time a mark of their affectionate esteem should be shown to him, and had arranged this presentation. It was seven years since another article, a time-piece, was presented by the Society to Mr. Heffernon. He did not know if that represented a suggestion that it was time for Mr. Heffernon to set about

"something else," at any rate he had not done so, and so the gold chain and locket might perhaps have been given as an additional incentive. A gold chain was that which united heart to heart and made life a golden thing, and, when their work below had been finished, it would provide for an everlasting bliss in heaven. Mr. Heffernon said, "I am exceedingly gratified at this mark of your esteem. It has always been a great pleasure to do any thing for any part of the Society; it is very little I am able to do but that little I do willingly. I have taken great pleasure and delight in doing what I have, and assure you I always shall. It is not my province to make a speech, I can therefore only again thank you for this present, and hope in the future always to carry your good wishes with it.'

AMALGAMATION OF THE MANCHESTER PRINTING AND TRACT SOCIETIES.

A public meeting of the Manchester New Jerusalem Church Tract Society was held in the Schoolrooms, Peter Street, on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 14th, to consider and accept an offer of the Manchester Printing Society to transfer its capital and stock of publications to the society and to unite the two societies in an increased effort to prepare and diffuse the literature of the New Church. The Rev. R. Storry was called to the chair, and in a brief address explained the purpose of the meeting and the importance of the object sought to be accomplished, and urging the necessity of earnest and increased pecuniary support to enable the united societies to compass more extended uses than had hitherto been attempted. As will be seen by the following report we are enabled to publish at full length the resolutions of the meeting. In moving the first of these resolutions the Rev. Mr. Hyde gave a brief history of the two societies and explained the circumstances which had led to tire

desire for their amalgamation. The succeeding resolutions were moved and seconded in brief addresses appreciative of the object contemplated and express ing hope in the future usefulness of the society. The resolutions adopted by the meeting were the following.

1. Proposed by the Rev. J. Hyde, seconded by Mr. T. Mackereth: The Society instituted in Manchester in the year 1782 for printing, publish ing and circulating the Theological Writings of the Honourable Emanuel Swedenborg, and other hooks which inculcate the True Christian Life and Doctrine, having offered to this Society, as a donation, the whole of the stock of books now the property of the said Printing Society, to be taken at a valuation to be agreed upon by the two societies, and also the balance of cash which shall remain in the hands of the Treasurer of the Printing Society after the liquidation of all debts due by that society, and likewise the store-room fixtures, on the following conditions, viz (1.) That at a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Tract Society, that Society shall adopt into its Title the words "and Printing;" and into its description, "amalgamated in the year 1871." (2.) That the amount of the said Valuation and Balance be added to the "Permanent Fund" of the Tract Society, and be subject to the conditions of the said Permanent Fund, viz to be vested in the Trustees North of Trent of the General Conference of the New Church, such Fund to be for ever maintained at not less than the present total amount of the Permanent Fund of Tract Society, plus the sum of the donation of the Printing Society. (3.) That the "Tract and Printing Society" shall institute a new class of members, to be styled Members" consisting of Donors of £5 and upwards; whose names shall be printed in the Annual Reports of the said Society, to include all those who have been donors of such an amount, who are still in this life, and that the names of the present shareholders of the Printing Society be also included in such list of " Life Members" of the "Tract and Printing Society :".

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And the Committee of the Tract Society having agreed with the Committce of the Printing Society that the Valuation of the said books, cash bal

ance, store-room fixtures shall be estimated at five hundred pounds sterling, and now recommending to this Special General Meeting the adoption of the said proposal and valuation:-Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the proposed donation should be accepted at the Valuation of five hundred pounds sterling, to be added to the Permanent Fund, upon the terms above set forth; and the Committee of this society is hereby requested and empowered to take such steps as may be requisite to carry out the objects of this resolution.

Resolution 2, proposed by Rev. W. Westall, seconded by Mr. W. Leake Resolved-That this meeting approves of the future title of this society being as follows:-"The Manchester New Jerusalem Church Tract and Printing Society (being the Manchester Printing Society instituted in 1782, and the Manchester Tract Society instituted in 1837, amalgamated in the year 1871.)"

Resolution 3, proposed by Mr. W, Oxley, seconded by Mr. S. Dyson: Resolved-That this meeting approves of a new class of members, to be styled "life members" of the "Tract and Printing Society," being instituted, whose names shall be printed in the Annual Report.

Resolution 4, proposed by Mr. J. Deans, seconded by Mr. W. Hughes: Resolved-That this meeting approves of the principle that a donation of £5, or upwards, shall entitle the donor to be a "life-member; " and that all persons who have been donors to the amount of £5, or upwards, to this society, by virtue of such donation, be life-members."

Smith, seconded by Mr. G. Meek: Rule XII. of this society requiring that no additions shall be made to the laws of this society except at a general meeting, and that a notice of any motion having those objects in view shall be given at a previous general meeting; and it being most desirable that the alterations in, and additions to, the rules contemplated in the foregoing resolutions shall come into effect at the earliest possible opportunity: Resolved

-That this meeting hereby directs the Committee to convene another special general meeting of this society, to be held on the evening of Friday, 24th instant, at six o'clock; and hereby authorises the Rev. John Hyde as the President of the Printing Society, and Mr. Charles G. Richardson as the Treasurer of the Tract Society, to give notice of the following motions, viz. : "1. That the additions to the rules of the New Jerusalem Church Tract Society, instituted in Manchester in the year 1837, contemplated in the amalgamation therewith of the Manchester Printing Society, and embodied in the resolutions passed by the special general meeting held November 14th, 1871, be sanctioned and adopted by this society.' "2. That it be an instruction to the Committee to prepare a new set of rules for this society, embracing the alterations and additions involved in the before-named resolutions, and to submit the same for adoption to the next ensuing general annual meeting of this society.

Resolution 8, proposed by Mr. Charles G. Richardson, seconded by Mr. T. Firth Resolved-That the editor of the Intellectual Repository be requested to insert a report of this meeting in the magazine, and to print the foregoing resolutions in extenso, by making such an addition as may be necessary to the next number of the Repository, the expense thereof to be borne by this Society.

SCOTLAND. The annual meeting of the New Church in Scotland was held in the New Jerusalem Church in Cathedral Street, Glasgow, on Thursday evening, October 26th, at 6 o'clock. About 200 friends of the church assembled. After tea, the chairman, James Eadie, Esq. stated that the subject appointed for consideration by the

speakers was the descent of the New Jerusalem. The meeting was then addressed by the Rev. J. F. Potts, and Messrs David Speirs, Allan Drysdale, and Henry Cameron. At the close of his remarks, Mr. Pott alluded to the late dreadful calamity at Chicago, and read a letter from the Rev. R. L. Tafel, which stated that the principal church of our friends there was burned, and probably the German church, and suggested that assistance should be sent from New Churchinen in this country. The speaker concluded by moving that a subscription be at once made. Mr. Speirs seconded this proposal, which was at once heartily adopted and acted upon. A sheet was sent round, and during the remaining speeches quietly circulated through the whole meeting. result was that a subscription for £54 was made, which has since been raised to £66, 7s. and the amount forwarded to the Treasurer of the Convention for the benefit of our New Church brethren in Chicago. At the close of this portion of the business, the meeting was adjourned to the room below the church, where a pleasant hour was spent in social converse, and in examining various objects connected with science and art that had been collected to decorate the room, and arranged on side tables for inspection. At ten o'clock the friends dispersed, having previously determined that the next annual meeting should be held at Paisley.

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THE FIRE OF CHICAGO AND THE SCANDINAVIAN MISSION IN COPENHAGEN. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir,I have received from the Rev. Mr. Boyesen in Copenhagen and from the Rev. Mr. Warren, recently returned to England from Germany, two letters which follow. They will tell their own story. Mr. Winslow referred to in the first letter is a banker in Chicago, who has suffered greatly in the late catastrophe, a Danish gentleman, and much interested in the spread of the New Church in Denmark and Norway. Until the Scandinavian friends in America have recovered themselves and can again yield the support they guaranteed to the Rev. Mr. Boyesen, I hope that there will be found in England helping hearts and hands to support the feeble cause now suffering from this severe blow. I shall be

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Copenhagen, 30th October 1871, Bülowsvei, N. 8 A.-Rev. Dr. Bayley, -Dear friend, - Yesterday I got a letter from Mr. Winslow, who deplores very much that the dreadful fire in Chicago will for some time make it impossible for our New Church friends in America to support the Scandinavian Mission, that just has made a hopeful beginning. We have now, through the efforts of our little congregation, printed 1000 copies of some tracts, and a little pamphlet concerning the New and the Old Church. New members are also added to our Society, and some of the Old Church people having come over to the New Jerusalem Church has created much attention. Some persons from Norway have, on their visit to Copenhagen, become acquainted with the doctrines of the Church, will take the Heavenly doctrines farther North, and we have been looking forward with glad expectations. If now, alas, our efforts should cease, it would be worse than if nothing had been done. Our friends in America ask me therefore to write to you, dear Doctor, that kindly you will use your influence with your Church in order to prevent this good work from dying away, and to enable us to keep on our translating work, even if we cannot print anything for some time. I need very much something to live on, and if I cannot get any support, I am indeed much worse situated than ever I have been, being in a foreign country without any resources, and without any possibility of getting any living or any support here; I may almost say that our life is at stake. Dear Doctor, let me soon hear from you, that the Lord will keep us alive. I hope He will not let His work here die for want of material support; after a while the Americans will probably be able to help us again. Please remember our great cause, and bring my situation to the dear friends in London.-I am, dear Doctor, yours affectionately. A. BOYESEN."

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Dear Dr. Bayley,-I have a letter from a New Church friend-an American lady--at present residing in Dresden, containing a quotation from one she had lately received from our zealous friend Mr. Boyesen of Copenhagen,

which I am sure will excite your sympathy, whether it will be found practicable to render any actual aid from London or not. I do not doubt, however, that something substantial will be done. I presume the assistance that has been rendered by the American Scandinavian Association,' which was chiefly sustained by the friends in Chicago, is only temporarily suspended by the Chicago fire. In the meantime it is important that Mr. Boyesen should be sustained in his labours. The extract from his letter will speak for itself. My friend says:-'I copy word for word; for I think the inperfect English gives it pathos :In this moment I got a letter from our dear friend Mr. Winslow, who deplores very much that this dreadful fire in Chicago will for some time make it impossible for our friends in America to support the Scandinavian Mission, that has just made a hopeful beginning. I am very sorry indeed, both because of the terrible misfortune in itself, and for the great work that seems threatened with entire annihilation, or cessation for perhaps a long time. God in His mercy forbid that it be so! If that should happen, I do indeed not know what to do to get a living with my family in a foreign land, when most people are against me because of the New Church. I hope that the Lord, who, in His Divine Providence, has led our great enterprise to what it now is, a new-born child, will enable us to take care of it, and to continue our efforts to develop and educate it. If we cannot continue our work, it will be much worse than if nothing had been done; for it will injure the great cause, and make us contemptible in the eyes of the Old Church. To avoid this calamity, Mr. Winslow asks me to write to our friends; and as I know that we have no warmer friend than you, I must tell you in what a sad condition we now are. We have now, since I came from England, had public worship every Sunday, and printed some tracts and a good little pamphlet, by the efforts of our small community. Some persons have left the Old Church and joined our Society, and the New Jerusalem has created much attention here. Some persons from Norway have, on their visit to Copenhagen, made acquaintance with the doctrines of the

New Church, and left the Old Church, carrying the heavenly doctrines with them farther North. New members have also increased our Society here, and we were all looking forward with glad expectations; but now it seems to me that the situation of our Church in Scandinavia, and myself with it, i much worse than ever it has been. Dear friend, do kindly write to some of your wealthy and charitable New Church friends, that we may be kept alive during these hard times. Our life is indeed now at stake; we try to live as economically as possible, but many who want information about the Church are coming here, both from Norway and Sweden and Denmark, and therefore we are compelled to live not simply for our own family, but also in such a way as not to hurt anybody. And now are my resources nearly exhausted. Would it not be well if you would write to Dr. Bayley, asking him to assist us? Or to some other of our friends in England, that we may speedily get some support? Or else I am indeed in a very bad situation.' My friend Miss Niles adds:Mr. Boyesen spoke very gratefully of what the English people had done for the Mission; and they have done so nobly the New Church people I suppose with the rest-in helping Chicago, that it seems hard that they should be doubly taxed in consequence of the disaster.' Miss Niles' brother, Lieut. Niles, was about writing to New York, to ask our New Church friends there to move in the matter; and I do not doubt that something will also be done in Boston, and elsewhere. But the great fire has given them all much to do-as well as here. Being so well acquainted with me, Miss Niles chose to address you through me instead of writing to you directly. If you will kindly move in the matter in London, I will see what can be done in Manchester. I gather from what Mr. Boyesen says, that it is necessary something in the way of pecuniary aid should be sent them directly. With kind regards, I remain yours sincerely. S. M. WARREN.

REV. DR. BAYLEY.

BRADFORD.-The society at this town was visited in October last by the Rev. R. Storry, who delivered three lectures in the neat little church in Drewton Street. The subjects were selected from

the course at Middlesbro'. The attendance was good, the church being comfortably filled at each service. The following brief but respectful notice of the second discourse appeared in one of the local papers : On Wednesday evening, the Rev. R. Storry, of Heywood, delivered a lecture in the New Jerusalem Church, Drewton Street, on the subject-The Deity of the Christian Saviour the Central Truth of Divine Revelation, and its Acceptance the Hope of the World.' The rev. gentleman first adverted to the revelation of the Bible itself, and said that although the works of creation confirmed the evidences of the existence of the great Creator, it was only by the Word of God that we were first informed of His existence and made acquainted with His attributes. He then at some length compared the prophecies in the Old Testament with the Gospels, and showed that Christ the Saviour was the same Jehovah who was spoken of by the prophets, and that the belief that the Bible was a Divine revelation was inseparable from a belief in the Divinity of Christ; and, consequently, that the acceptance of Jesus Christ was the only hope of true progress and salvation for The lecture was very lucidly delivered, and was listened to with great attention."

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CLAYTON-LE-MOORS, NEAR ACCRINGTON.-The opening of public Day Schools at this place has rendered necessary the erection of an infant school, so as to remove the infants from the senior classes. A neat and suitable room has, therefore, been erected adjoining the large school-room and vestry, with gallery and every requisite for young children. This room, which will accommodate nearly one hundred pupils, has been erected at a cost of £200. Towards this cost the sum of £25 was contributed by Mr. Hinchcliffe, J. P. of Stoodley Lodge, near Todmorden. This, combined with other subscriptions and collections, has entirely met the outlay, so that the building is happily clear of debt. Public services in connection with the opening were held, October 1. The preacher on the occasion was Mr. Wilkins of Nottingham. The collections amounted to upwards of £68.

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Mr. Wilkins gave a lecture on the need of true manliness, which was well attended. In the commencement of his lecture, Mr. Wilkins pointed out the distinctions between the wants of the age and the need of the age. If they wanted to know the wants of a child they must listen to its cry; if they wanted to know its needs they must go to its parents. If they wanted to know the need of the Church, of the world, and of the age, they must go to One who knew what was in man, who knew the secret springs of his being, his capacity for good and his capacity for evil; and the One who knew that was the Lord God who had spoken to mankind through His Word. In asking the question What is the need of the age?" they would not be therefore surprised if he went to God's own Word to find it. God's wants and needs were identiUnfortunately ours were not so. He would refer them to Jeremiah v. 1, "Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it." The true need of the age was manliness. That seemed a simple answer to so extensive a question, and yet that was the answer the Lord returned. If they wanted to save the Church (Jerusalem) or the world which included the Church, find God a man with the true soul of manliness, and the world should be pardoned. If they asked the question, “What was manliness?" they must come to the Lord's definition of manliness, and that was one who executed judgment and righteousness and who sought after truth. The only thing which made a man a man after God's own heart was the executing of righteousness and seeking after truth. Seeking after truth meant seeking after true ideas, which were divine ideas. All facts were divine facts, and only the ideas given through revelation or ideas in harmony with facts were true.

DONCASTER. The labours of the Yorkshire colporteur, Mr. W. H. Bastow, have led to considerable interest in the doctrines at this town. To sustain and extend this interest services were appointed in the Victoria Rooms