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P er REVIVAL :- £ s. d . £ s. R. M. L. 2 0 0 P .J. 1 0 0 Mrs. Eliiot t : . 10 0 0 Mr. Ellis 1 0 0 C.T. 0 5 0 "Do g~od ~mto nll men,

especially those who ar e of tho househol<l of faith " 8 0 0

M. G. 1 0 0 A Friend 5 0 0 J'vi.&M,F. 2 0 0 J ane 0 5 0 S . A. M. 0 10 0 T. Z. 2 0 0

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Sums nnnonneedinomlnstnumber 1480 17 - . Digby, E sq. 50 0 A Friend 50 0 A. L. Freeman, E sq. . 25 0 J. Gurney Bnt·clay, Esq. 25 0 I!.oht. Stewart, E sq. . 20 0 J . H . Glndstono, E sq. 20 0 John Deacon, E sq. 20 0 Mrs. E . Chaplin . 20 0 Anon 20 0 E . B. 20 0 The Misses Wood. 10 0 J. P. Bacon, E sq. . . . . 10 0 Rear Admirnl Sir G. N. Broke n'lid-

clieton, Bnrt .. C.B. 20 0 Lndy Broke Middleton 1 0 II. B. S. S. 10 0 Jos. Wilson , Esq. . . . . 10 0 Mrs. Jn.ry, n.nd Friends in Norwich

15 0 and Neighbourhood. Mr s. R. S. Dykes . 10 0 Miss J ane B<Lrclny 10 0 W. G .. . 10 0 Mr s. P eesly . 5 5 Chus. Volckmnn , E s(r. 5 5 Mr . Spaldiog 5 0 Mrs. Postle . 5 0 Mrs. Croydon 5 0 Jos. H untly, Esq. 5 0 J . R. F .. 5 0 F'redl<. Ash b):, E sq. 5 0 Wm. Black, E sq .. 5 0 F . Br a by, E sq. 5 0 'rhos . Willhuns , Esq. 5 0 L .W. 5 0 Miss Wright 5 0 J . E . Walter~ E sq. . . 5 0 TI. A. M. W. ibthorp, E s<J.. 5 0 J . C. 1\IcNnu~hton, Esq. 5 0 N. G. Allen, Esq .. 5 0 J oh n Nowbnld, E sq. 5 0 1\Irs. Collins . 5 0 It. May, E q . 5 0 Mrs. E . Clayton 5 0 1-' hos L etch worth , E sq. 3 0 i\Irs. Recio . . . 4 0 Mrs. E . Day, Sen . 3 0 M.S. C. K. . . 2 10 C. E . 1\Iudie , Esq. 2 2 R Saylo, E sq . 2 2 E. Atkinson, E sq. 2 0 Jno. Clough, E~Hl· 2 0 Mrs. C. Lassell . 2 0 0 . Copland, E sq . . 2 0 G. Vav n. ssour, Esq. 2 0 J as. Sawyer, E sq. 2 0 Mr. Sherwood 1 0 Mr. T. Lul<el. 1 0 Mr.'r aylor . 1 0 il1r. J . P . Cn<lby 1 0 Mrs. Todcl . 1 0 i\1essrs. T. Olney and Sons 1 1 Col. Snluw n . 1 0 Miss Crupper 1 0 M1·s. Ramsey 1 0

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d. £ s. il. Mrs. E. P :Lrkin 1 0 0 Mr. B. L. Dixon 1 0 0 Mr. Sharlnnd 1 0 0 Tbos. H enry Grahnm,.E sq: 2 0 0 Mrs. Graham . 0 0 Mr. J . J . Ridge . 1 1 0 il1r. R. H . Cooke . 0 10 0 Mr . Ashworth 0 10 0 A Mother 0 10 0 A . . u 10 0 Mr. Jno: Clapha~ 0 10 0 Miss Sn.unders . 0 10 0 Mr. T. M. Hubbard 0 10 0 Mrs. E . Penny 0 10 0 Mr. Jno. Young 0 10 0

0 E.C. W. . 0 10 u Miss J . Foster u 10 0

8 Mr. Bickmnn 0 1U 0 Fl'icncl 0 10 0

0 Mr. Roope 0 10 0 0 1\Ir. R. G. Bench 0 5 0 0 Mnjor Chilcott 0 5 0 0 F .L. C . . 0 0 0 Mrs. Bamber u G II 0 ~ll·s . J ossop . I) G u 0 Mrs. Newton u ll II 0 II. M. D.

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0 Collected by Mrs.'Mnb.bs 0 s :J 0 Mrs. Hodder 0 4 0 0 Mr. C. Longh m st 0 G 0 Tinnie . . u 0

J\.fiss Hoare 0 G 0 Dr. Rogers u 2 (j 0 F riend . 0 1 4 u I•'rieucl 0 0 G 0 Mr. J . Werwer 0 2 G

0 i\1r. •r. Bndger 0 2 G Friend . . 0 0

0 0 F OR POOH. 0 J.J. M . . 0 8 0 0 Fri end 0 2 0 0 W. H . 5 0 0 0 Mr. MarLin 10 0 0 0 A Sist er in Christ 0 u G 0 Mrs. M . A. Stephenso~ 0 10 0 u Mrs. M. Coor> cr '1 0 0 0 Mrs. R. Roper 1 0 0 0 Mr. Rand . 0 " 0 0 1\Iiss Sabine . 1 0 0 0 Miss A. Wil on 1 u 0 0 FOR DESTITUTE SAINTS. 0 0 Friend 0 r. 0 Dr. Kidci 0 0 0 Miss E. Tho~uts 1 u 0 0 :rtil's. Gregory 0 1U 0 0 c. . . . 0 10 0 0 L ady Congleton 5 u 0 0 Mrs. Crowdson 2 0 0 0 Mrs. E. Wright u u 0 FOR THE PENNY GAFF. 0 0 The Misses Chnrrington 2 0 u 0 0 CO NS EC RATIO N SERVIC E. 0 0 ON SunUay afternoon, Jnn . 3rd, i n th o Now 0 E ast London Th eatre, t here will (D .V .) IJu 0 brcn.king of bread and n JlUblic comwcmtiou 0 service for the members n.nd fl'icnllo of t ho 0 m ission h·om its vurious stations. 'r hcso scr~ 0 vices have heretofore been B!lOCinl seasons of 0 Uivine blessing, uncl \YO n.trectionately invH 0 Clnisti::m fri ends from n. dist:mcc to unite wit h 0 us in a freRh and full dedicat ion of ourscl vC'~ 0 to the Mnstcr ' ~ service for anoth er ycnr. 'l'ho 0 service will commence ~tt quarter to tltrC'o 0 o'clock lJrcciscly. Tea will be provided nt t110 0 Mi sion llall, l !JS, Whitechapel Road, for fricmls 0 from a distnncc. 0 Service in the evcniog at t ho Thentt·c at 0 seven o'clock us usual, conducte<l by Mr. Booth.

T HE

EAST LONDON EVANGELI ST. ~JANUARY, I SG!l.

Y/HAT A~ Y OU G OING TO DO IN 1869 ?

" 0 what are you going to do, brother ? Say, what arc you going· to do?

You have thought of some useful labour, But what is the end in view?

You are fresh from the home of your boy-, And just in the bloom of youth; [hood

llavc you tasted the sparkling water That flows from the fount of truth ?

I s your heart in the Saviour's keeping? Remember he died for you.

Then what :1rc you going to do, brother? Say, what tuo you going to do?

"Will you honour his cause and kingdom Wherever your path may be,

And stand as a bright example, That others your light may see ?

Are you willing to live for J esus, And ready the cross to bear?

.Axe you willing to meet reproaches, The frowns of the world to sh are?

Your lot may, perhaps, be humble, But God has a work for you;

Then what are yon going to do, brother? Say, what are you going to do?"

'l' 1110 l{ l'l'aL lPH L ol' eharu ·t •r iH doiug. God, the church, the world , all I'H li1 111do "' '' " • 11 oL m·<·o i·d ing to th L•ir sayings aml feelings or clesirings, h11L ll l'l'OI'd ill g' lo t.li l' ir doings . E very tree i · known by its fruit . He ll mL do •th rigl1 tconHness is riglitcous. lie will reward every man a ·co rding as hi s " ·ork sl1 all be. Dear reader, you profess to be serving LluJ Lord; what have you been doing .{o1· Him during the year that is just los ing ? \ 'Vhat are you going to do in the next, should you be permitted

Lo enter upon it ? In an oft-repeated story, it is said that a gentleman I ravelling on the continent was smitten with conviction as to a wasted life, and induced to offer himself a living sacrifice to his lawful Lord, by looking on a picture he met with in the dining room of an hotel. This picture had been painted by a master hand, and represented the Saviour in the last agony on the cross. The crown of thorns was on his brow, aud with bleeding ]Janel aucl feet, it seem d as though His mighty heart was breakiug, and the dying cry, "It is finished," was just issuing from Lis lips. Underneath that pictnr was written, "I did this for thee. '\Vhat hast t hou clone for me? " And, dear reader , not from that cross of anguish, but from hi tln·onc in glory, that same Saviour benas down, and, pointing to the mang •r of Bethlehem, the wilderness of J udea, the lmr of Pilate, the garden of ( : Lh semane, and the cross of Golgotha, says, " I did that for the •. '\Vl1 nL hru;t thou Llonc for me ? "

What have you don · for , fl•su~ in the year just past? Do you answer, W ell, I have don a good d •al of business, and made large profits : I am in a bet te r positi oH il liLn l was thi s time last year? Very good , if you have done iL 011 I h • p rin ciples of ctem al truth and rectitude ; but this bus lwt• n for yn11I'Hl' lf. WhnL l1ave you done for Him?

P erh aps so111 • wlw n•nd lhi H will reply, W ell, this is a never-t o-be-for­got ten year to Jn t' . !11 Plt•rni ly l shall have t o say, It was in the year of redeeming g mt'l' l tiGH LhaL l was awakened by the Holy Ghost to see myself a sinner d •s rvi11g •kmal woe ; in 1868 I sought and found the pardon

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f .· . vas aJcptcd into God's family, and obtained the ~wcet l1opc of ~t;:~'\tfi~~ -' Very good, dear friend, but all this is for yourself. What have you doue for Him? . r . . . 1 n t d on say I have attended regub.rly the mean u g1 :t~l, :UH

ft u b o y h b"le'osecli'n them . I have r ead my Dible ami prayed every 0 en een muc - . 1 . . r r . . ., 1 and often realised God's presence in my soul, rna ung J.lll' ~ 11!H 01 J0 Y · cay, · d ... xn. t h u Jone fur linn? That was for yourself, my fncn · n ua ave Y0 . . 1 A ain I think I hear you reply, I have brought on my lamdy auot Jc r

.g ·n comfort and prosperity and worked hard enrl_y u1HI .lJtlu lu tlu ~~~t ~ could for th em domesticaily and cJucn~ionnlly . But tht8 ltns been

f. f 'l What have you done for Hm1? or your ami y. d f J ? In all this your rightcousncHK

W hat. hnve you one or esus ' . , . II h t dded t o the Lord nor saved nor benefited your fellow~ . uw

:~£~!lou~~~~~~a~~ !~:c~ t~o~i:~:~t~i~o? H~~~~~v~~~Lt.~~fu / 1~~~\·~:~~~~ practised f; r His glory? what sa~rifices !1:we you madC' l ~ r l.l. ~ ~ sn l?~ Can on answer these questions sattsfactonly to your own con~c J L llCe. Nay yif ;our once crucified Lord were to appear, and ask ~~11 c lll\ Jtwu, Wh~t hast thou done for me ? as ask, one day, Ilc surely w~ , c~t:. ·ltl so answer it as to win the plaudit, " Well done, thou goo anc at

1 u

servant?" . . t t th t would cover Alas we fear th nt such an inqmry mth respec o ~ Pfs d f . Him

man of us with shame. The bringing to~ether of the lit~ e .one OI blood who ysou""ht and found and redeemed us m th te~rs an_d_ pwye~s . an~ t In would nppear so insignificant, as to fill us With sou ow an . I~f~,. W e

th. t ~e cannot cry "Come Lord Jesus, come qmc Y· 1s respcc , " " ' ' . H b . ld di ::tbout us

would prefer that. He should tarry awhile, that e s ~n ~the end of and s are us at least another year, that w~ may bette~ answe~ . f H is our rt demption by bringing for th more fnut to the praise and olory o

holy nnme. . . h lSG!) · destined for us This may b~ His gr?-cwus tmll . It may be t_ nt lt t{~~·cc hund red and

Ever one of Its precwus moments mny be oUts . .. s .· G d S ·1xty~five days each one freighted with opportumtiCs for honuftu J1n~ 1 °

· ' . . th t d "'randeur o w nc 1 no and blessing men, opportumties e grea ness an "' b f . on dear an el mind can measure, no angel tongue declar~, may e ~r ! ' hi~ n· re~dcr ; for you, whom ~atan often tem~ts to rep~?~i as h~~~"' t~:lallc~ worth living for . Here IS a work, a t iUst, a puvi ego, ·ted saints spirits envy, and which it seems almost probable th~t ~e·p~I d sixty covet once more to be theirs . They may be three u? Ie f au . . of five days of t rial, of poverty, of affiiction, of persecutJ~n, o, t;~:Js,mss suffering · but if yours, assuredly they will be ~ays whcrcm, - ~·s . ~ l Le aw·

1 on~ b one devils mny be defeated, smful 11ropcn~l lC~ 111

•1Y .

~o~~:m·cd, h~ly~h ;bits mny be formed, sohulsSn~~~ be sav~~, ~:~i~111~~;~~~~~;}~ with the F nther, through the Son, by t e pu~ '· ma:y . .' nl honom be done that will last for ever , covering your spint w~th 1ll

10101 L h ' crlndclening· the hens cnly hosts, and glorifying the t n unc J_chovat .nt !"' I' <=> " • 1 · t' · lc only 11111Jor a Y .. What then, dear reader, will you co m IllS so 1

. S : ·til f . 1 .' · "" love l SG!J ? SufTcr the word of exhortatiOn. P001

• Y o 1 CL cullllno ' . · h ember ur 'L and lovingly do we tender i~, 1:egard~n~ you cit or as a m · friend of the Eabt London Chnstwn MisSIOn. • t ield lo

1 vVaste not an hour in useless regrets. On no accou~ Yt 1 1 des; ondency. Beware of the devil. His favourite method l S

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God's people to inJolcnce, to worlJly-mindednoss, and to sin ; aud then, when tho Spirit of God convinces the soul of it s unfaithfulness, to at­tempt to tb row it into despair, as to the realimtion of anything holier or more God honouring in the fnturc. W e say again, waste not a single hour in useless regrets . If t he past merit condemnation, Iepent honestly and fully before God, lay aside every weight and the sin which doth most easily beset you ; and seck through the ever-availing blood of atone­ment, a renewed sense of the divine favour. Without this unquest ion­ing assurance of the smile of J ehovah, a holier and a happier year will be impossible. But, thank God, " if any man sin, we have an Ad­vocate with the F ather ; and if we confess and forsake our sin, He is fai thful and just to fo rg ive us our sin, and to cleanse us from all un­righteousness ." Be clear here. Start fair. 0! t en tbousnnd thousand hallelujahs for this precious blood, which washes "·biter than snow !

2. Set your l1 cart on living such a year as God himself desires for you. Aim nt nothing short of this. What a curse comes on the Church and the world through Christians copying the miserable exam­ples, and being sat isfied with the narrow, lean attainments of each other l The vain custom of measuring ourselves amongst ourselves, is not wise. Practise it not. Have a holy nmbit ion to do the will, the whole will, nud nothing but the will of God , here in this world in18G 9, as the holy angels will do it in heaven. Tnke the written, explicit, and unchanging re­quirements of Jesus, and all tho poss ibilities of holy living, and all the at­tainments of eminent saints, as your standard. Do what God appoints and the Baviour wills . Laugh at what your own fainting spirit and cold, half­hr:ll'ted professors cnll impossibilities, and cry, " If it be the will of God , if all needed st rength bas been provided for its accompli shment, though self, allll earth and hell be in the way, IT SHALL BE DONE!"

3. Remember th nt, to liYe a holy life , you must be a holy person. Don't be deceived on thi s point, ns thousands are. To do God's will, you must be a man of God. Vain nnd fruitless is the attempt to keep God's holy law with an unholy heart. Justification through the blood of Christ is a blessing of untold value, but snnctification through the Spirit is of equal worth and of everlasting necessity. Without holiness, no mnn shall ,~ec the Lord . Dear render, Satan will beguile you with the notion that tl 10 white robe of purity is indispeu nblc to the employments and felicitieB and associntion of P aradise, but t hat for earth and its duties a lukewarm, backsliding condition will suffice. No more deadly, subtle poison was ever inj ected into a human soul. 0, pause, think. Never, though you should, as I trust you will, live on eternally with heart and mind ever expanding in a sphere of employment ever enbrging,- never, though you should be called to minister at the very footstool of J ehovah himself, will there come a period when it will be so important to Christ and the universe thnt you should be holy as in the year 18G9, if you should spend i t in the midst of this dying world.

Do you belien this ? Will you, then, act upon it? Spared, in infinite mercy, to live th is high and honourable and God-lil:c life, will you not rise up at the th ru~l 10ld of another year, and present the only acceptable offering within your ability ? The altar is ready. Offer YOURSELF, body, soul, and spirit, a holy, ncccptablc sacrifice , which is your rcnsonable service. Alone in your clo ct, give yourself up unreservedly, heedless of loss or gain, the tin1ilcs or frowns of men, the opposition of earth or hell.

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Give yourself to God in deed and in tr~th, _for hotter or ~or worsl', for richer or for poorer, for time and fo r etermty, m all cverlast~ng cov 'Ilfl ~tt never to be broken, and believe that He receins antl Rancti fies tlw g-.Ift which you present; that He receives and saves yo:'- n_ow, on ~he authontr, of His own words-" Him that cometh to me, I will m no wtsc ca t out. Believe that He will save through the year 1869, however chequered and trying its course may be, and through all coming years, nay, through all t ime and all eternity, seeing that H e saves to the uttermost all them that come unto God through Him.

WARNING TO DRUNKARDS. liR01l THE JOURNAL OF TH011AS CIIALK·

I.EY, AN E1Ill\ENT QUAKER, PUB ­

LISHED A'l' LO.I\DON, IN 'l'IIE YEAR

1751.

" AnouT this time (the gootl man was now on hi · passage from America to this country) om doctor ch·eamed a clream, which "·as to this effect, him­self relating it to me. He thought that he wont on shore at a great and spacious town, tho buildings whereof were high, and tho streets broad; and as he went up tho street he saw a large sign, on which was written in great golden letters, SHAME. At the door of the hou~e, to which the sign belonged, stoocl a woman with a can in her hand, who saitltmto him, ' Doctor, will you drink?' He replied, ' With all my heart; I have not ch·unk anything but water a great while; ' tom wine and cider were all spent, as we had had a long passage) ; and he drank a hearty ell-aught, which he said made him merry ; so he went up the street reeling to and fro, when a grim fellow coming behiml him, clapped him on the shoulder, and said, that he ar­rested him in the name of the gover­nor of the place . He asked him for what? and said, ' ·what have I clone ? ' H e answered, ' For stealing the woman's can : ' tho can he had in­deed, and so he was taken before the governor , which was a mighty black dog, the biggest and grimmest that he had e'Ver seen in his life ; ancl evi­deuce was brought against him by an old companion of lris, and he was found guilty; and his sentence was to go to prison, and there to lie for ever.

" He told me this th·eam so ptmctu­ally, aml with such au emphasis, that i t affected me with serious sadness, ancl caused my heart to move within

me, for to me the dream seemecl true, and the inter1Jretation smc. I tJ1en told him he was an ingenious man, ancl might clearly see the interpreta­tion of tlmt dream, which exactly an­swered to his state aml condition ; and I thus interpreted it to him:-' 'flus grcnt aml Hpacious place, whereof U10 builtlings were high, aml the streets broad, is tl1y great and high profes­sion ; the sign, on which was written 8/wme, and the woman at the door, witl1 the can in her hand, truly repre­sent that great, crying, and shameful sin of ch·tmkenness, which thou know­est to be thy great wealmess; t~e grim fellow which arrested thee, m the devil's territories is Death, who will assmeclly arrest all mortals; the O'Overnor which tJ10u sawcst in the form of a great black dog, is certainly the devil, who, after Jus s n ·1mtshavc served him to tlw utmost, will torment tJiem otemally in hell ! ' So he got up, as it were, in haste, uncl saitl, 'God forbid ! It is nothing but u. ch·eam.' But I told him it was a very signifi­cant one, and a warning to him fi·om the Almighty, who som<Jtimes speaks to men in ch·eams."

Mter a single parugmph, r·elating to their· passage, weather, &c., the good man resmnes his story thus : "Now about this time (being some days after the doctor's dream), a grievous accident happened to us. 'Yo meeting with a Dutch vessel in Linw Buy, hailed her, and she us. They stticl they came fi·om Lisbon ancl wore bound for H ol­land. She was loaded with wine, brandy, fruit, and uch like c?nun~ldi­tios; and we, tliereforo, haVIDg hLllo but water to chink (because om ]litH­sage had been longer than " . t':'· pcctoll), sent om boat t? the111, . J ll

order to buy us a little wmc to tlnuk with our water. 0lll' doctor, and tL

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merchant that was a passenger , ancl one s::Ulor, went on board, where they stayed so long, thnt some of them were overcome ,\'.iUt wine, although tl1ey " ·ere desii·ed to beware thereof; so that when they came back, a rope being handed to-them, they being f1lled witlt wine unto excess, were not capa­ble of using it dexterously, insomuch that they ovcrset the boat, and she tlll'nod bottom upwards, having the doctor nnrlPr her. The merchant cau"ht holtl of n rope, whereby Jus life

0 was saved. The sailor, not get­

ting so much drink as tJw other two, O'Ot nimbly on the bottom of tl1e boat, ~cl floatecl on the water, till such time as om other boat was hoisted out, which was clone with great speed, and we took him in ; but the doctor was ch·ownecl before the boat canre . The seaman tl1at sat upon the boat saw him sinlc, but could not help him.

" This "-as the greatest exereise we mot with in our whole voyage; and tho more so, as the doctor was of an evil life and conversation, and much .-riven to excess of drinking. \V1ton he "Ot on hoard the aforesaid ship, the ma~ter sent for a can of wine, and said, 'Doctor, will you drink?' He replied, 'Yes, with all my heart, for I've clrm1lc no wine a great while.' Upon which he drank a hearty clr~ug~tt that made him merry, us he said m his dream. And notwithstanding the admonition which was so clearly mani­fested to him but till·ee clays before, and the many promises he had made to Almighty God, some of which. I was witness of, when strong conVIc­tions "·ere upon him, yet no'': he ~'as uultappily overcome, and was m chmk when he was drowned.

" This is, I think, a lively represen­tation of the temler mercy, and just judgment of the Alnlif;hty to poor mortals ; and I thought 1t was wor~1y to be recorded to posterity as a WUI"lllllg to all lovers of wine ancl strong liquors.

" Tl:ris exorcise was so great to me, tl1at I could not, for several clays, get over it; and one day, while I .was mnsina ii1 my mind on those things relatii.:'g to the doctor, it was opened to me, that Gocl and his sen·an~ were clear, and lu blood lay on his own head ; for he hacl been faithfully wnrned of hiR evil wftyR."

AN UNDIVIDED HEART FO R JESUS.

I nAvE given God my tmcli\'idecl hear t.; bolicvinrr thn,t he does accept it, a11 tl believing that "tho blootl of Christ clean seth me fi·om all sin." Like a stone which the builder takes antl puts on the foundation, so do I lie on Christ's blood and God's promises; giving God my soul and body, a living sacrifice, and covenanting with ltiin, never to doubt more : my language is, sink or swim-lost or saved-! will believe ; I will sooner die than doubt. Tl:ris decision of mind. at­tended with a refusal to regard fra1nes and feelings as any criterion of my state-but believing he docs save me, whether filled or emptied-raised np or cast clown; leaving the quantity of comfort to Gocl's wisdom, knowing I am not saved by feeling, but by faith . It is holiness I want, and have- not e:r;tasy. A solid peace is my bii'th­riO'ht; with that I am content. If G~d give me more, I am thanHul ; if not, l am content, ]mowing that tho trial of my faith is more precious than uncertain extasics. I never look at my imperfections and shortcomings without believing tJ1at His hlootl does, that moment, wash tJ1em all away. One act of faith docs more goocl th an twenty years' pmycrs and duties with­out it. My prayer is now dili'eront fi·om what it formerly was. I don't ask, expecting an answer at some other time, but I believe I ·rccci~e ·it now, 1vhile I am 'praying, ancl tho Holy Ghost says, you luwo it.

PREVAILING PRAYER. To pmy effectually, you must pmy with submission to the will of God. Don't confound submission with indif­ference. No two things are more un ­like. I once knew an individu:1l como where there was a revival. He himself was cold, :1nd did not enter into tho spirit of it, and had no spirit of pmyer; :1nd when he hen.rd the brethren pray as if they could not be denied, he was shocked at their boldness, :1nd kept all the time insisting on tho import:1uce of praying with submission; when it was us plain as anything could be, that he confounded submission with indiffer­ence.

So again, don't confound submission

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in pr11yer with 11 general confidence th11t God will do wh11t is ri,.ht in all things. But this is 11 differ~nt thing from submission. What I me11n by submissiott in pmycr, is, 11ef!uicsccnce in the reve11led will of God. To submit to 11ny command of God is to oh0y it. S.ubmission to some suppos11ble or pos­Sible, but secret decree of God, is not submission. To submit to 11ny dispen­sation of Pl'Oviclence is impoRsible till i t comes. For we never c11u know wh11t the event is to be, till it t11kes place. 'r11ke 11. case :-David, when his child was sick, was distressed, and arrouised in prayer, and refused to be co~rorted . He took it o much to he11rt, th11t when the child died, his servants were 11fraid to tell him the child was dead, for fear he would vex himself still worse. But as soon as he heard the cbild was de11d, he b id aside his grief, 11nd arose, 11nd asked for food, 11nd ate and drank as usu~l. While the child was yet 11livc, he did not know wh11t was the will of God, 11nd so he fasted and pmyed, 11nd said, "Who c11n tell whether God will be gracious to me, th11.t my child m11y live ?" He did not know but that his l'rayer. an~ agony was the very thing on wluch It turned, whether the child was to live or not. lie thought that if h e humbled himself 11nd entreated God, pcrh11ps God would spare him this blow. But as soon 11s God's will11ppearen, and the child was dead, he bowed like a s11int. He seemed not only to acquiesce, bnt actn11lly to take a satisfaction in it. •· I shall go to him, but he sh 11ll not return to me." This w11s true submis­sion. He reasoned correctly in theca e. While he h a•l no reveln.tion of the will of God, he did not know but what the child's recovery depended on his prayer. But when he had a revelation of the will of God, he submitted. While the will of God is not known, to submit, without prayer, is tempting God. Perh11ps, and for aught you know, the fact of your offering the right kind of prayer, m11y be the thing on which the event turns. In the case of an impenitent friend, the very condition on which he is to be s:.tved from hell, may be the fcn'l'IIC!J and impr11'tu nity of yul/1' praye1• for that individual.

It must be persevering prayer. .As a general thing, Chri ·ti11ns who have backslidden and lost the spirit 1 of prayer, will not get at once into the ltahit of per evering prayer. Their minds arc not in a right state, 11nd they c11nnot fix their minds, and holu on till the blessing comes. If their

minds were in that state, that· they would persevere till t he 11nswer comes, effectual prayer might be offer d at once, as well as aftor pmying ever so many times for an object. But thoy have to pmy ag11in and 11g11in, bec:mso their thoughts 11re so apt to w11ndcr a way, and arc so easily diverted from the object to something else. Until their minds get imbued with the spirit of prayer, they will not keep fixed to one point, and push their peti tion to an issue on the spot. Do not think you are prepared to offer prevailing pmyer if your feel ings will let you pmy once for an object, 11nd then leave it. Most Christians come up to pre­vailing prayer by a protracted process. 'l'heir minds gradually become filled with anxiety about an object, so th11t they will even go abont their businesR, sig-hing out their desires to God.. Just as the mother whose child is sick, goes round her house, sighing a if her heart would break. And if she is a pmying mother , her s ighs are breathed out to Gou all the d11y long. If she goes out of the l'Oom whei·e her child is, her mind is still on it; and if shP. is asleep, still her thoughts are on it, and she starts in her dreams, thinking it is dyil1g. Her whole mind is absorbed in t hat sick child. 'rhis is t he state of mind in which Christians offer prevailing prayer.

What was the reason th11t Jacob wrestled all night in pmycr '~ith God? He knew that he had done h is brother Es11u a great injury, in getting away the birthright a long time ag . And now he was informed that his injureil brother was coming to meet him, with 11n 11.nuccl force altogether too powerful for him to contend against. And there was gre11t reason to suppose he was coming with a pU1·pose of revenge. 'I'herc were two I·easons then why he should be distressed. The first was, nhat he had done this great injury, and h::id never made any reparation. The other was, that Es11u was coming with 11 force sufficient to crush him. Now, what does he do? Why, he fir,.t m·­mnge every thing in the best mam1cr h e can to meet his brother, sending his present first, then his property, then his family, putting those he loved most farthest behind. .And by this time his mind was so exerciscil that he could not cont11in himself. He goes away alone over the brook, and pours out his very soul in an agony of prayer all night. .A . .nd just 11s the clay wn.s break­ing, the angel of the 1covcn:1nt sa id, "Let me go;'' and his whole being

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was, as it were, agonis r~ at the t,~oug~1t of giving up, and he cned out, I WI~~ not let thee go except thou. bless me. llis soul wn..~ wrought up 111to agony, 11nd he obt11.inecl the blessinf, but he always bore the marks of It, and showed that his body had been grcat~y affected by this mental struggle. This is prevailing pmyer. .

Now do not •deceive yourselves with thinki~g th11t you offer effectual ~myer, unless you have this .inten~e desl:l'e f?r the blessing. I don t believe I~ I~. Prayer is not effectual unless It. IS offered up with an agony of desll'e. The apostle Paul spe11ks of . it as a travail of the soul. Jesus Christ, wh~n he was praying in the garden, was 111 such an agony, that he sweat as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. I have never known a person sweat blood; but I have known a person pmy till the blood started from the no e. ~nd I h11ve known P.er­sons pray till they were all wet WI~h perspiration, in the: coldest weather 111 winter. I have known persons pray for hours, till their strength was a~l exhausted with the a.1ony . of th.err minds. Such prayers prevmled with Gocl.-Ji'i.nncy.

AGONISING PRAYER. Why should it be thought st.r~nge

that those that are full of the Spmt of Christ should be proportionably, in their iove to souls, like to Christ? who had so strong a love to them and C?n­cern for them as to be willing to dnnk the dl'egs of the cup of G~d's fll1·y for them; and at the same time that he offered up his blood for souls, offered up also, as their ~igh priest, strong cry­ing and tears, with an e~reme agonr, wherein the soul of Christ was, as It were in travail for the souls of the elect: and therefore in saving them he is said to see of the trav11il of his soul. .As such a spirit of love. to, and C?~cern for, souls, was the spint of Chnsu- so it is the spirit of the church; and there­fore the church, in desiring and seek­ing that Christ might be brought forth in the world, 11nd m the souls of men, is represented, Rev. xii., as "a wo~an crying, travailing in birth_, ~ncl pamed to be delivered." The spint of those that h11ve been in distress for the souls of others, so far as I can discern, seems not to be different from that of the apostle, who tra~ailed . for souls, and was ready to wish himself accursed from Christ for others. .And that of the Ps~lmist, Ps11lm1 cxix. 53, " Horror

hath taken hold upon me, because of thelwicked tlmt,forsake thy law." And

1 n 6 "Rivers of waters run clown ~in~ 'eyes becl1use they keep not thy law " .An'dlthat of the prophet J ere­miah, ch11p. iv. l!J, "llfy bowels! ~~ bowels ! I am pained at ~y :'ery he~rt i 1\Iy heart maketh a no1se 111 me · cannot hold my peace ! because thou hast heard. 0 my soul, the s~und of the trumpet the all1rm of war ! ,, ~nd so, chap. ix. \ and xiii. 17' 11?-d Isamh, xxii. 4. We read of l\1orcleci1I, 'Yhen he SI1W his people in danger of bemg ~les­tro ed with a temporal clestructwn, E tyh . ·v 1 that he "rent his clothes,

s er I . ' . 1 h and and put on sackcloth wit 1 as ea, . went out into the midst of the City, and cried with a loud 11nd. bitter cry." .And why then ~hould persons bo thought to be distracted, when they Cl1nnot forbear crying out at the con-'d t ' of the misery of those tb11t si era ton . ? J,

are going to eternal destructiOn.- on-atltan Ed1va1·cls.

A STRANGE WISH FU L FILLED. A WOMAN in the town of Frome was tl1ken ill. She was urged to repe?-t, but rofused, saying she saw no nec~ssity for it-she was no£ such a great s111ner as to need repentl1nce. The doc~or ~11me : be saw at once she" was very Ill, and frankly said to her, If you have not made your peace with God, ,~o so, 11t once, as you are near de11th. Sh~ replied, "Doctor, I would rather r~cov~r 11nd hl1ve seven years of pleasure 111 th~s world and go to hell h ereafter' thl1n die now to go to heaven." Strange to say, sh e got better' had her seven yel1r~ of pleasure and then sickened and died. Her death was au awful one. _S? gr~l1t was her mental anguish, and so plercmg her shrieks, that her friends cot~ld n~t endure to be in the room; and m thi agony she died.

BE SOMETH I NG . BE something ! Something thl1t ~od and good men will admire-som~th111g that will command the approbatwn ?f your highest judgment. The church l S full of automatons. No'riii~GS! Mere professors! The professiOn and a decent outside is all they have and ~11 they care about. Let it not ~e .so wlth

Be a worker a doer, h v111g out b~¥~re men the bl~ssed and bea~tiful religion of Jesus, a patter~ of hol111ess, for others to fall in love with and copy, winning by your words, anrl; example ~he unsaved around you to punty, paradise, and to God.

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QUENCHI NG TH E SPIRIT.

"Ephraim is joined to idols. Let him alono."­Hosea iv. 17.

THERE is a time, we know not when A point, we know not where, '

That marks the destiny of man, To glory or despair.

The1·e is a line, by us unseen, 'l'hat crosses every path,­

The hidden boundary between God's patience and His wrath.

To pass that limit is to die, 'l'o die as if by Rtealth.

It does not quench the beaming eye, Or pale the glow of health.

The conscience may be still at ease, The spirits light and gay ;

That which is pleasing still may please, And can be thrust away.

But on that forehead God has set Indelibly a mark,

Unseen by man, for man, as yet, Is blind, and in the dark.

And yet the doom'd man's path below l\fay bloom as Eden bloomed :

He did not, does not, will n ot know Or feel that he is doomed.

lie knows, h e feels that all is well, And every fear is cn.lmed.

H e lives, he dies : he wakes in hell, Not only doomerl, but dmnned.

0, where is t his mysterious bourne By which our path is crossed,

Beyond which God himself hath sworn That he who goes is lost?

How far mn.y we go on in sin? How long will God forbear?

Where does hope end? and where begin 'rhe confines of despair?

An answer from the skies is sent : Y c that from God depart,

While it is called to-day, REPENT, And harden not your heart.

J . A, ALEXANDER.

MY FATHER.-The sun does not shine upon a few trees and flowers, but for the world's joy. The lonely pine on the mountain-top waves its sombre boughs and cries, "Thon ::trt my sun." And the little violet lifts up its cup of blue and whispers, with its perfumed breath, "Thou ::trt my sun." So God sits in heaven, not for a bvoured few, but for the universe of life ; ::tnd there is no cre::.ture so poor or so low, who m::ty not, through Jesus, look up with child-W.:e confidence ::tnd s::ty, "My Father, thou :nt mine ! "

N EW BOOKS.

EARNERT liEARTS; or, Words of Lovo. By Wm. Ouin . Book Society, 28, Paternoster Row.

This little book is, us the t itle pngo implies, n brief nppenl for earnest-hearted labour iu tho Snl>bntll·school. 0, tho untoltl vuluo of such l abourers among tho young, us n.rc herein des­cribed 1 1\Iay God, in infinite mercy, multiply them I The following little iccidont, rein tO<! in the boo It , will give its cLaracter :-

"A trnct distributor, who was generally most attentive to his duty, allowed himself to bo Uotuincd nt home one Habbnth aft ernoon, on account of the excessive rain. ·when his little dnughtct· returned from tho ~al>IJatll ­!Whoo], she saw his huntlle of tracts lying upon tho tnUlc, n.nU immediu.tely inquircU,

"' Fnthor, hnvcn't you been "ith your trnots ?'

" • No, my dear.' " ' ATo you not going "itb them. fnther ? ' "'Not to-day, my dcn1·: it i !; so very wet.' "' 0 father, let me r.:o with them. I have got

my bonnet on, nnd I sbnll soon tuke t!Jem l'OUlld .'

" ' No, no ! It is too wet for any one to go tllis nftcruoon . We must stny ut homo, my dcru·.'

"The child, however, was •ycry urgent witli h or fntb cr . S!Jc snill sbo tbou~bt it woul<l be such 11 pity for tho poor people to be disap­pointed of their tracts, aud. she would ta.kc great care not to get wet. At l n•t 1ho father gayc his couscut, nnd nwny went the cbiltl with tho bundle of tracts.

"Amongst other houses, she cnmc to one whore there was no respon se to her knock Rho waited patiently and then lnwcli:ed agnin. Still no reply. The rain wns coming do-wn fast, nnd th o nftcrnoon wns particularly gloomy. Tllerc were many t·cnson s why she should leave thnt honso nncl go to tho !next.

" But per!Japs the person belonging to tho hou~e was taking a short nnp, or hall gone up­Rtairs to dress ; so she knoclwtl ngnilJ, much louder tbau before. Then s!Jc t!Jougbt abo hcnrd somebody movin g about, and nftcr an­other knock the door wns opened, and n. res­peetably-dressed hut unhnppy-looking womfm took in th o tmct. The child tinishcu tile roun<l nnd wcui homo. On tho n xt Sa.l>bnt.h, when tho father cnmo to tlJO house where his HtUo lln.ughter hnd hccn waiUng so long, th e same wnma.n appeared, but with a countmfnnco ycry clilferent from that which she wore on tho vrevious Snbbn.th .

" ' \Vbo was that dear child,' she asked, 'that brought the trnots last Sunday? '

"'l\1y Uttlc daughter. I wasn't inclined to come myself, because it was Mo very wet. But when she cumc from the Suut.ln.y-sclwol, nnd founfl that I bnd not gone with tb e tracts , she Ucggcd very hurd to tnko them for me; and I hnvc really· Iclt nsbnmcd ever since that I al­lowed tho wet tq keep me nt homo, seeing that my little gil'l was not afl't1iu of it.' replicu t!Jo distributor.

"'"'\Veil ,' enid tho woman, 'I shnll have to l•luss Go <! 'to nll eternity th at t!Jat cililu ever hrougbt the tracts ;round 1nHt Sm1day. I had been in n YCr y bad wny for a long time an<! llnil got so !o'w, tl1at If It as if I could not bear to live any lonqcr; n.ncl lnst Sun­clay nJtcrnoon I went uvstairs with the intcu­tion of dc !::.troying myself. I had fnstcnctl a rope round the bcd-]Jost, hnd made n noose in it, nnd w:ls just slip11hlg it ronnel my necl<, when your little daug!Jle1· !mocked at lh c <loor. I did Hot lmow who it was, lHtt tltong11tl wonltl wnit until th e person had gone away. Sho !mocked several times. 'l'hon I thought it

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would bo better to 1(0 down nn<l soc who it was, and afterwards cowo lJitck nncl complete my wickedness. 'VIwt1 1 fuuml it wns nothing but tho trnct1 I f(\lt vm·y nngry ; but your dear little girl l lnntl{'tl lu tho tract with suc h a loving look[ t.hnt. I was obliged to tnke it; and God mad li o trnct t.lie menus of turning me from my \ddH•tl purpose, antl of dispellin g n11 my gloom nucl tloulJt.s . It loll me to Cb1·ist. And now I n tH lln:vpy in His l ove, nnd rejoice that God hat~ spnrcd my lifo .'"

EAST LON DON CH RISTIAN MISSION.

W H IT ECHAP EL. ON the evening of the 29th November, tho service ::tt the East London Theatre was conducted by "an aged disciple," who has seen much service for the Mast er, in different parts of the world, ::tnd who has been privilegetl to shout v ictory in many a conflict for Him, with the powers of earth and hell. The sermon was founded on the lingerers in Sodom, and a powerful, clear, and lov­ing appeal was made to those who were undecided about their soul's salv::ttion. At the close there were over thirty ::tnxious souls. The people of God were gre::ttly cheered. It was a blessed night. •ro God be all the pmise !

We h::tve been favoured with a visit from Mr. P . Stewart, of Edinburgh. He c::.me ::tt a most opportune moment. Laid aside ourselves, he took our place, and conducted meetings almost every night, at which many were awakened, ::tnd some, we trust, saved for eternity. In another column we give a brief re­port of a wo1·k which God has used our brother to originate in Edinburgh. From what we can gather from this r eport, ::tnd from ·wh::tt we saw of our dear Brother Stewart, the spirit of this movement seems to be in thorough har­mony with the East London Mission . May God use it to save myriads of the neglected outcasts in that highly-fa­voured city.

OUTDOOR WORK IN DECEMBER. Bno. DrnALINE writes ;- Our out-door services nrc still full of interest, nncl great good is being tlone. We have been surpri sed uud much en­cmnnged by the attendance of so many people during the late cold damp weu.thcr ; sometimes buntlrccls bavo stood listening while the raic bas been falling.

In connecti on with the Wbitecbapel work alone wo lwcp up eight meetings per week in the open air. 'Vhen the weather is bad, we make our stay shorte:r, telling th e people we are going ind oors, nncl inviting them to n.cconl­pany us ; n.rul when too stot·my to !S tand nt all, we sing through the pmu·ing rain , and tho raging wind to tho then.tre, mustering tho people as wo go.

While wo llnvo to oncouuter much porsecn· tion, nnd nro troato(\ with sco• n on ovoq hl'nd,

yet tho blessed results we meet with nlm,ost daily ch eer ns on. We oft en see tears flowmg and hearts melted down on the crowded road side, while we nrc telling of Jesus. One night, after :1. meeting in the Mile End Road,amancnmc to the Mission Hall, asking to see tbe person who ba<l been spcalticg, staticg ili at be b ntl been saved on the spot. Another night, nt the close of a service in Gibraltar "'\Vall{, three people came to me, and said they would join with us, and give up their course of life. .

Another time, while engaged in prayer 1n the midst of a large and attentive congregation. the Lord answered and came down, and sweetly opened the heart of a womsm in tho crowd as he <lid tba t of Lydia. She burst into tears an<! wept nnd prayed during the address that lol· lowed, and ere tho service closed, laid hold of her Saviour by faith, then received the pm·don of her sins, and shouted for joy among tho people.

Iu Sutton Street, Commercial Road, we have had mu.ny excellent meetings, indeed wo never have a barren time. Many, many broken hearts have rejoiced on this spot of ground, and have blessed God that we ever went there. Tho other night two men came llore to malw game of us. They l<ept talking loudly am! laughing, but soon their mouths were shut; tears were seen running down their faces, deep conviction took hold of \hom, and they con· !esse<! that wo were rigllt, and that they would like to live tho lifo and die tho donth of tho 1·ighteous. All glory to J csus.

From ::tll parts ofthe mission, similar evidence is borne of the effectiveness of t he open-air work, although carried on, as will be thought by many, at a. time altogether out of season . From a. let­ter sent in by an indefatigable worker ::.t Shoreditch, we make one or two extracts.

I am happy to say the work of God is still goin g on :in und out of doors with us. The other day two fine looking Irishmen camo to me at the close of th e service, one of them said that when he first onme up to the crowcl he felt ns though he would lilte to oppose mo, but in some wn.y ho felt that what I su.i.d was true, thn.t he felt he was a poor lost sinner, and uskecl what bo must do to be saved? I u<lvise<l him ns well ns I could. He grasped my hand at pru·ting, with the tears in his eyes, and said, "God bless you wherever you go, and wherever you prerwb. I nm a man of five languages, and in a good position, but nev r felt like this before." His comrade appeared equally moved.

Last Sunclny, although the morning lool{ed very unfavom·able, we commenced our service nt Solnter Street about ten, bnt between twelve and one we wm·e compelled to g ive up by a heu.vy rain. As we went towards homo we found numbers of people sheltering under a t•oilwn.y m·ob, we thought wo ought not to lot tbeso 11eople escape without a word or two, so we sung a hymn an<! nske<l them to givo their heads to God, and after I h ad j:!Ot home, a friend brought a mn.n with him, who hnd been convicted out of doors, for me to pray with him. He professed to find the L ord tborc anu then in my bouse, and h e hns been with us ever since, praising God in eyery meetll1g.

IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS. A DEVOTED sister labouring as :1 Bible woman in Whitechapel, sends us t he following :-

'l'here is that in religion which is suitnblo for every circumstance ic humanlife; whcthol'

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it be poverty or riches, sickness or hcnlth . It suits the poor , for it r eminds them thnt there ~s the ~dngdom of honvcn. It suits th e rich , for 1t remmds them t hat they are God's stewards, nntl under solemn obligation to usc their wealth for his glory. It suits t he afflicted, for i t t ells of n heavenly inheritance in the land where Jesus lives, and the inhabitants never sny, "I am sick." It suits in h ealth, for it causes the heart to overflow wi th gratitude to the Giver of every good gift, and impels its possessor to use the strength given, in working for Him who has purcba eel nil t hings for us by ills tJrecious IJluotl . I was much plcr•sed and eilificcl with the experience of a poor woman whom I visited the other day, and found happy in tho deepest aOliction and poverty.

'I' he firtt time I went t o the house was to sec the daughter, who had professed to give her heart t o God at the New East London 'l'bentJ·c a fe w weeks ago. I knocked at the door, a lt­ing God to give me n. ·word in season to who­eyer I might see . It was opened by a little gtr_l, and on going in, I found a man sitting qmctly by the fire, taking very little notice of any thing. I saw at once he was suffering very much, and on maldng inquiries found he had been laid U}l several years with a bad leg, and, what was more sad to bear, there was no hope of it ever being cured. The daughter was not nt home, so I t alked to the father, and found Lc was a stranger to the pence which passcth unders tanding, and that he h ad not learned the grand lesson of submission to tho will of God. I could see be k new the plan of sal­vation, but thought i t h ard of God to afflict him in such a way, and his heart rebellet.l against Him. H e told me he could not bear to sit thoro an d see his wife and children nearly starving. He could n ot bear the thought of her slaving from morning till night to earn a crust of bread for them. There wore six cbilurcn besides themselves. I talked to him ns well as I could, anti tried to persuude him that Gncl floes all thingR well , but he coul rl not sec it in his case. I left bim promising to call again. I <lid so the other dny, and met with a very hearty reception from his wife. I soon found that she was no stranger to the Jove of God; we were old friends in a few minutes, nnd t all<ed together of t he Saviour's love ancl grace. •

1he scarcely hinted at her trjals, but I coul d sec slto was very delicn.te, and quite unfit to work n. s she did for her husband and family. I asked her if she was not very tired some­times. Sho said, '" Yes, but, bless the Lord, lie helps me on, and I am happy in his love. I fear nothing. I always get on very well.'' Her husbnnd turned round and said, "You do not look fi t for much when yon come home at uight half dead from your day's work." "Oh well," she said, " God gives me more sb'ength next morning, and I go on ngain. llc gives i t as I need it, and no more." And so she continued, all the time praisin g God for his goodness. I could see she made it her business to mulco h er afflicted husband as happy as she could, and the lit tle ones were clean, though poorly clad, ucither had she forgotten to teach them about her J esns. She regretted t hat she was not able to attend tho means of grace oftener, " :Uut, tbnn]{ Goa," suid she, "I can find Him ::mywhere, and he can bless me just the sume at home, or at work, as if I were at the meet­ings with his people." Indeed, it did my soul good to hear her, for she wus one of those who thank Gocl for nil t hings . Before lenving I proposecl t o have a litt le prayer. We all knelt in t hat humble little room, and I felt i t good to pour out my heart in prayer to Him who is no reSllCcter of persons, but who hcnrs all who caU upon him, and stoops to form acquaintance with those who seem forgotten ·by t he g1·eat ones of the carth1 nnd condescends to elwell

beneat h the roof where poverty and suffering are the guests. Truly I felt Gou is here. I thought ns I walked nlong home, tll nt woman has got the reHgion of Jesus, and it ennhlcs her to rejoice evermore, and in everything to g ive thnn1cs. She is one of those I trust, who will stand nmoug the multitude who havo como out of great tribulation, and h~ve wnshed their robes and made them white in the bloocl of the Lamb." 'Vo rejoice to know she is not the only one. Many whom the world have scarcely known, nnd who have been the sul.Jjocts of poverty here '\ill be found at God's right hand , having exclumgcd t,heir rngs for his gnrmcnts of beauty : their sorrow will then bo turned into joy, they shall hunger no more, neither tltirst nuy mo1·e, but with the palms of victory in their hnntls,nnU.a crown of glory on tbcirh cnds, they shall "Sit down with him on his throne, even as he overcnme, and is set down with his Father on his tbrone.''

POPLAR. THE brother stationed here writes :­" I am happy to inform you that the Lord's work is progressing, and im­mortal souls are being saved ; all glory be t o J esus I The Lord has very much blessed us these last three weeks. Our preaching· services have beeu accom­panied with much of t he power of the Holy Ghost ; and our private meetings have been the means of much blessing t o our souls. Last Thursday, at one of our believers' meetings,over eighty were present . We all consecrated ourselves afresh to J esus, and the spirit of prayer came down on us most richly. Some present seemed to be literally " filled with the Spirit," and enabled through his power to exercise faith for the sal­vation of precious souls. It was a glorious meeting- a time never to be forgotten ; to God be all the glory. On Stmcby last we had forty-four at our breakfast meeting ; and as it was so wet that we could not go into the open air, we held a meeting in the hall. A young man, a navvy, who was pre­sent , came forward and gave his hear t to God. He wept and trembled in an agony for about an hour and a half be­fore he found t he pearl of great price. At· last, however, he was enabled to cast his guilty soul on Jesus, and went home rejoicing, knowing that all h is sins were wa hed :tway through the blood of the Lamb. In the afternoon we broke bread together , and a blessed season we had. The Holy Ghost broke our he:trts afresh, and we rejoiced with joy unspeak:tble and full of glory. In the evening Brother Stevens preached at the Oriental 'fheatre, with unusual power, and many sinners were pricked in their hearts. At the commencement of the prayer meeting a poor backslider, who h11s been W:1Ildering ronnel to aU

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our meetin g~~ rnr Mnmo t ime, c:tmc for­ward, cry i n~r 1d011<l fo r mercy, and the Lord soon HIW! 't l him . Eight others professctl to lind ,JeHus. On~ . a poor womrm, who one!' knew the Lord, but for a ltlll g' ti111u had forgotten Him, was restor •cl, in answer to the pmyers of a Christian husband. To God be all t he glory I

A TE<;RIUBLE BLASPHEME R, DRUNKARD, .AND I NFIDEL.

THE following are two of the facts referred to: by the brother s t:tt ioned here, in his let ter in our November num­ber, b)lt for which we had no space.

S. H. is above sixty years of age, is :tn iron ship-builder, and for many years he earned :tbove . £ 5 per week, and spent it in drunkenness and de­bauchery. He h as been several times to Arbour Squ:tre police-st ation, and had to pay five shillings and costs for being drunk and incapable. He was a t error t o all t he men who worked under him ; h e attended our open-:tir service, and God sent the Word home t o his soul with power . He after­wards came to the Orient:tl Theatre, and again t he Word went as an arrow to his heart. He was so deeply con­victed of sin that he could neither sleep nor e:tt. He c:tme t o the Tem­perance Hall one Monday evening, and gave himself up t o God, but be did not get peace th:tt night . He was out of w01·k at the t ime, and hn.d to apply at the workhouse for relief. On t he fol­lowing Thursday, while,waiting t o go in before the Board, his distress reached such a clim~'C that he felt as if he wore going to die, and sink into hell tl1ere :tnd then . He beg:tn praying for mercy just where he stood, and the Lord at once shone in upon his soul ; he perceived that J esus was willing to receive him ; he believed, and was ftlled with joy and peace. When he went in before the Board he t old them that God, for Christ 's s:tke, had p:tr­doned his sins, and that whether they g:•ve him anything or no, the God who had s:tved his soul would supply the n eed of his body. He went home :tnd told his wife wh:tt t he Lord h ad done for him and she thought he had gone out of !~is mind. And she has since prov d th at he ~ad gone out of hi~ ~wn mind int o the mm d of J esus. I v1s1ted them regubrly ; the wife was soon brought to see herself a sinner. She came t o the Oriental Theat re, and g:tve h er heart t o God, :tnd now they are walking in th way to heaven together .

It is six months since his conversion. After this man h ad spoken his expe­l·ience one Sabbath aftem oon, a Chris­t ian brother got up and said : " I know that man 's former character ; I worked under him for some time, and almost every word he uttered w:ts an oath. After God has saved a man like th:tt, no one in London need despair ."

.AN OBSTINATE CASE . Another dear woman, Mrs. W --,

came to the t emperance hall to retlll'n thanks for her recovery from illness. During the service she saw for the first t ime what 11 sinner she was, and went home very miserable. She came ag:tin and gave her h eart to God, :tnd went away 1·ejoicing. When she got home she told her husband what God h ad done for her. He w:ts very much an ­noyed, a.nd opposed her attending the services, but sh e persevered, and spe­cial prayer was offered for the husband. ShorLly after, h e was persun.ded to at­tend the Oriental, and God sent the Word home with power to his soul. He was deeply convicted, and felt ashamed to let any one know of it, but the wound was deepened in his heart , and he became very misem ble. One 1\fonday morning his wife c:tme to t ell me that he was so wretched he could not sleep. I told her to per­suade him to come t o the Tempemnce Hall at n ight, but he would not. His wife came, and we prayed mightily for him ; and when she went h ome he was crying for God to have mercy on him and pardon his sins. After praying together until about half-past one in the morning, light shone into his soul, and he was enabled to believe unto s:tlvation . H usband and wife are now walking very consistently in the ways of the Lord.

I could give you many similarly en­couraging cases, .proving the power of God to s:tve to the u ttermost all wh o c:tll upon H is name through Christ ; but I fear my letter will be too long, so I must reser ve them for another t ime.

Yours in J esus, JAMES DOWDLE,

SCLATER STREET, BETHNAL GREEN.

A BROTHER writes :-We are having good meetings here, and souls are being awakened and anxious 11t almost every service.

Last Sunday, a man, :tbout fifty years of age, made the following statement: -

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[Jan. 1, 18GD. r I Lava boon II dog fancier and a . hut, tl >rough all, felt there "'' pigeon fl~cr, ~~ore .I n ccdctl willcl1 I did not ~et ·~:r~!~bgy

Christ wns n ot ·th Brigham Young . on lear we m ust worship

o pigeons or the dogs On S d 'lm s teeming down Club Row withn ,;;'yY l!~yst,toi JUy wo btrd cages ·h '

t aken by t.. t d' " en my. attention was

t · E ~ n.n(_ tts Bnghnm Young was ~? t~~ ~fdgl~nd, h'·o must worship tho apostles continued ~'kw. o nroip,h·cscut; nnd that if I of m . otmou s ould nt some period h. ylfeXlst_cnce be ns grcnt n being as Got! . uo ou · oor prcnchmg I t .

and h stencd, nnd was much atl'ccted. I :.;l 0~ ~0 ';ll¥ h;,tlo Uoy, ana said, "'l'hat is ver , ~10} tsnt1t ? an llhcauswcred "Yes ·t· i{~ 0(. ' ~was invited to tho meoti~g and \~ih a her." m g, I went. The truth l aid hold 'of me e even . g~:~ my hhentt to my J esus, and I have' ~~~e; f r so "l?PY befOI'C. I awoko this morning ee mg so light; tho burden had gone otr m hear~. [H e attends every meetin d Y happier every day.] g, an seems

mnse now Is, anelthnt h e bein b . t . law of progress would th • b g su JCC to th1s than I was no,\!. 'rbe o;n e tts niuch gre~ter ~ro~ ass~}iatingwith the ~o~~~~~tw~si~~~e:~~-~ r~~d m~'~ edge, nud I determinec.l to learn to

· till my character was unclumged and 1 wnTs tlh.o same dissipat ed character ns be'foro n m1g a wall< through Sh di ·

I was attracted by a placard 0~~ t~~h~g~c~"lr

~orsh>p street, announcing thnt Noel Wri!!ht EnostcLonvelr tedCbhurgl_nr, would preach for tb~

TROPHI ES OF GRACE.-Nc. s. CONVERSION OF A MORMON.

My DEAR Sm,- Knowing that man ors ~Vl ll 'lot believe in th eatre or music-h.Jl ~reu~hs n:gt h avo ;taken the Dllpartmnity of stating •

11 I mys~lf was converted through this m strumcntnlity. ~ wus born at the back of Shoreditch Chm·cb

~n . ~rought up without education or morai rammg of any kind, being left an orphan at

t ho ago ~f four teen. I got employm ent and fo . f s~ort llmo wont on tolerably well bnt th l ~lhng, I was compel1ed to tuke up ~Y abo3

n n common lodging house. Now came t he h ardest pn.r t of my ~oyhood, sometimes '\ith~ ou:hfood, and sometimes in the depth of winter :n out. firmg, and even without prO}Jer cloth tug, and Ometimes in tho casual ward of th . workhouse. This mode of life did not las~ long._ I wenttoHackney in senrch ofwork nnd b nppiiy for me, I succeeded in obtainin , em-' pl oymm.>t nt the shocmnking. A shortg time after Uus, I went to work for an infidel h t ook 11. great deal of pains t o show me what h 0

~Ht.ll ed the folly ~f religion . 'l'his brougb't m~ m to .company mth those who were fond of th pubhc-h ouse ; and I not only becnme fo d e tho public-house, but of the sldttlc-gr~un~f con~ert, and bagatelle-room. After n. time ' feeling t hat I ~vas going m·cadfnlly wro I movcel a short distance into the counh·y 'l,ff•.h t ool;: me from my compflllions nnd at thw w of nineteen I got married. I 'now detori~~~ t o lead n. d.iffo rent life, nn d. for some tim e I went on vmy well; but I rctui·ncd to H ackn and by dcf!rccs fall into my old h nbits. cy,

Year s rolled on, m y f::tmilv incrcn~.~ed and I !fj,ndually sank deeper and dcepc; i~t~ sin

rough my dissipation I wns compelled t~ work on the Sunday, for ~ ~ound, or fan cied I foun_d, I could not get a livmg in the weelt A conhnuanco of this modo of life brou hi down t!l t he gt:en~cst depths of poverty. g us hin l 85G my 'nfe s brother , being an eldcrin the

c .tuch of lattm: day saints, or Mormons made gt on.t efful"ts to mducc me to become on~ H

one on l"ISbn.n M" · t ~~~!!l'~i~~sic Hail. Ont of ~~Y~~i~~ i~~e~f't~ willch I u'd"fd I then thought! would go nf!nin 1\I J or a week or so, until one Sunda '

rs . Centes was to preach and I t ool :fY to h c·u· her D · h ' ' my W1 a afrcciccl :8: . rn·~g cr preaching I wns lllUCh . th bnl CI SllbJCCt WRS, u r£hou art Weighed 1~ the an cos nnd found wanting." Ircmrtinctl M : lJrnyer meeting, during which time Bro t }dn h~ elmo nn<l ~lJOlw to rncaboutmysoul. i 8° . llli was n. smncr, nnd I fe1t tho need of n. I ~=f~~~d ~e d·equHeotedme to ltneol down, which tll 0

• 0 · o turned away from mo ns I ought oflondod, but h o Jlmye<l for mo

although I woulrl not prny for myself I ' ;e,rytmneh atrectcu by his words and. tho'~~~ mcs ho fait for me. Dming this ti M . Con~es hnd heen speaking to mv wifr:;e, Art~~: 1 ca~ ~g tho music La11, we detorinined 'to lend a l m·ent life. '!'he next morning when I ~rose, nnbdl tho family were ready for bronld nst

assem ed th em nil l'Ound th e tnble for fnmil ' ~:d!s1\ayT~~ I~sllnbrendtitl y obeyed, except th~ 1 ' ou r n years of n.go wb doolted ft_in my fac e unu laughed. I l~oke~

own a m, nnd told him it was no lnughin matt.er; and I felt nt that moment that I wa~ ~~~hpd~:n~ho r eward of my oxnmplo to my on n

!From this t ime a !!rent chango has t nl<on P nee In our home. ' Vo cont · . . worshjp. The Sabbath brcnk1~: ~~~~ fa~!~~ place to tho Sabbath-school for our oi, u3ren . .m~ .w~ ours~lv_es h nvo joined tho Enst Londor: ChustlUn MlSSion, und lihmdso hn. vo i>C('Oille !~~to.tallt"• apr! I myself l niJom· in tho s trcctR th"thng a pomt othcrd to tbo bloo<l of Ghrisi

,n a~ so effectually saved us. t r rustmg these few remarks m ay bo bcnoJieinl ~ ~tr:;e !:;]or wny!nrcr who is plunged ns dPcp

g f of Wlclcedness as I was anti that tJ,~~y may feel the hnJlllincss nttcnui~g tbo srr· Vl_co_ a~ Gfod as gr eatly ns I do, is tho cnl'llost Pia) el 0 a SINCERE BELIEVE n.

OUR FRI ENDS IN H EAVEN. t old mo" great deal about their miracles, ;bon~ ~olygrLmy, nn.d ~bout their doctrin es in genc­Ial. My cnn~s~ty was ful ly aroused, and I ~~tcbn;1ncd t o JOin them in order t o know what

e t mg really wns. But I had n ot bclon ed ~o the~ long ~oforo Brigb n.m Young hn~ n. ' ?':clatwn of willch I could not approve at nil ']Jus was, that every Mormon wa s t o pa ," t~nth of the whol e of his wages or prodJc~' or wh atever h e m1ght have coming in Tb . i strongly obj ected to ; it was too hm·d ~pen ~1 a k nuckles : bnt I continued with them nnt'l tl . t reateu me 'Yi th coldness, anel then I left'thcleJ much t o th en· ~urpr1se. While I was with them·, I was often disgusted with their tcuchin~ Uough n.s I ' 'ms, I k now r ight from wron g nnJ I l<ncw t ruth from such l ies as these ·-Th t trees h ave souls to be saved; :md that as Jcs~s

2.-SUSAN SADLER. WnE~ we first opened tliO East I .on uou The ntrc, It ·was deemed very llesirahlo to h -some plnce for week-night meetings No avo t~ it'it~lc {o~mWhco.ul el be found tltnn · n Rh~~ot~

e on a It cchnpel. Not far ft·om this place we heltl our O!JCU nir Acrviecs . 11 condu.c~ing of which '"e oncouutcrcci ~u~li opp~ >h an, both from the roughs of the n ei h· bomhood "~"' the p olice. I remember ~no ev~nmg, while a very successful service WUA fhmg o~, n policeman came nnd ordered us on· t ~~and. We left nt once, inviting'th c pcopl o o o ow us to the shop which manY di 1 d ~mrnfTI the crowd was ' a dear Rist er w~~ i~~s JUS . a en asleep in J esus. Tho wore! that ovenmg ponetruteU h er h eurt nnd sh e en • forwnrd, there anu then, contbssing herselr~

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sinner, and RColdn J.( J sus. Shortly niter, she j oined in fellowship 'vitb ns, and for some time walked steadily null hnppily in the ways of the Lorcl. After n. few months, however, one of her brothers, who hnd lH-'en away in the army, re· tutnccl, and wns much di~conccrted to find his sist er professin g to ben Christian . He laugh ed nt n.nd ridiculed h er, n.nd inn little while }Jre­-railcd on her to accompany him to the theatre. She went, but h er eottsciencc smote h er, ancl she was very unhappy. She confessed h er sin t o one of our helpers and asked his advice. He <lli'ectcu her afl'Csb t o J esus, and from that time she h as wnlkcd consist ently being most r egular and zealous in h er attendance on all our means of grace, and a const ant supporter of our open-air services. Her mother t old one of our friends that sh o would got up from bed to f!D into tho Milo End Road as long as ab o coulU possibly wnlk ns fnr; and when her strength entirely failed , and sh e was ohlif!cd to go into the hospital , she wrote letters exprcs· s ivc of tho deep interest she still felt in those services which had bc~u instl-umental in l ead­ing her own feet into tho paths of righteous­ness. Through a long illness, in Uccp poverty, smroundod by relatives who hnd no sympathy 'dth religion, did this young disciple picked up in the Mile En<l Road boi<l on t o Jesus and adorn His glorious doctrine. As h er deadly m alady increased, her faith and hope grew trongor and bri~htor. To one of our friends

who rogulnrly visited her, she said, " Some­times I think I woulrllil<o t o get better ; but I t ty nlwn.ye t o Any ''l'hy will he done.' I am tlttito l'Ontly; nll is wel l." In thiH Ulcssed Htn.to of Hli1111, "Wfliting," IH ab o OX}lrCABCtl it, " till lwr ti1no cnmo," t~hopa ~~"~O tl triUlllllhnully hom<.', rmotl wr lll'C(•iouH grnin ,:tntl tor,•tl jnto th o h onv nly garner, tln·ongh tho instrumentality of out-tloor prcnc-hing. How th o oppO!:litinn andlpcrsecution wo Lave onllurocl iu connection with our open-a ir worlt clwindles into insiguiii· cnnco when compared with such results aR

t hese I To God be t he present nn<l cyerlnsting glory !

REVIVAL WORK FAR AND NEA R.

DUNEDIN HALL, EDINBURGH . TillS Hall was opened on Snblmih. 4th October, f OI' evangelistic meetings by Mr. Stewart nnd a. few others, whoso hearts wore yearning for tho snlvntion of souls. 'Vo commencecl with a tll'nyer meeting, clodicnting it nnll ourselves over ngnin to tho L ord o.ncl IUs work, ple:tding m ost earnestly for one soul, as a token of lli~:;; approvnl of tltc ofl'ort. Wo then went ont to t ho street, sung n hymn 1 invited the people down, and filled the hall; the Lord wns present, llis power was felt, nnd, glory be to His n ame I t wo souls gnve themselves to Jesus, and thoro were others inquiring the way. Such wns our first meeting.

Snbbntlt, llth.-From twenty to thirty pre· sent u.t the prayer meeting, and much nearness t o God. Mr. Stewart spok e in the street " ·ith groat earn estness, the people listened with mnrlwd attention, and the hull wns filled. At the second meetin g-, one p recious soul fouml tho SrLviour. Believers nll secmccl to h nvo got a r efreshing- nnd n blessing.

Sabbath, l~th .-Mccting for prayer well nt· tcntlctl. It was n sweet time. Believers did l ay holtl 011 Gocl in prevailing prayer : wo felt n.s U Wtl wt•l'() in t he n.twospht·re of bcnvcn . Goou RnllwrluJ.( on tho Hfreot. Brot!1cr Well• nfltli'OM,.,t•tl lnt-tltln mootiug. li'ourtt'Cll re· m niut.•ll, nil iutplll"iu~ nflt..1r t.nlvnUou, nml ih·o }H"ofCHHI•tl fnltlt Itt rlt• tl ll "i . <llury llo to Untl J Evory !uuhluutll !I>Jt n tmct on louving tho h nll.

Sabb nth, 25th.- Good time in mcctin>( for prayer; rather wet on the street, but a full and delightful meeting. Five gave theli' hearts to God. The Lord will 'rork, for the Christians abound in prayer; they seemed to be able to do nothing but pam out their h eni"ts to God. A coloured brother from America, who had been n sln.ve for twenty-five years, came in and joined n s nt the throne of grnce , plenrling for the same blessing. It was felt to bo holy ground.

Sabbnth, 1st November.-A glorious prayer meeting. The Lord sentafineb:md ofprayi.n g ones to h elp u s. A mght of pouring min : it scorned almost u seless to go out; but Brother Ste,vart snid we would not t hink we had dono t oo much for J esus when we looked back from eternity; so out wo wont, sung n. hymn, invited the people down, sung down tho street into tho hall ; but when the devil saw he could not keep us in by holding forth the wet night to us, h o made some poor ngent of his turn ofr tho lights. Ho is the father of darkness, and his docel s nrc like himself. 170 present in the h all. God 's presence was "ith us ; His Spirit wns at work in tho h earts of sinners, for eight souls subscribed their names to tho Lord, ns decided for Him.

Sabbath, Sth.-Gooel prayer meeting, great liberty in prayer. Gathered a fnll meeting all' tho ~;trcet; crowds came down. 'I' h e L ord wrought his own worli in some hearts. E ight souls professed to accept Jesus ns t h eir own person al Snviour ; other six left trembl ing unUm· conviction. Believers rejoicing much ovor the work.

Sabbath, 15th.-A warm, delightfu(mceting. Eight soul• cloci<lcd for tho L on!. Eleven souJq fomHl tho Snvi.our, Tho more we nsk, t ho more tllo Lortl is showing us of His work. Blossctl si!=(lJ t to sco cloven souls seeking Jesus, some wecpinl!{bitterly, oth ers cr)ing f :.> r m ercy, and others nux iously llrinkln;:; in the \Vord.

Sab bntb 2Uth .-GJ·cnt liberty in prayer. " ' Vhero tho Spirit of th o Lord io, there is li1Jcr ty.1

' H nrcl work on tho street; boll com­fortably fille d. Bt·other Gray's aeldress was '.'Cry powerful. Tho Spli'it bl essed tho word. Eleven came into a sid e 1·oom and gnve thei l' names, some saying, "I do trust Him, I will t r ust Him ; I believe J csus died for me." One ymmg woman shrteel to h er fe et, saying t o her companion, " 0 Utuy, if you only saw i t ; if you only felt it ." 1\Iany more were anxious.

November Gth.-Wc openeel a week of meet· ings in New Street, Cnnongntc i cnnicd t hem on by singing, spcnldng, nndinviting the people in of!" the street. The Hrst night, one mnn in the middle of tho nclclress said, "Yes, I will take it , I will/ 1 'l'hero were four Uecisions that night ; tho next night two, the next six anxious unll four decid ed.

November llth.- Wc snng up through tho Canongnte, anu gathcreu n lni"ge mcetiug. Ten rcmn.inetl, seeJdng snlvn.tion ; fi vo ]oft praising God and returning thanks for a Saviour found. The next night we h ud twq, nne! tho n ext , three ~clcar cases. This week's work wns Hnished U}l with a t en meeting in Brother Gray's house . We hnvc also meetings for prayer every Bnhu·tlny n ight. At some of t h ese nothi11g i~ hoard but souls cryiug, H Glory to Gotl ! 11

B PrniRo t ho Lord! u and "Hn1Ie1ujah ! " some saJing. " Lord, it is enough,"" L orcl, give u s bigger honrts to h old a bigger blessing."

You will nslc, but do these continue t o follow J esus ? PJ"nise tho Lortl l I saw one of the two, who fountl the Saviour the very first n ight, tho other dn.y. She said, "0, I am hnppy in Jc~o,n'"! 1" Her fuco wtlS lit up with th nt joy which the world cannot give. Another saitl to me, "0 yes, I do, I nm t rusling liim, but am wccpiug ovm· my long-r ejected Saviom·,l'

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Parents have expressed themselves with gmti­tude because of their children mingling wi th us. A wife t old me h er husband had been a drunkard ; but th ere was a great difference since h e had been to tho meeting. That womn.n oO'ored me her bouse for a meeting, and said she would ask all her neighbours intoi it. We h ave only to look at those who arc ,Vorldog, rmU lo ! ihcy n.re the fruit of this work. Praise tho Lord I When He works, who can hinder 2 The battle is the L ord's. There is many a black diamond in the mire of sin yet i much of the 1mro gold among the clay. L et us dig t hem out, pick th em up, and help them t o the F ountain which washes from sin.

Friends of Jesus, ,.,·ork on, with hearts fi lled with tho Spirit; hearts inflamed with tender love to souls ; hearts cn.ten, yeft, burned up with zeal for our Saviour's right; hearts which cannot live without seeing souls savccl. Some of ou1· Edinburgh Christian fri ends tell us it is excitement. Praise God, we admit there is excitement, and we rejoice in it as n sign of and attendant on spiritual life ; better live with excitement than die without it. Did not our Lord Himself toll us that there was more joy iu hen.ven over one sinner th ott ropenteth th~1u over ninety an d nine just persons? and wCI:c not the disciples tolcl to .,·~joicr , becnuse then· nn.mcs were written in heaven? And shall not we rejoice over both our own salvation nnd that of others , even at the risk of being called fanatic s ?

for tha t dear lady whose n ama h as Lecoma a household word, and whose health has severely suffered from her unceasing labours or l ove in connection with this and kindrctl movements.

Yours in the gospel, a.ffcct.ionutcly, Cll.ARLES 0 WI: N.

110, Burdet t Road, Bow, E.

P.S.-In connection ·with this interesting mission, Bible women nrc il}liJOintctl to vi ::;it the wives of the soldiers an d the sick.

NEW YEAR PROSPECTS IN EAST

THE ALDERSHOT MISSION. TO THE READERS OF THE HEVA....'WE LIST."

As the " sower goes forth to sow th e seed" "beside all wnters,'' he is greatly refreshed wh en he fin ds that h e is led t o spots where there arc indications of the abiding :vresence of tho H oly Spirit.

Such was my experience when invited to hold services in connection with that deeply interesting mission which h as been est ablish ed at Aldershot for om much -neglected military.

I shall not soon forget my first impression, as I st ood np t o addr ess the defentlers of our country who thronged t he noble h all in wh ich tho Sabbath services are hehl. I fmmd, at once an attentive and intelligent audience, with, whom a kindly word goes n long way. Tho weekly bible classes and meetings for prayer are well attended, and these are holcl in admirably arranged rooms, set apart for the purpose. The rending and dining 1·ooms nrc taotelully hung with appropriate texts, pic­hues, and maps, and the t ables supplied with the n ewspapers of the day, and a number of jutliciously sel ected bool<s from a ~apital librar y. The an a ngemen ts of the coolung de­partment are most complete, and offer induce· ments t o those quartered nt Aldershot to make this u Home'' a place of rendezvous, instead of tue concert h alls and t averns which aboun d there.

Tho practical r esult of this work is to bo found in the conversion of many who are, in th e fttlfilment of theh duties, removed to other places, and carry witll them tho good seed, which, by the blessing of God, has been planted in their souls during th o term of th eir encampment. 'Vhen we contemplate the nu. morons cliffic ulties which attend a Christ ian soldier in his camp li fe, our deepest concern should be enlisted in favour of an etrort so cal­culated to afford him effectual ahl n.nd sympa­thy · and I would therefore affec tionately l ay tllis'institution upon the hearts of the readers of tho " Evangelist." I slJall be most hnppy to furnh;h any required information or reports.

1\Iay I, in conclusion , ask for SJJecinl prayer

LO NDON .

VERY dark and dismal are t he New Year prospects of the East London poor. Their cup of sorrow and nt.E!iction is full, even to overflowing ; but they remain marvellou ·ly patient beneath the burdens which crush them to the ear th. 'l'hey know that there arc nu­merous loving hearts striving to ame­liorate their miserable condition , that t here are countless souls full of t rue and unselfish Christian ympathy for their mi fort unes ; and this knowledge lightens in some degree the terrible monotony of t heir helpless condit ion. To the earnest and self-denying labours of the Christian mis ionary, no less than to t he ever-ready assistance offered by t he r eligious world, may we attribute t he fact of having been spared t he dn.nger n.nd mischief of food-riots, of armed in nrrections of stn.rving myriads. Day by dn.y the mass of pauperism is becoming intensified . Hunger and misery reign supremo in t he h omes of the poor. The work­houses are filled to overflowing, all!l the hospi tn.ls are crowded with patient.s; sickness and fever tread closely on tho heels of want, and in the thin, pinched features of ma,ny a little one, in their wasted arms and shrunken hands, we read t he saddening story of parental privation and suffering.

Another danger, also, is springing up. L n.rge numbers of young women, usually employed in t he manufacture of n.rticles of clothing, find themselves deprived of work , and, having 110

friends or r esources, are being help­lessly driven into a life of shame and misery. Our gas-lit streets arc crowd­ed with the e unfor t unate victims of lust and poverty. In the district embraced by t he operations of t he Ea t London Mission t here are thousands such, and but for the opern.tion of t he sewing classes formed and suppor ted by people of the good Samn.ritan spir it, there would be many more. It is pain­ful, absolutely sickening, to contem­plate the extent of the evil. The

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n.nnals of ancient heathenism display ~othing like it. Then there. n.re tl~e thousands of little o_ncs ¥r?'nng _up_m utter ignorance and urchgwn, childre_n unacquainted with the name of the~r l't'[aker, who know nothing of t)l~Ir Bible but who nre awfully fn.mihar with the oaths and coarse language of the workshop. These are those f~om whom the ranks of chronic paup~nsm and habitun.l crime are systematwally recruited. These as they grow up form the " roughs" of the streets! the stand­inrr danger of order n.nd soCiety·

T he public have, as yet, little real l·now ledge of the actual extent of the ~anker in the rose. All th~ poverty of the metropolis, together with no ~mall proportion of that fro~ t ? e provmc:s, seems steadily grn.vitatmg towards East London, even as the ~ulk. of metropolitan ease and at.E!ue~ce mch~es towards t he west. Lon~o~ IS b~commg more and more closely divided mto t~vo gren.t sections of rich a~d poor , which will ere long prove as 'Yide _asunder as arc the two poles. LegislaL~on ~ay do much to countcrn.ct tho ml_Mchl ~· but th spr n<l of rcligiouA f ~lmg wli t do more. Tho true 'hristinn JH a r a~ HCl~­lJOlpcr. In bringing tho truths ot rcll­gion before the suffering masses w_e_ ar~ also assisting in the great. work 0 _

social reform. 'l'he god-feanng, sobm~ and industrious man has . :l: better chance of improving his conditwn than has his ungodly brother, who_se even­inn-s are passed in the pubh c hous: and whose notion of Sabbath obser­vance consists in regular attendance at Sunday markets. .W:ben we have tn.ught people to be rehgwus, half ~-he battle has been won. But every extst~ ing metropolitan agency put . t?get~r is insufficient to meet t)le cnsJs. . e mu t evangelise, evn.ngchse, evangelise, withou t ceasing. -

We must have more statwns, more To procure workers, more resources. ill

these ftmds arc necessary. Who w . help 'in the great work?_ lyto wtll assist the cause of Chnst m _Ea~t Lon­don? Who will labour in reh evmg. the s iritual destitution of the metropolitan .foor? IIclp ! Help! Help I Let the ~ry rin ~r far aml wide tm;ougho~~ th~ l nu JI rc arc the starvmg my:nads .' ,~ho 'will bring them spirit~ml. succou~ ~ Who will idtl U H in allovmtmg theu

h 1 L ., Oh ' Christirm m n and un arpy I) ' • • • .

Christian W!lllll' ll, tlllnk or. y m v ll,Ott fellow-or •aLlllt '~ . In LhuJr Jill.~ y, hunger mul ('old, Ll~t·y Ill' to IJ [liLt •!l; in thcb: H}Jiri~uul c..l 'H~itutiun they aru

to be compassionat~d . Let_ not _the a cal o forth in vam. F or th~ s~kc ~fPHinf whose natal clay t he ~hnstt~n world has just been celebmtm g, H m]: who endured for us the dread _n.gony o Gethsemane, think of these thm gs ; ~et t hem touch your he:Lr ts, let then:t~~­s ire your souls, and n.waken Wl. ln p b t the grand and glon ous your reus s f . . ·

enthusiasm which knows not ~n.rE~o~ danger. There is work for yo~1 m ~t~ L d Aid u s as you WJll ' Wl

on on . B th ·c wei-labour or with mon ey. o ar , e for both are needed ; and t~Je

com ' h th brighter w1ll mm·e we have of eac , e . d b the New y en.r prospects of Olll'. Wl e a:d ever-enlarging field of operatwns.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EAST LONDON CHRISTIAN MISSION.

Prom Nov. '20th, to Dec. 15th.

FOR THE GENERAL WORK. £ s. t! . 5 0 0 s 0 0 1 0 () 1 0 () 0 G G 0 0

Mrs. Drury · · ' · Miss Webst er , by care!-1\Ir. liill -1\Irs. E. J. Ewer MrB .• T. Holm s ~1'·" · Koors MisH E. Pool · - . J!nrrou, E Aq. · Jo'rodlc ABhl,y, Esc1. ~k H. Hurl(o . A. u!tfthy, E s•l· Mr. HMlfurol · Miss Carver · 1\Ir. C. Dorsett Mrt~ . Lr .. rllncr . l\Irs. A<lmans · · Miss J. Pouuiugton J\Iiss Oldham Mrs. Oldham -llliss Robertson Jas. Gingell, Esq. · C. Griflith, Esq. Uiss Cooper . W. Morris, Esq. s. Chivers, Esq. 'fwo Friends · · Mr. w. E . 1\Inlcolm John H. Lydnll , Es<J. Mrs. Woods · Mrs . Keers · Mr. Wm. Ouin H. B. . .

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. 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 11 G u 5 0 5 0 0 2 12 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0

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2 5 0

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1\Irs. ~·tf~Lpper 101

." Jllr s: Rid.gwny A Friend at Dairy · Mrs. Newton · · · . Willed by " Deceased FrJ ntl

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Mr. J . S. Clur l<o . lllr. Woodham Drnth J . T . Cam11bell , E s<J. . 5 0 0

OFFERINGS ON THE MI SSION. At Whitcchnpcl Poplar -Sborcditeh Limehouse . Jllillwllll . . MrH. ClJwlw, hy box l\1rH. Bchrumlcr , l\Irs. Uolcs

. 11 18 1~ 4 :! 4 2 10 c~ s 16 H 0 411 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 7 2 --- 24 3 H ?;