Now there on aggressive movements. are myriads of men and women, and some of them occupying high positions in church and in the state, whose warmest sympathies flow towards the Sunday school, and whose debt of personal obligation to it is a permanent pledge of their interest and co-operation. It will be remembered, too, that when we began, the Sunday school interests of the country were almost entirely associated with one central organization. For many years the American Sunday School Union was the only publisher of books for Sunday schools, and formed the only general association for Sunday school purposes. Now several large and powerful denominational societies are in active life and motion, with prolific presses and vast facilities for extending, strengthening, and improving the Sunday schools conpected with their various churches." ADVANTAGES OF POPULAR EDUCATION. virtue and good s was extremely slow ably, to that want which rendered the superstition; insom century, the abet idolatry began to b gani," which prop habitants of the c from those who resi Reformation, the pro faith went hand in vancement of letters the same friends an and, next to its agr scriptures, its succ ascribed, under Goo ing, the revival of c the illustrious patro to its cause. In t that glorious perio Millennium, when sally prevail, it is spicuous feature, tl to and fro, and kn creased." That pe tinguished from the minds being more but rather by the c power to the service It will be a period nation, during whi moon shall be as t and the light of the days." Every usef vated, every art s terests of man, be fected; learning w and genius emit he former will be disp tation, and the la softened effulgence IGNORANCE gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error. When a baleful superstition, like that of the church of Rome, has once got footing among a people in this situation, it becomes next to impossible to eradicate it; for it can only be assailed, with success, by the weapons of reason and argument, and to these weapons it is impassive. The sword of ethereal temper loses its edge, when tried on the scaly hide of this leviathan. No wonder the church of Rome is such a friend to ignorance; it is but paying the arrears of gratitude in which she is deeply indebted. How is it possible for her not to hate that light which would unveil her impostures, and detect her enormities? If we survey the genius of Christianity, we shall find it to be just the reverse. I presence, of the greatest and habits is going on in society hi race. No matter how poor I favourable to the culture of the ped tter though the prosperous of Instead of depending on casual rum e will not enter my obscure and loose conversation for most of t If the sacred writers will en- knowledge and objects of thought; e up their abode under my stead of forming their judgments con will cross my threshold to crowds, and receiving their chief exc of Paradise, and Shakspeare ment from the voice of neighbours, 1 ne the worlds of imagination are now learning to study and ref rkings of the human heart, alone, to follow out subjects conti n to eurich me with his prac-ously, to determine for themselves w n, I shall not pine for want of shall engage their minds, and to call companionship, and I may their aid the knowledge, original vie cultivated man, though ex- and reasonings of men of all count n what is called the best and ages; and the results must be e place where I live. deliberateness and independence of ju how hard it is to some men,inent, and a thoroughness and extent o those who spend much time labour, to fix attention on them strive to overcome the y reading in company with they love. Nothing can place of books. They are soothing companions in solis, or affliction. The wealth tinents would not compensate od they impart. Let every sible, gather some good books A FEW FACTS. information unknown in former tim Religious Cracts. l, in the vicinity of Bethnalnot only refused the tracts, struck the female distributor, afterwards laid powerless on f affliction. Alarmned at the death, he sent for a visitor; uctions, by the Divine bless the means of subduing the . The man recovered from ; and has proved the sincerity of his penitence by regular attendance a the house of prayer, and by labouring t diffuse that truth which he once hate and attempted to destroy. A Poor Man, who had embraced Un tarian sentiments, was led by the visito to inquire after salvation. James ANXIOUS INQUIRER was put into hi hands, which, during his long affliction he read, and by its means obtained peace and joy through believing; and Casual r E thought: chief ex ects co mselves and to al iginal re all com S must le ence of j nd extent Ormer tim teachersmmunity, n artiller Its peace my reva s to spread to the ins stability Channing You were the first who taught me to seek · peace. He had bee country by pious pa at the age of fiftee means of grace, and the "ox drinketh fessed that he ha since he had left He now attends the thoughtful, and sa throne of grace, a inan. He has a w when he first beca thought he was goi has since gone with God, and he asked more comfortable they had been to H had been accuston that it often cost t the sabbath, and w at night they were felt very unfit for 1 A Poor Woman of the Romish faith, refused to receive the tracts, though she would converse with the visitor. A short time ago, she, in a fit of passion, threw herself out of a window, and was removed to the hospital, where she was again visited, conversed with, and her temporal wants relieved. She said, that if she bore her sufferings patiently, God would forgive her, and she would merit heaven. Subsequently the visitor read to her the tract, "Are you Prepared for Death ?" which appeared to awaken conviction in" but now," he sa her mind. She has since returned to freshed and happy. her home a cripple; but the visitor has reason to hope that her heart has been renewed by the great Physician of souls, and that she is now seeking for salvation, not by her own merits and the intercession of the Virgin, but by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Tract," The Bar of Iron," had been left with a family. The wife, deeply affected, said when the visitor called, that she had a particular favour to ask of him. This was, that he would oblige her by selling her that tract. She said it had been made a great blessing to her family. Her husband's father had lately died, but while he lay ill he had received such benefit from reading that tract, that he begged them not to part with it, but to ask the visitor to sell it to them. She also stated, that both herself and her husband had received much benefit from The Tract, "Ten was made useful t district, who has la visitor called for much impressed wi and exclaimed, "W the judgment-seat about to read the suddenly called fro after six hours' ill (from previous co had with him), dou in glory. OUR GRANTS OF we hope to be abl reply to several a have lately received What we can do the present year w estimate, but we w по μαντιν 13 5ས་ས་ཟློས e walk through London streets, n an omnibus or cab, has fewer than the Whitsuntide jaunt by leasant country lane; or perhaps as escaped due attention amid of metropolitan claims;-but is that the London Particular ociation, holding as it does, from duty, a meeting every year, has enerally the impression of being dull affair. Indeed, it is not either to preacher or hearer to in New Park Street chapel with on of seventy people, on a Janay afternoon! This year, we are , all was different. The popuLe Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, the tled pastor at New Park Street, crowded audience on the after10. The metropolitan churches mination appeared for the most presented, the only noticeable ing the absence of several lead-s, owing, as was explained, to y Mission Committee being some mischance which will = occur again, upon the same preacher treated with much on the "strongholds" of the at we are called to subdue, and pons of our warfare" which are ough God" to the task. The are to attack were described as e world,-"there the gray old ddhism and Brahminical super. e the ruder heaps of shapeless ark the rude idolatries of Africa, Seven-hilled city in her pomp and there again the mosques surmounting the citadel of the But leaving these, the e of strongholds nearer home, d at length upon their misver. These were,-1. Antidelity; 3. Arminianism; 4. m; 5. Sinful Self; and 6. elf. Mr. Spurgeon closed by ne negative and positive dee weapons by which these forbe overcome. The vigour and the sermou we cannot forboor བvས་སསཔ ་པuuy པ་ special rem save the delivery of two or three brief, ple, evangelical addresses. It appears many churches in London are not connewith the Association; and of those w are, several sent no reports. No comp statistics therefore could be presented. those churches from which letters were r most seemed stationary,- -some were p perous. The accounts, perhaps, on whole, were quite equal to the aver: The denomination in London appears to just now much engaged in chapel build enterprises,-all of them nobly concei and carried on. We do not say, nor do believe, that this proves even a tempor hindrance to spiritual prosperity,-but does afford some hope that as the means the disposal of the churches will soon be greatly augmented there will be a corr ponding increase in their usefulness a The Freeman success. A VETERAN BAPTIST.-In the sm village of Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire, sides the Rev. John Manning, who w pastor of the baptist church there upwa of fifty years, and is now in the enjoyinent good health, at the advanced age of nine five. He was succeeded by the Rev. W. Archer, about seven years since. Throu the indisposition of the present pastor, was invited to preach on Sunday the 6th January last, to the people of his late charg which he did with all his former earnes ness and faithfulness. On the afternoon the same day he administered the ordinan of the Lord's Supper; and deep were th emotions created when beholding this ven rated father in Israel, with trembling hand break the bread and pour the cup. H preached again on the following sabbath. J. B. LONDON, Salters' Hall, Cannon-Street.Mr. J. C. Todd, late of Salisbury, who ha supplied the pulpit of Salters'-hall Chape Cannon-street, for nine months, has ac cepted the pastoral office, and commence his labours as pastor on the first Sabbath in January. SALFORD.-The Rev. Mr. Dunckley ha resigned the pastoral oversight of the bap tist abunch in & cor Iness reeman be s 1shire, who > upwar VIDED of nine ev. W.E Through astor, D le 6th of e charge earnest rnoon d dinance Were the is vene hands, 3. He pool. Ine IOIOWIE present:—Messrs. 1 Wesleyans; West, M Edward H. Jones, Chater, and Dr. Nicholson, Overbury Sanders, and Had dinner was provided Hotel, to which ab Rev. John Pyer act down, J. R. Jeffery, 1 The Rev. T. Horton and another for adults; but we fear they Chapel. A tea-meet large hall of the M Thursday evening, opening. There we present, and the chai Adams, Esq., of Ply who propounded a was addressed by Mr debt in four years. £ meeting, and at the morning, £60. was co there was a collection A BAPTIST BARONI generally known that Esq., M. P. for Norw baptist church in B pastoral care of the contracted with Gove line of rails from Bal the Crimea, felt hims of resigning his seat. in return for the ser the State, and others, we think, because o THE LATE REV. J. G. PIKE, DERBY.— publish an Appendix consisting of Poetical N he has been created henceforth be known Peto, Baronet. The in the house at this ti man, the member for not, in our recollectio before-a baptist bar REV. J. ALDIS, M that this esteemed n his office as pastor meeting in this plac without foundation. |