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ril II 7'J 111 E EDITOR OF TILE S?' IR. ON THE PROPHECIES. No. XVI. , TILE THIRD TRUMPET.—PART I. SS H. Of the public meeting: of .the Piimilive Claris :ions. • • A..... Every congregation, consisting 6f the believers in , • one place or neighbourhood, met as frequently as con velfien, ce and•opPortunity would allow, to e'er, 4 ./s -1.1,4 Oinetsr Me :acrince of praise to Gov (Heb. xiii. 15), and to comfort themselves together and edify one another , (1 Thess. v. 11), At these meetings, though all the Elders were present, only one presided, and took the , lead in the servile. Indeed, in the very nature of a public meeting, it is necessary that there be a chair man, to preserve order and-prevenrconfusien ; and in point of fact, we know that this was the case with the primitive churches ; for we have seen that they had a plurality of Overseers or Elders, and yet we find a presiding Elder in - the Church of Ephesus, in the church in Smyrna, &c. called the .41agd* of this or that particular congregation ( Rev. ii. 1,8, &c.) That the same elder could not always preside is self-evi dent, for indisposition and other causes would some times prevent his presence ; nor, so far as I can find from the Scriptures, was any injunction given that this duty should fall more particularly on any indivi dual. But from the repeated exhortations given to every member of the church to honour those that were set over them in Me LORD, and admonished them; to es teem them .very highly in love for their work: sake (1 Thess. 1 v. 12) ; and to do nothing through strife, or vainglory, but each in lowliness of mind to esteem others better than I himself (Phil. ii. 3)—we maT infer, that so far as this duty could be considered an extra toil to the in dividual, none would thrust it on anotherto save him - bell; and on the 'other hand, that, so far as it might i be considered a more honourable station for the time, each would be ready to prefer:anothiir. On this point, :theno the only contest, in those ,days, would be a con test of kindness (that is, where the commands of CHRIST were regarded) ; for any thing like lordship or authority, in . one over annther;was expressly pro libited (Mat. xx. 25. Luke xxii. 25). - But in such a contest it is easy to see, that if any bishop in particu lar was more venerable than anothet,'whether by be ing, , the fi rst that was called to the office, and, cone ' qUently, the senior elder, or by. exemplary assiduity and a happy facility in .perforrning the duties of the office, such a person would naturally bccalled to the chief seat, when not inconvenient to himself, and ley usage would acquire, howttrer unintentionally, a kind of right by possession. • .How often the primitive Christian Cougregatiens ' met, for public service, is not mentioned in the Scrip tures, but it -is plain, from numerous passages, that they met frequently, and particularly on the first day of the.week, to commemorate the death and ruarrection of -their MASTER (Acts xx. 7). Many of the duties en , joined them as disciples of CHRIST could in no other - manner be pertbrined,, and therefore they were com.i stranded not to forsake the assembling of themselves loge-1 ther, bat to exhort and provoke ens another to love and to good woric • (Heb. x. 24.25). In their assemblies, it Was the duty of the elders to attend to readingf, to exhortation, and instruction (1 Tim. iv. 13), and to feed the foci with the wholesome words of our LORD Jesus CHRIST (vi. 3) ; to rstrove, rebuke, exhort with all long :tiring and doctrine (2 Tim. iv.. 3), and with all the authority that belongs to such an important of fice (Tit. ii. 15)—but avoiding foolish and unedifying intettions; which only serve to beget strife, for the servant of THE LOUD must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, ready to teach, instructing opposers with meckned (2 TIM. ii. 24) : in one word, they were to look to themselves, and to all the flock (Acts xx. 28), watching for their souls as those who must give account (Heb. xiii. 17); exercising the overseershO, not as lords over an inheritance of their own, but as ensampla to the believers ; not seeking filthy lucre a: their reward, • but that Cram* of Glory which tky shall receive when the Chief Shepherd shall ap pear (1 Pet. v. 2-4). . Reading the scriptures, exhorting to the petfor - -mance of those duties which they enjoin, and teaching 1 [ - itch other the divine truths which they contain, ap- ; pear plainly, front these passages, to have occupied much of the attention of the Christian assemblies. To! 1 .. these duties they added prayers and praises to THE MOST Illott,t being expressly enjoined to offer the :a -.• ' In the Jewish.rnagognes the elder who presided in the ser vice was styled she vp.rel of the corgregatien. This term there foie—in deed the term elder also, was borrowed host the, syna gogue ; nor was there any tecessity to contrive new names to ex press functions for which appropriate terms already existed. Even . the title elitestos was familiar at Jerusalem, where there were al ways a number of Hellenists, for it occurs more than once in the Septuagint. As to eetlelia,it Is the word comMonly used' by the LXX throughout the Old Testament for ( rip, thecm g ri z atita. f Not that the bishop only was to read—he was to enforce the performance of this duty. Any person, caned up by him, read in the hearing of the whole congregation. He who was esteemed rise best reader would, as a matter of coarse, be desired oftener AM others,and in time he was considered as an officer, called in meek i ilsay.sosasn (Justin Martyr Apol. 2), in Latin L:ctor - (Tertul. de pnescripr. advers. Hnret.) I. e.. a Reader. He read and the people listened—they did not read alternately; and therefore when ibis duty was ended kis described only by the Reader, and not the o ngregaipe, ce.niog to read (Justin. Martyr. Apol. 2.) t The order in which these differeotservices were observed is no where bid down in the scriptures, only that they were to be i per formed; of course the order would sometimes depend on dr , alMstanees, and might vary in different places. J Orr: N MA AT T R statics, that in his time (Mine 155) frit .f all lA, torifhort of the Pr these and dip etles were rya (A/44. i) T-Z1 . 'r !MUM, ' about criflce of praise se Got+ continually, that is the fruit o f the lips, giving thank: to his name (Heb. viii. 15) ; and to e'er up, as an indispensable part of their public and joint services, supplication:, prayers, intercession:, and thanksgiving for all men ; for king: and for all that are in authority ; praying that every Member of the Church might lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, and that dot, who willdh men of all ranks to be saved would bring many to the knowledge of the truth respecting the one Gon, and one MEDIATOR between Goa and men, the man Cnatsr JEsusii—the man Gon's faowt who being in Gon-Fonm, thought it no robbery that he should have things EQUAL [i. e. adequate] to GOD-HEAD ; and yet made hituseXof no reputation, took on him the form of aservant, was madein the likeness of men,and became obedient unto death,V--stilfering the just for the un just, that he might bring us to Gond' These being the services in which they were employed in their public assemblies, it is necessary that we should enquire who they were that exhorted and taught, and Acted as the organ of the congregation in its addresses to the Throne of Grace. That the Elders often performed these duties is, I believe, not contested, and therefore particular pal sages, in addition to those already quoted, need not be adduced as procfs. But it may be necessary to inquire whether the congregations had a right to throw upon their Ministers every duty but that of hearing and receiving instruction ? We are informed (Acts viii.) that on the perse cutiqn which broke out, after the death of STEPHEN, against the congregation which was at Jerusalem, the member: were ALL scattered abroad, throughout Judea and Samaria, and went every where preaching the word. It was not the Apostles, for we are told expressly that they still remained at Jerusalem, but those who were scattered abroad, that performed these duties.— Hence it appears that, at that time, it was the duty and practice of all the believers to preach the word. One of the Members who thus preached, and who had not been appointed an Elder but a Deacon, is mentioned by name, viz. Plump, who went down to the city of Samaria and preached the CHRIST unto them— this he did, however, not as a Deacon, for his duty as such was to :erve tables, but as a common duty, which. every believer was bound to perform according to his ability. It appears also, fiom Paves first epistle to the Corinthians [xiv.] to have been the duty and privi lege of the Members of that Congregation (and con. sequently of every other) to ftrojihccy, that is to teach ; and that, at that time, some confusion was often pro duced by the readiness of every one of them to sing or; speak a psalm, a doctrine, or a revelation, arid some of them in an uninowa tongue. Is their liberty of speech reproved by the. Apostle ? No, but their indiscreet use of of them speaking with tongues when there was no interpreter present, and when, conse quently, the congregation could not be edified by their discourse ; and others, as it would appear, rising to speak before the former speaker had ceased, from an earnestness to state their knowledge on the sub ject under discussion. The Apostle informed them (ver. SI.) that they might ALL prophesy, cne by ate, that all might learn and all might be comforted. But though they might all speak, by course," they were not thence allowed to infer, that every one of them might use this liberty at one time of assembling ; for at one meeting it was not proper that more elan 44 two or three" should address di' believers. And P tuL en forces the propriety of his directions by- telling them , yoer. SS.) that Con is not the author of eolfaion but of jteace, at in all •the wagregaticass of the mists. That this duty and privilege of speaking to alma:jolt:Nl comfort belongs to all the male members is plain, not only from the generality of the expression, " remosAct itrolthecy" but from what he adds respecting the females(ver.S4.) Let your women Jeep silence in your eusembria ; for IT Is NOT PERMITTED INTO THEM TO SPEAK." [Plainly im plying that it is permitted to the mat] a If they dedre t o have'information on clnyleoint let than ash their husbands at home ; for IT 13 A SHAME FOR WOMEN TO :WEAR IN THE CONGREGATION." This duty of exhorting one another was not only permitted, but enjoined to be observed, as one of the means appointed by GOD to enable believers to hold fast the profession of the faith widows wavering. For this end the believing Hebrews (a 24, 25) are admonish ed, to provoke cne another to love and to good works, not fortaiing the assembling of themsilver together, tut EXHOR TING ONE ANOTHER—viz. in their public assemblies. The congregation of the Thessalonians are desired (1 Epistle iv. 18) to exhort one another, with what PAUL stated to them respecting the second coming of CHRIST; and the taints and faithful brethren at Colosse are enjoined (iii. 16) to let the word of Cuetsr dwell in them richly in all wisdom, " TEACHING and nmornsunce one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs,"—a passage which she ws the meaning of one before quoted from ; the epistle to the Corinthians, all of Whom had a ludo' or adodrine for the instruction of she congregation. Without insisting farther on this point, it must fol-, low, from what has been produced, that the Bishops were entitled to receive instruction from, as well as bound to communicate it to, the congregation ; that every is}- dividual had a right to receive the benefit of that knowledge ViiliCh GOD had communicated to every 40 or 50 years later, speaking of the public service, states the order thus: " The scriptures are read, psalms sung, comforting dis course, are spoken, and prayers presented."—(De Anifta, s. iii.) Tim. ii. 1-5. t Zech. xiii. 7. t Phil. ii. 6-11. 1 Pet. iii. 15. L - . SALES BY AU.CTION. • PINNER HILL, MIDDLESEX. ELIGIBLE aid BRAIFf !FILL SPOT for BUILRING, 13 miles from Loudon. Dy Mr. ROBINS, at Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley; Cnrnrslll, on Toesdsy, the 30els instant, at Twelve o'Clock, itiOne Lot, AFREEHOLD, ESTATE, situate on tic South . side if PlnneiAtill, oinarblzig, upwards of Forty-four Acres of Meadow, Pastore, Arab*, and Wood Land, .on which are many thousand fine thriving young oaks, and some timber, forming a most desirable situation for building, commanding rich and extensive views of the country. Land-tax on part redeemed. May be viewed by applying m Mr. Kelsey, Harroweald Lodge, near Pinner, of whom particulars may be had ; White Horse, Uxbridge; Red Lion, Southall and Hounslow - of Massrs. Foster, Cooke, and F.-ere, lAncoin's Inn ; at Garway's ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Goideft-square. WILTS.—FREEHOLD HOUSES, COLLINGBOURNE, KlNGSTON,betweeu Andover, Hungerford, and Marlborough. By Mr. ROBINS, At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change-alley. Coreddil, London, on Tuesday, the 20th of August, at 12 o'Clock, in two lots, Loo 1 .rcH E veryeligibleFßEEH6lLD ESTATES, - 1 - land-tax redeemed, comprising the manor or reputed manor of Collingbourne, Valence, and Bronton House, a desirable family mansion, seated on a lawn surroundedby thriving planta tions, with garden, orchard, yard, barns,stables i and outbuildings, and upwards of 151 acres of meadow, pastor., arable, and wood land, all lying compact, in a good state of cultivation, and in a fine healthy part of the country, commanding rich and extensive views over a rich country, presenting a pleasant residence for a Gentleman fond of Farming and field sports, situate in the parish, ' and neauthe village of Collingboarne Kingston, and within a quarter of a mile of the church. Lot 2. A valuable Freehold Estate adjolniping Lot 1. called Heath Farm, land-tax redeemed, and Gammon's Corner, situate in the parishes of Conic:bourne Kingston, and Chute, with a farm-house, yards, =aides, orchard, bans, stables, and optbuild ings, and upwards of 171 acres of meadow, pasture, and wood land;`alfin good etiltivation, and lying tannpact. An Act is ob tained for inelosing the pari sh of Chlitin,Vbir.b will add a consi derable quantity of land to this lot. • A , These Estates are very eligible properti for investing money, or for occupation, are within two miles of Everley, nine from Hungerfordi ten from Malberough, twelve front Andover, six teen from Salfibury, and seventy from London. • Marbe Viewed by application on the premises , where parties isaY be' had.; it the Star and Garter, Andover ; Swan, Hune gerfoid; eidleatheMstillimongh. Arms, Marlborough; White . Hdrt; flabbiest; diltla,ss at Svorietand Amesbury - Pelican, Mewl :my ;;Aiffsiio44On. Bath; • Seib. Bristol; /Mack ' Bear, De vizes ; Wbitegart,Chippenharh ; at Oarraway's ; and of mr: Robins, WatwlcUiteet, " Gorden-squaw, Where a plan of *e estates may be seta. SALtS Bt AUCHON. NET RENT of £233 per Anntun,unexeeptionably wlsecored, payable out of an Estate near Loaded: • • • By Mr. ROBINS, At Ganaway's Coffee-house, Change-Ailey, Cotnhill , ma Tues day the 3oth instant, at Twelve o'clock, • A NET ANNUAL PROFIT RENT of TWO HUNDRED and THIRTY-THREE P9UNDS for eighteen years, unexceptionably well securel, and pap)* out of an estate within a few miles of London. Particulars at Gatrativiii4 -and of Mr. Robins, Warnich. street, Golden-square. ',.4 GOLDER'S•GAEEN, NAAR-HENDON.—THREE DE SIRABLE VILLAS, AND LAND. By Mr. ROBINS, At Garraway's Coffee-douse , Change-Alley, Cornhill, on TUC*. day, the 30th Instant, at Twelve o'Clock, in three L ots , AVERY eligible LEASEHOLD ESTATE ; comprising three compact and neatly finisird Yaks, very desirably situate at Golder's Green, near liendoo, cominodloosly planned, and hagdsomely. fitted up with folding doors, &c. The domestic Offices to each are convenient and-appropriate, wit' Yards, Coach-houses, Stables, „Barn, and otlm ; Out-builYings; Gardens fully stocked and cropped, and planed with wall and standard Fruit-trees in full bearing, and about sixteen Acres of Meadow Land (which will lee apportiored to the Lou„ amply supplied with excellent water. • Particulars of S. T. Adams, Esq. Russell -street, Bloomsbury; at the Swan, Golder's Green ; and: 9f Mr. Robini, Waiwiciro s tre e t, c olden-square ; of whom Tickets for viewing•may behad. FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, FARMS, aad LANDS; - Within FIFTEEN MILES of LONDON, in the COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. ... By Mr. ROBINS, At Garraway's Coffee-house,* 'Change-alley, Conanll, on Tam. day, the 90th instant, in six Lot;, VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, con • sistir.g of an iletark. modern Brick built RESIDENCE., planned for the acconuAddation'of a l'anti/g, vilth excillert de tached Offices, seated nas elevated lawn, pianfed with tlirivir.f Shrubs and Forest Trees, commanding distaat prospect* of the rich and beautiful surrounding Country ; with Chach-lsouse, Sta ble, Brew-house, and other useful Cakes, exceiient garden, well stocked and cropped, pleisintly situatedin a Paddock, surround ed by sundry incioaurel of Meadow, Arable, Pasture, and Wood Land, iontai4ting nearly four hundred acres, with 'a - commodious and substdhlial Farm House, large .Barns, Granary, Stables; tin Lodges, Sheds, and warm Farm-yard. . Two Cottages aroplated at an extremity of the Estate, which is a fine healthy situatim, about five miles from Croydon, Burnrcy, and Westhant, in the counties of Surrey and Kent, a desirableand improveableproperty. To be viewed by. tickets. Particulars on the Fretnires ;at the Old Ship, Brighton; Star, Lewes; Wbfie• Hart, C.otiitoue ; King's Arms and Greyhound, Croydon ; White Hart, Guildford Red Lion, Dorkirg ; King's Head, Epsom ; White Hart, Reigate; Cock, Sutton ; of Messrs. Loddington and Hall,Temple ; at 4,;ais raway's ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick,,tr.::t, Golden-square, where tickets may be had, and a plan of the Estate seen. RUTLAND:MIRE. • ELIGIBLE FARM and LANDS,Tithe-free, near STAMI - oßgo and tJP PING HAM, with immediate Posswiess. By Mr. ROBINS, at Garrassray's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley Oornhill. on Tuesday, tie . 30th Listant, at Twelve o'Clock, Two Lot, : Lot I. A DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATF,, 1 - Tithe-free, and Land-tax redeemed ; comprising a good Farm HOUR', with Earns, Stables, and Outbuildlnes, Yards. Garden, and upwards of 215 Acres of rich Meadow, Palatal/Si • Arable Land, lying nearly compact, and lb a good state ot cativa• Lion, situate at Kenton, in the county of Rutland, Ind a shat &s -tance from thesapital market towns of Stamford andUppinflatu, and about 90 /nibs from London. Possession may be hid at Ks ehaelmas next. 1 Lot. 2. A Copybold Estate; comprising an inelossre of lids Arable Land, called The Holmes, containing riA. 2R:tithosfice, and Land-tax redecnied.—These Lands form veryeligtble pro. petty for investing money, or occupation. • May be viewed by applying to Messrs. Jackson and Judd, Foo licitors ' Stamford; Mr. Allen, at Ketton ; of whom particulais may be bad ; and at the White Hart, Ketton ; Post Horse, at Newark ; Rein Deer, Lincoln ; George Stampford, 11.'ansford bridge; Mr. Holmes, AlconburyAill ; the Inns at Oakbant. 1.4 pingham, Rutland, Hnntinghon, and Bugden ; Angel. Solon; Black Bull, Ware; at Girraway's ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick.. street,' Golden-square, Where a plan of the Estate may be seen. CAPITAL FREEHOLD 'MANSION-HOUSE, MANORS, and ESTATES in SOMEREETSHIRE, eight stiles from Bristol, twelve from Wells, fifteen from Bath, and within a Quat-tesOf a Mile of the Turnpike Road from Bristol to Exeter. By Mr. ROBINS, At Garraway's Coffee-house, Cornhill, London, on Tuen!ay, the 30th . instant, at one o'clock, AVALUABLE,' COMPACT, and VERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising. the Manors, or reputed Maskers, of BUTCOMBE and BLJ raThilLE 'IHRUBWELL,. with'. the capital Mansion House of 'BUT COMBE COURT, in couplete repair, and fit for thoinsenerdate reddest* of a large incf geared Finally ; with good and cinve nient Osit-lionses, Stables, Coach-houses, extensive etaßed Cen dests,.Hlt-bouser, Pleasure-gtound.and Lawn aroiandthe Heave , cant:4olB4ol estimation seventy WE'S. Together with a very ioodelnadeowafortable Farm House On the Eitate; to which is at tached art eteiellent Farm-yard, with plenty of . Water, and every convenience and necessary Out-bedding; and upwards of One Hundred and Fifty-three acres of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land. Together also withthe Advowson and Next Presentation of the Parish Church of Butcomhe, cOmptisids the Gnu and small Tithes, free from Modps,„py, Composition, which, with about 52 acres of Glebe Land; ate of the yearly value 0f.300L ail upwards. l'he present dineumbentatiut GO years of age. The Mansion House and other parts esf the Eitate have lately undergone considerable imiirovement The premises adjoin each other, are situated in the several Parishes of Butcombe, IlLgdeal„ and Nempnett, and the Laind-Tax is redeemed. The neighbour hood is exceedingly good, abounds with Game, and is in a far Sporting Country. . Particulars on the premises, on Tuesdays and Fridays, wiles the House' may be seen ; and conditions of sale at the principal Inns at Bath, Bristol, Wells, Bridgwatev, Taunton; and Exeter; of Mr. Fisher, Langford, near Bristol. to whom appSeation for any further information. May .be made.(free of postage); and of Mr Robins, Warwick-street, Golden-spare, Lemke. SHEEN HOUSE, NEAR rt f CHM ON I% SURREY. CAPITAL MANSION, GARDENS, AND NINETEEN ACRES OF LAND. By Mr. ROBINS. At Garraway's Coffee. house 'Cliartge-aUcy, Coroblil, OD Minh day, the 15th Septembet% at Tatehre, in One Let, ' • A DESIRABLE FREZNOLD ESTATE; 1- comprising an elegant spacious Mansion, called SHEllki HOUSE, situate at Shten, near Richmond, In the County of Sur rey, late the residence of Lord Palmerston deceased, preuTtiug a capital Family Bosse, seated on a Lawn, separated from the road by a wall and folding-gates ; , contains, on the 1 7round-floor, handsome Entrance-hall, Eating-parlour Drawing room, and Breakfast-room of large dimensions , deg:only furnished, with a veranda at the back-front, 5s feet long ; a Dressing-roan, Howe keeper's and Butler's-rooms. Servants' Hall. Kitchen, Stoller?. and Cook's room, two Larders, a principal and secondary Stair case ; the bedchamber Ind attic starlet contain lt Bedchambers. 3 Dressing-rooms, Library, and Water-el:gat ; in the Warners, convenient Cellars; s Yard, with detached Kitchell, Wads house, Laundry, and. other buildings; s treble Coach-house and Stable for seven harsh; Gardens, well stocked and cropped, sad planted with choice fruit-trees; Grapes . ? aid Toal-house; Farm yard, and various Out-buildings and Laud, lea aL about 19 Acres. ornamented by a sheet of hoe wafer. The Premises have been altered and improved at a eendder. able expellee, and are the molt Complete 'order, planned fat the accommodation of a Clentlerome• Faislly, forming as algal and pleasant residence, only elibt:aullai from London. To be viewed by tickets. the Premises; artist 4satle j ß.lelistiond; "it • Gatn,wirriflitar . ol. Mr. Robin., War- Oolden:atraie. LONDON : Prbstitd rablished IivI.EVIL /CENT, of C....io terbtrty Pita, jat the titWeaOr me, No. 1, Coe? street Published also at the Sr As-Or rice, trzpie [other member ; and that it soli litetitgelit 7 on all of I them, as expressed by Piriac.(l Epistle iv. 10),".ac cording 4111 they had received tarq at to minister the same one to another a: good steward: ef the manifold grace of GoD," speaking agreeably to oracles—not seeking to please men, but speaking the truth in love, that they might grow up unto him in all thing: who is VIP 111.4 D, run ilNoturso--edifying the body in love (Eph. iv. 15, 16) • As it belonged to every male member to teach and to exhort the. congregatiott, so also it is evident any male member might be called upon t to be the m. u:h of the assembly in prayer to GOD ; for Nut: afterin forming Timorny (2 tpistle ii.) what sort of suppli cations and intercessions should be offered up for King's and Magistrates, proceeds (ver. 8.) to mention by whom I will therefore that MEN PRAY, every where, li f ting to holy hands, without wrath and doubting." —That the word " men" is not here put for believers generally ; as if he had said, " I will that disciples pray every where," is evident; for it is preceded in the original by the article ; and " THE•MEN" [roc); av4cts] are put in contrast with THE women in the verses that follow.—" Let THE WOMEN letzim in silence —I infer not a woman to teach—but TO BS IN =NATE. " The Apostle, in short, after enjoining that the male members were to offer up the prayers of the congre gation, reminds them by the latter words that this could not be done by females, since they were not per mitted to speak, but commanded to keep silence in the assem blies (1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35). Nor is it possible to assign any other meaning to the words, as they stand in the original, unless we affirm that men are commanded to pray every where, but women to pray no where.— That the term every where, or in every place, when connected by the Apostle with what he enjoins as duty, always alludes to places where Christian con gregations were settled ; and that what TiNtoTtry re ceived as directions to be every where attended to, was communicated by him to every congregation which he visited, appears irrefragably from what' Nut himself says to the Corinthians (1 Epistle iv. 17.) respecting this very TIMOTHY and the instruc tions he gave him : " I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause have bent unto you Ttmorar, my be, loved son and faithful in the LORD, who shall bring you into remembrance if' my ways which be in CHRIST, as I teach EVERY WHERE, IN EVERY CONGREGATION. BIBLICtS. " • It appears plainly by the letter of Alexander, Bishop of Je rusalem, and 'lleoctistus of Czsarea to Demetrius, Bishop of Alexandria, that in their time, which was that of Origen, the custom had not yet become general for the Clergy, as the Office bearers came through time to be called, to monopolize the privi lege of speaking in the congregation. Origen, before he was called into office, having gone into Palestine, had, by desire of the Bishops, preached there ; at this Demetrius, when he learnt it, took offence ; on which occasion Alexander and Theoctistus wrote to him as follows :—" Whereas you say in your letter, that it wag never before seen or practised, That Laymen should preach in the presence of Bishops : you therein deviate from the truth for, wheresoever any are found that are able to profit the brethrer, the Holy Bishops, of their own accord, ask them to preach unto the people. Evelpis was thus desired by Neon, Bishop of La randa, and Paulinus by Celsus of iconium, and Theodorus by Atticus of Synnada, our most blessed brethren." Euseb. lib vi. cap. xix. As express injunctions arc given to the Corinthians to avoid every kind of confusion in their public assemblies, and as it was the special province of the Angel, or presiding elder, to see that this was attended to, we may infer that the person who at any time acted as the mouth of the congregation in this particular ser vice, when not the presiding elder himself, would be one called' , up at the time by him. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning - 29 minutes after 5 Afternoon - - 2 minutes after 6