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The first was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Bayley on "Glimpses of Heaven;" the second by Mr. Austin on "the Second Advent;" the third and fourth by Dr. Tafel on "The Nature of the Inspiration of Scripture ;" the fifth by Mr Jobson, "On Man as a Spiritual Being ;" and the sixth and last by Dr. Bayley "On True Faith: what it is and what it is not." lectures have been well attended, and have afforded great pleasure to the friends of the Church in this densely populated neighbourhood. Many strangers were present, some of whom exercised the privilege of asking questions on the subject of the doctrines, as presented by the lecturers, and they still further shewed their interest by purchasing New Church books, and it is a gratifying fact to mention that, besides other works, over 120 copies of the Rev. Chauncey Giles' work on Man as a Spiritual Being were sold, this excellent little missionary having been offered at halfprice, through the generosity of several kind friends of the Missionary and Tract Society. The Sunday services, under the leadership of Mr. Ramage, are still vigorously conducted, and the Society, together with its Sunday-school, has become the centre of a real work of Christian usefulness.

JERSEY.-The renewal of zeal and animation that marked the Jersey New Church Society on the arrival of Mr. Moss as minister, still continues in unabated vigour, and gives promise of a new era of prosperity for the cause in this island. Mr. Moss has concluded his second course of lectures at St. Heliers, and is now delivering a series at St. Aubin. A sure token of the estimation in which Mr. Moss is beginning to be held is the constantly inereasing numbers of his audience. I believe his last lecture in this town, Idelivered in the Prince of Wales' Assembly Room, was attended by larger numbers than had ever before attended the services of a New Church minister in Jersey. The St. Aubin lectures have, so far, been a great success. Our respected friend, Mr. Alexandre, to whose liberality we are so much indebted, had, a few years ago, a misunderstanding with the rector of the parish in which St. Aubin is situate, owing to that gentleman's refusal to allow Mr. Alexandre to have a passage

from Swedenborg engraven on his wife's tombstone. The consequence was that all attempts to obtain a suitable lectureroom in St. Aubin had till lately failed. And even a few weeks ago, when application was made for the Assembly Room with an open avowal of the purpose for which it was wanted, a positive refusal was given. Shortly afterwards, however, an influential friend secured the room without mentioning the use for which it was destined. At the last lecture a faint attempt at opposition was made by a quotation from Galatians; but this will but afford Mr. Moss an opportunity of triumphantly setting forth the truth in a still clearer light. About eighty persons went over by train from St. Heliers to hear Mr. Moss's first lecture at St. Aubin. Our permanent congregation continues steadily to increase. Most of the new comers are persons who had been favourably impressed by missionary efforts. Mr. Moss contemplates paying a visit to Guernsey early in the new year.

MIDDLESBOROUGH ON-TEES. - For several years there have been some two or three receivers of the doctrines of the New Jerusalem in this rapidly rising town. Lately a few more have been led by the good Providence of the Lord to associate themselves with them. The Rev. E. Whitehead, on his return from the late conference at Newcastle, visited Middlesborough, and stayed a few days, preaching and conferring with the friends whom before his departure he formed into a society. Since then, divine service has been regularly conducted by one of their number in a private dwelling. Feeling anxious to bring others to an acquaintance with the great truths so highly appreciated by themselves, they communicated with the esteemed treasurer of the Conference, Mr. Gunton, which resulted in a missionary visit from the Rev. W. Ray of Newcastle. The services, which were of a very delightful character, comprised a lecture in the Town Hall on Friday evening the 25th November, subject The Second Coming of the Lord, when and how will it take place? Will the earth be destroyed by fire?" to an audience of near 150 persons, who exhibited marked attention to Mr. Ray's enunciation of truths that were entirely new to nearly all present. Permission being given at

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the close to ask questions on the subject of the lecture, a re-millenarian put a variety of queries to the lecturer, some with such a want of courtesy as met with the marked disapprobation of the greater part of the audience. On the Sunday following, Mr. Ray preached in the morning and afternoon in the New Church Mission-room, Albert Street, to small but very attentive congregations. In the morning the subject was "What must we do to be saved? and from what?" In the afternoon, "The proper Object of Christian Worship." On the Monday evening Mr. Ray concluded his invaluable services by lecturing on "The Conference between Eve and the Serpent." And so the ground has been broken up, and the good seed scattered, with what result we at present are unable to say. Yet we rely on His promise, "My Word shall not return unto Me void." The friends feel greatly edified and encouraged to go forward, and confess themselves deeply indebted to Mr. Ray for his kind sympathy and counsels. Few and feeble as they are, they nevertheless throw their care on Him who careth for them. The cause, they are persuaded, is the Lord's, its success therefore, sooner or later, is

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SNODLAND.

We have received from

a correspondent a newspaper report of a Tonic Sol-fa tea-party held in this place, which has been promoted by the members of the New Church. The class, which had its beginning in the Sunday School, has been so ably and successfully conducted by Mr. Penny, that the largest room in the place has been needed for its accommodation. The tea-meeting was held in the mess-room adjoining the mill of C. T. Hook, Esq., the use of which was kindly granted by the proprietor. In introducing the proceedings the Rev. T. L. Marsden, who was in the chair, after briefly tracing the history of music as revealed in the Word, said-The necessity and advantages of music, to change the humdrum psalmody of the past generation, is admitted; and Mr. Penny has given us a practical illustration of how soon the human voice can, by good tuition, be improved. Music is a most useful aid to help us to spend our evenings in a rational manner; and amongst the earliest institutions of the

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At the New Jerusalem Church, Heywood, November 23, 1870, by the Rev. R. Storry, Mr. William Thomas Lamb, to Miss Anna Whitehead Whitworth, both of Heywood.

At Albion Chapel, Leeds, December 6, by the Rev. R. Storry, Mr. John Stell, of Bingley, to Miss Hannah Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. Joseph Ramsden, of Headingley, near Leeds.

December 10, 1870, at the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton, by Mr. Joseph Deans, Mr. Henry Ridings, to Miss Ellen Crabtree, both of Bolton.

On December 13, at the New Jerusalem Temple, Salford, by the Rev. W. Westall, Alexander, third son of R. W. Noar, to Sarah Susan, eldest daughter of Joseph Taylor, both of Salford.

Obituary.

Departed this life, on 26th May, 1870, in his seventy-second year, at his residence, Birkbeck Cottage, village of Parton, Cumberland, Captain John Carr Chambers, of H.M. Royal Hanoverian Regiment, Lucea, parish of Hanover, Jamaica. He was a lineal descendant from the first family who settled on the beautiful island of Jamaica (under a grant from the English Crown 1640), and who were the first receivers and zealous promulgators of the doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg in that island, and indeed among the very earliest receivers of the doctrines of the New Church in any part of the world. From them the heavenly principles have been transmitted faithfully to a fourth generation,- the parents of the venerated subject of this memoir having been distinguished for their active goodness, the exceeding purity of their lives, their unfailing Christian faith, and increasing endeavours to inculcate the same in the minds of all their family and household, and of all whom opportunity offered for influencing. But with none did these

impressions sink deeper than with their beloved son John Carr Chambers, whose exemplary life has so lately been brought to a close. Under the influence of the Divine doctrines he evinced the most perfect self-control through a long course of trying vicissitudes and severe family affliction. He was distinguished by an ardent desire to benefit his fellow-creatures to the utmost of his power, alike in prosperity and adversity; in the former ever referring success to the Great Dispenser of all, and in the latter bearing every trial with Christian meekness and manly firmness. Of the most sincere and unassuming piety, of the widest liberality and generosity, of consummate judgment and immutable integrity, combining the boldest bravery with the greatest kindness and sweetness of manhood, he won the friendship and esteem of all who knew him, and has left a chasm in the hearts of his surviving family never to be refilled in their passage through this transitory life. In his native country he filled many important civic posts with honour and superior ability, besides the undaunted and devoted discharge of his military appointments, during the last unhappy general insurrection of the negroes, when among other beneficial exertions he disciplined a troop under his own directions, which enforced the admiration of the best officers of the British army, and supported by its conduct and that of its youthful commanders the claim long since accorded by the Home Government to the Jamaica regiments to rank with the standard army of Great Britain. He passed from the office of Ensign to that of Captain with unprecedented rapidity, and was so much beloved by the unfortunate blacks themselves, that when some of the poor misguided people were on trial under martial law, they declared that they had refused to fire when they had good aim at Massa John-he had always been so good to them. He also attained in proportionate brief space of time to the highest honours of the Freemasons' Society, of which he became a member at the age of twenty-one, and to which he was always strongly attached. During the last two years of his life he was confined almost entirely to the house by an extremely painful lameness, which he bore with unflinching fortitude and

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The Wigan Society has experienced a great seeming loss in the decease of Mr. John Austin, who was removed into the spiritual world October 16, at the age of fifty-four years. Born and brought up in the Church, he followed it through its varied fortunes in the town. As a youth he was an affectionate son, ever ready to assist his parents in every way within his power, and he grew up an active and upright member of society, whose prevailing character appeared to be the love of active usefulness. His attachment to the Church through the many vicissitudes through which it passed was uniform and constant, and during a period whilst service was discontinued, he took sittings and attended alternately at Preston and Kersley. When a new course of prosperity opened to the Church in Wigan, he threw his whole energies into the cause, especially in the erection of a building for worship, and the establishment of a day-school. In the latter he took especial interest. He not only filled the office of treasurer, but contributed both labour and money towards whatever was needed. At the tea and other meetings he was always present to assist, and never seemed tired in working for the success of what he had so much at heart. He was widely known in the town outside the New Church, and highly respected; in proof of this more than a hundred persons followed him to the grave in Wigan Cemetery, a distance of over two miles. His funeral discourse was preached by the Rev. W. Woodman, on the "opening of the books," to a crowded and highly respectable congregation, who listened with the deepest attention and interest to the subject, and many strangers expressed their approval of the views propounded. Beyond all human doubt he has been called to fill a wider and more exalted sphere of usefulness in the hea

venly world, and as spiritual associations survive the grave, will aid, by his ministrations, the efforts of those he has left behind in the promotion and growth of the great end he so much loved whilst on earth.

Died at Accrington, on the 27th of October, in the forty-third year of his age, Robert Whiteaker. He was originally connected with the New Church Society at Embsay, where he is still remembered with affectionate interest, and where, as during his residence in Accrington, he was always happy to do whatever he could for the welfare of the Church. He was content to bear a very humble share in the work of the congregation, but his humility was ever accompanied by a desire to be active; and he never disdained to join in work however toilsome and unostentatious. His disposition was gentle and sincere, and few subjects were more delightful to him than the doctrines of the Church and the success of her institutions. He suffered much during his last illness, and when the conviction of his speedy removal came upon him he showed great bravery in becoming resigned to what he had probably not anticipated. He never professed to be wearied of this life, but he was confident that he was in the hands of the All-wise and loving Father who "doeth all things well,' and so asked and gained resignation to His will. He had taken great interest in the recent revival of the little society at Burnley, and he was no less respected by the friends there than at Accrington and Embsay. Calmly and hopefully he went to his rest, and those who knew him best could well say of him when his day's work was ended, "He hath done what he could.”

At 39 Marlborough Hill, St John's Wood, London, Alice Fryer, in her ninetieth year. She passed away without pain or suffering of any kind. For upwards of forty years Miss Fryer had been an affectionate receiver of the heavenly doctrines of the new dispensation. The Holy Word, with the writings of the New Church, were her daily study, and afforded her great consolation, especially during the last years of her life. There can be no doubt the Divine promise was fulfilled to her sweet experience-"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end." Glory be to the Lord for His goodness and mercy

in taking His devoted handmaid so peacefully to Himself, and to His happy heaven, as her eternal home.

At Farnworth, November 13th, in the seventy-fifth year of her age, Mary, relict of James Taylor. The deceased, with her family, belonged to the Church of England; but their eldest son having several years since received the doctrines of the New Church, led the other members to examine and adopt them, since which time they remained affectionately and sincerely attached to them. They connected themselves with the Kersley Society, where the deceased attended till increasing infirmities, arising from the decay of nature, prevented her.

At Salford, November 27th, Annie Eliza, relict of Mr. Thomas Worrall, at the age of eighty-two. Formerly the family resided at Kersley, and attended the New Church there, some of the members being still connected with it.

On the 14th December, 1870, in his eighty-fifth year, departed this life, Mr. Thomas Willson, sen., of Villa Street, Birmingham. He was one of the oldest members of the New Church in Birmingham, and for very many years, as a member of its committee, took an active interest in its affairs. He was with the society when it assembled for worship in Paradise Street, and afterwards in Newhall Street; and he planned and erected the present Church in Summer Lane. The fatal maladyheart disease-left him in full possession of his usual faculties up to the last, and his gradual departure was marked by a happy and peaceful trust in the Lord.

At Kersley, on the 7th ult., Mrs. Ann Vickers, in her fiftieth year. Born and educated in the New Church, she was an affectionate, and, for her position in life, an intelligent receiver of its doctrines. She was a member of, and a regular attendant at the Kersley New Church for more than twenty years. Her illness, which was but brief, did not threaten fatal results till within a very few days prior to her removal. Whilst her surviving family have a well-grounded hope that her entrance into immortality will prove an entrance into happiness, it is hoped that by emulating her example they may follow in the way everlasting and be reunited with her in the realms of the spirits of the just made perfect.

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"I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And, now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was."-Ver. 4-6.

To glorify the Father on the earth was to do all that the Divine Love inspired the Lord to do. It was to redeem men, to found His Church, and to inspire its members with the love of doing good. "Herein is My Father glorified that ye bear much fruit: so shall ye be My disciples" (John xv. 18). The Lord had finished this work, and therefore He said, “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do." He had still to suffer, but the infliction of suffering was hell's work, not the Father's work. When the Lord was seized to be taken along to contumely, to prison, and to death, He exclaimed "This is your hour, and the power of darkness" (Luke xxii. 53). The Father's work is all good; hell's work is all misery.

The order of the Lord's glorification, we must never forget, is the same order as that of man's regeneration. Man has to obey the dictates of Divine Truth, by shunning evil, and doing good in his daily life; and as he is faithful in doing this, the Lord diffuses spiritual love and light within, and so regenerates him. Whatsoever we bind on earth, is bound in heaven; and whatsoever we loose on earth, is loosed in heaven.

So with the Lord. The great difference in the two cases was, and

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