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chief glory of every Christian minister to attain. (Hear,
hear.) He felt, however highly they might vindicate the ho-
nour of the church, however highly they might recommend
her to the affections of the people, all would fall short it they
failed to win, by those victories, many souls to the allegiance
and love of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Hum) Let not the
meeting think they were altogether without danger of fall-
ing into some error like this. We lived in days of agi-
tation, of excitement, of strong party feeling, when we
were apt to mistake sentiment for principle, and enthu-
siasm for right-minded working ; we were apt to be car-
ried away by these kind .of impressions, and consequently
they made him more anxious to win souls to Christ, more
anxious to extend the boundaries of his kingdom. His
young friends, therefore, must not find fault with their mi-
nisters if they occasionally ventured to remind them that
there was great responsibility .attaching to them and to
their body, by associating themselves together for so high a
cause as the protection and .:support of the Church of Eng-
land. In that object was enshrined all that ought to be most
dear to them as immortal beings; the salvation of souls,
their present and eternal welfare were indissolubly connected
with the Church of England. (Hear.) He beseeched them
then, by the tenderest recollections, to remember that they
professed and called themselves Christians ; he beseeched
them by the remembrance of their fathers and mothers who
had departed, and who were now bending an anxious eye
upon the children they had left; he beseeched them by the
waters of baptism, to be trot first to the Lord Jesus Christ,
and then they would be true to the Church of England.
(Cheers.) They were placed in a peculiar position. Whilst
they had associated themselves together for the maintenance
of the highest principles of man, they were necessarily placed
in some sort of opposition to many of their fellow subjects.
It was- wise for them to consider that some of their fellow-
subjects to whom they were now opposed, were for a long
time distinguished fer their faithful adherence to the true
principles of the Gospel—he meant the Protestant Dissenters
of England, who for a long time fanned the flame of truth in
this country, and who kept alive the spirit of true religion
when it was neglected by churchmen. (Hear.) Although
now this society was politically opposed to them, let us look
back at what they had done in England, and learn therefrom
what we had to do. (Hear.) The meeting would remember
that for a long time the church was lukewarm and cold, but
there was throughout England kept alive a true evangelical
spirit among the dissenters. (Hear.) In their attachment
to the church let the society never forget this—that what
rallied round the dissenters multitudes of our fellow-subjects
was, not the antiquity, not the sanctity, not the outward cir-
cumstances in which they were placed, not any authority
delegated to them, or the recognition of them by the state,
but solely the pure preaching of the word of God. Let them
remember, too, that the church defined in her articles what
she meant by the term church—" a congregation of faithful
men, in the which the pure word of God is preached and the
sacrament duly administered :" they would observe also, in
looking overthehistory of the country, that we never progressed
as a church but when we had the pure word of God conjoined
with the due administration of the sacaraments. Now the
dissenters preached the pure word of God, but they could not
duly administer the sacraments. (Hear, hear.) The church
of this day represented, in the most perfect manner, the actual
form of a Christian church as laid down in her articles ; in
her the pure word of God was •preached and the sacraments
duly administered, and so long as these two things were kept
together she must prevail. (Cheers.) She had what Popery
pretended to have, the right to administer the sacraments ;
and she had, what popery never yet had, a pure preaching of
of the words of eternal life. (Cheers.) But we never were in
the midst of any prosperity or great blessing, hut God tried
our activity and watchfulness by bringing evils along with those
blessings ; we were never allowed to sleep whilst things were
going on well, lest we should become careless in our remem-
brance of Him who is the giver of every good and perfect gift.
At the present time, .when we rejoiced in seeing our church
maintain the character of a Christian church, many of its
ministers were giving an undue weight to the administration
of the sacraments, and, he feared, neglecting the preaching
of the word. He made this remark with caution, but he felt

it imperatively necessary to make it for the guidance of the
society, as it was among the young that there was an active
attempt being made to disseminate these principles. He had
sometimes of late had an opportunity, or rather he had been
called upon, to enter into some churches which he had after-
wards left with deep sorrow, and for which he had most fer-
vently prayed God that he would he pleased to look upon them
with compassion, and that he would kindle as with a coal from
the altar, the true spirit of love to our Lord Jesus Christ,
where at present all was coldness, dullness, and death. 0,
he felt his heart sink within him, when he entered into one
of those gorgeous temples, originally dedicated to the worship
of God and the service of Christ, where there was a drowsy
preacher, an insensible reader (not prayer) of the prayers,
where there was none of that heart touching melody which
rose upon the wings of grateful praise and thanksgiving to
God, where all was insensible .and lifeless, and where the
hungry sheep were looking up in vain for the-preaching of
the words of eternal life ! He prayed with them, but when
he left that place of worship he felt inclined to write upon
the door—" Great is Diana of the Ephesians—by this
craft we live." There was a great deal of that in it.
He could not think he was in the Church of England when
he went into these places ; and when. he looked into her li-
turgy and articles, he found reason to believe that there the
Word of God was not preached, though the sacraments were
duly, administered. There was the authorised minister of
Christ ; there *as the due celebration of the sacraments ;
there was the due performance of public worship—he begged
pardon for calling it " the performance," but the term ap-
plied in this case ;—and there was not that heartfelt, heart-
searching appeal to the hearts of sinners, upon the subject
most near and most dear to their immortal souls. This had
been the case for a long time ; there was nothing new in it,
he was sorry to say; but .the persons he Mentioned a short
time ago, as endeavouring to put the administration of the
sacraments. above the preaching of the Word; found support
in these Places. Those lukewarm people who took upon
themselves the name of high churchmen jumped at these
Oxford doctrines ; they said, " To be sure we hold apostolic
doctrine—we have always held that ;" and thus the offl
party,, who. were by degrees becoming evangelical, had gone
back,. They had found supporters in high places. Do not
let them find any supporters among
.this society. (Hear.
hear.) If the society lent them their support, they would
flourish : if they discountenanced them, they must fall to the
ground. (Hear.) They looked to the peop.le for support,
and, if they got support froth the people, the evil which had
been introduced among us now would be perpetuated for
generations to come. But it the young men, the forlorn
hope of this generation, should withstand all attempts to
foist upon them these old, musty, mouldy principles, we Should
get rid of them for ever. (Cheers.) Much as we might la-
ment, that many of the old ministers were renewing their
youth in this respect, it %Vas still more deplorable to know
that many of our young divines, now coming forth as autho-
rised ministers of Christ, were very fondof these doctrines.
He was sorry to find this the case, because lie had studied
and knew what the articles Of the church were, and how
Much these men must differ from them upon the all-weighty
Concern of preaching the anisearchable riches of Christ. He
did not, however, wish the meeting to run away with the
idea that there was nothing good or nothing worth in the
opinions of these men. No; we must 'read and consider ;
and he had no doubt they would be led themselves after-
wards to confess that many of the points they had advanced
they had carried too far. Thus we should get rid of the
chaff, and secure the wheat. The resolution mentioned that
they had pledged themselves to increase their energies; and
Dr. Tattershall had taken some of his ground away from
him, for he intended to have suggested their union with that
excellent society whose object was the dissemination of the
Homilies and the Book of Common Prayer. He would only
add a hope that every member of this society possessed a
copy of the Homilies. He knew that some of them did not,
but they ought to do. The Homilies were the text-book of
the church. There we got our strength when we wished to
know the church's doctrines; we were sure to find them in
the Homilies, and if we read those Homilies with a desire to
understand the mind of the church, he was sure we should
find 'it. They were without excuse in not having copies of
them, for they were sold at a very low price indeed. The
rev. gentleman-then concluded by moving the resolution.
Mr. JAMES MATTHEWS seconded the resolution in an
appropriate speech, in the course of which he pointed out
the evils of popery and socialism, and called upon the meet-
ing to be earnest in supporting the church. One of the ob-
jects of the society as expressed in the-original address, was
the formation of a library. He was happy to say that a
library had now been formed; and he had been requested to
state that it would be opened in the course of next week. It
would be lodged in Mr. Crisp's office in Church-street.
The resolution was carried.
• Mr. MOORE moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
In that gentleman the meeting saw the successful opponent
to an attempt made in this town to promote the public dese-
cration of the Sabbath. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Row Err seconded the resolution, and it was carried
by acclamation.
Mr. HORSFALL assured the meeting that he felt deeply
grateful for the mark of their kindness which had been just
exhibited. He would rather avoid any reference to himself
further than to say, with regard to what had fallen from the
gentleman who moved the resolution, that in doing what he
had with regard to the desecration of the Sabbath, or in en-
tering his protest against what he conceived to be an act of
desecration, be only did what be conceived to be his duty.
(Hear.) Hei only did what he was sure, from the expression
of feeling he had just witnessed, every other individual in
that room would have done had he been similarly situated.
The hour was now late •, there were yet some details of busi-
ness to be gone through, and lie would only detain the meet-
ing one moment further, just to remind them of the substance
of the two resolutions they had adopted. The first was an
expression of love and attachment to their church. He hoped
that upon all occasions when we felt called upon to express
our love and attachment, we should be careful of exhibiting
any want of love towards those who were not members of our
church. (Hear.) The second resolution was a practical
one, and they had pledged themselves by it to increased exer-
tions in the sacred cause they had united to support. Dr.
Tattershall had stated one way in which they might exhibit
their increased exertions, and that was by giving aid to a
most valuable, and useful, and scriptural establishment in
this town—the Prayer Book and Homily Society. (Hear.)
He would only add to that the expression of his earnest hope
that the society would most cordially respond to that call,
and that they would, as churchmen and as members of society,
not only give their support to that society. but to every so-
ciety in connection with the established church of this land.
(Cheers.)
The meeting then separated.

Several persons in Ennis have suffered from using flour
(thirds) with which it is supposed rye was mixed. They at
first complained of dizziness and partial loss of vision, in some
instances vomiting, &c., followed. Flour adulterated in this
manner might lead to serious consequences, which could not
be too cautiously guarded against.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, GREENOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY.
—The tunnel at Arkelston, is now sufficiently excavated to
allow a passage for a locomotive engine. On Saturday last,
the one built by Messrs. Barr and M`Nab, and placed a few
months since on the railway to the eastward, was pushed
through, and on Tuesday arrived at the depot here. As this
was the first time a locomotive engine had crossed the Cart,
and reached the centre of the town, her appearance excited
rather a sensation among the spectators. She has since been
employed daily, and facilitates the work to a great extent.
The building for the various offices is nearly at its full
height, and will be ready for the roof in a few days. It is
altogether a very handsome building. It is of the same
turreted style of architecture as the County Buildings, with
which it agreeably harmonises. The Directors, we under-
stand, are sanguine as to the opening of the communication
between Glasgow and Paisley very early next month.
Paisley Advertiser.

ELorEmENT.—Wednesday night an elopement took place
from the quiet and ancient town of Caerleon. Thus rglo-
the tale :—A certain master-builder, of soft and persuasive
manners, had long paid his devoirs to one of those young
and beautiful damsels who bloom so plenteously in the plea-
sant town of Caerleon. The fair beauty, captivated by the
blandness and affection of her swain, reciprocated the sweet
passion, and vowed to be his only. But " fathers have flint/
hearts." The wooings of the enamoured lovers were disco-
vered, and a careful restraint placed over the actions of the
young lady. Being driven to determine, since parental au-
thority was so rigidly interposed, the gallant Lothario
cured a stolen interview with his inamorata,
her to elopehaving got possession of a hon.
.rshe al-
a"a Per' stave
ladder, it was fixed against the window, down
most flew from her chamber, and fell breathlesswhl' 'into her
•rriage hard
lover's arms, who bore her triumphantly to
by, and bade the post-boy drive like wind been disco-
toavreta3rds the Old
Passage, beyond which no trace of them has ye. . disco"
0, loving lovers
vered ; but there is no doubt that " the youn_. -
have, ere this, pledged their vows of deathless contancy at
the altar of Hymen.—Merlin.