II. That all Cases forwarded with a view to obtain the sarction of this Association, must be vested in Trustees; and sent to the secretary, the Rev. Mr. Cracknell, of Weymonth, to be laid before the next meeting. 1. That no Petitionary case originating in Dorsetshire shall have the support of this Assocatioa, if not entitled to unequivocal approbation, and that under such circumstances, the case be officially ecommended to the patronage of the London Committee of the General Congregational Union, IV. That the Secretary be requested to send these Resolutions to the London Committee; and to forward the same for insertion in the Evangelical Magazine, &c. Sunday, April 28, a neat Independent chapel was opened near Parthilwyd, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales. The devotional parts of the service were conducted by Mr. Jones, the candidate of the place; and two suitable discourses were delivered by the Rev. Mr. T. Jones, of Denbigh that in the morning from Prov. viii. 32, 33; and the other in the afternoon, from Josh. xxii. 22. : April 26. The Hampshire Assoc'ation, was held at Poole. Rev. Mr. Winchester, of Andover, preached the appointed subject, the Holiness of God, from Is. vi. 3, Mr. Adams, of Winchester, before breakfast, from 2 Pet. i. 5-7; Mr. Bogue, of Gosport, in the evening, from Pam. xc. 16, 17; Mr. Bruce, of the Isle of Wight, the preceding evening, from Ezek. xxxii. 11; Messrs. Bennet, Cox, Loader, &c. were engaged in the other parts of the service. On Whit-Monday, the usual service was held at Peppard, intended to counteract the revellings there;' when Mr. Douglas, of Reading, preached in the morning, from Tim. ii. 1; Mr. Hopkins, of Christ Church, in the afternoon, from Rev. xxi. 6; and Mr. Knight, of Kingston, in the evening, from Heb. xii. 28, 29. Messrs. Waters, Weed. Churchill, and Newberry, assisted in the prayers, &c, Tracts wsre distributed; and some complained that the revel was almost spoiled. ty-first General Meeting of the Wednesday, May 10. The TwenLincolnshire Association, was held at Pinchbeck. Mr. J. Meffiu, of Sleaford, preached from Isa. xiix. 14, 16. After which the Lord's Supper was administered. Mr. Smelle. preached in the afternoon, from Col. i. 19; and Mr. Davis, in the evening, from Ezek. xi. 35. Mr. Davis preached on the preceding evening from Jo. xi. 56; Mr. W. Smelle, Mr. Crapes, and Mr. Woodward, engaged in prayer at the several meetings. The next meeting will be held at Great Grimsby, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1809. On Sunday, May 14, a Sermon was preached at Princes Street Chapel, Plymouth Doek, in behalf of the British and Foreign Bible Sociely, by the Rev. M. Cracknell, of Weymouth. amounted to £40. The collection May 17. The Rev. Jacob Snelgar (late of Hoxton Academy) was ordained pastor of the Independent Church at High Wycombe. Mr. Edwards, of Great Marlow, commenced the service with prayer, &c.; Mr. Douglas, of Reading, delivered an introductory discourse, &c.; Mr. Simpson, Divinity Tutor at Hoxton, engaged in the ordination prayer; Mr. Banister, of Wareham, under his first serious impressions, deliverwhose ministry Mr. Snelgar received ed the charge, from 1 Tim. iv. 6, A good minister of Jesus Christ;' Mr. J. Clayton, jun. addressed the church and congregation, from Mall. x. 41; Mr. Miller, of Cheshain, the former pastor, concluded the service with prayer. In the evening, Mr.Cooke, of Maidenhead, preached from Isaiah Ix. 6, 7, 8. Mr. Dryland, of Newbury, preached the preceding evening, from hom. viii. 28. May 17. Mr. William Tomlin was ordained Pastor of the Independent Church at Sandwich, in Kent. Mr. Gurteen, of Canterbury, delivered the introductory discourse; Mr. Sloper, of Devizes, offered the ordination prayer; Mr. Bull, jan. of Newport Paguel!, (Mr. Tomlin's tutor) gave the charge from Ezek. iii. 17; Mr. Young, of Canterbury, preached to the people in the evening, from Heb. xii. 22. Messrs. Andrew White, Cramp, Vincent, Start and Neeves engaged in prayer. Mr. Vincent preached on the preceding evening. Wednesday, May 17, the Rev. J. Sabine was recognized as pastor of the Protestant Dissenting church, Tunbridge. Mr. Richards (late of Hull) preached on the occasion; and Dr. Collyer preached in the evening. The devotional exercises were conducted by Messrs. Ralph, Platt, Brown, and Barker. May 18. A small chapel was opened at Maxey, a village near Peterborough; when three sermons were preached that in the morning from Ps. cxxii. 7, by Mr. B. Jeznes, of Peterborough; by whom the congregation is supplied once every Lord's Day. In the afternoon, by Mr. Allen, of Lynr, from Exod. xx. 24. In the evening, by Mr. Arrow, of Godmanchester, from 2 Cor. iv. 3. Mr. Hubbard, of Stamford, and Mr. Mousley, of Gedney Hill, engaged in prayer. The place was too smail for the occasion, and the prospect of success is very considerable. On Thursday, June 1, the found ation stone of a new chapel was laid at the delightful village of Upway, near Weymouth. On this occasion the Rev. Mr. Crackwell, of Weymouth, preached a sermon on the Foundation and Stability of the Church of Christ, from Mal. xvi. 18. This chapel is erecting upon the estate, and at the sole expence of George Wood, Esq. The Independent Ministers of the County of Kent, will hold their next Annual Meeting at Gravesend, on Wednesday, the 5th of July. The preachers, Messrs. Tomlin, G. Townsend, and Chapman. Subjects, Christian Benevolence, the Superiority of the Gospel to the Mosaic Dispensation, and the Right Improvement of the Means of Grace.' I sometimes pay a visit to the London Female Penitentiary, at Pentonville, and have more than once inspected the several apartments; before which I had no idea of the excellence of the internal management, which need only be seen to be approved. What I wish to recommend, through the channel female subscribers would make a of your Magazine, is, that all the point of applying to their repository, to purchase some of their useful and elegant articles, which they will the penitents, the profits of which, find, in great variety, executed by after allowing a part to the performer, go towards the support of the institution. When I have seen their needi-work, some of which I have worn in my own family, and the elegant trifles that delight the eye,-how has my heart melted at the thought, that such talents should have been formerly so misapplied: - Come forward, my fair country-women, and support with your interest, which is not trivial in the scale of society, this house of mercy. You need not be informed that atoms, when collected, will form mountains; and if every lady would purchase for herself and friends some of those productions daughters, and recommend to her it would raise, at the year's end, no which most are in the habit of using, contemptible sum. Thus, like the dew of Heaven, which restores the drooping flower, you may be the means of gladdening many a broken-hearted mother, who has hitherto offered up her prayers and tears without avail; and even (what an inspiring thought!) those victims of delusion may one day, in the presence of an approving God, rise up and call you blessed! M A We are happy to inform the public and those friends who intend to visit Cheltenham, that the New Chapel will be opened for divine service on Wednesday, the 2d of August, by the Rev. Rowland Hill, formly an exemplification of iis sanctifying influence. During the last two years, he has been obliged, by affliction, to discontinue his public labours; and, although called to receive a crown of glory,' his loss will be long felt and deeply lamented by a large congregation and numer ous friends. May 25. At Westminster, died the Rev. James Inderwick, aged 28, a young minister, who had lately completed his studies in the Academy at Homerton. His illness was sudden, and its fatal termination unexpected, till within a few days of his death. As he drew near the solema moment, though he had been before delirious, he was enabled to pray, with much fervour, for his former fellow-students, and for all that ever may in future be trained for the holy ministry in that Institution. On Saturday, May 20, died the Rev. William Coles, of Ampthill, Beds, aged 74 years. He was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church at Malden, near Ampthill, on Oct. 26, 1768; which office he filed, with honour and usefulness, for 37 years. On April 14, 1805, being at tended with many infirmities, which rendered him incapable of dischargMay 29. At Woburn, Bucks, the ing the duties of his office, he reRev. Thomas English, aged 57. He signed it. During a painful affliction, which preceded his death, he Lady Huntingdon, and succeeded was formerly in the connection of was supported by the truth which the Rev. Mr. Grove, at Woburn; he had believed and taught. where, for thirty years past, he has funeral sermon was preached at his faithfully and affectionately disinterment, from 8 Cor. iv. 17, 18, pensed the word of life. He was • For our light affliction,' &c. by much beloved and respected. His the Rev. Samuel Hobson; who, in funeral, on the 6th of June, was the year 1808, had been ordained attended by twenty neighbouring ministers. Mr. Wilks, of the Tabernacle, preached his funernal-sermon, from 1 Tim. iv. 6. A good minister of Jesus Christ.' A Memoir of this excellent man is ex pected. his successor. A May 20, died the Rev. John Clark, of Trowbridge, aged 64. For about 43 years he was an eminently useful preacher of evangelical truth; while his own conduct was uni MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS, &c. A few Friends at Tottenham Court Chapel, by Sinall Weekly Mr. John Bellin and other Friends, Chigwell A. C. by Mr. D. Langton Rev. Mr. Surman and Congregation, Chesham Mr. Bottomley and Friends, Scarborough Sundry Friends, fer Books for the Seven, Missionaries ordained at Silver Street Chapel Hackney Auxiliary Society Friends at Greenwich Tabernacle A few Young Men at Hope Chapel, Spitalfields A Friend, by the Rev. Mr. Scraggs, Buckingham Rev. Messrs. Ball and Friends, Newport Pagnel Mr. Hillyard and Friends, Olney Auxiliary Society, Rev. Mr. Yockney, Staines If human excellence can lay a claim, Or Christian grace exalt to lasting fame, What triumph'd in the man that's buried here! J. C. C. A POETICAL FRAGMENT. O! when will the Millennium blissful dawn, That long have roam'd the earth, and, with false rites Of massacre and devastating war, That shall be driv'n with her Bellonian, far That deck the blue-rob'd southern ocean's bosom, And vales spontaneous bloom with fruits and flowers, And Afric's rudest hoors, and the new world As to discordant clang, with anțic forms, Then these delusions, like a midnight mist Thrice happy souls, who in that golden age May of on the bright moon's soft beam descend, To visit your abodes nuscen, unknown: J. Pair. P. |