BAPTIST MAGAZINE FOR 1833. THE PROFITS ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THIS WORK ARE GIVEN VOL. XXV. (VOL. VIII. THIRd series.) SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.-Eph. iv. 15. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY GEORGE WIGHTMAN, 24, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1833. PREFACE. THE Editors of the Baptist Magazine, in closing the labours of another year, are desirous of expressing their gratitude to the Father of all mercies for the increased circulation which their work has obtained. The union formed at the close of last year between the Baptist Magazine and the New Baptist Miscellany has been productive of some, if not of all, the advantages which were anticipated from it. A considerably extended sale has been realized, and the harmony and Christian affection of the denomination have been promoted. Encouraged by these tokens of success, the Editors are desirous of effecting all such improvements in the literary character of the work as are within their power; and though they would scrupulously abstain from giving pledges which may not be redeemed, they venture to intimate that the future character of the work will be in advance of the past. It is their purpose to give themselves diligently to its preparation, and to solicit more extensively, on its behalf, the assistance of the intelligent and better informed portion of their body. They cannot but deeply regret that a work, capable of being rendered so eminently useful to the Baptist denomination, should have its efficiency in any degree impaired by that literary assistance being withheld, which is so absolutely necessary to its permanent welfare. They wish it to be the representative of the body rather than of any portion of it,— the organ of the whole rather than of the few,-a periodical which the poor may understand, and which the intelligent must respect; which shall command the confidence of Baptists, while it breathes the spirit of unfeigned love to all the members of Christ's spiritual family. They purpose keeping distinctly in view the class of society to which the majority of their readers belong. Were they to |