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 PREFACE. 
 
 In coraplj'ing with the Author's request for a few sentences by way of 
 introduction to his "Notes by the Way," I do it with considerable pleasure; 
 partly, because of the long frioii'lship with which he has honored me ; and 
 partly, because oC the interest with which T read the " Notes " as they appeared 
 Irom week to week in the *' Observer." 
 
 Many of the readers of that paper, who have felt an interest equal to my 
 own in those productions of Mr. Barker's pen, have expressed a wish to possess 
 them in some such shape as they now appear in. Here then are the means of 
 gratifying that desire. 
 
 "**' To all our ministers who have labored in the home land, tliese •' Notes" 
 must have recalled many a pleasing circumstance, and possibly some painful 
 ones, in their past ministrations, as they followed Mr. B. in his peregrinations 
 from Circuit to Circuit. Their recollections of the past, compared with his 
 descriptions of things as they now are, have helped them to a just idea of the 
 marked progress which the Bible Christian Church in Great Britain has made 
 in the last quarter of a century — a progress which in many respects, is grati- 
 fying in tlie extreme. 
 
 Many of the lay readers of the " Observer," must have been gratified as 
 place after place was heard from in the course of tlio nairative. What recol- 
 lections were called up as they read ! The town, village, or country-side, which 
 w£w the place .of natural birth, the scene of childhood's sports, the place where 
 growth from infancy to manhood was experienced ; or, the place where a second 
 and a nobler birth was attained — a birth into a spiritual and higlier life ; or, 
 partly-forgotten seasons of hallowed devotion m which they joined with not a 
 few who have crossed the flood to the better land, — seasons of holy triumph, 
 in which earth was forgotten and heaven seemed so near — seasons that made 
 some humble chapel or humbler cottage seem the holiest spot of earth ; how 
 vividly all these were re-called as we followed in the steps of our friend during 
 his year of relaxation. Relaxation indeed ! then what is toil ? 
 
 
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 Nor less interesting to those of our ininisterH who have h^hored on this 
 side of the great sea only, must these " Notes by the Way " have been. To 
 them, a better conception of our home work and of the men engaged in it, was 
 thus afforded. They, at least, could see huw like, yet how unlike, that field and 
 this are. The real oneness of the body is illustrated in these pages also. 
 
 So of our members and adherents, to whom Britain is merely the land 
 of their fathers, it may be predicated, that this narrative of what a busy man, 
 felt, saw, sftid, and did in a few months of Missionary advocacy in the Mother- 
 land, has been read with both care and interest. 
 
 For myself, I would that these " Notes by the Way" were both larger and 
 jnore numerous ; but penned as they were when life with the Author was at 
 very high pressure, we could hardly expect them to be other than they are. 
 Their " true inwardness" is thus revealed in a note to myself. " They were 
 hurriedly written for the most part, sometimes three or four people talking 
 together while the writing was being done ; at other times the work was done 
 all adrive to save the mail ; consequently, they must not be looked at from a 
 literary stand-point." So writes the Author. 
 
 Having admitted the reader to this secret, I direct his attention to another 
 thing. In the following pages he must take heed how he reads, or he will go 
 astray. It will be useless for him to turn to his dictionary to ascertain what 
 that strange word " snasiverishness," * means. It is an accidental coinage, and 
 my firm conviction is that the Author wrote " persuasiveness." Perhaps the 
 printers can account for that singular transformation which persuasiveness has 
 undergone in page 14, first column, 25th line. At the south-east corner of 
 page 13, too, the reader will find part of a paragraph, which slipped in by mis- 
 take ; if he will skip that no harm will be done. When page 24 is reached, 
 the narrative will be found to have taken a strange course, and without a 
 guide the reader will be astray. If however he will read the second column of 
 page 24, before the first, he will be on the right track. The Author was not at 
 fault in this matter, but somebody was in a hurry when page 24 was " made 
 
 In placing a list of the principal errata in the preface we have hit upon a 
 new thing, which is hereby freely proffered to the reader, with the hope that 
 the contents of the following pages will both interest and please him. 
 
 W. S. PASCOE. 
 Mitchell, Oct. 28th, 1881. 
 
 [*' For this peculiar "coinage" the compositor is not to blame. It is true to copy, 
 and therefore the Author must have tKe honor of adding a word to Enifliih lexico- 
 graphy. We have not received itn special definition, but have no doubt that the 
 Author is prepared to supply it.— Ei>. Obsikver.] 
 
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 An Explanation. 
 
 VVhen Mr. Barker was leaving Canada for England, at my request, he kindly 
 consented to supply weekly letiers for The Obstrver during his sojourn in the 
 minherland. After two or three letters had been published, it occurred to nie 
 that the communications would likely be of such a character, as to make it de- 
 sirable tliat they should be published in a form in which they could be perma- 
 nenMy [^reserved and conveniently referred to by Mr. Barker's many admirers 
 and friends. Mr. Barker consented to such an arrangement being made. I de- ^ 
 cided therefore to lift the matter, while in the type used for The Observer, into 
 pamphlet form, and strike off a number of sheets weekly, before the type was 
 distributed. On this plan we Cjuld only begin with the matter then in tyj)e 
 The type of previous letters had been distributed, and could not be used. That 
 will account for the rather abrupt beginning of this pam[)hlet. 
 
 The necessity of using the type immediately after the issue of The Obstrver 
 precluded the opportunity for that careful revision, so necessary to insure any- 
 thing like correctness when it is being transposed from the form in whicn it is 
 used in a weekly paper to the form of a book. As it is we send it forth to f)ur 
 friends, feeling assured that now, by many, it will be regarded as a precious 
 Souvenir of one greatly beloved ; a memento of revived and intensified frictulships 
 at home ; a record of labors which form another golden link in the chain that 
 holds the two Conferences, on op{)Osite sides of the Atlantic, in one common 
 fellowship of labor and hope ; and, above all, it will be regarded as a memorial 
 of the fervent love and indomitable zeal of our sainted Brother for that Missionary 
 Society, and the Master for whom he lived and died. H. J. NOTT. 
 
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 NOTES BY THK WAY. 
 
 XOTES BY THK WAY. 
 
 I our lute visit, WM crowtlod with visitors, 
 
 I s«ekin<'. ill the free use of srn hrrt'/.rH and 
 
 nea bathing, the recuj eratidii <>f thuir 
 
 phjaical and mental t!ni'r;.MOH. As iscnin- 
 
 Mr. EniToR, Smc* T last wrote yo„. m"" ^« «•'"'•''»• ••*'«•"■'»• <"> »"'"' «i<l«« "^ 
 
 ill my i)L'reLcriniitiuii8,()ld f,'raund lias bi-eii thf Atlantic. a wtdi lined oi tilled pursf is, 
 
 travelled oTer, <»ld seenes Tisited, old invitwof perHunalcinnftirt andappenrances. 
 
 fiiends greeted, ..Id mem..rieH awaki-ned, „,, i„c„nHi,lural.U' factor in the umke-UMnf 
 
 and the discwviTT made, tli;it ni.t a few ,, ^ . . , ,. , •, ' 
 
 „;xi. _L ,.,„„,. 1 .^ ^1 i 1 1 the transient ncniilation of sea-snlf smn- 
 
 witli wriom Rweet counsel was taken, anfl ' ' 
 
 with whom we went to the hou.se ♦.f (iod "'^^ rowortH. On Sunday, I preache.l twice 
 in company, in the years that are past, in our chapel ; had t^ood cinmieyatii-ns, 
 have cuas«d to work, watch and wait, in ' ^ood liberty in sjeakin),' two very i'o(.d 
 the lower sancturuy, and are now pn- ...oetiu-a ; had hop,Ml for «oul« in tl.r 
 sent with the Ijord in the upper ti-n.ple. . . , . , , 
 
 The following jotting.s are placed at your i •'^«'""- iTftyt^r-ineetinj,' ; but thr heat, 
 service : ft>'d the attraction of a meetinL; uiuler can- 
 
 Sunday, August Hth, we went to Brad- ' ▼»8"' '»«'"<' ^oo much for frail humanity ; 
 int?, itt company with Br<y. .1. L. Mannim,'; coii»e<iuently, but few remained to the 
 he t*ok the mornini? service, and myself ™''^*"'y f'"" prs^.Ver ; some of tlie seed 
 the evening one. The con^'retrations were ; ""^" ''''^ K*""*- The Chaiiel of former 
 not lari,'e. the influence was irood. This 1 y«i"'». '>«« !-''v«n place to the present build - 
 is one of the ancient towns which, with i '"-' •'^"'1 ♦'"'^e '"^"■^' ♦''« ^^y '** I't'-ird, 
 it« environs, has been rendered famous, '" •^'"^'^•'^'" ^''y *''"*"*^" '^^'^ strengthen thy 
 well-uiuh the world over, by Loif^h Rich- /'^"■'^^''•' ^'"'^ ^"' ''*^'" '"•"^" ^"'^' 
 mond's " Short and- simple annals of the i "tiintial progress, and duriii;,' the last year 
 poor." Who has not read, and wept, and : '"'"'y ^'^"^^ '•"^'^^ converted. Of l;vt.!. the 
 l)rayed, when, with an all-absorbini; inter- tlemon di.scord, has been very busy in thu 
 est, " Little Jane " has been the 'theme. I »»^'«ty, and some, whoso j.osition should 
 The story of " Little Jane " will live to ' ^'^^'^ ^^^^'" '* '^"'^'■'*^"^*''^' *-'""^^ ""^'' '^""■ 
 bless the world, ages after the names of *^"^*' ''*^^' •^'^'^'^"'^ ^" "*^^^*^ '^''"- '" pasf 
 great naval and military commanders shall ] -Y®*^"' "^"^ *"*^'" "**'" glorious displays ot 
 have perished. The present clergyman is '^''^ V^wer of Divine grace, in Sandown. 
 
 not a Leigh Tliehmond, nor, - always sup 
 posing our information is correct, is so 
 
 On the following day, Monda}', ! went to 
 Shanklin, another of the watering j.laces. 
 
 worthy as his illustrioas j.redocessoi'. The i for which this " gein of the sea "' is sr» 
 poor of the parish are in bondage, bcjund by f»>»'>'>8 the wide world o'er: iniprove- 
 cords, composed of blankets, coals, i^c. ^ ments, extensions, iVcc, meet you every- 
 The Congregationalists and the Bible '' where. Fn calliiu!: upon s<»nie old friends 
 Cliriatians have each a Chapel here ; but ' *'**^ conversing of old times; the tini»' now 
 neither can be pronounced tlourishiii". ] l)as8ing; of ourselves, of other men and 
 Saturday, Aug. Hth, went to Sandown. , things in general; not forgetting the pro- 
 When I first knew Sandown you could 'spective nunding the head-land and run- 
 have counted the respectable houses in i "'"^ i"t«> harbor, my siurit was greatly 
 the whole neighborhood uprn the fingers j I'e freshed. 
 
 of one hand. Now it is a fashionable and | From ihenee, over the L'owi, we wend- 
 interesting town, of no mean proportions, ed (^ur way to Wroxall. Time was, when 
 
 containing tirst-class hotels and palatial 
 residences; and upon ^his, the occasion of 
 
 with lively step, I used to climb this Down, 
 nor halt till its plateau was gained ; but 
 
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NOTES I'.V THE WAY. 
 
 ii(i\r, wlicii Hoaici'ly half the work was 
 (loiie, a roHt, was claiiiKjfl. WiUi ijruaily 
 quickene>l pulse and faster workiii'.; o; tlic 
 brt-athint^ apparatu.-;, the l)eautLMiUR huul- 
 scapu was suiveyecl with real tUli.;ht. 
 Aiiul'.iur start is made, fis steupur on \)c- 
 for»,', and o'er till' lop is roaclu-d, another 
 Irilt IS called. What ino.uiesh this .' It did 
 iiof so wont to Ix) ! The answer caiiit',-- 
 Not ;io younu as you wei'etliii'ty years hl^o. 
 'I'hi: once sturdy youth bows ro tin- iiitvi- 
 tnhle. 
 
 rilK rHlNIiKR STOKM. 
 
 JMany years ago, when crossing;' this 
 Down, the valley immediately to my ri},dn 
 was hid froui view hy adonse,hlack ch<ud, 
 stretchdi;^ far away into the plain ; iire- 
 Buntly 1 was tilled with adoriuL' w( ndur. 
 Al".;'.x me the sky was clear, the sun 
 shoiit! brilliantly ; I)eneath, the liuhtniiiL; 
 riaslied, the thunders roared,-— it was sim- 
 ply teiritio. The rain fell in torrents, si 
 that when i passed oti' the Down into the 
 village of \\ roxall, the water was rim 
 niuLrdownihe ;^nit[ers like little rivers. 
 Ahoyethoi it was a ^'laud si^ht — 
 a i/anorama of sublimities. This vii- 
 ajfo, embosomed l)etween the hills, has 
 been stirred l)y modern enterprise, and dif- 
 fers i^rcatly from Wroxall as I knew it 
 tweniy-einht years ai?o. The little Chapel, 
 in which ylorious comiuests were won for 
 Christ, has been left for another and a 
 lar'j;er buildinj.,', which, in turn, has forth- 
 with, to give i)lace to a more coniniodiuus 
 structure. Here I niei with one of my 
 sons in the (ios[iel, who not <uily ludds ou 
 •his way, but has been \ local jireaeher for 
 several years, "' a workman ne«din,L!; not 
 
 to lie ashamed. " 
 From Wroxall, 1 passed, accoiniianiwd by 
 
 my si.in, afore referred to, over another 
 
 Down, on our road to Ventnor, and as we 
 
 wentwe talked of the 3'ears uithe [)ast. My 
 
 coniiiauion, not tliinkins,' that atje liad any 
 
 eli'eet, ^avo nie (jui'^e enrtuj^di to do to keep 
 
 vvellabreast of him. Ventnor, wliich maybe 
 
 called the IVIetro[»oli8 of the under-clilfe, 
 
 has lieen ureatly extended and iniproved, 
 in many ways. 'i'he Hible Christian 
 Chaj'e!, erected during the ])a*tnr.itf of 
 Br... J. Way, under whom ! liad tlie I'li- 
 vileij;e tu lalior, has been tliopoKed of, and 
 a new building erected near the Hiuli 
 Street. In situation, spaciousne.'<s and 
 architecture, this latter far exceeds the 
 uloiy of the former hmise, and the pros- 
 pects for future success in s?ivinL( souls is 
 very encoura^in;,'. Hundreds have been 
 l)orn for i,dory in the former house, may 
 tlieir numbers be multiplied by liundreds 
 in the latter house ; even so. Amen. R«- 
 pairini,' to the church, we found a few 
 friends assemhled in fannly stylo, drinking 
 tea. 'J'he «ut i^dinj^^ ]*astor, Uro. J. Mar- 
 tin, was with thein, to whom they pre- 
 ."tented a silver-plated biscuit box,— apretiy 
 thiiii;. iUo. Hill took the conduct of the 
 met'Mny. Alter the i)re8entati'in addi csr, 
 by i»ro. Hill, and the rejily thereto, by 
 i>ro. Martin, it fell to my lot to say a 
 "few words on i'ower. 'J'he meeting 
 , was pleasant and profitable. Rec.llectinjj: 
 the manifested pewer oi the Holy (iliost 
 in the old Chanel, begets an intense lontf- 
 inu f'li' ii similiar display to-day. " How 
 lon^S L<ird (iod Almiglity?" 
 
 F'riday, August 'J2nd, went to Ports- 
 nioutli, and piloted by Bro. Honey, called 
 upon several old friends. IncpiiriuL: for 
 others, broiudit out the facts that many 
 were ;;one to heaven; »thers had removed, 
 others iiad made sliijiwreck of faith and of 
 a good con.scienca; while some others, for 
 ; reasons best known to themselves, had 
 ■'gone out from us ' The personnel of our 
 societies on this station, hasgreatly chang- 
 ed; the circumstances of the friends greatly 
 t improved, (lood and substintial progress 
 I has been made. The Little South. Sea 
 I Street Chapel, [mmanuel Chapel, and the, 
 1 when erected, thought to be very superit)r, 
 1 (Jr< svenor Street C)iapel,are all numbered 
 with the things that were, and in idaoe 
 1 thereof, we have Stamford Street Chapel, 
 
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 11!^ souls is 
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 house, may 
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 that many 
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 aith and of 
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 (Ives, had 
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 ot Cliapel, 
 
 
 situated at the intersection of two streets, 
 in a comparatively new nei^'hbori><iod,weIl 
 populated, chieHy of *' Dock-yard's men. " 
 hurin;,' the past year, a spacious two-story 
 scliool-room, class-rooms, &c., have been 
 erected in tiie rear of the Chapol. The 
 external of the main buildiiii; has been 
 greatly improved ; witiiin, tlie ceiling has 
 be«n altered, side galleries erected, Ac, 
 leaving but little to be desired. Ir is now 
 a good commodious ai.d substantial build- 
 ing. Brougham Road Chapel, is, in all 
 respects, a very suiieri<ir V)uilding, ad 
 mirably situated and very attractive in its 
 api)earances ; will seat 7oO i-ersons, con- 
 gregation good, -Jinancial position, easy. 
 Comparing Portsm.nitli as f knew it, 30 
 years ago, with Portsmouth in this current 
 year of grace, one feels constrained to 
 " thank God, and take courage. '" Ports- 
 mouth has ceaaed to draw upon the funds 
 of the IVrissionary Society. 
 
 Sunday 23rd was spent in the town of 
 Chatham : here I was born, and in this 
 Circuit was born the .second time. Our 
 Chapel is closed for a time, while sundry 
 improvements are being made. New 
 school rooms are in course of erection, Ac, 
 Arc. In the afternoon, when passing down 
 the Higli Street, I was suddenly arrested 
 by the sound of martial music, soon there 
 came within range of my vision about 200 
 persons, a detatchment of tiie Salvation 
 Army, headed l)y a tiag. borne aloft, and 
 several musicians playing up.)n tl.eir in- 
 struments, and ttie .singrrs lifting up their 
 Voices in triumphal song, '{"hey IIKmI into 
 a Lecture Hall, tin; body of which was 
 well tilled in a short time after the indoor 
 exercises commenced. I followed the 
 crortd. The time was occupied with the 
 relation of personal experience, or " heai' 
 ing testimony t" the i»ower of Divine 
 grace, singing lively airs and (»trering short 
 prayers. A careful surrey of the whole 
 congregation satisfied me, that there were 
 Hot ]• ss than ir»(t ptTi'iiii.iiiit (i. Ill' ■■lasaed 
 
 with even irregular church goers ; their 
 attire, itc, satished me on that point. 
 The great unwaslied, ill-clad crowd, con- 
 ducted themselves with all propriety, listoB- 
 i ng with deep interest to the testimony borne 
 I by some who, not long since, were as they 
 ' were that day. .\re not these some of the 
 i lost .Tesus came to seek and to save T 
 In the evening, 1 attended a Mission Meet- 
 ing, conducted by a few of cur lay friends, 
 and intended to be continued till the 
 I the Chapel is le-opened, about «iO { ersons 
 were present: in response to the retjuest of 
 the brother in charge of the meeting, I 
 : delivered a short address. The Spirit did 
 ' the word apply, and one sin-bound captive 
 I was delivered. The beginning, we hope, 
 i of a grand success. 
 
 Inadditionto what is d(.'ingin connection 
 I with Union Street Chapel, a new Chapol 
 ! is to be built, and is,! expect, by this time 
 1 in course of building, at Ualstow, in the 
 I same Circuit. 
 
 On the 24th, accompanied by my sis- 
 tor's husband, we .sailed down the Med- 
 way, in one of the river steamers, to 
 Sheerness, where, more than forty-two 
 years ago, I used, in the capacity of k 
 Local Preacher, to ".sound the joyful news. " 
 The day was line, with a stiff breezie, which 
 helped to brace the |;hysical, for toil •!• 
 conflict. .\t Sheerness, things are greatly 
 changed. 
 
 The Government, with the view of facil- 
 itating trlie i)reparation of the implements, 
 eiuployediii the demon business (»f butcher- 
 iiiLC by wholesale, our brethren of other 
 nationalities, hare iireatly extended their 
 werks. A new town has been built be- 
 yond old ]\lile Town. Extensive breast 
 works have been built tr resist the un- 
 croaohmeiits of the sea, the ultility of 
 which wp cared n<tt to (juestion, as we 
 stood u'*2iug niton the breaking of the 
 waves along the shore. These barhors 
 against the menacmgs of Neptune, ai'e 
 vers <^trnivjly l)nilt ; 'he top of the wall is 
 

 NO'I'KS I'.V TIIK WAV. 
 
 an wido as KiiiL( Street, iJcwinaiiviilc, und |>('n|ilo diaplayed tlieir accustoiiied liber- 
 
 beaiitifidly iiiiishud, so as to t'oriii a uii>8t aliiy. 
 
 Kjileiidid i)i'oineiiude, wliicli, jiidL,dn;f from Durin;,' tlic Monaay oveiiiii'^'s ineetinjj;, 
 wliat we saw, vi,siL..r.s and the ri;:^ular resi- ^Ir. Hulleii, wlio had been nicst active in 
 dents know h"w to upiu'eciate. Lani'tiiiif connection with the erecti<jn of the- Chapel, 
 at the old Blue 'I'm All pier, we set uiit in and in tiie 'general niana'^cuient of the 
 search of tlie Bible ('liristian Chapel, and linance, was [iresented with a solid siirer 
 its minister, J^.ro. Down. The Chapel, ink stand, of very chaste det,ii,'n, (costin<; 
 formerly owned in ^lile Town, was sold ,£iL') in acknowledi;inent of the ini{.ortant 
 many years a.:,'o, and a \n^\v one erected in services he had rendered, iiiome descrip- 
 Marine Town. Our friends were unfortu- tioii of tliis iicat, commodious editice. act- 
 uate in the selection of t!ie .site. ft was peared in "Our I'aptr'' about tlie time of 
 expected that the street in which they its dedication. .Ml things considered, we 
 [lurchased land, would extend far beyond liavis not seen anything' superior to it in 
 its present ending-. The )ilans were connection with our wcjrk at home, or in 
 changed, and our Chapel is at the bottom ! the Provinces. To reduce t!ie debt, the 
 
 of a short street, loadinir no where This Trustees invite the frierids to take sdiares 
 
 I 
 and sundry other causes have seriously i in it -the price of r. share i.s t'l. Xo re- 
 militated airainst our progress. I am striction in the number of shares. 1 
 sorry t(j add, that compared withSheerness, ' noticed 'ihat they rammed frnn one ti lifty. 
 as i knew it f(»rty.two years ago, the pro- Said shares to be fully paid in live years, 
 gress has been backwards. Brother Down, ' in (piarterly calls. A jierstm is duly ap- 
 the minister in charge, seems to have ac- pointed to wait i;no;i tlu' sliareholders 
 ceptcd the situation with very fain* hope, ' once in three monrh.s, to collect tlie (juar- 
 of bettering it. A small Chapel, badly sit- . terly i)ayments : so far, the scheme works 
 
 uated, with a small society, A.C. . itc. ,atloiHl 
 but little inspiration : unless it be tr) go 
 out into the streets and lanes and compel 
 thorn to come in. Bro. D<jwn and his 
 good wife had been ojipi'essed with the 
 fear, that death was about to take from 
 their embrace a much loved child ; only a 
 few minutes before we arrived, the doctoi- 
 had pronounce^l the crisis i)ast. Hoi>e 
 was in the ascendant. All the friends J 
 used to know in Sheerne.ss are dea<l, or 
 
 admiralily. At the meeting: on Monday 
 evening, additional shares v. <.'re taken, 
 amounting in the aggi'egate, to more th.an 
 £300. Tlie < Id Chapel and hou.se are still 
 standing, awaiting a purchaser. When 
 they were built, it wa.^ considered a won- 
 derful etf: rt, and ISro. James Wa^', and 
 those who Mcted with hini.Wcre not always 
 si)oken of in the most complimentary 
 terms. They were wdd, i^-c , iS:c. Snl«- 
 stanrial progress has been made since that 
 
 moved, or in some other way lost to us. ! day, and now Wv' have otic of tlu; befit 
 What a World of cluinge ! Churches in Newport, \Mih a good and in- 
 
 Sunday, .'vugust 2'.»th, preached in New- I'i'casing congregation. Of tlie oilier im- 
 jiort. Isle of Wight, at 10::?0 ami G:30. | provenients on this lovely isle, we shall 
 Congregations g<iod, inlluence go(;d ; a have occasion to write another day. 
 l)raver meeting in the evening. Ha<l ; Sunday, Sept. 5th, was spent in the 
 hoiii'd for the salvation of souls, but was ' ancient cily of Exeter. Here our friends 
 disappointed. A tea meeting on M(»nday, ' have made several improvument^.o ^uii^lete- 
 followed by addresses, and an effort to re- ' ly rem vated the premi.stis, and put a new 
 (luce the debt on tln^ iiremises, in which, pipe Organ behind the Ro:<trum; thewliole 
 as well as in the cidlectit.ns n Sunday, the costing ^AhO. On Sunday, 1 liad the honor 
 
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 of condiictiuL,' tho re-openin-^ service-* ; cojninLT. Notwithstanding^ liia ;,'reat weak- 
 jneanhinu'inoruiuLC ai.devonintf tolar^uci.'i noss, he was dueplj' moved when we 
 !s'i'egatit)na,and uaveanaddn js to the youatf cl.isped hands, and ho held niu for several 
 people in tho afternot)n, w'.iich was iiinn- , minute.4, extiresRiu;,' meantime, ai,'ain and 
 crously attended. Phe c-citerueut con an iin, th>i i^reat deliL'ht he felt at seeini,' 
 nected witli the introdu'tic^n *jf ihe new i me once more in the tlesh. He assured 
 Ori;an, surveyiuLf the vari >ii3 alt ciations , .ue that lie hail "not tho shadow of a 
 and improvements, was not calcniatod to doubt.'' That ho wa-s nuuly to enter into 
 [iromote spiritual intluenoes. nevort'ielcib j resr, and expected to be there shortly. 1 
 before the close of tho cvcaiuu Sf.vice, | reminded him that othur mariners, atter 
 one man decided to bo o;i ilie Lord s side, ' apjiroaching tho harbor Jiad had to put to 
 
 On Monday, wo had liu- ini.'vii.ablo tea soa ac'.iin it might be si- with him. To 
 meetinj^, hero 1 mot ami conversed with a which, lie replied, " I shall be disappoint- 
 large nund)er of old friendb ; it was exceed- ed if it is." We conversed on several 
 ingly refreshing and onouraging, to liiid matters pertaining to ('anada and Exeter. 
 HO many of those who laid borne the burden .\.fter consulting the Chart, wo made our 
 and tho heat of the day, if not 8(; active- request known unto (Jod. With a sivore 
 !y employed as ia their youager days, <.>n. strain on my ow.i feelintrs, 1 took leave of 
 the held of coatlict, — encouraging otiiers to our dear brother and his sorrowing family, 
 dare and to do tor Ood; noi- was it less and returned to E.>.eter, whore I had oa- 
 ao, to grasp the hau<l, to iiear of the zeal gaged to spoak oa the Te.iiperaace (,^)ues 
 and love, and faitii, and to nolo tho ac- tion. Tho meeting was held in connection 
 cei»tableaess of the labors of one's S[)iritual with the Society 1 had the lienor of foiiii- 
 cliihlren, given mo (.luring my ])astorate of iag during my jiaotorate ia that city. The 
 Exeter Mission from L8r)2 ii> liS50 ;-- glory cliairman, now one of tho city coaacillors, 
 to God. We had a iiroat time ia the was among the lirst to sign the pledge in 
 evening, — good liberty in siioaking. 'i"he the Minerva Rooms, tho place whore our 
 [looplc wore in hue trim for hearing, and meetings were hold at lirst. la his opea- 
 not backward ia giving. Tho collections iag address, ho was pleased to a.s8ure aie, 
 oa Sunday and Moadax' amounted to over of tho incalculablt! amount of good dotie 
 £25, to which tho profits of the tea were by t!ie s >eiety - of tho large number who 
 to be added; and the Pastor, Hro. Reed,stat- signed the pledge wiiile I was among them, 
 od that although, oxcoptingtwo friendsfrom that remained stoailfast in the good cause 
 Portsmouth, no one had been asked for a — si>iao of whom had made their mark in 
 subscrii)tion ; tho mono} had boon comiag the world, aad are now iilUng respectable 
 in, spoiitaaeoui'.ly, so freely, that he hail aad useful positions ia various eommuni- 
 already received about one lialf of the ties, i^c. , t^c. The Society owns and oc- 
 ainouut re([uirod (£'450) to defray tho co.st cuiiiesasas its Lecture, tlall, the Friends' old 
 of tho alterations, renovation, organ, itc. i meeting-house. The meeting was a very 
 Thank (iod for disposing the people t-,) do- ! interesting oao, kept u|) with a L^reat 
 vise liberal things. Well done Exeter. spirit till rather a late hour. Thus ended, 
 
 < >n Tuesday, having lieard of the serious for tlie present, my work ia Exeter. I 
 illness of Hro. Matthew iiobiiis, I took I huml)ly thank (»od for the substantial 
 tho Cars for Plymouth and liastenod to his progress our Exeter friends have been 
 bedside; my anticipated visit had, it was i oaabled to make. "Lot everything 
 
 th(.u:^iit, a reviviiiL.'' iaflueac,' upiin ' that hath breath praise tho Lord.'' 
 him, aad he was anxiuu.sly waiting aiy W'ith this eil'ort, my erratic course 
 
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 N(»! r> \:\ I UK \\ A\. 
 
 veaseK, uiul (I). \'. ) on Sumiav next 1 enter 
 ^^]<i>][ vIk! work tnainied nnt fnv nic by tlic 
 Cnnferenci'. 
 
 BKlilNMNC! AIIAIN. 
 
 On Friilav, S»-pt. lOth, tix.k leave nf my 
 temporary home, Alyinpton Manor, I»le 
 of Wijrht, and, in obedience to the will of 
 the late Conference, set out forQnernsey, 
 where the special Missionary campaii^n 
 was appointed to commence. Arriving; at 
 houthamptou, Bro. Bray received me very 
 heartily, and we at once proceeded to the 
 Docks to claim the berth, previously en- 
 I4a;^fed in my belialf. After depositing 
 lu!/gai;e. Sec, havin}^ several hours on 
 hand, we went to the Pastor's residence. 
 Here I met with a Mrs. Younir, whose 
 maiden name was Martin, formerly of 
 Crondall, one of the preaching,; stations on 
 what was, in the days of her j^irlhood, 
 known as Famham Mission, since divided 
 into the Crondall and Liphook Miasitms. 
 Mrs. YouHL' and her husband are professed- 
 ly juurneyih^ to the better land, and take 
 a lively interest in the cause at South- 
 ampton. Of course, we had much to say 
 (;f old time*. Our reminisences of the two 
 years sp?nt in the Farnham Mission, when 
 it extended from West-end, Chobham, 
 !^urrey, to near the town of Midhurst, in 
 Sussex, are of ayery interesting character. 
 Shortly after eleven o'clock, we aj^ain set 
 ortt for the Docks. \l\ was read^' for the 
 start, waitin^i the ai-rival c»f the mail from 
 London. The town clocks struck twelve, 
 and in a few minubca we were ot^. The 
 Lcodd ship Dmiui is a sui>erior screw ves- 
 sel ; fast, and well f»»und. We had a vary 
 pleasant vuii across, nntil off Aldecriiey, 
 then it V?L;an to rain, nnd went on increas- 
 ing. We landed in a heavy dowu-pour. 
 Bro. StiMili-ens, the newly appointed Pas- 
 tor, and Brti. Hainsft)rtl. awaifted ©iir fton»- 
 iiiy, an^ in our frii*nd s "'iVap," we (Ut)Ve 
 at a rapid rate to the prcai^her'a residence. 
 It ifiiwd all .la\. 
 
 OlKKNXKV. 
 
 It laay be inieresti^in to some of ynur 
 readers toknowthatthe isle '4"Cii»nufly,- - 
 the name safd to be lU'iived from twn 
 German words si<_(nifyin;4 (>?v«n /.sf«- is in 
 shape fitly compared to a right-fifnj^led 
 triangle; comprLsing about 24 square railea 
 or between tiftet-ti and sixteen thousand 
 acres ; of which, about two thirds are 
 under cultivation. The capital, St. Peter 
 Pfcrt, is in lat. 49 det;. 27 min. N., and 
 long. 2 deji. 33 niin. W., uf Greenwich, 
 djhtant fr<un Southampton 113 miles. The 
 harbor is very tine, with splendid atone 
 basins, conyenient landiiii^ places, and 
 plenty of room for ships; j/raving-dock, 
 floating-dock, and every accomodation for 
 stepping aahore anj- time of tide, without 
 the empU)yment of small boats : A won- 
 derful contrast with things as we found 
 them, more than thirty year^ ago. St. 
 Peter Port is the only important town on 
 the Island. Of the approaches to the 
 Island, and sundry other matters thereto 
 belonging, we purposn writing another day. 
 
 Arriving at the home of Bro. Stephens, 
 our reception was more hearty tlinn a 
 newly married couple, who iuid only ar. 
 nved two weeks previously, could have 
 been expected to give to an entire stran- 
 ger. The house, a gloomy castle of a place, 
 is well calculated to depress the spirits of 
 any one, not excepting a newly married 
 pair. I snocossfully t'<iu<.'ht against the 
 mal-intluences of the dankishness and 
 gloominess of the place ; not, however, 
 without broadly hinting to tha bride and 
 bridegroom, that, were our positions revers- 
 ed, I should call upon my circuit stewards 
 t<» find me a very difi'erent residence. 
 
 On Sunday the depuration tof»k the 
 morning and evening .services, and Bro. 
 Stephens the afternoon. Bio. S. was not 
 well, and t;rew worse towards evening ; 
 he nursed himself, and after suekiniiinetlical 
 aid, gradually improved, and threw him- 
 self into lii« woi'k. During the duv the 
 
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NOTES liV THE WAY 
 
 10 
 
 le of yiiiir 
 ii«rni*«y,— 
 from tw" 
 t hL*~ is in 
 i^Jllt-ttllKled 
 ■joare railea 
 I tliuusand 
 thirds are 
 , St. Peter 
 V N., and 
 Greenwich, 
 inileR. The 
 mdid stone 
 )laceB, and 
 avin;^-d(>ck, 
 i(idati(jn for 
 de, without 
 ts : A won- 
 wo found 
 , ai<o. St. 
 nt town on 
 les to the 
 ers thereto 
 notherday. 
 Stephens, 
 ty than a 
 only ar. 
 loukl have 
 tire stran- 
 (if a place, 
 e spirits of 
 married 
 '/ainst the 
 iiess and 
 however, 
 »ride and 
 ons revera- 
 it stewards 
 lence. 
 tiifik tlie 
 and liro. 
 S. was nut 
 I'veniny : 
 ni; medical 
 u't!W liim- 
 iliiV the 
 
 weather wat* iinfav.trahle, the cunyre^'ations Ezek. xxxiv.l 10. Laymen, a» well as soiiu- 
 •filial) ; but tlie inrtiience w » >,'*J< d, par Mininteri*, suem to f()r(j;et that the (Tniicli 
 ricularly in the eveiiinj,', when a married is iint instituted fur them ; that it is nu part 
 woman professed to hnd peace with (Jod, of their lei,'ilimate buniness t<. scatter and 
 uid "U the fullowmu' Friday united with divide the mend)ershi|i of t>ur socioiies. 
 the church ; diubtless her husband, a There are clerics ana layme^ who must 
 uiember oi the cluuch and cliuir, w 11 learn that, altlmuKh the thin em! of m 
 know hiiw to appreciate the blessed wedtje may be entered, it is not alway-s 
 change. I wise to drive it home, unless the design i>e 
 
 Our uieetinjf on Monday evening, with to split fhinus into pieces. Ofltimes it 
 ('apt. Lelean in the chair, was a yood | will be frtund to bo the highest wis'lom t- 
 wn«. I'he brethren Hinks, now comfort make haste slowly. We have met with 
 ably domiciled in St. Peter Port, Sution, , men, in both orders, on both sides of the 
 fn)m Jersey, the I'astor. and the Deputa Atlantic, who are too stitf in neck ai.d 
 
 tion, took part in the service. 
 
 On Tuesday, another public met-ting 
 
 back to stoop, and in tlie pride "f their 
 hearts they, so far as they can, will rathei 
 
 Bro. Hinks in the chair. Mro. I'arker ' ruin a society than stoop to save it. The 
 addressed the audience Heavy rain most cause in Ouernsey is far from beiiij? ecpiai 
 of the day, .articularly in the afternoon j to what it wan 'hirty years atro. Pro. 
 and eveniiiK. The Tea Meeting Wiis a ' Stephens entered upon his pastorate under 
 failure, and the evening service thinly ' very di.Hcoui aging circumstances He i.n 
 
 attended. It was annoiniced for Bro. 
 
 biJoyant. ami witli the Master's blessing 
 
 Sutton to preach n Wednesday evening ; mi the united etVorts of himself and the 
 the clouds which had, during the day, been few friends who are still with us, (liiern 
 promising a down pour, let us have a i sey will rise and became as a held the 
 "drensher" in ttie evening, in good time I Liad hath blessed. It shall be greatly to 
 to prevent the people assembling (save a i the advantage of the society, that a bro 
 few) for public worship. The preacher i thor and sister so devout and wise as Jas. 
 selected for his theme "Lo, I am with Hincks and his excellent wife, art re^<ident 
 you alway, even unt<! the end of the in their midst. 
 
 world." The de[)Utation adilressed a few I On Thursday, Se]»t. ICth, Pro. Sutlon 
 words of encouragement to the church, i in company, we left Guernsey for Jersey, 
 and took his leave of them, hoping for a , We had a rough passage, a run of ihirl> 
 happy meeting in the morning. \ miles. Peing a day before we were ex- 
 
 Pro. Hainsford and family, liro. ai d 
 Sister Hinks, in addition to the Pastor and 
 
 pected, oui friends were disappointed of 
 the reception they intended to have given 
 
 his bride, showed me great kindness, which us. We took a Cab, and our Jehu drove 
 i have humbly asked the Great Father to us to Mr. J Corey s, (jur home while on 
 place to their credit. the Island. Jersey is described as a coru- 
 
 1 was disappointed in Guernsey. I was [tact Islarid : in shape a {)arallelogram, or 
 n.t aware of the low, scattered condition oblong square. The greatest length froni 
 of our cause on that Island. Here the east to west is about twelve miles, and it« 
 demon Discord has done immense mis- breadth from north to soutli varying be 
 chief. When will all our Ministerial tweeii tive and seven miles. Ps area, 
 brethn^n K-arn that they are not lords measured from low water mark, is estimated 
 over (lod's heritage? Will not some j at about 02 scjuare miles, aud the cultivated 
 of them do well to prayerfully study land comprises 25,(K)0 acres, it i.s the 
 
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 11 
 
 NOTES l',Y TFfK WAY. 
 
 hiFi^uHt ;iinl must iinpnrtiuit ot tlu- m'Hip. irctiid ; t^uml liUnny was eiijuyed in siiii;- 
 
 IMiu i)<i[)uUtion ia about (U),0(K> |u'rsi»i!s, of i>i<_', in [irayinu and ir. Hpertkiii'^.ainl '^"Mid 
 
 wlioin liiUy one halt' an; rtvsid»nt in St. liln'fality was sliowii in L'ivin;'. Tin* (;ol 
 
 HelitTH, tlie <;a))it»l : distant fii'Mi Soutli- K'ctions, in tlicaiiiirt-yatt;. biMu:: in- iftiian 
 
 ampton, K50 inih-s, and fioni tlu) iii-aivHt fl" in advance of last year. .And ;i 
 Freucli poPts (Jranville, 25) mili-s, and ; 8pocial contnhutiiii ot t'lO was startcil ; 
 
 from St. .Vlalo, .io miluH. The harbor of so tiiat wn may f.vpt'i^r tim r.'fui]»ts in 
 
 St. Ht;liers H cannot alwavs [w entered by Jorrtev. to bt fimn t'"it) to t'.'lO in advance 
 
 the steamers. When the tide is out, | aa- 
 seni^ers have to disend)ark in small boats, 
 not always the nio.st a<<re»iable method. 
 Once under the hospitable rout of our eld 
 and htni^'-tried friend, Mr. Corey, we 
 were at home. A number of frien<ls 
 called to see me; Hrotiiera of oui host, 
 Mrs. LeIJas, formerly tif E.xeter, and 
 others whose names have escajted me. 
 Hro. Stephens arrived on Saturday, and 
 
 of any pntviius year. (live (jod the 
 praise. 
 
 DuiiiiLT niv visit r<i i\.\^ Island I have 
 reniMM'il several old rriendshi|•^' aid 
 ori;ated many new ones. It is eucoiirauini: 
 to learn thai the texts and portions uf the 
 sermon.-,, I ireached more than thirty years 
 ai^o, are still thankfully reinemliered — 
 that lliey are still heariiiy fruit. Ood 
 i^iveth tlif increase. Hi'ic our cause has 
 reported a i^'ood meetin<i amouu' his pe >ple j made u'' od and sul)sraiitial |iroLrress. "'Me- 
 onthe 1 revious eveninu;. On Siniday,liro. hold how l^ukI and liow pleasant a thin!.; 
 Stephens preached at the Crescent in the it is foi' Itrethren to dwell toLrether in 
 morninii;; and at (Jreat I'nion Road in the unity ! It is like the precious ointment 
 eveniti'^. I took the morning service at upon t he iiead, that ran down upon the 
 (Ireat I'nion Road, and the evening ser- beard, even \aron's beard ; that went 
 vice at the CJrencent. In the afterno<»n ! duwn to t he skirts ot his '^farments ; as the 
 we had a Mass Meeting of thetw > Sunday dfw u^ Heiinon, and as the lew des(!end- 
 Schools, at Oreat I'nion Road. It would ed iijion the mountains of Zion : for therp 
 have been a grand turn out, but for what, the Lord commanded tlie blessing, even 
 viewed from cur standpoint, seemed to life for evermore. Continued unity of 
 be an untimely down-pour of rain. We heart and effort, between preachers ami 
 had a very yood gathering of the children ■ peo[>le, witli heaven's smile, cannot fail 
 and their friends. Bro. Stejthens and ' to result in what is now the one desider- 
 rnyself, each delivered a shori address, i atum of our friends, viz., a general in- 
 This was a good day. The congrej^ations gathering of sonls. Oneness in faith, prayer 
 were good, the influence was good, the and effort, must result in "showers of 
 Collections were good, and best of all, sin- blessing. ' Large churches, large conyre- 
 ners were i)ricked in their heart and turn- gations, larire Sunday Schools, good oruan- 
 ed unto the Lord. It was a deeply inter- j ization, with preaching, not in word only, 
 esting spectacle, to see the largest and most ; but in the demonstration of the Spirit, 
 imposing chapel in the denomination tilled, and of power, jireceded, accompanied and 
 
 up stairs and down, with attentive hearers, followed by believing prayer, then 
 
 The friends were in high spirits. ..TJie Lord will to his temple come. 
 
 The annual meetingB were held as fol- j Prepare your Hearts to make Him room." 
 lows : Great Union Road, Monday ; St. i 
 
 Lawrence Valley, Tuesday ; the Crescent. I 
 
 Wednesday, and Gorey, Thursday. The j ' 
 
 congregations, with one exception, weroi 
 
 C 
 fa 
 8i| 
 All 
 
 IM 
 <' 
 
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 »CI| 
 
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 an! 
 
 :W 
 
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NOTKS liY THK way. 
 
 10 
 
 Ved in siiiir- 
 !.'. The c(il 
 
 lli: 111' Ir tlijlll 
 
 ■ill'. Ami .-i 
 
 viis started ; 
 
 i'''Ceii)ts ill 
 
 ) in ail van ct^ 
 
 le (i<'(l tilt- 
 
 ilaiifl I liiive 
 
 • Isliipr'. aid 
 
 (•nconraLtini! 
 
 rii'ins of tin.' 
 
 thirty yeara 
 
 ineinliriTd 
 
 fruit. <J(id 
 
 iir cause hat* 
 
 i^ri'.KH. "|{e- 
 
 aiit a tiling 
 
 t<i„'ff her in 
 
 us ointment 
 
 111 upon the 
 
 ; that Wi'iii 
 
 ents ; as th«.' 
 
 w descend - 
 
 1 : for there 
 
 s-sin^r, even 
 
 eil unity of 
 
 eachers and 
 
 oannui fail 
 
 no dusider- 
 
 ,'eneral in- 
 
 "aith, prayer 
 
 showers of 
 
 rye contrre- 
 
 irood oru'an- 
 
 word only, 
 
 the Spirit, 
 
 ipanied and 
 
 len 
 
 3 come, 
 im room. " 
 
 ! 
 
 While •tAyinc in .Jersey, the Mo«sr». hor. The morvinj; was very Hne and thf 
 Corey Brothem. their u' od \\ive» and sea as calm usu tnill-{)on<l. Arriving; at 
 families, Bro ani fSister Leiias, iJro. and (iuerii8ey,as we entered the harhor.soreral 
 Sister llrundon, am! others, in St.llelierii friends, am<.nt' whom were Bro. and Si»i. 
 nnd (Jorey, left not hint; undone that kind- , ter Hinks and Sister Stepliens, were seen 
 ne«B conltl BU^>,'i*t to promote our com- ; wairint< to yreet iia. After a short stAj, 
 f'«rt and happiness. The daily "oiitinys,'" , the ship's whittle innmoned all voyairem 
 were occasions of unmixed pleasure ; phys- to Piiij^dainl on board. NN'o l«M)k leave t»f 
 •cally, mentally, and spiritually, invi^oint- ; <tur friends and were "otf." The vfiyaije 
 intj. The one tiling to l)e .specially jjiuard- \ was an e.\ceedinuly pleasant one. 
 fed a^inst was the tielii;lit8 of the table ; ' 
 far while we were not insulted by being 
 asked to partake of wine, Ac, nor ijrieveJ 
 by seeuij.^ or smellim,' it ; tlie rich and 
 varied provision, under which tlie tablets 
 "ifroaued" day aftrrday, was a temptation 
 to one's appetite, decorously, but stead- 
 fastly to be resisted. P]xcitin!i oTenin;^ 
 meetings, and late suppers such as our 
 friendi "serro up," are not promotive of 
 good health ; we ventuie to su^'gest the 
 discontinuance of the latter. As to the 
 Brethren Woolcock and Sutton, of Jersey, 
 and Stephens, of Guernsev, they, from the 
 first, walked rij/iit into my heart and 
 
 ONK WORO MOKB. 
 
 When we ar)proached this coast thirty 
 
 years aj?o, the weather was torrihc, awful 
 
 grandeur was all around. On our arrival 
 
 here a fortnigiit since, the rain was falling 
 
 thickly ; but now, on this glorious aiitunia 
 
 j morning, we have the wppertunity of inak- 
 
 I ing our observations, which we thankfully 
 
 ! embrace. The scene is soul-inspiring. We 
 
 gaze upon the world-renowned casket 
 
 rocks. Upon the front of this formidable 
 
 gnuip of rocks tiie sun's rays are fallin^c, 
 
 I converting the whole into a magnificent 
 
 . ] picture, reseml)ling, in sonn; particulars, 
 
 there they remained. We had not prcv- i ., , . , i • .i_ 
 
 ■' . . , ' , I the huge icebergs we saw during the 
 
 early part of our last voyage across the 
 
 Atlantic. The caskets are a mass of yran 
 
 iously seen each other, but we wee sub 
 jected to some special kind of tusion. I 
 tertainly never niwre thoroughly enjoyed 
 the society of three brethren. By their 
 manly Christian utterances; our animated 
 
 ite. (Tpon the largest of the group thre« 
 
 light houses are erected, the lights ar* 
 
 . very superior and can be seen at the <li8 
 
 discuBsionB on subjects grave and cnticuljl, r /-r. i n-i c ^i 
 
 , I tance of hfteen miles. Ihe care t»f the«e 
 
 the good times we had when we drew nigh ..i^. . ^ t l r \. e 
 
 . ." lights IS entrusted to four men, each of 
 
 to (jrod in prayer in the several families, , , i .- i ■ i • ^ i» • . 
 
 ,, . , . whom has a holiday in his turn. Trior t.o 
 
 as well as in the great congregation ; I ^, , ^ t % 
 
 ° I the present arrangement one family 
 
 their kind considerations tor my welfare, |,. , ^, , i- w i 
 
 : lived on these rocks, as light-keepers, 
 *'and things too numerous to mention;';, . . . -^oo . 
 
 .. . ... . . I for twenty-one years, from 1828 to 
 
 they have entwined themselves around; or 
 insinuated themselves into my afiections- 
 I shall never fori/et them in connection 
 with my visit to the Channel Tslands. 
 
 1845). The historian has chronicled 
 the following : Here it was that in 
 1120 Prince William, the *»nly soh oC 
 Henry I. , was wrecked on his return frmii 
 Friday morning came, and willingly or i Normandy, in the unfortunate B^aiuKt 
 
 unwillingly, I had to leave Jersey. At 
 the place of embarkation, a large number 
 ••f friends assembled to say farewell. Bro. 
 Stephens and myself stepped on board the 
 4l>out/i«mj9f*n,w]i\r!i s«oH steamed out of har- 
 
 N»f, "the white ship," commanded by 
 Fitx Stephen, and manned by a crew of 
 fifty sailors of renown. A Russian Line- 
 of -bat tie-ship, and the English ship Fm- 
 iory, of 110 guns, (not Lord Nelson's ship) 
 
 f^ 
 
11 
 
 NOTES liV IHK WAV 
 
 *t\' ii'clinltiil ill tin; list (if ciisuiiltioK fC- 
 curiiii; at this ttinihlc placi' ; in the Vvt- 
 tofij, olcvcri iiii'.iiliiid men pm'isliud. In 
 IT"! . live ot tlio crtiw «>f the Mirhfid, of 
 L'lijiioii, wii-'cki (1 Mil the ojiski'ts, inaii.iL't'd 
 t(i lire i.ir a furtiiiLjlit on limiiots, stawefd 
 and tiu; s'liji's d»»!j;,ft hicli hud c;rtcajn;d writli 
 them, bur wliii-h they had killed and ate. 
 It was not till M'lW that tlu- Hrat hfaoon 
 was ei'i'cti'd ; ilu? tirst flliciunt light luniHe 
 was Imilt in ITI'D. Tlu' present biiildin^fn 
 preseiii a i;raiid apju-'arance wln-n lookod 
 at fr(;iii tin; Tftisel deck. It would not be 
 difficult to iimralize on these famous liithto, 
 and the headlong and rapid course of the 
 shittiiii^ cun-eiits boiliii>< afMiind tluiii ; 
 but wf: forbear, and must, foi the [iieKont, 
 say tu the Channel Islands, Farewell I 
 
 N'KWTON ABKOIT, ToKRK, 1 1.\ UTMOl'T H. 
 
 (hi Satui'day. Si-p. "Jotli, liad a p'.easaiii 
 journey from S.intham 'ton to Xewton 
 Abbott, bvcaki'i^' the jmirney at Kxeter, 
 where I wa^ i^imlJN eiilertaitied and re- 
 freslu!<l at the liospitable h'.me of Bm.. ainl 
 Sister Reed. Arrixiri^' at the Newton 
 Station, the smile uf welcome radiating,' 
 the face 'f Urn .1. Luke i,M'eeted me ; the 
 hearty siiakiu:; "f haud-s \V"\n liim.selt and 
 the representative 'if the station at the 
 late r<'iifereiice. tullowed. After a few 
 minuteH walk we are at, what the ('ana 
 dians call, tiie parsonaife ; Sister Luke 
 L^ave me a heart}' reception : thus assured, 
 I wiis at home. 
 
 Sunday, 2(itli, preached at Newton 
 mornint,' and afternoon The lirst service 
 was a good one ; a ;^eneral bless'iiy was 
 lealized. Tlie afteni')on meeting' was, 
 from some canst or other, very flat. 
 'A'liether the folk had been too free with 
 the 14 lod things placed before them on 
 their res|)ective dining tables, or whether 
 they were utterly out of sympathy with 
 tlie subje'T, "The love of Christ con- 
 strain-^d us,becaust! we thus judge, that if 
 »»ne (lied for all, then were all dead, and 
 
 ihar he .lied for all, that they which live, 
 Hli«)nh( not lieiicefftrth live unto them 
 selves, liut lor him who died for them and 
 lose again," or whether the preacher was 
 out of tune, this dei»oiient saith not ; oin' 
 fhiiiir is certain, it was a dull nu'eting. 
 The se-rvice over, a good friend, with h s 
 liorsi! and trap, ivas in waitni;: to convey 
 uu; to Torre. .After due attention to the 
 1 ions ot tht ■'■tomach, and a sfi irt jirivate 
 inteiview with the (Jri-at Father, at whicli 
 I a u'i'aci<ms assiiiance of his presence was 
 i meicifully given, I re[iaired to the sane 
 I tii;ii-y, where a large congregation awail.'d 
 nil', which was considerably increased after 
 tlu! lirst prayer. Th.' .Ma.ster (jf .Assem 
 blies was present with us, and we rejoiced 
 in his salvation. The prayer meeting was 
 a 8|>«cial means of irraee. Hy the time we 
 aifived '\lnre j was to turn aside ami t;iiiv 
 for the ni'..'lit, and an Hour or two had 
 been si.eiit in talking on matfi is pertain 
 ing to ! he kiiiL'do:;-. of (tod, jaded nature 
 oifered iio objection to an interval of n- 
 
 post'. 
 
 On Monday morning, Firo, Mnnday 
 kindly placed him.self at my service, and 
 under his clever pilotage, we ascended 
 high hills and descended into deep valleys, 
 sur\eyed t).e e.xteiior of palatial hotels 
 and private residences. Now fron> this 
 elevatifni. and an m from that, we took 
 sjilendid \iews. while fr(»m the crac'.ry 
 rocks, the hiLrh hills, the bold clill's, and 
 tlie wide aea, there c.ime (me uni*;ed testi' 
 mony: " The hand tliat made us is di 
 vine." Lingering around, speeulatinir. 
 ttMiching the stupendous forces of nature, 
 by whose hidden throes— hidden from the 
 vision (if mortal ken the mighty upiiea 
 vals had been born, and birth given to the 
 n.mantic grandeur upon which we gazed 
 with wondrous amaze, the mind'g dight 
 from the seen to the unseen fivm nature 
 o nature's (iod- was natural and easy, and 
 hero, before tlie infinite and eternal 
 
 oil 
 
 Ik 
 kil 
 
 it 
 
w'tiicli live, 
 unti) tht'in 
 ■iv t la'iii .111(1 
 itNiclier was 
 111 not ; i)Hr 
 
 ill lIUOtillLf. 
 
 id, witli li >< 
 y to convey 
 itioii to tlic 
 >h trt privatf 
 <•!•, at wliic]i 
 I'l^sfiiicc was 
 (> the saiic- 
 ioii awaiti'il 
 -■roHsedaftci 
 
 of Assi'iii 
 
 wi^ rojoict'd 
 neetiiij,' was 
 the time we 
 If ami t:in V 
 '!• tw.t had 
 
 IS lu'i'taiii 
 lied nature 
 
 T\iil of m 
 
 Mnnday 
 
 M'^ice, and 
 
 ascended 
 
 ^••|) valleys; 
 
 |tial hotels 
 
 froH' this 
 
 , we took 
 
 M(> cnuriry 
 
 I cliffs, and 
 
 ii*;ed te»t\- 
 
 ns is di 
 
 leculatiiig,' 
 
 |of nature, 
 
 from the 
 
 ty upliea 
 
 '^en to the 
 
 'e gazed 
 
 |d'e dight 
 
 |»>' nature 
 
 easy, and 
 
 eternal 
 
 t> 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 NOTES liY THK WAY 
 
 1 •> 
 1 . 
 
 Piither, ')ur sftirith bowed iriadonng j^rati- 
 tlidi'. 
 
 •' rhi» is tin- ( !o<l vvr ailtiff, 
 
 ()iii- faithful uncliaiiu'L'al)l« tric-iid ; 
 
 Wiioh; lovi- i.s as i^ruat a.-s his powi-r. 
 And iH'ithir kii jws lufasiut- norend. 
 
 What couijiarisoii l^ thttit- hut wl'cu Tor 
 Bay antl its sui roiimiinjs in tliis year oi 
 s<racp, ISHO, and ioi l)a\, a.s known to 
 V\ illiiiu. I'linte < f < Man^if, and the nu-n 
 of his day / 'I'Ih- c ulrast is j^M-eat, indeed, 
 biLween thi8 loun and us suhurbs, as 1 
 kmw it twenty-live yiars a^o, and as 1 see 
 it to-ilay. 
 
 Siiortly after live o clock, the friends 
 huixan to ab«>>.inhlc for ti.e inujiosi; ol doiiii; 
 tlii'ii part at a iiuiilic ti'a, served in the 
 st;,i(.ol i'o"iiii aftaclu'ii to the chaln-i, and 
 cli'su to tlie ininistei'.-. it .■-idince. This 
 htiii'i' 'is heaiitifnl loi' situation;' a 
 i.i\ely s|iot. ii iL had not hci-n written, 
 '■ tiiuu shall noi covet tliy neighbors 
 lieiise. jierliaiis theie would have been no 
 winnij; in v\isiiin<4it were in\ abode; bin 
 not as [)astor o; i'orre .Mission, llie present 
 lijcumbeiit is adiuiraidy ada[ited to that 
 'U ice, in wiiich U^nl^rant hitn great peace 
 and niiich prosperity. 
 
 i'ua over, the i»iiblic ineetiiif; coinineiic- 
 ed; it was a very enthusiastic atlair. (Jood 
 chairman and i,'((od sin.;iin,'. The speakers 
 uero in ^ood key, and the people devisetl 
 lil)eial things ; the collection was in ad- 
 vance of last year. The cau.se on tiiissla 
 tion has made good and substantial pro- 
 L,'ress. The ciiapel, known to me more 
 fhan a (juarter of a century a'40, lias been 
 disposed of, j»nd a much larLjer, and in 
 every r. spect far superiorbuildimc, erected, 
 not far from the former. It is built upon 
 a I'ock, and set b'lck ai^ainst a rock ; al- 
 most hid from the puldic i)assint; on the 
 [nincipal street, tlu ugh only a few yards 
 from it. It is possible, and certainly not 
 impr(d)able, that at no distant day, a site 
 of land situated between the chapel and 
 the street referred to, now owned by the 
 
 town, will be built on, in which case the 
 chajiel will be completely hnlder from ihe 
 ! general jMiblic. Our friends will do wull 
 I to have their eye upon thin matter, anii 
 shtuild the site in <}uestion come into the 
 market do tin ir utmost to secuie it. Hro. 
 Munday is the right man in the riyhi 
 place. 
 
 The meeting over, according to pre- 
 vions arrangement, 1 took leave of our 
 friends at Torre, and went to Dartmouth 
 to tarry for a night or rather, what might 
 remain of it after our arrival- -with m> 
 old frieinls Mr. and Mrs. WOrdeii, for 
 merly of Exetc It is particularly inter- 
 esting to meet with old friends and to 
 call up tlie •' good (dd times." We arrived 
 shortly alter midnight, and two h<uu> 
 later sought repose in sleeji. 'i"he greatei 
 part of Tiii'.sday, Sept. 2Hth, was spent. 
 under the pihtage of \Un. Wdrden, m 
 sight seeing The scenery aroiiinl Dart 
 ! mouth is Very picture.sipie. A little mote 
 eiiteipiise on the part if the capitalists 
 I wouUi, doubtlos«, make it the resort ol 
 ; tourists, seekeis ot health, and of ust from 
 I city toil, in this town the liible Chiis- 
 I tians.a few years since, laid the foiim'.atioii 
 I of what it was hoped would soon develop 
 into a pros|)eroU8 cause, but alas ! the line 
 gold became dim. A chapel was built 
 
 I and l>adlv built, the walls spreail, tVc. , ami 
 
 I 
 
 ; they were tied together with iron rorls. 'I'he 
 
 I demon Discord took posscission of the 
 heartsc f sundry persons, tlie missionary was 
 withdrawn, and the chai)el s«dd to the c(»r 
 l)orati'Hi, who use it as their hall. We 
 are not anxious to imjuire into this disas- 
 trous ending of a promising beginning ; 
 one thing, however, is very clear, that 
 some party or parties must have seriously 
 erred. It is expected that these, in con- 
 nection witli otl;er nriatters pertaining to 
 the working of religious institutioiiH, will 
 be investigated in that day when eveiy 
 
 i man shall be rewarded according to liis 
 own %vork. 
 
TT 
 
 Ui 
 
 Notes hy the wav. 
 
 In the afternoon I took the Cars fur friends, Bro. Lnko is hopeful. H«> «(«e» 
 
 Xowton. Hen- the friend« acct'itted an a clmid hii^or than a human hand, 
 
 invitation to a public tea. While at the May hi; soon l»t: favored with an ahun- 
 
 tal>i»;8, near wliere 1 sat, curtain i^entln- dance of rain 
 men learned in tiie<-l<tyy, discuhsed with 
 
 Hume earnestnesK, tiie ellect of eatinif the 
 forbidden fruit by our hr.si parents upon 
 the physical c nstitittiun of the race. The 
 introduction if evil watf, in their view, 
 ;i knotty point. 1 ventured to call their 
 attention to what 1 presumed to be a fact, 
 vi/. , that the terrible c«)nseqiienceH (*f the 
 
 V'iewrd from my standprjint.an errorwan 
 fallen into when our work in this M-cfion 
 of the couiitiy wps dividt-d int«i (wo or 
 three separate stations, involving' a mt.cW 
 lar>,'er expenditure ')f funds than w-ould 
 have otherwise been retpjired, with 'Ut 
 Correspond in;,' results. Torre has pros- 
 pered, not, perhaps, becaiise of the divi- 
 
 t'all were |)hy8ically, morally, and spiri- I • u * ■ * t ii xt ^ 
 
 ' *' ■^ /', .' j sioiiK, but m spite of them. Newton h«P 
 
 tually, as i>revalent anions the inhabitants! . ,, • i i i.\ * »i • i ^ , 
 ," ' I not nourished ; r'artinouth is abandoned, 
 
 if Newton, as in many other places, and i /vc , • • ii t i.- i-. i 
 
 ' , / , ' '. , Of extensions in other directions little or 
 
 to ask what tiiey and the churches they 
 
 nothin<; is heard. Are we justitied 
 
 in 
 
 represented, were doiim to briiii^ the poo 1^4- j 1 . , 
 
 ' . V)utting men down on what we term sta- 
 
 ple to Christ. In reply, 11 was said, " we ,• xi • 1 »r 1 1 e y 
 
 ' , , , I tions, within hair a dozen miles of fach 
 
 can not always decide, l>y appearances, I 
 
 the amount of good done or doing.'' j 
 
 That was admitted, and this position tak- 
 
 en : If a farmer has for two or three years 
 l)een ploughing and casting in tiie seed, but 
 iuis failed to gather inio his barn, ami so 
 far as he knows, none of the seed has ger- 
 minated, will he be satisfied with that 
 utate of things/ And if in anv given 
 place we have been preaching the gospel 
 for two or three years, with no apj)arent 
 re.sults, no souls saved, are we to satisfy 
 ourselves by accepting the conclusion, that 
 " we cannot always decic^e by ai)pear- 
 aiices, the amount of tiood done or doing?" 
 Tlie conversation closed very abruptly ; 
 no one seemed t'isposed to discuss that 
 phase uf the (piestion. 
 
 At the public meeting in the evening, 
 ihiiv was, speaking for myself, a painful 
 duiness. I could not strike hre ; iu;r did 
 J .see sparks from any other anvil ; the 
 iron was cold Many of the people said it 
 was a Kood meeting. The collection in 
 ailvance of last year. Upon the testimony 
 vi sundry persons, ministers and laymen, 
 I conclude a genor.il lethargy prc-iils in 
 Newton : of enthu.siasm thi-re is none. 
 Of "ur cituse, eft witunded by its iirofessed 
 
 other, giving lliem charge of one .small 
 congregation, and a much smaller nociety, 
 to the spiritual culture of which they are 
 expected to devote their wliole enerj'ies, 
 and then, at the end of the year, nol with- 
 standing the liberality of the friends, 
 meet large deficiencies from the mission- 
 ary exchequer I juid to continue this year 
 after year, witliout any extension cf the 
 work' Are we coiigregationalists ? Do 
 we propose the yradual adoption of that 
 system ? 
 
 COKNWALI.. 
 
 Oct. 2. True West of Enuland weather. 
 
 Shortly after neon to«>k the cais for 
 
 St Au.stell, -a very unpleasant journey on 
 
 account of the heavy rain. He n:,' market day, 
 
 the cars were uncomfortably full, and all 
 
 persons entering them, by their wet clothes 
 
 and umbrellas, added to the discomfort 
 
 of all concerned. Stepping from the train 
 
 at St Austell, Bro. Angwm hurried me oH 
 
 to a good friends house, where, without 
 
 ungirding the loins or loosing the sandals. 
 
 needed refreshment was thankfully taken. 
 
 and then away to the "Van Oftice," and 
 
 otl" to the widely famed Mevayi.ssey. The 
 
 driver, and as I suppose, proprietor of tlif 
 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
NOTES HV I HE WAY. 
 
 14 
 
 Ht( Bces 
 nan luiiul. 
 
 (in ciTnr wa»» 
 his Mi'tiou 
 nt<t l\v(( oi' 
 ini,' a ini.cK 
 han would 
 ■d, with -ut 
 ! hftH pros- 
 f tilt' divi- 
 Vcwtoii lins 
 a})iiii<1iinud. 
 HH littl.' or 
 justilifd in 
 »! tt'iiii sta- 
 ileB iif tach 
 ' one small 
 tiler pociuty, 
 ch tliey are 
 le eni'r;de9, 
 ar, nut with- 
 lu' frieiids. 
 \\v mission - 
 ui' this year 
 sidii (t the 
 alistH? 1>» 
 oil of that 
 
 lid Aveather. 
 cars for 
 Ijouniey on 
 juarketday, 
 liiiU and all 
 Iwet clothes 
 discomfort 
 In the train 
 [•iecl ine ort 
 without 
 |o sandals. 
 Mlly taken, 
 ice," and 
 |8ey. 'J'he 
 jtor of thf 
 
 I 
 
 RXKTKH CKKKITOV t?r,OLKSKoHli CMIM 
 I.KIiili. 
 
 »)ii WfdiieHday, Sept 'J'.ltli, nwidc an 
 early Htart fur Exeter, and had tho picas 
 iH'o of f pending several hmirs with my old 
 triends, iho. uu<i Siater Lake. liro. Lake, 
 oiice HO active and laborious m the caust- 
 of (Jod, is, jM I see it, preniatuielv,a phys 
 ical wreck, and mentally, a wide contrast 
 to Hro. Lake as I knew him durini,' my 
 |iast(»rate of the Exeter Mission. '1 uc 
 u;reat Father has (<raci)usly sustained Sis- 
 ter Ij.ike, under tlie discipline to which 
 she has been subjected, in the aliliction of 
 her luudtand and other troubles. At that, 
 however, wi- need feel no surprise, when 
 we remember His promises. We also had 
 an interview with liro. Ta[iscott, formerly. 
 ;iu<l for many years a local preacher, class 
 leader, I've. Hr(j. T. was neve>- in repute 
 tor liis mental power ; but none disputetl 
 his piety and devot.edness to the interests 
 of his fellows, thereby seeking to promote 
 the ^dory of (iod. In an evil hour he 
 I ell under the seductive suasivorishness 
 of the Plymouth Brethren, adopted their 
 peculiar views, and separated himself from 
 his old friends. His sinctaity we dare 
 iu*t challenije, and pray that lie may be 
 saved at last. In the person of his wife, 
 he has "'a thorn in the flesh, a messenger 
 of Satan to buti'et him ;" her love of intox- 
 icants is at tlie base of the trouble. Ye 
 wino-bil)bin!4 Christians beware I Left 
 Exeter in company with Bro. Keed, by an 
 aiternoon train for Crediton Leaving 
 the cars, we walked to the hosne of ( i.r 
 aged friend Mr. Ford. Bro. Fonl is one of 
 very few remaining links of the chain 
 uniting us to the fathers and founders of 
 the Denomination ; he is one of the men 
 who bore i he burden in the heat of the 
 day. Age and its accompaniments tell 
 \i\)()n him ; but hw is as whole-souled as in 
 the years long since |>asiied away. Tell of 
 the prosperity of Zion, and his eyes spar- 
 kle and his whole countenance beams with 
 
 lif^ 
 
 I 
 
 deliuht. He was with us at the evenii<g 
 meeting, where he nearly forgot that he 
 was an old man. 1 was kindly entertain- 
 ed for the night by his son, at Frogmore 
 Farm, wh', in the tleath of his wife, leav- 
 ing him with A family of seveial chihlrm, 
 has been called to pass "through the val- 
 ley of the shadow tjf death ; but (lod's 
 rod and stall' have strengthened him. 
 May our Heaveidv Fatliergraeiously gu tie 
 him along his ditlicult path. Our cause in 
 Crediton much neetls a reviving, i ven- 
 ture to hoi»i5 go(jd will coinu out of our 
 his' niitht's gathering ; it was a Kood s{»ir- 
 ited meeting : cash results satisfactory. 
 Crediton town is, as ir was 30 years ago. 
 .\ ulow place is it. We were infoiined 
 that the chief handicraft of the town is 
 boot and shoe making, and as in Notting- 
 ham, so here, Bradlaugh's leaven is in the 
 meal. 
 
 On Thursday morning, Fatln r Fold 
 honored me with a drive to tho Crt;(liton 
 station, where I took the cars for Eirgles- 
 f'jid. Bro. Grose awa'ted my arrival, and 
 we drove to Chumleigh. Arrangements 
 had been made fur a 'lhankHL;iving ser- 
 vice. 1 preached in tlu- afternoon t(» a 
 small congregation ; the Master was pres- 
 ent with us. A Ten served in the public 
 iiall wa-i well attended. In the evening, 
 the hall was packed with Darties eager to 
 listen to my say. about the worktJod has per- 
 mitted us to do in British North America. 
 The meeting was a good one ; the collec- 
 tion satisfied all concernei'. Bro. and Sis 
 ter fJrose showed me every kindness. 
 
 October 1st. -Left Chumleigh for Mev- 
 agissey. ^\v. Wrccford kindly drove nie 
 to Egglesford, wheie 1 took the cai'.'^, 
 and after a tedious journey, (part of the 
 way with a 0( i.ds Train) arrived at Ply- 
 mouth, and went to Bro. Dyniond's resi- 
 dence for a rest, &c. A prince could not 
 have had a warmer receptitm, bating the 
 scolding given me for not informing him 
 of the time of my coming, that he might 
 
15 
 
 NoTKH liY THE WAY. 
 
 have met tno at the Htation. After at- 
 tending to the nuodh «»f tlie physical niiin, 
 Hrti. DyiiKind conducted nie t" Manow's 
 Toniperanco lintel. Here I met with two 
 old friendH, Mih. J(din Allin, widow of 
 John Allin. foiiueily of Sutcondx' t<.wn, 
 in the Sliebhear (Circuit, and her daughter 
 IMra. Mariow. It was arranged for nie to 
 tarry hero for the niijh*. We then called 
 to see my dear old friend, Hro. Kinsman. 
 When we met, the pleanure ws's mutual. 
 Here another dear old friend, SiHtor 
 Thome, relict of tlie late S. Thorne, await- 
 ed my coiiiint,', ai:d with <^reat [)k'a«ure, 
 minj^led witli streaks of sadness, we talk- 
 ed of the former times, and of the years that 
 had passed since last wo l)ado each other fare- 
 well. Each of us had, in the all wise dis- 
 posings of oin Heavenly Father, been be- 
 reft (*f loved ones, ajul, therefore, under 
 that head, were in true 8ym[)athy. We 
 talked of j^'race within, and of its power as 
 evidenced in others, and otthe good hand of 
 our (rod wiiich has been over us, until 
 our hearts burned within us and times 
 flight reminded us, that it was once more 
 our duty to gay, good night. Bro. 
 Kinsman is in very feeble health, and 
 Sister Thome's tabernacle is in a very 
 thaky ctmdition. 
 
 COUNWALL. 
 
 Oct. 2. — True \N est of England weather. 
 Shortly after noon 1 took the cars for 
 St Austell, — a very unpleasant journey on 
 account ( )f the heavy rain. Being market day, 
 the cars were uncomfortably full, and all 
 persons entering theni,by their wet clothes 
 and umbrellas, added to the discomfort 
 of all concerned. Stepping from the train 
 at St Austell, Bro. Angwin hurried me ofi" 
 to a good friend's house, where, without 
 ungirding the loins or loosing the sandals, 
 needed refreshment was thankfully taken, 
 and then away to the "Van Ottice," and 
 otf to the widely famed Mevagissey. The 
 driver, and as I suppose, proprietor of the 
 
 conveyance, hud kindly engaged to wait 
 my coming Your readers will be iiitei-- 
 erested in knowing that the c;irriage, 
 known as the "Station Van," is a very 
 heavy covered box on four heavy wlu-oU, 
 drawn by a span of horsen over that por- 
 tion of tlie road called "level ; " lieing 
 about half the journey Ttien we conie 
 to a very steep and long hill, where we add 
 \ t«i our draught power, a leader, accuHtom^d 
 to heavy pulling. Reaching the summit 
 j of this miniature mountain, we release the 
 I additional horse from turther attendance, 
 and soon prepare for tlio descent ujion the 
 town by tirndy securing both "hind" 
 wheels; and down we go, and down we go, 
 speculating as to wh; t the conseiiueiicep 
 might be, should the chain slip by which 
 the two wlieels out «»f the four are kei>t 
 from revolving. Safe at the bottom, the 
 relief is very appreciable, and wo heartily 
 thank (iod for all his mercies. This 
 "Statiim Van" is intended to carry twelve 
 passengers inside, but as there is always 
 rc»om for "one more " in these very accom- 
 modating vehicles, on this trip wo carried 
 fourteen, some over the medium size, and 
 the discomfort was increased in conse- 
 quence of the rain. There is i«>om for 
 two outside passengers ; but on this very 
 interesting occasion we carried six. 
 Twenty passengers, instead ol fourteen. 
 Our "Jehu" accepted the situation with 
 the utmost good humor, and when we com- 
 menced the ascent of the hill aforesaid, 
 kindly reminded us of our duty to the 
 horses. We had all the enjoyment of this 
 journey for the small sum ot sixpence, 
 (the regular fare) surely he who complains 
 should be made to take the return journey 
 on foot. Bro. Pollard awaited my ar- 
 rival and conducted me to his residence, 
 where cheerful greetings and ample pro- 
 vision for the sustenance of the physical 
 man, were in waiting. In due course, 
 Bro. Pollard conducted me to the resi- 
 dence of Mrs. R. , here I rested all night 
 
 I 
 
 SK 
 
NOTES HY THK WAY. 
 
 Hi 
 
 Lr»'<l t'l wait 
 II l»t! iiitiT- 
 •' cirri au'f, 
 \H n very 
 iivy wh«'ol8, 
 cr that |K»r- 
 vi'l ;" lining 
 
 II \Vl' Cf'llU) 
 
 kliero vremiil 
 ,accuHtiiiii>>d 
 tilt! HiiiMinif 
 rclfUht' thf 
 iint'iiiljiiico, 
 'lit upon tlif 
 ofli -iiiiid'" 
 down wui,'o, 
 oi)«t*(jueiic«p 
 p by which 
 iir art) kept 
 1) ittom, tlie 
 wo heartily 
 ircies. Tliis 
 carry twelve 
 e 18 alwayn 
 very accoiij. 
 |) wo carried 
 ill! size, ami 
 i in coiise- 
 8 room for 
 m this very 
 arried six. 
 1 fourteen, 
 nation with 
 len we coni- 
 1 aforesaid, 
 liity to the 
 tneiit of this 
 t sixpence, 
 u complains 
 Jrn journej- 
 Bd my ar- 
 residence, 
 ample pro- 
 le physical 
 Lie course, 
 J the resi- 
 l all night 
 
 »K 
 
 I 
 
 Our Chapel is anri»|tn',and is at pr-sttnt earthly Ih.mi'H luar akiii to htiiveii. 
 
 uiidtri,'oin>,' Huiidrv alterati. ns, tluTfforf, On Monday. Oct. 4th. a« per pri-vi«.UK 
 
 iin Sunday moriiini;, Oct. ,^rd, 1 preaclu-d Hrraiiu'einent with liro. Hoelviiii,', I Mtartfil 
 
 in the School House; it wii,;< a L'ood meet- hy the tii»t tram for •duiin lload station 
 
 ini,', no one aHkinu' "i.x tlie Lord aiiionL' li«'"- H. joiiuul tlie tram •n the way up. 
 
 us r' On leavinix the School House, I was I'lie cuih were erowiled with p.isheiiuers. 
 
 invited to take a seat in a veliiele, sent nio8t i.f whom were hound for l^e.^karii 
 
 from St. Au«t»dl by .ne Mr Williams, at I'air. The ruin fell freely and tin uind 
 
 whose house I was expec'ed to dine, in blew wildly. \t I'xidmin lioa I, we tooi^ 
 
 company with Uro Hockint,', theSuperin the "lius" for Itoduiin, where we amved 
 
 tendent of the Hjdmin DiMtrict. Hro. H. in due t-ouiKe, and at JSr... Hoeknin»l 
 
 had taken the nioruiiiL,' service at !St. A UH- fouiul a yeio.d homo, 'i'la unpiopiuouh 
 
 tell. The latene.ss ot our arrival had well weather continued thn.u^di the whole da) 
 
 tested the patience of -uir friends : either iind eveniiiL'. It would hare been im mat 
 
 the mornin<4 sirvice was unusually lenu'thy tor of surprise had the meolins been j ost- 
 
 or we were loii^' in journeyinL: from one poned for la(;k of an audience : but lo the 
 
 town to llu- other, there was no need of credit of the people we record the fuct. 
 
 iuquiriu;,' particularly into the imitter, for that they, notwithtiiandini,' the wind and 
 
 there was no disputim; <UH- fact, we wt!i<! rain, ciime out and made a very u<.od 
 
 late. My arrival appeared to j,mvo such audience. All thiii>,'H considered, the 
 
 ireueral pleasure, thai the waitiiii.' was for meetiii;,' was a y< od one ,i,'ood inniiin 
 
 Uotteii, and we all thankfully jiartook of ber, u'ood in inthi.riic*-, and t,' 1 in col 
 
 the ''ood thini's .our Heavenly Father's lection, the latter luinu; in advance of la,-i 
 
 Providence had placed before us, and .year. Our chairman, an tamest «ood man, 
 were thus prepared for the after services . J* leaiUm,' layman of another deiiomina- 
 
 of the day. 
 
 tioti, was a little too hxpiacioiis. 
 
 Preached at St. Austell in the after- On Tuesday, as previously auiiouncetl, I 
 noon, and a!,'ain in tlie eveiiiuL', liberty and talked to the people assembled in St. .Vus 
 power were enjoyed. In the eveninj.,' ' tell Chapel, at 3 .»'clock p.m. : a tea meet- 
 prayer meetitii;, (.no man cried aloud for ini^ followed, then came the annual meet- 
 mercy, and several others were deeply in;^, and a j,'<iod (Jiie it was ; the speakers 
 affected. A deal friend, whose ac<iuaint- had a good inspiration, and the people 
 ance I made in the days of hi.s youth and gave liberally, putting the collectiuu more 
 who has kept steadily along the heavenly than two pounds in advance oi last year, 
 way from that time, Pro. James Criflin, : On Wednesday, Pros. Hocking, -Vng- 
 formerly of Shebbear, did me the honor I win and Sliills(jn,went to Pethel. I^wenl 
 of claiming me as his guest during my to lMeva','istiey. On my way. travelliim 
 stay in these parts. He, with his true by the .-itation van, 1 m.ide the accpiain- 
 lielpuieet God hath given him, soon made tance of Mr. Roberts, a brjther of John, 
 me feel I was not among .strangers. 1 [ Alfred, (jie<jrge, and Edward Roberts, ot 
 felt as though their house was "|i(!thel." Ontaric;. I accepted his invitatiiU to tea, 
 Our mutual delight was mell wed by tlie and he kindly accoinjianied me to our 
 fact that their dear boy was very unwell, > meetint: held in theCongregational Chapel, 
 under the doctor's care, and that oui kindly loaned us for the occasion. We 
 Brother himself is in very delicate health; bad a full house, an enthusiastic meeting, 
 their dear little daughter was like a little; and thecollection-t coiisideral>ly in advance 
 angel flitting about ; there are some ' of last year. During the night we had a 
 
17 
 
 Norn |iV THE WAY. 
 
 ^-vy,.,.„f ■--,.- -^-l-i_rHE WAY. 
 
 Pa-a.e „i .^ " « ^'/"'^ ""«« '"ore took -Hea.M.e awaited /t J'" ^''^"^ ^"^> h- 
 •^"«tt«Il ,,;, ^'''''''' '^^^'' for ^t : -thou., nuhet^r^'"''''- ' ^'"^^ «oon 
 
 »^-no. not wir...'""*^ ^^^'- --t^o that / "'-.^''.ts rest, o./.r?'' ^''^^' ««-<i 
 
 ■"'y <'t''er (own 1^7' " '"' "' "'"''^'^ 
 
 •^■now not with uK 1 ?*''''''■ ''''^'^'^ that / "'.«?''t'« ''"st. (),, s.f ^'" 
 
 t<'de to (Jod fur al] fJ. '1 • "* ^'''^t'- 
 
 '-''• ^^^'-n fo "Ld 'r'""^^"'^-" 
 ^••'"" the ol.H.ds • ?/ '"■'''" ^'^'"ed 
 •''''•-^ «treetH 1 i- '""'' ^'^^''^ ^^^^^ buiJt. 
 
 *''d« to (^^dfu^a ■'''"' '^^^'^^"^^''--ti. 
 
 i" all „,v past ' '"^"■^■'^'^ «^--" ".e 
 
 >iic«. -Allien. 
 
 ASHWATKR. 
 
 ••ishwatcr, in fi,„ xr , 
 ^--ntrydi^tncMvi^hnir^ "■""''''* 
 
 ^-■«« "f true r.di<n- u '''"'^ **'"' i^'ac- ■"•^"^'^^'''•. '" the Hn 
 
 ^'«-V w : r"' '"^^ '^'^'''''^ '" Meva- ;^";""^''V<J-tricMvith little "ir"'""' 
 
 -'^-r;, : :T ^-'-% With the "'^ — ^ t. non.^,;^7^- '- 
 
 ;;:rr--'- -^::;::r- r "-:::ZtrT-'-'^'> - - 
 
 ;"-'"- ' accompanied Hros H '^"'- i Wvests ever t ^^'"^"« "^ th« ^vorst 
 
 ■;"-'•""" was »„,a||. w„ , . '^;"""isfer8andkv„, ''" Christian 
 
 I I.M.,- '^^'"''•^ 'heavily and M ^'"'"^y victories won ""*^'^*' and the 
 
 '>Hckt...St. Austell . / ; ' *™nped .,,,. , , ''""fe'- The rain felJ 1, • 
 ^iisreij ready for ^ »* i. I'liouifh the /Jo,, , ^" heavilv 
 
 ".a. eC, r^^T"' "■" ""''-'"«-..,,;?»"'»■ ' -rive, at .he h^u^o ""' t"" 
 »>> n.ive flono it to a dio,.;,.) • , ' <Jerry, wherR oil n . , ""^ ^'"^ Mr. 
 
 =;s.:-f "-. - :.' -^jr;- ;:;•,?. :;=■ '::.;• 
 
 ^';" f^i'layrieft by the tlr . . ■ ''^ ^'^-^ rub down ''''"^'"^ ^"^ '^^ving 
 
 Koiitiemeii, aud thu. 
 
 * 
 
 m- 
 
 
NOTES UY THK \^A^. 
 
 Bn.. Dyinond. 
 
 ness. Lots of 
 a-t H<il8W(jrthy 
 Rowe and his 
 '■i- / was soon 
 the former. 
 ,', the rtrst for 
 lijul a L,'(,-o<] 
 I remained 
 devout grati- 
 08 shown me 
 
 t'l'tor, 
 
 he ; 
 
 etter, 
 
 ^^'•' Anion. 
 
 y circuit, is 
 '^' •■">}• par- 
 "t pers./ns. 
 to the far- 
 f the Worst 
 tion of the 
 aggro^ate) 
 quire tw< 
 lace them 
 Jfeviously 
 Christian 
 in hea- 
 Jidoring 
 
 and the 
 
 ci>mmon 
 Parish of 
 o. M. 
 
 anie on 
 
 ual Mis- 
 
 heavHj' 
 
 by the 
 
 earied, 
 
 >y gar- 
 Mr. 
 
 8Ug. 
 
 ter re- 
 laying 
 clothe 
 three 
 thus 
 
 equipi>ed, 1 attended the missionary nieet- 
 ini;. Thi; past'ir, taking advantage of my 
 Ljroto.Hfiue appearance, found pegs, more 
 than one, on which to hanu sundry obser- 
 vation.s. 'I'lie meeting was a ijood one. 1 
 am not aware of having been in Ashvvater 
 from that date till Sunday, October 10th, 
 1880, when we had two services, com- 
 mencing ar 2:30 and (i:.'JO i). m. Thecon- 
 gregiiticns were good ; tlie influence was 
 g(jod ; though I had a severe encounter 
 witli soitu' of tlie demons after the com- 
 mencement of the evening service. The 
 Biibject selected for the sermon was the 
 luatttM- in dispute. Din'iiiLf the 8eci)nd 
 singing a terrible onslaught was made ; 
 my mind was not simjdy confused, nor 
 was it sim[)ly darkened ; it was darkness. 
 Tlie demons, likti so many satyrs, were 
 dancing around and above me ; they dark- 
 ened heaven. Tiie last verse of the hymn 
 read, I sat down in an agony ; 1 cried 
 mightily iinti) (lod ; I said, ' O Lord why 
 is it thus I Why am I thus forsaken and 
 left to the power of these demons ? Thou 
 hast never h'ft me before, why forsake me 
 now ? Look upon this congregatior, and 
 not for my sake, but for thy great name's 
 sake, don't leave me in their power !" As 
 tlie sound of tlie last note was dying on 
 my ear, the answer came, " i will helj) 
 thee," and as I read the text, the darkjiess 
 left me, and I had a season ( f unusual 
 liberty and power. (Ilo'y to (}od ! 
 
 On Monday, a i)reaching service in tlie 
 
 afterno ^n, followed by a tea meeting, well 
 attended. The evening meeting was large 
 and enthusiastic ; tlie collection consider- 
 ably in advance of last year. 1 returned 
 to Holswortliy after the meeting, very 
 late, or rather early, to bed, where I fell 
 into the arms of Morpheus after the chjck 
 struck three. 
 
 MAKHAMCHDKCH KII.KH AMTOX-HARTLANI). 
 
 On Tuesday, I'Jtli, I drove to Marham- 
 oluirch, and i)reached in the afternoon to 
 a smidl congrega. :on. The annual meet- 
 
 i ing, held in theovening, was well attend- 
 
 ; ed ; the Master was present at both gath- 
 
 ' erings. The collection in advance of last 
 
 year. Our cause ir» this place greatly 
 
 needs (|uickening. Judging from all J 
 
 saw, religion, as everything else, is handled 
 
 after a very sleepy fashion, ".\wake, 
 
 I awake, put on thy strength, O Zion !" 
 
 ] Wednesday, l.'kh, at 8 o'clock, while 
 
 yet at breakfast, the 2nd preacher, from 
 
 '■ the Kilkliampton Circuit, arrived froni 
 
 that far famed "Church Town," with horse 
 
 and trap, to take me the hrst stage on my 
 
 way to the afternoon meeting. We ar- 
 
 I'ived in due course, and there changed 
 
 ' horse, carriage and driver. *Jirt< bpencer, 
 
 the I'astor of the Circuit, with whom 1 
 
 i 
 
 ! had not ))reviously had the pleasure of 
 
 meeting, but with wliom, together with 
 
 his colleague, i was soon at home, took 
 
 the reins, and after a long run, we arrived 
 
 I at Bro. Klackniore's, in Hartlaad parish, 
 
 I where we dined. IJro. Blackmore's shat- 
 
 ' tered health necessitated his retirement 
 
 from the active lanks of the ministry, and 
 
 he turned his attention to farming ; in 
 
 ' which, however, he hf.s, in c unmon with 
 
 many others, sustained very heavy losses, 
 
 I causing him not a litt! • anxiety. We met 
 
 ' as old and true friends are wont to meet. 
 
 Dinner (n'er.we had to away to Providence 
 
 I Chapel, where I was expected t(j preach 
 
 I at 2:;i0 It was a thanksgiving service 
 
 and the Missionary ."Anniversary combined. 
 
 We had a blessed meeting in the afternoon: 
 
 a tea meeting followed. In the evening 
 
 ; the Ch.n.H'l was uncomfortably full ; we 
 
 had a remarkably good meeting ; the col- 
 
 I lection several pounds in advance of last 
 
 year. l*rovidence has, of late years, suf- 
 
 I fered by the removal of h.ng tried friends. 
 
 I 1 greatly enjoyed the company of Bro. B. , 
 
 I who, with his excellent wife and amiable 
 
 ! daughter, did their best to make my stay 
 
 with them a real )>leasure. Before taking 
 
 leave of Providence, I must notice the fact 
 that, it is (jne nt several places in the de- 
 
 1.^. 
 
i\ 
 
 h) 
 
 NOTKS \',\ THK WAV. 
 
 nuiuination havinu a history of its own. | North Devon . triends rallied, the Chapel 
 About thirty years ago, 1 visited this , was built, and thus the persecuted churcli 
 neighborhood in behalf of our Missionary , found "a covert from the windy storm and 
 Society, and preached and assisted in hold- [ tempest. " I learned that all the leading 
 iuK the annual meeting in a barn, htted j parties concerned in persecuting these 
 up as a Chapel, at Dyke, in the pariah of 'saints of the Most High, have come to 
 
 Olovelly, a picturestiue village on the 
 North Devon coast. At tirat, the preach- 
 
 grief ; the property has passed into other 
 hands ; and over the very land where the 
 
 ing wa» in iho farm house, and from 183G i persecuting clergyman formerly, next to 
 till toward the close of 1B58, in the barn, ' the landlord, reigned supreme, he can now 
 aforesaid, which luul been converted into | uuly use his gun by special permission. 
 a mt-eting house with the consent of the | '"How are the mighty fallen I" "The face 
 proprietor. From this i dace of worship, j of the Lord is against them that do evil." 
 the society, numbering 70 personu, a large | '"Vengeance is mine, I will rfc^iay naith tin; 
 congregation, and a Sunday School oi 90 | Li)rcl.'" 
 
 childi'en, were ejected in the most arbi- i sukubeak uakhamitcjn reuhuth. 
 trary manner, through the influence, it was Thursday, 14th, IJro. Blackmore drovo 
 
 fidlv believed, of a new clergyman. Nor 
 were any of the members able to open 
 
 me across, for the most part, a very wild 
 rough country (his daughter acc(jmpanied 
 
 their lujuses for the public wfirship of God, us) to Shebbear. Here we had a grand 
 nuch an act would have been followed j day in connection with the college. The 
 with not'ce t » quit. .And as all the free- 1 distribution of prizes ; laying memorial 
 
 holds in the parish were held by the same 
 landh»rd, there was but little prospect for 
 
 stones in the walls of the new house f.r the 
 Head Master ; and a Tea Meeting, at which 
 
 obtaining a site on which to build a Chapel, there was a large gathering of friends, and 
 The friends, true ^o themselves and to , a well-packed congregation in the even- 
 their God. kept together, commenced jpg^ who listened to several addresses, 
 
 liolding services in the open air, under a 
 wintry sky, and this they ct>ntinuod every 
 
 under the presidency of C. Hobbs, Esq. 
 of London, made up the day's programme. 
 
 Sunday without intermission for fifteen j Here 1 met with scores of old friends, 
 months ; until they obtained the present from all parts of the circuit, and hundreds 
 Chapel, situated immediately beyond the \ of i)er8ons whom 1 failed to recognize. 
 
 bounds of Clovelly, in the adjoining par- 
 iah of Hartland. On Good Friday, 1859, 
 our late Bro. Tabb and Bro. R. Kinsman, 
 visited the persecuted church for the pur- 
 pose of adminiateriny to them iiie ordi- 
 nance of the Lord's Supper ; the aervioe 
 
 claimed to have known me more than 
 thirty years ago in connection with their 
 re3i)ective Sunday Scluuds. Of the Col- 
 lege buildings, the head master and his 
 assistants, and the students, clerical and 
 lay, I wili write more parttcularl}' when I 
 
 was conducted under a "lew hedge." The; shall have had an opportunity (which I 
 people were exhorted to maintain their ! hope to do at my next visit) of looking 
 Christian steadfastness to stand fast in ' niore closely into those matters. How 
 the liberty wherewith Chrif^t had made i changed is Shebbear 1 "The Fathers, 
 
 them free, and to pray for theii- persecw- 
 tors, in the spirit of tl.oir divine Lord, 
 "Fatlier, forgive them, for they know not 
 what they do " t)ur late Bro. Jas.Thorne 
 Hi>read the whole (uvse l)t'fore the public of 
 
 whore are they ; the Proi)het8, do they 
 live ft)r ever T' were the inqun-ies present 
 to my mind. I went, if not to commune 
 with the dead, to meditate amons/ the 
 tombs .\s I walked amcnii and stood l»v 
 
 »' 
 
 »"p.u 
 
 t!l 
 I id 
 ail 
 h( 
 iitl 
 thi 
 Ac 
 
 I 
 
NOTES iiV THE WAV. 
 
 20 
 
 the Chapel 
 J ted churcli 
 y storiu and 
 the leadiiiti 
 utiug these 
 ve come to 
 I into other 
 I where the 
 ly, next to 
 . lie can now 
 penniusiou. 
 "The face 
 at do evil." 
 )ay saith tlu; 
 
 lEUHimi. 
 
 mure drove 
 1 very wild 
 ,cc<jniijanied 
 ad a i^rand 
 )llego. The 
 if memorial 
 ouse f« r the 
 ni,'. at which 
 frieiida, and 
 1 the even- 
 addresses, 
 obbs, Esq. 
 irogramme. 
 Id friends, 
 d hundreds 
 recotjnize, 
 more than 
 with their 
 f the Col- 
 or and his 
 erical and 
 ly when I 
 (which I 
 of looking 
 lers. How 
 Fathers, 
 , do they 
 es [jresenl 
 conuuuntt 
 non</ the 
 1 stood l»v 
 
 t!ie graves ot the mighty dead, including applause, and so my address was prefaced. 
 i)ur Majors, Reeds, Tiiornes, and others; The receipts tur the day, clear of all ex 
 and then remembered that in other places pensos, exceeded £60. 
 have been entombed victors on many a Friday, accompanied by the ex-Presi- 
 hard contested field, who have finished 'lent and several other brethren, we left 
 their course and gone up higher- Brooks, , fc>h«bbear for Dunsland station. We (the 
 
 Adams, Kent, Prior, James Clung, John 
 (Jliing, R. P. Tabb,M. Robins among the 
 number, several of them, men, at whose feet I 
 delighted to sit in my younger days, the 
 
 ex -President and myself) arrived in Oke- 
 hampton about noon. Bro. Coles was 
 waiting to receive us. After dinner we 
 attended the afternoon meeting. Bro. 
 
 whole of whom honored me with their | J'^'^''^^ ^a^'« "»» b'^^d sermon. Bro. Dy- 
 friendship, and with whom I rejoiced in I ""'"tl left for Plymouth ; 1 remained to 
 labor abun<lant when the Bible Christian ! assist at the evening meeting. We had a 
 itineracy was very ditferent t.. what it is i ^"'''^ meeting ; the results satisfactory. 
 
 at this day. I rejoice at the impr<ved cir- 
 cum.stai;ceR of my ministerial brethren, as 
 well as ot no incoiiaiderable portion of our 
 lay fri»;nds ; but I tremble to my heart's 
 core when I am compelled to note the ab- 
 sence of the simple, earnest piety, charac- 
 teristic of by-gone years. The thoughts I 
 revolved when among the tombs — my 
 
 meditations there are too sacred to be 
 
 put before the public. 
 
 Oakhampton is as it was many years ago. 
 It is cursed with an unusually large num- 
 ber of buildings ccmsecrated to Bacchus : 
 the ill consequences are patent all around. 
 The religion sot forth in the New Testa- 
 ment scriptures has very few true friends 
 in this town. Our Chapel is a very nice 
 building, but badly situated, being almost 
 out of town. Our cause is low, nor did 
 We hear of any other good cause being 
 
 Ebenezer Cliapel was built when the I rr<'8perou3. Here is a tield for home mis- 
 proper ventilation ..f such a building was j «^"" '^''^^' ^""sisting of open air preaching 
 little thought of. On the night of our mass 
 
 meeting this lack was painfully felt, .\fter 
 three of the brethren hail spoken briefly, 
 before calling upon " the Bro. from 
 ('anadi,'" the choir were asked to give us 
 
 an anthem, when their leader begged to be 
 oxcused on account of the dense atmos- 
 |)here. " We cannot," said he, "get our 
 voices up U) key ; we are all fiat." 
 
 and house to house visitation. 
 
 On Saturday, 1 left Oakhampton for 
 
 Redruth, tin Plymouth. Brcj. and Sister 
 
 Dymond showed me their accustomed 
 
 I courtesy and lielped me on my way. 
 
 Reached Redruth at G o'clock. Bro. 
 
 Dingle awaited my coming and took me to 
 his own home, where every kindnesc was 
 shown me. After tea we walked to Lan- 
 
 .. ,n, -..,.,. ,. , , „ I "««•. '"y stepping place for the night. 
 
 I hen, said the cliairman, " 1 must call ' u , i , , , i ^ * u« 
 
 ' ' ! Here 1 knew no lack, and was glad to be 
 
 upon our Brother from Canada." I rose I - i r„, • u u ^ 
 
 J . I near mv mornings work Ihis has bt;en 
 
 and objected against being called upon to i i ' r . i . i « » ^- i 
 
 ' , . ' ! a week of fiard foil. Our meetings have 
 
 make a long speech in an atmosphere in I , ^, ,• ,,„ c^ 
 
 , • , been vi'ry entliusiastic. lh(* atternotin 
 
 which a choir could not sing for five min- 
 utes. Then looking toward one of the gal- 
 lery windows I saic', " If J wore there I'd 
 open that window.' A boy, who waslook- 
 
 S ing at me from over the gallery front, 
 oftuglit the inspiration and immediately 
 
 , ruslied Ixick and opened it, for which the 
 .•uidi(>n;'e, at ir.y refjuest, cfave him hearty 
 
 I services have been happy sea.sons, a little 
 I taxing, however. I have not for the last 
 j seven nights dosed my eyes in sleep till 
 long after midnight ; in two castas it has 
 been past '.'iie oclock when I have retiroil 
 to my ro(jm. I thank God for the success 
 we have had, and f<jr the healtfi ;ind 
 strength afforded me. Praise Him ! 
 
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 21 
 
 NOT lis J;V TlIK WAN. 
 
 LANNKU KKDiarTll CAM l!(tri:NK -PRNZANCE. 
 
 Suiulay, Oct. ITtli.- Aiiiwuir my first 
 wakiiiy tlioiiLfhta were the follc^wiuL; lines : 
 
 "Welcome sweet day of rest, 
 Tliat saw the Lord arise ; 
 
 Welcome to this I'eviviiiif lireast, 
 And these rejoicintf eyes." 
 
 Day of rest i" Weary with last week's toil, 
 I have fo" this day three services before 
 me, "day of rest." Next came, "My 
 i^race is suHicient for thee." That was 
 enough. 1 i)assed through the day with- 
 out any particular sense <jf weariness. 
 The weather was all i>ne could desire- it 
 was a lovely mornini^. 1 entered the 
 Chapel a few minutes before I0:li() ; it was 
 damp, «old and nas.ty. It had not been 
 opened since tlie previous Monday even- 
 ing;, and for want of ventilation, there h.id 
 been no chanye in the air confined within 
 its walls. Passing up the aisle 1 shivered, 
 thus warned, 1 buttoned my coat ; in the 
 pulpit 1 had two heavy shiverings ; nor 
 did I get warm till the service was half 
 tlu'ough. Thi- congreiration was small 
 and lacked .sympathv with the subject ; 
 it was a flat atlair. 1 made no note of the 
 (late of the erection of this sanctuaiy, it is 
 a large, commodious, and well built struc- 
 ture, and 1 should suppose, in more [iros- 
 l)erous times in temporal and spiritual 
 things, not t(jo large for the ))lace. On 
 the occasion of my visit, the parish was in 
 great confusion, arising out of a hot con- 
 tention between two clergymen. The 
 Lanner parson had changed livings with a 
 brother clergyman of another ])ari.sh. He, 
 of Ltinner, was disi)leased with the bar- 
 gain, not finding the living he had accept- 
 ed in exchange for Lannei-, wliat he had 
 expected it to be. He therefore -sought to 
 annul the contract, this the ocluu- refused 
 to do ; the breach widened, and a serious 
 quarrel ensued. It becann^ known, |)rior 
 to the morning service, that there would 
 be a scene at the church, and thither the 
 people flocked. Both clergymen were 
 
 "oil hand:" tlie present occupant entered 
 by the do(jr into the sanctuary, the former 
 occupan'. had previously entered by the 
 belfry window, und held possession of the 
 "sacred desk." The contention was very 
 sharp, neither would allow the other to 
 proceed, and so they battled away through 
 the whole day, their respective parti- 
 sans cheering them to the echo. At length 
 the man of the key, succeeded in getting 
 possession of the puljiit, and then called 
 u[)on his friends to aimj "Hold the Fori," 
 itc. , which tlioy did, as perhaps, t.nly 
 Cfjrnishmen know how to d > ; so ended 
 the days strife, but not tlie sa<l couse- 
 (jueiices ; alas '. no. 
 
 Redruth is an important central 
 town, and in the "good times ' does 
 a ver}' large business. Our Chapel, — 
 one of the largest in the connexion, 
 with a good basement school room, and a 
 minister's rosidence attached -was built, 
 m:;inly through the iiersisteiit etlorts of 
 Kv -, 'i\ Wooldridge, and was opened in 
 iHG3. Here 1 preached in the afternoon, 
 it was a thinly attended service, lament- 
 ably dehcient in heavenly inHuence. 
 The fire on the old Jewish altar never 
 went out, but that may not be said of 
 Cornish hre at Lanner and Redruth. 
 I'reaclied at Camboume in the evening ; 
 the Chapel is ijuite commanding in its ex- 
 ternal ajipearance, and very comfortable 
 within, so far as the auditory is concerned; 
 beyimd that, there is much to be desired. 
 The large building was v/ell tilled ; the 
 want of ventilation made itself manifest. 
 The Holy One of Israel was in the midst 
 of iiis [teople ; it was a sea.son (if [tower. 
 When we commenced the prayer nieetin<i 
 there were signs of \ictorv, but 1. 'i"he 
 dense atmospiiere;'-'. Want of liyht, (some- 
 thing was wnuiu with the gas) ; M. Loiiu 
 prayers, deprived us of what had appeared 
 within easy grasp. When will men be 
 wis(> in these matt en; '. 
 
 vB 
 
 I. 
 
i[)aiit ciitereil 
 ry, the fonuci' i 
 itered by the j 
 .sosHiou ui the I 
 tit III was very 
 tlie other t>) 
 away tlir()ii<,'h 
 jpective jiarti- 
 lo. At leuLjth 
 led in gettin.u 
 d tlieii called 
 old the Fori,"" 
 ierliai»s, only 
 d ) ; so ended 
 lie sad eonse- 
 
 rtant cential 
 d times" ' doeb 
 Dur Chapel, — 
 le connexion. 
 1)1 room, and a 
 ed — was built, 
 tent eH'orts of 
 ,vns ojiened in 
 [the afternoon, 
 rvice, lament- 
 ly intluence. 
 1 altar never 
 it be said of 
 uid Redrutli. 
 the evening,' ; 
 dinf< in its ex- 
 y comfortable 
 is concerned; 
 (I be desired. 
 11 tilled ; the 
 self manifest, 
 in the midst 
 on of ])ower. 
 ayer meeting 
 but 1. The 
 f liuht,(souie- 
 as) ; 'A. Lon^ 
 had apjieared 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 22 
 
 I 
 
 •iU 
 
 men he 
 
 M(»nday. Oct. 18. - Meeting at 3 o'clock i 
 j.m. Before announcing the text, 1 oc- 
 cupied the attention of the audience in a 
 prelude, subject, "the ventilatitjii of 
 churclies,"' havinjf special reference to 
 Lanner and Cunibourne. The service was 
 quickening. A tea meeting followed. 
 The Missionary Meeting in the evening i 
 was first class ; collection in advance of 
 last year. At first, for so large an 
 audience, the receipts look very small, but 
 when theactualcircumstancesof thepeople 
 are known, all surprise vanishes. i 
 
 Tuesday, meetitg at Redrutli. Brad- 
 laugh was ill town lecturing on the Land 
 Laws. Some parties suggested the post- 
 ponement of our meeting, but Bro. Dingle ; 
 wisely determined to hold to the arrange- 
 luent. The congregation was not large. ■ 
 After the report was disposed of. our I 
 chairman left us to attend the other meet- ' 
 iiig. He was not .of us, and so he went 
 out from us ; none else followed his per- : 
 nicious way. 1 thought the meeting 
 rather flat ; the people tluught other- 
 wise ; perhaps they were right. The col- 
 lection ahead of last year. One thing I 
 did not fad ]iublicly to commend, viz., the 
 local preachers, of whom there were sev- 
 eral in tile audience, had shown their de- 
 noniinati<jnalif-ni, good sense, and Chris- 
 tian consistency, in attending their own 
 meeting in preference to that of Mr.Brad- 
 laugh. 
 
 Wednesday, went to Penzance for a 
 day's rest, at the (|uiet home of Bro. and 
 Sister Gilbert. Bro. G. met me at the 
 station, and after calling on a friend or 
 two. we went to view the devastation 
 made by the lato storm The language of 
 the Psalmist, "Come, beh<,ld the works of 
 the Lord, what desolations he hath made 
 in the ear h 1" was naturally suggested. 
 It w'll take months to repair the damage 
 done in a few hours. After dinner, we 
 viewed the old Chapel, which fiur friends 
 contmiplate converting ij.to a dwelling 
 
 house. The new Chapel is one of the bes 
 in the denomination. We took tea with 
 our highly esteemed Bro. FL-tncock ; it was 
 evident that tie was fast sinking under tlu,- 
 power of disease. Wo had a proli table 
 season in conversation and prayer. He 
 has since gone to his rest in the glory land. 
 In his departure, the Penzance Circuit has 
 sustained a severe loss — the denomination 
 has l(jst a burniu!/ and a nhining light, i 
 preached in the evening to an appreciative 
 congregation : a preparatory collection 
 was taken in aid of the Missionary St- 
 ciety. The cold I took on last Sunday 
 morning is getting to be very troublesome. 
 Thursday morning, took leave of Bro. 
 and Sister G. and returned to Redruth ; 
 thence, accompanied by Bro. Dingle, went 
 to dine with a friend dwelling on the way 
 to Lanner At three o'clock, the people 
 assembled for the afternoon 'jcrvice, in 
 which, on the part of the preacher, there 
 wap no holding back the truth. Then we 
 had a tea meeting, not so numerously at- 
 tended as on some former occat-ions. The 
 Missionary Meetinsr was very good, the in 
 terest was well sustained ; the collection 
 ten shillings behind, which was to be made 
 up. The reason assigned f(.r the small de 
 ticiency was, that last year they made an 
 extra effort, increasing their receipts one 
 half. My cold is getting worse. 'I^e 
 rain, expected for the last day or two, 
 I commenced falling while we were in the 
 ' Chapel, and at the close of our meeting, 
 ; it rained and blew very heavily, and con 
 tiiiued througli the night On our way 
 back to Redruth, the wind was ver> rude, 
 and handled my umbrella so roughly, that 
 I it will be of no more service until it has 
 been in the hands of an expert in the re 
 pairing of such articles. Arriving at Br». 
 ' Dingle's, his excelleni wife set herself to 
 I doing all she could to lessen the hold my 
 j cold had on me. I had a very poornight. 
 Friday, torrents of rain and a gale of 
 wind all day. f was saaly out of sorts. 
 
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 23 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 Sister D. was both doctress and nurse. 1 
 WHS ordered to abandon tlie idea of leaving 
 the liouae tliatday.and all that her skill and 
 kindness could do was done. I certainly 
 have not had such a cold for many years 
 past. Bro. Dingle went to the place where 
 our evening nieetinj^ was to have been 
 held ; very few persons attended, and the 
 n^eetins; was po8t})oned. 
 
 Saturday morning found me, though 
 better than on Friday, in very poor trim ; 
 but my appointments are made, and noth- 
 ing short of the iuipos.sible must stand be- 
 tween me and them; hence J take the cars 
 and away for Plymouth. I shall ever 
 gratefully remember the special kindness 
 of iiro. and Sister Dingle. Bro. Dymond 
 awaited my arrival at Plymouth, and in 
 due course 1 am conducted byBro.Sleenian, 
 to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, 
 Haddiutrton Road, where, as a way-faring 
 man, I turn aside and tarry for the night. 
 
 PLYMOUTH— LAUNCK.STON-GUNNI.-SLAKK. 
 
 Sunday, Oct. 24. Preached at Had- 
 dington Road Chapel, at 10:30, to a good 
 congregation. Had a blessed season, 
 though sutiering considerable inconven- 
 ience, owing to the state of my voice and 
 breath. Had some ditticulty in /eacliing 
 the residence of "mine host." After an 
 afternoon's rest, 1 walked to Stonehouse — 
 only a short distance. The et!ort wel' 
 nigh exhausted me. After lounging in 
 one of the seats for twenty minutes, the 
 time for service had come, and I com- 
 menced wh«t, at the nirmient, seemed to 
 b? "n > .possible task The needed help 
 
 ■fh u, 1-id as the meeting proceed- 
 
 j' It; hi )i and voice improved. In 
 Uj( iirx7 V 3ting we had a loud cry for 
 irern^ .'r- ■ . wo different persons, and 
 several others were very deeply moved. 
 The two specially spoken of found peace 
 with God. This has been a day of diffi- 
 cult, but, thank God, not unsuccessful 
 toil. Mr. and Mrs. Yeo took charge of 
 
 ' me, and left nothing t(' be desired on my 
 part 
 
 Monday. Special attention was given 
 to my ailments with the view of pro])ar- 
 ing me for the evening meeting. The 
 Cii'cnit proaclicrs, Bro. Kiusin.iii and my- 
 self, dined with our g(jod friends Bro. and 
 I Sister Yeo. After dinner we had an in- 
 Iteresting discussion on the prevailing 
 j methods of raising funds for the susten- 
 , ance of the Hchemts of the Church, and 
 the necessary mat-influences arising there- 
 from ; influences directlj' opposed to the 
 development of the spiritual life of the 
 people, and to the perceptoral teachings of 
 )ur Lord and His apostles, ff the worldly 
 judge fif our Christianity- of our faith in 
 , the jn-inciples rte so vociferously defend, 
 1 and for the success of which we otter such 
 earnest and apparently fervent prayers— by 
 the carnal methods to which we resort in 
 j order to raise the funds necessary to their 
 i extensitm, how can they av( id the con- 
 clusion that we have no intelligent belief 
 I in the principles we avow, or, perhaps, 
 more charitably, that we are the victims 
 : of a hallucination having its origin in 
 some dem.)niacal conference; so that 
 while we are Uboring to spread the theory 
 of the religion propcmnded in the New 
 j Testament scriptures ; under its influence 
 I we are (unwittingly) in the most marked 
 ! manner, denying the power thereof. 
 
 We had a very good Missionary Meet- 
 ing ; with the collection in advance of last 
 
 year. 
 
 On Tuesday, journeyed to Launceston. 
 
 Bro. I. B. Vanstone met me at the station. 
 Here two very pleasing surprises awaited 
 me. 1. We dined with my old friend and 
 companion in toil, Bro. W. Hopper. He 
 has aged very fast and, owing to a chronic 
 affection of the heart, is in a very en- 
 feebled condition. He calmly waits the 
 summons "come up higher." 2. We took 
 tea with my old friends Bro. and Sister 
 Harvie. They are hale and hearty, and 
 
 \ 
 
 • .ftjffiv?**''^' 
 
esirud on my 
 
 m wiia yiven 
 i\v of propar- 
 loetiiii;. The 
 nijui and niy- 
 ends liro. and 
 I'o liad an in- 
 
 prevailing 
 V the susten- 
 
 Churcli, and 
 arisinjj; there- 
 >pi>sed to the 
 
 1 life of the 
 d teachin;,'s of 
 ff the worldly 
 f our faith in 
 usly defend, 
 we otl'er such 
 t prayers- by 
 we resort in 
 ssary to their 
 oid the con- 
 lligent belief 
 or, ])erhap8, 
 
 the victims 
 its origin in 
 so that 
 id the theory 
 n the New 
 its influence 
 lost marked 
 ereof. 
 
 )nary Meet- 
 /ance of last 
 
 launceston. 
 the station, 
 ses awaited 
 friend and 
 jpper. He 
 o a chronic 
 la very en- 
 waits the 
 J. We took 
 and Sister 
 earty, and 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 24 
 
 we went in companj', (according to previous 
 arrangement) and took tea with Sister 
 Robins and her daughter. The stroke 
 with which they have so recently been vis- 
 ited, in the removal to the upper sanctu- 
 ary of our lately deceased I'm. M. Robins, 
 lies on them in all its keenness. This (for 
 me) has been a heavy afternoon's work, .so 
 much earnest talk with these dear afHicted 
 ones has taxed me greatly. The meeting 
 at Haddington Road this evening was one 
 of the best 1 have attended ; it was very 
 enthusiastic, and of course the collection 
 in advance of last year. One striking fea- 
 ture connected with this service was the 
 dee)) interest evinced by a large number 
 of young people, whom may God preserve 
 and bless. 
 
 Thursday, Oct. 18. Went to Gunnis- 
 lake, situated in the midst of an extensive 
 mining district, and therefore subject to all 
 tlie variations or changes to which all such 
 districts are liable. Here we have a very 
 grand Chapel, and the cause has recently 
 received a new impetus. Br<i. T. G. Van- 
 stone, the second preacher on the Calling- 
 ton Circuit, to which this appointment be- 
 longs, was on hand to receive me. His 
 Pastor, Bro. Lee, by constraint, was in 
 London, on account of family affliction. 
 We had a tirst rate meetiny, with the col- 
 lection in advance of last year. 
 
 BRI^STOL — WESTON-sri'EK-.MAHK. 
 
 Friday, Oct. 29th. Arrivf^d in Exeter 
 and threw myself on the kindness of Bro.' 
 and Sister Reed. This has been an ex- 
 ceedingly hard week ; heavy rain nearly 
 every day, stormy wind and cold. My 
 breatli and v.)ice very bad. And the fact 
 that i have been so much trouble to my 
 friends, has at times painfully exercised 
 me. The Lord has graciously helped me. 
 i wonder and adore. 
 
 Saturday. After receiving very much 
 kind attention from Bro. and Sister Reed, 
 !ind being greatly refreshed, I left Exeter 
 for Bristol, wheie I arrived in due course, 
 
 I Bro. H. renders goc^d service in supplying 
 I appointments on the Circuit. The meet- 
 ; ing with Si.ster H. and her sister— daugh- 
 ters of a much respected brother, former- 
 ly of Bulkworthy, now of the heavenly 
 country, was, in reality, a third surj)rise. 
 Theso meetings with old friends and fel- 
 low laborers, particularly such as have, 
 through failing health, stepped aside 
 from the regular work, nioves mo deeply, 
 and calls into play a variety of emotions 
 well nigh unnerving me. We had a very 
 good meeting— good in every thing, and 
 as usual, the collection in advance of last 
 year. 
 
 Launceston was formerly the capital of 
 Cornwall, and surrounded by walls. It 
 stands on a steep hill crowned by the 
 ruins of a tine old castle. The parish church 
 is called handsome. The town has been 
 noted for its large retail trade. It is built 
 on the Attery, a tributary of the Tamar, 
 20 miles N. N. W. from Plymouth. Its 
 streets are narrow and irregular. Some 
 improvements have been made since I was 
 here thirty years ago. Our Chapel and 
 minister's residence are not the best situ- 
 ated, nor the most attractive buildings of 
 their kind, though, doubtless, when erect- 
 ed, the best that could have been done, 
 under the then existing circumstances. 
 The population of the town is about 3,000; 
 of the borough (it sends one member to 
 Parliament) is upward of 5,000. 
 
 Wednesday, 27th, returned to Stone- 
 house and took dinner with a dear old 
 friend. Sister Thome, widow of our late 
 Bro. Samuel Thorne. We had a long re- 
 view of the days that are past. Changes, 
 changes, constant changes, and many and 
 great have they been since we were accus- 
 tomed to sit together with our departed 
 loved ones around the fire in Lake Farm 
 House, and to worship together in Eben- 
 ezer Chapel : yes, and we are changing, and 
 shall presently be changed. Li the course 
 of the afternoon Bro. Dymond called, and 
 
 'Pflf 
 
IT 
 
 I 
 
 26 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 and fourul ill,'!) '(I home at "Church House " enough to drop some of the best of it in 
 Bro. Treni^rovt; was soon at my side, pro- theru. Of course Ins reijuost was com- 
 motin'_,' my comfort in every possible way. plied with, .\fter a while, < ver aL'ainst 
 I (juietly waited the cominj^ of tlie blessed the wall, I observed an <»ld gentleman Hit- 
 Sunday morninif. I tinic, holdiny a small tube or pipe to his 
 Octcjber lilst. Preached in the Redcliff' ear, and s. ion convinced myself that he 
 Crescent Chapel, at 11 o'clock, to a mod- ' was the trentleman for whoae special ben- 
 erately t,^)od coni,'reL(ation. Children's ser- ' etit special instructions were yiven the 
 vice in the afternoon, in which Hro. Tren ' sjteaker respecting,' the disposal of "some 
 i^rove assisted me. J preached aj^ain at t)f the best." Judt,'inti; fi'om appearances, 
 6:30 to a large and deeply interested con- ! this conclusion was reached: "That is 
 greyation. It was a season of unusual , some dear old friend whose piety coin 
 solemnity and pcjwer. 1 was greatly dis- ' rnands the esteem of his brethren, and 
 
 appointed in the prayer meetini,' ; not one 
 came out on the Lord's siue. Several ev- 
 idenced very strong emotions, but went 
 
 they therefore honor him after this fash- 
 ion." When the collection was inakinif 
 my eyes turned in the directif«n of the 
 
 away only "almost persuaded." Good j honored brother, and as he paid no siiecial 
 must result from this day's services. The I attention to the collection plate, not deign- 
 
 seed sown shall yeiuiinate, spring u\), find 
 bring forth fruit to the glory of the Mas- 
 ter. Bro. and Sister Terrett displayed 
 much anxiety concerning the condition of 
 my throat, and what were deemed the 
 moat judicious means were resorted to to 
 reli ve me, and thank God not without 
 good results. Praise Him. 
 
 Monday, Nov, 1st. Had a first class 
 Missionary Meeting. A good audience and 
 good singing. The chairman and speak- 
 ers had good liberty ; all went like well 
 oiled machinery. The collection more 
 tlian £10 in advance of last year. 
 
 Tuesday. The Executive Committee, 
 as per appointment of the Conference, as- 
 sembled in Bristol this afternoon, and pro- 
 ceeded to the despatch of business. T 
 went to Weston-Super-Mare to assist in 
 holding their Annual Missionary Meeting. 
 This fashionable place of resort has been 
 wonderfully extended, since I assisted in 
 a series of Missionary Meetings in this 
 district thirty years since. Then the 
 Weston meeting was held in a large hall. 
 When I rose to speak, the chairman call- 
 ed my attention to what appeared to be 
 the mouth of a trumpet, fixed on the cor- 
 ner of the table, and asked me to be kind 
 
 ing to give it so much as a ncxl, the above 
 conclusion was confirmed. Judge my sur- 
 prise, therefore when, on opening a piece 
 of dirty white paper put into my hand by 
 a friend, I found five sovereigns, and on 
 examining the paper found it to be a five 
 pound note. Calling the attention ui the 
 chairman to the fact, he replied, "I ex- 
 pect that is from that old gentleman over 
 there against the wall (suiting his actions 
 to the words) ; you gave him some <jf the 
 best of it ; he is a good old man." How 
 neces.sary to heed the admonition, "judge 
 not by appearances." We have a nice 
 little Chapel in Weston, the cause is 
 feeble. The Missionary Meeting was not 
 largely attended, the influence was good, 
 but as I had to leave before the collection 
 was counted, I am ignorant of the financial 
 result. Having made sundry inquiries re- 
 specting the working of this ground, the 
 conclusion arrived at is, that a great mis- 
 take was made in separating Weston from 
 the Weare Circuit. 
 
 Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. Spent this day 
 in Committee ; the business was not par- 
 ticularly heavy, and was all got through 
 with before noon of Thursday. The breth- 
 ren were soon scattered every one to his 
 
 :iT 
 
)eHl of it in 
 t wjia coiu- 
 ver ai,'ainst 
 itloinan sit- 
 ' pipe to his 
 elf that he 
 special beu- 
 j f^iveii the 
 1 of "some 
 ippearances, 
 1 : "That is 
 piety coin 
 ethreii, and 
 r this fash- 
 was niakinsj; 
 tion of the 
 id no 8[)ecial 
 e,nor deiijn- 
 1, the above 
 idife my sur- 
 lini^ a piece 
 iiy hand by 
 ns, and on 
 t<» be a tive 
 ition of the 
 d, "I ex- 
 einan nver 
 lis actions 
 onip (jf the 
 " How 
 on, "judi>e 
 ve a nice 
 cause is 
 IS, was not 
 was good, 
 collection 
 le financial 
 iquiriea re- 
 ound, the 
 ffreat niis- 
 ston from 
 
 t this day 
 not par- 
 t through 
 !'he breth- 
 ne to his 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAV 
 
 2«i 
 
 H-f 
 
 own home. Accompanied by Bri>. W. 
 Dennis, 1 went to .South Brent to assist 
 in holding a Missionary Meetini'. Mod- 
 erate attendance, good iiiHuence and lib- 
 erty in s))eakinLr. We left, while tiie col- 
 lection was boing taken, results unknown. 
 My cold continues to trouble me greatly. 
 
 Friday, Nov. oth. Took leave of Bro. 
 and Sister Terrott, liru. and Sister Tren- 
 grove, and (»tlicrs, and accoin))anied by my 
 wife, and Bro. and Sister Dennis, started 
 for the Isle of Wight ; via. Salisburg and 
 Souchamptnn. We arrived safely at our 
 destination shortly after 4 o'chjck j). m. , 
 tilled witiigratitude to our Heavenly Father 
 for all His mercies. 
 
 Saturday, a day (^f rest and nursing ; 
 hoping thereby to relievo my hoarseness, 
 lessen the liold my cold has ujton me, and 
 AS best we can to prepare for the toils of 
 to-morrow. Viewed from the standpoint 
 of my physical condition, the prospect is 
 not cheering. Begone unbelief. 
 
 THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
 
 We now come to the Isle of Wight ; of 
 which it will be safe to say, here every va- 
 riety <jf scenery meets the eye. The lofty 
 down, the precipitous clitl', the winding 
 rivulet, the elm shaded valley, — natural 
 beauty every where adorn this garden of 
 England. "The worshipper of the sub- 
 lime may gaze with awe from clitls 700 
 feet in height uptm the sea that tumbles 
 in foamy spray beneath. He who adores 
 the picturesque, who sympathizes with the 
 gentler beauties of Nature, may wander 
 through leafy lanes embosomed in ven- 
 erable trees ; or roam through glens of 
 romantic lovehness ; or trace the serpen- 
 tine course of some silvery stream ; or 
 gi.ther the bl issomy wealth of some fra- 
 grant meadow ; — on the pebbly beach he 
 may while away the summer hours in con- 
 templation of the eternal ocean Yes, all 
 the jewels of Nature's Treasury are scatter- 
 ed here profusely." 
 
 The Island is of an irregular rhomboidal 
 
 or lozenge form, commonly compared tt* a 
 bird witii expanded win^s. The greatest 
 width from the Bembridge pt^ninsular at 
 the east, to the Needle s Point at the west, 
 is 22 milus and 5 furlongs ; its depth from 
 West Cowes on the north, to St. t'athei- 
 ine's V unt on the south, is 14 miles. The 
 circuit of the Island by water is computed 
 at 5<! miles, thougli the sail round it is Oo 
 miles. Its su|)erhcial area is 1)8,328 acre.s. 
 Its p(jpulation in 1877, 70,000. The river 
 Medina divides the Island into two nearly 
 e(]ual parts, called east and west Medina ; 
 it rises near St. Catherine's hill, and after 
 a course of about 15 miles, brtjadens into 
 an .-.rm of the Solent at Cowes. From 
 east to west stretches an elevated range 
 of hills called "Dunes," or Downs ; uc- 
 casi(;nally rising to an heiyht of from 400 
 to 700 feet above the level of the sea. The 
 contrast between the Northern and South- 
 ern shores is very marked : On the latter 
 you have a gentle slope, laved by the 
 waters of the S-ilont — here, amid deep 
 woods and balmy meadows, all is pictur- 
 esque, subdued, and calm. On the for- 
 mer a precipitous barrier of clitfs op|)ose 
 old Ocean's stormy billows Here many 
 an "ill-fated" ship has suddenly come to 
 grief — here many hundreds of hardy sea- 
 men, almost within sight of port, have 
 enaed life's voyage and gone down be- 
 neath the surging billows into the vast 
 deep, or have been battered to pieces among 
 the unyielding rocks bounding the shore. 
 The Island is the favorite resort of the 
 tourist and invalid. "At every season of 
 the year the island is available tor the res- 
 toration and preservation of health. The 
 air is invigoratingi bland, and gentle, but 
 never enervating." Many of your col- 
 umns might be filled with pen-pictures of 
 this lovely Isle ; but I must forbear, re- 
 serving to myself the right to deal a little 
 freely with certain localities specially to 
 be visited in the interest of our Missionary 
 Society. 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAV. 
 
 (in Sunday, Nov. "Ui. und Monday 8th, j 
 our frioiulH in (Junville celul)nitc'(l tlu'ir 
 Missioniiry Anniversary. 'I'lii.s mnual 
 gatheriny is looked forward to with bright- I 
 est ho|H!H, and duly prepared for by a ' 
 pt-opli* who devise lii)eral Ihinifs. (iun- 
 vilh; is a small hauilet, in itself <>f little 
 importance, and perhuiia W(juld attract less j 
 than a little attention but for the fact that I 
 it is (»nly about tive minutes walk from the i 
 world-renowned vilhiL'e '.f Carisbrooke. ' 
 !m Cari.sbrooke. historical memories crowd ; 
 around you at every step ; of which we ; 
 cannot now speak particularly — a few lines 
 ralative to the ancient Castle nuist suthce, 
 It is situated on an eminence, about one 
 mile west-South-west of Newport, (the 
 ca) ital of the Island) overlookint; the vil- 
 la<4e of Carisbrooke. Here was, it is said, 
 a castle or fort built by the Britons, and 
 repaired by the Romans when t!ie Island 
 vvas subdued by Flavins Vespasian. B. C. [ 
 4.'), in the reign of Emperor Claudius. ! 
 It was rebuilt by Wightgar, the Saxon, 
 who, according to Stowe, was King of the 
 Island about the year A. D. 519. Having I 
 fallen into decay, it was rebuilt in the 
 reign of Henry I., by Richard de Redvers, 
 Earl of Devon ; and Camden says it was 
 once m.>re magnihoently rebuilt by the 
 Governor of the Island in the year 113C. 
 Great repairs were done by Queen Eliza- 
 beth. The walls of the ancient port of 
 of the castle enclose an area of about an 
 acre and a half. The visitor is most in- 
 terested while gazing upon the ruins on 
 the north side of the area ; his attention 
 is directed to the apartments where Charles 
 1. was confined, and the remains of the 
 window through which he twice attempted 
 his escape. There is also a chamber in 
 which Princess Elizabeth died. Here we 
 u\eet with a remarkable Avell210 feet deep; 
 a pin thrown into it is nearly four seconds 
 reaching the water, which, when it strikes, 
 sends up & surprising sound. This well 
 is nearly in the centre of the fortress : the ' 
 
 water is very good, and is drawn by a 
 wlieel Ufteen feet in <liamuter, worked by 
 a donkey, which, as *he result of long prac- 
 tice, 18 well up in its special vocation. 
 Visitors are shown the admiralde masonr}' 
 of the well and tlie rock through which 
 part of it is cut, by means of a lighted 
 lamp which is lowered by a pulley. At 
 the north west angle, on a mount, raised 
 considerably above the surrounding build- 
 in.,'s, stands the Keep or Donjon, reached 
 by an ascent of seventy-two steps, and in 
 it are nine more. Fi<»m this elevation the 
 view is perfectly enchanting. Hero was 
 formerly a well said to be three hundred 
 fett deep, but it is now filled u|). The 
 old castle is included within a more modern 
 fortilication. To this famous old ivy-clad 
 ruin, hundreds of visitors from far off" and 
 near wend their way, year after year. 
 
 Passing over many other matters of 
 special interest to the tourist, we return 
 to the hamlet of Gunville. My hrst visit 
 to this place was in 1841. The building, 
 then called the Chapel, was a long, narrow, 
 low structure, built of Cob, (a mixture of 
 clay and straw). The floor was of the orig- 
 inal kind, "earthen." The seats were hmg 
 forms without backs. The society was 
 a live one, and the population, generally, 
 were quite abreast with the educational 
 advantages of that date ; nor need we now 
 attempt to say what they were. Many 
 times beneath that humble roof has the 
 (juestion, "But will God in very deed 
 dwell with men upon the earth ?" been 
 ansiwered in the affirmative. Many, many 
 times has the noise of them that wept 
 mingled with the noise of them that shout- 
 ed, and the noise has been heard afar off. 
 The old mud-wall sanctuary, long sinoe, 
 was abandoned for a more commodious 
 building of brick, and the glory of the lat- 
 ter house has been greater than that of the 
 former. But now, again, the walls are too 
 strait, and the resolve has been made to 
 erect a larger sanctuary ; it will be done 
 
 .«"" 
 
 tT)c 
 
tlrawn by a 
 
 worked by 
 )f Ions; prac- 
 il vocation, 
 lile ina8(»nry 
 ■ou^h which 
 II Ui^hted 
 pulltiy. At 
 omit, raised 
 iidiiif^ biiild- 
 oti, reached 
 ;ep8, and in 
 elevation the 
 Here was 
 •eo hundred 
 id up. The 
 nore modern 
 old ivy-clad 
 n far off" and 
 ;er year, 
 matters of 
 , we return 
 ly Hrst visit 
 e buildins^, 
 onsj, narrow, 
 mixture of 
 of the orig- 
 ts were lonj> 
 society was 
 , generally, 
 educational 
 eed we now 
 re. Many 
 of has the 
 very deed 
 rth?" been 
 any, many 
 that wept 
 that shout- 
 d afar off. 
 ong sinoe, 
 mmodious 
 of the lat- 
 that of the 
 lis are too 
 made to 
 be done 
 
 NOTES BV THE WAY. 
 
 
 i 
 
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 for tlie people have a mind t(» work. T'»e 
 Mi88if)nary Anniversary for iHSOwaslook- 
 I ed forward to with unusual intert'.st. 1 .^n 
 I old a>id much loved brother was ex]H!cted 
 (w the doi)Utation. 2. Tiie hard timeM had 
 J imperillel the receipts. Shall we coiiu' up 
 jl to last year { ivas the question : in rejily- 
 I ing to which, there was a divi.sion among 
 • the people. [ preached at 10:;iO and at 
 I 6:30, and held a cliildroa's service in the 
 afternoon. The Chapel was den.suly pack- 
 ed with eager listeners, and large numbers 
 ; remained outside. Within, the heat was 
 very oppressive. The influence was re- 
 markably good —blessed results must fol- 
 low. At the prayer meeting there were 
 only three or four persiiis strangers to 
 converting grace. 
 
 On Monday, November 8th, anothej 
 
 crowded meeting, and a specially good in- 
 
 tluonce. The amount raised in this place 
 
 for the Missionary cause is simply w.)nder- 
 
 I ful. Last year the receipts were £55; this 
 
 I year, with the Sunday School box £2 less 
 
 1 than last year, and the collecting cards 
 
 I more than £3 behind, the total receipts, 
 
 ; ran up to the noble sum of more than 
 
 , ; £57. The cheerful manner in which our 
 
 J friends grj about this work, may be taken 
 
 1 as evidence tht.t they believe "It is more 
 
 I blessed to give than it is to receive." The 
 
 successful efforts of the Gunville friends 
 
 in aid of the Missionary Society are mainly 
 
 owing to two facts. 1. Their oneness ; in 
 
 this behalf, they are united. 2. Their 
 
 persistency; they are at it, and always at 
 
 it. The annual meeting over, they bsgin 
 
 to prepare for the next, with what results 
 
 , we have already seen. The Lord's name 
 
 be praised. 
 
 Tuesday, Nov. 9th. Meeting at Chale. 
 ^The parish of Chale is about 8^ miles 
 nearly south of Newport, on the south- 
 Jwest coast of the Island. Within the 
 fboundaries of this parish we have the 
 -highest part of the Island, St. Catherines 
 own, 830 feet above the level of the sea. 
 
 From this elt'vatioii. on a clear day, the 
 scenery is most i-iichanting it is grandly 
 sublime. « )n the hill-top are the ruins of an 
 old light housi', and a memorial of the zeal 
 and devotion of some pious ascetic, whose 
 name has not come down to us, wiio, more 
 than six iunidriMl yofrs ago built a her- 
 mitage, on tht! ruins ol which the tourist 
 casts his woiiderinif gaze. "It is su[)poBed 
 that long centuries before '/hristianity was 
 introduced into this Island, the Celt made 
 this height his watch tower, or perchance, 
 here lie worshipped the Ood of tire." 
 
 On the northern bn»w of St. Catherines 
 is an elegant column seventy-two feet high, 
 known as the Alexandrian Pillar, erected, as 
 .says the inscription, in commemoration of 
 the visit of His Imperial Majesty, Alexan- 
 der I., Empercjr of all the Russias. to 
 Great Britain, in the year 1814 : this Pil- 
 lar was erected by Michael Hoy, Esqr. 
 Black Ciang Chine will not fail to command 
 the attention of all tourists, whose eyes 
 are in their heads. "Let the reader pic- 
 ture to himself a deep semi-circular chiasm 
 in the clitis, backed by a wall seventy feet 
 high, of dark blue clay, streaked by strata 
 (»f ocherous sandstone, and hollowed by 
 the ceaselesss action of the descending 
 stream into a gloomy recess or cavern, glit- 
 terintr with the constant spray, and dark- 
 ened with aquatic lichens ; this wall, built 
 up layer upon layer, and topped with an 
 jverhanging cornice of iron-stone grit, 
 which forms the channel of the stream 
 percolating from the upper hills, and pro- 
 jecting in a cascade over the face of the 
 cliff; the stream descending perpendicular- 
 ly (70 feet), contrasting its bright waters 
 with the dark hue of the walls behind it ; 
 above this ledge tower broken barren cliflfs 
 four hundred feet m height, and above 
 them rises St Catherines Down, of which 
 we have previously spoken. Let him gaze 
 upon this scene of awful grandeur, as we 
 have done in the years that are past, and 
 however determinedly he may have re- 
 
 A'\* 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY, 
 
 K<ilv»><1 t(i till' roiitmry,lic' willlx! conscifiUR t 
 of a ft'uliti^ of ;i\vi!, not oiisily t<> be do- ' 
 scribed. The slmro ndjacent hiiH witneHS- 1 
 ed the wreck nf many a nctble Hhi|>; notably ! 
 ainoiiL; them is tlio f'lnrr.iulnn a West In- j 
 (iiumun, of ^Ai") toim bmden, eonitii;in(h'd 
 by daprain Samuel Walker, and man- 
 nod by an able crow of «ixt<,'en ofHcers and 
 men ; < f passenLfers there were ten ; all 
 wore lost save a mate and two sailors. 
 
 Within the last few yi ar.s a Missiitn Hall 
 has lieen erectc^l in the vilhiLjo of Bliick- 
 i,Mn«, close to the residence, and at the in- 
 .stance ;:f Mr. Charle.s Reade, a retired 
 membor of the India Civil Service, The 
 hall will seat 400 persons. Tlie work, in- 
 cludiiii^ out-door siu-vices, liilile classes, 
 weekly meetinj,'8 and Sunday services, is 
 carried on entirely by ladies, the Lord 
 w^irkini; with them. The same ladies, 
 during the summer months, prosecute 
 evangelistic services in distant vil'au'esand 
 towns, at the express invitation of pastors 
 and people ; much precious fruit, lias been 
 garnered. The Wesleyans and Bible 
 (Christians have Cha|)el8 in tlie parish. 
 During the pastorate of (urlate liro. Con- 
 nibear, with whom it was my privilege to 
 labor on the Island ;!n 1841-2, our present 
 unpretenti<»u8 Chapel was opened for di 
 vine service. Agricultural laborers, with 
 their wives and families, compose the 
 church and congregation. They are an ear- 
 nest and devoted people. They Hnd no 
 difficulty in accepting the call, "Cry out 
 and shout, O inhabitant daughter of Zion, 
 for great is the Holy One of Israel in the 
 midst of thee." The following will inter- 
 est the reader : When laboring on this 
 Circuit, in one of my Sunday morning dis- 
 courses, having called special attention to 
 the base conduct of Judas Iscariot, who, 
 for thirty pieces of silver betrayed his 
 Lord ; it was intimated that perhaps some •■ 
 of my hearers, if placed in similar circum- ' 
 stances, would have sold Him for a less i 
 price — some of them would even now sell ' 
 
 Him for los«, «^'c. , Ac At this point a 
 ^< (;d brother sitting near the pulpit looked 
 up, and shouted out, "I woiild'nt ' I 
 would'nt ! I would'nr sell my blessod 
 Jesus for x <piart <if guineas I I would'nt !"' 
 On the occasion of a noted Methodist l)r. , 
 preaching an anniversary sermon in the 
 town of New|»ort. one of ourChale friends 
 attracted, as many simple-minded people 
 are, by D. D. , went to hear the Bernioii. 
 On his return his neii.dib'>rs anxiously ask- 
 ed what he thought of the sermon / How 
 he liked the preaching / iVc. lie leplied, 
 "The V)oone8 wore all rit for any thing I 
 know, and iii>w and tan there was a bit of 
 mate ; but there was no gravy at all." 
 Townsmen having credit for being judges 
 in siicli ma*ters said, it was a tirst class 
 piece of composition, but as dry as chips. 
 Our Missionary Meeting was of thefirsc 
 order ; colleetiim far in advance of any 
 former year, amounting to upward of £18, 
 and with the excepti(m of between three 
 and four sliillings in copper, all in silver. 
 The peoijle lay by as the Lord prosper:, 
 them, hence the result, "(io thou and do 
 likewise ' 
 
 <"HlLLKRTON — MTTLKTOVeN — SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Wednesday, Nov. 10th. Our meeting 
 was held at Chillerton. We had a crowded 
 house, gracious influences, and good col- 
 lections. Chillerton is a small hamlet, a 
 detached part of the parish of Woottnn, 
 four miles .south of Newport, consisting of 
 scattered farms, most of which are in the 
 parish of Carisbr.ioke. When I first made 
 the acquaintance of our friends resident 
 in this hamlet, our religious services were 
 conducted in the house occupied by Bro. 
 and Sister Morris, now of Bowmanvdle, 
 Ont. That house was a very Bethel. It 
 is enrapturing to live (by memory s aid) 
 over again the happy hours spent under 
 that humble roof. There, in rustic sim- 
 plicity, sighs and shouts, groans and laugh- 
 ter, prayer and song, penitential tears and 
 joyous weeping, the loud cry for mercy 
 
 ^TiF 
 
 ( 
 
t tliirt point a 
 
 u! {(ulpit Ictokod 
 
 Wdiild'iit ' I 
 
 11 my blesBocl 
 
 : 1 w<.ui(rnt :" 
 
 MjithodiutDr. , 
 siirinoii in the 
 \r Cliiil*! friends 
 
 inindud people 
 ir the Hernioii. 
 s Hnxioiisly iihU- 
 fieruion ? How 
 c. lie iei>lied, 
 >r any thing I 
 ire was a bit of 
 yravy at all. " 
 •r being judges 
 iH a tirst cIasb 
 18 dry as chips. 
 
 was of the tirst 
 iidvance of any 
 
 upward of £18, 
 
 between three 
 
 , all in silver. 
 
 Lord prciBperc 
 (io thou and do 
 
 SOUTHAMPTON. 
 
 Our meeting 
 
 had a crowded 
 
 and gocjd col- 
 
 nall hamlet, a 
 
 h of Woottnn, 
 
 t, consisting of 
 
 ich are in the 
 
 en I first made 
 
 ienda resident 
 
 i services were 
 
 ipied by Bro. 
 
 Bowmanville, 
 
 y Bethel. It 
 
 memory 8 aid) 
 
 spent under 
 
 in rustic sim- 
 
 ans and laugh- 
 
 ntial tears and 
 
 y for mercy 
 
 
 I 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAV. 
 
 yo 
 
 and the shouts of men, women and chil- 
 dren, whose hearts for the tirst time could 
 join in singing : 
 
 "My God is reconciled. 
 
 His pardoning voice I hear. 
 He owns M)e for His child, 
 
 1 can no longer fear. 
 With contidence I now draw nigh. 
 And Fa* her, Abba Father, cry," 
 
 all mingled and connningled in blessed 
 confusion. I visited the old 8[i«»t, went 
 into the old room, and stood in the old 
 corner, (the preaclier'a corner)and imagined 
 the old audience before me ; and there re- 
 kindled within me some of the old Hre, and 
 unbidden my heart fell to praying : 
 "Haste again, ye days of grace 
 
 VV'lien, assembled in one place. 
 Signs and wonders marked the hour ; 
 
 All were filled ami s])oke with [Xiwer; 
 liands uplifted ; eyes o'erfiowed ; 
 
 Hearts eidarged ; self destroyed : 
 All things common now we'll prove. 
 All our common stock be love. ' 
 
 The happy hifurs spent under that roof ! 
 "How sweet their meuiory still 1 ' Indue 
 course it was resolved to build a small 
 Chapel on Chillerton Green, land was given 
 for that purpose ; but strange, to say, 
 through what shall not now bo described, the 
 land promised to the Bible Christians was 
 deeded to ar(»ther denomination ; from 
 whose hands it has passed into tliu po.sses- 
 siou of the Free Methodists. Our fiiends, 
 with v/hon: was the Lord of Hosts, were 
 not disheartened ; they secured anotiier 
 site and put up a brick Chapel, in which 
 the presence and power of the Great Head 
 of the Church has many, many times, been 
 realized. 
 
 Thursday. November 11th. Meeting at 
 Littletown, neither village nor hamlet. 
 We have a Chapel (ncjt far fr« m Wootton 
 Bridge) in the parish of Arreton, of which 
 parish and another Chapel we shall have 
 something to sa} in a subsequent paper. 
 The Chapel was built in 1840 ; it will com- 
 fortably seat 200 persi^ns. I made my first 
 visit to Littletown 40 yea-s ago ; then we 
 
 preached in a house occupied by a Mrs. 
 Mondy. rnpretenticns as was this jiIium'. 
 the Lord of Hosts ofttimes sanctified it In 
 His ^u-esence, filling His people's henrt>« 
 with gladness, and sinners felt the sliarji- 
 ness of His two-edged sword and .siirren 
 dered themselves to work rigliteousness. 
 The weather was very unfavorable for oui 
 meeting : the rain fell freely, the pop- 
 ulation being greatly scattered, and the 
 spiritual life of the church far froiu what 
 it should be, our congreyati'iu was very 
 siuall, and mostly children : to whom we 
 speciall}' addressed jur remarks. 'I lu- 
 collection was behind, but'Hie parties pres 
 ent promised it should be made up to last 
 year's amount Several niih-s had t<> be 
 footed before rest in sleepcould oe taken. In 
 earlier days Littlet<»wn would have furnisli 
 ed the needed accommodation. This is (»nt 
 of many places to be met with h\ )r fry port 
 of our home work where, as seen from my 
 standpoint, much injury has been sustaiti 
 ed by the adoption of this "going homo ' 
 policy. When the shepherd arrives in the 
 midst of the residences of his fiock just in 
 time for tea, and hurries through the pub 
 lie service that he may close in time to 
 "catch the train" for home, it may bes.ife- 
 ly concluded that, save in some exceptirui 
 al cases, but little good is aucomj'li.shed. 
 When a man has a large family of small 
 children, or a sickly wife, or he himself so 
 delicate as to render it very desirable that 
 he should, as much as possible, occiipA 
 the same bed night after niyht ; in either 
 of these cases, no reasonable person will 
 object to the return home, provided suffi- 
 cient time be devoted to pastoral visita 
 tion prior to the evening service. But 
 speaking to the general question, and in 
 the interests of the cause of God, this 
 "home going' is to be deplored. In some 
 jdaces the Sunday evening services are 
 greatly injured by b(jth itinerant and 
 local preachers, because they must "save 
 the train." What astonishing love for 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 fir' 
 
 Houls, (') what a careful observance of the 
 •livine law lespectint; the Sabbath day. (i) 
 Ah the result of some little enquiry,! have 
 uouchuled that sermons on Sabbatli obser- 
 vunue are not on tlie proj^ranime ; or if 
 tliere, they are not reached in these anti- 
 iitualistic days. Sunday iravelling by 
 •'Train." "Train,' "Bus," '^Cab " .tc, is 
 commonly indulged in, both by professors 
 ;uid ncjii- professors ; by ministers and 
 their people. VV'hat shall we say to these 
 rhings I Is the Bible of any authority in 
 tliis matter ? 
 
 <'ii Saturday 13th, went to South- 
 a:npt(jn for the Sunday services. iiro. 
 Bray kindly engaged to meet me at the 
 Fior-liead : he arrived at rhe place indi- 
 cated a few minutes too late. 
 
 On Sunday, 1 preached morning and 
 evening at St. Mary's Rnad. The Chai)el 
 is admirably situated, and if properly sup- 
 plied would certainly soon be tilled with 
 hearf^rs of the Word. We have another 
 Chapel in Melbourne Street; in both places 
 the cause is feeble, and likely so to remain 
 while worked as at present. It is simply 
 impt)ssible for two men, with the present 
 staff of local preachers, to do justice to 
 this missiim. Southampton Mission is 
 the old Botly Mission enlarged by the 
 addition of the town of Southampton. The 
 old Botly Mission has a hiat<3ry, in which 
 our late Brother William Hill forms a 
 prominent Hgure. His labors were, vfiar 
 after year, signally owned by God. 
 
 On Sunday the congregations were 
 small. The weather, wind and rain all 
 day, was greatly against us. 
 
 On Monday the weather still unfavor- 
 able, attendance at the meeting not large. 
 The influence both yesterday and to-day 
 was very blessed, the collection in advance 
 of last year. 
 
 ISLL OF WIGHT. 
 
 Tuesday, 17th. Meeting at Shanklin, 
 J file of Wight. Attendance large, influ- 
 ence good, and the collection ahead of last 
 
 year. Shanklin, as I tirst knew it, was a 
 lovely village, celebrated for its retired 
 cottages, beautifully adorned with roses, 
 honeysuckles and other delicate flowering 
 shrubs, flourishing in gieat luxuriance. 
 With few exce|)tions every cottager was in 
 the habit <;f letting lodgings during the 
 summer season. Now all is changed, and 
 Shanklin 's a town— a fashionable water- 
 ing place, - and is fast becoming a distin- 
 uuished place of resort and residence. It 
 is situated in a secluded vale declining to- 
 ward the se', sight miles south of Ryde. 
 It may properly be divided into upper and 
 lower town, or onclifl' and under-cliff. 
 The former is the commercial and most 
 fashi liable ; tlie latter has many comfort- 
 able 1 )dging houses in close proximity t« 
 the sea ; where all the pleasures of the 
 beach may be enjoyed without the neces" 
 sity of climbing a steep roadway, cut in 
 the lofty cliff. Shanklin can boast of all 
 modern means for the promotion of the 
 comfort anr* V;; nry -t* its inhabitants. 
 The Chine, ar. ?• .lense cha.sm in the lofty 
 cliff,comnieiioes nearly half a mile from the 
 shore, and gradually increases in width 
 until it reaches the sea. A small but 
 rapid stream falls over the rocky ledge at 
 the head of the Assure, thirty feet through 
 the underwo(id over the jutting crags, down 
 to the sea. Excepting the parish Church, 
 the Bible Christian Chapel was the hrs* 
 place of worsliip erected in Shanklin ; it 
 was rebuilt and etilarged in 1861. It 
 will accommodate about 250 persons. The 
 Congregationalists and the Wesleyans have 
 each a Chapel, and the church folk have, 
 including the parish Church, three places 
 of worship in Shanklin. The population 
 in 1878 was given at 2,000, exclusive oi 
 visitors. In the lower part of the Hi^h 
 Street is a beautiful drinking fountain, in 
 front of which are the following lines by 
 Longfellow : — 
 
 *'0 traveller, stay thy weary feet, 
 Drink of this fountain cool and sweet. 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY, 
 
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 :new it, was a 
 or its retired 
 (1 with roses, 
 cate Howerinir 
 it luxuriance. 
 iottatfer was in 
 (8 during; the 
 chauued, and 
 lonable water- 
 ninu a distin- 
 residence. It 
 J declining to- 
 mth of Ryde. 
 nto upper and 
 I under-clitf. 
 ial and most 
 nany comfort- 
 proximity t« 
 jasures of the 
 )ut the neces" 
 idway, cut in 
 boast of all 
 )tion of the 
 inhabitants, 
 m in the lofty 
 mile from the 
 les in width 
 A small but 
 cky ledge at 
 feet through 
 g crags, down 
 rish Church, 
 was the first 
 )hanklin ; it 
 1861. It 
 ersons. The 
 sleyans have 
 folk have, 
 hree places 
 population 
 xclusive o» 
 f the Hifch 
 ountain, in 
 ig lines by 
 
 feet, 
 
 and sweet, 
 
 m 
 
 n 
 
 It flows for rich and poor the same. i ^n the morrow they went again to their 
 
 Then uo tliy way remen'ber still ' labf)rp, but lo ! the huge stones were borne 
 
 The way-sidewell beneath the hill, ! away — borne by an invisible hand to tht^ 
 
 The cup of water in His name" ^^^^ \^f ^^^ j^jj,^ .^^ ^^ose base, or the yes 
 
 During my pastorate of this Circuit, I ^^^.^j^^^^ ^^^^ j^^j ^^^^^^j ^vhon the people 
 
 resided in this, then beautiful, village for 
 more than two years. 
 
 It is safe to add that fashion, glitter 
 and glare, have not added to the spiritual 
 life of the professed children of God. 
 
 GoHshill, anciently called Godeshyll, is 
 a large scattered parish. The view from 
 the churchyard is one of the most pictur- 
 esque in all the Island, though not so ex- 
 tended as from the higher elevations. 
 There is much of historical interest assoc- 
 iated with this parish. The parish Church 
 stands on a lofty hill ; there is an\ple proof 
 that it was erected since the Norman ccm- 
 (juest ; touching the site on which it 
 stands, or rather the reason f(;r its having | 
 been built on this lofty eminence, is given i 
 in the following legend : — 
 
 "At a recent period, there nestled in the j 
 silence of a leafy valley, a certain village, j 
 wherein dwelt various discreet and pious I 
 parents, of an old and famous race. Long J 
 they had labored in the shadow and dark- [ 
 ness of a Pagan creed, until a holy man j 
 
 saw this wonderful thin<i, they were niuch 
 astonished, and cried with one accora : 
 ' Let us build unto the Creator a temple 
 on the summit of the hill ; f( r, of a truth, 
 it will be acceptable to Him, and from 
 this time forth shall the sanctuary and the 
 village be known unto men, in reuiem- 
 rance of this great deed as (Jods Hill." 
 
 Thi Bible Christians have two Chapels 
 in this parish, one at Rookley, the second 
 at Sandford. In my early acquaintance 
 with Sandford, or VVhitely Bank, our re- 
 ligious services were conducted in a dwell- 
 ing house. Here was then the home of 
 Bro. Jas. Meader, now of Bownianville. 
 Ont. We were accustomed to have "glor- 
 ious" times in those days. When tlie 
 sanctuary was built the Master took pos- 
 session of it, and many times has it been 
 filled with the Divine Presence. Such 
 singing, praying, and shouting, as was 
 common there, was, and is far from com- 
 mon in other places. Here was held our 
 Missionary Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 
 
 had come amongst them, and had taught i 17th. The weather was tine, the Chapel was 
 them the sublime religion of Love and j tjHed, the Master was present, the speak- 
 Mercy, and told them the wondrous tale i crs were helped, the people were blessed, 
 of the Divine Sacrifice ; and so touched 1 and the collection in advance of last year, 
 their hearts that they cast down their Gl,,ry be to God ! 
 
 blood-stained altars and bent their knee Thursday was a very rough day, wind, 
 in reverence to the true God. Then cried rain or snow all day, and I was too much 
 the elders of the village, 'we will build ; out of order to expose myself in such a 
 unto the Lord a temple, and we will wor- storm, consequently did not venture to go 
 ship Him there, we and all (jur children, j to the evening appointment. I afterward- 
 and our childrens' children, and ages yet I learned that so few persons were present, 
 unborn shall know how the Saxon rever- the meeting was postponed indefinitely, 
 enceGod.' They chose, therefore, a sprt I/)NUON--kavek.sham. 
 
 at the foot of a lofty hill, and all day they On Saturday 20th, left the island for 
 wrought and marked out the foundation, ; London, and on Sunday prearhed twice 
 andpiled the huge stones one upon another, 1 in Waterloo Road Chapel ; but for previ 
 until the shadows of the night swept over : ous warning, 1 should have been greatly 
 the sky, and they rested fntm their toil. I surprised at the smallness of the congre- 
 
n[i 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 <4ation8. Had liberty and some power in 
 sj)eaking. 'I'he prayer meeting after the 
 evenint^ service was spctiled by some of the 
 prayins^ members going to a Gosijel Tem- 
 perance Meeting, recently established in 
 our own IScliool Room. 
 
 On Monday tlieannualJNIissionary Meet- 
 ing was held : it was called a very good 
 meeting. The people seemed jdeased and 
 so it must go. The collecticn was beli'nd. 
 ft was understood, however, that last year 
 £5 were raitietl a.s a speciality, in that case 
 tlie general congregation gave far more 
 liberally this year than they did last year. 
 During the day we spent some time in the 
 NatioiniKiallery; -gazing upon'Cleopatia's 
 Needle, the monument of Robert Raikes, 
 and other matters of interest. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd, meeting at W(jolwich. 
 Bro. Oates n)et us at the station. After 
 dinner we wen* to see the site purchased, 
 on which to erect a new Chapel ; it is well 
 chosen. J believe it is intended to use 
 the [ lesenv Chapel for mission purptjses. 
 A good W(jrk is in progress among the 
 Sunday School children, thirty of whom 
 have recently yiehled tlieir hearts to God. 
 The Chapel is small ; the lease has only 
 ten years to run. The Tea Meeting was 
 well attended ; I was too unwell to join 
 them, but took my place in the evening 
 meeting. We had a good time, and the 
 receipts in advance of last year. 
 
 Wednesday, 'Joth, to Chaphani. Brti. 
 Bourne, who in addition to his other 
 duties has charge of this place, has been 
 confined to his room for ten days ; the 
 trouble is intlamation of the lungs ; he is 
 slowdy recovering. A small tea meeting 
 in the school room, after which the Mis- 
 sionary Meeting was held in the Chapel. 
 Every one seemed jdeased. Receipts in 
 advance. These small gatherings are, to 
 me, more I'ke drawing room parties than 
 public gatherings There is but little in- 
 spiration or enthusias.n. So far, our work 
 in LoP('.<in is to me a puzzle. I can not 
 
 understand it, nor df> I, with my present 
 information, feel competent to form an 
 opinion respecting it. Perhaps, after my 
 visit to the other places, I shall I'eceive 
 more light. For some days past the 
 weather has been chilly and fnistj',now we 
 have a change ; wet and windy. 
 
 Saturday. Nov. 2otli, arrived at Faver- 
 sham by the evening train. Bro. Oliver 
 and son met me at the station, and conduct- 
 ed me to my place of rest for the night. 
 
 On Sunday, preaclied morning and even- 
 ing, and held a service f(jr the children and 
 young jjeople in the afternoon. The 
 morning service was thinly attended, the 
 afternoon and evenin£r congregatitms were 
 very good. At the evening prayer meet- 
 ing ncme but professedly pious persons 
 were present, I had hoped for and expect- 
 ed souls: though disappointed in this I 
 am strongl}- impressed that the services 
 will be productive of great good ; they 
 were occasions ot more than ordinary 
 power. 
 
 Monday, Nov. 29th, this day opened 
 blessedly. At the family altar, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Topley, with wiiom I am staying, 
 shared with me one of the richest baptisms 
 ever realized. For a long time we were 
 bathed in heavenly light and love. The 
 halk<wed ecstacy of that hour will (I think) 
 never be erased from my memory. The 
 public meeting was well attended ; the 
 Master was in the midst of us ; and the 
 collection was in advance of last year. 
 The town of Faversham has greatly im- 
 proved since last 1 walked its streets. The 
 history of our cause has been very chequer- 
 ed, arising not from opposition from with- 
 out, butfromthelack of Christianity within. 
 It is a sad, saddening sight, to look upon a 
 number of the Lord's sheep lying scattered 
 around all mangled, torn and bleeding : 
 the work, if not of wolves in sheep's 
 clothing, of men who, out of sheer caprice 
 have done the work of wolves, far more 
 etl'ectually tlian the wolves themselves 
 
 H»' 
 
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NOTES BY THE WAV. 
 
 34 
 
 h iny present 
 t to form an 
 lapa, after my 
 
 shall receive 
 ays past the 
 
 frosty, now we 
 ndy. 
 'ived at Faver- 
 Bro. Oliver 
 n,and conduct- 
 )r the nis^ht. 
 nint; and even- 
 le children and 
 ternoon. The 
 
 attended, the 
 jref^atitins were 
 ^ prayer meet- 
 
 piuus persons 
 for and expect- 
 nted in this I 
 at the services 
 3at gof>d; they 
 
 han ordinary 
 
 lis day opened 
 tar, Mr. and 
 am staying, 
 ichest baptismc 
 time we were 
 nd love. The 
 ir will (I think) 
 memory. The 
 attended ; the 
 us ; and the 
 of last year. 
 19 greatly ini- 
 ts streets. The 
 I very chequer- 
 ion from with- 
 itianity within, 
 to look upon a 
 |lying scattered 
 nd bleeding : 
 IS in sheep's 
 sheer caprice 
 es, far more 
 bs themselves 
 
 could have accomplished it. Now a lay- 
 man mounts a hobby, and rides it tlirnUL,'h 
 i ;ind througli the Hock until they, the sheep ' 
 ? and lambs, driven hither and thither, lie 
 bleeding by the wayside ir seek lor pas- 
 tLiraire in otlier tiolds. The.se would-be 
 ' dictators, seem to sleep not unless they ■ 
 I cause some to perish. Tlieti a cleric, who 
 : is under the most solemn vows to feed the | 
 '; ilnck of Ood over wliich he has in the 
 I most solei in manner .illirmcd tlu; Holy 
 I <4host hatli made him an overseer, com- 
 I liicnces to worry the sheep, and should j 
 I they, all their thnidity notwithstanding, 
 I resent it, he sets his dog (an ill-tiained one) 
 ) upon them; then stunds by and, as if under 
 the special inspiiation of the demons, 
 evinces pleasure in the womulinu and 
 maiming of the tl<>ck purchased by the 
 preciou.s blood of die So;i of God : some i-f 
 whom iind slielter in other folds, others 
 soon die by the wayside, and so they per- 
 ish for whom Christ died. Faversham is 
 slowly recoveiing from ilie evil eti'ects of 
 discord and strife. The [aesent Pastor 
 has )>ersuaded tiie people to abandon all 
 aiiti-christian methods of raising the funds 
 necessary for carrying on the work of God 
 among them, and to adopt scrintural meth- 
 ods. The result has been nn.st satisfactory, 
 .■i large circuit indebtediicsf has been dis- 
 charged, and the receijjts have been ecjual 
 to, if not in excess of, the current exjiend- 
 ituie. All are pleased, the coiiirregations 
 increased, and souls saved. Praise the 
 Lord. 
 
 We suggest that there be a change in 
 tlie next year's Cjiiference programme, 
 tlius : In place of the Conference sermon, 
 hwn brethren be re<iue8ted to address the 
 assembly ; one on the special duties of the 
 jiastors and their colleagues, having partic- 
 ular reference to their treatment of the 
 slieep and lambs of the tiock — their con- 
 -Uict of business meetings, Ac. ,i\i:c. The 
 •second to address the laity on their duties 
 to their ministers, and to each other — 
 
 their duties in the family, the 8cla>ol, the 
 cliurch and the world - their duties con- 
 nected with the social means of grace, busi- 
 ness meetings, A:c. , A:c. In both addressees 
 let the matter be Ljone into thoroughly, 
 plainly, atlectionately, expectant of bles^icd 
 results, and such results will, doubtless, 
 follow. 
 
 ROOMERSHAM. 
 
 Tuesday, Nov. 30rh, meeting at Rod 
 mersham, a country i)lace, the night was 
 dark, exceedingly dark even for the month 
 of NfA'embt-r. The Chapel was well hlled, 
 the meeting was a good one, and the col- 
 lection ahead '.f last j'ear's. I have met 
 with several old friends on this circuit, 
 some of whom J knew 44 years ago, when 
 we used to go to the house )f God inconi- 
 
 ! pany. On Sunday afternoon, at the close 
 
 ' of my address, in the course >'f which I 
 had described an interesting scene in 
 
 ' which 1 took a prominent ))art 42 ^ ears 
 ago, in the county of Sussex, a worn in, 
 shaking my hand very heartily, said, "Vou 
 
 I don't know nie Mr. Jiarker, but 1 know 
 you, 1 was at that farm house when ycju 
 arrived, as you have just described." 1 
 replied, "You must have been a little j,\r\ 
 
 ! at that date. " She rejoined, "I was, but 
 I remember your dirty boot.s, iVc. Do 
 
 ; you remember what you said to me ?'" "! 
 
 , really do not. " ''You asked uu! if I wouid 
 
 'give my heart to Cjod." "Did y.^i. do it/ 
 
 ! "Not then, but i did afterwards, and thank 
 God He's got it nov,- 
 
 i The weather continu(JS damp and mild. 
 I am out of voice, my cold reniaina heavily 
 
 , upom me. 
 
 j TENTKHDKN. 
 
 I December 1st, like summer weather. I 
 j had hoped to have seen some of my old 
 ; friends on the Tenterden Mission ; seeing 
 j I was appointed to hold a meeting there 
 this evening. The Pastor had ruled ditFer- 
 ently. The Missionary Meetings were 
 held at the usual time, and as the Super- 
 intendent of the District declined to be a 
 
 Jjs 
 
I-* 
 
 1* 
 
 85 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 party to tlu* api)r()priation of tlie proceeds 
 of a projected 8[)ecial meeting, to be ad- 
 (Ireased by myself, to local purposes, tlie 
 missionary committee having sole claim , 
 thereto, at the eleventh hour, said Super- ; 
 intendent is inforn-ed that the deputation's ' 
 services are declined. 1 am therefore, in j 
 the middle of the week, witli a day on my [ 
 hands. To get at my Thursday's appoint- | 
 ment, T must pass thrcugh a portion of; 
 this dear brotiier's station, on t(» West- ; 
 tield in Sussex, and from thence to South ' 
 Wales for the following Sunday. This, to j 
 say the least of it, is unfortunate ; 1st, on ; 
 the ground of expense ; 2nd, loss of inval- 
 uable time ; and 3rd, unnecessary physi- j 
 
 cal toil : for certainly no one in his senses 
 
 i 
 
 would have arranged to go from Rodiner- 
 sham to Westlield for one meeting ; in 
 view of the fact that the next appointment 
 was in Wales. Some brethren are a law 
 unto themselves. With the hope of secur- 
 ing a little quiet on the morrow, 1 started 
 for Westtield, ria Canterbury, Ashford, 
 (Tencerden Mission) and Hastings, where 
 I arrived after several delays, and a walk j 
 of four miles ; a full half of which was up 
 a steep hill. The day was very warm, my ! 
 luggage was heavy, and my clotliing un- 
 suited to the exertion required. Perhaps J 
 the profuse ])er8piration dripping to the j 
 ground was to my advantage. Thanks to j 
 the Pastor of Tenterden Missitm. 
 
 HA.STINOS. 
 
 December 2nd, Brother Spillett, pastor ' 
 of Hastings Mis ion, had arranged with a 
 friend to tneet me with horse and trap at 
 tlie railway station ; bat seeing I was a 
 day before my time, that arrangement waa 
 disarranged. He came on to Westlield 
 about the time he expected me to arrive. 
 The regular series of meetings had been 
 held, giving this day's gathering a sjiecial 
 character. The place and time were well 
 chosen. Quite a number of friends as- 
 sembled at the tea-meeting ; the Chapel, 
 in the evening, was well filled with atten- 
 
 tive listeners. We had aii excellent meet- 
 iuLS iii'd about £'3 were added to the rv- 
 ceipts of the Missionary society. A simi 
 lar meeting, with like results, might have 
 been held in the Tenterden Mission, but 
 for -. I had the pleasure of conversing v»'itli 
 someold friends, whoseac(piaintance I made 
 in 1838. Many with whom, at that date, we 
 were accustomed to pray, sing and shout, 
 have i)as8ed to their home in heaven ; we 
 are following after. How gh rious the 
 prospect! In several respects, Westfield, 
 rather the cause in Westheld, has made 
 good progress compared with the time 1 
 lield my first meeting at the "Forge." At 
 that meeting the friends had a "great 
 time." Bro. Gammon (now Governcjr of 
 the College) was present, and got so filled 
 with the Spirit, that after praying and 
 sh Kiting, he .'ell prostrate on the flo(ir,and 
 for a long tin.e remained in apparent un- 
 consciousness. When he came to himself 
 he praised the Lord with a loud voice In 
 1851 the present Chapel was erected, in 
 which I had the privilege of preaching the 
 first sermcni. Since then a school room 
 has been added and sundry improvements 
 made. Soon after the opening services 
 several of the farmers rented sittings, and 
 it looked as if the whole parish would be 
 with us. Achangeof preacher8came,andthe 
 incoming pastor, heedless of the command, 
 "Be ye therefore wise as serpents and 
 harmless as doves," pursued a course, the 
 results of which were simply disastrous. 
 Many gave u[) their seats never to return. 
 At present the prospects are encouraging. 
 On Friday,! travelled so far as Chatham, 
 where I turned aside to rest for a few 
 hours. 
 
 NKATH ABERAVON. 
 
 On Saturday, set out for Neath, in Wales. 
 Nearing my destiny 1 fell in with Bro. 
 James, from Cardiff, his colleague, and 
 liro. liridgeman, all on their way to their 
 posts for tile morrow. liro. Ninnis and 
 friends met me at the Neath station, and 
 
 "^^W^ 
 
Il 
 
 NU'IES iiV THE WAV. 
 
 30 
 
 ;ct!llent ineet- 
 i t(» the re- 
 sty. A siiui- 
 , tniglit have 
 Mission, but 
 iiversirii^ with 
 iitancelmade 
 that date, we 
 i^r and shout, 
 lieaven ; wi- 
 ijli rious the 
 ta, WestHeld, 
 id, has made 
 I tlie time ] 
 "Forsre." At 
 
 lad 
 
 'sfreat 
 
 Governcjr of 
 
 [1 i^ot so Hlled 
 
 praying and 
 
 1 the floor, and 
 
 apparent un- 
 
 ne to himself 
 
 jiid voice In 
 
 i8 erected, in 
 
 preaching the 
 
 school room 
 
 nprovements 
 
 ling services 
 
 sittings, and 
 
 ih would be 
 
 came, and the 
 
 le command, 
 
 erpents and 
 
 course, the 
 
 disastrous. 
 
 r to return. 
 
 ncouraging. 
 
 is Chatham, 
 
 It for a few 
 
 |th,inWales. 
 
 Il with Bro. 
 league, and 
 
 jvay ti) their 
 iNinnis and 
 Itatioii, and 
 
 I 
 
 kindly conducted iiu! to my resting plmie. 
 
 Sunday, Dec. 5th. jireaclittl at Neatli 
 iii'irning and afteriioMH, and at Ahfiavoii 
 in the evening. 'The congregations were ! 
 not larite, the iiiHufUce was good, particu- 
 larly in the evening No inunediate re- 
 sults apparent, but the preacher and seV ; 
 eral leatling tiitiuls were confident that , 
 the seed sown would pi-.iduce precious 
 fruit. 
 
 Monday, liad a little lo. k around the; 
 town ; the wi-ather very unfavorable for i 
 siu'lit seeing. In the town, every thing, 
 and well nigh every person, hioks dirty. 
 Till' furnaces are constantly l)elching out 
 tire and smoke : clouds upon clouds of 
 smok'j. The borough of Abeiavon con- 
 tains a population of about 0,000 persons ; 
 nine-tenths are Welsh or Irish. The 
 Ciiurch and Cha[)el accommodation is 
 largely in excess of the recjuirements of 
 the peoi)le. In additii^n to the Cliurch,by 
 law established, the Baptists, Primitive • 
 Methodists, Calvinist Methodists, and | 
 iKible Christians, have each a Chapel : we \ 
 were infornnid that either of the last two 
 .Would hold all the Enulish speakin^' por" 
 tioii of the people holding N(jiiconforiiiist 
 views of church polity. That fact not- 
 withstanding, the Congregationalists have 
 have recently commenced a cause, and 
 that still more recently, the We^leyan 
 Methodists have entered the i>lace, and as 
 fi special attraction they publish ''No seat 
 tents," "No C(dlection." It is |)resumed 
 that this un-Methodistical way of doing 
 things will soon give place t > the ortho- 
 d'lx iiiethodsof raising funds. Each Trust 
 Instate, excepting the P. Methodists, is, so 
 |ur informant assured me, heavily burden 
 fd with debt. Our friends have a very 
 nice sanctuary, well situated, much larger 
 tlian necessary ; the debt is heavy, the 
 j|round rent high. The minister's resi- 
 dence is badly situated, and every way un- 
 ihiitable for the purpose desinned. If 
 <jash, or the want of it. was not a high 
 
 barrier, the house should be added to ihe 
 school accommodation, and the ministers 
 residence selected in a liicher part of the 
 town, where his family niiglit occasii nally 
 have the o[>portun'ty of breathing a little 
 l)iire air, that is certainly more than the 
 can u'et in their present location. While 
 engaged looking at the exterior of the par- 
 iah Church, we were very politely accost- 
 by the Vicar • he was very courteous, and 
 at his invitation we proceeded to inspect 
 the interior of the building, which has 
 been completely rehtted and renovated at 
 the cost of flOOO. He took us into his 
 vestry and sh wed us his oU'ertory book, 
 in wliich he enters tlie preacher (he has a 
 curate) the day, the text, and tlie amount 
 received as otl'ertor}'. Our attention was 
 specially called to the fact that for a series 
 of years in succession the offertory ofl'er 
 ingo, com[)aring the corre8i)onding Sun- 
 days of each year, were within a few [(cnct- 
 the sauie in amount ; from which the 
 Vicar drew the conclusion that his people 
 observed system in tiieir giving. The 
 C(unmunion cloth was worked by one of 
 the Indies of the congregation. The 
 Church presents a remarkably neat and 
 chaste apiiearance -it is as a church should 
 be. When the new Burial Act came into 
 operation, the Vicar called the Noncon- 
 formist ministers together, with whom ho 
 took council respecting the new phase of 
 tilings, and showed his desire to meet the 
 new situation in a truly Christian spirit; 
 the atl'air was arranged in the most amic- 
 able manner. \N'e wore delighted with 
 this unexpected displav of Christian cour- 
 tesy, and the whole seemed so natural to 
 the man, wliicii, tivkeii in connection witli 
 what we felt to be spiritual mindedness, 
 pr<uni>ted us ti' pray for (rod's blessing 
 upon him and upon his work. In parting, 
 we heartily shook hands ; I wished him 
 God-speed, which wish he cordially recip- 
 rocated. 
 
 We had a first class Missionary Meet- 
 
 l»^ 
 
'^f^WW^-^: 
 
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 37 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 f|^ 
 
 in;^, 8[ieakin<j: I'.asy and with [i iwor, the i w ill, in ful ni-e, iqipuai' mi lur tlie Lead ui 
 c('llection libi-ral, and in advance of last donations, 
 year. The MaHter has recently 'iieatly i,i,antriss\nt. 
 
 i;nconia!,'ed the Pastor by settin'.;; His seal Wedneadav. 8th, wt'iit ti.. Llaiitiis.siuit , 
 to the iiiini.stry of the Wijrd. Praise liere 1 ii.et witii liro. Rogers, from Cheji- 
 lliiii.- 'stow, 'i'he attendance was ;,"oJ, the ar- 
 
 Tuesday, 7th, journeyed to Neath. On j tention imHag^inir, but the collection was 
 our way we called to inspect a church in the worst I have seen for many years jiast; 
 course of erection. in tlu' pari.sh of Uaylan. ' fhe reason assiicned was shortiRss of cash. 
 Within, tlie walls are off«peciallv |>re|iared "Tlie lUeetint; was held at the wroiiLftiuie, 
 
 stjne, the courses alternated with polish- 
 ed marble : every thiii',; is "f the most 
 costly character. The walls. including' the 
 stone spire, are laid in l^)l■tland cement 
 its seating cai)acity will accommodate 250 
 l>ers(.ns. 'J'he ))arish is p «t>-"'' one ; it is 
 held by the Vicar of . vr >, Pev. Mr. 
 .Junes, at whose sugc^estio \i ide this 
 
 visit. Mr. Jonesinformed usthat tlie cost up 
 to this date had been £K> "J.J, -md I" '' h 
 time it is c. inpleted it is expected t(. o '. 
 t'l(),()00. The whole (.f which will !).- 
 liorne by one gentleman. Mr. Jones was 
 not backward in expressint^ his disapproval 
 
 •(I) tar from /((,s^ pay-day ; next jiay-day 
 will he ou Satuiday, the meetini,' should 
 have been on Monday next. " This fidin 
 liaiid to mouth way of liviiifr, and in many 
 cases even wcnse than that, is (fur tiie 
 peoph;'s sake) to be greatly regretted. 
 Many persons are a nmntli's pay in debt. 
 This unwisdom is associated with many 
 other evils. Tiie abcjve remarks are, un- 
 fortunately, applicable to places other 
 »■ an Llantrissant. Our friends in the 
 mining districts should emulate the ex- 
 am; le of theii- i)rethren in many of the 
 rural distiicts. lay by weekly, or in their 
 
 of sucli a vi'aste of money ; adding that a i case monthly, in aid of the mi.ssionary 
 church costing £4,000 would have been ; funds, then the meeting would never be 
 fully e(|ual to the requirements of the , held at the ''wrong time. ' 
 parish ; he had remonstrated against this Thursdaj', Dec. !)th, returned to Briton 
 
 waste, but to no pur[iose. He left us to 
 infer that the gentleman in .juestion had 
 an eye to some special merit in this work. 
 Maj' the '.food Lor.l open his eyes ere it 
 be too late. Neath ditfVrs very little 
 from an ordinary Welsh town. Our Ccm- 
 uexional property consisting of houses and 
 a Cliapel, valuable as it may be. does not 
 favorably im[)ressa stranger. The Chapel 
 is nearly hid from view, and its in- 
 ternal arrangement do iKjf favorably 
 impress one. Our evening meeting 
 was remarkably good. The receipts 
 will be Hi advance of any previous 
 year though furnished in a ditlerent man 
 ner. Quite a number of persons who have 
 for years j-ast been five shilling collectors, 
 resolved to cease putting their money in 
 the collection : the amounis in (piestion 
 
 Ferry, and lectured to a fair audience, ad- 
 mitted by ticket ; the proceeds to be ap- 
 propriated to the trust fund. The meet- 
 ing was a good ne, and the financial re- 
 sults satisfactory. This ends my first tour, 
 and ] am now Ha{;posed to rest for a few 
 wi'eks. In ie\iewing my work, my 
 heart goes out in adoring trratitude to (lod. 
 All the nules travelled, in a variety of ct^i- 
 veyances, without an accident ; without so 
 much as a scratch t^n the skin. The 
 weather in all its changes and my constant 
 expiisure to those changes,— the almost 
 nightly change of beds, and the well nigh 
 daily changes of diet,- the aim )st in- 
 variable late retiring to rest, — the sermons 
 and speeches delivered for the most part 
 in the midst of very exciting surroundings, 
 — the gracious help the Master has accord- 
 
 . • J,»J*T-*Wlivmra-». 
 
 ^f 
 
 ! 
 
it 
 
 Notes bv the way. 
 
 08 
 
 the head nf 
 
 LlaiiUis.siiiit , 
 from (Jht!)i- 
 ()d, the af- 
 >lluotiuii was 
 )y years \)ast ; 
 tnesH ol ciisli. 
 I! wi'onu time, 
 next pay-day 
 ietiriL; should 
 This from 
 , ami in many 
 is (for the 
 ly regretted 
 pay in debt. 
 1 with many 
 arks are, un- 
 placjes t)ther 
 iends in the 
 ulate the ex- 
 iiany of the 
 , or ill their 
 e missionary 
 uld never be 
 
 lied to Briton 
 audience, ad- 
 |ed8 to be ap- 
 The meet- 
 tinancial re- 
 |iny tirst tour, 
 it for a few 
 work, my 
 litude toCiiod. 
 tiriety of cun- 
 ; without so 
 skin. The 
 my constant 
 the almost 
 he well nij^h 
 aim )st in- 
 ^the sermons 
 most part 
 irroundings, 
 has accord- 
 
 ed me, — the success with which our meet i 
 in_'.s have been crowned, the marvellous 
 kindness nf my ministerial brethren, and 
 of the hiy friendo every where and ( n all 
 ficcasion.s,till my soul witli the profoundest 
 ijraiitude St( icil indeed must be the man 
 who can think of these ond a score of other 
 of daily mercies, and his heart not feel to 
 sinir : — "O give tlianks unto the Lord, for 
 He is uood, for His mercy endiirtth for 
 ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods, 
 for His mercy endureth for tiver. () L'ive 
 thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy 
 endureth for ever. To Him wlio alone 
 di:eth great wonders, forHis mercy endureth 
 for ever." 
 
 Misaiorary tour, number one, ch)sed in 
 Wales, on Thursd.ay, December 10th. A 
 season of rest was to follow, extending on 
 to the 30th day of January. The fiiends 
 in W^ales were exceedingly kind, but I had 
 no right to suppose they would he prepar- 
 ed to entertain me duriiiLC the period 
 allotted to ma for rest, and aee-ng the 
 Executive had made no arrange>nent in 
 that behalf, I had to " i)addle my own 
 canoe. ' 
 
 I will now proceed to give your readers 
 some inkling as to the manner in which 
 the season conaecrated ti rei)ose was util- 
 ized. 
 
 " THERE IS REST FOR THE WE.VRV. " 
 
 On Friday, Deer. 10th, at 72o a.m., 
 took leave of my kind friends at Neath, 
 having tirst been laden with provision for 
 consumption on the way, and set out for 
 Bristol, at which city we arrived shortly 
 after midday. The jcjurney. partly by 
 rail and partly by steamboat, was very 
 pleasant and interesting. A-mong my fel- 
 low-passengers was a pf)or girl, say of 
 about fourteen summers ; she joined us at 
 one of the " way ' stations. The dear 
 child had a very pinched, hungry look, and 
 her clothing was well worn, and well but 
 neatly patched, justifying the conclusion 
 
 that her poor mother made the best of 
 things. I fancied there were among the 
 i passengers some whose feelings were in 
 sympatliy with a certain priest and Levite 
 , of whom we read in tliu New Testament 
 ; the actions ot others said, " she is a sin- 
 ner." 1 felt atrangly drawn to the youth- 
 ful stranger, and, ('..iicludiug that in her 
 my dear Lord might be fed, t.iok from my 
 valise the supplies handed me at Neath 
 and asked her to accept them. Her coun- 
 tenance indicated strong emotions within, 
 and the half choked " tliank you, sir," no 
 formal utterance, deeply stirred my soul. 
 " 'Tis Tuoie blessed t,j give than to re- 
 ceive." 
 
 In conversation with friends in Bristol, 
 my heait was lired wliile listening to the 
 rep ;rt of what tlic Lord had been doing 
 amouLT the churches in Bedminster. More 
 than 500 persons have recently been con- 
 verted ; Wesleyans, Primitives, Bible 
 Christians, and the Salvation Ai'iny, all 
 ' sharers in the gracious ingatlieiing of 
 I souls. 
 
 j On Saturday, at 7:50 a m., left Bristol, 
 ' via London, for Chatham, where I arrived 
 safely shortly after 4 o'clock p.m ; there, 
 in the company (jf my friends, including 
 the dear sharer of my joys and .sadness 
 my dear and only sister, her afl'ectionate 
 husband and fond children, I found the 
 i much ueuded rest 
 
 Sunday, Deer. 12th, opened beautifully. 
 All nature appeared as if in holiday dress. 
 My soul revelled in delights. We accom- 
 panied our relations to tlieir usual place 
 j of wiuship (Congregational) and heard a 
 I very edifyintr discourse. In the afternoon 
 : we went U> Rochester Cathedral, and 'lia- 
 ■ lened to a performance made np of singing 
 I and chanting, and prayer, reading, iV:c, 
 common to " full " cathedral service. The 
 sermon was read by an Archdeacon from 
 j Bombay, and a collecti(Ui was taken in aid 
 jofttieold "Propagation Society." The 
 ' text chosen for the occasion waa, " A little 
 
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 NOTES BYTHK WAY. 
 
 cloud nu of the sea like a :nau's luintl." 
 Tho reaclii)'^ of this extraordinury produc- 
 tion ()CCii[)ied nearly tio-nfii iiiiuniiii. Of 
 course it was oleaily shown (?) that the 
 Piopai;ation Society was the cluud : that 
 it wasi spreadiiii,' iVc If any l>ersun ex- 
 pected bread, he had a stone. In the 
 evuniui^f we heard a serniou in the Bihle 
 Christian Chajjel, Chatham. Tiie buihl- 
 Ihl; has recei\tly been enhiri,ad and reno- 
 vated at a' cost of £700. riie naileries are 
 too high, the rostrum is t(i(; hi'^li, and as I 
 see it, too (jpen. TJie connregaii ai has 
 t^roatly increased since the alterations re- 
 ferred to, and the cause is prosperous; the 
 outlook enco-jrayini,'. 
 
 After a week's (piietjon Friday, we went, 
 by invitation, to spend a week in London 
 with Brother and Sistyr Bourne. On 
 Sunday, l!)th, wont to hear C. H. Si>ur- 
 geon, but was disappointed. He was 
 taken very ill during the previous night, 
 and his lack of service was supplied by his 
 brother, James ISpurgeon. The il.ice was 
 full of attentive listeners. The text, 
 "And it cani'j to pass in those days," was 
 one of a series the gentleman was deliver- 
 ing to his own people " This sermon 
 was " he said, " prepared for another con- 
 gregation.' Perhai)s it would not be right 
 to judge of it apart from the previous ser- 
 mons of the series. Nevertheless, we 
 must say that the reading of suoh words 
 as a text, to the discussion or exposition 
 of which the attention of an intelligent 
 coTigregation is invited, is an ottence ; an 
 oti'ence, tho repetition of which should be 
 followed by relieving the offender from 
 the discharge of the duties of the office he 
 has assumed. The practice of selectiuir a 
 few words for a text, which, when taken 
 from their context, have no meaning but 
 what the preacher's fertile imagination 
 may put upon them, is a growing evil and 
 cannot be too strongly reprobated. In the 
 afternoon I had the pleasure of saying a 
 few words to our Sunday School children 
 
 in Cla[)ham, and tluie I preached in tlie 
 evening to not a large congregation. On 
 Wt'dnesday evi;uing, Bro. Bourne being 
 very bu.sy, I again took the service at 
 Ciapham. Respecting our cause in tliis 
 place, hope is in the ascendant. 
 
 On Tliursdiiv we listened to Dr. Par- 
 ker's finu'th itinl last discourse, on our 
 Lord's commission tt; His twelve di-sciples 
 wlicn he stitit the(no\it two andtwo,iVc. It 
 w;'.s an admirable discourse ; my soul was 
 stirred witliiu me, and Sisters Bourne and 
 
 Barker we.'e greatly blessed. 
 
 Chri.stmas Day was sjient in Chatham, 
 
 where several of our family, as wa.s our 
 
 custom in our younger days, celebrated 
 
 this festive season. But how changed I 
 
 Father and mother are not, God hath 
 
 taken them ; and to day we speak not 
 
 with them face to face ; but we stand by 
 
 the side of their graves, and in solemn 
 
 silence think of the days that are jjast. 
 
 The unbidden tear bedims the eye, and as 
 
 we wipe thetriekliny ptarl from our cheek, 
 
 we lo >k forward to the hcnir when all that 
 
 are in their graves shall come forth. "The 
 
 dead in Christ shall rise first." Hail, 
 ghirions m )rn I 
 
 On Sunday. Deer. 2t)th, listened to a 
 Congregational Minister in the morning ; 
 rather cold. Attended a meeting of the 
 Salvation Army in the afternoon. While 
 listening totlie testimony borne, by many 
 pe "sons, to the power of Divine Grace, as 
 they had experienced it, to their earnest 
 appeals to their old companions in sin, 
 and surveying the crowd of persons pre- 
 sent, about 400, one-half of whom, judg- 
 ing from tlieir appearance, never thought 
 of entering an r)rdir.ary place of worship, 
 the conclusion was irresistible. These 
 ' people are doing a good work — casting out 
 demons in the name of Christ. What 
 though they followed not with us ! I did 
 most earnestly bid them "God speed." 
 In the evening we listened to a very good 
 and useful sermon in the Bible Chris- 
 tian Chapel. 
 
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NOTES nV THE WAV 
 
 40 
 
 'eacheil in the 
 
 ;re<^titi(>n. On 
 
 liourue being 
 
 till! survico at 
 
 cause in this 
 
 tint, 
 to Dr. Tar- 
 
 Durso, on <uir 
 
 .velve Oisciplea 
 
 and two, AC. It 
 
 ; my soul was 
 
 ■ii's Bourne and 
 
 I. 
 in Chatham, 
 
 y, as was our 
 
 xys, celebrated 
 
 liuw chant^ed I 
 
 )t, God hath 
 
 we speak net 
 
 it we stand by 
 
 and in solemn 
 
 that are ])ast. 
 
 the eye, and as 
 
 rem our cheek, 
 
 r when all that 
 
 le forth. "The 
 
 tirst." Hail, 
 
 listened to a 
 
 the mornintr ; 
 
 Ineetinjr of the 
 
 rnoon. While 
 
 irne, by many 
 
 .'ine Grace, as 
 
 their earnest 
 
 Inions in sin, 
 
 persons pre- 
 
 whom, judg- 
 
 lever thout^ht 
 
 (jf worship, 
 
 Itible. These 
 
 -casti)ig out 
 
 irist. What 
 
 fJi us ! I did 
 
 ; God speed." 
 
 a very good 
 
 Bible Chris- 
 
 Diirinsj the week w»' ha'l a run dowji 
 thioiiuh ►^'.issex. !-;)i ndiii;^ two ov three 
 tla\s at I)riy;hton,with Bro. Hotheias. The 
 weatliei' was very unfavorable for 9ij;ht- 
 Feeinir. Mucli interest was taken in the 
 .Actjuarium. 
 
 On Suufuiy,. January 2nd, 1881, I [reach- 
 ed in (Junville, Isle of Wiu'ht, at iOi.'U) 
 am. Koiii. xii : 1,'J, was the tlien)e. We 
 liad a very hlessfd time, but owinn t'> my 
 severe cold, and the tliickness of the at- 
 iiu sphere. 1 did not venture out again for 
 that day. 
 
 On Sunday, Jan. 0th, I preached two 
 sermon.s and took collections in aid of the 
 Bible Christian Missionary Society, at 
 Hr:iding, id 10:30, and at St. Helens at 6 
 o'clock. On Monday, tlie annual lueenng 
 w;uH held at St. Helens, and on Tuesday 
 at Blading. T'le services, bot'u oti Sun- 
 day and the weekday evening.s, were of 
 the tirst order, and the collections v/ell 
 ahead of last year. The demons must 
 have, of recent date, held hiLrh carnival 
 over the sad occui'rences liy which the 
 Society in St. Helens has been niantded, 
 bruise.i, torn, and scatteaatl. Tliere is 
 iu)pe that some of the shtuep will be re- 
 gathered and the society once more re- 
 stored to working lieahh. 
 
 Many, many, very many happy hoius 
 have 1 soent in St. Helens. When first 
 appo.nted t(j this Ishuul we held our .ser- 
 vices in a small cottage, the pro|)orty of 
 Grandmother Bartlett ; tlic partitions had 
 been renioveil, and it was at tliat time re- 
 garded as a pretty decent little place, but 
 however much opinion-" miuht ditier on 
 that point, there was no ditTerence of opin- 
 i )n on the more important aspect, all 
 agreed that it was a liethel. There our 
 Heavenly Father used to make numifest 
 his power, grace and glory. The old 
 building was destroyed by tire. Next, we 
 worshipped for awhile in a larire public 
 building erected by one E. Da we. Es(|r., 
 while a new Chapel was being erected in 
 
 the garden of one Mr. W. I'artlett. I 
 worked hard in helping to i.i- t!'.e founda- 
 tion and a.ssisted in divers other wjiy.s. 
 The laying in <f tlie foi;ndation stones 
 and the opening services, are events of 
 whi ;i Mie peoide liave a lively remeu)- 
 l)ranc>;. Now we have a good and much 
 larger chi'pel, erected in M^CiV. situated on 
 tlie leadiuL' street rf this intei'esting vil- 
 loge. St. Helens is al out three miles 
 Si.uth-east of the town of Hyde, and about 
 ten miles east of Newport on the Bay, 
 called '"St. Helens" Road, much used in 
 war time a.-^ a rendezvous f()r the Royal 
 Navy 
 
 I It is generally believed that, in olden 
 I time, the village of St Helens was a i)Iaco 
 j of considerable importance. It is built 
 around a nu'al green and commands sev- 
 eral enchanting views. On -Tuly 31st, 
 i Ifi.'iS, Charles II landed here on his way 
 to Snndown Fort. The parish church has 
 an interesting history, of which we cannot 
 now speak particularly. The Wesleyans 
 and Free ^Methodists have each a chai)el in 
 ' the village. The former has recently un- 
 dergone sundry alterations and improve- 
 ments. We noted considerable alteratic n 
 in and additions to the numbers of the 
 residences in and around the place since 
 our last visit. 
 
 The town of Brading, the cl arter of 
 which dates back to 1548, or as a record in 
 the parish church ceitifies, to 1430, was 
 formerly represented in the English Par- 
 liament. Four pence per day was allow- 
 ed by the town t(^ each of its representa- 
 tives. This sum the town found itself un- 
 able to jiay. and the inhabitants petition- 
 ed Parliament to relieve them from this 
 intolerable burden. It must be borne in 
 mind that, if we take into account the 
 value of money, the state of trade, the 
 lack of labor, and the little value of land 
 in those early times, four pence was no 
 inconsiderable sum. Sir John Oglander 
 has recorded that, in the days of Queen 
 
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 41 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAV. 
 
 Elizaboth. tliero wlto many " •^•.od livers band of Mary Toms, the first Hible Chris » 
 in the l>'>rout,'h, with I'very tliiuLcdt'siralile tian preachor t(» visit tho Island ; whose 
 abut tlieni, who I'acli couid atl'ord f; name and labors are almost fort,'«jtti'n, save 
 spend £40 a year, e.^ial 'o about t"J50, by a few of ihe oldest of our friends ; but 
 according' to the present value of money." | the fruit of hei successful toil will never 
 When I lirst made tlie ac(iuaintance <if , die. Subseduently we preaoned in a 
 this ancient town there was to be seen, j building' .situated in an )ther part of tie 
 at the south-west corner. of the cliurch, a t^wn, a h.w, lung, narrow ])luce, far from 
 half timbered buihliuLj dif^nitied by t he ; beinj,' convenient; but all that not- 
 soundinu name "Town Hall." Under the I withstanding, the Master's pre.sence was 
 said hall in what, by way of distinction. ; ofttiuies blessedly realized aul sinners 
 may be e lied an (.pen arcade, shelter was ■ felt the sliari.ness of the two-edued sword 
 alforded for a weekly market and the und penitently bowed before the Lord. 
 " stock.-!,' the whole presenting a very ; In 1808 our friends erected a neat chapel 
 dilai>idated appearance. This ancient relic in what is called t])e " New Koad." It is 
 lias recently been almost entirely rebuilt, j a red brick bnih'ing, with facings of white 
 anr. the hall is u.sed as the Town of brick. We have a second chapel in the 
 "BradingFree Library, Reading and News' I)arish of Bradin,<;. about two miles di.stant 
 Room." The " Stocks " are sacr.dly pre- ' from the town. They are each seated for 
 served. A great improvement has taken | loO people, 
 place in tliis town since I first walked | On Wednesday, January llith, I passed 
 
 througb it in 1840. It is now a station on 
 the railway from Ryde to Yentnor. Tra- 
 
 from the Shanklin to the Newport Circuit, 
 and assisted in holding a Mis.sionary Meet- 
 
 ditiop says that the story of the cross was ing at Arreton. This luunlet consists 
 first told to the benighted inhabitants of ■ principally of one long straggling street, 
 tbis part c f the Island, on the spot where ! around wiiich are some widely scattered 
 
 the church now stands, in 704, by Wilfred, 
 Bishop of Selsea. Leaving the anti(|uar- 
 
 farms The parish is the largest on the 
 Island, and very fertile. The church, said 
 
 ians *■() inquire into the things belonying , to be one of the best and most interesting 
 to the past, we shall be safe in saying that, ; on the Island, was erected in 1141, and 
 
 to your readers, the most interesting facts 
 connected with this ancient town are asso- 
 ciated with the life and labors of the Rev. 
 Leigh Richmond. Hem, it will be remem- 
 bered, the "Young Cottager" worshipped. 
 Her moi'tal remains lie buried in the 
 churchyard, and to her grave the tourist 
 still repairs ; the devout, with feelings of 
 
 was entirely restored in 1803, at a cost of 
 £1,480. It may be fairly questioned if 
 Arreton would have been famous in our 
 time, but for Leigh Richmond's stirring 
 story (.f the ' Dairyman's Daughter," 
 whose mortal remains rest in Arreton 
 churchyard. A living author has said, 
 " The shadows of (;blivion have settled 
 
 gratitude to God for his grace so mani- | upon the records of many a wealthy lord 
 fested in the life and death of " Little and gallant knight, but still bright and en- 
 
 Jane;" the frivolous, for a few moments 
 forgetting his frivolity, stands awed, as in 
 the presence of death. 
 
 Upon my first visit to Brading, and for 
 some time afterwards, our preaching and 
 other religious services were held in a 
 chapel, the private property of the has- 
 
 I 
 
 duritig li'^es the glorious repute of Eliza- 
 beth Wallbridge. Old age has p jred with 
 failing eyes over the simple record of her 
 goodness ; sjiortive childhood has turned 
 from its noisy mirth to listen, in eager 
 stillness, to the tale of her modest life, her 
 happy end ; let us believe, then, that the 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY 
 
 42 
 
 t IJible ChrU' 
 sIjiikI ; whose 
 >r^«itti'n, save 
 
 t'liuuds ; but 
 )il will ucvur 
 reacned in a 
 V part of tie 
 luce, far from 
 11 that not- 
 proaenco was 
 
 aii'l sinners 
 ■edued swurd 
 ire the L!>rd. 
 i neat chapel 
 Koad." It is 
 cinya of white 
 chapel in the 
 ) niik'H distant 
 ach seated for 
 
 IL'th, I passed 
 wpoit Circuit, 
 sionary Meet- 
 nilet consists 
 fylinij street, 
 lely scattered 
 riiest on the 
 e church, said 
 st interesting 
 n 1141, and 
 , at a cost of 
 juestioned if 
 nious in our 
 nd'a stirring 
 Dau^'hter," 
 in Arreton 
 i>v has said, 
 have settled 
 [vealthy h^rd 
 iyht and en- 
 te of Eliza- 
 [8 p ned with 
 cord of her 
 has turned 
 n, in eayer 
 [dest life, her 
 n, that the 
 
 memory of a good action never dies, that 
 every utterance ot a plain truth is caui^ht 
 up by some attentive ear and handed 
 down to a later a^e, blessing and being 
 blessed by many. " Our interest in this 
 village is of comparatively recent date, 
 long enous/h, however, for the tirst chapel 
 to have become too small ; that is now the 
 Sunday School room. A new and beauti- 
 ful chapel has been built, in which one of 
 the most united working societies we have 
 upon the island assembles for the worship 
 of God. Their history has been marked 
 by constant progress. 
 
 The Mssionary Anniversary was en- 
 thusiastic, and the collection well ahead of 
 last year. We have two other chapels in 
 the parish of Arreton. 
 
 At Brading and St. Helens 1 met with 
 many old friends with whom I had much 
 enjoyable couver.sation. At Arreton all 
 wtie new, but when the members of God's 
 great family meet, even for the tirst time, 
 how soon all strangeness passes away and 
 the oneness ot the brotherhood is realized. 
 That was a wonderful prayer of our now 
 exalted Lord, " That they all may be one, 
 as Thou, Father, art in me and I in Thee, 
 that they also may be one in us ; that the 
 world may believe that Thou hast sent 
 me." 
 
 On Saturday, Jan. 15th, went to Ports- 
 mouth ready for Sunday's work. Bro. 
 Honey, with his usual courtesy and kind- 
 ness, had made every arrangement for my 
 comfort. 
 
 Sunday, ICth, preached at Stamford 
 morniny and evening ; we had a special 
 service for the children and young people 
 in the afternoon. A large number of the 
 friends were present. The day, from the 
 beginning to the end, whs especially good. 
 The evening service will be long remem- 
 bered; several persons were deeply moved. 
 The prayer meeting was a season of power. 
 
 Monday, called upon dear Sister Tabb. 
 Siie is getting feeble and patiently wait- 
 
 ing the dissolution of her "earthly house," 
 in the full assurance that when it dis- 
 solves she will becltthed upon with her 
 house from heaven : Hallelujah ! We 
 talked of the days long since i)a.s8ed away 
 — of the good times, the conflicts and the 
 victories, dating back to lH3r» ; when in 
 Chatham circuit, we used to witness won- 
 derful displays of the Divine jiower and 
 glory in the sanctuary. In the evening 
 we had a public meeting at Stamford 
 street. Considering it blew a gale of wind, 
 that the dust and small gravel were wlvirl- 
 ed through the streets in blinding clouds, 
 rendering it unsafe fi>r the ai-ed, the 
 feeble, and the sickly to leave their homes, 
 the attendance was remarkably good. We 
 had a very good meeting ; the financial re- 
 sult satisfactory. This was a supplemen- 
 tary eti'ort, arising out of the fact that, at 
 the time when the regular nii.ssioiiary 
 meeting was held, the weather was very 
 anpropitious, and the results accordingly. 
 Tuesday. Jan. 18tli, will live long in the 
 memories of many ten thousands. When 
 the people awoke from their slumbers 
 they witnessed a snow storm, not simpl} 
 the tirst of the season, but, in fury, unlike 
 anything seen in these parts for the last 
 forty years. It blew a heavy gale, drifting 
 the snow that fell thickly into immense 
 barricades, completely blocking the streets. 
 Not a tram car to be seen, and scarcely a 
 cab was out. It was a fair specimen of a 
 North American snow storm. Anxious to 
 fill my engagement at Selsea, in the Chi- 
 chester mission, acconii)anied by Bro. 
 Honey, we hailed the only cab lo be seen, 
 and succeeded, with much ditliculty, in 
 getting to the railway station. After lad- 
 ing me with many good wishes, Sec, Brf». 
 Honey bade me farewell. Our train for 
 Chichester left the platform at 11:20, and 
 after a run of about three and a lialf miles 
 we came to a stand-still on an elevated 
 part of the line, exposed to all the fury of 
 the tempest, there being no shelter be- 
 
 4-1^ 
 
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 43 
 
 NOTES BV THE WAV. 
 
 ^'fi 
 
 iwct'ii us and tliii ((pen H(!H A hm<>w plow tluwaiKlrotircd. Wliilt'«»T\ iiii.'<>Mt(<iiriitli»'r 
 unuUl 'lavo cleaiiid flie waj' hoforo im, Imt > I'/i) f'"i8U|i|ili»'s, the jiaitit's coiiccinrd wito 
 .sffiiiji we wen- minus that useful ini]>le- j uniuiiidtMl nf tlie doing's of tin- Ht rm, and 
 luent, \v(! "stuck," and tlieio we remain- wlien Miev wnuld have ret iinuil, In ', tluir 
 
 od, for the smnv i,'athero<l fast ariMind us, 
 rendeiiuL,' it imposHible for us to proceed or 
 
 eni,'ii)e was " stuck," and the shovels had 
 beeti tlu'own chiwn on the snow and could 
 
 to return. I wasalone in tlie compartment, not ht found. To their chayriu they had to 
 with wliich, beiuK far from a ti^ht on(% remain uuril help shoidd come from the 
 the snow took ^reat liberties and crowded ' town. Shortly after 7:.'{0 an enj,'ine and 
 in, e ;verin;4 the seats and tloor, greatly to two cars, V>riniring about thirty men with 
 my discomfort. Shortly after 4 o'clock shovels, \'<n<^ planks, Ac, came to our 
 p.m. the otKcials were kind (•non<4h to re.scue. Wi were raken fnmi the " snow- 
 despatch an enifine from I'ort.'^mouth ; sev- ; ed in train," and carried back from whence 
 eral men accompanied it, armed with | we started nearly nine hours before (^ur 
 shovels, with which to war anainst the " stuck " train was I irouifht back to Porus- 
 snow where it dared to obstruct their pas- mouth at 4 o'clock the next morning. 
 .sa<j;e. On thetm^ine were certain caterers On Wednesday, learning that one tiack 
 to our necessities, t'lerit-ifully sup]ili»'d with was clear from Portsmouth to Chichestei-, 
 bread, beef and cheese, Virandy and whis- ' I started fci' that city, where I had eULrai;- 
 key. Hy th;it time it was no ea»y matter ed to speak on Canadii. .\rrived in due 
 to fet to the " cars." lientiemen stand- cours*', and soon learneil that the meeting 
 in^f on a bank not less than fourteen feet had !)i'en iiostp(»ned on account of tht 
 from us, pitched the [)rove!uler acioss the' weather. All the roads leiidiny out fr mii 
 chasm each one catchin.; his own. Two (he city were bh>cked with snow, and the 
 men waded to their l>reasts in smw, hand- 1 streets were well tilled with the anie visi- 
 
 iiiLt the brandy or whiskey bottle, accord- 
 ing; to tlie jirijference of the parties con 
 
 tant. My old friend and colleiiuuie, iMr. 
 John Lonir, kindly entertained me to din- 
 
 cerned, into the car; each one helpintr ner, and pressed me to tarry for the niylit. 
 hiiiiself from the bottle. As nnght have : Judyinic, however, that another storm was 
 been expected, some, not exce]iting two j at hand, I hastened back to Portsmouth, 
 or three ladies, took " a little too much," [and the same evening- crossed the rou^di 
 the sad conscijuences of which Were mani- i sea to the Isle of \Vit,'ht and landed on 
 tested before we were liberated from our' Ryde Pier at 8 o'clock. The fall of snow 
 
 '.emporary imprisonment. In onec nipart- 
 ni^'nt, a sailor or two havini.; emptied their 
 bottles before the arrival ot the company's 
 stall, deemed it a vi^rv riu;ht tliinor when 
 
 had been heavier on the Island than on 
 the mainland. Ryde was literally blocked 
 with snow, and all the roads leadinj; fnjm 
 the town were impassible. I "put up" 
 
 1 
 the wlr'skey bottle was passed in to them, j at a tem[ieiance liotel, in whicli were dis 
 
 not simply to meet the then, to them, j comforts everywhere. The bed room was 
 
 pressing,' neees.sity, but they laid in st( ck cold,the bedbad, thecoveriny delicient,iV;c. 
 
 The mornin:,' was longed Un-. Breakfast 
 was ordered for 8 o'clock. In the breakfast- 
 room the tire refused to burn, the cotl'ee 
 was served up cold, and the eatables were 
 uninviting. The chatLjes were paid, and, 
 it otr 8hi[uiiate. " In evidence thereof his amidst the -apologies of mine host, I has- 
 full bottlewas exhibited ; heclosedthe win- tened to tlie pier to take passaj^e to Wes 
 
 for future use, passing; the empty bottle 
 (lit of the window into the hands of the 
 otHcial ; he (the ollicial) exclaimed, "What 
 have you done with it /" Jack, putting his 
 head out of the window, replied. " bottled 
 
 :>*. 
 
 ,i,V,'''»';'*!ii<*41*fM" 
 
Jll. 
 
 NOTKS MY THK WAY 
 
 44 
 
 iMt(<'rratlu'r 
 
 ICC'VIMmI Wfl'O 
 L- Ht I'lll, iilld 
 
 111, Ii> ! tlifir 
 
 HllnVt'ls liiiil 
 
 iw and could 
 tlicy li;ul tci 
 i\v. ffiiin the 
 i'iii,'iiu' and 
 y iimii with 
 :'!^ino ti) our 
 tho " snow- 
 fritni wliLiice 
 bijfore (>ur 
 u'k to rons- 
 iioruin:^. 
 lat (iiu! tiack 
 I Chicliester, 
 I hud enu'iii^- 
 rivi'd in dui- 
 . the mec'tinv' 
 count of the 
 iny out fr mi 
 o\v, and the 
 le iinie visi- 
 llfat,'ue, Mr. 
 d uio to din- 
 or thf night. 
 |er stoviii wa.s 
 ortsniouth, 
 the rou,,di 
 landed on 
 fall of snow 
 nd than on 
 ally blocked 
 oadiuL,' from 
 " put up " 
 ill were dis- 
 d room \va3 
 leiicient,iV:c. 
 lireukfast 
 U'breakfast- 
 , the cotlce 
 tables were 
 e paid, and, 
 ost, I has- 
 <!e to Wes 
 
 i 
 
 Cowes. On lau'liui^ wo were L(l,id to learn poor people were only saved front sturva- 
 tliai an engine hail run from Cowes to j tioii by th»' exertion ot friends frmi with- 
 X«wi)ort very late the i>re'iiu!4 niulit. ' out, aidetl by tho timely chungo in the 
 After two hours' detention wo started for weather. The snow rapidly di.sappeared, 
 Newiu.rt, a journey of live miles. New- but not without Boine inconvenient Hood- 
 port had been bUsaed with its full hhare in^'s. 
 
 of the anow ; heal s up(.n li'-Hi's piled up ; N\ iUi thii never to bo foryotten v.eek, 
 everywhere; not a vehicle to be seen on »'y peri(d for rest ceases, and on Sunday 
 the streets, i shoiddered my luLr;,'aj,'eand ; next I liav ■• a^ain to c«.me to the collar 
 staitc'l for a tramp to Alvinglon Manor cm the Chatham circuit, where yon may 
 Hou.se, and after a tedious journey of less expect me to lake up the thread of my 
 than two mile.s, sometimes on the road, wanderinLjs. 
 
 and other times in the fields, wearied, l)Ut ' Witli this paper we ctuiimence some ac- 
 thankful, I arrived at my desired haven. | count of r)ur second missionary tour. 
 When the storm was at its hei,i,dit on Mf>n , On Sunday Jan. 3()tli, 18S1, preached 
 day niyht. two clliers were driven against ' at New Hrompton, at lO.'M) .md ti:30. A 
 Hyde Railway Pier, doing not less than ^ children's and young people's service in 
 £"{,000 damage to the pier ; the colliers the afternoon. The :\laster greatly assist- 
 were badly daiua-.d. Thui.vlay night j.^ mt; during the whole day. Ther. is a 
 brought an-ither storm of wind ana .mk.w ; very encouraging work of j^rac ! in progress 
 all locomotion was suspended for .several at this place ; above thirty have already 
 days. The accounts since t.. hand are decided for the Lord. On M-.nday the 
 very exciting. The ■ disasters to shipping Annual Missionary ^-leetiig was huld, we 
 along the coa.st is ai»palling. Tn the had a full Jiou.se, good liberty in speaking, 
 "Dailies," day after day, column after and the c<dlectif n well ahead of last year, 
 column is filled with short paragraph.^, New Bromi)ton is my S[)iritual birth- 
 setting forth tieaths from extreme culd, place ; in the Sunday School beneath the 
 and (.f parties found deail in the snow in Chapel I found peace through believing. 
 all parts of the country. London is de- At that time (yurs was the only Chapel in 
 scribed as if situated in the arctic regions, the place, and the po|»ulation was sir.all, 
 Nothing like it has been experienced in j we should say consideiably less than a 
 the memory of any living man. Business ] thousand souls, now the population isovi>r 
 virtually suspended for days. 1 have l'-^,000, and there are several ydaces of 
 heard (»f familifs on the Island liaving no ! worship. A few years since, tho Cliapel 
 bread to eat f<.r tive days. Speaking of was lengthened. The present congrega- 
 the parish of Cliale, a clergyuivn said , i tion is uncomfortably crowded, and the 
 " The scene baflles description." The fact cry is, enlarge the place of our tent ! Some 
 is, the people generally have notlung in : of the friends have heard their parents 
 store. They are accustomed to lay in pro- , speak of me ; but there are not half a dvzen 
 visions in such small quantities that an in- j wlio had any personal knowledge of me till 
 terruption in or disarrangement of the ■ my recent visit. 
 
 usual channels of supply for a couple if^ Tuesday, Feb Ist. , went to Sheer- 
 days, leaves them destitute, in the ma- ness. Our meeting was a quiet, orderly 
 jority of cases, of the necessiti'is of life, affair ; like a drawing-room party. The 
 During the late snow blockade hundreds influence was g;)od and the collection 
 of well-to-do families were short of coal, ahead. The weather was unfavorable, a 
 lamp oil, bread, potatoes, itc. , while many dense fog lay upon the piace all the after- 
 
 4F 
 
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 45 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 ,1'^ 
 
 J-^ 
 
 noon, and well into the night ; rendering 
 it n.)t only unhealthy for aged and delicate 
 folk to get out ; but pedestrians had ti) be 
 careful,and "walk circumspectly, "otherwise 
 they w(juld certainly have come to grief. 
 The cause in this place is not in a healthy 
 cimdition. I fear there is a combination 
 nf maladies, including alarming symptoms, 
 in connection with the chest and heart. 
 
 Wednesday, by train to Upper Rainham, 
 where I spent the last twoyears previous to 
 my cntraace on Missionary work. I Went 
 through the place and looked upon sundry 
 old spots where, in former years, I was 
 wont to linger. All is changed, so far as 
 the people are concerned, and considerable 
 improvements and additions have been 
 made to the houses. The railway has help- 
 ed it greatly. Walked down the "Station 
 Road" to East Rainham, and had a look 
 at our Chapel there, both without and with- 
 in. It has been enlarged since I last 
 preached in it. Far better and brighter 
 days have been enjoyed at East Rain- 
 ham, then are at present experienced. 
 Passed on to Lower Rainham, where 
 many a happy season was realized in 
 the olden time. In this village the late 
 Bro. William Bailey had an encounter 
 with the parish parson, in which, among 
 other things, the parson twitted Bro. Bai- 
 ley respecting the manner in which he»was 
 supported, to which the latter wittily re- 
 plied, "Well, Sir, the difference between 
 us on that score is a very important one, 
 I am supported by voluntary dubscriptions 
 but you are kept by the parish." In pass- 
 ing through this village I called upon an 
 old friend by the name of Crane, who, with 
 his good wife, gave me a very hearty recep- 
 tion. Bro. Crane is the leading man in 
 the East Rainham society. The work was 
 commenced in Lower Rainham. The 
 Chapel was built in what was conside 'ed 
 a central plac, and with it the Society in 
 Lower Rainham united ; this led to the 
 discontinuing of the services in the place 
 
 Jr^'.<ift8!'ww»t-.- 
 
 last named. I walked t)n to Gillingham. 
 Here we had a tea meeting, and a public 
 meeting in aid of the Chapel Funds. The 
 attendance was much larger than on st.me 
 former occasions. Good liberty wasenjoy- 
 »jd on the platform ; the Master of Assem- 
 blies wa.s with us. The monetary results 
 satisfactory, all things considered. The 
 cause in thia place is very feeble. Much 
 good has been done here in the years past; 
 "Haste again ye days of grace." 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 Thursday, Feb. 3rd, was si)ent in Cha- 
 tham, my native town. Here our friends 
 are, in their way, very conservative. They 
 have once and again, and yet again, ex- 
 pressed a s*;rong desire to avail themselves 
 of my services, which services I have been 
 more than willing to render them ; but 
 there seems to be a particular groove out 
 of which they cannot travel. Their time 
 is hxed for this and for that, and being 
 fixed, as with the laws of the Meades and 
 Persians, there can be no change. It fol- 
 lows, therefore, that, whatever your ar- 
 rangements with other parties, if the 
 Chatham friends wish your aid, and you 
 cannot comply with their wish on the da' e 
 they have named, you'll hear no more 
 about it. They'll not change the date, 
 but seek the needed help elsewhere. Their 
 annual missionary meeting lias, for many 
 years past, been held in the spring. It 
 was ex})ected that, to avail themselves of 
 the assistance of the special deputation, 
 they would have done as many others 
 have done, namely, change the time for 
 holding their meeting ; but nay, special 
 deputation or no special deputation, their 
 meeting must be held at the regular time. 
 When, however, they learned that, unless 
 the deputation addressed them on this 
 great missionary theme during the present 
 week, no other opportunity would present 
 itself, then, at the eleventh hour, they ar- 
 ranged for a special meeting to be held 
 this evening The congregation was large. 
 
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 fi', 
 
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NOTES BV THE WAY. 
 
 46 
 
 Gillin^hatn. 
 and a public 
 Funds. The 
 hail on Some 
 [•y waa enjoy- 
 ;er f»f Asaeui- 
 etary resulta 
 idered. The 
 eble. Much 
 le years past : 
 
 )ent in Cha- 
 
 B our friends 
 
 vative. They 
 
 it aj^ain, ex- 
 
 il themselves 
 
 J 1 have been 
 
 r them ; but 
 
 f groove out 
 
 Their time 
 
 , and being 
 
 Meades and 
 
 ige. It fol- 
 
 er your ar- 
 
 ties, if ihe 
 
 [id, and you 
 
 1 on thedae 
 
 ^ir no more 
 
 |e the date, 
 
 liere. Their 
 
 s, for many 
 
 spring. It 
 
 emselves of 
 
 deputation, 
 
 any others 
 
 le time for 
 
 nay, special 
 
 tion, their 
 
 <,'ular time. 
 
 hat, unless 
 
 m on this 
 
 the present 
 
 |uld present 
 
 r. they ar- 
 
 v.) be held 
 
 was large. 
 
 ^ 
 
 i;i)t withstanding the unfavorable weather. 
 'I'he Master graciously assisted the spt-ak- 
 i-r, 11 blessed intiuence prevailed, and the 
 i ci)llection was liberal. Their ainuial meet- 
 ing will be held at tlie usual time. The 
 ■4 i(>d W(^rk on this circuit i.s progressing, 
 and sinners are turnnig to God. A new 
 chapel in Halstow, a place into which I 
 assisted, as a local preacher, to introduce 
 tlie ministry of the word of life nearly 
 44 years ago, is in course of erection, and 
 is expected to be ready for dedication in 
 Aj.ril next. The people evidence they 
 have "a mind U) work," by the abound- 
 ing of their liberality. It is expected that 
 the entire cost will be met at the dedica- 
 tory services. 
 
 ; LONDON. 
 
 1 
 ■I 
 
 ' Saturday, Feb. 5th, journeyed to London, 
 and was kindly met at Ludgate Hill sta- 
 tion by Bro. Luke, and according to pre- 
 vious arrangement, was conducted to Mr. 
 Treverton's, where I met a hearty recep- 
 tion and a quiet resting place. Mr. Tre- 
 vtrton and his excellent wife are ardent 
 believers in the "Anglo-Israel' theory, 
 and are expectant of the speedy return of 
 oar Lord. It was very refreshing ; more 
 than that, it was soul-inspiring, to meet 
 with such Christian earnestness, and al- 
 though we were not convinced of the cor- 
 lectness of the views in which their souls 
 delighted, we were, nevertheless, greatly 
 stirred by their whole-souled advocacy of 
 that which they believed to be right. 
 
 f Sunday, Feb. 6th, preached at Jubilee 
 |Chapel morning and evening, and held a 
 imeeting with the children and young peo- 
 jple in the afterncxtn. A very good day — 
 ^ery excellent meetings. The lar^e school 
 l^oom has been recently renovated, and 
 lio'.v presents a very attractive appearance. 
 |rhe school is large and well conducted. 
 |l'lie chapel calls loudly for a thorough 
 |!leaning. I was greatly disappointed in 
 he numbers composing the congregation. 
 
 ^h 
 
 On Monday the unfavorable state of the 
 weather told against the tea meeting. The 
 evening meeting, all things C(Misidered, 
 was well attended, and by the brethren 
 and friends pronounced hrat class. 
 
 Tuesday. Afternoon service at Kilburn; 
 good attendance ; blessed inHuence. T»a 
 meeting well patrtaiized. The eveninu 
 meeting waa very enthusiastic, and the 
 collection well ahead of last year. 
 
 Wednesday. The downpour of rain 
 spoiled the tea meeting at Furest Hill, 
 and doubtless kept many persons from the 
 evening meeting. We had a good time, 
 with the Collection in advance of last year. 
 Our friends at this place have set their 
 hearts upon the erection of a new chapel, 
 U> be more commodious and better situated 
 than the present building. 
 
 Thursday. Our nierting was held at 
 Lee. Here the friends have secured u 
 very eligible site on which to (.rect a house 
 for God. At present they worship in a 
 building erected on the rear (^f the site 
 aforesaid, which, when the chapel is built, 
 will be their school room. Our evening 
 service was not crowded. The Master of 
 Assemblies was with us and the receipts 
 largely in advance oi former years. 
 
 Writing on my former visit to London 
 I mentioned my dilttculty respecting our 
 cause there, and hoped that by this time 1 
 should be able to come to some derinite 
 conclusion. I have, however, to confess 
 that I have not been able to make up my 
 mind on this (lueatiijn, and to place mere 
 conjectures on record would not be wise. 
 
 On Friday journeyed to the Isle of 
 Wight, and on Saturday, accompanied by 
 Mrs. Barker, set out for and safely arrived 
 at Bristol, preparatory to Sunday's work. 
 Rest ia a cheery word. 
 
 BRISTOL, — BEUMINSTER. 
 
 I am getting to be pretty well known 
 among the members and adherents of the 
 Bible Christian denomination in this far 
 famed city of Bristol and the town of Bed- 
 
m 
 
 ii 
 
 47 
 
 NOTES BV THE WAY. 
 
 minster. The two are only separated by 
 Ji narrow, dirty river, spanned at several 
 places by Lfood and substantial bridges 
 Here, as in all other lar^e towns and 
 cities, you meet with extremes in cn-ery- 
 thinir. The millionaire and the penniless; 
 the philosopher and the fool ; the relii^i- 
 ious, even to fanaticism, and the most de- 
 based of the irreli,i,'ious, who glorv in their 
 shame. Here we meet with some of the 
 most beautiful unfoldings of relit,Mous life 
 develojied in self aacrificinn toil and con- 
 secration of earthlj' possessions for the 
 Sjood of others, amonji; wJiom we may men- 
 tio:i, to the glory of the Master, the name 
 of out good friends Mr. and Mrs. Terrett, 
 of Church House, Bedminster. Many of 
 our frierd? on this station display great 
 nobility of aoul ; the directly opposite of 
 all this may be witnessed ; the contrast is 
 painful. In the case of Cornelius, of 
 Ciesarea fame, we learn that he fasted, and 
 prayed, and gave ■'ims. Fasting, pray- 
 ing, giving — a trinity in unity. An angel 
 of God informed him that his prayers and 
 alms had " come up as a memorial before 
 God." 8ome, many, modern professors of 
 our h(dy religion appear to have forgotten 
 that fiisting, praying, and giving, are three 
 of the essential elements in true, vigorous, 
 christian life. Jt is safe to sa}' that, in 
 proportion to tiie ])opulation, as much 
 squallor and wretchedness is to be seen on 
 the streets of He<lminster as in any other 
 town in England and Wales. In the 
 suburbs jf this busy hive, nature has been 
 very j)rodigal of her gifts ; beautiful, love- 
 ly, most picturesque, are the adjectives 
 irst upon the lip as you gaze around, 
 ivondering, admiring, adoiing. " The 
 'land that made it is divine." 
 
 The rec<dlection of the Conference ser- 
 
 ices and the annual meeting subsequent- 
 
 1 • held at Redclitt' Crescent Chapel, had 
 
 icouraged the friends at Gladstone street, 
 
 .'.I'istol, to expect a good time. Having 
 
 iv limed that our God is the hearer and an- 
 
 sverer of prayer, to Him they rei)aire(l. 
 nor did they ask in vain 
 
 On Sunday, Feb. 13, we had good con- 
 gregations. The Holy Spirit graciously 
 aided me in the morning and evening ser- 
 vices ; the influence was ])articularly good. 
 Mr. Jenkins (Congregational) preached in 
 the afternoon to an appreciative audience 
 We had a season of unuKual power in tlit 
 prayer meetiuLr, at tlie close of the even 
 ing service. The blessed results of the si 
 services will be reaped another day. 
 
 On Monday the extremely wet weather 
 was against tl)e tea meeting, and told upon 
 the evening's gathering ; nevertheless, we 
 had a tirst class ineetini,'. and (he collection 
 will aliead of last year, which, all things 
 considered, was more than a little remark 
 able, seeiiiL^ that last year a specia appeal 
 was made for £2 to bring it U[> ; winch ai' 
 peal was responded to by four persons 
 giving ten hhillinys each ; now, without 
 any sucli appeal, it was more than £2 in 
 i advance of last year, including the result 
 of the appeal. Give God the praise. 
 
 DHAYCOTT. 
 
 Tuesday, to Draycott. The scenery be- 
 tween Jiristol and Draycott is splendid ; ;i 
 regular feast for the eyes. Bros. Roust; 
 and Penrose met me at the station. Bro 
 Orchard, the pastor of the circuit, was ab 
 sent, attending to the solemn duties con- 
 nected with the burial of his father. Our 
 dear friend and brother, and fellow soldiei 
 in many a hard fought battle, Thomas 
 Woolridge, now r)n the superannuated list, 
 resides in this village. Heie, also, Misy 
 Garland, daughter of our good brother 
 Thos. W. (larland, has, for years past, 
 kept a school for young ladies, in which 
 she has earned for herself a uood name. 
 Rumor has it, that Draycott in particular, 
 and the public in general, are likely soon 
 to be deprived of her valuable services in 
 this department. One of our young min- 
 isters has been fishing in those waters, and 
 proved himself, so it is said, a successful 
 
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 f 
 
 hi 
 B 
 ti< 
 
 mi 
 
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 i««»(«««iw«»»*r^^ 
 
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1 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 48 
 
 1 tluiy repaired 
 
 ; had ^'ood con 
 
 spirit Ljrricidiisly ^ 
 
 and evening ser- 
 
 lartioularly good. 
 
 nal) preached in 
 
 dative audience. 
 
 al power in thr 
 
 ise of the even 
 
 results of these ■ 
 
 other day. 1 
 
 icly wet weather 1 
 
 ig, and told upon | 
 
 nevertheless, we ■; 
 
 nd (he collection 
 
 •hicli, all thin!,'s ^ 
 
 f 
 
 1 a little remark i 
 
 a ppecia appeal | 
 
 it i!!< ; wliicli ail ^i 
 
 by four persons ' 
 
 1 ; now, without . 
 
 ore than £2 in | 
 
 dill!,' the result | 
 
 the praise. 
 
 1'he scenery be 
 t is splendid ; a | 
 IJros. House 
 station. Bro 
 circuit, was ab 
 nm duties con- 
 is father. Our 
 id fellow soldier 
 lattle, Thomas 
 arannuatedliat, 
 eie, also. Miss 
 {food brother 
 or years past, 
 ies, in which 
 la L'ood name, 
 in particular, 
 •e likely soon 
 e services in 
 iir youny min- 
 |se waters, and 
 a successful 
 
 ■*h 
 
 I 
 
 angler. Draycott ia an irregularly built 
 village of the old fashion type ; '* beauti- 
 ful for situation ;" a healthy spot. We 
 had a successful missionary meeting, with 
 Bro. Wooldridge in the chair, and the collec- 
 tion in advance of former years 
 
 BRIDOEWATER. 
 
 Wednesday, to Rridgewater. Bro. Hig- 
 man greeted me on the railway platform. 
 The evening meeting was a success ; a 
 gracious influence, and the collection in 
 advance. The receipts in Bridgewater 
 alone will be in advance of the total re- 
 ceipts on the station last year. Souls have 
 been gathered in at this place since the 
 last Conference. We question the pro- 
 priety of this ground being wtn-ked as a 
 one preacher's station. 
 
 On Thursday forenoon, piloted by Bro. 
 Higman, we visited some points cf interest 
 in the town. The Town Hall, particularly 
 the Council Chamber, with its splendidly 
 figured tapestry, is very interesting, and 
 well worth seeing. We are indebted to 
 Bridgewater for the raw material from 
 which the famous " Bath brick " is made. 
 An early dinner, and then off to Taunton. 
 As per previous arrangement, Mrs. Bar- 
 ker met me at Bridgewater station. Bro. 
 Penwarden awaited our coming on the 
 Taunton platform. In the afternoon we 
 had a tea meeting on a small scale. Met 
 with a number of old friends. Our hearts 
 burned within us while we talked of the 
 days of yore. " How sweet their memory 
 still." 
 
 W6 had a good meeting in the evening. 
 The receipts were not put together — the 
 financial result unknown. 
 
 WELLINGTON. 
 
 Friday, to Wellington, acc<tmparied by 
 Bro. Penwarden. Bro. Dark, an old 
 friend, formerly of the Shebbear Circuit, 
 met us at the station. An afternoon ser- 
 vice, held in the Baptist lecture room, was 
 not numerously attended ; it was a good 
 meeting. The tea meeting held in our 
 
 own chapel was well attended. The even- 
 ing meeting was held in the Baptist lec- 
 ture room. We had a full house ; a very 
 superior meeting, and the collection well 
 in advance of last year. Our Baptist 
 friends placed us under great obligations 
 by their cheerful kindness. Our cause in 
 this town has made but little, if any, ad- 
 vance. The same little chapel (inconveni- 
 ently situated) as we had thirty-tive years 
 ago. Society small, and, with few excep- 
 tions, in humble circumstances. P)Ut 
 these thintis will not satisfactorily account 
 for the lack of progress. There are .some 
 noble souls with us to-day, notably, one 
 good woman, a host in herself, exerting. 
 as well she may, great influence over 
 others. These facts increase my difhculty. 
 Why is not the cause more prosperous in 
 the town of Wellington ? There is auau.se. 
 What is it / On a visit to this town about 
 30 years ago,! was very kindly entertained 
 by Mr. T. , since deceased. In tiie 
 course of conversation, be informed me 
 of his methcd of giving to sustain the mis- 
 sionary and other good institutions ; it was 
 in substance as follows : First, 1 settle my 
 accounts every Saturday night, and set 
 aside a certain sum (according to rule) f<ir 
 the Lord. Second : I then go up stairs, 
 where I keep a box divided into several 
 compartments labelled " British and For- 
 eign Bible Society," "Tract Society," 
 "Bible Christian Missionary Society," 
 Ac. , and distribute the money among them, 
 according to what I believe to be their 
 respective claims to be upon me. Third ; 
 Then, at the annual meetings of those 
 several societies, or the annual call of their 
 collecting; agents, I take out of eacli par 
 ticular compartment all I find therein and 
 hand it over, and this is what they have : 
 that, and no more. The next Saturday 
 night I begin again. Who *^ill no and do 
 
 likewise 1 
 
 Saturday, travelled to Plymouth. VV'aa 
 
 met at the station by Bros. Dyniotid and 
 
 Maynard, and by the former was c nduct- 
 
4i) 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 1^ 
 
 I' 
 
 ed to my home while in Plymouth. Don't ; reaped by other hands— the sower and the 
 ask if I felt weary. ; reaper shall rejoice togetliei;. One younj? 
 
 PLYMOUTH AND UKVONFOKT. 1 man introduced himself to me as the 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 20. -The day fixed for ! grandson of our old friend Copp, former- 
 the sermons, preparatory to the annual ^V of the Shebbear circuit. "..You bap- 
 missionary meetings, was, by our friends 1 1^^^'^ '"«'" ^^^^^ ^e, " by the name of Ce- 
 in Devonport and Plymouth, looked for- 
 
 ward to with higli expectations ; this was 
 to be credited, at least in part, to the fact 
 that the meetings held in the fall of last 
 year at Haddington Road and Stonehouse, 
 till' same circuit, the presence and 
 
 in 
 
 powii (if (i( d were strikingly manifest. 
 
 The .1 ,y opened prnpitiously-the orb of I l^rge numbers at the tea meeting 
 
 phas Barker." Learning that he was car- 
 nally minded, I pressed his immediate sur- 
 render to God ; he trembled greatly, but 
 refused to yield. Alas I who dare con- 
 template the eternally sad consequences of 
 '•Not now 1" 
 On Monday the peopK; assembled in 
 
 The 
 
 (lay Hiiig his cheering rays over this net- 
 work Mf towns. Bro. Lee, a former min- 
 istiM- -pf this circuit, was my O'-Heague in 
 the deputationship. Bro. Lee toi>k the 
 morning service at Zion street, Plymouth, 
 the afternoon service at Torpoint, and the 
 evening service at King street, Devon- 
 port, in e!«ch of which he was greatly aided 
 by Him whose servant he is. I entered 
 upon my day's toil under an unusual (al- 
 most depressing) sense of the tremendous 
 responsibility associated therewith ; con- 
 scious, as I ascended the rostrum stairs, 
 unless the Lord helps me I signally fail. 
 But verily Ood did help me. At the 
 morning service, King street, Devr nport, 
 we had a good congregation, good influ- 
 ence, and good liberty. At Zion street, 
 Plymouth, the afternoon service was de- 
 voted CO the children and young people ; 
 an excellent time we had — a time net soon 
 to be forgotten. At the evening service 
 the building was crowded in every part ; 
 extra seats in the aisles, both up stairs 
 and down, and where people could stand 
 there they stood. The Holy Spirit help- 
 ed the jireacher ; it was therefore, a sea- 
 son of great liberty and power. Hundreds 
 of persons remained at the prayer nieet- 
 iuLf. Great solemnity rested upon them, 
 and 1 was greatly disappointed that no 
 ime publicly professed to begin a new life. 
 The seed must grow— the harvest will be 
 
 evening service will long live in the mem 
 orios t)f both speakers and lio^rers. The 
 occupants of the platform .ind pews were 
 under a special inspiration ; there was 
 liberty und power everywhere, and the 
 hnancial result was £11, 12s in advance 
 of the previous year. 
 
 On Tuesday I went to Tavistock, a town 
 not much changed during the last thirty 
 years. .The noble House of Bedford has 
 long exerted a great influence in this sec- 
 tion of the country. In this circuit, of 
 which Tavistock is the head, our friends 
 have, of late, had great trouble. Their 
 ministers proved unfaithful to their ordi- 
 nation vows, and, strange to say, succeed- 
 ed hi persuading themijelves that the dis- 
 tinguishing tenets held by us, as Noncon- 
 formists, touching the headship of Christ, 
 &c., were wrong, and that they could, in 
 all good conscience, swallow the headship 
 of Her Majesty the Queen, baptismal re- 
 generation, priestly absoluticm, «&c. How 
 they managed to get it down, this deponent 
 saith not; " guess" there must have been 
 more than one "gulp" required. However 
 that might have been, down it went, and 
 the Bishop of the Diocese received them 
 into his fond embrace, and, shortly after, 
 found employment for them within the 
 enclosed pasturage of the Parliamentary 
 Church of England. By the way, viewed 
 from one standpoint, this fact is no mean 
 
 
I 
 
 ower and the 
 One young 
 t me as the 
 )opp, former- 
 ".. You bap- 
 name of Ce- 
 ,t he was car- 
 imediate sur- 
 greatly, but 
 lo dare con- 
 isequences of 
 
 assembled in 
 leeting. The 
 ! in the mem 
 lourers. The 
 id pews were 
 ; there was 
 lere, and the | 
 Is in advance 
 
 astockjatown 
 the last thirty 
 Bedford haa 
 e in this sec- i 
 lis circuit, of 
 our friends 
 ouble. Their 
 ;o their ordi- 
 say, succeed- 
 that the dis- 
 as Noncon- 
 ip of Christ, 
 ey could, in 
 the headship 
 baptismal re- 
 |»n, &c. How 
 Ithis deponent 
 lust have been 
 3d. However 
 |it went, and 
 aceived them 
 shortly after, 
 within the 
 [arliamentary 
 way, viewed 
 is no mean 
 
 compliment to the Bible Christian der.om- 
 ination. Well, over tliis renegade busi- 
 ness the circuit had been painfully exer- 
 cised"* Our meeting was not crowded, 
 but accepting the verdict of the preachers 
 and peoj-le, it was a very good time. It 
 certainly had the right ring about it, and 
 the collection was ahead of last year's. 
 
 Wednesday, back to Dev()ni)ort. Here 
 we had another first class meeting — good 
 every way, and notwithstanding the peo- 
 ple have recently made a successful special 
 effort covering many pounds, they put 
 their missionary collection ahead of the; 
 previous year. >Ve had forgotten to say 
 tliat our friends at Zion street are greatly 
 straitened for want of room, and they liave 
 resolved, seeing the present hive will rot 
 hold them to have a swarm. They have 
 taken the initiatory steps toward the erec- 
 tion of another sanctuary, and already 
 several hundreds of pounds have been 
 promised towards that object. 
 
 PENSILVA, 
 
 Liskeard Circuit.— On Thursday took 
 leave of the zealously affected Plymouth 
 people, and travelled tj Pensilva. Here 
 the brethren Broad and Morris gave ine a 
 hearty reception, Pensilva is an irregu- 
 larly built mining village, and, as is c >m- 
 mon with similar pir.ces, it has seen better 
 days. Here we have a decent chapel, al- 
 most free of debt, and, not before it is 
 needed, the friends have reserved to put it 
 into the hands of the renovators. Our 
 afternoon service was well attended, and 
 we had a good time. The evening meet- 
 ing wns of the first order, and as a matter 
 of course, the collection was ahead. Here 
 I met with a valued friend, formerly Mrs. 
 T. Tucker, of Langtree, in the Shebbear 
 circuit, now Mrs. Edgecombe. I had to 
 
 * Since notmg the above, I have understood 
 that one of the brethren in question liiix been | 
 attacked with indigestion, and has found it 
 necessary to take an emetic. In oth^r words, I 
 he ha*« repented, and snppliautly asks to be for- 
 ^•iven and r«ceiv»d back again. ' 
 
 tiiMi aside and tarry for a night at her 
 residence. 
 
 KT. CliEAK. 
 
 Fridav, to St. Clear. In the long ago I 
 used to hear of this place, and the zeal of 
 the people of God resident in these parts. 
 I well remember tlie great pleasure mani- 
 fested by our late Bro. W. Reed, when 
 making a verbal report to the Execurivf 
 Committee of the progress the friends 
 were making in the erection of the chapel 
 in which we assembled this day. Here 1 
 nict with a number of old friends from 
 the Shebbear circuit. I was greatly dis- 
 appf)inted when we arrived ; the place was 
 a strange contrast to what I had pictured, 
 nor was there so much of the old fire as 1 
 had expected to find. Our afternoon ser- 
 vice was an interesting, and, it is hoped, 
 profitable time. There was considerable 
 looking, winking, and nodding one to the 
 other, amidst much gravity, as the preach- 
 er dealt heavy blow upon heavy blow at 
 certain carnal practices resorted to in 
 many places for raising funds with which 
 to carry on the work of God. The tea 
 moetiny was numerously attended. At 
 the service in the evening we had a full 
 houRf The Master helped the speakers, 
 anvl the people responded with a collection 
 .t'3 ahead of last year ; a lareer sum than 
 was ever raised before, even in the palmi- 
 est days in the history of St. Clear. This 
 has been a week of hard work ; of success- 
 ful toil. The weather has been fine, dry 
 and cold ; my health good. Praise the 
 Lfitd. 
 
 TRITRO. 
 
 Saturday, Feb. 26.— On this, the sixty- 
 second anniversary of my natal day, I 
 journeyed from St. Clear to the city of 
 Truro, Mot with Bro. Shilson on the 
 way. We arrived in due course, and were 
 kindly received by Bro. Tremelling, who 
 conducted us to our " Quarters," where 
 every consideration awaited us, I must 
 leave your readers to speculate respecting 
 
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 51 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 tlie variety of reflections occupying my 
 mind en this particular day. 
 
 " When all thy mercies, my God, 
 
 My rising huuI surveys ; 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love and praise." 
 
 On Sunday, preached at Trurii, morning 
 and evening, and at St. Allin-Lane in the 
 afternoon. A very good day. Many per- 
 sons are reported to have been deeply 
 wrought upon, especially during the even- 
 ing service. The afternoon meeting was 
 a little marred by my late arrival. My 
 " Jehu " was unacc^uainted with the road, 
 and three different times took the wrong 
 turning. Thus battled, the hour of three 
 had passed when 1 ascended the pulpit. 
 
 On Monday the annual missionary meet- 
 ing was held at Truio ; there were several 
 other attractioaa in the city, and they told 
 upon our congregation. We had a nood 
 audience, ablessed influence. Andalthough 
 fears had been entertained about the col- 
 lection, it being known that a special gift 
 of £3, counted in last year's receipts, would 
 not be repeated this year, the increased 
 liberality of the friends made the tinancial 
 r«sult as last year. My hrst visit to Truro 
 was in 1842, when lattended theConference 
 in company with the brethren G. Batt, W. 
 S Harris, W. Calloway, and John Brown, 
 tc> be "received into full connexion.'' 
 Bros. Batt and Harris are gone to tlieir 
 rest ; Br.j. Calloway is suptuaniuiatfd, and 
 Bro. Brown and myself continue our 
 toils. Dare any one say to the Master, 
 What doest tliou I Truro, as a town, has 
 undergone many clianges since tlun. Of 
 late years it has been raised to the dignitv 
 of a cathedral city. The opening of the 
 railway gave a considerable impetus to the 
 trade and commerce of the place ; though, 
 in common with all Cornish towns, the 
 depression in the raining interests has 
 seriously interrupted its prosperity. De- 
 nominationally, our experiences in Truro 
 have been very chequered. Now prosper- 
 
 ous, then the opposite of that. The pre- 
 sent prosperous era commenced under the 
 pastorate of Bro. Penwarden. His sue 
 cesser, Bro. Mundy, found the tide well 
 at the flood, and during the four years of 
 his ofhcial c(mnection with the circuit he 
 was honored of the Master with uninter- 
 rupted prosperity. Bro. Tretnelling, the 
 present pastor, took the helm at a vpry 
 auspicious time, and, so far, has met with 
 nothing to test his nautical skill. (Such 
 an experienced mariner is not easily af- 
 frighted.) He has a good ship's crew, well 
 officered, and, with the Divine blessing, 
 will be able to make a good report. At 
 Truro I met with some old friends from 
 the Shebbear circuit. 
 
 POLMASSIOK. 
 
 Tuesday, March 1st , to Polmassick, 
 parish < f St. Ewe, in the Mevagissey cir- 
 cuit. This is an agricultural district. The 
 village or hamlet, is in a miserably dilapi- 
 dated condition. Emigration has depriv- 
 ed it of those who used to be the most 
 thrifty portion of its population ; a suc- 
 cession of bad harvests have not improved 
 it. Polmassick has been famous in by- 
 gone years for its zeal and liberality in the 
 missionary cause, but the death of friends 
 and the general depression of the agricul- 
 i tural interests have seriously affected our 
 i tinancial position. At our evening meet- 
 I ing we had a crowde I house — a very en- 
 ! thusiastic and liberal audience. The good 
 [ Spirit graciuuslv assisted the speakers. 
 I The collectiin was £3 r2s in advance of 
 j the previous year. Gladness and joy were 
 j everywhere. 
 
 I ST. AUSTELL. 
 
 Wednesday, March 2nd. — After leave- 
 I taking, our Iuul' tried friend, Mr. Palmer, 
 , drove me to St. Austell. All nature was 
 , in its best mool, the scenery was 
 enchanting, and the conversation invigor- 
 ating. Took luncheon with my very dear 
 j friends Bro. Griffin (son of our now saint- 
 i ed Brother Edmund Griffin, formerly of 
 
 i?:#«Ki!'*»«.w««' *■■ 
 
 .iW' 
 
NOTES BY THE WAY, 
 
 52 
 
 The pre- 
 i under the 
 
 1. HlB BUG 
 
 e tide well 
 »ur years of 
 9 circuit he 
 ith uninttr- 
 melling, the 
 1 at a v^ry 
 as met with 
 kill. (Such 
 )t easily af- 
 p's crew, well 
 ne blessing, 
 report. At 
 friends from 
 
 Polmassick, 
 vagissey cir- 
 district. The 
 rably dilapi- 
 1 has depriv- 
 e the nidst 
 tion ; a suc- 
 lot imprcived 
 nous in by- 
 rality in the 
 ,h of friends 
 the agricul- 
 affected our 
 ening nieet- 
 a very en- 
 . The good 
 e speakers, 
 advance of 
 vnd joy were 
 
 Ufter leave- 
 
 Ir. Palmer, 
 
 nature was 
 
 benery was 
 
 jon iuvigor- 
 
 very dear 
 
 now saint- 
 
 tormerly of 
 
 Shebbvar, Devon) and his excellent wife. 
 When last here, their only sun was very 
 sick, nigh unto death. God, our Father, 
 has had mercy on them, and their son 
 liveth and enjoyeth life ; who. with their 
 uhly daughter, a dear child, to whom I 
 became greatly attached, add greatly to 
 the happiness of their Christian home. 
 Not without some feeling did I say fare- 
 well, and started by train to Bridtres, for 
 Luxillian, in the Bodmin circuit. Bro. 
 Hocking's welcome smile greeted me at 
 tlie station, and wo walked to the once 
 famous town (a straggling village.) The 
 night was dark, and the wind blew a heavy 
 gale, accomjmnied with rain squalls ; but 
 all this notwithstanding, we had a full 
 house, good influence, and the collection 
 in advance of last year. This circuit has 
 been famous in our denominational his- 
 tory. Mr. O Bryan was of Luxillian, and 
 among the preachers hailing from those 
 parts are Bros. P. Robins, M. Robins, 
 (who shortly after last Conference was 
 called by the Master to serve in the \ip- 
 per Sanctuary) W. Luke, Roacii, Broken- 
 shire, Bray, Higman, Hancock, and others. 
 Tlie parish church has recently undergone 
 a general renovation. The interior is or- 
 namented, (or disfigured) by sundry ancient 
 tablets. Upon a tombstone, of recent 
 erection, near the church door, the follow 
 iug is inscribed : " Therefore be ye ready 
 also, for in an hour that ye think not the 
 Son of Man cometh." — John xii: 40. 
 
 TREZEASE. 
 
 Thursday, went to Trezease On our 
 way we passed the celebrated Roche Rock, 
 on whose summit stands the ruins of an 
 old hermitage. My attention was also 
 directed to the house in which Bros. P. 
 and M. Robins spent their youthful days. 
 
 Preached in the afternoon to a good 
 congregation, considering the downpour of 
 rain. It was expected that this day would 
 have been added to the " red letter " days 
 
 of our Society in this place ; but the high 
 wind and lieavy rain prevented the reali- 
 zation of the hopes previously entertained. 
 The attendance at the tea meeting was far 
 better than, under the circumstances, 
 could have been reasonably expec.ed, and 
 the evening's gathering may be cited in 
 evidence f>f the missionary zeal of our 
 friends at Trozease. We had a famous 
 meeting, and the collection ahead of last 
 year. The journ y to our abode for the 
 niglit was very inteiesting -as dark as 
 pitch — amid the rain and blow. Bro. 
 Hocking assunu^d the duties of guide. Oc- 
 casionally he led me by a way I knew not; 
 then he would advance a few yards and 
 call out to ascertain my whereabouts: 
 " Keep to your left, be careful ! here's a 
 foot bridge to be croSsed, take care I' (no 
 foot bridge could I see.) With great cau- 
 tion I felt for the bridge, and with great 
 care and short steps 1 passed the unseen 
 peril, meantime responding to interroga- 
 tions such as " Are you on it ? Are you 
 all ri«ht ? Are you over T' Our host and 
 hostess were in advance of us ; from them 
 would occasionally come the question, 
 " Where are you ?" To which my guide 
 gave the reassuring reply, " All right." 
 
 TAUNTON. 
 
 On Friday morning left for Taunton. 
 On our way to the station we passed the 
 scdue of last night's peril, nor could we 
 suppress a smile at what, when viewed by 
 the light of day, had caused so much 
 anxiety in the dense darkness of the pre- 
 vious night. How great the diti'erence 
 b«^tween light and darkness. After a 
 " Good-bye" to Bro. Hocking, I stepped 
 on board the cars, and away we went, ar- 
 riving at Taunton at 1:40, where Mrs. 
 Barker awaited my coming. Br<->ther and 
 Sister Penwarden showed us great hospi- 
 tality, and with them we tarried for the 
 night. On Saturday, after a pleasant run 
 across the country <»n three different lines 
 
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 63 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 |l 
 
 of mil way, we arrived at Portsmouth, and 
 wore kindly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jas. Ash. 
 
 PORTSAIOl'TH. 
 
 On Sunday I took the mornini^ and 
 evening services at Brougham Road 
 Chapel. We hud times of refreshiner com- 
 ing from the presence of the Lord. I felt 
 greatly distressed, and failed to get to 
 sleep till morning light, because the un- 
 godly refused to turn unto the Lord. 
 " Who hath believed our report ?" A Mr. 
 Geddes addressed the Sunday School chil- 
 dren in the afternoon. At the Mission- 
 ary Meeting on Monday we had not a 
 large attendance, but we had a good meet- 
 ing, and the cf.llection was in advance of 
 last year. Comparing this station with 
 wh.at it was when ► hrst knew it, and 
 when I left England in the year 185(5. 
 What hath God wrought ? is the question 
 tirst present to the mind. Then we had a 
 small place at the bottom of Little South- 
 sea street, and a somewhat larger place at 
 Landport, in a bad neighborhood, and un- 
 inviting in its appearance. In 1856 Little 
 Southsea Street had been abandoned, and 
 Grusvenor Street Chapel afforded a resting 
 place for the " Ark." Now we have two 
 good Chapels, one on Stamford Street, the 
 other on Brougham Road. The latter is 
 one of the best places of worship we have 
 in England. Both Chapels are commo- 
 dious and attractive. They have school- 
 rooms, class-rooms, itc, attached. The 
 progress has been very gradual ; our 
 friends have gone from step to step. The 
 cause has grown, as the following figures 
 ."how. At Stamford Street in 1874 the 
 seat rents were £27 lOs 9d, they have 
 gone up year by year, till in 1880 they 
 amounted to £61 2s 6d. At Grosvenor 
 Street in 1874 the seat rents amounted to 
 £24 Os 6d ; in 1875, to £29 143 3d ; in 
 1876, to £30 8s Od. In 1877 the congre- 
 gation removed from Grosvenor Street into 
 their new building in Brougham Road, and 
 
 the seat rents went up to £99 9a od ; in 
 1878, they amounted to £111 ; in 1879. to 
 £122 Os Od, and the first three .juarters of 
 1880 amounted to £123 12a 6d. 
 
 In 1873 the membership at Grosvenor 
 Street was 87 ; in 1877, 119 ; at Christ- 
 mas, 1880, the membership at Brougham 
 Rodd numbered 234. So it hath pleased 
 God to prosper the labors of his servants. 
 "Praise Him all ye people I Sing unto 
 Him with a loud noise." The minister 
 lives in a respectable house, in a respecta- 
 ble part of the town. All is changed, and 
 changed for the better. Res]iecting the 
 present pastor, Bro. Honey, there is one 
 general regret that his term of four years 
 service will end at the coming Conference. 
 
 CHICHKSTEK. 
 
 Tuesday, March 8th.— The city of Chi 
 Chester. Bro. Jabez Honey met me at 
 the station, and conducted me to the resi- 
 dence of a dear old friend, Bro. Jcjhn Leng, 
 In the afternoon, Bro. W. Drew, (super- 
 annuated), called at Bro. Leng's to see 
 me. In 1839, the preachers appointed to 
 the Brighton and Chichester Missions, — 
 they were worked under one pastorate — 
 were J. Brooks, C. Barker, J. Leng. In 
 1840, one and two remained ; Bro. L. was 
 removed, and Bro. Drew took his place. 
 We had a very enjoyable season while 
 talking of old friends and old times. The 
 friends took tea together in the chapel ', 
 we had a good meeting in the evening ; 
 good attendance ; the collection in advance 
 of last year. The Chichester Mission has 
 long been separated from Brighton, and 
 lias also been locally contracted : several 
 out stations have been abandoned, where, 
 forty years ago, we had good congrega- 
 tions and living societies. A feeling of 
 sadness comes over one, when looking 
 back to fields to which hard toil was de- 
 voted ; in the cultivation of which there 
 was much self-sacrifice, weariness and fast- 
 ing ; places rendered sacred by the mani- 
 fested presence and power of the Head o f 
 
 H}- 
 
NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 54 
 
 50 fts 5cl ; in 
 ; in 1870. to 
 B -luarters of 
 
 t Gr«j8venor 
 ; at Christ- 
 ,t Bri)U«4hani 
 liath pleaseil 
 liis servants. 
 ! Sing unto 
 'h« minister 
 n a resptjcta- 
 jhanged, and 
 ispectinK the 
 there is (;ne 
 if fu\ir years 
 ; Conference. 
 
 city of Chi 
 met me at 
 e to the resi- 
 1. J(jhn Leng. 
 ►rew, (super- 
 eng's to see 
 appointed to 
 ■ Missions, — 
 pastorate — 
 Leng. In 
 Bro. L. was 
 k his place, 
 easun while 
 times. The 
 [the chapel ; 
 e evening ; 
 n in advance 
 Mission has 
 ighton, and 
 ted : several 
 ned, where, 
 d conerega- 
 feeling of 
 en looking 
 oil was de- 
 which there 
 ess and fast- 
 y the mani- 
 he Head o f 
 
 ^F 
 
 
 
 thoroughly enjoyed 
 
 the Church ; where much persecutit 
 endured and triumphed over ; where many j A clergyman, anxious to magnify his 
 precious souls were led out of darkness in- ! office, refused to give Christian burial to 
 to God's marvellous light, and made heirs of I the mortal remains of a dear little boy, the 
 God, and joint heirs with his Son Jesusjthe [ child of one of our friends. The ground 
 Christ. To think of such places, hallowed ; of that refusal, he stated, was, "the child 
 by a thousand memories, now labelled has not been baptizfid. " A copy of the 
 "given up," "given up," is to feel sad. | registry of the baptism of the child wan 
 Why were they "given up" i Why ? The I placed in his hands ; to which he replied, 
 journeys were too long, etc. Tell it not , <'that fellow," (referring ti» myself,) "has 
 in Gath ! In the city, the chapel and I no authority to baptize, the whole thing 
 house property has been changed for the i is illegal." All remonstrance A^as with- 
 bettor,and I understood that all the Con- „ut avail. At length, the Bishop of the 
 nexional property on this station is, with Diocese was appealed to, who, after hear- 
 a trifling exception, free from debt. Dur- jng the whole case, kindly wrote a letter 
 ing my stay on this Circuit, from the Con- instructing the parish priest t«> proceed to 
 ference of 1839 to the Conference of 1841, \ the burial * f the child, informing him that 
 Bro. Brooks was the Pastor. He was a ' to refuse to do so would be at his peril ; 
 good man and one of the best of Pastors ; ! the funeral followed in due course. 
 
 it was a privilege to labor under his direc 
 tion. In several places the people were 
 
 Preaching, for the tirst time, by the 
 roadside in a Parish about five miles from 
 
 poor, too poor to entertain us, consequent- the city, the clergyman, shortly after the 
 ly we had to walk during the year, in the | service commenced, joined the congrega- 
 agyrygate, hundreds of miles, which, under j tion, and remained an attentive listener 
 more favorable circumstance?, it would | till the close ; he then assured me of the 
 have been unnecessary to do. Much op- 1 pleasure it gave him to welcome me to his 
 position had to be met. Some of the i parish, and, provided I preached nothing 
 clergy of the Parliamentary Church, for- 1 contrary to the discourse he had then lis- 
 getting their proper vocation, not only ! tened to, he cordially invited me to repeat 
 neglected those whose souls' health they my visit, and he would persuade the people 
 
 were specially charged to promote, but I to come and hear me, which thing he did, 
 bitterly persecuted the men, who, impell- ; and I had several opportunities of preach- 
 ed by the love of the Master, strove to ; jng to his parishioners the unsearchable 
 
 persuade them to be reconciled to God. j riches of Christ. 
 
 One Sunday evening, when in the act of 
 
 closing an open air service, just beyond 
 
 the city walls, where a large audience had 
 
 listened, not without some interruptions, 
 
 to the Gospel message, some five or six 
 
 of the city clergy were scattered in the 
 
 crowd, I was set upon by the roughs, 
 
 stones were thrr»wn with considerable vio- 
 lence, and while many of them fell wide 
 
 of the mark, others were delivered with a 
 
 truer aim, adding nothing to my comfort, 
 
 nor did they cease their stone throwing 
 
 until I had entered the city. The clergy 
 
 LIPHOOK. 
 
 On Wednesday, March 9th, travelled to 
 Liphf)ok, formerly connected with the 
 Farnham Mission, to which I was appoint- 
 ed Pastor in 1844. Then we preached in 
 part of a building which had been used as 
 a brew-house, now the preaching is done 
 in a neat chapel. Then there was 
 life, and power, and blessing. Now, alas! 
 all is changed. Bro. Denning met me at 
 the station, and under his hospitable roof 
 I found a home during my stay. We had 
 a tea meeting in miniature, the public 
 
IF 
 
 55 
 
 NOTES BV THE WAV. 
 
 i 
 
 nieetinij was thinly attended. The. Mas- 
 ter assisted the speakers ; my t)ld friend, 
 Htu. (i. Warren, performed the duties of 
 the chair ; the collection vent ahead of the 
 
 previous year. 
 Thursday njorniny, left Liphtiok, not 
 
 without a siyh, for Portsmouth, <.a mnte 
 for Ryde, Isle of Wight. Calling at 
 my friend's, Mr. Hill, at Southsea, my 
 needs were liberally supplied,and jaded na- 
 ture refreshed. At Ryde, our meeting, I 
 thought thinly attended, though the Pastor 
 said thtre were forty personsmore than he 
 had ever seen there at a Missionary Meeting. 
 At each of the other churches in the town 
 there was something 8])ei;ial that evening, 
 which fact, there can be no doubt, told 
 upon our meeting. We had an excellent 
 titne and the colleclic n was in advance of 
 the previous year. The town of Ryde 
 lias been greatly improved and extended, 
 since 1 walked its streets in 185G. Its 
 lengthened pier forms one of the tinest 
 pnmienades in the Kingdom. The rail- 
 way extends to the Pier Head, so that the 
 traveller has but a few yards to walk from 
 the railway car to the steam "Packet." 
 We had no cause in Ryde in 1856 ; now 
 we have a good chapel and minister's re- 
 sidence adjoinintr. 
 
 NEWPORT. 
 
 On Friday, travelled to Newport by 
 train, walked to Alvington Manor House, 
 thence Bro. J. L. Manning drove me to 
 Newbridge, where, report, said I was ex- 
 pected that evening, On our arrival we 
 learned that we had acted under wrong 
 information ; no Meeting had been pub- 
 lished ; thus disappointed, we return- 
 ed to Alvington, where I was glad to rest 
 the following day, in preparation for Sun- 
 day's work. 
 
 On Sunday, March 13th, took the morn- 
 ing and evening services at Newport, and 
 addressed the Sunday School in the after- 
 noon. Good congregations, particularly 
 so in the evening ; we were favored with 
 the presence of the Master, and the word 
 
 was with power. Newport is the Capit%Iof 
 tlie Island. The opening of the railway 
 I gave new life to the enterprise of its citi- 
 zens, and grtat improvements meet the 
 eye, particularly in the suburbs, where a 
 large number of very pretty and commodi- 
 ^ ous villas have been erected. Newport is 
 I a Parliamentary Borough. Its local af- 
 I fairs are managed by a Mayor, Aldermen, 
 and Councillors, in which the Noncon- 
 formists are well represented. The town, 
 ] being well situated for drainage, is one of 
 i the cleanest and most healthy places to bo 
 , found in the United Kingdom. In the 
 earlier days of our Denominational history, 
 on this Island, we were accustomed to 
 preach in a small dwelling house,nor was it 
 i .vlways an easy matter to find an "'Obed* 
 ; edom. ' During the pastorate of Bro. James 
 1 Way, now in Australia, a chapel and dwell- 
 1 ing house were erected in Quay Street. 1 
 , was at that time 2nd preacher on the 
 Isle of Wight Circuit ; we were four in 
 number. Then the Island was worked as 
 one Circuit ; now it is divided into three 
 : Circuits. There are six brethren in full 
 I Work, and two superannuated bretliren 
 I assisting them as their health and strength 
 will permit ; to thesewe must add astrtmg 
 I staff of eliicient local preachers. 
 ; The erection of the chapel and dwelling 
 i house at Newport did not, at the 
 first, meet with the hearty approval of 
 some of our best friends, but as time pass- 
 i od away the wisdom of the procedure was 
 gracefully admitted, and now, having out- 
 1 grown the tirst house, our friends worship 
 i in one of the best chapels in the denomi- 
 I nation. Takt^n as a .vhole, it is certainly 
 i one of thecompletest buildings of the kind 
 I we have ever seen. The civic authorities 
 and the ciiizens generally have shown, 
 not in words only, but in deeds, their ap- 
 preciation of this advanced movement of 
 our friends. May the glory of this latter 
 house be greater than that of the former 
 house. Amen. 
 
 
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 theCapitiilof 
 thu railway 
 ise uf its citi- 
 nte itieut the 
 rbs, wiiere a 
 iiiil coiniuodi- 
 Newport is 
 
 Its lucal af- 
 r, AJtlerinen, 
 the Nnncon- 
 , The town, 
 age, U one of 
 y [)lace8 to bo 
 loin. In the 
 ktional history 
 ccustouied to 
 use, nor was it 
 i an "'Ubed- 
 
 ofBro. James 
 pel and dwell- 
 lay Street. 1 
 iacher on the 
 »vere four in 
 
 UH worked as 
 into three 
 iren in full 
 
 ted brethren 
 
 and strength 
 add a strong 
 
 B. 
 
 and dwelling 
 
 lot, at the 
 
 approval of 
 
 as time pass- 
 
 cedure was 
 
 having out- 
 
 nds worship 
 
 he denomi- 
 
 is certainly 
 
 I of the kind 
 authorities 
 ,ve shown, 
 8, their ap- 
 ovement of 
 E this latter 
 
 SAN DOW .V. 
 
 the Lord was in the midst of us ; the coT- 
 
 On Monday, we repaired to Sajidbwn, lection in advance of last year 
 (of which place I liad stnnething to say in 
 
 NEWIHtKT. 
 
 former paper.) The friends had been ; On Wednesday, at Newport ; the atten- 
 ; buovantly l(»okin« for this day, expectant Ulance was good, the uiootiiig first class, 
 I of good things ; nor were they disappoint- and the collection more than €7 ahead of 
 tid. On the previous day, Sunday, the last year's, 
 t-reacher had been enabled to preacli the sorTHAMt'TON. 
 
 word " in power:- that fact had increased , Thursday, left the Tsle of Wight f..r 
 their fa.th in reference to this evening's Southampton, where tea was served to not 
 'atheriug. We had a full house ; the ^ ''^^'^e company. The cause here, at 
 Speakers were in go.,d trim. We had a Melbourne street, must receive the prompt 
 favorable breeze from the celestial hills. *"<! 8^'""»« attention of the Missionary 
 . All hearts were stirred, and the collecti..n ^ )m-mttee. In fact, the working of this 
 I was in advance of last year. Within the "^'««i"" "'»«^ undergo a radical chanjre, .,r 
 j last twelve months oiu- friends in Sand..wn I M'-^ery ^i its death, so far as the town <T 
 I have had cloudy and dark day8,not a few. Southampton is concerned, will not be 
 I The etJbrts of the present pastor have been chronicled at an early date. We had a 
 ' blessed by the Master. The old chapel, Pl-'od meeting, with tlie collection m ad- 
 .ituated in Broadlane, as it was called ^''"^e of last year, 
 thirty years ago, where signs and wonders holsworthv. 
 
 were wrought in the name of the L.>rd Friday, travelled fr-m Sotithamptrm to 
 .Jesus, (what my heart has felt in Broad- Holsworthy, in whicli town I had engaged, 
 lane chapel no language can describe) was, ;»»* 8P«c'*i f*^^'^*-' '" assis^ at the annual 
 I years since, abandoned for the present Missionary Meeting. I found the pastor, 
 chapel, and now, once more, the walls are ^'•"- "^^ I^^^'^' "" ^'^^ sick list ; but such 
 too strait, and the cry is, " we have not "^s ^is anxiety respecting the meeting, 
 room wherein to dwell," to which cry the ^^^^ ^'^ ^^^^ '"« ^^^ ^o attend it, for which 
 response, "The God of heaven, He wiir »«* ''^ afterwards paid a penalty. Na- 
 prosper us; therefore we. His servants, ture's laws are not violated with impunity. 
 I will arise and build," has already been ^^^ ^ad an excellent service-good atten- 
 viven. dance, blessed influences, and the collec- 
 
 VBNTNOR. tion in advance of last year's. 
 
 Tuesday, our meeting was in the world- ; st. .iust. 
 
 famed town of Ventnor. On my first visit Saturday morning, took my leave of 
 to this town I preached in a dwelling Holsworthy, and journeyed all the way to 
 house. During the pastorate of Bro- St. Just, in Cornwall. This was a tedious 
 James Way a chapel was erected, in wliich journey. Met with Bro. Batt, at Truro, 
 many, very many, have been turned from bound for Penzance, where he was ex- 
 darkness to" light, and from the power of pected to preacli preparatory sermons 
 Satan unto God. Now our friends wor- on Sunday. Bro. Gilbert awaited our 
 hip in a much larger chapel, nearer the coming at Penzance station, and conduct- 
 igh street ; a commodious and attractive ed us to the residence of our late 'highly 
 lace of worship. They have entered on a , esteemed friend and Bro. — Tancock ; 
 ew era in their history, and with the Di- \ where good sister Tancock had kindly 
 ine blessing will not fail of a prosperous made provision tor our physical necessi- 
 uture. Our meeting was well attended; ties, of which I hastily partook,. without 
 
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 67 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 i"? 
 
 unloosing my sandals f»r throwing off my 
 coat, and then, accompanied by the Breth- 
 ron (Jilheit and Batt, hurried away to 
 cntch the *' Bus, " bound for St. Just. At 
 the " Bus " stand Bro. Dingle, from Red- 
 ruth, was waiting the hour of departure. 
 Bros, (lilbert and Batt bade us 
 r.od speed and returned to town. 
 And now Bro. Dini^le and mystdf were 
 unexpectedly in f<jr a rather severe lesson 
 in Christian patience and forbearenoe. 
 The "Bus" man, desirous of obliging 
 every one, delayed his departure until 
 mure than one hour after the time adver- 
 tised for the start. At length, after eight j 
 o'clock, we are off, then we stop — make 
 another start, then stop, and then another 
 start. (It appears tliat there is as much 
 truth as poetry in the adage "There is 
 always r.)om for one more in a ' Bus.'" 
 We are otl now. Several of the passen- 
 gers were the worse for strong drink, 
 and to our annoyance we had to listen to 
 mucix profane talking. Not on the Amer- 
 ican continent have 1 ever listened, in so 
 short a time, to so much cursing and swear- 
 ing as fell upon my ear during that jour- 
 ney ; it was simply horrible. To add to 
 mir discomfort, the night was dark and 
 our vehiile was innocent of a lighted lamp. 
 At 10 o'clock we arrived at our destiny, 
 glad to escape from such a hell upon earth. 
 Byo. Jeftery awaited our coming, and we 
 were soon domiciled for that night. After 
 retiring to rest, I was too weary to sleep, 
 and wished for morning. When the morn- 
 ing came poor jaded nature cried out "a 
 little more sleep," Sunday morning call- 
 ed us to a renewal of our toils, and in due 
 course I whs placed in charge of a guide, 
 and we walked to Trewellard. Here we 
 have a good chapel, with a very inviting 
 interior. The congregation was large and 
 the influence blessed. After dinner we 
 walked back to St. .Just, where a large 
 audience awaited my coming. There was 
 no room for th*i question, "Is the Li(.»rd 
 
 among us?" In the evening we had a full 
 house. Special aid was atlorded me while 
 preachint' the word, and I felt contidont 
 that we should have a full " draught," but 
 I was sadly disappointed. I called for. a 
 prayer meeting, and urged the people to 
 remain. Very few persons left after the 
 benediction was pronounced, and the pray- 
 er meeting commenced under very happy 
 influences. Error Ist, the sexton extin- 
 guished the lights in the gallery, as I 
 afterwards learned, Ist, as a nirttter of 
 economy, and 2nd with the view of induc- 
 ing the people to go down into the body 
 of the chapel. Under ordinary circum- 
 stances that migtit be good policy, but m 
 this case there was not room for them in 
 the body of the chapel ; therefore, when 
 they were deprived (jf the gas light they 
 walked down and out. Error 2nd, was 
 long and dreary singing. Certain i ersjna 
 acted as though they det ned themselves 
 special!}' commissioned from heaven to 
 cimduct the seryice of s'jng. After twn 
 I'jng singings from Sankey and Moody's 
 selection, under the soporific influences of 
 which no inconsiderable portion of the 
 people showed signs of sleepiness. 1 suc- 
 ceeded in arousing them by giving out, 
 
 "God loved the world and gave His Son 
 To drink the cup of wrath," &c. 
 
 This was followed by a brief exhorta- 
 tion and two prayers, and we seemed to bt- 
 «mce more on the stretch for the prize dis- 
 appointment was our lot, for " >on 
 back to our sleepiness. The .o kept 
 leaving, until at the close, a 1» e after 
 o'clock, not more than a fifth of the vim- 
 I ber with whom we began remained. 1 hus 
 this golden opportunity was sacrificed on 
 the altar of- -What ? 
 
 I have dwelt upon this subject at great- 
 er length than I otherwise should have 
 done, but for the fact that I have seen the 
 life of more than one meeting killed by 
 the singing process. Sankey and Moody's 
 selection is well enough in its place, and 
 
 
i; we had a full 
 rded nio while 
 folt conbdont 
 draught," but 
 I called fur.n 
 the people to 
 loft after the 
 Land the pray 
 er very happy 
 aexton extiri- 
 ( jjiillery, as 1 
 s a matter of 
 view of induc- 
 into the body 
 dinarv circuiu 
 policy, but Hi 
 m for them in 
 liereforo, when 
 gaa light they 
 Irror 2nd, was 
 Certain i ers^na 
 led themselves 
 Dm heaven tt; 
 ig. After two 
 and Moody's 
 ic influences of 
 x)rtion of the 
 piness. 1 suc- 
 giving out, 
 wave His Son 
 
 brief exhorta- 
 
 e seemed to bf 
 
 the prize )i8- 
 
 jr " -lOon 
 
 le .0 kept 
 
 ■ after 1» 
 
 h of tlie V m- 
 
 mained. 'i/iiis 
 
 sacrificed on 
 
 ibject at great- 
 should have 
 I have seen the 
 sting killed by 
 jy and Moody's^ 
 its place, and 
 
 NOTES HV TIIK WAY. 
 
 58 
 
 I 
 
 -*? 
 
 may be ot great service when used judi- j 
 ciously, but those who use it sliouhl re- | 
 member that it is «)ne tiling to make a ' 
 noine in i)ronouncing the words ; it is j 
 iinotlier, and a very different tiling, to | 
 sing with the pathos, the sympathy, the 
 sv)ul, characteristic of Mr. 8ankey's sing- 
 ing. 
 
 PKNZANCE. 
 
 Monday, our meeting was hold at Pen- 
 zance. Not a largo audience nor a very 
 enthusiastic meeting. The pe(»|)le, for 
 reasons I did not exactly understand, re- 
 solved that the collection should not be 
 equal to l«8t year ; they governed them- 
 selves accordingly. It was understood, 
 however, that the receipts from the Pen- i 
 zance Society, in aid of the Missionary 
 Fund should be in excess of last year. i 
 
 I'onzauce is a Parliamontarv borjugh, 
 distant from London, by rail, 320 miles, 
 formerly a small lishing village, now an 
 important and rising watering place : pre- i 
 sent po|mlation. about 12,000. Penzance , 
 was tired in several places by the Spaniards i 
 in 151)5. In 1048 it was plundered by the 
 Roundheads, and its loyalty was rewarded 
 by Charles II. Tlie ancient Charter of 
 Incorporation granted by James I was 1 
 supersceded by the Municipal Reform cf J 
 1832, when the government of the borough ! 
 " >s veaced in a Mayor, six aldermen, and ' 
 Li^'hteeii councillors. It is claimed that i 
 th( " climate is extremely mild and suita- 1 
 for invalids." The situation of the 
 town and its surroundings leave but little 
 in the way of scenery to be desired ; the 
 whole consti* "♦^es an enchantina: picture. 
 Ten Protests. .L i)laces of worship, and one 
 Roman Catholic chapel, testify to the re- 
 ligious zeal of the inhabitants. What 
 are called the Public Buildings,'" erect- 
 ed in 1807, 1 .ilverton street, contain St. 
 John's Hall, Lecture Room, Ge(dogical 
 Room, Museum, Library, Reading 
 Rooms, and sundry other public 
 otHces. Of hotels, and what are 
 
 called hrst class iniis, there is no lack. 
 The new and attractive railway station re- 
 cently opened, has greatly addid to the 
 comfort of the travellini.' I'liblic. The 
 Esplanade commands a 'charming vii-w of 
 Mounts Bay ; huie y(iU can Inunye i" a 
 chair, or promenade to your heart' n- 
 tent, drinking in the pure sea bre»;ze till 
 all langor is gone, and you feel so braced 
 that you imagine you can run a race. The 
 liiblo Christian chapel on High stieei is 
 a new and commodious building, well 
 worthy tlie tourist's attention. The pre 
 sent pastor is popular wi*h his [icople, and 
 regrets are already lieard that the next 
 Conference will sever their piisunt lelii 
 tions. la the leciait death of liro. J. 
 Tancock, the chuich has sustained a very 
 heavy loss. '■ He was a uodd man .iiid 
 feared (iod ah'Ve niauj. ' 1 was thank- 
 ful to learn that his mantle has lalleii upon 
 the shoulders of his son. May he wear it 
 as honorably and as usefully as did his 
 now sainttd father. 
 
 .ST. .JUST. 
 
 Tuesday, returned to St. Just. It is 
 only right to say that our friend, the 
 " Bus" driver, showed us every courtesy, 
 both yesterday and to-day, and was ample 
 in his apology for the annoyance to wliicli 
 we were subjected on Saturday evening. 
 I was disappointed in the aijpeaianeo of 
 tht; town of St. Just. The situati(;n is 
 healthy, its sanitary condition uood, and, 
 for the far west of England, quite an im- 
 portant town. The population are miners. 
 Prior U) the last Conference this circuit, 
 particularly the circuit town, St. ilust, was 
 called to VJass through a great tiuht of 
 affliction, the ill eif'ects of which have not 
 wholly passed away. The present pastor, 
 who came here by appointment of the last 
 Conference, is evidently the right man in 
 the right idace. The Master has given 
 him favor in the eyes of the people ; he 
 has thrown his whole soul int(j the wmk, 
 and the reaping has commenced. If the 
 
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 59 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 prodigality with whicli he expends his in position for my occupancy, a pile of 
 luny power does not lead to a premature furze had a match applied to it, and in an 
 break down, he will, if he keeps the fire | instant Bro. Jefl'ery was enveloped in 
 burning, be a successful minister of the ; sm-jke so dense that I could not see him. 
 New Covenant for many years to come. I [ The room was suddenly turned into a 
 preached at 3 p.m. to a select audience ! smoke house, and I shouted to him to 
 —a blessed meeting. The evening ser- ; leave the corner lest he perish. The Mrs. 
 vice was well attended. The 8i)eaker8 ] hastened to the door and opened it, and 
 were blessed with the right inspiration, j soon relief was experienced, and we laugh- 
 and the people were stirred even into their ed heartily over this interesting break in 
 pockets; so that the collection was well uprjii the programme. At length the time 
 ahead of last year. for service came, and still it blew ind 
 
 On Wednesday, shortly after dinner, we, j rained. The interior of the building called 
 Bro. Jett'ery and myself, set out for Sennen. j "the chapel" is far in advance of what 
 On our way we called upon a friend, with ■ might be expected, judging from its ex- 
 
 whom we took tea, 
 some little confusion. 
 
 Our arrival caused 
 The "ood matron 
 
 terior. There is no mark of the Pharisee 
 about it ; the within is cleaner than the 
 
 was as cheerful as a cricket, and, notwith- 1 without. I was astonished to see so many 
 standing the rain fell freely, and the wind : persons asfsemble. Our chairman was con- 
 
 blew roughly, and the smoke refused to 
 go up the kitchen chimney, and what was 
 yet more trying to the good woman's pa- 
 tience, when the hrewaskindled in the parlor 
 
 verted from the error of his ways while in 
 Australia, under the ministry f'f Bro. T. 
 E. Keen, an old colleague of mine, V/e 
 travelled together on the Exeter (England) 
 
 grate, such was the war of the elements that circuit. He had often heard Bro. K. 
 the natural order of thins/s was reversed, , speak of me, and therefore felt anxious to 
 
 and the smoke descended instead of 
 ascending. There was no help for it, the 
 doors had to be opened, and after awhile 
 the right prevailed. Amidst all this our 
 hostess carried herself with true feminine 
 
 see me, and now manifested great delight 
 at our interview. Our meeting was very 
 cheering, and the collection ahead cf last 
 year. The journey home to St. Just was 
 very impressive. The night was darkness; 
 
 heroism, and presently we were seated at i the wind blew a heavy gale and the rain 
 
 a table heavily laden with a rare variety 
 of good things ht for a palace. After tea, 
 wo started, amidst the wind and rain, to 
 
 fell in torrents. Bro. Jefiery had a small 
 lantern, by which we were aided in tinding 
 our way amidst stones and small boulders, 
 
 the ciiapel, situated in a moat out of the! and miniature lakes. Splash goes some 
 way pKce, and no one, judging from its I one into a pool of wa^er ; somebody else 
 exterior, would for one moment think of i strikes the foot against a stone ; another 
 
 calling it a chapel. This building is on a 
 farm, and near the house owned by (as 
 we understand) the richest man in " these 
 parts." We called at the house ; the hre 
 had " gone down," but there was plenty of 
 furze stacked in the corner. Bro. J. soon 
 got to work, hoping to kindle a tire, (we 
 were wet and cold. ) The good housewife 
 was soon to the "fore." Bro. J. was or- 
 dered into the corner, a chair was placed 
 
 unfortunate fears he has dislocated his 
 ankle. Presently, by way of variety, 
 Bro. J. turns his light full into our eyes 
 and calls out, " How {<re you getting 
 on friend Barker V The light returned 
 to its former position, leaving us, for the 
 time, in darkness made denser, and we all 
 tlounder along as best we are able. I 
 shared the special attention of a very kind 
 friend, who, when he heard my foot splash 
 
 Miw^P'i^'? J" 
 
 •if 
 
 5 m 
 
 hi 
 
 L'l 
 
 bi 
 
 Cl 
 S( 
 
 I 
 
I 
 
 mcy, a pile of 
 tu it, and in an 
 enveloped in 
 i not see him. 
 turned into a 
 ted to him to 
 ish. The Mrs. 
 ipened it, and 
 , and we laugh- 
 stint,' break in 
 en<,'th the time 
 H it blew ^nd 
 building called 
 vance of what 
 i; from its ex- 
 f the Pharisee 
 aner than the 
 to see so many 
 irman was con- 
 ways while in 
 ry of Bro. T. 
 oi mine. V/e 
 eter (England) 
 eard Bro. K. 
 "elt anxious to 
 great delight 
 ting was very 
 ahead of last 
 ) St. Just was 
 was darkness ; 
 and the rain 
 7 had a .small 
 ided in finding 
 mall boulders, 
 sh goes some 
 omebody else 
 one ; another 
 dislocated his 
 y of variety, 
 nto our eyes 
 you getting 
 ght returned 
 'j; us, for the 
 er, and we all 
 are able. I 
 )f a very kind 
 iiy foot splash 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 60 
 
 into an extra large pool of water would 
 exhort me to "be cartful, for there was 
 water just there," or when I struck my 
 foot against a stone he would hurriedly 
 caution me to '' be careful," or I should 
 hurt myself. At length we reached the 
 gravel road; then were we glad and stepped 
 along firmly. Next we arrived at the 
 house where we had taken tea. Here, a 
 butcher, a friend from St. Just, with his 
 covered cart, awaited our coming. We were 
 soon on the road, but owing to the great 
 darkness we could only slowly feel our way; 
 the road we could not see. At length, by 
 the good providence of God. we arrived 
 safely about inidniuht. 
 
 TREWELLAHl). 
 
 Tliursday, to Trewellard. The weather 
 was tine, the walk there and back again to 
 St. Just very pleasant. Our meeting was 
 well attended ; the speakers were gra- 
 ciously aided, and the large audience 
 showed their sympathy with the gof)d 
 cause by putting the collection ahead of 
 last year's. If my impressions are cor- 
 rect, (thty are the result of sundry con- 
 versations with friends deeply interested 
 in the prosperity of the cause of God) a 
 very blessed change has come upon this 
 circuit since the last Conference. The 
 congregations are good, blessed influences 
 obtain in the assemblies of the saints, and 
 sinners are coming to God. Also in Pen- 
 zance circuit, revivals ai'e in progress in 
 two or three diti'erent pieces, and in other 
 parts of this district there are manifest 
 tokens of the divine fayox'. The Lord's 
 name be praised. 
 
 On Friday, having no appointment, 
 accompanied by Bro. and Sister Jettery, 
 and other friends, we set out for a day's 
 sight-seeing; going to the " Land's End" 
 and other places of notoriety. We had a 
 comfortable conveyance, a pleasant, genial 
 "Jehu," hne weather, with a stiff breeze 
 of wind; all of which I greatly enjoyed. 
 The day's " outing " was invigorating and 
 
 I elevating. The imprint divine is every- 
 where. 
 
 Some particulars of this day's pleasure 
 i may be expected next week. 
 
 j A day's " OUTING." 
 
 After an exciting drive up hill and 
 j down hill, and around the hills, points of 
 : beauty (»r of interest, and sometimes of 
 I both, meeting the eye everywhere. At 
 I length our " Jehu " pulls up and we alight 
 and set out on foot for the far famed 
 i " Logan Rock;" he proceeds to the village 
 in the distance, where the horses are cared 
 I for ; we, tramps, proceed by way of Pem- 
 berth Cove, and then climb the sides of 
 precipit(>u3 cliffs ; reaching well nigh their 
 summit, we rest awhile in a '" Look out's" 
 hut, from which spot we get a trrand view 
 of old ocean, and for miles the cliffs by 
 which his bounds are determined; so that 
 he cannut pass. While, aided by our 
 opera glass, we were revelling in these de- 
 lights, oppressed by their grandeur, lost 
 in wonder, feeling God was wonderfully 
 nigh ; most of our company had passed on, 
 leaving two of us to follow when we felt 
 like it. 1 Could willingly have remained 
 there and sat and sang : 
 
 My willing soul would stay 
 In such a frame as this ; 
 And sit and sing herself away 
 ! To everlasting bliss. 
 
 i After a hurried scramble over huge 
 J boulders and sunken rocks we sighted the 
 I rest of our comp.iny, and putting forth 
 some extra exertion, rejoin them, and pre- 
 i Bently arrive before the object of our 
 i search, the " Logan Rock " This rock is 
 ' said to weigh from seventy to eighty tons, 
 I and is so poised that it can easily be moved 
 I by placing the shoulder to one corner and 
 I putting forth a little strength ; this fact, 
 j viewed in connection with its situation, 
 constitutes the great attraction. Owing 
 to my previous exertion, I had grown a 
 little giddy, and therefore declined the as- 
 cent to the rock, contenting myself with 
 
 4? 
 
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 61 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 seeing others s^o up the steep and move 
 the rock, while 1 reclined on the opposite 
 hill, within speakinj^ distance of the more 
 adventureiis. We were assured by our 
 guide that this rock was overturned in 
 1824 by Lieut. Goldsmith, commander of 
 a revenue cutter stationed off the south 
 coast at that time. In its descent it fell 
 into a crevice, and was thus prevented 
 from falling into the sea. The (iovern- 
 ment ordered him to replace it, on pain of 
 losing his commission, which he did at 
 great cost and risk of life. My informant 
 giving a very signiticant -shrug of his 
 shoulders said, '' J can't tell 'ee for the 
 truth of it, fair, but that's as I've been 
 told." The scenery around this pait of 
 the coast must be seen to be appreciated. 
 
 THE land's EN'H. 
 
 After a walk quite long enough to tire 
 us, we come to our conveyance, and drive 
 on to the residence <if our go. id brvither, 
 the chairman of the Sennen Missionary 
 Meeting. P'rom thence we tramp another 
 mile, sue the sights, and return and do 
 ample justice to the contents of a well 
 spread table. Our chairman accepts the 
 ottice of guide, and we are ofi". It was a 
 little hazy at sea, so that we were prevent- 
 ed from getting a good view ot the Scilly 
 Islands. Tlie ground sloped gradually to- 
 ward the sea, and ends in a precipice of, 
 perhaps, little short of one hundred feet 
 above the water. Of course I had to go 
 as near the edge as possible, to pass around 
 the last rock, which is so near the edge of 
 the cliff as U) leave no room to spare. 
 
 The stone on which it is supposed John 
 Wesley stood when he wrote : 
 
 " L<> I on a narrow neck of land, 
 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, 
 
 Secure, insensible ; 
 A ])oint of time, a moment's space. 
 Removes me to that heavenly place. 
 
 Or shuts me up in hell," 
 
 was the next point of attraction. < )n that 
 stone 1 stood and ofl'erod up a heart-felt 
 
 prayer, and before we left the scene we 
 all united in singing a [)art of that hymn, 
 the composing of which has made thi.s spot 
 so famous. The stone, a hard granite, is 
 getting less and less all the time, and 
 doubtless, but for its hardness, would 
 have long since disappeared. I have a 
 few small chips of it in my possession, pro- 
 cured with considerable ditttculty by our 
 guide, who borrowed a hammer and smote 
 the rock many times, with but very small 
 results. To justify the use of the words, 
 " 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand," 
 our guide calls attention to the fact that, 
 under this stone, in the " neck of land," 
 some yards belovv the surface, there is a 
 natural arch where the waters of both seas 
 commingle, now in great placidity, and 
 then by wild tempests tossed. With this 
 fact Wesley must have been ac([uaintod, 
 hence the phraseohtgy he employed. The 
 probability of this theory being admitted, 
 I was conducted down the face of the clift' 
 till we came to the edge of a frightful look- 
 ing gorge or chasm, from which stood out 
 a massive rock o'er hantring " the vast 
 a-deep." " Do y(;u feel giddy ?" was the 
 signiticant enquiry, t(j which 1 answered 
 in the negative. As instructed (not with- 
 out dithcuky) I climbed on to the top of 
 the rock, laid down Hat, and stretched out 
 over ae far as I dared. Looking down 
 upon the many shaped and many si Jed 
 (naked) rocks in the depths below me, what 
 a sight ! In rush the dark waters, seeth 
 ing, dashing, foaming. Another elfort to 
 get a little farther out, my guide standinn 
 at my heels ready to seize me if necessary, 
 looking down and to the right there is the 
 coveted sight, the arcl\way, in " the nar- 
 row neck of land," with the open sea on 
 the other side, sending its waters to min- 
 gle with the sea on this side. What a 
 commotion ! Grand ! awful ! sublime I are 
 the words first upon the lips. Retracing 
 our steps, we once more tread tirmly, feel- 
 ing thankful for the privilege enjoyed and 
 
 •♦? 
 
 i 
 
NO'LES BY THE WAY. 
 
 G2 
 
 the scene we 
 
 )f that hymn, 
 
 made this 8])()t 
 
 rd [,'niTute, is 
 
 lie time, and 
 
 •dness, would 
 
 i. I have a 
 
 )S8essi(in, prt>- 
 
 liculty by our 
 
 ner and smote 
 
 ut very small 
 
 of the Words, 
 
 eas 1 stand," 
 
 the fact that, 
 
 eck of land," 
 
 ue, there is a 
 
 rs of both seas 
 
 placidity, and 
 
 I. With this 
 
 n acciuainted, 
 
 iployed. The 
 
 Ing admitted, 
 
 ce of the cliti' 
 
 ritfhtful look- 
 
 cli stood out 
 
 " tlie vast 
 
 y ?" was the 
 
 I answered 
 
 (3d (not with- 
 
 tlie toj) of 
 
 tretched out 
 
 joking down 
 
 many sided 
 
 (jw me, what 
 
 aters, seeth 
 
 ler elfort to 
 
 ide standing 
 
 if necessary, 
 
 riiere is the 
 
 " the nar- 
 
 pen sea on 
 
 ters to min- 
 
 e. What a 
 
 blime I are 
 
 Retracing 
 
 irmly, feel- 
 
 njoyed and 
 
 1 
 
 that we have been preserved from acci- 
 dent. To the many projecting rocks, to 
 the nooks and corners, fanciful names are 
 given. " The armed knight," '' the spire,' 
 "the Irish lady,'' &c., the correctness of 
 which you are expectea to recognize ; and 
 in the doing of which you find little ditti- 
 culty after the thing is pointed out ; of 
 course then everyone oan see it. 
 
 Looking seaward, the Longship's Light- 
 house is sure to attract attention. There 
 it stands amid the wild waves, two miles 
 from the Land's end. The r.)ck on which 
 it stands is sixty feet above the water. It 
 is built of granite, titty-two teet high, so 
 that the light itself is one hundred and 
 twelve feet above old ocean's bosom. Many 
 other points of interest we pass over, and, 
 at least for the present, bid the land's end 
 farewell. 
 
 Safe at St. Just, just in time to escape 
 a heavy shower of rain, rest is appreciated 
 in a manner none but the weary can im- 
 agine. 
 
 FALMOUTH. 
 
 On the morning of Saturday, March 
 2Uth, I took leave of my good friends at 
 St. Juat, and by " bus " j(»urneyed to 
 Penzance. Four-Hfths of tho distance, if 
 not th*^ roughest and dreariest, one of 
 the roughest and most dreary sectitms of 
 country with which 1 am acquainted. 
 A.fter once more sharing the hospitality of 
 my good brotlier and sister (Jilbert, we, 
 Bro. Gilbert and myself, set out by rail 
 for our Sunday's work ; my destiny is 
 Falmouth. 
 
 Leaving Penzance, St. Michael's Mount 
 soon became tlti. point of attraciian. It is 
 about 250 feet high, and about a mile in 
 circumference at its base. On the summit 
 is the ancient monastery and castle. I 
 had hoped to have made a personal inspec- 
 tion of this remarkable place, but have 
 been disappointed. At half tide the cause- 
 way from Marazion to the mount may be 
 crossed ; at other times boats are in wait- 
 
 ing for the accommodation of the i)ublic. 
 Of this momit Sir Humphrey Davy wrote: 
 
 " Majestic Michael rises ; he whose brow 
 Is crowned with castles, and whose rocky 
 
 sides 
 Are clad with dusky ivy ; he whose base. 
 Beat by the storms of ages, stands unmoved 
 Amidst the wreck of things — the change 
 
 of time. 
 That base, encircled by the azure waves, 
 Was once with verdure clad ; the tower- 
 ing oaks 
 Here waved their branches green ; the sa- 
 cred oaks, • 
 Whose awtul sliades among, the Druids 
 
 stay'd 
 To cut the hallowed mistletoe, and hold 
 High converse with their gods. ' 
 
 Mounts' Bay is famous for ifs mackerel 
 and pilchard fisheries. Cornish pilchards 
 nor Cornish pasties, are by no means to be 
 despised, even by the most fastidious, 
 especially when in Cornwall. We bear 
 our willing testiujony to the toothsonie- 
 ness of both these and those. Supposing 
 it will be interesting to the reader, we 
 here add a reliable description of the mode 
 of catching the famous little tish. A pil- 
 chard seine is 400 yards long and 18 yards 
 deep. Every square yard contains from 
 2,300 to 2,500 meshes : each mesh should 
 be half an inch in size. (This size is used 
 in M(.unt'8 Bay ) The top of the seine ia 
 floated with round pieces of cork, about 
 six inches in diameter,, while the btjttom 
 is sunk by about 500 pieces of lead along 
 the whole length of the net, each piece 
 v-oigliing about 1\ pounds. The pilchards 
 arrive in shoals, and as soon as they come 
 within the [)roper depth of water, the men 
 in the seine boat pull around them, while 
 the " shooter " throws the net overboard. 
 After the tish are thus secured, the ends 
 are warped together and anchored as near 
 the shore as possible — this is usually done 
 at high water. The seine being anchored 
 or moored, the Tuck Net is brought into 
 use. This net is 120 yards long, and in 
 the centre 17 yards, and at the ends 18 
 yards deep. The Tuck net is shot from a 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 smaller boat, inside the seine, cltise to the 
 corks, which is done by means of a foot 
 rope drawr together at the bottom, thus 
 securing the Hsh all around. The tish are 
 then taken out t.f the nets in baskets and 
 put into boats ; sometimes the fish are 
 kept until the tide ebbs, leaving them dry 
 on the sand. The curing cf the hsh in 
 cellars is performed chiefly by women, 
 who place the tish close together on their 
 sides, with the heads outward, in layers of 
 fish and salt alternately. This jircjcess is 
 'locally termed " buikintr. " They remain 
 in bulk about four or five week?, when 
 they are " broken out," the salt and dregs 
 washed oft', and |;acked in casks ; they are 
 then placed under a lever and pressed for 
 a few hours, the barrel is again tilled and 
 pressed and so on until full. This is call 
 ed an hogshead, which weighs about 4^ 
 cwt, and contains from two to tliree thou- 
 sand tish. During the pressing process, 
 the oil runs from the tish into tanks pre 
 pared for that jnirpose ; this t)il is very 
 valuable, and is sent, principally, to Bris- 
 tol, where it is rehned. Everything is 
 useful in connectitm with the pilchard. 
 The dregs and the water in which they are 
 washed is valuable ; the old saU is worth 
 its oritrinal price for manure, and the 
 scrapings of the cellar are eagt-rly sought 
 after by the farmer. 
 
 Falmouth is a Cornish seaport situite 
 at the mouth of the river Fal, whence it 
 derives its name. It is 267 miles w.ist- 
 south-west of London. The harbor is ex- 
 tensive and well protected by the sur 
 •ounding high lands. This port is first 
 spoken of in the reign of Heniy IV, when 
 the duchess dowager of Bretii^e landed 
 here in her progress to celebrate her nup- 
 tials with that king. Until 1613 the site 
 of the present town was occujiied merely 
 by the huts of fishermen. There was, 
 however, one house of entertainment, at 
 whicli Sir Walter llaleigh and his crew 
 put up on their return from (iuiatia, 
 
 Shortly after this period Sir John Kille- 
 grew, bart , an enterprising individual, 
 having obtained permission from James I, 
 constructed a new (juay, laid the founda- 
 tion uf the present town, and procured an 
 Act of Parliament by which the payment 
 of certain duties was secured to himself 
 and heirs. 
 
 The scenery around the town is very 
 pleasing, and the view from the hills, look- 
 ing across the harbor seaward, is very 
 picturesque. 
 
 My first visit to this town was in 1842, 
 when on my way to Truro, to attend the 
 Conference, where, in company with Bros. 
 G. Batt, J. Brown, W S. Harris and W. 
 Calloway, I was sulemnly ordained to the 
 work of tlie Christian ministry. The 
 charge by the then ex president, Bro. W. 
 Richards, was founded on Paul's instruc- 
 tion to Timothy, " Do the work of an 
 Evantjelist," and althouu'h I have not, for 
 many years past, been able to recall any 
 particulars of that discourfe, the impres- 
 sions then made on n)y mind and heart, 
 andthe solemn covenants then entered into 
 and made between God and my soul, 
 have, through grace, never by me been 
 forgotten. How is it that of late years so 
 many men have, after, in the most solemn 
 manner, pledging themselves to serve God 
 and His peo])le, as ministers of the word 
 of life, in a few months either left the de- 
 nomination (If retired from the work and 
 thrown their wh.>le souls into secular 
 things ? Were tiieir hearts right with God 
 at the tune of their ordinati(>n i Was that 
 solemn service to them a farce ? Were 
 tliey actint; a lie / Charity would hope 
 
 otherwise, but The Brethren, Rich- 
 
 I ards, Batt, and Harris, have gone to their 
 
 j reward ; Brj. Calloway is on the super- 
 
 : annuated list ; Bro. Brown and myself 
 
 ■ continue in the active work. ' The whole 
 
 disposing thereof is of the Lord. " Jn 1842 
 
 our denominational interest in Falmouth 
 
 was very small ; the chapel, was, in its 
 
 ^f 
 
NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 64 
 
 John Kille- 
 g individual, 
 Tom James I, 
 
 the founda- 
 d procured an 
 the payment 
 3d to himself 
 
 town is very 
 the hills, look- 
 ward, is very 
 
 was in 1842, 
 to attend the 
 my with Bros, 
 [arris and W. 
 dained to the 
 inistry. The 
 dent, Bro. W. 
 r^aul's instruc- 
 le work of an 
 [ have not, for 
 to recall any 
 e, the impres- 
 nd and heart, 
 len entered into 
 ,nd my soul, 
 by me been 
 )f late years so 
 lie most solemn 
 8 to serve God 
 •s of the word 
 er left the de- 
 the work and 
 into secular 
 ri^ht with God 
 •n ( NV as that 
 farce ? Were 
 would hope 
 rethreu, Rich- 
 ^one to their 
 on the Buper- 
 n and myself 
 The whole 
 .rd." In 1842 
 in Falmouth 
 ■1, was, in its 
 
 « 
 
 surroundings, &c, not simply uninviting, 
 it was repelling. Our few friends were 
 faithful to God and to each other, and at 
 length a "cloud arose, little as a human 
 hand." Now, all is changed, we have an 
 excellent chapel, in a good situation, and 
 new and enlarged school loonis are in 
 course of erection at the rear of the chapel; 
 the second story of said rooms is, in some 
 way, to add to the chapel accommodation. 
 On the morning <>f t^unday, March 27th, 
 the Master ureatly favored us in Falmouth; 
 the congregation was good, the influence 
 especially blessed. The preacher was at 
 liume. and was greatly aided in the de- 
 livery of his message. We all united to 
 give praise unt<> God. 
 
 .\fter dinner I walked over to Penryn, 
 (li.stiuit about two miles. Here we have a 
 large chapel ; on this particular occasion 
 "a full house," the Master's presence, 
 good singing, liberty and power in pray- 
 ing and preaching. In the pews eyes and 
 ears were all open ; the people rejoiced 
 before the Lord. 
 
 Rode to Hick's Mill for the evening ser- 
 vice. A large congregation ; everyone 
 said it was an excellent meeting ; but the 
 l^reacher had worked under such high 
 pressure at Falmouth and Penryn, that, if 
 the truth be told, he was more than a lit- 
 tle jaded, and quite as well prepared for 
 rest as for work ; but he stoud to it, and 
 the Lord helped him. Praise the Lord. 
 
 On Monday, to Falmouth. Service in 
 the afternoon and meeting at niuht ; good 
 every way ; the cjllection in advance of 
 last year's. 
 
 hick's mill. 
 
 On Tuesday, back to Hick's Mill. W^hat 
 member of the Bible Christian denomina- 
 tion has not heard of Hick's Mill ? Had 
 I not been f(jrwarned, my disappointment 
 would have been great indeed ; disap- 
 pointment all round. True, here is a 
 small grist mill, which at one time belong- 
 
 ed to a Mr. Hicks, (so I understood). Near 
 this famous mill stands a far more famous 
 chapel, and adjoining it a more recent two- 
 story stone structure, specially adapted sor 
 school and other public purposes. Owing 
 to the failure in the mining interests, this 
 district of country has, to a large extent, 
 been depopultaed, so that several of our 
 chapels are, for the present, of very little 
 use, there being no people to attend them. 
 Hick's Mill society was the mother church 
 of Bible Christianism in this part of Corn- 
 wall ; Conferences have been holden here, 
 and from this society the truth spread into 
 other parts, including Penryn, Falnouth, 
 &c. Some of the old pillars are still stand- 
 ing, waiting to depart ; in other cases, in- 
 stead of the fathers have come up the 
 children. Hick's Mill is still the head of 
 a circuit and a centre of usefulness. The 
 friends are hearty and united. Our after- 
 noon service and the (nening meeting were 
 called hrst class ; collections ahead of last 
 year's. 
 
 Perhaps some persona would deem 
 me guilty of an unpardonable sin were I 
 to omit all reference to "The King's Son.' 
 Of course I went to Baldhu churchyard, 
 where the mortal remains of Billy Bray 
 were interred. A very neat monument, 
 bearing suitable inscriptions, mark the 
 spot. I passed the dining room, around 
 the table of which "Billy" carried the 
 " passon," and one evening after darkness 
 had overshadowed us, Bro. Batt, as we 
 were pa.ssing. directed my attention to the 
 house where the dear old pilgrim ended 
 his earthly journey. Baldhu church 
 churchyard, the minister's house and its 
 surroundings, are well and neatly kept 
 The view from this elevated spot well re- 
 pays the visitor. We uu orstand that 
 during the summer months many pel sons 
 visit the church and churchyai'd, drawn 
 thither by the interest excited in their 
 minds by reading " The King'« Son." 
 
 Af 
 
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 65 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY 
 
 I 
 
 PENHYN. 
 
 Oil Wednesday to Peiiryn, preaching 
 in the afternoon ; misBionary meeting in 
 the evening. We had a good time ; no 
 ordinary enthusiasm ; tlie collection well 
 ahead of laat year's. 
 
 Poiuyn is at the end of one of the inlets 
 of Fulmoutli harbor. It is built on a low 
 hill, projecting eastward into the inlet and 
 dividing it into two navigable branches. 
 At the point, between these branches, is 
 the public <iuay, from which place the 
 main street of the town (gradually rises 
 along the ridge of tlie hill to its western 
 extretiiily, more than half a mile in lenytli; 
 having other streets and lanes branching 
 oil' into the valleys on each side. A brisk 
 busineH.4 is done in the e.xportation oi 
 granite. By the Reform Act, Falmouth 
 was, for parliamentary purposes, united 
 with Penryn. The town is in the parish 
 of Gluvias. I made a special point of 
 visiting the churchyard, and there stood 
 by the graves of Bro. Jacob Hunt Prior 
 and Bro. Frances Haycraft ; men of very 
 dirterent type ; both earnest, <1evoted, and 
 useful ministers in our connexion. They 
 shall rise again. Here, also, lav the mor- 
 tal remains of Sister Jane (iardener, whose 
 career, so bright and useful, was, as thou- 
 sands thought, too briefly ended. What 
 do mortals know ? "Shall not the judge 
 of all the earth do right T' The stone 
 marking the spot where weeping friends 
 sowed her body, bears the f( Rowing, writ- 
 ten by our now sainted brother, the late 
 Matthew Robins:— 
 
 JANE (iAKBENEK. 
 
 She was a native of Hampshire ; had 
 been but a few weeks in this country. She 
 died at Flushing, of small pox, March 
 19th, 1841, aged 26 years. She had been a 
 member of the B. C. society 6 years, and 
 had been an Itinerant Preacher 4 years. 
 She died in possession of a goodly measure 
 of every grace and virtue that adorns the 
 saints of God. Her death was a source of 
 
 sorrow to thousands who had sat under her 
 ministry. 
 
 " Called early from her labors to her rest, 
 She calmly leaned upon her Redeemer's 
 
 breast ; 
 Be(i[ueathed her mantle to the church, and 
 
 tied 
 To join the 8i)irits of the righteous dead ; 
 There 'mongst the noblest of the ransomed 
 
 race 
 She, at her Saviour's bidding, ♦^akes her 
 
 place ; 
 Her palm ahe waves, her harp she tunes, 
 At Je.«ius' feet, with love profound, loya 
 
 down hur crown. 
 Yet, 'mid tlie triumphs of her high reward, 
 She stoops to view the achievements of 
 
 the sword ; 
 She Spirit s sword, wl.ich kindrt-d warricjrs 
 
 wieM, 
 And beckons, ' Onward brethren, win the 
 
 Held.' " 
 
 On Thursday to Greenbottom, where, 
 to a small audience, I talked on matters 
 pertaining to the work of G(jd, and then 
 returned to Hick's Mill for the night. 
 This was a special meeting, f(jr which I 
 was i)hysically ill prepared. 
 
 On Friday, took leave of Hick's Mill, 
 and jourmyed to Plymouth, where Bros. 
 Dyniund and Yeo gave me a hearty greet- 
 ing, and at the home of the latter I found 
 a quiet resting place. 
 
 On Saturday, spent some hours with 
 Mrs. Robins, widow of our late Bro. M. 
 Robins, and her excellent dauc;hter. The 
 reader will tiiid no ditticulty in concluding 
 what questions engrossed our attenti<m — 
 what the burden of our conversation. I 
 humbly trust my visit was made a blessing 
 to the sorrowing ones. In the afternoon 
 I set out for and safely arrived in Exeter. 
 Bro. Reed awaited my coming, and once 
 more conducted me to his hospitable home. 
 
 This has been a week of toil — of running 
 to and fro, with an unusual amount of 
 tramping, talking, preaching, and speech- 
 making from morning till night, and, as a 
 rule, fully half way into the latter. I 
 have greatl} enjoyed the society of the 
 
 Hf * 
 
sat under her 
 
 rs to her rest, 
 • Redeemer's 
 
 church, and 
 
 ;hteous dead ; 
 the ransomed 
 
 -if:, <^ake3 her 
 
 p she tunes, 
 rofound, Ipya 
 
 .' hipfh reward, 
 ievements of 
 
 idrt- d warriors 
 
 hren, win the 
 
 tt(mi, where, 
 id on matters 
 )d, and then 
 )r the night. 
 for which I 
 
 Hick's Mill, 
 
 where Bros. 
 
 hearty greet - 
 
 atter I found 
 
 i hours with 
 ate Bro. M. 
 lighter. The 
 in cnncluding 
 [• attenticm — 
 versation. J 
 ide a blessing 
 le afternoon 
 id in Exeter, 
 g, and once 
 citable home, 
 -of running 
 il amount of 
 , and speech- 
 ht, and, as a 
 le latter. I 
 tciety of the 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 66 
 
 brethren and friends. The Master haa 
 graciously assisted me in my work; Praise 
 Him. But for the pliysical disturbance 
 in the lower parts of the earth, that began 
 on Thursday, it would have been a week 
 of uninterrupted pleasure. In my present 
 condition, to-morrow's work has a foroiid- 
 able look. 
 
 EXETKR. 
 
 Sunday, April .'Jrd. — Physically I am 
 sadly " out of trim," a sleepless night, and 
 up to within an hour of service time, not 
 in a condition to leave the house. 1 was 
 mercifully kept from anxiety, and between 
 9 and 10 o'clock was drawn to speak to our 
 (Jreat Father, God, after the manner tol- 
 lowing : " Father, Thou knowest what is 
 expected of me this day. Thou knowest 
 that as I now am those expectations 
 cannot possibly bo met. Thou knowest 
 I am willing to serve Thee in the sanctu- 
 ary this day; or, if Thou seest best, to 
 abide here in the house, not my will, but 
 Thine be done. If Thy glory can be pro- 
 moted by any use Thou canst make of me 
 this day, here I am, use me as Thou wilt." 
 The words had scarcely passed from my 
 lips when I felt I was healed of my plague. 
 How marvellous ! that the living God, who 
 alone could say of Himself, " I am," 
 should allow a worm so to speak to Him, 
 and by His grace enable a child so to trust 
 Him. Glory to His holy name, and let 
 the whole earth be tilled with His glory. 
 Amen and Amen. 
 
 1 took the three services. The after- 
 Tioon was specially devoted to the children 
 and young people. The evening congre- 
 gation was unusually large ; a particularly 
 grand day. The evening was " a time of 
 refreshing from the presence of the Lord." 
 
 Monday, called to see several old 
 friends. The annual missionary meeting 
 in the evening. We were favorefl with 
 the presence of several members of the 
 Executive Committee, who had arrived in 
 readiness for their meeting to-morrow. 
 
 The speakers' tongues were as the pens of 
 ready writers, and their hearts indited 
 good matter. A good meeting, and the 
 collection well ahead of last year. 
 
 On Tuesday the Conuexional Committee 
 assembled in pretty good numbers, and 
 ])roceeded with their business with com- 
 mendable industry. In the evening liro. 
 Reed and myself went to Crediton, had i 
 good meeting, and returned to Exeter. 
 On Wednesday and Thursday I sat in com- 
 mittee and took some little part in the 
 business, and made notes of how the En- 
 glish Committee got through their work. 
 The brethren were kind enough to ex- 
 press, by resolution, and several of them 
 in brief speeches, their appreciation of 
 the service 1 had been enabled to render 
 them. I assayed to make a short speech 
 in reply, but broke down in the attempt. 
 I am not insensible to the good opinion of 
 my brethren, and am thankful when ena- 
 bled to render them acceptable service; 
 but there is something in the composition 
 of my nature far better prepared to bear 
 persecution than laudation. Under the 
 latter I lose command of my feelings, and 
 break right down ; under the former, 
 through grace, I can shout and sing, break 
 through a troop and leap over a wall. One 
 evening, accompanied by Bro. Luke and 
 another Bro., whose name, not having 
 noted it down, has escaped me, went to 
 Tiverton, where, in the Congregational 
 Lecture Hall, 1 discoursed on Canada and 
 took a collection in aid of the Mission 
 Funds. Time was when the Tiverton 
 missi<m was more prosperous than it is at 
 this present. The present pastor has a 
 steep up grade to travel. He is working 
 hard enough to deserve success. May the 
 Master accept the service and bless his 
 toil t:) the building up of His cause in that 
 section of the country. 
 
 On Friday, having parted with the 
 brethren, many of whom 1 may not hope 
 to meet till the resurrection morn, I jour- 
 
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 G7 
 
 NOTES MV THE WAY. 
 
 neyed to Ringaash. Here we had % very 
 enthusiaetic meetinj. in /ion chapol. Many 
 friends, good and true, hail from this 
 neighborhood, and in the ranks of the 
 itineracy Zion and its vicinity is honor- 
 ably represented. 
 
 BAKNSTAPLE. 
 
 On Saturday to Barnstaple. Bro. Allin 
 awaited (at the station) my contin^, and 
 piloted me to his residence, where refresh- 
 ment and rest wc duly prized. 
 
 On Sunday morning I preached in the 
 Thorne Memorial Chapel. The building 
 is unlike anything I have yet seen in the 
 denomination. I dare say it is very pretty, 
 though not exactly in keeping with my 
 taste. Perftct as it is supposed to be, the 
 desk, pulpit, or by whatever name the 
 place where the preacher stands is known, 
 should be promptly changed ; it is, with- 
 out exception, one of the most unccmifort- 
 able places of the kind ever occupied by 
 me. That fact, and sundry other matters 
 pertaining to the building, were, to me, a 
 little disconcerting. Notwithstanding all 
 these petty drawbacks or disturbing ele- 
 ments, we had a good meeting. 
 
 BIDEFORD. 
 
 To Bideford for the aftornoon and even- 
 ing services. Addressed the young folk 
 in the afternoon ; a capital service. A 
 great crowd in the evening, and, consider- 
 ing the heat, (the place was badly ventilat- 
 ed) we had a first-class meeting. It is 
 astonishing how slow the people are to 
 learn how much the success of a meeting 
 depends upon the comfort of the arrange- 
 ments. In an ill ventilated church, in 
 which the people have to use over and 
 over again a thrice vitiated atmosphere, to 
 expect a successful meeting is to proclaim 
 our belief in the theory that the age of 
 miracles has not yet passed away. 
 
 On Monday the annual meeting was 
 held in Bideford. An unusually large at- 
 tendance. A good meeting and the collec- 
 tion ahead of last year's. Bideford is 
 
 Bideford still. As it was forty years ago, 
 so, with sundry unimportant exceptions, 
 it is to-day. The same old market house I 
 disfigures the town and reproaches the in- 
 habitants. There is talk of the immediate 
 erection of a new market house. Of course 
 the erection of a new bridge added much 
 to the appearance of, and facilities for en- 
 tering the town. The railway has added 
 to the comfort of the travelling public. 
 Our Connexional property has been greatly 
 improved since my last visit, and much 
 good has been accomplished by the preach- 
 ing of the Word. 
 
 On Tuesday morning, the president and 
 myself went to Appledore to see my old 
 friend, Bro. Jas. Vinson, formerly an 
 Itinerant preacher. He was a man of 
 great promise. Before I entered the min- 
 istry, he travelled in the Chatliam (my 
 home) circuit, where he was not only 
 acceptable as a preacher, but successful in 
 winning souls. While in that circuit he 
 was laid aside by a bad knee, which ulti 
 mately led to the amputation of his leg, 
 and his consequent retirement from the 
 ministerial ranks. I was saddened to find 
 him so unwell, and to learn (not from him- 
 self ror his excellent wife) that his finan- 
 cial position was so trying. T was thank- 
 ful, however, to find him the same cheer- 
 ful, trustful little man he was forty-three 
 years ago. Our joy at this meeting was 
 mutual. \Vho can imagine the thrilling 
 extacy awaiting the saints at their re- 
 unions and greetings in the Hallelujah 
 Country ? Bro. Vinson's is one of those 
 cases, in the presence of which the 
 thoughtful christian is dumb. What can 
 he say / The Husbandman takes various 
 methods of branch pruning. Some of the 
 saints are called to glorify the Master by 
 active service in hard toil ; others by that 
 patient endurance of atfiiction and aufl^er- 
 ing, beautifully exhibiting the milder 
 graces. Shall not the Judge of all the 
 earth do right ? 
 
NO'l es BY TilE WAY. 
 
 G8 
 
 jrty years a^o, I 
 
 nt exceptions, 
 
 market house 
 
 •oaches the in- 
 
 the immediate 
 
 >u8e. Of Course 
 
 ) added much 
 
 kcilities for en- 
 
 iray has added 
 
 /^elling public. 
 
 as been greatly 
 
 lit, and much 
 
 by the preach- 
 
 ) president and 
 ;o see my old 
 ;, formerly an 
 was a man of 
 tered the min- 
 Chatham (my 
 was not only 
 t successful in 
 hat circuit he 
 , which ulti- 
 n of his leg, 
 ent from the 
 dened to find 
 not from him- 
 at his tinan- 
 I was thank- 
 same cheer- 
 8 forty-three 
 meeting was 
 the thrilling 
 at their re- 
 Hallelujah 
 ne of those 
 which the 
 What can 
 kes various 
 Some of the 
 Master by 
 ers by that 
 and suffer- 
 the milder 
 of all the 
 
 iJAHNSTAi'LK. Diove bright and early, and be ready, at a 
 
 This, Tuesday evening, our uieoting was given hour to start with a load of CoUeyi- 
 i" the town of liarnsLaitle. Good atten- ' aus for the Great Turrin_,i()n Railway sta 
 dance, good uilliience, and the collection | tion ; then to return as far as the !St«»ne 
 more than £'3 ahoad of last year's. Our j I'.ridge at the foot oi Groat Farrington 
 former chapel in this town was erected | Hill, and there await my coming. My in- 
 during tlie pastorate of the njw sainted : structions, recoived on pi>stal card, were 
 W. Reed, I had tiie honor of preiiching strictiy observed, ;iud John was at (he ap- 
 oa the C(jrner stone, and also of taking a pointed rendezvous in less than live nun- 
 proniineut part in the opening services. ' utes of the appointed time. >\ liat a 
 The ark has since been removed into the study '. .luhn was of a sorrowful coun- 
 " Thorne Memorial Chapel." May the tenauce — not without cause, (as we shall 
 glory of the latter house be greater than ' see, presently). Hiti carriage was not of 
 that of the former house. Our cause here ancient or of modern style ; pcjssibly of 
 is just emerging from behind a very dark pattern handed down from the Medieval 
 cluud, from out of a great tight of attlic- ! ages ; or, more correctly speaking, a 
 tion. May its future be peaceful, briuht ■ strongly-built North of Devon market 
 and glorious. The town has greatly im- ; cart ; the very thing in which to transport 
 proved and extended during tlie last twen- 'young students when, in the exuberance 
 ty-six years. It is now a desirable place ' of joy, they are oti' on a holiday trip. — 
 for residence. i The liorse iiad seen better days. 1 have 
 
 GKEA'i' TOBRINGTON. 
 
 Wednesday, April 13th, Meeting at 
 Great Torrington. The latter part of the 
 
 no intention of crediting iiini with devo- 
 tional feelinys, beyond what is common to 
 his race, though his knees Doro evidence, 
 
 afternoon, and during the evening, rain 1 "^^t very assuring to a nervous traveller ; 
 fellireely; which fact made against our ' and, as we soon learned, he had a whole- 
 meei ing. The congregation, considering j some dread of the lash. When allowed to 
 the weather, was good; the collection was ' travel at a jog-trot— a speed for which lie 
 in advance of la.st year. While I was ' had a stront/ preference— his innate pro- 
 speaking, and when drawing near to a | pensity for going upcm his ! nees, was fully 
 close, a naughty young man (he was see » I manifest. An ordinary development of 
 1 aving the building) resolved upon a little j the "bump of caution" would instinctively 
 fun, and the gas tap being within his j lead to tirmly placing the feet, so as to re- 
 reach, did, at what he deemed the right j sist the shock, caused by a sudden plunge 
 time, turn off the gas, and so put us into forward, and t(j grasj), with tlie hand, the 
 darkness. Of course some of the sister- | vail work, or some other c(,nvenient part of 
 hood were excited, and in their terror fled the carriage t.) prevent a summersault 
 from the buik'ing; order was soon rcsto"- | backwards, in case, when in recovering 
 ed, my speech ended, and the proceedings J froni a tumble, the steed, fearing some 
 arminated. Here we have a good pro- ' special attention fr(mi John, should sud- 
 peroy, cha^)el and minisLer's residence, denly "hurry up," and. throwing one 
 free of debt. Thirty years ago we h; d no i against the seat-back, hurt his spine, or 
 interest in th'S town ! inflict some internal injury of another 
 
 SHEBDEA'? kind. .MI the drawbacks, notwithstanding, 
 
 Thursday, April 14th. To Shebbear. 
 " Old John," the College Governor's 
 ivckey, had been ii'structed to be on th^ 
 
 the journey, some nine miles, was exhilar- 
 ating. A'walk or a t' .ve through these 
 old North l)ev(m roat' s midway in the 
 
 Iff' 
 
m 
 
 (>'» 
 
 N(>tp:s by the way. 
 
 'i 
 
 mt)nth of April, is on no account to bo 
 despised. I l<ne\v every inch of the way, 
 having footed it, many times, more than 
 thirty years ago. The beautiful hedges, 
 the banks on which they grow, adorned 
 with the lovely Primrose and other spring 
 tlowors of vari(ju8 liue and odiir, is a 
 sight, the like of which is nowhere to be 
 seen in our Canada, and, when once en- 
 joyed, never to be forgotten. As we 
 passed along, many happy reminiscences 
 occupied our thoughts ; nor were sadden- 
 ing recollection wanting. In passing the 
 house, where once lived one Mary Richards, 
 (one of the best of girls. It was my pri- 
 vilege, while she was yet young, to lead 
 her to Jesus.) She died of the efTects of 
 the worse than ' brutal" treatment, re- 
 ceived, by the public highway, at the 
 hands of a villain, who, for his deed, suf- 
 fered the last penalty of the law in front 
 of the county jail. How the thoughts 
 crowd one upon the other. House after 
 house was passed where kind friends used 
 to welcome me ; the houses are there, but 
 their former occupants are gone ; some 
 have removed into other sections of the 
 country; others have been called "up 
 higher." We shall meet again. 
 
 But to return to old John. We are but 
 well started when he went on to say, in 
 substance, as follows : " Oh, Mr. Barker, 
 i am in great trouble, sure. I didn't mean 
 it, you know; but what I shall do I can't 
 tell; I shall be discharged, and that's 
 sure." "What is the matter John ? What 
 have you done I" "Why do you see 
 master told me to get off early and take 
 this cart and come to the Torringon citation 
 for some boys for the college, and then I 
 was to come back so far as the bridge and 
 wait for you. I met you, didn't I Mr. 
 Barker r' " Yes, you met me all right, 
 but what about the boys ? Where are 
 they?" "That's it sir. There were no 
 boys there. I was there before the train." 
 "Well, John, if the boys were not there 
 
 you were not to blame." " But that's 
 
 where it is ; I called at Mr. , and ho 
 
 axed me, * Where are the boys ? I said, 
 • I've come for them.' 'Come for them! 
 Why you were to have brought them to 
 tro ofT by this train.' So you see it is all 
 a mistake, I fear. But master could'nt 
 have told me plain anyhow. He said I 
 was to be early, not to keep you waiting, 
 and 1 was to bring some boys from the 
 tram, I thought he said; but I'm afeard 
 he said to the train. I shall be discharg- 
 ed, and that's sure sir." "Nonsense 
 John, the Governor won't be so hard with 
 you as that ; he'll sie it was a mistake." 
 '.' He won't see it, sir ; it will be all my 
 fault, and he'll be so cross ; he'll not let 
 me say a word, but discharge me right off. 
 I know him sir ; he's a sharp man. Will 
 you speak a good word for me before I see 
 him, sir ?" We presently met a number 
 of the young gentlemen (sent on by spe- 
 cial conveyance) from the college. John 
 thought they were not so hard upon him as 
 they would have been had I not been pre- 
 sent. Their assurance of the Governor's 
 wrath increased the anguish of the poor 
 fellow's soul, under which he secured a 
 promise from me for a good word in his 
 behalf. 
 
 In due ciiurae we arrived at the college, 
 where a hearty welcome awaited me ; and 
 old John kept out of the way until, as he 
 rightly supposed, the gcjod word had been 
 spoken in his behalf. At length old John 
 
 met the Governt)r,' and then . The 
 
 Governor, however, did ncjt let the sun go 
 down upon his wrath, and the unfortu- 
 nate (to me amusing) episode was amica- 
 bly arranged between them. 
 
 Great fears were entertained respecting 
 our meeting. The night before Good Fri- 
 day ; a most unfortunate night. The pre- 
 parations in various places for special 
 meetings on the morrow, must, of ne- 
 cessity, seriously diminish the congrega- 
 tion. Nothing but the reputation of the 
 
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 But that's 
 — , and ho 
 s ? 1 said, 
 for them ! 
 ht thtiui to 
 lee it is all 
 ter could'nt 
 He said I 
 ini waitinj^, 
 '8 from the 
 I'm afeard 
 )e discharji- 
 " Nonsense 
 lo hard with 
 a mistake." 
 be all my 
 le'll not let 
 me right off. 
 man. Will 
 before 1 sec 
 t a number 
 on by spe- 
 lege. John 
 upon him as 
 ot been pre- 
 Governor's 
 if the poor 
 e secured a 
 word in his 
 
 the college, 
 id me ; and 
 intil, as he 
 (1 had been 
 til old John 
 
 . The 
 
 t the sun go 
 le unfortu- 
 
 was amica- 
 
 1 respecting 
 :e Good Fri- 
 The pre- 
 for special 
 ust, of ne- 
 coiigrega- 
 tion of the 
 
 deputation would prevent another failure, 
 so said those who were supposed to know. 
 The time for the meeting arrived, and the 
 people tliic'hcd to the cluipel from all direc- 
 tions. Tlic siteakers were graciously liolp- 
 lmI, and the people had a good time and 
 Luve lis H Collection tcjual to last ytar, 
 liuirig far lu-yond the exptctnti' n of the 
 othci.ils. 'i'ho college is in a (lourishing 
 c luditiou. The rriuci|)al is »fvitlently the 
 right man in the right place. The insti- 
 tution promises to lie a great blessing to 
 the denomiiijition. The debt on the pre- 
 mises is the only dark si)ot. Ktt'orts are 
 being made with a view to its reducti(jn 
 The Principal's new hou&e is rs»pidly Hear- 
 ing completion. Now tlie circuit should 
 arise and buiid a new house for their p;ia 
 tor's residence. The house in wliidi ho 
 iiow resides is a discredit to all concerned. 
 
 (iOOI) FRIDAY. 
 
 After calling to see som« old friends 
 and taking leave of the Governor and his 
 lumily, 1 set out for Milton Dameial. Wo 
 travelled in a " trap;" such a ride. A 
 preaching service had been announced for 
 the afternoon. As 1 approached the chapel, 
 Hro. W. Quance's father asked me if 1 had 
 litaid of the dta«h of W. Williams, of 
 I'owmanville. 1 replietl in the negative. 
 He then drew a copy of the Oisiskuvkr 
 from his jiocket and called my attention 
 to 11 brief memoir over the signature ofBro. 
 .1. Kenner. 1 ft>ol slily read it; the ati'air 
 was so unexpected, S:c., that it coniplele- 
 l\ disconcerted me, and unhtted me for 
 the service. I had to apologise aiM do my 
 best, under the circumstances, at an ('X[io. 
 sitioii of a chapUr rather than the preach- 
 ing of a 8» rmon. A large number of friends 
 took tea togethet ; they gathered from 
 various places. The evening meeting «;■ 
 very cloHoly packet! ; not a little enthu- 
 siasm ; the collection upwards of £7 in 
 advance of last year's. This cha[>el has 
 iHidergone great improvi'mcnts, both with- 
 in and without, aiii' its surioumlings, 
 
 spiritually and temporally, the eaunu has 
 improved. Persons ac(iuainted with the 
 village thirty years ago, and who have not 
 seen it during that period, would be great- 
 ly surprised at the improved state of 
 things. Here I had the pleasure of again 
 meeting Hro. and Sister Harvie, from 
 Launcesion. 1 fear Bro H. will be a great 
 sufferer lofore the hour of his exit from 
 ; this niorial life. He is afHicted with a 
 cannr in tilt* breaht. Bro. Braund, laid 
 I asiile from his ministerial work through 
 loss of voice, was i)re8ent at this meeting. 
 He thinks his voice is gradually getting 
 bettiu-. 1 retired tti rest botw«en 12 and 
 1 o'clock, and rose again at 4 oclock, tot)k 
 breakfast and off. Bro. J^raund drove me 
 to Great T.irrinuton, where I took the cars 
 for Bristol, via Exeter. Arriving at Bris- 
 I tol, Brt). Trengove kindly took charge ot 
 I me anil conducted me tt) Church House, 
 where I was greatly refreshed. I started 
 ' again at 3:05 p in. for Swansen, in South 
 j Wales, whither 1 arrived shortly after *.) 
 I o'clock. Bro. Keen awaited, at the sta- 
 tion, my ct>niing, and took mo to his own 
 home, where his gtxid wife, a daughter of 
 early and fast friends of the denomination, 
 Bro. and Sister Danieril, of Dipper Mill, 
 whose friendship 1 enjoyed thirty-fttur 
 years ago, had more than anticipated all 
 the jutssible wnnts of a weary traveller 
 j There is real satisfaction in wi)rking for a 
 i goi d master, eveu if you work hard. 
 
 .SWAXSKA. 
 
 Sunday, April 17, opened up on us beaul i- 
 fuUy, and from tho elevated situatitm of 
 Bro. Keen'" ivsidence, on one of a series 
 of tt. -ace.s, built on t.'ie .side of a hill, ris- 
 ing higli above the town pro])er, we had 
 tho double advantage of an extensive out- 
 look and an invigorating breeze. I t' ok 
 the morning and evening services. Tho 
 afternoon service w.tH taken by ofn' of the 
 local ministers, assisted l>y l5ro. K>H'n. 
 We h:v\ a very good day. The Lord gioat- 
 ly aidid ine in the d'-livery of his woid ; 
 
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 NOTES nv Till-: WW 
 
 the prayer meeting wan a si-a^jnu nt powt'r 
 Wo are coiitidont that much yood will le 
 Hiill frum this day'j* acrvicoa. 
 
 Mdmlay (Easter Mdiitlay) a general 
 lioliduy the whole tiwn «iut or ch-nrs. 
 Every available \t:hicli' in use, aixl every 
 |)(ior horse and ass wore made to do rheir 
 very beat. The wind waa a little rude, 
 and whirled things amuiid ni<ire than wai; 
 desired ; Bending the dust in clcudti where 
 people did not care to welcome it. (Jreat 
 fears were entertained respecting t)ur 
 evening meotinji. " Everybody is away 
 from home. Some cannot possibly get 
 back in time for the meeting. Those who 
 get back will be too tired to come t<j the 
 meeting." These were among the di-scour- 
 aging notea frecjuently Baluting one'a ears. 
 It was thought, however, that the gra- 
 cious influences realized yesterday wouhl 
 greatly helj) this evening's meeting. J>r<>. , 
 
 txtfiids from E. to W. !) milea ; it is shol- 
 ttred from the mont unfavorable winds by 
 an amphitheatre of hills; its western ex- 
 tremity firms the iMumblea roadstead, 
 well known to m iriiieis freipuMitiiig the 
 liristol Channel. Swansea is a borough 
 tovvn, and is saiil to have risen with a ra- 
 [>idity uneipialleil in the principality, being 
 imU'bted for hn advancement and pros- 
 [K'lity, not less to the mineral treasures 
 abounding in its neighborhocjd.than to it» 
 highly advantageous ituiritime situation. 
 The po|.ulation of the borougti in 1871 
 was 5(),'.l'jr). The town is well planned, 
 and builc, and owing to the great advan- 
 tage of its situation, presents an attractive 
 ai)pearance. 'i'here are three Episopal 
 church edihces in the town, and not fewer 
 than li4 chaja-l.-i. There is also a Jew's 
 synagogue. 'l"he Bible Christian chapel is 
 well situated ; its exteri(jr is not very 
 
 and Sister Snell are residents of this town. , coianianding, but onct; you pass within its 
 
 Hro .Snell is the superintendent • f \e 
 Sailor's Home and mission. He is doing 
 a good work ; not robust in health, yet he 
 keeps doing f<jr the 3Taster, under whose 
 approving smile he is ha|>py in his toil. 
 " Verily there is a reward for the righ- 
 teous." Hros. Keen, Snell and myself, 
 went t.) the " Mumblen," of which place 
 we may jjrosently say a few words. We 
 succeeded, (m the outward trip, in getting 
 a standing ride on one of the tram cars ; 
 on tlie return journey we were better ac 
 commodated. 
 
 Our evening meeting falsitied. all the 
 sombre predictions of the day. We had 
 go' d attendance, good influence, and a 
 ^ood collection. " U give thanks untcj the 
 Lord for He is good." 
 
 doors, all is ])learting. The present pastf)r 
 is greatly beloved by his people. Uf course 
 Swansea can boast of an ancient castle, 
 erected in 111,'} by Henry Ileaumont, Ear^ 
 of Warwick, a Xorman leader. In adapt- 
 ing parts of the structure, at dill'erent 
 peiiods, to the purposes of a town hall, a 
 market house, a gaol, barracks, and ware- 
 house, the original plan has been (jbscur- 
 ed, and now being closely surrounded by 
 other erectiuiLs it i.s nearly concealed fiom 
 observation. It is the pnjperty of the 
 Duke of Beaufort. The tune at my dis- 
 posal did not allow of a personal vi.sit to 
 the castle and many other points of great 
 interest, for which it was ditiicult to sup- 
 press a feeling of regret. 
 
 The Mumbles, -x small village, built at 
 
 Swansea claims to be the most impor- 'the foot of the clili's, abounds, so I was in- 
 tant town in South Wales. It is advan- formed, with many beautiful and roman- 
 tageously and beautifully situated between tic scenes. We had a .scrambling ramble, 
 two lofty hills on the western bank of the | during which we came upon some enchant- 
 
 Tawe, which is navigable for ships of large 
 burden, and in the centre of a noble bay, 
 to which it gives its name. Swansea bay 
 
 ing spots, in which we doubtless should 
 have revelled with satiating delight had 
 not time i)res8ed us so hard. On a tine 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
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 luH ; it \H Hliel- 
 •Jihlt! winds by 
 a wt'Htt'rn ox- 
 ea rtiiulstead, 
 i'i|iiL'iitin<^ the 
 i.H a Ixiidiiyh 
 en witli H ra- 
 iciiiality.heini; 
 nit unci {ii'os- 
 jral treasuri'S 
 )il,M).'iii Id ita 
 luu nituation. 
 >iii,'li in 1871 
 ivuil planned, 
 great advan- 
 ian attractive 
 ■oe EiiiHC)|ial 
 \ni\ not fewer 
 alsd a Jew's 
 itian chapel in 
 is not very 
 >ass within its 
 resent pastor 
 lie. Of course 
 eiit castle, 
 iuin(jnt, Earl 
 In ndapt- 
 t dili'erent 
 iwu hall, a 
 , and waro- 
 en (jh&cur- 
 "inided by 
 cealed fiom 
 erty <>t' the 
 at my dis- 
 lal visit to 
 its uf great 
 ult t(j sup- 
 built at 
 so 1 was in- 
 nd ronian- 
 ing ramble, 
 le enchant- 
 ess should 
 eli;j;ht had 
 On a tine 
 
 summer's day this G miles' trip by train, I it in divided into four courts. In the S. 
 bus, or steam, as may be selected, with | E. aii^le ia a larije round t<(wer, beneath 
 some hours at command for siglit seeing?, I which, in a damp and dismal vault, where, 
 must be eagerly seized and greatly enjoy- hidden from the light of heaven's sun, 
 
 ed by the citizens ot Swansea and the 
 tourist. 
 
 Standing on a picturesque eminence, 
 backed by broken clifl's of limestone. 
 Oysterniouth Castle, (a ntajestic ruin in 
 liood jireservation) will be sure to com- 
 mand the attention of the stranger on his 
 way from Swansea t(» the Mumbles. Tues- 
 day, farewell Swansea, and now for 
 
 rHKl'STOW 
 
 I visited this town and other parts of 
 Monmouthshire between thirty and forty 
 years since, and am therefore a little dis- 
 appointed in its comparative non- progress. 
 
 die().stow is on the slope of a hill on the 
 noil hfiii bank of the river vVye, near its 
 
 many a wretched captive sutfored untold 
 horrors. I ascend the spiral stairs leading 
 up to the battlements. Of course the 
 floors have long since disappeared. In 
 this tower Henry Marten, one of the 
 judges of Charles 1, was confined for 
 twenty years. There he died in the 78th 
 year of his age. and was buried in the 
 parish church. Here also the world re- 
 nowned Jeremy Taylor suffered tempor- 
 ary imprisonment in 10.5(5, on the charge 
 of being privy to an insurrection of the 
 Royalists. In the reign of Charlea I. 
 Chepstow, in common with many other 
 places, experienced rever.'^es of fortune. 
 The town and caatlo were garrisoned for 
 
 confluence with the Severn. The river ! the king, but in October, 1045, Colonel 
 Wye i.s not navigable for large vessels be- Morgan gained possession for the parlia- 
 yond Cliepstow bridge ; but barges of 30 ment, in whose power they remained till 
 tons burden can go as far as Hereford. 1 1648, when they were surprised and cap- 
 The tid' runs with great rajjidity, and fre- tured by a regiment of horse in the king's 
 quently rises above 50 feet, and it has service. Cromwell in person undertook 
 been known ti rise even to 70 feet, its recovery, and in a short time it was 
 Among the natural curiosities of the town, retaken by assault. In addition to the 
 the "guide" calls attention to a well in the I parish church, which is of yreat antiquity, 
 garden of a house in Bridge street which j ther - are several Nonconformist places of 
 ebbs and flows inversely with the ebb and \ worship, and one belonging to the Romau 
 flow of the tide. VVhen the tide is at its j Catholics. The river is spanned by an 
 hei!,'ht the well is perfectly dry, and soon j iron bridge, erected in 1810, and in 1852 
 after the ebb the water returns. The , the South Wales Railway Company span- 
 well IS ')2 feet Qeep, and has freiiuently 14 ned the river by a bridge designed by the 
 feet of water, which is <,t excellent (jual- celebrated Brunei. But to return to my 
 ity. I special business. On stepping from the 
 
 1 was i/reatly interested while wander- cars Bro. Rogers' welcome greeted me, 
 inu through the ruins of the old castle, ^ and we were soon in the midst of his in- 
 said to have been foundid in the eleventh ; teresting family. This, the day of our 
 century by William Fitzosborn, Earl of ' meeting, proved to bean unfortunate se- 
 Hereford, a relative of the Norman Con- lection. Several public meetings were 
 qtieror. In the thirteenth century the appointed for that and the following ev«?n- 
 greater part of the original structure was ing, telling greatly against our gathering, 
 taken down and one larger and of greater : The attendance was small; bare walls and 
 strength erected. It is still a magnificent ! empty seats gave neither interest nor in- 
 pile. The site covers three acres of ground ; ^ spiration to any one ; all were flat. There 
 
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 NOTES BY THE WAY 
 
 seemed to be no spiritual life about the , however eiitliusiastic the English speakinaj 
 
 place. The preacher ia overworked — can- I residents of Newport may be on other 
 
 not possibly do what an earnest man in ; matters, that portion of them known aa 
 
 his position naturally desires to do, con- | Bible Christians, failed, on this occasicin, 
 
 aefjuently he is discouraged. His hands to display any, in connection with the 
 
 droop, and thei'e are no Aarons and Hui-a Missionary cause. There was a division 
 
 to hold them ap. Chapstctw is the dark- | amony them. The Sunday School anni- 
 
 est place I've been in. Poor Rogers, I . versary must be held next Sunday, some 
 
 pity theo from my heart's core. " Can I thoutjht dilier* nt arrangements should 
 
 these dry bones live ?" I have been made, 3eein<^ the date of my 
 
 I visit had been hxed by the last Confer- 
 
 „, , , „ . ^» .1 I ence. Some of the imm<»vables, showed 
 
 Wednesday, to Newport. More than ! ,, . i r .1 o i c i 1 u u 
 •" T , 1 n „ : :i J I their zeal tor the Sunday School, by ab- 
 
 sentini,' themselves from the Missionary 
 
 meeting. This is not the hrst time in my 
 
 thirty years ago 1 had the privilege of 
 preaching on the corner stone of the 
 chapel, in which we assembled this even- 
 ing. Newport has grown wonderfully 
 since my last visit. Its rapid advance- 
 
 ment is attributable to the development 
 of the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the 
 
 travels, that I have met with Sabbath 
 ; school workers, who have fallen into the 
 
 error of concluding they are lords over 
 ) God's heritage, and that all must bow to 
 
 their authority. The interests of the 
 
 adjacent mountanious district, aided by 
 
 , .,.,. r , -i 1 e 1 i church and school are one; but chese mis- 
 
 faculities of transit, by means or canals 
 
 arid railways. It is a flourishing seaport, 
 situated upon the Usk, which is navigable 
 for the largest ships. We liad an interest- 
 ing stroll along the western aideof the river 
 amid 1 succession of wharfs and jetties, ex- 
 tending to spacious docks at Pillgwenlly ; 
 a distance of two miles. Shipbuilding, 
 tanning, the making of boilers for steam 
 engines, and various other manufactures 
 recjuiring large capital and much labor. are 
 extensively carried on. Ttiere is daily 
 communication by steam packet and rail- 
 way with the city of Bristol. New[iort 
 was founded by the Romans. Tne town 
 contains all the modern facilities for educa- 
 tion, religious worship &c. Newport at- 
 tained to an unenviable notoriety in con- 
 nection witli the Chartist rioters. Theie 
 are several points of interest, we remem- 
 ber visiting in the long airo, <if which we 
 cannot now speak particularly. Bro. 
 Edgcombe awaited my coming at the 
 
 guided friends divide theni, hence many 
 I dithculties. Our friends in this town are, 
 ; upon the whole, a liberal minded, and 
 : liberally doing people. They are mnking 
 an efl'ort to pay oti' the balance due on 
 their chapel; sncce.sg to them. Sundry 
 other calls are heard for money, and the 
 school Anniversary next Sunday, all this 
 I notwithstanding, they put otu* collections 
 I in advance of last year's. We learn ttiat all 
 1 the sittings in the Sanctuary are let ; soon 
 we hope to hear that a largei- building is 
 in CO irse of erection. Our old friends 
 who iook part in connection with the es- 
 tablishing of the cause in Newport, are, 
 with few excei)tion8, passed away; less 
 than half a dozen remember me. Tis 
 cheering to learn that old friends continu- 
 ed faithful unto the end, and passed away 
 in triumph to tiio skies. 
 
 i'AKDIKF. 
 
 On Thur.>-day to Carditi'. Bro. James, 
 
 station, and conducted me to his home, ! the pioneer in our work here, met meat 
 where a hearty welcome made me once the station, and we journeyed together to 
 more at home in the midst of strangers, his place of abo('e, whiio a hearty welcome 
 Ouv meeting was not a crowded one, and ' greeted me. CarditF is another of the 
 
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 most important towns in Wales. It is sit- 
 uated on the river Tatf, about two miles 
 from its efflux in the British Channel. 
 Tlie general aspect of the town combines 
 much that is ancient and venerable ; with 
 indications of a good degree of couimercial 
 prosperity, and modern refinement. The 
 streets are regular — some of them spacious 
 and handsome — cleanly and well paved 
 and lighted. Doubtless, the construction 
 of the Bute Ship canal and decks, by the 
 late Marquis of Bute, at a cost of £300,000, 
 greatly contributed to the prosperity of 
 this Port. The harbor consists of a spaci- 
 ous basin, ciilcula^^ed for the reception of a 
 large uumbtT of sailing and steam ships. 
 A lock 'Mi tcet wide com ects this with an 
 inner basin, which constitutes the grand 
 feature of the work ; i*: is 1450 yards long 
 with a unifoitn width of 200 feet, present- 
 ing an area of about 200 acres of water, 
 capaljle of accommodating in perfect 
 safety, 400 ships of all classes. Quays are 
 built at the sides two thirds of the length, 
 cmiprising nearly 6000 feet, or more than 
 a mile of wharfs; with ample space for 
 warehouses. T<> preserve the cliannel free 
 from deposit, a feeder from the nvt-r Tatf, 
 supplies a reservoir, 16 acres in extent, 
 adjoining the basin. By means of power- 
 ; il sluices, with cast iron pipes 5 feet in 
 diiuiK'ter, this reservoir can bu discharged 
 when necessary, so as to deliver at the 
 rate of 100,000 tons in an hour. In an- 
 cient times Cardilf was successively sub- 
 jecti tl to the British, the Rtimans and the 
 Noinmns. Here, as in nu)st of tlie ancient 
 towns, you meet with the ruins of a castle 
 famous in historic record. Churclies, chap- 
 els, the town hall, and many other public 
 buil'liiiga naturally attract the attention 
 of the visitor. 
 
 I?r(j. James commenced his labors in 
 this town more than six years ago, and 
 here ho his continued his toils. It is un- 
 derstood, however, that he will remove at 
 he comin!.r <'onference. The chapel. 
 
 school room, and minister's residence con- 
 ■titute a hne block of buildings, cuatiiij^ 
 about i'4000; present debt i:2000. 'J'he 
 chapel IS one of the best i have seen, 
 and the house is one of the most conveni- 
 ent, in fact the whole is a credit to the de- 
 signer. The neighborhood is new and 
 thickly populated. 1 have but one fear 
 respecting it, viz, that in the course of a 
 few years the population may degenerate; 
 that Js to flay, 1 fear that the protestant 
 portion thereof may be, for the most part, 
 replaced by Irish Roman Catholics, there 
 seems already to be a tendency in that di- 
 rection. My attention has more than 
 once been calLd to the fact, that when a 
 given locality has for any lenyth of time 
 been inhabited by, say, respectable protes- 
 tant mechanics, if from any cause, the 
 places of any considerable number of them 
 have been tilled by, not the highest type 
 of Irish Roman Catholics, the Protestants 
 still resident there avail themselves of the 
 first good opportunity to remove from the 
 neighborhood, until the Roman Catholics 
 have it all to themselves; with all the 
 natural consequences. I hope better 
 things for our surroundings in Cardiff", but 
 fear. Bro. James has well educated the 
 people in the art (^f giving; but whether 
 his successor will hnd the soil so exhaust- 
 ed in this particular, as to re(|ui e rest, be- 
 fore any further cropping can be done, is a 
 
 question we shall take S(une interest in, 
 for the next year or two. 
 
 Our Missionary Anniversary was below 
 par. The afternoon congregation was 
 small; the intluonce was good. The even- 
 ing's eathering was not what had been ex- 
 pected. The fact is that the people are 
 all the time makinLj S[)ecial efforts f( r this, 
 for that, and then for something else, and 
 when this last is got through with, turn 
 round and begin again ''Thii turn, and 
 then." Then what I Another takes "the 
 ambition" out of some folks, hence the re 
 suit. There are some whole .Houled friends 
 in connection with the cause in Cardiff, 
 
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 °"r coming th.; k .E<'e«»n>be, waited "„ ' ""'-•P'inJI the valediol,,! ''' 
 
 .haleoUhe raLr "'«"* '""'' «■><■"'-?,"'','» ^••■" church, N.; ' ? Tr'"" 
 him hi, W f'"'"';™ ' l-'nd, and giv. *'«'"■ '■■ 'hal serJic" IT "' 
 
 we cam. fp Tr"'' ''"'" ' »'"'^' 'u„ f '"«' '-" a deep i„tr„* "»» »»««■ 
 
 "nderthe„,;„dT^'' ''''""''» ""e port Mi'''"'' f»»""-of the ci;cutn! '"""'■ 
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 retired mvV "*" " oonvenient I """• ^''« ^^airn.an Jk I,. 7" T" '^ 
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 divide the few 
 in England, in 
 ends in the Isle 
 iondon; of the 
 e nothinfr to 
 tjf tJur family 
 ctorv services 
 ^P'Tt, Isle of 
 largo congre- 
 Brc ■, Bourne, 
 1 Portsmouth, 
 Drew, one of 
 ("•en, Morey, 
 
 part in the 
 occupied the 
 ^ t'le kind 
 w'lich I had 
 't of a very 
 lotos of the 
 
 ^iinisterial, 
 
 been added 
 J"" I yreatly 
 
 to England, 
 uueats ,ii 
 by their 
 comfort 
 
 t'irdebt((rs. 
 
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 'an Metho- 
 "sual, in 
 f'Tgotton. 
 ; the hrst 
 President 
 by a lead - 
 "ley spoke 
 the im- 
 wall I o 
 I'bjectiou 
 view, of 
 several 
 jlisburse- 
 |the re- 
 ("ants to 
 le Lord 
 pope it 
 [y will 
 
 ten per cent, in the stipends to be received 
 by the agents of this great Society, i do 
 not think I can ask }(Hi to vote on it in 
 its present form." Ho then ai ualed 
 to the mover and seconder to censent to 
 tlie drawint' of his pen througli the words 
 to which he objected, and which lu trust- 
 ed the meeting would refuse to accept, 
 should they be asked to vote on it as it 
 then stood. ThiB»brought niatters to a 
 standstill. An earnest conversation was 
 going on between seveml menibi ra of the 
 Cm nittee, in the midst of which the Sec- 
 \ stepped forward and said, "1 have 
 an announcement to make which may lielp 
 to settle this (pieation; 1 hold in my hand 
 a chequi • .n the Mansion House," (the 
 eificial n^ideiice oi the Lord Mayor), "f( r 
 £1000, and 1 hold in my iiand another 
 cheque from," (the name 1 did not catch), 
 "for C"00'" and there was yet another 
 ohei^re fiV a less sum. The Committee, 
 with the mover and seconder of the reso- 
 lution, consented to the change, and the re- 
 solution, as suggested by the chairman, 
 was submitted to the vote and carried with 
 thundering applause. All honor to the 
 chairman. 
 
 The annual meeting of the National 
 Temperance League, Canon Farrar in tlie 
 chair, was a time of thrilling interest. A 
 sermon from C. H. fepurgeon, in which he 
 exhorted the Sisters to remember Sara 
 who "obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ; 
 whose daughters ye are as long an ye do 
 well, and are not afraid with any amazo- 
 lUfcnt," was greatly enjoyed. Other pub- 
 lic services, such as sermons from twc* 
 D.D. 's, and two or three interesting meet- 
 ings with our friends in Clapham must be 
 passed over , 
 
 SIGHT HUKI^O. 
 
 Several places received our attention, 
 but we were most interested in the Dore 
 Gallery, 35 New Bond Street, to which 
 we ask the reader to accompany us. — 
 " The name of M. Gustave Dore is known 
 
 to all persons familiar u ith the art of ]iain' • 
 iug as that of a gruat liviny artist, who is 
 without a ri\al in the riuli fertility of his 
 imagination, in the untiling industry with 
 wiiich lie has given itictoriul form lo the 
 creation of his fancy, and in the ci'Uiiilete 
 mastery which ho has attained over the 
 mode of convoying to tlie mind certain 
 ideas — such as thosd of distance, iieit'lit, 
 number, magnitude, and movement." — 
 Froui the learned, and thereftjio comi>e- 
 tent critics, we qu(jte as follows : — The 
 British QiKiiiiilij iu'viiw nays : "' ^^'e lind 
 numerous critics sijoaking in varied but 
 accordant ^eims of admiration." Tiie 
 Bnilder calls him " a great artist, unrival- 
 led in fecundity, unsurj assed in power 
 and truthfulness of drawing." The Ex- 
 aminer says : " Genius of the most cocn- 
 prehensivo, the boldest, and the loftiest 
 i type is tlie verdict that must be jiassed by 
 the most hypercritical beholder (.f the 
 pictures. In half a dozen of these oil 
 paintings, there is enough to stamp tlie 
 reputation of a life, nay, in even one, 
 there is sucli a world of wealth, such a 
 prodigality of art, tli.vt a painter might 
 reasonably say, ' 1 nave succeeded ; I have 
 done encmgh.' To the student and l.iver 
 of pictorial art, more genuiue enjoyment 
 is to bo found in the contemplation of 
 this limited collection than in wearily 
 travelling over acres of gaudily-covered 
 canvass on the walls of an annual exhibi- 
 tion. There the eye pauses only occision- 
 ally on a production of true genius, gulfed 
 in a maze of mediocrity. Here the super- 
 abundance of p(.wyr almost dazzle the 
 spectator, and he reverts from one pic- 
 ture to another, taking in (reHh points of 
 beauty and excellence at every glance.'' 
 Much more miu'ht be ipioted to the same 
 purport. N<tt for days after our visit to 
 this gallery did we get from under tlio 
 spill in which we were bound while gazing 
 upon "' Christ leaving the Prujtorium," 
 "Christ's entry into Jerusalem," "The 
 
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 77 
 
 NOTES BY TFTE WAY. 
 
 Massacre of the lnn;)cent8," The Dream 
 cf Pilate's wife," "INrusea before Pharaoh," 
 &c. And even now, while 1 write, I feel 
 a return of that solemn awe which rested 
 upon me as I yazed upon " Christ leavino; 
 the Pniitorium."' Not till then do I recol- 
 lect ever bein^ in full sympathy with 
 Peter when he said, " Be it far from Thee, 
 Lord; this shall not be unto Thee. " 1 
 felt like throwing myself aj^ainst the sav- 
 age persecution of the Lord of Life and 
 Glory — my Lord. 
 
 " By men despised, rejected, scorned. 
 No beauty they can see ; 
 With grace and glory all adorned, 
 The loveliest form to me. 
 
 Entering the gallery we turn to the 
 right, conscious of a feeling of deep so- 
 lemnity (a striking contrast to the street 
 we left two or three minutes before) we 
 stand before this most extraordinary tri- 
 umph of art, — 
 
 OHKIST LEAVING THE PR;ET011IUM. 
 
 After a tew minutes we are seated in 
 front of it. The canvas is 24 feet by IG 
 feet. Arrayed in a seamless garment of 
 snowy white, with a crown of th(jrns 
 around his bleeding brow, the Saviour is 
 walking down the steep stairs from the 
 hall called the Pnetorium to Golgotha. 
 The scene is in the open air. Vast be- 
 yond computation is the surrounding as- 
 semblage. He is alone, not one of his 
 multitudinous enemies daring, as yet, to 
 aj)proach his august person. The solitude 
 appears awful. " Exceeding sorrowful 
 unto death," yet divinely majestic and 
 serene, the Great Condemned alone — of 
 the mighty multitude swarming and clam- 
 oring around— preserves meekness of as- 
 pect and sublimity of demeanor. Gentle- 
 ness and dignity, no leas than grief and 
 holy indignation, r;ro depicted on a face of j 
 colestijil beauty, and a chnid or halo of 
 glory shines around his head, giving to 
 His crown of thorns such resplendent 
 lustre as earthly monarchs may not pre- 
 
 tend to. We turn our eyes from tliu ma- 
 jestic self command of the Great SuH'erer, 
 as if our eager gaze were a sacrilege on the 
 dignity of His sorrow. The white color 
 most appropriately, though, if we are not 
 mistaken, now, for the first time, given to 
 the robe, the majesty of the Hirure, the 
 sustained dignity of its movements, and 
 the divine trouble of the eye, combine to 
 form one of the very grandest ideas of the 
 Saviour of the world yet brought forth by 
 human genius. In the disrtant background, 
 on the right, half distinct through the 
 atrial perspective, and the gathering of, as 
 it were, volcanic darkness, stand the 
 figures of IA)ntius Pilate .tnd Herod, mak- 
 ing friends together, as recorded by the 
 Evangelist. The Roman Governor is 
 robed in a long tonga of dusky red, and is 
 remarkable by his apparent sense ef re- 
 morse, and his gesture of apparently dis- 
 claiming all re8i)<»n8ibility in the matter of 
 Christ's condemation. He seems to be 
 con.science smitten, and stands aghast at 
 the conseciuencea of his own unfaithful- 
 ness to his sense of right, his wife's warn- 
 ings,, and the letter and spirit of the law 
 that he was called upon to administer. 
 Near to Christ, as the central figure, stand 
 a group of three Caiaphas, gloomy with a 
 look of malignant triumph ; Annas, his 
 aged father-in-law, and (in profile) Alex- 
 ander, or one of the kindred of the High 
 Priest. The foreground is occupied by an 
 excited mob, through which the Roman 
 guard is sternly clearing a path for the 
 Saviour. The forms of the malefactors 
 who rear the cross are shadowed by one 
 who, by his downcast look and inability 
 to meet the gaze of Him whom he betray- 
 ed, savs, ' I am Judas. " Above the group 
 of which these form a part, stands a -.ew- 
 ish girl, aa eager to meet the eye of Chrisi, 
 as Judas is to avoid it. The path to be 
 trodden to Calvary lies to the tight of this 
 group, almost barred by the cross. Roman 
 soldiers of very diflerent individual types 
 
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 ho ma- 
 uU'erer, 
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 are not 
 ifiven to 
 ure, the 
 nts, and 
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 as of the 
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 kground, 
 ough the 
 [ng of, as 
 :and the 
 rod, mak- 
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 vernor is 
 ed, and is 
 ise ef i'*i- 
 ently dis- 
 ; matter of 
 ema to be 
 a'^hast at 
 inifaithful- 
 {e's warn- 
 ,f the law 
 .dminister. 
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 my with a 
 nnas, bis 
 ,tile) Alex- 
 the High 
 pied by an 
 [he Roman 
 ,th for the 
 [malefactors 
 ed by one 
 Id inability 
 he betray- 
 e the group 
 Inds a Cew- 
 e of Christ 
 path to be 
 icrht of this 
 ,98. llonian 
 idual types 
 
 NOTES BY THE WAY. 
 
 rs 
 
 of cliaractar, and represcntiiii; ditl'ereiit 
 nalioiialitiea, fore • back the crowd. A 
 youth cries out, as if struck by the sirldier 
 wh(j pushes him. Close by h the droop- 
 ing, majestic, hoiut-broken virgin mother, 
 robed in the traditional c il^r of pale blue 
 and white, who seems to be in tlie act of 
 earnestly beseeching the sohliers to all'iw 
 her to remain till tlie Christ has passed hy. 
 Ch.'se to the mother of our Lord is Mary 
 Magilalene, who, at the sight '<f her Divine 
 Master's sufl'erintra, turns her head away, 
 and sinking ])rostrate on the ground is in 
 danger of being trampled under foot by 
 the biutal soldiery. As 'esus uescends 
 the steps that lead from the judgment seat 
 to the highway, the J(!wish figures that 
 ciowd the corners A the picture press for- 
 ward to gaze u])on Him ; while the higher 
 dignitaries in ilia immediate vicinity fall 
 Vjack as if confounded by His majestic 
 bearing. Lo(jking upon the faces of the 
 surging crowd you can see their eyes glare 
 with malignant hate ; add their gestures, 
 full of menace, and then, with a very slight 
 stretch of the imagination you can fancy 
 you hear the words, " Away with Him ; 
 crucify Him, crucify Him.' We don't 
 know that anyone has counted the number 
 of the figures making up this wonderful 
 l)icture. W^e could sit all day and gaze 
 upon it. We rise and retire about 40 feet 
 back from the seat we have been occupy- 
 ing, and here, to our astonishment, we 
 hnd ourselves at tlie best point of obser- 
 vati<»n ; we take in the whole scene, and, 
 turning to ovir comuanitm, say, " Won- 
 derful ! Wonderful !" 
 We turn to number two, 
 (Christ's entry into jerusalkm, 
 Which the Mornuig Post thus describes : 
 *' The painting is of vast size, measurinu 
 30 feet by 20 feet, and tlie personages of 
 the scene are too numerous f jr conveiiient 
 computation. There may possibly be 200 
 of them- an enthusiastic crowd of })oth 
 
 sexes and of all ages, cliissos and condi 
 tiona. Their curious diversity of costume 
 atlbrds scope for equivalent variety of hue, 
 so that the pi'^ture may be said to Hash 
 with color. The central figure is the Re- 
 deemer, who, mounted upon the ' colt,' 
 and draped in a robe of blue, is passing 
 under a [)illared arch of noble proportions 
 on his way to the Temple. Tlie right arm 
 is u[ili;ted as in benediction : the eyes are 
 raised heavenwards, as if in divine con- 
 templati(tn ; the whole action and imj>roa- 
 sioii bespeak placid dignity and calm Inv 
 nignant joy. Around him the multitude 
 are thronging with eager, yet reverential 
 delight, hailing lli-.n with rapturous man- 
 ifestations of welcome, and bestrewing His 
 path with dowers and branches of green 
 palm. The Madonna is t'lere, surveying 
 her son with Uiysterious emotions of awe. 
 pride, love, and devotion. Motlura hold 
 uj) their little children that they may ga«e 
 upon Him ; the sick glance at Him as Fie 
 passes with meek and prayerful eyes, as 
 though supf Heating Him to cure them of 
 their infirmities. Meanwhile tliere is in 
 the blue transparent Hrmami-nt on high 
 an ai)paritiou of white robed anL'els group- 
 ed in celestial choir to mingle tlieir songe 
 of triumph with tlvose of tht^ earthly wor- 
 shippers. The dramatic power of expres- 
 sion, the strength and diversity of charae 
 ter, the variety and appropriatenesa of 
 action, and the vigor and originality of 
 invention, abundantly discornable thrcuigh- 
 out the picture claim the most cordial re- 
 cognition, and bearing in mind the stu 
 pendt)U8 difficulty of the theme, and the 
 general manner of its execution, the candid 
 critic will aduiit that M. (Justave Dore 
 has ac(putted hi:nself of his arduous task 
 with characteristic spirit and ability." 
 
 S|)eaking of this painting, The Iniily 
 i\'exrs says :— " The tigure of our Saviour 
 is, of course, the principal id)ject in view. 
 He turns His eyes to heaven wiMi a hnjk 
 of insi>iration; and seems unmindful of the 
 
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 79 
 
 N(yrKS HY THE WAY. 
 
 homage paid him by tho surnjundirif.' 
 crowd. About 2fX) ]irincipal lifo size 
 fif^ures, composed of every rank of society 
 inohlJudea, till the great c;uivap. The 
 oriental types and cuatunitH of the historic 
 period are carefully prt served, and to the 
 composition of this noble work of art M. 
 Dore has brought qualities as an illustrator 
 8o sublime that one feels ashamed to criti- 
 cise the minor defects of execution. All 
 the attitudes are striking, and every figure 
 is an object of interest, from the young 
 girl who looks with loving admiration on 
 Christ, to the poor sick man, who, borne 
 up in the arms of his friends, raises his 
 hands beseechingly to be healed. The 
 contrasts of feeling, too, in the multitude 
 that cried, saying, " Hosanna," are 
 startling and vividly brought out. There 
 are children smothered with their burdens 
 of palm leaves and flowers ; women full 
 of awful enthusiasm, mingled with a group 
 of disciples, in which St. John is conspicu- 
 ous, round the man-God. Some thought- 
 ful spectators seem to struggle sadly be- 
 tween faith and doubt ; while apart is a 
 moody and envious band of Pharisees." 
 
 These descriptions are not in the least 
 overdrawn. Had time been at our com- 
 mand, we should have spent days in study- 
 ing the scenes depicted on the several 
 sheets of canvas with which the walls of 
 this gallery are adorned. We had pur- 
 posed attempting some description of the 
 " Massacre of the Innocents," " Christian 
 Martyrs," " The dream of Pilate's wife," 
 " Moses before Pharoah," Sec. but fearing 
 your readers are already tiring of " Notes 
 by the Way," I forbear, and take my leave 
 of what was to me a sacred place ; all was 
 solemn, and the visitors, in speaking with 
 each other, did so in undertont-s. How 
 could it be otherwise, surrounded with life 
 like representations of the scenes and sub- 
 jects I have named. I thank God for 
 the opportunity of visiting the Dore Gal- 
 lery. 
 
 OUH DEPAKTUHK. 
 
 At length tlio day of our departure 
 dawned upon us, and confidently com- 
 mitting ourselves and all our affairs into 
 the hands of our Great Father, God, we 
 prepare for the start. Bro. and Sister 
 Hourne do all it is possible for them to do 
 to round the jjoints of contact — they not 
 only accompanied us to Victoria, but sev- 
 eral miles down the line. Then canie the 
 last farewell. After a pleasant run we 
 arrived safely at Liverpool. On the fol- 
 lowing morning looked around a little, 
 called at Mr. James Bourne's place of 
 business ; from him we received great 
 kindness. In the afternoon we went on 
 board the Sardinian and sailed for Canada. 
 , A strong head wind awaited us outside of 
 Moville, which continued to increase until 
 Tuesday night. After that the voyage 
 was very agreeable. We arrived in Que- 
 bec on Sunday about 5 p.m. 
 
 When all Thy mercies, O my God, 
 My rising soul surveys ; 
 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love and praise. 
 
 THEN AND NOW. 
 
 Yielding to the suggestions of friends, I 
 purpc'se closing this series of papers by a 
 brief reference to certain evidences of pro- 
 gress as they presented themselves co me 
 during my recent perigrinations : 
 
 Chatham District.— Then, what is now 
 the Chatham district, formed a part of 
 London district, Faversham circuit, has 
 risen from a poor dependent mission (not, 
 however, without an interesting history) 
 to an independent two preachers' circuit, 
 comfortably sustaining its ministers and 
 other church agencies without resort to 
 any of the many God-dishonoring methods 
 of raising funds in vogue among what are 
 called religious societies. Our connexional 
 property, while not eligibly situated, is a 
 very great advance on what it was twenty, 
 five years since. 
 
 New Brompton has risen from below 
 zero to a tiourishing cause. The chapel 
 
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 NOl'ES BY THE WAY. 
 
 80 
 
 lod, 
 
 1 lust 
 
 lis now 
 
 part of 
 
 lit, has 
 
 n (not, 
 
 listory) 
 
 pircuit, 
 
 rs and 
 
 Oft to 
 
 ithoda 
 
 it are 
 
 Ixional 
 
 is a 
 
 renty. 
 
 melow 
 
 phapol 
 
 and schuol room have been enlarj^eil and 
 i^Tt-utly iin[n-oved, and now the friends 
 have noi room wherein to dwell. 'I'he ery 
 is, "Enlarge the [)lace of thy tent, and 
 let them stretch forth the curtains of thy 
 habitations : apare not, lentrthen thy cords 
 and strengthen thy stakes, for tlmu shalt 
 break forth upon the light hand and u|)on 
 the left." 
 
 Cliathani, after much fluctuation, has, 
 for some years past, been steadily pri- 
 gres-sing. During tlie hist yea: , new school 
 and class roums uavc been erected, the 
 chapel has also been enlarged and side gal 
 leriea added. tl(j[ie is in the ascendant. 
 
 Lon(b>n, .Jubilee, Forest Hill, and Kil 
 burn chapels are new structures At Lee 
 a large school has been erected ; now used 
 as a chapel ; the intention is, when [irac 
 ticable, to erect a chapel ; the site is 
 well chosen. Clapham is a new cause; the 
 chapel is neat and attractive. The friends 
 at Forest Hill are not pleased with the 
 location of their chapel,, and purpose 
 putting up a better building in a hotter 
 situation 
 
 Woolwich has life in it, and its cmthjok 
 is hopeful. Land has been purchased for 
 the erection of a .lew chapel in a new part 
 of the town. 
 
 Croadall mission is a part of the old 
 Faruham mission. I had not the oppor- 
 tunity of visiting Crondall, but I learned 
 that the old chapel, the scene of many a 
 hard contested battle with the powers of 
 darkness, has given place to a very nice 
 new structure. At Ewshot, where, when ' 
 r walked that mission, we preached in part 
 of an old malt house, and at Crookhati' in 
 a dwelling house, chapels have since been 
 erected. At Headley, where we preached I 
 in a large room, which, before our occu- , 
 pancy thereof, the children of SJatan used ! 
 as a dancing room, a chapel has been built. 
 At Liphook we preached in part of an old 
 brew-house, a chapel has been erecied in 
 he village. 
 
 HrightoR. -During my jiaatorate of this 
 mission we pieached in a rented chapel, in 
 a disreputable street ; now we have quite 
 an inif osing building, respectably located. 
 
 In Chichester a new chapel and house 
 for the minister greets the eye. All the 
 connexional proi)erty on the Chichester 
 mission is, with a trifling exception, free 
 of debt. 
 
 Portsmouth. - The little chapel on Little 
 Southsea street, and the not much larger 
 place at Landport, have long since been 
 abandoned. The chapel <»n Grosvenor 
 street has been sold, and now we have two 
 good chapels and school and class roiims 
 attached ; the one on Stamford street, the 
 other on Br<»ugham Road Tiiis last is one 
 of the best chapels in the connexion. 
 
 Crossing to the Isle of vVight, progress 
 in chapel building meets us everywhere. 
 We had no cause in Ityde, now we have a 
 good property, well situated. At St. 
 Helen's, Brading, Boardwooi and San- 
 down, new chapels have been built ; at 
 the latter place the new chapel was not 
 large enough ; it has had to give place to 
 a new editice, now in course of erection. 
 At Shanklin, our friends have enlarged 
 and improved the old chapel, but for 
 some unexplained cause they have chosen 
 to remain hidden from public view. The 
 only place on the Island of which any 
 such statement can be made. At Vent- 
 nor, we have a new and commodious cha- 
 pel. At Wroxall and Sandford new 
 chapels have been built. When Wroxall 
 chapel was built, there was lack of faith, 
 of funds, or of judgment on the part of 
 our friends, and they now hnd it necessary 
 to enlarge. 
 
 At Rookly and Chilterton new chapels 
 have been built. Brixton and Newbridge 
 chapels have been enlarged. At Yarmouth 
 Barton's Corners, Gunville, East Cowes, 
 and Littletown, new chapels have been 
 erected. At Arreton, when I walked the 
 Uland. we had no interest; chapel No. \ 
 
 dp 
 
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 81 
 
 NOTES By THE WAY 
 
 was tdo Hiiiall; that is now iiBud as a Bcliool lu) house wrmld contain the people she 
 room, and chapel No. 2, an ahnuat per- a'^ain spjke in the open air to many who 
 tect model, att'orda accomodation to those were wi!oy)ini,' around, her and at the eon- 
 wh«t love the hdbitation of God's Mouse, elusion pressint^ly invited her to ccuno 
 Our Ciunville friends are greatly atraiyht- a<,'ain." So the t,'ood work went on. 
 ened; they need a chapel as large a^,'ain as > ()„ t^e f{rd day of October, James Thr.rne 
 the present building. They very magnan- ' preached at Rookley (.Corner, to an atten- 
 imonsly waved their claims in favor «'t" i tive congrcL'ation which tilled the cottaye. 
 Newport; but they must presently arise I jjg continued preachin;/, and foimingr 
 and build. When they say the word, it | 8,jcii.tie3 in dilierent places till the 24th of 
 
 will be done, for they are a united people. 
 Last, but not least, we came to the 
 capital, Newpo.t. A very superior edifice 
 has been erected (Hi the same street as the 
 f»ld cha-jel, but nearer the head *)i the 
 street. The present buildini,' is a credit 
 to all concerned, and all the citizens ad- 
 mit that it is an ornament to the town. 
 My lirst sermon in Newport waa preached 
 in a small dwelling house Let all learn 
 not to despise the day of small things 
 
 The day after the close of the Conference 
 of 1823, "Mary Tomssailed from Plymouth 
 for the Isle of Wight, and arrived at Cowoa 
 about ten o'clock as night— a stranger in 
 a strange place. The next day she pub 
 lished for preaching onthe parade." On the 
 Sabbath morning she went to East (Jowes, 
 and in the wind and rain, having obtained 
 the loan of a chair, she stood up and be- 
 gan to sing: 
 Come ye sinners, poor and wretched, 
 
 Weak and wounded, sick and sore; 
 .Teasus ready stands to save you, 
 
 Full of pity joined with power; 
 
 He is able— He is wilLng; doubt no 
 more. &c. 
 
 Nutnbera of people soon assembled from 
 
 the month, when he returned to London. 
 William Baily, Eliza Jew, Mary Hilling, 
 and others, labored on the Island the re- 
 mainder of the ecclesiastical year with 
 great success. 
 
 The pioneer Missionary. Mary Toms, 
 landed at Oowes early in Augu.«»t, 1823. 
 The lirst society, coinp<jsed of three per- 
 sons, was formed on the 3ril day of Octo- 
 ber following. At the Conference of 1^80, 
 the returns sh«.w 1107 members, 27 chapels, 
 G itinerant preachers. When it is remem- 
 bered that hundreds ot peratms brought to 
 the knowledge of the truth in connection 
 with the labors of our friends, have united 
 with other Christian communities, and 
 that hundreds have passed away to the 
 better land, who can suppress the accla 
 mation "What hath God wrought?" 
 
 Re-crossing to the mainland, into the 
 old Botley M^ission, wo find improvements 
 everywhere, and the cause extended to 
 the town of Southampton, where we have 
 two Chapels: one built during the i)astor- 
 ate of Bro. W. Luke ; the other, the gift 
 ,>f a friend. This latter is in a first class 
 situation. Here we should have a proa 
 
 every part of the town -some of thomjperous Church. A Town Missionary is 
 livu-'hed at the scone, but she had not been ' needed for our work in S(iut!ianipton 
 
 speaking long before tears began to flow 
 copiously. At the conclusion of the ser- 
 vice she published f<.r preaching the next 
 day, if the weather was favorable, and if 
 it was not, she would come if any one 
 
 Bristol- When I first visited Bedmin- 
 sier, wo preached in an upstair room. 
 Since then our friends have built a good 
 Chapel in Bristol. A small building was, 
 some years ago, erected in Bedminster, 
 
 11, >Vtin in'»', .-..- . 
 
 would open fheir doors for tlio purpose, which the cause outgrow, and now we have 
 
 A woman, weeping profusely, otl'ered hers. 
 The next night she prcaolied as^ain, but as 
 
 a large and commodious chapel erected m 
 RedclilV Crescent. The old chapel has 
 
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 jii pros 
 jnary is 
 liupton. 
 Jedniin- 
 room. 
 la good 
 lis; was, 
 linster, 
 re have 
 ^ted in 
 kel has 
 
 been purchased by our hijrhly onteomed 
 friends, Mr. and Mrs. Terrett, who have 
 had it fitted up and Hda[)ted for a Tein. 
 perance and Mission Hall, where much 
 good has been done, is .still d(fing, and 
 will yet bo done. At Hndgewater all is 
 new, a tine field for Missinn work, our 
 Chapel, &c., well situated. Taunton has 
 not lagged behind, at least in material 
 things ; the Chapel and its surroundings 
 are a wonderful improvement on what, 
 they were twenty-five years ago. 
 
 Exeter— 1 was greatly encouraged by 
 the progress of the work in this city, of 
 which there is no need to speak particu- 
 larly now, having done 8(» in former 
 papers. When I assumed the duties of the 
 Pastorate of Exeter Mission, in 1852, the 
 cause was very low. For four years there 
 was much hard toil, and steady progress. 
 Here were Aarons and Hurs, Marthas 
 and Marys, whose hearty co-operation 
 never failed me, greatly cheered me, and 
 contributed not a little to the success with 
 which we were favored. A comparison 
 of the present with 1852, or 185G, made 
 my heart leap with joy. 
 At Newton Abbott, all is new. 
 Torre, (or Tor Quay) — Here we had a 
 small Chapel, and the Missionary resided 
 in a correspondingly small house. Now 
 we hive a commodious Chapel and a con- 
 venient house, a large congregation, and 
 a living, working Church. 
 
 Plymouth, in the race of progress, has 
 out-stripped, perhaps, every other place. 
 Their two Chapels have increased to four, 
 and another is projected ; to these must 
 be added the Chapel at Tor Point ; all 
 are prosperous. So far our friends have 
 wisely worked the ground under one 
 Pastorate, and they have their reward in 
 a prosperous field of labor. Had our 
 friends in London pursued a like policy 
 (unless we are mistaken) our interest in 
 the World's Metropolis would have been 
 immensely in advance of what it is this 
 
 day. The Congregationalism of uur 
 friends in L«jndon is their weakness. 
 The desire to be like others, (as in the 
 case of the Israelites, whi-n they were sin- 
 fully anxious to have a King, that they 
 might bo like other natitjns) when real- 
 ized, is not always accomj)anied with the 
 Divirte blessing. There are too many in- 
 stances in Canada in which we have two 
 or three Pastors, where, in the interests of 
 all concerned, there should be but one. 
 
 In Cornwall, the failure of the mines 
 completely changed the aspect of things, 
 temporal and spiritual. Many flourishing 
 societies have been scattered. At present 
 the outlook is hopeful. At Bodmin, 
 Truro, Falmouth, Penzance, and some 
 other places, the improved state of thin;^8 
 called forth a grateful recognition of the 
 Divine Hand. At Barnstaple, Bideford, 
 and Great Torrington, great advances 
 have been made. The Lord has been 
 with His people, and caused them to 
 prosper. 
 
 Shebbear— The "Church Town" is fall 
 ing into decay. Our Chapel and its bur- 
 roundings, including the cemetery, is 
 nicely kept. Prospect House, once 
 thought to be, as in fact it was, the finest 
 house in that immediate neighborhood, is 
 completely dwarfed by the College, of 
 which, however, it still forms a part. 
 The College buildings constitute quite a 
 noble pile of stone and mortar, evidences 
 of the hope and faith of its promoters. 
 Bro. J. Gammon, the present Governor, is 
 beyond all challenge the right man in the 
 right place ; and so far as I could ascer- 
 tain, the near approach to perfection of 
 his domestic arrangements leave but little, 
 if anything, to be desired. Of the in- 
 stitution itself, the denomination may 
 be excused if, when they think of the 
 work done by the pupils, under the guid- 
 ance of Mr. Rundle, the Principal, and 
 his efhcient staff of assistants, a blush of 
 delight crimsons the cheek. The sueceaB 
 
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 (»f Home of tli(! loadiiiL,' pupils in tlio (>x-| 
 ford uxumitiatioiis, year aftur year, lias I 
 been most m-atifyiri<^ ; for wliile rellecling ! 
 j^reat crctlit ou iVLr. HmuUo, the College j 
 is thereby [)lacod in the lirat rank of i 
 kindred inatitnHons. i 
 
 Of Wales wo luivo written so recently , 
 as to render it inexpedient to detain the 
 
 reader by a recapitulalinn. 
 
 I will only add that, during; my some 
 what protracted season of rest, I greatly 
 enjoyed myself. True, 1 was in labors 
 abundant ; they were [)leasant labors, I 
 rendered increa8in;,dy so by tlie courtesy 
 and knidness of friends. At first I had 
 purposed giving names, but soon found 
 they would be legion, and then abandtined j 
 that purpose. Always and everywhere 
 kindness met me. To some of my minis- 
 terial brethren I was extra troublesome. ' 
 
 Ft could not have !)een well avoided seeing 
 they resiiled in certain centres through 
 which I passed and re- passed several 
 times ; notably among them wore Bros. 
 Dymond, li^ed, Trengove, and Bourne, 
 but they seomed to be ho pleased to do all 
 they could to make my way smooth, that 
 I am not sure but tliat I began to feel 
 pleased to let them know 1 was coming by 
 them, <;/(, r(>uf(i to some place beyond 
 them. 
 
 "() give thanks unto the Lord, for Ho 
 is good : for His mercy endureth forever. 
 () give thanks unto the God of Gods : for 
 His mercy endureth forever. O give 
 thanks to the Lord of Lords: for His 
 mercy endureth forever. To Him alone 
 wh.) doeth great wonders : for His mercy 
 endureth forever." 
 
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 took to perforin. The publishing of " Notes by the Way " in a separate form 
 was an after-thought of your fertile brain ; to which, with some hesitancy, 1 be- 
 came a consenting party after several instalments had been made from England. 
 The fact that the " Notes," for the most ]iart,were written under very unfavorable 
 circumstances, will be ample apology for their many defects. In illustration, take 
 the following : After an early breakfast, off by train, or some other conveyance, 
 arriving at our destination in time for dinner. l"he honors of the table duly 
 observed, we are presently, in company with several others, comfortably seated 
 in the drawing room or some other room. I take possession of a corner of the table, 
 out with tools, and go to writing "Notes by the Way," occasionally pausing to 
 answer a question, or to reply to some pleasantry. My work has to be done 
 
 hurriedly, for we are to take tea with Mr. and Mrs. , and the mail for Canada 
 
 will be closed at 7 o clock. When fortunate enough to retire to a private room 
 for my >vork, interruption after interruption was my let, by divers persons calling 
 to see the " Canadian," and to make inquiries about some relatives,or to get my 
 opinion touching the propriety of their emigrating to this " Canada of ours." 
 
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 all the time, day after day, the week is gone (as we say), before you know 
 where you are. Mailing day is come, and I say, " Now, look here, my Brother, 
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 must be taken in their rough, for all they are worth. I will only add : 1st. At 
 the beginning I intended to be more elaborate, and to have given some pen- 
 pictures of certain brethren, ministerial residences and chapels ; but I soon learn- 
 ed that that would not do ; for human nature, decked in broadcloths and white 
 neckties, is quite as sensitive (thin skmned, some people call it;, as when array- 
 ed in fustian or corduroy, and that my confirmed habit of calling things by their 
 proper names (to wit, a spade, a spade), rendered it, to say the least, expedient 
 for me to abandon that part of my programme. 2nd. I should have given you 
 three or f'^ur additional papers ; but it so happened that, for a few weeks in sue- 
 cession, your columns were so largely occupied with story of travel, that one 
 of your correspondents hinted the thing was being overdone. I took the hint 
 and stepped down and out. For any pleasuie or profit the perusal of " Notes 
 by the Way " may have afforded your readers, they owe you thanks. Wishing 
 for you, Mr. Editor, much pleasure in the discharge of your onerous duties, 
 
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 The " last lines " on preceding pages were written by Mr. Barker on the last 
 Saturday which he spent upon the earth ; they are the last Hues that ( ame from 
 Mr. Barker's pen for ihe press, perhaps the last lines that he ever wrcne. Be 
 fore these "lines" had reached us his emancipated spirit had passed into the tran- 
 quility of a»i eternal Sabbath. We had barely finished reading them when the 
 telegram came announcmg his death. We could hardly beheve that Brother 
 Cephas Barker was no longer with us. It seemed as though somebody must 
 have made a fatal mistake in the transmission of the message. " We were like 
 them that dream." A strange bewilderment took possession ot our mind, and 
 for awhile struck us dumb and motionless. It was an awful surprise .' But very 
 soon any lingering doubt as to the reality of the terrible mess^ige was dispelled by 
 the arrival of a second despatch from Bro. G. Webber, Secretary ui Conference, 
 informing us of the time and place of burial, and refpiesting that the next issue 
 ot The Observerhc put in mourning for the <lemise of him who had been so long 
 its controllintr spirit. Conse(iuentiy T/u Observer oi iNovembt-r i6th. i88i, .ip- 
 peared with turned rules on all editorial jjnge.s, and contained the following brief 
 obituary notice : — 
 
 CKPHAS ISARKKR. 
 
 " Cephas Barker died su<lde»ily at tho H. C. ParsoimsfH, Hofton Street, London, 
 Ontario, on Monday niorninu, November 14th, IHHI, fti,'ed (JIJ years. 
 
 Mr. B&rker enten-d tt,t' itinerant ininiHtiv in connection with thu Enulisli Con- 
 ference in 1838, and has therefore nndered the ( onnexion 43 yearn' eflVctive 
 and very valuable nervice. He labored with n.arked succeaH on HPVftral circnits in 
 Enuland. And, because of the Rreat confidence that his brethren hud in Hlh ability 
 and judgment, he whb recjuested, m the yeai 1856, to take th« BUjieriiUendency of 
 •ur work on Prince Edward iBland ; the Itland at that time beinij c >nnected with 
 the English Conference. t)n the Island Mr. Barker labored for einhr years. His 
 Bunerior abilities and determined spirit soon lifted him more than head and shoul- 
 ders above his felh vr-laborers on that Held, and consHtuted him a tower .f 
 strenuth to the denomination. In some of the political and educational reforms of 
 the Island Mr. Barker took a very active part. By many in that Province he will 
 be louic remembered as the friend of the oppresied, and the stern and indefatigable 
 advocate of the rights of the working classes. 
 
 
87 
 
 IN MKMORIAM. 
 
 Mr. i^arkcr visited tlie Canadian Conference of 1862, and waa acjorded a riffht 
 royal reception. liia [xiblic ininidtrationn and social intercourse, with ministers and 
 people, won for him a positKjn in general eateeni to which but few men in our Con- 
 ferencu liave evr attained. During this visit Mr. IWker inaugurated negctiations 
 whiuit tinally culminated, in 18C4, in the En<^iish Conference transferring the P. E. I. 
 district to tliQ jurisdictiun of the Canadian Conference. Mr. Harker hae> been 
 three times President of the Canadian Conference, in 18()4 by the appointment 
 ot the Enirlibh Conference — the H-jme Authorities have power to make this appoint- 
 ment once in four yearf., but Mr. Barker is the only on« who has yet received this 
 lidiior. In 1865 he was again chosen President by the unaniinous vote of Conference. 
 In 1HG7 he was elected to the General Secretaryship, and the Conference of 1868 again 
 elected i»im as its President. 
 
 Tlie year 1866 beean a new era in the history of our Canadian work, by the com- 
 mencement of a Connexional Organ and Publishing Concern. Mr. Barker was 
 elected Editor, and from that time until the Conference of 1830, he was continued, 
 by the vote of Conference from year to year, in the management ot our denominational 
 litur.ature. Because of Mr. Barker's relation to 77»(! Otsfrivc at its inception, and so many 
 years subsequently ; because of his neverfailing interest in the management and 
 success <»f our denominational literature ; and because of the respect that we all 
 cherish for his name and works; Thk Orsbrver appears to-day in her unusual dress of 
 sincbrtst K<»rrow. 
 
 Mr. Barker waslefta widower in the year 1875. There were two daughters, children 
 of the first itiarriaj^e. <hie died several years ago. Mrs. Bain, naw residing at 
 Port Hope, is the only surviving child. Mr. Barker was married a second time, 
 /ire yetirx ago today, to Miss Stone, of Aldington Mancr, Isle of Wight, England. 
 
 Mr. Barker has been General Treasurer of the denomination since 1872. VVhen 
 he was relieved of th^ editorship, at the Coiiferwnco of 1880, he waa granted a year's 
 b'ave of absence. He spent most of the year in England, where he was in labors 
 iibundnnt, serving the English Conference as special nuKsicnary deputation most of 
 the time. He returned to Canada just before the last C( nference, and seemed in 
 better hotilth than he had been for several years previ »usly. And soon after his re- 
 turn he remarked t > us, just where we, with dimmed eyes, jien thess lines, that he felt 
 yood f'T ntintficr ten years' tf»il in the Master's cause. At the last Conference 
 lie WHS ap))(;inted to Fl'-rton Street Cliurch, London. To their new Held of labor Mr. 
 and Mrs. Barker moved soon after Conference, bearini; a g..ld watch and address 
 from Bowiimiivilb*. as an expression of the liigh regard that our citizens had for Mr. 
 Barker as a man. a citizen, and a faithful ])reacher of th« i^o.spel. 
 
 His ministry at Horton Sireet Church was much appreciated, and, though short, 
 mark d devi'lopments of general impr"v<'ment had made their appearance. But 
 Cephas Barker's work is (tone, atid he rests from his libors. How applicable the 
 words of sacred history: -" Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen 
 1 his day in Israel." 
 
 THE LAST K'^URS AND SOLEMN OBSE(JiUIES. 
 
 Tiie end of this faithful servant of the church and (Mirist was in perfect 
 harm )nv with his thoroughly consecrated life. From the early age uf eighteen, 
 hn Dfofession of faith in Christ has been unswerving, and his character without 
 a blemish, l-'or nearly forty-four years, his imquestionahly great and varied 
 talents have l)een most mdefatigablv employed to establish and extend the in- 
 terests of the denomination, and. above all, to hasten the Redeemer's un'versal 
 reign — for which he so often and earnestly jjrayed. All through hfehe has been, 
 mo^t emphatically, a worker. In the study and in the i)ulpit, as an editor or as 
 :i pastor, as a Christian or as a business man, he was always intensely earnest. 
 It was not his nature to do things by halves. The ardor of his mental operation 
 (juickly wro'ight his convictions into a white-heat, and his tremendous will-power 
 caused him to be the ready and fearless executor of whatever he conceived to 
 
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 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
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 be the right. He never shrank from any responsibility or toil, which the church 
 or the Master laid upon his shoulders. For several years, in his various official 
 relations to the ( onference, he bore ^nd did what but few men would be capable 
 of enduring. Incessant work has characterized his life, and he died in the harness. 
 
 On the morning of his last earthly Sabbath he did not feel well. He had 
 some acute pains in the chest, and Mrs. Barker advised him not to take the morn- 
 ing service, but he would not leave his work. While conducting the services he 
 seemed to forget his pains, but they did not leave him. In the afternoon he 
 took a little sleep, and seemed considerably refreshed. When the hour of even- 
 ing worship came he went most cheerfully to his post, and preached one of the most 
 impressive sermons— accordmg to their own statements — that the friends at 
 Horton Street Church ever heard. The great central truth of Apostolic preach- 
 ing — the battle-cry of the Reformation — the foundation truth of the ("hristian 
 system, and the glory of evangelical Christendom — peace with God through justi- 
 fication by faith in Christ, was the theme, of what proved to be the valedictory 
 of a faithful pastor to a loving people. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and 
 a Lovefeast followed the regular preaching service, and it was about ten o'clock 
 before he retired to the parsonage. The pains in the eldest returned with in- 
 creased pungency ; he took some simple^ remedies, and, apprehending nothing 
 serious, he refused to have the physician called. His devoted wife applied hot 
 fomentations, which afforded some relief, and then exhausted nature courted rest 
 and refreshment in sleep. And as the wearied worker put himself in a comfort- 
 able position to meet '" Nature's sweet restorer," to his watchful and anxious wife, 
 who stood at his bedside, he said : *' Good-bye, darling, if I don't see you again. ' 
 and then fell into what seemed a natural and comfortable sleep, it was the good- 
 bye which has to wait and linger for the good-morning ! Hut the morning of re- 
 union and renewed greeting shall come, " For all that are in their graves shall 
 hear the voice of the Son of Man ; and the dead in Christ shall rise first ; and 
 they shall come from the east and from the west and sit down together." 
 
 About six o'clock the next morning — Monday — Mrs. Barker awoke — tor, 
 after finding that her husband continued to sleep, she also retired- -and, though 
 it was so early, being solicitous to know how Mr. Barker was, she spoke ; '.here 
 was no response ; she spoke again, but there was no answer. And then the 
 realized awfulness of that hour and place, to her, no words can portray. 
 
 It so happened that Brother G. Webber was down from Exeter to the city, 
 preaching anniversary sermons at London East. He was immediately sum- 
 moned, and to him Mrs. Barker committed the charge of executing her wishes 
 in reference to the funeral, and requested his attention to all personal matters 
 in which she might need assistance. Mr. Webber telegraphed the sad intelligence 
 to the l*resident, to The Observer office, and to a few other members of the 
 Connexional Executive, and requested them to come to London for the funeral. 
 
 THE INTERMENT. 
 
 On Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the remains were taken from the 
 Horion street parsonage to the church. The brethren E. Roberts, H. J. Nott, 
 W, Kenner, W. Quance, J. J. Rice and J. Kenner acting as pall-bearers. But very 
 few of our churches have ever witnessed such a solemn and impressive scene 
 and service as took place at Horton-street this morning. Long before the hour 
 for the service to begin had arrived, the edifice was filled to its utmost capacity. 
 The pulpit, the walls, and the front of the organ gallery were deeply draped, and 
 
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89 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 the manifestations of sorrow by the smitten congregation, as the remains were 
 placed near the pulpit, from which he had so recently spoken to them with that 
 pathos iind power which will not be forgotten, told the agony of disappointment 
 \7hich had so unexpectedly overtaken them. 
 
 As the London Advertiser was careful to collect the names of all the ministers 
 present, and in other ways evinced special interest in the deceased and his 
 bereaved congregation, we republish the list of clergymen who attended the 
 funeral as given by that paper ; — 
 
 Revs. W. S. Pascoe, President of the Conference ; (i. Webber, Secretary, 
 H.J. Nott, Editor of Thk Ohsf.kvkr ; J. J. Rice, Hamilton; Jno. Kenner, 
 Bowmanville ; Wm Kenner, Prince Albert; J. Holmes, St. Thomas; (i. H. 
 Copeland, London East; Wra. Quance, Usborne ; A. C. Courtice, B.A., Eon- 
 don South ; E. Roberts, Toronto ; F. M. VVhitlock, Heusall ; Dr. Sanderson, 
 Canada Methodist, L( ndon East; ]. M. Ross, M.A., Dundas Centre Canada 
 Methodist ; U. H. T& 'or, Hamilton Road Primitive Methodist ; Wm. Herridge, 
 KJng Street Primitive Methodist; l;avid Savage, Canada Methodist, Wellington 
 street ; M. E, Dimmick, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. (^)ueen's Avenue; 
 Thos. Cosford, Canada Methodist, London West ; Dr. Evans, Canada Methodist ; 
 (jeorge Daniels, Hamilton Road, Canada Methodist ; Joseph Forth, Adelaide 
 Street, Baptist; also, J. W. Butcher, Cr;iditon ; R. B. Rowe. Hampton; S. H. 
 Rice, Talbotville, and others. 
 
 It was arranged by the brethren present that the services in the churcli 
 should be conducted by the President and Secretary of the Conference. Mr. 
 Webber began by announcmg the 534th hymn, which was sung in a very impres- 
 sive manner by the congregation, led by the choir. Mr. Webber offered prayer, 
 and read the xc. Psalm and part of the xv. chaj). of First Corinthians. A part of 
 another hymn was sung, and the i'resident, Bro. W. S. Pascoe, delivered a suit 
 able address, and in his opening remarks said : — 
 
 My dear friends, we are here to-day to bury oitr dead To some of us he 
 has been a firm and a true friend. In darkness and diiticulty his words have 
 often brought us light and encouragement. We deli;^'hto<l to fall back u[)on his 
 jud,i.':ment and affection, and never found him wanting in sympathy in the hour 
 of need. His attachments, when fixed, were imperishable, and his advice was 
 never without value. Onr fn'cfid his gone, and all here to-day, who were bound 
 to the departed by the golden link of friendship, will say. We are met to burv 
 our dead. He has been to mnny of us a co-worker, and often a leader in all 
 important enterprises of the denomination. In legislation and in action he has 
 filled a conspicuous i)lace among his brethren. .And, alihougli we could not 
 always endorse the views of our departed follow-worker, nlmost invariably wo 
 felt the stronger for his counsel and presence. Those of us here to-riav who 
 have been with him in the sunshine and gloom of our church's work ; those of 
 us who have stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the thickest of the battle, 
 and have, more than once, blended our voices with his in a shout of triump 1 ; 
 those of us here to-day who, in our official relations, represent the Connexion, 
 whose untiring servant he was, in a high and j>eculiar sense, can sav, We are 
 met to bury our dead. Then the dear friends of this congregation have lost a 
 valuable and loving pastor. The whole church felt that he was thoroughly con- 
 secrated to his work, and were satisfied that he wou'd lie ;i great ])ower for eood 
 in the city of London, But that voice which so stirred their hearts last Sabbath 
 
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 have to join us in saying, We meet to bury oUR dead. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Executive Committee, held in the Horton street 
 chureh soon after the funeral, it was arranged that Iko. G. Webber should hold 
 a mrmorial service in Horton street church the following Sunday evening. And 
 it was also ordained that, as Mr. Harker had labored so many years in Huwman- 
 ville, and that place has been so lung regarded as our denominational center, a 
 memorial service should be held in our church in Bownianville, on the evening 
 of Wednesday, November 30th, and that the President should give an address 
 on the occasion. 
 
 A SYNOPSIS OF THK FUNERAL SERMON DEEIVEREI) IN 
 HORTON STREET CHURCH. 
 
 BY REV. G. WEBBER. 
 
 " PrecioiiB in the sight of the Lord is the deatli of His naints." — Psa. cxvi. l/i. 
 
 That was a foolish doctrine advocated by the Sadducees, that the soul of 
 man is perishable like the body, and when the body dies the soul is annihilated with 
 it. A more disconsolate o|)inion than this never prevailed among the most illiber.il 
 sects of heathenism. The doctrine dishonors God, disheartens man, and shrouds 
 the world in darkness. Were the soul 10 die with the body. Why has it been 
 rendered susceptible of happiness never to be felt, of friendship never to be 
 consummated, of improvement never to be perfected r Why so much concern for 
 Its comfort, and so much oeauty interwoven in its nature ".' Is this a prodigal 
 waste, a lavish expenditure of God? Af. The body may pass to corruption, 
 but the soul is immortal and lives on for ever, And is not this a solemn truth : 
 That the soul of every one that ever lived is living still ; that all who ever thought 
 arc thinking vet ; that the dead are yet living. It is not on problematic assump- 
 tion We hazard this opinion. There are many presumptive evidences of its 
 truth. The instinctive horror with which the soul recoils from annihilation, its 
 ardent longing after eternal existence, the principle and design of moral govern- 
 ment in punishing sin and rewardinj^ virtue, l<>gether with theunecpial distribution 
 of rewards and punishment in the present life, are so many facts on which to 
 found a conjecture of the soul's immortality. Hut this is net left to prol)al)ility. 
 Revelation teaches and authenticates what reason conjecnirfs. The Bible proves 
 that when the body returns for a season to the dust, the spirit Iive« and holds 
 fellowship with eternal things. Hut 7.'/vr(' that spirit shall live, and move, and 
 have its endless being, de])ends on ( ur present character, and state, and service. 
 The wise, bu»- ihe wise only, shall inhorii glory. 
 
 FIRST. — THE .saints' PRECIOUSNESS IN THK SIGH i <)| (;oi). 
 
 I need not pause to define the word •' Saint.'" Vou know it means a sanc- 
 tified, holy person ; one of vital piety, whose heart is changed, sins forgiven, 
 nature renewed, life consecrated, and being God's. 
 
 1st. T/i^ samt's person is pytriuus in God's si^/it. Their hdies anJ snu/s are 
 alike redeemed by the sacrihcial offering and death of Christ. Again and again 
 the Word teache? that the I'ody has been redeemed, and because of that shall yet 
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 day. On the ground of that, Christ claims the body to-day as a living sacrifice, 
 and will fnially claim it from corruption as an integral part of his redeemed 
 possessions. And the soui, which all Christian believers admit has been 
 redeemed of (iod, was not redeemed with corruptible things, such as silver and 
 jfold, but with the precious blood of Christ, and that which cost God so much 
 to restore, rebuild and recrown, cannot be lightly valued by him. When God 
 beholds a saint, he not only marks the power of redemption, but sees the 
 reflection of his own image, himself in miniature, and delights in that restored 
 manhood. 
 
 2nd. The aim and purpose of the saint's It'fe are precious to God. Every man 
 has a purpose of being distinctly before him, but every purpose is not sure and 
 christian. The student pours over his books, gathers the thoughts of others, and 
 seeks to prepare himself for an inflaiutial position in society. The merchant 
 embarks upon the treacherous seas, faces the dingers of storm and distance to 
 gain a fortune. The husbandman toils, amid wind and rain, to prepare the 
 stubborn soil for the seed time and harvest. The soldier faces the dangers of 
 war, treads a soil saturated with human gore, to win the applause of a nation ; but 
 the CJhristian purpose is worthier andsurpassingfar that of the world's foster-gods. 
 It is not wealth or honors, appetite or applause, but the good and the godlike. 
 Is he a Christian minister? His aim is to save souls, with all that that involves 
 of outlay and self-mastery, and intense application, with an eye single. Is he a 
 teacher? His aim is to prepare and teach painstakingly, thai the young feet 
 may be led into the way of all truth. Is he an elder or officer of the church ? 
 His desire is not self-parade or insolent dictation, but to serve the church in the 
 spirit of the gospel, to the profit of all, thai the churches may glorify God in 
 him. Is he a private Christian ? Then whatsoever he does, whether he eats or 
 drinks, he seeks to do all to the glory of God. Moved by spiritual impulse, 
 and living for spiritual ends, the saint is pre-eminently consecrated to God, and 
 a purpose so grand, and pure, and sublime, and all-absorbing, sheds a peculiar 
 lustre over the life and renders it very precious to God. 
 
 3rd. The experience through which t/ie destiny and purpose of the sainfs lift is 
 reached, is precious to God. It is possible that those moments which appear to 
 us most dark and trying, and less expressive of God's eternal regard, are the 
 moments when we are most precious to Him. We read that the tears of the 
 saints are precious, and that (iod puts them into His bottle, and that the prayers 
 of His saints are precious, and that God has a golden vial full of incense, which 
 is the prayers of His saints. And may we not infer that those hours of special 
 trial and conflict, when tears are shed most, and prayers offered most fervently, 
 are times when saints become very precious to God. On their fiery trial God's 
 eye is fiited, and when they sensitively recoil from evil, He sees them with de- 
 light. Ju.st as a parent's solicitude and affection seem to over-look the healthy 
 in the presence of the sick one, and forget the wan'-s of the strong 
 by the cot of the infirmed, so we may believe God is especially closeted 
 with his tried and sorrowing ones in their seasons of deepest anguish ; so that 
 the experience which to us is so draped and sombre may render us more dear 
 and precious to God. 
 
 SECOND. — WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PECULIAR PRECIOUSNESS OF THE SAINT's 
 DEATH. 
 
 We have often asked, can death, outwardly so dark and forbidding, ever be 
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 the scene where the fountain of human enjoyment is dried up, where separations 
 are final and farewells long ; the grave ot our fondest hopes and most cherished 
 anticipations ; where the smiling face is pale and cold, and the voice hushed in 
 stillness ; where the hand of friendship is unclasped ; where the bright world be- 
 comes a pnsDn cell ; wiiere tne ttnderest ties are ruthlessly severed, and darkness 
 and desolation reign. But even death may be precious, not in itself, but in its 
 results and revelations, and victories, introductions, and eternal glorifications. 
 
 1st. Death to tht saint is the end of his sufferings and imperfections, and that 
 in precious to God God is not delighted with the sorrows of His people, more 
 than a father is with the punishment and tears of his child, or than the master is 
 with the stripes of his corrected pupil, or the surgeon is with the pain of his suf- 
 fering patient. When the neccessity for disciphne shall cease, and the heart and 
 life no longer need correction, God will be delighted with that state. The cause 
 and suffering will unquestionably cease together, and will not death end both? 
 The tears and trials, the fears and levers, the pains and partings, the sorrows and 
 sins of the good man will end in death. When the saint lays down the body he 
 shall lay down its mfirmities forever. When he parts with the pilgrim staff, pol- 
 lution and mortality shall be exchanged for immortal perfection, and those 
 sins over which he has so bitterly wept, and whose scars are so longed to efface, 
 and the necessary punishments and agonies they brought, shall all be exchanged 
 for a i)erfect nature in a jjcrfect home, and oh how precious to you will be that 
 sinless, unsuffering state. 
 
 2nd. Death to the saint is an entrance upon a higher life, and that is precious 
 to God. If it be true that God delights in the hap[)iness of his saints because it 
 flows from him, and because of his great and generous nature, then we may be 
 sure that that which brings us nearer to him and takes away the cloud and veil 
 between us is precious to God. And does not death introduce the saint into the 
 immediate presence of God and enatile him to realize the blessedness for which 
 the })ast has been a preparation ? Is not the moment of departure from this life 
 the entrance iiUo another? The immortal rises where the mortal sinks. The 
 farewell in the valley b^^low is followed by greeting on the hills beyond. Earth's 
 sorrow-time is heaven's festival. Death is but a rude hand to give us the trea- 
 suries of the skies ; a celestial messenger to call the exile home ; an icy chariot 
 to bear us to the entrance of the sunlit temple of God. In this way death changes 
 the desert to a city, night to morning, earth to heaven, and the feebleness of the 
 lime-state to the splendors and blessedness of the marriage supper of the Lamb. 
 
 8rd. Death to the saint is his last greatest victory, and that must be precious to 
 God. The life of every good man is a conflict, and, at times, a fierce conflict; 
 battling with the world, with all its corrupt principles and maxims, and rivalries 
 and falsehoods and unholy examples ; battling with Satan and the allied powers 
 of darkness, with all their experience and skill and unscrupulous duplicities ; 
 battling with the flesh, with all its intrenchments and ramifications of depravity. 
 The good man knows the meaning of struggle and tragedy, while his nature is a 
 battle ground where Edens are lost and won. Oh, the fierceness'and agonies of 
 this life-battle I But there is no enemy that looks so formidable, and that frig ht- 
 ens good men so much as the last enemy, death. Some men, good men, are all 
 their lifetime subject to bondage through fear ; they dread the last enemy more 
 than all other foes combined. Of this God is not an indifferent spectator, but a 
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 which some of his own look forward to death, and for a long time linger shiver- 
 ing on the brink and fear to launch away. And when the last enemy is overcome, 
 and death is swallowed u|) in victory, and death itself converted mio a triumphal 
 chariot, and the saint passes through it into the eternal life beyond, that change, 
 that victory, is precious to (iod. As the gate of life opens and the inmional 
 victor enters, God welcomes him with the gladdest congratulations ; and as he 
 receives the crown won and bestowed upon him who overcometh, he sees that 
 he is how a a owned warrior in the throne-room of (lod. He has reached the 
 climax of viciory, the apex of triumph. No more the aching brow or infirm 
 limb, or weei)ing eye, or lingering doubt, or agonizing self-reproach. The port 
 is gained, <he race is successfullv run, the last enemy is destroyed, and the last 
 conflict of earth is exchanged for the throne and Him that sitteth upon it for 
 ever. 
 
 The above eloquent deliverance was followed by an exceedingly impressive 
 sketch of the life, character, i)rinciples, rare consecration and great talents of 
 thit noble servant of God, C^plias Barker, by which the immense audience was 
 deeply moved ; but as the President's address, which follows, treats very largely 
 of the biographical jjoints, to avoid anything like repetition, we omit all personal 
 references in this connection. 
 
 BOWMANVILLE MEMORIAL SKRVICE. 
 
 Pursuant to arrangement, the public meeting in respect to the memory of 
 Mr. Barker was held in the B. C. church, Bowraanville, on the evening of Wed- 
 nesday November the 3()th. The church was packed to the doors. The audi- 
 ence was composed of many from the country, some being present from Enfield, 
 Ham[)ton, Orono, Port Hope, and a large number from Ebenezer, Salem, and 
 other surrounding districts. Citizens were present from all the different churches 
 in town. Bro. J. Kenner presided, and on the platform were the brethren 
 Pascoe, Nott, Courtice, Whitlock, Ayers and Butt. The choir sang " Go to the 
 (irave," when Mr. Whitlock led in prayer. H. J. Nott read the {)Oth Psalm, 
 after w^iich the choir sang " Wait, O my ^oul." 
 
 Bro. J. K-Ciiner, in stating the object ot ttie meetini^, referred to the citizens' 
 meeting in the Town Hall prior to Mr. Barker's departure f -r L)ndon, when. 
 Mr. Kenner said his excellencies were engraven in gold -a g-dd watch, suitably 
 inscrioed, having been given t) Mr. Birkijr at inat time l)y his many friends in 
 Bowmanville. The chairman then introduced the President. 
 
 Urv. W. S. Pascoe said he would not make an apolo<ry for his presence 
 but he would havo boon pleased if some one else had hecMi .selected to .speak on 
 so solemn an occasion, since it put him in rather an embarrassing ))ositiou. 
 When placed in new circumstances, it took him quite a while to rise above 
 thera. We were met on a very sad occasion. The lar^'e iinuiber of persons 
 proHcnt showed that a matter of no ordinary interest liad brought thera togetJicr. 
 Death had laid low a brother beloved — a man who had lived out his life man- 
 fully, and had fallen while yet his harness was worn by him. We feel deeply 
 when dwelling upon the subject of death or when we stand in the ])resenc(' of 
 the dead. When we have taken our last look at those who have faded out of 
 life, we have felt not only the mystery of death but its great solemnity. 
 When tiie dead person was only a passing friend, one with whom we had 
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 one has died — a friend to many — a hrothiM- of the sanm Christian faith — -a 
 follow-laborer in tin' word anil doctrine. When 1 tiiink of all thin and remem- 
 ber the constant friendship and unswi'rvin.' kindness with which for so loni,' 
 he iionored me personullv, I keenly feel his loss. We are not here to exhibit 
 him as a perfect man, l>ut to honor his memory, as that of a man of God. If 
 we search up and down 'he world we will not find a perfect man. Wo meet 
 with men very (U^vout and j,'reatly honored, but a p(Tfect ami infallible man, 
 we never meet, and never expect to meet until we rivich that better country 
 which sin mars not, and which it can never enter. Hince that sad event 
 whicii took place at Ijon(b)n the other day, you havt; thon,t,'ht of death as you 
 never did before. In thon<,'ht yon have followed the departed into the crreat 
 unknown, and as you nave ])onderel and musi' i over the cireumsta:)'.'e, it haa 
 seemed like a dream. But it is a fict — to us a mournful fact — (Cephas Harkor 
 has died! The awful smbb'nness with which this stroke has fallen has made 
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 Yes ; onr brother is dead ! What does that mean to him '? These mysteries 
 of God's providence will bo understood soon. Here we have only a partial 
 revelation — an imperfect kno\vled{,'e of this f^vcni truth, that the perfect life 
 awaits us beyond death. Life and immortality will be brought to light. 
 Whatsoever his death may mean to us, to him it nutans Rest — most jwrfrrt, un- 
 ending rest. 
 
 Our views and anticipations of heaven are larcjely colored by our (;arthly 
 experiences. Robert Mall, whose life for many years was the experience of 
 one long agony, longed for heaven as the place of rest. ♦' 'I'liere reniaineth, 
 therefore, a rest to the people of God." Our dear brother, v.ho Inul lived fiS 
 years, knew what it was to engage in work which t ixed his vit;orous frame to 
 the utmost. His life was varied in its character, conditions and experiences. 
 Difficulties, trials and duties combined to tax his strong bo 'y and his vigoron.'j 
 mind, and, in some of the exigencies of his life, death would gladlv have been 
 welcome. When death — the Christian's ])est visit int — came, he laid asiile his 
 work, and now rests from his labors. Onv brother s](>eps tin; sleep that s'lall 
 know no waking, until the archangel's voice shall b(> heard sunnnoiiinu him to 
 appear before the bar of judgment. Whilst here, how toilful was Ids mental 
 life as he endeavored to exi)loro the iield of knowlediro ; but now, while his 
 mental activity shall be incessant, his mind's peace shall bij profound and its 
 rest perfect. 
 
 The fiercest hunger is tint of tSn heart. If it have not its fidl sliare of 
 sympathy and love, no gladness visits it. And how nmch of disappointment 
 human hearts experience on earth ! In heaven the heart rests, (iod's love 
 in its mighty tide sweeps thniugh it. and friendship most sacred and most 
 true satisfies it for ever. Body, mind and heart at rest ; death means all that 
 to him. 
 
 When life lies fallow, with its powers unemployed, and its possibilities 
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 All truolifc liiltors. Life in hfiiiven is the truest and the hest. It in a life of 
 uervice, in whit'h tlio work done is most con/^'onial and f,'ainful. Into such 
 fiiiployiiieiit our hrother has onturcMl. In one of Johns visions the rcdt?cmed, 
 gathcrt'd around the throne of (rod and the Lamh, " serve God day iind 
 iii{,'iit in his t -mple." Now any eiirnest man who contemplates such a vision 
 as this nnist ft.el encouraged to live, not for himself hut for Christ. Death 
 heljjs t) tit us for holier duty hy settinf; us free to serve with unembarrassed 
 powers. What changes, then, must we undergo ere we shall he i)repared for 
 such a life of service as the Apostle has descril)ed. The Christian man is a 
 consecrated man, whose desire is to serve God and Jiumanity. I would not 
 ffive much for a mans professions if they do not lead him to give himself to 
 God, in full and complete consecration. Hero the hest work we do displays 
 our human imperfection, so rude and void of finish is it. But a change of 
 condition will accompany a change of service. In the perfect life the service 
 will be ])erfect, and our obedience will bo eternally complete, There will be no 
 interruption of our work and life. In this world, while we pray, we have to 
 struggle ; while we plead, we have to fight ; and we are tempted with a thou- 
 sand vexatious things. But there, everything shall tend to the full employment 
 of our powers in the service of God. 
 
 I,ifo can cxipt under nmny conditions : — in pain, in pleasure, in toil, in 
 rest, in poverty, in wealth, in youth and in age. Upon much of the life of 
 earth the shadows fall and linger, and its brightness vanishes, and its joys 
 die But what are the conditions of life in heaven ? 'I'here is no sickness 
 there to sap its foundations, no languor, no pain. The inhabitants never say 
 thev are sick. We cannot say that. How free the mind nnist be, all its im- 
 perfections gone — fnM' as the air— free as the angels of heaven, and taking 
 rank among them. In life's struggle we often feel and complain of weariness. 
 Our Brotht r ft-lt wtary on the last Sabbath he spent u])on the earth — he was 
 wfary. Tn th« bett-r land there is no weariness. Think of the soul being fully 
 consecrated to God, and all its vast powers emi)Ioyed for God under these 
 conditions, and you will but partially realise the bliss of our departed Brother. 
 We talk of his death in London ! The body is laid in the Cemetery there 
 — the house,the clny tenement only is in the grave — he himself has gone to 
 his Father's home in lieaven, and his soul revels in all the blessedness of the 
 higher and better life. VVithout such changed conditions of life, eternal and 
 perfect service is impossible. These, too, our departed friend has gained. 
 
 In proportion as the ends of life are gained and life itself is perfect, will it 
 be enjoyable. We have no sympathy with those croakers who. in God's earth, 
 can see no sunshine and no brightiiess to cause a smile. Life here is like an 
 April day, in which sunshine and shower alternate. We see joy mingled 
 with sorrow, and in our gladdest songs are sad, waihng minor tones, that 
 that betray the incompleteness of our joy. Our most triumphant lays are 
 sung upon the " Mount of Vision," where hope and faith point to a future 
 brighter than our present life can be. "I shall be satisfied when I awake with 
 thy likeness," is the burden of those songs, but while it reveals the soul's 
 exultation, its confesses its many needs. 
 
 How perfect, »ind sweet, and lasting, and glorious our joy shall be when 
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 the rest of heaven. We have our keenrst earthly onjoymonts when wo arc 
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 oppose U8, hut we fi'cl sate in tlw protection of (Jocl, thou;^'l» ho nuiketli ui 
 pass tlironj,'li deep waters at times, llovv })crfect, how histin^' and glorious 
 must be the enjoyment of our cici)arted ihothtr. He isjgone to where thtre 
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 In that hetter land we sliall have clear and ever increasing knowledge. 
 The time will come when we shall know «s we art known. We desire ti fuller 
 knowl(!dge of God ; soon tiuit knowledge shall he given us. Here tin- nnnd is 
 " crihhed, eahined and coniined." Mysteries ar«' everywhere around us, in 
 nature, in providence and in grace. We know nothing perfectly. The future 
 has wondrous revelations for us, and each revelation shall yield its joy. 
 
 We are impressed strongly hy our surroundings. A bright day, a sunlit 
 landscape, some thing of heauty seen in a clear bright light, association with 
 friendly persons, converse with the wise and good, are important factors in 
 the work of making us wise, iind good, and l.appy. A dark and cloudy day, a 
 storm-burst, a scene of desolation, voices of evil things, the presence of a foe, an 
 evil moral atmosi)here which dutv obliges us to breathe, are forces tluit operate 
 to mar our peace and spoil our life. (Jn earth there are periods of darkness, 
 when we grope our way in doubt and fear, wondering whether this is the way 
 the Master would liave us walk in. Life has its hattle-helds, where blows are 
 struck and wounds are rife, and ruined iiiid worn-out lives lie all around. 
 Our surrnundings will always impress us strongly. 'I'he future of the soul 
 sliiill always be bright, if for no other reason because its future si)liere is radiantly 
 glorious ; it is tlie home-circle c>f God's family, into which shall come no evil 
 thing, Hud all are subordinate to the law of love. It is the gathering i^lace 
 of friends who can never be untrue — the happv home where life attains eter- 
 nal perfectness. Death has been a divine messenger sent by oiu- Father to 
 convey our brother thither. 
 
 But that death which we so naturally deplore, means something to us, as 
 it involves a loss of friendly communion and sympathy. We have lost Cephas 
 Barivcr's companionship and counsels. Those counsels were many and valu- 
 able, but only his past counsels can benefit us now. This sudden event has 
 made many in this assem!)ly uneasy — restless. The opened tombof our departed 
 iin'ther has been calling upon us to be ready. We have mingled our tears 
 touether as aforetime w- have interchanged our thougiUs. His voice will no longer 
 be lieard in the sacrc^d desk pleading with men for God, nor at the mercy-sea^ 
 pleading with God for men, nor in the songs that tell of earth's L'rap[)le for 
 heaven's blessings, nor in the eouncil-chand/cr where arc discussed weighty 
 questions that shall work nuich good or ill, as they shall !)<■ wisely or unwisely 
 decided. A gap has been made in our ranks, a leader has been laid low, and 
 we are realizing a chastening sorrow. 
 
 I remember in my boyhood reading of a king of Macedon, who, desirous 
 of being remiiuled of his mortality from day to day, appointed an officer to 
 come to his door at early morning, knock, and say three times, " ITiilip, re- 
 member thou art mortal," and then go away, leaving the king to reflect on ihe 
 brevity and uncertainty of life. We do not take all that care to remind our- 
 selves tluit we are mortal. How little we reflect upon the fact, although reiuind- 
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 Dciilh is a perpetual menace to every life ; his shadow falls upon every cradle, 
 upon all childhood, upon manhood and womanhood Each |)assin,'j: day deepens 
 ihat shadow, until, lilce the darknes.-, that fell upon ancient Egypt, it becomes a 
 something thdt can be felt. We feel it in the infirmities that mcrease with the 
 flow of time, in the sicknesses that ])ro.strate our boasted strength, and in the 
 feebleness and senility of age. Every death stroke that falls in tht; community 
 is a warning and a call to miKe ourselves ready. How loud this call has been, 
 and to how many it has come ! A little time ago, and the pe'»i)le of this town 
 met to bid Cephas 15arker God speed, after his residence in your midst for a 
 dozen years. You met to do him honor then, you are met to nonor his memory 
 now. Then he \Ta? with you, now he is with (iod. His death is to us a lesson 
 that not too soon or too thoroughly our work shall be done, and we found ready 
 for the Master's call. Need I remind you of the kind and extent of preparation 
 that is necessary. If you would piss thr jag'a ttie gates into the city, all sin must 
 be abandoned ; trust in the alisutficient sacrific(.' of Christ must be exercised ; a 
 divine pardon must be experienced , your life must be regenerated ; your entire 
 being must be purified : your consecraii.Mi to Cod must be complete ; your work 
 id life must be ascertained and accom;:lished. In all these things there must be 
 tiioroughness. Your life-motto must be, "I must work the works of Him that 
 sent me while it is day, for t'le night cometh when no man cm wc^rk." 
 
 A (juestion of great importance is often asked, sometimes with careless lips, 
 at oth^r times under a sense of responsibility so great, that we cry in very anguish, 
 " Who is sufficient for these things ? " It is, " How may I best flight the battle 
 of life ? " 
 
 It is a very pertinent question noiv, as we are fresh from the grave of the 
 dead. The life that hr,s so suddenly ended was. in more than one sense, a battle 
 in which Cod's honor and the weal or woe of the sohiier who fought it were in- 
 volved, as also the eternal interests of many others were afTected by it. It will 
 never be successfully fought if a true value be not set upon life. 
 
 To live is a more solemn thing than to die. Yet how few act as though this were 
 so. They visit the death-bed and g. 'e on the lifeless form of the tlead, and 
 then come away with hu-ihed tread and baiel b-'eath, deeply s(.)lemnized. The 
 true soleuiiiiiy of life is only seen when its tremendous possibilities are considered. 
 l,ite, under the power of divine grace, mav be a tneans and an instrument bv 
 which a true royalty shall be gained for ourselves that sliall l.-e abiding. A good 
 life is the only kingly one, and the Christiati character the only one tliat shall be 
 etern dly illustrious. We may gain in useful knovvledge and in moral worth what 
 all material wealth is to ) poor to purchase ; and by rh ; use of those unpiirchas 
 able guns be benefactors to our fellows to an extent so great that eternity alone 
 shall declare it. Or we may make life a cursj and a misery for or.rselves and 
 for others. Death never gives tD a man's eternity its distinctive character, but 
 life does. Life sows, eternitv reaps, and death is but the intervening space be- 
 tween the sowing and the reajjing. Thus life is more imp )r:ant than death. 
 Just outside of Charlottetown are two CMuet-'ries. Over the gate of entrance of 
 (.)ne are these words, " Mors yanua Vitic' — " Death the entrance to life." Death 
 is a ir.'nsition of life, glorious, beneficial. Merely to die is but to fill asleep, it 
 we are in Jesus — a bright or dark passage to eternity, as we may make it, To 
 live is to enter the arena where war is vvaj[ed and where victories are to be won ; 
 f)ur oattles of life must be fought for C )d. and 'i^y the hel[) of Cod, or we shall 
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 Cephas liarker. In laying before y<)u a rapidly si^oken sketch 01 that life we are 
 placed at a considerable disadvantage. Wc lack intonuation respecting certain 
 portions of it, which m ly be sui)i)iied to us at some future time. We have a 
 knowledge of his earlier years from "Notes of a Life," which he wrote tor the 
 Ensign several years ago. From that source we learn that the s<icial position of 
 his parents found illustration in Agur's i)rayer, *' (iive me neither [loverty nor 
 riches."' I he surroundings ot his cnildhood were beautiful, being in the town of 
 C latham, in Kent. 'I'nere is not a K.-ntish man or woman here to-night who 
 does not claim it to be the garden of hngiand. Chatham is a great naval and 
 military station, and the character of the people is largely influenced thereby. 
 (Jephas Barker grew up a strong, bold, l^rave boy, who despised danger. He 
 wa? a member of a family connected with a ciiurch of which the father was a 
 deacon, and who, when the pulpit was vacant, would occasionally su|)ply it him- 
 self. Ceptias.was sent t(j the liible Christian Sabbath School, in the town ot 
 New Brompton, where he was a scholar up to the time ^iod touched his young 
 heart, which, through the blessing of C,)d. le to complete consecration. No 
 aphorism is more true than that " the child is father to the man. ' Mr. Barker, 
 from his boyhood up, was disposed to hold his own against all comers. As a 
 boy he fought but one battle with a school-felhiw, and that was fought in defence 
 of a smaller boy. As a scholar he was quick to learn, was ambitious to distin- 
 guish himself, and at a comparatively early age acquired a good English education. 
 The religious tendency of his mind was shown early. Jn his childhood, when in 
 a serious mood, he was in the habit of preaching to the chairs and stools. The 
 little fellow's pungent ai)])eals on some of those occasions would bring tears to 
 the eyes of listeners, and they so irni)iessed his father, and the father's minister, 
 that they concluded to have him educated for the ministry of the Baptist Church. 
 
 His conversion took place when he was about fourteen years of age. On a 
 Sunday afternoon, after the regular school exercises were over, the scholars assem- 
 bled to hear an address delivered by a lady teacher. During that address he 
 was powerfully convicted of sin, and became greatly distressed in mind in con- 
 sequence. During the following days of the week, his trniil)le increas''d upon 
 him. until, unable to bear his anguish alone, he wr^te a letter to the lady, in 
 which he sought her advice and i»ravers. The foil )vving afternoon, after the 
 school had clos.;d, a prayer-nieefing was heM to which (Cephas was invited. 
 Karnest prayer was offered, he was directed to the one, the only Saviour, whom 
 he was enabled to trust as his Saviour, when ihe place of prayer was made to 
 ring with the grateful praise of the new bom soul. 
 
 With his usual i)romi')titude he at once connected himself with the P>ible 
 Christian Church, to the great disgust of' is father, whose long cherished plms 
 concerning him were thus endangered. Cephas made a mistake in this matter, 
 he at least should hive consulted his father. His father was a professed Christian, 
 a deacon of the church, and an occisional preacher, but he sadly licked th'^; 
 spirit of Christ. He commenced a bitter persecution of his son. His angry 
 
 father dragged him from his knees at a prayer-meeting, pushed him into the 
 street, and struck and kicked him re[)eatedly while on the way home. Having 
 got there, in his rage the father tore off his son's clothes, and whipt him until the 
 blood flowed freely, winding up his exhibition of " muscular C'hristianity," bv 
 rubbing handful after handful of salt into the bleeding wounds of that young dis- 
 
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 ci])le. That he mi^ht not worship with the people of his choice, he was imprison- 
 ed in his bed-room, and his hoots and Sunday-clothes confiscated. When per- 
 mitted to go abroad again, he was forbidden to speak to his father on the street, 
 or to re<:ognize him. His home-treatment was 'pitilessly cruel. He had become 
 tile pariah of the family. If he was out of the house after night-fall he would 
 find the doors locked against him, and he has often s{)oken ot sleei)ing among 
 the graves in the churcii-yard, m hirns, and elsewtiere ; and when at home, he 
 would be told he might leave as soon as he would. 
 
 This state of things produced great despondency of mind. He was strongly 
 tempted to find a short cut out of his difficulties by suicide. One day he had 
 obtained a razor for the purp(;se of taking his life, but in a peculiar way Provi- 
 ^lence interposed to save liun. One of the Circuit ministers was crossing the 
 " Chatham lines," as the review ground of the garrison is called. The course he 
 was taking led away from Mr. Barker's residence. He was suddenly arrested 
 by an uncontrollable impression that he must go at once and see Ce[)has. " I 
 will go on my return," he thought. " No, go now," said what seemed to be a 
 voice within him. He obeyed that voice, and that at once On arrival at the 
 house he told (Jephas how he was impressed, spoke to him of Satan's devices, 
 intimaled the possibility that he might, in des[)eration, be tempted to take his 
 life, etc. Our friend made tearful confession of the deadly purpose which he 
 vvas on the very p )iiit of putting into execution when the minister arrived. 
 
 As he was really excluded from the family circle, and his presence in the 
 house barely tolerated by his father, C'eijhas, after C(.msiiUing his mother, whom 
 he fondly loved, joined the iiiriiam frigate, then statioiit'd at ('hatham. He 
 carried his piety with him, and retained it. It got hun the nickname of " our 
 parson," but it won fVjr him the resp-^ct both of the officers and crew. While 
 serving in the irigate hi.; had a narrow escape from drowning. He had been 
 made coxswain of the captain's gig. and was mui'h engaged in taking messages 
 to the dockyard and the town. Returning lo tie shi|) on one occasion a bcjat 
 lurci'.ed as he was stepping from it to anoth-^r. and he fell into the river, sank 
 twice and rose again, but in sinking the third time he caught a chain which was 
 connected with the ship, and so was ;-<aved. 
 
 The frigate was only a ])lace f)f refuge when life was grown desperate. At"ter 
 a year or more of service he isked the captain for his discharge, who willingly 
 granted it to the lad who had won his esteem. He returned to his father's house, 
 but it could be no longer his home. After dusk, one evening, he had another 
 narrow escaj)e. He was shot at in mistake, the assassin being in wait for another 
 man. 
 
 He obtained a position as a school teacher at East Rainham for some time, 
 after which he l)ecame assistant teacher in a school conducted l>y a clergyman. 
 Life brightened greatly at this time, and his worldly i)rospects were good. 
 
 While so engaged he was called to exercise his gifts in public, as one of 
 that useful, but, alas, neglected and too much despised class of Christian laborers 
 — the local preachers, — to whom, under Cod, the various Methodist churches 
 are U'^der vast obligations. The " boy-preacher" became immensely popular, 
 and his popularity indirectly led to reconciliation with his father. 
 
 The first ai)pointment to the town chapel which Ccjihas had, was much 
 talked of, and a large congregation .'ip.stmbled, among whom, although concealed 
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 former part of the services, trembled lest his son should fail. He thought Cephas 
 had got beyond his depth in taking for a text, " Be not deceived, God is not 
 mocked ; for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap," etc. The ser- 
 mon strongly affected the father, who quietly left the place while the concluding 
 devotions were in progress. The service ended, and the preacher was informed 
 that his father had been present. " Then I will go home," said the lad. In that 
 home the harsh parent sought his son's pardon, and made confession, that during 
 30 years of connection with a church, until that afternoon he had never had en- 
 joyment of religion. Tfie scene that ensued upon that home-coming was one ihat 
 the angels rejoiced over. The persecutor and the persecuted mingled their 
 tears, and prayers, and praises together. 
 
 When a little over 19 years of age he was called into the full work of the 
 ministry, with the full approval of his parents and friends. He felt his call to 
 that work during a Missionary meeting which was addressed by John Williams, 
 the " martyr of Erromanga," and Richard Knill, who had been a missionary in 
 Russia. For some time he resisted the call, and suffered much mentally. Ulti- 
 mately yielding to his sense of duty, and stipulating with his mother that he would 
 not leave his native land without her consent, he commenced his laborious itin- 
 erant life, in doing this, he turned away from fair prospects to embrace a life of 
 comparative poverty, persecution and hardship.* 
 
 I have failed to obtain information respecting his earliest stations, and the 
 first years of his ministry. When I first saw him in 1852 he had been 14 j'ears in 
 the work, and had been for some years one of the Missionary Secretaries, and a 
 leading man in connexional affairs. There are certain incidents which show, in 
 some measure, the character of his ministry, and his courage and promptitude 
 in dealing with difficult cases and unsatisfactory conditions of church life. 
 
 In one church there bad been division and quarrel, f or years ; many 
 efforts had been made by minister after minister to heal the breach, but all in 
 vain. Our friend tried his hand, when persuasion and entreaty failed, he called 
 a meeting of the church, gave a historical resume of the quarrel and the attempts 
 at healing, and then deliberately tore up the class-papen, and expelled them alL 
 A rather drastic medicine that, which the discipline did not authorize, but which 
 alone seemed to be effective. Having got rid of the quarrelers, he started afresh, 
 and with good results 
 
 On another station, to his great sorrow, he found tVat the pulsation of re- 
 ligious hfe were very feeble. He thought, prayed and resolved. Calling a special 
 meeting of the local preachers and class-leaders, he bared his mind before them, 
 and told them his fears that even some of them had but the form of Godliness. 
 " Brother." said he suddenly to one, " are you converted now ? " The man with 
 tears, confessed his loss of religious power and enjoyment ; and from one to an- 
 other the pastor went, obtaining similar confessions, and then followed prayer 
 and re-consecration to God, who graciously revived His people. 
 
 He was, when in the full vigor of his manhood, a powerful speaker both in 
 the pulpit and on the platform. At times he was very quaint in his utterances, 
 and often homely in his illustrations of truth. The first sermon I heard him 
 
 ^[Here a pause waa made, and the choir aang that beautiful and touching hymn, 
 " Asleep in Jesus," after which Mr. Pascoe resumed his address.] 
 
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 preach illustrated these features of his ministry. It was a thanksgiving sermon 
 in Shebbear, Levon, in 1852. He was very faithful in assailing the faults pre- 
 valent in the neighborhood, especially that of discontent with providential ar- 
 rangements. Suddenly snatching up the Hymn Book, he turned to that old 
 Hindoo-English hymn, which has since disappeared from our hymnal, 
 
 " I'm glad I ever saw the day, 
 Sinj? Klory, Rlorj, glory," etc. 
 
 He read with peculiar emphasis and feeling, and with an effect which the tearful 
 eyes of nearly all his audience betrayed. 
 
 As a sample of his method of illustrating truth, I may say that in that same 
 sermon he illustrated how worl-^'iness prevents the soul from drawing nearer to 
 God day by day. Said he, " I once saw a balloon mounting through the air un- 
 til it seemed unable to mount any higber, and as I looked I saw that something 
 was thrown from it, and some sand fell upon my face. They were throwing the 
 ballast out that the balloon might go higher." He then proceeded to make his 
 application, his hearers had to throw out their ballast. How often too, when 
 he has been leading the devotions of his congregations, has he given evidence 
 of frequent intercourse with (lod, by the fervor and po»ver of his plea. His was 
 no unfruitful ministry, for the Master owned it. 
 
 In 1856, he was deputed by the home authorities to proceed to Prince Ed- 
 ward Island to investigate and settle affairs there that had got into great disorder, 
 and was barely saved from shipwreck on the voyage. He was to have returned 
 within two years. He found, and did a work there which required a longer 
 time ; accordingly his wife and daughters joined him on this side the great waters. 
 He took steps to introduce our cause into Charlottetown, and in spite of very 
 much opposition, he succeeded. He early took his stand as the staunch advocate 
 o< religious liberty against the present Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown 
 and certam Protestant politicians who were prepared to yield all that the Bishop 
 demanded. Not unlrequently he took his stand in the open air and proclaimed 
 to men the love of God in Christ. He did this at his peril. More than once his 
 life was in great danger from the mob, while his wife trembled ivhenever he was 
 absent, lest his life should be taken indeed. 
 
 During the nine years of his superintendency of the island work, he negoti- 
 ated the annexation of that work to the Canadian Conference, and was honored 
 by being appointed by vote of the English Conference to preside over the Con- 
 ference here. This is the only instance in which the home Conference exercised 
 their power of appointing our President. Since that time he has twice occupied 
 that, the highest office in the gift of his brethren, by the vote of those brethren. 
 
 In 1865, he was removed to Cobourg in this province. During his pastorate 
 there, he became the first Editor of our Connexional organ, The Observer. 
 Upon the removal of the paper to this town, he took up his residence here, and 
 for 1 2 years he lived in your midst. The positive character of Bro. Barker gave 
 much force to all his editorial utterances, while his somewhat peculiar opinions 
 on some of the subjects discussed gave offence to not a few. Yet, upon the 
 whole he made a good editor, with whose prelections the majority of his readers 
 were abundantly satisfied. 
 
 During the five years of my pastorate of this Circuit I received help in every 
 wiiv in which it was possible to I e given, from my friend Barker, and I feel that 
 to no small extent my work was furthered by his counsel and aid. When I stood 
 
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 sad hearts present ; and not the least sad one w^s my own, for he whom we were 
 laying in his last bed, was an old fellow-laborer and friend. 
 
 Only a few months ago he went from your midst to resume the full labors 
 of the ministry in London. God's blessing has rested upon his unflagging efforts 
 there. The Horton-street congregation was increasing, the finances were being 
 improved, and better still, souls were being saved. The people were expecting 
 great things from his ministry among them. They trusted him, possibly they 
 trusted fo him, and not sufficiently in God, and God may have taken him from 
 them that they may trust in Him, and Him alone. One of the last acts of his 
 ministry, performed on the last evening of his life, was the reception of two per- 
 sons into church-fellowship. 
 
 Great was the shock when news came that he was dead. By a mistake 
 made in the telegram, I had arrived in London expecting to repeat the friendly 
 offices of seven years ago, when his widowed heart was almost broken. I had 
 hastened, as I supposed, to cheer and console him under the shock of another 
 and a sudden stroke of chastenmg providence. I saw him, but he was stretched 
 cold and silent in his coffin. He had died the death he often wished for. His 
 ideal of death was— a happy, busy Sabbath, a quiet retirement to rest, and then 
 a sleep that nothing shall disturb until the Master shall come in His glory. So 
 he died. As I stood by his coffin, and gazed at him through my tears, Mrs. 
 Sigourney's verses came to my mind : 
 
 " Tread softly — bow the head — 
 
 In reverent silence bow ; 
 No passing bell doth toll, 
 Yet an immortal soul 
 
 Is passing; now. 
 
 Oh, change ! — oh, wondrous change ! 
 
 Burst are the prison bars ; 
 This moment there — so low — 
 So agonized ; and now 
 
 Beyond tbe stars. 
 
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 Their lies the soulless clod. 
 The sun eternal breaks — 
 The new immortal wakes — 
 
 Wakes with his God." 
 
 To you all it is a great disappointment that he was not buried in your beauti- 
 ful cemetery. He lies in one as beautiful. It has not been given to you to 
 guard his grave and tend the flowers that shall grow ujion it. But you ,nay rest 
 assured that in the years to come, the flock, to whom he last ministered, will 
 perform that pious work with a care as great as ever yours would be. None of 
 us who attended his solemn burial service in Horton-street church, and tearfully 
 gazed upon the bent heads and silently flowing tears of the hundreds who were 
 present there, can doubt that. We are a company of mourners here, but we weep 
 not as " they who have no hope." For him we n'jed not weep. He is not, for 
 God has taken him. A swift flight his was. A spasm, a pang of which he was 
 probably not conscious, and he was gone to realize all he had sought and hoped 
 for. How like a translation was that death. How loud a call this death is tons 
 
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 all to live in earnest. Our life must not be trifled away. Mere baubles must 
 not amuse us. We are makmg our own eternity, moment by moment. The 
 characters we are forming now, eternity will make permanent. How purely, 
 how intensely, how earnestly then, should we live. That earnestness will not be 
 felt or exhibited if we live not devoutly and devotedly. Intercourse with God 
 will not only gladden life, but it will consecrate it. To spend and be spent for 
 Him should be our ceaseless desire and our purpose. Death shall not interrupt 
 tbat intercourse, but shall rather facilitate it, and it shall intensify our deathless 
 joys in heaven. 
 
 It is said, that Charles Simeon had in his study a beautiful portrait of his 
 friend, Henry Martin, the Missionary, whose brief life had ended years before. 
 As Simeon moved up and down the room, the eyes of the picture seemed to 
 watch his every movement, and as Simeon gaxed upon them, they seemed to say 
 to him, " Be earnest, be earnest, do not trifle, for sinners are dying, and Jesus 
 must be glorified." The living man would at times respond, *' I will not trifle, 
 I will be earnest, I will live lor my Master's honor, and for the souls for whom 
 He died." If Cephas Barker could speak to us to-night, would he not urge us 
 to live for God fully, constantly, and always ? And shall we not so live ? To 
 Christians sad partings lead to joyous re unions. It will be our own faults if we 
 do not meet our dear friend again in a happier life. How soon the great reaper 
 shall thrust in his sickle to reap the harvest of our lives we know not. God 
 knoweth. Oh, to be ready then ! " The night is far spent, and the day is ar. 
 hand." The choir then sang the last hymn. 
 
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