nothing at all-we are children- -WE ARE FOOLS!" Strange thought I: is it possible this can be a Brahmin, and a priest of Vishnoo, who boasts, among his own people, of HIS caste ALONE be ing produced from the mouth of Brahma; and yet, in the very temple of his gods, say, that a nation of European Soodras, who eat flesh and drink spirits, are in any thing superior to them, "the gods of the world?" The conclusion chiefly which I could not help drawing was, either he does not believe in his own religion, or else he thinks that lying is a light and venial offence. Dr. B. expressed a wish to go inside the temple; but knowing the particular prejudices of the Hindoos on that subject, I made an objection. The old Brahmin seemed afraid to deny us admittance, and again had recourse to flattery" It is true, this is the House of God: but whoever is our master is also God to us: now as you are become our masters, it cannot be wrong for you to enter the temples."

Christ Church, Gardiner.

On Wednesday, the 18th of October, the festival of St. Luke, the Evangelist, Christ Church, at Gardiner, in the state of Maine, was solemnly consecrated to the service of Almighty God, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of the Eastern Diocess. Notwithstanding the badness of the roads, occasioned by the late heavy rains, and the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a large and highly respectable congregation. The Rev. Mr. Olney, the rector of the new church, read the deed of consecration, by which the founders devoted it for ever to the service of God, according to the usage of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The Bishop's sentence of consecration was read by the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, of Boston, who also preached a sermon adapted to the occasion. Morning prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Morss, of Newburyport, and the communion was administered by the Bishop. We were gratified to see some of our dissenting brethren, and particularly two of the congregational ministers, approach the Lord's table and devoutly receive the

sacrament from the hands of the Bishop. We hail with pleasure all such indications of the abandonment of those prejudices which originally led to the unhappy separation from Episcopacy. May this returning desire to promote "the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace" become continually more and more extensive! We cannot omit noticing the excellence of the singing, and particularly, because it is so rare, the excellence of the chanting. The Te Deum, though the choir were not much accustomed to chanting, we have never heard with so much pleasure.

On the following day (October 19,) the Bishop administered confirmation, but the heavy rain prevented the greater part of those who were to have received that rite from attending.

The

Christ Church is built of unhammered granite, divided into blocks of nearly equal size, and is of the simplest and purest style of Gothic architecture. The walls are crowned by battlements, which partially conceal the roof, and instead of a cornice there is merely a band or rib of stone corresponding with that of the water table below. arches of the windows form an equilateral spherical triangle, which is the most perfect proportion. Each of the side windows is divided by three principal mullions, and the spaces between these in the arch of each window are subdivided by smaller mullions, resting on the intersections of small arches. The chancel window, which is very grand, the whole width being upwards of 14 feet, is divided by four principal mullions. These, together with the quantity of wood in the sashes arising frem the small size of the diamond glass, darken the windows so as to produce an agreeable light. It is intended, we understand, to increase this effect, by an ornamental screen behind the altar, on which will be inscribed the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Command

ments.

The spire is of brick, and, together with the tower, forms an elevation of 120 feet. In the tower, immediately over the door, is a large window nearly 30 feet high, which lights the staircase leading to the organ gallery, and which, when seen from the church, through an

opening over the gallery door, produces a noble and sublime effect. By this double light it was intended to give an idea, though a faint one, of the effect produced in Gothic cathedrals by the lady chapel, seen from the choir, through a door, or, what is technically called, the artificial infinite.

There are no pillars within, excepting those supporting the gallery, and two at the corners of the chancel; but the arches of the ceiling terminate in corbels, and those over the side aisles are ribbed and groined with roses in the intersections. The pulpit is placed at one corner of the recess for the chancel, and the reading desk at the other; and the floor of the chancel is raised so high that when the clergyman is at the altar he may be seen in every part of the church.

We have been thus minute in the description of this church, because we wish to see a better taste, as well as a more convenient arrangement prevailing in the structure of our places of worship. In this church the whole Congregation see the clergyman in the performance of all the sacred offices. The altar especially is in full view. We wish this might be more generally the case, and that the cumbrous reading desks, which were introduced only on account of the great size of the cathedrals, might either be dispensed with in small buildings, or made so light and small, and placed in such a point of view, as not to obstruct the sight of the chancel.

We are decidedly of opinion too, that for country churches especially, and we are inclined to make the remark still more extensive, the Gothic or pointed form of architecture is the most solemn and interesting.

Consecration.

On Wednesday, the 25th of October, Trinity Church, Easton, Pennsylvania, was consecrated to the service of Almighty God, by the Right Rev. Bishop White, the Rev. Messrs. Kemper and Dupuy attending and assisting him. The service on this occasion was performed by the attending clergy, and an appropriate sermon preached by the

Bishop. On the same day eighteen persons were admitted, by the Bishop, to the holy rite of confirmation.

On the following day, Thursday, the 26th, an ordination was held, and the Rev. John Rodney, jun. deacon, minister of the church, admitted to the holy order of priests; the service being performed by the same gentleman, and a suitable discourse delivered by the Bishop.

Trinity Church is an elegant struc ture, 46 feet in front and 53 deep, built of stone and neatly rough-cast. Its front is a beautiful specimen of the Gothic; and joined to the rear of the building, it has a Gothic tower, (56 feet high), which is at once an ornamental and useful appendage. The zeal and liberality displayed by the small congregation of Episcopalians in this place, in the expeditious erection of their church, is highly commendable. Its erection was undertaken within a year after the congregation was organized, and the building completely finished and furnished with an excellent organ, five months after the laying of the corner stone.-Episcopal Magazine.

OBITUARY NOTICE,

Extracted from a Sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. ZILLAH M'Laughlin, preached in Zion Church, shortly after her interment. By the Rev. THOMAS BREINTNALL.

Of her early life I know nothing. My acquaintance with her commenced when it did with you. As a stranger I but two years since appeared among you, and was welcomed to the charge of this church by the smile of hospitality and friendship. With respect, therefore, to a personal knowledge with any lamb of my fold, I can look back but a short period; yet that period is marked by interest, and reflected upon with pleasure. When occasion calls for it, from others I must learn the story of your lives. The deceased, I have understood, was educated in the Ro man Catholic faith, and was always zealous in the discharge of her religious duties. United, at an early age, to a member of our communion, she was led to investigate those tenets on which she relied for salvation. That investigation result

ed in a firm adherence to the doctrine and principles of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the faith of which she left the Church militant to join the Church tri

the custom of the times, without much reference to the wishes of the parties. She, however, conducted herself towards her husband not only with blameless propriety, but in such an exemplary manner as to retain the lasting attachment of all his family. Of Lord Vaughan's character and habits we know nothing, except what we may ineidentally gather from a note to Lady Vaughan, in which she is requested, evidently in raillery, "not hereafter to hinder my Lord Vaughan from writing to me; for I am confident, whatever excuse you make for him, he hath a most eager desire to write this week. I know his lordship so well, that he cannot delay to make returns of civility. If it had been his custom to defer and put off to the last hour, I might believe your ladyship; but in this particular I must beg your ladyship's pardon.",

In the year 1667 we find Lady Vaughan a widow, residing with her sister, at their late father's mansion at Titchfield. Of the commencement of her acquaintance with Mr. (afterwards Lord) Russell, nothing is known. Rus sell being only a younger brother, and Lady Vaughan a considerable heiress, he seems to have been backward at first in interpreting her sentiments in his favour. They soon, however, understood each other, and were married in 1669. During the fourteen years of their happy union they were very little apart, so that their letters to each other could not have been numerous. Lord Russell's are entirely lost; and most of those of Lady Russell are written at distant intervals from each other. Their only moments of separation appear to have been during Lord Russell's visits of duty to his father, the Earl of Bedford, his elections for two successive parliaments, his attendance at Oxford during one short session, and occasional absences in London, on publie or private busi ness. Lady Russell's letters show how hardly she bore even these transient separations and though written some of them a dozen years after their mar riage, might pass for "love letters." We give a slight specimen.

[From London to Stratton, 1680.] "Saturday night. These are the pleasing moments,

in absence my dearest blessing, either to read something from you, or be writing something to you; yet I never do it but I am touched with a sensible regret, that I cannot pour out in words what my heart is so big with, which is much more just to your dear self (in a passionate return of love and gratitude) than I can tell you; but it is not my talent; and so I hope not a necessary signification of the truth of it; at least not thought so by you."

"Our small ones are as you left them, I praise God; Miss writes and lays the letters by, that papa may admire them when he comes: it is a mo ment more wished for than to be expressed by all the eloquence I am mistress of, yet you know how much that is; but my dear abuser I love more than my life, and am entirely his,~~

"R. RUSSELL.”

"[From London to Woburn, Aug. 24, 1680.]

"Absent or present, my dearest life is equally obliging, and ever the earthly delight of my soul, it is my great care (or ought to be so) so to moderate my sense of happiness here, that when the appointed time comes of my leaving it, or its leaving me, I may not be unwilling to forsake the one, or be in some measure prepared and fit to bear the trial of the other."

It is difficult to conceive of a scene of greater happiness, of more truly indigenous British comfort, than the retired domestic circle of Lord and Lady Russell. Every blessing that the tenderest attachment, the most perfect confidence, and a complete reciprocity of heart and sentiment, could produce, flowed with a full tide into their cup. They combined all the delights of that modified selfishness which wraps itself up in undisturbed domestic repose, with an expansion of heart, and a commerce with society, which led them to feel interested in the public events of the times, and gave dignity to all their pursuits. Lady Russell, while she could descend to the most trivial details, and fill her letters with the harmless prattle of the day, had a large heart and a capacious understanding. She was deeply interested in the pursuits of her husband, and was of great service to