the extension of the truth, prompted him at once to resume the office of a preacher, and maintain those doctrines for which he had so lately and so unjustly suffered. He continued for a length of time to preach in London; and then, from age and infirmity, he withdrew from public life. He enjoyed the esteem and friendship of some of the most learned and worthy men of his time; and among others, of the celebrated Dr. Samuel Clarke. In the latter part of his life, his circumstances were slender; but he possessed a contented mind, and enjoyed that peace which the world and the world's wealth can neither give nor take away. He died on the 30th July, 1743, having retained his intellects to the last; and exhibited in his death, as he truly did in his life, that Faith which overcometh the world. It has been sometimes alleged, that Unitarianism has no power on a death-bed. It will be enough for those who entertain such an idea, to consider the death-bed of Thomas Emlyn, and behold there that deep, steadfast, though humble trust in the Gospel of Jesus, which had strengthened him amid the many trials of his life, enabling him in his last hours to say,

There is such a thing as joy in the Holy Ghost: I have known it; and oh, how much is it beyond all the joys of this world!" May the memory of this Confessor long live: may his sufferings inspire a hatred of persecution, a zealous avowal of the truth: and may the piety that adorned his life, and brought peace and consolation to him in his trials and his death, spread and operate among all to whom, as to Emlyn, "there is but One God the Father, and One Lord Jesus Christ."

JESUS THE WAY.

JESUS is the way in which the Sinner is invited to walk through life, through death, unto Heaven and Immortality. In him we have protection and guidance, while we journey in this vale of tears. The Israelites

were conducted through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Christ is to his people a pillar of cloud, to defend them from their enemies a pillar of fire, to lighten them on their path while they remain in the wilderness of the world. The wise men saw a star in the East that pointed them to

the child Jesus. Jesus is himself to his people a guidingstar to lead them to Truth and to Happiness.

Reader, are you willing to accept Jesus as the way? If you are, happy are you if you walk therein. When the joys of life are taken from you-when the cup of prosperity is dashed from your lips-when those whom you loved as your own soul are torn from your embrace, and laid in the cold, cold grave-when afflictions are heavy upon you, and you are no longer able to bear them then look unto Jesus; in him behold a Way of escape, and find rest unto your soul. When you are poor in this world's goods, and your life is nothing but labour and sorrow, and the proud look on you with scorn, and you are despised by the rich-then go to Jesus as the way, that through him you may be brought to penitence and piety, and gain that "peace which the world can neither give nor take away." When "the still small voice" within tells you that you have sinned-when your own heart condemns you before your God, and you feel that you are unworthy in his sight-then go unto Jesus, in whom your Father is well pleased, and through whom he will receive and pardon you, if you repent of your sins and bring forth fruits meet for repentance. When you are bowed down with age, and your trembling limbs no longer bear your weight-when the brightness of your eye is faded, and your pulse is weak, and your step is slow-when the friends you once loved are gone before, and you are yourself tottering on the brink of the grave-oh, then trust in Jesus as the way, by which you may safely walk through "the dark valley of the shadow of death," and reach that place of spirits where God himself doth dwell-where age cannot wither, and sorrow cannot disturb, and death cannot destroy.

Jesus now sits at the right hand of his Father's throne, but he is still the way unto his people-the new and living way of access by which, unworthy though they are, they can approach the throne of grace. Look then unto Jesus as the "author and finisher of your faith;" in worship offer your prayers through him, in life walk after his example, in death bind his promises to your soul, that, after death, you may be heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ.

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POETRY.

THE following original Hymns were sung at the ordination of Mr. Bernard and Mr. Gray, as Missionaries to the poor, in Boston, United States.

Thou from the whirlwind who didst shed

In tongues of fire thy Spirit blest,
Now on each consecrated head

Let that celestial influence rest!
Though gifts of speech and healing art
Be to their humbler powers denied;
Yet warm with Charity their hearts!
Let Faith their wavering footsteps guide!
Thy Gospel, sent to bless the Poor,
May they reveal in accents meek,
Till souls, which earthly want endure,
In hope shall heavenly treasures seek.
Truly received, and freely given,

May they the priceless gem bestow,
Whose radiance lights the pure in heaven,
And cheers the trembling eye below.
And may they, armed with truth divine,
Lead up the sons of sin and fear,
Above as stars of heaven to shine,
With beams of love enkindled here.

"Feed my sheep," the Saviour said
To the chosen of his love;

Feed them with the living bread,
Guide them to the world above.
"Feed my lambs," the Shepherd cried :
Ere their tender hearts are cold,
Chilled with worldliness and pride,
Bring them safely to my fold.
"Preach my gospel to the Poor,

Sunk in earthly want and woe;
Give them treasures that endure,
Peace and heaven-born hope bestow.
At the hedges and the highways,
Where they grope in dust and sin,
Loud the gospel summons raise,
Call the hapless wanderers in."
On the sacred errand bent,

Two and two they sallied forth:
Darkness vanished where they went,
Peace immortal dawned on earth.
In their holy steps to tread,
Other two we now ordain;
On their path thy glory shed! "
Lord their steadfast feet sustain !

Heralds to the young and low,

Give them words to teach and win;
Words to calm the sobs of woe,
Words to wake the sleep of sin.
Heralds of eternal truth,

Arm them with immortal love;
Spread thy shield around their youth,
Take their honoured age above.

TO THE REV. J. D. HULL.

REV. SIR,-I feel it my duty to examine the contents of your Letter, which appeared in the last number of the Bible Christian. I trust I will do so in a calm and Christian spirit. Although you have written somewhat harshly to me-charging me with "gross misstatements" -calling me a "blind leader of the blind "-pronouncing my knowledge of the Greek language less than that of the "veriest schoolboy," and presumptuously declaring that to me "the Bible is a sealed book," I have no idea of replying to you in the same strain. My religion dictates another spirit; it teaches me to write, not to wound the feelings, but to correct the judgment and impress the heart of my opponent. I differ in opinion on some points from the multitude of my fellow mortals; but am I therefore not to love and respect them? Blessed be the Gospel which I profess, it enables me to regard you as a brother, the child of that God who is my Father, and the redeemed of that Christ who is my Saviour.

You are pleased to call your Letter an answer to the one which I addressed to you. I am disposed to think that your Letter was not an answer to mine, because you did not even notice the following important points.

1. That there is much Popery in your Prayer Book, translated as it is from the Roman Catholic Manualin your kneeling at the Lord's supper, (derived from the adoration of the Host)-and in your acknowledging a human being, the king or queen of England, as head of your church.

2. That although we have in the Acts of the Apostles, the substance of many sermons, preached by the apostles to those who before knew not Christ, we do not find in these sermons any thing about Christ being God, or about Three Persons in one God. The apostles knew the truth at least as well as any teachers or preachers of the present day. Why then did they not set forth plainly and frequently the doctrine of the Trinity which, you say, is "the very spine and marrow of all scripture?"

3. That from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelation, the word Trinity is never once used; that it was not known among Christians till long after the death of our blessed Lord, and that it was at length borrowed from the creed of Paganism.

4. That your Book of Common Prayer makes the Scriptures to teach the awful-I had almost written blasphemous-doctrine, that God, the Eternal and Everlasting God, in whom "we live and move, and have our being," bled and DIED on the cross!

5. That if you receive the doctrine of the Trinity as a mystery, you must also receive the Popish doctrine of Transubstantiation, which is a mystery too, and can be at least as well supported by texts of Scripture.

6. That if by the word "Person," as used in your church, you mean Being, then you must admit that the Three Persons or Beings of the Trinity are one Being; but as you would deny this, it becomes your duty to tell me and to tell the world what you do mean by "Person."

I have enumerated these six points, as having been entirely unnoticed in your Letter. I think they are important, and I hope you will yet consider them worthy of your attention. In the mean time, I will examine the seven heads into which you have divided your Letter; and that the public may be assured that I do not misrepresent you, I will place your heads severally before them, and to each subjoin my comments.

Your first head is as follows.-" With regard to the form of Absolution in our order for the Visitation of the Sick, I do not deem it so very objectionable. The clergyman absolves the believing penitent-not in his own name, but "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; " in accordance with that text-John xx. 23, "whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them."

You will remember that I objected to this form of absolution, as being pure Popery. The Roman Catholic Priest is often blamed by your church, for daring to teach the people that he can absolve them from their sins; but here we find you, when you go to the bed of a dying man, first moving him to make a particular confession of his sins; and then, in the very words of Popery, declaring, "By the authority of Jesus Christ committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins." You tell me that it is not in your own name you pronounce absolution. I know it is not; and I know that it is not in his own name the Priest absolves. You both pronounce forgiveness" in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;" but is it not even more objectionable for you to presume to do so in the