Language. By Charles Richardson. To be completed in Thirty Parts. 4to Part I. 38. 6d. Pickering.

A Charge delivered in the Autumn of 1834, at the Visitation in Hampshire. By William Dealtry, D. D., F.R S., Chancellor of the Diocese. 8vo. pp. 142. 4s. Hatchard. This is an able, earnest, and temperate defence of the established Church, against the attacks which have recently been made upon it by the political Dissenters. With the Charge is connected a very copious Appendix, containing many facts and documents of superior value, illustrative of the controversy between the Church and Dissent, and of the present state of religion in this country. The pious and excellent author manifests considerable familiarity with the writings of Mr. Wesley, and speaks of the Methodist body in terms of Christian kindness.

Lectures on the Atheistic Controversy; delivered in the months of February and March, 1834, at Sion Chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire; forming the first part of a Course of Lectures on Infidelity. By the Rev. B. Godwin, Author of " Lectures on British Colonial Slavery." 8vo. pp. 279. 68. Jackson and Walford.-In these days of licentious speculation, scepticism, and open infidelity, it becomes the Christian to be armed at all points against the enemies of his faith; and to be able, with meekness and fear, to give such a reason of the hope that is in him, as shall at once satisfy his own mind, and silence gainsayers. Those who are engaged in the work of public religious instruction are bound especially to acquaint themselves with the objections,which have been raised against the principles of true religion, and the manner in which those objections may be the most effectually refuted. The volume of Mr. Godwin, now before us, contains an acute and wellreasoned refutation of the revolting theory of Atheism; and its publication is seasonable in these times, when the very exist ence of a First Cause is boldly and openly denied. We believe it will be found, on examination, that the evil against which our Author raises the warning voice prevails at present to a considerable extent, especially among the lower classes in some of the manufacturing districts of this country; and to this fruitful source of misery and crime Mr. Godwin's book will prove an antidote, both seasonable and powerful.

Disagreements among Men: a Sermon, delivered in Great Queen-street Chapel,

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Huddersfield, August 31, 1834. Robert Jackson. 8vo. pp. 24. 6d. Mason. -The text selected, as the basis of this discourse, is Exodus ii. 13, 14: "And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said unto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ?" From these words the writer takes occasion to speak of the origin and tendency of quarrels among mankind. The sermon will not be regarded as an example of practised and accomplished authorship; but it contains many just and pertinent remarks, which bear directly upon the peace of the church, the happiness of families, and the welfare of mankind, expressed with clearness and energy. The following passage may be given as a specimen :-" In cases of disagreement the principal aggressor is not unfrequently the last to come to terms of reconciliation. Moses said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? and he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?' Observe, the man who used this insulting language was the man who did his neighbour wrong.' And how often have we known the same conduct pursued by the guilty party! Two persons differ; we inquire the cause; and having acquainted ourselves with the facts of the case, we find that the innocent party is the most willing to come to an explanation; while the person with whom the principal part of the guilt lies spurns every offer, and perhaps insults the very men who, from a love of peace, affectionately entreat him to be reconciled. From cases of this kind that have fallen under my own observation, I will vouch, that, generally speaking, when disagreements occur, in order to find out who is the principal offender, you have only to inquire who is the most unyielding and intolerably overbearing in his temper; who creates the greatest clamour about his pretended injuries and wrongs. To him you may say with Nathan, Thou art the man. There is no necessity for either judge or jury to prove him to be the chief offender: he furnishes his own judge and jury. He practically declares that in the quarrels in which he is involved he has nobody to blame but himself."

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were raised by subscription and public collections. These shares are to be paid off by the pew-rents; no interest to be paid until the shares are paid off. The chapel is vested in Trustees, and settled, on the Methodist plan. Captain Richards and his clever mining artisans are now erecting an organ, with fifty-two keys and five stops. It is to be both a barrel and finger organ. When finished, there will be found a man from among themselves to play it. The congregation has greatly increased since the chapel was opened. The Lord revive his work !'"

THE DALE OF DENT, in the Kendal Circuit. "The Dale of Dent is about nine miles in length, and contains about two thousand inhabitants; and the probability is that they will be greatly increased. Public preaching, by the Wesleyan Methodists, was not introduced into this Dale till about 1803, when Mr. J. Kershaw went and preached to them. At first, divine service was commenced in a barn; and as no person took the Preacher to his house, he had generally to travel about four miles for a lodging, after the evening preaching. Various false reports were spread, and curious ideas entertained, by many of the people, respecting Methodism and Methodist Ministers. At first very considerable indifference was manifested by the hearers. The people in this Dale are great knitters; and the women used to come into the place of preaching, and all the time the Preacher was holding forth the word of life, they were busily engaged in plying their needles. However, ere long, their hearts were deeply affected with their sinfulness, and in their penitential distress they seemed to forget their work; their needles dropped from their hands to the ground, and a cry was extorted from some of them, What must I do to be saved ? Very considerable opposition was raised; and stones, mud, putrid eggs, &c., were sometimes levelled at the Preacher. One evening, while he was addressing them from the parable of the rich fool, there was an esquire, of considerable property, listening at the door, whose feelings were wrought up to the highest pitch of rage; after some time he rushed into the house, and through the crowd to the Preacher, deterinining to pull him down, declaring that the sermon was directed against himself, and that he would not be exposed in this way to all the people. The Preacher, conscious of his own innocence, as he did not know the man before, requested him to wait a little, till he had finished his discourse, when they would settle the matter. The man did so, and the service was concluded in

peace. Many persons having received spiritual good, a small society was formed. After changing the outbuildings, in which divine service was held, no less than five times, our people at last bought an old barn for £40, made it into a chapel, and collected the amount of the alterations and repairs, so that only £40 debt remained. Mr. Christopher Lawrance, now near eighty years of age, who has been converted to God by means of Methodism, and has become very zealous for the good of the cause, made the Trustees a present of £20; for which he is to receive, during his natural life, the sum of eighteen shillings per annum. After they had occupied this chapel a number of years, the roof became so much out of repair, that it was deemed altogether unsafe. The Society of Friends had an old meetinghouse in Dent's Town, with a piece of land connected, which they had occupied for about eighty years. This they offered to the Methodists at a moderate price, which was accepted. The old meeting-house was pulled down, and the Methodist chapel is built in the Town of Dent, which is near half-way along the Dale. It is ten yards by ten, within; is pewed on one side, from the pulpit to the door; has one hundred and eight sittings, seventy of which are already let. The other side is for the poor. The whole expense was about £131; towards which £81 have been raised; so that the remaining debt is £50, beside the eighteen shillings yearly to Mr. Lawrance, during his life. We have in Dent's Town three classes, containing thirty members, and several persons on trial. The chapel was opened on Tuesday, October 21st. The Rev. C. Taylor preached in the forenoon, and Mr. Brooke inthe afternoon and evening. The attendance and collections were very good. The premises are settled on the plan of our new ModelDeed."

LLANELLY, in the Swansea Circuit: "The Wesleyan-Methodist chapel at Llannelly, after being considerably enlarged a second time, and improved for the convenience of public worship, was re-opened on the Lord's day, October 25th, when two impressive sermons were preached by the Rev. J. Smith, and one by the Rev. D. Rees, Independent Mi nister. The Rev. J. Buckley, whose declining health would not allow of his preaching, commenced the solemn services, and gave an appropriate address at the close. This was a season of holy solemnity, and gracious manifestations of the divine presence, evinced by the fervour of prayer and praise presented to the throne of grace by the numerous and

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respectable congregation assembled. might truly be said,Thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save;' while their hearts responded, "Lo! this is our God; we have waited for him; and he will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.'

"English Wesleyan Methodism was planted in this town as an early period of the formation of this now prosperous section of the church of Christ in Wales. Mr. Wesley remarks in his Journal, August 8th, 1768, I rode to Llanelly, and preached to a small earnest company, on, Ye are saved through faith.' This good seed has borne evangelical fruit after its kind, to this day. The late Henry Child, Esq., and his amiable wife, joined this little society of the faithful soon after its commencement, and continued through life zealous and constant ornaments of their Christian profession. They hospitably entertained Mr. Wesley and his Preachers, whom they ever regarded as a part of their own family, and highly honoured as the ambassadors of Christ. Mr. Child, with great uniformity of character, and exemplary piety, faithfully watched over the society, as the Leader, for more than half a century, and was truly a father to this remnant of the Israel of God. The limited sphere and circumstances in which it was placed rendered it comparatively small, there being but few English families in the town or neighbourhood, and the inhabitants generally preferring their own native energetic language. Mr. Child, however, warmly attached to English Wesleyan Methodism, was desirous of giving permanency to it by erecting a chapel; and his intention being mentioned to Mr. Wesley, on his last visit to Llanelly, it met with his warm approval; and when leaving the family with his accustomed blessing, and benignly smiling, he presented to Mrs. Child a guinea, with his devout wishes that the blessing of the Lord might be upon their undertaking. The chapel was accordingly erected in 1792. Many of the senior Preachers and English worshippers will recollect with gratitude the seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord they have enjoyed in that humble sanctuary; while others who there ripened for glory, now seeing God as he is, and worshipping Him in his holy temple, record with exceeding joy the preparatory heavenly blessing they were favoured with in that place. For many years this was the only English place of worship within a circuit of sixteen miles by the ordinary carriage road.

"The English population of Llanelly greatly increasing, in consequence of the erection of extensive works in the neighbourhood, it was judged proper, in order to meet the spiritual wants of the people, to take down the chapel, and rebuild it on a larger scale. On the 18th of July, 1828, the late Mrs. Buckley laid the cornerstone, as her honoured mother had done the former; and the Rev. James Buckley preached on the site; and on the 21st of November following it was opened by him and the Rev. Messrs. W. Davis and J. Bond. The different services, both in English and Welsh, were accompanied with the unction of the Holy One, attended with a gracious token for good. The chapel having till now been private property, was gratuitously settled on Trustees, agreeably to the enrolled deed of the Connexion, that it might be secured and perpetuated to the sacred purpose for which it was originally erected, and had been solemnly dedicated. From this time the good work of the Lord began more especially to prosper. The active energies of the society were called into zealous and useful operation in prayermeetings, the distribution of tracts, and the enlargement of the Sunday-school, which at present consists of between three and four hundred English scholars, some of whom have given hopeful proof of conversion to God, and are become steady members of society. By the prayer-meetings a door of usefulness was opened at the sea side, and a little chapel fitted up, near the Docks, for the benefit of sailors and residents in this neighbourhood. The society having within the last three years increased to more than treble its former number, and the congregation in proportion, it was deemed expedient again to enlarge the house of the Lord; which was accordingly commenced on the 4th of August last, when the friends of the good cause once more assembled and presented thanksgiving in hymns of praise for past gracious manifestations of the divine presence and favour, and fervent prayer for continued and increasing prosperity. The foundation-stone of the enlargement was laid by the Rev. J. Buckley and his eldest daughter; and many hearts were deeply affected while he reminded them in his address of past times and seasons, and of the active zeal of those who had before laid the corner-stone, and raised the superstructure which was now too strait for them, and who were probably beholding them from the realms of glory, and participating in their joys while they were drawing the line to lengthen the cords and strengthen the stakes of

Zion. The public interest was pleasingly excited, and the liberal aid of the friends and of persons of different denominations in the town called forth; so that, though the enlargement is considerable, the chapel now measuring in the clear twenty-seven and a half by fifty-one feet, and well finished, and admired as both neat and commodious, the debt amounts only to £250. The sittings are nearly all let; by the income of which, and other anticipated assistance, the whole debt is expected soon to be liquidated, and the annual proceeds to be applied to the support of the ministry of the word. The attendance, both at the preaching and the prayer-meetings, is truly gratifying. God is in his sanctuary.""

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DANE-BRIDGE, in the Leek Circuit:— "A new Wesleyan chapel was opened at Dane-Bridge, in the Leek Circuit, Oct. 26th. Its dimensions are thirty-nine feet by twenty-seven. The ground was granted by J. Brocklehurst, Esq., of Macclesfield, on a lease for ninety-nine years, at a rent of £1. 4s. per annum. It will contain about three hundred persons. Brooke, of Huddersfield, kindly came, and preached at the opening; and a very gracious influence from on high rested on the congregations: the day will long be remembered by many. The people assembled manifested the great interest they took in the cause, by contributing the liberal sum of £36. Subscriptions to the amount of £125 had been previously given; so that, as the entire cost has not been more than £200, there will be but £40 left as a debt. There are a few pews in this chapel, which will bring in annu ally £6. 12s.: the whole of these are let; and more might have been let, had there been any. The chapel is settled on the Methodist plan, and the deeds are regularly enrolled. Previous to the erection of this chapel, we had been much confined for room at Dane-Bridge, the place we occupied for preaching being generally crowded, and yet many were unable even to get in, much less to be comfortably accommodated; and no better place could be procured. As God has now graciously enlarged our borders, and made room for us, our congregations are much increased, both on the Sabbath and on the weekevenings, and several persons since the opening have been added to our society here. We have every reason now to expect a great revival of the work of God in this neighbourhood. Throughout the Circuit, we have great peace, and God is also favouring us with prosperity. To his name be praise !"

RICHMOND, in the Hammersmith Cir

cuit:"A new, substantial, and neat Methodist chapel was opened for divine worship at Richmond, on Tuesday, Nov. 18th, when the Rev. Theophilus Lessey preached two eloquent and impressive sermons, which will not soon be forgotten. The blessed influence was continued under a very excellent sermon in the evening, by the Rev. Henry Davies. On the following Sabbath the services were renewed, when the Rev. Joseph Cusworth preached, assisted by Mr. Towler, from the London North Circuit. Methodism in Richmond, as in most other places, has had a difficult progress from a very small beginning. Our little society in this place is an offshoot from Twickenham, but has now fairly outgrown the dimensions of the parent tree. About the year 1800, Mr. Morton went to Twickenham, and attended the preaching, which was made the power of God to his salvation, and he joined the society. Soon after, his wife also was converted to God; and the pious pair, with their only daughter, a girl of ten years of age, attended upon the Wesleyan ministry with great constancy and regularity. At this time the late Joseph Butterworth, Esq., frequently visited Twickenham; and the following anecdote will serve to convey a just impression of the simple, pious, humble zeal of that excellent man. The daughter of Mr. Morton had been by some means allured to a neglect of divine things, and to a youthful gaiety and folly unlike the pious course she had formerly pursued. Mr. Butterworth, missing her from the class, inquired for her; and when informed of this unfavourable change, desired to see her. He then conversed very seriously with her on the importance of early piety, and closed the conversation by kneeling down and praying with her. Prayer was heard and answered; the youthful wanderer was recovered, and the resolutions then formed have not since been forgotten. The fruit of that pious act will, it is hoped, be gathered in eternity. This converted family became now desirous that the religion which they enjoyed should be communicated to their neighbours. They opened their cottage for prayer-meetings, in which they were assisted by their Twickenham friends; and every Sabbath two pious young men came from London to join in the devotions of the praying few. Several persons attended; they became desirous to have preach. ing; and about the year 1808, Richmond was placed on the London plan; and in a small room, at the foot of Richmond-hill, the Local brethren from Sabbath to Sabbath preached Christ. The moral and