as the Priests of the Temple, we are appointed to watch; holding forth constantly to view (for this is the life and light of the Church, and in exact proportion as it is obscured, our Ministry fails of its purpose,) the salvation of sinners through the free Grace of GOD in Christ Jesus. We should magnify the love which was displayed in the rescue of a guilty race, and in the gift of the Spirit of Holiness: we should press these things home to the bosoms of our hearers, and teach men to make them their own :we should labour night and day to awaken those who are plunged in the sleep of sin, and to dissipate the dreams of those who smooth over the Doctrines of the Cross, and are satisfied in conscience, because they satisfy the nominally Christian world: we should regard it as the business of our lives to be instrumental in turning men from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. And even if it were to please God that we could turn but one, shall we not think the labour of our lives to have been better spent than in the pursuit, however successful, of any worldly object, when we remember, for our encouragement, the value of one immortal soul, as set forth in the declaration of Him who paid its ransom- -that there is JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER THAT REPENTETH?

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NOTE A. p. 12.-I see no reason, however, why I should be withheld from giving renewed publicity to the testimony rendered by the late Bishop Stewart to his predecessor, Bishop Mountain, the first Protestant Bishop of Quebec (the person to whom the allusion is here made). It will be seen that I have followed his own example in the tribute which I have paid to him, it being from his first Charge to the Clergy that this passage is extracted. His own humility of spirit, considering the character which at the time he had already established for sanctity and devotedness, and the value of his previous services in the Canadas, are strikingly exhibited in the close of the extract.

"The subject," he says, "which first presses itself on your

feelings and mine, is that of mutual condolence on the loss we have all sustained in the death of our dear and excellent friend and counsellor, the late Bishop of this diocese. We all recollect with lively remembrance, the virtues and piety of his character, and the learning and abilities which distinguished him; and with sorrow and sympathy we reflect on our being deprived of his example and guidance. This affectionate remembrance, and these just reflections, will always stimulate us, I trust, to greater watchfulness, diligence, and exertions in the performance of our respective duties; but they add to my concern on your account, and to my anxiety on my own. They make me more sensible

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Again, in the close of the Charge, he says, rate on this solemn occasion, without looking back to the loss this Diocese has sustained in the death of the late Bishop. We have condoled with you on the death of our excellent friend and counsellor; we have reflected on the greatness of my responsibility and charge, and the increased measure of patience, brotherly kindness, and charity, desired by me from you, on my succession to such a predecessor.

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NOTE B. p. 14.-As it is possible that many of the individuals into whose hands this Charge may fall, may be little aware of the facts to which reference is here made, it may be encouraging to them to state some particular examples :

"London.-The Bishop of London has consecrated in this Diocese since 1828, sixty new Churches. His Lordship, as Bishop of Chester, to which Diocese he was appointed in 1824, had consecrated twenty-seven, in all eighty-seven Churches.

« Winchester. The number of Churches consecrated in this Diocese within the last ten years, is fifty-nine, and between two and three hundred more have been enlarged and improved.

"Chester.-The number of Churches consecrated in this Diocese by the present Bishop during ten years is one hundred and three: Churches now building in the Diocese, thirty-five: Chapels not

consecrated, but having their own Ministers, twenty."-Eccles. Gazette, for February, 1839.

If my recollection does not deceive me, there are now thirteen places of worship of the Established Church, of which two were originally dissenting meeting-houses, in the single parish of Lambeth, where, when the present Rector took possession, there was only the parish Church (the private Chapel of the Archbishop not being reckoned). All over England, additional Churches and Chapels of the Establishment are springing up; and other instances are not wanting of the same transfer of meeting-houses to the Church, which has been just mentioned as having taken place at Lambeth. The augmentation and renovation of Churches is also proceeding every where with the same spirit; and it is a gratifying feature in all these undertakings, that one grand object kept in view is to provide free sittings for the poor.

Three new Churches have recently been consecrated in the parish of Stepney, which now contains five spacious Churches, with three thousand free sittings.

We hear a great deal of the alarm conceived, and not without reason, at the multiplication of places of worship and religious institutions at home, in connexion with the Church of Rome, and of the towering anticipations of that Church respecting the recovery of her dominion in the country. But let us thankfully bear in mind the far greater multiplication of our own Churches; and through whatever struggles we may have to pass, let us not despair of our cause, the cause of Scripture and of truth. The cause of our true Protestantism is the cause of God himself; and it will be seen in the end, what will become of all human devices in religion:

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NOTE C. p. 14.-Although in proportion to the wealth of the English people, if it could be hoped that all who conform to the Church would have a sense of their duty in this point, it is still little that is done, yet every day affords some examples which

remind us of the exclamation of David, Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. Many have nobly responded to the call of the present Bishop of London for the erection of additional Churches in the metropolis. Many have given their hundreds, and not a few their thousands. The example has been followed in other Dioceses; associations for the extension of Church accommodation have received the most liberal support, and individuals have come forward in the same spirit. The following specimens are taken almost at random from a single number of the Ecclesiastical Gazette :

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"The Bishop of Ripon has recently consecrated three new Churches in the Archdeaconry of Craven, Lothersdale, Stoneyhurst Green, and Settle. We cannot omit to notice the munificent gift of 1,000l. from the Reverend Walter Levitt, the Vicar of Carlton, towards the endowment of the Church [at Lothersdale].

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"A public meeting was held at Chelmsford, October 23rd, for the purpose of forming an Essex Association, in aid of the Incorporated Society for building and enlarging Churches and Chapels. It was originally suggested by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. The subscription is already a munificent one, amounting to nearly 2,000l.

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"On the 1st of November, in the township of Clayton-leMoors, was laid the foundation-stone of a new Church. The site was the gift of John Fort, Esq. of Read Hall, M. P., who has also granted a site for a Parsonage-house and a National School. The estimated expense of erection is 1,700l.; endowment, 2,000l.; total, 3,700l.; of which sum 500l. were subscribed by John Fort, Esq.; 1,000l. towards the building, and 1,000l. towards the endowment, were the munificent donations of his sister, Ann Fort.

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"Lord Braybrooke has given the sum of 100l. towards building and endowing a Church at Knowle Hill, Berks.

"Mr. Gladstone, a Liverpool merchant, has contributed the