published at the Request of the Hearers. By EVAN HERBERT. The Nature, Obligation, and Reward of Preaching the Gospel. A Sermon, delivered in Nile Street Meeting House, Glasgow, April 5, 1822, at the Annual Meeting of the Union of the Congregational Churches of Scotland. By WILLIAM ORME, Minister of the Gospel, Perth. The Practical Works of the Rev. RiCHARD BAXTER. Edited by Thomas Cloutt, M.A. 8vo. Vols. II. III. IV. 12s. each. (To be completed in about 18 vols.) 1. The French Primer; containing a copious Vocabulary of Familiar Words and Phrases, arranged in the most Pleasing Form, with Interesting Dialogues; the whole illustrated by upwards of 250 WoodEngravings. By MAD. DOUIN. Price 1s. sewed, and 1s. 6d. bound, 2. The Mother's French Catechism for her Children; containing those things most necessary to be known at an Early Age; illustrated by 100 Engravings: being a French Edition of Dr, Clark's English Mother's Catechism By MAD. DOUIN. Pr. 1s. sewed, and 1s. 6d. bound. 3. 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GODWIN, of Great Missenden, Bucks, Author of a Discourse on the Signs of the Times, &c. ORDINATIONS, &c. ON Wednesday, May 29, Mr. T. Horton, late of Bristol Academy, was ordained Pastor of the Baptist Church, Morice Square, Plymouth Dock. Ministers engaged, were Mr. Wilcocks and Mr. Parrot of the same place, Mr. Crisp and Dr. Ryland of Bristol, Mr. Saffery of Salisbury, and Mr. Winterbotham of Horsley. "Mr. Jones was possessed of remarkable endowments, both natural and acquired. His talent for sacred poetry is displayed in several of his publications; and his delivery of his Orations in Welch, as well as the genuine matter contained in them, were so conspicuous as to attract a numerous and respectable audience wherever he preached. But, above all, his eminent piety, ministerial fidelity, affectionate heart, and readiness to administer to the relief of the sick and distressed, (being possessed of a good stock of medical knowledge,) endeared him so much to his flock and to his neighbourhood, that his death is deeply regretted, universally lamented, and justly felt as a public loss." PRIZE ESSAYS. In the course of the month, the Editor has received a communication from a correspondent, under the signature of B. T. T. on the subject of the second Prize Essay, which, in his opinion, is so much superior to the one mentioned in the last number of this Magazine, that he intends laying it before his readers the first opportunity. He has also to mention on this subject, that, although the object of the third Essay has been mistaken, and the writers on it have all employed their pens upon a different theme than that which was wished to be illustrated, it has been suggested to him that he would do well to select and publish the best of the answers which he has received. With this suggestion he has determined to comply, and accordingly the award is made to the Essay signed C. N. J. 264 Original Poetry. A Token of Affection to the Memory of MR. JOHN GRIFFIN, late Pastor of the Independent Church at Exeter, and of MR. ALFRED CECIL BUCKLAND, Author of "Letters on Early Rising," late of Frome; both of whom recently died, in their 26th year. TWICE hath the solemn tone Of knells funereal met my list'ning ear;- Have pass'd for ever to the world unknown. No longer could they stay; But borne from earth, where troublous oceans roll, Far, far beyond the pole, To heav'nly homes they wing'd their glorious way. It was a beauteous setting; as became And a morrow where endless joys are known. Of God they now appear, and sweep the lyre While saints and angels them their kindred own. Their mould'ring relics, lock'd in death's long sleep, And Truth and Science heave the pensive sigh. Her son, her faithful minister and friend; Whither her Griffin was in sadness borne. Alfred! though thou art dead, Thou still dost plead with reasons drawn from truth From flitting dreams, in Wisdom's paths to tread. Blest youths! by Christ redeem'd, In you the graces shone serenely bright, Inspiring sweet delight, And winning ev'ry heart whereon they beam'd. You, in my boyhood days, I lov'd beyond the rest of my compeers; Lead us united in our studious ways. Friends of my youth, farewell!— But not for ever;-on Hope's pinions borne, I hail the land where saints departed dwell.- And there of purer friendships quaff the joys, Subject no more to fell disease or pain. What bliss ineffable! To roam together o'er yon golden plains, The love of our Incarnate God to tell! Though now your precious dust In silence sleeps beneath the cold green sod, Remould it for th' assembling of the just. Oh Lord! to thee I cry! My sins forgive! help me to run the race, Of my blest friends and kindred now on high. Melksham, Wilts, July 10, 1822. J. S. NEW EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, AND Theological Review. SEPTEMBER, 1822, ESSAY II. "Can the order of public worship observed in the Christian churches planted by the apostles, be collected from the New Testament and if so, are we, in the present day, under any obligation to imitate the pattern which those churches have left us-if not, on what grounds can we justify our dissent from the churches of Rome or England ?” New Evangelical Magazine, March 1822, p. 80. To the Editor of the New Evangelical SIR, 66 That the profession of faith required conversion either required or expected. from the converts was short and simple, is proved by the case of the eunuch, HAVING been a little disappointed (see Acts viii.) also Peter's sermon, with respect to the second Prize Essay (Acts ii.), where he charges his audience mentioned in March Magazine, at your with having taken, and, by wicked receiving only one solitary Essay" hands, crucified and slain that same on the important subject, and as you are Jesus, whom God had constituted both not determined about publishing it, I Lord and Christ; and yet we are intake the liberty of transmitting you my formed, that those who gladly received views on the question. To be brief, I the word of salvation were baptized, and shall, in the first place, make some ob-" the same day there were added about servations with regard to the formation, &c, of the primitive churches. Secondly, The order of their public worship. Thirdly, Shew the obligations Christians are under to imitate the pattern they have left us. And, lastly, upon the supposition that the primitive order be not obligatory, I shall examine the ground of our dissent from the churches of Rome or England. 1st. The gospel or glad tidings of salvation, the apostles proclaimed to men, guilty, vile, and polluted as they found them; and those who gladly received them were, on confessing the Lord Jesus with their mouth, immediately baptized and added to the church, without any previous qualification whatever, or any other proof of the sincerity of their VOL. VIII. three thousand souls" to the number that "continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." As no society whatever can exist without some kind of government, nor can any government be administered without office-bearers; that nothing might be wanting for the maintenance of the most perfect order in the kingdom of the Messiah, a regular code of laws was given by him to his subjects, every one of whom was appointed guardian of these laws; and regular office-bearers were instituted for their better maintenance, and to see them duly executed. The MESSIAH remains eternally the supreme head of his church, and the laws of his kingdom are declared in the New 2 L |