glorify my soul. I came home rejoicing, and my heart more enlarged towards his people of all denominations; and confirmed in the opinion, that a Catholic spirit is acceptable to God."

On the first day of the year she again joined in celebrating the Lord's Supper at Lady Huntingdon's chapel, and experienced much comfort from the exhortation to the communicants, especially from what Mr. Pentycross said upon the sanctification of the heart:

"I was conscious (says Lady Glenorchy) that I desired to put off the body of sin, and longed to be holy as God is holy. I went in the evening and heard Mr. Taylor, from Psalm cvi. 4, Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation.' It was a profitable discourse: may the Lord enable me to follow the exhortations given in it."

Just at this period an event took place which added much to the comfort of Lady Glenorchy's after life. On the death of the Earl of Hopetoun, in the beginning of this year, his numerous family, as is usual on such occasions, were dispersed. His eldest daughter, Lady Henrietta, soon after went to London, to which place Lady Glenorchy, who was then at Bath, hastened to meet her. From this time Lady Henrietta constantly took up her abode with Lady Glenorchy, and commonly accompanied her wherever she went. They were of one heart, and of one mind in all things, and united in promoting every work of faith, and labour of love. To Lady Glenorchy she was a most valuable acquisition. With a happy temper and high accomplishments, she was distinguished for sagacity and prudence, talents which she inherited from her father. Perhaps the sympathies of these two friends were excited and strengthened by their extremely delicate state of health.

Lady Huntingdon's stay in London was short, for she returned to Bristol, and from thence to Bath, in the month of March. Not long after this, Lady Huntingdon left Bath, and Lord and Lady Dartmouth arrived there. Lady Glenorchy's mind was much discomposed by various occurrences which had of late perplexed her; she was likewise seized with a very violent illness, which detained her six weeks longer than she originally intended to have remained in Bath. Under these circumstances she received a letter from Lady Huntingdon, which was much blessed as the means of delivering her soul from spiritual disease, and quickening her views of invisible and eternal things. Her Ladyship's reply to Lady Huntingdon developes the state of her feelings at this time:

"My dear Madam,—I am unwilling to give you the trouble of reading many unprofitable letters from me; yet as Miss Godde has offered

to be the bearer of one, I take this opportunity of returning my most grateful thanks for your Ladyship's kind and instructive letter, which I hope the Lord has already blessed to my poor murmuring soul, by comforting me under my present state of ignorance of His will concerning me, and showing me that I must, like a little child, submit to be taught many things I do not now understand the meaning of, and wait his time for unfolding those things that appear to me mysterious. I now find that it is indeed very difficult to stand still and see the salvation of God. I wish to be running to do a thousand things in my own spirit, and need to be often taught that the Lord has pre-ordained the works he would have me walk in.

"Miss Godde will inform you of all that has happened here since you left us. Lord and Lady Dartmouth have been near a week in Bath, and go away to-morrow. They were much pleased with Mr. Sheppard yesterday, who preached very well in the morning, and likewise in the afternoon. I propose going next week to Staffordshire, where I hope, through Miss Hill's means, to see Captain Scott and perhaps Mr. Fletcher. It appears to me very clear that the Lord has brought me here, and kept me here, to get acquainted with his own people, and to teach me many things from seeing them, and living among them, that I never could so well have learned in my retirement. I cannot help mentioning to your Ladyship how much I think of your clerk, Mr. Wills. He is indeed a faithful creature, and has been very kind to me in speaking sweetly for half an hour two days ago, when he was here about business. I happened to be very low when he came, and it seemed as if the Lord had sent him on purpose to help and comfort me. He has kept several meetings which I have found particularly sweet and useful.

"I will not now detain your Ladyship any longer than by repeating what I at all times feel, that I am, my very dear and honoured Madam, your much obliged and most affectionate servant,

"W. GLENORCHY."

The congregation assembling in Argyle Chapel, Bath, originated, as already stated, in the cessation of a few pious individuals who formed themselves into a church on Independent principles. The first person to whom application was made to preside over this infant church was the Rev. Thomas Tuppen, who had been a preacher in Mr. Whitefield's Connexion, and afterwards minister of the Tabernacle at Portsea. He arrived in Bath in 1785, when the interest rapidly increased: from about twenty-five persons, who at first attended him, the number rose in a few years to seven or eight hundred. The place in which they worshipped being now too small for the congregation, a new chapel was begun in 1789: and opened October 4, 1790; but Mr. Tuppen's health was then so much reduced, that he was never able to preach a single sermon there; he could only attend the services of the day, which were performed by the

Rev. William Jay, who has been the minister of the place ever

During the few years that Mr. Tuppen exercised his ministry at Bath, his manner of preaching was very striking: he was often heard to say, "If the attention be gained, half the business is done." It was never his wish to empty other places where the Gospel was preached, in order to fill his own; for, after observing the largeness of his own audience, he would often enquire whether the other places were full. When he was auswered in the affirmative, he seemed to be much pleased; and would say, "Well, we may now hope something is doing!" After a lingering illness, which he supported with great resignation and patience, he entered into his rest on the 22nd of February, 1791, aged forty-eight.

Her Ladyship's chapel at this period was principally supplied by Mr. Wills, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Glascott, Mr. Pentycross, Mr. Piercy, Dr. Sheppard, and Mr. Bradford. This latter gentleman was of Wadham College, Oxford, and curate of Frelsham, in Berkshire. Soon after he began to preach the Gospel, he was invited to Bath by Lady Huntingdon, where he attempted, for the first time, to preach without notes:

"On my return (says he) from Bath, I found the Church shut against me, and a letter from Lady Huntingdon, from whom I afterwards received many favours, and more spiritual edification than from all the books I ever read, or from all the preaching or conversation I ever heard."

Lady Huntingdon spent a considerable portion of the year 1782 at Bath. Dr. Edward Sheppard was then a resident there, and a frequent preacher at the chapel for many years. In September and October of this year Mr. Wills and Mr. Pentycross laboured alternately with great utility to the cause of God; for their services were not hasty productions, but filled with solid good sense and well-digested sentiment, expressed in a style pleasing to the man of science, yet perfectly intelligible to the more illiterate, and were well calculated to inform the ignorant, to alarm the careless and secure, to comfort and edify the saint, and to make the sinner in Zion tremble:

"Dear Mr. Wills and Mr. Pentycross (says her Ladyship) have left a mighty blessing behind them, in the many awakened and truly converted souls, the fruits of their honest labours among us. God for such faithful men; O that He would send forth many, very Blessed be many more such labourers into this plenteous harvest !"

And to Mr. Wills, not long after his departure from Bath,

says:

must comfort you and my dearest niece, that you left a blessing

behind you. Much rejoicing abides still with us, and dear Mr. Pentycross keeps exceedingly alive in his own soul, and comforts the many, and causes fear to rest on the multitudes."

Mrs. Pentycross was one of the first fruits of Mr. Pentycross's ministry at Wallingford. In domestic life she was truly affectionate and pious, happily blending much good humour with unaffected seriousness. Lady Huntingdon was always partial to her, and when she was in Bath, for the benefit of her health, sent her a silver tea-pot, as a small token of her affectionate remembrance. The following note accompanied the present:

"Lady Huntingdon's kindest wishes ever attend Mrs. Pentycrosswas glad to find she was so well as to be able to arrive at her lodgings last night, though she fears she will feel the great difference in having left the hospitable roof of her kind friend, Mr. Perry. A small token from Lady Huntingdon she hopes Mrs. Pentycross will accept, to put her in mind how kindly she took her every remembrance of her when absence so justly might have left her so very excusable of every attention that could be due to her. Lady Huntingdon hopes Mrs. Pentycross will not suffer by the change of lodging; and as the air better, hopes they may both feel the best effects from it. "Bath, Feb. 11, 1784."

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From this period nothing remarkable occurred in the history of her Ladyship's chapel at Bath. For several successive years it continued to be supplied by Messrs. Shirley, Townsend, Glascott, Wills, Taylor, Piercy, Pentycross, Rowland, Maxfield, Jesse, Jones, and Charles; Drs. Haweis, Sheppard, and Peckwell. For this highly favoured city to be the appointed scene of their exemplary labours, was a truly happy circumstance. Their names will long continue to be had in honour; and from thence many a goodly jewel will be collected to form their crowns of rejoicing in the great day when the chief Shepherd shall appear. Multitudes thronged to hear them; and it was truly delightful to behold the powerful, the resistless effects of the Gospel-words amongst those, who, before that time, had seldom or never heard it proclaimed in its purity. Many despisers were overawed and confounded-many formal professors were touched with the power of true religion-and many careless lovers of pleasure were impressed with a solemn sense of eternal things.

CHAPTER XXXI.

History of the College at Trevecca-Mr. Fletcher appointed President-Letters from Mr. Fletcher-Mr. Glazebrook the first Student-Mr. Easterbrook -Account of Mr. Glazebrook-Letters from Lady Huntingdon to Mr. Glazebrook and Dr. Kirkland-Lady Moira-Letters from Mr. BerridgeInteresting circumstances Mr. John Jones-First Anniversary of the College Letter from Lady Huntingdon.

On the character of its Ministers the prosperity of the Church will at all times greatly depend. That they should be men of talents and piety, which, in the language of the Holy Scriptures, are named gifts and graces, is devoutly to be desired. As to the measure of talents requisite, they should not fall below mediocrity-the higher they rise above it the greater benefit will accrue to the Church. Piety is still more needful: what the Scriptures express by "being born again of the Spirit, believing in Christ, repenting of sin, being sanctified wholly in spirit, in soul, and body, and living to the Lord," forms an essential part of the character of the man who aspires to the office of a Christian Minister. Education succeeds to prepare them for this peculiar service. Could a greater blessing be wished for the human race, than that it might be regarded as an universal maxim, "that no one should receive an education for the pastoral office who had not first been made a partaker of a divine nature, and known the grace of God in truth."

When by the preaching of the Apostles and Evangelists, and the Ministers whom they ordained, the Gospel was planted among the nations, all the extraordinary aids for the propagation of it ceased, and every thing was left to the operation of ordinary means, under the divine blessing, as the standing method appointed by the Head of the Church for the advancement of his kingdom in every succeeding age. There is no way of attaining knowledge of any kind, but by the method common to all; and an acquaintance with religion, as well as with science, must be acquired by the vigorous application of the mind to the study of divine truth. A blessing from God on such endeavours is to be expected, and should be implored; but he is guilty of a most dangerous error, who conceives that it will in any degree supersede the necessity of ordinary means.

These remarks are applicable to the Seminary founded by the Countess of Huntingdon for the instruction of candidates