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Hanbury, sliding a copy of the poor orphan's torn verses into his hand, explained what they were, how they had obtained them, and told him to read them when he was alone.

Immediately after Douglas started up to retire to his own room; but when he reached the door he turned round, and said, "Allow me this night for reflection."

He had need of it indeed. Humanity, pity, and gratitude, called upon him imperiously to offer the unhappy Jane his hand, and save her from the misery of dying of unrequited love. But then the sacrifice was a tremendous one. He felt for Jane, though she was beautiful, amiable, and intelligent, no sentiment resembling passion, and mar

riage itself was at that time inconvenient, nay, even hateful to him; as it would interfere with all those plans so long the darling objects of his wishes, plans calculated to repay him for the severity of his past studies, by opening to him new fields of improvement and delight.

It had for years been his intention to travel over Greece, and indeed over every part of Europe, and great part of Asia, as soon as he had taken his longexpected degree, and had possession of his fortune and he well knew that it was impossible for him to take a wife with him in some of the expeditions which he was most fond of projecting. But then he recollected, that if he did marry Jane, pleasure was all he gave up, and if he did not, he sacrificed her life.

(To be continued.)

REPORTS.

RUTHIN.-A lecture was delivered (March 26), at the Free Church, Ruthin, by the Rev. T. Spencer Hill, entitled, "An Evening with the Worthy, Witty, and Wise," the object of which was to aid the Sunday-school Bank, to which the school is indebted for a measure of prosperity. It may be gratifying to know that the greater part of the Interest likely to be due on the children's deposits next Christmas has been thus early provided by the pecuniary results of this lecture.

The Rev. J. R. Kilsby Jones, so well known throughout the Principality, having recently visited Ruthin in order to preach in Welsh, an arrangement was made with him before his departure to preach an English sermon in the Free Church. The bellman announced the service to the inhabitants of the town. Mr. Jones delivered a beautiful and original sermon on "Man Worth," on

the occasion.

On Sunday afternoon, April 7th, a

beautiful pocket Bible was presented by the pastor, in behalf of the Sundayschool teachers, to Thomas Henry Gilbert, one of the scholars, who has been long connected with the school, and has made himself useful to the Free Church. The immediate occasion of the presentation was his intended removal from Ruthin for the metropolis.

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NORWICH. On Thursday evening, March the 14th, the Ladies' Working Committee for Sierra Leone, in connexion with Westbeech House, Norwich, and a few friends, partook of tea and supper at the house of Mrs. Walter H. Pigg, Secretary to the Committee, and daughter of the Rev. J. J. J. Kempster. The meeting had a tendency to encourage each other in their "work of faith, and labour of love," and to enlist the sympathies of such as were privileged, although not members, to share in the evening's entertainment.

It was a season of social enjoyment, and during the evening, the meeting was enlivened by the singing and playing on the pianoforte of several pieces of sacred music.

The ladies will shortly forward a box of articles which they have just completed for the mission.

SIERRA LEONE. Our correspondence with the Sierra Leone Churches is kept up month after month as usual; every mail brings tidings of the spread of the Gospel and the extension of the kingdom of Christ in the midst of our coloured fellow men in Africa. Ethiopia is stretching out her hands unto God.

The reported murder of Dr. Livingstone will make many sad hearts in Sierra Leone. It was my privilege to make his acquaintance there, where I heard from his own lips his views and feelings concerning the vast continent of Africa, to the exploration and elevation of which he consecrated his noble life. I shall not soon forget the enthusiasm of the people of the colony on his arrival. All the people, from his Excellency the Governor to the humblest person, sought to do him honour. The few days he spent in our midst were red-letter days in our African history, and when he left for the interior, many an earnest prayer was sent up to God by Sierra Leone Christians on his behalf. Since then his travels and explorations have contributed most largely to our geographical intelligence, and shed the brightest lustre on the page of African discoveries. Indeed he has made his life sublime by his extensive scientific knowledge, lion-hearted courage, self-sacrificing toil, invincible perseverance, lofty purpose, unassuming Christianity, and wonderful success. Most earnestly do I hope that the account of his death is fiction; but the very report of the death of such a brave man has already chilled the hearts of thousands, for his life seemed to be charmed, and we believed that he was predestinated by the Great

Arbiter of human destinies yet to accomplish the greatest good for Africa.

In his last letter from the colony, the Rev. S. Priddy says: "We are going on well, thank God. Our chapel in the city (Freetown) is well attended, and our Church is increasing in members. The villages and mission station are going on quietly and progressively. Mr. Priddy has recently visited Bompey, and was most kindly received by the king. His majesty expressed great gladness at the attention paid to him and his subjects by our Society. At present he and his people are a little unsettled. They have been involved in war with neighbouring tribes, which has disturbed the peace and order of his kingdom; but he hopes soon that everything will be amicably settled, and that the Gospel will then run and be glorified in every part of his empire. He has invited Mr. Priddy to pay him another visit when the country is quiet, to make arrangements for the spread of the Gospel, and the establishment of schools, which he gladly accepted. It will be remembered that Mr. Priddy was our missionary in Bompey for several years, during the reign of the late chief; and it was not until he was driven away by intestine wars, and his own life was frequently in jeopardy, that he left his post of toil, and even then he left with the intention of returning as soon as there was an opening. That opening seems now at hand. grant that it may be great and effectual!

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I hope to be able to furnish our friends with a more ample report in the next Magazine. J. TROTTER.

Basingstoke, April 9.

OBITUARY.-Died, on the 15th March, at her father's residence, New Shoreham, near Brighton, Sussex, aged 25 years, Fanny Pickford, the second and dearlybeloved daughter of the Rev. Christopher Knowles, late of Bath, deeply and deservedly regretted by all who knew her.

THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR.

"Not to save thought, but to prompt and inspire it."-REV. DR. FERGUSON.

** In addition to the special purpose which these outlines of Sermons are intended to serve, they may be used by persons who spend the Sunday at home. The texts will always be found in the First or Second Lesson, or Gospel, or Epistle for the day.

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Third Sunday after Easter.

SUBJECT:-THE SORROW OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES: ITS CAUSE, CONTINUANCE, AND CONSUMMATION.

JOHN xvi. 22.-"And ye now, therefore, have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you."

The sorrow of Christ's disciples is here stated by Christ himself.

I. ITS CAUSE. It was caused by the absence of Jesus. "A little while, and ye shall not see me; and ye shall be sorrowful.

II. ITS CONTINUANCE. Only temporary in its duration. "A little while."

III. ITS CONSUMMATION. It was to emerge in joy. "Your sorrow shall be turned into joy."

MAY 19.

Fourth Sunday after Easter.

SUBJECT:-REGENERATION, AS TO ITS SOURCE, INSTRUMENTALITY, AND FRUITS.

JAMES i. 18.-"Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."

Regeneration is here set before us

I. AS TO THE SOURCE FROM WHICH IT COMES. "His own will."

II. AS TO THE MEANS BY WHICH IT IS EFFECTED. "The word of truth."

III. AS TO THE RESULTS WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW. "That we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath." "Wherefore lay aside all filthiness, &c." If any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, &c." MAY 26.

Fifth Sunday after Easter.

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SUBJECT:-THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST. ACTS i. 9-11.-"And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaver.”

The Ascension of Christ may be regarded as the closing scene of His First Coming into the world-the triumph of a conqueror. He led captivity captive and went up to His throne

where he sat down, expecting from henceforth till his enemies be made his footstool. The Ascension may also be considered as beautifully uniting heaven and earth. He went into heaven as our representative, and sent down His Holy Spirit as His. Heaven and earth take an interest in the great work of the Redeemer. Two angels, like men in white apparel, were seen talking with the men of Galilee. Heaven and earth hold converse; the subject is Christ.

And the Ascension is presented to us as an illustration of Christ's Second Coming.

So let us look at the Ascension:

I. AS THE CLOSING SCENE OF CHRIST'S FIRST COMING.

II. As UNITING HEAVEN AND EARTH MORK INTIMATELY.

III. AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING.

CONTRIBUTIONS, COLLECTIONS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND ABROAD.

BATH (Rev. J. Wills).-Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. J. Wood. Collected by Mrs. Allward, 14s.; Mrs. Menzies, 4s. 4d.; Mrs. Watts, 11s. ; the Misses Clement, 16s. ; Miss Goldwin, 17. 1s. ; Miss Sansom, 17. 3s.; Miss Taylor, 12s.; Miss Eyres, 7s. 7d.; Mrs. Garlick, 6s. 6d.; Mr. H. Jones, 3s. 3d. 57. 18s. 10d. The Vineyards Chapel Sunday school, by Rev. J. Wills, 41. 10s. 3d. Collected by Mrs. J. Wood J. Wyatt, Esq., 2s. 6d. ; Rev. C. Knowles, 3s.; Mr. Kidner, 2s. 2d.; Mrs. J. Wood, 5s.; Miss Ford, 2s. 3d.; Miss E. Crease, 2s.; Mr. Seymour (for Harbingers), 3s. 3d.; Mr. H. Jones (for Harbingers), 7s. 3d.; Mrs. Wood (for Harbingers), 5s.-17. 12s. 5d. Total,

127. 1s. 6d.

TODMORDEN. Weekly contributions (per Mr. T. Barker, Secretary), 17. 16s. CHELTENHAM. - (Per Rev. W. H. Ramsay.) Treasurer, Mrs. Seabright, 1, Sherbourne-terrace. Collected by Mrs. Seabright, 27. 5s. 7d.; Miss Potter, 17. 16s. 7d.; Miss Tinkler, 17. 8s. 2d. ; Mr. Young, 17. 1s. 1d.; Miss Green, 17s.; Miss Smith, 16s. 4d.; Miss Walters, 4s. 3d.; Mrs. Lloyd (donation), 12s.; Mrs. Wake (donation), 10s. ; Miss Straford (donation), 2s. 6d. ; Sunday-school children's pence, 15s. 9d.10. 9s. 3d.; less expenses, 12s. 5d.; total, 97. 16s. 10d.

SWANSEA.- Burrow's Chapel Sundayschool (Rev. J. Whitby). - Collected by Henry Tunbridge, 7s. 9d.; John Evans, 1s. 4d. ; Thomas Evans, 1s. 11d.; George Jones, 6d. ; Henry Hacche, 1s. 3d. ; Frank Triniman, 1s. 6d. ; Thomas Owen, 1s. 9d.; Grace Roberts, 1s. 7d.; Sophia Pennell, 1s. 5d.; Margaret Burns, 1s. 1d.; Miss Whitby's Class, 16s. 6d.; Mr. J. 0. Whitby, 3s. 6d. ; E. A. Dyer, 13s. 2d. ; Mary Prout (Harbingers sold), 6s. 8d.— 27. 19s. 11d.; deduct for expences, 6s. ; total, 27. 13s. 11d.

WORCESTER.-(Per Rev. T. Dodd.) Collected by Mrs. Hicks, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Richards, 9s. 8d.; Mrs. Thomas, 6s. 8d.; Mrs. Bevington, 4s. 3d.; Miss A. Farmer, 17. 3s. 4d.; Miss A. Wilesmith, 48.; Miss A. Price, 6s. 6d.; Miss A. Clift, 6s. 10d.; Miss S. Smith, 3s. 3d.; Miss E. Jones, 17. 6s.; Miss M. A. Price, 6s. 3d. Miss E. Bosworth, 2s. 2d.; Miss B. Powell, 78. 4d.; Miss E. Wortington, 1s.; Miss A. Ward, 1s. 2d.; Miss E. Walters, 2s. 8d.; Miss F. Kings, 1s.; Miss A. Pattison, 2s. 6d.; Miss M. A. Fletcher, 1s. 6d; a Friend, 5s. School: Miss Edmunds' class, 4s.; Miss L. Edmunds', 3s.; Miss Price's Bible-class, 10s. 6d; Mr. Russ' ditto, 7s. 6d.; Mr. Whittal's, ditto, Ss. 4d.; Boys' School, 6s. 10d.; Girls' ditto, 6s.; annual sermons (per Rev. T. Dodd), 157. Total, 237. 9s. 9d.

** The list of subscriptions from Basingstoke, amounting to 187. 11s. 6d., and from Margate, amounting to 87. 10s. 9d. will be published next month.

Contributions, &c., to be sent to the Treasurer, Mr. FREDERICK WM. WILLCOCKS, 13, Lloyd-square, London, W.C

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SELINA, COUNTESS DOWAGER OF HUNTINGDON,

TO BE PLACED IN FRONT OF SPA FIELDS CHAPEL,

OPENED 1779.

Mr. Editor,-I had hoped to have been prepared with an engraving of the above for the forthcoming number, but the favour with which the matter has been received by so many friends, has necessitated a somewhat enlarged purpose; and, as it cannot be completed so early as intended, I shall be glad to take advantage of the delay by deferring the engraving and the list of contributions till the next number, when I hope the plan will be definitely settled, and in course of completion. You will be pleased to know I have succeeded far beyond my original expectation; but I shall be especially glad of help from the former students, and the congregations immediately associated with the Countess of Huntingdon and the Free Churches of England, and I again suggest that much interest might be created and valuable help rendered by our young friends, and have pleasure in quoting as an example

Spa Fields Sunday-school.

"On the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, the whole of the classes were assembled, with a few of the younger members of the congregation who had been invited to attend. An interesting address was given by Rev.

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