of rebellion against man is intimately associated with that of rebellion against God.-That which can alone counteract both is genuine Christianity.

We were favored one day with a call from a man of very superior parts, John Brown, the pious and able minister here of one of the largest seceding congregations. When we asked him, "What dost thou think will be the end of all these national commotions?" he answered emphatically-"The kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ." To this scriptural declaration we can all set the seal of a willing belief: but in the mean time, tribulations and trials of faith may perhaps be ordained, for the further purification of the followers of the Lamb-preparatory, it may be, to their final victory.

CHAL. "I think the Scriptures afford us good reason to believe that the ultimate diffusion of pure Christianity in the world must be preceded by commotion and confusion, and distress of nations. Look at the new French revolution--There is much that one approves at present, both in its tendency and in its results. But you see it has been effected by the growth of merely human intelligence-by the working of the unregenerate mind without a particle of Christian principle. It is just the striving of the natural wisdom and pride of man after that which we are apt to conceive to be the consummation of our happiness-a condition of independence. I am not one of those who underrate the value of civil and political liberty; but I am well assured that it is only the

principles of Christianity which can impart true security, prosperity, and happiness, either to individuals or to nations. I am prepared to expect, that on the efforts which are now making in the world to regenerate our species, without religion, God will impress the stamp of a solemn and expressive mockery."

Notwithstanding the strength and consistency of these sentiments, I venture to indulge a humble hope that our heavenly Father will deal gently with the workmanship of His hands; and that while the progress of the knowledge of Christianity (both of its evidences and its doctrines) keeps pace with that of other knowledge, there will be a gradual diffusion of divine light-until all men shall acknowledge its superiority to that of man's wisdom, and shall bow the knee "at the name of Jesus."

We parted from our dear friends, Dr. Chalmers, his wife, and daughters, as well as from some other persons who have been endeared to us in Edinburgh, after a solemn and refreshing time of silence, ministry, and prayer. 9th month, 25th, 1830.

Our sojourn at Edinburgh of nearly five weeks appears to be now drawing to its close.

I cannot conclude these memorabilia without recording our gratitude to our dear friends, Alexander and Ann Cruickshank, under whose peaceful roof we have found so delightful a shelter, for their unabated and unbounded hospitality. May grace, mercy, and peace rest upon them, and upon the many whom we love in Scotland!

END OF PART FIRST.

CHALMERIANA.

PART II.

EARLHAM, 7th MONTH, 24TH, 1833.

As we were sitting in the drawing-room rather late on the evening of the 18th instant Dr. Chalmers entered, with our friend Chas. Bridges, Vicar of Long Newton, Suffolk, as his companion. We were not expecting his arrival that evening; but the surprise was an agreeable one, and my wife and sister Catherine, as well as the children, united with me in giving our honored guests a hearty welcome. He had been passing two or three weeks in London, in the very centre of the world's great whirlpool, but without any contamination, as I believe, from its spirit; and had been thrown into the company of many persons eminent for rank, power, and intellect. Crowds of nobles, and other elevated men and women, had been following him in his ministry. The new Scotch chapel, which holds about three thousand people, had been filled to excess again and again; and I trust the

glad tidings of salvation had been sent forth, under a right influence, into a multitude of hearts and understandings. The Doctor looked a good deal worn with his exertions, and somewhat thinner than when we last met. He bears his simplicity along with him so obviously, that we all felt at ease with him almost immediately -and with the exception of the quiet reading of a Psalm, the remainder of the evening passed in conversation. Dr. Chalmers is a man peculiarly susceptible of being pleased-looking at objects which surround him through a favorable medium.

CHAL. "I have been travelling through Kent, Essex, and Suffolk, and now through Norfolk, the agricultural garden of England. It is a delightful country--varied in its surface, and clothed in greenness. As to the moulding and statuary of the scenery, we excel you in Scotland; but when I look over the fields of your country, I seem to be no longer looking through my naked eye, but through an eye-glass tinged with green, which throws a more vivid hue over nature than that to which I am accustomed."

The following morning we read the 3d of Eph., and I thought it as well to retain my usual office as reader. I could scarcely avoid making a few remarks on the state of mind in the Jews, which rendered the accession of the Gentiles to the one Church, by a common faith, an almost overwhelming mystery; also on the apostle's paradox"to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."