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History of the Church of Scotland. From the Introduction of Christianity to the period of the Disruption. By the Rev. W. M. HETHERINGTON, A. M., Torpichen, Author of the "Fulness of Time," "History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines," &c., &c. Third Edition. Edinburgh: Imperial 8vo. pp. 304. This is a cheap reprint of a work, one portion of which alone reached us, about three years ago, when it was first published. It is surprising that till then no continuous history of the church of Scotland had been written, though voluminous records of several important periods were well known. In this performance, great care has evidently been taken in the selection of materials and their compression; and we doubt not that it will be regarded as a standard work of great value. It abounds with facts illustrative of the mischiefs and miseries that have arisen from the meddling of civil rulers with affairs relating to the worship of God, and arrangements for the maintenance of religion. A detailed account is given of the events of the last few years, ending in the disruption last May, and the formation of what is now termed the free church of Scotland; "in which," says the author," are still preserved entire the constitutional principles, the unfettered freedom, the vital energy, the doctrinal purity, and the spiritual fervency, that have, in its best periods, always distinguished the testimony-bearing church of our fathers."

Prize Essay on the Evils which are produced by Late Hours of Business, and on the Benefits which would attend their Abridgment. By THOMAS DAVIES. With a Preface by the Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL, M.A. London: 8vo. pp. viii. 39. Price 6d., sewed, Is., cloth.

It is proved conclusively in these pages that late hours promote vice, injure health, prevent the formation of good habits, and lead to the neglect of public worship. The subject demands the attention of all who take an interest in the welfare of society, especially of females, for, as Mr. Noel observes, "the customers have this

matter chiefly in their own hands." Nearly connected with it, and partly arising from it, is a practice which requires the consideration of the heads of families and Christian ministers, namely, late hours for religious services and scientific meetings. The design with which these have been instituted was ubtless, in many cases, benevolent; but the inducements they afford to young persons to pass through the streets at unseasonable hours, and the domestic irregularities they occasion, are, to say the least, very serious drawbacks upon their usefulness, and unless care be taken will cause mischiefs for which their advantages will not compensate.

we wish to communicate is this, that it constitutes the first shilling volume of a series, coming out under the name of Clarke's English Helicon.

The Teacher's Manual. A Repository of Practical Suggestions and Biblical Illustrations. Volume I. London: G. and J. Dyer. 12mo. pp. 406.

state, we reckon the extensive circulation of Among the principal evils of our present social anonymous periodicals. Gradually acquiring an influence for the use of which no known individual or society is responsible, however inoffensively they may be conducted at first, they are always liable to be employed in a reckless manner, or perverted to injurious purposes. It is unwise to assist in getting up the steam till it be known that the conductor of the engine is a careful man, and competent to guide it.

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It should be distinctly understood that insertion presses general approbation-not indeed approbation of every sentiment, or form of expression-but approMrs. Tighe was an Irish lady, born in 1773, bation of the design and tenor of the works enumeand removed from this world in 1810. Respect-rated. The chief reason for publishing such a list is ing her poem, Psyche, if we deal quite candidly with our friends we must confess, first, that we never read any former edition of it, and secondly that as it consists of more than 4000 lines we cannot find time to read it now. But the fact

Psyche, or the Legend of Love. By Mrs. in this List is not a mere announcement: it exTIGHE. London: pp. 164.

that it is utterly impossible to allow space for observations upon a great number of works, with the titles of which it is nevertheless desirable to make our readers acquainted. In many cases also the name of the author is itself a sufficient guarantee that the work is deserving of attention.

INTELLIGENCE.

AMERICA.

BAPTISTS IN CANADA.

A recent number of the Montreal Register contains the following condensed account of the statistics of the baptist denomination in Canada.

"THE OTTAWA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION is composed of nineteeen churches, containing 1161 members. According to the last report 112 persons were, during the year, added by baptism, thirty-two by letter.

"THE JOHNSTOWN ASSOCIATION contains eight churches and 455 members. During the last year twenty-six have been added by baptism, and five by letter.

"THE HALDIMAND ASSOCIATION is composed of fourteen churches and 767 members. Eighty-two have been baptized during the year, and twenty-two received by

letter.

"THE GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATION consists of twenty-five churches, twenty ordained ministers, four licentiates, 1889 members. 575 were baptized last year. Two churches have not reported.

"THE BROCK AND TALBOT ASSOCIATION(Free Communion)-contains six churches and 206 members. One church not represented.

"THE LONG POINT ASSOCIATION is composed of thirty-four churches and 1954 members. 363 have been baptized.

"Six or seven churches, probably not more, are not connected with any association.

NEW CHAPELS.

WOODSIDE, FOREST OF DEAN.

The new baptist chapel at this place was opened for public worship on Thursday the 9th of November. The Rev. Jenkin Thomas

of Cheltenham preached in the morning and evening, and the Rev. Joseph Hyatt of Gloucester officiated in the afternoon. The collections at the opening and on the following sabbath, amounted to £47; which, with £13 promised by a friend, make the total proceeds of the opening services £60. This cause originated with the recently formed Gloucestershire association.

COTE, SHELBEAR, DEVON.

A neat little baptist chapel was opened in this village on Friday the 10th of November.

Sermons were preached on the occasion by Mr. Facey of Ashwater, and Mr. Davey of Bridestow; and on the following Sunday by Mr. Rockey of Hatherleigh. The chapel, at these interesting services, was filled to overflowing. The weekly congregations continue to increase, and it is hoped that there are indications of an approaching harvest of precious souls.

RICKMANSWORTH, HERTS.

The new baptist chapel was opened on Wednesday, Nov. 29th. Sermons were preached, in the morning by Dr. Cox of Hackney, in the afternoon by Dr. Jenkyn of Coward College, and in the evening by Mr. Stamper of Uxbridge. The other parts of the services were conducted by Messrs. Salter of Amersham, Hull of Watford, Upton of St. Albans, Ayrton and Thomas of Chesham, Fernie of Bushey, &c. In the evening, to accommodate the numbers unable to gain admission, Mr. Payne of Chesham preached in the Wesleyan chapel. Upwards of £40 were collected during the day.

GRAVESEND.

This chapel of which the foundation stone was laid on the 29th of March last by the Rev. Dr. Cox, was opened on the first of August, when sermons.were preached by the Rev. W. B. Bowes, the Rev. James Smith, and the Rev. Dr. Cox, to crowded congregations, many persons being unable to gain admission. The collections were liberal, and with those of the following sabbath (when the Rev. J. Mortlock Daniell preached morning and evening, and the Rev. D. Trotman in the afternoon) amounted to £154.

The building is forty-five by sixty, of handsome elevation, and substantially built, with large vestries behind (available for schoolrooms) upon freehold ground, in Windmill Street, one of the most public thoroughfares, and is vested in trust.

The contract was for £1921, besides some extra expenses for fitting up, lighting, and £315 the purchase of the ground, making together £2400 probably, towards which £850 had been received, the collections making it up £1000, and leaving at least £1400 to be raised.

An urgent appeal was made for help from individuals and from churches, especially those of the metropolis, the building being

designed for the accommodation of the numerous baptist friends from thence visiting Gravesend in the summer season, as well as for the inhabitants, of whom there were nearly 17000, whilst all the places of worship together would not accommodate more than about 4000. It was also stated that the undertaking having been commenced and carried on with a view to extend the cause of God in that increasing locality, and to promote the establishment of a baptist interest there commensurate with the importance and the spiritual necessities of the place, could only be viewed as a new baptist interest, and that until a congregation was collected, a church formed, and a suitable pastor obtained, it would be placed under the control of a committee. We are informed that the chapel has been well attended since it was opened, that a sabbath school has been commenced, and that some have been baptized.

ORDINATIONS.

ISLEHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

On Thursday, 2nd Nov., public services were held in connexion with the settlement of the Rev. D. Rees, late of Bramley, as pastor of the first baptist church, Isleham, and the appointment of additional deacons. In the morning Mr. Cranbrook of Soham expounded the principles of congregational dissent, and Mr. Green of Walworth delivered a discourse explanatory of the mutual obligation of minister and people. In the afternoon Mr. Roff of Cambridge stated the duties of deacons, and Mr. Elven of Bury pointed out the duties of church members towards each other and the congregation. In the evening, addresses were delivered by Messrs. Slater of Fordham, and Cope of Newmarket, on religious decision, and on prayer for divine influence. Other parts of the services were conducted by brethren Lee, Hobson, Flower, and Bailey.

BRAYBROOK, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Mr. Samuel Walker having laboured at Braybrook for more than twelve months, and having been successful in reviving an interest which for a considerable period had been in a languishing state, was publicly recognized as pastor of the church on Tuesday, Nov. 14th. The Rev. J. Buckley of Market Harborough, commenced the service by reading and prayer; the newly-chosen pastor then gave a brief but satisfactory account of his religious experience, call to the ministry, &c.; after which the Rev. T. Coleman of Ashley, offered the designatory prayer. The Rev. W. Robinson of Kettering addressed the minister, and the Rev. T. Gough of Clipstone preached to the

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church. The other parts of this interesting service were conducted by the Revs. J. Blackburn of Foxton, H. Toller of Market Harborough, and R. Jessop of Rothwell.

KENSINGTON.

On Tuesday the 21st of November, the Rev. Francis Wills was publicly recognized as the pastor of the baptist church worshipping in Silver St., Kensington. In the afternoon there was a special prayer-meeting, at which the Rev. J. H. Evans of John Street Chapel, gave an affectionate address to the pastor and congregation, and offered prayer for the divine blessing on the union. The following brethren also engaged in prayer on the occasion :-the Rev. J. Smith of New Park Street, the Rev. C. Brake of Whitefield Chapel, and the Rev. J. Stoughton of Hornton Street Chapel. In the evening Rev. E. Miller of Chiswick read the scriptures and offered prayer, the Rev. J. Smith of New Park Strect delivered introductory discourse, the Rev. J. Stoughton of Hornton Street asked the usual questions and offered the recognition prayer, the Rev. Dr. Murch gave an affectionate and elaborate charge to the minister, and the Rev. J. Aldis of Maze Pond briefly, but eloquently addressed the church, and closed the interesting services with prayer. The chapel was crowded, and the whole of the services were of the most interesting and encouraging character.

TALYBOUT, CARDIGANSHIRE.

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John Evans, late of the Baptist Academy, On Wednesday the 22nd of November, Mr. Haverfordwest, was publicly set apart to the pastoral office over the united churches assembling at Talybout and Penrhyncoch, Cardiganshire.

The Rev. E. Williams of Aberystwith delivered a lecture on the nature of a gospel church and asked the usual questions, the Rev. H. W. Jones of Carmarthen offered the ordination prayer and delivered an affectionate and talented charge to the young minister, and the Rev. J. Williams of Aberduar addressed the churches on their relative duties to their chosen pastor. The Rev. Messrs. Davies of Jezreel, Jones of Salem, and Davies of Talywern took part in the services of the day. The various meetings held on the occasion were characterized by holy feeling and sacred love.

MAIDSTONE.

On Tuesday, Dec. 5th, 1843, Mr. William Chappell, for some years pastor of the baptist church, St. Ives, Hants, was publicly recognized as pastor of the baptist church at Providence Chapel, Maidstone, Kent. Mr. J. Fore

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man of London delivered to Mr. Chappell an impressive charge, and Mr. J. A. Jones of London preached to the church. The other parts of the service were conducted by Messrs. Jones of Brosely, and Pope of Meopham.

WILBURTON, ISLE OF ELY.

labours with a considerable prospect of usefulness.

REDRUTH, CORNWALL.

RECENT DEATHS.

THOMAS DUPREE, ESQ.

The late Thomas Dupree, Esq., of Hackney, was so exemplary as a Christian and an office-bearer in the Christian church, and also in the various relations of domestic, social, and civil life, that a brief sketch of his personal history, his character, and his experience, will probably be both acceptable and edifying to the readers of this magazine.

He was descended from ancestors among the refugees who fled from France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and was

In January last, Mr. John Langford, first pastor of the baptist church at Wilburton, after thirty-five years faithful labour, resigned his charge in consequence of and infirmity. age December 6th, Mr. John Dring, who was a local preacher with the Methodists, was bap-born in Spitalfields in the year 1771. His tized, and with two females, joined the above parents were attached to the Church of church. Mr. Dring, after six months proba- England. When his education was comtion, is chosen to succeed Mr. Langford in pleted, he was bound apprentice to Calthe pastoral office, and enters upon his vin Giecen, a man who not only professed godliness, but sometimes also preached; but a man whose conduct was not framed on the model of the Great Teacher. In due time, he was united in marriage with Miss Jane Newland, the object of his first and early attachment, who died in January, 1837, after having given birth to four sons and four died in infancy, the remainder having atdaughters, of whom two girls and one boy tained an adult age at the period of her appointment in the Bank of England, the decease. In 1795, Mr. Dupree received an duties of which he constantly discharged until 1838, when confirmed illness obliged him to retire. He became a member of the baptist church in Mare Street, Hackney, under the pastora. care of the Rev. Dr. Cox, in 1828; office of deacon. He died on the 15th of and, in 1830, was unanimously chosen to the June, 1843, after a painful illness of five years' duration; and his mortal remains were deposited in the vaults beneath the chapel in which he had been accustomed to unite in the public worship of God.

About four years ago, the pastor of this church, the Rev. Joseph Spasshatt, removed to Bideford, where his labours have been attended with a divine blessing, and both

church and congregation have been greatly, increased. Last summer, after three years' absence, visiting his friends at Redruth, he found the church there in an extremely unsatisfactory state. A solemn appeal was made to him subsequently urging his return; and fearing that the church there might become extinct, and being himself friendly with all parties, he has resolved, after much prayer, to comply with the request, and has resumed the pastoral office in the church in which he had formerly ministered.

BIDEFORD, DEVONSHIRE.

The church in this place, though peaceful and prosperous, consisting of about one hundred members, has been left destitute of a pastor, through the return of Mr. Spasshatt to Redruth. The Rev. W. Gray, late of Northampton, has however received a unanimous invitation, and having accepted it, intends to commence his labours there on the first Lord's day in the new year.

DEAL.

The Rev. W. Roberts, late pastor of the baptist church at Dane Hill and Newick, Sussex, has taken charge of the baptist church at Deal, Kent, entering on his labours there on the 10th of December last.

His Christian character was based upon the firm ground of personal conviction. Born of parents who were members of the established church, he became a dissenter from principle. Some persons pass for dissenters who can assign no better reason for being such than the circumstance that their fathers were dissenters before them, and they have followed the parental example; while many other persons are found united with dissenting churches, who, from indifference and neglect, have not made the distinctive principles of church polity the subject of any serious consideration. Mr. Dupree did not belong to either of these doubtful classes. His departure from the church of his parents is, in the first place, to be attributed to the providence and the grace of God. In the providence of God, he was led to a dissenting place of worship, where the grace of God operated upon his heart. Independent inquiry, followed with personal conviction, crowned the work thus auspiciously

begun; and the dissenting communion enjoyed, his deliberate preference, not less as recognizing the plain principles of the apostles in point of ecclesiastical economy, than as affording scriptural means of grace in point of doctrine and of ordinances. In the choice of his religious connexions, he bore the test of the most trying opposition; and it was not without much painful feeling that he adopted a course of conduct in hostility to the opinions of those whose claims to his warm affection and filial obedience it was not more his duty than his desire to acknowledge.

He was the subject of serious impressions quite early in life. His religious sentiments were, however, very gradual in their formation and development. When a mere boy, he associated with some others of his own age for the purpose of prayer, and discovered a great love to the hearing of the gospel. About this time, he was an occasional hearer of the venerable Abraham Booth, a preacher the selection of whom, by a youth, argues unusual advancement and discrimination. Young Dupree, like most children of pædobaptist parents who are led to renounce their educational views of the initiatory ordinance of Christianity, arrived at the conviction that baptism ought not to be administered to any but actual professors of faith in Christ, and then only by complete immersion in water, a considerable time before he yielded to the dictates of his judgment by presenting himself as a candidate for the divine institution. In this respect, it were easy to account for his conduct; but it is impossible to justify. or defend it. It behoves all persons to be ware of hesitating for an instant in obedience to any command of Christ, after its imperative character is clearly understood and confessed in the court of the conscience. From the time, however, when Mr. Dupree had completely acted in accordance with his convictions by identifying himself with the baptist denomination, it would not be possible to point out a discrepancy, in any important particular, between his avowed principles and his practice.

more than by any form of preceptive inculcation. At the same time, he never shrank from the performance of his Christian duty. His secular engagements sometimes threw him into the society of men who not only did not fear God, but who even blasphemed his name. On such occasions, he did not hesitate to reprove, rebuke, and exhort; and there is reason to believe that his meek, yet firm remonstrances and expostulations with such characters, were not unfrequently attended with salutary results. His habitual cheerfulness and thankfulness might easily be illustrated by extracts from his journal. They formed, perhaps his distinguishing characteristic. In conversation he often took occasion to remark that Christians do not sufficiently abound in thanksgiving. He himself strikingly exemplified the apostolic injunctions, "Rejoice evermore; and in every thing give thanks." The long illness which terminated his mortal life, was peculiarly distressing in its effects; and yet, every interval of suffering appeared to be seized for the loud expression of praise and, thanksgiving; and, whenever the temporary absence of pain and, the state of the atmosphere permitted, he eagerly availed himself of every opportunity of entering the courts of God with praise, of being thankful to him and speaking good of his name. friends and fellow-worshippers will not soon lose the remembrance of his pale features, strongly impressed with the marks of habitual pain, and yet at the same time radiant with Christian cheerfulness.

His

As a deacon of the church, he was in every respect exemplary, and possessed, in an equal degree, the confidence of his pastor, of his colleagues, and of the church. His conduct towards them was uniformly affectionate. In all cases, he was to his pastor a faithful and sympathizing friend, a zealous coadjutor, and a judicious counsellor. With his colleagues, he invariably co-operated in the most brotherly spirit; and they will ever cherish the most pleasing recollections of their agreeable and edifying intercourse with him. Towards every member of the church, rich or poor, old or This excellent man enjoyed the unqualified young, he conducted himself with undeviating respect and esteem of all who knew him, feel- kindness and urbanity, making no difference ings which amounted to a strong affection in on account of outward circumstances, but his intimate friends. He was always the same, acknowledging as brethren and sisters all that modest, humble, and unpretending; devout, were in Christ. To the poor his manners and yet cheerful; particularly agreeable to were especially winning, his salutations of the young, among whom, till reduced by them never wearing the air of patronage or of affliction, he mingled with all the cordiality of condescension. The welfare of the church was a companion. His religion, except on proper always uppermost in his thoughts and affecoccasions, appeared more from the general tions. While health enabled him, he was tenor of his behaviour, than from any formal remarkably active in the discharge of his pretensions to sanctity. Nothing, indeed, various official duties. Bringing the regular could be more artless than his manners and habits of a man of business into his engageconversation. They were adapted rather to ments with the church, he purchased to himinsinuate a serious influence, than to assert self a good degree by the aptitude, punctuwith authority the claims of godliness; and heality, quietness, and amenity with which he operated upon others through his example attended to its affairs. So much did he

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