the divine being of a far greater amount of spiritual good than can be looked for firom the labours of one whose manner is harsh or haughty the rev dr having at some length in my chapter to this point i will not dwell upon it anew but i may be permitted to refer to a case which i have reason to believe is not unknown to dr himself of the unhappy effects which are produced on the minds of hearers by anything harsh or on the part of ministers for some years a gentleman had been a regular attendant on the of a popular preacher and not only heard him with delight � it is to be hoped with advantage also � but felt the greatest attachment to him personally circumstances occurred to render it impossible for the gentleman in question to be in the chapel at the commencement of the service for several in succession the minister being popular and there being no doubt of the seat letting as soon as it was known to be vacant the reverend gentleman one morning wrote to the party referred to in the following terms � sir � i beg to inform you that you have your right to your seat in consequence of coming to the chapel at so late an hour the dr your seat has been let to another party your obedient servant the gentleman called on the minister next morning for the purpose of explaining � and the explanation must have proved perfectly to any candid mind � the circumstances which had led to his being late in his attendance at chapel for several but imagine his surprise regret and mortification at the minister refusing to see him from that ment the party in question felt that he could not profit hj the of the reverend gentleman even were he to preach like an angel firom heaven a similar effect i may add was produced on the minds of others who were made acquainted with the circumstance dr s attribute whatever of there may be in his manner to the trials he has had to endure though not married he has had much to try him in the case of relatives but i will not draw aside the veil he lives in a great measure out of the world his residence is a very humble one or rather forming a part of his chapel in street the rev dr his whole soul is said by those who know him to be absorbed in the performance of his duties the schools connected with his chapel have always been the object of his deepest solicitude and perhaps they are the best regulated schools connected with any church or chapel in the metropolis the scholars are examined before the whole congregation either or half yearly i am not sure which and in the great majority of cases almost indeed in every case display an acquaintance with divine truth which ought to put many christians of a larger physical growth to the blush dr lives very plainly and and i am assured by those who ought to be acquainted with the fact though the majority of his congregation may not be aware of it a very large portion of his annual income to the for the support of those schools dr s hearers are exceedingly partial to his preaching they are unwilling to admit that any other minister in the metropolis is equal to him of them follow him about p the rev he if m town i know one family who live in the neighbourhood of the city road who regularly in all walk to to hear him in the morning and afternoon in street chapel and then follow him to in the evening � thus to be absent from their home the whole of the sabbath day and making a or two answer the purposes of dinner and tea the reverend doctor s personal appearance is imposing he is slightly above the middle height and well formed he has a lofty forehead highly of intellectual his features are handsome and would appear still more so but for a certain which there is about the general expression of his countenance his face is of the oval form notwithstanding his and labours his complexion is tinged with a rosy hue while his general appearance is that of one who excellent health his hair slightly to a colour and stands erect on his brow and at either side of th� rev h h s his head his age judging from his appearance must be about forty three or forty four i ought not to close my sketch of dr without mentioning that his chapel in was built by for the excellent but unfortunate dr the funds were raised and the chapel erected under the special par of the then queen after whose name it was called who could enter chapel without feeling his mind with painful regret to the melancholy te of poor dr the rev h h of street square a highly respectable station among the of the metropolis his own congregation are very partial to him they think that he is not to be surpassed by any contemporary minister upon a first or second hearing he is not in the majority of cases thought so highly of as he is afterwards this may be accounted for in a great measure from the rapidity of his delivery he speaks at a railway speed i am r the rev h h � convinced that sermons which take him only three quarters of an hour to deliver contain as much matter as those which in the case of a preacher who speaks at the ordinary rate of utterance would occupy a full hour i to the reverend gentleman s rapid delivery the circumstance of strangers sometimes coming away with a very imperfect recollection of what they have heard his own people being accustomed 