; 
and  then  followed  the  most  impressiye  scene  of  the  whole  eyening.  The  orphan 
girls  alone  sang  yeiy  sweetly  the  hymn  in  Mr.  Sankey's  book,  commenoing — 

^  Oh,  what  a  Sayiour  that  he  died  for  me  I 
From  condemnation  he  hath  made  me  free ; 
'  He  that  belieyeth  on  the  Son/  saith  he, 
*  Bath  eyerlastinff  lif^.' 

*  Verily,  yerily,  I  say  unto  you  !* 

'  Verily,  yerily,*  message  eyer  new! 

'  He  that  belieyeth  on  the  Son'— 'Tis  true ! 

*  Haih  eyerlasting  life ! '" 

At  its  close  the  Pastor  had  it  repeated,  in  the  hope  that  some  might  come  to 
Christ  while  it  was  beiug  sung.  It  was  like  a  new  sone  carolled  by  the  angels» 
and  many  silent  supplications  were  ascending  to  Gfod  tnat  it  might  be  a  season 
of  ealyationr  to  many  souls.  Special  requests  for  prayer  were  read,  and  pre* 
sented  by  the  Pastor,  as  follow : — ^For  the  restoration  of  a  young  man  in  con* 
sumption,  or  for  his  soul's  recoyery ;  and  for  the  blessing  of  God  to  rest  upon  a 
meeting  to  be  held  at  Cannon-street  Hotel  to  promote  the  more  widespread 
preaohmg  of  the  doctrines  of  grace.  In  closing  the  meeting,  the  Pastor  asked 
that  his  brother,  who  was  to  be  married  the  following  day,  might  be  remem- 
bered in  prayer,  and  that  the  church  would  plead  for  a  special  outpouring  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  upon  the  seryice  he  was  te  conduct  at  Liyerpool  on  Wednesday, 
and  that  aU  the  meetings  of  the  Baptist  Union  might  be  productiye  of  mwi 
practical  good.  So  ended  a  session  of  prayer  of  quite  anotaer  order  to  that  of 
the  preyious  Monday,  but  equally  full  of  power. 


^vMijQt  Witih, 

THE  friends  at  Tunbridge  Wells  who  were  some  jears  ago  fonnad  iDtoa 
chiirch  of  similar  faith  aod  order. to  that  at  the  Tabernacle  are  now  in 
urgBiit  need  of  help.  The  town  is  a  great  health-resort,  and  we  ought  to  be 
well  represented  in  it;  and  therefore  this  church  deserves  liberal  help. 

In  April,  IBPl,  Mr.  James  Smith,  of  Leeds  (formerly  of  the  Pastore'  College), 
commenced  his  minbtrj,  since  which  time  the  church  and  congregation  have 
greatly  increased.  1'he  church  numbers  nearly  100  members,  and  is  self- 
supporting.  Ntee»nty  it  laid  upon  the  people  to  provide  a  commodioui  building 
adapled  to  the  requiremenli  of  the  congrfgalion.  A  freehold  proper^,  situated 
in  CalTerley-road,  the  main  thoroughfare  of  the  most  thickly  populatM  part  of 


590 


IS  IT  TRUE  P 


the  town,  has  been  purchased  for  £1,900.  It  is  proposed  to  erect  a  chapel  to 
accommodate  030  persons,  and  a  lecture-room,  to  he  used  for  school  purposes, 
at  a  total  cost  of  £5,500,  inclusive  of  the  site. 

Such  an  undertaking  cannot  be  accomplished  without  liberal  and  prompt 
support  from  without:  the  church  prayerfully  and  confidently  looks  to  our 
great  Lord  to  incline  his  servants  to  aid  them.  About  £1,000  hare  been 
raised  in  money  and  promises ;  the  church  members,  mostly  of  the  workii^ 
classes,  haying  liberally  contributed.  Samuel  Barrow,  Esq.,  of  Red  Hill,  is 
treasurer.  Donations  will  be  gladly  received  by  him,  or  by  Pastor  James  Smith, 
47,  Upper  Stone  Street,  Tunbridge  Wells. 


Is  it  tniie? 

IN  our  March  number  we  quoted  from  Mr.  Gilberts  book,  *'  Di$e$lablishment 
from  a  church  paint  of  view f^*  a  statement  to  the  effect  that  many  public- 
houses  had  been  erected  upon  church  lands.  An  instance  was  given  in  the 
city  of  Salisbury.  This  instance  has  been  questioned,  and  Chancellor  Swavne 
has  declared  that  '*  neither  the  Bishop,  nor  the  Chapter,  nor  either  of  the  Cilr 
incumbents,  nossess  one  single  building  here  devoted  to  the  sale  of  strong  drini: 
in  any  form.'  This  statement  we  accept,  and  fully  exonerate  those  for  whom 
the  Chanoellor  speaks ;  and  so  far  as  this  is  an  answer  to  Mr.  Gilbert's  state- 
ment that  he  counted  eighteen  public-houses  erected  upon  church  lands,  we 
desire  to  withdraw  from  any  supposed  participation  in  the  charge.  We  onl^ 
took  it  from  Mr.  Gilbert*s  book,  and  headed  our  extract,  "  Is  it  true  ?  "  and  if 
the  Chanoellor  has  proved  that  it  is  not  true  we  are  glad  of  it.  Mr.  Gilbert  is 
a  gentleman  upon  whose  veracity  and  accuracy  we  place  implicit  reliance,  and 
he  begs  us  distinctly  to  say  that  he  personally  refuses  to  admit  that  he  has 
been  in  error.  We  fear  that  the  Chancellor's  statement  does  not  meet  the 
charge  in  all  its  length  and  breadth,  but  concerning  this  we  are  at  present 
unable  to  say  more. 

Our  sole  intent  in  inserting  the  article  was  to  throw  light  upon  the  action  of 
religious  aud  charitable  corporations  which  encourage  the  liquor-traffic.  These 
bodies  cannot  help  having  licensed  houses  with  old  leases,  which  were  granted 
when  the  public  conscience  was  not  aroused ;  but  they  can  refuse  to  allow  new 
licenses  to  be  taken  out,  and  as  the  old  ones  fall  in  they  can  destroy  them.  We 
do  not  so  much  denounce  the  past  as  demand  improvement  for  the  future. 


^oikts  0f  §00]b. 


John  Ploughman :  compiled  and  arranged 
as  a  Service  of  Song.  By  John  Bubn- 
HAM,  Metropolitan  Tabernacle  Evan- 

felist.      Fassmore    and    Alabaster. 
Vice  fourpence. 

Hers  we  have  an  outline  of  an  attractive 
and  instructive  entertainment.  With  an 
efficient  choir  to  sing  the  music,  and  a 
good  reader  to  give  Toice  to  the  ex- 
tracts, an  audience  would  be  gathered, 
and  greatly  pleased.  The  issue  of  these 
services  by  Mr.  Bumham  affords  us 
much  pleasure,  and  we  would  say  the 
same  of  those  compiled  by  Mr.  Charles- 
worth,  entitled  "FuUerton  and  Smith's 
Song  Services.**    With  a  high  degree 


of  satisfaction  we  see  members  of  our 
staff  thus  taking  the  lead  in  teaching 
the  people  by  song. 

How  readent  (hou  t  or^  ChruUan  btatUm 
as  caniamedin  the  Word  of  OoJL  By 
F.  H.  Whitb,  author  of  "  Christ  and 
the  Tabernacle,"  etc.  S.  W.  Part- 
ridge and  Co. 

This  pamphlet  is  Tery  suitable  for  in- 
quirers, and  we  wish  it  a  wide  circulation. 
Mr.  White  is  always  clew,  interesting,  and 
evangelical,  and  his  writings  may  there- 
fore with  safety  be  put  into  the  hands  of 
those  who  love  the  truth. 


NOnOES  OF  BOOKS. 


591 


George  F.  Pentecost^  D.D.  A  bio- 
{[raphical  aketcK  With  Bible  Read- 
ings and  Ezperiencee  with  Inquirers. 
Hedder  and  Stoughton. 

Db.  Psntxcosx  has  led  a  life  of  useful- 
ness under  the  influence  of  an  earnest 
2eal  for  the  Lord  and  for  the  good  of 
men.  There  is  hardlj  enough  of  re- 
markable incident  in  his  career  to  make 
into  a  specially  readable  bio^phy; 
but  yet  it  is  our  more  interesting  than 
many  of  the  '  liyes  **  which  are  run  up 
with  slendear  materials  in  these  book- 
making  days.  We  hope  that  the  best 
half  of  Mr.  Pentecost's  service  is  yet  to 
come,  for  he  is  full  of  vigour  both  in 
body  and  miid,  and  is  now  in  Engknd 
with  the  deiign  of  aiding  Mr.  Moody. 
He  is  one  0/  me  few  American  Baptists 
who  haTe  g)ne  in  for  open  communion. 
Whether  &  is  always  wise  we  should 
not  care  to  say,  but  he  always  desires  to 
be  riglit,  and  his  heart  is  waim  and 
true.  We  fear  that  he  is  not  sufficiently 
known  in  this  country  to  make  this 
sketch  a  success;  but  possibly  his 
sojourn  here  may  make  his  name 
familiflu;  and  then  the  public  will  wish 
to  knov  who  he  is  and  whence  he 
«ame. 

The  Bistol  Nonconformist  Sunday  Ser- 
vice- The  Brutal  Nonconformist 
We:  k- Evening  Prayer  Meetings.  By 
Kkhard  Drewett  Bobjent.  Brutol : 
J.vVright  and  Co.,  10  and  II,  Ste- 
pbn-street 

Thss  two  pamphlets  contain  short  de- 
scriitions  of  all  the  religious  gather- 
ing! in  Bristol  both  on  the  Lora*8-day 
anc  at  prayer-meetings.    The  work  is 
excuted  courteously  and  impartially  by 
a  vorUiy  man  who  aims  at  doing  good 
b;  his  remarks.      Such  a  descriptive 
lotk  might  be  useful  in  all  our  large 
Mvns.     If  the  author  had  nossessed 
jenius,  and  literary  ability,  tnis  miffht 
Ave  been  a  highly  interesting  work ; 
>ut  as  the  writer's  sole  qualification  is 
^is  honesty  of  purpose,  the  work  is 
most  reliable  and  dulL    A  little  of  the 
wit  which  he  condemns  because  he  him- 
self labours  under  the  want  of  it,  would 
^ve  made  his  books  sell,  and,  what  is 
^ore,  would  have  secured  their  being 
read.    As  it  is,  we  fear  that  the  exceT 
lent  gentleman's  labour  will  prove  un- 
remunerative. 


May  Beaufort;  or,  tJie  True  Story  of  a 
Hymn,  Axfueb  Holnbss,  14,  Pater- 
noster-row. 

A  VBBT  touching,  tender  narrative  of 
filial  afiection  which  it  would  do  all  our 
daughters  good  to  read.  A  Christian 
lady  when  suddenly  reduced  from  afflu- 
ence to  poverty,  finds  great  comfort 
from  a  verse  of  a  hymn  which  runs 
thus: — 

"  Whom,  then,  have  we  to  fear— 
What  trouble,  grief,  or  care — 
Since  Thou  art  ever  near, 
JesiiB,  our  Lord  ?  " 

Her  young  daughter,  who  loved  the 
Saviour,  and  felt  keenly  for  her  parents 
in  their  trials  and  sorrows,  set  the  sweet 
hymn  to  music,  her  first  attempt  at  such 
composition,  and — ^but  we  should  mar 
the  reader's  interest  in  this  true  story 
if  we  divulged  May*s  secret  May  the 
author's  desire  be  abundantly  fulfilled, 
that  "  the  perusal  of  it  may  be  owned  of 
God  in  leMmg  the  reader  to  look  away 
from  the  *  vain  show*  of  this  changeful 
scene  to  Jesus  Christ,  the  same  yester- 
day, to-day,  and  for  ever.'* 

Portraits  of  Heroes ;  being  a  Practical 
Exposition  of  the  Eleventh  Chapter 
of  Hebrews,  By  Rev.  A.  Mac- 
ABTuuB.    Nisbet  and  Co. 

TisT  another  little  volume  on  the  pic- 
ture-fi^allery  of  fiiith  in  the  epistle  to 
the  Hebrews.  Whilst  there  is  nothing 
very  strikins  or  original  in  these  papers, 
the  author  has  his  own  angle  of  vision, 
and  declares  what  he  sees  with  plain- 
ness and  power.    Good,  if  not  great. 

Life  of  R.  S.  Candliih,  D.D.  By  Jean 
L.  Watson.  Edinburgh :  James 
GemmelL 

OuB  authoress  has  a  facile  pen,  and 
teUa  the  story  of  Dr.  Candlish*B  life  with 
unusual  power  and  charm.  The  old, 
3ret  ever  new,  incident  of  the  Disrup- 
tion, when  Scotland's  ministers  nobly 
sufiTered  on  behalf  of  Christfs  supremacy 
in  his  church,  is  described  with  won- 
drously  dramatic  power  and  force.  The 
little  volume  is  as  interesting  as  it  is 
pithy,  as  clear  as  it  is  strone,  and  we 
should  like  it  to  be  read  by  Uiousands, 
for  it  must  promote  a  sturay  Noncon- 
formi^. 


592 


KOnOES  OV  BOOKS. 


Sermonif  Addresses,  and  Pastoral  Let- 
ters, B7  Rey.  B.  Gbeoobt.  Wes- 
leyan  Conference  Office. 

These  Sennons  and  Addresses  are  all 
aliye  and  glowing  with  spiritual  power, 
and  cannot  bat  quicken  and  stimulate. 
NoTelty-hunters  will  find  but  little  to 
relish,  but  loTers  of  the  Master  will 
feel  his  presence  in  ererj  page.  There 
is  an  unusual  mingling  of  the  expe- 
rienced and  the  fresh,  Uie  sternly  solid 
and  the  tenderlj  beautiful  therein.  They 
shall  go  on  our  shelves  for  use  and 
reference. 

Addresses  and  Sermons,  By  E.  E. 
Jbnkiks,  M. a.    T.  Woolmer  and  Go. 

A  woBTHT  companion  to  the  above,  by 
a  '*  Master  in  Israel,"  whose  spirituality 
and  strength,  freshness  and  force  are 
about  eaually  balanced.  As  we  have 
read  we  nave  been  both  stimulated  and 
subdued,  quickened  and  calmed  with 
the  majesty  of  the  gospel,  and  its  cer- 
tainty of  triumph.  There  is  a  keenness 
of  sympathy  in  Mr.  Jenkins  that  nukes 
bim  play  with  power  on  every  string  of 
our  being.    This  is  a  book  indeed. 

The  Bethel  Flag ;  or,  Sermons  to  Sea- 
men, By  BoBBBT  Philip,  D.D.  Third 
Edition.    George  Philip  and  Son. 

Wb  are  BOt  surprised  to  find  these  ser- 
mons in  a  third  edition.  They  are  ad- 
mirably adanted  for  &e  special  class  they 
are  intended  to  reach :  plain  and  prac- 
tical, salt  and  breezy,  tooroughly  ear- 
nest in  style  and  evangelical  m  spirit. 
If  our  merchant  captains  would  buy  the 
volume,  and  read  a  sermon  evety  Sun- 
day to  the  crew,  it  would  be  some  com- 
pensation for  the  loss  of  the  ordinary 
means  of  worship ;  and — who  can  tell  ? 
— might  result  m  untold  good.  This 
little  volume  has  our  sincerestapprovid. 

Thoughts  chiefly  designed  as  preparative 
or  persuasive  to  Private  Devotion,  By 
John  Shbppabd.  A  new  edition,  with 
Biographical  Sketch,  by  the  Rev. 
T.  6.  RooKB,  B.A.  Rebgious  Tract 
Society. 

Nothihq  could  be  more  timely  and 
helpful  than  the  issue  of  this  book  in 
these  busy  days,  when  private  devotion 
is  in  danger  of  being  jostled  out  of  our 
lives  by  the  multitude  of  duties  and 
religious  engaMnents  in  which  Chris- 
tians are  involved.    There  is  an  old- 


world  flavour  about  it  that  is  in  itadf  a 
charm,  and  it  is  pervaded  so  thoroughly 
by  godly  scrutiny  and  analysis  that  it 
must  be  of  service  in  teaching  us  to 
read  our  own  hearts,  and  then  to  pour 
them  out  in  prayer  to  God.  The  Re- 
ligious Tract  Society  fau  done  well  to 
issue  this  reprint,  and  we  sincerely  hope 
they  will  meet  with  a  laige  demand  lor 
the  volume. 

The  Scottish  Sanctuary  m  it  was,  and  as 
it  is.  By  the  Rev.  i.Mi>BBw  Dun- 
can. Edinburgh :  Andrew  Elliot,  17^ 
Princes  Street. 

A  PLBAsiHo  book.  One  Ukes  to  know 
the  manners  and  customi  of  the  good 
Scotch  folk  of  the  older  imes.  There 
is  a  life  likeness  in  Mr.  Duncan's  de- 
scriptions which  proves  sm  to  have 
been  bom  and  bred  where  these  things 
are  done,  or  are  weJl  remenbered.  A 
few  very  ancient  stories  ac  served  up 
again  in  this  compilation,  bat  for  the 
most  part  the  inddents  arc  new  to  us, 
and  we  are  right  glad  to  have  come 
across  them.  The  book  does  not  con- 
tain too  much  of  a  didacUc  orpractical 
sort,  neither  does  it  spin  out  any  one 
subject,  but  it  is  suggestive,  eav  read- 
ing, and  will  do  good.  We  ahU  insert 
an  extract  in  our  magazine. 

Poems,      By  AxEXANDBB  CABBtTHBBS. 

Glasgow:   Porteous  Bros.     lindon: 

Simpkin,  Marshall,  and  Co. 
A  WBSTBBN  paper  suggests  the  fobwing 
plan  for  paying  off  the  NationalDebt 
in  six  weeks: — ^Let   the  Govement 
levy  a  light  tax  on  the  poetry  writtn  in 
the  United  States,  and  let  everypoet 
name  the  value  of  his  own  poetry,  ^t 
will  do  it.     It  would  not  much  dimiish 
the  income  if  the  Government  allored 
true  poets  to  escape  the  tax.    In  bi» 
case  we  should  plead  for  the  exemptm 
of  Mr.  Carruthers,  whose  son^  bavcm 
them  *'  earnests  of  a  better  thmg.**  Te 
poetic  fire  is  in  him,  and  only  nees 
stirring  and  feeding  to  become  a  powe 
There  are  verses  in  this  little  volum 
which  should  be  better  known  than  the; 
are  likely  to  be  through  their  publieatioi 
in  this  form.  We  have  borrowed  a  verse 
to  enrich  our  first  article,  and  we  have 
taken  the  sense  of  another  verse,  and 
written  it  in  prose.    We  thought  thn  a 
pleasant  and  oopeful  way  of  letting  Mr. 
Carruthers  speak  for  himself. 


KOnCES  OV  BOOKS. 


598 


The  Rev.  Oervase  Smithy  D.D.  A 
Memorial  Volmne.  Edited  by  his 
son,  the  Rev.  Alfrbd  Owkn  Smith, 
B.A.    T.  Woolmer,  2,  Castle-street. 

Our  Wedejran  friends  hare  sustained 
many  and  serious  losses  of  ]ate  from  the 
decease  of  eminent  leaders ;  among  these 
Gervase  Smith  must  be  placed  in  the 
first  rank.  He  was  a  fine  man,  and  as 
gracious  as  he  was  gifted.  He  had 
special  facility  in  lecturing,  and  ran  Dr. 
Funshon  Tery  hard  in  that  line  of 
things.  How  we  hare  been  moTed 
while  reading  his  '<Si^;e  of  London- 
derry ! "  We  burned  with  indignation, 
and  might  have  actually  been  consumed 
had  it  not  been  for  the  floods  of  tears 
which  were  forced  from  us  by  the  heroic 
Bufferings  of  the  Protestants  of  Derry. 
Our  departed  brother  had  only  just 
passed  beyond  threescore  years,  and 
there  seemed  hope  5f  much  longer  ser- 
▼ice ;  but  his  time  had  come,  and  he 
entered  heaven  close  upon  the  heels  of 
his  dear  brother  Punsnon.  Although, 
as  one  said,  **  Gervase  Smith  was  pre- 
destinated to  be  an  Arminian,**  we  are 
also  assured  that  he  was  ordained  to 
serve  his  Lord  below,  and  then  to  dwell 
with  him  above.  His  preaching^  was 
thoroughly  popular — some  specimens 
are  given  in  this  volume,  and  are  note- 
worthy. Altogether  we  have  here  an 
admirable  souvenir  of  an  earnest  minis- 
ter, a  thorough  Methodist,  and  a  lively 
Christian. 

Memoir  of  Daniel  MaemiUan.  By 
Thomas  Hughes,  Q.C.  Macmillan 
and  Co. 

This  memoir  is  well  written, — that  goes 
without  saying ;  and  as  it  is  the  life  of  a 
sincere  and  earnest  man,  it  is  worth 
reading.  It  cannot,  however,  be  ex- 
pecte<r  that  we  should  feel  any  p«at 
pleasure  in  the  processes  by  which  a 
man  swept  what  he  caUs  '*  Ihe  CaMnisHc 
cobwebs'*  out  of  his  brain,  and  then 
gave  his  mind  over  to  that  master  spin- 
ner of  webs,  Mr.  Maurice.  Of  the  two 
spinners  we  know  whose  webs  we  would 
prefer.  A  man  who  can  deride  the 
grand  conceptions  which  make  up  th  e 
doctrines  of  grace  and  call  them  **  cob  - 
webs"  has  a  higher  estimate  of  his  own 
mental  developments  than  we  have  ; 
for,  to  say  the  least,  they  are  master- 


pieces of  thought.  This  manner  of 
speech  is,  however,  common  among  our 
*<  cultured  **  friends,  who  generally  de- 
velop a  little  scorn  with  their  other 
graces.  As  Boswell  was  infatuated  with 
Dr.  Johnson  so  was  Daniel  Macmillan 
carried  away  with  Maurice,  in  whose 
theology  we  see  no  charms.  So  far  we 
are  not  agreed ;  but  if  we  cease  to  look 
at  Daniel  Macmillan  theologically,  but 
simplv  see  him  as  a  man  suffering 
greatly,  dying  in  fact  every  day,  and 
yet  struggling  on  till  he  had  seen  his 
publishing  house  brought  into  the  front 
rank,  we  reeard  him  with  the  utmost 
admiration.  We  mark  in  him  the  upright 
publisher  fixing  his  eye  upon  a  lofty  goal 
and  reaching  it.  He  was  a  man  of  con- 
siderable abilities,  and  unbending  faith- 
fulness to  his  convictions ;  but  he  would 
have  been  all  the  better  if  he  had  not 
treated  as  '*  cobwebs'*  those  glorious  doc- 
trines which  have  nourished  the  holiest 
and  bravest  men  of  former  generations. 
If  he  could  not  accept  them  for  himself 
others  have  done  so,  and  have  fulfilled 
a  life  course  which  he  would  un- 
ffrudgingly  have  admired.  Men  like 
Knox,  (Jromwell,  the  Puritans,  and  the 
New  Englanders  were  as  able  to  judge 
of  the  v2ue  of  great  principles  as  the 
worthy  bookseller  of  Cambridge,  and, 
to  say  the  least,  were  evety  way  as  great 
and  good  as  he. 

Polished  Stones  from  a  Bough  Quarry, 
By  Mrs.  Hutchbor.     T.  Woolmer. 

This  is  a  royal  litUe  book.  Delightful 
in  its  simple,  touching  record  of  Christian 
work  in  a  low  quarter  of  Aberdeen. 
Worth  a  thousand  religious  fictions. 
We  should  like  to  give  a  copy  to  every 
Sunday-school  teacher.  It  would  warm 
his  heart  as  it  has  warmed  ours,  and 
fill  him  with  confidence  and  renewed 
zeal. 

Sparhs  from  the  Philosopher's   Stone, 
By  J.  L.  BusroRD.    David  Bogue. 

A  STEANGB  medley  of  some  things  wise, 
and  many  otherwise.  We  almost  tremble 
to  write  this  opinion,  since  one  of  the 
author's  aphorisms  is,  **  A  well-cultivated 
mind  is  always  a  kindly  critic.*'  These 
** sparks  from  stones** — whatever  that 
may  mean — will  never  set  the  world  on 
fire. 


594 


HOnOBS  OF  BOOKS. 


The   Oreai  Raman  Eclipse,     An  ex- 
position of  the  viii.  and  iz.  chapters  of 
the  Apocalypse.      By  the  author  of 
"The    Little    Horn    of  the    Bast." 
London :  Elliot  Stock,  62,  Paternoster 
Row. 
This  is  a  volume  of  very  pleasant  read- 
ing, whether  it  be  or  irhether  it  be  not 
a  true  key  to  the  **  trumpets  of    the 
Book  of  EevelaUon,^"  The  glimpses  and 
gleams  of  authentic  history  in  the  dark 
ages  of  the  Christian  era  are  admirably 
selected;  transcribed  in  the  words  of 
favourite  authors ;  and  set  in  a  frame- 
work of  such  heraldic  poetrj  as  only 
the  metaphors  of  the  Biole  could  sup- 
ply.   Thus  the  principal  actors  on  toe 
busy  stage  may  be  surveyed  through 
coloured  glass  (as  it  were)  which  tones 
down  the  vulgarity  of  human  passions, 
and  throws  up  in  strong  relief  the  des- 
tined course  that  designing  men  have 
unwittingly  pursued.    There  is  rather  a 
wide  circle  of  students  who  accept  the 
historico-prophetic  system  of  interpre- 
tation.   To  such  these  pages  can  hardly 
fail  to  be  instructive  as  well  as  enter- 
taining.   For  our  own  part  we  perceive 
such  serious  objections  to  this  school  of 
expositors  that  we  can  hardly  imagine 
any  number  of  coincidences  convincing 
us  that  Gregory,  Hilbebrand,  or  Charle- 
magne were  ever  contemplated  in  this 
revelation  of  Jesus  Christ  which  God 
sent  and  signified  to  his  servant  John. 
Our  anonymous  author  however  gives  so 
good  an  account  of  his  own  book  and  of 
the  tide  he  has  adopted  to  it  in  a  brief 
preface,  that  we  have  much  pleasure  in 
makinff  two  extracts.    "It  is  asswmd 
that  the  fourth   of   the  great  world- 
powers  in  the  Book  of  Daniel — foUow- 
ug  the  Greek  and  continuing  till  the 
second  advent — is  no  other  than  the 
Boman.    With  this  for  our  fulcrum  the 
next  Uiing  is  to  take  the  Apocalyptic 
visions,     thoroughly     investigate    the 
meaning  of  their  symbols,  and  then  find 
out  whether  anyUiing  in  the  world's 
history  so  reallv  corresponds  to  their 
intimations  as  clearly  to  establish  a  case 
of  prophecy  and  fulfilment.**    So  much 
for  the    general  drift.     Now  for  the 
special  tiUe-page.     '*  Whilst  we  accept 
the  general  English  interpretation   of 
the  nrst  four  trumpets,  we  differ  from 
it  in  some  important  particulars,  es- 
peciaUy  in  regard  to  that  fundamental 


point,  the  eclipse  of  the  Boraan  sun,  in 
place  of  which  there  is  so  oommooly 
and  unceremoniously  snbstitated  the 
idea  of  an  entire  extinction."  There! 
we  hope  this  notice  is  long  enough  aod 
liberal  enough  to  suit  all  parties. 

The  Repvhlic  of  God^  an  instiiute  of 
theology.  By  Elisha  Mulfoid, 
L.L.D.    London :  R.  D.  Dickinson. 

Without  much  daim  to  originality  on 
tiie  one  hand,  or  to  orthodoxy  on  the 
other  hand,  this  treatise  is  an  amal- 
gam of  German  philosophy  on  the  lines 
of  Hesel,  and  the  Christian  system  after 
the  school  of  Coleridge.  Such  **  (Aeo- 
sophy  '*  enjoys  a  measure  of  popolaritj 
in  the  States,  but  it  will  find  few  dis- 
ciples in  the  old  country.  Ama^ 
students  oi  positive  truths  there  are  thoie 
who  think  out  hypotheses  and  try  to 
support  them  on  the  principle  of  in- 
duction, and  there  are  those  who  drink 
in  revelation  and  rest  on  the  authorit; 
of  Scripture.  The  two  parties  keq> 
aloof.  The  Jews  have  no  dealings  with 
the  Samaritans.  The  tiUe  that  £iiflha 
Mttlford  has  given  to  bis  essay  is  a  little 
pretentious,  and  to  English  readers  it 
might  appear  rather  perpLexinff.  We 
have  heard  of  the  Republic  of  Plato; 
that  was  a  fiction.  We  have  been 
assured  of  the  Bepublic  of  Washingtoo, 
for  that  has  developed  into  a  notable 
fiict.  But  how  shall  we  describe  **the 
Republic  of  God  "  ?  WeU,  it  is  the  name 
of  a  book  ;  and  books  like  babies  ofta 
owe  their  names  to  the  capxice  of  their 
parents. 

Rivers  among  the  Rocks;  or^  Wolkng 
with  Ood,  By  Amna  SmrroH.  >»• 
bet  and  Co. 
As  a  record  of  personal  experiences  we 
think  this  little  volume  very  admirable; 
the  authoress  is  a  most  devout,  sweet 
spirit,  and  her  writing  is  gnusooslj 
helpful  to  devotion.  But  as  a  guide  to 
the  practical  life  of  others,  we  are  not 
so  sure  of  ite  healthiness.  It  is  possible 
to  forget  the  action  of  the  Holy  Spint 
through  one's  own  mind,  in  the  en- 
deavour to  "walk  with  God";  «» 
this  may  lead  to  a  mysticism  that  is 
misleading.  However^  this  is  a  dan^ 
likely  only  to  afiect  a  few,  whereas  with 
the  many  the  tendency  is  to  nedect 
altogether  personal  fellowship  with  m- 


BOnOIB  OF  BOOKS. 


595 


^he  Reciter.  Edited  by  Alfssd  H. 
Miles.  George  CaaldwelJ,  60,  Old 
Bailey. 

A.  FIB8T-SATJB  selection,  and  wonder- 
fully cheap  at  sixpence.  Here,  boys,  you 
will  know  what  to  recite  if  you  get  this 
**  Beciter,**  All  sorts  of  poets  are  laid 
under  contribution  by  Mr.  Alfred  Miles. 
Here*s  a  capital  bit  which  struck  our 
eye  while  glancing  down  the  columns  : 

THE  STUBBOBN  BOOT. 

(From  <*  Hearth  and  Home.") 

*  *  Bother ! "  was  all  Jack  Chatterby  said ; 
His  breath  came  quick,  and  his  cheek  was 

red; 
He  flouriflhed  his  elbows  and  looked  absurd, 
lYhile  over  and  over  his  "  bother  *'  I  heard. 

Haider  and  harder  the  fellow  worked, 
Vainly  and  savagely  still  he  jerked, 
The  boot  half  on  would  dcmgle  and  flap — 
'<  Bother ! "  and  then  he  burst  the  strap. 

Redder  than  ever  his  hot  cheek  flamed: 
Harder  than  ever  he  fumed  and  blamed : 
He  wriggled  his  heel  and  tugged  at  the 

leather, 
Till  knees  and  chin  came  bumping  together. 

*'  My  boy,"  said  I,  with  a  voice  like  a  flute, 
**  ^ny  not— ahem— try  the  mate  of  that 

boot 
Or    the  other  foot?"      "I'm  a  goose," 

ianghed  John, 
As  he  stood,  in  a  flash,  with  his  two  boots 

on. 

In  half  the  affairs 

Of  this  busy  life 
(As  that  same  day 

I  said  to  my  wife) 
Our  troubles  come 

From  tryinff  to  put 
The  left-mma  shoe 

On  the  right-hand  foot. 

Or.  vict  veradf 

(Meaning  reverse,  sir,) 
To  try  to  force, 

As  quite  of  course, 
Any  wron^  foot 

Xn  the  nght  shoe 
Is  the  silliest  thing 

A  man  can  do. 

T%«  Pioneer  Boy^  and  Howhe  Became 
President,  The  story  of  the  Life  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  By  W.  M.  Thateb. 
Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

This  is  a  companion  volume  to,  '<  From 
Lo^-Cabin  to  White-House,**  and  is 
written  in  the  same  American  sensa- 
tional style.  To  an  ordinaiy  reader  the 
chapters  have  the  appearance  of  being 


half  fiction  and  half  sober  fact ;  and  it 
is  not  always  easy  to  sift  the  wheat  from 
the  chaflf.  Apart  from  this  drawback, 
the  book  is  interesting,  presenting  as  it 
does  a  full  length  portraiture  of  a  man, 
who,  from  his  earliest  youth,  had  a 
wonderfully  thorough  acquaintance  with 
the  Bible,  and  acted  in  accordance  with 
its  precepts.  After  all,  the  life-story  of 
the  man  who  fbusht  and  won  the  great 
battle  which  the  suive-holders  provoked, 
is  an  absorbing  narrative ;  and  by  boys 
and  young  men,  especially,  cannot  be 
read  without  profit.  Mr.  Thayer  {had 
access  to  materials  exceptionally  full 
and  trustworthy,  and  though  he  has 
produced  a  book  which  people  will  read, 
the  result  would  have  been  more  satis- 
factory had  he  not  betrayed  the  weak 
hand  that  trusts  in  invention  for  effect. 
People  tot7/  have  a  Life  of  Mr.  Lincoln ; 
and  this  one  must  serve  the  purpose 
imtil  we  get  a  better. 

The  Papers  of  the  Beleetic  Discussion 
Society,  Edited  by  Hskbt  Walduck. 
Elliot  Stock. 

We  do  not  suppose  that  any  such  dis- 
cussions actuaUy  took  place;  but  the 
imaginary  record  here  printed  contains 
much  instruction  strikmgly  put.  The 
power  of  faith  here  rules  that  of  unbelie  v- 
mg  imagination ;  were  all  discussion  so- 
cieties permeated  with  this  spirit,  they 
would  be  a  far  greater  blessing^  than 
they  now  are. 

Festival  Hymns,  Second  Series.  By 
A.  H.  Milks.  London:  Sunday- 
school  Union. 

Mb.  Mhjbs  has  turned  his  knowledge 
and  experience  to  good  account  m 
the  proouction  of  these  musical  leaflets 
for  Sunday  -  school  and  other  anni- 
verssries.  llis  original  compositions  are 
musical,  and  some  of  them  are  already 
favourites  with  the  children.  Wherever 
they  are  known  they  are  sure  to  be 
appreciated. 

Wonders  under  the  Earth,  By  Jake 
Bbsbmbbes.    Religious  Tract  Society. 

Instbuctioh  conveyed  in  a  charming 
manner.  The '  pill  is  sugar-coated ;  in- 
deed it  seems  to  be  all  sugar.  It  is  long 
since  we  could  be  called  a  boy,  but  we 
could  devour  all  this  little  volume  with 
boyish  eagerness. 


596 


i>^fn  •: 


or  BOOBk 


The  Life  and  Labtmn  of  Charles  B. 
Spurgeon,  the  faUh/ul  Preacher^  the 
devoted  Pastor,  the  noble  PhUanthro^ 
pistt  the  beloved  ColU^e  President^ 
and  the  vobaninous  Imter,  Author, 
ete.t  ^tc.  Compiled  and  Edited  bj 
Gbobgs  G.  Nxedham,  EraDgeltBt. 
Boston  :  D.  L.  Gueinsej. 

SiDNST  Smith  thonehfc  it  better  not  to 
read  a  book  wbich  ne  was  to  reTiew ; 
reading  it  might  prejudice  his  jadement. 
In  this  case  we  are  prejudiced  dj  the 
appearance  of  the  Tolome,  hj  the  sub- 
ject, and  by  the  name  of  the  author, 
whom  we  highly  esteem.  The  prejudice 
is,  however,  wholly  favourable.  On 
opening  the  bcok  we  find  all  our  en- 
grayings  reproduced,  and  all  that  has 
appeared  in  our  magazine  cleveriy  ar- 
ranged, made  into  a  oonsecutiTe  narra- 
tive, and  flavoured  with  the  moat  loving 
esteem.  There  is,  however,  nothing  in 
the  noble  volume  which  is  original :  it 
is  made  up  from  our  sermons,  speeches, 
books,  and  magazines.  It  cannot  be 
admitted  into  the  United  Kingdom,  for 
that  would  be  a  violation  of  all  copy- 
right ;  but  we  are  honoured  by  bemg 
so  favourably  presented  to  the  American 
public.  We  are  amazed  that  so  great  a 
tome  can  be  compiled  from  our  sayings 
and  doinffs.  If  it  shall  stimulate  others 
we  shall  oe  content  to  have  been  thus 
bigly  biographed  during  life. 

The  Booh  of  Psalms  Exegetieally  and 
Practically  Considered,  By  David 
Thomas,  D.D.  Vol.  I.  Extending 
from  Psalm  I.  to  LXI.  Dickinson, 
59,  Farringdon-street. 

Db.  Thomas  is  a  writer  of  unquestion- 
able ability,  but  what  kind  of  com- 
mentary is  likelv  to  be  produced  upon 
his  principles  the  reader  can^reaolly 
judge.  He  says:  '*I  have  not  been 
able  to  see  what  most  of  mv  predeces- 
sors have  seen — much  moral  excellence 
in  the  character  of  David,  satisfactory 
reasons  for  his  awful  imprecations,  or 
many,  if  any,  Messianic  references  in 
the  whole  book.'*  He  who  cannot  find 
Ghrist  in  the  Psalms,  and  has  a  scant 
esteem  for  the  writer  through  whom  the 
Holy  Spirit  gave  forth  these  divine 
songs,  may  wnte  cleverly,  but  he  cannot 
be  acceptable  to  evangelical  believers. 
Of  course  such  an  author  adopts  those 
modem  notions  of  which  many  think  so 


much ;  as,  for  instance,  the  idea  that 
David  did  not  write  the  Fifty-fintPsak. 
These  fancies  are  as  truly  critidsm  ai » 
boy*s  whittling  is  wood-carving.  A 
littfe  criticiflm  is  a  dangerous  thing,  and 
its  best  corrective  is  found  in  more 
grace  and  riper  scholarship.  We  took 
up  this  volume  with  large  hopes,  and  we 
put  it  down  in  sadness.  Abs,  that  to 
much  which  might  hare  been  usefol  is 
perverted  by  the  evil  plan  upon  whidi 
the  writer  has  commenced  his  Ixx^ 
One  portion  of  the  work  is  entitled 
Sermonic  Slippings:  we  are  compelled 
to  say  that  these  are  by  no  meaos  itf 
sreateat  slippings.  Whereabouti  Dr. 
Thomas  is  may  to  gathered  mysteriooalj 
from  the  following  fine-sounding  sen- 
tences :— "  Cnrist  18  the  Bible,  the  Woii 
the  Truth.  What  the  Old  and  New 
Testament  writers  have  said  agreeing 
with  his  character  and  teaching  I  accept; 
what  thev  have  said  not  so  agreeing,  if  I 
do  not  reject  I  hold  in  abeyance."  Greit 
is  David,  great  is  Isaiah,  great  is  Ftnlf 
but  greater  far  u  he  who  authoritatirelj 
cries,  '^I  accept,**  or  **I  hold  in  abej- 
ance.** 

Led  by  the  Spirit  Memoirs  of  Mn' 
Caroline  Eliza  Walher.  Bj  £.  i' 
RoniNSON.    T.  Woolmer  and  Co. 

Thb  memoirs  of  this  lady  are  deepij 
interesting,  and  worthy  of  a  per* 
manent  record,  containing,  as  thej  do, 
the  history  of  a  soul'a  struggle  widi 
"  persecution  for  the  truth's  sake,*"  and 
home  associations  of  a  diatinctlvgodleai 
type.  The  transition  from  sool-anxietf 
to  peace  through  believing,  the  Mnret 
to  find  satisfaction  in  sacraments  or 
self-righteousness  are  vividly  portnjed^ 
and  in  such  a  fashion  must  be  belpfolto 
direct  other  seekers  after  salvation.  We 
think,  however,  the  long  extracts  froB 
the  diarv  a  blemish,  it  has  added  ba& 
to  the  book,  but  it  does  not  incr^ 
the  interest ;  a  little  judicioas  proaiBg 
would  make  it  far  more  readable. 

Life  and  ThUh;  also  a  Scr^ters  Ckert 
Life  or  Death.  Bible  Christian  Book 
Boom. 
This  is  a  strange  medley:  theok^ 
done  into  blaidc  verse,  and  illastrtteii 
by  an  extraordinary  diagram.  Theidet, 
though  novel,  is  not  a  very  attractiy« 
one,  and  we  fear  will  not  succeed  is 
arousing  interest  in  divine  tmtL 


NOTIfiS. 


597 


The  OirVt  Own  Annual  The  Bay'e 
Oum  Annual  1882.  '^  The  Leisure 
Hoar'*  Office,  56,  Paternoster  Row. 

Thbsb  are  marTellous  volumes  for  boys 
and  girls.  The  editorial  skill  amazes 
us;  for  a  continuous  fi^eshness  is  main* 
tained,  and  eyerything  is  kept  out  which 
is  not  suitable  for  young  folks.  Fre* 
quently  such  serials  grow  dull  after  a 
time,  and  the  matter  becomes  more 
adapted  for  sober  elders  than  for  lively 
juveniles.  If  tiiere  be  any  fault  it  is 
not  in  this  direction,  but  in  its  opposite. 
These  volumes  are  greatly  recreative, 
and  nighly  instructive,  but  we  hope  the 
editors  will  try  to  mtike  them  more  dis- 
tinctly religious.  A  little  more  might 
be  done  in  this  direction,  and  yet  dul- 
neas  need  not  be  the  consequence ;  in- 
deed, it  should  be  easy  for  editors 
to  be  both  grave  and  say.  The  bind- 
ing, the  illustrations,  and  the  volumes  as 
a  whole  are  enough  to  make  a  boy*s  eves 
flash  with  delight  and  cause  a  girl  to  skip 
for  joy. 

Sea  Pietnres  Drawn  with  Pen  and  Pencil 
By  James  Macaui«at,  M.A.  Reli- 
gious Tract  Society. 

Ihstsad  of  portraying  some  foreign 
country  the  Tract  Society's  annual  this 
year  goes  to  see  the  sea.  Here  we  have 
a  fine  collection  of  evervthing  about 
the  rolling   ocean.*    Without  the  in- 


convenience of  going  upon  the  treache^ 
rous  element  our  readers  may  here 
behold  the  sea  in  poetry,  and  the 
sea  in  history,  and  learn  much  of  its 
products  and  its  physical  geography. 
As  a  work  of  art  the  volume  is  up  to 
the  high  average  of  previous  years,  and 
is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  cheapest  and 
best  of  the  high-class  Christmas  books. 
Eight  sbillin|^8  thus  invested  will 
purchase  ss  brilliant  a  Christmas  present 
as  a  princess  might  wish  to  send  to  her 
sister. 

The  Hmnan  Sympa^hiee  of  Christ  By 
A.  C.  Geikib,  jD-D.  Religious  Tract 
Society. 

A  CAPITAL  idea,  well  carried  out.  Dr. 
Geikie  is  a  writer  of  remarkable  ability, 
and  whatever  he  writes  is  worthy  of 
earnest  reading.  The  heading  of  his 
chapters  may  serve  some  brother 
with  a  hint  for  a  series  of  discourses. 
Here  they  are  : — Christ's  sympathy  with 
nature.  Christ's  love  for  his  mother. 
Christ's  sympathy  with  children.  Christ's 
friendship.  Cmrist's  sympathy  with 
human  suffering.  Chnst^s  sympathy 
with  the  poor.  Christ's  sympathy  with 
doubters.  Christ's  sympathy  with  the 
tempted.  Christ's  sympathy  with  the 
&llen.  Christ's  sympathy  with  those 
who  do  their  best.  Christ's  sympaUiy 
with  lost  souls. 


$0te8. 


List  of  preachers  tU  the  Tabernacle  during 
Mr.  Spurffeon*8  abaenee  .*— Thuxadav  even- 
ing, I^v.  9,  Joseph  Parker,  I).D. ;  Sunday, 
Nov.  12,  E.  G.  (^ange ;  Thursday  eveninff, 
Nov.  ICC  J.  T.  Wigner;  Sunday,  Nov.  19, 
Bobert  BobinBon ;  Thursday  evening,  Nov. 
23,  J.  T.  Wigner ;  Sunday,  Nov.  26,  B. 
H.  Lovell;  Thursday,  Nov.  30,  J.  A. 
Spujgeon ;  Sunday  morning,  Dec.  3,  James 
images,  of  Stratford;  Sunday  evening, 
Dec.  3,  J.  A.  Spurgeon ;  Thursday  evemng, 
Dec.  7,^ J.  A.  Spurgeon ;  Sunday,  Dec.  10, 
Vr.  P.  Lockhart. 

Publication  of  the  Sixth  Volume  of  *<  The 
Treatury  of  David y — ^Mrs.  Spuiseon  wishes 
UB  to  say  that  all  ministers  unable  to  pur- 
chase the  new  volume,  and  intending  to 
apply  to  her  for  it  as  a  gift,  are  requested 
to  wait  till  the  new  year,  as  the  postage 
may  possibly  be  cheaper. 

C5n  Friday  evening^  Sept.  22,  the  annual 
meeting  of  &e  MBTBoroLXTAir  Tabbbnaclb 
EvAJroxLZBXS*  AsBOGiATiox  was  held  in  the 


Lecture-hall,  under  the  presidency  of 
Pastor  C.  H.  S.  The  room  was  crowdea^  and 
the  meeting  was  of  the  most  enthunastio 
character,  unusual  interest  being  given  to 
it  by  the  presence  of  representatives  of  the 
various  mission  stations  connected  with  the 
Association.  Little  detachments  were  in- 
troduced to  the  chairman  by  Mr.  G.  E. 
EIvIq,  the  devoted  secretary  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, and  each  in  turn  sang  one  of  the 
songs  of  Zion.  It  was  a  delightfiU  gather- 
ing, well  calculated  to  cheer  uid  encourage 
the  workers.  Addresses  were  delivered  by 
the  chairman,  and  Messrs.  Maples,  Poulton, 
Hunt,  Eveleigh,  Mountain,  and  Lazenby. 

Some  slight  idea  of  the  usefulness  of  "this 
socie^  can  be  formed  by  a  summary  of  the 
report  presented  by  Mr.  Elvin.  Since  the 
last  anniversary  the  members  of  the  Asso- 
ciation have  conducted  476  Sunday  services 
in  the  stations  that  are  entirely  under  their 
charge,  709  in  other  mission- stations :  they 
have  gone  as  supplies  436  times,  and  have 


598 


nOTKS. 


held  79  special  serrioes,  151  open-air  meet- 
ings, and  64  children's  serrices,  making  a 
toSil  of  1975  engagements  on  Sondays 
during  the  year.  On  week  nights  they  have 
held  341  special  eyanjrolistic  serrioes,  89  in 
the  open  air,  and  922  miscellaneous  meet- 
ings, oringing  up  the  grand  total  of  the 
twelyemonth*s  work  to  3327  services,  at 
which  oyer  100  members  of  the  Association 
have  either  spoken  or  s^ng  the  gospel.  We 
are  sure  it  is  tht  gospel  that  they  nreaoh  and 
sing,  for,  like  PauT  they  have  determined 
not  to  know  anytning  among  men  save 
Jesus  Christ,  and  him  crucified. 

The  cost  of  all  this  eyanselistic  labour  has 
only  been  about  £200,  which  has  been  ex- 
pended for  printing,  tnyelling,  rent,  &c., 
the  workers  being  all  unpaid.  We  haye 
been  glad,  with  the  help  ox  yarious  friends, 
to  find  one  half  of  the  amount  needed  during 
the  year,  and  the  balance  has  been  made  up 
by  donations,  collections  at  the  mission-sta- 
tions, and  contributions  from  the  churches 
visited.  We  know  of  no  agency  which  does 
so  much  direct  work  for  the  Master  with  so 
small  an  outlay  of  money.  Further  par- 
ticulars may  be  obtained  of  Mr.  O.  £.  iHvin, 
30,  Surrey  Square,  S.£. 

On  Monday  evening,  Oct,  9,  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Metbofoutan  Tabesnaclb 
Maternal  Socibtt  was  held  in  the  Lecture- 
hall.  After  tea  the  chair  was  taken  by 
C.  H.  S.,  the  report  and  balance-sheet  were 
read,  and  short  addressee  were  delivered. 
The  report  stated  that  213  boxes  had  been 
lent  to  poor  mothers  during  the  year,  and 
that  300  articles  of  clothing  had  been  given 
to  them.  There  is  need  of  more  helpers 
at  the  working  meetings,  which  are  held 
on  the  second  Tuesdayafter  the  first  Sun- 
day in  each  month.  This  society  ought  to 
do  far  more,  and  it  is  the  Pastor's  earnest 
hope  that  all  the  ladies  of  the  Tabernacle 
wiU  henceforth  take  a  share  in  its  work. 

Qbsen  Walk  Mianox,  Bebxondset. — 
Mr.  Wm.  Olney,  jun.,  and  his  friends  have 
at  last  secured  a  suitable  site  in  the  Ber- 
mondsey  New-road  for  the  erection  of  a 
mission-hall  in  which  to  continue  the  work 
of  the  last  twelve  years.  It  is  proposed  to 
provide  a  large  hall  to  seat  700  persons,  a 
school-room  for  400  children,  and  other 
rooms  for Bible-classee^mothers'  meetings, 
and  temperance  work.  The  total  cost  of  the 
premises  will  be  at  least  £5000,  of  which 
about  £2000  have  been  promised  already. 
Mr.  Thomas  Olney  will  gratefully  receive 
donations  at  the  Tabernacle.  This  business 
is  to  be  carried  through  with  spirit :  done 
at  once,  and  well  done,  and  no  debt.  Let 
every  true  friend  take  his  share  of  the 
giving. 

A  Bazaar f  in  aid  of  the  Building  Fund,  is 
to  be  held  in  the  Tabernacle  Lecture-hall  in 
the  first  week  of  the  new  year.  We  shall 
be  most  grateful  to  our  faithful  friends  far 
and  near  if  they  will  again  come  to  our  aid. 

Parcels  for  the  Bazaar  should  be  addressed 
to  Mr.  Murrell,  or  Mr.  W.  Olney,  at  the 


Tabemade.  The  annual  meetinff  of  the 
Green  Walk  Mission  is  to  be  held  at  the 
Tabernacle  on  Monday  evenin&^  October  30, 
when  further  particulars  of  uia  wo^  will 
be  given. 

GoLLBOB. — ^Mr.  H.  Atkinson  has  accepted 
an  invitation  from  the  church  at  Sonthbank, 
Middlesbrough:  and  Mr.  T.  Whittle  haa 
settled  at  Madeley,  Salop. 

We  are  happy  to  learn  that  the  choiches 
at  Cavendish  Cnapel  and  St.  Oeorge*s  Hall, 
Bamsgate,  have  become  one  under  the 
Mstorsd  oare  of  our  late  Btadent,  Mr.  B. 
Wood. 

Mr.  D.  Asquith  has  removedf  from  Land- 
port,  to  Nuneaton ;  and  Mr.  H.  W.  Childs, 
from  Sudbury,  to  Southend-on-Sea. 

Mr.  W.  ^glett  reports  his  safe  arrival  at 
Toowoomba,  Queensland,  where  he  has 
commenced  his  pastoral  work  under  ea- 
cooraging  oiieumstanoes. 

The  new  chapel  at  Hcmehurth,  for  which 
some  of  our  readers  sent  us  oontriba- 
tions,  was  opened  on  September  2l8t  bv  a 
sermon  from  Pastor  A.  G.  Brown,  ana  a 
public  meeting,  at  which  Mr.  W.  Olney  took 
the  chur.  T«K»'"*^«"g  the  amounts  received 
and  promised  at  the  opening  servioea,  £610 
have  been  raised  towaras  tha  £740  for  which 
Messrs.  Higgs  and  ESll  have  erected  the 
building.  we  are  somewhat  perplexed 
about  the  balance,  and  wish  some  one  would 
help  us  out  of  the  difficulty ;  £30  more  win 
be  required  for  a  temporary  sehool-roosa, 
and  we  have  also  purchased  additional 
ground  for  the  completion  of  the  whole 
scheme.  The  first  anniversary  of  the 
opening  of  the  school  -  diapei  s^  .Vnr 
BromptoH  was  celebrated  on  the  same  dav, 
when  the  whole  of  the  balance  needed  t» 
free  the  building  from  debt  was  brought  in. 
The  energetic  pastor,  Mr.  Blockmdge,  and 
his  friend,  will,  no  doubt,  soon  start  a  fund 
for  the  enlargement  which  is  already  re- 
quired. The  iron  chapel  at  iVsr^A  Cluam, 
erected  a  year  ago,  is  paid  for  with  the 
exception  <A  about  £13 :  and  we  have  made 
arrangements  for  pnmnamng  the  land  oa 
which  it  stands.  The  large  and  handiwra* 
chapel,  built  by  the  church  at  Oip*^  BoaS, 
Lower  Norwood,  under  the  pastoral  care  of 
Mr.  Hobbs,  has  been  well  filled  almost  froia 
the  time  it  was  opened.  This  fact  provet 
that  a  new  place  was  needed,  and  that  the 
work  is  in  the  right  hands.  The  erection  of 
a  suitable  house  of  prayer  was  a  senoos 
undertakin|(  for  such  a  oompazatrrely  weak 
though  active  church,  and  in  conseqaenos 
there  is  still  remsining  a  debt  of  oyer  £3000. 
Any  assistance  rendered  to  this  work  will 
be  wisely  bestowed. 

We  mention  these  four  new  places  of 
worship  because  we  have  been  speosUr 
interested  in  all  of  them,  and  have  helpeu 
them  to  the  utmost  of  our  ability,  and  it  is 
a  great  joy  to  us  to  see  them  all  prospexing. 
as  we  are  sure  it  must  also  be  to  others  v^ 
have  contributed  towards  their  eredsoa. 
We  have  recently  bought,  at  public  anct2>>o« 


HOTXS. 


599 


a  anall  chapel  in  Joseph  Street^  Woolwich^ 
vrhere  one  A  onr  sfcuaenti,  Mr.  G.  S.  Med- 
boxst,  is  preadiiiig  with  much  acceptance. 
IVe  have  reodved  about  £100  as  the  flzst 
instalment  of  the  amount  collected  and 
promised  for  a  new  chapel  at  Orpington, 
Kent.  The  project  has  been  taken  up  rexr 
heartily  by  friends  in  the  neighbourhooa, 
and  we  hope  before  long  a  good  building 
'will  be  ere&ed  for  the  church  of  which  Mr. 
White  is  the  pastor. 

If  we  only  had  sufficient  funds  we  might 
start  a  dozen  new  places  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  London  alone,  and  we  have  the  men 
ready  to  occupy  them,  and  to  do  all  in  their 
power  to  make  them  the  centres  of  much 
aoul-winninff  work.  Is  there  not  some- 
where or  o&er  one  of  the  Lord's  stewards 
waiting  for  such  a  good  investment  as  this 
opportunity  offers  ? 


EvANOELins. — Messrs.  Smith  and  Ful- 
lerton  commenced  a  month's  services  at 
Bath  on  Sunday,  October  1st.  The  ground 
had  been  so  well  prepared  by  the  earnest 
and  expectant  prayers  of  pastors  and  people 
ttiat  themeetixigs  were  very  successful  from 
the  beginning.  Both  our  brethren  send  us 
most  cheering  accounts  of  the  work,  and  in 
addition  we  have  the  following  valuable 
testimony  from  a  venerable  servant  of  Jesus 
Christ: — 

"Bath,  October  11th,  1882. 

'  *  Dear  Mr.  Spurgeon| — ^Allow  me  to  thank 
you  personallv  for  sendmg  your  Evangelists. 
Fullerton  ana  Smith,  to  Bath.  I  am  an  old 
man  now,  and  beginning  to  understand 
what  is  meant  by  ue  grasshopper  beine  a 
burden.  Meetings  are  an  especial  burden 
to  me,  not  having  streng^  to  bear  them, 
and  I  go  to  as  few  as  possible,  but  I  have 
attended  several  of  their  meetixigs,  and  have 
been  much  refreshed  and  strengthened  in 
spirit.  Forty-four  years  have  come  and 
gone  since  I  preached  my  first  sermon,  and 
Ctst  night  when  listening  to  their  simple  and 
eamen  statement  and  enforcement  of  gospel 
truth,  I  was  deeply  moved  with  the  thougnt, 
rather,  should  I  not  say  the  fact,  then 
powerfully  presented  to  my  mind,  throuf^h 
their  simple  teaching,  that  the  water  of  life 
was  not  only  the  same,  but  seemed  fresher, 
brighter,  sweeter  than  when  I  first  tasted  of 
it,  and  was  privileged  to  call  to  the  thirsty 
to  come  and  drink.  Devoutly  thankful  was 
I  to  our  Livixig  Head  that  toere  are  men, 
free  from  officialism,  and  the  curse  ox 
clerioaUsm,  going  up  and  down  the  country 
proclaiming  as  they  do  the  glad  tidings  ca 
^reat  joy  to  all  people.  Lurge  congrega- 
tions gmer  night  after  night  at  every 
service,  and  many  come  forward  to  enquire 
more  fully  after  'this  way.'  The  early 
morning  prayer-meeting,  at  seven  o'docl^ 
is  most  enoouraging,  I  understand,  in  the 
numbers  attenmng^  and  the  spirit  of 
prayer  prevailing.  TourEvangeluitsdonot 
spare  themselves,  their  labours  are  abun- 
dant; and  they  seem  to  toil  without  weari- 


ness ;  and  my  conviction  is  that  the  blessing 
attending  them  will  be  great. 

"That  the  Lord  may  s^are  them  many 
yeus,  preserve  them  in  their  simplicity,  and 
enrich  them  with  his  Holy  Anointing,  is 
the  prayer  of 

"  Yours  faithfully, 

"Hbnbt  Quiok, 
"  Mlmster  of  Percy  Chapel." 

On  November  5  the  Evangelists  begin 
work  at  Gloucester,  and  on  i)ecember  3 
they  move  on  to  Hereford. 

During  the  past  month  Mr.  Bumham  has 
visited  Luton  and  CoUingham ;  and  for  this 
month  his  engagements  are  as  follow : — 
October  30  to  JXovember  6,  Knighton.  Bad- 
norshire ;  November  6  to  12,  Bristol  Boad 
Chapel,  Weston  -  super  -  Mare ;  November 
20  to  26,  Feterchurch,  Hereford ;  Novem- 
ber 27  to  December  3,  Fairford,  Olos. 

Obfhanagb. — ^The  collectors'  meeting  on 
Friday  evening,  Oct,  13,  passed  off  very  suc- 
cessfully. There  was  a  large  gathering  of 
friends,  both  young  and  old,  who  had 
brought  in  the  amounts  collected  since  the 
annual  meeting.  The  children  sang  several 
sacred  and  national  airs,  the  Orphanage 
Handbell-ringers  gave  us  specimens  of 
Uieir  sweet  music,  some  of  the  boys  and 
girls  recited  in  a  very  creditable  man- 
ner, and  the  programme  concluded  with 
an  exhibition  of  the  new  dissolving 
views  of  "John  Ploughman's  Pictures,'' 
]^otographed  from  lue-models  by  Mr. 
York.  It  was  reported  that  the  total 
amount  brought  in  during  the  afternoon 
was  £103  14s.  9d.,  to  which  must  be  added 
about  £53,  which  has  been  forwarded  by 
ooUectors  who  were  unable  to  be  at  the 
meeting.  We  are  exceedingly  grateful  to 
aU  who  help  us  in  the  maintenance  of  our 
large  fatherless  family,  and  shall  be  pleased 
to  hear  from  other  friends  who  are  willing 
to  become  collectors. 

Our  good  friend,  Mr.  James  Toller,  of 
Waterbeach,  has  sent  us,  as  the  proceeds  of 
"the  Orphanage  acre,"  one  hundred  and 
twenty  bushels  of  potatoes,  and  three  sacks 
of  flour,  the  quali^  of  which,  we  are  glad 
to  hear,  is  much  above  the  average. 

Febsonal  Notes.  —  The  following  in- 
formation and  suggestion  may  be  of  service 
to  superintendents  of  Sunday-schools  and 
Mission- work : — 

"  Hyde,  near  Manchester, 
"  Oct.  16, 1882. 

"  Dear  Mr.  Spur^^n, — It  has  been  laid 
on  my  mind  to  inform  you  that  last 
Christmas  our  Sunday-school  teachers  re- 
solved that  everyone  of  our  scholars  should 
be  presented  gratuitously  with  a  copy  of 
^  John  Ploughman' a  Almanack,^  About  one 
hundred  and  fifty  were  thus  placed  in  the 
children's  hands,  and  they  received  them 
joyfully.  Since  then,  in  visiting  their  homes, 
I  have  observed  a  copy  hung  up  in  almost 
every  house,  and  the  parents  have  fre- 
quently referred  to  the  pleasure  and  profit 


600 


PASTOBS'  OOLLEOB. 


thev  have  received  from  reading  its  pco- 
Terbial  contents  from  time  to  tinM.  Often 
some  amusement,  as  well  as  profit,  is  de- 
rived from  their  children  oonsnltmg  the 
proverb  that  John  Ploughman  gives  tfaem 
on  their  respective  birmdays.  (hie  little 
girl,  I  was  toULf onnd  this  to  be  her  birth- 
day proverb—'  The  lazy  begin  to  be  buey  when 
U  te  time  to  go  to  bed*  (December  27iu),  and 
as  the  proverb  probably  happened  te  prove 
a  *  cap  that  fitted,'  the  perusal  of  it  caused 
some  little  laughter.  1  send  this  for  your 
'Personal  Notes,'  in  the  hope  that  it  may 
induce  many  Sunday-schools  to  make  a 
present  of  *  John  Ploughman* e  Almanaek* 
to  their  scholan  for  next  yeax.   lamhappy 


to  bear  my  humble  testimony  to  its  useful- 
ness personally,  and  among  the  so«caUed 
'masses.'  I  consider  it  to  be  one  of  the  best, 
if  not  the  best,  and  oeitainly  most  ncy 
sheet  almanark  out;  and  to  those  ^o 
really  want  to  reach  ifsWy  those  who  either 
do  not,  or  cannot,  go  to  a  place  of  worship, 
I  can  conceive  of  no  wiser  or  better  plan 
than  in  this  wav  to  get  at  the  parenti 
through  the  ehil wn. 

I  am,  Toun  laithfoIlT, 
"  H.  Waits.'' 


« 


BaptJsmi  at  Metropolitan  Tabernacle :— 
September  21flt»  fourteen;  September  28th, 
twenty. 


Statement  of  Seeeipti  from  September  ISth  to  October  lUk^  1882. 


ICr.  W.  H.  Seine 

Hr.  F.  V.  Claanington 

Ur.  T.  H.  Stockweil        

Hn.  and  KiM  Ooldffton 

Mr.  W.  Fowler,  M.P 

PMtor  J.  A.  Spmgt-on    

A  Ttmw  iibifw  iiiwii 

Collection  at  Tilehoose  Street  Ch^iel, 

HItchm,  after  sermon  by  Fftstor  F. 

O.  Marcheat      ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mr.  and  Miss  Bloom       

IMends  st  Midhnnt,  per  Hr.  Waddell 
Part  oolleetion  at  Dakton  Junctioa 

Baptiat  C3iapel,  per  Ftaatar  W.  H. 

Burton      ^       10    0   0 

Mr.  L.  Ethos     2    2   0 


T.  IS..,  lAndport    ...       •.. 

Mr.  Tlioa.  Danes 

CoUecCum    at    Sion   Jubilee  Chapd, 

Bradford,  per  Poator  C.  A.  Davia    ... 

3£r.  Wm.  Johnson 

OoUectiDn  at  Victoxia  Chapel,  Wands- 

wortii,  per  Faator  £.  Henderson     ... 
Mxv.  Fktx^enJd     


£  8.  d. 

0  10    0 
2    2 
1 

1 
0 
0 

2 


1 
1 

80 

10 

0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 


10  10  0 
2  0  0 
4    6   0 


12  2  a 

10  0 

5  0  0 

11  7  8 

25  0  0   I 

5  0  0  I 

2  0  0   I 


A  •    Oa        ••■  •••  •••  •••  •••  •«■ 

Collected  at  Dnmunood-toad  Chapd, 
Bennondaey,per  Butor  B.  Brigg    ... 
Mr.  E.  Bomett     •••       ...        ..« 
jar.  0eu       ...       ...       ...        ••«        ... 

J.  8.,  and  friends,  Buckle         

Mr.  J.  BciTwrif^ht ...       ...        ...        ... 

Widow  Chestennan        

MJaaBLadfleld        

Mr.  F.   Hinsffhf,  per  Pastor    C  A. 

A^KvXV  •••  •••  •■•  ••»  •■• 

JUT*  Alt  Bim  BCM^     •••  •••  ••«  •»• 

Mr.  and  Mbb.  H.  Speight 

Mre.  Gardiner 

Postal  Order  from  Northiam    

^QL  aA'JlKTUtt  •••  •••  •••  •»•  ■•• 

Weekhr  Offerings  at  Met.  Tab. :— 

Bt!fK»  17th     ...        ...        ...        8S    1  4 

„    24th     10  10  3 

Oct.  lat       S2  10  0 

ptn      •«.       ...       ...       Tes    w  z 


»> 


£1.1 

10  0  Q 


9  S 

1  1 

1  0 
010 

10  0 

1  0 

10  0 

OlO 
0   b 


1 
S 

0 
0 


« 

a 

0 
9 
9 
0 

0 

0 
0 

0 

• 


lor  10  9 


10  « 


statement  of  SeeeipU  from  September  16tA  te  Oeteber  XUh,  188S. 


£  8. 

d. 

Mr.  T.  8.  Child      

100    0 

0 

Mr.  and  Mza.  W.  Diaper 

015 

0 

Mr.  and  Miaa  Bloom        

2    0 

0 

Mx8.BoatteIl         

0    5 

0 

0    6 

0 

^&«     JL*a*«                           •••                       ■••                      •••                      ••• 

0    6 

0 

Sermon-readen,  Pitsford 

015 

0 

Bev.  £.  J.  Farley 

Collected  by  £.  L.  T.,  at  Totnesa 

5    0 

0 

1  10 

0 

E.  H.,  Wivirahoo  ... 

0    2 

0 

Miaa  Ekma*  daaa,  and  a  friend... 

0    6 

4 

Mr.AlfredHowea          

2    2 

0 

*»  •  si •  ▼  •  D«      •«•            •••            »••            ••• 

10    0 

0 

A  reader  of  the  "  Christian  Herald"  . 

0    1 

s 

0    8 

0 

Mrs.  James  Eamilton     

1    0 

0 

Ifr.  J.  Ftame         

1    0 

0 

A  friend,  per  Ux.  J.  E.  Hanaon 

0    6 

0 

Maria  Bent 

1    0 

0 

Mr.J.  H.Mn]s     

Mr.  O.  S.  otove     ««•       ...       ••«       «. 

Yale 

^&«     JK«     \X«  ■••  •••  •••  •••  •! 

Haggain.  4 ...       ...       ...        ... 

O^M*edbyMi«B.Dodwen    ...       .. 

Mra.  B.  iliHiiiy       ...       ...       ... 

A  friend      ...       ...       ...       ... 

jntQiDcmes  ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  Buflhln',  per  Miss  lily  Harnld  .. 

Mra.B.Tanar       

F.  O.  B.,  Tnog      ...       ...        ... 

Mr.  E.  Bomett     ...       ...       ... 

A  aerrant  giri'a  preaenta  from  viaitors 

Gallected^Miai£.DuaaBt  ..^ 

s.  D.,  per*!,  iv.     ..»       ...       ...       •« 

CoUeeted  by  Mra.  C  Cooper     


£  1.1 

10  0 
10   0 

0  s 

0  4 
0  1" 
0  S 
0  5 
0  10 

0  s 

0  10  !) 

t 

1 

7 


Mazy  Jonea. 
Ifr.  Oeow  Bichwflpd 


0 

1 
0 
0 

10  9 

OK  ^ 
2  0  4 
OlO  • 


810GKW1LL  OBPHAKAOB. 


601 


Ju<  «•  Oilf  Wf i|lit ...  ••■  ... 

A  widow's  IDit6  ..• 

ICtaiHftdfldd        ...       ... 

Mr.  F.  HixuGhe,  per  Flutor  0.  A. 

JL^Vft  V  a9  •••  •••  •■•  ■•*  ■•• 

Mx.  A.  O.  Gibbc,  per  Meonrs.  Jarrold 

and  Sons  ...       ...       ...       

OoUeoted  bj  Hia.  Allen 

Odlected  by  Mr.  8.  Felgate      

OoUeoted  by  Mnu  Stopf ord 

XiMlfatthews       

Oiren  to  Mr.  Bporgeon 

jCr.  A.  H.  Board    ...        ...        ...        ... 

Collected  by  Mrs.  If.  Walker 

Mr.  Hy.  Cbeetham 

Vt  >  ^v.  S&.        ...  ••«  ...  .••  ..• 

Jus.  Oardiner       •••       ...       ... 

lii.  Cbas.  Hengler 

^^m    XUUX  •••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

JCUUEw^.**  •••  •«•  •■•  •*•  ••■ 

<bUected  by  Mrs.  John  Lord    

ProTidence     Baptist     Banday-«chool, 

Boonslow...       

OHIected  by  Master  BowlandHUl      ... 
S.  InT.,  Forest  SHI...        ... 

A  loTer  of  Jesus 

Miss  Hannah  Fells  

Collected  by  Mrs.  Andrew        

A  country  minuter  

One  quarter's  rent  of  hoa<9e,  Lincoln ... 

OoUected  by  Miss  M.  Johnson 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Chas.  Wood 

Mr.  T.  PoweU        

Afnend       ...       ...       ...       ... 

Mrs.  A.  A.  Gillmorc        

MrsL  Monnery       ...        ...       ... 

MissMonnciy       

Mm.  Fsulooner      

-Miss  Erelvn  Annie  Sims*  box 

Collected  by  Mx.  J.  Lowe  

V  •  A^*       •••  •*•  •••  •■•  •••  •»• 

J.  and  £.  Toovey 

Mr.  W.  C.  Little 

CV>llected  by  Mr.  S.  GUpin        

OoUected  by  Mr .  J  ohn  JRobinson 
<^llected  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  Welford 
Tion^  Preston  Baptiixt  Sunday-school, 
perFsstorW.  Oiddings.         0  10    7 
Bermon-rcader       0    2    0 


£  B.  d. 

10  0   0 

0  8    0 

10  0    0 


An  aged  believer 

Collected  by  Miss  Mary  Holmes 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Charlesworth  :— 

A  friend       0    2    6 

Hrj.  Shepherd       0    2    6 

Mr.  Buckmaster    0   2   6 

W.  W.  Thompson  (annual)  110 
Fdcock,  Brothers  (annual)  2  2  0 
Mrs.  Altham  (annual)  ...  2  2  0 
Mrs.  Auckland  (annual)  .  0  10    0 

Mr.  G.  B.  Smith,  Torquay 

(annual) 110 

Mr.  J.  Crocker       

Miss  Alice  Tates 

Mr.  F.   Broomhall,  per  Miss  J.  £. 
Hpurgeon ... 

Collected  bv  Miss  Nicholas       

Mr.  J.  Battley,  Auckland,  New  Zealand 
Mr.  C.  Bishop        ...       ...       ... 

Bale  of  photojsraphs        

Mrs.  James ...       •••       ...       ...       ... 

MissB.  Bamber    ...        

A  silrer-wedding  offering,  per  "Mr.  O. 

9jfp9mmMO$  •••  •••  •••  •■•  •*• 

A  well-wisher,  Newcastle-on-T}-no    ... 
H irriett  Manden  ... 
C^llf>cting-bo(xcB,  per  Mr.  O.  Phillips, 

Plymouth m* 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Taylor         

Jar.  oouinSi.t         ...       ...       ...       ... 


0  10    0 

0  10    0 
0  16  10 

0  16    9 
8    0 

1  0 
1  0 
0    5 


0    8 
10    0 


0 
2 
6 
1 


6 
0 
6 
0 


0  10 


0 

1 

5 
1 

60 
0 

9 
1 
0 

2 


0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  15    6 

0  10    9 

1  0 
0  6 
0  10 
0  6 
0  8 
4  10 

0  4 

1  15 
1    0 

6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 

0  10    0 

1  1    6 
0  10    0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0  12  7 
0  6  0 
8    0    0 


7    8  6 

2    0  0 

0  10  6 

10  0 

0  10  6 

2    0  0 

0  10  6 

0    3  0 

0    1  0 

2  12  6 

6    0  0 

0    2  0 

0    8  0 

2  17  5 

17  8 

2    2  0 


£  8.  d. 
Collected  by  Mn.  J.  T.  Cradier,  Meltm 

Mowbray -  10   0  0 

Mr.  B.  H.XjloTd 2  10  0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Mimpress     0    2  10 

Collected  by  Miss  Walker,  in  pence, 

from  friends  at  New  Cross     12  0 

Mrs.  Cocks 0    4  0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Pickering     0  10  6 

CoUected  by  Miss  BarUett        0    4  6 

Bale  of  two  deal  boxes    0  12  6 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foster,  Annan  N.  6.     ...  10  0 
Collected  by  Mrs.  Way,  Downs'  Chapel, 

Clapton     2  14  6 

A  friend,  postal  order,  *' Hawick  "     ...  0  10  0 

Collected  by  Mr.  D.  Norman    1  12  1 

Mr.  C.  J.  Dossett 0    10 

Collected  by  Miss  B.  J.  Johnson         ...  0  12  6 

Collected  by  Miss  E.  B.  Oirdlestonc    ...  0  10  0 

Collected  by  Miss  M.  Wade      2    6  0 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Weare 0  10  0 

Boea  and  Ftank  Nye,  Sunday  Colloc- 

lections  at  the  dinner-table 10  0 

Collected  by  Miss  E.  Farmer     17  0 

Collected  by  Miss  Pentclow       0    4  6 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Fkirrull          0  16  1 

Chynffton.  per  J.  T.  D 10  9 

Mr.  W.Park          110 

For  Christ's  sake 10  9 

Mrs.  Fitzgerald     2    0  0 

Mr.  W.  Ronford 2    0  0 

Mr.  Wadland         10  0 

Mr.  J.  Wilson        0  10  0 

IC  £.  H.       ...        ...        ...        ...        ...  110 

Mr.  John  Lamont,  per  Mr.  Murrell    ...  9   0  0 

Mr.  E.  Boustead    25   0  0 

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  Sei>tember 80...  2    9  0 
Collected  by  Miss  Marion  and  Master 

Harry  Ererett 0   4  0 

Annual  8ub»cription:  — 

Miss  Watts  ^       6    6  0 

Quarteriy  8uh»eription  .*— 

B£r.  Thomas  Milward      6  10  0 


Received  at  Collectors'  Meeting, 
Oct.  ISth— 

Collecting  Books  :— 

Alderton,  Miss       

Ashwell,  Mrs 

Bonscr,  Miss  

Barratt,  Mr.  H 

Brook,  Mrs. ...        ...        ... 

Baskett,  E.  (card) 

Bowles,  Mrs.  

Brewer,  Mrs 

Brown,  Miss 

Bantick,  BCrs.         

Cockrell,  Miss        

Crumpton,  Miss    

Cooper,  Mr.  

Chard,  Mrs.  T.  P 

Buncombe,  Mrs 

Bay,  Miss    

Eley,  Mr.  O 

Evans,  Mrs.  (No.  306)      ... 
Ellis,  Mrs.  ... 

Ewen,  Mrs ... 

Fryer,  MissB 

Fitzgerald,  Miss    

HalIett,Miss         

Howes,  Mr.  C 

Jephs,  Miss 

Kerridge,   Kate,    George, 

andNeUio  1    2 

Livctt,Mrs. oil 

Lewarthy,  Miss     0  16 

L%w8on«  Mrs 0  17 

Mann,  Miss 

Mc  Donald,  Mrs 

Miller,  Mr.  C 

NorriSt  Mrs....        ...       ... 

Orridge,  Mrs.        


0  5 
0  16 
6 
0 
6 
0  10 
0  IS 
0  12 
0  14 
0 
10 
12 
0 
8 
1 

11 

0 

16 

10 

17 

15 

6 

10 

5 

3 


0 
1 
0 


1    6 

0  12 
Oil 

1  4 
1    8 


0 
6 
4 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
O 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 

0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
ft 


602 


SrOGKWBLL  ORPHANAGS, 


••• 


Friectley,  Mim 
Parry,  Mr.  W. 
Bji^f  Mrs.  ...  * 
Saunders,  Mr.  E.  W. 
Sherlock,  Mr.  W.  ... 
Seooombe,  Mrs. 
Tomer,  Mrs. 
Whitehead,  Mrs.  ... 
ly^illis,  Mrs. . . .       ••• 

WeUa,  MiB8 

Ware,  Miss 

Sale  of  tea  tickets ... 


Collecting  Boxes  :— 

Axnott,  Francis     

Ackland,  Miss       

Antill,  Master  W 

Anderson,  Mr.  John 
Batler,Mr8.  (No.  251)     ... 

Batler,  MissE 

Bafcer^  Mrs....        ...        ..• 

BoBweU,  the  Misses 

Blowers,  Miss  £ 

Berry,  Mrs. ...       ...       ..• 

Butler,  Mrs.  (No.  86) 

Barton,  Mrs.  W 

Boolter,  Miss  Christlaa  ... 

Boyles,  Miss  

Bragg,  Master  W 

Bates,  Bliss 

Bamden,  Mrs.       ...       ... 

Baskett,  Miss        

Boswell,  Miss  Sarali 
Bo#den,  Miss  A.  M.       ... 

Baitlett,  Miss       

Brioe,  Bliss  F ^ 

Bennett*  li.  and  F.  . .. 

Brewer,  Alice  and  Lily   ... 
Betamhean,  Bliss  .^ 
CoK,  ICaster  J.  £. ... 
Ooz,  BfissA.         ...       ... 

Gook,  ICaster  E 

Charlesworth,  Miss 
Gharlesworth,  Mtss  !«.     .^ 
Ooweu,  Bus.  ...       ... 

CSook,  B£in  ...       ...       ..• 

Choat,  BGss 

Canning,  Master  E. 
Corens,  Master  L. ... 

Gocnf  orth.  Bliss  J 

Crew,  BGss  ...        ...       ... 

Denby,  BCaster  Walter    . . . 

Deamer,  Bliss        

IHirwin,  F.  W.      ...       ..• 

Dodgeon^  Blaster  W. 
Davis, BIrs.  ...        ...       .•• 

Say,  Buss  jS.         ..•       ..• 

J^aVlSy  aL.  ...  ...  ..a 

Erans,  J.  D.  ...       ... 

Brans,  BCiss  A 

Brans,  Bfiss  (No.  210)      ... 
Evans,  Blaster  Sidney  K. 
Bluer  J  ■  Mrs .  ...        ... 

Ebury MisBiOD, inmlico  ... 
BuiSy  BIrs.    ...        ...        «•. 

Fellowcflv  Mrs.       ...       ... 

Fnuer,  B£ie» ~ 

Frisby,  Master  Isaac 
Fkisby,  Bliss  F.      ...       ... 

fexrar,  Mrs....       ...       «•• 

ErankUn«  BdDr.        

Fielder,  Blrs.         ...       ... 

Grey,  Blaster  G 

Qcanta  Miss  C. 

€^!lett,    BIr.,     Bichmond 

oueew       ...       ...       ••• 

GiUett,    Blrs.,    Bichmond 

Efuee*      ...       •••       ... 
Orign^Bliss  Annie 
pTwwt-  Bliss  ...        ...       ... 

SiJMliM    ...       ...       ^ 


0 
0 
0 


<  B.d. 

0  10  0 
0    8 

0  7 

1  0 

9  16  6 
0  19  0 

10  0 
118  8 
14  0 

0  6  6 
110 

1  10  U 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


4  6 

6  6 

6  9 

8  8 


6 

1 


0 
0 
8 
9 
9 
8 
9 


0 

8 

0  19  9 
16  0 
0  1 
0  18 
0  4 
9  7 
0  1 
0  7 
0  16 
0  10  8 
016  6 
0    6    0 

3    6 

8    6 

7 

1 

0 

8 

6 

9 

9 

9 

9 

6 

0  14  6 
0  9  6 
0  19 
0  6 
0  9 
0  4 
0  9 
0  16 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0 
6 

9 
1 
1 
4 
8 
6 
6 
7 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


9 
0 
9 
6 
9 
6 
9  10 

8  9 

9  6 
6  11 
1  9 
6  8 
4    1 


8 
0 
1 

4 


4 
8 
6 
3 

1  17  0 
0  18  11 
0  4  7 
0  18  8 
0  8  9 
0  19  8 
0  18  10 
0  3  0 
0  8  0 
0  9  3 
0   5    6 

018    6 

0    8    6 

0  8  11 

1  18    5 
0   8ft 


40  14  10 


Howlett,  BUbs       

Hodby,  Ernest       

Hioare,  Blaster  W.  D. 

Hoare,  BOss  Ij 

Hollobone,  Blrs 

Hiunphrer,  Bliss 

Bayler,  Blrs.  ..« 

Hancock,  Bliss       

Hubbard!,  Bliss  L 

Hubbard.  Blaster  W. 
Hockey,  Mrs. 
Harbiscm,  Blaster  M. 

Harbison,  Bliss      

Hntchison,  Blaster  B. 
Hutchison,  Blrs.  B. 

Jones,  Bliss  W 

James,  Bin 

Jnmpson,  Blrs. 

Lucas,      Bliss      Florenoe 

(saTinfl|8)  ...       ...       ... 

Ijuig,  Biiss * 

Turkman,  ML!i<«      

Leaton,  Miss  M.    

Me  Arthur,  Blitts 

Mexntt,  BUss         ...       ... 

Middleton,  Bins 

Measent,  W.  and  A. 
Moigan,  Blr.  (Employ^  of 

Messrs.    Marshall    and 

OOAB I  ••■  •••  ••• 

Messeiiger,  Bliss  A. 
Monk,  Blrs.  S.  ... 

Messent,  B.  and  H. 

BlackeriU,  Blrs 

Blartin,  G.  D.        

Blatthews,  Bliss     ...       ... 

Blatthews,  Blaster 

McNeil,  Bliss  £ 

Newman,  Mrs.      ...       sm 
KioholBon,  Blaster  A. 
NuttBlissS.  A.n. 

Newbatt^  Miss  A 

Nightscaka,  Blrs 

OwerSf  Bliss  Ij.      ...       ... 

Owers,  Bliss  i .        .•        ..• 
Off^,  Aus.  ...       ...       ... 

Foijb,  Blrs.   •••        ...       ... 

Pitt,  Bliss  V.  

Poole,  Bliss  A 

Fahie,  Bliss  C 

Padden,  Blrs 

Ferryman,  Blaster  H. 
Payne,  Blaster  C.  J. 
Fnor  Bus.    ...        ...        .«• 

Powell,  Bliss  

Page,  Bliss  Lotiis 

Bicnardson,  Mrs 

Banford,  liiiw       ...       ... 

Boas,  Blaster  J 

Bichards,  Blrs.       ...       ... 

Banaon,  Bliss         

Smith,  Blrs.  L.       ...        ... 

Smith,  Bliss  G.       ...       •■• 

Smith,  Bliss  Ida     

Swift,  Bliss  M 

Stiibbs,  Miss  O 

Stevenson,  Mr^ 

Scudder,  Miss        

Stevens*,  Blrs.,  children  ... 
Soper,  Mrs. ...       .«•       ••> 

Sidery,  Blrs.  ...       ••» 

Swain,  Bliss ...        ...       ... 

Short,  Mrs.  H.        ...        ... 

Skinner,  "iSiaa  R 

Skinner,  Mrs.  K 

ThomuA,  Bliw  A. 

Tuck,  Miss  K.        

Vero,  Bliss    ...       ...       ... 

Warren,  Bliss  M.  A. 
Weeke«,  W.  and  F.         ^ 
Webb,  Bliss  L. 


£  a. 

d. 

1  0 

6 

0  5 

6 

0  6 

1 

0  S 

6 

0  4 

8 

0  16 

2 

0  6 

0 

0  10 

0 

0  6 

ft 

0  11 

» 

0  9 

5 

0  9 

5 

0  5 

0 

0  2 

6 

0  9 

0 

0  1  11 

0  7 

1 

0  10 

S 

0  9 

8 

0  1 

9 

0  6 

7 

0  4 

4 

0  14 

6 

0  11 

2 

0  3 

9 

0  4 

0 

3  6 

7 

0  9 

6 

Oil 

6 

0  8 

8 

0  0 

7 

Oil 

4 

0  1 

9 

0  1 

8 

0  1 

10 

0  7 

6 

0  16 

8 

0  8  11 

0  1 

4 

0  4 

7 

0  4 

6 

0  1 

6 

0  8 

8 

0  9 

7 

0  6  10 

0  7 

2 

0  8 

8 

0  9 

0 

Oil  U 

0  1 

0 

0  1 

7 

0  6 

7 

0  6 

8 

0  6 

0 

0  6 

4 

0  6 

9 

0  8 

5 

0  4 

0 

0  8 

6 

0  8  m 

0  7 

1 

0  1 

0 

0  4 

3 

0  7 

3 

0  5 

9 

1  0 

3 

0  10 

6 

0  10 

9 

0  14 

O 

0  0 

6 

0  7 

0 

018 

6 

Oil 

1 

0  4 

6 

9  15 

7 

0  5 

3 

1  6 

6 

0  9 

ft 

QIRIfi-  OBPHIBAQE  BQILDIKCt  rUITD. 


Wbttlrr.Hn. 
Woodcock,  Mn. 

V^L  uiU  M.  A 
Wichtud,  Uiu  li 
WUlis,  Mm  ... 
■Well»,M«.  ... 
"Wuil,  Ur,  B.  £. 


Onilun  Bars'  CollectinB  Curds.  pfT  list 

OnibaD  Oirli'  CollH^isg  Cudi,  pet  tut 
faUaving  ,^. ..-    i 


1  Suk  of  FoutOH,  Ur,'  J.  BuwU ;  S  Saoti 
OTpb*s*|B  Acn,  Wsterbeuh,  Ui.  J.  ToUei ; 


r  Voikag  Ama^Oao,  MbDrk 


:  Barnu,  O..  lOfi  Buntl;,  J.. 


1  8ulu  o(  Poliito«,(b«  yifid  of  tba 

l«  StiltOB  Chttw,  Hi.  J.  r.  Ciului. 
7-«huol,  »r  Ur.  Stuiler  ;  ■  FiQcuihiaB,HiH  Bato. 
-11  Flumel  Bhirt^  Un,  Eulmmln ;  18  yiumtl  Bbirtd,  Voiuir  Lkdwa' 
ancj;  e  Flumft  Shiiti,  Hih  Upenaei;  90  Fkiuul  ahiiti,  TEb MIhwi 
_ ,  1  Ftanael  Shirt.  Mm.  Uhard. 
■ajS.rV  j;.-*™).— 9  Artlci™,Mn.  FigBi  B  Artlel™,E,  O.  P.:  l«ATtlol«i,Mri.L(!niir: 

D  4i.ucu^  "Two  Btiendi  SUmford-liill ;  7S  Artiolw,  Y .-..-.  —-V.--   . ,-•.—    "— 

poUtui  Tftbemade,  p«r  Ulh  Hig^ ;  I'i  ArticLoB,  Un.  J. 

Orfiun  Sot/f  CiiOaiiK}  Ci  ^  -. 

4l3d;  B^er.F.,  CI  li;  Bt  '     ■  ,  hh.-  ikhui'v,  r:.,  isi  <*i .  niMuur,  a.,  ». 

Bell,  H.,Sa;  Btuh.R.,  III.  i  .  .  j:  .  ~  i..  .,:  v  , -u;  Brawn.  U.  N..  il:  UoitIh.  J.  A.,  ea  ed  : 
Bivud,  C,  taBd;  lh™t,  H.,  .,™.  I  ..,uL-u.T,  il..  ii  u:  ChenniU  r.,  7i6d;  CUrton.  J.,  a.  M  i 
Charter.  J.,  IDs  Id;  C^bb.  .\  J  ,  i!h  vil  ^  ChninlrrUiii.  W.,  u>;  CortlBod,  V.,  3>  4d;  Ctwer.  E  • 
H;  CUnkw,  H.  T  told;  i  .mimh^h.,  £i  i,  M;  Coxheiid.  H..  »  ed;  ConJori.  a,  Hi  Id;  Ooo.*, 
J.,  £10B«d;Qiiircb,f..  13<  .  liodgmn.W.,  IGtU;  Uor,  H.,  £1  ;  Douii^,  W.,  U ;  L>v»,  C,  la ;  Ltoiu. 
A.  H.,la. ;  Duff,  S.,  >•;  liih',  11.,  d  tod  ;  EdmoiuLi,  C,  H.,  Ha;  Eldridn,  A..  Ti  M;  HiUleT,  W., 
T>«d;  Fitch, B.,  IS. ed;  Fih-hwiume, 8.,  »■ ;  Flrtehcr. C„  la Bd ;  Ka.l«r,  A., 4».  ed -.  Viaua7s.<l.,U: 
Qnra,  S.  T.,S(;  Ooahng,  b.  J.,  Saad;  Oaidhier,  S.,  !■  Gd;  doldinc.  U.,  £1;  Oarrao,  W..  u.3d: 
Oudnei,  A.,  llaSd;  Unntfr.  T..  CI3>;  QrDViia.H„3(  »1;  Hut.  L  ,Ai:  Hut,  A.  II ,  I>:  Hill,  Clias.. 
kOd;  Ball,  e.  B.  P.,  iCl;  Eliicit,  C.  Si:  Hopcroll,  A.,  1>  lUd;  HfxiU,  L,  thSdi  Iiwio,  E..  la Sd ; 
Joiua,C.,  lalld;  Kemp,  O..  L'-ud;  Koibb.  Chaa.,  la  «d  ;  Llovd,  A.,11tei  Iumb,  B.,  taSd;  Lena,  A. 
'      '  "     "     ■-1— :  Mait«l,«..«8d;Majind«i,>..6»lM;Moiiw,A„-    -' 


VLOimim  (Boa^  D 


liOd:  MAiilrtelDV,K.,3>6d;  Neani,Jiio 

la;  itoir,r',e 


;    OaUsr,  V 


W.  J.,3i;  lineU.T.,  Ida;  Bl  .n 
H.,  U.  Id;  Smith,  P  .  . 
SaSd;  TiUt,~      -   ■ 


BullT, 

O.F.,L    . 

Cj  £1  Ta 

WiBald,  ; . 

H.,  8a. ;  Willis.  W 

A,,Ta;  Arliog.  £. 
lOi  Sd;  Beith,  A. 
Clink,  k.  14a ;  Doi 
rairbank,  A.,  3a  He 
M.A.,la;  Uill,  A 


iUt.T,  IJi; 
VardiU,  W. 


1;  ttaait£,  E.  H.,  £Illi;^ult.r 
;  Bnulh,  Jno.,  ISa;  Buudl,  A.  W.,  «a  8d|  Bwluer,  £.,  3a-,  enav,. 
--    .      —       -  "r,  £1;  SiDith,H.,£l  OaW. 


Itokaa,  Q.  8,,  la  i  Stnmd, 


1^  Aisgfl',  K.,4s  4d;  Applejardt 


'  Lii,  L  .  £1  aa  Qd;  Grcm,  (J.,  1^;  Oilmai-, 
.1  :  1UI»,  <i.  a.,  Sa:  Hart,  Ncanr,  £1  lii 
;.ir-j.  E.,  Pd:  Slpkey,  M.,  aa  Id;  Haydi: 


i;  Uould.  1>.  lU:  Orar, 
It,  I,,  4a;  Hatt,IiBi<'. 

, juuu,  c,  e* ;  JUUM,  E    P..  £1  i 

Martin.  A.,  M ;  kaln.  B.,  Via  td ;  Uarahall, 
A.,  10>;  Orridge,  A.,  'a;  Uaker,  F.,  4b  «d. 


ope,  K,  16a;  Pop«,r„i:-.;  radk.E.,  UM;  FDole.A.,  1«;  Plarw.E.,  Ba  Bd;  Spi>u,  L,'.,aiM;  Bleron-. 
l.atei;  Bmith,  a.  J.,lia  lUd:  Tilly,  O.,  17a  Sd;  ToUworthr,  E.,  3«  4(1.:  Thomnaon,  L.,  £i  3a  IDd  ; 
D«iti,M.,lBa;  Wellington, M., S. ;  Wood,  J„  Daltd:  White. A., la  2d ;  Whil*,  H.  A„  4«ld;  WiUu., 


■1  tiirli'  Ci^  £iS  la  Id. 


Girls'  %x:^\3M%t  §niLtriu0  Jntitr. 

atattmtnt  ef  neceipU  frmn  ApUnAtrUtMa  Oeteter  I«A,  J8E 
C  a.  d. 

Ur.JOKphFtHd    0 


CoUtet«d  for  "Tba  Bead, 
ing  HooM,"  br  Misa 
vt^\*Ht.w^  Oiudleahuii— 


lb.JohnBntffaeld 


t.  U.  Birrt'U 
D,  K.     ., 

E 

B.,i>«rJ.W, 


604 


OOIfOBTAOB    AMOOTATKar, 


£  t.  d. 

Btnwbmy  money 

•  •  « 

•  ■• 

0    9    0 

FerJ.T.D.:— 

A  Fnead,  per  Hr.  G.  Oreenwood 

••• 

0    6    0 

Mr.  Pmt 

MiwEsthfTHoaffhton    ... 
Mr.  and  Mra.  Cnllen 

6    0   0 
0  16    0 

U]MM.A.Ofllwrt. 

Mr.  A.  H.  Scard 

0    6    0 

AlorerofJemu    

0    6    0 

J.,  MiddksbTo'      

0    10 

M.D 

0   S    0   1 

S   6 

S    6 


«  ■.«. 


0   6   0 


<19  16   1 


TewkeilNBj  Distnci 

Fmy  Bar,  per  Mr.  O.  Baaael 


Damatiamt  lo  Ae  Gtmgrml 


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THB 


SWORD  AND  THE  TROWEL 


DECEMBER,      1882. 


A  PRAYEBrHBETINa  ADBBBSS,  BY  C.  H.  SPUBGEOK. 

N  my  way  to  this  meetiag  I  observed  npon  the  notice-board 
of  the  poh'ce-station  a  striking  placard,  offering  a  large 
BBWABD  to  any  one  who  can  discover  and  bring  to  jastice 
the  peipetrators  of  a  great  crime.  No  donbt  onr  legislators 
know  that  the  hope  of  a  huge  reward  is  the  only  motive 
which  will  have  power  with  the  comrales  of  assassins.  The  common 
informer  earns  so  mnch  scorn  and  hate  that  few  can  be  induced  to 
stand  in  his  place,  even  when  piles  of  gold  are  offered.  It  is  a  poor 
business  at  best. 

It  is  far  more  pleasant  to  remember  that  there  is  a  reward  for  bringing 
men  to  mercy,  and  that  it  is  of  a  higher  order  than  the  premium  for 
bringing  men  to  justice;  it  is,  moreover,  much  more  within  our  reach, 
and  that  is  a  practical  point  worthy  of  our  notice.  We  cannot  all  hunt 
down  criminals,  but  we  may  all  rescue  the  perishing.  God  be  thanked 
that  assassins  and  burglars  are  comparatively  few,  but  sinners  who  need 
to  be  sought  and  saved  swarm  around  us  in  every  place.  Here  is  scope 
for  you  all ;  and  none  need  think  himself  shut  out  from  the  rewards 
which  love  bestows  on  all  who  do  her  service. 

At  the  mention  of  the  word  bbwabd  some  will  prick  up  their  ears,  and 
mutter  'HegaUty."  Yet  the  reward  we  speak  of  is  not  of  debt,  but  of 
grace,  and  it  is  enjoyed,  not  with  the  proud  conceit  of  merit,  but  with 
the  grateful  delight  of  humility. 

89 


606  THE  BOUii-wnnrBB'B  rbwabd. 

other  MeodB  wiU  whisper,  **  Ib  not  this  a  low  and  meroeiiBiy  Mio^ 
We  reply  that  it  isasmeroenMyastheapiritof  MofleB,wfao  "hadrcBpect 
unto  the  recompense  of  the  reward."  In  that  matter  all  depends  upon 
what  the  reward  is,  and  if  that  happens  to  be  the  joy  of  doing  good,  the 
comfort  of  ha?ing  glorified  God,  and  the  bliss  of  pleasing  Uie  Lord 
Jeans — then  the  aspiration  to  be  allowed  to  endeavour  to  saye  oar 
fellow-men  from  gomg  down  into  the  pit  is  in  itself  a  grace  from  the 
Lord ;  and  if  we  did  not  sacceed  in  it  yet  the  Lord  would  say  of  it,  as 
he  did  of  Darid's  intent  to  bnild  a  temple,  "  It  was  well  that  it  was  in 
thine  heart."  E?en  if  the  sonls  we  seek  should  all  persist  in  unbelief, 
if  they  all  despise  and  reject  and  ridicule  us,  yet  still  it  will  be  a  dime 
work  to  have  at  least  made  the  attempt  If  there  comes  no  rain  oot 
of  the  cloud,  yet  it  has  screened  off  the  fierce  heat  of  the  ann;  all  is 
not  lost  even  if  the  greater  design  be  not  accomplished.  What  if  we 
only  learn  how  to  join  the  Saviour  in  his  tears,  and  cry  **  How  often 
would  I  have  gathered  you,  but  ye  would  not ! "  It  is  sublimity  itself 
to  be  allowed  to  stand  on  the  same  platform  with  Jesus,  and  weep  with 
bdm.     We  are  the  better  for  such  sorrows,  if  no  others  are. 

But,  thank  God,  our  labours  are  not  in  vain  in  the  Lord.  I  bdieve 
that  che  most  of  you  who  have  really  tried  in  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  by  scriptural  teaching  and  by  prayer,  to  bring  others  to  Jesus, 
have  been  successfcd.  I  may  be  speaking  to  a  few  who  have  not  sue- 
eeeded;  if  so,  I  would  recommend  them  to  look  steadily  over  their  motive, 
their  spirit,  their  work,  and  their  prayer,  and  then  begin  again.  Per- 
haps they  may  yet  go  to  work  more  wisely,  more  believingly,  more 
humbly,  and  more  in  the  power  of  the  Holy  &yirit.  Thej  most  act  as 
farmers  do  who,  after  a  poor  harvest^  plongh  again  in  hope.  Thqr 
ought  not  to  be  dispirited,  but  they  ought  to  be  arooaed.  We  should 
be  anxious  to  find  out  the  reason  of  failure,  if  there  be  any,  and  we 
should  be  ready  to  learn  from  all  our  fellow-labourers;  bat  we  must 
steadfastly  set  oar  faces,  if  by  any  meana  we  may  save  boob^ 
resolving  that  whatever  happens  we  will  leave  no  stone  untamed  to  effect 
the  salvation  of  those  around  us.  How  can  we  bear  to  go  out  of  the 
world  without  sheaves  to  bear  with  as  rejoicingly  ?  I  bdieve  &at  tiie 
most  of  us  who  are  now  assembled  to  pray  have  been  snocessM  b^ond 
our  expectations.  God  haa  blessed  us,  not  beycMid  our  desineB,  but  yet 
beyond  our  hopes.  I  have  oit^&i  been  surpriaed  at  the  mercy  of  God  to 
myself.  Poor  sermons  of  mine  that  I  could  cry  over  when  I  get  home 
have  led  scores  to  the  Gross ;  and,  more  wonderf  al  still,  woods  tl^  I  have 

Soken  in  ordinary  conversation,  mere  chance  aenteBces,  as  men  call 
em,  have  neverthdess  been  as  winged  arrows  firom  God,  and  have 
Eierced  men's  hearts,  and  laid  them  wounded  at  Jesna'  SaeL  I  have  often 
fted  up  my  hands  in  astonishment, and  said,  *'  How  can  God  Uflasaach 
a  poor  and  feeble  instromentality  ?  "  This  is  the  feeling  of  moot  who 
addict  themselves  to  the  blessed  craft  of  fishing  for  men,  and  the  desire 
of  such  success  famishes  as  pore  a  motive  as  could  move  an  aagel^s 
heart,  as  pure,  indeed,  as  that  which  swayed  the  Saviour  whea,  for  the 
joy  that  was  set  befwe  him,  he  endured  the  otoea,  despisnig  the  ahame. 
""Doth  Job  smre  Ctod  for  nought?"  said  Satan.  If  he  ooold  have 
answered  the  iqiaestion  in  the  affirmative,  if  it  could  have  been  proved 
that  the  perfect  and  upright  man  found  no  reward  in  hia  hdy  livinft 


THS  bool-wxkkkr's  revabd.  607 

tben  Satan  would  have  cavilled  at  the  jastice  of  God,  and  ni^ed  men  to 
venonaoe  a  eervioe  so  unprofitable.  Verily  there  is  a  reward  to  the 
ri^teona,  and  in  the  lofty  pnrsnitB  of  graoe  there  are  reoompenseB  of 
infinite  yafaie.  When  we  endeayonr  to  lead  men  to  God  we  pnrsoe  a 
bnsinesB  far  more  profitable  than  the  pearl-fisher's  diving  or  the  diamond- 
iinnter'fi  searching.  No  pnisnit  of  mortal  men  is  to  be  compared  with 
that  of  BOol- winning.  I  know  what  I  say  when  I  bid  yon  think  of  it  as 
men  think  of  entering  the  cabinet  of  the  nation,  or  occupying  a 
throne ;  it  is  a  royal  business,  and  they  are  trne  kings  who  follow  it 
€ucce88fally. 

The  harvest  of  godly  service  is  not  yet :  "  we  do  with  patience  wait 
for  it;''  bat  we  have  earnests  of  our  wage,  reffreshing  pledges  of  that 
vhich  is  laid  np  in  heaven  for  us.    Partly 

THIS  REWARD  LIBS  IN  THE  WORK  ITSELF. 

Men  go  hunting  and  shooting  for  mere  love  of  the  sport ;  soraly,  in  an 
tnfinitdy  higher  Sf^ere,  we  may  hunt  for  men's  souls  for  the  pleasing 
indnlgenoe  of  our  benevolence.  To  some  of  us  it  would  be  an  unen- 
durable misery  to  see  men  sink  to  hell,  and  to  be  making  no  effort  finr 
their  salvatioiL  It  is  a  reward  to  us  to  have  a  vent  for  our  inward  fires. 
It  is  woe  and  weariness  to  us  to  be  shut  up  firom  those  sacred  activities 
which  aim  at  plnoking  fire-brands  from  the  flame.  We  are  in  deep 
sympathy  with  our  fellows,  and  feel  that,  in  a  measnie,  tiieir  sin  is  our 
«in^  thdr  peril  0ur  periL 

If  another  lose  the  way. 
My  feet  also  go  astray ; 
If  another  downward  go, 
In  my  heart  is  also  woe. 

It  is  therefore  a  relief  to  set  forth  the  gospel,  tiiat  we  may  save  our- 
flelves  from  that  sympathetic  misery  which  echoes  in  our  hearts  the 
cEBsh  of  soul  ruin. 

Soul-winning  is  a  service  which  brings  great  benefit  to  the  individual 
who  consecrates  himself  to  it.  The  man  who  has  watched  for  a  soul, 
prayed  for  it,  laid  his  plans  for  it,  spoken  with  much  trembling,  and 
en^voured  to  make  an  impression,  has  been  educating  himself  by 
the  effort.  Having  beoi  disappointed,  he  has  cried  to  God  more  ear- 
nestly, has  tried  again,  has  looked  up  the  promise  to  meet  the  case  of 
the  convicted  (me,  has  turned  to  that  point  of  the  divine  character  which 
seems  most  likely  to  enooun^e  trembling  faitii, — ^he  has  in  every  step 
been  benefiting  himself.  When  he  has  gone  over  the  old,  old  stmy 
of  the  Gross  to  the  weeping  penitent,  and  has  at  last  gripped  the  hand 
of  one  who  could  say, — **  I  do  believe,  I  will  believe,  that  Jesus  died 
for  me  ";  I  say  he  has  had  a  reward  in 

THE  PROCESS  THBOUOH  WHICH  HIS  OWN  HIND  HAS  QOIHS. 

It  has  reminded  him  of  his  own  lost  estate;  it  has  shown  him  the 
struggles  that  the  Spirit  had  in  bringing  him  to  repentance ;  it  has 
reminded  him  of  that  precious  moment  when  he  first  looked  to  Jesns ; 
and  it  has  strengthened  him  in  his  firm  oonfidence  that  Oirist  will 
save  men.  When  we  see  Jeens  save  auotber,  and  see  that  marvellons 
transfiguraticn  which  passes  over  the  &ce  of  the  saved  one,  our  own 


608  THB  fiOUL-inHHSB'S  BKWABD. 

faith  is  greatly  confirmed.  Sceptics  and  modem-tfaonght  men  hare 
little  to  do  with  converts :  those  who  lahonr  for  conrersions  beliere  in 
conTersions;  those  who  behold  the  processes  of  regeneration  see  a 
miracle  wrought,  and  are  certain  that  this  is  the  finger  of  God.  It 
is  the  most  blessed  exercise  for  a  sonl,  it  is  the  dirinest  ennobling  of 
the  heart,  to  spend  yonrself  in  seeking  to  bring  another  to  the  dear 
Redeemers  feet.  If  it  ended  there  yon  might  thank  God  that  eyer  he 
called  yon  to  a  serrice  so  comforting,  so  strengthening,  so  elerating,  so 
confirming,  as  that  of  converting  otners  fix>m  their  evil  ways. 
Another  predoas  recompense  is  foand  in 

THE  OBATITUDB  AND  AFFEOTIOH  OF  THOSE  YOU  BBIHa  TO  OHBIST. 

This  is  a  choice  boon — the  blessedness  of  joying  in  another^s  joy,  the 
bliss  of  hearing  that  you  have  led  a  sonl  to  Jesas.  Measnre  the  sweet- 
ness of  this  recompense  by  the  bitterness  of  its  opposite.  Men  of  God 
have  bronght  many  to  Jesus,  and  all  thmgs  have  gone  well  in  the  chnrd» 
till  declining  years  or  changing  fashions  have  thrown  the  good  man  into 
the  shade,  and  then  the  minister's  own  spiritnal  children  have  been  eager 
to  tnm  him  ont  of  doors.  The  nnkindest  cnt  of  bI\  has  come  from 
those  who  owed  their  sonls  to  him.  His  heart  has  broken  while  he  has 
sighed, — **  1  conld  have  borne  it,  had  not  the  persons  that  I  bronght  to 
the  Bavionr  have  turned  against  me."  The  pang  is  not  nnknown  to  me. 
I  can  never  forget  a  certain  household  in  which  the  Lord  gave  me  the 
great  joy  to  bring  four  employers  and  several  persons  engaged  by  them 
to  Jesus  feet.  Snatched  from  the  utmost  carelessness  of  worldliness,  these 
who  had  previously  known  nothing  of  the  grace  of  God  were  joyfiil  con- 
fessors of  the  faith.  After  awhile  they  imbibed  certain  opinions  differing 
from  ours,  and  from  that  moment  some  of  them  had  nothing  but  haid 
words  for  me  and  my  preaching.  I  had  done  my  best  to  teach  them  all 
the  truth  I  knew,  and  if  they  had  found  out  more  than  I  had  discovered 
they  might  at  least  have  remembered  where  they  learned  the  elements 
of  the  faith.  It  is  years  ago  now,  and  I  have  never  said  as  much  as 
this  before ;  but  I  felt  the  wound  much.  I  only  mention  these  sharp 
pricks  to  show  how  very  sweet  it  is  to  have  those  abont  yon  whom 

{on  have  brought  to  the  Saviour.  A  mother  feels  gr^  delight  in 
er  children,  for  an  intense  love  comes  with  natural  relationships ;  but 
there  is  a  still  deeper  love  connected  with  spiritual  kinship,  a  love 
which  lasts  through  lifb  and  will  continue  in  eternity,  for  even  in 
heaven  each  servant  of  the  Lord  shall  say,  *'  Here  am  I,  and  the  chil- 
dren whom  thou  hast  given  me."  They  neither  marry  nor  are  given 
in  marriage  in  the  city  of  our  God,  but  fatherhood  and  brotheAood  in 
Christ  shdl  still  survive.  Those  sweet  and  blessed  bonds  iriiicA  gnux 
has  formed  continue  for  ever,  and  spiritual  relationships  are  rather 
developed  than  dissolved  by  translation  to  the  better  land  If  yon  are 
eager  for  real  joy,  such  as  you  may  think  over  and  sleep  npon,  I  am 
persuaded  that  no  joy  of  growing  wealthy,  no  joy  of  increasing  know- 
ledge, no  joy  of  influence  over  your  fellow-creatures,  no  joy  of  any  other 
sor^  can  ever  be  compared  with  the  rapture  of  saving  a  sonl  horn 
death  and  helping  to  restore  onr  lost  brethren  to  onr  great  Father^s 
house.  Talk  of  ten  thousand  pounds  rewitfd  1  It  is  nothing  at  all, 
one  might  easily  spend  that  amount;  but  one  cannot  eidhaost  the  an- 


THE  fiOOL-WINNEa'S  REWARD.  609 

ntterable  delights  which  come  from  the  gratitude  of  souls  oouTerted 
from  the  error  of  their  ways. 
But  the  richest  reward  lies  in 

piiSAsiNG  God,  and  cAusnra  the  Skdeemer  to  see  of  the  travail 

OF  HIS  SOUL. 

That  Jesns  should  have  his  reward,  is  worthy  of  the  eternal  Father ; 
but  it  is  maryellous  that  we  should  be  employed  by  the  Father  to  gi?e 
to  Christ  the  purchase  of  his  agoniea  This  is  a  wonder  of  wonders ! 
O  mj  soul,  this  is  an  honour  too  great  for  thee !  A  bliss  too  deep  for 
words !  Listen,  dear  friends,  and  answer  me.  What  would  you  give 
to  cause  a  thrill  of  pleasure  in  the  heart  of  the  Well-belored?  Recol- 
lect the  grief  yon  cost  him,  and  the  pangs  that  shot  through  him  that 
he  might  deUrer  you  froniyour  sin  and  its  consequences ;  do  you  not 
long  to  make  him  glad?  When  you  bring  others  to  his  feet  yon  give 
him  joy,  and  no  small  joy  either.  Is  not  that  a  wonderful  text, — 
*'  There  is  joy  in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of  Qod  over  one  sinner 
that  repenteth"?  What  does  that  mean?  Does  it  mean  that  the 
angels  have  joy  ?  We  generally  read  it  so,  but  it  is  not  the  intent  of 
the  verse.  It  says,  '^  There  is  joy  in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of 
Ood," — that  is,  joy  in  the  hesort  of  Ood,  around  whose  throne  the 
angels  stand.  It  is  a  joy  which  angels  delight  to  behold: — what  is  it? 
Is  the  blessed  Ood  capable  of  greater  joy  than  his  own  boundless 
happiness  ?  Wondrous  language  this  1  The  infinite  bliss  of  God  is 
more  eminently  displayed,  if  it  cannot  be  increased.  Can  we  be  the 
instruments  of  this?  Can  we  do  anything  which  will  make  the  Ever- 
blessed  glad  ?  Yes,  for  we  are  told  that  the  great  Father  rejoices  above 
measure  when  his  son  that  was  dead  is  alive  again,  and  the  lost  one  is 
found* 

If  I  could  say  this  as  I  ought  to  say  it,  it  would  make  every  Christian 
cry  out,  "  Then  I  will  labour  to  bring  souls  to  the  Saviour  " ;  and  it 
would  make  those  of  us  who  have  brought  many  to  Jesus  instant,  in 
season  and  out  of  season,  to  bring  more  to  him.  It  is  a  great  pleasure 
to  be  doing  a  kindness  to  an  earthy  friend,  but  to  be  doing  something 
distinctly  for  Jesus,  something  which  will  be  of  all  things  in  the  world 
most  pleasing  to  him  is  a  great  delight  I  It  is  a  good  work  to  build 
a  meeting-house,  and  give  it  outright  to  the  cause  of  God,  if  it  is 
done  with  a  right  and  proper  motive  ;  but  one  living  stone  built  upon 
the  sure  foundation  by  our  instrumentality  will  give  the  Master  more 
pleasure  than  if  we  erected  a  vast  pile  of  natural  stones,  which  might 
only  cumber  the  ground.  Then  go,  dear  friends,  and  seek  to  bring  your 
children  and  your  neighbours,  your  friends  and  your  kinsfolk,  to  the 
Saviour's  feet,  for  nothing  will  give  him  so  much  pleasure  as  to  see 
them  turn  unto  him  and  live.  By  your  love  to  Jesus,  I  beseech  you 
become  fishers  of  men. 


610 


r.  ^t$XYi  ^Mm  Mtnl  m  ivmt. 


BY  PASTOR  J.  A.  SPUBOEQN. 

WHEN  Paul  walked  through  Athena  his  spirit  was  stirred  witbb 
him  as  he  saw  the  city  wholly  given  up  to  idolatry.  History 
repeats  itself;  and  some  ten  years  ago  a  man  of  kindred  spirit  walldng 
amidst  the  Paris  working  populace  was  tonched  with  a  feeling  of  deep 
concern  for  this  modem  city  of  novelties  and  idolatry,  of  pleasores  and 
infidelity.  At  that  time  the  direct  mission-work  upon  the  artisans  of  Paris 
was  rery  small.  A  gallant-spirited  sister,  Miss  de  Broen,  had  commenced 
her  work,  happily  still  flourishing^  and  giving  relief  to  bodily  sickness  as 
well  as  to  the  diseases  of  the  soul.  Save  this,  however,  the  direct  mission 
effort  was  small  indeed,  and  the  Bev.  R.  W.  McAU,  struck  with  a  sense 
of  this  want,  was  moved  to  retire  from  Christian  service  in  England  and 
to  devote  himself,  at  his  own  expense,  to  the  almost  forlorn  hope  of 
trying  to  win  over  the  sceptical  and  volatile  French  ^otwrier^'  to  the 
love  and  reverence  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  We  had  heard  much  of 
this  devoted  man's  efforts  amongst  the  Paris  poor,  and  resolved  to  see 
and  hear  for  ourselves  what  there  might  be  of  worth  in  the  work.  We 
soon  found  out  the  headquarters  to  be  in  the  Kue  Pierre-Gu^rin^ 
Auteuil,  a  distant  part  of  Paris.  We  sallied  forth  to  find  out  the  chief  and 
leader  of  the  movement,  and  discovered  him  in  a  very  neat,  comfortable^ 
unpretentious,  model  Christian  home,  and  were  shown  into  the  room  by  a 
manifestly  English  servi^t,  who  promised  the  speedy  appearance  of  W 
master.  We  were  soon  warmly  grasped  by  the  hand,  and  stood  fiice  to 
face  with  a  brother,  fortunately  for  the  good  cause,  still  in  the  prime  of 
life,  with  a  tall,  spare  form,  and  of  a  most  benignant  expression  of 
countenance,  a  true  spiritual  father  in  appearance,  possessed,  we  should 
say,  of  equal  gentleness  and  strength. 

Mr.  McAU  is  evidently  well  adapted  for  his  post — ^firm,  loving; 
shrewd,  and  manifestly  most  devout  and  godly — just  the  man  to  ocm- 
ciliate  and  win  the  confidence  of  anyone  who  converses  with  him ;  clear^ 
a  man  who  will  do  genuine  work,  and  may  be  trusted  to  do  it  well,  be  it 
small  or  great.  Every  tree  brings  forth  fruit  after  its  own  kind,  and 
a  few  hours  with  our  brother  will  snfSce  to  convince  any  honest 
mind  that,  with  such  a  devoted  leader,  any  work  achieved  will  be  solid, 
and  done  as  unto  the  Lord.  We  asked  for  information,  and  a  small 
heap  of  books,  circulars,  and  reports  extending  over  the  whole  of  the 
time  of  this  admirable  mission  was  produced.  We  have  since  read  them 
all  with  much  interest.  The  first  report  tells  of  the  opening  meeting 
being  held  in  Belleville  on  Wednesday,  January  17th,  1872.  At  th» 
close  of  twelve  months'  work  there  were  four  mission-stations  with  an 
average  accommodation  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  sittings,  and  the 
balance-sheet  shows  an  expenditure  of  £354.  Our  esteem^  and  now 
departed  brother,  Dr.  Binney,  wrote  a  short  note  of  commendation  to  it 
as  to  the  others  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  We  gather  from  the  last 
report  that  there  are  now  in  and  around  Paris  thirty-two  mission- 
stations,  with  accommodation  for  five  thousand  nine  hundred  persons. 
The  mission  is  now,  however,  branching  out  all  over  France.  In  some 
fifteen  other  towns  there  are  meetings  for  the  gathering  in  of  the  lost. 


MB.  XCALL'S  MIBSION  WORE  HT  FBASTOB.  611 

The  total  nnmber  of  religions  servioefl  held  was  eight  thonsand  five  hun- 
dred and  eight,  with  an  actnal  attendance  of  six  hundred  and  forty- 
two  thousand  and  twenty  three ;  while  the  balance-sheet  shows  an  ex- 
penditure of  £8,640.  We  hare,  howerer,  no  rery  great  belief  in  mere 
statistics,  and  so  resolred  to  see  and  hear  for  onrsdves.  Accordingly, 
we  made  onr  wbt  to  a  mission-room  not  far  from  oar  hotel  in  the  Sue 
St  Honore.  We  ibnnd  an  ordinary  shop  with  its  backroom  and 
passage  sitnated  at  a  comer  of  the  street  oonyerted  into  a  fair-sized 
"  Mission  Salle/'  capable  of  accommodating  abont  one  hundred  and 
serenty  people.  Some  seventy  persons  were  there,  bnt  a  constant 
change  going  on,  through  some  leaving  and  others  entering,  doubled 
the  numbers  present  in  the  course  of  the  evening.  We  were  much 
delighted  to  'find  ourselves  pounced  upon  by  two  young  men  standing 
outside  the  door,  who  urged  us  to  go  into  the  ^'  reunion,"  now  being  held. 
We,  of  course,  entered  and  were  at  once  supplied  with  a  book  of  hymns 
not  unlike  our  "  Flowers  and  Fruits,"  and  other  similar  collections. 
We  recognised  at  once  many  an  old  friend  in  a  new  dress,  and  in  the 
ISuniliar  airs,  or  French  ones,  sung  with  life  and  energy,  we  reali/icd  a 
new  era  in  French  psalmody.  We  heard  two  good  addresses  mainly 
upon  the  then  apprcmdiing  visit  of  our  good  friends,  Messrs.  Moody 
and  Sankey ;  we  counted,  however,  more  than  twenty  times  the  clear 
statement  of  the  way  of  salvation,  introduced  so  well  that  no  one  could 
have  been  ten  minutes  in  the  place  without  hearing  enough  to  tell  him 
how  to  escape  the  wrath  to  come.  The  audience  was  mainly  of  the 
working  class — ^postmen  or  soldiers,  and  a  large  proportion  of  them 
men.  One  man  challenged  the  speaker's  statement  of  truth,  and  urged 
that  if  a  sinner  were  treated  as  just  he  was  nevertheless  unjust.  The 
speaker  was  able  all  the  more  forcibly  to  explain  the  way  of  salvation, 
and  exhibited  no  little  tact  in  doing  so.  The  singing  and  prayers  were 
lively  and  short,  and  the  whole  service  after  our  own  heart.  No 
noise  or  excitement,  but  solid,  good  preaching  and  teaching  of  Christ 
Jesus. 

On  Snnday  afternoon  we  paid  a  visit  to  a  Sunday-school,  or  as  we 
should  call  it,  a  Bagged-school,  in  one  of  the  quarters  of  Paris  not  un- 
like onr  East  End  in  London.  Passing  under  an  archway  and  court- 
yard with  three  separate  smeUs  located  in  each  comer,  and  twice  that 
number  on  each  side  of  it,  we  found  ourselves  in  a  ceiled  enclosure  of 
a  very  composite  order,  we  should  suppose  the  growth  of  two  or  three 
enlargements  and  alterations,  yet  for  this  £80  a  year  rent  is  paid.  The 
number  of  children  was  diminished  through  some  /et$  being  held  not 
far  off,  the  attractions  of  which  had  proved  too  much  for  these  gntter- 
youngsters,  who  have  no  notion  of  a  Lord's-day  save  as  being  especially 
adapted  for  snch  a  purpose.  We  stayed  through  the  teaching  which 
followed  the  address,  which  was  on  **  the  last  passover  and  the  first 
Lord's  Supper,"  and  an  examination  with  black-board  lesson  closed  the 
afternoon's  work.  All  was  well  done,  with  more  than  average  skill  on 
the  part  of  the  leaders.  We  stayed  to  the  teachers'  tea,  and  could 
have  thought  ourselves  at  the  Tabernacle  underground  rooms  bnt  for 
the  odours  and  speech,  which  were  strongly  French.  All  honour  to  the 
friends  who  work  so  well  in  such  a  place,  which  is  in  many  ways,  how- 
ever, most  suitable  for  the  class  of  children  and  adults  for  whom  it  is 


612  MB.  MO  ALL'S  MIfifilOH  WOBX  IH  FEAHOB. 

provided.  So  far  as  we  can  judge  of  the  places  we  bare  seen,  they  ate 
Tery  well  adapted  for  the  teaching  of  the  maBsea.  A  hannoninin  to 
lead  the  singing,  and  the  walls  relieyed  with  Scriptural  mottoes,  take 
away  the  bald  aspect  of  the  service,  and  eive  some  snch  attraction  as 
the  people  and  children  can  appreciate.  We  dwell  on  these  details  to 
show  the  business-like  character  of  the  work  and  its  freedom  alike  firom 
all  extravagance  and  neglect.  It  is  a  transplanting  of  onr  old  forms 
and  methods  of  work  with  snch  slight  alterations  as  the  new  circnm- 
stances  have  demanded.  Onr  Mends  work  without  any  appeal  for 
fands,  and  have  thus  proved  their  desire  to  aid  the  outcast  and  ignorant 
without  any  suspicion  of  seeking  a  return,  save  in  the  good  achieved. 
A  kindred  effort  oy  our  Wesleyan  broUier,  the  Bev.  Mr.  Gibson,  amongst 
a  higher  class,  is  carried  out  on  the  otherprinciple  of  making  an  appeal 
towards  the  expenses  of  the  place,  <&c.  We  think  both  are  wise  methods 
in  the  different  classes  addressed  and  objects  contemplated.  Two  free 
dispensaries  in  Paris  prove  still  farther  the  desire  to  aid  the  poor  and 
win  them  to  Jesus  by  an  exhibition  of  practical  ChristiaDity.  Our 
friends  have  suffered  a  heavy  loss  in  the  death  of  the  much-esteemed 
Bev.  0.  Theophilus  Dodds,  who  was  unfortunately  poisoned  by  eating 
unwholesome  fungi.  His  place,  however,  is  about  to  be  filled  hj  sn 
excellent  brother,  who  has  been  engaged  in  a  kindred  work  at  MarseilleB, 
Mr.  Seuben  Salliens,  who  is  a  Baptist,  and  one  of  the  students  from  Mr. 
Orattan  Ouinness's  College.  His  union  with  the  work  means  also  the 
junction  of  the  stations  previously  under  his  care  at  Nic^,  Cannes, 
and  Corsica,  raising  the  total  numbw  of  mission-stations  to  seventy- 
eight,  and  necessitating  a  ftirther  outlay  of  money  from  the  oentnl 
fond. 

Over  all  this  evangelical  work  every  true  Christian  heart  most  rejoice. 
We  are  struck  with  several  aspects  of  it  Its  preeminent  Catholicity 
— all  sections  of  the  church  are  aiding  in  it.  It  evidently  conmiands 
the  utmost  confidence  of  those  who  are  best  able  to  judge  of  its  worth. 
''  The  National  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Virtue  "  has  given 
our  brother  McAll  its  medal  for  his  evident  desire  to  do  good,  and  also 
"The  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Popular  Education,''  for  the  benefits 
conferred  upon  the  young,  while  the  numerous  helpers  finom  all  the 
evangelical  churches  in  Paris,  including  their  pastors,  and  the  large 
sums  raised  in  France,  area  combined  and  decisive  proof  that  the  work 
has  the  full  confidence  of  all  the  Christian  public  here  on  the  Continent 
We  have  seen  many  of  the  workers,  and  if  they  are,  as  we  believe,  a 
fair  sample  of  the  rest,  they  are  worthy  of  all  praise,  sympathy,  and 
prayer.  We  could  fill  many  pages  with  extracts  from  the  joumids  of 
cases  of  conversion,  and  of  souls  saved  from  utter  ruin,  but  we  must 
not  We  were  introduced  to  severid  who,  once  profligate  or  indif- 
ferent, are  now  warmly  aiding  the  work,  and  not  a  few  of  the  best 
helpers  in  the  mission  are  themselves  the  fruit  of  these  services.  We 
are  convinced  that  this  is  an  effort  honoured  of  God — another  leaf  of 
church  history  which  will  be  amongst  the  brightest  records  of  this 
century's  Christian  life.  All  is  at  present  young  and  undeveloped,  bat 
it  is  the  youth  of  a  spiritual  giant  Paris  is  girdled  with  mission-rooms, 
and  a  holy  siege  is  being  carried  on  which  will,  we  think,  end  in  no 
small  victory  for  King  Jesus,  and  all  the  more  surely,  we  beUefe, 


SHiNura.  613 

becanse  there  are  none  to  Btrive  and  cry  and  lift  up  the  voice  in  the 
atreets. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  coming  without  roll  of  dram  or  clatter  of 
tambourine.  The  simple  exhibition  of  gospel  truth,  after  the  way  of 
our  own  accustomed  methods,  is  proving  its  own  power,  and  winning  all 
iJong  the  line  the  battle  of  the  Lord.  All  this  nas  an  aspect  of  hope- 
folness,  and  we  feel  ourselves  bathed  in  an  atmosphere  of  mommg 
^ght.  The  tide  is  certainly  rising,  and  we  watch  the  progress  of  wave 
upon  wave  with  much  of  confident  expectation.  Tnere  are  several 
kindred  works  in  Paris,  amongst  the  young  men,  both  native  and 
ihiglish,  for  English  governesses,  and  for  young  women,  and  the  amount 
of  Christian  energy  put  forth  is  most  praiseworthy.  Here  is  a  fine  field 
of  labour  for  some  of  our  young  or  single  sisters  who  have  means  to 
support  themsdves,  and  who  have  no  stajiod  work  for  the  Lord  at 
home;  a  hearty  welcome  will  await  any  who  will  consecrate  themselves 
to  this  Evangelical  Mission  toil,  in  the  spirit  of  the  brave  leader,  Mr* 
McAll,  and  we  can  testify,  from  our  own  personal  inspection,  that  any 
funds  given  are  well  and  judiciously  expended,  and  the  results  manifest 
that  it  is  a  wise  outlay  of  Christian  wealth.  France  is  more  disgusted 
with  Uie  superstitions  of  Popery  than  she  is  wedded  to  the  alternative 
infidelity.  To  strike  now  for  the  truth  is  to  seize  the  moment  most 
favourable  to  success.  The  city  of  the  Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew 
may  yet  reap  the  harvest  of  the  seed  sown  in  the  blood  of  her  saints, 
and  the  land  of  revolutions  have  yet  another,  its  last  and  noblest,  as  it 
shall  turn  from  frivolity  and  sin  unto  the  Lord,  if  not  with  weeping  and 
supplication,  then  wi&  joy  and  rejoicing,  and  find  what  it  pines  for  but 
knows  not  as  yet — the  true  "  liberty,  equality,  and  fraternity  '*  of  the 
family  of  God. 


OXTB  business  is,  not  to  talk  about  shining,  not  to  have  theories 
about  the  way  of  doing  it,  but  by  our  good  works  to  shmB^ 
and  so  to  bear  testimony  to  the  Lord.  This  simple  thought  meets  a 
thousand  difficulties.  '*  I  am  very  young ;  my  candlestick  is  a  very 
little  one."  ^^ Let  your  light  shine.  •*!  am  very  poor;  my  candle- 
stick is  tin,  instead  of  silver ;  if  I  were  richer,  I  should  be  of  more  use." 
^^Let  your  light  shine,''  "  I  am  feeble  in  health ;  half  my  time  is  passed 
within  a  sick-room ;  my  candlestick  is  a  broken  one."  Let  your  light 
shine,  even  if  there  is  no  more  candlestick  than  to  hold  the  candle  from 
falling  over.  ''  I  am  very  much  out  of  the  way — in  a  very  obscnre 
comer,  far  off  from  the  general  eye  and  observation ;  I  wish  I  were  in 
a  better  position."  Let  your  light  shine;  the  Lord  knows  why  he  has 
placed  you  where  you  are ;  be  sure  he  has  a  purpose  worthy  of  being 
accomplished. — From  '*  ITie  Greatness  of  Little  Things,'  by  James  CuU 
ross,  D.D. 


614 


TirHEN  Paul  preached  at  Troaa,  ia  the  eyening  of  the  first  day 
V  V  of  the  weaky  in  Gonnection  with  the  dispeiiBation  of  the  Lord'a 
Supper,  he  "  continued  his  speech  till  midnight,  ready  to  depart  on  the 
morrow."  "We  ^ow  some/'  says  Mr.  Henry,  "who  wonld  have 
reproached  him  for  this,  as  a  long-winded  preacher  that  tired  his 
heifers."  As  we  are  not  told  at  what  hoar  the  apostle  began  his  ser- 
mon, we  do  not  know  how  long  he  preached ;  but  there  caa  be  no 
doubt  that,  on  this  special  occasion,  he  was  longer  than  naaaL  An 
hour,  measured  by  the  glass,  seems  to  have  been  the  legitimate 
length  of  a  discourse  in  the  great  preaching  days  of  the  ^fonna- 
tion.  *'It  is  commonly  supposed/'  says  M'Crie,  "that  the  public 
discourses  of  the  Presbyt^ans  in  the  days  of  Melville  were  pro- 
tracted to  a  tedious  length.  The  facts  which  have  come  to  my  know- 
ledge lead  to  an  opposite  conclusion,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  the 
practice  referred  to  was  introduced  at  a  later  period."  "  Burnet  says 
that  Bishop  Forbes  of  Edinburgh  had  a  strange  faculty  of  preaching  five 
or  six  hours  at  a  time.  But  the  following  extract  will  show  that 
Forbes*s  tediouaness,  even  when  not  carried  to  this  extreme,  gare  offence 
to  his  brethren  at  an  early  period.  '  Nov.  1, 1605.  The  said  daye,  Mr. 
William  Forbes  regent  exercisit,  quha  was  commended,  but  oensuiit 
because  he  techit  two  hours.'  Becord  of  the  Presbytery  of  Aberdeen." 
Bishop  Alcock  preached  "  a  good  and  pleasant  sermon"  at  St.  MarVs, 
Cambridge,  which  lasted  from  one  o'clock  till  half-past  three.  Of  I)r. 
Isaac  Barrow's  sermons  we  are  told  that  seldom  less  than  an  hour  and 
a  half  was  occupied  in  the  deUvery.  Having  occasion  to  preach  a  charity 
sermon  before  the  Lord  Mayor  and  the  Aldermen  of  London,  he  spoke 
for  three  hours  and  a  half ;  and  when  asked,  on  coming  down  from  the 
pulpit,  whether  he  was  not  tired,  he  replied,  *' Yes,  indeed,  I  began  to 
DC  weary  with  standing  so  long."  John  Uowe,  on  public  fost-days,  which 
occurred  "  pretty  frequently,"  used  to  occupy  seven  hours,  with  but  one 
brief  interval  of  fifteen  minutes,  in  praying,  expounding,  and  preaching. 

There  is  nothing  like  these  performances  to  be  witnessed  in  the 
present  day.  I  remember,  however,  hearing  the  late  Dr.  John  Sitdde 
of  Edinburgh,  on  the  evening  of  a  Communion  Sabbath  in  a  conntiy 
church,  preach  for  an  hour  and  fifty  minutes,  and  administer  a  severe 
rebuke  to  a  large  number  of  his  hearers,  who  had  been  present  firom 
the  commencement  in  the  forenoon,  and,  as  soon  as  his  discourse  was 
ended,  were  hastening  out  of  the  church  to  go  to  their  distant  homes. 

"  There  is  nothing,"  says  Mr.  Jay,  "  against  which  a  preacho-  should 
be  more  guarded  than  length  " ;  and,  having  mentioned  that  Luther,  in 
his  enumeration  of  nine  qualities  of  a  good  preacher,  gives  as  the  sixths 
"  That  he  should  know  when  to  make  an  end,"  and  that  Boyle  has  an 
essay  on  "  Patience  under  long  Preaching,"  Mr.  Jay  states  that,  in  the 
earlier  period  of  his  ministry,  he  never  offended  in  this  way,  preaching 
only  three-quarters  of  an  hour  at  most.  But  now,  a  sermon  occupying 
this  space  of  time  would  not  be  thought  to  possess  the  excellence  of 
brevity.— iV(?w  "  The  Scottish  Sanctuary.'*    By  Rev.  Andreiv  Duncan, 


615 

(Qmehtded /ram  page  569.) 

THE  Mvly-fermed  society  met  with  anythiiig  bat  a  sweet  reoeptioD. 
The  Londm  mioisten  stood  aloof  from  a  moTement  initiated  bj 
a  handful  of  coantry  sobodies,  the  chief  snoag  whom  was  a  dioemaker ; 
and  in  other  qnarters  the  idM  of  a  missioB  was  scented  with  contempt. 
The  missionaries,  who  by-and-by  went  forth,  became  a  fayonritft  target 
for  wits  and  satirists,  who  did  not  perceire  that  their  shafta  were  really 
aimed  at  a  certain  manger  in  Bethlehem. 

At  the  time  when  the  society  was  formed  at  Kettering,  John  Thomas^ 
a  ship-sargeon,  who  had  been  in  India,  and  had  preached  to  the 
Hhidoos,  ^EKi  jnst  returned  to  England.  He  was  a  warm-hearted^ 
aealons  man,  bot  was  capricions,  moody,  ecstatic  at  times,  and  in- 
discreet ;  in  shcMTt,  as  Carey  afterwards  sud,  ^*  A  num  of  sterling  worthy 
bot  parhapa  of  the  most  singular  make  of  any  man  in  the  world." 
While  in  India — without  any  knowledge  of  what  was  passing  in  Card's 
mind — ^Thomas  had  opened  eorrespomlenoe  with  Abraham  Booth  and 
Dr.  Stennett  on  the  subject  of  the  Indian  mission,  and  now  being  isL 
England,  and  hearing  of  the  Northamptonshire  movement,  had  written 
to  Carey.  On  the  9th  January,  1793,  the  committee  met  and  resoWed 
to  unite  with  Thomas*  and  send  out  a  fellow-labourer  vrith  him.  Thab 
eT^ng  Carey  again  expressed  his  willingness  to  go.  While  they  were- 
delibeniting,  Thomas  entered  the  room.  Carey  sprang  to  meet  him,. 
*'  and  they  fell  on  each  other's  neck  and  wept." 

Carey  immediately  ga?e  notice  to  his  church  in  Leicester  of  his 
intention  to  lea?e  them,  and  they,  with  mingled  sorrow  and  joy,  sur- 
rendered one  ^'  whom  thc^  loved  as  their  own  soak." 

But  now  difficulties  thickened.  Mrs.  Carey  was  absolutely  unwilling 
to  go.  Carey,  however,  felt  he  could  not  now  draw  back  without  guilt 
on  his  soul,  and  resolved  to  go  without  her,  leaving  her  to  foUow.  The 
next  difficulty  was  the  want  of  fcmds.  Carey  meant  to  maintain  himself 
-when  once  in  Indian  but  there  was  not  even  money  enough  to  pay  the 
passage.  They  decided  to  plead  the  mission  cau8&  Thomaa  went  to 
Bristol,  Carey  to  the  north,  falling  in  by  the  way  with  William  Ward^. 
printer,  to  whom  he  said,  '*  By-and-by  we  shall  want  you,*'  a  remark 
(hat  Ward  never  forgot:  and  Fuller  went  to  London  and  canvassed 
from  door  to  door,  meeting  with  much  coldness  and  many  rebufb,  but 
finally  soeeeeding ;  though  the  strong,  stem,  great-suuled  man  was  onoe 
forced  to  turn  aside  into  a  back  lane  to  weep  unseen.  The  financial 
difficulty  being  surmounted,  a  &reweU  meeting  was  held  at  Leicester ; 
Fuller,  his  powerful  frame .  trembling  with  emotion,  addressing  the 
missionaries  from  the  wcnrds,  **  Peace  te  unto  you.  As  my  Father  hath 
sent  Me,  even  so  send  I  you." 

But  how  w^e  the  missionaries  to  reach  their  destinaticm  ?  India  was 
in  those  days  the  *'  preserve  "  of  the  East  India  Company,  who  feared 
the  inromulgation  of  the  gospel  as  dangerous  to  their  supremacy.  They 
refused  to  grant  a  license;  the  missionaries  therefore  resolved  to  go 
without,  and  took  a  passage  on  board  an  East  ladiaman ;  but  before  the 
captain  could  sail  he  reoeired  a  threatening  letter,  and  Carey  and 


616  WILLIAM  CARET. 

Thomas  were  forced  to  leave  the  ship  and  go  ashore.  An  opportomiy, 
howerer,  aoon  nresented  itself  of  sailing  in  a  Danish  vessd  bound  for 
Serampore.  Mrs.  Carey  now  joined  her  hnsbiuid  with  her  diildren  and 
her  sister,  and  the  party  set  sail  on  the  lath  June,  1798,  speedily  losing 
sight  of  the  white  cliffs  of  Enghind,  which  they  were  nerermore  to  look 
upon.  It  was  jnst  at  the  height  of  the  Beign  of  Tenor  in  France.  A 
rerolntion  of  another  colour  was  dawning  for  India. 

Let  ns  not  foi^t  that  mission  work  of  a  more  <nr  leas  snocessfiQl 
character  had  been  already  attempted  in  India.  Xarier's  work  had  not 
come  to  much.  His  snccessors  had  conyerted  the  heathen  by  becoming 
heathen  themselTes.  Since  1705  a  German  mission,  emanating  (ran 
the  great  pietist,  Franke,  of  Halle,  had  >been  working  in  Sonthem  India. 
Its  greatest  missionary,  Christian  Frederick  Schwartz,  was  still  li?iBg 
in  the  south  when  Carey  landed  in  the  north ;  and  Eiemander,  a  Swede, 
had  opened  a  natiye  school  and  preached  the  gospel  in  Calcntta,  tiiongfa 
with  fiuntest  success.  But  when  all  was  taken  into  acoounty  little  had 
been  done  to  bring  India  to  Christ  There  was  truth  in  Captain  Bmoe's 
remark  to  Southey, — '^If  our  empire  in  India  were  OTerthrown,  the 
only  monuments  that  would  remain  of  us-  would  be  broken  bottles  and 
corks." 

Carey  landed  in  Calcutta  in  NoTember,  1793,  unobstructed,  un- 
noticed. His  connection  with  Thomas,  whose  defects  were  better 
known  out  there  than  his  excellencies,  was  not  an  unmingled  blessing, 
and  for  the  first  few  years  the  mission  party  was  subjected  to  much 
hardship,  Carey's  lot  being  rendered  no  easier  by  the  bitter  upbraidiogs 
of  his  wife.  They  li^ed  first  in  Calcutta ;  then,  for  economy,  in  the 
Portuguese  town  of  Bandel,  a  few  miles  down  the  river;  then  in  Cal- 
cutta again,  in  extreme  distress ;  then  on  the  borders  of  the  malarioas, 
tiger-haunted  forest-swamp,  called  the  Snnderbunds,  where  they  muse 
hare  perished  but  for  timdy  remoTal  to  undertake  the  management  of 
an  indigo-factory  at  Mudnabatty,  offered  to  Carey  through  Mr.  Thomas. 
Carey,  now  able  to  maintain  himself,  wrote  home  to  England  that  he 
would  require  no  further  support,  and  that  the  salary  destined  for  him 
should  be  devoted  to  some  other  effort,  while  he  would  still  stand  in  the 
same  relation  to  them  as  if  he  needed  supplies.  This  noble  letter  was 
misunderstood  at  home,  and  the  committee  wrote  him  a  letter  ''of 
serious  and  affectionate  caution,"  which  pained  him,  though  he  was 
always  too  magnanimous  to  enter  into  aelf-vindication.  And  how  was 
he  spending  his  time  ?  During  three  months  of  the  year  his  secular 
employment  required  pretty  close  attention ;  the  rest  of  the  year  he  had 
more  leisure,  which  was  devoted  to  the  translation  of  the  Scriptores 
into  Bengali,  and  to  itinerant  preaching  through  a  district  of  200 
Tillages  scattered  amid  jungle  patches  over  the  monotonous  plain.  He 
travelled  ten  or  twenty  miles  a  day,  according  to  his  opportunities  of 
preaching,  and  his  gatherings  sometimes  numbered  500  persons. 

Mudnabatty  proved  to  be  little  more  salubrious  than  the  Sunderbunds. 
Annual  floods  converted  it  into  a  pestiferous  marsh.  One  '*  dear  little 
boy  "  died,  Carey  himself  was  reduced  to  the  last  extremity  with  fever,  and 
his  poor  wife  was  smitten  with  incurable  melancholy,  and  had  to  be  kept 
under  restraint  tillherdyingday.  HelubdreachedIndia»inNovember,1793. 
It  was  May,  1795,  before  his  first  letters  from  England  arrived,  and 


WILLIAU  CASBY.  617 

they  were  <*as  cold  waters  to  a  thirsty  sonV  The  journal  of  the  brare 
man  dnring  the  first  almost  solitary  years  presents  a  yiyid  picture  of  lus 
inner  life:  there  is  clear  light  of  patience,  devotion,  hope,  bat  it  is 
often  overcast  with  dejection  and  self-npbraiding.  These  years  were  of 
immense  ralne  in  preparing  him  for  nis  great  work ;  but  so  fior  as 
gathering  men  to  the  Sayiour  was  concerned,  they  were  years  of  ''  hope 
deferred." 

In  179^  John  Fountain,  a  young  Londoner,  had  joined  the  missionary 
bandy  and  now  in  1799  farther  reinforcements  arrived  from  England, 
consisting  of  Ward,  Marshman  and  his  wife,  Brunsdon  and  his  wife, 
Grant  and  his  wife,  and  Miss  Tidd,  who  was  to  marry  Fountain*  They 
had  come  in  an  American  vessel,  commanded  by  Oaptain  Wickes,  a  man 
of  notably  Ghristlike  spirit.  Two  of  the  band  speedily  fell  victims  to 
the  climate:  Grant  died  within  three  weeks,  and  Brunsdon  within 
twelve  months. 

Marshman  and  Ward,  whose  names  are  indissolnbly  linked  with  that 
of  Oarey,  were  spared  for  many  eventful  years.  "  Never  did  three  men 
serve  together  in  such  close  union  for  so  long  a  space  of  time,  with  such 
unbroken  harmony,  such  unselfishness  and  loftiness  of  aim,  such  thorough 
practical  good  sense,  and  marvellously  sustained  resolution  and  enthu- 
siasm, or  win  such  trophies  for  the  Bedeemer  as  did  these  three — Carey, 
Marshman,  and  Ward." 

Joshua  Marshman  was  a  Wiltshire  weaver,  so  sedulous  in  cultivating 
his  mind  while  he  wrought  at  the  loom  that  he  was  offered  the  master- 
ship of  a  school  in  Bristol.  There  he  was  baptized,  became  a  member 
of  the  church  at  Broadmead,  and  attended  the  Bristol  Baptist  Academy. 
He  was  a  long-headed  man,  with  &ir  administrative  abilities. 

William  Ward,  son  of  a  builder  at  Derby,  was  apprenticed  to  a 
printer,  rose  to  the  position  of  editor  of  The  Derby  Mercury  and  after- 
wards of  a  newspaper  in  Hull ;  became  a  church  member  in  1796,  and 
beginning  to  preach,  went  for  further  training  to  Dr.  Fawcett's  institu- 
tion at  Ewood  Hall,  where  he  received  the  missionary  inspiration. 

But  now,  as  they  are  in  the  act  of  landing  at  Serampore,  one  of  the 
Calcutta  newspapers  blunders  into  announcing  ''the  arrival  of  four 
Papist  missionaries  in  a  foreign  ship."  Alas,  for  the  unfortunate  per- 
version of  Baptist !  A  great  jealousy  prevailed  of  everything  French ; 
the  paragraph  caught  the  eye  of  the  authorities,  and  led  to  polioe  inter-* 
ference  with  Captain  Wickes,  and  to  the  demand  that  the  missionaries 
should  instantly  return  to  England.  It  was  not  until  by  the  friendly 
adrice  of  the  Danish  Grovemor  of  Serampore  an  explanatory  memorial 
had  been  presented  to  Lord  Wellesley,  the  Governor-General  (brother 
of  the  Iron  Duke),  that  the  missionaries  were  allowed  to  remain.  Carey 
now  gave  up  the  idea  of  a  settlement  in  the  Company's  territories,  and 
joined  the  brethren  at  Serampore,  which  was  destined  to  be  for  years, 
under  the  friendly  Danish  government,  a  '^  little  sanctuaty''  to  the 
mission  and  a  centre  of  spiritual  lights 

Carrying  out  the  idea  of  the  Pentecostal  Church,  the  missionaries  con- 
stituted themselves  into  a  single  family,  threw  their  earnings  into  a 
common  stock,  and  bound  themselves  by  a  solemn  *'  agreement "  to  live 
entirely  for  the  *'  unutterably  important"  cause  of  the  mission.  A  house 
was  purchased  with  two  acres  of  ground,  which  (afterwards  increased  to 


618  WILLIAX  CABXT. 

£y«)  beoanue  Oarey's  famons  botanical  garden ;  the  pcinting-preBB  he 
had  already  ased  at  Modnabattj  was  aet  np,  and  boarding-achocds  and 
ft  yeroacalar  aohool  for  native  yontha  were  opened.  Ward  immediately 
oommeneed  the  printing  of  Carey's  translation  of  the  whole  Bible  into 
Bengali,  which  waa  neuly  complete,  and  on  the  18th  of  Mmroh^  1800, 
placed  in  Oaiey's  hands  the  first  sheet  of  the  New  Teabamentk  ^a 
treasnre  more  precioas  than  gold."  Five  months  afterwards  FoniriiBm, 
who  had  beoome  Tcry  nseftil  in  Bengali  preaching,  died  at  the  age  of 


Befope  the  dose  of  the  first  year  in  Serampore,  QoA  granted  the 
mifisionariee  the  desire  of  their  hearts.  Erishnn-Pal,  a  carpenter  at 
Serampore,  had  heard  the  goapel  from  Mr.  Fonntainy  bat  he  k!«|it  aloof 
till,  baring  dislocated  his  arm,  it  was  set  by  Mr.  Thomas,  the  soifeoa, 
who  seised  the  opportunity  to  lay  the  gospel  earnestly  before  hna. 
Krishna's  heart  was  penetrated,  and  on  the  28th  December,  1800,  he, 
with  Oiffey's  ekiest  son  Fetix,  in  the  prasenoe  of  the  good  dd  goreaor 
aaod  a  ^reat  conoonrse  of  people,  was  baptiaed  in  tht  Oangea  by  Gaiey. 
Poor  Thomas  went  frantic  with  joy,  and  was  not  allowed  to  be  preaent, 
though  his  wild  cries  conld  be  heaid  daring  the  servioe.  Ottier  bap- 
tisms soon  followed.  Krishnu  becafme  an  admirable  preacher  of  the 
gospel.    His  hymn  is  well  known  in  the  translation  be^nii^ — 

"  Oh  thou,  my  soul,  forget  no  more 
The  Friend  who  all  thy  misery  bore." 

Early  nert  year  the  printing  of  the  New  Testament  waa  oompleted. 
Oarey  carried  the  first  copy  into  the  chnrch,  and  reverently  laid  it  npon 
the  commnnion-table,  while  all  gathered  ronnd  and  united  in  fervent 
thanksginng  to  God.  ^*  It  is  worthy  of  notice,"  said  Fuller,  ^' that  the 
time  in  which  the  Lord  began  to  bless  his  servants  was  that  in  which 
his  holy  word  began  to  be  published  in  the  language  of  the  natives." 

The  work  of  God  now  progressed  more  rapidly.  In  ihe  space  of  ten 
years  mission-stations  had  been  established  in  several  parts  of  B^igal, 
at  Patna,  in  Burmah,  and  on  the  borders  of  Bhotan  and  Orissay  eadi  a 
fortress  beld  for  Ohnst  in  the  empire  of  darkness.  The  native  church 
members  exceeded  200,  and  represented  a  community  much  more 
nnm^^us.  The  Scriptares  had  been  translated  and  prmted  in  six 
languages,  and  translations  in  six  more  were  in  progress.  €kmtrarv  to 
the  custom  of  previous  missionaries,  caste  was  afa^lutely  ignorea  in 
diurch-fellowship.  At  the  Lord's-table  Erishnu-Prisad  &e  BnJimin 
received  the  bread  and  the  cup  from  the  hands  of  Krishnu-Pal,  the 
Sudra.  T^e  Brahmin  even  married  the  Sodra's  daughter.  When  the 
first  deat^  occurred  among  the  converts — that  of  Goknl,  a  Sodra — the 
cofiln  was  borne  to  the  grave  in  presence  of  an  astonished  mnltitiide  by 
Harshman,  Fdix  Oarey,  Bhygrub,  a  baptised  Brahmin,  and  Peera,  a 
baptised  Mohammedan,  who  sang  as  they  went  a  B^gali  ChriatiaD 
hvmn.  So  far  as  the  native  Christians  were  concerned,  caste  waa  com- 
pletely broken  down. 

Lord  WelleBley  the  Gk)veraor-G«neral,  in  view  of  the  necessity  •f  a 
thorough  training  of  the  civil  servants,  established  in  180C^  Fort 
William  GoUes^e,  in  Calcutta.  Carey,  as  the  one  man  in  IbsXm  best 
qualified  for  the  office,  was  appointed  teacher  of  Bengali,  Sanskrit,  and 


WILLIAM  OlfiEY.  619 

Mahratta,  with  a  salary  of  £600  a  year,  which  was  afterwards,  apon  his 
being  raised  to  the  status  of  a  Professor,  increased  to  £1,500«  ''  This," 
be  said,  '<  wiU  much  help  the  Mission.'*  The  account  of  one  of  his  daya 
in  Caloatta  will  give  an  idea  of  the  amazing  industry  and  versatility  of 
this  extraordinary  man«  He  is  making  an  apology  for  not  writing. 
''  I  rose  this  morning  at  a  quarter  before  sijc,  read  a  chapter  in  the 
Hebrew  Bible,  and  spent  the  time  till  seven  in  private  addresses  to 
God,  and  then  attended  family-prayer  with  the  servants  in  Bengali. 
While  tea  was  getting  ready,  I  read  a  little  Persian  with  a  Hooi^, 
who  was  waiting  when  I  left  my  bedroom ;  and  also  before  breakfast 
a  portion  of  the  Scripture  in  Hindastaai.  The  moment  breakfast  was 
over,  sat  down  to  the  translation  of  the  Bamaynna  from  Sanskrit,  with 
«  Pandit,  who  was  also  waiting,  and  coatianed  this  transkU^ion  until  ten 
o'clock,  at  which  boor  I  went  to  the  College  and  continued  the  duties 
there  till  between  one  and  two  o'clodc.  When  I  returned  home,  I 
examined  a  proof-sheet  of  the  Bengali  translation  of  Jeremiah,  which 
took  till  dinner-time.  After  dinner,  translated  the  greatest  part  of  the 
•8th  chapter  of  Matthew  into  Sanskrit.  This  employed  me  till  six 
o'clock.  After  six,  sat  down  with  a  Telinga  Pandit  to  learn  that 
language.  At  seven  I  began  to  collect  a  few  previous  thoughts  into  the 
form  of  a  sermon,  and  preached  at  half-past  seven.  About  forty  persons 
present,  and  among  them  one  of  the  Puisne  Judges.  After  sermon,  I 
got  a  subscription  from  him  of  500  rupees  (£63  10s.)  towards  erecting 
our  new  place  of  worship.  Preaching  was  over  and  the  ooagregation 
gone  by  nine  o'clock.  I  then  sat  down  and  translated  tiie  11th  of 
Ezekiel  into  Bengali,  and  this  lasted  till  near  eleven;  and  now  I  sit 
4own  to  write  to  you.  The  tnUh  is^  every  ktter  I  torik  is  at  (he  expense 
of  a  cJiapi&r  in  the  Bible,  which  would  have  been  translated  in  that  time.^ 
We  emphasize  the  last  sentence :  behold  the  miser  whose  time  is  more 
precious  to  him  than  gold ;  the  giant  worker,  who  seems  not  to  know  how 
to  pause. 

Ever^cme  knows  the  story  of  Oarey's  disappointment  at  the  worldly 
promotion  of  his  eldest  son  Felix.  Two  new  missionaries,  Ghater  and 
iLobinson,  had  arrived,  and  on  account  of  the  Vellore  massacre,  a  Sepoy 
revolt  which  occurred  in  1806,  they  were  not  allowed  to  remain  in  the 
Oompany's  territories.  One  of  them  was  therefore  sent  with  Felix  Carey 
to  Burmah.  The  great  linguistic  attainments  of  this  young  man  (he 
was  only  22)  and  his  medical  skill  brought  him  into  favour  with  the 
King,  who  ennobled  him  and  sent  him  as  Ambassador  to  the  supreme 
Oovemment  in  Calcutta.  His  father  was  deeply  pained.  ''Felix," 
said  he,  ''  is  shrivelled  from  a  missionary  to  an  ambassador." 

The  Vellore  massacre,  which  was  occasioned  by  the  substitution  of  a 
leather  shako  for  the  turban,  interfering  with  the  susceptibilities  of 
•caste,  gave  rise  to  a  bitter  attack  in  England  upon  the  missionaries,  to 
whose  indirect  influence  the  massacre  was  absurdly  attributed.  The 
attack  was  carried  on  with  all  the  resources  of  wit  and  invective,  and 
oven  unscrupulous  misrepres^itaticm ;  Sydney  Smith  being  one  of  its 
leaders;  while  Fuller  and  others  (quite  equal  to  £he  work)  made  a 
sturdy  defence.  The  discussicms  closed  with  a  powerful  article  in  The 
Quarterly  Review  from  the  p^  of  Southey,  in  favocu:  of  the  missionaries. 
^' These  low-bom  and  low-bred  mechanics,"  said  he,  "have  translated 


620  WILLIAM  GABBY. 

the  whole  Bible  into  Bengali,  and  hare  by  this  time  printed  it.  Thej 
are  printing  the  New  Testament  in  the  Sanskrit,  the  Orissa,  the  Hahratta, 
Hindostan,  and  Gnzarat,  and  translating  it  into  Persic,  TeUnga, 
Karnata,  Chinese,  and  the  language  of  the  Sieks  and  of  the  Bnnnans ; 
and  in  four  of  these  languages  they  are  going  on  with  the  Bible.'' 
''  In  fonrteen  years  these  low-born,  low-bred  mechanics  haye  done 
more  towards  spreading  the  knowledge  of  the  Scriptures  among  the 
heathen,  than  has  been  accomplished  or  eyen  attempt^  by  all  the  world 
besides."  ^*  The  plan  which  they  have  laid  down  for  their  own  pro- 
ceedings is  perfectly  pmdent  and  nnexceptionable,  and  there  is  as  little 
fear  of  their  proYoking  martyrdom,  as  there  would  be  of  their  shrinking 
from  it,  if  the  canse  of  Qod  and  man  required  it.  ** 

Poor  Mrs.  Oarey  died  in  1807,  having  been  under  restraint  for  twelve 
years,  and  in  the  following  year  Carey  married  Charlotte  Amelia 
Bhumohr,  sister-in-law  of  the  Chamberlain  to  the  King  of  Denmark. 
"  She  was  about  his  own  age,  richly  endowed  in  mind,  highly  accom- 
plished, with  a  beautiful  soul,  and  aboye  all  characterized  bj  deep  piety 
and  thorough  sympathy  with  the  missionary  enterprise,  being  indeed 
one  of  the  conyerts."    It  proyed  a  most  happy  union. 

And  now,  on  the  11th  March,  1812,  a  neayy  disaster  fell  on  the 
mission.  About  six  in  the  eyening,  a  fire  broke  out  on  the  premises  at 
Seramnore,  and  in  a  few  hours  destroyed  the  labours  of  twelye  years. 
By  midnight  the  roof  fell  in,  and  a  great  column  of  fire  shot  aloft  to 
the  sky.  Within  the  blazing  premises  were  sets  of  types  for  fourteen 
Eastern  languages,  1,200  reams  of  paper,  and  many  copies  of  the 
Scriptures,  and,  crowning  all,  many  yaluable  manuscripts,  which  no 
money  could  replace.  Eyerything  that  could  bum  or  mdt  was 
destroyed.  What  did  these  magnificent  men  do?  As  soon  as  the 
glowing  ruins  were  cool  enough,  Ward  began  to  clear  them,  and  found 
to  his  great  joy  many  of  the  punches  and  moulds  used  in  making  type 
uninjured.  Wasting  no  time,  he  kept  type-casters  at  work  in  rebys 
day  and  night,  and  in  six  weeks  six  languages  were  in  the  press.  Carey 
addressed  himself  to  the  twelye  months'  hard  labour  required  in  his 
department,  and  soon  had  the  whole  begun  again  in  eyery  langui^. 
The  calamity  eyerywhere  eyoked  generous  sympathy,  and  in  three 
months  England  contributed  the  whole  money  loss. 

The  same  year  the  final  struggle  began,  which  should  determine 
whether  the  gospel  was  to  be  allowed  "  free  course  "  by  the  Goyemment 
of  India.  Adoniram  Judson  (glorious  missionary  name)  and  Samuel 
Newell  with  their  wiyes  arriyed  in  Calcutta  flrom  America,  and  were 
instantly  ordered  to  quit  the  country.  The  result  is  well-known. 
Judson  became  the  apostle  of  Burmah.  But  Carey  saw  that  the 
Coyemment  officials  in  Calcutta  were  determined  to  clear  the  country 
of  missionaries  and  bolt  the  door  against  them,  and  he  felt  that  the 
battle  of  religious  freedom  for  India  must  now  be  fought  on  English 
ground.  The  time  had  come  for  renewing  the  Company's  charter,  and 
Carey  urged  on  Filler,  that  in  concert  with  other  societies  eyerything 
should  be  done  to  secure  this  liberty  by  a  distmci  clause  in  the  charier. 
He  responded  with  his  whole  soul  and  strength,  as  did  also  all  the 
missionary  bodies  in  the  country.  Fuller  waited  on  Lord  Castlereagh, 
leader  of  the  Commons,  and  stated  the  missionaries'  case  with  dear  and 


WILUAH  OABST.  621 

GOBq>rdienBive  mastery.  CaBtlereagh  remarked,  '^  We  shall  probably 
give  yoar  missionaries  liberty  to  proceed  to  India,  where  they  may  pro- 
iess  their  own  faitL'*  Faller  replied  in  his  gruffest  tone,  *'  Thank  yom 
for  nothing,  my  lord.  Thai  is  a  degree  of  liberty  we  can  get  any  day 
in  Constantinople."  The  country  was  ronsed ;  week  after  week  petitions 
poured  in  upon  Parliament.  It  was  not  a  shower  ;  it  was  a  set  rain. 
W  ilberforce  led  the  missionaries'  cause  in  the  debates  in  the  House. 
The  Company  made  a  strenuous  resistance  to  the  new  clause,  but  the 
missionaries  carried  the  day,  and  the  clause  was  inserted  in  the  charter. 

It  was  a  sad  day  for  the  mission  when  Andrew  Fuller  died.  The 
strong  man  who  haa  so  faithfully  "  held  the  ropes  "  for  the  missionaries, 
the  man  "  of  stem  integrity  and  native  gran»&nr  of  mind  "  passed  to 
his  rest  on  the  7th  May,  1815.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  had 
guided  the  mission  with  vast  courage  and  sagacity.  He  had  lived  to 
see  the  spark  kindle  to  a  great  fire.  The  missionaries  had  baptized  700 
native  converts;  their  native  schools  had  instructed  10,000  native 
children ;  they  had  preached  tiie  gospel  far  and  wide  in  the  land ; 
translations  of  the  Bible  were  going  forward  in  twenty-seven  languages. 

After  Fuller's  death,  misunderstandings  set  in.  The  Society  began  to 
be  groundlessly  jealous  of  the  heroes  at  Serampore,  who  were  devoting 
the  whole  earnings  of  their  herculean  labours  to  the  work  of  the  mission, 
reserving  to  themselves  nothing  but  what  they  ate  and  put  on.  About 
£58,000>  for  example,  had  been  spent  since  the  commencement,  and 
with  the  exception  of  about  £10,000  the  whole  had  been  contributed 
by  these  men.  Ten  years  of  increasing  tension  in  their  relations  issued 
in  the  separation  of  Serampore  from  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society  in 
1827, — an  act  which  was  not  reversed  till  many  years  after.  Meanwhile 
Carey  had  instituted  Serampore  College  for  the  training  of  native 

Sreachers.  Ward  came  to  England  to  beg  money,  bnt  found  to  his 
iemay  the  atmosphere  changed,  and  the  current  setting  against  Seram- 
pore. Carey  and  his  coadjutors,  however,  made  their  appeal  in  India, 
where  they  ware  better  known,  and  succeeded  in  rearing  a  noble 
building,  at  a  cost  of  £15,000.  This  college  was  the  first  of  its  kind 
in  India. 

In  1821,  the  old  man  (for  he  was  now  sixty)  was  seised  with  a  fever 
which  threatened  his  life.  Soon  after  his  recovery  he  was  called  to 
suffer  one  of  his  sorest  trials,  in  the  death  of  his  accomplished  and 
devoted  wife,  who  had  cheered  him  for  now  thirteen  years,  the  happiest 
period  of  his  life.  This  grievous  sorrow  was  followed  by  another  no  less 
severe  in  the  death  of  Ward,  the  youngest  of  the  Serampore  triumvirate, 
which  happened  in  1823.  The  grief  of  the  two  survivors  was  over- 
powering. One  dark  night  in  October  of  the  same  year,  when  returning 
to  Serampore  after  preaching  in  Calcutta,  Carey  slipped  in  getting  out 
of  the  boat,  and  was  severely  injured  by  the  fall.  Excruciating  pain 
and  fever  laid  him  very  low,  and  he  was  obliged  to  go  on  crutches  for 
many  months. 

The  year  1829  is  memorable  in  Indian  annals  for  the  abolition  of 
suttee.  Carey  had  been  instrumental  in  the  suppression  of  infanticide 
during  Lord  Wellesley's  government,  and  had  all  but  accomplished  the 
prohibition  of  suttee,  or  widow-burning ;  but  that  great  administrator's 
departure  from  India  interrupted  his  plans,  and  it  was  reserved  for 

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622  WILLIAM  CABET. 

Lord  William  Beniinck  to  proscribe  safctee.  That  the  decree  might  be 
published  in  Bengali,  it  was  sent  to  Carey  for  translation.  It  reached 
him  on  Sanday  morning  as  he  was  preparing  for  serrioe.  Throwing  off 
his  quaint  black  coat,  he  exclaimed,  ^^  No  church  for  me  to-day.  If  I 
dela^  an  hour  to  translate  and  publish  this,  many  a  widow's  life  may  be 
sacrificed."  The  translation  was  completed  before  nighty  and  for  the 
first  time  for  2,000  years 

'*  The  Ganges  flowed  unblooded  to  the  sea." 

Alexander  Duff,  who  went  to  India  in  1830,  visited  Carey  at  Seram- 
pore.  The  tall  Scotchman  strode  up  the  college  steps,  and  sought  Carey 
in  the  simple  study,  where  the  greatest  of  missionary  scholars  sat,  still 
working  for  India.  A  little,  yellow,  old  man,  in  a  white  jacket, 
tottered  forward  to  the  visitor,  and  with  outstretched  hands  solemnly 
blessed  him.  The  young  Scotchman,  who  was  destined  to  be  one  of 
the  greatest  of  Indian  ^ucators,  never  lost  the  impression  of  that 
interview  with  the  scholar  who  had  created  the  best  college  at  that 
time  in  the  country,  and  the  vemacularist  who  had  preached  to  the 
people  for  half-a-century. 

The  old  man  was  not  to  labour  many  years  longer.  Increasing 
feebleness  exposed  him  to  almost  incessant  attacks  of  fever.  In  his  last 
illness  Lady  JBentinck,  wife  of  the  Oovemor-Oeneral,  visited  him  fre- 
quently. Bishop  Wilson,  of  Calcutta,  came  to  ask  his  blessing.  Alex- 
ander Duff  also  went  to  see  him,  and  talk^  some  time  about  his  work. 
The  dying  man  whispered,  "  Pray.**  Duff  knelt  and  prayed,  and  then 
said  Good-bye.  As  he  passed  from  the  room,  he  thought  he  heard  a 
feeble  voice  pronouncing  his  name.  He  stepped  back,  and  this  is  what 
he  heard,  spoken  with  a  gracious  solemnity :  *'  Mr.  Duff,  you  have  been 
speaking  about  Dr.  Carey,  Dr.  Carey ;  when  I  am  gone  say  nothing 
about  Dr.  Carey, — speak  about  Dr.  Carey's  Saviour."  Duff  went  away 
with  a  lesson  in  his  heart  that  he  never  forgot. 

Carey  devoted  his  life  to  the  task  of  giving  the  Word  of  God  to 
India.  God  had  spared  him  to  see  the  Scriptures  sent  out  under  his 
direction  in  forty  different  languages  ;  and  now  the  work  of  the  WycUff 
of  India  was  done.  The  eternal  gates  were  opened  for  him  at  sunrise 
on  June  9th,  1834.  He  was  buried  in  the  Mission  burial-CTOund  at 
Serampore,  to  the  left  of  the  entrance-gate.  A  tall  square  block,  sup- 
ported by  pillars,  marks  his  grave.  In  obedience  to  the  direction  in 
his  will^  it  is  inscribed — 

William  Carey, 

Bom  August  17th,  1761, 

Died  [June  9th,  1834]. 

"A  guilty,  weak,  and  helpless  worm, 
On  Thy  kind  arms  I  fall." 

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^x]^tMim  m  am  Waxk 

BY  PASTOR  A.  BAX,   SALTERS'  HALL  CHAPEL. 

{Concluded  from  page  579.) 

FOURTHLY.  Another  consideration  that  should  sustain  our  con- 
fidence as  to  the  success  of  our  holy  work  is  the  fact  that  the 
gospel  is  the  heaven-appointed  instrument  for  the  salvation  of  the  race. 
In  an  earnest  and  well-intentioned  little  book  published  some  time 
since  by  an  American  eyangelist,  the  author  says,  ^'  If  God  had  told 
me  to  go  into  your  graveyard  and  sing  the  Old  Hundredth  among 
the  graves,  and  by  this  means  the  dead  would  be  raised,  I  would  come 
to  one  and  another  of  you  and  ask  if  yon  had  any  friends  in  that  grave- 
yard, and,  if  so,  to  get  ready  to  receive  them,  they  were  going  to  be 

raised I  should  expect  to  see  the  graves  open  and  the  dead 

come  forth."  Now,  if  the  writer  wishes  to  imply  that  anything  ap- 
proaching this  happ^  when  we  go  forth  to  preach  the  gospel,  I  have 
this  objection  to  the  illustration ;  in  the  one  case  I  see  no  adaptation 
of  means  to  an  end — ^nothing  beyond  a  purely  arbitrary  arrangement ; 
in  the  other,  I  see  no  haphazard  arrangement,  but  a  system  of  means 
conceived  with  a  most  minute  and  wonderful  regard  to  the  nature  with 
which  it  has  to  grapple.  It  is  a  system  not  merely  displaying  the  love 
of  God,  but  also  in  like  measure  the  wisdom  ofOod, 

'^  We  speak  the  wisdom  of  God  in  a  mysteir/'  In  its  planning  and 
execution  it  is  designed  to  lay  siege  to  the  whole  of  man's  ment^  and 
moral  nature.  It  appeals  to  the  understanding  of  a  man,  to  his  con- 
science his  hopes,  his  fears,  his  love,  his  self-interest,  his  consciousness 
of  vacuity  and  want :  there  is  no  system  of  means  that  could  be  devised 
more  perfectly  adapted  to  arrest  men  than  the  gospel.  Now,  this  is  a 
view  of  the  truth  that  needs  to  be  brought  forward  prominently  at  this 
time ;  because,  perhaps,  one  of  the  most  fruitful  sources  of  the  spiritual 
impotence  which  is  undeniably  around  us  is  the  Church's  loss  of  faith 
in  its  own  message.  Where  are  the  men  to-day  who  hold  the  truth 
with  such  an  intensity  of  belief  as  to  be  kindled  into  a  holy  fire  of  en- 
thusiasm about  it  ?  men  who  have  got  it  wrought  deeply  down  into 
their  consciousness  that  the  thing  the  world  wants  supremely  is  the 
gospel  of  God's  dear  Son,  that  it  is  the  only  thing  to  present  to  the 
scowling  infidelity  of  this  age,  to  the  luxurious  effeminacy  of  this  age, 
to  the  callous  indifference  of  this  age,  to  the  dronkenness  and  the  un- 
cleanness  of  this  age,  to  the  mummery  and  superstition  of  this  age  ? 
Oh,  airs,  do  I  bear  false  witness  when  I  say,  there  are  men  in  our 
pulpits  to-day  who  have  not  faith  enough  in  the  truth  they  profess  to 
teach,  to  bring  it  out  boldly  and  simply  as  Gk)d's  answer  to  man's  cry 
of  sorrow  and  sin  ?    It  is  their  creed,  but  not  a  burning  conviction. 

We  are  continually  being  counselled  in  some  quarters  to  adapt  and 
adjust  our  message  to  the  changed  requirements  and  conditions  of  the 
age.  Amid  all  this  stir  and  noise  about  the  changed  aspect  of  things, 
it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  pause  and  ask,  What  is  changed  ?  What 
is  this  strange  and  wonderful  revolution  which  necessitates  something 
very  much  like  a  brand-new  evangel  to  meet  its  requirements  ?  Is  the 
human  heart,  with  its  imperious  longings,  its  clasping  needs,  its  melting 


624  EXPBCTATION  IN  OUR  WOBK. 

sorrow,  changed  ?    Does  it  no  longer  lore  and  hope  and  fear,  as  once 
it  did  ?    Does  not  a  bereaved  parent  feel  a  throb  of  sympathy  come 
across  the  waste  of  the  ages  as  he  reads  David's  bitter  lamentation  over 
his  slanghtered  child :  *'  0  my  son  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son  Absalom, 
wonid  God  I  had  died  for  thee,  0  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son  "  ?    Is  thifr 
kind  of  thing  gone  ont  ?    Does  it  belong  to  the  very  remote  history  of 
the  race  for  a  man  to  feel  so  weary,  so  disheartened,  so  sad  as  to  throw 
himself  down  and  eay,  '*  0  that  I  had  wings  like  a  dove,  for  then  would 
I  fly  away  and  be  at  rest"  ?    How  long  ia  it  since  yon  last  were  in  that 
mood  ?    Is  hnman  life  so  changed  that  the  heart  is  nerer  weighted 
with  a  load  of  care  so  that  the  t^der  meaning  and  ransic  has  died  ont 
of  snch  oonnsel  as  this,  **  Oast  thy  bnrden  on  the  Lord,  and  be  diall 
sustain  thee"?    Brothers,  nntil  the  heart  ceases  to  sin,  to  snffer,  to 
hope,  to  fear ;  nntil  it  is  never  more  in  an  Bgony  nor  an  ecstasy;  in  a 
word,  until  a  man  ceases  to  be  a  mim,  we  must  say  of  the  old,  old,  new 
gospel  which  has  been  efficacious  Plough  to  satisfy  the  needs,  and  calm 
the  fears  of  the  millions  who  have  crossed  the  mystic  river  before  a?, 
what  David  said  to  Ahimeleefa  concerning  Goliath's  sword,  '*  There  ia 
none  like  that,  give  it  me.'*    But  you  say,  What  of  the  Agnosticism,  the 
Pantheism,  the  Materialism  of  this  age  ?    I  answer,  Yon  have  to  neet 
exactly  what  God  designed  the  gospel  should  meet — ^the  ttm-egeneroBf 
of  man.    All  these  things  are  mere  symptoms  of  that  disease. 

5.  Another  thing  that  should  sustain  our  confidence  is  the  &ct  that 
the  church  is  able  to  look  back  upon  a  history  of  nmetssn  csnkaiucf 
triumphant  sttecess.  To  prove  this,  we  have  but  to  take  up  my 
church  history  and  learn  what  was  the  state  ot  Hbe  world  prior  to  ti^ 
introduction  of  Ghristiainty.  Dr.  Geikie  says.  ^  The  religions  of  an- 
tiquity had  lost  thdr  vitality,  and  become  effete  forms,  without  influence 
on  the  heart.  Philosophy  was  the  consolation  of  a  few,  the  amusement 
or  fashion  of  others ;  but  of  no  weight  as  a  moral  force  among  men  at 
large.  Faith  in  the  great  truths  of  natural  religion  was  well-nigb 
extinct.  Sixty-three  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ,  Julius  Gsesar,  at 
that  time  the  chief  pontiff  of  Borne,  and  as  snch  the  highest  fonctioBary 
of  the  state  religion,  and  the  official  authority  in  religions  queationay 
openly  proclaimed  that  there  was  no  snch  thing  as  a  future  life,  no 
immortality  of  the  soul ;  and  Cicero,  who  was  also  present^  did  not 
care  to  give  either  assent  or  dissent,  but  left  the  question  open  aa  one 
which  might  be  decided  at  pleasure.  Mxnrality  was  entirely  divorced 
from  religion,  as  may  readily  be  judged  by  the  fact  that  the  most 
licentious  rites  had  their  tempko,  and  male  and  female  ministranta. 
....  The  advent  of  Christ  was  Ae  bfeakiag  of  the  day-spring  from 
on  high  through  a  gloom  that  had  been  gathering  for  ages ;  a  great 
light  dawning  on  a  world  which  lay  in  darkness  and  in  the  shadow  of 
death." 

Another  learned  author  says :  '^  With  the  introduction  of  Ohristiaaitj 
another  spirit  went  forth  oyer  the  ee^ttiL    It  was  the  visitation  of  a 

new  life Institutions  of  the  most  elaborate  skill  and  moat 

colossal  firmness  dissolved  before  its  holy  charm.  The  swords  of  tUrty 
legi<ms  shrunk  to  their  scabbards  before  its  prowess.  It  maitshed  on, 
conquering  and  to  conquer.  The  world  beheld  it  with  anHunment 
The  doctrine  was  strange  and  improbable.    The  instrumentality  wa» 


EZPSCTATIOK  IK  OUB  WOBK.  62d 

the  rnde  and  the  imbecOe,  Tet,  with  a  world  against  it,  it  was  mperior 
to  the  world ;  little  checked  it^  nothing  witfaifttood  it." 

Now,  in  view  of  its  past  victories,  who  will  question  its  power  to 
meet  present  necessities  ?  It  will  never  have  to  meet  an  ignorance  m<N*e 
dense,  an  enmity  more  Timlettt,  a  superstition  more  degrading,  or  a 
eensvality  more  gross,  than  it  has  already  met  and  overcome.  What  it 
was,  it  is.  It  has  the  dew  of  its  youth  npon  it.  It  can  in  the  hands 
of  believing  men  repeat,  ay,  and  transcend,  all  its  form^  wonders. 

II.    We  now  hasten  to  enquire  nr  what  rikpects  the  indulqence 

OF  A  BRIGHT,  HOPEFUL  BPIRTf  WILL  AFFECT  THE  CHABAOTSB  OF  OUB 
JilNffiTBT. 

1.  One  effect  will  be  to  lead  us  to  ths  selection  of  the  most  vital 
ihemes  as  the  subjects  of  our  discourses.  Looking  for  the  blessins:, 
we  shall  be  anxious  to  use  the  best  known  means  of  securing  it.  We 
know  that  God  can  bless  anything,  only  he  does  not.  There  is  a  type 
of  sermon  which  would  be  a  great  miracle  of  all  miracles  if  it  converted 
anyone.  If  it  did  so  it  wo^d  do  it  by  mistidce ;  for  certainly  it  was 
farthest  from  the  thoughts  of  the  [H^aeher — ^he  never  intended  anything 
of  the  sort.  When  he  wrote  it  he  thought  the  subject  rather  new — he 
thought  it  would  prove  interesting,  und  af^rd  an  opportunity  of  ex- 
pressing some  rather  original  and  exceedmgly  pretty  thoughts,  and  his 
sermon  did  exactly  what  he  expected  it  to  do.  It  pleased  many  of  his 
pec^le ;  strolling  ont  of  the  chapel  to  the  strains  of  solemn  organ- 
music  they  exchanged  kindly  greetings,  and  remarked  on  the  exceedingly 
interesting  sermon  they  had  jast  heud.  But  it  converted  no  one — bDW 
•could  it  ?  That  long  descriptive  passage  of  Ruth  standing  amid  the 
rustling  golden  com  in  the  sultry  noontide  heat ;  the  scarlet  and  bine 
•anemones  trembling  in  the  gentle  breeze,  the  great  fleecy  clouds  hanging 
motionless  in  the  vault  of  stainless  blue,  the  tinkle  of  the  brook,  the 
low  sweet  notes  of  the  mowers'  song  mellowed  by  the  distance ;  oh,  it 
was  exquisitely  done,  most  graphically  put ;  but  knowing  what  you  do  of 
the  conetitution  of  the  human  mind,  of  the  relation  of  cause  and  effect, 
would  it  not  have  surprised  you  beyond  expression  if  anyone  had  been 
roused  by  it  to  an  agony  of  remorse,  and  had  cried  oat,  '*Men  and 
brethren,  what  shall  I  do  ?"  Now,  let  me  not  be  misunderstood.  I  am 
not  condenming  beauty  of  style.  I  believe  it  has  important  uses — ^it  may 
attract  people  to  your  ministry^it  will  secure  an  interested  attention 
— and,  more  than  that,  it  is  the  natural  bent  of  some  minds,  and  they 
would  have  to  unmake  themselves  in  order  to  be  different ;  but  all  this 
must  be  sternly  subordinated  to  the  one  great  end  of  plucking  men  eat 
of  the  fire.  Our  chief  business  is  not  to  pursue  a  subject,  but  to 
pursue  men.  We  may  chase  them  with  a  sword  with  a  jewelled  hilt, 
or  with  a  more  homely  weapon ;  but  the  value  of  the  instrument  must 
be  judged  by  its  effeetiveness  in  striking  home.  I  am  sure  a  spirit  of 
expectation  will  help  us  here.  There  is  little  fear  that  we  shall  be 
unduly  toying  with  mere  prettinesses  when  we  mean  business. 

2.  One  other  result  will  be  to  lighten  our  work  of  much  of  iU 
laboriousness.  As  I  have  previously  remarked,  our  work  cannot  under 
any  circumstances  be  other  than  exhausting  to  both  body  and  mind. 
But  it  will  be  wonderfnlly  lightened  if  we  work  in  the  sunny,  genial 
atmosphere  of  hope.    We  do  not  mind  work  when  we  expect  it  to  be 


(J26  EXPECTATION  IN  OUR  WOBK. 

richly  remanerative.  I  am  not  likely  to  forget  a  si^ht  I  saw  a  year  or 
two  ago  at  Brighton.  Standing  one  beantifol  morning  on  the  beach,  I 
notio^  an  nnnsaal  excitement  among  the  boatmen — ^men  not,  I  beliere, 
nsnally  to  be  oensnred  for  nndne  alacrity.  Bnt  on  this  particalar 
occasion  they  were  all  talking  and  shontmg  at  once.  Banning  and 
stnmbling  np  the  beach,  mshing  and  tumbling  down  die  beach.  Stones 
flying  in  showers  in  all  directions.  Some  Ingging  great  armfols  of 
nets,  others  dragging  immense  balks  of  greased  timber,  another  per- 
forming some  occnlt  duty  at  the  bottom  of  the  boat,  which  divided  his 
person  so  impartially,  and  exactly  in  the  middle,  that  the  most  prac- 
tised of  London  busmen  would  have  had  a  difficulty  in  deciding 
whether  he  was  an  inside  or  an  outside  passenger.  Well,  after  some 
more  shouting,  which  certainly  seemed  in  excess  of  any  visible  necessity, 
the  boat  was  thrust  off,  and  went  curtseying  over  the  waves.  When  I 
thought  that  the  solitary  man  left  on  the  ^ore  was  sufficiently  master 
of  his  emotions,  I  ventured  to  enquire  the  cause  of  the  remarkable 
demonstration  I  had  just  witnessed.  My  friend  was  a  man  of  few 
words :  waving  his  hand  over  the  sea  in  a  fine  general  manner  which 
might  have  indicated  any  point  between  Worthing  and  Eastbourne ;  he 
blurted  out  the  secret  in  a  word — Pilchards  ! 

Ah,  even  a  Brighton  fisherman  can  be  lively  when  pilchards  are  in 
question.  It  will  be  very  much  thus  with  ministers.  It  vriU  take  a 
great  deal  to  wear  out  a  happy,  successful  minister.  It  will  be  a  joy  to 
preach,  to  visit^  to  talk,  to  pray,  when  we  are  expecting  that  every  cast 
of  the  net  will  fill  it  even  to  breaking-point. 

3.  One  other  result  will  be  that  it  will  make  a  minister's  eye  sharpa' 
than  a  hawl^s  to  delect  the  slightest  indication  of  blessing.  Yeiy  few 
thingB  will  escape  the  observation  of  the  minister  who  is  on  the  look-oat 
for  results.  There  is  a  man  who  has  taken  to  coming  out  twice  a  day 
instead  of  once.  There  is  a  person  vriping  her  eyes  in  a  very  furtive 
manner.  No,  it  is  not  a  cold.  By  a  strange  sort  of  intuition  you  will 
know  the  state  of  your  people's  minds,  and  from  time  to  time  bring 
forth  truths  suited  to  their  cases.  As  closely  as  an  angler  watches  his 
dancing  float  upon  the  stream,  ready  at  any  moment  to  give  the  little 
snatch  that  will  strike  the  hook  into  his  finny  prey,  will  tJie  expectant 
minister  watch  the  result  of  every  sermon  and  effort 

As  we  begin  to  work  under  the  inspiration  of  hope,  experience  wiU 
make  it  easier  so  to  do.  We  shall  soon  learn  that  it  is  a  spiritual 
law  as  ascertainable  and  invariable  that  believing  labour  shall  be  fimitfdl 
labour,  as  it  is  a  natural  law  that  seed  sown  generoudy  shaJl  rise  again 
in  ample  fruitage.  "  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the  snow  from 
heaven,  and  retumeth  not  thither,  but  watereth  the  eartti  and  maketh 
it  bring  forth  and  bud,  that  it  may  give  seed  to  the  sower  and  htesi.  to 
the  eater  :  so  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth  out  of  my  mouth ;  it 
shall  not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish  mat  which  1 
please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it.*' 


"WHAT'S  THE  CLOCK?" 


STANDING  on  the  summit  of  a  hill  in  Greenwich  Park  is  the  Royal 

Observatory,  and  near  it  the  Magnetic  Clock.      Overhearing  the 

—      observationB  of  some  gathered  in  front  of  the  latter,  I  learn  one 

is    "  Too  fast,"  while  another  oomplainB  of  being    "  Too  alow." 

"Oh  !  "  criee  the  third  "I'm  juat  right."     Shall  I  judge  the  persons 

bj  their  utterances  ?     Well,  I  do  knoir  some  people  who  ore  a   great  deal 

"Too  Fast." 

Among  this  class  are  to  bo  found  gossips.  The  thunder  of  their  talk  goes 
before  the  flash  of  fact,  and  so  they  reverse  the  Diriae  order  of  thiogs. 
Kindly  watch  your  words  and  set  them  to  the  correct  time  of  truth, 

"  Too  Slow," 

was  an  obserration  of  a  second ;  and  ho  but  represents  another  company, 
Catek  them  in  a  hurry  ?  Never  I  They  BBy  '  time  flies,'  and  therefore, 
as  they  have  no  wings  it  is  too  fast  for  tnem  ;  the  truth  is  they  let  it  fly 
by  wasting  so  much  of  it.  Heartily  do  I  wish  some  one  would  turn  the 
key  and  put  them  on  a  little  so  that  they  could  say 

"We  are  just  Right." 

Now  is  the  best  time,  for  all  that  is  good.  If  yon  oie  '  too  slow,'  you 
will  be  *  too  late,'  so  now  do  the  right.  How  important  it  is  to  avail 
oursetves  of  the  '  now'  in  time.  God  lays  special  stress  upon  his  spiritual 
pnnctnalily  ;  for  He  saith  ;  "  behold  now  is  the  accepted  time,  behold  now  is 
the  day  of  salvation."  Unless  yon  have  trusted  Jesus  as  your  Saviour,  you 
cannot  say  "  I'm  just  right,"  for  ail  is  wrong.  Do  it  now  and  tbronghoat 
all  time,  and  in  eternity  it  will  be  well  with  thee. 


Ko.8.- 


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OR,  THE  RESULT  OP  GETTING  INTO  WRONG  COMPANY. 

BY  JOHN  OUBRIE. 

**  And  being  let  go  they  went  to  their  own  company."— Acts  ir.  23. 

**  JudM  by  transgresaion  fell  that  he  might  go  to  hia  own  place." — ^Acte  L  2a. 

THE  following  incident  was  told  in  my  hearing  in  one  of  the  Tillages 
of  Canada  to  illustrate  the  tmth,  which  so  many  ignore  at  the 
present  day,  that  there  must  he  a  change  of  heart  if  we  are  erer  per- 
mitted  to  enjoy  **  the  rest  that  remaineth  for  the  people  of  God." 

'*  Some  years  ago  there  was  to  be  a  prize-fight  at  a  certain  place  in 
England,  and  a  party  of  men  chartered  a  steam-boat  to  take  them  to 
the  place  at  the  time  appointed.  Another  steamer  was  engaged  to  take 
a  party  of  Christians  to  a  different  kind  of  fight — a  fight  against  wrong- 
doing, that  every  soldier  of  Christ  is  call^  to  engage  in  under  the 
*  Captain  of  his  salyation*'  The  place  of  the  last-named  conflict  was  a 
Metnodist  camp-groand*  Jnst  as  the  last  bell  rang  on  each  steamer 
(both  were  chartered  to  leave  at  the  same  honr — ^half-past  two  pim.) 
two  men  were  seen  mnning  towards  the  steamers  as  they  were  moriog 
out  from  the  wharf,  and  both  sprang  into  what  each  one  thought  to  be 
his  own  company.  Bat,  oh  !  what  a  mistake ;  the  Methodist  saw  that 
he  was  among  prize-fighters,  and  the  prize-fighter  fonnd  that  he  was 
among  Christians.  Do  yon  snppose  those  men  were  ocmt^iited  aad 
happy  in  their  different  company  ?  Is  a  fish  happy  out  of  water  ?  '  No, 
not  happy  bat  miserable,'  yon  say.  So  each  of  those  men  were  miserable 
becanse  they  were  ont  of  their  element. 

*'  The  Methodist  came  to  the  captain,  and  said, '  Captain,  I  hate  got 
mto  the  wrong  steamer,  and  I  am  not  going  to  stay  here ;  it  is  hke 
hell  to  be  among  these  men  who  are  cnrsing  and  swearing ;  take  the 
steamer  back  and  let  me  get  ont.  I  intended  to  go  to  a  camp-meeting ; 
yonder  is  the  steamer  I  onght  to  be  in.'  Bat  his  trying  to  get  himself 
righted  after  he  saw  he  was  wrong  was  frnitless. 

'^  Well,  what  aboctt  the  other  man  ?  *  Oh/  yon  say, '  he  was  all  right 
and  happy  among  those  good  Methodist  people.'  Bat  yon  are  mistaken, 
for  he  was  in  a  worse  dilemma  than  the  Christian  man.  He  went  to  the 
captain  and  asked  him  to  take  the  steamer  back,  as  he  said  he  mast  go 
to  the  prize-fight.  Bat  the  captain  said  'No;  oar  orders  are  to  keep 
on  oar  coarse  as  long  as  there  is  nothing  wrong  with  the  steamer,  and 
we  mitst  obey.'  Then  the  man  offered  the  captain  money  if  he  would 
tnrn  back,  bat  the  captain  was  as  determined  to  go  on  his  yoyage.  1^ 
this  time  the  Methodists  thought  they  woald  'show  their  faith  by  their 
works,'  by  talking  to  the  prize-fighter  aboat  his  soal ;  bat  the  prize- 
fighter coald  not  endnre  it,  so  he  went  to  the  captain  again  and  begged 
of  him  to  bring  the  steamer  a  little  nearer  to  the  shore  and  he  would 
jamp  into  the  water  and  swim  to  land." 

Now,  reader,  yon  can  readily  see  that  neither  one  of  these  men  wai 
happy  because  both  of  them  were  away  from  their  own  company.  So 
would  it  be  in  the  great  herbaftsr;  a  sinner  unchanged  ooold  not 
he  happy  in  the  company  of  Clirist  and  his  redeemed  <me8,  and  as  some 
one  has  said,  if  he  got  in  among,  tiiem  aa  that  prize-fighter  got  into 


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"that  company  of  godly  persons  by  mistake,  he  would  want  to  ran  down 
to  hell  for  shelter. 

Jesns  shows  ns  the  folly  of  thinking  we  should  feel  at  home  in  the 
glorioas  company  that  surrounds  the  throne  of  God  without  haying  the 
wedding  garment  on,  in  his  parable  on  the  marriage  of  the  king's  son. 
Matt.  x;tii.  11—18. 

''  And  when  the  king  came  in  to  see  the  guests,  he  saw  there  a  man 
who  had  not  on  a  wedcHng  garment ;  and  he  said, '  Friend,  how  comest 
thou  in  hither,  not  having  a  wedding  garment  ? '     And  he  wab 

Then  came  the  orders  from  the  king  to  ''  bind  him  hand  and  foot  and 
take  him  away  and  cast  him  into  outer  darkness ;  there  shall  be  weeping 
and  gnashing  of  teeth." 

TUu  ought  to  close  every  self-righteous  sinner's  mouth  and  bring 
him  down  to  the  dust  crying,  like  J<^  ^^  I  ak  vile,  I  repent  in  diat  and 
■ashes."  Job  zL  4,  and  xlii.  5,  6.  Sorely  if  Job,  the  man  of  whom  God 
said  *'  there  is  none  like  him  in  the  earth,  a  perfect  and  an  upright 
man,"  needed  to  come  down  and  confess  before  God  his  sinfulness,  how 
much  more  do  ordinary  persons  need  to  confess  their  guilt  before  God. 
The  Holy  Ghost  tells  us  the  righteousness  that  alone  is  fit  for  God's 
presenoe,  when  he  says,  ^^  Ohrist  is  the  end  of  the  law  f<Hr  righteousness 
to  every  one  that  believeth,"  Bom.  x.  4. 

Our  Lord  said  to  Nicodemus,  "Marvel  not  that  I  said  unto  thee,  ye 
3fU8T  BE  BOEN  AGAIN  ; "  for  **  that  which  is  bom  of  the  flesh  is  flesh, 
and  that  which  is  bom  of  the  Spirit  is  spkit,"  John  iii.  6,  7.  You 
see  the  two  natures  set  forth  in  these  two  men.  The  prize-fighter's 
nature  was  not  changed,  and  consequently  he  hated  to  hear  those  Chris- 
tians talking  about  Ohrist  and  the  Word  of  God.  For  Bom.  Tiii.  6^ 
says  ^'  to  be  carnally  minded  is  death,  bat  to  be  q)iritiQally  minded  is 
life  and  peace."  '^  In  Christ  Jesns  ye  who  sometimes  were  far  off,  are 
anade  nigh  by  the  blood  of  Christ,"  Eph.  ii.  13^  But  ''  the  carnal 
mind  is  enmity  against  Otod,  and  is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God, 
neither  indeed  can  be,"  "  so  then  they  that  are  in  the  flesh  cannot 
please  God."  There  must  be  a  change  if  a  sinner  is  to  be  happy  in  the 
presence  of  Christ  and  the  glorious  company  of  those  who  stand  before 
the  throne,  washed  and  made  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

CBEEDS  are,  1,  due  to  ourselves,  (1)  that  we  may  honour  the  blessed 
God  by  open  profession  of  faith ;  for  "  with  the  heart  man  believeth 
nnto  righteousness,  and  with  the  mouth  confession  is  made  onto  salva- 
tion"; due  to  onrseljes,  (2)  that  we  may  be  fortified  in  the  faith  by  that 
obligation  which  open  and  undeniable  profession  lays  upon  us,  '*  witness- 
ing a  good  profession  before  many  witnesses."  2.  They  are  also  due  to 
others,  whom  we  desire  to  draw  to  us,  (1)  that  we  may  approach  them 
in  our  real  characters,  and,  as  it  were,  with  our  principles  pinned  upon 
our  breast  ;^-due  to  others,  who  deny  our  faith,  (2)  that  we  may  warn 
them  of  their  ^rors,  and  exhibit  the  troth  upon  which  we  seriously 
believe  the  salvation  of  their  soul  depends.  This  was,  in  fact,  the  origin 
of  creeds,  even  in  the  days  of  the  apostles. — Walter  Chamberlain, 


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%fxi0  mm  %ixbttmt\t  ^r^tx-mttiinjfi. 

MONDAY  evening,  Oct,  9,  Pastor  G.  H.  Spurgeon  occupied  the  chair,  and 
hefore  the  meeting  was  over  the  area  and  first  gallery  of  the  Tabeinacle 
were  nearly  filled.  What  a  pleasure  to  see  such  numbers  gathering  to  pray ! 
Hymn  281,  commencing — 

^  Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing/' 

waa  sung,  and  the  Pastor  said  that  (he  cross  was  to  furnish  the  key-note  for  the 
whole  meeting.  Prayers  would  be  offered  for  a  revival  of  the  pure  doctrine  of 
the  cross,  for  the  exhibition  of  the  pure  life  of  cross-bearing,  and  for  a  revival 
of  that  earnestness  and  consecration  which  are  the  true  outgrowth  of  the  cross 
of  Christ  One  of  the  elders  prayed,  and  especially  pleaded  for  those  workers 
for  Jesus  who  were  depressed  because  they  (ud  not  see  success  attending  their 
labours.  This  led  the  Pastor  to  mention  an  interesting  incident,  which  is 
described  more  fully  in  this  month's  **  Personal  Notes,*'  and  to  ask  those  who 
had  derived  benefit  from  the  preaching  of  pastors  or  evangelists  to  encourage 
the  preachers  by  telling  them  of  the  usefulness  of  their  words.  We  still  kept 
near  the  cross  while  we  sang  hymn  275 — 

"  0  sacred  head,  once  wounded,*' 

and  also  while  prayer  was  presented  by  Mr.  Mountain,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Tabernacle  Sunday-school,  and  Elder  Hill,  whose  supplications  were  steeped  in 
a  sweet  sympathy  with  the  crucified  Lord. 
Hymn  303— 

"  Once  it  was  mine,  the  cup  of  wrath," 

having  been  sung,  the  Pastor  read  the  following  requests  for  prayer  : — One  of 
the  ministers  educated  in  the  College  had  arranged  for  an  evangelizing  brother 
to  hold  special  services  in  his  chapel,  and  desired  that  the  work  might  be 
remembered  at  the  throne  of  grace.  Within  about  nine  months  he  had  lost 
twenty  per  cent  of  his  members,  and  most  of  the  officers  of  his  church,  by 
removal,  and  he  felt  that  he  needed  special  help  from  above.  Another  friend 
wished  for  prayer  for  a  youth  who  was  undecided,  and  for  himself  that  he 
might  be  ffuided  aright  in  an  important  matter.  These  letters  the  Pastor 
asked  Mr.  Harrald  to  spread  before  the  Lord,  together  with  one  from  Sufiblk 
which  had  been  put  into  his  hands.  Before  praying,  Mr.  Harrald  explained 
that  on  the  previous  day,  while  preaching  at  tiury  St  Edmund's,  he  had 
referred  to  a  remarkable  instance  of^the  immediate  answer  of  a  mother's  prayers 
for  one  of  her  children.  At  the  close  of  the  service  a  good  woman  came 
to  him,  and  asked  him  to  join  her  in  prayer  for  her  son,  the  only  unsaved  one 
out  of  a  family  of  thirteen.  Much  sympathy  was  felt  as  the  particulan  of  the 
case  were  made  known,  and  many  joined  in  the  petition  that  the  promise  might 
be  fulfilled  in  this  instance  as  it  has  often  been  before,  *'All  thy  children  shall 
be  taught  of  the  Lord,  and  great  shall  be  the  peace  of  thy  children." 

Me(Utating  upon  the  cross,  our  thoughts  had  gradually  mounted  to  the 
throne,  so  that  the  subject  of  the  next  hymn  was  **  the  glory  of  Christ  iu 
heaven,"  No.  387— 

"  Oh  the  delightp,  the  heavenly  joyf,** 

which  was  followed  by  a  prayer  from  the  Pastor,  who  pleaded  that  fresh  glory 
might  be  brought  to  Chnst  by  the  salvation  of  sinners,  and  the  fuller  sanctifi- 
cation  of  saints.  At  its  close,  mention  was  made  of  the  sore  sickness  of  two 
beloved  officers  of  the  church.  Deacons  Higgs  and  Mills;  and  in  the  name  of 
the  whole  assembly  earnest  supplication  on  their  behalf  was  offiered  by  one  of 
their  fellow-deacons,  Mr.  Allison.  We  then  passed  from  our  Lord  in  gloiy  to 
the  grand  doctrine  of  his  second  coming  and  glorious  reign.    Hymn  353 — 

<<  HaU  to  the  Lord's  Anointed," 


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was  sung,  and  tbe  Pastor  delivered  a  short  address  upon  certain  matters  that  h& 
had  occasionally  found  troubling  many  of  the  Lord*8  people.  One  of  these  was 
the  difficulty  that  Christians  experienced  in  their  enaeavours  to  be  always* 
thinking  of  God,  and  things  divine.  It  was  pointed  out  that  it  was  quite  pos- 
sible to  be  reidly  giving  all  our  thoughts  to  God  even  while  it  was  needful  to> 
think  upon  other  things,  just  as  a  man  making  a  journey  for  a  friend  has  to 
consider  his  horse,  and  the  road,  and  the  inn,  and  yet  in  doing  all  this  for  his- 
friend  he  is  really  thinking  of  him  only.  '*  Whether  ye  eat,  or  drink,  or  what- 
soever ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God,*'  is  thus  a  command  which  may  h& 
obeved.  Some  friends  are  a  great  deal  troubled  because  they  are  not  absolutely 
perfect,  but  these  were  assured  that  such  perfection  is  not  seen  among  men. 
The  speaker  declared  that,  of  all  the  professedly  perfect  people  whom  be  had 
met  in  his  life,  there  had  never  been  one  who  had  a  right  to  make  such  a  pro- 
fession, but  they  had  all  been  most  questionable  persons;  while  amongst  those 
whom  he  considered  to  be  as  nearly  perfect  as  well  could  be,  he  had  never  found 
one  who  did  not  mourn  over  imperfection,  and  lament  that  he  fell  so  far  short 
of  what  he  ought  to  be.  All  ought,  however,  to  aspire  after  perfection,  and  to 
hate  sin,  and  seek  to  destroy  it.  We  are  not  to  do  as  the  Israelites  did  with 
the  kings  when  they  shut  them  up  in  the  cave,  but  as  Joshua  did  when  he 
dragged  them  out,  and  hanged  them  up  to  die.  Sin  is  not  only  to  be  im- 
prisoned by  self-denial,  but  to  be  executed  through  death  with  Christ  The 
t^astor  then  offered  a  few  words  of  direction  to  those  who  seek  the  Saviour. 
Prayer  for  the  conversion  of  sinners  was  offered  by  Brethren  Healy  and  Wat- 
kins  ;  the  Pastor  pleaded  for  some  sick  friends  who  were  believed  to  be  near 
death,  and  for  others  whose  cases  had  not  been  specially  described ;  and  so  con- 
cluded another  most  hallowed  season  of  fellowship  with  one  another,  and  with 
our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  Eight  brethren  had  spoken  with  the  Lord 
on  our  behalf,  five  hymns  had  been  sung,  and  several  short  addresses  given, 
and  the  hour  and  a-half  was  gone,  all  too  quickly. 

Monday  evening,  October  16,  was  the  time  set  apart  by  the  Sunday-school 
Union  and  other  allied  organizations  for  special  universal  prayer  on  behalf  oi* 
Sabbath- school  work.  Additional  interest  was  given  to  the  meeting  at  the 
Tabernacle  by  the  attendance  of  many  Ragged-school  teachers,  who  had  been 
invited  to  listen  to  an  address  from  Mr.  Spuigeon.  It  was  a  very  wet  nighty 
and  consequently  the  gathering  was  smaller  ^an  usual.  There  were,  however^ 
several  hundreds  present,  and  as  most  of  them  were  earnest  Christian  workers 
they  probably  made  up  in  quality  what  they  lacked  in  numbers.  Pastor  C.  U. 
Spurgeon  presided,  and  in  opening  the  meetinff  explained  the  special  object  for 
which  prayer  would  be  presented.    Wesley's  joyous  hynm, 

"  Oh  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemer's  praise  I  *' 

was  sung  to  a  jubilant  tune,  and  gave  a  happy  key-note  to  the  evening's  pro- 
ceedings. Prayer  was  then  presented  by  Elder  Pearce,  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Tabernacle  Sunday-school,  and  by  Mr.  John  Kirk,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Ragged -school  Union.  As  representative  men  they  brought  us  into  sympathy 
with  the  two  classes  of  teachers  present,  and  led  us  in  supplication  for  the 
children  committed  to  the  care  of  their  fellow-labourers.  We  next  sang  the 
first  and  last  verses  of  hymn  983 — 

^'  Met  again  in  Jesu's  name," 

and  prayer  was  offered  by  the  Pastor,  and  Mr.  Wigney,  the  conductor  of  the 
separate  services  for  children  on  Sunday  mornings. 

At  the  Pastor's  request  Mr.  Pearce  then  gave  an  account  of  the  Tabernacle 
Sunday-school,  in  order  that  the  friends  present  might  understand  the  nature 
and  extent  of  the  work,  and  so  pray  the  more  intelligently  for  a  blessing  to  rest 
upon  it.    He  said  that  there  were  upon  the  books  of  the  home  school  the 


^32  TWO  MORE  TABEBNAOLK  P&AYEB-MBBTINQ& 

names  of  about  oda  thousaad  five  hundred  scholan,  and  one  hundved  and 
ten  teftchers  and  officera.  After  the  teaching  on  Sunday  mominffs  Mr.  Wig- 
ney  conducts  a  children's  seryioe,  and  in  the  evening  Mr.  Waften  has  a 
similar  meeting  in  the  College.  On  Monday  evenings,  at  the  dose  of  (he 
prayer-meetings  in  the  Tabernacle,  the  teachers  assemble  to  plead  for  guidanoe 
and  success  in  their  work ;  Tuesday  eveniDgs  are  devoted  to  working-meetings, 
■at  which  clothes  are  made  for  poor  children,  when  there  is  not  a  Baaaar  to 
be  helped.  On  Wednesday  evemngs  the  Young  Christians*  Association  meets 
for  the  pui^se  of  helping  the  young  converts  in  Christiui  life.  The  school 
•collects  funds  for  the  support  of  missionaries  in  Chins,  India,  and  Africs, 
maintains  a  colporteur  of  its  own,  contributes  to  Mrs.  Spurgeon's  Book  Fimd, 
and  carries  on  quite  extensive  home  mission  operations,  and  so  does  more  than 
-many  regularly-organized  churches.  At  the  close  of  Mr.  Pearce*s  remarks  the 
Pastor  read  the  list  of  the  schools  connected  with  the  Tabernacle^  and  Mr. 
i^ewman  Hall*s  church.  In  the  schools  connected  with  the  Tabernacle  tiiere 
are  about  seven  thousand  children. 

At  this  stage  of  the  meeting  Mr.  Chamberlain  sang  that  toudiing  sob, 
**  Show  me  thy  face,"  the  rendmng  of  which  always  brings  us  to  a  brighter 
vision  of  the  face  of  our  ever-blessed  Lord.  Where  there  are  godly  naen  with 
good  voices,  a  holy  song,  psalm,  or  hymn,  sung  as  a  solo,  greatly  adds  to  the 
•charm  of  the  meeting. 

Mr.  Kirk  then  read  the  following  kind  letter  explaining  the  abseace  of  the 
Aoble  and  venerable  Earl  of  Shaftesbury,  who  had  hoped  to  be  at  the  meeting : 

*'24,  GroBvenor-square,  W. 

''October  13th,  1882. 

^'  Dear  Kirk, — ^If  you  have  an  opportunity,  pray  read  this  letter  to  the 
meeting  to  be  held  at  Mr.  Spurgeon's  Tabernacle  on  Monday,  16 ih.  I  am 
•much  grieved  that  I  am  unable  to  be  present — ^my  attendance  at  the  Quarter 
Sessions  for  the  County  of  Dorset  is  required  on  the  following  day ;  and  it  is  an 
•official  duty  that  I  cannot  well  set  aside.  I  am  grieved  because  Uiere  is  no  man 
in  the  countiy,  whose  opinion  and  support  in  such  matters  I  priae  more  highly 
than  those  of  my  friend,  Mr.  Spurgeon.  It  would  give  me  singular  pleasure, 
•after  nearly  forty  years  of  work  in  the  Ragged-school  cause,  to  have  the  teatimony 
and  counsel  of  so  valuable  a  man.  Few  men  have  preached  so  much,  and  so 
well ;  and  few  ever  have  combined  bo  practically  their  words  and  their  actions. 
I  deeply  admire  and  love  him,  because  I  do  not  believe  that  these  Uvea  aay- 
where  a  more  sincere  and  siaaple  servant  of  our  blessed  Lord.  Great  taienti 
'have  been  rightly  used ;  and,  under  Grod*B  grace,  have  led  to  great  isBuet. 

"  Yours  truly, 

''  SaAmsBUBT.*' 

Speaking  of  the  present  position  of  Ra^rged-school  work  in  London,  Mr. 
Kirk  stated  that  on  Sundays  two  hundred  and  three  afternoon  or  eyening 
schools  were  held,  at  which  thirty -six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty- four 
children  were  taught  by  three  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifly-seven  volunteer 
teachers.  On  we»-nightB,  about  five  thousand  boys  and  girls  above  the  School 
Board  age  are  gathered  into  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  schools;  nearly  the 
-same  number  meet  in  the  day  ragged-schools ;  while  two  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  thirty-three  are  cared  for  in  sixty-three  industrial  schools. 
Altogether  it  is  calculated  that  at  least  three  hundred  thousand  children  have 
'been  taken  off  the  streets  of  London  through  the  agency  of  the  Kagged-schoel 
Union. 

In  delivering  the  address  that  had  been  announced,  the  Pastor  urged  the 
necessity  for  the  continuance  of  Sunday  and  Ragged- schools,  because  of  the 
irreligion,  poverty,  wretchedness,  sin,  superstition,  and  evil  literature  that  still 
remain  to  injure  vast  masses  of  the  population  of  London.  Instead  of  there 
being  any  cause  for  discouragement  at  the  apparent  results,  it  was  pointed  out 
•that  a  great  change  for  the  ^tter  had  been  wrought  in  the  moral  habits  of  the 
people,  and  a  large  share  of  this  was  to  be  attribute  to  the  influence  of  the  teacb> 


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63g 


ing  imparted  to  the  joung  in  Sunday  and  Ragged-schools.  The  teachers  were, 
however,  exhorted  to  improTe  the  character  of  the  inetraction  given  to  their 
scholars,  to  look  after  them  daring  the  we^k,  and  to  make  soch  entertainments 
as  they  prepared  for  the  children  smbsenrient  to  the  great  end  of  the  salvation 
of  the  children*B  souls.  In  closing,  the  Pastor  referred  to  what  had  been  a 
myslery  to  him  in  his  childish  days,  namely,  the  presence  in  a  bottle  of  an 
apple  much  larger  than  the  neck  through  which  it  must  have  passed.  The 
riddle  was  solved  when  he  saw  a  bottle  in  which  was  a  very  tiny  apple  still 
growing  on  the  tree.  So  if  we  mean  to  secure  the  working  men  and  women  of 
London  as  attendants  at  the  house  of  prayer,  we  must  get  them  in  while  the^ 
are  Httle,  and  one  way  of  doing  that  will  be  to  make  our  Stinday  and  RaggecU 
school  teaching  so  bright  and  cheerful  that  the  children  will  be  attracted  to 
Christ  by  the  loving,  winning,  happy  way  in  which  his  gospel  is  set  before  them 
as  the  one  thing  they  need  for  the  life  that  now  is,  and  for  that  which  is  U> 
come. 

The  tine  for  departing  having  arrived,  the  Pastor  offered  a  short  petition  ; 
and  so  brought  to  a  close  a  meeting  which  must  have  refreshed  and  benefited 
many  weary  workers.  The  plan  of  having  prayer  for  some  special  part  of 
church  work  is  a  ready  methcyd  for  securing  interest  and  variety.  On  the  fol- 
lowing Monday  the  praying  people  heard  &out  the  Loan  Tract  Society,  and 
then  pleaded  for  a  blessing  on  it ;  and  on  the  next  they  had  the  Green  Walk 
Mission  befere  them,  and,  after  being  interested  with  its  detaits,  the  godly 
were  ftli  tlie  better  able  to  invoke  a  blessing  upon  it.  Many  a  church  would 
revive  its  prayer-meeting  by  this  method.  Ahu!  that  any  prayer-meeting 
should  need  reviving. 


A  Comrneniary  en  St,  PauVf  Epistles  to 
the  Carinthums,  By  Josxfh  Agar 
BsBT.  Hodderand  Stoughton. 
Mr.  Bbet  has  at  once  taken  up  a  fore- 
most place  among  expositors.  He  is  to 
the  manner  bom.  All  those  elements 
of  character  which  are  needful  to  an  in- 
terpreter, one  of  a  thousand,  are  ap- 
Earent  in  htm.  We  cannot  sav  that  we 
ave  read  through  this  bulky  half- 
guinea's  worth  of  Commentary,  but  we 
&re  rejoiced  to  declare  that  wherever  we 
have  picked  upon  a  selected  passage  we 
have  found  our  author  full,  painstaking, 
and  suggestive.  Few  can  beat  Mr. 
Beet  We  sincerely  hope  that  he  will 
live  to  accomplish  the  ambitious  pro- 
gramme which  he  has  sketched  for  him- 
self, and  give  us  all  the  epistles  after 
the  manner  in  which  he  has  now  an- 
notated the  Romans  and  Corinthians. 

iWewotr  of  lerael  Atkinson.  By  R. 
HooDT.  W.  WiUman,  34,  Bouverie- 
alreet. 

Mb.  Ibkabl  Aimnov  was  the  honoured 
ptttor  of  a  Baptist  church  in  Brighton, 
of  the  Strict  Communion  order.  His 
holy  character  and  consistency  won  for 
him  high  csteero,  both  in  the  church  of 


$atim  0f  ^ahL 


God  and  from  those  who  are  without. 
Many  of  those  who  sat  at  his  feet  in 
Brighton  became  pastors  of  Baptist 
churches,  and  this  alone  proves  how 
edifying  and  stimulating  his  ministry 
must  have  been.  The  good  man  never 
departed  from  beaten  paths,  and  greatly 
deprecated  new  methods  of  attracting 
congregations :  his  mode  of  addressing 
the  sinner  was  not  that  which  ia  now 
common  in  our  churches,  and  his  whole 
theology  was  of  the  high  Calvinistic 
order ;  but  he  was  a  man  full  of  grace 
and  faith,  and  a  lover  of  souls.  By 
divine  help  he  forced  his  way  from  the 
poverty  and  ignorance  of  his  childhood 
to  scholarship  and  usefulness,  so  that  he 
became  foremost  among  the  leaders  of 
a  section  of  our  Israel.  The  earlier 
part  of  his  memoir  is  more  interesting 
than  the  latter  portion,  because  it  con* 
tains  mere  striking  incidents.  For  the 
rest,  tiie  run  of  a  prosperous  minister's 
life  is  like  the  history  of  a  nation  which 
dwells  at  peace,  more  pleasant  to  ex- 
perience than  to  read  about.  Mr. 
Atkinson's  iriends  will  value  this  bio-* 
graphy,  which  is  most  creditably  put 
together  by  the  author  of  the  Oospel 
Herald. 


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Infant  Baptism  Demonstrated  to  he 
Beasonablej  Historical,  and  ScripturaL 
By  James  Malcolm.  London: 
HoulBton  and  Sona. 
What  a  singular  man  is  Mr.  Malcolm ! 
He  tells  us  that  the  more  he  has  dis- 
cussed the  question  of  baptism  with 
Baptist  ministers  and  laymen,  and  the 
more  he  has  read  our  works  (though  we 
must  say  that  his  own  book  shows  that 
he  has  read  little  beyond  two  pamphlets, 
one  of  which  was  published  at  ow. 
penny),  the  more  he  has  been  convinced 
that  we  are  in  error.  This  is  a  most  unusual 
experience,  but  Mr.  Malcolm  is  clearly 
an  unusual  man ;  for  unlike  most  other 
Fedobaptists  he  has  found  out  that  our 
arguments  are  but  '*  assumptions  **  and  a 
^*  hollow  sound."  He  thinks  he  has 
succeeded  in  revealing  their  ^'barren- 
ness ''  and  ^*  naked  deformity.*'  He  has 
failed  to  elicit  even  a  '\shadow  of  proof" 
from  any  of  our  authorities,  and  no 
wonder,  for  all  the  candid  admissions 
made  by  standard  Fedobaptist  authors 
he  disposes  of  by  a  wave  of  his  mighty 
hand !  Each  admission  is  but  a  gratis 
dictum.  All  that  they  assert  in  favour 
of  Fedobaptism,  Mr.  Malcolm  regards 
AS  utterly  '*  shattering  our  position,"  and 
in  l^is  way  Mr.  Malcolm  keeps  his 
conscience  easy.  Awkward  questions 
are  silenced  by  the  oracular  dictum,  *'  a 
child  might  see  that  there  is  not  an 
atom  of  argument  in  this  question ;  **  an 
able  exposition  is  but*'  a  sballow  carica- 
ture " — '*  a  parasite  foisted  upon  it  (the 
text)  from  a  biassed  judgment.''  One 
of  our  arguments  is  but  *'  fitted  to  catch 
Ignorant  or  shallow  individuals,"  such  as 
the  great  Fedobaptists  who  have  ioioed 
our  ranks  and  the  great  scholars  who  one 
and  all  admit  the  strength  of  our  position, 
though  they  do  not  join  our  communion. 
Altogether  Mr.  Malcolm  finds  that  ours 
is  but  *'  sur&ce  work.'*  All  this  quite 
prepares  us  for  the  statement,  '*!  do  not 
recollect  one  either  minister  or  private 
person  but  has  in  little  more  than  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  entirely  given  up  the 
argument.'*  Mr.  Malcolm  has  surely 
met  with  some  iU-informed  Baptists,  or 
-else  he  has  an  estimate  of  his  own 
achievements  which  few  will  endorse. 
He  thinks,  however,  that  he  has  not  only 
been  successful,  but  he  can  teach  the 
"  trick  '*  to  the  youngest,  and  then  woe 
betide  the  Baptists.    *'  Any  person  has 


it  in  his  power  to  quiet  him  (the 
Baptist)  almost  in  an  instant.**  If  the 
Fedobaptists  share  Mr.  Malcolm's 
opinion  of  the  strength  of  his  arguments, 
there  will  be  a  greater  demand  for  hts 
book  than  we  could  otherwise  dare  to 
expect  He  has  written  the  book,  so  he 
tells  us,  ^'  to  aid  them  (the  Baptists)  in 
coming  to  our  position,**  and  he  assures 
us  that  *'  I  have  thus  made  a  sufiicient 
exposure  of  the  Baptists*  erroneous 
statements.*' 

After  all  these  heroic  achievements 
we  need  not  be  surprised  to  find  that 
Mr.  Malcolm  designates  his  book  a 
*'  demonstration.'*  What  less  could  it 
be  ?  What  more  can  anyone  aak  ?  No 
weaker  word  than  *'  demonstradon," 
such  as  satisfied  and  perhaps  more  than 
satisfied  the  really  great  and  able  cham- 
pions of  Fedobaptism  on  this  side  of  the 
Tweed,  will  do  for  this  Scottish  mis- 
sionary. He  must  have  words  powerful 
as  his  own  prejudice,  and  heace  he  has 
chosen  terms  which  strangely  and  even 
ludicrously  contrast  with  the  feebleness 
of  the  arguments  they  embody. 

What  is  Mr.  Malcolm's  demonstra- 
tion? The  weaker  brother  need  not 
fear  to  hear  it.  Mr.  Malcolm  actually 
brings  before  us  as  a  demonstration  two 
arguments  which  have  been  long  slain 
and  buried  out  of  sight  in  England, 
though  now  and  again  we  have  met  with 
a  sort  of  fossil  controversialists  who  like 
Rip  Van  Winkle  have  slept  a  long  sleep 
and  know  not  that  many  things  have 
happened  since  they  first  dozed  ofif.  The 
first  part  of  Mr.  Malcolm*s  demonstra- 
tion IS  ?  that  in  as  much  as  we  Baptists 
permit  females  to  sit  at  the  jLord's 
table,  and  yet  we  have  no  express  com- 
mand to  do  so,  we  have  forsaken  our 
main  position.  Mr.  Malcolm  forgets 
that  we  do  not  sit  at  the  Lord*s  table  as 
either  males  or  females,  but  as  disciples 
of  Jesus  Christ.  In  Christ  there  is 
neither  male  or  female — all  are  one. 

Mr.  Malcolm,  however,  mainly  relies 
on  the  argument  from  the  ancient  rite 
of  circumcision.  He  even  admits  that 
*^  apart  from  circumcision  there  would 
be  no  sufficient  proof  for  infant  baptism,*' 
and  yet  the  world*renowned  Bibli(^ 
scholar,  Dr.  William  Lindsay  Alex- 
ander, says,  "If  baptism  is  to  be  re- 
garded as  having  come  in  the  place  of 
circumcision  the   argument  from   the 


Noncon  OF  books. 


635 


Abrahamic  covenant  lies  altogether  with 
the  Baptists.**  The  doctor  actually 
makes  this  remark  in  his  life  of  the 
celebrated  Dr.  Wardlaw  whose  Pedo- 
baptist  sheet-anchor  was  this  argument 
which  Dr.  Alexander  firmly  and  re- 
solutely throws  away.  The  same  argu- 
ment was  hopelessly  shattered  on  this 
side  of  the  Tweed  also  by  the  ablest 
<champion  of  Padobaptism,  the  erudite 
Dr.  Halley.  He  has  given  the  circum- 
cision argument  its  quietus  for  ever, 
though  some  smaller  men  still  amuse  us 
by  Jging  it. 

The  Pedobaptists,  we  fear,  will;hardly 
thank  Mr.  Malcolm  for  really  demon- 
strating that  their  cause  is  indefensible, 
and  that  our  position  is  simply  im- 
pregnable. The  more  the  subject  is 
agitated  the  better  for  us. 

The  book  abounds  in  inconsistencies 
4ind  loose  expositions,  but  these  we  do 
not  stay  to  notice — perhaps  we  have 
already  given  the  book  more  notice  than 
it  deserves.  If  Mr.  Malcolm  would 
*•*  suffer  a  word  of  exhortation.**  we 
would  urge  him  to  leave  controversy  to 
those  who  are  called  and  qualified  to 
exercise  their  powers  in  that  direction, 
and  would  persuade  him  to  continue  in 
his  useful  labours  and  visit  the  widow 
and  the  fatherless  in  their  affliction. 

F'rom  Sin  to  Salvation,  By  Thomas 
Griffith,  A.M.  London:  Hodder 
and  Stoughton,  27,  Paternoster-row. 
In  a  kind  of  philosophic  treatise  on  the 
seventh  chapter  of  the  epistle  to  the 
ilomans,  the  worthy  author  attempts  to 
exhibit  what  he  terms  '*the  Pauline 
picture  of  the  Redemptive  Process." 
*'  The  Apostle  Paul,**  says  he,  "paints  the 
convert  first  as  lying  in  a  state  of  in- 
sensibility to  sin;  next,  as  waking  up 
into  a  state  of  conflict  with  sin ;  and 
finally,  as  landed  in  a  state  of  triumph 
over  sin.  In  the  first  stage  the  animal 
life  is  predominant,  in  the  second,  the 
intellectual  life.  Kot  till  the  third  stage 
is  there  begotten  that  spiritual  life 
which  works  out  righteousness,  and  this 
spiritual  life  is  derived  entirely  from 
Christ — from  our  participation  in  his 
death,  his  resurrection,  his  Spirit,  and 
our  thus  bein^  made  citizens  of  that 
higher  world  m  which  he  lives  and 
reigns,"  p.  125.  :Mt.  Griffith's  part  is, 
we  presume,  to  show  that  pure  faith  is 


consistent  with  sound  philosophy.  Some 
four  centuries  separate  Plato  and  Paul 
in  our  chronicles.  But  we  occasionally 
meet  with  men  of  culture  who  seem  to 
be  equally  charmed  with  the  dialogues 
of  the  one  and  the  epistles  of  the  ouier. 
At  least,  they  like  by  a  freak  of  fancy  to 
bridge  the  distance  of  their  time  and 
training,  and  imagine  a  grove  or  a 
cloister  in  which  these  twain,  the 
academician  and  the  apostle,  might 
come  together  in  social  converse,  and 
discover  with  glad  surprise  that,  in  the 
school  of  nature  and  the  school  of  grace, 
they  had  learnt  the  same  lessons,  though 
they  had  not  used  the  same  books. 
Our  author  happily  steers  clear  of  any 
such  conceit.  He  sees  that  the  philo- 
sophy of  facts  is  at  variance  with  the 
Rationalism  of  the  age.  Thus,  by  way 
of  sample,  the  recognition  of  <'  birth- 
sin."  Are  we  bom  like  sheets  of  pure 
white  paper,  to  be  written  on  by  the 
hand  of  our  schoolmasters  ?  or  are  we 
ushered  into  the  world  like  palimpsests, 
scored  and  confused  by  cross  super- 
scriptions P  We  are  survivals  defiled 
by  the  deposits  of  ancestorial  savages, 
animals,  and  molluscs.  Brain  develop- 
ment, which  is  a  matter  of  herediMr,  de- 
termines our  character.  So  true  is  the 
apostle's  assertion  that  in  us,  that  is, 
in  our  flesh  ^derived  from  oirr  fore- 
fathers) **dweUeth  no  good  thing.** 

Has  Man  a  Future  f  Materialism  and 
Christianity  Contrasted,  By  J.  Ttles. 
W.  Poole,  12a,  Paternoster-row. 

A  PAMPHLET  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
six  pages.  In  fourteen  sections,  "  The 
Materialist*'  states  his  case  first,  and 
*'  The  Christian  **  states  his  case  after- 
wards, npon  the  various  topics  sug- 
gested. There  is  no  attempt  at  dia- 
logue. The  plan  maybe  well  conceived, 
but  we  do  not  think  that  it  is  as  well 
carried  out.  *^  Materiklist  **  is  rather 
racy,  and  **  Christian  **  is  very  prosy.  It 
is  a  great  pity  that  it  should  ever 
be  so. 

The  Dying  Martyr's  Testament  to  the 
Town  and  University  of  Cambridge, 
Written  in  prison  in  155-5.  By  John 
BnADFoan. 

This  earnest  epistle  should  interest  our 
Cambridge  friends.  It  is  to  be  bought 
for  a  penny  of  Mr.  Coe,  69,  Eden  Street. 


636 


Nonora  OF  BCXMS. 


The  Cyclap4edia  of  Practical  QMotaHonM, 
Mnglvfk  €md  Latin:  with  an  Ap' 
pemHx  of  Froverhs,  ^c,  frCj  and 
CopieuM  Index9§.  By  J.  K.  Hott 
and  Ahna  L.  Ward.  R.  D.  DickhMon. 

TniwTKD  frorn  the  American  plates.  A 
▼erj  useful  book  for  a  literarr  man,  to 
whom  the  copious  iDdicea  will  be  a  great 
boon.  Its  production  has  cost  much 
labour,  and  it  will,  in  consequence, 
sreatly  save  labour  to  those  who  use 
It.  It  is  deservedly  called  ^'practical/* 
since  it  is  not  for  show,  but  for  real 
work.  In  this  respect  it  excels  all 
other  quotation  books  which  hare 
hitherto  come  under  our  notice.  Mr. 
Dickinson  ought  to  have  hia  edition 
cleared  out  speediljr. 

The  Infants  Magazine.  7%e  Children's 
Friend.  The  Friendly  Visitor. 
Volumes  for  1882.  Seeley,  Jacksoa, 
and  Halliday. 

Thb  two  maffanBes  Ibr  the  little  ones 
stand  in  a  nigk  position  in  iuvenile 
literature,  and  The  Friendly  Visitor  is 
as  good  as  good  can  be.  The  yearly 
▼oltunes  make  splendid  Christasas  pre- 
sents :  they  are  gorgeously  arrayed,  and 
worthy  of  their  fine  raiment. 

Until  the  Day 'hreah:  Birthday  Mottoes 
for  the  Homeward  Way.  By  G.  M. 
and  fi.  St.  B.  Hollahd.  Sketches 
of  Christmas.  Light  and  Love, 
Living  Water.  Royal  Gifts.  Christ^ 
mas  Greetings  for  the  Children.  Is. 
and  Is.  6d.  per  packet.  Deaconess 
House,  Mildmay  Park. 

ExQUisiTB  taste  is  apparent  in  this 
album  and  in  these  ufaristmas  cards. 
MoreoTer,  there  is  an  originality  and 
freshness  about  them  which  we  greatly 
prize.  It  was  time  that  there  should 
be  some  fittle  yariety  in  birthday 
albums,  and  here  we  hare  it.  Tlie 
cards  are  all  that  the  daintiest  lady 
ought  to  desire,  and  the  texts  upon 
them  are  wisely  selected.  Mildmay 
Park  mar  hare  great  joy  in  the  issue 
of  such  thoroughly  excellent  things. 

The  Band  of  Hope  Review.  The  British 
Workman.  The  Family  Friend.  The 
Msmd  of  Mercy  Advocate.  Yolomes 
for  1882.     Partridge  and  Co. 

Wb  oan  only  repeat  onrpraiaea  of  these 
ineonparable  aerials.  We  belieTe  them 
to  be  the  meana  of  Taet  good.   They  an 


thoroughly  well  executed  in  all  respects,, 
and  tl^ir  large  sale  proves  that  the 
working  people  like  good  things,  and  do 
not  care  to  buy  the  chei^  avid  nasty 
prints  upon  which  an  unwise  pfailan- 
tbropy  spends  its  energies.  Anything 
which  is  intended  for  die  elevntion  ot 
the  masses  should  be  of  the  Terr  best 
in  teaching,  in  taste,  and  in  workman- 
ship. This  Mr.  Smithies  has  always 
recognised,  and  hence  his  sueoess. 

Lectures  on  DistsUMishmenl  delivered 
in  Queen  Street  Hall,  EdinhMrgh^  ta 
February  and  Mart^  1882,  £din- 
busgh:  Andrew  Elliot,  17,  Prinees 
Street,  and  also  the  Liberntian  So- 
ciety, Serjeants*  Inn,  Fleet  Street. 

The  first  lecture  in  this  pamphlet  is  on 
"  The  sufficiency  of  the  Toluntary  prin- 
ciple,** by  the  Rev.  Principal  Gaims^ 
D.D.  The  seecNid  is  on  ^  Ghnrefa  and 
State,*'  by  James  Carmet,  Esq.,  LIa.D., 
&8.G.  The  third  is  on  «<  National  Re- 
ligion, its  true  conception,  and  tlie  best 
means  of  realizing  it,*'  by  the  Rev.  Alex. 
Oliver,  B. A.,  and  the  fourth  is  on  ^  The 
ecclesiastical  endowments  of  Scotland,**^ 
by  Thomaa  Shaw,  Esq.,  M.A.,  LL.B.,. 
advocate. 

These  lectures  are  of  the  very  highest 
order  of  merit.  They  sse^  clear  and 
concise,  calm  and  convincing.  Principal 
Cairns'  vindication  of  the  voluntary 
principle  leaves  nothing  to  be  deaiied, 
and  hiB  arguments  are  as  suitable  for 
this  side  of  the  Tweed  as  the  other. 
The  lectures  were  given  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Edinburgh  United 
Presbyterian  Presbytery,  and  are  well 
worthy  of  the  projectors  of  the  move- 
ment. Scotland  gets  her  best  sons  to 
advocate  the  separation  of  rdigion  from 
state  patronage  and  control,  and  the 
result  is  a  literature  of  which  any 
country  may  be  proud. 

The  presbytery  promises  ns  another 
course  of  lectures  tnis  winter,  *'  in  which 
the  Scriptural  and  other  important 
aroect  of  the  question  will  be  treated 
with  greater  fulness.*'  This  volume  we 
will  look  forward  to  with  a  lively  in- 
terest, for  the  Scotch  divines  know  how 
to  handle  this  subject  with  fulness  and 
force.  The  work  before  us  ought  to  be 
read  by  all  who  desire  to  understand  the 
great  (question  discussed.  We  hope  the 
land  will  be  well  salted  with  it. 


Nonoss  or  books. 


637 


We  have  received  such  a  quantity  of 
books  from  the  Religious  Tract  Society 
that  we  cannot  do  more  than  briefly 
mention  a  selection  of  them  at  this  time. 
At  a  later  date  we  may  notice  the  others. 
The  following  list  will  be  a  guide  to 
those  who  are  choosing  presents  for  the 
season. 

Katie  Brightside^  and  how  She  made  the 
Best  of  Everything.    By  Ruth  Lamb  . 

TjABgb  type,  fine  engrayings,  splendid 
binding,  and  all  for  half-a-crown.  Just 
the  book  for  Miss  Nellie  and  her  sister, 
aged  ten  and  eight. 

Hid  in  the  Cevennes ;  or,  the  Mountain 
Be/uge,  3s.  A  fine  book  for  reading 
during  winter  evenings. 

TTie  Old  Worcester  Jug;  or,  John 
Oriffin's  Little  Maid.  By  Eglanton 
Thobne.  Is.  6d.  Capital.  If  we  must 
have  tales  let  them  be  of  this  order. 

Jacob  Witherby;  or.  Need  of  Pa^ 
tience,^*  By  Aonbs  Gibebne.  Is.  6d. 
(fracioos  and  taking. 

Across  the  Water,  By  Mrs.  Payne. 
A  story  working  out  life  in  America  to 
excellent  purpose.  An  elegant  book  for 
2s.  6d. 

Under  the  Old  Roof.  By  Hesba 
Stbetton,  author  of  ^'Jessica's  First 
Prayer."  This  authoress  needs  no  in- 
troduction. Her  little  shilling  book  is, 
no  doubt,  excellent,  but  we  cannot  afford 
to  cry  just  now.  The  weather  is  quite 
damp  enough  without  our  tears,  so  we 
shall  not  read  it,  but  leave  our  young 
readers  to  do  so. 

The  Parallel  New  Testament;  also  The 
Parallel  New  Testament,  Greeh  and 
English,  with  space  for  Manuscript 
Notes.  Oxford  Editions.  H.  Frowde, 
Oxford  University  Press  Warehouse, 
7,  Paternoster-row. 

An  exceedingly  practical  use  to  which 
to  put  the  Revised  New  Version :  it  is 
printed  in  parallel  columns  with  the 
authorized  text,  and  so,  at  a  glance,  the 
alterations  are  apparent.  He  who 
Hpends  eighteenpence  on  this  arrange- 
ment will  be  a  poor  creature  if  he  does 
not  get  far  more  than  his  money's  worth 
in  a  few  diys  of  careful  reading.  Nicely 
bound  editions  in  morocco  can  be  had 
for  ^s.  and  7s.  The  stodent  is  still 
better  served  by  an  edition  in  good 
type  containing  the  two  versions,  the 


original  Greek,  and  the  Readings  dis- 
placed by  the  Revisers.  This  in  cloth 
boards  is  12s.  6d.  It  is  an  essential 
part  of  the  apparatus  of  a  student  of  the 
New  Testament,  and  it  is  as  useful  as 
it  is  indispensable. 

ne   Scripture  Pocket-book  for  1883. 

Religious  Tract  Society. 
A  POCKET-BOOK  which  we  have  much 
pleasure  in  recommending.  It  contains 
much  general  information,  and  is  well 
arranged  as  a  book  for  short  memoranda, 
such  as  most  persons  find  the  need  of. 

Critical  and  Ezegetical  Handbook  to 
the  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews.  By  Dr. 
Gottlieb  Lunemann.  Tlie  General 
Epistles  of  James  and  John.  By  J. 
E.  HuTHER,  Ph.D.  Edinburgh:  T. 
and  T.  Clark. 
Dr.  Mbtxr*s  commentaries  are  supple- 
mented and  completed  by  Thessa- 
lonians  and  Hebrews  by  Dr.  Lunemann, 
and  Timothy  and  Titus,  and  Peter  and 
Jude,  and  James  and  John,  by  Dr. 
Huther.  They  are  said  to  be  invaluable 
for  accurate  scholarship.  Dr.  Schaff 
styles  Meyer  *'  the  ablest  grammatical 
exegete  of  the  age."  No  learned  library 
can  be  perfect  without  Meyer*s  Com- 
mentaries, which  are  complete  in  twenty 
vols,  for  £6  58.  To  the  mass  of  our 
readers  Meyer  will  be  unintelligible,  but 
to  students  of  the  Greek  tongue,  who  want 
to  know  definitely  the  precise  text,  he 
will  be  an  indispensable  guide.  When 
such  a  man  as  Ellicott  confesses  his 
obligations  to  an  author  we  may  be  sure 
that  he  is  the  first  in  his  class.  All 
educated  ministers  are  grateful  to  the 
Messrs.  Clark  for  putting  such  learned 
work  within  their  reach. 

LiUle  Dot  and  her  Friends.  Sucty- 
four  coloured  Plates  and  Vignettes. 
Religious  Tract  Society. 
A  GBAMD  Christmas  book  for  little  Dot, 
containing  **  Little  Dot's  Daisies,"  **  The 
Story  of  Jack  and  Nell,"  ''  The  Story 
of  Little  Pippin,*'  and  **  The  Little 
Lamb." 

The  whole  are  bound  in  a  goigeoua 
cover,  and  constitute  a  volume  which 
may  well  make  the  ^es  of  maioy  little 
ones  to  twinkle.  "^  The  Little  Lamb  " 
is,  to  our  taste.  Me  story  of  the  whole ; 
every  child  ought  to  read  it.  The 
coloured  pictures  are  something  to 
look  upon  with  delight  igain  and  again. 

41 


638 


NOTICES  OT  BOOKS. 


Seven  ReasonM  for  Believers'  BapHem, 
By  the  Be¥.  F.  B.  Mxtkr,  B.A. 
Grattan  and  Co.,  3,  Ameo  Corner. 

This  is  an  excellent  little  pamphlet  of 
twelve  pages,  and  is  published  at  one 
halfpenny,  or  Ss.  6d.  per  hundred.  Send 
for  a  hundred,  and  enclose  a  copj  in  all 
jour  letters  to  your  friends,  it  will  do 
them  all  good,  We  shall  be  pleased  to 
hear  from  Mr.  Meyer  again  on  this 
subject,  which  he  handles  so  clearly  and 
kindly. 

The  Church  Standard,  One  penny 
weekly.  Fori^f  Winke.  **  The  Fire- 
side" Christmas  number  (6d.)  A 
Christmas  Wedding.  •* Home  Words'* 
for  Christmas.  (Id.)  "  Home  Words  " 
Office,  1  Paternoster  Buildings. 

Mr.  Bullock  is  a  genius  at  magazine- 
making,  and  a  man  for  whom  to  thank 
God  every  day.  In  his  Church  Standard 
we  note  his  bold  words  as  to  the  ChriS' 
tian  World :  we  are  deeply  sorry  that 
there  should  be  need  for  them.  In 
another  article  upon  Disestablishment 
we  are  pleased  to  note  the  fairness  and 
candour  of  the  Editor,  though  we  do 
not  for  a  moment  endorse  his  opinions. 
The  two  Christmas  numbers  are  really 
about  Christmas,  and  are  as  good  as 
good  can  be  in  their  own  line. 

Christian  Ethics.  First  Division: 
Individual  Ethics.  Second^Division : 
Social  Ethics.  By  Dr.  H.  Mabtbii- 
SEK,  Bishop  of  Seeland.  Ekiinburgh : 
T.  and  T.  Clark. 

Cestainlt  a  very  able  work  upon 
morals;  but  altogether  Lutheran  in 
religion,  and  continental  in  tone.  We 
are  continually  differing  firom  the  au- 
thor ;  now  upon  his  fancied  intermediate 
state  and  the  rightfulness  of  prayers 
for  the  dead,  anon  upon  the  duty  of  the 
state  to  the  church,  and  then  again  upon 
the  character  of  the  theatre.  The  work 
is  a  masterpiece  of  learning,  but  whe- 
ther the  objectionable  parts  of  it  are  not 
likdy  to  do  as  much  harm  as  the  rest  of 
it  can  do  good,  we  cannot  say.  He  who 
reads  this  author  should  exercise  clear 
discemment,  and  then  he  will  find 
thought  suggested  and  knowledge  in- 
creased. Our  respect  for  the  author*s 
reasoning  is  not  great  when  he  can 
justify  prayer  for  the  departed  by  Panics 
exhortation  that  prayers  be  made  fbr  all 


men,  and  even  by  the  petition  in  the 
Lord's  prayer — ^**  Thy  kmgdom  come.** 
There  are  throuchout  the  woik  abon- 
dant  proofs  that  Teamed  men  are  capa- 
ble of  &r  greater  folly  than  more  ordi- 
nary people.  Upon  baptism  our  author 
is  a  sacramentarian.  This  importation 
does  not  give  us  a  very  high  idea  of  the 
orthodoxy  or  spirituaHty  of  the  Danish 
Church ;  but  we  are  glad  to  find  our 
author  sound  on  the  &bbath  and  vin- 
section  questions.  Much  good  dashed 
with  much  error. 

The  Truth  about  Opium»smoking.  With 
Illustrations  of  the  Manufacture  of 
Opium,  etc.    Hodder  and  Stoughton. 

DounTaas  as  to  theguilt  of  the  opiam 
traffic,  read  this  f  Warriors  for  nght, 
who  contend  against  this  terrible  evil, 
here  is  a  storehouse  of  arguments  for 
you  I  The  work  is  trenchant,  and  were 
not  men's  consciences  asleep,  it  would 
cause  them  to  banish  the  enormity  fifom 
the  face  of  the  earth.  Alas,  that  our 
country  should  sin  against  the  light, 
and  gam  a  revenue  for  India  out  of  the 
blood  of  Chinamen ! 

The  Elder  and  his  friends :  Christisn 
firiendship  delineated  in  the  prifite 
letters  of  John.      By    Alexahpei 
Maclbod  Stmimgtok,  D.D.    Nisbet. 
Wb  are  always  glad  to  meet  with  a  book 
trom  Dr.  Symington's  pen,  for  he  is  s 
man  afber  our   own  heart.      He  here 
discourses  upon  John's  private  epistlei 
most    soundly  and    sweetly.      Placing 
this  little  but  weighty  woric  among  our 
expositors,  we  breathe  a  prayer  tjut 
thousands  may  read  it  to  their  Isstiiig 
profit,  for  it  deals  most  faithfully  with 
men*s  souls,  and  does  not  shrink  from 
the  unpopular  side  of  divine  truth. 
A  Commentarjf  on  the  Revised  Venm 
of  the  New  Testament    By  W.  G. 
HuMPHBT,  B.D.  Caaseli  and  Co. 
Notes  upon  the  passages  altered  in  the 
revision.    It  is  a  good  idea,  but  ought 
to  be  carried  out  in  a  fuller  stjfle.    Wc 
do  not  set  much  store  by  this  work : 
better  will  be  sure  to  follow.   The  short 
history  of  the  English  Bible  which  is 
placed  in  the  introduction,  is  remarkably 
well  condensed.    The  author  is  one  of 
the  Revisers,  and  therefore  well  quali- 
fied to  tell  why  alterations  were  made 
l^  the  New  Testament  company ;  tbii 
alone  is  interesting. 


NOTES. 


639 


The  Interpreter's  House,  and  What  1 
learnt  mere ;  or.  New  Lessons  from 
an  Old  School,    fij  the  Rev.  Jambs 
£.  Abnoi«d.      Religious  Tract  So- 
ciety. 
If  this  is  meant  for  an  imitation  of  Bun- 
yan*s  manner,  it  is  an  utter  failure.  Our 
author  has  not  got  the  Saxon  tone  and 
idiom,  although  he  uses  many  Saxon 
words.    Moreover,  there  are  too  many 
Latinized  words  to  allow  us  to  think  of 
honest  Jolm  except  by  contrast  Bunyan 


would  never  have  talked  of  *'  subsist- 
ing in  concord,*'  nor  of  '^  scenes  that 
have  been  for  the  most  part  those  of  life 
and  action."  These  are  not  in  the  old 
tongue;  the  last  quoted  is  Saxon  in 
letter,  but  foreign  m  spirit,  and  so  are 
many  of  our  author's  expressions. 
Apart  from  this,  the  book  is  excellent. 
Forgetting  Bunyan,  we  have  no  fault  to 
find,  but  much  praise  to  bestow.  Arnold 
is  good  alone ;  but  after  Bunyan  he  is 
nowhere. 


fj^otis. 


Wb  can  attention  to  the  series  of  handbills 
by  our  son  Charles^  of  Qreen?rich.  We 
have  inserted  a  specimen  that  our  friends 
may  know  what  they  are  like.  Our  son  has 
had  a  happy  and  useful  time  in  the  United 
iStates,  anu  is  now  on  his  way  home.  Daring 
his  absence  the  chapel  in  bouth-street  has 
been  renovated.  It  is  impossible  to  enlarge 
the  meeting-house,  though  increased  accom- 
modation is  greatly  needed. 

We  write  this  paragraph  in  France,  to 
which  we  have  gone  for  rest.  Will  our 
friends  kmdly  know  that  we  are  not  taking 
a  holiday  beoiuse  we  are  ill,  but  to  prevent 
illness  ?  The  mind  was  growing  weary  with 
all  the  care  of  many  ministries,  and  it 
needed  to  lie  fallow  for  awhile  that  better 
fruit  might  come  of  it  by-and-by.  One 
year  we  stayed  at  home,  and  then  had  some 
sixteen  weeks  of  sickness :  wo  believe  it  to 
he  a  truer  economy  of  life-force  to  pull  up 
in  time,  and  refresh.  Tears  are  beginning 
to  sow  our  hair  with  grey,  loosen  the  teeth, 
And  dim  the  eye,  and  we  must  with  care 
obey  the  warnings  of  prudence,  lest  we  aid 
in  cutting  short  our  own  career  below. 

The  emtor  has  left  home  as  free  from  care 
as  well  can  be ;  for  the  large  donations  of 
Y.  Z.,  and  other  items,  pla^  nearly  every 
work  in  a  good  position  as  to  finances  for  a 
few  weela,  and  after  that  the  subscription 
season  begins,  when  many  friends  of  the 
more  constant  class  send  m  their  aid  with 
loving  regularity.  The  Lord  himself  has 
given  to  nis  servant  this  rest.  To  be  con- 
■cemed  about  money  matters  would  he  to 
lose  the  benefit  sought  by  the  vacation. 

On  Monday  ereninOy  October  23,  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Mbtbofoxjtan  Tabbb- 
NACLB  Loan  Tbact  Socxbtt  was  held  in  the 
Tabernacle  in  conjunction  with  the  usual 
prayer-meeting,  at  which  Pastor  C.  H.  Spur- 
seon  presided.  From  the  report  presented 
oy  Mr.  G.  Woods,  the  secretair,  we  learn 
that  during  the  past  year  about  four  ttiou- 
flond  famihes  have  been  visited  by  the  dis- 
tribaton,  who  every  week  leave  i^e  printed 
iieimans  as  loan  tracts;  and  that  twenty- 
ionr  cases  of  conversion  have  been  reported, 
while  many  aged  saints  and  invalids  have 


been  blessed  through  reading  the  sermons. 
The  visitors  found  so  many  cases  of  poverty 
and  distress  in  the  houses  where  they  called 
that  they  started  a  Relief  and  Siex  Fund. 
without  which  the  leaving  of  a  tract  would 
have  often  seemed  almost  a  mockery.  A 
Mothere*  Meeting  and  Maternal  Society  have 
been  for  some  time  in  operation,  and  under 
Miss  Miller's  able  leadership  have  contri- 
buted largely  to  the  comfort  and  edification 
of  the  poor  women  in  the  district.  The 
balance-sheet  was  presented  by  Mr.  Harrald , 
the  treasurer,  who  reported  that  the  yaar's 
expenditure  had  been  about  £36,  and  the 
balance  in  hand  was  under  £5.  He  also 
read  the  accounts  of  the  Mothers'  Meeting, 
which  was  nearly  £10  in  debt,  and  of  the 
Maternal  Society,  which  had  £3  in  hand. 

In  referring  to  the  various  a^^encies  that 
had  grown  out  of  the  tract-distnbution,  the 
Pastor  spoke  of  the  many  ways  in  which 
the  people  visited  were  likely  to  oe  benefited. 
The  visitor's  call  at  the  house,  the  opportu- 
nity afforded  for  personal  testimony  for 
Christ,  the  sermon  left  for  those  who  pleased 
to  read  it,  the  invitation  to  children  to 
attend  the  Sunday-school,  and  to  parents  to 
^e  worship  of  the  sanctuary,  the  relief 
afforded  to  those  in  great  need,  and  the 
temperance  and  evangelistic  and  mothers* 
meetings  all  helped  to  exercise  an  inflnenoe 
for  the  permanent  good  of  the  neighbour- 
hood. 

Just  before  the  close  of  the  meeting  the 
Pastor  mentioned  thepleasing fact  that  the 
sons  of  Pastors  T.  W.  Medhurst  and  C. 
Chambers,  who  had  in  years  gone  by  been 
students,  had  been  received  into  the  College, 
and  he  called  upon  them  to  pray;  and  when 
th^  had  done  so  he  gave  thanks  for  the 
fulfilment  to  Messrs.  Medhurst  and  Cham- 
bers, and  many  other  parents,  of  the  pro- 
mise, **  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy 
children."  He  then  pleaded  for  increased 
blessings  to  rest  upon  all  the  ministers  edu- 
eated  in  the  College,  and  upon  the  students 
now  in  the  institution. 

Many  instances  of  conversion  through  the 
tracts  left  in  the  houses  are  known  to  the 
visitors,  and  some  have  come  under  the 
Pastor's  own  notice.    The  general  report  is 


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that  people  mj  they  are  tired  of  tracts,  bat 
they  win  read  the  aermcxiiB. 

Chi  Monday  evening,  October  30,  prayera 
of  faith  and  warks  of  lore  were  again 
blended  by  the  union  of  the  regolar  prayer- 
meeting  with  the  annual  gatnehng  of  the 
workers  connected  with  tte  Obebn  Walk 
HusiOH,  BermondseY,  ICr.  William  Olney, 
jun.,  the  leader  of  toe  nuaolon,  gaye  some 
mteresting  particnlarB  of  the  succees  already 
achieyed,  and  proyed  the  sad  and  urgent 
necessity  which  exists  for  the  eontinnance 
and  extension  of  the  work.  ICr.  WUUam 
Olney,  sen.,  and  Mr.  E.  Crisp  testified  to 
the  need  of  the  new  mission  premises  that 
are  to  be  erected  shortly,  and  the  Pastor 
heartily  commended  thie  scheme  to  all 
present.  We  haye  a  fine  site  in  Bermond- 
sejT.  and  the  plans  axe  now  ready  for  the 
bmlding,  of  wnich  we  hope  to  giye  an  en- 
graying  yery  speedily. 

The  zollowinff  eyening,  Oct.  31,  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Collbob  was  held  in  the 
Tabemade.  The  President,  C.  H.  Spurgeon, 
presided,  and  spoke  briefly  of  the  hirtoij  and 
work  of  the  institution ;  the  Yice-presidait, 
J.  A.  Spurgeon,  read  the  list  ox  Inrethren 
who  haye  settled  since  the  Conference ;  and 
addresses  were  deliyered  bj  Pastors  W. 
Williams  (Upton  Chapel,  Ijambeth),  and 
£.  G.  Everett  (Dorking) ;  Mr.  C.  Cole,  who 
has  been  preaching  at  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  at  Amsterdam,  for  the  last  eighteen 
months ;  and  Mr.  T.  Perry,  a  student  still  m 
the  College.  Although  ue  assemblage  of 
friends  was  not  quite  as  large  as  usual,  the 
proceedings  were  of  a  yery  enthusiastic  cha- 
racter, and  the  speeches  of  the  brethren 
were  most  heartily  receiyed. 

The  second  part  of  the  nrogramme  con- 
sisted of  readings  from  **  Jonn  Ploughman's 
Pictures,"  illustrated  by  dissolying-yiews 
photographed  from  life -models  dv  Mr. 
York,  Lancaster-road,  Notting-hilf,  and 
exhibited,  free  of  cost,  by  Mr.  Oakley,  202, 
Grange-road,  Bermondsey.  At  the  close  of 
the  meeting  **  John  Ploughman,"  in  the 
name  of  the  whole  church,  spoke  a  few 
words  of  loying  welcome  to  the  junior 
pastor  and  his  bride,  and  then  on  his  own 
account  said  '*  good-bye,"  and  asked  the 
prayers  of  all  that  his  season  of  rest  might 
oe  a  time  of  blessing. 

Special  prayer  was  offered  !f or  the  senior 
Pastor  at  the  Communion  on  Aor.  5,  which 
prayer  has  been  already  answered  in  a 
remarkable  manner.  Loying  people  find  a 
joy  in  the  outpouring  of  their  heart  for  one 
who  is  Tory  dear  to  them  for  his  work's 
sake. 

CoLUSOE. — ^lir.  H.  Trotman  has  accepted 
the  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Bliswor^ ; 
Mr.  B.  J.  Beecliff,  late  of  Bradford,  has 
ffone  to  Castle  Doningtou;  Mr.  W.  L. 
ftayo,  late  of  Chepstow,  has  settled  at 
Bujy,  Lane. ;  Mr.  E.  S.  Neale  has  remoyed 
from  Exeter  to  Stanninriey,  Torksbire ;  and 
Mr.  Jesse  Gibson,  of  Flattsyille,  Canada, 
has  become  pastor  at  Portage  la  I^airie, 


>ba.  Mr.  J.  WilldBL  who  went  from 
Maidenhead  to  the  United  States,  hat  re- 
turned to  England  in  the  hope  of  ssttling 
down  on  ttiis  aide  of  tiie  Atluitic.  He  is  a 
brother  worthy  of  the  notioe  of  any  church 


The  Snrxey  and  ICddleaex  Aawriation 
haying  accepted  our  offer  of  helptowardj 
the  support  of  an  erangelist  to  labour  in  the 
two  counties,  Mr.  Frank  BoaMD  has  been 
selected  for  the  work,  for  iriudi  we  be- 
lieya  him  to  be  eminently  soitad. 

Our  brethren  continue  to  leaye  the  old 
connfzT  to  serye  the  Lord  in  tiie  regions 
beyona  the  aea,  and  thus  the  College 
becomes  increaain^ya  training-school  ior 
foreign  misrionanes.  Mr.  a.  Wsllace. 
whose  health  has  not  been  yei^  good  for 
some  time,  has  ^ne  to  Canada  m  the  hoiv? 
that  in  the  bracmg  air  of  the  Dominion  he 
may  be  fitted  for  hia  life-work  of  preadung 
the  goa^.  Mr.  J.  S.  Hazriaon,  who. 
during  his  stay  in  England,  has  been  greatly 
bleased  of  Gkia  in  the  winning  of  souii,  has 
resolyed  to  return  to  Australia  by  the  S.S. 
Sorata,  whicli  leayes  London  on  Noy.  ^, 
ashecannot  keep  in  health  in  our  changeable 
climate.  We  feel  sure  that  many  mend» 
at  the  Antipodes  will  giye  him  a  waim 
welcome,  and  find  him  opportunitisB  of 
exercising  his  gifts  as  an  eyangehit  or 
pastor.  Mr.  IL  Morris,  who  has  won  » 
high  position  in  the  esteem  of  his  brethren 
during  his  twelye  years*  labour  in  the  north 
of  England,  sails  nom  Glasgow  on  Koyem- 
bear  29,  with  his  wife  and  familjN  in  the 
S.S.  Jrarrawera,  which  ia  bound  for  ICel- 
boume.  We  trust  that  some  yacant  chordi 
will  speedily  secure  our  brother's  serTice» 
as  pastor,  and  that  the  colonies  will  be  all 
the  better  for  eyery  man  from  the  (College 
who  goes  out  to  labour  for  the  Lord  at  the 
other  side  of  the  globe. 

We  are  continually  cheered  by  reports  of 
our  brethren's  proflxess  in  all  qutften  of  the 
earth.  Mr.  C.  Dallaston  has  sent  us  a 
photograph  and  desoripton  of  the  fine  nev 
'*<^uroh''  tiiat  he  and  bis  friends  have 
erected  at  Chnstchurch,  New  Zealand. 
During  his  fiye-and-a-half  years*  ministn* 
there  n>ur  hundred  and  twenty-seyen  per- 
sons haye  joined  the  church,  and  the  con- 
gregations haye  increased  so  much  that  the 
new  building,  which.wiU  accommodate  eigbt 
hundred  persons,  was  greatly  needed.  Mr- 
J.  Blaikie  writes  that  he  has  ouite  rocoyered 
his  strength  sinoe  he  landea  in  Australia- 
He  has  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
of  which  our  late  Brother  Manden  was  the 
pastor,  at  Kew,  near  Melbourne. 

EvANOBLiSTB.— Later  reports  of  Messrs. 
Smith  and  FuUerton*s  seryices  at  Bath  are 
eyen  more  encouraging  than  those  ws  pno- 
liahed  last  month.  1&.  Baillie,  tiie  Fsstoi 
of  Manyers-street  Baptist  Church,  writes: 

"We  are  indeed  grateful  for  the  risit  of 
these  two  brethren.  Mr.  Smith  inspires 
our  enthusiasm  with  his  rousin|C  mnsiCtan" 
his  buoyant  confidence.     It  is,  indsed,  a 


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means  of  grace  to  mo  him,  and  to  hear  his 
remarks  on  C!hiistiaiiit3r  in  home-Ufe.  I  had 
an  opportunity  of  hearing  him  at  the  meet- 
ing lor  women  last  Wednesday  afternoon, 
and  I  am  sore  his  words  were  very  refresh- 
ing to  the  hundreds  of  mothers  who  were 
gathered  to  listen. 

"The  simple  force  and  the  striking 
pointedness  of  Mr.  Fullerton*s  gospel  ad- 
dresses make  some  of  them  quite  mc^els  for 
regular  ministers.  I  have  heard  him  each 
evening,  and  I  could  piay  so  earnestly, 
*  Lord,  let  that  shaft  uxike ! '  and  many 
were  praying  in  like  manner.  With  such 
clear,  simple,  yet  faithful  preaching,  hacked 
up  hy  earnest  prayer,  I  was  not  surprised 
wnen  I  saw  so  many  anxious  souls  at  our 
after-meetings.'* 

Our  hrother  Hamilton,  who  invited  the 
Evangelists  to  Bath,  writes  just  as  hope- 
fully; and  Mr.  Tarrant,  the  minister  of 
Argyle  Chapel,  where  Mr.  Jay  used  to 
preach,  ffives  similar  testimony.  He  says : 
"The^  nave  left  a  sweet  savour  behmd 
them  in  Uus  city.  Last  night  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  of  ^eir  converts  met  for 
thanksgiving  and  testimony.  Very  joyous 
was  the  assembly.  ...  1  believe  among 
the  results  of  flieir  mission  will  be  the 
elevation  of  the  spiritual  temperature,  and 
the  increase  oi  umty  in  the  churches.'* 

During  the  past  month  the  EvangeUsts 
have  boMi  labouring  at  Gloucester,  and  this 
month  they  are  to  bs  at  Hereford. 

Mr.  Bumham's  visit  to  Luton  was  blessed 
to  the  conversion  of  many  souls,  but  his 
services  at  Collingham  were  even  more 
ffreatly  owned  of  Gk>d.  The  Primitive 
Methodists  were  holding  special  meetings 
at  the  same  time,  so  Mr.  Bumham  united 
heartily  with  their  Evangelist,  and  the 
result  was  that  both  chuz^es  were  much 
profited.  The  whole  village  seems  to  have 
been  stirred  to  an  unusual  extent  by  the 
public  services,  but  many  were  met  with 
and  led  to  the  Saviour  during  Mr.  Bum- 
ham's  house-to-house  visitation.  He  says 
the  Sunday's  work  was  the  hardest  and 
happiest  he  has  ever  had;  and  everyone 
seemed  to  regret  that  he  could  not  remain 
longer.  Mr.  Bumham*s  work  in  Knighton 
and  Weston-super-Mare  has  also  resulted 
in  much  blessing  to  many  souls. 

Obphan AGE.  —We  scarcely  need  to  remind 
our  friends  that  Christmas  is  coming,  and 
that  we  always  try  to  make  the  orphans  more 
than  usually  merry  at  that  festive  season. 
Wo  shall  be  glad,  therefore,  to  receive  the 
good  things  in  which  the  little  ones  delight, 
or  special  contributions  that  we  can  lay  out 
on    their    behalf    without    touching    the 

feneral  funds  of  the  institution.  The 
'resident  expects  to  spend  ChriBtmas  day  at 
the  Orphanage,  but  whether  he  is  presenter 
absent  the  cnildren  must  not  go  short,  so 
please  help,  kind  people,  as  vou  have  done  in 
former  years :  only  rememW  that  we  shall 
need  more  than  ever  this  year,  as  our  family 


has  been  so  largely  increased.  Do  not  let 
the  girls  and  boys  go  without  their  plum- 
pudmng.  Each  little  boy  says,  **  Please  re- 
member Christmas,  sir.  It  comes  but  once 
a  year.**  All  moneys  should  be  addressed 
to  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  Beulah  Hill,  Upper 
Norwood ;  other  gifts  to  Mr.  Charlesworth, 
Stockwell  Orphamtge,  Clapham  Road. 

A  good  example. — A.  friend  writes  as  fol- 
lows:—*' The  president  of  a  Bible-class 
consisting  of  nfty  or  sixty  members  has 
taken  up  the  cause  of  the  orphans,  and  has 
set  his  young  men  collecting  for  its  funds. 
Having  secured  a  collecting-book,  it  isstip- 
plied  to  each  member  of  the  class  in  turn  tor 
a  period  of  one  week,  and  there  is  a  very 
laudable  rivalry  as  to  which  shall  secure  the 
largest  amount.  The  book,  with  the  money 
collected,  is  brought  in  at  each  meeting,  and 
the  progress  duly  reported.  At  the  end  of 
the  year  it  is  proposed  to  call  a  meeting,  and 
hand  over  the  money  to  Mr.  Spurgeon. 
The  example  is  such  a  good  one  that  I 
thought  if  it  were  mentioned  in  The  Sword 
and  the  Trowel  others  might  be  led  to 
initiate  a  similar  movement,  and  thus  aug- 
ment the  funds  of  the  Institution.'* 

[With  the  ever- increasing  demand  for  the 
maintenance  and  education  of  our  orphan 
family,  we  are  thankful  for  every  new 
method  by  which  the  sympathy  and  co- 
operation of  our  friends  are  manifested. 
—Ed.] 

Here  is  another  note  just  to  hand  with 
seventeen  penny  postage-stamps :  —  "  For 
Stockwell  Orphanage,  seventeen  hasty  tem- 
pers at  a  penny — Is.  5d.  Dear  at  that 
rate."  If  all  <*  hasty  tempers  *' were  thus 
taxed,  and  the  impost  sent  to  us  for  the 
Orphanace,  we  should  have  a  large  incozne. 

SeveraT  friends  carried  out  the  suggestion 
contained  in  John  I*loughman*s  Almanack 
for  November  1st, — T/te  Orphans  retnember 
thejfrst  of  November f  and  amongst  others  a 
poatical  friend  sent  a  contribution  with  the 
xollowing  lines : — 

**  I  am  asked  to  remomber,  this  first  of  November, 
The  case  of  iho  Orphan  onoe  more ; 
I  send  my  aubsoription  to  those  in  affliction, 
The  same  as  Fve  sent  it  before." 

PooB  MnnsTBBs'  Cuothisq  Society.— 
Mrs.  Evans  desires  us  to  acknowledge  with 
thanks  the  receipt  of  one  dozen  Jackets  from 
"old  stock."  Applications  for  clothing 
come  in  trom  poor  ministers  as  numerously 
as  ever,  and  contributions  of  money  or 
material  will  still  be  acceptable.  Surely 
there  should  be  found  an  overflowing  supply 
of  raiment  for  the  Lord's  own  servants. 
What  is  "old  stock"  to  many  a  draper 
would  be  new  apparel  for  a  poor  family. 

Pbbsonaii  Notbb. — Just  as  we  were  going 
in  to  a  recent  meeting  at  the  Tabemetcle, 
two  gentlemen  came  up  to  speak  to  us,  and 
one  of  them  told  us  the  following  interesting 
narrative.  He  said  that  at  a  certain  place 
on  the  Amazon  River  there  was  a  Liverpool 
Irishman  who  had  committed  a  murder,  for 
which  he  was  condemned  to  death.    Our 


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PASTORS*  OOLLBGE, 


informant  stated  that  ho  visited  the  poor 
man  in  prison,  and  on  one  occasion  he  foond 
him  deeply  penitent,  and  afterwards  very 
happy.  On  enquiring  what  had  broojght 
about  the  change  in  Mb  manner,  he  replied, 
'*  I  have  found  mercy  through  liie  blood  of 
Christ,  through  this,**  holcQng  up  one  of 
Spurgeon's  printed  sermons.  He  was  not 
executed,  but  is  now  living  a  truly  godly 
life. 

The  morning  after  the  meeting  above 
mentioned,  we  received  a  note  from  Buenos 
Af/rcs,  stating  that  the  writer  had  derived 
great  benefit  from  reading  our  sermons,  and 
wished  for  information  as  to  believers' 
baptism.  He  wanted  to  know  whether  Gk>d 
required  him  to  give  up  his  business,  and 
come  to  England  to  be  baptized,  as  he  was 
not  acquainted  with  auy  Baptists  in  Buenos 
Ayrcs.  He  was  evidently  quite  prepared  to 
make  the  sacrifice,  if  we  could  show  it  to 
be  necessary.  We  informed  him  of  a 
nearer  place  where  he  coidd  obey  his  Mas- 
ter's command.  What  a  lesson  this  should 
teach  to  some  Christians  at  home  who  allow 
slight  obstacles  to  prevent  them  from  obey- 
ing their  Lord's  commands ! 


A  letter  signed  "Pro  Bono  Publico" 
appeared  in  T/ut  Statesman  and  Friend  of 
liidiay  of  September  7th,  suggesting  the 
dcsirabili^  of  "adopting  the  Australian 
custom  oi  publishing  Spurgeon's  Sermons 
as  advertisements  in  newspapers  ....  as 
a  counterblast  against  the  injurious  con- 
sequences of  tiie  visit  of  1^  Salvation  Army 
to  India."  In  proof  of  his  sincerity  the 
writer  enclosed  the  money  to  pay  for  the 
insertion  of  one  of  our  sermons  ai  an  ad- 
vertisement, and  accordingly  in  the  paper 
that  contained  his  letter  uiere  appeared  a 
fuU reprint  of  No.  1642,  "Verily,  verily." 
Without  expressing  any  opinion  of  the 
reason  he  assigns  for  his  action,  we  heartily 
thank  our  unknown  friend,  and  unite  with 
him  in  the  hope  that  others  will  follow  the 
good  example  he  has  set  them.  The 
publication  of  the  sermons  in  the  Australian 
papers  has  produced  very  pleasing  resolts. 
Oh,  that  like  blessings  may  attend  them  in 
India! 

Baptisms  at  Hetropolitan  Tabernacle :  - 
October  26,  twenty-three ;  October  30,  six- 
teen ;  November  2,  twenty-four. 


Statement  of  JUetipti  from  October  Ibth  to  November  lAth^  1882. 


€k)lle<:tion    at    Catford    Hill    Baptist 

Chapel,  per  Pastor  Thos.  Greenwood 

An  old  member  of  the  fvening-cLaiiaeH 

Jessie  Taylor         

AuB>  X. .  uinitti        ••.        ••.        ...        ... 

Kev.  li.  Smith        

Awell-wiahtr        

A  reader  of  the  "  Sword  and  Trowel " 

Mr.  F.  W.Lloyd 

Mr.  John  Cameron  

Mr.  Bobert  Miller 

Mrs.  H.  8.  Pled^ 

Mr.  John  Downmg  

Mr.  C.  Bail ...        ...        ...        ... 

AFrieud      

Mr.  K.  G.  G.  Kometzky 

From  Y.  Z 

Mr.  J.  Fcntelew 

Bsiiw  «j epos  ...        ...  ...        ... 

Jar.  Xissex    ...       ...       ...       ... 

The  Misses  Kirtley  

Stamps  from  Ealing        

Kcecutors  of   the  late   Mrs.    Toun^, 

^JOCXIOw  •••  •■■  •••  •••  .•■ 

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10  0  0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
2 
0 
2 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 


239  19    0 
£901  14    5 


Statement  of  Receiptt  from  October  Ibth  to  November  14^A,  1882. 


Collected  by  Miss  Keys 

Collected  by  Mr.  Alfred  Burlcton 

MiasWilkie 

CoUected  by  Miss  G.  M  BideweU 

Mr.  ISdmund  Walker      

Mr.  Toong,  Sttir. 


£  s.  d. 


3 
0 
0 
0 
10 
2 


1 
5 
5 
7 
0 
0 


0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 


Mr.  William  Thomas     

Collected  by  Miss  Bmma  Bowden 
J.  F.,  Woodbocough       

O*    JB»       •••  •■•  •••  •«•  •••  .«a 

Seventeen  hasfer  tempen  at  one  penny. 
FVom  a  boy  ana  girl       


£  8.  d. 

5  0    0 

U  6    0 

0  10    O 

0  2    6 

0  15 

U  2    6 


BTOGEWSLIi  OBFHANAGB. 


G43 


£  ■.  d. 

AThankoffcriiiff 2   0  0 

Min  M.  A.  Jonas 0    6  0 

The  Birds  from  FandiM 1  10  0 

The  lUrchild  Committee,  per  Pastor 

J.  Bradford       10   0  0 

Mr.  James  Campbell       10  0 

Hr.D.  Stewart      0    6  0 

Stamps  from  Aflesbiirj 0    10 

W.  Atjj  Peckham  ...       ..•       ••«       ...  0    10 

V.    Om    \j»                     •■•                    Bv«                    *•«                    ..«                    ...  X          V  V 

Mr.  Caleb  Senior 6   0  0 

AEHend      6    0  0 

Mr.  J.  Fentelow 10  0 

Mr.  E.  Morris        6    0  0 

Fart  Collection  at  Hanorer  Chapel, 

Feokham,  per  Ber.  Q.  B.  Byley      ...  10   0  0 

The  Misses  Kiitler         10  0 

Senrioe  of  Bong  oy  Oiphanage  Choir, 

at  Esher,  per  Faator  J.  L.  QThoo^H 

BQQ  •••            •••            ••«            ••«            ■»■           •••  O      #  O 

Mrs.  Sands 2    0  0 

Stamps  from  Lewes        .m       0   2  6 

Mrs.  Bporey  ..       ...       ...       0    2  6 

liziie 0    2  0 

Mr.  A.  B.  Tisan 10  0 

Mr.  Thomas  Cammaok 6   0  0 

Mrs.  Barker 0    10 

Collected  by  Mrs.  B.  Dodwell 0   6  2 

Miss  S.  J.  Hannam         10  0 

jfi.  JLeys       ...       ...       ...       ...       ...  o    2  o 

Proceeds  of  Circnlating  Library  at 

Hawick,  per  Mr.  W.  D.  Fisher       ...  2   0  0 

Stamps  reoeiyed  with  poetry    0   2  0 

Mis.  Webb ...  2    0  0 

MiM  Anne  Whatley        0  10  0 

Mr.  John  Green    110 

Mr.  B.  Purser        ...       ...       ...       ...  110 

CoUeoted  by  Mr.  B.  GaldweU    12  6 

Mr.  C.  C.  Hanis 4    4  0 

J.  G.  J 10    0  0 

Collection  at  Hengler'a  Ciroos,  Liver- 
pool, after  sermon  by  Mr.  Spmgeon 

(less  cost  of  hall)         181    6  6 

Mr.  J.S.White    0    2  6 

Miss  B.  Mitchell 10  0 

Mr.  J.  B.  Browne 0    6  0 

Ezecutora  of  t'ae  late  Sarah  BarnJom...  9   0  0 

Master  W.  Oakley 0   2  0 

*•  8."  proceeds  of  sale  of  Leaflets       ...  0  10  0 

A  moid,  per  Mr.  F.  J.  Collier 10    0  0 

Mr.  Parsons 0    6  0 

Collected  by  Miss  W.  K.  Perkins       ...  0   4  0 
M.  Emil  Jorde,  and  IMend,  yisiting 

theOphanage 0   6  0 

Bxecatori  of  the  late  Mr.  William 

Keep         ...       ...       ...        ...        ...  179  10  0 

Horley    Baptist    Sonday-school,    per 

Pastor  B.  Marshall  :— 
Miss  Boberts' Class         ...         0   8   7 
Mias  Woodman's  Class   ...         0   2   8 

Miss  Wood's  Class 0    0   7 

Mrs.  HnggeU's  Class      ...         0    2    8 
Miss  Strudwick's  Class  ...         0   2   7 

Mr.  C.  Nye's  Class 0    6  10 

Mr.  Wood's  Class 0   2    9 

Mrs.     Marshall's     Blble- 

Cnass        1    0 11 

Odd  farthings       0   0   2 


James  and  Meroy  MoAlley 

Mrs.  Baybonld      

Mn.  Tolft,  TownsyiUe,  Queensland 


2  14 

2  2    0 

1  1    U 

0  6    0 


J.  W.,  Exeter,  per  Begistered  Letter  .. 

Collected  by  Mr.  Upton 

A  Friend,  per  Miss  Cookshaw 

Per  Mr.  T.  Hughes,  Bridgend  :— 

Mr.  Tutton 110 

Mr.  Yorath 0  10   0 


Mr.  J.  T.  Waugh 

Collected  by  Mr.  J.  0.  Kemp 
A  Friend,  for  8.  O.  Tracts 
Box  at  Orphanage  Gates... 

Per  Mr.  Murrell  :— 
Box  at  Tabemade  gates. . . 

Mr.  Goddard  

Mr.  Balls,  at  Ooddard's  ... 


4 
1 
1 


3 
1 
1 


0 
0 
0 


]&.  Alfred  Searle 

Mr.  J.  TVard  ...       ...        ...        ... 

A  Weii-wia»her,  Newcastle-on-Tyne  ... 

Sandwich,  per  Bankers,  Oct.  31 

Mr.  B.  M.  Fell      ...        ...        ...        ... 

F.  G.  B.,  Tring     ...       ...        ...        ... 

Mr.  J.  W.  Andrew8,!per  Mr.  J.  Bignell 

Urn    J%9    ^#a  at*  «••  •••  «••  ••• 

Mr.  Robert  Ellis 

Mr.  D.  Fooid        

Mr.  John  Best      

A^L «    AJw* ■••  «••  ••■  •••  •••  ■•• 

Anon,  per  Pastor  A.  A.  Bees 

Miss  Fumy  GoUis 

Mr.  J.  B.  Ncilson  Mc  Brido      

Mr.  F.  Patterson 

Jtm     JfcX*  #••  ••«  •••  •••  •••  ••# 

•*  Sixty-two"       

Mr.  John  Cook      

Mr.  A.  Maokenzie... 

P»  Bey.  James  Stalker 

Mr.  T.  Thomson 

^\X10I1  •#■  ••■  ■••  •••  •••  •«• 

F.  J.  P.,  a  thankolfering         

Miss  Jane  M.  Lanff        

Collected  by  Mr.  Thos.  Bogers  :— 

Mr.  Jno.  Allen 0   10 

Mr.  Bayid  Bogers       ...         0    2    6 

Mrs.  Pantan      0    2    6 

Miss  Cameron    0    1    ti 

Mr.  Best  ...       ...       ...         10    0 

Mr.  A.  Bahnteon        ...         0    2    0 
Mr.  Thos.  Bogera        ...         0    7    6 


Mr.  T.  C.  Clark     

Collected  by  the  Misses  Ornmpton  :— 


H.  J.  xL.  .  . 

Mr.  John  Jones  (qnar- 

vCiAy  ^        •••  •••  ••• 

Mias  ArkeU  (quarterly) 

**  Upwards  of  eighty  "  ... 
Mr.  Charles  W.  Klam     . . . 
**  From  a  friend,  NotU.** 
Mrs.  Molntyre     ...       ..* 

Christma*  Fund:^ 
"Mi.  S.  Comborough 

Annual  8ub»eript»ona  :  — 
Mr.  Jaa.  Ward,  Jun. 

Mrs.  O.  Cowan       

Mrs.  C.  J.  Barton 

Mrs.  Bagster         


10    0 


0 
0 


6 
6 


0 
0 


£  s.  d. 
0  10  0 
0  6  6 
4    0    0 


1  11 
1  0 
0  3 
0  1 
3    6 


6  6 
1  0 
0  10 
0    2 


2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
6 
1 
1 
6 
0 


2 
6 
2 
6 
8 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 


0    2 


1 
1 
2 
2 

1 
6 
3 
0 
0 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
6 
0 


0 
0 
0 
0 
6 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

• 

6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


1  17    0 
0  10    0 


-      1  10  0 

0  10  0 

8    3  0 

10  0 

0    2  6 

10    0 

0    6    0 

.110 

2    0    0 

0  10    0 

£604  14    6 


jA$t  of  Prt»nt$t  jMT  Mr.  CharUtwoHh,  to  November  14M.— Paoyjsioxs :  1  Sack  of  Turnips,  M.  H.  A. ; 
2  Pigii,  Mr.  lliomas;  120  Eggs,  Miss  Janet  Ward ;  1  Sack  of  Peas  and  1  8«u:k  of  Oatmeal,  A  Friend  ; 
1  Box  of  Bacon,  and  2  Cheeses,  Mr.  B.  Newton ;  2  Sacks  of  Flour,  Mr.  J.  Cloyer ;  10  Sacks  of 
Potatoes,  Mr.  J.  Howatd ;  2  Bags  of  Bioe,  per  Messrs.  Berwick  and  Sons. 

Qbxbral  :— fiOO  Leaflets,  '<  tl." ;  8  Sugg's  Gas-burners  and  globes,  for  Science  daas,  Mr.  J.  Stiff. 

Cu>THziia  (Bo^t^  Dwieion)  .—8  BoUs  of  Cloth,  Measrs.  H.  Fisher  and  Go. ;  10  Doien  Pairs  of  Socks, 


Mrs.  Cunningham :  24  Flannel  Shirts,  Mr.  £.  Marsh. 

CuyrBiMO  {OHri/  DUrttion)  .—12  Artioles,  Girls'  Bible-dass,  Stoney  Stratford,  per  Miss  Woollard ; 
48  Articles,  Mr.  B.  Manh. 


C44 


(Hurls'  ®x^][miQt  §mMu^  gm^. 

Statement  of  Reoeipts  from  October  16th  to  November  lAth,  1882. 

£  t.  d. 


OoUected  by  Min  Hairiden      0  10  0 

Mrs.  AmiKtronff 0    6  0 

ICn.  A.  M.  Miller 10  0 

Bxecutor  of  the  late  Mrs.  Bampton   ...  90    0  0 

FromY.Z 500    0  0 

AFtiend      6    0  0 

Mr.  J.  Fentelow 10  0 


Mr.  Wm.  Howard 

Mm.  Old,  per  Ber.  Thonuui  Newlaads 

Annie... 

"AfriendinOudilT"     


£ 

n. 

d. 

1 

0 

0 

9        1 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

.     10 

0 

0 

£609  17 

0 

Statement  of  ReeeipU  from  October  ISth  to  November  litK  138  2. 


Subseripticns  and  Donation*  to  the  Oeneral 

AnonymouB,  per  Mrs.  Whiting 

Mrs.  Greenwood 

Messrs.  BtrattoQ  and  Flower    

Mr.  Edmund  Walker      

JLa •  \j 9  JCHwU    >»•  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

Mr.  K.  G.  O.  Eometzky 

Mr.  J.  Pentclow 

The  Misses  Eirtley  

MissMizcn 

A  IVicnd,  per  Mr.  Q.  Tomkins 

Mr.  William  Grant         

mB>*    Xmm  «••  •••  ••■  ■••  ■•• 

"Sixty-two"        

Mrs.  Durham        ...       ...       ...       ... 

Miss  J.  M.  Tiang  ...        ...        ...       ... 

•♦TheWidow^sMite"    

AnnHal  Subscription : — 
Mrs.  C  inraters     ...        ...       •••       *•• 


Fund:^ 
£  s.  d. 
0  10  0 
0    6 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0  10  0 
6  0  0 
2    0 

0  10 

1  0 
0  10  0 
0  10  0 
10    0 

110 


0 
5 
6 
3 
1 
1 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


£27  17    6 


Smbteriptions  and  Donations /or  Distn'rH ;  — 


Sevenoaks,  per  Fastw  J.  Field  (omitted 

lastmontii)        

Wilts  and  Esjit  Somoaet  Association  . 

East  Langton  District 

Mr.  Thomas  B ,    for   Sellind^ 

District 

South   Devon  Congregational  Union, 

f or  Kin^teignton        

Oxfordshure  Association,   Stow    and 

Aston  District 

Kettering  District,  per  Mr.  T.  Jones  ... 

Bingwood  District 

Metropolitan  Tabemade  Sunday-school, 

for  Tring  District        

Hadleigh  District 

Thombury  District,  bv  Mr.  Child 
Lancashire  and  Chesnire  A»ociation, 

for  Aocrington  District         


£  ad. 


10  0  0 
3«J  0  0 
lU    0    0 

10    O    0 

10    0    0 

10    0    0 

5  0    0 
12  10    0 

10  0  0 
10    0   0 

6  0  0 

10   0   0 


£132  10   0 


Errata.— In  November  magaiine,  instead  of  Mr.  Hockey,  it  should  have  been  Mr.  Martin,  for  Bowv? 
Chalk,  10s. ;  M.  £.  H.,  lOs.  6d.,  instead  of  10s. 


Statement  of  Reeeiptt  from  October  IBth  to  November  14M,  1682. 


Mr.  J.  Pentclow     

Thankotr^ng  for  Mr.  Bumham's  ser- 
vices at  Park-street,  Luton    

Tliankoffering  for  Mr.  Bumham's  ser- 
vices at  ColBngham      

Mn.  Cookf  cenr.    ...        ...        ...        ... 


£    8.  d. 
10    0 

6    0    0 

2    0    0 
10    0 


Miss  Jane  M.  Lang 


£    s. 

0  10 

1  0 

d. 
6 
0 

£10  10 

6 

Additional  contributions  for  Auckland  Tkbemade :— Jessie  Taylor,  Ss. ;  Mrs.  F^nstone,  £2  •  Mr 
Hammertion,  lUs. ;  Miss  Heath,  £1 ;  Mr.  J.  Fentelow,  £1 ;  Mr.  Wm.  Evans,  £iu ;  Mr.  W.  Millsl  £5 : 
Singapore,  £6. 


Friends  »ending  prf$enti  to  the  Orphanage  are  earnettly  rf guested  to  let  their  Hamt*  ur 
initials  accompany  the  same,  or  we  cannot  properly  acknowledge  them ;  and  alto  to  nritt^ 
Mr.  Spurgeon  if  no  aeknowtedament  is  sent  within  a  week.  All  parcels  should  be  addressed 
to  Mr.  Charlesworthy  Stockwell  Orphanage,  Clapham  Moad,  Lonchn. 

Subscriptions  will  be  thankfully  received  by  C.  J£.  Spurgeon,  "  JTestwood,''*  Benlah  Sill, 
Upper  Norwood,  Should  any  sums  be  unacknowledaea  in  this  list,  friends  are  requested  to 
write  at  once  to  Mr,  Spurgeon,  Post  Office  Orders  should  be  made  payable  at  the  Chief  OMct, 
London,  to  C.  H.  Spurgeon,