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of Dock, gave the charge, from 1 Tim. iv. 16; Mr. Birt preached to the people, from 1 Thess. v. 12, 13, and concluded in prayer; Mr.Grey, of Dock, preached in the evening; and Messrs. Windcott and Ragsdale prayed.

June 10. Mr. W. Dryland, from Hoxton Academy, was ordained copastor with the Rev. J. Winter, at Newbury. Mr. Hopkins, of Christ Church, began with prayer and reading; Mr. Atkinson, of Hexton, asked the questions; Mr. Douglas, of Reading, offered the ordination prayer ; Mr. Kingsbury, of Southampton, gave the charge, from 2 Tim. iv. 1, 2, and 5; Mr. Cook, of Maidenhead, preached to the people, from Heh. xiii. 22; and Mr. Grifiths, of Aston, concluded with prayer. Mr. Elliott, of Devizes, preached in the evening.

Serious persons who, for the sake of their heal h, are accustomed t visit the sea-side, will certainly prefer those places in which the gospel is preached, particularly where their countenance may be useful to an infant cause. Of this description are the chapels recently erected at South End, Worthing, and Hastings.

LONDON.

Abstract of a Second Exhortation de
livered by the Rev. ol. Hirschel, at
the Great S
Synagogue, Luke's Place,
on Saturday, Jan. 10, A. M. 5567,
after a Discourse on Jeremiah

æri. 18, 19.

harm to the welfare of our religion, as hath also been fully stated in a printed abstract published for that purpose; and which, I am happy to understand, has had a proper and good effect.

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Now, having since been fully corvinced, through the means of a printed Sermon and ddress, published by the Directors of the Missionary Society, viz. That the whole purpose of this seeming kind exertion is but an inviting snare, a de coying experiment to undermine the props of our religion; and the sole intent of this institution is, at bottom, only to entice innocent Jewish children, during their early and unsuspecting years, from the observance of the Law of Moses; and to eradicate the religion of their fathers and forefathers,

"On this account, I feel myself necessitated to caution the congrega tion in general, that no one do send, or allow to be sent, any child," whether male or female, to this or any such school, established by strangers to our religion; nor likewise into any Sunday School of that nature.

"All such persons, therefore, who shall act contrary to this prohibition, whether male or female, will be considered as if they had themselves forsaken their religion, and been baptized; and shall lose all title to the name of Jews, and forfeit all claims on the congregation, both in life and death.

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Every one who feareth God, is hereby reminded of his duty to warn every one who may be ignorant of these circumstances, and acquaint him thereof, that he may escape the snare laid to entangle him. Thus may we hope to see the days when the name of the only God will be hallowed, and the Lord will be one, and his name one! Amen.".

"BLESSED be the Lord our God, and God of our forefathers! one sole, and indivisible, from eternity to cternity! who has not withheld his grace from us since we have been his chosen people; and who has not suffered any thing to escape our vigilance over the conservation of our holy religion. As I have had occasion to exercise on the last holy Sabbath, to forewarn every one of our nation not to send any of their children to the newly-established Free School, instituted by society YOUR Committee, in presenting of persons who are not of our re-to the Society the Report of their ligion, until we had, by a proper Proceedings, will endeavour to furinvestigation, determined if it be nish a comprehensive, rather than completely free from any possible a detailed view of the several ob

Extracts from the Third Report of the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

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jects which have engaged their attention, during this third year of the Society's existence.

Notwithstanding the counteraction occasioned by the war, the impulse given by this Society to Religious Associations and individuals on the continent, still continues to produce a most pleasing effect. The circulation of the German New Testament; printed by the Bible Society at Nuremberg, is very extensive: a considerable number of copies has been sent to Protestant congregations through various parts of the Austrian dominions.

From the peculiar facilities afforded by the city of Basle for promoting the object of the Association, the German Bible Society has transferred the centre of its operations from Nuremberg to that city. A Committee has been constituted there; and their attention has been particularly directed to provide a cheap edition of the whole Bible. This Society has, therefore, resolved to present them with the sum of 3007. in addition to a foriner donation of 2007 By this opportune aid, 250,000 German Bibles may be successively furnished at a very cheap rate, for the benefit of present and future generations.

The Religious Society at Basle, have purchased 1500 copies of the French Protestant Bible, partly by their own funds, and partly by the 1007. remitted from this Society. several hundred copies of which have been distributed in Lausanne, Montmirail, Besancon, Strasburgh, &c. &c.

The proceedings of the Bible Society at Berlin, have been unavoidably relaxed by the war, but they have not been entirely suspended; on the contrary, the Prussian Bible Society has actually proceeded in printing a Bohemian Bible; and have advanced in this undertaking

as far as the Psalins.

A Prussian officer having been apprized that 3,000 copies of the Bohemian New Testament remained for sale in the Halish Bible Institution, purchased them at his own expence, and transmitted them to

Bohemia for gratuitous distribu tion.

In consequence of information from the Rev. Mr. Glogau, of Koenningsberg, that the inhabitants of Lithuania were in great want of Bibles, your Committee expressed their willingness to afford the aid of this Society in printing a new impression of a Lithuanian Bible, it undertaken by a respectable printer in Koenningsberg.

A correspondence has been entered into with some Protestant Clergymen, in Petersburg, for the purpose of ascertaining the religious state of the Russian Protestant provinces, and accompanied by a promise that, if it should be found practi cable to establish a Bible Society for Livonia, Finland, &C your Committee would afford them assist-

ance.

The attention of your Committee has also been attracted by infor ation of the great want of Bibles among the Russians in general; and they have adopted such measures as will, they trust, in due time, enable them to decide how far it may be in their power to supply the deficiency.

In consequence of an application for Bibles to be distributed among the German colonies near the Wolga, instructions have been given to Dr. Knappe, at Halle, to send 400 bibles, and 200 Testaments from the Bible Institution of that place, for their accommodation.

In the course of their correspondence, your Committee received information of the extreme scarcity of Bibles in Iceland; and, at the same time, that a Society of Clergymen, of Fuhnen, in Denmark, with a view to supply this deficiency, has resolved to print an edition of 2000 copies of the New Testament in the leelandic dialect. The inhabitants of this remote island, are supp sed to amount to nearly

50,000 and their habits are such as to justify the most reasonable expectations, that the liberality of the society could never be bestowed on objects more worthy of it, or with a fairer prospect of beneficial effect. Your Committee were, there

fore, happy to embrace such an opportunity, by furnishing funds for increasing the proposed edition of the Icelandic New Testament to

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3000 copes ; - they have, likewise, expressed their readiness to assist the printing of the whole Icelandic Bible.

Your Committee, reverting to the notice in their last report, that, under the auspices of the College, at Fort Williams in Bengal, the Scriptures were in a course of translation into the languages of almost the whole continent of Oriental India, and having received information that the assistance of this Society would greatly contribute to forward this laudable undertaking, resolved, to place the sum of 10007 at the disposal of the Calcutta Cor responding Committee.

A proposal having been made from the Edinburgh Missionary Society, to assist them in procuring Arabie types and paper for printing an edition of the New Testa ment in the Turkish language, under the direction of Mr. Brunton, at Karass, the Committee have resolved to supply a fount of Arabic types to be casi, and also paper sufficient for 5000 copies.

It is with real satisfaction they

are enabled to state, that the British

soldiers at the Cape of Good Hope, the inhabitants of Newfoundland, Halifax, and Nova Scotia; the Settlers at Van Dieman's Larid, the French at St. Domingo, the Spaniards at Buenos Ayres, the colonists of New South Wales, and some of the distressed Frotestants in Meck. lenberg, have been, or are in a course of being, supplied by the funds of this Society, in a greater or

less degree, with the means of spiritual knowledge in their respective languages. Your Committee had provided themselves with the means of doing this kindness to the Spaniards in South America, by the 2000 copies of the panish New Testament, and a further impression of 3000 copies is nearly finished.

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The printing an edition of the Scriptures in the Calmic and Arabic dialects, is under consideration.

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CLERKENWELL ELECTION.

Ir is with much satisfaction that we state the termination of this Our read

long-protracted contest.

ders
may recollect that, in the sum
mer of 1804, the Rev. H. Foster,
A. M. was declared duly elected to
the Perpetual Curacy of St. James,
in the above parish, having had a
majority of 58 votes above the Rev.

Mr: Lendon, the other candidate for the living; and that the latter gentleman entered a caveat in the Bishop's court, to prevent Mr. Foster from obtaining his license, and afterwards applied to Lord Chancellor Eldon, ior an injunction to restrain the Bishop of London from granting it; when the Chancellor rejected the application, after a whole day's hearing on the merits of the case; that, notwithstanding this refusal, Mr. Lendon and his in Chancery, in order to try the friends immediately instituted a suit validity of the election. This cause, after various delays, at length came on to be heard before Lord Eldon, on the 1st of last month, continued on the 2d, and terminated on the with costs. In consequence of this 3d; when he dismissed the suit obtained his license to the curacy of decision, the Rev. Mr. Foster has Rev. Mr. Sheppard, of Newington, St. James's, and has appointed the to be his assistant at the chapel at Pentonville, in the reon of the Rev. Mr. Lendon.

that this determination will effectWe cordially hope ually re-establish the peace and harmony of this large parish; and that among its numerous inhabitants, amounting, we are informed, to more than 25,000, the spirit and Christianity will evidently and inthe practice of pure evangelical creasingly prevail.

Baptist Missionary Assisting Society.

THE object of this Society is to afford an opportunity of contribut ing to the Baptist Missionary Socity, on a small scale quarterly, to those to whom it may not be convenient or agreeable to subscribe on a larger scale annually.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. One Shilling per Quarter, or more, constitutes a Member.-11. The alfairs of the Society shall be managed by a Commitee of 12 Members, exclusive of a Treasurer and secretary, who shall be Members of the Committee, in virtue of their office. II. The Committee shail meet on the Wednesday evening preceding each Quarter-day, for the purpose of appointing (gratous) Collectors, and arranging

the Subscribers for each Collector to call on, together with such other business as may come before them; - they shall also meet in the evening of the second Wednesday in each month succeeding the months the Subscriptions are to be paid into The hands of the Treasurer, in order that the accounts may be audited. -IV. The Secretary shall make out each Collector's Book, and let him have it within one week after

Treasurer, Mr. Button, Pater. noster Row; Committee, Messrs. Alves, Johns, Peake, Oram, Horsey, Archer, J. and T. Pewtress, Loveless, J. and J. Brewer, and Bennet; Secretary, Mr. Whittal, No. 2, London House Yard.

On May 25th, at the Meeting. House, in New Broad Street, Mr. John Bruce, and Mr. Aifred Bishop, students of the Academy at Homerton, went through the usual exercises previous to their leaving that institution.

Mr. Bruce delivered and defended a thesis on the following subject:

An sit duarum naturarum in Persona Jesu Christi Mediatoris urso, et quinam hujusce unionis ad fidem sanctitatemque stabiliendam usus sint præcipui ?· and preached

from Ezek, xxxii. 11.

The thesis considered and defended by Mr. Bishop was, An mors Jesu Christi vera juerit pro peccatis hominum electorum expiatio? delivered a discourse from Mat. xvi.

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The Meeting testified their approbation of the manner in which the students performed their exercises; and the ministers present concurred with the tutors in recommending them to the churches of Christ, as persons well qualified and highly promising to answer the great ends of the Christian ministry,

each Quarter-day. V. The Sub. scriptions shall be called for quarterly, by the Collectors, who shall give up their books, with the amount of subscriptions received, into the hands of the Treasurer, within the month succeeding eaca Quarter-day. -VI. The Commi.tice, at their meeting in August, shall order the Trea. surer to pay the amount of the subscriptions received, specifying the suni, into the hands of the Treasurer for the Baptist Missionary Society. VII. A General Meeting of this Society shall be held annually, on the last Monday in August, at 7 o'clock in the evening, precisely, when a Commitice, includ.ment, of their conduct, and for their ing the Treasurer and Secretary, shall be chosen for the year eusting. -VHI. Six Subscribers shall have power to call the Society together, and three of the Committee power to call the Committee together, by signifying the same to the Secretary, in writing, who shall give timely nolice to each individual Member.

DX., The Treasurer shall not pay any bills on account of this Society without an order signed by three Members of the Committee, al one of their meetings. - All Meetings shall be opened and concluded witn prayer.

The Rev. John Humphrys addressed the students in a very appropriate manner, suggesting se verai important hints for the govern

encouragement and pleasure in the ministerial life.

At the Rev. Mr. Woodd's, Bentinck Chapel, a collection was made, April 12, for the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, which amounted to 1897.; and on the 31st of May, collections were made at the same place, after a sermon in the morning by Mr. Woodd, and another in the evening by Mr. Shaw, of Ireland, for the purpose of distributing Bibles and supporting Schools in that country, which amounted to 1017. 10s. 6d.

We understand that, the First Anniversary of the Opening of Norwood Chapel (under the patronage of the London Itinerant Society) will be held on Monday, the 6th instant. The sermons by Mr. Collyer, of Peckham, and Mr. Hyall, of the Tabernacle..

The Morning Chronicle for June 1st, states, that, on the preceling SUNDAY, Madam Catalani (a famous Italian singer) entertained a large party to dinner. Lord Castlereagh honoured the enchanting foreign warbier with his company. Lord Fincastle was also of the party. Prince Esterhazy, Prince Starhemberg, and several other foreigners of the highest distinction, were also present. At night, Mad. Catalani

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entertained the company with a display of her vocal powers, assisted by a band of first rite instrumental performers."-A correspondent, who has favoured us with this article, properly exclaims, What a Sunday party! What an exaniple for inferior ranks! I really fear more from such violations, of the Sabbath, then from all the rage, and pour of France." So do we:but our Lord gives us to expect, the world will be thus occupied, even when the day of judgment. comes upon them. See Matt.

On Wednesday, the 10th of June, departed this life, the. Rev. `T, da Dale, Rector of All Saints, and of St. John the Baptist, Lewes, who has left a widow and nine children.

List of Lectures, &c. in and near London, for July.

1. Wed. Ev. Prayer for the Nation, at Dr. Trotter's and Mr. Nichol's. 2. Th. Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Burder. The Doctrine of the Trinity.

5. LORD'S DAY Ev. Broad Str. Mr.

G. Clayton; Devonshire Sq. Mr.
Stevens are Crt. Dr. Young;
Crown Crt. Mr. Knight; Palace
Str. Mr. Dunn; Peter Str. Mr.
Brown.

6. Mon. Ev. Missionary Prayer-Meet-
ing, at Mr. C. Hyatt's, Shadwell.
7. Ta. M. Broad Str. Mr. Barber.
8. Wed. Ev. Prayer Meeting for the
Nation, at Mr. Barber's.

9. Th. M. Monthly Meeting (Indep.) at Mr. Barker's, Deptford, Mr. Goode to preach. How far is Comfort necessarily connected with Sanctification?

Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Winter. The Redeemer's Triumph over his Enemies.

12. LORD'S DAY EV. Broad Str. Mr.

Hughes; Devonshire Sq. Mr.
Gould; Hare Crt. Mr. Burder;
Chapel Str. Mr. Gold; Crown Crt.
Mr. Webb; Palace Str. Mr. J.
Thomas; Barbican, Mr. Stollery;
Peter Str. Mr. Button.

13. Mon. Ev. Prayer Meeting for the Nation, Surry Chapel.

14. Tu. M. Broad Str. Mr. Clayton. 15. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the Nation, at Dr. Jenkins's.

16. Th. Eo. Perter Lane, Mr.J. Clayton. The Sinfulness of sleeping in the House of God.

17. Frid Ser on to Young People, at Rotherhithe. Mr. Gore to preach.

19. LORD'S DAY Ev. Broad Str. Mr. Gaffee; Devonshire fq. Dr. Jeakins; Hare Crt. Mr. Winters Orange Str. Mr. Burder; Chapel Str. Mr. Buck; Crown. Crt. Mr. Stevens; Palace Str. Mr. Cloutt; Peter Str. Mr. Ferris.

21. Tu. M. Broad Str. Mr. Goode. 22. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the Nation, at Mr. Winter's.

23. Th. M. Monthly Meeting (Bapt.) at Mr. Dore's, Mr. flutchings to preach. On Prophecy. Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Hughes. -The Efficacy of the Redeemer's Cross.

26. LORD'S DAY Ev. Broad Str. Mr. Dore; Devonshire Sq. Mr. J. Thomas; Hare Crt. Mr. Lyndall; Chapel St. Mr. Atkinson; Crown Ct. Mr. Stollery; Palace Str. Mr. Gore; Barbican, Mr. Sheastone, Peter Str. Mr. Brichan.

28. Ta. M. Broad Str. Mr. Ford. 29. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Mecting for the Nation, at Mr. Jennings's,

30. Th. Es. Fetter Lane, Mr. Townsend. The most desirable Temper of Mind for Christians.

MINISTERS SUPPLYING AT

Spa Fields, Mr. Metin.
Sion Chapel, Mr. T. Bennett.
Surry Chapel, Mr. Elliott.

eaton, Mr. Richards, of Stourbridge.

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