him, saith the Lord." What can be glory. This zeal is discoverable in the exercise of undissembled and holy love. This is the thing that ought to bear us along in our Christian course. Judging from the state of the professing Church of Christ, we fear there is but little of love, and of that holy fire which consumed the Son of God Himself. "The zeal of Thine house," saith He "hath eaten Me up." How wonderful, to see Him with a scourge driving out those that bought and sold in the temple! But it was holy zeal that prompted Him to do it. Well, dear hearers, I hope we shall not pass over this subject without deriving some advantage. May the words of our text be an increasing source of information and of heavenly consolation. 'Consolation,' say some of you; 'this is the thing we want.' But you are not all in a proper state to receive consolation. You have not all received the grace of God in truth. But there are some who have, and yet are not rejoicing in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free. They are inquiring, If God love me, why am I thus? Why does He disappoint me in my projects, and blast my schemes? Why affiict me with such and such an evil? Be of good cheer, dear Christian friend; the Lord will overrule all for thy good-" for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. It is The Redeemer calls upon you for the exercise of holy zeal. "Be zealous, therefore, and repent." And what is We learn from this subject, dear hearzeal? Is it the bluster of a Jehu? Is ers, that affliction is connected with the it the fire and faggot of a Papist? Is it exercise of paternal love. How good is the energy of yonder Pharisee, who the Lord! His mercy is everlasting. would compass sea and land to make one But while this is admitted, remember proselyte? Is it the bigotted zeal of there is no effect without a cause. that man, who in the confidence of the well if you see the cause, if the Lord rectitude of his own creed, shuts himself sees fit to chastise you. Be sure of up as being peculiarly zealous for that, this, He has somǝ wise end to answer. while the best interests of immortal souls Remember, dear hearers, the meritoare a matter of comparative indifference ?rious cause of God's afflicting us is in Oh! no; this is not the zeal that the ourselves. Do admit this, or how Lord appoves of; but "it is good to be zealously affected always in a good will you justify the eternal God in much of His dealings with the children of men. Does he sport with the calamities of His people? Is our God a Moloch? No such thing. He is tender-hearted while He corrects: "Whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father a son in whom he delighteth.' Brethren, the truth must be spoken; but I have wondered to see some of the members of this church living without the rod, while earth and the world and "Be zealous," brethren. What, want yon an example? Behold it, in the enemies of the cross of Christ-in their activity respecting the things of this life. Behold it, in the spirit-stirring efforts of some good men, who are labouring under mistaken notions. They may well put us to the blush. Above all, behold it in our Lord Jesus. various things of a secondary nature en-ther, if we sink into a state of listlessness gross so much of their attention and en- and indifference. "As many as I love, gage so much their energies; and reli- I rebuke and chasten; be zealous, theregion, I fear, is in the back ground. fore, and repent." Ought it to be so? We may surely expect, if we are the Lord's, and we sink into this state, that we shall have the rod. And though I am no diviner, yet I am of opinion, that God will visit with a scourge the churches that have sunk into such a state of ease and indifference. And the time may not be long, before this is the case. The Lord has declared, saying, "If His children forsake My law and walk not in my judgments, if they break My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will visit their transgressions with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My loving kindness will I not utterly take from them, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail." Take care, dear hearers, yon do not provoke the Lord to correct you. The late excellent Mr. Newton one day missed a female friend at the house of God; and when she came again, there appeared evident a good deal of indifference at length she absented herself for some time. One day after this, he went to the house, and inquired for the family. The mother made her appearance, who, after inquiry, told Mr. Newton, she was in very great distress; "such a dear child,” said she, "is very ill." "Blessed be God," said Newton; "I do not delight," continued he, “in his pain and suffering, but I am glad to hear of this affliction, as it is some proof to me that you are the Lord's, and that you are not forgotten by Him, seeing you have this chastisement." Dear hearers, he spake according to facts and Scripture. And what may be expected one way or ano. "Cold mountains and the midnight air, He went about doing good." "Dear Lord, the ardour of Thy love Be zealous," dear hearers :— "Religion without zeal and love Is but an empty name." Oh! to be found living in the atmosphere of the Redeemer's presence and love. May every dispensation, through which we may be called to pass, wean us more and more from earth, and prepare us for that happy state, where there will be no need of chastisement, but where we shall see the gracious design He had in it all. Be admonished, dear brethren, to "give all diligence, that your calling and election may be sure.” "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour;' whom resist, steadfast in the faith." May the Lord bless this subject to our souls' benefit, for the Redeemer's sake. Amen. INLAND NAVIGATION MISSIONS. CANAL BOATMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES SUPPLIED WITH BREAD WHILE LOCKED UP IN THE ICE ON THE CITY BASIN AND ON THE PADDINGTON CANAL. CANAL boatmen and rivermen have a strong claim upon our sympathy. Exposed in a peculiar manner to hardships, dangers, storms, and tempests, by night and day, driven along our canals and rivers and towing paths, having no Sabbaths to rest and refresh their systems, but exposed to intemperance and all its kindred vices, they greatly need the humanising efforts of Gospel missions. The great apostle to the Gentiles said, "I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians. both to the wise and to the unwise; so much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel." In consequence of the stoppage of navigation on canals by the late severe frost, a large number of boats were detained in the " City Basin,' and near the wharfs at Paddington, from various parts of the kingdom. During the weeks that they were locked up in the ice, numerous opportunities were afforded for conversing with the poor people who live on "the rivers of waters." Oh! why have this useful and interesting class of our fellow-subjects been so greatly neglected? Are they not our brethren? Attracted by the great and deservedly popular objects of Foreign Missions, our inland watermen have been overlooked; and although wounded and left half dead, in common with negroes and Hindoos, the priest and the Levite have too commonly "passed by on the other side," until some Christian philanthropists have been alarmed at the cry from our Inland Navigation, "No man careth for my soul." Many of the boatmen, though rough and forbidding in their appearance, and clothed in the coarsest garments, expressed great thankfulness for religious instruction, as well as for the supplies of bread and coals which they received. The writer has often heard the tales of suffering individuals, and he trusts that he has sympathised with the children of sorrow; but there was something which very deeply affected his mind, in the circumstances in which the canal boatmen and their families were placed, when the Almighty (who does not "afflict willingly," nor like an earthly parent, "chasten for mere pleasure,") gave snow like wool, and cast forth His ice like morsels." The agent of the Inland Navigation Society walked on the hardened waters, and often found the steersman, his wife, and six or seven children, crowded together in one small inconvenient cabin; the boat surrounded by a vast sheet of thick ice, the people pale with cold and hunger; "Who can stand before His cold?" The blessing of such as were ready to perish will come upon those benevolent ladies and gentlemen, who provided the friends of the Inland Navigation Mission with the means of feeding the hungry, and comforting the wretched. The touching complaints of some of the mothers of families in "slow boats" will not soon be forgotten. "We are thankful to you, gentlemen," said one who had been detained four or five weeks in the "City Basin, "for your good advice, and for your little books, as well as for the bread and coals which you have given us. should have died with hunger and cold but for your kindness. But it cuts me to the heart to think that our children may never have such lessons again, "for we are as sheep having no shepherd.'"."The LORD who sitteth king upon the floods, hath sent forth His Word and melted them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow." The people are gone forth to their labour. May it please HIM who inhabiteth eternity, to hasten the time when the Church, as a fruitful vine, "shall send out her branches unto the rivers." Lambeth, February 13th, 1841. Review of Books. DOMESTIC LIFE; or, HINTS FOR DAILY Religious Tract Society. J. T. JEFFERY. We as a strong though silent current, beneath the multitudinous waves of this living, heaving ocean. We are not a nation of individuals; we are a nation of families. The volume before us is full of interest and instruction for those, who are ready to be assisted to the right management of a household; and is as useful to those in it, who are in subjection, as to those who have to direct. It sets out with the resolution of seven parents, to meet once a fortnight at tea, and to improve the holiday by reading on each occasion a paper furnished (in rotation) by one of this society of families, containing an essay or sketch or anecdote or letter, original or selected, bearing upon do A mestic life and every day duties. This plan obviously gave opportunity for a wide sweep of subject; and the occasion has been improved. Here is something to meet almost every taste and every capacity, and all with the same object; many pleasant roads leading to the same point. We have in succession such contents as these: Hints to a young wife-On family prayer -The providence of God manifested in the preservation of infants-The influence of pious mothers-A motherless boy- A dying child-Encouragement to perseverance in pious efforts-The Father's dying bed-Observance of the Sabbath-Gleanings on a journey Punctuality-Thoughtlessness-The Bible in the bedchamber-Thoughts on discretion. We select these, to show the general object and character of the book; but there are a great many more topics considered. The whole volume has been carefully written, and can be safely and strongly commended to Christian fami- THE FRUits of the SpiriT. BY THOMAS Ward and Co., Paternoster Row. We are reluctantly compelled to postpone to next month the remainder of the Reviews we have prepared. Religious Entelligence. At a Court held on the 5th of February, it was ordered as follows by her Majesty in Council:-"Whereas by the late act of Uniformity, which establisheth the Liturgy, and enacts that no form or order of Common Prayer be openly used other than what is prescribed or appointed to be used in and by the said book, it is not withstanding provided, that in all those Prayers, Liturgies and Collects, which do anywise relate to the King, Queen, or Royal progeny, the names be altered and changed, from time to time, and fitted to the present occasion, according to the direction of lawfu' authority; Her Ma t jesty was pleased this da in Council declare her Royal will and pleasure, that in all the Prayers, Liturgies, and Collects for the Royal Family, the words The Prince Albert' be inserted immediately after the words 'Adelaide, the Queen Dowager.'" Why this order was issued at this particular moment, it seems difficult to comprehend. If it be right now, it would have been right a year ago. Those who have the management of these affairs, ought to feel bound to avoid even the appearance of carelessness or caprice in matters of this description. The Princess Royal was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Throne-room, Buckingham Palace, on the 10th of February. The names given to her are-Victoria, Adelaide, Maria, Lousia. The water used on the occasion, was brought from the river Jordan as a present to her Majesty. PARLIAMENTARY. In answer to a question from Lord BROUGHAM on the 4th of February, Lord MELBOURNE announced, that her Ma- | On the 16th of February the trial of the Earl of Cardigan before his Peers took place, for fighting a duel with Captain Tuckett. He was charged with shooting at one Captain Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett; but all that was proved was, that he shot at one Captain Harvey Tuckett; and as this might be a different man, and the law requires (in order that a prisoner may not be taken by surprise) that he shall not be charged with shooting at one man and found guilty on that indictment of shooting at another, the House of Lords (under the advice of the Judges) acquitted the Earl. In opening the case, the Attorney General (Sir J. Campbell) said, that he did not mean to impute to the noble prisoner "any degree of moral turpitude;" he only" complied with the usages of society;" but though if death had ensued "it would have been considered a great calamity, and not a great crime," their Lordships must consider what duelling was by the law of England. The Bishop of London and the Earl of Eldon have since expressed before the House their disapprobation of this language. exclusively under the direction of members of those Churches, it is advisable, in conformity to the declared opinions of the general body of the present sup porters of the Institution, that its laws be so altered as to effect that object." NATIONAL EDUCATION.-In Popish schools in this country, supported by our national funds, the following prayer forms part of the daily exercise for children: "We fly to thy patronage, O sacred Mother of God; despise not our prayers in our necessities, but deliver us from all dangers, O ever glorious and blessed Virgin. CHURCH RATES.-Results of recent Rate refused. St.Mary, Southampton. Rate carried. The Court of Exchequer Chamber (consisting of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and the Exchequer,) have decided that the Court of Queen's Bench was right in holding the Braintree Church rate illegal, because it was made by the Church wardens alone after the Vestry had refused it. "The Churchwardens had the power (by process from the Ecclesiastical Court) to compel the parishioners to make a necessary rate, but had no power to make it for them." Their Lordships added, that the parishioners of every parish were bound to repair the Church, not by any particular ecclesiastical injunction, but by the general common law of the land, and that the liability to make such repair was a duty which they could not legally decline to perform. When the parishioners, therefore, were assembled in vestry, the only question upon which they could deliberate was not whether they should repair the Church at all (for upon that point they were concluded by the common law of the land); but how, when, and in what manner their duty was to be performed. They had no morepower to relieve themselves from the duty itself than to refuse to contribute to the repair of bridges and highways in which the public had a common interest, and which the law for that reason had immemorially decided that the public were bound to repair. Voluntary subscriptions in lieu of Church rates are being adopted in many parts of the country. At Merthyr Tydvil the Churchwardens have thus collected a sufficient sum for current expences; and at Narbeth, where the necessary |