whose society it was my privilege to spend many happy and profitable hours, either in private, or in connection with public institutions. With every minister of the Gospel, Baptist, Wesleyan, and Independent, I have been on friendly terms, having had no controversy with any. And it is but just to say, in honor of the dead, and of the living, that the attention and kindness I have received from members of the Church, and of the University, have equalled those of our own circles, without any approach to compromise on the one side, or any want of candour or confidence on the other. To Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Gray, Mr. Roff, and their friends, I am bound to make similar acknowledgments. Some of them I have long and intimately known; for I preached in two separate years at the Baptist Chapel when I was a student at Homerton, and it was then that I formed acquaintances and friendships, which have continued unbroken for thirty five years.

I also think, at this moment, of the deaths that have occurred in this congregation; very few of those who originally welcomed me here, being now alive. The removal of friends, as many present know, has been a painful part of my history, though it has often been cheered, and cheered too I may confidently say, in a great majority of instances, by the assurance that the ministry of the Gospel in this place had not been in vain. "Write, blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; yea saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them."

Nor am I less impressed with the kindness of the living; and the grateful task remains to me of presenting my earnest thanks to my esteemed friends, both in my own congregation, and in the town, for the regard and consideration I have received from them through a long course of time, and which has not ceased even yet. For the strong expressions of esteem and attachment which have poured in upon me during the last week, and to a late hour last night, taking the shape, in many instances, of generous contributions, which I neither asked nor expected, I feel more obliged than I can

possibly describe. But on these points, as on some others, I will not trust myself to enlarge. I will only say, that as my first wish while among you has been to promote your spiritual prosperity, so my greatest delight, when I am away, will be to hear of your religious welfare. I trust that a divine blessing will attend the labours of any minister whom the providence of God may appoint over you; and I desire humbly to look forward to the period in which they who sow and they who reap, may rejoice together. If I were ever in danger of forgetting Cambridge, which I can never be, there is one memorial which would always recal my thoughts,the ashes of my beloved brother are among you; "the bones of Joseph are in your camp." You have given him a grave.

"AND NOW, BRETHREN, I COMMEND YOU TO GOD, AND TO THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, WHICH IS ABLE TO BUILD YOU UP, AND TO GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED."

AMEN.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY HENRY SMITH.

CHURCH ASSEMBLING IN ST. THOMAS'S SQUARE, HACKNEY,

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1848.

LONDON:

JACKSON AND WALFORD,

18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

AND SOLD BY BUSH, HACKNEY.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

Order of the Service.

THE Rev. Dr. F. A. Cox offered Prayer.

The Rev. JOHN HUNT, Pastor of the Church at Brixton, read a portion of the Sacred Scriptures, and proposed the questions.

JOHN DENNIS, Esq. replied to the first of the questions, and the Rev. GEORGE THOMSON to the second.

The Rev. Dr. BURDER implored the blessing of God on the ministry of his Colleague, now recognised as Co-Pastor.

The Rev. ALGERNON WELLs, Pastor of the Church at Clapton, delivered an Address to the Rev. GEORGE THOMSON.

The Rev. JOHN KENNEDY, M.A., Pastor of the Church at Stepney, delivered a discourse to the Church.

The Rev. Dr. J. PYE SMITH concluded with prayer.