Some of the Students will undoubtedly pass the limits of these counties; but it will be only to convey an ampler blessing to the Churches, and to excite a wider interest on behalf of the Academy itself. Some will perhaps become Missionaries to the Heathen; but in this every subscriber will rejoice as a distinguished honour, and all will deem it but the ful filment of an obligation, resting on them jointly with the Churches at large, to educate those Missionaries for whom a special college no longer exists. To the churches in the north-western counties the constituents of this Institution confidently look for co-operation. From every Church, however poor, they ask an annual contribution to its funds, however small, as a pledge at least of attachment to its objects; and from the wealthier members of their body they solicit the exercise of a liberality bearing a proportion to the ability that God has given them. They invite the pastors and members of the churches to look out from among themselves young men of decided piety and talents, and to place them under the superintendence of the excellent tutors who occupy the academic chairs of the Institution. And above all they implore the united, fervent prayers, of all to whom they appeal. Though they look, not to miracle, but to human culture, for the acquirement and improvement of ministerial gifts, they are persuaded that those gifts can only be consecrated by the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and rendered effectual by his divine and heavenly power. And while they feel that the character and efficiency of the rising ministry are of momentous importance to the welfare of the Church, they earnestly desire that supplication may be unceasingly presented for the students, the tutors, and themselves; that under the blessing of God, this Institution may be the means of raising up many who shall be found worthy of the honourable designations,"Able Ministers of the New Testament," "Workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth."Thirteenth Report, June 1830. THE ASSOCIATE FUND, FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR DISSENTING MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. Reports of the operatious of this interesting Society have been cirulated from time to time, still the Committee are anxious that its peculiar and increasing claims upon the sympathy and Christian principles of the religious portion of the community, should be more extensively made known; nor can this be done more effectually than by giving publicity to a few extracts from the ac knowledgments of ministers recently relieved, whose zealous and devoted services as ambassadors for Christ, furnish the most powerful arguments for persevering exertion in administering to their temporal necessities. A minister who has six children dependant upon him, writes as follows:"If those Christians, from whose benevolence (under God), the gift proceeds, could see the gushing tears of gratitude, the pleasurable sensations diffused through the soul, the renewed ardour which they excite in the work of the ministry, and the invigorated hope which we enjoy after receiving your kind communications, I am persuaded they would feel an importance attached to wealth, and perceive a blessing included in it far beyond their present conceptions; they would determine richly to enjoy the luxury of doing good. May the richest blessings of Him, whose we are, and whom we desire to serve in the gospel of Christ, be communicated a thousand fold to you, and all those who thus make glad the heart, and strengthen the hands of ministers in the work of the Lord " more "I assure you," writes another zealous and laborious minister," that little as my poor people do, with very few exceptions, it is all they can do towards my support. Business is so dead, and high-church principles so prevalent and powerful in this place, that many of my people are in deep distress, and we have no wealthy Dissenters to afford our impoverished friends relief; hence, without the means of affording them much assistance, I feel it a very painful duty to visit some of them that are suffering extreme want; 6 no work, no food, no money, and scarcely any clothes.' How heart-rending! In such cases I can do little more than remind them of the shortness of their present trials, and endeavour to lead their views and hopes forward to that world where believers shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more," &c. Another writes thus: "But I trust I feel grateful on higher principles. To be thankful for the supply of temporal necessities is but a selfish feeling; when I cast my mind's eye over the large tract of uncultivated ground, where the people are sitting in darkness, and the shadow of death, no man caring for their souls, and to whom I could not approach with the glad tidings of salvation, unless aided by other resources than what my poor congregation can command; it is this, I humbly hope, which, above all things, fills my heart with praise to God for the existence of your Society, by whose kind aid and sympathy I am enabled to proceed in the great and glorious work." Another, after stating "that he was in hopes, about two years ago, of being comfortably supported," adds, "but we live in a world of changes, and as the Holy Spirit has declared the things of this world to be uncertain riches, no man can be certain of them. I have felt the truth of this very much of late; most of those who had some money have lost the greater part of it, while those who, by their hard labour, maintained their families very comfortably, have no work to do, nor any thing to support them beyond what the parish allows. Oh that the present distress may have its proper effect to bring them to seek the durable riches of Christ." "At the moment," writes another, "when I was standing at the bedside of my dying wife, with only a few shillings at my command, your kind favour came to hand, by which alone I am now enabled to commit her to the grave with comfort, having no other means to meet the necessary expenses of this mournful event." At the three last meetings of the Committee of this Society, held in the present year, upwards of eighty cases of deep interest, and from eighteen counties, were presented, and assistance was granted to the amount of £550., which nearly exhausted the funds. Subscriptions and donations will be thankfully received by Joseph Procter, Esq. Treasurer; by the Secretaries, the Rev. Thomas Lewis, and John Yockney, Islington; and by the members of the Committee. Communications to be addressed to 18, Cheapside. N. B. It would be very desirable were this Society furnished with reports from the various County Associations throughout the country. AIREDALE COLLEGE, YORKSHIRE. The examination of the students in this seminary commenced on Tuesday, June 22, and the ministers appointed to perform this office were occupied through the whole of the day; in the course of which were apparent the diversified talents of those within the house, who had been admitted to the privileges of the Institution. They read, In Latin, Nepos, Alcib. cap. 6 and 7; Cæsar, Bell. Gall. Lib. 4. cap. 23--26; Virgil, Eneid, Lib. 1. 1--49, Lib. 3. 568-674; Cicero, pro Mur. on Canvassing for Public Offices; Tacitus, Annal. Lib. 1. cap. 57---59; Juvenal, Sat. 13. 1--63; and Lucretius, Lib. 2. 1--60, on the Pleasure arising from the Study of Nature. In Greek, Lucian's Dialogues, Mercury and Maia; Xenophon, a Harangue to his Soldiers, in the First Book of the Cyropedia; Longinus, part of the ninth Section; Sophocles, Edip. Tyr. 305--373; Plato's Account of the Death of Socrates, in his Phodo; and a passage in the Plutus of Aristophanes, on the unequal distribution of Riches. In Hebrew, Gen. xxviii. and Job xxxiii. and in Syriac, Matt. xxv. 14 --46. On the day following, a larger assemblage of subscribers convened together in the adjoining chapel than had ever met before at any preceding anniversary. Mr. Fox, of Hull, commenced the services and proceedings of the day with prayer, supplicating the divine blessing on the Institution; after which, four of the senior Students delivered Essays. Mr. Taylor, on the Religion of the Patriarchal Age; Mr. Tunstall, on Religion under the Mosaic Economy; Mr. Armstrong,,on Religion under the Christian Dispensation; and Mr. Pearson, on the Religion of the Latter Day. When these were concluded, a serious and appropriate discourse was addressed to the candidates for the Christian ministry, by Mr. Pridie, of Halifax. J. Holland, Esq. was then called to preside; the Report was read by the Tutor; and in moving and seconding the different resolutions, which constituted the business of the meeting, several ministers addressed the assembled supporters of the Institution. The meeting closed with a feeling of high gratification diffused among the attendant subscribers. In the evening, Mr. J. Calvert, of Morley, delivered an interesting discourse on Col. iii. 16. There were seventeen students last year, and the vacancies occasioned by the departure of those who settled at Midsummer, having been filled up, there is, at present, the same number as before. NEW CHAPELS OPENED. On Tuesday, July 27, a new and commodious chapel was opened for divine worship, at Gornal, in the parish of Sedgeley, Staffordshire, for the use of the Rev. Thomas Heathcote and congregation, of the Independent denomination. On that occasion excellent sermons were delivered; that in the morning, by the Rev., J. A. James, of Birmingham, from Phil. ii. 5-11; that in the afternoon, by the Rev. J. Dawson, of Dudley; and that in the evening by the Rev. T. East, of Birmingham, from 1 Thess. v. 25. The devotional services were conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Eddy, Hammond, Hudson, J. W. Percy, Rogers, Shawyer, and Heathcote. On the following Lord's day, the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. Charles Bathurst Woodman, from Bristol College. The chapel is 57 feet by 42 feet, with front and side galleries, and is capable of accommodating about 1000 persons; a considerable portion of the building is appropriated in free sittings for the poor. Connected with the chapel are schoolrooms, two stories high, 50 feet by 21 feet, and a small dwelling-house for the teacher of an infant school. These were opened in August, 1828, and about 300 Sunday School children, together with about 100 children on the "Infant School system," are receiving the benefits afforded by those valuable Institutions. The expense of the whole, including the chapel and school-rooms, amounts to about £1,600. The collections at the opening, amounted to about £100; and the previous subscriptions of the congregation, with donations from friends in Gornal and its vicinity, towards this good work, were about £620. These are some of the fruits of the ministry of the immortal Whitfield, who unfurled the banner of the cross in field preaching in this place, in 1750. (See Evangelical Magazine for April, 1821,) and in an edition of his memoirs, published in 1772, we read, that "at a place near Dudley, called Guarnall, a whole company were awakened by his sermons; he met with others, awakened years ago, and heard of a notorious persecutor and drunkard who had been powerfully struck." The good seed thus scattered has brought forth fruit which still abides in the Baptist, Independent, and Episcopalian churches. An appeal will shortly be made to the friends of the Gospel, for their generous assistance in this great and necessary undertaking. The old buildings were very small, and in a sadly dilapidated state. An enlargement was projected and commenced; but upon subsequent examination, it appeared indispensable to pull them down and erect new ones; this has been done with the severest economy. The Staffordshire Association of Independent Ministers, with many others, who are acquainted with the place, have very cordially recommended it, as an important and interesting case.' Sedgley contains a population of about twenty thousand, consisting principally of colliers, miners, nailers, &c. 66 The New Independent Meeting-House, Chase Side, Enfield. This place of worship, was opened for the use of the church and congregation, under the pas toral care of the Rev. S. A. Davies, on Wednesday, August 4. The Rev. John Leifchild, of Bristol, preached in the morning from Gal. iv. 26; and the Rev. Dr. Collyer in the evening, from Heb. ii. 5-9. The devotional parts of the ser vices were conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Brown, Davies, of Tottenham, Davies, of Edmonton, Weare, Clarke, and Mummery. The chapel is built in the Grecian style, and measures sixtysix feet by thirty-four, with a front gallery. The collection, on the day of opening, amounted to £100. The original estimate had been previously raised; but additional expenses, to a considerable amount, required further exertions. ORDINATIONS. On Wednesday, June 23, the Rev. H. Watts was publicly set apart to the pastoral office, over the Independent church and congregation, Kingsbridge, Devon. The interesting solemnities of the day, were commenced with reading and prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, the pastor of the Baptist church, Kingsbridge; the Rev. A. Good, Fordingbridge, delivered the introductory discourse; the Rev. J. Barfett, of Launceston, proposed the usual questions, and received the confession of faith; the Rev. T. Stenner, of Dartmouth, offered up the ordination prayer; the Rev. J. Bounsall, of Ottery, delivered a very impressive charge from Ezekiel xxix. 21; and the Rev. Mr. Hill, Wesleyan, conIcluded with prayer. In the evening, the Rev. Dr. Payne, of Exeter, addressed the people in a discourse of great ability, founded upon Acts ix. 13. The other devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Allen, of Chudleigh; Shearman, of Newpassage; Hull, Baptist, and Byron, of Ashburton. The Rev. J. Barfett preached the preceding evening, in the Baptist chapel, (at the request of the venerable pastor, the Rev. Mr. Nicholson,) from Is. Îx. 20 ; on which occasion, it was gratifying to witness the spirit of union which was manifested by the different congregations. May the union long be perpetuated. On Thursday, the 24th of June, the Rev. Wm. Merrefield was ordained to the pastoral office over the church of Christ, worshipping in the Independent chapel, at Brampton, Cumberland. The Rev. J. Scott, of Parkhead, read the Scriptures, and prayed. The Rev. J. Harper, of Alston, (delivered the introductory discourse. The Rev. J. Mather, of Cockermouth, asked the usual questions. The Rev. S. Peel, of Workington, offered the ordination prayer. The Rev. A. Jack, A. M. of Whitehaven, addressed the minister, from 2 Tim. iv. 1, 2. The Rev. T. Woodrow, A. M. of Carlisle, preached to the people, from Phil. ii. 29. The Rev. J. Gouge, of Aspatria, concluded. REMOVAL OF THE REV. JOHN BURNETT FROM CORK. This gentleman having received an unanimous invitation from the church at Camberwell, late under the pastoral care of the lamented Mr. Orme, has accepted the same, and entered on the discharge of his public duties there. We learn from the Cork Advertiser, that a public meeting was held in the Council Chamber of that city, on Monday, Sept. 6th, the Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of adopting an address to Mr. Burnett, expressive of the regret of the citizens at his intended departure. The meeting, which was highly respectable, and comprised members of various religious denominations, was addressed with eloquence and feeling by several gentlemen in support of a complimentary and affectionate letter, which was adopted and presented to Mr. Burnett on the following day, by a deputation consisting of the Mayor, Dr. Baldwin, a Roman Catholic physician, and a candidate at the late parliamentary election; Mr. Harvey, one of the Society of Friends, and Messrs. Dean and Crawford, Protestant Episcopalians. We understand that Mr. Burnett received this handsome and merited compliment with deep emotion, and was much affected by the many proofs of attachment which he received from the people of Cork, as his approaching departure drew near. We sincerely wish our esteemed brother may be equally useful, and equally honoured, in his new and interesting sphere. DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAN MILLER, This truly excellent man of God, and minister of Jesus Christ, who was for about twenty years Pastor of the Independent Church, Crendon Lane, High Wycomb, entered into rest on Friday, the 17th September, after having known the Lord from his youth, and through life feared him above many. The last few years of his pilgrimage were spent in much bodily weakness, so that he was only able occasionally to preach. His simplicity, his godly sincerity, above all, his gift and grace, as a man of prayer, will long remain as a sweet savour of his name, in the affectionate remembrance of the ministers and Christian friends of the town of Chesham, and of many in different parts of the kingdom, where he laboured in the ministry of the Word. His interment took place on Saturday, the 25th, in the burial ground of the Independent Chapel. The Rev. E. Sexton (General Baptist,) delivered the funeral address, and the Rev. J. Hall, minister of the Chapel, prayed, and, on the Sabbath evening following, preached his funeral sermon, to a very attentive and crowded audience, from Psalm xvii. 19. "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness." Rev. E. Sexton, and the Rev. W. Tomlin, also improved the solemn event, in their respective places of worship. "Precions in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." "The memory of the just is blessed." NOTICE. The The next half-yearly meeting of the Associated Ministers and Churches of Wilts and East Somerset, will be held at Argyle Chapel, Bath, on Thursday, the 7th of October. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. FAVOURS have been received during the past month from the Rev. G. WardlawJ. Davies--G. Redford--Richard Elliott --John Barfitt--A. Reid-Thomas W. Jenkyn-Thomas Lewis--William Vint-Thomas Milner-John Hall. Also from Messrs. William Ellerby -- Thomas Pringle--J. Pitman--George Ray-A. Allan--T. Atkinson--Daniel Corrie--James Brown--J. S. H.--J. R. P. As we wish to present our readers and the public, in the Supplementary number of this volume, with those corrections and additions to the LIST OF OUR CHURCHES which may be necessary, we shall feel much obliged to the Secretaries of County Associations, and other friends, who will favour us with the same by the first week of November. The last Reports of the County Associations, and other benevolent and Religious Societies connected with our body, will be most acceptable, with any other information adapted to illustrate the Ecclesiastical Statistics of the Country. Communications addressed to the Editors for this purpose, having the words List of Churches written on the direction, will be received at the Publishers, though the carriage or postage be not paid. The high opinion expressed in various quarters of the last Supplement, will excite the Editors to renewed efforts, and they beg of their esteemed Subscribers to aid them by their local information. MEMOIR OF THE LATE SAMUEL FAVELL, Esq. TREASURER OF THE DISSENTERS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL, MILL HILL, AND DEACON OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT CAMBERWELL, SURREY. EVANGELICAL nonconformity has always found amongst the merchants and traders of London, and the members of her municipal court, some of its most efficient supporters and its brightest ornaments. The Ashursts, the Hartopps, and the Abneys of former generations, have been succeeded by metropolitan dissenters in our own times, who have combined patriotic ardour with Christian decision, and diversified talents with competent wealth, and have thus become eminent amongst their fellow citi zens, while they have greatly promoted the interests of education, liberty, and true godliness throughout the empire. Amongst this honourable band, the name of Mr. Samuel Favell was always enrolled, and now that he has been gathered in a good old age to his rest and his recompense, a record of his public and private life is due to his memory, and will be exemplary to his survivors. The subject of this memoir was descended from non-conformist ancestors, who for more than 150 years had been identified with the cause of national and spiritual freedom. His parents were eminently pious individuals, members of the Congregational Church at VOL. XIII. N. S. NO. 71, the Three Cranes, Thames Street, under the successive pastoral care of the justly celebrated Mr. John Hill, and Mr. Samuel Pike, aud were residents in the Borough of Southwark, where Mr. Favell was born on the 26th of April, 1760. His parents having devoted him to trade at the early age of twelve years, removed him from school, and introduced him at once to all the occupations of business, which therefore deprived him of those educational advantages that, in subsequent life, he, with so much honour to himself, laboured to secure for the sons of respectable Dissenters. The subject of early religious impressions, our young trader, when he came of age, joined himself to the the Congregational Church at Stepney, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. Samuel Brewer, to whose public and social instructions he was affectionately attached. * Mr. Favell used to tell, on the authority of his venerable friend and pastor, an anecdote or two, which are worth preserving. In the reign of George II. the Speaker Onslow used to entertain the Dissenting ministers of London with an annual dinner.-Mr. Brewer related an extraordinary deliverance from assassination which the Rev. Thomas Bradbury experienced, the particulars of which he 4 C |