monumental marble to cover you, but many a child of God, saved through your instrumentality, will be seen weeping over your green grave, and children's children will talk of you as the "man of God" that lived and ministered here.

I have thus far addressed you, especially, as to the state of your soul as a Christian man. Let me now speak to you, briefly, with the same freedom and affection, in reference to your public character as a Christian minister. Your pulpit ministrations I place first in order, because I hold, with the Christian poet, that

"The pulpit

Must stand acknowledged while the world shall stand,
The most important and effectual guard,
Support, and ornament of virtue's cause."

Make your preparation for the pulpit a leading and engrossing object during the whole week. The late eminent Dr. Dick of Glasgow, always had his subjects fixed before he retired to rest on Sabbath night for the next Lord's-day; and hence, wherever he went, in whatever he was engaged, he was revolving the subjects of his discourses during the entire week. One of the most eminent ministers at present in the British Churches, and one singularly blessed among his people, makes all his preparation for the Sabbath on the Monday and Tuesday of each week. And how can a minister consistently preach on the sin of procrastination in the pulpit, while he himself has put off all needful study till the dread approach of the holy Sabbath drives him to scramble for a few hurried thoughts with which he appears in the sanctuary, not clothed in the calm and sacred dignity of an ambassador of Christ, but in mental and bodily trepidation arising from an unfurnished mind, and the consequent accusations of a guilty conscience?

I recommend to you, also, my brother, to preach in a consecutive series, as much as possible. Your subjects thus naturally arise before you as welcome weekly visitors whom you have expected; and your people derive an incalculable benefit by studying and reading, as well as yourself, in connexion with the anticipated exercises of the Sabbath. There is thus a mutual preparation made, and a corresponding benefit derived both by minister and people. It is proverbial that " a rolling stone gathers no moss." And I am much inclined to think that when a minister is rambling from one subject to another, with out any connexion-preaching on the Trinity to-day and the resurrection to-morrow, on the millennium to-day and on adoption tomorrow-on the Book of Judges to-day, and the Gospel by John to-morrow-there will be in that congregation scanty theological knowledge, and little deep-seated piety. Our forefathers in Scotland and in Ulster were giants in their day in religious knowledge and in consistent godliness, and the Sabbath services of their ministers above all others, were characterized by a consecutive series of discourses in doctrinal and practical theology.

Let all your sermons be enriched by sacred learning-not by school-boy learning, or the learning of a pedagogue. It is sickening to any man of taste to see a creature puffed up with a smattering of learning, quoting flippantly in the very sanctuary, and in the presence of dying men, from Homer and Cicero, instead of David and Isaiah and the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, let your discourses be enriched by the learning and wisdom that come from above-by an intimate and experimental knowledge of the life-giving word of God. I object not though you preach flowery discourses-not, indeed the flowers

let your flowers be culled from the field of revelation; let every sermon you preach be as fragrant as possible with the "Rose of Sharon," and beautified and adorned with the "Lily of the Valley," and graced and enlivened with "the Plant of renown." Let the loaded apple-tree of the Song be the beginning and middle and end of all your dis

courses.

adopted the following resolution - " RESOLVED, That the Friday immediately preceding the second Sabbath in October, be solemnly observed as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, in all the churches, that God may revive his work and bless his heritage."

The day thus designated, OCTOBER 10, is now near at hand, and we have deemed it requisite to fix the attention of our Brethren to the important subject, and to call to remembrance the alleged causes of this special recommendation.

In the Synodical Report of the state of religion, the Committee thus narrate-"While we have the outward forms of religion, and are enjoying the ordinances of the Gospel, they seem to be unaccompanied by the power of Divine grace. We hear from every quarter only expressions of mourning and lamentation, because of the spiritual death that prevails among the Churches. We hear only of the coldness and worldliness of the professed people of God, and are told on every side that the ways of Zion do

feasts. We are constrained to confess that we have departed from the Lord, and in judgment he has departed from us. The spirit of the world has been permitted to gain a strong hold on the hearts of God's people. We who minister at the altar have not approached our God in an acceptable manner and by our formality and worldliness, by our fear of man, and the want of more consecration to the duties of our office, have contributed to produce the evils which we deplore. Let the Eldership contemplate those desolations with penitential grief, and strive to elevate the tone of piety in the Churches. And, in this day of darkness and rebuke, let the friends of the Saviour betake themselves to the Throne of Grace,' pleading earnestly and importunately Spare, Lord, and give not my people to reproach! Turn us again, O God of our salvation, and cause thy face to shine upon us, and we shall be saved!""

And while you preach, remember it may be to some the last time they may hear of the Lord Jesus. Preach, therefore, as a dying man to dying men-with the judgment, and heaven, and hell full in view and recollecting that "God is one of your hearers." Preach as if the salvation of every soul before you depended on your present effort. Preach as if you were casting out a rope to a sinking seaman. Preach with your whole body and soul and spirit. Throw yourself into the work as if you felt it to be your last sermon. Preach as Paul did :-the tears gushing from his eyes, while love to Christ and souls was burning in his heart. I have heard a lawyer pleading in a court of justice, where one hundred pounds was the object of his solicitude; | mourn, because so few come to her solemn and had you seen him speaking with such impassioned ardour, while the jury were swept away by his resistless eloquence, you would have joined them at once in pronouncing a verdict in his favour. That lawyer stands now at the very head of his profession. And shall a lawyer be thus vehement and earnest for a few paltry pounds, and shall we stand like statues in the pulpit, when speaking of the love of God to perishing man-and discoursing of the terrors of hell and the happiness of heaven. I have been compelled occasionally to sit under such ministers, and they preached so carelessly, or read so slavishly or so monotonously, that the people were generally nodding assent to all they said, while every sentence was like an icicle dropping from their lips. The pulpit was very, very cold-and the people were callous and unconverted. Was it thus Luther preached and Knox thundered when they roused a slumbering world? Was it thus Whitfield or Wesley proclaimed the Gospel when they kindled a flame of light and love over all England and America? Oh, no! their souls were filled with love to Jesus, and their words were like coals of fire thrown among the multitudes that flocked around them. Our own immortal Reformer in his last days, often required to be helped into the pulpit; and yet when he fairly entered into his subject he seemed to gain a giant's strength, and to preach with a giant's power; but having spent all his strength in the sanctuary, he was again carried to his own house, enjoyin the sweet luxury of complete exhaustion in the service of his Master. Filled with a holy ambition to imitate these noble men-constrained by the love of Christ to seek the salvation of every soul committed to you give thyself wholly, prayerfully, and affectionately to this great and honourable work, and the Holy Ghost will abundantly descend on you and your people, and make your Church like a garden that God himself hath watered.

(To be concluded in our next number.)

RELIGIOUS REVIVALS.

In reference to this description of the spiritual condition of our Churches, which, we take it, is emphatically true and startling-the inquiry which Saul of Tarsus proposed to his Master is precisely appropriate-" Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? What shall I do?" And, in reply to the interrogatory, we have selected a few passages from holy writ, as a directory in reference to the approaching solemnity. We shall not classify them, but take them in their scriptural order, leaving to our friends

to deduce from them the instructions which they contain, and to every reader to make the application of them to his own conscience.

Isaiah i. 10-20.-"Hear the word of the Lord! - When you come to appear before me-Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; and learn to do well! - But if ye refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah xxii. 12-14. In that day did the Lord call " to mourning."

Isaiah Iviii. "Cry aloud, and show my people their transgressions. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate-Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the hands of wickedness, to let the oppressors go free, and to break every yoke?"

Hosea xiii. 9. "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help." Hosea xiv. 9.“О Israel, return unto the Joel ii. 12-18.-" Therefore now, saith the Lord, Turn ye to me with all your heart; and lend your heart, and turn to the Lord your God. Sanctify a fast! Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the Elders, and gather the children. Let the ministers of the Lord weep and say, SPARE THY PEOPLE, O Lord!"

Jonah iii. 6-10.-"Cry mightily to God. Let them turn every one from his evil wayWho can tell if God will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?"

Malachi iii. 1-18.--" Return to me, and I

will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said: Wherein shall we return?Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed thee?

-IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS. You have said-It is vain to serve God. You are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me."

As we have extracted a small part of the passages of Scripture referred to, we solicit our Brethren to recur to their Bibles, and devoutly study the whole connected sacred admonitions and instructions. The prayerful meditation upon them next Lord's day, and their being rivetted on the mind as themes of constant reflection and prayer during the following four days, under the Divine blessing, would bring out the people to their respective churches in one vast united community, to wrestle with God as Israel did, until through the gracious Redeemer's interces sion, they manifestly had power with God, and prevailed.

The SPIRIT demanded by the General Synod is Humiliation and Repentance before God-and all argument to produce that temper is superfluous after the perusal of their "Narrative of the State of Religion" throughout our Churches; and we are not disposed to believe from all that we hear or see, that there is one jot of spiritual improvement during the four months which have elapsed since the Synod announced their melancholy

detail.

The DUTY which they urge is, "Prayer by all the Churches, that God may revive his work and refresh his heritage." There is a spirit-stirring example of a prayer-meeting in the Evangelical narrative which should be now before our eyes, in all its pathos and power. Acts xii. 5, 12. "Instant and earnest prayer was made without ceasing of the Church of God, for Peter." -" All night, in the house of Mary, mang were gathered together, praying!" There is our Evangelical pat

tern.

pate the reiteration of the ancient mercy"It came to pass at the seventh time, the servant said to Elijah-Behold, there riseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand;" and almost immediately after "THERE WAS A GREAT RAIN." Thus, according to Elijah's example, we must bow down before the Lord our Maker, until he have "mercy upon us, and pity, and answer the cry of his people, and do great things."

ADDRESS TO THE REV. ALEX. MUNRO, OF MANCHESTER, FROM THE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY CONNECTED WITH

HIS CONGREGATION.

[We have very great pleasure in giving insertion to the following, and shall have equal pleasure in presenting to our readers the document to which it refers. But as it has not yet arrived (Dec. 20), we must postpone it till next month.-ED.]

Manchester, Dec. 16, 1845.

Reverend and Dear Sir, -The office-bearers of the "Young Men's Society," beg, on behalf of its members, to express the admiration they feel and obligations they owe to you, for your most appropriate and eloquent address to them last evening. It is their earnest prayer that they may profit thereby, and that when, if Providence wills it, they may permitted to enjoy again another such meeting, some of the seed which has been sown, may not have been cast away without effect; but trust that it has fallen on good ground, and that it shall have brought forth fruit accordingly.

Permit them to express their sincere conviction that if this address were more widely circulated than it would probably be in their own comparatively little circle of friends and acquaintances, it is certain, under God's blessing, of being a valuable and efficient means of doing good to our Presbyterian brethren and friends throughout the kingdom. With this view, therefore, they would respectfully request (if in harmony with your own feelings and views upon the subject) that you will at your earliest convenience transmit to their Secretary the manuscript of your address on the last night's occasion, that they may have the same inserted along with a notice of the Meeting in "The English Presbyterian Messenger" for the present month. By so doing you will still further oblige, Reverend and dear Sir,

Your affectionate Friends and dutiful
Servants,

THE MEMBERS AND OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE

YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY,

Per CHARLES H. FITZGERALD, Secretary. To the Rev. Alexander Munro.

SCHOOL SCHEME.

houses of prayer, and "CONTINUE IN PRAYER," until every Man has successively invoked the blessing of the Most High for his reviving Spirit and refreshing grace!

Early at morn, without delay,
O haste to

The subsequent meetings for crying aloud, and the Minister's lifting up his voice like a trumpet, should be previously arranged by the Minister, and Elders, and Deacons, so as to exemplify a practical conformity to the primitive believers-" They all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication," until every man actually with his voice, and "the women" in spirit and unity, combined with them, have obeyed the injunctions of

the business of this scheme, may be addressed to the Rev. Professor Lorimer, 3, Bond-street, Claremont-square, who has undertaken pro tem. the duties of secretary. In regard to applications for grants out of the Sustentation Fund, it was required by the Committee in the Circular, which they issued upon the subject, that all such should be accompanied with an attestation and commendation of the respective Presbyteries. If, however, it has in any case been found impossible to obtain such attestations, it is recommended that the application may be forwarded without delay, notwithstanding, as the Committee will now lose no time in considering the application submitted to them.

LETTER FROM THE MODERATOR OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TO THE LONDON ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY.

[We have much pleasure in giving wider rirculation to the following excellent Address, and beg leave to assure Dr. M'Farlan and the Church he so eminently represents, that the Presbyterian Church in England cordially responds to the kind expressions of her Scottish sister. A part of the Address, in the crowded state of our columns, we have been obliged to omit.-ED.]

Dear and respected brethren, I am commanded by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to express, in its name, the heartfelt gratification which the members

of the Assembly experienced from the presence of the deputies of your Society, at the recent Meeting of the Assembly at Inverness, and from the Address presented to them on that interesting occasion. We were gratified that such men as Mr. Wm. Hamilton and Mr. Nisbet, and our excellent young friend, Dr. Stewart, should take so lively an interest in the Free Church of Scotland, as to travel from the metropolis to the far distant north, to witness our proceedings; and we felt encouraged by pressed on account of the difficulties with which we have to contend in making provision for the spiritual wants of the adherents of our Church in the west and northern districts of our country.

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Be assured, respected friends and brethren, that it is the earnest desire of our Assembly to aid you, and co-operate with you in the truly Christian efforts to which I have reformed ferred (i.e., in extending church accommodation). Though the Presbyterian Church in England now exists as a separate and independent body, we cannot forget that it recog

nises the same confession of faith, and the same standards of worship and government with ourselves; that whilst it rejects the nonestablishment principle, it rejects with equal firmness the interference of the civil magistrate in matters spiritual, and the endowment of Popish and other religious error by the State. We fondly cherish the persuasion that in the perilous times which are threatening the true Catholic Church and our beloved country in particular, the Free Church of Scotland and the Presbyterian Church in England will be found fighting side by side the battles of a pure Protestantism, and, by the help of God, stemming in some measure the torrent of false religion and unchristian State policy, which seem as if they would explode every sound principle, and sweep away the best and most useful institutions of the British empire.

Commending your Society and yourselves to the blessing of the great Head of the Church, and requesting an interest in your prayers,

I am, dear and respected brethren, Your faithful brother and servant in the

Lord,

(Signed) PATRICK M'FARLAN, Moderator of the late General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland.

Greenock, Oct. 24, 1845.

PRESBYTERIES' PROCEEDINGS.

PRESBYTERY OF LONDON.

THIS Presbytery held its ordinary Monthly
Meeting on the 9th December; the Rev.
Wm. Nicolson, Moderator, in the chair.
Mr. Gillespie communicated the desire of

Supper among them on Sabbath next; and Professor Lorimer was appointed accordingly. Mr. Nicolson to preach the Preparation Sermon on the evening of Thursday next.

The Presbytery also appointed the Rev. Mr. Chalmers, with Messrs. Milligan, Nisbet, and Gillespie, elders, as his assessors; to hold Kirk Sessions at Ranelagh Chapel, as often as they may be required, until farther appointment.

The Moderator, as Convener of the Committee in Mr. Berry's case, stated that the Committee were not yet quite ready to give in their Report; but he expressed a hope that they would be able to do so soon, and the Committee was re-appointed, with former

instructions.

Professor Lorimer reported that, in accordance with his instructions, he had dispensed the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to the

Church at Wolverhampton, on Sabbath last.

On the Motion of Mr. Gillespie, and in accordance with the prayer of a Petition from certain members of the Presbyterian Church at Brighton, it was unanimously agreed that Mr. Wm. Hamilton be appointed to preside at a public Meeting of the congregation and their friends, to be held on a convenient day, which will be afterwards announced, for the purpose of taking such steps as may be deemed advisable towards their more complete congregational organization.

Mr. Fisher addressed the Presbytery on the duty of the Church to the Jews in London; and afterwards gave notice that he would move the adoption of an overture to the Synod on the subject.

Mr. Wilson gave notice that he would move the adoption of an overture to the Synod on the subject of Presbyterial Visitations.

At the request of Mr. Douie, the following Members were appointed to preach at Leicester-square, viz.: -the Rev. Josias Wilson on the morning of Sabbath, the 21st Dec.; the Rev. James Ferguson on the evening of Sabbath, the 28th December; the Rev. Joseph Fisher on the evening of Sabbath, the 4th January; and the Rev. Professor Lorimer on the evening of Sabbath, the 11th January, 1846.

Mr. Comrie was appointed to supply Ranelagh Chapel with sermon on the 21st Dec.; and the Hampstead station on the last Sabbath of December, and the first Sabbath of January next.

Mr. Morgan passed his preliminary trials, and was admitted to the theological lectures.

Mr. W. B. Kilpin

was

admitted to the

literary classes, and to the lectures on Systematic Theology.

The Presbytery adjourned, to meet at 16, the second Tuesday of

Exeter Hall

on

January, at three o'clock p.m.

The Presbytery met at Exeter Hall on the 16th December, pro re nata, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed to confer with Mr. Berry, and consider his application for admission into the Presbyterian Church in England; the Rev. Wm. Nicolson, Moderator, in the chair.

A long, minute, and very satisfactory Report was produced, read, and laid upon the table of the Presbytery; and that Reverend Court, in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of their Committee, unanimously agreed to request the Moderator of Synod to summon a Meeting of Commission,

PRESBYTERY OF NEWCASTLE.

case.

Church, has presented the library with a large and very handsome mahogany glazed bookBut has any of our readers ever seen an empty book-case? And did they ever see anything more unsightly? It is like a house without furniture; it is like a frame without a picture; like cannon without ammunition; like a purse without money; like a-but no, it is like nothing in nature but it self; for, to our sight, ht, nothing is, nothing

The Presbytery of Newcastle met on the 2d. ult. when a call was laid on the table from the Highbridge congregation, to the Rev. Mr. Porter, a licentiate of the Irish Presbyterian Church, and Commissioners having been heard in support of it, was una- can be more unsightly than an empty book

nimously sustained, and the necessary steps

taken towards his settlement. On the mo

tion of Rev. George I. Duncan, the Presby-
tery unanimously agreed to transmit a letter
of sympathy to the faithful brethren of the
Canton de Vaud, now witnessing against the
Erastian encroachments of their government,
and Messrs. Duncan and Blackwood were
appointed to draw it up. Mr. Samuel Brown,
probationer from Ireland, being present, was
int
introduced to the presbytery, and agreed to
preach in several of the vacant churches,
during the next, and if possible, several
following Sabbaths. The presbytery adjourn-
ed till the 16th, to meet in the Groat Market
Church.

THE EDITOR'S OWN COLUMN.

In regard to a statement that appeared in a correspondent's report of the proceedings of the presbytery of Newcastle in our last number, to this effect, that the "remnant of the congregational library of Groat Market Church had been transmitted to the College Library," we have been requested by the Session of that Church to state that it is not the remnant, but only a selection that was sent; that there were at first three distinct libraries, one for the use of the minister, one for the people, and a third for the use of the Sabbath-school, and that, in fact, the library still exists in its old quarters. Our friends of that Session are of course aware that the error did not originate with us, as we simply printed a notice sent by a correspondent. We now gladly, however, correct the mistake, and feel at the same time relieved from a feeling which somehow oppressed us the very valuable present from the Session was transmitted to the College library. We were of course most thankful for the gift,

when

and felt that a better use could not possibly

be made of it than to place it in the hands of the future hopes of the Church. But at the same time we regretted that the minister of that Church should thus be deprived of such a valuable help to his studies. But since the

library is yet so intact, we really do not know but at some future time we may be tempted,

with the usual tacties of practised beggars, just to go back and crave a little more from those who so liberally helped us before.

While upon the subject of the library, we have to acknowledge some other donations, and especially those from John Fraser, Esq., Hampstead; Charles Stewart, Esq., Manchester; chester; James Laing, Esq., London; and others who will be found in another column, and whom we we pray to accept of our thanks.

And before we pass from the subject we would just avail ourselves of this opportunity to make another appeal on behalf of the College library. Our last appeal brought us in some hundreds of volumes, and that success has just encouraged us to make another appeal, which we now accordingly most urgently make, and only hope it may be, at the very least, as successful as the last. We are the more urgent, because Mr. Nisbet, the valued

case. We pray our readers to relieve us from the discomfort of being compelled to look at such an eye-sore. Let us have our book-case filled with first-rate works. And then? Why then, we'll make another appeal; for our craving after books is literally insatiable.

All contributions for the Messenger are requested to be in the editor's hands (22, Myddelton-square) at latest by the 16th of the preceding month. Insertion in the sue

ceeding month's number can be guaranteed

to nothing that is later of arriving. Having re iterated this notice, parties will save the editor annoyance and themselves disappointment by strictly attending to it.

Had all our congregations done their duty, according to their several abilities, the aggregate would, undoubtedly, have been greatly augmented. From some we are surprised and disappointed at seeing nothing reported; and surely such congregations those at Sunderland, North Shields, and Morpeth, will not content themselves with a mere collection, but add thereto before long a goodly list of annual subscribers. We apply the same remark to St. Andrew's, Liverpool,

as

which congregation, making every allowance

for their recent trials and present circumstances, do not hold that position in the list that they ought to do. We know that a list is coming from Birmingham; and we again repeat, that upon annual subscriptions we must mainly depend for the support of the Institution. St. George's, Liverpool, and St. Peter's, Manchester, have begun well; but we look for farther and early returns from them. Regent-square, London, was highest on the list in our last number; and on reference to that in our present publication, it will be found that their farther con tributions, since the 20th November, bear a large proportion to the amount received from all other quarters put together. We dare say our friends in that congregation rejoice in this continued liberality; but we are sure they would be better pleased were others to equal surpass them.

or even

Stillingfleet's Origines Sacræ. 4to.
Perkins's Exposition of Christ's Sermon on the Mount.
Boyse's Works, folio.

From R. A. HUTCHESON, D D. Hutcheson' Guide to the Book of Revelation. Two copi.s.

From a WESLEYAN MINISTER.

Elliott's Delineation of Romanism.

From JAMES LANG, Esq.

Boyd's History of Literature. Two vols.

From CHARLES STUART, Esq., Manchester. Boyd's History of Literature. Two vols.

From Mr. JOHN FRASER, Hampstead. Fraser's Magazine. Thirty-two vols.

From Rev. CHARLES TOSHACH, South Shields. Ridgley's Body of Divinity, folio.

From Mr. H. M'COLL, South Shields. Robinson's Mechanical Philosophy. Four vols.

From J. W. LAMB, Esq., South Shields. Young's Scriptural Geology. From J. F. KENNEDY, Esq, South Shields.

Sermons attributed to Dr. Johnson.

From Rev. WILLIAM CHALMERS. Demosthenis et Æschinis Principum Græciæ Oratorum Opera, folio.

From Rev. Dr. CUNNINGHAM, New College, Edinburgh.

Cunningham's Stillingfleet on Popery.

From Mrs. BRISTOW.

Lorente's History of the Inquisition.

From Mr. GILSON, Hampstead.
Mercurius Theologicus, or Monthly Instructor.
Shepard's Theses Sabbaticæ.
Bull's Treatise of Faith.

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