numbers are ours. 1. Who stands by to remind the parties of the " Box ?" 2. Does it? That is kind, seeing that it "cannot receive christian burial" if it is not. 9. True the " Churc it, but the law of the la 10. Are they? 11. Very generous ! "Box!" Sabbath Schools and Educatio YOUNG WOMEN'S CLASS. In the Memoir of the late Rev. J. G. Pike, by his Sons, just published, is the following pleasing account of a class of this character : In his solicitude for the spiritual welfare of the young, which was always a predominant feature of his character, he early established a sabbath school adult class. Writing under date March, 1812, he gives the following description of its origin and progress :— "Young women, upwards of 16 years of age, of respectable character, who have not received sufficient education in their childhood, are the only objects of this school, and female teachers are their instructors. It was conceived that some young women would feel such 'a dislike to being instructed in the presence of children, who might probably know more than themselves, as would prevent them from attending a common Sabbath school. This, therefore, has been guarded against by instructing them in a room entirely distinct from all other scholars. "On the Lord's-day, the scholars are instructed in reading only, before and in the interval of public worship. "They are encouraged to pay a small weekly sum into a fund to purchase books for themselves, by which, besides other books, nearly thirty B and hymn-books have their use. "To prevent, as muc reading books of an i and to supply them books of a beneficial library has been formed scholars. This, like in its infancy, yet it c above twenty volumes practical writings of nature, and nearly a entertainment and inst besides several others v for this library. "This school was spring of last year, a scholars is now near fo general, regular in Though so many att has not diminished attend the school for c "This institution i supporters to secure 1 advantages not attaine on the usual plan. ] structed whom childho who, if the present op braced, will probabl ignorance. By it, al lived in the neglect 246 RELIGIOUS TRACTS. are brought into a habit of attending | Jesus, and who, after having given themit, and have other means of religious selves to the Lord, gave themselves to his instruction afforded them at that period people according to his will. It was of life when religious impressions are most likely to be made on the heartmuch more likely than at an earlier or a later period. continued for many years upon the plan here indicated, but was afterwards adapted to the circumstances which a wider diffusion of general and biblical knowledge seemed to require. Mr. Pike watched over this school with deep and anxious solicitude, always visiting it before going to the morning service, generally giving a brief address, "This is not mere theory. We have already seen the divine blessing on this school. We know that numbers who have been received into it lived formerly in the neglect of the means of grace. One promising young member of our church and concluding its engagements with received those serious impressions which have, it is hoped, led to her real conversion to God, soon after her admission into it, and we have reason to hope that several others since they began to attend have been led in some degree to regard | the one thing needful." As an encouragement to those scholars who were punctual and regular in their attendance, instruction was also given them on one night during the week, in writing and arithmetic, an advantage which was then highly appreciated. This school proved to be a valuable auxiliary to the church. Many who were instructed in it were led to a saving acquaintance with the truth as it is in prayer. When absent from home, he occasionally wrote a short address to be read to these lambs of his flock by their teacher. His style of address was always plain and forcible, but in these addresses he felt it necessary in an especial manner to use "great plainness of speech." One of these addresses is then given, but as we have not space for it here, we intend to insert in it our Baptist Children's Magazine for September, in the hope that this excellent servant of Christ, being dead, may yet speak words by which some of the young readers of that publication may be led by its perusal to seek for Religion and Eternal Life. Religious Cracts. OUR DONATIONS OF TRACTS. WE have received the following applications, which have been supplied; and we take this opportunity of assuring our friends that we are always disposed to meet their wishes so far as the limited means at our command will permit us. So let none who conceive that a grant would be useful to them be backward in making application. LANCASHIRE.- -When I was engaged some six years since in the Village Mission in Yorkshire, you kindly favoured the committee with some grants of tracts and handbills. Since that period I have been the pastor of a church in this county. But within the last three months I have accepted a call to a broken-down interest in Liverpool. In fact the chapel has been shut up, but re-opened by a few friends who desire to seek out wandering sinners. We are surrounded by teeming thousands who go to no place of worship. I have thought if we could get some of your handbills we might do some good, and be the means of getting some to hear the Word. We are very short of means though it ought not to be so in such a town as this; but the fact is, that some of our richer brethren seem to think but little about the masses, or of helping a feeble cause when trying to make an impression on them. This we are anxious to do, and if you could favour us with a grant, we should feel very thankful; and I hope it would tend to forward the good cause around us. LANCASHIRE.-I have five districts that my young men supply with tracts, and I am at the entire expence of doing so myself. If you could supply me with a few, suitable for loan distribution, you would greatly oblige an old friend, and I trust promote the cause of truth. CHESHIRE. Having been informed some days ago, by a baptist friend in side by as we are surrounded on every pædo-baptists of all shades of opinion; and until my settlement here in March last, the baptist cause was at a very low ebb. I am thankful to say, however, that there is a fair prospect now of an alteration; but the cause being low, and the people poor, our means are very limited. I trust that it will not be so for long. Postage Stamps, that the pre-paid at Leicester. person applying must plain, so that there may and if residing in a vil the name of the county the nearest town, so th no obstacle to the delive in the way of the post of Intelligence. BAPTIST. BAPTIST METROPOLITAN CHAPEL BUILDING SOCIETY.-The second annual meeting was held in April, at the Library of the Mission-house, Moorgate Street, Richard Cartwright, Esq., in the chair. Mr. W. G. Lewis, honorary secretary, read the report, which referred to the fact, that during the past year the topstone had been placed upon the first edifice erected by the society, and it had been opened for divine worship under the most auspicious circumstances. The foundation stone of Camden-road chapel was laid on the 20th of October, 1858, and the first public service was held within the newly-reared walls on the 3rd of October, 1854. It also detailed the arrangements which had been made for transferring the chapel to gentlemen who should hold it on behalf of the denomination. The concluding passage ran as follows:-It is of some importance that the religious public should be acquainted with the fact that this society is not doing all the work of the baptist denomination, in providing increased means of grace for the metropolis. During the last eight years, eighteen new baptist places of worship have been projected for London and its suburbs. Twelve of these are completed, namely-Bloomsbury, Ha bourne-grove, Westow-hil ston, Cross-street, Isling Walworth, Stratford, Lee, Regent's-park. There a erection, namely Bre Commercial-street, Whi are in contemplation, nan Holborn, Hoxton, and Br mated accommodation pr buildings is for 16,000 cost of erection £85,00 chapels shall have been the vast extent of the great the destitution of many of its suburban dis remaineth yet very muc sessed." Twelve of thes are but the legitimate exte existing interests, and of two, and by far the mos entire number, are the of individual munificence recently the movement has commenced, it is a congratulation that so mu by our own denominatio short a space of time. necessary consequence to which existing cong occupied in the same w ated the character either of ing or spiritual profit. The urge upon all who feel the ties of the metropolis, and inational progress, to advo-ective circles the claims of st emphatically do they sout numerous contributions to a widely extended symproceedings. They advise be sent to all the ministers ation, both in town and e earnest request for the at kind influence which the free-will offerings of flocks. It has been comy a million of the present London were born in the these are amongst the eternal welfare demands of sympathy with the move ociety, from all parts of the Great in its geographical its teeming population,-in fluences,―in its prevailing weak in spiritual resources, ough spiritual necesities. statement for the year was o the meeting, from which he cost of the new chapel, amounted to £5,700., and sum was a free contribution of this society. PELS IN LONDON.-Twenty go one of the most difficult Id have been undertaken by netropolis, would have been aptist chapels. Beside the bility of finding any place, in the leviathan city, there why baptist chapels should, es, be most inaccessible. were built in the days of the r fathers were but too glad to ligious assemblies in any ade the gaze of a persecuting ers stood in streets once deo sunk far into oblivion and way, -a court, an alley, y conducted you, after pro splendid and worldly a place of worship." Although pastor Wilson was before his age, the "splendid and worldly" building has now, through many years, been ineligible from its obscurity, and almost untenable from annoyance. Happily for Mr. Stovel and his congregation, a new building, worthy of their antecedent history, is nearly prepared for their reception. One of the ablest and most excellent ministers of our own or any other denomination, John Howard Hinton, is still spending his energies in a place assailed by all the tumults of the Jews' market. BAPTIST BUILDING FUND.-The thirtieth anniversary was held on the 10th July, at the Mission-house, Moorgate-street. Joseph H. Allen, Esq., treasurer, presided, and referred with much pleasure to the fact, "That some of the loans had been repaid; and that the instalments on the others are regularly remitted. Though the correspondence with the churches involved a large amount of labour, he felt himself amply rewarded by the conviction, that the blessing of God was resting abundantly on the operations of the Fund." It appeared from the report that the subscriptions and donations during the year were £318 1s. 6d., besides a legacy of £200 from the late Mr. Cooper of Frome. Fifteen loans and grants had been voted, amounting to £1,315. Since the formation of the Loan Fund in 1846, there have been eighty loans and twenty-nine grants, amounting to more than £9,000. The loan system continues to be regarded with much favour; and almost every application is for a loan, in preference to a grant. According to the old system, the grant was made without any return; but the loans, returned in halfyearly instalments, form fresh loans; and thus the stream of christian benevolence is ever flowing through the length and breadth of the land. LANGHAM, Rutland. The chapel recently erected in this place, as a village station of the baptist church at Oakham, was opened for Divine worship on Thursday, June 21, and following days. Three sermons were preached by the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel some chapel, erected for the church and substituted. It will sea congregation formerly meeting in Prescott sons. Mr. B preached Street, was opened for public worship on ing, and in the afternoon Wednesday, July 11. The exterior of the to a numerous assembl building is noble, with a commanding situa-classes, on the subject, tion; its interior is comfortable, handsome, the Want of the Age." and neat. The seats are wide and open, lecture an opportunity w constructed of American deals varnished. the views of the lecturer, At the western end of the chapel is a dais, to reply, Mr. B. annou rising some distance from the floor, and lecture would be on "C surrounded with an ornamental bronzed sponsible for the faults railing, calculated to accommodate some On Monday evening abo thirty persons, from the back of which the gregation and friends ass pulpit rises. The pulpit is the same that the opening by a fruit s stood in the old chapel in Prescott Street. cupied the chair, and sta Beneath the dais, or platform, is the bap- had been purchased fo tistry, and on either side of the pulpit are which had been paid, entrances to the vestries, There are gal- hoped soon to raise. In leries to three sides of the chapel, supported tions, there was scarcely by iron girders and columns. The whole is the town some members constructed to seat about 1000 persons. In contributed. He then p the morning Mr. Landels, of the Diorama the principles upon whic Chapel, Regent's Park, preached; Messrs. act. They were christ Murch, Hoby, and Brawn, conducting the baptists. They were di devotional services. In the afternoon, a lieve in the power of r business meeting was held, at which Sir itself without any compu Morton Peto, Bart., presided. Mr. Stovel, ever, and, therefore, we in the pastor, stated that the entire cost of the to do away with that gre chapel amounted to about £10,500. The in the churches, pew-ren church and pastor had awarded to them, for gregation raised in one y loss of their old building, £6,560 by the box at the door, no less a railway company. Donations and subscrip- sides what they subscribe tions had been received amounting to about chapel. That, he ventur £2,000, leaving a debt of a little less than surpassed by any congres £2,000 on the building. The church has taking into consideration adjudged due to Mr. Stovel £1,000 of the their numbers and their above-mentioned award, and that sum he receive voluntary subsc has generously given for the work in hand. placed in the aisles of t Dr. Hoby, Alderman Wire, Mr. Brock, and sittings would be free to other gentlemen, followed with addresses. gentlemen addressed the In the evening Mr. Spence, of the Poultry chapel, preached; and on the next sabbath Mr. Katterns and Mr. Stovel. REMOVALS.Mr. R. H don, after ten years' ser road, Blackheath.-Mr Romsey, to Biggleswad Bailhache, late of Stepne Parade, Leeds.-Mr. A. O HALIFAX, Trinity Road Chapel.-The first anniversary of the opening of this place of worship was held in the first week of July. Sermons were preached by the Rev.burgh, to Cross Street, I |