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services were very numerously and respect- at Chesham. Prayers were offered by Messrs.

ably attended, and we are happy to state that brother Orchard's prospects of usefulness are very encouraging.

ASSOCIATION.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

The Buckinghamshire Association of Baptist churches held its Annual Meeting, May 10,

Bates, Ives, Waight, Tyler, Cooper, Sheene, Allom, and Hall. Messrs. Brooks and Butcher preached from 1 Peter v. 4; and 1 Thess. iii. 8. Brother Upton, St. Alban's, preached in the evening from Acts ii. 1-4. The Circular Letter written by brother Statham is on "Common errors respecting Christian experience." The half yearly meeting to be held October 4th, at Swanbourn : put up at the Swan. The annual meeting next year May 11th, at New Mill.

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CHAPEL OPENED.

SOHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

A new Baptist Meeting-house was opened for divine worship at the above place, on Friday, July 27th, 1832, when the Rev. Joseph Kinghorn of Norwich preached in the morning, from Psalm cxxxii. 7.; and the Rev. Mr. Alexander (Indep.) of Norwich in the afternoon, from Acts xiv. 7. Mr. Kinghorn preached again in the evening, from Psalm cxviii. 25. The Rev. Messrs. Shepherd of Burwell (L. H. C.),

Mays of Fordham (Indep.), Heyden of Mildenhall (Wesleyan Methodist), Reynolds of Isleham, Buckpitt of Burwell (Indep.), Ellington of Westrow, Mildenhall, and Squib of Ely (L. H. C.), engaged in the devotional exercises and read the hymns.

The church, in connection with the above place of worship, has been established eighty years. Mr. John Eve, a gifted member of the Church at Cambridge, was their first pastor, and continued there nineteen years. Subsequently, the late Rev. Andrew Fuller of Kettering, preached his first sermon there before he attained the age of eighteen.

He

was ordained May 3, 1775, presided over the church and congregation seven years, when he removed to Kettering; but was an invaluable friend to the Baptist cause at Soham during his life.

The old place of worship was taken down last March, being in a dilapidated, damp, and uncomfortable state, and incapable of holding more than two-thirds of the present congregation. The premises have recently been made freehold property, and vested in the hands of fifteen trustees. Some freehold land has been purchased and added thereto; and the present neat place of worship is capable of accommodating upwards of five hundred people. The church and congregation have subscribed according to their ability, and continue to contribute weekly towards the erection of the place; yet, as a considerable debt remains upon the place, they will be under the necessity of making an earnest appeal to the liberality of the religious public, and trust the appeal will not be made in vain.

Both the church and congregation are on the increase, and nearly double their number, since the close of the year 1830, and we rejoice to say the cause continues to prosper under their present minister.

The people are in general poor, but there are many pious praying people among them, who have reason to say, "What hath God wrought."

Recent Beaths.

On Friday evening, Sept. 7, died, at his lodgings in South Shields, the Rev. W. H. Angas. The cholera seized him, with great violence, about one o'clock in the morning and (all medical skill failing) he expired about eight in the evening. The next day, in the afternoon, he was buried in his venerable father's grave, at Newcastle. The Rev. Mr. Pengilly performed the funeral service, as sisted by brethren Williamson and Sample. Three or four worthy young men, whom he had been instructing, walked up from South Shields to have the mournful satisfaction of seeing their affectionate teacher laid in his last resting-place. Mr. Angas was quite sensible during the nineteen hours of his illness, composed, resigned, and willing to depart, and, at last, triumphant in the prospect so suddenly opened!

We hope Mr. Pengilly, or some member of the family, will favour us with a memoir of our departed brother, who was occasionally a valuable contributor to this work. But it will require a considerable volume to describe

his life and his labours, especially during the last twenty years. We sincerely condole with the surviving members of his family. We shall long remember his fine, open, manly deportment, his cheerful, conciliating, truly christian temper, and his alacrity in every good work.

He was the guide and the companion of our illustrious missionary WARD, through Holland. His journeys on the Continent were frequent and extensive. Always at home, on sea or on shore, no man was better qualified to give and to receive information concerning the kingdom of God. In French, and German, and Dutch, he could speak, as the occasion required. His late visit to all our missionary stations in the West Indies, was a noble specimen of that ardent, disinterested zeal, in the service of Christ, for which he was remarkably distinguished. Nor can we forget that he was the friend and the patron of Daniel Sclatter, of Mr. Tauchnitz, and many others. His correspondence with some of the professors in the Universities of Holland, and with various individuals in this country, and the journals he kept of his own travels and voyages, will probably supply very ample materials to his biographer.

May the Lord raise up many who shall be like-minded with our beloved and now glorified brother Angas! Many tears of sorrow and sympathy have already been shed at the report of his lamented removal; and many will be induced to say, "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; the faithful fail from among the children of men." Ps. xii. 1.

"On the 1st September, after a week's illness, the Rev. Joseph Kinghorn, in the 67th year of his age, and the 44th of his ministry over the Baptist congregation at St. Mary's, Norwich. He was in all respects a peculiar man: his natural qualities were extraordinary sagacity, elasticity, and energy of mind; his moral qualities were simplicity and integrity of heart, an entire devotedness to the duties of his calling, an unabated regard to the claims of affection and friendship, an ardent and ever-growing piety, and a lively and constant sympathy with the joys and sorrows of his fellow-men. His removal will be deeply felt and widely lamented by all who enjoyed the long course of his public ministry, who have shared in his social intercourse, or been privileged with his more intimate friendship.'

Patriot.

On the 16th of August, Rev. Wm. Aikin, London, of the cholera, aged 62. We hope to furnish a brief memoir of the deceased in a future number.

AN URGENT CASE.

On the 2d of April last, the Rev. John Herring, for upwards of twenty years pastor of the Baptist Church at Cardigan, South Wales, departed this fleeting and transitory world, having been greatly afflicted for several years; and on the 22d of the same month, his widow was very suddenly and unexpectedly summoned to follow her husband to eternity, leaving seven children wholly unprovided for; and five of them totally incapable of doing any thing for their own support, :- Ann, whose names and ages are as follow: aged 12 (who is blind and destitute of reason); Dinah, aged 8; James, aged 7; Sarah, aged 4; and Eleanor, aged 2.

The Protestant Union for the benefit of the
Widows and Children of Protestant
Ministers of all Denominations.

The Members of this Society are respectfully informed, that the punctual payment of their half yearly subscriptions is absolutely necessary, and that in future all fines incurred by non-payment, and the law of exclusion, after due notice, will be enforced.

All payments must be made at the congregational library, Bloomfield Street, Finsbury Circus, on the Tuesday after the second Sabbath in each month, between the hours of eleven and one o'clock, when any member may be supplied with the annual printed statement of the Society's accounts. By order of the Directors, JOHN KNIGHT,

Brixton Hill,

ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION

The church at Cardigan, and the friends of Mr. Herring, have resolved to contribute, according to their abilities, towards the maintenance of the above five helpless orphans; Sept. 11th, 1832. and they consider it their duty, thus publicly to solicit the aid of the friends of the Redeemer in England and Wales towards the same "urgent case;" hoping that by their united contributions a small fund will be raised adequate to their present distressed circumstances.

We, whose names are underneath, beg leave to corroborate the above statement, and to recommend the distressing circumstances of the poor orphans to the kind notice of the Christian public.

David Mathias, Present Minister.
Timothy Thomas, senior, late Minister at
Abarduar.

William Richard, Minister at Penparck:
Daniel Davies, Independent Minister.

John Morgan, Minister, Blaenffos.

Daniel Davies, Swansea.

Joseph Ivimey, London.
Thomas Jones,

Benjamin Davies,

John Thomas,
David Jones.

Deacons of the Church
at Cardigan.

Donations will be received by the Rev. Joseph Ivimey; Rev. J. Dyer, Fen-court; Rev. J. J. Davies, Tottenhain; Rev. T. Thomas, Henrietta Street; Rev. Daniel Jones, Liverpool; Rev. D. Matthias, and Mr. J. M. Thomas, Cardigan.

NOTICES.

The Wilts and East Somerset Auxiliary Baptist Home Missionary Society, by Divine permission, will hold their next yearly meeting at the Rev. J. Clark's Chapel at Paulton, on the 10th of October, 1832.

Secretary,

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REAVED FAMILY OF THE LATE REV. J. JONES. 2 2 0

Mr. Kitson, Kennington

NEW PUBLICATIONS, &c.

Just Published.

Diligence and Fidelity indispensable in the Christian Ministry; a Sermon addressed to Mr. J. Whittemore, at his ordination over the Baptist Church at Rushden, Northamptonshire, June 14th, 1832. By J. PEACOCK.

The Death of useful Members of Society lamented and improved; a Sermon occasioned by the Death of Joseph Thackeray, Esq. M.D. preached on the Lord's Day, July 15, 1832, at the Old Meeting House, Bedford. By SAMUEL HILLYARD.

Counsels to the Young. By Rev. JOHN MORISON, D.D.

The Whole Works of Rev. John Howe, carefully revised, with Life. By Dr. CaIn one volume, royal 8vo.

LAMY.

Preparing for Publication.

DR. ADAM CLARKE.-We are given to understand, that the late Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke had written an account of his own Life, with the design of its being published after his decease; and that it will immediately be put to press-with a Continuation to the time of his decease, by a member of his own family.

In a few days will be published, Remarks relating to Christian Baptism: occasioned by Mr. Thom's recent publication, entitled, "Modern Immersion not Scripture Baptism." By BENJAMIN COXHEAD, of Winchester, Baptist Minister.

OCTOBER, 1832.

THE Committee have this month to communicate to the friends of the Society, the painful intelligence of the death, by cholera, of their much respected and useful agent, the Rev. Josiah Wilson, of Sligo, in the 47th year of his age. The letter of the Rev. James Allen of Ballina, given below, will state the particulars, so far as he then knew of this painful event; by which the excellent widow of Mr. Wilson, and five children are left in a state of bereavement; the church at Sligo, of which he was pastor, and the schools, and readers of the Scriptures, are deprived of his zealous superintendence. In order, so far as possible, to meet the exigency of the case, in regard to the schools and readers, the Committee have agreed, at a special Meeting convened for the purpose, to request Mr. Allen to undertake the superintendence, in connection with those in his own district, for the present, availing himself of all the assistance which the two young ministers, Messrs. Berry and Mullarky, who are under his tuition, can render him. The respect which has been shewn to Mr. Wilson's character, as mentioned in Mr. Jackman's letter, will be doubtless read with great satisfaction.

The friends of the Society are respectfully reminded, that the funds, at the end of this quarter, will be nearly nine hundred pounds in arrears; it will be seen, therefore, their prayers are greatly needed, that He to whom the silver and gold belong may again appear for our help and deliverance.

From the Rev. James Allen, to Mr. Ivimey. | he was extensively known and highly esBallina, Sept. 1, 1832.

and Our

MY DEAR BRother, I am so overwhelmed with surprise grief, I know not how to address you. dear, dear brother Wilson is no more. I know no particulars as yet, except that he died this morning at half past three o'clock, and that he was interred before the coach left Sligo, which was at ten. It appears that he had but a few hours illness, which was exceedingly severe; but, I presume, he died in a happy frame of mind.

teemed, is that of deep and pungent grief for his loss. But, blessed be God, we who know him best are persuaded that our loss is his eternal gain. Of his poor widow, I know not what nor how to write. He has left, with four others, one child scarcely three months old. May God be“ a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow."

As

The cholera has reached our town. yet we have had but three decided cases. The people on every side are leaving us. But, blessed be God, both my dear partner and myself are free from every anxious fear. We have committed ourselves to Him whose we are, and whom we serve. meeting for prayer at twelve o'clock every day, at which many attend. We could not, we dare not, think of leaving; nor have we a solitary wish to do so.

We have a

"Not a single shaft can hit,

"Till the God of love sees fit."

It is right for me to say, perhaps, that when the disease first broke out in Sligo, both Mrs. Allen and myself wrote for him, Mrs. W. and their family, should they be alarmed at the disease, to come and stay with us till its virulence had in some measure abated. In brother Wilson's reply, he says, "I cannot tell, but I sometimes think, that, if in the midst of the disease, I should, by a My dear brother, let me earnestly intreat peculiar Providence, escape an attack, yet your prayers for ourselves, for our family, that I shall die from sympathy." And our church, our town. Let us have the again, "I desire to be thankful that I can prayers of your church too. Should I be cheerfully leave myself at the disposal of my spared to address you again, I will endeavour heavenly Father, and also that my dear to communicate particulars. partner's confidence is equally strong." Since JAMES ALLEN. the date of the above I have received three other letters, one of them written on Wednesday night or Thursday morning last, breathing the same spirit of devotedness to his Master's work, and resignation to his will. The feeling produced in this town, in which

I have opened the letter to say, do send us a large number of Cholera Tracts of all kinds; our stock is exhausted, and the people are most anxious; also to say I have baptized eight other persons since I wrote to you in my journal.

From a Sabbath Reader.
Ballycar, July 18, 1832.

REV. SIR,

I forward to you an account of my labour in the work of the Lord, during the past month: June 18, on discoursing with a Roman Catholic, he quoted from his prayer-book, saying, that one mass, truly believed on, was of more value to the soul thau if a person gave this world's goods, as alms, or any other good work he could do. I asked him, what did he mean by the mass? He said it was the sacrifice of Christ offered by the priest, as an atonement for the sins of the living and the dead. I asked him, did not he think that the one atonement which was made by Christ himself, was sufficient to atone for the sins of mankind? He said that that atonement was to cleanse us from mortal sin. Why, said I; all sin is mortal, "for sin is the transgression of the law;" and we are told in Scripture, "that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin." I read to him the 9th and 10th chapters of Hebrews, proving to him, from different verses, that by the one offering of Christ he hath obtained eternal redemption for all who truly believe in him; and, said I, in that offering which the priest offers, there is no blood; and we are told in the 22nd verse of this 9th chapter, "that without shedding of blood there is no remission."

from the 43rd verse, "that whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins;" likewise remarking to them, from the 26th verse, that it was not proper for them to worship saints or angels, being now dead, whereas St. Peter would not permit himself to be worshipped when alive, referring to Revelations xix. 10; xxii. 8, 9.

July 10th. After School in Newmarket, I read the 5th chapter of Romans to six persons, proving to them that we are justified by faith alone, and that it is by the blood of Christ alone we are saved. After this, on my way home, being called into a house, where I found a boy reading the bible to a cooper who was at work, who, as soon as I went in, took the book, saying, who can doubt for a moment the words of Christ, where he says, in Matthew xxvi. 26, 27, "Take, eat; this is my body, and this is my blood." Yes, said I; and in Luke, he says, "This do in remembrance of me:" ." and we find, in the 6th chapter of John, (where the disciples say, “this is an hard saying who can hear it,") that the Saviour spoke in a spiritual sense, for he says, "What, and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." Again, he says, he is a Door and a Way: we can only understand in a spiritual sense. And again, Paul says, in July 24th being the sabbath-day, on speak- 1 Cor. xi. 23, 24, 25, "For I have received ing to five persons on different subjects, one of the Lord that which I also delivered unto of them said that it was a proper thing to you. That the Lord Jesus, the same night go to pray, and give rounds at a place called in which he was betrayed, took bread; and Fenloe, with an expectation of keeping off when he had given thanks, he brake it; and the cholera. I endeavoured to shew that it said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is was through fear they were going there, and broken for you: this do in remembrance of not through love; I read the 9th chapter of me. After the same manner also he took John, proving to them, from the Saviour's the cup." Again, 1 Cor. x. 16, Paul says, discourse with the woman of Samaria, that" The cup of blessing which we bless, is it the worship of him should not be confined not the communion of the blood of Christ, to any particular place, and that it was not and likewise the bread which we break." this penance-worship which the Lord delights in, but they which worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth; referring them to Matthew xviii. 20, and 1 Tim. ii. 8.

July 1st being the sabbath-day, on reasoning with seven persons in Newmarket, pointing out to them their inability to save themselves by any works or merits of their own; I read to them the 10th chapter of Acts, shewing them from it that Cornelius's works went up as a memorial before God, and they were not sufficient to save him; this we see from the 3rd verse, the Lord being pleased to send his angel to him to direct him to Peter, that he (Peter) might point out the Saviour to him, which we see

SAML. CROSS.

From a Reader of the Scriptures.
Sligo Prison, July 4th, 1832.

SIR,
The remarks made by the prisoners during
the past quarter, are as follows, viz. When
reading the 1st Romans, John Gige re-
marked, it was a pity of those who could
not read the Word of God for themselves,
I said it was, but those who could read it
were more accountable, therefore, they should
read it, and not receive it at second hand
from another, for they should render an ac-
count for themselves at the day of judgment,
and not another. When they were reading

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