evidence that they were His, to the joy of their loving relatives and friends, before their removal to the home of the blessed on high. We have recently had an instance of this amongst our friends at Chadwell-street, of which the following account has been furnished by our sister in the Lord, the mother of the dear child referred to :

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My beloved child, Emily Goddard, died October 4th, 1880, in her twelfth year. From a very early age she was accustomed to go to the Lord in prayer with all her troubles. If I was ill she would take her little brother and sister by the hand, and say, 'Let us go and ask Jesus to make dear mamma better.'

"She loved her Bible, and would always read her chapter (as she called it), before going to bed, and would often ask me questions of things she did not understand.

"When we resided in Tottenham Court-road, she attended Gower-street Sabbath-school, and, on our removal to South Tottenham, a Sabbath-school held in the mission room. She was remarked for her quiet attention. "She was taken ill with diptheria, September 20th. I have been much pleased in entering her room to find her reading her Bible-indeed, it was her almost constant companion during her illness.

"Her father and I spent the first Sabbath with her in reading, and prayer for her recovery if it was the Lord's will. She expressed a wish to get better: she could not bear the thought of going into the cold dark grave.

"It did seem to us that the Lord had heard our prayers, and was about to restore her to health again, for in a few days she seemed so much better that, on the Saturday, the doctor said he thought he need not call again; but on Sunday night we noticed a great change in her. She passed a very restless night; and on Monday she said, Mamma, I am dying, and I am not fit to die; I am such a sinner.' I said, 'My dear child, Jesus Christ

came into the world to save sinners. I said, 'Have you had any words of Scripture brought to your mind since you have been ill ?' She said, 'Yes, mamma, I have had these words,"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish." I said, 'You do believe in Him, dear, do you not?' She said, 'Yes, mamma; and I have tried to pray to Him; but I fear I have not prayed aright. Do kneel down and pray now. I did, in broken accents, try to pour out my heart to the Lord, that He would wash her in His precious blood, clothe her in His righteousness, and thus prepare her for her solemn change.

"When I had finished she said, 'Oh Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.' She asked to be raised in the bed, turned on one side, and fell to sleep. So peaceful was her end, that we could scarcely tell when she was gone.

"She was buried in Abney-park cemetery on the following Friday. Mr. Hazelton officiated. There were a great number of children present, her school friends, who showed great affection by bringing each one of them white flowers to put on her coffin.

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Mr. Hazelton addressed them very affectionately, yet solemnly. He said, 'Little Emily Goddard is gone to heaven; but if death should come to you to-night, where would you go ?'

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"I saw some of them in tears. did pray that the sudden departure of my dear child might be sanctified to their youthful minds.

"I did also pray that the Lord would give me some sure word to satisfy me that my dear child was happy. He kindly gave me these words-'She is not dead, but sleepeth.' And on the following morning, on waking from sleep, these words'That you sorrow not as those without hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again; even so, them also that sleep in Jesus shall God bring with Him.'—Yours in gospel bonds,

"ANNE GODDARD."

A friend, a member of the church, has written the following simple and touching lines on the event:

"The little lamb is gathered home

By the good Shepherd's hand; All evil she is taken from,

To join that blood-washed band.

"Now clothed in robes more pure and white
Than snow of Lebanon,

She bears a harp so dazzling bright,
His praise to sound upon.

"We saw her but the other day,

Joyous and happy here;

Joining her friends so bright and gay,
And none more lively were.

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Luke ix. 27. "I tell you of a truth: there be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the kingdom of God."

Our Lord here encouraged His disciples by telling them that though they were so greatly opposed by the people, yet the

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kingdom of God was not far off, and was most certainly to be established in the world.

By the kingdom of God is here meant the time when the gospel should have great power over all nations, peoples and tongues.-G. E. M.

One remarkable event is also alluded to in the verse; will some young Bible reader tell us what it is? -ED.

Sermons selected from the Papers of the late Clement Bailhache. Edited by J. P. Barnett. Pp. xvi. 248. With portrait. London: Elliot Stock.

Mr. Bailhache was, as is well known, secretary for some years of the Baptist Missionary Society, in the service of which institution the Editor of the present volume tells us "the toil and anxiety devolved upon him were onerous in the extreme, and to his holy zeal for that great department of Christian work it may be truly said that he sacrificed his life." He was, therefore, according to this testimony, an earnest and devoted man in the cause of Christ, and of such it is becoming to speak with respectful regard. Mr. Bailhache died at the age of forty-eight, his death being considered by his friends consequent as above. These

sermons, eighteen in nnmber, have been selected for publication from among many others left in manuscript by the preacher. The subjects of those here presented to the public comprise Christian Doctrine, Faith, Duty, Experience and Hope, concerning which important matters his thoughts are here given. As to the doctrine, it partakes more of the divinity that deals in offers of grace than that of operations of grace, and yet there is much of an evangelical savour in it, as in the following sentence: "Man is as depraved, and as weak as he is guilty. Self-salvation is impossible: salvation is of the Lord alone. The gospel is the announcement of the fact that God saves, and of the method in which the great work of salvation is done by Him." The discourses on other subjects contain much useful instruction, as in the following

remarks, which are given in a discourse in the words, "Take no thought for the morrow:"

"Christ does not condemn a legitimate forethought in connection with secular interests. There is a legitimate forethought such as this. Nature teaches it. We must sow in order to reap. We must toil to-day for results which cannot come until to-morrow. Keep in mind the distinction between forethought and foreboding. Taking thought' means giving way to anxiety;-the lesson is, Do to-day's work as it is appointed by God, accept the day's mercy, bear the day's evil and, be not anxious about the evil which to-morrow may bring.'

Picking out some chaff here and there that needs burning up, these Sermons may be read with advantage by thoughtful and intelligent Christians; but their style of composition is not very well adapted to the poor of the flock, who require something more simple, plain and direct, after the manner of our blessed Lord's Sermon on the Mount to interest them.

Unconditional Election Defended. By HENRY ARCHER, minister of the Primitive Baptist Order. 34 pp. Price 10 cents. New York: John Axford, 337, West Sixteenth-street.

Two things we learn from this pamphlet one is that close communion Baptists of America call themselves "Primitive" Baptists, which they have a right to do, seeing that their's is the apostles' order, who were the first Baptists. It is, moreover, a far preferable designation to that of "Strict," which we, in this country, adopt. The second is that there are those in America who believe in unconditional election, as Paul declares he did in Romans, chapter ix. The present pamphlet is supplementary to a newspaper discussion, which the editor closed before the writer, one of the disputants, had finished his say. Perhaps it was not wise to cast the sacred pearl of the doctrine of God's electing love into the columns of a newspaper, although it went under the name of the Baptist Messenger; for, as the event showed, its readers did not wish to hear it explained. One of them declared that it could not be explained "in the light of revelation agreeably to accepted ideas." Of course not, because "accepted ideas" are not formed in the light of revelation, and their

holders refuse to walk in that light, especially where the sovereignty of God's grace is concerned.

The writer of this pamphlet is one who labours on his farm, and at leisure times committed to paper such thoughts as matured in his mind while following the plough. He writes like a godly man, believes in a certain salvation, and proves the doctrine in question by appeals to the unerring oracles of truth.

Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Suffolk and Norfolk Home Missionary Society.

This society has been much blessed of God in its efforts to promote the preaching of the gospel of His grace. It claims to have been the means of originating nine churches, all of which arose from services held in cottages, barns, the open air, &c., by those who laboured in connection with it. Upwards of one hundred village stations are, from time to time, aided by this society, and the need for such Home Mission work is stated to be still very great. Extracts are given in the "Report" from accounts given by thirteen of the brethren who labour in connection with the society respecting the last year's efforts. These are of an encouraging character, and show that much good is being done, and that much more, by the blessing of God, is anticipated to be done. Let us pray that the forthcoming, the fiftieth year, may be one of very great blessing, by the power of the Holy Spirit accompanying the Word preached in the villages of Suffolk and Norfolk. The Preacher's Analyst. Fourpence. Elliot Stock.

The November number contains useful articles, about twenty in number, original and selected. A few "Hints on Sermons" are given, which deserve thoughtful and prayerful consideration. Some severe, but withal very just and proper, strictures are given on Unitarianism, which is very truthfully declared to be a mockery and a lie. The Preacher's Analyst is an interesting and well-conducted publication, from which many a useful thought may be gathered by the class of labourers in the field whom it is intended by its painstaking editor to assist.

magazine and high-class journal in one. So it describes itself, and such it is; a most capital production of its kind. Let every one having a market garden, a kitchen garden, or a flower garden procure it. The information it gives on the various subjects connected is invaluable, and the illustrations are first-rate. All lovers of flowers will find a vast amount of interesting matter in its columns. A coloured plate of some rare flower or fruit is given every week.

Break of Day in the Eighteenth Century. By CYPRIAN T. RUST, Rector of Westerfield, Suffolk. 264 pp. London: W. Hunt & Co., 12, Paternoster-row. Ipswich: W. Hunt, Tavern-street.

This work purports to be a "History and a specimen of the First Book of

English Sacred Song." It contains 300 hymns of Dr. Watts, "carefully selected and arranged, with a sketch of their his tory." The "history," as a whole, is exceedingly interesting, although some of it looks a little as if the writer had made it himself, or, at least, coloured it after his own fashion. The hymns selected are "arranged" in a position which the good Dr. himself certainly never dreamt of their occupying, and a few are partly spoilt by unneeded and fanciful alterations. Having a great admiration of the "sweet singer of our British Israel," being somewhat of a hymnologist, and, moreover, having known the writer of Break of Day, many years ago, as a fellow member in a church of baptized believers, we are disposed to give him and his present production a more extended notice next month, health, &c., availing.

STRICT BAPTIST MISSION. THE nineteenth annual meeting in in connection with this branch of the Lord's work was held on Tuesday 2nd ult. at Avenue Chapel, Camden Town, (Mr. W. H. Evans,') in accordance with previous announcement. In the afternoon our esteemed friend and brother, Mr. E. Forman, of March, Cambs., preached, taking as his text, John iii. 8, "The wind bloweth where it listeth," etc. From these words he delivered a lively, most interesting and edifying discourse, abounding with apt illustrations and full of precious gospel truths. The attendance was fair, considering the difficulty people in London have in getting to an afternoon service on week days, our friends being mostly engaged in employments not easy to break away from. There was a good company to tea which was very carefully and cheerfully prepared and served by our dear friends at Avenue, Our primitive brethren who attended the love-feasts referred to in the New Testament, had not

pleasanter seasons than ours are when Christian kindly feeling and Christian converse mingle together as on this and similar occasions.

At the evening meeting our esteemed brother Mr. W. Kennard, a deacon of the church meeting in Tamworthroad Chapel, Croydon, presided. An appropriate hymn having been sung, the chairman read a portion of the word of God, and called upon Mr. Langford to offer prayer, which was reverently and devoutly presented by him, and we trust unitedly by all present. Mr. Josiah Briscoe, one of the Secretaries was called upon to read an abstract of the report for the past twelve months, a portion of the preamble to which it may interest our readers to give here, as follows:—

manifest the, to us, mournful fact that the doctrine of the absolute sovereignty of God's love in the salvation of sinners is regarded with universal disfavour. Commendable as is the earnestness with which Christian work is prosecuted, salvation is set forth as a human contingency instead of a Divine certainty, and to free will is accorded the honour that belongs to free and invincible grace.

"A second consideration weighed with the originators of this Mission. They felt that large societies were not the kind of agency that Scripture points out for the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom; and that their tendency was to interpose a vast and cumbrous organization between Christians at home and the workers whom their contributions maintain in foreign lands. Direct communication between the missionary and those who support him is essential to hearty and intelligent interest in his person and work, and to the maintenance of that spirit of affectionate prayer which has so much to do with our spiritual earnestness and his success in answer to our supplications. Our beloved friends, therefore, commenced an independent effort based on the above principles. They called their work a Mission, rather than a Society; and while they appealed to the churches for support, desired that the churches should take action in the matter, and send representatives to the committee, and thus form a united church mission to the heathen on Strict and Particular Baptist principles.

"It cannot be denied that this second consideration has weighed much with the managers of other mission agencies since ours commenced. This, so far from regretting, we hail with the utmost satisfaction; we claim, however, to have been pioneers in this direction, and, while God continues to bless us, plead for the continued sympathy and support of our brethren.

A circumstance has tended to confirm our conviction of the world's great need of the pure gospel of grace. Anxious to deepen the interest of our

friends in our work, a friend, at his own expense, obtained from Madras, through our agent, Mr. Doll, a collection of Idols, Models, Native Dresses, Musical Instruments, &c., actually obtained from the very people among whom our work is carried on. The idols are of the most hideous and revolting character; and the whole collection manifests the degradation and ignorance of the people in a most striking manner. It happened, however, that they were partially packed in local newspapers, and while scanning these with no small interest it was found that every description of modern European luxury, together with the amplest information concerning our art, literature and science, are current in the very regions where little children are instructed to lisp their early prayers to Pullyar, or the loathsome Belly God. It is, to us, difficult to believe that Boodh can, in the presence of our western education be regarded as a religious power. In the issue of the Daily Review, however, a Madras paper, published as recently as Tuesday 11th, 1879, appears a hymn, intended to be sung to the familiar music of "God bless the Prince of Wales," and composed on September 9th, 1879, on the occasion of the birth of a son to the notorious King Thee Bau. One verse may be read with interest :

'From Assam's bounds to Shan-pyay,
From Bhamo to Minhla,

O let the prayer re-echo,

Boodh bless our Aing-Shay-Hpyah.

'Now let those angel voices,

Of Nats and Bhyahmahs four,
Join in one joyful chorus,

On Tawaingthah's shore.'

"Who with these facts in presence, but must feel that modern civilization, with all its vaunted influence, is powerless to do aught for godless man in relation to the interests of his soul? The gospel is the world's great need. Were Evangelical agencies multiplied

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thousand-fold, vast multitudes would be still unreached. While, then, then there is abundant room for work.