mination, Mr. Spurgeon, -k Street chapel, London; to see in the account of t he was reaping of the fruit , and thereby rejoicing the e people of God amongst - placed. But, alas! this me was soon covered with e London correspondent of resbyterian Church Magaame month as the Reporter, hal received the above elligence, holds him up to a mere lad of nineteen, - his impudence to attract of thousands and an -ed in the Glasgow Christian 10th inst., taken from the ess, by which we are told that ing fame had reached us in , and made us glad, is not, ed, filled with the spirit of of "impudence," bad 'vulgarity;" yea, his perhe pulpit is "an insult to an." Now, sir, there is ejudice against the baptists without England sending as these across the borders; harges made against Mr. correct, we must just quietly ubmit to the mortification. r, difficult to believe how described in the newspaper e above referred to, could egations to cram Exeter ation. I transmit you the appeared in the Christian reated by you as you think 66 wishes for the success of bours of love, I am, he bonds of the gospel, ALEXANDER GRANT. Filmarnock, Scotland, 14, 1855. Spurgeon, in Colchester. This yout fluent, and the consequences are m distressing. As his own chapel is un repair he preaches in Exeter Hall ev Sunday, aud the place is crammed suffocation. All his discourses are dolent of bad taste, are vulgar a theatrical; and yet he is so run af that unless you go half an hour bef the time you will not be able to get at all. I am told one leading minis of the Independent denomination, af hearing this precocious youth, said th the exhibition was an insult to G and man.' Actually, I hear, the oth Sunday the gifted divine had the imp dence, before preaching, to say, as the were many young ladies present, that was engaged; that his heart it w another's-he wished them clearly understand that, that he might have presents sent him, no attentions pa him, no worsted slippers worked for hi by the young ladies present. I suppo the dear divine has been rendered u comfortable by the fondness of his fema auditors-at any rate such is the impre sion he wishes to leave; the only in pression, however, he seems to hav produced upon the judicious few, is o of intense sorrow and regret that su things should be, and that such man should draw.-Correspondent of th Ipswich Express." [We felt considerable hesitation as to th propriety of inserting the above comm nication in our pages, not being personall acquainted with Mr. Spurgeon, and n having any correct knowledge of the ci cumstances referred to. But on reflection we concluded that as these statement had been made public, it might be expe dient to place them in our columns. W do so; refraining at present from an observations thereon, and inviting an remarks that Mr. S. or any of his friend may deem it expedient to make on them. apei su r Hall cramme rses are vulgar So run d bour bein the othe rt it at have ions pa ed for his I suppo dered his femd e impres only in to have w, is one hat suc such end of the 66 not tumbled down." ing sergeant with whom, as the king desired the people they did, and the tempt to create advanced another for their standar looks full of resent had nearly reach quarrelled among parted, leaving m behind. "I think "I continued pra singing about thre Then he says: Tabernacle, with from persons brou read them amidst t acclamations of t with the holy ang many sinners wer unexpected, unlike out of the very jav great evangelist ad these notes excee that on this occasi ligious society of th three hundred and were received the truly a modern Pe at his will," he ventured into the midst of the masses, who were, he says, waiting for him, but for satan's instruments to amuse them." He mounted his field-pulpit, and preached Christ to them from Christ's own words: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so shall the Son of Man be lifted up." The people gazed, and listened, and wept, and many appeared stung with conviction for their past sins. Thus encouraged, he went out again at noon, and then, he says, "all satan's agents were in full motion,-drummers, trumpeters, merry-andrews, masters of puppet-shows, exhibitors of wild beasts"these wild beasts being tame in comparison with the people by whom they were surrounded. Well did the preacher judge that he should then be called, as it were, to "fight with beasts at Ephesus." He adds: "I was honoured with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cats, thrown at me whilst engaged in calling them from their favourite but lying vanities." Encouraged, however, by the attention of many among these twenty thousand, who for a while seemed turned into lambs, he gave notice that he would preach again at six o'clock, when he saw assembled even greater numbers than before, and still more deeply engaged in their unhappy diversions. Some thousands, however, were waiting to hear the gospel. 'This," says Mr. Whitfield, "satan could not brook. One of his choicest servants was exhibiting, trumpeting on a large stage; but as soon as the people saw me in my black robes and my pulpit I think all to a man left him and ran to me. For a while I was enabled to lift up my voice like a trumpet, and many heard the joyful sound. God's people kept 66 It was the of Augustine, that he in its glory, Chri Paul in the pulpit. London a century sense, be said to ha They saw the chur revival; they saw fied before them and when they s pulpit they listened which was greate than any which ng to the sacred eloquence d these numbers: "As a any man were to ask me second I had ever heard, I some loss; but in regard to Whitfield exceeded so far an of my time that I should He was the original of chers; and all our popular only his copies." shing to the spirit to cone sacred eloquence which m forth from this most repit. There is one specimen carry with you the news of one sin converted to God!" This anecdote recorded by David Hume, the historia who pronounced Whitfield the most genious preacher he ever heard; b who, alas! after hearing and eulogizi this faithful ambassador of Christ, 1 mained an infidel still. We see by th example how possible it is to praise t eloquence of the most zealous preache and yet never receive into the heart t glorious gospel which they proclaim. Sunday at Home. Narratives and Anecdotes. ANONIZATION. "Evenings nanists" is the name of the by the Rev. Hobart Seyosure of the follies and imhe papists. In a discussion ist on canonizing pretended dvocate of popery affirmed never canonized any saint ng good grounds for doing very possible means were event any mistake that y was made that every ne slowly and surely, and —that time and opportunity en for every inquiry, every every objection-that the Zation was never completed - delay, in which it was there was no error in the ie person to be canonized in his life or after his death, e known to be wrought by this was tried and tested searching manner that so e test that an official was appointed, commonly called the "devil attorney," whose special business it wa to oppose every canonization, and t object to all the proofs of orthodoxy, an of sanctity, and of miracles-and tha finally, it was not till all was satisfac torily proved that the saint was canon ized by the pope." This statement, however, was met by the following curious explanation of th legal process of canonization at Rome which, we are persuaded, will be peruse by our readers with great interest. "The fees-the legalized fees-of th process of canonization exceed som thousands of pounds! These fees ar to be paid to certain officials in whos hands the affair mainly rests; and it not likely-it is not in human naturethat they would throw any very serious impediments, beyond make-belief ones in the way of their own receipt of these fees, which usually run to double the legal amount-an enormous sum in so poor a place as Rome; and especially as tion and the wars mense estates of were confiscated; is, that they have: spare in canonizi present they are ol the world to collec they can proceed. to end an affair c sanctity." -and that of St. Francis of Sales 31,900 RECOLLECTIONS In his domestic cir the charm of all v His lovely charact a sort of devotion. a public one, so lo residence at Kensi first resided in P after his marriage Clapham;) but aft neighbourhood of don, (twelve miles his circle was more to his wife and chi repose and affection him, and the love w out his house, wer the greatest advan me that be found h est agitation looking he had mislaid-on was waiting for itsearch to the last at last quite vexe this unlucky insta the nursery over friend who was himself, now for temper will give w thought thus, wh turned to him and ing it is to have t only think what a from =ntion; oy degrees ne was en- were notning · they nowea offspring." He is supposed to have ferred to Aratus the Cicilian, and Clea thes the stoic of Assos. Mr. Lewin furnished the following translations : From Aratus. From Jove begin we-who can touch the string From Cleanthes. Great Jove! most glorious of the immortal band D.D. DIPLOMAS. Some of the ol Scotch diplomas got into strange hand and the American ones have fared sti worse. They seem to have been be stowed without the least regard to pro priety, and have become anything bu titles of honour. They have, however effected this one good-they have taugh the public to put less confidence in titles to believe rather in men than in honorary degrees. London Pulpit. |