again? No! We cannot, and we will not. He has exchanged a scene of labour for a state of rest-a scene of conflict for victory and triumph-a scene of suffering for one of unmolested security and joy.

Humbling indeed is such a scene as this—to see the form that once interested and delighted us consigned to the dust of death. Corruption, our father and the worm, our mother and sister: all flesh is grass." It is matter of absolute necessity that compels us to say, "Let me bury my dead out of my sight." Here ashes mingle with ashes, and dust is consigned to dust. There is a brighter and a better scene before us. "I am the resurrection and the life," saith the Lord, "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." "This corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." "And then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, death is swallowed up in victory.”

To you, my honoured friends, the relatives of the deceased, 1 would say, be thankful that our dear brother was spared to you so long, and that for so many years you have enjoyed the inestimable blessing of his judicious counsels, his fervent prayers, and his pious example. Be especially thankful that he died rejoicing in the merits of that Saviour whom he had long proclaimed to others. Commit your way to the Lord, and he will never forsake you. "A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widow is God in his holy habitation." May a kind Providence watch over you through life, and sustain you in the hour of death; and, in the last great day, when rising myriads shall burst asunder the strong bonds of death, and triumph over mortality and the grave, may you be caught up to meet our Lord in the air, and be eternally united to our dear departed friend, to "shine as the brightness of of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever."

REVIEW.

LETTER ON BAPTISMAL REGENERATION, addressed, through the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, to the Ministers and Members of Evangel. ical Pædobaptists. By the REV. J. STOVEL. HEREDITARY CLAIMS ON THE COVENANT OF GRACE, CONSIDERED AND REJEC

TED.

A tract addressed to the padobaptist Churches. By C. STOVEL. Ward & Co., London.

The publication of a sermon by Dr. Fletcher on the birth of the prince of Wales, and the fact that the Doctor, a podobaptist, censured the doctrine of bap. tismal regeneration, one of the choice dogmas of the puseyites, was the apparent occasion of the letter mentioned at the head of this brief notice. Mr. Stovel proposes to him two questions-the first, asking if something more decisive ought not to be done in exposing the nature and checking the progress of this papal heresy; and the second enquiring whether Dr. Fletcher and his brethren "ought not in some more obvious and conclusive way" to clear themselves and the ceremony they perform on infants from their implication in the evils which flow from this pernicious heresy. While we believe that so long as the rite of baptism on any pretence is performed on unconscious infants, a certain degree of sanc

Amen.

tion is unavoidably given to the destructive heresy complained of, and that every one who thinks so has perfect liberty to publish his sentiments, we cannot but feel some regret at the form and tone in which these sentiments are put forth by Mr. Stovel. Had he, in the first instance, written a well

"most

digested treatise to prove his point, no one
would have had a right to complain. But
to single out Dr. Fletcher, and call him
forth to the arena, and to tell him in face of
the world, that this question was
of all important" to him, does not in our
estimation savour of that kindness and
courtesy which are the indispensible attri-
butes of a truly christian mind. We may
be wrong, but we confess that, while reading
the review of Mr. Stovel's letter in the Evan-
gelical, a review in our opinion neither
characterized by dignity or argument, we
felt there was some force in the complaint
made against this aspect of the publication
in question.

In the second pamphlet Mr. S. shows both clearly and conclusively that our congregational brethren, in their defence of infant baptism, by preferring an hereditary claim to the covenant of mercy, impede the great work of promoting salvation by grace through faith alone. It is well written, and will amply pay for perusal.

THE BAPTIST JUBILEE MEMORIAL, with rieties" by selections from its interesting numerous engravings. By JOSEPH facts.

FOULKES WINKS. Simkin & Marshall. LIFE OF MOSES GRANDY: late a slave in

THIS is an interesting volume. It contains a great variety of information in reference to the Baptists, both ancient and modern, European and American. Any one who loves truth will feel secret pleasure arising in his soul, if he belongs to this sect every where spoken against. The volume contains a very brief but delightful sketch of the Foreign Missions, Particular and General, both East and West, and a lively account of the Jubilee Meeting at Kettering. The engravings and poetry add to its value. We have no doubt it will have a ready sale.

DAMASCUS or conversion in relation to the
grace of God, and the agency of man.
An Essay. By DAVID EVERARD FORD,
Author of "Decapolis," "Chorazin," &c,
Simkin & Marshall.

MR. Ford is a very useful christian author. The series of small volumes of which this is the third, but which we hope will not be the last, is eminently adapted to do good. The subject of the present volume is judiciously treated, and its several parts, are enlivened or enforced by striking facts which have occurred under the author's observation. It is divided into six chapters. Conversion as a matter of doctrine-of ex

perience of evidence-and of obligation, being the respective titles. The third topic, in some respects the most important, occupies three chapters. It is a work that may be advantageously put into the hands of young persons. We have met with no sentiment in it, to which we cannot fully subscribe. We propose to enrich our "Va.

the United States of America, published for the benefit of his relatives still in Slavery. Gilpin, 5, Bishopgate street.

THIS narrative taken from the lips of

the narrator, by Mr. George Thompson, the
distinguished orator and philanthropist, is
shows in the excellent subject of it, how
interesting, touching, and humiliating. It
sufferings of the slaves of America; and
grievous the treatment, and how great the
what efforts a good slave may make to obtain
his freedom. He was compelled to purchase
his liberty three times over, and paid for it
1850 dollars, near £400. The love of
liberty is as strong in the breast of a black
as a white. As this good man has pur-
chased his wife's freedom and is anxious to
liberate others of his family, we trust no
other motive need be urged to induce the
purchase of his book.

A BOOK ABOUT PICTURES. Intended for
the young.
Tract Society.

THIS little book contains a vast amount of

instruction on picture writing, seals, coins, pictures on ancient monuments, maps,

&c., &c.

and narratives, and possesses all the attrac-
It is thrown into the form of dialogues
cations of the Tract Society.
tions which usually characterize the publi

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.
Part III.

THE CORAL MAKER. Square.

THESE are equal to the earlier numbers of both series.

Beath of the Reb. 6. Hardstaff, of Kirkby Woodhouse.

was pas

MY DEAR FRIEND,-To the numerous con, who delivered the charge on that occabrethren in the ministry amongst our people who have recently been called to rest from their labours, I have now the painful duty to add the name of another to the list, that of our aged brother Hardstaff, of Sel. son, near Kirkby, Nottinghamshire. I

was invited to officiate at his funeral, Lord's day, November 13th, and have gathered a few particulars respecting our venerable friend which may prove interesting to many of your readers. Our brother was seventyone years of age, and made his first attempt at preaching in the neighbourhood in which he lived and died at the early age of eighteen. He was ordained by the late Samuel Dea

sion, which was printed. He
tor of the Church fifty-one years. The
chapel at Woodhouse has been erected about
ninety years, but the Kirkby chapel was
erected during his ministry, above twenty-
four years since. He was an active, labo-
rious man, and appears much respected
among the people of his charge. In May
1839, he was laid aside by a stroke, which
very seriously affected the exercise of his
mental powers. This affliction was very
protracted and trying, but greatly mitigated
by the unwearied attention of his youngest
daughter. His mind was "stayed, trusting
in the Lord." One of his last expressions

was, "I bless God that "- -and then utterance failed him. He died on Thursday, November 10, and was buried in the aisle of the chapel at Kirby Woodhouse, in a tomb literally" hewn out of the rock." I preached on the solemn occasion, from 1 Cor. xv. 55-57 to a crowded congregation; though many were prevented from attending by the very heavy rain. He has left two sons and three daughters by whom I trust some memorials of his life will be presented for preservation in your pages. May his children, and his children's children, "follow him as far as he followed Christ." And may all our ministers and people be quickened by the apprehended approach of the summons, "Give account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward." "The Lord grant unto

DEATH OF THE REV. F. BEARDSALL.It has been suggested to us by a correspondent that no notice has been taken of the death of this energetic and devoted man. We have not recieved from any quarter an authentic account of his decease or it would have appeared without delay. Mr. B. died on his passage to the United States in June last. His intention was we believe to have

settled in America as the pastor of a Baptist Church. Mr. B. was distinguished for his devoted advocacy of the temperance cause, and all who knew him, even though they might not go with him in every point, will admit that for consistency, zeal and unflinching perseverance, he had few equals.

INTELLIGENCE.

and distinctly, from on high "Put on thy
strength, O Zion ;" while we trust we shall
not fail to remember that in the Lord Jeho-
vah, with whom alone is everlasting strength,
is our help found.
G. E.

able to give some little information respect-
CHESTERFIELD.-We are happy in being
ing the recent effort to extend the General
Baptist Connexion to this interesting town.
held at Belper on the 7th inst., when the
We understand a Committee Meeting was
couraging. Shortly after the conference at
report of the proceedings was very en-
Ripley, August 1, our much beloved brother
Ingham proceeded to Chesterfield and made
inquiries respecting the introduction of the

cause.

ANNIVERSARY SERVICES AT ENON in these latter days to be speaking so loudly CHAPEL, ST. MARY-LE-BONE.-On Lord'sday, Oct. 30th, two sermons, adapted to the occasion, were preached by the Rev. J. Burns, pastor, and the Rev. R. Philip, of Maberley chapel, Kingsland, author of "The Life and Times of Bunyan," &c; and on the Monday following a social tea meeting, very numerously attended, was held; after which several animated and appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. J. Burns, and brethren Batey, Stevenson, Lewitt, Balfour, and East. Collections were made on both occasions, which proved so liberal, as, with the aid of an engage. ment cheerfully entered into by those members who had joined the Church during the past year, completely to cover the somewhat large balance due to the treasurer, arising chiefly from a recent expenditure for paint ing and repairs, whereby the entire interior of both chapel and vestry have been greatly beautified and improved. The minute review of the affairs of the Church has fully confirmed and justified the favourable room is engaged for about £2. 10s. per report of our state presented at the last annum, and brother Kenney, of Wirksgeneral conference, and continues to inspire worth, is appointed for a public opening on us with both gratitude and hope. Abundant are the easons which press upon us to bless God, and take courage; and as the most im. portant must be named the numerous ad. ditions to our community of consistent and hopeful members.. The Great Head of the Church is indeed signally succeeding the labours of our devoted and esteemed pastor, and as a Church-as one band in the Lord's host-as one section of the universal Church -we would invite our fellow soldiers of the cross, our brethren in the Lord every where, to listen with us to the voice which seems

He preached his last sermon there he found were so much encouraged by the on Thursday, September 15th. The friends they actually began before the preacher assurance of our interest in the object that first on the list arrived. A large School

the 20th.

A nephew of the late Rev. R.

Smith, of Nottingham, residing in the town, is much interested in this infant cause. May "the little one become a thousand."

CASTLE ACRE.-On Lord's-day, and following day, Sep. 18th and 19th, the anniversary services connected with the opening, of the chapel at the above place were held. The Rev. T. Yates, of Fleet, preached in the morning and evening of the Sabbath, and the Rev. T. Scott, of Norwich, in the afternoon. On Monday afternoon Mr. Love, a Wesleyan brother, who is a surgeon

in the place, preached, after which about 100 friends partook of tea in the chapel. In the evening there was a public meeting. Mr. Wherry presided; when addresses were delivered by Messrs. Scott, Williams, (Particular Baptist) Yates, and Love. There was a good attendance considering the weather, which was very unfavourable, and good impressions it is hoped were made. Collections, &c., something over £20.

HALE.-Three sermons were preached at the anniversary of the opening of the chapel at this place, by Mr. Wherry, of Swanton, on Lord's-day, Oct. 16th. In the afternoon of the following day, the Rev. E. Griffiths, (Particular Baptist) preached a very appropriate discourse, from Gal. vi. 9; after which about fifty friends partook of tea, and in the evening addresses were delivered by Messrs. Baker, (Wesleyan) Brock, Dennis, and Griffiths. There was a very good congregation at the public meeting, and as good as might be expected on the other occasions. Collections not known to the writer. There is a debt of £60 on this place, towards the liquidation of which the proceeds of this anniversary will be applied. The friends beg to acknowledge with thankfulness, assistance received from Isleham, Macclesfieid, Archdeacon Lane, Leicester, and a friend at Bradford; and they hope other Churches will not forget them.

ous.

SWANTON NOVERS.-In the early part of the year a Sabbath-school was commenced in my kitchen, on Lord's day morning, and up to a few Sabbaths ago was very prosperWe then numbered nearly fifty scholars. Since then, however, a new clergyman has come to the place, and bas com. menced a school, and through the influence of the rector, who resides in an adjoining parish, and who keeps a sort of charity dayschool, he has succeeded in inducing the parents to send their children to his school by the rector promising them the advantage of his day school. This has for the present nearly ruined our interesting school.

in this place, only is known to the Great
Head of the Church. That it may be for
the extension of his kingdom in the salva-
tion of immortal souls, is the ardent desire
and sincere prayer of the writer. I might
have added we have the hearty good wishes
and co-operation of our brethren in the
adjoining towns in reference to the cause at
Barney.
J. W. S.

REOPENING OF THE GENERAL BAPTIST

CHAPEL AT FLEET.-Side galleries having been erected in our chapel, the reopening services took place on Thursday, Aug. 4th, and the following Sabbath. The preachers were brethren Burns, of London; Wigner, of Lynn; and Burditt, of Long Sutton. For their kind assistance we were truly thankful. The amount of the collections I do not recollect; but rejoice in being able to say, that in connexion with the liberal donations previously promised, they will enable us nearly, if not quite, to meet all demands upon us.

T. Y.

DESIGNATION OF REV. JABEZ TUNNICLIFFE.-On Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th, the Rev. Jabez Tunnicliffe, late pastor of the first Church at Longford, was designated to the work of a Home Missionary, at St. Mary's Gate chapel, Derby. The Rev. R. Kenny, of Worksworth, commenced the ser. vice by reading and prayer; Rev. J. J. Owen delivered an introductory address on the moral condition of our country, founded on assigned his reasons for giving up his pastoHosea iv. 6; after which Mr. Tunnicliffe ral, and preferring to be employed in Home Missionary labours. Rev. R. Stanion, of Melbourne, offered up prayer for Mr. T., and Rev. J. G. Pike gave the charge. It is hoped the Churches will bestir themselves

on behalf of the Home Mission. Hitherto

Will

it has been comparatively ineffective, and
unless our energies are brought to bear
remain so. Disciples of Jesus, awake! and
more powerfully on its interests, it must
let your compassion be excited for the per-
ishing millions of your country. They are
passing on to everlasting destruction. Will
you make no efforts to save them?
you not endeavour to point them to the
atoning blood of Jesus? Come, O come
Our brother is gone to the field of labour,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
and he must be supported. We hope that
ployed for raising the requisite funds.
energetic means will be immediately em-
Every Church in the district can do some-
ardent and persevering prayers.
thing. Let him also be sustained by our

At Barney, a village about two miles dis. tant, we have opened a small chapel, which had been sometime shut up, in which we have preaching twice on Lord's-day, afternoon and evening, and the congregations are very good, frequently full to overflowing, and several appear to be under very serious impressions. I have been desired to deliver my sentiments on the subject of believers' baptism, as several appear to have had their attention directed to it. This, if the Lord will, I purpose attempting next BROOKHOUSE GREEN.-We are informed Sabbath. What may be the ultimate good by a correspondent that at this place, about effected by the introduction of our cause midway from Sandbach and Congleton, a

MISSIONARY OBSERVER.

EXTRACTS FROM TWO LETTERS OF MR. WILLIAM BROOKS TO HIS RELATIVES.