several years he has perfectly satisfied us respecting his spiritual recovery and had it not been for this one foul blot, Thomas Scudamore would have ranked among the most eminent christians of his day. His last words were 'I'll praise, I'll praise, I'll praise Him evermore.' There was no funeral sermon.

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"June 9th & 10th, 1840. Whitsuntide tea-meetings as usual. About a hundred children."

"November 26th, 1840. Stood on the platform at George-street chapel, and again pleaded the cause of the poor perishing heathen; presented the meeting with ten pounds, being the last year's proceeds of our missionary-box at the Common. There was a Wesleyan speaker from Bath present, who riveted our attention for an hour

'And regaled the ear

With strains it was a luxury to hear.""

MEDICAL ELECTRICITY.

CASE 62. Aged twenty-two.-Sore throat for seven weeks. Sparks four evenings; perfectly cured-general health greatly benefited.

63. Aged twenty.-Swollen face and violent tooth-ache: had applied blisters. Once sparks; perfectly cured. Sometime afterwards took a cold and it returned; electricity was again applied with the same effect.

64. Aged ten.-Scorbutic eruption behind the ear, which returned every spring for the last five years. Twice sparks; perfectly cured.

65. Aged eighteen. - Swollen face for a considerable time. Twice sparks; perfectly cured.

66. Aged forty.-Pain in the right arm, and left leg and hip for fifteen years. Small shocks three times; perfectly cured.

67. Aged seventeen.-Strain in his left ancle, for a quarter of a year. Perfectly cured; three times shocks.

68. Aged thirty-five.-Chill in all his limbs through sleeping in a damp bed; hands and arms swollen, attended with constant shivering. Perfectly cured: twice shocks all over the body.

69. Aged thirty.-Swollen face and tooth-ache, very violent. Perfectly cured; twice sparks.

70. Aged thirty-five.-Swelling in her neck, and pain in her left arm, for three-quarters of a year, with scorbutic eruptions in different parts of her body-no relief from medicine. Considerably relieved.

71. Aged fifty.-Violent pain in his right shoulder for some time. Perfectly cured; twice sparks and small shocks.

72. Infant, aged two years.-Sore and weak eyes for half a year. Perfectly cured; once positive aura.

73. Aged thirty.-Great enlargement of the glands on one side of the neck for eight months-resisted all medicine-got larger every day; was recommended to try electricity, consulted her medical attendant who ridiculed the idea, quite laughing it to scorn. Was however at length resolved to try. Perfectly cured in a fortnight; positive sparks.

74. Aged eight.-Weak and sore eyes ever since she was a year old-could not learn to read or sew-could not bear the light of the sun, Electric aura for a week without effect, sparks were then administered; perfectly cured in a fortnight.

75. Aged twenty.-Wen in the neck, for a quarter of a year. Considerably reduced; sparks.

76. Aged thirty-two.-Diseased eyes. Perfectly cured; sparks

once.

77. Aged fourteen.-Chilblains in her hands for a monthcould not use her fingers, swollen considerably. Perfectly cured; twice sparks.

78. Aged twenty-five.-Nervous head-ache for some time; Perfectly cured; twice positive sparks.

79. Three years old.-Diseased eye, very much inflamed, eruption on the eye-brow for some time; was blind for a week together last summer, could not admit the least light. Negative aurathe child was so pleased that it desired to come again: I repeated the application in the same way. The next day the eye and cheek swelled greatly, the day after an eruption took place all over that part of the face where the electric aura had been applied. The parents now became alarmed, but I assured them that it was a good omen. I continued it in the same way three evenings more; in the course of the next week the eruption disappeared and the cure was perfected. This was the worst case that I had ever met with.

CHAPTER XVIII.

DEATHS OF VALUABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; COMMENCEMENT OF THE VIOLENT AND PERSEVERING ATTACK MADE ON OUR CAUSE AT THE COMMON, BY THE DESOLATING SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, CALLED PUSEYISM;

LETTER TO THE NEW VICAR THEREON; AND OTHER INFORMATION.

"DECEMBER 25th, 1840. Within the last few weeks four friends have died; all lovers and supporters of our needy, struggling cause. O Lord, Thou knowest the sore anguish I feel; I am truly loaded with grief. 'Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of Thy waterspouts all Thy waves and billows are gone over me."

'The daily death I prove,

Saviour to thee is known.'

Our cause greatly suffers, and our souls are vexed within us."

"January 1st, 1841. Six o'clock in the morning anniversary prayer-meeting, well attended. Twelve persons engaged in prayer, and a gracious influence rested on the whole congregation. In the evening the christian friends all drank tea together in the chapel, much to our edification, and our. spiritual strength was again renewed.

'He (the Spirit) unites himself to believers by his gifts, which consists in delivering them from their evil passions, restoring them to that state of innocence which they had lost by sin, in enabling them to know the future, and to comprehend the mysteries of the Gospel.'-BASIL, A. D. 370.

"January 3rd, 1841. Sunday evening I made some remarks on the aforesaid recent deaths.

John Reynolds, aged thirty-six, received all his spiritual instruction at our chapel; he was a steady member, a tract-distributor, helper at the prayermeetings; had a long affliction, which he bore with christian fortitude: his last words were 'To die is gain.'

Mr. Moors' case was adjourned for a season (aged fifty-two.)

Mrs. Martha Steedman. Between fifty and sixtyyears ago she joined the despised Methodists in this town, and shared in their common persecutions; she was in christian fellowship with all the old crossbearing fathers of Methodism in Warminster, and knew most of the old preachers, who have long since entered into the joy of their Lord. She always loved and blessed us. She died in peace, aged seventy-six. though not of our society yet she dearly loved us and bade us God speed. Upwards of fifty years ago she joined the Baptists: has ever since lived, loved, and supported the gospel. Contributed towards our chapel and school. She had long waited for the joyful coming of her loved Lordthere was no doubt, fear, or anxiety on her peaceful mind.

Mrs. Sarah E

'Her God sustained her final hour,

Her final hour brought glory to her God.'

She entered into the joy of her Lord on Christmasday, leaving a sweet-smelling savour behind her, 'yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.' Aged eighty years.

As to the removal of these His saints, it is true enough that to them, to die is gain, but what is it again I ask, to us who live,

'Still tossed on a sea of distress,

Hard toiling to make the blessed shore.'

I can truly say I go mourning all the day long. We are stripped of our earthly helps-our sanctuary looks bare and desolate-some of our best members re gone for ever—the world and the devil of course

strive with us: we have no christian fellowship but in and of ourselves. Valuable members are not easily replaced, and now we can only look to Him who can do all things, again to revive our drooping spirits; I labour on it is true and keep up the work, but none but the Searcher of Hearts knows what fiery trials are sometimes my portion: my greatest of all is, when the ark trembles. Lord help me! I preach consolation to others, but scarcely can call any my own at present. 'O Absalom! my son, my son!" "

"February 14th, 1841. I preached a funeral sermon for my friend and neighbour, good old Mr. James Draper, a steady, upright member of the established church, he was well deserving the highest christian respect. I have known him all my life, and never heard of a blemish in his character. He loved to hear the gospel wherever preached, and he loved all who loved the Lord Jesus Christ. He was one of the select party who for so many years steadily supported that little religious cause, hereinbefore referred to, kept up by good old Mr. Pearce in Meeting-lane. He was the man whom my honored mother used to point out to her children as sure to obtain the divine blessing, specially promised to all children who honor their parents.' For a long period' said she, 'he paid the most kind and unremitting attention to the wants of his sick mother, who was an incurable paralytic, totally unable to walk or help herself. A little before his death, I took an opportunity of enquiring from him as to the truth of the alleged fact. With a smile of heartfelt, heavenly joy, he replied, 'Yes, for seven years I carried her up and down that staircase every day in my arms, and I never would suffer any person to do anything for her as long as she lived, but myself.' He lived to be eighty-eight had scarcely any worldly trials, and never any violent sickness. His end was peace.”

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February 28th, 1841. Funeral sermon for Mrs. Moors, another member of our society. The great spiritual benefit derived by her late husband by coming

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