Oh, my dear fellow travellers Zionward, think of the blessedness of being saved from hell's dark, dismal cave, which we do indeed deserve, and this must have been the portion of our cup, did salvation depend on our own works or worthiness; to this every regenerated child, I presume, will agree. Then, beloved, what abundant cause we have to praise our covenant God, who loved us when we were dead in sin, yea, when we were enemies by wicked works, and far from him as sheep could stray, what cause for never-ceasing praise, to that almighty arm that snatched our souls as brands from the fire, by giving us a knowledge of our lost and ruined state as sinners, and by leading us by precious faith to Calvary's tree, where we learnt something of the blessed plan and way of salvation, by the dear slaughtered Lamb of God, in whose precious blood we saw, with melted soul and streaming eyes, our high mountains of sins for ever borne away. Never, never shall I for get the blessed time when my fell off. More than eighteen years imprisonment before this happy delivery, my tongue and pen must fail to expess the grief of my poor mind, and anguish of my soul during this long period. Some dear brother or sister that may peruse these lines, may be the subject of the same case, and may think they have waited too long, and fear they shall sink at last; but let such remember, that one waited at Bethesda's pool thirty and eight years, and was healed at last. And every poor heart-broken sinner that waits at the gospel pool will find, to the joy and rejoicing of their souls, that they have not waited in vain, but that the precious blood of a Lamb, without blemish, and without spot, is sufficient to cure their every wound, and wash out every stain; and they shall, ere long, be presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Then shall that

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DECEASE OF MR. W. H. COLYER.

It is with no common feelings of regret that we have to announce the departure of this afflicted, but highly gitted servant of the Lord, who was called home on Wednesday, the 16th instant. He died, we understand, at his own house, The Mount, Farning ham, Kent. No particulars of his last moments have yet reached us, although we had expected them; nor have we sufficient materials to give even a brief memoir. We shall feel great pleasure next month, if in possession of them, to give them publicity; meantime, we could not suffer such an event to pass by unnoticed, nor allow the name of one of Zion's most talented ministers to be unremembered in the pages of a Magazine which, from its commencement, was all along favored with his approbation, his communications, and his patronage.

LITERARY NOTICE.

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He shed his heart's blood;

In that soul-cleansing flood

My sins are all drown'd;

Salvation's sweet song.

With the blood-redeemed throng,
To Jesus who died

We'll swell the grand chorus on Canaan's fair side.

With the Lamb that was slain,

We for ever shall reign,

To shout his free grace,

And feast on the smiles of his sweet lovely face.

His precious dear name We loud will proclaim On the heavenly shore;

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THE COSPEL PULPIT.

The Substance of a Sermon Preached at Zion Chapel, Swaffham, on Sunday, May 19, 1844,

BY MR. WILLIAM MUNDY.

"This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven; shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."-Acts 1. 11.

THE gospel is the revealed word and will of Jehovah; it contains nothing but the great, important and everlast ing truths of God, and among which that of the ascension of the Lord Jesus is not the least. To understand and believe this aright is very important. My dear friends, it appears to me that on this very truth hangs all the other truths; was there any doubt as to the ascension of our Lord, it would go far to upset the whole scheme of gospel salvation, as revealed in this precious book; but, blessed be God, it is not so; we know and are sure that the Lord did arise and ascend, for of this the apostles were eye witnesses, and when they spoke of it, they spoke as of a positive fact, and it appears that the words which we have selected to make some observations upon, were November, 1845.]

spoken to persons who had been eye witnesses too: for, says the apostle, "this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven." We may just notice here, that when the Lord ascended on high, and was taken up into heaven, there were many who witnessed the light, saw him ascend, saw him go through the air to heaven, they were witnesses, I say, of this truth, their eyes had seen it, and they could not deny the fact; but oh, the blindness, hardness, and infidelity of the human heart: we believe there were some who saw this, but who afterwards denied it. Oh, what is man when left to himself! Many of the immediate followers of the Lord Jesus, and even some of his disciples, were slow to believe, so dark were their minds; and so, alas! are ours too. Is not the gospel sounding in our ears, and yet how slow are we to believe it. Do not we, sometimes, almost feel a desire to disbelieve, if we could? Oh, I have had such feelings an hundred times; but perhaps some of my hearers may ask, "how do you know that your's is the true gospel; are there not more gospels than one? My dear friends, I believe there is

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but one gospel, but there are many which are called gospels that are false gospels; yes, indeed, there always were plenty of these, and so there are now, and moreover, it is by reason of these that the way of truth is evil spoken of, but we know that ours is the true gospel, we have the whole bible on our side; but leaving this, we notice that the ascension is a truth, a great truth, a glorious truth; yea, it is a good truth; yes, and it is such a truth as shall never be upset by either men or devils. Let me ask you, my dear friends, what do you know about this truth, about this Jesus who ascended, and who shall come again in like manner; but to proceed: we said something on this subject when speaking from these words a short time since, "he hath 'ascended on high: he hath led captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them."

Then we shall now take notice of the ascension, and it is very evident to 'me, that without the ascension, that is, if the Lord Jesus had not risen, the work which he came to do would not have been complete; could death have held the Lord, it would have triumphed over him, but he did ascend, and of this we are sure, for he appeared many times after his resurrection; he was seen for the space of forty days, and by above five hundred persons, and after that he ascended on high, which was a glorious display of his finished work; redemption was now complete, salvation was now complete, "I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." He ascended on high, took his seat at the Father's right hand, and there, as the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of the apostle John has told us," he ever liveth to make intercession for us," and again, if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Yes, there he still lives, still pleads, still inter

cedes for his people, still lives to bless his saints. Oh, my dear friends what a glorious Christ is ours; and we may also here say a few words of the almighty power of the Holy Ghost. You know that we give equal honour to all the three glorious persons in the Trinity. Yes, we do, and we believe that it was through the almighty power of the Holy Ghost, that this great work was performed; and it was in and through the ascension that the Holy Ghost descended, for "said the ever blessed Jésus, "If I go not away, the Comforter will not come, but if I go I will send him,” and it was so, for we read that in a very few days after that, the power of the Holy Ghost was put forth in so miraculous a manner, that no less than three thousand were converted under one sermon. Here was indeed a mighty, an open display of the power of the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, "where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst." Yes, my friends, we believe that this great number were gathered together by the Lord the Spirit, they did not come together as some say, by chance, no indeed, they were gathered by God the Spirit. You know that this was at the day of Pentecost, that they were gathered together. What for? Why to receive the fulfilment of the promise, they were constrained to come; no matter whether two or two thousand, it is all the same when gathered by the Lord the Spirit. It was that they might be blessed. If the promise tarry, wait for it," it will surely come and will not tarry, that is, not beyond the appointed time. But oh, what poor peevish impatient creatures we are, we want the blessing to come before the time, and then we get into such feelings, so as to fret and murmur against the Lord, and do we not often feel as Jeremiah says, " like a wild bull in a net," so bound up in our souls; cannot read, cannot hear, cannot pray, so shut up, we cannot