Year: 1875

In the spring of 1910 Baxter commenced
| his labors at Kidderminster, and in No
vember of that year was assembled that
Parliament known Familiarity as the Long
Parliament, and whose actions were to have


much TO do with the future events of his
life: THAT renowned Parliament which,
| in spite of many errors and disasters, is just
| ly entitled to the reverence and gratitude of
all who, in any part of the world, enjoy the
| blessings of constitutional government. "
Baxter was moharchist and churchman +;


but he was opposed to the arbitrary rule of
Charles the First, and he did not hold to
| all the doctrines of the Established Church
| Nor was he Roundhead; but his strong
! religious convictions doubtless led b i'm to
! sympathize with the majority Of the Parli-
ament The times were turbulent, and in


a few years we find him chaplain in the
Parliamentary army, preaching the Gospel


as earnestly to the soldiers as he had done
to his congregation at kidderminster. In
that memorable document, tho death-war-
| rant which consigned Charles the First to


the block, will be seen, directly under the


name of Cromwell, the name of Edward
Whalley-that Colonel Whalley who, after
the Restoration, fed to North America
and who, after long years Of exile and hid
ing, found, at good old age, d quiet and
almost unknown grave in one OF the grave


yards of New Haven. 1t may be to US an


interesting fact that Baxter filed the office


Of chaplain in the regiment of Colonel
Whalley.


From 1910 TO 1850 Baxter continued his
residence at Ridderminster, though during
that time he was absent in all some four
years. Charles th" second arrived in Ton
don in May. lGG and WAS received with


great favor, and Hr rc.toration of the mon


archy was complotr The Commonwealth
had come and gone The regcides were


called to strict account But Baxter in


stead Of being marked out for punishment
was an object of royal favor Clarendon,
who had followed the fortunes of Charles,


was now at the head of affairs. The vacant


sec of Hereford was rendered TO Baxter,
but he did not desire the Office of bishop,


and he declined the offer. He was appoint


ed chaplain to the king, and preached once


or twice before his majesty. He found the


dissolute monarch probably as sermon
north.-Hon. W. w. Campbell, in Har-


per's Magazine for December.





Mrs. Black, she who in her glrlhood


inspired tthe celebrated song of Byron,


Maid of Athens" died last week at


the age of seVenty-siX. The New York


Herald likes this lady to the Laura of


Petrarch and the Mary of Burns. The


comparison seems rather forced. These


two poets were men and their loves


were women who kindled flame


which was only extinguished by death.


Byron was a youth when he met the


object of passing fancy, If she may be
said TO have awakened anything more


than an admiration for her personal


beauty. The song In question was


written when the poet was at Athens


in 1910, which would make the maid


but eleven years Of age. Byron, who


had already exhibited his precocious-


ness by falling in love with Miss Cha


worth, his senior, could hardly be said
to have had a deep passion for the
" bread and butter miss