arrived at the water-side; the solemn service | senior, offered up a very solemn and soulcommenced by singing,

"How great-how solemn is the work
Which we attend to-day!
Now, for a holy, solemn frame,

O God, to thee we pray."

Mr. Doel (a deacon of Southwick, and a good gospel preacher, too) very solemnly implored the Divine blessing Mr. Pearce, of Hilperton Marsh, then gave a suitable address to the audience from the question, "What mean ye by this ordinance?" After singing, Mr. Huntley, of Limpley Stoke, descending into the water, solemnly addressed the spectators on the occasion, and then baptised four females and two males, in the name of the sacred Three-Father, Son and Holy Ghost. In the morning, at chapel, Mr. Pearse preached from Acts viii. 12-"But when they believed," &c. The preacher gave us an excellent sermon.

cheering supplication to the Majesty of heaven, through the merits and mediation of our glorious Advocate, the Lord Jesus Christ; and then preached from 1 Phil. 6-" Being confident of this very thing," &c. He noticed five particulars :

I. The work-viz., Grace.

II. Notice the quality of it-A good work.
III. It is a work begun.
IV. The confidence.

V. The day of Jesus Christ.

Mr. Huntley's discourse was appropriate and truly useful; and we may say this was a high and holy day with the Lord's spiritual Israel at Ebenezer Chapel, Widcombe, Bath.

J. G. BENNET.

Baptist Chapel, Bedmont, Abbot's Langly,

HERTS.

[We thank brother Bennet for the reports of the sermons, but could not find room for them. It must be cheering indeed to see the fruits of Mr. Cromwell's ministry springing up after his departure. We believe his labors In the afternoon, brother Doel implored the have been more signally useful than was Divine blessing and presence; and after sing-known in his day. We hope the church will ing, Mr. Huntley said, "The circumstances hold on in peace and comfortable union; and under which we are met this afternoon that the dear Lord will send them another are solemn and important, when we con- powerful preacher of the gospel of Jesus sider that our lives are but as a thread; Christ.-ED.] it is soon snapped asunder; and when the end comes, it is either endless life or woe. I now fill the place of one (our late beloved pastor, Mr. W Cromwell) who is passed away into that world where nothing can hurt him; he is now enjoying an eternal repast. He used to say, when he got to heaven, "That loudest of the crowd he'd sing, While heaven's resounding mansions ring With shouts of sovereign grace." Sovereign grace was the theme of his soul. Were it possible for him to behold us met this afternoon on this solemn occasion, and us to hear him tell out the feelings of his happy spirit, methinks we should hear him praising and exalting Jehovah in the utmost. He adddressed the candidates, and then to the members he said, "I have found it good to meet with you. Jesus still lives. I know you feel the loss of your pastor deeply. Jesus lives. The Lord has done great things for you, whereof we are glad. We are willing to help."

[I wish this was the feeling of all ministers toward us, instead of trying to crush us; but "the Lord knoweth them that are his; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that walk uprightly."-J. G. Bennett.]

"Let your conduct be as becometh the gospel of Christ; it will strengthen you. The Lord is faithful; he has owned his word by bringing in souls from the rubbish of the fall, as seals to your late pastor's ministry-there are others that will come in the Lord's time. Bear with each others' infirmity: dwell in peace and the God of peace will strengthen you."

After the usual questions to candidates, they received the right hand of fellowship, with solemn admonitions; partook with us the emblems of the body and blood of Christ; and after they had sung a hymn, went out.

The evening serving service commenced by singing, "On Jordan's," &c. Mr. Huntley,'

DEAR BROTHER in covenant love, grace to you
and peace. Knowing you are always glad to
record the prosperity of the cause of Christ I
thought you would be glad to hear of our
cause at Bedmont, since we were first formed
into a church on February 28th last. Pre-
vious to the formation of the church, some
of my friends used to speak to me upon the
subject at times, but I had some reasons for
not attending to it. I asked the Lord about
the matter, and this is the answer I used to
receive "He that honoreth me I will honor,
and he that despiseth me shall be lightly es-
teemed." I laboured among them about four
years, and I had baptised five in the time;
who, with myself, formed the church at the
commencement. On Lord's-day, July 2nd,
we received three into membership with us;
two of them the Lord had made me the in-
strument of bringing out of the Christ-des-
pising system of arminianism. On the 27th
of August I baptized three females, that the
Lord had blest his message to as delievered by
me, they were received on Lord's-day
September 3rd. October 1st, we received
another into the church that the Load had
enabled me to lend a helping hand to bring
out of the snares of arminianism. Novem-
ber 5th, we received two more into the church;
one I baptised on Lord's-day October 26th,
and the other was from the arminians.
are very comfortable together, and I am happy
to say the dear Lord is among us, here I see
his promises fulfilled, "He that honoreth me
I will honor." I laboured for four years,
and the Lord gave me five sheep for my hire;
and in the space of about nine months, he has
added nine more to us, and I have one candi-
date for baptism now, and there are several
others that are anxious, sincere hearers, that
I have a good hope of through grace; they

We

GARNER, CLAPHAM-HORSHAM.

steps to Clapham, and to Garner, where she was set at liberty under the ministry of brother Elven. She lost her burden-was enabled to trust in the merits of Jesus, and to rejoice in his great salvation.

are baptists in principle but not in practice; | May, 1853, when Providence directed her and I think these are the worst sort of baptists, for they never can hear comfortably. Notwithstanding our seasons of prosperity, we have our seasons of trials; for some that used to be hearers with us have since discontinned their attendance; this used to try me at times, and the enemy used to tell me it was my insufficiency as a preacher and my inability for the work; but, bless the dear name of the Lord, when I have been under these exercises of mind and just making up my mind to leave off, the Lord has brought in one or two as seals to my ministry, and so he has kept encouraging me from time to time. Nov. 20th, 1854.

The other had been hovering round the watery grave, ever since new Garner was built; she was convinced of her sinfulness under the ministry of Mr. Burrows, in the establishment; she became the subject of very deep convictions, and greatly harassed by Satan so much so, that those who neither knew her disease, nor a remedy for it, thought she was out of her mind, and treated her accordingly. But God, who is sovereign and gracious, who wounds, heals,

GARNER BAPTIST CHAPEL, CLAPHAM. and understands every case, in his own

HORSHAM.-Peace and prosperity is still found at Rehoboth Chapel, Horsham, Sussex. Our pastor Mr. E. Mote baptised seven believers in Jesus on the 29th of October last, who all gave a satisfactory statement that the Lord has begun a work of grace upon their souls: They were all added to the church the Lord's-day following. The Lord is blessing the labours of our dear pastor amongst us whose subject and object is Christ all and in all in matters of redemption and salvation. THOMAS HILL.