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It is exceedingly regretted by his friends, that while many are far too indulgent to their bodies, Mr. Gunn, amidst all his labours, was habitually inattentive to the preservation of his health. Perhaps, it was in consequence of this that Nature seemed to fail at once. He was laid aside from his work but about a fortnight; and his death was scarcely apprehended, especially by himself.

He was interred on Saturday, Dec. 13, in the vault under St. Mary Woolnoth's church. His funeral was most respectfully attended by evangelical clergymen, gentlemen, and a numerous body of people, who filled the church. The grief manifested on the occasion was uncommonly great. Mr. Foster read the funeral - service. Three funeralsermons were preached on the following Sunday, by Messrs. Shepherd, Sanders, and Davies.

July 2. A New Baptist Meeting was opened at Eynsford, in Kent, for Mr. Rogers's Congregation. Three sermons were preached on the occasion, by Dr. Rippon, from Zech. iv. 7; Mr. Upton, from Hag. ii. 19; and Mr. Knott, from lxiii. I. Messrs. Cocket, Lloyd, and Stanger engaged in prayer.

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The Welch chapel in Wilderness Row, Goswell Street, was opened on Sunday, Nov. 9. Mr. J. Elias, of Anglesea, prayed; Mr. Farmer, of Hull, preached in the morning, from Psalm cxxti. 7; Mr. Hyatt in the afternoon, from Rom. iv. 16; Mr. Collison, of Hackney, in the evening, from Psalm cxlvi. 10.

A considerable number of Spanish Testaments and Tracts have been sent to Buenos Ayres with the Rev. Mr. Crighton, who is gone thither as a Missionary.

Several Ministers in Scotland are about to publish a translation of Boston's Fourfold State into the Gaelie language. The translator has already made some progress in the work. In order to render the book as cheap as possible, donations are requested to be paid to the ministers of the gospel at Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c.

BRISTOL MONTHLY LECTURES, 1807.

Place.

Subject.

Preacher.

Castle Gr. Connexion between Holiness and Happiness. Tab. Minis.
Pithay, Spirituality of the Kingdom of Christ.
Tabernacle. Aid of the Spirit in Prayer.

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Bridge Str.

May 12, Tu.
June 16, Tu.
July 16, Th. Pithay.

Broadmead. Castle Gr.

Mr. Lowell. Pithay Minis.

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Sin of Covetousness.
Great Evil of Sin.
Divinity of Christ.

Aug. 13, W. Tabernacle. Imhristians of Union among all True?

Sept. 15, Tu. Bridge Str. Oct. 13, Tu. Broadmead. Nov. 10, Tu. Castle Gr.

Dec. 17, Th. Pithay.

Divinity of the Holy Spirit.
Agency and Artifices of Satan,
Intermediate State.

Efficacy of Divine Grace.

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Mr. Page.

Mr. Thorp.

Dr. Ryland.
Tab. Minis.

Mr. Lowell. Pithay Minis,

Mr. Thorp.
Mr Page.
Dr. Ryland.

Lady Huntingdon's. Pithay.

Portland Chapel.

Bridge Street.

Broadmead.

Castle Green.

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

1. Th. Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Burder. Advantages of Religion.

4. LORD'S DAY Ev. Broad Str. Mr. J.Clayton; Palace Str. Mr. Dunn; Peter Str. Mr. Brooksbank; Hare Court, Dr. Young.

Mon. Ev. Missionary Prayer-Meeting, Adelphi, Mr.

6. Tu. M. Broad St. Mr. Barber. 7 Wed. Ee. Prayer Meeting for the Nation, at the late Mr. Booth's. 8. Th. M. Monthly Meeting (Indep.) at Mr. Winter's, New Court, Mr. Clayton to preach. The Perseverance of the Saints. Er. Fetter Lane, Mr. Ford. The Consequences of Sin, as it respects the present Life.

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18. LORD'S DAY Ev. Broad Str. Mr. Gaffee; Hare Ct. Mr. Winter; Peter Str. Mr. Spilsbury; Palace Str. Mr. Winter; Orange Str. Mr. Burder.

20. Tu. M. Broad Str. Mr. Barber. 21. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the Nation, at Dr. Rippon's.

22. Th. Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Hughes. The Excellence of the Gospel. 23. Frid. Ev. Sermon to Young Persons, at Founders' Hall, Lothbury, Mr. Brooksbank to preach.

25. LORD'S DAY EV. Broad Str. Mr. Dore; Hare Crt. Mr. Lyndall; Palace Street, Mr. Gore; Peter Str. Mr. Brichan.

27. Tu. M. Broad St. Mr. Clayton. 28. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the Nation, at Mr. Brooksbank's. 29. Th. Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Townsend. · Domestic Religion. [This List is unavoidably incomplete.]

MINISTERS SUPPLYING AT

Surry Chapel, Mr. R. Hill.
Spa Fields. Mr. Jeary.
Sion Chapel, Mr. W. Bennett.
Hoxton Chapel, Mr. Gawthorne.

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MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS, &c.

From the Associated Burgher-Congregation, in the Kin-
cardine, by Alloa, N. Britain, by Rev. Mr. Campbell
Legacy of Mrs. Catherine Farr, late of Turner's Square,
Hoxtou, deceased, by Mr. R. Walker, one of the
Executors

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Legacy of Mr. B. Coles, late of Homerton, deceased, by
Rev. W. Goode, A. M. one of the Executors

Buty pald by Executors

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ODE ON THE NEW YEAR.

THE PAST.

Hitherto, the Lord has helped me. - 1 Sam. vii. 12.

GENTLY glides our life away;
Unperceiv'd the moments fly;
As, at op'ning Summer's day,
Dew-drops vanish in the sky !
Lo! another year is gone,

Added to the thousands past!
And the present hastens on,
Urging Time to reach his last!
When we view departed years,

Mingled grief and praises flow:
Heav'nly love throughout appears,
Mix'd with human guilt and woe!
Unaccustom'd to the yoke,
Ephraim murmur'd when reprov'd;
Yet beneath the bitter stroke
Ephraim was a child belov'd.

Love bestow'd my daily bread,

Cheer'd my wakeful hours with light,
Safely round my slamb'ring head
Drew the curtains of the night:
Love, when fainting, rais'd me up,
Sooth'd my sorrows, chac'd my fears,
Sweeten'd ev'ry bitter cup,

Eas'd my pains and dry'd my tears!
Love hath smooth'd my rugged way,

All my wand'ring steps forgave;
Found me when I went astray,

Kind to seek, and strong to save!
Thus far safely led along,

I my Ebenezer raise;
Finish the last year with song
And begin the next with praise

THE PRESENT,

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The Earth is full of thy Riches. Psalm civ. 24.
Oh! thou who hast made me, and kept mae till now,
Sustain' by thy goodness, before thee I bow:
What tongue can be silent while years as they roll,
Still bring thy new blessings for body and soul!
Around me, above me, beneath me, I trace
Fresh proofs of thy wisdom, and power, and grace!
The stars in their courses thy glories proclaim,
For ever unfolding, yet ever the same!

The blast of the Winter was temper'd by thee;

The bloom of the Spring thou didst hang on each tree,
The bright beams of Summer thou madest to glow;
The harvests of Autuma thine hands did bestow!

The truth of thy gospel still sounds in the land;
Thy church on à rock, like a bulwark, doth stand
The plants of thy vineyard still fruitfully grow,
And glory shines down on the valley below!
The rain may fall heavy, the storm may be high,
The cold dreary winter of age may draw nigh;
Yet saints, like the lily, shail flourish again;
For life in the root shall for ever remain!
Oh, teach me, while yet it is called To-day,
The voice of thy mercy to bear and obey;
To live in thy favour and walk in thy fear,
Thus wisely beginning a happy New Year!

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Aloud sounds the trumpet of war,

The chains of the demon are broke
And Death, in his scythe-armed car,

His thousands mows down with a stroke!
Triumphant through regions of blood

He drives down the mighty and strong,
O'erwhelming the world like a flood
That sweeps with destruction along!
Ah, who of to-morrow can boast!

What portion on earth is secure!
To-morrow may vanquish an host,

A Monarch, to-morrow be poor!
A day, and our joys may be fled!

A night, and our griefs may be o'er !
An hour, and we join with the dead!
A moment, - and we are no more!^

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Soon, soon shall the season appear

When Nature and Time shall expire:
The Sun shall be pluck'd from his sphere,
And Earth be refin'd in his fire!

The God at whose fiat they rose,

The worlds by his providence sways;

His pleasure the system shall close,
And finish the work to his praise!

Oh! teach us in thee to confide,

Thou Shield of thy people of old!
For thou canst a refuge provide

To shelter the sheep of thy fold!

Though Earth to its centre should quake,
And mountains plunge into the sea,
Thou wilt not thy children forsake,

Who fly, through a Saviour, to thee!

ALIQUIS.

A REFLECTION ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.

YE creatures of a day! can you rejoice

That all-important Time so swiftly flies?

And scorn Reflection's monitory voice,

That calls, that warns, that wooes you, to be wise?

For ever, ye departed months, adieu!

What heart that knows your value can be gay?

That by reflections forced, tho' loth to view,

How unimprov'd the hours are fled away!

Yet oft the warning voice (before they fled)

Cry'd," Seize the precious minutes! make them thine!.. Ah, how wilt thou account for so much waste Of treasure, lent for purposes divine!"

Thy voice, Reflection, now resolv'd, I hear;

To thee the solema midnight now I give! And ask, while musing on the finish'd year,

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How have I spent my time? and why I live?
"How have I spent my time ?"- Reflection, say :- £
She answers, Wasted many a precious hour;
And thrown, in careless indolence, away

The days which claim'd for God each active power!'

Why do I live? "Past errors to deplore,

And humbly at thy Saviour's cross to bow;

To ask his aid, and all his grace implore:
To dedicate to him the present Now."

Then O, my Lord, to thy atoning blood

For pardon, peace, and pow'r I meekly fly! Forgive my follies past: then, O my God, Instruct me how to live, and how to die!

Printed by G. AULR, Greville Street, London.

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