we were up all night looking for the were gathered in and around my light in the lighthouse. Early in the wife's cabin. She had been and was morning we were about fifteen miles still very ill, but as the hurricane to the north of it. The weather had increased in violence, and the danger for some hours been squally; at became imminent, her spirits rose, seven it blew a gale, the sea rose, and she said, “It is the Lord, He earth and heaven presented one wild | can't do wrong, He never makes a scene. It was too much for our mistake." Prayer was offered, and staggering barque, sail was taken off we waited the result, nor had we to to ease her, but still she drove on wait long. Of a sudden, the wind furiously. We had now, to prevent changed to S.W., the barometer her foundering, to bring her to the began to rise, a small sail was raised, wind; more sail by degrees was | and we crawled off from the dangertaken in, until her poles presented a 1 ous reef, which must have proved dismantled and naked picture, the our destruction in a few hours. We wind howling and shrieking through ran off for some time, and it was not the swaying ropes, whilst the sea, till after two days we reached the lashed into a sheet of foam, rolled in position from which the gale had upon us in terrible billows, each driven us. On the 1st August wę wave seeming to be charged with in passed through Turk's Islands pascreased power for damage. We were sage. I would have landed, but it perfectly helpless. All sail þad been could not be allowed. The next day taken in, and we were fast drifting we arrived at Inagua. A week after to Silver Cay Bank, from which but I was again on the water, and in five few yessels ever return. Nothing, days reached Turk's Islands, where humanly speaking, could save us I shall remain a few weeks; then but a change of wind. We had in visit the Cairos, Long Cay, Crooked our utter helplessness drifted thirty Island, Watlings, Long Island, and miles towards it, and it has been Rum Cay, return to Inagua, and ascertained that in four hours we about the end of the year, if I am must have struck the formidable spared through these wanderings, coral reef, and our voyage terminate return with my family to Turk's our mortal career, and enter upon, Islands. to some, and justly so, the mysteri It is well I did not bring them with ous future. A change of wind alone me. The hurricane has left the could save us. How we wished for mission house and chapel in the most It! The barometer was watched, it | desolate state. But little has been continued to fall, the wind changed done to repair damages; everything from N.E. to N., then to N.W., but is in the most ruinous state. It will remained fixed. Would it go to take time and money to put things S.W.? to save us it must do so in a in order. I sent for carpenters and few hours, or you would never hear masons, asked their advice about the of us or from us again. Dear extent and nature of the damages, children, already deprived of their formed my plan of action, engaged natural mother, would soon be hands—carpenters and masons-who fatherless. Would friends be kind are now erecting scaffolding, and on to them? Would they be allowed to Monday we hope to begin in right remain at the Mission School for good earnest to accomplish our their education ? And were we pre design. The mission house, the pared for the solemn event? I looked premises, the walls around the lots, forward to death, viewed it in its are all alike in the most miserable varied forms, and in this most terrible plight. No money is in circulation aspect. One thing we could yet do, here; every one has to build or reand no one was reluctant to do his pair his own individual house or best in this last human action. All | damages."

NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.

THE Baptist Handbook for 1868 | tion, and a case of silver spoons, was has reached us during the past presented to him, in the name of month, of course too late for notice the church and congregation, by Mr. in our January, or even in our Justice Lush. February, number. Though late in its appearance, it is very valuable.

A new chapel has been opened at We learn from it that there are in

Henley-in-Arden, the gift of Mr.

G. F. Muntz.-A new church has Great Britain and her colonies 2,752

been formed, meeting in the TemBaptist ministers, of whom 414 are without pastoral charge, and 582 are

perance Hall, Liverpool-street, in the colonies, leaving 1,756 in

Bishopsgate, London, under the pas

torate of the Rev. W. Coombs.—A actual ministerial work in Great Britain and Ireland. There are 224

new church has been formed at Batresident in the metropolis and its

tersea, under the pastorate of the

Rev. J. Eames. neighbourhood, of whom 50 are without pastoral charge. During the last The Rev. G. Sear has been coryear 29 ministers were lost by death,

dially welcomed to the pastorate of and 86 newly added to the roll. Of

the church at East Dereham, Nornew churches there are 27, and 19

folk.—The Rev. E. Davies, late of new chapels have been opened, The

Haverfordwest College, has been increase in membership is above the

recognised as the pastor of the average, the total reported being

Tabernacle Church, Maesteg, Gla7,757, and the total membership in

morganshire.—The Rev. G.D. Evans Great Britain and Ireland is 221,524.

has been recognised as the pastor of The returns of the Sunday-schools

the church in Grove-road, Victoria are given for the first time, but are

Park, London. very incomplete, amounting to 192,334, probably a little more than The following are the MINISTEhalf the true number.

RIAL CHANGES since our last issue: We are glad to mention that the

| -The Rev. G. Nicholson, of Long. contributions received from Baptist

sight, Manchester, to Union Chapel, churches towards the two Houses Putney; the Rev. J. J. Dalton, of proposed to be erected in connexion

Dunchurch, Warwickshire, to Pinwith the Stockwell Orphanage,

ner, Middlesex ; the Rev. J. A. amount now to about £1,200.-The

Wood, of Melksham, to Sandhurst, contributions received towards the

Kent. The Rev. H. H. Bourn has liquidation of the debt of the Bap

¡ resigned the pastorate of the church tist Missionary Society, are adver

at Winchester; he has accepted an tised as having reached £1,200.

engagement for Evangelistic work A testimonial has recently been pre

in connexion with the Southern sented to the Rev. Dr. Landels, by

Baptist Association. The Rev. J. the church and congregation at Re

Williams, of Stourbill Church, Newgent's Park Chapel, as an expression

port, Mon., has left England for of affection and esteem, and in

New Zealand. The Rev. W. Yates thankfulness for his restoration to

| has, on account of impaired health, health after his late dangerous ill resigned the pastorate he has held ness. The testimonial, which con

for forty years at Stroud; he is sisted of a purse of 200 guineas, a

succeeded by the Rev. W. W. Lassilver teapot with a suitable inscrip

key, of Bedminster, Bristol.

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