semination of Divine knowledge. This
devoted missionary expresses much gratitude
to the ladies for their kind donation.
The office-bearers cannot close their Report
without urging, very affectionately, on all
their sisters in the Church, to come forward
and aid in this interesting work. Much
good can be done at very trifling expense.
It is also a great encouragement to mission-
aries in distant lands to know that they have
Christian friends at home, who are taking a
deep interest in their work of faith and
labour of love. But a still higher motive
should actuate the professing followers of the
Lamb. The love of Christ should constrain
us to devote all that we have to the glory of
God, remembering that we are not our own,
that we are bought with a price, and should
therefore glorify God in our body and in our
spirit which are God's.

with the price of his own blood. It comes to | in you or done by you, that is the ground them from the Father through their own on which he gives it. O no, brethren; elder brother, who, in his love and pity, did it is the same ground on which that glory redeem them-who went after them when wan- was given by the Father to himself, that dering far off on the dark mountains of sin is the ground on which he gives it again and death, and rejoiced over them when to his people; and that ground is his own found-who feeds them like a shepherd on righteouness. Who, then, may not hope who his green pastures, and leads them beside the is willing, made willing, to come to Jesus, still waters-who bears their names on his seeing that it is the worthless, the wretched, heart in the upper sanctuary within the vail, the trusting, on whom that gift is bestowed; before his Father's throne-who sympathizes and however infinite the glory itself, what with them in all their sorrows-who, while he believing soul need fear the charge of preloves them with a love that is Divine, feels for sumption in hoping for it, seeing that the them at the same time with all the impas- righteousness of Jesus, the God-man, is its sioned tenderness of one who was once him- title to its profession? Oh! brethren, if any self a "Man of sorrows and acquainted with of you perish now, do you not see that you grief,"-and who, when they are called to will perish, not because your sins were too walk through the valley of the shadow of great to be forgiven-not because Jesus was death, is with them still. It is the blessed unwilling to receive you-but because you Jesus, the beloved of their souls, who gives were not willing to receive Him-"Ye will them all this glory. The value of a gift is not come to me that ye might have life." enhanced by the relation in which we stand to the giver, and by the circumstances in which it is bestowed. The gift of a beloved A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE GLORY OF parent is dear to us. The gift of a dying

Mrs. STEVENSON, Treasurer.
Mrs. WILSON, }
Secretaries.
Mrs. HORNE,

CHRIST GIVEN TO HIS PEOPLE.

BY THE REV. W. M. THOMSON, OF
WOOLWICH.

"The glory which thou gavest me I have

given them."-John xvii. 22.

THE glory which belongs to the Lord Jesus is twofold-it is personal and it is relative. His personal glory is that which belongs to him as God, and which is, therefore, essential to him, and underived. His relative glory is that which belongs to him as God-man, as sustaining the office of Mediator between God and man, and which is derived, given to him by the Father who appointed him to that office. The personal glory of Jesus consisting as it thus does in his possession of all the essential perfections of Godhead, is not only underived,it is also of necessity incommunicable -that is to say, cannot be given to any creature. It is not, therefore, of his personal glory as God that the Saviour speaks in these words. Possessing this glory, as he has done, equally with the Father, from eternity, there is no sense in which it can be said that this was given to him, and no sense in which it can be said that he gives this to his people.

The relative glory of Jesus, on the other hand, that is to say, the glory which belongs to him as the Saviour of his people, consisting, as it does, in his possession in an infinite degree, of all fulness of grace and glory, was given by the Father to him as the Head and representative of his Church, and by him is communicated to every believing soul. The perfections of Jesus, as God, cannot be given to any creature, but the blessings, the grace, the glory which these perfections have enabled him to provide, and of the richness and extent of which they are the measure, may be, and actually are, given to all his people. "The glory which thou gavest me I have given them." What a subject, my dear friends, is here opened up for our consideration-the glory of Christ becoming the glory of poor perishing sinners; all that the love of the Father has led him to bestow upon his dear Son, made the inheritance of every ransomed soul—a glory as infinite as all the fulness of God, as satisfying as the love and power of God can make it, as enduring as the eternity of Jehovah, brought down within the reach of every one among you. And then, again, to make this glory all the more precious to believers, it is Christ's glory. It is given to them by him who bought them

parent, the memorial-the last pledge of a
departing father's or a dying mother's love,
may be dearer still. If that gift be a Bible,
the gift is precious for its own sake; we
love it for what it is in itself, for what it
makes known to us of God's love in Christ;
but who does not feel that when that Bible |
reminds us of one whom we loved as our
own soul, from whose lips we first heard of a
Saviour's name, and of whose prayers we are
the object in the very hour of dissolution,
who does not feel that while that Bible would
be valued for its own sake, it would be valued
also for the sake of the giver, and the cir-
cumstances in which it was bestowed? and so
the gift of Jesus of his own glory, is all the
dearer to his people that it is shared with
him whose love for them was stronger than
death, which many waters could not quench,
and that it is his dying gift. It doth not yet
appear what we shall be, but we know that
when he shall appear we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is. More than this
the believer does not desire, does not hope
for.

And then the glory is a gift. "The glory
which thou gavest me I have given them."
They have not deserved, they have not pur-
chased it. Jesus does not wait for some
good thing in them ere he bestows it. He
gives it freely, not only irrespective of any
worthiness on the part of them to whom it is
given, but in the very face of all unworthi-
ness. He gives it to them who in themselves
are deserving only of hell, and who, at the very
moment when he pays his first visit to their
souls in order to give it, are his enemies-all
that is hateful and loathsome to him. It is
part of his glory to give thus freely, and the
glory of his grace is manifested just in propor-
tion to the depth of wretchedness and sin
from which he delivers his people, together
with the exalted rank to which he raises
them. Oh, brethren! how blessed is it for a
sin-burdened soul to lay hold on this precious
truth, and to read in it its own full warrant to
make that glory its own. If it be a part of
the Saviour's glory to give thus freely, if great
sin be now no insuperable barrier either to
the coming down of that Saviour's love to
the sinner's soul, or to the going up of that
soul to Christ, then, brethren, who is there
among you that needs to despair? True,
you have sinned; true, you are utterly worth-
less and vile; but then it was for such
that Jesus died. True, the glory which he
gives is his own glory; but then it is
not your merit, not anything as wrought

Again, the glory which Christ gives to his people is a glory which is not more rich than it is secure, "The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them;" as if he had said, in this his dying prayer to his Father, It is I who have given this glory to my people, I thy dear Son, I who have glorified thee on the earth; wilt thou not, therefore, for my sake, O Father, confirm thine inheritance; wilt thou not bless them, and keep them, and bring them at last to sit down with me on my throne? "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory." And so believers may take home to their hearts all the comfort which is contained in these words, 'My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."

There is yet another view of this bounty which may be noticed; for the gift is not only made over to his people by the Saviour, but it is also preserved for them by him who gave it, "Preserve my soul, for I am holy." Jesus does not leave it in his people's hands. It is not, like the glory of the first Adam in paradise, committed to human keeping. If it had been so, wo be to us in the first hour of temptation. But, brethren, Jesus keeps the glory for his people. He is their great Trustee, dispensing the supplies of it to them as they have need, and as they are able to bear; but keeping the fountain itself in his own hands. And thus it has divine omnipotence and unchangeable love for its security; resting on this precious truth, well may the believer, even when bowed down under a sense of his weakness, say, with all the holy confidence of Paul, I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."

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JUVENILE MISSIONARY MEETING,
MANCHESTER.

THE Scotch Church, St. Peter's-square, presented an interesting spectacle on Christmas. The annual meeting of the Juvenile Missionary Association was held on that day. The area of the church was crowded. The children occupied the centre nearest the pulpit; the back-ground and side pews were filled by the congregation. The pastor of the church presided. The table before the pulpit was surrounded by an animated group of children, watching the operation of having their missionary boxes opened, and the contents summed up. There were piled upon it fifty of these boxes, into which the gatherings of

WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT!

Ask the tried spirit,-it hath words,
To witness of His wondrous doings;
Seek from the heart's most silent chords,
From the wrapt mind's most mute reviewings;
Of what hath happed in its own life,
Its sometimes good, its frequent sorrow,
And they respond, in peace and strife,
Behold God's hand all nature thorough.
Ask the strong billows, as they roll
Their fettered might in ceaseless motion;'
Ask the moonbeams, so fair that stole,
O'er the wild breast of boisterous ocean,
And they will answer, wrath and peace,
Stern voice and sweet together blending,
The Lord's great labour ne'er doth cease,
The works of God they have no ending.
Ask the torn leaflets, tost and soiled,
Like worthless things o'er earth's broad bosom;
Ask the fair world, on whom hath smiled,
Spring's sunny ray, and snowy blossom;
And joyful earth and dying leaf,

Their different accents joined together,
In mingled mirthfulness and grief,

the past year had been carefully deposited. | Liverpool, preached from 1 John iii. 1; the Their contents represented at least 4,000 Rev. John Gardner, of Woodside, shortly offerings, and could have unfolded many an explained Presbyterian ordination; and, after interesting tale. A mother came with the the usual questions were put and answered, box of her little boy, who had died suddenly, Mr. Speers was solemnly set apart "by the and told, with a sobbing heart, how careful laying on of the hands of the Presbytery." he had been in putting all his little savings A very interesting and deeply-impressive into it. A sister brought the box of a dear charge was then addressed to minister and brother who, since the last meeting, had people by the Rev. James Morgan, Belfast. joined the lambs of Christ's flock above, and In the evening, a public tea meeting was held of whom we can say, that his prayers as well in the Infant School, when a large and reas his alms were continually ascending to spectable company partook of "the cup that God. The Irish Presbyterian Sabbath School cheers, but not inebriates." After tea a large brought its offering; the Girls' School and meeting assembled in the church. Upon the Sabbath School, Salford, their missionary platform, and in the body of the meeting, we boxes; the Young Men's Class its donation; observed the following gentlemen :-The -all showing how unitedly and heartily the Rev. D. Fergusson, Moderator of the Lanwork was engaged in. The funds collected cashire Presbytery; the Rev. V. M. White; last year amount to 667. 10s. 6d, and have the Rev. John Gardner; the Rev. James been divided amongst the Synod's Foreign Morgan; the Rev. Joseph Barclay, Carnand Jewish Missions, the Special Mission to money, Ireland; the Rev. John Bryson, China, the Home Mission, the Mission to Old St. Andrew's; the Rev. T. S. Chalmers, StafCalabar under the Rev. Hope Waddell, the ford; the Rev. D. Magill, Bolton; the Rev. India Mission of the Free Church of Scot- George Lewis, Dudley; John Henderson, land, and the Mission to Corfu, instituted by Esq., Birmingham; Mr. Dalyell, Wolverthe Ladies' Association, London. hampton; Mr. George Robson, Birmingham; &c., &c. John Henderson, Esq., occupied the chair; the Rev. V. M. White addressed the meeting on Christian union; the Rev. John JESUS THE FRIEND AND COMFORTER Gardner, on the present position of the Presbyterian Church in England. The Rev. D. Fergusson, in a very effective speech, expounded the principles which led to the disruption in Scotland, and directed attention to the encouraging progress of the Free Church. The Rev. James Morgan, in a long and very stirring speech, advocated the cause of missions. After a few words from Mr. Speers on Sabbath-schools, the Rev. Geo. Lewis gave out a portion of Psalm cxxii.; and the Rev. J. Barclay concluded with prayer.-Staffordshire Advertiser.

The Report having been read by the Secretary, the Chairman addressed the meeting, and was followed in succession by the Revds. D. Fergusson, of Liverpool; A. O. Laird, of Abbotshall; William M'Kerrow, of the Secession Church; Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. James Burt, jun., and Major Anderson, R.A. The addresses were brief, but a great variety of interesting topics were taken up by the several speakers. Not the least attractive feature of the meeting was the presence of Mr. Woo, Sien Sang, an intelligent and learned Chinese from Ichang-chaofoo, who came to this country with the Rev. W. C. Milne, the missionary, and is shortly to return. Mr. Woo, who appeared in his national costume, gave an address in the Chinese language, narrating many particulars about his own country, the state of education and schools, and told the young people that there was one thing in which there was a great difference betwixt the schools in England and those in China; for the children in his country had no Bibles, and no teachers to tell them about Jesus Christ. He exhorted the young people to diligence in their studies, and prayed them to send teachers and Bibles to China, that the children there might know Jesus, and look to him for salvation. Mr. Woo concluded by reading a portion of Scripture in Chinese; and bade an affectionate farewell to the congregation and children, shaking hands with them as they left the church.

Meetings of such a character as the above are productive of great good. They awaken in the hearts of the young an interest in the spread of the Gospel, and diffuse a healthful spirit of active self-denying Christianity. The sight of strangers from a foreign land, or of the brethren who are going forth" for the name's sake" to the dark places of the earth, give a reality to missionary enterprise. The history of operations in Africa and China will hereafter be read with double delight by the young people belonging to the congregations Manchester, in consequence of the visits of the Rev. Hope W. Waddell and Mr. Woo. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, STAFFORD.

PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOLS IN

MANCHESTER.

A MEETING of the teachers of the Sabbath
Schools connected with the five Presbyterian
congregations in Manchester, was held last
month, with the view of strengthening each
other's hands, and promoting unity of co-ope-
ration amongst the different schools. The
ministers and elders of the several congrega-
tions were present, and above eighty teachers.
After tea and devotional exercises, the super-
intendents gave in Reports of the state of
the various schools, and the meeting was
addressed on a variety of subjects bearing
upon Sabbath-school instruction by the Rev.
Alexander Munro, the Rev. Robert Cowe,
the Rev. J. Anderson, and several of the
elders. It was delightful to witness the
entire harmony that prevailed amongst the
fellow-labourers in this important department
of duty, and the determination that was
evinced to assist one another in promoting
the prosperity of the several schools. It was
resolved that these meetings should continue
to be held quarterly in each school-room suc-
cessively.

The above example might be followed with advantage in towns where there are several congregations. Our Presbyterian system is essentially one of union and co-operation, and should be applied to Sabbath schools where it can be done with advantage. Much good Ox Tuesday, the 27th ultimo, the Presbytery will result from quarterly meetings of this of Lancashire met to ordain the Rev. James kind, both in sustaining and increasing Speers to the ministry of the Gospel in con- schools which are already established, and in nexion with the Presbyterian Church, Staf- leading to the formation of new ones in disford. The services of the day were com-tricts where they are needed. The planting menced by the Rev. V. M. White, Liverpool. of schools would again lead to the planting The Rev. Donald Fergusson, Free Church, of churches.

Will say,-God's works endure for ever.
Ask the soft breath of summer breeze,
Stirring the looks of quiet haven;
Ask the loud bolt and flash that flees,"
In mighty wrath from troubled heaven;
And the sweet breathing will reply,

And loud will tell the stormy thunder,-
Great is His might, who reigns on high,
The works of God are works of wonder,
Y. S. P.

OF HIS PEOPLE.

ALONE, alone! No, not alone,
Though friend or comforter I've none,
To soothe me in my deep distress,
Or cheer my spirit's loneliness;

Or counsel me, when trial and strife
Cloud the faint sunshine of my life;
Whose lips might heavenly peace impart,
And still the throbbings of my heart.
Alone! Ah, no! My God, my Guide,
I know that thou art by my side,
In all my wand'rings wild and wide.
I know that thine all-seeing eye
Can mark each tear-each faintest sigh ;
And that thine own almighty will
Can shield and shelter me from ill.
Oft, in my solitude, I feel

Thy presence o'er my spirit steal;
And, though thy form I may not see,
I know that thou art near to me,
Noting them all, my every word
And thought, by which my soul is stirred.
And when, at morn and night. I own
My sins before thy sacred throne,
I know that, from thy place on high,
Thou see'st my sad uplifted eye,
And hear'st, with all a father's love,
The humble prayer I waft above!
Then, say not I am all alone,
Though friend or comforter I've none !
He is my Friend who died to save
My soul from an eternal grave,
Who breathed a mortal's fleeting breath,
To shield me from the second death,
And cleanse my nature in the flood
Of the rich ocean of his blood!
He is my Comforter, who knows
The source of all my various woes;
He, who delighteth to impart
His grace to sanctify my heart;
He, unto whom all power is given,
To reign supreme in earth and heaven;
Who sits upon his Father's throne,
And pleads for those that are his own;
And clothes, with his eternal love,
The white-robed kings and priests above!
JAMES P. BROWN.
11, Gerrard-street, River-terrace,

Islington.

INDUCTION,
LICENSE,
AND ORDI-
NATION IN THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

THERE is no office-bearer in the Presbyterian Church whose status and functions are less clearly understood, not only by members of other denominations, but even those of our own, than the licentiate, probationer, or preacher. We shall, therefore, very shortly sketch his position and office with some degree of minuteness.

When a student of theology has studied the number of years prescribed by the Church, and has successfully passed through

It is obvious from this sketch that there is no parallelism between the licentiate in the Presbyterian Church and the deacon in the Church of England. The deacon in that Church is actually ordained, which the licentiate is not, and is besides permitted not only to preach, but also to administer baptism, although not the Lord's Supper, which is not the case with the licentiate. As evident is it that the licentiate is vested with the powers of neither the deacon nor the ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, although he has very improperly been occasionally allowed to perform some of the functions of the latter. The probationer is a mere layman licensed by the Church to preach the Gospel: that is his sole function, and he has no other authority from the Church, whatever individuals who know not her constitution may allow him, than simply to preach under the sanction of the Presbytery within whose bounds he resides.

all the examinations prescribed by the form of Church government to be apostolic called, and whichever of the candidates, or of statutes of his college, in order to obtain and scriptural, and engages to submit with all those proposed, has a majority of the whole license, the first step he is required to take is meekness to the jurisdiction of the Church congregation in his favour (in some places to apply to the minister in whose church he acting through her constituted organs, &c., two-thirds are required), is declared duly is a member to propose him for "trials," or &c. Having giving satisfactory answers to elected. The Presbytery then present to the examination, to the Presbytery within whose these questions and subscribed the formula, people a document entitled a "call," in which bounds he resides. The minister, satisfied the moderator offers up prayer, and then the congregation invite the party elected to from personal knowledge of his talents, ac- grants license, that is, bestows permission and become their minister, promising him, on his quirements, and general fitness, complies-authority to preach the Gospel wherever the acceptance, all dutiful submission in the Lord. bears testimony to his character, and lays licentiate is orderly called to exercise his This call, having been subscribed by the on the table his certificates from all the pro- functions. The party thus becomes a proba- people, is, by the Presbytery, sustained that fessors under whom he has studied. If the tioner, or one still on trials for the ministry, is, approved of and sanctioned-and is then student, as almost always happens, is pro- -a licentiate or one licensed to preach, a transmitted by the Presbytery to the party posed to a Presbytery within whose bounds preacher or one whose function consists in elected, if he is merely a preacher; and, on he has from infancy or for some considerable preaching without being vested with any his acceptance, they proceed to his ordination, time resided, all the members are personally other spiritual powers. in the manner hereinafter described. But, acquainted with his character, and by means should he be an ordained minister of a church of the annual examination to which he was within the bounds of another Presbytery, then subjected, also with his talents and acquirethe call is transmitted to his own Presbytery, ments. The Presbytery, thus satisfied with some members of the Presbytery calling are the certificates lodged on their table, sustain appointed commissioners to prosecute the them, that is, receive and declare them valid call, and then follow the steps we now proand satisfactory, and then instruct their clerk ceed to describe. to write to every Presbytery within the bounds of the Synod, intimating what they have done, and stating their resolution at next meeting of Synod to beg permission to receive the student on trials for license. The object of this process, which must necessarily entail delay, it may be of several months, is twofold:-Firstly, to afford the members of Presbytery a further opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the character of the applicant; and, secondly, to enable the members of Synod also to make themselves acquainted with the parties who purpose to apply for license within their bounds. The Synod, at its next meeting, on formal application being made, having given permission in due form, the student thereafter appears before his Presbytery, and is examined, first privately by the members, as he visits them in their own houses; then by a Committee of Presbytery appointed for the purpose; and lastly, publicly before the whole court. The subjects of examination are literature and science in all their departments; in other words, the subjects the applicants had studied at the University. All these examinations are conducted orally. Having passed through his preliminary trials to the satisfaction of the Presbytery, they then prescribe to him subjects for five written discourses-a homily or essay on some propositional text of Scripture a lecture similar to what is ordinarily delivered every Sabbath forenoon in the Presbyterian Church-a theme or thesis to be written in Latin on some controverted topic in theology -an exercise and additions or exegesis, that is, a critical and controversial analysis and examination of some passage in the Greek or Hebrew Scriptures and a popular sermon, similar to what is ordinarily delivered to a congregation on the Sabbath-day. Having delivered and been examined on all these discourses, which occupies several months, the candidate is then examined orally in theology, Church history, and chronology, Hebrew, and New Testament Greek: and his character, talents, and acquirements having been deemed satisfactory he is licensed to preach. The form of conferring license is as follows. The Moderator reads over seriatim the questions in the formula prescribed for the purpose, to each of which the candidate gives the required answer. These questions are to the following effect:-Whether the candidate receives the Scriptures as the rule of his faith and practice, and the Westminster Confession of Faith, and other standards, as being founded upon the Word of God, and agreeable thereto ? whether he believes the Presbyterian

When a preacher leaves the bounds of the Presbytery by which he was licensed, he is required to obtain a presbyterial certificate, and to present it, along with an attested copy of his license, to the Presbytery to whose bounds he has removed. That Presbytery prescribes to him a text on which he is required to preach, and having done so to the satisfaction of the Court, he is licensed by them to preach within their bounds. The reason of this process is this :-By the constitution of the Presbyterian Church one Presbytery has no jurisdiction within the bounds of another. Each Presbytery is the guardian or custodier of all the pulpits within its own bounds, and must consequently grant its own license to such as it permits to fill them.

Having thus followed the preacher through the various steps by which he obtained his license, we may now very shortly follow him in his course towards ordination to the holy ministry. When a church becomes vacant, the Presbytery takes the necessary steps to send thither licentiates, or ordained ministers, out of whom the congregation may elect one to be their minister; or the congregation petitions for others, whom the Presbytery, if satisfied with them, sends. When it has been ascertained in due form that the people are ready to elect a minister, and application has then been made in regular course to the Presbytery, a day is appointed for the purpose, of which due notice is given to the congregation. On the day fixed, the Presbytery meets in the church, and, after prayer by the Moderator, any member of the congregation qualified to vote may propose any of those who have preached as probationers or candidates, or any other known to the Presbytery, and desired by the people, even although he did not preach as a candidate. When all who are thus desired to be placed on the leet have been thus proposed and seconded in due form, the roll of such as are entitled to vote is

The commissioners appear before the Presbytery to which they were sent, and lay the call on their table. The call is then placed, by the Moderator, in the hands of the party called, and he is solemnly asked whether he accepts of it. Should he decline, the commissioners report the fact to their own Presbytery, who, in that case, may either sist proceedings, or still prosecute them, in the manner hereafter described. But should he accept, or refuse to give any definite answer, then the Presbytery, having resolved to proceed with the case, appoint one of their own number to preach to the congregation of the brother who has been called, intimate to them that such a call has been given, and summon them to appear before the next meeting of Presbytery, to resist the translation, if they are so disposed. The day appointed having arrived, the commissioners plead for the translation, and the congregation, as commonly happens, oppose it. Parties having been fully heard, are removed, and the Presbytery considers the case in all its bearings; and, if it appears to them that it would tend to the greater good of the Church that the minister should be translated, they translate him, although it should be against his own desire; or, if they deem it better to retain him, they refuse to translate him, although he had expressed his own wish to remove. sentence of the Presbytery is final, except reversed on appeal to a superior judicatory. Should a translation be appointed, then the Presbytery within whose bounds the vacant congregation is situated proceed to induct the minister so translated, with due solemnity, very much with the same forms as are observed in a case of ordination, only that there is no imposition of hands, the party having been previously ordained.

The

We now proceed to describe the forms observed in appointing and ordaining a licentiate to be a minister of a vacant congregation. The call having been sustained that is, sanctioned or approved of-by the Presbytery, they transmit it to the licentiate, asking officially whether he accepts it. Should he decline, and remain unaffected by the moral suasions employed, the call is cancelled, and intimation given to the congregation to proceed to call another. But, should the call be accepted, the licentiate is ordered to appear before the Presbytery. Should he happen to reside within the jurisdiction, and be a licentiate of another Presbytery, he must produce a certificate of character from his Presbytery, and is required to preach a sermon; and, it the Presbytery is satisfied, they prescribe subjects of five discourses, the same in kind

among them, their earnest desire that the representations, however, to which this godobjects proposed may be effected, and further like effort after brotherly love has been so agree that the following members-Messrs. Fergusson, Munro, Gardner, Cowe, and that its friends should diffuse correct informaperseveringly subjected, renders it necessary Welsh, ministers-be appointed to wait as a deputation on the said United Associate tion regarding its principles. With this view Presbytery on the first Wednesday of March." we publish the following condensed summary The Presbytery then took into considera- of the proceedings of the Liverpool Confertion the extract minute of the Commission of ence.-ED.]