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of Odiham, and Mr. Kirkman engaged in prayer.

July 24. The Rev. R. Owers was ordained pastor of the Baptist church at Southampton. Mr. Moody, of Lockerley, began the service by reading the Scriptures and prayer; Mr. Miall, of Portsea, introduced the business, and received the church's call and Mr. Owers's confession, with an account of his call by grace, and his being led into the work of the ministry; Mr. Kingsbury, who has been forty years pastor of the Independent Congregation in the same town, prayed the ordination - prayer, with the most cordial affection; Dr. Ryland, who had been tutor to Mr. Owers for three years, gave the charge from Col. i. 28, 29; Mr. Saferey, of Salisbury, preached to the people; and Mr. Clare, of Downton, consluded.

July 31. The new Baptist meetinghouse at St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, was opened for public worship. Mr. Tipple, of Halewessen, prayed; Mr. Geard, of Hitchen, preached from Exod. xx. 24; Mr. Tall, of Swansey, prayed the second prayer; and Mr. Upton, of London, preached a second lecture, from Ps. cxxxvii. 5, 6; and concluded the service with prayer. In the evening Mr. Skeletor, of Great Gransden, prayed; and Mr. Virley, of Calton, preached from Hag. ii. and concluded with prayer.

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The Annual Meeting of the Inde.pendent Benevolent Society, meeting in Gloucestershire, will be holden at Thornbury, near Bristol, on Wednesday, October 2. An open Committee, for auditing accounts, &c. will sit the preceding evening at the Rev. Wm. Jones's house; and the Gloucester Association will be holden at his Meeting on the said 2d of October.

The East Kent Association will hold their next Meeting at Mr. Mather's, Feversham, October 9. Mr. Townsend, of Ramsgate, to preach in the morning; and Mr. Drew, of Stroud, at night. The preceding evening, Mr. ather, of Dover.

SUDDEN DEATHS.

Extract of a Letter from Northampton.

THURSDAY, Aug. 8, was the day appointed for the nomination of the chief magistrate of this borough; and which, as is usual, was observed with conviviality. After dinner, the company withdrew to partake of tea, cards, and a ball. About nine o'clock, after Mr. Hayes (the late Mayor) had finished one dance, and was just beginning another, the lady, hearing him make a little complaint of tiredness, wished him to desist from the exercise. Upon which he said," O, no; I won't give it up so!" But alas! scarcely had he uttered these words, but he fell down, and never more breathed! Medical advice was at hand, but in vain. During the dance, his wife observing him to be without gloves, noticed the circumstance to him. Upon which he remarked, "Ö, never mind; I'll keep them till to-morrow: to-morrow is my day!" It is here to be noticed, that the second day is generally observed with greater gaiety than the first: but how does this awful circumstance enforce the Wise Man's admonition: "Boast not thyself of to-morrow!"

We have observed in the publie Papers, lately, an uncommon number of sudden deaths, some of which we subjoin, as they afford a powerful comment on those words of our Divine Instructor: "Watch and pray, for in an hour, when ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.'

May 30. Mr. Motton, of Falmouth, walking to his farm, was seized with faintness, carried home and expired.

Mrs. Watkins, near Bristol, while receiving some of her guests, suddenly sunk down, and immediately expired.

Mrs. Young, at Alford, Lincoln, in an apoplectic fit.

Mr. J. Birtchnell, of Oakham, fell down in the street; and, before any medical assistance could be procured, expired.

June 9. Mrs. Monday, of Crowless, was found dead in bed by her husband, who had been some time indisposed: he was removed to another bed, and, in about six hours after, he also died.

Mr. Makins, of Willoughby, while ou his way to Alford, fell down in a fit, and died instantly.

June 30. Miss Best, of Salisbury, while giving directions to her servants, dropped down a lifeless corpse.

July 1. Capt. Staples, of Newark, while playing at cards.

Mrs. Jarvis, of Southwell, while sitting by her husband, complained of a pain in her head, and leaning on his shoulder, expired immediately.

July 7. John Evans, Esq. of Gravesend, after breakfast, dressed himself for church, walked in the garden, returned into the house, sat down, and died.

July 8. --Steele, Esq. at Chert sey, after eating a hearty dinner.

Rev. P. Cunningham, late oficiating minister of Chertsey, while sitting at dinner with his friends, fell back in his chair, was conveyed to his lodgings, and in a few minutes expired.

How striking is that sentiment in the Burial Service: "In the midst of life we are in death !"

List of Lectures in and near London for September.

1. LORD'S DAY Morn early (seven

o'clock) Artillery® ́r. Mr. Platt. -Ev. Broad Str. Mr. Brooksbank: Hare Court, Mr. T. Thomas; Palace Str. Mr. Duna; Crown Crt. Mr Knight; Orange Street, Mr. Thorp; Peter Street (to the Africans) Mr. Jer.aen'; Devonshire & pare, Mr. Gray, 2. Mon. Ev. Missionary Prayer-Meeting, at Mr. Stollery's, Chapel Street, Soho.

3. Tu. M. Broad Str. Mr. Barber.
4 Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the
Nation, at Mr. Humphrys's.
Th. M. Monthly Meeting Indep.)
at Mr. Collyer's, Peckham,
Mr. Brooksbank to preach.---
Causes of not profiting by the
Word.

Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Thorp.—
Christ the Surety of the Co-

venant.

8. LORD'S DAY Morn. early (seven
o'clock) Artillery Street, Mr.
Priestley. Ev. Broad Street,
Mr. Collyer: Hare Court, Mr.
Newman; Orange Street, Mir.
Townsend: Crown Court, Mr.
Webb; 'alace Street, Mr. Stol-
lery; Chapel Street, Mr. Bur-
der; Peter Street, Mr. Dunn;
Devonshire Square, Mr. Gould.
9. Mon. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the
Nation, Surry Chapel.

15. Tu. J. Broad Str. Dr. Fisher.
11. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the
Nation, at Mr. Brooksbank's.
12. Th. Er. Fetter Lane, Mr. Goode.
With what Views should
Christians regard the Spread of
Infidelity?

15. LORD'S DAY Morn, early (seven o'clock) Artillery Street, Mr. Holmes. Ev. Broad Street, Mr. Hutchings; Hare Crt. Mr. Humphrys; Crown Court, Mr.

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Collver; Palace Street, Mr. Thorp; Orange Street, M. Barder; Chapel Str. Mc. Taomas; Peter Street, Dr. Hamilton; Devonshire Sq. Dr. Jenkins. T. M. Broad Street, Mr. Clayton. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the Nation, at Mr. Clayton's, Th. M. Monthly Meeting (Bap.) at Dr. Jenkins's, Mr. Rance to preach. The Spirit the

Comforter.

Ev. Fetter Lane, Mr. Waugh. -
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of Christ.

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22. LORD'S DAY Morn. early (seven
o'clock) Artillery Street, Mr.
Shenston. Ev. Broad Str. Mr.
Newman; Hore Crt. Mr. Wehh;
Crown Court, Mr. Stollery;
Chapel Street, Mr. Duon; Pe-
ter Street, Dr. Duncan; Devon-
shire Square, Mr. J. Thomas.
24. T. M. Broad Str. Mr. Goode.
25. Wed. Ev. Prayer-Meeting for the
Nation, at Mr. Williams's.
Th. Ev. Fetter Lane, Dr. Rippon.
Public Prayer.

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We are sorry that the Want of Room this Month compels us to defer our
Poetry, and several important Articles of Intelligence.

Printed by G. AULD, Greville Street, London.

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EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.

OCTOBER, 1805.

MEMOIR

OF

THE REV. TIMOTHY JOLLIE,

Formerly Pastor of a Church of Christ at Sheffield.

Ir may justly excite surprize, that one so superior and -eminent in his day, in the character of a Christian minister and a learned tutor, as was the subject of this Memoir, should not have had his memory preserved by a full and regular piece of biography. Had such a desideratum been executed by any of his contemporaries with suitable attention and ability, it could not have failed to be a work highly entertaining and instructive: it would have ranked, in point of information, utility, and interest, with that admired piece of Christian History, the Life of Mr. Philip Henry. But now, a century has nearly elapsed since the estimable Mr. Jollie ceased to inhabit this valley of conflicts and tears; his contemporaries are removed with him into the land of Silence; and the traditional notices which have hitherto preserved, in some measure, the preciousness of his memory, are rapidly sliding into irretriev able oblivion. On these accounts it is the object of the present Memoir to preserve such particulars as the writer has been able to collect, relative to a truly great and eminently good

man.

Mr. Timothy Jollie was born about 1660. His father was the Rev. Thomas Jollie, a minister of Christ, distinguished for his personal holiness, his eminent talents, and his abundant labours and sufferings. He was ejected by the Act of Uniformity in 1662, from Althome, in Lancashire *. We must regret the want of any particulars of the early life of his son, the subject of this Memoir. In the sermon preached on his death, by his friend and assistant Mr. John de la Rose, we are in

See a very interesting account of the character and sufferings of this excellent confessor for truth and conscience, in Mr.Palmer's Nonconformist's Memorial, the new and enlarged edition.

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