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SIXPENNY MAGAZINES FOR 1885.

NEW VOLUMES OF EACH COMMENCE WITH JANUARY
“Behold in these what leisure hours demand-amusement and true knowledge hand in hand."-COWPER.

THE LEISURE HOUR.

(ENLARGED TO 72 IMPERIAL 8vo. PAGES MONTHLY.)

PRIZE COMPETITIONS.- -LITERARY, ARTISTIC, MUSICAL.

See Announcement in January part.

January Part, Now Ready at all Newsagents, contains the Opening Chapters of the New Serial Story:-
A LOST SON, By M. LINSKILL, Author of "Between the Heather and the

Northern Sea."

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Among the Northumbrian Miners.
By R. D. ROBERTS, Fellow of Clare College,
Cambridge.

Pigtails and Powder. With Engraving,
from Picture by F. DADD.

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ROWLES. With Illustrations.
A Highland Clearance.
Curiosities of Music-The Music of
Nature. By JAMES MASON.

The Wycombe Chair Manufacture.
Varieties.

With Frontispiece in Colours, from Painting by Birket Foster, and many other Illustrations.
SABBATH READING FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
SIXPENCE MONTHLY-ONE PENNY WEEKLY.

THE SUNDAY AT HOME.

January Part, commencing a New Volume, is Now Ready at all Newsagents, containing :-
Ruth Oliphant. By MRS COOPER. Illus-

trated by A. FORESTIER.

The Childhood of Our Lord. By
the Rev. ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D., of
Manchester.

The Great Rest-Giver. By the Author
of "The Culture of Pleasure," "Life's
Pleasure Garden," etc.

The Jews in Central Asia. By the
Rev. Dr. LANSDELL. Illustrated.
The Benedicite. A Series of Fine
Illustrations. With Poems by Rev. RICHARD
WILTON, M.A.

To-morrow. By DORA HOPE,
In the Gloaming. By I. FYVIE MAYO.
John Gordon, Seaman. A Tribute
by Admiral Sir EDWARD PARRY.

Arming the Knight. With Illustration.

W. F. YEAMES, R.A.

Miss Pris. By E. A. CAMPBELL.

How Far Men should be Like Chil-
dren. By the Rev. Prebendary HARRY
JONES, M.Ä.

The Ever-Present Friend.
Wycliffe's Followers. By the Rev. Dr.

STOUGHTON.

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The Religious Record of the Month.
Watching-Listening-Waiting.

With Illuminated Frontispiece, a New Year's Text.

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, LONDON: 56, PATERNOSTER ROW.
The Society's publications for the present Book Season include Books for all Readers, adult and youthful,
Coloured Picture Books for the Infants, and a host of packets of Coloured Cards, &e., &c.
Please write to the Secretaries for Catalogues.

Psalms & Hymns Complete, with Supplement.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-Now ready, a New and Cheap Edition, limp cloth,

PRICE SIXPENCE.

This selection of Psalms and Hymns has been made (under the direction of the Trustees)
from the best modern Hymns, as well as from the choicest productions of former times,
and some are Original Compositions written for this work. In its complete form it con-
tains 1,271 Hymns. It has the largest sale of any hymn book of the denomination (being
used by all sections), and this is the best proof of its general acceptance and approval.
The pearl 16mo edition is One Shilling; the Supplement only, Fourpence.

TRUSTEES OF "PSALMS AND HYMNS."

Rev. JOSEPH ANGUS, D.D., London.
A. H. BAYNES, Esq., F.S.S., London.
Rev. S. H. BOOTH, Beckenham, Kent.
ALFRED T. BOWSER, Esq., F.R.G.S.,
London.

Rev. J. J. BROWN, Birmingham.

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Rev. A. McLAREN, D.D., Manchester.
J. S. MCMASTER, Esq., London.
J. B. MEAD, Esq., London.
Rev. E. MEDLEY, B.A., Nottingham.
C. STANFORD, D.D., London.
J. W. TODD, D.D., Forest Hill.
J. E. TRESIDDER, Esq., London.

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The entire profits of "Psalms and Hymns" are annually distributed to Widows and
Orphans of Baptist Ministers and Missionaries. Upwards of TEN THOUSAND POUNDS
have been devoted to this beneficent object.

Orders received direct are allowed a discount of twenty-five per cent., and other
advantages are given to churches adopting "Psalms and Hymns."

Prospectuses, with fac-simile specimen pages and every information, may be obtained
on application.

Published for the Trustees by JOHN HADDON & CO., Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
JOHN TEMPLETON, F.R.G.S., Secretary, etc., Carron House, 14, Upper Thames Street,
London, E.C.

PSALMS and HYMNS for SCHOOL and HOME,

Four Hundred Appropriate Hymns for the Sunday-school and Family Circle.
Prepared under the direction of the Trustees of "Psalms and Hymns."
Editor, Rev. J. T. WIGNER.

The profits will be annually added to the amount for distribution amongst the Widows
and Orphans of Baptist Ministers and Missionaries of all sections.
The Cheapest Edition, in Paper Cover, ONE PENNY, or in
Limp Cloth, TWOPENCE.

OPINIONS OF THE

"This collection is in every respect an excellent one.
--Baptist Magazine,

PRESS.

Sure to be the favourite for children."

"Takes a first place among hymn-books for the young. All kinds of bright and sparkling verse.
Choice is excellent."-Rev. C. H. SPURGEON in the "Sword and Trowel."
"The selection has been made with rare skill and great judgment.

use it."-The Freeman.

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Sure to satisfy those who

"Have been using this hymnal in our own Sunday-school for some time past, and the more we know
it the better we like it."-THE BAPTIST.

"Taken altogether, we doubt whether there is any better school hymn-book in existence."-Christian
Commonwealth.

"The selection strikes us as having been made with great judgment and good taste."-Christian World.
"An excellent selection.
Text headings and authors' names in the best editions add to its

value."-Nonconformist.

"All superintendents of Sunday-schools ought to see this admirable selection."-Burnley Gazette.
SPECIMEN COPIES AND PRICE LISTS MAY BE HAD ON APPLICATION.

"THE TREASURY" is now published as a Companion TUNE BOOK to the above, price 28.
Publishers for the Trustees, JOHN HADDON & CO., Bouverie Street, E.C.
JOHN TEMPLETON, F.R.G.S, Secretary, etc., Carron House, 14, Upper Thames St., E.C.

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Visitors to London and Residents in the Metropolis are invited to visit the Book Saloon, 9, Paternoster Row, where they will find one of the largest and choicest collections of Evangelical and Temperance Literature, conveniently arranged for inspection.

Open from 9 till 6; Saturdays, 9 till 2.

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The "BIBLE LILIES"

SERIES OF

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TEXTS BOOKS.

PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH.

Bible Lilies. Scripture Selections for

morning and evening. Small Square, 96 pages. A prettily Chromo-lithographed Text-book, with Lilies on every page.

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Instituted 1807.
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WM. J. PARKS, Esq., 10, The Chase, Clapham Common, S.W.

SECRETARY:

Mr. J. E. HAZELTON, Office, 83, Finsbury Pavement, E.C.
SECRETARY OF ASYLUMS:

Mr. W. JACKSON, 29, Marlborough Road, Upper Holloway, N.

ONE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY-SEVEN of the Lord's aged poor, of both sexes, and members of various branches of the Church of Christ, are now on the books; and upwards of £6,500 per annum are distributed amongst them in pensions of five, seven, and ten guineas. To meet this amount the ordinary income is inadequate. The pensioners live in all parts of the country, and most of them are upwards of seventy years of age.

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This Society has been established Forty years, and has issued above Forty-three
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Bonuses apportioned

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All Claims are settled Fourteen days after proof. Prospectuses, Forms, and all information may be obtained at the Chief Office, or of the Agents. W. W. BAYNES, F.I.A., Secretary.

Active Agents required in various districts.

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Capital £1,000,000 in 40,000 fully paid-up Shares of £25.

For the Purchase and Sale of productive and progressive House Property, and Improving the Dwellings of the Working Classes on the Self-supporting principle. Capital paid up, £660,850. Reserve Fund £32,921. Dividends amounting to £221,831 have been paid to shareholders. The remaining 1,218 shares of the seventh issue in course of allotment, at £6 per share premium. Estates in possession 2,513 houses and shops, costing £800,631. Four per cent. debentures issued for three, five, seven, or ten years. peculiar facilities afforded, have become owners of their own dwellings. Shops and houses for sale Fifty-six of the tenants of the Company, availing themselves of the in excellent positions at low prices, with exceptional facilities offered to purchasers. The Company has various houses to let, in highly healthy situations, a certificate of which, by an eminent medical authority, can be seen at the Office of the Company. A report on the sanitary state of the Company's Property is made to the Board weekly.

Prospectus and explanatory pamphlets, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," also "Five Minutes' Talk about the House Property and Investment Company," and share application forms may be had at the Offices of the Company, 92, Cannon Street, London, E.C. JOHN THOMAS MILLER, Secretary.

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Vice-Presidents: The Right Hon. the EARL OF LICHFIELD.

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Managing Director, W. R. SELWAY.

SOUTH-WEST LONDON COLLEGE FOR
YOUNG LADIES.
Principal-MRS. HALE, A.C.P.

Assisted by Efficient Teachers and Professors.

1, CARLTON MANSIONS, CLAPHAM RISE, S.W. A few Young Ladies are received as Boarders, and prepared, if desired, for the PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, University Local, College of Preceptors, South Kensington, and Trinity College. A Scholarship is awarded to Pupils passing in Firstclass Honours at the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations. Home comforts with careful training, and individual supervision. Terms moderate and inclusive. Highly recommended by Parents, and Rev. C. H. SPURGEON.

BALHAM, MAY 29th, 1880.

1 am very reluctant to recommend Schools, because I am not always able to Judge of the interior arrangements; but in this case I have the utmost pleasure in standing as reference. I can highly commend Mrs. HALE, and have the greatest confidence in her capacity, management, and character, having known her for several years. C. H. SPURGEON

HAWKESBURY, CLEVEDON, SOMERSET.

Principals, Mrs. GEACH and her daughters, the Misses HILL.

THIS HOME-SCHOOL is desirable for GIRLS FROM ABROAD, and those for whom a GOOD HOME with careful individual religious training and instruction are desired. Pupils from this School have successfully passed Royal Academy (Music), Kensington Art, and the University Local Examinations. Hawkesbury is pleasantly situated, with sea view, at the above charming and healthy locality. No serious illness has occurred during the lengthened period of thirty years. Recreation Grounds. Tepid sea-water swimming baths. Fees aoderate and inclusive. References to parents of pupils, and to ministers.

SEVENOAKS. SCOTTISWOOD HOUSE SCHOOL. For well grounding LITTLE BOYS in English and French.

Fees Moderate.

Trained Teaching combined with a healthy Christian Home, and motherly care. For Prospectus apply-Mrs. JACKSON, C.M. (late principal of British and Foreign Training College, Stockwell).

The following extract is from Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools:-"After nearly thirteen years of most energetic and efficient service in the training of Teachers, Miss Scott (Mrs. Jackson) now retires from her important professional position with the best wishes and highest approbation of all who have had the opportunity of testing the results of her labours. J. BOWSTEAD."

The Editor of the "Sword and Trowel" writes:

"Mrs. JACKSON was a choice member of my Church, and was known to me as a very able Teacher. One of our friends has two boys with her, and always speaks of her in the highest possible terms. I am pleased to recommend her School. C. H. SPURGEON."

"Jan., 1874.

OXFORD COUNTY MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOL,

EST

HOWARD HOUSE SCHOOL, THAME.

STABLISHED 1840. A practical commercial education at very moderate and inclusive fees. Special attention is given to those subjects required in business life. That the course of instruction is sound and efficient is proved by the great success of the pupils year by year at the Public Examinations, Oxford and Cambridge University Local, Civil Service, College of Preceptors, and Pharmaceutical Society.

Situated in a beautiful part of the country. Cricket, football, country walks, bathing, fishing, &c. Fees, £8 or £9 per term, inclusive of books and laundress.

WESTWOOD HOUSE.-The preparatory department for boys under 10 years of age is under the charge of a certificated mistress, and in separate premises. Inclusive fees, £8 per term.

Prospectus, with full particulars, from the Head-master, Mr. James William Marsh. "Several of my friends have had boys in this school for years, and are pleased with the education and kindness they receive."-C. H. SPURGEON.

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