prove himself to be the minister of Another Case is related to us - forms the army that these gentlemen have been selected with the utmost care and circumspection by the first prelates of the country; and hopes that they will re-. ceive every respect which, he has no doubt, their conduct, as well as their rank, will deserve. It then makes some excellent regulations respecting the performance of divine worship; particularly desiring that it may close with a short practical sermon, suited to the habits and understandings of soldiers ;' and concluding with these remarkable words: To this last part of the service, the Commander in Chief attaches much importance, as being in conformity to the custom of the Established Church, and more than ever required at this time, which is peculiarly marked by the exertions and interference of secturies of various descriptions.' We are not able to reconcile this perfectly with a previous order of his Royal Highness, allowing the privates of the army to attend divine worship agreeably to their several religious tenets. The Ladies who form the Committee of the Ely Chapel School of Industry, and several Members of the Rev. Mr. Wilcox's Chapel, have formed another Institution, called The Distressed Mother and Infants' Friend,' to furnish child bed linen, and visit poor women in their confinement. The Ladies of the Rev. G. Burder's Congregation, at the Meetinghouse in Fetter Lane, formed a similar Society, more than a year ago, called The Mother and Infants' Friend;' by which many poor women have been relieved and assisted. We are informed that the late Sir S. Sitwell, of Renishaw, has bequeathed 500 to the Sheffield Bible Society. AN AWFUL VISITATION. - On Thursday, Nov. 14, Moody, a poor man who conveyed turf from the Fens to Mildenhall, in Suffolk, fell from his boat into the river, and was drowned before any assistance could reach him. On the body being conveyed to a public-house near the water side, in Mildenhall, the landlord of which was standing at the door, he peremptorily refused, with many horrid oaths, to receive the body into the house; but scarcely had he uttered them, when he was seized with a paralytic stroke that deprived him of speech, and the use of one side; and in that state he still continues. Public Ledger, Nov. 15. Extract of a Letter from a Clergyman in Ireland, July 25, 1811. I TAKE it for granted you have already heard of the conversion of the Scripture Professor of Maynooth College to the Protestant faith; and, it is said, that about 153 Students have followed his example.. I am told, he has not only renounced his errors in doctrine, but has embraced the truth as it is in Jesus.' We see wonderful things every day. Those who may prove the Luthers of Ireland, raised out of what we conceived would have been the grand source of heresy and error! Our God has promised that his knowledge shall cover the earth; and when once he gives the word, great shall be the company of those that publish it in all quarters; and who shall let or hinder the work? for it is His who is Almighty. Great things are promised, and great things are now performing; this should, therefore, be a day of prayer and praise.' MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS, &c. Rev. Mr. Shufflebotham and Congregation, Bungay, A Friend, 17. 1s.-ditto, 17. Is.-ditto, 17. 18. by Rev. C. Buck, S. M. sent to the Secretary, Penryn Auxiliary Praying Society, BRISTOL MONTHLY LECTURE, 1812. Time. Subjects. Place. Jan. 14, Tu. Broadmead, The Conversion of Onesimus, Feb. 11, Tu. Bridge Street, Mar. 12, Th. The Pithay, Apr. 16, Th. Castle Green, May 13, . Tabernacle, June 16, Tu. Bridge Street, July 16, Th. Castle Green, Aug. 11, Tu. Broadmead, Sept. 16, W. Tabernacle, Oct. 15, Th. The Pithay, Nov. 10, Tu. Broadmead, Dec. 15, Tu. Bridge Street, {The Cross of Christ the Glory} The Mercy-Seat, To begin at Seven o'clock in the Evening. UNITED MEETING OF PRAYER Preachers. Mr. Lowell. Mr. Roberts. Mr. Page. Tab. Minis. Mr. Thorp. Dr. Ryland. Mr. Roberts. Mr. Lowell. Mr. Page. Tab. Minis. Mr. Thorp. Dr. Ryland. for the Success of the Gospel at Home and Abroad, to be held in Bristol for the Year 1812. t ON THE NEW YEAR. This I say, Brethren, the Time is short. 1 Cor. vii. 29. SILENT and swift, Time hastens on, And whirls the years away; But what is Time's extensive round An atom floating the profound, What is the little life of man With circling Time survey'd? 'Tis to immensity a span, The shadow of a shade. Tho' darkness veils its end, Upon its flight depend. Yet mortals trifle while it flies, And blindly rush on fate; 'Tis wise to mourn the wasted past, The present to improve; . And all the unknown future cast On God's unchanging love. Thou crownest the Year with thy Goodness. - Psal. Ixv. 11. UNCHANGEABLE Fountain of Love, The streams of thy bounty o'erflow; Thou reignest in glory above, And rulest in mercy below. Rolls on by the rule of thy will; Thou dost with inhabitants fill. The planets that glitter on high, The billows that swell in the deep, The vapours that float in rhe sky, Their course at thy bidding still keep. Again doth thy promise prevail, The herbage which gladden'd the mead, And justly thy vengeance might fall, The tempest of war has spread wide, And nations have bow'd to the shock, Yet firm doth thy Kingdom abide, Thy Church is secure on the Rock, Tho' heaven and earth pass away, Thy promise uncbang'd shall remain, And all who their Saviour obey, Triumphant in glory shall reign. Lord, thou hast been our DwellingPlaces in all Generations. Psal. xc. O Thou, whose constant care appears To thy vast glance the mighty sum Are ever present still." Yet thy designs fulfill. But nian to narrow bounds confin'd; And hast'ning to his doom; Yet dreams of years to come. What scenes to-morrow may prepare, I leave to thy paternal care, Who gave me life and food; Come wealth or want, or ease or pain, To live is Christ, to die is gain, Aud all shall work for good. Ourselves, and works of strength or art, Beneath the touch of Time depart, Nor leave a wreck behind; Amidst the changing shocks of time, ALIQUIS |