THE

PRIMITIVE CHURCH

(OR BAPTIST)

MAGAZINE,

ADVOCATING THE

Constitution, Faith, and Practice of the Apostolic Churches.

"ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM."

EPHESIANS IV. 5.

VOL. XXII.-NEW SERIES.

London:

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1865.

HUDDERSFIELD:

J. CROSSLEY AND CO., PRINTERS, MARKET-PLACE.

PREFACE.

WE have great pleasure in presenting to our readers the Twenty-Second Volume of the "PRIMITIVE CHURCH MAGAZINE." We venture to hope that it will be found in no respect inferior to its predecessors. It has been our endeavour to make its pages interesting both to young and old; at the same time, we have tried to secure the faithful and consistent exhibition of those truths for the defence and diffusion of which the Magazine was originated.

With gratitude we acknowledge the numerous encouragements and helps in our work with which we have been favoured. Our anxiety has been often relieved, and our hearts often cheered, by the repeated expressions of kindly appreciation and approval which have been so liberally accorded to us: while our labour has been in no small measure lightened by the willinghood of not a few esteemed brethren to aid the Magazine by their valued contributions to its pages. Special thanks are due to Dr. Evans, of Scarborough, and the Rev. JOHN STOCK, of Devonport, the latter of whom, besides assisting in other ways, has taken the entire conduct of the Review Department.