The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER.

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE
READERS' ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday morning the claims which this association
has upon the public for support were very ably advocated
in a sermon preacbed at St. Thomas's Church, Bream's-
buildings, Chancery-lane, by the Rev. J. Redwar, the in-
cumbent. The text was taken from Jeremiah, 15th
chap., 16th verse, " Thy words were found and I did
eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and re-
joicing of mine heart." The reverend minister, in ex-
pounding the text, described the Holy Scriptures as the
great messenger of love and mercy, and said that all
should labour to make their families, children, and ser-
vants acquainted with the Word of God. The congre-
gation present could doubtless all read as well as possess
the sacred book. Theirs was no class Bible—no locked
book, but to many it was a locked—a sealed book. The
Scripture reader, however, had gone forth with the
Bible in his hand, reading the Vs ord of God at their
own fire-side, by which the most encouraging results
.had been produced. This good work bad been going on
in this and many other parishes for upwards of seven
years. The readers were now 116 in number, deriving
theirincome solely from ,the funds of the Church or
England Scripture Readers' Association, and which
iunds had become so inadequate to meet the expendi-
ture that the association:, though reluctant, contemplated
withdrawing some of the readers. To prevent this be
would urge the congregation as a Christian duty to con-
tribute liberally.
From the circulars placed in the church, it appeared
that the eighth annual meeting of the association will be
held on Tuesday next he 27th inst.), at the Hanover-
square Rooms, under the presidency of the Lord Bishop
of St. Asaph, when the chief recommendation will be
that a strenuous exertion should be immediately made
to raise 2,0001.
The Reverend Gentleman's eloquent discourse pro-
duced a very liberal collection at the doors. _

" WRITE SOON !"
(From Eliza Cook's Journal)
Long parting from the hearts we love
Will shadow o'er the brightest face;
And happy they who part, and prove
Affection changes not with place.
A sad farewell is warmly deer,
But something dearer may be found
To dwell on lips that are siLcere,
And lurk in bosoms closely bound.
The pressing band, the steadfast eye.
Are both less earnest than the boon
Which, fervently, the last fond sigh
Begs in the hopeful words, " Weite soon!"
" Write soon!" ob, sweet request of Truth!
How tenderly its accents cant
We heard it firbt in early youth,
When mothers watched us leaving home.
And still amid the trumpet-joys,
That weary us with pomp and show,
We turom ll the brassy noise
To hear this a
nzinore cadence flJtv.
We part, but carry on our way
Some loved•one's plaintive spirit-tune,
That, as we wander, seems to say,
"Affection lives on Faith,—W rite soon!"
ELizA. COOK.

Ma. Frauous O'CoNNoa.—Mr.Feargus O'Connor
arrived at Liverpool on Friday night from London, and put
up at the Queen's Hotel. Oa Saturday morning at an early
hour he left his hotel and proceeded on board the Royal Mail
steam ship Europa, which sailed about one o'clock for the
United States. The object of Mr. Feargus Connor's fli
ht
to America is, it is said, to avoid the commission of lunacy
which has been issued against him.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturlay after-
noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers
present were—the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Lonsdale, the
Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of
Malmesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Ciaancellor of the
Exchequer; the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon.
J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Right Hon. J. C.
Herriea, and Lord John Biunera. The Ouncil &It two