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provision which the law of my country has secured to persons under my destitute circumstances.' Oh! Thomas, I am deeply grieved to see you in so dangerous a state. Did our blessed Saviour murmur when subjected to the most terrible sufferings? Did he not say, "Not my will, but thine be done," and resign himself to his heavenly Father's good pleasure? Now, if you have not somewhat of that Saviour's meek and patient disposition-if you have not the spirit, the humble, submissive, uncomplaining mind, that was in Christ-it is declared in God's word that you can be "none of his." (Rom. viii. 9; Phil. ii. 5-8). If you are not Christ's, think what must be your condition in another world!

T. J. Come, come, James, don't try to frighten me about such things-it's of no use. I know as much as you about the Bible. Don't suppose that God means to punish us poor afflicted creatures in another world. No, no: it is the rich, and the proud, and the unfeeling who will have to suffer hereafter. They have all the enjoyment of this world: they are "clothed in purple and fine linen," and live upon the labours of the poor, and "fare sumptuously every day." These are the people to bear God's wrath in another world. The poor have their sufferings here, and on this account they will be blessed when the rich are in torments. God will then make them amends for the trials and miseries they have endured on earth.

J. D. Thomas, you indeed astonish me! And are you really so ignorant of the way of salvation, after all you have heard at church for so many years? Can it be possible that you are so blind to the things which concern your everlasting peace, when the light of truth has been shining around you during so long a period? Alas! into what a fatal delusion are you fallen! And there is too much reason to fear that you are one of those unhappy persons of whom St. Paul speaks-"The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Cor. xi. 2). You say that a merciful God will not punish the poor, since they have trials and sufferings enough in this world. Are not the poor, as well as the rich, sinners? If they be sinners, can they be saved in any other way than that which God himself hath appointed—namely, by faith in Jesus Christ? And must not that be a lively, sincere, active faith, purifying the heart, and bringing forth the fruits of humility, meekness, patience, long-suffering, godliness, charity, or love? If trials and afflictions could have saved either poor or rich, why should God have sent his beloved Son into the world to die for the sins of mankind? It was because nothing short of the blood of the incarnate Son of the Most High could make atonement for sin, and reconcile our guilty

race with their offended Creator. No pains, sufferings, or deaths, which man could undergo, would have been sufficient to waste away the iniquity of a world of transgressors. Nothing but a victim pure and spotless, like the Lamb of God, would satisfy eternal justice, and bring our guilty race within the reach of mercy. And yet you talk of poor sinners obtaining salvation through their own sufferings! Think, I entreat you, Thomas, how dangerous is the error into which you have fallen. There can be no heaven for those who expect to purchase it by their trials and sufferings; for they are relying upon themselves, rather than trusting to a Saviour's meritorious cross and passion. If this be your dependance, your hope is vain-you are still in your sins-you have no true faith in Jesus Christ; and without faith in him you can never obtain everlasting life.

Notices of Books.

Cobbin's Descriptive New Testament. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. London: W. Smith. 1845.

THIS is a truly delightful volume. It only requires to be known to be widely circulated. It is peculiarly suited for a birthday or teacher's present. The notes are judicious, and the pictorial illustrations in the highest style of the art. We trust the respected editor, and enterprising publisher, will be encouraged to complete the work they have so well begun, by the publication, in a similar form, of the Old Testament.

The Luther of the Nineteenth Century. Translated from the German, by the Rev. ROBERT TAYLOR, M.A., &c. London: W. E. Painter. 1845.

THOSE who take an interest in the religious movement, now going on in Germany, will derive both pleasure and profit from a perusal of this small pamphlet.

Odes. By the Author of "Jugurtha."

Jugurtha, &c. London: W. E. Painter. 1845. THESE two little poetic brochures display considerable taste.

Treasury.

THE salvation of man is as much the gift of God, and the work of Christ, as his life and being. Christ never comes into the soul unattended; he brings the Holy Spirit with him, and the Spirit his train of gifts and graces. Lay the foundation

in him, and leave it to him to raise God's building upon it. Christ obeyed and suffered for me, that his obedience and sufferings might be imputed to me; and because no obedience or sufferings of mine could answer the demands of Divine justice, or be effectual to my purification. A maintainer of this opinion at the same time affirms, it is no argument for the presumption, impenitence, or lukewarmness of man; but an essential and most efficacious principle of obedience, and a sacred bond of gratitude upon his soul, to do and suffer in his turn, according to the measure and capacity of a creature, and to press to every height of virtue, after the example of so kind a conductor, in obedience to the commands of so gracious a master, in confidence of the assistance of so powerful a Saviour, who died for him upon earth, intercedes for him, and succours him from heaven, and hath taken him into himself by a mysterious union, that he might accept him to the reward of his own spotless holiness. Faith does not consist in thinking that my sins are comparatively little, and therefore may be forgiven; but in knowing that they are very great, and believing that though they are never so many and great, past or present, Christ's blood is above them all. Nothing but Christ's blood taking away, and, as it were, annihilating sin, can quiet an awakened conscience.-Adams' Private Thoughts.

And know this, Believer, to thy present comfort, that while thou hangest on God by faith, neither sin, earth, nor hell, can move thee. Christ will stick closer to thee than a brother, and he is above all enemies; "with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning." "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." But who can set forth the joy in this fruition? It is that which all the former lead to, and conclude in; even the inconceivable complacency which the blessed feel, in seeing, knowing, loving, and being beloved of God. All Christ's ways of mercy tend to, and end in, the saints' joys. He wept, sorrowed, suffered, that they might rejoice; he sendeth the Spirit to be their Comforter, he multiplies promises, he discovers their future happiness, that their joy may be full. And hath the Lord such a care of our comfort here? O, what will that joy be, where the soul being perfectly prepared for joy, and joy prepared by Christ for the soul, it shall be our work, our business, eternally to rejoice! And it is not thy joy only; it is a mutual joy, as well as a mutual love. Is there joy in heaven at thy conversion, and will there be none at thy glorification? Will not the angels welcome thee thither, and congratulate thy safe arrival? Yea, it is the joy of Jesus Christ; for now he hath the end of his undertaking, labour, suffering, dying, when we have our joys; when he is

glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe; when he sees of the travail of his soul, and is satisfied. In the mean time, walk carefully, watch constantly, and let God measure out to thee, in the present life, thy times and degrees of joy. The judgment! Young and old, of all estates and nations, that ever were, from the creation to that day, must here come and receive their doom. O terrible, O joyful day! Terrible to those that have forgotten the coming of their Lord! Joyful to the saints whose waiting and hope was to see this day! Now, every one must give an account of his stewardship; every talent of time, health, wit, mercies, afflictions, means, warnings, must be reckoned for. The sins of youth, which the wicked had forgotten, and their secret sins, shall all be laid open before angels and men. They shall see the Lord Jesus whom they neglected, whose word they disobeyed, whose ministers they abused, whose servants they hated, now sitting to judge them. Their own consciences shall cry out against them, and call to their remembrance all their misdoings. Which way will the wretched sinner look? Who can conceive the terrible thoughts of his heart? Now the world cannot help him his old companions cannot. Time was, sinner, when Christ would and thou wouldst not; now, fain wouldst thou, and he will not. All in vain to cry to the mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb." "I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead, at his appearing and his kingdom," that thou set thyself to ponder on these things. -Baxter's Saints' Everlasting Rest.

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THE WAY TO PURIFY THE CHURCH.

How soon, O how soon might the Church be perfect, even without spot or wrinckle, if publique authority would but at length say Amen unto the holy and devout requests of these godly brethren, who as yet, with out-stretched necks, groan in the pangs of their zeal to see the houses of bishops rifled, and their so long desired livings gloriously divided among the righteous. But there is an impediment, a let, which somewhat hindreth those good men's prayers from taking effect: they in whose hands the sovereignty of power and dominion over the Church doth rest, are persuaded there is a God; for undoubtedly either the name of Godhead is but a feigned thing, or if in heaven there be a God, the sacrilegious intention of church-robbers, which lurketh under the plausible name of reformation, is in his sight a thousand times more hateful than the plain professed malice of those very miscreants who threw their vomit in the open face of our blessed Saviour.—

Hooker.

WILHAM EDWARD PAINTER, 342, STRAND, PRINTER.

NEW SHOREHAM, a sea-port, well known from its proximity to Brighton, being situated about six miles to the west of that watering-place, is a borough, market town, and parish. It has risen into importance on the ruins of Old Shoreham. The living is a discharged vicarage annexed to Old Shoreham, in the archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester: valued in the king's books at 6l. 1s. 8d. ; annual value in the Parliamentary records 1007. Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford.

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an extremely interesting specimen of Norman architecture. At present only the choir is fitted up and appropriated to divine worship, the nave having been entirely destroyed; but ruins of old walls still mark the boundaries of the western front. It was originally cruciform, and one of the largest in the neighbourhood,

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